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      _EN'GrLAND . ire Cmre _Cottos _Tridb . — " Bum ' s Amwl Glance" is pnhli published , and exhibit ** the yearly export of 11 for tV for th- last tune years , and of thread , plain and ttedcated calicoes , and other fabrics , forthe last five pr * . _% . We find that the quantity ot cotton yarn ex--ted in _* d in 1 S 4 G was 157 . 130 , 025 lb--art _«*^ < _" ¦«; _< expoiexportofl 845 ofno less than _& . _!» . »»» _£ . « f nre thare than 20 per cent , on tbe " _^ _W _^ _X m * : ppvearrvcar , and exceeding the export of l « SJ ™ _aatestatest previously ) by 7 . 916 , 5381 b . The pnnc . p _* _* d trees crces of this increase are due to . British North _ueriiwieriw . the Hanseatic Towns , to . _*™ J _«* _"J * - ( _CMh-CMm . Naples and Sicily , _^»» " _£ 22 FS _& iiMte teste and the Austrian ports . » nd _^ _Jartoyj and _-. _1 _* _m _1 _« nt l _* _ha onlv remarkable decreaseu _* , oi

      , , r ( r 0 O , ( XI 0 O , 00 _aib , to Rama , ' being _« to _«» « £ » ¦ un cam calicoes in 1846 was _w" _^ v _»* _£ . L hief nors _^* _ffl . ssv _^ Sa _Sl Yevba evbal » nced by newly _® ' _™ QW _aeaua * to tbinaWna ) Xanles and Sicily . Portugal . Madeira , 4 c ., _iirdimrdinia and Tuscany . Tnest * aid the Austrian i irts . irts . There ia n decrease tc-Turkey and the Leunt tnt of 13 000 , 000 vards . The exports of printed nd dvid dved calicoes in 1846 were 267 084 , 797 yards •'• ing ' _fing ' a "crease as compared with 1845 of 43 , 765 , 900 tirds . irds . The principal countries to whioh the export us das _denvated ve Chili and Pera , Colombia , the lanseanse To vns _. India ( nearly 10 . 000 . 000 _yardsJTurkey ndthd the _Lerant ( 7 . 000 . 000 yards ) , Trieste , and the _lustrustrian ports , & c . — . _tyr * Knerf < T Guardian .

      _lUtfBUZlB . _JjttLonoHino . _vopDasnn'TiclitisH . —In tbe town of [[ _anclanebester , where I reside , it is really pitiful to see tie sae score * ' of poor Irish who are daily arriving in the nost tost wretched and forlorn state of destitution and [¦ jveoverty . These poor creatures , unable to procure _iiDsiibsistence in their own country , are _gladto emiira ' era ' e to any of our towns in the hope of meeting with itnplmploy ; but on their arrival they find that they have inly _olj * oorae to make ill worse . 1 happened the other ( ay tay ( Jo fall in with a family who had just arrived _I'om'om Ireland , I got into conversation with the man , "ho -ho gave me a most heart-rending description of the _iQndondition of the Irish people . I told him that it was

      „ sh ; shame for a fine country like his to hare such an momount of poverty in it . ** Yes , bnt" says he , "yon eeieeit is the gentlemen who are at the head of it who _inakiake laws for themselves , and not for the poor ; if ire » e were rightly governed we should bave no nred to eeleel the loss ofthe praties a _hftporth , but until we lire ire _righ'ly governed it is what we may expect . " I _sktsked hint how they would go on for potatoes next ¦ earear ? his answer waa , that he did not know how * _he-hey would do next year ; ' * we have not seed for 100 icricres in the whole of Ireland , and if something il not lonfone 1 don't know what will be the end of it . " Let nene ask the government of this country t _» listen to _hiii - . and take warning in time , otherwise anarchy indnd bloodshed must ensue . — Correspondent .

      1 Thb Soop _Kncwis . —On Saturday last , as usual , ; hehe distribution of soup commenced at eight o ' clock , raand by ten o ' clock , about 4 . 000 quarts had been disritributed . As many were not supplied , it was anlouounced that about four hundred quarts would be _lidistributcd in the afternoon , at four o ' clock ; at _nhvhich time considerably upwards » f a thousand persosons were in attendance ; and as there was still ai ininadeqnate supply of soup , a cart load of bread was prproenred and distributed amongst those who had got _ncno soup . Under these _circumstances , it was _suppqjosed that there would not be as many tickets as _tunsnal pres nted at the kitchen on Monday morning ;

      bibut the contrary wag tbe fact . The quantity of soap mmade was considerably more than on any previous dday ; and yet the whole supply amounting to 4 , 000 _qqoarts . was _dispo-ed of , as _nsual , by ten o ' clock . We _nnnderataad that it has been found necessary , from "" the great pressure from withont _, " to admit appliccanta by the wide do r ( entrance from Pool-street ) , a and to give them _egress by tbe narrow door , leading _iiinto _Clarenoe-Jtreet . —On Tuesday morning the dellivery commenced at eight o ' clock in the morning , sand tbe whole sup ly of 5 , 600 quarts was distributed tby eleven o ' clock , and there still remained many ap-] plicants nnsnpplied . There was also a distribution of 1300 loaves ol bread .

      _BtunroRo . Female _Oprrativks . —The committee recently ap * j pointed at Bradford for improving the social and i moral condition of the factory girls have just _publlished an _address respecting lodgings , from which it ! appears there are 1 , 200 girls living in lodgings away ; from home , and a great number of them from a distance . The committee intend to fit up three or four lodging houses , in some of these the girls will be boarded and lodged , in others lodged . The committee are now fitting np one of the lodging houses in _Thornt-n-road . Yaobast _Ofhce . — -The Board have ippointcd a committee consisting ot the guardians for Bradford township , to select a piece ; of ground to build a new vagrant office upon , and to obtain information aa lo the cost ofthe building , and the best method of rendering it efficient .

      _LIVERPOOI ,. Madahb _Vbstbis . —This popular _ac'ress has been fdlfiiling a farewell engagement for the last month at Liverpool , and on Friday evening she took leave of the people of that town in the following characteristic address : — " Ladies , and Gentlemen . —I appear beore you to say farewell , and that in its most painful shape , a long and last farewell . My health , rather than my inclination , believe me , induces this apparently sudden step . Were I , indeed , as old as some good people have been pleased to fancy bu , I ought to have retired years ago . not only from the ' mimic scene , but from tbe stage of life itself . The ¦ truth i _•« , that having been long before the public , and , ] Owing to the kindness of that public , conspicuously '

      so , at an earlier age than is nsual . not _bem-.-, I believe I may venture to assert , quite superannuated . After this yon will , perhaps , expect me to tell you what my age really is , bnt I claim the privilege of my sex , and leave that highly-important question still open . It becomes one who has enjoyed , _b"th as an actress and manager , a share ot public favour and applause , such as is accorded to few , to submit , without a murmur , to those afflictions which are the lot ©/ many * . Great as has been the favour I have obtained , it has been nowhere greater tban in tbis flourishing , opulent , and liberal town ; and I beg , therefore , to offer to its numerous representatives

      here present my humble and heartfelt thank * . How long I may yet perform in London is _uncertain , but my health at present not permitting me to undergo the continual fatigues of travelling professionally , I bsve come bo the determination of closing iny country accounts altogether . Before I depart , however , allow me on retiring from busiaess to recommend to your cordial support my junior partner . He has secured for himself my good will , and has , I frost , entitled himself to yours . It i * he , therefore , who will , in future , undertake the travelling _depart-1 meat . Let me , then , express my earnest hope that the liberal patronage yon have for so many years extended to myself , will be steadily continued to my hnsbind . Ladies and gentlemen , I most rwpeclfully , and most gratefully , bid you farewell . "

      Great Import of America ** Provi-ions ixto Liverpool . _—Tcssdat . — It is gratifying to find that , in this tr ing season of dearth and limine , tin- produce of other countries come forward so plentifully . The _Liverpool Customs bill of entry contains the following particulars of the cargoes of Rippahannock , from New York ; Charles Humberston , fnun St . Andrews . S . B . ; An » lc ~ Saxon , from Boston ; Rockingham , from Philadelphia ; Cornelius , from New York ; Empire , from New York : Ashland ,

      from Savannah : Isabella Ste « art , from St . An _dreira , N . B . ; Rival , from Halifax , < L * c . _;—43 , 158 barrels of flour ; 23 , 342 bushels . 001 sacks , ami 287 bags of wheat ; 8 , 303 barrels of com meal ; 0 502 gackB and 5 , 203 bags of Indian corn ; 2 , 080 . raxes and 107 casks of cheese ; 295 J barrels of bread ; 320 barrels of apples ; 393 casks , 596 tierces . 30 halltierces , and 230 tierces , 100 barrels , and 5 \ _-e « s of beef ; 552 sacks of corn ; 200 kegs of butter ; 70 bar rels of hams ; 150 barrels of pork ; 100 barrels of _biscui-9 _, etc .

      GREAT FIRli AT llVEBPOOt . Between the hours of one and two o ' clock on Tuesday morning , a dreadful fire broke out in the spacious premises _belonging to Mr . Cha _' . loner situ atcdon the east side of Mason-street , near Wapping which destroyed _buildings and other property to _;> _Te-ry considerable amount . It seems to have " _iriitiaated in a wooden shei ) u < ed by Mr . Challoner as a place of temporary deposit for flour . The high wind ¦ which prevailed aided the fury oftlie devouring element , and speedily _ignited the adjacent property . From the wooden shed , the flames were carried across a yard to Mr . Challouer _' s stable , wliich was burned down ; and we regret to add that a fine horse which was in the stable was also burned to a cinder . The

      fire next communicated to Mr . Challoner ' s large warehou e , which was used _partly as a flour store and partly as a bluck maiufactory . This fine building was entirely gutted . Tho roof , joints , and floors gave way at an early period , and nothing now remains but the bare walls . Three of tlie rooms ** i re fully stored with flour , . iud the other rooms contained a large stock of bi < _-ck-. _a-sd steam machinery , tinwhole of which have been either wholly destroyed or rendered utterly _nteless . The fire next _c-oinmuiii cated with a fine warehouse beloncing to Mr Thomas Booth , the corn-merchant ; and tl > is _warf-house altogether with the whole of its cunt _»* Tits , ha-: _likce _. i _* -. ;

      been destroyed . The roof and _fl-or- * hav ..- !> en burned through , and thc bare _wa'ls only are - "taini ing . A second warehouse belonging to Mr . _liiiiii , and a large warehouse _belonging to . \ _lt--srs _?/« . '• : ( ' _,-ind Pritchard , on the east side of Hur ** t- _** trtfct , b tli t <» k fire , but owing to the vigorous exertions of he ihernen , they Were Oo _' ; irj-j a j _' daiwigud . A . . •• ihD dwelling house adjoining Mr . Chailmier _' _s warehouse waa also on fire for a short time , and i < s | . r . _* - _servatien is entirely owing to the effort * uf the * liremen . ISO correct estimate can as v « t hi * fumed of fchevaloe of the pro perty destroyed , but doubtless it ¦ fl " -HBOunt to several thousand pounds

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      _Dsath from STARVATION .--An inquest was held on Tuesday upon the body of a man unknown , who died in the Northern Hospital , on Sunday . It appeared by the evidence thatthe attention ofa policeman was called tothe deceased on Sunday morning , he was then lying on some steps in Marylebone quite insensible , and was frothing at the mouth . He was at once conveyed to the hospital , where he died shortly afterwards : upon a post mortem examination ofthe body , Mr . Gildersleerefl , the house surgeon , found tbat the intestines were very much congested , and that there was palpable evidence that death resulted solely from want of food . The jury returned a verdict of * ' Died for want of nourishment . "

      BLACKBlTRtf . Mas _^ aughtbr . —On Tuesday , at noon , Thomas Kiy , butcher , _Rtbchester , waa brought into the f ° . _JJ » n custody of the police , charged with having d ii d ? u _Ward « rer i in a fi B ' t » in the White Bull , Ribchester . A large party were carousing together , when the two parties named quarrelled and commenced fighting . They fought for some time , till the prisoner was dragged off Ward , who was discovered to be quite dead . Death is supposed to have resulted from a kick on the eyebrow , administered by the he . ivy iron mounted clog of Kay .

      HORTHrjUBERUHD . Fatal _Coiaibbt Accident . —A distressing accident occurred at Gosforth Colliery , about three miles from Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on Monday afternoon , by which three- young men , of the names of Cook . Heron , and Ridley , were killed , and an overman , named Champlay _, was much injured . Tbe men , it appears , were working the "' broken , " and had removed recently the whole of the pillar of coal without putting in props sufficient to support the roof , which fell , and buried the three workmen in

      the ruins . The overman " was attempting to leave tbe place , when a portion of the roof fell upon his foot and threw him down , but he contrived to drag himself out , and shouted for assistance . A party nf hewers who bad been at work in another part of the mine hastened to the spot , and distinctly heard the groans of one of the men , but . they were unable to reach bim for some time . On clearing away the rubbish , the three were found dead , but not much mutilated , so that it is _supposed their death was caused bv- suffocation .

      WIGAR . Fall op thb Moxsikb _Chimnev . —On Thursday afternoon , shortly after 4 o ' clock , this very imposing fabric fell to the ground with a loud crash . The chimney which has been completed for only a few mouths , was commenced by Mr . Dobb nearly four years ago , close to the lands of the __ Leeds and _Liverpool Canal , at the termination _ofhis extensive chy mical works . Its progress since that time has been gradual _during the summer months , but its progress has been necessarily stayed for several months of each winter , —when its part _corop-etion gave indications ofits future greatness . Its completion was effected a few months ago , when it had reached the great height of upwards of iOO fee or about I 3 i yards , and

      tbe event was duly celebrated . Shortly , however , after this was done an indention of one aide near the top was observed , and which was watched daily , when , after a further hpse of time , a very apparent deviation from the perpendicular had taken place , and the base slightly parted from the side of the _excavation . A further inclination being observed , the advice of Mr . Fairbairn , civil engineer , of Manchester , was obtained , and we believe lie recommended a portion of the top being taken down , and thc work was _con-rqueatly commenced , and continued until the day of its fall , when we believe a person was up

      the building ; at this time about 23 yards had been taken off . For some time past a further sinking of the base has been observe ' , and greater fears were entertained for its safety , and asevi <» of stays were being constructed to place round it . But all the measures were without avail . It tell on Thursday afternoon , across the canal , and extends for the length of a field beyond it . The passage of boats on the canal is stopped until it can be cleared , and active measures are now being carried on for the purpose . We believe this is the third chimney which has fallen on Mr . _Dobbs' premises . _—iiancilcster ( Courtier .

      _8 T 0 CKPJRT . _Wr-cLF-SALs Robberies . —On Monday , at the Borough Court ; three men , named Markey , Turner _, and Blood , w _. re _brought before tbe magistrates , charged as follows : •—Mr . Sadler , superintendent of police , stated that all three of them had been apprehended by Sergeant Walker , the previous day , on suspicion of being concerned in several very extensive robberies . On Saturday the police had occasion to search Markey * s house , when a very considerable amount and quantity of property , believed to be

      stolen , was found . Markey is the tenant of the bouse , aud the other two are pvotessedly hia lodgers . The police had removed a whole cart-load nf goods ; amongst other things , a cheese , part of another cheese , a barrel of mustard , a loaf of sugar , glasses , timber , & c . the _pror-erty of which they had received information as having been stolea during the last four or five months , and some of which had been owned by various gentlemen in the town . AU the three were together when they were apprehened , and the property taken . They were remanded .

      LEKD 3 . _RSLISF OF THK DlSTRKSSED POOR IN _LkeOS . — A plan has been suggested for giving tothe mendicants who are found is the public streets of this town , and in the adjoining villages , beggiir , a supply of food , consisting chiefly ofa preparation of rice at public tables , te be provided for the purpose , a sufficient meal at certain hours of the day gratuitously , _with - out any inquiry into their circumstances , or into the country or parish to which they belong . The difficulty in the way of the execution of this project arises from want of funds applicable to such a purpose ; as thi Guardians ofthe Poor on being applied to , declined to expend any part ofthe public money raised for the relief of the poor belonging to this

      union , in indiscriminate relief , particularly of those who had UO local settlement within their union . A public subscription is contemplated for the above purpose , _Vbrdict of Mansucohter _agaixst AS _Esoinb-Dbivisr .--On Friday a Coroner ' s inquest was held at the Court House touching the death of David Anderson , a farmer ' s labourer , who was killed on the Leeds and Bradford Railway , under the following circumstances : — On the morning of the 15 th inBtant , between five and six o ' clock , five carts , each drawn by one horse , were despatched from Rawdon to Gilderatone . for coals . They had to pass orer the Leeds and Bradford at Calverley , which at that part erossea the public road on a level . The gates on each side ef the line were open , and no parties were in

      attendance to watch them . The morning was exceedingly dark and foggy , and the nsual signals were not exhibited . Four of the carts passed over the _liue [ in safety , and on the Jast one , which was in charge of the decease , getting on the crossing , an engine and train was seen approaching , and ere the vehicle could be got over the engine struck the horse , killed it on the spot , drove the cart some distance , and frightfully-injured the deceased , who was seated on the top of it . He survived the occurrence but a few hours . Aftes hearing evidence , the Jury found a verdict of " Manslaughter against the engine driver , James Gee , " accompanying it with an expression of opinion tbat the Company bad shewn great carelessness in the management ofthe crossing at the Calverly Bridge station .

      ROCHDALE AND MIDDLKTOS . _Bcrolart . —At the Rochdale petty sessions , on Monday last , John ilurst , woollen weaver , apparently upwards of fifty years of a _» e _, who was formerly _transported for fourteen years for burglary , was brought upon a charge of having , on Friday evening , er early on Saturday morning last , broken into the house of Mrs . Mary Whittaker , provision dealer , Smallbridge . An entrance had been effected by breaking the back kitchen window , and a black shawl and other articles were stolen . He was committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes .

      Fatal Accident from Machinery . —On Saturday last , Mr . Dearden held at inquest at the Collier ' s Arm' , Dearnley , between Smallbridge and Littleborough , on the body of a young man , twenty-three years ot age , named JosephButterworth , whose death took plac under the following circumstances :- _^ Deceased was a power-loom j- bber , in the employ of Messrs . Robert Leach and Brothers , woollen manufacturers . On Friday last , while at work in the factory , he w . nt to grind some shuttle wheels . For this purpose he stood on a bench , and whilst attempting to throw a string over the shaft which was in motion , his left shirt sleeve was caught by a cog wheel , above the elbow . By this his left arm was _leat-ly torn from his body , and several of his ribs were broken . lie died thc same day . The shafting is about eight feet from the floor , and he ought not to have put the string on while the shaft w ; is in motion . Tbe Jury relumed a verdict of " Accidental death . "

      BinJIIAOHAM . _CUAROE OF FlUCD AOAlNsT A _CoRX-DeALER . —A _cuni-dealer of extensive business and most respectable connections in this town , named Thomas Gomro , is now in custody at ( he public-office , charged with obtaining moneys upon false pretences , to the amount of between £ 3 , 000 ami £ 4 , 000 . The prisoner followed the occupation ofa commission agent , hi- * business bring to purchiise wheat , barley , and other _uraiti , from fa » mers and dealers at the Stratf rd , _Worcester , and other markets , on account of extensive millers and consumers by whom he was emiil _.-yed . From the information which has at present transpired , it appears that Mr . Gomm has purchased grain on _sevaral occasions in the name of well * knuwn established firms of the highest credit , subsequently sold the hits so purchased to other parties , and ultimately appropriated the money received upon lilt sales to his own purposes .

      _Xoril . _NGIIAM . _St'ocKi . U ! Destitution . —Owing to iong continued _< _lepr"Sjioii in _Irade , and the high price of provisions , the working classes in _Nuttiugharo are suffering _iiiisery and privation to an alarming extent . The union workhouse , originally built to accomodate one _thousand individuals , now numbers within its walls LOU souis ! Out-door relief is given to 3 , 184 persons _, in Kadford and parishes adjoining the town multitudes are in a state of extreme want and degt _> .

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      tution . The Radford workhouse contains 109 _prrsons , and the guardians are obliged to offer tltehou _** e to a great number uf app licants for relief , as it is found impossible to raise money in the parish to pay the out applicants on the scale hitherto adopted . LEICESTER . Miskrt . _*— The poor rates of Leicester are much increased bv » he distress which prevails among the frame-work knitters , 3 , 1 * 70 , or one-sixteenth part of the population , are receiving parochial relief .

      ¦ ESSEX . The Skcret Poisonings . —The prosecution of Mr Thomas Newport , a farmer of respectable connexions at Clavering , at the direction of Sir 6 . Grey , the Secretary of State , charged with being accessary to the recent poisoning of children , in that and the adjoins village of Maunden , wa . * _proceefad tilth at the gaol of Newport , in this county on Saturday before the Right lion . Lord Bradbrook and Mr . Birch Woolfe , magistrates for the Saffron Walden district oftlie county The prisoner had been apprehended on the

      previous Friday , by Mr . Superintendent Clark of the Essex _constab-lary force , and Mr . Inspector Shackell , of the London detective police . The charge preferred against the prisoner _wss for feloniously aiding and abetting Sarah Chesham in administering poison to Solnmm Taylor ( since deceased } , the illegitimate child of Lydia Taylor , with intent to destroy its life . It is also said that he will be implicated in tbe murder of Joseph and James Chesham . The most important witnesses were Lydia Taylor , the parent of the deceased child , Soluman Taylor , and her mother . It was ? hewn that while the former was in

      the service ot the mother of the prisoner she became enciente by him , and he failing to induce her to take some drug to procure abortion , she was discharged , A month after her confinement , Sarah Chesham , whom she had not spoken to before , went to see her . She seemed very fond of the infant , said Newport was a _goed-fer-nothing fellow , and on leaving remarked she would call again . In a month or two she visited the house of Lydia Taylor , and brought some ' luxuries , " tea , apple dumplings , butter , dec . She took the _baby'in her arms , and suddenly it was taken very sick . Sarah Chesham _observed that she had only given it a bit of sugar . Only a small portion of the luxuries were eaten . _Chasham begged of Taylor to call at her cottage at Clavering with the child , and

      in consequence of her solicitations she did so . After being there a few minutes she took the infant in her arms , and running down stairs , said she Would take it to see its father . The young woman ran after her across a field ,, and for a minute or * o lost _si _^ ht of her by her turning round a hedge . On coming up to her , Taylor saw her resting her feet on the bank and putting something in its mouth Chesham was wiping her fingers on her gown . The child looked very pale and sickly , and its lips were _smeered with something like ointment . On questioning her what she had been administering it , she merely answered a " sucker . " The mother had great difficulty in cleansing the mouth of the child of the stuff that adhered to it . A short time afterwards a similar occurrence took place . The infant became _seriously ill . and greatly wasted away . By medical skill , it partially recovered ; in a few weeks , however , it was more

      violently seized with the former symptom , and inthe beginning of last October it expired . On the mother of Lydia waiting upon the _prisoner for some assisttance for her daughter , he told her it was a bad job , and she must get rid of it . He made use ofthe same remark on subsequent visits . When he refused to relieve her , she applied to the magistrates at Saffron Walden , and they ordered him t « pay 2 s . 6 d . a week toward - its support , Sarah Chesham was committed for attempting to poison it before it died . Other v _idencewasgiven _. _andtheprisonermadealengthenetl defence . He admitted having told the mother of Lydia Taylor , that she must get rid of it , but he firmly denied being implicated in the transaction mentioned by tbe women Chesham . She had onlytrumped them up against him with a view of extorting money . The prisoner was fully committed for trial .

      SURRBT . EXTRAORDINART OCCURRB-4 CE NEAR BaNSTBAD Dswns . —On Monday a long investigation took place before William Carter , Esq ., the coroner for Surrey , at the Blue Anchor , at Banstead , near Epsom , on the body of a man found under most extraordinary circumstances . The jury , upon viewing the body , found that his clothes were torn almost to shreds , and the ends ofhis fingers almost bitten off . George Johnson stated that on Tuesday morning he went tn look for a horse which had -frayed from the common , and on going through a field besawa man lying down . He went to him , and he turned over and groaned twice . With assistance he was got away , but then he was quite dead . The Coroner—What sort of weather was it the previous night ? Witness—Very cold and frosty The Coroner—Waa anything found ? Witness—Yes , I found an old jacket under him , a-d his shoes by the side of him . A stocking was found

      about two rods off , under the edge , and the fragments ofa blue cloth cap , which seemed to have been torn into shreds . There were marks of his having been rolling about on the grass , and there was also on the ground , the mark ofa stocking . Wood , the constable , _deposed thathe found no marks of external violence , but the top joint ofthe fore finger on the left hand was very _seveiely injured , a 3 well as the nail . After some other evidence , the coroner inquired if the police had any reason to suspect these strange appearances had arisen from violence . The inspector said he did nut think they had , or there would have been other foot-marks in the field . The jury , after some consideration , returned the following special verdict * . — " That the deceased was found dead without any marks of violence , and weare of opinion he was _seiz-id with illness , and died from exposure to the cold . " The deceased , from his dress , is supposed to have escaped from some lunatic asylum or

      union * crotdon . Accident on thk Brighton Railway . —On Tuesday , about noon , a very _shooking accident happened on the Brighton Railway , near the Stoat ' s Nest Station , a few miles beyond Croydon . It appears that the signals on each side of the line are attended to by on <* man , and having signalled an up train , he proceeded to cross tbe permanent way to tbe opposite side to signal the eleven o ' clock mail train frora London , " inch he saw approaching . The unfortunate man , however , it is evident , must have raiscalculateJ the distance , for ere he could clear the rails the buffers of tbe engine struck him with fearful violence , and hurled hiro _Isome distance . He was immediately conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital in a very dangerous condition , and wns not expected to survive the night . His skull is fractured , and hia body otherwise much injured .

      SOUTHAMPTON . Firs . —On Saturday evening about nine o ' clock a fire broke out on the premises ofa Mr . Spicer _, a farmer and extensive cattle dealer , regularly attending Smithfield market , at a farm in the neighbourhood of Romsey . Four horses , a cow and calf , pig * , some stacks of corn , hay , & c , were destroyed . The premises were the property of Lord Palmerston . SALISBURY . Election . —On Mouday the election of a Member of Parliament took place in the room of Ambrose llassey , Esq ., who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds . Richard Uetley , Esq ., banker , of Salisbury , Conservative , proposed W . J . Chaplin , Esq ., as a fit and proper person ; and Wm . Fawcett , Esq ., aretired gentleman , of the extreme Liberal party , seconded the same . When , there being no other candidate proposed , W . J . Chaplin , Esq ., was declared duly elected .

      CORNWALL . Famine Riots . —Last week from two to three hundred labourers from the china clay-works prevented the shipping of corn at a port called Pentewan . It is feared that the miners will join in this popular demonstration , if _Iso ,. things will assume a serious aspect . Troops have been marched from Plymouth to the scene of these disturbances .

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      SCOTLAND . GLASGOW . The _Agsewites . —The late fire consumed property worth at least one hundred thousand pounds . When this fire was raging and devouring everything within its reach , when the whole city was in commotion , when , but for the stillness of the windand the favourable aspect of the heavens , the most valuable portion by far of the one-half of the city of Glasgow might have been wrapt up in one devouring sheet of flame , it was _discovered that the active and managing partner of one of the most extensive concerns connected with this property was in Edinburgh and Dundee , and it was then most wisoly resolved to send an

      express to him , to apprise hira ofthe calamity , and to bring him to Glasgow with all expedition . This , however , was found to be impossible . The directors of tho Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Companythose canting Agnewites , who have so recently crept into that concern , and stopped the Sunday trainspositively and peremptorily refused , through tlieir officers , to despatch an express engine for thc lautl able and necessary purpose above stated ! Nay , we have heard ( says the '' Scotch Reformer's Gazette ) that they stoically refused to allow a solitary passenger with the above express to take his place k _> - side tbeir own engineer , who was going at anv rate with their ( pieus ?) engine to Edinburgh with the niailbags from Glasgow _. which they still carry for hire on _tht _» t day !! But this is not all . W hen the flames

      were beginning to reach the opposite _fcide of _thsstrcet , where some of these good Sir Andrew Agnew ites have their workhouses located , all hands were set to work , anil did work till a late hour on Suml . iv night . Yet the kith and kin of those people hail denied thc train tor the express to Edinburgh at mid-day , as wc have stated . In the evening of that same day , however , when the fiery clouds began to lower upon their own houses , thoy put every leg and arm , every bodily aid they could command , to save their goods and chattels—their prints , patterns , and shawls ; their day-books , their ledgers , their cash-books , tlieir invoices , and bills of Jading _*» -a » d these , wc will be bound to Bay , from what w _* j have hi '' ard , were fiugered by thcin far more unxiously than the bible itself , witb . the Fourth , _ComuiaHtimiat . thateveuing .

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      The saints are provoking a storm they will find . ' difficult to allay . The _Scotcn Reformers' Gazette says : — " We have pretty good authority for statins ' that the Committee for re-establishing the Sunday Passenger Trains , have ledged with the secretary to the Railway Company letters from 568 share holders , dissenting from the resolution of the dir < ctors to withdraw these trains , and requesting them that they may be immediately re-established . These letters represent no less than 11 , 061 whole shares , 7133 half-shares , and 11 , 672 quarter shares . The Destitute Irish swarm tbe streets of Glasgow . On Friday about two hundred men , women , and children , in an absolutely destitute _sttte , were examined before the magistrates on the charge of being " houseless and foodleas 1 " JOHN o ' OROATS .

      Scotch Christianity . —A boat _beloKjring to Wick , white attempting to get out of _IHmsdale harbour was struck by a sea , and driven to the south part of tho river , where she became a wreck . The cargo , wheat and barley , was considerably damaged . The good people of Helmsdale refused to render assistance , because it was Sabbath !

      destitution in the islands . Mull . —Destitution begins to be much felt in the islands . There are a great many deaths amongst the old people and children , not exactly from want , but from a change of diet . There were fifteen funerals in Ross churchyard lately in one day .

      EDINBURGH . The Nsw Antidote to Physical _SrirsaiNO . —The ¦ _Edfalmrj-fc Witness gives th _» following remarkable Instance of the successful application of ether in _destroying the sense of pain : — " Another experiment with the inhalation of ether was made in the Royal Infirmary , by Professor Miller , and proved eminently successful . The patient was a middle aged Irishman—a ' navvy '—who bad sustained a compound fracture of the leg nine weeks before . The fracture had not united , in consequence of the presence of a dead piece of bone , and it became necessary to remove this by a painful operation . The patient was seated on a table , and the inhalation was applied by means of a very beautful yet simple apparatus , made by Squire , of

      London . At first little _ufftict was produced , but _atte-r some minutes the patfentfell backwards , as if in a swoon . The operator was then about to proceed ; but the man immediately objected , saying that 'he was not asleep , and tbat he ti anted nothing would be done till be was asleep . ' For full twenty minutes more the inhalation _we-nt on ; the man confused and talkative , but wide awake , and occasionally expressing very < _mptutlcally his conviction that ' it would not do . ' At length , however , while in this wakeful state , the operation was begun . Incisions Here made on the shin , and flaps were _dissecte d off so as to expose the bone _btneatb . A portion of this was sawn and clipped through , an . l then tbe dead bone was removed . _Onlj during the clipping of the bone with strong strainiug pliers did any sign of feeling escape from

      the patient , who wag busy Inhaling all the while , and now and then protesting that' it would ' nt do . ' The operation occupied about ten minutes , and , from the highly fensitive nature of the parts implicated , must bave heen attended with _excruciating suffering under ordinary circumstances . After it was over , tbe professor said to the patient , ' I suppose you won't let me operate to day . ' ' Certainly not , ' said the patient ; 'it won't do ; I must be asleep . Tbe thing hasn't succeeded with me . and I am sure it can ' t succeed with any one else , for I did everything I eould to set sleep for mj own sake , and I'd do anything to pi . _ase you . ' ' Tou won't even Itt me make a cut into tbe leg ! ' ' No ; I must be asleep ; we can try it another time . ' This plain proof of his utter unconsciousness of the operation having been performed

      was acknowledged by the spectators in a hearty round of applause . The patient then sat up , and seeing the wound , burst into an immoderate fit of laughter , saying , ' No doubt there ' s blood , or something very like it ; but I havn't felt a single thing done to my leg . That bates the globe ; ' and , on being aaked decidedly as to his having feU _anything , ' he repeatedly answered' 'Not a ha _' porth . ' lie got into amazing spirits , and refused to leave the table until he was told ' all about the toldrums of the business . ' And then , with the manner ef a tipsy man , and very happy , he kept surgeons and students in a roar of laughter for some minutes with a narrative of his condition durmg the inhalation , which , Irish . like , seemed to have been a strange medley of imaginary fights and ' killings' going on around him . but wholly

      irrespective of his own le _£ and the operation . On being carried out , he declared triumphantly , ' This is the very best thing that has ever happened in the three kingdoms . ' The professor stated that he considered this case quite conclusive as to the powers of the ether , because there was not a more painful operation in all surgery , andbeoause the patient , having been avowedly a hard and habitual drinker of spirits , was one of those persons who are least susceptible of the ether ' s influence . The whole _proceedinjrs seemed to give tho greatest satisfaction to the medical and _surgie-al officers of the institution , and to a large _aPsetnbUlRe of _intaresUd spfeetalors . Perhaps the most remarkable thing iu such a _strange tale ia , the circumstance of the man being so wide awake and talkative ¦ wh ile all the while quite insensible to the cutting of his limb . "

      Destitution _itsn Crime . —The Edinburgh Weekly Register of Wednesday last , states that some of the principal streets of Edinburgh , swarm with ragged children clamoring for relief . The same paper also says that _Edinburgh appears to be rivalling Glasgow in the amount and extent of its robberies . The streets are absolutely insecure for many hours before _midnight , and _unle-83 in . creased vigilance is manifested by the police , there is no saying to what extent the d- predators may carry on their outrages . MACDCFP .

      Meal IIiot . —The greatest excitement prevails at all the shipping ports in this neighbourhood , in consequence of the enormous shipments of grain which have been taking place for some weeks past , and the rapid advance in the price of food . The quantities _shipped at Portsoy , M-cduff _, Fraserburgh , Ac , as woll as at Banff , for the last two months , have been unexampled ; whilst the price of meal has risen from UU . to 30 * . per boll ; oats to 40 s ., and barley to 50 s . per quarter . Friday se ' niglita formidable mob assembled at Macduff to prevent the shipment ofa quantity efnieal and grain which had

      arrived in carts , and for the time they succeeded . 1 _Jn-y placed a high barricade of railway sleepers , found upon the beach , across the way to the vessels , and stripped off one of her sails to prevent her going to sea . Saturday , the magistrates called a public meeting in the Town Hall to consider the matter , at which a large committee was appointed to confer again with the magistrates on Monday forenoon . Tbe same disposition to prevent _shipment is manifested at Banff and elsewhere , but we have heard of no farther aggressive measures being adopted ,

      _vibshire , Fatal accident * on tub Gl » _soow , Ddmfjueb _, and Carlisle Railwai . —This Hallway is making rapid progress . The Centres of the great bridge over the Ayr are now in , and give a good idea of what this mighty structure will be , as they are seen towering far above the tops of the highest trees which grow at tho top of rocks one hundred feet in _height . Many accidents have taken place . Several horses have been killed . Three men have lost their lives . The first was a miner , who , along with other three , bad charged three shot >

      one ro _» _ruing at one o ' clock in the _Mossgeil tunnel , Two of the shots went off , while the third hung fire ; the men approached near the spot , when _eff it went , knocking them all down , and carrying away one of their heads . Tho man instantly died . The uextcme of death was a young man who got jammed between two loaded wag . gons . . He had one of his legs _smashed , and sustained severe bruises . He never spoke , except that he cried "Lord have mercy on me ; take charge ov my helpless mother . " A lad of sixteen years of age named William Morton was run over by a train of empty waggons and killed on the spot _.

      ARBB 0 & T 1 T , Highway Robberies or attempts thereat , are becoming matters of common occurrence in the ueighbourhood of this town ?

      _ABERDtEN . "Meal Mobs . "— Threatened Disturbances . -- On Friday forenoon , there were considerable apprehensions of a riot taking place iu Aberdeen , caused hy the present high price _ofprovisions . A number of people assembled on the Links at eleven o ' clock , and one or two parties gave some very distressing details of the state to which they had been reduced . About two hundred of the crowd were railway labourers , who eame from the opposite side of the D _.-e , bearing a black Aug . Another body of individu als had assembled before the Town House , and commenced cheering undyelling—causing gnat disturbance . The provost addressed the crowd , pointing out the _useles 3 ncss and folly of attempting to break the peace . The meeting on the Links then mustered about 1000 strong , and it was agreed to send a _elcputation to the pcov » st

      laying their melancholy case before him . Tho deputation waited on the magistrates , and represented the great distress prevailing among _tlietn , owing to the dearth of provisions . The magistrates at onco expressed their desire to use all menni within tlieir power to alleviate the distress ofthe _people , trusting that every one would ha ve tlw good sense not to _afigrwattt ttte _calAm _* . _* . _* - _laj any disorderly conduct . Throughout tho day , considerable excitement prevailed . At three o ' clock there was a swearing in of special _con- * table « . In the course of the afternoon a portion of the crowd made an attempt to take ( four from a cart on Trinity Quay , . 'uid the ringleader was taken up and lodged in prison . Iu the evening thecrow ds increased , the shops were e » _vW shut , and numbers of windows were broken . The police , in taking up some of the ringleaders , were pelted with stones , liefore midnight there were fifty men and women

      imprisoned . KIRK . _CALO" _! . Fatal Effects of Intkmfebance .-A few days ago , an old wo . iian , residing in Patli _' iead , of tho name ot ' Elder , was found by some _neighbours lying iu bed in a most distressing state , her face , hands , etc _, sad y burned , still alive-. From _txtenval circumstances , iiis conjectured that . spontaneous combustion hud been Hie cause . She only survive il till the next day , when death ¦> ut an end to her sufferings . There was also found dciiel on the cvining of the same day , Tuesday , a woman , of he iwmt of lUvvlcYsem , _w-sievmg at tlie West end oi this town , much given to intemperance . She was found lyiiie , ,,, 1 her face on the _ilooi , a _stificiied corpse , her nose be * 1 much flattened by tlte fall ,

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      IRELAND . THE _FAMINE—OOVKKNMKNT MKASURKS . A circular ha _> been issued by the _Commissa '' General , from whioh we make the following extracts :- — AUGMENTED RATIO OF DONATIONS ON SUBSCBIPTIONS FOR AFFORDING GRATUITOUS RELIEF , AND PROVIDING FOOD FOR SALE , AT FIRST COST & c . "to toe _secietabv or EAcn belief committee in

      IRELAND . " Commissariat Relief Office , Dublin Castle , Jan . 20 , 18 * 7 . "Sir—CommiMary-Gener . il SirR . I . Itouth de-sires fo state , that in consequence ofthe distress prevailing in districts where the union workhouses are full or unarail . » blc , his Excellency the Lord _Lleutenint has authorised the _recommendatioa of grants in an augmented ratio ou subscriptions , having reference to the extent of destitu tion in eaeh district . Where much distress _existt the grant * wilt be equal to the subscriptions . In some cases a greater amount will be recommended .

      Under the circumstances reverted to in in the first paragraph , the government regulations allow of gratuitous uses to the infirm poor , to widows , orphans , and children where the supporting member of the family is incapable , from sickness 01 other _eause to maintain them , To persons requiring relief on such grounds the fond is afree gift of charity , but when the committee sell , it is not desirable to do so under cost price , for it is an object to maintain the funds of the committee as unimpared as possible , so as to malte then applicable tothe ''hole season . The food considered to be best suited for gratuitous relief is soup . This should also be provided for sale , when practicable , with a view of economising the consumption ofcorn .

      FAMINR , DI 8 KA 8 K , AND DEATH . Dublin , Jan 23 rd . —The accounts from the Northera Counties to-day are most appalling . Tothejhorrora of famine the dread ef pestilence is now superadded . The low fever , called by the peasantry "the plague , " is extending in some ot the remote districts of the county of Cork . The Dublin Evening Post says — We mentioned a week or ten days ago that a low , an- ' , as it would appear , a contagious fever had ihovm itself in many places in the county of Cork , The poor peoplecalled it tbe plague , and fled from the infested hovel _, leafing the wretched inmates to perish _. In order to show the formidable character of the evi I and the imperative _necensity of promt precautionary measures , weshall here introduce an extract of alett . i which we received this morning from a friend in _Carrirlion . Sulr , u pon whose accuracy the fullest reliance may be placed :

      We are in an awful condition in this part ofthe country . Our fever hospital would be crowded with 56 , and we have now 126—three and four in each bed - all suffering frem 'starvation fever ; ' and our workbouBe has now 300 over the number .

      DRKADPUL MORTALITT IN THK WEST OF THE COUNT ** OF CORK . The Cork Examiner contains detailed reports of ten inquests at Bantry , all of whioh verdicts were returned that death had been caused by _starvation The same journal contains the following extract from a private letter from Bantry : — Each day brings with it Us own horrors . The mind recoils from the contemplation ofthe scenes we are compelled to witness every hour . Ten inquests in Bantrythere should have been at least two hum' d _taj / iests . Each day , each hour , produces its own victims—hol"

      causts offered at the shrine of political economy . Famine and pestilence are sweeping away hundreds—but they hare nout no terrors for the poor people . Their only regret seems to be tbat they are not relieved from their suffering and misery by some process more speedy and less painful . Since the inquests were held hereon Monday there have been not less than _twenty four deaths from starvation ! and , if we can judge from appearances , before tbe termination of another week the number win be incredible . As to holding anymore inquests , it i * mere nonsense . The number of deaths is beyond countinir .

      From Mayo the reports are of the same melancholy character . From Kerry and other counties several appaling statements have been received .

      _IK'SH POOR LAW—AOVAKCKS FEMJif TKR TRBASCRT . Dublin , Jan . 24 . —The boards of guardian ' 8 in several of the poor-law unions are making arrangements for affording increased accommodation , in order to lessen the danger ofthe spread of infectious disease from the over-crowded State of the work houses . In other unions the guardians declare tinestablishments insolvent , and threaten to close _tltc workhouse _** . At the meeting of the Bailieboroueh guardians on Monday , a resolution to that effect was adopted , and a call was made upon the Poor Law Commissioners to "enable the board to raises sufficient sum of money to carry on the expend _i - ture of the house until part of the rate sh- ~ . ll be ct > icollectcd . "

      In reply to a letter from Daniel Connor , Esq .. ehairman of the Dunmanway board of guardian .-county of Cork , showing " the _urgent necessity that the Treasury should be authorised to make advances by way of loan to boards ofiguardians on the security of the tuture rates , for the ¦ _Mir-jose of afforriVp additional temporary accommodation to the destitute poor . " Lord J < hn Russell has seut tbe following : •—"January 18 , 1847 . " Sir—I have received the resolution of the , _Dunmnn . way board of guardians , conveying a distressing ac count of that union . The Treasury have empowered the Lord Lieutenant to act in urgent c ? ses in the manner lie shall deem expedient , and I shall transmit to him tin resolutions . " I have the honour lo be , your obedient servant , "J . Russell , " Daniel Connor , Esq , "

      State Of The People. (From Our Correspon...

      STATE OF THE PEOPLE . ( From our Correspondent . ) Dboobepa , —Sincel last wrote to you tbe condition of the labouring classes bas been growing worse . Notwithstanding the laudable exertione ef tbe clergy and !• entry of the town , the Relief Committee find it difficult to continue the soup kitchen . Tbeie are upwards of six hundred getting a pint ol soup with a pound of breuil daily , whereby they are enabled merely to keep life in their ' ' shells , " for it would not be right to call their emaciated frames by any other appellation . The bakers are obliged to barn a policeman in each ¦ * hop , to prevent the carrying away of their bread by the hungry people who crowd our streets . The bread-carts leaving town for the neighbouring villages , are compel _, led from the state of the times , to have an officer ' s guard two each cart .

      We appear a « tf our country wai _beseteed . Soldier * marching with fixed bayonet *) . Our shops closed long ere the usual time , and constant firing of shots durine the night , as if the people were preparing from some dreadful conflict . The working men of the town who hnve employment , seeing the strides' destitution is making , resolved to call a meeting » f the vs _. irking classes , to memorialise the Queen to prohibit distillation from corn in the unitud kingdom , and thereby save , - the food of our starving fellow-countrymen .

      The meeting nas held in the Linen Hall , Dr . Atkinson . 3 . C , in the chair . Several other highly influential gentlemen took part in the proceedings of the meeling . A committee consisting of the following po sons was ap . pointed to jivirie the town into districts : —Hug h Caraher-I ' _atricU Henry , John Apperson , ( proprietor of the" Con , _servatlve Journal" ) , Patrick Murphy , ( the same ' * Paddy " who was denounced by O'Connell for being a Chartist in lSJil , Peter Kelly _Faroes _Slevin , and Dr . Atkinson . There is an incident connected with this meeting , which it may beinteresting to the readers of the Star to hear , the rc <] ii . sition calling the meeting was signed by the first named individual on the above committee , this to a certain

      clergyman , not _remarkablefor bis discretion , seemed an unpardonable offeree , and gave unmistakeable proof that the whole affair was a wicked design of the Ch . irtists of Drogheda , Accordingly he waited on James Mathews , Esq ., Mayor , to get him to me his authority to prevont the meeting from being held , to the immortal horror of our chief magistrate , he peremptorily refused to comnt y with such an illegal request . This occurred on the Saturday evening preiious ta the meeting . Failing to induce his Worship to do bia beberr _, and determined not to be frustrated in hi * , object , he , on Sunday after last Mass , from the altar of the God of truth , gave vent to his feeUugs in language totally unsuited to such u place .

      U would appear from this 2 _J « uerenrt ( i ) Gentlemau ' s opinion , tint _thestoppageoftbed ' _stiJIeriosaiid breweri _. _s is rank Chartism that , for the working classes to call a _nu-etitigfor the purpose of taxing themselves fer the re- _, lief ot their more needy brethren , is a thing that every Christian minister ought to denounce , SSS £ _fe _4 I shall not more _particularly allude to this _rev « _rcnei * f astov ot lllM , who has told us not to bear f alse _teitncsj against our ueigbour _, further thau to observe , that he i * _. not uivler the spiritual jurisdiction of that learned . 111 . 1 exemplary elivine , the Most Rev . Dr . Crolly , who , in tl .. _Iiott- 'st time of Anti-Chartist persecution here , uevvv allowed his clergy to become the tools of any design _, iug knaves , nor his chapels to become the scene of false

      attacks on private character . In concludiug my present communication , I would earnestly entreat of tlie Chafti . » ts of England , to treat kindly " those unfortunate fvli 0 , v . _e-oetfttrjutett t _» f mine who _tvre beii - _ig driven b y tht ce tain approach of death in Ireland , to seek a _nitsms of _Iivii . l _* in tlie luiiel of " Saxon . " Forget their doings fov t * i . last few years , in groaning and misrepresenting th" Saxon Chartists . " " They knew not , what _tlie-y wen- tl .-ins V Treat them kimUy wheucver you can , and bv ikimeans you will do a great-leal ton-move from " the-ii minds tht false impressions inadoon them by ('• euiie- 'ii . c * nf the « _orkuig classes of the united kingdom : but « hi ' . you thus mitigate tlieir suite-rings , forget not to tell t \ _ui 1 Unit you are " Onanists , " ami se send them lwnie wi _> a correct knowledges of thu" Charter . " 1 H . 0 .

      State Of The People. (From Our Correspon...

      DDBL , « . Jak . 25 tl ..-Many more deaths from 8 tar _/ tion ore reported in tho accounts _recei-ed t 0 d « . , what is termed the " starvation fever" U _ttoJl ' " . the western as well a _* in the southern counties . S' « Th » Sligo Champion contains the _following . ,., „ .. statement - — * _- _** _-iimj Fever is still en the increase ; the deaths in the house are mott numerous , and almost all the -m _/ 00 " " who have died were carried off either by typhus fev ' ° _dysentry . There are at present four hundred _oTtt ' sick list in the poor-house , or one-third of all the itim » This in really _atttrming , and from tho great increase e fever in the town we fear a plague will ensue . DuaLis , Jan . 26 . —Accounts received this _mQtn _- confirm previous _statementu of the sprea d of ni » lie " _* - * fever in some of the poor-law workhouses . *

      _latist fbom skbbisie . v . Extract from a letter from Doctor Crowley , » f si , ; - , bcreen :- — ' Deaths here are hourly increasing ! Doetor Donova and I are just this moment returning } from the ru lage of South Reen , where we had to bury a bud y 0 Ur ' selves , that was eleven days dead ; and where do ww , " think t—in a kitchen garden ! We had to di g the _ground or lather the hole _ourstlves—no one would _coraeneat us , the smell was so intolerable . We are half dead from the work lately imposed on us .

      ACCIPEKT OK THE BELFAST AND FORTS 001 TH Hill / Wi t We regret to say that on Saturday last , an accident which at first threatened to be of 0 very aeriou * natnn ' took place on the above line , when , but for the _precaution ofthe engineer ofthe down passenger train , the _resulti _might have been fearful . The morning was foggy , _^ at about eight o ' clock , a . m ., the luggage and down _pag . _senger trains came into violent collision , by which eoraa of the _pHSsenjiers were less or more injured , but not _Rerlouiily _, and tht _oia . t < _i-iw \ 4 _trf the engine and tenders were scattered about in all directions .

      _calwat—dbaths ar irAavATiotf . From all parts of the county ofOalway tbe most h _.-ir . rowing accounts have been received , and deaths from - . tarvation are _increasing The Tiwm Herald states that five inquests were held from the 16 th to the 2 l » t instant , and in each case the verdict was , died of starvation . " Private lettursfrom Connemara mention details of woo almost unparalleled In Clifden _, that the p' _-pulation ar « fast dying away for want of food—many are hurried to

      heir early graves from utter destitution , without the ceremony ofa funeral , and frequently witbout the _corer . _iug of a coffin , and the cWvgy av < j _taeesvM' . wtfy employs * , ia administering the consolations of religion to those who are falling victims to the ravages of famine . In the village ofGlann , westward of Oughterard by about two miles , In one wretched cabin , ten human beings , const " _, _tuting an entire family , Ue dead in one heap of rottenness and putrefaction .

      appalliwo btate or the codntt co » r . The Cork Reporter _comawii a statement from its cor . respondent of the dreadful destitution in tie district of Bantry - . — "Mothers bearing dead children in their _arrai are ererynhereto be seen , and those who follow them _ars often compelled to eat grass to satisfy the cravings ofthe hunger that gnaws their vitals . As an example of th » rapidity with whieh death stalks through the land , it may be stated that during the _la « t ten days the Ret , Messrs . Freeman aud Begley visited and prepared for

      • leath no less than forty-two , thirty-five of whom were in the utmost state of destitution , and of that number twenty-eight died , twenty . fire of absolute starvation . That number did not include the deaths in the work _, house , which have been unprecedented in extent , sot . withstanding the ex < _rtions of the board of guardians _. Scarcely an hour elapses without some ofthe population dropping and sinking into tbe grave , and children , after suffering the pangs of _hunger for four or five days . Many die on the mountains , uucared for and unheeded .

      From the southern counties tha reports are _. _qually afflicting . From some ofthe counties of Ulster tbe accounts are quite as bad a 6 from the south or west . RK . _APFEABANCE OF THE roTATO DISEASE , The Cork Reporter nays _:- — A gentleman re-siding in the neig hbourhood of _Kinsale planted in a hot-bed , _abnut three months since , a quantity of sound potatoes of the quarry kind , and on examining the produce yesterday , which by the forced growth had far advanced to ma . turity , he found them black and diseased . The Newry Telegraph describes tbe workhouse of that own as crowded to excess , and , as they say , " gorged with destitution . " An alarm bas been raised in the town on tbe score of fever and disease , which may re » . sonably be apprehended from such a state of things .

      Tue Liberator And His Starving Dupes. (F...

      TUE LIBERATOR AND HIS STARVING DUPES . ( From our own _Correspondent . ) At the meeting in Delusion Ilall , on Monday , the 18 th instant , the Liberator is reported to have burst into tears while reading a letter from Dean Ne w . man , detailing the sufferings of Mr . O'Connell ' s constituents in tho County of Cork . "Twenty . five per cent , of them have perished by tbij i j _ine . I cannot , cannot go on . My blood freezes . The t ears rush from my eyes . I am unmanned . " ( llere the Liberator burst into tears . } Freeman ' s Journal , Tuesday , 19 th January . 1817 .

      How well this infamous old impostor acts his part He said that he would proceed to London next day to vote against the Whig Ministry unless they would send immediate relief to the people of Ireland , The papers stated that he had actually sailed from Kingstown by Tuesday ' s packet . But , instead of which , he has concealed himself in his house in Merrion Square till the debate on the address should ; be over : because if he made his appearance in thu House he must have either supported the address or oppossd it . In the one case he would lose character with even thc silliest of his dupes : in the other

      case he might risk the lo * s of the Whig patronage . In the meantime , the starving people of Cork , for whom he burst into tears , are utterly forgotten . A week ' s total want of food is nothing in the estimation of this Bernard _Cavasaqh . Poor Bernard Cavanagh was an honest impostor compared to the te . _irshedding " Liberator . " A ? the name of the knavo was not seen in the debate in parliament ; and as no one could ate' h < m in Dublin ; and as at last , thank God , every body believes him to be a cheat and a deluder : worse iu every respect than Moore's vkilsd Prophet ; his friends , those who confided in him a

      short year since , papered the city of Dublin with a placard , of which the enclosed is a copy . No one 13 pulling it down : no , not even his friends , the exemplary police .

      " Our Prophet And Our Guide," O Where, A...

      " OUR PROPHET AND OUR GUIDE , " O where , and O where is the Liberator fl'd 1 He said he'd go to London to get tho people Bread : But O where , and O where h » _t onr Liberator fled ! With a tongue ns sweet as honey , He gets hold of all our money , And leaves us without a penny to buy a bit of bread The landlords he'll support , Of t ' ie poor he makes but sport , When he visits ut the Court ; While we are dying—dead , For want of the promised bread , O where and O where has our Liberator fled '

      When Dead lie found out that we were dying , When will he leave off lying ? Cur children he ' s left crying All for the prowised Bread . And its where and O where has the Liberator tied \ \ He has sold .: s to tho Whigs , The base and bloody prigs , Who have run iheir brutal rigs Upon us poor Irish dupes . Dublin , 3 undny , January 24 , 1847 . DOWNFALL OF THE GUEAT SHAM—THE "RENT N'T DOWN TO FIFTEEN POUNDS .

      At the meeting of the Repeal Association on Monday _. day , another " positively last appearance this season" of the' the star of _Conciliatioii-hall failed in drawing a _full-lioiisouse . Mr . O'Connell was present , and , on the authority of a of a Mr . William Thomas Kelly , a member of the assoeiatiou _. tiou , rend out the names of several landlords in the county olty ol Mayo , who , according to Mr . Kelly , had obtained deerceserces against tlieir tcn _.-iHts at the late quarter sessions for tbeir tbe rent only due in November last . These _wure th * 6 * ' «' ' - _- 'tle men who were calling the Government to come for- for ward , although they themselves would render no _sssisUssist ance , even if death wero to be the consequence of their tliei

      hardheartedness . It was _arrfingod that the commltt _' mltl should meet on the _following a ,, y to prepare a petition ttion Parliament on the _subject , _u-ovu Mr . lv lly , in order _IQer have commissioner * appointed to point out the good froM fn the bad landlords _thruug' ,. the country , so as to cnab ena the _Li'sislature _»*> treat each case as it deserved . It _»* ' It >' announced that Mr . _O Flaherty , of Knockbane , is ' *> Is to the * " Old Ireland" cu ndidate for Galway , in succession . ssio ] Sir Valentine Blak _' e , _nhose _migration is no loiigi'longi matter of doubt . At the- Com as well as tbe Stork tork , change there _i \* j iS a smous fall in the funds , the rethe 1 having closed . _, £ -5 , * _, _- _,, __ Ul ) Tile s \ il ]} _issiiikiii _** . _; ing .

      Thk liti ' sn _Cum--i : i » k « atiox , on Yoi-. no IbkuIbw _l-Aitrv . — -in ait extraoniinai _' v meeting of the coin ** cou ¦ ii _1-Yu . lr _. v , at three i _. _' eluck , Chas . (" avail Duffy , I _' _-lTy , in thu _t-hiiir , Mr . Mitchell reported tint , _aocuidocuti to tbv direction * * of thc council , ho had laid held be Mc . llcnn , Q . C ., the revolutions constituting 'tins ¦• p . iil ' _cile-i ' iitioii nml its council , and hiul received t ' _vtnl : cnt'i'niau ' s _elistinct opinion that there is not !' , not illegal iu the _constitution of either ; ami that it tat it do not hereafter exercise or assume a right to re' to _r _-cntotbor-i , thev cannot _e-oine under the provi-provi of he Conv . ntion Act . Mr . Doheny in the ah ic ftb of _Mt i _L-nvlor _, brought forward the report oljrt 0 committee on faiuiuo . prepared by that goiitkuJiitki

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 30, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30011847/page/6/