The Express. — London, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

Vbt &wt., WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The unfavourable state of the weather prevented her Majesty leaving the Castle thi morning. The royal family.wcre also prevented from taking their usual walking or pony exercise. H.R.H. Prince Albert, attended by CoL the lion. C. B. Phipps, Col. Seymour, and Gencrol Bowlts, left the Castle for London at nine o'clock this forenoon. His Excellency the Baron de Brunnow, and Sir It. and Lade Peel, arc expected to arrive at the Castle to-day on a visit to her iii , jesty. 11.H.H. Prince Albert arrived at Buckingham Palace, at ten o'clock yesterday moraine, from the Padding ton terminus of the Great Western Hallway. His lineal Highness was 4:ended by the lion. Cul. Phipps. Geneial Bowles, and Col. Se; moor. The Prince left the Palace soon after one o'clock, atteooed by his suite, on his return to Windser Castle. Mr. Ward had an interview with the Right lion. T. Milner Gibson yesterday at the office of the Baud of Trade. Lord J. Russell will give a full-dress dinner to a numerous party of the :nem hers of the House of Commons on ia m b ! , toe Lit.i of the present month, at his odieial resi- dence in Downing-street. Sir Robert and Lady Peel left their residence in Whitsbstl.g.udeas yesterday fur Windsor Castle, ou a visit to the Queen. Despatches were sent cff yesterday evening f rom the Colonial-tace for the Governors of the Nor .h -towels:An Provisoes. His Excellency the Earl of Elgin, Governor- General of Canada, andaaite, left Farranee's lintel, Upper Belersse-street, yesterday, for Liverpool, us route fur America. The Vrerp.4 Arnon corroborates a report pat forth by the .11 'swing thrt Mr. Maudeville will shortly replace Mr. Oakley in the River Plate. ABOLITION OF TUE PUNISHMENT OF DEATIT.—A numerous meetine of the advocates for the alsolition of the puul-hmnit of death took place last night at the Na tional-hall, Ile.bere, Mr. Charles Gilpin iu the chair. In addressing the meeting, he skid that this was a question in which all classes of the community were interested, and one which had been gal:ling more and more upon the attention of the public every (ley. lie had heard of one man in America, and another in this country, who were advo cates for the contingence of the gibbet. but he must say the great majerity were against it. He contended that there was nu authority in scripture for man strangling his fellow-man ; and ther;:fore before man took upon himself the sacred character of omnipotence, he should have the wisdom of omniscience. He then instanced cases in which innocent men had often suffered death by hangiag ; in (me cane six men suffered in Exeter; and is another, one man at Ipswich, whore innocence africiel had undertaken to prove, but time would not be allowed. Ile contended that whether a man was guilty or innocent he should not be hanged ; for, if inno cent he was murdered ; and if guilty, and said he was innocent, then he was rent out of the world with a lie in his mouth.— The Rev. Chubs Rowten proposed the Mai resolution, which was to the effect that the punishment of d, ath was totally indeiensible upon the grounds of policy, morality, or the Christian religion, and ought thereeire to be abolished. The reverend gentleman spoke to the resolution at consid, r able length, and was loudly applauded. He dwelt upon the manner in whit: the subject was treated in the House of Commons, where not forty out of 658 members, he said, could be got to listen, and the house was generally counted out, but he hoped to see many of those members counted out at the hustings. lie denied that the punishment of death wail expedient, be muse, wherever the gibbet existed, there also was crime most frequent; a fact which he could illustrate by abundance of statistical evidence tram every country in the world. He instanced the years 1615, 36, and 37, during which no exe cution took place in England, and there were no murders committed in those 3 ears. He contended that it was equally inconsistent with morality or religion to have such an institution as the gallows; and that to apple the word religion to such an institution was nothing short of blasphemy. He tru•ted, however, with the aid of public opinion and suck men as Cobden, Bright, O'Connell, Fox, Dickens, and Jerrold, soon to see it ab i lished.—Mr. Alfred Stephens accorded the resolution, and ' stated that until within the last few yeers, there were no fewer than 300 Jiff: rent offences punishable by death ; that as many as 40 executions of innocent wen hat taken place ' in the same number of years in England ; and concluded a very animated ail :meg by instil:icing a cue in which a mr r • csntile house in the City declined to prosecute a clerk for forgery, because it was men punishable by death, but dis missed him, though they had the proof of his guilt in their I hands.—The resolution was unanimously adopted.—After which, a petition was read by Mr. 11. Vincent, and having 1 been adopted the meeting separated. SECOND BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK EQUITABLE BEILDINo ASSOCIATIOX.—A meeting was held last night, at the Literary Institution, Southwark, Mr. Guillaume, in the chair, for the formation of a second Southwark Building Association.—Mr. E. Hunt sta:eil that the principle of the lint Southwark Building Association had been found to work so well that its friends were desirous of establishing snot hr ron the same basis. The so ciety proposed to advance from the subscribed funds 2001. on every share of 801., and 1001. on every half.shar: of 401., on the payment of an entrance fee of 2s. fel. per skate and a • subscription of Its. per month—she advances to be made on the principle of the ballot, and without requiring any inte rest fur the money advanced. The only &fie:neer between this and the first ainaciation was, that the present society would advance the ,2001. to every member requiring an int- mediate advance, at an interest of live per cent. Mr. Hunt having explained the details of the plan, and the advantages offered to the working does, aby building societies, the en rolment of subscriber% was proceeded with. ST. JOTIN's-tVOOD AND POUTL.kND-TOWN PROVI DENT DISPENSAI:V. —The second annual meeting of the general committee and governors was held last evening at the institution, 93, St. John's-wood-terrace. The Dispensary wu established a twelvemonth ago for the purpose of afford ing medical relief to its membe. s, the cog being defrayed by their subscriptions, and deflations received from other quer ters. The Idev. Edward Thomas presided. The governors, in their report, congratulated the members on the progress made during the past tear in the affairs of the institution, the objects of which they conceived to be fully carried out. Their distinguishing feature was, that while the institution placed within the reach of the necessitous inch medical relief, drugs, and other nceeramies, as they might re quire, it also encouraged habits of providence, industry, and frugality, by securing to mechanics, reduced trades men, and other individuals of limited earnings, good and speedy medical attendance, &c., when required, at a nominal expense, and without the difficulty of procuring admission Helots. In addition to the advice and medicines dispensed, meat, wine, &r., had been presided, and patients attended at their ow a house , in many case!. The number of persons who had been enrolled members since the formation of the institution was 418, among whom 630 cues of incliner had occurred. The total number of persoun who had re ceived relief was 560, the relief in some cases having been gratuitous • of these 525 had been restored to health, 7 had died, and 48 were still under the care of the surgeons. The accounts of the society were as follows :—Receipts during the past year, 2421. 101. ftel. ; expenses, 1001. 10s. 911. ; balance in favour of the institution, 501. 51. 9d. The report having been unanimously adopt al, it was agreed to present 20/. each to the two medical Officer!, as a slight return for the valuable services rendered by them to the society ; after which thanks were voted to the chairman and to several other gentlemen present for general attention to its interest, and the ;proceedings terminated. A NEW CLOG-uouse.—We understand that the members of the Army and Navy Club have purchased a large space of ground adjoining their old house of meeting in St. James's-square, with the view of erecting a building which shall take rank among the architectural ornaments of the metropolis. For this purpose it is their intention, as we are informed, to offer two prizes, of 2001. and 1001. each, for the first and second best plans of such a building--and to Open the competition to the members of the architectural profession atlarge.—Atheneum. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL—Yesterday the ex tension of the electric telegraph from the Nine Elms termi nus of the South-Western Railway as far as the south side of Waterloo-bridge was completed. The ends of the commu nicating wires are enclosed in a square wrought-iron safe, fitted as a post close to the kerb on the west side of Waterloo bridge-road; in this they are secured to a brass plate having short projecting pins, upon which they are fastened with mite. The contrivance is extremely compact, but placed too eur the road, as the wheel of any vehicle coming in contact might probably derange the tubing and wires for some dis tance. The safe is fitted with a lock and hinges, the door opening to the road. A person who was not aware of its use would merely consider it one of the ordinary posts to marls the footway. Should the present weather continue, the whole of the contemplated extension will be completed in a very short time. THE BREWERS AND THE MALT-TAX.—Sir,—IE appears that the high price of barley has compelled the brewers to increase the price of beer. Beneath is a copy of Messrs. Reid and Co.'s circular of the 31st December last. Your obedient servant, J. H. Brewery, Genorpond-street, Dee. SI, 1846. sir,—We beg to inform you that we are sailer the necessity of advancing the prier. of our putter and moan from this date, at the rate of five skilltoga per barrel on each quality rearetively.—We are, Sir, year obedient neriante,—(Sigurd) limn and Co. BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have resolved on carrying into effect the long projected improvements in the vicinity of Buckingham Palace. In the course of the ensuing summer various build• kits nearly opposite the equerries entrance are to he rased with the ground. Shortly after Midsummer it is rumoured that Charlotte-street chapel is also to be taken down.—Globe. Tue use or ETHER IN SURGERY.—We quote from the Bristol Mirmr a particular account of the opera tion alluded to in Mr. Herapath's letter, which appeared in hue paper of yesterday :—On Thursday, a young man, a Patient at the Bristol General Hapital, had his left leg re loved above the knee, rendered necessary by a whits fluting, of three years standing, At the suggestion of DT. Fairbrother, the senior physician to the hospital, Lanodown, the operating surgeon, was induced to Tfl the effect upon t.ie patient of the inhalation of the Mbar of sulphuric ether. By this mode the patient ir thrown into a Mate of utter insensibility, by means °•/ the bladder used in imparting the laughing gas, into which Mr. Herepath introduced the ether, and caused 11, ! patient to inhale the vapour. After one minute and a ma the patient was unconscious ; the surgeon then com- Releed his incision. After the lapse of two or three • *U 2 te.. Dr. Fairbrothcr again administered the vapour, 4e PiL3 Lis lingers upare the patient's pulse, and we tch- ing hie breathing. Allanlate:y wine was allministere: in small quantities with the vapour, which kept him iu ► state of unconsciousness fur the period of fifteen minutes. Tho limb was then separated from the body in one minute. During the operation the features of the face did not expires* the least pain, and the petit nt remained motionless. After the operation ho awoke per fectly quiet and calm, and said he had nut felt any pain, either to cutting through the skin, flesh, bone, kniypinc the bone, or tying the vessels, some of which required to be disaccted from the nerves, which is exceedingly painful. This is the second time, we believe, this process, in ampu tating ham been used in England. In America it has been resorted to fi r the purpose of large and painful operations, which are performed rapidly, and do not reqe.ire any very nice dissectior, the effect pausing off in from two to three minutes. 11v the satisfactory experiment new before us, us administered by Dr. Fairbrother, it is manifest that this in halation of the vapour can be satisfactorily applied to ope rations of a long and painful character, and it may also be employed for tile alleviation of pain is medical ro-cs. The patient has slept better than he had for ten nights, and is going on favourably. DeArn IN A CUURCII.—During the early service in the p Irish Church of Kensington on Sunday warning last, an I d man of SO, named Charles Fisher, a regular at tendant in the fr., seats, dropped suddenly on the &qr of the male, and expired. &vend of the congregation hastened tbromril to aa.ist him into the vestry. Tiara he was exa mined by a surgeon, who declared that the death must have been inatantanssaus. Toe Flue:, ur 1816.—Yesterday forenoon, Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the Coulon engine esta blishment, I sid b. fore the committee of the brigade his an nual report of the fires which have occurred in the metro p 'titan district during the year 1h46. The numbs r of workshops, warehouses, and private (leeching., that were entirely destroyed and considerably damaged by tire was 2.a. The number of similar buildings that were slightly damaged by fire, water, &c., was 570, making a tots] of &II ; a larger number than has cc, r taken place since the formation of t establishment. Out of the above there were tlf:een outbreaks which were attended wilt loss of life, and the total number of live, lost was tweuty-three. SUICIDE Icy PRUssIC AClD.—Yestertlny informa tion was forwarded to the coroner of the d,lath of Mrs. Grace Kirby, a widow lady, residing at .11, Gough-street, Gray's-inn-road, which took place under the following sin gular circumstances:—On Friday evening Mrs. Kirby went out, and on returning home she sat down, as usual, in the parlour, and entered into conversation with her landlady. Whilst so sitting she pulled a bottle from her pocket, saying she had purchased the stuff which was in it for her cough, and at the time drank some. In a few minutes after she fell from the chair quite insensible. Mr. Hodges,ofGuilfurd street, and sere other medical gentlemen a ere sent for, and promptly attended, but all effort to restore animation was useless. On examining the bottle it was found to contain essential oil of almonds, enough to kill twelve nr fourteen persons. The mystery is how the deceased became pos sesses! of such a bottle and its contents, it being evident that no chemist would have sold her the quantity found, or have furnished her with such a bottle. The proper officers, how ever, are using every exertion to trace Irvin whence the poison and bottle pone. INQUESTS, YEsTERDAT.—DE.VCII FROM IMPURE Ant.—At the Bed Lion, Shoe-lane, Holborn, by Mr. Payne, on the body of a man who died at No. 26, field-lane (a common lodging-house). Dr. Lynch, surgeon of the West Loudon Union, said that he was requested to attend the deceased about seven o'clock on Saturday morning. On entering the room, he found the window shut and the fire place blocked up. Deceased was probably in a fit. Had he been removed into a pure atmosphere, life might hare been preserved.—A juror observed that many persons died of old age in courts and alleys, and in Saffron-hill he had seen children full of Lea:Lb.—Dr. Lynch said that there were exceptions to the rule, but that it had been proved by the bills of mortality that, in these localities, out of one hundred thousand children, about half died in their infancy. Mr. Cavil], relieving-officer of the union, said, that these houses always caused great an zloty to the authorities at the workhouse and the board of guardians. He had made a re port upon the subject to the common council and the ward officers, stating that these establishments engendered fever. Many are brought to the workouse in that state; and it was a fact, that in one week last year four were admitted at one time who died twenty-four hours after their adnaissiou. He had seen thirty-six beds in a room in which the fire-place was closed. These were occupied by men, women, and chil dren. It was most desirable that some steps should be adopted to get the evil abated. Coroner: If a fever broke out it might go to an alarming extent. Dr. Lynch : That is not the only evil, as a great amity travel from one house to another, and the contagion is spread. He had known many persons ester into bus.ness as lodging-house keepers, and who, in a vary short time, accumulaad sufficient property to keep their country house. The Coroner remarked, that such establishments, which were a common nuisance, should be put down by the arm of the law. The authorities of the ward might interfere. Verdict, " That the deceased died from natural causes, death being accelerated by the want of air, and the jury at the seine time requested that the attention of the authorities might be drawn to the subji et, so that there might be a proper supervis:on over these nouses."— SUICIDE. IN A 'TAVERN.—IIy Mr. Carter, at the Canal Bridge Tavern, New Peckham, on the body of Mr. Charles Young, aged 36 years, who committed suicide. On Thurs day evening the deceased, who had formerly belonged to the Surrey Theatre, and latterly held the situation of collector of one of the trust rates in the parish of Ne a ingtun, entered the Bridge Tavern, and called fur a rump-steak and a pint of sherry, which were served in the coffee-room. He partook heartily of the steak, and drank part of the wine, but soon after a strange noise was heard, produced by a gurgling of the throat, and the deceased was observed to be deadly pale. The landlord and one or two gentlemen in the coots , e-room hastened to the deceased's assistance, and one of the party found a small bottle with a Libel on it, which left no doubt tint it had contained essential oil of almonds, and that its contents had been emptied into the wine glass which had been used by the deceased. Two medical men were quickly in attendance, and employed the stomech.pump, hut their efforts to preserve life sseic fruitless ; the unfortunate man had drank sufficient of the poison to kill three or fear per sons. It further appeared that the bottle containing the fatal drug had been taken away from the surgery of his brother-in-law by the deceased with the intention, no doubt, of destroying himself, his pecuniary affairs being in a state of considerable embarrassment. The jury ultimately returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." The de ceased has left a widow and four children to deplore his 10‘ , . —VIOLENCE TO A SERVANT ItY HER Mtetnese.—By Mr. Bedford, at the Lamb Tavern, Verestreet, Clare market, on the body of Mary Anne Campbell, aged 14, late in the employ of Mr. Levy, fruiterer, of North-row Covent-garden. The deceased's death was alleged to have been caused by the violence of her mistress. Mrs. Anne Campbell, 19, New-church-court (mother of deceased), deposed that deceased had been in Mrs. Levy's employ for eleven weeks. On Wednesday fortnight, between 8 and 9 in the evening, a Mrs. Hughes called, and told witness that deceased was being beaten by her mistress, and if witness did not go to her assistance the girl would be killed. Wit- ness tarried a little, bit in about 20 minutes was again re quested to attend, and on proceeding to the house she found deceased in the shop screaming, and said that her mistress had been beating and kicking her—her back was covered with bruises. Witness remonstrated with her, when Mai. Levy replied that deceased ought to have been treated worse, and obstinately , refused to allow the child to depart with wit ness until she had finished her work. Witness then came away, and at a quarter to 12 same night, deceased came home, and ins few minutes fainted from exhaustion. Witness ad ministered a little vinegar, upon which deceased vomited a quantity of blood, and witness put her to bed, and in a day or two afterwards brought her to the King's College Hospital, where she died on Thursday last. It further appeared that deceased had been frequently ill-used in the same violent manner by her mistress, who, upon one occasion, would have dealt her a severe blow with a poker, bad it not been for the interference of her husband.— Eleanor Hughes corroborated the evidence of the last wit ness, and said that when deceased was being ill-used by her mistress, she said, " Pray don't kick me, I'll do my work." Witness then heard Mrs. Levy use some horrible expressions towards the deceased.—Mr. Gill, house-physician to King's College Hospital, stated that he first saw deceased on Wed nesday last. She was then sinking fast. Upon an examina tion found yellowish marks on the lower part of the back, en the centre, from bruises. Witness had not made any post mortem examination.—The Coroner here adjourned the inquiry until this evening (Tuesday), for the purpose of having spose-mortem examination. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1847. IRELAND. The despatches of our Dublin correspondent not having reached us in time for publication 'yesterday, we print them now, together with the communication of to-day, which arrived in due course. DUBLIN, JAN. 2. There is great variety of opinion as to the accep tability of task-work among the peasantry. Some contend that the system is highly popular; others, the reverse. There is partial truth in both opinions. In Mayo, for instance, task-work is highly unpopular. I have been assured on competent authority that men have worked from morning until night, earning not more than 4d., 3d., 2d., and even lid. In other dis tricts, for example, at Abbeyfeale, in Limerick, I find it stated that men earn 25., 2s. 3d., and even 2s. 6d. per day. The discrepancy, however, is capable of explanation. In Limerick the labourers are directed by proper " gangers," who know how to set them pro perly at work ; they have also proper working instruments and other additional facilities for labour. Besides, there exists a practice amongst skilledengineers and measurers to "add" a certain allowance to the actual work performed, in consequence of the difficulties I arising from wet and frosty weather. The government having to engage a number of engineers, necessarily must have accepted some not so practical or skilled as others, and hence would seem to arise a reasonable explanation of this discrepancy. I know not whether such allowances as those I speak of are made at Abbey feale—probably they are—but I am assured, on good authority, that no such are made in Mayo. Besides, they have nut good working tools or barrows, and hence task-work, which is popular and profitable in one place, becomes irksome in another. The committee of landlords omitted from the enu meration of social remedies ono of paramount im portance—the relief of titles, and the fiezility of trans furring property. The question was mooted, but sup pressed. The time is not probably far distant when the land will be as free from the restrictions of set tlements and entails, as a bail of cotton or pack of wool. The Feeentan't Journal of this morning contains an elaborate article on the subject ; and as a proof of the connexion between the growth of opulence among a people, and the free circulation of - landed property, cites the case of Belfast, where every householder holds his plot in fee. The government is not inattentive to the true in terests of the country. There is not much noise, but some good work. lour Inspectors of Drainage have ban appointed at salaries varying from 31/01. to SOW. per annum, with travelling expenses. The govern ment applied to the Society for a list of competent persons, and from the return were selected four names, Stewart, French, Gustavus Lambert, and John An drews, Esqrs, all men of agricultural repute. Others will be appointed according as the public wants re quire thew. Alderman Egan, whose motion in the corporation to susp.nd the Navigation Laws excited so much attention, has been ap p ointed a magistrate for the county of Dublin. I . II.I•EtIAILY.—Oo Thursday last, at a me-tine held in Clonmel for relief of the poor, it was determined to collect fund for the employment of J.:males in spinning, knitting, and other work suitable to their sax. It a intended to ask noverument to aid in this project, but the philanthropist: of Clonmel aro prepared to work it independently of such ar.i.tance. DON E 0 AL.—On Christmas. CTC a vessel I)ing within the bar at Italy.hannon, and laden with bacon and other pr Finns for Liverpool, wee boarded by a numblr °farmed inca. They put the or.:sr under hatches, and plundered the veswl of • large quantity of bacon and lard which they carried away in boob.. The police went cent day in searsli of the plundered property, and succeeded in recovering a great dc.d of it. Scarcely a night passes, says the Rat lygllannon in which rob's:ties are not committed in D megal, and ths magistrates have in consequenee called Sro an additional farce of police. It adds that " a company of the 92nd Highlanders will be sent from Enniskillen to Rutland, County Donegal, early next week. A temporary ballade is now fitting up, ith all baste, tor their accommodation. A serjeont, and fifteen rank and file, will ba detached from Rutland to Bur ton Port; and, strange as it may appear, this small party is to be relieved weekly. Those places ...re on the propsrty of the Marquis of Conynghsm." K utti.—Acrtvx BENEVoLENCE.—The Leiner). Ex press record the following benevolences of large prom ieors in the County of Kildare The Earl of Clonmel distributed frieze ca.t. to all his labourers at Christens, nud ordered an on, weit.thing ten cwt, to be killed and distaibuted amongst them. The Countess of Clonmel has clothed all the labourer,' wise; and daughters with winter dresses, and his also furnished several families with be.ls and bedding. The Earl of Mayo gave a large on to be divided amongst his labourers; and soup is dtstributsd at Palmerstoan house to all the poor of the neighbourhood three times a week. Lady Charlotte Wolfe has directed her agent, Mr. Wolfe, to supply the labouring poor in her em ployment with bread. The Rev. Mr. Warburton, of Kill, gave a large bullock to his labourers and the poor of Kill. EMPLOYMENT.—The same journal states that the lion. E. Lawless has at present upwards of 70 labourers constantly employed at Lyons; Sir John Kennedy has upwards of GO; the Esrl of Clowns I upwards of 60; and the Earl of Mayo a large number, in addition to those employed upon his lord ship's estates in North Naas. The consequence of the exist ent,* of such a good class of landlords in Kildare is, that at a relief committee for the barony of South Salt, held on Tuesday last, at was announced that there were only 25 unemployc I lab9urers in the barony, whom it was resolved immediately to employ. DUBLIN, JAN. 3. In the provincial papers received to-day, a universal feeling of sympathy is caps-seed for the sufferers in the South and West; and in the more opulent dis tricts, besides the relief of local destitution, steps are being taken to contribute to the general relief. In Belfast, benevolence has had a full and rapid flow. In the number and excellent maintenance of its charitable institutions, few towns containing the same population exceed the capital of the North. In none are the citizens more spirited and munificent , At a meeting of a rew individuals to promote a relief fund for Ireland, 2,0001. were subscribed on Friday last. The terms on which the subscriptions were solicited were threefold—that relief be generally afforded without restriction to locality; that the sum be placed to the credit of a committee of subscribers, and that the stun be laid out solely in food. A. Mulholland, Esq., the eminent cotton manufacturer, subscribed 200/., and ten gentlemen 1001. can. The ladies of Belfast were on the same day animated by a like benevolent spirit. Besides th; proceeds of the bazaar for the special relief of Connaught, a huge sum, not named, was subscribed at the meeting, to which Miss Knowles, the " chair woman," contributed 501. The cards of invitation ATM addressed to " ladies of all Christian sects." The Flax Improvement Society held its monthly meeting on the 30th ult., whiel was numerously attended. The treasurer reported considerable addi tions to the subscription list. One gratifying fact was stated,—that an agent of the society had been setting up three seutch mills in Mayo for Sir lt. O'Donel, Lord Lucan, and the Marquis of Sligo, and that it was probable that Mayo would become one of the greatest flax counties in Ireland; 80 tons having been already purchased there this season. The relief committee in Clonm^l is adopting an ex cellent plan whereLy industry and relief may be com bined, and a large class of destitute creatures unable Ito find work, and excluded from the poor-house, may be enabled to exchange their labour for food. Steps are being taken to encourage various small branches of industry, such as knitting stockings, shirt-making, sewed muslin work, &c. 'the outlay, it is estimated, will be about 2il. per week. One of the largest rewards since the death of the ,late Lord Norbury, has just been offered for the ap ' preliensionnn&conviction of the persons who attacked Mr. Ingworth. The government offers 2001.; Mr. Ingworth himself, 2001. ; and the magistrates, clergy, and farmers, 6141. The committee of landed proprietors will assemble on Tuesday, to receive the report of the sub-committee appointed to report generally on the temporary mea sures to meet the present crisis. The report, if ap proved of, will be laid before a general meeting of the gentry and representatives, and the latter instructed to seek for le.gislative support to the proposed reme dies. Circulars have been sent out, inviting the pro prietors to meet at an early day. The commissioners of public works will commence paying to-morrow the first halt-year's interest on debentures issued by them last autumn. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. GALWAT.—A Loughrea correspondent of the Galway Mercury states, that Sir W. Russell, who has command of the 7th Hussars, stationed in that town, has himself sub wribed 10/. to establish a soup shop ; and has succeeded in collecting in the town 60/. for that purrrose. The bakers' shops in Loughrea are said to be more frequently empty than active ; fur in the first place, flour is scarce ; and in the next the ovens arc not competent to afford a supply of bread even when at full work. . . Tr USW BREAD.-Mr. Francis O'Sbaughnessy, a Galway gentleman, bas published the following receipt for making turnip bread : " Take eight pounds of Swedish turnips, peel them and weigh them raw, put them down to boil, and when well boiled strain and squeeze them well in a cloth ; then pound them well in a metal pot; when pounded squeeze them ag4in in the cloth (mind how often I repeat the word well), for the more of the turnip water you take from them the less the bread will taste of the turnip. Take 3 lb. of wholemeal, and work up the same as any other griddle bread. Four pounds of meal and eight pounds of turnips will mak^ Sibs. of bread, and the cost, when wholemeal, is 2s. 4d. the stone—is only Id. per lb., and Mr. O'Shaughnessy states that his ploughman, a strong man, cannot eat more than I lb. of this bread at a meal. —••• ALUE OF EARLY PLANTING.—The same gentleman says of his potato planting: . ' I have, thank God, plenty of potatoes, and I intend to sow six acres in the month of January. I attribute the success of my potatoes this year to my having planted them in ;tummy in trenched ground whole and uncut. LiNIERICK.—On Saturday night last, as a parts of military from Cahir, were on patrol in the ueighbourliood of Gar navella, a shot was tired at them from the window of a farmer's hou'c the ball grazed the forehead of one of the party. The owner of the house admitted he fired the shot, but alleged as en excuse Neat he thought they were robbers, who came to plunder. Christmas Eve, the police stationed at Mullough, received information that an armed party were plundering the helves of several inhabitants of Newcastle, and on pro ceeding in that direction, entered the house of Roger M'Carthy, and there found James Corbett, John Corbett, Thomas Noonan, Thomas Power, and Roger M‘Carthy, whom they arrested ,• they also foun i two pi,tols, a quan tity of ponder and ball, with the offenders. The prisoners are committed for trial.—A carrier from Cahir, to Mr. Michael Brown, of Broad-street, Limerick, was plun dered by the country people outside Tipperary, on Wednesday night; seven sacks, the property of Mr. O'Connor, John-street, were carried off on the same occasion. This time twelvemonth flour of fine quality was 325. to 338. per bag in Limerick, and now it is 40.. to 60s. Oatmeal, then 151. per ton, is now 231. At the arijourned extraor dinary cessions held at Croons on Thursday last, Lord Dun raven in the chair, only three pneentments for reproductive works were proposed and approved; and it was generally admitted impracticable to proceed with them unless a com pulsory enactment passes the legislature. The destitu tion was represented to be awfully increasing. An action for defamation of character is noted for trial neat assizes, by a young lady in Limerick, against a young gentleman whose brother wee her recognised suitor. The workhouse of Ijilmallock is closed against father alttliicants, there being 1,200 purgers eongrepted inn house built fur 800—one-third of whom are on the Lek lists. In the workhouse of Limerick, originally built to accom modate 1140 paupers, there vc at present 2,35. 4 . The deaths for the past week were 23, and on the last day the board of guardians assembled there were 236 upplic.t tions for admission. A joint-stuck bakery hat been esta blished in Limerick, in ten shilling shares; 830 of these have been already taken. A loaf of bread, price 3.1., weighing only thirteen ounces, was fore:unit.' in a tin coffin, through the Post-iltice, to Lord John !tassel'. Items. Francis John O'Neill and Co.,who during the season have beets grinding Italian corn in their mills at Newport, and selling it to the people there by retail, at the rate of V. per ton less than they could get for it by wholesale in L'me rick, have, we understand (rays the Limerick Reporter), obtained a dispensation from the Bishop to grind on Sun days, for the purpose of devoting the eotire prolita of that day to the maniocs of relief of the previa:big distress.—Serca c irgoes of Indian corn, meal, flour, arrived in Limerick during the past week, ar.il several vas-eta have been chastenal by merchants to proceed to foreign ports for grain. Freights have been raised to 12s. per quarter. MLUICAL 31AUISTRATF.3.—The following answer has been returned to the Limerick memorial regarding the refund of government to appoint medical gentlemen to the magistracy : Dublin Castle, Dee. SS, 1310. fdr,—R:ferring to the memorial from the mayor, aldermen. oat bniu,ses of Limerick, praying for the appointment of iniditi mal ma gistrates for that bor..ugh, 1 ant directed by the Lord Lieutenant to acquaint you, that his Excellency his con .icirrol the prayi-r of the memorial in question, and will be prepared to nrommeod to the Lord Clumeelkir an addition to the present rommi-•.on of she prose for the borough of limerick.-1 have the honour to be, y obedient servant, ll. LALUITIIL,E. L. F.G. Hyan, Fee, Mayor of Limerick. PLCNI,EIL OF SIIELP 11T TUE Cori Erandiner of Friday relates the following instance of the plunilc r of sheep by the military, which, I am happy to say. the journal abet e-numed admits are generaily most correct and honest those only of the 47th are supposed to be con nected with this outrage, and those stand eimmitted to pri son. In the course of last week a gentleman residing lathe vicinity of Middleton engaged a prize ram for breeding pur poses tar 201., which, with two sheep, was left out at night to pasture in a field a mile di-tent from Mid &tan. On miss ing them one morning, information was conveyed to the police, who made carry effort to disco, r their whereatiouta, but with no success. The secret, however, soon traLspired. A knife, lot by the depredators, was found, and on its being shown by the police to a butcher resident in Middleton he instnutly identified it as his property, which on the precious evening he lent to a few of the soldiers of the 47th Regiment, a company of which is at present stationed in Middleton, with a view to tke prcection of property, as well as the pre servation of the peace of the country. The constabul iry in stantly proceeded to Thomssistreet, Middletn, where tile military are quartered, and on r xamination discovered por tions oi the CAPPIII/1 of the slaughtered animals safrly depo sited in a coal hole. Knotty.—On Saturday last presentment sessions were heM for the barony of Truarthanacknty, at Tralee. The proceedings were taken under the letter of Mr. Labouchere. The county surveyor raid that presentments to the amount of 29.0001. had been sanctioned by the Board of Works, but only 21,0001. wu ordered to b, expended, and out of this 8,000/. had actually been expended. He was sorry to say that it was not sufficient. Eight thousand pounds for the ne at two maul s would not be halt enough. And for three months he thought that at least 20,0001. would be required. Presentments were then made for ent,rging the basin of the ship cand at Tralee and for erecting a market, together with others to the necessary amount. TRALEP. WORK HOUSE.—There are 1,015 paupers in the Tralee workhouse, exclusive of 45 in the ttver hospital ; 29 deaths occurred in the last week amon ,, the inmates. The cost of maintenance is 2s. 6d. per week for each pauper. The chairman read several communications from the poor law commissioners, which were in substance that the com missioners could not at present let the board have the as sistance of Mr. Hancock, the assistant poor-law com missioner ; in reference to the distressed state of the union, the communication stated that if " subserip ' tions for the relief of the poor were collected, they (the commissioners) understood it was the intention of Li-teen:meat to give an equivalent ;" and in reference to the doctor's report, they "earnestly requested the guardians, until more extensive workhouse accommo dation could W., niforded, to be guided by the advice of their medical oiliest., and steadily to refuse, howevt r dis tressing it may be , to their feelings, to admit additional applicants until the number of the inmates is compatible with their health." In consequence of this communication, the board deemsd it their duty not to admit any person, as there were already over 1,000 paupers in the house. A large number of wretched applicahts were, therefore, informed that the board could not afford them dmission. - - TlPrEltAll7. Mr. Serjeant Ilowlsy, the able and excellent assistant-barrister fur Tipperary, was obliged to be furnished with an escort, on proceeding to Cleglieen to open his court yesterday. The military and police are huraued, and shots)tre, to be beard at all hours of day and night. Henry W. Matey, Foci., was chairman of an extraordinary ',salons at Tipperary, on Thursday, when 18,3141. was presented on the barony of Clanwilliam, under Mr. Labouchere's letter. Charles Wilkinson, Esq., of Littleton, Tipperary, has been served with • menacing Rock notice, through the post-effice, demanding employment for every inmate of a cabin, and despite of tho Board of Works regulations, or that murder will be the effect of non compliance. Mr. Wilkinson is secretary to the relief commits e. _ . The following are the more serious of the outrages which have occurred in Tipperary during the last few days. There has been besid:s these, however, sheep killed and corn stolen or forcibly carried off : On the morning of Monday, the 29th instant, as Mr. Simon Loughman, a former from Rathdowney, was on his return towards home, about the hour of eight o'clock, he was followed by two men on the hi,h road, about a mile from Roscrea, when they stopped him, and de manded his money. One of the men knocked him down with a stone, when the other took off his waistenst, in which he hid twenty six pounds, in bank •notes, and sixteen shi.lings in silver, with which he ran of One of the rob bers, named Jiichael Brien, has been fully i !entitled by Loughman, and is transmitted for trial at the next quarter sessions of Nensgh. The shop of n very industrious and hardworking shoe maker in Roscrea, named John Mooney, was broken open on last night, and several pair of shoes and other articles stolen therefrom. On the evening of the 29th ult., an John B. Holmes, Esq., Civil Engineer, and Merrick, Esq., were returning front Kilgarvan, in a gig, they were upset, by coming in con'act with some cars on the public road, near Balliaderry. Mr. Holmes repeatedly called to tha carmen to kelp their own side of the road ; however, the fellows did not mind hire. The shafts and springs of the gig were broken, and the gen tlemen, of course, thrown out ; Mr. Merrick 's ann wan dis located by the fell, and Mr. Holmes was struck by one of the party ; however, Mr. Holmes kept the fellows prisoners until he sent a countryman whom he knew to the next police station. As soon as they arrived, he gave up his prisonen to them. . NENAOII WOILICHOUtIE.—There were 1,236 paupers in Nenagh workhouse on Thursday, and 150 offered themselves for admission. There were 147 in hospital, of whom 69 were ill of fever. . . . . WATEKFORII.—The Waterford Chronicle 'elves a ease of " extermination " of tenantry in that county, amounting to 100 iudividuala. . . There was a meeting held in Carrick-on-Snir on the 30th of December, to construct gas-works in that town, when 4,000 shares of 51. each were subscribed for in a company projected for that purpose. Tee WORKHOUSE.—There are 99-3 paupers in the work house, the cost of maintenance of whom amounts to 2s. Old. each per week. On Wednesday evening, about five o'clock, a poor man belonging to Passage, was attacked by two men, on his re turn home, and a qua,,tity of meal taken out of his car, !hat he had purchased in this town for his family. Cola.--Extraordinary sessions were held on Thursday at Buttevant, for the baronies of Orrery and Kihnore. There were 13,000!. assessed, the proceedings being'taken under the Labour Rate Act; a proposition to act under Mr. Labou chere's letter being rejected by a large majority. On Wednesday sessions for the barony of Ferrnoy were held at Castletownroche. The proceedings were under Mr. Labouchere's letter; 11,3341. 13s. were assessed,ter 1-10th:the valuation of the barony. Several gentlemen agreed in ac cordance with the minute, to take grants for drainage. KILKENNY, J.tte. 2.—RIOTS AT THE POORHOUSE. — On Thursday, during the Bitting of the board, some very serious disturbances, and which threatened to have a fatal result, took place at the poorhouse. The crush was so great at the time the externs were being admitted to dinner, that one woman was very seriously injured, and was only saved from being crushed to death by Alderman Southwick and some others of the guardians. At five o'clock • large number of men, about three or four hundred, most of wilt= were labourers and persons not entitled to relief, assembled at the gate, and clamorously demanded admission. They were told that they could receive no dinner, as the hour was past, but the gate having been opened to allow egrees to some women who had been delivering milk, they rushed in in a body, but t were prevented from entering the front door until it was secured. Four shots were, thereupon, fired within the poor-house ground; the head-constable hastened to the spot from whence the smoke proceeded. but did not succeed in seizing the perpetrators, though he saw one man escape over the wall. During this interval the mob succeeded in forcing open the door of the porter's lodge, and subsequently that of the dining-hall, but were prevented from proceeding further by the gallant resistance of the master, armed with a stick; of the porter, armed with a bayonet; and, much to their credit, of some of the pauper inmates of the house. Intelligence of this having been brought to Head constable Lynn, he hastened in, and the combined force, notwithstanding a violent shower of stones, which con tinued without intermission for some minutes, charged the mob, and put them to route at the point of the sword, bayonet, and shillelagh, forcing them over the inner yard walls, and finally succeeded in expelling them from the premises and securing the outer gate. A tremendous volley of stones was then poured in from the road by the mob, 'and they left, vociferating that they would sack the town. Coming down John-street they called at some houses, but we have not heard of any damage done. At Mr. Dunphy's, in Higk-street, they called a ball, and clamoured for bread; but, as we understand, were detemd from violence by the sight of Mr. Du nphy's blunderbuss. Mr. Winslow was soon on the spot with the police force, but before his arrival the mob had dispersed. On the previous night • similar mob made a violent entry into the poorhouse, and succeeded in forcing dinner. To make this matter the more outrageous, they were people principally in employment, and not fit objects for gratuitous relief, for all the holders of tickets had regu larly been fed each day. The number el inmates in the h ,ue hut Saturday week was 1,426. Discharged durine the week, GO ; died, nine ; admitted during the same period, 176. There were in the hospital, '230; of allies upwards er 100 weir, fever rade*. The nuadwr aeltuitted this day wis 100; reji tted 10. The amount of rate paid is during the week 11a. 201. Is. 4d. ; remaining uncollected, 9621. 13.. 4d.; balance in bank passbook against the hubs:, 371. Os. 7d. SCOTLAND. 111011 /AND FUN ERALS.—Tilere is at present (step she i larr rucss Couri,r) a general movement throughout the towns and Till iges of the north, to do away with the eater tainment usually afforded on the occasion of funerals, so our theneotne to the humbler classes of the people, and which often degenerates into excess. A striking memento of the old Highland funerals may still be seen a few miles from Corpach, near the western terminus of the Caledonian Canal. On the southern hank of the Canal is an ancient burying ground, and beside it a curious green mound of earth in the form of a horse shoe, which was constructed in thet singular shape some ceeturies ago, in order to accommodate the attendants at funerals. Alter the Mtettu .nt the people were seated on the grass in the curve, while the opvni..g gave access to the servautsto bring in the wine and spirits consumed on such oc:asieus. It its still the custom to held tore orgies MCA sionally in this sequestered spot, and many a fervid Gallic uddresi and full qoaich Lave been poured out to the memory of the variousperres cotamiued to the " narrow house" in tae adjoining restiugedece. The bagpipe, ton, sometimes vLkd the wild notes of a "laatent," which heightened the effect of the strange scene. DESTITV I lON IN THE ILIOULANIII or EICOTLAND.—The , accounts from the highlands and islands of Scotland are will very deplorable. the labouring population of Sutherland shire, Koss-shire, haverness-shire, Argyleshire, uud of the Hebrides aiel the Zetlend !stands, are et this moment its a Mate of half starvation, and severe as are the suffcrinci of the ele_stituM Irish, we believe they are quite equalled by those of the poor inhabiteets of the highlands , and blends of Scotland. But there arc no coroners' inque eta in Scotland, and but few local newspapers, end hence, though deaths from starvation take place, the public are uninformed of their oc currence. Ceder these circumstances, the Edinburgh Com mitt, e fur the Iteli fof Destitution in the Highlands have deti ruined to appoint a deputation to proceed to London fur the eureose of holding a public meeting, to draw attention to the ewe of the uncomplaining victims of .amine in Scot land. Oa Tuesthey last, took place the first meeting of the committee appointed i September last, at a general meet ing in Be—shire, to carry out the resolutions fur procuring supplies of grain, and opening depots where needed. Mr. limes stated that, from the best information he cauld °blight, there was not in Easter Hoes a stuck of grain available, at a reasonable rate, for fore:, to supply the population fort months. In the parish of 1 . 4111 the dealers had not a tcu days' stock of meal on hand. There was, therefore, a necessity of pro curing a supply of meal for Easter Roes without delay. Mr. Matheson, M.P., stated that he had made inquiries to some of the parishes with which he was connected, with a view to provide necessary supplies of food. From Res die he had not yet had information, but in Cromarty and Tarbet ho understood there was no destitution requiring sue!, aid as he had contemplated. Mr. Cameron, though not possessing specific information, and though there might be no scarcity of grain in the low country parishes of Wester Rosa, had every reason to believe that there existed among the poorer Hamm a large amount of destitution. The stock of food possessed by families in a comparatively better position would soon be exhausted, and if supplies were not obtained and depots opened, the probability was, that the people would soon be reduced to extreme privation. After come further discussion the meeting resolved uuani mouldy that .500 bolls of oatmeal, and 500 of barleymeal, should be procured and placed in depots at I vergordon,Tein, Ardgay, and Portmehomack, or other convenient places, fur Laster It ass ; and that a similar quantity of oat and barlevmeal should he purchased rid pl iced in stores at Dingwall, ton, and Avovh, and Muir of Ord, for West er Ross. As soon ei Indian corn may be bought at a reasonable rate, 600 quar ters of it were to be obtained and distributed throughout the storm. In all caste, information is to be obtained that such supplies are needed before the stores art opened, so that that r gular traders may not be interfered with These quantities of food are to Ire disposed of at such rates as aid Lover charges. That these 'unpins may be ob tained, the collector of the county and eunveuer of the committee were authorieed to effect au arrangement with the National or other Bank, for opening au account to the extent of 4,000/. If difficulty was found in making inch an arrangement, Mr. Matheson intimated his willingness to edvauce the sum required. After authorising the con vener to call another meeting when necessary, the corn:nit : tee broke up. Mr. Matheson, M.P., has already advanced a sum of 20101. for the Taiu or Router Ross dietr.ct, in order that no further delay may take place. SCOTCH BANKS.—C \NDID CON I'ESSIO:S.—In the monthly circular of a respectable house, doing business as brokers in Seotlend, we read " The comparative monopoly which our Seetch hanks obtained by Sir Hobert h'eel's judicious altera tions of the currency is now beginning to tell to their advantage." PROVINCIAL. The recent severe weather has pressed heavily upon the poor in various pirts of England, mid the local pap, rs contain an unusual number of cases of suffering and death induced by want of sufficient fool and clothing. One or two eases have recently been reported, including that of a woman iu Worcestershire, who gave birth to a child, which afterwards died iu a wrete.ed house, containing neither bedstead, bedding, food, or fire, wire she herself was at the time almost naked, having but one miserable garment t wear though the thermometer was !ow freezing point. Another instance of similar suffering has been men Coned as having occurred at Hui% where a poor boy's death was liastencd, if not induced, by want of food and warmth. The country pipers of Saturday afford several additional instances of the tame melaricho:y character. An inquest has been held at Stockport upon the body of James Sbaweross, aged 40, who lived alone in "a inisersthle-looking hovel called a cellar dwelling," and who having been out o employment some time, sickened and died last week under the influence of want and cold. The same town affords nu merous other instances of destitition, and a requisition has been presented to the mayor, making him to call a meeting of the inhabitants to ea:midis the beet means of alleviating the prevalent distress "so greatly aggravated by . the intro duction of short time int, the milli:, and by the inclemency of the season." The Manchester Courier reports another use of death from starvation. The sufferer wiui In Irish man, named Waters, aged 62, who lived in a miserable hovel in the neighbourhood of Daw Bank, leaving a w ife and eeven children in a perishing condition, lacking the cow man nryssaries of life. Their dwelling was the picture of the most abject wreicheylness and suffering, " destitute," as the reporter says, "of everything but misery." The inquest, which did not terminate until between seven and eight o'clock at night, excited considerable sensation from the la mentable circumstances of the case. The first witness wis: Catherine Watem, wit, of the deocased, who stated that her has. bend and a family of serge children left county Mayo, Ireland, about seven weeds aro, where they had occupied a small farm ; but is con seequenee of the failure of ..he potatoe crop, they were obliged to come to tneland, having then only MK m marry. They had lived upon that farm eighteen yeses. The arm of 10s. ma expended for the pas sage front Drogheda to Liverpool, and they were nine dem incoming. They Waved in Liverpool a fortnigbt without making application kw relief. 'Thence they went to Preens, where they slept a night; so other at Warrington, remaining two nighm In that town. They awe to Stockport a month ago, and lodged at Michael Iturken, in Swan. court, Cheater-gate, about a fortnight, until be woe sold up for rent. The bailiffs wind a new blanket, three sheets, and a holster belongtng to her husburL A few days sunk them to complete destitution, and the fear of being sett back to Ireland prevented the wife from acquainting the relieving officer with the lull extent of their misery. John Flannigan (another witness) said he lodged next door to where deeesecd lived. TM morning deceased died he came to wit ness early fora drink of water, and he gave it to hint. Deceased then went back. Shortly afterwards a cry was heard from /leaky'. house, end on going tither he found deemed dying, with hie wire sod children crying over him. Ile died Lt nine o'clock.—Mr. Medd, noniron, sated, he went to the bowie where the body of &collard Lay. He found the body in a room upataiis, in which there wan not a Muffle article of furniture. It lay upon the bore floor, and wan covered with a wane cloth. The rest of the house presented an equally wretched appearance, being badly velitihited, very damp, and very unwholesome. The body was much emaciated The imunliete cause of death wan congestion and etTualon of the brain. It was a case of serous or atomic apoplexy— that is, apoplexy from debility. It did not appear that any active disease had been ping on to account for this emaciation. Want o food and warmth would account for this emaciation. The jury re tunwd a verdict of "Died of serous apoplexy, caused by want o food and warmth." Another picture of distress is described in the Preston Guardian: The Labouring claws of Chorley are at this imam, through the stagnation of trade in every branch, in a more dintimord condition than has been the case within the last three years. The block-printers and hand-loan wearers in particular rarer more than any other clam from want of emp loyment As regards the former, for the last fifteen weeks there has been • complete failure of work in their department at the works in Chorley and the neighbourhood, with the exception of giekacre, where for a few weeks a little block-minting has been exe cuted. The Christmas holidays of these poor people have, therefore, been the rewire of merry. Lencashire does not monopolise the misery. An inquest held on Wednesday is reported in the Bristol Mercury. It was to enquire into the cause of death of one Mary Old. It appeared, from the evidence, that she had often been a whole day without a morsel of toed. she had mown weaker and weaker, me that, at last, she used to fall down is attempting to walk. Lest alma day week application for triter for bee wio made to the relieving ofbeer of her parish, sad he row her, and offered to take her into the boom He came twice to fetch her, but she would not go, m said Smith (a man with whom she lived) had persuaded her not to do so, es eke would get better. On Sunday night Met the relieving oftl cer was again applied to, and the parish surgeon was sent to her, and gone her medicines; and the relieving Mbar sent her brandy and arrowroot. The arairtaace, however, came too late, as she died at half-post nine o'clock next morning. The Jury returned a venlist of " Died from want of nouriahment" One other use may be added. It occurred at Broadheath, in Worcestershire, where an inquest was last week held on the body of Elisabeth Sefton, aged 66, who was found dead on Sunday se'nnight by the side of an unfrequeuted road. On a post mortem examination there was nothing but a little watery fluid found in her stomach. The jury returned the following verdict That the deceased was found dead, having, it is supposed, lost her way, and owing to the in clemency of the weather she was frozen to death." A HINT Fart DRI:OOIsTS.—SUICIDE PRITENTFII.—A few evenings ago a young woman went to the shop of Mr. Fingland, chemist, ih'avertree, and asked for a pennyworth of arsenic, saying her mistress wanted is poison rats. Mr. Fingland, though he knew the young woman, refused to sell arsenic to her unless she brought a witness. About two hours afterwards she returned, having a witness with her, but the chemist thinking he observed something unusual in the girl's countenance, folded • little tartar emetic in three separate papers, and marked each, "Arsenic ; poison." Shortly afterwards Mr. Fingland heard that the girl had been ill, upon N% loch he called upon her, when he learned, in reply to his questions, that she had called at a shop in Livereo el, accompanied by a witness, and purchased a pennyworth of arsenic, which she deter mined to take, in eamseque nee of berv'ng quarrelled with her mistress. Finding that she had not procured enough to destroy her, she called at Mr. Fingland's slop, and obteir.ed what ale believed to be another prnnywurth. She mel lowed the 'ramie wltirh she purchased at Liverp ml, end finding that it gave her horrible agony, she mixed that which she had purchased from Mr. Freeland in water, and swallowed it also, belies ing that it would speedily terminate her s etferines. It did so, but in a very different method from what she anticipated. The dose being very pee erful, brought on violent vomiting, and thus saved her life. Site is now doing well. ire SARAH Seens.—The trials of this tine @Lip barn beeu looked forward to with great interest, she k ing the largest vessel i.. which the principle of auxiliary steam-puma has been fairly tested. Messrs. Sands and Co. are the largest owners, sad she is commanded by Captain W. C. Thompson, late of the Stephen Whitney, also above owner, and for tweuty-five years commanding vessel, from New York. She was Melt from the designs of Mr. Grantham, of this town, tereethiug engineer, who hes had considerable te pee knee in this description of veneer I; he also superiunmeled her construction, assisted by Capt. Thompson. The repot- Sons of the Sarah sands arc as follow:—Builders' nee metre ment, 1,000 tote ; new measurement. 1,300 tons; les gth of keel, ISt feet; length user all, about 215 feet ; &am, Z.: feet; depta of main deck, 19 feet 6 inches; height or spar (leek, 7 feet 6 inches. She is barguerigged, with the attention of a low mast Pvtvarf , making four ma is in all. She M clenches. built. and double rivetted, has a clipper-how, and a handsome billet-head, but, not having the broad flan: he at the Lows for which the American Teasels are distiuguished, she loses sereethiug of their bold appearance tecearel. The broad bow has, hoeever, been found to possess e :iamb vantages when going head to wind. The engines have cylinders fifty instals diameter, and three feet stroke, • nominal power 200 horses, and capable of working much higher, cud are made on the oscillating prin:iple, con nected direct to the propeller shaft without spur-wheels, an arrangement patented by Mr. Grantham, and applee el by him to several yew!, with great terries. Her bunkers will contain 300 tuns of coals, having room for stowing about 1,000 tons of cargo. Her screw is le feet diameter, has for r arms, and is on a plan patented by Mr. Wo ederoft. of Mae chester. She has watertight compartment., and lower, marl,, and spar decks. The following parties have been em ployed in her conetruetoe : Vest I built by blesses. James Hodgson and Co. ; engines by ?dens. Bury, Curtis, and Kcnuedy ; the cabins by Messrs. Humble end Milerest ; the decorations by Mr. Hai l; the furniture by Mr. Blain ; and the paintings by Messrs. Jensen and &Midge. Every or.e seems to have performed his part exceedingly credit 'Ay, and. we believe, to the perfect satisfaction of the owners. Her cabins are considered by all who have seen the re to be much superior to anything yet produced in Liverpool, leaving the celebrated New York liners far behind, both in arrangement sod magnificence. Instead of the tom , narrow cabins generals adopte 1, with sleeping roams on e ecla sk ce, the forward end in the Sarah Sandi is the full width of the shies, forming two long Tetra-es, which are Otte.! up in excellent tote. This armee< tarot admits of three rows of alining tables, capable of atfo:ding ample room for nearly 70 passengers; while in the daytime, the :side tables with their fine sofas, will form the favourite lounging placer. The eguipmenta of the vessel generally are of the n oat nee perb description, no expense being spared in any port. Tito Sarah San Is was taken salt of dock on Tuesday fur a private trial, Messrs. Sands, Ripley, l'ace, M'Tear, Grantham, and others being oar board. On Wednesd ry she again started, in light ballast trim, having oa board Mr. Atherton, an engineer from Woolwich, sent expressly by tier Admiralty to witness the trials. At the Bell Buoy Mr. Atherton and Mr. Grantham lett her, and returned in a steamer; after which she proceeded to sea, with Captain Thomson and Captain Nicholson, Mr. Grantham's super iutendent. The foggy weather was very unfavourable for the trial; but an appertunity occurred of testing her sailing qualities when near Holyhead. She remained out three days, and returned on triday last, to take in a cargo fur New York, for which place she starts on the 18th instant. rise following account of her performances may be: relied ripen, being taken front the log and from the testimony of the various parties who witnessed them. tier draught of seater was 15 feet 4 inches aft, and 13 feet 10 inches for ward. The ateani averaged about 5 lb. pressure instead of 14 lb., as intended, a detect which will easily be ren.cdied. It does out appear ever to have exceeded 6 ,lb. The c 'gine+ made generally 30 revolutiens, 180 feet per minute f r the piston, or 40 feet less than the usual standard. Wilt full steam the speed of the engines will be 35 to 40 revolutions. The speed of the vessel ueder steam alone, and with 30 revolutions, was full eight knots, and, (Cr a short time, when the steam-pressure was its best, the revolutions rescued 111, and the vessel rather exceeded nine knots. When Mr. Atherton was on board her, she ran from the Rock Lighthouse to the Bell Buoy in bb minutes, altiesugh obstructed by a large fleet of tenets inward bound. Under canvass she performed most admirably, being remit ',ably stiff and manageable. 'I he following remarks appear ic. the notes that were made during the passage :—" foe pilot eats he would never wish to be in a stiffer vessel as she mould roll to a ind sward." " The idea that the ship would • be tender is all nonsense."—Lieerpool soaKstn KZ. FATAL AFFRAT.—On Saturday night last, a quart Si took place between U. Webster, the landlord of the Malt "Alma inn, at Artstley, near Leeds, and his father-in-law, ant person named Gelder, residing in the same town, and it troor of the public-house kept by Webster. It seem. that C, kiss resided close by the public-house, which he often and with respect to the management of which he (nylon, ' l 7 very officiously interfered. 'lO such an extent had too a u• noyance increased, that Web .ter had resolved upon quitting the house, and bad agreed with a person to succeed Jim as tenant. When Gelder went into the house on Saturday evening, Webster told him of what he bad done, upon u hisla the old man intimated that he might not accept the new comer as a tenant. High words ensued, followed by some seutti.ng, and ,:uring the affray fielder struck Webste r on the hi ad with a poker, which caused his death a few minutes afterwaels. A coroner's inquest was sitting when our disi patch was sent off yesterday from Li eds. OLOUCFSTERSIIIKLL ..... AXOTII ER FATAL MINE Ace:tut:NT occurred last wet k In the Edson Pit, Forest of Dean. It appeared, from the evi dence adduced at the ir.quest on Fr:clay last, that a number of workmen were in some carriages which run upon a tram way in the works, when one of the vehicles "jumped off the rails," and striking against a post which supported an under mined portion of cliff, about three tons of marl-rock fell on the last tram, and crushed one labourer to death and lamentably injured another. A witness said, " It was c osdle. light We were all aware that there was a broken pl..te at the spot, but it being on the road for the empties, it wus not much noticed." A verdict of Accidental death closed the inquiry •; but such a decision does not remove the impression which a perusal of the case induces. The existence of a broken plate on a spot where the overhanging rocks were merely supported by wooden posts, supplies another in.t.ince of the reckless manner in which unnecessary dangers are allowed to exist in these underground scenes of industry. WORCESTERsIIIIiE. TOLLS ARE Now LEVIED ON THE RIVER SEVERN. This is done ucder the authority of the Navigation Improvement Commission, who met on Thursday last to decide upon this step. It was then reported by Mr. Cubitt that the improve ments were completed, and a six feet depth of water se cured in the river at all times of the year. This state went was disbelieved by some of the gentlemen present. Mr. Dowdeswell, M.P., said that a professional man had called upon him, requesting him, if not to oppose the taking of toll, at least to protest that the commissioners had not ful- MIA their agreement, as iit the dry summer season there was not the required depth of water in the river Severn, whilst the river Avon had been rendered unnavigable in consequence of the improvements of the Severn having lowered the bed of that river, and drawn off the water of the Avon. It was impossible for him, from want of time, to verify that statement in the manner be could wish; but he might mention that a large meeting had been held at Tewkesbury, consisting of persons inter ested in the carrying trade, and who had come to the unanimous decision to controvert the statement in Mr. Cubitt's report ; and they denied that a sufiicient quantity of water had been insured for the navigation of the river in the summer. They also insisted that it was impossible for any engineer to say what would be the summer depth of water en the river.—Mr. T. Sturge, of Gloucester, said no man would be more ready to support the works , if he were satisfied they would be carried out; but from what he had beard to-day and before, he did not believe they yet had been. He maintained that it was out of the power of Mr. Cubitt to decide in the winter reason what would be the depth of water in the summer, and he understood that nothing whatever had been done to make the Avon navi gable. The commissioners were called upon to declare that the works were completed; but this it was impossible for them to do either in legal sense or in common sense. He should, therefore, move that the meeting be adjourned.— The commissioners, however, succeeded in passing their resolutions levying a toll upon all vessels navigating the Severn. SEA-BORNE LETTERA.—It is known that the atten tion of the government has, for some time past, been directed to the consideration of rendering the steam ships employed in the conveyance of ses-borro letters, available to the continental nations, and, generally, to the whole world ; and the more complete and perfe, t the ar rangements for this object can be made, the more fully will a great Rol useful purpose be accomplished. It is urged that Southampton is now the chief port for the outfit, depar ture, and arrival, of the correspondence with the East and West Indies, Central America, the south of Europe. the Levant, and other parts, but the means have n 4.: yet been fully developed (Cr effecting the cheapest, quiekeet, and, in point of time, the fairest, that is to say, the nearest approxi mation to a simultaneous circulation. As this service is at present 'conducted, an enormous and increasing mass of letters, newspapers, and other forms of postal communica tion, is, on the one hand, collected at the General Post offic• in London, and then forwarded to Southampton for embark ation ; and on the other hand, upon arrival, seaward, at Southampton, is transmitted to London for general distribu tion. A letter addressed to Southampton is now sent to London, and then travels back to its address; and letters addressed to London are opened and perhaps answereei before the accompanying correspondence can resell Bristei, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Hull, Glasgow, sod other commercial cities and towns. Upon these data one advocate for making Southampton the seat of a chief office fur seaborne letters, says : In :hese days of enlarged and increasing commerce, and of unex ampled activity, such an sdraniuge enjoyed by one locality over another is by no means trilling. It most be admitted that so fu as may be practicable, the delivery of letters should be simultaneous throughout the tandem, and this consideration alone I. sufficient to show that, neither London nor Liverpool, nor Indeed any but a chan nel port, is the locality Stud for the management of a Loge propor tion of the ma-borne corteapondence. *opposing Pootbampton to be hat port, and the letteis to be sorted there, they tolght, upon the