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Health of Loxdos . —The sickness to which yoitii ; : children are subject at this period of the year is apparently the cause of a progressiva increase in the mortality during the last three weeks . In the weak ending July 19 / 873 deaths were register- " ? in London ; in the two following weeks tbey were 95 G and 1 , 010 ; and in that ending last Saturday sneyrose to 1 , 031 . Making allowance for increase of population , and excluding the year of epidemic cholera from the comparison , it does not appear that the present return differs materially as n- ^ ards the gross amount of mortality , from the aver-i ^ e experience of corresponding weeks in the years 18 il—5 D . This season of the year , when the
general population usually enjoy some improvement in health , affects injuriously the lives of infants : and from whatever cause the fatality which ithrhigs to children has been exceeding ly aggravated in London daring the last six years . In the five corresoonding weeks of 1841—45 tho deaths from diarrhoea varied from 10 to 62 ; in those of 184 G-50 the lowest number was 106 , and the higiieit 195 ; and in the week ending last Saturday tnu complaint was fatal in 13 G cases , rho total number last week arising from diarrhrea , dysenferv , and cholera was 162 ; and of these only 21 occurred amongst adults . Ia the present return the whole number of eases ascribed to diseases of the zymotic or epidemic class is 334 ; amongst Which , besides tho ^ e already mentioned , are 22
caused by small-pox , 19 by measles , 25 by scarlatina , 23 by hooping-cough , 10 by thrush , 50 by fc vj » » ni , aud 9 by erysipelas . In the two previous weeks severally 12 fatal cases of cholera were refiistert'd : in the present return the number has increased to 16 . The births of 749 boys and-728 girls , in all 1 , 477 children , were registered last week . The average number of six corresponding weeks in 1845—50 was 1 , 286 . At tbe Koyal Obser . ? atory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer on Tuesday was above 30 inches ; tho mean of the week was 29 , 960 inches . The mean temperature of the week was 64-1 dcg ., which is 2 - 6 deg . above the average of the same week in ten years . The mean daily temperature was above the average on every day except Wednesday and Saturday . The wind blew generally from tho
northeast . Dangerous state of the Westminster Bridge Road . — Uu . Saturday afternoon last , in the midst of tbe traffic , a portion of the roadway at the Surrey fost of Westminster Bridge gave way , leaving a hole of some twelve or fourteen feet wide . The surveyor of the district was seat for , and on examination it was found bat an old sewer running under the road into tbe Thames had given way , and the ground from the enrwee had dropped into the vacancy so produced . Fortunately no accident happened to any of the nu-. merous carriages aud conveyances passing . A fence was immediately placed around the cavity , and as booh us the extent of the slip is ascertained the road will bi made good .
Attempted Assassination-. —A deliberate attempt at assassination was committed on Saturday evening , at the London Bridge Wharf , by an American named Henry Page , on a French merchant named Hacfit ; . h appeared that Page was acting as interpreter at the Cafe Francais , on Fish-street Hill , kept Dy Mr . Nuswortb , where he fell in love with Mr . Nusworth ' s daughter , a prepossessing young widow . A correspondence was carried on between them till Mr . ilaciie came to reside at the house , when he also took ; t fancy to the widow , and Page was discarded . This nad so great an effect upon Page that b- became -violently excited against Mr < Hache , and followed
him down to London Bridge , where he shot at him with a pistol . Fortunately the ball did not do further injury than passing through his coat , and it then lodge . ! in a thick wall . Page afterwards attacked Mr . Hache with the butt end of the pistol , and endeavoured to knock his brains out . lie was , however , immediately seized by a policeman and taken to the station . About two hours after he had been locked up he made a desperate effort to destroy himself . He was found banging by his braces to the grating of the cell window , but was cut down . Two policemen were placed in the cell to prevent any further attempts upon his life .
A New Irvingite or Catbohc Apostolic Church . —A site for a church of large dimensions has bees recently selected in Gordon-square , and on the day fixed for laying the foundation stone thereof , that imposing ceremony was performed ia the usual way by the Itev . Mr . . Heath , attended by the committee , managers , & c , a large number of tbe communicants of the above church , and a considerable concourse of spectators being present . Prom the design it will be a very large and magnificent edifice , in the early English style and cruciform , the height of
the cave 120 feet ; tbe total length , 210 feet ; the width of nave and aisles , 63 feet ; of the transepts , SO feet . It will be ornamented with a tower and noble graduated spire , which , together with tbe tower , will be of the height of 270 feet , and the whole will be built entirely of Bath stone , with beautiful carvings and decorations . To complete the edifice an outlay of £ 40 , 000 will be required ; the contract for the carcass alone being £ 20 , 000 , and , judging from the drawlu-s , it is expected to be one of tbe finest edifices erected since the Reformation , it will afford accommodation to upwards of 2 , 00 ( 1 persons .
Soicide in iloRxsK ? Wood—On Sunday morning , seme youths who had entered Hornsey Wood for the purpose of nutting , observed the body of a man suspended to tbe branch of a tree . Tbey informed the police , who cut down the unfortunate mac , and removed the remwaBto the Ilornsey Wood Tavern . From tbe marks ou tbe tree , it is inferred that the deceased clambered up and fastened the fatal noose , and then threw himself off . The body is that of a man aboat thirty years of age , dressed in black coat , light vest , and Tweed trousers . His shirt was fastened with silver studs , marked R . L . A ., arid some documents were found on him , inscribed Joiia ii . Nelson .
The iatb Escape of Hacketi from the Modbi Pbibojiaud his arrival in New Tobk—At the close of an inquest last week at the Model Prison , Pentouville , on a prisoner who died there , Mr . Wakley , M . P ,, the coroner , and the jury expressed their s ^ rp' - ; e at Hackett ' s escaping from so well watched 8 tl 50 strongly secured a prison . Mr . Bridley , the ie ~ s ? < = argeoa , joined in the surprise , and said that he effected his purpose by cutting his way through the flooring of his pew , during Divine Service on the afternoon of Sunday . He cut his way through the flooring with the hoop of his door , which he broke off , fastened to a spoon , and converted into a saw . So anxious were the orison authorities to remove all
chance of escape from him , in consequence of his having twice before relieved him from custody , that they put him to the tailoring trade , as thus any implement would be put beyond his reach , needle and thread alone being allowed for his trade . Lately he wrote from Ne « York to the governor , informing him that he i Hackett ) had arrived safely there , and kindly hoping that the governor enjoyed the same freedom and happiness which he ( Hackett ) enjoyed in the land of freedom . The coroner expressed his surprise that the noise of the working of the saw did not attract the attention of the persons in the chapel . Mr . Tubbs , the summoning officer , replied that the operation was no doubt performed daring the singing ef the Psalms . ( Laughter . )
Path Rowing Match . —On Monday the St . Paul ' s Shadwell regatta was prematurely terminated by a fatal accident . In the first heat of the race a man named -Robinson , who was engaged in rowing , got overboard ; aud in the second heat the wagserman had reached but a short distance , when two of them , Semonds and John Skeers ( the latter a fine young man , belonging to Shadwell Duck ) , were capsised , although there waa only at the time a trifling ripple , caused by a small steamer or two . Semonds was immediately picked up , and sustained butlittle harm more than consequent uponimmersion ; but although a number of boats rowed towards Skeers tho po , > r fellow was never seen again . The disaster was
entirely attributable to the employment of outriggers OB this occasion j a description of boat utterlj " unsuitable to the busy thoroughfares of the Thames below bridge , and there will be a great omission somewhere if this sad | event has not the effect of putting a stop to their use . Fatal Boat Accidbst QS IHB River Lba . — On Monday an inquest wa « taken by Mr . W . Baker , Jan ., at the White Swan , Upper Clapton , on view of the body of Mr . Joseph fl . Barton , aged 25 , a clerk ia the bank of England , residing at No . 25 , Chancery-lane , who was drowneu itt the river Lea . — Mr . A . Barton , No . 2 , Tryons-place , Hackney , the deceased ' s cousin , stated that on the previous Friday he aud the deceashd hired a boat of Mr . Green , boat proprietor , Lea-bridge , about eight o'clock in the
evening . The deceased took the sculls and they went up the river . Witness steered . They had got npas far as the Ferry-house , and were on their retorn . when witness asked deceased to let him have the sculls . Witness had them for a short time , and rowed some distance . He then requested deceased foxS ^ to £ * hia l ? 1 ** . The deceased rose the 25 KSf W nptm , " S from h » seat , £ a » watLss « them , deC Slu ? r' £ w w ^ P y Reached sin was able to swim ' Tht 1 tm nor " ¦ coui 7 u - sw , m - —Ane coroner observed that , ht > boats on the river Lea were of verv tliohVl - and required great carein S Cf > n 4 truct , oa "Accidental death . " m maB a S" »
g—Verdict-JsMttijaaat-tt s ^ saaaaa , *^ many weeks and latterly had exhibited symotoms of insaaity . Deceased was seen en Sunday " walking - boat tho garden at the rear of the dwelling house and at an early boar on Tuesday morning was mUg « g , wh .-n ihs landlady became alarmed , and * called in
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a police constable , who forced the door of the room , and discovered the deceased lying on his face , in a pool of blood , with his head nearly severed , from his body . A razorwas firmly clenched in his right band , and life was quite extinct . Shocking Accident . — On Monday morning Joseph Jilkes and Joseph Lovegrove , labourers in the employ of the Commissioners of Sewers , Ilatton Garden , were ordered to remove some boards , in order to turn water into another direction , iu a man hole , situate in Maiden-lane , Battle Bridge . As they were about to enter with tbeir safety lamps , the gas is supposed to have escaped from the pipes passing through the sewer , when a dreadful explosion took place , by which both the unfortunate men were seriously injured . Lovegrove ia doing well , but Jilkes lies in a very precarious state .
Fire at Pkckham . —On Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Howard , a carpenter and builder , situate No . 12 , High-street , Peckham . The flames originated in the workshops , and owing to the inflammable stock in trade therein , they spread with unusual swiftness , so that in about ten minutes after the first alarm was given , the whole workshops presented a huge sheet of flame , from whence the destructive element extended to the ran ^ e of stables belonging to the same party . Within a short time , notwithstanding the aid of tbe Fire
Brigade , the workships belonging to Mr . Howard , together with the stabling , were destroyed ^ three small buildings , & c , belonging to Mr . Orion , the chemist , pulled down , considerable damage done to the premises of Mr . W . Clayton , and the roof of Mr . Archer ' s brewery damaged by fire , and the contents by water . Fortunately the principal sufferers were insured in the Norwich Union Fire Office . Fatal Accident . —As some youths were bathing on Tuesday in the Thames , off Crawshay ' s iron wharf , a lad named Kent got out of his depth and immediately sank . The drags were put in requisition , and after a short time the body was recovered , though not soon enough to save life .
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Holyhead Harbour . —The works for the filling up and formation of the new breakwater in the harbour at Holyhead are steadily progressing . A large number of men are regularly employed , and the stones and material ate conveyed from the quarry to tbe breakwater by locomotive power , which runs along tbe staging . The new wharf commenced on the western side of the harbour , for i the aocommodatian of the Irish cattle traffic , has been abandoned , owing to the impracticability Of making a deep channel from the entrance of the inner harbour up to tho proposed wharf , in consequence of the hard and rocky ground . The eastern side of the harbour is now spoken of : a wharf erected there would be in close proximity to the railway station , aud in every way convenient .
! Fatal Acciobnt at Ramsgatb . —On Saturday lastRamsgate waa thrown into astate of great excitement by the death of tno individuals , under the following circumstancestr-Abont half-past nine a gentleman was bathing , and having got considerably out of his depth , was unable , from the extreme violence of the waves , to regain his footing . The sea was unusually rough , and the rain poured down in torrents . The proprietor of the machine which he had just quitted—who is a first rate swimmer—plunged in , with his clothes on , and endeavoured to save bim . With great difficulty he succeeded in pushing hira in . towards the shore , but the exertion was too much for him , and he let g <> his hol > i usd was seen no more . His wife and three of his children were on the
beach , and rent the air with their shrieks . Several individuals rushed into the water , and succeeded in bringing the unfortunate gentleman to the shore , but be expired within a few minutes . Meantime a man lashad a rope round Ms waist , andplunged in after the " machine man , " but he was himself drawn in to all appearance dead . Animation was , however , at length restored . The boats and drags were put into requisition to find the body of tbe unfortunate machine man , but without success . A Railway Train on FmB . —On Sunday the passengers by the 9 . 30 up train from Liverpool , consisting of nearly forty carriages , and densely crowded , were , when about nine miles from Crewe and sixty from Liverpool , terrified by the sudden
outbreak of flames from the roof of a third-class carriage , which was loaded to a considerable height with passengers' luggage , among which was a quantity of bedding , linen , and other inflammable materials . The shrieks of the women were dreadful , * for , from the height of tbe flame , it was conjectured that the whole , train might be ignited , and the result of an awful character . Some gentlemen in a second-class carriage , near to the on © in which tbe conflagration had broken out , had smelt a smouldring of fire for some time , and had seen smoke issuing from the top of the carriage alluded to , and had endeavoured , in vain , to alarm the guard or any person in control of the train , until the flames themselves warned the servants of the
peril that threatened them , and then the tram was stopped . The first step to check the ravages of the fire was to remove the ignited carriage—a work of considerable labour and danger ; but many pas sengcrs voluntarily lent their assistance , and in a short time the separation was effected . The two portions of the train were pushed far enough away to allow of the burning carriage to be entirely destroyed and the burning luggage hurled from the roof , in doing which the fireman was much burst . After a delay of more than half an hour , the charred remains of the carriage were attached to the train , which then proceeded on to Crewe , where it was left . The amount of damage is not yet known . Diabolical Outrage on a Fsmale . —Gloucester .
—Last week one of the most horrid atrocities , perhaps , ever committed in a civilised country was perpetrated ia the retired district of the Forest Of Dean , in this county , four of the perpetrators of which have been committed to the Gloucester county gaol for trial . The outrage is of such a nature as to render its details almost incredible , nine men being charged with having criminally assaulted a poor helpless wandering Irish widow , named Mary Macarthy , who now lies in one of the union workhouses on the borders of the forest . The principal facts stated before the committing magistrates , Sir Martin Crawley Boeyey , Bart ., and E . Jones , Esq ., are aa follows : The woman , who is thirty-five years of age , and has but
recently lost her husband , was journeying alone and unprotected through the Forest of Dean on her way to Blakeney , at a late hour of the night , when she observed a light , and , being but half clad and nearly starved , she proceeded towards it . The light proceeded from tbe fire of some charcoal burners , who bad left their work for a short time , aud the poor wearied creature lay down before it until the men ( nine in number ) returned to resume their labour about one or two o ' clock in the morning . At first the men treated her kindly , and at her desire procured her a draught of water . The names of the prisoners are James James , Richard Hear , George Charles , and Thomas Stephens , and tbey arrived at about two o ' clock in the morning .
The prisoner Hear asked her to go into a small hut near . She declined , but was told that if she did not they would put her on the fire ; and she was then taken into the hut , where she was looked in with the prisoner James and another man not in custody . The whole of the prisoners and their companions then in succession assaulted the woman , and a quarrel then ensued between two of them as I * whether she should remain in the hut , when one of them taking , up a shovel threatened to kill her if she did not leave at once . It was then daybreak , and while the men were scuffling together , she went out and proceeded on her journey . She met a woman on the road , and told her of tbe treatment she had experienced , and afterwards becoming
exhausted , she lay down under a hayrick , where she was found by a policeman some twenty-four hours afterwards . She was conveyed to the workhouse , when a surgeon examined her . and corroborated tbe material points in the statement sworn to by her . The police succeeded in apprehending the four prisoners whom the prosecutrix identified ; and it is hoped that the other ruffians will speedily be in custody . The above facts having been deposed to , the prisoners were committed for trial . Disgraceful Odtragr by . Soldiers . —On Tuesday , at the Guildhall , Rochester , Edward Dann . corporalof the 61 th Regiment , Michael Rourke , aud John Daugherty , privates of the 18 th , were charged with riotous conduct , and the two first with using
their bayonets . to tne danger of the servants of the JSortb Kent Railway Company . —The Mayor having intimated his intention of sending the case to the sessions , Major Kennedy , of the 18 th Regiment , said , with regard to Daugherty , he had been twenty-one years in the service , and had only lately returned from India ; and the three goodconduct badges which he wore would speak of the good character be bore in his regiment . On the day in question he came from Gravesend in company with the corporal , and , although he might have taken part in the assault complained of , he had not any bayonet . The court , would , perhaps , dispose of Daugherty ' s case summarily , lie then handed in a certificate of Dougherty's good character . —The charge was then proceeded with , first
as regarded Dann and Rourke . — -Several witnesses were examined , from whose evidence it appeared , that on the evening of the 7 th inst ,, the prisoners arrived at the station shortly before eight o ' clock , and demanded tickets for their conveyance to Gravesend . The station master , seeing they were intoxicated , refused them , and after some altercation they went away . About twenty minutes to nine o ' clock , at which time the station was filled with passengers waiting to go by the nine o ' clock train , the prisoners returned more intoxicated than before , and again demanded tickets , which were again refused . The prisoners thereupon became very violent , creating considerable iwm among those present , Dann placing bimseit ia a position to prevent them from getting their
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tickets . He then called out , " Unsheath bayonets ; if we can't go by tickets we will go at the point of the bayonet , " at the same time drawing his bayonet , which lie held in a , menacing attitude . Rourke followed his example , and with his bayonet made several lunges at Ireland , one of the company ' s constables , who had come to quell the disturbance , and who considering his life iu danger , called to the station master , who gave bim a loaded pistol to defend ^ himself with , which be presented at tho prisoners , telling them to keep back and give up their arms . Instead of which they became still more violent , and Rourke again approached Ireland with his drawn bayonet , which in each instance be fortunately parried . Tomlin , the head porter at the station , came up
with a constable ' s staff and knocked one of tbem down , and after further resistance , they were overpowered , handcuffed , and taken to tbe station bouse at Rochester . Mr . Boucher stated that he arrived that evening with the passengers from Sbeerness , and accompanied them to the station , which he found in much confusion , from the outrageous conduct of the prisoners . The passengers wore much alarmed . The prisoners , who made no defence , were committed for trial at the Quarter Ses « sions , the magistrates expressing their willingness to accept nail . Daugherty was then charged , with a common assault , to which he pleaded guilty , and the court taking into consideration the statement made by Major Kennedy , inflicted a mitigated penalty of £ 2 and 7 s , costs , which was paid .
Hiram Smith . — The fate of Hiram Smith , the approver in the famous Frimley murder ; case , has been at length formally decided , in the wanner which we always said it would ho—by his discbarge , in consequence of no evidence being offered against him in that particular case . This is no more than the usual course always followed , without any stipulation whatever . The policy , as well as the propriety , of the course adopted by the Crown is best evinced by t be entire break up of the Surrey gang of burglars , the last two members of which were convicted , and sentenced to transportation at Lewes Assizes last week .
FlEB AX THE DOKB OF CaMBMDGB ' s COMBE House . —Early on Saturday morning last , a fire of an alarming character took place in the rick-yard of his Royal Hig hness the Duke of Cambridge , Combe House , near Wimbledon , and New Kingston , Surrey , The rioks and stabling standing on the property were destroyed , to the value of , £ 2 , 000 . Another Accident on the South-Western . — Another accident happened on Friday night last , the 8 th inst ., upon the South Western Railway , ( vhioh , although it did not terminate in loss of life , was of a most serious description . A train left Waterloo station at half-past ten at night _ for Twickenham , composed of about seven : or eight first and second class carriages . The train had pro * ceeded without hindrance to the commencement of the junction of the Southampton and Richmond lines , and bad gone by the pointman ' s box , when , in crossing the bridge which carries the railway over Falcon-lane , a division of the train suddenly
took place—one-half the train adhering to the engine , and passing on to the-Richmond line , whilst the other portion was literally dragged in a parallel line across the Southampton rail , and lodged on the very brink of a steep embankment , at least twelvefeet deep . The rails were ploughed up , and the strong round iron poles of the buffers were broken on . A first-chm carnage was literally turned upside down , and the inmates , ladies and gentlemen , had to be taken out through the window , and one carriage was , by the force of the concussion , driven on the top of one preceding it . No one but those that were present could describe the confusion and alarm that prevailed , and several of the passengers received severe contusedwounda . Mr . Woodhouso Young ; , tbe assistant manager of the traffic , was either in the train or arrived momentarily afterwards , and showed the greatest anxiety for the passengers , and sent for cabs , flys , and other vehicles to carry them to their respective ¦ ¦
residences . Representation of the East Rrowfi os Yorkshire . —A vacancy has been created for this division of the county by the decease of Mr . Henry Broadley , which event occurred on Saturday last , at his house in Charles-street , St . James ' ssquare . Mr . Broadley was in the fifty-eight year of his age . Wholesale Slaughter of Sheep . —On Saturday afternoon last a shepherd was driving a flock of sheep belonging to a farmer at Steventon from ono field to another , between Denchworth-bridge and Farringdon-road station , where he had occasion to cross the Great Western Railway . Ho had driven sheep through the gateway on the other side tO let tha sheep pass through ,- and ihe consequence was a train coming up at the time ran into the flock , and killed no less than forty-seven sheep as well as the shepherd ' s dog . —Oxford Journal .
The Stonham Murder . —The warrant for the execution of Mary Emily Cage commands that her death shall take place on Saturday next . Oalcraft , however , will be busy at Norwich , and the Warwick hangman has also his hands full . There is therefore another "fix , " and probably another brood of would-be hangmen will start up , who will set forth their claims to do the strangling work of the county . It is not unlikely that the execution will be deferred until Monday . —Ipswich Express . Loses Nature . — Mr . John Perris , farrier , of Westgate-street , in the city of Gloucester , has a cat which on Tuesday brought forth a kitten of a Siamese character . The animal has two bodies united ,
with eight legs , two heads joined together , but only two ears , and two tails . The Manchester Regatta . —The annual regatta on the river Irwell , at Manchester , commenced on Monday , and attracted an immense concourse of people to witness the sport . Rbsiobation op the Separate Sbe oy Gl 0 UCBB « TEB . —The petition for this object has been forwarded to the Home Secretary , for presentation to her Majesty . Appended to it are the names of no fewer than 169 of the parochial clergy of the diocese of Gloucester , and 227 churchwardens , besides which there are the signatures of a large body of the nobility , magistrates , and resident gentry of the county , making a total of more than 1 , 300
names . Meeting of Millrhs is Liverpool . —After the business of the corn market had concluded on Tuesday , there was an attempt made to form a meeting of millers , in relation to the present law permitting the importation of flour on the same terms as wheat , and with a view of adopting a petition for the next session of parliament for an alteration of the law in that respect . After upwards of an hour had been spent in endeavours to form an assembly , the patties who had tried to concentrate the attendants at market relinquished their efforts , and the various parties adjourned to tbeir respective hotels to dinner . A Case op Affiliation . —A few months ago Mr .
H . Richards , of Veanol , near Towyn , Merionethshire , obtained possession ., of a leveret , and having at ^ the t ime a bitch whose puppies he had just destroyed he put the poor creature to this bereaved mother , and strange to say , the affections of the latter were at once transferred to the former , and she brought her up with all care , so much so that the poor little hare used to follow its foster-mother with all affection to the fields when the maid went to milk the cows , and even all the other dogs and cats of the family looked upon and treated the orphan stranger as " one of themselves . " Poor " puss , " having followed her foster-mother too freely about the fields a few days ago was lost , and most likely fell a victim to some strange dogs . The Thrandeston Murder . —John Mickleburgh was brought to the Ipswich County 6-iolon Monday week . Since that period he has so far carried out his avowed intention of starving himself , that he has
not taken three ounces of food : he has lived entirely on liquids , such as coffee or tea . We understand he will on Wednesday have an interview with his wife , and write his will . After this he declares that nothing shall induce him to partake of any nourishment , and that he will never disgrace his family by having it said that he was hanged in front of the gaol . We have beard that the authorities have remonstrated with him , and that should he obstinately persist in his intention efforts will be made to force him to partake of sustenance . Bristol . —Depasture of the City op Ct » . so 6 v . Stbam-ship . —On Wednesday , at one o ' clock the above-named screw steam-ship left the Mersey for Philadelphia , with the wholly unprecedented number of 224 passengers , some of whom were glad to pay full cabin fare for the high privilege of . making up their beds on the floor . Besides the above , this ship took out a very valuable cargo of dry goods .
A Singular Combat . —A few days ago the following singular circumstance was witnessed by a person on the road between Odell and Sharnbrook , Bedfordshire : —A stoat was making its way from an adjoining field across the road with a young partridge which it had killed , in its moutb , when it was pursued and attacked by two skylarks and a wngtail . The three assailants , acting in" concert , rose a little in the air , then pounced down on their ruthless enemy , repeating their attacks so furiously that the stoat was obliged to abandon his prey . Each time he attempted to regain it they renewed their attacks with increased fury , manifesting a generous sympathy with the fate of ' tbeiYJellowtenant of tlie air , and evincing a courage which was quite admirable in birds of those pacific species / At length the stoat espied the narrator of the circumstance close by , and , felling some misgivings aa to his own safety amidst so many enemies , lie ran off with the utmost speed , leaving the plump little partridge behind . —Northampton Mercury ,
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The Military Riots in Emnbukou . —Five soldiers who were implicated in tho riots of tho 24 tu June , were brought to trial at Edinburgh last week , and sentenced to six months' imprisonment .
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The Qobbn ' s Visit to Scotland . —We believe that HO information of an oificial character has yet been received here as to the time when her Majesty may bo expected in Edinburgh , en route for the north ; but it is generally understood that , as stated by the Daily News of Friday , the court will leave London by railway , for Balmoral , on the 29 th inst . Her Majesty may , therefore , be expected here OH the evening of either of these days—probably , perhaps , on the 28 th , which is a Thursday . In the meantime the officials of the royal household , are daily expected at Holyrood , to make the necessary for the reception of the royal party
arrangements . The operations , wo may add , for the erection of the statue of the Queen in front of the palace , which were commenced a few days ago , are now , so far as the excavations for the foundation are concerned , all but completed . —Caledonian Mercury . The Moors . — Tho note of preparation for the " 12 th" ia now being audibly heard . Advance parties are passing daily to the approaching campaign , which , we are glad to state , this season promises to be more than usually good , birds being both numerous and strong , and the weather , if it continues as at present , delightful . —Montrose Re-¦
view . „ CocMsmp nt Advertisement . — Some time ago a shoemaker in Harris being in want of a wife , advertised for one , and , at the place and time appointed , was met by a female . Both were in earneat . The shoemaker , however , unluckily seemed to be of the same opinion that King Pedro was with regard to his wife , Mary of Arragon , that she was not so handsome as she might be good , so their- meeting ended in mutual disappointment . The man advertised a second time , appointing a
different place for the meeting , and varying the words of the advertisement . He met the same lady , they recognised each other , could not choose but smile at the recognition , and perhaps neither of them could choose but sigh . The persevering bachelor tried his lot a third time , and at the third place of appointment he met the equally persevering spinster . At this meeting neither could help laughing . They began to converse in good humour ; and the conversation became so agreeable on both sides , and the circumstance so remarkable , that this third interview led to a marriage . —Inverness Courier .
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THE JMtJBDEE OF JBEBNAKD JM . —n special commission , or adjourned assizes , was held at Oundalk on the 7 th inst ., when one of the men charged with the murder of Barnard M'Intaggart was tried and acquitted . The verdict of the jury was received with ioud cheers by the populace . The murder , it will be recollected , was an agrarian one , and attended with circumstances of great atrocity . -A Woman Bdbied Alive . —The Monster News contains the following curious statement : — " Tippe » rary , August 6 , —The town of Tipperary was thrown into a state of the utmost excitement , on yesterday , bv the report of a woman having been buried alive . The following are the particulars : —Mary Neill , a young woman , died on Sunday in the poorhouse , and was buried on Monday in White Church , about four
miles from town . On the morning of yesterday , a man heard her cry as he passed close to her grave , and he ran as rapidly as possible to town , and gave the alarm . Many of the inhabitants hurried out j the master of the workhouse having been informed of the circumstance , sent out some of the officers to ascertain if there were truth in tbe report , and his men on returning stated that they disintered the body of Mary Neill , and that on opening the coflin , she wag lying on her right side , the shrouding torn , a cap which she wore on her head removed , and scratches and blood on her face , and other marks ef recent violent exertion apparent , but she was quite dead .. Her apparent death previously was sudden , but it is believed she was only sunk in a trance . However , there was no blame to the workhouse officers , as the hapless woman was over twenty hours dead previous to her interment . "
The Kilucsh Union . —An inquiry has been held in the Kilrush workhouse to investigate certain charges made against the guardians and officers of that union by a reverend correspondent of a London journal , whose letters on the subject of the Clare unions have obtained a great deal of notoriety . One of the charges in the present instance was , that a guardian named Burke went at night , while in a state of intoxication , through the female wards of the infirmary , causing some of the inmates to rise in their beds , and acting otherwise in a most shameful and indecent manner . The gate porter , house porter , assistant master , matron , and assistant nurses , were examined on oath , and from their evidence it would appear that Mr . Burke was sober on the occasion iu question ; that he visited the infirmary late in the evening , end that , in going through
the house , he was excessively annoyed and excited at finding several persons absent from their beds , the hospital nurse absent , and other irregularities going on which he deemed very discreditable . It would also seem that the charge made against him was propagated by some of the officials of the house to whose conduct he would attach blame , and a Mr . Shannon , who admitted that he gave information on the subject to the writer of the letter in the London paper , refused to be sworn , or to tell the names of those from whom he obtained it himself . Capital Conviction . — At the Cork assizes Richard Green was charged that he , on the 23 rd June did feloniously kill and murder one Edward Farrell , at Ballyma , by striking him with a stick on the left side of the head . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty . Sentence was deferred .
The Aggregate Mekhno . —Thepromoters of the aggregate catholic meeting which takes place OH the 10 th , have suceeded in obtaining the definitive promise of Archbishop Cuilen to preside on the
oc-, Irish Loyalist . — The fetes which are to take place ou the Queen ' s Island , at Belfast , in commemoration of her Majesty's visit , are fixed for the first week of next month . A " Crystal Palace , " which is described as a beautiful copy , on a reduced scale , of the great prototype in Hyde-Park , has been erected in the island , and will bo finally completed by the time mentioned ; and r « irious arrangements are on foot to celebrate the occasion with popular festivities on a scale altogether unexampled mthat part of Ireland . Pauper Emigrants . —The exportation of pauper emigrants to America and elsewhere is now carried on on a large scale by the guardians of the Clare
Unions . The last number of the Clare Journal contains the following particulars of the subject : ' * A large number of tne temale inmates of the Kilrush Workhouse having been selected for emigration , the requisite outfit was procured by direction of the board , and 400 ofihis class now take their departure for a fori-ign' ^ hore . One hundred of them embarked at Kilrush on Friday . One hundred and twenty more were ready to embark on Saturday , and were kept waiting in expectation of the desired event up to a late hour , when it was found they could not bo put aboard that day , in consequence of the weather being unfavourable . They all appeared highly pleased with the
prospect which lay before them , and any ol them who were questioned on the subject , expressed freely the thankfulness they felt , and exhibited but little regret at leaving their native land . The embarkation of the remaining number will also take place aa soon as it can bo conveniently effected . A number of emigrants of the same class from . the Ennistynion union were also embarked last week at Kilrush , to which place they were accompanied by the vice guardians , who expressed their obligations to the Kilrush board for having given suitable accommodation to those emigrants and otherwise kindly assisted in attending to their COKlfOtt when tbey arrived at Kilrush .
DpwHPAiRicK Election . — This election took place on tho 8 th inst . There was no opposition , and tho Hon . Mr . Hardingo was declared to be duly elected . Tub Potato Chop . —The last reports are , as usual , conflicting , tho balance , however , leaning to tho favourable side ,- especially as regards the western counties . In Roscommon , although in isolated cases symptoms of blight lnive appe .-. rodon the stalks of the "lumper" species and from the old small potato which remained iu the earth Just year , " in a circleof twenty miles one acre of blighted stalks could not be discovered ;' . ' ¦ and as for the cereal crops , they far exceed in extent and quality any that have buen witnessed for twenty years . From Gal way it is stated , that the blight has been but partial and very trifling in extent . The crop has now nearly reached maturity , and is ablo to resist a further spread of the disease .
Criminal Information . —The trial of Captain E . Kennedy , poor law inspector , at the suit of Colonel Yandeleur , which excited so much public attention , took place at Cork on Saturday . The information charged the defendant with intending to instigate and provoke the prosecutor to fight a duel , and that , in pursuance of that intention , » 0 n tho 21 st of October , 1850 , he wrote , sent , and delivered a letter to him containing certain scandalous and malicious matter , Mr . Fitzgerald , Q . C ., stated the case , which all arose out of the charges made against the board of guardians of tho Kilrush Utt ' tOll , of why , board the prosecutor was chairman . Colonel Yandeleur was the princi pal witness . Ilo was crossexamined by Mr . Butt , Q . C . Several of tlm witnesses were examined ; Mr . Butt addressed the jury for the defendant ; and they wore discharged without-a-vei'diet , the numbers for and a » ainst a finding oeing equal . *
IalukofLano in Coke . —A sale of lands took place at Cork on Saturday , - by order of tho Encumbered Estate Commissioners , and the prices oh tatuod were such us wo should assume their honours cannot accept .- Take the ¦ following for example :-Ttio lauds of Liscohanebcg , producing a net rent-otAda 2 a ., were knocked down fw fdtif ; A net rental of £ 178 0 * . 2 d ., arising out of S
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martin , fetched but £ 905 , or a trifle over five y ' e *^ purchase . The lands of Dundanion , wj { h a net III * como of £ 55 IBs ., brought but £ 420 . Another lot , yielding £ 36 12 s ., sold for £ 100 , and several other snug farms were " knocked down" at about corresponding . rates . The auctioneer , feeling that such sales were not likely to be confirmed by . the court , tried the company in another way , by putting up several lots together , but no increase worth speaking of was obtained by him . Another sale of estates took place at Clonmel , on Saturday . Part of the land of Minerstown , in the
county of Tipperary , producing a net rent Of £ 206 3 s . lid ., sold for £ 3 , 757 . Another lot of land producing £ 156 2 s . 2 d , was knocked down for £ 560 ; and a third property , thus described : — V The town and lands of Husseytown , held in fee simple , situate in the parish of Caher , barony of Iffa and Offa East , and county of Tipperary , containing according to said survey , 116 a . 2 r . 25 p . Irish , or 188 a . 3 r . 3 p . statute measure , and producing a well-paid net annual rental of JS 127 14 s . 7 d . " This lot fetched but £ 925 , or seven and a half years' purchase . ade
Discc-VBAOBMBHf of Isdiistrt , — The crus waged by the . Roman Catholic Clergy , not merely against the system of mixed education , but against all attempts to soften down religious ^ asperities by training to industrial pursuits , in the same schools , children of different religious denominations , continues in active operation here . Some months since it was mentioned that a school in the immediate vicinage of Dublin was attended by a Urge number of young girls , Protestant as well as Roman Catholic , who having been duly taught fancy needlework , & c , were paid weekly wages in proportion to their abilities ; and it was decided that the ouestion of religion was to be altogether
excluded from the course of instruction afforded to the pupils , matters went on smoothly until the sittings of the Tburles Synod caused the parish priest to interpose his dictum , and by degrees the Roman Catholic children dropped off in tbeir attendance . Tor some time the Protestant clergyman endeavoured to stem the course of defections , but all in vain . The numbers grew thinner and thinner , and at length he has struck bis colours before the Roman legion . The undertaking is abandoned , and tho doors of an institution which gave employment and bread to a most helpless aud destitute class of the community , are about to be hermetically sealed up . —Times Correspondent . and Police
Fracas between Military . —An affray likely to be attended with very unpleasant circumstances , took place at Banagher , on Friday evening , the 8 th inst ., with some policemen and a detachment of the 17 th Reg iment quartered there . It appears that two policemen were in a shoemaker ' s shop , when some drunken soldiers entered who quarrelled with the police and struck them . The soldiers were put out of the house , when they attacked other police who . were on market duty . Both parties boxed each other well . While 80 engaged , a person named Molly , most improperly went to the military barracks , and falsely reported that the police had stabbed a soldier . On hearing which the soldiers became enraged , rushed out of barracks with drawn bayonets in their banns , and ran through the streets to the terror of the inhabitantsshouting for the " Peelers . " The entire
, company inluding the guard , with three or four exceptions , left their barracks . On seeing this overwhelming force approach the police fled in all directions and concealed themselves . The soldiers pursued one policeman into a field , they knocked him down , kicked him while down on the head and body , and deprived him of his carbine and bayonet . In all probability the man would have been murdered but for the timely arrival of Head Constable Campion with a party of police ,, and the colour sergeant of the company , who induced the soldiers to return to their barracks . The officers of the detachment were all unfortunately absent at the time , having in the morning gone down the rirer Shannon a few miles , to a regatta at Portumna . Saturday , Captain Pollock , R . M ., held a private inquiry into the circumstances of the case , but the result has not transpired .
Popish Outbagh . —During the hours of noon service on Sunday the congregation in St . Audeon ' s Church were much alarmed in consequence of an audacious act committed by some persona , from the yard of the Roman Catholic chapel which is contiguous to the church . As the clergyman was engaged in the delivery of his sermon , stones were thrown in the direction of the windows , which on falling on the walls and roof , prod uced a loud crashing noise , as if the walls were about to tumble . Several stones entered through the windows , which were open for the purpose of admitting air , and some of the
congregation narrowly escaped being injured . The rector , churchwarden , and other members of the church came out to ascertain the cause of the noise , and one individual was discovered in the act of throwing from tbe chapel-yard , who was pursued and overtaken , and on being conveyed through the street to be delivered into the hands of justice , the young man who had him in charge , was attacked and severely beaten , in consequence of which he was compelled to relinquish hishold of the offender , who then made his escape . Means are being taken for the discovery of the delinquents , and it is hoped they will be brought to justice .
Eigbt Bridges Desteoved . —The floods which occurred in the early part of last week have proved destructive to property and life . In addition to the fatal accident to the two men which we printed , we are informed that eight bridges were swept away . The stacks of turf being carried by the streams to the bridges and choking up the arches , they were forced to yield to the pressure . In several places new heds have been formed by the streams , seriously damaging the growing Clops .- " Armagh Guardian . Transatlantic Packet Station . — The Lord Mayor has called a meeting of the citizens of Dublin , to be held at the Mansion House , to take steps for the establishment of direct steam communication between Ireland and America .
Prospects of Mato . —The Castlebar Constitution has the following : — " In the neighbouring union of Westport another large rate was threatened ; the consequence was that in every direction tbe farmers and ratepayers had commenced inquiry as to the best and most expeditious route of getting out of the country ; and the instant the rate was published cattle , corn , everything would be sacrificed to escape confiscation . Wo have made inquiries , and we are happy to say that the guardians of that union are not so insane as to adopt so mad a course . A rate—a fearful rate—was made by them last month , commencing with five shillings on the lowest but ono . electoral division , and going up to six shillings and eigbt-penee . Surely thisoughtto be considered enough . But the worst remains behind . This crushing rate will not meet one-half the liabilities of the union , and should the labour rate be Stopped out of it , it will not meet
onefourth . For the purpose of illustrating the enormity of the proposed taxation , we have taken the trouble to copy the annuities chargeable on the Castlebar union , the lightest in this county , and to calculate the poundage which snob a tax will incur , when we find tbe following result . " [ By the table here inserted , it appears that the amount to be paid annually for forty years ia £ 6 , 651 , which in several of the electoral divisions would be upwards of two shillings in the pound , or , in the whole , the sum ! of £ 106 , 058 is required to be repaid by the Castlebar union , which is valued at only £ 34 , 168 . ] ¦ ' ¦ "Now ( proceeds the Constitution ) , with this fact of one-third of the whole net value of the union being requisite to pay the annuities , and a halfyearly instalment being levied as public cess , for the re-payment of extraordinary presentments , amounting to £ 2 , 080 , will , we ask , the goverment dare to force this levy ? " ¦
1 he Potatoes . —There is no longer any room for doubt that the potato blight of former years has appeared in several of the midland counties , as well as on tho shores of the Atlantic , By the IettCI' 8 and journals received on Wednesday morn n |» , it appears that fields of potatoes that looked perfectly healthy and free from the least appearance of blight so htely as Sunday last , were on Tuesday extensively marked with the unquestionably symptoms of disease . These unwholesome signs are by no means general , for in the neighbourhood of the metropolis , a , disea & ed potato is a rarity . Mr . John Lamb , the Quaker correspondent of the Northern Whig , has completed a " toiir ' of the province of Ulster , and his report of the state of the cropsincluding the potato , is upon the whole satisfactorv With respect to the latter , he admits that he saw undoubted cases of blight in some localities , and that the disease will progress ho thinks is auite certain , but it seemed to bo of a less virulent tyno than even last year , so that , iudi-ino tmm rJill
seasons , we may hope that there will not be a verv great loss of food . * v ^ v " M ^ f-, " -The " Loid B ' of Be" " nu ? LordX " ' ki t ™^ f "Menders . " ma LOioslup thinks it s high time for th « flrt man Catholics of the three kin | doiS « ' ? o rUe 7 % Wfri ^ TS ^ their / " -I jattMt odiE K ., nf * 'J u Wl 8 heS t 0 show * o their oppo-K 8 WnrtJu ^ ° T 0 rfcthaU ^ f 0 rD ) > botl ' Lr S , l ; f ^ ' 2 ) BeotUad , hut one , « and Wle ? n ^ Ukf A" uT pl , ! , lanx - " Thc ^ d <>* i everley , unlike the bulk of his more liberal Bril ^ » ma ke , no allusion I th 2 «« peSm-iiy affairs of the infant association bvSr ^ Ta" 1 S t , ie f « " ^ ing :- " We learn fui £ Sip . « couuty ol" Done " al that a drea , i - neiSltL * f PTP etr ; ' « . on Friday last in the neighbourhood ot Stranoriar , the unhanov victim being-. a person named David MoZ V Jl IK
ooMMcn tml situation in the employmentTof the Ci & Sff O ^ V ^* ot ColoW Pratt of tlm I al ?! iShif At the Car , y hour of six ^ clocic in Pri , " &? l 00 r , V * a uiet ' ^ the gate of Manor fo i L , I Hsoot Colonel Pratt , by two men , who fell upon lum and beat and mutilated him so ua
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mercnuuy as deprive bim of R > I sense Tk ' sassins then fled , and the body of Moore «» { Z ^ - iaifl ono of tho offices of the lodge and a U 0 ZTAi imniciijately sent for : on his arrival , bowm ^ at once pronounced the case to be hopeless < n ! 9 , suull was laid open , both legs fearfully nvumi 5 and one hand nearly cutoff . Ho lingered hdw V till ten o ' clock on Friday night , when death rm **' end to his tortures . The causes which led tottfi dreadful affair . have not clearly transpired \ v are , however , given to understand that a short tim
ainqe voluntarily OMered a rBTil tion of his extensive estates , and consented to a duction of rent , varying in amount from thirtw * fifty per cent ., and that more recently , on le-uv that even this abatement did not satisfy s ' ( l e his tenantry in Donegal , ho signified hisi intent ; to oauso a second valuation to be made , with a v , of meeting tbe wishes of the discontented tenam But even this concession was of no avail ani was pretty plainly intimated that the maleJmteniS had come to a . resolution to hold tbeir lands AW J all rent , The murdered man waa a Protestant ! ° bore an irreproachable character . He has left mother ninety-eight years of age and a sister to I plore their bereavement . " ue '
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ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE , it » IPSWICH . Al ! The inhabitants of this town were , on Tuesday evening last , thrown into much alarm by a rennr ? that a young girl , nineteen years of age , had hoe , murdered by an old man with whom she had beon cohabiting for some weeks past . The rumour re lating to the death of the young woman , although she waa severely viovmded , turned , out to be unlrto The old man , however , inflicted a mortal wound upon himself , and died shortly after . An inquest was held on view of the body of the dem ^ James Wailing , before S . B . Jackaman , gent ., a J the Feathers Inn , St . Matthews , when evidence of some length was given touching the cause of de . ceased ' s death , and the attack upon Martha Moyso
by him . The deceased , up to May last , wag in her Majesty ' s service , on board a man-of-war , abo ut which time he was discharged with it pension of 9 j , per week . It appears that be had made up hij mind , being nearly sixty years old , to spend the re , mainder of his days with a maiden sister , who lives in a house situate in Lady-lane in this town ; and he accordingly came to Ipswich for that purpose bringing with him money amounting to more than £ 60 . He lived with his sister happily till within the past five or six weeks , during which time he has been acquainted with Martha ifoyse , of whom he at length became 90 . enamoured as to propose to her that she should live with him as his wife . Tho unhappy creature accepted the offer , and she , up to Saturday night last , lived with the old man .
On Tuesday , Wailing was noticed by his sister to drink some beer , and afterwards to empty a bottle of brandy which contained more than a quarter of a pint ; but he was by no means at all suffering from intoxication , nor did he appear to be much excited . Between four and five o ' clock ha said to his sister , " Do you go and tell Martha I wish to speak to her . " The old woman went to a house a little way off , where Martha Moyse was and delivered the message . Both then went to the house , where Wailing was sitting in an arm chair . He looked very angry , and said to his sister , " Do you go out : I want Martha to stop with me . " The old lady did as requested , leaving Martha with the old man . She , however , had not proceeded mora
than four or five yards before she heard Martha screaming violently . Fearing that her brother was ill-treating her , she hastily returned to her house , when she mat Martha rushing out of the doorway , her face and hands covered with blood . A struggle no doubt had taken place , for Wailing was following his intended victim , and on his sister attempting to go into the house he struck her a blow on the head , and in her attempting to parry i , t , she re . ceived a cut on her linger from a sharp instrument . His sister ran out for protection , and he went back into the room , shutting the door after him . Martha Moyae in the meantime was conveyed into a . house close by . The cries of " murder'' raised soon drew together a concourse of persons , hut not
one dared to enter the house . A butcher , named Tenter , more courageous than the rest , went up to the door , and asked Wailing what he had been doing . Wailing made no reply , but closed the door . Trenter went again to the door , when Wailing said to him , "I have done her business , and willsoon do mine , " Afcthe same time Wailing said this he was seen hy Trenter to lift up both hands to his neck , which almost immediately after dropped down again close to his side . Wailing then ran to the front door , with blood streaming from a wound he had inflicted in his throat , which was about eight inches in length , and had severed the jugular vein and the caroted artery . A surgeon was soon in attendance , but all human aid was of
no avail , Wailing dying at eight o'clock the same nignfc The face of the wretched girl Martha Moyse was frightfully lacerated under the left jaw , but happily no , vital part was touched . Her hands , in defending herself from herassailant . werewounded in several places , one or two fingers being nearly cut off . The inquest was adjourned , in order that she might attend to give evidence , which it is expected she will be enabled to do in four or five days . It was stated that Martha Moyse , after obtaining from the deceased a large sum of money , had absented herself from his house , and that she intended leaving Ipswich with another man . The deceased had , by some means or other , spent nearly all the money he had brought with him to Ipswich .
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FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT BEDMIN STJSB , NEAR BRISTOL-FIVE LIVES LOST
Another terrible accident took place ou Saturday morning last , at the Malago Vale Works , in the parish of Bedminster , and has lost to society , and to those more immediately dependent on tbem , five valuable lives . A little after three o ' clock , one of theworkin " parties having come out of the ' pit , tori others entered the bucket or cart , and were lowered down the shaft , which is upwards of 240 fathoms in depth , to replace them . The work © flowering proceeded without the occurrence of anvthing unusual until the cart had reached within a " yerv few feet of the
bottom . Upon its reaching to the depth of the first vein , somewhere about 200 . fathoms , five of the men got out of it , and proceeded to their work in that part of tha colliery , and tho cart , with four men and a lad , was then iowered'towards the bottom vein , and had , as before remarked , descended . to within a few feet of the bottom , whea the rope , on its passing over " the second wheel immediately above the mouth of the shaft , suddenly parted , and in tho fae & of tbe terrified vaitger , the mass , with which the cart and bonnet must have weighed three or four tons , was precipitated to the bottom . .
The utmost terror immediately prevailed among those above grouad , and the heavy intelligence of the accident , and the probable fate of the unhappy beings , was spread with astonishing rapidity throughout the district . Those in charge of the works sought to give temporary comfort to tho afflicted by suggesting that , as the cart was so close to the bottom when the- rope broke , the inmates might have escaped without considerable injury . ' but to those conversant with the matter it became at once evident that their Jives were sacrificed .
He iron bonnet , which was suspended above their heads by the tension of the rope , must , upon the partwg , liave fallen upon them , as likewise tbe rope itself ; but besides there was a depth of several feet of water at tho foot Of the shaft unprotected by any stage or covering into which they would have been preciptated .. The preparations for the descent of the p it being perfected , an empty bucket was illuminated witu . candies , and in order to see that all worhetl pw * pevly , was lowered to a . nnnRi . Wal » lG depth , and
agiun rinsed T wo men , named John BcjrnoM * •"" Henry Lovell , then entered the bucket , ami «« lowered down the-shaft , searching it careful !/ as th « went . Afterthe men had descended about-w tatlioms , the signal for raising them was given , and they were hauled up , and stated that , owing to , 'f twisting of the round rope , it would be impossible with safety to make a descent with it . ' H' «' f ; ther brought with them a confirmation of the ™ " tears of those above respecting tho five unhaPPf beings who had descended in the bucket . H'ff stated that they had reached sufficiently lo * t 0 . , heard by the men in the bottom vein , from vim they had learnt that the poor fellows were lying deau in the water at the bottom of the shaft . Tb »» " £ lancholy intelligence , it was deemed right , w tne excited state of those around the pit , to confine to the manager , and it was some time before it became fullknown .
y . , A second flat ropo was now procured from tbeoW company ' s works , and it having been spliced to tne north side-rope , the descent was again made « twenty minutes to eleven o ' clock , and it was p »»» three o ' clock before the men came up again . *««» they brought wiih them the bodies of t * o oi «» st . fferors , Richard Moffatt , who has left a wile W seven or eight children ) aud Phillip Pring (« b 0 , f ! also loft a young family and a widow advance" >» pregnancy ) . The bodies exhibited marks o TI ° ' lence ,- as if they had been struek on their ncau * . with tbe iron bonnet , nnd one of them must } YiS \ had his neck forced against the sharp iron n ™ u the bucket , as his throat was partially divul'' « <" front , and the back of his head was much » 'l "; Tho other bodies were subsequently broug ht « j " they were those of William Smith , Thomas / " "' and William Webster , a lad . AU the men " » w
veins came out safe . . h ' g Mr . Powell , of 3 , Lower Park-row , Bristol , " had a contribution forwarded to him , to form ' " nucleus of a fund for tho relief of the many' ? viving relatives of the deceased men , who live m very poor neighbourhood .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 16, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16081851/page/6/
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