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TiOID'S SEWWAPES , Mb . John 'VTatkws , Mb . Wk . CabjektbSj A » n Mb . Q'Cokjtob . —For some time past the pages Lloyd ' s WieUy Newspaper have teemed with the most atrocious and infamous libels on Mr . O'Connor , from the pen of Mr . John "Watkins , who has conceived the most inveterate aud rancorous hatred towards that gentleman , because he would not aid him Jn his mean , unprincipled , and scandalous attempt to bu 2 d np for himself a trade , as publisher and bookseller , on the ruin of old established tradesmen ; and whonow omits no opportunity of spitting ou this spiteful renom and hitter matignity on the head and name of tfceman whom he formerly bepraised and beslavered to nausea , when he was trying to wheedle him to the support of his nefarious purposes . These libels have
appeared in almost all manner of shapes t in letters signed " Iictor ; " * in letters signed "An Independent Chartist ; n in pretended letters from Northampton , agned " Old Chartist ;'' in letters to Feargus O'Connor ; " inletters to "T . S . Duncombe , M . P . ; " in " Addresses from the Independent Chartists of Marylehonef in " Addresses of the Independent Chartists to T . s . Duncombe , M . p , f the whole and several of them , without a angle exception , being the production of the defeated assassin of tradesmen ' s credit , Mr . John Watidns . In these productions all sorts of crimes hare been laid to Mr . O'Connor ' s charge- With falsehoods * emostsrosS 3-mmfeTn 5 caGonstliemoStWICk . efl ; With perversions the most horrible ; have they been stuffed . In them Mr . O'Connor is directly charged with
knavery ; with hypocrisy ; with deceit ; with cheatery ; with peculation ; with breach of trust ; with theft ; with treasonable practices ; and even with xuc-quikg ifsdf ! Kow , though the public generally would know now to estimate the worth of such statements , when proceeding from Mr . John "Watkms in his own name , — they having had some opportunities of judging of his probity and honour , — -the case is somewhat different when they appear under anonymous signatures , in a widely circulated paper , which , to the multitude , would seem to hare no interest in damaging Mr . O'Connor ' s fame , or in resorting to unfair and disreputable means to run him down . Accordingly Mr . O'Connor has felt himself baund to notice the continued torrent of libellous slander which the conductor , of Howl ' s Weekly
Newspaper has permitted the former ruthless assailer of the characters of his most dear and intimate friends to pour out from behind the screen : and tie maimer of notice he has properly determined shaU be such as will enable the dastards who malign him to prove the truth of their infamies , if they are at all able . Iu appealing to tbe law he had three courses open . He could have proceeded by criminal information , —and if ever case deserved that process , surely the present one is that case , as far as the author and the inserter of the atrocious articles are concerned , could tiie ^ have been reached . But , though before a criminal information couldbe ' eibtaineditwould be necessary that every allegation complained of should be denied on oath by the parties seeking the protection ofthe law , and by those
who were conversant with the facts , still i t would not be competent for the defendant to plead , or prove , the renin of his statements in justification of his course ; nor show that , being true , he was rendering a service to society by exposing the wrong doer : therefore , tfiot course was out of the question . An indictment might bavebeen preferred , to which the defendantmight plead ihe truth of the libels , and show that the publication of them was calculated to he of general benefit ; and this would be noto held ^ thanks to Sir John Campbell's late Ifoel law—an answer to the complaints of the plaintiff , and a bar to a verdict against the defendant ; but still if such plea should he made , and the defendant / oil in establishing it , it is held by the law to he a gross aggravation of tlie original offence , andinvariably calls down
ihe marked reprobation of tbe court in additional punishment : and the punishment , in case of a conviction , must be either imprisonment for any period not exceeding three years ; or a fine ; or both ; at the discretion of tlie court . It also happens that the only party that Mr . O'Connor can reach in this case is the party least to blame for the publication of tlie libels . He can only proceed against the proprietor or publisher of thenewspaper in which they appear . Hr . Lloydisbothproprletor and publisher . Therefore he is tlie only person that can he got at . There is reason to believe that he has not knowing !) sanctioned the insertion of the atrocious falsehoods and fabrications complained of ; but that he has left the " getting out " ' of his paper in the hand of his editor , who does know the alleged fads to he
untrue , scandalous , and malicious ; and who therefore is as much to blame for inserting tlie productions as tlieir spiteful and venomous authorin writing them . Still Mr . Llovd is the only party that can be made answerable : and to place him in a position where he WOUld have to answenrith his person , would be what no man of honourable feeling would attempt if there was any other course open , less harsh , less harassing in its consequences , and more effective for his own purpose , — the justification of his own character . That course is open : and Mr . O'Connor has determined to avail himself of it He can bring an action at" civil" law ; and to that action the defendant may plead and prove the truth of his statements if he can . If he does so , it is a complete answer . He-has not to show , as in the case
of an indictment , that publication tended to general benefit ; he has ldrely to prove that what he has said is true . * and if lie does so , the plaintiff is driven out of court . Full oppor tunity is therefore given to the assailants of character in this case to establish their allegations . If they fail to do so ; and if the att-cks , as in this case , have been systematic and pkbsevered is after contradiction , the law very properly interprets the action as one prompted by malice and devilism , and causes the offender to make such reparation to tbe injured party , as twelve men in their judgment shall deem it fitting to award . This , then , is the state ofthe case . The publication of infamous and lying statements is systematically persevered in , after full and complete contradiction has been given to every one of
the charges . This shows that the parties to such publication are prompted thereto by the most deadly malice and rancorous hate . Three courses are open to Mr . O'Connor to obtain satisfaction for this most scandalous proceeding : and he has determined to adopt that Which wffl give his assailants every advantage , and place himself in their hands for a thorough sifting and examination before the face of the country at large . This determination he announced in tlie Star of January 18 th , by stating that he should afford Mr . Lloyd an opportunity of proving the troth of the many atrocious and lying statements inserted in his paper . That announcement caned forth the fohoning notice in Lloyd ' s
WecHyNttcspaperoilast wetk . from the pen of the Editor : —" "W . F . —Yes , we had heard ofthe threat , but we are not to be frightened by the threats of Mr . Feargus O'Connor . Is he to abuse men ad ti & ttam , and no one to say a word against him ? It is odd that men who are unsparing in their abuse of others should be most sensitive themselves . O'Connor has a paper of his own , to refute anything capable of refutation . B y going to law he would show that he could not defend himself hy argument . Can't he do himself justice without calling in the aid ofthe lawyers ? He was imprisoned by the Whigs for libel , and is he the man to bring an action for libel ! It would look as if he wished to use the
law for vengeance , not for justice , and to stifle the free expression of opinion by persecution . Is this consistent with his position as the champion of freedom , or as a member ofthe press ? But he wiU not do It . "Sow tius is about as impudent a thing as was ever penned , Mr . O'Connor Tias contradicted every one of Mr . WatkJns ' s charges . He has used argument and fact too ; and proved beyond the possibility of doubt , that aU ' of Watkius ' s statements were false and malicious . This fact is well xxows to Mr . Wm . Carpenter , the writer of the foregoing notice , and the weekly inserter ef Mr . John Watkius ' s diatribes . He knows , moreover , of Mr . Watldns ' s malicious disposition ; for he knows that the same worthy incited to the assassination of Mr . Carpenter's best and dearest friend—the man who
helped Mr . Carpenter to his present situation , when be was literally starving for bread ; and he knows also that no man was more loud in his condemnation , or expressed greater horror and detestation than Mr . Carpenter did , at what he then called "the hellish maUgnity of his present coadjutor . And yet , after all this ; with this knowledge both of thefectsof the case and of the » " »" , 3 Ir . Carpenterinserts weekly effusions from feat same man , wherein is directly charged robbery , tyieft , peculation , treasonable-practices , and hah-killkg ; and when the parry against whom all this ** ' xioliciou ^ ir aimed , complains and takes steps to &»* tie matter thoroughly sifted , Mr . Carpenter hupaflcnuy- says that "Mr . O'Connor has a paper & Ks own to refute anything capable of
refuta'jou 5 " During Mr . Carpenter ' s varied course through life he has stood in need of no common stock of -Assurer—much more than the ordinary run of men ° e * a . ; bat , great as must have been the draw on that * tockhi « aBeqf hU situations ; needful as he has oftentunes felt it to be to "brazen it out , " where most men would have quaUed ; we doubt whether he ever perpetrated anything so sheerly and so purely impudent as ^ e above . What 3 does the Northern Star exist for no ^ a- purpose than to he eternally " refuting" the ma" ^ onsfihrications and dastardly lies of John Watidns fai William Carpenter ! Are they to be suffered to i terate and reiterate their false accusations , when such ^ nations have been met and " refuted" a hundred "" to over ? Is there to be no end to such malignity—» o stopper on such malice prepense / What would Mr . J ^ Pentersiy if we were to trace hi * progress through e ffel "WhjmtlnroughMsmany windings ; tellofhis
^ "na ousavocations , both literary , behgious , and not ~ a Patter-down of prostitution ; recite Jus own descrip-J * tf his numerous "wSereobouts" and designations , ' * » m PbiTCGAL-siBEET ; ask what droeea . wife hOoa v * ?* ' ^ d who it is that has heen elevated to take ^ tfaceathedand board : suppo se we w ere to act thus , ^» addition , do as Mr . Carpenter permits Mr . < $ * Watk U 3 S to do , fabricate lying charges of theft , * o ™ auau ' a , and ofMJK-Knxi . se : wha ^ we ask , ^ *^ U " . Carpenter say , were we to doaUims , and ^^ in the doing of it , after the party to whomit ^ Jn tended to apply had " refuted '' every item of ^» R : vkat , we again ash , would Mr . Carpenter say , jq * p dotiusiu such a case , and then meet his » ^ na to have ihe falsehoods pvob « d to the botj ^ /^ n t he exclamation that "Mr . Carpenter has a « 6 a - < Wn * ° » te anything capable of refuta-*& t t ^ *? going to law he would show that ' he canisVj , j ** himself b y argument . ' » He would surely for ' ^* e m atter of assdhasce and muss he ?<* r 'IrT ** * ' « ronce however , Mr . Carpenter , " * - »*« iwe win fail -von . Mr . O'Connor " triU do
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it .- " He win give you an opportunity to prove what you have promulgated regarding him ; and if you neglect to embrace and use such opportunity to the full of your power , you will add one more laurehf of the sort ) to the many with which your brows are already graced . The observation that " men who are unsparing of their abuse of others are most sensitive themselves , " is to cs peculiarly Weft .- for we happen to know how sparing the A ' orttern Star has been of this same Mr . Carpenter , - and we cannot help but contrast our treatment of him with the treatment he has thought it proper to adopt towards Mr . O'Connor . Some time ago Mr . Carpenter "went in " as partner with another person , as proprietors of the Southern Star . For that paper Mr . O'Connor— " thief ,
peculator , and sa ? s-xix . x , x 8 . " as he was—was solicited to become surety by both " partners , " Mr . Carpenter as well as the other . He consented . He did more : he aided the parties to the full extent of his means in their desperate venture . In a short time the two " partners" quarreUed . Deadly wasthecontestbetween them . We know not , nor care not , what was the cause of quarrel ! only that each party roundly accused the other of " doing " the " concern ; " but we have to do with this fact , that the one " partner" sent statements of the treatment he had received at the hands of Mr . Carpenter for insertion , in the Xortliem Star , in which he accused him of theft , of swindling , and of almost ercry conceiveable crime of which a tradesman can be guilty ; not one word of which teas inserted . We were at
all events in * at ease " sparing " of " abuse" towards Mr . Carpenter ; and dearly we have had to pay for it , not only in the present grateful return by Mr . Carpenter himself , hut in envenomed and bitter hatred of the "partner" whose " abuse" we then "BURKED ! " From that moment that man became a deadly enemy . Up to that time , every line , and every word , that he had sent to the Star had been inserted ; most of them paid for at a dear rate . The " abuse" of Mr . Carpenter was thefirst syllable ofthe "partnery productions that was « -BUHKED " byus : and that "burking"Mr . Carpenter ' s "par tner" never forgave ! TMwas the cause of all the ill-feeling ; the rancorous antipathy ; the embittered venom , that the " partner" has since exhibited . To this We have to add the heart-burnings , tbe feuds , and the divisions caused in the ranks of the movement
party , consequent on such piqued feeling ; and the price we have had to pay for being " sparing" of " abuse " to Mr . Carpenter has indeed been enormous ! He has , however , now taught US a different lesson . Wesliall not be " sparing" again ! and though we shall not " abuse , " we shall tell of him as he is ! Mancuxstek Cobbespoxdejjt . —Xo room this week . Tbos . Webb , Stockport : —TVe beUeve the chai-ge for a summons , Is ., is correct . Another is , for serving it can also be charged . The whole question of Magistrates' fees is likely , however , to come before the legislature .
T . B ., Stockport . —Mr . Pitkeithly ' s , address is Buxtonroad , Huddersfield . B . HrsiPHBiEs , Xottijjcbam . —It is out of our power this week . A Six TTeabs' Subscriber . —If he be able to prove the fact of adultery , he is exonerated from the charge of maintenance ; but a refusal to work would not so exonerate him . A man takes a wife to "keep "—not to " work , " either for her own livelihood or his . H . Allem , EDINBURGH , had better transmit by letter or circular the substance of his communication , to the members of the club for whom it is intended . It is * hardly matter for publication . Fbamcis Smith , Cossop Colliebt . —We dare not publish his communication . In the first place he is a
perfect stranger to us ; and although all he says of the Church-parson and his doings may be perfectly true , yet he has given us no means of ascertaining that such is the case : and the expenses we have been put to , in warding- off prosecutions for hbel in similar cases make US now hesitate long , and have perfect satisfaction that we are justified by fact , before we insert such complaints . S . Jacobs , Bristol . —The publication of the plan would be premature . The first thing to effect is to get aU the Trades to moxefor a conference . Get all of them , or the major portion of them , to take up the question in earnest —and to determine to be represented in the conference . Then , when tftis is done , the subjects that ought to be considered on by such conference should be mooted ,
and canvassed by the different Trades , that instructions may be given to the delegates , when chosen , how best to compass tbe desired ends . An object of paramount importance with such conference will be a plan of consolidated organisation ; and any suggestion how this is to he accomplished wiU be of aid and service : but we apprehend the framing of the plan itself should he left to the delegates when assembled . Of course , parties in all parts of the country can prepare what may seem to them the best plans for accomplishing such object , and submit them to the conference : but we respectfully suggest that harmony and co-operation will be best secured by refraining from the publication of any plan until the conference is assembled . -Wewishtoputit out of the power of any querulous parties to raise the
cry afterwards that the conference was only called together to give consent to a plan " ready cut and dried " to their hand . It will have far more weight with the Trades generally , if what is done is wholly and solely the act ofthe delegates , after collecting all information and attending to aU suggestions , that may be laid before them . These hints we commend to the attention of our Bristol friends . A Subschibeb , SHErnELn . —Like him , we think the note in question is a receipt , and not a promissory note . True , it does not set forth what the money acknowledged in it was received for , whether for a debt due , or , as the holder of it now alleges , for money borrowed . Can our correspondent say what sort of a stamp tbe note bears ? If it be a receipt , it wffl be a receipt stamp ;
and though undefined in its terms , still , if appended to an account of the amount set forth , would be perfect !} 'intelligible . As it appears to us , no man with a grain of sense would lend money on such a note . But let not this deter the widow from her purpose . If she administers to her deceased husband ' s effects , and if the claim set up in the note should be held to be vaUd , which wo more than doubt , jfie will not he involved only to the extent of the effects she administers to . If there be nothing to satisfy such claims , she will not have to find means herself . Bobert Wild , Mottbam . —It win be better to wait , and see the issue of Mr . Cawley ' s visit , berate any other steps are taken . The sending of that gentleman by
the Hon . Mr . Tollemache , and his promise to see that every cue who desired , had allotments , redounds much to his honour . He has in this matter so far proved himselfto be above the little petty spites and considerations of his underlings ; and we have now no doubt but that he will carry out his intention in a proper manner , by taking care that all who desire shall have an opportunity of applying their labour to the soil , that they may enjoy the fruits . Thomas Higgins , Castle Douglas . —We really cannot advise him . He can do nothing but furnish himself with the necessary proofs that he is the heir , and go himself to prose cute his claim . Addbess to the- Fbiekds of Humanity and Justice amoks aix Nations . —Headed as above we have
received an address too lengthy for our columns to give entire : the fallowing extracts contain its pith and purport : —Brethren , —We who presume to address you are a few persons belonging to different countries , who , recognising "the Universal Brotherhood of Man , " are desirous of seeing some efforts made towards the carrying out of a principle so often acknowledged , so seldom practised , and so frequently violated . All men being " oreftren , " should surely seek to promote each other ' s happiness , whatever may be their individual country , creed , or colour . All being brethren ,. should evidently stand on an equality to determine what political and . social arrangements are best necessary to promote the welfare of all . All being brethren , possessing various powers and capacities of mind and body , have surely equal claims to hare those powers developed and culti . -vated , so as to cause them to become good and useful
members of society . All being brethren , whose lot is cast in various climes and countries , but whose labour is more or less required in all , should , in justice , stand on an equality to perform some useful labour or em ployment , and have the fruits of their industry and fru gah ' ty secured to them . All men of aU countries , being connected by their wants aud necessities , should surely live in amity and peace , freely exchanging their productions , and benefitting and improving all by the labours and fruits of ««* , But in what way is this righteous principle recognised , in what are called " the civilised nations of the world "« Is it not for the most part mere lip response of momentary feeling , a hollow sentiment of sympathy or charity , rather than a practical principle of humanity and justice ? Is it regarded in our social or political arrangements ? is it practised in our trade or commerce ! is it thought of in our wars and
devastations ? is it recognised by our rulers , governors , or teachers ? The almost universal reign of oppression and injustice throughout the world will answer "JJo !" Perceiving , therefore , that selfishness , force and fraud are everywhere allied against the just interests of the many , and that this alliance is productive of misery so extensive , of injustice so universal , and of humanity everywhere so trodden down and degraded , we appeal to you , jnenundtoomCMo / aKnattona , whose natures have been quickened by the essence of humanity , whose minds have been awakened to justice , to join heart to heart and mind to mind , in an earnest resolution to improve , exalt , instruct , and reform society , in all conntries , among all nations . We would implore you then to make common cause with the oppressed—to blend Tourvoiceswiththeirsmademandforjustice—to devote your talents and energies in quickening and directing societto thesta
the mental and moral energies of y e - blishing of free and equal institutions throughout the t world , under which intelligence , peace , and happiness » may beunwersally established , in place of injustice , oppression , cruelty , and wrong . Not that we would incite you to outbreaks or violence ; for we have faith in the mental and moral combinations of men being able to achieve victories for humanity beyond tbe force of armies to accomplish . What is wanting are men armed in all the moral dating of a just «^»_*™** ; solved at iffl risks to pursue andaohieve then- righteous object , let but the same daring , « ifld ' ' . res ° ^ which have so often warred with tyranny , and so often been worsted in the conflict , be o ™ e ™ ratyW M anddirected , and citadels , armies , and « W ^ ^ soonlosetbeirpowerforevil . Convinced that tiiesubjecte noon which we have addressed you are abo ^ e all StUmA sectarian , orparty views , andtha ^ ooumen
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of all opinions and of aU countries should be united in the good work , we have for sometime past laboured to effect a better understanding between reformers of nil nations . We possess neither rank , wealth , nor station , considered so necessary iu this age to command success ; but we believe we have espoused the cause of ri ^ ht , we desire to do something to aid it , and think we deserve the alliance of all those who believe that our object is good . We remain , your brothers in the struggle of humanity , " The Democratic Friends of all Nations . " Signed on their behalf , L . Oborbki , Chairman , Charles Schappeb , Hon . Sec ., 24 , King-street , Soho . Warning 19 those intending to Emigrate . —State of New Zealand . —We find the following in tbe Times of Wednesday : — "Extract of alerter , datedWeuington ,
Oct . 10 , 1844 : —I need not tell you that receiving news from home gives me no small share of consolation , and particularly under my present circumstances , for things have come to such a state here , that we are all on the point of starvation . I have made application to several captains of vessels to aUow me to work my passage home , but could not succeed , not being able to perform a seaman ' s duty . What I am to do God only knows , for I cannot get employment , and I am sorry to say 1 am not the only one . My partner , poor feUow , is Uving with the Monrees in the most miserable state ; and for myself , I am walking the beach , not knowing how to procure a meal ' s victuals : we have been
compelled to sell the land we purchased to get u ? food , for £ 6 , land having decreased in value about 100 per cent . ; and I expect in a short time people win be able to get it for 5 s . per acre . The land claims are almost in the same state as they were before the arrival of our new Governor ; he has not done the least thing to benefit the place ; if anything , he has made it worse . The greater part of our gentlemen are returning home , very much dissatisfied with the place . Tou win say this is a very short letter ; but toy mind is so distressed athavlng to write home such an unfavourable account of myself and the place , that I cannot possibly find words to make it more lengthy , < tc . "
Despotism -versus ¦ Constitctionalisx . — Aostbia and England Contrasted , —The following paragraph has this week appeared in the daily papers : — " Most of the persons who had been found guilty of political conspiracy in Austrian Galicia , in 1840 , have just been pardoned by the Emperor . of Austria . The punishment of those who were condemned to death has been commuted to Imprisonment . " How different the conduct of the Austrian despotism to that of tbe " constitutional" Government of England ! Louis Philippe , traitor and tyrant as he is , has on more than one occasion exhibited his clemency to his bitterest political enemies . The King of Prussia has done the same ; the Austrian despot follows their example . But not so the liberal Queen of England . In this country felons
have been liberated from the hulks , but no mercy has been experienced by political offenders . On the contrary , the English Government appears to have been actuated by as revengeful a spirit as that wliich inspires the Pope and his precious protege , Madam Musoz , to the commission ofthe bloody deeds by them perpetrated . If the Government of this country have not carried their vengeance to the same extent , it has been because both law and public opinion was opposed to them so doing . But that they are moved by the same spirit is too evident , when the torturings of the imprisoned Chartists , and the continued persecution of Frost and his fellow sufferers are remembered . Despotism is a bitter curse ; but the mockery of constitutionalism , aud the humbug of liberahsm , is a thousand-fold more detestable .
John let , Cabrisoton . — The dimcultv he speaks of does exist . The shares could not be transferred with , out a stamp , i . e ., if the erection was made by a company of shareholders . But the difficulty may be got over by the parties forming themselves into a Benefit Building Society , and enrolling their rules . Then no stamp is required on the transfer of a share . James E . Duncan , and G . Cowley . —Received . Mrs . Ellis' Committee . —All friends desirous of assisting this law-made widow , and her bereaved orphans , are respectfully solicited to forward their contributions to Mr . T . M . Wheeler , General Secretary , national Charter Association ; or Mr . Benjamin Newley , Treasurer , 12 , White-street , Bethnal-green-road , London ,
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MONIES liECEITED BY MR . O'CONNOR . executive . £ b . d . A Sew Year ' s Gift from the female Chartists of Rochdale 1 10 0 SUBSCRIPTIONS . Prom Kilmarnock , per James Cathey ., .. 050 From Newport ^ Isle of Wight .. .. .. .. 057 victim fund . From Newyort , Isle of Wight 0 2 10 RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SUBSCRIPTION . S . d . S . d . Crown and Anchor 0 2 0 Truro .. . ; .. 030 Marylebone .. .. 037 Manchester .. .. 2 40 Norwich .. .. 0 10 0 Rochdale .. .. 068 Colne 0 7 6 Oldham .. .. 071 Burnley .. .. 0 9 9 } WaterheadMiU .. 026 Marsden .. .. 000 Heywood .. .. 021 Barnoldswick .. 010 Todmorden .. .. 015 0
cards and books . Burnley , card .. 030 Barnoldswick , books 0 1 ,- 0 Oswaldwhistle ,, 012 Acerington . one ditto 0 0 C Sawley . .. 003 Ditto , three .. .. 006 Camborne .. .. 010 Oswaldwhistle .. 008 Penzance .. .. 046 Camborne .. ' .. 008 Truro 0 16 Penzance , account-St . Ives .. .. 009 book .. .. 040 Bromsgrove .. 080 Rochdale , ditto .. 040 Colne , hand-books 0 19 DONATIONS . Colne 0 2 6 Clitheroe .. .. 006 JENEIN MORGAN . A Brother Milkman , Sub-secretary , ditto 0 4 6 Norwich „ ., 006 WIS . ELLIS . Mr . Flower , Brighton ' 0 2 6 Leeds , coHected after Mr , Jackson ' s lecture .. 113 10
DDNCOMBB TESTIMONIAX . T . Prescot ^ Bedditch 0 2 C A few friends , ditto 0 3 2 E . Cooke , ditto .. 026 The various Sub-secretaries are hereby informed that all subscriptions , & c , intended to appear in the ensuing balance-sheet , must be immediately remitted . Those localities who have not furnished me with their votes relative to the ensuing Convention , are requested immediately to send them , that the returns may be published . THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER .
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IxQUEsi asd Committal of Two Men ior Manslaughter , at Manchester . — On Friday , and by adjournment , on Monday , an inquest was held before Mr . Chapman , the borough coroner , on the body of a youth named William Hobinson , who died in consequence of injuries receiyed on the night of the 18 th ult . The deceased , whowas seventeen years of age , was a stripper in a factory , and lived with his parents in Portugal-street ; and the persons by whom the injuries are alleged to have been inflicted are two young men of the names of Thomas Bullock and Edward William Madgwick ; the former a hairdresser , occupying a cellar in Swan-street , and the latter a shopman in the service of his father , a cap and shoemaker , in the same street . John Cafiaghan , of
Foundry-street , spreader in a card-room , stated that about half-past eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , the 18 th ult ., the deceased , with William Parker , fustian cutter , of Richmond-street , and himself , were passing along Swan-street , when they saw a crowd of people opposite Mr . Madgwick ' s shop , and two men were wrestling , one of whom was said to be a union man , and the other a " knobstick . " Shortly afterwards . Mr . Madgwick came out of his shop , and ordered the crowd to go off the flags , but the crowd did not pay any attention , and he returned into the shop . Immediately after this , the prisoner Madgwick came out , and asked the deceased , who was on the flags , what he had to do there , at the same instant knocking the deceased down with his fist .
The deceased got up , and would have returned the blow , but witness and Parker prevented him , and he went away towards Cable-street . The prisoner Madgwick then went into the cellar under the shop , and called " Tom , " when the prisoner Bullock came out of the cellar . Madgwick then pointed to the deceased , who had just turned into Cms-street , and the prisoners both ran in that direction . Shortly afterwards , the crowd proceeded in the same Direc tion , and witness and Parker , in following , met the prisoners and two or three other persons returning . When witness had got into Cable-street , he saw the
deceased in the arms of police-constable John Barton . The deceased was bleeding profusely from his forehead , and was speechless ; and he was brought to the Infirmary immediately . Other witnesses were examined , who deposed that they saw the prisoner Madgwick most brutally kick and strike the deceased when on the ground . It appeared , from the medical testimony , that the base ot the skull of the deceased was fractured , which caused inflammation ofthe brain ; death ensued . The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against both the prisoners ; and the coroner made out his warrant , committing them to take their trial at the ensuing Liverpool assizes .
ItesraucrrvE Fire . —On Wednesday evening a fire was discovered in the workshops of Messrs . Howard and Co ., Old-street , St . Luke ' s . While as sistance was being procured the flames progressed most rapidly , and the light ofthe fire , raging , as it did eventually , in a line of building about 100 feet long by 20 feet broad , cast a reflection around which might be seen distinctly over the whole of the city . Several engines having arrived , and the supply of water being very copious , the fire was soon got under , not however without having first caused immense damage .
Numerous Robberies bt a Female . — On Tuesday , a young woman , named Catharine fiannan , was was brought up at the Borough Court , having been remanded from the previous Friday , on a chargeot committing about ten different robberies . Superintendent Taylor stated that he was prepared to prove seven cases against the prisoner , whose practice had been to get admission into different houses , bv pretending that she was cold , and wanted to warm herself ; and on those occasions she had generally contrived to steal something . The charge was fully proved , and the prisoner committed for trial .
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Fatai Railwat . AccmENT . —Three Lives Lost . — Manchester , Tuesday Noon . —This morning a frightful and melancholy accident occurred on the Manchester and Leeds Railway , by which three unfortunate men lost their lives . The accident is in itself of a very extraordinary nature , and at present quite unaccountable to scientific men in this town . About four o ' clock this morning several workmen in the service of the company arrived at the station , and proceeded to " the engine-house to prepare engines for the early trains . Amongst the number were the three unfortunate sufferers . They were all three attached to the Ivk , wliich was stationed in one of the sheds belonging to the company erected on the line . The stoker or fireman put on his fires , and got the steam un about
halt-past five o clock . The engineer , who has been distinguished as a steady workman , was also on the spot superintending the preparation of the engine which was to lutve taken out the train that leaves here at a quarter before seven o'clock . Everything appeared to be in good order , and the engineer and firemanwei-e examining the working machinery of the engine , according to the usual custom , and in compliance with the express directions of the company . Just as the clock struck six , George Mills , the engineer , and William Alleock , thefirelnan , 'were both under the engine oiling and examining the works , when at that moment the roof of the fire-box burst , and , with a most terrific crash , blew the engine through the roof of the shed , which is not less than sixty feet high , carrying with it upwards of twenty
yards of tlie roof , and breaking it all to shatters . The engine became detached from the tender , and did it no material injury . The engine , prior to the accident , was on the middle line of rails , inside the shed , with the fire-door towards the west , but when it fell to the ground it alighted on the outside rails at a . distance of twenty-two yards from its former position , with the fire-box end towards the east ; having , in fact , turned a complete summerset in the ascent . The roof of the shed was cast into the air , and large fragments of it were found at a considerable distance . The poor fellows who were under the engine were dreadfully mutilated , and both killed on the spot ; and William Stone , one of the inspectors of the engines , was also killed . Four other men were seriously scalded . James Neilson dangerously ; John
Wainnght , very muohsealded and bruised ,- John Hall , scalded and bruised ; and another was also injured . On examining the engine , it was found not very much damaged , the whole of the working parts being uninjured , except the fire-box and the tubes immediately over it , wliich , it is said , £ 250 will repair . The copper-plates and the fire-box , which appear to be rent asunder , are five-eighths thick , and of very good material . The bodies of the three unfortunate men presented the appearance of Africans , as they lay in the room where the inquest is to be held ; they were burned quite black . Amhtional Particulars of the Boiler Explosion . —Mr . Fairbairn , the machTne-maker , who had been sent for , arrived at the spot about eleven o ' clock , and inspected the engine , which is to remain in the
same position , until after it has been seen by the coroner and his jury . Mi-. Fairbairn expressed his opinion , that , on one side of the fire-box , there had been an old fracture . Perhaps , a short notice of tlie engine may be useful , for purposes of reference . The Irk engine , No . 27 of those belonging to the company , was made by Messrs . W . Fairbairn and Co ., and was generally considered as one of the best on the line , doing its duty with less fuel than others . It was placeu on the line in January , 1841 , in which month it ran 112 milea ; and , in the four years it had been in work , it had run an aggregate distance of 70 , 800 miles . The following are the dimensions , Ac , of its principal parts : —Its cylinder , 14 inches in diameter , and 18-inch stroke ; boiler , 8 feet oh inches in length , and 3 feet 0 } inches diameter ; 97 tubes of . 14 inch ,
and six 1 J inch tubes . The dimensions of the firebox are 3 feet 5 inches by 3 l ' eet 3 jJ inches ; height above the bars , 3 feet 4 J inches ; area of the firegrate , 11 . 24 ; area exposed to radiant caloric , 52 . 87 ; area of tubes in the surface exposed to the contact of the heated air , 416 . 42 ; dimensions of steam-way to cylinder , 11 inches by 1 J inch . The two driving wheels were 5 feet 6 inches , and the four supporting wheels 3 feet G inches each . The engine , in working order , without tender , weighed 15 * tons , and cost £ 1 , 430 . It had , as usual , two safety valves , one at the command of the engineman , and the other placed beyond his controul . On examination after the accident , the former was found in working order ; but the spring-box was broken . The other was fast ; but this might have been the result of a blow .
Probable Causes of the Accident . —As the nature and probable causes ofthe accident must be inquired into , and will , no doubt , be thoroughly investigated , we may venture to intimate what appears , from hasty examination , to be the probable cause of the explosion . It appears , from an examination of the copper roof of tlie fire-box , that it must have been red hot , either at the time when the accident occurred or at some former period . At all events , it has the appearance of having been burned , and there is also the further appearance of an old crack at the place where the fracture commenced . We cannot help thinking that a space so large as eleven square feet of fiat surface , exposed to such pressure as is ordinarily used in railway engines , ought to have been protected by vertical stays from the roof of the steam-chamber . The
copper roof had been strengthened by cross-stays ; pieces of iron , two inches thick in the middle , " extending across it from side to side , and strongly bolted to the copper . These , though probably in themselves quite strong enough to resist the pressure , do not appear to us to have had any adequate abutments , inasmuch as they rested merely on the edge of the sheet copper , forming the vortical part of the fire-box—a support which , in our judgment , is not sufficient for the purpose . On comparing the facts attending this accident with those of the fatal explosion on the South-eastern Railway , in December last , . we find that the same part , namely , the top of the fire-box , gave way in both cases ; and in neither of them were there any vertical stays to connect that part with the top of the steamchamber . In the engine which exploded on the
South-eastern line , the top of the fire-box was without stays of any kind ; the maker having apparently trusted to its hemispherical form to resist the pressure of the steam . We trust that the case will undergo a very strict and close investigation ; and that , if additional stays are needed , they will bo applied , not only in engines hereafter to be made , but in those at present in . use , which may require them . The Inquest . —On Wednesday an inquest was held on the bodies of the three unfortunate men who lost their lives by the explosion of a boiler on the Manchester and Leeds Railway , before James Chapman , Esq ., and a respeotablejury . The jury assembled at the Highland Laddie public-house , and the inquiry excited considerable ¦ interest in the neighbourhood . Several witnesses-were examined , but then- evidence
served to throw no light on the cause of this frightful accident . The inquest was adjourned till Monday , when it is expected that some gentlemen of experience will be present , to explain , if possible , the cause of tlus dreadful catastrophe . Appalling Mobijer at Betunai-Grkex , —On Tuesday an intense excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of Bethnal-green , in consequence of a rumour that a young woman named Emma Whiter , 21 years of age , had heen shot dead with a pistol by a young man named James Tapping , who had for some time past been paying her his addresses ; and from an early hour in the morning the vicinity of Worshipstreet Police-court , at which the case was expected to undergo investigation , was densely thronged with persons of both sexes , anxious to catch a climnsc of
the suspected murderer . Shortly before one o ' clock the accused was brought in a cab to that court , in the custody of Serjeants Shaw and Backhouse , of the H division , and placed at the bar before Mr . Bingham , to answer the charge . The prisoner , who is a remarkably fine-looking young man , about 23 years of age , upon entering the dock , which he did with a fiwn step , looked around him with a placid expression of countenance , and did not appear at all affected at the critical position in which he was placed . The following witnesses were called and examined in support of the charge : —Thomas Anvache , a weaver , living in Manchester-street , Waterloo Town , stated , that at a quarter before one o ' clock on that morning he was passing down a turning leading from Sebrightstrect to South Conduit-street , Bethnal-green , in
company with a person named Harvey , when he observed a smouldering fire , resemblinglighted tinder , at the foot of a brick wall , belonging to one of the houses . He instantly proceeded to the spot , where he discovered a young woman lying on her left side , with her head resting against the wall , and one of her bonnet strings on fire . On looking closely at her he observed that her face and person were deluged with blood , which was flowing copiously from a wound in her neck , and she had every appearance of being in a lifeless state . Witness raised her from the ground and supported her in his arms , while Mr . Harvey went to obtain the assistance of two young men , who were standing at the end of the street . Witness had placed his hands beneath the arms of the young woman , and he distinctly felt a dicht pulsation at the
heart , but she did not utter asound , and on the return of Mr . Harvey they caniedhcrtogctlierto agas-lamp , where they were soon after joined by a policeman , who on looking at the woman immediately pronounced her to be dead . She was conveyed as quickly as possible to the Duke of Gloucester public-house , adjoining , where a shutter was procured , on which she was removed to the London Hospital . Serjeant Backhouse , K 37 , stated that he had just parted from his inspector at a quarter before one o ' clock , when he heard . the springing of rattles in Northstreet , Whitechapel . He instantly hastened down the street , at the end of which he met
policeconstable Stair and two other persons carrying on a shutter a woman who was apparently dead . The woman was conveyed to the London Hospital , and on the road there witness raised her wrist and felt that her pulse was then beating , but on reaching the hospital all pulsation had ceased , and she was pronounced by the house-surgeon to have expired . Witness then returned back to the spot where the woman had been originall y found , and , on examining it with his lantern , he -discovered a large pool of blood extending three yards , in length down the pavement , in the midst of jwhich he found a woman ' s patten , about eight or nine inches further on , another patten ,
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and about a foot beyond that a large-sized and well finished pocket-pistol , with percussion lock , the hammer of which was down , and which had evidently been very recently discharged , as it smelt strongly of Sowder . About half-past two in the morning witness rst saw the prisoner at the police-station ; he had then on over tlie dress he now wore a white apron , upon the right side of which . Serjeant Shaw and the witness observed several spots of blood . On boiii " called upon to furnish an explanation of these appearances , the prisoner replied , " I don't know that there are any spoti ^ of blood upon it , and if there are , 1 can't account for them . " The witness here produced the pistol , the two pattens , and-the prisoner ' s apron . The weapon was such as the witness had described it , somewhat large for the pocket , and
next m size to a duelling pistol . The latter was an ordinary workman's apron , and spots , of blood were plainly visible upon it . —Serjeant Shaw stated that he had that morning been at the London Hospital , where he had seen the dead body of the young woman . On examining the upper part of her person , he observed in the throat a small hole , wliich was perfectly black in appearance , and manifestly causcq by the perforation of a buHet , which must * have been discharged from the direction of the deceascdVside , as it had completely cut through the jugular vein . There was no corresponding orifice on the other side of the deceased ' sthroat , and from that circumstance the witness considered it evident that the ball must be still lodged either in her throat or head , —William Slater , a weaver , living in South Conduit-street ,
stated , that he had been well acquainted for some time past both with the prisoner and the young woman he was accused of having murdered . At about half-past twelve o ' clock on the preceding night he was standing on the door-step of his father ' s house , wher e he lodged , when he saw the prisoner and the deceased walking together towards the upper end of the street . They appeared to be hi close conversation , and the prisoner had one of Ids arms round the young woman ' s neck . Witness watched them in the same position as tar as the first turning in the str eet , and then went up stairs to bed . He had not been in his bed-room more than six or seven minutes , when he heard the loud report of a gun , or pistol , sounding close at hand , and of such extreme violence as to shake everythine in the house .
The report was so alarming that he instantly hastened to both the front and back windows ofthe room , and looked into the street and garden , but * vas unable to discover anything , and therefore retired to rest . — William Whiter , the brother of deceased , who keeps a beer-shop 'in Brick-lane , Spitalficlds , stated , that at ten o ' clock on the preceding night the prisoner came to liia house , in company with tlie deceased . The latter went into the back parlour , while the prisoner went into the tap-room , and both of them remained in the house until twelve o ' clock , when they left together . —Mr . Bingham : Did they appear to you to be on good terms with each other ?—Witness : Yes , sir , perfectly so ; I observed nothing to the contrary . —Police-constable Johnson , 296 K , said that shortly before three o'clock that morning the
father of deceased and his surviving daughter camG to him while on duty in Thomas-street , Bethnalgreen , and stated that lie wished him to apprehend the prisoner , as he Strongly suspected that he had caused the death of his daughter . He accordingly accompanied the father to the house ofthe prisoner in Manchester-place , Bethnal-green-road , where they found him drcs-sed and seated in a chair behind the door in the kitehen . In reply to a question from the father , the prisoner stated that he had been with the deceased till twelve o ' clock on the night before , and that they then parted from each other in the Bethnal-greenroad . The prisoner had on at that time an apron , wliich was afterwards taken from him at the polieestation . —Thomas Whiter , the father ofthe deceased , an elderly , grey-headed man , of respectable
appearance , who was formerly a licensed victualler , but now a sDk-manufacturer , repeated the constable ' s testimony as to his application to take the prisoner into custody ; and stated that , upon entering the kitchen of the prisoner's house , he found him seated at atable , looking exceedingly pale , and with his head resting on his hands . Witness asked him what he had done with his daughter , when the prisoner positively denied that he had seen her , either on that night or tlie preceding one . Witness then asked him if he knew anything of her , and the prisoner answered him in the . same positive way that he did not . Witness then observed that that was very strange , and taxed him closely on the subject , upon which tlie prisoner retracted all that lie had previously stated , and acknowledged that he had been in tb * e deceased ' s
¦ company up to halt-past twelve o'clock at night , and that he had then parted with her at the corner of Mape-street , and knew nothing further about her . Witness * was so satisfied of the falsehood of this declaration that he determined upon giving him into custody , which he accordingly did . Richard King , a tailor , living in Bcckford-strcet , Bethnal-green , stated that he was acquainted with the prisoner , and was in his company one night last week at the Rising Sun public-house , in Waterloo Town , when a pistol similar in size and appearance to that produced by Serjeant Backhouse was handed about among the persons in the room . He did not notice what ultimately became of the pistol upon that occasion , nor did he notice what remarks the prisoner made respecting it . At the termination of
each witness ' s examination the magistrate asked the prisoner if he wished to put any questions , but was each time answered in a simple negative . There being no further evidence to produce , the magistrate formally asked the prisoner if he had any answer to make to the charge ? The prisoner , hi a low halfstifled tone , answered " No sir , J have not , " Ml ' . Bingham then ordered the prisoner to be remanded for a week . Throughout the first portion of the proceedings the prisoner appeared to treat the charge with great lightness and confidence , but during the examination of the witness Slater he entirely lost his former self-possession , the muscles of his face working with a convulsive twitch , and he kept his eyes intently fixed upon the magistrate to watch the probable effect of the testimony . The prisoner has
acquired a somewhat unenviable notoriety in the district , having been several times in custody on charges of fraud and other offences . The last charge against him was that of having committed frauds upon different poor tradesmen by selling them bottles of what he represented to be oil , but which turned out to be water covered with a very thin stratum of genuine oil , of which offence he was convicted at the Old Bailey , and sentenced to a year ' s imprisonment . In consequence of his disgraceful character and conduct the family ofthe deceased had been strongly opposed to the connection between them , and had done all in their power to discourage it ; but the poor girl , who was described to have been a remarkably fine young woman , had unfortunately formed such an infatuated attachment for the prisoner that all their efforts to
dissuade her from it were unhappily fruitless . In the evening a jury was impanelled hy Mr . Baker , coroner , at the London Hospital , for the purpose of investigating this murder . The proceedings were merely preliminary . The coroner ordered a post inoritm examination , and the inquiry was adjourned . Suicide op a Relieving Ofwceb . —On Monday afternoon an inquest was held at the King ' s Arms , Maidstone , before F . F . Dally , Esq ., on the body of George Bailey , who came to his death under the following melancholy circumstances . John Daniels , landlord of the liing ' s Arms , deposed that he had known the deceased for several years . He came to his house on Saturday night about eleven o ' clock as a customer , and inquired for a bed . He went to bed about twelve . He drank two glasses of nun and
water previous to going bed to . Witness saw him last , but did not remark anything particular in him . He was not quite so cheerful as common . They eat together some time , aud he complained of not being sufficiently paid as velieving-omcer of the Hollingbourne Union . He complained that at present his salary was not so good as it was formerly , and that his expenses beat him . After , the conversation he retired to vest . Nothing more passed that night . He told the girl to call him at eight o ' clock . When witness went down , at nine o ' clock the following morning , he found deceased ' s shoes at the bottom of the stairs , cleaned , and he told his boy to take them up Stall's and call him , which he did . Witness went up himself at a quarter-past one , and called to him , teuinc Mm that dinner would be ready in a quarter
of an hour . He replied , "Yes , I am coming directly . " He did not come , and in about twenty minutes witness went up again , and called out , " Bailey , wc are waiting dinner for you . " He replied , " Don't wait , my good fellow , I shall be down directly . " Witness sent his boy up to him shortly after , when he told Wm that he had not had much sleep that night , and should not get up till tea-time . About five o ' clock he went up again and called to him , but receiving no answer he went into his room and found him lying on his left side , apparently asleep , breathing very hard . Witness shook hini , ^ but could make nothing of him , and immediately sent for Mr . Power . —Mr . James Joseph Power , surgeon , was called on Sunday evening , a little after half-past six , and arrived at the King ' s Arms at a quarter to seven . He went into the room and found deceased lvins on his left side , with his head and face
on the pillow , making a snoring noise and perfectly insensible . Witness went to his house for the stomach-pump , but they found there was no use in applying it . He was too far gone to do any good—no remedy would have had any effect upon him . He remained with deceased till he died . This day he had made a post mortem examination of the body . He examined the brain and stomach . The vessels ot the covering ofthe brain were very much injected with blood , and very much inflamed , and there was also an effusion of Wood between the skull and the covering of the brain . He then took out the stomach , but had not analysed it . He could not smell laudanum , but from the appearance , of tlie inside of the stomach and brain which was injected with blood , he had no doubt but that he had taken poison , and that that poison was laudanum .-Mr . F . W Buchanan , chemist and druggist , Week-street - . Did not know deceased himself , but Mr . Jenkins knew him , and they had some conversation in my shop together . He said his object in coining there was for some laudanhm for a female pauper , who had
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long been in the habit of taking opium , which the surgeon had refused to let her have , but he was determined to give her same . This was between seven and ei ' eht o'clock on Saturday evening .- He then served him with a shilling bottle , which , he labelled "laudanum , poison . " The bottle was produced and identified by witness . It was found in deceased ' s bed . The jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of— Temporary Insanity . The Inquest os Emma Whiter . — On Thursday Mr . Baker resumed , at the London Hospital , the inquiry , adjourned frem Tuesday evening last , touching the death of Emma Whiter , aged twenty-one , a weaveress , alleged to have been wilfully murdered early on Tuesday morning , by a young man , named James Tanning , a lover of hers , now in custody on
the charge . The inquest room was crowded almost to suffocation . Several witnesses were examined , and after a lengthened inquiry the case was adjourned to Monday next , ^ Cohoxer ' s Lvquest . —On Tuesday afternoon Mr . W . Carter , coroner for East Surrey , and a respectable jury , assembled at the Duke of Gloccster , Union-row , Newington , and were engaged nearly five hours investigating the circumstances attending the death of Margaret Jones , aged 53 , who , it was alleged , had died from the eftects of violence received at the hands of her husband . Mary Newland , of 2 , Potts-place , Newington , said , that she had known the deceased for three years , through living in the same house with her . Last Saturday week , about 11 o'clock at night , the deceased and her husband were quarrelling ,
at the close of which the witness heard a noise , as of one of them having thrown something at the other . Shortly afterwards witness heard the husband say , "D—n you , is that what you mean ? " Sounds of blows and cries of " Murder ! " followed . The deceased then went into the passage , where she remained some time . Witness could then see that deceased had a dreadful black eye , and she complained of a pain in the head . She was never able to follow her occupation after the Saturday in question , but died on !• riday last . Other evidence having been given , Mr . W . B . Boddy , surgeon , of Savilterow , Walworth , said he was called in to see deceased on Monday week . He sent her medicine . She was quite sensible , and made no complaint against her husband . After death witness had opened the body ,
and found that the cause of death was water on tlie brain , and not , in witness ' s opinion , any injury . The room having been cleared of strangers , tlie jury , after consulting , returned a verdict— " That deceased died a natural death from effusion on the brain , and not from the effects of violence . " The husband is at present under remand at Lambeth Police-court , on the charge of having murdered the deceased . The Late Fatal Accident at Asti . EY ' s . — Ott Monday afternoon an adjourned inquest was held before Mr . Carter , at the Windmill , High-street , Lambeth , relative to the death of William Blake , aged 58 , a supernumerary engaged at Astley ' s Ampitheatre . It appeared from the evidence adduced at this , and on the former inquiry , that the deceased , with a number of other supernumaries , were required
to go on in one of the comic scenes at Astley ' s in the pantomine of Harlequin and Johnny Gilpin , or the Black Witch of Edmonton . The " flat , " or scene at the back of the stage , represented a tailor ' s shop , and in order to render the action the more ludicrous , the parties who were dressed as costermongers , tailors , fishwomen , Ac , were tripped up as they entered from the " wings , " or side scenes , by means of a cord field by Mr . T . Barry , the clown . The deceased , who was labouring under hernia on both sides , and who wore a truss , made his fall as usual , but immediately after complained of pain iu his bowels . He was taken home , and subsequently attended by Mr . Jeffrec , a surgeon , to whom , as well as his wife , he stated that Mr . Barry had " done for him , " and that he had held the rope higher than usual , in order to increase the force of hia fall . This was distinctly
denied by several witnesses who took part with the deceased in the scene , and who clearly proved that the line or cord was not held by Mi-. Barry higher than usu . il . On a post mortem examination Mr . Jeffree ascertained that , although deceased must have laboured for sonic years under glandular disease , yet the immediate cause of death was . tho fall , from the injuries the intestines had received . Mr . Carter then read over the depositions , and the room having been cleared of strangers , the jury , without hesitation , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Mr . Carter , addressing Mr . Barry , said , the jury entirely exonerated liim from any blame which might have been imputed to him . The Yarmouth Murder . —For several days , or perhaps a fortnight , great exertions have been made
to find a little girl , of the name ot Mellisli , who was said to have told a woman in Yarmouth that she was going past Mrs . Candler ' s house at tho time ofthe murder , and that , hearing a voice inside , she went and peeped through tlie keyhole of the door , where she eould clearly see what was done inside , and that she clearly saw Royal and Mapes there . The keyhole has been carefully tried by the magistrates , and it was found that from the keyhole might clearly be seen what was done inside in the direction ofthe murdered woman ; but Mellish , who was only eleven or twelve years of age , could nowhere he found . Her father , it seems , is an umbrella-mender , and travels the county for this purpose , commonly bivou acking with the cadgers . The girl , when in Norwich , called at the station-house , and , telling a tale of great
distress , obtained some temporary relief , and though every lodging-house in the city , and many iii the county , have ; since been visited , and rewards offered to produce her , she could not be found till Friday last , when she was seen in Norwich market-place on tllO walk . She vm at once taken to the station-house , and has evidently had much experience in tlie " slang " of the begging fraternity . Without being asked any questions as to the particular business that she was wanted for , she was taken off to Yarmouth by Caotain Love , the superintendent ofthe Yarmouth police , who has for the last fortnight come to Norwich every day , and sometimes twice a day , hoping that she might be found . We know nothing of the result of her communication . We understand'that a man from Aylsham , reading in tlie newspapers an account
of the murder of Mrs . Candler , bethought liimself that he must have been at Yarmouth on that night , and remembered having seen a person coming out of Mr . Catchpole ' s house , and going up the opposite row with a bundle under his arm . This was between eleven and twelve o ' clock . In order to satisfy lumaolf that it was really the place where the murder was committed , he came over to Yarmouth on purpose to look at the house . Having fully assured himself that he was correct , he wrote a letter to the mayor , stating tho circumstances , and expressing his willingness to come over to Yarmouth and identify the individual , whom he said he should certainly know agaiu . ' He was sent for , and on being introduced to the gaol swore positively to Yarham being the man lie saw . —Bury Post .
Suicide by a Medical Mas . —On Wednesday , Mr . Carter , coroner for East Surrey , held an inquest on the body of Mr . George Youd , aged 30 , assistant to Mr . Taylor , surgeon , 37 , Harleyford-placc , KenningtonOval , whoon Sunday night last committed suicide , in bed , by swallowing prussic acid . The evidence established the fact that deceased was not right in his mind , and the jury consequently returned , a verdict of Temporary Insanity , Attempted Murder in Tipperary . — Roscrea , Mo . vdav Evening . — At church hour yesterday an
armed party entered the house of a schoolmaster , two miles from this , on the road to Birr . On seeiug them enter , the owner , named Jones , seized adirk , and two of the party aimed with stones closing on him he stabbed one of them . Tlie third , armed with a large pistol , fired and wounded Jones in the [ mad . Finding the resistance so determined the ruffians fled , Jon « s seized a gun , but from loss of blood lie was unable to fire . The police , in the pursuit of the fellows , discovered the body of a murdered man in the wood of Bowen , a mile or two from this place .
Fatal ash Mmxcuou' Accident . —Elevex Persons Killed . —A melancholy occurrence took place in Limerick , on Sunday night , whk-h was attended with loss of life tea considerable extent . A party assembled at a " wake" in Change-lane , one of the poorest localities in tbe city , and the room in which tlie body was laid out was densely crowded . The floor suddenly gave way , and all within were precipitated to the room beneath , which also fell , carrying all to the next , and that again , being thethk-d . to the ground . By this melancholy accident eleven persons were killed , and from sixteen to twenty grievously maimed—some with legs and arms broken , skulls fractured , and one man had his back broken .. The surviving sufferers were taken to Barrington's Hospital . Fire is Giuv ' s-isn-Lane . —On Tuesday night ,
shortly before ten o ' clock , a fire , which had it not been for its timely discovery , would have been attended with the most disastrous consequences , broke out upon the extensive premises belonging to Messrs . Owen and Stodavd , pianoforte manufacturers , situate in Ham-yard , Gray ' s-inn-lane . It originated on the ground-floor , in which a large quantity of shavings were deposited . A person passing near that part of tho building perceived an unusual light therein , winch induced hun to" raise the necessary alarm . Several police-constables and other persons hastened to the spot , when they found the flames making fearful progress towards theuppep floors . Plenty of water being at hand , they set to . work most vigorously , and succeeded in confining the . flames to that portion of the building where they commenced . Several engines of the bri gade were , prompt in arriving , but fortunatel y their Servicea were not required .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01021845/page/5/
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