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Thk Cot MaBKBis . — 'A Statistical Account of the Markets of London' was recently read by J . Fletcher , Esq ., before the Statistical Society . From an abstract of this paper , published in last week » J & uuem . we lake the Mowing faets-facts whicu are in themselves stronger than the strongest arguments that could bedirected against the *> nt \ Dn ™ £ « C these nuisances . The corporation m * SrS Mr Fietcher ) , are now reduced to «* - &¦*«""»• Newgate , Leadenhall , Furringdon , ^^ g ^ From these the City drives a net income « np field alone about , & a } B . g - MM and of ^ fifif t fKe nut of caUle was
Toeciaim maintained by the co rporation 01 theit © ofLX-the municipa lgov « n ^ ofone . tenh © ftlie town—to a monopoly of n > arteta , soiaras Sevehall choose , for the whole of it , because the outiyiog portions occupy the formerly rural districts over whichits common law right of exclusive market extended , has necessarily been on successive occasions relineuished . But in one particular it is still used , to coetinue the infliction npon the whole metropolis of tbe dangerous and disgusting nsisaucc of Sraith-£ eld cattle market . Beyond the interests of a few local tradesmen , the only ostensible ground for dragging into the centre ofthe metropolis the whole of the vast traffic in live cattle for the food of its
inhabitants is that the corporation may secure its profit of £ 3 , 700 to £ 4 . 000 per annum from this source . To obtaining compensation for this , the corporation Tvoald find not the least difficulty ; but it would appear almost as though it were the nuisance itself , and not the public revenue , which they defend ; for they did not hesitate to spend £ 0 , 99715 s 3 d , or two years' net income , in opposing the Islington Market Bill mlS 3 i-5 or £ 29 , 66-5 4 s Id more in enlarging the market , and thereby enlarging the nuisance , iu 1 S 36 S—being a total sacrifice of about ten years' revenue , or half the whole value—rather than permit relief to the inhabitants of the metropolis from absolute danger in encountering the droves with their goaded cattle—when they might have effectually
secured , by an arrangement in Parliament , their own full revenue , and even the private vested interests in the nuisance . The legal claim of the corporation to levy tolls as they do on the ground newly thrown into the market is doubtful . Indeed , opinions have bsen given against it by their own officers . Exclusive of this ground , there Is but an area of less than 4 § acres —originally , as its name implies , an open field outside the town , bat now inclosed in its very heart , and accessible on almost every side only through the narrowest and most constantly thronged streets in too metropolis . It is occupied partly by pens for sheep and pigs , and partly by open thoroughfares in which the cattle stand ; and is surrounded by a wooden rail , to which as many cattle as can stand or die side by side are tied by the neck .. But its entire area is often insufficient to accommodate
the vast numbers of cattle which are seeking to press into it ; and much of the time even of the butchers themselves is taken up in the market in providing fortieir personal safety . Faur times the apace would be required for the proper disposal of this vast amount of animal life without injury to itself , and consequently to tbe wholesomeness of the consumers' food . The cattle receive more injury in pecuniary value on the day tbey are taken to market than during their whole journey to reach it ; the total loss tbus inflicted on the community being probably ten times the value of the City ' s net profit from tbe market . Bid there exist in the metropolis even any such authority as a Board of Health , which should place tins nuisance before the legislature in its true light , there would be some hope of the resistance ofthe Gammon Council being eff scJballj overcome . . ** " ~
-The markets of Newgate mtf Leadenhall are plawsdisgrarafidtoanyJar ^ ^ y { he present 55 f ^ y ^ fii ^ 'ScTgreat slaughtering places as well m inwrtafcf jn wnicn the ^ j e b fted and ~ f ? S 2 * -X dark , confined , and filthy cellars , in some -Jfc which from fifty to a hundred sheep together will beeodinedin tho closest possible space , until the working butchers shall have successively despatched the whole of them . The influences upon the public health from these sinks of garbage , precisely at the places to which so much of the population resort for traffic will become obvious to any one who shall visit the localities , more by olfactory indications than by any evidence to the eyes in the thoroughfare—since
the whJe labour is performed under ground , in a space still more confined than that into which the business of these markets is itself with great inconvenience compressed . The whole of the slaughtering business ought to be expelled from the heart of the town , at whatever cost ; and the m irket of Newgate might then , supposing the live cattle market ' also removed , occupy the hue space afforded by Smithfield ; while that from which it was removed would , with some contiguous properties , present the means of accomplishing the much desired enlargement of Newgate Gaol . It requires so disquisition to apply these facts to the notable scheme now before the public for adding a subterranean slaughter house to the existing
ance . Sxeambiat Accidsnt . —Oa Saturday afternoon an accident of a frightful nature occurred to a JOUnS man in the employ of the Iron Steamboat Company . It appear ^ that the Clarendon steam-vessel , coming down the river , had , in tbe endeavour to avoid one ofthe large Greenwich steamers , come in contact with one of the piers of London-bridge , and carried away one of her padi'le boxes . The unfortunate man , who was on board of tho vessel , stenpei to the side to ascertain the extent of the damage * done , and while he was leaning on the remnant ofthe paddlebox , and busily engaged in renovins the debris of broken wood , iron , < fcc , the ChiHe Harold
steam-¦ vessel , which was moving stem foremost , caught his loins and jammed him against the woodwork . The vessel then swung round . andthc stern rails rolled him round several times against tie woodwork , on which he had been leaning , and he then fell back into the stern ofthe Childe Harold . The pressure upon his body was so great that the dress he wore wasvompletely severed In the centre , as if cut with a knife . When taken up be was quite senseless , and he was put into a blanket and conveved to St Thomas ' s Hospital , where he now lies withliitb hope of his recovery . No blame is to be attainted to the persons on board of either of tbevessels , astLesnff <; rer waa loudly called to to get out of the way when it was perceived that a collision was inevitable .
HKES . Lambeth . —A fire took place on Saturday morning ' last , on the premises of Mr Simmons , Windmillstreet , Cornwall-road , lucifer match , manufacturer . The fire originated in the workshop , and was occasioned by a work boy , who accidentally let fall a match-box npon some ignitable materials . The West of England engine was almost immediately on the spot , and a plentiful supply of water having been obtained , the fire waa prevented from extending its ravages beyond tbe premises where it originated , which , together with the property they contained , were entirely destroyed . We understand that Mr Simmons is not insured . Explosion of Fjhewoeks . —On the afternoon of
the same day shortly after one o ' clock , an explosion of a fearful character , attended with great destruction of property , occurred upon tbe premises belonging to Mr Darby , firework manufacturer , Regentstreet , Lambeth-walk . The premises extended from the front dwelling-house nearly 100 feet back , and were adjoined on either side by numerous workshops and private houses . At the time of the explosion a number ofthe workmen were engaged in the several compartments of the factory . Many of the houses in the immediate vicinity of Regent-street were shaken to their foundations . The windows androofs were considerably damaged , and in two or three buildings the inmates were thrown from one side of their rooms to the other . In an instant a thousand
or two of rockets shot forth from Mr Darby ' s factory high into the air ; these were followed by other fierce explosions , which had barely subsided when volumes of black smoke and huge sheets of flime were to be seen curling over the roofs of the surrounding houses . With all possible expedition the parish , West of England , and five of tbe London Brigade engines reached the spot , at which time the whole ot Mr Darby ' sback premises , with the exception of the powder magazine , were blazing , as were the workshops adjoining toMrDalley , ao engineer . Before a drop of water could be thrown upon the flames , they had communicated to the front dwelling , and there is no doubt that had it not been for the exertions ofthe firemen this place would also have been levelled with the
ground . As it is , the whole of the back windows are demolished , and several of the rooms severely injured by fire . After some time the firemen got the mastery over the flames , when a most desolating sight presented itself—the whole of the workrooms in the rear , together with a two-story storehouse , were rased to the ground , and thousands upon thousands of rocket cases were to be seen amidst the ruins . The total loss is very considerable ; it is the opinion of Mr Darby that the fireworks alone destroyed were worth > £ 2 , OO 0 . How the disaster occurred is unknown . The general opinion is , that it was occasioned by a workman taking a piece of hot metal into of the rooms . That individual is so severely injured as to be obliged to bo removed to the hospital . Besides
the great destruction of . Bropsrty at Mr Darby ' s , several of the neighbouring houses were much injured . WfliiBCttiPai . —The pr emises of Mr Ryman , 82 , High-street , Wbiteehapel , have been ravaged by fir * . The inmates , consisting of seven or eight peraoes , were in their beds asleep . A constable , after considerable trouble , succeeded iu making the residents sensible of their danger , but by the time he had accomplished his object , the whole of the shop was wrapped in a complete blaze , and finding that it was impossible to escape by the staircase , the whole of the persons living in thehoose effected a safe retreat by getting ont of the second floor back and passing along tbe roof of the adjoining house . Engines of the parish , London Brigade , and West of England
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Company quickly attended , and , with the aid of a plentiful supply of water ,-the flames were speedily extinguished , DUt unfortunately not until the whole of Mr Ryman ' s stock in trade was totally destroyed . The cause of the disaster is unknown . The loss will fall on the Globe office . EXTBSSIVE COXFUOIUTIOSIN THE HaHBOW-RoAD . — On Sunday a terrific fire broke out upon the farm premises belonging to Mr Joseph Neeld , M . P ., known as Oakington * house , Harrow Road , about eight miles from London . The flames , when first perceived , were raging furiously in a rick of new hay standing in the rick-yard , and surrounded by numerous other stacks , barns , the farm-house , and other farm property . The precise cause of the disaster
could not be ascertained . Some persons attribute it to lightning , whilst others say it was occasioned by being stacked too soon , and that , overheating , it burst forth into a general bAwie . The latter appears to be the most likely cause . The moment the fire was perceived , a number of persons hastened to the spot to render assistance , and , with the aid of buckets ot water they attempted to assuage the flames , however they were unsuccessful ; for , owing to the small space between tho stacks , the flames speedily communicated to a second stack , and thence they travelled right and left until the whole of the ricks in the yard , numbering six , were in a blaze . Messengers having been despatched to Willesden for the aid of the engines with as little delay as possible , that belonging to the parish and a private one arrived , and they werebotu set to work from a pond of water hard by . Although a powerful stream was
distributed over the burning mass , not the least impression could be made upon the ftamas , aad ttay continued to rise most fearfully . Seeing the great danger which the contiguous property was exposed to , a man was despatched on horseback to London for the brigade . Mr Staples , the chief officer of the London Fire Establishment , immediately started with an engine and a strong muster of firemen , and , although that engine and two or three others were at work the whole of the afternoon and evening , an immense body of fire still remained in the ricks . At nine o ' clock a number of the firemen returned to town to their stations , but the engines were left behind all night , and men were at that hour engafedin cutting out those portions of the ricks into which the fire had not penetrated . At least two-thirds of each rick had been destroyed , so tbat the loss will be very cousiderable , and it is understood that the property was not insured .
isquEsis . Death from Four , Am—Before Mr Bedford , at the Crown , Long-acre , concerning the death of George Grosse , aged 30 , who was suffocated in an outhouse of a low lodging-house , No . 5 , Langleycourt , Long-acre . William Parkin said that he was employed by the proprietor of the house , and knew the deceased , who resided there . At about half-past 1 o'clock on Friday the deceased went , into tho yard , and in a quarter of an hour witness , hearing that a man was found there dead , went and saw him lying on the ground , pale and ghastly . Some men raised him up , but the stench from the closet was so overpowering that they were obliged to leave . A surgeon was immediately sent for . The deceased was in perfect health before . He had apparently fallen insensible out of the closet . Mr Edward
Uawn Berry , surgeon , of No . 7 , James-street , Covent-garden , said that he was called to the deceased and found him lying in a yard about eight feet square , the stench in which was horrible , so much SO that he could not remain in it , but had him brought up into the passage . The odour was not confined to the house , but contaminated the whole neighbourhood . He smelt it at a distance of sixty yards off , and fonnd tbe neighbours at the doors complaining . He could not do anything to save the depia ^ d ^ Chgjefiluyium was quite sufficient to cause " death "' He had no doubt ^ atbb ^* ij ^ mth § . sHd . ; den escape of foul air . The whole of that part of tbe parish was in a dreadful state from the want of proper drainage . The same thing might occur tomorrow . A juror said that at the time of the occurrence there was the same stench in his house .
Another juror remarked that several persons had been ill since the time mentioned in consequence of the odour . Edward Haydon said that he went to the assistance of the deceased , but was almost immediately seized with giddiness , and fell insensible . He had smelt the drain before , but sever sostrongly . Mr Berry , the surgeon , said tbat a short time ago typhus fever prevailed in the neighbourhood . This emanation was sufficient to produce any fever , and he should not be surprised if it produced some en . demic fever . The coroner said he was sure the jury , interested as they must be , for they were all in danger , would willingly consent to an adjournment , in order tbat the place might be examined , with a view to improve ics condition . The jury assented and the
inquiry was adjourned for a week . Fatal Colusios os the Rivek . —Charge against the Captain op a Stbameb . —Before Mr Payne , in tbe board-room of Guy ' s Hospital , respecting the death of George Andrews , aged forty years , a shipwright , who lost his life on the river . Frederick Thomas , of 1 * 7 , Lambeth-street , Whitechapel . deposed that he was a painter . Witness was employed on borrd the Coleraine steam-packet , moored off tbe East-lane pier , Bermondsey , The deceased was at work painting the larboard paddle-box ofthe North Star , which was lying next to the Coleraine . A barge was likewise made fast outside the last-named vessel , which projected so far out as to impede the navigation of the river . The Isle of Thanet , a Margate packet , was coming up tbe river full swing with tbe tide . The captain saw danger , and eased the
vesselfor them to clear away . This not being done , he ordered the vessel on , when it came with great violence against the barge , which immediately sank . The force ofthe collision jammed deceased between the sides of the Coleraine and the North Star . Deceased was literally crushed . He was removed to Gny ' s Hospital . —By the Coroner : Tho North Star in the first instance was improperly moored , and left little water way for the navigation of the , river . The captain of the Isle of Thanet might not have been aware the deceased was at work between the paddle-boxes , which would account for his not stopping after the accident . Mr Thomas Beaumont , house-surgeon , said the deceased was dreadfully injured , and died on Friday from the injuries he had sustained . Other evidence of a conflicting nature having been adduced , the jury , after some discussion , returned a verdict of' Accidental death . '
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THE MURDEROUS IRISH LANDLORDS . Out Irish correspondence contains an account of one of the most shocking cases of wholesale ejectment of tenantry that we have ever had the pain of recording . The scene of this outrage upon humanity waa near Chavleville , in the couutyjof Cork . On the 13 th of July , according to tbe statement , and in tbe village called Glen , on the estate of the Sari of Cork , ejectments were executed by the sub-sheriff of Cork , aided by the military and police force , on forty . eight teaauta . Their houses or cabins were thrown down , and tbe forty-eight families , numbering about 100 . human beings , were turned out upon the higharoad . Of these itis alleged that mere than one hundred were suffering from fever . They were obliged to
take refuge in a neighbouring churchyard . The churchyard of Ballysally , we are told , contains many flat tombstones aud grass-covered graves ; and . amongst those graves the ejected families slept for four consecutive nights , huddled together . The details of their misery are truly heart-rending . Que poor woman mi taken off ber bed four days after her confinement , and placed by the aide of the ditch with her Infant , both Sua state of helpless exhaustion . Another woman had a family of seven , all suffering from fever , la a third family there were ten persona in fever at the time of the ejectment . By degrees these miserable people found shelter , come ia the neighbouring houses not yet thrown down , Others in temporary huts erected against the churchyard wall .
Y 7 e have not time or room at present to comment upon these sickening details . The feeling which they inspire is , that tbe proper place for those who perpetrate such acta is the bar of a court of criminal justice . We shall look for particular information respecting the administration of poor-relief in the district where these ejectments have taken place . In . tach districts , at all events , there must be no shrinking from the collection of rates , whatever be tbe effect upon the landlords . But the dot } ofthe government , in this respect , is a subject to which we shall speedily recall the attention of ear readers . —iTormna CftronMe .
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Ths Ikcoue Tax . —Itis designed at the meeting of the new Parliament to propose an augmentation of the property and income tax to five per cent . — Standard . Whai a Dat mat bbikg iobthI—On the 1 st of June , Mrs Margaret Day , wife of George W . Day , ef Bucks county , Pennsylvania , was safely delivered of four children , three girls and a boy . —Neut York Sun . Plain Sbkbe . —A boy about six years old was going into the village without leave , when one of the
masters cried after him , ' Where are yon going sir V 'I am going to bny a ha ' porth of nails , sir ? ' ' What do you want a ha ' porth of nails for V ' For a halfpenny , sir , ' replied the urchin . A Good Excuse . —Some independent electors who had been bribed to rote for a Protectionist candidate , acknowledged , with the utmost « atu « e , that they had been bought over . 'The fact is , ' laid they , * Mr Spooney ' s money created a complete bag t » in his favour . '—Punch .
As Elbcior at Fault . —At tbe Abingdon election , a voter named Copeland , who had been sent for from Paris for the express purpose of voting for General Canlfield , was objected to at the polling booth by Sir F . Thesiger , the rival candidate . The mayor decided to take the vote , and the over-excited elector , in the bewilderment of the moment , recorded it in favour of Sir F . Thesiger , instead of the general , at whose expense he had travelled some three or four hundred miles . At Barnstaple , a wag created much amusement by recording his vote for Pope Pins the Ninth . On the 24 th of September next , two men , named Thomas Ryan and Michael Ryan . are to be executed at Nenigh for the murder of a police-constable '
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CUMBERLAND . Carlisle . —J ° hn Thompson , who was on Thursday last convicted of poisoning his wife by admioUtmug arsenic to her , has made the following confession : — To ths chaplain of the gaol . I am a guil'y man . I went and bought that stuff at the druggist ' s shop . I bought some of it twice . The first time a fortnight before Whitsuntide ; and again I bought more about two days before my wife died . I mixed it amongst oatmeal , and sometimej amongst butter , or amongatanything that was likely to be given to her . Margaret Kauo had no knowledge whatever of what I was doing to my wife . 1 first began to give her arsenic about three weeks before
she died . 1 did not give her it myself , but only mixed it amongst what was likely to be given to her . Afy object in poisoning * ny wife was that I might marry Margaret Kane . I lived with Margaret Kane just aamau and wife about six months previous to my wife ' s death . I never told Margaret Kane that I was a married man , but she had been told by the neighbours tbat I was married . I lived with my wife on terms of tbe greatest love and affection , before I became acquainted with Margaret Kane , for twenty years . Margaret Kane pressed me much to many her , and thatmade me more anxious to poison my owu wife . I hereby declare this confession to be true . — ( Signed ) John Thompson . ( Signed ) James Thwoytes , chaplain , and John T . Orridge , governor , witnesses . Carlisle Gaol , August G , 1847 .
LANCASHIRE . Penamy . under ins Ten Hours' Act . —On Mon * day Mr Graham , sub-inspector of factories , came before the magistrates at Manchester to prefer a charge , under 10 Vic , c . 29 , against Mr Robert Fairweather , Kenyon-strect , of having employed in his factory six females for the weekending on the 24 th July more than G 3 hours per week . The amount of penalty to which Mr Fairweather had rendered himself liable was not less than £ 1 ., and not mere than £ 3 in each case . —Mr Fairweatker ' s brother . the manager of the mill , appeared to answer the charge , and admitted the offence , but pleaded it was committed in ignorance of the law . —Mr Graham explained that what Mr Fairweather meant was , that the machinery
in the mill had done running , but that in reality ' employmentin factories' had been defined by one of the older factories acts to include cleaning the machinery .-Mr Fairweather said , in answer to a question , tbat his brother had carried on business 6 or 7 years . —Mr Maude thongbthe could aotwell plead ignorance then . —Mr Maude said it was well for Mr Fairweather that there were only six persons in the room , * for the lowest penalty being £ 1 in each case , it would have amounted to a heavy sum if the room had been full of hands when Mr Graham entered . —Mr Graham said the room was full , but he had thought it sufficient , as a first offence , to take six cases . —Mr Maude : Then the penalty will be £ 6 .
DcEi , Bmwbes Two Saiwrs . —A conflict of a most sanguinary and savage character took place on Sunday evening last , near the Dingle , between two Neapolitan sailors . About five o ' clock in the evening six men , in the garb oi sailors , were observed standing in the road which leads towards the Dingle ; they appeared perfectly sober , aad on good terms , and nothing took place to indicate that anything of a hostile nature was intended . In a short time , however , a person who waa passing saw thesis men in a hollow , or excavation , a short distance from the road , and on going op ascertained tbat they were just terminating a duel , which had been fought between two of them . Tho combatants were then engaged with large clasp knives , and the other four appeared to be
acting as seconds . The conflict must have been a most desperate one , as the men were almost covered with blood , having received several WOUrjdalfDinri" £ fel-aad face , and other parts "Hue body . We understand thatnofftl ^ oiJicer was at hand , and that all the parties retired immediately after the occurrence . One of the duellists , it appears , was taken to the Southern Hospital , where he now lies in a dangerous state , although not considered beyond the reach of recovery . Ho has one or two wounds on the head , and one of his arms , near the elbow , is almost cut to pieces , so much so that amputation of the limb will be necessary , His opponent made his way down to the vessel to which he belonged , at the Prince's Dock , and his condition beinft ascertained , he was sent in a car to the Northern Hospital , lie has a wound on the side of the head , running in an oblique direction under the chin , about seven or
eight inches in length ; it is of considerable depth , and the head is partially severed from the body ; the jugular vein has , however , escaped with only a slight scratch . He has other injuries on the / neckand arms , and when brought to the hospital presented a frightful spectacle ; his recovery is considered doubtful . The twomen , whose names we have not been able to ascertain , are sailors , and belong to the ship Ri ? gina Cceli ; it is supposed they had quarrelled on board ship , and had , after the custom of their own country , resorted to this method of settling their dispute . Neither of them can speak a word of English . The knives used on the occasion were sailor ' s clasp knives , but unlike those in use by oar English seamen , having long blades , and pointed . The police are on the alert to discover the men who acted as seconds on the occasion , so that some light may be thrown on the affair , and the guilty parties brought to justice .
YORKSHIRE . AauMiKo Riot neab Otikv . —Pool feast , which commenced on Monday , was this year signalised by a disturbance of a rather alarming character ; and on Monday evening a young man named W . Mounsey , of Otley , went with his dulcimer to the Half Moon Inn , where a number of 'navies' were assembled for the purpose of having a dance , Mounsey played for a while to their measured steps ; but , not receiving adequate renumeration for his services , he leit the house and went to the White Hart Inn . There meeting with a fiddler , he played in conjunction with him to a select party of villagers , among whom were Messrs . Thomas Bray , Milthorp , & c . At a late hour the house was attacked by a number of the 'navvies , '
who had come to demand back their musician Their demand was refused ; and a scuffle ensuing ) several of the dancing party were severely treated . Mr Bray escaped under a bed , but being discovered , was dragged forth in a brutal manner . The constable , with the assistance of several of the dancers , attempted to clear the house , and this was effected , but not before some of them had suffered rough treatment , Mr Milthorp narrowly escaping strangulation . While this was going on , Mr Ackerby , the landlord , injudiciously fired some small shot out of the window , hitting some of the rioters . The door being fastened , they insisted on the constable taking the landlord into custody . First throwing a stone through tbe panel of the door , they broke it open with a
crowbar ; and then , after breaking doora and windows in all directions , ransacked the house in search of the landlord , whom they threatened to murder , but Mr Aokerby had retreated into the spirit vault , where he was locked in by his servant At last Mr Ackerby's servant , fearing for his master ' s safety , released him from his confinement , and rushing from the house he buried himself in a new stack of hay not far distant . He was pursued , but , wonderful to relate , the enraged 'navvies' failed to discover his hiding-place , although they passed within a yard of the spot . The landlady had a narrow escape . Two of the parties who were so roughly treated have since been confined to their beds from the injuries received . We are glad to find that four of the ruffians were
secured ; their names are Smith , Walker , Valentine , and Thorpe . They were brought up at Otley the following day , heavily ironed , and being taken before F . Bilham , Esq ., on the charge of riot and assault , were by him committed to take their trial at the next Wakefield sessions . Seven of the gang made their escape , and have not yet been apprehended . Halifax . —Those who have exclaimed against exclusive dealing when practised by the poor , are now practising it against the latter . Mr James llaigh Hill , of New Market , was the only butcher in that locality who voted for Mr Ernest Jones , and ho did so , unsolicited . We understand a combination of ethers has been formed against him . We trust the working men of Halifax will not let this honest elector suffer .
worcestershire . Fatal Accidknt on tdb Bristol aito Birmingham Railway . —An accident , by which one life was lost and another nearly sacrificed , occurred on this line on Friday night . The mail train due in Birmingham at twenty minutes past eleven o ' clock arrived from Bristol at Broomsgrore in due time . Thence it proceeded at its usual speed towards Birmingham , when , on its entering a short cutting nearly opposite Kingsnorton , the engine left the rail for a distance of eighty yards , ploughed through the soil on the side of an embankment , and ultimately , mounting the embankment , was thrown completely overupea the rails . Tho tender was thrown sideways , but most fortunately interposed to prevent the
guards' van from coming in contact with the fire-bos of the engine , or the most frightful consequences must have ensued . Just previous to the engine being thrown over , the driver , a steady man , named John Warburton , exclaimed to Fletcher , the stoker , ' Oh ' we are dead men ' and in a few seconds his prophecy was realised . The poor fellow was literally smashed between the engine and the tender . Fletcher had a miraculous escape . By some means one of his lees became entangled , and when the collision took place tho piston of the engine came close to his face . His lee was liberated , and throwing himself back , he escaped than
Tw „ ™« iV ? -5 ' . f adfa ,, y 8 < JaI « ed face . There were 12 passengers in the train , one of whom wasalady . None were in the slightest degree hurt . i ^ - ^' . ? of the fl"n . member for Salford , who was m the tram , most laudably rendered every a . stance in his power , and was unremitting in his attention to the mjuredman and tho affrighted lady . « * wf » nt * 8 aid f ° been Cflused by a broken tS K . oaed ° y the weight ofthe engine aud tender . Within two hours three heavy trains had passed over the same rails and met with no obstruction or interruption . From appearance , the rail in advance of the broken chair had sprung , and thrown the left wheel of tbe engine onfo the road , whence
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H had run on to the embankment . A pilot engine , sent out from Birmingham shortly after the ^ occur . ence , arrived on the spot and returned with the bags . The deceased , Warburton , has left a wife and three children / „ r . Tub Accident ok the BiRMiKonAM am > Bhistol Railway —Oh Monday last , an inquest was held on the body of Warburton , the unfortunate enginedriver , who was killed on Friday night , at Kingsnorton . Mr Sanders , of the Midland Railway , was in attendance to watch the proceedings . The first witness examined was Thomas Fletcher , who stated that he resided at Bulsaleheath , and was a fireman in the employ of the Mid and Railwav CompanyHe knew the deceased well , and he was - . . u - — ..-. w ... * ^ . .
. an en « ine-driver . Deceased left Gloucester on Friday evening last with the mail trainfor Birmingham . There was only one engine with the train . N o accident or break-down osciirred until the train arrived near the lodge at Kingsnorton . The train was proceeding at the rato of thirty-five miles an hour . Onits arrival at the above place , witness felt the engine roll , and the deceased made some observation as to their position , when instantly both engine and tender fell to the ground . He ( witness ) held by the bottom part of the spring balances , but the shock did not compel him to lose his hold , and he became wedged in between some portions of the en > gine , 80 as to be unable for some time to txtricate himself . When he had recovered a little , he called
out for the driver , but received no reply , whereupon he jumped upon the engine and tried to find the regulator , but could not succeed . He then attempted to put the fire out , but could not find any of his tools . Messengers were then sent up and down the line to prevent luggage or any other trains from proceeding cither way . After some time the fire was put out , and then witness took a lamp from a guard , named Harvey , and commenced a search . for Warburton . He was discovered in a few minutes quite dead . Aboutforty yards from where the engine Jay witness found either ono of the chairs had been broken , or one of the keys had come out . He was inclined to think the chair was broken . It was the outside part of the chair which was broken . The metals he
believed were straight over . He was quite sure tho engine ran off the line at tho broken chair . There were hi ) thought four carriages and the van , and all hut one were thrown off the rails . Ho did not see deceased after he was found , but he heard that he was dead . Witness escaped with a few severe bruises on his back , knees and hands . —By a juror : It was one of Longridge's engines . She was a sixwheel engine . He thought she wa ? too heavy for the train she took . He did not attribute the accident to any fault in the engine . She has been running forsome time . Witness passed thesamespot going towardsGlouceBteraboutGo ' cloek . butnoimpediment was observable . He did not see any plate-layers at work near the spot . Had been a stoker about two
months . Knew , nothing of engineering until he camo to work on the line . Did not know whether the axles were broken or not . Before he ( witness ) became a stoker he had been three years at sea . Was now nearly nineteen years of age , and was in receipt of 3 a . 9 d . per day from the railway company . The drivers had not watches or time peices with them . Before he was placed on the engine as stoker , he was employed about eight months in the engine shed . In case the engine-driver should be thrown off the engine , or anything happen to him , he ( witness ) had sufficient knowledge how to manage tho engine and take the place of the driver . [ The juryhere expressed a desire to see the spot where the accident occurred , and have some explanation given them , as the
witness who had just given evidence could not give the information required . . The coroner immediately assented , and the jury proceeded to the-spot . j On their return , Mr Matthew ICirtJfiy gaid , that he resided at Derbyv and v ;& a " the locomotive superintendeilt'to tliS Midland Eailway Company , He knew the engine which was driven by the deceased at the time of his death ; it is No . 3 ? , and was built by Longridge and Co . It . is a six-wheeled engine , with two outside cylinders . The height of tho driving wheel is five feet six inches . The engine weighed twenty-one tons when in working trim . It had been in use four months only from the time it was sent out from the maker ' s . It was his duty to inspect nnd examine the company ' s engines before they were
put on the line . He inspected the engine in question , and was perfectly satisfied with her , and had no reason to object in any respect . He had never received any complaint respecting the engine from those parties whose duty it was to report , to him . Shortly after the accident had occurred on Friday night he proceeded to the spot and found the engine on her broad * side on the up line . The connecting rods , the gearing , the wheels and axles , were uninjured , and the guage of the wheels correct . As to the cause ofthe accident he could not account for it except by looking at the whole of the circumstances . The speed was no doubt excessive , the oscillation while running round a curve must have been great , and the road too light for that class of engines . All
those circumstances combined might hare caused the accident . The sleeper which waa on the line at the time of the accident was certainly not a very good one . He did think , taking the road as itis constructed , a light train ought not to travel faster than thirty-five miles an _ hour . He was of opinion tbat tho engine in question was too heavy for passenger trains , and under tbat impression he intended to cause tbe No . 37 engine to cease running passenger trains and convey heavy goods only . He received 7 s . a day wages . —The next witness examined was Mr W . Barton , the resident engineer , who said that he , some time svr . ee , recommended that new and heavier rails be laid down . The inquiry was then adjourned until Wednesday , to enable this witness to oroduce his letter to the company .
The adjourned inquest having been resumed , and additional evidence heard , the jury deliberated half an hour , and then returned the following special verdict : — The jury arc unanimously of opinion that the deceased John Wnrburton came by bis death instantaneously , in consequence of the engine and tender attached to the train which he was driving along the line of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway running off the line at about the 7 th milo stone from Birmingham , in the parish of King ' s Norton , and falling upon him , the same accident having been caused by the engine itself being of much too heavy & description to be used upon the present light road at the rate at which it was then travelling , and with tbe light train to which it was then attached .
LINCOLNSHIRE . SiEAFOBD . —It is with much pain wo have to record the melancholy death of Mr W . Dodson , late secretary to the Sleaford branch of the Land Company . On the evening of the election for South l . in * colnahire , Mr Dodson , who had been at home attend ing to his work during the whole of the day , left big home to proceed with a letter to the Post-office . After having gone some distance he got intermixed with a crowd , and , without either doing or saying anything calculated to lead to a breach of the peace , or in any way interfering with what was going on around him , he was felled to the ground by a police * man ' s truncheon , and died five hours afterwards of
the wound inflicted . Deceased was a young man of unblemised character , twenty-five years of age , and has left a wife and several children to deplore their untimely bereavement , thrown without resource upon the world . His wife was near her confinement at the time . It may be necesssary to add , that the conduct of the crowd was such as did not call for any especial and violent ' nterference on the part of the police . Tho coroner ' s jury have returned a verdict of' excusable homicide . ' The men of Sleaford dissatisfied with this verdict , have ob tained a warrant against the policeman , and the case is to be heard before a full bench of magistrates this day ( Saturday ) .
HOWPOLK . Elopement op the Wife or a Clergyman . —Information reached the metropolitan police on Sunday morning of an elopement of a distressing character , that took place on the preceding day . Tho parties are represented to have eloped frsm the house of the injured husband , a highly respectable clergyman of the Church of England , and who is rector of a lucrative living in Norfolk , not a great many miles from Norwich , and were traced as far as Brandon , but from thence any trace of their further progress has not been ascertained . It is supposed , however , that the fugitives have come to London . The gay Lothario , it appears , is also a clergyman in deacon ' s orders , and had a curacy in an adjoining parish to that of the lady ' s husband . He is described as being six feet high , with bushy whiskers , and the lady of rather a light and pale complexion , BBHKSH 1 RB .
Destructive Fire . —One of the most destructive i fires ever known in this neighbourhood has occurred on tho premises of J . Sexton , jun ., a carpenter and ¦ wheelwright at Holyport , about two miles from Maidenhead . The fire communicated to some buildings belonging to Mr Soundy , which were soon levelled with the ground . From thence it took the direction of some cottages , which soon shared the ! samefato . While the fire was raging at the cot * tages , the other end of it was making its way towards the dwelling house of Mrs Sexton , which in its turn became a prey to the devouring element , and it was completely gutted .
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but he prefers game to men and wastes to farms . In every mileofctho . Queen ' a . progress ta the .. north and east there will bo great exertions made to people the deserts . Old costumes will beP »? a e Vtw # footmen for the time transferred into Highland farmers . Thedeception . would be apparent to a prac-Used eye . The unttlled hills and glens tell their own story most effectually . . . The sheep farms of 20 miles length and breadth proclaim the dark character of that policy which is fast converting the Highlands inte a great hunting ground . Her Majesty is to pass through a land of Ameers , 'lhe same wretched policy as that which has desolated Scinoe , hnt he nrefers came to men and wastes farms .
originating in tho game miserable cause—the selfishness and pleasure-seeking oi the owners—hss laid waste tbe Highlands . They want a Sir Charles Napier—a legislative , if not a military Napier . Tbey need the repeal of the game asd entail laws , and with these laws repealed , in 20 years there would be no difficulty in finding a population to welcome the Monarch on the beautiful , but now desolate , shores of Loch Long and Loch Lomond . Tho pine would flourish again ; and newspaper reporters would not bo weighing the question whether there be or be not a habitable house where they might rest within ten miles of Loch Loggan .
CAR 3 ETHORN . Sad Catastrophe . —A most mournful occurrence took place near Carsethorn . Peter Hair , an Irishman , who gains his living by travelling the country and vending broom besoms , after lodging all night with his children , two boys and a girl , at Lochisc , near-New Abbey , took the road with them in the direction of Carsethorn . The party took a near cut across the sands , " the father allowing the children to amuse themselves at the water edge , while he , it is supposed , was busy with his occupation . While the heedless trio were engrossed gathering shells on the sandbanks , the tide was creeping up stealthily and cutting them off from the main land . Aj last the children were aroused by the rushing waters , and , quite bewildered and ignorant of the locality , they ran from the still uncovered ground which tbey occupied into the tide . The districted father soon joined
them , aud did his beat to save his precious household , now in deadly peril . He caught hold of the two youngest , and mado a desperate attempt to bring them on shore , but from sheer exhaustion he had to let go . The eldest boy , who could swim a little , managed to keep his head above water for a while , but his strength was insufficient to strive against the tide . A boat , manned by Captain Blair , reached the place too late to save the children , butin time to take in the eld man , who but for it must shortly have perished . He was conveyed to the Carse , and , on being brought to consciousness , his agony must have been extreme . After the tide had ebbed the bodies were discovered . T'hetwo youngestlay locked in each other ' s arms , at a little distance from the scene of their death , while ' the body ofthe eldest child was found at a distance of half a mile below .
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A Contrast . —Deplorablb Statr of the Scotch Highlands . —Next week the Q , ueen and hev Court will be in tho Clyde on her journey to the Highlands . On Saturday her Majesty will visit her old castle of Dumbarton , and steam up to the top of Loch Lone On Monday we understand that the Royal party wn j proceed by Fort-William to the gloomy solitude which haa been selected for their residence durin " part of the present autumn . When the Queen nnd her suite leave the Clyde on the south , there will bo great efforts made to convince them that there are still men living m the Highlands . The younj ? hfo ? tain will parade the Campbells , and spread nut u age . He might have had hundreds , who are cas homeless on the banks of the St Lawrence ES reclaiOHng the wastes on the shores of Loch Long
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Repbai ,. —The weekly meeting of the Repeal Association was numerously attended . Mr Lamie Murray ( late candidate for Drogheda ) presided . After some business had been disposed of , Archdeacon Carroll read an address of condolence iromthe Right Rev . Dr Maginn , Catholic bishop of Derry , and the clergy of that diocese , to Mr John O'Oonnell , to which that gentleman returned a suitable reply . Mr John Reynolds , M . P . for Dublin , having congratulated the association on the accession of the chairman to the . Repeal cause , proceeded to address the meeting on the triumph which had recently been achieved in . Dublin in his person . Mr John O'Gonncll , M . P ., having also cdngnituiated tbe association on the refulfc of the Dublin election , which he considered as a proud triumph ofthe popular cause ,
announced that the canvass of the Repeal candidate for Kildare was so successful that Mr Archbold , tbe Whig , bad retired from the contest . The honourable gentleman then adverted to the elections in Dundalk , Limerick , and Kilkenny , and dwelt upon the vindication of Conciliation-hall principles in those towns . Wateriord city had done itself immortal honour by declaring for , Repeal , and driving from ita representation the nominees of the government , and the enemies of nationality . It was true that Repeal had met with a temporary defeat in Drogheda , hut be trusted thut a committee of the House of Commons weuld rectify the matter . With regard to Dungnrvon , he ( Mr O'Connell ) had done all that he possibly could to procure a candidate to oppose Mr Shiel , but , unfortunately , he failed . After some further business had been disposed of , the rent tor the week was said to be £ C 0 .
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MARLBOROUGH- . — Lacy , a young man of very respectable connections , was brought before Mr Bingham , charged with having robbed his employer , Mr Perry , hairdresser and psrfumer , Burlingtonarcade , of property valued at between £ 200 and £ 390 . It appeared that the prisonerhad come from the country as an improver . He had placed himself with Mr Perry about eighteen months ago , and no suspicion was entertained of his honesty until a few days since , when in consequence of the strong smell of perfumery in his bedroom the foreman mado such a communication to Mr Ferry as induced him to go to the prisoner ' s lodgings and make an examination . Mr Henry ? erry stated , tbat he was a perfumer and hairdresser , occupying 11 , 13 , and
59 , in the Burlington-arcade , Ou Sunday evening last he went to 7 , Milues-buildings , Knightsbridge , where " the prisoner lodged , and on looking into the hedroom he found some articles that he knew were his property . The prisoner was not then at home . Prosecutor , however , waited until the prisoner made bis appearance , and then he taxed him with having stolen property from the shop . The prisoner begged prosecutor not to press the charge . The prosecutor said , he should press the charge , and then requested the prisoner to give up bit keys iu orderthathis boxes mightbe searched . The prisoner gave up his keys with reluctance to the police constable . The prisoner ' s boxes were examined , and they were found te contain brushes and other property valued at £ 50 , Information was shortly afterwards given to the police , which inducsd him , accompanied by Inspector Squire ,
ofthe C . dirision , to go down to Beaconsfield , where the relatives of the prisoner lived , and there he received two boxes which had been sent by the prisoner to hisbrotber » in-law to take core of . The boxes , when examined , contained perfumery and similarproperty , stolen at different times from tho shop , worth between £ 100 and £ 290 . The prosecutor stated that the extent of bis stock aud Business prevented him from missing this large quantity of property before . Police constable Lockart , B 161 , said , he was present when the prisoner ' s boxes were searched , The property consisting o ( tortoiseshell combs , ivorybacked brushes , & c , was identified by MrP . crry . Inspector Squires , C division , said he went to BeacontfieW , and received charge of two boxes filled with perfumery . The property was identified by Mr Perry . The prisoner said be could offer nothing in his defence , He was committed .
GUILDHALL , —A country gentleman , who at first gave the name of William Jones , and then of Thomas Somes , was re-examined before Alderman Sidney and Humphery , charged with indecently assaulting three lads while they were standing in tbe Guildaall . Sir Buchanan , who attended for the prisoner , being asked who his client really was , replied , he declined giving his address , but he was a gentleman of fortune , who had coma up to London to purchase some Bank stock . He understood he had hitherto borne an irreproachable character , and it was incredible that he should have conducted himself iu the way described . Either he had been picked out to fasten a charge upon , or some accidental circumstance had been much exaggerated . —Mr Alderman Humphery said , he had the evidence the day before , and there did not appear to be the smallest ground for supposing it to he a collusive false charge for the purpose of extortion . Three witnesses deposed to having been subjected to assaults , and the policeman who had
watched the prisoner for half an hour , was also an evewitness of his misconduct . The evidence of George Newman , of 9 , Bloomshury-street , gasfitter , and Fro . derick Ventris , an accountant's clerk , in Jewin-street . was read over . A third witness , Edward Sawyer , of 3 i , Newington-causeway , did not attend . He had been assailed twice by the prisoner . The city policeman 211 was watching tho prisoner for half an heur , and saw his hand where it coold not have been by accident . An addidonal witness , William Blazey . acellarmaB . inSkinncr-street , was called . —Mr Buchanan cross-examined the witnesses at some length , but did not alter the general complexion of the case . The witnesses were all strangers to each other . The prisoner said he was innocent . Ho might have touched them , but there was s conspiracy to charge him , The magistrates consulted and concurred in committing the prisoner for trial at the Central Criminal Court . He was admitted to bail , himself ia £ 200 , and one surety in £ 200 , Mr Starling , of tbe Stock Exchange , becoming his bail .
WOUSHIP . STREBT , —Mr William Collins , stated to be connected with a wholesale commercial house in the City , and residing iu the Hartford-road , Kingsland , was charged with the following scandalous assault upon Harriette Maslin , his servant . The complainant , % modest-looking girl of seventeen years old , stated that she bad been in the defendant ' s service as housemaid from Whitsuntide until Friday last , on the morning of which day her mistress and two children left town upon a visit to some friends at Egham , leaving her alone in tbe care of the house . She sat up till half . past eleven , at which hour her master . the defendant , came home unexpectedly apparently perfectly sober
, and having entered the pa :. lout sent her out for some porter , and on ber return with which she went into tho kitchen and sat down to n ° cdle . work , at which she continued about twenty minutes , When the defendant came down and asked her to sleep with him that night ; she made no auswt-r , upon which ho told her that she must do so , and asked her to have fiomo brandy , which she indignantly rejectee . The flefendant , however , went into the parlour , and hnn ' ng returned with a tumbler of boandy , pressed her to drink part of it , but she again rejected his offer , ind the defendaat having placed the brandy upon tho table , caughthar round the waist with both hands and forcibly h ^ Jd her , c & ttiBg her a silly fool for not accepting his overtures , and again pressed her to complj . She declared that she
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woum acquaint nor mistress with his condn ^\ ii she came to town , and went up to the pari VH tenoe of clearing the supper things , but h !! a vB only afewnvmutcs when the defendant" ? i t ! Cl her , and pressed her as before , telling bwtt , f ° Vl comply , and that If she further refmea h „ ' "v ! her in the parlour all night . She made « ' > n $ M get out of ' . he room , but tbe defendant or ' " Vl held tbe door fast by the lock , and finally »«* " ** tfl chair before it ; thedelendant , however , i „ -f "" Hul afterwards moved from Hie door towards h """Wl availed herself of the opportunity , rushed dow ' * " * & 8 the kitchen and locked herself in , After « , 'V ^ ii ¦ time her master then went up to hl » 0 , *"'"? Jl whence he called her and desired htr to come ^ Sl but she made him no answer , hastily threw " "' 'SI aetand shawl , and burned out of the housed' "' Wl her parents , three-quarters of a mile off , to V % 1 related the treatment to which she had been " . " iLB and who immediately applied for a war rant f ' ^ Hl fondant ' s apprehension . The defendant sfof * , ^ flj cxamiu iu d acquaint , condSN ;
eu « juuhj nw »» u » we mist poi ,. ' ^ Mti d S evidence , but without oliciting anything in i . 8 t 'iJH [ r i 1 IL and Margaret Maslin , her mother , being wWtJ ?\ , Hr that on her daughter returning home upon . jhSH in question she was in the greatest mental »¦ *« tH ( i ^ crjing bitterly , and gave precisely the same J \ B | fc : hex master ' s behaviour that she did nowbef . ^ SKo ' gistrate . Defendant was fined £ 5 , and ««« ¦ " »' Kp"t manded by tbe magistrate . . ? r ( ftHgtb Vioient Outuaoe . —On Monday a thick . ) .. Bsi ful man named Henry Hobbs , stated to be j p ^ 'fis 6 ' maker in the Curtain-road , Shoredlieh , , , ? « , Hie with an outrage upon Susannah Payne , the » ,- , 'wKste * copperplate printer in Canterbury-row , Sp itai ^ ° '< ttf D ' complainant , a delicate-looking woman in & . n , / ' ^ Kf a ' state of pregnancy , and one of whose eyes was ^ Bp ingiy contused and swollen , stated , that while ^ B way home at half-past ten o ' clock on Saturday et ^ H , she had occasion to turn the corner of KolynAHo *' Sboreditchto cross to Spitalfields , when the bioB 0611
, who was somewhat intoxicated , but apparent ! , ^ 'B ^ very well what he ivas about , camo suddenly b .-hinjfB \ and , seizing bold of her by tho shoulder wlthim . AB . with the other assailed her in the most grossly inaJ ^ Bj ' manner . She resented the insult as well as she vBr and endeavoured to push him away from her , telli ^ H ireri that if he did not instantly go about his busine ^ B ^ would call a policeman and give him into c ustodj . ' ij B"' * this remonstrance was no sooner uttered than the ' ,. B ^ soncr turned round , aud , using a disgusting e * Ptt £ Hfc , I struck her such a terrible blow in the face that iJHK « dress was instantly co ? ered with blood , and , ) j J (| , fWmli . not been caught in the arms of a man and woman ^ Bfy » were passing , she must have dropped to the gr ' owR ffpou recovering herself she was assisted to her o ^ Bwi sidence , and having subsequently learned vshtntu 'B vm
soner ( who immediately disappeared ) was likely u > Bifl ' found , accompanied the constable and her liunhanj'Bg ' identify him , when he said that he , did not know twffrv , ness was a married woman , or he should not aa « ifiba acted , and offered to make compensation ; but herwHf ' a band indignantly rejected the offer , and 'be prison ^ i * B ! d < assailed him with the vilest abuse , and threatened IB break his nose , but waa secured and carried off bj . t . Bfc ? .-constable . She had been very ill and debilitated er « B S since the occurrenca took place , and was somewW Biro prehensive of the ulterior consequences likel y t 0-vBrh from the violence o which she bad been ' sahwJBthc A woman who saw the outrage , and a policeman t . ' iBv gether with Richard Payne , the hu » band of thec ' omlK 1 piainant , conBrmed this evidence , and provtd thetb ra | . BBeC the prisoner had uttered against the latter upon beblBefl taKtn into tor
cusiooy . n nen caueo upon his deiWHgo the prisoner suid , that he was drunk at the tinw -SB & pi circumstances took place that were alleged agaiusthi H & and , although he had not the slightest recoilectioaolBttiC anything tbat bad occurred , he had no doubt ht avJBmi have shamefully misconducted himself , and could 3 ii 3 „ Krl ' i the magistrate that ho regretted his behaviour sincere ; , BLD Mr Arnold severely commented upon the prisoner ' sccg . jB' ' dnct , describing tbe case as one of the most gross acjBttf atrocious that had ever come under his notice , and 'i . Bsfcf pressing his regret that bis powers were wholly inij . ' . BfM qunte to deal with au outrage of such a d \ - & cnp \ ion , ttuBw ; about to send the prisoner for trial at tbe session Sgati when the complainant's husband interfered , ami » , Bac quested the case might be disposed of summarily , ajj , fill ]
would be extremely inconvenieat to him to cam ti ( Bant matter any further , and it was highly improbable fat fipe his wife , in her delicate state of health , would again i < ¦ Sw able to attend and give evidence : upon which Mr AmsljBc said that , under the circumstances , be feltbcuwh « , Bf 1 cede to tbe request ; but he should mark his sense of tc ' t n prisoner ' s conduct by ordering him to pay the lii ^ mBffiC amount of penalty he could inflict , namely £$ , <« wi > Bffi fault to undergo two months' imprisonment in the Htm Bwtl of Correction ; and for the effectual protection ofihElu complainant and her husbandjagalost the latter , of irboaBp some violent threats had been uttered , he should ftirfittEfflO order the prisoner , at the expiration of his term oi is . H & 'B prisonment , to find substantial bail , namely , tiro sure . B £ p ties in £ 30 each to be of peaceable behaviour taircr & Kwi )
bath for the next three months . The prisoner could neither pay tho penalty nor find the bail by the time the court closed , and was consequently removed in tie vju . Indecent Assault . —Mr Frederick Winter , the pro , prietor of a blonde and l » ce warehouse in Wood-stittt , Cheapside , was on Wednesday charged with auindececi assault , witb intent , & c ,, upon bis person of a yotin ? woman named Jane Booth , lately in the service ai housemaid . The complainant , a delicate looking girl about eighteen years of age , stated , that the defendant having-, within tho last month , taken another house of business in Onion-street , Spitalfields , she was despatched there oa Sunday morning last , at ten o ' clock , by b « mistress , with a basket containing provisions and
other Bi'iicles for her master , who was superintending the necessary arrangements for taking possession . On reaching the house she was admitted by the defendant himself , who was the only person in it , aad who desired her to deposit the basket in the first floor apurtmentf , which she did , and was about to leave , when the defendant immediately seized hold of her , and proceeded to acts of the grossest indecency . A struggle ensued between them which terminated in her escaping from him and rushing down the stairs , upon which she threw tie basket , In the hope ef his falling over it or impedinj him until she could get into the street . The defendant , however , pursued ber , and having discovered , upon reaching the street door , that he had locked it , ill W < : 3 again eeieed upon by her ' master before she could
unfasten it , and forced back alangthe passage to At S'airs , upon which he flung bar , and used every effort to perpetrate the offence alleged against him . She at . tempted to ' scream for assistance , but was stopped ty tie defendant , and resisted him with such strengtuand determination , that after a prolonged struggle betweei them , in the course of which she reminded him of to unhappiuess it would bring upon his wife if his infamom conduct should reach her ears , she at length succeedet in preventing tho accomplishvnewt oi his purpose , ani ww permitted to leave tbe house . She did not like , under tni circumstances , to make her mistress acquainted with tin b . 'baviour of her husband , to whom she was sent bad by her a short time afterwards with the infant , ant upon that occasion was allowed to leave without moles
tation ; but she availed herself of the first opportunity tbfi relented itself on her return , and having informed ke aunt of tbo scandalous treatment to which she hal been subjected , tbe present proceedings were adopted ,-Ann Cooke , a widow and aunt of theprosecutrix , depose ! that upon meeting her niece , who waa iu great troubb and despondency , she detailed to bor the particulars o ; tho defendant ' s conduct , precisely as she now related them ; and Richard Booth , the father ofthe proaccutm , stated , that upon calling at the house of the defendant for an explanation of his behaviour towards Ms daughter , the defendant , whose wife was present , treattd him with contempt , made no answer to the charge , and refused to hold any communication with him , —Sir Yanr , who appeared for the defence , and closely cross-examined
tito witnesses , but without eliciting anything in favour rf his client , said that he was instructed to deny tie charge in the most positive terms , and , as Le Has < f course unprovided with evidence to rebut the youof woman ' s statement , he should reserve the defence fa another court , if th « magistrate determined upon sending the case there ; but he must draw the attention of the bench to the fact tbat the prosecutrix had gone back a second time to the , house without mentioning btr ill-usage to her mistress , and that the whole case rested upon the young woman's evidence almost entirely . Mr Combe said that it was not to be supposed tbat at * tacks of this description were ever attempted in the pr : » sence of third persons , or conviction would be certain tt
tollow their commission ; and , with regard to theyoarr f woman ' s nbstaiaing from divulging the matter forthwiis i to her mistress , that was probobly done to spare the fee ! - !• ings ot tbe latter , and he thought that all expedition htd A been used by the prosecutrix in making knows theili- !• treatment to which she had been subjected . He sat » nothing tangible in either objection , and should order ef the defendant to find substantial bail-hlmself in £ 81 , % and two securities in £ 40 each , to appear and answer tbe he charge at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court , rt . The depositions of the witnesses were then taken by Mr ii Vine , the chief clerk , and the defendant , who tve & tt-i t < l the matter with much indifference throughout , was »• removed .
SOUTHWARK—Uobert Dixon , was charged with itn causing a disturbance in the Victoria Theatre , and »»• assaulting Murray , the constable on duty . It appeared tbtt iat on the preceding night , during the perforB > ance st tne ma theatre , a noise was heard from tho gallery , which m- « bdered it impossible for the audience to hear what w «« W » going forward . On tbe constable proceeding to ascer- ; wtain the cause he found tbe defendant standing on one on * of the benches hieiing the performance , nnddoing everj- : rjthing in his power to excite a disturbance , and to prevent rt-n » the play from going on . Ho was repeatedly desired to He jbe quiet ; but he persisted in the aunoyaoca . - ltiraifovw una constableble
necessary to eject Uim , and he assaulted the , . Tho defendant said that , having reason to be displem' * we « with the acting of a particular performer , he expresses ssea Iiis dissatisfaction iu the usual way , and thought h * was was justified in it . Ho complained that tbe constable dragged ggeo him out . The constable said a number of young felloe' lone like tho defendant were in the habit of frequenting the B th * gallery , and out of mere wantonness interrupting the ? e / -1 performance . The msigiitrate said that sueh scenee in » in ' theatre must be repressed ; and that unless tbo defend- fend < ant found bail he must be committed to gaol , The ic e if ' fendant said he had been locked up since the nigbt be- at b « fore , and he thought tbat was punishment enough ft' h ft hissing au actort
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14081847/page/6/
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