Birth
On the 30th ult., at Castleward, the Viscountess Bangor, of a daughter.
On the the 31st ult, the wife of Mr. John Doran, Lurgan, of a son.
Marriages
On the 2d inst., in Alfred-street Church, by the Rev. George Shaw, Mr. Joseph Anderson, of Belfast, to Amelia, fifth daughter of Mr. Samuel Jardin, Derrihore, near Dungannon.
On the 3d inst., in St. Anne's Church, by the Rev. T. F. Millar, Vicar of Belfast, Mr. Roger Davies, Chief Gardener to Lord Gosford, Markethill, to Jane, second daughter of the late John Mitchell, Esq., Donegall-pass.
On the 4th inst., in the Presbyterian Meeting-house, Ballycarry, by the Rev John Stewart, Mr. Robt. English, to Miss Margaret Adrain, both of Larne.
In Lurgan Church, on the 1st inst., by the Rev. W. P. Oulton, Humphrey Sample, Esq., of Kilkenny, to Miss Sweeny, of the Cottage, Lurgan.
On the 26th ult., by the Rev. D. Potter, Captain John M'Ferran, of Carrickfergus,to Susanna, second daughter of Mr. Thomas M'Ilwain, Druid's Cottage, Islandmagee.
Deaths
On the 3d inst, Ellen Jane, the beloved wife of Mr. James Mateer.
On the 2d inst., at Seaview Cottage, Belfast, Susan, wife of George Thompson, Esq., Solicitor, Banbridge.
On the 29th ult., Mr. John Osborne, of Altaghaderry, aged 89 years.
On the 30th ult., at his residence, Ballymacarrett, Mr. Jas. Kirkpatrick, grocer, in the 55th year of his age.
On the 26th ult., at Rostrevor, Euphemia Georgina, infant daughter of John Murray, Esq., Belfast.
On the 25th ult, Ellen, wife of Mr. Robert Mussen, Lisburn, aged 49 years.
On the 23d ult., at Magherafelt, formerly of Rathfriland, in the 38th year of his age, Mr. Richard P. Fisher.
On the 28th ult., at 13, Upper Albany-street, London, Ponsonby Tottenham, Esq., fourth son of Lord Robert Ponsonby Tottenham, Lord Bishop of Clogher.
On the 31st ult., Mr. James Kennedy, of Lurgan, famed for his good humour, and an inexhaustible fund of wit.
On the 21st ult., at his residence, Ballykennedy, Killead, Mr. Jas. Sinclair, aged 82 years.
Clippings
What can be a greater proof of the excellency of JOHN CASSELL's COFFEES than the fact, that families have been so pleased with their deliciousness, strength and flavour, as to induce them to write to their friends at a distance, urging the use of articles so luxurious and pleasant to the palate. Hence tradesmen write, "I have been applied to by numerous customers for your Coffees, which friends have recommended them to obtain, and stating that no coffees they have ever tasted can be compared to yours. Please, therefore, send me the terms of Agency." JOHN CASSELL'S COFFEES enter more largely into the consumption of the people of this country than any other; and for this simple reason; that while they are unsurpassed in richness, strength and flavour, they are obtainable at prices usually paid for very inferior kinds.
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DREADFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT. -- On 29th ult. a melancholy accident occurred in Lurgan, to a young man named Beatty, It appears he had been out shooting during the day, and whether from having overcharged the gun, or from some other untoward circumstance, it burst, and the breech struck him in the forehead, shattering his head in a dreadful manner. He lingered in great pain until Monday morning, when he expired.
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Mr. Reynolds this day succeeded to the reversionary interest for a twelvemonth in "the Gold Coach," versus the cats, and dogs, superseded. -- Dublin Evening Packet, Tuesday.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
Mr. Heyn, the Treasurer of the Belfast General Hospital has received the sum of £30, from W. J. C. Allen, Esq., J.P., being a portion of balance of funds for charitable purposes.
The Committee and Treasurer of the Public Baths and Wash houses, thankfully acknowledge the receipt of £50, from W. J. C. Allen, Esq., J.P., a portion of the balance of a fund which had been entrusted to him for benevolent purposes.
The Rev. W. Crotty, Galway, acknowledges to have received £1 from Miss Hamilton, Mount Vernon, also £1 from Miss Ellen Hamilton, by which he has been enabled to give relief to thirty-two poor families at Christmas.
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EXCISE PROSECUTIONS.
ON Tuesday se'night, Mr. O'Rorke, at the instance of the Collector of Excise, sued Mr. Nathaniel Duncan, of Cromac Street, a respectable Spirit Merchant and Grocer, for trans-shipping to Whitehaven, without due permit, 28 gallons of Irish manufactured whiskey.
Mr. O'Rorke was for the Excise Commissioners, Messrs. Davison, Seeds and Collins on the other side.
The evidence in the case was as conclusive and regularly prepared as the Excise could get up. It was briefly as follows:--
Two tide-waiters from Whitehaven deposed that they, in consequence of information seized upon Whitehaven quay, three puncheons -- on examining which, they found them to contain, inside, three kegs, containing 28 galloas of Irish whiskey.
Other witnesses deposed that the casks were brought from the street opposite Duncan's house, and that a passage of his house, close to his hall, was sometimes used for curing pork. No evidence whatever was given that Mr. Duncan was the shipper of the whiskey.
The carman, Neal Brown, who carted the goods from Cromac Street to Queen's-quay, deposed that he had been paid by one person for doing so, and that he had been engaged by another person. He swore that he did not know either of these persons.
The Mayor was pressed to go into a second information against Duncan, but refused to take it up, on account of the lateness of the hour. Judgment in the first case was also postponed until Saturday.
On Saturday, judgment was given for the defendant, in the first case. In the second he was convicted, and fined in the mitigated penalty of £75 -- two-thirds of the penalty sought. In the other case, Mr. O'Rorke gave notice of appeal on the part of the Crown.
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NOTICE.
ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS ON THE Estate of the late Mr. ANTHONY SCANDRETT, of Hillsborough, are requested to furnish same forthwith; and all persons indebted to said Estate are peremptorily required to pay their accounts before the 1st February, 1850, to Mr. Thomas Scott, of Hillsborough; or to
Mr. HENRY SEEDS, Solicitor, Lisburn.
December 29th, 1849.
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AN INDULGENT LANDLORD. -- William Cather, Esq., of Newtownlimavady, is draining this year ou a very extensive scale. Mr. Cather last year paid his tenants, out of his own pocket, £2 an acre for draining, and is doing the same this year, and this without charging a single fraction of interest. Independently of the above, he has made a new road through his property, for the farmers' accommodation, at his sole expense. -- Londonderry Standard.
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THE UNIVERSITY. -- A requisition is in course of signature, convening a meeting of the constituency of the University, to petition Parliament in favour of the restoration of protection to agriculture. -- Saunders.
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Shipping Intelligence.
ARRIVALS INWARDS. -- At this port from Alicante, on the 1st inst., the Venus, Tait. At Queenstown, on 31st ult., the Baracoa, of this port, Tullidge, with a cargo of sugar, for Belfast.
ARRIVALS OUTWARDS. -- At Mobile from Belfast, on the 6th ult., the Eliza Morison, Finlay. At Leghorn from the Clyde, on the 16th ult, the Sea Bird, Rea. At New York from Newry, on the 16th ult, the Nanette.
SAIlINGS INWARDS. -- From Rotterdam for Newry, on the 29th ult., the Margina, Smith.
SAILINGS OUTWARDS. -- From Glasgow for Kingstown, Jamaica, the Great Britain, Wilson. From Liverpool for New Orleans, on the 1st inst., the Erin's Queen, Campbell. From Liverpool for Savannah, on the 1st inst., the United Kingdom, M'Mullen.
CLEARED. -- At Elsinore, from Belfast for Memel, on the 19th uit, the Alexander, Albrecht. At Elsinore, from Memel for Belfast, on the 22nd ult., the Neptunus, Summer. At Savannah, tor Liverpool, on the 13th ult., the Chieftain, Cotter.
SPOKEN. -- Nov. 16, the Euterpe, from Cadiz, for Rio Janeiro, lat. 7 N., long. 22 W. The Arab, from Liverpool for New Orleans, 1st Dec,, lat. 28 N., long. 35 W.
CASUALTIES.
BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 30. -- A vessel went down, at her anchors, in the bay, last night; reported, by the ships riding near her, to be the Phoebe, of Shields; crew drowned. The brig Equivalent, from Sunderland, for London, was brought into this harbour, this morning's tide, having yesterday, at 3 p.m., while riding under the Smithick, been struck by a sea, which swept the decks, carrying away companion, galley, boats, stanchions, and bulwarks, stove in the main hatches, and strained the ship materially, by which she became very leaky. The crew were all damaged, and the carpenter had one leg fractured; was obliged to stip from both anchors and whole chains.
The Sailor Prince, of this port, M'Kechnie, from Liverpool for New Orleans, with 375 passengers, and cargo of salt, went ashore, on the 12th November, on Con Crow Island, fifty miles south of Cape Zatucha, Yucatan. The passengers and crew disembarked on the island. Captain M'Kechnie went to Campeachy, 200 miles' distance, for assistance. He was gone 12 days when the ship was spoken by the schooner Emily. The ship was then ashore 14 days, and there was not food enough for the passengers and crew. Her passengers were all landed in safety, but several had died from exposure.
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DAYS OF SAILING OF PACKET-BOATS. -- Southampton Station:-- Mails are despatched from London, every 7th, 17th, and 27th of the month, for Lisbon, Madeira, Spain, and Gibraltar. 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, Nassau, and Bermuda), foreign colonies in the West Indies (except Havannah), and Venezuela. 2d of every month only, for Bermuda, Nassau, New Orleans, Mexico, Honduras, and Havannah. 17th of every month only, for Madeira, Jacmel, San Juan de Nicaragua, New Grenada, Chili, and Peru. Falmouth Station:-- Evening of the 4th of each month, for Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres. From August to January, inclusive, the packet touches at Pernambuco and Bahia, on her outward passage to Rio Janeiro, and the other six months, on her homeward passage. Liverpool Station:-- Every alternate Friday in December, January, February, March, every Friday, during the remainder of the year, for Halifax, N.S., Newfoundland, Bermuda, and United States, Canada, Prince Edward's Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Halifax excepted. London station:-- Last day of every month for Sydney, New South Wales.
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The cost of bringing a barrel of wheat from Longford to Dublin market is 3s., while we can bring one from New York for 1s!
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A RICH BEGGAR. -- John Hughes, an exceedingly wretched looking street mendicant, brought before the magistrates at the City Court-house, Limerick, on Thursday, had in possession 14 sovereigns, four £ notes, £2 in half-crowns, and 9s 11d in smaller coin. He wept bitterly on being informed (jocosely) that his booty was forfeited to the Crown, and was sentenced to ten days' imprisonment, to be maintained at his own expense.