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      Bnaaun I _« i * _SawcAS'XW . -F « ' « _a f _* tna 6 b 6 dand _-alSSStZ into the hon , e of Mr J _* hn _William ' _twltt atEbchester , on Friday morning wee ' s , about _^ o ' clock . I- _« of _thsm _itood o « r the Inmate , with -Ar ti coek-d . whilst the other two _ran-acted tbe house , _Ke th ,, took a bans-receipt _, some money torn the servant girl , a gun , a sword , and some finger rings and kr _^ fi . _« c--sHrBK--T » BiBw AcciD « tr .-A very de-____ -l ? _££ _k bS * _" <* P 4 _™" l 08 t _*•? " _« Oc _^ _' _^ eaW hoaronJn * ., w _** _, at the Ban . _^ _cTuen . theproperty of Me _*« r . Brfdgweod and Co ., _^ iSt _thrratofromHanley . It . _ppearsthat

      the corfe wa . attached snapped asunder , andthe whole of the unfortunate cmtsws were P « _dpita « 4 to the _ootoa _. adUUnceof 360 feet They were all most Si , mangled , scarcely _*> - * «« - **« J * f * was broken to pieces , and e « ry person was killed on _tt " « _ot . Their names are-Thomas _Battany . a _ringl . manT' oseph Jones , «* «« rie ! l «"• wi ? _^ _.. f WUHam Cotton , a married man , with fonr children ; Charles H « lestori » , a married man , with one child ; William Witfacote , a married man , with three children ; and Ja-per D _.-rrieoU , a lad .

      HiKPiHiBE . — Srarana _oFAlsnx . —On Friday wee * an Inquest was _hsld upon the body of Hrs Twynam , the wife of DrTwjnatn , of Kaowl 8 . 6 ilI , near Bi-hopstose . The anfortunate lady who bad been for some time . fa a state of mental depretfion , destroyed herself by discharging the contents of a gun throsgb her head . The poker was close to tte rig ht hand . The gnn was lying between her knees , witb the stack on the ground , and tbe barrels pointed towards the head . It appeared the _d'cea-ed _dlschBrgedthegunby touching the trigger with the poker . It mu » thave ciu _* ed instant death , —lit Wilson , surgeon , ssld Mrs Twynam , was a nl ; 6 ted witb a disease of the brain , which subjected her to aberration of the mind . She was incoherent in her manner , sometimes more , sometimes less . She had not entire control _orer herself . The jary returned » Teri ! ct of * Temporary insanity . '

      CaiTHiic—Oa Saturday evening la-t about six o ' clock Sergeant James D * ane _, 69 th Royal E fles , put a period fa his life by shooting himself with his ride . He was in _charge ofa detachment guard , doingiutyin the military prison . Fort Clarence , and he committed the aet in hi * own roost , which is in the rear ot tie guard room , by pledug his rlfl * , whieh ml loaded with ball , tinder hts chin . The discharge shattered his head to atoms ; Beveral of his teeth were picked up ia tke room . The cause for _eommitdcg this rah act appears to to have arisen from bis being in arrears ef some pnblio money due to some of tba men of bis depot , and which he had msn * _tAonedpre-dan-1 ; te one of his comrades , adding that be

      bad been threatened with being reported ts bla command _, lag _cfBcer . Ur James _Iswis , the Rochester coroner , held an _irqiut on the body , at a late hour the same night , when the jury returned a verdict 'That the deceased shot himself doling a £ t oS temporary insanity . ' _Lircsshik . —aa Inquest wu held ou Tuesday week lut , before B . Palmer , E « q „ at _Shevingtoo , on tbe body of William Bentbsm , aged six years . It appeared frem the evidence that the boy on taking tome dinner to coalpit in Stan & ish , wts attempting to pntthedinser in an empty basket which waa being _loweredintolhe pit . On _reacnic- ; bis band towards the twfcet he leet his bs-Iaaee , aad wss precipitated to the bottom . When taken up bs _wes qi ' . te dead . Verdict , * Accidental Death . '

      SnaHu * . —An accident of a very cotton snd _teriens nature _ocmrred at Trimdon colliery on Tuesday night week . A pitman , named Francis Binning , was making Sho ts ( powder rolled in paper for blasting coal ) in hit own house , abont six o ' clock in the evening , when his nephew , a boy , came la with some milk , part of which be f pilled . Binning took up a bag conialninj- six pounds of powder , asd struck the boy witb it ; the bag burst , and the powder fired , aad blew the window oar , partly unroofid the bouse , and seriously injared fire persons who were in it at tbe time , one of whom , a child two yeaxa old , named Hooay _, la since dead . Dinning * * nephew had an eye blown ont , and _isii a Tery precarious State . Resbutb cr _Teohbmh . —A . letter _wsb on Thursday week received in Greenock from the Sheriff Depute , in which he Informs the Town _C-uncll that Thomson's life would be spared , and requests that this fact-may be mads known to the _xaagiitratea .

      Km ** . — _SaeraAa _Dsna . —On the 23 ad Inst , an inquest was held at M « _bIedon Park , near TunbrMge , the conntry seat of John Deacon , Eiq „ the banker , before J . _Daolow , E q ., coroner , _teucbisg the death of Bobert Pope , a groom , wbo bad been man , years in the service of the above-named gentleman . It appeared from the evidence of tbe fellow _semnU of the deceased , that not making his usual appearance in the ballon the evening of tbe 20 : h of D . cember _, a search was made in tfae etahl _* , and after some time be was found quite dead ln one ef the hay racks , with bis head downwards . From tbe fact of tbe hat of the deceased having been found in the manger , it wai tnppesed that bavins dropped it in the rack , be , in attempting to regain It , fell in , and was unable to extricate himself ; tbe rack being upwards of four feet deep , A verdict of' Accidental D * ath' was returned .

      _CsEiBia ** . —Huboex . — On Ssncay week , a female named Bridget Stanton brought a child to the police station , in _Htccles _& ld , and stated that her hatband hid so _fll-uied it that sbe did not expect it would live many boars . Tbe child was eximlnei , but nothing wbb found to be the nutter with it , and the womsn departed . A few hoars after this the female again ealled with the ehild , wbich was dead , and fearfully injared , saying , 'I told yoa it conld not live . ' The police were then _despatched for _thebusband _, whom Ihey apprehenJed during the day . Tbe parties living la tbe tame bouse as the prisoner swore that tbe man and bis wiie had had a slight quarrel during -he morning ; that the latter said the man hid as mnch right to take care of the child as eb e

      bad ; aad when be weat ont ska cried after Mm , and said tbat a * hs would not take any trouble with the child , sbe woald do something to it wbicb would binder bin from going to work . Sbe then told tbe lodgers that herhnsband bad almcHtt killed tbe child , bnt npon their going to look at it tbey found tt _^ _otte well , and _uniajaied . Sbe then toek the child ont , and whilst proceeding along the road it is _tnpposed tbat _iTae _-asrdertd it , for there wera numerous wounds on tbe bead and cheek , and two of the teeth bad been forcibly _remor-d . An inquest was held on Friday , asd tbe jary returned a verdict of * Wilful Murder * against Bridget Stanton , who wu forthwith _cemnitted to take her trial at the ensuing assizes , and the father _wjB liberated .

      _Awtcxi _CiTArrsopss . —Oa _Thsrsday afternoon week new * waa broug * * . t to _Faversbao _* . that five children had been burnt te deatb in a hawker ' s cart at a place ealled P _& aford , about a mile aad a half from Favnsham . The news proved to be to * true , for on proceeding to the spot a sight tbe most harrowing met the view . The charred bodies of the children wen , lying in a bean with the remains oi the cart . It appeared tbat tbe _psrtnts of the children left tbem inthe cart in tbe earl * ' part o ! tbe day wfciZit tkey prooeeded to follow their vocation la the country bj hawkers of small wares fer sale , and it is snpioted that one of the children must have lighted a _luaf er and ignited some of tbe bedding in tbe cart ; which was oae of tbo _usaal _detcrfplion occupied by gip _*&*» _*~& of small dimensions , and that tbe children mnst have been soon stifiocated _, as the eart was closed up ia _oaoseqwnceof the inclemency of the weather . Some men working ia a bem dote b , _im-aediately rendered aU the assistance In their power . The * had , however a _disS _culttatkinpre-rentUgtlie flames of the burning cart feime-sendin « T to * *» " _»***«>« _. -

      _ Tosx « rs * . _—CoTHiiuoa or SSBaDxa .--Thos . MalWn , tke yonth wbo was tried on Wedaesday week , and fonnd guilty of tbe _mnxd-r of Stther Enmsn , at Lteit , has _-dnce confessed bis guilt . On his trial lie Strongly protested bis mnocenise , and said tbat be never intended doing ber any . barrs . He also appeased to be bnt little _arreted by the fearful position be was in . However , _ilsce then , he b *» considerably _softeced _, and shown signs of contrition ; and on Thursday week be made a confession of his guilt to the Bit . T . _ftsteen , the prison chaplain , to ths effect thathe was tbs close of the death of bis lover , aad tbat be bad eonteapla' _^ d tbe murder for seme . time previously .

      Pocket _picsisq _SxTxtoxnixaaT . — Tbere were oa Friday . week pissed at the bar af tbe Manchester borough court , a little girl , named Hary A . Mnrpby ( who stated tbat she was nine years of age , but who seemed to bs aboat eleven ) , and three young women , decently dressed , calling themselves _Eiis . Dwyer Jsae Broun , andC _. th . SroWB . Mr Beswick eharged the « irl with _poeket-picHnr , and tke other pti'oners with _ncebrisg the property , knowing It to be stolen . Tba facts of tbe cue wtre these _*—> 0 n the prsTiaua Wednesday , a _jobbe lady named Escher , came into town for tbe purpose of shopping . On her way , the war elostly fallowed into a jeweller ' s shop by Mnrpby . bnt waa not aware of the tact . Hrs KeBdsUoa , the shopkeeptr , _howerer taw the gfcl eater , aad , from tbs Tuconatrned bearing aad tbs osatneu of tbe _d-w « , thought that aba was an atfendaat oa tha ' lady . Ust _Xttikar spat about twenty _minatas jn seUetfcg Mvaral articles fcr rmrcbss * and daring tbs whole ( l tae tics tb * littl * - _£ _] ( toed ' ru _* f _alOMtoier , _Wfis-nia-jt to _payfor tte artic 5 _« -i *

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      = [• _olsasdhar pocksUbook , which eo » ta | sed a £ 5 note Bar paw , _bewsrsr , was still ia her pocket . Thinking that she _s-dght _havelost the boekia the shop , sbe began to leak about fer it ; Mrs _Mtadelson assisted , aid s * also did the little girl . Ths starch was unsuccessful ; aad Miss Etcher came to tha conclusion tbat sbe might bare dropped it at ths counting-house of Mr _Belbouu , or left tt at home . Thither she _proceeded , but tbe missing pocket-book could not be found . Immediately after she had left the shop , the little girl weat out , _tetaUy unsuspected by any one ; fer Hrs Mendelson re . garded hsr a the attendant on th * young lady , and the latter Isokfd npon her as _belooglug to the shop . In a short Hue afterwards , Mrs Mendelson milled from b * r pocket her own parse , which contained twenty-two

      : _lotrteignsand ah » lf . Bov « eign , two of tbe sovereigns baring _besn cut at the bank . Sh * al _* a missed one er two keys . _Bting convinced that sh * had the parse in her pocket a short time before Miss B'cher entered , she began to respect that both she and the yenaglady had been _rosbed b , the little girl ; and when Mils Etcher returned , there ensued _inquiries and explanations wbioh strengthened th * suspicion . Information was given to the police ; and on the following dsy the girl was apprekendtd in a shop in Old Market Piece , in the set of picking a lady ' s pocket . Policeman Oar . land , who waa in plain clothes , saw the little creature _esgaged in what appears to have been ber calling , and took her into custody . She dropped a purse on the ground . Seversl que-tloEs were put to her , in reply to

      which she stated tbst she only entered tha town on Wednesday ; tbst Bb * cams from Deny , in Ireland , and that the had no friends here . After telling a number of falsehoods , she ooafeued that she had been lodging at an eating-house , near to the Old Church , kept by a person named Smitb , and she gsva up the key of ber box , in which , ahe said , some money would be fonnd . Mr Beswick , accompanied by Garland , went to the eating-house tpeken of , and fonnd that the three other prisoners , who said th * y were sisters , _accupitd a room there . Oa Jane Brown he found Mrs Mendelson ' s keys and purse . He thsn searched the room . Between the bed aad mattress he found a quantity of new clothing , and a tody ' s rosewood work-box was concealed under a wash-stand . The key which hsd been given up by Mary Abu Mnrpby nn

      locked this box . In one « f Its compartments , Ur Berwick discovered the pocket-book and £ 5 note belonging to Miss Etcher , and , in another compartment , a paper bag , apparently _containtsg aotbing bnt sugar , but having £ 41 in gold , wrapped up ia paper , secreted in the midst of it . Amongst the gold tbere were two out sovereigns belonging to Mrs Mendelson , A south , named Turner , whose father keeps a stall in Smithfltld market , deposed that on Tuesday latt he met the whole of tbe prisoners in the Llangollen vaults , Deanigate . Tbey told him they were strangers , and . asked film to show tbem the town . He did so . and in the evening they _wsnt to the

      theatre . The yonng ladles not only paid all the _expesses _, but they presented Turner with a very handsome purse for bis kind attention to them . Ann _Dtffey , tar . vant at the Llangollen tavern , corroborated a part of Turner ' s evidence , aad produced a very elegant purse , wbicb ene ef the females had given to ber . In all , five parses wera traced to the prisoaers . Mr Beswick expressed bis belief that the whole of tbe prisonera bad bees In the habit of turning out to pick ladles' _pookets , and applied to have them remanded for a few days . Mr Maude said tbe case was very clear against Mary Ann Mnrpby and Jane Brown ; the depositions against thera might be taken , aud tbe others were remanded .

      _REsrsswiHisE . —Atkhtt at BuiRtiBT . —Early oa Thursday night week , Hr Gardner , of Nether Common , detected a thief in his honse , under very singular circumstances _. The culprit in question is a young womsn named Mary 8 impton . She bad been formerly in Mr G . ' s service for some time , and was of course thoroughly acquainted with every psrt of bis residence . According te the account of the girl herself , sbe bad contrived to enter the house about doik on Wednesday even _' ng . She then went into an unoccupied bed-room on the ground floor , witb the view of concealing herself till the family were at rest , when she expected-being able to cany off whatever she had a fancy for uni ' iturbed . This arrangement was , however , frustrated . —It appears that of late Hr Gardner baa bad the lower window * of bis bouse well secured by secret fastenings , which cannot be opened by a stranger , and sb a further cautloB , tbe family have been In the habit of locking all the room

      doors on the ground fist before bed time . By this means the Intended thief was mtde a prisoner in the room she h » a taken shelter in ; and although sbe mads _msny efforts during the night to get out by both the door sad _windsw , she was frustrated , and bad to remala in durance till morning . On tbe household being astir and the door of the rosra unlocked , she still persevered in her ob } - ct , and took refuge in a cellar till tbe afternoon , when the family were at dinner and tbe servants engaged in attending it . She then commenced , and made tbe wardrobe of ber late mistress the first object of her search . Here she hsd laid oat a quantity of ladles ' apparel . Mrs Gardner had occasion to visit the bed * _rooo- while these operations were in progress . She instantly discovered something wrong , and with tht assistance of the gardener a search wat instituted , and the depredator Mi found hiding in one of the attics , without cap or shoes , as the bad come out of tbe cellar _. She was subsequently conveyed to prison _.

      Ait _IxisHHi ** _< Luck . —At the Tiverton police court , os Monday week , Francis Canfield was brought before F Bole , Esq ., and W . Hole , Btq-, charged with having proceeded bejoo * . his destination oa the line on Snnday Hit , He bad taken a ticket from Bridgwater to Wellington , and had proceeded to Hele station , where , on giving np bir ticket to the pelicemtn , tbe fraud was discovered . He was committed for a fortnight In default of payment ofa fine of I 0 i ., including costs , On being _asktd where he came from , he replied , ' Plaza jour Rtverence , I came from Bristol in search of work , an' this is the _firtt job I ' ve got into . '

      Fatax Accident . —A female _passenger , whose name we have been unable to ascertain , was killed at tha _Teignmouth station of tha South D » von _Railway , on Friday week last . She had left the carriage to speak to a friend on the platform , when the train began to move off , Al she had no intention of being left behind , sbe ran to get to her seat , but slipping hu foot , fell between tbe edge of tbe platform and the carriages fsbe wss io injured by the passing train as to be killed on the spot . TMs is a terrible caution to _patiengeri quitting their seats . Fatal AccjDK-it . —On Thursday week , Mr _Bobart Leille , slater , _Horraygate _, met with his death in a _lamentabla manner , Belcg employed In repairing tha roof of a warehouse at ths Sugar Hduie _Wynd , snd not

      baring gone heme doting tbe evening , his relatives became alarmed , and one of tbem set off In quest of him about the place where he bad _besn working , While searching about tbe premises , he wai percdved by one ofthe watchmen , who , upon being made acquainted witb _hlsotjec , assisted him in tbe pursuit of ft , when tbey found the unfortunate man lying on tbe floor dead . It appears tke way deceased came by bis death was , tbat he bad been engaged alone in repairing the roof of the above-mentioned warehouse during the day , when a portion ofit had fallen in with bin , _aapercelved by any one . Tbe height frem which he bad fallen was about thirty feet . Mr Leslie wsi 77 years of age , and has been apwards of forty years in business as a slater in this place . —Dundee Advertiser .

      Scrroix . —Fatal _Co-ca _Accioiai .- — On Friday week tha Norwich Union coach , en its route to tbe Eastern Union nation , was overturned In _Xortb _gatestreet , Ipswich , snd a lady was killed oa the spot , some of tbe other passengers being more or less injared . Upon _Woodbridge Hill , the two horses in _barnesi _, obtaining tbe masttry , proceeded at a _iurleua rate down the road , and , in turning tbe sharp comer of Coleman . - street , the coach fell ov-r , with a loud crash , scattering tfae pssiengexs and luggage upon the pavement of the White Horse Hotel . _Ssveral persens , attracted by the cries of the passengers , ran to zander _assUtanca , A lady in front , named Parker , discovered nnder the luggage , was taken up insensible , and conveyed Into tbe commercial room * Mr _Bollen , surgeon , was immediately in attendance , bat the lady breathed her last in t *~ e course of a few minutes . Tbe next passenger injared is a young maa named Barker . When conveyed

      to the White Horse , he w-s bleeding , and , under tbe direction of Hr Sullen , was put to bed . Besides being ouch bruised about the body , it is feared that be has sustained _concus-ioa of tbe brain . Boper , the coach man , and another passenger , were also bruised , ths former especially , befog so much cut abent the head and face that he was obliged to proeeed home aad go to ted . Two other passengers wtre slightl y injured , bnt were able to proceed by the train to Loudoor—An Inquest was held on tbe remains of Mrs Parker , on Saturday , wben a verdict of' Accidental death' was returned . UaLAStcnoLT AMD _ifcxAL ACCIDIKT At BOXKHA _** . . On Saturday afternoon , abont fonr o ' clook , whilst sense labonrerawere engagedin digging a _commen sewer , ia the above parish , the easth caved in npon them , and ene ef them , * young man , « as taken frem _CEder the soli a corpse . Four others were seriou-Iy ir-jnrsd ; one _fractoring hie arra , another bis thigh , a third _bficoilar bone , and tbe fourth being severely bruited .

      _ExiXOMo ** or _Fui-Daj- ** . —On Tuesday moraing week , between seven and eight o ' clock , an _expleeten of fire damp took place in a coal pit in Mr Baldwin ' s new field , near Birmingham , aad which is worked by / ohn Jouta , and Martin Walton , batty miners . Oa _aesietsues being obtained , it was foand that the only persons injured by the _exalaslou were two brothers , named / a-aes and Jehn Vnett , cad George Deegherty , the Utter _beine burned so severely that but slight hopes are entertained of bis recovery , as . ft is supposed that he Inhaled tb * blaze . The two rjaetts sre not seriously Injured , Ar » . ther msn named William Corhett , waa slightly tart by one of the horses treading upon bis chut through being frightened by tbe explosion , Dr Edward Beit is tbe surgeon attending them . John Unett states that the pit was tried with the safety lamp in the usual way , by the ' doggy , ' before the men went down , and it was supposed the pit wai safe . There were about thirty hands in the pit at the time of the _accident

      _PltmouIH . _—Cakobb or ak _lannnnro Bjuobam . —Oa the 7 th of Kovember a young man named Shutte , clerk and traveller to Mr _Stoffere , of Hamburgh , suddenly abiconied from hli employ , went to London , and thenca to [ Plymoutb , where he wai to embark on board the _Coromaadel , Captain Norman , wblck left London on tbe 6 J » af _Becember , bound for Australia .. She arrired here on the Uth , and the fugitive having sent his luggage from his lodgings to th * waterside on tbe morning of that day , p-oceeded himself on foot . So was , however , carefully watched , and his _morements _co-amunlcated to bis employer , who bed _foltowedhlo from tb * eoatineat aad was tbes « fao «* led w board tbi _Hoooom Et ' aa

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      Fox , dUebargtag a cargo at th * _BafMsan . Whin Shutte arrived on the wharf , Mr Steffi- * , having large handkerchief tUd round hi * face , and wearing green MKetaclei . M « ' * 8 l » Md hat , so as to _dlsguls * _hUpir . son _itepped ashore unexpectedly , and placed the _ eulprll in ttehands of a sheriff ' s offleer . Mr Staffers carries on an _eiteBilTe clothing eitabllihment , doing a large bull . nesi iaSs north of German ,, and Shutte is charged with _emtKMsling more than £ 1 , 000 . Fall or aw _AsBOLin . _-During a storm ef tala , hall , thunder , and lightning , which ocourred about ten dais ago . a servaatglrl , ia the wasbhouie of Mr Atkins , piLrion . _SaHabu-y , _wateosred b , a loud crash at of a

      heavy body having Men aod broken on the PW « Ma « _W fhe 7 « _dafljow 4 . Owteg to tbe d « kue-. of tt . _rigte sb * could not ascertain by what the wash bad been produoed ; but , early on tbe following morning she found , scattered abont the yard , fragments as if of en iron stone the external surfaces _roanded and polished , and the Internal radiating from many centres . Seine' of the rounded prominences of the stone have a blistered appearance , not unlike tome specimens of chalcedony . None of these fragments ( of wbicb Mr Atkins ploked up about one pound twelve ounces ) bad the slightest In . flaence on s _osgnetic needle . Numerous other fragments , reduced to powder , were net collected , but unfor . tanatelv swept away .

      ' _CaaHiHAs Waits . '—Oa Saturday evening a party cf gentlemen having bargained with the railway to find them wings wherewith to fly to the merry hemes of Christmas , were _insgly ensconced together In a oarrlage at Brentwood , but after indulging fer a time In the warm flow ofthe conversation ofthe season , they found that instead of speeding along gaily by the mall train , the happy roofs they sought were as distant as ever , aad tbey were left alone in the cold boar frost . The train by mistake bad left carriage and company bodily behind ; it wbb not till reaching Ingateitone tbat tbe lots was discovered , and the engine tripped back for * the waits , ' the muBio of whose voices would soon hava besn misted in many a merry celebration of Chriitmai Eve .

      Stbiks _roa Waoei . — The table-blade grinders bare issued a circular , ln which they state that their average earnings , according to their late list of prloes , were 351 . per week , and deducting from that 9 s pet week for expenses , it left 20 ,. ; bnt tfae present price for the same amount of work ls 17 a . Od ., and deducting the eame amount for expense-, leaves 8 _e . 6 d , per week to support themselves ani families ; and lu some cam ths price is less than that , contequently they were reduced to a state inferior to that of the continental workmen , and little better than paupetUm . Tbe quantity of the _snperUr work , thty itate , wonld ba from five to six down per day , and the price of it by the late list would be Is . 2 d . per dozen , tbe common work from ten to twelve dozen per day , and tbe price "J . per dozen , and making

      allowances for stone-hanging and varioas other stoppages , wonld reduce it to tbe above average . They therefore _sik for an advance of wages from 8 j . 6 J . to about 19 s ., which is twenty per cent , below the list price . The Juitlee of this demand is , we believe , admitted by most of tbe manufacturer- , wbo acknowledge tbat tbeir working for such extremely lew prices Is no real benefit to them , while it is a great injury to tbe town at large ; but tbey say that tbe demand must be genual before they can grant it . ACCIOEHT AT _WOBTLST _COBW MILL , KEAB _SHIFriBLD , —About four _e ' clock in tbe afternoon of Tuesday week last George _HeUlwell , a man about 97 years of age , in the employ of Mr James Sarteet , jun ., _« f the above mill , was In ibe act of shooting a sack of corn into the bin in

      the dressing-room , when , it would appear , his feet slipped and he fell forward , hts head going between the cog-wheel and the upright post at the end ef the binthe wheel being in motion at the time , Mr John Suttees , sen ., who was in tbe room below , heard him fall , ran up , followed by anothor Individual , and immediately stopped the wheel . The poor fellow , when extricated , presented a shocking appearance , both sides of bis head being much mutilated , snd one ear cut eff . Next day , having slightly rallied , it was attempted to remove him fo his home at _WfaarncllrTe Side , but he diedoa tbe way , _Aibboath . _—AmxnsaeioK or a Lam _Iupo . tob . — On Wednesday week , a female , respectably dressed in weeds , and glorying ia tbe name of Mrs Webster , or Dickson , or Henderson , alias _Matsskl _, was apprehended

      in the Western Bank Office here , on a charge of falsehood , fraud , and wilful imposition . It wonld appear that she bad applied for charity at the house of the Rev . Mr Henderson , representing herself to be the widow of a man of the name of Henderson , wbo bad baen employed as a clerk ln the house of Barclay , _Sklrvlng , and Company , Glasgow , and that , in consequence of his death , sbe wbb left In a state ofthe greatest destitution ; that , being on ber way to Aberdeen , where she had friends who wera-to assist hor , she had been compelled to apply for temporary relief to carry her forward . At the British Linen Company's office she assumed the name of Dickie * , telling a similar story ; and , in varleus

      other _iasti ncei , when on her visits , took the names of the individuals to whom she applied . Some suspicion having arleeo , . she was taken into custody . This woman is thought to be the celebrated Madame Mataskl , who forme * ly pessed herself off as tbe wldew of a Polish refagee , and , in that character , contrived to collect pretty largely from the pockets of many of the nobility and others lu various parts of tbe country . As Madame Mataskl , she was tried for this crime , before , the sheriff and a jnry , in Dundee , In _Oatobar , 1842 , and was , along with ber hu'band _, Jobn Nelll , ( now undergoing a sen . tence of transportation fox a similar crime } , imprisoned In the prison of Dundee .

      TBEATHEHT OF _DlBTOBS C 0 HHITTEO BT THE _COOSTI Codxt . —At the Court of Chelmsford , on Wednesday , Mr Gordon observed to Mr Neale , the governor of the gaol , who was present , that a person who had been committed by him frem _Rocbford Honored had boasted that he wai allowed to imoke in the gaol , that bo was very comfortable there , and did not oare for the commitment , —Mr Neale said it mutt have been an empty boast ; tbe persons committed by this court were not allowed the privileges of the common debtors—they were treated at misdemeanants , and there wae a se . parate plaoe for them . —Mr Gordon said he was aware

      of that , but be thought it ought to be publicly known — Subsequently Mr Neale produced tbe printed rules with respect to tbis clan of debtors , by whioh it appeared they had oatmeal gruel , and bread for breakfast and tapper , a pint ol soup and bread for dinner tbree days In the week , and three ounces of meat , I half a pound of potatoes , and eight ounoes of bread en the other four days ; and it is added' Tbey shall not procure or receive any tobacco , wine , beer , or fermented liquor , exoept by order of the surgeon , on theg . ound of health , Tbey shall bs permitted to see their relations and friends only onca in the course of each week '

      _Nobtham-ts-ishibb . —Texaht Biobt . —The Peter _, borough Farmers' Club , at their last _meeting , dlsoussed tbe question , ' Wbat measures could bs adopted to cheapen the cost _of-tbo produotlon of food ! ' A lengtby debate ensued , in tbe course of which the question of tenant right was alluded to ; as lnoidental to the matter before tbe meeting . The fallowing resolution was then agreed to : — ' Tbat it li desirable for the tenantry ef this country to bave thdr capital so secured ai to enable them with confidence to spend their money freely in tbe soil , which would cause a great demand for labour , and produce an Increase of food at a less prioe . '

      On Christmas morning , the sons of Mr Turner and Mr Lywoed , farmers of _Pisberton Anger , Wilts , were in a field , _ajj doing Hr Turner ' s farm , smuilng themselves by shooting small blrdi . The son of Mr Turner had a gun , and , not seeing Mr Ly wood ' s ion close by , he fired , aad killed a bird . Fart of the contents of tfae gun , bowever , lodged in Mr Ly wood ' s son ' s face , " and completely saturated him with blood . He was immediately con . veyed tothe Salisbury Infirmary , and it is hoped tbat he will survive . Lywood li sixteen years old , Fatal _Accmsni at tub Comds . _stbbst Soakby , _Litsbfool . — On Tuesday the body of Mr Joseph Green ,

      an _exclse . cnicer , was fonnd in the refuse . pit of _Meeers Crofts' soapery , in Comns-street . The deoeased was a young man , 28 years of age , unmarried , and had been residing at No . 1 , Driver-street , eff _BrewDlow-Street . He wu being Initiated for the duties of tbe excise , and iu tbe exercise of hli calling had been placed on duty at the _tospsryon Saturday evening , and since tbat time had been missing . The pit , or well , into wbich befell , is on the level with the yard , and wat usually kept covered over . The deceaied was aware of the well being tbere , and It ii supposed that tbe steam arising from tbe bet fluid must have confused his sight , and so oceasloned the acoident .

      _LAKCASSiSX-, —A _Vs-fZBABU * CaB'SWAS PiBTr . _—Oo Christmas Daya number of aged men , residents of the village of Walmtley , near Bury , auerabled to nine _together at the house of Mr Radcllff _* , the New Inn , Walrailey _, ths united agei ot whom , 82 ln number , amounted to 2 _SIQ years , making the average age of each gueit 691 yeam ! The feait , a substantial one of roast beef and plem padding , wss provided _acoordlagto the will " of the late Wm , Grant , Esq , wbo at hie decease bequeathed _fonde for the purpose . On the morning of the same day , ( upwards of 500 cf the _Soaday . _iohool ohildren belonging to the new church at _Walmsley were regaled with buns « nd coffee , eatof a fund left by the same benevolent gentieman .

      ¦ Eoicidi fbojs ( _LOTSAKr _^ _DBDKKaejfWvsOn Tuesday night an inquest was feeld at th * house erf Mr John Bell , _iaStrangewayc _, _aWoreMr Cha-naan _, _lOtfoner _, on riew « - a th _* _Udyofa _; _a-tagmsQ named James Wilson whocesnmttted suicide abent two o ' clock on Sunday morning . Th * _deceaedjwfowas about 21 yean , ofa ge has forsome toe been paying ids addresiei to a _slrjflerned _BIisabe & _Willfami , who resides with her father in _flaythorn . On Saturday _4 * eaing they Wilted several _wuttaincompany , and both (» t nearly intodoated , and oa patting eloug _Strangewsys at two o ' clook on _Bosday morning , then had words and began to qusrwL Be . ceased then left tho girl , telling her he would drown himselfthreat to

      , s which sbe pstd little attention , as _hehodonce or twice before tried similar threats whleh be invariably thought the better of . Sbe accordingly taw no mors of bim , snd went home . On Christmae Day , bis brother called upon her to inquire U sha bad seen deceased , wben the told bim of their quarrel and what had _pmed between them . As the deceased did not make his appearance at home ; search was mids for htm on Tuesday , and the River Irwsll , ne-r _Strangeffsy ' _t-bridge , was dragged by his friends , when about neon his body was found in the river quite cold snd lifeless Tho jury returned a verdiot of ' Found Drowned . '

      _CBASQB OS _HAHlUDQHTia _aQUMK A W' » _ Ofl Tuesday week , at the Cambrian Tavern , Menal Bridge before ths _esrener for Anglesey , and a jury from the _iwlgbtoathood , » Inquest was held en view of tbf _jjod

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      of Owen Parry , aged about 15 , pilot of the Cambria steamer , Hunter , muter , Il appeared from th * evidence of the odty witness present , that deceased and his wife quasi _« ll « d in thtir house * _n the night of Bangor Ferry fair ( Uth ultimo ) , end the woman , iu tbe heat of pinion , struck him a blow on the head with a jug . The verdiot of the jury was Manslaughter , agsiuit the wife , for whose _spprehemloathecorenerliiued a warrant . The unhappy woman baa been admitted to ball until next siting assises for the county of Aogleiey . _Mobdeb avd SuieiDS at Nomhauptom . —A man named Clayion _, a depraved oharaoter , seme time ago cohabited with a girl named Mary _Bedferd . More recently she left Clayion and went to live with _austher man . This rendered Clajson jealous , and It Is said he

      _hai'been heard to eay if she did not return to him he would' do for her' the first tim * tbey met ,. It appears that on Tuesday night Clayton met Bedford with a female friend , and stopped to speak to her , Bedford ' s friend going on a few yards , aad it it supposed he requested her to return and live with bim again , and on her _refuilsg to do so be , took out a shoemaker ' s knife and stabbed ber twice in the neck , and onoe under ber left breast , leaving the knife In tbe lait wound , and im . mediately made off . Bedford ' s friend turned round on hearing her call out ' murder , and saw hor atagger and fall , and she died in a minute or two afterward ! . The whole of _Ablngton _. street , wbere tbii ocourred , was

      at once a scene ef great confusion , bat Clayion had disappeared , and coald nowhere be found . On Wednei . day morning , abont twelve o ' elocb , on dragging the river , Ills body was discovered near Mr Adkin ' _e mill , the body apparently having been In the water many hours , and there ls little doubt that the murderer re . paired direotly to the river after he had killed bis victim , and threw himself into the stream . Oa _Wodneiday morning tke town was one loene of commotion , thousands ef the Inhabitants flocking to _Abiegton Street to . ee tke spot wbere the . murder was oommltted , the bleod of the unfortunate woman being seen fresh on tbe iron railing near where she fell . An Inquest was to be held on both bodlos inthe evening at the Town Hall .

      _MAMCBESTU . _—DlSCOTSBT or AK iMMINSE HoaBD Of Stolsn Goons . —On Friday last three young men , all well known to the police of this city , were apprehended at Bolton with a quantity of priats and _ooliceis In tbeir possession , and being _sutpeoted as Manchester thieves , they were brught over here in oharge of a Bolton polioe officer . From some knowledge which he aoueiied of them , _Iaspiotor Maybury of the detective police , was ladooed to visit a cellar in Deantgate , kept by a olotbes dealer named _Donnelly , at whose place he believed they were in the habit of _rltitisg , when , ou searching tbe place , be suoceeded in discovering an immense hoard ot stolen property . He found iu different parte of tho cellar tbe produce of na less tban seven different robberles , all committed within the lait few weeks ,

      comprising oil painting-, richly framed ; prints , calicoes , fustians , great coats , female apparel , & o ., concerning which Information had been lodged from time to time at the police office . Amongst the parties who have sinoe identified a portion of the property as having been stolen from them are Mr T . B . Sharp , of Greenheys ; Messrs Mayer and Co ., of Bond Street ; Messrs Rallton and Sobs , of _Blaehfriars ; Mr John Andrew , of Islington Street , Salford ; Mr Thomas Howarth , butcher , of Smltbfield Market , and _leveral ethers . The oil . paintings wbich are valued at about £ 100 , have aot yet been owned , but we understand tbey were sold only very reoently by Mr _Wrastanley , auctioneer , at a ssle of Mr Agar ' * , ia King Street , Owing to the absence ' of Mr Winitanlcy , from town , however , the purchasers oannot at present be found _.

      Fatal _Railwat Accident . —On Monday , an Inquest was held at the Horse Shoe Inn , _Filklngtoa _, on the body of James Hilton , aged 23 , a plate-layer on the East Lancashire Railway , who came to a premature death nnder the following circumstances . On the morning of the _prioedlog Saturday , he was employed on the line at Radcllffo , with his father . It wai very windy et the time , and his father , who was going to aaother part , cautioned him to get far enough out of the way when a train approached . In a short time a train , proceeding from Bury to Manohester , oame up , and the engine driver observed Hiltou step backwards upon tbe adjoining _llae to avoid It but immediately another train arrived from Man * Chester , of the _epproaoh of which the deceased did not appe & rtobeaware , and he was knocked down by the engine , and one of his legs run over . —George Sudds , the

      driver of the engine which caused the Rcoldent , stated at the _loqaeit that be was making the signal of his approach to the station , aud did not see the deceased on the line ; but John Whittle , the stoker , said he jast got a glance of tbe deoeased at the moment he was being knocked down , and said to the driver , ' OU dear , we have killed a man . ' The train beiog stopped , they went back , and found Hilton ln a state of insensibility , lying between tbe rails of the train tbat bad pissed over bim . He was conveyed tothe Horse Shoe Inn , but he expired in a short time . The deceased bad aoted in violation of the rules of the company , which _reqoire all the servants to stand clear of both Hp . es when a train approaches . —The jury being satisfied from the evidenoe adduoed that the death was accidental , returned a verdict to that effect .

      _Bobstwo of a Hot Wa tm Pirs Ar St Ana ' s Chubch , _MANCHESTta . —Shortly after the commencement of Divine service on Sunday morning last , the cen . gregatlon assembled In St Ann ' s Church wera thrown into a state of considerable excitement and confusion in const quence of the bursting of ene of the hot-water pipes by which tbe edifice Is heated ; The hissing noise produoed by the fraotuteof the pipe , end the consequent discharge therefrom of hot water , led to considerable alarm , especially amongst tbe female portion of tbe congregation . The Ber . H . W . M'Grath , seeing what was tbe matter , with great presence of mind , stood upon one of tbe _benohes and Implored the congregation to keep their seats , all danger being at an end . The timely admonition , which was participated in by otber

      gentlemen belonging to the congregation , was followed by tbe most beneficial result * , for all attempts at rushing oat of tbe building were forthwith put a stop to . Mr Henry _Healdtworth and other gentlemen allured tbe congrega . tion that no danger was to be apprehended , and con . fidencein the safety of the church was speedily restored . Several of the ladles almost fainted from fear , but very few had to leave tbe ohurch until tho conclusion ofthe service . Only about ten minntes elapsed between the bursting of the pice and the resumption of Divine wor . ship . The hot water emitted from the fraotured pipe scalded one of tbe Sunday school boys slightly , No ono else was Injured , exoept from fright , The _causo of the bursting of the pipe was the orer pressure on the pipes through the carelessness of tbe stoker wbo had tbe charge of the heating apparatus .

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      MR _DUm ' _S TBIAt . _a The course adopted oa Friday in the Commission Conrt ha * , made a serious change in the oase of Mr Daffy , which has been fought with to mnoh energy all through . The judges having given judg . ment against the plea in abatement , the counsel for the prisoner pnt in a general demurrer to the

      indiotment . The Attorney-General at once joined issue , and the argument was fixed for Saturday . Aa the demurrer is general , and alleges the insufficiency of the indiotment , the judgment upon it may be final , without the intervention of a jury at all . In that oase the argument upon the demnrrer would be , in faot , the trial of tbe whole oase , andthe result would he final , jjo far as the court here is concerned . In the possible event of adeoision against the prisoner on the demurrer , he would of coarse be entitled to a writ of error .

      _RESCIKWRO OF IHB OBDBR AGAINST THK PUBLICATION . OF THB _PB 0 OBBDINGS . At the sitting ef the court on Saturday morning Mr Justioe Perrin said , that from theoourse the case had taken , the oonrt did not think it necessary to continue the order against publishing , and , therelore , for the present the order wss rescinded . _DSMtJBBBR IO IHB IHDICIMEKT . Sir Colman O' Loghlen thea proceeded to open the argument on ihe demurrer put in to the indictment on the part of the prisoner . The firat ground of demurrer was « duplioity' in several articles , eaoh of whioh he contended was adiitinot felony , being contained in one count , when each should have had a separate count to itself . This objeotion only applied to the first four counts . The second objeotion , which equally applied to all the counts in tbe indiotment , wae ' uncertainty , ' the particular portions of the articles on whioh the Crown relied as expressive of the felonious compassing not being get out with sufficient precision , At tbe conclusion oi his argument , the learned gentleman submitted , tbat on all grounds stated judgment should be given for the prisoner .

      Mr Baldwin , Q _. C ., followtd on the part of the orown , but being unwell the farther arguments on the matter were postponed till Thursday , to whioh day the court adjourned . A _B 0 UBIH BIZ , ! , OF INDICTMENT AGAINST UR ED ? PT . The Fbuuak ' s Joubkal says : — 'A strange ineight into the complicated and ever-shifting proceedings of the Crown against Mr Duffy opened accidentally to the publio on Saturday . It wu like an incident in a Christmas pantomime . While Sir Colman -O'Loghlen was arguing the demurrer on the . 'bill of indictment , Bsron Riohards complained that the counts in tbe bill before him did not correspond with _theooe from which counsel was quoting . The gentleman £ ot the Crown suggested ; that his

      lordship _ewt hava got hold of the county bill by mistake . Hie lotdthip wae sure he got nothing of the kind , for ther * eyas ' the county of the city ' plainly on the face of k ; an d the learned gentleman opined that the original 6 ill _against Mr Duffy found in the oity in August last mnst' nave 6 ° P _« astray to the benoh . His lordship could . wt receive this explanation neither , for behold he _*^ un < i on - indictment ( which differed in _eubetsn , ** * d form from the bill aotually found ) the date of l _^ < _wmbe 1 ' ' 18 li 8 _- ' All was then plain : the Government I ** _tonally prepared and printed a fourth bill ot indictment against Mr Doffy j whioh Mr Kemmisha d blunderingly sent to the judges , and so unveiled i ' _* - * _*»* secret . '

      80 _RB 18 MB op _iandS . Even ia the most fertile distriota of the k nth > land is surrendered by wholesale , and in pis , * whieh bad been remarkable , whilst the potato fl m '" ride ** , for an orgauiied system 0 f _agrirua crime ,

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      arising ont ef competition tor land m tbi muni of _grirtwiot , Tte _CwHittt . CHBflKWW _ttilt— _'Wa «« informed tbat over one thousand acres of land in tha neighbourhood of Cabir _hara fallen into tbe bands of the Earl of _Glengall ( head landlord ) during tbe last few week * , either by process of law or voluntary eviction . ' The Irish members , it is said , are to hava a meet * ing in Dublin soon , to prepare a programme of measures to be submitted to the Legislature at the ensuing meeting of Parliament . The landlords also ought to hold a meeting to insist on certain amend _, ments in the Poor Law , and to devise means of procuring for the people reproductive employment , in order that their own properties may be saved from

      roiH . . ' _., ' _niSIBKBB IN THK WW . The accounts from the western and southern dis . tricts are heart-rending . . The mortality in the counties of Mayo , Galway , Cork , Kerry , Clare , and Limerick , from hunger and destitution , is frightful . The poor laws are utterly inadequate to meet the distress which has been occasioned by the total disappearance of the potatoes ai food for the people . An inquest was held on Tuesday , at _Claremorris , county of Mayo , on the remains of a woman named Bridget Kin ; . The jnry found a verdiot that death had been caused by starvation aad cold . It appeared that the husband was an * able-bodied labourer , ' , who had been without employment for more than two months , and no relief was given from the anion .

      Archbishop M'Haib . —The last number of the Tuam IIbrald is very mnch occupied with an account of the _rejoioings of the people consequent upon tbe return of their famous _ArohbiBhon to that locality . Great honours have been conferred npon him , and a dinner is still spoken of as like ' y to come off to signalise this happy event still more . Dabino Murder ia _Dsiikoal . _—Lbttebkisht , Deo . 23 . —I hasten to communicate to you the lamentable intelligence of the murder of Samuel Davis , Esq ., surgeon , who was ehot dead at bis own door in thit town about the hoar of twelve o ' olook on Friday night last . His house is in the pablio street , and tbe spot whore the deed of blood was committed is more ex * posedand under view from a greater number of

      , points , than any other in the entire town . A great variety of conjectures are afloat as to the occasion of a diabolical outrage so unusual in this hitherto peace * fill and tranquil locality . The murdered gentleman was a friend to the poor , and very _lifcsral in his politics —in short , he was extremely popular . He was , indeed , a great favourite with all who knew him . He had a small estate inthe mountain districts of Glen _, _swilly * worth about £ 200 per annum . From tbis property he evicted two families aboat a fortnight ago , and had made arrangements to proceed at the approaohing quarter sessions on more ejeotment processes . The viotim of the assassin was a Proteitant , tall in person , of accomplished manners , very successful in his profession , abont forty-six years of a * e , and

      married , bnt without ohildren , On the morning after the murder , an inquest was held , bnt nothing likely to lead to tfae detection of tfae murderer was elicited . He was shot through the breast , the ballet passed through his body , and carried part of the chain of Mb watch , which he wore round his neak , with it , aud through a board behind him , and finally lodged in the wall . The bullet was produced , and bad the part of the gold chain battered into it . There were also six slags extracted from the body . Death was instantaneous , and the verdict was in accordance with the faots , the assassins not haviag been identified . — Dublin Freeman ' s Journal . Suspected Fratbi 8 idk . —A person named John Wilson , woodranger to tbe Earl of Enniskillen ,

      disappeared last week in a mysterious manner . The body of the unfortunate man was found on Taesday last , under saoh circumstances as leave no doubt that ho was foully murdered ; and , if we are to credit tbe faots tbat have been sworn to , murdered by his own brother . Ths body was found in the Sillies river , at the foot of Glencanny Wood , about two miles from his late residenoe , with a large stone upon his breast , his vest and cost buttoned over it , and tied with ropes made of straw or osier withes . An inqueBt was held , and the faots of the ease , so far as they bave transpired , are as follows : —The discharged servant Kerr , who , it wonld appear , was an accomplice in the transaction , and approver , being tbe principal witness : It appears that after the

      unfortunate man went to bed , all the parties having partaken pretty freely of whiskey , the brother and Kerr went out , bat relumed in a short time , and tapping at the window , told the deceased to rise , for there were persons in the wood cutting timber . The deoeased thereupon arose , and accompanied them into the wood , bat they had not gone far nntil the brother fired two shots at the deceased , having both a gnu and a pistol , ostensibly for the purpose of attacking the persons who tbey alleged were outting the timber . Both shots failed , however , to deprive the deceaied of life . He attempted to ran away , and the inhuman brother then prooeeded to beat ont his

      brains with the butt-end ofthe gnn . When the murder was completed the body was taken to the river and thrown in , where it was found . So far is the evidenoe of Kerr , who ie evidently cautious of saying as j thing that will inculpate himself . It does not appear , as yet , that Cathoart , the other servant , had anything to say to the transaction . It is believed that some oircumitances relative to the property of deceased , which he was said to be about disposing of , but whioh his brother wonld have inherited at his decease , led to the foul and unnatural aot , whioh for atrocity has not been equalled in this part of the conntry for many years .

      _coanmoa ov thb couhtbt . The cold and harth weather hat tet in , and we are now entering upon tbe most trying period of the winter , Unlets in _well-olroum _* t * need counties , chit fly in Ulster , tbe numbers ef the destitute poor are increasing to an alarming extent . There Is , tn many districts ; a total stoppage of employment fer day labourers ; and as the labouring classes are entirely witbout resouroes , thsy are neoestarlly driven to the workhouse , or the outdoor relief , as tbeir only hope of succour . This , let It be remembered , is the first winter sinoe tbe failure of the potato In 1815 , that this country bas been left to struggle upon its own resources . In tbe intermediate years a vast amount had been esp nded in the shape of grant * , loans , and voluntary charity from

      the British Association , the relief committee of the Society of Friends , tho Irish Central Relief Committee , aad otber charitable _sooleties . But now , after waiting famine , and the exhaustion of all tbose publio and private oohtrlbuttens , the poor-law alone is substituted , and It Ii no wonder , surely , that the burden should prove so overwhelming , _etpeolally In those western and southern _distrlots , where land , to a considerable extent , Is abandoned , wbilit poor-rate Is rapidly augmenting . loik at the Limerick union , whloh is far from being tho worst oiroumstanced in the south . At the meeting of the guardians yesterday , at which the Earl of Glare presided , it was ascertained that there were « , M _* > paupers

      _reoeiviag _out-door relief , at a cost of _elght-ptnct . each per week , while tbe paupers in tbe workhouieiof tbe union amounted to 5 . 21 ) 0 , being a total of 9 , 7 H , or abont eight per cent , npon tbe entire population of tbe nnlon . It ls stated that an order has been received by the treasurer of the county of Lta-fftak to Issue warrants for levying £ 11 , , the first instalment nnder the Labour Rate Act , Meantime , many tenants are surrendering their land , or receiving gratnities from the landlords . This occurred , a few days since , on an estate near Croom , oounty of Ltmertok , But more generally tenants ate robbing tbe landlords . Here is an Instance of tbis daring roguery , as Klven by the _Liubbick Ch & okigls . —

      • _Rci-AWAi _Tbkai-ts , — This is now _beooms an _habitnal practice . Friday night two tenants of Urs Hurly _, Tralee ( William O ' Donnell and Jeremiah _Rledun ) , In comfortable olroumttaBoes , owing a year's rent on the 29 th ot September last , £ 159 , residing on some ofthe best land In Kerry , took off their stook consisting of twenty-four cows , tbree horses , corn , hay , _feity-four firkins of butter , in inert every tiling , and now refuse to give up the laud unless the ; get money . ' Whilst this rerolutien in our agrarian system proceeds , the poor-law guardians are striving hard to check or prevent the evil of outdoor relief , and some of the gentry are hiring out their mansions as auxiliary workhomes . The Rathkeale guardians , for instance , have taken _Baliyclough House , the late residence of John Copley , Biq . ; and the Tipperary guardians , tt ts said , are in treaty witb Hr Mamergh for his mansion at Qrenane ,

      It is bow well known that moral lauded proprietor in Tipperary are endeavouring to sell out , but the great difficulty it to find purchasers , t Tb * master of the Fennoy Workhouse announced tbat the average oost of the inmates for the past week _waaetevenp-noe _. The treasurer hai la hand £ 10 , 107 . Amidit all tbe misery prevailing in so many distriota In the south , exports are steadily _laoreaslng of various sgrb cultural product * . The Coa * _Cobstiictiow says : — The largest quantities of fowls ever exported at this » eM 0 n o hwe 0 Ma PP « 'i on board the veuels of the Cork Steamship Cempany , to meet the Christmas marketi in London , Liverpool , Bristol , and Manehesttr . ' ; Mr James Coltburst _, fna letter to the Coax Cohsti _tOTioir , gives the following account of a remote district In the parish of KUmore , In tbat county . One would _t _^ blnk he wai reading _abeut an exploring expedition In Australia , _Instsad of a place within a few _heure ' journey ef London _ ' '

      "The locality to which I particularly refer ts called Canlwee and runs in a slanting direotion , eastward _S" _?! . _'" ™ _- _?? Bay * l h »* beard a good deal of i _*?* _W _^ Ptm , Ud ln ' 3 " » _«»« _"onftss I thought the statement unconsciously ooloured . To satisfy myself ofthe truth , I rode a circuit of aboat £ _? _" £ . « " _" : aooo _Pa- * _l «< Jby Dr M'Cormick , the _dlspens _* StJfw . i . "i R °° k Uhai- The country th / ongb _Sa _1 _^ _tSra _^ _Wmrt _, _I _, nWl _* " _« e of nature _, _lelooed tl ? ' ° / 0 M belD * aII 1 MB « w & ° " y _nnde-JSd ell ente "V «»* "bin ., or rather hotel , tbeT-e ' _sn _* ,,. ° * rl . nly the wtotadMii which met the ey , . „ BMled _, „ whlofc thfl _, _»«

      _scenea ! i _* iW te _f" ' • _«* _O' _« o _*»« of theie _=- _*^^* _ttf _*** - *

      Mr Dum's Tbiat. A The Course Adopted Oa ...

      Quantities of _dasg _turrounded tht door ; tnrnls > tops and mu 9 ol _** -h _* lla , tb * rttat * oi tb * ooaaoa diet ased In th e ** ports , wtr * nattered ta every direction . A wp ot hay sad a slat * stopped th * hoi * originally _intwded for a window . There was not a spark of Are . A broken stool , an old iron pot , aad lome dlty itraw lay on the deor . Add to thli , that tbe woman who owned ths home wo * afflicted with a dreadful disease , tbs result , th * dootor assured me , of protracted want , , and you may form a conception of tha suffering * whioh this * people endure with such miraculous patience , ' _CBOLBBA IK BXMAtt .

      The Nobthkbk Whw , « f Saturday , contains the foi * lowing : — ' We regret to have to report a case of tbit vlo lent distemper , as having appeared in a new locality here . Hitherto , the disease wat confined to the work * bouse , wbere twelve or thirteen cases have ocourred since the 4 th initant ; but , _yeitsrday morning , or rather Thursday night , a man named Henry Kennedy , aged S 3 , a nailer by trade , and residing at No . 18 , Millfield _, was seised with _dianbees , vomiting , and _cramst—the early stage of tbis complaint . Unfortunately , medical aid waB not sought for until ten o ' olook in the forenoon , when tbe man wai fonnd lo tba stste of collapse , having beea ill fer abont ten hours . Dr Wheeler , In whose district the case occurred , wai most assiduous In hli attention to the _isfferer all day , and ( wltb the corrobor ** tlve advice of other medioal prsotltloneri ) , uied the various appliances that experience points ont as most 0160 fulin tbeoa-nplaint ; but he died about ten o ' olook last night . ' mtdbh or » un _rouTicAT , _Bsruaiifi

      Tfae _Iiucbics ChbokiciiB sayi : — ' Mr Daniel Doyle , solicitor , at present in Constantinople , and who left this city in August , dreading arrest in contequence of his _cocnexioa with some ofthe political offenders , Is about returning to bit native country , hli friends having reoeUed intimation tbat he will not be amenable to tbe Habeas Corpus Aot , Mr John _O'DoanelV of this city , for wboie _appraheailen a warrant wai out , la alio ex * pected home bj hli friends . '

      TBS P 0 OB tAW AND THI _UKDtOSDS . The modification of the poor law now engrosses tho attention ol all classes , especially of tbe gentry . The ultra section , who had been clamouring for' the repeal ' of the law , finding no sympathy In the country , have abandoned the attempt to get up an agitation for to hopeless an _objtrt . Tbe general meeting of poor law guardians—those dlimlsied as well bs thoie in office-Is to take _plaee tbis day , in Dublin . It has been con . vened by tbe _gntrdlant of tbe Kelln _nnloa , who first declared for a ' total change ; ' but they havo since modified their proposal to suoh alterations in the system as would limit the area of taxation , equalise the burden mors generally , and prevent the rulnoui consequences of the present mode of rating .

      In the county ol Wexford the resident gentry are miking a _stroggle to overcome the difficulties of their poiltlon , by uniting , in various districts , to extend employment by voluntary assessments upon the pro * prieters and occupiers , in order to lessen the burden of poor-rate . They sre als * exerting themselves to promote the system of agricultural improvement and instruction Introduced by Lord Clarendon , But whilst engaging la those effort * , the _Wei _/ ord gentry call loudly for amend _, meats lathe poor-law .

      IBHH _rOOX _LAW—miUHBHTAM li-quiBT , On _IThursdsy last ibe usual annual dinner of the Queen ' s County tenantry of the Marquis of _Linsdowne , took plaoe at the Court Home , at Maryborough . Mr J . R , Price , the agent of tbe _uable marquis , wbo presided _, lu referring to the operation of the poor-law , made the following announcement : — 'I have beard , from the highest authority , tbat upon the first day of the session Ministers are determined to appoint a committee ; and a committee appointed by the House , and that by a

      member , it qilte different . That of tbe Honse would be a mixed _cammittee of English and Irish represents _ttves , while the member coald fix upon his own cholre _* I believe ( Mr Prioe added ) tbe measures will be not . _nJj for the revision of the poor-law , but also for the benotil of the _occupying tenant . ' On the same subject , tbe Bdbltk Evinihq Post _naya _; —> ' A London correBpoude & t informs ns that early In the next lesilon , probably on the first day , Ministers will give notice for the appointment of a committee to consider the whole queitlon of the Irith poor-law . '

      The committee of Irish poor-law guardians appointed at the meeting on _Tnetday have forwarded to the dlf « feront boards throughout tbe oountry propositions foe the modification of the poor-law , iu accordance with the views set tortk In their petition , but more minutely stated . They recommend a diminished area of taxation •_ that the workhouse staff and the medical charities should be supported by a national rate ; and that the general expense of relief should be met by local rates , THS IBIBH LAKDMBD _STSTIK , A vary remarkable statement appears in tbe Eveniho Poit , on tbe relations between landlords and tenants in Ireland , and the evil effects of the system ou the whole framework of society . It Is contended that ne change in the law can be either beneficial to tbe general inter .

      esti of the coantry , or practical in i . ' i operation , which will not have a _teudencs 'togetildof the great _fint causes of Irish poverty and wretchedness , namely , thebeggared snd cruel nominal proprietors of Irish estates . ' Exceptions are made in regard te good landlords ; but it is held tbat the interests of tbit class , as woll at the Improvement of the condition of the occupiers , require a complete reformation lu tha system of landlordism la Ireland . A contrast is drawn between England and Ireland , to show tbat both hare tfae some laws of tenure , but a totally different mode of dealing between the landlord and tenant in the letting of farms , the pre » paratlon of farm buildings , the allowance for

      valuableimprovements , and , iu fine , iu tbo entire arrangements between tbs owner and occupier j the object being la England to encourage thrift and industry In the tenant _, whilst , in Ireland , the role has been to deptlvo him of all motive to exertion for independi nee . Tbe object ef this system , it is contended , has been to reduoe the eccnplers to exist upon' roots end water ; ' and neither free trade in corn , nor the poor-law , can be truly as * signed ai a cauie for _themlietles whioh the potato disease has aggravated , but did not produce . We extract some passages , In rtference to the agitation _f-r a total ohange in the poor-laws , as many weeks cannot _eispso before this subject will ba discussed in all its beatings in Parliament : —

      'Let us oome into the present century , and institute a search Into 'facts' and ' authorities , ' and see if we , can find out aay period at which a favourable charge took place in the conduot of Irish landlords , but particularly those of Munster . From 1800 to 1818 we havehad Innumerable committees and commissioners of all olasses , ioquiriog Into tbe' causes of Irish poverty and ' crimes . ' We hava a host of writers , foreign , English _, and Irith , pursuing the lame wbjeot , aud what are the ' oauies' to which they all attribute poverty and crime in Ireland f Are they to tbe lazy , slothful disposition andhabits of tbe Celts ? or , are they to ' surplus population V or , ' minute subdivision of land ! ' ' or to the in . enuklency of the landlords' pawere ! Not by any means but to' exorbitant rents , ' and tbe' oppressive nature of the landlord's treatment of his _' tenantry . ' It would pro *

      tract tbis letter to too great a length to add even a portion ofthe ( worn and written testimonies of various per * _tont who have been examined before committees of both houses of _patllam « n _% or who have _wrltteu upon the subject , but it must be known tbat In all tbe Inquiries In . _stituted by government or private individuals , tbe one great faot , tte m _nnster evil of Ireland—bad landlordism —is condemned ai tbe great source of Ireland's poverty and crimes . Nimmo , Griffith , Judge Bay , Cr Boyle , and huadreds of others , have sworn to tbe guilty nature of Irish landlordism , while _Wskefiuli , Kohl , De Beaumont , Lewis , Wiggins , Sadler , Binns , in fact , every one who haB Investigated the subject , concur in their condemnation of It , and have vindicated the libelled and * _rosteatlng slaves' of 'Monitor cruelty' and ' _Connaught beg gory , ' from the oharge of being naturally prone to be ' lazy' or' indolent . *

      ' When , therefore , the representatives of bad and cruel ! landlordism lay their prayers before tbe Legislature for a' obonge' ia the poor law that will * save the labourers . from being _damotalUedj and . ell _clanes ( that la Item * - selves ) _, from being mined , ' thote members of the Imp-trial Parliament who are _nally deiiroui of laying the foundation for tbe present salvation and future pros _, perlty of this country , will do well always to keep in mint ! tbat unless the alterations In the poor law are of suah a nature as to fix the penalties of bad and cruel landlord * _> ism on the real delinquents , regardless cf wbat the con- 1 sequences may be to them , and unless all the old anl I stupid _prejudlct * which have blinded , up to tbis time . .

      OBr _legislators , and rendered them either incapable of pur . celvlng or unwilling to remedj tbe real cauiet of the ) 1 ' difficulties' which the government of Ireland always i preiented , are got rid of , the good and _vlrtaous ( and I they are many ) amongst the Irish landed proprietary . ' , along with those dependent on thero , will fill victims to' > the effeot of exterminating psuper tyrants , and tbe whole- a country , with all Its people , Interests < fco ., be sacrifices I for the _unwiss purpose of preserving in positions the * J have , by all the laws of equity , justice and humanity , ' * , ' forfeited , the worst enemies to the rite and _prtgress of if national prosperity that ever cursed or disgraced ¦ ¦ country . '

      A Manufactory Of Guano.—We Are Fatoarerl...

      A Manufactory of Guano . —We are faToarerl & with the following amusing description extraoted id frem the letter of an English gentlemen wbo has _ra _» eo eently visited an extensive haoienda , in the depart * _tment of Huasco , Chili : — On approaohing the ae lower part of tbe estate , near tbe sea , I _wasstruolc ok by the appearance of a long grove of full-grown m willows , completely bare of leayoa _, and as white a g ai snow , every ferk in their brascbei containing a 8 cormorant ' s nest . 1 counted sixty-seven nests ia ia one tree . It is a complete guano manufactory ad at ) home ; and it is the guano frora suoh an immense isa number of birds that destroys the life of the trees , es , and

      kills all vegetation for tome roods on eaoh side . le . We walked along the row of nest trees , on wbicb ich were emooneed many thousands of huge black cor * ormorants , not moving an inch for us , bat keeping tip up a eontinued loud harsh grunt , bo that , shutting your DUB eye ** , you would fancy yourself in an enormous pig-tig- ' gery . The ground all along it strewed with fish B _« h bones , some surprisingly large ; and 00 tbe lest tree rea ofthe plantation were seated a _congtegatibn of grate are vultures , ¦ _vdately waiting ; the departure of the cor * cor * _morasti _, _tofiaiih the refuse of the fish ahd _ofhtf'htf ' offal which _BhouW bo left . It wu really an extra * Ira * , ordinary scene , and I could have , _watched it for'for h 0 _ttw . ' -iJv « nw / . Vt * twt ; _ . „ . __

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 30, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30121848/page/6/