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8 THE NORTHERN STAR. April 18, l84a
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An Allkged Case of Murder at Bromfioh, Kbxt.—At two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, J, Hinde. Esq.. coroner, held an inquest at the Golden
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Destruchvb Fire at Lmbhousb.—Between four and five o'clock on Friday morning, a most terrific
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The Late Fatal Accident at the Ht'NOE Rf...
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li BANKRUPTS. [From t/ie Gazette of Friday, April 10.]
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Easter Week In Manchester. For Many Year...
EASTER WEEK IN MANCHESTER . ( Continued from First Page . ) hours , and we'll give you a little more wages . " "So , " rejoin the men , "that ' s in direct opposition to the principle of restriction ; and if eleven men worked twelve hours a day , they'll do the same work as twelve men working eleven hours a day ; and by the longer hours we put eight and a third per cent , of our body out of employment , and thereby overstock the market , and give our tyrants comma "" over our body through the necessities of an "P *™ : ployed reserve . " ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'C . then dec lared that , however the fashion may hava sanct « mw "f method of calculating thc leg itimate W * ° l !^! . who speculated in other men's labour , that hewas old-fashioned enough not to recognise a f >^ V ™ ™ thousand pounds and the only way uiousauu
one fraction in a ; one traction in a yuu »~» , -- m „_„ l ™ of tetosing tM « I *™*™ ff » 15 £ , K 3 ssr -s & s & ssw ^ ttv snnlPuse wavinff of hats , and clapping of hands ; SS an a peal upon behalf of Dixon , which was ereditablv and honourably responded to , and alter a vote of thanks to Mr . O ' Connor and the Chairman , the vast multitude separated , highly pleased with what they had hoard . We should not omit stating , that besides the delegates from i-ancashire , there were individuals present from different distant parts of England , invited to witness the ballot for the first allotment upon the Land , and of which we shall now speak .
EASTER MONDAY . Last Easter Monday was a day that will not be hastily forgotten in Manchester . Ten o ' clock being the hour appointed for commencing the ballot , the doors of the Carpenters' Hall were beset by groups of anxious expectants ; but , iu consequence of the building trades now on strike having morning meetings there , it was impossible , even if all the arrangements had been made , to commence the proceedings at so earl van hour . Apart from this delay , a considerable time was necessarily occupied by the Secretary and directors comparing the Manchester list with " the Secretary , Mr . Murray , and in other indispensable preliminaries ; and , as it would be necessary to vacate the Carpenters * Hall at an early hour , the directors were obliged to seek refuge
elsewhere ; and after a vigorous search , the Meal-house , a very extensive and appropriate school-house , was procured , and the ballot was announced to commence at three o ' clock precisely . Just as the clock was on f & e stroke , Mr . O'Connor entered , and was received with loud cheers . Shortly after the directors appeared , and were also loudly greeted . Then the operation of putting the tickets and numbers into the Kspeetive balloting boxes , an operation performed by the Manchester Committee , consumed some time , which Mr . O'Connor profitably employed in address ing the audience , to whom he appealed , with great laughter , as " Landlords of England . " He gave a simple narrative of the rise , progress , and ultimate hope ofthe association , explaining that nothing could
mar its certain success hut the intemperance of rash or interested persons , who would either themselves endeavour to force the directors beyond their force and depth , or would , probably , try to create such a feeling amongst the best-intentioned . He was well aware when he first proposed the scheme , that there was great danger to be apprehended from the posses sion of a large sum of money by a popular party , ignorantly supposed to be applicable to whatever purpose interested individuals might choose to devote it . Their cause had been once before perilled by the possession of a large fund in 1 S 39 , but as long as he was connected with It he begged them to understand that neither the appeals of the interested or the taunts of the dissatisfied
would wring from him one fraction of the national treasure . ( Cheers , and that ' s right ) . If they had confidence in the directors it would be time enough to arraign them of imprudence or indiscretion when they committed such acts , while he was willing to admit that every man had a right to canvas them freely ; bnt at the same time he denied that any had a right to throw obstacles in their way for the mere purpose of either proving their unfitness if they were soft and yielding , or of taunting them with despotism and tyranny if they were resolute and unbending . He said , as it was the fashion with the aristocracy to have annual exhibitions of their live stock , he would take the liberty of exhibiting a _ Chartist ox—( laughter )—who had that morning visited him from
Todmorden , and who , -with his brother , cultivated little more than an acre of ground . ( A young man then made bis appearance upon the platform the picture of health , and with a face like the rising snn . He was received with great cheers , and Mr . O'Connor , putting his hand upon his head , exhibited his throat and neck that were perfect subjects for an artist . ) He then compared his appearance with the squalid pale faeesof the poor factory slaves . He then dwelt upon the question of mortgage and sale , and shewed his audience how he proposed to reserve the fee simple or title in the hands of the association until each man would be enabled by his industry to purchase bis own holding for ever . It was now announced that all was ready for commencement , when
It was moved that Mr . O'Connor should occupy the chair , and that the balloting boxes should be placed on the table , one on each side of the chairman—that James Leach should draw the names , and John Taylor , of Ashton , should dtaw the numbers , that the secretary should call out the names and Daniel Donavan the numbers . The scene now became truly interesting and excitimr ; the chairman being obliged to lay down his pen , evidently suffering under great excitement : at length the word was given , Mr . O'Connor shook each balloting box backwards and forwards , observing , 1 have marred some poor fellow ' s fortune and hastened another ' s . Tho very first name drawn was Philip Ford , Wootton-under-Edge , and the number was nine which proclaimed Mm a
winner amid great cheers and to the predeshnana » s conveyed the notion of certain success . The first class balloted for was the two acre members , who numbered 770 paid up , and who were proportionately allotted seventeen prises . It was truly amusing to witness the countenances of the members as a familiar name was drawn , and if one known to those present was successful the announcement was greeted with loud cheers . The plan pursued was this—the name of each of the 770 paid-up members was written upon a card with the number corresponding with the certificate and placed in one balloting box—and 770 cards , numbered from one to 7 J 0 , were placed la the other balloting box . The balloting boxes were in the shape of a hat cat off between the leaf and the crown , and the ope stopped with another crown , in which there was a small aperture into which two fingers
could be introduced and to which there was a sliding cover , the ooverwasat the side , and when a card was drawn the cover elided in and the box went round until it was stopped to take another card out . Inside of the box was an axle to which was attached flappers like those of a winnowing machine—those flappers in every revolution tossed the cards about and kept them in a state of perpetual motion . There being seventeen prizes it was decided that the names of the sixty who drew from No . 1 to No . 60 , inclusive , should be written upon a sheet of paper with the respective numbers opposite their names , and also the number of the certificate , lest there should be two members ofthe same name in one locality . The following sketch will best explain it : —On the card -was Philip Smith , Bradford , or , as the case may be , number of certificate , 1070 . YTe must refer our readers to the list of successful candidates for a more
extensive illustration . The ballot for thc two acre division was not over till half-past six , and ten o ' clock on Tuesday was appointed as the hour of proceeding with the other classes . There were 581 four acre members paid up , the number of prizes was thirteen , and the number to be recorded was from one to 26 ; the reason of taking these additional numbers above the number of prizes was , lest any of those drawn should prefer waiting for another locality . The only difference in the arrangements for Tuesday -was , that John Taylor , of Ashton , not being present , Edward Mitchel , secretary for Rochdale , was appointed to serve the number box in his place . Long before ten o ' clock many anxious to know their fate had arrived , and precisely at ten o ' clock Mr .
O'Connor took the chair and occupied the time while arrangements were being made ' in deUrering a liiglily Instructive lecture upon agriculture . He took for his text the report of a lecture delivered to the fanners of Staines and which appeared in the Sun of Monday evening , it was upon the value of liquid manures . The lecturer proceeded to illustrate the subject as he went on , and the following fact made a deep impression upon the meeting : —It appeared from the report that Sir James Graham had let a farm at five shillings an acre , which the tenant gave up as not worth the rent . Sir James Graham had it drained and subsoil ploughed . The first crop paid all thecx-P en ^ and a sol vent tenant took the land at a rent of A GUINEA AN ACRE . He then referred to an article which appeared m tbe Nottingham Review some years ago , not only statin * but clearly provh-g that the urine ot thc cattle of England was worth as
much money as would pay theintercst of thc national debt . It was asserted that there were 7 / jiiO / iOO head of cattle ; that he had no means of proving but admitting that the numbers were correct , he would undertake to prove that thc urine of each cow was ? inn ^ H ? T -y ^& £ . in the * sgreq » te TWENTY . EIGHT MILLIONS A YEAR " :: ? Now he would aotask t he Quecuaud Prince Albert , and the rest of the Wal i-aiuily , to go everv morning and eveninswitn their cans to the national tank , ( great bushier ) but he did think th . it they might derive a more honourable livelihood from a proper use of that liquid , than fromavcry impreptr use of intoxicating liquids . He explained the difference between an excitniK and eloquent speech delivered at n public meeting to an enthusiastic audience ; ani such plain and sinip ' e truths as he was then delivering in plab . and simple language to people , ali of whom were anxiously listening , and all desirous of
eoinmunuattin * the knowledge to their friends , lie implored his hearers to establish conversational classes , aud to escottrase ^ iheir own order to speak in their own
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phraseology without attempting ^ .- ^ g ^ g every 1 *^*^ X 1 exciting public meetings } SlSS & tZ ? Jrc required " ; and that they tjnienhocood preparatory schools lor teaching W 0 U f i to Sk good sound sense . Ifamanis taJkin" nonsense his company will stop him , but if he is s peaking eloquent rubbish his audience will only che er or hiss him , as their taste may lead . The arran » emcnts were now perfected—the ballot-box once more went round , and , upon a friend ' s name being drawn a prize , the room rung with cheers . One poor fellow , who js overlooker in a factory in Ashton , was early proclaimed a winner , and after two or three oheers and jumps , and having refused £ 30 for a
preference , he jumped upon tbe platform , to show himself , and upon Mr . O'Connor seeing his pale face , he said , " I'll soon knock some blood into your turnip , " and the poor fellow instantly sprang off the platform and never stopped till he had announced tbe glad tidings to all his neighbours at Ashton ; aud , singular to say , a great comrade of his drew a prize shortly alter he left . When Miss Vaughan ' s ( of Sunderland ) name was drawn as No . 1 . in the four acre class , there was a great cheer for the lady , and especially when Mr . O'Connor announced that , under another name , she had given more money to the Chartist cause than any individual of her class in England . The ceremony of ballotting being now over , a heat tv
vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , the Directors , and thc Alanchester Committee , previously to which it was moved , seconded , and carried amid acclamation , that those several members who witnessed the process of ballotting most cordially expressed their unqualified satisfaction at the manner in which the whole proceedings were conducted ; and after giving three hearty cheers , aud one cheer more for the land , the charter , and the first colonistsandthree for the directors , the scone closed with an anxious desire on the part of the spectators to see their glorious national undertaking attended with triumphant success , and whieh is the sincere and heartfelt prayer of him who has now given a faithful history of EASTER WEEK IN MANCHESTER .
8 The Northern Star. April 18, L84a
8 THE NORTHERN STAR . April 18 , l 84 a
Cratos* Ihofomentsi*
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Liverpool, April 9.—Thb Turn-Out Ik Tub ...
Liverpool , April 9 . —Thb Turn-out ik tub Buildixs Trade . —In this affair things remain nearly as they were . The employers seem determined to carry their point with a very high hand . They have held another meeting , passed a number of resolutions , appointed a committee to wait on the parish authorities , the dock committee , and other public companies . This committee is to urge upon these respective parties to assist them in their endeavours to coerce their men into submission . One thing which occurred at this meeting we must not omit to chronicle , as it shows the spirit by which they are governed . One ofthe principal builders , Mr . Thomas Ilaigh , has withdrawn from the masters' union . In
doing so , he wrote a letter to them , informing them that , on inquiring of his men , he iound that they had not subscribed to the men at Birkenhead ; in fact , when asked to do so they had refused . Ho then goes on testate that , such being the case , he could not add injustice to error ; thereby intimating that he had withdrawn the "Declaration . " No doubt his brother " unionists" would receive this in the gentlemanly spirit with which it was sent . Not so—at least if we are to judge by the resolution they passed on it , —they declare that the letter is not to be answered , and that it is to be taken no notice of . That is , they treat him as a black sheep , and exhibit the same kind of feeling as tliey cliargc the working men with doing towards those who violate the union laws . Perhaps , if Mr . Haigh was not a capitalist ,
they might try to coerce him the same as they are doing their late workmen . Wc hope Mr . Haigh will think a little more , and then he may come to the conclusien that if his men do subscribe to aid the Birkenhead men , he has no right to interfere . If they perform their duty , to'lrim as per agreement , that is all he has a right to look to . However , of this we are satisfied , that the gratification he must feel , and the < rood feeling with which his workmen must view his later conduct , will infinitely counterbalance the off-hand manner with which his late colleagues treat him . As regards the movement of the workmen , they have been busy arranging their forces , looking out for the jsinews of war , loading employment for those out ( some few are now in work ) , and doing the utmost to ensure success .
[ We are sorry that this did not find insertion in our last number , the fault is not ours , it onlyreached the Star office on Friday afternoon , after our country edition was printed . ] SrAiTORDsnrnE Mixers . —A public meeting and delegate meeting has been held at the Samson and Lion , Green Croft , by thc South Staffordshire miners , at which several resolutions were adopted , including one to the effect that— " The best thanks are due , and are hereby given , to the Rev . Mr . Humphry Price , minister of Christ ' s Church , in Needwood , Staffordshire , for his noble conduct in upholding the rights of the miners of Great Britain , hoping that ministers of all sects will follow his example . "The next delegate meeting will be held at Mr . Henry Mason's , Swan Inn , Wednesfield Heath , en Monday the 20 th day of April . Those lodges who do not send a delegate will forfeit one shilling each . John Jones , D . Secretary .
Strikes at BiRMixoniM . —The strike of the bricklayers in this town has been succeeded by similar movements in other branches of trade , and should these differences remain for any length of time unsettled , or the evil further spread , it cannot fail to be most disastrous in its results . The concession of one shilling per week on thc part of the master-builders not having been accepted by the men by the time specified in the resolution , the former have met and declared their determination not now to advance the sum to which they had consented . In this position of affairs all building operations are brought to a stand , there is seemingly no probability of cither party giving way , until perhaps the force of circumstances ( the exhaustion of the trade fund , for
instance ) compel tho men to do so , and to resume their workwitha bad feeling on both sides . The strike of the tailors continues ; at least half the shops in this town arcclosed ; and watchers arc stationed in various parts to warn strangers against applying for work at houses where the differences exist with the masters . —The tin-plate workers continue out , as intimated in the Daily News on Friday ; and the contagion seems infectious ; to-day the bricklayers' " labourers" have also struck : and from Walsall I have received information that the stirrup-makers have notified to their employers that , unless they have a rise of wages within a month , they will quit their work . Such a state of things is much to be deplored . —Daily News ,
Lancashire Misers . — "Wm . Grocott thankfully acknowledges thesum of £ 5 from the miners of Holytown per Wm . Cloughan . The miners of Bolton and its vicinity are still out , and while they gratefully acknowledge the kindness and promptitude of their friends in coming forward so liberally towards their support , they beg most respectfully to remind them of the necessity which still exists for a continuance of pecuniary aid . Subscriptions will be thankfully received and duly acknowledged by W . Grocott , No . 1 , Camplin ' s-buildings , Mount-street , Ancoats , Manchester , and by Mr . Charles Meadowcroft , Astley-street , Dukinfield , Cheshire ,
First Anniversary , of the Birmingham and Duoley Friendly Fesdek-makers' ano Moulder ' s Society , Established for the Mutual Protection of Lauour and the Support of its Members out of employ . —Twelve months ago , a few spirited and noble-minded men seeing the degraded and miserable condition to which their fellow tradesmen were reduced in consequence of the want of union amongst themselves , resolved to call a meeting ot their fellowworkmen in order to establish an organization ofthe trade , for the purpose of emancipating themselves frem their degraded and wretched position , so as to enjoy the blessings of liberty and the rights of freeborn Englishmen , to obtain a fair remuneration for their labour , so as to enable them , by their industry ,
to provide for themselves and families comfortably and respectably , and to support its members out of employ . Thc result has proved that thc efforts of these energetic men have been crowned with success , far exceeding their most sanguine expectations ; so much so that the condition , both physically and mentally , of each of the members of the society has been materially improved . Having given the above outline of the chief objects , for which the society was formed , wc proceed to give a brief account ofthe proceedings of its first anniversary , which was celebrated on Easter Monday , at thc Masons ' - Arms , Moscley-strect , Birmingham , where cighty three membors * at down to a good and substantial dinner , provided for the occasion . After ample justice being
done to the good cheer , furnished by the worthy host ( Mr . John Slater ) , the cloth being drawn , Mr . Thus . Brunctt was called to the chair , and Mr . Benjamin Ross to thc viee-shair . The secretaries of Birmingham and Dndlev proceeded to give a lucid and cheering accountof the rise . progress and present prosperity ofthe society , notwithstanding the struggle it has had to contend with . The society was highly gratified bv two influential gentlemen , unconnected with thc trade , volunteering pecuniary aid it it should at anv time be in need of it . The report being finished , appropriate toasts and sentiments wore « iv . n , and duly responded to . in plain neat speeches Foster
bv the chairman , Messrs . Evans , , Lyndon , L ' awrencc , and others , and the evening was spent with the utmost conviviality . A vote of thanks bein" returned to the chairman , secretaries , and host , it was unan imously resolved , "That a report of the first anniversary should be forwarded to the editor of the Northern Star requesting the favour of its insertion in his next publication . Thus ended the first festival of this society from which the spirit and good ( Wing evinced by every one present , bids fair to become a blessing to the members and their families . To the great credit ofthe meeting , at eleven o ' clock , evejy man departed to his home orderly and sober .
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DUBLIN . COMMISSION COURT .-Monday , April 13 . O ' CONNSLL V . o ' hIGGINS . The residing judges , Baron Richards and Judge Ball took their seats on the bench at eleven o'clock . seditious libel . Mr . Patrick O'Hlggins was called upontopleadtoan indictment found by the grand jury , for having caused to be published and circulated a wicked and seditious libel , entitled " Landlords , Tyrants , " with intent to stir up discontent and disaffection amongst , various classes . The traverser's attorney handed in a writ of certiorari for removing the proceedings into the Court of Queen's Bench . Judge Ball—We have nothing to do in the ease . The traverser and his securities , Messrs . John Lnngan and Edward Gatchcll , then re-acknowledged their recognizances , and having done so retired .
In is now universally admitted thai , although the ' Queen is nominally the prosecutor in this case , yet O'Connell is the real one . The sureties in the present instance were for the certiorari . Mr . O'Higgins must plead in the Court of Queen ' s Bench next term , that is to say soma time before the 1 st of May . After which a day will he fixed for the . trial . It is currently reported that Mr . O'Connor has been retained . If so , his appearance in Dublin as counsel for O'Higgins will cause a sensation ,
Keighley, April 17,1810. ^ Sin,—We Have ...
keighley , April 17 , 1810 . ^ Sin , —We have just sent to Mr . Duncombe 2171 signatures to the . national petition , and have many iheets unfilled up . Should thc measure bo postponed we shall send them also ; and , perhaps , a quantity more if you think them of any service . Yours , in haste , . John Gabneit . To F . O'Connor , Esq . My very dear Friends . —I thank you ; from my soul I thank you . I will visit you in return , the first town in England , the moment I can get out . SEND UP ANOTHER AND ANOTHER . Men of Sutton in Ashfield , I . give you my heartfelt thanks also . Down with the Bloody Bill ! . Ever your obliged friend , . . Feahqus O'CoHNbn .
An Allkged Case Of Murder At Bromfioh, Kbxt.—At Two O'Clock On Tuesday Afternoon, J, Hinde. Esq.. Coroner, Held An Inquest At The Golden
An Allkged Case of Murder at Bromfioh , Kbxt . —At two o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon J , Hinde . Esq .. coroner , held an inquest at the Golden
Lion Lun, High-Street, Brompton, Near Ch...
Lion lun , High-street , brompton , near Chatham , on the bedy of a married woman , named Ann Allpresse , whose death , it was alleged , was caused by her husband beating and kicking her on the night ofthe 4 th [ nst . The evidence , which was very voluminous and contradictory , occupied the court for nearly five hours . It appeared that the husband and wife lived in lodgings in Broad-alley , Brompton , and that he is an excavator , employed under Mr , Kitt , the contractor for forming the drain opposite to the Dock yard . The deceased was represented to be a wellconducted industrious woman . # On the night in Question the husband was out drinking at the
Dolphin public-house . The deceased and Jane Chaney , at whose house they lodged , about eleven o ' clock at night , went to . the Dolphin to fetch the husband home , but they returned without him , and in a few minutes the deceased again went out , to fetch her husband . When she returned , sho was covered with dirt , and could not speak , and blood was running from her face . The deceased next morning was found to be so ill that Mr . Weeks , surgeon , was sent for by & neighbour , who found the deceased in bed , and she complained of being sore all over her , with violent pains in her stomach and back , and also her head ; her left eye was much swollen and blackened ; and she had a severe contusion on the lower part of her back , which she said was the effect of blows from her husband , given at the Dolphin public-house . The
deceased repeated the same tale a few hours before her death , which took place on Monday evening last . Mr . Weeks said that death was caused by the blows received , as , upon a post mortem examination , nothing was discovered to cause death , the inside being perfectly healthy . The coroner , after consulting with some of the jury , ordered the husband of the deceased into custody , and adjourned the inquest . Dreadful Explosion . —Five Lives Lost . —Bilston , Staffobdshire , Wednesday Evening . —This morning an explosion , attended with fatal consequences , took place in a fire clay pit belonging to Messrs . Pemberton , coal and iron masters , and situated on the high road between Bilston and Willenhall . It appears that , in consequence of the Easter holidays the miners had not been at work since Saturday , but that this morning they went to the pit for thepurpose of resuming their labours ; six men and boys were lowered down , but previously to this the " doggie "
had cautioned them all to remain quiet until he also came down ; instead of this , however , a man named Jones took up his candle and went along a place called the "Gate-roads ; " he was urgently entreated not to do so but disregarding these injunctions he continued his course , and had not proceeded more than six yards before the sulphur exploded—hurling the men at the bottom of the pit with much violence a considerable distance . The man Jones was killed ou the spot , and out of six other men and boys who were suspended at the top of the pit , four were killed ; they were blown in all directions . Several others are very seriously burnt , but hopes are entertained of their ultimate recovery . The names ofthe deceased are : —William Jones , aged 30 , has left a wife and four children ; Abraham Adkins , aged 32 , has left a wife and five children ; Thomas Vcnsome , aged 10 ; John Evans , aged 17 ; and Enoch Price Bevington , aged 10 .
Massacre op the Crew op the Ship Mart . —Wo regret to state that information has at length arrived announcing the wreck of this vessel , and the dreadful fate of her crew , who sailed on a whaling expedition about three years since to Sydney , thence to Woodlark Islands , The particulars are obtained from a survivor , named Valentine—the only one—seven of the crew having perished in the shipwreck , and tho remaining twenty-eight were horribly massacred by thc natives of Woodlark Islands . The escape of Valentine is most extraordinary . He is now on his way to England , having been rescued by the crew of the brig Tigress . From his statement , it appears that the vessel arrived at Sydney in September , 1843 , and proceeded in a few days direct for Woodlark Islands , and reached them in the month of
November , having had favourable winds all the time , as well as remarkably fine weather . The Lady Anne and the brig Tigress , he says , accompanied them . They cruised upon the north-west side until the 21 st of that month , when the weather changed , and , before twelve at night , an awful storm came on . It sprung up at about nine from the westward , and afterwards veered round to the north-west with such fury as to destroy their small-boat , galley , bulwarks , fee , and sweep away all on deck . The next morning matters were worse . At twelve o ' clock their main and mizen-masts were carried away by the force of the hurricane , and at lour the ship struck on
Loughlin ' s-reef , where she became a total wreck . The crew took to the rigging , where they remained exposed nearly forty-eight hours before the sea had sufficiently abated to enable them to construct a raft to gain the shore . In the meantime several of the crew , includingthechiefmate , Mr . J . Settle , perished . On reaching the shore , several natives came down , and kindly treated them , by furnishing cocoa-nuts and provisions , and afterwards conducted them to their village . The master , Captain Stein , onfinding there was no chance of speaking with a ship , resolved to build a small vessel that would enable him and his men to proceed to s « a . Accordingly , all hands were set to work to save as much of the wreck
as possible , and in thw they were fortunate . I or nine moaths they enjoyed the utmost friendship with the natives and received a good supply of such provisions as the Island afforded . Suddenly , however , just after the launching of their newly-built schooner , and within a few days of their intended departure , they ( it was supposed in retaliation for some offence committed by one ofthe crew ) came down upon them and murdered Captain Stein aud six of the men . Having no provisions whatever on board , and being without water , the survivors endeavoured to treat with the natives ; the latter , however , resisted their relanding , and thoy made for Woodlark Island , in a six-oared whale boat , a journey wliich occupied live davs . duritiL ' which they subsisted on , sea birds and
fish , llote they were kindly received , and remained preparing for a lengthened voyage , until some natives of the Loughlin Island arrived , and apprised the chiefs of what had occurred there , when the natives rushed to the spot where they were encamped , and massacred the whole of them . Valentine , who . ^ it appears , was in an adjacent wood , escaped . Tho poor fellow endured the greatest privation , Wing compelled to make the wood his habitation for several weeks . Having been the means of saving the life of a native , he contrived to make tho party aware of his perilous condition , who assisted him to a distant part ofthe island , where tho Tigress brig soon afterwards anchored to obtain water , on board of which he instantly found refuge .
Coroner ' s Inquest . —Cask of Drowsing . —An inquest was held on Wednesday evening by Mr . W . Payne , City Coroner , at the Newcastle Coffec-llousc , St . Mary-at-llill , on the body of a man , at present unknown , found in the vivcr Thames on Monday morning last . Edward Dixon , a fisherman , deposed to finding the body off the middle steam-boat pier , by means of his grapnel , and bringing it ashore . One of the eyes were blackened , as if from a blow , lie assisted in undressing it , and the dress consisted ol fustian jacket and trowscrs , and plush waistcoat . A scarf was round thc neck , and he had on low shoes
and worsted stockings . His ago appeared to be about forty , and in height about five feet ekht inches . Hound his waist was a wide webbing belt , with three buckles in front . The only thing found in his pockets was a brace button . Mr . Cornelius Smith , surgeon , said he examined the body on Monday evening , and found , on the fore part ofthe head , just above the nose , a bniiso extending towards the left eye , wliich must have been done just before death . That was not sufficient of itself to cause death . There was no fracture of the skull . The inquiry was adjourned for a week ,
The Fraternal Democrats. At The Meeting ...
THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . At the meeting ef the Fraternal Democrats on bimday evening , March 29 th , Joseph Moll in the chair , the following resolution moved by William Dunnage , seconded by Carl Schapper , was unanimously adopted : That the noble sentiments expressed in the addresses of tho Polish Democrats , published in the Northern Star of March 28 th , sufficiently answer the calumnies of the enemies of the European Democracy , and are a sufficient guaran tec that the Polish cause is part and parcel of the great cause of Universal Equality . And this meeting assures the Polish Democrats that in s ; . ite of calumny and persecution , the Democrats of all nations Will devote their energies in aiding them to establish the rights , political and social , of the Polish people , and tho whole of the Slavonian races . At this meeting it was resolved that the nights of meeting be altered from Sunday to Monday evening .
Monday Evening , April Cth . —At the meeting holden this evening , William Dunnage was called to the chair . After the election of several new members , G . Julian Harney spoke at some length on thc shameless indifference of the aristocratic and middle classes to the sufferings and sacrifices of tho heroic Polish people . He added some remarks illustrative of the fraternal feelings of the Britisli Democrats towards their fellow men of ail countries . J . A . Micuelot addressed the meeting in the French language , commenting on the late meeting at thc Crown and Anchor .
A gentleman connected with the Paris press , and deputy of the committee of the friends of Poland , established in Paris , next spoke . He warmly app lauded the London Democrats for their rectnt meeting in behalf of Poland , regretting that he was not in London at the timo . He stated his interviews with the parliamentary and other " liberals" in this country and the cold indifference with wliich they had met his appeals . His reception by the democrats had been of a totally opposite character . He was more than ever eon vinced that the cause o f liberty must depend for its success wholly upon the people . The democrats of Europe mast unite as one man , abandon all national prejudices , and cordially work together for the accomplishment of their common triumph . ( The apeaker was repeatedly and warmly applauded . )
A Polish refugee next addressed the meeting . He expatiated on the follies and crimes of the Polish aristocrats , they caused the downfall of their country and organised the failure of the Revolution of 1830-31 . Some of them accompanied the emigration into Franco and Britain , and it was owing to the intrigues of these aristocrats that the sympathy ofthe English people had been weakened . The revolution was not put down , it might have experienced a temporary check , but it was permanently organised and would ultimately triumph . ( Great applause . ) Carl Schapper spoke of the sympathy for Poland in Germany . He described the enthusiasm witli
which the proscribed Poles were received in Germany in 1831 , when on their way to France , that enthusiasm had not abated , but on the contrary was now universal in Germany . The lying papers published under the terrors of thc Censorship had endeavoured to excite prejudiee against the Poles by representing them as plotting to massacre the Germans . This was false , the Polish people and the German people had to contend against the same tyrants , aud would , therefore , unite as brothers for the attainment of their freedom . The speaker added some statements , showing the sympathy exhibited by the German workmen in Paris and London for the Poles , and concluded amidst much applause .
G . Julian Harnby then moved the adoption of the following resolution : — That thc thanks of this meeting be given to tho editors of tho Reforms for the generous and fraternal sentiments expressed in that journal of the 81 st of March , on the recent public meeting , held in London in behalf of Poland . And this meeting hails with delight the interchange of fraternal sentiments between the several sections of the European family , assured that as the true interests of the people of all countries are one and the same , so must they be united as brethren to accomplish tho triumph of their common cause .
Carl Schapper seconded the resolution , whieh was unanimously adopted . The meeting then adjourned . The next meeting will be holden on Monday evening , April 20 th .
Destruchvb Fire At Lmbhousb.—Between Four And Five O'Clock On Friday Morning, A Most Terrific
Destruchvb Fire at Lmbhousb . —Between four and five o ' clock on Friday morning , a most terrific
Fire Broke Out In Three Colt-Street, Lim...
fire broke out in Three Colt-street , Limehouse , near to the church , which , at one period , threatened the total destruction of the entire neighbourhood . The devouring element was nbt extinguished before six houses fell a prey to the flames , and eight others were seriously damaged . The fire was first discovered to be raging in the lower part of the premises of a Mr . Hunt , cheesemonger , No . 40 , Three Colt-streot , which in a short time enveloped the entire building , the inmates having escaped with great difficulty . The greater part of the building , as well as the adjoining ones , being wood , the fire spread with the utmost rapidity , and in a few minutes No . 39 and 40
shared thc same fate . Messengers were instantly despatched for the engines , but by the time the engines from School-house-lane , Wellelose square , and that from Jeffery square arrived , about twelve or fourteen houses were destroyed and partly consumed ; the unfortunate inmates of several of them having escaped in a state of nudity , while others were only able to save a few things , with but little of their furniture . The engines having at length been got to work and a plentiful supply of water obtained , the firemen , assisted by the police and others , through very great exertions , by about five o ' clock succeeded in stopping the further pi-ogress of the flames . Tho damage done is estimated at about £ 2 , 000 . No information can be obtained as to the cause of the fire .
DuEADFta Railwat AcciDBivr , sear South Shields . —A serious accident occurred on the Brandling Junction Railway , near this town , by which several persons have been injured , some of whom , it is thought , cannot survive . The 10 o ' clock train from Gateshead was proceeding at a rapid rate from Brock-Icy Whins to Shields when , on taking a curve near the Jarrow Alkali Works , the engine got oft * the line , dragged the tender with it , and having become disconnected from the passenger-carriages by the breaking of the coupling chain , dashed over the embankment and through thc roof of a row of dwellinghouses , on the ground-floor of one of which it finally stopped , resting on its end , with tbe tender above it , poised in a most fearful position , Thc only inmates of the house , wliich has thus been completely demolished , were two women and a child , all of whom are most seriously injured ; one of the women by tbe engine having fallen upon her leg , whieh was literally
crushed to atoms ; and she , as well as the others , by the escape of steam and boiling water which rushed from the boiler . The force of thc engine and its great weight seem to have cut through tbe building almost like a razor , which accounts for thc inmates of thff neighbouring houses having sustained but little injury—in fact , none at all worth mentioning . The engineman and stoker were thrown from the engine and alighted on that portion of the roof which remained , receiving serious contusions by tho fall . One passenger , who was riding outside the train , had both his legs broken . Fortunately none of thc passenger carriages were dragged from the line , and the extent of injury received by the passengers is not so great aa might have been expected under thc circumstances . Several dangerous wounds aud contusions were received ; but , at the moment I write , it is next to impossible to ascertain the extent of
injury . Monday Morning . The women and child are still alive , and are said to have passed an easy night . It is now hoped the child and one of the women will recover , but the other is so fearfully scalded as to preclude the remotest chance of her surviving . Her hair was completely scalded from her head , and her face and other parts of her body present a most shocking sight . Monday Evening . The woman , Sarah Rippon , who was so dreadfully scalded , died this morning . The man who was riding outside the carriage , and had his legs broken , is a stone-mason belonging to Sunderland . It is but justice to state that everything humanity could suggest
was promptly done to afford relief to the unfortunate sufferers . Hundreds of persons were soon collected . Indeed , tbe inmates of the neighbouring houses rushed out in consternation , tbe place having been shook as if by an earthquake . There were not wanting those who hastened to the point of danger , and by their prompt exertions rescued those who were in peril ; and every home offered an asylum . Thc medical gentlemen of the town were speedily on the spot , and acted with the greatest coolness , decision , and promptitude . The engine still remains where it fell , and it has been found necessary U pull down two adjoining houses , in order to effect its removal . Indeed , it cannot be removed entire , but must be taken to pieces , repaired , and rebuilt .
The Reward of Heroism . —A purse of fourteen pounds fourteen shillings , subscribed for thepurpose , has been presented to William Kane , a seaman on board one of the Birkenhead steamers as a reward for the iicrioc conduct he has displayed on six different occasions , in rescuing persons who bad fallen into the river in passing between Liverpool and Birkenhead . The same individual has since rescued another person under similar circumstances —an elderly man of the name of Hughe * . As the man was about to sink , Kane jumped from the steanwr , caught hold of him , and sustained him up , until both were taken on board a boat . BnuTAUTV . —A few days since , a poor fellow met his death at Huddersfiehl , through the brutal practice of kicking . His opponent has been committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter .
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The Chartist Co-Operative Land Society. ...
THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith are held every week on the following days and places : — SUNDAT EVJENINO . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road : at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six o'clock . — Westminster : at tho Paithenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane-at half-past seven . —Somas Town : at Mr . Duddrege ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven . —Tower Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely , —Marylebone at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at halfpast seven .
MONDAY EVENING . Camherwett : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o'clock precisely .
TUESDAY EVE . YIKO . Greenwich ; at the George aud Dragon , Blackheathhill , at eight o ' clock . Newcastle-upon-Tyne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , from seven until nine o ' clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . Ze »' e « 8 t « r : The members and committee of thc Cooperative Land Society meet at 87 , Church-gate , every Sunday night , at six o ' clock . Armley : Thc members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet at the house of Mr . William Oates , boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gate , every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock .
Citr CiiARnsr Hall , 1 , Turnagain-Jane , Farrtng don-street . —The public discussion will be resumed on Sunday morning next , April 19 , at half-past ten o ' clock precisely . —In the evening , at seven o ' clock , Mr . T . Shorter will deliver a public lecture . Subject : " War and its results . " South London Chartist Hall . —On Sunday evening next , April 19 , at seven o ' clock precisely , Mr . T . Cooper , author of tho "Purgatory of Suicides , " & c , will deliver a public lecture . Subject— " The duties of working men towards each other , aud to the world . "
CHARTISTS AND FRIENDS OF FREEDOM SUPPORT THE SOUTH LONDON OHAKTIST HALL . A benefit , in aid of thc funds of the above hall , will be held at the Royal Victoria Theatre , on Wednesday evening , April 29 . An excellent bill of fare , and a galaxy of talent are provided for the occasion . Tickets to be had of Mr . Gathard , Page ' s-walk , Bermondsey ; Mr . Dron , Oakley-street , Lambeth ; at the South London , and other metropolitan Chartist Halls , and places of meeting ; of Mr . Wheeler , at the Chartist Land Office , 83 , Dean-street , and at the Northern Star Office .
Hammersmith . — The Land ! The Land !!—A meeting will be held at the Dun Cow , Brook Graenlane , on Tuesday evening next , April 21 , to consider the propriety of holding a great public meeting in connexion therewith . Every member arid all friends of this locality are requested to be in attendance at eight o ' clock precisely . " . Cajibkuwell and Walworth . —A meeting will be held at the Montpelier Tavern . Walworth , on Monday evening next , April 27 , at eight o ' clock precisely . St . Pancras . —An harmonic meeting will be held at the Feathers' Tavern , Warren-street , Tottenhamcourt-road , on Monday evening next , April 20 , at eight o clock , the proceeds to be devoted to defray the expence of sending a delegate to the ensuing Chartist convention .
Stockport . —Mr . T . Clark , of the Executive , will address a meeting in the association room , on Sunday evening next . Chair to be taken at half-past six o ' clock . Leicester . —This section of the National Anti-Militin . Association meets every Sunday evening , at Mr , Astell ' s , 87 , Church-gate , for the enrolment of members , & c . Newcastle-on-Tyne . —The future meetings of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , and of the National Charter Association , will be held on the Sunday eveings instead of Monday as heretofore . Hours of attendance from six to eight o'clock . —N . B . The whole of the members are respectfully invited to attend on Sunday first the 19 th instant . 'The secretary will be provided also with cards and rules for the enrolment of new members . Rochdale . —Mr . M'Garth of the Executive will lecture in the Chartist Association-room , Mill-street , Rochdale , on Sunday evening at 8 ix o ' clock .
Nottingham . —The next meeting of the Land Society in this district will be held at tho Hare and Hounds , Old Basford , ou Sunday evening the 19 th instant , at seven o ' clock precisely . Bradford . —On Sunday the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will hold a meeting in their room , Batterworth-buildings , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . The members of the O'Connor ' s brigade will meet on Sunday in their room at org o ' clock in the afternoon . A public meeting will be held in Butterworth-buildings on Sunday at one o ' clock in the afternoon , to elect a delegate to tho forthcoming convention .
Warrington . —A meeting of the friends of tho Chartist Co-operative Land Society will be held at the house of Mr . Edward Conway , boot and shoe maker , Seot / and-road , on Sunday next , April 19 , at six o ' clock in the evening , to consider tho propriety of forming a branch of the above society . All persons desirous of becoming shareholders are respectfully invited to attend . A South Staffordshire Miners' Delegate meeting will be held at the Swan Inn , Wednesfield Heath , Mr . Henry Mason ' s , on Monday next . Aoril 20 .
Chair to be taken at eleven o'clock . West Riding Delegate Meeting . — A special West Riding delegate meeting will be holden on Sunday , April 20 , in the Working Man ' s Hall , Bullcloselane , Halifax , to commence at twelve o ' clock at noon . The General Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Miners will take place on Monday next , April 20 th , at the sign of the Swan with Two Necks , Springlane , Ratcliffc-bridgo , near Bury , chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting , which will be addressed by several oftlie accredited agents ofthe Miners' Association .
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Execution Of Samuel Yabham,—Nobwich, Apr...
Execution of Samuel Yabham , —Nobwich , April 11 . —In consequence of the peculiar circumstances under which Yarham was convicted , and the efforts which had been made to obtniu a commutation of his sentence , it was very generally believed that some degree of mercy would have been extended towards him . As this did not nrrive , the extreme sentence of the law was inflicted upon him on Saturday last , in front of Norwich Castle , at twelve o ' clock . All tho roads lending into this city were crowded at a very early hour with vehicles of every
description ; and the number of pedestrians who nocked to witness thc scene was greater than ever remembered on any similar occasion . This circumstance may , to a certuin extent be accounted for by the fact of Saturday being the second day of the fair , a market day , and a day generally kept by the lower orders in this county as a holyday . On the immense area in front of the castle , there were not less than 20 , 000 people , a very large proportion belonging to tho lower orders , and there were , as usual , quite as many , if not more , women than men present , The trains from Yarmouth carried nearly 1 , 800 passen . gcrs , principally of the third class .
The ltev . J . Brown , chaplain to the gaol , has been most unremitting in affording the wretched man every spiritual assistance in his power since commitment , and the last five hours of Yurhum ' s life were spent in the cha plain ' s presence , who sought , we believe with but little apparent success , to apply the consolations of religion to tho unhappy man's condition . A very few minutes after the clock had struck twelve , the usual procession proceeded to the scaffold , aud after a slioi-t space oi time , tlie cap and rope having been ailjustctl , the fatal bolt was drawn , and the soul of the culprit was in the presence of its Creator aud Judge . From some cause or other the muscular convulsions attendant upon violent deaths were unusually protracted . No confession of any kind , as far as I can learn , has been made by the deceased . He neither denied the truth of Mrs . Dick's evidence nor affirmed it , but when pressed on tlio poiut wished to maintain a determined silence . lie did not open his lips on the
scaffold , and required support to enable him to stand on thc drop . By this silence he undoubtedly tacitly but un . satisfactorily confirms Mrs . Dick's ( as tbe judge called it ) " extraordinary" tale , because it would be difficult , if not impossible , to find an instance of a man dying with the consciousness of innocence , and not frequently and emphatically declaring it . Besides ho has affirmed it before the magistrate a hundred times ; and when asked at his trial , what he had to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced , he said , " I am innocent , so help me God . " He would not have withheld a similar avowal noir , had not the near approach of eternity rendered the telling falsehoods awfully perilous and difficult . There arc reasons into which I cannot enter , because of implicating , -i third party , which , it is alleged , are quite sutticient to account for his dogged silence on a question , whieh would have been deemed uioro satisfactory to the public had ho given a positive assurance of the guilty part he took in this foul deed of cruelty ami blood .
Koyal and Mapes , two of the men committed with Yarhain as joint principles iu the imirder , and acquitted on the capital charge at the assizes in April , 1815 , were present at tho execution ; floral I saw near the gallows as soon as it was erected ( seven o ' clock iu the morning ) , and he was followed about by a considerable number of the populace . ^ After the execution ho was somewhat roughly handled by a portion of tlio crowd , and was obliged to resort to a neighbouring public-house for protection . The above execution stands in one rexpect almost unparalleled in English history—that of -a man being hanged l » r t , murder , after he had been allowed to give evidence against three supposed accomplices iu the same offence . He is also executed upon statements wliich he himsvll made whilst under the impressionth . it , inconsequence ot giving such evidence , he was free from auv ulterior ;> ri .. feedings .
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The Late Fatal Accident At The Ht'noe Rf...
The Late Fatal Accident at the Ht'NOE Rf () Rl Steam-Boat Pieb . —On Wednesday afternoon an i „ quiry commenced at the Griffin , Yilliers-street , Strand before Mr . Bedford , coroner for Westminster , an | J ' highly respectable jury of the parish of St . Martin's , re < specting the death of John Powell , aged fortyone , ^ at Simpson ' s Tavern , Wells-street , Jermyn-stteet , ftj was drowned at Hungerford-market Pier , on Sum ] av afternoon last . The jury having viewed the body of ^ deceased , and , at the suggestion of the coroner , the stmt were the accident occurred , William Clements , builder of No . 31 , Yilliers-street , was called before the jury to d »! scribe the construction of the pier , lie said that he had been employed at the pier for the Inst saven years and
left it in a perfectly secure state at ei ght o ' clock oh Saturday night la » t . He did not see it again until Mon , day—that was , after the accident had happened , T [ J barges are fastened together at each corner by chains and cables . The flap communicating between thc two bargtj where the accident happened , was secured at each angle by two staples and a chain , and went over the barge to the extent of fifteen inches . The length of the flap was five feet , and the breadth seven feet six inches . A jurOT —Were tho staples wliich fasten the flap ever known to draw before this time ? Witness—Yes , and they have been removed , the same kind being placed there . From the swell of the steamers , staples , or anything which might be put in their place , would be likely to " draw . ' If tho staples come out thc flap may slip . The flap is an
mch and a half thick , and is edged with an inch and a half board . The opening between the barges covered by this flap is twenty-four inches . Cannot account for the slipping of the flap but from the commotion caused by the steamers . Always thought it sufficiently strong . Mr , George Gossit , merchant , at present residing at Peele ' s coffeehouse , Fleet-street , said that ou Sunday afternoon last , between four and five o'clock , he was walking alon » the Hungerford-market steam-boat pier , a few inches behind his friend Mr . Frederick Ileywood , when a portion of the pier suddenly gave way , and he saw him sink down into the water . In witness ' s opinion , three persons foil into the water besides his friend , lie saw a female got out . Ho was about to throw thc flap into the water , that the droiniing- persons might seize it , when he was pievented . There was not much commotion in the water at
the time , for there was but one steam-boat at the pier If the persons having the management of the pier had pre . rented other steam-bsats from calling and creating 3 swell , he had no doubt the deceased—indeed all the per sons who fell might hare been saved . A quarter of an hour or twenty minutes elapsed before the drags were brought . Saw no life buoy or boat kept at tho pier to save persons who might fall into tho water . Ue saw a female saved . The pier he thought was very unsafe , William Crawley , check taker to the Iron Steam-boat Company , said he fouad the body ofthe deceased . He
did not know , nor thought any one could tell , how many pc-sons fell into the water . 'Kccollected one ofthe staples coming out of thc flap where the accident happened , and his driving it in again . Did not think it necessary to have informed the company of it . The jury , after a bug consultation , returned the following verdict : — "That the deceased came by his death by accidentally falling into the river Thames , owing to the imperfect construe , tion of the platform connecting two floating piers . Deo . dand A' 00 , upon tho two barges and the connecting plat , form . "
Coal-pit Explosion . — On Tuesday , an inquest was held by Mr . Henshall , deputy coroner for the county , at the Three Crowns public-house , Ringley , on the body of Robert Seldon , a collier , employed at the works of Messrs Knowles and Stott , Ringley , Frem the evidence it ap peared that there are two coal-pito , the workings ol which extend into each other ; but one of which is on a lower level than the other . The lower pit has been abandonad some time by the colliers , who have turned out : but as the workings extend under the bed of tbe river Irwell , and as they are required to be kept free of water in order to insure the ventilation of the higher pit , a man named Benjamin Barratt was employed to work an engiuo to keep the water low . Barratt was supposed to be doing his duty , and the men at the higher
pit were at work as usual , on Friday last , when they were alarmed by the report of a distant explosion . Tbey hastened to the bottom ofthe shaft , by which alone they could escape , but finding themselves safe , Seldon ob . served that wherever the explosion had occurred the danger would be past , and he advised them all to return to their work . They began to return , and jvere walking along the working about a dozen in number , all having lighted candles in their hands , and Seldon leading tbe way , when , on Hearing an horizontal working which communicated with the other pit , it was found that s great quantity of foul air had accumulated there . Thej had no time to retrace their steps before it took lire from Seldon's candle , aud a loud explosion ensued . AHoi
them were able to make their way through the fire totlw bottom of the shaft again , but on arriving there it wsj found th .-it Seldon and another man were so shocking burnt that they were only able to crawl along on their hands and knees . Seldon only survived the accident til ! the next day , and the other collier is hardly expectedto recover . On examination being made into the causrtf the accident , it was found tbat Barratt had been drink , ing and neglecting his work for three days , by which means the workings , ' of the lower pit were filled with water , and there being no escape for the air by the lower shaft , it had been forced back into thc other working ! , The inquest was adjourned to Friday , when the jury 1 * . turned a verdict of "Manslaughter" against Barratt , who will be sent to Liverpool for trial at the uoii
assizes . Murder in Glasgow . —It is our painful duty to . day to record an atrocious case of murder , which wm perpetrated in the Bvidgegate on Saturday night , between eleven aud twelve o ' clock . The victim was an elderly man , named David Love , a weaver , re . siding in Tureen-street , Calton , and the circumstances under which he was murdered were as follow : —Shortly after eleyen o ' clock it appears Love and another individual , whose name we have not learned , went into an eating-house , Pigs' Feet Tavern , in the Goosedubbs , kept by a person named Daly , and called for a small quantity of victuals .-Previous to their being consumed , however , the reckoning , amounting to 6 d . was demanded , and it turned out that neither Love nor his companion , owing to some misunderstanding , had any money , This save rise to some altercation between them and
thc people of the house , but so far ns we have ascertained , it consisted principally of abusive language on the part of Mrs . Daly and her servant , a girl named Cassidy , on account of their having been put to the trouble of setting down i ' coJ to individuals who had nothing to pay for it . Ultimately the watchman being sent for , ' on bearing the noise , went into Daly ' s ; but after this there was no disturbance , as Love and his com panion went away peacably , seemingly satisfied to escape from the disagreeable position in which they were placed . They had only proceeded a short distance along the Bridgegate , when Love was knocked down from behind by a blow on the back -of the head . This blow there is 110 doubt was inflicted by Daly , he having been seen to do it by several persons who were close by at tho time ; and the result was , that Love literally died on the spot .
IIoRniBLE Butchery ix America . —Utica , Friday morning , March 13 , 1 S 4 G . —We learn this morning by Mr . Fritik , conductor , from Auburn , that the house of Mr . Van Ness , a farmer and supervisor of the town of Fleming , on Oswasco Lake , four miles from Auburn , was entered last night , about half-past ; nine o ' clock , by some one in the disguise of a negro . 1 aud Mr . Van Ness , his wife and child , were stabbed 1 by the villain , and are dead . His mothcv-in-law ; and hired man were also stabbed but are still living- No further particulars are known , and no cause as- - signed for thc act . It is reported that Mrs . \ . >• • ran about sixty rods , when her bowels gushed pu t c and she fell dead . Mr . V ., it is said ; attempted tt 0 go up stairs for his gun , and fell dead—the child , 1 , about two years old , was torn open from its shou lder it entirely across its abdomen . The hired man sue- cj eeeded in keeping him off with thc broomstick , and id saved his own life and that of Mr . V . ' s mother-m- a-
law , but he is badly wounded . The murderer ot the 1 C Van Ness family has since been taken at Fulton , 11 , Oswego county , and is in custody ofthe Sheriff . >> c » c understand that he acknowledges the deed . Surious a . \ d Fatah Acc-west . — 0 " Wednesilayay afternoon , an accident resulting in the death of 011 C 11 C individual and the maiming of another , took placate : near the Marshgate , Lambeth . It appears that a ai female ofthe uameofllayson , with her child in hettct : arms , was being driven iii her own chaise-cart , whenpn ,, by some unaccountable mismanageiKent it came intatfl ] violent collision with a waggon that happened to be be : passing at the time . The shock was so great that ii iii precipitated Mrs . Ilayson , with her child , underlet neath the waggon , when one of the wheels passei ' sei'i over cue of the mother ' s legs , crushing it in a mosiosii dreadful manner , while another passed over thitlui child , an infant about four months old , and killcillcii it on the spot , Mrs . Ilayson was immediately re re : moved to the nearest hospital .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 18, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18041846/page/8/
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