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WO . UKSIS . BBAra ibok mpcibe At * . —Before Mr Baker : At to Dock-house , hast lndiiur ^ B roml ey ,. « m , tbe tjofly of Marina JaneB , aged five months , whose death wasacrelemea by the impure air , arising Irom an undrained ditch . The deceased had been eafferm ? tram hooping cough , and had partially recovered . She had several fit * , and her health was impeded by an obnoxious effluvium arising frem two undrained ditches on eaeh side of the road in Quaylane , Brunley . They were fall of decomposed matter , and all sorts of filth was thrown into them . The
stench was most dreadful , and the inhabitants could scarcely live in the hou » e . o . Mr Bellow , a surgeon who attended , was of opinion that her death was accelerated by the impure atmosphere . The coroner said he bad ' held several inquests during the last month on the bodies of children who bad died in a similar manre * , and he should write to the board of guardians , who , he hoped , would adopt some measaies to prevent tbe nuisance . Tbe jury returned a verdict of' natural death , ' and added that the death of the deceased had been accelerated by the obnoxious state of the atmosphere , arising frem an offensive drainage , which is calculated ts do serious
injury * h-mt Emeu o ? BA » Are . —Before Mr Baker , at the Three Mariners , Copland-hne , South Hackney , on view of the bodies respectively of R . Cornish , aged two years , and his brother , J . Cornish , eleven weeks old , whsse deaths arose from the poisonous effluvium of a large collectio < of sewage adjoiningthe cottage they were living in at Silkmill-row , South Uatkney . The locality was visited by the coroner and jury , with MrB . Clarke , surgeon of the Hackney Union , who found the accumulation of stagnant matter about an acre in extent , a dam being at the lower end , wbich was erected to ? llow a fall of wafer for a flour-mill that occasionally flowed over it from Hackney-brook . Mr Clarke stated that tbe matter
was ten feet deep , and that it was twelve years since it was cleaned out . The mother of the deceased children said that about two rnonlhsago she removed from Nursery-lane , Hackney , to Silkmill-row , when her eldest child , who was previously Blight ly indisposed , became seriously ill . Mr B . Clarke attended him , and she went with him to the London Hospital . He was seen by Dr Pereira , who said he could do nothing for her child . Be died on Friday last . The other child was a fine healthy baby for three weeks , afcer which he became sickly and weak . He gradually wasted away , anddied on Saturday . She had so doubt that the children died iu consequence of inhaling tbe poisonous effluvium from the sewage . The
water in the wall wbich is drank by persona residing there has an offensive taste . Mr Clarke , who was of opinion that the deaths of both children were accelerated by the impure air , said that much illness prevailed there , and that a short time ago a child died under similar cirenm * tanoes . Evans , the summoning officer , s-aid that many deaths have lately occurred there . The jury remarked thatif not removed it would create a pestilence . Mr Ciaike stated tbat he had forwarded a communication to tbe board of guardians . Verdict : 'Thatthe deceased children died a natural death , accelerated by the n-xious and poisonous vapours arh-ing from a stagnant and exposed sewer in the neighbourhood of the residence .
Accidskt 05 thb River . —Before Mr Carter , at the Royal Oak , Lower-road , Rotherhithe , relative to the death of J . II . Boff , aged thirty-five , who lost his life by being run down by the Eclipse , Margate steamer , whilst in a pleasure boat , with others , off Sbadwell , on Saturday , tbe 25 th nit . —William Cross stated that he was standing ou a barge on the day in question , and distinctly saw the pecident . The Eclipse was coming down full swing with a strong head tide . Witness ' s attention was directed to the email boat being iu danger . The several persons in tbelatterwere much confused , and standing up , as if tbey expected a collision . Witness saw the bow of the steamer clear the skiff , but the starboard paddle * wheel struck it across the centre and capsized her . A boat was lowered frem tbe t-teamer , by wbich one man was picked op ; the others were pulled on board
tbe steamer by ropes . —By the Coroner : If the wheels were stopped when the collision took place , it must have been bnt a very short period before . If they had pulled either ahead or astern the accident would not have taken place . —Examination continued : Witness thought tbe steamer might have been stopped earlier , because it came right upon the men in the skiff before tbat was done—Mr . T . Tarirate , lockmaster of the Surrey Canal Docks , and Mr J . Whitehall , ship chandler , were called , and gave evidence of the skill and attention displayed by the captain of the Eclipsesteamerto avoid the accident , ' The jury returned a verdict of 'Accidental death . ' At the close of the investigation , which lasted many hours' the coroner informed Captain Newman that the verdict of the jury exonerated him frem all blame .
Fibs is Water-use , Buckfbuss . —On Monday evening at a quarter past seven o ' clock , the premises belonging to Messrs Whittaker and ^ .. furniture brokers , of 28 . Water-lane , Blackfriars , were discovered to be on fire . The building , which was three floors high , contained in the lower portion a great quantity of furniture . At the outbreak Mr and Mrs Whittaker were from home , but one of the lodgers and her three children were in one of the npperrooms . andit was with great difficulty that they escaped . With as little delay as possible several engines arrived ; the flames , however , continued to travel , seiz n » upon everything of an ignitable character , until the premises were nearly gutted . The damage mast be considerable , the entire stock in trade beine destroyed . Messrs WhHtaker ' s loss will be covered by as insurance in the Sun Fire Office . How the fire originated could not be ascertained .
The fire has been attended with fatal conseqiences to an elderly female , who lodged io the upper part of the house , and known as Miss Purday , a teacher of mnsic . At twenty minutes past nine o ' clock , whilst Fiemin ? , one of the brigade men was removing the furniture that had not been totally destroyed in the flames , he found the body of a female most shockingly burned , set much so that none of the features could be recognised . She lived in one portion of the secmd floir , and when the alarm was given she was in her sitting-room . The poor CKa'ure was told by one of the females that a fire wai raging below , and that she must make the best of her way down . As Mrs Hambleton ' s family were leaving , they met the deceased on tbe staircase , and told her not to ascend or she would be burnt ; she , however , made her way to the upper floor , where she was discovered .
ACCTDB 5 T S , 0 FFB 5 CBS , STC . A Vjpeb is a Caskuge . —On Saturday afternoon Miss Catherine Hayes , daughter of Captain Edgar Hayes , of Lauder Boose , Brompton , accompanied hy a female friend , Edgar her brother ( in his ninth year , } and the governess , were'proceediug ia the carriage to a friend ' s in Burlington-street , when , at the corner of Sleane-street , theyonnggentleman imagining that he saw something move in the pocket of the coach , drew his sister ' s attention to the subject , piscine his hand at the same time within the pocket bnt almot immediately withdrew it . exclaiming that he had been bitten in tbe wrist . The governess was about U order the carriage to be stopped , when a small viper sprang from the pocket and fastened
itself upon the fur mantle of the friend of Miss Hayes , wounding her just above the shoulder . The screams of tbe ladies brought several persons to their assistance , and a young man ot the name of Brodie , a waiter at an hotel in Bon ' -street , seized the viper and destroyed it , the viper measuring seven or eight inches in length . Medical assistance was procured , and the wounds of the young lady and gentleman dressed , that of the latter heiog of rather an extensive character . Not the slightest idea can be formed as to the means by which the viper had got into the carriage , the vehicle having conveyed the father of the young lady to the railway station only the day previous , and the stables are supposed to he free from vermin .
Brutautt of a Post-office Sebvast— On Tuesday evening , about seven o ' clock , the Post office accelerators were passing down Holbom-hill to St Martin ' sJe-grand , when several little children got into one of the omnibuses , the conductor — who should have been at the back—having taken a seat with the driver . On discovering where the children were , he got dowo , seizing one of the children by the arm , and another by tbe leg , and dashed them separately into the road with greit violence . One peer
little creature , about seven years old , was completely scalped , the skin of tbe head being _ torn from the crows to the forehead . He was immediately removed into the shop of Messrs Lamplongh and M'Daugal , who , bavin ? secured the artery , and drawn the skin to its original position , had the child removed to its parents , where it now lies in a most precarious state . The offender hag so far eluded the police : but is hoped , by the active exertions of the df-tective force , and the authorities at the Post offi .-e , that he will be 8 'cnred .
MISCELLANEOUSTua Registration of the borough of Marylebone terminated on Friday with the investigation of the claims and objections for the St Pancras district , the overseers'list having been revised at Gordonsquare on a former day . The revising barrister sat at the new vestrv-room , Kins ' s-road , Camden-town . The claims and objections , wh'ch were all Conservative , were , claims 50 . objections 210 . Of these , 17 claims and 267 objections were sustained . The general results of the year ' s revision for the borough of . Marylebone arc—Conservati » e claims made , 9 i ; allowed 23 ; Liberal , none . Conservative objections made , 447 ; allowed , 439 . Liberal , none . Number of voters added to the roll , 23 ; struck off 430 .
Cur of Lokdos Sham . Debts * Court . — The * Sheriff ' s Court , Lnndon , ' as it is styled in the Act for the recovery of debt under £ 20 is new open for the first time , at the Queen ' s Bench Court , Guildhall . Bef ire Mr Commissioner Bollock , the judge appointed under the Statute . On the learned judge taking his seat on tbe Bench , Mr Buchanan called the attention of the court to certain clauses of the
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Act . which in his opinion empowered none but barristersand attorneys , or the accredited representatives of landlords , to appear in the support or defence ofoauses . Mr Rces . whoappeared aa the eferkora large firm . whow . d « u ^ iu » , are , | mnMpally-wlthtM lower orders , said tbat this question had lately been mooted at most of the county courts . It was evident that clerks to solicitors could not represent their principles , bat it was apparent that the judge could give permission to respectable parties to represent their friends or others who were prevented obeying thesummons of the Court . The learned judge said that , with the exception of some peculiar cases , it was not his intention to tolerate ' agency . ' This was a general rule ; but there were instances where he aheald allow suitors to be represented . Mr Reet maintained his position , that a suitor ia the Court , favnermission of theiudee . could be heard by his
representative . The 56 th , 62 nd , 75 th , and 125 th clauses of the Act were quoted during the argument . The clauses adjudicated on possessed no feature ot any public interest , and the Court adjourned till that day week . The National Dbbt . —The Gosetle announces that the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty sTreasury having certified to the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt , in pursuance of tbe Act lOifl Geo . IV ., c . 27 , sec . 1 , that the actuallexpenditnw of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland exceeded the actual revenue thereof , lor the vear ended the 5 th day of July , 1847 , by the sum
of £ 143 , 39233 Id , the Commissioners for theireduction of the National Uebfc hereby give nrtice , that no sum will be applied by them on account of the sinkinn fund , under . the provisions of the said act , between the 12 th day of October . 1847 . and the 5 th day of January , 1848 .-S . Hioham , Comptroller General .-National Debtoffice , Oct . 12 , 1847 .
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WBSTUOREUIU ) . Railway Accident . —A serious casualty occurred on Monday , about mid-day , on the Lancaster and Carlisle line , close to the Milnthorp station , about seven miles from Kendal . A luggage train from the south was standing at the station on the down line , when a train laden with cattle , drawn by two engine ? , came up at a rapid rate , and' before warning could be given ran into the luggage train , throwing over and smashing the engine , and forcing it some yards off the line . One of the engines of the cattle train was also very much damaged , and the stoker . so seriously injured , that hedied shortly after . Three other men connected with the trains were severely , but it is thought not fatally , hurt . Fourteen of the bullocks were killed upon the spot , and lay
amonc the rains of the tracks in a dreadfully mangled condition . The line presented a sad spectacle , and was completely obstructed for some hours , so that two of the trains , both from the north and south , had there to exchange passengers , and turn back again . It is almost Impossible to guess who are tfie parties to blame . Tbe driver of the cattle train states that no signal was hoisted to warn him that a train was upon the upline ; and the stationmaster states that it was properly hoisted . It is said that this lugeage train was not in its proper place at the time of the collision , bat ought to have beea ' shunted , ' so that the line would have been clear . The passenger train from the south came up to the spot immediately after the accident . Had it arrived a very short time before , the most serious consequences might have ensued . It was said that this affair would cost the company at least £ 2 . 000 .
CtWBERLAKD . The Recent Murder—Death of thb Murderer . —We last week gave the particulars of the inquest upor the body of Mary Hanlin , the wife of Peter Hardin , a travelling potter , who died from certain wounds inflicted on her head by her husband , on Saturday , the 25 th of September . The proceedings , be f ore the coroner , at Carlisle , were not concluded till Friday afternoon , when a verdict of * Wilful Murder * was returned against Hanlin . He was at that time in gaol suffering severely from erysipelas , produced by a blow which , it was believed , had been given to him by Charles M'Minnis , in a scuffle to
ascertain which was 'the better man . ' The symptoms gradually assumed a more dangerous form , and terminated fatally at twelve o ' clock on Saturday—just within a week of his wife ' s death . We now subjoin the conclusion / of the inquest on Mary Hanlin ' s body . The room was cleared , and after a consultation of about ten minutes , the jury returned a verdict to the effect * that Mary Hanlin died from effusion of blood on the brain , in consequence of injuries inflicted on her head by Peter Hanlin , and tbat they found the said Peter Hanlin guilty of Wilful Murder . ' The pritoner was then committed to gaol for trial on the coroner ' s warrant .
DURHAM . ExTSHsivEFoRGBsrasATSuKDERLAHD . —The 'Newcastle Guardian * says : —Great sensation has been occasioned in this borough during the present week by a report , wbich has unfortunately proved correct , that Mr J . Humble , a share and ship broker , in a firm , recently dissolved , bas committed forgeries to a great amount and decamped . Our correspondent states that three or four bills for £ 1 , 000 each have been discounted at Sunderland , which the supposed acceptors have pronounced to be forgeries ; and it is rumonred that there are forged bills to the extent of £ 10 , 000 , bnt probably on this point it may be found that there is some exaggeration . Mr Humble is a
young man , respectably connected , and , we believe , engaged extensively io speculation daring tbe railway mania . The 'Durham Chronicle' gives a circumstantial account of the parties who have been defrauded by Humble , and who , we may state generally , are bis relatives . It adds - . —There is too much reason to fear that Humble , who is quite a young man , had got some unfortunate connexions with swindlers at a distance , who were victimising and goading him to his ruin . * * * A warrant has been granted for Humble ' s apprehension ; but there is not much probability of his being caught , as he has gone about a week . It is supposed he has sailed for Monte Video .
iUJCASIIIEE , BnotOHTOS Old Haix , near Manchester , was partly destroyed by fire on Saturday morning , and damage was done to the extent of nearly £ 1 , 000 . It was , within a few years ago , the seat of the late Rev . Wm . Clowes , and on his brother Col . Clowes , the present owner , coming into possession , be removed the furniture for the purpose ef subjecting the building to some extensive alterations . Owing to this circumstance the loss has been trifling compared with what it wonld have been if the hall had been occupied by the family . The hall is situated about two miles from Manchester , and the alarm did not reach the police till some considerable time had been lost . The fire was entirely subdued in less than two hours , after destroying a large portion of the roof and of the cupola over the south front , besides
the upper part of the grand staircase . As the walls and ceilings were in the course of receiving embellishments they als 9 suffered much injury from both fire and water . The enly tenants of the hall were three grooms , occupying the upper sleeping rooms , and they were awoke by a suffocating sensation arising from the smoke . They tried to make their way down stairs by the principal staircase , but finding egress tbat way cnt off , they escaped by the windows upon some scaffolding erected by the bricklayers , and from thence descended by ladders which had been left reared against the scaffolding . The origin of the disaster is attributed to the joiners on the previous night having left a very hot fire in one of the rooms , which had ignited some pegs , the ends of which in one direction communicated with the flues , and in the other with the skirting boards of the room .
The Ecufse . —The wet , cloudy , and hazy weather which prevailed throughout the greater part of last week , caused a very general apprehension that those who wished to observe the eclipse on Saturday morning would be disappointed . In this r-eighbonrhood , however , the morning was exceedingly propitious , the atmosphere was dear and unclouded , and the transit of our satellite across the sun ' s disc was observed from the momentwhen the luminary appeared above tbe horizon to the termination of the eclipse . The Welsh in Manchester and Liverpool . —In Liverpool , there are at present from 40000 to 50 , 000 Welsh , who are almost all Dissenters . The numerous meeting-houses are crowded to overflowing whilst the only Welsh church in Liverpool is almost deserted . Iu Manchester the Welsh have no church to resort to , but thousands of the Welsh residing there attend dissenting places of worship , where they hear instruction in their own native tongue .
The Oldham Barking Company is understood to have made a proposal for winding up its affairs , on Saturday , to one of tbe larger concerns in the neighbourhood , and on Monday , at Manchester , the news was curreutthat it had stopped payment . The statement did not create much sensation , it being known to have done but a limited business . The company was formed in 1836 , when there were about fifty partners ; but , according to the returns published in February last , the list contained bnt 33 names . The bank had no branches , and the capital is said not to have exceeded £ 20 , 000 . The immediate cause of stoppage ia understood to have been tbat they held bills to some considerable amount of De Jersey and Co . ' s upon John Thomas , son , and Leferre .
YORKSHIRE . IacBNDiARt Fire at Cut Wheels . —It is again our painful duty to record one of those fires which there appears every reason to regard as having originated in an incendiary act . It took place at what are known as the Clay Wheels , about three miles from Sheffield , near Wadsley Bridge , and situated on the river Don . The property belongs to H . M . Greaves , Esq ., and consists of four rooms , all on the ground floor , and which are let out to edge tool , table blade , and file grinders . A fatal Case of Pohosino , with Prussic acid it is conjectured , has created no trifling sensation in Sheffield . To * subjoined particulars have been
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gathered from the evidenoe taken at the coroner ' s inquiry . The de ceased was a lad named John Smith , and was emp loyed at the neighbouringipifof'Messrs Chambers ,.. Newton ^ d ^^ fa ^ heFlt ^^ tfrBa « Tankerale . On Tuesday evening ; between fire and six o ' clock , he returned home , ' and without asking permission ef his mother , drank nearly the whole of the contents of a cup which stood on a table ,- no doubt being tempted by the smell . His little sister , scarcely two years of age , then swallowed . what remained of the liquor . Immediately afterwards the lad fell on the floor and was seized with a violent fit . The little girl evinced similar symptoms , though of a lesser degree . Mr , Campbell , surgeon , was instantly sent for , but by the
time he had arrived the youth had expired . The girl was suffering considerably , and for some time her recovery was deemed doubtful . It appeared from the statement of the mother of the deceased , that she had for several weeks past been an out-door patient of the Sheffield General Infirmary , and it was usual for the medicine to be supplied her in a bottle . On the day in question she took a bottle with her to the Infirmary . On handing it in it was returned to her empty , and a parcel of medicine in another form was furnished her . On her way home she called at a public house on the road leading to the Infirmary , and there purchased sixpenny worth of gin and peppermint ; the sign of the house , however , she did not remember . She took a sip of it in the
house , and the remainder she put into the medicine bottle . On reaching home she poured a small portion into a cup , which sbe intended to drink . She placed the cup en the table , when the deceased came in , and without asking her sanction took it up and swallowed tbe contents . —Mr Campbell , the surgeon , in answer to the coroner , stated that from the strong and peculiar smell of the small quantity of the liquor left in the bottle , he was of opinion it contained prussic acid . He had neither , however , made a post mortem examination of the body , nor tested the contests of the bottle , therefore Le could not speak with certainty on the subject . — The coroner adjourned the investigation , and directed the mother of the deceased to meet bim on the following day to point out the house where she procured the spirit .
STAFFORDSHIRE . Ait Explosion of Gas , attended with fatal consequences , occurred in tbe church at Walsall on Sunday night , shortly after the termination of the service , and before the whole of the congregation had departed . For some time previously an escape of gas had been remarked , and on this night the beadle incautiously proceeded to examine the churchwarden ' s pew , from which it was supposed to proceed , having in his hand a lighted candle . He bad scarcely entered before a tremendous explosion took placethe pews were torn up , the fragments of timber scattered in all directions , and . the poor man was killed en the spot , his body having been mangled in a frightful manner . Fortunately no other person was injured .
SUFFOLK . Ah Attempt to Murder was made at Ipswich a few days ago . The person charged with the ( . ffence is John Nunn . a hawker of fish , residing in Hayward's-yard , Upper Orwell-street . It appears that he went home under the influence of drink , and commenced a quarrel with his wife ; at the same time ordering her to provide him instantly with supper . The woman accordingly cooked him seme food , to wbich he sat down , when a further altercation took place , the result of which was that Nunn rose from his seat and followed his wife to the door . Before she could obtain assistance , with the knife he had beep using at table hestabbed her in the neck . He was brought before the mayor , and remanded for further examination . No fatal results are anticipated ; but for the fact of tbe woman having drawn back her head at the time of the assault , there can be no doubt that the wound would have been fatal .
berkshire . Accident oh the Grbat Wbstbbk Railway . —As one of the porters attached to the Reading station was on Friday crossing the line with a box heavily laden on his back , be observed the train coming up , which he endeavoured to escape , by passing , as he imagined , to the line different from the one the train was traversing ; but , instead of so doing , he took the line on which the train was . and was struck , it is supposed , by the buffer of the engine , which came in contact with the box he was carrying . The box was driven forward upwards of thirty yards , and the train passed over both his legs . The unfortunate man was carried to the Reading Infirmary , where it was found necessary to amputate both his feet above the ankles . Although he is in a very precarious state , hopes are entertained of his recovery .
SURREY . Sixoclar Death . —An inquest was held by Mr W . Carter , at the Black Lion , Kingston , on Saturday evening , on the body of Edward Waller , aged fifteen . Sarah Wood , the first witness , deposed that on Wednesday evening she was in ber own house , when she heard his father say , Here are pretty doings ; " and , at the same time , there was the sound of blows . She went across , and saw the deceased lad who appeared to be very drunk , and his father . The latter had a small stick in his band , and struck deceased with it once or twice , but not violently . The father of the deceased said that he had been brought home drunk ; and almost at the same mo . ment the deceased ' s younger brother was also led
home in a similar condition . She did not see the deceased any more until the next morning , when she found he was dead . —By the Coroner : —The blows given by the father with the stick were not at all violent enes , and conld not have inflicted any injury upon the deceased . He appeared iu a helpless state of intoxication . —Martha Waller , a sister of the deceased , deposed to his being brought home in the state described ; and she said tbat after her father had struck him two or three blows he desisted , and sbe then undid the deceased ' s shirt-collar and laid him on the floor , where he went to steep almost immediately . She looked at him several times during the night ; he always appeared in a profound sleep , and she thought it was better not to disturb him .
On the following morning one of his companions came to call him to go to work , and , on his raising his head , he gave a deep sigh and immediately expired . The witness added that her other brother was almost as drunk as the deceased , but he vomited , and brought a quantity of brandy off his stomach . —The coroner asked the witness why she did not send for a medical man?—She replied that she did not think there was any danger , and she considered it the best thing to let her brother sleep away the effect of the liquor . —The coroner remarked that this was a very erroneous idea , and he said tbat if the doctor had been called in the life of the deceased would , in all probability , have been saved . —Thos .
Waller , the brother of the deceased , was next examined . It appeared , front his statement , tbat as an omnibus * as passing through Kingston a large stone bottle , full of brandy , fell from the rosf and was broken , and the spirit ran into the gutter . The deceased , himself , and some other boys , stooped down and scooped up the liquor with their hands , and continued drinking it till he and his brother became quite drank , and he did not know what further happened . He could not give any idea of what quantity of spirit his brother drank . —The coroner having addressed a few remarks to tbe jury upon the peculiar nature of tbe case , they returned a verdict that' thedeceased died of apoplexy occasioned by . drinking an immoderate quantity of brandy . '
SUSSEX . Collision on the London and Brighton Railway . —A collision of a fearful character between two passenger trains occurred on Saturday morning last , on the London and Brighton Railway , by which several passengers were seriously injured , among whom may be mentioned Mr Wyon , the medallionist , to the Royal Mint , and Mr Driver , the land-surveyor of Parliament-street . It occurred soon after nine o ' clock , at the junction of the Keymer branch line , situate between Hayward ' s Heath and Hassock's Gate stations , and about nine miles from Brighton . The trains that met with the disaster were the first down , or parliamentary train , and the morning express train from Hastings , the former leaving London
Bridge terminus at seven a . m ., and the latter , Hastings , at twenty minutes past seven . At the junction the com pany have placed a code of signals , and the instructions were exceedingly explicit as to trains passing from the branch on to the main line . Both the trains are due at that point near the same time , and the custom is to signal the down parliamentary train to wait until the express has passed over . It appears , in this instance , that when the parliamentary approached the junction the signal was ! given that all was clear , and to go on , and it did so at the usual speed . On nearing the pointy however , the engine-driver perceived the express coming up , tbe driver of the engine of wbich also laboured under the same impression as to the signal indicating all
clear . The moment they saw their dangerous position the steam was shut off . Unfortunatel y neither of the trains could he stopped in time to prevent the lamentable consequences , and at themomentofthe express crossing the junction it was cut in two by the engine of the parliamentary down train . The crash was tremendous , and the consternation and terror that prevailed amongst the passengers was shockingly painful . From the fact of several of the carriages being partially demolished , and others turned on their end , a belief was entertained that several of the passengers had beenjrilted . Many of the passengers escaped from the . carriages as they could , bleeding from wounds in various parts of
their bodies , as soon as practicable the guards proteeded to make a careful search of the carriages , and happily ascertained that no life had been lost , although most of the passengers were more or less injured . To those more seriously hurt than the rest medical aid was promptly obtained , and as soon aa the trains were extricated , which occupied nearly two hours , they were forwarded to Brighton . The accident is to be attributed , in the first place , to tho down-train being behind time ; the second , and the more immediate cause was , the inefficiency of the tender-brake . How this inefficiency arose we are unable to state ; but it is somewhat surprising , as the engine was a new one . It was made bv Haughter and Co ., of Bristol , and the principle
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ofapplyingthe . brakes on their engines of that kind « , we are informed , somewhat different to tbat ordinarily in-ustf ; _ ^ --- ; ,,.- -.-. --. --- ^ ssKS ^ HAifiPMnms ""' -- " ---""" SSmm at WstrniL Filfl .-During the temporary absence of the shepherds en Saturday , some persons drewed as sheep-drovers went to the pens , containing 102 wether and ewe lambs , the property of Mr R . B . Hart , of Wishford , near Salisbury , and drove them away . Up to Monday the stolen sheep had not been traced . , i xmxi
Outrage at Chatham . -Terenee Cook and Edward Price , privates in the 63 rd regiment , and William Berwick , a sailor , were brought before the county magistrates , at Rochester , together with William Carson , William Armstrong and Angus M'Lean , Ro yal Marines , captured since the examination of the first three prisoners . The charge against them was for an offence of frequent occurrence lately in the nei ghbourhood of Chatham . The prisoners forced an entrance into tbe White Lion public house in that town , and broke a quantity of glass . Being ultimately expelled from the premises , they threw heavy stones throagh the chamber window in which the wife of the landlord was lying , in bed , not having
recovered from her recent confinement . One of the missiles , weighing seven or eight pounds , struck the bedpost * and drove the landlady , with her infant , to a closet for shelter . All the prisoners were found guilty , and as Captain Barker , the presiding magistrate , observed , there were different degrees of guilt , so the court would award different degrees of punishment * The judgment , therefore , was that Cook and Price pay a penalty of 40 s ., and lis . 6 d . costs each , or to be committed to the House of Correction for two calendar months ; Carson , Armstrong , and M'Lean |? ls . 6 d . each , or twenty-one days' imprisonment ; and Berwick 16 s . 6 d ., or fourteen days' imprisonment . All the prisoners were removed in custody . *
GOBRHBEY . Fatal Accidbht . —On Wednesday last a melancholy event occured at the neighbouring island of Jethou , where Mr Edward Marshal Harris , eldest son of Mrs Harris , of Marshall's Royal Tatch Club Hotel , in this island , was suddenly deprived of life through the accidental discharge of bis . gun . Mr Harris had gone to Jethou in company with Mr Jas . M'Culloch , jun ., forthe purpose of rabbit shooting . In the course of the afternoon these two gentlemen , and two attendants , were standing on some uneven ground watching some rabbit-holes into which ferrets had been sent , when , it , is believed , Mr Harris ' s foot slipped , and that in endeavouring to keep himself
from falling , be must have struck the but end of his guu on the . ground or against some object , when the piece exploded , and lodged the whol j of its contents in his abdomen , producing instantaneous death . Mr M'Cullochand the two attendants , who were but a few-perches from the deceased , hearing the discharge , aad apprehending some accident , immediately ran to the spot where Mr . Harris had fallen , and found him a corpse . In the course of the afternoon a boat , which was seen passing Jethou , was hailed , and the remains of the deceased being embarked in it , were brought to the residence of his bereaved and afflicted mother . Air Harris , who was in his 20 th year , was highly esteemed , and his melancholy end is deeply regretted by all who knew him .
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Great Flood Ik Ibb Tat. After A Drought ...
GREAT FLOOD IK IBB TAT . After a drought of ten months , a tremendous sterm of rain bas viss ' ed this part of the country . The millers thought that it would require a week ' s heavy rain to give them water in quantity to keep their machinery in full operation . Two days have proved more than sufficient for their purpose , as tbe whole of the mills in this neighbourhood have been stopped with the flood . So heavy and so general has been the rain , and the Tay is now at a height which every one , even octogenarians , say has not been equalled in their day . ' In 1815 there was a
greater portion of the town under water , but that was caused by tbe bridge being partially closed with large blocks of ice . Never , it is thought , has the same quantity of water been in the river ; since Sunday morning it has risen sixteen feet perpendicular . Those acquainted with this locality will have some idea of the effects of a rise to this extent from the following facts : —The two Inches are wholly covered , the water being over the parapet walls between the one on the north of the town and Rose Terrace . In the shops in North Port and west end orCiutfe Cable , and all the places upon the same level , the depth is about five feet . The Edinburgh * road , which passes through the South Inch , being raised two er three feet above its level , is yet
passable , although it also is partially , covered . The damage up the country must be fearful . The contractors for the bridges across the Almond and Tay , now constructing for the Midland Railway , must be large losers , as the quantity of wrought timber which bas floated past the town is immense . A great number of men have been employed the whole day in catching it in its progress towards the sea , and they certainly have been very successful ; but with all their exertions , what they have brought ashore is not a tithe of what passed them . Carcases of sheep and cattle , trees , stacks , apparently in as good order as they stood in the stack-yard , have all been observed in tbe course of the day in their progress seaward . It is also reported that a great number of Memel logs
that were to be used by the Dundee Railway Company in erecting the bridge across the Tay , have been floated off Moncreiff island . One good effect of the flood will be to show the engineers what they will have to provide against in the construction of their bridges ; a number of practical men thought that they were not enough alive to tbe importance ofbaving tbemofthe most substantial description . The water continues rising , and no appearance of it commencing to subside . Parts of the town which it was thought . would be safe from all inundation are getting under water by the bursting of the
common sewers . The sunk flats in Rose terrace and Barrossa-place are now nearly filled to the ceiling . The Blair Athoil coach , which should have reached this forenoon , has not yet arrived . It is supposed some of the bridges must have fallen . . The Aberfeldy evening coach came about . an hour after her usual time . Some parts of the road were so flooded that the water covered the seats inside . It is reported that the whole of the scaffolding erected for throwing the arches of the bridge across the Tay , at Einelaven , has been swept away , and that one of the piers has gone along with it . A person rays that , among other things observed floating past , was the carcase of ahorse , saddled and bridled .
ABEBDEBKSHIBE . Auerdbbs . —¦ Extraordinary Birth . —On Sunday last the wife of an industrious man , a patient of the dispensary , residing in Park-street , with a family of six young children , was taken in premature labour during an attack of fever , and was safely delivered , within an haur , of three boys , all of whom died in a very short time . The mother is doing well , the fever having been immediately cut short on the birth of the infants .
WICK . Shipwreck at Keiss . —Information reached Wick on Thursday morning that a large brig had been driven ashore in the neighbourhood of the old castle of Keiss , a distance of eight miles to the northward of this place . As it was reported that the men were clinging to the wreck , and as there was a strong gale from the E . S . E ., accompanied by a tremendous sea , the utmost fears were excited for their safety . On reaching the spot , the brig was found lying at a small distance to the northward of the old oastle , the sea
dashing against her with fearful violence . A large crowd of persons had assembled , many of them from Wick , to render a-sistance to the poor fellows who were placed in such imminent danger . Mr Brernner , civil engineer , had previously arrived , and had , as usual , been exerting himself to rescue tho crew , A rope communication had been effected between the vessel and the shore , and by means of a sliding apparatus , similar to that of Manby , preparations were being made to take the crew ashore . This , we have great pleasure in stating , was accomplished in the most efticitnt manner . The first who was
conveyed to land was an old man , Lowson by name , belonging to Dundee , who had been washed from the rigging , and was so exhausted that the crew had to tie him into the cradle . On being landed he and the others were conveyed to the hospitable abode of Mr Iverach , where every attention was paid to them . The poor old man soon after died . The rest of the crew soon recovered their exhaustion . The vessel is the Warrior of Montrose , Captain Mearns , from Riga to Liverpool , with a cargo of railway sleepers , and is likely to become a total wreck . It is understood that both ship and cargo are insured .
LANARKSHIRE . GtASOOW . —HORRIDLE TbBATMEKT OF A WlPB BV her Husband . —Mrs Fry , the unfortunate woman who was confined for several months in a baok closet by her husband , died last week in the Town ' s Hospital . It was arranged that the interment should take place on Sunday , at three o ' clock ; and , a little before that hour , the husband of the deceased and a few friends arrived at the hospital , in two mourning coaches , to attend the remains to the grave-yard . About the same time , however , orders were received from the Procurator-Fiscal to delay the interment until the body of the deceased underwent a medical examination . Drs Easton and Macgregorwereap « pointed to discharge this duty ; bnt owing to the
secrecy in which all such inquiries are conducted , in Scotland , it is impossible to ascertain the particulars of this investigation , or of the previous one which was instituted on this painful case . Great surprise was manifested at the liberation of Fry on a paltry bail-bond oi £ 15 ; and the decease of the unfortunate woman has increased that feeline to a very uneasy extent . Unless some circumstance transpired in the course of the examinations which tw » w r-ll an ent , rel y , - ifferent complexion from that which it has assumed in the eyes of the public the acceptance of bail for any amount , andespS ft for the small sum of £ 15 , is certainly a very extraffKSKS * V ? ' ^ ch ' wiKnxSy the stepswhicb the woman ' s death and the post morto examinationmayinduee thecrownsgcaifiiotake .
Thb Latb Riors .-The proceedings of Saturday evening the , 25 thjilt .. lcontinue to ' owupy attentiob . The labour at the railway works proceeds peaceably . A large proportion of the workmen , have wen paid off and have now left the district . Nothing « " » transpired respeotingthe proceedings inTweeqmoutn calculated to give any additional information as to the ^ conduct of the individuals who took a part therein , and the general opinion seems to be that nothing more can be ascertained . Thie ' inqniryinto the death of Patrick Cavanagh , who received injuries on the occasion which caused his death three days afterwards , has occupied the coroner ' s jury over several meetings . They met on Thursday , Friday
and Monday nights , and at present the inquiry stands adjourned till Friday next week . The magistrates have in the course of the week been engaged in inquiring into tbe riots which took place in this . town on tbe same evening , and which appeal to have been quite distinct and unconnected with the disturbances in Tweedmoutb , and seem to have arisen from an attack upon the railway labourers and other strangers , by parties belonging to the town . On Monday and Tuesday the magistrates were engaged inquiring into a charge of riot , preferred against the following persons , most of whom were brought from the jail , having been apprehended and lodged there in the course of the two previous davg—namely : Andrew Givens , Robert Macfarlane ,
John Macfarlane , Robert Somerville , jun ., John Burns , Hindhaugh , Robert Lyle , James Lyons , William Young , Peter Donaldson , Archibald Johnston , Ralph Knox and Mary Knox . The defendants are all inhabitants of the town , and with the exception of the two last appear under 30 years of age ; Archibald Johnston is only W . The charge against them was of tumnltnously assaulting , or by their presence aidingan assault on the evening of Thursday , the 23 rd ult ., on a house in Wallace's-green , the property of Mr Johnson How , and occupied , as tenant , by one John Kaynes . There were in the house at the time of the assault eight or-ten , ' lodgers , strangers travelling . The assault appeared directed against tha nncMovins tenant for having , as was asserted ,
taken the house over the head of the previous tenant ; and was committed by throwing stones and other missiles ' into the house upon the inmates , whereby the door and other parts of the house were broken , and the inmates placed in bodily fear , so much bo , that ( with the exception of two men , who concealed themselves all night underneath a bed ) they sought safety in flight . After hearing evidence the magistrates committed the parlies , with the exception of Hindhaugh , Burns , and Lyons , to take their trial at tho ensuing sessions . Mary Knox was liberated on bail , and the other defendants were sent to prison . to wait their trial . The magistrates again met on Wednesday . to inquire into a second charge preferred against the greater portion of the persons committed for trial the previous day : this the
was for the tumult and riot on Saturday evening , 25 th ult ., which took place jn Chapel-street and in Wallace ' s-greenrThis charge was preferred against Rober t Macfarlane , Robert Somerville , jun ., Robert Lisle , Peter Donaldson , Archibald Johnston , Andrew Givens , William Young , and Ralph Knox . After hearing ' evidence the { further inquiry was adjourned till Saturday . Mr White attended the meetings and examined the witnesses in support of the charges . It may here be remarked , that of the 13 persons charged with the riotous proceedings not one could sign his or her name , a circumstance very discreditable to tbe education of the town . Peter Hagan was charged with bein ^ one ' of the rioters at Mr Morris's yard in Tweedmouth on the night of , 'the 25 th ult . The charge was afterwards abandoned , and the accused was dismissed ;
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Tenant-Bight Movement. The ' Central Ten...
TENANT-BIGHT MOVEMENT . The ' Central Tenant League of Ireland' held a meeting on Sunday , at the League Hall , in Thurles , county of Tipperary , 'for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to grant extensive measures of relief to the tenants of Ireland . ' The members of this League , it appears , repudiate all connection with the recent Hplycross meeting . Great exertions are made to get up a tenant league movement in the county of Waterford . A meeting is to be held in Kiimactbomas , on the 24 th inst ., ' to secure the rights of the occupying tenant , with due regard to the just rights Of tho landlord . ' It is worthy of note , that the names sf upwards Of fifty Roman Catholic clergymen are appended to the requisition . Mr Shaman Crawford is to he entertained at a public dinner by the tenant-farmers of the county of Cork . The Cork Examiner says : —
The honourable gentleman is now here on a visit to his ion , who is discharging the dutiasof his office in connection with the administration of the poor-law , and to tbe satisfaction of alt parties . Mr Crawford will remain iu this locality for a week . It is his intention te visit the several districts ot this country where distress prevails , and which have given a remarkable notoriety to the local history of Cork destitution .
INCREASE OF DESTITUTION—POOR AATEB . From the southern districts along the coast there arc most afflicting accounts of destitution . Bantry , Skull , Kenmore , and Dingle are becoming quite as miserable as they had been during the general famine . There are local circumstances that greatly aggravate the distress in those places , and the opposition given to the poor-rate delays anything in the shape of remedy in some of the districts . At Skull , where a sixth ef the entire population died off last year , numbers of the . poor are now subsisting on cabbages and turnip-tops , and consider themselves fortunate in being able to procure this resource against starvation .
In Bantry Union the destitution is nearly as severe , but the poor-law guardians appear to be acting ia a most heartless manner . The following report is a striking illustration of the obstacles thrown in the way of the poor-law , manifestly for the purpose of securing the rents of the landlords : — Bantbt Vm < m . —k numerous meetiag assembled in tbe board-room on Tneiday , Samuel Hutchins , Esq ., J . P ., in the chair , for the purpose of deciding the now universally debated proposition of complying with the requirements of the commisiioneu , of striking the 3 s . rate , a compliance with which has been insisted on by them , In this union , as in others , upon pain of removal . There were also to be beard , and decided upon , a great number of claims for admission , on the part of paupers
who had come from the remote western districts ot Herehaven , Kilcaterine , and other yet more distant localities , The day was occupied to a late hoar in hearing these cases . It appeared that in the middle of the night oi tbe previous Saturday , between 200 and 300 squalid , miserable creatures had been landed in Bantry , from boats , which had conveyed them there from Berehaven . The Rav . Ur Freeman , R . C . C ., was immediately called up , and , owing to his charitable exertions , lodgment was procured for somo amongst them , whilst others were obliged to pass the night in the open street , without either food or shelter , When these people applied for admission into the workhouse on the following morning ,
the master declared tbnt he conld enly admit 100 out of the number , even though all the applicants should be entitled , by the orders otthe guardians , to be received . Temporary relief , in the way of food , was then applied for them , by tbe Rev . Mr Freeman , from some of the guardians , when it was found that the poorhoase was so badly supplied as to be unable to furnish it , and the supplying of those starting , naked , perishing creatures , with even one meal , devolved upos the Rev . Mr Freeman ( but chargeable , we believe , on the funds of the union ) . The following paragraphs , touching the state of thecountry , are from the Limerick Chronicle , received On Wednesday : —
Friday night a large stack of wheat , the property of Sir Thos . B . Dancer , near Claaghjordftn , W 88 pulled , and a large quantity of the wheat taken off . One hnu . dred yards of fine potato-drills , the property of Thomas Barnes , Esq ., t » ero polled on Friday night . Thursday night last , the house of a poor man , named James Gleeson , of Ballyhasty , within half a mile of CloBgbjordan , was set on fire by an incendiary , and were it not that his wife perceived the flames issuing through the roof , the family would have been burned to ashes . On the same night a house belonging to a man of the name of Bolton was maliciously set on fire and consumed , A man named Timothy Hanly , care-taker to Hon . Mrs Otway Cave , was shot dead on Thursday night , in bis bedroom , la one of the out offices at Castle ( Way Tipperary . '
Mr Gubbins , of Kenmare Castle , placed two keepers over tho crop of a tenant nsmed Carroll , near Hospital , who owed orer two years' rent , and was malting off the crops by night . The keepers were walking on the road a little after six o ' clock , when two shots were fired at them from inside the ditch ; one of them received a bullst in the back part of the head , which has been ex » traeted , and there are aaw hopes of his recovery—the second man escaped , a ball baring passed through the skirts of his coat . The keepers returned the fire but with what effect is unknown . ' MrR . Young , of Clpnsingle , near Newport , distrained seme corn for rent on Wednesday , and prepared to sell but was deterred by a multitude of countrymen arnud ' who kept firing shots during the night , to deter any per ! son buying theproeuce .
It is said that one of the first measures proposed by the ministry , on the assembling of the new ParlK Maber , M . P at the Cashel meetin g—namely to make the possession of arms bv unlicensed nersiim an indictable offence . Mr Maber , ttJSSSpSSto * hat are called' Arras Bills , ' is of opinion thai ^ offensive weapons ,, and more especially firearms are too generally held by the peasantry . How far Mr Mahers proposition is practicable—to say nothing oi the gross violation of constitutional principle which it involves-wM probably be fully discussed hereaUer ; but it is clear from the reception given to it by Lords Suirdule , Glengall , Hawarden , and others , that it found great favour with the Tipperary gentry . The Quarter Sessions Justices invariably refused to register the arms of the small farmers under the Arms Bill ; ' and to that fact may , in a great measure be attributed the indiscriminate
Tenant-Bight Movement. The ' Central Ten...
arming of the peasantry , on the « P » r » tion of tD 8 j unconstitutional measure . Should Mr Manor ' s sag . gestion be adopted , it is more than likely , the power of granting and refusing licenses would be . committed to the same hands , in which case the new system of licence would be as much abused as the old system of rezistration . _ : _ .. « S tVit % n « , nntm nn tnfl fiXMfStlOn ftf VV . »
SHOCKING ACOIDBNT . TheNeuiry Telegra ph . announces the partial deg . truction of Liscannon Castle , by gunpowder , and the death of Mrs Macartney , the wife of the owner . From all tbatcan be learned of this terrible event , it appears that Mr Macartney had , m one of his eel . Jar / a number of casks of gunpowder , for the use of the yeomanry , in which he held a commission . H was examinin g the powder , under thei impression that it had caught damp , and had left Mrs Macart . ney with a lighted candle in the vault or passage containing the gunpowder , until he could examine it outside . By what means the casualty , took place may never lie known ; but he had scaroely left tha castle when a tremendous explosion occurred , which blew out the whole frontage of the mansion , and ia . stantaneously deprived Mrs Macartney of life . Mrs Macartnev was a member of the F'Jgate , f ? m « Iy , of
Filgate Lodge , Balbriggan . We have : heard , from a friend , that the body was absolutely blownjinto fragments . By her decease , it is said , £ 5 , 000 a-yeap passes from the Macartney family .
Attempt Of Twenty.Six Convicts To Break ...
ATTEMPT OF TWENTY . SIX CONVICTS TO BREAK OUT OF MARYBOROUGH GAOL . On Thursday week , about half-past five o ' clock In the evening . twenty . six prisoners , under sentence of trans , portation , endeavoured to effect their escape from tbe gaol of Maryborough . The following are the circumstances connected with the attempt *—It seems that several prisoners were returning to their respective yards from school , when those belonging to Ho . 3 clan , twenty . sixin number , seized their turakey , deprlredhim of the key , and then locked him up to the washroom . Another turnkey , who came Into the ward at the time , was alee locked up . The prisoners , who were all con . victs , armed themselves with stone hammers , and two of them inserted a couple of shoemakers' knires on long
poles , so as to render them available like pikes , Hav . inj ? opened the gate of their claw , they proceeded to th * adjoining one . Ne . 2 . in which was the prison fbige . Here th « y potseised themselves of the hammers of ( he smithy , and sallied down towards the visiting * atea » masse . The governor ( Mr Wilson ) happening to perceire them , rushed through them and reached the gate , when about one . half of them bad passed it . He , after a struggle , succeededln shutting the gate , when oae of the party inside aimed , through the bars , a blow of the hammer at his h ^ ad , wbich cut the leaf of his hat , and at the same time shattered tbe hand of another convict , who was striving to force the gate . The gate being locked , those inside retired , as if to their class , bat ia reality with intention te release the prisoners of tbe other
classes . The party that had passed the visitors' gate now rushed towards tbat which communicates with the porter ' s lodge and the residence of the deputy governor . Among these were James Billon , charged with marder , but sentenced to ten years' transportation for cow stealing ; the three men under sentence for tbe attack on Mr Cullen ' s house , near Mouutrath ; and John O ' Brien , under sentence for bulglary at Manny , near Stradbaily ; The turnkey , Henry Dawson , who was going his rounds at the time , ran to the alarm-bell , when he saw the prisoners , but one of them caught his hands , and attempted to brain him with a stone-hammer . Having extricated himself from the fellow's grasp he ran to the gate where Dillon was smashing at tbe lock with a heavy sledge , and another man ready to plunge tbe long knife on tbe pole through the bars . At this juncture the gate-keeper Thomas Pratt , came out with a gun , and discharged it at Dillon , when he and bis party fell back for a moment or two : hot no wound being inflicted they returned
tothe attack , In the meantime Mr Lewis , the deputy governor , handed Henry Davis a guu with afiied bayonet through the bars , and proceeded to load other fire-arms for himself and Pratt . Dawson next presented his gun at Dillon , bnt misfired . Dillon flung by the sledge and took to his heels , while O'Brien rushed in on Dawsou with Intent to disarm bim . While attempting to do so the latter stabbed him three times with tbe bayonet . This so disheartened the desperadoes that Dillon called thera off , saying at the same time it was ' no go . ' In the meantime the governor had all the other turnkeys collected , and succeeded in getting itbe prisoners into their classes . They were subsequently placed in irons . O'Brien ' s wounds were dressed by Dr Jacob . Tbey are not mortal ; and though labouring under acute pain , he swears he will not leave the prltou until he has some person ' s life . The whole occurrence did not occupy more than eight minutes . The Sheriff investigated the ease , and is of epinion tbat no blame can be attached to any of the officers of the prison .
Murder Of A Wife By Her Husband. Birming...
MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND . Birmingham—One of the most atrocious murders wbich has beeu committed in this tewn for many years past , took placo on Tuesday , and has caused a great sensation in the immediate locality of tbe violence . Tbe murderer is a man namsd Daviel , a boarding-house , beeper , who resided in Moor-street , opposite the Police Office—the victim bis own wife , For a long time past Davies and the unfortunate woman lived upon wretched ! terms , and bis violence was such as to cause her to summon him twice before the magistrates for ill-treatment to ber . A few days ago he was to have appeared again before the justices , but a fair-week coming on his wife did not press the charge , in consequence of the injury which the knew they must sustain In their business
by such unseemly litigation . It seems , however , her in . diligence had little or so tffeet upon Davies , and he continued to beat and ill-use her nntil sbe was obliged to renew her application to the magistrates , and on Saturday an officer from tbe court was sent to hit house and gave him notice tbat be must appear on Tuesday to answer any complaint which his wife might prefer against bim . On receiving tbe notice , Davies said to the officer , « I will warrant her , ' or words to that effect . From that time he was very violent towards his wife , but nothing material occurred until that merning , when be term ! , nated her existence . It seems he rose rather earlier tban usual , and was aware tbat he had to appear before the magistrates at eleven o ' clock , he went between nine and ten o ' clock to the house of his brother-in-law . a
respectable shoemafcer in the nelghbouthood , and asked him to interfere with his wife and prevent her from going before the magistrates . His crotheria-law said he could not interfere any merethat he had done ro many times , that he had beeu ball for him , and all to no purpose , and he would not have anything more to do with him . Davies soon after returned home , and began to attend apparently to his business . About half-past ten o ' clock his wife was washing her hands in a vessel in the brewhouse , before going to the public office , to appear against him , and a woman named Eliza Yarnell was sitting preparing potatoes for dinner , in the same place , when Davies entered the brewhouse and began to peel some potatoes . He then stood up and near to his wife , and asked her not to appear against him . Sbe said she would , and he again said she must not ; but she repeated what she had said , or similar words , upon which Davies , standing with bis
left side towards her , leaned across as if to kiss her— . but instead of doing so , said , with an oath , 'You thall not go ; ' and , diawing a sharp case knife acrois her throat , completely separated tbe jugular vein , and walked away . The unfortunate woman rushed out of the door covered with her gore , and fell at her full length on the pavement the moment she got outside . The wo . man Yarnell immediately went out and called 'Murder . The neighbours came in , and Richard Biagley and another officer ran over from . the loek-up , and seised Davies , who , it seemed , had remained motionless . Mr M'Pherson , surgeon , was prompt in attendance , and Mrs Davies was removed up stairs , but life was extinct , the nature of the wound having rendered immediate death inevitable . Davies , on being conveyed to the priion opposite his own house , said , I did not do it , ' and this observation he continued to make , until lodged in the cell in the custody of an officer .
An . wquest was held on Tuesday afternoon , when the following evidence was adduced : —Eliza Yarnall , a charwoman , stated that she had worked for the deceased eighteen months j that she had a family of three chlldren ; and tbat she was at her house on the morning of the murder . At the tfme sbe went in tbe prisoner Davies was there , and one of his children ; the former was peeling potatoes , and his wife washing herself . He pressed her not to appear against him before the magistrates for the assault he had committed upon her . She refused to listen to his entreaties . The deceased in the meantime , went to the sink to wash her hands ' Otfdl * millet * Hum ! .. i a - _ t after which Davies went to
up her and said , 'Mary do you intend to go V to-which she replied , 'If Q 6 d spare me I will . The prisoner stood near her with his left S , n S " ?* . ^ . *? 10 Ter h " 8 houlder ' as if , 0 kiM h £ I V while he had the knife in his hand . It was customary for him after lll-usiug her to kiss her , and it was vriu Ms * a impression that he was going to do 80 OU this occasion MUv uttering soraetbrea * . witness observed a gush of blood flow from the throat of the deceased , out had not observed Davies u « the knife , although she was certain that deceased could not have done It herself : there was a struggle between the two . Witness
ran into the street , and deceased called out , ' Jfurder . ' he has cut my throatl' ^ Sbe ran out of the house and fell . The pritoner then threw down the knifeput his hands into his pockets , and stood with bis back to tho fire , with apparent unconcern . The evidence of other witnesses was similar in its purport . The surgeon deposed to the effect that the wound inflicted upon tho deceased was six or seven inches long and three deep : that it passed through the windpipe , and divided all the blood-vessels and nerves on the right side , touching tbe vertebra ; until it approached the right ear , where it terminated . Tbe inquiry occupied four hours ; and at the conclusion tho jury returned a verdict of ' Wilful murder' against Davies .
Lanre Quantities Of Carrots Havo Lately ...
Lanre quantities of carrots havo lately been imported into London from ilarve and other French ports , An American paper states tbat a clerk in a hardware store , in Cincinnati , lately put a hundred and nfty dollars m a teakettle for safe keeping , and while he was out , the master sold th , e kettle lor seventy-five cents .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16101847/page/6/
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