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M*r 33, 1846. THJE N^tRTH^RJf STAR. 3*
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SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE. so. XT. FORGET SOT...
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M*R 33, 1846. Thje N^Trth^Rjf Star. 3*
M * r 33 , 1846 . THJE N ^ tRTH ^ RJf STAR . 3 *
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Songs For The People. So. Xt. Forget Sot...
SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . so . FORGET SOT THE FIELD . Aim— " The Lamentation ofAvghrim ? J-oiyet not the fija -where they perisfd , The truest , the last of the brave , AH gone—and the brig ht hope we cherish'd Gone with them , and quench'd in their grave 3 Oh ! could we from death but recover Those hearts as they bounded before , In the face of high heaVn to fight over That combat for fteeoom once more ;—Could the chain for an instant be riven Which tyranny flung round us then , Oh ! ' tis not in man nor in heaven , To let tyranny bind itagain ! Bnt 'tis past—and though Dlazon'd in story The name of our victor may be , Accurst is the march of that glory "Which treads o'er the hearts of the free . Far dearer the grave or the prison , Illumed by one patriot name , Than the trophies of all who have risen On liberty ' s ruins to fame . Moore .
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so . ra , OS THE POLISH INSURRECTION . Sobieski ! thou art gone ; Kosciusko ! thou art fallen ; Sue thy spirits are upon , Poland' s land tyrants appalling . Oh ! shaU Poland once mere be , A rallying -watchword for the free : Or shall she tamely sink beneath Austria and Russia's demon breath t Ho I for in her armed might , All her sons are gathering ; Rallying they join the fight .
"Who wonld in such a cause be wavering s The block , the gibbet , or the knout , May soak t _« irgore ; jet who can doubt Their blood shaU still plead for the free , . And lig ht the world to liberty . Prom Cracow the prophetic doom , Of the slave system is spoken , Visions of the future loom ; Of tyrants fallen , fetters broken . Of a nation , hand in hand , Owning Man ' s right to the land Oe ' r the earth with thunder voice , Democrats , aid and rejoice .
Speed the cause of freedom ; heaven Alike in erery land and clime , With life ' s breath spread freedom ' s leaven , Xet who will count it a crime . Speed it quick , as ligbtnimjglances , When fiomthethunder cloud it dances , If it be crime to hope for all ; Who would not be criminal f A _ f _ ed __ xhe _ l .
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Skstjur Discovert of Three Dead Bodies . — Paring the last two or three days there has been ninch excitement in the immediate vicinity of the Camden station of the London and Birmingham Bailway , in consequence of the unexpected discovery of three human bodies , under the following very angularcircumstances . It appears that , about two years ago , Messrs . Chaplin and Heme , the railway carriers , received at their warehouse in Liverpool , amonest other packages , a large square box or packing-case , addressed to a _ > r . Hunter of London . The carriage was duly paid , and the box was in re « gnlar course brought up by one of the goods trains to town . After repeated search , however , the identical Dr . Hunter could not be found , and the package ,
after being advertised , was removed back to the depot belonging to Messrs . Chaplin and Home , at the goods department of theBinninghamRailway , Camden-town . At this place it has remained undisturbed until within the hist few days , when , in consequence of some alterations about to take place in the building , it became necessary to remove the various packages . On coming to the large box , the workmen , by order of the manager of the goods department , opened it to ascertain its contents , On doing so , a most unpleasant odour was emitted , and to the astonishment of all present three dead bodies Trare presented to their view . They consisted of those of a gr own male and female , and a child , and in each case the bodies are so shrivelled up , that the
flesh appears to be a perfect homy substance . Information having been forwarded by Messrs . Chaplin and Home to Liverpool , an investigation has taken place there , but nothing further has been ascertained than the mere entry of the package in their books on the date ^ corresponding with that on the box . On being apprised of the discovery , Tiffin , the constable of the district , immediately forwarded information of the occurrence to Mr . Wakley , the Coroner , and circumstances have transpired which have led that functionary to issue a warrant to Mr . Erasmus Wilson , the anatomist , to make a minute examination of the remains , with a view , it is undetstood , to the Coroner holding an inquest upon them .
Fcrtheb P _ b _ icci _ bs . — On instituting inquiries at the Camden-town station of the London and Birnungham Railway , it was ascertained that no clue lad as yet been obtained to the parties who had brought " the case containing the remains of three human beings . By the courtesy of Mr . Jones , Messrs . Chaplin and Home s superintendent , the reporter was permitted a view of the remains of the bodies , and to collect the following additional particulars : — The outer ease in which the bodies were contained is that of a common packing case , bat it was lined with tin , and , until opened , was perfect ! v air-tight . From allappearances the general impression which prevails is , that the remains are those of American Indians . Tie man s head , and some portions of the other todies have . it is said , been removed by Mr . Mils ,
tlie Deputy-Coroner , for medical examination ; but tae scalp of the woman is loose on the top of the mass , and has the hair , which is of a very dark brown , neatly p latted . The other parts of the bodies , in consequence of the removal , have fallen to pieces , and become jumbled together in an almost undistinguishsblejnass . What confirms the belief that they are tlie remains of American Indians is the fact that they are surrounded by Indian matting , and packed up Tvith a very curious descrip tion of grass . The bodies have evidently been buried and exhumed , and there are here and there particles of dry earth attached to them . It appears that a mistake was made in
sta-t-ting that the ease containing the bodies had been deposited in Messrs . Chaplin and Home ' s warehouse , Camden station but two years . The date , as it appears on the books of the firm , and corresponding with the date on the case , is as follows;— " October , 31 , 1842-Ko , 1 . 021 . Dr . llnnter , London : licvrt . 21 lbs . " The charge was Cs . 9 d ., which has never been paid ; and although the package was sent to five orsix Dr . Hunters in London , none would receive it , Mr . Wakley , the coroner has not yet issued his warrant for holding the inquest , and , in consequence of the belief that the remains are such as have been described , it is doubted whether he will do so .
Fire rs the Losdox Docks . — On Wednesday morning , between eight and nine o ' clock , a considerable alarm was created in the immediate vicinity <> i the London Docks , by the circulation of a report that a fire had broken out in that establishment . Information having reached the various fire-stations with all possible expedition , Mr . Braidwood , the superintendent of the London Brigade , started to the scene with the engines from Watling-street , Jeffrey and Wellclose-sanares , and Farringdon-street stations . The West of England engine , and Mr . Connorton , were also early in arriving . It was then ascertained that a vessel , termed the Granville of
Jersey , lying near the wooden jetty of the Docks , had taken fire . It appears that some carpenters had been working in theforehold under the forecastle , during the morning , and that when they went to breakfast they imprudently left a candle burning in the vessel . Shortly after they had left smoke was to be seen issuing forth in thick volumes from the vessel , which satisfied the authorities that the same was on fire . The engines of the Dock were instantly est to work , and after considerable trouble the flames were cxiiBgnished , but not before the vessel was severely burnt about the hold and under the forecastle . The cargo consisted of sheet-iron and cloverseed , which is severely damaged by water .
Two Chubhex Buest to Death . —On Wednesday evening , ~ Mr . William Payne , City Coroner , held two inquests in St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the bodies of children , who had been burnt to death . The first was concerning the death of Sarah Bonney , aged 12 years , whose parents reside at 17 , Warwick ' s-place , St . Luke ' s . The mother of the child said the deceased told her , whilst in the hospital , that she fell askep on the stairs , and that she left a lighted candle at her side , which must have set fire to her clothing . She died in the aboveinstitution from the effects ef the injuries received . The second inquirr wastouch-Ing the death of William Anderson , aaed Tvears .
Jos-. pli Anderson , of 19 , Camden-passage , Islington g ^ een , said that the deceased was his son . On the morning of Sunday last ,-witness heard aloud shriek m his room , and on looking round , saw the deceased running about the room with his clothes on fire . Before witness had time to get up to the child it bounded out ef the room and ran down stairs , the flames at the time were ascending over its head . Witness was of opinion that the draught of the chimney had drawn the child ' s clothing against the grate , The deceased was removed to the above hospital , where it died from the effects of the injuries received . Verdict in each case , "Accidental death . "
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Execution of a Female Slave . —The slave Pauline was executed on the 21 st ef April , at half-past 12 o clock , at the parish prison , in accordance with the sentence of the court , tor cruelty to her mistress The spectacle was , as all such spectacles are , horrid ; and yet the street in front of the prison was thronged with the populace , who gathered at an early hour to see a human being launched into eternity . There were men and boys , and women , too , with infante in their arms , who , while they uttered exclamations of pity , stood still and gazed . Here and there were carriages filled with female spectators ; and all were stretching their necks , [ standing { on tiptoe , pushing and jostling each other , that they might get a good sight The coarse joke and brutal laugh might be
heard , too , as if hanging was quite a pleasant and laughable affair—a sort of cheap amusement for the people—they seemed so jovial and jocose about it . While this scene was going on without , everything was preparing within . Shortly before 12 o ' clock the sheriff waited upon the unfortunate culprit , who had been m company with Priest Louis in her cell , and announced that all was in readiness . She was then dressed in a long white robe , her arms bound with a black cord , the white cap placed upon her head , and walked , accompanied by the priest , sheriff , keeper of the prison , and officers of the Criminal Court , to the gallows , which was erected upon a platform between the two prisons , fronting on Orleans Street , screened by a donble sate . She was nerfectly firm , and
apparently indifferent to her fate . After praying with the clergyman npon the gallows , the crucifix was placed npon her neck , and a white pocket Handkerchief in her left hand , —the rope was adju-ted on her neck by one of the convicts , whose face was blackened , and she took her seat upon the bench erected upon the platform . The gates were then opened , and a loud murmur ran through the populace at the sight of the wretched woman . The party on the platform luncovered , —the cap was palled over the culprit's eyes , and the gallows was slid out so that it projected a f ew eet into the street . In a few seconds the drop platform fell , —the seat upon which she sat gave way , and she dangled in the air . It was painful , terrible , to see the struggles ef the dying woman , for it was several minutes before all was over , as her neck was not broken by the fall , and she died from
strangulation . At the expiration of about twenty minutes she was taken in and pronounced dead by the physician . As she was taken in , and the gates were closed , a sort of ill-suppressed shout rose from a portion of the crowd , and gradually the whole assemblage broke np and went away . Upon this the Lcmgion True American makes the following comment : — " We g ive in another column the execution of Pauline , as related in the New Orleans Picayune . Here is a woman hung for doing what may be done . with impunity by the whites to any one of our 3 , 000 . 000 of southern blacks . Justice , in vain , has been in all ages represented blind , for she Iooksupon a black skinand uses the cord ef death , when , if the culprit were white , it would be an act neither condemned or punished , if not sanctified by the gospel of Christ . "
Outrage on Two Females . —Benjamin Painter , of the parish of Astley Abbotts , near Bridgnorth , was brought up on Saturday the 9 th inst ., before W . W . Brown , Esq ., on a charge of having committed a rape on the persons of Sarah and Kenzia Biggins , two females of weak intellect , on the 4 th of May last . Jemima Higgins , sister of the complainants , stated that on Monday , May 4 th . she saw the prisoner Painter skulking about her bouse . She had occasion to leave home , but on leaving , she gave her sisters precaution to fasten the door if they saw Painter coming to the house . Sarah Higgins stated that Painter entered the house before they saw him , he caueht hold ' tf her . and threw her with great violence j on the sofa , where he eff .-cted his purpose . That here- j roained in the house aud prevented either of the two
females g iving an alarm . After remaimngin the house a short time , he commenced on Kezia with great violence also , and after a severe struggle , ho threw her down on the sofa and effected his design . He then left the house , telling them he hoped they would not tell any one about it . -When Jemima returnedhome , they informed her of the circumstance , she sent for a woman , Mrs . Hay ward , residing in the neighbourhood , who examined them and feund some mnrksofviolenceon their bodies from the brutal attack of the prisoner . Painter pleaded guilty of the offence , and hoped the magistrates would look over it ; he was committed to take ms trial at the next Shropshire assizes . This distressing event has occasioned great excitement in the neighbourhood of Astley Abbotts , owing to the whole of the parties being of
unsound mind . Destbucixve Fire at Ashtos-iwdeh-Ltse . — On Saturday last a most disastrous fire took place at the cotton-factory known as the Black Rock-mill , about one mile from the town of Sfalybridge , and two and a half miles from Ashton , which destroyed the whole of the machinery , and left the property a complete mass of ruins . The mill which formed a sort of half square , was a stone building , four stories in height . The fire was first discovered in the second story on the south side , about three o ' clock in the morning . As to the cause of the fire several very singular reports , which will cause some inquiry , are in circulation ; no person , however , speaks definitely upon the matter . It is stated by some that a large quantity of
greasy waste was left in the warehouse , and that probably it ignited by spontaneous combustion . Case of Child Merder at Newcastle . —The adjourned inquest on the body " of the male child of Isabella Currv , found with its throat cut , in the house of Mr . S . Nesham , surgeon , of Newcastle , was resumed on Monday , at Mr . Pentland's Hotel , Blackett-street . in that town , when Mr . Carr , the surgeon , who had made a post mortem examination of the bodv , gave evidence which left no doubt on the minds- of the jury of the child having been born alive . After a brief deliberation they returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder against the mother , Isa . belia Curry , " who was thereupon committed on the coroner s warrant for trial at the ensuing assizes . Immediately after the adjournment of the inquest on Fridav , the mother , Curry , was taken into custody .
Fatal Fall fkom a Window . —On Tuesday evening Mr . BedfordheldaninquestatthePrince ' s Head , Buckingham-street , upon the body of Catherine Watts , aged 30 , late a servant at the Red Lion . Windmill-street . From the evidence of Mr . R . Westley , house-surgeon , it appeared that the deceased was brought to Charing-Cross Hospital on the morning of last Saturday , labouring under compound fracture of the cranium and clavicle . It appeared from the evidence , that deceased had been hanging clothes on apole suspended from the window , and it is supposed overreached herself , and fell into the yard below . When she was discovered , blood in torrents was flowing from her month , and in half an hour after admission at the hospital she died . Verdict , " That deceased died from a fracture of the brain , but how caused there was no sufficient evidence to satisfy the Jurv "
Alleged Death teom Improper medical Tiseatmest . —On Wednesday , a long inquiry took place before Mr . Bedford , the coroner , at the Falcon Tavern Lisle-street . Leicester-square , respecting the death of Elizabeth . Patten CrolJ , aged eight years , who . it was alleged , bad died from improper medical treatment . It appeared from the evidence , which was exceedingly voluminous , that the deceased was the daughter of respectable parents , residing at No . 16 , Leicester-street , Leicester-square . On Tuesday morning , the 21 st ult .. the child was seized with vomiting , and complained of a sorethroat . The mother , feeling alarmed , proceeded to the shop of Mr . Kcally , a chemist and druggist , carrying on business in Little Newport-street ,
Newport-market , whom she previously supposed was a surgeon . She described the symptoms under which the child was labouring , and he prescribed for it as suffering from scarlet fever , for which malady he had visited other branches of the family . He sent some medicine and powders , a portion of which were ordered to be administered immediately . On the following Thursday Mr . Keally attended , and saw the child , who was ordered an emetic , and another mixture . The throat was very much swollen and sore . He then advised a blister and leeches to be applied to the throat , and subsequently sent eight powders , which were to be placed at certain intervals on deceased's tongue . The child got considerably worse , when the parents discovered that Mr . Keally was not a qualified medical man . Mr . Edward Richards , a surgeon , was then called in , who found the deceased in a very exhausted and dying state . He examined one of the powders , and
expressed his astonishment at the description of medicine the child had been taking . The deceased remained under his care until Thursday last , when she died . Mr . Keally , having been duly cautioned by the Coroner , stated that he had never used mercury in any of the medicines sent to the deceased . He had attended other children connected with the family , and always gave great satisfaction . He acknowledged that he was a chemist and druggist , and was likewise a student of St . Thomas ' s Hospital . Other evidence having been taken , the Coroner remarked at great length on the various important points of the case , after which the Jury returned the following verdict , '" That the deceased died from natural causes ; at the same time they expressed their strong disapprobation that any person should practice without a legal qualification , and in consequence of the evidence against Mr . Keally , they had the utmost difficulty incoming to a conclusion . "
IJarxslet , Fatal Accident . —a mannamed David Abbot , employed at the Darleymain Colliery , near Barnsley , was working last Tuesday , near the railway , which conveys the coals from the pit to the river where the boats are laden , by some accident , his foot slipped , and be fell onjto the rails where two carves of coals passed over him , and nearly severed his head fromlus body . MAxsLAroHTER at LEicEsiEn . -On Thursday last , Charles Jones a cab-driver , was returning to Leicester with his vehicle and on passing through the Thurmaston toll-bar Wheatley , the keeper ^ demanded thetoll which the cabman refused to pay , stating that he had paid when he went through with hisfare batashort time previously . The toll-keeper insisted ,
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and seized the reins to prevent the driver proceeding , when Jones dismounted , and afscufSe ensued . Not succeeding in making Wheatley release the horse , he grasped the thong end of his whip and inflicted a severe blow in the centre of Whealtey ' s forehead , which felled him to the ground , and in a few minutes he expired . The driver of a waggon , who witnessed the transaction , informed the borough police at Leicester of the affair , and Jones was traced to a publichouse in Bel roir-street , in a stable connected with which they apprehended him . He was at once conveyed to the county police-office to await the result of a coroner s inquest . Thurmaston toll gate , where the deed was perpetrated , is about two miles from the town of Leicester , on the road to Melton Mowbray .
Destruction of Machinery .-. On Tueseay evening between 200 and 300 workpeople in the employ of Messrs . Mellow , cotton-spinners , of Ashton , were for a time , thrown out of employment , consequent upon the breaking into fragments of a large fly-wheel , attached to the steam-engine connected with the extensive spinning and weaving mill adjoining Old-street , It appears that the accident occurred a short time previous to the usual period of leaving work , and was caused by some of the hands in the dressing-room suddenly stopping their machines , thus causing the power to be taken off the engine , which , as a necessary consequence , commenced workine at a
tremendous speed , borne idea may be formed of the velocity of the wheel , when we state that it broke in two the strong iron entablature beam of the engine , tore up tneengine-housefloor , broke through the second floor , fi " , a wards rawed its way through the roof oi ™ building . Most fortunately there are no rooms above the engine-house , as in some establishments , or there is little doubt but the accident would have been attended with far more serious and perhaps fatal consequences . The engineer , a man named John Holland , on hearing the engine going too fast , ran towards the engine-house , and just as he was entering the doorway he was knocked down , but escaped without injury .
Suicide bt a Female . — On Tuesday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the White Horse . Bow , Middlesex on the body of Mary Ann Dixon , a widow , aged 42 . The deceased lost her husband in June last , and at times was low spirited , and would occasionally get intoxicated . On Sunday morning she washed * and dressed her nephew and sent him to school , and soon after she wasfound hanging by a rope from a beam in the back kitchen . She was cut down apparently lifeless , and a medical gentleman sent for , who succeeded in partially rallying her ; but she remained in a comatose state nntil four o ' clock in the afternoon , when she died . The jury after much deliberation , returned a verdict "That she had destroved herself , but there was no evidence to show in what state of mind . "
Determined Suicide by a Cripple . —About nine o ' clock in the forenoon of Tuesday a man named Norman Rumblow , forty seven years of age was found dead in his apartment , a back room on the ground floor of No . 3 , Jamaica-street , Commercialroad East . The wretched man contrived to effect his death with great determination . He in the first instance fastened a p iece of jack-line to one of the iron spikes upon which the canopy of his bedstead rested , and then took two or three hitches round the rail , to secure it from slipping off . Having fastened the noose round his neck , he must have thrown himself forward , and effected his object by strangulation , as he could have . regained a firm footing , if he had been so inclined , the height from which he was
suspended being no more than four feet . It seems the poor lellow had been for a long time in a desponding state , owing partly to his infirmity , and partly to the fact of his being wholly dependent on his sister , the wife of a sea captain , in whose house he lived , and who was invariably kind to him . When about fourteen years old he sustained serious and complicated injuries by placing his feet against a cask of pork , which was rolling on the pavement in Ratcliff-highway . The impetus , however , was too great for his resistance , and his back , as well as one of his thighs , was broken . Since then he was compelled to go upon crutches , dragging the iniured limb after him ; and the shock produced such a derangement of the whole system that his mind has ever since been more or less affected ,
Suicide inGiltspdb-Street Compter . —On Tuesday , a long inquiry took place in the Governor ' s room of the Compter , on the body of Mrs . Jane Roworth , aged thirty-four , who committed suicide in that prison on Sunday morning , A great deal of evidence was then given , and from which it appeared the unfortunate woman was the daughter of a very respectable tradesman in Hounsditch : but had married a baker , very much against her father ' s wish . They were both frequently intoxicated , by which he lost his situation , and she was taken home by her father . The deceased soon after worked at bonnetmaking for Mr . Gammage , of 11 . Charterhousestreet ; but here her habits were dissipated . On Saturday she was paid her wages , and , it would seem , had met her husband . She had not been seen aliv-e by her friends since Tuesday , and probably , the loss of her situation and a periodical complaint in her head , led to the rash act . Verdict , " Temporary insanity . "
A Drunkard's Career . —On Monday Mr . Wakley M . P ., held an inquest at the Crown and Anchor , King Street , Seven Dials , on the body of Mr . James Thorn , aged 58 , formerly a clergyman , but of late a portrait painter , whose confirmed habits of dissipation lost him his gown , which he unsuccessfully endeavoured to retrieve , and , from his peculiar taste for drawing , he subsequently became a portrait painter , in which undertaking he thrived for a time , but , in consequence of his continued profligate ways , he ultimately brought on pecuniary embarrassments , and had it not been for the occasional remittances of an opulent brother in Scotland , he must have suffered the utmost want . The deceased was also , naturally , a very eccentric character , and for some time past it
was difficult to know who he was , although his peculiar ways had attracted the attention of many . He had no regular place of abode , frequently sojourning at a tavern one day , and in a totally different quarter the next ; his chief whereabouts , however , was in the neighbourhood of Rathbone Place . He was removed from a coffee house in High Street , St . Giles ' s , on the night of Friday last , in a most deplorable state of drunkenness , to St . Giles ' s workhouse , wheie , notwithstanding his extremely destitute appearance , upwards of 15 s . and some coppers were found upon him . During the same night delirium tnmais came on and about ten next morning ( Saturday ) he expired . The jury eventually returned a verdict of * ' Natural death . "
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THE SELF-ACCUSED THIEF AND MURDERER . At Hammersmith Police Court , on Monday , Henry Norman , the man who recently accused himself of having committed numerous atrocities too great for belief , was placed at the bar for examination , having been brought up from Liverpool , where he was apprehended . The greatest curiosity was manifested to behold him , and the Court was in consequence crowded . The offence of which he was first accused was the robbery of Sir . Hoof , builder , in whose service the prisoner was as clerk when he absconded , about three weeks since , with upwards of M . The prisoner was most respectably dressed . Ho is about five feet six inches high , dark hair and eyes , pale thin face , and took bis station quite unconcerned at the serious situation in which he was placed . A solicitor said he attended on the part of Mr : Hoof , to prosecute in his case . He then called
Mr . Wm . Apps Smith , who deposed that he was chief clerk to Mr . Hoof , and lived in Brown ' s-buildings , Highstreet , Kensington . Knew the prisoner , Henry Jiormnu , who , up to the 18 th of April last , was also a clerk in Mr . Hoof ' s service . On that day ( the 18 th of April ) , about eleven o'clock in the forenoon , witness Rave the prisoner 521 . in gold and silver moneys , with directions to go as he had before , with ' it to the Equitable Gas Company ' s works , at Stanford-bridge , King ' s-road , Fulham , and pay the foreman , and with him the other men in Mr . Hoof ' s employ . Witness believed he ga > e the prisoner 452 . in gold and 11 . in silver , and he was to pay the foreman twenty-five shillings , and jointly with him the other men . Witness had not seen the prisoner siuce , until he saw him at the bar .
George Arnold deposed that he was foreman over Mr . Hoof ' s men at the Gas factory . On the forenoon of Saturday , the 18 th of April , he saw tlie prisoner between ten and eleven o ' clock . He saw the prisoner in Mr . Hoofs office at Madeley House , Kensington , since which time he had not again seen him until in that Court . The prisoner did not on that day bring witness any money , neither did he pay any of the men at the factory . Mr , Clive here asked Inspector Havill if tbe case was quite complete for the depositions to be taken . Inspector Havill said , Mr . Hoof ' s case was fully complete , but he had to apply that the prisoner might be remanded , as he had reason to believe that , if time were given , other charges of a most serious character would be brought forward against the prisoner . Mr . Clive asked the prisoner if he wished to say anything at that stage of the inquiry . The prisoner said he had nothing at present to soy on the subject .
Mr . Clive then said , sufficient evidence had been taken to warrant him in remanding the prisoner for a week .
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MURDERS BY POISON . BbE-rn TfALsnAM . —ITotliing can exceed the sensation and painful alarm that prevails in this portion of the county of Norfolk , consequent on the recent discovery of a system of wholesale poisoning , b y which six persons arc already known to have perished , and the bodies of others are now being exhumed for the purpose of txamination , it being supposed that they have come by their deaths from the same cause . It appears that Mr . John Ball , living at the village of Happisburgh , a few miles distant , his wife and four grand children having died within a very short period , and in a very sudden manner , suspicions were excited , and a communication was forwarded to Mr . Pringle , one
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of the coroners for the coumty , who promptly issuad his warrant for holding an inquest , and directed that two of the bodies should be exhumed . This was accordingly done , and on their being subjected to a port mortem examination by three experienced medical gentlemen of the neighbourhood , they declared that each body contaiaed as much arsenic as would poison the inhabitants of the whole parish . The coroner , on hearing the result of the medical examination , issued instructions to the parochial officers for the disinterment of the other bodies . This has been carried into effect , and tliecau . se of their death ascertained to be arsenic . Sereral witnesses hare beea examined by the coroner , and their testimony goes far to implicate several parties in the commission of this dreadful tragedy . Until the facts are more satisfactorily proved , it is considered best for the enda of justice to omit mentioning their names . The parties suspected are known to have purchased arsenic at different ^ places about the time of the deaths of the deceased ,
During the last twelve weeks several relatives of Ball have died in a mysterious manner , and the exhumation of their bodies having been determined upon , the inquest is adjourned . Property is the only thing which could have actuated the commission of so dreadful a transaction .
FURTHER PARTICULARS . The investigation concerning the recent rvholesal * murders by poisoning in this village , was brought to a close last evening by Mr . Pilgrim , one of tbe Norfolk County Coroners at the Haresborough-hill House . There are circumstances attached to the affair , which from its extraordinary and mysterious character , are necessary to be detailed , prior to catering into the evidence , in order that it might be perfectly understood The village of Happisburgh is situate on a cliff overhanging the sea , thirty miles from Yarmouth , and fifteen south of Cromer . It is better known as Haaborough , from its conti guity to the two famous lighthouses of that name , and is probably one of the most picturesque and secluded villages along the coast . The population amounts to not more than 200 or SO * . In the parish lived an old couple ,
named Jonathan and Elizabeth Balls , the former 77 and the latter 83 , They were supported by parochial relief . The woman had for several years been bedridden . They had three daughters married , who had had a number of children , and it is the sudden and suspicious death of several of them that gave rise to the rumours of their being poisoned , and hence arose the Coroner ' s inquiry . Three years ago an infant nine weeks old , named Ann Elizabeth Pestle , a grandchild of Balls , died , and Was buried in Hasborough Churchyard , within a few hours . The next was a boy , Samuel , of the same parents , whose demise took place under precisely similar circumstances as the girl ' s in last September , and was interred by the side of his sister . Three months afterwards two more deaths in the family occurred , namely , Balls ' wife and another of the grandchildren , Elizabeth Ann Pestle ,
and were buried on one day . Although the sudden char * acter of their deaths excited much sensation in the parish , yet nothing of a suspii ion feeling seemed to exist . The death of Balls , however , occurring on the 20 th ult ., after being attacked in a similar way as the other deceased members of the family , man ; rumours got afloat in tbe neighbourhood , that his death , like the others , was the result of poison . Notwithstanding these reports the corpse was buried , a large number of villagers attended the funeral . In all these very mysterious cases not the slightest notice of them was forwarded to the Coroner by the parochial authorities ; but the public feeling having become so strong on the subject , and numerous communications having been sent to tbe Coroner , this gentleman at length took the matter up . He issued a summons to the authorities for the disinterment of Jonathan Balls
and Ann Elizabeth Pestle , the little girl , who was buried on the day his wife was , and the empannelling of a Jury to inquire into the cause of their death . At the first meeting of the Jury , the Coroner , in consequence of some private information he had received , to the effect that the deceased ' s death had really taken place from poison , the extraordinary preservation of both bodies indicating the fact , refused to swear Anne Pestle , the mother of the child , who , it was understood , was the only witness that could really throw any light upon the affair . This course it appears was adopted , from the circumstance of her having sonic 12 years ago bought arsenic for the purpose of destroying ra ts . Being desirous of affording all the information she could , she stated that her child had certainly died suddenly , as wellas her father ; but she hud not the slightest reason to suppose that they had died from poison . That of her child she attributed to sore throat , and herfathcr to old age . The Jury , on viewing the remains of Balls , were surprised on finding in the coffin two walking sticks , one on each side of the body , an iron
poker , several pocket-handkerchiefs , and a piece of plum cake in each hand . The inquiry was adjourned , in order to afford a . poil mortem examination of the bodies being made , and on the Jury reassembllng . tlie Coroner informed them that he should again adjourn the inquiry until Monday ( yesterday ) with the view of having the other bodies lying in the churchyard exhumed , and examined , as the medical gentlemen had satisfactorily ascertained that tbe death of Jonathan Balls , and his grandchild , Ann Elizabeth Pestle , was produced by arsenic , and they had erery cause to believe that the rest of the deceased family had been disposed of by the same means , and from what he had heard from other quarters , he feered there were cases of as suspicious a character at East Preston , an adjacent village . This announcement , although it created the deepest sensation amongst the inhabitants , only bore out the truth of their suspicions , and which they had entertained for so long a period . The villagers for miles round crowded the churchyard , and in order to secure the due preservation of the sacred premises , the police were obliged to be called into requisition .
In accordance with the adjournment , Mr . Pilgrim , the Coroner , arrived from Norwich at nine o ' clock at the Haresborough-hill House , to prosecute the inquiry . On the Jury being called over , they proceeded to view the bodies , which had been ordered to be exhumed at the
previous inquiries . The Rev . Mr . Birch , the Vicar of the parish , tbe Churchwardens , and several officers attached to the neighbouring const guard station , wa' 6 present during the proceedings . William Pestle , a labouring man , said—I am the sonin-law of the deceased Jonathan Balls . I have seen the bodies exhumed this morning . They are those of Elizabeth Balls , my mother-in-law , Ann Elizabeth and Samuel Pestle , my children . My mother has been dead 19 weeks . Was not at her death , but saw her a few days before she died . She appeared to be very quiet , as if asleep . No surgeon attended her , and she had been bedridden for the last four years . There were in the house at thetime of her death , my wife , Mary Green , and Eliaabeth Peggs , married women ; her daughter , Mary Haughtcr ; Sarah Kerrison , the servant , and old Jonathan Balls . Coroner . —Do you know anything about what they had taken 3
Witness . —No , Sir ; I don't know anything about "that . " Coroner . — " That ? " What do you mean by that t Witness . —Why that I den't know anything about the poison they are said to have had . I do not know anything abeut poison having been purchased by my wife . Have heard her say that thirteen or fourteen years ago she wrote a note for arsenic , and sent it with a little girl , for tho purpose of killing rats . My master , Mr . Pye , suggested that poison , but I never saw any of it in the house . Coroner . —Do you know what became of it ?
Witness . —Only that it was laid for rats in the coalhouse . She told me that she had got some as soon as she got it . Never heard , of any poison being purchased just before Mrs . Balls's death . The first time I heard anything of it was yesterday fortnight . I was told of it by John Wright about a week after Jonathan Ball ' s death . He told me that he had been to Mr . Hecklcy's , a druggist , of Salham , and purchased some arsenic to hill rats . My wife did not know that until I told her . My children were first attacked with sickness , at least so my wife informed me . I thought it strange that they should have died so suddenly , but I never thought they were poisoned . My boy Samuel was subject to stoppage , and I considered that was the cause of his death . Did not know that my father ' s house was infested with rats , but have heard him say it was . I am sure there were rats in my own house . My master , Mr . Pye , showed mo some iu the barn that had been poisoned . Never heard my father quarrel with his wife , they seemed to live on the best of terms .
Mr . G . W . Frith , surgeon of Norwich—I assisted Mr Clowes in the posl-niortcm examination of the bodies that have been exhumed this day . We first examined the infant . It was so much decomposed that its various parts could not be distinguished , aud therefore we have been unable to trace poison . It is possible that it may contain it . We have looked for arsenic , and have applied the usual tests , but a more elaborate and prolonged " examination might detect it . We next examined the boy , Samuel Pestle . The internal organs were in a remarkable state of preservation . We found some small ulcers in the stomach , which were coated with a brilliant yellow
matter . These yellow appearances , we suspected , were a decomposition of the white arsenic . We cut out one of these yellow spots , and succeeded in reducing the metallic arsenic from it , and applying other tests , which proved beyond all doubt arsenic . We conclude , therefore , that it caused death . We then examined the old woman . The stomack was quite empty . We examined some of the coating of the stomach and a portion of the liver . In each found distinct traces of arsenic , Finding arsenic iu such a substance as tho liver , leads me to suppsse it must have been taken in a large quantity to so absorb , and consequently to produce death . 1 have no doubt about it .
Mr . R . Clowes , surgeon , of Salham , fully corroborated the testimony of Mr . Frith . The three daughters of Balls , Mrs . Pestle , Green , and Peggs , were then called in . The Coroner then proceeded to sum up the evidence in a very clear manner . Ho thought the facts did not fix upon any party so as to warrant them in sending the case to another tribunal . If any one was inculpated , the finger of suspicion must certainly be pointed ta the deceased Jonathan Balls , and lie was beyond thereach of tbe law . He recommended them to return such a verdict as would enable the officers to have the matter further inquired into , should such circumstances arise as required it . It was a ease of great suspicion . The Jury then found , after half-an-hour's consultation , that tbe deceased Jonathan Balls , Elizabeth Balls , Samuel Pestle , and Ann Elizabeth Pestle , died from the effects of poison , but how administered there was no evidence to show . The inquiry did not terminate until half-past five o ' clock .
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A " Gent " . —At the Marylebone Police office on Monday , a renpectaWe-Joohing man named James Dickenson , was charged by Brooks , 169 S , who said — "Please your worship , at two o clock yesterday morning I found this ' gent' drunk , in Park-road , and took him into custody . " " —Mr . Rawlinsen : Who do you say you found drank ? — Constable : This " gent , " your worship .-iMr . Rawlinson : What do you mean by " gent ;* there is no such word in our language . I hold a man who is-called a " gent" to be the greatest blackguard there is ?—( To the prisoner ) : What , do you say-I hope you are not a t f "Z l . r : - am not Sfr r ' WKl I think that I know the detraction between a "gent" and a gentleman Rawlinson
. " --Mr . : I dare say you do Sir , and I look upon the word '' gent" as one of the most blackguard expressions that ean be used The prisoner was fined 5 s ., which he directly paid ' Assault on Captain Wbmyss , M . P—We ' reeret very much to learn that a violent and very danseroue looking assault was made upon the person of our county member , Captain Wemyss on the evening of liMay last . He was , it appears , riding near Wemyss West Lodge , when his attention was aroused by the sight of a boy of about ten yearg of age trespassing on a held where a good number of pheasants were hatching . The child , on spying tho captain , jumped over a hedge , when the captain rode after him at full speed and overtook him , and attempted to strike him for his trespass . Upon t ! m , between one and two hundred ot the people at Boreland Colliery , men nwoik
- »» , u . ueu out upon tne captain , some ot them with stones and sticks in their hands , and at-« Zf ? m ^ - . a mos 'wtous . disgraceful manner ; some seized his horse , others took him by theleus and Hi ° ? f . . l ! WM 6 others threatened him with atones in their hands , and others again swore with the most horrid oaths that they would knock thebrainsout of him . Others , still more insolent , told him that he ought to be at his duties in Parlia ' pent instead of watching pheasants' eggs and terrifying children . At last three of the captain ' s armed keepers came to his rescue , and , by threatening to hre upon the mob , got them so far quieted that our member was enabled to escape their clutches . —Fifeabr * Journal . [ Most likely the captaindidnotget half his deserts . His cowardly brutality in
assaultmg a child deserved to be severely punished . We are glad that the people of Boreland Colliery had pluck enough to resent the ruffianism of this " insolent land-robber . The "insolent" slave of the FtfesMvi Journal deserves ducking In a horsepbnd for his abuse of the poor people , who we hope will serve him out if they catch him . ] Bauoon Ascent —On Monday evening , Mr . C . Green ascended once more with his magnificent balloon , the Albion , from the grounds of the R 6 yal Standard Tavern , at Hoxton , although evidently suffering from the effectsof thesevereand nearly fatal accident which hemet with last week in Suffolk . The
weather was most unpropitious forsuch an exhibition , and so boisterous during the evening , that the balloon heaved and bounded from Bide to side at a fearful rate , frequently bowing down to the ground , and sweeping the heads of the spectators , and then rebounding with such violence as to snap many of the cords by which . it was restrained . Several men , holding the guide lines , were seen with their hands cut and covered with blood . The ascent took place about twenty minutes before eight , when the balloon , bearing the veteran , and his brother , Mr . II . Green , being released , rose in good style , and went off with great velocity towards Hertfordshire .
Sbbious Robbery . —On Monday a robbery of very serious amount was committed upon the premises of Mr . Sawyer , a Iivery-stablekeeper , in the Curtainroad , Shoreditch . On inquiry , it appeared that he p laced a bag containing £ 69 in bank notes and £ 40 in gold and silver in a cupboard in his countinghouse , and another bag containing £ 110 s . in a desk , with directions to his foreman . to take the larger amount to the banker ' s in the course of the day . Both cupboard and desk were locked , as was also the counting-house door ; but , about two o ' clock in tlw
afternoon , when the foreman went to execute his commission , he discovered that the place had in the meantime been entered , and the desk and cupboard broken open , and the two bags containing upwards of £ 107 stolen , Information was immediately given to the police , and the officers , upon inspection , had no doubt that the robbery had been committed by some person well acquainted with the premises . Boz Amongst the Turks . —Charles Dickens has left the Daily News , and , together with his wife and famil y , is preparing to wing his way to the nei g hbourhood of Constantinople .
• Don Antonio Zumalacarreout , brother of the celebrated Carlist chief of that name , died at Madrid on the 2 nd . Visit of General ' Tou Thumb to the St Ka-THERifffi ' s " Docks . —A few davs ago , much amusement , was caused in the St . Katherine ' s Dock by the visit of General Tom Thumb . He was driven to the dock in a cab , and was smuggled in , uakhown to the gatekeepers , by him conductor , who , in the first instance , conveyed him on board tho large New York packet Ship Prince Albert , when he went through part of his performance , to the great delight of the
crew . One of the sailors , however , gave much offence to the General by taking him up and putting him in his pocket . He next visited the packet-ship Westminster . It soon became known that the " General" was in the dock , and people flocked from all quarters to catch a glimse of him . His conductor at last put him under his cloak and proceeded to the principal entrance , where he was stopped by a Custom-house officer , who ordered him to throw "his cloak aside . Tom Thumb ' s conductor did so , and exhibited the little fellow , who was allowed to pass duty free , although certainly a " contraband article not specified in the new tariff . "
MiBACULOtfs Escape . —A few days ago an accident happened to a workman employed in the repairs now going on in the Preston theatre , which might have been attended with fatal consequences , and it is indeed weuderful how the man escaped injury . He was at the time employed in repairing tne ceiling , and was situate immediately in front of the gallery , from which was projecting a bar of iron , when a portion of the scaffolding gave way , and he was immediately precip itated from the coiling to the pit , fulling with his head downwards . During the fall his head came in contact with the bar of iron in front of the gallery , which it broke , and also in the pit the poor fellow ' s head again struck upon and went through a temporary wooden step in front of tlie centre box : but fortunately , he was not hurt beyond a few bruises , and is now at work again .
The Cholera . — ' 1 he journals of Eastern Prussia state that this dreadful disease has made its appearance at St . Petersburg . Her Majesty ' s Birth-dav . —ITer Majesty ' s birthday this year , in consequence of * tlie near approach of an interesting event , will be eelebvsted on Tuesday , the 9 th of June , instead of the 24 th of May . —Moming Paper . Warning to Nbws " papkr SciMBULEr . s . —If some oi the numerous writers who are impatient to s' -c their crude and hasty scrawls in the Tribune sh-iuld happen to read the following paragraph f > om tlie Providence
Journal and discover its applicability to themselves , it would not occasion us the slightest grief ;— " Persons who write on both sides of the | paper must not complain if they never hear of their manuscripts ; it is always inconvenient to publish articles so written . As for those—and we have many sueli correspondents —who write illegibly , incorrectly , and withoutregaru to punctuation , they only waste their paper . We will not take the trouble to correct any man ' s b ; id English or to spell through any man ' s illegible writiti " . Such manuscripts wc invariably ' file for insertion ' —in the stove . "—New York Tribune .
American Items . '— The editor of the Scmdui-fa / Clarion thus heads the prospectus of his p . 'ipcr , : ind holds forth the following literal offer as one oi" his standing terms : — "To . such as are unable to take the paper at these prices , wc will read it whenever they will assemble in companies of lif ' ty or more , in front of our office , on a warm day , free , gratis , for nothing 5 Any of our present subscribers may avail themselves of these rates of paying arrearages . "—The slave trade appears to be brisk in South Carolina ! no less than 340 human beinss having been recently advertised for sale in a single paper in Charleston .
" The Light op other Days has Faded . " - —The Era , a sporting newspaper , announces its " retire - ment from the ropes of the prize ring , " the editor ' s opinion being " against the continuance of tho profession as at preaent continued . " Tlie editor observes : — " "With sorrow have we seen the gradual decline of British boxing into English pugilism . Looking upon sparring as a noble manly , and invigorating exercise , we have regarded with regret its gradual degradation to the purposes of a disgusting pursuit ; and well assured as we are , that the best friends of boxing have fallen away by reason of its unmitigated ruffianism , its scenes of wrangling violence , and its continual displays of cowardly chicanery , we leave the suicide—guilty ef self-destructionhurrying down the current of the world ' s opinion to be buried in the oblivion of contempt . "
Great National Painting—A New York paper states that a young artist of Louisville , Kentucky , i . « . engaged on a picture which , when completed , will cover upwards of three lineal miles of canvas ! It is , in fact , a panoramic view of the Mississipi and Ohio rivers , commencing with the latter at Petersburg !! to its junction with the Mississipi , at Cairo ; and then " the great father of waters " from the mouth of the Missouri to the gulf of Mexico—a continuous line of scenery oi ' mwe than three thousand miles in extent . ' Architectural Congress . —The architects from all parts of the world talk of holding a general congress of architects once every three years , the first to take place at Athens .
Literary Secrets . —Douglas Jerrold is " off " Punch ; and the presiding genius of Bradbury and Evans ' s famous periodicaris Mr . Thackeray , the Michael Angelo Titmarsh of Fraser . Washington Irving has just completed a " Life of Mahomet . " The principal scene of Dickens ' s new story is laid in the West of England ,
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Elopbmert . —Within the last few days a considerable sensation has been excited in the little villageof Vyadworth , near Doncaster , b y the elopement of A rich farmer ' s daughter , in her eighteenth year , with a . yoimg man of the neighbourhood , rather in humble circumstances . . The "happy pair , " it seems , fled to " ^ P ? . / Nottingham ; where an incident occurred which led to the discovery of their hiding-place , and put a period , at least for the present , to their marriage . After appearing before the viear of St . Mary ' s , a surrogate , resident in the town , and making the usual alhdayit , the bridegroom in prospect hasted
with a certificate to the office of the registrar for a licence , where his manner , dialect , and bumpkin appearance , led to a suspicion in the mind of the clerk that the man had been guilty of misrepresentation . On inquiry , it turned out that , with his intended spouse , he had only reached Nottingham the previous evening , instead of having resided there , as he had sworn in his affidavit , for fifteen days . A letter was sent to Wadworth , and the grand secretbeingknown , a chaise and pair quickly brought the rich old farmer to Nottingham , from whence , pn Thursday last , he conveyed his daughter , to remain for a little time longer under her paternal roof .
Dissipation and Suicide . ~ On Saturday , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the Elephant and Castle , King ' s-road , Camden-town , on the body of Andrew Tate , aged 30 . The deceased wasa journeyman baker , latterly in the employ of Mr . Glendinning , Charlotte-street , Fitzrey-square , and was very intemperate . On Monday last he absented himself from his work , and nothing more was known of him till Wednesday , when he was found floating in the St . Pancras docks of the Regent ' s Canal , near to Counsellor Agar ' s mansion . The jury , in the absence of any direct testimony as to how the deceased came into the water , returned a verdict of "Found drowned . "
Caution Against Lending Newspapers for Hire . —This custom having become very prevalent to the serious injury of newspaper proprietors , we recommend to the notice of persons so offending the following clause from the 29 th Geo . III . , c . 50 , sec . 9 : — " No hawker of a newspaper , or other person , shall let out a newspaper for hire to any person or different persons , or from house to house , on pain of forfeiting : five pounds . "—Bristol Journal . The Rev . J . R . Stephens . —This gentleman , who figured baforo the public a few years aeo with so
much effect as a Chartist speaker , and as an earnest advocate of the separation of the Church from the State ( for urging which he was expelled from the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion ) is now settled down as a farmer between Ashton and Oldham , and was 611 Wednesday last sworn in as head-constable of the township in which he resides , before James Joweifc , Esq ., the magistrate who signed his committment to jail , four or five years since , on the charge of a political offence at Hyde , for which he was tried at Chester , before Mr . Justice Pattieson , and convicted . — Manchester Times .
Death or Sia William Miller , Bart . —We have to record the death of Sir William Miller , Bart ., better known as Lord Glenlee , who expired on Saturday week last , at Barskiming , Ayrshire . The deceased baronet was in his 90 th year . He was a good man , and greatl y beloved by his tenantry and neighbours . May his successor tread in his footsteps . The Master Boot and Shoemakers of Sheffield have agreed to close their shops every evening at eight o ' clock , for the future , all the year round . Sudden Death . —On Saturday , M r . Baker held an inquest at the City Arms , Citv-road , on the body of
Mr . Isaac Ilinde , a cheese merchant , late of City Garden-row , St . Luke ' s . The deceased had been am inhabitant of the parish twenty-seven years , and waa much respected for his liberality and kindness . Thursday was the anniversary of his wedding-day , and at night he retired to bed in good spirits and apparent health , Two hours afterwards Mrs . Ilinde heard a rattling in his throat , and being unable to arouse him , she got up and struck a light ; but before she could afford him any aid he was a corpse . Medical evidence waseiven , showing that the deceased died from natural causes and a verdict to that effect was returned .
Births Extraordinary . —On Monday afternoon , a poor woman , named Mason , living near the Rose and Crown , Bromley , Middlesex , was safely delivered of four fine boys . They were christened by the Rev . Mr , Boyle , curate of the parish , by the names of Matthew , Mark . Luke and John . Her husband is a very hard-working man , employed by Mr . Ratford , the extensive market-gardener , at Bromley , Middlesex . The medical attendant was Mr . Gardener , jun . The mother and children , according to the accounts last evening , were all going on well .
fur . Parisian Punch , " Le Charivari , " has been , by superior order , prohibited from bcinir read in Vienna ; all copies destined for that capital being seized in the frontier post-offices . * Tiik Swell Mon . —On Saturday morning , as a merchant was leaving the branch bank of England , Liverpool , one of the London swell mob took apocket-bnnk , containing £ 260 . out of his pocket . Fortunately t ' se thief was discovered , taken into custody , and in the course of an hour , was committed for trial , A New Thick . —An impudent fraud , by which , many of the respectable inhabitants of Coventry and its neighbourhood were completely swindled out of their money , was successfully practised in that city on Friday sc ' nni"ht . It appears that a concert ,
under royal patronage , was advertised to take place in St . Mary ' s Hall on the evening of theal'oveday . Tho artists announced were the veteran Braham , Mr . C . Bland , Miss Romer , tho Mi .-s ? s Fmith , Signer Sivori , and in th <> whole aroufc fifty performers . Admission was to be by ticket only , 5 s . each , to ha had at the hall , from twelve till three o ' clock . The scheme was a most attractive one . and the tickets were in great demand . One of the parties engaged in the hoax remained at his post until four o ' clock in the afternoon , when he left , as'it was thought , for the purpose of completing the necessary arrangements for the performers , having previously taken
care tf > have the music-stands placed for them in a proper position . At the hour namrd for the doors to be opened , the purchasers ofticket ^ flocked for admission ; but there was no one to receive the tickets , and they walked into the ball and quietly took their seats . After waiting long past the hour announced for tho eommonuQinont ot * tho concert , tho audience retired from the hall , much chagrined at their disappointment , and some imt a . little enraged at having been swindled out of their money . There were three actors in thi-disgraceful affair , the principal of whom went by the name of Tlaydon . alias Proctor , and another of the gana is known by the name of Chadwick . The name of the third has not
transpired .- two of these worthies , it is stated , formed part of a company of theatricals latc ] y " pcribrmingaf > Gloucester . Lo . tDox Pkack Socif . ty . —Last n ! j ; l > t a crowded mcetiiisr of the friends of universal peace was held in Finsbury Chapel , Finsbiiry-square .. Charles Ilindley , Esq ., M . P ., tho Presid ' -nt- of the Society , presided . Tho Roy . Jons Jilvpeiisos , the secretary , rend the report , from which it appeared that during the past year the principles maintained by the society have made greater progress than in any previous year since its commencement in 1 S 2 B . A strenuous effort
haii been made , within ' the hist few months , in opposition < o the 1 hreateu ? d p . nibofliniPKt of thfl miiitia force of this kingdom . 5 ( iO , 00 * Mr « rts W > d been distributed during tho movements ; 22 , 0 f ' 0 letters kid boon sent by post to-Peers , MimluTs of Parliament , and otl'ui-influential parties thri'iiglimit the kingdom , arid to Paris , the West Indies , and America . Many books and publications had lwrn sent , all of which were in advocacy of the principles of universal peace . During the year , the subscriptions and donations , with tbe total receipts , »; m 1 amounted to 2 . 3441 . J 0 o ., and flic oxiwhdifure >(> l . RSl . ( k . Id .
Enormous C * u > Fish . —Mr . J . Andrew , of Whitby , fishmoiniiT , bad in his pesscs .-ion ! :: sf week , a n-osfc extraordinary rod fish , fn fact ., one i . f the iarucst that has been caught along this coast for a great nuinbei . * of years . The following arc thoparsicuiars : — Wcii-lit , 3 stone , 73 ibs .: length , i feet 6 j inches ; circumference , 2 feet 6 * inches . Death tuom a Pba ;—A boy , two years of age , th © son of Charles Stewart M'Fale , who lives at Ilazlebottom , was on Tuesday playing with n few peaa which his motherhad given to him , when he suddenly
began to gasp , as if choked . His alarmed mother ran to inform her husband , and a crowd collected . Mr . Juckes , surgeon , of Crumpsall , was riding by , aud thinking that the child was labouring under suffocation , he rode homo for his instruments , returned , made an incision in the windpipe , and introduced a silver tube , in order that the child might breathe . It died , however , at half-past seven in the evening . On the following day Mr . Juckes made a . postmortem examination of the body , and found a pea firmly lodged in the larynx . This , of course , was the cause of death .
The Late Fight between Gill and Norley . —• The winner of this fight ( Gill ) has been bound , himself in £ 80 and two sureties in £ 4 o each , to appear at the next Oxfordscssions , to answer a charge of com * mittinga breach of the peace in this last pugilistic conflict Highway Robbery and Curious Detection . — » Archibald Eisin , a discharged soldier from the Foot Guards , was on Monday brought before the County-Magistrates at Rochester , and committed for trial af > the next quarter sessions at Maidstone , on a char ? o of robbing a man named Braddy , on the Dover road , between Sittingbourne and Chatham , on Saturday ,
the 9 th instant , Prosecutor had been to Sittingbourne to sell cast-off clothes , and about midnight ! was returning home to Chatham , when he was mi 6 by the prisoner between Nowington and Ilartlip , wlo , pretending that he was a policeman belonging to the station in that neighbourhood , searched his bundle , and helped himself to a pair of trowsera and two pair of shoes , he then rifled his pocket of a knife and five shillings in silver , and decamped . Nothing further was heard of the fellow until the following Tuesday , when , at a skittle ground in Chatham , ne unsuspectingly offered the stolen property to tne sna of the prosecutor , and was , in consequence , appic * bended .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 23, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23051846/page/3/
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