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URSAVFVL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
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LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT OS THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.
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THE DIABOLICAL AND FATAL MILITARY FLOGGING AT HOUNSLOW.
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Fnionratn. Accident by Machinery.—On Fri...
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INSANITV AND ilVRVER
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SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO KILI
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POISONING
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SETTING FIRE TO A WORKHOUSE
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CRIM. CON
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TRIAL FOR BIGAMY
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CHARGE OF MURDER
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Speed on the Crotdon Atmospheric Railway...
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Ursavfvl Railway Accidents
URSAVFVL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
FEARFUL COLLISION ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY . A frig htful collision , bjr which numher « of persons have been seriously injured , occurred on Saturday at the Stratford station of the Eastern Counties Hallway . Tbe Stratford station ( Colchester branch ) is situated about three and a half miles from the London terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway at Sfaoreditcb , and about five hundred yards below that portion of the railway Where the Cambridge line diverges . In the immediate vicinity of the station the railway is on a level , but a few yards further east it enters a shallow cutting about half a mile ia length . A bridge is thrown across the lineal the couimencementof this cutting and within a few yards of th « station , immediatels after passing which , the railway makes a curve . At a distance of abJUt three nundr = d asd fifty varus further down , another bridge is throwu across theraflway , but the latter bridge is not these two
^ ible from the Stratford station . Between bridge , < about 150 paces from the second one ) a signal , on Hale ' s rinciplo , is erected , and is intended as a guide to the drivers of oilengines on the upline . Hallessignal c * w ^ tsofanu *> vmg htpo 8 t , to ths up er porUon « f which is adixeda species of fan . consisting of four dtsfinet compartments , which can be raised or lowered at pleasure . When tbe fan is wholly lowered it resembles a quarter of a cirde . and this is a signal that the driver Of anv approaching train is to stop instantly . The first Compartment of the fan , viz ., the division next the post , when ful ' jtxtended , is painted yellow , thesecond green , and tlie fv » lower compartments a bright red . On all occa 3 K > i :-5 the three upper divisions ( the yeUow , green , and nrsi red compartment ) are kept lowered to warn the drivers that they are nearing the Stratford station , and are required to proceed with caution . The signal may be seen by drivers of up trains about fifty yards be . fore reaching the second bridge from the station , but the station itself is not visible until some distance on the
London side of the signal , nor any train stationary thereat from the point previously referred to . The accident occurred betweenfonr and five o ' clock en Saturday afternoon . The up train from Ipswich , due at Stratford at 3-56 , did not arrive at that station until twenty uhuuvbs after its proper time , Several passengers had alighted , otheri were entering carriages , and the engine driver was taking in a supply of water , when a train was observed passing the signal post before alluded to , and coining rapidly towards the station . Mr . Richardson , the station-master , was on the platform superintending ti ; e despatch of passengers & c , for London . She noise of the approaching train attracted his attention , and be at once saw the imminent danger in which the passengers in the stationary train was placed . He immediately ran towards the engine , intending to induce
the driver to go on with the train then at the station , but before he had time to explain his object the cettision took place , and k scene ensued which almost baffles description The train , which but for a moment previously had con . sisted of seven or eight first and sicond class carriages and two horse boxes , now presented hut little more than a mass of hrokea fragments and rubbish . A second class carriage , which had been attached to the train at Romford , and placed in the rear of the two horse boxes , was completely smashed , and the passengers which it had contained were seen bleeding and wounded lying about the railway in various directions . Two other second clasp carriages were so crushed as to be rendered entirely useless , and although the horse boxes were in the same condition , the horses were uninjured . The pa & sengvrs in the rear carriages were all more or less injured and contnsed .
When the first momentary shock had subsided , thesta . turn master , with what assistance he could procure , proceeded to colloct the wounded persons and assist them into tbe passengers' waiting- room . - Medical aid from Stratford was at the same time sent for , and in a few minutes . Messrs . Elliot , Tallance , Vincent and Kennedy , , all surgeons , residing at that place , were on tbe spot vying with each other in their . attention to the wounded . parties . The more serioas cases having been temporaril y attended to , were forwarded with as little delay as possible in omnibuses to the London Hospital , and others , also very seriously injured , being medically attended , were sent by their own desire to their respective residences . The following is a list ef the sufferers , so for as can at present ae ascertained : — William Millwood , bandbox maker , Bethnal green—The large toe of the left foot eut off , and foot otherwise Bmtilated .
Henry Olive , a porter in the employ of the company—A fracture of the right leg . John Smith , a constable belonging to the Societ y for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals—Several ribs broken , fracture of the sternum , and ottur injuries . "William Prentice , porter—A very bad fracture of the leg . Mr . Hiram if orris , landlord of the Hoop-inn , Deptford —The left foot partly cut off" the right jaw much injured . ifr . Richard Murphy , solicitor , Hendon , Middlesex—Contused left leg . Mr . "William Keeler , publican , Westnall—A fractured collar bone . James Stone , gentleman's servant—Severely contused face . All tbe above were removed from Stratford direct to the Loudon Hospital , but Messrs . Keeler , Murphy , and Stone were subsequently sent to their own houses .
The following persons were sent to their ywn residences , after having been attended to by the medical gentlemen at the station : — Mrs . Parr . e , of Ilford , Essex—A cemminau-J fracture Of the two boues of the left leg , below the knee . Mrs . Widdenhall of Ohigwell , Essex—A supposed fracture of the kft thigh . JTrs . Bromley—A contusion . A ( reutkonn residing at Chelmsford—Leg- seriously injured . . A Gentleman living at Victoria Villas , Dalston—Concussion of t !; e brain .
It is a somewhat extraordinary circumstance iu connection witti the accident , that none of the carriages which retained their wheels , nor the engine which caused the accident , were thrown off tbe rails , nor were the rails themselves injured in the slightest d ' . gree . The engine , after silking 'he last carriage of the passenger train , mounted on its ruins , and remained in this position until forcibly removed , when it fell over . It was , however , again placed on the fails and removed without further difficulty . Information of the disastrous occurrence having been
forwarded by special engine to the Shoreditch station , Mr . Mose ' cy , chief of the traffic department ; Mr . Samuels , the resident engineer ; aud Mr . Kitson , the chief of tbe locomotive department , were soon on the spot , rendering every assistance in their power . Mr . Honey , the secretary of the company , happened to be at Cambridge when the accident took place , but intelligence of the fact having been communicated to him by electric telegraph , he immediately left that place in a special train , and arrived at Stratford between six and seven o ' clock .
Mr . Honey s first act was to commence an investigation into the origin of tha accident . TPith that view he summoned together all such persons as , from their respective duties wkea the collision took place , were likely to know anything of the circumstances . At the close of the investigation , Mr . Boney announced thut William Clare , the driver of the truck train , W . Q-ieulin , the stoker , Thomas Green , the signal man , and an under fireman named Nicholson , who was riding upon the engine of the truck train whan the collision took place , had all been given into custody , as it appeared they were the persons through whese negligence the accident had occurred . The secretary subsequently stated that Green iarinsr acted uader tha orders of the station master , would probably be released .
EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE-DRIVER AND
OTHERS IN CUSTODY . On Monday forenoon , at ten o clock , Wm . Clare who was described in * the police charge as an tiitdne-fittcr , but who , it appeared , had been the driver of the engine that had caused the serious consequences ; William Quintan , Who was also described as a labourer , but who , it seemed , acted as stoker ; Thomas Nicholson , an engineer - , ami Thomas Green , a signalman and pointturner at the Stratford station , and whohad been brought from the station house at Bow , under the escort of the Kdivrrisi »> E of metropolitan police , were brought before Mr . William Davis , Mr . Octavius Mashcter , and Mr . John Gucrney Fry , magistrates for the county . if Essex , at the spncii . us room appropriated to the Visiting J ustiees at the llfori llonse - / Correction .
Mr . Jiction sisid , that on Saturday evening , he was pursuing his usual avocations at the Stratford station of the Camlxiage line , when , from what he was informed , he fcastaed to the Stratford station of the Colchester line . Oi . reaching that place , he saw the engine of an up-passer . t ; t > - train standing ahout twenty yards on the London £ * ac- of the Water-crane , and had been informed that it hid taV « n in water . Observed that the buffers of a fir . it-cl .-isi carriage had driven against a second-cl ass carriage . There . did not appear to have been , anything the matu-r with the first-c ! ass carriagt-s of the passenger train . lierco to the extremeend of the train , and there found a second-class seriously injured , iu fact , dashed
almoEf iu j . Jecss . There were also three horse-boxes , in two cf which there were horses ; and thuugh . the boxes themselves were much injured , the horse - escaped unhurt . The first of the injured passuu-tf- * . to which Ids attention was directed , was a respect ilde-Liuking female , Who was lying between the raUs completely rovered with the hroitii fracim-nts of tke carriage , and exclaiming , " Oh , my child ] my child * where is my child f" And he xt-aCU'id '« .-r from this situation as mmi « s he could . Mr . Davi * . — Was this female much hurt ! "Witness . —No , Sir . She did not appear very much liurt hut KCt-uied very anxious about her child . Mr . J ) ivi ~ . —Then what became of h . r « -hiid *
Witness—1 understand . Sir , it had h .-.-n t '« u : id on a piece M wood , 2 part of the fragment of ihe carriage , unl-ui ! - hut 1 > ni not aware of the fn .-i myself . Tiie witness ibeii y-ryc-cdud to say that he saw .. uuinbtr of perMius who li ' -i been apparently seriuns- ' . x u : y > red , and he tilli-d at the Companj's offices at tl . < - - ; a ; i .. n , aud requested the' would afford every asaist .-ti . i- v . : \ v \ procure medical » sris * -f '' ce . He then looked nut for ui ; « rlver of the < iijjine that had caused tho mfcc ' iic :, and saw him Standing on 'his engine . Witness futii' slip , prisoner Clare onhisenjine , and addressing hiui , "C-are , what have you been doing ! " and his reply was , that he did
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^\ < r „ . T ie then asked . him not kno » , or words to that effect- »« . .. how it was heboid * ' ^^ g £ K ing to the signal betweer .- * . - ™ gg gave 80 me « ich th . stat - o *^ nd ta -gJ-iS'STrteflher the shmal answer . Witness ^ e carte al ongfeline , and he re-- Pl aXthe fS Kelonr felt it to be bis duty to give into custody . Had no conversation with the prisoner Quinlan before g iving him into custody . _
In bis Cross-examination by Mr . Rawlings , the witness said that the prisoner Clare had been employed in the shed at the Stratford station of the Cambridge line as an engine-fitter , and had also been accustomed to drive ballast-engines . Witness had seen Clare drive engines both on the Cambridge and the Colchester lines . He could speak from his own knowledge to having seen him at least three or four times for the nine months , he ( Mr . Ketson ) had been in the service of the company . Quintan was a labourer at the shed , and he could not take upon himself to say that he had not seen him act as a stoker or fireman on the engines , Clare , he believed , had been driving an engine regularly from the month of November last until February . Engine-drivers were supplied with books containing the rules by which they were to be guided , but could not say whether the prisoner Clare had been so supplied or not .
The prisoner Green is the signal man , but understood that a boy employed at the station attended to the signal on the occasion of the accident . Did not know that fact of his own knowledge , but it was known to the clerk at the station-house . . He did not know that the bey frequently attended to the signal , " but knew that it was done when be ( witness ) reached the station just after the accident . Was not present when the engine driven by the prisoner Clare had been taken from the shed , nor did he know of the prisoner Nicholson ever having driven an engine ; he is merely employed in the shed as a fitter . The prisoner was somewhat agitated when he spoke to him . He was then standing in his proper place on the engine , and the place where enginedrivers usually do , and he did hot notice any other person on the engine , though he understood there were two or three others there .
George Blatchford , one of the chief guards in the Company ' s employment , was examined at very considerable length , and gave a detailed account of the passage of the train from Ipswich till it arrived at the Stratford station . The train consisted of two first and five secondclass carriages , with a luggage van and three horse-boxes , two of which had horses in them .. The last of the secoad-class carriages , was smashed to pieces , and several ptrsons were hurt . The horse-boxes were also much injured , but the horses were not much hurt . He was put on the point of starting , and heard Mr . Richardson , the station clerk , exclaim , "Look out , " and taking this to denote danger , he ( witness ) looked from the back of the train , and saw an engine coming towards the back of the train , and on the same line of rails as those which the the passenger-train was then on , and in an instant it rau into the second-class carriage . The collision destroyed the carriage , aud seriously injured a great number of the passengers . ,
Mr . Davis . —Did you hear anything immediately before the accident to denote the near approach of danger i Witness . —Not at all , Sir . Mr . Pry . —Where were you standing when you saw the close approach of the engine ! Witness . —At the end of the train , close to the secondclass carriage which had been destroyed . I ' opened the door of that carriage , so that the persons inside might get out , and had just time to fall back on the platform to save myself . Mr . Davis . —Hid any one get out after you opened the door ? Witness . —No , Sir , it was impossible , they had not time ; the collision took place in an instantafterlopened the door .
Charles Tomlin , a smith , in the company ' s employ , said that on Saturday he came up from Romford by the train of tracks of which the prisoner Clare was driver , and Quinlan the fireman . . On reaching the second station at Stratford , he saw the signal down , and Quinlan got hold of the break , and witness assisted him , but seeing the passenger-train so near , they both threw themselves down in the bottom of the tender . Clare had shut off the steam , and reversed the engine , but tbe accident he attributed to the rapid manner in which the train was proceeding . Mr . Richardson , the clerk at the station , was examined at considerable length . It was clear , from his testimony , as well as that of tbe other witnesses examined , that the prisoner Clare had not sounded the whistle on approaching the station , as he should have done .
Mr . Samuels , theresidentengineer at Stratford station , said that , since the accident , he had examined the engine Firefly , and found the truck in perfect order . He had also measured the distance from the station-house at Stratford to the signal , and found it to be 250 yards , and from the signal to where it could be at first perceived was 259 J yards ; so that with such a day , and reversing the engine , there was abundance of space to stop the engine and prevent the collision . Mr . Hunter , an engineer at the Company ' s works at Romford , wan called and examined as to the fact of any test being applied as to the efficiency and competency of engine-drivers before entrusting them to so important a situation as that of having the eare of the lives and limbs of so many of her Majesty's subjects , and it appeared that in the present instance there was none applied .
Mr . Davis thought this an omission . If he , for instance , was about to engage a schoolmaster , he would require a specimen of his writing , & c . In a like manner , the qualifications of the engine drivers ought to be tested . Their power of vision he ( Mr . Davis ) thought of some importance . It should be here stated , that the prisoner Clare was blind of one eye , and appeared somewhat weak of vision in the other . Mr . Craven , another ef the Company ' s engineers , was called , and he in the frankest manner admitted he had sent the prisoner Clare out with tke engine , and said he considered him competent to it ? management . He could not have accounted for the unfortunate accident , except that he was going at too great a rate , and could not control *! it in the spacr . -
It was stated that themaximum wages of engine-feeders was 6 s ., while that of the engine-driver was 7 s . Gd , a day . Mr : Whitticomb admitted there was no evidence to justify the Bench in the detention of the prisoners Green or Nicholson , but as the persons at the hospital , or at least two of them , were still in danger , he had to apply to the Bench to remind the other two . Mr . R-iwlins addressed the Magistrates at some length , and in tbe course of his observations made some commentaries on the conduct of those officers of the Company who employed such persons as his clients to discbarge such important duties ; and attributed tbe unfortunate accident to those pef sons themselves and , under all the circumstances , expressed a hope that , if the Beach thought there was anything in the case , they would dispose of it summarily .
The Magistrates retired , and after an absence of some time , returned into Court , when Mr . Davis said they had made up their minds to commit the prisoners Clare and Quinlan for trial . Mr . Rawlins applied to have the prisoners admitted to bail , hut the Magistrates refused to comply with the request . The investigation occupied the Magistrates upwards of seven hours , and the Court was much crowded all the time . AsoTHEtt AccrDENT . ' —On Sunday a man who was cleaning au engine accidentally turned one of the guage taps , by which he was severely scalded , and now lies in the London Hospital suffering dreadfully .
Lamentable Accident Os The Midland Railway.
LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT OS THE MIDLAND RAILWAY .
We regret to have to record a fatal accident which took plack on Wednesday week , near the Barnsley station , whereby one man , John Salter , aged 29 , a clothdresser in ths employ of Messrs . Gott , at Bean Ing , ia this town , was killed 011 the spot , and Mr . Robert Neale , of the Bull and Mouth Tap , Brijjgate , received such severe injuries as to since cause his death . The deceased . John Salter , along with Mr . Neale and other frienOs , kft Leeds with the first of two special trains , conveying the members and friends of the Leeds Mechanics' and Literary Society , on a pleasure excursion
to Wentworth House , the seat « . f Earl Fitzwilliatn . Salter , shortly before the accident , was standing upon the end of the centre seat of the carriage ( a third class one ) , Mr . Neale bring immediately behind him , with this back to tbe end of the carriage , and as the train tvasapproachiug "he I ' arnsiey Station , near ten o ' clock in the forenoon , the steam being turned off to slacken the speed , caused a sadden jerk of the carriages one against the other , which threw Mr . Neale backwards , and in his endeavours to recover himself , he caught at Salter , and pulled him over the end , both falling between the carriages .
Salter , who was killed on the spot , was mutilated in a very dreadful mnmicr , several carriages passing over his body , ii ! 8 i « ti > ig \ - ; iriuu ? bruises and cuts on the back of bis hea « , tearing the tkiu * ud flesh very much from the right shoulder , down the risrht side to his hip . ' Thc « kin of his right arm was als < . completely stripped off , and the fleshy part laid up ; i ) H , ; likewise received a deep cut on his throat , . in . ! other serious injuries , which must have in-BtantiiU'ousK- caused hii death . Hobi-ri Nt . jlu received several severe bruises on the back 01 his nead , .- uid it is most miraculous how he escape ) : ii * ui ; i ( de-aructiou ; he was taken to the house of Mr . Air . u-11 , the suivriiitt-ndem of tha Barnsley station , where h , has received evtr . v attention . Mr . Wilson , surgeon , of . Mfiik Ktett' . n , was immediately sent for , and Mr . Cii .-irl . sLoo , i , fNurib-street , andMr . K . ( J . Horton , of Park . | iliice , in this town , surgeons , who were in the second uv . iu goin ^ to Wentworth House , stopped at Barns ; - y , imi rendered valuable services to tbe sufferer . We r- pet t < . add that Neale died on Friday , at three o ' clock . Silteih- ; sU : fi s wife and one child , snid Mr . Neale , who w .-isa uiii . i ' . vir , luis left , twit children .
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Loudon , and had gone on the pier to ascertain if a vesse from Rotterdam had arrived , when hearing the last train depart , he imprudently ran through one of the side platform doors ( without a ticket ) , although cautioned bv his friend not to do so , and before the companj ' s servants were aware of bis presence , endeavoured to jump on to the train whilst in motion , but unfortunately missed his ttep and fell between two carriages , whereby he was frightfully crushed ; medical aid was promptly on the spot , but he expired on being removed from the platform .
The Diabolical And Fatal Military Flogging At Hounslow.
THE DIABOLICAL AND FATAL MILITARY FLOGGING AT HOUNSLOW .
The inquiry , adjourned from Wednesday last , was resumed on Monday morning at nine o ' clock , befere Mr . Wakley , the coroner for Middlesex , at the George the Fourth , Hounslow Heath . It will be remembered that tbe investigation oriuinuted inconsequence of the death of Frederick John White , a private in the 7 th Hussars , who died , as it is has been alleged , from punishment inflicted by the lash , a few days since . Upon the opening of tho Court the Coroner caretully laid before the Jury the evidence given upon the previous occasion when they attended before him ; at tho same time he hoped that they would dismiss from their minds all they had heard upon the subject , and confine their attention solely to the evidence which might be furnished on that occasion . ' * On behalf of the regiment a gentleman of the name of Clark , solicitor , attended to watch the case
The first witness called was Henry Potter , one of the Serjeants of tha 7 th Hussars , of which deceased was a private . He deposed to the state in which White was when brought int <> the Hospital , and to the treatment he experienced whilst there . The evidence of several other parties was to tho same effect as the statements already published . After the examination of Mr . Day , the surgeon , Serjeant Potter ' was recalled , and minutely questioned with reference to the entries in the books of the medical officer , from day to day . It appeared from the books that from the date of the admission of the deceased into the
hospital , to the end of June , the treatment was as usual in such cases , and attended with satisfactory results . He perceived that on the 1 st of July the medical order provided for tbe application of poultices to the bolls which had made their appearance upon the back of the patient . The poultices were provided and put on by the orderly , Riley . They were sufficiently large to cover tho whole of tbe places . No medicine was ordered to be taken at that time . Oa the 2 nd of July the medicine entered in the day-book was as follows : —One scruple of powdered scammnny and two ounces of distilled water to be administered occasionally "
By the Coroner . —When is the next entry ?—On the 6 th of July . Have you no entry of treatment from the 2 nd to the 6 th of July ?—Not one in this book . By the Deputy-Coroner . —What have you then ?—Ifind on the 6 th of July this memorandum , one ounce and a half of camphor mixture to be taken three times a day ; and on thefo'lon-ing day two pills of byoseyamus m \ xed with a minute quantity of cardamoms to be taken twice a day . On the 0 th an effarvescing ' draught was prescribed . with medicine compounded of three drachms of salts and hslf-a-drachm of sweet spirits of nitre ,-to be taken every two or three hours , till tbe bolls were healed . On the 10 th thefollowing was prescribed ; Camphor mixture , 11 oa ; sulphuric mixture , half-a-drachm ; spirit of ammonia , 20 drops ; mnstard poultices to the feet . On the 11 th , Camphor mixture and sulphuric ether every three hours , also wine and arrow-root . This was the day deceased died ,: >
By the Coroner . —Did White partaae of the wine and arrow-root t—He took part of it . What was applied to his back after tbe 2 nd of July f—Could not speak positively . Was not spermaceti ointment applied?—Believed it
was . Was it mixed with anything else t—With extract ot lead he believed . In -what proportions ?—One drachm of extract to S 08 $ of the ointment . Who ordered this mixture for ointment ?—Dr . Warren , the regimental surgeon . Witness used it , and continued to do so until White died . By tbe Dtpaty-Coroner . —Have you anything in the register-book with respect to this case ?—Believed there was . The Coroner . —Ixamine the book and see whether such a case is repotted 1—It is , Sir . What do you call that book ?—The " Med ' . sal Register Book . " The Deputy-Coroner . —Are the entries made from day to day !—They appear to be .
The Coroner . —> Then please to read them to the Gentlemen of the Jury . —I find on the 15 th an entry , that the deceased was admitted into the regimental hospital on the 15 th of June , 1816 , be having received 150 lashes as a punishment , his back at the time being a good de .-il lacerated aud swollen , and covered with blojid . Who made that entry !—Dr . Warren . Did you see the entry made ?—•! was present at the time ; indeed I was with Dr . Warren when the patient was received into tbe hospital . What is the date of the next entry , and what is there stated t—The next entry is dated June 19 .
Read—Witness , reading , " Swelling and inflammation on the"b-ck subsided ; discharge profuse , bowels open . " On the 22 nd , "Continued to do well ; back healing " 25 th , "Number of small boils broke out on the back of the patient , which are very painful , but in other respects doing well ; bowels open . " 28 th , "Back cleansing and discharging , but much inflamed ; bowels to be well purged . " Jul y 1 st . " Back nearl y well ; a quantity of small boils not quite cicatriced over ; tbe pustules remaining open / ' July 4 th , "Back now altogether well , and the patient will be fit for duty in the course of
tomorrow , " July 6 th , "Patient complained this morning of pain in tho region of the heart ; most severe during respiration ; pulse full at eighty , and expanding ; tongue clean ; no thirst ; bowels rather confined . " Have the goodness to turn to the day-book , and read the entries of treatment for the 8 th and oth of July . — The witness turned to the entries , and read as follows : — July 8 th , Wednesday , two grains of tho infusion of senna with Epsom salts , anda drachm of tinctuteof cardamom . Jul y 9 th , "Effervescing draught with sulphate of magnesia , three drachma , a half a drachm of spirit of sweet nitre three times a day . "
Now what have you in the other book ' —Witness turning to the Medical Register . I find here on the 7 th July , "Pulse of patient seventy-eight ; some thirst ; skin as before ; urine scanty and light in colour . " 9 th . " Scrobieulous cordes ; pulse ninety , hard and full . Pains extending to the back andleft shoulder ; respiration hurried and painful ; bowels moved thrice yesterday . Thirty-two ounces of blood lost , and blister applied to the back . " On the 9 th three ( trains of calomel and three of St . James's powder were administered every three or four hours . A solution of tartaric antimony was also provided ,
to be used three times a day . He ( the patient ) was much relieved by the blister , but there was exhibited u slight tendency to delirium . Pulse ninety . five ; skin puffed considerably under the operation of cupping ; twelve ounces of blood drawn by that process . On the 11 th his appetite became much impaired ; pulse ninety-five , small aud irregular ; he seemed gradually to get worse , his senses falling htm , and eventually he died , being before insensible to objects around . him , and covered by a cold clammy sleep . The staff surgeon Hall arrived shortly afterwards , but the patient was artictilo mortis .
What was the treatment the patient received as entered in that book on the day of his death ?—Camphor and sulphuric ether . When did the discharge on his back first begin to small ! —After his death ; not before , to my knowledge . John Thomas Matthewson , private in the 7 th Hussars , after , being sworn , deposed that on the 22 nd of June last he was admitted as a patient into the Regimental Hospital , at Hounslow . He slept after his admission in the next bed to the deceased . On the Saturday week after he ( witness ) was admitted , deceased complained of having ti pain in his side . He said it was a singular pain , and extended to his chest and back .
By tho Coroner . —Was present when ihe deceased de > scribed the pain to be •• singular . " lie said it was diffi-rent to any thing he had ever felt before . Deceased said this on the Wednesday , and died on the Saturday following . The surgeon of the regiment came into the room and said , "How are you , White ? " to which deceased made no answer . The doctor then said , it was no disgraceful crime for which you were punished . " White then said "It is through my back my illness haa been caused . " The doctor replied " I know it is , " He ( the doctor ) said thin several times . By the Coroner . —What did you understand White to mean when he said , "It is through my back my illness has been caused f "—I understood him to mean that the lash had caused his illn « ss and pain .
Examined by the Deputy Coroner . —The doctor then went away and got some medicine . The man at this time had got his shirt off . The doctor looked at him , and then said , " This is through the other ; " meaning , ns witness supposed through tho wounds from the fiogiring . The medical officer used no instrument , nor did he put his ear to the side of the patient , nor did he tap him . Witness was sure of this , as ho was present all the time . Diceiiscd was bled in the morning of that day , and again in the evening . The doctor only looked at deceased ; of that witness was quite sure . Deceased was then sensible , but he had been unconscious . The medical officer saw him again about one on tho following morning . By the Coroner . —What did the doctor say to him . on the following morningt—fie said , "Cheer up , never mind ; you will be a good soldier yet . " The doctor came again in the evening , and used similarly encouraging language to the deceased .
Did the deceased man make any observation to you about the cause of his illness!—Did uot exactly re . " member . Did he say , * ' I think I shall die !"—Thought he made some such observation . Did he eat with much appetite latti-rly % —Tic lite his allowance on the Saturday belbrehis death . On the Sunday he ate a potntoe , and on tho Monday a small bit of toast . Witness told tho doctor himself of the di-ei'tised ' s want of appetite , hut do extras or nourishing food was provided that witness was aware of .
By tho Deputy Coroner . —Did deceased say anything to you as to the state ' of Ills health at the tune he ' was punished f—He did .
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The Coroner . —What did he say ?—He said he was not fit to , be punished , and after the flogging that his nines * arose from injuries done to his back . Witness believed deceased had been under the doctor ' s care , but not recently before the time of his punishment . When the regimentlay at Brighton deceased was a longtime under the hands of the doctor . Deceased received ISO lashes , he was not allowed to keep his stock on while ho endureri the whipping . Witness had seen punishments in other regiments but he never saw a man have his stock taken away before undergoing the lash , except in theTth Hussars . The Doctor ( Warren ) and the Colonel of the regimen ! ( Whyte ) were both present , and within five yards of tke man during his punishment , the Doctor was at his lefi and the Colonel at his right hand ,
By the Deputy Coroner . —Did White make any remark during bis punishment' -He only said , "Strike lower . " The Coroner . —Why did he say this f—Because the lashes were taking effect ou his neck , I noticed the skin puff up Immediately after the blow had struck him The Coroner ( to witness ) . —look at those cnt-o ' . nine , tails , and say whether tbay are the kind of whips used to punish the men In yonr regiment —The " lash " to which the worthy coroner pointed , several of which lay upon the table for the inspection of the jury , were formidable looking whips , the thongs of which are made of strongly twis'cd cord , closely knottsd , attached to stout handles , about 18 inches in length . Two or three of them were at the ends saturated with blood , evidently recently shed . ]—the witness identified the " cats , " and said , taking upon .- of them , that he believed that was the very one with which he had been punished .
Have you , Matthewson , any objection to your name appearing in the papers as having suffered the penalty of flogging?—Not any objection , Sir , I wish the matter to be made public . Then state why y « u were punished ?—I will , Sir . I was in the stable , attending to my duty , and some one called "Matthewson , " through the window . I replied , thinking it was one of my mates , " Holloa . " Immediately afterwards Serjeant Temple came to me , and said " Is that the way you speak to your serjeant V I replied that I was not aware the serjeant called , or I would net have answered in any such manner . With this the Serjeant did hot appear satisfied , and I said , " Do you want me to go down upon my knees to you ! " Por this I was
put on " fatigue , " imd seven days' solitary confinement . Eventually n court martial was held , and I was sentenced to receive 100 lashes . —( Cries of " Shame" in the court , which were not easily suppressed . ) Prom half-past 12 o ' clock until half-past 10 o ' clock the next day no surgeon come to me . Up to that day his back was not well . He had had boils upon him ; and at that moment he had pains in each side . They first hurt him in the chest , now in the sides . White told him he should hav < such pains after being flogged . He never had such sinirujar pains before in any part of his body . He was ordered , before being flogged , to take off liis stock . Thadjutant ordered him , and he did so . When beaten , the lash cut him quite up to the roots of his baek hair , and us low as the bottom of tke ribs .
At this stage of the proceedings tho coroner inquired of Mr . Horatio ' . Day , surgeon of Isleworth ( the gentleman who had been applied to to make a postmortem examination of the hody ) whether he had specially ex . amined the spine ! Mr . Day said he bad not paid very special attention to that part ; he . however , had obtained sufficient evidence to account for death internally . The eoroner would leave it with the jury to decide whether they were satisfied with the examination which had been made . He ( the coroner ) might be medically satisfied , but judicially he was not . The room was then cleared , and after a private interview with the jury of about twenty minutes , the d « or was opened , and the coroner declared the inquest adjourned until Monday next .
The inv . stigation , which lasted nearly seven hours , appeared to excite , the liveliest interest , the inquestroom being inconveniently crowded throughout the whole of the day .
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Fnionratn . Accident by Machinery . —On Friday ni ^ ht an inquest was held before Mr . Bedford at the Plough' Tavern , Carey-street , Lincoln'a-inn-fields , on the body of David Roberts , aged twenty-nine . The deceased was a leather tanner , in the employ of Messrs . Essex , curriers , of Stanhope-street , Claremarket , and on the afternoon of Monday week the deceased was working at a bark mill , turned by steam power , when , in turning to speak to a fellow workman , he inadvertently placed his right hand
on two wheels termed breakers , revolving at full speed , and before he could get his hand away again , it was drawn into the machinery as high as the shoulder . Three quarters of an hour elapsed before the mutilated limb could be extricated , and even until Monday afternoon last , when secondary hemorraee occcurred from an artery , which was stopped , blit on Thursday afternoon the artery again bursf out bleeding , from excitement , and he expired in ten minutes afterwards from loss of blood . Verdict , "Accidental Death "
Fatal OccuRRBNCi * at Battle Bridge , —On Saturday Mr . Wakley held an inquest at the University College Hospital , on the body of Mark Sinnott . aered sixty six , a watchman , in the employ of Messrs . Marston , the sewer contractors . Charles FarranHer deposed that about ten o ' clock on the evening of the 15 tli instant , while standing at the corner of Maidenlane , Battle Bridge , he saw a four-horse waggon coming from tho railway , when he heard a fall accompanied by groans , aud on proceeding to the spot , he discovered that two men had been knocked down and run over . Assistance was procured , and the deceased was taken to the hospital , where he died at six o ' clock the following morning . He repeatedly blamed the driver of the waggon , and said it was
entirely his own fault . The other man who was knocked down is still lying in a very dangerous state . Tlie deceased had stated that he . heard the cries of the other watchman , named Synes , who had been knocked down by the v < u belonging to the Messrs . Crowley , the railway carriers , and on going to the spot he had requested the driver to stop , but he took no notice of what was said , and flogged the horse .- - on , throw him down , and drove over his chest . The driver was taken up before a police magistrate on Friday , and is now out on bail . He had acknowledged havine driven over tlie deceased . The
Coroner briefly addressed the Jury , and adjourned the inquest for a few days to have the driver identified . Guild Murwbr—The corpse of a male child , less than a- month old , was yesterday washed up on the Gosport shore , at the Fhconix wharf . It was in a state of great decomposition , and had evidently bccri murdered , as its skull was fractured ; it was wrapped up in flannel , and then tied in a thin black apron , made of woollen and silk . An inquest was held today , before 0 . B . Lonecroft , Esq ,, but not the slighest evidence could he afforded to the Jury as to tlie matter , and a verdict of " Wilful murder against some < persons unknown , " was returned .
Thr BauBNI * am MunnEB . —It is now confidently believed that in a very brief space of time the perpetrator of this brutal murder will be arrested . A chain of circumstantial evidence has broken . out which leaves no doubt that ^ he guilty party wil l shortly be in the hands ofjustice . Joseph Shackell , superintendent of the detective force , has been most active during the past week , in a minute investigation of the faots . Sergeant Shaw and another officer ' lave been scut to Wobnrn and the village of Eversham , where the young woman resides whom Clarke w « s ahout to marry , for the purpose of ascertaining if thfre was any rival in the Jovo affair , who might , under feel ' mcs of jealousy , have been prompted to commit the deed of violence . The resul t of their
investigation , however , goes to establish the belief that the track pursued by Shackell in the neighbourhood « f the murder is the right one . Ifc would be unwise at present to say more , as it might be . prcjudical to the ends of justice ; tha' he was not assassinated by any of the "notoriously bad characters" with which the neiuhhourhood is represented to abound is pretty clear , from the . fact that the silver watch , four halfcrowns , and four shillings , which he had in his possession , were not disturbed . Jealousy and revenge , nntpluniler . it is quite evident , actuated the murderer . On Saturday afternoon , a Government reward of £ 100 was offered for the discovery of the murderer . A free pardon is also offered to any but the actual murderer , on condition that they make the necessary disclosures . SuFPinjiH ) Suicide of a Bot from Ill-Treatment . —* Hh inquest was held on Monday evening , before Mr Payne at the Wheatsheaf , Borough
Market , on the body of Jeremiah Doyle , aged fifteen . John M'Grag h said , that he knew the deceased , who resided n < -xt . door to him in Grange-walk , Bermondsey . On Saturday nisht ' . witness met him in the streets ervinu . and on asking him what was the matter with him , he answered that his mother had braten him with a poker and kicked him for havina hit hi- sister . Witiuw saw that his ear was bleed ing . Gnome Ware said , that he found the body o ' tho deceased float'int in tho river near the steps 0 ! London B-idyp <> n Sunday morning . Maria Doyle , the mother of the < ceased . denied that she had beaten the deceased in the manner stated , and sab ' that she merely "live him two or throe slaps . He was a very sulky hny . The Coroner said , that though the deceased miaht have drowned himself in eonsuQUonce of tho heatim lie had reei-ived from his mother , she would not be resiuvnsihlo for M * death . Tha Jury returned s \ verdict ef "Found drowned . "
Tub Russian Vou > . & A . uno . \* i . — vhe llvvAsisva « overnment has jiistissneil mi order , comniandvng its Polish subjects travelling in foreign countries , to return home . This order is giwn in a manner altogether captious . " You are permitted , " it says . " t « return * o 3 0111- own i-mniliy ; " ami a p > sisoript adds , " 1 \' , within fchii space ol ' : i work , yen do not pr . soul yourself 1 . 0 the Russian rir ;» .. . < - . v to take ynur passport , - yonr property slut-1 ho •¦<•• li < -a . ii' ( l . " In addition to thin , tlie Secret-i-i . - ui EnAw-y an ; to nsk each pcr < on if he is well jil- : .- «¦•! - i- « return home . Without lio ' . ibt , an ambisjuoi ^ ' . »* i , l > would , hu consi-¦ tiered as ; t revolutionary . nifniiVsiaii'm . and would cause the ruin of tho person s" iuti-rrogateil . 'The ¦ gi'Mtei-iminher of ti-avelii-rs who have i-otnriied [ 0 Poland , although quite ¦ unconnected with any political movement , have boon arrested at llio frontier , and t u * iill in prison .
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Insanitv And Ilvrver
INSANITV AND ilVRVER
Robert Knowlson , aged 28 , was indicted for the wilful murder of his own father , at Kirk Bramwith , in the West Riding , on tlieOcli of May last , Mr , Aspinall examined Ann Knowlson , widow of the deceased . —My daughter Nancy and tbe prisoner lived in the house with my husband and me . He was a wheelwright , and the-prisoner helped him in his trade . The prisoner on the 4 th of May broke seme pots , and his sister and he had some words . During the night I heard hini talking to himself ; there was no one to talk te . The following morning my husband wont down stairs earlj to go to his work . I heard something break , imd my husband say , "Robert , art thou going to bri-ak all the things in the house ? " After that I heard him shout " murder , " I went to the window « nd called out . I was not dressed , and therefore did not go down for a quarter of an hour . I then sent for a surgeon . My husband died on the following Wednesday . Mary Singleton examined . —I know the prisoner . I
heard Mr . Chapman ( sister of prisoner—the Nancy men . tinned / shout out of the window for my husband tocome . I called him up , and then ran into the street a short distance towards Knowlson's , The door was open , and Kobert was standing undressed , with his back turned towards the door . He was striking at something . I could net see what it was . I think I saw him strike two or three times . I then went back . Cross-examined by Mr . Overendfor the prisoner , at the request of the Judge — I went afterwards into the house . I did not sea the prisoner again till I saw him up stairs breaking the window , lie broke- the frame and all out . He also threw a large lookinjj . glaRS out . He attempted several tHies to jump out . I hud known him 12 or 13 years . In his manner of behaving he was not like other men . He was always talking to himself , and sometimes laughed very loud , lie was quite deranged ; quite in an insane state . of mind . He had always been in that state , since I have known him ;
sometimes better and sometimes , worse . He said nothing , only shouted . Other witnesses were examined . The Learned Judge , addressing the Jury , said I should think your minds must be made jjp by this sort of evidence . You have a great body of evidence to prove that the prisoner was not at the time of this sad occurrence in a state of mind to make him responsible for his acts . If you have come to that conclusion you will acquit the prisoner , and say that you do so on the ground of insanity . The Jurv considered a moment , and then returned a verdict to that effect , which will of course have the effect of confining him for life .
Shooting With Intent To Kili
SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO KILI
At the Chelmsford Assizes on Friday , George May Smith , 18 , a genteel-looking lad , was indicted for feloniously and unlawfully shooting at Thomas Woodcock Warner , with a loaded gun , with intent to murder him . In other counts , the intent of the prisoner was laid to be , to do him grievous bodily harm . Mr . Charnock , who appeared for the prisoner , " said that with the permission of the Court , he was anxious to retract his idea of not guilty , aiid to plead guilty to the count on the indictment imputing to him the intention to do grievous bodily harm . M- . Baron Parke then directed the pica of guilty to he
recorded . The prosecutor was then called into the witness-box , and in answer to questions put to him by tbe Learned Judge , he said that the prisoner had been in his service , but he had discharged him a short time before this transaction , and in consequence of his misbehaviour , he refused to give him a character . On the day mentioned in the indictment he was near his own Louse , when the prisoner deliberately discharged a gun at him . The gun burst and injured the prisoner , a good deal , and the prosecutor fortunately escaped with a very slight wound . The Learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to he transportrd fer seven years .
Poisoning
POISONING
At the York Assizes 011 Friday , John Rodda was in . dieted for poisoning his child , as infant only twenty-one months old , at Stepton , on the 19 th of last April . J . Bentham , surgeon , at that place , said he had prescribed for the child , which was , he thought , ill from teething , and gave its mother a powder containing two grains of antimonial powder and one of calomel , to be given to it , and its feet was to be bathed in hot water . This was on the lGth of April . On the Sunday night after , he was sent for , and found the child lying in the mother ' s lap , constantly vomiting a dark frothy substance which rose to its mouth . The appearance of the tongue , lips , aud chin , was remarkable , and he detected strong acid in the vomit . The child ' s pinafore was eaten into holes and stained a dark colour . Went home and got some magnesia , of
which I gave the child a teaspoonful . The vomiting soon after ceased . The pulse was too quick to be counted . The hands and feet were cold . I w « nt away , and on returning found the violent vomiting had returned . Magnesia being given again the vojiiting once more ceased . The child was easy and dozed , but about eleven that nig ht it died . On a postmortem examination the tongue , mouth , and gullet appeared to be parboiled , the stomach cnmplete / y destroyed and so pulpy that it could he smashed as easy as wetted paper . I thought oil of vitriol had been given to the child from the first . Oil of vitriol is a deadly poison . In . this case it had been given undiluted , and it operated immediately on the parts appearing to be effected . I said the child had taken oil of vitriol . The mother said nothing had been given it in
tho way of physic out the powder I ordered on Thursday , and there were no drugs in the house . So said the prisoner again and again . I could not tell at the examination how much of the vitriol bad been introduced into the child's stomach , hut there had been at least '& table-< poonful given to it . —Mr . Bell , who assisted the last witness at the post mortem examination , corroborated his evidence , —Mrs . Cooper , who kept a druggist ' s shop , said 'ho prisoner came to her shop for a pennyworth of oil of vitriol on Saturday before the child died . He ' had a table spoonful . After hearing other corroborative evidence and the defence , the judge charged the jury , who retired for two hours , aud found the prisoner Guilty of Mnrder . The Judge pronounced the sentence of the law , that he be hanged , and the prisoner left the dock in great affliction .
Setting Fire To A Workhouse
SETTING FIRE TO A WORKHOUSE
At the '' Huntingdon Assizes , on Friday , Ann Peacock , a girl of the age of 20 , who has already been punished morethpn twenty times for acts of violence and insubordination in the workhouse of ihe Huntingdon Union was indicted for Betting fire to a dwelling-house , one William Gomme and others then being therein . Early « n the morning of the 17 th of May , tlie prisoner was ordered to clean out one of the women ' s apartments in the Huntingdon Union , of whioh she was an inmato . About ¦ i quarter past nine an alarm of fire was given ; smoke was observed to proceed from the room which the prisoner had been ordered to clean ; and . on its being entcred by the master and some other persons , four of the beds were found to be on 6 re , burning coals were lying strewed on the floor ' , and the prisoner , who was there .
eaid , " I told yeu I would do it , because you stopped my dinner yesterday . " Mr . Worledge , who conducted the prosecution , having proved these facts , had some difficulty in eliciting any direct evidence that any portion of the floor , which was the only part of the house itself that had been injured , had ever been on fire , or heated to a red heat , which is the least proof thnt will satisfy the law . The testimony of tho master of the workhouse , Mr . Gomme , however , tended to show that the surface of the flooring , to the extent of about two inches in length by one in brea-itn , was so charred that it must have been heated to a red heat . Thereupon the ease was left to the . jury , who at once returned a verdict of Guilty . Judg inent of death was recorded , with an intimation from the judge that it would be commuted to transportation , and not for a very long time .
Crim. Con
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IlnoDES « . Atkinson York , Saturday . — Mr . Knowles , Mr . Ceasby , and Mr . Atherton were for the plaintiff ; and Mr . Sergeant Wilkinsand Mr , Wilde for the defendant . This was nn action brought to recover damages in compensation for the seduction of the plaintiff ' s wife by the defendant . The plaintiff , Mr . Henry Rhodes , a wine and spirit merchant at Ifuddersfield ; and the defendant , Mr . Richard Atkinson , son of a gentleman formerly a merchant of the same place , is now a commission agent . From the statement of the plaintiff's counsel , and the evidence ol the witnesses called by him , it appeared that the plaintiff was married to his wife in 1837 . She is now between 27 and 2 S years of age . Her maiden name was Pvacock , and she is of the family of the late Mr . Cuasar Peacock , who was twice Lord Mayor of the city of York ,
Mrs . Anna Maria Wilson , wife of John Wilson , was tho first witness called . She is Bister of the plaintiff , and she ,, her husband , and Miss Isabella-Rhodes , another sister 0 ? the plaintiff , proved tlie marriage of the latter with Miss Peacock , and that so far as they could perceive , the phiiatiffandhis wife had lived on terms of affaetion from the date of tbe union up to January 19 , in the present y . sar . Mrs , Kliode * has three littk ehildron , all girls . According to the testimony of Mr . and Mrs . Wilsonand Miss Rhodes , they had ao intimation of' Mrs . Rhode ' s misoondiurfc previous to January . Oa the 19 th , however , those two > ladies were engaged to visit at the plnintitfs , where iiioy had before been in the . habit of coming , as Mrs . Rhodes had 01 going to the Wilsons ' . Then , for th * first time , they found that Mrs . Rhodes was addicted to drinking to intoxication und at the same time one of tho fomivla servants communl
e-ited to the young lady , Miss . Rhodes ; that they , tin servants at the plaintiff ' s house , bad observed imprope familiarities between Mrs . Rhodes and tho defendant Mrs . Rhodes was then so tipsy as not to be able to enter tain her visitors . She vttts iu her room , lying on the bet with nothing but her uppor garment on , swearing , an bshaviog herself so violently that it was necessary t ireat hor with restraint . Mrs . Wilson did not go ^ up I sve \ wy , but * \ Uss llViodi . > $ did . Mrs . Uhodes was Wlted \ in tbe bedro'ini , and the window was nailed down , in prd for her safety . The defendant had long been on very in uiiUo and familiar terms with phiintiff . whri , from the 11 tore of his occupation , had occasionally to leavo his hon fm- two or three days together when ho travelled on bu u . ss . When at home he used frequently to bring 1 friend , the defendant , to dinner at an early hour , and I I two used to go away from the house : but it sometia
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happened that the . defendant , returned to the house ,. ] the plain tiff alone , and upon these occasions used to k « company with Mrs . Rhodes , Sarah Kilh urn , Mary Djjo ? ' Eliza Rayner , Sarah Frierley , and Martha Clay , domest- ' ! servants had all lived with Mrs . Rhodes during tteper' / j 1 from May , 1844 , to January . They were called for th plaintiff , and their evidence went to show that the nlai ^ ' tiffg wife had been given to drink mere or less from I 8 j to last January , when , as it wai alleged , the reports of ' her infidelity fir » t reached the ears of herhusband . Thej « young women all concurred to a certain extent as to acu of familiarity between the defendant and their mistress . The first of them asserted that on one morning in May 1844 , she had occasion to go into the parlour to take some glasses there , and on entering the mom , the door of
which was unfastened , she saw her mistress and tbe de . fendant both together on a reclining chair , and describe their situation as one presenting the strongest proof of ' the defendant ' s criminality , She said , nothing , however , either to her mistress or her master , but did mention it to her fellow servant , Rayner , who was then the nurse to 1 the children , and Rayner now confirmed her in tbat lat . ter statement . Kilhurn admitted that when about to leave Mrs . Rhodes' service , her mistress had searchei her box , accusing her of theft , but she denied having taken anything . When so accused she had not told Mrs . Rhodea what she , the witness , had before seen between her and Mr . Atkinson , and said nothing of her drinking , This witness admitted also that she had two children of her own , by different fathers , though she never had been married . Dyson , tho other principal witness of the defendant ' s conduct towards the plaintiff ' s wife , had also
one illegitimate child . The evidence of these women , which was very circumstantial , showed that the defen , dant and Mrs . Rhodes had been behaving with grosj familiarity on several occasions . It appeared that Mr , Atkinson had more than once slept with Mrs . Rhodes during the absence of plaintiff . Once , on his coming into the house , and the eldest child having gone to tell her mother that Mr . Atkinson was there , he and Mrs . Rhodes met in the passage , and he . had kissed her within sight of the servants , and said " bless thee ! " within their hearing . It was endeavoured to be shown that her drink , ing was altogether consequent upon the defendant ' s con . duct , tbat be had seduced her before she contracted the habit of intoxication , and tbat she was led to drink from nothing but remorse . ' But the evidence proved that he had long been aware of her propensity to drink , and had , locked up the spirits to keep them out of her reach .
Mr . Serjeant Wilkins made a strong appeal to the Jury against tbe probability of the plaintiff ' s case . He con . tended that a large part of the statements were utterl y false , and , therefore , he sought a verdict , not of small damages , hut forjthe defendant . It was impossible , at all events , that the plaintiff could , according to the language of his own declaration , have sustained any loss ia the society , aid , and comfort of his wife , whom he must have felt to have been a very worthless woman , and of whom , because of her wretched drunken habits , he was now trying to rid himself by an accusation against the defendant which was unworthy of belief .
The Jury retired from the box for nearly an hour and a half , and finally gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Da . mages £ 10 .
Trial For Bigamy
TRIAL FOR BIGAMY
At the Lincoln Assizes on Monday , James Hindley was charged with having , on the 17 th day of March , 1815 , at Stickney , in this county , married one Sarah Laban , wi . dew his former wife , Elizabeth Hindley , being still alive , The prisoner , who is an Irishman , formerly resided at Bedford , where , as far back as 1836 , he contracted an , acquaintance with and married his present wife . The marriage did not turn out to be a happy one , and they separated , the wife remaining at Bedford , ' whilst the pri . soner eventually came to reside at Stickney , in Lincoln , shire , where he kept a house . Sarah Xaban , the secoa " wife , went to lodge with the prisoner in the month of October , 1844 , and in the March of the following year they were married . The case was clearly made out , but there were extenuating circumstances , and the Learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprison , ment .
Charge Of Murder
CHARGE OF MURDER
At the Dorchester Assizes on Monday , James French was indicted for the wilful murder of John Steers , at Lyn-. e Regis , on the 9 th of the present month . The pri . soner , who is thirty-five years of age , was formerly 1 baker ; the deceased was an old man ninety-three years of age . On the night of the 8 th of July they slept in the same room at a lodging-house at ' Lyme Regis ; but ia separate beds . The house was kept by a person of the name of Jackson , and two of his children slept in the same room as the prisoner and the deceased . Tha people of the house were , alarmed by the cries of " Fire " and Murder" about half-past twelve o ' clock on the night in question . Jackson immediately got up , and went into the rodin where the prisoner and the deceased were . As soon as he entered , the prisoner jumped out of bed in a perfect state of nudity , and began striking the old man in the moat violent and extraordinary manner with his
fists , butj during all the time he was doing this , he him . self kept crying "Fire" "Murder" & c ., with alibis might . Upon Jackson endeavouring to stop this conduct on the part of the prisoner he knocked him downstairs . The noise all this made brought a person of the name of Hoddcr into the room , and he succeeded ia taking the prisoner from the old man ' s bedside . French then said that he had made a mistake ; he had thought it was another man , and he hoped he had not hurt him . The persons who had assembled then took the prisoner into custody , and conveyed him down-stairs , when he asked for a glass of water , This , however , the people would not let him have . The prisoner complained of this , and said , " Surely you can ' t refuse me a glass of water ? " Jackson did not sent for a surgeon till eight o ' clock in the morning , when he sent for Mr , Martler , 8 surgeon of the town . The old man died about four o ' clock the same afternoon . The constable who had the
prisoner 111 custody asked him how he could think of beating a poor man in that way , upon which the prisoner said , that , there were many people about him , and he thought they were going to murder him . Some of them were dressed like warriors , and had moustachois and carried swords ; and he was not going to be murdered , and therefore he took his ov > n part , The constabl * asked him if he had ever quarrelled with the old man , and he said he had never had an angry word with him in his life . The constable said he had known the prisoner for many years , and for at least ten years he had believed him to be more or less insane . The prisoner had been brought before the magistrates some time since oa
a charge of Ill-treating his wife , when a discussion took place as to whether he should be sent to a lunatic asylum or imprisoned . Upon a post mortem examination of the head of the deceased , there was an immense quantity of extrayasuied blood found on thfe bl ' alll , and the £ Utgcon stated that he believed the old man ' s death was caused by congestion of the brain , produced byblons and violence which he externally received . The injuries to the face and head of the deceased were very severe ; hut at . the same time , having known the prisoner for a very considerable time , he was decidedl y of opinion tbat he was insane . The Jury upon this ; Acquitted the prisoner , upon the ground of insanity , and he was directed to be confined during her Majesty ' s pleausre .
Speed On The Crotdon Atmospheric Railway...
Speed on the Crotdon Atmospheric Railway .-On Tuesday the speed of the uli . 50 m . and and 10 i . 50 m . trains , both from Croydon to forest-hill , were taken , and the maximums were found to be respectively 50 . 25 and 64 . 28 miles per hour ! Tlie second train ran the distance , which is nearly five miles , including the time lost in getting up ami reducing spfed when departing from Croydon and arriving at Forest-hill , in Cmin . 45 sec ., or at the rate of about -18 miles per hour from platform to platform ( and a distance ot two miles out of the fivfi were performed at the rate of 62 miles per hour . The pistons attached to both the above trains entered the tube two minutes after the pistons of the down train had left .
Dhinkiso Prince Albert ' s Heath . —At a meeting of tho Liverpool Total Abstinence Society , held oa Monday evening lost , n , resolution was nnanimousl *' adopted , deeply deploring "tho increased amount of drunkenness which will probably be caused by-drinkinsr Prince Albert ' s health in intoxicating beverages , and with a view of avertimr this result , adopting an address to his royal highness . " © REAnPui , Affair at Palmyra ( TJ . S ) . —We copy thefollowingfromthe St . Louis SmtWitm , of the Stb I it r » -S * , - ' aa J ' « £ <» to a difficulty between II O . Broadus . of Hannibal , and John L . Ta vi ' i j .., J " . ' P ( , s » ltin f . in a challenge to fi ^ hi a in * , rt V )* c 4 l"n of the terms proposed bv the ehallcnpod party . That nfiair has led to a roost dreadful result , »» ihe dt-ath oi the seconds , wbieh occnrred on Saturtlav evening last , at Palravra . About 8 o ' clock Mr . George W . Buckner , met M " - Joseph W . Glover , at the sprinsin or at Palmyra . Ihe meeting was acridsntal—GlovernrmeAwith ' '
six-barrel revolving- pistol , Buckner without ml means of defence . An altercation tool ; place between them , tho tenor ot ; which we are not inforeied , nliei " Glover dr * w his pistol-and shot Buckner , the baa passing jtast above the hip , and coming out at th » navel . Buckner thus wounded , immediately scia » the pistol from Glover ' s hands and fired it—the UiU , passing directly through the hitter ' s heart . Ilee ? ! pired immediately . Buckner died yesterday ' nofi ' irj . ' . Tiie parties to this dreadful conflict are respef j table men , and we understand that there ha »! becHi prior to the above duel , no difficulty whatever beh" **» , town . Mr . -Buckner was the circuit attorney ( or ^ - , district , residing at Bowliug-grcen , and Mr . C'W ' a student . at law in Palmy ** . —American Pafir . j AJollt Good Toast . —The other day a countf ; ! man gave the following trulv philosophical i * '' ; - "Here ' s tiv tizall ! May wenivvur wa ; t Butli " -- ' ¦ ' nor ncebody elso , nor me nowthcr "
, \ i ; suvu's . —Letters from Naples , of Juno 27 , f ; . . that Mount Vesuvius was in full muni- » , •'"'¦ -,, . ' miting forth masses of lava with « roat nuiso . I- " - "'I ! , the n / ujhUhe ikm . 's presented \ maai . ifK " '" ' ^ . . taele . The he . it was 21 degrees of ^' s ( SO Fahrenheit . ) e . , Lionr Clothing . —The last summer k , ! - " } - ' % !« Georgia consist of « shirt collar ami a pair ° l *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 25, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25071846/page/6/
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