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OCB ff ABHlBl } . BT ESHXST JOKES . Ye lords of golden argosies ! And prelate , prince , and peer ; And members all ef Parliament , In rich St . Stephens , hear ! We are getting up through England , All the bravest and the best ; From the heather-hills of Scotland , To the green Isle of the West , from the corn field and the factory . To the coal-belt ' s hollow zone ; From the cellars of the city , To the mountain ' s quarried stone . TT 5 : -want no courtiers golden , And ye no bayonets need ; If tales of agesolden
Arightly ye will read . * Iis justice that ensureth To statutes , they shall last ; And liberty endureth When tyrannies have passed . Weseektoinjurenoman ; . We ask bnt for our right ; We hold out to the foeman The hand that he would smite And , if ye mean it truly . The storm may yet be laid , And we will aid you duly , As brothers brothers aid ;—33 nt , ifyefalseUij > latf iis , And if ye but possess The poor daring to betray as . Not the courage to redress ;
Then your armies shall be scattered , If at us their steel be thrust , — And your fortresses be battered , Like atoms in the dust ! And the anger of the nation Across the land shall sweep , Like a mighty Devastation Of the winds upon the deep ! Hampstead , July , 1 S 46 .
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SOJJGS ¥ 0 R THE PEOPLE . KO . xrnr . SHE PEOPLE'S TffiST ESTATE , Or , Anticipations of the 17 th of August
Air , — " The days that we wentgipsying ? Come let as leave the murky gloom , The narrow crowded street ; The bustle , noise , the smoke and din , To breathe the air tbafs sweet . "Wellleave the gorgeous palaces , To those miscalled great ; jTo spend a day of pleasure on The People ' s First Estate : Oboecs . —On this estate the sons ol toil Shall independent be , Enjoy the first fruits of the soil , From tyranny set free I "The banners waving in the breeze , The bands shall cheerfully play , Xet all be mirth and holiday On this our holiday . Unto the farm—" O'Connorrallt "
That late -was " Herringsgate , " We go to take possession of The People ' s First Estate I On this estate , be When on the farm ! the People ' s Farm ! This land of liberty ! "We'll join the dance and rural games , With joy and sportive glee . Oar gambols play , throughout the day , { Te scoffers yon may prate , ) And leave at night this lovely scene The People's First Estate ! On this estate , & c .
ITay nature shed her choicest stores , On this delightful spot ; Sach occupant be blest indeed , And peace attend each cot . And may our brave Directors with The funds that we'll create , Live long to purchase hundreds more Like this our first estate ! On our estates the sons of toil Shall independent be ; Enjoy the first fruits of the soil , From tyranny set free ! Somers Town , John Arsott July 27 ft , 1846 .
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THE TRUTH SEEKER , Nos . 1 , 2 , 3 . Vol . II . Xeeds ; F . R . Lees . Burmantofe ; London : Chapman Brothers , Kl . Kewgate-street . Some tvfo or three weeks back we received the above numbers of this Magazine ; the numbers of the first volume never reached as . The Truth Sether appears to be under the management of Dr . F . R . Lees of Leeds , whose very talented jublicatioiis in advocacy of the Total-Abstinence came liave often lieen noticed in this journal . The Editor has someTery able assistants whose contributions would do credit to higher-priced publications . We confess we do not understand some of the articles , they are too mystical an & transcendental for onr comprehension ; but on the whole the contents of these numbers have much gratified us . From an article entitled "The Land Problem " Ve give the following extract : —
Theland still tied up in the hands of the ancient lords ef the soil , and twenty millions of people crying out for employment and bread ! And mark especially that the Una is virtual'y exempt now from the support of the people . Feudalism in that sense also , is notl Monasteries are not ! Call it a tax which God has imposed upon the popular enfranchisement , if you will— a philosophical necessity rushing oat of the freedom and indivdiuaHty of man—I care not what yon call it—such tax has now become an insufferable , unpayable burden . That is clear . Another necessity , equally as philosophical , is rushing oat of the new elements which have come into being , and the ' people proclaim , with terrible emphasis , that they most and will be fed .
Altogether these are momentous matters ! To preserve the formand appendages andpossessiouS Of feudalism—now that feudalism is extinct and has no hold upon tiie people—is questionable . Kay , I will say , it is unwise aad wrong . Primogeniture and Entail may make a splendid outward Aristocracy ; bnt they impoverish and begger the People . I hope that the nobility of England will one day see this , and forego the pomps of rank for " & e pomps of humanity . I believe it will be found Incontrovertible , thatthe Condition of the People is always
regulated by the Tenure of the Land . The doctrines of the political economists of the day seem to me altogether fraudulent and hollow , I speak of them now , essentially as matters connected with the Present Society ; for any higher society they are infernal—utterly incapable of doxng any thing otherwise than the work of the Devil . Not only do they disunite the family of man , and rear a fabric of pride to mock the modesty of the heavens ; but they end in this—starvation ! 0 terriblest of all terrible sights , is that of a willing man refused the privilege of working , and condemned to starve *
IFa recommend the writer of this article from Vfhica we have given the above extract , not to thunder against " revolutionists , " and "demagogues , " but for these the * ' land problem" would never have become subject for public iuYestigation ; besides , this writer is himself a " revolutionist , " and asserting good motives for his own actions , he should be cautions about misrepresenting the motives of Others . From another article we give the following paragraph : — The Right to the Lshd . —However unwelcome the doctrine may sound , the common right of man to the aofl , isthe foundation upon which all the other rights of humanity are based .
The poetry in this Magazine is of arery superior character . We have read with much interest the " Ballad History of the Norman Conquest , " by JaxtjabtSeaiu , e . The ballads are excellent—excellent teeauBethey present in stirring poetry a pictured history of the time when Harold fell and the bastard tyrant established his bloody despotism on the rains of Saxon freedom . We should be glad to know that the author ' s first intention was carried out , that if circulating his production as a sheet-ballad , with the view of raising , if possible , the character of our demoralising street literature . The name of the author of the following lines is not given—they are most beautiful : —
LINES AMOXO THE LEAVES . Have ye heard the west wind singing , where the summer trees ara springing ; Have ye counted o ' er the many tunes it knows ? IV the wide winged spirit rangetb , and its ballad metre changeth As it goes . A plaintive wail it mafceth when the willow ' s tress it snaked ] , Like new-born infant sighing in its sleep ; And the branches , low and slender _ bend to list the strain SO tender , Till they wesp . Another tale ' tis telling , where the clustered elm is swelling With dancing joy that seems to laugh outright ; Aad the leaves , all bright and clapping , sound like human Angers snapping With delight .
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tm-A varied theme it utters where the glossy date-leaf flutters , A loud and lightsome chant it yieldeth there ; And the o ^ uiet , listening dreamer , may believe that many a streamer Plapstheair . It is sad and dreary hearing where the giant pine is rearing ; His lonely head , like hearse plume waved about ; And it lurketh melancholy , where the thick and sombre holly Bristles out . It murmurs soft and mellow mid the light laburnum ' s yellow ,
As lover ' s ditty chimed by rippling plash ; And deeper is its tiding , as it lurries , swiftly gliding Thro the ash . A roundelay of pleasure does it keep in merry measure , While Awning ia tha rich leaves of the beech , As tho a band of faeries were engaged in Mab ' s vagaries , Out of reach . Oh ! a Bard of many breathings is the Wind in sylvan wreathings , O ' er mountain tops and thro the woodland groves , Now fifing and now drumming—now howling and now humming—As it roves . Oh ! are not human bosoms like these things of leaves and blossoms , Where hallow'd whispers come to cheer and rouse * Is there no mystic stirring in our hearts , like sweet wind whirring Intheboughs !
Tho * that wind a strange tone waketh in every home it maketh , And the maple tree responds not as the larch ; Yet Harmony is playing round all the green arms swaying Ifeath Heaven ' s arch . Oh ! what can be the teaching of these forest voices preaching 'Tis Quit abrother's creed , tho , not as mine , May blend about God ' s ' jUUar , and help to fill the psalter That ' s divine . We recommend the Truth-Seeker to all loYCKOf truth , and friends of progress .
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SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS UNION . The above event was celebrated by a public dinner , a ball , and other amusements , at Highbury Barn Tavern , on Monday , July 2 fth , 184 o \ About six hundred and fifty sat down to a dinner which appeared to give the highest satisfaction to all present . Ou the cloth being removed , Mr . John Heppel was called to the chair , and Mr . Francis Dobson acted as vice-chairman . The Chairman said , the object of their society and of the annual commemoration of its foundation , was to create a better feeling amongst the working classes . Twenty years ago only one small body of engineers , called the " Old Society , " had an existence ; bat from that period their trade had progressed , and soon was another body rendered
necessary , and the ' rfew Society sprang into existence , and again he congratulated them on their increasing progress , for they now boasted a Liverpool Society , a Manchester Society , and many more . ^ ( Loud cheers . ) We have ceased to view our sister societies with jealousy and suspicion , and now looked on their increasing Importance with pride and satisfaction—( Cheers)—and he had the pleasure of informing them that " a National Association of United Trades" had been formed for the "Employment of Labour / ' and although the engineers , as a whole , hadnot yet given it their support , the body to which he immediately belonged had done so ; and he trusted the other portions wonld speedily do the same . ( Loud cheers . ) Such an association must cause the lowest producer
to be as well cared feras the queen upon herjthrone . ( Hear , hear . ) There was also the National United Trades Association for the Protection of Industry , the founders of which had broken through old prejudices , and admitted women and children to the benefits and advantages of the Association ; the women and children had long been called on to work under and on the fearth , and such being the case , he thought they were duly entitled to the advantages and protection of a trade society . ( Loud cheers . ) He hoped soon to see the whole bodies of trades ^ represented in one great national confederation . ( Great cheering . ) The first toast he had the honour to submit to them was— " Our Employers , " and if we in a measure depended on our employers , they in
their turn , depended on us ; for without the men ' s aid their orders would go unexecuted —( Loud cheere ) he wished some of their employers had been present , and then they would have had the opportunity of seeing that the operatives were not mere drudgeg , but men of mind , who only required what they were justly entitled to , viz . a fair remuneration for their labour . ( Much applause . ) The Chairman again arose , and gave— " Our managers and foremen , " and reviewed the position of the managers and foremen as compared with that of the workmen , and said , when the managers and foremen treated the -workmen kindly , yet acted justly as regarded the employer , they invariably found such conduct conduce very largely to tho
interest and well-being of both employer and employed . ( Hear , hear . ) He looked forward with hope in these progressive times to a realisation of his fervent aspirations , when men would say with truth—onr brethren—onr shop—onr trade—and when all lands shall be our own . ( Great cheering . ) The next sentiment was , "Prosperity to the Various Trade Societies in London . " Mr . John Redj in responding , said—Looking at man as an intelligent rational being , we find present society not constituted iu a way worthy of such a creature ; governed as we are by avarice and ambition . The higher orders , as they are called , combine and league together ; yet they appear to look with contempt and scorn on societies of working
men—( hear , hear . ) Members ol . Parliament had their societies , Lawyers had their secieties , ( and exclusive ones too , allowing none bnt members of their society to plead , be they ever so able , ( hear , hear ;) the Clergy had also their societies , and all these parties would tell you that they combined for the benefit of the working classes—( laughter . ) Yet are there very large nortions of those they profess to protect in the lowest state of degradation —( hear , hear . ) Well , if it was right for these classes to combine , it must be equally rig ht for the working classes to unite for their own protection —( much applause . ) The church professed to combine for the purpose of educating the people , but after a very long period of their union ' s existence , the people were still said to be ignorant ;
therefore the clergy must have been wanting in their duty , and heavy charges of immorality and gross de- ' linquency hung over their heads , consequently they were no longer worthy existence as a Trades Society , —( loud cheers . ) He believed the sole object of the clerical union was to controul the mind of man , and make it subservient to their unworthy purposes —( vociferous cheering . ) The "Times" and "Weekly Dispatch" bad recently attempted to run down Trades Societies , which rendered union amongst working men more imperative , and pointed out to Trades Societies the necessity of supporting Only those Papers which supported them —( loud cheers . ) If any law was to be repealed , what was the first
step taken ? why , a public meeting was called—did not this show the necessity of union ?—( loud cheers . ) He recollected some twelve years ago , when the men wanted a reduction of the hours of labour , ( and they were not then , strictly speaking , united , ) the masters treated their request as a drunken frolic , and told the men they had better have it out ; but since then the men have "had it out . " by forming themselves into a temperate Trades Society , the result of which was , their periods of labour were reduced four and a half hours per week , whilst their wages had increased some two or three shillings per week . ( Great applause . )
Mr . Chabibs Monroe said , he felt highly honoured in being called on to speak to such a sentiment . Hethought the fountain from which their society had sprung , was the " Great Strike' of London ; from that period we had gone on pro gressing , and had now become a constant flowing stream , a mighty river with many tributaries , ( loud cheers , ) yet there were some , he knew , who looked on such societies as so many bodies of deatruotionists , le « vellers , and anarchists , and who would ask , is the man mad to propose such a sentiment , but the answer he would give , to those men , was , come and see how our meetings are conducted , and you will no longer deem us madmen , as members of society— -we have property—our labour—we have also the privilege—the right—to dispose of that labour to the best advantage , and wc will not submit to be r obbed of , the one , or deprived of the other . ( Tremendous cheering . )
Mr . Jons Hoskincs said , the toast he had the honour to respond to was , " a Speedy Union of the . Societies of our Trade in Great Britain and Ireland . " The associative principle was the true sign f . { progress , he looked upon the exploded doclvines of strikes , as both foolish and detestable , ar . d thought that < . ther means lessinjurious to both employers and employed , and means far more likel y to benefit and improve the . condition of the operative shoulaand
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would be henceforth adopted . ( Load cheers . ) M ? was a progressiveM D B » 'yoengmeneroerging frotheir appreniicehips were like new fledgad birds and it was bur duty to have societies in every town , as harbours of refuge to welcome them . ( Hear hear . ) He contended that every man , in the trade , had a duty to perform , and should put hi * shoulder to the wheel , and push on the great cause of reform . ( Loud cheers . ) Workin g men baa ™ long laboured under a great disadvantage , that of not enjoying the fruits of their ow labour , but he did hope the time would soon arri ve / when the nro ducers of wealth would also be the consumers of wealth . ( Immense applause . ) Why ghou 1 d ^ not ? Why should . they not en j 0 y those things to which their ingenuity . Per severance and industry - „„ u ^ t . __ . „ ft „ n . „ nn ^ A li ^ 'i . 'o . . . »« i
, , so pre-eminently entitled them , ( vociferous cheering , ) but in order to accomphsl , ; 8 > we mmt ^ labour in strict unity , and then shall we consummate so glorious an object- ( Loud cheers . ) No man had a right to withhold from his fellows simihr privileges to those hehimself claimed . ( Hear , hear . ) Up feared that there were some yet , who looked on their present glean ot prosperity as though it would last forever but he warned them b y the fate of ancient great nations , of Rome , of Troy , and of other states , and to come nearer home of the cotton spinners that once flourishing trade , now reduced to nought ! ( Hear , hear . ) He hoped these things would induce them to persevere , always rememberins that Lngland expects the engineers and machinist * of London will do their duty . ( Great cheerinO '
Mr . jnrwton ( Secretary ) said , it would be his dutv to shew the advantage of general union over that ot sectional unions , and it was important that the engineers should shew the world , that they were capable of keeping progress wjth other societies , in favour of "National Associations for the protection and employment of Labour . " ( Loud cheers . ) We are charged with combining for the purpose of fixing the price of labour ; well , suppose we do , hare notthe capitalists their Corn Exchange , their quarterly meeting of Ironmasters , & c ., & e . . for the regulation ol the price of goods ; and if masters had therightto meet and regulate the price of goods , we had an equal right to meet and regulate the price of labour . ( Loud cheers . ) We have been termed monopolists but he did
not think the term applicable . We certainly did say a man shall undergo acertain probation before he shall be deemed qualified to follow the trade , and which be thought essential to both employers and employed . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , if union was necessary , it was so . not onlypartially , but as a whole ; hence , he supported the proposition for amalgamating the several societies into one mighty whole , in order that so . mighty n p halanx might be brought to bear in resistance to all agressions attempted on the Trades' bodies . ( Great cheering . ) Our trade has been the means of bringing towns . nearer to towns , nations to nations , and thus extending civilization to all parts of the globe , and he trusted that we should thus continue , until webad extended civilization , and happiness throughout this great universe . ( Immense applause . ) .
Mr . Sooth rose to respond to " Prosperity to the Iron Trades , " in doing so , he said they were only proposing prosperity to themselves ; society was much indebted to the Press , there was a time it was called the-fourth estate , but now , lie thought , it might claim the high privilege of being the first estate , and happy was he to say , that this mighty monarch was now inclined to favour the millions ; ( cheers ) there was the Miming Advertiser , ( cheers , ) Punch , ( laughter and much applause . ) and last , not leart . The Northern Star , ( loud cheers , ) which had for a long time devoted itself to the interests of the million , —( great cheering . )—it might have been mistaken in some things , but no one could doubt its main purpose was the elevation of the millions . —( Great applause . ) —He ( Mr . Booth ) had lon » been a labourer on their committee , and happy was he to witness their progress : bigotry and prejudice was receding rapidly , whilst virtue , truth and justice , thanks to the '' Iron Trade , " was progressing at "Railway Speed . "—
Mr . Barnard , would merely remark , whilst drinking success to the "Iron Trade , " that its produce had been for the last two years , as three to two ove r that of the gold mines , which shewed the great increase of mineral wealth ; but neither Iron , Gold , Lead , Copper , Earth , Air , or Sea was any advantage without the labour of the husbandman . On the motion of Mr . Gearing , a vote of thanks was given by acclamation to the Chairman , Vice-Chairman and Stewards , for the handsome and able manner in which they bad conducted the Festival . The Chairman responded , and a Band stationed in the Gallery , which bad enlivened the proceedings of the evening by playing many spirited popular tunes , concluded the evening by playing in excellant style , the all-inspiring Marsellaise , which was greeted with much applause .
The several Rustic Games were carried on with much eclat in the Grounds , and at eight o ' clock the Ball commenced , and was carried on with great spirit and good humour until two o'clock , when all took their departure , much gratified with the plea ' sure attending the Engineers' Anniversary Festival .
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evening about hall-past six o clock , Ueorge Mayn & rd , the Vauxhnll pier man , observed a large skiff in which there were six men , three women , and a child . As it was attempting to pass through the fourth arch of Vauxball bridge , it struck against tho buttress of the arch , and afterwards came into collision with the triangular piling driven in front of the dummy . The tide was then running down very strongly . _ The rowers instantly jumped up and fell upon theaitters The skiff swung round , feU ' againsUhe curtain-board
or bottom of the paddle box of the Lightning steamer and immediately filled . Captain Sherman and the crew of the Lightning saved three men ftttd tWO women . The Captain of the Citizen , letter G , by the judicious use of his life-lines saved two more men , and the Bachelor rescued the sixth ; but , unfortunately , one of the women , Miss Ratlibone , of No . 45 G . Strand , and the child , the infant daughter of Mr . Wyld . the map-maker , perished . Miss Hathbone was in her 25 th year . A reward has been offered for the recovery of both bodies .
Swciob of as Anti-Prkdestwarian . —An inquest was held on Saturday evening at the West London "Union workhouse , Weststreet , Smithfield . before Mr . J . Payne , the deputy coroner , on the body of George Clayton , aged 62 , a butcher . According to the evidence of the witnesses , the deceased was very fond of metaphysical and philosophical argument , and not long ago , while engaged in a controversy of this kind , one of the company argued in support of the doctrine of " predestination , " a doctrine which the deceased strenuously opposed with the principle of " free will . "
The discussion growing warm , and the deceased becoming excited , he pulled out his butcher ' s knife and stabbed himself in the side , in order to gain his point that man was a "free agent . " He had been for a long time past living with a woman of bad character , the wife of his nephew , and on Saturday week stabbed himself in the same place as before , in eonse quence , as he said , of the woman robbing him of all his goods and running away . He remained locked up in his room until Tuesday without food , and was then taken to the workhouse , where he did onThursdav . Verdict" Temporary Insanity . "
Frightful Accident to an Infant . —On Monday evening a female infant , not quite 12 months old , fell from the third floor window of No . 11 , Langtey-court , Long-acre . The child nas being nursed at the time by a juvenile sister , when it sprang from her arms into the court below . It was taken up in a frightfully mutilated state and conveyed to King ' s College Hospital without any hopes of recovery . Supposed Mordbr and Suici » b . —At North Brierly , last week , a considerable sensation was created by the discovery of the bodies of William By water , and his , sob , a boy of seven years of age , in an old coal-pit . It appears that on Monday morning By water got up and roused his son . telling bim that he should tak « a walk with him . After preparing his wife ' s breakfast , he left with the boy and proceeded along the road to Bradford . They went ov « r a stile leading to the pit , which is situated on elevated around , and on reaching
a platform which surrounds it , Bywater was seen to stoop under some rails round the mouth . They were then lost sight of by two men , who noticed them walking to the pit , and a few seconds afterwards the cries of a child were heard . The men hastened to the spot , and en looking down the pit saw not heard nothing of them . The bottom of the pit was then searched , and their bodies , dreadfully mutilated , were found . At the inquest It was shown that the father was much attached to his son , and was never heard to expressing any intention of destroying him . In a conversation he had , however , with a neighbour , be manifested much uneasiness , and his peculiar observations led to the impression that he meditated suicide . The jury returneda verdict , " That the deceased were found dead at the bottom . of the pit ; but how or by what means they came by their deaths there was no evidence to show . "
Captdbb or A Supposed Murderer . —In the month of September last , a soldier named M'Pherson , of the 64 th Regiment , then stationed at Richmond Barracks , was found in the Grand Canal , Dublin , with his hands tied behind his back with a black silk handkerchief , and his pockets turned inside out . No money was found upon him , although it was well known he had 6 s . put into his pocket on the night of his death . At that time an inquest was held on the body , and a verdict of " wilful murder " was returned . A navigator , named John Conroy , was the last person seen with deceased , and he immediately absconded from his lodgings and his employ at a late hou ? of the night of the murder , leaving his
boots behip . d him , and cime to England . Lroni information g iven to tho Stay ley-bridge police , this person was apprehended at Stayley-brldge , on Wednesday night last . When charged with the murder , the prisoner admitted that he knew the deceased , and had been drinking with him on the night of his death at a late hour . He was brought before the magislrates on Thursday , when a seijeant of the fifith Reg iment proved seeing the prisoner with the deceased a short time previous to bis death . 11 " was remanded until the police , who trcin possessio of some important information , h > . d made some furtheir inquiries . The Commissioner of Police , Dublin , has been written to upon the subject ,
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| CHARGE OP JRAPBi ,, At the Durham A 8 sizeSon Monday laat / John Bell , aged 20 , was indicted for having committed a rape upon Jane Stephenson , his own serrant , * girf of 17 yekrs of age . Mr . Otter appeared for the prosecution , ana Mr . Bliss and Mr . Matthews were counsel for the defendant , who is a married man , carrying on the business ofa master coachma ker , in the town of Barnard Castle . The prosecutrix said . thnt she went into the prisoner's service on the 23 rd of last May , and that on Sunday , the 28 tli of June , her sister , who lives at Staindrop , had been over to Barnard Castle , when , in the afternoon , at about lour o ' clock , the sister being on her return home , she tlie witness , went about two miles with her On the way . Having left her to come back to Barnard Castle , she met the prisoner , who had followed tLim , and he , after
some persuasion , representing that there was a nearer road across some fields , induced her to accompany him that way . Sliesoon found , after they had got aome hundred yards from the road , that be ' was leading her where there was no public path . . He said , however , that they should come to one a little way on , and that induced her to accompany him intssome fields , where , taking advantage of the loneliness of the place , he began to take lioerties with her , and finally by violence accomplished his purpose . She said that she had a long , struggle with him , which was perceptible from the state of the ground , in a graas field where this happened , and in which the ijrass was : beaten Sown for about five yards . . He afterwards forcibly detained her there for as much as half an hour . But in the meantime she bad once made her escape for a distance , having run into a corn field , and there trodden down a good deal of the earn in her endeavours to get away .
The girl , who is a person of respectable appearance for her station , then said that she had mentioned the matter immediately on gutting to the town , towards which the prisoner accompanied her . She had not told it to the first females she saw , but did to a Mrs . Raines , with whom she was better acquainted . That she had done so , was proved by Mrs . Raines and others , A surgeon was , called into see her the same night , and an officer sent to look at the spot , confirmed her as to the condition of the grass field and the corn field . In her cross-examination the prosecutrix admitted that she had stolen 2 s . about two years ago , from a Mrs . Kailton , having , as she proceeded to say , obtained the money by breaking into the window of the house , She had also been charged with stealing 2 s in the same way from another person . She now admitted that she bad committed that theft also , in the same way , by getting in at the window .
Mrs . Railton , one of the witnesses called for the defence , swore that , she would not believe . the girl upon heroath . It had been asserted by the witnessesfor the prosecution that the girl was much disturbed and distressed , and that her bonnet and dress bore evident marks of violence when she came home on the Sunday , Other witnesses , for the defence , denied both these , and several of the prisoner ' s witnesses stated that they bad previously seen the prosecutrix and the prisoner upon such terms of familiarity as to occasion jealousy between the husband and his wife . \ r
After Ws lordship ' s juaming up , ths Jury were about an hour in deliberation , and returned a verdict of Not Guilty ; adding , that they entertained a doubt , and gave the prisoner the benefit of it
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SHOOTING A GA . MEKEEPER . . .- . ;¦ . - ,.., „ At the Stafford Assizes on Tuesday , Zeph . iniah . Hull was indicted for the murder > f John William Norris , at Himley , on the 30 th of Juue ' iast . Mr . Godson detailed the circumstances of the case , It appeared that on the 30 th ot June last , two men Were at work in a turnipfield , in the parish of Uimley , ia this county , occupied by Mr . Longueville ; that they had with them a spaniel dog , and the deceased , head gamekeeper to Lord Ward , met near to this place the prisoner Hull , an under gamekeeper , also . in his lordship ' s employ . Norris remonstrated with Hull on the impropriety of allowing the dog to run about in and near to the preserves ; a quarrel en . sued ( in the course of which JTorris got off his horse ;) Hull became much excited , and railed his gun and shot Norri ! , who lingered till the 20 th of July following , when
he died . The learned couneel read a deposition made by Norris the day he received the shot , the purpoit of which was , that he said to Hull he should be glad if he WOUld look after the dog—that it was continually running about the premises , to which the prisoner replied that he never saw it hunt in his life . Deceased pointed out that it was doing so then , on which Hull said "I'll be d—d if it ever does hunt , " and he further told deceased to look after 'ttie other tenants' dogs , to which the latter replied , that he ( Hull ) dare not say anything about Longueville ; that he . was under his lash because he « sept pointer puppies for hiai in the last summer 5 n the name of Lord Ward . Prisoner asked what he ( Norris ) had to do with that , on which the latter told him to do his duty . Hull , as he alleged , then commenced bullying him . He told him he didn't want bullying , but that he was to do liis duty , or he should be obliged to put some one else in his place , on which the prisoner presented the gun at
him and punched him with it , it beinghalf-cockcd at the time , and deceased deposed in conclusion — " I then told liim to he quiet , but he ( Hull ) drew back , levelled his : jun at me , and said , "D—n your eyes , I'll blow your brains out . " He then fired . The discharge went into my shoulder and left side . I lold him I was a dead man . I thim caw K « p « ' another charire of powder into his i ? un , but recollect nothing after that . " From the learned counsel ' s statement it further appeared that a boy named Smith , who was standing in a meadow adjoining , saw the prisoner raise his gun to his hip ; he heard it go oft and saw the deceased the fall ; another underkeeper , named Chambers , shortly after came up , and found Norris lying bleeding , the prisoner went away without rendering any asistanco . but afterwards made a statement respecting the transaction , ' to a great extent confirmatory of that averred by the deceased , although he subsequently declared that the gun went off in a scuffle . Several witnesses were called on behalf of the prosecution .
Mr . F . V . Lee addressed the jury for the defence . The chief ground of this was , the gun had gone off by accident in the scuffle , and that , consequently , the prisoner could only be said to have committed homicide by mis . adventure . Mr . Justice Maule summed up very elaborately ^ and minutely . In the course of his observations his lordship said , that If they believed the evidence of thejwitness Smith , that the prisoner deliberately levelled his gun at the deceased , then he was undoubtedly guilty of murder , because he ^ could not expect that he should by such an act , inflict a slight injury . Referring to the
matter out of which the quarrel arose , his lordship said that nothing gave rise to so much bad and malignant feeling amongst men , and nothing created more disputes , in the course of which blood was shed , than the warfare springing out of and engendered by the attempts to preserve game ; there wag every species of strife springing out of poaching and other such matters nothing was Che said ) in his mind more lamentable than the existence of this state of things . The jury turned round in their box for a few minutes , and then returned a verdict of Not Guilty . ^_ .
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CHARGE OF MUJtDKR . At the Staffobd Assizes . — On Monday last , Hannah Edwards , 26 , a poor idiotic-looking creature , was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Edwards , at Wolverhampton , on the 25 th of May . The prisoner was allowed a seat in the dock . Her appearance seemed to excite deep commiseration , in a densely crowded court , amongst which were many respectable females . It appeared that , on the 29 th of May , a person , named Davis , while walking along the towing-path , saw the body of a child in the canal , which he took to the workhouse . It seemed that , on the 28 th ot March , the prisoner was received into the workhouse , where she was confined on the 20 th of April , of a male child , which was baptised Thomas . The things found on the boJ ^ identified h
of tbe child , Mr . 'Wildbore , the master , as elonging to Madeley Union . On the 25 th of May , the prisoner and a girl named Mary Ann Perkes , left the poor-house together , and went to Wolverhampton , whtire they parted at about a quarter to eight the same evening , Edwards having the ' child , which was then well , with her . When Perkes left her at the corner of Temple-Street , prisonersaid she was going to her father's house ,. On the 2 Tth , two days after , Perkes met her , and said , " Well , Hannah , how are you V She replied , " Very well . * Perkes asked , "How is the child V She replied , « It was taken ill , and is dead . It died in my father ' s bouse at two o ' clock the next morning , and I am going to get a coffin for it to be buried . " A person , named Stewart , deposed that , on the evening of the 25 th of May , prisoner came to her house , having a blue and white bundle with her , Mrs .
Stewart said , " Whereis your baby ? " She said , "It is dead ; it died in the B » st »! e a fortnight ago . It was a girl , aud I called it Emma . " Witness said , "Why did you call it Emma V * She replied , "Because that is the name of my father's sister , and sh epromised to give me a frock , " Mrs . Stewart said , " What would you have done if it had lived , as you are a poor weak creature > and not fit to take caro ofa baby 1 " The prisoner said , " My fetber must work for it . " Mr . Stewart went to the prisoner's father , told Wm she was at 1 is house , and she want home on the following evening . The child was fomad about half a mile from Stewart ' s house . The Clothes found On the child , and some found at the pri . soner'i father ' s , were identified a . those taken -mil . tte baby from the Union . The child was disinlerred , an inouest held , and the unfortunate woman committed by the coroner , on the 2 nd of June , on tho charge oj wilful murder .
Mrs . Stewart stated that she ha known tho prisoner for eighteen years , and she was always a poor halfwitted creature . Sometimes she would be quiet , and sometimes violent . She could never be taur / tit her alphabet , or made to understand what other people were reading about . Her mother was in the same way after the birth of her first child . The prisoner's father deposed that she . could not be left alone in the house , or trusted , fj ' lie knew noma , times what she was doing , and at owners did not know right or wrong , She had had fits . The Jury consulted together . " A ' oout ten minutes , and then returned a verdict of Not Guilty , on the ground of iasanity .
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| DlSFBANCX WSBMENT OF 1 , 600 ElBCTORS Br : N 01 f . PAThunt of Taxi 's . —On Saturday ,. ** the meeting o f the Marylebon ' e v « ^ t Mr . Daniel said he was desirous ofcallingtheat . 'ention of the vestry to a subject of very great impoi taace , which was , that in consequence of the rate paying clause in the Reform Act , no less than 1 , 669 { . 'Olsons in the parish of Marylobone had been disfra nc'bised this year , by reason of their not having paid ' tLwir taxes . Wkstmixster Brume . —It is gtated that this bridge had sunk on Weo ' uesday considerably . Sir Howard Douglas predicieu' that it would sink , in a pamphlet whichhe publiahei i some time ago , but the pirn have subsided further tl ' mn he anticipated . The 3 ommittoe , itiB 8 ud , have reb 'elved unanimously on lulling it down . ' Tub Soldier F . : Wmn .-A letter in theA ^ - ] impton Mercury supplies the foil , wing facts re at ; " ; 0 the ati nn nvf . iinnta * MU .. W UTUIl" . f jawve / / ' '
Hussars , whose father was Postir , \ aster of . Netting bam . After leaving Mr . Rope r ' s academy of Nottingham , and where I ought t o state he ! met with sons of the most . respectable families of the town , and one wbo is now . an able bt \ rrister , he was apprenticed to Messrs . Barker and Adams , large wholesale hosiers . I believe he contini led with them about two or three years ; and about tU 'c same taao that his respected parents had to give up all that they possessed , the above house ' either . stopped , or they decreased their hands ; poor Whito-was then out of employment , and ho tried , in vain , in JSot . tingham ,- to obtain a situation . He went tv London
there met with disappointment after disabpointment till he was driven to enlist in the 2 nd Life Guards ! lie-did not remain long in this regiment . B & met with an accident—put his arm or his shoulder © tit—¦ and was discharged as being unfit for service . After this he was in the London police , and was one of that body who was sent to Birmingham to quell the riots there in 1840 . At this te-wn he tells me in his letters that he enlisted into the 7 th Hussars , being in liquor at the time . This account he gave me when at York Barracks . Poor White was a tall , rather slender young man ; and I remember , when he was about 17 years of age , that he stood nearly six feet high . He was of a kind , affable disposition , gentlemanly in his deportment , and respected by all who knew him .
An Irish Notion of Rogotrv . —E . Lonegan was found guilty , and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation at Waterford , last week , for burglary and robbery . The prosecutor , a poor farmer , stated that two men , the prisoner and another , broke into his house ' at night , and demanded his money , One of them { went over to the bed where his wife lay , and took a sproneen ( a little purse ) from under her head ; but , noi satisfied with what it contained , fell to beatmg ' the prosecutor with a stick , te force him to discover where the rest ofhis money was concealed . The otier thief , who was armed with a " blunderbush , " went '' mouching about" till he found in ^ hole in the wall , £ 5 5 s „ with which thevdecainned .
telling the lawful owner that he was " a devil of a rogue t « hide his money in that manner ,. " .. . ., This Electric Telegraph between Birmingham and Der ^ y has just been completed , and a moat succeaful trial of . the instrument has been made by Messrs . Cooke and Wheatstone ., IThe distance between Birmingham and Derby is forty-one miles . This completes the telegraph on the entire of the Midland line- frem iLeeds to Birmingham ; and from Derby to JNottingham and Rugby . With the ex . ception of the want of a few instruments on the road stations between this town and Derby , the communication * is perfect , and the estimated cost of the telegraph ia about £ 10 , 000 ..
Conviction for Murdbr . —Patrick M'Mnhnn , who , with his brother , Cornelius M "Mahon , had been on trial for some days at the Limerick Assizes , was found guilty on Thursday , and sentenced by Dr . Stock to be executed on the 6 th of August . The unfortunate convict was removed , protesting his innocence . The other brother is to stand his trial next assizes on the charge of firing at and wounding the police at Annacotty on the night of the murder . The murdered man was a respectable farmer , named Laurence Leahy .
The Wblmnqion Status . —On Saturday , the furtlier erection of the scaffolding over the triumphal arch at Hyde-park Corner , intended for the raising of the colossal statue of the Duke of Wellington , was suspended , by order of Lord Morpeth , the new Chiei Commissioner of Woods and Forests . It is now fully believed that the site chosen by the Committee , upon which several hundred pounds must have been expended , even in the present scaffolding erected , will be given up , and that the parade in St . James ' s-park will be the place on which this trophy to the merits of . the illustrious Duke will ultimately be raised . Paris . —Workmen havecommenced the demolition of the elephant in the Place de lu Bastille . The figure is composed chiefly of wood and plaster , very little iron being used about it . At the first blow ot the hammer a number of rats ran out , no fewer than 200 having been destroyed .
Death of Colonel Macirone . -- This distinguished but unfortunate officer expired suddenly on Saturday morning last . He was born at Manchester in lftfr , and was sent by his father to Italy in 1801 for conimei'oiul objects , and waa detained at Naples ou the breaking out of the war . Having attracted the attention of Murat , then King of Naples , from a certain likeness he bore to Buonaparte , as well as by his success in experimental science and athletic exercises , he entered the Neapolitan service , and in a short time was appointed one of the Aides-de-Camp of Murat , with the rank of Colonel ; he was also decorated with the cross of the Two Sicilies and of the Legion of Honour . His "Interesting Facts , " published in London , concerning that ill-starred
monarch , were so eagerly sought in Italy , where the book was prohibited , that manuscript copies of it sold at a very high price . In 1830 and 1821 Colonel Maeirone sent several hundred men to the Spanish settlements in South America , and received the fruitless rank of Brigadier-General from the republic of Columbia , He afterwards served the Liberal party in Spain , until the retreat of the Cortes to Cadiz , During the agitation of the Reform Bill he printed his "Defensive Instructions for the People , " of which many thousand copies were sold ; he subsequently published two volumes of autobiography , intending to follow them by two others , had n-it the
death of his bookseller prevented his design . Ot late years he dedicated himself to mechanical pursuits , pricipally to the establishment of steam locomotives on common roads , but failing in this undertaking , he became much embarassed , and never recovered any part ot the money he embarked . He was the contributor of many useful suggestions ia the Mechanics ' Magazine , and other scientific periodicals ; and among those suggestions may be mentioned the Archimedes screw , for the impulsion of steam ships , many years before it was adopted . He died suddenly , but calmly , without a murmur , we are afraid in utter destitution , leaving a widow and two daughters , of cou se quite penniless .
Revival of Johanna Southcotism . —For some time past the most active exertions have heen made by the surviving followers of Johanna Southcote , and several rooms , termed chapels , been opened in various parts of town ; and numerous preachers , chiefly females , hold forth every Sabbath on Kennington Common , and other public places , intimating the near approach ot the only true Shiloh . Tub Kino and- Quekn of the Bklcians are in London on a visit to the British Queen . The Christesixg of the Infant Pmncess , third daughter of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert , took place on Saturday evening , in the chapel , Buckingham Palace . The little lump of Royalty received the names of "Helena Augusta Victoria . "
Importation op Fruit ano Cattle . —On Monday the Columbine stcara-ahip from Rotterdam arrived in the Pool , with fOO baskets of fruit consisting of currants and apricots . The steam-ship Rapid , from Harlingen , arrived on Sunday afternoon , with eighty bullocks and 101 sheep . The Neptune ateam-ship , from Hamburgh , also brought fifty bullocks , eleven calves , and a large quantity of yeast . Destruction op a DutcIi War Schooner bt Phut . es . —Letters from Singapore have been received , dated 2 Stlv of May , communicating the particulars of the capture of the Dutch war schooner Chamelion , on the Bunka coast , and the massacre of the oincers and crew by the horde of privates that infest that part of the globe . She was on her way to Minton , when she was attacked by forty boats , each
boat armed with a long gun * and manned bysjxty men . Alter plundering the schooner , and destroying all on board thev sankjher . They landed on the island of Bunka , sacked the village , and killed all who offered any resistance ,. They then re-embarked , oarryiag with them a number of men * women , and children , as slaves , and a quantity of treasure . It is stated ! that they are under the command of a Dutch reneeade ofiieeri who was dismissed from the service of the Dutch government some years ago under circumstances of peculiar disgrace . He fled to Iliawoon . and married the daughter of one of the chiefs , and has since been active in training the pirates for service against the country and trade . On the receipt of the intelligence , the Merapi steamer , after landing her mails , went in pursuit of them .
Topographers Landmarks . —the old halfarayj house in the Kensington-road , which for many , years , has stood between the pathway and the road , looking as If it had straggled there by accident and couM not budge further , is going—nay , gone . Tlie builsfer of Ennismore-gardens , a pile of houses absut to rise opposite to the building alluded to has purchased it , and will form a handsome entranee to ihe ' parkin its place . Honest waggoners , who inherit k-nditions of this ancient resting-place from deftd and gone grandfathers , shako their heads and , say things are coming to an end .
A Child Suffocated nr 'is I > rdnkbn Mother . — On Monday an inquest * as held lit-foro Mr . W . Carter , at the Windmill Tavern , Windhanwoad . Camberwell , on tho body of James Bridgden , aged four we ^ ks , whose parents reside at No . 1 , Loveaourt , Bowyer-lane . The deceased was the son of a
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Renter , who J . ad latterly led « life of dissipation - f ^ M'ftnkenness , ^ neglecting his family , a » d leaving OnKrt *?^ near ttt , a 8 t *> mther ** a **» Peckhanj f & iv , S ?! ! ^ Canal , in search of her husband ; any e lt f ° hin ? , but 8 h ^ ble to obta ^ went home mw s ^ aently . met some friends and weSttoTedStW , aMe' h 0 OTthe P artie * followiSav It m ^ ceased . >^ at five o ' clock the i "SSSfldSS- Jury ret «* * ™^' alKXelbft ;^^ SSHBOSSr ^ il the pa ^ Sl Female CouRAOE .-On Sunday , the 12 thul K whrfefc the chief part ot the family were preparing for church , a person attired as a sailor approached " the house of Mr . William Board , Tillhouse Barton ,. Broadclist , for the purpose of begging . He left ; . an ( l shortly after the family were gone , the same uerfeoni
was seen in company with another mah ' attiretfa * anavigator , looking in / at , the kitchen window , tHerer being no one at this time in the house but the jseifrant girl . The sailor demanded refreshment ; say- - rug , if this were not given him , " he wonld break 5 dewn the boose about her ears . " The girl naturall y i became much alarmed ; arid threatened to call her * I master , whom she said was up stairs . But to thisi »;? K »? £ - i » ' "'I ' M * your master in the car ' Th » Jr- ™ - ' ^ - and n S » in demanded entrance . Jtopri immediately laid bole of the fowling-piece . SJdTwK »; M to shoot them , which caused tfcem instantly to decamp JhKMi * pRost wsmr . WiM-uwi-. Ota Saturday old \ l \ n"S-2 f t ° * t ^ Carpenter , fivemoiths old , who died from starvation , in conaeonence of W * been too «* wanei . ' ^ SS % S
cne -eraenoe Mat the deceased was the [ offspring of a ^ r » m W ) ma ? ' ? l Rebecca Carpenter . She , about twa month * after the birth of neTchild , ' wentit ^ o-servreei on which she put it oafrtodif S ^ Jw « e < AE / 5 mrri ¥ woman of titename of MitcML Abeut five weeks subsequent toit being there , as-she found it almost always asleep , she went with it to Dr . Recce , who remarked that some sleeping medicine had been given to ' it , which , wag denied by the nurse . The deceased , however , continued in a similar state , was always fretful and Irom being a feae healthy child became pm mMly emaciated , She then took it to a Mrs . Arnold , where it died on that day week , and was buried on the following Thursday . Mr . J . Courtenay , surgeon , JFinsbnry Terrace , made the , pt > st mortem
examination . He found all the vital organs in a heaMjr state , but much emaciated . He attributed death to starvation , from the deceased not having its na ' ural diet ; or , to exhaustion from diarrhea , consequent upon too early weaning .: Verdict ,. " That the deceased died through exhaustion from diarrhaoa , consequent upon too early weaning . " ; ,:. v Robbbry op an Insurance CoMPANV . —The City and Metropolitan police have been for the last twoor three days busily engaged in endeavouring to apprehend a clerk belonging to the Imperial Fire and Life Insurance Company , who has embezzled a veryconsiderable amount of property from the company . Up to the time of this discovery the accused had borne a most respectable character , and his absence from office was the sole cause of the company ascertaining their , yet unknownloss .
, . Inquests . —On Monday night Mr . Payne , the Deputy Coroner , held an inquest at the King ' s Arms , Hounsditeh , on the body of Dr . John Christian Ubeni , aged 79 , lately residing at 19 , Duke Street , St . Mary Aae . Ool / hoiiuc TJOculsalU lllab ultu dbvcnoctf nag her father . lie was a doctor of divinity in the Church of England , and also a doctor of medicine . He had been for many years one of the governors of St . Thomas ' s Hospital . On the night of Saturday last , about half-past ten o ' clock , whilst she was sitting on the bed , she called taker father , but , receiving no answer , she went and shook his head , and then found that his face was cold , and concluding that he was either dead or dying , she immediately
procured assistance , and then ascertained that deceased was dead . Verdict , " Natural Death . " On Tuesday evening an inquest was taken before Mr . Payne , at the Newcastle Tavern , St . Mary-at-Hill , Billingsgate , on view of the body of a man unknown , found the previous morning , between V and 8 o clock , in the Thames , off Nicholson ' s Wharf . Deceased who was about sixty years of age , was dressed in a blue jacket , light waistcoat with a small flower , black trowsers , and laced boots , much worn . Sixpence , three-halfpence , and a farthing , were in his pocket , but no memorandum . The inquest was adjourned till the 11 th of August , for the purpose of the boty being indentih ' ed . Frightful Accident on the Lokdon anb
Birmingham Railway . —On Tuesday evening , an accident of a most frightful character occurred to a man named Wm . Ilailes ^ aged 53 , a gentleman ' s coachman , who was coming up from Wolverton , in the train . Having alighted at the Harrow station , he was about to resume his seat in the carriage , and in so doing he missed his footing , he fell down , and had well nigh gone under the wheels of the train which wa « j nst about to start . The poor fellow was picked up quite insensible , bleeding from the forehead , and was placed in the carriage and brought on to the terminus at Euston-square . He was conveyed to the University College Hospital , where it was discovered that he had sustained , besides a broken leg , ft fracture of the left clavicle , and other extensive injuries , so as to vender his ultimate recovery extremely dubious .
Death of a Female in a Sedan CiiAin . — Last evening Mr . \ V , Carter held an inquest at the Cooper ' s Arms Tavern , Russell-street , Bermondsey , respecting the death of Sarah Kendall , aged 9 £ years , lately residing at No . 4 , Whites ' -gardens , Bermondsey . The deceased was the wife of a Greenwich pensioner , but for some years had been in the receipt of parochial relief . She was very infirm , and had been confined to her bed for the last fortnight in consequence of her bodily weakness . The deceased consented to be removed to the workhouse of St . Mary Magdalen , Bermondsey , and on Saturday last the medical officer
Mr . H . T . Tovey , granted a certificate lor her removal , Ab"ut 4 o ' clock four men proceeded to her residence with a sedan chair , in which she was placed hy her daughter and others . They proceeded with safety to the workhouse , and on opening the door of the sedan chair she was found to be quite insensible . The deceased was carried into the house , and was seen by one of the surgeons , but life was quite extinct . The deceased had died on her way to the workhouse from her extreme age and infirmity of body . The Jury being satisfied that every care had been taken by the parochial officers in the removal , unanimously recorded a verdict of ' Death from natural
causes . Miss Martinkau has just finished the building of a delightful residence in the lake district . —Cumberland Pacquet . .-.- ' .- ¦ . Another Mubder in Manchester . —Intelligence was received at our Central Police Station , on Sunday morning , that a man named James Hunt , a tassel-makcr by trade , about thirty-five years of age , and of shabby genteel appearance , hilled his wife on Saturday night , about seven o ' clock , by striking her violently on the head with his fist . He immediately absconded , and , we believe , has not yet been found . ' .
The bright ornament of the aristocracy , Lord Huntingtower , who has appeared twice before the Insolvent Courts , applied for the protection of the Court , which has been refused him for the last twelve months . The commissioner decided that he might apply again on the 12 th November . This is the worst fruit season that has been known for several years past . All the growers-in Kent have had thetir euops blighted . The scarcity ia general . Survivor os -bus : Roshb . 6 k < w ? se . —Several aged
seamen have died , for whose memory it has bten claimed that each wa & the last survivor of the fearful tragedy of ! tha-ginkklg * of the Royal Qeor g e at Spithead ,. in $ 18 % . Notwithstanding soma » y "last survivors , "' however , we (( Fools ikvaldj tme the satisfaction to state that another yet lives ; that a hale and worthy tar , Sfr years or age ,. name ^ Mkh & el Gould' now residing in , P & ole , was- oa beard the Royal George ; at tie moment efr her go >» s down » and , with several others * was most proratentially preserved by escapiag . thrflugh & porfr-hote .
FAHAL . CftlL-BJTV A'OCHMiNE- AflV BlfcttRBStAB ^—TWO Mux . Killed , —Oh Thwsday morning las * , a fatal accident toek piano at tlio'l / ownheadcwilr-mt , wherby a father and son lost their ,- lives . They were both-i working together , when about eigh * e ' ckxrlc a p ; irt of , ' the COal abwe ftll uyon . them .. The bodi es were gat-. cufc without ( fatay . Tho father- waa alive when brought to ths top of the-pit , but expired almost im-. mediataly afterwards . Ths son was killed on . the tspot . — Galedsnia'n . Mevowuyi . \ WoaiCBoa Warsjer . —Aa the great stumbling-block to tlie trial of Captain Warners Lor , g Rnnge ,. is the expense connected with the destruction of a . man-ofmaB ,. webeg taave to propose certain subjects , the demolitem of which would be hailed as an / immense
boon to the- eomuttMuty . There is that ti > jo old specU men * Oifcraziness , Westminster llritlac ; ve are sure old Father Thames would be unspeakably grateful ( or having such a load taken oft ' his bosoixi , and no one wanld be dbsatis fied but < i few watcrn \ e & who officiate as cockney Ch & rons , in ferrying over . Ihe timid souls who prefer , in crossing the river , th ., > safety ofa wager boat to the danger ol' a bridge . T ' oere is also Battersea bridge , and its worthy brother Putney , both of whom , ii tried by ' their piers , ' . couldhave been condemed lonx ;!» o . It is . time that ilieir knells were tolled . Let Captain Warner . v . ive a " shy" at these
nuisances , and if he succor . dx-d in knocking down any one of them , his " Long Kange" should be immediatel y hvmiuht up by t ' , ic commissioners tor tlie improvement of the mctvop .-, ] is . Such a besom has long neen wanted toswcr , pthe iMM [» ft £ H unsightly obstruo » ., ons . - Who * it 1 »« 1 -nnlhiBg bettae to do . it might Wo a f . cntlc brush at 'lcmple-baiy-. Punch .
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