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Alleged Murder Of A Wife By Her Husband....
Ihezzhezzling a quantity of silk and cotton bobbins and warps . r Thomas Fox kept a lock-up cellar in Dale-street , and was well 3 kno known to the police as a receiver of stolen goods . Massey had lheeiheen in partnership with him about ten weeks . On Saturday Insi Inspector Haybury , of the detective police , went to the cellar , ' and and found the prisoners , Fox , Massey and Kershaw there . In ¦ the the cellar were found fifty-two bobbins with silk upon them , and a n a nuuibsr without silk , some being marked with various initials the initials cut burnt
ari and others having or out . Fox refused to sta state how these things came into his possession . Kershaw was sea searched , and four silk bobbins were found concealed under his cos coat , which he said he had obtained from a person named Hunt in in Salford , the statement being entirely false . Within two ho hours , oa the same day , all the other prisoners entered the eel cellar , and on being searched similar articles were found upon th them , some having cotton and others silk . The prisoners were re : remanded until Monday next .
A Tuagedy ix TExmsmE . —The Nmhville Ramwr of the 1 st in instant says : — " We have just heard of one of the most sangt gninary tragedies that it has ever been our province to record . T The particulars , as we learned them from a friend , are as folic lows : —Two brothers , Hiran and Warren Francisco , residents o of this county , and well known in this community as respect a able and peaceable citizens , have been for some time selling c cl ocks in Jackson county , in this state . They usually travel d different routes , but made a practice of meeting each . other frec fluently . They agreed to meet at a public-house in the vicinity t o ' f Brownstown last Friday night . One of the brothers reached *
j the tavern about nine o ' clock , and inquired if his brother had i arrived , and was informed by . the landlord that he had not After eating his supper he called for alight and asked to be shown a bed . The landlord informed him that he had no candles about the house , but that , if he followed him , he would take him to a bed . Francisco followed the landlord into a dark jooni , and undressed himself and retired to rest . The bed seemed to be wet , and , having some matches about him , he struck alight . Upon examining the bed he found that it was
wet with blood . Discovering a candle on a table close by he lit it , aud , looking under the bed , saw the body of his brother with his throat cut from ear to ear , and perfectly lifeless . Fastening the door immediately , he proceeded to load a revolver which he had , but before he could do so there was an effort made by several men to enter his room . Pretending not to be alarmed , he asked them to wait until he had dressed himself . As soon he had finished loading his pistol he opened the door , and the landlord and two other men rushed on him , when he fired two barrels of his pistol ; immediately killing the landlord and one of his accomplices , after which the other man fled . We further
learn that hrancisco went before a justice of the peace in Brownstown and surrendered himself , but , after an examination of the case , the justice released him . " A Youxo Forger . — A boy named Robert Pounder was brought up at the Borough Court Manchester , on Thursday week , charged with the felonious presentation of a bank order aud forgery , on the previous day . The prisoner , who is about
twelve years of age , lives with his parents in Hulme , and had been sent by Mr . Frederick Henry Cooke , who lodges in the house , with a bank order £ 7 8 s . which had been sent from London to Mr . Cooke ' s father . Instead of taking the order as directed to the residence of Mr . Cooke , sen ., the prisoner presented the order at the bank of Messrs Cunliffe , Brooks , and Co ., King-street . He forged Mr . Cooke ' s name on the body of the order and also endorsed it on the back with the same
signature , the teller having directed him to affix'his name preparatory to the order being paid . Having done so the prisoner was asked one or two questions , which induced the teller to refuse payment until the prisoners lather should be sent for . The prisoner ' s manner very soon betrayed his guilt , and the police having been sent , for he * was given into custody . —Mr . Beswick having stated the circumstances of the case , and shown the forged order to the magistrates , intimated that the prosecutor , Mr . Cooke , did not wish to press the charge against the
prisoner on account of his extreme voath . —After being- suitably soner on account of his extreme youth . —After being suitably cautioned , the prisoner was discharged , and handed over to the care of his parents .
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The Fatal Accident ox the Bristol and Exeter Railway . —The adjourned inquest touching the death of Lambert Eaton , the engine-driver , who was killed by the accident on the Bristol and Exeter Railway , on the 8 th inst , was resumed on Saturday . The Jury , after some deliberation , returned the following verdict : — "That Lambert Eaton , the driver of engine "No . 20 , working the express train down on Wednesday , the 8 th day of September , 1852 died on Monday , the 13 th day of
Sep-, tember , from injuries received by reason of the said engine Xo . 20 getting off the line of the Bristol and Exeter Railway , near the invert in the parish of Creech St . Michael ' s , near Taunton , and that there has not been any direct or satisfactory evidence to prove by what means such engine No . 20 ^ as thrown off the said line and occasioned the accident , and death of the said Lambert Eaton . The jury unanimously recommend the attention of the engineers of the Bristol and
Exeter Railway to the state of the sub-stratum and packing ot that portion of the sauj railway leading from the western terminus of the invert at Creech St . Michael ' s , Balloon AccrnssT . —Mr . Hampton ' s balloon , called Erin-go-Bragh , which wa ^ ' to have ascended on Monday from the Pavilion Gardens , over against Woolwich , broke from its retaining cordage , ascended without a pilot , and when at a great height hurst . with a loud report .
Accident at the old Crystal Palace . —On Tuesday morning , a man named John Brown , a labourer employed by MessrsJFox , Henderson , and Co ., in the removal of the remains of the Exhibition building in Hyde-park , met with a serious accident by the slipping ' of one of the large , east-iron girders . He was assisting at the hoisting shears to remove the girder , ^ hich was about 20 feet long , and nearly three tons weight , from the floor of one of the galleries , upon a lumber carriage ,
for conveyance to the new erection at Norwood , and during tiie process of lowering , by some means it slipped a short distance down the chain , when one end of it caught his leg and jammed it against some wood work ; his screams speedily indicated the hurt he had suffered , and- means were taken to get him up , when he was at once removed to St . George ' s Hospital , where it was found that he had sustained a compound fracture of the left leg , of a very serious character .
CouoxEit ' s Ixquest— Loss of Three Lives at Greenwich , ^ ir . W . Baker , the coroner , held an inquest at the Royal Mason , & ierbutt-street , Poplar , respecting the deaths of Wm . Hutt . aged 21 , and Thomas Baker , aged nine years , who perished by the upsetting of a small pleasure boat . Stephen Thomas , a labourer , residing at 27 , Jestbh-street , Tower -street , Waterloo-*> aa ; Lambeth , stated that on Sunday' mbixring , "the 12 th inst .,
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the two deceased persons ( William Hutt and Thomas Baker ) , together with Henry Hutt and witness , engaged a boat at rsiacktriars Bridge , for the purpose of proceeding down the river on a pleasure excursion . They had reached Greenwich Hospital , and had just altered the position of their boat to return to town , when two Boulogne steamers came down against the tide at a slow rate , but after they had passed them the water
became very rough , which alarmed the deceased , who got up and stood on one side of the boat , which filled and was swamped . ¦ They were all four immersed , and witness saved himself by clinging to the boat until assistance arrived , but the other three were drowned . Other evidence having been adduced , the coroner remarked on the melancholy nature of the case , after which the jury unanimously agreed to a verdict of " Accidental Death . "
Frightful Accident at the Nelson Columx . — -On Saturday last an accident of a frightful ' nature ' occurred at the Nelson column to a man named Daniel Allmond , a labourer , which was nearly producing fatal results . It appears that a number of workmen were engaged in fixing the grand bronze alto relievo , representing England ' s naval hero at the battle of St . Yiucent , which will cover the western side of the base , facing Coekspur street , and for which several holes had been drilled in the granite block to receive the bolts by which the casting is to be kept in its position . These bolts were being fastened in bboiling
y lead , and Allmond was steadying one of them whilst the lead was being poured in from the vessel , which contained about 12 pounds weight of it ; and , after nearly 10 pounds had bsen run , a loud gust was heard , when the whole mass instantly rushed out in a stream full upon him , going into his mouth and eyes , and burning his face in a frightful manner . His screams were heartrending , and he was immediately conveyed to Charino--cross Hospital , where , upon examination , the above parts were
found to be dreadfully burnt , and his jacket and waistcoat were literally soldered together , in which state they may be seen at the hospital . Proper remedies were applied , but the right eye appears so much injured that his sight is likely to be impaired , whilsthis face will be considerably marked . The cause ' of the explosion of the boiling lead is said to be some water in the cavity of the hole , which was instantaneously converted into steam , thus producing the explosive power .
Accident ox the South Wales Kail way . —A shocking accident happened on the newly opened portion of this railway , between Carmarthen and Swansea , on Friday night , on the return of the last of the excursion trains from the former place , bringing back the guests at the dejeuner given by the Mayor and Corporation of Carmarthen to the directors of the South Wales Bail way and their friends . It appears that Mr . Williams , proprietor of the Cambrian newspaper , was leaning over the door of the carriage in which he was travelling between Carmarthen and Ferryside , when the door flew open and Mr . Williams fell out of the carriage upon the line , at a place called Pibwr .
When he fell from the carriage his body foil clear of the carriage , but his feet fell upon the rails and the carriage wheels passing over both fest literally cut off his toes . On the train stopping at Ferryside the occurrence was made known to the officials there , and two porters were despatched ¦ up the line . They found the unfortunate gentleman lying on the side of the railway , and carried him' back to Carmarthen . He was taken to the Carmarthen Hospital , where it was found necessary to amputate portions of both his feet , and at the last accounts he was progressing favourably , but it is feared he will lose the use ot both lejrs .
Fatal Accident near Dunfermline .--About 10 o ' clock on Monday night , the 13 th inst ., James Carlow , engine-driver , and Hetherton , stoker , were returning along the Elgin and Charleston Railway , with an engine , preceded by an empty truck from the latter place , where they had been with trucks laden with pig iron . One of the bars of iron had , it appeared , fallen off by the -way , and the truck preceding the engine coming in contact with it , were thrown oft the rails , and the stoker , being thrown forward by the shock , fell in front of the engine and was killed on the spot . He has left a widow and three children to lament his untimely end . His father , and one of his own children , have been previously killed on the same railway .
Singular Escape . —On Thursday week , Mrs . Dale , of London , a niece of Mr . W . Pierce , of Wood-street , in this town , proceeded by the London and North Western Railway into Stalfordshire with her son , a little boy . On the train leaving Kugby station , the child went to the carriage window to look out , when the door flew open and he fell out . The mother was frantic , and it was with difficulty that three gentlemen , who were in the carnage , prevented her jumping out after him . On the train arriving at the next station , an engine was sent back in search of the lad , who was met running on the line calling out for his mother . With the exception of a few bruises , lie had received no injury . —Northampton Herald .
Gun Accident . —On Saturday evening sennight , two young men , living at Saltford , were walking by the side of the river looking out for rats . One of them ' had a gun which he carried with the muzzle pointed behind him . Turning suddenly round , the trigger came in contact with some part of his smock-frock , the gun instantly went off , and shot his companion near the wind-pipe . The whole of the charge lodged in the neck , dividing the carotid artery , and death was the instantaneous result . A Lady ' s Foot cut off at the Brighton Terminus . —As the down train which left London at 7 p . m . on Tuesday , was
slowly coming up to the platform at Brighton terminus , an elderly lady not taking the precaution to wait until it had stopped , stepped from her carriage , and missing her footing slipped under the wheel . The moving train passed over her legs , completely cutting off one foot , and injuring the other very severely . She was rescued from her perilous situation by the bystanders as speedily as possible , was placed on a stretcher , and at once conveyed to the Hospital . . Up to a late hour of the same night the sufferer , of whose name or residence nothing is known , was lving in a very precarious condition .
Ax Lmpaxt Drowsed . —On Monday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr . Rutter , county coroner , at ' Newton-heath , near . Manchester , on the body of a child , sixteen months old , which was drowned in the canal , near Ten Acre-bridge , on the previous evening . The child belonged to a woman named Eliza Walker , and a man named John . Chandler had acknowledged himself to be its father . He , however , resisted an attempt made by the mother to affiliate it upon him about twelve months a . o-o , and the summons was dismissed for want of the necessary Wal
legal proof . On Sunday afternoon Chandler called upon - ker , at her lodgings , in Manchester , and induced her to leave the house and take a walk with him . She carried the chile with her . The man was then observed to be intoxicated . Some men who met them shortly afterwards heard them disputing , apparently about the child . Tlie woman was speaking very crossly . Subsequently they were seen by . some boys m the fields near the canal bank One of the boys , named Daniel Cameron , said he first saw Chandler leaning , over the palings . He looked angry at witness , and the boys watched him ' , when
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he returned into the field beside the woman . She was seated on the ground at the hedge side , and the child was in her arms , her back being to the canal . Chandler noticed the boys watching him , went towards them a little way , and then turned back again . He then took the child , as witness thought , in a passion , from the woman . He carried it walking backwards towards the canal , and rolled down the bank , letting the child go as he approached the water . Witness thought it had not fallen by accident , but that he had done it purposely . The woman screamed on seeing the child in the water . The man was very near the edge , and the child gradually . floated into the middle ,
but he might easily have recovered it at first . The man wanted to go away when he got out , but both the man and woman were apprehended . Several persons were attracted to the spot by the screams of the woman , but the child was allowed to sink , and the body was not recovered till half an hour afterwards , when it was quite dead , When spoken to about drowning the child , at the police station , the male prisoner said , " I wish I had drowned myself , too . " The coroner stated his conviction that the evidence went no further than to show that the death of the child had arisen from accident , the result of the brutal state of intoxication in which Chandler was . The jury returned a verdict to the same effect .
bEiiious Steamboat AcoroEST . —On Friday night , about 8 o ' clock , the river steamers Duchess of Argyl and Emperor , came into collision upon the Carloch , by which both vessels sustained very serious damage , and are so disabled that some time must elapse before they are fit to resume their usual stations . Fortunately no lives are lost , although it is almost miraculous that any one escaped .
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> . ^ DUKE OP WELLINGTON . We learn from a ministerial paper that Lieutenant General Lord Hardinge has been appointed the new Commander-in-Chief . The next Gazette will officially announce the noble Lord ' s promotion as " General , " after which he will succeed to the command of the army . It is reported that the other Lew appointmeets consequent upon the Duke ' s demise will be as follows : — Master-General of Ordnance ( with |_ Lord Fitzroy
a peerage ) J Somerset . Military Secretary Colonel Wood . Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports Earl Derby . Constable of the Tower Lord Combermere . Colonelcy of the Grenadier Guards ... Prince Albert Colonelcy of the Fusileer 1 Prince George of Guards j Cambridge . The Duke of Northumberland and the Marquis of Londonderry to be Knights of the Garter .
— ¦•— $ , i . . The JSiew Crystal Palace . —Some time since the Directors of the Crystal Palace Company sent Mr . Owen Jones and Mr . Digby Wyatt with a roving commission to the continent for the purpose of acquiring casts of what is great and rare in art . Information from these gentlemen had been received to the 9 th instant ; when they had reached Rome , after
visiting Paris and Naples . They had obtained permission to take casts of several of the finest words in those capitals . ; including the great Nimroud from Egypt , colossal statues by Jean Goujon , casts of the Ghiberti Gates , figures by Michael Angelo from the Medici chapel at Florence , cinquecento monuments by Donatello , aud studies from Pompeii .
Arbitrary Proceeding in Saxony . —The Leicestershire Mercary states that the house of Dr . Paget , author of " Hungary and Transylvania , " was in Drosdon visited by a party of police , who seized and carried off all his letters , MS . notebooks , diaries , and a considerable number of books . Dr . Paget has sought satisfaction in vain . Reported Death by Drowning of Albekt Smith and his Brother . —Letters were received in town yesterday announcing the death of Albert Smith and his brother , by drowning , in the
Rhone , whilst on their wap to Chamouni . —Herald . A few days ago , a pocket-book , containing a passport in the name of Mr . Albert Smith , 12 , Percy-street , Bedford-square , London , and dated the 8 th September , 1852 , several family letters , and seven Bank of England notes of IQL each , was found on the banks of the Saone , about seven miles from Chalon . This book , which was probably lest by the owner on board one of the steamers , is now in possession of M . Thibaudet Jauffre , at St . Germain du Plain— Galignani .
The Press in Saxony . —The bookseller , Schrader , of Leipzig , has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment for selling a work entitled " The Will of the People . " Establishment of Metropolitan Time in Bristol . —At a meeting of the Bristol Town Council , held on . Monday , a resolution was passed for the adoption of London time throughout the city , and a committee was appointed to carry the same into effect as early as possible . Lord John Russell at Stieling . —Ou Tuesday Lard John Russell was presented at the court-house with the freedom of the burgh of Stirling .
Departure of Convicts for the Divings . —The Lord Auckland ' tiansport , Captain Thompson , has arrived in Queenstown for the purpose of conveying 260 convicts from Spike Island convict depot to Y an Dicman ' s Land . A queer old customer in Michigan was so attached to a pair of old horses which he lost lately , that he had them decently laid out and buried . ^ Over the graves he had a tombstone , with the following inscription : —
"Peace to their manes . ' [ j On the 20 th inst . the session of the States General of ^ Holland "was opened by the King in person . Launch of the Windsor Castle . — -The long looked launch of the largest man-of-war in the world was triumphantly accomplished at the Royal Dockyard , at Pembroke , on Tuesday , the clay . appointed . Warning to Over-worked Students . —The immediate cause of Mr . G . R , Porter ' s death was a gnat ' s sting on his knee , which produced mortification . His sedentary habits had Jedtoabad state of the blood , so that he was ripe for death from apparently so small a casualty as the sting of a gu & v . . - .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25091852/page/5/
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