Births
September 31, at Upper Mount-street, Dublin, the wife of John Mulholland, Esq., Craigavad, County Down, of a son.
September 27, at Lurgan, the wife of John Cuppage, Esq., of a son.
September 27, at Bishop's Court, the Countess of Clonmel, of daughter.
September 20, at Garvagh, County of Derry, the lady of Alex. Thomas Leonard, Esq., of a daughter.
September 26, as Outlands, County of Meath, the lady of G. A. Pollock, Esq., of a daughter.
September 26, at Kingrone House, Devonshire, the residence of her mother, Lady Kingsale, the Hon. Mrs. Stretton, of a son.
Marriages
September 28, at Portrush Catholic Church, by the Rev. H. M'Cann, P.P., Mr. Edward Lowry, architect, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr. Edward Carr, chief boatman in charge of Killowen Coast Guard station, County Down.
September 29, in Loughbrickland Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. W. E. Breakey, Mr. Thomas Harland, Bessbrook, Newry, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Mr. Robert Herdman, Derrydrumuck, Banbridge.
September 27, at the British Embassy, Paris, Fitzherbert Filgate, Esq., J.P., Hillsborough, County Down, to Catherine, eldest daughter of the Right Hon. Edward Lucas, Castleshane, County of Monaghan.
September 23, at St. Michael's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, D.D., the Rev. J. R. Stratten, M.A., Taunton, Somerset, to Augusta, third daughter of the late Samuel Hope, Esq., of Liverpool.
September 21, in Randalstown Old Presbyterian Church, by Rev. Robert Marr, Mr. Thomas Hill, of Tullinamullin, to Miss Rachel Bell, Lenagh.
Deaths
October 1, at his residence, No. 4, Alfred-street, William Lowry, Esq.
October 1, William Hunter, Esq., of Belfast, merchant, aged 83 years.
September 21, at her residence, Scotch-street, Armagh, at an advanced age, Mrs. Jane Campbell.
September 28, Jane, wife of Thomas Mairs, Esq., Greenisland, aged 51 years.
September 25, Mary, wife of Mr. Andrew Jamison, innkeeper, Princess-street.
September 26, at an advanced age, Mr. Josiah Archer, Toughbland, near Hillsborough.
September 26, at her residence, No. 29, Strand, Derry, Jane Ann, the last surviving daughter of the late Samuel Motherell, Esq., Bridgetown, Bart, aged 80 years.
September 26, at Ballynafeigh, Mr. Hans Wilgar, aged 60.
September 23, Susan, aged 4 years; and, on the 24th, Cornelius, aged 18 months, the only two children of Mr. Samuel M'Kinstry, Mossley.
September 23, aged 19 years, Jane Eliza, eldest daughter of Patrick Denvir, Esq., Dundalk.
September 20, at Tamlaght, Newtownlimavady, Miss Jenny Gault.
September 20, at Dunbrock, Newtownlimavady, Mr. William M'Closkey, teacher.
September 23, at Glen Usk, Monmouth, aged 62 years, Colonel Sir Digby Mackworth, Bart.
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ELOPEMENT IN THE WEST. -- About three o'clock, A.M., on Monday morning, the 27th ult., the inhabitants of the little village of Athenry, County Galway, were disturbed from their slumbers by the sound of carriage wheels driving rapidly over the shingled road and halting at the hotel door. Presently, a loud knocking announced that the parties required admittance -- the waiter instantly obeyed the summons, and the occupants of the carriage were ushered in. Fifteen minutes scarcely elapsed when a car drove up in hot pursuit, and it became known that Mr. -------, of Castlebar, had eloped with a daughter of the late Captain -------, of the County Mayo. The car contained her brothers, who immediately demanded their sister, which was refused. Pistols were called into requisition, and, were it not for the timely interference of H. M'Cormick, Esq., S.I., and a party of police, the consequences might have been serious. The lady, who is only eighteen years of age, and has a large fortune in her own right, refused to leave the partner of her flight. However, she at last consented, and so the matter rests for the present. The young cavalier having lost his fair one, and being the worse for having taken too much of the "native" to drown his sorrow, got into a row with the post-master, who inflicted on him a severe castigation. The matter will come before the magistrates at petty sessions. -- Correspondent of Dublin Telegraph.
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Mr. Archibald Bellingham M'Causland, son of the Rev. Mr. M'Causland, of Armagh, has been appointed to a situation in the General Post-office, Dublin, through the interest of the Solicitor-General. -- Newry Telegraph.
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THE ARMY.
War-Office, September 28.
The London Gazette of Tuesday night announces the following changes and promotions consequent upon the death of the Duke of Wellington:--
Brevet -- Lieutenant-General Viscount Hardinge, G.C.B., to have the rank of General so long as he is in command of her Majesty's Army.
1st, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards -- Field-Marshal his Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., from the Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Colonel, vice Field-Marshal his Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G., deceased.
Scots Fusilier Guards -- Major-General his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., from the 17th Light Dragoons (Lancers), to be Colonel, vice his Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., appointed to the Grenadier Guards.
17th Light Dragoons (Lancers) -- Major-General Thomas William Taylor, C.B., to be Colonel, vice his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards.
Rifle Brigade -- Field-Marshal his Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., to be Colonel-in-Chief, vice Field-Marshal his Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G., deceased.
60th Foot -- General Viscount Beresford, G.C.B., to be Colonel-in-Chief, vice his Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., appointed to the Rifle Brigade.
Horse Guards, Sept. 28.
The General Commander-in-Chief has been pleased to appoint Colonel Richard Airey to be his Military Secretary.
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THE NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. -- We understand that the Aides-de-camp to the new commander of the forces, Viscount Hardinge, will include his son, the Hon. Captain Hardinge, who served with the noble and gallant officer in India; Lieutenant-Colonel Conyngham, of the 27th Foot, his son-in-law, who also braved the Indian dangers; and, probably, Lord Adolphus Vane, who served in Bombay, on the staf of Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Cotton, Commander-in-Chief of that province.
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ARMAGH JAIL. -- There are at present 68 male and 39 female prisoners in this jail. At the corresponding date last year, there were -- males, 72; and females, 45. The aggregate number of re-committals for the last 12 months was -- males, 30; females, 26. This disproportion is ascribed to the absence of a place of separate confinement for the latter class of prisoners. After the decision of the Grand Jury, it is strange that the erection of the new wing should be so long in obeyance.
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ARMAGH UNION. -- There are at present in the workhouse 257 pauper inmates. At corresponding date last year there were 260. The average weekly expense of supporting a pauper is 1s 1d.
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FREEMASONRY. -- Lord Dungannon has subscribed £10 towards the erection of a masonic hall in Armagh. Several other liberal subscriptions were previously received, including, we believe, one from the Duke of Leinster, the grand master of the ancient craft in Ireland.
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FRAUDULENT PORK-DEALERS. -- A woman named Mary Cavanagh, who travelled from the County Fermanagh en route to Banbridge market, in the hope of making sale of a pig which had died of some distemper, was arrested in her journey, in Armagh, and brought before T. Kidd, Esq., for having such stock in her possession with the intention of making sale of it. She was fined 5s, and the carcass was forfeited. The worthy magistrate stated on the occasion that henceforth he would ascend in the scale of his fines for such grave offences.
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Shipping Intelligence.
ARRIVED.
SEPTEMBER 30. -- Glow Worm, M'Leish, Ardrossan; Camilla, Stewart, Glasgow; Rose, M'Kellar, Morecambe; Prince of Wales, M'Neilage, Fleetwood; Whitehaven, Quayle, Whitehaven. October 1. -- Vanguard, Murray, Liverpool; Stork, Main, Glasgow; Royal Consort, Humphry, Fleetwood; Tynwald, Quayle, Liverpool.
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SEPTEMBER 30. -- Glow Worm, M'Leish, Ardrossan; Camilla, Stewart, Glasgow; Prince of Wales, M'Neilage, Fleetwood; Rose, M'Kellar, Morecambe; Queen Victoria, Church, Dublin; Vanguard, Murray, Liverpool. October 1. -- Stork, Main, Glasgow; Royal Consort, Humphry, Fleetwood; Whitehaven, Quayle, Whitehaven; Oscar, M'Kinley, London.
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The Vanguard will sail hence, for Liverpool, on Tuesday, October 5, at 11 o'clock, night
The Windsor, the Trafalgar, or the Queen Victoria will sail hence, for Dublin, on Thursday, October 7, at 4 o'clock, afternoon.
The Belfast and Glasgow Royal Mail steam-packet will sail hence, for Glasgow, every evening (Sunday excepted), at 8 o'clock precisely.
The Tynwald will sail hence, for Liverpool, on Saturday (this day), October 2, at 10 o'clock, night; and on Thursday, October 7, at 3 o'clock, afternoon.
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Sailed from this port, on the 30th ultimo, the James, Wilson, for Glasgow.
Sailed from this port, on the 1st inst., the Fergus, Small, for Glasgow; and the Confidence, Michaelson, for Liverpool.
A large screw steam-ship, frigate rigged, stearing S. W. was passed on the 11th ultimo, in lat. 38 26 N., long. 14 15 W. Her signals could not be made out, but she is supposed to be the Great Britain. The Great Britain passed Madeira on the 28th August, seven days from Liverpool.
QUEENSTOWN, SEPT. 25. -- The Jemima, Graham, from Taganrog for this port for orders, was falten in with in great distress, with her decks washed, and waterlogged; attempts were made to take off the crew, but only succeeded in saving one boy, the boat being upset and stove, by the Agenoria, Howling, arrived here.
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Came down the river and sailed from Deal, on the 27th ultimo, the Island Home, for Melbourne; the Stebonheath, Sargent, sailed for Geelong. Came down the river and sailed, on the 28th, the St. George, Davison, for Port Phillip.
Cleared out at Liverpool, on the 28th ultimo, the Shackamaxon, West, for Port Adelaide and Melbourne.
Arrived at Newry, on the 27th ultimo, the Scipio, Cook, from Galatz.
Arrived at Queenstown, on the 23th ultimo, the Iowa, Carr, from Liverpool for Staten Island with emigrants.
Sailed from Queenstown, on 27th ultimo, the Momvelo, Paycurch, and, on the 28th, the Perbonotea, Hail, both for Londonderry.
Arrived at Gibraltar, on the 18th ultimo, the Harriet, M'Lean, from the Clyde.
In Dundalk Bay, on the 26th ultimo, the Marcia, Hall, from Ibrail and Falmouth.
Arrived at Liverpool, from Belfast, on the 27th ultimo, the Ernestina, Muick: the Arabian, Carey, and entered for loading for Melbourne and Port Phillip; and the Elisa and Emma, and entered for loading for Swinemunde.
Ready to sail from Charente, on the 27th ultimo, the Elizabeth, Walker, for the Clyde.
Sailed from Milford, on 24th ultimo, the Nancy, John, from Cork for Belfast, after repairing damages.
Put into Sydney, C.B., on the 24th of August, the Jane Watson, Grossard, from Quebec for Ireland, in distress.
The steamer City of Manchester, Captain Leitch, sailed from Liverpool for Philadelphia, on the 29th ultimo, with a moderate cargo and 178 cabin passengers.
The following passenger vessels have arrived at New York:-- September 12 -- The Cornelius Grinnell, Fletcher, from London and Portsmouth: the Waterloo, Harvey, the New York, Hutchinson, the Sciota, Choate, the Living Age, Snow, and the Arthur, Talbot, all from Liverpool. 13. -- The Lady Franklin, Yeaton, from Liverpool. 14. -- The Southampton, Snow, from Liverpool; and the Industry, Hurt, from Dublin. 15. The De Witt Clinton, Funch, the Liverpool, Gardiner, the Roscius, Maloney, the George Evans, Couillard, the Elvira Owens, Owens, the Charles Cooper, Cutts, the Progress, Chase, the Benjamin Adams, Drummond, and the Anna Kimball, Webster, all from Liverpool; and the Tempest, Patten, from Cardiff. 16. -- The London, Hebard, from London and Portsmouth; the Silas Greenman, Spencer (has had four deaths on her passage), and the Shannon, Thompson, both from Liverpool; the Hudson, Nelson, from Glasgow; and the Angenora, Wilson, from Cork. 17. -- The steam-ship Glasgow, Craig, from Glasgow (on 16th saw the ship Montezuma, from Liverpool for New York); the Faneuil Hall, Sears, and the Muscongus, Kelleran, both from Liverpool; and the Carrib, Mitchell, from Cardiff (on the 30th of August, spoke the Annindale, from Liverpool for Quebec, in lat. 47 20, long. 42 56, thirty-two days out) -- Below, the James Redding. from Cork.
SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE. -- KINGSTOWN, WEDNESDAY. -- During the severe gale last night serious disasters occurred to several vessels in and about the Bay of Dublin, attended, in one instance, with the loss of the entire crew. The steam-ship Herald, which left Dublin for Glasgow on Tuesday evening, had nearly proceeded as far as Lambay, where it was thought advisable to put back to Kingstown. It was then nearly twelve o'clock. The Herald was brought back in safety to the mouth of the harbour, when the anchors were cast, but did not catch hold, and were ultimately lost. The steamer then drifted about the harbour, and came in contact with the brig Jane, Robinson, and lost her top-mast and jib-boom. The bowsprit of the Jane pierced through the side of the Herald, and did her considerable damage, but no lives were lost. On this morning the Smyrna, of Workington, trading to Dublin, was discovered on the wall, close, under the Poolbeg Lighthouse, wrecked and deserted; the crew it is supposed had taken to their boat, as one, marked "Smyrna" was discovered, lying bottom upward, on the strand about half-a-mile to the South of the Pigeon-house, and not far from her lay the four bodies of the crew of the Smyrna -- namely, Peter Younghusband (master and part owner), Robert Byrne, Joseph Graham, and Samuel Lucas. The Charles Hamilton, of Troon, was stranded at Baldoyle, off Balbriggan; crew saved. About 13 small boats, upwards of £110 value, were torn from their moorings and wrecked. The Mary Dickson, 67 tons, from Liverpool, and the Nancy, 47 tons, from Cork, both for Belfast, are in this harbour.
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Births
October 5, at Crieve House, Ballybay, County Monaghan, the lady of Arthur H. Montgomery, Esq, of a son.
October 2, at No. 20, Lower Pembroke street, Dublin, the wife of John Fawcett, Esq., of a son.
October 1, at Hither Green, Lewisham, the Hon. Mrs. Spring Rice, of a son.
October 1, in Belmullet, the lady of the Rev. P. Foley, of Pulathomas parsonage, of a son.
October 6, at Bloomville, Roebuck, the residence of her father, C. Macartney, Esq, the lady of the Rev. William de Burgh, of a daughter.
Marriages
October 5, in the First Presbyterian Church, Killileagh, by the Rev. A. Breakey, Mr. Hugh Brown, Tullychin, to Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. Hugh Hays, Corporation, near Killileagh.
October 5, in St. George's Church, Dublin, by the Rev. George Barton, the Rev. Thomas Woodward, vicar of Mullingar, to Frances Eliza, daughter of Robert Barlow, Esq., of Anne Brooke, Mullingar.
September 23, at St. Margaret's Church, Horsmonden, by the father of the bride, Edward John Briscoe, Esq., of Riversdale, County Westmeath, to Anna Rebecca, eldest daughter of the Rev. W. M. S. Marriott, rector of Horsmonden, Kent.
September 30, in Cairncastle Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. S. A. Hamilton, of Ballynure, Mr. Robert M'Minn, of Ballylaggan, to Eliza, daughter of Mr. Thomas Alexander, of Dunturksy.
October 3, at Annaghlone, by the Rev. John Mooney, P.P., Mr. John Ligget, of Dromore, to Miss Rose, second daughter of Mr. M'Evoy, of Annaghlone, near Katesbridge, County Down.
Deaths
October 2, Mary, wife of Mr. David Cooper, Donaghadee.
October 5, at Newtownards, aged 43 years, Isabella, wife of Mr. Robert Jelly, innkeeper.
October 5, at the Manse, Ballymena, Annie, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Dobbin, aged 3 years and 2 months.
October 5, at No. 8, Lancaster-street, Belfast, Mr. John M'Naughten, aged 62 years.
October 5, at her father's residence, Mall Wall, Derry, Henrietta, eldest daughter of Mr. Walsh.
September 27, at Munich, the Count Maximilian de Lerchenfeld Brennterg.
October 4, at Belgrave-square, Monkstown, in her 17th year, Ellen, third daughter of J. J. Murphy, Esq., Master in Chancery.
October 2, at Cheltenham, aged 58 years, S. Davies, Esq., M.D., late of the Bengal Medical Service.
October 2, in Upper Gardiner-street, Dublin, aged 88 years, Miss Anne Walshe, sister of the late General Walshe, of the Royal Artillery.
September 30, at his residence, in Blandford-square, London, after a few days' illness, of bronchitis, Rear-Admiral William Fisher, aged 72 years.
August 31, at St. Louis, Missouri State, of dysentery, in the prime of life, James, youngest son of the late Rev. John Graves, rector of Ballingarry, in the diocese of Limerick.
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THE CASE OF THE REV. MR. MEHARRY. -- In reference to the case of the Rev. Mr. Meharry, Presbyterian minister, charged with attempting to procure the assassination of James Church, Esq, of Myroe, the following deliverance was given by the Presbytery of Newtownlimivady, on the 5th inst.:-- "Inasmuch as Mr. Meharry has so often subjected himself, by eccentric and irregular conduct, to the admonition and discipline of this court -- inasmuch as his recent offence of writing anonymous letters to a Roman Catholic priest, and offering therein a reward for procuring a person to take away human life, bears such marks of mental aberration and imbecility, as well as deep criminality -- inasmuch as this offence, arising, as stated by himself, from private and personal matters, have led him to abandon his charge, and have cut off every prospect of usefulness in connexion with it, this Presbytery feel themselves called to suspend the said Thomas Meharry from the Christian ministry, and disannex him from the congregation of Myroe. Sentence was pronounced accordingly.
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ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIFE. -- Information has just reached London, by electric telegraph, that Miss Blair, a ward in Chancery, and a rich heiress, possessing between £800 and £1,000 a-year, eloped this morning from Taunton, with Garratt O'Moore, Esq., of Queen's County, Ireland. The young lady, who was residing with her mother and step-father, Captain Meaher, and who is extremely beautiful as well as highly accomplished, is only 17, while the fortunate Irishman is verging on 40. What could have induced the parties to elope cannot be imagined, as the mother and step-father -- with whom Mr. O'Moore was on a visit -- were favourable to the match. The only assignable reason for the flight to Hymen's altar is the dread that the Lord Chancellor would not consent to the marriage, which, under existing circumstances, will, no doubt, deprive Mr. Moore of any life interest in the property beyond that of his wife's, as it will, according to the usual rule in such matters, go to the children, should Mr. O'Moore survive his wife. The affair has created the greatest excitement at Taunton, and amongst the lady's relatives in London.
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EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF IMPOSITION. -- KILKENNY SESSIONS. -- Head-constable Croghan brought forward Martin Donovan, John Donovan, Catherine Delany, Mary Crosby, and Joana Delany, all of them tinkers, whom he charged as being parties to a gross fraud committed on a respectable farmer's wife, named Mary Murphy, residing at Kilmogar, It appeared from the statement of Mrs. Murphy, who seemed to be a most innocent poor woman, and likely to prove an easy victim to the designing, that her husband has been suffering for a considerable time from dropsy, and under the professional care of Drs. Cane and Anderson, when three months ago a woman came to her and stated that she could cure her husband, and would do it if the doctors were dismissed and not told of what she was going to do. Mrs. Murphy consented, on the terms that she was only to pay the fee to the quack when the cure should be effected; however, the woman when about to concoct her medicine, or charm, declared that it should have money mixed with it, and that she should also be provided with some of the best articles of apparel belonging to the patient or his family. In this way the impostor contrived to get 5s, a blanket, a shawl, a cap, and a pair of shoes from the deluded dupe, and she then gave her three bottles of liquid, two of which were to be administrated internally, the first to effect the cure, and the second to give the patient additional strength, whilst the third was to be buried in the earth, accompanied by certain ceremonies, the remains of old Pagan rites. All those directions were complied with, but, of course, the patient grew rather worse. than better, and it was necessary to call in the doctors again. In the mean time another tinker's wife, named Mary Carty, informed Mrs. Murphy's sister of how the former had been made the victim of a cheat, and that the prisoners, who were accomplices of the chief impostor, were wearing her clothes. The result was that the matter came to the ears of the police, who arrested the prisoners. The head-constable stated to the bench that the chief culprit was not yet in custody, but that he had written to Callan to have her arrested there, and she would probably be in custody in a day or two. The magistrates resolved to remand the prisoners until Wednesday, in the hope of their having the chief swindler made amenable to justice. -- Kilkenny Moderator.
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TWO LIVES LOST. -- On Sunday, Maria Trueman, a young married woman, who had come from Scotland on a visit to her friends, proceeded, accompanied by her brothers, Wm. and Thos. Henry Turkington, from Derryinver, parish of Montiaghs, in a boat to Maghery, on the shore of Lough Neagh. On returning, their boat was upset by a squall, and the party were all thrown into the water. They succeeded, however, in getting on the keel of the boat, when it again turned over, and they all got inside; but, immediately afterwards, the boat again turned keel uppermost, when Maria Trueman and Wm. Turkington were washed away, and sank. Their father was looking on from the shore, and saw the boat upset. Assistance was immediately rendered, and Thomas Henry Turkington was saved; but an hour elapsed before the bodies of the others were found. An inquest was held the following day before Edward D. Atkinson, Esq., coroner, and a verdict in accordance with the facts returned. -- Newry Telegraph.
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SINGULAR AND SOLEMN EVENT. -- A singular and solemn instance of family bereavement occurred in the parish of Auchtergaven last week. The Macfarlanes, late farmers in Balmacollie, removed a few years ago to Fountain-garden, in the neighbourhood of Bankfoot. On Wednesday, last week, John died, and late on Thursday night his brother Peter followed him. John was buried on Saturday; and as the coffin was about to be removed, the unusual intimation was made, that the assembled neighbours were expected to return on Monday to carry Peter to his long home. But by Monday there was more work to do; their sister Margaret died on Saturday night, and the two bodies were carried to the churchyard together, and laid beside the brother, who had only preceded them by two days.
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MAYORALTY OF KILKENNY. -- It appears by the report of the meeting of the corporation on Tuesday, that a unanimous choice was made, by the members of the council, of Alderman Daniel Smithwick, to fill the office of chief magistrate of that city for the year 1853. This announcement would be received with the utmost gratification in Kilkenny by all parties and classes in the community, were it not that the same report conveys the intelligence that the gentleman elected has positively declined to accept the office. -- Kilkenny paper.
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THE O'CONNELL ESTATES. -- The last remnant of the O'Connell property in Kerry was sold last week at Tralee, under an order of the Encumbered Estates Court. But two lots remained to be sold, the nett aggregate yearly value of which was about £240, and the sum brought by the sale was £4,520, the purchasers being unconnected with the family.
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Theodore Philip Butler, a clerk in the General Post-office, has been transported for ten years for stealing a money letter. He had pleaded, in extenuation, that he had formerly been an officer in the army, and become imbued with habits of luxury and indulgence.
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AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH. -- On Tuesday evening, about six o'clock, a fearful instance of the uncertainty of life was manifested in the shop of Mr. R. Downey, of Market-street, Newry. A woman named Esther Gracy, wife of a carpenter residing in town, went into Mr. Downey's shop to purchase some candles, and while standing at the counter, apparently in good health, she exclaimed, "Lord bless me, I don't know what's come over me -- there's a great lightness in my head," -- fell down, and expired. Medical assistance was at once procured, and every means resorted to to restore animation, but in vain. The deceased was about fifty years of age, and has left a large family. -- Newry Telegraph.
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NINE MEN OF THE "MOBILE" PICKED OFF A RAFT. -- The schooner Rebecca, of Glasgow, Captain Gibson, has just arrived in the Clyde from Cadiz. On Thursday last, when a little above Tuskar, Captain Gibson saw a black object on the water, about four miles to windward, the wind being at the time about N.N.W. He at first took it to be a fishing boat, or some craft that had left a vessel in distress; but on his going to the mast-head he discovered that it was part of the wreek of a large ship. He immediately ran up his ensign to let it be known that he had seen the wreck, and would reader assistance. He then made more sail, as the vessel was double-reefed at the time, and in a short period came close to the raft. He, as soon as possible, sent the small boat to the raft, and on their approaching it, it was found that there were nine persons on it. As the sea was running very high at the time, the whole of them could not be taken into the boat at once. Accordingly, five were taken first, and the remaining four left to be taken off again; but before the boat returned, a brigantine, seeing what was going on, bore down, put out the boat, and took off the four persons already mentioned. The five picked up by the Rebecca consist of four seamen and one passenger. Two of the seamen are American, one French, and one Irish. The passenger belongs to Cornwall in England, and was proceeding to California. From the survivors on board the Rebecca we learn that the ill-fated ship was the Mobile, of Bath (in America), Captain Tarbox, from Liverpool to New Orleans. The survivors, along with seven others, who were subsequently washed off, adhered to a large part of the ship, and were about thirty hours on it, when they were taken off by Captain Gibson, on Thursday morning, about half-past ten o'clock. The sea was running very high the whole time they were on the raft, making a clear passage over them, and it was with the greatest difficulty that they adhered to it. Some of them were very much cut and bruised, and on their being taken on board they cried for joy. They were treated in the most kindly manner by Captain Gibson and his crew, who supplied them with dry and comfortable clothes, and provided such comforts as were necessary for them in their weak state. On their reaching Lamlash Bay, on Saturday night, they were supplied with more clothes by the inhabitants, who also made a subscription to assist them on their farther journey. The following are the names of the survivors:-- Robt. J. Wheeler, seaman; Andrew Curtis, seaman; Archd. Woods, seaman; Toussaint Breusk, seaman; Chris. Faull, passenger. In contrast with the above may be mentioned the disgraceful conduct of the captain and crew of a large steamer coming up channel. Early on Thursday morning (the morning on which the men were picked up), a large steamer, with a white funnel, coming up channel, passed close by the raft. A boat was put out, but, as if no one would venture into it, it was sent adrift, and, by mere accident, it struck the raft. It was, however, stove in by striking, and no farther effort was made to save the unfortunate sufferers. Had a boat been sent from the steamer, and properly managed, more might have been saved, as some dropt off the raft, seeing that they were left to perish when assistance might have been rendered. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 4. -- We have made further inquiries as to the loss of the Mobile, Captain Tarbox (not Fusher), and ascertained from Messrs. James Browne & Co., the consignees of the ship, that she sailed from this port on Tuesday morning last, with between 55 and 60 passengers, and not 40, as before stated. Being favoured with a fair wind, she pursued her course at a rapid rate, and at midnight the captain went below, leaving the second mate in charge, with strict injunctions to steer West-South-West, and to see that he (the captain) was called at two o'clock, or sooner if the weather assumed a more threatening aspect. The wind at the time the captain went below was blowing a fresh breeze from East-North-East, with a heavy sea, which increased to a violent gale; he was, however, not called until two o'clock. On coming on deck, the captain inquired whether the ship had been steered as he ordered, and then found that the second mate had misunderstood the orders given to him, and had ordered her to be kept on a West-North-West course, which had carried her directly on a lee shore, from which it was found impossible to extricate her, although every human effort was made. We saw two of the men who were saved, and from them we learned that she had 18 men before the mast, a cook and a steward, who, together with the captain and first and second mates, made a total of 23 hands. The steward's wife was also on board the ship. From the above it will be seen that the loss of life will be upwards of 70 souls, instead of 60, as previously reported. -- Liverpool paper.
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UPSETTING OF ANOTHER LIFE-BOAT. -- Intelligence has been received of the upsetting of another of Beeching's prize life-boats, which was nigh being attended by as disastrous a loss of life as the trial trip of a similar boat, at Lytham, near Liverpool. One of these boats, intended to be stationed at Post Madoc, arrived at Carnarvon, on Thursday evening, and on the following morning, Mr. Jackson, the surveyor of the port of Carnarvon, accompanied by several beachmen from Port Madoc, proceeded to try her in the Menai Straits. They pushed off opposite the town, and when about three-quarters of the distance over the channel, a squall caught the boat, which carried at the time a large lug-sail, and she was thrown on her beam-ends. The wind was blowing very fresh from the South-West, and a strong ebb tide running. All efforts to right the boat failed, and she eventually turned keel upwards. The occurrence being witnessed from the pier and shore, assistance was speedily despatched to the crew of the overturned boat, who were hanging to her side. The ferry steamer and the life-boats of the port, with other crafts, made all haste to the rescue, and eventually succeeded in preserving the poor fellows, who had suffered much from fear and immersion. The boat, after some difficulty, was towed ashore, and it was said, with what truth we cannot state, that when righted the two end air boxes had water in them. The mishap with such a boat has created much excitement. -- Sun.
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TERRIFIC GALES -- SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE IN THE CHANNEL. -- On Wednesday, accounts were received from the various outports, detailing numerous casualties to shipping during a terrific gale, which are described by the seamen who were caught in it as most terrific in its violence, and disastrous in its effects. The storm did not prevail from one point, but shifted about from S.S.W> to N.N.W. backing against the sun, and was accompanied with heavy rain, and at intervals with thunder and lightning. Above 200 vessels sought refuge in Bridlington Bay on Tuesday, and Ramsgate harbour is crowded with vessels, most of which have either sustained damage to their spars, bulwarks, and rigging, or lost their anchors in the Downs. The Princess Royal, contract mail packet, with the Hamburgh and Bremen mails, was obliged to put into Harwich, and land the mails at that port; when off Southwold, on Tuesday morning, she fell in with the crew (nine seamen) of the Ondine, of Whitby, wrecked on Sizewellbank, and conveyed them and their boat to Harwich. The Alta Agent, from Shield, for Venice, was totally lost on Tuesday night, on the Scoroby Sand, thirteen of the crew were saved, but the captain and one boy were drowned. The Ann, Thirton, master, of Skerries, foundered on Monday night in Drogheda Bay, and four of the crew were drowned. The Venetian brig Theresa, from Queenstown, for Newry, struck on the Long Bank, coast of Wexford, on Monday morning, and immediately went to pieces; the owner and eight of the crew clung to part of the wreck, until rescued by a pilot cutter. Captain Genare, the mate, the owner's son, and a Queenstown pilot (name unknown), were drowned. -- Two vessels were wrecked close to the pier at Boulogne, Tuesday morning, one with wine, a few casks of which and the crew, with the exception of the captain, are saved; the other was loaded with sulphur (name unknown), but the accounts do not state whether the crew were saved or not. The Elizabeth, Boyne, master, from Halifax, for Havre, with mahogany, was obliged to run for the Downs in a gale from S.S.W.; the weather being thick, she ran on shore near St. Margaret's Bay, and the crew were with great difficulty saved by the Kingsdown and Walmer boatmen. As the weather continues boisterous, with a tremendous sea running through the Downs, and a heavy surf on the shore, it is expected she cannot hold together. The brig Euphemia, of Blakeney, struck on the Shipwash, on Monday evening, and foundered soon after off the Whiting; the crew saved themselves in the boat, but young Mitchell (the captain's son) slipped in getting into her and was drowned. Several other vessels have been stranded, but expected to get off, and the crews have been safely got on shore. A few derelict vessels and three bottom upwards have been passed in the channel, but in consequence of the violence of the gale and heavy sea, their names could not be ascertained. The accounts from the Western coast represent the shore and bays to be strewed with portions of wreck, cargo, &c.
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AWFUL DEATHS BY LIGHTNING. -- The beautifully situated village Sutton, Valaree, Kent, on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 28th, was the scene of one of those awful storms that have been so prevalent in this and many other localities during the year. Its duration was but brief, but its effects most deplorable. On Tuesday morning early, a heavy shower fell, which continued until about 4 o'clock, p.m., when the storm was observed to have been gradually working up from the South-West and across North-East. At half-past four, vivid flashes of lightning, attended by crashing peals of thunder, followed each other in rapid succession, rendered more terrible by its exceeding nearness, while a perfect deluge of rain and hail seemed released by each successive discharge. Alarm spread widely of some approaching catastrophe, nor was it groundless; for on a hopfarm at the end of the village, belonging to Christ's Hospital, and tenanted by a Mr. Walter Stunt, the hop-pickers, in number about 20, driven by the rain to desist from their work, took refuge in the oasthouse. On this the storm, which had now lasted for about an hour, after a momentary cessation, dealt the fatal stroke. Four of the number, three men, and one woman far advanced in pregnancy, were killed instantaneously by the shock, while of the rest some were knocked down, and others received, as they represent, a violent blow on the head, rendering them for the moment insensible. The scene in the oasthouse, described by an eyewitness, must have been fearful and painful in the extreme, filled, as it was, by a dense vapour, the agonising shrieks of the terrified inmates, and the dead and all the dead and senseless bodies. The chief violence of the shock seems to have been in the centre of the building, in a which line the greatest effect was produced. Two of those who were killed were on the groundfloor, the other two almost immediately over their heads on the floor above. The bodies were but little disfigured. -- The poor woman was set on fire both at her head and feet, her shoes were completely torn off, and the nails in them partially drawn. One of the men had a steel watch guard round his neck; this was completely fused, so that it crumbled on the touch, while of the watch the glass was cut in two, and the works and case more or less injured. Another had his leggings torn off as well as his shoes. I saw the place on the morning of Wednesday, when the sight was deplorable indeed. -- Times Correspondent.
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REPRESENTATION OF LISBURN. -- We heard it rumoured yesterday, that the representation of Lisburn, vacated by the appointment of Sir James Emerson Tennent to the joint-secretaryship of the Board of Trade, is about to be filled by Admiral Meynell, who sat for the borough in several Parliaments.
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DEATH BY FALLING FROM A SCAFFOLD. -- On Thursday morning a poor labouring man, named Matthew Valleley, met with a violent and sudden end by falling from a scaffold in Ann-street, at the coroner of Victoria-street. He had been drinking during the morning, and was in a condition rendering it somewhat dangerous for him to be upon the scaffold. His fellow-workers remonstrated with him, and endeavoured to dissuade him from going up till after breakfast; however, he despised the caution in language as intemperate as his own state, and began to work. Towards eight o'clock he was ascending the ladder carrying a bucket of water, and when he had got to the top and was about to step on the scaffold, the weight of the bucket overbalanced him, and he fell to the ground. Death was almost instantaneous. He has left a wife and mother in a state, as may be reasonably supposed, of great misery and destitution. An inquest was held in the course of the day, when a verdict of "Casual Death" was returned.
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SHAMEFUL CRUELTY. -- Mr. Tracy, yesterday, on the information of Constable Hall, of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, sentenced a man named John Barry, to pay a fine of 10s and costs, with the alternative of 14 days' imprisonment, for having broken the bills of some fowl!
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CROWN SOLICITOR FOR TIPPERARY. -- George Bolton, jun., Esq., of Nenagh, has received a highly complimentary communication from the Attorney General, notifying his appointment to the situation of sessional Crown prosecutor for this county, in the room of the late Patrick Kirwan, Esq. -- Nenagh Guardian.
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ARRIVALS IN LIVERPOOL BY THE "EUROPA" FROM NEW YORK. -- Drs. Clark, Smith, and A. B. Hall, Messrs. G. C. Colburn, Ely, J. H. Haynes, F. Cathermoor, S. M'Lean, R. W. Nesbit, Fernando Abascal, Saunders, Jessup, Lynill, R. Badnall, Ramsden, Philo, M. Mills, Fielding, Hutchinson, G. Westenholm, T. Appleton, Lindsay, C. Kuhn, J. Florin, J. Anderson, R. Bishop, Urquhurt, Smith, and Dunn.
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COPYRIGHT BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. -- The New York Literary World says that the "international copyright question between England and the United States is 'under consideration' at Washington; and so thoroughly has the way been prepared in public opinion, by a diligent examination of the topic, through the press, that we anticipate no substantial and valid bar to its early settlement."
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FIRE. -- A fire, which caused serious loss of property, broke out on Wednesday morning, on the premises of the Rev. Mr. Bleckley, about one mile from Monaghan.
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CASE OF DROWNING AT IRELAND'S EYE. -- ARREST OF THE HUSBAND OF THE DECEASED LADY. -- It will be in the recollection of our readers that the body of a young lady, Mrs. Kirwan, was found on the beach at Ireland's Eye, some weeks ago. From the evidence adduced at the inquest, which was held by Mr. Davie, the county coroner, it appeared that the deceased lady and her husband, who is an artist, were in the habit of crossing from Howth, where they had Summer lodgings, to the island, where Mr. Kirwan used to sketch, and Mrs. Kirwan ramble about and bathe. They went over, as usual, on the morning of the day of her death, and, on landing, desired the boatman not to return for them until eight o'clock in the evening. At four o'clock, the boatmen were taking back the only other party that had visited the island that day, when Mrs. Kirwan came down to the landing-place, and repeated the instructions to the boatman to return at eight. He did not return, however, until nearly nine, when he found Mr. Kirwan alone in the dark at the landing-place. Mr. Kirwan said that he could not find his wife -- that he had been searching the whole island for her, and that he felt very uneasy, as he had discovered no trace of her. The boatman landed and joined in the search, and at nearly ten o'clock, the unfortunate lady's body was found at a place convenient for bathing, her head partly jammed between two rocks and her feet in the water. She had her bathing-dress and bathing-boots on. The boatman having drawn the body out of the water, Mr. Kirwan instituted a search for the clothes, which he found very near on the high ground. The body was removed to the boat, rowed across to Howth, placed upon a jaunting-car, and carried to the lodgings. Such was the meagre, melancholy tale which the coroner elicited. There was no post mortem examination, and the jury returned an open verdict of "found drowned." The only question implying a doubt on the part of the coroner was an inquiry which he made of the boatman as to whether Mr. Kirwan appeared much affected or distressed. The result of the inquest appears not to have been by any means satisfactory in certain quarters. The officers of the detective force have been at work with their usual secrecy; and whatever may have been the general product of their labours, one of their movements was made manifest yesterday (Thursday) afternoon, in the arrest of Mr. Kirwan, who was carried before Mr. Brownrigg, at the office of the Inspector-General of constabulary, whence, after a brief examination, he was remanded to Kilmainham jail, from which he will be removed this morning to Howth, there to undergo a public examination before the magistrates at twelve o'clock. In the meantime, we understand that the warrant of the coroner has been obtained for the exhumation of the body of Mrs. Kirwan, in order that a post mortem examination may, if now possible, be made. -- Freeman.
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WIVES AT A PREMIUM. -- An Oregon correspondent of The Commercial Advertiser, in speaking of the famous Oregon land law, which gives a mile square of land to every actual settler married before a certain date, says that it set the whole country astir, and everybody got married that could. The scarcity of marriageable women, however, was such that, in some instances, girls of 14, 13, 12, and even 11 years of age were married, in order to secure the land perquisites. -- New York Herald.
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Shipping Intelligence.
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ARRIVED
OCTOBER 7. -- Glow Worm, M'Leish, Ardrossan; Laurel, Boyd, Glasgow; Fire Fly, Brown, Fleetwood; Prince of Wales, M'Neilage, Fleetwood; Rose, M'Kellar, Morecambe. 8. -- Vanguard, Murray, Liverpool; Stork, Main, Glasgow: Royal Consort, Humphry, Fleetwood; Erin's Queen, Fudge, London.
SAILED.
OCTOBER 7. -- Glow Worm, M'Leish, Ardrossan; Laurel, Boyd, Glasgow; Fire Fly, Brown, Fleetwood; Rose, M'Kellar, Morecambe; Whitehaven; Tynwald, Quayle, Liverpool; Queen Victoria, Church, Dublin. 8. -- Stork, Main, Glasgow; Royal Consort, Humphry, Fleetwood.
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The Vanguard will sail hence, for Liverpool, on Saturday (this day), October 9, at 5 o'clock, evening; and on Thursday, October 14, at 8 o'clock, evening.
The Windsor, the Trafalgar, or the Queen Victoria will sail hence, for Dublin, on Thursday, October 14, at 9 o'clock, evening.
The Belfast and Glasgow Royal Mail steam-packet will sail hence, for Glasgow, every evening (Sunday excepted), at 8 o'clock precisely.
The Tynwald will sail hence, for Liverpool, on Tuesday, October 12, at 8 o'clock, afternoon.
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DAYS OF SAILING OF PACKET BOATS. -- Southampton station:-- Mails are despatched from London, every 7th, 17th, and 27th of every month for Lisbon, Spain, and Gibraltar. On the 20th of every month only, for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, Ionian Islands, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China. 2d and 17th of every month, for British colonies, in the West Indies (except Honduras and Nassau), foreign colonies, in West Indies (except Havannah), California, Venezuela, New Granada, and Grey Town. 2d of every month only, for Mexico and Havannah. 17th of every month only, for Honduras and Nassau. 17th of every month only, for Chili and Peru (mails for Chili and Peru will be forwarded also on the 2d of each month, but only as far as Panama). 9th of every month, for Lisbon, Madeira, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Falkland Islands. Plymouth station:-- Evening of 14th of every month, for Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Ceylon, India, &c. Liverpool station:-- Evening of every Friday throughout the year, for British North America, Bermuda, and the United States.
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Arrived in Belfast Lough for orders, and proceeded to Strangford, on the 5th instant, the Purchase, Captain Wyman, from Yarmouth, M.S., with deals, &c. -- Thomas G. Folingsby & Co., consignees.
Arrived at this port, on the 8th instant, the Hampton, Borne, from Riga.
Sailed from Queenstown, on the Sth inst., the Arcturus, Lewis, for Belfast; the Wredan, Matinch, and the James Francis, Rose, both for Londonderry.
Sailed from Kingstown, on the 4th instant, the Widow, Simmons, from Ibrail for Belfast.
Arrived at Bombay, on the 30th of August, the Tara, Hamilton, from Aden.
Arrived at Aden, on the 3d of September, the Eliza Pirrie, M'Wha, from Liverpool.
Arrived at London, on the 5th instant, the Emulous, Clark. of Belfast, from Grenada.
Arrived at Liverpool, on the 5th instant, the Conquest, Parkman, from Belfast.
Cleared out at Liverpool, on the 4th instant, the Mary, M'Callum, and on the 5th, the Candia, M'Dowell, the Mary Ann, Houton, and the Laverock Scott, Lamont, all for Belfast.
Arrived at Falmouth, on the 4th instant, the Boadicea, Mackay, from Batavia.
Arrived at Quebec, on the 10th instant, the Colonist, Alexander, from Liverpool; on the 17th, the Christine, Evensen, from Belfast.
Entered for loading at Quebec, on the 11th ultimo, the Freya, and the Pearl, both for Belfast.
Cleared out at New York, on the 20th ult., the Yankee Blade, Grey, for Newry.
Arrived at St. Helena, on 21st of August, the Coriolanus, Rhind, from Bombay, and sailed for Liverpool.
Sailed from Londonderry, on the 30th ultimo, the Provincialist, Shields, for Philadelphia.
Sailed from Calcutta, on 13th August, the Marchioness of Londonderry, Young, for Bombay.
TROON, OCTOBER 3. -- The Favourite, Delargy, of Belfast, from Dublin, got on shore on the rocks at the back of the harbour, but it is expected that she will be got off to-day.
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