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      SuspiciOK _.-Before'Srllills . at the Angel Inn . _Highgate . on Emily Richards , aged _^ "j _^"' , _^ _? SI nnd _onaffed off the deadly poison . She then _Kd " he nhills in the drawer of her l « K . kine ; gla _« _, and the tumbler upon the _basin-stand ; after wmchshe B _rret-hed herself upon her bed , where she was found dead two hours afterward * . In her work-box she left a letter directed to her _raetker , _statiugthat she was heartbroken , in consequence of having been suspected of tbe theft , and that she resolved to destroy herself . _Deceased ' s mistress gave her a most excellent character , and wept bitterly during her evidence . Verdict— 'Deceased destroyed herself ; fcut there was no evidence of her state of mind at

      the time . * „ _ . „ _Ixfauous Crueltt to a Convict . —Befores Mr Bedford , in Millbank Prison , touching the death of Patrick _M'Ginty , aged twenty-sir . a convict who had been removed from Glasaow gaol , being at the ti me in the last _stage of disease under which he rapidly sank and died . —Capt . Williams , one of the inspectors of prisons , was present by direction of the Secretary of State , to watch the proceedings , and was attended by a shorthand writer to take notes of the evidence . —Capt . John Richard Groves , the governor of the prison , deposed that the deceased wa ? received iato the prison en the 21 st of January la _< t from Glasgow gaol , having been convicted at _Glasgow on the 28 th of the previous September , of

      assault and robberv , and sentenced to seven years _transpsrtation . There were _several other prisoners brought with the deceased , the whole being under tha charge ot one ot the Sheriff of Edinburgh ' s officers , and his assistants . The medical certificate which accompanied : the prisoners , and which was Eigned , David Gibson , M . D ., set forth that they were all free from mental or bodily diseases , and tbat their healths would not ba endangered by their removal to Millbsnk prison . Two hours afterwards , fcowevir , his attention was particularly attracted to the deceased , in consequence of a certificate from Dr _Ualy . medical superintendent of the prison , stating that tbe deceased was in the last degree of debility , suffering from severe internal scrofulous disease , and

      witness thereupon ordered deceased ' s immediate remoral to the Infirmary ; On asking him what medical comforts and diet he had had in Scotland , he said , principall _y gruel ; no wine , ale , or beer , but oneo a little pin was given to him . Deceased rapidly sank and died on Thursday last . —Anthony M'Ginty , a prisoner , but no relation to deceased , who was chained to him _durin ? the journey from Scotland , said , when leaving Scotland , the deceased seemed very bad and weak , and said he _tuoucht he should die . Thefood _givea to prisoners in Glasgow gaol was broth and bread , and porridge , composed of _Indiaa corn and oatmeal . They never tasted animal food . They came to England by railroad and steamboat , by which latter deceased was so ill as to be obliged to keep his bed , witness being chained to him all the time . Deceased was so weak that he could scarcely occasionally get up , but he said he should be afraid of comulainine at Millbank prison .

      for fear of being sent back . Deceased was very poorly clad , and complained bitterly ofthe cold . There was no medical man on board , snd tbe men in charge of them cave deceased some tea , and beef , and mutton , but he could eat but little . They were examined by the doctor three or four days before leaving _Glasgow gaol , but not on the'day they left . —Captain Williams here said that the . wbole circumstances of the case , as far as had then transpired , had been laid before the Secretary of State , by whom he bad been authorised to say that if the coroner and jury required any evidence from Scotland , every facility would fee afforded them for obtaining such , by corresponding with the L _« rd-Advoeate . —The coroner said the importance of the inquiry rendered < t imperatively necessary witnesses from Scotland should be present , and on that subject he should communicate with the _Uome-ofnce . —The investigation was then adjourned for a fortnicht .

      Child Murd _ejj —Before Mr W . . Carter , in the committee-room _tf Lambeth werkhouse . _re lative to tbedeathofa maie child , unknown , which died in tbat institution . Policeman Jordan said thaton Monday morning last , whilst on daty in the _Harleyfordroad . _Kennington-eval , his attention was directed to a large market _baske * lying on the step of a house in _Meadow-plaee . Witness opened tke garden gate ard t _*> k up the basket , which he examined . On the lid being _raised he fonnd that it contained a male infant , dressed in a gown and night cap . The child was very thin and dreadfully cold , from the damp and exposure . Witness had been past the honse about an hoar previously , but did not see _Anything lying there , nor did he observe any person near .

      There were no marks o ! violence on the bs > dy , and the clothing when searched did not contain any marks or initials . Witness took the child out , and having wrapped it well round to keep it warm he _coiv- _' . yed the deoe _* _tsed to the workhouse , and gave him into the care of one of the nurses . Nothing had tr anspired to throw any light on the mysterious case . —Hannah Secular , nurse , stated that she received the deceased child on the moraine in question . It was very cold and breathed with difficulty . She placed deceased before the fire and rubbed its body with warm flsnnels . The house surgeon was sent for , and upon his arrival the child was ordered new milk and other nourishing food , bat tbe deceased

      • was so much exhausted trom cold , hunger , and _exposure tbat it _neverbecame able to take any food . The body was shockingly emaciated , but clean and free from injury . —Mr Duke , surgeon , _eaid that the deceased was about six weeks old . He Baw the child soon after its admission . It was very at > tenuatcd and weak of body , evidently resulting from the want < f food and long exposure to the weather . Witness had no hope of saving the child , ¦ which had clearly died of starvation and complete exhaustion consequent upon the deficiency of nourishment and the exposed manner in which the child had been inhumanly left . —The jury returned a verdict oi * Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . *

      SciClOS OF IHE _MoTHEK OP SeVES _ChILDHE ! -. — B _^ _titotios . —Before Mr G . I . Mill , the deputy coroner , at the Elephant and Castle , King ' s road , C & nv _* en Towa , on the body of Eleanor Dove , eged forty four . It appeared from the evidence that the _husband of the deceased is a plasterer , residing at Si , _Cambridge street , Agar Town , and all the witnesses concurred in representins him a 3 a most sober , industrious , and well-conducted man . For some months past , however , he had been unable to obtain employment , and his wife and family of seven children had consequently bean reduced to extreme distress . The deceased had applied to St Pancras _Workbons-i , and obtained seme bread aa relief , but was _t-ild not _ti come again _unless she sent her

      husband . She . had complained ef her head far some time past , and on Sunday mornin _? , on her husband being awoke by __ her eldest daughter , he missed deceased from his side . The bare footsteps ofa woman _vrare subsequently traced to the banks of the Regent ' s Canal , which abuts on the garden ef the deceased's house , and the body was ultimately discovered _, attired ia its night clothes , in the water . Mr Pitt , the agent of the board of guardians of St Paneras , explained that in the statement made , that deceased was to send her husband , there _wasnointentien , whatever , to stop relief , which would have been given bad a second application been made . The only object was inquiry . The case was one of those where real distress existed , and where the really distressed were the last to come forward and " claim that

      relief which impostors carried away instead . The father applied on Monday , and had been temporarily relieved with'bread and money , and a ticket given him to go before the board on Friday , which would decide , on the amount of out-door relief to be given The case , from inquiry , was a most deserving one . The coroner ' s jury deeply commiserated the condition of the unfortunate father and his distressed snd _bereaved family , and ultimately returned a verdict ' That the deceased drowned herself , in an unsound state of mind . ACCIDEKT 3 , OFFENCES , < fec .

      IIlGHWAT _RoEBEBT OH _SatJTHWARK-BRrDGE . —On Sunday morning , between twelve and one o ' clock , as _3 Jr Joseph Archer , of No . 29 , Pleasant place , St Geonre ' _.-:, was passing oyer _Southwark-brirfge , when near the centre he was met by two men , one of whom , without uttering a word , knocked him down by a violent blow on the head , inflicted , it is supposed , with a life preserver , rendering him insensible ; whilst in this state the ruffians rifled hi 3 person of two £ 5 . Bank of _England note 3 and four sovereigns ; on recovering he made his way to the toll-gate and gave ths alarm , but the fellows 'had escaped .

      Death of a Tocko Lady of Fortune ayd allkged Conochoh _ep " a Will . —Before Mr W . Carter , the c- roner fair Ea < t _Surrey , touching the death of Miss Alice Henley , a young lady of considerable property , whose demise'has given rise to various strange rumours ih the neighbourhood . Mr Carttar , the coroner for West Kent ; attended to watch the _preceedings as Bo'icKor to the next of kin and friends of thedeceased kdv . ' The investigation occupied upwards of four hoars , but'the brief facts are these : —Abaut sixteen to _-nths a « o the deceased " lady , who was iinwards oi thirty _veaw of age , and _possessed considerable funded

      and other property , went to board and lodge at the hrj . _^ _e of Mr Chandler , No . 5 , _Wefcb ' s County-terrace , _Nex Kent-roid . The family consisted of Mr Chandler , his ' son and daughter , and a part ofthe house was let out to lodgers . Three weeks preceding her death Miss Henley became indisposed , and Mr Waterworth . a _medienl practitioner , in the neighbourhood , and' Mr Ungues a physician , were called ia , arid the former _gentkraan attended ber up to the period of her death , whiea _toak place last Friday week . Mr Waterworth gave a certificate , _attributing the death of the deceased to natural causes—pulmonary _apoplexy , he

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      thought The friends of the deceased , however , not having been apprised of her illness until after her death , aud being informed also that the deceased had executed a will on tbe day before her dissolution , communicated with the coroner , and hence tho present inquiry . _Mra Morton , a married lady , residing at thehonseof Mr Chandler , stated that on the Thursday preceding the death of the deceased , she saw her in her bedroom , when she appeared in a weak state . The next morning she _afpin saw her , after Bhe was in a state of utter prostration and insensibility . Shodied between eleven and twelve o ' clock on that day . Miss _Elirtbeth Chandler said she had known the deceased for about six years , for the last sixteen months of which time she had lived in her father ' s house . On

      Thursday , the 3 rd _iuBt ., the deceased , while ia bed , said she was afraid it was all up with her , and requested to see and sign her will . Witness a brother , Samuel , who i « _twenty-eieht years of aee , brought in the will , read it over to the deceased , and she signed it . Witness and Mary Radson , the servant , also signed it as witnesses . The will had been written by her brother , to whsra she left all her property , and it was dated on the game day—the 3 rd of February . The deceased when she Bigned the will was perfectly composed and sensible , but in the course of the same evening she became somewhat uneasy in her mind , and said she wished to add a codicil to her will in her ( witness ' s ) favour . Did not know of her own knowledge that the deceased had signed a consent to sell

      out £ 50 . worth of stock , on the Sunday preceding her death , but understood she bad done so , and all that was found in ber possession at the time of her death was Is . 6 £ d . Did aot say anything about the de _> ceased signing a will , or other document , en the day of her death , and if any person had sworn that she said , if deceased did write , she must guide her hand , they swore to that which was _falee- Before it had been taken to the deceased , the will was placed in her drawer , and she had tha curiosity to read it . In it the deceased left the whole of her property to her brother Samuel . The coroner having summed up , the jury , in accordance with the testimony of Mr Waterworth , the medioai attendant of the deceased , who had made a poet mortem examination of the

      body , returned t verdict of' Natural death . ' When the verdict was recorded , Mr Carttar said he felt bound to mention a fact which had come to his _knowledge since the inquest had been called , that Mr S . Chandler , whom he believed to be a respectable yonng man , had been paying his addresses to the deceased , and that , had it not been for her state of health , in all probabilitv they would have been married ' * He ( Mr Carttar ) felt satisfied that Mr Chandler and his family would net re gret , the present inquiry , for had the ) deceased married , and the will paid to be executed on the day before her death was lo he get up , her friends would , undoubtedly , have felt it to be their duty to have the body exhumed , and aa inquiry like the present instituted . The Coroner and Jury said they were of opinion that the inquiry was a

      very proper one . 5 IBBS . _Narrow Escape . —On Monday morning , shortly after one o ' clock , a fire , which had it not been opportunely discovered by the policeman would , in all probability have heen attended with a lamentable loss of life , broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr Nathan , a furniture dealer , carrying on business at 24 . London-mad , Sonthwark , next door but one to the extensive floorcloth factory of Messrs _Southgate

      and Co . Before the constable had succeeded in alarming the inmates , the fire had gained head considerably , and upon their attempting to descend the _staireage they were nearly prostrated by a powerful body of fire and smoke . The _seve : al parties instantly made for the first floor , from the windows of which they happily succeeded in effecting a eafe retreat . Several engines quickly attended , and tbe fire was subdued before two o ' clock , but not until a considerable amount of property had been destroyed , the loss of which will fall on the Phoenix Fire Office .

      Fihk w Si Less s . —On Sunday night , about half . past nine o ' clock , a very alarming fire broke ont upon tbe _premises in the occupation of Mr Jackson , an oil , colour and Italian warehouse , carrying on business at No . Si , Old-street , facing St Luke ' s church . Ths flames commenced in the front shop , bat from what agency could not be ascertained . The stock in trade being of such a combustible character , it was apprehended at one period that not only would the premises in which _theflames were burning be wholly destroyed , but the demolition ef those adjoining on either side appeared certain . Plenty of water being at haHd the firemen set their engines to work , and after considerable trouble the flames were confined to that portion ofthe property in which they originated . The damage done is very extensive .

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      N _6 _RIHUMBEELAKD . Four Men _Drowksd ik the Ttne . —Early on Thursday morning they and three ethers wera crossing in a sculler boat from North to South Shields , and when in the middle of the stream they discovered two steamers approaching rapidly in that direction . They Bhouted lustily , and were heard by the captain ofthe steamer which seemed most likely to do damage . He altered the course of his vessel , but in ignorance of the precise position ot the parties who bad called , and as daylight had not broken , it rm . fortuna . tels happened that both the a earner and the sculler boat were turned to the same point . The consequence was , tbat the steamer ran down the boat , and four ot the seven men perished before help could be afforded .

      LANCASHIRE . The _Bojxkb Explosion at Manchesteb . —Robert Benson , aged 19 , who was hurt by the boiler explosion at the spindle manufactory of Mr Riley , died the same evening- This makes nine lives which have been sacrificed by thia accident . Mr Ghapman , the borough coroner , commenced an inquiry into the circumstances on Saturday evening , but , after calling witnesses to identify the bodies , adjourned the case , to give time for scientific evidence as to the cause of the explosion to be obtained _.

      CHESHIRE . DABIKG IIlGHWAT ROBBBRY AHD OUTRAGE . — Last week about half-past five o ' clock on the afternoon of Friday , as a cheese-factor , whose name we have not heard , was walking from Adlington , to Macclesfield , he was stopped , only a few yards from the railway bridge , at Adlington , by two men , resembling hawkers , each of whom presented a large horse pistol at his breast , and demanded his money . He resisted ; they snatched at his watch guard , which broke , so that they did not get his watch ; and while they were thus engaged another man came up and exclaimed , ' Are yon going to murder that man , then V ThiB alarmed the _robbors and they ran off . The cheese-factor immediately went to the public-house at the corner of the bridge , and

      give the alarm ; and the landlord instantly mounted his horse , and rode after the _fellsws , giving the hue and cry as he rode along , till they joined in the chase . He rode up to the fellows , but they presented their _pistuk at him , and said if he did not let them alone they would settle hira . On this he desisted , having no aid near ; but on passing a place where two brothers , quarrymen , named Wyatt , were at work _, they joined in the chase , and after a run of about three miles from the place where the fellows attacked the cheese-factor , they were overtaken by the _Wyatta , at a place called Bann Fold , in Pot Shrigley . _^ Urged by others , the Wyatta attempted to close with ! the ruffians , in doing which each of the highwaymen fired at and shot his captor . " The elder brother , Thomas Wyatt , who is about forty-five , was wounded in the arm . The younger brather ,

      William , aged forty , received a more severe and dangerous wound , the ball entering the body just above the storaack and penetrated to the upper and outer part of the right thigh , where it was ' found lodged about halt an inch under the skin . The prisoners gave their names Bates and Wafmsley ; one of them is an Irishman ; both are strange in the neighbourhood , and though not shabbily dressed , were badlooking men , yet not such as might be expected to * take to the road , ' for one is a very little man , and neither of them is strong or stoutly made . There were taken from them a brace of new horse pistols , of the largest bore , evidently but just discharged . At first , the men were conveyed in custody to Adlington Hall ; but the younger Wyatt being considered in imminent danger , the prisoners were reconducted to Bann Fold , . and Wjatt ' s deposition was taken in their presence .

      _XORKSHIRE . Frightful Accidenx _aivd toss of Life . —For a length of time past the road across the Wicket , near the Midland Station , has been partly occupied by a quantity of scaffolding connected witb the works of the Sheffield , Manchester , and Lincolnshire railway . Last week , forty or fifty yards of the seaffoMing on tho right hand side of the road going down the Wicket , fell with a tremendous crash , burying beneath it firemen who were working at the foundation _beio * _s \ A partial clearance was immediately effected , when it was found that one of the poor men , named Reuben Knowles , was literally smashed to pieces . He was quite dead , and his mangled body was conveyed to the Station Inn , close by . The remaining four men were conveyed to the . infirmary as speedily as possible , all of thera being very much mutilated .

      One of them is so much injured , that there is no hope whatever of his recovery . On making inquiry on the spot , we were unable to learn any immediate cause which led to the awful calamity . Since writing the above another of tho sufferers has expired , and the remaining three are lying in a very precarious state . The daring Bubgxary near Bikglet . —I & _quest o . v ihe Prosecutor , am Verdict of Wilful Murder against three Prisoners . —William Wood , farmer , whose house was robbed at Faweather , on tbe night of the 17 th of December last , and himself serrrely heaten by the robbers , died on the 2 d inst . at _Hawksworth , a village about two miles distant from Faweather , whither he was conveyed a few weeks ago , for better accommodation . An inquest was held on Friday week last , in the Wesleyan schoolroom at Hawksworth , before George Dyson , Esq .

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      and a respectable jury . In a former paper we gave full particulars of the circumstances attending the robbery , as they were detailed before the magistrates . On that occasion ( in which it was proved that the robbery was attended with Bavage brutality towards the deceased ) , three men were _Icommitted for trial for burglary . Death ensuing , aa we have said , on the 2 d inst ., gave & new charaoter to the crime , and the coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against the three men in custody , namely , George Calvert , Thomas Hodgson and James Mellor , all of Bailden .

      _SlmOFSMRB . _PLAVIKQ THB _OrrKESBORS' Gamb—Riots _bbttjkbjj Navvies and Colliers . — Last week considerable excitement was created in Shrewsbury by intelligence that a series ef riots had taken plaoe the day previous at Shiffnal , Oaken Gates , and Wellington , between the colliers and the navvies working iu these localities . It appears tbat the disturbances aroze from a jealousy entertained by the English navvies against Irishmen employed on tbe Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway ; the former persuaded a number of colliers to jein thero , and on Wednesday they walked in a body , to the number of forty or fifty , into Oaken Gates , armed with sticks and bludgeons , in search of the Irishmen . They thence proceeded to Shiffnal ,

      stating tbat they were going to fetch the men employed on Mr Hoof ' s contract of the railway to enable them to drive away the Irishmen working on Mr Murray ' s contract of the same line , near Wellington . Information having been given to the nearest magistrate , he immediately went to Shiffnal , and reasoned with the men , which prevented any outrage being committed in tbe town . About twelve o ' clock the mob , then about 200 in number , all armed with bludgeons , marched to the Oaken Gates , where a regular affray was expected to take place , but the Irishmen , numbering about 500 , being too many for their opponents , frightened them away . Mr Corbett went

      on to Wellington , and consulted with the magistrates , and a strong force of constabulary wss imme diately on the spot to prevent any disturbance taking place . On Thursday morning a body of the county police was despatched from Shrewsbury to Wellington to aid in quelling any disturbance that might arise . Captain Mayne had previously gone over to the same place to take charge of the police . In the eourse of the day a company of infantry arrived at Wellington from Wolverhampton , where they will be for the present stationed . In tho evening the police conveyed two prisoners into Shrewsbury » committed by the Wellington magistrates .

      WARWICKSHIRE . Birmikohah . —A woman was murdered on Monday night . The name of the deceased is Mary Ann Wallace , and the particulars connected with her and her death are as follows : —She was the wife of an itinerant quack doctor , and had lodgings at a public house in Lewer Windsor-street . On Monday he went out with the purpose ( as he alleged ) of going into the conntryfora few days - thedeceased shortly afterwards went into the town , and to various publichouses , accompanied by another woman ; at the Barley Mow , Stafford-street , they met with a _coaple of excavators , with whom both the women conversed ,

      and ultimately deceasad became intoxicated . A short time after this she w /> s seen talking to a man ( not answering the description of either of the excavators ) at the corner of Woodstock-street . Words were heard as if the two were disputing , and then the woman fell down , exclaiming at the time , "I ' m murdered ! ' The man went away , and deceased was taken up and conveyed to a public-house , where she died shortly afterwards : There was a great effusion of blood from a small punctured wound upon her face , at the side of tbe nose ; this is presumed to have been the cause of death . She was forty-five years of age .

      LINCOLNSHIRE . A _Liceksbd Poacher . —The Stamford Mercury states : —* The Marquis of Exeter has been sending large quantities of eame by the North Western Railway to the London markets for sale . On the 1 st instant , he sent to the Sibson railway station , in a cart , as many hares and pheasants as took two horses to draw them , and the carriage of them by the railway to London wss charged £ 3 10 s . ; there were to pay , besides , the fare and expenses of the gamekeeper who accompanied them ; and suoh was the bad return of the sale , tbat when the man got back the noble marquis was actually 20 s . out of pocket by tke dealing , the London market being exceedingly overstocked .

      SUFFOLK . _Itbwich . —Reoruits for the Ahmy . —On Tuesday last several fine young men , recruits of the 95 th Regiment of Foot , left this town en route to join the depot in Ireland . Amoi _; g the rest were two countrymen , who came a short distance to hear the lecture lately delivered at the Town Hall , in this borough , by Mr Plummer , oh ' The Folly of the Sword . ' The account given by the lecturer of the enormous sums received by tbe Duke of Wellington contrasted so strongly with the miserable pittance of lOd . a day which the * f were receiving as agricultural labourers , that they instantly became desirous of trying their fortunes in the tented field , and observing Sergeant Rontree , who is recruiting for the above corps , in the room , offered themselves as candidates for a red coat and were accepted .

      ESSEX . Committal of a Clergtman for _AssiuLT . —At the Dunmow Petty Session on Monday , the Rev . T . Jee , who haa been vicar of Thaxted for upwards of forty years , and was for many years an active magistrate of this country , acting in the Dunmow Hundred , wa 9 charged with assaulting Marian , wife of the Rev . T . Harvey , curate of the same place , and who has been for some time past bo conspicuously before the public , in consequence of his misunderstanding with the Bishop of London . —Mrs Harvey deposed tbat the Bishop of Rochester had ( with the consent of Mr Jee ) given her husband a license of the possession and use of the vioarage house , the furni . tore , -Sec , during Ms residence at Thaxeed as curate ,

      which _lioease she now produced , at the same time Mr Jee was to retain the sole use cf what rooms he pleased . Mrs H . further stated that she was superintending her own domestic arrangements a 3 to the list of crockery on Thursday , the 3 rd instant , when Mr Jee _cumo into the drawing-room , and told her with great violence that she must not assign anything as her property in tho house . Mrs _H . replied that they had possession from the bishop , when he , ( Mr Jee , ) said that he had power to turn them out . He then left , and in about three minutes returned with greater violence , and said , * I come to give you notice , madam , that you must vacate the drawingroom . ' Witness wished to know where she might be . He said , * Where you please . ' He then lifted up his

      hand and beat hia fist in her face in a menacing manner . —Mrs Harvey tried to pacify him . Witness expected he would strike her , and ( the was in continual fear frora the violence with which he behaved after the superintendent had delivered _thesummonses , ' and also on the Sunday evening . On the latter occasion , witness was in company with ColoneLDurford , Mr Harvey , and Mr Barnes , about eig hts _^ clock . when the defendant came in very rudely ) four different times , and tried to excite them to quarrel . On the fourth time he went up to witness , aBd in a very abusive manner laughed in her face , and said , 'I shall have the honour , madam , of meeting you in court to-morrow , when I shall indict you and Mr Harvey for perjury . ' On the previous evening , as

      soon as he had received the summons , he came abruptly into the room and threw dotvn a note , whieh she now produced , and which was to the effect tbat he should indict thera both for perjury . — Colonel Durford stated that he _resided at Thaxted with Mr and Mrs Harvey ; he then corroborated a great part of Mrs Harvey ' s evidence . lie had no hesitation in saying that no one was safe in the house with Mr Jee . —The bench fined Mr Jee £ 5 and the expenses , and _bousd him over to keep the peace for six months , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties at £ 50 each . Mrs Harvey said they expected on their return to find the house locked and barricaded . The justice told her that Mr Harvey had full power to force his way into his own house . Mr Jee , not appearing before the bench , as soon as the justice had determined upon the conviction and tbe penalties , the superintendent received a bench warrant for the apprehension of the rev . gentleman , whioh Superintendent Roeerson

      executed the same evening , and left an officer in charge of his person till the next morning . He . was brought by the officer to Dunmow , on Tuesday , and at ten o'clock _^ Mr Jee appeared at the _polioe-atation _, and paid the fine of JE 5 . It was then supposed as the rev . gentleman , who is seventy-one years of age , waB accompanied by several of his principal parishioners , that ; ureties of the peace was about to be entered into , but this was not done , and the magistrate ( tho Rev . H . L , Majendie ) was most reluotantly compelled to sign the warrant of commitment , and Mr Jee , entering a post-chaise from tho office door of his solicitor , proceeded at once to Springfield gaol , where the rev . gentleman still remains . The whole affair has caused much excitement in tho towns of Thaxted and Dunmow , and the neighbourhood , and ia his own parish a hand-bill bas been circulated requesting the inhabitants to meet at the Guildhall to take the case of the vicar into consideration , and to ' express their sympathy and feelings upon the subject . '

      _HEnrs . Ikcekdiaiiy Fire . —A fire broke out in a wheat stack , belonging to Mr J . Walbey , of Smyth End Farm _. _lBarkway , which very soon communicated with several 6 _taoks of corn , and hay . The Barknay engine was very early on the spot , and rendered exeat assistance in saving the farm premises and house _, which were at one period in great danger of being entirely destroyed . There is scarcely worn for doubt that the fire was the act of an incendiary . Four large wheat stacks , two large hay stacks , and throe pieces of hay , a barn containing seme , beana and some oats , die , and a large cart shed , were burnt . The loss is estimated at £ 700 . The whole of the property , it is believed , ia insured in the Phoenix Fire-office .

      SURREY . Woking . —The Late Accident os the Southwestern Railway' —The inquiry into tha death of David Markland , the engine-driver , late in the service of the London and South Western Railway

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      Company , who met his death on the evening of the Uth ult . by the accident on the railway within a short distance of tbis . place , was resumed and concluded on Tuesday at tbe Railway Tavern , near the station . Mr 0 . J . Woods , the coroner , arrived shortly before two o ' olock , and the proceedings were o pened at that hour . Mr Dalrymple , tbe company ' s solicitor : Mr Gooch , the locomotive superintendent ; Mr Stovin , the manager of the teaffic ; Mr Godson , the superintendent of tha line ; and several other officials were again in attendance . The coroner then summed up the evidence at considerable i en „ th The court was then cleared , and the jury remained in deliberation for about half an hour , at the expiration of which time strangers were re-admitted , when the foreman announced that himself nnd hrnther iarors had unanimously agreed'to a .

      verdiot of' Manslaughter against William Jones ana Lewis Fleming . ' The foreman asked d ' any means of _communisation between the guards and the ea-EincSr had been adopted . Mr Stovin ea d they were at present trying two plans , vis ., bells and electricity . They hoped ere long to establish a perfeet communication , but of all subjects thw was the most difficult in railway economy . One thing he ho ped the public might congratulate themselves upon , and tbat was , that the present was the only fatal accident which had occurred oa this line of railway during the l ast six years . The jury remarked that there certainly was a remarkable freedom from accident on the South-Western Railway . The several _witnesses having been bound over , the proceedings here terminated .

      HAMPSHIRE . The Infamous Gamb-lawb . —Within the last week conviction after conviction has taken place in the counties of Hants and Wilts under the game-laws . In almost every instance gentlemen who advocate these laws were sitting on the benck to convict the _haK-starved poachers brought before thera . Those ver y gentlemen must be aware that the men _standiug at the bar are frequently without bread at home for their wives and children , with the knowledge also that the farmers aro now only giving from 6 s . to 8 a . per week to those whom they think proper to employ . Many single men apply in vain for work Some of those receiving but 8 s . per week hv _> e a wife and from six to eight children to support , pay rent ,

      find firing and clothes , besides food . That miserable pittance if divided equally , would furnish less than one pound of bread per diem to each , no meat , no beer , no tea , no sugar , and their nakedness scarcely covered , allowing nothing for firing , bed , or covering . Tho following are a few of the convictions which took place last week -. —At Oldham petty sessions , held on Tuesday , the 8 th inst ., J . Stent was fined , for poaching , 20 a ., or fourteen days' imprisonment U . Richardson , also fined 20 s ., or the Bame term of imprisonment . At Salisbury petty sessions on _Tues day , I . Yates , fined 2 Qa ., of one month's imprisonment , for poaching on the preserves of the Earl ot Pembroke ; J . and G . Every ( brothers ) , fined 40 * . each and costs , or two months' imprisonment , for poaching on the preserves ' of the same nobleman ; J .

      Tubb , fined 20 s . and costs , or one month ' s imprisonment , for poaching on the preserves of Charles B . Wall , Esq ., M . P ., of Norman Court . J . Mills fined 20 s . and costs , or twenty-one days' imprisonment , for poaching on the preserves of Sir E . Antrobus , of Ame _| bury . At Romsey petty _* eesBions on Thursday , the 10 th instant , T . Guiles , for killing game at Sherfield without a certificate , fined £ 5 . or three months ' imprisonment . Committed to Dorchester Gaol : — T . Arnold , for poaehing at Motcombe , for two months ' : T . Ricketts , for poaehing at East Stoke , also for two months ; both last week . Thus ten men were sent to prison within six days in this distriot alone . The expenses oi their subsistence while in prison , and the wives and children in different unions , to be defrayed from the poor rates , to uphold these obnoxious laws .

      ' _SOiTERSETSHIRF . Confession of Mdbdbr —The Bath Herald con . tains a strange . story ofa murder , committed twentythree years ago , having been recently confessed by a man when he believed himself on the eve of death . Our contemporary quotes a paragraph from an old number , dated May 27 th , 1825 , describing the finding of a body , tied up in a sack , in the Avon , the circumstances coinciding exactly with those attending the murder said to . have been _confessed & few days since . The names of the parties are not mentioned .

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      ABERDEENSHIRE . _Abbedbeh . —Fatal Effbct op Chloroform . —A melancholy and fatal occurrence happened to Arthur Walker , a young man , an apprentice to Messrs _Souter and Shepherd , druggists , Broad-street , in consequence of the incautious use of chloroform . It appears that , for some considerable time past , he bad been in the practice of inhaling this vapour to enjoy the pleasurable sensations which it is known to excite ; and on Tuesday , when weighing an ounce of chloroform to order , he applied his pocket-handkerchief te his mouth , and soon after appeared to be rather excited . There was only a lad in the

      warehouse at the time , but having observed Walker in a similar _rotate before , and _& 1 _bo that he had got violent when any attempt was mad © to take the phial from him , he did Eot disturb him , and felt pleased when he laid his head down on his arms eh the counter . Ih this state he was found by the other clerk , who had been out for some time , and who being also afraid to waken him up , called his father ; but no soonerdid his father raise the lad ' s head , than he fell back apparently in a lifeless state . Dr Jamieson and Niool , with other medical gentlemen , were sent for ; when artificial respiration , venesection ; and other means were employed , but life waB extinct _. This melancholy and distressing accident will _surelv

      aot as a warning to parties not to use chloroform withoutthe advise and under the eye ofa physician , or other experienced party . It should also act as a caution to chemists , not to dispose of this article to any parties without a written order under the hand of a person of known skill and experience . At the post mortem examination , we understand , that the lungs and brain were found much loaded with darkened blood , which had the odour of chloroform There was also , it is but proper to state , such disease about the heart and lungs as rendered the individual an unfavourable subject for the employment of such agents as ether or chloroform ; and which , although insufficieut to have caused death , must , no doubt , have expedited that melancholy result .

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      { From our own Correspondent . ) Dublin , F _. b . Uth . We have been _perasing the' notice' ef Feargus O'Connor , in tho last number of _Fbabeb's Magazine , with a good deal of Interest , mingled , of course , with the disapproval ofthe sneering tone in which English writers , and writers for English publications' too apt to speak of Irishmen , and of Irish matters ) in general . That Mr O'Connor is one of the moBt remarkable men of _« the times , ' nobody can deny . That * he has immense energy and determination of purpose , ' oven tho antl-Irish writer in Fiusrn . muit admit , but then ho consoles himself by the reflection that the great Irishman 'lacks the higher qualities ef the mind , and le only a mob orator . ' _Onlj a mob orator J Well , after this , who can

      refuse an ovation to that ' rare fellow , ' who ' doeB' the 'Contemporary _Orators'iuFBAOEa ' s Magazine ? Onlya mob orator , inagh . ' Well , now , Mr Saxon , or Mr Snxon ' s lackey , which ever you be , . who penned those lines , if Mr O'Connor wan not * a mob orator' what would hebe ? If the late O'Connell was not a ' mob orator , ' wonld his name be now emblazoned on history ' s page , or would ho have _shaken—bb he certainly has shaken—the empire of British bigotry and Saxon intolerance to its very centre , and _frittered te atoms tho barriers which for centuries excluded his _co-religioaistt from place , and distinction , and religious equality * If Feargus O'Connor was not a ' mob orator , ' andons of the most effective ' mob oratorB * of the day , too , who would care a pin what ho was , evon though buchets . full

      of ' the old Milesian blood' was careering through hie massive vflias ? If Hr O'Connor was not a ' mob orator , ' if he was not with tho ' mob , ' and for the ' mob , ' ho certainly might , many a day aijo _. have ensconced himself in a snug Saxon ' berth , ' whero , like several of his recreant , rascally countrymen , who for the lucro of British gold , have * shamed their aires , 'he mi _^ ht look out carelessly on the storm , aud exultingly soliloquist himself , saying ; , 'Blow high , blow low , my bread is baked : I have made my hay whilst tha sun shone—and to the devil with honour , virtue , patriotism—everything but the glittering _pold oftho _Snssan ' agh . ' But Mr O'Connor did not Bell himself . lie did not « learn to betray . ' He found that in tho catwo of the ' people '—er ( if the writer in _Fbases wills it)—the ' mob '—he alone could legitimately _oxereiae his ' _immtinaa energies , ' and

      employ thoso rare talents with which Nature had endowed him . Driven from that place whieh Bhould be the proper sphere of bis exertions , he flung himself at the head of the injured people of England ; ho _biCftlUO ' n mob orator , ' a ' mob leader , 'au 'English : demagogue , ' and ultimately the most Bucceesful champion of popular rights find social reform , which England ever saw . Theso are big words , but ' the proof is there . _' Mr O'Connor Is * a mob orator _, ' Ho need not blush at ihe name , and * the fact of an Irishman being the trusted leader of tho English Chartists , ' proves that our gallant countrjmnn ' 8 right when he _laiiRhs at tho machinations of his adversaries , and strengthens himself by the _reflection that , ' When his enemies havo done their utmost against him , they _tnuot stop , and then all will start on equal termB . '

      From the writer in Fkaseb , it would appear that Saxon as wsll ua Celt , has an eye to external * , and can duly appreciate _theprestijc associated with ' a fine physical model . ' Well , itis true for you—rou , who supply us with such pleasant sketches of ' Contemporarj Ora . tors '—It ir , indeed , true , that the _'masaes' Irish masses at all event &— ' _alwajs worship a fine physical

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      model . ' An Irish _peaganS , even when choosing a wife , will tell you that he would like to have something wortn looking at _] ' And in the pulpit , or on the rostrum , at the hustings , or oa the battle field—( if It come 4 o that ) —Paddy always , and ever would , prefer na ' ablebodied' teacher or leader , to ' an atomy ov a _Shinnavm , unable to take his own part , not to spake ov anybody _eWel * The faot of Feargus O'Connor having * height , bulk , and muscle enough for a model of _| _a _Phw nician Hercules , ' would , no doubt , work magic In hti favour with an Irish * mob ;* aad we hope tha day U not far distant when he will meet a hundred thousand of his warm-hearted countrymen ia peaceful _congrest , aid _...... _. __ -v .- . t . _^ . _« n . o .

      give thera an opportunity of bearing his ' mob oratory , and seeing , ' with thoir own eyes , ' their ' ¦ largo ; massive broad-shouldered' countryman who' has _eff-eted so ranch good for the labouring classes of S » 2 on-Iond , whilst those , on whom tee relied , deserted , ' _seuld / and betrayed their trust . If the time has not already come when the Irish people will demand SUCH a leader , day 1 » not far distant when they must , for , indeed , we ore sick and disgusted with both ' Old' and ' Young Ireland . ' Some man like Mr O'Csnaor must succeed the miserable shadow * ' of Conciliation Hall—as for the leaders of 'YoungIreland , I may say , with truth , their occupation in already gone . '

      Tbe writer ef ' Contemporary Orators' alludes to Mr O'Connor ' s' attempt to ' purchase the Cobk Soothibr _Repohtbb . ' not certa'ia that Mr O'Connor mads nny _proposala'for the purchase of that paper , but even If he did , and that he failed in securing its proprietorship , I cannot see how it could affect his interests in Ireland . Certainly my opinion is , If Mr O'Connor would set about working the salvation of Ireland In good earnest , he could not adopt a more effective line than by resorting to the _prese but then be should' not confine himself to a class or a provincial journal . He should speak through some organ , net limited to aeot or party , or club , or coterio , or ' Old Ireland , ' or * Young Ireland , ' or Whig , or Tory , or Liberal . I further think , that if Mr O'Connor would e _» _tabllBh a newspaper in _Dublin _. / or tke Irkh people he wonld most due encouragement , « hd be conferring a most important benefit on the country . There it not

      a good newspaper published in Ireland . Every party and faction hon Its organ , but there Ib not any paper published , whioh gives ' good value for Its price , ' or Is calculated te emuse , or instruct , er elevate tbe public mind . _People , here , complain tbat the press Is hot sapported . In most cases ' this _complaint is just , but , » b * n . the blame lies with the press—not with tho public . Men do not like to pay their money when they do not get doe value , and when Irish journals' go down , * it it because they nre not worthy of being encouraged . If Mr O'Connor would establish a good journal in Dublin , devoted to tho interests , literary , social , and _politioal , of the Irish people , be would be signally _succeoafol . Bat a ' pro . _vlncloV paper for Feargus O'Oonnor-. lt no » er would do ; and if that gentleman had any design in getting the _Soutukbh _RcroBTE _** . into his hands , I , for oae , am glad that he did ' not succeed . Mr O'Connor's name would not sound well in connexion witb s paltry country

      paper . Speaking of the press reminds me of Mr Mitchel ' s new Journal . The Uhiwd Irishman , m » de its first _appsarance , here , on last Saturday . It i » , certainly , in its own way , a credit to the Irish newspaper press , ana argues much for the spirit and enterprise , as well as for the splendid talents and reckless darlngof its gifted proprletors . It is not so large aa the Nation , bnt being printed in a smaller type and more gompact manner , contains as much matter . It Is something like the _Sipbc . tatob or _Exahihbb in appearance , and is ' got up' ia the most beantiful style . If Mr Mitchel be * in earnest , ' be already _deaervos the victor's wreath , for ' he speaks ef Irish wrongs and Irish sufferings and of IriiA hopes , too , In ouch a manner as nobody ever ventured to speak before . Prom an early hour on Saturday morning the office of the Uhitep Irishman , in _Trinlty-street , was

      literally blockaded with people of every class and party , waiting the appearanee of the new journal . Every copy was sold off in an hour , and though ( as I hear ) the impression was a very large one , there was not a single United Irishman to be had for love or money at _twelve o'clock . It being announced that a ' second edition , would appear in the evening , crowds lingered around the office all day ; and , at eleven o'clock at night , when the paper was again ready for publication , Trinity-street was nearly impassible , and tbe police bad ranch to do to keep a way open f or carriages . The new edition was snatched np in a short time , and on this morning ( Monday ) there is not a single copy to be purchased in _Dubl ' n . If the circulation of the _United _Ishbuak goes on as it has begun , It will raake a fortune for its owners , though it never should be the means of making a _Thermopylae of' ould Ireland . '

      On last Tuesday at a meeting of * o _* ir corporation in the Assembly House , Wflliam . atreet , Mr Gustavue Hamilton , a rank Tory and _aati-O'Connelite , proposed a resolution : — ' That an address should be prepared by tbe Dublin Corporation , and presented to ber Majesty the Queen , praying that ber Majesty mlgat please to assemble the Imperial Parliament oace every third year in Dublin , and to have a palace erected with suitable apartments for ber Majesty ' s Lords and Commons , which tbey would have & right to

      occupy during the sittings of the said triennial parliament , ' This motion was resisted by Hr _Lougbnan , who proposed by way of ' amendment , * that 'her Majesty do repeal the Union . ' Mr Lough _, naa ' s amendment being put , ' was lost , ' and Mr Hamilton ' s motion carried by a large majority of tbo mem - ber present—Catholic and Protestant , Orangeman end Repealer , all voting for Mr Hamilton ' s « novelty . ' More Irish yarn this ! Yet it is pleasing to see that all classes begin to discover that cometMng mutt be done tor lre ~ land .

      It now appears , beyond a question , that the Into Rev . Thomas Maguire , the renowed Catholic Controversialist , met bis death from _thebaads ofsome covert _assassin , and tbat hi ? famous career waB terminated by the ' poisoned cup . ' Circumstances having transpired which excited a _suspicion in the mind of bis friends , that with regard to his lamented death , all was not' as it ought to be , ' the body of the rev . gentleman waB raised some few days ago , and the stomach sent for _analysation to Dr Brady , a celebrated chemist and professor of medical _iarUprudence , residing in _Oardlner-stteet , _inthlBeltj .

      The result of that gentleman ' s investigation was , that on last Thursday he came before the magistrates at the head Police-office , Exchange Court , and lodged information to the effect that the _eUKiach . of deceased contained large quantities of arsenic , and that his death ensued from the destructive operations of poison on bis vitals . Several persons , it is said , will be implicated in this mysterious affair . Already , three persons have been arrested and transmitted to Leitrim goal to await the ensuing assizes . Much rumour exists concerning the melancholy transaction , but & s yet nothing satisfactory has appeared to unravel the mystery .

      I was in the country last week , and was speaking to a gentleman who travelled ' all the way * to Limerlek on Monday , the 7 th inst ,, to witness . the execution of Ryan ( 'Puck , ') and the youthful murderer , Andrew Dea . He concurs with the local payers , the Lihebick Cheohicle and Lihebick Repoktbb _, in describing the scene as one of tbe _mott melancholy and degrading , wblcb could be conceived . Long before half-past two o ' clock , the hour appointed for the consummation of the tragedy , immense crowds of people , young and old , tho rich and the poor , married and single , male and female , had assembled to ' see the sight , ' and up to the very moment of _execution , and even for a considerable period after the wretched men bad teased to exist , laTge -numbers on foot , on horseback , and in various descriptions of vehicles ,

      continued to swell the vast assemblage , Every window aad wall , even the roofs of the houses in sight 6 f the scaffold , were crammed with eager spectators . In Ireland , unfortunately , such scenes are not unusual , but on this occasion public curiosity seemed worked up to the highest pitch of _excitement . Ryan ' Puck * had acquired such celebrity—report had made him each a monster—and tbo tales circulated of his ' dark doings' were so numerous and so ' blood-boltered '—tbat were he the veritable ' Blue-beard , ' of nursery legend , people could not be more anxious to get a look at bim , or witness his exit to another world , Andrew Dea , too , attracted much notice . His extreme youth ( he was but seventeen years of age ) , his mild demeanour , and handsome countenance elicited much pity

      for his wretched doom ; and if Ryan * Puck' was aa ubject of execration , poor Dea was one of deep commiseration and sympathy . Both culpritB , from the day of their condemnation , behaved themselveB in a truly penitent manner , and seemed well-disposed to make every _atonoment in their power for their _uilsdeode . They even seemed impatient for the hour which was to witness their immolation , and were several times heard to say that 'They rejoiced to _suffor for their sins . ' They w _^ reattendod to the fatnl drop by six Catholic priests la stele and sutan _, who continued to exhort aud support the fortitude of their poor penitents until the last

      moment . Previous to their execution , both the culprits signed witten declarations of their guilt , and the justice ' of their _seatenct , bnt neither addressed the crowds assembled before the gallowa , Dea died without the semblance of pain or struggle , and in a minute or two was dead . Notao with the unhappy Ryan . He was a powerful , athletic man , and continued to struggle with death for nearly ten or twelve minutes , Swing which time the priests continued praying over his writhing form . It was a terrific scene indeed , —that unhappy man ' s death was sufficient to appal the stoutest and chill the blood of the most hardened man iu that vast _as 6 em _. _bloge .

      It is strange , that , even from Dublin , London , and Liverpool several respectable persons eame to witness this exceution . It is reported in this oity that a certain young lady of Dublin , from reading the ' life and Adventures ' of Ryan Puck' in the newspapers _hevd formed a sort of _romantio attachment for that celebrated outlaw , and came up _ineog to Limerick to see his death . I da not vouch for the truth Of this report . howC'Ver _, hut It Ib said to be a fact . It Is also said that the _eelefcrated Madame _Tussaud commissioned an agent to purchase the cl _ithes of' Puck' from the hangman , with n view to their preservation in her « Cabinet of Curiosities . ' It is _rtported , * too , that different persons in England are in treaty for tho _purchase of the blunderbuss with whieh he effected the inunler for which ho diod ; and a east of his head having been taken immediately after execution , it is expected that it will prove a profitable speculation to certain parties concerned , I do not vouch / or any of these statements however .

      There was a numerous and rospcctable meeting of the Ilomau Catholics of thia city held in the Musie Hall , on _Pridaylast , to denounce the baso and cowardly attacks made on the Irish Catholic bishops nnd priests by tho

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      Bondon newspaper press , and by certain parties In both houses of Parliament . It is said that _^ very chy _, t 0 ff and parlBh la Ireland will hold similar meetings , and th ' Roman Catholics _aesm determined that those who sia ,, der ond vituperate their clergy , shall not do so with in , ' punlty . To . morrow , the 15 th , a meeting ofthe _friend and admirers of Most Rov . Dr _M'Hole and Right R _« 7 Dr _Maginn , will hold a meeting In _Marlborough . streec " to denounce the assailants of those _emiaent ' _eecloslaa _ttct aad make arrangements for getting up some substantial testimonial of the high esteem ia which tbey _Brn hela by their Catholic countrymen , and oftho deep sens ? 6 £ gratitude they feel to them , for their spleedid And tr ittm pliant defence of Irish faith _andmorals , Bondon ne _-vspaper press , and by certain parties in h _* n .

      Amongst the literary coteries of this city , it is sala that the eminent Queen ' s counsel , Mr _Whitesidas , has in the press a highly Interesting work , on ' Italy and the Italians' —compiled by ] the learned gentleman daring several months' sojourn In tbe ' Sunny South , ' from , wbich he has but very lately _returned . The olection for the representation of our _University _takus place some day thia week—I believe on FrMay , sa . veral candidates had entered tho field , bat all have retired in favour of Mr Napier , Q . C ., who _willjhave a _« walls over , ' On Friday last , John Renehan was executed in Lima _, rick for the murder of _M'laerney . Unlike . the executioa of Andrew Dea and Ryan ' Puck / bis death attracted scaroely any notice , and there were not a huadrod per « tons at his execution . It is remarkable that Mr William Smith , the _sub-sherlff , who attended at his execution died oa the morning following , ne had been complaining on the day previous .

      On Saturday , the 12 th instant , a fine young sailor , named _Sylvsster Clinch , was fined 2 fl . 6 d „ at College street Police-office , having on the previous evening at the Theatre Royal _'blssod ' and ' _greaned _, ' and _ineited others to do so , when the orchestra was playing ' God lava the Queen . ' Her * is moro ' coercion' for you . Ot late , it has become usual to * _blss _' ancl ' groan , ' when . ever the national anthem is played at any assembly ia Dublin , and I aa certain the ' example' made of poor Clinch , will tend rery little to Instil feelings of attachment to her Majesty in the hearts of her Irish _subjecte

      _Barssiet Irish Democratic _JConpbderation . —A numerous and respectable meeting of this body waa held in Mr George Utley ' s large room , on Sunday evening last . JMr William _Jessop , a noble minded English Chartist , and member of the above society , was called to the chair . Several articles were read from the Northern Star , and _Uwirsb Irishman ; the Nation newspaper lay on the table , ' all alone in its glory , ' no one feeling disposed to touch it . At length Mr Seagrave read an extract from an _artiele that appeared in a copy of the 5 th ult ., on which he commented , showing that tke editor was opposed to democracy , and in favour of an union with the people ' s enemies—the plundering aristocracy of Ireland ; he _^ therefore proposed that the society , being democratic , discontinue supporting that paper any longer , which , was seconded by Mr M'Coy , and oarned unanimousl y . Mr O'Leary delivered a lengthy address , in which he exposed the truculency of the Irish leaders , and the baseness of the prostitute

      press of his unfortunate country , who taught tho people a slavish doctrine instead of inculcating the holy _aruhiaeful lessen of men standing forward in the dignity of manhood , and demanding their just rights . He concluded by moving a vote of thanks to Mr Mitchel , of the United Irishman , which was seconded by Mr Guy le , *' and ably supported by Mr Flanigan , and carried . Tho meeting was subsequently addressed by Messrs Keith , Branigan , and others . The announcement of our London friends , the Democratic Confederates , to bring out a weekly publication , was duly appreciated . Several new members were enrolled , and after the usual vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting separated .

      West London Anti-Enclosure Association . —At the last meeting of the committee of this Asaooia . tion , at Clark ' s Room , Feb . Hth , Wiliiaru Ewart , Esq ., M _. P ., was elected an honorary member , for hig gift of books and money to the library . The committee stated that they had engaged , for the purposes of the Association , one of the large Assemblyrooms of Mr Bendall _, in Circus-street , _New-road where they should meet every Tuesday evening" and where they purposed having debates and lectures in furtherance of-the objects of the Association ,, nest Tuesday being their opening night _. ¦

      Accidents on the North _Weste-in _Railwat . — On Weduesday two accidents , both of whieh , though not attended with any fatal _constquences , were of a serious nature , and caused much alarm to the passengers who wero travelling in the trains ,- occurred on the above line . The first happentd to the train which left London at six a . m . from _Euston-squ & ro , between Rugby and Birmingham , at Hampton . Some _passengers discovered that the carriage in wbich they were was on five . An alarm was instantly raised , but before the train could be stopped the fire had got a firm hi « _hl of the carriage , which was completely filled with moke . Upon the train being brought to a stand , it was found _» , hat _, owing to the axle-boxes mt having been properly examined and

      greased , the friction from the wheels had set fire to the carriage . The fire . was _extinguished without doing much damage . The second accident occurred to the express train fnm Manchester , which left that town at five o ' clock p . m ., v * heu upon arriving near Rugby , after leaving the Trent Valloy line , a Singular jumping motion was felt by tbe _engineerhe immediately stopped the engine , when Upon examining the train , it was found that a carriago had got off the line , much to tho terror of tho passengers , who had bicu thrown from ono side of the carriage to tho other . The ca . rria _« e was fouvd to be so much injured that it was necessary to take it Irom tlio train , which afterwards _proceeded on it 3 journey to London .

      A Preston paper _mentiansthat , oh Friday , a kingfisher was found dead in Gadiley Brook , where it had been choked in attempting to swallow a roach , which was found in its mouth .

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      btatb op the _coumtbt . The Coercion Act appears but-still more _toembittei the people , and to be wholly inefficient fer carrying eut the object intended , as witnees the following : — Cousir op Tthowe . —Malicious Bubni & g . —Oh tha morning of Tuesday last , a barn . and byre , in whicfe there _wsre four shocks of flax and one stack of corn , four cows and two calves , the property of Mr Victoc _Qordea , at Edymbrc , near Strabahe , were set on fire The cows were burned to death , and the corn and flax totally consumed . It is supposed to have been the apt ef some incendiary , as tbo proprietor , previous to going to bed at twelve o ' clock , found all safe . i _Nbiuoh . —The house of Patrick Reddon , a poo cottier near _Lorrba , was plundered on the night of the 6 th instant . His son _reeistojd . them -ffhen they wiere proceeding to rifle the meal cheat , but received _aiblow ofa spade , with whioh one of the party was armed , on the hea _4 .

      • ' _CoosttDowk—On Monday evening last this county _w _. _sb tho scene of one of those outrages which were rarely to be recorded aa happening in the north . At about six o ' clock in the evening a shot , whether from _aipistol or a musket is unknown , was fired into the parlour of Mr _Turnsr Brown , of _Warringtown , that gentleman sitting in the room at the time . It would seem as if tke arms had been loaded with slugs , aa three panes ef the window were shattered , but fortunately Mr Brown eseaped suffering any personal injury .

      KtLKBjrrrr . _—Thrbatekiks Notices . —On Sunday last , during the period of divine service , notices were posted on the church and chapel at Coolcullen , warn ing a man named Brennan , who holds some land in that locality , to be prepared for death . About two years since a brother of Brennan ' s was murdered at his own door , about nine o ' clock in the forenoon , in the presence of bis workmen , who _allowed the murderers to Walk off _deliberately after committing the act . The brother succeeded to these lands , and has now been threatened with death . Tbe people were aho warned , en peril of their lives , not to take down the notice .

      Limbrick . —Akothkr Execution . —Last week John Renehan was executed on the gallows at the county gaol . The unhappy man made no declaration of his guilt or innocence , * but from the day of his committal to prison , after his conviction , he gave himself to prayer , and went to meet his end with perfect resig . nation . On the 32 nd inst ., James Skeaban and James _Quano are to undergo the extreme penalty of the law fer the murder ef Ralph Hill . The _Ltmbrick _RepoaiSKaays— ' Such is the craving

      ofthe English appetite for everything connected with great crimes and remarkable criminals , that the clothes of Ryan Puck have been , or are about being , purchased from the hangman , for the celebrated Madame _Tnssand , to whom , we understand , ia also to be forwarded a cast of his head and blunderbuss , ' a order that his image may be taken ih wax , and that , dressed in the olothes he wore , and bearing in its hands the formidable weapon with which he murdered , it map appear so like life that Cockney _grandams will scream at tbe sight of' the monster . '

      Death by Poison or thb Rbv . Thos . Maguibe . —ft appears certain the death of tbe Rev . Thomas Maguire , _to well known as a controversialist ; , had been caused by poison . Dr Brady , of Gardiner-street , to whom the stomaoh of the late Rev . Thomas Maguire had been forwarded for the purpose of being analysed , and reporting thereon , has lodged an information at the head office of police , to tbe effect that in the stomach ofthe reverend gentleman he has found large quantities of arsenic . We have learned that three persons are in custody charged with thia crime . ' Mn _DaniilO'Uohkell , —The Limerick Exauiheb , a repeal paper , says , ' We are glad to hear that Mr D . O'Connell , jun ., is about to reoeive an _^ appointment . The Gonsulship of Boulogne is the one named to ns ; the salary attached to which ia said to he ahout £ 800 . a year . ' __ Mr D . O'Connell recently resigned the representation of Waterfnrd .

      _Jwkrenber of Bad _Fibb-arms . —The Limerick Chronicle says , ' On Thursday 100 stand of arms ' gome of very bad description ) , which were surrendered to the authorities , and taken up by the constabulary in Cappermore district , were brought into this city by the police , and deposited in the store of the Ordnance barrack .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19021848/page/6/