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6 THE NORTHERN STAR. April 26, I851 i.i....
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6 The Northern Star. April 26, I851 I.I....
6 THE NORTHERN STAR . April 26 , I 851 i . i . —— ————————————————————— —— —n-n _______________ -, _ ,- —_ , ___ . —_ . , _ -.- ¦¦¦ _ . ________________ _ . -i . ' , i _<_
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Heaith of Lokook during the Week- —The official report says :-The return for ^ ***«*« last Saturday exhMts a further wop ™*™** ™ public health . The deaths in London , which m . the last week of March rose to 1 ' 418 , and declined m the two subsequent weeks to 1 , 059 and 1 ;< H 3 , have now fallen to 998 ft appears from a comparison of the ten OTondini : weeksin 1841-80 . that the deaths of last week were exceeded in only one instance , viz .. in 1819 , when they rose to 1 , 039 . If the average ot corresponding weeks , which was 934 , be increased in the ratio of supposed increase of population , it becomes 1 , 019 ; and , ou this estimated amount , the present retnrn shows a decrease of twenty-one .
As compared with the results of the preceding week , both the classes of " Diseases of the Respiratory Organs , " and that termed "Tubercular" of which phthiMs is the most important , now exhibit a diminished mortality . The difference i * principally observed in nneumonia amongst children , this complaint having carried off 11 young persons in the previous week , and only 35 in the last . The deaths at aliases from pneumonia * ere 85 in the preceding week , and 52 in the last . The decrease in consumption during the last two weeks is also of perceptible amount : for this disease was fatal successively to 138 and 10 S persons , the latter number being unusually low . Taking the weeks corresponding to last , in ten years , it will he seen that the lowest number was 122 , tbe highest 174 , and the average 150 . Hooping-cough ,
lowerer , does not mdntain the same steadiness of decrease , and the registrar of Cbarlng-cross observes that lately it has prevailed more in his district . The numbers of children who have been carried off by this complaint daring : the last six weeks appear in the following series : —92 , 81 , 63 . 59 , 59 , and 62 . There died also last week 11 children from croup , and 12 persons , of various ages , from influenza . But while , concurrently with the prowess of the year to a more healthful season , the severity of disorders of the above description becomes mitigated , some diseases of the zymotic character discover a tendency to increase . Measles has increasedfrora 28 in the former -week to 35 ; typhus from 25 to 37 > and small-pox , which bad shown considerable abatement , has heen
fatal iu the last three weeks successively to 9 , 12 , and 18 persons . Five deaths occurred last week in the Small-pox Hospital at Holloway , one that of a girl of 20 months , on the loth ; two men aged 37 and 30 years , on the 17 th ; and two men aged respectively 23 and 20 , on the 19 th . Two of the men -bad been vaccinated when young ; the three other cases are stated to have been " unprotected . " A house is mentioned in St . Giles ' s , where nine children haye been attached with small-pox , and in two cases with fatal effect . None of these patients had been vaccinated . A case of destitution , which proved fatal to the sufferer , was registered last week . A case of lead cholic was reported in the previous return . The deceased was a painter . The death of another man , aged 56 ,
who bad formerly followed the same profession , is reported this week > from " lead palsy ; phthisis pulmonftiis ( for years ) . The births of 706 boys , and 719 girls , in all 1 , 425 children , were registered last ¦ wee k . The average number in six corresponding weeks of 1845-50 , was 1 , 364 . At the Royal Observatory , Greeowich . the mean height of thebarometer iu the week was 29 ' 776 inches . The mean temperature was 46 deg . 3 mio . Thewindwasin tbe castor north-east daring the first four days , and during this period the mean daily temperature was about 42 degrees , or about 5 degrees below the average ofthe same days in tea years . During the last three days the wind was in the south and south-west , and the mean temperature rose 10 degrees higher , or from 4
degrees to 6 degrees above the average . Death phom Hbuxal Tioxesce AT CUEKEL . — The adjourned inquest at the Prince of Wales , Exeter-street , Chelsea , upon the body of Caroline Jewell , who lost her life in that neighbourhood about a fortnight ago from , brutal violence , was further postponed on Monday , until Tuesday week , owing to the absence of one of the jurymen . * Thb Exraosion asp loss of Life cf HER Ma-JESir * s Theatre . On Monday afternoon Mr . Bedford , the coroner for Westminster , held an inquest in Charing-cross Hospital , on the body of Samuel Srewell , aged twenty-seven , firework maker , who lost his life from an explosion which took place in the above theatre , whilst her Majesty and Prince
Albert were witnessing the performance . —Wm . Easton , Of So . 2 , Church street , Waterloo-road , deposed that he was engaged at her Majesty ' s Theatre as a fireman . On Saturday week , during - the performance of the opera of " Massaniello , " it was part of deceased ' s business to discharge several volleys of cannon . Each volley consisted of seven pieces of cannon , placed in a piece of wooden framework , which were fired by means of a toachlight paper tbat ran under the cannons . The usual practice adopted by the deceased to steady tbe frame when be fired the instruments , was to place lis foot upon it , instead of strapping it down , which he nia on the night in question . Witness saw him apply the light to the touch-paper , and the instant
he did so , a loud explosion ensued , which extinguished the gas-lights ou some portions of the & t £ ge . The deceased then cried out , " I can fireno more guns , for I have hurt my foot , and fell into witness ' s arms . He then perceived that his trouser ' s'on one side were in names . lie immediately extinguished the names , and then found tbat one of the deceased ' s feet was shattered to pieces . With { he assistance of another man , witness carried him Out of the theatre , placed him in a cab , and took him totheabovehospital . In his opinion , the aceidentocenrred from deceased ' s feet having Slipped over the mouth of one of the cannons the instant he applied the light to it . He did not know who had loaded the cannons , or whether they were too highly
charged- They were generally brought loaded to the . theatre . — -Mr . Samuel Drewell , senior , said that be was a firework maker , and resided at So . 6 , Westminster-road . The deceased was bis son , and was perfectly acquainted with the nature of firing tile guns . He was on the stage when the explosion happened , aud deceased was in the mazzarine floor immediately under him . The cannons were charged with nothing more than gunpowder , fastened in by corks . The deceased had fired the same batteries for many years , and he never inow of anything laving happened to him before . —Mr . Hale , one of the house surgeons , described the injuries deceased had received . Amputation was resorted to , but he never recovered from the shock , and he died on
Priday of delirium tremens , brought ou by the hrjuriesreceived . Thedeceasedinformed him that hehad placed his foot on the frame , and when he applied the bight , all the guns recoiled . —The Coroner , in summing up , said it was a most frightful occurrence , but it seemed marvellous to him that similar accidents had not happened before when they saw seven- guns placed on such a ricketty aftair . —The Jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death , " at the same time recommending that the framework ofthe guns should be strapped down instead of being held by the foot . AsoiHEa EAiii AcciDEirr at ths National Es-HIBrnos . —A melancholy occurrence , by which an-Otherof the workmen , at the Crystal Palace , lost
bis life , . happened on Monday afternoon , making the third fatal accident that bas already taken place in that establishment . From inquiries made Of some of the workmen , it appears that the deceased was engaged with several others on the roof , regulating the canvass that is to cover the glass —whilst so engaged , bis foot slipped a little , no doubt owing to . the rain having saturated the board on which he was standing , aud rendering it exceed ingly greasy . The poor fellow endeavoured , but in vain , to recover himself ; but he bad so far lost bis equifibrium that be fell backwards upon the glass roof , tho weight of Ms body being so great as to force hi the frame-work , and the unfortunate man fell upon the floor with such violence as to break several of bis limbs . He was immediately picked up , but life was found to be quite extinct . The deceased was a very sober and steady workman .
AccwxsT ju BucsraiABS Bridge . —On Tuesday I afternoon a wain , drawn by four horses , was de-Wending Blsekfrtan-hridge towards the Middlesex shore , when , la consequence of the driver having neglected to skid tbe wheel , the pressure of tbe vehicle on the horses ' quarters caused them to set off at full gallop at the moment the bridge was thronged with carriages . Numerous oolUsieos earned , and one of the driven was so dreadfully injured that be now lies in tbe hospital without hopes of recovery . The career ofthe vehicle was stopped by its coming into contact with the massive iron pillar supporting the lamp opposite 26 , New BridgMtreet , which , by the force of its concussion , was snapped in two , the broken portion , in its descent , striking a female on tbe bead , who was taken to the hospital insensible , her skull having beeu fractured by the blow . Two of thehoraea were also IrilieaV
BnrauuB Accnnwr a Piccauiut . —On Saturday afternoon last , a gentleman named Wilkei was drmng a fine hens in his gigfrom Park-Iane , when ^ ^ ffr ^^ - ^ g ^ t wlence against fSof ^^ lffin ° ^^ en ^^ rtf t or ^ a ^ m the ^ eirttor ^ flfE ftSl ^ S ^ JbOSaSSSsF ^ theeamagefrom the boiTn { akb ? a 1 sWlSsn f and h » vkgtheofiwi » a £ of Hro ^ KA ^ connected with the box , driver , mRSW canting , a very Tiofeat shaking the twoSemTn and driver escaped unmjare df fcat SSSSH of the canon * u suob that Mr , ; 1 @ ESSS was killed on the spot . '"" w awne
Mtsiehious Bbathi .-. On Tuesdays i _ n was held in Bermoadsej , on tha bodj-of _ « ri 4 venteen years of age , who died of congestion of the brain , cawed by her driokiog some medicated rum given her bj an unknown sailor some days previously . A second inquest was then hehi on the body of a man , unknown , of respectable appear-
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ance , about thirty-five years of age , whose body was found on Tuesday last off Chamberlain ' s-wharf , ' London Bridge . Deceased was dressed in a suit of black , and there was on bis shirt the name of " J . Parr , 1848 , March , No . 6 . " There was no money in deceased ' s pocket , nor were there any memoranda to lead to his identification . This is the second body found ' near the same spot within three weeks . In the latter case , the watch was broken from the guard , and when deceased was last seen alive hehad some sovereigns in his possession , and a watch attached to his chain .
Fires . —Between the hours of one and two o ' clock on "Wednesday morning , a fire , which was nearly attended with fearful consequences , broke out in a low lodging house kept by a man named Clarke , No . i , Keate-street , Spitalfields . The place at the time of the discovery was crowded with persons , as many , it is said , as 150 , all of whom were characters ofthe lowest description . It originated through the recklessness of a drunken woman named Elizabeth Booth . She came in drunk about half-past twelve , and paying for her lodging twopence , went up stairs to the second floor , and lighting a candle she took it with her in the " stall" where she slept , and left it burning . About the time above-mentioned the other lodgers were awoke by a sense of approaching suffocation ,
and in an Instant the stall occupied by the female in question was discovered in flames . A scene of the greatest confusion immediately followed , and in the rush to escape out of the apavtmentmany were thrown down the staircase , and were much injured in consequence . Some one more humanely stopped and contrived to drag the wretched woman out of the burning stall . She was dreadfullyburned , and was taken away without loss of time to the hospital—apparently there was no hopes of her surviving the effects of her burns , which were most severe . Several of the brigade engines soon leached the spot , ' and the fire was confined to the floor where it commenced . It is needless to add that the occupier was not insured . —In the course of Wednesday afternoon two . other fires occurred . About one o ' clock the engines were called out to Sherebourne-place , Blandford-square , a fire having broken out on the premises belonging to Mr .
Bellows , which was not got under until considerable damage had occurred to the upper portion of the building and its contents . It was occasioned by the explosiou of some lucifer matches . The parties were not insured . —Soon afterwards another fire broke out at the house of Mr . Brooker , No . 2 , Church-lane , Lower Road , Islington . It was fortunately easily got under before any serious amount of property WSB destroyed . Memorial of Dr . Samubii Johnsok . —The churchwardens of St . Clement Danes , having satisfactorily ascertained that a seat in the pew numbered 18 in the north gallery of that church was regularly occupied for many years by the great moralist , have caused a neat brass tablet , recording the faot , to be affixed in a conspicuous position to the pillar , against which the doctor must often have reclined . The inscription on the tablet is from the pen of Dr . Croly , rector of St . Stephen ' s , Walbrook .
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Desibbctive Fibb at Bduostos . —Early on Sunday morning a fire broke out at the well-known tavern , the " Angel , " at Edmonton ( celebrated as the halting-place of " Johnny Gilpin " ) , which has caused the total destruction of the spacious assembly rooms . From inquiries made on the premises , it appears that shortly after three in the morning , a neighbour saw flames issuing from the parlour of the house , which spread with such rapidity that in less than three hours the roof fell in , and the entire property was consumed . The building was insured in tbe Sun , and the contents in the Phoenix Insurance Offices .
Sikikb ob ContEBs . —The colliers at Radstock coal works , situate about four miles from Bath , to the number of between 800 and 1 , 000 , have struck for higher wages , alleging that their present remuneration viiW not allow them to subsist even upon dry bread . They had a meeting last week at Kingswood-field , when some money which had been collected in their behalf was divided amongst them . Notwithstanding the large numbers in which they had congregated , their behaviour was perfectly peaceable and orderly , but they continue firm in their determination not to resume work at present prices . One man , with his wife and five children , it was stated , had only earned for many weeks 5 s . 9 d . a week , and many others were in a like condition .
FoniujiE-TEUixa and RoBnEBT . —OnSaturday last , an old man , named George Patfield , was brought before tho magistrates at Bristol , charged with having obtained money under false pretences . —The complainants , Mary Bryant and Anne Hastings , two very respectably attired ladies , stated that they had been induced to go to the house of the prisoner , in Gravel-street , to have their fortunes told ; that he placed them in chairs , and sat between them himself . Having made use of some cabalistic words , he gave them a tea-cup , and told them to shake the grounds and he would cast it ;
and upon their doing so he first said that they would have great trouble , and almost immediately . afterwards that they would be very prosperous , and have everything their hearts could desire . Not being satisfied they took up their money which they had placed on the table for his reward , and were leaving the room , when he seized them and compelled them to give him tbe money . He then followed them into tbe street abusing them , and was taken into custody by a passing policeman . One of the ladies in the scuffle lost a gold brooch valued at £ i . The magistrates committed him for three months with hard labour .
The Confession op BARraotoMEw Hakrikgton , who was convicted at the last Devon assizes of the manslaughter of TF . Brown . Ambrose , was made before W , Miles , Esg ., one of the county magistrates . Throughout his statement he implicates Donovan , who was one of the persons in custody for several days , on suspicion of being concerned in the murder ; but , after repeated examinations , he was discharged on bis own recognisance not to leave Plymouth before the holding of the assize . This he has done ; hut ou Monday hit be left , and tbe local pelice have no clue to the direction he took . In the course of his statement , Harrington said he was out on tbe night of the fatal occurrence in company with Donovan . They insulted several persons , and at length met with two men—Ambrose , the deceased , and a friend—walking arm-in-arm One of them was drank . Donovan went behind the
men , and gave one of tbem a WOW on the head , which caused him to fall forward . They then made off together , and thought nothing further of the matter until the next morning , when they ascertained tbat the man had received a mortal blow , and was lying in a most precarious state . The convict moreover said that on the following afternoon "I went with'Michael Crennin , and says he . 'What ' sthat Timothy Donovan did last night ?' He , came iu and went under my bed ; with that Donovan came forward and said , « I struck that man , and am afraid I have hurt him , and if the police find it out , I am sure to be punished for it , and don't either of you have anything to say ahout it . I was drunk , or I should not have done it . ' A few days afterwards Donovan sent for me , and said , ' I hear that that man J 8 dead I struck the other night j if you are brought up for it , stand out till death before you tell it , for I did not mean to kill the man at all . '"
AcCrOESlATTHE LrMB-SIBBET RilLWAT SlAHON , ItfVBRPooZr . —On Sunday night , in consequence of the break being out of order , one of tbe railway trains into Liverpool came down the tunnel into the Lime-street Station at a fearful pace . The train ran against the permanent resisting buffers calculated to bear a pressure of eight tons , which was completely smashed , and the carriage damaged to some extent . There were only a limited number of people in tbe train , who were slightly bruised . PCSBYITE PeACIICKS AT BlBUINQHAU . —A ClfCUIOstance which occurred in one of the churches here oa Sunday , has produced feelings of irritation and regret in the minds of all sincere churchmen . The congregation assembling at the church of St . Paul
for the celebration of the solemn festival of Easter , were destined to have their devotional feelings sorely ' disturbed by the introduction of a pair of enormous candlesticks , as decorators to the altar . The " novelty" was adverted to in a circular , of which a large number was distributed about the pews , and in which Mr . Latimer endeavoured to show that lights on the altar are enjoined by a rubric in the Prayer-book , and also sanctioned by convocation , and by act of Parliament . Many members of the congregation are highly indignant at the insult which Bas been offered to them , aud it is feared that not a few ot them will withdraw from the church if the use of . these" novelties " ia persisted in by tbe minister .
. Rspflisvg of Mcbdbhbhs . —Maria Clarke , who was convicted at the last Suffolk assizes for the murder of her infant child , by burying it alive , has had her sentence commuted to transportation for life . Very strong recommendations were forwarded to tbe Home-office , through Mr . Dasent , the counsel who defended this unhappy woman , to the effect that she had only been confined a very short . time , that she had spent the night wandering about in the inclemency of the weather , and that she was
obviously , ana from various causes , quite mcapaoie of knowing what ahe was about , or of being accountable for her actions . —Bridget Lyons is also reprieved . Her conviction was chiefly obtained through the accusations of . her husband , Patrick Lyons , who has , since the sentence passed on him , revealed the truth—tbat his wife , although present , not only had no part in the murder for which they had been condemned , but , on the contrary ,. did all she could to dissuade him from the commission of the brutal and savage act . > ' '
_ AcomEHT OK TBS NoMH UwOlf RAILWAY . — Un Saturday evening last an accident took place on ttua line at Pmcock-bridge , near Buxton , which was fortunately not attended with fetal results . From some cause Mtoertoniexplalned the engine and ten-
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der of the four p . m . mail train from Liverpool to Preston , on nearing this point , suddenly went off the Iiec , dragging with them the two foremost car riages , and rolled down an embankment about twenty yards high . The train was going at tbe rate of about thirty miles an hour . The engine-driver and fireman waa . not much hurt , but the guard was thrown across the rails and severely bruised . The only other persons hurt were two passengers ' in the carnages which went off the Hue , but their injuries were not very serious . The remaining carriages were fortunately prevented from running off the line in consequence ef the chain breaking which united them to the others .
Fatal Accent . —On Tuesday morning an icon suspension bridge across the Rochdale Canal , in Jersey-street , Manchester , broke down whilst a horse and cart were passing acrossit . Thehorseand cart were both plunged into the canal , and unfortunately amah named Richard Sharpies , thirty years of age , who was following close be hind the cart ( having been employed to fill it with street sweepings , ) was also precipitated into the water , and drowned before assistance could be rendered . The bridge was placed over the canal by the Earl of Ellesmere , aud has been io a dangerous state for sixteen or eighteen months , but a dispute existed as to tbe liability to repair it .
Attempt to bribb a Prosecutor . —At the Liverpool Sessions the Recorder sentenced two men named John and Christopher O'Hare to eight months' imprisonment , with hard labour , for attempting to bribe a cattle-dealer from Ireland , named Conley , notto prosecute an unfortunate girl named Smith ,, who had robbed him of twenty sovereigns , no part of which had been restored to him . The prisoners offered the prosecutor £ 8 or £ 9 not to give his evidence , and they went together to afriend of the prosecutor ' s to deposit the money , but he refused to have anything to do with it . A sovereign was paid to the prosecutor , which he afterwards returned to the prisoners ; and , failing to obtain any more money , he applied to the police . Seeious Robbery from a Hotel . —A robbery of a serious nature has been committed at the Swan
Hotel , Bridge-street , Bristol , the property carried off amounting in value to between £ 50 and £ 100 . The robbery is believed to have been effected by a man named John O'Brien , who bad formerly lived in the house as hoots , and who is now in custody , having been apprehended by , Davis , an officer of the detective police . The property , which comprised a £ 20 note and a £ 5 note of the Bank of England , upwards of £ 20 iu gold , and some loose silver , a watch , silver spoons , and some gold shirt studs , brooches , and trinkets , was stolen from a bureau in the sleeping apartment of Miss Grey , the landlord's daughter . It was seen quite safe by her on Friday morning , and in the evening of the same day the waiter of the hotel saw a man whom he has since
recognised to be the prisoner O'Brien , come down the stairs , leading to Miss Grey ' s room , which , it should be stated , is approached by some intricate passages , and could scarcely be found by any person unacquainted with the house . The bed-room door was forcibly opened , and the bureau drawers unlocked by means of skeleton keys ; and the man upon coming into the passage was accosted by the waiter , who asked him where he was going ? to which he replied , in a seemingly careless and off-hauded manner , « ' I am going out for a little while , " and proceeded deliberately to the street door . Not quite satisfied , the waiter communicated his suspicions to the boots , and subsequently to Miss Grey , who , on going to her bed-room , at once discovered that a robbery had been committed . O'Brien has been
remanded for further examination . Accident to an Actor . —On Saturday night ,: at the Norwich Theatre , an accident occurred of a very distressing nature . Mr . F . Phillips was performing the character of Rob Roy , and in one portion of the piece he has to pass upon a rock , but the platform was not secure , by some mistake the men upon whom the duty devolved having neglected to affix a certain ladder in its proper position . In passing over the fictitious precipice , Mr . Phillips , who is a very heavy man , fell from a considerable , height , and lighted upon his heel , producing a compound fracture of the bones of the leg , implicating the ankle joint . He was immediately removed to the hospital , and upon a consultation among the surgeons , it was deemed necessary to amputate the lower extremity of the bone .
Tab Bsitakwa Bridge . —The final sale of the machinery and materials employed in this great structure was held last week . Upwards of 1 , 250 lots , at unexpectedly good prices , were disposed of in five days . It may not be generally known that the huge hydraulic machine and y linde ' r , that lifted the entice bridge , and of sufficient power almost to lift the Crystal Palace itself and its contents , will form a leading feature in the great olio , jjatfrida at Hyde Park .- . Tub Frimlby Gang . —Lewes . —Since the committal of James Hamilton ( the magistrates having refused to take bis evidence on behalf of the crown , ) he has made a full confession of all the burglaries which he and the gang have been engaged in during the last twelve months . The document is of a
very extraordinary character , and shows the immense amount of daring possessed by these men . He has also made some revelations to the police officers engaged in the case , by which they have heen enabled to discover the receivers of the stolen property , but from obvious reasons we are prevented at present from mentioning their names . Hamilton , in the commencement of his confession , states that the gang sonsiated of himself , Levi Harwood and Samuel Jones ( Hung for the murder of Mr . Holiest ) Samuel Harwood , John and Edward Isaacs , William Brooks , Joseph Carter , John and James Jones , alias Smith , Hiram Smith , Thomas Toot , alias Morgan , William Hilyer , John Brooks , Mary Crowder , Sarah " White , and James Jones . John Isaacs was duly
elected captain ; and all the others acted under his directions . They were all sworn to obey the orders of the captain ; and if any one attempted to back out or refused to take paitin any robbery or murder , if necessary , he or she was to be instantly shot : and if any one left the gang without the consent of the captain , he or she were to be followed , and , if overtaken , to be shot .- He then proceeds to describe the mode in which several other burglaries in which they wereconcerned were effected . The principal of these was in the house of two ladies of the name of JEennard , at Hay ward ' s Heath , which was perpetrated the second day after the Kirdford burglary . A large quantity of plate and . other property was amongst the booty on this occasion , and the approver
minutely describes the manner in which it was apportioned . The particulars of the robbery at Miss Faracpmb ' a , in which nearly the whole of the gang were implicated , are also given . In this case also , several watches , trinkets , plate , and a considerable sum in money were carried off . It is estimated that the amount of property stolen by these men during the hist two years cannot be less than £ 1 , 500 . When Isaacs was apprehended at Frome , Mr . Morten , the superintendent of the Tunbridge Wells police , sue * ceeded in tracing to the possession of the prisoner a valuable diamond ring , a gold chain , and a silver hunting . . watch , which were a portion of the property stolen from the Misses Farncomb in December last . These articles were not on his person , but in the
house where he was staying . Mr . Morten immediately seized them , and the friends of the prisoner forthwith applied to the County Court at Frome , and procured a summons , which has beeu served on Mr . Morten , for the amount of £ 10 ) 0 s ., the alleged Value of the articles . The band of burglars known aa "the Frimiey gang" is now completely broken up . Ssbrbnbss Church on Firb . —On Sunday morning during service , two men who were walking through Minster churchyard , discovered the roof oi the church to be on fire . They instantly made an alarm , and prompt assistance being given by many of the congregation , in a short time the fire was extinguished , very little damage being done . The cause of the fire it is supposed was a portion of soot
from a funnel chimney being blown off and lodging against the lead covering of one of the hips , which resulted in the ignition of one of the rafters and a small portion of the slating boards . Execution of George Gaunt at Bust . —On Tuesday morning , at nine o ' clock , George Carnt , who was tried and convicted at the last assizes held at Bury for the murder of Elizabeth Bainbridge , underwent the extreme penalty of the law on , the new drop erected on the top of the central archway leading to the interior of the prison . Notwithstanding the inclemency ofthe weather—the rain having never ceased through the night and the whole of the morning-groups at intervals of respectable-looking and well-dressed youog females and men , many of them .
it » to be regretted , being mere children , were seen wending their way towards the gaol . The attendance appeared to come from the surrounding villages , the railway trains not adding a single passenger . Soon after seven themob began toagjemble , but vast numbers availed themselves of the neighbouring beer shops , until near the time for taking hp their stations ; the continued rain , no deubt , had the effect of keeping many away , as at no . time could the spectators have exceeded 3 , 000 or 4 , 000 persons , and those dispersed in Nowlton-laue and in the hi gh road and in the opposite fields . At seven the Rev . Mr . Wells visited the wretched culprit in bis cell , when he found
him iu earnest prayer ; in fact , as the rev . gentleman says , he appeared absorbed in religious devotion , and wholly to have withdrawn himself from all worldly consideration . Ata few minutes before nin « o ' clock all the arrangements for the execution having been completed , the culprit was conducted tothe drop supported by two turnkeys . The hangman having performed his dreadful duty , the wretched man ceased to exist without a struggle .. After hanging the usual time the body was cut down and interred in the gaol . He admitted to tbe chaplain the justice of the verdict and sentence , at the same time asserting that he bad intended to drown himself as wpil as his
unfortunate victim . -Volbnibbb Hanoubm . —Several journals having stated that Calcraft was too much engaged to be able to execute Maria Clarke , at Ipswich , on the day named , sundry individuals hard Sent written applica-
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tions to the authorities at our county gaol , Offering their services in the capacity of hangmen ! One asks £ 20 for the , job , and most of them state their qualifications for the office , ffe believe no less than ten off ers have been made . —Ipswkh Express . Termination of ' the Strike of Sir E . Armitage ' s Hands . — "We hare much pleasure in stating that the prolonged struggle between Sir E . Armitage and Sons and their workpeople is now at an end , and the unhappy differences so long existing between the workpeople and their employers are now amicably settled . —Manchester Courier .
Fatal Railway Accidrkt . —On Tuesday morning an old man , named Henry Lee , was crossing the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Ileaton , near the junction of the Liverpool and Bury branch with the Bolton and Preston line ( about twenty miles from Liverpool ) , when he was run down by the express train from Liverpool .. He appears to have observed a train coming up in an opposite direction , and to have stepped back on to the down line out of its way , not perceiving the express . An arm and a leg were torn from the body , and the man was otherwise shockingly mutilated . There is a road crosses the line on the level whh the rails at the spot , so that he was not trespassing on the line , but had not observed due caution in looking out for approaching trains . He was seventy-six years of age .
An Extraordinary Scene at Gioucester . — Some of the good citizens of Gloucester , perambuto tin" the docks on Good Friday morning , were alarmed on bearing a terrible noise onboard a Greek ship lying in the middle of the basin . The captain and others appeared to have one of the crew amongst tbem , around whose neck a rope was attached , and , before any interference could be offered , the body was run up to the yard-arm , and after a few apparent struggles , so far as the victim was concerned , all was still . ' The noise had hardly subsided , when a similar scene appeared to be going forward on board another Greek vessel lying alongside the first mentioned , the body in this case being lowered over the side into the water , and then , as if the murderous wretches had changed their intentions , it was hauled on deckseveral belaboured amidst shouts and execrations ,
and speedily hauled up to the yard-arm . \ The excitement on seeing two bodies dangling high in the air was most . intense ; some of the crowd assembled were calling-out for the police , ' and two or three , more courageous than the rest , got on board one of the shipsto demand an explanation , and with a determination to take the culprits into custody . The explanation was duly given , and a hearty and general laugh was the result . The seamen were only performing a custom ofthe Greek Church usualon Good Friday , by stuffing an effigy with straw , with a begin its right hand , to represent Judas Iscariot , and hanging it , expressive of their . abhorrerice of the conduct of that worthy in betraying our Saviour . The next morning the effigies were hauled down , and treated with great indignity , amidst renewed shouts and the discharge of muskets .
Death op a Debtor is Shrewsbury Gaoi from an Escape op Gas . —An inquest was held on Monday in the county gaol , on the body of Mr . Thomas Menlove , at one time an extensive farmer in this county , a prisoner for debt . —Robert Cross " , turnkey , deposed as folio ffS : —It was part of my duty to unlock the doors last Monday week , and , amongst other doors , that . of the deceased , Thomas Menlove . About half-past six in the morning ; I unlocked the door , when there was a strong smell of gas ; the window was nearly an inch open ; the smell was very strong , but pot so bad as to make me feel any difficulty in going into the room . I thought Mr . Menlovo was asleep / as he was snoring ; I called him and shook him , hut it was no use ; I
came down for the nurse , and deceased was removed ; the gas was hot burning , and the coek outside the door was about half turned ; 1 immediately informed the governor , and the surgeon was sent for ; the deceased was insensible . —Edward Gough said , I am occasionally employed a & a turnkey at the gaol ; a portion of my duty was to turn off the gas in the debtors' cell ; amongst the ceils was that in which Thomas Menlove slept himself ; about nine o ' clock in the evening of the day in question , when I turned off the gas and locked up his cell , deceased was in bed ; I asked "Is all right V and he replied "Ay ; " I turned the gas off before I locked the door ; I was certain the gas went out before I shut the door ; I then locked up
the adjoining room , and turned off the gas ; I was not on the stairs afterwards , nor as far as I know was any one else . —John Nigel Heathcote , Esq ., surgeon , said : I was called to see the'deceased at half-past six o ' clock last Monday morning week ; I found him in the open air , where I ordered the man who came for me to place him ; as soon as I was dressed I went down , and got to the , gaol at balfpast six ; I found deceased in a comotbse state , and I could scarcely feel his pulse ; ' he was in a state of stupor ; I applied mustard plasters and other stimulants , both internally and externally , for an hour and a half ; he became slightly improved , aud I tried to bleed him ; I got » very small quantity of blood , but I got more when I bled him again about
ten o clock ; though he was stul unconscious , ho was better ; I continued my attendance , and was also assisted by Mr . Humphreys ; on the Wednesday be was much better , and on Thursday he was able to take beef tea and wine and water ; he continued to improye until Saturday ; he was then worse , and continued to get worse until his death on Monday Morning ahout one o ' clcock , I have made a post mortem . examination . Iexamined the brain , and found a great deal of effusion , quite sufficient to produce death ; the state in which I found the brain would be caused by inhalation of carbonated hydrogen , commonly , called gas , destructive to human life , and I have no doubt was so . —The iury returned a verdict accordingly ..
RspRBSENTATiON OP Tynbuouih—The friends of Mr . Hugh Taylor , of the Coal Exchange , London , who is also connected with some of the coal owners of the district by birth , have brought him forward to contest this borough with Mr . Ralph William Grey , the sitting member , at the next election . Mr . Grey , as our readers are aware , is connected with the government , and is also connected by family relations with the borough . The contest will be a pretty close one , as the coal owners have a considerable influence in the out districts . _ Frightful Death . —On Monday last , a fatal accident occurred to two workmen in the employment of Messrs . Hawks ; Crawshay , and Sons , the extensive iron founders at Gateshead . It appears that on
the evening of that day a ladle ,. containing nearly two tons of molten metal , was placed ahout a yard aud a half from the edge of a pit , about sixteen feet deep , when the earth suddenly gave way , and the ladle and its contents , together with a man named Edward Kelly , were precipitated down the pit . Another workman , named Robert Davie ; was down the pit at the time preparing to make a casting . He was severely scaVded ! Kelly , who was immersed in liquid metal ; was taken out dead . Davie was taken to the Newcastle Infirmary , but he died on the following day . He was a single man , but Kelly has left a widow and three children . Extraordinary Cask . —Oh Monday night a fatal accident occurred to a young woman , residing at the
village of Ison Green , near Nottingham . The circumstances were of a very singular nature . Six weeks ago the deceased ' s brother ( Joseph Renshaw ) died , leaving a will , which placed his . propertyin the possession of his brother Jonas . Several months before Joseph Renshaw ' s demise a will had been drawn out , leaving the whole of his property to his wife " , but a few days prior to his death this document had been cancelled , and a will substituted , which left the property to his brother . Shortly after his death , proceedings were instituted striving to disprove the legality of the last will . Wile these matters were pending , ' the brother ' s wife came on Monday afternoon to the White Horse , to
strive to arrange all disagreements , and to put a stop to all judicial proceedings . After having stayed in the house an hour , she was passing from the Tiar to the parlour , when , owing to some cause which is at present unexplained , her foot slipped , and she fell down the cellar steps . The unfortunate woman ' s head came in contact with the cellar floor , bruising it in a most frightful manner . Medical assistance was speedily procured , but proved of no avail ; the poor woman was soon no more . The deceased was named Wightman , abeut thirty-three years of ape , and was landlady of the Liimlay Castle , at Isori Green , a village ahout a mile from Nottingham ..
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Attempted Muboeb.—On Monday Night An Att...
Attempted Muboeb . —On Monday night an attempt was made in Mitchell-street , Glasgow , to cut the throats of two females who live in that street . Information having been despatched to the central police-office , officers repaired to the place , and the following facts resulted from their investigation : — Mrs . Douglas , a widow , rents the tenement in question , and lets out one of the apartments for lodgers . A short time since a young man ; named John Purdon , a baker by trade , occup ed- tbe room , ' but his dissipated habits were such that hi . s landlady had to give him notice to quit , and for a day or two previous to the occurrence , he had lodged elsewhere . Mrs . Douglas , however , had missed a plaid which belonged to her , and suspecting that Purdon had
pledged -it , she requested' an interview WHn film , in order to ascertain if such was the case . Purdon came , but before he would answer any questions , insisted on being supplied with some tobacco , which the woman , anxious to get some information about her missing property , went out and procured itfor him . After he had got it , he jeeringly told her that ho knew nothing ahout the plaid , and immediately afterwards added , " You have been troubling me ; how would you feel if I tfo ' ublo you . " He bad no sooner uttered the words than be rose from the seat where he had been sitting , and seizing hi 1 i of her , threw her across a chest that stood in the room . The unfortunate woman' recollected nothing further till she felt herself wounded in the throat and fingers , on which she screamed for as sistance . A young woman ^ a , niece ef the former ,
Attempted Muboeb.—On Monday Night An Att...
was in the kitchen at the time , and hearing the cries , ran into the room , and was caught by Pardon , who , with the weapon which he had previously used , inflicted two deep gashes on her throat and cheek . An old man , tbe father-in-law of Mrs . Douglas , who was sitting by the kitchen fire , endeavoured to give the alarm , and with some difficulty tottered down stairs to call assistance . In the meantime the miscreant , leaving both his intended victims lying bleeding on the floor , coolly returned to the kitchen and commenced smoking his pipe , in which position he was found by some of the neighbours . He made no attempt to escape , and quietly allowed himself to be taken to the police-office With proper care and management it is hoped that both the injured women may recover .
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Longpobd Eiection.—The Sham-Battle Was R...
Longpobd Eiection . —The sham-battle was renewed on Saturday morning , but the aftair , as may be surmised , passed off without interest or excitement , in consequence of tho overwhelming majority obtained on tho first day by Mr . More O'Ferrall . The gross poll at the close stood as follows : — O'Ferrall , 938 ; Sleator , 80 : majority , 858 . Meetino of Roman Catholics . —The following is the requisition issued for the approaching meeting of Roman Catholics : — "Wo , tho undersigned , request an aggregate meeting of the Catholics in Ireland , in the city of Dublin , on Tuesday , tho 29 th
instant , for the purpose of petitioning the Imperial Parliament against the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill , and the Religious Houses Bill , and to adopt such other measures as may be best calculated to protect the religious rights and liberties of the Catholics of the United Kingdom . " TausATEStso Sotice . —A Rockite notice was served on two labourers named Gleeson and Flanagan , threatening them with death if they continued to dig or work upon the land which a farmer of the name of Maher had lately taken . To the notice there were appended a pictorial representation of three guns discharging bullets , a coffin , and stars , to show tbat the bloody deed would be perpetrated not by the light of the day . The Shaim Mines , " . Tippbrary . —A Limerick paper gives the following sample of what this productive country is capable of contributing to the
wealth and wants of man , if he would only Jet her do so : — " A striking instance of the vast resources of this ill-fated country will readily present itself to the eye of a casual ' observer in the vicinity of Shallee , within four miles of Nenagh , This mountainous district of country , which a short time ago bore the appearance of barrenness and waste , is now the scene of busy industry and remunerative labour . ' Silver , copper , and lead ore , are heing daily extracted in considerable quantities from the mine , and signal success seems' to attend the progress ofthe undertaking . The spirited and enterprising company that are engaged in the works are setting a praiseworth y example to the capitalists of the countyy . They give employment to 1 , 100 individuals from the immediate locality , which greatly alleviates the pressure of taxation in the neighbourhood / and-causes numerous blanks in the books of the . relieving officer , "
The Emigration Movrmsnt . —The countrypapers , from the four quarters ofthe kingdom , continue to report the progress ofthe fli ght of farmers across the Atlantic . A Dundalk journal compares the movement to tbat of an army retreating before the enemy . At every port , it says , tha best portion of the inhabitants are hurrying away , and if there be no check , there must be in a few years a fearful blank in the population . Dundalk was crowded on Tuesday with hordes of emigrants , most of them of the better class of small farmers , undoubtedly the most valuable portion ofthe Irish population . On Saturday an additional force from the interior of the country arrived there for the purpose of taking shipping for Liverpool . At the port of Waterford
upwards of 400 emigrants embarked last week for Quebec and the States , and a vessel with 141 passengers on board is waiting for a fair wind to convey her human cargo to the same destination . The town of Drogheda presents a similar scene . For nearly the last month large box-carts have been observed passing through thetownj each containing ten or twelve persons , composed of men , women , and children , most of them comfortably dressed , and apparently in good spirits . Sometimes as many as a dozen of these ; carts would arrive in a single day . The parties , who are understood to be a portion of the Marquis of Bath ' s Mooaghan tenantry , proceeded by train to Dublin en route to Quebec , and might already be reckoned at about 400 souls . Converts to Protestantism . —The Dublin Suening Herald has the following announcement of conversions to the Protestant church ! One ofthe persons
mentioned was for some years connected with the Irish press , and was well known as an orator of the Corn Exchange in the late Mr . O'Connell ' s time : — " On Sunday , four persons renounced and abjured the errors of Popery , under the spiritual direction of the Rev . Thomas Scott , and received the holy communion in St . Thomas ' s church—the Venerable Archdeacon Magee , Ac , & c , officiating . It is remarkable that one of these converts is a Mr . John Daniel , who had been a student' in the Roman Catholic college of Carlow and Belfast , " anda & V other , a Mr . Michael George Conway , a law student of Trinity College , Dublin , of whom tbe late Mr . Daniel O'Gonnell , M . P ., had the highest opinion . In an autograph letter of the Liberator to him he says— "As to yon personally , 1 do unfoignedly assure you 1 admire your splendid talents , and entertain great confidence in your patriotism . "
Mb , Sharman GRAWPonn . —It was not supposed that Mr . Sharman Crawford , in announcing his intention not to . stand for Rochdale at the next election , had formed the design of retiring altogether from parliament , and it was generally thought that he would accept a seat for an Irish county . The county of Meath , as represented by the local liberal club , accordingly sent an intimation to the hon , gentleman a few weeks since , that his name had been inserted on a list of candidates , from whom tho members to represent the county in the next parliament would be selected . Mr . Sharman Crawford , however , has stated , in reply , that it is not his intention to offer himself to any constituency at the next election .
Tbb Rowr . DoBMJf Societt ' S annual exhibition of black cattle , sheep , swine , _ c ., was opened on Tuesday , and presented the largest and finest display of stock in tho several departments remembered on any similar occasion in Dublin . It is generally agreed that it is tbe best show of farm stock which the Society has had since its foundation . In the evening a meeting was held in the Board-room , at which his Excellency the Lord * Lieutenant , who was attended by one of his aidesde-camp , presided , when the prizes were awarded ; aud hi this arduous duty the fudges must have had a most difficult task , from the great number and excellence of materials on which they had to decide . After a short address from Professor Harrison to
his Excellency , complimentary of the interest which his Excellency bad taken in the Society , Lord Talbot deMalahide . moved the thanks of the Society to his Excellency , which having been enthusiast ! -, cally responded to , his Excellency made a suitable eloquent reply . The Society then adjourned to the Library to partake of refreshment , and soon after separated . Tux-Atm-pAPAi , Bill . —A . general meeting of the citizens of Dublin , of all religious denominations was held on Tuesday at Conciliation Hall-John Reynolds , Esq ., M . P ., in the chair—and a petition agreed upon to be presented to Parliament against the Ecclesiastical Titles bill . The Banner of Ulster , says;— " A correspondent , in the correctness of whose information we have the
utmost confidence , writes to us stating that , the celebrated ' Duncan Ghisholm' is at length * taken , and is now on his way back from America . * This , in some quarters , will be no very agreeable intelligence . " ¦ Emigration . —Our quays are daily thronged with persons belonging to the agricultural classes leaving for America . Within the last eight days the following vessels have departed from our ' quays : —The Dominua , & r Quebec , 150 passengers ; the Don , for JTew York , 1 G 0 passengers ; the Marchioness of Bute , for Quebec , 120 passengers ; the Lockwood ? , for New York , 280 passengers ; the Sarah , f « r Boston , 104 passengers ; the Sol way , for New York ,
196 passengers ; the Try Again , for Quebec , 130 passengers ; the Favourite , for Boston , 120 passengers ; the Clarinda , for New York , 100 passengers ; the Swift , for Boston , 120 passengers ; and Field Marshal Radetzky , for New York , eightyeight passengers ; Making hi all eleven vessels and 1 , 508 passengers , independent of the crowds who leave for Liverpool by the steamers . In addition to the above , 100 paupers , comfortably clad , arrived in this city from the Kenmare workhouse , and were put on board tho Hotspur , which is proceed to Quebec' This is the' second batch that has been sent out within the last month by the guardians of the above union . —Cork Reporter , '
'Cbhsus Op Hatipax.^-In Round Numbers, T...
' CbHSUS OP HAtiPAX . ^ -In round numbers , the population of thetownsbip of Halifax , as ascertained by the recent census , is 25 , 180 . In 1841 , it was 19 , 891 ; so that , in the ten years , the population has increased 5 , 299 . In 1841 , the population of the adjacent township of Skircoat numbered 5 , 201 ; this year , it is found to number 0 , 941 , an increase of 1 , 740 . ' This is after the rate of thirty-three per cent . ' ; whereas , in the township of Halifax , the increase has only been after the rate of twenty-six percent . . Photography . —Among other applications made of the photographic processes , some very satisfactory attempts have been made in this country to impress designs upon wood for the purposes of the engraver . By this means , the object will be . copied at once , on the block , and the labour of drawing avoided , ns the wood engraver can at once proceed with his work . ¦ •; .- :
The Nbmpivet Murder. -Exe Cht^^ 501w Wil...
THE NBMPiVET MURDER . -EXE CHt ^^ 501 W WILLS AND JOHN S ^' OJ These convicts were executed at ti , n r , Gaol , Taunton , on Wednesday roornin . . % o'clock , for the murder of William IV S' Wa man who kept a small shop for the saleTr ° H sions at Kempnct , Somersetshire , on H . « *»«« February . The chief evidence agifetf , £ h of was the aged wife of Wilkins , whowasll , P % beaten by them , and left for dead K „? V" * covered sufficiently to appear as a W . W . * ho
assizes . - " " «*« at tj , Both prisoners , in confessing their P „ -u acknowledging that both participated i , a & d lence , to the last moment declared that ! v e * ' <>• their intention to commit murder w v , en f w as n j to the house . Their object was only 1 , P * eat the formidable character of the weanm , T H ployed evinced a hardened recklessnea " l J C | a . Sonera , over since their condemnation he PH . tremely patient and attentive to the r ' li * ^^' structions of tbe chaplain , tho Uev J r- , ? 10 as hi » TllA timnnf . vrnniitinn !»« . [ L . _ '_ ' < lltDV
for eleven o ' otock , but it was subsequently $ ' % to nine o ' clock , which prevented soW ^ W b / age as has generall y congregated 0 «? 5 \ sions . Still there was a numerous : cULf * ° <* l of those present belonged to the m 3 e IVN life , and their demeanour was beoomin . m ^* « sion ; but there were not wanting those „ h ^ - ° ^ very gaze of death indulged in exoresrim , ! S , ft 8 ribald jests and profane * o .- . ths . ' t & ' / H too , there were spectators beyond the nil «* H as all tho convicted felons *{ £ " 'S f 0 fBcial » execution . paraaea to ie » ^ At daybreak in the morning the dmimmc the execution were comm enced bv fhn & tlOD 3 } o ? the drop-a work which oeeupied ^ ufff 1011 01 than an hour . Calcraft , the ewoi . Z ? ""^ firoilfhanHiMMAn . ,, ; . ! . * ' .. P . ut . ' ° ner . hurt ,.
, sheriff , and other faWionarirjiS , . - w ^ two prisoners walked with firm s / -n » l £ ITed t , » ward ofthe hospital , and theneeZ ,,, *** utli * signal being given , the bolt widn ™ . ^ Tk died apparently without a strueBte e metl After hanging the required time rtm . i ... were taken down and buri ^ w « Ka h - the gaol . ™™ lton «> e precuits of The prisoner Smith asserted , flurine l » Wfl ment , that he had given his wrong JSe ff fused to the last to diaetaA hiarkht one « * that he was respectably connected , and did m S 5 to expose his family to the reproach which 2 , follow the knowledge of their being the BtaSS a murderer . Wills has long heen known ia J , I character , having abandoned his wife and imht indulge in a loose life , and having been before enn victed of felony . m '
Suspected Murder By P01s0x, On Wednesday...
SUSPECTED MURDER BY P 01 S 0 X , On Wednesday Mr . II . M . Wakley , resumed at the Bee-Hive , Gray's Inn-road , an adjourned . ' in . quest on Marion Bartlett , agod forty-six , the Mik of the proprietor of the house , . Mr . F . Bnisiosaid , - tbat he resided in the Bee-Hive , of which he had been the proprietor , but soldit two montbsago to deceased ' shusband . At half-past eleven o ' clock , Sunday week night , witness and hij family returned home , and as they were going up stairs , they were called by deceased into the par . lour at the hack of the bar , where they found bee sitting very ill and vomiting . She said that she was in that state all day , and that she had breo poisoned , for her throat and stomach were burning . He asked her what she had taken ? She replied that she had taken nothing but the medicine which her husband gave her , and which she took tha whole week . Witness left her , expressing a hops mat ttie
ro was notning wrong , when she repeated her belief that she was poisoned . He did not see her afterwards until Thursday morning , the day of her death , when Mr . Bartlett called him up at half , past nine , when she was insensible , and apparently dying . She died at a quarter to nine that night in the presence of her husband , Mrs . Posset , and witness ' s wife . She was never seen by any friend after Sunday , although witness requested the bus . band to allow him to see her , which ho refused saying " she wished to . be to herself . " Deceased ) who was very ill tempered , lived on very had terms with her husbandi whom she accused with having squandered in two years £ 300 , her property . Her husband had been in the Coldstream Guards . Oa the Sunday that she was taken ill , and the following day , John Randell , a comrade of Mr , Bartlett , who served with him in America , was ia the house .
. Dr . James Daviss attended deceased on the day of her death . He only saw her once , and she was then dying . He made a post mortem examination . The stomach was considerably inflamed , and covered with red patches . The inflammation caused death . There were in the stomach four ounces of dark brown fluid , , which he tested for poison , and de . teeted arsenic , which produced tho inflammation , and that resulted in death . Dr . Whuam Daviss corroborated the above evidence , having assisted at the autopsy . Mr . Wimjam Bartlkit , deceased's husband , a fine , soldierly-looking man , said ' that On Sunday week , deceased was so violently attacked with the gout that she had to go to bed , from which she
never rose . She was yery ill , and vomited con stantly . She had heen many years ill . For the last four months she vomited very much off and on On Sunday week she complained of great thirst . He did not keep arsenic in the house , nor did heuss it in his business . Deceased never threatened suicide , nov had she lately quarrelled with anyone in the house . The last thing she said to him was , «* William , I am poisoned . " He replied " Nonsense . " She said " I have read in books and newspapers about persons who were poisoned , and I have tho same symptoms ; my throat and stomach are burning . " On Monday he called in Dr . Pearse , who said there was no danger ,- and that she would
get better . On Tuesday she got worse , and only had her senses off and on . Thursday morning Mr , Bristo advised him to call in another medical man , and he sent for Dr . Daviss . But she died that night . On the morning of her death her face was red and much swollen , and her lips were sticky . Deceased was very irritable , and had been with him in America , where ho served in the Coldstream Guards , and bad not long returned . He had been eleven years married . Randell had been a comrade of his in the Guards . He was in the house when deceassd was taken ill , and recommended witness to apply hot flannels to her stomach , lie had no reason to suspect that deceased and llandell quarrelled .
Mrs . Brkto , who corroborated her husband ' s testimony , added that after Sunday week she was not allowed to see deceased until the day of her death . She was told every day that deceased was better . When she saw her on Thursday she was delirious and speechless . She looked up at witness imploringly , as if anxious to speak . Witness v » as a stranger to deceased and her husband . Mr , Babtlbtt recalled . * Deceased was out oa Saturday . Ho called in no one to see her , as she wished to be alone . She had no property , nor had she any when he married her . He belonged to no burial club . This ( producing a broken medicine bottle ) was the bottle out of which he gave docensed hermedieine . .
The Coroner ordered the summoning officer to search the premises very minutely , and to inquire at aU the savgeona and chemists in the neighbourhood respecting the purchase of tho arsenic , and adjourned the inquest . '
Shipwreck And Loss Ov Live,—On Sunday W™...
Shipwreck and Loss ov Live , —On Sunday W ™> last , the cutter Peggy , Kettle , which left Harwich on the 10 th instant with a load of cement for Jersey , struck on the Grandes Grunes rocks , in face oi St . Brelade ' s Bay , and immediately sank . Thecrew escaped to ^ the shore ; but the catastrophe caused a melancholy loss of life on Tuesday morning , ffhen , it appears , six bands went off in a boat to the wreck . They had made fast to the mast of the Peggy , and while one of them , Geor ; e Matthews , was on the cross-trees , trying to save part of her spars and rigging , the vessel siipp ^ and suddenly sank in deep water , dragging the boat down with her . In about a quarter of an hour the boat ' s painter broke , and she rose bottom
upwards-The hands m the meantime were clinging w a spar . One of them , " Benjamin Pounds , sucoee dea in getting on the keel of tho boat , and had WW him one oar . In this distressing situation they endeavoured to attract the attention ofthe nuw packet , which was passing by at the time , but ow not succeed . Before the boat drifted out of sigh '* the unfortuate men were seen to drop one by one from the spar ; and sank to rise no more , nw boat struck against a rock , when Pounds leapw out , pulled her on the rock , and then baled her out with his cap , and , aided by his single oar , reaonea Gorey , after three hours' exertion and expos « f » very much exhausted . He was brought to town » a cart , by a brewer in the employ of Mr . De *•* Taste . He has since recovered . The names of W » men lost were—Joaenh Georee Matthews , Jo «
Taylor , Joseph French , Richard Richmond , . Henry Curl . The first two were part of the crew of t « ° Peggy at the time of her wreck , and had gone on in the hope of recovering their effects . John Taylor was a widower , and has left two children . Toe others were single men . —Jtrsey Times . Pboposbp Ifsw IfATlftMI Calibre—We believe we aro not revealing a state secret when we announce that Her Majesty has been pleased to is ^ e a commission for the purpose of submitting sontf distinct . estimates and plans for a new Nationa Gallery . The commission includes Sir Ch »» ' Easilafce , Sir Richard Wcstmacott , and Mr . Ew »» and the Queen has offered a plCCQ of ground ' Kensington Gardens , north of the palace , shoul . the commissioners be of opinion that Kensington i thebest locality . -for the due exhibition and presci vatibn of the national pictures , —4 < Aenceum . _
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 26, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26041851/page/6/
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