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      €F)E Ihctvo^Oltft 6 The Northern Star. February 17, 1849 .

      € f ) e _iHctvo _^ _oltft 6 THE NORTHERN STAR . _February 17 , 1849 .

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      The _Brerns a _>* d " _Dsmhs _REGisinREn is London during the week ending Saturday last _, February 10 , were- Birth ? , 1 , 073 ; Deaths , 1 , 196 ; the average for the week being 1 , 169 . The 1 , 196 deaths registered in the week show an excess < m the winter average of 27 ; and as compared with the return of tho previous week , they give an increase of 59 . This result , to some extent unfavourable , is the effect of increased fatality of inflammation of the lungs and _bronchitis , especially the latter , which , in proportion to the population at each age , carries off a _** Tcatcr number ofthe old , while the former is fatal , almost exclusively , to the young . The deaths from inflammation of the lungs were 103 , or just thc

      average ; in the previous week they were 91 : those from bronchitis were 93 , or 15 more than the average ; in the former woek tbey were 78 , which is the average number . The readings of both the iarometer and thermometer were unusually hig h . Small pox , measles , scarlatina , hooping cough , all show a decrease as compared with the former return ; but fetal cases of cholera -were 55 , from which it appears that this epidemic is on the increase in Xondon . It is worthy of observation , that diarrhoea and dysentery number 37 , which is considerably more than occurred in any ofthe first six weeks of five previous years ; while the mortality from diarrhoea , dysentery , and cholera together , is equal to six times the weekly average .

      Mysterious Robbert at St . Pancras Workhouse . —A mysterious robbery of £ 155 in silver and JE 20 in gold , was effected from the " strong room " of the newly-erected St . Pancras vestry-rooms , adjoining the workhouse , in the King ' s-road , Camden Town . It appears , that Mr . M'Gahey , the clerk to the board , accompanied by his son , a young man about twenty years of age , who acts as a clerk in Lis office , proceeded on Thursday afternoon week to the Bloonisbury branch of the London and Westminster Bank , and brought away the sum of £ 155 in . silver , in tbree bags , and £ 50 in notes . Mr . M'Gahey had previously placed the £ 20 in gold in the cash box , and on their arrival at the vestry rooms ( keeping the notes in his pocket ) he went

      away , leaving his son in the office to count the silver , in "whieh he -was assisted by another clerk , Mr . Plewg . . Mr . M'Gahey , jun ., states , that whea he liad counted the money , he went into his father ' s private room , and took irom the drawer of the inkstand on the table the key of the " strong room •" this being- the place where it -was usually kept , a feet known , it is stated , by all the officers ofthe establishment . Having got the key , he went and deposited thc money in the cupboard in the strong room , locked the door , and put the key back in the place in the inkstand drawer in his father ' s room . It must he here remarked that it was the custom of Mr . M ' Gahey , jun ., to request Mr . Plews to assist him in placing the money away in the " stroni *

      room , " but on this occasion he did not do so . The first discovery of the robbery on Friday morning week was occasioned Dy the demand ofthe board for money to pay the poor , and the absence ofthe hey ofthe " strong room" from the drawer ofthe inkstand . The "strong room" door was found locked , and a duplicate key having been obtained , it was opened , and it was { hen discovered that the cupboard referred to had heen broken open , as also the cash-box therein , and the silver and gold to the amount stated stolen . Information was instantly forwarded to the police-station ofthe S division , in Phoenix-street-, Somers Town ; and on the arrival of two detective officers , an investigation took place , and the following suspicious _facte presented

      themselves . In the " strong room there were no traces of any implements , nor had there been anyviolence used to the lock of the iron door . The door of the vestry clerk ' s office was found unlocked , and also that of the private room . The keys of the " strong room , " that ofa door leading fw > m the workhouse far den _, besides other Keys had also been abstracted , mt were afterwards found in the lavatory ranged in a row together with several house-breaking _imple"ments . On the window-sill were discovered four finger-marks of each hand , but , on minute inspection , the officers are convinced that these had been made from the inside , but were intended to lead to a belief that the robber had made his exit by getting out and dropping from the window , a

      circumstance rendered impossible with the £ 155 in silver on his person . Mr . M'Gahey , jun ., states , that when he deposited the money in the " strong room , " he immediately went , after locking the door , and placed the key where he found it , and then left the premises , the time being , to the best of his belief , about a quarter-past six o _' _elock . Thero is some doubt about which of the beadles locked up the place , but the last person in the vestry clerk ' s onlee was Mr . Jaques , the chief clerk , and he , it appears , recollecting , after be had got out into the road , that he had not locked the office door , told Iamb , the porter at the gate of the workhouse , to go np and do so , but wliich Lamb omitted through forgctfulness , not thinking , as he states , at the

      moment , that it was of particular importance , as he had known the vestry clerk ' s office door left unlocked many times previously . The last officer inown to lave been on the premises was Mr . Clarke , one of the visiting agents of the poor , and he is stated to have left by the lower lodge gate , leading to his office on the basement . In consequence of this robbery , the board of directors had no money iopay thc poor , who had assembl-d in hundreds , aad they ha l to remain till the necessary amount was procured from thc banker's by Mr . T . H . Smith , a member of the board , from his own account . A special meeting ofthe board of directors took place on Saturday afternoon , when an investigation was entered ihto with closed doors , but ,

      from -what bas transpired , suspicion points to some of the officers of the establishment , although everything -was done to make it appear to have been the act of a stranger and regular housebreaker . In order to strengthen this view of the case , four or five skeleton Keys were thrown into the garden fronting the house , _Xo . 15 , Cook ' s-row , Old St . Pancras-road , about three doors from the front of the vestry rooms , and where they were picked up on Saturday mo _i-ninff , and handed orer to Lockerby , the detective constable , hy Mrs . Tiffin , the niece of onc ofthe beadles , who keeps the house , and who found them there . These keys , on being tried by the officer , were found to open almost every door in the place . The delinquent has not been discovered .

      Inquest . —On Saturday afternoon Mr . Baker , the « oronerfor the eastern division ofthe county of Middlesex , held an inquest at the Ten Bells Tavern , Ked lion-street , Spitalfields , on the bodies of Henry Sntton , Caroline ( his wife ) . Henry Sutton ( their child ) Caroline Sawyer , and Grace _Sewland , who were burnt to death in the fire which occurred on Thursday night week in Lamb-street , Spitalfields . Some time previous to the assembling of the jury a crowd of persons had congregated round the tavern , all eagerly discussing that which seemed generally admitted—viz ., that had a determined effort been made to save the unfortunate creatures they might have been saved . The appearance ofthe premises probably gave rise to this supposition , the

      -floors being uninjured , the building not a lofty one , and the windows being only separated from those ofthe adjoining bouses by a few feet of brickwork , so that every mcHity was afforded for thc extension ofa rope across the front of the _Jmrning house , so as to afford a means of escape for the inmates . The jury having been sworn proceeded to view the oodies , which had been placed in the vaults of the ohurch . The spectacle was most revolting , the oodies being in some parts reduced to a mere cinder , -and all thc lands clasped as if in agony . The _unfortunate woman -Grace _^ Xewland wss enceinte at the _3 ame of her death , The Coroner , without _returning _iothe room where ** ie jury had assembled , informed ihem that he _woKid not venture to enter into an

      Equity of such im-portanceat that late hour , and it would probably be -of some advantage that the _inquiry should be deferred until _Monday . The usual form of binding thejury in their own recognisances was then gone through in the vault , and the inquiry was adjourned . Body op a Lam _secxn vt a Posn . —On Sunday _jnci-ning the body of . - an elegantly _d-aessed female , apparently about fi % - years of age , waa found lying in a _^ ond in Readins ' _-e brickfield , at Feskham . The < _ieeecsed , -who had _apparently been dead some house , bid on a black _ k dress _andmaatilla . There were < some gold rings on her fingers , but no money was _-found upon her ; -her linen is' marked N . The hody ,- ** 7 hich bears no masks of violence , was removed to Cainberwell workhouse to await an _iogusst .

      _Is-jcssr . —Masslacchi-bb . — On Saturday Mr . Baker _feeld an inquest , sstdhe Black _Eorae , _Kingsland-roadj to inquire rektire to the death of E . _Rumboli . aged twenty-nine , a brickmake-- , who was kilted in a pugittsiie -encounter which , took place last Monday week in the tap-room -cf the Anchor psMic house , Ha ** gerstone . _Tinae men , named Jons Hunter , _TYm . _raosot , and John Stmt , have been sader examma-Exui at Worsm _^ steeet police-court , _charged with _bsxOBg caused the-death of the deceased . Thirteen witnesses were examined . The coroner gemmed up , wben , as thejury ewM not agree in their verdict , and as ne ( the _coroaorj j had to attend _anather inquiry , he caused _theta-fco be locked np , telling them that he frould return ta a snort time , and swearing- the _ttrmmnnm- offiepr ;

      _ _~ o ~ _~ not to allow them any refreshment . On the return ofthe coroner he discovered thai they were comforfably enjoying ; themselves with glasses of rum and gin and water , cigars , & c . The eoroner stated to the summoning officer that he had acted in violation of his duty . The coroner , therefore , Sued him £ 5 . — -The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against J . Hunter , as principal , and W . Parrott , for aiding and abetting . Ins Fog . —On Monday morning , during the intense fog which enveloped the metropolis , the train which leaves the Euston -station at five minutes past nine o ' clock had just passed the brid ge over the canal at the Camden station ( the pilot engine having heen turned into a siding the moment before ) , when a cry was suddenly raised of " a man down , " and it was discovered a policeman , najnedFitzpatrict _, had

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      for some cause as yet unexplained , proceeded to cross thc line between the two engines , and was struck down by the eng ine attached to the tram . On reaching the unfortunate object of the alarm he was found frightfully mutilated , with a deep wound on the head , apparently large enoug h to admit the Whole hand , and thc rig ht foot also crushed . He was removed to the University Hospital , -where a slight movement of one hand apparently terminated his sufferings . He leaves a wife and large family totally unprovided for . —The fog caused great alarm and inconvenience on the Thames . The Emerald , Gravesend steamer , started with a large number of I persons at a quarter before eight o clock . At eight o ' clock a boat from the Star company leaves , and

      at half-past eight o clock thc Brunswick , belonging to the London and Blackwall Railway starts . The latter boat was on its way up , when the people on board discovered , about midway between Erith and Woolwich , that the Emerald was aground , and the passengers appeared to be calling for aid . The Brunswick proceeded on her course , and arrived about two hours after her usual time at the pier . The Emerald reached London-bridge-wharf about three hours after her regular time , and it appeared that upon her making , as is customary , tor the Essex shore , the captain , who was deceived as to his distance by the fog , ran upon the shore , where he remained until the tide returned . Mb . Drouet as » the Pauper Children . --

      Monday evening a fully-attended meeting ofthe inhabitants of Westminster took place at the Temperance-hall , Broadway , for the purpose of " considering the lamentable destruction of life at tbe pauper child-farm at Tooting—one hundred and fifty poor children having lost their lives in twelve days—to consider the reprehensible conduct of the different boards of guardians , and the Poor Law board , and if the present New Poor Law is suitable to a Christian country . " Sir Charles Aldis took the chair . The following resolution was passed — " That from the painful disclosures connected with thc awful destruction of life at the child-farming establishment at Tooting , from thc jury on the inquest relating to the deaths of the innocents in

      question having returned a verdict of manslaughter against Mr . Drouet , and from the circumstances that the system under wliich the children ' s lives were destroyed , has from time to time met with the approval of the guardians of the poor , and existed under the cognizance and sanction of the Poor Law Commissioners , this meeting considers the inhuman treatment inflicted upon these children to be inseparable from the spirit and essence of the new Poor Law , and that this law being repupant to every feeling of humanity , and a monstrous and enduring violation ofthe decrees of our holy religion , ought to be utterl y and immediately abolished . " The second resolution , pledg ing the meeting to adopt petitions to both Houses of Parliament ,

      urging the speedy abolition ofthe new Poor Law—was also carried unanimously . The third resolution gave the hearty thanks of the meeting to Mr . Charles Lushington , the member for Westminster , for the very great promptitude with which he presented to , and the ability with which he supported in the House of Commons , a petition which had been adopted at a meeting called upon the same _subject at the "Western literary and Scientific Institution , in Leicester-square . It was carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was g iven to the chairman , and the meeting adjourned . Accident with a Fire Escape . —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , at Guy ' s

      Hospital on the body ot A . Sampson , aged 11 . —J . ! Clarkson , an attendant in the sick ward of _Newington workkouse , said that the deceased and his younger brother were brought from Drouet ' s asylum at Tooting , and rapidly recovered . On Saturday last the master of the workhouse ordered witness and some other of the able-bodied paupers to exercise themselves with the fire escape , which was kept in the yard . The deceased boy was let down from a window twice , after which witness descended with him in his arms . They again went up to the window to descend once more , and the deceased jumped out of the window on to his shoulder , and fell on theflag stones below . —Yerdict , " Accidental death "

      Removal op Sick Prisoners . —Before Mr . Bedford , on Tuesday , at the Milibank Prison , on the body of J . Neale , aged 21 , and A . Cooke , aged 19 , both of whom were removed from the Reformatory Prison , Portland , while in a weak state of health , and died in consequence . Both the deceased prisoners , it appears , were under a sentence of transportation for seven years , and on the 19 th Dec . last were , with several other prisoners removed from the Wakefield gaol to thc Portland prison . Both the deceased appeared then very ill and feeble , and seemed to suffer from the journey , but they made no complaint . On amving at Portsmouth , where they had to embark on board a steamer for Portland , Mr . Hopper , who had charge of them , observed them to

      be ill , and , having reported them to the medical officer of the hulks , they had medicine . They , with others , were then chained in gangs of twelve , put on board the vessel , and conveyed to Portland . Mr . Hopper , in his evidence , stated that from the beach the prisoners had to walk a mile , still chained together , along a very bad stony road , and up hill all the way . The road was so bad that it took them at least an hour to walk that mile . After then' arrival they were found unfit for work , and on thc 23 d of Jan . were sent away again in charge of the same person who brought them there , and on reaching Milibank Prison were immediately placed in the infirmary . —Dr . Baly , the physician ot the prison , said the deceased were not in a fit state to be

      removed , and that removal had hastened their deaths . —Thejury returned a Terdict " That J . Neale died from scrofulous peritonitis , and A , Cooke of pulmonary consumption ; and that their deaths were accelerated by removal whilst in a weak state of health . " —The Coroner said the removal of persons in 6 uch a condition appeared to be very cruel , and he hoped it would not be repeated . The Poll at the-Chelsea _Vestrt . —The poll on the question ofthe conduct ofthe guardians , ' ' in allowing the children to remain so long at Tooting after the dreadful mortality had commenced , " commenced on Friday , Feb . 9 , " after the termination of the discussion in the vestry , and the numbers polled were , thirty-four for the * amendment ( which

      confirmed the opinion expressed by the jury ) , and twenty-eight against it , or for acquitting the guardians of all blame . After the chose ofthe poll , in consequence of the manner in which the votes were taken , Mr . Markham , the foreman , had a conference with some of the jury , and it was determined that they should not interfere further in the polling , and a communication was made to their friends to that effect . This arrangement was implicitly relied on . The polling was resumed on Saturday last , at nine o ' clock , with some spirit on the part of the friends of the guardians , but very few persons offered in the early part of the morning—the voters on the Other side having gone to their respective avocations in consequenceof the above intimation . About 11 o ' clock

      several of the ratepayers called on Mr . Markham , and requested him to alter his determination , and not let the guardians have it all their own way , to which he acceded , and came to the vestry-room , wherehe and Mr . Ryder entered into a compact , in the presence of Mr . Loveland , the vestry-clerk , that neither the board of guardians nor the members ef thejury should themselves vote on the question . Subsequent to that Mr . Hamilton and Mr . Osborne , two of the jurors , who were not aware of tho compact , tendered their votes , but on being informed of it by Mr . Loveland , they declined to vote . The polling became much brisker during the afternoon , and there was every prospect of the amendment , being carried hy a considerable majority , when , a

      few minutes before four o ' clock , the chairman ofthe board of guardians , with nearly all the guardians , entered the vestry , and , regardless of the compact the chairman had made , tendered fifty-eight votes , being a plurality of votes under Sturges Bourne ' s Act , although the question on which the poll was demanded wasnot oneaffectingtherates . —Mr . Martha-fa , in indignant terms , upbraided the guardians with having broken their faith-with thejury , and declared that he should no longer have any confidence , or respect for tbem as a body , and they were loudly hissed by the jury and their friends . —The Chairman said the final state of the poll , at its close at four o ' clock , was as follows : —For the amendment , 194 ; against it , 211 . —The Jury said , that although they had been beaten by the breach of faith on the part ofthe guardians , thoy had a majority of fifty in the number of the rate-payers who had

      polled . —The Chairman then , by the advice of the _vest-ry-clerk , put the original motion , when not a single -hand was held up in its favour , not even one of tue guardians doing so , but 115 hands were held up _agamst , and it was declared to be lost . Three cheers were then given for the jury , three groans for Uie _^ _uasrdians , and tho vestry broke up . D * sookti---jasce op Interments at St . Bride ' s Burial _43 Ro * na ) . —On Wednesday , in consequence of a _representa-fion made by Mr . Simon , the City of London _niediesd office , to the effect that the land used by iiie < ch _** rchwardens of St . Bride ' s as burialground for -the poor , was a nuisance prejudicial to ihe _neiglcbaurhood , an order was issued by Mr . Daw , the ehief . el € rk of the commissioners , directing the churchwarden * to abate such nuisance , and to discontinue interments in such burial-ground from ibis time forth .

      Bepombd Deatb ojp Mb . _Deobet . — -On _Wednesday at a meeting of the St . _Paaeias vestry , Mr . Clarke said that he had been informed that Mr . Eaton , the master of die St . Pancras workhouse , had received a letter from Tooting ~ t— mgthat Mr . Drouet had died last ni ght , and' that before he died he had declared himself to be " amurdered man . " Mr . Healey , the chairman , said . he had no doubt , from what he had heard from Mr Howell , a vestryman , that such an event had taken _fhwe . He had understood that Mr . Drouet had * nr some years been subject to an affection of the h oavt i and the excitement produced b y the late tomi _stable _occurrence m the establishment , and the . severe _vertocts of the coroners' juries , had so in creased the disease as to render the unfortunate m- Vs life in

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      imminent danger . He had heen told by his friend Mr . Howell that the master of the workhouse had received a communication announcing Mr . Drouet ' s death , and he had no doubt it was true . Mr , Eaton , the master of the workhouse , was called before the vestry , and stated thathe had not received the communication officially from Tooting , hut from a friend of Mr . Drouet ' s , on whom tne greatest reliance could be placed , who declared that Mr . Drouet had died on the previous night .

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      Yorkshire.—The Mirfield Murders.—Mr. Sup...

      Yorkshire . —The Mirfield Murders . —Mr . Superintendent Chalk is communicating with the police-office at Dewsbury respecting some of the property taken from Mr . Wraith ' s house on the occasion . This correspondence has arisen in consequence ofa statement of certain alleged facts in reference to a concealment of thc property , and affects materially the mother of the assassin , Patrick Beid . Norfolk . — TnE Stanfield Hall Assassinations . —It is asserted the police have discovered the important fact that Rush purchased a five-barrelled pistol in Shoreditch , a short time before tho Stanfield Hall murders . The shopman has , it is saididentified Bush .

      , The late Confession of Murder at _Portsmouth . — Horrible as were tho details wo published in the last number of this journal we learn that instead of two murders , there have been four , and the events , instead of having taken place ten , occurred twenty years ago . The clerk of the _pergon named in the confession disposed of tho body 01 thefirst child by throwing it down a privy in _Gos port ( where its remains were since found ) . The deceased after that became enceinte with twins , which were destroyed by abortion ; and she subsequently was delivered of a male child in the open air at night , which was destroyed by the father and taken away by him in his silk pocket-handkerchief . The witnesses to these details are persons moving in

      an industrious and respectable sphere , whose testimony is above taint . Inspector Martin , of the Hants county constabulary , on Wednesday received instructions from the high constable to proceed in search of evidence with the utmost diligence , with the view of bringing the g uilty party to justice . Lincolnshire . —Murder at Nocton Heath . —Mr . J . Hitchins , the coroner , has been engaged in the investigation of the circumstances connected with the death of Mary Ann Melton , a young woman , aged 19 years , a servant in the employment of Mr . Hills , a farmer at Nocton Heath . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was on Monday fortnight taken very UI , and Mr . Snow , a surgeon , was sent for . Miss Hills told Mr . Snow that tho

      deceased had confessed to her that she had taken some white powder in a little milk , and that she did so by the direction of John Clark , the shepherd , by whom she was pregnant , in order to produce a miscarriage . That John Clark had advised her to do it , and he mixed the powder in the milk and made her take it . —Mr . Snow corroborated the statement from a confession made to him by the woman , and said that when he made a post mortem examination of the body , he found sufficient arsenic to kill any person , —Mr . Hills , the deceased ' s employer , said Clark , on thc day after deceased was taken ill , asked him for some money , and he gave hira £ 10 ; he had not seen him since . —The jury returned a verdict of '" Wilful murder " against John Clark , andthe coroner issued a warrant for his

      apprehension . Exeter . —Plunder of the Mail Bags . —The two prisoners , Poole and Nightingale , underwent another examination on Friday week at the gaol , at which most important disclosures were made respecting the plundering ofthe mail . Mr . J . M . Cox , an attorney , residing in Exeter , on the evening ofthe lst of Jan ., came from Dawlish to Exeter by the mail train , and on its arrival at Starcross two men came in , one of them wearing a Jim Crow hat , moustachios , and dark cloak . On the train arriving at Exeter , when Mr . Cox was leaving the carriage , one of the men went out before him , so that Mr . Cox did not see his face : the other man however , who wore the " -Sim Crow hat , & c , was

      lying back in his seat , and Mr . Cox identifies him as the prisoner Poole . Elizabeth Towell lately servant to the prisoner Poole , had seen the prisoner Nig htingale , two or three times at her master ' s house . ( It will he remembered that they denied all knowledge of each other . ) The last time she saw him there was on the Sunday night before Poole was apprehended . He rang at thc door and she answered the hell . He inquired for her master . He said his name was Mr . Smith . She told Poole of it , who went to the door . She saw them talking together . On thc morning after Poole was apprehended , she went to the Guildhall to see if she could identify thc man ( Nightingale ) who was with him . Poole asked her what she was wanted for . She fold him , and he replied , " You don't know anything . " She afterwards said that she

      could not identify Nightingale , as she only saw him by candlelight . After this evidence had been taken the prisoners were removed to their former place of confinement in the gaol . Serious Charge of Hats agaixst a Solicitor . —Epsom , Saturday . — The complainant's name is Maria O' Grady . She is the daughter of Lieutenant O'Grady , who was shot in a duel about twelve years since , by Captain Smith , brother of the Princess of Capua . After Lieutenant O'Grady ' s decease , his widow married Mr . Waghorn , a brick and tile manufacturer , of Ewell , in Surrey . This alliance proved very unhappy , and about two years since a separation took p lace between the parties . Mrs . Waghorn , some time afterwards , being greatly

      reduced , applied to the guardians ofthe Epsom Union for relief , and her case exciting some interest , Mr . Oades , of Banstead , charitably received the complainant ( her daughter ) into his family , as a nursery governess . Miss O'Grady remained in Mr . Oades ' s family only a very short period , and when that gentleman desired to remove her , he applied to Mr . Thomas Ilenry Bartlett , a solicitor practising at Epsom , who had been employed professionally by Mrs . Waghorn in some proceedings she had taken against her husband , to know where her mother resided , in order that Miss O'Grady might be sent to her . Mr . Bartlett , a married man without any family , did not furnish Mr . Oades with the desired information , but at once undertook to receive the

      young lady in his own house . Here Miss O'Grady appears to have remained for some time , in the capacity of companion to Mrs . Bartlett . In November last , during the absence of Mrs . Bartlett from home , the offence preferred is alleged to have taken p lace . Miss 0 ' Grady states , in her deposition taken before Baron de Tessier , Mr . Northey , and Mr . Gosse , magistrates acting for the district , that on the night of the 6 th of November , while sleeping alone , she was alarmed by discovering Mr . Bartlett in bed with her , and that in spite of her expostulations and entreaties he succeeded in effecting her ruin . She adds , that next morning she complained of Mi * . Bartlett ' s conduct to a servant , the only female in the house . Within one week of this date ,

      Miss O'Grady was sent to Liverpool by Mr . Bartlett , and in consequence of the parties to whom she was sent not being discovered , she communicated with her mother , and her return to town was the result . The conduct of Mr . Bartlett then became thc subject of inquiry , and on Monday last a formal complaint having been made to the magistrates , a warrant was issued for his apprehension . The warrant was placed in the hands of Mr . Inspector Kennedy , the chief officer of the district , who apprehended Mr . Bartlett at the railway station , on his return from town the same evening . Mr . Bartlett remained in custody on Monday night ; and on the following day appeared before the magistrates , when , after hear ' mg the evidence of thc

      complainant , the bench decided on holding the defendant to bail , himself in £ 300 , and two sureties in £ 150 each . We may here state , that the female servant to whom Miss O'Grady first complained , was not present at this _oxamination , and it appears that she was sent away from Mr . Bartlett ' s service simultaneously with Miss O'Grady ' s departure for Liverpool . The efforts of the officers to discover her destination have , as yet , been wholly unsuccessful . On Monday Mr . Owens and Capt . Besant , the sureties for his appearance , informed the bench that he had that morning been arrested under a civil process , and that the _officer had insisted upon conveying him to London by the eleven o ' clock train . The arrest was at the suit of Mr . Scott upon a note given by Mr . Bartlett for £ 90 , in part payment of £ 600 for the purchase of his business at Epsom . ±

      ne magistrates navmg ordered the depositions at the former examination to be read , consulted together for a short time , after which the chairman said the course on which they had determined was , to endorse tho recognisances , and thus render tho bail liable ; hut they would be withheld from the clerk of the peace until after an opportunity had been given to procure the attendance of the accused . The proceedings were then adjourned for a week , and a detainer was directed to be lodged against Mr . Bartlett , at Horsemongcr-lane Gaol , and an application made to the governor for his production before the magistrates . South Devon Election . —The nomination of a candidate in the room of Lord Courtenay took place ° \ Tuesday morning in the Castle-yard , at Exeter , when Sir Ralph Lopes was elected without opposition . _™

      Arrest of an Irish Murderer in Liverpool . — On Monday morning a man named Cearns Boswell was arrested in Great Howard-street , in this town , charged with the murder of the Rev . Mr . Lloyd , at Roscommon , about a year ago . The rev . gentleman , it may be remembered , was shot as he was returning home from church in his carriage . It appears that the prisoner made a confession to a feilowlodger , which led to his apprehension . lie now denies the fact , hut says he might make a still more absurd statement were he drunk . He will of course be removed to Ireland to stand his trial fo * the offence . The _Cwxiooodv Murder . — Thom as Williams , accused of this assassination , aad who was dis *

      Yorkshire.—The Mirfield Murders.—Mr. Sup...

      covered in Ipswich gaol , where he had been confined for robbery , has heen examined at Brecon , on the capital charge , and committed for trial . Wiltshire . —Discovert op thb Coombe Burglar . —It may be remembered that the rectory at Coombe , near Salisbury , was burglariously entered January 19 last , and a large quantity of plate , also money , Writing desks , work boxes , and their contents , were stolen . The accused burglar Is a master sweep of Wilton , named Stratton , who on Wednesday last went to Salisbury to havo an interview with a person named Phillips , forthe purpose of disposing of about 140 ounces of plate . Most unfortunately for the sweep , but fortunately for justice , he introduced himself and business to a retired silversmith -tf Qoi _"„ _iv , „ . „ „ ion nam **! Phillins . who pretended to

      VI _u-uvv-. j __ , _„ . _ . arrange for the purchase of it , and a time was fixed when ne should oring the plate . The burglar was punctual to his time , and brought with him all the stolen plate , the property of the Rev . Mr . Briscoe the consequence was , tbat Mr . Phillips gave Stratton into custody . Information was then sent to Mr . Superintendent Hall , of Wilton , and a minute and lengthy search of the sweep ' s establishment was forthwith made , and after some hours , the work boxes and contents and all the other stolen property were discovered fastened up tO the rooi ot the sweep ' s house . He was examined at Salisbury on Thursday week , and fully committed for trial . One _fieartto Andrews was apprehended as an accomplice ,

      hut the evidence not implicating him hewasdis-Gloucestershire . —The Bank of England Forgeries . — On Monday the remanded prisoners , Wm . Stevenson and Emma Jackson , were subjected to a further examination before the Bristol magistrates , upon a charge of being concerned hi forging and uttering a number of Bank of England notes . An assistant to Mr . Bretel , grocer , of Walsall , attended and identified the female prisoner as having on the 20 th of January changed a forged £ 5 note at his employer ' s shop . ; _, It being stated that other important evidence could be adduced against the parties if further time were allowed , they were again remanded .

      A Series of Charges of Swindling formed the subject of an investigation on Saturday , at the police court , Bristol . The accused gave his name Henry Phillips , but the police have ascertained his real name to be Bynam , he having , it is said , been convicted in that name some two years ago . There were a number of charges against him . Tho accused , who usuall y habited himself as a seaman , sometimes appeared to belong to the merchant and at others to the naval service , and would by means of inquiries and stratagems ascertain some particulars of families having connexions at sea , or abroad on foreign stations , and then waiting on those families and representing himself to be the sailing masterchief mateor steward of some _vessol just

      , , come home , he would state that he knew the connexion of the family , who had sent home some presents by him , but that the vessel in which he had arrived having been obliged by stress of weather to put into Sheerness , the parcels could not be released without a written authority to receive them , and a sum of money to pay the requisite charges upon them . He would then state that he was going back to Sheerness , and would , if entrusted with the requisite { authority and cash , clear out the presents and send them on as per direction . There was something so apparently sincere in thc manners of the fellow , and ne generally appeared so conversant with thc parties from whom he represented the parcels to have come , that he was generally believed ,

      and in numerous instances the money was entrusted to him . Of course the parcels never arrived , and upon inquiries being instituted concerning them , the whole matter was discovered to be a fraud . The magistrates remanded him . The Murder at Bridgnorth , Shropshire . — Since thc last inquiry , which was adjourned to the 28 th of tliis month , Mary Corfield , the fellow-servant ofthe prisoner , Catherine Newton , has made a statement to the magistrates of the borough , which , if true , fully establishes the guilt of the prisoner . — Mary Corfield says tliat on the nig ht in question she left the deceased with her daughter in the kitchen ; and that shortly after she went up stairs she heard deceased cry out"Oh don ' t ! " She frequently

      , heard tho prisoner say she would kill her mother . On one occasion she found tho prisoner kneeling on her mother ' s chest , and pressing a handkerchief into her mouth . The witness went on to say that the prisoner once told her that her mother was keeping her out of her property , and if she did not soon die she would kill her , as she had lived quite long enough . I have been sent by the prisoner to the doctors for poison , hut I did not know for what purpose . I fetched a quantity of oil on the day the deceased came to the house by the prisoner's direction ; the oil was afterwards found to have been poured on the clothes of the deceased . On the same day I saw a quantity of dripping in a basin , in the cupboard , and on the following morning , when

      the deceased was found burned , _fnoticed that the dripping had been taken out of the basin , and I have no doubt it had heen used for the same purpose as the oil . As soon as I discovered the fire I ran down stairs . I missed the deceased , and went to look for her . I found her lying in the yard , and I ran back and said , " Oh , dear , yonder she is ; she ' s dead . " Tho prisoner , at that time , was sitting upon thc sofa in her night-gown , but she did not take the slightest notice . I saw a pillow and some sheets in the yard ,- which were in the room when I went to bed . The bottle which had contained the oil I fetched I found on the fireplace tho next morning ; the sofa was covered with marks of oil .

      Coining . —On Saturday night two men were taken into custody , at Birmingham , in the act of coining half-crowns by the electro-plate system . On tho premises a complete electro Batter ** waa discovered in full work , with a number of half-crowns on the wires undergoing the silvering process . On Monday , at the public office at Birmingham , Richard Clifford and George Cotterill , together with the wife of the latter , were brought up for examination . Prom thc evidence of the police-inspector , it appeared that he andthe superintendent went on Saturday to a house situated in Farm-street , Hockley ; that he sent a boy with a note to the house of Cotterill , and that as soon as the door was opened he and thc other officer rushed in and seized the two

      male prisoners ; while doing this , Cotterill dropped from his right hand four half-crowns , Clifford having the moment previousl y thrown some others out ofthe door ofthe house into tho yard . These were immediately picked up by the boy ; a search of the premises was made , and a spoon with melted metal m it was found on the fire ; a quantity of other metal also melted was discovered near to a pantry . Adjoining was an apparatus for electroplating , and upon the copper-wire in the acid for containing the silver lay four half-crowns . Two bottles were found filled with acid , and upon the

      floor ofthe house was discovered the remains of a plaster mould which the woman broke at thc time the policemen rushed in . On a part of this there was the impression of the back part of a head . Upon Cotterill _' s person five half-crowns were found , four of them being counterfeit , and , from the marks upon the other , it was evident that it had been used for the purpose of making the plaster mould . Other implements necessary for coining were found on the premises , and thc case , as presented , was tolerably clear against the prisoners , who were then remanded .

      Sussex . —The Murder near Brighton . —A description has been issued of such of the property stolen from the deceased as it is thought might assist in detecting the murderers . Among the rest was a cheque on and " crossed to " the London and County Bank , Chichester , drawn by John Bower , and payable to Ilenry Bowley ; a £ 0 note of tho Brighton Union Bank , torn in two and pasted together , No . B 4 , 712 , dated Jane 2 i , 1848 ; and a Sat gold Geneva watch , with gold dial , figures painted black , seconds hand , with engine-turned back , and part of a cable gold chain attached . A subscription has been promptly entered into by the inhabitants of Brighton , in order that no measures , necessary for the apprehension of the murderers , might , from

      the want of pecuniary means , be left unprosecuted . Adjourned Inquest . —On Monday , Mr . Gell , the coroner , resumed the inquest on the body of Mr , George Stonhouse Griffith . Mr . Martin , clerk to deceased , said the pistols found were borrowed by him for Mr . Griffith . They were not loaded when handed to deceased . It will be remembered that some bullets were found in the pockets of the murdered man . —Police Inspector Flanagan produced the bullet extracted from Mr . Griffith ' s heart . It was of a different size to tho others , and appeared much corroded , as though it had been lyin < - m the earth before being recently used . —Maria ° Ansell , wife of the landlord of the Horse and Groom Inn Horsham : I have known Mr . Griffith four Years '

      Last Tuesday he came to the house ; I shook hands with him , and said , "It is very late , which way are you going home . " He said , •« By way of West Gnnstead . " I said , "Dear me ! are you ? It will be dark before you get thero ; and there have heen so many robberies of late in West Grinstead and Shipley that people burn lights all night . " He replied , " That he had been out all hours of the night , and he had never hurt any one , nor had any one hurt him . " He then took out of his pocket a red bag containing pistols . I had never seen a pistol before ; I asked him if it was a pistol , and he said , " Yes . " He then took something out of his pocket and unscrewed the pistol . He also took out

      the flask produced , and put a round ball in and screwed it up again . He then put some powder into a place that he opened near the trigger part . He then put the pistol into the red bag , and as he was pulling the string it broke . He then placed the loaded pistol m the right hand great coat pocket after which , he took another bag _containing a pistol . Mr . Howell a shoemaker , who was there at tho timo , asked him rf that was loaded ? He replied , "No ; I'll warrant the other will be _enouc-h for one man . I shall not give up my mo „ ev easilv " He placed tho loaded pistol m hU l \ i ;? l _t 7 _' Tl _/ other he did not _takeout tf tta C _Di-f not - _T _^ _'VK mone _^ He _™ very _cfierful _ d said be had to 9 _W to Grinstead , _anfSti Wc

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      should be offended if he did not call . —Sarah Ann Smokey , schoolmistress , at Newtimber , stated that on ; the evening of Tuesday last , about twenty minutes past nine O ' clock she heard a report of a gun or pistol , which appeared to come in the _du-ection of Mr . Mannington s premises , which were in a line with the west road . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some persons unknown . " There is as yet no clue to the murderers . Government has offered a reward of £ 100 , which , with the £ 200 offered by the Brighton police committee , makes £ 300 altogether . Dreadful Accident on the Caledonian Railway . —On Saturday night last , the mail train left Carlisle for the North at 9 . 16 p . m . It consisted of an

      engine and tender , a first-class carriage , a secondclass carriage , a mixed carriage of first and secondclass for Perth , three horse-boxes , containing nine horses for Perth , a first-class and a second-class carriage for Edinburgh , and a horse-box for Beattock . It proceeded without interruption until it passed the Rockliffe station , about four miles north of Carlisle , when suddenly the engine and tender were dissevered from the train , the Tatter getting off the rails . The first-class carriage for Glasgow also got off the rails . The second-class carriage for Glasgow , the travelling post-office , three _liorseboxes , the mixed _carriage for Perth , and the Edinburgh first-class carriage , were all precipitated _An-rn tho _omhanlrmcnt . fifteen fp . pt in _hmo-hi . The

      second-class carriage was turned on its side ; the post-office van ran right ! through it , turning it upside down , and 8 hivering . it to atoms . The night being moonlight , the guard , the engine-driver , the stoker , and those who made . a safe exit from the carriages , immediately sat to work to explore the extent of the disaster . A messenger was despatched on foot to Carlisle , and on his ! arrival Mr . Spiers , the superintendent of the Btation , set out to the spot with a special engine and a relay of workmen . In a few hours four men were taken from under the second-class carriage , quite dead , and a fifth seriously injured . They were all placed in a luggagetrain , which passed from the north soon afterwards ,

      and , with those of tho passengers who consented to return , taken to Carlisle . The injured man had had his foet cut completely off . When he was taken to the infirmary , itwas found necessary to amputate his leg . He died in the course of the night . Mr . Nixon , yeoman , of Rae Burn Hill , was pitched out ot tho carriage in which he was sitting , and rolled down the embankment into a ditch , where he was discovered by the merest accident , just before the luggage-train left the scene of the catastrophe for Carlisle . Mr . Mackintosh , tanner , of Glasgow , and his son , were a good deal bruised , and were taken to the house of their friend , Mr . T . Clarke , currier , of the Crescent , Carlisle . Mr . Drummond , one of the Commissioners of the Glasgow police , was one of the passengers , but he escaped without injury . Mr . "Woodrow , commercial

      traveller , Manchester , a simple fracture of the right leg and contusions on the body . Mr . _Jphn Hamilton , commercial traveller for Messrs . Stewart and M'Donald , fracture of the fore arm and severe injury of the hip joint , besides less serious bruises . Other passengers sustained bruises to more or less extent . The persons killed are all evidently , from their style of dress , labouring men . The secondclass _cai-riage which is thought to be the cause of the accident , is supposed to nave heen of improper guage . It belongs to the London and North Western Company . The officials connected with the Caledonian have been most attentive to the passengers who were extracted from the carriages and brought to Carlisle . Three of the horses were saved ; several were killed .

      Highway Robberies . —On the evening of Saturday last , when returning home from Buckingham market , Mi-. Lines , farmer , of Waterstratford , was pulled from his horse by three men , who beat him with bludgeons , and robbed him of a cheque for £ 50 on the London and County Branch Bank at Buckingham , about £ 7 in gold and silver , and his watch . After pulling him from his horse , the thieves forced mud into his mouth . He for a time struggled and twice knocked one ofthe fellows down , but was eventually overpowered and robbed . Mr . Tredwell , miller and farmer of Westbury , when returning from the above market on the same evening , vwas , when near the turn to Shalstone , attacked Dy two men . He resisted , and with his stick struck one a violent blow on the face . He escaped with the loss of his hat and stick only , and they were subsequently found on the road .

      Burglary and Murderous Attack . —On Wednesday night week a lone cottage at Bethersdcn , occupied by a man named Laws , who is ei g hty years of age , and lives hy himself , was broken into and ransacked . The old man was struck in a most brutal manner by an iron instrument two or three times on the head while in bed . Weltering in his blood , he crawled , after the thieves had left the house , across to a neighbour's , living at a little distance . Two young men , named Millen and Sheepwash , were apprehended the following morning on suspicion of having committed the off ence , and were remanded by the Rev . N . Toko . It is believed tho evidence will be quite conclusive against them ; the eldest is not eighteen years of age . The old man was alive on Friday night , but it is feared he cannot recover .

      Essex . — Affray with Poachers . —At the Chelmsford sessions on Friday week , H . Brazier and W . Mason were re-examined on a charge of entering the pheasant preserves of Mr . Lovibond , of Sandon , in tne night time and armed , for the purpose of destroying game , and , in company with John Brazier , who has absconded , and a fourth person unknown , beat and wounded one of the keepers . — Richard Riley said : On the morning of Sunday , the 4 th of February , about two o'clock , I was at the corner of Thorn-wood , ai Sandon , watching pheasants for Mr . Lovibond , whose gamekeeper I am , when I saw four men come from Baddow way in company , and go into the wood together . I know Mason , but not the others . Mihill , the other keeper , and my brother Thomas , were at another part of the wood , and I went to get their assistance .

      About ten minutes elapsed before I heard a gun go off . I went up to them , my brother following me ; I first saw the two Braziers standing together , and John Brazier , I believe it was , was loading the gun again . Directly they saw me they ran away , f ran after them , and caught Henry Brazier , and directly I did so , John came back again , and struck mv brother with the butt-end of the gun , holding the barrel in his hand , and knocked him down ; the blow broke the stock completely in two ; he was going to hit my brother again with thc barrel of the gun , but I knocked him down with a stick ; he lost the barrel in his fall , and then they continued fighting with their fists as long as they could . I then knocked Henry Brazier down . " I did

      not see Mason and the fourth man at this time . I had seen them just before , about four rods off , but but when we "went after the others they went away and got out of the wood . I took Henry Brazier into custody , but John Brazier , whom I hadknocked down a second time , escaped from my brother , who was rather stupified with the blows ; we then picked up at the spot the broken gun produced . Henry Brazier was given over to the police . —The prisoners said nothing in reply to the charge . —The Chairman said the offence was of so serious a nature that even the court of quarter sessions could not dispose of it , the law requiring that the case should be sent to the assizes , and the prisoners were committed to the assizes accordingly .

      HAMPSniRB .- -RECOMMENCEMENT OF _TlMBER-SlEALing in the New Forest . —Some time ago , a number ot persons were committed for wholesale robberies of timber in thc New Forest : some of them were the official guardians of that domain , and the others were highly respectable timber merchants on its borders . At the quarter sessions a verdiet of acquittal was entered , and the accused returned to then' homes , the officials being reinstated in their situations . To the astonishment of every onc , the robberies commenced again , and a man moving in a respectable sphere , and his son , have been apprehended on thecharge of stealing _sixfathoms of timber . Lancashire . —Extraordinary Recovery of £ 310 —Last week , a man named Mark Hough , warehnilDnmnt-. m ~ . _T _» r __ . f ** T _ _1 1 .. . O •* - _**•**' houseman to Walwork cotton

      Mr . , spinner , Chorley { who has been in his employment many years , and in whose honesty the utmost reliance was placed ) , was sent by his master to the bank of Bolton , for £ 510 , to pay the wages of his workpeople . He received at the bank £ 200 in silver , which was scaled up in a letter-hag , and 300 sovereigns and twenty half-sovereigns , which were in a leather bag of smaller dimensions , so that the man could put it in his pocket . He arrived at the railway station about eleven o ' clock , and asked if he mi g ht be allowed to leave the letter-bag with the * silver , as he wanted to follow two men who had robbed him . In ahont two hours from thlstime Hough went back to the bank , and stated that he hai been knocked down near the railway station , by two navigators , and robbed of the £ 310 in gold . He had then a black eye , and had been bleeding at tho nose . He also stated that he followed the men as far as _Ilalshaw

      -moor , hut could not find them . Information was then given to the police , and Hough was taken to MancW hut all search after the nS gators was found in vain . He was brought back to Bolton the same night , and it having been aseor tamed that no alarm was given by & at tL + _w _tSeX _TOS _*&* » _Wl _^ u J ? the police-office on suspicion of _havin <* _stolm th-. S 5 " - £ 2 _^^^ _^ _^*^ the BeS _' _atoSnffijy . em P y _^ . and _Servant _S 1 h _;\ P _riSef C BS ( Beech ) was apprehended _^ _- _^ H _^ h ' thathe and aftet- t « r _! n _» , tor ei _» bezzling money , SS Wlo _^ !? J plan 8 ° f escape , told nough _ErfttSsZZ _? U 1 . t h _^ of too cell , and tempted S 2 L-5 Hf . 1 ntl 1 hlm - T _«« _was _^ no , andtho _IHTZ 1 , ™ _fj 0 _}?™™ ? Penfc some time in the sum-Sw _~ i ° tlu _l R <) 1 ) in Hoo < i I "" - _*«*( 1 eventuffi * _I _bT - , ?* socret of the --obbei'y- also I 1 ? ° _?* S , l ad hid < * en toe money . Beech then aeciared himself a _police-i-fficer-the prisoner was _S a . c k . ea _^ _toe the _magistrates , and com-P « ed for , trial . .

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      _Dublht . —Trial of Mr . _Duppt . —On Sati the Attorney-General objected to the _plea m -. i J ment put in by Mr . Duny , on the ground of ' _ _** _? city , it being , in fact , two pleas in one , andthe soner was bound to elect on which ho would er i * _sively rely . Mr . Buttj-on -the part of Air _rf _^' amended the plea ffs required , and the ar ' - ? ., ™ _^ was fixed for Monday . fiUme _*> t On Monday the Court having overruled the nl Mr Duffy was called On to plead to the indictnln *!¦ He pleaded " Not guilty" to certain counts Vi handed in a demurrer to the others . The ' ar " ments were not likely to terminate before a ' f }' period in the evening . ' t ( J Tuesday was wholl y spent in argument on tt , fresh demurrer to the indictment put in by _tlie 1-soner . p l *

      The argument on the demurrer was brought t a close on Tuesday , and the court will _proiioun judgment on Wednesday . The sheriff has _i-ssvin _* ! ' fresn notices to the jurors . Mr . Duffy ' s counsni have determined to challenge the array . * In the Freeman ' s Journal there is an appeal from the operative shipwrig hts of Dublin , calling on * * _T merchants and their employers to give all the _DubUn work to them alone , and to increase tlieir wages Charge op Shooting at Mr . M _* Fadde- _* . _^! o-i Saturday Michael J . Fox was finally examined 1 ? Henry-street Police-office , on a charge of _having fired a pistol at Mr . M'Fadden , of Stephen ' s-gveen The prisoner was commited to stand his trial at tho present commission .

      American Ship o . v Fire in Belfast Lougii _.-. -ju American ship Bertrand , having put into iielfaafc Lough owing to stress of weather , was discovered to be on fire earl y on the morning of Thursday _wetfc last . She hailed the pilot ' s cutter and requested assistance , which was promptly rendered by inv _* and the other men with him . __ The crew ofthe Ber . trand were about slipping their chain , and makimfor the shore , when tne pilots went on board ; but by their timely aid this course was abandoned , and they took her about a quarter of a mile on the Belfast side of Carrick-fergus , from which place sha was afterwards towed into deep water by the tug . steamer Superb . The captain and crew of the ship John Moore , of Liverpool , lying at anchor three or four cable-lengths off , acted , in a -most praise-worth y manner by their assistance on board , esp * _cialli- m

      taking off the passengers , sixteen in number , all of whom have since been landed in Belfast , and in removing the cabin property , Ac . The hatches were all battened down , and every aperture closed so as to prevent the action of the air below . She continued burning till Friday . It was supposed that the fire originated in the between-decks under the poop It is intended to scuttle her . The Bertrand was bound from Liverpool to Boston with a general cargo , the greater part of which must be severel y damaged . Discharge op Soldiers . —It is supposed that 300 soldiers will he discharged from the regiments no-tin Cork garrison , in compliance with the orde r issued hy the Horse Guards . The soldiers to bo dis . charged are the worst characters in the respective regiments .

      Kerry Gaol continues to be crowded to excess-. full to overflowing—there being about 600 prisonerwithin its walls . Fatal Affray with the Revenue Police . — . V 0 , naghan , Feb . 10 . —This morning , at an early hour a serious riot , attended with fatal results , took place in a still-house , in the neighbourhood of Bosslea , within about seven miles of this town . It appears that there was a wake in Rosslea on Thurc . day night , and that on Friday morning , before dV . light , a number ofthe young men present adjourned to a house in the neighbourhood , where an _illi-jstill was in full work ; and while enjoying themselves , the house was surrounded by a party of re .

      venue police , who called on the persons inside to surrender . A battle ensued , and the police , one of whom was dangerously wounded with a stone , were ohliged to fire on the rioters . The consequence was , that onc man , named Quiglcy , Was shot dead , and another , whose name we have not learned , * va 3 dangerously wounded . A largo number of prisoners were captured and conveyed to Clones hy the revenue and the Clones constabulary , who were quickly at the scene of riot . We have heard that many serious injuries , beside the gun-shot wounds , wero inflicted on both sides . The unfortunate _(/ uiglcy was a very quiet respectable man , and brother-inlaw to the Rev . Mr . Caulfield , the respected parish priest of Rosslea .

      Cholera in _BELtfiST . —On Tuesday week there were—new cases , 15 ; died , 3 ; discharged cured , ti . Wednesday : New cases , 13 ; died , 6 ; discharged cured , none . Thursday : New cases , 20 ; died , **; discharged cured , 4 . Total since last report , 4 *}; died , 17 ; discharged cured , 10 . Total cases in Belfast union , 330 , * died , 118 ; discharged cureJ , 140 ; remaining under treatment , 81 . The disease has made its appearance in the workhouse sup-il * . mentary ward in Francis-street . It has also visited Coates ' s-row , Conway-strcet , Brown-street , Peter ' s-

      hill , Donaldsons-entry , Kent-street ,. ripe-lane , Beatty's-entry , M'Cluskey ' s-court , and Lennan ' _:-court , off Smithfield . In the latter locality , which is one of the most filthy and crowded in the town , tho disease ha 3 manifested a peculiarly malignant character . Although there are only about eight houses in the court , yet , within the last four days , it has furnished twelve very bad cases , and seven deaths . The pestilence has also broken out a : Ligoniel , where four cases have already occurred .

      Increase of Destitution . —The Limerick < ml Clare Examiner gives details from the vai ious union ? , Of privation and suffering extending to all classesdeaths from starvation—emigration or clearance */ the peasantry—plunder of provisions in all quarters —shutting of Roman Catholic chapels , and the destitute condition of Roman Catholic clergymen . The Limerick Chronicle states that the demoralisation now so common in tho mass of the people from want of the ordinary necessaries it life , and the sad change in their social condition , has led to a general attack 1110 a

      private property , and more recently acts ofsacri- _£ . ; lege in houses of divine worship—a crime very raw _JJ-J heretofore in Ireland . Within the last week _ovioa _^ days , churches and chapels in this and the adjoining _^' counties have been invaded by the hand of ti- ** _: 1 _| _$ spoiler , desecrating the communion tabic and tno : _|* j altar , and both have been plundered ofthe cloth ami ; _:-v plate set apart for reli g ious uses , _S Meantime the gaols in those districts are so over- . ; ¦ _££ crowded , that fears are entertained as to thc spread ; . ; of contagion , and it has become quite impossible : _^ ¦; carry out the prison regulations . •;

      Irish Distress . —The Freeman ' s Journal _contaa- * : ¦ , . a " Pastoral Address , " signed by Dr . M'Hale ani his Suffragans , six in number , on the subject of i ' _- ' .. X alarming distress prevailing in their _respective j parishes . The Pastoral says : — " Were soii _f ; _^ _p stranger accustomed to witness the tender cave _^ ' _-J j _$ which the poor of God are treated in every civifej ' _^ , and Christian country , now to come among us . * ' f f |; : ' contemplate the heartrending scenes of misery _a" g || desolation which everywhere meet thc eye . • J _^ y . would imagine that those helpless beings were s _' - ; ' _§ _& tiu t of the pale of humanity and mercy . Cotta " _- 5 ||| | _§ evened under the pretended sanction of thel ; _' _* ; J | | and their inmates driven in defiance ofthe divine _l- 'f' J ||| to perish in the ditches , as they are daily seen to 1 * . mm numbers of them flocking to the poorhouses , in ' - ' ¦ ' Ills

      hope of promised relief , and again repulsed , w _> - $ _ Mtf ; _- the plea of inadequate accommodation to receive . >• ' ||| te means to support them ; the poorhouses _themsel- ' - ||| p $ 'i ' converted in several instances , through the hi ? 11 " : W _ m > % l of perverse officials , into occasions of sin , by . ' I | fe _£ ' snares that are laid for the inmates to invei g le tK _^^| faith or corrupt their virtue—thousands _rcsignd ' Wj _^ £ . to die in silence andm patience , rather _tHan _^' p || p counter temptations so terrible . Such are ' _^ _Mj _Jfp scenes that now present themselves througbout _» fW _, _Vjj ( . provincos , such are the fruits of the inhumanity- _?^ , _$ which the poor have been so long treated , a _^ _k- _^ doned to the exclusive use of a precarious and f : iin | fc -. * # esculent , and obliged to export to the amount- i _irksome millions of pounds sterlinrr annually the _m- . _<& M

      substantial food raised with their own industry , _»{• 4 _} _£ j which would save them from perishing ; _wlnlft _i- * . _^ 3 remedy applied by the legislature is always ( XW _Mkme , often inhuman , and generally inadequate ' : ; _$$ procuring relief ; and , what is more dep lorable , •; _£ g _| : remedy so fraught with evil and dangers to t" _$ _m morals of the rising generation , that it is almo _^ . _|^| j all classes of society Breaded as a curse rather tr- _-anfe regarded as a blessing . Alas ! what a dreary ' sickening prospect lies before us until thc cob "" -, _^ autumn—our people perishing—inhuman P . | g || sribeswho are in theservice ofcorruption , just' J _' . jj _' . J ||| nay goading tho Government to the neglect ot ' | ; -ffiH putted obligation of saving the lives of Us _* % \ mi by daily parading the savage and unfeeling v » _- . \ m ® of State policy or economy—the means 01 , mm vmuais to bo charitable j-

      aisposett gone v was severe pressure of the distress ; and the _<* ¦ mm of the nations exhausted , or their feelings' , _j | g || | sarily become less sensitive b y those _frcqucni _^ ||| | j long-continued appeals to their _sympathy" " , mm of a starving nation , a portion of thc wcaitn u ( 3 --- _^ pire in the world , and which has no other ci _^ * _| ||||| their bounty , save that derived from this 1 « _v _Mgm lous magnitude of their sufferings . Stm * » > . ? not , it is hoped , desist from the work ot w- - £ W $ M this last and most perilous stage of our » . _^ . gp ||| abandon in this crisis the hundreds of tn" _^ Ct i apli whom their magnificent charities hitherto - mWi The Ballingarry Insurrection . "" . _* „ . \ la WW , herty , who hasbeen an outlaw since Aug * ' , ¦ _fyWl being one of Smith O'Brien ' s principal 1 _^ 1 ) - _, »» Boulagh Common , and formerly tutor , _?¦ ' „ J _^ ||| at Ballingarry on the night of the 8 th _•>* _- ' ¦ 1 | !

      Sfint to ( Tlnnmnl _rr-inl ... * 3 ls sent to Llonmel gaol . , _j « * m Incendiarism in "Ulster . — On Monday _J _^ ' _^ J | named Simpson , who was arrested on the , p _^ s ofthe recent fires , in the neig hbourhood _^ n s _^ murry , was brought before the mag _istrfttw _^ . i _) M examination . The prisoner was fuhj' _Q for trial at the assizes , _t !

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 17, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_17021849/page/6/