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    Da * i » ira AccttEM « Hrax Ttarsto , D « e . J- - lUsmornlng . s ^ aiusxter tosIx ***^ gSK e ! men ,, w * a { en , an * ddlt aD , ^ ' ^ . gSSffiS pSJlIiSS g « sS ^ J 2 £ r ** ta a « te »« n ««» «» « I *** ¦• . «««•» fToau « rS « ht be the coiaeqKBce . There wu a vei . S « oo » dae » rtli » spot , which turned the cwrsntof torffer , M « iurtti they pushed ony aad when they W ROUfewyatds acrcssU * rivert * . cerealwUA ht the stern of the boat

    • MlopeSea by the vessel , csng b VfcSthey ™» •«¦** Th- b 0 * to " ^ ^ seared aside , and a simultaneous movement was imme . diattly made to the oiher end , « ni all crowded together ia one earner . The boat imHudlatdy capsized , an £ every lOulwasprerip itatediBto the stream ; The ihrUki ind Cries of the nnfortanata peopli wera he « rfc « ndUv , and feroorot serial P *** " who WeTi MM Ul 8 ipOt tfi toftfe sttistance ; tat It being quite dirk it the time very little atlp cenld fee ettended to them . Eight of the individuals only were saved on * of the tweaty . slxwho wt » In the boat The rert endeavoured to save thtmselvea by dialing ; to the boat . or anything that might , be within react , tut were almost immediately carried down the met by fte tWe , and w ere no more teen . The boatman managed to reach the shore with the greatest difficulty , Bad was ' iaveabut he is In a very dangerous state .

    , Ib « cut ok ^ hs Bo om Foubd . —On Friday , Dae . 8 . at twelve oVeck , Mr Thorsey , Coronw , asiembled s jury at the Beta Dew Tavern , in the Grows , to fsqufre into the eircamstances of the death * ef the following individual ! , whose bodlei hare been found : —William Smith , 21 ; S « ry Dsrr , ; Catherine Dorr , 29 ; Varia 5 ye , U ; and P « ae * fc Atkinson , 12 . Ths Jury baring been warn proceeded to tUw the bodies , and , oi return-Ing , witnesses were examined , who identified the bodies of the deceased . The first . witness called was John Yfites , who said—I an a cotton spinner , living in CUveland Street , in the Groves . I work at the Kingston Cotton Hills , and geing to my work in the morning I bare to cross the river Hall , loots by * ferry-boat at "Wiltouon's ship yard , and m sixpence a w « k for

    being ferried OTer . Teiterdty morning , about six o clock , or s little before , I got Into the boat to cross the ferry . She fix o ' clock bell was toiibg at the time . Afar I had got into the boat a great many parties esme to cross ortr after me . I was the third in the boat . The boat before we started was quite full , more *» than the boat , mas wanted . The boatman frequently said that he eenid not carry any more , and desired no one else ta get in . AD who were In the boat worked at tha Kingston Cotton IGOs . I heard one or two people say , if they did not go by tbat boat th « y wtrali low a ' quarter * by being too late . ' Tse boatman got the boat off as soon as he could . There were twenty . tiz or twenty-seven persons in , as near as I esntell . There was so rope used in gettice the boat across on this occasion . The water wu

    roaning down very rapidly . I did sat see a sloop next the quay . The persons ' in the boat wen very quarrelsome when they got into the boat , and the boatman frequently told them to be quiet , I don ' t think he la at all to blame . He pasted her off , and when the boat got Into the middle of the stream she * heelf d * over in conge , ouesceof the pushing and quarrelling of the persons who were in . - If they had been quiet it wsald not have happened . There were savers ! people left on the shore who could not get Into the boa * . It was very dark at the time . I do not think aayda « ger arose from the want of lights , for we hare crossed the ferry when it has been darker than yesterday morning . I have also gone over Kith more peeple in the boat than we had yesterday . I sm cure , if the people had behaved themselves and kept

    qalet , it would not hare happened . Sarah Wood had fcold of stf le $ , bat I was « % Hged to push her eff or she would hare drownel me alto . It U a very good boat ; I an sure it originated entirely in their larking about . We had no occasion for a rope yesterday . merntag to get the boat over . —Charles Ireland , the ferryman , was the next witness , who said—I Hva In Church Strtet , Wiacalmlee . Yesterday , when about nineteen persons btigot into the boat , I requeued that no moia rtonld cone , as we wire fall enough , A great number , however , persisted in getting in , and there were about twenty-four or twenty . five pensns aL together . We pushed off about the length ef a vessel , when they all began to jump about and crowd on one aide . I told them many times to be quiet , but they

    would not , and when we got into tha middle of the Btreaai the boat capsized . I hare' frequently carried over more than I bs . A yesterday dating the same state of the tide . The factory people are generally very nn . raly and mischievons . There would not have teen the least danger if they bad been quiet . Some wer , e left behind , and many got in by main force , for I eotld not keep thea off . The fsctory bell began to xing . as we paihsdoff . gome of the people were rather later than ssual . It was not too dark to get over , and if the ; had teen quiet we shouttnave got over safely . We some , times experience inconvenience at night from the want Of light I did not need a iope at that state of the tide , as it was not low enough . The want of a rope haa nothing whatever to do with ths aeddeafc—The Coronet aid—As far as I see there is so frame , attached to von .

    —Charles Wild then tali—I got into the boat a little before sir o'clock , and there were abontfifteem er twenty . perrons m then . , boat was . then aground in ' con-Kg . uence . of the number of jeopls who wera ia her , and tha boatman begged of them not to get ia . They , however would go , and about twenty . W or twentr-six of them got into the boat They were very unruly , and when we got into the middle of the riier , some cried eut the bsat was filling . They ell then crowded on ene tide , sad the boat capsized Immediatel y . I am of opinion that the aeddeat would sot have oeeurediftaey had bflsa quiet . They were pushing and larking about until tie boat went oyer . The boatman several times legged of them to be quiet . —Here the Coroner considered other TiaEnee unnecessary , and a verdict of Acddmtally drowned ' was returned . • ¦ ¦ ;

    A secjbto ihquest was held before tiie ' same jury as ttepreceding one , atMr Pageis . - vTetoria Gardens , Sutton Sank , on the bodies of Hanaah Burke , 13 ; Etlxs Ann "WUkinson , , ana AnneUoore , 18 ; the remaining tlreei&oIwTe been picked up . The jury bvring viswca the bsdiiB of the deceased , witnesses as to identity were examined , after which the tarns evidence as In the ' previous cue was heaid , aid the jury returned the sime Terdiet . —The following are the names of those who were on board at the time of the ecrarrence so f « r as we have ascertained : Charles Ireland , the ferryman . William Smitb , 21 jean of age , rcsldmg in Hood 8 trje \ who htl left a widow , to whom ha hat only been married sis weeks ; 5 li *» beth Jaektda , 24 years of age : Catiierine

    Burr , JO ; Maria dark , 18 ; Hary Dorr . 22 ; Haris Dorr , 18 ; Bridget Durr , 16 ; Emma Place , 15 ; Sarah Wood , 22 ; Hanaab . Burke , 16 ; Uaria Pje , 14 ; Biiaibsth Wit Hamson , 15 ; Juie Moore , 23 ; married ; Ain Uoore 18 , married ; Frederick Atkinson , 12 ; IiucHuon ' 17 ; JamenHa » on , 20 ; Junes Elliott Ctuk , 43 ; Jamei Bjaek , 18 ; Dwld Pye , 47 ; Joseph Piace , 17 ; William Hice , 19 ; MichatlKaae , 19 ; 6 arrettShedy , 17 ; John Yates , 37 ; Chirlea Wfld , 2 S ; John FaHon , 20 : JAn Woodhead , 19 : Thomas Haerop , 20 . It to thoaght there have fceea three ofterpenonslost who were passing over ThsfoUoniEgarethe names of those whose bodies haT » notyet bsen found ; : —EI ! s » be 1 h JackiOB , Karta CSuk , Uaria Daw , Emma Plaee , Saah Wood , Jaae Moore . . '

    HOIDIE , iHD CftamWAL OF IHT HniOTa « . _ S 8 m 6 persons wera drinking on Taesday night week at Baa . mintoa , when a quarrel arose , and some time afterwards oas of thepsrty , named J . Watti , was found dead and coveted witt blood in the tavern yard . Another of the dria&era , named Hoblw , was takea inta custody , andaverdietof wilful murder haeaface been returned by a jury , Hotbs U now In gaol awaitinz trial on ' the Cipital eiaree . ' ¦ ' r . ^* - , . Fibx ; m W « id Hur ^ -BinrrfoiD , Friday , Dse 8 7 ^ i i , *• bokeont •* < W » &eold mansioal situate within a eaile of ( Us town and the seat of Mr

    , £ j . w Z !! L wUchfer"omi ! ' ^ aeOwateneaaie whole Trtttdestroetlon . The flsiiet were at fint dbcovered tnnttng eut in some premisee at the back of the mansion , jwhieh fora put of a courtyard , and comprise tee « ttns ^ rtahUn ,, eoa > h-heuMs , andrtherbuUdSgs Byttea « Utance of . the Bast India Cwreany - a troops . at Warley . the destruction was stayed / and though ki damagedone U very considerable , the Bouse itself is little iBjured , and thus the fine paintings and other valuable objects of tsrfu wbkhit containa ' are nntoucaed The faeis understood to have originated frea a defect to tnecnunney . . - ¦ .

    sr AtBw Biw .-Thb , bank ( ef which Mr Sto . jaa theaole proprietor ) stopped payment on ThursdaV Theevent U a . cribet tothareeent heavy anduS seen uOa apoa Its resources , arising OTt It Mr Twi fadi ^^ , ^ an * . ! , & £££ EflS belngnoseeoadnamelnthe ksnk , tteeredltoo \ S twelve months for tha payment ef their date . TheS "e hasheenpurpwdy fapt Ml 0 W U pOillDle . lSSi « t more than £ TW . The . whole Bah ui « rt of ti ^ V&S m ^ uV *?*** ?!**** . amonnt to £ 10 , 000 , and every WdS lc 5 ^ - -A » ' >*« Hcddint occurred en Sawf e ? S 5 ? htW 9 ek ° ? ^^ C « IedonianBdiway . the C ^ rdBridge wMgo ^ iej ^^ „ ^ gtaat ^ traIns EorfcKS ' tat oaI *> » H ««'« O » . vraerestorea t o 191111

    vVLT- ^ t "' toort - ertoprerent theW ^ SiS ^ ssaasatsa * SR ^ sssagasssieaS ' aBiercs from « itber end would Indteate that he waa" empoje 4 iabringing titia over the line . ' "T > e . tra ! ri from Elinburgh . and Glasgow , which is due In iCariiile at half , put seven , arrived at the « ther end of the / single line , and the engine ajiver , aooordtag to iHstrucUons , whlsde , for the-pofatimsn , who aoeordlngly nrooeedea to the apot , and waibflBging on the tra ! n ; Meanwhile , Xt waietarriTe 4 with a eallufrengiae at thli a ! de of the single Use , aid sot BMlng ^« poin ^ » tt at ate post , be enquired if the train in qaeiHon had pasted . He was tnferowd that ithad , and bdoganxlous lo join th « work-

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    men at t . mfajtoo BrU ^ e , oboot two httodrc * Ja-n « nbep . haprooeedsd % loag the single Una , under the lm > pmtJoa that ttsrota wu dear . He hid aot got far whsa , to his great ebnsurnation , ha perceived the . train rapidly approaching , and seeing that a ooUisIoa was inevitable , he tamedlaUIy reversed the engine ; and with Uwdrivsrandstoket leaped sfftosave their Ilves ; ln doing to they were more or ieii injured , tboagh , ween glad to say j not to a very great extent . The driver of the englM' attached to tha train , on seeing ths ballast , engine approaching , adopted a similar course , reversing fct engine , bat unfortunately neglecting to shut « ff the steam at the same time , and he with his fireman and the pointsman likewise lesped off to save theaielres from certain dsittsotion ; The two engines met witk a tre .

    msttdoni crash . The btliut-engine wu daibei to pieces , whiUt the other being attached to a heavy train of carriage * . withstood the shock , aad the moment after , h&vbg beenHTHltd annhft with fte ituun in foWplaj , was seen raining btokthe road Ithad jait traversed at the akrmlBg rate ef fifty miles an boar , pushing along the carriages coataluing the passengers . After proceedin ; a few miles back at this rapid pace , the train came up to that part of tha line where the points wen accidentally se placed as to carry it iato a siding , where i t * farther progreu wu arrested by iti coming in contact with some carriagei which were standing there . This waa a mast providential ciremmtanoe ; for , had not these

    points been leftu they were by some neglect , the train , without a guide , would have ruined on towards the wreck of Lamington Bridge , and not only would the Urea of many of the workmen have been sacrificed , but the train and its living contents would all have been engolfed ia the torrent beneath , for the gap which had been formed by the swelling of the waters wai at tee time unrepaired , the parties who jumped eff the eBglnei suffered severely from the shock and contusions they received , whilst , strange . to say , the passengers in the train sustained no further injury than a severe shaking and a dreadful fright would occasion . - The train was afterwards brought on ta CarUile , when it arrived about ten o ' clock , having been delayed two hours and a half .

    A GAUKSIFU COHWTTI 9 T 0 K XJUIKO A FOACBIK . —Ob Thursday week , at Sarbsm , Mr S . M , Favell , the eoroner , concluded an inquest respecting the death of a poacher named John Coultoa , who was shot by the head keeper of 0 . Salvln , Etq ., of Croxdale Park . From the evidence taken it appeared that , on the » 5 thult ,, the attention of Mr Boyd , the chief keeper at iMr SaU vin ' s , was aromed between one and two o ' clock In the SBomlng , by heating the report of guns . firing In the direetloa of his maste ** * ptttbeit * . . He Immediately got up , and haviag called the gardener , they went in search of the parties who were firing , each taking a gun with him .. : When they had got into a wood * a High Croxdale , they cameln front of a party of poachers , who cried out to them to stand back , or they would fire upon tasm The keeper answered that he would not stand back ,

    when one of the poachers discharged his gun , and the contents wounded Boyd in the hands , thighs , and chest He Immediately fell to the ground , but raising bimielf partially up . he find upon ttia poachers , who , with the exception ef deceased , made b £ Ht , however , was found at a subsequent'hoar , is the wood , fifteea yards from the place , where the affray took place , in a very exhausted state , from the blood which bad flowed from several gun * stot wounds . He was taken to the infirmary , where he died the following day . The wounded keeper waa also obliged to be . removed ta his home , where be jtUl remains ia a Tcrj precarious condititn , Tha surgeon proved that the deceased died from the woonds which had been inflicted by the keeper , and the jury , after a lengthened consultation , returned a verdict of 'Manslsughtex ? against Henry Boyd , and the coroner made out a warrant for his committal .

    Acciomt wrra Fiu . Aaiis . ~ Oa Wednesday week , MrBsbsrt Smith , of Pontefraet , was shooting at'Dorriagton , in company with T . ' Hall , Esq ., of Pursfon » a magistrate of the West Biding . ahd a strvantof Mr ; Smith ' s , namsd WfflitmBalne . . Mr Smith had marked the place where a pheasant had rested , and was approaching the * pot with his gnnat half-cock , when the hammer ef on * of tha barrels canght a bongh—wts pulled back aad letfall upon the c * p , discharging tke barrel and lodging nearly the whole of the contcntt to the head of his unfortunate servant , and , of course killing him on the spotJAn inquest was held on the following day , when the jury returned a verdict of ¦ Accidentally Wiled .

    Tjauxg Eoteun nit BmcntaHuc . —Eirly oa'Wed-. ncsdty morniagweek , thohouieof an old man named Sly , Kiidicg near Shirley Street , about seven miles from Birmingham , was burglariously entered and robbed under estraotiinary circumstaaces . Mr Sly is a small tenantfarmer , occupying Winfidd farm , his sole companion in the house being a woman named Mary Shaw , nearly as old as himself . About half-pait two o ' clock Mr Sly was aweke from his sleep by a loud noise , and . immediately felt tha hand of a man npon Ms throat . H « sooaaicertatoed that others , to the ntuttber ' of fetir or flve , were to the reom . The mep , who had sntered by . means of a ladder , through the bedroom window , were . , masked and piuesied of a £ ark Isnthorn . On attempting to stir , the vUlainB , presenting a pistol at Mr Slj ' shssoYthreat ened to blow cut his brains if he made the slightest

    alarm or resistance . They then , after binding himhand and foot with a cord , proceeded to rifle i box , from which they took KO sovereigns , a quantity of dteds andofher pspers . In the meantime th « faonukeeper , who slept in an adjoining reom , became alarmed and begged of the thieves to spar * the old gentiemaa's Ufa . In reply they threatened to shoot her with a pistol , which one of them held to her breast . Her hands were likewise tied , and teveral other boxes wen broken open . The burglars tubtequently left . the house , by the back door , which they locked after them ! In the course , of half an hour Mr Sly managed to looun ' ths . kaok of the rape with wh ! eh he was bound , and gave tko alarm toMr ffitchJun , a neighbour .. Suspldon fell upon fire men who were seen about the premises some dajs before , and from the description given of them | biy were apprehended by the Birmingham police .,. ; . , "" . .,

    Moibkb , km A ? f « b » iiobt or thi Sofpokd Mca BisEa . —PsxtBpac , WoxaisxaaiBiaK , Satordsy , Dec . 9 . —Theneigfakonrhoedof this quiet town nas been pain * fully eidtcd by . a barbarous murder , committed upon be penoa of a-young orphan . girl , named Mary . Ann Stsight , aged sixteen years , who lrfes with her aunt , a Mrs Bichards , lathe retired village of Broughton , about three milss from this . tows ; The murder was committed on Tuesday night ; and discovered on Wednesday afternoon , when the body of the jourg woman was discovered by a person lylog ina ditch by , the side of a lane , and only a short flliunoe from tie tDrnplke « roao . Aa Inquest was commenced yesterday , before Mr Best , the coant y coroner , and ; a respecuble jury , and it stands adjourned to order to afford time for the collso .

    ticn ef additional evidence . The following , is a brief narrative of the circumstances attending this tragic effdr , as gleaaed from tha evidence of the witnesses examined on fee inqqeitjeitflrdsj . On inudsjeTen . ing week last the decsued wu sent by her aunt to the village shop to purchase some tea and sagar . The shop is about a mile distant from Mrs Richards ' * , and . she reached it about half-psat four ia the evening .: Having mads her Uttie purchases , the deceased left the shop and proceeds * In the direction af h * r annt ' s ootUge , bai never reached her dttttoaHon . Mra Richards , beeom . tog alarmed at her protracted abseact , caused inquiries to be made , but no trice of the missing girl wasob talned beyosd the . village- nntil Wednesday evening , when she was found lying dead to a ditch , u already

    stated . The ditch contained a . quantity of watered the deceased ' s clothes wen saturated with moisture Her basket , containing ths purchases of tea and sugar was ijing near her . : Oa examination of the oorpse , it was ascertained that death had been occasioned by a Blow upon tha head , with soms blunt instrument , whloh had fractured the skull . ; Her bonnet was broken , and her clothes wen disordered . ' One of her eyes wu swollei , but no marks of violence- wen observed on other parts of the body . Certain ctrcumstanoes , wbloh . esme to light in the course of the search saade by the police , led to a strong suspicion that a nua named Robert Pulley had eeen concerned to the death of the deceased . - Themin , who is about fifty years of age , formerly Jhad a cottage ta the parish , out of late has slept tooatfaooSH and barns ,

    and got a living by doing odd jobs ef work for the aelgh . brarlng farmers . Ha had ; been heard to threaten the deceased to consequence of some supposed mtamdsr standing between them ; and on the Tuesday evening he wa » seen following the prtciio dirtotion U that taken by the deceased . afttr she had bought her stock ef groceries at the Tillage . On the road he ensoontered a son of the landlord of the Piough and Harrow Inn , Broughton , and Inquired of him if = he had seen the del «^ ( usingafilttiyterm ) pMstuaiway . The Utter wpUed to th 9 Amative , on . whioh PnUey rejoined , ? "TT ? » I «« atonlier to-night , I'llgiveher t « snowier . ' She uys I ' m jealous of her with a manS Awtttattoraatohar . toal ' ontueheadjand then see what sha'll- think aboat »;• This man was traced by the police to thaaijcUlag parlsk of Porrln wherehewu . foand lying , on some straw to a bam when two men wen at work threshing . Wbileat their

    work the men wen discussing the circumstances attending ti » marder , aad most have been overheard iL ^ L ftom " « Wdto « -P l « oe .. WhenVtaken ; tato rtstody by the police , the prisoner had on : two , elesn - ^ . ^ m * w » " : « noek ;'*< X ! ksf one of wUob bad mukSOf Wftodupaait . H « had not thoaasie clothes oa when apprehended as were worn byihlm . on the Wed ne » day wken he wu drinking at the Coach aad Horses , rersaore . The In quest : on the body of Mary Ana Staight , wu resumed and closed « n Taesday night at Broughtoa , before Charles Best , JBiq ., coroner . Hamerous witnesses prove * that the prissner was seen in *! - !! V ^ 5 «« a | - foWoirtQf ; . tiiede « aie 4 oa the mghtiof tae » auraer , and tnat blood . was fonadnpon a portion of his clothes next day . He had also been Be . » threatea the deeeatedv frequently . Supsrinteadent Harris , ef the Worcestershire- police ; appre . hended the prisoner in a barn , unaer some straw , at

    Purvin , near Broughton ; A' constable who aocomi panted witness palled oat some strawy where . he-was ¥ " ? t ^ rriiener wore two smack ftooks . On the outer ene were stains of Wood on the ; wristband , aad there were same small spots : of blobd on other parts . Theprftoner were akoa waistcoat on which spots of Wood were ^ very , dutinot . - Witness told , him he wu charged with the murder of Mary Ann Staight , aad he replied that JHedid aotdo it . ' : On going , along the road they met a person kaown-to the prisoner , wVe cjdlei nt . toiimj ' Jack ,. !'¦» . going to be hanged . ' Thepii , oner when apprehended-had on two dean shirts . T . Pan t * r , labourer , idenUfled the stick found whT ' ,. ** ' : **^^ . having . formerlyr . belonged .. to . blm . Wh ? i he last tair it it wulytog to a garden when

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    theprisonwwaaatwork . Wltoesa ns * d It as amaUst . Tba r ^ Aer hsia sail that he baditbrown it into pur . trse . Ikabreionea woraby . tha prtsournal aot bosn feuad , and iiis staUdtkat the prisoner has made aa sdnlailoB to a . stranger that he had thrown them into the river Avon , bat the evldsncs . not betog satis ' , ftctory n Out point was not received ; The jury after a short consultation returnee a verdiet of Wilful Marder agatottBobert Pulley . ' ;;¦' DiaiHQ Aisiiu ar > Robbbit . — Oa Friday week a mott daring assault and robbery was perpetrated In open day , about one o ' clock , about a mile from Glasgow oh the public road to KlrklntUtock . It appears that the Barony Parochial Board had a number of able-bodied paor tmplojed at out . door labour' at Barhttlll , en the

    above road , and that day being pay-day , tke porter , DagaldM'flregor , wu proceeding to that plaoe ; at the time stated , with the . money , . amounting to £ 14 10 s . 'in illver and oopptr , for the pajmeht of the men ' s wages . When taming the corner of tae read , bejondthe eri » trance to the Sighthill Cemetery , he was met by two men ; ene of whom threw the contents of a tin jug—a quantity of soot and water — in his face , and then idling him round the body , held him till his accomplice rifled his pockets , and took poisestion of all the money he had , with which , after throwing him down , they both decamped . On the poor man galaing his tWasdkls senses , the villains were out ef bis view . The eappesltlon is that they were two of the abls . bodied poor , who had the best opportunity of knowing M'Gregor ,

    the time he wonldbe on the road ., and the prize of which he was likely to be pqssesied . . As soon as . Intetiigeno * of the daring occurrence reached the central office , crl . minal officers ^ Snghes and Mitchell , were despatched ti the soena . of pie outrage , tilth the view of pro ' ieouUng tach toqatrtes ' as might be deemed niceiiwy ( or . ths apprehemion ofthenbbers . The ground haying bien carefully gone ' oyer , a bag containing between £ ll ^ and £ 12 of silver was found beside a hedge on the roadside , which mart have been thrown away by the robbers in their flight , A heavy and formidsble-iooklng Weapon , familiarly known as a . ? skulLcraoker , ' . was atao found net far fton . the place where the robbnj tjfa ' j commWUO . Tarongh tne exertions of the officers already nsm «( J , one

    ef the robben , a labourer , named Smith , was apprehended in the cenrse of 8 > tnrday , afternoon , add has been fully . Identified , both by the plundered ' party , and by a female , who , from a short dittanoe , witnessed the usaalt . Smith is one of the unemployed labourers in the pay of . the barony parochial board ; and his share in the transaction was first suspected from tho clr ' cum . slbnce that ho did not answer to his natae « t roll call , about the time the robbery was . committed . This fur * nlshedaclue togaida ' themovemeats of the police ; and when he presented hlmielf atworfc , as asaal , on Satur . ' day afternoon , he was immediately apprehended . There are other two parties implicate * , who an still at large ; Vut there is every probability that they will not long remain to . '¦; ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ , ' - ";

    REFBicioiT Cohvicii . —Fifty of the . worst characters from among the convicts on board the York hoik , were on Saturday [ reaiafed , under a strong mUitar ; guard ^ to the railway station at Goiport , and thenoeto the MUU bank prison , with a view to a systematto application of solitary coBnnessent . and compulsory labour . Their ribaldry and noise on going threngn the street , on their way te the train , were most offensive . . . " ATaecious ahd IhbdhaM Mdiok * atj . Bbidskowb . — Oa Monday , Mr Bstte , coroner , held' as inquest in ] the Towahall , toucktog the death . of Ann Newton , aged ' 72 years . From tho evidence , whioh , wu , addnoed before the coroner , ana from other fact * which have transpired , there is reason to believe tbat a moit inhuman marder has been perpetrated . ' The person in custody on

    suspicion is the daughter of the deceased . Her name is Catherine Mercy Newton ; she is about 4 * 0 years of age , and has never been married , though she hasi a ; daughter aged 16 years . The father ef this child was thegrisonet ' s eoaito , and shortly after ths birth " of the child shot himself . The deceased was about 72 jears of age , and had been a widow for upwards of 39 years . She was ia the receipt , . under tke will other father , Thomas Edwards , ef tho interest ef tao sum of £ 500 , and was alto entitled to the half of a sum of £ 150 , open the death , of her brother , which happened a few months age , and wblqh sum it Is believed had not been paid . The prisoner became entitled en the death of her mother , to £ 200 of the £ 500 , and to the interest of the remaking £ 300 for life , and as she is her mother ' s onl y child who survived

    their Infancy , she is alto entitled to what other property her mother wu poisessed' of . ; For some years past the has been reiiding ( to the situation of housekeeper ) with Mr Richard Dyre , near the , bridge over theJBeyern , at Bridgnorth . Mr Dyre , about two years ago , was at . tacked with apoplesy , and has stacethen been paralysed and unable to walk or talk . - Previously to that time Mr Dyre and the prisoner were ; , .. the only inhabitants of the house , but since that event there has been another girl , , ef the name of Corfi . W , living with them , The deceased , for the last two or three yesrs , had been living some . times in small houses alone , and occasionally In lodging * , and is said to have been . a . weak . minded womaa , 8 he was to thehaUt of visiting her daughter occasionally at Mr Djrs ' s , sometimes with his knowledge , but generally

    without ; and ' now and then was ; permitted to : stay ell night , when she waain-the habit of sleeping in the kit . chen , npoa a sofa , without undressing herself . > On Monday last , when . her death bsppened . the deceased was at Mr Dyre ' s , as will be seen by the evidence . The coroner having briefly opened tke proceedings ; the following evidence was adduoed .. Mary Carotid deposed that she wee a servant in the employ of Mr byre , of Bridgenortb , she saw the deceased-, at half-past -nine on the evening of Monday last , at whloh time she ( witness ) went to bed , . deceased lying on the sofa in the kitchen ; she waa net asleep , the priaoner , her daughter , was in the kitohea with her .. At about two o ' clock Mr Djre rang for wit . ness , and npon rising from the sofa when she had been to sleep , she was almost suffocated with smoke , she

    immediately ran downstairs ; the door at the bottdni of the stairs wu shot , whtoh was a very . unusual thing . As soot as she opened the door she saw the cover of tho sofa on fir * . . The . end . of the sofa was aheut three quarters of a yard frsm the fire , and : it wu burning at the end farthest from the fire , ¦ There wu very little firs la the grate ; . Did not see any one in the kitchen when she , went down . There was ne candle burning , or much light pn the fire . Witness gave an alarm tbat the home was on fire , and went to oall Mr Doughty , who came - directly . When : she returnad . she missed tke deceased , and npon going to search for her , he wu found In the backyard , with her head lying In the brewhouM . She was quite dead . ' Shortly after wltaMs went up itslrs the previous evening to bed , the

    heard the deceased -cry out , don ' t I' and . immediately aftorwardi , the door at the bottom . of : the uteirs was closed . Deceased came ; to the bouto at : eight o'dlock . She went into the kitchen when she saw her daughter . Deceased gave her'daughter a osrd withthe Lira's Prayer npon It , but the prisoner threw It upen th « fire , saying , 'that won ' t fill your belly ! ' Before supper the prisoner sent ? witness for »¦ quart of rain , whloh wai partially drank before they went to bed . Deceased ' and the prisoner livad vpoa' very bad terms , deceased frequently complained of her daughter ' s treatm nt . The priionsr freqaenUjr r told- witness that ¦ ehe knew she should kahnsg tat her mother ; " ¦ Had seen the prisoaer beat her mother with a whip ., On ' oae occasion she fetched , the dector , deceased had been so seriously

    beaUn . —By a juror : Deoeued had ' about , 7 s . « d . per ffeek to live upon . A day or tiro before the occurrence witness , fetched ; -according tothe > prisoner > rf'directions half a pint of lamp oil ; It wu sot used , ' Saw tlie 'bottle inl tha fcantry on the day of the fire ; ^ but on the following morning she saw the empty bottle in the grate . There were marks of eiloa the plllow- « je which lay upon the sofa ; . The pillow and sheets found to the yard ¦ wen In the house when' witness want to bed . —Wi Doughty said he was a ntphiw ' of Mr Dyre . He resided about 150 yards from ; bis house . Had known the dectased for seversl " years . - Often been obliged to go to his uncle ' s to prevent tbo prlioner from UUtwaHng her mother . The deceased told bim that the p ' riioaer had attempted to strugle her , and witness saw red marks

    ronad her neck . -At about ; two' o ' clock on Taesday morning the witaess Ootfitld called him up , sajing the hoaie was en fire , and his uncle wouldte bacned to death . Upon gotog to the house hefound all thedbbra closed and fastened . Witness tried to force open one of the doors , when the prisoner , opened the back dear . She did not speak ; bat on witness saying something about her . having the house on , fire , and having her mother , she , said , * What ' s my mother tt ^ me . ' .. The girl Corfield then took , a caadle . and : went to the back do r , and after a few seconds she came back soreamtog 4 ' s dead 1 . she ' s burnt to , death , ' Witaessthen went eat , and fond deceased laying in the yard , , Whan the prisonsr knew that her mother was dead , she appeared quite unconcerned . She rnsvers&ld a word about her

    anther until the body was dlioovered . — -Adaltlonsl' olrcumstaaoes oonneoted -with : this case have come out eg . fore the coroner , which tend to confirm the guilt of the prisoner . Richard Evan , a polloa offlosr , on going to tha hoaie , foand everything to confaiion , the pritonet '» , bed had not been slept In daring . the . night ; . and there wen remains of burnt rags , and ' marks of blood , and so also was the prisoner ' s night dressy The-ptUontr wu tipsy . . Mr Hewell , the . surgeen ( Mayor of Brld gnertb ) , had known the deceased four ' or five years , . Pome time back . hi was called , in to attind her ^ whoa he ' found , her so dfeaa ^ y ' . beaUn ' toBt ' larga ' pl&ees . of fleih We eatoutof her arms ' , ' in ^ on ex poatuUting with " ttieprisoner , she replied , she . * was sorry ehe had not finished her / : Hehad wlthlir ( felt 8 ymaae > MeonapoiJttwrfm ezamlaatibacof th ' e bady , and was of opinion that the eatMoef death , was . eo ' ngsstlbii of tho lungs and bruin ariitojj \ fr | BmiiD | oj q | fti ^^ in «' . ttpt ; tteMu took place •«« 5 »! » % " ^ W % «« ;«* Thuriajld . « a « e 6 n ,:

    who . assisted at the eMmtafttto , n ofthe body , were of the same eplnlon ; " Wimam ^ afield ; had 6 n : to the house of Mr Dyre ' s and , had seen the' Wdy of the de ' ceaied The prliorier calle ' d him to her , ihTpulled him S So dead !'\ On hlareplying yes , she kissed him , and said I am as happy " as if I wa g ln ; hewaB . » She . Wa . not sober . Edward Edwards , brother . to the depeased ' said she was seventy-two years old . " She was entitled , under hsr fattjer ' s will , to the Interest of £ 500 , of wMob , at her decease , £ 209 wero to be paid over to the prisoner who was also to enjoy tho tottrestion tbe . remaining £ 300 for life . The prisoner bad on one oooation said to him , < The old bitch had kopt her out of the money till her hslr was grey , and she , should like to . see her cat ( p . t ^ fjur quarters , ' It h ' aving ^ been intimated to the coroner rtat some very ^ impbrtant evidenoe woaldba brought forward at the next Inquiry , . the coutt ' was ' ad . joarned . On Tuesday evening , the iaquiry in this csie

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    was rtsomtd » t the Town Ball . ' The ' following wit . neisis wera « iamlnedu-Msry COfteid , reastmbered , aboat seven er sight manttis ago , seeing , the prisoner take the deceased ' s handkerchief off h « rn * ek or head , put her to a large chair , and kneel apea bev . She then put the silk handkerchief into the deMased ' s mouth , and would no doubt have suffocated her If witness had sot threatened to ' reUe arialaro . > Oa Bdndey last , noticed some footprints on the-floor of the kltobsn , There are fourmarks and three prints of atked' feet-Thsy are to the direction leading firomthe sofa to the fcrow . ntuse . The murks are made : with , ell or grease Wucn the floor ii wet , the marks , ate net visible . The floor was very wet when the . kitchen was examined , They were first observed by Mrs Doughty . —William

    Doughty examined the prints on the floor , of the kitchen . The ; , were prints of naked feat made with oil . —Mr Coiey said a question-was pat to the prisoner aftw the body wasfooud . One of the partial prtnentailuutheprUo . nerhow it occurred , that the dtoeaied WB « Burned , « nd she answered , 'I was to bed , and came downstairs and found the kitchen in flames . '«~ Erans , the policeman , said , w ^ ien be examined the prisoner ' s bed on the morn , ing of the fire , nobody had been in the bed , bat it appeared as if some goo had -been lying on the outside . When he was going to take her to tke gaol , she said , ' Passion , psBilon , I am very passionate , and as soon as ray pasiion is ov&ri I forgive dircotly , '—Mr Coley , sir . goon , on being reoalled , said he wai now rather Incline * to believe that the born might have occurred daring

    life . —By Mr Haslewood : The tongue and lips , and so far as witness could . see into the month , were burnt , Ceuld see about three quarters of an inch ^ totide the mouth . That appearance was more' likely to exist if deoeasea bad been burnt during life than after 'death . H « thought So , becnute the aot of respiration would in * daoe , the fire"to scorch the inside ' of the meath In the manner ho taw , and lie thought the flames would , net so bum the month of a 'dead person . ' H « thought the com * tuition of the things ho liw burnt would tend to pro * j ' txdeAsleep . —Re-examlhed by the ooroaer : Did not examine tke mouth with' the view of ascertaining whether the dccess » dfeaalni | pl » ed the flames , Ihoaies of sgffocatlen the tobgue frequently iwsilfli and protradei . Ho assisted Mr Thunfi « ldand Mr Newell In making the

    fnrthsr jwrt mortem exaalnation , The parts' examined were the chest and head , The tongs presented a very gorged appearance . ' , Thei"h « art was healthy . He was of opinion that death wu prodnoed by congestion of the lungs and of the brain , andef csurie ndt by ' barbing- . He did net think it postible for any person to the air to vo ) untaTlly " sntfobate themselves . "' Ho thought the dei oeased died from luffqostloa . —W . Tadirifield , Siq ,, reoalled : Had observed the appearaaoes about' the mouth of the deceased , The texture of the lips was destroyed and consumed , and tho tonguo burned ^ bat he did not beiieve | that suohbHrnlngwasproduoed by the tosplra . tion of the flame . —In' oonseqaenoe ef the ' sudden ' illaeii of one of the Jdrjmen the coroner Was Compelled again to adjourn thecourts - ; "" > '' ; J ;"

    ExBTxa , '— A SwiHDLi * DzTictBD , —On'Monday , a man called on a tradeimah la this cit y , who is a general ' dealer , land offered to sdpply him with a quantity of tobacco , of which he prpduced a Sample . After some conversation , the shopkeeper agreed to take 801 b . at Is . M . ' per lb ' . In the evening tb ' e ' mah called with a parcel , ; stating that he had brought the tobacco ; he was ' deiiroato ' Baowthat It was exact to the sample , on which , readily acqqiesoingi he cut open the Up of the bag and displayed a small pwtlim of- tobacco , adding

    that he hoped his friend would be ' satisfied with the quality . The tradesman told him he had he ' arthtf ' go moon roguery ' going on that he should like to ' prove other parts of the baj . ' whioh ho held firmly la his grasp . Upon this " the 'fellow ^ 'instaatl y bolted . ' As might haV « " 'b " eeh expected ; the bag , on examination , was found filled with sawdust , excepting at the top , where there were ' a few ounces oftoVaocoi ; Ifbe man was drested In a ^ pilotdpth cost and trewsers , had earrings in his eart , and tings on his fingars ^' and represented that he was oaptain of thi Maria from Jersey .

    Attempmd Robbert A « D MciPEE , —An attempt at robbery bb « murder ocourriQ , on the morning 6 ( Sunday last , at ; Brlckendonbu ' ry Hall , ' near Hertford / the , resU denoeof Mr Ruisell ElUs , the East India dlreoter . Mr Ellis and a party of friends were ' ont shootlag on Satur . day over the Brlokendon Manor , and had a very boo-OMBfol day ' s Bport ; ' - The larder at ' the hall was in co ' n « equenca well stocked with game . ¦ Bdme ' thlsvea , who , it setms , wcre ' aware of this , and had some knowledge of the premiiei , formed the project of oarrjlng off the Whole of the game , and for that purpose visited the pro * mlses about two o ' clock on the , morning of Sunday , They got inte ' an Inner yard , ' and ; broke open the door ef the larder . A large deg was at liberty In , the yard * , but the thieves managed to keep htm Blldnt . A small

    dog , however , that was kept in the harness house , maintained subh anlneBssantj'barkipg thata groom who slept in trie s ' ani ^ ' i WWirig got ont ' of lied , " . opened ' the door Ottutlouily , and rjeeped ' oat , in order" to ascertain whether anything was ' wrong . Ho perceived that " the gates were open , and that a man steod near them , evidently . watching ; . Another mail ' was proceeding ; tfc wards blai from the inner ' yard / laden with the dohtsa ' ts ef the larder . ' Almost at the earns Instant tne groom beard the report of a gan ' oitoie . te him , and' felt the flash uiwn his heal ae ' d floe . He drew back : mechanically , when a man whom hooould ficaroely perceive / through the smoke , Vald , * Youbavedltturbtdusbefore ^ and we meant to . give It you tbls time , ' or words . to tbat eflubt , and then , dlsap pea red ' -after ils ' companions , ' who ; had fled onheBring the report . The groom Buffered no iojury , but the bullet was embedded 2 j lnch « s deep in the door post , and from the height of the perforation it is certain tbat tlie bullet must'have pat led quite closer . to

    his head , Two men and two , toys kayebeeh takian into custody on ' imploion orbelng concerned in the . affair . The prisoners , aU reiida in a low . leoallty at Hslford . Oneof the men , named . Clarke , was found ' in hla 'bed on Sunday mornln j . by tbtpolicc . He onned at once that he had baen opt all sight , bu | , sald'he'haa ' jbeen pouhlng ' . with nis noliihb ' eur ,. Edward . WiUlsi . . A gun wbloh had been recentlj dlsoharged , and a iopra of game nets , w « re found in his house . Tha poljea next ylilted the abode of WiUls ,, and he todacknowledgedthai be had been " oat allnlght . " ThVah « 9 B 9 f the t ^ o men are s » ldto ' correi- pond with the footmarks ' left by the wouldlbs asiaiilns . Hod « s , oi LiBoci in , Epi ) HBDaoH , ^ -Oa . Friday a meotlnglwas held . in Brighton Street OhapeJ . for thV-put pose of taking measures to forward the mevenisst or { gl . n » ted : by the London Journeymen bakers , to aboilih night work and . shortea the h ourfl of labour . ' Trie . lord i > * ovoit occupied tho ' chair . The meeting was addrssitd by several ministers aad others , and resolailoni were adopted in accordance with tho object of the mtettog ,. ¦

    Liexmp . r-A , letter , has reached town , annbunolng that MrlKeKewieh has withdrawn ' from conta ' stingi this borough , so that Mr Orowder ' s . retarn , is now secare . The Speaker of th « Ho u 8 e of CammoRsglTss notlo » In Tuelday nlghtVOASlIM Ulat tke n ' eit wrU'fer'th « boroagh of llskeafd will be iisned at tho ind of feurUen days after the ' 9 th tost . ' , , '" V , ' . ' . '" . ' *' , ";¦'¦; " - . : Coal RoBBiaiEs > T ., WiaAjf . —J « hn Bleudale , who . stands charged witu ' a moit extenstvorobbirj ' of coalat Wlg 6 H , ; and wh » absconded about twilv . e months ago , ' nas been appreheaded by , one of the XtQn ' dois aeteptlves , ' and was taken to Wlgan ' on Sanday 1 »« V The " pr \ ' » on « r , - it will ik ' ei « membtrgd ; waB a coal proprietor , iudii ohargedwIthlia ' vinBpBtalnea . throughdlshonestworklrig of his pit , many thousand tons ' from under the ' pariih oboroh aad > hurcuyard , and , ' oi » e or two of the principal

    streeti . i Henry Bleasdale ( his n ' ephewj , ma « s |« r of the works , and Edoon Grimsbaw , tnderlooker at the Col . liefjri'Jwate ! n . eustody for trial at tke last " Liverpool Match Aiilies , butyere aisenargid , " thenbeing BO'tvldsnoeishowjagthripcomplicity , ¦ '¦ ' J '¦ - ' ¦ •¦" ¦ ' -TBt ErtrHi ' HT M . bU CaoiiET . —OdMonlay afternoon week some huridreds of persona were seen iteuilng'tiielr way towards BUrgh Hall , to witness the liberation of MUs'BiDuHb , aroportbavlagbtsnolreialatsd ' that tbe husband , - Ellis Norrls . 'wu going to'feteh her oat , her guardians haying sgreea to allow him to iskeher . under his protection ; - The report , however- ' .. was' without any foandatlon . andthe ' mnnitudewerodliapjiolntea ' tolnelr expcotatlonsj a '» Mr Seed , the owner of the asylum whets she l « , positively asserts that he will not resign hsr without the a ppr 6 Ba « onbf heif guiWlans ^ . ' - ¦ - ¦

    Thb Whomsam Swi wins UiThefamliy ofewlndlerf ' , slaWa ,, Ann and i J 6 s » pti ' Wmtenou « e , ojfcw Qrien , whose oaptMi ^ en ' oted rM ^ tty . ' weMl ' gaW to the Manchester Birourt Conrt , ohtfdndsy' lut . ~ Mr Reay , of tha Liverpool Qaardlari 'Siclety , Btatcd that a npmber of ether cases of swlBiHng'by ^ ^ the , prisoners " had been discbyerad , bat they w « re similar to thosi ' already Investigated , ' and hitherto ' th e ]¦ h ' ad ' not been able to find the huibandiSfMra Whltehoaie . : ' H « had ; therefore , no additional ovldencetoproiiuoe ^ on that p ' art of the cbiu-g ^ ¦—Mrs Buxton repeated the evidence she had prev { e ' asly given , respeoiing the towel ' rallied from her hoBss ^ and identified by her little girl ; bnt U wss not thpn ' ght to'be ' safflelently bonclatlve to warrant ta ' o . priionere' oommtttal on that alone . Mr R « ay then preferred a charge agalnititMla'i'Wb . Uehouae ( the mother ) and Ann ( the daughter ) 'for pisslbg base coin at Iiverpool .--MrsBirQ

    otaell , of Waterloo , Liverpool , was oalled , and stated that the . younger ' prisoner bonghYa pound of iugtr in her shop ; on the . eventBg of . Friday , tk « 28 ih of January lsst , for , which she paid a . coimterfiU ' eji . ' pleoe , - , Ae baiene ' iB of the coin being' dis ' coVweil fmraedistel / afw ' r she left the . Bbop . ~ Mrs Rammer ' ilatsdtliatinelitea about ; a mile from the kit wHneisi and ' she was paid a base 6 s , piet ' e " a t '! Wl ^ e ' » oiook ;' '&g sa ^ b nlfh ' ti . * for some coffee j ' etie ; believed It wa 8 , paid herty ' th « elder prlooner , but sh ' e ; was not po ' sltire . 'i baker Widi ' ng near the same bolgkbourhooid ^ wu also paid , ' a baieM . piece for some fcrea ' d , : He beMe , ve « ' it was the jounKer prisoner froiK ; wWA'he . weelve . It ,. bithe - wouWnot undertake to ^ pe RJ ^' poiUffely . Mr ^ ude - saW , . he Should dlichar (( e the prMneri as far as his jurlsdlplion was . oonoemsd i and leayi'Mr Reay to actas he ' tnought proper with ' respeot to the matter .. Mr ResythStf had the younger jrlioner taken Into custody , the mother and ton bdhgllbe ' ratad . ; ' ¦'¦ s ' : : ; ii ' ' ¦ *¦ , *• ¦ <¦¦¦ . >¦ ¦ .

    I ibls of Man , —Coimiior iT SM , ~ po jrWayr ' Dt * cember , sshj ' tne gaiilot , < Jane of Whltehaven , Jeakinton : master , p < ut Into Ramsejf blarbour . ^ liabied , witk yards carried aw » y , ' andaboutthreefeef 6 f water'in thetoii , and taking lnr ' apldly . '! About three 6 ' olpok , a . m ., whea about fifteen mJleBof'Manghoi . d Head , she came to'Wcuigloa with another galliot ^ as both yeBsels wore on op . poslte taoks , the wind blowing S . 8 . E ., and Jbui beokmo disabled , andieoelvod aom ' e inJaVy oq the iarboard bow , a little bolow ' pa . ter mark , with ; the ohaln ' bol ii ' ofthe mfnenmast Of the other yrtsel ; " She tben ' tacked < o fol . law the Teis > . I ,. but 8 neJhL > d ^ gonO j . Q . ; gwalaMaaM . at the time , to she made for - % mBey , XN craw suppose tftat tko galliot was tho BarriW of Whitehaven , Moff * t ,

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    master > both ? essela left ihat port atita Y . K ., en Thors . day , and were ooal lain for Kiafstam . It Unit known what hu become of the Barrow ; tha Jane saw a nisei towaru the east , but eould tot discern , her cwnotly , and a imaok haying arrivid at Bamsey reports that she saw a loboonir , " with a mast carrltd away , making for Whltehaven . ' , ; : ' EsBEi .-DuxiBC amokqbi HoasKs ^ -The ^ disease amongst horses has again inade , its . appearance In some parts of Eisex . Mr Wright , maister , of Fjaeld , has lost one valuable horse , and ^ ai levital others affooUd .

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    Vv . . ' . -. , ¦ ... t .. ¦ . , ;—; r ¦ » r ^^^^^^ ' ^^^ ' **? tlieorjtftHoM to tko working « f tk * poof Jaw , wnlch » e > many loealtttJS uew seen so keenly to ( sel : , Wbatevet . thif shall adopt as thilf Judgment , J * •» lnttnd « 4 , BlalJ : belaid before ths extoative for its lnfomatt « prepare * tory . to that amendment of tbe law which Is not only ad . viiablebattoevitable , and witk which parliament at Ita opening will bs called upon to deal .- This movement liof so iraotical a nature tbat there ean be little , doubt tbe aatuoritlts will reo « Iv « its reoommendallons nith great attsoMen . Meanwhile , it is ' consoling to find tbBt ,. whersvir the owners and oeoaplers of land are doing their duty to affording employment , the poor law is regarded as a valuable Msiliary . '

    Iufboyixemt of I » elawd .-. A warrant hai been re . dived from the Treasary by the Board of Works , direct * tog that instead of repaying iato the Exobequer the in « stalments of the Famine Loan now to the bands of the beard , and whioh exeeed the sum of £ 360 , 000 , tbat this money may Ih re-laaued upon proper security to tbo land owners la tho several countlei whloh have paid it , for th » purpo « esofdratosgeand other means of improving the land . No applications from pirsoas resident in counties in arraar to be oomplUi with .

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    •¦••• i « THE LATE APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE ON BOARD A STEAMER . Tke following statement has been officially made by . Captain Johnitone , the master of the Londonderry : ' By this publio initrnmont of protest , be it mad » cnown and manifest , that on the i ± day of Decem-» r , 1848 , before me , William Scott , notary pnblio . by Jawfnl anthority , duly admitted and sworn , praotuing and residing in the City of Londonderry , personally appeared Alexander Johnatone , master or commanderof the Bteam-vesiel Londonderry , of Londonderry , of the burthen of 277 tone , who did dcolaw . and ayer for truth , that on Friday , the 1 st day of December , 1848 , the ( aid vessel , then lying at Sligo , and being in stout and staunch order , repair , and condition *

    her engines in particularl y good order , tbe vessel well found , provided , and equipped , and in erery res < peet Bea-worthy for the prosecution of their intended voyage te Liverpool . At eight a . m ., having taken on board a part of their cargo , consisting of sundry goods and merchandise , under deck , and a number of cows , bullocks , and sheep , on deek ; at half- past eight a . m ., they , with a pilot ' on board ,, proceeded ; from the quay of Sligo te Oyster Island , where they were to come to , to take on board the passengers aad luggage , together with a farther portion of cargo , and about twenty-six pigs that awaited them there . At a- qoarter-past sine they : arrived at Oyster Island ,, and tho passengers commenced coming on board , and continued bo doing until about noon , when the vessel

    was again ready for sea ; but , in consequenoa of thetide ebbing and the wind changing to W . S . W ., witht sqaalla , the pHot found it impossible to cant the ship ' s head to uaward without placing her in imminent danger . They were / therefore , under the necessity of continuing at Oyster Island until about half-put four , when she canted with the tide , and the pilot got the ship under weigh , and took her outside the Metal Maa when he left her . At the > time the ship got under weigh ; there was , according to tke pilot ' s mark , about fifteen feet water on tha bitr , before which t&i vessel could not have crowed it with safety . About twenty minutes" pait five crossed the bar and proceeded to jea , the wind then blowingwest a stiff bretze . Continued their voyage without

    any material occurrence until eight o clock ; the tea at this time rough , and the vessel pitching ; the spray was breaking over the deck ; the man wbo kept the watch forward came to Appearer aid informed him the oompanion-lid of the steerage had worked oft " with the pitching of the vessel , and could not be found . Appearer told the second mate to take the tarpauling off the luggage and cover it over the com * panion to prevent the water from going below , which , war accordingly done , from which-time until ten o ' olook the wind 'increased , blowing from W . to W . N . W ., and the learoae , oausing the Ship to pitch and roll greatly . Appearer obliged to keep constantly ; near the wheel , directing the management of the ship , except when he had to bo to the cabin to

    oonsult the chart , and gee the eniD ' away . At thistime the mate came to Appearer , and informed him tbat the weather bad earned the tarpauling again off the companion , ind that he hid taken the carpenter ; with a light , forward to secure it . In proceeding , they found the slide or top , and replaced it on the companion , and railed the tarpauling over it , so that the slide could not again be washed off ,-leaving the door-way quite open ; the door having been carried away . At midnight it blew a hurricane—the sea inoreanng and breaking over the deck . Found the cattle had broken adrif c with the heavy motion of the ship , and were rolling about' ; a number of the sheep were dead , and cows in a dying state . At this time , sap > posed the ship to be between Teeline Head and

    Arranmore , with aigood offing , the gale every moment increasing , Appearer never being able to leave the man at the wheel , thb vessel ptaehing violently , and sea breaking over her fore and aft . At two o ' cloofe it blew a perfect hurricane , the ship pitching and rolling tremendously ; with an awful sea breaking over the deck ,, and filling it with water , carrying * away the starboard ' after-gangway . 'At half . paat two . the vessel appeared in greatdanger ; Called thechief mate to consult what was best to be done for the preservation of the vessel carge , and the lives of all on board , en whioh it was judgod advisable to relieve the vessel as' muoh a possible by throwing overboard a quantity of themosaels in bags off the deck , whioh was accordingly done ; and if' that was

    not feund sufficient , to throw the cattle overboard ^ and clear . the deck—the ' ship then being jc . very great danger of foundering—the gale ; still continuing with increased violence , heavy squalls of snow and hail ,, and the vessel labouring heavily . At half-past four * witfi the greatest difficulty and danger , they got the bhip before the Wind , * whioh eased her a little—Bapposing at that time Tory . , Island to bear about east fifty miles . About 'five o ' clock , the mate came to-Appearer , and informed him that to . big , knowledge there were four or five people dead' in the steerage , and to take charge of the deck until he » . ( the mate ) would go forward to ' see what' more had happened ; and to assist the passengers . "" . . Appear 6 r then foqk charge of tbe steering of tbe ship on hearing this

    report Irsm the , mate ' , ' and gate him orders . that all hands , even to the man oh the'lbok-Cut ; should immediately go forward ' aad auut the pa ^ enndrs , bring , ing all that could come , and " were alive , aft . to the cabin , and every other part of the ship they could'b& distributed into , to relieve and ' save them , whioh was instantly done ., and every lubconr posiible rendered for their comfort Many of the passengers were car * ried aft by the . crew ; the wind still from W ; J ( . W tc > N . flT , and blowing a'terriGo gale . Carried oh . their course till nine o ' clock on We' morning of Saturday , when Appearer discovered th ' e Island " 6 f Arranmore on the lee-bojr ,. about ' eight miles distant—hauled the * ship to the wind , fearing she would not weather Arranmore , from the violence of the fltorm . When

    Appearer found , about "ten oclock , . that tae yessel . was dear of Arranmore , he then boreaway , before tha wind , for Tory ; still violent squalls , and . the sea tremendous , . .. requiring often Appearer and two or three men at jthe wheel . At half-past 11 made Tory Island a-head * passed through the Sound , and at two p . m . ^ shapjed his ooune for Intrahull , intending to run for Lough Foyle , being the first harbour of safety they ooul p ) make under the oircumstanoe » . Passed through the Sound of Istrahull , about seven p . m ., with a tre * mendon »_ se » , and ship steering very wild . . About twenty minutes past . nine p . m ., got a pilot , on board , who took charge of and brougnt tbe ship to anchor in Molvilla Bay , abort ten p . m .. where he obliged

    the ship to remain till daylight on the morning of Sunday , when . they got under weigh and came to at the steamboat quay at-Londonderry . -Appearer immediately sentvfor ; the police and to the ageat of the steamer , to acquaint the authorities . , Soon after the police came on board , when _ Appearer informed them of the unfortunate eircunatanqei -that had taken place , on which the officer and police took charge of the passengers and the dead bodies . And , this Appearer , Alexander Johnstone . ' meat eolemnly declares , that in and during the' aforesaid voyaje / ha used his utmost and best endeavours for . the preserya * tion of his said vessel , and 'the lives ' of thepasien- * gem and orew , by hia consUnt and Unremitting attention to the management afadBteerage of the ahip ,

    whioh , in suoh an unprecedented hurricane , rcqaired . his greatest energy ' and exertion to accomplish ; for , if negleotad for the shortest period , Si mismanaged by the least inattention , she ' mnat have inevitably foundered .. Appearer also" solemnly" deolares thaty from the morning Tie left Sligo till "he arrived in Londonderry < he never once had his' clothes or boot ? off , nor did he ever He down or sleep . And further declares , tha ^ hisuHJlivided " eare and attention was devoted solely , to the management ef the ship and saving of all on board , and that the loss of life whiob ; oceunei on board during the voyage ' , 'to the beat 0 $ Appearer ! knowledge and' belief , arose from the number of paisengers that entered and remained in the eteeragc , ( from the tempeatuQuflBtate of the

    weather , and ( ram heavy sea Bickness experienced by the pawengers , and bad « ir arising from the number congregated together" in ao small a place , and being unable to leave the steetagi from their extreme debility , and tu * tempestuous state of the wither . And ' this Appearer having desireil aa act oriicoe ' ; the said notary , to serve and avail himself withal , when andy where occasion , may require : wherefore I , the said notary , do . hereby protest against the winds , weather , and stormy Befts , which the said vessel met with and enoenniered . onhet . lat «; voyagefroBa-SJigOvto Liver-, psol , inand b ; t ^ aA ofswWcU . tbereiaa :, a « && W

    loss of life , and aeain . t all other mat . ter 8 : andthic £ 9 against whioh : it may be , nece « BMy ,. to / pro { e . 3 t ' | ,, ipr- all losses , ¦ costs , damages , ' and . expenses . auea ' dy ^ Buffered or sustained , or thai may-hereafter basufferea . or sustained , by reason pf the premises afpregaid ^ Given under my hand and seal of office this 7 ca , of December , 1 S 18 . Whichlatte , t . v ; ujT- ^ 'r- . ( 7 i gn , ^ , c- 1 : " ? Air «* U »« ii , JowBioiw .. . ( Seal ) ( Signed ) . " ^ uuau . Somt , Not . Pub , j : Bail waB effered to ; . the . ¦ mggiatratei on -: thV , 6 ib inBtantoa behalf of the Japtauj'and two / mates , ' but , under the peouliar . circumBtances of the cue . was de- > dined . " " "

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    imatin . Joar Packihq . —The demonstration against the praotlce of Jury packing is being worked with nnoeatlng energy . The memorial has ^ geee lvsd tho signatures , op to this day , of thirty peers , membars of narllamant , deputy lieutenant * , ana msgUtrate ' i ; of seven Roman Catholic prelates ; of twenty , six ' dignitaries of that church ; of the professors' of four Roman Oathello col . leges , and of the msjorlty of tha corporations of Dab . lln , Wwerford , Weiforf , Drogheda , end Galway , betides large numbers « f other signatures rrom thosa places . The WAiosa mentlsns a more lawless premonition agatnit 'Jury packing '—Mr Kemmle , the crown solicitor , was favoured * day or two since with the deposit at his hall door of a human sknll .

    Ebcapb or Ma O'Mahohi . —It is annonuoed that Mr John O'Kahony , ofwhoBs eiplolts , in coanezlon with the late attempt at' disturbance aear Curraghmore and Its nelghbourhoodi ee much has been heard , has »• eaptdto France , whence tie has writttn to his friendi here . The only party la the poiitlon of a leader In tbose troubles now at large and in the country , Is Mr Harnett , the alleged projeotor of the stoppage of the mail at Abb « yf » ale , Mr Penalngton , the ship agent , who had given Ifr M'Maons a paisago und « r suspicious eircum . stances , and the only political priioner remaining in Cork gaol , has been admitted to ball by the local ma . gistrates , by whom he had been in the first instance committed . .

    Cofw Sibeet Savhjcs' Bahx . —Mr Pratt ' s inquiry has terminated for the present without any satisfactory result , as far as the unfortunate depositors are con . owned . This hat been cauied by the rafaiai of the trustees and managers to produce the books of tbe baok for the Inspection of Mr Pratt and the gentlemen who are acting on behalf of the depositors . The facU , at far as tbey . havo yet been ascertained , present this strange ana astonadiig aspeot :. j-In May last , when the bank stopped payment , upwards ol £ 48 , 000 were due to de . petltort , to meet whioh it is stated that only £ 88 ¦ were forthcoming . The questions naturally arisa-. what has been done with the money thus " Intrusted to the managers of the Institution ? What has been the came of a dtfi . clency so enormous and to startling ! Howls restita .

    tion U , be made to the humble and ladostrlons classes of oar fellew oltlreng , whose hard earnisgs bare thai mysteriously disappeared I So adequate explanationor , indeed , any explanation at all—has yet been offered by the trustees . On the contrary , they have refuted all eiplanatlen—refused to open their books ; and as « cover for this refusal , have challenged the jurisdiction of Mr Pratt . The consequence was , that after hearing evidenoe whloh established the claims of certain d « pog | . t « rs to the amount of £ 2 , 000 , Mr Pratt has been obliged to adjourn the Investigation , until the Court Of Qiten ' a Benoh tbaU have determined the question of jurlidiotloa and cempelled tbe production ef the books , wtthoat which the tranfactlons of the bank cannot be thorough ? sifted , or the troth atoertained .

    AlAlJCIKO STATE . W SXIBBEBEIW PoOB HotWE . —The total aamber now In the Skibbereen Poor flouoe and Its aniiliary house ' s is about 4 , 230 . Of this comber the three auxiliary houses in the town and at Deelis accommodate ¦ beat 950 . The ^ omalning 3 , 280 are dieted In the poor house , and about fifty are sent to a store to sleep . Thus there are permanently lodged In . the union poor home about 2 , 780 . The , houBe was tateudid when first built to ' . accommodate 800 . Since then three additional timber houses have been built on the premises , one of ' which Is Inhabited by Invalids , and into these three and the main honae there are now orammed by day 3 280 and by night 2 , 780 . Every avaUable apartment-Is made use ef . a ' s . a bed roem . In the girl ' s schoolroom , which meuvtes » Dout 27 by 12 feet , about 500 girls sptnd the

    day , breakfast , dine , and about half of th « number sleep there , Sven tbe bath reom , which measures about nine by sixteen feet ,, is made usa of as a day roon , dining room andhed room , ana in this small apartment I foand this evening 170 persons , ' men and women , ' confine * there W » b scarcely room . for them to 8 t » nd . About teme 809 er 600 persons have , bten In the house for the last fortnight without getting the house dress , and In the fllthj rags whioh they brought In with them , The j air in the apartments la which tneae are sept is Intolerable . Others who have been in the house for some time ) and have got ttie dress , hive not . ohanged a shirt for the last month and others have to go sh'lrileiii whilst tfi « " ireairts are being washed . Disease , has already commenced to In . crease in the house ; and in the infirmary the number in each bed varies from two to six , —Cwfc . Ee « mfaffr .

    ; . Hinimo iwtheNoaia . —TheBsiFAsr , Wnwcontafas the Mowing Interesting report with regard ' to the commeacement ^ of mining ^ pe ' ratlons on an exteBsiTe soale byan : BnglJjh cbmpsny : in ' tbe county of Antrim ; the event isioiie . of considerable ImportaBce , at least In the north . of ; Ireland : — ' Por upwards of twelve months past certain English capitalists have been engaged In making preliminary explorations , of the extensive mineral basin on the north-east coast of Antrim , whloh has a sea beuudery from torheadto tie Bay of Ballyoastle , and runs several miles inland . The ' whole of this bssln comprising ' many tbouBand acres , Is held under lease from the Earl of Antrim . Active investigations have discovered , In the Balljcastle section of the property beds or veins of Iron stone , some of whloh sre . two feet

    nine Inches thlok , ; of a ' qaaltty equal , if not snpetior , « e learn , to the . celebratedblackband of the westof Soot . Una . The seams of , coal vary from two feet six Inches « f t six feet In thickness , and embrace almost every variety , from , ttierieh and bltDmlnoui produce ef the . north of Bogland , to the anthracite " or bllnd ' oo alof Wales . The coljlery jwhloh ha < just been opened lies contiguous to Hurloa ^ h B » y , a ' fine natural , harbour , extending from lorhead , oh the south , to a point near Palrhsad en the nofth , JTtebayhaBS 6 yen . fathomrf depth of water-beyond a l « dge of rock jutUng from , its centre , and at which , 1 ft the oldea times , coal * nd sgricuitural product were exported . ' for . tha consumption of the coast . The colliery works are situated near the base of oaeof the spars of . the range of lafty baialtio hiilB , the lofOness

    andgranasurofwliloh . areesoaededo nlyb ^ ths ' wonderB of the Causeway . Three seams of coal have been opened by msans of , adits or levels , which are driven Into the side of the ' bill , and the produce is conveyed by meant of railways to a drop or jetty , whioh will be os « d for tempo-» srj shipment until , tha construction of a pier apen . a large scale ( for which , we understand , the workjng plans are being prepared ); at the point in the bay already indicated . : TaBid « yla « t being appointed for th « opening ef this colliery , several gentlemen visited the works and axpressed muoh satisfaction withthe quality of the coil aad the facility of worklng ' U , and ' with the arrangements made for its shipment . The Inhabitants of Ballyoaatle , naturally muoh Interested in the erection of , the . works , an « in the intended benefit to the immediate distrlot

    testified their respeot for the Sogli ta company by Ulu mtnatlng their piotureiquo . llttle town , by the Usxlng of tar barrels , the parading of bands of mnslo through the stfestt , jana other modes of rejoioins ; . There was SleO a tolerably good display of firework » i 'VolCNiAH' EvicnoMs . —Lord Glengall ' s tenantry aire quitting his lordship ' s property , Searotlya nigkt elapses tut some tenant , dreading evioflon and feeling the prtBsurecf the . ren t and poor-rates , makes his escape te aome seaport , carrying with him all be can . collect . Lord Glengall l « said to regret the departure of his te . nsriiry ; and to be inclined to make abatements if they would remain , . His lordship ' s generosity , howeTer , ' comes too late / He . will shortly , it la said , have 00 acres to himself , to till , to crop , and pay the poers atesi :

    A Cbdei . lor of Vjolbhoe in Llmerlok bas ended in a marier . ¦ A few days since , ; a man named Nloholsbn was returning . from the isfirmary . of Limerick , whither he haa : b «« rv to fetch home his brother , who had . been a patient there , when ho was attacked by a party with whom he had had spm ^ quarrel , and each injarieslwere Inflicted on him as to o&Hse his death . -. ; . ,: ' - .. . '• ' Tbibb Miir AcccfliD or Mdbds » , committed eight months sinoe , have been arrestcd . in the Duharrowmountains . - The unhappy Tlotim In this affair was- a . inan nsmediDevitt , , He was returning from prayers on a Sunday , and being overtaken by rain , be directed his steps to a aelghboqring hoaae for shelter ; This hoaie

    % as , It appears / at the-moment ia the hands of a part ; Whioh had attacked It . : Their sentlnelswatn . d him not to . approaeb , eut Devltt ^ npt heeding the warning , went on , and was shot dead as he- entered the home ';' Am ArwowHo Ihcimht is related by a Donegal paptr . A few sights sinoe a young boy and his sister returning fronvPettlgOi homeward , had . to orois a mountain . The Bight was . darkanastoimy , and . they . lost thoir way » JText momlag both were found dead from the eapbsnre . Tke boy and girl Isy side by side—the . latUr ; with her am r 6 und her brother ' s n « ck , and her fltnael petticoat wmorsd from her own person was wrapped- round . his feet . : Tkua did : the oruture , pethspi ; lacrifioe heri own life In a yaln « fibrt to sustain that of hsr brother . '

    Tarii , o » Mt Dpffx —The cosamlSBlea . was' opened OR Wtdauday , befere Justice Peirln . :: Tn » graa 4 Jury haTing been sworn , Justice , Perrln prooeeisd ¦ to deliver his charge to them . There was nothing in biaoinrra * Uoai to oall for partloular remark ; ao much the less , In . deed , ill this heceesary , as his lordship , la iureetlag his obieHrationa to the oase of Mr Saffy , quoted a pasawe from the oharge of Mr Juatioe Blackboine , already published . •¦ -:: ' '• : ;¦ ¦ --. .-: ¦ .:-: ; .: . ;; . ¦; . . ' . " . ; . ¦ .,, " MriSualth O'Brien , ahd . the ! other parties convicted at qionmel , remain at Riohmond BrideweUU- ' Thsre Is a very general rumour that-the jadgts - of the Qdeen ' s

    Bench are unanimous against the prisoners on the wrlta of error ; . aftd . that In . csae of a unanimous deolelon of * . ii ffio £ * * ° «' u ° orown itnB Attorney General will wjihhold the . requlslte sancllon for the prosecution of anappealto the House of . Lwde . ' :: { * ;•¦•»••' The Pqob . Law ;—A movemeutof : an important cha . raofer , having reference to the nroohcaovaaBed poor law is abouUotakeplaoe ^ It has bee n for aome , tlme in cgntetaplsHon , - and has at length been decided *! ' - that r * F M « nUHves from the several boards of . guardians throughout the country , will assemble In DabUain about a fortnight from this time , to diaoass among themselves

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1501/page/6/