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      December 8/1849. ' J- M ¦ 7

      December 8 / 1849 . ' J- M ¦ 7

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      "Report Of The Orange Graxd Lodge. Thisl...

      "REPORT OF THE ORANGE _GRAXD LODGE . _Thislong expected document made its appearance OT Saturday fast . The deliverance is , howVver . _onlypartial , and relates solel y to the alleged _armin _* ofthe Orangemen hy the government last yc _* rthe remainder 13 to be published next week The part now made public is , however , of such _mon-^ i _^ iT _^^ - _^^'^ ' _^ so prosy in its Style , that makes it wholly unsuitableI to thecolfSc ° o _SSl PaPCr - The _^ _owingi 3 a digest i , _^ F _ht l 0 range _^ _^ _^ " 1 ' dl FdepaYt 5 froTnit hatataal reserve , and offers to the public statements oniy ordinaril y communicated to the 'brethren ' i * M £ now , as it is alleged , falsely accused , its _proceeomgs misrepresented , and its _onrnosesand nrin .

      cipies defamed , it claims thU a proper occasion for such publicity . " The report proceeds to state"In the year 184 S , our brethren , indignant at being made the subject of misrepresentations , and _lealons of their high character , gave expression to those sentiments of loyalty which bad always been characteristic of their institution , and Uttered a loud denial of tho foul aspersions cast upon them . This they did in concern for their own principles and for the interests of their country—not in deference to the wishes of any party or bod y , in power or out of power . "At a _meetinffof the Dublin _Orangemen : where

      such sentiments were expressed , held on the 13 th of - "March , 1 S 13 , in _tYhitefriars-hall , a person , at that time unknown to the Dublin brethren , sought admission , and was introduced as Col . R . W . Phaire and who represented himself to be ( as he , in fact , had been ) Grand Master of tho "Wexford Orangemen . * Within a few days after that meeting , Col . Phaire ¦ waited on the Grand Master and Grand Secretary of the "Dublin Orangemen , described himself as act in " nnder tbe direction Of government , and , on bchail of the government , solicited two favours at the hands of the Orangemen of Dublin—one that they would consent to withdraw an address to the Lordlieutenant , accompanied with resolutions , passed at the meeting referred to . bv which the

      _povernment would be embarrassed ; the other , that they would aid in obtaining , and would consent tO give , such intelligence as they mi ght acquire relative to the several movements of conspiracy hi Dublin , about which the government were almost entirely uninformed . The reply of the Orange brethren to the Litter was { as mi ght have heen anticipated , ) that information honourably obtained , and which could be honourably given , would be at the command of government ; but that they eould not , _* _rhatever the advantage or necessity , act the part of spies ; and as to the address and resolutions , that they might form subjects of negotiation , and admit of being remodelled , provided the Orangemen had ample assurance that the government were sincere in their advances .

      " In the course ofthe negotiations conducted by Colonel Phaire on the part of the government , occasionally assisted by Major Turner , his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant ' s late Master of the Dorse , and in which persons high in office afforded confirmation of the genuineness of Colonel Phaire _' s _representations , it was intimated to the Orangemen that tbe Irish government placed much reliance on their courage and loyalty , and that inihe event _« f an insurrectionary outbreak posts of great moment would be confided to their keeping , and that -detachments of the military should he so ordered as lo act in concert with them .

      " The Orangemen did not discourage such advances on the part of government—they desired only to understand thoroughly the spirit in whieh they were made ; and after many ineffectual efforts to test that spirit , they at length proposed an ulti matum which brought their negotiations to a satisfactory close . They demanded , as a proof that go-¦ verument was sincere , a grant of arms ; they would accept , they said , by way of instalment , a grant of

      five hundred stand , or the means of purchasing them . The result of their ultimatum was that a letter was addressed to the Grand Secretary ofthe Orangemen of Dublin , hy Captain J . P . Kennedy , requesting that he would arrange to have five hun-¦ dred muskets , with all their equipments complete , purchased , and consigned to ' his own house . '" The report proceeds to substantiate these general statements by a lengthened narrative of the incidents in detail : —

      "As a proof of the desire of government to obtain information ofthe movements of the disaffected , we can name one of our brethren to whom a bribe was volunteered by Colonel Phaire , in the form of a g ift , to release him from debt , upon the condition of his undertaking to act as spy for the authorities , -and which was called by their agent ' a proof of the sincerity of government . * The Orangemen did not want money but arms As to the connexion between Col . Phaire and the _sover . _iment : —

      "When Colonel Phaire presented himself to the Grand Master and Grand Secretary of Dublin , as a person acting under the direction of Government , Bis representation was confirmed by a communication eDianating / rom his Excellency ' s private Secretary , Mr . Corry Connellan . He expressed the desire ofthe Lord-Lieutenant that the address and re--solutions , adopted at the meeting of March 13 th should be modified ( as already mentioned . ) The same desire was at the same time conveyed to the Oransemen bv a member of the societv , Mr . Stewart

      Blacker . Shortly after the meeting on the 13 th . this gentleman ( by request ) called on Mr . Corry Connellan , when be ( Mr . Connellan ) handed two _documents to Mr . Blacker , being tbe address and -the resolutions , signed by the Grand Master and Grand Secretary of Dublin , and stated that the government were embarrassed hy the resolutions ; and being well disposed towards the Orangemen , and willing to receive support from them , were reluctant to give a discourteous reply , which could not be avoided if the resolutions were passed . "

      Further collateral evidence is adduced , and then the cause of the negotiations is described : " a few davs subsequently" to the 17 th of March , " Colonel Phaire requested a private interview ¦ with the members of the Grand Lodge of Dublin , _at which he again pressed the withdrawal ofthe address , and received for answer that the Orangemen of Dnblin would not agree to such withdrawal , but would hot insist on a reply , provided that arms were < nven them , as a proof of the good faith of thc Lord-LicH teaant . This reply Colonel Phaire was _commi ssioned to transmit to the Lord-Lieutenant , and he soon after reported to the same parties the probability of the arms being supplied . He stated , too , that arrangements were made for forming various depots of arms in Dublin , , irom which the

      _Orangemen could he supplied , without attracting notice . Also that certain places of rendezvous _suggested by them had not been approved of by thc authorities , as not heing most convenient to the points of _damier ; and he then submitted a list of hovsps to be occupied as posts of defence , drawn np nv an officer of Eng ineers ( Captain J . P . Kennedy , ) to whom had been entrusted the arrangements for ibe nrotcction of tbe city incase of an insurrection . It was even stated by Col . Phaire , that a body of _Orangemen were to be admitted into the Castle of Dublin , for the purpose of assisting in its defence . Earlv in April , dissatisfaction was expressed at learnin _g tbe intention to arm the _Orangeme _^ was Soncii ; they , therefore , pressed on the _govemnS the _express recognition of the society , and _Seredtopres entthe much dreaded address and

      tadClarendon , in the month of March , recognised them by name in his replies to the Orange addresses from _Portadown , Antrim , Annahoe , and A _^ a _* h- but Lord John _Kussell had disapproved St \ e practice was discontinued . The _negotia SsTent on in the meantime ; the Grand Master 2 DuMin had several interviews with Major Turner who always expressed himself as autibonsed _Siord Clarendon to say how _muchandebted he I _£ d the _government ofthe country felt to the _Sti * emett for their conduct through the troubles _SffiStfW He even went so far . as to c _^ _b _^ t he would havo much pleasure in _joining SI otugl _Society , if the _Lord-Iieutenant would _^ offen d of April , Cololonel Phaire had an

      interview with Lord _Enniskdlen and the Deputy Sod _Secretary of Ireland . Lord » illen _S that bavin" had a conversation with Lord l _^ n _don hebadnot succeeded eithevin procuring arms , w = _>¦ " v . ; -, j « resolution was then _Sn his return , he _^ ti _^ _^ _joy-ra _^ Off to _*«» _JJStShSa _Srean interview _fiveo ' _clootttet e _^ g . . _^ tl { y _V Lord Eiiif h' 11 _^ _^ 7 _^ dthe _' Grand Master Grand _SecretaryYor ta _« _& _rfj _* _ftand i

      Of lWDun , _** _" -rs- . _ft it _Tyas agreea _amu . _^* Secretary of _^^ Sould he passed at the _Sem that there _soluhon n th 8 following Grand Lodge that n _^^ should be # _atside , _° y _^ PP ° _^ _X ld between these six per-* A _mating was _^ _^ 0 _£ tion not to divulge the conversation wgj e _^ _^^ _paniedby lowever , f _^ _^ nSay with the _deepen of the Colonel _P _^ _JLfSours Colonel Phaire caUed _^ _L » _tinff "fo » hout two jju « " fr Captain _SfSS Enni skii _^ . _^ * _^ _guarantee for j P Kennedy , inwlfleaBB _| _« * The letter " _ffas retamea » i

      "Report Of The Orange Graxd Lodge. Thisl...

      published tbe following , purporting to be a copy of the same : — n „ ' Dublin , April 22 , 1848 . _Dba * Colosel , —Ihavesttonfoot , with others , a subscription for supplying arms to the well-affected amongst the lower classes , for the protection of life and property in the city of Dublin ; and I take upon myself the responsibility , ad far as five hundred stand , in case the subscription _sheuld faU Short Of that , of furnishing that number . I shall adopt any coarse which vou recommend to expedite the supply of those five hundred stand of arms rathe shortest time . Yours _faiftfully , J . P . Kxssedt .

      Cheques for £ 600 _^ drawn in favour of David Stuart , the Grand Master of Dublin , were accordingly , within a few days , received from Captain Kennedy . His letter was read at a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Dublin , held that evening , and it was then agreed thatthe Grand Lodge of Dublin should not persist in the presentation of the address to thc Lord-Lieutenant , inconsequence of this letter . of Captain Kennedy , by which the arms demanded had been secured to the Orangemen ; On the 24 th ( two days after , ) a second letter from Captiin Kennedy was received by the Grand Secretary of Dublin , authorising him to purchase the arms , and have them consi _g ned to his own house . Of this letter the following is a copy : —

      2 _Ith Apnl , ISIS . Sin , —I shall feel obliged hy your ordering a supply of five hundred stand of muskets , with hajonets and scabbards complete , to he furnished immediately , and consigned to your own house in Dublin ; the price not to exceed £ 15 s . for each musket , with The trayonet and scabbard complete and you wiU please to tafce care that the arms have the regular proof-mark , and in every respect perfect and sufficient arms . Your obedient servant , J . P . _Kesxedv .

      The arms were duly purchased in Birmingham , but before the last case of arms was received , the city of Dublin had been proclaimed , and the case of arms , on its reaching the quays , was seized and detained at the Custom House , The Grand Master of Dublin , and others of the brethren , called on Colonel Browne , the head of the police , and told htm that a-case of arms , intended for the Orangemen of Dublin , had been seized ; whereupon Colonel Browne gave a written order for their restoration , of which the following is a copy : —

      lower Castle-yaw , AagUSt Sth . 1819 . The ponce have directions not to interfere with Mr . David Stuart while conveying thirty stand of arms from the Queen ' s stores to his residence , No . 60 , William-street . ,, . G . Beowke , Commissioner . To K . J . Halpin , Esq . They were restored and lodged in the custody of the onicera of the Orange Society , and issued to Orangemen on orders . The Grand Master of Dublin , as such ( who was in almost daily communication with Colonel Browne , or his secretary , about the Orangemen ' s arms ) , had obtained from Colonel Browne these orders , wbich enabled the Orangemen to remove their arms to their own residences . After Dublin had been , on the 10 th of July , proclaimed , Colonel Phaire informed the Orangemen

      that it was the wish ofthe authorities that a list ofthe Orangemen who had arms should he prepared and submitted to Colonel Browne ( the Government officer specially authorised by the Lord Lieutenant to grant licenses ) to prevent delay in obtaining such licenses . The Grand Master had , accordingly , such a list prepared , but determined not to have any communication directly with the police , in the first instance , and therefore one of tho brethren was instructed to submit the list to Sir Edward Blakeney ; the general examined the list , and wrote a letter to Colonel Browne—it contained Sir Edward Blakeney ' s sanction of

      the list ; On a subsequent occasion , street lists of Orangemen , drawn up with a view to the defence ofthe city , giving their respective residences , were submitted to , and highly approved of , by the general . The police having seized the arms of some Orangemen at their residences , the Grand Master of Dublin , and others of the brethren called on Colonel Browne , wbo wrote orders for their restoration _^ On one occasion tbe arms of an Orangeman , near Kilmainh . _iw _, were seized by an inspector of police ; the Grand Secretary of Dublin wrote , in his official capacity , to Colonel Browne v the arms were restored by the inspector . Numerous instances of similar character could be furnished .

      The following document relative to this subject will speak for itself _;—casMB issTrronos , Mr . frame and residence ) has been desired to rive un ' uart of his arms . 6 R- —( occupation and

      residence ) . A J- — , and W B ( residence ) , TV M ( residence ) , have also heen noticed to a similar effect July 29 tb , 1843 . This application was officially signed by the Grand Secretary of Dubiin . Across this document was written : — Arms of those persons to be retained . To the Police . G . B . Again , we find license to keep six stand of arms granted to an Orangeman , wbo testifies that a friend of his , in other respects similarly circumstanced , but not an Orangeman , was only allowed to keep one stand . We find Orangemen who were only _roomheepers , and not householders , on the application the master ofthe lodge , favoured with licenses when other roomkeepers were refused .

      And , in fact , we could furnish copious proof that every facility was afforded to the Dublin Orangemen , or such , to obtain licenses , and that they were in this respect treated ( and most wisely ) with especial confidence and favour . Such intimations of confidence in the members of the Orange body , derived , in their estimate increased importance , from the fact of their being peculiar and exclusive , signally favoured as they were by a liberal grant of arms , and by tho significant assent of Government to their possession' of

      thpm-There was in existence a body of men , consisting of persons of various classes and creeds , comprising a very large proportion of the rank , wealth , and intelligence of Dublin , confederated as 3 defensire association . They were in constant correspondence with the government ; their proceedings were carried on under the direction of government ; and they had as their great ohject to aid the government in the preservation ofthe city against the efforts of the disaffected . They , as well as the Orangemen , were earnestly desirous of obtaining arms , hut it does not appear tbat they obtained , even in one single instance , the object . of their ' desire . Five hundred stand of arms were presented to the _Oranoremcn of Dublin—not one stand was granted

      to the " Defensive Association . " It was not irrational in Orangemen , therefore , placing all these incidents together , to believe themselves especially favoured hy the government , or to account them confirmatory of the representations of Col . _Thaire ( through whom such favour was conveyed ) , that he did act as tho delegated agent ofthe government . A large part of the remaining portion of the report is devoted to the refutation of the assertion tbat Capt . Kennedy himself supplied the money to purchase the arms . By a _^ minute examination of dates and facts the conclusion Is arrived at that the " subscription was a mere blind , "—that it never

      included more than three persons , —Capt . Kennedy himself , —a near relation of his , and a gentleman wbo put his name down for £ 50 , but was never called on to pay it . Similar nominal and unreal subscription lists were proposed by Col . Phaire to Orangemen , who were told their names only were wanted , that they never ivould be asked for money . The nest transaction in which Col . Phaire is found in connexion with a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ireland at Antrim , on which occasion he pressed to be one of the deputation from Dublin , and offered to pav his own expenses ; the reason mar be _o-athered from his letter to Lord Enniskillen :

      You may remember that when in Armagh , _\ on the first dav told you that had seen me the day before I left , and that the person ( query , Lord Lieutenant ?) you saw at the Ticereeal Lodge was most anxious as to our Armagh meeting , and v « much wished that I should procure his seeing ttie puhUc resolutions passed there , as he shouldhe most glad to see tbem as soou as possible , for they might not he published for some days . Thc conduct of Col . Phaire formed the subject ot _charges against him , and of an investigation before the 5 rand Lodge , in November , 1848 In addition to complaints relative to the Armagh resolutions _. had

      _charges were made that CelonclPhairc employed persons to introduce themselves into the Rebel Clubs to get information for the government , and continued to do si up at the time of Ot _inve _& _gaMg _aiuithat flo & Nn , tite _ajgrnwer at die trial of Tin . SmOi O'Brien , had been one of Colonel Phaire s men . A ter along inquiry , the sentence of the Committee of Inquiry was , that" Colonel Phaire is not a fit and proper person to remain a member ofthe Orange Institution ; " signed by the members , consisting of the Deputy Grand Masters of Cavan , Armagh , Tyrone , Down , and the Grand Treasurer of Fermanagh . . _ . „ _,,..-. . . „ ... document has

      The concluding part of the- reference to the organisation and arming ofthe _Oranffemen at Belfast , in which the direct cognisance and sanction ofthe government , through Sir Edward Blakenev , is shown ; the Lord Lieutenant himselfhavingstated , throug hMr . Corry Connellan , his secretary , that tlie Arms -BUI should not apply to the Orangemen , aud that they should not be interfered with ; and they were also giveato understand , that if they turned out to fight their wives and families should receive shelter in Dublin Castle . One object in the detailed narrative above ( says the report in conclusion , ) is to offer evidence that the _Orangemen had reason to conclude that the Lord-Lieutenant did rely on them in tbe hour of _danger , and reposed in them that kind of confidence which their institution claims . Onf design has not beeu to inculpate the

      government for rely ing on usat sucnatime we _oeueve tha . t it was wise , and right , and inevitable . If our dealings had been with a government whose ™ » iitical sentiments were in accordance with our _^ there would have been less reserve in such ScommuStions , and the evidence ofthe facts _onShweinade _sttChastateinefltas tbe present

      "Report Of The Orange Graxd Lodge. Thisl...

      would havo heen more direct , hut , as we think , not more conclusive . ¦ "• ' - ' - The Lord-Lieutenant has been led or forced into a position so opposed to his attitude in 1848 , that these explanations on . our part seem _absolutely essential . It will yet , and perhaps soon appear , that this country shall bo best governed , not by discouraging or assailing the Orange institution , but by removing the necessity for it .

      Ejwombebed Estates Commission.—In The Ea...

      Ejwombebed Estates Commission . —In the ease of the Portarlington estates , by far the greatest property submitted to the adjudication of the Commissioners , there is a struggle amongst the solicitors of some of the creditors for the carriage of the proceedings . It so happened that the petitioning creditor is one of the lowest on the entire list , and the smallest iu amount , his mortgage not exceeding £ 2 , 000 ; but he bad been the first in tho field , and succeeded in obtaining a conditional order before the heavy incumbrancers had taken any step . But now , when the question of an absolute order for sale of those vast estates is pending , objections are made io the attempt ofa small tail of creditors to

      supersede the large and early incumbrancers in the carriage of the cause , in the event ofthe commissioners determining upon a sale , for which , by the way , some of the prior class of creditors are not at all anxious . The first chargo upon the Portarlington estates is held by the Marquis of _Lansdowne—an incumbrance of very old date—for _upsvards of £ 70 , 000 . The second incumbrance , for a sum exceeding £ 390 , 000 , is in the hands of an English insurance company . Up to this time the creditors have been regularly paid five per cent , upon their mortgages . ' The Poor Law asd the _Bankucpi RATErAtEJts —The proceedings of the "distressed unions" are still chiefly devoted to negotiations with the creditors , who are clamouring . for . payment , and in

      many cases threatening executions . The worst of the entire lot seems to be Kilrush , in the county of Clare , which Sir Bobert Peel has rendered notorious for its wholesale evictions . That union is literally bankrupt , and the enormous extent ofthe evictions has rendered its embarrassments absolutely overwhelming . At the meeting of the board ! of guardians ,, on' Saturday last , Captain Kennedy , the benevolent and indefatigable inspector , earnestly remonstrated against the resolution of the guardians to levy a uniform rate , and of so low an amount as three shillings , where from eleven to twenty-one shillings were required for the necessities of the union . Such a reduced rate uniformly " levied , the gallant officer remarked , would be a gross

      injustice to good landlords , whilst it would " unequivocally hold out an inducement to persons to take advantage of the clearance system , already carried out to such a frightful extent in the union ; and , besides , no aid could be expected from the Treasury whilst the guardians refused to make all possible local exertion . " A long discussion ensued respecting the expediency of _striking a higher rate than three shillings in the pound ; but ultimately that amount was retained ; aud it was arranged that a statement of the bankrupt condition of the union should he transmitted to the Commissioners and the Government , explanatory of the refusal of the guardians to strike a higher rate . Some of the guardians had to <* ive their personal security to the

      contractors , Messrs . Kussell , of Limerick , for the current week ' s supply of food for the paupers . Umdv . of iBrsHMEN . —Under this heading tho Freeman ' s Journal publishes a letter from the Bight Bev . Dr . Blake , Boman Catholic-Bishop of Dromore , addressed to Mr . Martin Blake , in which the Bishop recommends an amalgamation between Conciliation Hall and the National Alliance . Dr . Blake says : — "A complete and cordial union . of both these parties would bo an invaluable blessing to Ireland But , while they are disunited , even though their object be the same , they are each , I may almost say , morally powerless ; their speeches and arguments and addresses have no weight ; their censures or praise are equally despised : and it may be quite easy at any time to defeat the one by exciting tho

      jealousies suspicions , or animosities ot the other . Seeing the importance and necessity of perfect union , or rather amalgamation of those two very estimable bodies , I would entreat their leaders to meet together in a friendly spirit ; and ,- first , burying in oblivion , for the sake of their country , all resentments on both sides , to examine calmly what are the differences _between them , and whether tliess _TWW not bo easily settled . Or even if any point of greater moment , but not effecting principle _, be mooted , whether , by some little , sacrifice of self-feeling , it may not begiven up for the sake of peace . "" Vhoerer of the parties makes the first advance towards perfect reconciliation is tho real friend of Ireland ; but if my knowledge does not deceive me , tbey will be found vicing with each other to deserve thn honour . "

      Repeal _Association . —The usual weekly meeting of this association was held at Conciliation-hail , on Monday last , Mr . P . Slevin presiding . Mr . John O'Conneil referred to the letter ofthe Right Rev . Dr . Blake , and observed that it would be the happiest day of his life if he could see all Irishmen united for the good of their common country ; and that , SO far as he was concerned , there was nothing short of the abandonment of princi ple , which he should shrink from making in order to effect this most desirable object ; but he confessed , at present he did not see his way with sufficient distinctness to determine him how to act in the matter . At the late meeting of the Irish Alliance sentiments had been uttered , and even . rules had been adopted

      which were-wholly _irreconcileable with the declarations which bad been set forth as to the renunciation ofthe wild doctrines of physical force . He ( Mr . O'Conneil ) greatly feared that his duty to the peoplo of Ireland would compel him to withhold his consent from any union between Conciliation Hall and the Irish Alliance until the fundamental principle of peaceful , legal , and constitutional agitation was in thefirst instance conceded to them . Thc rent was announced to he £ 13 10 s ., and the meeting adjourned . . Election of Lord Mayor . —At a meeting of thc corporation on Saturday , Mr . John _Beynolds , M . P ., was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin for the ensuing year .

      Straxge Discovert . —The old proverb , " Murder will out" has been verified in the most striking manner in the discovery ofa wilful and premeditated murder , in the nei ghbourhood of Colloony , and which bids fair to vie with the murder by the Manninga , which lias occupied so much space in the journals of thc day for some months past . The following fact 3 are the only ones which we arc enabled to give to tho public as genuine in this early stage of the proceedings : —some time since a poor woman was poisoned , and subsequently barbarously choked with a tongs , whilst lodging in thc house of a man named Meehau , in the neighbourhood of Carrickbanagher , near Collooney . She had _eisrht or ten nounds in her possession , of which

      she was robbed , and then buvicd in a ditch close to Median ' s house . A man named T . Gilgan , who was severely beaten by some of the parties suspected ofthe murder , gave information on the 28 th ult . to the police , who instantly went to the place pointed out by Gilgan , and on digging down the ditch they found the remains of the poor woman buried under a heap of stones , and covered with lime , livid with putrefaction , and fri ghtfully decomposed . We have not as yet heard the verdict returned on the coroner ' s inquest ; but as the three persons implicated wero promply arrested by Mr . James , the head constable , at Collooney , we have no doubt from the exertions and tact displayed by thatmost useful public officer tbey will be fully committed for trial . _—Slioo Journal

      The Bexefiis Ov Cuoxer*..—Th© Dreadful V...

      The Bexefiis ov _Cuoxer _* .. —Th © dreadful visitation which will soon have swept over the lace of all Europe , has brought with it many a lesson that , it is to he hoped , we shall not forget when the evil has passed away . In England it will accelerate thc abolition of that abominable and disgraceful nuisance—interment in towns . On the continent it has demonstrated the necessity of instituting parochial medical relief , and measures have been taken already in some of the European States for the supply of gratuitous advice and medicine to the poor . Thus , in Belgium , for example , the government proposes to create a class of "district physicians , " analogous to our poor-law medical officers , who are to receive salaries varying from 600 to 1 , 000 francs , or from £ 24 to £ 40 per annum . Even

      Turkey , as we lately reported , does not remain behind hand . The Ottoman government has recently published a decree for thc appointment of physicians to be paid by the State . They are bound to treat gratuitously all—both rich and poor—who shall demand advice ; but , if the medical man show any preference to the rich , he will be punished severely . The state physicians are also bound to send in quarterly reports of the number of sick treated by them ; of the prevalent diseases ; of deaths ; and ot the meteorological phenomena observed during the quarter . Finall y , the decree contains popular directions relative to " the conduct to be pursued during epidemics , and " regulations for the burying of all bodies outside the towns . "Mtdir . nl . Tunis .

      Fast _TraveluKg is 1 T 52 . —we have before us a copy of our venerable contemporary , the Salisbury Journal , of January 20 , 1752 , in which there is an advertisement which curiously contrasts with the time hills in the pages of Bradshaw . It sets forth that for tho better convenience of gentlemen , travellers , and others , the Exeter fast coach starts everv Monday from the Saracen ' s Head , Friday street , London , " dines at Egham , lies the same night at-Murrell-green ; dines on Tuesday , at Sutton , and lies the same night at the Plume of Feathers in Salisbury ; on Wednesday dines at Blandford , and lies at the King ' s Arms in Dorchester , and gets into Exeter every Friday at one o ' clock ; " We are not told whero the weary travellers-take their repose on- Thursday night . The tourney from Loudon to Exeter by fast trains on the Great Western . Railway is now , we believe , accomplished ia fire _iouw , _—Jfanti kdependmu

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      _ R 0 BBBRT _BV CONFIDENTIAL ClERKS . — Joseph Henry Riddell ; 3 _£ and ' William Moore _Eclipsa Riddell , 20 , who were tried . on Friday for robbing their employers tho . Messrs .. Poniifex , when the latter " prisoner was acquitted , were charged upon a second indictment with stealing ., a quantity of wooden battens and other articles , the property of the same prosecutors ' . Sergeant Wilkins ,. when the case was called ; ion , said , that , after the decision which the jury ' had come to on the previous day with respect to tho . prisoner for whom ho appeared , tie did not think he could expect to struggle against another ' conviction in the present instance , and therefore ; with the permission of the Court , the

      prisoner would retract his plea of "Not Guilty , " and plead " Guilty " to tbe indictment . The prisoner Joseph accordingl y pleaded " Guilty . " The "" . w then proceeded \ vith ' against William Kiadell . It . appeared that a quantity of timber was '"" on from the prosecutors' premises to thc house Of the prisoners at Greenwich , . .. where it was converted into a greenhouse , the workmen of the prosecutors being employed for that . purpose lor fourteen days , the whole oi which , time was charged to tho prosecutors in tho labour account . —The jury returned a verdict of . " Guilty . "—Mr . C ' _avk-3911 , m intimating his intention not to proceed . with any of the . other indictments that had been preferred against the prisoners , ' said the prosecutors would have been glad to havo been spared from adopting any ot these proceedings ; and with rceard to the

      piisoner _vvuiiain , ho was instructed bv thorn to recommend him to the merciful consideration of the Court , upon the ground that ho had probably- been induced to act as ho had done by the authority of his brother . As to tho prisoner Joseph , he ' was requested to state that , if no other _defalcations had been discovered than those which formed the subjects oftheseindictmeiits , Messrs . Poutifex would never have adopted these proceedings against him . — Baron Alderson _iuquii-ed what was supposed to be the amount ofthe prosecutors' losses ?—Mr . Clarksaid considerably over £ 1 , 000 . —Mr . Justice Cresa' well then ordered Joseph to be imprisoned for' Olie month . in "Newgate upon . the first Indictment , : and that upon the second ho should he transported for seven years . The otlier prisoner was ordered to be kept to hard labour for twelve months .

      FondEBY . ' r- 'Jamcs Stirland , 25 , pleaded "Guilty " _, to ' a _, charge ; of forging an acceptance to a bill of exchange . Ho was sentenced to bo kept to hard labour for two years . Attempt to _Mukder . —Charles Corby , 20 , was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding Mary Noble , with intent to murder her . —In other counts the intent was said to be to do grievous bodily harm . —Mr . W , Cooper prosecuted , and Mr . Payne defended , the prisoner . —Tho prosecutrix , a goodlooking young woman , deposed , that she _ivas-unmarried . She had known the prisoner for throe years , and in August last they went to live together as man and wife , and continued to , do so until thc 1 st of November . On the 31 st of October they had a quarrel , but she could not say what it was about ,

      although she knew it was some foolish , thing or other . . They had had similar quarrels upon other occasions , and sho had frequently told him that sho would leave him , and she did so on this occasion , . The prisoner pressed her to make io up with him , but . 'her temper would not let her , and she refused , and in the evening she loft the prisoner ' s lodgings , and went to a place where she had previously lived in Ironmonger-row , St . Luke ' s , and stayed thore all ' night . The next morning she went to hev work at cap making at the house oi Mr . Lee , in Prospect-place , St , Luke ' s , who . was tho prisoner ' s brother-in-law , and about ten o ' clock in the morning the prisoner came and inquired for her and she went down to see him . Tho prisoner then

      aslica her where she had passed the night , and she nt first refused to toll him , but on his saying that if she told him the truth be would forgive her , she said she had been to her old landlady ' s . . Ho then asked her how she could go there when he had repeatedly cautioned her not to do so , and said ho supposed she frequently went there unknown to bim ' , and tbat she wont to see somebody unknown to him . Witness replied that she had better bo there than with liiro quarrelling , and although she know he liked her and she likod him she would rather part from him ' than be continually _quawcUing as thoy had boon . She then went up into tho work " room , and the prisoner followed her , and in a goodhumoured manner pressed her to come home to

      dinner , but she refused , and said she did not know whether she should ever go to his house again . When she said this tho prisoner looked at her as though " his heart would burst , " and said , " I hope you and I will be in hoayen before long , " and ho then wont away . In about an hour and a half lie again came into the room . He appeared very pale and agitated , and the tears wero running down his cheeks . lie placed himself opposite to hev , and looked fixedly at hor , and she was so alarmed at his appearance that sho exclaimed , " Charley , what is the matter with you ; what have you been doing ?" and leaned towards him and kissed him , Sho thought ho was going to return her kiss , when , at tho . samc instant lie drew amor from his pocket , aiid cut hor throat . Sho shrieked out , and pushed theprisoner away from her , and said he would be himg for _ what he had done . He replied , " I could not help it , Mary ; I do sincerely lov . o you ; I don't sham it ; and it' I caunot marry you , no one else shall . "—The prosecutor , in answer to a question

      put by Baron Alderson , said that the prisoner was a watchmaker , and was apprenticed to his father , and was not yet out of his time . She herself was twenty-two years of age . —Mr . Joseph Asbury , tho surgeon , who was called in upon the occasion , described the wound as being several inches Jong . The external jugular vein was divided , and the injury was altogether of tho most dangerous character . —A police-constable deposed that when he took the prisoner into custody ho asked him if Mary Noble was dead , and on his tolling him he believed not , the prisoner said , "I know I shall be hung for this , Oh , policeman , you don ' t know what love is 1 " He also said that when the prisoner made this observation he toro his hair and appeared in a state of great agitation and distress . The jury , after deliberating a few . minutes , returned a verdict of "Guilty of wounding with intent to murder , " but at the same time strongly recommended the prisoner to the

      merciful consideration of the court on account of his youth . —The prosecutrix also got into the wituess- _" iox , and atthe same time bursting into tears , earnestly implored the court to have mercy on the prisoner . The latter , upon hearing the nature of her " application , began to cry bitterly , and leaned his head upon the front of the dock , and seemed deeply affected . —Baron Alderson , in ordering judgment of death to bo recorded against the prisoner , said it was a most dreadful case , It was evident the prisoner had committed the desperate act of which he had been convicted under the influence of love and jealousv , and this was ono of tho consequences that' frequently resulted from connexions of this description . At present judgment of death must Be recorded . He would do . what ho could for him ; but the prisoner must expect to receive very severe punishment , and it would ha for the crown to sav to what extent .

      Systematic Pwjkder by Servants . — John Butler , 30 , porter , Kobert Finch , 56 , also a porter , were indicted for stealing a firkin of butter nud two barrels of lard , valued at £ 6 , the property of John Ruck ; and John Merretty and — Dippell were indicted for having received the same knowing it to have been stolen . —Although the _evidence disclosed an almost unheard-of system of plunder , and occupied tbe court some hours , _s'ill the facts establishing the charge were uf the usual character of these , class of robberies . —The jury acquitted Dippell and Finch , and . convicted Butler and Merretty . —In answer fc » the court the prosecutor said , thatduring the last year

      tliey had been robbed of above ± 300 north of goods . Butler had : heei \ in their _employment for some years _atolls ., a week salary , and upon searching his lodgings books were found , proving that he had during that period invested between £ 400 Or £ 500 in different banks . —The Common Sergeant , looking over the books , said , the sums that had been so paid in were _evidently . the produce of the robbery . Here was aman at £ 1 , or £ 1 Is . a week , investing- . £ 3 , £ A , £ 5 , aid £ 7 a week , for weeks running . Butler was then ordered to be transported for seven years , and Merretty to be imprisoned to hard _labour in the House of Correction for eighteen calendar _tiinnfns .

      Robbbky by a Mechanic . — Thomas Burcess , 83 , a labourer , wa * convicted of stealing 561 bs . weight of lead , valued at 8 s ., the property « f Messrs . Joseph Brown _Rigby and another , his ' masters . —It appeared that the prisoner was a plumber in the employment of the prosecutors , who are 'he wellknown _Contractors and builders at Milbank _, and had been stopped after leaving work at dinner lime with the lead inside of his _trousers . —Mr . Cockle , who appeared for the prosecution , said that the prosecutors had felt it their duty to prosecute in this case ,, to setve as an example to the numerous other men in their employment . —The Common Sergeant said it was very proper , and sentenced the prisoner , who had previously-borne a good character , to three months' impiisonmeiit and hard labour _.

      Sending Threatening _LEiTERS . _—Henry Snell ; 59 , mariner , was indicted for feloniously sending a letter to Henry William Snell , threatening to murder him , and also to murder Jane Snell , his wife . Henry William Snell deposed that he was in the service of Messrs . Allan and Son , St . Paul ' s Church-yard . The _Erisoner wa 9 his father , and on the 24 th of October e received a letter , which he knew to be iu his handwriting . The letter was produced and read . It was addressed , " Mr . Henry Snell , Messrs . Allan ' s , St . Paul ' s Church-yard ; " and on the envelope was written , "Forward this to your'infernal mother , immediately . " The letter commenced : "Tou infernal _, I again condescend to _tddress you , and if you do not immediately send me fifteen pounds of my money , within two days from this date , death shall be your ' s and Henry ' s portion . _Iwilliiareone , at all

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      events , if not both . I am fully prepared , and will walk straight into Allan ' s shop , and shoot him like a dog . T care nothing for myself : I can die but once ; no-matter how . Cheerfully will I go to the gallows , and with much pleasure will _% die to your eternal disgrace . I have spent my last shilling for pistols , and maj ; I be — if I don't use tbem for the purpose they are intended . " The letter proceeded at considerable length in a strain of foul abuse , the threat of destroying both the prisoner ' s son and mother , beimj frequently repeated in it . It concluded thus : VI am your determined and bloodthirsty husband ) H . Snell . " The jury found the _prisoner "Guilty . " Mr , Justice Cresswell sentenced the prisoner to be confined in _Newgate for three months , and at the expiration of that period ordered hira to enter into his

      own recognizance in £ 100 , with two sureties in £ 50 each , to keep the peace for two yeavs . Forgixg Goons' Obdrbs . —Thomas Cbislett , 49 , hosier , a respectable-looking m ;> n , was indicted for feloniously forging an order lor tlie delivery of goods and a cheque lor the sum of £ 8 lis-, to defraud Samuel Botson Aldred . —John James Aldred said he was brother to the prosecutoiv , who aro drapers , in Victoria-street , City . On the 20 th of October a man came to the warehouse , and presented an order purporting to be from Mr . Cook , a tailor ,. of New-cross , accompanied with his card , for some of the best black cloth , amounting to £ 3 14 s . 9 d „ and presented a cheque drawn by Edward Howell , in favour of Mr . Cook , upon Messrs . Rogers and Co ., the bankers , for the sum of £ 8 Us . Mr . Cook being a customer

      of theirs , they had uot the sli ghtest suspicion , and at once let the person have the goods , and paid him the difference . Upon the cheque being presented for payment at . Messrs . Rogers' it was found that no such person had an account there , and that the cheque was a forgery . —Henry "Webb , a detective officer of the city police , said that hiving received information of the forgery , and a description of the prisoner , he was on the look out for him , and some days afterwards he met him in Watlihg-strcet , and told him tbat he arrested him for forging some order- - , when prisoner said , "I thought you wanted me for the buots . " . When at the station he gave his address No . 11 , George-street , Mansion-house , and stated himself to be a merchant and agent ! Upon witness going there and searching a _.-oom said to be his , he

      found the cheque book in question . Previously to going to the prisoner ' s lodgings ' , he was asked if he had any cheque book , and he said he had not . —Mr . Turner , the relieving overseer of the London Union , said that from July last year until the crid of September the prisoner was the reci pient of parochial relief . —Mr . Robinson having addressed the jury , and contended against the proof of the handwriting , when Mr . Bullock summed up . —The jury almost immediately found the prisoner " Guilty . "—Mr . Clarkson said that the frauds he had _practised by these means were innumerable . There was another indictment against him for felony _^ in obtaining some hoots from a tradesman , representing himsolf as the partner ofa

      respectable person , which turned out to be untrue , and , the forgery was one in its character precisely the same as that which which he had . been convicted of . —Mr . Robinson said he had only got the boots on sale or return , and had returned nearly all . —The tradesman from whom they had been obtained said that was not so ; he had had two or three shoes sent him back out of nearly forty pair . —Mr . Bullock ( to the piisoner ) --j > " ot long since this offence would have cost you your life . The sentence now is , that you be transported for ten years . -The prisoner , who wept whilst the trial was going on , and seemed most bitterly to feel his sentence and degraded state , then left the dock .

      . Charges of Defrauding _Siia'BksmiTHS and Watchmakers . —William Rolls , 24 , described as a dealer , was indicted for stealing three gold watches , value £ 40 , the property of a watchmaker named Long . —The jury returned avcrdict of" Not Guilty . " The prisoner Rolls was then charged upon another indictment , jointly with Henry King , 21 , with stealing three other watches , valued at £ -10 , tlie property of John Killick . —Th ? jury returned a verdict of" Guilty" against both prisoners . —Rolls was then charged upon another indictment , with Robert Lloyd Evans , who surrendered , and William Richardson , 15 , a . genteel-looking lad , with stealing a gold watch , value 28 guineas , the property of John Walker and another . —The jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty . "—The prisoner ? , Rolls and Evans

      were then charged upon another indictment with _, stealing twenty sovereigns , the _monK _* of Mr AVaylett , a watchmaker , in Oxford-street . —Upon the application , to Mr , Clarkson , Evans was immediately ordered to be discharged . —The Jury returned a verdict of " Guilty" against Rolls!—The prisoners , Rolls and Richardson , were then charged with stealing £ 0 , the monies of Thomas Prince . — The jury found both the prisoners " Guilty , ' '—The prisoner Rolls and King were then brought up for judgment , and the Recorder , after observing that there could be no doubt that they were part ofa gang of systematic plunderers of tradesmen , sentence " l _tiiera . to he transported for ten years . —King was removed , and Richardson was then placed at the bar with Rolls . —Tlie Recorder , in passing sentence upon

      them , said it was evident that Rolls was the captain and leader in all these proceedings , and the lad who stood by his side was proved to have been made an expert thief under his tutorship , and to hive been his willing instrument in _tliess nefarious transactions . It was in the power of the court to have transported Rolls for life , and , under the' circumstances , ho felt it his duty to pass another sentence of ten years ' transportation upon him , in addition to the former sentence . With _regard to Richardson a marked difference would he made in his sentence , on account of his youth , and a bel ief that he had acted . under the influence ofthe other _prisoner ; but such a _seiitenes must still be passed as would likely to _wean him effectually from his bad companions . lie then sentenced Richardson to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months .

      _UrrxaixG Forged _Okdeus vor Goods . —Charles Laughne , 24 , clerk , who had pleaded guilty to five charges of uttering forged orders for the delivery of goods , was sentenced to be transported for seven

      years . _GUAROE OV _FOHGTJUY AOA _1 NST A SOLICITOR . — Henry Smithers surrendered to receive tho judg ment of the court . —The defendant who had been an attorney at Aylesbury , was convieted a few sessions ii _go of uttering a forged retainer in a Chancery suit , but a point of law was reserved which the judges have since decided against him , and he now appeared to receive judgment . —Tbe Recorder sentenced the defendant to be imprisoned in the common gaol of the county where the offence was committed , for ono year .

      _Hobbekt at Chelsea . —Thomas Maedonald , 33 labourer , Mary Maedonald , 32 , _marnei " , and Mary Fox , 52 , widow , were indicted for stealing £ 70 . and some other property belonging to Thomas M'Gow ran . The prosecutor , a shabby looking Irishman , was a teacher of languages at Lyons , where he had Imd fov many years , aud amassed a considerable sum of money , but being accused of having taken a part in some disturbances , he was arrested , thrown into confinement , and all lie possosseu seized . Subsequently procuring his liberty , he made his way _t- > England , and from ( hat period down to the time of tlie commission of the offence lived at Chelsea , Raining a living by hawkimr matches and other trifling iinicles . Whilst so living he memorialised Lord Palmetstoti , through whose , interference he obtained

      restoration of some of the property he had been deprived of , and on the 24 th of September receives " £ U , and tn _*/> watches , with which he was seen in pessiou at Chelsea , and in company with the prisoners ; and on the evening of that u ay he was seen in the streets in great distress , complaining of having b ; cn robbed , and he suddenly and most mysteriousT y disappeared . The'facts coming to the ears of thc pi'licc the prisoners were taken up , and on the _womon was found a quantity of money , amouting to nearly £ 50 , and on the man some new clothing , respecting which they gave very contradictory accounts . Handbills were then printed for the missing man and rewards offered , and from time to time the prisoners remanded ; and nothing was heard of _M'Gcwran until about a fortnight ago , when information was received

      ciiac 110 was some instance irom London , in the county of Kent , subsisting b y begging , and when he returned he wan taken before the police _magistrate and there gav evidence , bringing home the robbery to the womaj , who had taken it from him when drunk , and hi said that when he came to himself and found his money gone , he ran away , and only knew what had taken place from sveing _' an old newspaper in wliich he read the repnrtof the examination . The defence j » _st up by tbe woman Mary Maedonald was . _\ hat : thc prisoner had given her the money , wishing her to go to Fiance with him , and that he owed her a large sum for board and lodging . —Mr . Ballantine having intimated that he thought the case weak _asainst Thomas Maedonald and Mary Fox . the jury "Acquitted" them , and found Mary Maedonald

      "Guilty . " The Common-Sergeant said , had it been a usual case of plundering a man by wholesale she would have been transported , but as there were strange circumstances attending the affair ho should order her to be imprisoned twelve montlis . Manslaughtkr . —Robert Lambert , 27 , drayman , wan indicted upon the coroner ' s warrant for " killing and slaying Bridget Hayes . —Tho deceased woman whs a stall-keeper in Holborn , and on tho day in question , the Oth of _Ootober , was at the corner of the street , minding her stall , when the prisoner came along with his dray , riding on the shafts and smoking a pipe , and before the poor woman could get out of

      the way , the dray knocked down the stall , and passed over her . She was immediately pulled Up by Some ofthe " _. ystanJers , and conveyed to the hospital , where she lingered in the most excruciating agony until the 31 st , when she died . The prisoner when stopped said he did not know that he had gone over any one . —The surgeon described the injuries received as being of a most frightful nature ; the dray having passed entirely across the lower part Of her person . —The jury found him " Guilty . _"" -Tho Common Sergeant said he was determined to make an example of persons guilty of such carelessness , and sentenced the prisoner to six mouths' imprisonment ana hard , labour ,

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      Frauds on Pawnbromhs dy spurious Plkooes . —John Gaily , 27 , dealer , was Indicted / or _obtaining by false pretences , from Henry Wilson , the sum or £ 12 , ihe monies of George Barker and another , with intent to defraud . —Henry Bilston , assistant to Mr . Barker , _pawnbroker , of High-street , AJdgate , stated that on the 26 th of June last the prisoner came to their _thopaflda _& cu if they took in chronometers , and being answered in the affirmative produced from a handkerchief in which it was wrapped , that which appeared to be an eight-day ship ' s chronometer , and asked £ 29 on it , purporting it to be one of Me _»> rs . Brockbank ' s , 'he celebrated maker . * , of _Cowper ' scourt _, Cornhill . The prisoner said , it was by _Bvocfebank , and bad cost £ 81 . Having shown it to their managing manwho was deceived by the outward

      ap-, pearance it presented , tbey offered the prisoner * 10 on it , which the prisoner would not at first accept , saving he must have £ 15 ; but after some further discussion he agreed to take a loan of £ 12 for three months . Previously to advancing the mosey witness noticed on the top of the case the card of Mr . Carter , another equally wel ' -Wwu chronometer maker in Cornhill , and upon _askinsr why that was there the prisoner said it had lately been in Mr . Carters hands to be timed , but that he ( prisoner ) had lost the list of its Tates . Prisoner gave the name of " John Gaily , 24 , Liverpool-street . " and sinned the document with that name and address when he toofc the money . On the 2 nh Oct . the prisoner again pre _sented himself at their shop , and ottered for pledge a silver pocket chronometer , ' which they at once

      detected as a spurious article , and having detected the character of thc _chronomeier they had taken in , they _recognised thc prisoner as tho man who bad pledged it , and said they should detain the watch until he took the chronometer out . Upon this the prisoner became abusive , and said thut if the watch was not given him back at once he should fetch a constable and give in ' custody the person who dared to detain it . Prisoner was then asked to give his name and address , and he gave William Hands , Laburnam-terraco , Kingsland-road . Witness having slill expressed his determination to detain the watch , prisoner went out and fetched _^ a policeman , wht > , upon hearing the facts from witness , at once took

      the prisoner to the station-house on the _^ present charge . Witness afterwards went to Liverpoolstreet , arid there found that prisoner was only known at a coffee-house there . _—> lr . Atkins , of the firm of Brockback and Atkins , said , the chronometer had been brought to him to know if it was one of theirs , which of _eourio it was _« nt . He should be sorry to give 80 s . for it . As a chronometer it was quite valueless , a portion of the works to indicate its _chai-Mittr being false . It would go , and for curiosity lie tried its rates , and it lost nearly forty-five _initiutesiu five hours . — The jury immediately found him " Guilty ; " and ho was ordered to be transported for seven years .

      Swindi . i . vo . — Charles and Charlotte _Leightou _, man and wife , two elderly persons , were convicted of swindling . —The _y . _visonera formed part of a gang who go about _obtaining houses by false references , then ordering in goods from the tradespeople , and decamping as soon as they are obtained . —Thoy wero both sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment . — The courts sat beyond their usual hour , to finish up the remainine ciise * , and then adjourned until Monday , the 17 th of December .

      An Emigrant Ship On Fire. -Miraculous Es...

      AN EMIGRANT SHIP ON FIRE . -MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF 400 PERSONS . The Tay ( with the West India Mail , ) brings an account of the total loss of the emigrant ship Caleb Grimshaw , Captain Hoxie , by fire , sixteen miles S . E . of tho island of Flores , one of tbe Azores . The emigrants , 039 in number , with tho crew were providentially saved from destruction . The cry of " fire" was raised at about eight o'clock on the night ofthe 12 th ult . . The decks were immediately flooded . On raising one of the fore hatches , the tire was discovered abreast of the chain locker . The heat was so intense that no one could live below , and . the immense quantities of water poured into the ship by tho crew and passengers generated steam , and the heat at length became insufferable . But this was the only means by which the ship was

      kept from being rapidl y consumed . The boats were towed astern of the burning vessel for five days and nights , filled with poor emigrants bewailing their fate , while about sixty wero on a raft , when a ship was seen bearing towards them , and which proved to be the barque Sarah , Capt . C < wk , bound frora London to Now Brunswick , in ballast . As soon as the captain of tho Sarah saw thc signal of distress , he immediately approached the Caleb Grimshaw , but was only able to get on board during- the night ofthe 17 ch three boatsfull of passengers owing to the wind blowing hard . The next day , the 18 th , he got on board about 150 passengers . Night approaching , and the wind still increasing , he was obliged to lay to . On the 19 th there was a heavy sea and no move could be got off . On the 20 th

      about ten persons wbo had cscapod from the burning ship volunteered to return and relieve those who were on board at work , as by . this time there was no moro water or provisions to bo got without raising the hatches . The mainmast was now settling down , and tho upper deck was working each way . On this day the snip floated to tho leeward of Flores into smooth water , nnd during the night all the passengers that remained on board were got off . Bcforo tho last of ihe crew left they lifted the hatches , and immediately the ship burst into a terrific blaza . The escape of all the persons , 399 in number , was most miraculous . Consider a ship , filled with nearly 400 persons , on fire for eight days and nights , and not a single person lost his life ! Nothing but tho continual flooding the ship prevented her from being burnt to the water ' s edge , and every soul on board perishing before relief could ho had . The men and crew worked like

      heroes . The conduct of the master 01 the Sarah was boyond all praise . For three days and nights did ho hover about the burning ship amidst the most tempestuous weather , taking every opportunity to lower his boats to save some of the passengers . Nothing could exceed his heroism and humanity . To him , under Divine Providence , the unhappy emigrants owe their preservation . Although perpetually obliged by the tempestuous wind and heavy sea to loavo them apparently to a dreadful fate , lie always endeavoured to keep in sight , and

      cheer their aching hearts with a prospect ol " escape . Tho Sarah arrived at Fayal with the crow and passengers of the Caleb Grimshaw in safety . The passengers had lost every thing on board , and were perfectly destitute , for they had the greatest _diflhculty to get food from tho burning ship to keep them alive . Captain lloxie chartered the Sarah to take on tho passengers to New "York , The Sarah had not left Fayal when the Tay took her departure , hut tho American consul was using the most strenuous efforts to arrange everything for her leaving . The Caleb Grimshaw belonged to Messrs . Grim- sbaw , of Liverpool . The ori gin of tho tiro was not ; known .

      The Royal Forests.—In The Last Report 01...

      The Royal Forests . —In the last report 01 the ss Commissioners of Woods and Forests ( printed a few v days ago ) , some information is given respecting tho _e _: royal forests . The commissioners , iu consequence c of the discussions in the House of Commons , have _ec bad them surveyed , ami have received reports from n eminent and experienced surveyors on the state ofit the plantations in Now , Dean , Alice Holt , Woolmer _, ' , ; Bcre , Pavkhust , Delau'ero , and Salcey Forests , and _dt llazleborough Walk , in "Whittlcwood , for tho im-1-provement of all of which acts have been passed . I . It is shown by the reports that the value ot tho _itf plantations exceed ono million since 1 S 0 S , and id when at maturity will exceed ten millions , provided _sdi continued attention be paid to their management , ti

      and especially injudicious thinning . In the mcan-ni timo an income is to bo expected from a great por- rr tion of the plantations which will yield a fair rent nil for thc land , and repay tho original eost ot planting , gg The commissioners atate that " the present state of OC Wallliam , Epping , or Hainaulfc Forest is most un-, nr satisfactory . The now existing Vcvderera _Courtiri completely fails in protecting the interests of thoU crown or of individuals from trespasses and _cn-ori croachments , and as it would not be deemed _ciipcdi-idd ont to divide and enclose those extensive- nmlm enjoyable portions of the district called Eppingini Forest , which are nearest to the metropolis , it becomes essential that most effectual means for prowl tectmg theso districts be _provided , bv giving piwc

      per powers for that purpose to some _compeicnt _anciui efficient tribunal . " On tho day following thiihl report of tho commissioners , an act of parliamenlec was passed , under which a commission has _iatelytee been issued , appointing three commissioners U i inquire into such matters in connexion , with WalWs tham Forest and tho new Forests in ilnmpshirejirii and tho commissioners under tho act will sltortljrfcl hold courts for tho purpose . The rojsa . 1 forests an . 1 . for the growth of navy timber , and a committee o ! c ; the House of Commons will be _appointed in the uexdec session to inquire into their management . Thk Cofi'ee Duties . —On anil after the 1 st daydd of January , 1 S 50 , coffee , kiln dried , roasted , 01 , 1 ground , will , under the _Kew Custom ? Act of 12 tu 2 S and 13 th Victoria , chap . 90 , be-admitted at tiw tit following duties , on _importation into this _countrvitst :

      _vif : Of and from foreign _coaatries the lb , Sd . S & of and from British possessions the lb . 5 d . _AmAA by the 30 th section of this act it is enacted am an declared , that such of tho _se-veral sorts of goods ads s are by this act charged wiih duty , _« 3 shall _havhaiC beon warehoused _withouJt payment of duty _upoupj importation thereof , aud which shall be in th I < bonding warehoused at the commencement of _thiff duties imposed by tho act , are to bo deemed and a J taken to be liable . tta such duties . COMMITMEKTS _SD » CONTEWT O _? _CoVUT . — J return published , on the motion ofthe _memborfoorr Montrose , Mr . 3 V Hume , _showa that the grand tots tote number of persons committed , for contempt of couicoio in Ireland , h \ tho ten years from 1839 to 1819 isl 99 elusive , amounted to 6 , 102 , of whom twenty werww committed this year . Tho average annual nuffibamln oi _vvmiuta-ta appear * to he about 120 *

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 8, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08121849/page/7/