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FlBE-KAMP EspIjOSIOS IS WitES . — LOSS OF TWEKH-SIKB LlV £ s . « An explosion of fire-damp , by which twenty-nine human beings lost their lives , took place on Saturday last , at a colliery belonging to Mr . Thomas Powell , situated at Crombach , about three miles distant from the village of Aberdare , and six from Merthyr Tvdvil . About eleven o ' clock a ] 0 ud report attended with a violent concussion ot the earth vas heard , which caused the people of the ucighboaring houses to direct their attention towards the pit , sioa in a very short time the awful fact be came known that an explosion of fire-damp had oc curred . The consternatioa which ensued may be more easily imagined than described , when it is known that there were in the pit at the time from
on e hundred and fifty to two hundred human beings , OTen and boys , and the awful uncertainty that existed , how H » w 5 » " if au wwc * lw * - Lan « ungfc tannot describe flic mournful scene . The wailing of women gad the crying of children as they ran towards the nit ' s mouth seeking their relatives were sufficient to unnerve the stoutest heart , and melt the most stoical spirit . In one face you might see the fearfully anxious look changed into one of gladness as the husband , son , or brother , came up alive . In another face " hope fled , " and settled despair , when one after pother came up , and the expected one still behind . I never had it fallen tomy lot to witness a more awful lesson . Surely legislation ought to step in , and endeavour to give security to human life , by the
appointment of competent peisons—men whose scientific acquirements would he at least a guarantee that notliiu * ' which sdence could do had been left undone towards the security of human life . The air in the pit , after the explosion , was so noxious , that it was a considerable time ere any person could venture to seek for the missing men . " But such is the devotion , such the spirit and courage of these poor working colliers , that they were to be seen going into the pit without the least hesitation to seek their missiug fellow-workmen . The risk which they incurred may be imagined from many of them having fainted when proceeding towards the workings ; yet others were pushing on and working , undauntedly , hoping to find some one alive and in need of assistance . It is not
exactly known how the accident happened . It is said the Davy lamp was constantly used to try the air , but the pit has always been iu bad repute on account of its deficient ventilation . No accident iu this part of the country has ever been attended with the loss of so much human life , and the effect , consequently , is an unusual gloom over the whole neighbourhood . There were also two or three horses killed , and the damage done to the works is very great . Another correspondent states that the number tolled IS twenty-eight . The same correspondent states that the number of Miners in the pit at the time of the explosion was only about thirty , the rest being engaged at a club-feast . But for this , the probability is , that this explosion would hare caused a £ ecodd Haswell slaughter of ninety or a hundred human beings .
IsdGESr OS the Bodies . —Aberdare , nearMertbyr Tydfil , Tuesday . —The coroner for the upper division of the county of Glamorgan , William fravies , Esq ., jalk-itor , Merthyr Tydvil , having fixed yesterday for the imprest , very many of the most respectable inhabitants of the place and its neighbourhood , and also a cood many workmen , met at the Boot inn , in the village of Aberdare , where the inquest had been app Tinted to take place . The jury , havjng been sworn , p-occedcdtoexecutethemelancholytaskofviewingthe Indies , and as the places at which they lived embraced a circuit of some miles the inspection occupied a considerable time . Many of the bodies prcseated a shocking spectacle . Two or three seemed as if they had been literally roasted , whilst others
were ouc ' shgntlf sexweked , and at the same time the braises were inconsiderable . By the time that the inflection was over tlie Intelligence was brought that tk whole of the bodies had been recovered from the pit ; three or four had been found in the morning and the rest in the evening . Where these serious collierv accidents have happened here before some of the bodies have been irrecoverable for a considerable time , arising from the foulness of the air , or the falls of rubbish . The little village , situated as it is so beautifully , was yesterday a sceue of universal lamentation . At one time six funerals were to be seen proceeding towards the church in succession , whilst several others were in the churchyard . The eoneourse of people was very great ; and -whilst
contttnpUYtim : the sad scene , the humble church and churchyard , with its venerable yews , where * ' the rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep , " and listening lo the impressive burial service , 1 thought within myself , tliat never were words more applicable than those of the Psalmist , " Dust thon art , and unto dust , shalt thon return . " The jury having re-assembled in the inquest-room , it was deemed advisable , from the lateness of the hour , the number , of witnesses to be examined , and iu all probability the protracted nature of the inqury , to adjourn the iuqucst uutil eleven o ' clock to-day . The following are the names and ages of the sufferers : —David Jenkins , single man , aged 37 ; ltiehard Morris , ditto , aged 30 ; llowel Williams , ditto , aged 2 S , and Rees Williams , ditto , aged 24 , brothers ; Joseph Philips , ditto , aged 15 ; Thomas Evans , married , aged 35 ; Evan Lewis ,
single , aged 19 ; George Thomas , ditto , aged 33 ; William Williams , married , aged 3 i ; David Jones , ditto , aged 31 ; David Jones , single , aged 32 ; James James , ' ditto , aged 23 ; llowel Darid , ditto , aged 20 ; John Jones , ditto , aged 19 ; David Morgan , ditto , . -aed 21 ; Thomas Smith , ditto , aged 19 ; J « im Edwards , married , aged 35 , and William Edwards , ajed % father and son ; James Thomas , widower , aged 44 , and David Thomas , aged 10 , father and sen ; U'illiaui Llewelyn , single , aged 19 ; William Evans , ditto , aged 30 ; Thomas Davies , widower , aged 78 Evan Thomas , single , aged 14 ; John Jones , ditto , a ; ed 17 ; John Evans , married , aged 82 , and David Evans , aged 9 , father and son ; . Nicholas Evans , a compound fracture of the thigh , a fracture of the arm and a portion of the jaw-bone , and several teeth broken—not expected to five .
Aw-BPAHE , SEAB MeHTHVB TtDVJL , WmVESDAT Mousing . —The jury reassembled at eleven o ' clock yesterday morning , * and their names having been called over , they were sworn to inquire into the cause of the death of llowel David , aged twenty , his being the first body found . After tho examination __ ol several witnesses , the jury delivered iu the following written verdict : — " That it is the opinion of this jury lhat the deceased , llowel David , came to bis deatn from accidental circumstances , and that this jury arc of opinion that the present system of ventilation
employed in the Dyffryn or Crombach Colliery , though as perfect as the said system will admit , is inadequate to ensure the safety of the lives of the men employed iu the said works , and they strongly recommend that a system which will prevent the gas from oozing oat of the old or abandoned workings into a tramroad air-way , may be adopted iu preference as soon as possible . " Mr . Enoch Williams was called in and sworn as t » the identity of the rest of the b-nlies , and tue same evidence being applicable , tlie same verdict was returned in each of the causes of their deaths .
Another . Fatal Coai Pit Accidest . —Another correspondent , writing on the above awful calamity sends us the following notice of another coal pit accident : — Another man was killed in a pit belonging to the Cyfarthfa iron works ; lie was to hare been a mourner iu the funeral of one of the above twentyiiine , aud sent his soa instead . A stone fell from the top of the pit on him , aud killed him on the spot . CmtD Murder at Wixnsoit . —On Monday afternoon an inquest was held in the borough gaol , Windsor , before Thomas Marlin , Esq ., coroner , and a luVhfc- respectable jury , on the body of a new-born mall infant , which was found dead in the privy attached to the residence of Mr . Charles Alder , in Spricir-gardens , on Friday last . The servant of Mr Alder ? a rounggirl named Susan Douglas , between
twentv and twentv-one years of age , who had given birth to the infant , was in custody of the gaoler , but too ill from the weak state she was in to be present during the inquiry , which lasted nearly fire hours , uiid created the greatest interest After hearing a gojd deal of evidence ( not adapted to publication ) , the jury remained in deliberation for upwards of an hour , and then returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" against- Susan Douglas . The prisoner will be removed to the county gaol at Reading , to take her trial at the next Berkshire assizss , as soon as she is " « i a fit state to undertake the journey . The girl , w ho is a native of Wokingham , states the father of the infant to be an old man , named Day , who died st Windsor , where he was well known , about three weeks since , at the advanced age of between seventy asd eighty rears .
Cutcses of Siayebs . —Byalctter received from J ° e Murine , one of the new experimental 12-gun "igs . commanded by Commander J . IL Crawford , ** learn the following particulars of her success aoong the slavers . The letter is dated Mozambique , -WC . 1845 : —Itappears that , on the 26 th of April , ™ e liutiue was desirous of overhauling a suspicious--ww ing . very large , and last-sailing vessel , that soon proved her skve-dcaiing character by running away . Whilst io foil chase after this Tessel , which had pre-^ "Hidy heon chased by several other cruisers , and * ad escaped capture by her superior sailing , the -uutme grounded on the bar of Quillimane river ; V » seeing wlilch the crew of the slaver gave three « «* rs , unt i i , ercrtheless , endeavoured to increase
if ! - / oistance from the Mutine as much as possible «„ j r ^ inCs crew returned three cheers of defiance . * w then the gallant fellows set to work to get their ressei fMm uer dangerous position . Every man worked with hearty good will , and Captain Crawford , a vert- aetiveand enterprising officer , witnessed , with ST ^ at satisfaction , after nearly two hours' exertions , * s Wg fairly forced over the bar . Expressing his ^ nu approbation at the real and energy of every nan and officer on board , by which alone the vessel v * $ rescued from the perilous situation she occupied ^« 6 sg during an ebbing tide , as soon as she was float ke ^ iidercd the main brace to be spliced , and a ! « e same time all sail to be instantlv packed on in fiasafc t £ jhe slaver . The Mutine " now displayed ^ & iYmg oualitics , and made up for lest
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time . Gaining on the chase every minute , she wag alongside the notorious Brarilian slaver thePrineeza Imperial in the course of seven hours . She endeavoured to detach the Mutine from pursuing her by hoisting the stripes and stars of the United States ; and , assuming the appearance of an American whaler , she was well calculated to deceive one not thoroughly convinced of her character . The prire was upwards of 400 tons burden ; she had made three successful consecutive trips to Santos in the Brazils , and had carried altogether 2400 slaves , by this Juciatire trade realising good fortunes for her owners . When captured she was quite ready for the reception of 800 or 900 slaves . The l'rincra was given in charge of Lieut , the Hon . T . A . 1 ' akcnhaiu , under whose command she sailed to Sierra Leone for adjudication . Since capturing thePrineeza
the boats of the Mutine , under the * orders of Lieut . George Men ^ s and Lieut . vthe lion . Frederick Cur-ZOn , on the 6 th instant , off Madagascar , after % very spirited and well-managed chase , captured an Arab slaver with 231 slaves on board . The Arabs , though desperate mm and well armed , jumped overboard at the moment their vessel was hoarded . The Arab vessel was not in a lit state to undertake a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope at this tempestuous season , and was tkertfure destroyed . The Mutine sailed with her cargo , mustering nearly 400 , including crew and supernumeraries . She may be considered a lucky cratt , notwithstanding her mishap at the commencement . The Helena , 16 , Commander Sir C . Kickctts , Bart ,, having captured a small Arab vessel , with eighty slaves , was under the necessity of of conveying them to the Cape of Good Hope ; " the captured vessel not being equal to the voyage , was destroyed .
Death shom Eating Mvshkooms . —On Saturday an inquest was held at the White Hart Inn , in Ipswich , to inquire into the circumstances connected with the death of Mr . Johu Carr , boot and shoe maker , St . Lawrence-street . G . Duilen , Esq ., surgeon , said—I was called in at seven o ' clock on Friday evening , the deceased having been taken suddenly ill in his shop ; I went instantly , and found him in the shop sitting in a chair , quite insensible and very pale . The pupils of the eyes were \ cry much contracted ; pulse unusually slow and feeble . He had been sick before I arrived , and 1 observed some dark substance projecting from the side of his lip , which his wife removed with her finger . 1 found this substance a large piece of the common edible mushroom—not the poisonous mushroom—and the
cause of his illness was at once apparent to me—viz ., that of being poisoned by nukhrooms . He had vomited pieces of mushrooms several times before . ( A large portion was here shown which was taken from deceased ' s mouth ] . Deceased had no teeth . Illness occurred live hours after he had cateu the mushrooms . 1 ordered him to bed , aud gave him a strong emetic . 1 remained some time with him ; indeed , from seven o ' clock till midnight . After that time he became worse , and at two o ' clock he expired . The wife of one of his men had brought four mushrooms to Mr . Carr , as a present—two of them were grilled ( not stewcr ! or boiled ) for dinner : one of them was a very large one , very black underneath , and , in fact , only fit fur making catsup . The whole of this large one was eaten by deceased , and part of the smaller one also . The son partook of a part of the smaller one . It was a real mushroom : but it should
be understood that all iungtis matter is really poisonous at some parts of their growth . By grilling the mushrooms the poisonous matter remained in them , and having no teeth he swallowed it without masticating it . There was no odour nor anything else indicating his having taken any fermented or spirituous liquors . He was perfectly narcotised for hours . Mushrooms are of a narcotic and acrid nature . Deceased was perfectly senseless and powerless from the moment he was taken ill . There were no symptoms ot apoplexy ; in fact , they were the very
reverse . His pulse was about 50 , aud showed that he was under the influence of some strong poison . It was extremely important that the public should take this as a warning in the use of mushrooms ; they were at all times indigestible , but they should never be taken when the underneath part is black , but only when they are of a light colour . In this ease the stomach-pump would have been useless , as no tube would have carried off the large pieces of mushroom ou his stomach . The Jury returned a verdict ol Died from poisoning occasioned by eating mushrooms .
Murder ox tue High Seas . —On Wednesday week the Admiralty commission was opened at Galway , when Michael IMvan was indicted for having , ou the 18 th of July last , on the high seas , within the jurisdiction of Ireland , and within four miles of Duras , on the Galway coast , murdurcd Mark Faherty by throwing him into tb . 3 sea , by which he was drowned . A second count charged him with the murder of the deceased by striking him on the head with a stick ; a third by stabbing hini with a knife . Mr . Baker , Q . C ., in stating the case , observed that the crime was committed during the passage of a turf-boat from Commie to liinsar . There were only the prisoner and the deceased in the boat together , and the evidence to be offered was purely circumstantial . The evening before the murder , the
prisoner complained of the conduct of the deceased , who , he said , cheated him in the partnership concern of the boat , and expressed his intention to quarrel with him and punish him . When the prisoner arrived at his destination , he stated that the deceased fell overboard ; and in about a fortnight after his body was found in the bay , bearing marks of violence , evidently inflicted during his lifetime . There were four cuts on the head , a hole in the throat , and several teeth knocked out . There was blood on the breast and collar of the shirt on the body . After the examination of a number of witnesses the commissioners retired to deliberate , and in halfaii hour returned averdict of Guilty . Mr Justice Jackson proceeded to pass sentence of death on the
prisoner , who knelt down and said , " I throw my life and soul in your hands , my lord—I trust to your mercy . When he was leaving the boat , he was to me as well as ever . " His lordship told the prisoner it was useless to speak in that strain , as there was no doubt of his guilt . Sentence of execution , on the 3 fJth of August , was then passed . Tun Wueck cf the Joux Hexdeick , Dutch East Ixmama . w—We are happy to state that the eleven men left by Captain R . W . Heeklebury . of the Dutch Eastlndiamau , the John Ilendrick , on the 30 th of May last , upon a rock near the Line , as was reported some time ago , were rescued from their frightful situation , after having been on the rock fifteen davs , bv Captain Snell , of the merchant-ship
Eliza , of Liverpool , and have arrived in London . It will he recollected that , upon the captain , with seven of the crew being taken off , the vessel , on board oi which they were received , was for several days prevented , by a violent storm and adverse winds , from making head toward the rock , and was carried some hundreds of miles away from it , when , it being supposed by the captain that the poor fellows would have beca starred to death , as there appeared to he no means of obtaining food , they were left to their fate . Fortunately , however , after enduring the must dreadful sufferings and privations , the Eliza hove in sight , and prevented that calamity which was looked for by the captain of the John Hendrick . The following account has been given by 1 ' . L . Zecman , the second
mate of the John Hendrick , one who was left on the rock , of thedreadfui visitation of his companions , one of whom was the surgeon of the vessel . It was expected that alter the captain hail left , every effort would be made to return and take them off ; but when it was found that the wind was so long in a direction that would carry the vessel away from them , they took steps , under the dircclion of the surgeon , to provide for extremities . The rock was discovered to be about half a mile in circumference , and upon making a survcv of it there was found to be a plentiful supply of fowl , but no fresh water was anywhere to be met with . The only meat they had was a little pork ; with this they made bait , and attached to nails , which were made in the form of hooks , and by
them caught fish , which abounded there . They killed the fowls , a sort of duck , during the night , and in the day time gathered their eggs . There was a description of crabs upon the rock , the ^ legs of which were serviceable in quenching their thirst . For some days they were able to cook their food by burning pieces oi the wreck of the vessel till that was exhausted , and bv pounding the charcoal and mixing this with the sea water they thought they should he able to deprive it of its saline properties ; but in this they were unsuccessful . During the day , between eleven and three o ' clock , on account of the extreme heat , they waded into the sea . In this situation they continued for eight days , whenneariy the whole of them wereseized with a swellimr of the lips and tongue and a vertigo ,
that for two days rendered them almost insensible . This arose from the want of water . The surgeon for some days previous had been in that situation . ^ On the tenth day they were visited with occasional showers of rain , to collect which the sailthey had was expanded , a hole made in the centre , and , a cask placed underneath in which the rain water was collected . This , which was very sparingly distributed , assisted to restore the strength of all . In this state thev remained till the loth of June , when the Eliza , Captain Snell , bolongingto Liverpool , and trading to Svdnev , hove in sight . A flag was waved which was happily observed bvseme of the Elizas crew , upon which two loats were lowered and the whole , were taken off . They were most kindly treated by the captain ; but for ten davs they endured the greatest bodilv sufferings , several of them not being expected
to recover . Shortly after being on board , as tue captain expected to bo short of water , upon tlie Lentcrs . i Captain Gelman , fromBowbay toLwerpoo ., appearing-in sight , fire of the men wove put mi hoard that vessel . The Lcnters reached Liverpool last I nday , when the men brought by her proceeded to the residence of the Dutch Consul , who , upon bemgmade acquainted by them that they belonged to the John Hendrick , and were the men abandoned upon the rock , gave them immediate assistance . He provided each man with a jacket , a pair of shoes , and a pair of stockings . He also paid their passage up to London , and gave them a letter of introduction to the Dutch Consul in London . The men arc now lodging at the Yorkshire Grey Tavern , in Lower Thamesstreet , and appear not to be in the least degree affected br their dreadful sufferings . The rock on
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which the men were is supposed to be a volcanic eruption . The mate described the ' composition of the matenalof jt to be iron , stone , and glass . There are three spires or pillars arising out ot it , on the top of one of which ( this being a flat surface , a few feet diameter ) a flag was placed during the day , And a man was also stationed to watch for a vessel . It has been ascertained that the surgeon and five men , who wereinlhe bhza , have been landed at the Brazils , where they were taken under the protection of the Dutch Consul , and treated with tho utmost kindness and attention . Nothing was heard of the mate , five seamen , and the passenger , who went off previous to Captain Heckkbury ' s departure , and it is supposed that they were lost in the storm alrcndv spo ' r . en ot . Ihe captain of the Eliza had placed in " his care two quadrants , two spy glasses , and the log books of the John Hendrick , which he retained possession of .
Iue Game Laws . —At the petty sessions at Buckingham , on Saturday last , William White , a decent and venerab . ' c-Jookiiig . 'jold ; man , of ; Prestou Bissett , was charged before the Rev . Messrs . Eyre , Andrews , and Baynes , the magistrates present , by George Bridger , one of the Duke of Buckingham's gamekeepers , with having used a dog for the destruction of game . It appeared that the defendant obtains a scanty living by rat-catching ; that when on the public road leading from Uillesden to Three Bridge Mill , accompanied by three dogs , ; t wo of them tied together and the other loose , the latter dog went into
the ditch and brought out and killed " a leveret as big as a kitten . " White acknowledged this , and strongly expressed his regret at being before " the gentlemen . ' Uc said that he had caught vats for forty years , and never waa up before the justices before ; that he had a wife and five children , and had a difficult matter to get bread for them in an honest way . He put in for the inspection of tho magistrates a written testimonial of good character . It was numerously and respectably signed . The magistrates ordered him io pay iSs ., and in default fourteen days ' imprisonment . Ucbeg | : edfor and succeeded in obtaining time to pay the fine .
Extexsive Ewe at Homertos . —On Wednesday morning , shortly after one o ' clock , a fire broke out upon the extensive range of buildings belonging to Messrs Jsbn and Samuel Bergcr , colour manufacturers , situated in Water-lane , Uoraerton , It originated in the centre of the lower floor of a building about eighty feet long and three stories high , used as drying houses . The building was closely bounded on each side by furnaces , sheds workshops , and the gasworks . It appears that the discovery was made by one of the workmen , who was engaged at tlie time hi burning ivory iu one of the retorts . Seeing the flames issuing from the building , he liiimcdiaiely cotumuuieated to some of his fellow-workmen U \ e ykvwclcome intelligence . The whole of the men up at
the time , at once set to work , and endeavoured bv means of buckets of water to subdue the flames . Their progress , however , was so exceedingly rapid , that the men were soon forced to make a retreat . Intelligence of the disaster was then sent off by a mounted police constable to the engine stations in town . In the mean time the parish engine arrived , but was of little avail . So strong a hold had the fire obtained during the interim that it soon became apparent that it would not yield to the power of that force . The brigade engines from Whiteeross-street and Jeffery-square stations followed soon afterwards . They were also set to work ; but by the time that was accomplished the fire had obtained complete possesion of the immense building ; and when the roof fell
in the flames rose to such an altitude as to be visible from most parts of the metropolis . Mr . Connorton , tiie moment he was apprised of the disaster , started to the scene of conflagration with the West of England engine and firemen , and was followed by the County engine , with Mr . Garwood . By judiciously distributing the water the flames were confined almost exclusively to the premises in which they commenced , but were not entirely extinguished until past six o ' clock . By that time the whole of the valuable stock in the building was consumed , and the premises were gutted . The stock destroyed consisted of blue verditer emerald greens , and lakes ; the value amounts to several thousand pounds , and the firm was not insured . The fire , it is supposed , originated in the overheat of one of the furnaces .
Fatal Affray betweex a Landlord axd Tenant . —On Wednesday Mr . Carter , coroner for Surrey , resumed and concluded an inquiry at the Bee Hive , Garter-street , VTaVwc-rtn , touching the death of Mr . Charles Rathcrbee , aged fhirty-thrce years , a musician , residing at Vine Cottage , Walworth , who , it was alleged had died in consequence of violence inflicted upon him by a man named Harvey , his tenant , under the following circumstances : —Ann Itatherbce , widow of deceased , deposed that her husband had been pofsessed of a piece of land at Walworth , which he had let to ' Harvey , but which he had given him notice to quit lady-day last . Harvey did not do so , when , on the 8 th of April last , deceased , seeing him on the around , went to him , and desired him to quit
the possession . He , however , still refused , saying he woi : d not quit until compelled to do so by law , and addcu *' he would have tv fair up and down for it . " He then , without nny provocation , struck the deceased n violent blow with his elbow on the head , which knocked him down . He subsequently attempted to strike him with a spade , and threatened if he did not go off the land , "he would knock his ( deceased's ) life out . " Deceased subsequently became very ill , and was unable in consequence to follow his profession . Medical assistance was afforded him , and he had become an inmate of Guy's Hospital . He lingered for upwards of three months , and died on the 30 th July last . The Jury retired for upwards of three hours , and returned into court with a verdict of Manslaughter against Joseph Harvey . .
Fires ix Newcastle . —Oh Friday evening AliqilSt 1 st , about ten o'clock , a very destructive file , broke out in the premises occupied by Mr . Perry , a treaclcmanufacturcr , in Pudding-chare . The fi-c was first discovered in the lower story of the building , by an individual who was passing , and he gave information to the policeman on duly , who dispatched a messenger for the engines , and gave information at the police stations . The Newcastle and North British fire-engines were on the spot , and with some little delay were got ready for action , but it is painful to add , that the supply of water was scanty . There being little indeed for a considerable time , the five continued to rage with great fury , and before any effect could be made upon it , it had reached the top story ; the building being five stories high , and filled with very combustible materials . It beimr a
comparatively recent erection with strong gables , the fire was confined within the main walls , thonsh the heat was so intense as to ipite tho wood on houses on the opposite side of the street which was with diflicnlty extinguished : The total loss is estimated at about £ 1 , 000 . Tlie origin of the fire is undiscovered . By two o ' clock in the morning the fire was completely extinguished . On Monday forenoon last , about eleven o ' clock , an alarm was " given tliat tiic factory of Messrs Clarke and Plummer , at Uuseburn , was on fire , and the fire engines immediately proceeded to the spot , when it was found that , in consequence of the machinery not being kept duly oiled in the cardingroom , the friction had caused the hemp to ignite . Fortunately it was discovered in time , and by buckets of water being thrown on the flames they were extinguished . The fire engines were not required .
Hvnnor-noBU . —Another case of hydrophobia has taken place on Mr . Ilallett's farm , at Cucklicld . A short time ago one of Mr . Ilallett ' s horses went raging road from the bite of a dog ; and one day last week a cow , three years old , in full milch , exhibited symptoms of uneasiness as Mr . Hallett was driving her home . with others to bo milked . She kicked out frequently , and struck her head on the ground and when he got her home he shut hcr tn the stable . The poor animal was shortly afterwards attacked with a rasing fit , dashing herself against the sides of the building , tearing down everything within her reach , lacerating herself terribly , ' and occasionally bellowing in a frightful manner . The lit continued throughout the night , and in the morning the cow became exceedingly exhausted . Her suficrines were terminated by being shot .
Sisoclar Swcide . —On Monday evening Mr . Waklcy held aa inquest at the Albion , Battle-bridge , on the body of Charles Richardson , aged 55 . From tiic evidence it appeared that the deceased , who had been formerlv a gentleman's coachman , and lately ostler in the mews , Hastings-street , Burton-crescent , complained within the past week of his life being a burden to himself and his friends , and expressed a desire to getrid of it . On Saturday rooming he repeated the complaint , and also his anxiety to get rid of his troubles by death . Shortly afterwards he handed the keys of the stable he had charge of , and also 12 s . to pay for corn , to a neighbour . He then deliberately walked to the Regent ' s Canal , adjoining Battlc-brldce , into which , with his clothes and cap
on , he flung himself , and , swimming to the centre , clasped his head with both hands and drowned himself , though there were several persons on the bank at the time . Drags were instantly procured , and he was taken out , but not before life was extinct . He bore an excellent character for integrity , industry , and sobriety . Verdict , " Deceased destroyed himself , but there was no evidence of his state of mind at the time that he did so . " The Lifb Gaums . —Oh Monday afternoon , between three and four o ' clock , an accident of rather a serious nature occurred to a private belonging to Captain Hall ' s troop of the 2 nd Life Guards , whilst on the march to Windsor after the grand review m
Hyde-park . The troops had reached Tuinliamgreen , when the horse on which the man was riding suddenly stumbled and fell , the man also falling with his right lag beneath the animal . The occurrence caused much confusion among the troops , and two of the soldiers instantly dismounted to their comrade ' s assistance . On lifting him up lie complained that his leg was broken , and hy order of the commanding officer he was carried into ' the Travellers' Rest publichouse , near the new church , where ,, on being examined by the surgeons of the regiment , the bone ol his right leg was found to he badly ' fractured . He was conveyed to the hospital belonging to the regiment at Spital , near Windsor . . .
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Coxlisio . y of Steajiebs . —Loss oy Oue Hjjxdred asd riimrr-MVE' LivKs . —Coristnnthiop'kv July 17—On the night of the 11 th instant , on the Bh \ ck Sea , aboutTorty miles cast of the Bosphdrus , a most dreadful catastrophe took place .. Two Turkish steamers , the one coming from , and the other going to lrebizond , came into sudden collision , and one of them went down with the greater part of her crew and passengers . The vessels were the Scutari , commanded by Mr . Dubbins , and the Mcdiehrai Tidjiihret , commanded by Mr . Lambert . The shock was ta- 'mvtutous . The vessels parted ; the Medjchrai lidjahret dropped about a mile astern , and in the
course of Jess than a quarter of an hour it was found that she was sinking rapidly . The Scutari , which had got but slight damage , then went to her help : but it was too late . ' Vury few , comparatively , could be saved . The boats of the devoted vessel were so overcrowded by those who strove with frantic eagerness to make their escape , that they sunk at once . About seventy , however , by swimming , and by clinging to the spars , reached the Scutari , where they clustered round the paddle-boxes till they were taken in . Captain Lambert and an engineer were picked up by a boat of the Scutari . All the rest , one hundred and " thirty-five souls , perished . Their agony was a short one , but it was terrific .
A bEfiius ok Murders . —Awfcl Deeds of Blood . —A gentleman who arrived in Cincinnati lately gave the editor of the Commercial the following particulars ofdreadftil deeds of blood committed on the Wacliitta river , in Louisiana , a few days since . He stated that two planters , living on adjoining plantations , had a difficulty . An unruly horse belonging to one jumped into a lot belonging to the other , and was shot . Soon after , a negro , belonging to the owner of the horse , went oyer to the said plantation , and he too was shot . The same . evening the planter who owned the horse ami negro took his gun and went over to the planter ' s house who had shot his horse and negro ,
and , as he stood in his yard , deliberately shot him dead . The son of the dead planter , hearing the report , came out of the house when he was commanded to stand . As soon as the gun was reloaded the sou was shot , and immediately expired . The daughter of the planter then came to the door , when the monster tookhis bowie-knife and cut her throat from ear to car , and then fled . The slaves on the plantation raised the ahum , and the fiend was pursued and taken , and committed to the nearest gaol to await a trial . These awful terrific details arc said to be from a reliable source , but we feel inclined to doubt them . —American paper .
Dei-loraiile : Case of IlrDROPiiOBrA . —On Sunday morning George Marnston , a young man twentyseven years of age , a stone-mason , residing in Parley-street . Lambeth , died from the effects of hydrophobia . The unfortunate deceased , about six weeks since , was parting two dogs fighting in the street , when he was slightly bitten in one of his lingers , but no notice was taken of it , and the wound healed up . On Friday last he complained of head-ache and pains in his lingers , At night he grew worse , complaining of pricking and shooting over his body . A medical man was called in , who immediately pronounced him to be labouring under hydrophobia . Every remedy was used , but without effect .
Fire near Bar . vsm : v . —A fire broke out at eleven o ' clock a . m ., at the iron works of Messrs . Chambers , Newton , on Monday last . It commenced in the third story , where a great number of wooden moulds were laying . Four engines were fetched from Sheffield , and two from Wentworth , and the lire was got under in about an hour / The extent of damage is not correctly known , but it is estimated at several thousands . The property was insured . The Allecbo Murder of a Child nr Bo'RXixc it to Death . —Carlisle , August C—At the Cumberland Assizes , before Mr . Baron llolfe this day , the case of Jane Crosby , aged 30 , charged with the murder of her daughter , Sarah Anne , by burning her at Skelton , in this county , upon the 2 i ) thday of January
last , was called on , and the prisoner arraigned . John Wilson , next-door neighbour to the prisoner , said his house was forty yards from Crosby ' s house , which stood a little back from the road ; said he saw the prisoner ' s little child , since dead , running up the road , and the mother following her , calling her to come back . She did not come back , and the mother went away . This was in the day time , about three o ' clock , of ihe- 28 th of January . The child changed her place and came nearer to its home , and he took it home . Prisoner appeared to conduct herself as if in liquor , but not very violently iu liquor . This was near five o ' clock . About nine at night , the witness said , I went into the road . The evening was calm and liejitish : There was snow on the ground .
Immediately afterwards I went to bed , but was called up about ten minutes to ten o ' clock . The prisoner ' s elder child called fov some warm water , and said her sister had been burnt . She added , Sarah ' s mother had been to Skelton . : -I went into the house of the prisoner . She had the . youngest child on her knee , which had nothing but a blanket on it . I asked the prisoner what she had been doing . She answered 1 might see the child , ' nndwould see it' was '' ' burnt . "Iwas , " said she , " coming up the road from Skelton and found the child lying on its side burning , amino one would put it out . " I asked her would she luvvC a doctor . She answered , yes . 1 went for some assistance and to send some one for a doctor . Bainbridgc stile is . twelve or . fourteen yards across
the road from the prisoner ' s house . Before eleven o ' clock I returned and found- 'Jano Ilugpins , Elizabeth Scott , and niy wife at tlie house . I looked at the child on my first visit ; the burns had a reddish cast , they were when I returned much charged , and had become black . I asked who had set the child on fire . The mother asked the child " Who set thee on fire ? " in a rather violent manner . I said , the child is distressed , ami told her not to ask it questions . I heard the prisoner say , ' I had been to Skellon , and when I came to the millh ' ouscs , 1 found the smell of fire . I sought for my children , and could not find them . ' The millhouses arc two hundred yards from the prisoner ' s , and Skelton is two miles off . The same evening , she said that when she cot to the limekilns she had smelt
fire . The limekilns are a mile from the millhouses . — William Canick , coroner for the county , put in the voluntary examination of the prisoner , which stated that the children were obstinate , the latter particularly . The eldest assumed to rule the younger . She was sharper aud harder with the younger than with the cider child . - Sbesaid , " I have kicked them when in my passion , perhaps ; but I am quite innocent of the death of my child . " —Mary Crosby was put into the box , a very vulgar sheepish child , " without anything to prepossess in her appearance , and in face very strongly resembling the prisoner . —The learned J udgc asked the child her age . She answered eleven years . She remembered perfectly the night her little sister died . Her brother was at home , and
went out again for a short time . The child for some timecould proceed no further for sobbing . At length she added tbat ' shc remembered Mr . Wilson bringing her little sister Sarah home . Her mother did not go out tlie whole - of that night ; she was in the bar all the evenine :. Her mother went to bed after eight o ' clock . The witness was sitting in the kitchen ; her sister Sarah was sitting on the fender . She was burnt when sitting on the fender . Again the witness paused , and would not answer . At last , in reply to thejudge , sliesaiilshesawhcrniotljerputliersisteron the five . She put her on the top of the fire on her face . Witness said she did not sec anymore , buthcrmothcr took her off and nursed her . Her sister ' s eyes and head were all burned . She said nothing when her
mother took her off . I went afterwards to Dame Hoggins . That was after my sister was burnt . The prisoner told me to say my si ster was burnt . Mother told me to go to John Wilson , and tell him Sarah was nigh burnt to death , I told him SO wlicn I went . Cross-examined : I said my sister ' s eye was burnt out and her ear burnt off , and hpr noso burnt off level to Iter face . And all this was as true as what she had said beside . The Counsel : The doctor is behind you . Now mind ; do you mean to say you saw the eye burnt out , and one of her cars were gone ? Witness : She had no car . I saw it burnt off . She knew that . God knows what she was thinking about . Mother did not go out that night , nor did she and her little sister play with the hot poker . The noker
was not . in the fire when mother went out of the room . [ The child concluded in deep afflition , but very firm in her inculpatory evidence respecting the presence of the mother at the burning of the child . ] The surgeon Carrick examined : The chili ' s eye was not burned out . nor her ear burned off . Had she recovered she would not have lost her sight . The face was so swollen it mightcasily have been supposed that her nose and eyes were gone . The piece of paper produced contained part of the skin of her hand . Ihe prisoner had displayed proper maternal feelings on other occasions when he attended this child , flic Court asked Mr . Carrick if there was not a notion prevalent amongst ignorant neoolc that holding
a burnt part of the human body to the fire was a good thing to ease it and make it better ? Mr . Carrick replied that such a notion prevailed . Mr . Wilkins insisted on the inconsistency of the evidence in respect to many important facts detailed , and the impossibility ot the Jury assenting upon such evidence to take away the life of a woman who had been proved to act as a woman oi tender feelings towards this vsry child , jvhen ill and attended by her medical attendant lhc Judge ably and humanely summed up the evil donee , and the jury / after retiring for about five minutes , acquitted the prisoner , who , after a feeling admonition from the learned judge as to her future conduct to her child Mary , was released from confinement , andprivntely led out of the gaol .
IIuDDEnsFiELD . -Guildhall , Treau r .-Oho of those unfortunate girls who infest the neighbourhood of Castlegatc and Wm . Woodruffe , a corporal of the o-lth regiment wjre brought before the sitting magistrates , Joseph Armitnge and John Sntcliffe , bsqrs ., on a charge of highway robber . - . Tlie following are tlie facts of the case : ~ 0 n Thursday last , Mr . James Bailey piece manufacturer , of Golcar , came , to Iluddersfield on business and on leaving home had six sovereigns and a qtiantitv of silver in his possession ; on arriving at Uuddersfield , he received £ 60 , in the notes of the West Riding Union Banking Company , from , a iivmhe is in the habit of ading with . Haying , in the course of the '
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day , partaken too freely of John . Barleycorn , he found In s way into that street of brothels , Castlegate , t .-here he met with Ann Moxon , aprostitute , ina low beer-house , kept by J . Tierney . She sat in his company and drank with him until about halt-past eight o ' clock . When he got up to go home he was followed by Woodruffe and Moxon as for as a footpath at the west end of St . PauUtreet , where they knocked him down and rifled his pockets . The robbery was not made known to the constables until nine o ' clock the next morning . The constables , Towncnd and Sedgwick ,
however , immediately instituted the nccc' -sary inquiries , and found that one of the notes had been exchanged by the soldier at the Rose and Crown tap . room , on the previous night ; upon further inquiry they found that both the soldier and the girl were missing . The Corporal was traced to Lseds , and the fjirlwas subsequently apprehended in a house , in Out Coat-bank , where she had gone to hide herself Two sovereigns and a quantity of pawn tickets were found upon her person . The sovereigns she acknowledged to be the property of Mr . Bailey . After hearing the ease the magistrate committed the two prisoners to take their trial at the next assixes .
Deaths from Accidents by Macihskrt at Hud-DEiisriKLD . —An inquest was held at the houseof Mr . Rhodes , the Ramsden ' s Arms Inn , Iluddersfield , before Mr . Dyson and a respectable jury , on Wednesday , the ( Jth of August , touching the death of Harriet Knowlcs , a girl of seventeen years of age , who died in the infirmary from injuries she had received from becoming entangled in the machinery at Mr , Kcnyon ' s mill , Dogley-Jane , near Kirkburton . Verdict—Accidental Death . Also , before the same jury , an inquest was holdcn on the body of Mary Ann Brook , aged sixteen , who died iu the infirmary from injuriesreccived by being caught by an upright " shaft , aud whirled round several times . Her left arm and leg were broken , and her head sadly bruised . Verdict— " Died through injuries received by not having the machinery properly guarded . " DARING MUTINY AT SEA .
( From the Hong hong Register , May C ) Mutiny at sea , especially by the officers , is so rare an occurrence , that the recent , and , for a time , successful atttnipt of the mate and ? tinner of the schooner Ariel to take possession of the vessel , with her valuable freight of specie , is tke cause of much , astonishment . The particulars of this tragic affair wc have received from the very best authority , and our statement may be relied upon . The Ariel left Amoy on Saturday last , bound for this port , with about 100 , 000 Spanish dollars in specie on board . At six o ' clock that afternoon she was off Chapel Island ; after taking the bearings of the island , and giving a course of Namoa , Captain Macfarlane being indisposed , and requiring to be on deck during a great
part of the night , went below to his cabin for a short rest . At half past eight he was disturbed by the voice of the chief officer , Mr . Wilkinson , whoshoutcd in an unusual tone , " Captain Macfarlane , you arc wanted ou deck . " Captain Maelai-lane obeyed the summons . Upon getting on deck the companion was closed by the mate and gunner , who were each armed with a brace ol pistols . They told the captain that it was their wish , and that of the crew , that lie should take the vessel to Singapore , and that they had altered their course from SW . to S . They proposed that he should join them , offered him a large share of the money on board , and stated that from the Ariel ' s sailing , qualities they could commit piracy with little risk of being captured . Though his life was at
stake , the captain refused to join them . They then ordered his bueler to bring all the arms from his cabin , continuing their persuasions tojoin in their lawless intention to vob their employers , and afterwards to lit the vessel out as a regular pirate . Captain Macfarlane pointed out to them the heinous crime which they were committing , and the fearful penalty they would incur ; he alio promised that they should be forgiven , provided they gave up the attempt—but they were obdurate , and resolved to carry out their villiinoiis plans . The mate said he would spare the captain's life ; stating that while asleep in his cabin he had intended to shoot him , and even pointed a pistol down the skylight for the purpose , but could not bring himself to commit such a cowardlv action as to shoot a man
asleep . He also stated that any attempt at rescuing the vessel would be certain death , as the crew ( Manillumcu ) had . all joined himself and the gunner , who , with the captain and one lad , were the only Europeans on board . After some further conversation , they promised to land the captain , also to spare the lives of his attendants , though they said they would be compelled fo kill some who were on board , for their own safety . At tan o ' clock the main hatch was taken off , and it was purposed to confine Captain Macfarlane in the hole ; he requested tliat they would give him his own cabin , and after " some hesitation they agreed to make that his prison . Previous to going below the captain made another attempt to dissuade them , but it was of no avail . They said they had
made up their minds to the step they had taken lor si-nic time , and only awaited a favourable opportunity . They also mentioned , that others in llong Kong had it in contemplation to capture the Ariel ; that an European , whose name is before us , was then close at hand in a lorcha , having a crew of forty men , expressly fitted out for that purpose , and that , failing in his success , there were people in Hong Kong who intended capturing the Ariel , with the clipper Celestial , This part of the statement must be taken with caution ; they , however gave the name t . f the ringleader of the pirates in the lorcha , who , it appears , offered to ship on board the Ariel . At daylight on the morning of the 27 th , Captain Macfarlane forced open the door of his cabin , and went
on deck . The ship ' s head was then S . W . by W . At eight , breakfast was sent into his cabin , the Ariel , then running before a fine N . E . wind . At ten , he sent for the mate and requested that they would cive him the long boat , or put him on board a junk . This was refused , flic mate saying that he ( the captain ) would get to Hong Kong too soon for fheni . lie promised to put him on board a junk at nightfall , also that ho would give up all his personal property . At noon , the mate came , again into the captain's cabin , telling him to make himself comfortable until the vessel got to Singapore . lie expressed his determination to throw the treasure overboard if pursued—the assurance that the captain ' s life would be spared was again renewed . In the afternoon , the captain ' s
Chinese servant , who was allowed to go on deck , told him that the Manillamen were not in the pk t , and that they meditated rising upon the mate and gunner , and again restoring the vessel to his command . About ten o ' clock they had matured their plans , and although without oilier arms than tho rammers of the guns and their knives , they attacked the mutineers , at the same time enabling the captain to get on deck through a window , and arming him with the cook ' s axe . The fight was soon over , the mate being knocked down with a rammer , and also cut with knives ; the gunner took refuge in the cabin , raising the hatch which covered tllC magazine , and threatening to blow up the ship . Captain Macfarlane had by tins time got possession of a fowling-piece , one barrel
oi which was loaded ; with it he fired and wounded the gnnner in the thigh . The poor wretch cried out for mercy , but still threatened to blow up the ship . A lasso was got ready and thrown over his head , with which the crew hauled him on deck and secured him . Tho mate died of his wounds . The gunner was brought here , and lias been committed for trial , after an examination before Mr . Hillicr , the actine marine magistrate . It is pleasing to state that , after the affray was over , and the ship ' s course was again shaped for Hong Kong , Capt . Macfarlane mustered the crew , and offered up prayers and thanksgiving for their deliverance from imminent danger . The whole affair is a very sad , though a remarkable one . Mr . Wilkinson , the rinir . leader . was avouns man with
the fairest prospects before him ; his employment was , and is , the best in the merchant service , and had he behaved himself , would in all probability , in a few years , have led to a competency for life . The Manillamen , contrary to the usual opinion of them , Proved true to their employers ; and wc doubt not , from the well-known liberality of the firm , they will be rewarded . Captain Macfarlane himself , though p laced in a most frying position , acquitted himself m a manner in the Inchest degree creditable ; and however deeply he may regret the fate of the unfortunate young man whose life was the penalty of his crime , he may always look back with satisfaction upon his own behaviour whilst his vessel was in the hands of the mutineers .
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Bibmixgham Boot akd Shoemakehs . — The Boot and Shoemakers of this place have struck one shop against a reduction of wages , with every prospect of success . Wc extract the tol owing from a Birmingham paper - . —The following resolutions were adopted by the unanimous decision of a special meeting Of tllC Boot and Shoemakers * Trade Society , held at the Rose and Crown Inn , Lower llill-stiect , Birmingham , July 30 th , ] 8 io : —1 st , That this meeting : of Boot and Shoemakers , after most serious deliberation on the proposed reduction of wages submitted by Mr . Holmes to thissociety , together with otliergrievances existing in his shop , regret that he shoulel have refused to comply with the just and reasonable requirements of the trade ; especially , from the situation and respectability of his business as an employer , beini ! fully competent to continue the statement of
wages he has hitherto paid ; and trust that , upon mature consideration of the already ill-remuncratcd and oppressed condition of our trade , he will see the propriety of meeting the just claims of his workmen , and prevent those consequences so injurious ^ both to employer and workmen arising out of such circumstances . —2 nd . That Mr . Holmes be supplied with a cony of the Resolutions agreed to by this trade : and that he be respectfully requested to forward an answer by ten o ' clock on Friday morning , August the 1 st , that the present differences , may be brought to a satisfactory settlement , and everything of an unpleasantnaturcavoided . Signed en behalf of the trade , J . Mason , president ; J . M'Gee , secretary . The rate of wages submitted to Mr . Holmes , by the Trade Society , has been subsequently approved of hy the non-society men of his shop ; wc , however , much regret that be still persists in his reduction . Committee rooms , Rose and Crown Inn , Lower JJU ! -Stl ? et i August , ISio ,
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MR . O'CONNOR'S TOUR Mr O'CosKOK ' annoimces , that in c ompliance with numerous inquest ,, he « W to th ^« ibrf-J ?^ Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , S f . f'f Afu , 19 ' Blackburn ... . . .. S' ^ A ^ A & t 18 . Preston . -. % <**»***?« Auyftt 13 . Burnley , Thursday , August 14 Rochdale ... ... Jnda y , August lo . Carpenters' Uall ... , batanlay , August Ifc . The davs for Bolton , Birmingham , MUinsham , Leicester , " Derby , Shelton , and Norwich will ho announced afterwards . , It is requested that the usual district Secretaries , who require rules and cards ot the Chartist Cooperative Land Soeietv , will please to meet Mr , O'Connor at the nearest of the above places .
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> The Presidents of the Usitkd States . — It is a circumstance worthy of note , that three of the Presidents of the United States—Jackson , Monroe , and Polk—lllWC sprung from tho same race , the Scottish colonists of the north of Ireland . Jackson certain !* exhibited in an eminent degree the strongest and best points of that ancestral character , which presents a singularly happy union of the sterner virtues that distinguish ' the Scot , with the strong itupufcoR , quick perception , and warm affections of the Irish people . Wasliington , Jefferson , Madison , and the Adamses , were of English descent ; and in the lives and characters of all , in varying proportions , we can
clearly trace ; thc distinctive traits which point t « their Anglo-Saxon origin . Van Bnren has been the only descendant of the Dutch colonists that has attained the highest honours in the Union . In this reference to tlie parentage of our precedents we suggest a subject of study not a little curious , and by no means unworthy attention ami philosophical investigation . The birth-place of Andrew Jack ? a '« father is . still pointed out to the stranger by the people of that district in the north of Ireland with marked and peculiar feelings of pride . " There , " the traveller will be told , with an air as if something of the greatest interest was communicated , " tlim is the place where the father of General Jackson was born . "—iYcu' loi-A ; Herald .
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' dswokth . Wednesday . —A Tale , or Mystery . — Soon after Jfc raj-nter , the presiding magistrate , had tilltl'Il llis SCilt , Strijt-iiiit Uurstul , ' v 2 , introduced to Ids wiiii-e a ' ymuig woman , of about eighteen years of age , of polite figr . ro , fair complexion , blue ( .-yes , and attired in deep mourning , whom he had found sitting lit the edge of a pond , on Wimbledon Common , at an early hour that morning-, under circumstances that induced tliat officer to suppose that she contemplated suicide . The prisoner upon being asked her name , replied in a low tone of voice , Elton r ' u ! - ton , but refused to give her address ; she wi-pt bitterly , and apparently was suffering hcutely . In n-ply to a serves of questions , the prisoner , who occasionally leant
ngaitist the bar , buried her face in her hands , uud wept , made the following strange and incoherent statement . That she was bom , so far as she hnew , in London . Thus at seven years uf age her mother died , in Mount-row , GrosvbttOr-sminro . Her father , who was h . tailor , went to reside at Kewcistle-upon-Tyne , and a gentleman whose name she could not divulge , took charge ot' her . She had since had leasun to believe that the name sl : e went by was not her rijjht one , and that her mother ' * family whs highly respectable , and settled iu Yorkshire . She had lately Leen tieateil with great harshness an'd cruelty by the family in which she was living ; and , because she would not listen to certain overtures made to her by the gentleman who originally tooU her from her mother's deathbed , he had violently assaulted her and
turned her out of the house . She had come all that way from town to be out of ihe reach of his brutality , and had intended to remain until that evening ; , when , if she received tt letter from hiin , forwarding her money to enable her to go Into the country , she would have left London for ever . She bejrgtd of the magistrate to diselr . nge her . Mr . lVj nter said he certainly should not do that ; he thought lhc prisoner ought to be under no delicacy in exposing ihe junnc of a man who had endeavoured fo ruin her . —Prisoner : Then , you won ' t let mo go ?—Mr l ' uyliter 1 Not unless I know where you go to . —Prkowr-. If I were to tell you where I am goiiifr , you would then discover him ; I cannot , I will not , tell his name . After a lung conversation the names of one or two parties in town were elicited , and the prisoner was sent to the union pending inquires . '
MARYLESOXE . VfEDNFSDAT . TEXTlUOnmSAM ATTEMPT AT SflClUB on the Gkeat Westekn Railway . —A latourimj man , named William Tucker , was brought up from St . George ' s Hospital , and placed at the bar before Mr . Knwliuson , charged with having made two attempts to put a period to his existence . It appeared from lie evidence that on Sunday weelt , the ' . ' 7 th ult ., between five and six in the evening , the prisoner , who was much the worse for liquor , tied a rope i ouud the area railing of the house at which , he lodged , So . Ill , Tracd-street , l'addingtuii , and hung himself up by ihe neck . Another lodger u ho perceived him hanging rushed out uud cut him down in time to save his life , and as soon as lie ( prisoner ^ had recovered from the effects of the rash act he quitted home . In the course of an hour he made liis way to the premises of the Great Western Railway , and laid hiiuselt down across the rail near Lord Hill ' s Uridgc , situate within half a
mile ot the terminus , his object evidently being that oi losing his lifts by carnages passing over him . One of the company's constables , . No . 83 , nho was on duty at the signal post near lhc spot , fortunately succeeded in causing the engine-diiver of an up train , irhii-h was inogrcss ' wg along at the period , to slacken llis speed , and UU stead of being run over the prisoner was merely struck , ;* > ' by the ironworks in front of the engine denominated * ij 5 jj a " guard , "which turned him over on his side , and S ^ Jrj he received such injury on one of his knees as to render it advisable for him to be removed to the hos pital , where he remained until yesterday morning . The prisoner , iu answer to the charge , said that he was uneasy in his mind , arising from aquarrcJ which he had bad with his wife ; lie regretted exceedingly-. what he had done , and promised with much apparent sincerity to conduct himself nror . crly in future , i / e was then discharged , ami lie ami his wife quitted tlie court together .
SOimiWARK . Monday . —A Elackguaud . —H'illfam Parker , described as a maltster , was chained before Mr . Tiaili with committing an assault on Mrs . Lytlia Jones , « tradesman ' s wife . The complainant , one of whose eyes was black and swollen , stated that on the procecdiitK nhjht as she and Iier husband were walking along Union-street , he bad occasion to call at a house , and while she was waiting for him , the defendauc came up and addressed her in a very rude manner . She desired him to go about his business , but instead of doing so , he began to pull her about , and she then informed liinf that her husband was near at hand , and would resent his conduct . The deponent , however , not intimidated , still ucrscvercd , and tried
to twist an umbrella out of liei-hand , and while she was straggling with him her husband came up , and some words of an angry nature having passed be tween them , a scuffle ensued , and a policeman coming to the spot the defendant was given info custody . —A young man who whncssciUhc transaction slated that he saw tiic defendant pulling Mis . Jones about , and afterwards saw him strike her in the face . Tlie complainant ' s husband said that , on hearing his wife call out , he ran to the spot , and finding she had been ill-used by the defendant , he askiul that person how he presumed to interfere with her . The defendant * instead of evincing any contrition , began to use abusive language towards witness , who , in the irritation of the moment , struck him , and a scuffle of some duration took place , which ended in his giving his wife ' s assailant into custody . lie added , that he
did not see the blow given to his wife , but he afterwards saw her bleeding from tlie eye . The defendant said , that seeing the complainant alone in the street , he merely went up and invited her to take some refreshment , not thinking she was a married woman . ; that while he was in the act of prevailing on her te accept his offer the last witness came up and , without ceremony , struck him in the mouth , cut the inside of his lip , and loosened some of his teeth . Mr . Traill said , had it been satisfactorily proved that defendant had given the complainant the blow which had so disfigured her face , he should have iivifictcd a very heavy fine upon him . The complainant ' s husband , it appeared , had taken ti e law into his own hands , and punished his wile ' s assailant , otherwise the case would have been differently dealt with . The magistrate then held the defendant to bail , compelling him to pay the costs .
HAMMERSMITH . Wednesday . —Mukdeuols Assault bx a IIcsbaxb OS uis Vibe—William Curtis , a sawyer , living ia Market-court , IIigh-strcet , Kensington , was brought up in the custody of the police , before Mr . T . Paynter , the sitting magistrate charged with having brutally assaulted Charlotte , his wife , whereby her life was in danger . Ou the previous day , Mr . & . Cornell , the clerk to the board of guardians of the parish of Kensington , who was accompanied hy Mr . Guaparoni , one of the parochial medical officers , applied to the sitting magistrate for a warrant for . tlie apprehension of the prisoner , by direction of the board , before whom the matter had been that day brought . Fromthcirstatementifcappeaied that on the previous Tuesday , about four o ' clock in ( he afternoon ,, during an alccreation which took place between the
prisoner and his wife , in lior own apartment ,, tht prisoner kicked her most violently on the lower part of her body from behind , the result of which was most extensive haemorrhage , the blood running through tho floor and ceiling of the room below , during which the unfortunate woman fainted , and Mr . Guazzaroni , on his arrival , had the greatest difficult ; in restoring , life , and it -was some hours before the hicmorrhage could be stopped . From Saturday to Monday last , sho had appeared belter , but tliat ( Tuesday ) morning she was much worse , and vcrv little , hopes were entertained of her surviving . Yesterday , on the prisoner being placed at the bar , evidence was given as to tiic facts of the ease , and the poor woman ' s . dangerous state .- . The ease was remanded , and the prisoner locked up , the magistrate refusing ordinary bail .
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 9, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09081845/page/5/
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