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IRELAND.

i the e,e ,rt, but still a considerable quantity was taken.
A very much larger force will be indispensable to main-
tain the communications; and particularly now that this
new system will require such considerable imports every
fortnight, Government must keep the roads open at
whatever cost. The country is becoming very much
disturbed, several additional regiments must be sent to
preserve the peace."
ROBBERY OF A MAIL CAR.—CAHIRCIVEEN, MAY 17.
—lt is to me a most painful task to have to acquaint you
that the in-coming mail car to this town was robbed this
morning, about one o'clock, at Bowler's-hill, about a
mile to the west of Kells, by two armed men, and six
bags of letters taken; and though the police and others
are out in search of the robb, rs, I greatly fear they will
not be traced. Unfortunately there were no passengers
on the car, and th,, driver not bring armed ❑o resistance
be made.-=Cork Examiner.
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.—The accounts from the
provinces this morning are fearful beyond all former pre-
cedents. Fever is rapidly on the increase, and, it is to
be fearer', will continue to increase with the advance of

summer.
In the Kilkenny Union more paupers have died within
the last three months than during the preceding five
years.
In the parish of Cattlemain there have been 420 deaths,
of these upwards of3oo were caused by famine. In this
locality there Was a landlord clearance in the month of
April, by which 128 individuals were rendered house-
~ss and homeless.
In Kilrnain, county Cork, the mortality presents an
increase of .300 per cent, over that of last year ; and
here, too, the disease is to be seen at work every day.
In Kilcreest, county Galway, there has been an in-
crease of 1,400 per cent.
' In Ardfort there have been 910 deaths, of which 416
were caused by famine.
Instances such as the foregoing could be accumulated
without number or end. One m:>re will suffice for the
present. In Crookhaven, Cork, the Southern Reporter
says, the people in the neighbourhood have perished—
are perishing still from sheer want of any kind of nu-
triment. There are deaths from pure starvation. A
woman, whose father and family died of hunger, has
prolonged her own miserable existence on dog's flesh.
She has drunk dog's blood ! Merciful Providence !
why should these horrible expedients be al-owed by
Christian men ?
THE DISTILLERIES.
The reduction of the duty on rum, consumed in Ire-
land, has put a stop to distillation at a much earlier pe-
riod this year than usual. The North Mall Distillery
will discontiue distillation for the season after this
week, and will be quickly followed by that of John-
street. All the Cork distilleries will then have ceased
working at an unusually early period of the year. The
discontinuation of those distilleries will throw a con-
siderable number of poor men, all labourers, out of em-
ployment. It will be bad too for the dairy farmers re-
siding near Cork, who were enabled to supply their
cattle with grains and wash during the dearth of fodder
this spring. It appears that the heavy stocks of whisky
in the hands of the retailers, purchased some months
since, when that article was expected to reach half a
guinea per gallon, and not yet disposed of, have tended
to check the demand at the distilleries; and rum bei.ig j
now sold at little more than the price of whisky, has
also contributed to cause a stagnation in the trade, which
it is not likely to recover for some considerabl, time.
Many apprehend that it will be long before retailers get
rid of their stocks, the dram drinkers being more likely
to give a preference to rum than their native whisky.
Of course the high price of barley must have consider-
able influence with the distillers in causing them to
cease working their concerns.
IRISH LANDLORDISM.
The Kilkenny Journal of this day states, on the
auth rjry of a correspondent, that the bailiffs of the
Right Hon. W. F. Tighe were out on Tuesday, for the
purpose of diatraining for rent. They commenced, it is
said, at the side of Brandon Hill, determined to sweep
the entire Roer property before them; but, happily, some
of the tenants hold 'aril from the excellent Lord Mount-
gtrre-, and having had some pr--sentiment of " Bob',
visit," they drove the cattle for security, into the pro-
perty of this nobleman.
Tne same correspondent speaks in high terms of
praise of the conduct of Lords Mountgarret and Clifden ;
the latter, who is a nephew of Lord Niorpeth, has given
employment to a great number of men for the last throe
years—distributed food and clothes before—treated his
tenants with the greatest indulgence. in this season of
famine and of death, and no man under him need fear

FUNIERAL OF THE LATE LORD-LIEUTENANT.
LJuai cx MAy 22.—Yesterday being the day appointed
for the removal of the body of his late Excellency from
;.lie Castle to the family burying-place, at Be7borough.
county Kilkenny, immense numbers of the citizens con-
eaeated together in the streets through which the pro-
c
ession was to pass. At half-past two o'clock precisely
the procession left the Castle chapel in the order pre-
scribed by Sir William Betharn, Ulster .King Arras.
The hearse was a light open vehicle, constructed for the
occasion, surmounted by
a canopy of black, and orne-
mated on the sides with armorial bearings. The horses
were covered with mournior clothes, to which were
appended escutcheons bearing the arms of the Ponsonby
family. It was naturally an object of attraction, and so
great was the crowd that pressed forward to view it, a
body of policemen were stationed at the door of the
stables to allow only a few persons in at a time.
Alutee were stationed at the grand and private
entrances of the Chapel Royal. The first coffin was
raised neon a trestle near the door. It was very massive.
SP 7en feet long, two :ee,t in (teeth, and two and a hal,
feet wide, consisring of an inside shell, made of cedar
wood, hoed with white satin, and - cushioned with a
of the. same material. The second was a pon-
derous leaden coffin, the whole enclosed in a solid
mahogany case, curs red with rich crimson velvet, the ii
edges stndded with a treble row of very rich gilt nails,
and the hantliel, side plates, and other mountings solid
and massive gilt brass. The pulpit, communion talk.,
r.:4ing desks, and the organ gallery, were hung with
tdack.At either side of the coffin banners were suspended,
upon which were painted the armorial bearings of the
house of Poneouby, together with:these of the illustrious
order of St. Patrick, of which the late Earl was ex officio
Grand Master. A few persons only were permitted-
to visit the Chapel Royal. A public and formal funeral
procession should not interfere with, or obstruct the
st,(•!u3ina and sacredness of the domestic sorrow, and
the Dean very properly restricted the admission to a
fin.", lest the immediate family and relatives might 'be
intruded upon in those moments of grief and meditatioe
which - afford a mournful consolation to . the afflicted
heart, ere the remains of him whom they honoured argil
revered were removed for ever from teeir eyes. Tie
windows in the_ different offices of the Castle were filled
with spectator—and save upon the entry of the Vic.,
roy into Dublin, when he came accorap.inied by all the
pride, poop, and circumstance of royal splendour—we
have not seen such o. concourse of persons in the streets,
nor the windows of private houses and public building.:
so densely crowded. Essex bridge was almost blocked
up bycarriages and passengers, and these who found it
impossible to make way through the multitude in that
leeality, were obliged to go round by the Metal-bridge,
or drive hastily upon cars down to Carlisle-bridge, in
urger to reach the procession from the north side of the
Jiver. The conduct of the populace was respeetful and
becoming; and we did not hear of any accident except
the fall of a cavalry officer _from his horse, in the
Lower Castle-yard, and some trifling injuries sustained
by a child near the Great Southern and Western Rail-
way,from coming in contact with a restive horse, but
no serious damage was done in either case. At half-
-pa.st two o'clock the procession left the Castle. At this
moment the guns from the Wellington Testimonial coin- M•
silenced firing sixty-six rounds in minute time, the num-
ber corresponding with the age of the late Viceroy.
The fine-toned bell of the Royal Hospital pealed forth
its solemn knell at the same time. The course taken
wee through the Upper Castle-yard, down Cork hill,
through Parliament-street, and "from thence onwards to
the railway. Amongst these who left their cards with
the Chamberlain and joined the precession, were—
The Chief Justice, Benin Pennefather, the Master o'
the Rolls, the First and Second liemembran:.t-T, Lord
Talbot, Sir Thomas M'Kewaey, Sir Randolph Routh,
the High Sheriff, the Hon. Major Southwell, Sir
Ueorge Morris, Colonel Lewis, Morgan J. O'Connell, 1
M.P., the President of the Queen's College of Belfast,
Sir Thomas Usher, Master Litton, Dr. Kennedy, Sir
John Fewer, the flop. Mr. Plunket, Major Deane, i
.Fight Hon. Sir J. Kennedy, Hon. Patrick Plunket,
Dean of Arrntgh, Sir George Cockburn, Sir J. Dorn-
brain, Major Cottingharn, Rev. Dr. Wilson, Hon. St.
Joan Butler, Sir Nicholas Fitzsimon, Sir Thomas Es-
t:amide, 1)r. Corrigan, Sir Robert Kane, Lord Arran,
Col gel MSGregor, Rev. Dr. Lloyd, Sir J. K. Jamee,
Ban., Lord Charlemont, Sir Henry Marsh, Sir Henry
Meredyth, Sir Philip Crampton. Dr. Stokes, Sir Thomas
Stlple Judge Reatinge, Sir Richard LLogrisho..Chief
Juetke of the Queen's Bench, Justice Ball, Attorney- \
Gene!al, &c.,
The streets were lined by the Royal Artillery, the 4th
Light Dragoons, 137 h Light Dragoons, the 17th Lanceree!
the 3d ,se buffs, the 13th Light Infantry, the 26th Came-
ronis,ns, the 6Sth Light Infantry, and the depot of the
7th Mincers. The bands of the 4th Light Dragoons,
the 13th Light Dragoons, and the 17th Lancers a:tended
at the Castle at two o'clock, and played the usual solemn I
ails, which impart to such an occurrence as that of which
n-e write, much of the moral and beneficial effect which
it is ckliculated to have upol the puoiic mind. One of

RECENT DISCOVERIES IN
AUSTRALIA.
In our last we reported the return of his Excellency
the Lieutenant-Governor and suite from a voyage to
the head of Spencer's Gulf. We are now enabled to
kive some particulars of an examination of the
various harbours in that gulf which have hitherto
been only partially known to the public, and the
•liscovery, if we may so call it, of a new harbour
ituated close to Mount Remarkable; in which the
largest ships can load and discharge in perfect secu-
rity. After a careful examination of Port Germain
ia lat. 33 3, it was ascertained that that harbour is
not only very difficult of access but is not available
for shipping drawing more than 12 feet water. Port
Ferguson, also, did not appear to be available for large
ships ; but it was found that that portion of the gulf
immediately north of Point Lowly, lat. 32, long. 57,
extending to the latitude of Mount Remarkable,
32 43, contains a fine harbour with a depth of
from four to seven fathoms. It is sheltered on the
south by a sand bank, which runs from the point (not
named) opposite Point Lowly, and close to the latter
point there is a channel of seven fathoms leading into
the harbour, to which therefore there is an easy ac-
cess. On the west side of the Gulf, near Point Lowly,
the depth of this harbour is seven fathoms, and it
shoals gradually towards a sandy beach on the eastern
side, distant fifteen miles from Mount Remarkable.
At one mile and a half from the shore, there
is an excellent well-protected anchorage in
four fathoms water. The land close by the Gulf at
tills part was traversed by Mr. Eyre in 1839. From
his report we should consider it a country favourable
for land carriage. On the Mount Remarkable range
the prevailing rock is a very hard white sandstone ;
on the west coast a coarse red sandstone prevails.
1 The Governor was of opinion, from the nature of the
I (,ountry, that the range of mountains, as far as Mount
I Arden, abounds in minerals.—From the South Austra-
-1 lian, Dec. 8.

. the hest points of view from which the procession was
witneasetl was from the King's-bridge near the railway.
The glittering ti-ins of the infantry, the nodding plumes
anal brilliant lane, soft:: ,-cavalry, and the showy equi-
pages, forming a strong c.,.:trast to tho melancholy sym-
bols, ,ax,cl trappings of death as the procession moved
slowly and solemnly on, presented features of mournful
interest: to the spectator, as he looked upon them from
the peaceful placid river. The private carriages of his
Excellency's faniily,whicti were conspicuous in tho group,
were the most elegant and most suited to the solemnity
of the scene. £he coachmen and footmen were dressed
in deep mourning, ant: the absence of all appearance
ostenlation and pomp in the equipm,mts contributed
greatly to render the ceremony.impressive. We cannot
omit referrinc, to the very excellent manner in which
the bands iisalarged their part of the duty. The sacred
music which they played, chiefly " The Dead March in
Saul" was well cho-en and admirably executed.
When the innee.Al cortege arrived at the terminus of
the Great Southern and Western Railway, the band of
the 13th Regiment formed under the covered way, and
continued to play the solemn air of " The Dead March
in Saul," while the necessary preparations were being
made for the transference of the coffin, &e., to the hearse
intended for its reception, which was fixed upon one of
• the railway traffic carriages.
Thg!private carriages of the household, as well as the
mourning coaches, were also fixed upon similar machines.
At a quarter hfore four, the special train was set in
motion, and moved along to
_stationed to cony Carlow, where horses were
.on 7. the funeral appliances to their ulti-
mate desti
ttlown churchyard.
The directors o.lwae railway were in attendance, most
anxious in every
promote that order and deco-
rum befitting the sol3eniten
George Roe, Esq., Rigt:riou—Sir D. Roche, Bart.,
macinness, Esq. ;
Esq., Deputy Chairman . ; Edward ili'Donnell,
Thomas Mooney, Esq R. Guinness
Houghton, Esq.
as also
the engineer-in-chief, Air John
The new terminus in progress of
with persons anxious to obtain a View erection, was filled
every fseility was afforded, through thee Pr°cession-
sisfo Mescrs, Williams in erecting temporary
platforms
of
nrn,.rynnotlet? the public in this respect, P
so far rams st
litnitPd space nfr,rded.
The counnet of tie funeral reflected much credit
steon Z.V. Williams—'t wits iu every way befitting tho
The, b. ..ers wed on the occasion were most appro.
triato. co "uprising the Order of St. Patrick, his late
:xcy.ell•incy 's Arin 6, &c. They were executed by Mr.
and Mr. Ciaro:Tton, under the superintendence
ot Sir Bethatn.

for his cow.
The Cork Examiner of yesterday says, the Patent
Saw. Mills at King-street, the largest establishment o!
the kind we b-dieve in the land, have been at full work,
with from 16 to 20 pair of saws going at the same time
from morning to night, for the last six or eight months,
cutting planks for coffins ! The other orders to the
same establishment were planks and scantlings for the
furniture of berthing in emigrant vessels, and for the
erection of fever sheds in all parts of the country.
THE NEW LORD-LIEUTENANT.
It is said that the new Lord-. Lieutenant will arrive in
Dublin on Wednesday, when a Privy Council will be
held, and his Excellency sworn into office.
There is no truth in the rumour that. hir.-Labouchore
is to leave Ireland. The Right: Hon. Gentleman con-
tinues here aa Chief Secretary.
TRINITY TERM..
This day being the first of Trinity Term, the Lord
Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, and the Judges of
several Courts, opened .term with the usual ceremonials.
At two o'clock the Lord Chancellor entered the Court
of Chancery, and having taken his seat on the Bench,
the following g.::ati.:talen having been previously sworn
by Judge Perrin, in the Court of Queen's Bench, were
called to the Bar :—Francis Evans, Esq , only son of
Francis Evans, of Mallow, in the county of Cork, Esq.;
John Hickson, Esq., second son of John James Hickson,
of Tralee, in the county of Kerry, Esq.; John Hatch
Synge, EN., third son of John Synge, late of Glanmore,
in the county of Wicklow, Esq., deceased ; Samuel
M'Gouran, Esq., only son of R. M'Gouran, late of
Cumber, in the county of Down, deceased, who took
the Catholic oath.
MURDER OF • AN INFANT BY ITS MOTHER
IN THE CITY GAOL.
4hr),:t a fortnight since a woman, named Margaret
Lynch, was committed to gaol for stealing watches be-
longing to a man named Crowley, of Fishamble lane,
in company with a soldier of the 47th Regiment, both
parties being of known .bad character. On Sunday
Lynch was delivered of a child, which she smothered
next night in the cell, and threatened to " brain"
two female prisoners who were with her if they
disclosed what she had done. Some intimation, how- I
ever, reached the ears of the prison authorities; and an
inquest having been held „yesterday, a verdict
of " wilful murder" was returned against the unnatural
pa,rent.—Southern Reporter.
CORN EXCHANGE.
Our arrivals this week have been moderate, and
as a demand from the interior continues to increase
our stock of bread stuffs is much reduced,
and prices exhibit a strong upward tendency.
This day's market was well attended, and
holders commenced by demanding higher prices than
were actually realised. We note, however, an advance
In wheat of 23., oats Is., and barley is. Gd. since last
Friday; while for Indian corn 6,. to Bs. more money
was paid. Corn meal is fully 3s. dearer, peas 2a., and
baana about le. The sale of flour is improved, sacks
I slid barrel's being 2s. and 3s. respectively higher. Oat-
meal without change. Coarse flour meets inquiry.
I Starch extremely scarce, and high rates demanded.

OUTRAGES.
A correspondent of the Evening Mail writes as
fllows, under eau?, Turloughmore,
May 20 :—" A
vi-)lent im,l3 fr• nil Galway attacked the meal carts
going nut near Turictighmore, on Tuesday, the 1 lth,
'zed plundered several tons of meal ; on the j
.13. h again, the mob were most audacious, going j
Into the town, ai36l, in presence of the military escart, at- I
tacking the c.irts. The principle parties were women and.
bo7s, with b?,gs and knives, and they are becoming so
d..xterot.'s at their trade, it is very difficult to evade

A HINT FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS TO THE
CORPORATION of LONDON.—A proclamation was issued
icy the Governor of Pabu, on the 23d November, which

INSTRUCTIONS AND RECEIPTS
FOR THE USE OF INDIAN CORN.
The following are extracts from a pamphlet published
for the Government at Dublin, and show the various
modes of cooking Indian corn in America :
METHOD OF GRINDING INDIAN CORN.—The grain of
Indian corn is sometimes very hard, and is called flint
corn, but all the mill stones used for grinding other
grains may be used for Indian corn. This grain being
larger than wheat, it is necessary that the stones should
be kept wider apart and not driven too rapidly, fot when
the motion of the stones is too rapid the meal becomes
heated and injured, and the cause of injury to the meal is
its being around too fine—" it kills or deadens the meal."
VARIOUS NIANNERS OF USING INDIAN
CORN AS HUMAN FOOD.
SUPPAWN OR PORRIDGE—That is to say, boiling milk,
broth, or water, thickened with Indian corn meal, in the
same way that people in the south of England thicken
them with wheat flour, and the people in the north
thicken with oatmeal. Put into water, this is a break-
fast, supper, or dinner for little children ; put into milk
or broth it is the same for grown peopl. It is excel-
lent in all disorders arising from bad digestion. In milk
or broth it is a good strong meal sufficient for a man to
work upon.
It takes about 3ilb. of Indian corn flour to make por-
ridge for 10 persons, less than half a pound of corn flour
for a meal for one man, and a warm comfortable meal
that fills and streng hens the stomach. Three pounds
and a half of wheaten flour would make 4ilb. of bread,
but it would be dry bread, and bread alone, and not
affording half the sustenance or comfort of the porridge.
MUSH.—Put some water or milk into a pot, and bring
it to boil; then let the corn meal out of one hand gently
into the milk or water, and keep stirring with the other,
until you have got it into a pretty stiff state ; after
which let it stand ten minutes or a quarter of an hour,
or less, or even one minute' and then take it out, and
put it into a dish or bowl. This sort of half pudding or
halt' porridge, you eat either hot or cold, with a little
salt or without it. It is eaten without any liquid matter,
but the general way is to have a basin of milk, and
taking a lump of the mush you put it into the milk, and
eat the two together. It is a great convenience for the
workmen in the field that mush can be eaten cold. It is,
in fact, moist bread, and habit soon makes it pleasanter
than bread.
Elomnre is made of the broken grain, broken by the
steel mills. It is soaked over night in warm water,
changed in the morning to clean cold water, and boiled
gently an hour and a half. Warm it over when cold ;
eat it with milk, or molasses, or salt, or bacon, or alone.
Wheaten bread, with one third Indian corn meal, is
decidedly improved by it, and is preferred at all the
tables of the first American families. It acquires by this
addition a sweetness in flavour, and a freshness that we
in vain look for in bread made entirely of wheat.
INDIAN CORN AND WHEAT FLOUR BREAD.—Take
one quart of corn meal and a little salt, and one quart of
boiling water. Wet the meal, let it stand until it be
blood-warm, then add two quarts of wheat flour and half
a pint of yeast, and let it rise. This quantity will make
two loaves. Bake it one hour and a half.
BROWN BREAD.—Take one quart and a pint of Indian
meal, one quart and a pint of rye flour, and a little sal:.
Mix well together; then take a half pint of yeast, a
quart and half a pint of blood-warm water, and let it
rise; bake it in an iron stand in the oven all night.
RYE AND INDIAN BREAD.—There are many different
proportions in the mixing of this bread. Some put one-
third Indian with two of rye; others like one-third rye
and two of Indian, others prefer it half and half.
If you use the largest proportion of rye meal, make
your dough stiff, so that it will mould into loaves; when
it is two-thirds Indian, it should be softer and baked in
deep earthen or tin pans, after the following rules:—
Take four quarts of silted Indian meal: put it into a
glazed earthen pan, sprinkle over it a tablespoonful of
fine salt; pour over it about two quarts of boiling water,
stir and work it till every part of the meal is thoroughly
wet. Indian meal absorbs a great quantity of water.
When it is about milkwarm work in two quarts of rye
meal, half a pint of lively yeast, mixed with a pint of
warm water; add more warm water if needed. Work
the mixture well ith your hands. It should be stiff,
but not firm as flour dough. Have ready a large, deep,
well buttered pan; put in the dough, and smooth the top
by putting your hand in warm water and then patting
down the loaf. Set this to rise in a warm place in tor
winter; in the summer it should not be put by the fire.
When it begins to eraek on the top, which will usually
he in about an hour or an hour and a half, put it into a
well-heated oven, and bake it three or four hours. It is
better to let it stand in the oven all night, unless the
weather is warm. Indian meal requires to be will
cooked. The loaf will weigh between seven and eight lbs.
There is another mode which many persons think pre-
ferable. Scald a spurt of rye and another of Indian
meal with a small quantity a boiling water. Boil a
teaspoonful of salt in a pint and a half of milk, mix tile
rye and Indian meal together, and pour the milk over
them ; add half a pint of fresh yeast, but not before the
meal is cooling. The mixture must be well kneaded and
placed in a deep pan by the fire to rise. When it has
risen sufficiently, take it out of the pan, make it into
any shape you like, and put it into an oven well heated.
If the fire is too brisk the crust will brown and the inside
remain heavy. :It shoal. bake from two to three hours.
To MAKE EXCELLENT BREAD WITHOUT YEAST.—
Staid about two handfuls of Indian meal, into which put
a little salt, and as. much cold water as will make it
rather warmer than new milk - then stir in wheat flour
till it is as thick as a family pudding, and set it down by
the fire to rise. In about half an hour it generally
grows thin ; you may sprinkle a little fresh flour on the
top, and mind to turn the pot round, that it may not
bake to the side of it. In three or four hours, if you
mind the above directions, it will rise and ferment as if
you had set it with hop yeast ; when it does, make it up
in soft dough, flour a pan, put in your bread, and set it
before the fire, covered up, turn it round to make it
equally warm, and in about an hour it will be light
enough to bake. It suits best to bake it in a Dutch oven,
as it should be put into the oven as soon as it is light.
Be careful to observe that Indian corn in all its pre-
paration requires thorough cooking. If not sufficiently
boiled or baked it loses its flavour and becomes indi-
gestible.
The following recipes are extracted from Dr. Bart-
lett's admirable pamphlet :
GRIDDLE CAKES.—Use milk altogether and no water.
Two eggs, yellow and white, to be allowed for a pint of
corn meal, the milk to be a little warmed, and the whole
to be well beaten up with a spoon. There must be milk
enough used to make the whole so liquid that it will
pour out of the saucepan on the griddle, and a spoonful
of wheat flour and lard (pure butter is better) the size of
a walnut.
The griddle is a flat round iron concern, standing on
three legs, and of any size ; it must be made not very
hot, as it would then burn the cakes, and it must be well
cleaned and greased while warm, that it may be perfectly
smooth, so that the cakes may be easily turned, that
they may be done brown (not burnt) on both sides; to
promote their turning easily is the object of adding the
wheaten flour. The dough, or rather the batter, must
be well beat up, and prepared directly before being
cooked, though it might set an hour, but it would not
bear to be mixed over night. The cakes are usually
poured on until they spread on the girdle to the size of
the bottom of a breakfast plate.
INDIAN MEAL BREAKFAST CAKE. Pour boiling
watertaekn make it
addintoitk ek
t
a quart of corn weal ; stir it until it is wet ;
beateneggs,and mialtpoeononuiguhl to
mhf)
two
wellbatter ; treasure a small teaspoonful
dry saleratus, and dissolve it into some warm water,
bhuatkteerinsquare c
quick oven
pansen ;two-thirds full, arid
and put it into the batter with a small'quantity of salt ,•
eat- it in 2-quires, and
w; h fille
donetle Il
serve hot.
INDIAN Murprus.—Pour boiling water into a quart of
corn meal ; stir it well, let it be a thick batter ; when it
is cooled a little, add to it a table. spoonful of yeast, two
eggs well beaten, and a tea-spoonful of salt ; set in a
warm place to rise for two hours ; then butter square
tin pans, two-thirds fill them, and bake in a quick oven;
what' done serve hot or cut in squares, or bake as wheat
muffins.

BIKED INDIAN PUDDING.—One quart of milk boiled,
it
stir in seven spoonfuls of meal while is boiling hot,
mix it quite thin:: when it is moderately warm add mo-
lasses, a little ginger and salt, four eggs, and a lump of
butter the size of an egg.
BOILED INDIAN PUDDING.—One tea-cup of molasses,
one piece of suet the size of two eggs, chopped fine, three
spoonfuls of meal ; scald the meal with boiling water or
milk ; mix it quite thin ; when it is nearly cold add four
eggs well beaten. It requires three hours boiling in a
strong cloth. -
INDIAN GRUEL.—To one quart of boiling water stir
in two table-spoonfuls of Indian meal, mixed with a
little cold water, boil fifteen or twenty minutes, add a
little salt.
In conclusion, it will be found on trial that everything
which can be made with wheaten flour may be made
with Indian corn meal, and that the latter is more whole-
some and more nutritious.
The following are recipes and instructions which are
at the present time extensively used, and with great
advantage and economy, in the town and neighbourhood
of Carlisle, and were furnished by Mr. Jonathan D. Carr,
of that town.—
PLAIN BOILED IJOMINY, OR INDIAN CORN SHELLED.—
Tie one pound of crushed hominy in a cloth, allowing
plenty of room to swell, and boil three hours. This
pudding may be eaten with sugar and melted butter, or
treacle sauce. One pound of hominy will make a pud-
ding sufficient, as a meal, for five or six persons, at a
cost of not more than 2d., when Indian corn is selling
from 565. to 60s. per quarter.
HOMINY MILK.—Soak half a pound of crushed hominy
in water twelve hours, and then boil it in milk over a
slow fire two hours. It must be about the consistence of
rice milk when brought to table.
RICE HOMINY PUDDING.—MIX the hominy, which
has been previously boiled, either in milk or water, with
eggs, a little sugar and nutmeg, a little suet, and with
or without currants and raisins, es preferred. Tie up in
a basin, and boil two hours. It is excellent, either
boiled or baked.
To, prepare hominy as a vegetable, boil whol hominy
in plenty of water four hours, and strain it through a
culander for the table. This is a beautiful looking dish,
and forms an excellent substitute for potatoes.
Equal parts of Indian and English flour make excellent
household bread and cakes.

„tates that complaints had been made of the leading of
wild cattle through the streets of Honolulu, and this
dangerous practice is attributed to the custom of
i 'lnmeht,ring the animals on or near the wharfs. This
7:ef,:rbb.iclrt,dernofefilttor
etil,sthe future, and "all beef slaughtered
ii
i:,:rm.vi:natt,i°annd three one-fourth
shall, on proof of du,
upport of the police fourth to the benefit of the in-
ourths to the Government, fur the
i j.‘,l' EPRESEoNfTakTvlaOceNalreo:s.°6! Honolulu."
I ocWESTERN
curring
DIVISION OF
"learn that there is no
the representation
dissolution of Parlia-
I ColtswALL.—We are happy
5 probability
• of this division at the approachinn4l
(
went. Both our respected Meijer
on Tuesday last, in anticipation of a
Muntz's motion touching the Copper
is about
were in the House
Or:astir:” Mr.
which
was pbstponed ; and although Mr. Pendarreessi
1 to visit Cornwall during the Whitsuntide recess,
' private business, and the electors will have great satis-
faction in learning. that the health of their lonz-tried re-
presentative is so much restored as to afford them the
fullest assurance that the county will not be deprived of
ilis -valuable services.— West Briton.

THE WEATEIER.—Since our last the weather has
been variable. On Saturday the wind veered to the
north-east, and there was, consequently, several nipping
cold days, with a good deal of snow on Monday. On
Wednesday a favourable change took place, and, though
the weather is by no means settled, the last two days
have been favourable, while the weather has not been
very fostering for vegetation ; still the crops look
healthy and promise an abundant return. The farmers
are preptring the land for turnips, of which an unusual
breadth will be sown this season. All the accounts of
the potatoes are flattering.--Ross-shire Advertiser.

1-hem. The convoy had a kind of a skirmi=hing fight to
s te-viain for 'upwards of ten miles, in the course of which

' me Parties-were apprehended and others wounded by

THE STIN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1847

THE MIRFIELD MURDERS.
[ IDDITI %L PART IcuLArts.:l
It was stated in our last that on the morning of
Fri lay week a second prisoner was apprehended on
suspicion of being concerned with the former pri-
/ soner, Michael M'Kabe, in the dreadful murders corn-
! mitted on an entire family at Mirfield, in open day.
The capture was made in consequence of information
received by Mr. John Howarth, the constable of
Mirfield.
As the prisoner resided with his father, who keeps
a lodging house at Daw Green, near Dewsbury,
access was gained under the pretence of looking for
two females, when Patrick Reid was found in bed
with his wife, two men (brothers, as is supposed)
being in bed also in the same room. lie was told that
he was wanted on a charge of felony; when the only
observation he made was a question :—" Had they
taken any other persons on a charge of felony ?"
Since then the officers of Mirfield and Dewsbury
have been unremitting in their exertions to collect
such evidence as would either bring the horrifying
crime home to the persons in custody, or to others,
the guilty parties. The result of those exertions so
far has been to greatly strengthen the original suspi-
cions against both of the men in custody.
Before we detail such of the discoveries and addi-
tional evidence as it will be prudent in this state of
the inquiry to publish, it will be well to state how
it came about that suspicion was originally directed
towards Michael M'Kabe, the man first apprehended.
Alter having visited the house of the Wraiths (and
being concerned, as it is supposed, with the
dreadful deeds there committed), he called with
his basket of pots at the King's Head Inn, and
at one or two other places in the neighbour-
hood ; receiving at one house a bundle of rags
which he had left in charge that same
morning. With these rags he went to the house of
Mr. Charles Flint, a pot dealer, at Robert Town,
from whom he wished to borrow a small sum of
money on the rags he had with him, for the purpose,
• as he said, of "purchasing some pints and glasses for
the landlord of the Shoulder of Mutton Inn, Mirfield,
where he had to carry them that day according to
promise ;" but as Mr. Flint was not at home his wife
I refused to advance any, so he said "he must wait till
Charley came in, for as he promised to carry these
pints and glasses he should like to keep his word."
Accordingly he waited nearly an hour in Flint's house
before Mr. Flint's return ; and during all that time
he never breathed a word about what he had "seen"
or " heard" at Mirfield. As soon as Mr. Flint returned
he immediately asked in the house, "Good God !
have you heard what there has been to do at Mirfield ?
three persons murdered." On which M'Kabe in-
stantly rose to his feet and made a statement to the
effect that "he had been there, and had heard and
seen" certain things, which induced the suspicions in
Flint's mind that he was a party concerned. He had
the presence of mind, however, to disguise his suspi-
cion from M'Kabe, but let him have the sum of
money he asked for, that he might procure "the pints
and glasses" for the Mirfield landlord. As soon as
M'Kabe had departed on this errand, Mr. Flint dis-
patched a messenger off on horseback to Mr. John
Howard, the Mirfield constable, to apprise him of the
suspicions he entertained, and the cause of them ; and
Mr. Howard, acting on the information he had thus
received, immediately set off in pursuit, and appre-
hended M'Kabe at the Shoulder of Mutton, whither
he had repaired with the " pints and glasses." He
then made to Howarth the statement as to what he
had seen and heard at the house of the Wraiths, which
Howarth deposed to at the inquest.
M'Kabe had been at his residence, at High Town,
in the interim between leaving Mr. Flint's, at Ro-
bert Town, and being again in Mirfield. When he
reached home he had with him a quantity of flour,
which he left. He also informed his wife of the
" news" of the murders, accompanying his informr-
tion with a question as to " what would she think if
he had done it ?"
It can be conclusively proved that both the pri-
soners were in the neighbourhood of the house where
the Wraiths lived about the time that the murders
were committed. They were seen approaching the
dwelling within sight of each other. Indeed, they
both admit having been at the house—M'Kabe in
the statement before made public, and Reid in ac-
counting for himself and his doings on that day.
Since the apprehension of the second prisoner, the
constabulary have become possessed of a fact which
seems to bear very materially on the case. On the
afternoon of the day on which the murders were com-
mitted, and before the horrifying news had reached so
far, a woman found in a privy, situate in a small wood
at Ravenswharf, an old shirt all covered with blood.
The breast of this shirt was all bespattered, the sleeves
the same, while the wristbands were as though they
had been steeped, The body of the shirt also bore
marks aNtWoughibloody hands had been wiped on it.
This garment the woman showed to her neighbours,
and, unfortunately for the ends of justice, one of them
(in ignorance of what had happened so near), and
believing the marks to have been produced from a far
different cause, burnt the garment, and thus rendered
inquiry fruitless as to whether it could have belonged
to either of the prisoners charged, or to any other
person. Ravenswharf is on the high road from Mir-
field to Daw Green, where the prisoner Reid resided,
and he was seen in the neighbourhood of the place that
very afternoon.
The constables have also caused the water in the
draw-well belonging to the dwelling of the murdered
parties to be pumped out, and the well searched. In
it was found the kitchen-door key, which, it will be
remembered, was missing, the miscreants who enacted
the bloody tragedy having closed the house on their
victims, by putting too the curtains and shutters, and
bolting and locking the doors. In this well was also
found an instrument which it is more than likely had
been used in the perpetration of the dreadful deeds. It
is a tool known to the trade of tinners and braziers by
the name of " copper-bit," used in the soldering of
tin and copper. It is a formidable instrument if used
in beating on a skull ; and it is more than probable,
from the stains, as if of blood, on the instrument in
question, that it has been so used. It seems better
calculated to have produced the punctured wounds
found on the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Wraith (and
which it will be remembered had been inflicted after
death) than the poker left in the room with the old
gentleman. It is certain that the instrument cannot
have been in the well for any lengthened period, for
the iron portion of it is not corroded. It is not un-
likely that this instrument will be of important con-
sequence in fixing the crime on the proper parties.
As may be supposed, the dwellings of the two
prisoners have been minutely searched. In that
belonging to M'Kabe has been found a trifling article,
which, may, however, turn out to be no trifle in the
end. When the body of the deceased, Caroline El-
lis, was being stripped, prior to being laid out, it
was observed that one of her garters was gone ; that
she had but one remaining. The missing one was
not laid about, nor found anywhere in the house.
In a box in M`Kabe's dwelling was found a pair of
stockings similar to the pair he wore when appre-
hended ; and with these stockings was found a piece
of a garter similar to the one that remained on the
the leg of the murdered young woman.
The sensation which this most awful affair has pro-
duced throughout the entire district is truly deep.
It pervades all classes. A feeling of alarm is exten-
sively entertained—and no wonder, for here is an en-
tire family knocked on the head in the open day !
Among the mass the &cline. experienced is one of
deep indignation ; and which has manifested itself in
a most unwise manner. Because the two parties ap-
prehended are Irishmen, so strong a feeling has been
excited against the race that in some parts of the
neighbourhood breaches of the peace are apprehended
in the shape of endeavours to drive out the Irish.—
Manchester Guardian.

THE DOG AND THE ANTELOPE.—The ship Syria,
Captain Symonds, which arrived on Friday last, from
Bombity, brought to Liverpool a very fine antelope, which
was readily disposed of to Mr. Atkins, of the Zoological
Gardens, for 181. The animal would have been imme •
diately removed to the gardens, but not having been en-
tered at the Custom House, some objection was made to
its leaving the ship, and it was allowed to remain. On
Sunday night, as the watchman belonging to the dock
trust—the vessel being in the Albert Dock—was going
his rounds, he boarded the Syria, accompanied by his
dog, which was considered to be a very quiet and inof-
fensive animal. On passing the cage, it is supposed the
antelope
put his bead out, and the dog instantly flew at
the poor animal, seized him by the jaw, and held on
stoutly. ,
This probably being the first time that the dog
had tasted venison, he seemed to relish it, for no beating
having decided
or kicking had any effect upon him, and he did not loose
his hold till his eye was burst out. The owner has made
a clailowed.—Liv Mercury.
m on the dock committee for the cost of the ante-
lope, less the value of the skin and carcase, which are
worth about 2/.
that the claim is valid, it has been al-
and the legal adviser of the dock estate
Sat
Lean, R.N.,
SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' BENE-
VOLENT SOCIETY.—The eight annual meeting of this
society was held on Friday in the London Tavern.
Major General Sir James Cockburn in the chair. Mr.
secretary, read the report, which stated that
the society was successfully progressing, and that not
only had its number of subscribers and supporters in-
creased,widaws nbrupttitah:st,
atgheedspphaererentosf its benevolent operations
had also been enlarged. Since the formation of the
society, in 1839, it has relieved 14,834 persons, including
and shipwrecked mari-
ners. The residue of the funds of the " Yorkshire
Fishermen's Refuge," amounting to 6931., was added to
the funded property, and the late Andrew Macklew,
Esq.,
,bequeathed 5001. to the charity. The receipts
figured 6,3641., and the exenditure left a balance of
7921. 16s. The funded property amounted to 11,530/.
The report was adopted, and the vacancies on the com-
mittee wore filled up. After which, and a vote of
thanks to the gallant chairman, the meeting separated.
A CONTRAST.—The top price for white wheat at
Gloucester market this week was 13s. 6d. per bushel,
with a tendency to rise. The top price in this week last
year was 7s. 3d. per bushel, with a tendency to fall. ,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
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