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J&suw 18, 1845. THE NORTHERN STAR, y 5
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The South . * , kptom DisctTssios . —Wena-re oefore stated that with the Utter * of reply frotu the parties alluded to in the late address of tlie Executive , the discussion , as -far as our columns were concerned , must close . Under these rircumstuiices , then , we cannot consistently open them -for tlir * insertion of Ihelong , but by no ™ «**« -- » * f interesting , discussion of the Northampton new locality ; Beca use such insertion would open up the whole question again , leading to an almost interminable " wordyfication , " which , as far a * the real merits of the question arc concerned could only end as the matter stands at present , hut it would leave behind it a state of feeling not at aU desirable , because not calculated to advance Hie cause of Chartism . Instead , therefore , of inserting -the report in question , we shaU hand it over to the
-general Secretary , for the use of the Executr * -a . This course trill enable that body to learn the opinions of . gome of the members of the Northampton new locality , and the decision come to h y the major portion after each party to the discussion had had their say . Poob Hax ' 3 Comp . aj-10 ** . —ilr . Hobson has found it impossible , with the numerous calls on his time and attention , and his duties to others who had the first claim on his energies , to prepare the matter for the Poor Man ' s Companion in time to publish it as an almanack . The subject that lie determined to discuss in it Tras one that called for much study and care ; and he determined to miss the period of publication altogether rather than produce it in a slovenly or unfinished manner . During the year he will produce the statistical
and other matter ia another shape—a shape that will make it as useful , and less ephemeral , than an almanack . He will endeavour to put within Hie reach of every one , for threepence , a condensation of information which they must wade through numberless volumes , at a high cost , to obtain ; and information , too , of the most valuable and necessary character , as hearing on tlie political and social questions of the day . The CSi ^ sgow Repeaixbs . — -We have received an account of a Kepeal meeting holden at Glasgow , for tlie purpose of considering a pamphlet entitled "JBUhop Jfardoch and Vie Septal Movement , " which pamphlet we have not seen ,
nor have we any desire to see . Considerable disorder , it appears , was caused at this meeting hy a fellow named Bohert Malcolm , a renegade from Chartism . Of his sayings and doings at the meeting we have received a pretty lengthy account , which , however , we mutt decline giving . We can find much mor * important matter with whicli to fill our columns than tlie noisy mendaciousmss of such a thing as Malcolm . If the Glasgow Repealers arc anxious to have their cause brought into disrepute and odium , they cannot do better than allow Mr . Malcolm to continue his blessed bobberies . B . H . Dohxais , xeab Merthtb Ttdvu . —The address is Lawrence 1-itkcthley , linen-draper , Buston-road ,
Huddersfield . A Torse BrroBKEii . — We have not tlie information ( full ai : d complete ) at hand . Iu the course uf a few weeks wc may be able ' to give him every particular . Thomas Clabk , of the Executive , has written us to say , that if wc could have allowed him , lie would have cheerfully iiul >! ish « l 3 Ir . Smith ' s second letter , liatl be not received a third , saying there was no necessity for such a Step . Amjkessixg Cosshusicaiioxs . —Agaiu wc have to remind our friends of the mode of addressing communications . Several have this week again sent their orders addressed to Mr . Hobson ; and some correspondents inclose orders in then * packets of news . This is " as it ought not to be . Orders so sent run great
risk of not being attended to . . Mr . Hobson desires to have nothing to do with those departments which do not belong toldm . He wishes merely that letters and communications for the paper should be addressed to Mm . Several par ties make their Post-office orders payable at the G cneral Post-office , instead of the Office , ISO , Strand . By remedying this they will oblige . They have only to say that they desire their orders to he made payaWe a * above , said to . Mr . O'Connor , aud their desires must be complied with . Rochdale . —We are sorry to be compelled to curtail our correspondent's reports . The remedy rests with himself ; let him write not so closely , and only on one side ofthe paper , and his reports will have a better chance of appearing at greater length .
Thob . Fain , Staltbbidge . —We apprehend that , as he paid the landlord the monny he raised hy selling his goods , he cannot enforce that cruel provision winch sends a man sis months to prison for removing his gooUs -vAen lie is ia arrears of rent . The landlord seized the rest : so he has now got alt . TfTiat more does he want ! Of course if our querist ever becomes worth sueiug , tlie remorseless creditor will try to have Ms " pound of flesh . " ¦ < j _ j ^—^ les . "Mr . ITyles ' s amendment" would have admitted sugar ' cheaper" than Sir Robert Peel ' s Bill and the League M . P . ' s , in supporting Sir K . Peel , not only voted for excluding "«*< op" sugar , but also for "keepingthe Taunts ™ " 11 "Tile tools 2 " "Paid by the Duke of Buckingham . ' "
BreinKGHAH Shoemakers . — "We have received a report of an important meeting of this body , held on Monday evening , hut wMdi report only reached us on Thursday afternoon . As at this end of the week we could only have given a very curtailed account of flic meeting , we have thought we should best serve the Birmingham friends by postponing the report till our next , when it shall be given entire . The Cohbuakebb of Sheffield desire to acknowledge the sum of £ 2 , received from the Lancashire Miners , for Mr . Charles ileadowcioft , Duddnfield . The Combmakers address we will give next week .
J . Faivev , League "Tool . "— -His letter next week : it was late this . We can afford him room for his " corrections , " and for his fling at" the man who heat him ;" though it is more than the League would do . Not the hutting ( literally ) more than they would do—but the " act of justice" in letting a man speak for himself . 3 . S . Sheebabb , SrrrALFiELM . —We would advise him " to ' see the Secretary of the London Associated Trades . "E T . Bshstoi .. It makes no difference whether the ' master sign the indenture ot not TVe presume the late apprentice has it—and that is all he need care for . Ifthe masterhasif ^ andwon ' tgiveit up , summon Mm before Ibe magistrates . J Shaw . —In the first case , that of the 2 s . 6 d . fee to the parson , we believe it can he claimed . In the other case , we apprehend he would not be liable to the rates . In the rate-hook the property would he set forth as unoccupied .
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Feargus O'Connor And The Cobbettites. I ...
FEARGUS O'CONNOR AND THE COBBETTITES . I have received the following letter from Oldham , VfMch I shall here insert , and then my reply : — Deah Sib , —Believing it to be the duty of every sincert lover of truth and justice to make known to his friends aH reports wMchmayhavea tendency to injure his cha . -racttr or property , a number of friends have requested me to lose no time in informing you that the Cobbettites of this town have made a great discovery , and have been very husilv engaged for the last few days in giving current circulation to a report that the Northern Star has changed its proprietor , and been sold to Mr . Dougal M'Gowan for the nrm of seven hundred and fifty pounds , with a proviso , that von takt SHOO copies weekly at cost price . Tour friends do not believe there is any truth or foundation in such a rumour , hut that it is a -fabulous story got up by some evil disposed person or persons . They therefore wish von , on the receipt of this , to deal with it according to the merits of the case , and stop if possible the mouths
of busy meddler *! ana gamsayers . I am , dear sir , yours truly , To Feargus O'Connor . Esq . William Haxeb . Mi beau Hameb , —I feci much obliged by your timely communication , while I experience some sorrow that yon and my Oldham friends , who have known me through evil report and good report for now nearlv ten vears , should consider any fabrication ofthe Cobbcttates worthy of more than a passing sneer . Ton have heard ' the story of the woman that was brought to bed of three black crows , derived from the fact of its being first announced that she had thrown something offher stomach that -was as black as a crow . I thmk 1 may trace the
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accouchement and production of the Cobbettites to pretty nearly a , smvitaT source , i sold the machinery which cost me from £ 2 , 340 , to Mr . Dougal M'Gowan ( who I engaged to print the Star ) at the valuation of an appraiser : his valuation was £ 77919 s . —one of nay large profits . Mr . M'Gowan has been my printer for the last nine years s and you will see his name ft ? printer to my letters to O'Connell in 1836 , and to everything that I have Bince published . And now to answer your questions more directly . Mr . M'Gowan has no more property in tlie Northern Star than the Queen of England hat ; indeed not so much ; as she has a penny in the shape of stamp duty out of each paper sold aud unsold . 2 Vb man living save myself ever had mortgage on , or control over , the Northern Star ; no man ever shall ; and not all
the money possessed by all the Cobbettites in England could purchase it , or one column in it , adverse to the rights of your order . You are aware that the understanding on which I established the Nortlwm Star was , that the people should raise £ 800 in £ 1 shares ; and that I should put £ 400 to it . They raised about £ 690 , of which abtut £ 400 have been paid off ; and I show you that the machinery alone cost £ 2 , 340 , and about £ 700 was expended from time to time in making premises suitable for printing it—that it is over £ 3 , 000 , besides nearly that sum expended in law proceedings consequent on the proprietorship : and vet "Mr . Lictor , " "independent Chartist , " alias Jonx Watkixs , who writes Ms diatribes in Lloyd ' s Weekly Neivspaper , would assure his readers that the Star was established by the people ' s money , and that I put nothing to it . However , aa I have given mv solicitor instructions to invite Mr . Lloyd to establish his published facts in open court , I abstain from saying more on that subject , and trust that I have satisfied
you upon the purport of your communication . The whole period ofthe Star ' s existence has been one of incessant conspiracy amongst all classes to " put it down ; " but still it lives and thrives , andstandslike a rock in the midst of the ocean , against which the angry waves may dash , but part in foam . 1 assure you I bad hoped to have an entire holiday this week , not feeling myself even capable of writing my letter to the Chartists , for I have suffered now nearly five weeks of severe illness and most excruciating torture . It-is said "there is no restfor the wicked ;" but > thank God , I am able , even on my back , to beat the pigmy force that malice , slander , ignorance , and disappointed ambition , may present . The Star is mine and the Peoples , and only ours . Just by way of amusement , let me put you in possession of the opinions of Mr . Jolin Watldns , when he owed me nearlv £ 17 as agent for the Northern Star , and then , perhaps , you will be able to form some estimate of the vclpihg care who now snap at my heels .
"But the greatest grievance is Mr . O'Connor , the 1 people ' s idol . He must he g < it rid of , because Ids popularity is envied . Mr . O'Connor earned it , and earned it dearly ; did not Mr . Lovett possess his share — his full share ? Was not the Star tlie herald of his fame ? Mr . Lovett resembles the Turk that cannot bear a brother near liiin . " Perhaps our ' trading politicians' fancied Mr . O'Connor bad monopoly , and tliey wished to break it . It is well known tbat , in a pecuniary sense , the & far has done more benefit to others than to ilr . O'Connor . He is out of pocket by it . Had he chosen to serve himself , and not the people , he might have heen a lord . He is in a prison for his patriotism , and set upon by curs that durst not bark if he were out—spaniels that fawn upon their own persecutors . O'Connor ' s value to the people is indicated hy tliis mean attempt to ' sbeh ™ him ; an attempt made by men who owe their power of making it to his favour , and who have eat of lus bread .
*¦ To injure O'Connor is to injure tbe people ; be is identified with them . Had tho people ' s enemies succeeded in turning tlie people against their friend , the people would have * felt itfirst , and must have hated temselvcs . It would have ' heen enough to make all tine patriots turn to Timons . Ingratitude is a " sin whicli neither gods nor men can bear . " Yours , dearHamer , very truly , Feabgus O'Coxxok . P . S . —The above is but a sample of "Watldiis - sack of adulation ; there is much more , but really too fulsome for re-publication . F . O'C .
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BnuiAi . Outrage . —On Friday morning last a most brutal assault was made bv two men ou a maid servant , Banied Sarah Sewell , in the service of Mr . William Offin , Great Bursted , who prosecuted a man named Cheeks at the recent quarter session , aud against whom tliis young person was principal evidence . About two o ' clock in the morning some one , whom the girl supposed to be the man servant , and who lives a short distance from Ms master ' s , called to her , stating that the farrier had come to bleed the mare , which was ill , and that be wanted a piece of cord and a light The girl very incautiously went down stairs only slightly dressed , procured a piece of cord , and unfastened the door to give it to the party . One man then caught her by the arm , and the other pushing the door back , they drew her out , and threatened t >
murder her if she did not desist trom calling oul . They then cut all the hair off her head with a pair of shears , and having knocked her about left her , probably , as they imagined , dead . At six o ' clock , when the servant came , he found her lying in the yard weltering in her blood . She is now delirious , and in a very dangerous state , but in lucid intervals has made a deposition as to certain parties , who have been apprehended jointly by Mr . "William Curtis and the police , but are now out on bail . The mare referred to was ill at the time , and it is supposed poison had been given to her . A fowl was taken from the coop by the same party , and was found dead one field from the house , and also the hair of the poor girl , which appears to have been carried off as a trophy . —Essex Herald .
Auuimjxo axd Dxstrcoiive Fire . —On Tuesday morning , a few minutes before three , a fire broke out in the factory of Mr . Ward , coach-builder , in the Old Kent-road . About twenty minutes after the discovery ( by a cabman who was passing ) several engines were on the spot , and an abundant supply of water was obtained , but the fire continued to rage with , great fierceness for more than an hour ; its ravages were , however , confined to the building in which the conflagration originated , which was completely destroyed , ~ aswell as the property it contained .
Fatal Accident at WAKEnEtn . — On Sunday evening last a fatal accident , which lias caused much excitement , occurred to a young man , twenty-three vears of age , of the name of Edward Lluigworth , clerk to Mr . Fuljambe , solicitor , by falling into the Barnsley Canal , at Agbrigg , near Wakefield . On the abovo named night theie was an intense fog , and deceased had gone to Heath to see a lady to whom ht paid his addresses , and on coming home mistook his road , and walked into the canal . He was known to most of the inhabitants of Wakefield for his ready wit ; and respected by all who knew him .
Death trou Poisox . —^ Maxchesteh , Tcesdat . — Considerable surprise was excited on 'Change on Saturday last by a report that Mr . Louis Schwabe , the celebrated manufacturer of figured silks by the jaequard loom , had met with his death under circumstances which led to the suspicion that he had been poisoned . For a considerable time tho rumour met with but little credit , but unfortunately it proved but too true . The deceased was a gentleman well known throughout the commercial world for the energetic perseverance with which he pushed forward the improvement of the silk manufacture by means of the jaequard loom . It appeal's from the inquiries which we have been enabled to make , that Mr . Schwabe had recently lost a valued relation ,
and appeared depressed in spirits m consequence , lie was taken ill on Friday night , or early on Saturday morning , and in consequence of the symptoms which exhibited themselves , medical assistance w . * is called in , and the stomach-pump used , but he died at about halt-past seven o'clock in the morning . An inquest was held on the body yesterday at the house of the deceased , but out of respect to the feelings of 3 iis family the coroner ( Mr . Chapman ) detcniiined that the proceedings should be private . Wc can , therefore , merel y st-ite the result , which we believe to be , that the deceased came to his death ia consequence of having taken oil of vitriol , being at the time in a state of temporary insanity . The deceased , wc understand , was about forty-four years of age .
Attempt to Poison . —Manchester , Tuesday . — This morning Benjamin Anderson , who was brought up on Tuesday last , at the Borough Court , on the charge of having attempted to poison his wile and two children , was brought up for further examination . The prisoner , who is a ferocious-looking fellow , appeared quite unmoved at the situation in which he stood , and Ladlost the vacant stare which he exhibited on the occasion of Ms first examination . The evidence previously adduced went the length of showing that sugar of lead had been found in some sugar in a cupboard in the prisoner ' s house , and that the prisoner ' s wife had recognised it in a basin of tea which she had made . It was also proved that the prisoner had ken
seen doing something in the cupboard where the sugar and poison were found , and the reason of his being remanded was in order that the police might ascertain where and when he had purchased the poison . Mr . Bcewick , tlie chief superintendent of police , called Mr . James Croft , druggist , of Pollard-street , who stated that on Friday night week the prisoner came into his shop and asked for a pennyworth of sugar of lead for eyewater . He gave tho prisoner an ounce of sugar of lead wrapped in paper . He had no doubt but that the prisoner was the man . In cross-examination by Mr . Harding the witness said he did not mark the paper with the word " poison . " The prisoner was fully committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes .
Alaiimixg Fire . —On Thursday afternoon , about five o'clock , the family of Mr . Inwood , a general dealer in Wood-street , Cromcr-street , Gray ' s-inn-lane , were thrown into great alarm by a fire in the shop . It originated through overcharging a naptha lamp , which Mrs . Inwood held in her hand . In a short time the contents of the shop were in flames ; they were extinguished , but the entire demolition of the stock and shop front was the consequence . Mrs . Inwood was much burnt .
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Murder or a Ci ^ rotman . —Beaunb , Jait . 9 . — On Saturday , according to custom , the children of the little town of Culetrc met at seven in the morning to receive instruction in the catechism of the Church . Having waited some time for their curate in vain , they dispatched some children to his house , where , looking through the keyhole , thev perceived the maid lying dead in the hall . The alarm having been given , the wall was scaled , and it was discovered that the girl and the cure had been cruelly murdered b y blows of a hatchet . Each had received but a single cut of tho heavy weapon , the girl a transverse cut across the side of the face and skull , delivered
with such force that the hatchctmade a deep incision in the earth upon which she lay ; the curate by a single cut on the top of his venerable head , which clove it in twain . There was no blood traced , but immediately under the unhappy victims' heads . The house had been rifled by some villain who , during tlie night , bad called the girl up , under the pretext , it is supposed , of requiring the priest to administer to some dying parishioner the last offices of religion . Eight years ago a similar attempt was made upon this venerable gentleman , who was highly respected , and in his 69 th year . The atrocious murderer is , as yet , unknown . —Gazette des Tribunaux .
More Fires ix the Metropolis . —Between one and two on Wednesday morning a fire was discovered hi the lower part of the premises occupied by Mr . Fryer , grocer , High-street , Cnmberwell . Owing to the time before water could be obtained , tlie fire caused great devastation . Tho shop was burnt out , and the kitchen at the back seriously damaged . The next house , in the occupation of Mr . Rowley , bootmaker , was materially injured , and the stock and furniture damaged . No . 3 , occupied bv Mr . Morgan , ^ aker , was also slightly burnt , and No . 9 , opposite , tenanted by Messrs . Wade , linendrapers , scorched by the heat . —At ten minutes past five the constable upon the beat discovered a fire in the warehouses of Messrs . Perkins and Sharpus , tin-plate washers , ' Bellcourt , Cannon-street , Citv . Much damage was done to the building and stock . It is not known how the fiie originated .
Rehecca Agaix . —Late on Monday night , or early on Tuesday mommg last , a most outrageous attack was made on the vicarage-house of Fishguard , the residence of the Rev . Henry Nathan , the curate , during his absence from home . Providentially Mrs . Nathan left the house between the hours of nine and ten o ' clock v . m ., otherwise deatlJ inevitably would have been the result , the attack being so severe with stones of huge dimensions ; when about seventy panes of glass were destroyed , besides other damages . Strong suspicions fall on three notorious characters , who were committed in the autumn of 1 S 43 for destroying the turnpike-houses of the parish ot * Fishguard . This enniity . agaiiist the Rev . H . Nathan arises from the circumstance of his communications with the Secretary of State on the subject of tho Rebecca riots , tlie result of which has been the discontinuance of any destruction of property , save in tlie present instance . —Carmarthen Journal ,
Amsterdam , Jan . 13 . —Accidents . —As seven persons were crossing the river at Dordt , in an iceboat , the ice suddenly gave way , and the boat was capsized . Two of the passengers were drowned ; the remaining five clung to the large masses of ice till assistance was procured . —Several houses were detroyed the other day by fire at Walwyk . Harixg Escape from Prison . —On the night of the 8 th inst . five prisoners made their escape from the prison of Gers ( Audi ) through a bole which they had worked in a wall . They had all been tried and condemned , one to twenty years' hard labour , another to eight years' solitary confinement , and the other three to one or two years' imprisonment . Three other prisoners were in the same part of the building , but refused to accompany them . They cveii wanted to give the alarm , but were deterred from doing so by the threats of their comrades .
The Suspected Murder at Bethxal-oeeek . — On Wednesday afternoon the inquiry concerning tho death- of Mr . William May , the silk-traveller , who it was supposed had been murdered on the night of the 9 th ult ., bybeing ; thrown into the Regent's Canal , was resumed and concluded before Mr . Baker , the coroner , and the same jury , at the City of Paris public-house , Bonncr ' s-fields , Bethnal-grcen . Mary Bissel , of New Ford , said , that as she was crossing Twig Folly-bridge , about twelve o ' clock on the night ofthe 9 th ult ., she saw a man without a hat , coat , or vest on , very tipsy , scrambling up the bank of the towing-path , calling for her to assist him , but being frightened she ran away . The jury , not being satisfied with the evidence of Mr . Story , the surgeon who
had examined the body of the deceased , and who certainly gave the cause of death as drowning , Mr . C . Goodwin , another surgeon , was called . He stated that there were several superficial wounds on the bead ofthe deceased , as also one on the upper lip , which was the result of ionic blow , as two teeth were knocked out . From the circumstance of there being no water in the body , he concluded death was effected before immersion . This being the whole ofthe evidence , the coroner summed up the facts of tliis very mysterious case , and recommended an open verdict . This , the jury , after a quarter of an hour ' s consultation , agreed upon , and returned—That the deceased was found dead in the Regent ' s Canal , with marks of violence upon his body , but how he came there , there was no evidence to show .
Sixgulau Death . —On Wednesday an Inquest was held at the Crown Tavern , Clerkenwell-greGn , before Mr . Mills , deputy-coroner for the county of Middleicx , on the body of Mary Davies , whose death was alleged to have heen caused by the ill-treatment of her husband . It appeared from the evidence of a woman named Emery , that the deceased and her husband lived in habits of constant intemperance , and neither of them bad been sober since Christmas-day last up to the 4 th of January . On that day , while they were at dinner , some words arose between them , and after much mutual abuse the deceased took up the saltcellar and threw it at her husband . Itmhwed him and went through the window behind him . Being irritated at this treatment , he got up and struck the deceased sharply on the back of her head with bis ' open hand , and drove a hair-pin , which was in her hair , a short distance into the scalp ; very little blood followed the injury , and nothing further was
thought of the matter until the next day , when tin deceased complained of a pain in her head . She soon became much worse , and eventually died on the 11 th inst . Mr . Ballinger , a surgeon , residing near Clcrkcnwell-green , stated on being examined , that he had opened the body of the deceased . The scalp presented a violently inflamed appearance . The brain was congested , as were also all the membranes , but there was no effusion . There was no injury ofthe skull , nor were there any internal injuring or marks corresponding with the external injury . The deceased was labouring under a violent cold when the injury was inflicted , and that , coupled with her intemperate mode of life and the constitutional irritation arising from tho injury , was the cause of her death .. The husband was then called in , but not examined ; he appeared quite indifferent about the matter . After some discussion a verdict of Natural Death was returned .
The Somersetshire Murders . — Bwdgewf tter , Wednesday . —This day having been fixed upon for the further examination of Sarah Freeman , charged with the wilful murder of her mother , brother , and other members of her family , the utmost excitement prevailed in the town—indeed , it was found necessary to hold the proceedings in one of the large county courts , the justice-room being inadequate to the accommodation of the crowds who pressed for permission to be present . The prisoner , Sarah Freeman , was brought up from the gaol soon after ten o ' clock . She was , as on the previous occasion , habited in deep mourning . Mr . Warry first asked the prisoner whether she had been enabled to obtain any professional assistance , and whether she was
desirous of sending for any one to assist her during the examination . She replied to both questions in the negative , and the following witnesses were then called : —Mr . E . E . Phillipps said , that he was a surgeon and general practitioner at Chilton-super-Polden , and knew the deceased , Charles Himond , who lived at Shapwick . On the evening of the 26 th of December John Dimond , a brother of the deceased , came to him , and said that his brother Charles had been taken ill in the same way that his mother had been . Witness sent some medicine , and went on tlie following day ( Friday ) , and found him in bed , attended only by the prisoner , Sarah Freoman . He complained of a Bevcre pain in the ? pit of his stomach . He also complained of a pain over his eyes , and said
he felt no pain anywhere else , with the exception of his throat , in which soreness followed the sickness on the Thursday . Tlie inside of his throat was very red . He saw the deceased again on Saturday , and found him much better ; hut at about eight o ' clock on Monday morning he found him very much altered for the worse in every respect . The symptoms were the same as on Friday . His body and skin were all over very yellow ; " his throat swollen , the internal part of it very red , and the skin of the tongue abraded in several places . He could not swallow easily , and could scarcely speak . His breathing was laborious and his heart ' saction exceedingly weak . There was also much soreness in the region of the stomach and liver . Tlie slig htest pressure over them produced great pain . Witness remained in the parish and saw him at intervals ; during Monday , from eight o ' clock in the morning
till half-past three o ' clock in the afternoon . When witness left him he was much worse , and Ite soon afterwards died . In consequence of tho suspicious nature of the death , witness made a post mortem examination . Tho stomach , oesophagus , and duodenum were in a very inflamed state . If arsenic were found in tho viscera he should be decidedly of opinion that that was tho cause of death . On examining the stomach , « fee ., witness was of opinion that the deceased had not died from natural causes , but from a deleterious drug introduced into the stomach , and attributed his relapse to the fact of some noxious substance having again been introduced into the system . The post mortem examination bore out this opinion , as there were marks , of the effects of more recent and more remote causes apparent on the stomach . The prisoner cross-examined the witness with a view to show that another surgeon , named
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Bartlett , was present at the post mortem examination of the deceased , and that the jars containing the stomach , intestines , Ac ., had been out of his possession before they were taken to Mr . Herapath , having been handed over to the charge of a policeman . The witness stated , that he received them back from the constable tied down with bladder in the same way as they , were when given to him . They had not been opened . James Bartlett , a surgeon , residing at Shapwick , corroborated the avidence of the other medical witness . The Court then informed the prisoner that now was the time for her to make any statement The prisoner , in a firm voice , said , —I am not guilty—my brother ought to be committed to prison as well as me . Tlie prisoner was then
committed to Taunton gaol forthe murder of her brother , Charles Dimond . Tlie prisoner was then charged with the murder of her mother , Mary Dimond , and tho same evidence was gone into as at the coroner ' s inquest . She was committed for wilful murder in this case , too . Tho bodies of the father and child have been exhumed , and the contents of the stomach handed over to Mi ' . Herapath . That gentleman , wc understand , has detected arsenic in the child , and 1 ms very little doubt but that it exists in the father , but has not yet completed his tests . Attempted Murder of a Wife by her Husbaxd , axd his Suicide . —On Wednesday , John Clements , a wool-stapler , of Little George-street , adjacent to the Grange-road , Bermonilsey , attempted to murder his wife by cutting her throat , and afterwards
destroying himself . It appears that Clements was in the employ of Mr . Elkerton , wool-stapler , in the Grange-walk , Bermondsey , since June last , and that he occupied withjiis family , consisting of a wife and three children , a ready-furnished first-floor , at No . 24 , Little GoorgG-strcot . For some time past he had exhibited depression of spirits , lie complained of being unwell Wednesday morning before he went to work , and returned before his usual time , between ten and eleven , when he requested his wife to make him some tea , At this period their eldest son , about thirteen years of age , was in the room , and he was sent to the public house for a pint of porter . In about a mhiute after the lad quitted the house the landlady , a Mrs . Pudner , was alarmed by hearing a
loud scream / followed by the noiselof somejperson falling heavily on the floor immediately . over the room in which . eiic was sitting . There was a knock at tlie street-door at this moment , and a young man named Bond was let in ; as he entered , Mrs . Clements came running . down stairs with her throat cut , and the blood gushing from the wound . When she got into the passage she fell from exhaustion into the arms oi Bond , ejaculating , " For God ' s sake , call a doctor !" Bond then carried her into the back parlour , and hurried away to the police station . Two policemen were immediately sent to the house , but , upon their entering the room , Clements was discovered lying on the floor in a pool of blood , with his throat cut nearly from ear to car , and a razor with which he perpetrated the deed lav at his side . A medical man
speedily arrived , but the unfortunate man was quite dead . Mrs . Clements was conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , and will probably recover . Her account ofthe occurrence , as well as she could recollect from the haste in which it was carried into effect , was , that her husband had been complaining for some days of ' his head , and being iu arrear of rent to his landlord , it seemed to weigh on his mind , and on the preceding night he _ awoke out of his sleep in a fright , and said to his wife that the officers were going to apprehend him . When he subsequently returned from his employer ' s premises , and while she was engaged iu toasting a piece of bread at the fire , he suddenly turned upon her and drew the razor across her throat . She felt the blood trickling down her neck , and with an effort she rushed out of the room before he had
time to repeat the act . The unfortunate deceased must have destroyed himself immediately afterwards . It appears that the deceased eamc ip . ) from the country about seven months ago with his family , and that he was a sober and industrious man . He had no previous quarrel with his wife . The Murder at Salt-hili . — Slough , Wednesday Evbkiko . — Some important information connected with the recent murder of Sarah Hart , at Salt-hill , tending to throw great additional light upon that mysterious affair , has just been obtained . The following particulars may be implicitl y relied upon . From inquiries made by the metropolitan police , in consequence of a communication made by Mr . Perkins ( the superintendent of the Eton police ) to the
commissioners in Scotland-yard , it was ascertained that a person dressed as a , Quaker had purchased some prussie acid at the shop of Mr . Hughes , a chemist and druggist , residing at 89 , Bisbopsgatcstrect Within . Perkins left Eton on Sunday last for Loudon , and proceeded to the shop of Mr . Hughes , where he ascertained that a Quaker-looking person had purchased a small quantity of prussie acid on the 1 st inst ., the very day the murder was committed ; and also a similar quantity on the following day . Tlie person who served the poison was an assistant to Mr . Hughes , named Thomas . As the tracing the possession of prussie acid to John Tawell , the person in custody in Aylesbury gaol , charged , on the coroner ' s inquisition , with the wilful murder of Sarah Hart ,
was a link in the evidence extremely desirable to bo obtained to further the ends of justice , Mr . Thomas left London on Monday afternoon , accompanied by Perkins , for Aylesbury , in order to identify the party accused . . Upon arriving at the gaol that evening they found that the prisoner had been locked up for the night , and it was not deemed advisable that he should be seen until the following morning . Accordingly , on Tuesday morning Mr . Thomas attended . He wasfirstshownseveral of the prisoners , butamongst those ho could not identify auy one as tho person to whom he sold tho poison . He was then taken by the gaoler into a cell hi which were several other prisoners , and he immediately pointed out John Tawell as the man who was served at Mr . Hughes ' s shop
with prussie acid on the 1 st and 2 d instant . The prisoner , who appeared considerably disconcerted at unexpectedly seeing Mr . Thomas , said to him ( on Air . Thomas saying to the gaolers " That ' s the man who bought the poison" ) , —'' I think I have seen thee before . " He manifested a desire to enter into conversation with Mr . Thomas , but this was prevented , and the parties retired . Mr . Thomas has so clear a recollection of the features of the prisoner that he can swear most positively to his being the person . It was ascertained on Wednesday that the name ofthe deceased was not Sarah Hart , but Sarah Lawrence , and that she was born at Chatham in the year 1805 . Thus the statement as to her supposed age was strictly correct . Her mother was not married at the time of
her birth ; she was married , about thirty years since , to a Mr . Hadler , a . blacksmith in a small way of business , residing at No . 8 , Bath-street , near the Gasworks , at Gravesend . The first information she obtained of the untimely death of her daughter was from a London paper on Friday last , containing an account of the proceedings before the coroner , and the committal of the accused . Mr . North , the superintendent of the Gravesend police , who had received a letter from Inspector Wiggins , subsequently called upon her , and from inquiries he made , there was but little doubt of the deceased being her daughter , whom sho had not seen since the 11 th of Juno , 1840 . Mr . and Mrs . Hauler left Gravesend on Wednesday morning , and arrived at Slough with
Inspector Wiggins in the afternoon . Their object in travelling to Slough was for the mother to be enabled to identify the body of her unfortunate daughter . They proceeded to the Christopher Inn , at Eton , where the Rev . Mr . Carter , one ofthe magistrates for the county , was sitting . Mr . Carter immediately despatched a messenger with a letter to the Rev . Mr . Autrobus , tlu ^ rcctor of Farnham Royal , in the churchyard of which paiish the deceased w ' as interred , to the effect that it was necessary the body should be exhumed ; in order that the mother might have the opportunity of identifying tbe corpse . Mr . and Mrs . Hadler then proceeded in a fly to Farnham , a distance of about five miles from Eton . While the process of raising the body was going on the aged eouple ( Mrs . Hadler being nearly seventy years of age ) were taken into the ve « try * oom , in the church , by the Rev . Mr . Antrobus , who remained with them during the whole time . There were also present in the churchyard
Mr . A . W . Blane , the foreman of the jury who sa ' t on the body , Messrs . Norblad , Champneys , and Moss surgeons , and several of the inhabitants of the village . It was nearly five o ' clock , and quite dusk , befor * the disinterment had teen effected . The coffin was then placed on trcssels close to the door leading to the vestry-room and the lid unscrewed . Mr . and Mrs , Hadler were then sent for . As soon as tho poor woman beheld the features of her child she exclaimed , the tears running down her aged cheeks , Oh my poor dear , dear child ! my poor daughter !" Sobs choked her utterance , and she could say no more . Every one present ^ was deeply affected at the scene . Indeed there was scarcely a diy eye to bo seen around the murdered corpse . The features appeared calm and placid , and not the least change had taken place . Tlie poor old couple were led away , and the remains of the ill-fated woman wer c again consigned to their last resting-place with due solemnity , and every proper regard for the feelings ol her almost broken-hearted parent .
Atrocious Attempt at Murder . —On Saturday evening last , Mr . Charles Hancock , farmer , residing at Heswell , about eight or nine miles from Woodside , was iu Liverpool , disposing ef some market produce . He returned by the Birkenhead boat , about five o ' clock ; and in passing across Bidston Common , in his shandry , he was met by a person in female apparel , who begged of him to allow her to ride as far as Woodchurch in the vehicle . Mr . Hancock acceded to the request , but had scarcely driven on again before he discovered , to his amazement , that his female companion , as he supposed , exhibited a dark .
bushy whisker upon that side of her face which was exposed nearest to his view . Immediately he dropped his whip , as if by accident , and requested the lady to step down and pick it up . The stranger got out , and Mr . Hancock drove off at such a rapid speed , that , on entering his farm-yard , the horse dropped down dead . When he had driven about a quarter of a mile from the place where he had dropped his whip , two pistols were fired at him , both of which fortunately missed . _ In the gig the stranger left a basket , which , on examination , was found to contain a large carving knife , and a brace of loaded pistols .
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Reported Death ov tuk Russian Autocrat . — London , Thursday -Evksiso . —It was currentl y rumoured in Brussels on Tuesday , that news of the death ofthe Emperor Nicholas had been received in that city the previous evening . This rumour was published in sevi-ral of the journals , some of them stating in positive terms the death of the Emperor . That the report was generally believed in at Brussels admits of no doubt ; nevertheless there is good reason for believing that the whole is a stock-jobbing fabrication . Another day or two will tell . —Loxdo . v Friday . —Later arrivals from the continent brin" - no confirmation of the above report . We may conclude , therefore , that Young Nick lias not yet gone to Old Nick .
Dying Game . —Mazieu , Jax . 10 . —A butcher of this town attempting to kill an ox , struck the beast inexpertly with the hatchet on the head , when the ox turned furiously upon his assailant , trampled him under foot , fled through the streets , causing tlie utmost terror to the inhabitants , several of whom ho attacked . He reached the hall of the Hotel de Ville , and , the doors being closed , three men armed with clubs and great knives prepared to attack him , but he again made his escape , till , coming to the foot of a winding stone staircase , he contrived , stran g e to relate , to mount to the third floor of the building . Here he thrust his head out of a window , looking down menacingly upon the ., crowd below . Presently a door opened behind ; the ox turned round to attempt some new exploit , but his career was cut short by a bullet in the head , and he foil to rise no move . —Constitutioiuiel .
The Somersetshire Murders . —Bridcewater , Monday Evenung . —The further examination of Sarah Freeman on charges of murdering lier brother , mother , husband , and child , which was fixed to take place this day at the Town-hall , before the magistrates for the county , has been postponed in consequence of the severe illness of the prisoner . It appears that soon after her being conveyed back to gaol on Friday evening she was taken ill , and her indisposition increased to such a degree as to renderit necessary to call in the assistance of several medical practitioners . The
surgeons being of opinion that to proceed with the examinations to-day would be attended with dangerous consequences / information to that effect was convoyed to the justices who had taken part in the investigation , and a messenger was despatched to Shapwick to prevent the different witnesses for the prosecution from coming into town , it being very properly deemed desirable to lessen the public excitement ' as far as possible . The prisoner , although much better than she was on Saturday and yesterday , is still so severely indisposed as to render it certain that the proceedings will not be gone en with to-day .
ExTiiAOiimsARv Occuuuexce . —Considerable sensation was excited in , Richmond aud its neighbourhood on Monday last , in consequence ofthe discovery of the body of a man in a field adjoining the Kowroad , Richmond , under circumstances that were at the time indicative of foul play . On Monday morning , between seven and eight o ' clock , a man named Charles Strood , _ who is gardener to Messrs . Steele , nurserymen , Kew-road , was crossing his masters' field , when he observed the body of a man lying near a wall which separates the field from tho " nursery-gardens . Strood examined the body , which proved to be that of Thomas Mansell , a uorsckecper , also in Messrs , Steele ' s employ . The face of the deceased was frightfully disfigured , and there were wounds on other parts of the body . These suspicious appearances induced the man Strood to communicate immediately with the police , and Inspector Turner , with several
constables , instantly proceeded to the spot with a stretcher , on which the deceased was placed , and carried home . Mr . Lomas , a surgeon , was called in , and that gentleman stated that the deceased had been dead some hours , and that he had probably died in a fit . The wounds on the different parts of the bod y appeared to have been caused b y the bite of some animal , but neither of them was dangerous . The police afterwards instituted a rigid inquiry into the circumstances , and ascertained that the deceased had gone late on the previous night into the field with some hay for a horse that was turned out ; that he was drunk at the time , and must by accident have run against the wall and disfigured ' his face ; and with respect to the other marks and wounds , the general supposition is that they were caused by tho horse , when it found the deceased lying on the ground , biting him to awaken him , such instances of sagacity in the horse not being uncommon .
Fatal Coal-pit Accident . —At the Quarry House Fit , Noithowram , near Halifax , on Saturday last , a young man , named Benjamin Kindle , was killed by the falling of a stono . lie was only married at Christinas , and has left a young wife to mourn his loss . He bore an excellent character , , and was a staunch member of the Miners' Association . Fatal Explosion of Fire Damp . —On Friday morning last , about eight o ' clock , an explosion of fire damp took place at the colliery of Messrs . King and Co ., Ince , near Wigan , by which two persons , working colliers , were very seriously burned ; one of them , named William Priestlv , so much so that he died at
one o ' clock en Saturday morning . After the explosion he was brought to his residence in Wigan , where he remained until his death . An inquest was held on Monday evening , at the Fox Tavern , before Mr . llogcrson , coroner , when a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned . Death from Scalding . —An inquest was held at Stalybridgc , before Mr . Hudson , coroner , on Monday last , on the body of John Lawton , aged 14 months . The deceased accidentally pulled over on to himself a breakfast can containing boiling tea , on Tuesday , the 'ith ; and was very much icakled about the face and arms . A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned .
Suicide . —On Monday evening a coroner ' s inquest , adjourned from Thursday , was resumed and concluded before Mr . Higgs , the deputy-coroner for Wesminster , at the Lowndes-arms , Lyall ' s-placc , Eaton-square , on the body of Benjamin Payne , aged 40 , late butler to Sir Henry Pottinger , who committed suicide at the residence of Sir Henry , No . SO , Eaton-place , on Thursday morning last , oy cutting his throat . Verdict—Temporary Insanity . Coroner ' s Inquest . —Suicide in the Serpentine , Hvde-Park . —Last evening Mr . Higgs held an inquest at the Barley Mow , Mount-street , urosvenor-square , on the body of Richard Giles , aged fifty-two , a bedstead-maker , of 35 , Wells-street . —Mr . William Hart , of 20 , Bryanstone-street-, said that on Wednesday last , about a quarter past twelve o ' clock , he was
walking along the path on the north side ol the Serpentine . When near the bridge witness heard a loud scream , and , upon looking round , he saw the deceased run off the path and plunge into the river ; he then floated under the arch of the bridge . Witness , thinking he was an impostor , who had thrown himself in merely to excite the sympathy of the public , went and gave information to the park-keeper and the JRoval Humane Society ' s men . On his return tho deceased had sunk . —George Peters , one of the Royal Humane uoatnien , said ne was , on duty at tho receiving-house on the day in question . From information he received , he put off in a boat , and after a lapse of twenty-five minutes , he succeeded in getting deceased out . " He was immediately taken to the
receiving house , placed in a warm hath , and had everything done for him that the nature of the case would permit of , but without producing any effect , life being entirely extinct . Joseph Mcares , of Sussex-street , London University , said deceased had worked with him for some time past , at Mr . Barley ' s , in Wellsstreet , Oxford-street ; but about ten weeks since he was discharged , on account of business being bad . Since that period he had been very low and desponding . He was however taken on again , three weeks ago , but his mind still remained disordered . On Wednesday last he suddenly threw down his tools , and started qtitof the shop , saying at the time , he would be back ju the course of a few minutes : instead of so doing , he went to the Serpentine , and drowned himself . Verdict—Temporary Insanity .
Melancholy Death of Four Sinkers , in Durham . —On Thursday last , au inquest was held before T . 0 . Maynard , Esq ., coroner for Easington Ward , Durham , on view of the bodies of James Robson , aged 28 years , Joseph Elsdon , 2 G years , Craik Haddick , 38 years , and John Hunter , 2 S years , sinkers , who were killed In the Ludworth Pit , Durham , under the following circumstances : —They had been in company with some others working at the bottom of the Ludworth Pit shaft , and a shot being about to be fired for tho purpose of blasting the stone , the deceased got into a corf , and were drawn up to the five quarter seam , so as to be out of the reach of the explosion . Shortly after they were drawn away , the men who remained at the bottom for the purpose of firing the powder , heard something falling down the shaft , and immediately afterwards the corf and the four men fell to the bottom , the whole of them being killed upon the spot . Verdict—Accidental Death , with a deodand on the corf of Is .
Suicide and Attempted Murder in Bermondsey . —At one o ' clock on Friday afternoon a lengthened inquiry was entered into , at the Royal George Tavern , before Mr . Carter , the coroner for Surrey , and a respectable jury , touching the death of John Clement , wool-sorter , who , after attempting to cut his wife ' s throat , was found by the police in a back-room ofthe house , 34 , in Little George-street , Bermondsey , with his throat severed from car to ear . The evidence adduced-was substantially the same as tho statement of the case published above , with the exception of that of the man ' s employer , Mr . 11 . Elkington , woolstapler , of Fcndall-strcct , who further stated that deceased had'for some time appealed exceedingly low
and melancholy ; and upon reasoning with him , in order to arouse him from his lethargic state , he elicited from him that ever since the middle of last year , when lie lost his daughter , to whom lie was tenderly attached , he had suffered severely from nervous excitement , . which quite unfitted him for labour , and on Saturday last deceased had actually called at the counting-house under tliis delusion , and stated to him ( witness ) that he could no longer think of robbing him , and therefore he begged to be discharged . Witness was of opinion that deceased had been of unsound mind since December last . The jury decided on the following verdict : —That the deceased met with his death by his own act , being at the time in a state of unsound mind .
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Coroner ' s Inquest at Bavswater . —On Friday aa inquest was held at the Coach and Horses , Nottinghill , Bavswater , before Mr . Wakley ,. MP .,, on the body of a woman named Elizabeth Symons . It appearcd , in the 00111 * 50 of the evidence , that the deceased and her husband lived together on bad terms . The deceased was a most industrious woman , while her husband was a drunkard ) and was well known to be in the habit of ill-treating his wife . On the 26 th of December last some words took place between them , and the deceased left the room . The husband went to the door ,, but the landlady ,, who was present at the time , was unable to say whether he pushed the deceased down stabs ,. She fcll down while the husband was at the door of the room . On her being taken up she was conveyed into the landhidv's room , when Mr . Barnes , a surgeon ,
was sent for . Mr . Barnes stated that he was called in to examine deceased on the 26 th of December . He found that she had fractured the clavicle , and had also received two severe scalp wounds . She was then unable to speak . The next morning he visited her , and found her much better . The people near her were all exclaiming against the brutality of her husband 111 throwing her down stairs . Deceased heard them say so , and did not attempt to contradict what was said . She died on the 14 th inst . Witness made a post mortem examination . The injuries she had received were healed . There was no disease or injury on the . brain or chest . There was disease of the kidneys , which was of very long standing and which was the cause of death . The injuries received were in no way the cause of her decease . On heariii" - this evidence the jury returned . 1 verdict that the deceased died from natural causes .
Reduction Of The. Rrpeal " Staff." — The...
Reduction of the . Rrpeal " Staff . " — The first report of the Finance Committee was read to the General Committee on Tuesday , and adopted . It recommends the reduction of eighteen clerks , including some out-agents , amongst , whom Mr . W . J . O'Connell , the London Head Repeal Warden , and others of minor note in Dublin .. The salaries of the officers retained are to be reduced , with the exception of "My dear Ray , " who is to be continued at his allowance of £ 400 a-ycar , besides important sundries . A reduction in tho printing , and stationery departments is under consideration ; after which the newspapers in the pay of the Association will come under the notice ofthe retrenching committee .
Elevation op Sir Charles Mktcai . vr to the Peerage . —We have authority * to state that the Queen has been graciously pleased to confer a peerage on Sir Charles Metcalfe , by the title of Baron Metcalfe , of Fern-hill . —Morning Herald , Thursday . IIkubes Uiudce . —Mr . Benjamin ilushton ,. from Halifax , will deliver two lectures in the Democratic Chapel , Bridge-lane , on Sunday , the liith inst ., at two in the afternoon , and six in ' the eveninsr .
Marriages.
MARRIAGES .
On Sunday Last, Jan. 12th, At L'Rcstwich...
On Sunday last , Jan . 12 th , at l'rcstwich Church , by the Rev . Thomas Blackburn , Mr . James Taylor , of C ' asligatc , Holiinwood , member of the National Charter Association , to Miss Ketty Wolstencroft , the youngest , daughter of Mr . James Wolstencroft , gardeuer , of the same place .
DEATHS . On the 29 th Dec ., at Dewsbury , Jonathan Binns , stonemason , aged 52 . Death or Bunxs ' s "Blethehin "' Jamie . — On Thursday , the 17 th ult ., at Blackliill , near Tarbolton , James Humphrey , in the S 6 th year of his age . The deceased was a contemporary and acquaintance of our great Ayrshire bard , and , like many others , subjected to a little of that sportive satire with which lie occasionally noticed his friends . Humphrey was the subject ofthe epitaph : — Under these stanes lis Jamie ' s banes—O , Death ! it ' s my opinion , Ye ne ' er took sic a hlctherin' bitch Into your dni-k dominion ;
and many a . sixpence it procured him , from the interest attached to every trifle connected with Burns . Humphrey lived some years in one of those free cottages erected near Blackhill by the late Mr . Cooper , of Smithstonc , and received three shillings a , week from a fund left for the purpose by the saiiie benevolent gentleman . When the sons of Burns visited Tarbolton , some months since , Humphrey was brought to that town in a carriage , and introduced to themfurnishing them with several reminiscences of their honoured father . Tho dtccaicd was interred in Mauchlinc church-yard , attended by a very large concourse of people . —Kilmarnock Journal .
We have to announce the death of the Hon . General Sir Henry George Grey , brother of Earl Grey , who expired on Saturday last , after a protracted illness , at his residence in Hertford-street , May-fair . The deceased was third son of thelato Earl Grey , by Elizabeth , daughter of Mr . George Grey , of Southwick . He was born 25 th October , 1760 , and was consequently in his 79 th year . In August , 1812 , ho married Miss Charlotte Des Vceux , only daughter of Sir Charles Des Vooux , Bart ., by whom ho docs not leave any issue . The colonelcy of tbe 113 th Dragoons becomes vacant by the demise of tho gallant general , the pay and emoluments of which amount , according to the late return , to £ 1 , 033 ' 18 s . [ Nice pickings ! J
Labour Defended
LABOUR DEFENDED
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