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      Srobtnrial Intelligent.

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      TheHcukbm Tn > cu Sr JtAK .-On Tu «« . y vretTatttfjSlUou T . p * ou . e , th . te £ « t on _ th . fcoa , of the hUMri flnnaHolmtn wai resumed , before nsmed no . the jury wtursed a verdiot or warm SoaSb « be « . «^ . to dUoorer the murderer iwcffisriDC * reward for kiidUoavery . ClWKBi » I > -laaDBSMOTM BTA WHatWKD . — On Ffldty afternoon wwk , as Mr Jehn Rlg& , of Bartermere qnsrryai » n , and Mb two sons were leaving tboir mrk ' at the ila tc quarries on Honliter Crag , about five o ' clock , they had no woacr reached the top of the

      m UBtsin than Jht y heard the load soands of an approaciia ? whirlwind , and , being * w » re of its coase guenees in their expoKd position , threw themsel * : * upon the rocks . Mr Rlgg , aen ., beteg nnaWe to retain klsbold . wascirrtaibj the force of the wind some thirty or forty yards from the summit of the rocks ; and , on a Kirch being ma je for bis body it was feund on the following aeroing at a distance of about 300 yards , in a msit pitiable condition , his limbs , and the various bones of his body being crushed to plecei . The deceased , who was about fifty ye «« of aga , was a ssoit upright ind inSaitrlaus man , asd baa left a widow and three children .

      BctGUBT ks » bNkwcisile . —Feur men , masked and ^ fguiied " , broke Into the home of Mr John William ' twitt , atEbchest « , on Friday morning week , about ¦ cur o'clock . Two of them stood oxer tb e inmates with piitels cocked , whilst the other tcro ramack « d the house , irhenco they took a b » nk receipt , some money from the ( errant girl , a gun , a sword , and some finger rings and faoochei . Wa » wickihixb — Tsbiisu Accideht . — -A vtry deplorable acdd « nt , by which six penoas lost their lirss , occurred at an early houronFrWay week , at the Bantnio CoUisry , theproperty of Vesiri Brldgweod and Co ., ¦ hnated absut threerallei from Hasley . It appearstbat

      aboat six o ' clock fire men and one boy went to their employment , and were in the act of being hwered down the shaft of the pit , whea the link of tie chain to which the oorfe was attached snapped asunder , and the whole of the unfortunate creatures were precipitated to the bottom , a distance ef 360 feet . They were all most horriblj maaglei , scarcely a tone remaining bat what wubrokeB to pieces , and every perion was felllfd ob the spot . Theirsamesare—ThomuBsttanj . a single man ; Joseph Jones , a carried man , with one child ; William Cotton , a married man , with four ohildren ; Charles Harlestone , a married man , with one child ; William Wlthcot * , a married man , with three children ; and Jasper D jriooto , a lad .

      " Etxnaas . —Suicide or A Lady . —On Friday weeV an inquest was htld upon the body of Mrs Twjnsnj , tie wife of DrTwynam , ofKoo * l 6 . hU ! , aeu BUhopatoke . The unfortunate lady who had been for Bometimeiln a ¦ fete of mental depression , destroyed herself by discharging the centsnts of a gun throsgh her hsad . The poker was close to t % e right hand . The gun was lying between her fcaeef , with tie steek oa tho ground , and the barrels pointed towards the head . It appeared the d-ceased discharged the gna by touching the trigger with the poker . It mu » t have caused instant death . —Mr Wiiion , surgeon , said HraTwynam , was eSlicted with a disease of the brain , which subjected her to aberration of the Bind . She was incoherent in her mianer , sometimes more , sometimes lass . She had a » t entira control orer herself . The jury returned , a verdict of' Temporary insanity /

      Chatham . — On Satarday evening Ian stout elxo clock Sergeant James Dwsnt , 60 th Boyal R ffcg , put a period to his life by shooting himself with his rifle . He was ia charge of a detachment guard , doing duty in the military prison . Fort Clarence , and he committed the aet in his own room , which is in the rear of the guard room , fey plating bis rifle , which was loaded with ball , under his chin . The discharge shattered his head to atoms ; geveralof his teeth were picked up in the roem . The cause for committing this rash act appiars to to hare arisen from his being in arrears ef some publie money due to some of the men of his depot , and which he had m : ntioned previously to one of bis comrades , addlcg that he

      had been threatened with being reported tofcis commandteg officer . Mr James Lewis , the Bochester coroner , held an kqaeit on the body , at a late hour the fame night , when the jury returned s verdict "That the deceased shot himself during a fit cf temporary insanity . ' Lahcashux . — Aa inquest wu held on Tuesday week last , before B . Palmer , Esq ., at Sbevington , on the body of William Benttam , aged six years . It appeared frsns tha evidence that the boy on taking Eome dianer to a coalpit in Siandlsh , was attempting to put the dinp . er In an empty basket which wu being lowered into the pit . On reaching his hand towards the baiket he last bis balance , and was precipitated to the bottom . When taken ap fee web qu ' . te dead . Verdict ,- 'Accidental Death . '

      Dciaia—in accident of a very enrioas end wrieni nature occurred at Trlmdon colliery on Tneidsy sight week . A pitman , named Francis Sinning , was making shots ( powder rolled in paper for blasting coal ) in his own house , aboattix o ' clock ia the evening , when his nephew , a bay , came la with some milk , part of which he « pUls 3 . Sinning took up a bag containing six pounds of powder , and Btrack tho boy with it ; the bag built , and the powder fired , aHd blew the window oat , partly unroofed the house , and seriously injured five persons who were in it at the time , one of whom , a child two years old , named Moooy , it since dead . Sinniag ' t nephew bad an eye blown out , and Is i 4 a very precarious state . Befxiete of Thojo- 'o * . —& . letter was on Thursday week received in Oretaock from the Sheriff Depute , in which be iaferms the Town Council that Thomson's life would bs spared , and requests that this fact may be mads known to the magistrates .

      Ki « t . —Sikcolas Diath . —On the 22 nd init . an Inquest was held at Mabledon Park , near TunbrUge , the country seat of John Deacon , E-. q ,, the banker , before J . Sudlow , E q ., coroner , tonchUg the death of Bofeert Pope , a groom , whs had been many years in the service of the above-named gentleman . I t appeared from the evidence of the fellow servants of the deceased , that not making his usual appearance in the hall on the evening of the 20 ih of December , a search was made in the ataUr , and after some time he was found quite dead In one of tha hsy neks , with his head downwards . From the fact of the bat of the deceased having been found in the masger , it was suppose ! that having dropped it in ths rack , he , in attempting to regain it , fell in , and wai Bnafele to extricate himself ; the rack being upwards of foarfeet deep . A verdict of' Accidental Dj&th' was returned .

      Cheihibe . —Huideb . —On Saniay week , a femsis named Bridget St « nton brought a child to the police station , in Hioclesfitld , and stated that her husband had to ill-uied it that she did not expsot it would live many hours . The child was examined , but nothing was found ta be the matter with it , and the voman departed . A few hom after this the female again called with the eWd , which wu dead , and fearfully Injared , saying , 'I told yoa it could not live . ' The police were then despatched for the husband , whom they apprehended during the day . The parties living ia the same house as the prisoner swore that the man and his wile had bad a slight quarrel during the morning ; that the latter said the manhaa as mach right to take care of the child as she

      had asi when he went out she cried after him , and said that as ke would not take any tronble with the child , she woald do something to it which would hinder him from going to work . She then told the lodgers that her husband kad almoxt killed the child , but upon their going to loek at it they found it quite well , and oninjuied . She tiua toek the child out , and whilst proceeding along the road it b supposed that she merdered it , fer there were name , rou j wounds on the head end cheek , and two of the teeth tad beeu forcibly removed . An inquest was held on Friday , and the Jury returned a verdict of WUful Murder * against Bridget Stanton , who was forthwith committed to take her trial at the ensuing eisizes , and the father WiS liberated .

      Awful Catabtxophb . —On Thursday afternoon week news was brought to Faiersham that five childrsa bad beea burnt ta death In a hawker's cart at a plaoe called Piuaford , about a mile and a half from FaTsrsham . The nsws proved to be toa true , for on proceeding to the spot a sight the most harrowing met the view . The charred bodies of the ehiMren wero lying in a heap with tfee remains of tha cart . It appeared that the por « nu of the children left them in the cart in ( he early part oi the day whibt they proceeded to follow their vocation in

      the country as hawkers of small wares tor sale , and it is supposed that one of the children muit have lighted a lusifer and ignited some of the bedding in the cart , which was one of tha usual description occupied by gipaUe , ana of ssull dimensions , aad that the children out have been soon eoffocited , as the cart was closed up in conssqatnee of tha inclemency of the weather . Some sun working is a barn close by immediately rendered all the assistance in thelr-pawer . They bad , however a difficult tatkCnprerentlag the flames of the burning cart from extendiaz to the barn .

      ToxEiKisx . —Cosfissios op Huidex . —Thos . Halkln , the jouth who was tried on Wednesday wttk . and found joOty of the murder of Either Inmin , at Ltedi , bas since confesced his guilt . On his trial he strongly pro . tettei his inaooence , and said that he never Intend ad doing her any harm . He also appeared to be but little affected by the fearful position be was In . Honaver , siEoe then , he has considerably softened , anil shown signs of contrition ; an 4 on Tbursdty week be made s confession of his guile to the Bit . T . Satttn , ike prl . on chaplain , to tin effect that he was the causa of tho death of bis lover , aad that ha had conteapU ' . « d the murder for some time previously . PccKHPicxiM ExTKAoiDuuiT . — There were « n

      Friday week plaetd at the bar af the Manchester borough court , a little girl , named Mary A . Murphy ( who stated that she wu nine yeara of age , tut who seemed to bs about eleven ) , and three young women , decently dressed , calling themselves Eliz . Dwyer , Jane Brown , and Cath . Brows . Mr Betwick charged the girl with pocket-picking , and the other prisoners with receiving the property , knowing it to be stolen . The facts of the casa were these ;—Oa the previous Wednesday , a yonag lafty named Etcher , came into town for the purpose of shopping . On her way , » he wa * closely followed Into a isweUer ' sshop by Murphy , but was boV aware of the tact . Hrs Ileadelson , the shopkeeper , however taw the girl enter , and , from the anconcerned bearing and the -neatness -of the dres * , thought that ehe was an atfendant oa the-lad y . MU ' Ewher spent about twwty minutes In selecting several articles for purchasV , an « daring the whole « f the time the little girl stood \ ery elm to Ur , Wtuu abort to pay for the arUnlas . ihi

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      missed her pocket-book , which contained a £ 5 note Her purse , howtrer , was Mil In her pbeket . Thinking that she might harelost the book In the shop , she began tol » tkakoutf « rlt ; Mrs Uenielaoa attlitei , and so alto did the little girl . Th * s « arca was unsucousfol ; udlCiu Etcher oama to the Gonclusloa that she might have dropped It at th * couating-kouse of Mr Belhoose , er left it at home . Tklther she proceeded , but the mining pocket-book coula not ba fount . Immediately after ske had Uft th 9 shop , the little girl weitout , totally utumgectefi by any one ; far Hrs Mind « laon recardtd her as the attendaai on tha janag lady , and th « IatHr Iwktd npoaher as belonging to the sh » p In ashortti « e afterwards , Hrs Utndtlssn mUsed from her pocket her own purss , which contained twsirj-two

      sovereigns and a half-BOTarei g * , two of the sovereigns having been cut at the b » nk . She al « t mined one « r two keys . Balng oonvlnsed that she had the purse in her pocket a short time before Hlu E < oher entered , sh . began to saspsottkat both she and the youBR lady had been roibed by the little girl ; and when M'u Ewher returned , there intued iaqalries and explanatiens which strengthened the Suspicion . Information was given to the police ; and on ths following day the girl was apprekenitd in a shop In Old Market Piece , in th « act of p-cking a lady ' s posket . Po ' iioemin Gar . land , who was In plain otethe * , saw the llttl * creature engaged in what appears to have been her calling , and took her Into oustody . She dropped a purse on ths ground . Sevoral question were put to her , in reply to

      which she stated that she only entered the town on Wednesday ; that she cam * from Deny , in Inland , and that she had no friends here . After Ulliog a number of fahehcods , she oonfened that the had betn lodging at an eat ng-house , near to the Old Church , kept by a parson named Smith , and the gar * up the key of her bos , in which , she said , some money would be found . Mr Beiwick , accompanied by Garland , wenito the eating-bouet speken of , andfeund that the three other prisoners , who said th ? y were tUttn , occupied & room there . On Jane Brown he found Mrs Mandelson ' s ke ; a and purse . He then searched the room . Between tho bed asd mattress he found s quantity of new clothing , and a lady ' s rosewood work-box was concealed uader a wash-stand , The key which had been given up by Utry ABn llnrphy

      unlocked this box . In one ef its compartments , Mr B » swick discovered the pockit-book and £ 5 note belonging to Miis Escher , and , in another compartment , a paper b « s , appareatly containing lotting but sugar , but having £ in gold , wrapped np ia paper , secreted In the midst of it . Amongst the gold thero wwe two cut sovereigns belonging to Mrs Mendelson . A youth , namtd Turner , whose father keeps a stall in Smlthfield market , deposed that en Tuesday last he met the whole of the prisoners in the Llangollen vaults , Deamgate . They told him they were strangers , and asked him to show them the town . He did so . and in the evening they went to tbe

      theatre . The young ladleB not only paid all tbe expenses , but th « y presented Turner with a very handsome purse for his kind attentfon to them . Ana Daffey , ser . vant at the Llangollen tavern , corroborated a part of Turner ' s evidence , and pro < uce 4 a very elegant purse , which one of the females had givsn tj bar . In all , five purses were traced to the prisoners . Mr B « swi * k expressed bis belief that the whole of tho prisoners bad been in the habit of turning out to pick ladies' pookett , and applied to bave them remanded for a few diyi , Mr Maude said the case was very clear against Mary Ann Murphy and Jane Brown ; the depositions agalnBt them might be taken , and tbe others were remands ^ .

      RtSFESweHMB . —Amemft at Boboiakt . — Earl y oa Thursday night week , Mr Gardner , of Nether Common , detected a thief in bis house , nnder very singular oircumstances . The culprit iu question is a young woman namtd Mary SimpBon . She had been formerly in Mr G . ' s service for some time , and was of course thoroughly acquintcd with every part of his residence . According te the account of the girl herself , she had contrived to entsr the houso abom daik on Wednesday evening . Sho then went iuto an unoccupied bed-room on the ground floor with the new of concealing herself till tht family were at rest , when she expected being able to oarry off whatenr she had a fancy for und ' sturbed . This arrangement was , however , fruttrated . —It appears that of late Mr Gardner has had the lower windows of his bouse well secured by secret fastenings , which cannot be cpan ' . dbyaitraugir . and as a further caution , the family have been in thehablt of IocklBg all the room

      doors on tho ground flat before bed time , By tbis mians the intended thief was Hwde a prisoner in the room she had taken shelter in ; and although she made many Sorts daring ths night to get out by both the door and window , she was frustrated , and bad to r ; mata In dnronco till moraln ? . On the household being astir and the door of the roam unlocked , she st ill persevered in fcer objtct , and took refuge in a cellar till the afternoon , whea the family were at dinner and the servants engaged in attending it . She then cammenced , and made the wardrobe of her late mistress the first objtct of her search . Here she had laid out a quantity of Indies ' apparel . Mrs Gardntr had occasion to visit the bedrootL while these operations were ia progress . She Instantly discovered something wrong , and with the assistance of the gardener a search was instituted , and the depredator was found hiding in one of the attics , without cap or shoe ; , a * she had come out of tha cellar . She was subsequently conveyed to priaon .

      An Imbhicah ' b Lues —At tbe Tiverton police court , on Monday week , Francis Canfield wrsbrought before F . Hole , Esq ., and W . Hole , Eeq-, charged with having proceeded beyond his destination on the line on Sunday kst . He bad taken a ticket from Brid gwater to Wellington , and had proceeded to Hele station , where , on giving np his tleket to the poUcBmsn , the fraud was discovered . He was committed for a fortnight in default of payment of a fine of 10 * ., ineluding costs , On being asked where h 9 came from , he replied , ' Plsze your £ i < varence , I came from Bristol in search of work , an tbis is tha fint job I ' ve got into . '

      Fatal Aocb ) brt . —A female pasiesger , whose name we have been anaMa to aicertain , was killed at the Teignmonth station of tbe South Saron BtU way , on Friday week last . She had left the carriage to speak to a friend on the platform , when tfee train began to move off . As ehe had no intention of being left behi&d , she ran to get to her scat , but slipping her foot , fell belweea the edge of the platform and the carriages ;> he was so injured by the pasting train as to be killed on the spot . Tais is a terrlWe caution to passengers quitting their Beats . Fatal Accidiht . —On Thursday week , Mr Robert Leslie , slater Murrsygate , met with his death in a lamentabb manner . Being employed In repairing the rool of a warehouse at the Sugar Hcubo Wynd , and not

      having gone bsme daring the evening , his relatives became alarmed , and one of them pet off In quest of him about tbe place where be had been working , While searching about the premises , he was percrived by one of the watchmen , who , upon being made acquainted with hlsotjcot , assisted him In the pursuit of it , when they found the unfortunate man lying on the floor dead . It appears the way deceased came by his death was , that he bad been engaged , alone in repairing the roof of the above-mentioned warehouse during tbe day , when a portion of it had fallen In with him , nnpercelved by any one . The height frem which he had fallen was about thirty feet . Mr Leslie was 77 years of age , and has been spwards of forty years in business as a slater in this place . —Dundee Adverliter .

      Suffolk . —Fatai . Ccuch Accjdhhx . —Oa Friday week the Norwich Union coach , en its route to the Eastern Union station , was overturned in Northgatestreet , Ipswich , and a lady was killed oa the spot , some of tbe other passengers being more or lesa injured . Upon WoodbrMge Hill , the two horses in harness , obtatningthemantiry , preoteded ataturlens rate down the road , end , in turning the sharp corner of Colemaastreet , tbe coach fell ov : T , with a load craih , scattering the pasiengers and Inggage upon the pavement of the Wtiite Horee Hottl . Stveral pcrteni , attracted by tho cries of the pasiengers , rsn to render assistenca , A lady in front , named Parker , discovered under the luggage , was taken up Insensible , and conveyed into the

      commercial room . Mr Bnllen , surgeon , was immedi . atily in atund « nw , bat the lad ; breathed her last ia tt-e comse of a few minute * . The next pasaeoger injured is a young man named Barker . When conveyed to the White Horse , he wss bleeding , and , under the direction of Mr Bullen , was put to bed . Beildts being much bruised about the body , it is fe&red that he has sustained concussion of the brain . Roper , the coach , man , and another passenger , were also bruised , the former especially , bting so much cut ab * ut the head and face that he was obliged to proceed home and go to bad . Two other paisengers were slightly injured , but wsre able to proceed by the train to London . —An inquest was held on tbe remains of MrsParkor , on 8 atnrday , when a vcrJict of ' Accidental death ' was retcrnrd .

      MELlHCnoLT AMD FATAL ACCIDINT AT BORHIUH . — On Saturday afternoon , about four o ' olock , whilst seme labonrsis war * 4 rie * g « dln digging a oommon sewer , in tbe sVits p&rfcb , ths earth cavsd In upoa them , and « ne •( Ui « m , » joune tnun , was taken from under tho soil a corpw . Four ottiwi w « re seriouily Injured ; ono fracturing Mt nrm , another bis thigh , a tblrd his collarbone , » o 4 the fourth being merel y bruised , £ xrLO » foa o * Viac-DAMP . — . Oa Tuesday morning w « k , between mm and eight o ' clock , an explosion of Ore damp took plnce in a coal pit in Mr Baldwin ' s new field , Bear Birmingham , and which ii worked by John Jones , » ui Martin Wilton , butty misers . On

      asslstsnos belog obtained , it was found that the only persons Injured by the explosion were two brothers , named James tnd Jehu TJnett , and Gwrge Dougherty , the litter being burned so severely that bnt slight hopes are entertained of his reeoTcry , as it is supposed tbat be inhaled the bUze . Tha two 5 netts are not seriously Injured . Aao * ther man named William Corhett , was slightly sort by one of thohoiscB treading upon'hls chest through being frlghten 9 d by tbe e-xpfoilon , Dr Edward Best is tbe surgeon attending them . Juhn Unatt states that the pit was tried with tbe safety lamp in the usual way , b / the ' d ° gS 7 i ' bsfore the men went do * o , and it was supposed the pit was safe . There were about thirty hands in the pit at the time of the acoldent .

      Plymouth . —Captdke of ah Ihtehdiho BmatAKT . —Oa the 7 th of November a young nun named Shutte , clerk and traveller to Mr Stoffws , of Hamburgh , suddenly absconded frota his empley ; went to London , and thence to ^ P I jmoutb . where ha was to embark on board the Coromandel , Oaptaln Norman , whlcV left Loadon on tbe 6-i ef December , bound for Australia . She arrived here on the 14 th , and the fugitive having sent his luggage from his lodgings to the waterside on the morning of that day , proceeded himself on foot . He was , ' however , carefnlly watched , and his mjvsmeats communicated to his employer , who hid followed him from tbe continent and wu then concealed m board tb « sottooner EJ !»

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      Fox , dliihargio ' ff a cargo at the Barblaan . When Shutte arrived on the wharf , Mr Staffers , having a targe handkerohlef tied round bis faoe , and wearin g green speotaolei , and a glued hat , ao as to dirgulse his parson , stepped ashore unexpectedly , an ! placed the culprit in the hands of a sheriffs offlosr . Mr Suffers carries on an extensive clothing establishment , doing a large business in ths north of Germany , and Shatte is obarged with embezzling more than £ 1 , 000 , Fail of in Amolitb . —During a storm ef ralB , hflil , thunder , and lightning , which occurred about ten days ago , a servant girl , in tho washbonse of Mr Atkins , Flsberton , Salisbury , was soared by a load craih at of a

      heavy body having fallen and brok * n on the pavement in the yard adjolalng . Owing to the darkness of the night she couH not aaoerialn by what tho crash had been produced ; but , early on the following morning she found , scattered about the yard , fragments as if of an iron stone , the external surfaces rounded and polished , and the internal radiating from many centres , S * ine of the rounded prominences of ths stone have a blistered appearance , not ufillke some specimens of cbaloedony . Nono of ( heso fragments ( of which Mr Atkins picked up about one pouad twelve ounces ) had the slightest influence on a msgncHo needle , Numerous other fragments , reduoed to powder , were net collected , bnt unfortunatfly swept away .

      1 CnaiSTKAB Waits . '—On Saturday ctcnlng a par ' y cf gentlemen having bargained with the railway to find them wings wherewith to fly to the merry homes of Christmas , were snugly ensconced togetter in a carriage at Brentwood , bat after indulging for a time in the warm flow of the conversation of the season , they found tbat instead of speeding along gaily by the mall train , the happy roofs they sought were as distant as ever , and they wera lift alone in tha cold hoar frost . Tha train bv mistake had' left carriage and company bodily behind ; it was not till reaching Ingatcstono tbat the loss was discovered , and tha engine tripped back for ' the waits , ' the musio of whose voices would soon have been missed in many a merry oelebration of Christmas Eve .

      Strike tm . Wages —Tho table-Mado grinlers have Issued a oircular , in which they state that their average earnings , according to their late Hat of prices , were 85 j . per week , and deduotlng from that 9 j per week for ox peases , It left 26 s . ; but the prcsest price for tbe same amount of work is 17 s . 61 ., and deducting the same amount for expanses , leaves 8 » . 6 J . per week to support themselves ani fasHlea ; and in eomo cbbcs the price ia l « s than that , consequently they wereroductd to a state inferior to that of the continental workmen , and llttlo better than pauperism . The quantity of the superlar work , they state , would be from five to six desin per

      day , and the price of it by the late Hut would be Is , 2 d . per dozen , tbe common work from ten to twelve dczen per day , and the ptlce 7 d . per dczsn , and making allow . anoet for etone-banglng and varloas othar stoppages , would reduce it te the above average . They therefore ask for an advance of wages from 8 ) . 64 , to about 19 s ,, which is twenty par cent , below tbo list price . The jus . Use of thlsdemaniis . we believe , admitted by most of tbe maaufaoturen , wko acknowledge tbat their working for such extremely lew prices Is no real benefit to them , while it is a great injury to the town at large ; but they say that the demand must ba general before they can grautit .

      • Accident at Wobmet Co * h Mill , meab Sheffield . —About four o ' clock in the afterneon of Tuesday week last George Helliwell , a maa about 57 years of age , In the employ of Mr James Snrtees , jun ,, ef ' . he abovo mill , was In ibe act of shooting a sack of corn Into the bin in tha dreulng . room when , it would appear , his foot ¦ lipped and he fell forward , Us head going between the cog . wheel and the upright post at the end ef the binth * wheel being In motion at the time . Mr John Sur . tees , sen ., who was in the room below , heard him fall , ran up , followed by another Individual , and Immediately stopped th » wheel . The poor fellow , when extricate ] , presented a chocking appearance , both aides of hU head being much mutilated , and one ear cut eff , Next ( h y , havlog slightly rallied , it was attempted to remova him

      to his home at Wharncllffe Side , bit be died on the way , AbbBOATH —APP 1 EHENJIDN OF A LiDT IhPOSTOB . — On Wednesday week , a female , respectably dressed in weeds , and glorying in the name of Mrs Webater , or Dlckson , or Headerson , alias Mataskt , was apprehended in iha Western Bank Office here , on a oharge of falsehood , fraud , and wilful imposition . It wonld appear tbat she bad applied for charity at tbe house of the Rev . MrHsndersen , representing herself to be the widow of a man of the namo of Henderson , who had boen employed as a clerk In the houBe of Barclay , Sklrvlng , and Company , Glasgow , ani that , in consequents of his death , she was left In a . state of Iha greatest destitution ; that , being on her way to Aberdeen , where she had friends who were to assist her , she had been compelled

      to apply for temporary relief to carry her forward . At the British Linen Company ' s office Bhe assumed the name cf Dioksoi , telling a similar atory ; and , in various Other ics'i ncei , when on her visits , took the names of the individuals to wbom she applied . Some suspicion having arisen , she wjb taken into cuitody . This wo . man is thought to be the celebrated Madame Mataoki , who forme-ly peBsed herself off as the wldew of a Polish refugee , and , in that character , contrived to collect pretty largely from the psokets of many of the nobility and others in various parts of the country . As Madame MataskI , she wag tried for this crime , before the sheriff and a jury , In Dundee , in Oetob&r , 1812 , and was , along with her husband , John Ne lll , ( now undergelng a sen . tenos of transportation for a similar crime ) , Imprisoned in the prison of Dundee .

      Tbeathent of Debtobs committed bt tbe County Coust . —At tho Court of Chelmsford , on Wednesday , Mr Gordon observed to Mr Nesle , tho governor of the gaol , who was present , that a person who bad been committed by him frem Roobford Hundred had boasted that he was allowed to smoke In the gaol , th at he was very comfortable there and did not oare for the commit , mtnt . - Mr Keale said it must have . been an empty boaBt ; the psreons committed by this court were not allowed the privileges of the common debtors—they were treated as misdemeanants , and thoro was a separate plaoe for them . —Mr Gordon said he was aware

      of that , but he thought it ought to be publicly known Subsequently Mr Neale produced the printed rules with respect to this class of debtors , by which it appeared they had oatmeal gruel , and bread for breakfast and sapper , a pint of soup and bread for dinner three days intheweik , and three ounces of meat , $ half a pound of potatoes , and eight ounces of bread en tho other four days ; and it is aided' They shall not procure or receive any tobacco , wine , beer , or fermented liquor , oxoept by order of the surgeon , on the ground of health . They shall bs permitted to see their relations and friends only once In the coarse of each week '

      Nouthahptohshiei . —Tehant Right , —The Petorberough Farmers' Club , at their last nesting , disoussed the question , ' What measures could be adopted to cheapen the cost of the production of food ! ' A lengthy debate ensued , in the course cf which the question of tenant right was alluded to ; as Incidental to the matter before the meeting . The fallowing resolution was then agreed to : — ' That it is desirable for the tenantry oi this country to have their capital go secured as to enabl them with confidence to spend their money freely in the soil , which would cause a great demand for labour , and produce an increase of food at a less price . '

      On Christmas morning , tho sons of Mr Tumor and Mr Lywosi , farmers of Flsherton Anger , Wilts , were in a field , adjoining Mr Turner ' s farm , amusing themselves by shootiDg small bird ' . The son of Mr Turner had a gun , and , not sedng Mr Ly wood's son close by , he fired , and killed a bird . Part of the contents of the gun , how . ever , lodged In Mr Lywood ' s Bin ' s face , ' and completely saturated him with blood . He was immediately con vt-yedtotheSnlhbury Infirmary , and it is hoped that he will survive . Lynood is sixteen years old . Fatal Accident at tub Comcs-btbiet Soapeby ,

      Livhpool —On Tuesday the body of Mr Joseph Greco , an excises fficer , was found in tho refuse-pit of Messrs Crofts' soapery , in Comus . street , The deceaood was a young ni&D , 23 yeara of age , unmarried , and had been residing at No . 1 , Driver-street , eff Brownlow-BtrBet . Ho was being initiated for the duties of the excise , and In the exerolse of his calling had been placed on duly at the soapery on Saturday evening , and olnce ttat time had been missing . The pit , or well , Into which he fell , Is on the level with the yard , and was usually kept covered over . The deceased was aware of the well

      being there , and It is Buppoaed that the atoam arising from tho hot fluid must havo confused his eight , and so ocsatloned the accident . Lakcasbibe . —A Vesebabie Cueisthai Pabtt . —On Christmas Day a number of a ^ ed mon , rcBldonts of the village of Walmsley , near Bury , assembled to dine together at the honse of Mr Radcl . ffo , the Now Inn , Walmtky ( the uDlted sges of whom , 82 in number , amounted to 2230 years , making the average age of each gue « t C 9 J years I Tbe feast , a substantial one of roast beef and plum pudding , was provided according to the will of the lateWm . Grant , E < q , who at his deoiase bequeathed funds for tha purposo . On tho morning of tha same day , upwards of 600 tf the Sunday-school children belonging te the new church at Walmsley were regaled with baas and coffee , eut of a fund left by the same benevolent gentlemen .

      8 oiciDE fioh Lovk A » D . D » DN ^ EifNEB 9 . —On Tuesday night an inquest was held at tha house of Mr John Bell , In 8 trangeways , boforo Mr Chapman , coroner , on view of tho body of a young man named James Wilson , who committed suicide abent two o ' clook on Sunday morniog , The deoeaed " , who was about 21 yearB of 8 go has for some time been paying hia addresses to a girl named Elixatosth WIlliamB , who resides with her father In Q ay thorn . On Saturday evening they visited several vaults In company , and both got nearly intoxioated , and on passing along Slrangewoys » t two o ' clock on Sunday morning , they had worda and began to quamJ . Daceased then left the girl , telling her he would drown

      himself , a threat to whlob . she paid ilttle attoEtlon , as hehddonceortwloebofore tried similar threats which he invariably thought the letter of . She accordingly saw no more of him , and went home , On Christmas Day , bis brother called upon her t o Icqalre If she had seen deceased , when she told him of their quarrel and what had passed between them . As the deceased did not make his appearance at home ; search was made for him on Tuesday , and the River Irwoll , net > r Strange-WBy ' e-bridgo , was draggsd b y Ms friends , whon about neon his body was found in the rlvor quite cold and lifeless . The jury returned a verdict of Found Drowned . '

      Coaboi oi Mahjlauqhtee aqaikst a Wifb . —On Tuesday week , at the Cambrian Tavern , Menal Bridge , before the caraner for Ang ? esey , and a jury from the swlgfafcwibgod , an latest was ueU « n view of the hoflj

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      of Owen Parry , 6 g « dab » ut » B , pilot of the Cambria steamer Hunter , master . It appeared from the evMcnct of the enly witness prestnt , that deceased and his wife quarrelled In their house on the night of B » ngor Furry fair ( Uth ultimo ) , and the woman , lu tho heat of passion , ttruok him a blow on the haad with a jus / . The verdtoi of tho jury was Manslaughter against the wife , for whose apprehension the oomer isiaed a warrant . The unhappy woman has been admitted to ball until ntzt spring assists for the county of Anglesey . MDBDEB AMD SUIOIDE AX NoaTDAHPTOK . —A man

      named CIsyson , a depraved character , asms time ago cohabited with a girl named Mary Btdferd . More recently Bhe left Clajion and went to liv « with anether man . This rendered Clajion jeiloos , and it is said he has been heard to say if she did not return to him he would' do for . her' the flnt tima they met . It appears that on Tuesday night Clayioa met Bedford with a female friend , and stopped to speak to her , Bedford ' s friend going on a fow yards , aad it is supposed he requested her to return and live with him again , and on her refusing to do so he took out a shoemaker's knife ana stabbed her twice in the nick , and once under her loft breast , leaving the knife ia the last wound , ani im . mediately made off . Bedford ' s friend turned round on hearing her oall out ' murder , ' and saw her stagger und fall

      , and she died in a mlnuto or two afterwards . The whole of AbSngton-street , where tbis occurred , wns at onoe a scene of great coafmlon , but C : ajson had disappeared , and could nowhere be found . . On Wednes . day morning , about twelve o'dock , on drawing the river , hie body was diaoevertd near Mr Adktn ' s mill , the body apparently having bten In the water many hours , and there 1 b Ilttle doubt that the mardorer repaired dlreotl y to ; the river after he had killed Wb vietlm , and threw himself into tho stream . Oa WedaiBday morning tbe town was one scene of commotion , thousands ef the inhabitants flacking to Abliigton Street te see tke spot where the murder was committed , the blood of the unfortunate woman being sbtn fresh on the iron ralllDg near where ahe fell . An Inqaest was to be held on both bodies lathe evening at the Town Hall .

      MANCHESTM .-DlSCdYMX OF AN IKHINSE HoABD O » Sioikm GooD 8 .-. On Friday last three young men , all well kaown to the polioe of this olty , were apprehended at Bolton with a quantity of prints and otllcesa in their poaaesslon , and being SHtpeoted as Manchester thieves , they ware brught over here in oharge of a Bolton police officer . From some knowledge whloh be possessed of them , Inspector Mayburs of tbe detective police , was Induoed to visit a cellar in D « an » gate , kept by a slothes dealer named Donnell y , at whose plaoe he believed they were in the habit of vlsltiag , when , on searching the plaoe , he succeeded in discovering an Immense hoard ot stolen property . He found in diffsrent parts of tho oellar tbe produce of no less than seven different robberles , nil committed within the last taw witks . com

      prising oil palntlngi , riohly fram 9 d ; prints oallooes fustians , great coats , f « male apparel , &o , concerning whloh Information bad been lodged from time to time at the police , office . Amongst the parties who have since identified a portion ef the property as having been s * olen from them are Mr T . B . Sharp , of Greenhfya ; Messrs Mayer and Co ., of Bond Street ; Meairs Rtilton and Sons , of Blaekfrlars ; Mr John Andrew , of Islington 8 treot , Salford ; Mr Thomas Howarth , butcher , of Smlthfield Markot , and several ethers . The oil paint , logs , whioh are valued at about £ 100 , have sot yet been owned , but we understand they wera sold only very reoently , by Mr Winstanley , auctioneer , at a sale of Mr Ajar's , la Xing S : reet . Owing to the absence of Mr Wlmtan'ey , from town , however , the purchasers oannot at present be fonnd .

      Fatai Railway Accidbht —Oa Monday , an iaquest was held at the Howe Shoo Inn , Pilklngtoa , on the body of James Hilton , aged 23 , a plate-layer on theEistLancaahlre R ill way , who came to a premature death under the following circamstanoes . On the morning of the ( irjCedlng Saturday , be was employed on tha line * t Ridcliffe , with hia father . It was very windy at tha time , and hl » father , who was going to another part , cautioned him to get far enough out of the way when a train approaohed , In a short time a train , proceeding from Bury to Manchester , came up , and tho engine driver observed Hilton stop backwards npon the adjoining line to avoid it ; but Immediately another train arrived from Manchester , of the approach of which the deceased did > not appear to bo aware , and he was knocked down by the engine , and one of his lers run over . —CUrge Sudds , the

      driver of the engine which caused the acoldent , stated at the Inquest that he was making the signal of his approaoh to the station , and did not see the deceased on she line ; but John Whlttlt , the stoker , said he just got a glance of » be deceased at the moment ho waa being knocked down , and said to the driver , ' Oh dear , we have killed a man . ' The train being stopped , they went back , and found Hilton in a state of insensibility , lying between the rails of the train that had passed over him . He was coavc-yed to the Horso Shoe Inn , but he expired In a Bhort time . The deceased had acted in violation of the ralea of the cempany , which require all the servants to stand clear of both Uses when a train appreaohes . —The jury being sathfied from the evldenoe adduoed that the death wbb aooldental , returned a verdlc * to that effect .

      Bdbbiiho of a Hot Wamb Pips at St Ahn ' b Cutjbch , Mahchestm , —Shortly after the commence , ment of Divine servloe on Sunday morning last , the oen . grtgation assembled in St Ann ' s Church wore thro an into a state of considerable excitement and confusion in const quence of the bursting of ene of the hot . water pipes by which the edifice Is heated ; The hlB « lng noise produced by the fracture of tha pipe , and the censequent discharge therefrom of hot water , led to considerable alarm , especially amoogat the female portion of tbe congregation . The Rev . H . W . M'Grath , seeing what was the matter with great preiience of mind , Btood upon one of the benohes and Implored the congregation to keep their teats , all danger being at an end . The tlmelj admonition , which was participated ia by other

      gentlemen belonging to the congregation , was followed by the moit beneficial results , for all attempts at rushing out of tho bulldlsg were forthwith put a stop to . Mr Henry Heuldsworth and other gentlemen assured the oongregatlon that no danger was to be apprehended , and con . fidence in the safety of the ohuroh was speedily restored . Several of the ladles almost fainted from fear , but very few had to leave the oburch until the conclusion of the service . Only about ten minutes elapsod between tho bursting ot tho pipe and the resumption of Divine worship . The hot water emitted from thefractured p ' pe soalded one of the Sunday school boys slightly . No one else was Injured , except from fright . The cause of the bursting of the pipe was the over pressure on the pipes through tho carelessness of the stoker who had the charge of the heating apparatus ,

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      arising out of Mmptiitioa for l » d as th * means of exiiteaee . The Ownmbl Chhokicli gays : — 'We are informed that over one thousand aorea of land in the neighbourhood of Cahir have fallen into the hands of the Earl of Glecgall ( head landlord ) during the last few weeks , either by process of lav or voluntary eviction . ' . Tbe Irish members , it is said , are to have 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 Jaadlords also ought to hold a meeting to insist on certain amendments in the Poor Liw , and to devise means of procuring for the people reproductive employment , Ha order that their own properties may be sated from ruin . SI 8 TBB 8 S IN THS WBBT .

      The accounts from the western and southern die . triets 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 whick has been occasioned by the total disappearance of the potatoes as food for the people . An inquest waj held on Tuesday , at Claremorris , county of Mayo , on the remains of a woman named Bridget Kin ? . The jury found a rerdiot that death had been , caused by starvation and eold . It appeared that the husband was an ' able-bodied labsurer , ' who had been withoat employment for more than two months , and no relief was given from the union . Archbishop M'Hale . —The last number of tbe

      Tuah II eiuld is very much occupied with an account of the rejoioings of the people consequent upon ibe return of their famous ArohbishoD to that locality . Great honours hare been conferred upon him , and a dinner is still spoken of as likely to come off to signalise this happy event sHH more . Daring Murder in Donegal . —Lbiierkekny , Dae . 23 . —I hasten to communicate to ' you the lamentable intelligence of the murder of Samuel Davis , Esq ., surgeon , who wag shot dead at his own door in this town about the hour of twelve o ' olock on Friday night last . His house is in the public street , and the spot where the deed of blood was oommitted is more exposed , 8 nd under view from a greater number ef points , than any other in the entire town . A great

      variety of conjectures are afloat as to the occasion of a diabolical outraeeso unusual in this hitherto peaceful and tranquil locality . The murdered gentleman was a friend to the poor , and very liberal in his politics —in short , he was extremely popular . He was , indeed , a great favourite with , all whs knew him . He had a small estate in the mountain districts of Glcnawilly , worth about £ 200 per annum . From tbis property he evioted two families abou t a fortnight ago , and had made arrangements to prooeed at tbe approaching quarter sessions on more ejeotment pro cesses . The victim of the assassin waa a Protestant , tall in person , of accomplished manners , very

      successful in his profession , about forty-aix years of aje , and married , but without children . On the morning after the murder , an inquest was held , bnt nothing likely to lead to the detection of the murderer was elioited . He w&b shot through the breast , the bullet passed through his body , and carried part of the chain of his watcb , which he wore round his neok , with it , and through a board behind him , and finally lodged in the wall . The bullet was produced , and had the part of the gold chain battered into it . There were also six slugs extracted from the body . Death wae instantaneous , and the verdict was in accordance with the facts , ttie aBgasstns not having been identified . — Dublin Freeman ' s Journal .

      SucPiciED Fbatbigidk . —A person named John Wilson , woodranger to the Earl of Enniskillen , disappeared last week in a mysterious manner . Tbe body of the unfortunate man was found on Tuesday last , under such oireumstancss as leave no doubt that he was foully murdered ; and , if we are tooredit the facts that have been swern to , murdered by his own brother . The body was found in the Sillies liver , at t&e foot of Grlenounny Wood , about two miles from his late reBidenos , with a large Btone upon his breast , his veBt and coat buttoned over it , and tied with ropes made of straw or osier withre . An inquest was held , and the faots of the ease , so far as they have transpired , are as follows : —The diBcbarged servant Kerr , who , it would appear , was

      an accomplice in the transaction , and approver , being the principal witness : It appears that after the un . fortunate man went to bed , all the parties having partaken pretty freely of whiskey , the brother and Kerr went out , but re ' . urned in a short time , and tapping at the window , told the deoeased to rise , for there were persons in the wood cutting timber . The deoeased thereupon arose , and accompanied them into the wood , but they had not gone far until the brother fired two shots at the deceased , having both a sun and a pistol , ostensibly for the purpose of attacking the persons who they alleged were cutting the timber . Both shots failed , however , to deprive the deceared of life . He attempted to run away , and

      the inhuman brother then prooeeded to beat out his brains with the butt-end of the gun . "Wten the murder was completed the body was taken to the river and thrown in , where it was found . So far is the evidence of Kerr , who is evidently cautionB of saying anything that will inculpate himself . It does n&t appear , as yet , that Oathoart , the other servant , had anything to say to the transaction . It is believed that some cironmBtances relative to the property of deoeased , whioh he was said to be about disposing of , but whioh his brother would have inherited at his decease , led to the foul and unnatural sot , which for atrocity has not been equalled in this part of tha country for many years .

      COMDITIOM O » THE COUMTBY . The celd and harsh weather has set In , and we are now entering upon the most trying period of the winter . Unless in welUclrcumitanoed counties , cb . ii fly In Ulster , the numbers ef the destitute poor are Increasing to an alarming extent . There is , in many districts , a total stoppage of employment far day labourers ; and & ¦ the labouring daises ara entirely without resources , thsy are necessarily driven to the workhouse , or the outdoor relief , as their only hope of succeur . This , let it be remembered , is the first winter slnoe the failure of the potato in 1845 , that ttali country bag been left to struggle upon Us own resources . In the Intermediate years a vast amount had been exp nded in the skipo of craats , loans , and voluntary charity from

      the British Association , the relief committee of the Society of FHeads , the Irish Central Relief Committeo , and other charitable sooleties . But now , after wasting famine , and the exhaustion of all those publlo and privat « contributions , the poor-law alone la icbttUuted , and it is no wonder , surely , tbat tbe burden should prove so overwhelming , espoolally in thoBO wwtern and southern dlitrlots , where land , to a considerable extent , is abandoned , whilst poor-rate is rapldlj augmenting , Lo > fc at the Limerick union , which Is far from being the worBt clroamntanced In the aeuth . At the meeting of the guardians yesterday , at which the Earl of Clare presided , it was ascertained that there wero i 546 paupers

      receiving out-door relief , at a cost of elgkt-ptnct each per week , while the paupers in the workhouses of the union amountsd to 5 , 200 , being a total of 9 , 714 , nr about eight per cent , upon tho entire population of tbe union . It U stated that an order has been received by the treasurer of the county of L ' . mcrlck to haue warrants for levying £ 11 , 000 , the first instalment under the Labour Rate Act . Meantime , many tenants are surrendering their land , or receding gratnltlea from tho landlords , IblB occurred , a few days since , on an estate near Croom , county of Limerick . But more generally tenants are robbing tho landlords , Here Is an Instance of this daring roguery , as given by the Likbbick CuaomCLB : —

      Rdnawai Tekjnts . — This la now beoome an habitual practice . Friday night two tenantu of MrB Hurly , TraUe ( William O ' Dannell and Jeremiah Risdtn ) , in comfortable clroumstanocn , owing a year ' s rent on tho 29 th of September last , £ 150 , residing on some of the best land In Ksrry , took off their BtoeU con . Bisting of twenty-four cows , three horsed , corn hay , fotty . fcur firkins of bmter . ln ehart everything , ana now refuse to give up the land HnleBs they get money . ' Whilst this revolution In our agrarian system proceeds tho poor-law guaraians are'striving hsrd to check or prevent t&e evil of out . door rellof , and some of the gentry are hiring out their mansions as auxiliary work , houees . The Rsthkealo guardians , for iastanoe , have taken Ballyolough Houbb , the late realdence of John Copley , E * q . ; and the Tipperary guardians , it is eaW are In treat y with Mr Manaergh fur bis mansion at Grenane .

      It Ib now well known that several lauded proprietor IniTlpparary we endeavouring to Bell out , but thegruas difficulty U to find purchasers . t The master of the Fermoy Workhouse announced that tho average cost of the inmates for tho paat week waselevenpeaee . The treasurer has in hand £ 10 , 107 . Amidst all the tnliery prevailing In so many diatrlcta In the Bouth , exports are steadily increasing of various agrl . cultural produoti . The Cobs . Cohstiidtioh says : — ' The largest quantities of fowls arcr ( sported at this season have been shipped on board tbs vessels of the Cork Steam-Bhip Cempany , to meet the Christmas market * in London , Liverpool , Bristol , and Manchester '

      Mr James CMtbunt , in a lotter to the Cosk ChmTi idtion , glvea the following account of a remote district in the parish of Kilmore , in fiat couniy . On » would thlok he wus reading absut an exploring expedition In Australia , instead of a plsee within a few hsursMournev of London : — 'The locality to which I particularly refer Is called Cantwee , and runs in a elautlng dlreotlon , eastward toward , Dunmaaus Bay . I had heard agooddwlof r » l « . !" whl 0 bpmalledlatni ' l aMter . *»« « onf « 8 B I thought the Btatemcnt unconsciousl y ooloured . To satisf y myself of the truth , I rode a elreult of about «««»»» , aocompanleaby Dr M'Cormiek . tao dispons . Ing physician at Rook Island . The country through Whloh we paM 6 d remain , nearly ln * 8 tate of nature , S i ™ m 0 Utm belD * ftlmo 9 t **< % undei Jjlopod . We entered several oablnB , or rathor hovds oi mud , and certainly the wretchedness whloh met fte eye eurpasstd all which the Imagination could

      con-I thall attempt to give a faint Idoa of some of these Boenes , ffom whioh , as from aBpsolmen , the BeneralehataotBr of tho mt maybe fairly judged . We came to the bat ot a peraoa named -

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      Quantities tf dnag surrounded the door ^ inralr-. ' op . i , , mwolethells , the refuse of the common diet 3 L J * these parts , were sesttered la every direction . A , , . * — - hay aad a sUteatoppadttie holeoriginallyIntst V , f 0 V window . There was not n spark of fire . / , itr £ * ppOO 1 tool , an old Iron pot , * o

      lowing : — ' We regret to h » ve to report a caie o : :. ; ,,.. , _ j art 8 ' lent distemper , as having appeared in a ne » ; . Ou ; i ,, p « » bare . Hitherto , the disease was confined to iba l : ,. ri ^ part * houso , wb » re twelve or thirteen cases have occui r ,, ] , , ^ A " tbe 4 th Instant ; bn » , yesterday morning , o , ii , or pBC Thursday night , a man named Henry Keoneiy , -. . . - -,. 5 fee * ' a nailer by trade , mi rowing at No . 18 , MilliV ; ,. : fen l seized with diarrhea ) , vomiting , and erampj—tv ar ] y A ' stage of this complaint , Unfortunately , me <; ¦ ¦ a ^ f £ was not sought for until ten o ' clook in the i-y . ao ? . ff ? . i when the m < n was found ln the state of collapse ,: , v ; . ^ putt been ill fer about ten hours , Dr Wheeler , in Blr . ^ au . M * trict th * case occurred , was moat assiduous i' : » at- hau ttntlon to the Bafferer all day , and ( with tbe cci . ¦ :,:: ¦ „> ( M ?

      tlveadvloe of other mtdioal practitioners ) , nsec : ' ' . o 72 . * ilous appliances that experitnee points out as «•>• . ¦ . . vf- f " /^ fal in tbe complaint ; but he dUd aboutten oM . 4 U 41 V night . ' ; tOU BETUaN OF IBI 4 H POLITICAL BIFDOEIf . 1 ^ 31 ! The LiaiBics Cnsomcis eayi : — 'Mr Danl ' j ; ; ; - J n EoHti-. or , atpiesentlnCoBstantInople , and who U . <• . ; :. ; .. Pre city in August , dreading arrest In consequent f , r ; . . ; .: enti conexloB with some of tbe political cffen < eri ! . s Vcc ; AeD < roturning to his native country , his friends htvb > r , . tha ' oebed Intimation that be will not boBmtsab ' t to ¦ .: . pl e { Habeas Corpus Act . Mr John O'Donnell , of ~>> h ¦ ¦ ' :- . £ * e for whose apprehension a warrant was out , lsf >! v ; : > . BOO

      pected home by his friends , ' 1 TBI PJOB LAW AMD TBS 11 KDL 03 DS . fcU 11 The modifieatlon of the poor law cow ongro s liv lo n attention of all ckases , especially of the gentrv . r ; L "» i ultra seetion , who had been clamouring for ' th-. n pU ) ' ^ ot the law , finding so sympathy in the country , h : rf C ttE abandoned the attempt to get up an agitation for k . 'J hopel « s « an obj-ct . The general meeting of poor Wss . tlW gaardlsns—those dismissed as well as IboBe in cDie ?— " is to take plase this day , iu Dublin . It bas bun con- S& 1 vened by ihe guardians of the Hulls unlOB , who . Irst do . Ben > clared for a ' total Changs ; ' but ihty have since i . v d ' . fied Ts& tbeir proposal to suoh altera > ieas in tbe system s nould ntv

      limit the area of taxation , equalise the bardc . more * . P generally , and prevent the ruinous consequence i of the lie pres « nt mode of rating . dn In the county ofWexfora the resident genry j ; no ; making a struggle to overcome tho difficulties ct ' their Q position , by uniting , in various districts , to xtund cat employment by voluntary assessments , upon tie pro- 1 ° ' prlaters and occupiers , in order to lessen the bt rdtn ot of poor-rate . They ere als « exerting themselves to i fomota As « ue systtm of agricultural improvement and inst action &n introdaotdby Lord CWrendoa . But fhHst engeglog in X& those efforts the Wexford gentry call loudly for umeni . mentsinthepeor-law . BW IRISH POOR IAW—PABIIlHKtiTABT INQCm he

      On . Thursday lest the usual annual dinner of tha X& Qaeon ' a County tenantry of tke Marquis of Lini downe , took plaoe at the C mrt Home , at Maryborough . Mr J . til R Price , the agent of tbe noble marquis , who prcal . led , | ' in referring to tbe operation of the poor-law , made tba I ID following aBneuncement : — ' I have heard , from tbu I highest authority , that up « a the first day of the suvcz j pt Ministers arc determined to appoint a committee ; i , M a a commlttte appointed by the House , and that ; y a S O member , is qalte different . That of the House ¦ ¦ ¦ vjl

      of th « occup > ing tenant . ' I Be Oa the same subjec- , the Ddbmh Evbkinq Pos r aavs ; II bi — ' A London corrrapondeat informs us that early in Ij al the next sisslon . probably on the fint day , MtnUiers I ! g < will give notice for tba appointment of a committeo to Ij P consider the whoU qufstlon of the Irlth poor-law . ' o ' The committee of Irish poor-law guardians app-intoii V , il at the meeting on Tuesday havo forwarded to tho di , ' fl fereDt boards tbroughtut the country propositions for S the modification of the poor-law , in accordance < vlth l \ the vlewg set tor it in tfcsir petition , hat more mhiuw ' o E atattd . They reoommend a dlmlalshed area of taxation < 81 that the workhouse staff and the medical cbar ' . ti&t C Bhould be supported by a national rate ; and t ' " *' . the v rentral expsuBe of relUf should be met by local ra . e ? , \ tl

      THE IEISH LANDLORD ( TSTIH . I A very remarkable statement appears in the Eteni ;; . ; O Post , on th < relations between landlords and tecanti ir 0 Ireland and tho evil ¦ ff . cts of the tyetemon th « wbo ,. ! A framenork of society . It is contended that ne nbavii S in the law can be either beneficial to the genera ; \ v .: eets of the country , or practical in i ' s operation , v .:... 1 will not bave a tendency 'togftrld of the gr ; st . - V onuBesof Iria 5 » poverty and wretohedHeas , name !; . : t . : 1 beggared and cruel nominal proprietors of Irian f - c . ' ¦ , I Exceptions are made In regard to good landlord ,, b . t I It is held that the Interest of tbis class , as well : ; the : I improvement of the condition of the occupiers , fro , e [ 1 a complete reformation in the system of landlord ; -: in ! I Treland . A contrast is drawn between Englr , T >>! j :. \ \ \ Ireland , to show that both bave the same Ut , 4 ¦ : ? ' (

      tenure , bat a totally different mole of dosliHg be » : c . the landlord and tenant in tbe letting of farms , : !¦ .-. - . eparatlon of farm buildings , tho allowance for valuable improvi menta , and , in fino , in the entire arrangement ! between the owner and occupier ; tbe object being ia Eaghnd to enconrage thrift arid induitry in the tenant , whilst , in Ireland , tbe rale has been to deprive him ftf all motiTe to exertion for Independence . The object e ( this system , it ia contended , bas been to reduoe tho occupiers to exist upon ' roots and water ; ' and neither free trade in oorn , nor the poor-law , can be truly as > signed as a cause for tbemlserUe which the potato dla . case has aggravated , but did not produce . We extract some passages , lnnferenco tothe agitation for a total change in the poor-lava , as many weeks oannot elapse before this subject Trill be diseased in all its biaringa In Parliament : —

      Let ns come 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 change took place ln the conduct of IrUh landlords , but par . \ ticularly those of Munster . Ffom 1800 to 1848 wo hive ) had innumerable comnitttei and commissioners of all [ I classes , inquiring into the ' chubeb of Irish poverty and ! | crimes . ' We have a host of writers , foreign , English , j and Irish , pursuing tho same subjeot , and what aro the Si ' comes' to whloh they all attribute poverty and crime in 1 Ireland % Aro thoj to the lazj , slothful disposition and | habits of the Celts ? or , ere they to ' surplus pop ? »; . g tlon ! ' or , ' minute subdivision of land V or to the A § sufficiency of the landlords' powers ! Not ty Bny means ) P but to' exorbitant rents ' and the' oppressive nature oi If ' tho landlord ' s treatment of Ms " ttnantry . I t wou'd proi | tract tbis letter to too gnat a " leDgth to add even & por . t tlon of the sworn and written testimonies of vaiious vie . < t . { aous who have been examined before commltteea d botl I

      houses of parliament , or who have written upon the aub . jeet , but It must be kuotro that In all the Inquiries In . atltuted by governmeut or private individuals , tho on * great feet , tie monster evil of Iroland—bad landlordism —it condemned sb tbe gre i » nouroo of Ireland ' s povort ; and crimes , N ' . mmo , Giiffi : li , Judge Day , DrDjylo , ani handreds of others , have sworn to the guilt ; nature o ! Irish laniibrclsm , while Waktfi . li , Kohl , De Beaumont , LwiB , W ' ggin ? , Sacler , Bians , in foot , every one nh ) has investigated the Bubjtct , concur in their condemnstlon of It , and have vindicated the libelled and 'rost . eating slaves' of' Munster cruolty and ' Connaught be ? gary , ' from tho charge cf being naturally prone to bj , ' lazy ' or'indolent . ' t I

      When , tber « fore , tho n presentntlTes of bad and cruel landlordism lay tbeir prajera beforo the Legisiaturo fof a ' chango' in the pour law that will save tho labourers from being domorislb' -d , nnd all cla'Bea ( that is thun . selveR ) trom being ru uud , ' thoso miabcrs of the Imps , rial Parliament wbo are ronlly deBiroua of laying tha foundation for the preBrnt salvation and futurj pros , parity of this country , will do well always to keep in mlncl that unless the alterations in tho poor law are of euoh a nature as to fix tho penalties of bsd and orutl landlordism on tho real delinquents , regardless cf what tho cot- ' sequences may bo to them , and unless all tho old and stupid prejudiced whloh havo blinded , np to this tlm » . I

      our legislators , Bnd rendered them either Incapable of per ' , eciflng or unwilling to remedj tbe real osuses of tto 1 difUcultUs' which the govornmont of Ireland alwajj ; presented , are got rid of , tho good and ilrtuous ( atf ' thoj are manj ) amongst the Irish landed prop-iotai * j along with those dependent on them , will fall victims j the effect of exterminating pauper tyrant * , and tbo whale country , with all its people , Interests , &c ., hs saorlfictd for the unwise purpose of preserving In poaUiout tb » y have , by ail the laws of equity , juBtlce » ud humanirf , forfdted , the worst enemieB to tho rlie andpr ^ greasof ' national prosperity that evtr curBea or disgraced a i oountry , - r

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      A . Mak «/ aciory or Guano . —We are favoured with the following amusing description extracted mn tb « letter of an EnglUh gentlemen who h&a w oently ' visited an extensive hacienda , in the depart ' meat of Iluasco , Chili :- « On approaohing tW owerpart of the estate , near th « 9 ea , I wajstrooiJ by the appearance of a long greve of fult-grovn willows , completely bare of leaves , and as white ia snow , every ferk in their branohei oontainiug a eormowat ' nest . I oounttd sixty-seven nes&in one tree . IM « a complete guano manufactory a ? home ; and it is the gu&no from suoh an imtueisfl number of birds that destroys the life of the tree ! .

      and kills alWegetation for Borne roads on etoh side . We walked along the row of nest trees , on which war « enw » no « l many thousands of huge black oor « morants , not moving an inoa for vib , but keeping up a continued loud harsh grunt , so that , shutting yout oyw , yon would faaoy yourself in an enormous piggery . The grouud all al » ng is strewed with fijo bones , some surprisingly large ; and on the lsst trefl w the plaitation were seated a congregation of grass vultnres , sedately waiting the departure of the cormoraatB j to finish the refuse of the fish acdotliet offal vrhioh should be left . It wsa really an exit * - ordinary seene , and I could hare wawhed it fol houw , —Liverpool A ' ewj ,

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      ^/'' / "v /^ S ^//^/ l ^/ M Sveiann . MR DDTFT ' S TRIAL . Tbe course adopted oh Friday in tho Commission Court has mado a serious change in the case of Mr Duffy , which has been fought with so muoh energy all through . The judges having given judgment against the plea in abatement , the counsel for tha prisoner put in a general demurrer to the indioJ .

      ment . The Attorney-General at once joined issue , and the argument was fixed for Saturday . As the demurrer is general , and alleges the insufficiency af theindiotment , thejudgmentuponit may be final , without the intervention of a jury at all . In that case the argument upon the demurrer would be , in fact , the trial of the whele case , and the result would be final , so far as the court here is concerned . In the possible event of a decision against the prisoner on tho demurrer , he would of oourse be entitled ta a writ of error .

      RESCIKDIHG OP IHB OBDKB AGAINST THB PUBLICATION OF TBE PROCEEDINGS . At the sitting ef the court on Saturday morning Mr Justice Perrin said , that from tbe course the case had taken , the court did not think it necessary to oontinuo the order against publishing , and , therefore , for the present the order was rescinded .

      DEMURBER TO THB IXDICTJfBNT . Sir Colman O'Loghlen then proceeded to open the argument on the demurrer put in to the indiotment on the part of the prisoner . The first ground of demurrer was' duplicity' iu several artielos , each of which be contended was a distinct felony , being contained in one count , when each should hare 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 the iadiohnent , was uncertainty , ' the particular portions of the articles on whioh the Crown relied as expreBBive of the felonious compassing cot being set out with sufficient precision , At the conclusion of bis argument , tbe learned gentleman submitted , tbat on all grounds stated judgment should be given for tbe prisoner .

      Mr Baldwip , Q . C ., followed on the part of the crown , but being unwell the further arguments on the matter were postponed till Thursday , to whioh day the court adjourned . A BOURTn B 1 U , OP INDICTMENT AGAINST MR DUFFY The Frhbman ' s Journal Bays :- 'A strange insight into the complicated and ever-shifting proceed , ings of the Crown against Mr DunV opened acci dentally to the public on Saturday . It wa 8 like « incident ma Christmas pantomime . While Sir Colman O'Loghlen wbb arguing the ' demurrer on the . bill of indiotment , Baron RionardB cSained Itf SSJS ^ tt ? «¦»¦** " « quoting

      . ** . The gentleman for tho Orwa ^ S ^ d that Z tordshipmuBt have got hold of the county bill by miBtake . His lordship was sure he got nothing of the kind , for there was ' the oouuty of the city ' plainly on the faoe of it j d the learoed gentleman opined that the eriginal bill againBt Mr Duffy found in the oity ini AugUBt last must have gone astray to the bench . Hir lordship oould not receive this explanation neither , for behold he found on this indictment ( which differed in substance and form from the bill aotually found ) the date ot 'December , 1848 ' AU-nas then plain : the Government had anfimiK

      pnpr td udi pmtedlafourth bill of indiotment against Mr Duffy , which Mr Kemmis had blunder , ingly sent to the jud ges , and so unvoiled the State B 60 r 6 u BURBBNDKR OP LANDS , Even in the most fertile distriota of the south land ii surrendered by wholesale , and in places which had beejyremwkiible , whilst the potato fl ™ ^ . for an * ganiBed syatem of Igraftrim .

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      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . December 30 , 1848 ,

  • 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/vm2-ncseproduct1503/page/6/