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      ¦ _SEwcisTt- £ -rv : _ox--n 3 n 5 . ___ Scrgicai . Oferatioks _witu _KinKii . —Two more instances of tb _* J _successiul application of _ether in surgical casal have occurred at the Inurumy ia Newcastle . The _first was on Monday , when a man ¦ tamed Thomas Unntcr , foreman at Messrs . _Hawken and Cntwshav ' _a Works , South . shore , Inuring had his left hand and arm crushed by the forge hammer falling upon it , w * . s taken to the Infirmary to undergo amputation . The ether w at- applied , and in live minutes tho patient became insensible , when thr arm wa * -taken off below the elbow without the sufferer feeling the slightest pain . Tbo _sec _*» nd case

      1 M _« tbat of a lad _employed in Elswick I it , _a _^ ed twelve vears , who had b . -en run over oa Wednesday by three _wagara loaded with coal , ine lad had n simple fracture on the left thigh , and a compound fracture on therieht leg . Th * right leg _havin-j to be amputated , the " ether _wss applied , and the operation performed in * _ut * h a manner that the lad was unconscious that his lei ; had been taken off . On commencing to inh ale the ether , the boy coughed for a short time , but in the course of two minutes afterwards he became insensible . After the operation , his pulse being weak with stentor-ms breathing , aromatic spirits of ammonia were applied , and in a short time he was restored to _consciousnesa .

      rORKS . _'lIBB . Distress tx _Bium-oud .--It will give an id # a nf thc amount of di-tress at present prevailing in Bradford , to state that for the present week , Bairstow , the relieving officer for thc _township of Bradford , lias on his books the names of 1 , 070 fiirailies receiving relief , which , ou au _average of five persons to a family , give * a total of 5 . S 50 persons . The other relieving officers are said to be _equally pressed by the claims of the destitute

      _MAXCII 1 ISTER . The Metropous op _Miiaocrats . —To the _mont cursory _obserrer , Manchester presents a Tery altered appearance . Shoals of _besgar-i , in every direction , aieet the eye , chiefly Irish , bat with a Tery large admixture of English . Whole families of tb < se ¦ wretched outcasts _pernmbulate the streets from morning till rji _^ bt , and enter the shops and warehouses _; o ask alms . Others take np a position on tiie staircases leading to offices and places of business , and remain . there the whole day importuning every person going in or coming out . It is no unusual thing to see a family of six or eight persons ( the wife loaded Irish fashion , with one child in the arms

      and another on the back , } crowded on the large _square entrance steps to such places , whilst another family has taken possession of the lauding place above , 33 if to prevent _mnncpoly . The entrances to the Exchange . t » the Arcade , to the rooms of the League , 'to the Athentcani , and to the club houses , are taken po ? _session of daily by the people , and the _soadition of these poor creatures is such , thai nobody , whether civil officer or private _citiz- _'n , seems to hare heart enough—or rather want of heart enough —to interfere with them . In front of the _eating houses , at noon , again , numbers of _beggars assemble , and besiege the departing guest after he has relieved his own wants and is pocketing the change .

      DUtlBiM . Fail of thb _Ancjikt Moat Towkr . —A . portion of the outer wall ofthe old round tower , wbich stood at the end of what was formerly the Castle Moat , at the back of _( _Jueen-street , has _fr-llen upon the roof of aa opposite house , tbe upper portion of which is Occupied by ono of tha Univmity servants named Norton . A . ttUa tUue _ttf tbe accident , Norton and Bis wif _; were seated at their tea , but most providentially , although the roof was completely crushed , and the room in which they were half filled with rubbish , tbe man escaped without injury , and the female " with only a few trilling bruises . Some fowls which _happened to be in the room were killed .

      BTin * 0 BB 5 HmS . Ax _Explobiojt ov IIiDaocc . x has taken place in a ¦ pit called Walbuts Colliery , at Bilston . It appears that a man named Collier , with another man , incautiously took a lighted candle into the working , when a quantity of gas exploded , burning Collier in a dreadful manner . Ilia companion escaped with but II slight injury .

      KOBPOtK . Tns LiXBrxG Seasox has commenced in the eastern counties . It is feared that there will be a scarcity of food for the fl . icJcs as tne spring advances Tbe turnips were affected by the severe fr _* sts that occurred when there was no snow on the ground to protect them ; and th « re are now complaints amongst the farmers , more particularly in Norfolk , that the erop is rotting . Since the thaw , the state of thc young wheats has excited much attention ; but it is the opiuion of the best practical men in that district that they have not been seriously injured by the Severe wiuter .

      BCTPOLE . Thb High Wisdb haye done considerable damage in Ipswich . Amongst other mischief , it destroyed a range of brick building used by Messrs . Catt and _Quadling , as a railway carriage factory . The structure in question was 130 feet long by 30 feet wide _, and at the time of the catastrophe there were fifteen men inside at work . Fire of the carriage *; were completed , and three others in a very forward state . About a dozen tiles of the top row ofthe ; roof on the Windward side being carried away , and in a few minutes after the wind having gained admission into the building , tore away the skylights on the opposite

      aide and blew them into a field , the roof itself being forced off almost at the eame moment . The workmen , being alarmed , thought of making their escape , but , before they had time to do so , both walls , the full length of the building , c > me down with a tremmiou 3 _craih , smashing the windows , steps , and springs of the carriages . Tbe body of one wag completely forced away from the frame , and others were more or less damaged . The men crouched under the _rehiclcs , and , with two exceptions , escaped unhurt ; one man was . " seriously injured by a brick striking him on the back of the neck the other was but slightly wounded . The total loss is estimated at several hundred pounds .

      GLOUCESTERSHIRE . Tsa PaEBtBTATiox ot Dzza _frodvcttvs op Crime . —At the half-yearly crown audit , recently held at ! Speech house , the subject of the preservation ofthe deer iu the forest of Dean was discussed , aad _astrong feeling was generally expressed that the deer preserves _wure a nursery for crime , encouraging the growth of an idle and disorderly population , producing heartburnings , strife , and bloodshed , greatly in . r - --. sing tho burdens of the _pwr and county rates _, and crievously iaterftring with the proper working of the mines aud colliers in the Forest . Those sentiments were embodied in an address , which has been presented to Sir M . II . Crawley Boevey _, who is a candidate for the vacant office of Verderer in

      succession to his _deceased father , and the parties signified that they eould not vote for the appointment of any gentlemen wbo is favourable to the continuation ef the present Bystem of . preserving deer in the forest . In reply to this document , Sir M . H . C . _Bf-evey says— " Having now for some years acted as a _ma-iistrate in the immediate nei _^ hlionrhood of the Forest , I can _qnit-s understand and sympathise with thera in thinking that the existence of a large herd of deer in so populous a district is calculated ( as in other districts similarly circumstanced ) to demoralise the lower orders of the people ; but this I attribute mainly ( as I hare reason to think ) to the great facility and impunity afforded to the poacher by th > se ofi hk"i < T order , and who should know better , of

      selling the spoil with pecuniary advantage . The evil is very great , and much to be deplored . " Scffosbp Murder at Diiibi . etox . —La < -tweek while a labourer , in the employ of Mr . Crump , of Durableton _, was digging in a field , adjoining tha Winchcomb Road , lis found t ' ie skeleton ofa male person . There v . _zxt _f-ragnvBctA of _alcatel _amongst the soil , plainly indicating that he bad been buried with his clothe " on * The leg bone 3 were _cn-awd , and th- skull wa- * much lower in the soil than tha other parts of the remains . The discovery ha . * - created great interest in the neighbourhood , especially from its calling ts minis tiie following mysterious circumstance , which _occurred in the year 1836 . In the month of August in that year , a labourer , while on his way to work , heard

      a horse neighing in a coppice , distant about a mile from the place where the remains were dug up , and on entering it he found a horse tied to a tree by the bridle , witb a saddle on his back ; tho animal was quite exhausted , leading to the _Buppositiou that he hf- _il been left _inthat position for several days . Every publicity was given to the faol _* , yet no ono claimed the horse , which wag _Bnbsequentjy sold for £ 12 . It was at that time believed that the owner of the horse was a cattle dealer on his way to Tewkesbury , and that ha had been robbed and murdered , after he had left a public _housa in the vicinity , two persons having eeenhim leave the house with the identical horse _inihis

      possession . Suspicion pointed to two individuals who were strongly suspected , and that suspicion has , in the meantime , almost amounted to proof from the fact of one of tho parties having been heard to say since "When 1 kill a man again , I will have half the money ; " and the other , shortly after the horse was lound , had in his _possession a large sura of _uione'V , when , just previously to the occurrence , he was a _' _liout to become chargeable to the parish . Many © ther circumstances have transpired of an equally _suspicions nature ; and the case is , we understand , to _anderi'o a seafebing inquiry before the Coroner . The identical horse nnd saddle aud bridla are still at Evesham , in Worcestershire .

      IIAILESWOOD . _Desperate Affray . —As constable John Banning , one ef the rural police , stationed at Winchcombc , near Cheltenham , was on duty at Haileswood , oa Sunday nwrning , the 2 lst Inst ., about five o ' clock , he met with a man in . 1 field cirrying a bundle . Upon questioning hira what the bundle contained , the man , without speaking a word , struok the policeman a violent blow ob the side of the ; head with a Bb <* to which eight bullets were attached by a strong cord . * rom such a formidahle weapon the Wow was _iwwe ; tha constable was stunned for a _momeot .

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      but , having a walking-stick in his hand , he knocked the man down , who immediately got up again , and , closing with the _offiosr , out him very muoh in the face with a butcher ' s knife , and stabbed _sereral foes at his neck . Both were strong men , but tho constable eventually overpowered his antagonist , bidding him desist and _sunendor himself ; and saying at the ? arae time , to frighten the man , " 1 have fire-arms in my pocket , and will shoot you if you _contiuuo to struggle . # Thc prisoner , in a most determined manner , said to him , " Shoot and be d— -d I'll tight whilst life is left . " The conflict then continued for some time longer , whan the prisoner cut tbo policeman _at-roes the back of the right hand , dividing tendons , and depriving him of the use of his staffhand In the course ol tho strugglewhich lasted

      , nearly two hours , a quantity of blood was lost on each side , and they both lay in their gore , exhausted on the ground for some time . The policeman , after a little time , roused himself , and commenced shouting Murder , " as he felt himself getting weak from the _lo-g of blood ; the prisoner all this time waa lyin " unabic to move on the giound . A carter , who lived at a farm-h ouse more than a quarter of a milo away , w- _^ 1 ? snoutg i and _Ssirc information to the police at \\ _int-hcombe , whither tho constable and prisoner were removed in a cart , and their wouuds immediately dressed by Dr . Newton , of that place . The prsoner was then recognised as being a most notorious character , named Divid Johns , a sweep , and

      a native of St 9 _w-on-the-Wold , who had boen previously convicted of burglary at tho Winter Assizes of 184 i , and sentenoed to two years' imprisonment . It was subsequently aseertaiaed that the house of Mr . Trotman , of _Winchcombo , had been burglariously entered by cutting tho panel out of tha door , and a quantity of property stolen therefrom ; all of which was found in the bundle which tbe prisoner Johns w carrying . The prisoner ' s right arm has been broken in the _dreadtul couflict . The constable , we are happy to say , is considered out of danger , but very great fears are entertained that he will lose tho _uw of bis right hand , owing to the sinews being divided ; the wounds in his neck and face arc going on well .

      BIAUPORO . The Lvcos _tesibsce ok a Bed FACE . —Mr . John _Thraves , a respectable farmer , residing at Edmonthorpe Lodge , near Market Overtoil , appeared before the magistrates at the Town-hall , Stamford , on Saturday last , under the following aggravating circumstames : _—Abnuthalf-pait three o ' clock iu the afternoon of Tuesday week , beiug Candlemas Fair , Mr . Thraves _, in company with Mr . Hack , ef Clipsham , was standing in thc _Iligh-straet , giving directions to his son relative to some beast he had that day purchased , wben _poliecman Mitchell stepped up and asked Mr . Thraves his name and address . The three were surprised at the inquiry , but Mr . Thraves instantly furnished the desired information , and soon afterwards walked towards Ironmonger-street , when Mitchell followed them nnd asked Mr . Thraves his Christian name ; he , considering this second

      application a rud- aunoyance , refused to tell him . A few days afterwards , he was _sumniorrod to appear at the Town-hall as above mentioned , to answer a charge of drunkenness , lie attended accordingly , and Mitts jell and two other officers gave evidence to the effect ofhis being intoxicated- On tha other hand , it was sworn by Mr . Hack and his son , a- * well as the servant of Mis * Hack , that such was entirely untrue . Upon eross-eximinati'in the policemen stated their conviction that thc defendant must bave been in a state of intoxication , _iict _.-nly from tho circumstance of his jolting against his two companions as ho walked down the street , but also from his having a very red face _. The magistrates had ocular demonstration thai ; Mr . _Thi-avis . even at that early period of the day , was be-sed with a colour , a po-tion of which thousands in tke _smoKy districts would be happy to possess ; and th y unhesitatingly dismissed tho summons . — Stamford Herald .

      BUCKINGHAMS'llRE . Axother Victim .- —An inquest was held at North Marston on view of the body of Thomas Walker _, agcel eleven weeks : the deceased was another victim of that _chiid-dt-stroying narcotic , Godfrey ' * Cordial , which was incautiously administered by an ignorant _mother te prevent its crying . Two tea spoonfuls of Godfre . i ' _o and a decoction of poppy he ads were duly given to the unfortunate deceased , who _bocamo emaciated and ill , and on the previous morning was found dead by its mother ' s side . The evidence went to show that the parents had otherwise treated the _deceas--d very _kimlly . Verdict , " Natural death . " The coroner _begged of the mother ( who appeared much distressed ) if she bad any more children never to give them ' Godfrey ' s , ' and urgad her to warn her neighbours _against its pernicious effects .

      HKRTFORD'HtRE . _Tbrsz Lives lost for U ' am op a Bo-doe .- — The coroner for this county has _coudwded an inquest at North Mim ? , upon tue . l > odie _* of Mary Lines , aged 23 ; George Lines , aged IS months ; and _Elizi Ellenham , _a <* ed 12 , who came by their deaths under the following circumstances * . — -It appeared fiwn the evidence of George Lints , that the deceased , Mary Lines , wished to go and see her friends , who lived at Icledon , near Ilitchen ; that his wife , and child , and servant , started from home , in a librae and chaise , for that purj » o « e . To reach Icledon , it was necessary to pass a ferry . Upon passing the stream in the morning , it was net dangerous . On bis return heme , he arrived at the spot where the accident occurred , at about _half-- > a _*} tsbr . It was quite dark , and being unaware '

      of the flood which hadtaken place , he attempted to cross , and , before he had any suspicion of danger , the iiorse plunged into the deepest part of the river , and tbey were immediately swept away . The doceased , El ' enham , became entangled in the harness , aad was of course drowned with the horse . Witness tben saw his wife , with the infant in her arms , snatched away by the _impetuesity ofthe stream . He made every effort to save them , but he could not do so ; and it was with great difficulty he prescrvod himself . Two of the bodies were found next day , but his wife was not found before Wednesday last . Verdict , •* Accidental death ; " but the jury _esprisssed a wish that the surveyors of the highway , or parish authorities , would take immediate steps for constructing a bridge over the stream .

      CARSHAI , _TO"V . TnREE Persons Buried _Auvk . —A few days ago an inquest was held before W . Carter , at Greyhound Inn , Car _* _-haitori , Surrey , touching the respective deaths of C . Cooper , aged 46 ; A . Cooper , aged 43 ; and C . Cooper , the younger , aged 6 ; who lost their lives nnder the most painful circumstances . T . Bishop said : I heard something had happened at the house of Mr . Cooper , in the Chalk-pit . On reaching the house , I entered the 1 < ft hand room , and saw several persons therein . The brick wall at the back , which had been built up against the chalk rock , had fallen with an immense body of earth into tbe bedroom . A search was instantly mad * , when the hand of a human [ person was found protruding through the loose

      rubbish . The whole of the persons present set to _wi-rk and removed tbe bricks , earth , & e ., and then discovered the lifeless body of three persons . They were all lying on the bed by the side of each other , and covered with the clothes . The bedstead waB broken to the ground b y tbe violence and weight of the rubbish which bad fallen upon it . They were removed into an adjoining room , and 1 have no doubt they were _sulfonated by the earth falling upon them while they were a * leep during the previous night . Elizabeth _W-irnham , a widow , was next called , and stated : I reside in a cottage near thc deceased person s residence , wbich is situated in dowser ' s chalk pit . The deceased man was a labourer , and left home every morning to proceed to his work . The female was his wife , and she uiually went from homo daily to some employment ; the boy was tbeir son . Tho cottage they occupied consisted of ' thrce rooms on tho

      ground floor , and was formerly used as a stable by the owner of the ground . On tbe afternoon in question I heard a female exclaim , " Oh , my father , the house has fallen in . '' I ran out and saw the daughter of the deceased man , wbo called me into the house , and on _ei . tering * the bed room I fo » nd it half filled up with bricks and earth . The hand of the man was visible , and after considerable labour threo lifeless bodies were found stiff aad cold . I discovered that the upper part of the br *; k wall had been forced in upon them . I have resided in the same house , and never apprehended any danger . Thc back part of the house was formerly a " rabbit warren , " and I am of opinion that the rabbits undermined the place ; but they have all been destroyed some years since by the proprietor of tbe property . The accideut no doubt is solely attributable to thc rapid thaw , arising from the rccont heavy snow _utorms , which caused the ground to give wav and force in the brick wall . Hubert Allen , a

      relative _, haviug identified the bodies , the coroner inquired if any per _* _-ons were present on the part of the proprietor of the chalk pit , when a gentleman stepped forward and said , the owner was not able to attend through severe illness , b » t _anythiog the coroner or jury might suggest for the prevention of similar accidents would be most willingly and _rt-adily aceeded to . _Ster-3 had already been taken , and where any defect presented itself , the same would he immediately rectified . Oiher corroborative evidence having been taken , the coroner summed tip , and remarked at considerable length on the melancholy nature of tho

      _investigation , directing the attention of thc jury To tho evidence of the female Warnhsm , after which the room was cleared of strangers , and when the public wero readmitted , the foreman f _* aid they had agreed to the following verdict : " That thc deceased persons , Charles Cooper , Alice Cooper , his wife , and Gharlei Cooper , tlie younger , were accidentally suffocated , by the falling of a quantity of earth , which forced in the wall of a certain dwelling house , _as-they lay asleep in bed . " The melancholy catastrophe has caused great excitement in the village , where the deceased _puivsons were well known for their industry and

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      KEMT . _iMCISDlilUBU . —On Sunday evening last , between seven and eight o ' clock , a largo slack of wheat b , _« . longing to Mr . Thomas Mace , taimer , at Strood . _jr Keut , was discovered on firo , aud _wau wholly . _p on buineel before _assistance could bo rendered . _^ g stack stood iii a field near the road , and U vUued at _4200 . A maa , respectably dressed , gave . * aimseif up _toapoUecmanaa tue , valuer of \ h _r-j _isefcief . lit

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      is a pei feet stranger in the neighbourhood } and refuses to giro h » nwie . _Folkkmoxi . —Certain parties here seem preparing to hand over the representation of the electors to the Whig nominee ofa clique at Ilythe _, who seem to think that they are te do just as they please with us . A hole and corner meeting is held at Hythe—an address comes out in which the learned candidate offers himself on principle * that are to " chime in" with those of all parties- —and heypresto ! the-business is done , and we ate to sit down contented with our fate ! We rather fancy the future will tell a different tale . This is not exactly the manner in which a rising commercial ph . ee like Folkestone is to be treated . We aro not quite

      prepared to accept gratefully , like good children , any boon the condescending inhabitants of Ilythe may please to offer us . Let them be well assured that another candidate will come forward—and in tho meantime lot tho electors of Folkestone hold buckorganise yourselves—and suffer Neither Mr . Brockman nor any one else to dictate to them . _IIiohwat Robbhribs . — The neighbourhood of Maidstone , Tenterden , and Ashford , has , this winter , beon infested with a gang of men who have committed several highway robberies . The evenings of tho markets have been generally selected . Last woelc , as Mr . Avann , of Tenterden , and Mr . Pearson , _Ilalden , were walking home from Tenterden market , between six and seven o ' clock , they wore stopped

      by five men , on the turnpike road , leading to Ashford , about two miles out of Tenterden . Mr . Ayann offered somo resistance to the two mc" w _** ° seized him , on which a third camo to their _aswstanco , but tbey could only get a few shillings from his pocket , while they kept him down with his head in tho hedge . Mr . Pearson was thrown _donn by the othor two men , who emptied bis pockets , taking a watch a JE 5 Bank of England note , about £ 5 in gold and silver , with _Beveral papers , letters , and memoranda . The men went by an adjoining field towards Woodchurch . They wore afterwards pursued without success , but subsequently , two men were apprehended on suspicion , and have been com . mitted for trial .

      _Dxcfixces of _ihb _Thambs a !» d _Medwat . —A detachment of the Koyal Artillery , consisting of thirty men , have arrived at _Sheerness , for the purpose of _phoing the guns in position round the batteries of that garrison , and it is understood that so soon as more barrack accommodation is provided , tbo number of this branch of the service will be considerably increased at that station . The Sappers and Miners are actively engaged in the Isle of Graine , on the opposite shore of the Medway , in preparing a foundation for the batteries and other works to be erected at that point .

      WOOiWICH . Sacbukob asd Bukolart . —On Tuesday , James Ingham , a youth , was charged with having broken into the house of Mr . Wale , a blacksmith , and stolen a large quantity of property , and also witk having robbed the Scotch chapel of chandeliers , & c , and Thomas Brown , foreman to a marine-store dealer named Strong , was charged with having received the same with a guilty knowledge . Police-constable Harris , 158 It , depose 1 thai he was passin g Mr . Wale _' _a house on Sunday , near the churchyard , and saw one of the doors ajar , and , thinking all was not correct , he went in , and found a quantity of property ,

      each-box , and a pistol tied up ready to be taken away . The shop was in a state of confusion from being _ronsacked . On searching further he found the prisoner concealed , and on his _pcrs-m was the box now sworn to by Mr . Walo . The door had been wrenched opened by a crow-bar . Sergeant Parry , 8 R , stated that he had received information from Mr . Davis , trustee of the Scotch chapel , ofits having been broken open , and the _chandelier carried off . On making inquiry he found that the prisoner Ingham had committed the robbery , and sold theiu to Brown . The first lot he sold was six branches , all solid brass , for 2 s . Cd . ; a second lot at the same price on the same day ; next day a dozen more for 5 s .

      BUSSKX . EXTEXSIVJ" _ROBBBRT Of _JbWKLS AT _BrIOHTOX . — Last week the house of Mr . Alderman Wilson , No . 3 , Eastern-terrace , was entered and robbed of jewels to the amount of £ 300 . The robbery was first discovered by the lady ' s maid , who , on ascending the staircase , heard the wardrobe door in her mistress ' s room creak . On going into the room she saw no one , and on looking into the wardrobe she perceived tbat tho Bhelf on whioh the jewels were usually kept was empty . She instantly communicated this to her mistress , and Alderman Wilson sent for some men from a neighbouring mews , who stationed themselves round the house , and while they were there , two mon , who had a box with them , and no doubt were the thieve : * , walkod out of No . 2 , passed through the midst of them without question , and got clear off .

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      KBWTOWS , _MOXTGOMBBTSHinE . Fire _AJtn Loss of Turks Lives . —Last week a fire broke out on thepremise - of the Queen ' s Head Inn , and although every exertion was used to stop the progress of the flames , nearly the whole of the premises , _together with the furniture , were consumed . Mr . Pcplow , landlord of tho inn , the ostler , and Mr . Ferry , maltster , of Clunton , near Bishop ' s Castle , who was staying thero for the night , were all burnt to death .

      I . _vejiTBsr . _—Nbwtowx , Fbb . 19 . —Mr . W . Slyman , Coroner , held an inquest at the Oak Inn , in this town , to inquire into the circumstances connected with the deaths of Mr . W . Peplow , aged forty-four , the landlord of tho Queen ' s ( load Tavern ; Thomas Perry , aged thirty-nine , a maltster , of Chenton ; and Evan Morgan , aged eighteen , an ostler , all of whom pcri-diod in a fire which occurred on Mr . Peplow ' s premises , aa related abovo . W . Jones , a stonemason said that he had lately set a new grate in the frent kitchen of Mr . Peplow _' s premises , and in order to make the same look better , it was arranged that the cavities in the bricks should be filled with a composition of coal tar , turpentine , and pitch . Acenrdingly , on Tuesday night last he attended at Mr .

      Peplow ' s for that purpose , and having placed the composition in aa iron cauldron , he was warming it oror the fire , when a flame rising higher than the top of the vessel , the contents quickly became ignited . He endeavoured to get the fire extinguished , but was unable , and whilst lifting the cauldron off the stove , tho flaming composition fell over thc flooring , and the flames _runhed out of tho doors with great fury . Witness immediately raised an alarm , and Miss Peplow and the servants , who were the only persons up at tha time , came to bis assistance _. The ostler and Mr . Perry were burnt to death . Mrs , Peplow , the landlady of the Queen ' s Head , said , that on the night in question , about half-past eleven o ' clock , she was awoke from her slumbers by hearing

      loud _crieB from tho outside of tho house . She immediately awoke her husband , who was sleeping with her , and told him tbat she thought something was the matter , ne listened and replied , * ' Oh , it is only a drunken riot in the street . " and then went to sleep again . Witness , not feeling satisfied , got out of bed , and having descended a few stnini , she found that the bottom of the stairs was wrapped iu flames . She hesitated a minute as to what she had better do , and then screamed out " Fire , " and by some means escaped through the flsmes . She tried , but was _unablo to " get hack to her husband , or to the other two parties . Other evidence having been adduced , the Coroner summed up , and the Jury returned a verdict in each case of "Accidental

      death . " Wrkck of TnK Brkchin Castivs—Twenty-pour Livks Lost . —A correspondent reports tho loss of this vessel , J . R . Baxter , master , bound from Adelaide , South Australia , laden with a cargo of wool and copper ore , and _consigned to a merchant at _Swausea . Tho crew , consisting of sixteen hands , together with eight passengers , have perished . lt ! _is thought that the vessel must have struck on tho Helwick Sands , fourteen miles from the Swansea harbour , either on Thursday or Friday night . Not a vestige , however , remains of the hull . Large portions of wreck , a great number of boxes , and pas 8 engorsj _luggage , as well as documents belonging to the vessel , have been washed ashore . Tho

      documents are now in tbe possession of the Comptroller ef Custom * at Swansea . The only bodies yet found are thoso of two sailors ; one of them had a life buoy secured to hU person . A large leathern bag , containing tho Austrian _ra-ai ) , and _addressed to tho Postmaster-General , was picked up on the beach , and forwarded . The following wero passengers in the lost ship : —Mr . and Mrs . Winterbottom and child ; Mr . and Mrs . Fairbourne and child , and Miss Fairbourno . The crew included W . _Nicholls , 1 st mat ©; John Adamson , 2 nd mate ; Robert Roberts ' - ' _, carpenter ; Daniel Leitess , steward . Seamen : J hii Payne . W . Mill , W . Nelson , Steward Mara . J 0 ] . Gow , D . H . Mylis , Daniel Frillis , David Heft ' j am « Jack , and James Soott . '

      Sartlannu

      Sartlannu

      ¦Bdismlboh . Disturbance Pravails Timoe-...

      ¦ _BDIsmlBOH . Disturbance _pravails _timoe-v different Suctions of the working classes . On _Saturday the Iottcr-prcss printers belonging to , thirty of the principal ollicOH in _Edinburgh struok work . _?"* , . dispute * which led to this result have been per _., 1- ng forsome tirao aml first comniemcedabiiutth 6 ' _" aumbcrof apprentices which should be _intr _^ d uc _*^ * ntQq _^ establishment . Both masters ar . d mer i laVe been _onaaeed for tho last

      fortn _ij-li t in _prep- _^ _rinj . for the strike—the former oo-operatin « - wit ' ,, tne printers' Provident Institution , an-i the ' mtter with the National Typographical A 980 _* _Nation . Tbe journeymen printers who have struck ' _Wjrk , and who _niustsr frora 150 to 200 men , have advertised tbat tbey will execute orders themselves , and several of their brethren in other trades havo promised them support ; in the meantime their place * are rapidly being supplied by Euglinh printers . The joiners aro _alsoT theatcning a strike , unless thoir wages are raised from ii . to 4 _£ d . per hour . In the provinces , tbe Elgin _gudenors hare made 4 stand foe

      ¦Bdismlboh . Disturbance Pravails Timoe-...

      higher pay . In Allea , tho _baktrs have had an entertainment to celebrate the aotual curtailment of their daily labour to ten hours . _KOSS-flHIRE . Dbw . obabi . -b Cash of _DusTiiuiton . — A farmer in this county having been recently informed that a poor man residing at no groat distance from nis farm , was in the habit for some time back of stealing his turnips , immediately sent for tho man and inquired if such was the case;—the poor man atonco confessed that himself and his family , for tho last four weeks , ' * had eaten nothing elso but keeps with salt . " The worthy farmer on bearing this woful tale , instead of giving him up to justice , presented him with 2 s . and a firlot of good oatmeal .

      _nuurai-. _s . _Darino _Robbert and Assault—On Tuesday night about nine o ' clock , a gontleman from England who had come to Dumfries for the purpose of purchasing horses at the fair , was robbed of £ 110 in paptr money , and ten sovereigns . While in Friar ' s Vennel he was met by a female who entered into parley with him . After they had talked together for snmo time in Edgar ' s Close , which is about the middle of the Vennel , two men , evidently confederates of the woman , furiously assaulted the luckless horse-dealer , and in the melee his pocket book and purse , containing the above sums , were abstracted . Before tho ruffi ans could make off , however , the police were on the spot , and the whole three were apprehended .

      Ittlannu

      _Ittlannu

      • Oalwat. Tub Electios.—Serious Riots.—T...

      • oalwat . Tub Electios . —Serious Riots . —This election has been decided after a . severe contest . At the _clo-ie of tho pell the nunibors stood thus : — Monaghan 510 _O'Fiagherty 50 G Majority for the Solicitor-General i The Sheriff then declared Joseph Henry Monaghan , Esq ., Solicitor-Genoral , duly returned as a

      member for the town of Galway . 'fhe sexton of the Protestant cathedral had tho joy-bells rung , which excited the mob , who smashed the church windows and the _wuidowsof Kilroy ' s hotel . The magistrates had to break open tbe church doors to stop the ringing of the bells . The _military were called out , and the riot act read by Mr . Kernan , R . M . The police orderlies of Mr . Kernan , R . M ., were struck with stones . The only person seriously injured , as far as we could learn _. was Mr . J . F . Blako , son of the late Sir Valentine , and it is said that he is not yot out of danger .

      thb pauins . The reports of the ravages of famine and fever , received this week , are still more appalling than any that havo yet appeared ; for the destitution is hourly increasing , especially in isolated rural districts , and the wretched people , wasted by long stiff-wing , sink under the first attack of disease . The _S-ublin Evening Post contains the following afflicting statement from the Rev . J . O'SuIlivan _, dated _''Kenmare , Feb . 17 th" : — " I am just come in from an unfortunate woman ,

      whose dead child lay beside her for the last two days , three others merely gasping , aad , horrible to relate , while in the act of administering tho last _saoramsnt to her , a famished oat got upon the bed , and was abouc to gnaw the carcase of tho poor infant . The unfortunate husband and another fami-Jiing chil tveiv ill-owned in tears en their knees , " My curate , just come in , tells me he attended a man whose wife died of hunger last week ; and en one side of him lay a girl dead three days—on the other , a child dead since morning , and he is , by this time , gathered unto them himself .

      " A policeman assured mc that he saw pass him , during the last half-hour , two cars , with four coffins ouone , and _^ three on the other . Another came to me a few minutes since , to try to make up the price of a coffin for a poor creature that lies unburied lor the last four days . "Such a wholesale decimation of human beings was never heard of . " Thc Rev . R . Traill , D . D ., rector and viear of _Schull , in a letter to the Cork Constitutional , dated ** Schull Rectory , Feb . 15 th , " says"All around is still a direful and dy its scene . Yesterday there were interred in this division of this parish alone , thirty-seven bodies , and we know ol seven now lying dead . My parish is verily an Aceldama , a field of death , if not a field of blood . " Every _atcond person among the Roman Catholic population was in fever , and it is computed that one thousand had already fallen .

      BALLI . fAUORE . Since last week ' s accounts , eight persons have died of starvation in the mountainous portion of our district—three of them died returning from tho public works . _ENXISKILLE--. There were 1 , 018 inmates in the workhouse on Saturday last . From the great increase of sickness unci a quantity of the clothing being unwashed , it was considered advisable not to admit any paupers this week , unless in cases of great destitution . TTRO . _VE . _Ouagh Fever Hospital . —There are at present fifty-three patients in this hospital , twelve of whom are from thc workhouse . The committee have bten under the necessity of renting a house to provide additional accommodation for the increased number of patients .

      KBRRT . A correspondent writes that , in the small village of Ardfert , ho had seen an entire family—father , mother , and children—carriod in a common car to the burial ground of the village . They had died from want of food . In the same village tho peasantry some days before congregated , scaled the landlord ' s dc mesne wall , and in the open day collected his sheepabout 200—and drove them off for B _.-wrifiee ; but on reaching the outer gate they relented , and the sheep were remitted to their pastures . The patience ef the poor , under such terrible privations , is astonishing .

      Infamous Jobbing by _Lamilouds . —Famine and pestilence are sweeping off the population in several of tho western and southern counties . Each new report coming in is still more horrible than those that preceded . In the extent of mortality Sligo now appears to surpass any other cninty , and it is asserted that the police , finding thc deaths from starvation so numerous , refuse to send for the coroner , probably because it would be physically impossible for these functionaries to hold inquests in so niitny cases and in different localities . And yet , in thia very county of Sligo , the local journal , the Sligo Champion , makes a most _vtartling exposure of an infamous _syetem of jobbing on tho public works by landlords , for the employment , it is alleged , of their relations and dependents at high _salaries , to the exclusion of the destitute and _famishing labourers . I forward the statement published by that journal , which ought at once to _become tbe subject of official _investigation .

      The reports from the county of Cork describe the destitution as daily _becoming more di' -ii _> btin <* , extending to the better class of farmers , who , it is stated , after paying tbeir _reiitu , are now _cmisumiii _" tho grain they had reserved for seed , whilst the peasantry , all through the extensive _county , are dying by hundreds . Fiftt Thousand _Dbaths prom Starvation The police throughout tho country have received instructions to furnish returns ot the deaths from starvation and disease . 1 have learned that the number reported , up to the olose of last week , at th «* Constabulary Office in Dublin , was fifty thousand . But there are , of course , muny deaths lrora want and disease of which the police in the countvy could have had no knowledge . The actual nutr . ' ber of deaths from starvation is probably much larger than tbe amount reported by tke police .

      Thr 'Wandering, Minstrel, * Don Juan De ...

      Thr 'Wandering , Minstrel , * Don Juan de Vkoa-—At a meeting of the electors of Westminster , fa . vourable to the return of Mr . C . Cochrane , held ou Monday evening at the Craven Head , Drury Lane , Mr . Cochran © ,, on being introduced to the meeting , entered into a _lengthened explanation of his previous life , and •\ VVvwl _* _* jiJ to some letters whioh have recently appoared in ' tho Sun , asking whether Mr . Cochrane is tho riei * _son who , some years since , made a tour through _iCent and Sussex aa Don Juan do _Vej'u , a Spani _* _- ' . . minstrel ? He said , in reply , that he made a toll ' , * © n behalf ofthe _dislrej-sed Spanish emigrants , fun-, that he wrote a description of his tour when a v ry young man . He felt sorry for having written ' that wbich in mature years he felt was not right .

      With regard to tho object for whioh ho made the tour , he begged to inform the meeting that ho had received a vote of thanks from the Spatiirli Ambus * . ndor , and from the highest classes in Spain ; and , in 1844 , when he was at Madrid , the Queen Regent thanked him for what he had done for ber poor emigrant subjects , An elector— " There is another very serious charge against you ; thnt during your tour yon collected a great deal of wealth . Now , what 1 want to know is , what was done with tho funds s . i collected ? " Mr . Cochrane — I have not tho ka > t objection to state . Thu funds were very small—1 believe botwecn £ 50 . and £ CO . —all of which , I immediately , on my return to London , divided amongst tho distressed Spanish emigrants .

      Death Or A Chabtist. — Died At His House...

      Death or a _Chabtist . — Died at his house , No . , _Kirh-gate _* , Leith , on Sunday , the 14 th instant , Jlr . T . It . Euniion , tailor and clothier . He was long 1111 honest and consistent advocate of _theoauuo of _domoei-ncy , anil suffered imprisonments in 1 S 15 for his _Opposition to the ; Com Laws . He represented the Chartist * of Leith in the fiirminghnm Convention , and stood by Mr . O'Connor when thc _Sturgites seceded . Though nature denied to him that _olo'iut-nce whieh leads tlie multitude , Im whs a man of large and expanded views , and in oil parties , and under all circumstances , tho expression of his _strong _comn-. on _ssnse opinion * never failed to convince _thone who were open to conviction , and to confirm and cutout rr _. ge the _wnvering . In him tht eause of Chartism has lost a _tttaij frl » nd _, » pure patriot , and an honest map , "

      Committal Op A Medical Practitioner Fo*

      COMMITTAL OP A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER fO _*

      MANSLAUGHTER . On v ? adn 9 sd » y Isut , Mr . Waltley . M . P ., nnd the Jury empannt-lled 10 invostigate th * death of Mis * Sarah Ellen Collyer , aged 22 , a young lady alleged to have diiid from thB _i-liocts of an unauthorised medicine , _projcrilied for her by Ur . Croniii , concluded tbeir inquiry at tlio Wh _« _atsheat _" . _High-stroot , _CAindun-town . Dr . Cronln was In attendaneo _, represented by Mr . Ten . mint as his professional _advistr _. Dr . Scoffuni , who had beeu appointed to make a more minute analysis' of the mixture _takttn by the deceased , said—I _ninde my analysis In the _prestnoe of Dr . _Voiiatilei , Dr . Cronin , Mr . Weathers , Mr . Bell , and Mr . Tunally . Thorn w _. re 60 minims , or rather more than one drachm ol _"Pharmacopwia" _prussicaeld in one ounce of the mixture taken hj deceased . Coroner— -Row much would be a dose for an adult 1

      Dr . Scofftrn—We are ordered hjr the" Phannacopcela " not to gire mora than IS _ratutais , which Is a very large dose , Dr . Venable _*—I hsw » purchased somo Mttor almond water at Mr . _tfrench ' s , the chemist in Holborn , since tlte last adjoui nmtmt . 11 appears to be the same as that prescribed by Dr . Cronin , and was labelled precisely as written in Dr . Cronin ' s prescription , " aqua amygdala amare . " It is quite a harmless mixture , a p * r « e . n might take two or three _ounevs of it without any ill effects . Dr . Cronin—That is exactly the point . I deuy that the mixture taken by the young lady , whieh caused her death , was the . prescription I ordered . Mr . _lieil , the oh _* aiist , in all the main points agreed with Dr . Seoifern as to th * anal-sis , and said it was clear the medii / ine was prepared correctly from ( he pr * . _scrlption by Mr . Corfield .

      Mr . _Georg * _Tenables , pupil to Dr . Cronin—We have a dispensary at Dr . Croniii ' * , and made bitter almond water ourselves by patting six _droys Qt '< uuuti & l oil Into a quurt of wattr . The compounlstrychnia powder 1 * two grains of strychnia to half an ounee of sugar . The forms of these are giren to mo by Dr . Cronin verbally . Mr . Mottley , ol _Bern-iok . _strest , makes up Dr , Cronin ' s prescriptions . Catherine Crowley , servant to Miss Oolljer , proved taking the prescription to be made up by Mr . Corfield . Mr . Wakley said he would like to bear any _ehemist Dr . Cronin thought proper to nail . Mr . Moreson , chemist , of _Soutlmmpton-row , said he had seen the forms of bitter almond water as prescribed in Gray ' s Supplement : tbe weak bitter almond water would be poisonous , he thought , nt the dose of an ounce ; the eoneentrated would hold more poison than the other . The whole of the waters prescribed by the foreign formula are poisonous _.

      The Coroner , at this stage of the proceedings , said there wa * no further evidence , and asked Dr . Cronin if he _wasdesirous of _making _auystatwnent to tbe jury . Dr . Cronin said he had the highest authority fov using the bitter almond water in his _preicription , and in support of his statement read extract * from Dr . _Christison _* * work on poisous , Dr . Thompson ' s new Edinburgh _PharusacopoBia , ' J ? _roftnsor Brand , and the London _Pharma _*» _utical Journal . He declared , if physician * were to b * bound by tbe British _Pliarmacopoeia _. and nothing el * e , no improvemant oould ever take place In the _seience ol medicine .

      The Coroner hora at very gr _* at length proe * eded to sum up the evidence . Dr . Cronin , in the present case , appeared to think he had done no wrong ; iu that view he ( tho Coroner ) considered Dr , Cronin w »» not borne out by the weight of the testimony laid before tba jury . It would be for the Jury to consider , hovrerer , whether Dr , Cronin bad deviated from tht ordinary course laid down by authority or not . If they _considered he had not , thenlt would b » their duty to exculpate him from alt blame ; but if they considered hehad not exorcised proper care , and that he had deviated from the ordinary custom in writing tbis prescription , then it would be the duty of the jury to hold him culpable . It had been

      proved by Mr . M , _> reson , who had been SO years in hi * pi'ofes _.-ion as a chemist , that he never sold th * bitter almond n ' a er for internal purpose * , aad Mr . Boll had given similar testimony . Dr . Tenables , It is true , b * A given testimony of a different character * , but the great weight of the testimony showed that it waa . net authorised by the _Pliarmacspceiit , After referring to tbe evidence of Dr . SooUcrn , and the other witnesses , the Coroner told the jury that If they believed the deceased had died from the effects of tho medicine , and that it had been prescribed without due and proper care , it would be their duty to rind a verdict of Manslaughter against Dr . Cronin .

      The jury retired about one o ' clock to oonsUor their verdict , aud during their deliberation Dr . Cronin was about to leave thehouie , when he was stopped by Police Serjeant 16 S , who said he had authority to detain him , and if he attempted to go there were police _stati-ined iu the _neighbourhood to prevent him . Shortly after two o ' clock the jury returned into Court , and the _foi-emau announced that they found a Ver . diet Of ' _Manslaughter against _Dwnnls Cronin . " The Deputy Coroner—Is it unanimous * The Foreman—No , it is not , there aro _twodlssentients ; but there are twelve who agree to this verdict _. The Corouer them made out his warrant o ( commit _, til , and Dr . Cronin was conveyed to Newgate in a cab .

      Iiorkible Muhdeb Is Fim.Vcb.—A Horwwo Cr...

      IIorkible Muhdeb is Fim . vcb . —A horWWo crime has been committed in the department of _L-i Crcmc . At a _marriai-e festival in one of the villages a vio-1 lent dispute arose between one of the guests and his 1 son-in-law . The father , excited by drink , began to I abu-e his _daughter , and left tho party in a state of great in itation . He proceeded at once to the house of hia daughter , who was in bodasleop . He placed a pistol he had provided himself with close to her forehead , and pulled the tri _^ er . The pistol missed fire , and the daughter , aroused by the noise , and seeing her father at her _bedside with a weapon in his hand , implored him to have mercy upon her . Ho replied by abuse and threats , accused her _daucher of

      playing her husband false , and saying she _shttt'd die by hi * hands , blew out her brains with the pistol . After committing the fearful act , this monster in human form went to one ef his acquaintances , told him he bad killed his daughter , and asked for some branny to drink . Alarmod by the threats of his _fathir-in-Jaw , the husband of the unfortunate woman hud , meantime , proceeded to his home , when , to his horror , ho found the corpse of his wife . Ho immediately gave ihe alarm , and the house in which th e father-in-law had sought refiisto was surrounded . This latter sciied a hatchet , and threatened to split the head of the first man that advanced . One more bold than the rest seized his arm , and he was captured and given up to the authorities .

      Co . _N-st'MPHo _* - or Smoke . —A patent has been obtained by Messrs . W . G . and W . Taylor , for an illvention to be applied to all furnaces constructed in the ordinary manner with open ash-pits , for effecting a mere perfect combustion of the _infiammable gases , and unconsumed carbon . It consists , first , in the application of an exhausting and blowing apparatus : and , secondly , in a peculiar distribution or _arrange-Rient ofthe smoke flues , so as to be adapted to the operation of sucli apparatus , A fan , or blower , is applied to the Hue just before the entrance tothe chimney , to arrest the sinoko and unconsumed gasee , and foree them _through a fine , leading therefrom , ami opening on , to thu dead plate at or near the front oi the fire bars . Bytlii _* mean- the whole ia passed over the _incmilesct-at fuel , where it is consumed , instead of passing up the chimney unconsumed .

      Gukat Fist * - at _Gtnj 9 TA * iavNorLB . —On Tuesday , the 26 th ult ., a firo was discovered about 6 o ' clock in the evening in tho dwelling house near tho theatro , Pcra . An instant attempt was made to get tho lire _sulidued , but the means not proving _adequate to _extinguish the flames , it became a _isatter of certainty that not 0 . ly this _dwellins' house , but the ailjmuin < - premises must fall a prey to ihe _eieatructive clement . Upon tho first alarm _boing r . _iised , expresses were sent to the engine station * - with intelligence of tho disaster , but tlw light tliriiwn out by the flame * was so intense that it became a far more speedy messenger of danger than thu parties sunt . Indeed , by 9 o clock , it was feared that a considerable part of Pera would be _envu-• oiied in ( lame . An abundant supply ef water which was scattered over the fire , and an intense activity on

      the part of the populace , had not until 10 o ' clock the desired effect of cnJting off thc progress ofthe firo just as it had communicated with Gaiata Seraglio on _eiue side uf thc street , and tho kouso of the British . ' _iinba-sailur on thc other . The houses and shops which became a prey to tho devouring element wero situated between Gaiata Seraglio and a store house opposite the house of the British Ambassador on one side of tiio _utreet _, aud on the opposite side from the end of tho li-di market to the house of tho Ambassador . Tne numbor of houses destroyed cannot amount _tolessthun 50 , and these quito the elite ofPera . Had the evening been dry and the wind high , nothing eould have prevented the greater part of Pcra , and perhaps Gaiata , from being consumed . The houses destroyed are principally the property of _Arm-mians , aud tenanted by Greeks .

      _Dai-tn _sitouWAST . —On Tuesday , _befire Mr . _Wni , Baker , at tbe Wheatsheaf , St . _George-in-the-East . on t ! ia body of Catherine llyan , aged CO . Tho daughter of the deceased said hor mother had latterly Ruffcre'd from want of food . Deceased never appliod iori-cli < -f , and objected to go into tbe workhouse , observing that she would rather starve than « nter it . She nev # r inaile her distress known to any _charitsib ! . ) instiintion . Mr . Garralt , surgeon , stated thp , whim im saw th « decuased she was dying . He _for _^' her Miifering from want of food , and her bod Wi , 8 extremely _innae ' iated . She had a _disoiwa ef the luhj * _* _\ but death was hastened tVom w . i' _- of food . _THih < vas tlio only case they had in the _parlsli , and '; n . i Uie clergyman known thc _^ case _jf . mn \\ t cov tainly , nave Wn relieved . The ' jury , bavin- ' ob-5 med that 110 blame was attao ' . ieu t 0 anY „ ,, _„„„ . tothe _dece-isi'd and her husba < i returned a verdict iu accordance with the cvide- , ce .

      Important DiscovhRT . —rj j the advices lately received fruiii _lirnsil , it _iippssirs th dt a discovery has been made in the Ceicne * _ni ' uio by „ negro - _- employ of tho National _Hra-sil Co _' . npp . i ,,, This i * a Vein 12 fathoms wide * , and traced te \ _jv ' _. _er _^ th of 37 fa thoms . It consists of _"jacotinga _, " conj . aini „ g gold in grains , from ; the minutekt _pwtlt-i ' _w t 0 _thet ' m ol a barhycorn ,

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      Boltoiv.—At A Land Members Meetin" Held ...

      BOLTOiV . —At a Land members meetin" held nn Sunday Jast , it wal resolved . - " That all member ,-names eiigiblo for the _collet be read over at a toem hers' meeting , called tho l _»*< t meeting night previous to eneh ballot , so that all members' may _|{ no whether th _» y aro on the list or not . " " That W W . Pickrance be tho financial nnd correspondine secretary , and that James Ford be scrutineer for tho next month . " _NOttt'UAMPTON .-Ata general meetin ? or the members held on Monday , February the 22 nd it was unanimously resolved : " That ' a ievy of one halfpenny per _msmbur , per week , be in force for this year , to commence from tho lst of January X _847 " " That the secretary correspond with the other towns in the county , for the organis ation of tho countv . " _w

      r _POVliRTY OF THE FRAME WORK KNIT . TERS . —Waobs and thk _Poor-Laws . - * A _stru *> elo is still going on at Hinckley , between the frame-wovk knitters and one leading _*> juso amongst the maimfacturers , for a small advance of wages . The ad " vance , if secured , will not average more than 8 d per week to the workmen . Many of tho frames were t * ken in oa _fhursday , and it is expected that more than 200 will be sent in during thc week Every other firm is giving this small advance . The board of Guardians have takon up the subject on behalf of the workmen . Mr . _Wealo , the assistant poor-law _commisuoser , has attended one of the meetings of the board , and has examined the subject in all its bearings , and cross-examined some of the workmen ; lfo has also given the following important decision : —

      '' that tho earnings of the Hinckley framework knitter . * are insufficient , when in full work , to afford the _neo'ssanes of life—that is , food , clothing , shelter and luel . That it is incumbent upon the parochial authorities to sec that the industrious poor should have these necessaries ; but as the law will not allow that the wages of labour should be made up out of the poor-rates , the hoard are justified in taking all such _families upon the poor-rate fund * , and to support them wholly , without subjecting them to the workhouse test . "

      Tha board of guardians have agreed to take all the men who liars a wife and three children and upwards , wbo cannot _getthesmalladvanee of wages , and allow them to work at tho mill in the Union-house , and pay . them for such labour every night in aur / is of money and bread , in proportion to the number of their children ; This system is now adopted at Hinckley ; and at nine o ' clock every morning the operative framework knitters may bo seen going in droves to tlw Union-house to " work at the mill . * Tho _gymapthies of tho rate payers aro stated to be with the workmen :

      DESTITUTE STATE OFTHE TOWER HAMLETS ' WILLOW "UNUFACTURERS ASD OPERATIVES . —Ou Monday , Feb . 32 , a general meeting of tbe masters and operative wilWw weaver * _waihaldatthe Knav « of Clubs , Club-row , Church-street , _lletlinal . greeii _, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament on the present d » pr » s 8 _» d condition of the trade . Mr . Qardener , a working man , was unanimously ealled to tbe chair . Tbe meeting , which was numerously attended , was addressed by Messrs . 0 * org » , Lacy , Hnwktwortli , Good * , aud other * . Th * following resolution wa » _unanimously adopted : —• ' That it i » th * opinion of thi * m » etlng that th * willow trade is in a more dr . _prwsed condition at this time than it has been for a number of years , this meeting being in a condition to pror « more thin one . third ef the hands in th * Toner Hamlets are at _present unem . ployed * , the consequence hat bean , an immense increase of _pauperism in the district , besides which , thero aro an immense number of families ' , enduring almost

      unheardof privations , keeping their miseries to _ta-imietvet , and suffering even unto death witbout making it known ; and In , tlio opinion of this meeting , n «» rlj the whole ol ( his distress has been caused bj the measure * Intro _, itaced into Parliament by Sir Hubert Peel , and _sanctioned by that august body , for reducing tha duty on foreign manufactured ( . quarts , which has caused a _stagnation in tha home willow trades as w _# ll as great reduction in the wages of labour . Many of tbo manufactures , instead of employing English labour to manufacture willow squares , have become importers of foreign squares , choosing to encourage the cheap labour of the foreigner , in preference to that of the English workmen . And thi * meeting is further of opinion that , unless the government interferes to secure the homo market to the Etixlith producer , the trade will sink into a mora depressed condition than it even now is . " A petition to Parliament based upon the preceding resolu . tion was unanimously adopted , and a _committee of five haviug been appoint » d , the _meeting broke up .

      The Ten Hours' Bill. Afiirctti*Srkn, Mon...

      THE TEN HOURS' BILL . _AfiirctTi * srKn , Mondat . —The feelings of the operatives of this district continue to gain strength as to the _succoks of this measure . The whole of the committees in Lancashire have hold meetings , and have resolved to prosecute the agitation with ten-fold vigour . In many of the towns much rejoicing was made on the arriva l oftho news that tbe second reading had been carried by so large a majority . The Lancashire CentralShert-time Committee _iwsembled , nnd issued an encouraging circular to the District Committee . Yesterday ( Sunday ) a delegate meeting was held in Manchester , at which there were 37 _delcgatespresent from the principal manufacturing towns in Lancashire , at which the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : —

      1 hat we are deeply _thankful to Almighty God tor the success that has hitherto attended our efforts . "That the most grateful thanks of this Committee are due , and aro hereby given , to Mr . Bernal , Mr . S . Crawford Mr . Ferrand . Sir Robert Inglis , Sir George Strickland , Lord Ebrington , Mr . T . S . Duncombe Lord George Bentinck , and Mr . Shaw ; also to the 19 a Members who voted for the second readin _^ ofthe Bill . _** "That the whole ofthe Local Committees be urgently requested to redouble their efforts toprosecRte the measure with increased avidity , that they may . with tho help of God , obtain a final settlement of the measure this session , by the adoption of the Bill unmodined . A memorial to the Right Hon . Lord J . _Ru-Bell was also agreed to unanimously _.

      Iharket Inteuisou?

      iHarket _InteUisou ?

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      Corx Exchange, Fenacam 31. ~*'" At This ...

      CORX EXCHANGE , _FEnaCAM 31 . _~*'" At this day ' s _nuwliet English wheat was in _aupplv . and the advance reported on this day week fully maintained . Wc had a good attendance of country buyers , who mir . chased more freely foreign wheat , but no further advanee could be realised .

      Provincial Markets. Ricnmond (Yo-Tkshim-...

      PROVINCIAL MARKETS . RicnMoND ( _Yo-tKSHim- ) CornMarsit ,. 1 'eb . 30 . —We had a fair supply of gram . Thero was an advance en wheat of ls Cd per bushel ; on other grain tha prices were nmeh the samt ! as last week . —Wheat sold from ! ' ( Id to 12 s ; oats , 3 s Id to Ai 8 u ; barley , Ss to fis Gd ; beam , Us ( id to 7 s Cd _pt-T bushel . Wakefiku > Conn Markht , Friday--The supplies this week arc small . Thc demand for _whiutu slow , yet holders are firm , and require last week ' s prices . _Manciies-tkii Corn Mahkbt , Saturday . —At our market the demand for wheat was very _inactiva Flour _lilie-vise met a small * alu at au advance of is to 2 s nor saclt . WAiiitia . GTOJ' Cnn . v Market , _Wednesday Wo had a large show of farmers ' wheat at market . At the beginning they asked very high prices ; but towards the close they were willing sellers nt au advance of from 4 d to 6 d 1 pur bush * l on lust week ' * rates . H 1 HJ . C 0 RN Maiiket . _Tucssiaj . —At this day ' s market i we bud a SOOil supply of Wheat from the farmers , for : which they were asking very extravagant prices ; millers 9 wero by no nwans free buyers , but we quote an advance C of 3 * to 4 s on the business done .

      Uirminouau Corn _Excuamob , _Wcdnusday . —During g tho present week considerably hi gher prices wero asked d for wheat , but millers bought very sparingly , at rather t over lust week's prices . _Nkwcastlb Conn _MiRttT , _Tvwselav . - this Hiom ' mg ig there was a large arrival of wheat coasttrays , and buvers rs acting with extreme caution , there was uot uuwh bus ' _iK- _* ¦» done , ns factors required still highor rates than en 911 Saturday . _Livkrvooi . Conn Market , "Monday . — There has been en a fair demimd for grain and flour during tlw weak , _e-hietlv » v for Ireland , but it has beon freely met hy holders and n ' d prices have given way a little .

      State Of Trade. D.,N^Mi\7m«Ti C ! Ot U M...

      STATE OF TRADE . d ., n _^ Mi \ 7 M « ti ! u _^ *• -- •¦ V _Wfle- < _™» _-l"' ** as dull at tlio Cloth halls as thcma » ltots ; of lata , but on Tues- ies-»« _™ « _rt _«? _tiJ _!*» ore . ° n « _- _«* lwr qualities , but line goods Jds wore very little inquired for . M _^ ciiR . TBB , Fbb . lG .-rjurli-gtlu * last few days there iere f » . _^*? , i " < 1 Uu ' * ' --a '' for so " _- » timo previously _bottnom _^ _fc r ,, \ V _" * _Wtloam , too , thatthe advices n-i _n-£ _"„ m ¦•• ° , . ' ' - _t . d States by th * Hibernia are very very _wvuuiab _' o , and _g- . Ta n moro aeoWcd vr 0 mis 9 th * n _hcreto-ietop , _w _K en ! , * - _* - » _'biess to that country . iJL . V . * " ' -- ¦¦¦ _•* tho V « oni noek there has been sen a ¦ _arg * _ousme _^ Uolle 00 . * _, m good , __ a 6 tho gpjMpjn . ner * anil - . _nanfai-turers begin to think that cotton will will coma _ra _pijiy _dDWn j ,, pr _- Cj su j 00 nsequently wish tub te realise , on the xoods made out of dear cotton . __ " _"" . advoud , Thursday . —The _saloa of combing wools _stils stil c , v . ititiue to be on a limited scale . The pui'Qu ' ases , huw huw '> rtir , have been a shade tower prices . _ClQl ' _-in- _* - wools anls an in fair request . We cannot report auy variation of mof me umtit in the rani market .

      _llcDnEttss-1-ir . D _, Tuv 6 i » . \ Y . - _Isuslnoss this week hae ha been very dull both iu the cloth hall and in the warewnrc houses .

      Aanlau-Ute

      _aanlau-ute

      (Prom The 6*E«««« Of Tuesday, Feb. 23.) ...

      ( Prom the 6 * _e «««« of Tuesday , Feb . 23 . ) George Thomas Day , _Commercial-road , P ' unlico , _c-iio , eh _-onguu _***—William Pavnal ) , _Blai-kfrinrs . road , _clotliioruhior Hubert Wright , _Coppicu-row , Clerkenwoll , timber _nue-r nu chuut—Jouathau Hogers , Norwich , ljlwt _miiker-M-Jol Fitaiiugh , _iNottiiujlum , tailor-Edward Smith , 11 m Urn wood , _clH-esi ) moiu ; er-J « ihn _Willi-uu Harvey , Ottery Sairy Sai a . nry , _De-T'Misliiro _, _groce-r-Joh u Nnisinitb _, _Hrsdibr-ailfor 1 fi , ' _" ,- ;• V erfumc * -Gcorg ft llim , Halifax , woolstap * lst « p ~ - II , ) , u , * y > Stal > bridge , _otwshire , huilder-Vlei-Vlei _^ . iliet , Manchester , leMwr _dgaler-Jauics Beak Hal 11 _clwstt-r _, co _nfecjion $ _** n n

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 27, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27021847/page/6/