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Hkaltb of Losnos Ddbkc the Week . —In the week ending last Saturday , the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts were 781 ; whereas the average derived from ten corresponding weeks of 184 & -9 , is 888 , " or , augmented in . the ratio of increase of population , 967 . Compared-with this latter number , the deaths of last week exhibit a decrease of 1 S 6 . Taking the ten weeks of previous years , namely , the twenty-eight of each year , it appears that the lowest number occurred iu 1843 , and was 757 , white the highest occurred in 1849 , and was 1 , 369 , when cholera was making considerable progress . The deaths caused by diseases of the zymodic or epidemic class were last week only
168 ; in the corresponding weeks of 1845-8 , they fluctuated between 167 and 319 , and in the same week of last year rose to 630 . In the present return , small-pox numbers 9 deaths ; measles , 1 «; scarlatina , 23 ; and hooping-cough also 23 . The first three epidemics are less fatal than usual , and the mortality from last differs little fronrtbe average Typhus carried off SO persons ; it fluctuated in the ten corresponding weeks between 18 and 59 . the increase falling on the later years . Diarrhoea , which the summer usually calls into activity , was fatal during the week in 37 cases , all except three having been amongst young persons ; the averase is 89 ; and as further proof that up to this period there is no striking development of the
disease , it is snfficient to state that in the same "week of IS 46 the deaths from diarrheal were 87 ; in that of 1847 , 33 ; in 1848 , 64 ; and in 1849 , 89 . last week seven persons , of whom three were children ,, were registered , who had died of cholera ; but in most of the cases it appears to have been the common English epidemic , and it is not stated in any ca ^ e that the disease had assumed the malignant form . The following are the details ofthe 7 cases : On the Uth July , at 43 , William-street , Kensington , the daughter of a labourer , aged 5 months , died of " cholera infantum ( 3 davs , ) convulsions ( 12 hours . " ) On the 8 ; h July , .-it 32 , Nutford-plaee , St . Mary , Marylebone . the wife of a servant , aged 70 rears , diedof " English cholera ( 3 days . " ) On
the 10 th July , at 7 , Tootinar-court , in the same subdistrict the daughter of a lahourer , ased 8 months , "diarhoea ( 7 davs ) , infantine cholera ( 24 hours ) . " On the 10 th of July , at 27 , John-street North , in the same sub-district , the wife of a joiner , a ^ ed 40 years , " cholera ( 12 hours ) , sickness and effusion on the brain , " On the 10 th July , at 4 , Warwick-place , St . Luke ' s , a cutler , ased 32 years , " cholera 2 days ) , typhus ( 14 days ) . '' And on the 7 th July , at 7 / Preston-street , the " daughter of a weaver , aged 8 years , died of " cholera ( 5 days ) . " This street , says Mr . Howard , the registrar , is overcrowded with inhabitants , and has no drainage . ' On the 3 rd of July , at 9 , Brunswick-street , St . Mary
Newington , a female , aged 24 years , " cholera ( 3 days ) , parturition a . month before . " - Mr . Seagrave , the registrar , adds , " that this woman has had an attack of peritonitis after childbirth , from which she quite recovered ; that she afterwards ate some currant cake , which produced vomiting and purging . " To these may be added the case of a boy , aged 11 trontha , -who died on the 9 th July , at 3 , Perry ' s-place , Cornwall-road , Lambeth ; he was the son of a carpenter , and the '' cause of death is described as " diarhcea with vomiting ( 10 days ) . " Mr . Mears , the registrar , states that "its parents lost another child list year from cholera , and the symptoms in the present case were so similar , that the medical man would have considered it a case of
cholera if it had occurred at the time of the epidemic . " Besides the three cases of cholera in St . Mary , Marylebone , as recorded above , there was also a death from diarrhoea in the same sub-district , one from bilious fever , and another from fever with hydrocephalus . According to the above statement , 1 deaths from cholera were registered last week "; hut in the same week of 1846 there were 8 . in that of 1848 there were 9 , while at this period last year the epidemic had made such progress , that in the corresponding week 339 deaths from it were registered . At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading Of tlie barometer in tho week was 29-875 inches . The mean temperature of the week was 57 " 5 degrees . Except on the last two days , tlie mean temperature was below the average of seven years . On Saturday , the highest in the sun was 110 decrees . *
A Roxset Maker Starved to Death . —On Saturday last , Mr . Wm . Carter held an inquest al the Duke of Gloucester public-house , Union-row , JSew Kent-road , on the body of a poor bonnet maker , named Susan Ansel ! , aged fifty-nine years , who . it was alleged , had died from starvation . " The evidence adduced went Jo prove that t ! i « deceased Lad suffered great privation from her incapability of earning a sufficiency to get a proper quantity of food for her support . She bad been known to go without victuals for days together , and then would beg of some
of ths r . ei » h \) onrs . She had been advised to apply to Uewinston workhouse for relief , but informed the witness that " she would rather die in a ditch . " An order was obtained for the assistance of the parish surgeon , who came and prescribed for the deceased whom he described as dying from disease of the heat and luncs . no doubt brought on by the want o ! proper nourishing food . She died on the morning of Thursday from exhaustion . —The jury returned the following verdics — * ' Died from disease of the heart and lungs , accelerated by the want of proper food . "
Ship ox Fire is the Thames . — On Saturday afternoon last , Jiet ^ ren four and fire o ' clock , a vessel named the Saunters , be l onging to Mr . Phillip ; , a lighterman , and lyinsr off Irongate-stairs , caught fire and in a few minutes , notwithstanding prompt assistance was given , the cabin head and the after pirt ofihe vessel were inflames . The two splendid steam-shins , the Batavier . Rotterham trader , and the Leith , a Scotch trader , were in close proximity to the fire , and tbe forepart of both ships ' side ? , together with their , padd . e-boxes , were severely damaged . Death of Mus . Glover —With de ? p regret we announce the death of Mr « . Glover . The distressing event took place at an early hour on Tuesday morning , and was , happily , nnaccomi anied by any perceptible evidence of physical suffering . There is something inexpressibly shocking in the fact that on
Friday night Mrs . Glover was in person the object of a great popular demonstration in her honour , and that on the morning of the following Tuesday she ceased to he am-rag us . The first and most natural impression on the i ublic mind will doubtless be that the excitement inseparable from her last appearance on the stage must have accelerated the deplorable event : and when it is known that , for the fortnight antecedent to Friday , Mrs . Glover had been confined to hsr hed . the impression would not seem illfounded . Her medical advisers , however , stete their deliberate opinion , that the nervous irritability arising from severe illness would have rendered it more danger-us to check the impatience she felt to keep faith wiih the public than . to yield , however , reluctantly , to her strong anxiety . Mrs . Glover had announced that she would appear , and , with thorough English courage , she did appear . In the lamentable result we find ground frr deep regret .
Estbaoiidisabt Seicide . —On Saturday morninsr , about two o ' clock , police-constable Hodges , 8 S P , iras on duty at the hack of Argyle-lodge , TulsehiR , when he found a child fast asleep under one of the haystacks . He awoke her , and asked her to go to the station-house in the Brixton-road , which she did , and here told inspector Emmerson that her same was Mary Ann Cooper , and that she lived with her ancle and aunt in White Horse-street , Waterloo-road , hut she could not tell how she got to the haystack , and that , being very tired , she had slept there since six on the Friday evening . Upon Hodges taking her to the place she had mentioned , he found that she had not been with her uncle and
aunt since Christmas , and that , m fact , she resided with her father , , who is a very respectable carpenter , in the Green-lane , Tulse-hill , of the name of Chandler , that her name was Sophia Chandler , and not Cooper , and that she was barely fourteen years of age ; she was , besides , qf very small stature . Upon hearing this , Inspector Emmerson desired she should be taken home to her father ; and she went with Hodges , apparently in high spirits , and running after butterflies for amusement . When they had got into the Green-lane , in sight of her father ' s Souse , she rushed through a gap in the hedge , and across a field belonging to Mr . Roupell , of Brixtonhill , in which is a deep pond , dug for making bricks , and into which she resolutely plunged . Hodges
proceeded after her , and his feet sticking in the clay at the bottom , ho was very , nearly drowned ; hut young Mr . Roupell happening to witness the whole occurrence , went to fats assistance , and he ¦ was got out ; but a quarter of-an hour elapsed before the body of the poor child could be recovered , and she was- then quite dead . It seems a neighbour of Mr Chandler had missed some silver , and a policeman had been sent for , hut not to take her into custody . ; thisjipprared , tp ^ ave _ alarmed her , and she ran away from home , and then the next day coming suddenly in sight of her father ' s house , with a policeman hy her side , although not in his charge ia supposed to have had a momentary impulse on her mind , and led her to commit ' snicide . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary 10830 % . ' *
Destructive Fire at Hhxdon . — On Tuesday afternoon , the village of Hendon was thrown into a state of the utmost confusion , in consequence of file outbreak of a serious fire on the private estate belonging to Mr . Howett , the extensive linendraper ef Holborn , situate at Hendon , near the parish church . The flames originated , from some unknown cause , in a harn , nearly fifty feet long , and . ' about thirty feet wide .. Owing to the easily-ignitable nature of the materials with which the building was erected , but few . minutes elapsed ere the '"•;¦ _ ¦ whole became one'immense sheet of flame .: Within * . a _ short space ofthe burning property stood three ^ -ricks pf haj , and owing to the stiff breeze which ¦ ^ 83 ?* $$ " the ; whole were quickly in a general i ^ HM 9 . r-The = parish engine and a private one were _ ) , -t- ; vfiroaght'tb the % ot , butthe fire by that period had * jte ? o" - V ? r- - ; - ' - '' - ¦¦ Stl *^ - ^ - -:. : - - . . s *; - » - .-s ; . - " ; , ¦ . ¦ -.. ¦• ' # & % - £ . * ; . - ; : ¦ - - ¦ ' . .- •¦ ^¦^^^ mL " — ^^^^ ¦¦ kTi ^ .
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asram ed suc 11 a " threatening aspect , that . it was deemed advisable to send to london for additional assistance . At half-past ten o'clock on Wednesday ni « ht the fire was far . from being extinguished , although all danger of . any further . extension was over . By that time the bam was totally destroyed , and , at a . moderate compu tation , there must have been ahout 150 or 200 loads ot hay consumed . Mr . Howett was insured in the Phtenix Fire-office .
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THE SUICIDES IN NEWGATE . On Saturday last two inquests were held in one of the prisoners' dinlng-rooms in Newgate , by Mr . W . J . Payne , deputy-coroner , and a jury of twenty-three citizens of London . The first was on the body of Daniel Blackstaff Donovan , aged thirty-three , an expugilist ; the second on the body of Walter Watts ' also aged thirty-three , recently clerk in the Globe Insurance Office , and foririerlv lessee of the Miryleboncand Olympic Theatres . On Friday-Donovan was tried at the Central Criminal Court , and sentence of death recorded against him ; and on thesaihe dav the deceased Wattsw < < sbroughtup for judgmeur , and sentenced to ten years ' transportation . The following evidence will show the nature of their offences , and the circumstances antecedent and subsequent to their trials and to their seif-d ; striiction : —
_ . ... Mr . W . Cope , examined : I am goyehor of this prison , and deceased ' s name was Daniel Blackstaff Donovan . He came in on the 1 st of July . He was charged with wounding and throwingout of a window of a certain dwelling house , Anne Denovan , with the intent to kill and murder her . He was tried on Friday morning last , before Mr . Baron Alderson . at the Central Criminal Court , convicted , and sentence of death recorded against him ; I did not see him after the sentence , as I was on business at the Secretary of Stated office , respecting the removal of prisoners to Millbank Prison . His a ^ e is thirty-three , and he described himself as being a smith ., On his admission he appeared very well . I saw him on Friday morning , before his trial , and saw him every day during his imprisonment . I did not observe
anything particular in . his manner- He was a man of violent temper generally . I used to have him out of his cell to work , and if anythingwas said , to'him be would turn sulky and abuse you dreadfully . After such a sentence as that passed on deceased a prisoner is taken into such a cell as he was in . I was not at home when this occurred . ; One ofthe turnkeys was left to watch over him , but not in the cell with him . I did not hear of his death until about four o ' clock , on my return from Millbank'Prison . . Hewas tried soon after ten a . m ., On Friday , aud sentenced soon after one o ' clock p . m . The turnkey id charge , ' of him could see into his cell through . the usual opening in the door . In my absence the deputy-governor is left in charge ofthe prison . Afcer deceased had been put into his cell he had seen two or three of the officers ,
hut no one else . Hekbt Todmas ( turnkey ) examined : I was on duty on Friday over the cell in which deceased was , and when he was brought to it after trial he seemed quite collected , and perfectly quiet . He was dressed in the clothes he was tried in . Dis hands and feet were cot confined . It is my duty to watch in a sort of passage in front of these cells , into which I cmi see . About half-past one the deceased was broughtto the cell . I locked him in . He asked for his dinner , which . I gave to him , and he . th' en refuse ^ d to eat it , saying he could not . lie then asked me for some water to drink . I gave it to him , ' andhe drank it . I then went away , and came back to him at five minutes past two . - He said he should like to see his wife , and I said he should have au opportunity . He also asked me if he could write a letter , and I said that I must report his request to the governor , as it
was contrary to the rules to write without leave . He was then walking backwards and forwards in his cell . I left , and athalf-past two came tosee him again , lie was then suspended by his handkerchief . — I opened the cell , and went in and tooka knife and cut the handkerchief , which was round his neck and fastened to the bars of the cell windows . I do not know whether it was a neck or a pocket handkerchief . His feet were eff the ground . He could not reach the bar from the ground , and I think he must have stoid upon the bedstead to have reached it . His back was to the wall , and his hands were hanging downstraight . When I cut him down hs was a little warm . : I gave an alarm directly for the doctor ' s assistant in the infirmary , who came , and ordered me to take him to the bath-room , and a surgeon was sent f r . Two medical gentlemen soon came and saw him , and pronounced him dead .
The deputy-governor , the under-sheriff , and . some of the officials having been examined , the deputycoroner summed up the evidence . The jury consulted for along time , and twelve of them were of opinion that deceased had hung himself whilst in an unsound state of mind ; the remaining eleven considered that he was not . A verdict was then record ed of "Temporary Insanity , " according to the decision of the majority . The second inquest , on the body of Watts , was then proceeded with .
Mr . Cope , the governor of the prison , examined : — Deceased was brought in on the 16 th of April last , < -n two charges , for stealing a > i order for £ 1 , 400 , and a piece of paper value one penny . He was tried at the following May sessions of the Criminal Court , and judgment was then respited on a point of law . Judgment was given yesterday morning , and thesentence was transportation for ten years . I do not know whether the judgment of the Criminal Court of Appeals , which was adverse to him , was made known to him until he was finally brought up for judgment to receive his sentence . His health was bad when he first came into the prison , and he had been under the doctor ' s care , and in the infirmary
ever since . ' I was in court when the final sentence was passed on him , and he appeared to be in pretty g ood spirits after he had heard tbe sentence . I did not think he appeared at all depressed . In my books he is described asa clerk , and his age is recorded to be thirty-three . After the sentence had been passed he was taken back into the infirmary , wherel saw him lait . The occurrence happened in the middle of the night , and until a quarter to four this morning I knew nothing of it , when I was sent for . There were four prisoners in the same room with him , and Waldon , tbe infirmary assistant , slept in a room adjoining . When I was called , they told me he had been dead for some rime .
William Smith , a prisoner , examined : —I was m the infirmary last night , and I know the person who is dead , Mr . Watts , who was also there . I have been in the infirmary since last Thursday , and had conversations with deceased , who appeared in excellent spirits . I saw him soon after he was sentenced , arid he did not appear at all different from what he had been before . I never heard him complain of anyr thingheing the matter with'him . 1 slept three beds off from him . I and he went to bed about a quarter to nine last evening . He did not eat much supper , but he took some medicine about five minutes before he went to bed . Mr . Waldon gave it to him . Before he went up to the Central Criminal Court , on Wednesday morning last , he said that he expected to be
imp : isoned for twelve months . ' On that day he was not sentenced ' and he said the judges were not satisfied with Mr . Justice Cresswell ' s decision , and that they would write to him into the country , - where that learned judge then was , and that he ( Watts ) was ordered to come up again on Friday . On that day , when he came back to the infirmary , he said he had got transported for ten years , but he seemed as usual . He also said that he had expected that sentence after whit thejudgeshad told him on Wednesday morning . I went to bed at nine ; and woke again at twelve o'clock last night . All was then quiet . I woke again at three , arid lay awake until a quarter to four this morning . I then fumed round and missed Mr . Watts , and seeing his slippers and boots underneath
his bed , I then thought something strange was the case , and feeing sure that he had not got up between three o ' clock and a quarter to four , I suspected that something was wrong . I woke the prisoner next to me . and communicated to him my suspicions . He immediately jumped out of bed , and , went to the water closet at the other end of the infirmary , and he called for a ' knife , ' saying Mr . "W atts "was there hanging , quite dead and cold . I went—the other prisoner ' s " name was Shipton—and saw-Mr . Watts there . We rang the bell for the officer . ' Deceased was hanging , suspended by a bit of cord fastened b y the side of his neck from some bars across a window , which was over and b y the side of the watereloset . The feet of the deceased were just touching the
ground , and were tied together with a silk handkerchief . He was hanging about a foot from the seat of the -water-closet . . I think I could reach , the bars of the window from the ground ; he was hanging quite perpendicularly , with his back to the wall , and his eyes wide open : _ When he called for assistance Mr . Waldon came with , a knife , arid deceased was cut down , and Shipton ; tock him and laid him . oh the floor of the infirmary . A doctor was sent for , although Mr . Watts was quite dead . He was in his shirt , with a napkin on his chest , and a locket suspended from his neck . ByaJuKOR . —I believe the rope was cutout of the ? actong of the bedstead . It corresponded wi'h a piece that was wanting . All the knives are given back after every meal , and deceased had one to cut
his dinner and supper with on Friday . I never heard him say anything about making away with himselfquite the other Way . He was always in full spirits , and he did not appear to me to he ill . Mr . MMonno , chief surgeon to the prison , es & - mined : —Deceased was first brought under my notice and care at Giltspur-stre ' et : prison , where he . had been remanded before he was brought here . He was then in a state bordering oh delirium trem ' ens , caused by drink . People are not of sound mind at such tiaie 3 , and he asked me for some brandy when : he cime in , saying that he bad been in the habit of taking large quantities ; When I remonstrated with him on that habit , he told me he had done so to' prevent the ; recurrence of a spitting of blood , which affected him . Ithonght he was . tbo much ' excited then to reason with him , and I put him in ' the infirmary of the Compter ^ at once , and 1 found iti neces-
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iarytogive mo . some stimulant ,, as he was accustomed ' to ^ cottsiderible qua tttityM ^ dermy ' cjireio ' -taeihlirm ^ son through « ut ' the whole of : bisiimprisonnient until his death .- „ I sawhimJri ^ ewgate . daily , ;& nd ao . did myassiatantahdmyaon , who is also a surgeon , .. lie had beeii ; getting better since he was . imprisoned , and had'becbme more cheerful . He had taken medicine , and was able to ' bear the diminution of the stimulant , at first administered , and was in good spirits apparently . He was very , [ cheerful throughout , and very welhconductedjowards all . Ue was continually complaining ; of headaches , bat said they were diminishing , and I still thought it right to keep him in the infirmary . Hewas ayery excitable person , biit it is very / difficult to say whether an unexpected sentence would derange his brains or not . He frequently repeated that he had had a great deal of difficulty , about his theatres , and mother ways , '" .
, Other witnesses corroborated the . abovestatement , and . after a few remarks from the coroner , the jury immediately returned an unanimous verdict of ' Temporary insanity . " . . . ; . . . - ' ,, ¦ ,. ; . .-. : ; The career of Donovan , who was ; . . termed an expugilist , was one of great dissipation , and riot . In a moment of bitter passion , he hurled hisiwifeoutof window , and how she escaped immediate destruction appears marvellous . The learned judge , before whom he was tried , Baron Alderson—Justices > Patr tespn and , Talfourd being also on the bench—apparently took more than his usually great pains in eliciting the facts . :. Tlie principal witnesses against Donovan were iiis two children and his wife . Baron Alderson had the
children placed on a bench near , him , and his lordship , with considerable care , questioned them as to their knowledge , of the obligation . of an oath , and pointed out the awful position of their parent , and the necessity of their telling the . truth . ; Donovan < ross-examineiivthem at some length , as also his wife , with much . seriousnesB . ' with aviewof showing that she either , jumped or tumbled out of the whir dow .: , The fact was not altered , however ; the jury , found him . guilty , and , it being < a . capital , offence , sentence of death was recnrded . against him . '¦ Previous to his trial he was classed with the " untried nrisoners ; but on leaving the dock . after his condemnation he was conveyed to one of the old condemned cells at the extreme north ang le of the gaol , Although probably . improved , it continues a dismallooking place j'being twelve feet by ten , and lighted by a windowin the passage . How , he / . cduld ; have
succeeded in destroying himself ' without the watcher in the passage seeinghim ,. if he really ' was ;' on duty , is a matter which will , no doubt , be inquiredJnfco . by the Court'of' Aldermen . , ; ,.. ;; With reference to the convict Walter Watts , there is little'doubt ' that'the unfortunate main was led ; to believe that the circumstance of his being a partner and shareholder in the Globe Insurance Company would - be ' sufficient in ' the eyeiof the ' laW ' . to ' absolve him from the criminal charges brought ; against ; him . On being brought upion Wednesday morning ; and hearing the opinion of : Baron Alderson , and the result' of his applicatiori'io the Court of Appeal , he prepared himself for a severe punishment , and ! it is possiWe'that he then made up his mind to commit self-destructioh ; for the way he accomplished his object shows that he had . meditated it some 'time before be coul'l effect it . As will be " seeh , ' . ever since his incarceration lie has been an inmate of the
infirmary , a comfortable ward on the second . floor ; on which are some five or six cast Iron bedsteads , ; fitted with sacking and fastened , and laced by ropes . ' The oneoccupiedby Watts stood . next but one to the watercloset-floor , and how he managed to remove the rope from t"e sacking of his bed—for it'was with that he strangled himself—Without either exciting the attention of the wardersorhis fellowrprisbners , isia matter which perplexes all- Tlie inference , ; how : ever , is . that he must have watched ! his felldwj prisoners to sleep , and' then raised the bedding , ; and removed the line . The secure manlier in which he fastened it round the bar of the window of thedoset exhibited the determined character . of . his purpose . He had passed it round the bar four / or five times , and . by jumping , off the seat , . the window . being about six feet from the ground , ended his life in a very prompt and effective style .. ' .. . .-. ' .
, , Watts for a long time before he became mixed up with theatrical speculations , was looked , upon as a mo-t singular and somewhat extravagant person , He kept his town house and also a country . establishment ; the latter was near . Brighton , and when he came to London , which was generally of a morning , he would haye his carriage and servant ih waiting atthe , L ' nndon-bridgei terminus ready . t » drive him : to the Globe Insurance Office , or any place he might wish to visit . Although he enjoyed a good salary , it was . a matter of astonishment to many how he could keep up ; such ' an- appearance ,
more esppcially as hewas in the habit of giving , on frequent occasions , champagne breakfasts and ( ith ' er expensive entertainments . Prior to taking either the Marylebone or Olympic Theatre , he mixed Ire ^ quentlj with betting men , and . according to Ins own account , was lucky enough to win considerable sums of money . i ) From what has since transpired , there i * every . reason to believe that , instead of his gaining such large sums as he . had represented , he was a considerable loser by . his speculations . His defalcations to the Globe . Insurance Company reached , it Lssaid , to nearly £ 80 , 000 , a , small portion Of which will have to be made good by his bondsmen .
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Tkial and Sbntexce of Smektox . the Building Societies Defaulter . —At the General Quar : ter Sessions held at Ipswich before Mr . D . Power , the recorder , Thomas Smeeton was " indicted . for numerous acts of ehibe ' zzlement . The prisoner acted as secretary to two building or investment societies , and in that capacity he succeeded in appropriating to himself a large amount , ofthe funds . , Smeeton obtained some . notoriety in the . town by holding forth'oh the teetotal system and , becoming a preacher in a Baptist chapel . He introduced himself to very respectable society , and we understand he was the first to propose or project two societies called the
East Anglian Building and Investment Company and the Suffolk Improved Building and Investment Company , he becoming secretary to both . Matters went oh prosperously enough apparently until about last March , when a review of the accounts exhibited serious deficiencies on the part of the prisoner , After this he suddenly absconded from the town , lie was . traced to London , and , after some difficulty , was captured and brought . back . : He was arraigned upon no fewer that seven indictments . The one upon which lie was convicted was for stealing a banker ' s cheque for £ 17 . 12 a . 6 d . drawn by William Henry Alexander arid Henry Gallant Brisco , trustees of the
East Anglian Society , with intent to defraud John Fuller , a shareholder . -In the course of February Fujler sent a notice to Smeeton to the effect that he was desirous of selling his share . ; For this he : was entitled to receive £ 11 . 12 s . 6 d . ; He afterwards sent in : a countermand , however , but it was not laid beforethe trustees .. In ^^ accordance . with Fuller ' s pre vious order a cheque was given to Smeeton for the ariiourit , but Fuller never receivedit . By the company ' s books it did not appear that Poller had : wUhdrawn his share , The Recorder having summed up , the jury returned ayerdictof "Guilty . '' Theseiitence . of the court was , that he be transported bey orid the seas for the term of ten years . l , ¦
Murder in theCountrt . — : In the PoKce Gas zcHe of Saturday last a reward was offered by her Majesty ' s government for the discovery' of the murderer or murderers of Mr . Joseph : Warren , a farmer lately residing near Gay ton , Northamptonshire . The unfortunate , gentleman had been attending Broughton-greenifair , and on his return home was attacked and beaten to death , his body presenting a most frightful appearance . Fatai . Accioext at Gateshead . —An accident occurred . ; on the 12 ih inst , by which two lives ; were lost , at Mr . Price ' s .. g ! ass-works , : in Pipewellgute , b y . the falling of a cone ( a large chimney enclosing the furnace . ) It appears that the men had been engaged during , the early part of the day in setting the
pots for melting the metal , when some of them observed that the cone bad , shrunk , -and great apprehension of danger existed . . At the . time ' of the accident , however , : most of the men had ; lefWthe two sufferers being in , the cutting shop upstairs . William Weightman , a joiner , and an old man- named Sewell , on hearing the alarm , had both : run ' across the building to make their escape , "but were caught by the falling wreck . Weightmanv was got out ^ almost immediately , dead ; but Sewell . Was buried under several tons of rubbish , and had ; to be . extricated by , breahingthrough _ the wall ofthe building ... He wfl ' s not released until :: upwards ' of . three , hours'after the accident . He had lived a considerable time , his moans , being heard at intervals by the workmen . I
Melancholy Accident and Lobs'of Life . —A lamfntable , accident occurred near Weymouth on thesllth inst . to Mr ., and Mrs . James Tasker ( of London , ) who , with their . little , girl , bad been on a y isit to . a relative at Wareham ; . Theywere returning from Weymouth . to Wareham in ¦¦ a four-wheel chaise , when ,-descending the hill in the village ! of Osmington ( four miles . frim Weymouth , ) the pony became unmanageable and ran violently against a stone wall , by which- all three were thrown out ol the , chaise . Mr . James Tasker , was killed on the spot , Mrs . Tasker and the child had each an arnv
broken . 'Ihe < body of Mr . Tasker was removed > te the Plough public-house , at a short distance from the spot : Mrs . Tasker and the child ' were brought to Weymouth , and not made acquainted with his death , fearful what may be the result . ,, : Strike of Gun-lock FiLEBs . -At Darlaston ' six hundred gun-lpck fiers struck work last week when ' tale ?^ aS ? ^<^ cksXd't wals - mSsS & Sr " ^ ^^^ a low nriro » nZ . . ' V to government at 3 f ™ rhlt ^ Jpelves the ordi-StfffimhpJ' fe ; ° all 0 Wed ^ ten ? «»*• SrirSSJf t ' a " vS e preseat endeavourls to tax nveieSl adfeni ! : ^ ^ ount , f . twenty , T flfi Gas Explosion at the Toll hWsb ; ' Jl ^
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ford . —On Monday-an inquest was taken by Mr . W . Bakerl Wtne'London'Hbs ^ ital , " on view of the body of Mary Ann Morris , aged forty : two , who , With her husband , ' his' ^ bv . ' an . exp losion of gasi ' which Wok ' ' place ' at the I iford Toll-house , on the nightiof : Sunday , week . last . VerdicM ' . That the deceased died from the injuries received through a lighted piece of paper , being iri y cautiously placed in connexion with . aft escape ; of gasj butby whom such escape of gas ' was ; caused there was not sufllctent evidence before th ' ejury . " •;¦'¦ •'• TnuNDERSTOHM .-rBRisTOii , S . ulj \ 15 . '•— A heayv , thunderstorm , attended with , vivid flashes of lighthing , passed over this city this jd'ternophl . It lasted from about one p . m . ' to four p . m . ) and " wa . & accompanied bytorrents of rain . '• . ' ' , ' : . ' . . . . -
„ AeoinaNr upon ' thr North Kent Railway . — The up-train which left Gravesend on Monday e ^ enr ing at twenty minutes , past ; nine ; o ' clock , ; W ™!> M engines and at least 600 ' passengers , , amyed safely at Woolwich station , but had only . proceeded as , fei'as Blackheath 'Tunnel , when a luggnge / train / oaded with fruit * & c . , ' ran into' it producing ; a- fearful collision . Several of ^ the carriages were , completely . upset in the tunnel , and many passengers severely . injure . ! , somb , it is feared , fatally .. Nearly 1 , 500 passengers by ' the succeedihg trains were detained . m iqonsequencebf the accident , ' arid those who were cdmpelled to make their way- to ' town had to do so inany conveyances that : could - be ; obf aine'd . Gross neglicence was freel y attributed to one ; . of the ( superior
railwayofncials by many ot the passengers * 'bat it wasifnpossible / ih such a scene of terror and c ' onfusidn , 'toascertain with any degree ' of certainty to whom the cul pability really ' attached . r - ' ' j " « - ' j , Railway Riot . —For sometime past discussions have been - going on between . the ; Shrewsbury aud Birmingham Company and the London : and North Western 'Company , under the . -name of the ! Stour , Valley Railway , ' which they have leased , " as to ' the right of the'Shrewsbury " and Birmingham Company to form a connexionat the joint statidniat'Wolverhampton with' lhe :: Birmingham . ; Oarial . ilt . appears that such ' a . ponnexion is necessary for the . convenience of the publio ' ahd for the due conduct of the business of ^ the' Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Company , as they have at present ho'acccss . to JBirmirigham by railway . . The formatiotf of this canal appears to haveexcited the apprehensions ; of the London , and Northwestern Company , who ; liave , thrown every obstacle in their ' power in the way .= . . After some preliminary skirmishing it became' obvious on ( Friday week that a serious collision of the riyal ' companies waslikely to ensue ; - The' Shrewsbury '; and- ^ Birmingham Company ' ha ying ; b ' eenobstructed ; onithat : day ; in forming a temporarycpnnexionjwith . the . canalwithin the station limits , . determined ; to persist , pn .. the following morning in ' completeing , the . j hecessary jwork andcarrying on their , business . ' The- Iibndqn % and North Western men mustered in great force ; there having been collected sixior ; seven ihundred-of the
*' . navvies '' employed in . theconstruction of the Sto . ur Valley line . ' About twelve .. o ' clock , ' : a train . containing thirty ' " or forty waggon ' s of . the ' Shvewsbury and Birmingham Company , loaded , with materials , " which were intended-- to be conveyed by the canal were brought down along , the Shrewsb ' ury * and Birmingham line . accompanied by a- body . i of ' . workhien , for thel purpose : oHranshipping into , the canal ; : Boats . They commenced to laydown . planking forthat purpose , but it was immediately torn up . bytlie London and North Western menjtand scattered about in a reckless ; manner , upsetting a number of people and breaking one manlsleg . At thisstageof theproceedings tbe . Mayor of Wolverhampton , ; accompanied -by the constabulary , made their , appearance .. The Riot
Act was read , and the . mob ordered to . disperse . jThe mayor stated aloud that finding- the Shrewbury and Birmingham . Company in possession ' of the , station , and they being the only company i how ; using lit for the , purposes of traffic ^ that . the police and military would protect them whilejcoritlacting their . business , and that he would , cause every . ' person . to be appre i bended who ' attempted toobstr ' uetihem . ' , The . planking was immediately laid'dowh , under protection of the military , and thei Shrewsbury and : Birmingham . Company , immediately proceeded - ¦ to : tranship the materials from the railway waggons into the . canal boats ; without further interruption . •„ At this period , however , the Lbndoa ' and North' Western were ordered to take their places in ¦ a set ; 6 f contractors '
waggons , which : were brought by an engine io the spot , as it was believed , fpr . the purpose of 'removing them . altogether ; instead . of which , however , the waggons ' were first piished-for several hundred . yards in the direction of Shrewsbury , " when the men all juriipedoutof the waggons , ' and the . waggons were then upset , turned upside down , ' and Scattered over both the up and down line , of the Shrewsbury ; and Birmingham Railway ,, thus . completely obstructing the main line of thai ; company , there . being one passenger train about to start at the time , and another train duc . The ' London and North Western men were immediately charged by the police with drawn
swords , and the military advanced with fixed bayonets , The . rioters were at first violent and stubborn , and the police , ' unfortunately , had touse theirswords . Several wounds were iiiflicted , ' . ind one , , we believe , was very serious . They were at ^ hst ' driven . from the ground , and , under the protection of the authorities ^ the waggons upser . upon the lines * were cleared off , ' and the Shrewsbury ; and Birmingham trains were enabled to pass without further obstruction . A number of the most'leadingand active rioters were apprehended . This case seems to be an aggravated repetin ' on at the other end of the'Shrewsbury line of the Chester station disturbance , upon which the ' Lord Chancellor expressed . so decided an opinion .
FlBBiiAT 'WHITEPAniSH , WILTSHIRE . — This litlle village was thrown into great consternation on Saturday last , by h . fire which broke out at a farm occupied by llv . Arthur Nunh , surgeon , and which destroyed considerable prpperty ' iri buildings and barns filled with grain , nay-ricks , and wheat-ricks . I' / is supposed £ 3 , 000 or £ ifi QQ worth of property is destroyed and that little , if any , ¦ ., was insured . No firenas happened there before for half , a century . It is believed to ' kave been occasioned by . two little boys amusingthemselves with lueifermatches , ' who wore so alarmed at the mischief they had occasioned that theyran mites before they - were stopped . '¦ The produce belonged to Mr . Nunn , but the property to Robert Bristow , Esq ., of Broxinoor Park .
, Calamitous . Fins at Bristol . —A shocking fire occurred ^ at Bristol oil . Monday night , jhithe Japan Finishing Works ! connectv-d with . the extensive Floorcloth Manufactory ' of Messrs . Hare and . Co ., which ranks ' amongst the largest works of its kiud in the world . The mode in which tho disaster originated remains involved in ' mystery . After the workpeople left , at about ^ six o ' clock , ' the . overseer went over , as usual , and all was apparehtly , 8 are , and remained so until about halftpast nine o ' clock , when fire was observed issuing from the eastern extremity of the building . ; , An alarm was speedily given ; and the engine belonging to the factory . manned ; ,, Messengers were also despatched for the . police - and fire insurance ; companies engines ' , widish were speedily on the spot , and water being plentiful ( the hew course of the River Avon adjoining ;) great efforts were made
to : arrest the progress of the fire .. ; The stock of the building was ,, however , composed of resin , * oils , turpentine , and . cither , combustible . materials , and , the flamesBpiead with such rapidity and fierceness as to excite s ' ohie appreliensiohs for the ' safety ' of . the ' . new goods shed of the Bristol and Exeter Railway ,: ¦ and the terminus of ; tlie Great , Western ; Railway , vwith its immense wooden roof , both of which wiere ; closely adjacent , j The fire . ' was notgol under until the building in which it originated was . destroyed , and a loss of from £ 1 , 500 to £ 2 , 000 incurred ; The property was not insured , and formed but a small portion of the . extensive works with which it is connected , and : w !) ich , for the . sake - . of . lessening the danger in case of fire , aro divided into compartments ,, located at distances from each other . The flames could ! be seen for miles , and many "thousands of persons were attracted to the spot . : ' '' : !
Daring Burglary . —A most daring robbery was ^ committed on the premises of Mrs . C . Bower , a . widow residing at'a lonely cottage near the'road side , between Stone-edge and . the , Hut Bars ; between half : past twelve . and two o ' clock ., on , Tuesday iiin ' rhing ' . ' Mi ' s . Bower and a little grandson were the only inmates , and they were in bed at the ( ime . ^ . Her two daughters were on a ' visit to her from , Chesterfield , bub they , had gone . jtp see some friends at ' Ashover . Mrs .. Bowgr was first aroused by a loud knocking at ' the door ; she got up from her bed to the chamber , window , and asked who was there twice ; no one spoke ; She then returned to . her bed , and shortly heardia loud crash . Remembering that she . had left the cat in the house , she supposed that it had thrown down some pots , and was making ' hor way to the door to go down
stairs , when' a man ' preseritea himself in the doorway with his face so muffled in black as to disguis * his features . He held two lighted torches' in ' one hand and a large ; stick iu ; the other ; and there were behind him two other men disguised in the ' same manner . They all ^ valked iiito the chamber . One of them bid Mrs . Bower , get into bed , and told-her they should not harm her , but they II ? i , T , ° - i "' h S ^ ' 0 ne of th ^ others said ^ Patrick could , cut her head off the best ' . * , iney then asked where her money was . The fh ° ° W ^ ^ i ^ Sri ^ in a smal 1 black box at he foot of the bed . While two of them were looking tor it one aat on the bed-side to prevent her getting up . After-they had found : it ! they asked'her how much there . was of it ; she " told them eight ' halfcrowns . They replied she must have some sovereigns somewhere ; she answered that she had none . . They then took from her Docket , bv her bed-aide
half-a-crown , brie shilling ; and three haifpen co . They next I'limm ' aged many of the boxes ; and 'turned ; most' ot lier . clothes ' and . other articles on the floor , expecting to find more money . A small basket . belonging to one of her daughters , containing . oue shilling and six : pence in silver , and twopehce-halfpenhy in copper ; they also'found ; and tobk ; They , next asked Mrs . Bowerifshebadnot a , watch ; Sbe told ' ¦ them her sonhad one when livings but his-wife had it now . Two ; of them now . went downstairs to plunder , while ohe remaiiiefl with Mrs . Bower . He told her they
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were / BlHrjsh . rShe . asked , bimj ; howVlong they had been landwi in England , and he said a fortnight , and they had nothing " to take thera , back with ; . Mrs . Bower said'Vh ^ was sorr y , for"the poor , and , when any Irish came to her door she generally relieved them . She added /! . The ; Ldrd'jha ' ve mercy , upon me ; and the [ . prdhavemercy rupon ydu ajsd . ^ lie ; replied / "I know we ire . doing , wrong "; ,,, ; ., ,: ;;„ -. ; i < THu ' NnBR s TORM' ' At ' Bristol . —During , a ; heavy storm- bfthunder ' ahd ' ligh tmh g , ' whioh passedover Bristol on Monday ; -several accidents ' occiirred ; ' . At the iron works , - . erected' by . the , latefirm ' i of 'AcramansJ . Morgan , and 06 „ m the-Marah , St : Phiiip ' s , a high chimney was struck by tho eleptrie ^ uidi and nartiallv > hrhwn ddwh . The tele « raph -flatr-oost . .. » . » r ,. » . . * .. i . i „ V' . i .-- £ i ; . i « . — < -U «« YlbA
attVich ' ed to tlie " ' dock ' master ' s " offioe , at Bathurst Basin , was demolished , and at the Batch ; ' hear the top of . Old Market-street ,- a . house ' . was very much damaged , a . ffoman thrown 'down , and injured , ; and two horses , blinded ; : In Church-lane , St .. Michael ' s parish , the iighthinif . entered a house on the ; north side , from which 'it passed to ' . the opposite side .. of the street , arid injured ; a wall of Prospect House , A manj who was , crosfing : Du ' rdhari-Down' during the storm , was struck by th e , electric fluid , ' by which he was ' completely blinded , and at-a .-place icalled Compton Gloucestershire ,, a few mile . s from Bristoli two labouring men were nearly killed . Thoy were working in a fieid , ahd ^ ipori ; the'storm coming oh took' shelter under tho branches of ah elm tree , ac-¦
com f . n n ied by n dog . ¦ The Ugh tn ing ,. ; h ttracted b y the tree , passed . between them ; killing their . dog on the spot , and tli rowing , ' tliein down in a ' state iof insensibility . As soori'as they . were ' fourid they were placed On a car , arid conveyed to tlib ' . Bristol Infirmary , ! upon arriving ^ which : establishment they were nearly , in a state of . collapsB . ' : Stimulants were administered tq ' . them } and irritants , applied to the spine , and hbpes ' are now enter ^ covei ^ . ' - . During j Ohe ' of the showers which fell , the heat was ' most'bppressive , and , a scientific , gentleman had the curiosity to catch- a oanful of the rain . ' The . thermometer ,: on being immersed in it , rose to 74 deg . ,.-,. ( f . |' ,. ; - ¦; • :-. ;;• ¦ < - .-: ¦<¦ ,,. •¦< : ¦ ¦ THUNnaR Stobw . —On Tuesday , afternoon
Chatliam arid Rochester ; were . visited by a severe storm of thunder and ° 'ii g htning raecbm ' panied by a heavy fall of . hail ' atid rain . i . The < " peals 6 tr thiinder , wliich succeeded' each otheriri quick , succession i were awfullyjloud ; ; jThe electrjqfluid fell pri ithe chimney of a farm-house belonging to Mi \ Edwards , within half amilefromthe . High ' -streetof , Rochester ., Having rivpn the chimney arid : scattered , 'the , bricks ; in all diteoti 6 ns , 'its 1 course . 'doyVnwards ^ iSjmarked / iri every room ^ . by ^ tlie damaged ; ceilings ; arid , ftssure ' s in the jb ' r | ckw ; 0 rk , ' m 6 re particularly ^ p ieces , ; brealung . several ^ paries ; of glass , ; , and ; pass ' irig , out / of the house , it , ' splitarid'disp laced a stone clpse . to the kerb ' pf . ' tlie ; w ' ullj . vdisappearinc at that spot , ; and ' wherea large op ' ening ! m the . earth is '
observable . . The , escape of the . inmates ; was , raost pro" videhtial . ' , TKe „ -Dailiff ; , his ; wife , ' . and family , were seated jit tea , and some other persons ,.- ; who had taken shelter froiri the stornii . were also presentwhen the destructive , fluid ' passed ; ' through : the room , splitting ' . the leg ; of a .. chair on , which ; orie of the party was seated . , Thos ^ e who witnessed the aw ful visitation ' describe the appeararice of ; the lightning at the momentas an iinmenae mass Of fire suddenly thrown upon- ' the liouseV arid , under the impression ; thatitiwas in flames , hastened towards the spot with-the view of assisting to exr tinguish it . i Fortunately ; no other injury has been sustained ..: , ; ,-, i -. , ,-.:. - . ; . ;• • ; ' ¦ ' . ;• .-y . ; ' . .. ¦'¦; . ,:. ; THUNnFB Storm in Lancashire . —A terrific
thunder-storm broke over the manufacturing district of Lancashire on Tuesday night , attended- with fatal consequences . The thermometer indicated a change of weather ort'Monday , and . during that and the following day two or three light ; showers fell . On Tuesday evening , after a close and sultry afternoon , vivid flashes of lightning were observed in Manchester , and . its neighbourhood , and as the darkness of night approached ; the heavens were almost continuously illuminated by the lightning / But very little ; rain-fell , and the tfiunder which succeeded some ofthe more vivid flashes of lightning was not very-loud . The iheavy clouds to ¦ the north-west , however , - : indicated \ a ; different-Rtate of things towards Buryj Bolton . -IIoiwick , and Chbrley , where it . appears the rain descended in torrents / andmuch harmwas done both by the water that fell , and by
the lightning . A boy , named Samuel Hulme , whilst , riding , between two milch cows on-a horse , near , Littlewood Cross , whs struck by lightning , and both he and the horse were killed . Near to Horwick damage to some thousands of pounds extent was . doneto the growing crops , and on Wednesday morning the river Irwell , from Bolton to Manchester ; was much swollen ^ showing that there had beon a ^ very large fall of water in that direction . At-the Fern-hill Colliery , near Bury , two men ; ascending a coal-pit , when near the mouth of the shaft and \ about to land , were precipitated to the bottom of the mine by the sudden snapping of the rone ,. which ; iit is supposed , was cut in two by the lightning . ; Fortunately the mine was not deep ' , as . compared with most of the collieries in that district , and the men though much injured , were not killed . >¦ . *¦ . . - ^'
Coal-pit Explosion . —An explosion took place on Sunday last at the Whynnay coal-pit , about two miles and ; a half from Whitehaven , Cumberland , which did considerable damage . From tlie circumstance that it fortunately occurred on a Sunday , the , men were not at work , and no lives have been lost ; but the shaft has been so much injured from the fire , that it will be some time before operations can be again resumed . Much wood-work has been destroyed , and it will cost a great deal of money to repair the damage . The cause ofthe explosion
was no doubt accumulation of foul air , ; and there are reports in the neighbourhood that it had been known for some time that the pit was in an unsatisfactory state . The authorities have instituted an investigation-into the matter , and some anxiety prevails upon the suhject in the neighbourhood . It may , perhaps , be recollected that thbre have been several explosions at this pit , and that upon one of these occasions , ' about a year ago ; a great loss ., of life occurred . The Whynna ) pit is the property of a company .- ! ¦ ¦
¦ - Southampton ¦•¦¦ Election . —The election of a member , for this borough , to fill the vacancy caused by Mr : Cookburh ' s acceptance of the office of Solicitor-General , took place on Wednesday , -when the hon . gentleman was re-eleoted without the sli ghtest show of opposition : There was very little excitement in the town , arid , judging from the appearance ofthe .. streets , ' few persons would have imagined that ari-election was going on .
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- . Extensive Seizure , of . Smuggled Malt . —In consequence of ; secret information conveyed to them the officers of revenue at Maenclochog , South Wales made several . extensive seizures of smuggled malt last . week . Many . of the inhabitants of the place took partimth , the smugglers , and a resistance was offered , in which the . officers received some rough usage The seizures , however , were ultimately effected .
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Death ' of" Mr . Robert Stephenson . —With regret we announce the death of Mr . Stephenson , civil' engineer , an event which took place on Friday . . Mr . Stephenson had reached the advanced age of 78 ; The contemporary of Telford , Rennie , and Stephenson , ( of England , ) needs no biography beyond an enumeration of his works . Mr . Stephensoni it will be remembered , was , the sole designer and executor of the celebrated Bell Rock Lighthouse , which is in itself a monument of ingenuity and . industry . !; Mr . Stephenson first brought into notice tho superiority of malleable iron rods for railways over the old cast iron , a fact which has been full
y acknowledged . He also surveyed the line between Edinburgh and Glasgow , and though his plan was not adopted , it was much admired . The coast ; 6 f Scotland , however , is the place where the labours of Mr , Stephenson are principally to be sben Not a harbour , rock , nor island , but bears evidence of his indefati gable industry , and it is SSgS to think of the atcount of life and property which by hts exertmns . have been . saved . In matters relatmg . to the construction , of harbours , docks or S ! ater ' he ^^ generally consulted as an au ' ffiT * j S f medal f" > i » " the late king of the XSetnerlands . In private life nothing could exceed the amiability and cood-lienrtodness nf Mi .. 8 tonh / . n .
ton . —Edinburgh , Evening Post . Despj ratk Affbay at Glasgow . —Catrine-stroet , Anderston , ! wasthe scene of a very serious and alarming . disturbance on the night ot Saturday . The first indications of a row presented themselves m the street , in the form of a slight altercation betwixt two parties of women and men , who had been drinking previously in public-houses , situated : in close contiguity , Fierce words succeeded ; and a fight , mOBt'ialarraing to the neighbourhood , commenced . The assistance of tho ponoo was naturally invoked , and a strong force made for Catrine-streot . Their arrival was greeted with derisive shouts , hooting , and a shower of stones and other missiles , from an immense multitude who had by that time
swelled the Original group . A reinforcement ! of police . iwas called for ; but even this additional strength was unequal to the task of quelling tho rebellious lieges , of . Anderston . The ringleaders , male . and female , were , however , ultimatley' secured ; and at tho Western District Court oh Monday imormng , they -. were , to the number of eight arraigned on a charge of a breach ofthe public peace . Evidence vra ' sheard at length , and , difficult as it always is to convict in Oases of riot , the whnln party were most clearly identified as having takon aleadmg . part iu the affray , , and severally ffiS sums varying fromfive shillings to two guineas An occun-ence . 8 . rn , lllr to the above transpiSiSw " street ,,, Gorbals .. . -While vet davlmh * ' . „ ¦ , drunkon , : brawling IrishmenTasS fd thSf peaceable ofthe iSiaWtants who eamo ImtnS
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; path , lwithout respect t ' o either age ' or sex . Almoafc the entire community of Main-street . poured into thai street , ( Whioh ^ for i jseveral ' hoursi presented a sceiie . of not and wild disorder . It wasj somo considerable time befwoquiqt , was restored to the excited thoroughfare . * Blood flowed freely in ' theTray , and dislocated arms and fractured legs were ' 'numerous . Through : tho activity pf the police ; ofBcers' ^ the diaturbancejwas ultimately quelled . ; j ¦/¦) mh : SoMMABr Ejbctions . ok -CoLLiBBs- ; on ; Strike , — Last week , at Glasgow , a number of cases , under the statute ! & ' 2 ' Vici , cap . ' 119 , were broughtat theinstanceof Messrs ' . Colin ; Dunlop and ; Co ., of Clyde ^ against colliers'having- houses' under them , rBath . twilhout ' resrifi ' ntTii ' AU . Vifii" awn'nr sn ^ Almn « fc
, and out on strike ; but , on a point of relevancy , they were , of consent , idismissed by the presiding judge , Mr . Sheriff Bell . ^ Renewed complaints were subsequently brought before'the same learned judge , and keenly ^ disoussed'otfa variety : of prelifliiriary points ; but thei Sheriff-felt >< no difficulty in repelling tho wholepbjebtipnsurged , and as therewasreallyno defence ; on . . the merits , . warrants of ejection , with costs , were granted against the whole of ; the colliers . The learneoVsheriff , with reference to an objection , bbserved-that the statute clearly app lied" to workmen having houses from-their employers . The
court , was crowded with colliers arid others from all parts of the : district , - and the mon appeared much chap-fallen upon the judgment being pronounced , for an erroneous ihipre ' ssion . had gone abroad that parties in their position could not be assailed under the statute , and that they could ; -while dn strike , retain possession pf their houses . yf 6 ( Nortk British Mail ) do not question the right of the men to deelins to work when they choose , but unquestionably the sheriff has taken a sound view of the matter , and the result now is that , if men " strike , " they must fi' strike" their tents also , and remove bag and
baggage . ; . , ; . . ; . ; ;¦ : ' ' -.. '; . - Costest with , ¦ MoNKiES .- ^ Mr . M 'Bride , '¦ manager of the Bridge-of-Weir Gas'Works , keeps a brace of-inbnkies for his amusement . The animals are usually kept in a large iron cage , but in ' the absence of Mr ; M'B ; the ' other dayi for ' a few minutes , they succeeded in effecting their liberation , and seemed to feel a pleasure at the lime in working ali the mischief that was possible . . . The desk of the oiScewas oveturned , arid the papers it co ' ntained . torn and scattered about ; They also opened the crane ' of a gas-far cistern , and flooded the floor witE the nauseous contents . The manager , on his return , 'finding
matters in this pli ght , he unceremoniously commenced to inflict corporeal punishment on the first { of the mnnkies became in sight of , when the other ,-which had been hiding , iirihiediately made a rush , to the assistance of hiscorapaniori . The brutes cut the leg of Mr .: M'B . ithrbugh his trousers , and one of them leaping on his back , cut him pretty severely over the face also . , ,. By this time one stick had been broken over the back of the animal ; and Mr . M'B . having placed his back to the wall for protection , and armed lnmself- with another bludgeon , be ultimately recaptured his assailants , but not till the leg of one of them hadbeen broken in the contest .
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. FoREioN Simpathv fob Irisu Distress . —According to the Freeman ' s Journal the Austrian Minister has harided to Lord Palmerston the sum of £ 3 , 000 , "the munificent subscription of the people of Austria towards the relief of the Irish poor . " It : ? s understood , . it seems , to be the desire of the contributors that the money . ' should be disbursed through the agency of the Roman Catholic bishops . ' ' ¦ * ; . ' . ' . Tub Orange Ankiversart . —With a single exception the 12 th " of July appears to have passed in perfect tranquillity : all throueh the northern province .
That exception occurred in the suburbs of Belfast , where , soon after miunight , a considerable number of Orangemen assembled , in . procession , one of them beatingadrum decorated with orange lilies . A small police party ; consisting of five men , interposed , and arrested the drummer ; but the crowd attempted to rescue the prisoner , and made a vigorous assault upon the police with' stones . The police , although severely injured , acted with much forbearance until they arrived in front of their station , and succeeded in securing the prisoner and the drum inside . The sequel is thus described hy the Belfast iVetcs Letter : — " The police then , faced about , and with fixed bayonets and loaded
carbines , endeavoured to deter the crowd from further violence , but in vain . The street being recently macadamised , furnished missiles in abundance , and the stones fell in ' perfect showers upon the little party . The ' windows of the barrack above were smashed to atoms , and even the shutters of the ground-floor windows were giving way , Entreaties and threats alike produced no effect ; and , at length , in danger of their lives , the police presented arms . Neither had this any effect , and one shot was fired , which , having done no' injury , only excited the crowd more . ¦ A volley of four shots was then fired , and the consequence , we lament to say , was , that two of the riotei's , at least , were dangerously wounded ; for , shortly after , one unfortunate fellow was carried off by his comrades , badly hurt , and another was eonveved to the General Hosnital .
where he was immediately attended by Dr . Aickin . having sustained a fracture of the leg , which will demand the amputation of the limb . The crowd atlength retired , the police having made one other prisoner , who , with tho lad who carried the drum , was conveyed immediately to the Police-office , where the charge was entered against them . The name of the drummer is William Walker , aged 17 , and that of the other William-Anderson , aged 22—one qf the rescuing party . The police , up to tho moment when they fired , displayed the utmost coolness and forbearance . The path in front of their barrack-was literally covered with a pile of stones , and their persons were all over bruised , before they adopted the extreme resource . The name of the youth who is in the hospital is Tf ilViam M'Koe . " *
Extraordinary Charge against a Magistrate . —A , most serious charge is pending against Mr . Smith , of Castlefergus , - a magistrate of this county . Informations having been sworn against that gentleman for originating and planning a conspiracy to shoot his own mother , a warrant was issued for his arrest , and placed in the hands of J . W . Kelly , "Esq ., s . 1 ., who accordingly took him into custody , and brought him before James Molony , Esq ., of Kiltannon , D . L ., and Mr . O'Brien , R . M ., at Tulla ,
who were engaged for some time in investigating the charge , but did not come to any definitive conclusion on the subject . It is two years since tho conspiracy is alleged to have been entered into , and the old lady who was the object of it died a fewmonths since . —Clare Journal . Mavo Election . —The Protectionist committee havo issuedii notification , signed by Sir Robert Lynch Blosse , and dated Castlcbar , July 10 , declaring that Mr . Butt , Q . C ., has been selected as their candidate .
The Blbazdy Case . —The prosecution against Mrs . Bleazby is altogether abandoned . Lv the Armagh Assize Court , on the 11 th inst ., the recognizances were discharged with the consent of tho Crown , ¦ - 'Mr . ' Mauwce O'ConneU . —The Nation states that- "the hon . member for Tralee has got a positive promise of the collector-generalship of taxes for Dublin , with a salary of £ 800 a year . " Murder of Mr . Mauleverer . —At the Armagh Assizes , on Thursday , July . 11 th , . Bryan Danratty was put on his trial for tho murder of Robert Lindsay Mauleverer . The counsel for tho Crown were the Attorney-General , Sir T . Staples , Mr . llanna
Q . C ., Mr . M'Donnell , d : c . The principal counsel for the prisoner was Mr . Thomas O'llagan , / f ¦ ' Jm P nnciP » l witnesses for tho Crown were O . wen Kelly , Patrick and Charles Walters , Doctors Donaldson , M'Parlin , and Robinson ,-and sub-Inspector Barry . The evidence went to show that immediatel y after the murder Hanratty was seen in the vicinity of tho place where it was perpetrated . —Sub-Inspector Barry gave evidence as to the correspondence of the wounds On Hanratty ' s head with tho 8 zo of that portion ofthe cane of the late Mr . Mauleverer , which was clotted with blood and hair .-. Dr . Robinson gave it as his opinion that the hair on the cane corresponded exactly , in colour and
texture , with that on Hanratty ' s head . —For the . defence , two witnesses gave evidence to the effect that Ilanratty was not seen about the place or at the time , when and where the murder was perpetrated . Their evidence aimed . at establishing an alibi— Mr . O'Haaan addressed the jury f « T the defence . —After an able analysis of the evidence bv judge aioory , the jury retired about half-past six and remained in deliberation till nearly ten o ' clock ' when they returned . a , verdict of " Not Gnilrv '' The foreman , at the same time , stated rrithn judgethat hehad . b een requesS ^ o say that he l fl 5 " «^ rong shspicion . of ^ , ti » -iiKiJK
S : * ,, « pusoner was mimed ately . discharged SiSSi' ^ W ^ ^ - ra » vt ° ' ! - co « rt-houso . a cheor W hft X ? T I > aTt , os ; ' y y atld M'Anally , the S fi iS 0 pil 8 S ners for tl , e Mauleverer- murder , S if ? rge on their own recognizances to anpear at tho next assizes , ; . / ., , ,. , . i ' V ( -Ira . Northern Provixce .-Ir overv S-ay ° wKK ^ ' - ° v , Uta ^ «* S ivrnay with the polico in tho outskirts- ¦ of IhdfW SS 7 T r iplet 0 -t ^ quHllSTtlS S of S ^ e = s aiaS ^^* *^ witnessed in So 2 h f I ,, : ocess ' " *™ been hut-in . ? . thorn province for manv vear « S ^ ZeTof T ? ° ' ' ange flafiS ^ Sed blisIRhure ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^ ^ the
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 20, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20071850/page/6/
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