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      roasters appear to have been blown over and to have £ rme down with every soul on board , without the slightfst dianoeVese nting ' itself of saving the unhappy creatures Theloss of vessels and lives has been very great , and upwards of an hundred vessels have been stranded . The vicinity of Kilrush was nigh being the scene of a most shocking shipwreck . The Owen Glendower , a fane Sent of nearly J 30 tons burden the property of Mr . William Moore , of Waterford , and which had on board , in addition to its owner , Mrs . Moore , Mrs . Massey , Miss Llewellyn , and a crew of eleven men , was caught in the gale in making for the Galway bay ; and when almost a i Island oft island

      e __ ,- ..- . , ~ » nnr » pr ) . was observed off Arran nerfect wreck as reported , was observed Arran D ; a San bark , which had left Galway a day or so previously with emigrants for New York . The master , Mr Hein , after going as near the wreck as possible , nad the boats ' lowered , and after much difficulty and peril succeeded in preserving all who were on board . The yacht had been in the most dangerous position for upwards of thirty hours , and the sufferings of those on board may probably be imagined . Mr . Moore made a most magnificent donation to the captain of the bark for the promptitude and humanity he had displayed in rescuing them from the wreck .

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      MURDERS AND SUICIDES . One of the most fearful murders that has been committed for some years was discovered in the Wyndhamroad , Camberwell , on Tuesday morning , a respectable tradesman in that vicinity having cut the throafs of his three young children and destroyed himself . The name of the father was Anthony Fawcett , aged forty-three , and on Monday he took possession of a grocer ' s shop at the corner of Queen ' s-place , Wyndham-road , lately occupied by Mr . Stockham . He brought with him his wife and three children ; Emily Fawcett , six years and a half old ; Frederick , one year and seven months ; and Mary Ann , ¦ who is badly wounded . He seemed to have been greatly disappointed with his bargain , and grumbled very much

      to his wife on Monday , but nothing in his appearance indicated he would attempt such a horrible deed . On Tuesday , a little after seven o ' clock , the family got up , and his wife dresed the two elder chidren and took them down stairs to breakfast , leaving the baby in bed up stairs . While the children and father were at breakfast in the back parlour at eight o'clock , the wife ran out to convey two letters to the post-office , which is only two or three hundred yards off the street . On her return she found her two elder children with their throats cut , and on proceeding backwards she perceived her husband cutting

      his throat in the back kitchen . She immediately ran out and alarmed the neighbours , when police-constable Edward Shanvill , who was on duty near the spot , entered the house , and instantly proceeded to the back kitchen , where he found the murderer lying under the sink , quite insensible , wilh blood gushing from his neck . He took him up , and found a large table-knife in his grasp , which he had cut his throat with , and at the time he was not dead . A doctor was directly sent for , and Mr . King , surgeon , of Camberwell , attended , but death took place a few minutes after his arrival . On the constable

      entering the back parlour he discovered Emily , aged six years and a half , lying dead , with her throat dreadfully cut , under the window ; and Mary Ann , sitting nearly opposite , with hers also cut , but not effectually . Dr . King , as well as other surgeons , who had been called in , attended to the latter , and there ii every likelihood that the poor little girl will recover . On proceeding up stairs the constable perceived the younger child with its head hanging out of bed , quite dead , its throat cut , and the bed deluged with blood . There can be no doubt that the father committed the murders with three knives , as a large bacon knife , covered with blood , was found in the bedroom , a table knife in the back parlour , and another

      in the man's hand . They all appeared to have been recently sharpened . Superintendent Lund , of the P division , was shortly on the spot , when directions were forwarded to the Coroner of the horrible circumstance . As soon as the news got spread about , thousands of people assembled about the house , and it required a number of police to keep order . The Coroner ' B jury ant on Thursday , but proceeded no further than the identification of the bodies , and the proof of the causes of the death * The details arc very harrowing , and an intense excitement prevails in the neighbourhood . The inquest is adjourned until Mrs . Fawcett and the surviving child are able to f ^ ive evidence .

      A painful sensation was created on Tuesday forenoon iu the Stock Exchange , by the shocking death of Mr . Intfle Kudge , a stockbroker , who committed suicide at tin ? countiiig-houao of Mr . Kouth , also a member of the Stock Kxhange , in Thro ^ aiorton-street . Late on the Haims evening Mr . W . 1 ' aync , the City Coroner , held an inquest on the body of the unfortunate gentleman , at Mr . Itouth ' H office , before a jury of nineteen inhabitants of the ward , when the following facts were adduced : — Mr . Itu * l ^ o was a young member of the Expunge , having only been connected with it . some four or five years , lie was very highly respected in the City for his upright and business like conduct . Mr . Uouth , in con-Mqucnce of being intimately acquainted with thedeceased

      luul allowed him permission to transact his business at . bis counting-house , No . . ' 52 , Throgrnorton-strect , he not . having an oflice of his own . On Mr . Routh reaching his eounting-hou . se on Tuesday morning ait eleven o ' clock , he heard from his clerk that Itudge whs in the private r «> om , where he had been about a quarter of an hour . Mr . Kouth at once proceeded to the apartment , And found the ' «> dy lying on the floor of the water-closet attached to the """ ; " * ' immediately culled in assistance , and hentfor Mr . Chance , a hurgeon in the neighbourhood , who pronouin ; cd the unfortunate man to bo dead . A wineglass wiih oui . ' m tnt ; table containing th <* remiiins of prushic acid , -a Uriel exuininution of the body by the medical gentlct ? UIUi n " " ° llmt tlu ; < 1 «' t : < 1 " < l bad perinhed from " < lleaH ol that poison . On hit * peruon wuh found a > H < lod pwtol rmd . a knife . Some letters also wore

      discovered . They were examined by the Coroner , and one ran nearly to the following effect ; dated September 29 , 1851 , addressed to Mr . Forster : —• " Dear Sir , — -When you have received this I shall have ceased to live . I have never done any good to myself or any one else about me . I knew this must come , a long while . I hope some will take pity on my poor wife and children ; do what you can for those helpless creatures ; I dare not think of their unhappy condition . I have had the means of death in my possession now more than two weeks . " The letter then ente red into s ome business transactions , showing the state of his affairs , and which it may be unnecessary to give . It concluded by imploring his friends not to forget his little ones , and wishing them good bye . It was signed " Ingle Rudge . " Mr . Sewell , surgeon , of Fenchurch-streetand other gentlemen who were

      ac-, quainted with Rudge , spoke of his disordered state of mind , from which it would seem that he laboured under the impression that he would never be able to do any good for himself and family , and that he would always be unfortunate . Tuesday being settling day at the Stock Exchange , he found himself not in a position to meet certain demands , his account at his banker ' s being considerably short of the sum required ; but which could have been readily averted by application to the committee , who would doubtless have extricated him from his difficulties . He was seen on ' Change about ten o ' clock , and it is presumed that the dread of meeting his difficulties induced him to commit the melancholy act . After some remarks , the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity . He has left a widow and two children .

      The body of a woman has been found in the Regent ' scanal . On Wednesday , a woman threw herself off from Blackfriars-bridge into the river . A cabman has stabbed a man to death with a pitchfork . In addition to these metropolitan catastrophes , the body of a woman who had been first violated and afterwards murdered , has been found near Frome , Somerset . A verdict of " Wilful Murder " against some person or persons unknown has been returned .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . Mr . Alderman Hunter is the Lord Mayor electof the Corporation of London . The new Sheriffs of Middlesex were installed with all due ceremonial and observances , on Wednesday . Their names are Mr . Richard Swift and Mr . Thomas Cotterell . The revising barrister , Mr . Macqueen , has admitted the claim of the Brothers of the Charter-house to vote for the borough of Finsbury .

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      The Exposition is now attended by a mixed and various crowd , in numbers nearly equalling the amount at any period . There are even new objects of interest added to some of the departments ; notable , a piece of Californian gold , said to weigh three hundred pounds , and to be worth £ 3500 ; and a beautiful agate cup in the French department of Frornent Meurice . Large numbers of rustics are among the visitors . The ceremony of formally opening the new college which has recently been erected by the Independent denomination of Dissenters in the Finchley-road , fct . John ' s-wood , took place on Wednesday . The new college is the result of a union of three existing similar institutions at present belonging to the Independentsnamely , Coward , Homerton , and Cheshunt Colleges . The Catholic Defence Association have issued their

      address to the public . It is of great length ; but the gist of it is the same as the resolutions of the aggregate meeting at the liutunda . It is to be observed that it is signed " Paul Cullen , Archbishop of Armagh , and Primate of all Ireland . " The National Parliamentary Reform Association held a soiree on Monday evening at the King ' s Head , in the Poultry . Mr . Rupert Kettle presided . He also occupied the chair at the London Tavern on Tuesday night , when Mr . George Thompson was entertained by a body of his constituents , supported by the leading members of the Association . The resolutions agreed to expressed the confidence of the mooting in Mr . George Thompson and Parliamentary Reform .

      An effort is being made on the part of the Early Closing Association to prevail on employers to close their shops during the winter months at seven o'clock . It was agreed at a recent meeting , held at Exeter-hall , that a deputation should immediately wait on the shopkeepers of the metropolis for that purpose . It was mentioned at the meeting that Messrs . Shoolbred and Co ., of Tottenham-court-road , consented to the change , and intend to close at seven o ' clock even on Saturday nights . Eleven sermons were preached on Sunday , at . different churches of the metropolis , in aid of the society ' s object .

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      1 hillips k patent , lire unnihilator , which has of late attracted so much notice , was tested , at the north dockworks , on Tuesday last . A timber house , specially erected , was first wet in flames , and in almost a moment , by means of the machines , the fire was extinguished . The same success attended the effort to put out a large reservoir of ti ; r which had been ignited . A vessel in the Siindon Basin wuh ulterwnrdH iired , and the flames quenched in the satn <> effective way . —Liverpool Albion . The Submarine Telegraph has been completed , and carried to the Calnin ntution of the ( Jreul Northern

      Ruilwuy of France . Early on Monday morning congratulatory ihchsiirc . 1 to the President of the French RepuBlic w «; ie sent direct from Kngland to Paris , also to the King of Prussia , mid the Emperor of Austiia , at Herlin and Vienna , and messages were also tnwinmitted to London from the principal cities in Kurope winch were includ . « 1 in the Continental system of telegraphic coi . ummication . During the whole of Moniluy , the town of CJaUiH pirsenied the unpearunce of a fete , and numbers , <>| the inluibltautb crowded on the ruinuurlh , watching with interest und wonder the various

      experiments which weTe tried with the submarine wires . J ? a . i j ^ ,, ? . u ent 5 J tain ment was given at the Hdtel de Ville to those English gentlemen , promoters of the undertaking who were on the spot , and had assisted in its completion . '

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS .

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      Oct . 4 , 1851 . ] «»* »*«* # *» 941

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      The Ottoman Porte has distinctly prohibited the construction of the . Egyptian railway , for which a contract has been signed between Abas Pasha the Viceroy of Egypt , and Mr . Stephenson the engineer , without the authorisation of the Porte being first had and obtained The Porte demands proof that " the annual revenues of Egypt present a surplus sufficient to meet the expenses necessary for the construction of the said railway . Moreover , " continues the note , " your Highness ought to give the most formal assurance that new taxes shall not be created for this object , —that the actual taxation shall not be augmented—that the'inhabitants shall not be forced to work gratuitously , and , lastly , that no recourse will be had either to a loan or to foreign companies . " It is said that Abas Pasha intends to persevere , and also that the Porte intend to enforce its prohibition .

      On Monday evening ( week ) , there was , we understand , a gentle " run in" at Osmondthorpe ; result , several coal waggons heels up . On Tuesday morning , there was a less gentle run in at Garforth ; result , two engines disabled , one tender broken to atoms , several carriages heels up , and one throwing somersets over the engine . Is it too much to expect , week after next , to have to announce the least gentle smash at Milford Junction ?—Leeds Intelligencer .

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      BIRTHS . On the 24 th of September , at the Rectory , Hertingfordbury , Herts , the wife of the Honourable and Reverend Godolphin Hastings , of a daughter . On the 25 th , at Wood-end , the Lady Greenock of a daughter . On the 25 th , the wife of Dr . Sheridan Muspratt , JF . R . S . E ., Liverpool , of a daughter . On the 27 th , at Longford Castle , the Viscountess Folkestone , of a daug-hter . On the 28 th , at Major-General Vernon ' s , Hilton-part , Wolverhampton , the wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Vernon , Coldstream Guards , of a son . On the 28 th , at Tckivorth-park , Bury St . Edmunds , the Lady Alfred Hervey , of a son . On the 30 th , in Berkeley-square , the wife of Edward Rigby , Esq ., M . D ., of a daughter . MARRIAGES . On the 14 th of March , at Otago , New Zealand , by the Reverend Charles Creed , Alfred Chetham Strode , Esq ., Resident Magistrate and bheriff of Otago . third son of Admiral Sir E . Chethara Strode , K . C . B ., K . C . H ., of South-hill-house , near Shepton Mallet , Somerset , to Emily , second daughter of the late William Bortow , Esq ., of Cottenham-house , near Banbury , Oxfordshire . On the 5 th of September , at Florence , Major the Chevalier de Knebcl , in the Emperor of Austria ' s Service , to Henrietta J . Paulett de Gourcy , youngest daughter of the late Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel de Courcy , and granddaughter of John , twenty-sixth Lord Kinsale . The bride was given away by the Prince Frederick de Lichtenstein . On the 22 nd , at St . George ' s Church , Ramsgate , Alfred Lowe , Esq ., Consul for the United States at Civita Yecchia , Roman States , to Mary Ann , eldest daughter of Paul Dahnc , Esq ., oi ' Mile-end , Middlesex , and ltomfonl , Kt-sex . On the 22 nd , at the parish church of St . Mary , Cheltenham , Arthur W . Jones , Esq ., Bombay Civil Service , son of the lata Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Jones , K . O . B ., to Mariannu Russell , third daughter of the late Major Francis Russell Eagar , her Majesty ' s Thirty-first Regiment . On the 23 rd , at Alderley , Cheal ire , by the Reverend Arthur 1 * . Stanley , Canon of Canterbury , the Karl of Airlio , to Henrietta Blanche , second daughter of Lord Stanley , of Alderley . On the 25 th , at St . Michael ' s , Toxteth-park , Liverpool , ( lie Reverend J . S . Ilowson , M . A ., Principal of the Collegiate Institution , Liverpool , to Mary , eldest daughter of John Cropper , Esq ., Dingh bank . On the 25 th , at Charlton Kings , Gloucestershire , Hugh Darby , only won of the Reverend Edward Pryne Owen , M . A ., of Bettushall , Montgomeryshire , and Roderie-house , Cheltenham , to Harriet Eliza , only daughter of the late Samel Smith , Khq ., Hon . E . I . C . S ., Madras , and granddaughter of the late Sir James Anuesley . On the 26 th , : it St . Anne ' s Church , Isle of Man , by the Uiglit Honourable and Right Reverend Lord Auckland , Bishop of Hodor and Man , the Reverend Henry Macdougall , M . A ., chaplain to her Majesty ' s Foices at Nassau , Bahamas , to Frances Hale second daughter of Major liitcnn , of SuaflvM , in that island . On tin : 26 th , at the Catholic Chapel , Sheptou Mallet , by tho Reverend Robert Havers , ami afterwards at St . John ' s Church Kant Hoiringlon , WelU , Somersetshire , l > y the ltevcrend II . \ V Barnard , M . A ., canon of Wells , mid vicar of St . Cuthbert ' s Wl'IIh , the Lord Hiiiitingtowcr , of Grosvciior-squa , re , to Katheriiic Elizabeth Camilla , youngest daughter of . Sir Joseph Burke , Bail , of Ulinek Castle , county of Galway . DKAT 1 IS . On the I'Jth of September , George Pitt , the eldest son of tlio Right Honourable Sir George Henry Ro-e . On the 2 ; Jrd , Mrs . June Cliorley , Chester-square , Pimlico . agrd Hevent . v-t . wo . On the 21 th , at Worthing , William Henry ligoLt , Kmj ., youngest bun of the late Admiral James Pigott . On the 2 Jib , at . Cote d'I ngouville . Seine Infeiieure , Fining , in liiH twelfth year , Francis William , fourth sou of l , e Pasteur Frederic . Monod . of Paris . On the 21 th . aged sixty-four , at his residence , ( irove-houue , IVunnck Tigar , Kkm ., Mayor of Beverley . On the 2 r > th , ut Gloucester , Joseph Ma / . ziui , infant son of Mr . J . Mcrrin . On the 2 . » tb , at . High Hum , Somerset , at the residence of her win , the Reverend J . tntf . t Roe , Catherine Surah , widow of I lir Reverend Thomas Koe , rector of Kirby-on- Bain , Knt . liy , Lincolnshire , and daughter of Captain John KI |> ljinHl <> ne , K . N ., admiral in the service of Russia under ( lie Kinprcsti Culhei'inn . Oil t , hr L'Hlh , ut . Sliathmoi e , ( . ' anudit We : it , Arnold UnbiiiHiin Burrowes , Keq ., of Beuaith , North Wales , lute ( , ' apUin in tlio Coldnlream Guilds , ami Aide-de-Canip to Vincniiut Berc-hfoi ' il ( luring the IVniiiHulai War . Oil the iiHth , nl Boiilogne-Mii ' -Mer , Mnjor Alexander Gordon . Fast India Company ' s Service , Madr . iH Presidency , iigcil Hixty-oiui . On the ' . 'Dili , itt Illackhealh . l . ady Nelt . hoi pe , widow of the Into Sir Henry ' Ncllhnrpc . Bail .., of Scuwby , Lincolnshire , a ;< tl sevenly-one . On the , 'iUth , Louisa Cicorgina , second daughter of Sir Fiancm D «! HU . UgUH , At Lyonn , in tho oUty-lilth yoar of hid age , ( Jeorgu , Lord Ciiltliorixi .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 4, 1851, page 941, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1903/page/9/