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LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE DEPARTMENT. pilot C oa t f rom ~,4 11e kterfielti Wrapper, lined throughout 1 aglionis, velvet collar and cuffs 0 10 6 do., double breasted Chesterfield and Arab do., lined throughout, silk vel- vet collar and cuffs, from vl 6 0 Dress Coats, every colour, f:orn 1 -0 0 Nirtout do. ... Waistcoats, from ‘ 2 ,.10th an d B uc k s ki n Trovrsers in endless variety from 0 8 6 Hussar and Tunic, every shade and colour, from 0 18 0 Mechanic's Suit 0 9 6 Do., the very best quality 1!o 's' d o ., from .. ;J 11( ls' Cloth Cloaks, an immense assortment, from BESPOKE I)EPA RT NI ENT, Made in First Style of Fashion and Workmanship. Gentlemen's Dress Coats, from... EI 10 0 1::/ °. Saxony Cloth West turtout do., extra lu oY's Hussar suits. consisting of Jacket, Vest, and .. Trowsers, edges braided, from Ruck and Doe.k in Trowse,s, cut on L. Hyam's new D principle, particularly ieeonimended for riding Ol5 6 r.• the best quality i. Ina substitute Trowsers, appearance like cloth, from 0 6 6 ' weed do. . V ery best West of England black e , selim ere and Plaid Waistcoats, from bliPerb do., in velvet and satin Crain " b ite Quilting do. 0 ,-An immense quantity of Youths' Greatcoats, Hussar Suits, C loaks, &c., con s tantly on hand. Mourning to any extent at degminutes' notice. Naval and Military Uniforms, and La. Riding Habits made in the must approved style. An article not approved when purchased, can be exchanged, ' s l' th e money returned. Observe the Name and Address— L. lIYA AL PANTFCIINETHECA,36tGRACECHURCII-STREET, , CITY. A general List of Prices can be had on application. :I[IIIE NEW DISCOVERY, by which the , trembling hand may become steady, the weak heart and nervous irritability (so often the precursor of in. 'hit y) may be arrested, is offered to the public, who may rely nervous vigour being the reward of a patient trial. By the 'e of thi s me di c i ne ( w hich does not contain one particle of b n Y opiate) refreshing sleep has been obtained by those who N obility not enjoyed that blessing for years. Above thirty of the "obility sow use this wonderful restorative. Soh! by E. I'URSER, Bridge-street, Blackfriars, in toust lls. ltd., 2s. 9d., and 4s, tid. each, who supplies all Chemists. ''k for 44 Dr. Grandison's Charity , Pill." From W. A. Goff, Esq., 11, Bloomsbury-square : " December 21st, 1842. Sir,—l cannot refuse to state that your Pill has had an 'rec.t upon my nerves almost miraculous " Your obliged servant, To Dr. Grandisonr . W. A. GOFF. VEAVER'S EMBROCATION for GOUT RHEUMATISM, TIC DOLOREUX, &c. py of a Letter addressed by Trevor Holland, Esq., Surgeon, to "' Cannock, near Walsall, Staffordshire, on the 6th July last, the Editor of the " Times :" Sir,-1 think it a duty I owe to the public to make known efficacy of a remedy which I met with accidentally, and "jell has been of such wonderful benefit to myself. Some 410iiths ago I met with a very severe accident, having dislo 4ted and fractured my ancle severely. From the great tender ins of the joint I was quite unable to walk, the limb con ,ued very much swollen and adematous, and I suffered .7"eadfully from severe attacks of spasms in the night, which .)c teoded from the allele to the leg, thigh, back, and to the 414 . Having exhausted every resource of relief which I and thy medical friends in the country could suggest, to no Purp ose %„, I set out for London with the intention of con ting Sir Benjamin Brodie or Mr. Liston—then to adopt sea -1 t hing. By accident I met with Mr. Feaver, 16 Ludgate-hill, , I‘ l ,'o applied his Embrocation, and, to my great astonishment, til nad no spasm that night, nor have I had one since. The next w ?rning I came down stairs without my crutches, and was. li ute to walk, the swelling of the limb soon subsided, and I am (en ivy q v , rapidly recovering. Haring for many years had an ex medical practice in the county of Stafford, I know of Imedicinal compound possessing such wonderful efficacy. kicting my testimony to Mr. Feaver's Embrocation, I am ac- Z'ted by DO other motive than gratitude to him, and a since r e ire to make known his invaluable remedy to my fellow-suf lbs. Possessing, as I ever did, the strongest prejudice t i !4isst ever) thing in the shape of quackery, I should be the to " man to uphold a system which, generally speaking, I kn ow be nothing but a nefarious traf fi c and humbug. " I am, your obedient servant, " TREVOR HOLLAND, Surgeon. " Carmock, near Walsall, Staffordshire. " P. S. At the various consultations held upn my case, the ,2,rgeons and physicians (including myself) were decidedly of i k'nion that the frequent violent attacks of spasms would ter h:_tiate in lock-jaw, but, as I have before stated, I have not o i`',the slightest symptoms of spasms since the first application ~t n , is extraordinary embrocation.—T. H." nis justly-celebrated remedy (which is equally efficacious a ll of the above afflictions) may be obtained of, or through ( !, 1 3' respectable wholesale or retail Chemist in Town or i'::ontry, at the Depot, corner of Wellington-street, Strand ; learn the Proprietor, Mr. Feaver, 16, Ludgate-hill, London. :11LAI WS GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS To Mr. PROUT, 229, Strand, London. bir o Frimley, near Bagshot, Surrey, Feb. 14, 1842. suffered much from acute Rheumatism, 1 was in taro, to try your Blair's Pill:, and beg to bear my humble testimony ti e „"e)r efficacy, not only in my own case, but in several of my "us who have taken them on in, recommendation I am, Sir, your obliged, JOHN S. GILES never-failing effects of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, „ . 4 , ft v ery description of Gout or Rheumatism, has secured them 11 - 7,*e 4 itrisit unequalled by any medicine of pa t or present times. a tiv 'Y not nearly give relit f in a few horns, where the patient has been bey nearly to madness by excruciating torture., but restore to z go ect health in an inconceivably short space of tune. See Testi.. lt 4 Pials of Lieut. Masters of Hawley, near Bagshot), late of the },loyal Newfoundland Veteran Comp:lnes, who was invalided home 114. 4 , Garrison order ; the Rev Dr. klomberg ; the Chevalier de la Vil e i 4e ; Mr, Miskin, Dartford ; Mrs. Chirnb-rs, MehisfOnc i &c &c.; s , ,,,ett demonstrate this preparation to be one of the greatest disco,. hi Medicine. or vt are equally speedy 4,17 d certain in Rheumatism, eithi r chronic !orLe. Lumbays, Sciatica, Pains in the Head and Face, and indeed .erery ►rheumatic or goutv affeolinn ; in fact, such had been the perfect ease, and complete sfi,:ty of this medicine, th .t it or 5t", ) ,, 8 1,,:-1 all who have taken it, mid there is not g city, town, vilia„e m the , :40iin. but con'allis many fi gratehd evapilencpp of she : — e efy of Illates it h _gh influence of this .•• ..lichn• • ` he forgo cac ing diseases, an G d out it t ntist bZmati , rills is unparallel d " - .* he assured that it consolatory to the afflicted with Gout .. •- iii4act the propeity of preventiny the disea e flying . sto brain, or °the: vital part b, Y Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London; and, by his ap_point- Ikine, LI all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the fitted A s ,,°r l l. Price 2s. thl. per box. ter ve for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and ob. tlow. the name and address of "Thomas Praia, 229, Strand, Lou. th, , nupreb up on see Government Stamp a ff ixed to each Box of Mediine. CiL'ER,ICAL ASSO-CIATIUT, or CLUB. This Association, instituted in Julljtst, as a point of re-union exclusively for the Clergy, affords itThlembers accom modations similar to the Clubs, but more appropriate, more ample, and less expensive, and altogether obviates the neces sity for Clergymen, living in the country seeking any other re sidence during their occasional visits to London. As a centre of accommodation and mutual information, and a registry of the requirements of the Clergy, it fills a void which has not been untrequently complained of. The next period for entering is the Ist of January, 1843, the Subscription Three Guineas Annually, without any other fee or liability. Application forthwith is respectfully requested. R. HAYE S, Secretary, 13, ilmrietta-street, Covent-garden. _ . _ _ . No. 15,710. LONDON, THURSDAY res 7,7 g a g ' 6C4t, • • I DEC EMBER 29, 1842. PIIICH sd. 'HE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Tinze for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN . DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, f or P OST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON uto that _Hour AFTERNOON TRAINS P . ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE TIIREE PAPERS, Morni ng , Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. which its predecessor for the present year is distinguished, and in addition has an excellent map of London and the environs prefixed to the letter-press. The volume for 1842 was re markable for the great accuracy with which all things relating to the residences and offices and places of business of commer cial men were collected, and presented to the reader and in quirer in a way that at once made him acquainted with what he was in search of. The volume of the year about to come is equally correct. This correctness i 3 th, great disideratum, and the great feature of the work. The rest of the information, equally important, is equally well arranged and presented to the reader. Altogether this is a very complete volume, and one which no coutiting.house, and scarcely any shop of extensive bulness, can be without. As a book of reference it is indis pensable, and to persons in trade .a safepard from imposture and false representations. Sunday afternoon, about four o'clock, when I saw the deceased, and spoke to him. He was quite well, and was at the time playing with his master's child. Mea ghan is a married man, and this child is his only one. His wife's sister, Catherine Singleton, is in custody as well as themselves. Meaghan's wife is much younger than her husband. I have heard that deceased worked for Meaghan before the latter was married, which is abJilt four years ago. Mrs. Meaghan returned home from the christening of her sister's child, between nine and ten o'clock on Sun day evening. She came to my door and asked if she could go through my house, as her own door was locked. I allowed her to do so. She was teone, and went through and shut the passage door quietly after here The 'door is generally kept on the latch, and' only fastened at night. She went then to the front door of her shop: I distinctly heard her do so, as the partition is very thin. I heard her open the door and saw the deceased Thomas Leary go in. I was stand ing at the corner of my window, which looks into the street, and saw him then alone. After he had gone in I heard her close the door upon them both. Ido r.ot know whether Meaghan was at - home, hut think he was not. I know that Mrs. Cotter was in the house (she was servant to the prisoner), because Mrs: Mea ghan said to me, " I suppose the old lady has fallen asleep, as she has not let me in." I have not known Mrs. Meaghan let Leary in in that way before. I then weritout, and did not return until after the cry of "Murder"'was raised. By the CORONER—I had been to the bottom of the street to visit a neighbour, and as I approached my own door I heard a bustle, and a man named John Rice cry " Murder" three times, and then run up the street. I did not notice any one running either way before I saw Jack (Rice). lam sure I did not see either Sin gleton or Meaghan's wife. I should have known them if I had. I came on the opposite side of Whiteeross • street, in the direction of Chiswell-street, when return ing from my friend's, and there was sufficient light in the street to see any one if they had been there. By a Juror—Meaghan did not come into my shop while I was there. I was going in to the next door to see what was the matter, when Mr. Neville, a neighbour, put me back, sayi ng , " I t was no sight for me." I then went in through the passage door, and saw the deceased with his head behind the counter, and his feet towards the door. He had a large wound beneath the left breast, from which the blood was flowing copiously. The doctor was putting brandy into deceased's mouth, to see if he was alive. He did not speak, and it was only by his slight gasping that I knew he was alive. He tried to turn away his head from the brandy, but had not strength to do so, and died in a few - minutes after. William Darby, husband of the last witness, said, •I did not deceased on Sunday till Isaw him wounded. I did not see him let in, as I was in the bakehouse at the time. My wife let Mrs. Meaghan through. I should say it was about half-paSt nine then. The partition is so thin I can hear everything distinctly, and I heard, at twenty minutes past ten, the voice of ,Meaghan in his own shop, say, " Out with you, get out with you," as if speaking to some one inside. I also heard the voice of his wife, but what she said I cannot say. There was a great deal of talking be tween two or three, and .quarrelling, but I could not distinguish the voice of Leary, for the talk was so low at some times. I had customers in the shop, and' did not pay much - attention. I heard several pushes against the partition. as if of seuffEng, then a heavy fall on the ground, and then some one ran out of the front door, and some one said in the street, "A man's throat is'eut.” I cannot say exactly what was the matter, but think Meaghan and his wife were quarrelling. Th e wor d s, "Out with you," were befure I had heard a fall or groan. The only , voices I heard were those of Meaghan and his wife. I threatened the woman Cotter, when I went in, to tell me the truth, but s h e cou ld not answer me, and I saw the deceased as described by my wife. A knife was at his feet; it was much stained with blood. The man, Jack, picked it up and laid it on the coun ter. lam sure it is not an act oT Jack's, but of some other person's. -When I went in with Mr. Bland, a tobacconist opposite, I saw Mrs. Cotter collie out from the back, wringing her h an d s , an d say i ng, " Oh, God, who has done this !" (The knife, with which the deed was committed was shown to the Jury, and it seemed a common shoe maker's knife, such as is used for cutting leather; the blade and handle were covered with blood.) Mr. BAKER said that, in causepence of othr du ties, he should be under the necessity of adjourning fie hearing of any further evidence till to-day. A bitter infliction upon the unhappy tenantry ! And then, again, your " Script ur e:re'aders," and " Tract distributors," and the entire bent of your disposition is adverse to Catholicity ; and . the thousand shapes in which that adverse feeling is exhibited towards, and reciprocally felt by' the peon ,;: the Protestant pre ferences in all dealings, and the • inferiority which the Catholic peasant experiences, both at petty sessions and in the other manifestations of Magisterial with°. rity. The vexatious power which the "Wilful Tres pass Act," alone gives, would, in order to make it tolerable, require the utmost mildness and impartiality. In short, in all the incidents of life, the Catholic people feel deeply the effects of your unfriendly dis position. I much apprehend you are furnishing the materials for a slumberin, volcano. Th e sur f ace i s smooth and tran qu il. But there may be fermenting underneath the materials of a most destructive ex plosion. Fourthly—Let me put a suppositious case. Let me suppose that which, I thank Heaven, is impossible ever to be realised—let me suppose that there were selected for the highest office in your county a noble man •r gentleman, who, however amiable in private life, was bigoted in his political and religious animosity to Protestants and Protestantism. If the Magisterial bench-wer e crow d e d w i t h s i m i lar enemies to Protest ants and Protestantism • if all the Government countenance, and every Government preference were given to persons of similar sentiments, and if such preference were aggravated by insulting pretences to greatliberality ; if the Judges of the land, in whose hands should be the lives and tbrtunes of you all, were to be selected for having spent lengthened years in bitter opposition to Protestant education—if men were to he selected who had proclaimed that the Protestants were perjurers in principle and in practice, idolators or infidels, if Protestants and Protestantism had been ' treated in this manner —need I ask what impression would be made on the minds of the Protestant people of Ireland ? What would be the temper of that people ? How they would laugh to scorn the hypo crites who, in such a state of affairs, should indulge in maudlin pretexts of liberality and justice? Would the Protestant volcano then slumber ? Do but reflect. Turn these things in your minds, and look back to the fate and destruction of empires as recorded in history ; and with me then zealously exert yourselves to avert events which, if they once occur, will go far bey o nd h uman contro l . Fifthly—To return to the immediate burdens upon the land. Recollect there are such things as rack rents, which, of course, are payable by the occupiers of the soil. Add to these the heavy county charges which are enormously increased and increasing. The roads—the bridges —the sessions houses—the court houses—the polioe stations—the prisons --the expenses of prosecutions—the police charge--in short, th e multitudinous burdens for which our counties are mortgaged, and which are all payable by the occupy ing tenant who—let it never be forgotten —must have land or must die ! Turn in your minds the curious contrast, the centralisation, in one spot, of all the power, and authority, and wealth-dispensation of the Government, but no centralisation of the multitudi nous burdens which are carefully localised in Ireland; thus placing upon our unhappy country as much as possible of the expenses of the machine of the State, with as little as possible of State advantages or State emoluments. But, above all things, carry with you the recollection that these burdens are all borne by the occupying tenants, who, in their necessary eager ness to possess land, are not able to shift the load upon ! their landl or d s . Sixthly—But, before all, recollect that the whole burden of the Established Church—the Church of not one-tenth of the Irish people--is now mixed up and amalgamated with the rents. The tithe now composes part of the rent which the tenant pays ; it is true that in general he does not pay it to the parson himself; 'but you cannot possibly imagine that the Irish peasant is ignorant that a portion of his rent goes into the pocket of the Protestant clergyman, whom he thus supports, as he does his lay landlord. The tithes were considered by that peasant as as accursed thing. Is it' safe or prudent to have the Irish peasant conceive that his rent shares the maledietory taint ? Are not all these materials for thinking, especially with the facts stated by the Rev. Mr. Nolan staring you in the face? Would to Heaven that I could induce the landlords of Ireland to make peace with the Irish people; instead of aggravating pressing evils by contumelious treatment and the bitterness of bigoted oppr es Si o n! Seventhly—l come to apply all these reflections to the question more immediately before us—that of the Poor-laws. It would be easy to deal with those laws if they were to be introduced amongst a peasantry who had no other grievances to complain of, and no 'artisan hostility to render them dissatisfied and sus icious. But you must take them as you find them, with every other cause of complaint existing; . with the burden of the county cess • with the pay men t o f the tithe rent c h ar g e ; with die religious animosity and irritating zeal of an antagonist creed. You must also prepare yourselves for the perpetual recurrence of a new poor-rate after poor-rate! If it were but one payment, it might be enforced ; but it is the repetition of the enforcement that will increase your difficulties lot° an impossibility. See how the difficulties will multiply. The harsh conduct of the Commissioners, the suspicion of their partisan feeling, the proofs of their bitter bigotry, will 'increase the odium attached to this tax. Then the poor-houses are, it seems, becoming the legitimate successors of the Charter Schools for the maintenance of orphans to be brought up Protestants ; although the desertion of a child in this country is, to a think ing mind, rather a strong proof of the utter poverty of the parent, and, therefore; of that parent's belonging to the religion of the poor in Ireland. Another fearful consequence of the continuance of the Poor-law in Ireland is its necessary creation of a pauper and helpless population. There are in Dublin, between the two workhouses, at the present moment, at least from 1,500 to 1,600 persons between the ages of 10 and 18, having no friends and relations to fall back upon, or to take them out of the workhouse.n What is to become of the se ? What is t o become of the accumulation of similar persons from the daily re ception of others into the house ? What is to become of this " workhouse family," increasing as they yearly must, in tens, in hundreds, and in thousand*? What is to become of them ? Are they to be sent out to look for employment ? Alas! there is but too little em ploynient-for those who are out already! Are they to be dismissed a n d bid den to go lok for waes? Alas! there are b ut too little wages o wh o are those who are already seeking them, without ever having gone into the poor-house ! Are they to live " from the cradle to the grave" within the walls of the workhouse ? It may be said the males may enlist as they become adults, to furnish soldiers to our armies. In this respect the experi ment has already been tried in the Charter. Schools, and totally failed. There never we re enoug h of their inmates possessed of manly vigour to constitute a cor poral's guard. And yet they were brought up with the advantages of open air and free exercise. But the male and female youth brought up in the imprison ment of the workhouse will become driftless and un fit for any pursuit that requires labour and exertion. The plant reared in the dark never acquires the green ness and vigour of fertile nature. This unhappy poor house population, tot a lly di sconnected from friends, relatives, or motives for exertion, will display in the moral world, what the plant brought up in the dark displays in the physical. This is a frightful prospect of a necessarily aug menting pauper population : a new class created in society; idle, useless, driftless ! Another menacing consequence of the continuance of the Poor-law in Ireland, must necessarily be the giving of an absolute right to the paupers to be ad mitted into the poor house. It has passed unnoticed that our worthy Poor. law Commissioners have strongly urged, in three of - their reports, that persons should be prevented from begging is Ireland; and Lord Morpeth had atone time undertaken to bring in h Bill for the Suppression of Mendicity. This, of course, could not be done without giving to every pauper an absolute right to claim and obtain relief in the poor-house. If this law should pass, it would be necessary to erect another workhouse in Cork, and at least two more in Dublin. And if the Poor-law contiuues, to- this compl ex i on we must come at last." Another necessary consequence of the continuance of the Poor-law in Ireland, must be the giving of out door relief; especially if mendicancy be suppressed. In that case, out-door relief must, of course, be given in all pressing cases. But after all it is monstrous to talk of a Poor-law without out-door relief. If there be a principle at all in the Poor-law, it must extend itself to giving relief to all who want it, whether in the poor-house or out of the poor-house. Had not this letter run to such a length, there are many other points relative to the Poor-law that I should touch on, more especially to illustrate the dif ficulties which must arise in levying an universal Poor -rate. Ideeply deplore that I cannot discover means of avoiding the inevitable conviction that the Poor law will be in Ireland what Talleyrand called " the beginning of the end." It will be, in my opinion, the Morning 'Chronicle, December 2, 1842.—This important and most useful work goes on improving from year to year. In taking up the volume for the present year, one would have sup posed that there was little room for improvement, from the completeness of its information in all departments. However, in the volume for 1843, we find that•several additions have been made. The Court Directory is considerably extended, so as to include the gentry of the northern and southern suburbs; and what is called the Convejance Directory appears to be much enlarged, and presents a very complete account of the means of travelling. There are other changes, which it is un necessary to particularise. The work, as we have stated on former occasions, is a most valuable one, an4may be considered indispensable in every place where business is transacted. 111 , ,rning Herald, December 1, 1842—This is the forty fourth annual publication of this useful work, and, on . examina tion, we find it improved even upon the former volumes. The references are more ample, the general arrangements more com plete, and in all its details it is more elaborate. Extending over a apace of upwards of 1,600 pages, it contains everything necessary for a Directory of the largest commercial city in the. VreiriTtirtffNiVeiricnve•i—i.r.4,,A... 4 • _ . - mat uTcr TEL-run-TV carefully illustrated b e f ore i n a wor k o f th i s nature. The map which accompanies it embrace.; a wide circuit, and includes the most important suburbs of London. It is, moreover, very well executed. Sun, December 2, 1842.—We have had frequent occasion to call public attention to the comprehensive plan and excel lent arrangements of this useful work, and in these respects have hubs new to add. It is satisfactory, however, to state, that Mr. Kelly, the p ropr i e t or , no t ungrate f ul for he exten sive patronage it has justly acquired, has adopted many new improvements, and by simplifying some of the details, and making numerous additions, has this year rendered it the most complete Directory ever published. Of these we select the following :—The full names of each partner in every firm appear at his proper alphabetical position, with a reference to the firm, which likewise stopearsits before. This will remedy ar.. inconvenience complained of, that unless the leading partner's name 'was remembered, a firm could not he referred to. A list of the principal hotels, taverns, and commercial inns throughout England and Wales has been compiled,.the landlord's name being in each case added. In the Trades' Directory some new lists have been added, the longest of which is Travellers' (Commercial). The Street Directory has been much enlarged, and now embraces a much wider extent. The Court Directory also takes a much wider range than in the last edition, and includes some thousands of names not con tained in any other book. The propri?tor, from his access to official documents, and the assistance liberally afforded by the Post-office authorities, has great advantages, and consequently has been enabled to furnish a vast amount of information, all of which has been collected within the last 70 days, by re sponsible agents, possessing local knowledge. It is accome panied by an excellent map of London. by Wyld ; it extends to 1,558 pages, 112 more than in the edition of last year, and forms altogether a most valuable book of reference. Railway Magazine, Dec. 3. 1842.---This is one'of the most extraordinary works of the day; year after year the Post office Directory grows upon us, not diminishing in value, as its predecessors did, but each time presenting information more correct and more copious. To.specify all, or even any great portion of the improvemerits in the volume for this year, would be impossible; for every page gives evidence of the care, skill, and enterprise of its conductors. The Commercial Di rectory and Court Directory seem very much enlarged, and in addition to the previous references and classification, are oc companied with an engraved Map of London. Among the novelties we may specify the insertion of the name of each partner hews firm at the place where his name would appear were he in business for himself; the addition to the Court Directory of the environs north and south of London ; the in sertion of the names of all Postmasters in the list, showing the return of post • list of Commercial T rave ll ers, &c. 'We had almost th oug ht that the Law and Conveyance Directories had been incapable of improvement, but we were equally sur prised and gratified to find that great accessions hare bean made to them. The Postage Directory is not only valuable from its exclusive information, but from the exertions made to keep pace with the improvements of that department and the changes in it. The Banking Directory and the Lists of Public Companies, with the names of their secretaries, the in formation as to the public offices of all kinds, are carried out to such an extent as to be of the greatest advantage to those en gaged in the transaction of public or commercial business. The Parliamentary Directory shows an equal advance with the other departments, and indeed no department is behindhand with the progress of events and the march of imprbvement. To detail the merits of this work, in facie is to recommend it to public support, which is scarcely necessary, for few'can f,il to appre ciate the energy, skill, and enterprise of its conductors. The Spectator, !December 3; lB42.—This storehouse of business information continues to enlarge. Among its addi tions and imurovements are a very considerable extension of the " Court Directory" so as to include other points of the compass besides the west. The north and south of London are new of " the Court courtly," as well as the western suburbs froireNotting-hill to Camberwell. All this is said to be pecu liar to the Post-office Directory ;•" other professed Court Guides" are " exclusives," confining themselves to the west end. A new map of London is another addition. Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, December 13, 1842. Each succeeding year seems to introduce some ne,v and useful feature into this most serviceable compilation. Then there are distinct Directories, under the respective heads of " Court," " Parliamentary," " Street," " Postage," "'Banking," &c., leaving nothing to be required for the most important as well as for the most ordinary occasions for reference. It is mere loss of time and space to commend the " Post-office Directory," for all purposes, over every other. ,Th ere i s no comparison, nor do we know of any pretension to compete with it. Weekly Dispatch, Dec. 4, 1842.—" The Post-office London Directory for 1843." published by Kelly and Co., Old Boswell court, is really a most gigantic undertaking, and has been ac complished with more than giant strength as regards increased utility and general impprovement. In noticing the several di visions into which this really national work orrefeience is classed, it is only necessary to take them seriatim as they ap pear in the volume ; and it is gratifying to state that in der every head a marked desire to render the work most perfect is visible. The Street Directory embraces a meek wider extent than in former editions, and now exhibits at one view all the inhabitants of every street; an important addition is made to the Commercial Directory, by the insertion of the names of all the partners instead of the senior only, as heretofore has been the custom. The Trade Directory is enlarged for the first time by a list of commercial travellers, which must be a deside ratum to all connected with the trade of the provinces ; a list of the principal hotels and inns throughout England and Wales, with the names of the present landlords, has been added ; and in the list of post towns the names of the several postmasters have been inserted. The Conveyance Directory has been en larged, and is made as perfect as the ever-chnnging and im proving nature of its subject will allow, and certainly affords at the present time a very complete guide to the various modes of travelling now in use. The Court, Official, City, Banking, Postage, and Assurance Directories are equally entitled to en comium for the degree of labour that is manifested in the com pilation of each ; and it would be doinga great injustice to the enterprising spirit and good faith of the Proprietors not to award them the wed of our unqualified recommendation of this, we might literally call it, stupendous work. John Bull;December 3,1842.—1 n the Post-office London Direc:ory for 1843 there has been effected, that which we had thought impossible, an improvement on the volume of the pre ceding year. The Court Directory which it gives has been largely increased, and it now includes residents in the northern and southern as well as in the western suburbs. The Convey ance Directory is unique, giving information as to every pos. sible mode of conveyance by land or by water ; and, in parti cular, every pains appear to have been taken to state the rail road time tables as correctly as their changing arrangements wiltallow. A large, clear, admirably executed map of London, engraved by the Messrs.Wyld, completes the work, which ought to be called the Directory of Directories, or, in Eastern phrase the Father of Directories. LANDLORDS AND TENANTS IN IRELAND. - - CONCLUSION OF MR. O'CONNELL'S LETTER ON THE IRISH POOR-LAW. When Sir Robert Peel said that Ireland was his greatest difficulty, he dld not mean a difficulty arising fro.n a Parliamentary representation. He knew that some four harougns were already becoming cor rupt, and could be bought with English money. lie knew that our county constituencies were fading away, and that popular power in them was nearly annihilated. Besides, he has n ow suc k an overwhelm ing Tory m a j or it y of unprincipled English Members that the Parliamentary force of Ireland is like chaff before the wind. No. It was not Irish Parliamentary power that was his difficulty. It was the temper of the Irish people • the millions w h o k now o f English rule no thing but its inimical tendency; who have no sympa thies in common with those rulers ; who have heard of the wrongs arising from a hostile domination, general and local, but who have never heard of any benefits derived from English rulers; who know that the present Administration belongs to that party who have, for centuries, oppressed their country and per secuted their religion; who also know that from English distress or difficulty opportunities may arise for the assertion of Irish rights and the redress of Irish grievances. Yes. It was from this temper and disposition of mind of the Irish millions, that Peel felt the great difficulty of his Administration would arise. It is thence it now continues to arise. What I want now is, that you should take part with that people; that you should soothe and conciliate them. Ido not now speak to you of the restoration of our domestic Parliament, although that would de stroy all the evil tendencies of the present system, and amalgamate us all into o ne p eop l e . M y present desire is limited to obtaining your aid in seeking the repeal, or, at least, the thorough remodelling of the Poor-law. The people of the county of Cork have many causes to complain of the great majority of their landed pro prietors, and of Peel's Administration that gives sup port and countenance to that majority. I will just call to your minds some of their causes of complaint. Let me try the numerical order. • Firstly—The rural population of your county amounts to more than 750,000 souls. Yet the number of electors does not exceed, and scar ce ly equals, 3,000 ! What a frightful picture does this not afford of your unkindness and want of generosity as landlords Would it be possible for the power of language to dis play evidence more condemnatory of your landlord hostility or stinginess to the occupying tenants-of your county than is afforded by this single fact ? Three thousand persons only qualified to vote out of a population of 750,000 ! The law which has thus enabled you to restrict the franchise, and the spirit which has induced to act upon that law, are, indeed, melancholy proofs of the landlord animosity of jyour county to the people. Secondly—Another exhibition of your landlord hostility towards the people of your county is to be found in the opposition given by the resident propri etary of the count' of Cork to the Government plan of national education. The Catholics have no great reason to applaud that system ; yet it was so much better than any former plan, that the people, with the assent, in your diocese, of their clergy, very generally availed themselves of it. What has been the conse quence? Why, we hear it from the first authority that not above ten . national schools ha ve b een openedby the Protestant proprietor s in your most extensive county. These were, of course, liberal Protestants ; and whilst the smallness or their number affords a melancholy contrast with the greater multitude of illiberals, it imposes a duty on the people to enhance their gratitude to the Liberals in the same proportion. But that is not the point lam labouring at. I labour to show how rancorous must be that hostility to the people entertained by your landed gentry, which would deprive that people of all chance of being educated without danger to their religious belief. Those who suoh hostility are not at all aware of its perni cious, though secret, effects upon the minds of the general population. Sunday Times, December 11, 1842.—This extraordinary work is at once an Official, a Street, Commercial, Trade, Law, Court, Parliamentary, Postage, City, Conveyance, and Bank ing Directory. Thos..) accustomed to laborious compilations can alone form a conception of the enormous industry requisite to the production of such a work. Amid a countless variety of matter we find named every inn throughout England and Wales, a list of commercial travellers, the names of the post master of each town, the names of each partner of every firm— (a most important addition)—for instance, Few, Hamilton, and Few will be found under the respective letters F and H. The Court Directory is the most perfect yet produced. In this extraordinary work we have 1,635 pages - of important matter, and on an average 160 names in ei.ch page—i. e., 261,000 in all—a prodigious undertaking. itanria, December 10, 1841.—Napo!eon, to whom we are indebted for some very smart sayings, as well as for some hundred millietis of debt, used constantly to exclaim, when his projects were treated as impossible, 4. Impossible ! that word is not French." Every day we are becoming mere strongly convinced that it is not English either, when employed to limit the progress of human exertion and industry. Of all springs of action enterprise appears to possess the most expansive power, and to be the most constant and persevering in its movements. No sooner does there seem the slightest possi bility that any object of general utility may be accomplished, than it is at once undertaken, and, in nineteen cases out of twenty, successfully prosecuted. Only a few y ears ago th e publication of such a book as this would have been pro nounced to be . Think of a volume composed of upwards of 1,600 closely-printed pages, and containing twice or thrice as much matter as Johnson's Dictionary, beirig completely produced in the space of a few weeks, ! though every house in London and its suburbs has to be vi sited to procure the information it embodies, and every pub. lie office that can be named has to supply its list of officers, hours, &c. Conversant, as every person connected with a newspaper must be, with the interior of a printing-office, wa own to a feeling of surprise at the rapid production of this work, ard view it as the greatest marvel typography has yet achieved. As for its contents, we leave those who have more talent for detail than we pretend, to describe them. From experience we know that there is no information which a directory can, by any stretch of imagination, be supposed to give that is not readily found here, and found almost in an instant. The ge neral arrangement, the indexes, the classification of names and trades, all aid the wQr4 of reference, and help to effect a great saving of time. In many respects the volume is superior to its predecessors ; the information is more copious, the details more exact, and the several departments more conveniently arranged. Besides these improvements, we have a large and beautifully executed map of London, which has been drawn expressly for the work, and, for its size, is perhaps the most comprehensive and exact that has ever been engraved. Alto gether, it is one of the most surprising' books which the inces sant activity of this age has called into being, and one of the most useful that an inventive mind could devise for facilitating the dispatch of business and securing aecuracy. We give this praise freely, because we are sure it is deserved. Thirdly—But it does not rest there. Ynu not only discourage education wneu unconnected with prosely tism, but you carry on a direct crusade against the religion of the people. You wield your landlord influence and power in that unholy warfare. - The compulsory process is used in the vain, but irritating, endeavour to make proselytes. 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' /,` , ' l. / .ti, °it , 1 4 7 .....{S' 0 I`r ' , 4b4, 4.1111111111kW1/4\'. .. . - 114-`..' e.O , j T A -- 1 iN '-.., ', DIEAT 't ''," -.....-,. Aii , ' 1 j 'IS• . • 1 ,"4-1 bit ' l'• ‘• - 7 1 ' '"..,, ./ I V; ra,/ - - '-,- 1": ' . 1 0 ‘v.."- -,, 1 , 1 ' , N %V ~ • '''' 7 '• _-_ /74 • last drop in the filling up of the waters of erness to make them overflow the land. It will give to Whiteboyism and to Ribbonism another and a most melancholy feature. It will give the last worst phases to the agarian system of disturbance; the warfare between landlord and teriNant. Shall you ask what is my remedy 1' My remedy would be - the restoration to Ireland of her nationality —of her domestic Legislature. Ireland is, by nature and natural advantages, the richest country in the world ; the best situate for commerce and manufac tures; infinitely the most productive of all the neces saries of life. It therefore appears to me plain as the clearest demonstration, that her people are poor and wretched only, because they are not well-governed ; and above all, because in the present system of the Union, the resources of Ireland are drained out of her as fast as they spring up. But there some of you whom I do not now expect to make converts to that national sentiment. There are, alas! amongst you many that are nationless ; as I ri ar there are some who. are creedless, save only" in a creed of hate. I cannot, therefore, expect to make you love Ireland, or to become Irishmen. All that belongs to another (and Itrust not a distant) day. I, therefore, must propose to you my present re medies. They are two—with an alternative. My first is, the total repeal of the present Poor law. Ireland was not worse before the Poor-law was enacted than she is at present. My second is, to follow up that repeal by au g . menting the present medical charities, and extending the same principle to the multiplication and manage ment of other charities. Or, in lieu of both—and if we are to have a Poor law : To make the poor-rate an income-tax—all persons to be exempt who have not an income 'of 5001. per annum. The Poor-rate to be, say 1 per cent. upon 5001. a year, and to augment in proportion as the in come augments, until, if. necessary, it should be 50 per (mt. upon the enormous incomes of absentee prb prietors. • An experiment of this description, but not carried out to the extent which I propose, has mitigated the horrors of the tithe system. . Let it be distinctly understood that I propose no man should pay poor-rate who has not 500/. a-year ; but that the owner of .500/. a-year should pay 1 per cent., and that such per, tentage should increase in the ratio of one for every additional hundred per.an num. The actual per tentage, however, could not be an essential part of my plan. The principle of that plan is, to exempt all persons under 500/. a-year ; Itra to levy the poor-rate by a graduated income-tax lipon ikvery person having that income, with an ae - ,em u j a .. ting ratio for greater incomes. It is quite clear that no violent resistimce, no insur treated by t h e p l an rectionary m ovement, would be which I propose. It is the wealthy alone who would, on my plan, be coinvlle:i to support the paupers. w h Andch the sel—interest; ef that cl ass , w i t h the power ily I .:elongs t o th em f rom t h e i r station in the State, Mold effectually protect them from the faults and the follies of the Poor, law Commissioners. I have only to add these two sentences : Firstly —That lam ready to attend any day In January before the 22d, in the City of Cork, to iniet any of my constituents who ma :desire to confer. with me upon the .subject of Poor-laWs, or to obtain my assistance in Parliament to promote their views. Secondly —That I have heard that the Governnaent, so far from checking the authority of our worthless Poor-law Commissioners, is actually mad enough to think of placing under their control tlie, m e di ca l charities of I re l an d . T hat is to say, in other words, ! to annihilat e n i ne -t ent h s of our meclie9l c h ar i t i es I have the honour' to 'be, • My Lord una Gentlemen, • Your faithful humble servant,' DANIEL O'CONNELL. " TRANSFERENCE OF THE PAYMENT OF TILE POOR 'RATE TO THE LANDLORDS. " We lave a communication to make to the country —anti we have ftill confidence in the quarter whence - we draw our information—which, whether it prove acceptable or not, will be regarded as of considerable, indeed great importance. " We believe, then, that the Governmthit has a Bill prepared, which will be brought in after the meeting of Parliament, making Hu landlords liable, in the first instance, as in the case of the tithe rent-charge, to the payment of poor -rate. " That this will be the only object of the Bill we have not been informed; but even if it were for this special purpose alone, it would be an important change; and, looking to what has passed, and what is every day passing, it is one Avilich the Government probably deems essential for the maintenance of the law, the preservation of the . public tranquillity, and the most judicious way of preventing such collisions and homicides as those of which the neighbourhood of Skibbereeu has been lately the scene, and something like which has been threatened elsewhere."—Sonikern ReporteP. Mr. O'Connell's recoannendation, which is as fol lows, coincides in sonic measure with the principles of the plan announced by the Southern Repotter : "To make the poor-rate an income-tax all persons to be exempt who have not an income of 500/. per annum. The poor -rate to be, say, one per cent. upon 500/. a year; and to augment in proportion as the income augments, until, it' necessary, it should be 50 per cent. upon the enormous. incomes of absentee pro prietors." " An experhnent of this description." he adds, " btu'. not carried out to the e x t en t w hi c h I propose, has mi tigated the horrors of the tithe system. Let it be sufficiently understood that I propose that nu man should pay poor-rate who has not .500/. a year; but that the owner of 500% should pay one per cent., and that such per centage should increase in the ratio of one for every additional hundred per annum. The actual per centage, however, would not be an essential part of my plan. The principle of that plan is, to exempt all persons under 500/. a year; and to levy the poor-rate by a graduated income-tax upon every person having that income, with an accu mulating ratio for great incomes. " It is quite clear that no violent resistance, no in surrectionary movement would be created by the plan which I propose. It is the wealthy - alone who would, on my plan, be compelled to support the paupers. And the self-interest of that class, with the power which naturally belongs to them from their station in the State, would effectually 13rotect them from the faults and the follies of the Poor-law Commissioners." PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The lessee of this beautiful theatre has begun his career with spirit. He last night produced two new pieces, both of which were completely successful. The first, which is entitled She's not to Blame, is a do mestiejrama, adapted from the French, and intro'. duced, for the first time to a London audience, Miss Amelia Mercer, from the York theatre. This young lady is, we suppose, to be the heroine of domestic drama at this house, and she is well adapted to sustain that line of . character. Her person is good, her features expressive, her enunciation distinct, and her action appropriate. She was last night evidently suffering from the nervous ness necessarily attendant upon a first appearance, but she gave indications of talent which promise much 4lnr the future. She sustained the plat of Matilda, the daughter of Sir Thomas Dudley (Mr. P. Williams), whose character having been unjustly slandered away in consequence of the more than imprudent conduct of a young officer in a Ilusar regiment, Captain Pemberton (Mr. J. S. Balls) has been cast off by her father. The old man becomes blind, and needs some one to attend to his comforts, and under the name of Ellen Courtenav, the cast-off daughter takes upon herself this filial office. The old man becomes at tached to her ; she takes an opportunity of revealing herself to him, and declares her innocence. Captain Pemberton has in the meantime become acquainted with Sir Thomas, but the old man knows not that it was owing to Pemberton's conduct that he had beers induced to "cast off his daughter. The Captain now demands her hand of her father in marriage, and all ends happily. This plot affords situations of the most intense interest, and Miss Mercer, generally speaking, availed herself of them to the utmost. There was occasionally perceptible a want of power, but that we attribute to nervous ness, and when s h e gets , more accustomed to her audience she will no doubt fully carry out the intentions of the author. Mr. F. Williams acted the part of the old man. Oxberry, as a sporting Baronet, afforded, by his drolleries, an excellent relief to the serious business of the piece. The second piece was a laughable interlude, in one act, entitled A Welsh. Rabbit, and the fun turned upon the difficulties of Balls, as Snobson, a ltwyer's clerk, in getting time to partake of the savoury dish from which the piece is named, which had been prepared for him on the sly by Betty Bright (Miss Emma Stanley), the lady-love of the said Snobson, and maid-of-all-work in the ser vice of Mr. Crowquill (Salter), an attorney, residing: at Highgate. To attempt to describe the many slips: betwixt the plat e an d th e li p , wou ld be like attempting to count the bubbles which effervesce on the surface of a glass of Champagne. Ball s was exactly fitted in the part, and he sustained the whole, not weight, but lightness, of the farce. He bustled th roug h it glo riously; and all those who desire , " good entextain• ment " should assist, as the I rench would say, at the Welsh Rabbit at the Princess's. It is s e r ve d u p a t nine o'clock by Miss Emma Stanley who bids fair to be one of the most espeie e of B lnibi.eites. We admire Mr. Snobson's taste exeeedin-;iv. B quite sueoessf4l. The horase7 although pieces were was well filled.not crowded, oth THE ANTI-Cox— N ............ W LEAGU FUND.—We see by the papers th a t th e amount of the subscription to this fund at Liverpo • '''',...AE has reached 1,9001., independently of the sums o nV.ie collecting cards, which are stated to be to a la lige amount. At Rochdale the sum al rea dy subscribee s an counts to 0,L53/. in various other towns in Lawashi'm and Yorkshire, the subscription is oyAnn• " " • CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS 1111 OYAL POLYTE6III4I6 — IIs§IITUTION. , KA) Cary's NEW MICROSCOPE, estimated by Micro ' seopists to magnify to SEVENTY-FOUR MILLION 'TIMES the Natural Size. New DISSOLVING VIEWS in Affghanistan, including the BOLAN PASS and View of GIIUZNEE, the Hall of Waters in CONSTANTINOPLE, and Scenes in the HOLY LAND, from the beautiful Sketchei by D. ROBERTS, R. A. The COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MACHINE, with brilliant Experiments, is exhibited at a Quarter to Three in the Day, and at Eight in the Evening. Napier's Printing Press, Double • Cylinder Steam Engine. and other interesting Machinery, are in practical operation in the Hall of Manufactures. DAILY LECTURES on CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHI LOSOPHY, by Dr. RYAN, M.D., LL.D., and Professor BACHHOFFNER. Admission, One Shilling ; Schools, Half-price. N.B. An Elementary Class on Chemistry and Natural Philosophy is arranged to take place during the Vacation, for the convenience of Youth, the Pupils of which have Free Access to the Institution. Terms, One Guinea to the Courie. Prospectus to be had of the Secretary. 1110YAL ADELAIDE GALLERY, LOW THER ARCADE, WEST STRAND.—Expetiments with the Colossal Burning Lens, Exhibition of the splendid New Hydru-Oxygen Microscope, the magnificent Series of Dissolving Views of Chin; and Affghanistan. The Grotesque Biscenascope and the Electro• Magnetic Coinage, followed by the Performances of the Infant Thalia, every Morning and Evening. The brilliant Boccius Light, and the effects of the Laughing Gas exhibited ; the Promenade Band performing Haydn's Toy Symphony every evening this week. Popular Lectures, &c., every three quarters of an hour during the day. .Open from Eleven 114,1 - .s.st..Fotti ;414 from a Qua,rtir Seven to Half. past Ten o'Cloek.—AiTiiiisimii'ri. • VATIoNALI •.•)AN _r kJ ND Likit A6bUlt. • LL'CE SOCIETY, FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &e, No. 2 - ti, Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. L AMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. Elliotson, Al. D., F. R. S. John Rawson, Esq. I John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq, ll:lnter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq., I Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F. R. S ACT int R4—W. S. B. 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Meagha carried on this occupation in an extensive way, - and employed no less than six journeymen, all of whom boarded and lodged with their waster, in White cross-street. On Christmas-day (Sunday) all the men were in vited to dine at home with the Meaghans, and with one exception, that of John Rice, they appear to have done so. After dinner Leary . (tlie deceased), Meaghan, his wife, and Catherine Singleton (his sister-in-law), left Whitecross-street to join a christening party at the house of a man named Regan, Meaghan's brother-in-law, who re shies in Playhouse-yard, only a few paces distant from the scene of the murder, the other per sons (with the exception of the old woman Cotter, who remained in the care of the house, and Mea ghan's infant child) going out at the• same time. The afternoon seems to have been spent in the usual manner, and Leary left Regan's betweeir eight and nine o'clock. Shortly after this Meaghan sent his wife out for some rum, which she returned with, and immediately after went out again. While absent on this occasion s h e went to Mrs. Darby's (the baker's wife), and knock ing at her door, asked permission to pass through her apartment instead of opening the shop door, assigning as a reason that she thought the servant was asleep in the back parlour, and she did not wish to disturb her. Mrs. Darby at once consented, and Meaghan's wife entered her husband's apartments. The parlours are divided by a thin partition only, and anything which is said in tea. loud tone on one side can be distinctly heard on the other. A very few minutes after Mrs. Meaghan had passed through she was heard by Mr. and Mrs. Darby to go through the shop, and, opening the d oor , let some person in. Nothing further transpired to attract Mr. Darby's attention, until about ten o'clock, when a loud knock was heard at the shop-door, and immediately after Meaghan's voice, in an angry tone, in the back parlour. Mr. Darby, supposed that some quarrel had originated hmongst them, and dis tinctly heard Meaghan, addressing some person, say, "If you don't get out, I'll kick you out: A scuffle then ensued, which ended in the alarm being given, as deposed to by the witnesses at the examination be fore Mr. Broughton, at Worship-street, on Monday. A most important fact was communicated to the re porter yesterday by the witness that the deceased and Meaghan had recently been at variance, and that Leary, after long consideration, had finally determined y employ on Mon and had packed up his tools for that on leaving Meaghan 's l purpose on the previous Saturday, Pending the Coroner's inquiry, it would be improper to give publicity to the rumours circulated in dreadful occur rence,t e re neighbourhood b t i o t ulo y o d h e r e s l t a a t t i e v d e tthoa t thhee general belief is from the hou se of his brother-in-law, induced hi m to follow c tl e m u tplewife's fidelity, Adleawg'iltllain'sher suspicionsud den absence of his her home, and that some circumstance at pre sent hidifen hastened the catAstrophe. Much dissatisfaction has been expressed at the delay which has taken place in holding the inquest. Leary is described as having been a very respecta ble an d well conducted young mon. His father is a master shoemaker at Cork, in Ireland. Leary was only 26 years of age, and had been in Meaghan's „„ p l oy s i x years. The body of Leary has been re moved from the shop in the back parlour, and the , house remains in the custody of the police. THE INQUEST, Yesterday morning, at twelve, a , Ttiry was ompail nelled before Mr. Baker, the Coroner, at the Two Brewers, Whitecrom-street, to enquire into the cir cumstances attending the death of Thomas Leary, the unfortunate man so barbarously murdered in the shop of his master, Michael Meaghan, shoemaker 187, Whit ec ross-street, on the night of S un d av inst. So great was the sensation excited 'among the , the 2 inhabitants of that quarter, that a cr ow d of at least 44 200 persons was collected about the house in which the inquest was held. Jane Darby, sworn—l am wife of J o h n Dar b y; bqker, 187, Whitcleross-stroet. We call it next door to Meaghan's, but in fact it is the same shop, the two being divided by a partition, and having a coor com municating with either, from a passage in the middle of the house. Leary WaS in the employment of Meagan. I was standing at the door of my shop on • 7