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F
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draCiwit
oGnALthWeAlrim.
Trea-
sury to the tune of nearly half-a- 'IF mi ion sterling
has been celebrated by •
an ovation to two members
of Parliament—both Saxons, by the way--who did
yeomen's service in the hard fight
for the postal
§ubsidy. The public entrance into the town of
Galway on Monday of Mr. John Orrell Lever and
Mr. John Arthur Roebuck must be regarded as a
perfect triumph, and, as a demonstration of a na-
tion's gratitude, quite eclipses anything of the kind
that has occurred here since the decline and fall of
Irish agitation. The recent landing of a military
celebrity at Dover was but a tame affair as comp
pared to the subjoined account of the Galwegian
welcome of the two victorious financiers :

PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SDO

DREADFUL MURDER IN THE
QUEEN'S PARK.

EDINBURGH, MONDAY.
There is every reason to believe—although the
circumstances are yet to a great extent enshrouded
in mystery—that a fearful and revolting murder
was perpetrated in the Queen's-park, on the person
of a young girl, at an early hour yesterday morn-
ing. The victim is named Elizabeth Slater, niece
of Mr. Andrew Slater, a slater by trade, who re-
sides at No. 1, St. John's-street; and she is stated
by her uncle to have only completed her eleventh
year on the lstinst., although from her appearance
she might have passed, it is said, for 14 or 15 years
of age.
About four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, while
Mr. Slater and his wife were out, and the deceased
was left in the house with the servant, it is stated
that she slipped out without the servant's know-
ledge, carrying with her a bundle of clothes. No
quarrel with her uncle, or any person in the family
had, it is said, taken place, and no motive can be
assigned for this, proceeding. The servant soon
missed the girl, and suspected that she had carried
off the clothes with her, and on her uncle's return
informed him of the circumstance. Mr. Slater came
up and lodged information at the police-office, and
at his request a criminal officer was sent along with
him to make a search for the girl. They went
through a great many houses where she had been
in the habit of visiting, and the search was kept up
by the family till three o'clock yesterday morning,
but without success. The girl, when she left the
house, wore a light printed cotton gown, with small
dark spots ; a brown cloth cloak with bone buttons,
and a black felt hat and black feather. She had
fair hair, and, as already alluded to, was tall and
maturely-formed for her age.
About four o'clock yesterday morning the body
of a young girl answering this description was dis-
covered by a man who was passing along the Duke's-
walk, Queen's-park, lying near the foot of the east-
ernmost of the strip of six trees on the south-west
margin of the parade-ground, Belville-park, and
opposite the west end of St. Margaret's Loch. The
body was dreadfully disfigured, the face bruised,
swollen, and bleeding, and the bridge of the nose
broken. The exact position of the body was about
a yard south of the tree, on the slope leading down
to the carriage road. She lay on her back, with
her head upwards towards the foot of the tree.
Blood was flowing from her ear, and a considerable
clot of gore was on the grass near her head. No
blood was seen on her hands, but her pocket ap-
peared to have been rifled or searched by a bloody
hand, as blood-stains were seen around it, and a
quantity of lace found in the pocket was smeared
with Wood, as if it had been pulled out by bloody
fingers and then thrust back again. A piece of the
lace was also picked up a few yards from the body.
A large sharp stone, found close to the spot, has
been brought to the police-office. The ground near
where she was lying was also tramped and indented,
as if a struggle had taken place on it ; and, on a
subsequent examination by the police, abrasions
were seen upon her wrist, as if she had been held
tightly and pulled about, and marks as of fingers
and nails were found on her throat. The bundle,
with part of the clothing which she had carried
from the house, was found lying beside her ; and it
would appear, from the statements of the servant,
that she must have put on part of them—white
petticoats, and some other things--and changed her
boots, after she had gone away. When she left the
house, or immediately before it, she wore leather
boots ; but when discovered in the park she had en
a pair of new cloth boots, also belonging to her ;
and one of the leather ones was found lying beside
her, but the other was missing, and has not since
been found.

" It having been generally known that Mr. Lever
and Mr. Roebuck would arrive in Galway this day
at four o'clock, preparations were made by the
trades to give them a suitable reception. At half-
past three crowds began to congregate at the rail-
way terminus, several handsome flags were erected
at the entrance, and shortly before the arrival of
the train the town band, and the trades with their
banners, took their places on the platform. At thi
hour the interior of
ladiesth wereeterminupsreswenats. dAensstehlye:
thronged,
and
several
loudcheeerrins Conquering Hero weree given, the band.
Comes." Mr.
and
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ther Conqu
,Mr. Roebuck, and some ladies were
then conducted by Father Daly to a carriage, and a
procession was formed, headed by the band. It pro..
ceeded along the east side of Eyre-square, through
William's-gate-street, William-street, Abbeygate.
street, Mary-street, St. Francis-street, and on to
Father Daly's residence. There was occasional
cheering during the progress of the procession,
which was acknowledged by Mr. Lever and Father
Daly. At St. Vincent's-place a large concourse
assembled, and loudly cheered the cortege as it
arrived.

" Father Daly addressed the people from the
carriage. He said,—They honoured him by honour-
ing Mr. Lever, their member, who was the foun-
der of their packet station, and the means of
establishing the future prosperity of Galway.
(Cheers.) And here was Mr. Roebuck—(cheers)—
the man that could deal with the cowards--let them
remember that was the word—the cowards who
calumniated Mr. Lever in an underhand way. He
is the man that bearded them to their faces, and
that said that Mr. Lever's honour never was
tarnished in getting the subsidy for Galway. He
was a man they never could forget. To any man.
the presence of Mr. Roebuck in his house was an.
honour. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Lever was the foun-
der of their hopes, and if there were rogues con-
nected with the project, he was not among the
rogues. Let the calumniators who saw that mani-
festation, and the people who came that day to
welcome Mr. Lever and his friend Mr. Roebuck--
let them say whether these were gallery boys '—
(uproar) for, let them remember, they were
characterised by that name the other day. Lie
hoped and trusted they would have the opportunity
of hearing the sweet voices of Mr. Lever and Mr.
Roebuck—(cheers)—and of listening to that elo-
quence that thundered in the Senate of Great
Britain. (Loud and prolonged cheering.)
'" The party then entered Mr. Daly's house. Mr.
Roebuck appeared at the window, and was loudly
cheered.

" Father Daly said that Mr. Roebuck was too
Fatigued to thank them, but desired him to do so."

IRI?EMOVABLE POOR.

The select committee appointed on the operation
of the act 9th and 10th Victoria, cap. 66, which
enacts that no poor person shall be removable who
shall have resided five years in any parish, and of
the acts 10th and 11th Victoria, cap. 110, and 11th
and 12th Victoria, cap. 110, which enact that the
relief given to such irremovable persons shall be
chargcd upon the common fund of the union—have
considered the matters to them referred, and have
come to the following resolutions, which they have
agreed to report to the house :
" 1. That the operation of the act (9th and 10th
Victoria, c. 66) is beneficial to the poor in mitigat-
ing the hardships necessarily incidental to any law
of removal.

The man who had discovered the body hailed one
or two stragglers about the park, and in a very
short time a considerable group of people was
gathered around it. The policeman at Meadow-
bank, seeing the people collected there, also came
up. and immediately despatched information to the
police-office. In the course of the previous and sub-
sequent inquiries, it was ascertained that the girl
had been seen at different times during the previ-
ous evening and night in company with soldiers of
the 13th Light Dragoons, stationed at Piershill.
She was observed by two different persons about
nine o'clock in the High-street along with a
private ; and was afterwards seen iu the Pleasance,
at 20 minutes past midnight, in company with two
soldiers of the same regiment, one of them believed
to be a corporal and the other a private. A man
who particularly observed her at this time, and
whose attention was struck by such a young girl as
she appeared to be going about with soldiers, states
that he overheard one of them tell her to " be off,"
that she replied, " What is the matter with you ?"
and that they then went along together, but had
not gone far when the soldier -turned round and
struck her, or struck at her, with his switch. After-
wards, about two o'clock en the Sunday morning,
the unfortunate girl was seen by another man with
three soldiers in the Queen's-park, near the new
wooden gate on the south side of the Palace garden.
One of the soldiers was striking her at that time
with his cane on the back, and the girl was crying.
The man was passing along towards the back of the
palace, when she came after him and inquired the
way to Musselburgh. He directed her to go through
Croft-an-Righ Wynd out to the high road, and
as he was going in that direction himself, she fol-
lowed him for a little distance. She turned back,
however, before coming to Croft-an-Righ, and
again joined the soldiers • and on looking back the
man saw her take one oithem by the arm, and go
with him in company with the soldiers by the sen-
tinels of the 78th on duty both in front and at the
south side of the Palace.

"2. That the period of residence, in order to ac-
quire a status of irremovability (if that status be
continued), may, with advantage to the poor, be re-
duced from five years to three.
" 3. That the area of residence necessary for ac-
quiring a status of irremovability (if that status be
continued) may also, with advantage to the poor,
be extended from the parish to the whole union.
" 4. That orphan children, who may on the death
of their surviving parent be removable, shall have
the status of irremovability which their surviving
parent may have acquired.
" 5. That the cost of the maintenance of such
lunatics in asylums as arc now chargeable to a pa-
rish within a union should be chargeable on the
common fund of such union.

" 6. That the contribution of parishes in unions
to the common fund should be based upon conside-
ration of the annual rateable value, and the amount
of the population combined in one sum, by adding
the amount of the population, according to the last
census, to the amount of the parochial assessment,
and by taking the result as the assessment in
pounds sterling.
" The committee desire further to report, that
during this inquiry evidence has been submitted to
them of some peculiar evils which attend the re-
moval of the Irish poor when chargeable in Eng-
land. These chiefly relate to the mode and form
of conducting removals, and they would, doubtless,
be lessened by the adoption of the foregoing reso-
lutions, as greater facilities of becoming irremov-
able (by limiting the period and extending the area
of residence) would be afforded to the poor.

" The committee, however, in order to ;prevent
entirely the recurrence of the evils referred to,
would strongly recommend that legislative effect
should be given to the following precautions :--;
" (a.). That no warrant shall be issued for the
removal of any poor person from England to Ire-
land except by justices assembled at a petty ses-
sion, or by a stipendiary magistrate.
" (b..) That the said justices or magistrate shall
not issue the warrant without seeing the head of the
family to be removed, and being satisfied that each.
of the parties sought to be removed is in such a
state of health as not to be liable to injury by re-
moval.

As soon as information reached the police-office
_hat the body had been found. officers were des-
patched to Piershill-barracks, for the purpose of
ascertaining what men were out on pass, or absent
without leave. It was found that a great number
of the men had got out on pass on the previous
night, and after an inspection and examination of
those who had come in late, it was found that
nothing could be elicited at that hour. Criminal
officers were in the meantime employed to discover
who the dead woman was, and on Mr. Slater being
informed of the occurrence, he came to the police-
office, and identified the body as that of his
niece. Mr. Little, assistant county-fiscal, was then
communicated with, and despatched a letter to the
commanding officer at Piershill, requesting that all
the soldiers should be kept in the barracks and
paraded at two o'clock, that they might be seen
by the witnesses, for the purpose of identifying
those with whom they had seen the girl during the 6
previous night. An answer was received stating
that the request would be complied with, but that
there were four absentees who could not be
found. Between one and two o'clock, Sheriff Pater-
son, Mr. Lothian, procurator-fiscal, and the police
proceeded to Piershill, along .With eight witnesses,
but after a lengthened inspection none of the sol-
diers on parade were identified. A search was
meanwhile made for the four absentees, and be-
tween three and four o'clock two of them, named
John Tanner and John Quin, were discovered in
a disreputable house in Campbell's Close, Canon-
gate. They were both taken into custody, and
Tanner was identified by several of the witnesses
as having been seen by them along with the girl
at different times, and particularly in the Pleasance,
about half-past twelve on Sunday morning. He
was judicially examined before the Sheriff yester-
day evening, and has been lodged in prison, pro-
visionally, on the charge of murder. None of the
witnesses could speak positively to Quin, but he
is also detained for further examination. The
third man seen with the girl, stated by some of the
witnesses to have been a corporal, had not been
found up to a late hour last night. A post-mortem
examination will be made to-day by Dr. Keiller and
Dr. R. Smith, the latter of whom is acting for Dr.
Littlejohn, who is absent on leave. The most
active exertions have been and are still being made
by the authorities for the elucidation of the mys-
tery in which this deplorable occurrence is still en-
veloped.
During the whole of yesterday afternoon and
evening the fatal spot was visited by great numbers
of people.

" (c.) That a statement to this effect shall be in-
serted in the warrant, with the name and age of
every child under the age of 16 years so ordered to
be removed, together with the name of the place
where the justices find the pauper to have been
born or to have resided.

" (d.) That during the winter months no womatt
or child under the age of 14 shall be sent across thet
Channel as a deck passenger.
_ _

(e.) That in alleases of removal of Irish paupers
the removing parish shall be bound to defray the
cost of the removal of any person ordered to be
removed to the place in Ireland which, upon evi-
dence before the justices, shall appear to be the
place of birth or residence of such person.
(f.) That a copy of the warrant and the deposi-
tions shall be sent, if required, to the board of
guardians in Ireland to the union to which the
removal is to be made.

" The committee desire to express their opinion.
that the law of settlement and removal should.
receive the early attention of the Legislature.
" August 6."

How TO PRESERVE THE PIPES OF YOUR WATER.,
CISTERNS.—The late severe frost of last November, in its
g:vtitethout
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pipes and driving us to stand-cocks in the streets, was not
creditable to us as a mechanical nation. There exists so
simple a mode of preventing water-pipes in houses from
bursting by frost, that I suspect the plumbers must be aware
of it, and keep it carefully out of sight. It is to have a small
spherical cistern of thin copper attached to the lowerpart u
If, when
the water-pipe, and a gas-buincr fixed below it.
bseupsapviyedorfrinombu:isnt:
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that the cistern will become a boiler on a smthtalol
the unsightly
escale, circu-
prevent the
lating sufficient warmth through the pipes
action of the frost either in stepping
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