The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-10 00:00:00

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STANDARD-OFFICE, THREE O'CLOCK.
The fire extended from the painting-room and pattern-
rooms over it to to the cotton warehouse at the top in the
first instance. The fire in the upper, or fifth story, was,
however, got under for a time, when the firemen were taken
by surprise by its breaking out in the lower story, facing
Lydia Ann-street, about four o'clock, and the whole became
so filled with smoke that but little of the cotton and hemp
(as before stated) could be got out. The flames, or the heat,
reaching across the street, caught the doors of the opposite
warehouse, (Lake's,) which first took fire at, and burnt from
the top. In this building (six stories high) there were stated
to be about 1,600 bales of cotton, 60 barrels of madder roots,
150 tons of valonia, 200 quarters of grain, and a large quan-
tity of figs, in drums. A small quantity of the cotton
was saved, in a damaged state by fire and water, and about
2000 drums of the figs, partially injured by the water. The
cotton was thrown out, partly loose, into the street, and
partly in wet bales. The figs (belonging to Mr. Bold) were
thrown from hand to hand, and lodged in a shed a little
higher up the street. The valonia was in great part de-
stroyed. The hose of the engines were passed into the third
story, the floors of those above having given way. About
half-past eleven o'clock, a police fireman, who had mounted
a ladder from the street, guiding one of the pipes, was struck
violently, when two stories from the ground, by a brick or
two that fell from aloft. He, however, got down safely, and
it was found that he had sustained only a bruise of one hand,
and was but slightly hurt in the head. About this time the
smoke became dense in " Lake s ' warehouse, in Henry-
street, immediately at the back of that burring in Lydia
cotton in the second
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also filled with cotton, but as the fire did not enter any of the
rooms, the probability is that the whole will be saved, as
well as a quantity of oatmeal, beans, &c. in -'
tne upper rooms.
The hose were taken to the top story,
and the water well
supplied. to prevent the ingress of the flames by the parti-
tion. The intermediate rooms, however, were, at noon, so
full of a dense smoke, from the burning timber of the other
warehouse.
long, and the eyes were pain-
fully affected. The top of enry-street, near Dickenson-
street,
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street, is piled, on the west side, with tiers of bales of cotton
taken from the warehouse, and others are being taken out
lest the buildings should take fire.
The engines were at an early period of the fire stopped,
foraptlelegas.
least an
Whethernhourandth a quarter, for want of water from the
fire is
was the fault of the water compa-
nies, or of some of their servants appointed to attend the
cocks by night in such emergencies remains to be seen ; but
certain it is, that a supply of two or three tons at the com•
mencement would have avoided nearly all the destruction
that ensued.
We observed none of the agents 9f the fire offices present
until a late hour in the morning, with the exception of Mr.
Maxwell. Mr. Bold, of the Sun Office, Mr. Glynn, of
the Phoenix, Mr. Miller and Mr. Anderson of the Norwich

Union, and a gentleman from the Liverpool werein attendance
soon after eight o'clock, and were active in giving the neces-
sary directions. At noon, all further damage to the foundry
works ceased to be apprehended. The main force of the
fire police had :or some time been directed to Lydia Anne
and Henry street, and continued to operate in both, in ex-
tinguishing- the burning materials, and saving such as could
be got at. We have not yet ascertained the kiss in the ware-
houses, most of which, the property and buildings, were in-
sured in floating policies at the offices named, and it may be,
in fome others. The amount insured at the foundry will be
found below, and we are glad to say that the loss and delay
of work at that establishment will not be so great as at first
supposed, though still to be much lamented, both as
regards the proprietors and the workmen. Messrs. Murray
and -Browne's premises ire preserved, as also great part of
Mr. Waring's adjoining. The books saved from Mr. Waring's
were got out by Mr. Inspector Walker, Mr. Melville (of the
Liver Theatre,) and others, by their breaking an entrance
through one of the office windows in Lydia Ann-street. A
valuable horse was also got by them safely out of the stable.
The angle portions of Fawcett's warehouse facing the same
street, still stand in a perilous position—if indeed, they have
not already fallen ; the cotton, black with the fire, is seen
within the interior walls 20 to 30 feet high from the ground.
The manner in which the middle portion of the front wall
of this warehouse fell, showed the great inefficiency of the
mortar for a building of such height, containing so great a
weight of materials. It fell in almost separate bricks, the
lime appearing to be little better than sand. The same
may likewise be said of th,: warehouse opposite—" Lake's."
The police-force and their assistants, from Mr. Whitty
down, exerted themselves to the utmost throughout. After
their night's toil at the engines, and amongst the ruins, most
of them were so begrimed, and their clothes so much disor-
dered, that they could scarcely be recognised. Mr. George
Hewitt, brother of the fire superintendent, was particularly
active. The ruins of the premises at the foundry cover a
large space, and present in broken walls, chimneys, beams,
and other materials, a fearfully interesting and romantic pic-
ture of the rapid devastation of the destructive element.

Our reporter applied to Mr. Fawcett, sen., to com-
municate such particulars of the catastrophe as might
be within his knowledge, and the request was complied
with, with the greatest courtesy, which we have un-
qualified pleasure in publicly acknowledging. Mr.
Fawcett commenced by stating that the tire was of a
very extensive character, and that its magnitude had
been altogether caused by the want of water in the first
instance. His dwelling-house is upon the premises,
and he had sat up till one o'clock this morning. The
watchman, who is constantly kept upon the premises,
usually sat in a place underneath the office, which
might be looked upon from the window of the room in
which he (Mr. Fawcett) was sitting. Just before re-
tiring to rest, he observed that there was no light to be
seen from the watchman's box, and he naturally in-
ferred that the man was then engaged in perambulating
the works, which, of course, was his special duty. Mr.
Fawcett then retired to rest, and had just got into bed,
when he was alarmed by hearing the watchman run-
ing rapidly down the yard, a circumstance which im-
mediately led him to think that all was not right. In-
stantly rising from his bed, he went to the chamber
window, inquired what was the matter, and was in-
formed that a fire had broken out in the works, the
watchman hastily adding that he had been attempting to
extinguish the flames as well as he could, but that they
had completely mastered him. The man then rushed
into the street for the purpose of creating an alarm and
procuring assistance. Mr. Fawcett, of course, left his
room, and on entering the yard observed flames of very
alarming violence issuing from a building immediately
adjoining the packing room. In the meantime a
number of persons had collected in the yard; and
a fire-engine, which is constantly kept on the works,
was forthwith set to work, water being at this time
supplied pro terapore from two wells in the yard. Se-
veral firemen also came, and setting to work vigorous-
ly, the flames were rapidly being got under; two of the
engines belonging to the police establishment were
next brought, in a very few minutes after the alarm
was given, and at that moment there was an absolute
certainty of the fire being extinguished, but, most un-
fortunately the water from the wells failed at this cri-
tical period. Recourse was then had to seven fire plugs
in the neighbouring streets, but none of them yielded
a drop of water; and Mr. Fawcett here added, that if
a supply could have been then obtained for only twenty
minutes longer, the works would have sustained very
little injury, and the neighbourhood scarcely have been
alarmed. The destructive element, under these unfor-
tunate circumstances, increased very greatly; and in
the model room, adjoining the room where the fire was
first discovered, it made such progress that in a few
moments it was evident that it could not be controlled-
For a long time (one hour and a quarter) there was no
supply from the plugs, all of which were kept open,
therefore whatever damage may he done is owing solely
to this cause. The further course of the flames, and
the mode in which they extended to the adjoining
buildings, are detailed elsewhere. Mr. Fawcett
added that the machinery on his own premises, being
all of metal, when its condition came to be examined,
he hoped would not he so materially prejudiced, as in
the first instance it appeared to be. A considerable
pile of buildings was certainly destroyed, but fortu-
nately not so as to impede to any great extent, the pro-
ceedings of the works : it would be very far from stop-
ping them altogether. It would only curtail the capa-
bilities of the establishment for a time—until the
part of the premises destroyed had been rebuilt.
Ile works altogether are insured for £27,000 in Lon-
don offices, and for £3,000 in the Liverpool office,
making a total of £30,000. This town, therefore,
will suffer but an inconsiderable loss, so far as this firm
is considered. In reply to a question, Mr. Fawcett
stated that the engines built by the firm for the great
East India steamer, the Bentinck (lately launched), were
entirely completed, and two-thirds of them on board :
the parts remaining on the works were not at all da-
maged by the fire, and the brass-work, &c., would only
require a little re-polishing. The erection of the engines
on board, therefore, will he very little, if any, retarded
by this event. Besides the packing-room, four rooms
are destroyed, which were used for finishing ma-
chinery; the working tools in this place, however,
being principally of metal, are damaged only, not
destroyed ; the fine lathes, being also of massive metal
have sustained no injury, and neither of the two steam
engines are injured. The catastrophe indeed generally
is of a character only to impede for a time, not to stop
altogether the works; and Mr. Fawcett concluded by
stating that considering the extent of the premises, the
magnitude of the damage he did not apprehend to be
so great as at present it appeared to be.

Mr. Fawcett then conducted our reporter over a
portion of the premises, and very obligingly entered
into a variety of explanations, which are embodied in
other parts of our general account. We fear, from the
great confusion of materials in parts of the premises,
and the obvious destruction of some of the valuable
property, that the loss will nevertheless be very consi•
derable.

DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Saturday a determined
suicide was committed by a gentleman about 45 years of age.
Deceased arrived by railway from Seven Oaks the previous
evening, and engaged an apartment at the King's Head,
High-street, London. During the evening he' partook of
gin and water, and smoked some cigars in the coffee-room,
and afterwards retired to bed, desiring the waiter to call him
the next morning at ten. as he was going by the Dover Rail-
way. At that hour on Saturday morning, on zoing up stairs,
the waiter found the door locked inside ; he knocked loudly
several times, but could get no answer ; an entrance was
made through the window, when the unfortunate gentleman
was found in his night-clothes, hanging from the bed-post,
dead. To effect his purpose more securely, he had tied his
wrists together with a silk handkerchief.
SINGULAR CASE.—On Saturday Mr. Baker held an in-
quest at the Ship, Limehouse, on the body of Joseph Ran-
dall, aged 40, a shipwright. It appeared in evidence that
about six weeks since deceased, as he was standing on a scaf-
folding and hauling up a plank, overbalanced himself, and,
falling a distance of several feet, fractured one of his thighs.
lie was taken to the London Hospital, from which he was
discharged cured on Tuesday week. On the following even -
ing he complained of pain in the throat, which rapidly grew
more serious, and, in spite of medical aid, deceased died
early on Thursday morning. Mr. Luke, one of the principal
surgeons of the London Hospital, surprised at the very sud-
den demise of deceased, caused, with the consent of the tat-
ter's friends, a post mortem examination to be made, by
which it was discovered that deceased died of inflammation
of the throat and larynx, produced no doubt by exposure to
a cold atmosphere, after having for so long a time breathed
that of the warm wards of the hospital. Verdict, " Natural
death."

MR. HENRY HOLT AGAIN.—In the course of the past
week the town has been visited by a swindler calling himself
Henry Holt, and representing himself as an extensive dealer,
occupying premises in King-street, Manchester. It appears
that on coming to Kendal, he staid at the Crown Inn,
whence, after procuring a directory, and learning the names
of the several manufacturers, he sallied forth with the pre-
tence that he had been recommended by parties of known
respectability, to select goods for supplying large shipping
orders. He in this way procured to be made up at Messrs.
Whitw•ell'a carpet warehouse, about 600 weight of carpeting,
to be sent off to Manchester on Tuesday last; and at Messrs.
Simpson and Ireland's he ordered about £lOO worth of
goods, and succeeded in taking away with him a parcel of
the value of X-1. In all the cases cash was to be paid on
delivery. Fortunately, on Wednesday, the character of the
scamp was ascertained from a report in the Guardian of his
proceedings in Manchester, where he had been playing the
same game: in many instances with complete success. We
hope that this neighbourhood has not sustained serious loss
by the impostor; and that this notice of his attempts may
assist in putting manufacturers on their guard.—Kendal
Mercury.

DESPERATE ENCOUNTER.—On Tuesday forenoon an en-
counter was observed between a sparrow-hawk and a crow,
in a field immediately behind Upper Craigie ; and if we may
judge from the fierce and prolonged efforts of the former bird
to secure his prey under almost hopeless circumstances, and
at the imminent risk of his own lite, it was evident he had
not had a meal for a considerable time. There were a flock
of crows together in the field, in number about 50, and one
of them had wandered from the rest a good way, until it
neared the edge of Craigie-wood. Busy picking up what the
ground afforded there for some time, the hawk was at length
descried emerging from the trees, and slowly rising above his
intended victim, who did not seem to be aware of being so
near the vicinity of so dreaded an enemy. After having
gained an altitude sufficient to strike with effect, the hawk
poised himself for a second or two, and descended with that
shot-like velocity so peculiar to these birds of prey. The
crow, however, had not been vitally struck, and a regular
battle ensued, out of necessity on the part of the crow, for it
could not effect its escape, being firmly clutched in the talons
of the hawk. The screams and cries of both birds at length
attracted the main body of the black tribe, who, after some-
thing like deliberation, for they were not very prompt, flew
to the rescue, and surrounded the combatants, but kept at a
respectful distance, only crowing with desperate vehemence
Meantime the hawk still continued to hold on by his victim,
who was fast giving way under the strokes of his beak, while
its feathers were flying about in all directions. But things
at last came to a pass—the sooty onlookers could stand it no
longer, and, as if with one consent, they flew upon their com-
mon foe, which was for nearly a minute lost amid the tumult.
Latterly, however, he got himself extricated, rose from
amongst them, and soared away for the rocky portion ofthe
Magdalene-bill. A countryman, who h
scene, went and lifted the crow, which
was sowitnessed
exhausted the
that
it could hardly hop ; but in a short time it recovered
ar so far
as to be able to join its companions.—pert Court .

LANCASTER ASSIZES

THE CHARTIST TRIALS
(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)

On Tuesday several of the prisoners addressed the jury in
their own defence, and on Wednssdav morning, immediately
on the judge taking his seat, fir. O'Connor commenced his
address, and spoke for upwards of two hours and twenty
minutes. After alluding to the propriety with is hich the
prosecution was conducted, he asked why were not such men
as Col. Wemyss, D. Maude, the Mayor of Manchester, Sir
Charles Shaw, and others of similar standing, brought before
the jury. He then went on to argue, that though a zealous
politician, ha had not been guilty of inciting to any outbreak.
He had spent .£12.000 for the Chartist body; and though he
had been charged with being a political trafficker, and with
making a fortune by the Northern Star, he had brought his
clerk to prove that he had lost money by that paper. He
then drew a contrast between the conduct of the Chartists
and that of the advocates of the Reform Bill, and said that
he had done all in his power to avoid the disturbances. He
concluded by an impressive appeal to the jury, in favour of
his fellow prisoners.
Several persons, who spoke to the peaceful character of
Mr. O'Connor, were then examined.
The ATTORNEY-GENETIAL then replied. He went over
the whole of the evidence as it affected the different defen-
dants, which it is unnecessary here to repeat. He expressed,
in a feeling manner, his deep sympathy with the distresses of
the people, admitting its great extent, and alluded to the
patience and fortitude with which they have borne it ; that
:listress, however, formed no justification of violence and a
breach of the law. As to the framing of the indictment, of
which they bad heard so much, it was necessary to adopt
it to the crimes committed ; and those who said it was
monstrous, should remember that that was a monstrous con-
spiracy. He then instanced many cases in which a greater
number of defendants, guilty of the same crime, had been
included in the same indictment. The law of conspiracy did
not requite that it should be done in secret; it did not even
require that the parties should communicate with each other
theirintentions or objects, nor did it require they should all
do the same species of acts ; it was sufficient that they were
acting together with one common object, and he who did any
act which formed a portion of those common objects, was
guilty, in the eye of the law, of the whole conspiracy. He
contended that it would have been neither fair nor manly,
when so many persons were pining in prison, and expiating
offences which others had been the instruments of committing,
had the officers who advised the crown passed over the de-
fendants—those who, by their speeches, publications, and
proceedings, bad excited them to the commission of those
acts, and were, in law, equally guilty, and morally speaking,
perhaps more so than the others. He concluded a very long
address by calling on the jury to do their duty in the face of
the country, and to deliver a verdict in accordance with the
evidence.

breach of

The learned JUDGE then postponed his summing up of the
case until Thursday; and after trying some cases from the
Cause List, the court adjourned.

YESTERDAY,

On the Learned Judge this morning taking his seat, and
the names of the jury having been called over, his Lordship
commenced his summiug up. He commenced by observing
that they had at last arrived at the last stage in that import-
ant investigation. The jury had received from both sides
their opinion of the extreme attention they had paid to the
case. He (the learned judge) must bespeak the same atten-
tion ; first, as to what was the nature of the charge against
the defendants ; next, what was the law applicable to the
nature of the charge made against them, and lastly, what was
the evidence bearing on the defendants generally as a body,
and particularly as it affected each, and whether it was suffi-
cient to bring him within that law which made criminal the
acts charged. He said he should feel it his duty to call their
attention to the whole of the evidence which had been given,
although it might be irksome to do so, yet he felt it could
not be dispensed with ; and, secondly, he should call their
attention to some legal distinctions applicable to the charges
against the defendants. They had been told over and over
again what it seas the defendants were charged with; it was
the crime of conspiracy, mixed up. it was true, with other
charges, hut, as they had been withdrawn, the attention of
the jury would be directed to the charge of conspiracy alone.
It had been said there was extreme difficulty and confusion
in the present case to discover what was the crime of con-
seiracy. lie (the learned judge) did not see the difficulties
Which had been suggested by others. Undoubtedly there
might be cases of conspiracy in which it might be exceed-
ingly difficult to define what was a conspiracy. Now, he
apprehended, a conspiracy in law was the combination of two
or more persons to do an illegal act, or to bring about a legal
act by illegal means. The indictment contained a variety
of counts, which, in truth, were nothing more than differ-
ent charges, which, as they had been given up, it was not
then necessary to discuss. There remained now, therefore,
only seven counts of the indictment, all of which related to
conspiracy. His lordship then explained the nature of the
dill, rent counts of the indictment to the jury. Some of
them charged the defendants with conspiring together by
tumult and violence causing persons to leave their employ-
ment, and by such means endeavouring to bring about
a change in the laws and constitution of this realm,
others charged that there being a cessation of labour,
the defendants took advantage of that to aid and abet others
to the prisoners unknown to bring about such a change; and
the fifth count merely charged them with persuading others
to refrain from work until the Charter became the law of the
land. Now, as there was some difference of opinion as to
whether that was really a crime, the jury would have to say
whether, after hearing the evidence, they were of opinion,
supposing them to be guilty at all, they found them guilty on
the former or the latter counts. His Lordship, after some
observations on the combination laws, expressing his appro-
bation of the relaxation which had taken place in that portion
of the criminal code, read over the whole of the evidence, and
then pointed out that portion of it which applied to 24 of the
defendants, who took part in the conference which was held
on the 17th August, in the chapel of the Rev. James Schole.
field ; and then asked the jury to consider whether they were
of opinion that the defends is were guilty on the fifth count
of the indictment, or on the others. When they had con-
sidered that, he would then explain to them the nature of the
evidence applicable to another class of defendants who had
attended public meetings in various parts, and against whom
a different species of evidence had been given.
The jury then retired, at twenty minutes past four, to
consider the point; and were out of court when our report
left. Lancaster.

It is not expected that the jure will deliver their verdict
until a late hour, if at all, to-night.

FATAL FIGHT.—On Monday a quarrel occurred at the
Hole-in-the-Wall, Merryvale, between a shoemaker named
Cornelius Bevan, and a gipsy knife-grinder from Liverpool,
named Cuff, which was subsequently renewed at the Jolly
Waterman, Birdport ; and during its progress Bevan was
somewhat injured. It was then agreed that the parties
should have a regular fight at Yitchcrof►, the next afternoon.
They accordingly met, and after about a dozen rounds, Bevan
became insensible, when he was placed on a hurdle and taken
to the Infirmary, where he died the same evening. On Wed-
nesday an inquest was held on the body, when a verdict of
manslaughter in the first degree was returned against John
Cuff, and against three persons in the second degree.—
Worcester Journal.

AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—It appears by a
letter received from Mr. Dillon Tennent, the secretary, that
this undertaking has been abandoned for want of support.
It is hut justice to this gentleman to say that his motives in
originating this project are said to have been those of huma-
nity, he believing that a settlement on the island of Fernando
Po, with model farms and the example of general cultivation,
would assist, along with other means, in the suppression of
the slave trade, by proving to the chiefs on the coast that it
would be more to their interest to employ their subjects in
husbandry than to sell them for slaves. With such a climate
there never could have beeu the least chance of a successful
issue, and it unfortunately haypens that the greatest calamities
have constantly been produced by persons with great inten-
tions, who were only mistaken as to the manner of acting
upon them. Africa, more than any other part of the world,
seems destined to prove the truth of this remark.

DISTRESS IN SHEFFIELD.—In every direction may be
seen shops, houses, and inns to let—some of them in the
principal thoroughfares and best situations for business in
the town. If inquiries are made of any of the manufacturers
in the different branches of the Sheffield trade as to the pos-
sibility of improvement, the answer sure to be returned is,
that starvation awaits the greater number of manufacturers
and factors in the town. Bankruptcies and assignments are
of daily occurrence, and, during the three days our corre-
spondent stayed in Sheffield, two tradesmen were declared
bankrupts, both of which were caused by the failure of
Parker, Shore, and Co., or at least facilitated by that event.
The general impression appears to be, that the misery and
distress have not yet reached their climax, and that the effects
of the failure above alluded to cannot be contemplated until
payment of the debts due to the bank is enforced.—Leeds
lntelligencer.

A PORPOISE CAUGHT IN' TIIE RIBBLE.— On Sunday
morning last, at about nine o'clock, as the men employed at
the Ribble navigation improvement were working their punts,
two of them saw a " monster of the deep " in a shallow sand
bank, about one hundred yards from the Chain, They struck
at it with their long poles, which are iron shod at the end,
and one of them went through the body of the fish. Upon
subsequent examination, it proved to be a large bottle-nose
porpoise. The struggles of the porpoise were so great that
it splintered the pole. The men et length succeeded in
getting it into the boat, and in keeping it alive until they got
it up to the Mal-,h End. It was subsequently taken to a place
in the neighbourhood, and exhibited. The Ribble Naviga-
tion Company, we hear, have claimed the porpoise. and, we
understand, it will stuffed and deposited at the Philosophical
Institution. The " monster " had most likely been left by
the preceding tide ; having in all probability been driven there
by the punts, or been lured there for preying upon the smaller
species of the " finny tribe." It measures five feet three
inches in length, and three feet two inches in thickness.--
Preston Chronicle.

INQUEST EXTRAORDINARY, HELD UPON A TOMB-
STONE.—On Wednesday evening last James Carroll, Esq.,
coroner, having received an official communication of a sud-
den death occurring about six miles from Ncnagh, at a place
called Ttermoyle, on the road towards Borrisoleigh, he ac-
cordingly, on Thursday morning, proceeded to hold an in-
quest on the body of the deceased, a man named John Cor-
mack. Three policemen from the nearest station preceded
the coroner for the purpose of procuring a jury. On the ar-
rival of the coroner and medical officer a spirit of insubordi-
nation presented itself, and in the most determined manner,
the people threatening the coroner and the medical gentlemen
in attendance, and were not sparing in their abuse of the
police. Reasoning with them was out of the question : they
would listen to no one; and, from the unequivocal gestures
and violence of conduct of the parties, (some hundreds of
peasantry from the mountains,) Mr. Carroll considered it
most prudent to return to Nenagh, determined not to be
baffled in the exercise of his duty. The coroner at once sent
a requisition to the barracks to the officer commanding the
85th Light Infantry fur a party; and with this force, and a
strong body of the police, under Sub-Inspector Blake, he
proceeded in the direction of the grave-yard, Killaneave, so
as to intercept the funeral before it arrived there, if they left
the house with the body before he could reach Tiermoyle.
Accordingly, accompanied by Mr. Tabuteau, R. M., Major
Power, and Lieutenant and Adjutant Darrell,jand Lieutenant
Grey, of the 85th, the funeral seas met about half a mile from
the house and about two miles from the grave-yard. 'I here
were immense numbers of country people, who, when they
saw the military and police on the road, joined the cavalcade,
and in all there could not be fewer than three thousand. The
same spirit was apparent, although partially suppressed, and
the refusal to allow the inquest was as in the morning. Mr.
Carroll intended to stop the procession at the first house on
the road, and there hold the inquisition, but every door was
instantly shut against him, and the bearers of the corpse hpr-
ried on at a brisk pace. The military and the police being
halted on the road leading down to Mr. liawkshavr's, at Mal-
brook, they were drawn up across the road, when it was con-
ceded that the inquest should be proceeded within the church
yard, which was agreed to by Mr. Carroll ; all he wanted was
I the vindication of the law, and to show the Tipperary legisla-
tors that it should be enforced. The procession extended
nearly a mile along the road and increased of every step.
When arrived at the church yard, the military and police took
up a commanding position and if a riot had occured there
must have dreadful havoc, and loss of life taken place. How-
ever, by a conciliatory course pursued by the coroner and
Mr. Tabuteau, all was peaceably effected, and on a tomb
stone for a table, the inquest proceeded ; and although at first
a jury could hardly be got, yet all ended to the satisfaction of
every one—and a verdict of "Visitation of God" returned.
Armagh tretardiart.

THE VERDICT IN INPNAUGHWIti'S.tiSt.

The Times of Monday last, art!tr.;remarking that they are
the acquittal of this
man,
thenmotives
[ice
4
which
dictated that ac-
quittal, i ltnehge
statement of Mr. Cockburn, that
prevented
uitt a or
r commentsth from opmr
opqruiee questioning o
or
ttl.l
M`Naughten, although he wrote very
,eixcellent businesslike
numonnerg, general topics
yet unfortu-
nately i)ro‘.i
-
spileicteielisigeibflemononooinania, which the
letters, in which he evinced no
evinidencrneanfia;r
deuce, and although he expressed hL'se'rlefwdness and
Al.nmtohri_s
il'aclealarboiTreeldliguenndt'eranad
z says the
learnedproposi t
ion counselh e was
as called
borne
outho niboyc it dhael
Mor-
rison and Dr. Monro, who declared their conviction that the
prisoner had laboured under a morbid delta.;
this murder was the climax. It is usual enough,
some points
to hear e a r
than i t advanced
others;
thatthat
allall
menm en
havear e less
somefoss
toaeifire. up whicho
oddity,upon
some queer habits, some peculiar fancy, by
humouring which exclusively they would become decidedly
mad mad on one particular point. This is common enough. But
we never before heard this self-engendered insanity pleaded
in defence of crimes to the perpetration of which it might
have contributed.
We want to know, for the benefit of simple folks, what in
future is to be considered insanity? It appears that it is not
enough that a man should talk and write correctly on mat-
ters of business, give a good account of what is passing round
him, or pronounce a correct opinion of men and measures,
in order to be considered sane; but, if he indulge in the hu-
mours of a morbid melancholy, and cherish the fancies of a
diseased imagination, this is sufficient for him to obtain the
character of a monomaniac; and if be only proceeds to com-
mit murder, that is the climax of his monomania.
Now, we fear that there are many monomaniacs in the
world ; and we suppose that they have as various tastes and
whims as their saner neighbours. We are not philosophers
enough to know whether they are superior to the impulses
of vanity, avarice, or revenge. From all that we know, or
have read, of human propensities, we rather believe that
these are the predominant passions of most monomaniacs.
In that case it certainly is desirable that they should be known
by some accurate and general description in time to guard
their intended victims from a monomaniacal pistol or a cli-
macteric stiletto. It may be a pleasing fancy for such men
to contemplate the prospective Mum cum copid of Bedlam
and the grandeur of lionized insanity ; but it would be more
agreeable to the interests of society if they could be intro-
duced to these pleasures without the preparatory noviciate
of unprovoked and uneyplained assassination ; for, highly
curious as the phenomenon may bein a medical point of view,
it is but poor consolation that a fellow man has been prema-
turely cut off from the duties and enjoyments of a well-spent
life by the unsuspected blow of an assassin who "laboured
under a morbid delusion, of which murder was the climax."

The Herald of yesterday says that though the verdict was
startling and unexpected, it was nevertheless strictly in ac-
cordance with the evidence, and remarks strongly on the
simplicity, impartiality, and solemnity that distinguish the
administration of criminal justice in England, in contrast
with the existing appeals, and bullying and frightening of
witnesses so frequently displayed in the courts of France.
The trial of M'Naughten, says that journal, when compared
with that of Madame Laffarge or Jacques Bresson in France
ought to convince the most sceptical Englishman of the vast
superiority in every respect of the tribunals of his own coun-
try over those of our neighbours.
We cannot but enforce on every man and every function-
ary the importance to public safety of paying due attention
to the symptoms of monomaniacs, and of their taking steps
to protect society from such outrages as that committed by
M'Naughten. It is the duty of magistrates and relatives to
place under restraint persons exhibiting so flagrantly such
delusions as those repeatedly displayed by M`Naughten—
the absence of such magisterial or parental authority in this
case has been followed by assassination. We would more-
over point out to the commissioners of police the necessity
of giving the force instructions to prevent the recurrence in
places of great public resort and constant passage, and more
particularly in the seat of the public offices, of such suspi-
cious circumstances as a man placing himself day after day
in one particular situation without any assignable induce-

ment.
The particulars of M`Naughten's past life and the growth
of his insanity afford another testimony to the worthlessness
of all save religious education this poor wretch was learned
in the learning of mechanics' institutions; he was content in
the pursuit of secular knowledge; he was ever running after
lecturers and lectures; he was a literary authority amongst
his fellows, and even amongst his superiors in station ; he
was laboriously industrious, and more than nationally
frugal ; but he was an infidel; and a reference to the evi-
dence of John Hughes will show that his infidelity followed
his indulgence in studious habits, and that his lunacy fol-
lowed rapidly his infidelity. There cannot be a stronger case
of the danger of merely worldly knowledge than that of
Daniel M‘Naughten, for though a perception of the great
truths of heavenly knowledge might not have saved from in-
jury his wits, there can be little
doub that it
interposedto be-
tween it and the crime of assassination.

In almost every case of lunacy
which becomes the subject
of legal inquiry, we find that the hallucination of the party
connects him with distinguished persons.
.For the sake,
therefore, of those who occupy high statioßs, it is necessary
that stringent precautions should be adoptevd. At the very
moment when the jury were acquitting Al'Naughten on the
ground of insanity, it came to our knowledge that another
Scot Oman was on his way to London, who, on the voyage
to Liverpool by steam, talked very freely about the folly of
having a woman on the throne, stated the object of his visit
to Londont to be to settle some affairs with Sir Robert Peel,
and referred to Scripture as abounding in precedents for
getting rid of bad rulers by stabbing them. This man ought
to have been placed under arrest by the captain, whom seve-
ral of the passengers advised to hand him over to the Liver-
pool police. With this advice the captain failed to comply.
Our informant, however, has apprised Sir James Graham of
the facts.—Morning paper.

rmAalc_Aet,
e.
ratter
onaaofaydf vtiteehagrseatt isem e n t a ears in the Dublin Evening Mail of
gracestlttbahoehtelawencetirchi llodene7,lNrgi
ir.uec_erimaaceftannyrdoaddsofmnwuesman
communication
1 jhdl7toaci
toohcts:l s
Tor motive
adorns :I
crime,
did
,
offering isnogc i theety transmitted.large
letters rewardt
oo f
certain.E3oo f for t
membershedetec-
tion
of
'tniscreant who, influenced by some base and
household slandering and traducing the cha_
one of the most' amiable and correct persons that
Wicklow, of the
Ciyxti topt thiu THEOeti lim t fiarcyo. 11 I:aißßaDEtitlidg rgutnilcAosricrel sNpso.n—direnhte, may
-
. I beg lease to inform you, on
Haskins, a s k t n s
convicted rely,
fto hrawt aor
andt
athned r Tuesdayseoacriedna iltt'n.
i:ii.stawstti
lasth ee s t un-
happyowr 0
gi3g
aueb:rnrgeli
under
onfd
murdervolunotaf
rflyohcnonPfuesgshihn:td
hneowwausngdeeiritsyeno-f
the same time authorised the governor of the gaol to give
and that he alone committed it. He at
püblicity to that
nt
hdai
ctt.n
)ei‘ni
tr
.itticommunicatingrtl.h.set
rneietext tonext
w thequar-
ter
iwhich
terminated I feel convinced that you will he happy to re-
ceive and publish this information for the satisfaction of the
public mind."—Evening Packet.
_The; CASE OF CRUELTY AT ELLARE, YORKSIIIRE.—The
Halifax Guardian contains an account of some proceedings
against Joseph Whiteley, the collier of Ellard, charged with
the cruel treatment of his apprentice. The particulars of the
case, which was noticed in the House of Commons, have ap_
peared in the Herald. The object of the application was to
obtain the lad's discharge from his present indentures, on
account of the ill-usage which he had receiavtpheodel.ibcoaTytihoaenoefwtihinaadi
ma-
gistrates expressed their disgust andindignatiopnroactetehdeedmcaArineeisrash.
,to enable -
inhumanity, and the indentures were cancellej3da.r
:fr.
ilieol-royd, who attended on the part of the lad, said his next a
plication was under the 20th George 11. and the 22d George
11. Hitherto no punishment bad been inflicted on the m-ne
excepting taking the boy from him. The consequence of flails
would be that the churchwardettaiyecahtanhfdehfimeonvandenotrnes:wegalerordseonfstahne,dht
powereds hip
master;would
t and
ne bleb underte sclause
:tu::seact neoes
nc et
oswfis ihnt
r furnishedver Mor-
ris's 1
gtoiswtrne'tseasu._thcoerirttittetseityo, get the lad another master. Thee the
to the Halifax union, then came
the over-
seersm i
tenogs
itpsrrtuor ces teteecdsu
twbe ithe i guardianse d e t the
et
eo h
umtaekh
sessions. The magistrates (happy that the man would
get properly punished) assented to the application.
.CAPTURE
jemmies,". bit
robbers made a daring attempt to break in Mr. .CAPTURE OF A ROBBER.---osinOteullaotfTe utihenesday m
Jamesethe panels,
ris's grocer grocery n establishment, belai spht
emreeneti
cut out, one
traordinary circumstances. It appears theyawe
with a complete set of instruments including,
a.n, g
tually secured
and braces, saws, pick-locks, iron bars, &c
operations very systematically by cuttin
in order to effect an entrance. The panel
of the gang put in his head, and was in the
an iron bar that secured the door transversely,
suddenly on his neck with great force, ahned
his head within the aperture into which
remove the bolts. Being unable to rescue had thrust it to
perilous position, his confederates fled, In
him from his
cries of the captured burglar alarmed the in the interim, the
neighbourhood, and the
toeimates of the habitants of the
curing lights and going the door, founguse, who, on pro-
inside, bleeding profusely from mouth, the robber's head
neck positionbein mly grasped as
if
vvithears, and nose, his
laughable phe was suffered to rem in
a vice. In this
of the police, who rescued him from hisn until the arrival
being all but strangled, and took him tots perilous position,
robber's name is John Reilly, a native he .. lock_up.,, The
carpenter by trade. and admits that he is of Dublin ; be is a
45th regiment, just about to embark a deserter from the
Hope. He is one of a formidable gan or the Cape of Good
Apt visited Carlow on a professional f of burglars who have
notice will induce the inhabitants of
our, and we hope this
measures for their securitY • Reilly this county to adopt
county gaol by William Cary, Esq was committed to the
ensuing assizes.•
Reilly is marked on
to abide his trial at the
D,'' as a deserter. He admits thatOe the side by the letter
extensive gang of burglars whose h be was one of a very
head
pool and Dublin, and that business quarters are in Liver-
pool
CASE.
comrade wished to take a trip toAt
com-
rade's name is Keating, and the Provinces. His
"Hue and Cry."—Carlow we
fired he is tted in the
Sentinel. gaze
Monday, Thomas Johnson
for the wilful murder at Croft, Henry H ensev, was indicted
of Elizabeth Evison. we ft. on the 12th of February last,
at the time, but. as the cir gave a brief statement of the case
we give the particulars as circumstances are peculiarly atrocious,
that the deceased was they
transpired at the trial. It ap-
pearedat the time of the occ was an aged person, about 70, living
of the same age, in Frrencc with her sister, who was nearly
village of Croft. 81n lonely cottage, a short distance from the
were both well and Snnday, the 12th of February, they
the same room up stairs walking
aboutt as usual. Ttheydstlept int
about eight o'clock. _hen separate beds, and re ire o res
terwards by a • bed not very long af-
terwards T. y were disturbed .
man breaking in at the windows of their cham-
bers. He proceeded to obtain a light by means of a lucifer
match, and then with some marlin to tie together their bands
and feet very tightly, and to fasten their arms under the
shoulders equally tightly to the bedsteads, so that they could
not move hand or foot, or at all help themselves. He then
tucked the clothes closely ove sister, heads, and took ss. out
of the pocket of the surviving and rather more out of
that of the deceased. He also took some silver spoons and
some handkerchiefs, and then decamped by the street door,
which he left open, leaving the poor women in the state de-
scribed. This was on the Sunday night. They remained in
this condition, both being almost suffocated, until the fore-
noon of Monday, when the deceased, who had been moaning
all the interim, and frequently said that she must be suffo-
cated, expired. The sister could undertake to mark the time
of the death by the cessation of the moaning and the breath-
ing as being in the course of the forenoon of Monday. She
herself remained in this horrible state, almost momentarily
expecting the same fate that she knew had awaited deceaseo,
until the Tuesday morning, when she heard some one near,
and cried out for help. This was a poor boy going about with
a live seal from door to door begging, and he gave an alarm,
and fetched a man named Hill, who found the door open, and
the poor women in bed with their hands and arms and feet
tied in the manner described, the deceased being stiff and
cold, and her sister extremely exhausted. He released the
survivor, and unfastened the marlin which bound the body of
the deceased, and then went and brought Mr. Dewson;the
surgeon. The latter gentleman stated that he had beard th
evidence, and bad no doubt whatever but that the deceaseda
had died of suffocation from being smothered in tb . e way de_
scribed. She appeared to have been dead about t
hours. There were wounds upon the wrist fromwenty-four
nese with which the cords had been tied. The the tight-
apprehended, and. from the evidence adduced,Prie was
guilty of the offence; and the judg• was found
sentenced
without the slightest hope if navy. him to death
theb
ei
I:
ge i c
se
ls
at
ce korew,f°BhhE
assizes,
eesmniaz
neei
removing
ef 1
eori
fell
suddenly

a human-like

wit—in creation

..sembles most nearly our own generation :
Then if madmen for murder escape with impunity,
Why deny a poor dog the same noble immunity?
So, if dog or man bite you, beware being nettled

For crime is r

wind is unsettled

MIRROR LEVITIES

ON MRS. HONEY BRING FINED FOR ACTING AT

THE LIVER THEATRE

Tears that ought almost to swell a river,
Are shed for thee, an unhappy start :

The late comr

Has almos

bout the Liver

ON MR. NEWPORT'S EXPERIMENTS ON BEES

For evermore

First of his name
His praise let poets join to sing,
lITho makes, it ne'er was done before,
Newport exhibit the Bee's wing•

THE BURIAL OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR

A very remarkable account is given in Sismondi's Hisloire
des Francais (vol. 4. p. 481) of the circumstances attending
the death and burial of William the Conqueror. It is thus
concluded :—" At length the body was lowered into the
grave, but, before being covered with earth, a funeral obert , ration,the
in praise of the deceased, was pronounced by Gisle
Bishop of Evreux. A Norman, named Ascelin. tidh st of the
en arose,
and with a loud voice exclaimed, in the very m
crowd, ' The man whose panegyric you have just pronounced,
you are about to inter in ground that belongs to me. Upon
this very spot once stood my paternal home, which he
from
you
are now going to bury wrested, contrary to all justice,
my father, without paying him for it, that he might, upon
the same site, build this church. ln th name of
hat
soil t God, I
forbid you to cover the body of the spoiler with
belongs to me.' " This protestation struck the barons and
gent with a compunction so deep, that they imme-
-en around the coffin, in order to
• _....._ •.,

bishops pr—_
diatelv made a colleetione

.re his sovereign was to

be buri

DIM, may, L..... .... .......
for the loss of his inheritanc

in addition, .„n •
This promise they faithfully kept with Ascelin, for the fact
which he had recalled to their recollection was publicly

Dlnpens:

otorions."
The following is a poetical version of the same

triking

anecdote :

Lowly upon