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THE NORTHERN STAR. October 26, 185q
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The Northern Star. October 26, 185q
THE NORTHERN STAR . October 26 , 185 q
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Health of Loxnos Dgrixg tbe Week . —Th » reurn for the week ending last Saturday shows that the deaths registered in the metropolitan districts amounted to SGO . a number , which though it indicates a slight increase of mortality on ihe previous week , when it was 839 , is still less than the weekly average to the extent of 125 deaths ; tho average ieing derived from the deaths of ten corresponding weeks in lSiO-9 , and raised in the ratio of increased population . By means of a comparative statement of the SGO deaths , according to the differen t ages at which they occurred , it may again be shown as in the preceding week that an improved state of health exists among the voung . but that the middle aged part of the population begin to suffer more . rate
while the aged die exactly at the average or mortality . The aggregate result ; of zymotic or epidemic diseases is still favourabl e as comparea with that of previous years , the deaths in this class having been 193 last week , while the corrected average ia 256 . The decrease is observed pnwapallvfn small-pox and measles , 5 children , bavins & ed from the former aud 16 from the {*««• « g died from scarlatina , the average of which amounts to 51 , bat It is swelled chiefly by the unusual mortalitvof tho same week in ISIS , when the deaths from scarlatina were 147 . Diarrhoaa continues to decline , thoug h the fatal cases are still rather more numerous than usual at this period of the year . Typhus maintains the mortality which was obthe victims of fe
served in the last return ; ver number 54 . Lost week 4 deaths were recorded from eholera . The births of 734 boys and 754 girls , in all 1 , 502 children , were registered in the week . At the Soyal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean heig ht of the barometer was above 30 in . on Sunday ; the mean of the week was 29 , 943 . The mean temperature of the week was 49 degs ., the same as in the previous week , and nearly equal to tbe average of the same week in 7 years . But on Sunday and Monday the mean temperature was 7 degs . and 4 degs . respectively below tho average of corresponding days , whereas on Friday and Saturday it was about 6 degs . above it . The wind generally blew from the south-west .
Threaiekeu Fall of ax arch at tub Southeastern Railway Terminus . —On Saturday morning last an accident of rather a singular character , which terrified a great number of persons , occurred at ihs South-Eastem Bailway Terminus , Londonbridge . It appears that about two or three years since one of Warren ' s patent iron span arches was thrown over Joiner-street , Tooley-street , Southwark , in order to afford accommodation to the increasing number of persons travelling by the railway . The span , which was probably sixty feet wide , was supported by a number of iron chains similar to those used at the suspension bridges . From the time the structure was completed up to Saturday last not the least deflection was perceptible in any part ,
bat daring the past week or so , in order to afford space for stacking the bricks used for building the arcade leading to the entrance to the station , some tons of brickwork have been placed on the roof of the arch . This seems to have been a greater dead weight than the arch was intended to bear , for all of a sudden on Saturday morning , and whilst a number of pedestrians and several vehicles were passing under the span , a report similar to the discharge of a heavy piece of cannon occurred . In an instant the parties underneath made the best of their wav out , but many were so frightened that they did
not stop running until they reached the end of the street , no doubt expecting that the arch was about to fall . It was soon ascertained that the immense weight of bricks on the arch had caused some of the cross stays to split asunder , and for some time the entire demolition of the whole was expected . A number of men were quickly set to work , and having plased shoring poles under the arch , the dead weight was taken from the top ; but so dangerous was the arch considered , that it was found necessary to stop up the entire thoroughfare , and neither passengers on foot or in vehicles have since been allowed to pass through the street .
The Middlesex Magistrates a > t > Medical "Witnesses at Coboxers' Inquests . —On Monday evening Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Three Pigeons and Star , Hatfield-street , Goswell-street , St . Luke ' s , on view of the body of Ellen Stamp , three months old . It appeared that the mother of the deceased , who is in poor circumstances , living at No . 12 , Green Arbour-court , adjoining , was in the habit of leaving her , when she went to her employment , with a female , and that she , deceased , slept with her at night . On the morning of the 18 th inst ., deceased was found apparently dead by the side of her mother , who immediately got up and alarmed the female who had the care of it in the course of the day . The mother gave her child to her-and went to
Mr . Powell , the parish surgeon , Cmswell-street . He , however , did not attend . —The foreman inquired if Mr . Powell was present ?—Mr . Gardner , the summoning officer , replied that he was not . He had not summoned him as he knew he would have demanded his fee , a guinea , and he was not going to take the responsibility on himself of bringing him before a jury as a medical witness . He believed some medical gentlemen would not attend to cases , because they would not be called to tbe coroners' inquest . —The foreman observed , that he was the paid officer of the parish , and ought to attend to give to the jury information as to the cause of death . —The coroner remarked that the Middlesex magistrates were desirous to cut down the expenses in every
possible way , and that they endeavoured to do so m respect to medical witnesses at coroner ' s inquests . He thought that it would be found not to be a prudent course . He was at an inquest a few days ago , where the evidence showed that a woman had drowned herself . It was stated that when she was taken out it was thought she would have recovered , had she received medical aid , but that , though some surgeons were sent to , ail sent excuses . He was told that it was on account of not receiving their fees after having for two or three hours been attempting to restore animation , that they did not attend the case . —The foreman stated that he was at an inquest a saort'time since upon the death of a child who bad a fall . Bef-re the child ' s death the mother called upon a medical man , who did not attend , and the child died . The jury , in that case , for want of medical evidence , returned a verdict , " That the deceased was found dead ,
hut there was not sufficient evidence to show the cause of death . " —The coroner said he did not know how far in this case the law extended to compel the attendance of the surgeon , he being a paid officer . Medical gentlemen were not required otherwise to attend , unless they were summoned . It was only in the course of the last week that he was told that medical gentlemen would certify in every case if they were not to be called upon coroner ' s inquests . —Rhoda Stamp , the mother , being recalled , said , that when she called at Mr . Powell's shop , she saw Mrs . Powell , who observed that it was of no use Mr . Powell calling to see the child if it was dead . — Coroner : It was quite clear that the body should have been seen by some surgeon . In the absence of medical evidence he would recommend the jury to return a verdict of "Found dead . " — Verdict " * ' That the deceased was found q " ead , and that there vtsii not sufficient evidence to show by what means the death was caused . "
Suicide of a Yovso Thief is the House of DmsTiou . —On Tuesday morning an inquest was held at the House of Detention , Clerkenwell , before Mr . Wakley , jun ., deputy coroner , on the body of George Baker , a boy , aged 15 , who was committed for trial at the Middlesex Sessions , for picking the pocket of a solicitor , named Bell , and who on Sunday evening last committed selfdestruction , by hanging himself in his tell . The inquiry occasioned some interest , this being the third " suicide committed in this prison by precisely the same means . The jury having viewed the body , which presented the appearance of a person who had died a natural death , the coroner proceeded to take the evidence of the witnesses ,
Lieutenant Kill , the governor , aud Wardens Cooper and Joliffe . It appeared from their testi-; mony that the boy was admitted on the 17 ih inst ., ¦ under a commitment from Clerkenwell police court , : and always appeared to be in spirits , of a cheerful ^ disposition , and very active , frequently at his own : request assisting to clean . He assisted to sweep on Sunday , and on that day he attended the i chapel twice , and at half-past five his supper I ( his" food was supplied by his friends ) was served i to hira . lie at that time appuared as cheerful as i ever . He returned his knife to the officer without Ibeinmasked for it ; aud at five minutes to six , on i the offieer going to the cell , to see that the prisscaer had got his bed ready , six o ' clock being
1 bedtime , he found him hanging by the neck from Ube iron grating of the ventilator , having converted ihis neck-handkerchief and pocket-handkerchief rinto a rope . It is supposed that , having fixed the « rope in iae grating and round his neck , he threw ! himself from the cell table , and the placidity of 1 his countenance is accounted for by the supposition i that tbe fall was so violent that death was instanmneous , aud that he died without a straggle . He - ¦ wns instantly cat down , and medical attendance 1 procured ; but he -was quite dead , though , by tbe < direction of the governor , every exertion to restore . - animation , was made . The deceased had r . ever < complained of his treatment in the prison , nor of being suijcarea to solitary-. confinement . His
i mother stated that tbe deceased had been com p eted ¦ vsuramari-y of poc & et picking four times , and ho npi pe-ircd to fear that he would he transported , and i'di-aired her to get counsel for him if she possibly < cont ' d . Nobody ever entertained the least idea that 1 he would destroy himself , or that he was ot unbound irind . He bad been brought to run by bad « companion * , but to her he had always been a cood tbiv . never cueatin ? or robbing her of a farthing , Iba ' t cheerfutfv giving her all Lis wages when t . e I bad a place as an errand boy . He had mada up j his mind t > go to sea , whea out of the trouble 1 e iwas in , but would not be bound to any tra b- . 1 lie lived nt 3 To . . 5 , Wells street , Cripplegafe .. T : e e ' eo'oner , in suauning up ; " remarked upon th o very
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imperfect manner in which non-me dical witnesses could judge of a person's sanity , and recommended the jury not to return a verdict of feZo de sc , though the OTidence appeared to show that the deceased was-quite sane , tat . to return an open verdict that there was no evidence upon which they could positively judge of his state of mind . He then ssM that since he had the honour to bo deputy coroner he had held three inquests in this prison and three in the Model Prison , in both of which the solitary system was acted upon , upon prisoners who had committed suicide , whilst not one such inquest had been holderi in the House of Correction , where the solitary system was not observed . This was an extraordinary fact , which supported his opinion that solitary confinement tended to
pro-| duce insanity by acting on the nerves and the brain . It was a singular circumstance , that all the suicides in this prison were committed in the same manner : but ho must say , that where a person was disposed and determined to commit suicide , he would do so in spite of every precaution . The jury , through the foreman , said they found that deceased destroyed hiinsolf in a fit of . temporary insanity , and that there was no evidence to show his state of mind . The deputy coroner reminded them that there was a slight inconsistency in that verdict ; after another consultation , a verdict of temporary insanity was returned . The coroner and jury were informed that the visiting justices had directed the ventilator gratings to be covered with perforated zinc , and several , which had been already donewere inspected .
, Death : of ait oroiExr Cnossixo Sweepeh . —On Wednesday Mr . H . M . Wakley , the deputy coroner held an inquest at . the Marylebone workhouse on the body of Andre wKiJey , an aged crossing sweeper , who had for many years officiated at the corner of Baker-street , Portman-square , and whose ready wit and quaint replies had gained him many friends amongst the residents of the neighbourhood . It appeared that on tbe previous Thursday , whilst pursuing his avocations , he was knocked down by a fourwheeled cab , and sustained injuries which in the end proved fatal . The deceased was in the habit of saying that he had fought under his Majesty in the
Rebellion of ' 92 , and since then in the Peninsula , and had often come across Master " Boney , " whom he described as a " rare ' cute , but slippery customer . " He had succeeded , in his crossing , an old gentleman who had amassed a large fortune . Riley himself resided at a lodging-house in Henriettastreet , Manchester-square , where he occupied the best apartments . He frequently boasted of his wealth , and was wont upon grand occasions to regale his comrades with the best of everything . He is stated to have paid a heavy sum for the goodwill of the crossing , which , however , amply remunerated him for his outlay . The verdict was " Accidental death . "
Fatal Accident at the South-Western Railway Terminus . —At the Waterloo-road station on Wednesday , a number of men were making ready the five p . m . train for Southampton , when Thomas Martin , one of the porters , made an attempt to cross through a vacancy between a number of carriages . Unfortunately , at that instant six or seven men pushed a number of carriages forward with such violence as to force the poor fellow against the buffers both back and front . The unfortunate man uttered a faint shriek , and fell across the metals of the line , and the carriages having boen detached , Martin was extricated , but quite insensible . He was immediately placed in a cab and removed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where he died soon after his admission .
Accident in OxFono-sauAitE . —On Monday morning an accident , nigh attended with sacrifice of life , occurred in Oxford-square , For some months past , Mr . Bull , butcher , near Hyde-park-square , has had an extraordinary fast trotting horse , quite blind , which he has used in his business , and which has obtained great notoriety in the locality from his having done seventeen miles within the hour . On the above morning the animal , which was in a light cart , with two men sitting in it , suddenly took fright near Mr . Bull ' s door , and notwithstanding the united exertions of both the men to pull him up , he continued his mad career until he turned the corner of Oxford-square , when he got on the pavement , and knocked down a man and two boys , who were passing , but who luckily
escaped with some trifling bruises . On reaching Mr . Prescott ' s house one of the wheels came in violent contact with the iron railings in front of the house , which threw the animal down , and the two men in the cart were pitched out on to the pavement a considerable distance , and were picked up in an insensible state . After the horse fell , he began to kick and plunge in a dreadful manner , overturned the cart , and before any person could arrest his progress , he succeeded in breaking away the massive iron railings to the extent of six feet , and having disengaged himself from the broken shafts he fell through the opening into the area , a depth of ten feet , and broke his back . After being killed the body was got up by means of ropes . The two men have received considerable injuries , hut they are not likely to be fatal .
Fire near Oxford-Street . —On Sunday evening the nei g hbourhood of Dean-street , Oxford-street , was thrown into a state of great confusion owing to a fire of a very serious character breaking out in the premises occupied by Mr . Sapwell , a grocer , & c ., carrying on business at 2 fo . 86 , in the above-mentioned thoroughfare . The engines were soon on the spot , but the flames were not extinguished until a serious destruction of property had taken place . The houses adjoining fortunately received but trifling damage . Fire is Bermondset . —On Saturday evening a very destructive fire occurred upon the premises belonging to Mr . Bennington , a painter and grainer , No . 5 , Grange-place , Grange-road , Bermondsey , within a short distance of the scene of the disastrous conflagration which happened on Thursday last . The flames originated thus : —Mr . Bennington was
engaged in preparing some varnish , when he accidentally let a lighted candle' fall into the liquid . The firemen hastened to the spot , and no doubtcouldhave extinguished the flames before they had extended beyond the kitchen if they could only have obtained a supply of water . Unfortunately one hour and twenty minutes elapsed before a drop of water could be obtained from tbe mains running through the district . Mr . Bennington ' s premises , his furniture , stock in trade , and wearing apparel , were totally consumed . Tbe sufferer was not insured for a single farthing ; his family , who a few hours previously were in comparatively affluent circumstances , have been reduced to a state of utter destitution , Mr . Braidwood in his official report returns the building destroyed for want of water , and No . 8 , belonging to Mr . Harrison , and No . 4 , occupied by Mr . Seotfc ( both adjoining , ) injured by fire and
removal . Alarming Fires and Prodable Loss of Life . — On Tuesday morning a serious fire broke out in the residence of Mrs . Bridgett , No . 3 , Great Coramstreet , Russell-square . It commenced in the front drawing-room , and was occasioned by the intense heat of a register stove . The flames could not be extinguished until considerable damage had been done to tbe building and its contents , including a great many valuable pictures , costly plate glass , & c . —About three hours later a fire , which was nearly attended with fatal results , happened at 34 , Devonshire-street , Commercial-road East . It was extinguished , but not until some furniture was destroyed and the premises severely burned . —Shortly before neon on Monday a fire happened at No , 41 , Union-street , Middlesex Hospital . A child between seven and eight months old was so badly burned that its recovery is almost hopeless .
Fires . —On Wednesday morning , between twelve and one o ' clock , an alarming fire broke out in the extensive warehouse of Mr . Jonas Defries , of No . 147 , Houndsditch , lamp manufacturer , & e . The fire was discovered by the police , the flames bursting through the shutters . In consequence of the extent of the premises considerable alarm was felt , and the fire , which is supposed to have been occasioned by an escape of gas , was not extinguished until considerable damage had been done . The premises are insured in the Phoenix , London , and Legal Fire Offices . —Another fire broke out on the premises of Mr . Reynolds , builder , & c , 5 , Queen ' srow , Mile-end , and the workshops were consumed . The property is insured . Tho five is supposed lo have been occasioned by a spark irom a candle falling amongst some shavings .
Mutider in St . Pakcaas . —While on duly on Monday morning , police constable , 288 , discovered , at six o ' clock , within the enclosureof Euston-squarc , the body of a fine female infant , wrapped in a towel , having another towel tightly fastened round her nee !; , apparently for the purpose of causing strangulation . The constable instantly conveyed the body to the workhouse , where it was examined by Dr . Robinson , the house physician , who gave it as his opinion that deceased had been strangled . Seiztjiie of a > t Illicit Distillery . —In consequence of information received by Messrs . Benjamin Elm . and Frederick Pargeter , detective officers of inland revenue , on Saturday last they proceeded to a house in Salamanca-street , Limbeth , near to the South Western Bailway , which had the appearance externally of a wholesale glass bottle warehouse .
They knocked for admission , but no answer was returned , and in consequence they procured a ladder , and got in at . the first-floor window . In a back room they discovered that a still had been erected , but had been very recently removed , the worm tub being left behind , and the water in it was quite warm . 'fir re was , besides , all the necessary iron work for the fitting of the still . From other appearances there could be no doubt whatever that the still had been very hastily removed . They pursued their search , and m a dark recess in the cellar they discovered a great quantity of illicitly manufactured spirits , of the usual siiength , with about 150 gallons of molasses , fermented wash , and all the apparatus for carrving on a very extensive trade . In a room on the ground floor also they found a large pan of spirit * prepared , ready for bottling . The whole plant appeared as if it had existed for a con idjr . ble time , and must have derau ded the revenue of , duty t < r Ihe ' ambunt of several
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thousand of pounds . Considerable expense sndj ingenuitybad been displayed , 'with a view of avoiding detection , as pipes were passed through every room in the premises , and directly communicating with the common sewers , for the discharge of the waste wash , so as completely to prevent the weH-known odour arising from illicit distillation from ever being detect * by any one passing by . The bottle trade afforded a very satisfactory screen to their real employment ; for , when large hampers were frequently sent from the premises , no suspicion was excited , as they were looked upon as some packages of empty bottles , instead of which they were filled with the contraband article . The seizure wai conveyed to thel nland Revenue Warehouses , in Old Broad-street .
A Lunatic Ball . —On the 18 th instant , being St . Luke ' s day , the entertainment of dancing and singing was afforded to a large number of the unhappy inmates of St . Luke ' s Hospital , under circumstances of peculiar interest . It was tho first occasion of this kind which has taken place at St . Luke ' s , and from the successful issue * of the undertaking it may be expected to be repeated . It appears that under the judicious management of the resident officers , acting with the sanction of the house committee , and upon the suggestion of the physicians of the hospital , between sixty and seventy of the patients , men and women , were assembled at six o clock in tho evening in the great hall in the centre of the building , and music being provided .
they were quickly arranged iu their places for the old English country dance . This , with appropriate changes , was kept up with great spirit until nine o ' clock , when all retired peaceably and cheerfully to their respective apartments . The officers of the establishment , with such nurses and attendants as could be spared from the galleries , joined merrily in the dance . By this means the confidence of the patients was secured , and they showed themselves grateful for the enjoyment afforded them , by entering into the amusement without levity or boisterous conduct of any kind . The vigilant eye of the matron rested anxiously upon the women , many of whom had been but recently admitted in an apparently hopeless state of lunacy , and the experiment was upon the whole the more important iu the case of this hospital , it being well known to receive within its walls the most violent cases of acute mania , and to retain them only until cured , or until , after a
twelvemonths' trial , the disease appears beyond human power to relieve . There are at present 190 patients in the hospital—ninety-one men and 105 women . The average cures during the last year was sixty and half per cent ., being a considerable improvement upon former years . The Election of a President of tho Ropal Academy , in the room of the late Sir Martin Archer Shee , is to take place early in November . Rumour states that the academicians are very much divided iu their choice , and that there is consequently likely to be a sharp contest . _ Strike of the Smiths . —On Tuesday morning , at eight o ' clock , a number of the smiths employed on the building for the Exhibition in Hyde Park struck for an advance of wages from 4 s . to 5 s .. per day . Fresh hands were taken on , and there was an attempt made to intimidate them , but the police soonrestored order .
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The MuanER at Brentwood . —Funeral of the Murdered Woman . —The funeral of Jael Denny , the victim of the above horrible tragedj , took place on Saturday afternoon last , in the churchyard of the village of Doddinghursfc , distant about two miles and a half from the cottage in which the deceased's parents reside . The ceremony was conducted in the most private manner possible . About three o ' clock a one-horse hearse of tho commonest description received the pauper coffin in which the body had been deposited , and immediately afterwards moved off towards Doddinghurst , followed by the aged father and mother , a sister of the deceased , and two or three neighbours . As the mourners walked the
funeral carriage was compelled to proceed at a very slow pace , and it was four o clock before it arrived at tbe church . Hero a small knot of villagers had assembled to witness the ceremony , but there was no indication of vulgar curiosity on the part of any person present . On the contrary , all the spectators seemed deeply impressed with the melancholy occasion . The coffin having been removed from the hearse , was conveyed into the church on the shoulders of four young men , preceded by the vicar , the Rev . W . Manley , reading a portion of the funeral service . The coffin having been placed on tressels in the centre isle , the usual prayers were read over the body , after which the procession returned into the churchyard , in a retired corner of which tlio
coffin was lowered into a grave about five feet deep . The ' friends of the deceased , especially her sister , as well as most of the bystanders , were painfully affected , and the scene altogether was of a very melancholy character . Among the parties present in the churchyard was Mr . Cumbers , tho present employer of Lust , who attended as a mark of respect to his servant . An eye-witness states that a more distressing group than the family presented on this occasion it would certainly be difficult to conceive . The . father-in-law is nearly seventy years of ago , and the mother is more than sixty . All their means of living is derivable from the scanty wages of the old man , as a labourer on the farm of Mr . Cumbers , who took Lust into his employ when he was
discharged a few weekssince by Mr . Drory , sen . Mrs . Lust is a woman of tolerable education , and has brought up a family of eight children , of whom Ihe deceased was the youngest . Lust had also eight children when he married Mrs . Denny , some years since , but both families are now grown up , and the deceased was the only child who resided with her parents . The poor old couple are , in trutb ^ very worthy objects of sympathy , and if any charitably disposed parties should feel inclined to extend to them a little temporal relief in tho hour of their affliction , Mr . llammond has consented to receive subscriptions addressed to him at the Brentwood Post-office , and to see tho funds applied for their benefit .
Fatal Accident . —On tbe 18 th inst ., two youths , sons of William Howard , Esq ., of Tory-bridgehouse , near New-cross , Deptford , were amusing themselves rowing in a small wherry on the Thames , when off Bugsby-hole the swell raised by several steamers passing swamped the boat . Ono of the young gentleman was rescued by a lighterman , but the other , a fine youth , aged sixteen , was drowned . The Murderous Attack at Bath . —The perpetrator of the assault committed upon the landlord and landlady of tbe . Queen-square tavern , Bath , was on the 18 th inst ., brought before the mayor at the Guildhall . Not only the magistrates ' -room ,
but the High-street , was crowded . Mrs . Coplestono , though very weak from loss of blood , was able to attend the inquiry . She described the nature of the attack as already reported . Mr . Gore , surgeon , described the alarming state in which he found Mr . Coplestone . On Saturday morning last , however , he found him going on well , and there was no immediate danger . It would , however , be a week or ten days at least before he would bo able to appear in court . His worship , accordingly , remanded the prisoner for a week . Wallis bowed politely to the bench , and was then removed in custody of the police , He made no observation to the magistrates , but wc understand that he affirms he was first attacked by the landlord .
The Liverpool Plate Robbery . —Tho prisoners Sirrell and Macauley were formally committed to take their trial at the next Liverpool assizes , by the Kirkdale magistrates , on tho 18 th inst . Nothing further transpired , and the London officers returned to town by the eleven o ' clock train , taking with them , the packages of plate and jewellery which they had brought down for identification . A list , descriptive of the various articles remains in Liverpool ; but no additional claims have yet been made , although several persons have visited the policeoffice in the hope of finding some of thoir lost treasures amongst the property seized at the house of Sirrell . Tho police authorities are in communication with Captain Brown , of the Dublin
constabulary , and that gentleman has just forwarded a description of plate stolen in Ireland , which , it is thought , will correspond with somo found in Sirrell ' s shop . Since the examination on the previous Tuesday , Sirrell has been very low in spirits , and has frequently been heard to say that he wished himself dead , or shot . He appears much concerned at the cases in London and other places , which it is stated are in course of preparation against him . It is said that Maguire , who was released from custody on Friday morning , entertained a number of his particular friends at his house in School-lane in the evening . It seems that , a day or two before the an est of Sirrell in London , Macauley and Maguire were drinking together in a public-house in the
vicinity of Paradise-street . It was in tho evening , a short time before the London post closed . A man who acts as a private watchman in the district entered the house for tho purpose of refreshing himself , while the prisoners happened to be there . One of them accosted the unrecognised guardian of the night . " Holloa ! what ' s your name ! Come here ; I ' vo not seen you for years . Take these letters for me to the Post-office , and when you come back I'll treat you to some ale . " " Let me have the ale first , " said the wily incognito , " and I will execute your bidding after . " lie drank the ale and proceeded on his way , but , instead of directing his Postofficehe
steps to the - , pointed them in the direction of tho police office . When it was known from whom the letters proceeded , they were opened and copies taken , but they were not desuatohod by the same nig ht ' s post—a fact of which Mr . Lewis , Sirrell ' s attorney , was evidently i gnorant on Tuesday when addressing the magistrates , for ho was unable to reconcile the discrepancy in the date of tho letter and tbe date of the Post-office mark In a word , he know nothing of the circumstances which led to his client ' s apprehension . The letter of Macauley gave the clue to all that followed—to the forvfiirdmg-of the parcel , the arrest of Sirrell ;
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and all " tho facts , with . which .. thG . public , aro . familiar . —Application was made on Tuesday to Lord Chief Justice Jet-vis , at Judges' Chambers ; to admit Sirrell ; the silversmith ; to bail . j . which the learned judge consented todoi fixing the amount at £ 3 , 000 for . SirreJl ' s ' recognizance , . ihd four , sureties in £ 1 , 000 each ; notice to be given to' the prosecutors of the day when the prisoner is to be brought up so as to give them an , opportunity of objecting to the bail . ' ' " Alleged Dkatit of a Seaman' through the Cruelty of a ¦ Captain , —On Monday , an inquest was held before Mr . Curry , coroner for Liverpool , on tho body of Henry Warden , a seaman , twentyfive years of age , whose death it . was alleged had
been accelerated through the cruelty of a captain . The ship ' s name is the Maid of tho Mill , and the party accused ; Captain Alexander Wilson , was in attendance . The first witness called was Mary Warden , the mother of the deceased . She stated that the vessel had arrived in Liverpool on the previous Tuesday . She learned that her son had been ill , and taken to the Northern Hospital . She visited him there on Thursday , when he told her that ; ho had been both starved and ill-used on board . He had been ill below , when the captain ordered him up , and on deceased telling him that he could not move as he had scurvy in his feet , he then threw two'buckets of water over him in his berth . ' He was so chilled that he could scarcely move , and had to . crawl on his hands and knees
to the windlass . He . ahjo stated that he was glad to get hold of bits of bone to pick . On the next morning ( Friday ) the deceased died . —Samuel Whitley , a servant at the hospital , himself formerly a mariner , deposed to deceased making similar dying declarations . —John Wilson , who was mate of the brig Maid of the Mill , was then sworn . He said they sailed from Valparaiso in July , last for Liverpool . The deceased was then quite well . The seeond day after they had been at sea , he complained of rheumatic or scurvy pains . He went below , and was not troubled by any one to come on neck for . three or four days , The captain then went forward below , and directly after the ^ deceascd came on deck . He came to the helm and remained there for two or three hours . For the next ten or
twelve days the deceased did not come on deck . Witness went down every two or three days to see him . He complained of rheumatic pains . . At the end of that time the crew complained to him ( the mate ) that he was skulking . This was reported to the master , who went down , and an order came up to send down two buckets of cold water . This the captain threw over the deceased as he lay in bed . Jlecame , on deck shivering with cold , and went aft to the wheel , where he remained three or four hours . Two days after the captain took him out of the forecastle , placed him in the half deck , and put him on short allowance . "Shoi't
allowance" means tea , coffee , soup , ' and everything which the men have except pork and beef . In fact , it was questionable whether meat was good for him ; the men reported to witness that he was labouring under a certain disease . Witness considered at first that he was skulking . AH the men thought so too , and had signed the log to that effect , Never knew tho captain ill-treat him further than had been described . —Mr . Wall , surgeon to the Northern Hospital , deposed that tbe deceased had died from dropsy , and there was no reason to suppose that it had been set up by other than natural causes .
Charge of Shooting . —At tho Liverpool police court , on Saturday last , Mr . John Kilshaw , son of the late Mr , Councillor Kilshaw , and who appeared , recently , at the assizes as the prosecutor'ih a case in which two policemen were charged- with an ; assault , was placed in the dock , charged with shooting at a Mr . Forster on the 13 th inst . Mr . Joseph Foster , , who said he was an engineer , stated , that on the evening of the 13 th inst ., he went to the sign of the Globe , Lawrence-street , to see tho landlord , who was not at home at the time . He stopped , on tho invitation of the landlady , and had a hand at cards . In tho meantime Kilshaw Came in and used very bad language to him . He asked for an explanation , and a quarrel ensued between them .
Witness after ran into the street , and was followed by the prisoner . He was told by a butcher that the prisoner had a knife or something of the kind in his hand , and he ran away , but had not gone a dozen yards when he was shot in the back . The ball penetrated his clothes and scarred the bone of his back . The statement of Forster was corroborated by two females , who stated that they were in the street when the pistol was fired . For the defence , it was stated that the complainant was a fighting character , that he had made a most savage assault upon Kilshaw , and was waiting in the street for the purpose of renewing tho attack when Kilshaw went out . The prisoner was committed to take his trial .
Destructive Fire in Oxfordshire . —About the middle of the day on Friday tho 18 th inst ., a fire , most destructive in its consequences , broke out in the populous village of Bloxham , three miles from Banbury , on tho road leading to Chipping Norton . It commenced in a straw-stack in the rick-yard of Mr . Thomas Gulliver , ono of the largest farmers in tho county of Oxford . There were sixteen or seventeen large corn-stacks in the same enclosure , but the wind blowing from the north-west , and they standing on that side of the slack in which the flames first appeared , the fire was blown away from them and thoy were sayed , only one of them receiving slig ht damage . The buildings of the homestead were in close contiguity with the straw
stack , and they were immediately in flames . -They were all thatched , and in a few minutes were on fire over their whole extent , which was unusually great . Tho only portion of the buildings saved was that part of the dwelling-house which had a slated roof . Tho barns and various out-buildings contained a large amount of property , principally in corn and wool . Of the latter there were twelve or thirteen years' clip , said to be worth more that £ 2 , 000 . . The quantity of corn was . also very considerable . The household furniture was mostly saved , but the implements were burnt . A large malt-house , nearly adjoining Mr . Gulliver ' s premises , and belonging to Mr . Willetts , also ignited , and , with its contents , was totally destroyed . Mr .
Gulliver ' s premises stands upon a considerable elevation , and when the fire was at its greatest height . flakes of burning thatch were flying over the lower part of the village , the houses in which are nearly all thatched . The consequence was that a house 300 or 400 yards from the scene of the first fire ignited , and upon that spot two cottages were speedily destroyed , the inmates having barely time to remove their little stock of furniture . While this was going on , ono of a row of houses standing by the side of the public road , and about 300 yards from Mr . Gulliver ' s , took fire , and the flames spread rapidly along the row . Hero six or seven houses were totally destroyed , including that of ono of tho clergymen of the place . The flames
were stopped in their devouring course only by the exertions of forty or fifty workmen employed by Messrs . Cubitt of London , in rebuilding Wiokhamhouse , about a mile and a half from Bloxham , who , on hearing the alarm , set off with their saws and axes , and , getting ladders , unroofed the house of Mr . R . Potter , and cut off the communication with the village on that side . The furniture from these houses was , by dint of very great exertions , mostly removed , aa was also a largo quantity of wool which was stored in Mr . Potter ' s barn . Other premises were fired from the falling flakes from Mr . Gulliver ' s premises , but , assistance being at hand , they were easily preserved . Tho engines from Banbury and Adderbury soon arrived , and
were promptly sot to work , but the supply of water soon failed , and tho nearest spot from which a further supply could be obtained was the stream running through tbe valley which divides the village into two parts . This rendered it necessary to form long lines of persons to convey the water , and it was with difficulty those lines could be maintained , even for a short time . Most of the able-bodied portion of the labouring class did what little they did very reluctantly , asking who was to pay thein , and being more anxious to get drink ( which some of them did to excess ) than to aid in putting out tho fire or rescuing the property ; at length they refused to do anything . Tho farmers
in the place seemed to have vory little influence over them . The women , of all degrees , even to tho young ladies in Mrs . Trevethick ' s boardingschool , rendered all tho aid thoy could give in handing tho empty buckets . Tho greater part of tho furniture in tho houses must have been consumed but for tho inviduable exertions of a little knot of athletic and courageous young men from Banbury , who , at all risks to their lives , devoted themselves to removing the properly . Any attempt to save tho houses was hopeless . Nothing is known with certainty as to the origin of the fire , but there aro reasons for suspecting it to have heen a wilful net . Tho property is mostly , if not wholly , insured .
Tub Hkhden-bridob Murder , —This horrid deed remains involved ¦ in mystery . The brothers of llelliwell , tho man first apprehended , and on . whom suspicion was cast by what mi ght have been merely an incautious and foolish remark of his wife , having been examined to see if any wounds were on their hands , have been set at liberty , there being nothing to warrant their detention . One of the brothers was in such a state of intoxication , and bis answers to tho magistrates were so incoherent , that nothing satisfactory could bo made of him . Green also another suspected person , after a further
examination before the magistrates , has been set at liberty and it is said by those who first examined the tollbar-keoper ' s bed after his murder , that there was an appearance m tho clothes of some ono else having slept by his side , a clear ridge of the impressed bed clothes being observabl e between the place whore ho seemed to have slept and the place where the second person had been . The circumstance has opened up a now field of speculation on this painful subject . The government have offered a reward of £ 100 to the discoverer of tho murderer , m addition to the £ 20 , offered by th ' e' trustees of the
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. turnpike ,.,. with ajreo ... pardonjp ^ any , . , accomplice whoso hands are not stained with the factual crime , i Outrageous AssAULTS .- ^ LivERPOOJ . ^ Monday . — On Saturday evening two ' ruffians named' Perkins and Davis , and an Irishman name d : Kenny , attacked a man named Reynolds , in" Ranelaghstrcet . ' but by tho : assistance Of the bystanders Kenny was secured and taken to the ' police station . Here , however , they refused'to receive him , as no officers saw : the assault , committed .. Being thus released , he and his companions next commenced a ruffianly assault on several gentlemen , members ol thePalatino Club ,, in Bold-street ,, who were standing . at the door of that building .,. Here ,, however ,
Kenny met his match , the gentleman whom he . selected . ! as the object of . attack haying . . quietly floored him by a knock-down blow . Meantime his companions created a general row ; but all of them were ultimately secured with tho aid of the servants of the club and others .: Again , the police refused to entertain the charge , . until a superior ; ,. officer being appealed to , Kenny was lodged in Bridewell , the others having effectcd . their escape .. At the sitting Of the police-COUrt on . Monday ,. the party taken prisoner , when called mi , answered to the name of G . W . Scott i of Dublin . The comp lainant was James Cairns , of Itanelagh-street ; The facts of tlio case having heen proved ,- tho defendant was fined 50 s . and costs , Mr . Rushton giving the
prisoner a severe lecture ... . . Extensive -Robbery , , of Plate , & c—No ttingham , Monday . —An extensive robbery took place last ( Sunday ) night at the premises of Mr . Trayell , pawnbroker and silversmith , Long-row , Nottingham . The manner in which the thieves effected an entrance to the premises is exceedingly remarkable . It appears that at ei ^ ht o ' clock in the evening all was secure . One of Mr . Travell ' s young mon sleeps upon the premises , andremained undisturbed during the w hole of tho night . Upon leaving his room however , this morning , he perceived by numerous trinkets being scattered about several of the apartments , that robbers had been in the premises . He accordingly raised , an alarm , and it ' ultimately appeared that the thieves . had effected ah entrance through the back of the premises ' : that the .
pavement leading to the back yard had been taken up , so as to admit of the body of a man ; and that after the robbers had arrived in the back yard , with . the use of "jemmies" and crowbars , the door leading to the shop had been forced open . Amongst the property stolen are seventy gold and silver watches three or four dozen of silver . table desert and tea-spoons , three dozen of gold wedding rings , a quantity of ladies' fancy gold chains , a number of gold Albert guards , fancy gold rings , gold shirtstuds , silver sugar bows , and a great variety of other valuable articles of jewellery , & c . The value of the stolen property amounts to several hundred pounds , but at present cannot be correctly ascertained . Immediately after the discovery of the robbery , tho Nottingham police were on the alert , but as yet no clue has been obtained as to the parties implicated in the affair .
The Late Robbery of the South SiAFFORnsniRE Mail Cart . —Although . Inspector Glossop has been indefatigable in his endeavours to trace the bags of which the mail cart was robbed on tho y 7 edncsbury road , last week , his efforts have not as yet been brought to a successful issue . During ' the week , attempts have been made to negotiate two of the banker ' s bills , which formed part of the contents , and the persons who essayed the foolhardy attempts havo been taken into , custody . In the first instance , a man , who afterwards gave his name as George Bond , and who belongs to the vagrant class known in South Staffordshire as " Rodneys , " presented at Rufford ' s bank , Stourbridge , ono of Messrs . Foster and Baldwin ' s billsof the value of £ 90 . The clerk
, of tho bank perceived that it was specially endorsed to Messrs , Spopner and Attwood , of London , and this circumstance immediately caused him to suspect that it was one of the stolen bills , regarding which he had received a precautionary notice . He accordingly : detained the man on some pretence , and having sent for the police , ho was taken into custody . Information was sent to Bilstoiv , and on Wednesday Mr . Foster attended before hisbvothcr magistrates at Stourbridge , and identified the bill as one of those which were enclosed in the bag-on the night of the robbery . On Wednesday another apprehension was made in Birmingham . A man purchased , some clothes at the shop of Mr . Foulkes ,
draper , Bull Ring , and tendered a bill to the amount of £ 9 10 s ., apparently expecting , though a stranger , to receive the difference in hard cash . In this case , also , the bill was endorsed as negotiable with Spooner and Attwoods ; and Mr . Foulkes requested the man to accompany , him to the Birmingham office of those bankers , in New-street . Here he was at once detained , and , Mr . Glossop being sent for , he was soon under safe keeping in Moorstreet prison . He said bis name was Benjamin Berrington , and described himself ^ as a ' collier , residing at Greet ' s Green , in the parish of West Bromwich . Inspector Glossop searched his house an hour or two afterwards , but nothing was found which connected him further with the robbery .
Herefordshire Election . —The election of a member to represent this county in Parliament , in the room of Mr . Bailey ,, deceased , took place on the 18 th inst ., but excited very little interest , as it was generally understood that there would not be a contest . Mr . Booker , a gentleman who possesses considerable property in the neighbouring COUllty of Glamorganshire , was duly proposed and seconded . In addressing the electors , Mr . Booker assured them of his earnest desire to uphold the principle of protection to British industry , and declared that so long as he remained in Parliament he would never cease to strive for the re-imposition of a protective duty , without which he believed tho agricultural interest of England could never prosper . The high
sheriff declared Mr . Booker elected . Burning of the Lonn of the _ Isles Winuermere Steamer . —The burning of this steamer in the month of July last will be . remembered , at which time a reward of £ 50 was offered by the company for the discovery of the supposed incendiary . From inquiries which have since been made , suspicion attached to two men employed by the company , James Hilay , the fireman of the burnt vessel , and William Jackson Archer , fireman of the Lady of the Lake , which resulted in their being taken before the Kendal bench last week , when the magistrates considering that there was sufficient ground of suspicion against the accused , they were committed for trial at tbe assizes , but to be admitted to bail if they could find the necessary sureties .
The Uncivilised . —At Salford a man named Edward Richards is in custody for an assault of a most brutal character . On Sunday a war of words was encaged in between this man and a neighbour , named ' Bradburn . Their wives joined in the quarrel , when Richards seized the wife of Bradbum by the hair of the head , dragged her into his own house , and struck her two blows on the head with a poker , inflicting serious wounds . Bradburn , who rushed after his wife to rescue her , was assailed b y Richards with a knife , and received two stabs in the neck . Mrs . Bradburn is confined to her bed at the Dispensary , and Richards , on being brought before the magistrates on Tuesday , was remanded , that it might be ascertained if she was likely to
recover sufficiently to give evidence . Suicide and Supposed Child Murder . —During the past three or four days considerable excitement has prevailed in the village of Wavertree , in consequence of Catherine Carnal ! , - a housemaid in the employ of Mr . Francis Hollins , of Cow-lane , Wavertree , having concealed the birth of an infant child , and afterwards committed suicide by takin <» a quantity of vitriol . The circumstance ii rendered moro painful from the fact that the unfortunate girl was xtspeclably connected , being the daughter of a farmer , residing in . Leicestershire , possessed an amiable disposition , and up to the time of this lamentable occurrence had borne the most irreproachable character . An inquest was held on Saturday lastbefore
, Mr . John Heyes , coroner at the house of Mr . Hollins , on the bodies of Catherine Carnell and her female infant child , and from the evidence then adduced it appeared that the deceased had given notice to leavo her master ' s service , but on the previous Thursday an anonymous letter , badlv written , and enclosed in an envelope addressed in a ? , ood commercial hand , was received by Mr . Hollins intimating that Catherine Carnall had given birth to a child about three weeks since , and requesting that he would investigate tho matter and ouestion her fellow servants . Sir . Hollins mentioned the subjootto Carnal ) , who confessed that she j mdheen delivered of a child , and that sho had buried it in the pnvy , wrapped up in her own apron . Search having been made the infant was found as described he sudden disclosure
I' threw the deceased into the greatest excitement . She rushed out of the licuse , ran to tho edge of tho pond a shoit distance from the premises , and was about making a plunge into the water , when her master , who had pursued the unfortunate female , prevented her from doing SO , brought her back , and confined her in his own parlour . Shortl y after this she requested permission to retire to the water closet , and was allowed to do so under tho surveillance of three fellow domestics . Oii leaving the apartment she said she wanted to go into an adjoining closet , where the cleaning utensils and materials were kept . This request was at first refused , but ultimately she was allowed to enter the closet , after declaring that she only wanted an apple . Having procured an apple she instantly throw it down , reached from tho
shelf a bottle containing vitriol , and expeditiously swallowed a portion of the contents . Tho bottle was knocked from her mouth , but not until enough bad been swallowed to occasion death . Mr Uollins having boon informed what Cartiall had done , with , the utmost kindness and promptitude sent to Liverpool for the famil y doctor , and also for Dr . Kenyon , of Wavertree , who admini stered the usual remedies , nil of which proved of no avail The unfortunate girl died between seven and eight o ' clock on the following Friday . A post mortem oxanimation was made on the body of the child , when Dr . kenyon . gave ! it as his opinion that it had breathed , once or tniooat least ; . The jury , however
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i ; etiirnedajprdict to'th d effect 'that there was ^ t Buficient--eYi " dencu to tell ' whether ^ the " child " hi , ? been born dead or alive . It ; was ' nOt deemed neces ,-sary to make a ppst mdfiem examination of the fe * male , 'as the cause of death was ascertained , andx " verdict of " Temporary insanit y" returned . , The Ovtra rm GREATllAMPTos-afRKiT , ^ , mingiiam . —We are happy to be able to announce that Mr . Marston is progressing favourably towards re covery from ' the effects of the dreadful * attack made upon him by burglers on the morning of Monday week . On Saturday ; night last , another fellow named Marshall , ; was taken into custody by Sub-inspector Dew , of llandsworth , and the hat found by Inspector Glossop at the house has been identified as belonging to him .
Drowning feom a Fishixg Boat , and singular Recoverv of the Bonr . —On Saturday last an in . quest was ; held . at the Blanket-row station house , Hull , before J . Tborriey , Esq ., coroner , upon the body of Thomas Bartlett ,. a boy about fourteen years of age . The deceased was apprentice on boird a Ramsgate fishing vessel . On the 18 th inst . the crew of ibis vessel were trawling off Spurn , it blowing strong at the time , and the sea running very high . The deceased , at about three o ' clock , was sitting on a spar cleaning fishfor breakfast next morning , when the vessel was struck by a heavy sea , which washed overboard both him and the funnel of the s ! ove . He was missed by the crew , but nothing more was seen of him until they hove their net at six o ' clock , when his : body and the funnel were found in it . Verdict" Accidentally drowned . " ,,
The Dorsetshire Labourers of the Nineteenth Centukv . —At the Quarter Sessions of the peace of the county of Dorset , held at Dorchester last week , tho report of the chaplain of the gaol was read in open court , and which contained the following startling facts under the head of " Statistics of crime - . "—After congratulating the country upon the decrease of crime during the past year , amounting to at least twenty-six per cent ., it states . " . That there had been 828 committals during tho present year . Out of 828 , into whose religious and inoralcondition he ' had closely inquired , I ' find that
2 C 7 had never attended . any place of divine worship , either in ( churches of the' establishment or dissenting . chapels , and 301 had never learnt to read .- Out of , 749 who could repeat the Lord ' s Prayer , 380-had hot the slightest notion of its meaning out of G 22 who could repeat the Apostle ' s Creed , 137 , or nearly one sixth part , had no knowledge of the nature , the work , or even the name of Christ . " [ And yet we send missionaries abroad , and p ay more expensively for home education than any other nation in the world . ]
. The late attempted Robbery at Kendal bjt means op Chloroform . —The man charged with the attack upon the Rev . Laclilam M'lntosh , at Shaw ' s Temperance Hotel , Kendal , was tried at the Westmoreland Michaelmas Sessions , Kendal , last week , lie gave his name Charles Montgomery , but his real name is Charles Vem , from Carlisle . He pleaded guilty to the charge of attempting to rob , and was sentenced by the bench to eighteen months ' solitary confinement . Cruelty to Lascar Seamen at
Southampton—Verdict of MASsiiTJoriTER . —The auiourned inquiry , before E . CoxwelI ,. Es q ., the Borough Coroner , into the ; Circumstances causing . the death of Dorgayah ( one of the . Lascar seamen who died iu the , Southampton Docks , on board the barque fy > w Liverpool , Capt . Rowlesi ) was resumed on Tuesday evening , at the Audit House , in the presence of a largo number of inhabitants , the affair having created great sensation . The evidence did not vary from that which appeared in the Northern Star of last week , and the jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter against Captain Rowles . " The captain had been in the court the whole evening until the coroner commenced summing up , when he disappeared , and was jioji est when the verdict was returned .
Destruction by Fire of a Factory at Warrjxgtox . —On Wednesday afternoon a fire was discovered in the large five-story spinning factory of Messrs . Allen and Co ., Butter Market-street , War-, rington . The fire-bell was immediately rung , and by . the exertions of the firemen and the people , several engines were at the place in a few minutes , but so furious was tbe fire , that the heat was too intense to allow them to get within good working ' distance of the building ; and could they have done so , the progress of the flames was too rapid for the exertion oi the men to he of much use upon that chief part of the mill , and therefore their engines were directed , without delay , to the saving of the surrounding and neighbouring buildings . The
intense heat very soon broke nearly all the windows of the Savings Bank , on tho opposite side of a twelve-yard street , the paint was melted , and the frames were smoking to such a degree that they , would have been on fire in a few minutes but for the exertions of the brigade , who contrived , with great difficulty from the heat , to throw water upon them . The whole of the spinning mill was in ono blaze of tire so quickly , that within halt an hour tho entire roof fell in with' a terrible crash , carrying all the floors and spinning machinery with it to the bottom . The side walls then fell , leaving the two ends standing apparently in fearful danger of falling—that on the east upon some dwelling-: houses , which had by this time been emptied of their inhabitants , with nearly all their furniture , and that at the west end upon the engine-house , which latter and a large building full of machinery and goods beyond it were saved by the
energies of the firemen and numerous other people , who gave their assistance in the most cnergetie manner . A large weaving shed , within a very few yards on the south side , containing many hundred looms , was also saved by similar exertions . But the worst remains to be told . The time when the fire commenced was just when the workpeople were returning to their labour after dinner . Many of them , chiefly boys , had reached the top room , and their usual means of exit was cut off ; but Alcock one of tho men , threw out a rope , made of cotton banding , by which all of them slid down as they best could , and going last himself , the rope broke with him , letting him fall from a great height , by which he is very dangerously injured . Another , in jumping out , fell upon the spiko of an iron pallisade , by which he was so much hurt that he is since dead . For some months to come , about 200 people will be thrown out of work , but the weavers will resume work in a few days .
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Mysterious Death of an Old Woman . —Another shocking homicide , at present involved in great mystery , has been discovered at Haverford-west , South Wiles . The deceased , an elderly woman named Elizabeth Barnard , was discovered lying in a ditch near the Methodist chapel in that town . She was scarcel y sensible , and in a completely helpless state , and with the consent of the land « lady of that house was carried to the Corn wallis Arms Tavern , where she was put to bed , under the impression that she was tipsy . It _ was subsequently , however , discovered that her condition was the result of violence to which she had been
subjected , and notwithstanding that she received every care and attention from Mr . Morris , surgeon , by whom she was attended , she continued to grow worse , and ultimately died . Mr . Morris , assisted by another surgeon named Millard , made a post mortem examination of the body , when they found that the poor old woman had received severe injuries of the spine , left leg , buttocks , & c . The cause of death had been a violent blow inflicted with somo hard blunt instrument , Intelligence of the matter being conveyed to the coroner a jury was summoned , and an inquiry into the cause of aeath commenced before that officer , Mr , Lloyd , the superintending constable , also felt it to be his
duty to apprehend a woman uamen Jane Evans , whom he suspected , and charged with having been concerned in the outrage , but against whom , however nothing definite could ho adduced . The evidence altogether was of a very unsatisfactory and conflicting nature , so much so that while it left no doubt of a cowardly and cruel homicide having been committed , it threw hut very little li ght on the real circumstances ! connected with it . The jury returned a verdict , " That tho deceased Elizabeth Burnard died from the effects of violence inflicted on her by some person or persons unknown ; " which , being what is called an open verdict , still leaves the matter open to further inquiry by the magistracy and police authorities .
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Lone Gough . —The freedom of tho burgh of Inverness was presented oh Thursdav , the 17 th inst ., to Lord Gough , at a large meeting of tho burgesses , convened m the Town Hall for that purpose . In reply to a most graceful address of Provost Simpson , tho noble and gallant veteran said , that his military successes had been very signally aided by the valour of Scotchmen . His first triumph in the field was ^ lieutenant of light infantry i » the 75 th Highlanders , raise d in tho immediate vicinity of Inverness . Tho name of Lord Gou- ; h immediately succeeds that of Prince Albert oh the burgess roll of Inverness .
Kotal Hesidenck ix Sthatiidek . —A petition hit been presented , in the statutory form , to the Lord * of . Session , by the heirs of entiii , praying for authority to grant a lease of the lands and barony of Abergeldio , and one of tho pendicle called Pol-lioll "»» and of the Forest of Whitemouth , with the man sionhouse of Albergeldie , in this county , in favour 01 his Royal Highness Prince Albert , for tho period w forty years after tho term of Whitsunday , I 3 w .- " Aberdeen Journal . _ " Opening of the New Dock , and wrifff in * FOUSDATIOS STOKB AT THE' 'VfOOO ASYLUM , * Greenock . —Friday , the 18 th inst ., was kept a strict holiday in Greenock , consequent ' upon the observance of a double ceremonial of much interest . i the . tbw h ^ the formal opening of / . tho Yicton * # , liU
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 26, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26101850/page/6/
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