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» rdardas ever , and for the jkb © en one dav sober . On Saturday he wasjery much ilitoxutoxicated , aad on Sunday he complained of being terv terv poorly , but refdsed to see a surceon . He co » - itrajSraal to cat worse , and on Wednesday morning his rite rite called in Mr Spencer , a swgwn , ofLarhhaUtiae , me , who pronounsed him to be dying . Medicine nrasgras given him , bat he expired shortly after . The oody ody has ainoe bean opened by Mr Spencer , who rrandrand chronic inflammation ofthe liver , resulting 1-om-om takuuranJ excessive quantity of ardent spirits . r erdrerd : ct—' Died from ehronic inflammation of the ; i ; ver , ver , caused by taking aa excessive quantity of trderrdent spirits . "
Ch Chsbge loiixsr x Poucemaw . — Acctdctt at SluducsKux . —Befere Mr Biker , adjourned from Liugaugust 2 fc at tho Royal Mason , Sherbcrt-street , "epl ' eplar . asto the death of C . Sinunonds , who was i rowrowned off Blackwall-pier , on Monday , August 16 . tu cm consequence , ns was alleged , of Feltham , a potioe-[ oannan , having polled hia back , as he was jumping ironvomthepierintoa steamer alongside , thepolieamannan having previously , by the captain ' s erdera . i urnurned ths deceased , who was drunk and disorderly , l rat rat of the boat . The inquiry had already been twice s unadjourned , and witheut farther evidenoe having Ibeeoeen adduced . After a strong discussion between isonsome ofthe jurors and the coroner , who was of [ ipinpimon that the occurrence was purely accidental ,
I thethe inquiry , by the advice of the coroner , was ajain : adjadjourned . The jury again assembled on Wednesday whwhen , ' after further consultation , they returned Terverdictof * Accidental death , ' and added , ' that the lifflife of deceased might possibly have been saved , by ' . hisbis getting on bsard the vessel , if the policeman had nonet taken hold ofthe skirts ofhiseoatto prevent hiihira ; ami they recommend that , in future , persons giigiven h £ charge ofthe police be removed immediattatery on shore . ! and not allowed to remain on , the piipier . ' - Melakoholt Dura or Tw 9 Chxuibsk pkou Db-9 Mrmrnox . —Befor e Mr Wakley , M . P ,. by adjournmunent , at the Grown . Pentonville-hill , on view ofthe bcybadiesof Horatio Hunt , aged 8 and Henrietta Hunt .
agaged nine years , whose deaths were caused by the wiwaat of whalesome food . About fire weeks ago the yoyoungest child was attacked with diarrhea * . The ramother , who had six children , end very small means of of supporting them , applied to the Royal Free Hospitstal , Gray's-iun-road , from which she received the rr medicines aeoessary for its recovery . Tha elder c ! child was similarly attacked a few dayiago , and they b both died on Wednesday last . Augusta Sophia Hunt , a aged twelve years , a sister , said that fer a long time p past the daily diet ofthe family consisted of bread a and tea for breakfast , the same for tea , without a supper , and boiled rice for dinner . She never tasted z meat . Their mother seldom took her meals with i them , as there was scarcely sufficient for the
ehil-( dren . Mr T . B . Peacock , physician of the Royal 1 Free Hospital , having deposed to his treatment of 1 the deceased children , stated that he had made a ' post mortem examination of file bodies , and that ' ne had found an entire absence of aliment . In his opinion death arose from dysentery , produced by the want of a sufficiency of wholesome and nutritious food . The bodies were mueh emaciated . The mother , who was supported into the court by Wird , the summoning officer , before giving her evidence was provided with a chair and received a glass of wine , by order of the eoroaer . She stated that she obtained a little assistance from one of her children , who had Sre shillings a week . Last Michaelmas , she applied to Mr Bennett , at Clerkenwell workhouse , for
relief , who directed her to sail in the evening with her childr en , which she did not do , at she was fearfu ' that it was intended to place them in the workhouse . Mr Bennett said that it was the practice when a person applied for relief who had not a settlement in theparish to take them into the workhouse before removing them . The coroner said'that bethought the first step would hare been , when a family was starring , to investigate the case , aad ascertain what relief was required . The foreman of the jury said he was a member of the board of guardians , and that he knew Mr Bennett , who was assistant clerk to the guardians , repeatedly made inquiries . Mr Bennett ok-erved , that it was his duty to make his
report to the overseers , who examined into eases of relief . The foreman stated tbat tbe parish had no salaried relieving officer . Several of the jury observed thai it was not to be supposed overseers could neglect their business to go over the whole of the parish , which comprised about 60 , 600 inhabitants . The coroner , having remarked upon the melancholy circumstances oi the case and apes the evils of the present law of settlement , stated that in so large a parish one inspector would be scarcely sufficient te inquire inc * the circumstances of all the cases . Verdict , 'That the deceased children died from dysentery , produced by the want of a sufficiency of wholesome and nutritious food /
JIBES . Fibk is Mabtleb : sbu—On Monday night , at a few minutes before twelve o ' clock , whilstapolice-consta-We was going hi « rounds in Harewood-street , Newroad , St Marylebone . he discovered that one of the lofty newly erected houses , belonging to Mr Braine , builder , No . 7 , was on fire . The officer raised an alarm , and a number of the inhabitants hastened to the spot to render assistance . The brigade engines from the West-end depots and from Regent-quadrant soon followed . Powerful streams of water were immediately scattered over the burning mass . Although every man exerted himself to the utmost the fire continued to travel most fearfully , seizing upon everything of a combustible nature , 80 that before one o ' clock the building which was fire stories high , was wrapped in a general blaze . For some time the greatest fears were entertained for the safety of the surrounding habitations , but these were not realised owing to the promptexertions made .
Kir euissau . LrBCTESAHT Mukbo . —It is understood upon good authority tbat the sentence upon this unfortunate gentleman will be commuted to a year ' s imprisonment , of oonrsemere detention , without any adjunct , and , probibly , in the jail of Newgate , where he is at present confined . As an additional proof of the esti mation ia which Lieutenant Munro was held by those best acquainted with him , it may be stated that a noble and gallant marquis , whs- was examined as a witness on his behalf upon the trial , transmitted on the same afternoon on which he wasj fried a cheeque for one hundred guineas .
Cuasoe of Maksucohteb . —Before Mr Vf . Carter , at the Bedford Arms , East-lane , Walworth , on the death of Mrs Mary Olds , which took place on Thursday week , and whose husband is at present in custody on Etupicion of having caused it . The deceased had managed to hoard op upwards of £ 99 ; and her husband , on the night of Saturday week , insisted on baring part of it ; and she refusing to give it to him , he made a most violent assault upon her . He caught her by the throat : and , while on the ground , knelt on her chest . The son , a lad of 16 years of age , ran to the station-house for the police , stating that his father was * murdering '
his mother . The police interfered , and on the following Thursday the deceased died from the effects of the injury she received . Soon after her death it teemed that her husband had made a distribution of her savings ; and the consequence was that a scene of drunkenness and riot was kept up for some day ? , and the accused , when taken into custody , was drink , ing hard . —MrGower , the medical gentleman who had attended the . deceased before her death , and made a pott mortem examination of the body , expressed it as his decided opinion that death had been produced by violence , and the jury returned a verdict of * Manslaughter' against the husband .
Fatai . ArraAT rs Whitechipet ^—Manslaughter —By adjournment from Aug . 23 , before Mr William Baker , atjthe Union Bag , Union-street , Whitechapel . respecting the death of William Cuney , aged 61 years , who died from extravasation of blood on tbe train , produced by injuries he received In an affray -with a man name unknown , on the 7 th of August . The man accused was described by the witnesses as heingaeostermonger . lie was about 5 feet 7 inches ia height , and about 25 yearsof age . He was dressed in a skull cap . fustian jacket / corduroy trousers jolice-rergeent Foay , of the II division , stated that he . hsdieen engaged for several days past inendeavecriDgiodisrovertheman . buthadbeenuBsuccssfn ! ikct-ased wis returning borne from Aldgate on the oighfc of Aug- 7 , & nd a young man , dressed as above described , put out bis footaad endeavoured to trip him up . The deceased expostulated with him , and him scuffle ensued be
the man IhsSmtlv struck . A - tween the ma « and the deceased . The man struck thedecea-e . l 8 «? eral blows on the face , and he fell heavily on the street pavement ., He bled profusely from the noseatfd also from the wounds on his face and forehead . Fw , the police-sergeant came to his assistance , and . the man instantly decamped . The deceased wei rewired to his house , where he coon afterwards beeaiMa insensible . . Mr L . Llewellyn , a surgeon , said the i & ceused had two black eyes , and when he attended hin > he appeared to be sufferins from severe ill-usage . The deceased expired on Sslarday , the 14 th of Aagnsti He had since jrnade I SOft E 0 rf £ C » examnation of the body , and attributed death to extravasation of bknd on the brain , rtiehhehad no doubt was caused by the injuries he had received . Tie coroner then summed up the rridencev and the jury returned a verdict of ' Masdaughter' against some person unknown , and ail the iitof » . gwei « BflWidoTertoproseeate , I
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- UKOISHIRI . The GfiBAr BmrAis Ar LivsaeooL . —The telegraph announced on Monday morning at aav early hour that the Great Britain had pasted Holyhead at five o ' clock . Curiosity was at the highest pitch to see herin the waters ofthe Mersey once more . Ac ? cordingly ataboataoon , the time she was expected , the pier heads became . thronged with spectators . Shortly after one o ' clock sha was eheerved renading the fUck Lighthouse , in tow of her Majesty ' s war tteamer 'Birkenhead . She was gaily decked out in her colours of all nations , and her appearance was as majestic as ever . Every one felt surprised that she looked so well , and few could , tell how- it was that she bore with such apparent
absence of real darange the buffets and fury of the elements since September last : Having received sereralsnlutes of cannon as she passed up the river , she was finally placed on the gridiron in the Princess Dock , where she will undergo a thorough ow ™*"" preparatory to anything being done with her . The following is an account of the final operations which havo been so happily attended with success : — - Dokuruu Bat , Aug . 37 . —It was generally known that a final attempt would be made to get off the Great Britaia dnring the present spring « ide , and accordingly great interest was excited in the neighbourhood of Tyrella and the surrounding coast , among ali classes as to the result . Her Majesty s steamers Scourge and Birkenhead were in attend .
ance , to render the necessary assistance , and to act in co-operation with Mr 3 remmer and Capt . Olaxton as circumstances might require . The stern of this magnificent vessel was lying seaward , and her position just as it has been for some time past . A large chain cable was drawn right round the vessel , a little above the keel , to which the boxes were attached , that had been used as auxiliaries for raising the ship . Four large cables were also attached to this chain , and made fast to the anchors of the Birkenhead , which lay about four hundred yards to the westward , and also to the bower anchor of the Great Britaia herself . The new of the Scourge , and a party of marines belonging to the Scourge , were oa board , and readered important aid . On Wednesday , when
the pumps , tea in number , had mastered the leakage , the Birkenhead made an attempt to haul her off , but in consequence of some of the beams having given way , the attempt failed , the good ship having only been moved sixteen feet . On Thursday a second attempt was made to haul her off , but it also proved unsuccessful , as she was then making more water than usual in consequence of some holes which had been pierced in her bottom . These holes having been closed , aid a large marsh pump , capable of throwing out three tons of water , a minute , being brought into operation , the grand attempt was made to ' repealthe union of Great Britain and Ireland , '
on Friday , when the crew ofthe Scourge , under Gemmander Coffin , and about 120 men , all under the directions of Captain Claxton and Mr Branner , commenced operations ia right earnest . As soon as the vessel began to rise with the tide , and attain a floating Msition , the men at the capstan cemmetced to warp her off , hauling en the anchors ef the Birkenhead and her own beet bower . At half-past eleven o ' clock she was moved eighty fathoms , or 4 St feet , to seaward . She is now in a position to float at neap tide , and willbe hauled off by the Birkenhead tomorrow , when her bottom shall hare been examined and the vessel proaounted seaworthy .
T 0 BXI 9 IBE . CoAb-ftr Exrwsroif . —Early on Friday morning another coal-pit explosion took place at the Ardsley Mala Colliery , near Barnsley , the sane at which upwards eherraty persons lost their lives oa the 6 th ef March Inst . On this occasion only three men weresererely burnt ; but two of them ( named Daniel Beerer , married , with four children , aad Jno . Cawthorn ) are not expected to recover .
WARWICKSHIRE . Exxusrvz Comas or CouiKnmr Tbrsush Monet at Birmixohah —From information which came to the knowledge ef the police during the last week it was suspected that a most extensive manufacture of Turkish coin had been gmng on in Birmingham , and last week , a very ; highly respectable looking person , named Edward Darwia , was placed at the bar of tbe police court there , charged with the offence . M . Zohrab , consul-General of the Turkish embassy , was present ; and Mr James , of London , solicitor to tbe embassy , conducted the prosecution . Mr Harding , of Birmingham , defeaded the prisoner . From the evidence ef John Tyrer , button maker of Lionel-street , it appeared that he
had known tha prisoner aboat two years and a half . Last October two years the prisoner came to him , and saw him silver two small 'blanks . ' * The prisoner showed the witness tome impressions which be said had been struck from dies at a place sheet two miles from Bromsgrove . They were similar to those now produced . At the request of the prisoner he went to the place , and altered the dies . { . The witnesswas here requested to look at a qoaatity of genuine Turkish piastres . ] These coins were girea to him by the prisoner , and by the prisoner ' s erder he caused the dies to be altered , and tbey were made from the coins giren him by the prisoner for that purpose . When the dies were completed , witness struck of about 45 . 000 coins . The prisoner told him
that if he would give up bis trade , and work exclu sively for him , he would , gire him £ 6 * a week and all his expenses . He ceased to work for him about twelve months ago . In all he sent off nine casks of cein resembling piastres . Herequested witness to keep the matter as quiet as possible , as arrangements were going forward between the Turkish Ambaseader and the British government , which would eaable him ( the prisoner ) to give witness eraploymeat for three years . Cross-examined : —There were plenty of button manufacturer * who made foreign money . He had , therefore , reason to believe that it was made by order of the Turkish Ambassador : but not
receiving his money regularly , he began to suspect all was not right . Some other witnesses were exammed , and no defence being offered , the magistrates resolved on committing the prisoner to take his trial at the next Warwick assizes . We may state that there is every reason to believe that the discltsures made , shovr that aregnlarly organised system ef counterfeiting foreign coin was in existence , and that there are other parties more deeply implicated iaa it than the prisoner ; The Turkish Ambassadtr has offered a reward of fifty guineas for their discovery The nine casks of coin are said to represent about £ 85 , 000 sterling . Tbe affair has created the greatest excitement—IKrafagfaitt paper .
uxooubhibb . Legal Hatbid of Cbxaf Law . —Since the « ew court for the recovery of smaU debts has beear in operation , circulars headed ' Notice to pay the Debt ' have beea printed in ail the market towns in Lrnet-lnshire , and tradesmen bare bad them filled u » with name and amount of debt , and sent to debtors Anbtful and of longstanding , threatening the jurisdiction of the court if such accounts are not immediately discharged . The effect in most instances has been payment of the debts , which appears to have s * reduced the number of eases in the county court as to call forth the notice of the judge and officers , who
hare issued hand-bills and caused . advertisements to be inserted in the local papers , threatening te report to the Lords ofthe Treasury any person printing or using the said forms . The Isnoorn Merettry says , ' It is asked whether the act was passed to beaefit the judge , the clerk , ' and other officers , or to secure the payment of doubtful and longstanding debts ? We cannot see what there is in the circular printed by Mr Cutsont which deserves the strong coadenua tion fulminated against it ; and least of all ean we see anything'felonious'in it . We should say rather that there is something 'libellous * in the war in which what he had done has been denounced , and that he is much more sinned against than sitaiag . '
SSSGX . Tib lira Mcemr Ar Daositbav . —Dariag the last few days the interest connected with the Harder at Dagenbam has been , revived , in eonseaaeace of the suicide of one of the principal witnesses in that case . The excitement consequent in the neighbourhood of Basenham , Bford , and Romford , is said to bejust as great as on the first discovery ef the act . In the opinion of many , the sergeant , wke still remains in lliord caol , unable to procure Vail , has been relieved of much of the suspicion agaiast him . Among the principal witnesses , both before the caroser and at the assizes , was Ralph Page , a farmer , with his wife and daughter , whose bouse was Bearest to the field where the murder took place . Oa tbe
night of that atrocious affair the farmer slest ia one of his barns to watch his crops from depredations , and about the time it happened , was aweke by the barkingof his dog , but he did not hear any other noise . Ilis wife also gave evidence to the effect that she noticed the barking of the dog , and , as she suppose * a scream . The latter , by her evidence , proved perjury against the police . About a fortnight back the daughter of Mr Page was married at Clerkenwell church . Suddenly , in the midst of the merriment of the party , Mr Page left the festive scene and went home . Soon after be was found snfenmg from a strong narcotic . Mr Butler , surgeea , ef Romford , was called in , and applied the stomachpump , but without effect . The next day he expired . An inquest was opened before C . C . Lewis , Bj ^ ., tbe coroner for Essex , at the residence ef the deceased , , .
but , in consequenoe of the unsatisfactory account as to the cause of death , it having been ascermiaed that the deceased had expressed a determination te commit self-destruction , the inquiry was adjonraeuftr a week , and * p * it-m $ iiem ^ ^ examination was ordered . The jury re-assembled at the Cross Keys , Dageakam , when Mr Butler stated that it was impossible for 1 him to speak positively as to the cause of death , and the jury returned an open verdict to the efect that 'Howor by what : means the deeeased came ty bJA death the * e was not sufficient evidence to shew . Since the death , rumours hare . beea propagated ofthe most extraordinary character , andmanyremarkshaveheesi made in reference to the circumstance that Mr Page should hare happened to have beea n his barn on tbe night of ( he muter for ( he iMfwe d thowlookln gatKrUicxofa . '
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. 1 PM 8 SX . ¦ Dabino Hiohwat Robbert . —As Police-sergeant Bevau , T 3 , was patrolling the neighbourhood of the Tillage of Southali , nine miles from town on the Oxbridge-read , when near the village , his attention was attracted by hearing . loud . ^ meaning cries proceed from a field at the side of tho high road , and on prodeeding to the ^ spot , he discovered , by the light of his lantern , ama n in a state . of entire nudity lying on fail face in > he grass , with a handkerchief tied across his m » ttth , nis arms tied . behind him by a neckerchief , and his legs tied together by a pair of braces , « o that he could not vrnove hand tr foot . Upok being lijsewtetf from his perilous situation , the unfortunate man , in answsr to the inauiries ofthe
sergeant , stated that his name was John James Fessbender , a German , living in Osborn-street , Whitechapel ; that on the previous evening , while proceeding towards Uxbridge-towa , which is 15 miles from the west end of Oxford-street , when on Sheppard ' s-bUBh-common , about three miles oh his read , he overtook three Irishmen , who were going in the same direction , and ' with whom he entered into company . They all walked together until they reached that part of the road hear . the field where he was found , when suddenly he felt the handkerchief drawn across his mouth , aud he was instantly dragged into the field in which he was found , where his assailants , having robbed him of 17 sovereigns , a single Geneva watch with a silver guard-chain attached , ( maker's
name , 'Steinhouse , Coela , ' having the initial letters fl . 1 . F . ' engraved on the inside case , number not known ) , proceeded to dispossess him of his clothes , consisting of a brown great coat with a velvet collar , an invisible green body coat , a pair of black trousers , a black satin double-bodied waistcoat , a black hat , maker ' s name , 'Stowell , Church-lane , Whitechapel , ' a pair of stockings , pair , of Wellington boots , with red tops , and a black silk neckerchief . Not satisfied with what theyhad already done , the villains then secured his arms behind him with a piece of cord , and used his braces as a ligature to fasten his legs together , when they turned him ever on his face ; and then , being satisfied that he could neither call out nor pursue them , they walked off , taking with them a carpet-bag which he had with him , containing two shirts , a blue waistcoat , two pair of
stockings , a pair of shoes , two smoothtng-planeB , t jackplane , a rabbit-plane , and other smaller tools ? 'The poor fellow , when discovered , was half dead'Vith cold , having , as he believed , lain in that state upwards ef an hour . The robbers , who are believed to be on their way . back , to Ireland via Bristol , are described ss being one about 30 years old , 6 feet high , red hair and whiskers , thin face , pockmarked , dressed in an old blue coat , old velvet waistcoat , cord trousers , and black hat ; the second , 28 years of ajje , 5 feet 5 inches high , black hair and whiskers , with a large cut across his nose , dressed in an old blue jacket , white trousers , and black hat ; and the third , about 33 or 34 years of age , 5 feet 7 inches high , dark hair and complexion , small whiskers , large mouth , has several teeth out in front , and walks lame , dressed in a short bluejacket , and very short short blue trousers , with a blue cap .
KBSI . Fracas at xhs Woolwich Docktakd—Some few months since , Mr Chatfield , who is well known as ene of the members of the late Naval School of Architecture , received the appointment of assistant to Oliver Lang , Esq ., the matter builder of Woolwich Dockyard . Mr Chatfield had received from the yard he previously belonged to , the character of a martinet , and a prejudice was thus raised against him . Matters went on for a considerable time unpleasantly , and , | as far as we can glean , the first positive outbreak occurred on Friday se ' unight , when some men on board the Hydra steam-sloop , then ia dock , hooted Mr Chatfield . The suspension of several of the mechanics on board the steamer
served only to inflame the men still more strongly , and on the same evening , a crowd waited outside the dockyard gates till after the volunteers were dismissed from drill ; and on the appearance of Mr Chatfield , with two lieutenants ofthe corps , he was hissed , hooted , and yelled at for a considerable time . Still the cause of dissatisfaction continued , and on the following . Monday evening , another and still denser crowd awaited the arrival of Mr Chatfield at the dockyard gates , and his appearance was the signal for a furious storm of yells and hisses . Mr Chatfield seized & man standing by , and gave him into the custody of a policeman ia plain clothes who was stationed at the gate . This caused an immediate attack oa the policeman by half the battalion , and
the officer had his clothes torn to ribands ; Mr Chatfield took to his heels , followed by the meb , who continued their yellsand hisses till the object of their vengeance had escaped . Of course the prisoner was rescued . At the latter end of the past week , an incident of a still more serious character occurred in connexion with the dispute . Un board the Hydra , a number of shipwrights and others were employed , and it was discovered tbat a plank , used as a gangway between the vessel and the quay , was sawn through beneath , leaving only about a quarter ef an inch to connect the one end with the other , so that any person passing over it mast have been precipitated into the dock beneath , a depth ot thirty or forty feet . This , it is alleged , was placed as a trap
for Mr Chatfield , who , in his rounds through the dockyard , would hare to pass on board the Hydra . By whomsoever this diabolical contrivance was made , it was fortunately discovered in time to prevent the occurrence of a serious catastrophe . An immediate communication was made to the Board of Admiralty , aad on Saturday , Lord John Hay , accompanied by the Hon . Captain Berkeley , and Mr Ward , the secretary to the Admiralty ,, came down to the dockyard to investigate the charges preferred by Mr Chatfield . The result was , the discharge of four mechanics and the suspension of between 60 and 70 others . The utmost excitement prevails amongst
the men , and so apprehensive are the Admiralty of a serious disturbance in the yard , that the Royal Marines , hare been on duty round the yard since Saturday , and an extra force of police constables are en duty in the yard in private clothes . The police were also ordered to muster at the station house ; in the town , aud three mounted patrols were in waiting to convey intelligence to the Admiralty , or to bring a reinforcement of police from Greenwich . Those , however , who know the men best do not apprehend an outbreak ; but it is stated tbat all the volunteers belonging to Mr Chatfield ' * battalion will throw down their arms and refuse to serve under him :
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Scotch Doxeb add Msh of Sjcibkcb . —un tue 21 st the Duke ef Atholl personally stopped a party of naturalists , headed by an Edinburgh professor , while proceeding on their way from Braemar to Blair Atholl by a pass which some of the sovan * were freely allowed to traverse in 1830 . They refused to go back at the bidding of gillies , henchmen , and gamekeepers , but , giving their cards , retired at the ducal fiat . Not knowing the way , they probably committed more real trespass in their retreat than in their invasion , and after getting off the forbidden ground , were believed to bare been dogged to their inn by spies . The philosophers have a sort of impression that the duke will prosecute , which is , perhaps , tbe beet thing he could do , as these earth monopolies require clearing up . .
HADDINGTONSHIRE . Poisoning . —A curious case of poisoning , by arsenic , lately took place in Haddingtonshire . Fortythree pigs were the victims , and 29 of them died . A reward of £ 10 has been offered for the discovery of thepauoner . .
GLASGOW . . Shocking Tragedy . —A horrible realisation of the story of Ginevra , in Roger ' s 'Italy , ' and of the song ofthe ' Misletoe Bough , ' has ocoured at Glasgow . Three young boys , two of them sens of Mr J .. Wilson , builder , GaUowgate , and the other asonrof his brother , Mr Charles Wilson , were lost . As the rest of the family were do sn the water , the beys' absence occasioned at first no . great uneasiness , as it was supposed that the youngsters , the eldest of whom was about 11 years of age , had set off to join their mother and the rest of the family . As nothing had been beard of them , Mr Wilson left home early on Friday morning , with the intention of proceeding to Helenaburg , where the family were , to ascertain if
the runaways were there . He had not , however , been long away , when a carter who takes charge of . a horse belonging to Mr Wilson , went . to the stable for the purpose of procuring some provender for the animal . The provender is kept in a O 0 rn-Che 6 t—a box six feet long and * beut three deep , with three separate compartments , and secured on the outside with an iron hasp , which fits into a staple in the side of the ehest . On opening the lid , the' man was horror-stricken at finding the three young boys motionless at the bottom of the chest , each occupying one of the compartments . He immediately summoned , assistance , and they were taken out ; but it was found that two of them , James Wilson , aged 11 , and Charles Wilson , about a year younger , were Suite dead , and had been so apparently foraconsierable length of time . Theyoungeet , a boy between 7 and 8 years , showed some signs of life , and by prompt medical attendance he gradually revived , so
as to be aoie to state what had led to the melancholy catastrophe . The brothers and cousin had gone into the chest in search of beans , and while so engaged ; the lid , which , as has been already stated , is secured i on the outside by an iron hasp fitting into a staple , closed on them . In falling , the hasp , as it most unfortunately happened , fixedinto the staple , and all the united strength of the peer captives was insufficient toenable them to burst the bands of what , too tmly . proved their tomb ; On the side at which the youngest boy was found , the lid did not fit so close as the other parts , and from the limited supply of air Which had been admitted through this crevice is to be attributed his preservation . They had endeavoured to support , each other ' s courageas well as they could , in their . dismal dungeon ; and , before giving up hope , one of them broke the blade , of a pen-knife in the attempt to makean incision through the sido of a chest . After they had exhausted themselrei by onaraMing shouts and cries whkh « cre [
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. ' - ' ' . " ! IB * » KW > 00 B BATB . t At the last meeting of the ' Kilkenny board of Poor Lawguardians ; ' presided over . 'by' the . Marquiset Ormonde , a resolution was passed in which thejj stated . - .-: '" : ¦ " *' «'¦ - ' ¦ ¦ . - f It is our opinion that inch rates oufbt to be greatly , reduced , in order to facilitate th « lr collection » nd to obviale the determined-and general opposition which we are firmly convinced will be given to any rate excessive in amount and disproportionate'te iho means of all classestopayit . - - ; > ;' .: •; : ' . ; j
That in the present social condition of tbe country ; with all its several interests in a state of difficulty and de ? rahgement consequent upon the peatilenco and famine with which we have been so deeply afflicted , it isunwis ; in the Government to demand , for the present , any por-j Uob of the repayment of the advmces under the Tem ' f porary RelUf Aets . We respectfully submit to them whether the dictates of sound policy would not induce them to forego any claim calculated to stop the progress of tbe country to that healthy condition which can oaly be attained by mild and cautious treatment . ' ' -
PBOSRBCrs OF FURTHER DISTRESS . » The subjoined remarkable proceedings took place at the last meeting of the guardians of the Limerick Poor Law Union : — " ; Captain O'Emeh , inspecting officer of the union , wished to inform the guardians of the amount of destitution which would assuredly prevail before anotber-fertnight . ¦ * As his official duties would cease in a few days , he did not like to leave Limerick without making known the fact that , according to ¦ ' the most minute' inquiry be had made , tbe numbers on relief lists at the bet-inning' of
the week were—Limerick electoral division , 1 , 783 ; in the * ttr » l districts , 24 , 714 ; or , on an average for the entire union , 25 , 500 . Aocording to tbe census of 1841 ,- at a calculation of 20 percent , on the population ) whieh was a small average compared with tbe amouat of deititutl » n which prevailed fourmouths since , provision should be made under the new aot to provide 1 , 763 persons iu the city , and 15 . 0 BS In the rural districts , with out-door relief :: Unless some remedy . was immediately devised by the board the destitute would certainly starve .
Sir CaoKiB . —Ho no ; there is no fear of that at present . I Captain O'Beiin . — -I have ho object in communicating this intelligence , but to enable you to he prepared for an approaching emergency . I put mj self in possess ton of facts upon the best authority of tbe gentry , tbe clergy , and relief committees ofthe several districts , and the accuracy of my calculations will hereafter be fully borne oat . \ ¦ This unexpected announcement came by surprise on the beard , who were at a loss what to do , as therelWvirig officers recently appointed are not in a position , for want of funds and proper instruction , to afford any relief to the destitute . ¦ '¦
Several guardians expressed a » opinion that Captain O'Brien ' s calculations were accurate , and feared that when the harvest work is over , in a fortnight or more , destitution will prevail eve * to a greater amount . The expediency of compelling all able bodied paupers to enter the workhouse , and provide outside for the ared and infirm alone , having been canvassed , it was ascertained tbat at present there is accomodation for 700 la tha establiibment . Th « larl of Cs . sae .--U is qulteolear that in the ceruse of tbe next week the relieving officers will be applied to , and the question to be considered is , what have they at their disposal ? Nothing . I think we oaght to appoint a commutes of this board to devise means of affording relief in tbe cheapest manner possible . ( Hear . )
In the Enniskillen Union on Tuesday , Mr Otway , the assistant-commissioner , informed the board of guardians that ' the commiseioners should hare recourse to the painful duty of dissolving the board if they persisted in their opposition to the striking of tbe rates as required by law . ' Aftera discussion , the board , by a majority of fifteen to two , reaffirmed their previous resolution , declining to make a new rate , but promising to' take the first opportunity of repaying the loan to government . ' The committee , as suggested by Lord Clare , was subsequently appointed .
Public Works . —The government are doing what they think they can , legitimately , for the augmentation of employment . The Limerick papers state that the new floating dock has been contracted for under the superintendence of tbe Board of Works , and that a commencement will be made with if forthwith . Other docks called for by the commerce oi the port will be nut in course of construction , and on Monday an important deputation was received by the Lord-Lieutenant , the object of which was to impress the desirableness of appointing a packet station for American intercomnunication at Limerick .
The statement put abroad that the unfinished worksiunder the Labour Rate Act would be completed forthwith is premature . The hoard of works reply to all representations 'We hare no power to do what you require . ' Last week the Lord-Lieutenant visited the line of the Great Southern and Western Railway , and was entertained atCarlow by the directors . His health having been proposed , he returned thanks in a speech , which is thus reported : —His excellency stated that he seldom experienced more gratification than on that day , having passed through a beautiful country teeming with the products of the earth , and upon a line of railway that reflected credit on the energy and enterprise of the company . At home or abroad he had never seen so beautiful a line of
railway , one which exhibited in its construction a rare combination of science and art . He felt delight in Witnessing the progress of railways in Ireland—in whose prosperity he felt deeply interested—independently of the kind treatment be had received , and the reception he had met with from all classes ol Irishmen , since his arrival in that country . Railways would prove of vast advantage to the . country by the developemeat of its industrial resources , and the impetus they would give to every branch of traffic . Ireland was essentially an agricultural country . The farmer required a market for his produce , and the railways by speedy transit , afforded him the accommodation he required on reasonable terms . It was needless to allude to the past year , to point out the
necessity of industry and perseverance in future . All that was ' required was a spirit of industry , and a greater reliance on self-exertion to place Ireland in that proud position which at ne distant day she was destined to occupy . England was now closely connected with Ireland , by the twofold power of railway and steam navigation . There were many in that room old enough to recollect the evidence given before a committee of the House of Commons , with the object ef proving that steam navigation between England and Ireland was a Utopian scheme—in fact , impracticable—but they now saw Ireland and the sister country connected , if he might use the expression , by a bridge fermed through the agency of steam , by which the social and private intercourse of both countries had been vastly accelerated .
DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE AT OA 8 HB 1 . The circumstances connected with the following tragical occurrence have been put forward in at least a dozen shapes , but the version annexed seems to be the best authenticated : — ' Francis O'Ryan , son of Mr Frank O'Ryan , of this city . ( Cashel ) , received a pistol bullet on Tuesday morning through the right eye , supposed to be fired by his father . The ball took an oblique direction without touching the brain . The ball has been extracted . Mr O'Ryan , sen ., has been committed to the bridewell here , pending tbe state ot health of his wounded son . The . cause of this unfortunate circumstance is not clearly explained . The son is to arrive at his majority in . a few months , when
certain leases of lands owned by Mr 0 Ryan , sen . / will expire . Renewals of those leases cannot be given without the joint concurrence of both father and son . Mr O ' Ryan , jun ., we are given to understand , refused to sign renewals at the request of . his father , and hence certain bickerings took place . between them . It is also said that Mr O'Ryan , sen ., has latterly shown decided symptom of mental ill health , and that . he labours under , very extraordinary delusions . On the morning in question , both father and son met on tho lobby leading to their respective bed rooms , when the unfortunate transaction took placejjWhich has caused a feeling of universal regret and melanohely through the locality all round . Mr O'Ryan always carried firearms about his person and had a great horror of thieves . '
An account in the limerick Chronicle runs as follows : — ' Mr Ryan , sen ., hasafamily of grown-up sons and daughters . The eldest son lived with his father , as did his sisters . Mr Ryan having been fer some time a widower , recently married a young and interesting lady , who , according to the version ofthe story en the father ' s side , became an object of the son ' s passion . That this sentiment was reciprocated by the youth ' s stepmother , the father had , as is . stated , for some short time bark , more and more reason to be suspicions , and on Tuesday evening , on entering his bedroom , was horrified to behold his place occupied by his unfortunate son . Maddened with race , the
unhappy father reached a loaded ' pistol and fired . The toll entered the head of young Mr Ryan , immediately beside the eye , totally destroying that organ . and travelling the skull rested at the base of tho occiput . ; The lady made a precipitate retreat and escaped before her infuriated husband could reload hiBYf eapon . Our informant , who left Cashel Satur daxmorning , says the ball was extracted from the head of young Mr Ryan the previous night . The wounded man remains in a state of inwnsibilitv . and no hopes are entertained of his recovery . ' vw IJT * ? ° f ™ w * K « w—A meeting of the Oontederatioa took place in Dublin on Thurfday , and was remarkable for two new conversions to Confederate principles . These are . Lord Walli
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court , abaron inthe Irishpeerage , and Mr Chwholm Anstoy , an English barrister . ( ,.... ^ . ^ 1 ! The correspondent otthe ' . 2 ? m «[ says :-r Conbiliatien-hall had better loek"barol /^ ite alreWtarnished laurels . Thewa ^ estabhshment at ; the Music-hall is doing * wWt ™ W *™ S and if the addition of respectable W 8 tomers wawn patronised the' heuee' laslS night , ; ke eps eadiljr increasing , themanagers ef the old firm willJiate but little reason te rejoice at some , at least , either or wo results of the late general election , or of an obstinate adherence totheeourse of policy which has seaiw from the Cera Exchange the few shreds of respeetability which clung to its fortunes tader the leadership of the late great master ef aritntion . Among the new . members enrolled are Lord WaJleoouri and Mr Chisttolm Anstey , the member ferToughall ; the latter gentleman is evidently destined to play a leadin" part in the future working ( if Irish politics . In movin g . a resolution : at the meeting to the effect— ' That the beneficial effects of the anti-. . T ., - ' . , _„_ . „ . . H . T XsYflhrshoIm
: place-hunting policy of the Confederation were fully proved at the late election in this country . - The Rev . Mr Kbnion , Roman Catholic clergyman , of Templedcrry county of Tipperary , belaboured tho place-hunters of Conciliation-hall with right good will . Llf , ( said the speaker , ) a wan says-lam arepealer-andat the same time keeps besieging the door of a Minister ,, dines with him three times a week , and continues to beg for a place vnthe Excise for this persen , and in the Customs for that , he did not think such a man would repeal the union . ( Loud cheers . ) No ,- he could as soon drag the sun from the heavens . He had penned down a few words in « nmmon use amongst those men ,.-and had
considered the meanings formerly attached to them _ with their recognised meanings at the aresent . First , there was ' Nailing the colours to the mast . ' In unsophisticated eyes thatphrase meant a determination to stand by any cause in which men embarked . ( Hear , hear . ) Now it meant a half-starred ear with his tail between his legs running from the light with a mouthful of kitchen stuff . ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) Now he would give his deflation of' moral force . ' 'Moral force , ' was at present used and employed by trading patriots , was a figure of speecha metaphor signifying that a man may have his eye knocked out , his legs cut off , or any other fconceirable surgical operation performed on his body
without the shedding of one single drop of Human blood . ( Cheers and laughter . ) : \ So . compromised—when first eraploved it had a most determined and absolute meaning—it signified that for ail time , and in all circumstances , there should be no abatement of the fair demands made or the claims urged . . But now it had received a most strange contortion in signifioancy . Within certain limits-i-that was to say , at this side of £ 300 or £ 400 a-year , it had the same meaning still ; but no sooner were those limits reached , or even approached , than , strange . to say . it meant ' every compromise . ' In that manner nearly all the words in the English language were emnloved bv trading patriots . They wanted
determined Repealers , who would do their duty if all the rest of Ireland were asleep . Everything besides was clap-trap , humbug , and jugglery . ( Cheers . ) It was his opinion that the association would grow from bad to werse , until it became such an abomination that it should be banished in some way or other . ( Cheers . ) He thought that the highest honour was due to the men , of Limerick , and to those Conservatives , who , though some of them did not think there was a necessity for repeal , supported it in the person of Mr O'Brien . ( Cheers . ) That was true conciliation—it was that Conciliation-hall had been for ever prating about , but had never effected . ( Hear , hearJ
He would advise the people not to be led unthinkingly by the opinion of any one—by priest , bishop , or layman , When a priest took part in politics , he did so , not as a priest , but as a politician ; and they should not mind the cant of Conciliation-hall , wqich was— ' It was -a priest said it ; it ought to be respected . ' A priest was to be respected when he told the truth . ( Cheers . ) Tub O'Conhbu . Mokombnt . —The committee of the'National Monument to O'Coniiell' hare published their receipts from the 6 th of August , which amount to £ 239 . Ofthe subscriptions forty were of £ 5 , four of £ 3 , one of £ 2 , and twenty . five of £ 1 each .
Mr John O'Connell and his brother , Mr Daniel O ' Connell , arrived amongst the constituents of the latter last week . The people of Waterford gave them a most flattering reception .
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, - — «¦ - — - not heard on earth , they all jfined in prayer . JThii is the last circumstance which the surviving sumrer recollects , as he soon after became insensible . \ lo , account for ^ no , , noise haying sheen heard , or no , one . within call ,- it may-be M . entiened that the wood-yard in which the stable » situated » locked up early er the Saturday afternoon , and is not again opened till ; Monday morning . lV <* -, ;¦¦( . i '
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THE EXPLOSION OF THE CRICKET STEAMER . The excitement caused by this melancholy accident continues . Hundreds of persons have since its occurrence assembled on the piers and wharfs in the vicinity oi the lamentable catastrophe . On Saturday several boats were employed at low water and on the first quarter flood dragging the river from Waterloo-bridge to the eastern side of Westminster bridge , it being supposed that as the tide was running np at the time ofthe explosion , some of the remains ofthe sufferers were carried up by the current . Shortly before 12 o ' clock an alarm was raised on the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge , by a man who informed the
police that the body of a young man was lying in the mud off Lett ' s-wharf , situated on the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge . The remains , which , were in an awful condition , the face , arms , and chest being most extensively scalded , were removed to the vault of St John ' s Church . The body was subsequently identified as that of John Butler , aged 18 years , of No . 9 , King-street , Covent-garden . He was an engineer , and was on the way to Blackwall . In the course of Saturday it was ascertained that a Miss Cbatterton , who was on board at the time o f the explosion , was very much injured . She was thrown from the boat upon a quantity of timber , and several persons were thrown on her . She ia greatly bruised and lacerated , and her head has . also been
cut aud injured . Considerable fears are entertained for her life . Notwithstanding that everything promised so well on Friday night for the raising of the wreck , just as the operation was completed one ofthe chains snapped , when the ill-fated boat again fell into the water , and all efforts to raise her that tide were found to be fruitless , yet tho temporary raising had been so far successful as to enable a minute search to be made in the cabin and other parts of the vessel , and also under the boat , and it was clearly ascertained there was no other sufferer there . In the course of Saturday morning the starboard boiler , which is . believed to have been'the cause of the calamity , and which was blown to a short distance from the Cricketwas got ashoreand conveyed
, , into the Company ' s premises . So also was the larboard boiler , which stillremainedin nearly its proper position , and with little appearance of injury . It is also understood that from the partial examination made of the vessel late on Friday night , before the breaking of the chain , it was ascertained that the afterpartfrom the paddle boxes , including the large cabin , is still nearly uninjured , except by water and mud . On the larboard side the paddle box is comparatively complete , but tho starboard paddle-box is broken outside , and on the fore part , and also the wheel . - During the afternoon and evening . a number of men were employed in pumping the water out of the Cricket , with a view to making another attempt
at getting her afloat as soon asi the tide had sufficiently run down . She was also , in the middle of the day , moved by means of lighters from the cast side of the gallery leading from the shore to the pier , where she was previously l . ving , to opposite the latter , so that she may , if raised , be run on the high shore westward of the pier . Although it was stated that the halfpenny boats would not run again until the inquest , which commenced on Monday morning , had been concluded , they plied all Sunday , and were much crowded . It is stated that these halfpenny boats are the property of Mr Alderman Thompson , Mr Joyce , Mr Smith , andMr Cory . .
An act of parliament came into force in January last , under which an investigation can take place . It is entitled , ' An act for the Regulation of Steam Navigation , and for requiring sea-going Vessels to carry Boats . ' By the 19 th section , it is directed that whenever any steam-vessel shall have caused any serious accident , occasioning loss of life or property , a report is to be made as soon as convenient , through the post-office , by letter to the Board of Trade , and in default a fine aot exceeding £ 50 may be imposed . Inspectors may be appointed by the Board of Trade , nnd there is a penalty prescribed for obstructing them in the execution of their duty . Many instances of miraculous escapes occurred , among which we . may mention tbat of Mr Geo . Bone , cashier to the General Assurance Company , who was thrown into the river by the explosion , but
fortunately caught hold of a projecting piece of wood or iron at the side ef the vessel , and when the boat sunk , he , with great exertion , and the aid of some persons on the pier , succeeded in gaining the shore , without further injury than a thorough ducking and the less efhis hat . A sailor , who was standing by the funnel at the time efthe explosion , was shot up into the air , when , on recovering , he found , to his great surprise , that . he . was lying upon a heao of S Vh n h R ' As He m ? , age d toaoramWeon to the Pier . The Rev Mr Smith , the chaplain ef St Martins workhouse , with his lady , were among the parties who had paid their fares to go to Londonbridge . Mrs Smithhad got on board , and Mr Smith was on . the pier ,: about to step on board , when the explosion toek place . Mrs Smith was scalded by tho steam , and was blown up into the water , bat was fortunately rescued . Mr Smith escaped unhurt .
WO . OEST OStBl SBFmSBS . _ At 11 o ' clock on Monday last , Mr Bedford , eoroner for Westminster , comtneRced his inquiry Into the cause of death of tho five parsons vf ho have suffered from the late calamitous explosion ou . board the Cricket steam-boat . The inquest was' held in' the boardroom of St Martin ' * workhouse , where two ef the sufferers ( Littleton and Blunt ) , were at first placed , and whither the body of John Buckley , taken out on Saturday , » iUie 8 « rey side , bad subsequently been removed , for the purpose of being included in the same Inquiry , The proprietors ofthe boats were renmsented on the occasion by Mr Mondagu Cham .
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bers , and by Mr Bakes , tiwir solicitor uT" ^ 5515 th « sfiakersoftheboU « M , we « r «> rei « nt \ dK ; v , " , <> K » sou , solicitor , of Hoorgate-streei . The fen ! j ? itbW list of the deceaseipenoust-Thoinas ShedI ''« I call-boy , of Bow . street „ CoveBt-g , rd » n ; John ' rl ' ^ SS , costermbnger , ' of 6 ,, BlobmifcBry . slrest n . » * ! < H . St Giles ' s ; leaving a widowvWge Sh ' w , ^ 'S monger , ' of Driver ' s bulldioge , Mlto-ead . i «« Wnt e ° "* aridtwa children ; John Blunt , 32 , single " »» m ! 2 !&»» of 2 , TrelHck-terraoc , . T » uxhalUbridgWo » a O » Buckley , 18 , single , engineer , « f 9 , Ktog-sw SHI ? garden . "" '"; , ; .. ";; ., ; , ' ^ r ¦ H *^ % ' Seventeen gentlemen were impanaelled oa th « who , being sworn , ' proceeded tb . vlew the bedl .... " £ > . t / . u .. Afmint .. i , j at , ^^\ i . _ ... i _ . i tiro * IBVUlluuw »» - »»~ - «» ««» Mj ; - bers . and bv Mr TJafeM . *•»•*» toUji .. - T """"^" -1 * ^
, ^ , mm , \ Jbjjj _ . « Hospital , and iaa remainder at tbe workhouie , ^" The first witness was Tboi . Shed , fiiaataageV ofn ' Street , Covent-garden , who depossd : . The d ' , Thos . Shed , is my child . He was call-boy on bosM . ^ Cricket , which situation he had held three weeki £ bad been in the Aat since Christmas . He Mwma * fectly satisfied with bis employ .. I got him « moV * from the Aat , because I thought he was not well tr «» s 2 by the crew . , ' " ¦ John Lynd Blunt , of Trellick-terrace , Tawh » u . w road , watchmaker ; Catherine Littleton , of Bloomibnf * street , St Giles ' s ; George Shute , of James . jt rMt u [ f " end , painter and glaiier ; and Henry Hoble , engbser If Golden-lane , Stlmkt ' s ; respectively identified the Ufa of the other deceased persons . ^>
JohnHocken , of 33 , Madder-street , Hanover-ion ... tailor , deposed : About 25 mlnates past 9 on p ^ ™ * morning , I went on board the Cricket , at the Fomjd , ] . / tbe-Hill pier . I took a seat In the stern part of the boat not far from the paddle box . I was rather lurpriJ ? that the boat was 10 long in starting . There were more than 200 persons on board the vessel ; nearly 100 in the aft part of tbe boat . In about five minutes I fe ] k , trifling quiver , and then a sudden explosion took place The whole seemed to fly into the air in a thouesnd piece . ' taking the direction of the stern part of tbe boat . Tbt whole ofthe deck was carried away ; the seat on ift ^ I sat went completely from under me . Ilostmj hstwj a parcel , and was bruised in my arm and thigh . For a time I was Winded by the steam , which seemed to itrft ,
me in the face . When the noise aad steam had wbslaea I looked round , and saw the vessel a total wreck ; ma ^ y were clinging to her sides . Afterwards the Bcbo , l think , came alongside , and took the passengers off , t noticed particularly a lad ; and am elderly gvntUmiA , ^ was crying out tbat his leg was breken . Afterwards a assisted in getting a man out of the wreck , who i »&» bleeding , at the nose and from the shoaider ; he wa « not one of the deceased . At that time , no one wa , aboard but myself , at least not ia the back part oi the veiiejj Before the eiplosion , I saw neither iaptain nor sagiaeer , on board . I supposed the delay arose from waiting for the captain . I was in the habit of going by that boat , and thus kaow that she stayed longer at tbe pier tbas usual . I am quite certain she was not aground ; f W ) after the explosion , the stern-part sank at least IS inches , I never before saw anything wrong in the boat , or it
aither ofthe others . I have gone by them all . I bnt often stood to adMire the action ofthe engines . Archibald Henry Hamilton , of S . Franch-itree / , Waterloo-road , reporter : I went on beard the Crielutt on Friday morning last , about 23 min . past nine , at the Fox pier . In about two minutes , as I was standing neir the windlass , I felt a kind of oicillatiou ; suddenly I was thrown down and I heard tbe explosion . The boat wm not aground . The captain was aot on hoard . I know him by sight , and I afterwards heard him say to lb Garlaty , the superintendent of the . ' pitr , ' How Ion ; bad ] been on shore do you think ! ' I saw nsitbw tnglatn nor stoker . I did not look into the engine room . I Mi not see any ofthe deoeassd taken oat . There w « r « fa > n 128 to 14 « persons oa board . The deck wsi not ores , crowded where I stood , arid very few were burl . I think the last witness is mistaken iu hit estimate of tbe
number . The Coroner said he conceived this evidence would be sufficient as to the fact of the explosion . He would now eumine tome witnesses as to tha finding bi the bodies . George Silverton , of 13 , George-street , Adelphi , fithtr . man : I saw and heard this explosion from rovown door . I immediately rah down to rsnder what assUtaac , I could . I knew Shed , the call-boy , He was lying in the boat ' s bottom ,. in the aft-cabin . He was alrnoit covered with wood and water . . With the help of the captain , Edward Martin , I conveyed him iuto tbe fay office , and afterwards to the hospital . He was alive trben I left him , but insensible . I know the engineer well ; never heard him say anything about this engine . I alio assisted in removing an elderly gentleman whoieleg was broken . I was not two minutes in retching the best after the explosion , and the captain was then there . Several passengers were then in the fore part of tbe boat trying to escape as well as they anuld .
By Mr Chambers : The boy might hare been thrown from the deck , and have fallen into the cabin where I found him . The deck was all broken ap and completely desttojed . Here an application was made by tbe witnsis Hoble te be allowed to inspect the remains of tbe boat . The coroner said he had no power to give any order , at tbe boat was aow in tbe charge of the police . Mr Chambers said that every facility woslabe given , as far as the company was concerned . Some doubt was expressed as to whether the police ought to allow an Inspection ofthe boat at jhe instance of the proprietors ; butit was explained that this would not be done unlets the coroner sanctioned the order . Several of tbe Jury expressed a wish to see the boat ; aad Mr Chamberi , on tbe part of the proprietors , undertook that an opportunity should be afforded . Evidenoe was then given as to the nature of the wounds .
Tbe inquiry was adjourned until Monday nut , at 11 o ' clock . The Coroner then made some inquiry as te the custody ofthe boat , which was stated to he in the sharge of tie Thames police , Mr Chamberi said this had been done at the request of the proprietors , who were exceedingly anxious that they should not be suspected of wishing to prevent access to it , or of having access to it themselves improperly . The police had declined to continue in tbarge without some other authority . . . The Coroner said he woald readily give his authority for that purpose , A superintendent who was present undertook that possession should be retained by tbe polite on tbe coroner ' s authority .
Before separating , some of the jury again expreiied a wish to see the boat ; and Mr Richardson ( Messrs Joyce ' s solicitor ) hoped that some one might be there , on tbe part of his clients , to give an explanation . The Coroner said he should decidedly object to this . If the jury saw the boat at all , they should just lack over it , without any interference ; but it would not be objectionable for Mr Joyce himself to be present , as the maker ef the engines , when the engineers made their examination . Mr Chambers submitted that same one ought alio to attend on behalf of tbe proprietors ofthe boat . The Coroner said the best plan would bo for an engineer to attend on behalf of each party , at the time when the jury went to make their view . ' Ultimately it was arranged that the jury should make their inspection unattended by any other party .
INSPECTION OF THE WRECK . At twelve o'clock on Tuesday morning , the jury , according to appointment , proceeded to view the shattered vessel and machinery of the Cricket ateam-boat . As te the rouses which may have led to the fatal exploilon , we , of course , will not pronounce an opinion . Competent persons will be appointed by the authorities , whe will—as their duty to the public , to the ompauy , and to Mr Joyce , the builder and patentee of the engines , require—carefully examlne , ; aud investigate most fully , all the circumstances connected with this most disastrous affair . The first sight which presents itself to the speetatpr is that of a fearful rent in tbe vessel from ihe
engine-room to the stern . The . whole of Ihe flooring of the deck has been blown up , and the lining ofthe rigbs side ofthe after cabin completely removed , leaving exposed thebare iron shell ofthe vessel . On the left side of the same cabin some portion of the lining yet remains ; but In the bilge ofthe ves « l , and near to the paddles , tbe whole of the lining is gone , and the shellof the vessel broken and torn iu almost every direction . . The flooring of the cabin is also swept clean out , while aa immense opening in tbe ' stern shows the spot through which tbe boiler itself was blown , the boiler in its pro . gress appearing to have swept the floors , the lining , rud . rer , and sverything before it . The whole ef the ease of the boiler is blown off , leaving all the tubes exposed to sight ; but there does not appear to be any fraetore in any of them , so far at least as we were able to see . The funnel , the smoks-Wx , and case of the boiler llebetiit the wreck of the ill-fated Vessel . " The safty-valve , and the steam-guages seem to have been entirely blown away : Neither
of the paddle-wheels seem to have sustained any injury : the outer side of the left paddle-box seems to have sustained a somewhat severe shock . A portion ef the massive iron , framework to which the engine is attacked is twisted in a most extraordinary manner . The thiekaess of the metal in that part cannot be less than four inches ; butit appears to have been capable oi affording no more resistance to the terrific power than did some of tbe common deal timbers with which it was surrounded . The massive cranks , with tbe pistons aud cjlindew , seem to bo tbe only portions of the machinery which were sufficiently strong to endure tho shock , but the left crank is slightly bent . There is no doabt that this mote solid part of the machinery tended , in some degree , to ensure the fore part of the vessel from that total destruction which has befallen tb * remaining portions . The boil « r which exploded was the left boiler as the vessel now lies , but tbe course it appears to have taken was an oblique one , as tbe
right side of the cabin , through which it passed , is' wnsiderably more injured tlihu tbe opposite . The opening * madt at the stern of " the vessel appears to be also on the right side of the rnddcr . The whole floor of ths engine room is literally covered with -fragment * of the broken parts of the smaller and more delicate parts of tbe machinery . The jury remained on the ipotfor about half an hour , "during which time " every facility «»» afferded by the servants of the company to enable them to view the various portions of tho wreck .
An Uwhin Remarked Tbat Ihe Principal Bra...
An uwhin remarked tbat ihe principal branch of ducation ia his school was the willow branch , tbe e eacnerhavinguscdup nearly a wlide tree .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 4, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04091847/page/6/
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