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      Iwairo . BEPORT OF THE ORANGE GttASD LODGE . JS&GP&SZSSiXgS : ss rasssTrsj ^ stt-iS the remainder 13 to be pubfoshed next week The m S « S ^< ssd ^ ****** * ***** ^^ S « KS ^ p ^ = t& ^ i ;^ -i ceedings misrepresenteS . andHts purposes 4 d pr insffputSy ^ ^^ Wroccasioffor The report ' proceeds to state—¦ : $ ^ i !? » '

      In the year 184 S , our brethren , indignant at teing mde * tha subject of misrepresentations , and jealous of their high character , gave expression to thosesennments of loyalty whie ! had aLaysbeen charactomtic of fteir institution , and uttered a S ? Smai- , - tUe f 0 ui *» ¥ » & »» cast upon them Has they did m concern for their own principles and for the interests of their country-nofc in de-JSTd ? 5 ^*" " * patty or bod * " •" "At a meeting of tlie Daulin Orangemen , where « ncn sentiments were expressed , held on the 13 th of fcb , laa , in mitefriars-hall , a person ! at that S ^ ° own t o ae »* ¥ * i « A sought

      ad-. mission , and was introduced as Col . R . W Phaire and who represented himself to be ( as he , ' hi fact ^ d beenJ Gitmdlflasterof the Wexford Oranaemen . Within a few daysjtfter that meeting Col Phaire TOM < m the Grand Master and Gran ° d SecreSy of the Dublin Orangemen , described himself as acting under the direction of government , and , on behaff of the government , solicited two favonra at the hands of the Orangemen of Dublin ^ -one that they would consent to withdraw an address to the Lord-Aaeurenaat , accompanied with resolutions , passed at the meeting referred to , by which the government would be embarrassed ; the other , that they would aid in obtaining , and would consent to ive

      g such intelligence as they might acquire relative to the several movements of conspiracy in Dublin , about which the government were almost entirely uninformed . The reply of the Orange brethren to the latter was ( as might have been anticipated , ) that information honourably obtained , and which could be honourably given , would be at the command of government ; but that they could not , -whatever the advantage or necessity , act the part of spies ; and as to the address and resolutions , that they might form subjects of negotiation , and admit ot being remodelled , provided the Orangemen had ¦ amp ; e assurance that the government were sincere in their advances .

      " In the course of the negotiations conducted bv Colonel Phaire on the part of the government occasionally assisted by Major Turner , his Excellencv the Lord Lieutenant ' s late Master of the Horse " , and in which , persons high in office afforded confirmation of the genuineness of Colonel Phaire ' s representations , it was intimated to the Orangemen that the Irish government placed much reliance on their comage and loyalty , and that in the event Of an insurrectionary outbreak posts of great moment would be confided to their keeping , and that -detachments of the military should be so ordered as to act in concert with them .

      " The Orangemen did not discourage such ad-Tances on the part of government—they desired onl y to understand thoroughly the spirit in which they were made ; and after many ineffectual efforts to test that spirit , they at length proposed an ultimatum which brought their negotiations to a satisfactory close . They demanded , as a proof that government -was sincere , a grant of arms ; they would ^ ccept , they said , by way of instalment , a grant of live hundred stand , or the means of purchasing them . The result of their ultimatum was that a letter was addressed to the Grand Secretary of the Orangemen of Dublin , by Captain J . P . Kennedy , lequesttng that he would arrange to have five hun--dred muakcts , with all their equipments complete , purchased , and consigned to ' his own house . ' * The report proceeds to substantiate these general statements by a lengthened narrative of the incidents in detail : —

      "As a proof of the desire of government to ob-¦ tain information of the movements of the disaffected , ¦ we can name one of our brethren to whom a bribe vaa volunteered by Colonel Phaire , in the form of 41 gift , to release him from debt , upon the condition ot his undertaking to act as spy for the authorities , and which was called by their agent a proof of the sincerity of government . ' The Orangemen did not want money but arms As to the connexion between Col . Phaire and the ! gover . iment : —

      " When Colonel Phaire presented himself to the Crand Master and Grand Secretary of Dublin , as a person acting under the direction of Government , hte representation was confirmed by a communication emanating from bis Excellency ' s Private Secretary , Mr . Corry Connellan . He expressed the desire Of the Lord-Lieutenant that the address and resolutions , adopted at the meeting of March 13 th should le modified ( as already mentioned . ) The same desire was at the same time conveyed to the Orangemen by a member of the society , Mr . Stewart

      Blacker . Shortly after the meeting on the 18 th . ibis gentleman ( by request ) called on Mr . Corry -Connellan , when he ( Mr . Connellan ) handed two documents to Mr . Blacker , being the address and the resolutions , signed by the Grand Master and -Grand Secretary of Snblin , and stated that the government were embarrassed by the resolutions ; and being well disposed towards the Orangemen , and willing to receive support from them , were reluctant to give a discourteous reply , which could not be avoided if the resolutions were passed /' .

      Further collateral evidence is adduced , and then tbe cause of-the negotiations is described : 'fa ¦ few days subsequently" to the 17 th of March , " Colonel Phaire requested a private interview ¦ with the members of the Grand Lodge of Dublin , at which he again pressed the withdrawal of the address , and received for answer that the Orangemen of Dublin would not agree to such withdrawal , but would not insist on a reply , provided that arms ¦ were given them , as a proof of the good faith of the Iord-Lieatenant . This reply Colonel Phaire was -commissioned to transmit to the Lord-Lieutenant , and he soon after reported to the same parties the probability of the arms being supplied . He stated , too , that arrangements were made for forming various depots of arms in Dublin , from which the Oransremen could be supplied , without attracting

      notice . Also that certain places of rendezvous suggested by them bad not been approved of by the authorities , as not being most convenient to the points of danger ; and he then submitted a list of Souses to be occupied as posts of defence , drawaup fcy an officer of Engineers ( Captain J . P . Kennedy , ) to whom had been entrusted the arrangements for the protection of the city incase of an insurrection It was even stated by Col . Phaire , that a body of Oran-cmenwereto be admitted into the Castle of Dublin , for the purpose of assisting in its defence . Earlv in April , dissatisfaction was expressed at learning the intention to arm the Orangemen was abandoned ; they , therefore , pressed on the government the express recognition of the society , and threatened to presentthe much dreaded address and resolutions

      . ....,, Lord Clarendon , in the month of March , recognised them bv name in his replies to the Orange addresses from Portadown , Antrim , Annahoo , and Armagh ; but Lord John Russell had disapproved and the practice was discontinued . The negotiations wet on-in the meantime ; the Grand Master of Dublin had several interviews with Major Turner , who always expressed himself as authorised bv Lord Clarendon to say how much indebted he aid the government of the country felt to the Orangemen for their conduct through the troubles ¦ of the spring of ISiS . lie even went so far as to sav that he would have much pleasure in joining the Orange Society , if the Lord-Lieutenant would

      -permit him . On the 22 nd of April , Cololonel Phaire had an interview with Lord Enniskillen and the Deputy Grand Secretary of Ireland . Lord Enniskillen stated , that having had a conversation with Lord Clarendon , he had not succeeded either in procuring arms , or securing sucn an answer to the address as the Orangemen desired . A resolution was then agreed to ° with the view of proposing it at . amcet iuW the Grand Lodge of Dublin , to be held that SSkt , in case the government should persist in re-S « to « ive arms . Colonel Phaire undertook to Sfthe ^ solution in thehands of Major Turner ; K return , hettated that Maj <* To ™ f , h » d S " Off to the Lo ' rd-Lieutenant , and tha it hadlb en should li ^ e an interview

      aetflea thatlfaioVT ^ er S Lord Siskillen and other brethrer , about ^^ nnKlef ^ companied by the Deputy wsm alternatives , ^ f- ^ £ kouldrcceive an answe r , SSSgsSSSSS ssgissa aSSsssre ?* SSffSTSfiS > f Colonel »* * i *> *»

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      S ^ SS'S ? foUowk 2 ' » ' % *<> be a copy of aS ^ S = tt » SSSa SgsssassssSaaaS Sn SVBTfftatfsKjaa : shortest bine . Yours faithfully , mslntne J . P . KBiNIDI , Cheques ! for £ 600 , drawn in favour of Darid Stuart the . Grand Master of Dablin , were ™ cordingly , within a few days , received from Captain Kennedy . ¦ r ¦ His letter was read at a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Dublin , held that evening , and it was then agreed that the Grand Lodge of Dublin should not persist in the presentation of the address to the Lord-Lieutenant , in consequence of this letter of Captain Kennedy , by which the arms demanded had been secured to the Orangemen . n On the 24 th ( two days after , ) a second letter from Cai-tim Kennedy was received by the Grand Secretary of Dublin , authorising him to purchase the arms , and have them consigned to his own house . Of this letter the following is a copy : — ^? f . thefolloffin g > P ^ tmg be a copy of

      2 Hh April , 18 * 8 . Sny-1 shall feel obliged by your ordering si supply of hve hundred stand of muskets , with bayonets and scabbards complete ,, to be furnished immediately , and consigned to your own house jo Uublin ; the price not to exceed £ 15 s . for each musket , with the bayonet and scabbard complete ; and you will please to take care that the arms have the regular proof-mark , and in every respect perfect and sufficient arms . ' . Your obedient servant , . •¦' -..- - J . P . Kennedy . '

      The arms were duly purchased in Birmingham , but before the last case of arms was received , the city of Dublin had been proclaimed , and the case of arms , on its reaching the quays , was seized and detained at the Custom Bouse . The Graud Master of Dublin , and others of the : brethren , called on Colonel Browne , the head .. of the police , and told him that a case of arms , intended for the Orangemen of Dablin , had been , seized , ; whereupon Colonel Browne gave a written order for their restoration , of which the following is a copy ?—m „ . ^ o wer Castle-yard , August 9 rt , 1849 . ine police have directions not to interfere with / Mr . David Stuart while conveying thirty stand of arms from the Queen ' s stores to his residence , No . 60 , William ^ trect -p - » t tt , . +, E * BttOWSE , Commissioner . ToX . J . Halpin , Esq .

      They were restored and lodged in the custody of the officers of the . Orange Society , and issued to Orangemen on orders . The Grand Master of Dublin , n % such ( whe was in almost daily communication with Colonel Browne , or his secretary , about the Orangemen ' s arms ) , had obtained from Colonel Browne these orders , which enabled the Orangemen to remove their arms to their own residences . After Dublin had been , on the 19 th of July , proclaimed , Colonel Phaire informed the Orangemen that it was the wish of the authorities that a list of the Orangemen who had arms should be prepared and submitted to Colonel Browne ( the Government officer specially authorised by the Lord Lieutenant to grant licenses ) to prevent delay in obtaining such licenses . The Grand Master had , accordingly , such a list prepared , but determined not to have any communication directly with the police , in the first instance , and therefore one of the

      brethren was instructed to submit the list to Sir Edward Blakeney ; the general examined- the list , and wrote a letter to Colonel Browne—it contained Sir Edward Blakeney ' s sanction of thD list . On a subsequent occasion , street lists of Orangemen , drawn up . with a : view to the defence of the city , giving their respective residences , were submitted to , and highly approved of , by the general . The police having seized the arms of some Orangemen at their residences , the Grand Master of Dublin , and others of the brethren called on Colonel Browne , who wrote orders for their restoration . On one occasion the arms of an Orangeman , near Kilmainham , were seized by an inspector of police ; the Grand Secretary of Dublin wrote , in his official capacity , to Colonel Browne : the arms were restored by the inspector . Numerous instances of similar character could be furnished . The following document relative to this subject will speak for itself : —

      OBAXGE KSTrrCTION . Mr . ( name and residence ) has been desired to give up ' part of his arms . G R- ^—( occupation and reiidence ) . A J— , and W B ( residence ) . W- — M— ( residence ) , have also been noticed to a similar effect' ¦ ¦ • !'

      July 29 th , 1848 . This application was officially signed by the Grand Secretary of Dubiin . Across this document was written : — Arms of those persons to be retained . To the Police . G . B . Again , we find license to keep six stand of arms granted to an Orangeman , who testifies that a friend of his , in other respects similarly circumstanced , but not an Orangeman , was' only allowed to keep one stand . We find Orangemen who were only roomkeepers , and not householders , on the application the master of the lodge , favoured with licenses

      when other roomkeepers were refused . : And , in fact , we could furnish copious proof that every facility was afforded to the Dublin Orangemen ,- or such , to obtain licenses , and that they , were in this respect treated ( and most wisely ) with especial confidence and favour . Such intimations of confidence in the members of the Orange body , derived , in their estimate increased importance , from the fact of their being peculiar and exclusive , signally favoured as they were by a liberal grant of arms , and by the significant assent of Government to their possession of them .

      There was in existence a body of men , consisting of persons of various classes and creeds , comprising a very large proportion of the rank , wealth , and intelligence of Dublin , confederated as a defensive association . They were in constant correspondence with the government ; their proceedings were carried on under the direction of government ; and they had as their great object to aid the government in the preservation of the city against the efforts of the disaffected . They , as well as' the Orangemen , were earnestly desirous of obtaining arms , but it doe 3 not appear that they obtained , even in one single instance , the object of their desire . Five hundred stand of arms were presented to the Orangemen of Dublin—not one stand was granted to the " Defensive Association . " It was not irrational in Orangemen , therefore , placing all , these incidents together , to believe themselves especially favoured by the government , or to account them

      confirmatory of the representations of Col . Phaire ( through whom such favour was conveyed ) , that he did act as the delegated agent of the government . A large part of the remaining portion of the report is devoted to the refutation' of the assertion that Capt . Kennedy himself supplied the money to purchase the arms . By a minute examination of dates . and facts the conclusion is arrived at that the " subscription was a mere blind , " —that it never included more than three persons , —Capt . Kennedy himself , —a near relation of his , and a gentleman who put his name down for £ 50 , but was never called on to pny it . Similar nominal and unreal subscription lists were proposed by Col . Phaire to Orangemen , who weve told their names only wdtd wanted , that they never would be asked for money . The next transaction in which Col . Phaire ia fonnd in connexion with a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ireland at Antrim , on which occasion he pressed to be one of the deputation from Dublin , and offered to pay his own expenses ; the reason may be gathered from his letter to Lord Enniskillen :

      Yon may remember that , when in Armagh , I , on thefirst day , told jou that bad seen me the day before I left , and that the person ( qsery , Lord Lieutenant !) you saw at the Viceregal Lodge was most anxious as to our Armagh meeting , and very much wished that I should procure his seeing the public resolutions passed there , as he should be most glad to sec them as soon as passible , far they might not be published for some days . The conduct of Col . Phaire formed the subject of charges against him , and of an investigation before the Grand Lodge , in November , 1848 . In addition to complaints relative to the Armagh resolutions , charges were made that Colonel Phairc had employed persons to introduce themselves into the Reid Clubs to get information for the government , and continued to

      do so up ot the time of the investigation , and that Dobbim , the ajyprover at the trial of Win . Smith (/ Brim , had leen one of Colonel Fhairc ' s men . After a long inquiry , the sentence of the Committee of Inquiry was , that " Colonel Phaire is not a fit and proper person to remain a member of the Orange Institution ; " signed by the members , consisting of the Deputy Grand Masters of Cavan , Armagh , Tyrone , Down , and the Grand Treasurer ' of Fermanagh . The concluding part of the document has reference to the organisation and arming of the Orangemen at Belfast , in which the direct cognisance and sanction of the government , through Sir Edward Blakeney , is shown ; the Lord Lieutenant himself having stated , through Mr . Corry Connellan , his secretary , that the Arms Bill should not apply to the Orangemen , and that they should not be

      interfered with ; and they were also g iven to understand , that if they turned out to fight their wives and families should receive shelter in Dublin Castle . One object in the detailed narrative above ( says the report in conclusion , ) is to offer evidence that the Orangemen had reason to conclude that the Lord-Lieutenant did rely on them in the hour of danger , and reposed in them that kind of confidence which their institution claims . Our design has not been to inculpate the government for relying on us at such a time . TYe believe that it was wise , and right , and inevitable . If our dealings had been with a government whose politic al sentiments were in accordance with our own , there would have been less reserve in such intercommunications , and the evidence of the facts on which we made such a statement as the present

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      ^^^^^^ ' ^^^ . noi The Lord-Lieutenant has been led or forced into a position so opposad to his attitude in 1848 , that these explanations on our part seem absolutely rtf S * ft wU 1 yet « aiid P erha P so *" aPPoar , that this country shall be best governed , not by discouraging or assailing the Orange institution , but by removing the necessity for it . * mtei ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ 77 ^

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      The Benefits of CnoLEDA . —The dreadful visitation which will soon have swept over the lace of all Europe , has brought with it many a lesson that , it is to he hoped , we shall not forget when the evil has passed away . -In EngW . d it will accelerate the abolition of that abominable and disgraceful nuisance—interment in towns . On the continent it has demonstrated the necessity of instituting parochial medical relief , and measures have been taken already in some of the European States for the supply of gratuitous advice and medicine to the poor . Thus , in Belgium , for example , the government proposes to create a class of * " district physicians , " analogous to our poor-law medical officers , who are to receive salaries varying from 600 to 1 , 000 francs , or from £ 24 to £ 40 per annum . Even

      lurkey , as wo lately reported , does not remain behind'hand . The Ottoman government has recently published a decree for the appointment of physicians to be paid by the State . They are bound to treat gratuitously all—both rich and poor—who shall demand advice ; but , if the medical man show any preference to the rich , he will be punished severely . The state physicians are also bound to send in quarterly reports of the number of sick treated by them ; of the prevalent diseases ; of deaths ; and of the meteorological phenomena observed during the quarter . Finally , the decree contains popular directions relative to the conduct to be pursued during epidemics , and " regulations for the burying of all bodies outside the towns . "Jfedical Times .

      Fast Travelling in 1752 . —We have before us a copy of our venerable contemporary , the Salisbury Journal , of January 20 , 1752 , in which there is an advertisement which curiously contrasts with the time bills in the pages of-Bradshaw . It sets forth that for the ' better'convenience of gentlemen , travellers , and others , the Exeter fast coach starts every Monday from the Saracen ' s Head ; Fridaystreet , London , " dines at Egham , lies the same night at Murrell-green ; dines on Tuesday at Button , and lies the same night at the Plume of Feathers- in Salisbury ; on- Wednesday dines at Blandford , and lies at the King ' s Arms in Dorchester , and gets into Exeter every Friday at one o ' clock . " We are not told wherfl the weary travellers take their repose on Thursday night . The journey from London to Exeter by fast trains on the Great Western Railway is now , we believe , accomplished in five hours ,- —Hants Jfidepindunt ,

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      B . OBBERT "BY CONFIDENTIAL CLEMJS . — Joiflnli SSPii W ** » and Wlliam Moore a 5 £ Kiddell , 29 , who were tried on Friday , for robbins weir , employers , the Messrs .: Pontifex , when the Jcittor prisoner was acq ' uitted , were charged upon a second indictment with stealing a quantity of . wooden battens and other articles , the property of tne same prosecutors . . Sergeant Wiltons , . when tho oase was called on , said , that : after tho decision wmcu the jury had come , to on the previous day W 1 ^ . respect to the prisoner for whom he appeared ne . oid not think . he could expect to struggle against another conviction in . tho present instance , and . therefore , with , tho permission of tho , Court , tho prisoner would retract his plea of "Kot Guilty " and plead " Guilty " . to the indictment . The prisoner Joseph accordingly pleaded "Guilty . " The case wa 3 then . proceeded .-with against William uiudell . It appeared that a ouantitv of timber wns tak

      en from the prosecutors' premises to the house oi the prisoners at Greenwich , where it was couverted into a greenhouse , tho workmen of the prosecutors being employed for that purpose ior tourteen days , the whole of which time was charged to the prosecutors in tho labour account . —The jury returned . a verdict of " Guilty . "—Mr . Clarkn ? , « ' . " » tin ? his intention not to proceed with any ot the other indictments that had been preferred against the prisoners , said the prosecutors would have been glad to have been spared from adopting n » « towr a . proceedings 5 and with regard to the pusoner William , he was instructed by thorn to recommend him to the merciful consideration of tho :. ° ? ' . ^ P ° the ground that he had nrobablv boon

      muucoatoaotM-hehod done by the authority of rLS if ^ to'the prisoner Joseph , novas equestedto state that , if no other defalcations had S ¦ fS — J . hai * those which formed the sub-21 ? " ^ V ^ ments , Messrs . Pontifex would ThiSL am ' ' l ¦ ^ ese Proceedings against him . — fhe am ^ f fV I 1 < 1 UU ' e < 1 ; wliat *»» "Prosed to be tftji amount of the prosecutors' losses ? -Mr . Clark-• aid considerably over £ l , 000 .-Mr . ' Justice Crest ¦ iftf ^ Jose P t <> ^ imprisoned for one fff ? ¥ Vgate T ^ first indictment , and tn . it upon the second ho should' be transported for wJSVT ' j i T P ' ° * P ™ ° n <* was ordered to be kept to hard labour for twelve months . -FoiiGERY .-James Stirland , 25 , pleaded "Guilty " to a charge of forging an acceptance to a bill oi exchange . He was ' sentenced to be kept to hard labour for two years ;

      ; Attempt to Murder . —Charles Corby , 20 , was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding Mary Noble , - with intent to murder her . —In other counts the intent was said to be to do grievous bodily harm . 7 j j \ x ° op ? r prosecuted , and Mr . Pavne defended , the prisoner . —The prosccutrix , " a goodlooking young woman , deposed that she was unmarried . Ssho had known the prisoner for three years , and m August last they went to live together as man and wife , and continued to do so until the 1 st of November . On the 31 st of October they had a quarrel , but she could not say what it was about , althoug h , she knew it was some foolish thing or other . Ihey had had similar quarrels upon other occasions , and she had frequently told him that

      she would leave him / and sho did so on this occasion . Iho prisoner pressed her to make it up with him , but her temper would not let her , and she refused , and in the evening she left the prisoner ' s lodgings , and went to a place where' she had previously lived in Ironmonger-row , St . Luke ' s , and stayed there all ni ght . The next morning sho went to her work at cap making at tho house oi Mr . Lee , m Prospect-place-, St . Luke ' s , who was the prisoner s brother-in-law , and about ten o ' clock in the morning tho prisoner came and inquired for hor and she went down to see him . The prisoner then asked her where she had passed tlie night , and she at first refused to tell him , but on his saving that if she told him the truth he would forgive her , she

      sa a sne naa ueen to her old landlady ' s . He then asked her how she could go tiiere when he had repeatedly cautioned her not to do so , and said he supposed she frequently went there unknown to him , and that she went to see somebody unknown to him . Witness replied that sho had' better be there than with him quarrelling , and althou « h she knew ho liked her and she liked him sho would rather part from him than be continually quarroMn » as they had been . She then went up into the workroom , and the prisoner followed her , and in a goodhumoured manner pressed her to come home to dinner , but she refused , and said she did not know whether she should ever go to his house again . V ) hen . she said this the prisoner looked at her as

      uiougn - heart would burst , " and said , " I hope you and I will be in heaven before long , " and ho then went away . In about anhour and a half he again came into the room , He appeared very pale and agitated , and the tears were running down his cheeks . He placed himself opposite to her , and looked fixedly at her , and she was so abrmed at his appearanco that she exclaimed , " Charley , what is the matter with you ; what have you been doing ?" and leaned towards him and kissed him . She thought ho was going to return her kiss , when , at the same instant he drew a razor from his pocket , and cut her throat . She shrieked out , and pushed the prisoner away from her , and said ho would be nun" for what ho had done . Ho replied , " I could not help it , Mary ; I dp sincerely love you ; I don ' t

      sham it- ; and if I cannot marry you , no one else shall . "—The prosecutor , in answer to a question put by Baron Alderson , said that , the prisoner was a watchmaker , and w : is . apprenticed to his father , and wns not yet out of his time . She herself was twoniy-two years of age . '—Mr . Joseph Asbury , the surgeon , who was called in upon the occasion , described tho wound as being several inches long . The external jugular vein was divided , and the injury was altogether of the most dangerous character . —A police-constable deposed that when he took the prisoner into cusrody lie asked him if Mary Jfoble was dead , and on his telling him he believed not , the prisoner said , <« I know I shall be hung for this , Oh , policeman , you don ' t know what love is ! " He

      also said that when the prisoner made this observation he tore his hair and appeared in a state of great agitation and distress . TWe jury , after deliberating a few minutes ; returned a verdict of " Guilty of wounding with intent to murder , " but at the same time strongly ; recommended tho prisoner to the merciful consideration of the court on account of his youth . —The ' prosecutrix also got into the witness-box , and at the same time bursting into tears , earnestly implored , the court to Have mercy on the prisoner . "The latter , -upon hearing the nature of her application , ' began ' to cry bitterly , and : leaned nis

      neaa upon tne iront . ot tlie dock , and seemed deeply affected . —Baron Alderson , in ordering judgment of death to be recorded against the prisoner , said it was a most dreadful case . It was evident the prisoner had committed the desperate act of which he had been convicted under tho influenco of love and jealousy , and this was one of the consequences that frequently , resulted from connexions of this description . At ¦ present judgment of death must be recorded . He would do what he could for him ; but the prisoner must expect to receive very severe punishment , and it would be for tho crown to say to what extent .

      Systematic ., Plunder by Servants . — John Butler , 30 , porter , llobert Finch , 56 , also a porter , were indicted for stealing a firkin of ibutter and two barrels of lard , valued at £ 6 , tlie property of John Ruck . ' ; and John Mevretty and — Dippell were indicted for having received the same knowing it to bavo been stolen . —Although the evidence disclosed an . almost unheard-of system of . plunder , and occupied the court some hours , still the facts establishing the charge were of the usual character of these class of robberies—Tlie jury acquitted Dippell and Finch , and convicted Busier and Merretty . —In answer to the court the prosecutor said , thatduring thelast year

      they Had been robbed of above £ 300 worth of goods . Biitler had been in their : employment tor some years at £ lls . aweek salary , and upon searching his lodgings books were found , proving that he had durins ; that period invested between £ 400 or £ 500 in different banks . —The Common Sergeant , ' looking over the booka , said , the sums that had beeri so paid in were evidently the produce of the robbery . Here was a man at £ 1 , or £ 1 Is . a week , investing £ 3 , i'l , £ 5 , and £ 7 a week , for weeks running . Butler was then ordered to be transported for seven years , and MerreUy to be imprisoned to hard lab jur in the House of Correction for eighteen calendar months .

      Hobbkry bt a Mechanic . — Thomas Burress , 83 , a labourer , was convicted of stealing 501 bs . weight of . lead , valued at 8 s ., the property of . Messrs . Joseph Brown Rij-by and another , his masters . —It appeared that the prisoner was a plumber in the employment of the prosecutors , who are the wellknown contractors and builders at Milbank , arid hsd been stopped after leaving work at dinner time with the lead inside of his trousers . —Air . Cockle , who appeared for the prosecution , said that the prosecutors had felt it their duty to prosecute in this case , to serve as an example to the numerous other men in their employment . —The Common Sergeant said it was very proper , and sentenced the prisoner , who had previously ; borne a good character , to three months' impiisonment and hard labour . .

      Sending Threatening Letters . —Henry Snell , 59 , mariner , was indicted for ' feloniously sending a letter to Henry William Snell , threatening to murder Wm , and also to murder Jane Snell , his wife . Henry William Snell deposed that he was in the service of Messrs . Allan and Son , St . Paul ' s Church-yard . The prisoner was his father , and on the 24 th of October he received a letter ; which he knew to' be in his handwriting . The letter was produced and read . Itwaa addressed , " Mr . Ilenry Snell , Messrs , Allah ' s , St . Paul ' s Church-yard j" and on the envelope was written , " Forward this to your infernal mother , immediately . " The letter commenced : " You infernal , I again condescend to tddress you , and if you do not immediately send me fifteen pounds of my money , within two days from this date , death shall bo your ' a and Henry ' s portion . I will have , one , at al \

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      events , if not both . 1 am fully prepared , and will walk straight into Allan's shop , and shoot him like a dog . I care nothing for mys ' . lf : I can die but once ; no matter how . Cheerfully will 1 go to the gallows , and with much pleasure will I die to your eternal disgrace . 1 have spent my last shilling for pistols , and may 1 be — if Idon't use them . for the purpose they are intended . " The letter proceeded at considerable length in a strain of foul abuse , the threat of destroying both the prisoner ' s sbn and mother , being frequently repeated in it . It concluded thus : " I am your determined and bloodthirsty husband , H . bnell . " The jury found the prisoner '' Guilty . " Mr . Justice Cresswell sentenced the prisoner to be confined in Newgate for three months , and at the

      expiration of that period ordered him to enter into his own recognizance in £ 100 , with two sureties in £ 50 each , to keep the peace for two years . Forging Goons' Orders . —Thomas Chislett , 49 , hosier , a respectable-looking man . was indicted for feloniously forging an order for tlie delivery of goods and a cheque lor the sum of £ 8 14 s ., to defraud Samuel Botson Aldred . —John James Aldred said he v / ns brother to the prosecutor ;' , who are drapers in Victoria-street , City . On the 29 th of October : a man came to the warehouse , and presented an order purporting to be from Mr . Cook , a tailor , of New-cross , accompanied with his card , for some of tlie best black cloth , amounting to £ 314 s . 9 d ., and presented a cheque drawn b y Edward lluwell , in favour of Mr .

      Uok , upon Messrs . Rogers and Co ., the bankers for the sum of £ 8 Us . Mr . Cook being a customer of theirs , they had not the slightest suspicion , and at once let the person have the gouds , and paid him the difference . Upon the cheque being presented ibr payment at Messrs . Rogers' it was found that no such person had an account there , and that the cheque was a forgery—Henry Webb , a detective officer of the city police , said that hiving received iniormationof the forgery , and a description of the prisoner , he was ' on the look out for him , and some days afterwards he met him ill Watliug-streefc , and told him that he arrested him for f orging some orders when prisoner said , "I thought you wanted inefoithe boots . When at the siation he gave his address

      iNo . a , laeorge-street , Mansion-house , and stated himself to be a merchant and ageut . Upon witness going there and searching a room said to be his , he tound the cheque book in question . Previously to going to the prisoner ' s lodging ? , he was asked if he bad any-cheque book , and lie said he had not . —Mr Turner , the relieving . overseer of the London Union * said that from July last year umilthe end of September the prisoner was the recipient of parochial relief —Mr . Robinson having addressed the jury , and conl ? i ? , ? ? st the proot > of llie handwriting , when Mr . Bollock summed up .-Tlie jury almost immediately found the prisoner" Guilty . "—Mr . Clarkson said that the frauds he had practised by these means were innumerable . There w ; is another indictment

      against him for felony , in obtaining some boots from a tradesman , representing himself as the partner of a respectable person , which ' turned out to be untrue and the forger . ? was one in its character precisely the same as that which which lie had been convicted of . —Mr . Robinson said he h » d only got the loots on tale or return , and had returned nearly all .-Tha tradesman from whom they had been obtained < = aid that was not so ; he had had two or three shoes sent him back out of nearly forty pair . —Mr . Bullock ( to ( he prisoner)—Not long since this offence would have cost you your life . The sentence now is , that you be transported for ten year ? . -The prisoner , who wept whilst the trial was going on , and seemed most bitterly to feel Ms sentence and degraded state , then eft the dank .

      Chahges of Defrauding Silversmiths and WA'xciiMAKEKs .-William Rolls , 24 , described as a dealer , was indicted for stealing three gold watches value £ ' 10 , the property of a watchmaker named Long . —4 hejury returned a verdict of" Not Guilty " The prisoner Rolls was then charged upon another indictment , jointly with Henry King , 21 , with stealing three other watches , valued at £ 40 , the property of John Killick . —Tho jury , returned a verdict of Guilty" against both prisoners .-Rolls was then charged upon another indictment , with Robert Lloyd Evans , who surrendered , and William Richardson . 15 , a geutcel . looking lad , with stealm * a irold watch , value 28 guineas , the property of John ^^ & v a u ., another .-The jury returned a verdict of Not Gui , ty . " -The prisonersRolls and Evans

      , , were then charged upon another indictment with * stealing twenty sovereigns , the monies of Mr Waylett , a watchmaker , in Osford-strtct . —Upon the application to Mr . Clarkson , Evans was imme diately ordered to bo discharged . —The jury returned a verdict of "Guilty" against Rolls—The prisoners , Rolls and Richardson , were then charged with stealing . 1 * 5 , the monies of Thomas Prince * - The jury found both tho prisoners " Guilty , "—The pvisoner Bolls and King were then bvou « nt up for judgment , and the Recorder , after observing that there could be no doubt that they were part of a can- ' ot systematic plunderers of tradesmen , sentenced them to be transported for teu years . —King was removed , and Richardson was then placed at the bar with Rolls . —The Recorder , in passing sentence upon

      mem , saw it was evident that Rolls was the captain and leader in all these proceedings , and the lad who stood by Ins side was proved to Dave been made an expert thief under his tutorship , and to have been his' willing instrument in these nefarious transactions . It was in tbe power of the court to have transported Rolls for life , and , under the circumstances , he felt it his duty to pass another sentence ot ten years' transportation upon him , in addition to the former sentence . With regnrdto Richardson a marked difference would be made in his sentence on account of his youth , and a belief that he had acted under the influence of the other prisoner but such a sentence must still be passed as would likely to wean him effectuall y from his bad companions De then sentenced Richardson to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months . Uttkuing Forged Oudehs ior Goods . —Charles Laughne , 24 , clerk , who had pleaded euiltv to five

      cnarges ol uttering forged orders for the delivery of goods , was sentenced to be transported for seven years . Charge of . Foiigehy against a Souciior — Henry Smithers surrendered to receive the iud-r . ment of the court . —The defendant who had been an attorney , at Aylesbury , was convicted a few sessions ago . of uttering a forged , retainer in . a Chancery suit but . a . pomt of law was reserved which the jud g es have since decided against him , and he now appeared to receive judgment .-The Recorder sentenced the defendant to be imprisoned in the common gaol of the county where the offence was committed , for one year . ¦ KoBBEiirATCHBLSEA . -Thonias Macdonald , 33 labourer , Mary Macdonald , 32 , married , and aC

      Dox , b'i , widow , wore indicted ibr stealing £ 70 and some other property belonging . to Thomas M'Gow ran . Ihe prosecutor , a shabby looking Irishman was a teacher oflanguages at Lyons , where lie had lmdfor many years , and amassed a considerable sum of money , but being accused of having taken a part in some disturbances , he was arrested , thrown into confinement , and all he possessed seized Subsequently . procuring his liberty , he made his way to England , and from that period down to tbe time of the commission of the offence lived at Chelsea eaining a living by hawking matches ami other trifline articles . Whilst so living he memorialised Lovd Palnietston , through whose interference he obtained restoration of some of the property he had been tip prived of and on the 24 th of . September received £ / 4 , and two watches , with which he was seen in-uos sioii at Chelsea , and in company with the prisoners " and on the evening of that day he was seen in tu

      streets m great distress , complaining of having b . cn robbed , and he suddenly and most mysteriously disappeared . The facts coming to the ears of the police tho prisoners were , taken up , and on the woman was found a quantity of money , amoutin * to nearly £ 50 , and on the man some new clothing , respectin g which they gave very contradictory accounts . Handbills ; were then printed for the missing man nnd rewards offered , and from time to time the prisoners remanded ; and nothing was heard of M'Gowran until about a fortnight ago , when information was received tiiat he was some distance from London ' in the COttnty of Kent , subsisting by begging , and when he

      returned no va « taken before the police magistrate and there gav evidence , bringing home the robbery to the womaii , who had taken it from him when drunk , and hi said tnat when he c : \ nie to himself and found his money gone , he ran away , and only ' knew what had taken place from seeing an old newspaper in which . he read the report of the examination ' The defence wt up by the woman Mary Macdonald was that the prisoner had . given her the money , wishine her to go to France with him , and that he owed her a large sun for board and lodging .-Mr . Ballantinp having intimated that he thought the case weak a » ainsf Thomas Macdonald and Mary Fox the jurv ¦ SfJ" "Vk T' a " c f 0 Und Mar * M-cdoSaia Guilty . The Common-Sergeant said , had it been a usual case of plundering a man b y wholesale she would have been transported , but as there were strange circumstances attending the affair ho should order her to be imprisoned twelve months ' .

      Manslaughter -Robert Lambert , 27 , drayman , waa indicted up » n the coroner ' s' warrant for killin g and-slaying Bridget Hayes .-The deceased ' woman wasastali-keeperin Holborn , and on the day in question , the 9 th of October , was at the corner of the Street , minding her stall , when the prisoner came along with Ins dray , riding on the shafts and smokine a pipe , and before the poor WOman ' cQuia Cet out of the way , the dray knocked down the stall , and passed over her . She was immediatel y pulled ' up by some of the lystanJers , and conveyed to the hospital where she lingered in the most excruciating agony until the 31 st , when she died . The prisoner vfhen stopped sadhe did not know that he had gone ovor any one . —The surgeon described the injuries received as being of p . most frightful nature ; tho dray having passed entirely across the' lower part of her person . —The jury found him " Guilty . !' -The Com . mon Sergeant said he was determined to mKttn o «

      example of persons guilty of such carelessness , and SIT d fb Pri 3 ° nOr t 0 8 lX mn [ h * ' topriwnnwtt

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      Frauds on Pawnbrokbrs by spobiods Piedoes . —John Gaily , 27 , dealer , was indicted for obtaining , by al 6 e pretences , from Henry Wilson , the sum or £ 12 , the monies of George Barker and another , wita intent to defraud . —Henry Bilston , assistant to Mr . Barker , pawnbroker , of High-street , Aldgate , stated that on the 20 th of June last the prisoner came to their shop and a-ked if they took in chronometers , and being answered in the . affirmative produced from a handkerchief in which it was wrapped , that which appeared to be an eight-day ship's chroDonieler , and asked £ 29 on it , purporting it to be one of Messrs . Brockbank ' s , the celebrated maker ? , of Cowper ' scourt , Cornhill . The prisoner said it was by Brockbank , and had cost £ 84 . Having shown it to their

      managing man , who was deceived by the outward appearance it presented , they offered tho prisoner £ 10 on it , wliich the prisoner would not at first accept , saying he must have £ 15 ; but after some further discussion he agreed to take a loan of £ 12 for three months . Previously to advancing the mosey wituesS noticed on the top of the caso the card of Mr . Carter , another equally well-known chronometer maker in Cornhill , and upon asking why that was there the prisoner said it had lately been in Mr . Carter ' s hands to be timed , but that ho ( prisoner ) h ad lost the list of its rates . Prisoner gave the name of " John Gaily , 24 , Liverpool-street . " and signed tie document with that name and address when lie took the money . On the 24 th Oct . the prisoner again pre

      sented himself at their shop , and ottered for pledge a silver pocket chronometer , which they at once detected as a spurious article , and having detected the character of the chronometer they had taken in , they recognised tho prisoner as the man who had pledged it , and said they should detain the watch until he took the chronometer out . Upon this tlie prisoner became abusive , and said that if the watch was not given him back at once ho should fetch a constable and give in custody the person who dared to detain it . Prisoner was then asked to give his name and address , and he gave William'Hands , Laburnam-terrace , Kingsland-road . Witness having still expressed his determination to detain the watch ,

      prisoner went out and fetched a policeman , who , upon hearing the facts from witness , at once took the prisoner to the station-house on the present charge . Witness afterwards went to Liverpoolstreet , and there found that prisoner was only known at a cotfee-house tiiere . —Mr . Atkins , of the firm of Brockback and Atkins , said , the chronometer had been brought to him to know if it was one of theirs , which of course it was not . He should he sony to give 80 s . for it . As a chronometer it was quite valueless , a portion of the works to indicate its characttr being false . It would go , and for curiosity he tried it 8 rates , and it lost n ' carly forty-five minutes in five hours . — The jury immediately found him " Guilty ; " and he was ordered to be transported for

      seven years . Swindling . — Charles and Charlotte Ltighton , man and wife , two elderly persons , were convicted of swindling . —The prisoners formed part of a gang who go aboiit obtaining houses by false references , thea ordering in goods from the tradespeople , and decamping as soon as they are obtained . —They were both sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment . — The courts pt btyond their usual hour , to finish up the remaining cases , and then adjourned until Monday , the 17 th of December .

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      AN EMIGRANT SHIP ON FIRE .-MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF 400 PERSONS . Tho Tay ( with the West India Mail , ) 'brinjpj an account of tho total loss of the emigrant ship Caleb Grimshaw , Captain Hoxie , by five , Bixteen miles S . E . of the island of Flores , ono of the Azoi-es . The emigrants , 339 in number , with tlie crew , wore providentially saved from destruction . The cry oE "fire " was raised at about eight o ' clock on the night of tho 12 th ult . Tho decks were immediately flooded . On raising one of the fore hatches , the fire was discovered abreast of the chain locker . The hent was so intense that no one could live below , and the immense quantities of water poured into the ship by tho crew and passengers generated steam , and the heat at length became insultcrable . But this was the only means by which the ship was

      kept from being rapidly consumed . The boats were towed astern of the burning vessel for five days and nights , filled with poor emigrants bewailing their fate , while about sixty were on a raft , when a ship was seen bearing towards them , and which proved to be the barque Sarah , Capt . Cnok , bound from London to New Brunswick , in ballast . As soon as the captain of tho Sarah saw the signal of distress , he immediately approached tho Caleb Grimshaw , but was only able to get on board during the night ofthelTthtlivce boatsfull of passengers owing to tho wind blowing hard . The next day , the 18 th , he got on board about 150 passengers . ' Night approaching , and the wind still increasing , he was obliged to lay to . On the l !) th there was a heavy

      sea and no more could bo got off . On the 20 th , about ten persons who had escaped from the burning ship volunteered to return and relieve those who were on board at ' work , as by this time there was no more water or provisions to be got withoat raising the hatches . The mainmast was now settling down , and the upper deck was working each way . On this day the ship floated to tho leeward of Florea into smootli water , and during the night all the passengers that remained on board were got off . Before the last of the crew left they lifted tho hatches , and immediately the ship burst into a terrific blaze . The escape of all the persons , 399 in number , was most miraculous . Consider a ship filled with nearly 400 persons , on fire for ei ght days and nights , and not a single person lost his life ! Nothing but the continual flooding tlie ship

      prevented nor lrom oeing burnt to the water ' s edge , and every soul on board perishing before relief could be had . Tho men and crew worked like heroes . The conduct of tbe master of the Sarah was beyond all praise . For three days and nights did he hover about the burning ship amidst the most tempestuous weather , taking every opportunity to lower his boats to save some of the passengers . Nothing could exceed his heroism and humanitv * To him , under Divine Providence , the unhappy emigrants owe their preservation . Although perpetually obliged by the tempestuous wind and heavy sea to leave thorn apparently to a dreadful fate , he always endeavoured to keep in sightand

      , cheer , their aching hearts with a prospect ofoscape . The Sarah arrived at Fayal with tho crow aiid passengers of the Caleb Grimshaw in safety . The passengers had lost every thing on board , and were perfectly destitute , for they had the greatest difficulty to get food from the burning ship to keep them alive . Captain lfoxio chartered tlie Sarah to take on the passengers to New York . The Sarah had not left Fayal when the Tay took her departure , but the Amerienn consul was using tho most strenuous efforts to arrange evory thing for her leaving . The Caleb Grimshaw belonged to Messrs . Grimshaw , of Liverpool . The origin of the fire was not known .

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      The Royal Fobkst . s . —In tho last report of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests ( printed a few days a <; o ) , some information is given respecting tiie royal forests . The commissioners , in consequence of the discussions in tho House of Commons , have had them surveyed , and have received reports from eminent and experienced surveyors on the state of the plantations in New , Dean , Alice llolt , AVoolmer , Berc , Parkhust , Delaipere , and Salcey Forests , and Hazloborough Walk , in Whittlewood , for the improvement of all of which acts have been passed . It is shown by tho reports that the value ot the plantations exceed one million since 1808 , and when at maturity will exceed ten millions , provided continued attention' be paid to their management .

      and especially injudicious thinning . In the meantime an income is to bo expected from a great portion of the plantations which will yield a fair rent for the land , and repay the original cost of planting . The commissioners atato that the prosent state of Waltham , Epping , orllainault Forest is most unsatisfactory . . The now existing Verderera' Court completely fails in protecting the interests of the crown or of individuals from trespasses and encroachments , and as it would not be deemed expedient to divide and enclose those extensive and enjoyable portions of the district cailed E pping Forest , which arc nearest to tho metropolis , it becomes essential tUatmost effectual means ior protecting these districts bcproiidcd , by giving profor

      per powers that purpose to some competent and efficient tribunal . " On the day following this report of the commissioners , an act of parliament was passed , under which a commission Jiaa lately been issued , appointing three commissioners to inquire into such matters in connoxion with Waitham Forest and tho . new Forests in Hampshire , and the commissioners under tho act will shortly hold courts for the purposo . The royal forests are for the growth of navy timber , and si committee of tho House of Commons will be appointed in the next session to inquire into their management . Tiik Coffee Duties . —On and after the 1 st day of January , 1850 , coffee , kiJn dried , roasted , or ground , will , under the Ne . w ' Customs Act of 12 th and 13 th Victoria ; chap . ' 90 , be admitted at the following duties , on importation into this country

      viz . : Of and from foreign countries the lb , Sd - of and fro , m British possessions tlie lb . 5 d . And by tho 30 th section of this act it ia enacted and declared , that such of the several sorts of goods as are by this act charged with duty , as shall have been warehoused without payment of duty upon importation thereof , and which shall be in the bonding warehoused at the commencement of the duties imposed b y the act , are tobc deemed and taken to bo liable to , such duties . Commitments i-or Contempt of Court . — A return published , on the motion of the nujmberfor Montrose , Mr . J ., Humb , shows that the grand total number of persons committed for contempt of court in Ireland , . in the ten . years from 1839 to 1849 inclusive , amounted to 6 , 102 , of whom twenty were committod this year , Tho average annual number ot comim . tniQn . ts appears to bo about 120 ,

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      Encumbered Estates Commission . —In the case of the Portariington estates , by , far the greatest property submitted to the adjudication of the Commissioners , there is a struggle amongst the solicitors of some of the creditors for the carriage of the fX , T 1 ? g 3 > r ? ^ PP ^ that the petitioning creditor s one of the lowest on the entire list , an ! * o nn ^ u : ? amoun * . his mortgage hot exceeding ± 2 , 000 ; but he had been the first in the field , and succeeded in obtaining a conditional-order before the heavy lHCumbraneers had taken any step . But novv when the question of an absolute order for sale those yast estates is pending , objections are made « o the attempt of a small l-iil of creditors to supersede the large and early incumbrancers in the carriage of the cause , in the event of the commissioners determining upon - a sale , for which , by the way , some of the prior class of creditors are not at all anxious . Tho first charge upon the Portarlington estates is held by the Marquis of Lansdowne ^ -an 'i £ Hfift rancl of vcry old date-for upwards of * 70 , ouo . The second incumbrancefor a sum'

      ex-, ceeding £ 300 , 000 , is in the hands of ah English insurance company . Up to this time the creditors bavo been regularl y paid five per cent , upon their mortgages . ¦ : The Poor Law ash the Baskrott Ratepatebs -The proceedings of the "distressed unions" are still chiefly devoted to negotiations with the creditors , who are clamouring for payment , and in many cases threatening executions . The worst of Hie entire lot seems to be Kilrush , in the county of Clare , which Sir Robert Peel has rendered notorious for its wholesale evictions . That union is literally bankrupt , and the enormous extent of the evictions has rendered its embarrassments absolutely overwhelming . At the meeting of the board of guardians , on Saturday last , Captain Kennedy : the benevolent and indefatigable inspector , earnestly remonstrated against the resolution of the guardians to levy a uniform rate , and of so low" an amount as three shillings , where from eleven to

      twenty-one shillings were required for the necessities of the union . Such a reduced rate uniformlv levied , the gallant officer remarked ,- would be a » ross injustice to good , landlords , whilst it would " unequivocally hold but . an inducement to persons to take advantage of the clearance system , already carried out to such a frightful extent in the union ; and , besides , no aid could be expected from the Treasury whilst the guardians refused to make all possible local exertion . " A long discussion ensued respecting the expediency of striking a higher rate than three shillings in the pound ; Dut ultimately that amount was retained ; and it was arranged that a statement of the bankrupt condition of the union should be transmitted to the Commissioners and the Government , explanatory of the refusal of the guardians to strike a higher rate . Some of the guardians had to give their personal security to the contractors , Messrs . Russell , of Limerick , for tho current week ' s supply of food for the ' paupers .

      Union of Irishmen . —Under this heading the Freeman ' s Journal publishes a letter from the Right Rev . Dr . Blake , Roman'Catholic Bishop of Dromore , addressed to 3 fo . Martin ' Blake , in which the Bishop recommends an amalgamation between Conciliation Hall and the National Alliance . Dr . Blake says ' :: — "A . complete and cordial union of both these parties would be ah invaluable blessing to Ireland . But , while they are disunited , even though their object be the same , they are each , I may almost say , morally powerless ; 'their Speeches aiid arguments and addresses have no weight ; their censures or praise are equally despised : and it may be quite easy at any tjme to defeat the one by exciting the jealousies suspicions , or animosities of the other .

      • seeing the importance and necessity of perfect union , or rather amalgamation of those two very estimable bodies , I would entreat their leaders to meet together in a friendly spirit : arid , first , burying in oblivion , for the sake of their country , a ' ll resentments on- both sides , to \ examine calmly what are the differences between them , and whether these may not be easily : settled . Or even if any point of greater moment , but not effecting principle , be mooted , whether , by some little sacrifice of self-feeling-, it may not be given up for the sake of peace . Whoever ' of the parties makes thefirst advance towards peifect reconciliation is the real friend of Ireland ; but if my knowledge does not deceive me , they will be found vieing with each other to deserve the honour . "

      . lttPKAL Association—The usual weekly , meeting of this association was held at Conciliation-hall , on Monday last , Mr . P . Slcvin presiding . 'Mr . John O'Connell referred to the letter of the Right Rev . Dr . 'Blake , and observed that it would be the happiest day of his life if he could see all Irishmen united for the good of their common country ; and that , so far as he was concerned , there was nothing , short of the abandonment of principle , which he should shrink from making in . order to effect this most desirable object ; but he confessed , at ' present he did not see his way with sufficient distinctness to determine him how to act in the . matter . At the late meeting of the Irish Alliance sentiments had been uttered , and even rules had been adopted which

      , were wholly irreconcileable with the declarations which had been set forth as to the renunciation of the wild doctrines of physical force . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) greatly feared that his duty to the people of Ireland would compel him to withhold hia consent from any union between Conciliation Hall and the Irish Alliance until the fundamental principle of peaceful , legal , and constitutional agitation was in the firs'E instance conceded to them . The rent was announced to be £ 13 10 s ., and the meeting adjourned Election' op Loud MAvon . —At a meeting of the corporation on Saturday , Mr . John Reynolds , M . P ., was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin for tho ensiiin " year ; : ¦ . ° Strange Discovery . —The old proverb" Murder

      , will out" has been verified in the most striking manner in the discovery of a wilful and premeditated murder , in the neighbourhood , of Colloony , and which bids fair to vie with the murder by the Mannings , which has occupied so much space in the journals of the day for some months past . The following facts are the only ones which we are enabled to give . to the public as genuine in . this early stage of the proceedings : —some time since a poor woman was poisoned , and subsequently barbarously choked with a tongs , whilst lodging in the house of a man named Meehan , in the neighbourhood of Carrickbanagher , near Collooney . She had eight or ten pounds in her possession , of which she was robbed , and then buried in a ditch close to

      Meehan ' s house . A man named T . Gilgan , who was severely beaten by some of the parties ' suspected of the murder , gave information on the 28 th ult . to the police , who instantly went to the place pointed out by Gilgan , and on digging down the ditch they found the remains of tlie poor woman buried under a heap of stones , and covered with lime , livid with putrefaction , and frightfully decomposed . We have not as yet heard the verdict returned on the coroner ' s inquest ; but as the three persons implicated were promply arrested by Mr . James , the head constable , at Collooney , we have no doubt from the exertions and tact displayed by that most useful public officer they will be fully committed for . trial . —Swo Journal

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 8, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1551/page/7/