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¦ July 4 , 184 C . . M . THE NORTHERN STAR ^ n * V ^ - ; L _
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rj'j **^™ ' ***** - *** - ^— — ° IBRAHIM I'ACfiA . The Egyptian Prince after visiting Manchester , Liverpool and other places in the manufacturing districts , returned to the metropolis the latter end of last week . On Saturday at 2 o ' clock , the Pacha , acc ompanied by Sami Pacha uud M . Hubert , and attended by Major Dickson left Mivart ' s in an open carriage and drove to St . George ' s hospital , for the purpose of inspecting the interior of that institution . On alighting at the doors of the hospital , his Diihness ¦ was received by Mr . lveate , sergeant surgeon to her M . 4 . 'sty , and chief siimcon of St . Georee ' s hospital
and Mr . Spittcr , the house surgeon , by whom his Highness was conducted over the institution . After ^ passine through , several of the wards , in which the tUe patients were lying , the Pacha visited and inspected the museum , the kitchen , and every other portion of the building calculated to excite any interest in the mind of the illustrious stranger . After passing nearly an hour in the institution , his Highness took Ms departure , having previously expressed to Mr . Keate the high gratification he had derived from his visit , and his astonishment at the admirable arrangements which appeared io prevail throughout ihe hospital .
An incident occurred as the Pacha was about to leave , which , from the apparent interest it occasioned -to his Highness , may not be unworthy of notice . The funeral procession of a s"rj : caHt in the Life Guards was in the act of passing the institution , on its wav from Kuiglrsbridge barracks to St . George ' s burial ground , in the Bayswater-road , as the Pacha was entering his carriage . The corps of men , with trailed arms , and the caparisoned chargers following in the rear of his deceased master , at once caught and fixed the attention of the Egyptian warrior , and as the cavalcade proceeded , his Highness gave evidence of ihe emotion ihe scene excited in his breast by anxiously and repeatedl y directing the especial observation of bis attendants to the same .
His Highness next proceeded to the Colosseum , where he was received by Mr . Bradwcll . the artist and designer of that very beautiful exhibition .. The Pacha appeared much astonished on entering the Glyptotheca at the magnificence of the scene it unfolded , and after viewing the Swiss Scenery , ihe conservatory , tbe Italian ruins , and the stalactite caverns , proceeded to the summit of the building to inspect the panorama of London , his Highness remained over an hour in the exhibition , aud on leaving , at Mr . Bradwell ' ssuggestion , promised to return in the evening for the purpose of inspecting the different effect of gaslight on the exhibition generally , and especially on the picture of London .
From the Colosseum the Pacha proceeded to the General Post Office , where he arrived about five o ' clock , just at the period when the heaviest business ofthe week is about being carried on . His Highness -was received by the secretary and superintendant , and conducted in detail over the establishment . Before leaving , his Highness , accompanied by two or three members of his suite , entered the machine used for raising the officials from the ground floor to the summit ofthe building , -where the sorting of the newspapers is carried on . Having made a complete circuit of the establishment and fully satisfied himself of the enormous business transacted therein , the . Pacha re-entered his carriage and returned to Mi-¦ vart ' s to dinner at 0 o ' clock .
At half-pasi 7 the carriages were again ordered to convey his Highness aud suite to the Regent ' s Park . The Pacha alighted in the inner circle and walked across the fircat Park to the point where the Zoological Gardens are entered . Returning to his carriage his Highness drove to Madame Tussaud's exhibition , which be . now viewed by gaslight , having on Thursday last honoured the same exhibition with a visit during the day . After half an hour passed ameng the wax figures ihe Pacha drove io the Colosseum , where he witnessed the different efivct of gaslight on that beautiful exhibition . His Highness remained at the Colosseum until nearly eleven o ' eloii ] -, returning at that huuv to his Mel , and shortly afiet retiring to rest . On Monday there was a grand fisld day in Hyde Park ; the respective regiments of household troops at present stationed in London assembling therein for tbe purpose of being inspected by his Highness Ibrahim Pacha .
The remanents reviewed consisted of the 1 st Regiment of Life Guards , the Royal Horse Guards ( Bine ) , the 1 st and 2 nd battalions of Grenadier Guards , the 1 st battalion of Coldstream Guards , and the 1 st battalion ofthe Scots . Fusilier Guards . All the a wve regiment arrived on the ground from their respective quarter * , before 10 o ' clock—the cavalry under the command of Major General the Hon . E . Lyron , C . B ., and the cavalry under Col . Berkeley Drwamond . At half-past 10 o ' clock the infantry took np their position in continuous column , at quarter distance , facing Grosvenor-gate , the cavalry occupying the right flank . "" The morning was delightfully fine , and tlie parli was densely crowded . A large number of the aristocracy was present , including the " Old Duke . "
At five minutes before eleven o ' clock a slight stir among the crowd near Grosvenor-gate , gave notice of the approach of the Egyptian Pacha , and immediately afterwards his Highness rnde into the square , attended by Sami Pacha , Col . Bonfort , M . Nubart , and Major Dickson . His Highness was attired in a superb military costume , aud rode a white charger . The usual evolutions took place , a report of which wouid not , howercr . interest our readers . In the evening Ibrahim Pacha visited Cremorne Gardens , a short time before the Nassau haJloon sscended , ond had an excellent view cf it in its poised state , as it waved to and fro , anxious , as it were , to shoot upwards to its native element . The masses of
spectators pressed close on each other , all anxious for the bcstsi gUt they could obtain ; bufcgreat though the throng was , the Pacha was fortunate in having excellent accommodation , of which he was manifestly sensible . Mr . Green , accompanied by a Scotch nobleman , and by a . Air . Van Buren , and eight other aspirants to aeronautic fame , - were for some time seated in the car of the b .-illoon , before the signal to ' * let go" was " veil , and at length , all being right , the word '" off" was pronounced , and the balloon shot upwards in a most imposing manner . The balloon laving cleaved the trees , went magnificently forward apon its voyage , and was soon lost sight of from the gardens . The Pacha was in an exstacy , and soon after took his departure .
Jii33 Iturdett Coutts And Richard Doxjf,...
JII 33 ItURDETT COUTTS AND RICHARD DOXJf , THE BARRISTER . x ( Judges' Cliamljers , Monday , June 29 fA . ) To-dny was appointed for 3 Ir . Bodkia and the other parties engaged in the above prosecution to show cause why a writ certiorari should not issua to remove the indictment for perjury against Richard Dunn , from the Central Criminal Court to the Queen ' s Bench . "dr . Dunn appeared in person , and Mr . Bodkin , with Mr . Humphreys , attended the Judge on behalf of Miss Burdett Courts . The L ~ arnei Judge inquired if 31 * . Bodkin had any affidavit to put in I Mr . Bodkin renlied in the negative .
Mr . Dunn , with * extreme volubil ty , then argued that Id had received letters purporting to btar tbe Initials of the defendant ;; that be had replied to them , and taken the best means of ascertaining their authenticity ; that by appealing to the bankruptcy laws he had adopted what be thought was the shortest course to justice ; and if theautlu-rity was notjrenuine , why did not the bankers impound the cheque , and adopt such rigid measures as bankers generajy would do , if a false cheque were presented to them ! On the contrary , Air . Jlarjoribauks had
only stated , on seeing tbe authority , that he had no orders to pay the £ 100 , 000 d « nanfled . lie ( Mr . Dunn ) believed that theinilnencc of the bankers was so great upon the citizens of London , that if he were tried by an © lil U : tilejr Jury , he e . uld not expect to receive fair play as an English su ' njtct who had always home allegiance to the Queen . He had been watched from house to bouse by the police—toe had had his papers taken from liim—no attorney or lisrrisfer would act on bis liebalf—Ills very food was interfered with through the agency of this woman . '
Mr . Justice Pattison said , that two of the judges would preside at the Central Criaiiual Court , aud therefore the defendant would have as substantial justice done him as jb the Queen ' s Bench . Mr . Dunn said , that he could not obtain the assistance of Queen ' s Counsel without paying a fee of fifty or one hundred guineas . A major in the army , who . was also a witness , was absent from Loudon , and he ( defendant ) required time to arrange his evidence . Forty-two magistrates had on a former occasion decided against him , and but for the interposition of the Queen's Bench he should have been sacrificed to as base and diabolical a conspiracy as the present .
Mr . Bodkin said , he was instructed to leave the matter entirely in his Lordship's oivn hands . The lady , however , who was the object of the defendant ' s persecution , was entitled to some consideration . If the case was removed to the Queen ' s Bench it would only entail heavier security on the defendant ; and , without going into the pretended authority to draw upon Coutts ' s bank for 100 , 0001 ., he ( Mr . Bodkin ) would state that the indictment for perjury assigned that there was no debt due or owing to the extent of one farthing by Miss Coutts . The Learned Counsel then called the attention of the Learned Judge to the following lines , and which defendant had sworn was his authority for drawing the cbeqne , and for non-payment of which he sought to make the firm of Coutts and Co . bankrupts : — " Send to Coutts ' s your bill , There are lots In the till .
I'll give the clerks orders to do it ; Then got yeur discharge , Tour dear body enlarge , And in Stratton-street do letme view it , And , by the by , love , my affection to prove , Por your long cruel incarceration , Tell a good round sum , AS I ' ve plenty of tin To make vou a fair compensation . —A . B . C . " * He ( Mr . Bodkin ) \ vonld put it to the Judge , whether any sane man would pretend to rely upon such a poetical \
Jii33 Iturdett Coutts And Richard Doxjf,...
emision as the production of s lady , and » auliari-im * him to draw 100 , 0001 . ? , „»< , „ , „ ., ? . The Learned Judge said there were many « ta' « rnen ^ in the affidavit quite beside the question , but he thought it would be more satisfactory to all partiesi to allow the writ of certiorari to issue , and to increase » e tod . The defendant was then ordered to find tail , himself in 200 Z-, and two sureties of 601 . each , to take his trial On the Charge of perjury atthe Court of Queen ' s Bench .
Severe Thunder Storm In Gloucester. On T...
SEVERE THUNDER STORM IN GLOUCESTER . On Thursday this city and nei g hbourhood were visited by an appalling thunder storm . Partial showers had fallen early in the day , hut about noon a mass of clouds fieavy and black , was observed approaching the city , from S . W ., and the portentous vapour * Apparently gathered density as it sailed along . Vivid flashes of lightning sprung from it in rapid succession , and one of the peals of thunder was terrific . A herald flash rent the cloud , and the peal which followed it instantaneously was so profound— uear— horrible— -that tbe stoutest spirit cowered during its prolonged rear . The very houses vibrated with the shock ofthe warring elements , while a violent and heavy storm of hail that also raged , increased the confused sounds pervading the atmosphere . We vegretbeing obliged to add that the storm did not pass
over us harmlessly . The first toll-house on tbe Stroud road was struck by the lightning , and considerably damaged . One moment it was safely sheltering a number of persons who had sought refuge from the violence of the storm , and the next the front ofthe house was burst the upper and lower windows being almost converted into one , all the windows were blown out and shivered to atoms ; the crockery on the shelves was broken , tbe window shutters twisted off the hinges and thrown into the field on the opposite side , while the inmates were dashed about the floor . Confused , sense and sight reeling amidst the arrowy , resistless fire of heaven , none of them are capable of giving an intelligible account of the catastrophe . Aa far as we can learn , it would appear that immediately after the thunder crashed , the gable ofthe house was dashed in , the materials falling in all
directions . Three children belonging to Mr . Tower , and a servant , who were standing near the stairs , escaped unhurt . The toll-keeper , Paish , and his wife , were also untouched , while their baby , only fourteen days old , which was in an old woman ' s lap , was thrown out of it and fell on the flaor , but was not hurt . One woman , however , had her clothes set on fire , and before the flames could be extinguished she was burnt very badly : another woman was hnrn * , - « nout tneiegs , and a third was also hurt . A boy was also burnt , and is now deaffrom the shock , and another boy has lost his hearing . But thesevcrestinjury was sustained by a man named George Johnson , At the time the house was struck he was leaning against the door ; his profile was actually burnt on iheivoodoyUielightning . Tho outline , of tbe head and face is quite perfect , the space within it being charred .
Johnson sustained a cut under his eye , his smock-frock was burnt Off his back , and he was completely paralysed by the shock . The sufferers were immediately conveyed to the Gloucester General Infirmary , where their injuries were attended to , and they are all gradually recovering . The lightning apparently was attracted by an elm tree 50 feet high , which overhangs the house , and it stripped off the bark as it descended , and it is supposed that the stream of the fluid divided , one portion being attracted by the lamp at the toll house , while the other shivered the root of an adjoining tree , and was then lost in the earth . Mr . John Knowlcs , of Wboton , was also struck down by the electric fluid , near Barnwood Turnpike . He was walking along the road , and it was attracted by a shovel and pick axe which he was carrying
on his shoulder ; the handle of the latter was shattered , Mr ; Knowles was prostrated in the road , his clothes shivered into ribbons , and besides being severely burnt in the back , his legs were paralysed ; ho is , however , recovering . At Minsterworth , near this city , a man and woman sought shelter beneath a cart loaded with hay , belonging to Mr . Barratt , farmer , when thehorses startled by the thunder ran away , and the wheels of the waggon went av-r the poor creatures , breaking one of the arms of the man and dislocating the hip ofthe woman in a frightful manner . The sufferers were removed to the Gloucester Infirmary , where they are now lying In a precarious State . A horse was struck dead in an orchard belonging to Mr . George Price , atThornbury . From every direction we hear of slighter accidents from the efiectof the lightning .
Thunder Storm In The Highlands, (From Th...
THUNDER STORM IN THE HIGHLANDS , ( From the Inverness Courier . ) On Friday last , the 19 th inst ., the districts on the southern side of the river Spcy , extending from the Netby to BallindaUoch , was visited by one of the most terrific thunder storms ever witnessed in this country . The morning-, like several preceding it lately , was exceedingly hot , with a faint breeze blowing from the S . "V . The sky was unclouded and beautifully clear , but towards noon , numerous electric clouds became apparent towards the 5 . W ., and by hulf-pn . st twelve p . M ., * ci ! medin denser masses and of a more lowering and threatening character , at the same time long peals of thunder at a distance were heard now and then ; followed by slight showers of rain . By half-past one , however , the dread
artillery of the skies thundered "louder and louder still ; " vivid flashes of lightening shot in every direction around , forming an awful contrast with the deep , dark , frowning aspect of tbe firmament , fearfully convulsed , as if demons in the air had conspired to exterminate iu a second the " heavens above and the earth below . " In this country never was rain observed to pour down in such immense torrents , and with such immense rapidity ; the sides of the surrounding mountains and hills soon became white with hundreds of foaming rills and streams ; where formerly only small rills existed , there were now to be seen boisterous rapid streams ; and at last , the plains and fields below seemed extensive pools and lakes .
The thunder storm raged with greater violence at Dal vey than in most of the other places within its sphere . In less than an hour the burn draining this district , though commonly but a small stream rose nearly fifteen feet above its level , raging fearfully downwards , unchequed by any obstacle in its flooded career , and carrying with it immense quantities of loose earth , gravel , large stones , trees , and roots , a vast accumulation of which has been left at its mouth where it enters the Spey , So strong indeed was the force with which the flood carried the materialsin question along , that they reached within ten feet of the opposite banks of the . Spey , stowing its rapid current , from-which circumstance , for some time , for upwards of a mile , a silent dead pool was formed up
that stream . In fact , this burn was in its full force and majesty . A looker-on , as I was , might fancy that the Spey would have been wholly diverted from this Channel , and obliged to seek refuge for its diminutive stream in the opposite lands of the Culquoieh . At the extreme bounding of the rubbish brought down , or previous to this flood about the centre of Spey , a large tree in full fresh foilage may he seen standing as if it had grown there for several years . It was carried there by this flood ; but although obliged to yield to an overpower , ing force , amid the loud sough of waters and boom of raking stones , it seemed to float in triumph , perfectly exact to its present habitation , which , if Cosmos saw , he would say , a colony or an island studded with the same species , was about to be established there .
A short distance above the mouth of this burn a very handsome bridge stood over it , of one arch , thirty feet in span , built twenty-one years ago , and bravely stood the flood of 1829 , hut , unfortunately , has now been swept away , much to the loss of the county and inconvenience of tbe travelling public ; the eastern abutment stands still but of the opposite very little remains , consequently , a long gap has been formed in the public road , twenty yards in length , having precipices at each end of twenty feet in height . The coping and other large stones which had entered into the formation of the building , were nearly all carried away and have disappeared in the
Spey . Although I much regretted the destruction of this handsome and useful bridge , I rejoiced in having witnessed a catastrophe over which the power of man could have no control . The falling of this bridge was really a splendid spectacle : I first observed part of the lower corner of the western abutment giving way , but little imagining the whole fabric was soon to share the same fate . On the arch paling a loud hollow splashing sound was soon perceptible , whilst the foaming waters , in colums of forty feet bigb , dashed upwards mid an immense cloud of dust . The flood , as if amazed , paused for a moment , but having gained additional volume and strength , the fallen rubbish was soon carried away , when scarcely its trace was left behind . I have on many oc casions witnessed the blowing up o * mines and strong works for practice in gunnery , and sapping and mining
in the army , but such operations compared to what 1 had seen on this occasion were really insignificant . We rejoice sincerely to be able to state that Sir G . Macpher . son Grant , of BallindaUoch and his lady had a most fortunate and miraculous escape , from circumstances connected with this disastrous event . They were returning from the west , and on their way to BallindaUoch , the carriage in which they were seen rapidly but safely passed over the bridge : but in about ten or fifteen minutes it fell to atoms as described—very fortunately it did so during the day , if in the night it is impossible to calculate on the circumstances which mighthave onsued , as carts , carriages , horses , and men might have fallen over the frightful precipices at both ends . On these baring been observed , they were promptly guarded against by workmen from mains of Dalvey and Milton , by placing strong wooden fences across the road on both sides .
The thrashing-mill of Dalvey was nearly carried away , and only saved by a strong bank of clay on its upper ride , which powerfully resisted the action of the water . Con siderable damage has been done to corn and grass fields along the course of the burn of Dalvey , particularly on the farms of Rhuinahalloch , Balnallam , and Mains of Dalvey . Potato and turnip fields have also suffered from the heavy rains ; but corn and grass , not near streams suffered very Utile .
The Late Thunder Storm. The Late Thunder...
THE LATE THUNDER STORM . The late Thunder Storm is referred to in many of the local papers as productive of much mischief in different parts of the country . The Warwick Advertiser eiiesja case where life was lost . An aged man , named Hewlett ,
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tog'thw with & llr . Butts , and Mr . Tew , were working in the field garden , Barby Road , Rugby , when the storm of thunder and lightning came on . They took shelter under a tree , the former standing ' with his back against it , and the two others near him , when tbe electric fluid struck a bough of the tree , van down the trunk , and prostrated poor old Hewlett a living spectacle , tearing and burning his hat , coat , and other parts of his clothes into pieces . The poor old man onl y survived about two hours . Mr . Belts was also struck to the ground , and Mr . Tew had his face scorched ; but neither of them , fortunately , is much injured . Hewlett wore a steel truss under his clothes " which might , " says the reporter , " also have attracted ' the lightning . " In the same county , near Atherstone , the lightnin g came in contact with a rick of clover , the property of a Mr . Lakin , which ,
owing to the long continuance of sultry weather , ignited immediately , and the flames soon spread , and destroyed a stack of beans , a stack of barley , a stack of oats , ft barn , and a threshing-machine , a winnowing machine , and a bay of wheat . The whole were iu a blaze at ] one time , and damage to the extent of some hundreds of pounds were done ; The island of Guernsey did not escape . The lightning struck a house occupied by Mr . Torode , in the Vale parish , throwing down tltecliimney , with great violence through tbe roof , on to the back part , and scattering the tiles : the mischief did not terminate here ; for the electric fluid tore up some of the flooring of the loft under the roof , descending the wall into the room below , Uterally breaking to pieces a cupboard-door adjoining the fire-place , and forced , with great violence , one of the architraves on the bed , where Mr , Torode ' s son-in-law ,
his wife , and mfant were sleeping . There were also other two children besides in the same room at the time . The sash-windows on the back and front of the house were broken to atoms ; and the back-wall and gable exhibited " a considerable rent through which the electric fluid had escaped . The bed-curtains and bed-clothes were greatly torn ; and the chairs in tbe room were broken , as if by human strength . The bedrOOm-dOOr , which was close to , ' the side of the bed , had the stile , on which the iron lock was placed , fairly wrenched off from top to bottom , —the knob of the lock having been separated from the lock itself , and thrown into tho corridor , where it was found * n the morning . A loaf of bread was broken in two pieces , and appeared as if it had been scorched over a slow fire . Although there were five pcrsonsintheroomat the time , none were seriously hurt .
The father received a cut on the right cheekbone ; and a little boy , about four years old , had one of his ears cut , probably , by a splinter from tbe broken door , All the Others encor" " .. •» i ... »« v -. w »~ *« . to »««~ . it . fluid passed Muuugh the floor , immediately iu front of the flue of the Chimney , into the kitchen below , starting the arch ofthe fire-place , and separating it from the pillars , so that it must be pulled down and rebuilt . It also came down along the back wall , in which it made a considerable rent , and forced a passage for itself on the outside of the building . The skirting of the kitchen floor was forced from the wall , and manypanes of glass were broken in the front window . A brass candlestick , which had been left the preceding night on the mantle-piece in the kitchen , was found in the morning broken in two pieces , In short , that part ofthe house which was struck by the electric
fluid , presented to the eye the appearance of a complete wreck . In Wales considerable damage was done . No loss of human life is reported , but Mv . Philipps , of Gwmgwilly , had two fine horses killed by the lightning . They had been in a cart with flour , and were returninu . The occurrence took place at the entrance to the avenue leading up to the house : the driver it appears had hold of the rope , the other end of which was attached to the leading horses . A large tree was shivered by the deadly fluid , and horses and man were thrown to the earth ; the poor animals were killed , but providentially the man was hot materiall y hurt , though for some time senseless . A farmer at Cwinceir , parish of Llanllawdog , also was unfortunate enough to have six sheep kiUed by the lightning . In Scotland ' the storm raged with great force . From accounts dated Strathspey , we learn that eight bridges , together with as many drains , were completely carried away , amongst which is tbe
splendid bridge of Cromdale and that at Dolvey . Both cost £ 700 , and stood the flood of 1829 . The violence of the storm was principally from tho neighbourhood of Advie to the bridge of Nethy , above Grantown . The cloud broke principally on the rage of mountains south ofthe Spey , caUed Cromdale Hills . It was not rain , but actually came down in spouts of water , so that the face ofthe mountains were like a complete sheet of water , so much so , that those at a distance actually thought it was snow . But they were soon undeceived when torrents came rolling down with fearful impetuosity in the beds of rivulets which were apparently dry a few hours before . There were some cattle killed and a number of trees shattered to atoms . The lightning set fire to the Earl of Seafield ' s plantation beside the inarch of Ballindalloch , andhad it not been that the rain came so soon after , would , beyond a doubt , have destroyed tho whole of that fine plantation .
Rural Affairs. The Long-Continued Drough...
RURAL AFFAIRS . The long-continued drought and tropical heat which prevailed during the first three weeks of June , Were brought to a close on the night of yesterday week by a storm of thunder and lighting-, accompanied by heavy rain . The clouds had been gathering blackness during tbe whole day , and , in the evening and the early part of the night , occasional claps of thunder were heard , and showers fell . It was not , however , until about midnight that the storm commenced in all its grandeur ; but , from that time until morning , the roar ofthe thunder and ; the flashing of the lightning were incessant , and the rain poured in torrents . This great storm seems to have entirely changed the character of the weather , for , since it occurred , a mild and sometimes cold temperature has taken the place of the tropical heat which prevailed previous to it , and scarcely a day has passed without several showers . We have again got back to the climate of England from that ofthe tropics .
The effect of this great change in the weather has been to restore freshness to vegetation , and to renew the year ; —the birds are again singing as cheerfully as in springthe leaves ofthe forest trees have recovered their bright and glossy hue , and fresh herbage is springing up in the pastures and meadows , The crops which were considered in tbe greatest danger are now quite safe . The spring corn , which threatened to ripen prematurely , is beginning to grow again , and , even if it should not be very long in the straw , will be heavy in tbe ear ; the root crops are throwing out fresh leaves and branches , and will soon cover the ground with a coat of verdure thick enough to protect them , even should the heatreturn ; the meadows , which were becoming brown after the removal of the hay , are throwing up a second crop of clover and after-grasses ,
and the pastures are also sending up a plentiful green herbage amidst the withered stems of the earlier grasses . From present appearances , we trust that there will be no failure in any single crop . Even the potatoes and turnips , which were looking very drooping ten days ago , are beginning to grow vigorously . The latter of these crops , which is the foundation of English and Scottish husbandry , and which will , we hope , become the foundation of Irish husbandry also , has not yet made any great progress , but there is still abundance of time for the growth of a heavy crop , as the heat and moisture together are producing a most rapid vegetation . The same observation also applies to the potato crop , which is somewhat backward , owing to the drought , but not injured to any eitent ,
The heavy rain on Monday nightheat down the wheat very much in this neighbourhood , but it has since risen again wherever the fields are large enough to allow scope for the action of tbe wind . In small fields , under hedges and trees , and in places where the crop was excessively heavy , it is still down , but even there it may rise if the brisk winds ef the last two days should continue . Little hay was made during the last week , but Sunday and yesterday were fine drying days , and much would be carried yesterday . In the course of last week we had the opportunity of visiting a considerable part of Cheshire , and of seeing
still more of it from tbe high grounds about Alderlfty . From different spots on the hills in that neighbourhood the whole plain of Cheshire may be seen , strecfoing from the foot ofthe hills of Derbyshire to the mountains of Wales , and from the banks of the Mersey to the borders of Staffordshire . There are few spots in England from which so great an extent of fertile land can be seen atone time , and we are glad to say that the general appearance ofthe country was very favourable , the drought having produced much less effect than we anticipated , and the effects ofthe recent rain being already very perceptible . Liverpool Times , Tuesday .
Evening Field Of Mr. Green's Nassau Balloon Descended On Monday
evening field of Mr . Green ' s Nassau Balloon descended on Monday
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m a barley belonging to Mr . Kvnaston , in the parish of Stanford Rivers , Essex , . " lj miles from Onj-ar , and 21 miles trom . London , having travelled this distance , besides the entire length oi London from east to west , and the further distance that Cremorne-gardens are from the capital , in the short space of half-a n-hour . The strong wind that was blowing throughout the afternoon obliged Mr . Green to use the heaviest of his grapnels and ropes , weighing together close upon 5 cwfc ., the difference between them and his mild weather apparatus being equivalent to the ordinary weight of three persona , fhe balloon took a direction perhaps the best possible for a perfect view of London and all tho adjacent places . It traversed the great and main lines of St . James s Park , Trafalgar Square , the Strand , & c ,
and left London by crossing St . Mnrtin ' s-lc-Grnnd , Finsbuiy , Shoreditch , « fec ., whence it continued its course over Hainault Forest , and the intervening places , till it was made to descend as stated , after having had Chemlsford in close view , and the Wore , and an immense range of country of corresponding distance in the prospect . While oyer the grounds of Buckingham Palace , Her Majesty ' s health was drunk , and the National Anthem was sung in a style that showed some ol ? the party to be no mean vocalists ., The next round cf champagne was quafl ' ed in respect to Ibrahim Pacini , who had done fhe aeronauts the honour of his conip . any at starting . After landing , the balloon sustained some damage , from the boisterous state of the weat . ber ; but Mr . Green and his party reached London in safety , without any accident to detract from the ei * joy ment of the trip .
Sm . R . Pekl Asn hie PnEnAOE It is sta ted that after Sir R . Peel had declined a peerage for I ' limself , her Majesty offered a peerage for Lady Peel .
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FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILW AY . On Monday aftemoon , luTt before . ttjjjjgg down train to Brighton had reached th «^ - "comce station , a la dy named , Buvtensba w ,, nww to mr WiWman , of C «^ jjM ^ % ftJS ; station house , and hearing the wn sjie the rails with fright , and could not get « P- . * - ^ , tiou clerk perceiving her d f . CT ^ Tkr away forward tosave her , and whilsV drflgphg " £ * ; the train came up , and the . W ^ t l £ b Jfe ? and Stroud , was struck on the head by the nun « r . n ^ TAm ^ X ^ ii fes ssrtcssa to the eng ine driver .
CORONER'S INQUEST * On Tuesday evening a Coroner's Jury W *" ^} Gardener ' s Arms Tavern . Balcomb" ,, *» to ^ P £ « Kri tr ^^ ^ SdSSSS =- ^ M Gt ieFrederickMerchantsaid , that oil . tbe afternoon ¦ nque-tion -ho wwontheta ^^ ^^ Balcombe station , when he saw the deceasedfemale . at tem pt to over the line . In so doing she fell over tl » e leuiuv im
pass pa ™ a-, «» ooil wns stnndine metal upon her back . The male deceased was standing aSnst ti station , and he immediately rushed forward , S Lsned her by the shoulders . Whilst he was and ernspea ner u ^ ^ . ^ came ^ 73 * lS ^ « d them both down , it passed otrLrT Ws did not stop , but he wen . on to Bakombe and returned with Messrs . Turner and Gadd BvTjuior-Iheard the whistle of the engine sounded ammute orso beforethe train approached . The man Shaw atthat time called to the female to go off * , hne . The Coroner-Can you form aa opinion whether any part of the engine struck the deceased ? struck them both at
Witness-Yes . It was the buffer , the same time , and all the carriages , I think , passed over * James Stoncr , a lad living at Wile-nan ' s Green , having corroborated the evidence of the previous witness as to the occurrence of the accidont . saidhchadbeen employed by Mrs . Murphy to carry her luggage to the station , and that be saw her attempting to cross the line in a burned manner , when she fell . Witness was of opinion that arici- ti > o , Ti . i . ti < = nu Wnwn thorn . was not time for the woman toget off the line . Sb . resided at Woolwich , but she had been on a visit to Mv . Mileman , and was about to return home when the accident happened .
George Armstrong , an engine driver , in the employ of the london and Brighton Railway Company , said that he had been in the employment of the company since August last , Previous to that time he had filled a similar situation on tho Hull and Selby line for upwards of four years . On Monday afternoon he bad charge of the two o ' clock train troot . London bridge . It was a ' , passenger train , and does not stop at Balcombe station . . About two hundred yards from the . station witness observed four ladies como out and cross the line . He also saw the deceased female attempt to cross the line , when he blew the whistle . She then turned round and looked towards the engine , and fell on her knees , holding up her hands . She did not stumble , but fell on her knees , with h er hands extended . The man Shaw ran out of the station , and having lifted her up , was in the act of pulling her off the metal when the buffer of the . engine knocked them both down .
By a Juror . —The train was proceeding at the time at the rate of twenty-five to thirty miles an hour . It was the usual speed at which he passed the Station , and about the righttime . The Coroner . —Did you not stop the engine when you saw those parties on the line ? Witness . —I immediately shut off the . steam , but it was impossible to stop the train in time to avoid the accident . If the deceased had only had the presence , of mind , she might have escaped after the ! whistle was sounded . All passengers aro obliged to , cross the line logo by the trains . The up train on that day was due in about three minutes . Witness knew that the deceased Shaw was very particular in cautioning passengers from crossing when the trains were due .
Mr . P . Clarke , one of the managers ofthe line , stated that every precaution was taken by tho company to prevent accidents . They had two policeman stationed there . One ought to have been watching outside whilst the other issued the tickets . Tho fact was that Shaw had given the other man leave of absence without any order from the directors . When leave of absence was given by the company to any of the servants , his place was always filled by another party . , _ Several other witnesses were examined , but their evidence differed in no degree from what has been previously stated , and tbe Jury returned a verdict of- ' Accidental death" in each case , with a nominal deodand of 2 s . on the engine .
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Embezzlement and Flight of a Clerk op Money Clubs . —A series of frauds , by which a number of respectable parties in Sheffield will sustain great loss , has just come to light by the sudden flight to America of James Charles Simpson , of that place , pawnbroker . The accused was clerk to anumber of money clubs , and he enjoyed such a high degree of confidence that the committees of the clubs were lulled into security , and he seems to have managed them almost as he pleased . Previous to his leaving home on the 23 rd of May , he disposed of a valuable collection of p ictures ( of which he was a great connoisseur , ) and Ms stock of goods , transferring the pledges to Mr . Eaton , who paid him the money lent upon them , and his household furniture . He set sail for America on
the 28 th ulfc ., on board the John R . Skiddy packet , accompanied by one daughter , leaving his wife ana another daughter in England to shift for themselves On Monday week a fiat in bankruptcy was opened a ! the Sheffield Court , and we understand it is in contemplation to send out a messenger by the nexi steamer to arrest the delinquent , and recover the property in his possession . The extent of the fraudhe has committed has not yet been ascertained . There is no doubt that they amount to £ 3 , 000 or £ 4 , 000 and probably a much larger sum . Death in the Swire :-. —On Tuesday ,. Mr . G . I . Mills , held an inquest at the Duke of York , Kensington Gravel Pits , on the body of Mary Arslin , aged forty years , who was found in the street , in a dying state , on the night of Saturday List . It appeared
from the evidence that the deceased was the wife of a labouring man , working in Clutterbuck ' s , brick fields , Kensington Gravel Pits . For some time past she had been suffering from disease ofthe heart and chest , but had not latterly been attended by any medical gentleman , being aware of what she required , which she procured at the shop of a- chemist and druggist . On Saturday last she appeared in her usual state of health , and at night came down into the town of Kensington to market , and was on her way home , about half-past eleven o ' clock , when she was found in a state of insensibility , close to the Vicarage , in Church-lane . She was immediately carried into the George public house , nearly opposite , and from thence to her own home , but although medical aid was promptly given , she expired in about ten minutes . —Verdict , " Natural death . "
. Fearful Accident : on tub Birsiinghaii Railway . —On Tuesday evening , Mr . G . I . Mills , the Deputy Coroner for West Middlesex , held an inquest in the board-room of London University College Hospital , respecting the death of Charles Jones , aged twenty , a porter , late in the employ of Messrs . Pickford , at the Camden-town station . Mr . Joseph Elmore , olerk to the company , stated that abeut twenty minutes before eight on tbe morning of Sunday last , he was standing on the platform at the the Camden station , and saw the deceased crawling in great agony , and on witness advancing towards him , be said that he had been pinched between the buffers of tw o of the lu gg a g e trucks , and that the said trucks had been pushed against him-by some of the labourers employed to remove the goods . Deceased was at the time engaged in tying down the sheets . The Jury unanimously recorded a verdict , " That the deceased met his death from Injuries caused by some trucks at the Camden Railway station , and which injuries were accidental . "
Alarmin g Accident to the Exfkess Train on the Bristol and Birmingham Railway . —Bristol , June 28 . —Information was received in this city last night , that an accident of an alarming kind , but which' 1 am happy to state , was not attended with loss of life , had occurred to the express train which left this station lor Birmingham , at thirty minutes past four , p . m . The accident occurred at a few miles beyond the VVickwar station , and was occasioned by an injury to the engine , one of the principal wheels of which broke at one end of the axle , and was thrown off while the train was proceeding at full speed . So violent was the shock sustained by the train , that the engine is said literall y to have jumped a distance of twenty yards , doing great injury to itself and tender , and breaking the first carriage almost to pieces
1 he other carriages were injured but not to the same extent . The . wheel on coming oiF ran across to the down-rail , which it struck with shell force as to cut its way into the embankment to a depth of more than a foot . The engine-driver and stoker were thrown off , but luckily not with such force as to kill tliem . One of them received a severe cut on the left leg , and both were much bruised . Some of the passengers were also bruised , by being thrown violently into collision with each other , and all were terribly alarmed . As soon as intelligence could be conveyed to tho company ' s superintendant at Bristol , that officer sent off a special train to carry on the passengers . The up-rail was got clear as soon as possible , and is now being used both ways , but little delay is occasioned in tho workinu ol the trains
Suspicious Case . —Yesterday ( Monday ) , an inquest was held by adjournment before Mr . W . Baker , jun ., at the Mulberry Tree , Milcend Old lown , on the body of James Ferryman , aged fortytwo late foreman to a fish salesman in Billingsgate market . 1 he wilo of the deceased was a very profligate woman , and on several occasions , when the
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deceased returned home , he generally found some Ke ! man Bitting there . About two years ago she SKSfS tfaeOM B » H 6 y fo * robbing a man of eTht so ^ arsenic was found in a cup in her boon . She had been heard to wish that her husband ^ was dead , and to say that a fortune-teller had told her ^ jwj " to die in the course of next year , •/•^ ft ™ " * rumourshad gone abroad that the deceased had been poisoned , and suspicion was directed against thewiie . The deceased ' s relatives applied to the Coroner to imM an inmipsfc . and a Kost mortem examination was M f in 1
ordered to be made . Evidence was given as to the bad character of the wife . The suspicion which rested on the wife was , however , cleared away by tiie evidence of Dr . Leathby , lecturer on chemistry to the London Hospital , who deposed that he analysed the contents of the stomach , and found that the abdomen contained fluid indicating a previous state of inflammation . The liver waa very much decayed , and a very large abscess had formed , witness also said that he had carefully analysed the stomach , but could not detect any trace of poison , and lie was of op inion that death was caused by the bursting of the abscess . The Jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict in accordance with the medical
testimony . Fatal Railway Accidents . —Three Men Killed . —Between two and three o ' clock on Saturday afternoon last , Jackson Wilkinson , of Penrith , labourer , a » ed twenty-six years , and Bernard , aged fifteen years , were killed in a most shocking manner on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway , near Plnmptnn Hall , about three miles north of Penrith . It appears that Wilkinson was the breaksman of the waggons which were taken down by the steam engine from the ballast-pit near Kettleside , to the filling » P ot a boggy place in Plumpton Back-street , and he was conducting a train of loaded waggons down the incline to the tip end , the engine having just before been disconnected from them , when two of the foremost waggons ran off tbe rail , and upset with a most
dreadful crash , and the two men were thrown off with great violence . The waggons iun over them , and literally smashed them to atoms . Wilkinson ' s head was nearly split in two , and he was otherwise most dreadfully crushed , Dean was sitting on one ofthe foremost waggonswhen the accident happened , and was killed in a most shocking manner , his head being all but severed from his body , and his arms and legs smashed to pieces . The brains of these two unfortunate individuals were scattered on the spot . The bodies were soon afterwards removed to Mr . James iicokott ' o ,-Plumpton . ITall , and afterwards they were conveyed in a cart to their respective homes at Penrith , to await the Coroner ' s inquest . Another man , it was rumoured , the same afternoon , was killed on the same line , between Hesket and Carlisle .
Suicide by Poisoning . —On Tuesday an inquest was held by Mr . C . J . Carttar , at the White Hart Tavern , Greenwich , upon the body of Mary Orchard , aged 31 years , who was found dead on Saturday night , under the following circumstances : —Mary Frieze ,-a respectable looking widow , deposed that she had bsen on a visit at the deceased's father's in Church-street , Greenwich , Witness saw deceased alive about eight o ' clock on Saturday night . She was lying on her bed , and said she was much fatigued , and wanted rest—had seen her so several times during the three weeks' visit . Witness went up
again in half-an-hour to call her to supper , when she found her lying on her aide—the body was warm , but had no doubt she was dead at that time . _ Witness ran down stairs and told her father , who said she was not dead , but only in a fit . Mr . Sherwin , surgeon . Greenwich , deposed that he attends Mr . Orchard ' s family—was called at nine on Saturday to attend the deceased—found her lying on the bed quite dead-Witness at request of deceased ' s mother , used the stomach-pump , 'and' discovered that she had taken a quantity of the essential oil of bitter almonds . The Jury returned a verdict of Temporary Derangement .
Fearful Drat Accident . —On Tuesday morning , between eight and nine o ' clock an accident of a most fearful nature occurred to a young man named Blackie , aged twenty-nine , living at No . 4 , Summer' s-court , Gray ' s Inn-lane . He was running along Q , ueen ' s-street , Lincoln ' s Inn , when in turning into tlolborn he suddenly came in contact with a brewer ' s dray , was knocked down with great force , and the wheels passed over his leg . The poor fellow was at once taken to the King's College Hospital , with not only a fractured leg but a broken arm , and other , extensive injuries . It was considered that amputation must be resorted to , although but very" slight hopes are entertained of his recovery .
Mutinous Conouct at Chaw-asi Barracks . —On Saturday night , between eleven and twelve ^ o ' clock , Chatham barracks became a scene of riot , which , for a time , appeared likely to lead to serious results . Detachments of various corps , it ' appeal's , were , atthe time , held in readiness to march to Gravesend on Monday , to embark for India , and some of their comrades being placed in confinement for breaches of military dis-ii ) lino , aniiuiberof liiea of the 98 th Rogiment united for theavowed purpose of liberating them , to effect which they first commenced by an attack on the guard , removing the soldiers from their posts ,
overturning the sentry-boxes , bursting open the doors , and wrenching off the iron bars ofthe black hole , and liberating the prisoners .: At this' stage of the proceedings the most serious consequences were apprehended , A detachment was called out , and , with muskets loaded with ball , proceeded to the scene of riot . After some resistance the ringleaders , were secured , and , having been put iu confinement , order was speedily restored . One sergeant received very serious in j ur y in the affra y" from a violent blow on the head . On Monday morning , when the detachments were marched to Gravesend , thirteen of the rioters , accompanied them .
Accident by Machinery . — -On "Wednesday morning , a frightful accident occurred at a sugar baker's in Limehouse , to a man named George Hains , thirty years of age . He was at his usual work connected with the steam-engine machinery , when his right hand became entangled in the straps , and although the engine was stopped as quickly as possible , the whole of his armhad been drawn in , and crushed to pieces between the cegs of the wheels . When extricated he was in a most pitiable condition . He was conveyed to the London Hospital , where amputation from the shoulder joint was instantly performed by Mr . Luke , the senior surgeon . The unfortunate man lies in a very precarious state .
SurrosED Suicide by a Fkmah- . —On Wednesday , an inquest was held before Mr . W . Baker , jun ., at the Five Bells , Three Colt-street , Limehouse on the body of Mary Smith , aged thirty-five , the wife of a Greenwich pensioner , residing in Gun-lane , Limehouse . About eighteen years ago , the deceased fell from a window and injured her head . She underwent an operation , and a small silver plate was inserted on the top of her head , and ever since that period her mind has been affected . Within the last two or three years , the deceased had been addicted to drinking , and associated with bad company , which increased her malady . The deceased was * recently
intoxicated for eight days , which broughtonrfe / 'Viinu tremens ! QnTueaday she went into a neighbour ' s house , and said it would be the last time they would see her alive . On the same evening she was seen partaking of refreshment with two men , at the King and Queen , in Limehouse . She left them shortly before nine o ' clock , and that was the last time she was seen alive . About three o ' clock the next morning , her body was seen floating near Britannia Bridge , in the Lea Cut , by police constable 228 K .. who conveyed the body to the dead house . The Jury , at the suggestion of tbe Coroner , returned an epen verdict of " found drowned . "
Fatal Occurrence near Emm . —On Tuesday forenoon the following loss oi life took place : —It appeared thata lighterman , named Newman , had charge ot a heavily laden barge of chalk , and was proceeding up the river for the purpose of discharging his cargo at one of the City lime wharfs . Having met a young man on shore , the latter asked Newman to give him a cast up to London , but they had not proceeded far up tho river when the vessel instantly filled with water , and , having no boat , thev were both obliged to trust to swimm i n g ashore , which was some distance . The barge , of course , sunk , and Newman and his companion made for land , which the former was enabled to reach , but the latter was lost .
Alarming Firk at thb Bankside . Saw Mills . —On Wednesday morning , shortl y after one o ' clock , a iire of a very alarming character , and which at one period threatened the most disastrous consequences , broke out upon the extensive , range of premises belon < -ing to Messrs . Blackett and Co ., termed the Bankside Saw Mills , situate near the water side , and adjoining the Phoenix Gas Works . The discoverv was made by some of the neighbours perceiving a dense body of flame mounting over the roofs of the bouses in Love Court . An instant alarm was raised , when , upon the police entering the premises , they found that a large pile of timber , stacked in the store rooms , was wrapped in flame . At first it was feared that not only would the whole of the saw mills be consumed by the fire , but strong apprehensions wore entertained for the safety of the gas works and the surroundim * habitations , Engines of the London brigade , the West of England and County Companies , tosrether
with an escape ot the Koyal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire , were remarkably quick in arriving . Some considerable time , however , elapsed before wafer could be obtained to work the en » incs Meanwhile the fire progressed most fearfully ^ coml pletcly illuminating the whole of the district At length , however , water was obtained , from which the hrcmeni set to work most vigorously , and by half-past two o clock they succeeded in extinguishing the fire which was happily confined to that portion ofthe works in which it commenced . Suddiik DEATns .-On Tuesday Mr . W . Baker jun ., held two inquests atthe Horn ' orPW * Pilu ' road Mile-end , on the bodies of tIo »« Wfe suddenly on Monday ast . Tim first i «« ,. „ ; the body of Francis Patterson » , £ i Vv 8 t WaS - ° mate of tho Mile-end svorEuse ? L F ' ^ ' subject to fits of epilepsy and on ' ? "decens - H ? appeared to be qufte » . ^ StiSSSX on
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Monday morning the deceased was found lyim , 0 ll 0 ll his face close to the wall , adjoining the recewX WWd , quite dead . Verdict of "Natural death " 'J J returned . The second inquest was on the body S m James Adams , aged ^ sixty-six . The deceased « V joyed excellent health , and on Monday evening * £ 1 seen smoking his pipe . Shortly before eight o ' clo * £ on the same evening he was found lying Oh the ia pavement in Henry-street , Stepney , ' quite j ^ ,, He was immediately conveyed to the Mile-end work ' k * house , where Dr . Storey , a surgeon , said , the de ! e ! ceased had died from a fit of apoplexy . , The hnn returned a verdict to that effect . Mr . Baker alw IH 'In | — - T *¦ " ¦¦ - ~» " ¦«—•"| j |||
» held an inquest atthe Bedford Arms , Bedford-street ; t Commercial-road , on the body Ot Charles Russ , agJ id thirty-eight . The deceased was subject to asthma , j , and on Sunday morning he was heard to fall with k great violence on the floor by a lodger named Tavl 0 f f who on entering the room found the deceased ejM tended on the floor bleeding profusely from * th e i e mouth . Mr . Henry , a surgeon , in Sydney-atceet t Stepney , was called in and found the deceased » aa 13 quite dead , and he had no doubt that he had diedd from the bursting of a blood-vessel brought on by a a fit of coughing . Verdict " Natural death . " of
Death from the I-jcaotiod-s use LAunAjfcir . ^ , On Wednesday evening an inquest was held 6 e / or » » Mr . J . Payne , at the British Mutual Insurants a Oincc , No . 17 , New Bridge-street , Blackfriara , re . j specting the death of Jane Reeve , late housemaid iu n the service of Mr . C . J . Thicke , secretary to thee above company . The deceased had been in llr . . Thicke ' s service about nine months , and always gave e tho greatest satisfaction . She bad been much at . ; , tacked to ayouugman whohad promised her marriage , > , but on Wednesday last she received intelligence of , f his death , which seemed to prey heavily on her mind , I , She continued in a low and desponding state until 11 Sunday , when she went out to her mother in Broad . I . wall , Blackfriars-road . Deceased returned in thee evening much excited , and retired to rest about tenn o'clock ^ On Monday she continued in the same *
melancholy mood , and went to bed suffering from thee toothache . The following morning ( Tuesday ) , one of » f the servants discovered the deceased in bed , making 5 a { gurgling noise in the throat . Mr . Olding , a amv geon , was called in , who pronounced the deceased ton be labouring under the effects of narcotic poison .. lie used the customary remedies , but she expired att three o ' clock the same day . Since the deceased ' s 3 death , Mr . Olding made a post mortem examination i of the body but he was unable to detect the presence 3 of poison . She might have taken laudanum for thea toothache , and inadvertently have taken too much ,, Ho -wai of opinion that the deceased had died from l the effects of a narcotic poison . The Jurj returned I a verdict , "That tbe deceased died from a narcotics poison , which she bad taken to cure the toothache ,, and that such poison was taken inadvertently . "
Breaking Out op a Lock-up House . —A reward of ten guineas was [ on Wednesday offered for the apprehension of Baron Wydroff , alias Theophilus Victor Wydroff , music-seller , who having been arrested on a warrant from the Sheriff of Middlesex , was consigned to the lock-up room of Mr . Abraham Slonian , Cursitor-street , Chancery-lane , where the Baron managed to cut away a portion of the iron bars of his room , and on the attendant goinfitohis room , found that the captured Baron had fled . A Judge ' s warrant has been issued for his apprehension . Accident in Blasting . — On Friday afternoon several men working in the excavation now in pro . gress for the Grand Liverpool Junction Railway improvements in Gloucester-sheet , iverc severely in . jured by having a shower of large and small stones
projected amongst them by an explosion of gun- II powder , which took a lateral direction instead of , as \{ was anticipated , perpendicularly . One of the work . " men , "William Jones , thirty-three , was struck down !! by a blow on the leg , and was immediately conveyed to the infirmary , where he still remains , having ii suffered a compound fracture , though not of a veiy ; j serious nature . Three other workmen , who were ii wounded , were taken to the surgery of Mr . O'Gor- f man , Russell-atreet , where they were at once at- I tended to by that gentleman . One , Luke Welsh , I had his shoulder dislocated ; another , Lloyd , had re . ff ceived a severe scalp wound ; and the third , Henty S Stanfield , who was struck by a large stcne on the [ back was badly injured . They are at present going on very well , under Mr . O'Gorman's care . There | ii were from thirty to forty men in the excavation at | the time , and many of . them were slightly injured . jE
Desperate Chase . —On Monday evening , Police , if officer George Foden , being on duty at the " north end 1 of Birkenhead , was sent for to oppose the terrors of | the law to t ! . e halt-drunken violence of a bruee , who p was cruelly beating his mother and sister . On tbe | officer reaching the spot , the ruffian turned round , I struck the representative of her Majesty a violent % blow , and immediately took to his heels . The officer . % having formerly been a sort of clumpion in the pe- 1 destrian world , immediately followed , and a splendid | race ensued . Neither the culprit nor the officer I seemed to have the best of it , when the former , after | several artful dodges , turned short into Corporation- | road , and niade a degpovate attempt to escape byl
leaping the immense excavation now making in that * street for the construction of a sewer . He jumped | short , but fell on Lis feet , and speedily scrambled | out ; his pursuer was not so fortunate , for having ^ made the longest leap and cleared the drain , he was \ unable to keep his footing , and fell backwards . On ' I the chase being resumed , the ruffian had a few vards . 5 start ; but finding his pursuer was yet on his ' trail is he took to the water , and contrived to escape by If going through Wallasey Pool , like a genuine moss . l | tiooper , This was too much for the courage of the 11 policeman , who , being a raw recruit , was afraid to ' - \ spoil his new suit , and the fellow made good his re- ' \ treat . — Liverpool Courier . (•
Advestures of a Cat . —Many wonderful storiej : are told of the astonishing instinct displayed bv cati l in returning to places from which they have ' bee ) f removed , but we think the instance we are about ID jj record , and which we can vouch for as perfectly i authentic in every particular , is equal in strangens * | to any anecdote of the feline race now extant . & v fine large grey Tom-eat was , in November lait , I brought in from Innerleithen , per carrier , paeked & p I in a basket , to a family residing in Leith-walk , lit I remained there for about three months , and lad f become thoroughly domesticated in its new abede . I At the end of that lime , namely , early in February , it | was transferred to a family in Scotland-street ' bit ; ;
, with them it remained only two days , when it fouril I an opportunity to escape . No more was heard if \ Tom till about three weeks ago , when , to the uttfr h astonishmtnt of his original owner , he made hi ? ti- l appearance at . Innerleithen , worn and wearv , lit - bearing unniistakeable tokens of his identity . ' IbV ^ he managed to subsist through the interval of # ir y i months , or what guide he had through the tbHy \ miles of country between Edinburgh and Inier- I lei then , over hills , and streams , and cultivated fiids , \ and barren moors , which he had never traveled \ before , save in the covered basket , must , we supiuse , \ remain for ever among the mysteries of najural X history . —Edinburgh Advertiser , i ;
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DOUBLE SUICIDE AND SUSPECTED JIUEriiK . = NOTTINGHAM , Wednesday , Pour / . M . A case has occurred in this town to . day of a nost ex . i traordinary character , under circumstances whili gave rise to conjectures of every description . For mnnr rears i past a man named Samuel Collyer , 73 vears of ! ge , has ! been residing with his two sons , William and Sanvel , tl : e : former being 38 , and the latter 32 years old , in ahouse , their own property , Coal Court , Back Lane , whew «¦ have been carrying 011 the business of joiners and tAii > eu . ters . Their habits and manners were rather secliiled , and they had no female living on the premises / The sounger son , Samuel , collected the father ' s rcntfroin tenants in fourteen houses , andhe and his brother J uted , and did the household work between them . Litl lias , . therefore , been seen and noticed about them f late though a circumstance , which occurred near " y fovyears , ago , rendered the whole family objects of peculi-r notoriety . At that period the father , two sens , aud a . * uj " iter resided together in their house in Coal Court , to theCth
of August , 1 SI 2 , towards the evening , a ' youug u « n , named Charles Pcarce , while passing Collyer ' s hou * heard a moaning from a collar , lie went into the heise and told Collyer and bis sous what ht had heard , buflhey ordered him to go about his business . At lengthlis suspicions were communicated to the police , and on ih officer goinK into the cellar , he found a female ( Colter ' s daughter ) , aged thirty-two , almost in a state of nudity . She had only a man ' s coat on and a rag . Heriair was matted in an extraordinary manner , and hk garments were C h ° Td ? fillh < 1 Ier aPPear * heo was in the highest degree wild and disgusti ,, / Bound her lees were two annular marks , as if caiied by rings ; while Her body was , in places , rendered tack and blue from several blows , and her form wasfworn to a skeleton , the father and two sons were taton to the police-office .
where the case was investigated , and is the . poor female * was found not to be in her right mird , Collyer an giving her up to the parish authorities was not proceeded ; against . Up to the present period , the poor creature has been in the asylum , and the father aud two sons wa-e looked upon with distaste by their neighbours . This morning , about five o ' clock , Charter SaweU , a journeyman ropemaker , on going to his work in the rope , walk , m a field adjoining Shaw ' s-lane , saw die bodies of two men standing , as he thought , under tbe shed , and he called out , "What are you doing there ? " Not receiving any answer , he went up , when he fouud William 3
I ™? ° llyer - ^ -n * hanging by the neck , one SnSf 1 ° Um b > ' Pai " ° braC « , aUd tl , e 0 Ul - W , t \ - eam - ^^ distant , with a cord that had IT J , Ti m llC -. ^ P ^ -wn- ; Sewell and another man r 5 £ r dlCS dm ? - Th 6 y **«> bodi dead , but warm . SrinVVa ? VlStantI i' given to the police , and on going to Collyer ' s house the old man could not be fouud . rt ! l £ . W"ade 5 « every direction for him , but no tiding could D ( J beard > ^ waggeen waIk . LiadU recuon . towards Beeston , which is three miles from NoJtmgnam . No person can be found at present who has seen him since . Au inquest upon the bodies was appointed to he heldat three o ' clock this afternoon .
A report is current at this moment , that old Collrer has been found at teuton , two miles from the town , in tbe lock of the canal , with both his hands tied behind him .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 4, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04071846/page/6/
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