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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-12 00:00:00

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after a most joyous evening
the Bilton, when, it is needless to sa_
&c., were of the most reeherchi character
MURDER.-At Loughadreen, about four miles from
Cork, off the Skibbereen-road on Monday night week a
man was brutally murdered. The unfortunate victim James
Walsh, who was a fine_hearty young man, servant to an

The dinner took place at

the fare, wines.

in question called from bed to look after the potato gar-
den, which was constantly watched. On going in com-
pany with a young lad, he discovered three or four busily
engaged, and sent for assistance and in the mean time ran
towards one of the party, when he was immediately over-
powered, and in an instant his brain strewed the field.

His head presented a most shocking spectacle. The only
clue to the murderers is a small portion of a spade handle
found on the spot.
STRANGE SCENE.—A few evenings since as Professor
Anderson was about to commence the performance of his
celebrated wedding-ring trick, whenhe iuquired if any
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r wedding-ring

for a few minut

An old lady said he might have her

if he would assure her he woutu return it Sale. .I.lle
Wizard pledged his word to return the ring uninjured.
As soon as he had got it fairly in his possession, he took
a hammer and commenced breaking the pledge of love
into pieces, when the old lady got up, and exclaimed with
a scream—" Is that my ring you aro breaking in pieces'
a
lls that the ring my poor husband on my finger ?

Not thinking the old lady intended anything serious, toe
Wizard replied in the affirmative, when the old lady,
scrambling through the crowded pit, got upon the stage,
nn,l th. fnllnwino Plt traordinar v scene took place, which

was listened to with a fixed attention by the audience, (as
if Miss Faucit and Mr. Calcraft had been there, acting
ono of their most impassioned scenes) :—She seized the
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fragments of her ring, exclaimed, " You are a fiend ! a
monster ! ! the devil himself !! ! The curses of an old
woman be upon you! May the spirit of him who placed
that ring on my finger for ever haunt you!--1. see him
f now, pointing at me—mocking me !—telling me that the
tie of Heaven is broken, which bound us together on

earth, and that we shall not meet hereafter !" -Tile dis-
tracted woman, in a state of frenzy, seized the Wizard by
the hand, and said—" If you have any pity for a heart-
broken widow—as you love the happiness of your own
mother, restore my ring. or I shall go mad! " The Wi-
zard, alarmed at the old lady's excitement and powerful
language, replied—" My good woman, I will not, harm

your ring, for, look, it is on your finger :" 'brie oia may,
in a fit of joy, fainted, and was carried from the room.—
Dublin paper.

L•AIY INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY
THE SCOTCH CHURCH, MANCHESTER

-TIIESDAY

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. MUNRO.—This was an
appeal from a judgment of the Vice-Chancellor Knight
Bruce. The question raised was simply whether the de.
fendant, (Mr. Munro,) who is the preacher in a chapel at
Manchester, connected with the Established Church of
Scotland, should be prevented from preaching in the
chapel, because he had seceded from the Church and joined
the Free Kirk. His lordship, in delivering judgment,
said that the chapel had been erected on the special con-
dition that the religious services to be performed should
be in conformity with the rules and ordinances of the
Church of Scotland, and that the clergyman should be a
member of, and in communion with, that Church. Mr.
Munro having ceased to belong to the Church of Scot-
land, could not, therefore, any longer claim the right to
preach in the chapel in question. He did not, like the
large and respectable body that had, from conscientious
motives, seceded in Scotland from the Church, give up
the living which he possessed, but wished to retain the
living while he seceded from the Church. Under these
circumstances, his lordship affirmed the decree of the
court below, with costs.

IN RE NicHoLLs AND HILLIAR.—An adjourned exami-
nation of these bankrupts, who were formerly joint pro-
prietors of the Eastham Hotel and Ferry, took place on
Wednesday last, before Mr. Commissioner Perry. Mr.
Yates, who appeared for certain creditors, examined the
first-named bankrupt at some length, and elicited from
him that, when he entered upon the Eastham-ferry Hotel,
in July, 1845, after leaving the Star and Garter, in Liver-
pool, he purchased 'furniture 40 the amount of £1,091,
which was paid for with money obtained from his brother-
in-law. He had no capital when he entered upon the
Eastham-ferry Hotel, the rent of which was £3OO, and
the ferry £2OO per annum. Two steam-boats (the Royal
Tar and the Clarence) were,purchased for the use of the
ferry, the one costing £1,600 and the other £1,200. He
was joined by the two Messrs. Hilliar and others in the
purchase, and for the first three or four months, in 1844.
the business of the ferry was profitable, but had not been

so since. The bankrupt further admitted that he was
tradinc, with the money of his credtiors., whose demands
amountedb to £3,057, but explained that if the weather
had continued fine for any length of time, and the ferry
profitable, he would have been enabled. to ,pay, his credi-
tors, had time been allowed him. The joint,liabilities of

the bankrupts were £2,400, and the
divide amongst the uninsured creditors, c_
steamer ,Royal Tar could beaold forgaore tionthftucum.

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