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2. THE CeSVIGT SMITH. An appeal for merc...
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SERIOUS RIOT OF RAILWAY LABOURERS. Excus...
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The late Stabbing Case at Leeds.—The coroner's
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ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND HAS...
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IBS WJRDSR AT THE GUILDHALL COFFEE . HOUSE . At the Central Criminal Court on Saturday , John Smith was indicted for the wilful murder of Susan Tolliday , on the 15 th of the present month . —Mr . Ryland stated the case for the prosecution , the facts of which have been so recently detailad that a repetition of them is unnecessary . Inspector Woodroffe , who apprehended the prisoner , stated , on his cross-examination by Mr . Clarkson , that he had known the prisoner about tan fears , and that during the whale of that time he had borne the character of & humane and kind-hearted nun . —Mr . Clarkson , previous to his addressing the jury for the prisoner , complained of the absence of aom * witnesses , who he had supposed would have been called on
the part of the prosecutor , who could have proved that the deceas .-d had , previom to the fatal occurrence , been guilty of many acts of provocation toward * the prisoner . —Mr . Baron Piatt said that , had they been present , he could not have admitted evidence of anything that tcok place on any previous occasion . —Mr . Clarkson than addressed the jury on the part of the prisoner . He admitted at the outset that the deceased had met with her death by tbapr isoner ' shand , but urged that there were mitigating cirenmsfanceg amounting to this , that the deceased was a woman of a very irritable disposition , that « he had frequently quarrelled with the primer , and on some Of those occasions had thro « n knives at him , and bit hia severely , and often thrown water over Mm . After remarking on the fact proved in evidence , that at the time the body of the deceased was found she
£ ad a knife firmly clutched in her hand , he claimed the inference that she had attempted to stab the prisoner with that knife , and that he , under circumstances of great excitement and provocation , had committed the dreadful offence with which he stood charged , but which , if the jury believed his statement , would amount to th * crime of manslaughter only , aud even if they took that merciful view of the case , the prisoner would end his days in a penal settlement . —Mr . Baroa Piatt having summed up the evidence , the jury expressed a wish to retire to consider their verdict , but before doing so , they desired the little girl , Fanny "Whitmore , might be recalled . She was again placed ia the witness-box , when the foreman ashed whether the milk and eggs for which she had been sent oat hy the prisoner were wanted by him for any article that was to be cooked on that day , to which tbe witness replied that they were wanted to make a pudding which had been ordered a short time before . — This question , which the learned judge said was a very
proper one , appeared to hare been put in order to ascertain whether tho prisoner had purposely sent the little girl out of the kitchen , in order that she might not witness the dreadful deed which he afterwards perpetrated . The jury then retired to consider their verdict , and after an abssnee of nearly an hour , came into conr t , and returned a verdict of Guilty of Murder , but the foreman stated that tho jury recommended tha prisoner to mercy on tho ground of the good character ha had horns for seventeen years , and the possibility of his having received great provoca tion from the deceased when no oie but he and the were present . Mr . Baron Piatt having put on the black cap , proceeded to pass the awful sentence of death upon the prisoner , in doing which he expressed his regret that , under thecircum . stances , he could not act upon the merciful recommendation of the jury . Sentence of death was then passed on the prisoner in tha usual form , and he laft the dock without saying a word , bat evidently labouring under strong emotion .
Cosvictioh or a Mmcbsant . —James Button , aged ameteen , described as a labourer , was arraigned for feloniously , with menaces , & c , demanding of John Fielding Djniel his money , < fcc . So council wa < engaged on either side . Mr . Daniel said , that on the 23 th of July last , returning from Kensington , he went into a urinal opposite to St . George's Hospital , when the prisoner , who was in another compartment of . it , washed against him . Thawitneu asked what he wanted , and the prisoner said , " 1 want money , and money I will have . " Witness refused to give him any , and left the place , when the prisoner followed him up Piccadilly towards Patk-lane , asking for money , or he would accuse him ( witness ) of a horrible crime .
"Witness still refusing , the prisoner asked for some beer , and witness threatened to give him in charge . Before this the prisoner taid , "I will have the first pull , " and , a policeman coming np , tha prisoner gave witness iu charge . The policeman took the charge , and so did the Serjeant and inspector at the station house , though witness preferred a counter charge against the prisoner . Witness was locked up all night , and next day taken to ITarlborongh-street Poliee Court , when tho prisoner appeared against him ; but Mr . Hard wick , the magistrate , taking cogniiauce of both charges , and the character of the witness having been proved by several witnesses to be highly respectable , whilst that of tbe prisoner was proved to be the contrary , the former was discharged , and tha latter detained and committed for trial .
Baron Piatt asked the prisoner what he had to say to the witness ' s statement ! The prisoner denied the truth of it , hut could give no satisfactory account of his mode of life . Uo witnesses , though called upon by the crier of the Court , appeared to speak fo his character . After a short address from the Learned Judje , the Jury found the prisoner Guilty . Two policemen were then called , who said they knew the prisoner as a lazy , idle fellow , and associated with convicted thieves . Baron Piatt ( to the prisoner ) —Ton have been convicted of a most diabolical offence , carried out in a most dastardly way ; Yon have taken the advantage of those who resort for their necessary purposes to certain public conveniences , and as they come in you accost them in the
way yon have accosted this man . When a man has sufficient firmness to refuse you , yon have the audacity to torn round and charge him with an offence of which you know him to he incapable of . Besides , you dare not appear before a magistrate the next morniog and support your false charge by repeated perjury . A more diabolical and wicked attempt I have never heard of . I have given you every chance with tha Jury , and witnesses , who eould prove the previous infamy of your character , who were not called until the Jury had discharged their duty hy a verdict of guilty against you . A different verdict would have stained the character of a respectable man , and . guilt would havegot free . The sentence of the Court on you is , that you be imprisoned in the House of Correction for that part of the county in which you have committed the offence for two ' years , and that you be kept to hard labour .
The Learned Judge told the prosecutor that if it would ha any satisfaction to him he would declare publicly that he did not think his character in any way affected by the statements of the prisoner . Mr . Daniel said , that such an opinion gave him great satisfaction . He had not employed counsel , because he was certain the Learned Judge and Jury would do him full justice on hearing a plaiu statement of the facts . Sooner than give money to any one making such menaces as the prisoner had done , he would cut off his right
hand . The Court applauded his moral courage , and rose at fire o ' clock .
2. The Cesvigt Smith. An Appeal For Merc...
2 . THE CeSVIGT SMITH . An appeal for mercy is about to be made to the Crown , on a ground dktimet from that of the general expediency of abolishing capital punishments . The Learned Judge who presided at the trial Jof the culprit on Saturday , disstinctly put it to the Jury that if they had a doubt whether the deceased bad not gone beyond the use of mere words , and committed some assault on the prisoner at the moment before he assailed her , the prisoner was entitled to the benefit of that doubt , and they would find him * gnilry ^ of raansl & ughteronly , for in the eye of the law where a person received a blow , and at the instant , bavins the weapon in his hand for other purposes , and retaliating without a moment for reflection , and in tbe heat of passion , he inflicted a mortal injury , this would not be murder hut manslaughter . The prisoner himself shortly after the event spoke of it as if he had been
excited merely by words , but the jury had heard that she exhibited some violence towards him on other occasions , and if they saw any reason for inferring that she had done so on this occasion , they would be bound to return a verdict of manslaughter only . The Jury , having , by their verdict , disclaimed having any doubt that tha only provocation given was abusive language , the Judge , we believe , is indisposed to move for any mitigation of the punishment . Upoa investigation , however , we understand it will he found that the facts of this case exactly bring it within the Judge ' s definition of manslaughter , for the prisoner actually received a slap in the faea from the deceased , and that excited him , without a moment ' s reflection , to commit the mortal assault . The prisoner had no legal assistance until immediately before his trial , and cannot be supposed to be acquainted with
the nice legal distinctions between murder and manslaughter ; but after he was committed hy the Lord Mayor oa the 18 th instant , and immediately on bis being brought into Newgate , he was visited by some members of the Sheriff ' s Fund Committee , who were then assembled at the Sessions House . Mr . Cope , the gaoler , the Chaplin , Mr . Under-SheriffWire , Mr . Sheriff Laurie , and Mr . Alderman Sidney were present . Upon questioning him , with a view to assist aim from the Sheriffs' Fund , if aecesFary , the prisoner expressed his firm determination to plead guilty . Such being his determination , Mr . Alderman Sidney thought there would be no harm in asking him how he came to commit Mich a dreadful act . The prisoner described thepositinn in which the deceased and himself were employed at the kitchen table . Under one
end of it there was a receptacle for raw fat , togtt at which he had to pass behind her chair as she sat at the table . While the little girl was out of the room he actually passed behind the deceace I with some fat , and while he was stooping at the end of the table to put the fatsafelyinto the proper place , she with the hand newest to him gave him a slap in the face , calling him by on offensive name at the same time . He instantly rose up , - the knife Veisg in his hand , and standing ht-hindher chair , and holding her head up by the chin he instantly cut her Ihroat . Mr . Alderman Sidney then urged him to plead not jrnaiy , though some of the gentlemen pre * at thought it might be improper to interfere at all on that point . The piisoner said he did not wish to live . Mr . Alderman Sidney told him he had committed a grievous offence , and he could hold out no hope that his life would
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be spared , but still he mighttatathe chance of any leg . 1 constructions favourable to him . It may * eem . 'f ™«" thattheprisoneronly complained * «* l £ ^ H 2 beon abused by her . so that be was afraid he should to ., his place , and he had four children depending on h m But if he received only a slap on the face , which hurt him not . and which he would be ashamed to complain of rt was . in fact , an insignificant injury compared with the loss of his situation , and the consequent distress ofhm family , owing to her eternal bickering and low abuse . Ho felt that a slap on the face could not justify euttinjc her throat , though the indignity , after being baited for a couple of hours with her tongue , roused him in a moment to an ungovernable fit of passion , and led him to commit the awful crime , The danger of losing bis place was the great evil in his eye * , and the slap on the cheek was comparatively so trivial that it was not worth mentioning , and he could not for shame offer it as a reason for what he did .
Serious Riot Of Railway Labourers. Excus...
SERIOUS RIOT OF RAILWAY LABOURERS . Excuse and Irish Labourers— Dreadful Riot . —On Mon d ay afternoon , a riot , which for violence almost baffles description , took place , near the Camden station of the London and Birmingham Railway . Por some weeks past a large number of men have been employed in the enlargement oFthe Camden station , both Englishmen and Irishmen being engaged upon the works in about equal numbers . From some cause at present unexplained , an illfeeling has been generated among them , and although several affrays on a small scale have taken place among some of them , nothing serious was anticipated . On Monday the ill-feeling , aroongthe whole body found vent , and a figfh of a most terrific nature took place between the English " navigators , " as
they are termed , and the Irish labourers . Spades , pickaxes , and bludgeons of every description were freely used . One or two policemen of the S division attempted to stop the fisht , but in vain . Information was sent to the station house , in the vicinity , for more assistance , and a large number of the police were sent ; these , however , were inefficient in quelling the riot . The fight had now lasted upwards of an hour , and many of the combatants were bleeding profusely from the head and different parts of tho bodv , the vicinity of the riot being in the greatest excitement . The police of the section , being totally unable to put a stop to the riot , information was sent to the head station in Albany-street , and Supenntendent Ferguson , with his inspectors and a large bodv of constables , went to the spot , but they wore unable to suppress it ; Another express was sent for
the men belonging to the Somers' Town section , but thev , at the time , were attending the funeral of a deceased comrade . So urgent , however , was the order for their attendance , that they were compelled to leave the funereal rites , and proceed in vehicles to the scene of the riot . After considerable difficulty , the police succeeded in quelling it . and took from fifteen to twenty of the ringleaders into custody ; bnt so desperately did they fight , that it took seven constables te carry one of them , wlit , it was stated , had struck an antagonist on the head with a pickaxe , to the Albany-street station house . Many of the rioters were seriously , if not fatally injured ; but the confusion was so great , that the actual injury could not be ascertained . It was , however , positively ascertained , that two of the Englishmen were so frightfully injured as not to live through the night .
Examination of tue Pbisonebs . —At the Marylebone Police-office on Tuesday , long before the period for the opening of the Court , an immense number of persons had assembled in the passage leading thereto , in consequence of a brutal attack which had been made by a party of Irish labourers upon some English excavators , usually termed " navigators . " The excitement created among the p risoner ' s countrymen was very considerable , and in order to prevent any disturbance from taking place , a large body of the D vsA S divisions of police were present , agreeably to instructions which they had received .
At the appointed hour the prisoners , twenty m number were brought in , and placed at and around the bar . They gave their names Joseph Glory , John Grimming , John Duggau , ' John Donohue , John Tracy , Jeremiah Kilaha , John Brown , Patrick O'Donnell , Jeremiah Do . nohue , Thomas Maloney , Patrick Ginnew , Timothy Kilihar , Thomas O'Donnell , John Shgepan , James Kennedy , Thomas Henlove , John Cooper , Eugene Madden , Tobias Haekett , and John Lyons . Mr . Humphreys briefly addressed the bench , setting for that the railway company for wh' -jhi he had the honor to attend , had works to a great extent going on at the Camden station , and that the prisoners , with a vast number of other labourers , were employed thereon . They were iu the employ of the contractors for the works alluded to , and that owing to a contention between two parties , the Irish and the English , a riot and assault of a most desperate kind had occurred . Some of the English —one or two of whom were in an hospital—were so much injured as to be guile unable to give evidence at
present . Several surgeons ' certificates were handed to Mr . Rawlinson , and it appeared that some of the injured parties ( absent ) were in a very alarming coudition from sundry cuts and blows which they had received on the head and body . : Many of the witnesses in attendance bore evidence of the sanguinary treatment which they had received ; some of them had their eyes shockingly swollen and discoloured , and others with their arms in slings ; one of them was scarcely able to stand , in consequence of the kicks inflicted upon his head and the lower part of his person .
The first witness called was Carter , railway constable , 175 , who said—Yesterday afternoon , about half-past two o ' clock , 1 saw a great many of the Irish labourers coming towards Round House Gate , Camden Town , at which I am , stationed , when Duggon , who was one of them , crossed the grounds and spoke to others at the gate , I told him I had orders not to admit any one through the ground except those who were at work Inside , when he went hack a little way , and afterwards again attempted to come in , at the same time beckoning to some of his companions to do so too . I caught hold of him and pushed him away , upon which he said , [ that if I didn't let him alone he'd knock my head in . I then tried to put up the bar of the gate , but was prevented from doing so hy three of the prisoners and some others , who pulled me forward with great force into the road , when the prisoner Glory and several more struck me * in
a very violent manner . I seized hold of him ( Glury ) , and immediately I was knocked down and kicked on tbe head and hody by him and about a dozen more . ( Witness ' s face was much cutiand bruised . ) I cried aloud for assistance , and on some of the English labourers at work inside the gate coming up to see ' what was the matter , they were felled to the ground by blows inflicted upon them with shovels , bricks , & c . I again laid held of Glory , and while in the act of taking him away , Crimming and four others came up with brickbats , threaten iog to knock my brains out if I didn't let bim go , and feeling convinced from their manner that they would hare so hesitation to put their threat into execution , I suffered him to escape . This morning Madden came to the ground to take away some hods , and he was then recognised as being the man who had broken four of the ribs of one of the navigators ( now in the hospital ) at the time of the affray .
Thomas Moore deposed to having seen the violence committed upon the first witness , whese cries of "Murder" attracted him to the spot . He ( Moore ) was knocked down by a blow on the face given by John Donohue , and he lay upon the ground nearly smothered in blood , when he heard Duggau and Jeremiah Douohue say , " Kill the b— -, let ' s slip it into him , let ' s murder bim . " He at length get up , and while making off he was seriously beat in the ribs andlegs by bricks , which were hurled at him by several of the party . He at length with great difficulty contrived to effect his escape from the scene of the outrage . Mary Kendall , wife of one of the English labourers said , that her husband was a workman at the Camden station . When she heard an alarm of murder she went there , fearing that something might have happened to him , and she then saw a man lying on the ground , while five other men , Timothy Kilaliar being one of them , were kicking him most brutally , crying " kill the h—yPrete » t » nt . "
Charles Kerr , the man who was assaulted in the way described hy the last witness stood up . He was shockingly bruised about the face , and his eyes were much swollen . He hadmerely gone to see what was the cause of the disturbance when he was attacked in so brutal and savage a way . A great number of other witnesses were examined . From the statements made by them , the outrage upon the poor Englishmen were horrible in the extreme , many of them were at onetime lying bleeding upon the ground , having been beaten with pickaxes , spades , sticks , & c , and it was almost miraculous that no one was killed on the spot .
The witnesses were severally cross-examined by Mr Robinson . All of the prisoners were positively identified as having acted prominently in the murderous outrage with the exception of Ginnew and Maloney . Tbe two latter were discharged , and the rest stand remanded till Tuesday next . Bail ( with twenty-four hours' notice ) would , they were given to understand , he accepted , for their appearance on that day , themselves in £ 50 , and two sureties with £ 25 each . They were then locked up . On the English labourers leaving the Court , they were assailed by friends of the other party with loud
exemptions , and one of them narrowly escaped a violent blow . The police were obliged to draw their truncheons , and eventually two of the ringleaders were secured and conveyed before the magistrates , who ordered one to find bail , and fined the other 10 s . In order to prevent confusion and any attempt to rescue , the Government van , upon its arrival at five o ' clock , was , instead of being driven up to the entrance in Paradise-street , hacked against the private entrance in High-street , where the accused were , without molestation , from any body placed therein and conveyed to prison .
The Late Stabbing Case At Leeds.—The Coroner's
The late Stabbing Case at Leeds . —The coroner ' s
Inquest On The Body Of Llizabeth Smith W...
inquest on the body of Llizabeth Smith who was slabbed at Leeds on "Wednesday week , by a man named William Walshaw , was concluded on Friday The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Walshaw , who was forthwith committed to York Castle for trial at the assizes .
Inquest On The Body Of Llizabeth Smith W...
WHOLESALE POISONING . ESSKX . —EXHUMATIONOF ANOTHER BODT AND IMPORTANT Discoveries . —Clavbwko , Tuesday Nig ht . — Last week we gave an account of the examination ef a woman named Sarah Cheeseiiian , before Lord Bray brooke and other magistrates of the county of Essex on a charge of attemptinc to poison a child belonging to another female , by rubbing a quantity of salve over and in its mouth , which was found impregnated with arsenic . The case was so clear that the magistrates felt it their duty to send her for trial In consequence ' of this , suspicions was raised that the children of Cheeseman , who were known to have died in rather a sudden manner , might have been eot rid of b y poison , and the authorities of
Clavering parish felt it their duty to transmit their suspicions to Charles Cain Lewis , Esq ., the Coroner for the southern division of the county of Essex . Upon this Mr . Lewis felt it his duty to enter into an inquiry into the circumstances attending their deaths , although they took place as far hick as the early part of 1845 , and ordered the bodies of the two children to be exhumed . This was done , and the stomachs , with the contents , were forwarded to Professor Graham , of the London University College , for analysation . This gentleman being compelled to leave town , the analysis was confided to Mr . Alfred Taylor , of Guy ' s Hospital , who has had considerable experience in cases of poisoning . After a variety of experiments , a large quantity of arsenic was
discovered , sufficient to cause the death of several persons , in each stomach . On the result being com ? municated to the Coroner , that functionary felt it bis duty to order another body to be exhumed , and the stomach , with the contents , to be sent to London . This was done , and Mr . Taylor , oa making an analysis , found it to be also strongly impregnated with arsenic . These discoveries have caused the utmost excitement to prevail throughout the village of Clavering and for miles around . Ikbland . —Atmmpt to Poison as entire Fauilt , —Diabolical Outrage . —A most diabolical attempt to poison the entire family of Dr . Grattan , of Drummond House , county Kildare , was made on the 17 th inst . His eldest son , a lad of fifteen , died in
consequence ; and Mrs . Grattan , the four surviving children , and a servant maid , are still in a very proca : rious condition . From the circumstances brought to light at the inquest , and from what we have learned from other sources , it would appear that Dr . Grattan alarmed at the wide spread failure of the potato crop , and anxious to make timely provision for the wants of his labourers , likely to be deprived by this mysterious visitation of mui-h of their ordinary food , had a small supply of Indian meal brought from Dublin at his own cost , for the purpose of introducing it among them and familiarising them to its use . Some orejudice against it having been manifested . Dr . Grattan , in order to remove it , ii possible , determined to use it in his own family : and . upon finding
that his own domestic servants refused even to prepare it , insisted on their doing so , and stood by , until his directions were obeyed . Of the meal thus prepared he and all his children partook : in the kitchen the servants refused to eat it , and their share was given to four calves , all of which died shortly after . The following morning Dr . Grattan was actively engaged in inyesligating this extraordinary occurrence which had immediately been spread abroad amongst the ignorant peasantry as the effect ot the Indian corn , when his eldest son called him to breakfast , mentioning at the same time that they had just breakfasted on flummery , and what was very curious , they were every one of them sick and vomiting ; and true it was . When he reached th © house he found Mrs . Grattan , the four children , and a servant maid exhibiting all the symptoms of poisoning by arsenic . The doctor having by his accidental absence escaped partaking of the poisoned food was able to give
instant assistance to the unfortunate sufferers , and had used the ordinary antidotes and remedies hours before medical assistance could possibly have reached them from any other quarter . To this providential occurrence it may in all human probability be attributed that any of them are now living . In spite ef every care his eldest son died within twenty-ene hours , and the others of the family are not out of danger . An inquest was held upon the body of the young and unfortunate victim on Friday , and a verdict implicating the cook in the transaction "as found , in consequence of which she has been committed to Naas Gaol . The whole matter , however , is still far from being cleared up ; but the investigation is being actively carried by Richard Moore O'Farrall , Esq ., M . P . ; assisted bv William Foote . Esq ., J . P ., J . H . Nangle , Esq ., J . P ., and J . Doffing , Esq ., stipendiary magistrate . We have every hope that the perpetrators of this awful affair will be promptly discovered and brought to justice .
Accident On The Brighton, Lewes, And Has...
ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON , LEWES , AND HASTINGS RAILWAY , Between seven and eight o ' clock on Tuesday evening information reached Brighton that a serious collison had taken place on the Hastings Railway , by which several persons had been more or less injured , Mr , Fountain , the superintendent of the Brighton Terminus , immediately proceeded by special train to the spot , to ascertain the particulars . It appeared that the scene of the disaster was by the Gate House at Pevensey Sluice , and that the accident was ocoasioned by the " points" not being properly adjusted , and the consequence was , that the half past twelve o ' clock down train to Hastings had run into the muck waggons at that spot . The force of the collison may be imagined when we state that the engine and tender were thrown off the rails , iron plates torn and wrenched off . and the massive iron sides of
the tender bint and dashed to pieces . The buffer beams were also split to pieces . A short time before the passenger train was due at Pevensey , the ballast engine , with a number of empty earth waggons arrived near tbe Gate House . Mr . Perry , one of the contractors , and a fireman accompanied them . They took up their position on the sidings as usual to allow the passenger train to pass , but it seems that by some accident , for which we cannot account at present , that tlie points , which appear to hartbeen on the self-acting principle , were impeded and did not full back as Ufual . This failing vr . is unobserved , and in a few minutes afterwards the passenger train came along , and to the great alarm of Mr . Perry and the fireman it ran off tbe direct course on to the line on which the muck train stood , and in another instants fearful collision took place . Mr . Perry , who was standing on the stationary engine , ' was thrown violently to the ground and severely bruised , but not dangerously hurt ; the fireman of the passenger train was thrown down , and he was found lying at the mouth of the
furnace covered with coke , his clothes on fire , and the boiling water rushing over him . The gatekeeper saw him and succeeded in removing him from bis perilous situation . He was removed in a state of insensibility to the sluice house , and put to bed . llr . Wallis , a surgeon , from Bexhill , was called in and devoted every attention to him . Ec recovered his senses in a short time , and did not appe-.-. rto be in any immediate danger . Thedviver and fireman of the stationary engine jumped off and received no hurt . Several of the passengers were ttirown forward by the collision . Some had their teeth knocked out , others their faces cat , and we regret to add that a clergyman at Hastings had one of his legs broken . There was a surgeon in the train , who was busily employed in dressing the wounds of the unfortunate passengers , and succeeded in setting the limb of the clergyman . One of the second class passengers was literally lifted out of the window by the violence of the concussion , but the injuries he received were trifling . We understand the name of the surgeon is Thompson , to whom too much praise cannot be accorded for his valuable services .
Singular Adventure.—A Young Female, Resi...
Singular Adventure . —A young female , residing near a small town some dozen miles from Liverpool , had a desire to see Prince Albert and the proceedings consequent upon the laying of tbe foundation stone of the Sailors'Dome , but did not reach the neig hbouring coach town till after every vehicle had taken its departure . Der curiosity , however , had been aroused , and , determined not to be dissppointed , she started off on foot ; but the heat of tlie day and the distance made the journey rather a lengthened one , she did not reach her destination till after Prince Albert had started for Londou . Chagrined not a little , she wandered up and down the streets of the good old town , gazing at the illumination and busv throng , when she was accosted by an urchin who
proffVrred his assistance to carry her umbrella and bundle . The latter , containins ; the stcck of provisions for the journey , was with good will , handed over to the youth , who soon afterwards contrived to decamp amidst the crowd . As evening bean to close in our unfortunate heroine sought a night ' s lodg i ng , but could find no place to lay her head under the charge of 5 s ., which sum , scraping silver and copper together , she managed to raise . Her slumbers were of short duration , as hundred ;) of livin ^ and hungry animals began te prey upon her wearied frame . She was therefore compelled at early dawn to take the road again for her native village . She had accomplished alsout half her journey back * when a light cart overtook her , and the driver readily yielding to her solicitations , she was scon seated on what she conceived to be a box covered with a coar .-e
wrapper . She had only proceeded about two miles , when , on examining her seat more minutely , she discovered that it was a coffin . Attirighted , she asked her companion whether there was not a dead body also in the cart ? The driver coldly but gravely replied , "It'sonly my wile—I ' mtackin her to Preston —poor thing , it was bur wish , and I wish she winthere . " The poor woman fainted on bearing this revelation , but as the driver fancied she had only laid down to take a nap , he galloped on until the jolting of the vehicle brought the poor creature round again , by which time she had nearly reached her p lace of abode . With a loud voice she called upon her comparion to stop , and having alighted she now reached her peaceful abofle in safety , though much alarmed . She declared she would never go to Liverpool again to see Prince Albert .
A Respite of the sentence of death pronounced on Robert Williams , convicted of the murder of Thomas Wiggins , at the late Wells Assizes , was received in this town on Sunday last .
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Fatal Accidknt on tub Great Whstkrii Railway . —On Mondav afternoon an inquest was j »« 'd at Reading Hospital , by one of the coroners for the county of Berks , on view of the body of Benjamin Edrell , late a porter in the emp loyment oi the Great Western Railway Company . Mr . S . Clarke , the principal superintendent of the lino , attended tho inquiry . It appears that on Saturday night last , a switchman named Gregory , in the emp loymentot the company , was relieved by Wilcox and Vickers , the former of whom has been in tbe company's service above nine years , and has always borne a most unexceptionable character . It was the custom of the dav duty man to set the points right for the up goods train ; this Gregory neglected to do ; but it has not transpired whether it was a point of duty or an
arrangement between the men ; still it was tho duty of Wilcox to acertain that everything was clear for trains passing ; but as he had always found the switches and points correct , he did not inspect them , a id when the up goods train came in sight made tho signal that all was clear , but on its coming up to the points , instead of running on the straight up line , shot into the siding , where the deceased and another porter were employed shifting a hbrso box to the carriage platform , and had not got it quite clear of the curve when the train came up , the buffer plate of the engine striking the horse box , which , by the concussion , knocked the deceased down . On being assisted to rise and ' asked if he was much hurt , he replied , not a great deal , but somi after complained of a violent pain in the left side of the chest . lie was immediately removed to tbe hospital , where it was ascertained that the vessels near the heart were
seriously injured , and the unfortunate . man died soon after . The jury , after considerable discussion , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " The two night switchmen who were on duty are suspended , by direction of the superintendent , until the decision of the board of directors ia known . Destitution an » Death . —On Tuesday , Mr . W . Baker , Deputy Coroner , held an inquest at the Cumberland ' s Head , City-road , on view of the body of Elizabeth Davis , aged seventy , who was living at IS , Green Arbour-court , Old-street . It appeared from the evidence , that the deceased was in the habit of occasionally going out to wash for her support ,
but , from her age , she was unable to do much , she being chiefly supported by her niece . She received a lour-pound loaf per week from tbe parish of Shoreditch , from which she formerly received Is . 6 d . per week , but on her refusing to enter the workhouse , to which she had a great objection , that was taken away . Last Friday , her niece , who had gone there to see why she had not called upon her as usual , found her lying upon a miserable bed on the floor , life being quite extinct . The room was searched , and a farthing was all the money discovered . The body was removed to St . Luke's workhouse . Verdict , " Visitation of God . " ( . Happy England ! richest city in the world ! ]
Dreadful Accident in a Powder Mill , —On Tuesday morning , about half-past eight , a fearful occurrence took p lace at the Karnes powder mill , on the Kerry side ot the Kyles of Bute . It appears that the workmen were just about to commence operations in the Coming-house , where the powder undergoes the operation of sieving , and where , consequently , a large quantity was gathered , when , by some unaccountable accident , this portion of the building , containing upwards of three tons of powder , was , in a moment , blown into the air . The workmen , seven in number , shared no better fate than the building ; and the mutilated remains of six of
the bodies were found some time after , scattered at a great distance from the scene of disaster ; the seventh , although severely braised , is still alive , but is not expected to survive . The six men who have been so suddenly deprived of life are all married , and havo left widows and families to lament their loss . Tho scene is described as being terrifically grand ; the powder when ignited ascending in one cloud of fire , and the report so loud as having been heard as far as Inverary , a distance of not less than forty miles . This time four years a similar occurrence took place at the same mill , but not with such fatal effects , two men only being killed . —Glasgow Argus .
Lamentable Sutcidk bt a Young Fshalk . —On Monday evening , Mr . J . Payne , the Deputy Coroner , held an inquest at the Grapes Tavern , Tooley-street , Southwark , respecting the death of Miss Sarah Hester Pierce , aged sixteen years , the niece of Thos . Lobb , the landlord of the above house . It appeared from the evidence that tho deceased was barmaid to Mr . Lobb , but for same time past she had suSered severely from pains in the head , which she had been under the occasional treatment of Mr . Walker . The deceased was of very religious habits , and usually occupied her time by reading the Bible . On Sunday morning , the deceased was much worse , and Mr . Lobb procured some pills for her , which she took
in the bar . Immediately afterwards the deceased became very restless with pain , and left the bar as wassupposed to lie down . About half-past eleven o ' clock , one of the servants went to her bedroom , but found the door fastened . An alarm was raised , and when the door was forced the deceased was discovered lying on the bed , which was saturated with blood . She had a wound in her throat which seemed to have been inflicted by herself . Mr . Pettigrew , thesurceon , was called in , but the deceased had been dead about ten minutes , The deceased had inflicted the fatal injuries while lying on the bed , and de th must have been almost instantaneous . The Jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity . "
Fatal Accident at a Biscuit Baker ' s . —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . W . Baker , jun ., at the London Hospital , on the body of John Anderson , aged sixty , a biscuit baker , in the employ of Messrs . Westrup and Co ., New Crane , Shadwefl . It appeared from the evidence that en Monday , the 17 th . inst ., the deceased was engaged in the machine room in collecting a quantity of roujrh cuttings and p ' aoing them on the " break rollers , " which forms a portion of the machine , and in pressing them down to the proper level , his hand slipped , and it was drawn in between the rollers and crushed in a frightful manner . He called for help , and the motion of the rollers was instantly reversed , and his hand was released . He was sent to the Hospital in great agony the same evening , where he remained until his death , which eccurredon Saturday morning last . The . Jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death , "
Fire at PorLAR . —Monday night , shortly before ten o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises " occupied by Mr . Steward , a general dealer , in Grundy-street , at the corner of Oriental-row , Poplar . The flames were first perceivable in the second floor . Som person injudiciously burst open the street door before the arrival of the firemen , which made the fire burn very fiercely . The engines were promptly on the spot , and there being an abundance of water , they were worked with lull vigour ; but upwards of ail hour elapsed before the flames were entirely subsided . The whole of Mr . Steward ' s stock-in-trade was consumed , his furniture and wearing apparel destroyed , and the building itself cempletely gutted . The origin of the fire could not be ascertained .
Explosion of a Powder Mill . —A dreadful accident occurred a few cloys ago , at tbe Karnes powder mill situated at Millhouse , on the Kerry side of tho . Kyles of Bute , Argyleshire . It appears that six meii were just about to commence work in the corning house , where the powder undergoes the operation of sieving , and where consequently a large quantity is collected , when from some unknown cause it ignited , and this portion of the building , containing about four tons of powder , was in a moment blown into the air . The men were killed instantly . Two others , in a separate building , were so severely injured by fragments of stone , that scarcely any hope is entertained of their recovery . The individuals so suddedly deprived of lite were married , and have left widows and families to lament their loss . The scene ia described as particularly striking , the powder , when ignited , ascending in one cloud of fire , and the report reaching to Inverary , a distance of not less than forty miles .
MUBDBR AND ROBBERY IN CoRK . —The cirCUIUstancea of a robbery of a large amount of money , and a series of facts leading to tbe supposition of an atrocious murder , have lately been brought to light . It appeared from evidence laid before Messrs . Coppingcr , Roche , and Wcstropp , at a private investigation at the police officer , that the captain ofa trading vessel from England was enticed into a house of illfame in Godsil ' s-lane on the 2 d inst . by two women , named Eliza Coppinger and Hannah Rcilly . The house was kept by a man named Lynch , who , according to his statement , heard a struggle in the lower part of the house—alter which the woman came up to the apartment , and threw a large bundle ot bank-notes , a sovereign , and some sliver ou the bed .
and he ge : ting alarmed , desired them to quit the house , which they did . This was the account of the transaction given by this man . Another man , named Kiit , a scavenger , was then examined , whose story was that the women called him into the house , where he saw the man lying on a bed , apparently dead , that they offered him 5 s to remove him out of way , and that he accordingl y took him on his back and lelt him on Lavitt ' s quay . He never heard of or saw the man since . On the following dav he met one of the prisoners , Eliza Coppinger , who showed him £ 45 in Bank ot England notes , and in a short time afterwards she told him she had sold her part
° f ' . . ™& *? Jeremiah Cremin , a scavenger . Con stable 0 Neil informed the magistrates that upon searching Cremin ' s house , he found thcro * loanoihee took , tram which it appeared that Cremin borrowed A 4 on the Gth of May , and he ascertained that on the oth ot August , Cremin paid £ 16 rent ; to another individual £ 11 , and he found £ G upon his person . In tins same den of h , tamy a young man lived , whose assistance was derived chiefly from assistance given to him by one of those wretched women , and since this transaction he has listed in the East India Company ' s Service , and has left the country . Both women ' were remanded by the ma-
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gistrates tillfurtherinquiries ahouldbe . made . The unfortunate man was understood to have had near £ 100 in his possession . - ' Dbath prom Bathino . —Intrepid ' Conduct . —Oh Monday morning , between sevea and eight o ' clock , two persons named James Pike and George Arthur , were bathing in the river Thames , at Battersea , and they had not been long in the water before Pike , who could not swim , got out of his depth . His cries were instantly heard by Arthur , who was swimming some yards from his unfortunate companion , and he
instantly swam to his assistance , when Pike grasped him by the arms , which caused them both to sink . Through the exertions , however , of Arthur , they both again rose to the surface , and he succeeded in getting away from Pike . The unfortunate man then almost instantly sank , and was not seen again . Arthur was so dreadfully exhausted by his exertions to save his friend , that when he reached the shore he fainted away . Assistance was soon at hand , and he was conveyed to his residence in the Wandsworthroad . The body of Pike could not be found .
United Statbs . —Rkmarkablb Criminal Case . — Recent accounts from Lexington , Kentucky , detail the proceedings and result of an extraordinary criminal case which latelytook place in that town . A young man , the only support of a widowed mother , and possessing many estimable qualities , having twice or thrice casually glanced at a certain individual , rich , but dissolute , while in a house of public entertainment , the latter , having first delivered himself of a volley of-abuse , struck the young man , and at the same instant shot him dead . The murderer was arrested , and the ease having been brought on for trial , the crime was clealy proved ; yet , in defence , the well known Henry Clay chimed a verdict
of acquittal , because the day of trial was the anniversary of an acquittal in a similar case twenty-five years preceding . The reply was aa right in principle as it was happy . The counsel for the prosecution pointed out that if the day was the anniversary of such an event , it was also the anniversary of that 4 th of July when their forefathers justified in arms the sacred principles of freedom , truth , and justice ; and he put it to the panel , whether they would desecrate the memory of that day by the acquittal of a murderer . Notwithstanding , the murderer was acquitted by the jury , under the direction of the judge , named Ruckner , and the prisoner escaped from the hands of justice .
Dreadful Collision off thk Spurn Lioht . —On Saturday a notice was received at Lloyd ' s announcing a sad accident offthe Spurn Light , late on Wednesday night last , by which the brig Retrieve , of London , from Shields , was run intO ; by a much larger vessel , and totally lost , and many of the crew drowned . The Retrieve , we understand , was heavily laden in coals under the care of Mr . Scoft , the master , and ten seamen . On the night in question she was bearing across the Boston Peeps , in the usual track for Harborough Gut , when she came into violent collision with the barque Charlotte , master W . Stevens , bound for Si . John ' s Newfoundland . The shock is described to have been most fearful , the Charlotte
striking the brig amidships . The crew of the barque contrived to save three of the crew of the Retrieve , when the vessel disentangled itself from the barque , and is supposed to have immediately foundered , for she was not seen after . Among those who were left behind were the captain , steward , and four seamen , who are expected to have sunk with the vessel . The Charlotte , it seems , had only sailed from Hull on the previous day . In consequence of the great damage she sustained , the captain put back to Hull where he landed the survivors of the Retrieve . There is no doubt great blame is attributable to one of the parties ; but it is difficult to point out the actual aggressor . The vessel is stated to be insured at Shields .
Suspected Murder at Brussels . —On the night of the 28 th inst , about ten o ' clock , M , Londoz , a rich proprietor , residing in the causeway of Molenbeck Si . Jean , had just got home from a club , when , hearing a noise in the cellar , he took a pistol and went down to discover the cause . At the moment of entering the cellar he received a wound from some firearm in the breast . He had just strength enough left to get up stairs , but on reaching his bed-room fell down , and expired immediately after . It appears that M . Londoz , when he heard the noise in the cellar , took two pistols , one loaded , tbe other not , and when he got to the last step , he was roughly attacked by a viogorous arm , and a desperate struggle ensued , as is evident from the clothes of the victim , and
various traces . The perpetrator probably wrested tho pistol from M . Londoz , which was discharged during the struggle , whether accidentally or not is at present uncertain . M . Londoz , it seems , on hearing the noise in the cellar , went up stairs to get his pistols and to inform his wife . The report of the pistol awakened the servants and the neighbours . The servants immediately hastened down stairs , and found their unfortunate master lying on the ground , unable to say any more than the word " wounded . " They carried him to the drawing-room and laid him on a sofa . The physician and a priest , whe had been instantly sent for , arrived too late to see him alive . Only one pistol ( that which had been
discharged ) was near the victim , so that it may be believed that the assassin , not knowing that the second pistol was unloaded , took it to defend himself if necessary in his flight . It is singular that the event was scarcely known when it was generally reported in the neighbourliood that Mr . Londozhad committed suicide , which every circumstance proves to have been impossible . Of course we have only conjecture on this event . The murderer has not been discovered , and every' suspicion respecting the author of the crime must be suppressed . M . Londoz was a vigorous man , of lofty stature , in the prime of life . He leaves a widow and four young children . His fortune is said to have been forty thousand francs per
annum . Dreadful Suicide in Sono . —On Tuesday evening an inquest was held before Mr . Bedford , the Westminster Coroner , at the Coach and Horses , Greekstreet , Wardour-street , on the body of Thomas Peppody , aged 43 years , a greengrocer , lately residing in Greek-street , who committed suicide . The evidence went to prove that the deceased was a man of very dissipated habits , neglecting his business and family matters for days together . He was also much subject to delirium tremens , for which malady he wax generally put under confinement . lie once a t tempted suicide by leaping out of a high window , on which occasion he sustained a severe scalp wound , to which
was attributed the leading cause of his following such a deplorable and depraved life . The deceased ' s friends were somewhat apprehensive of his committing some violent act , therefore an application was made on Monday last to the relieving officer of the Strand Union for assistance to place him under restraint , but when the parties arrived to make some arrangements , the deceased ' s bed room w » s fastened , and when forced open the deceased was found lying on the floor saturated with blood , with a frightful wound in the throat , which had severed the whole of the various branches of the neck . The deceased was dead , and had been so for some time . The Jury unanimously returned a verdict of' ¦ ' Temporary insanity . "
Death of a Would-be Suicide ix the Westminster House of Correction . —Mr . Bedford held an inquest on Tuesday , in theabovep-ison . on the body of William Henry Benham , aged forty-five , stated to be a cutler , formerly in business in Bath . On the 18 th instant a policeman found the deceased sitting on the banks of the Serpentine River , and learnt from him , as he suspected , that his intention was to drown himself . Taken before the magistrate at Queenrsquare , he was bound over to keep the peace for six months , and in default of sureties sent to prison , Mr . Lavies the surgeon saw him the next morning , and found him so ill that he thought h * could not live six hours . Deceased appeared very destitute , and said he had intended to commit suicide because he was tired of his life . By the aid of stimulants he was kept alive until Sunday night . He died from water in the chest produced by disease of the lungs . Verdict " Natural death . "
More Poisoning . —Monday morning , a little boy , eight years of age , was brought to the Westminster Hospital , suffering from the effects of poison . Mr . Tabay , having administered the usual antidotes , instituted an inquiry into the cause of the symptoms which betrayed themselves , when he ascertained that the sufferer had eaten a quantity of the berries of the belladona , or deadly nightshad ' e , which another boy collected in the Willow-walk , Chelsea , and gave him . It is feared that several other children have partaken of the berries .
An Old Monster . —It may bo remembered that an old man , 79 years of age , named Lacombe , was taken up at Niort , on July 12 , for having fired four pistol shots , and killed the servant girl of his daughter , and wounded one of her workwomen . The case came on for trial last week before tho Court of Assizes at Deux-Sevres . Tho prisoner , though of such advanced age , appeared vigorous , with an eve of unusual brightness . He was dressed respectab ' lv in black , and wore a white cravat . It appeared from the evidence that Lacombe lived at Piort with his daughter , a merchande des modes . He had on several occasions paid attention to one of the workwomen named Victorine Dubois , aged 23 and at last absolutely persecuted her with his prayers to become his mistress . The young woman , who was perfectly
well conducted , constantly refused . It would appear that the prisoner pursued precisely the same course with the servant girl , named Celeste S ' vmonet aged 20 , and always met with a similar repulse He at last became exceedingly irritated , and threatened to do them an injury . On July 12 he went out early iu the morning and bought a pistol , having already in his possession three others . He returned home , and charged them all : and then entered the part o the house inhabited by bis daughter . Finding Ceesto Simonet in the first room , he at once fired at her and missed . lie then took better aim , and shot her through the heart . Ho quietly proceeded towards tmscUle a-manger , and perceiving Victorine Dubois through a glass-door , ho took aim at her and tired also . She saw his intention , and mechanically put her hand before her face . Sue received the ball
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° n onejof her fingers , which was dreadfull y shattered though in all probability it saved her life . He then fired the fourth pistol , and the ball struck her oq the side of the forehead , but glanced off . The pri sonerwas then going tranquilly out of the house when the neighbours rushed in and arrested him ! On his trial he declared he knew nothing whatever of what had taken place on the morning in question and he could not have been in his right mind . This was , however , disproved by the testimony of a nun > ber of witnesses who had spoken to him during the morning , and who declared he was perfectly calm and collected . He was found guilty , and sentenced , in consideration of his great age , to only solitary confinement for life . —Galigani ' s Messenger .
Mb & ancholy Occurrence , —It is our painful duty to record , this week , the death of Mr . Michalowski , a Polish gentleman of high rank , and who once held the position of major in the Polish army , but who has recently resided in this city and devoted his time to the teaching of languages . The unfortunate gentleman had been in the habit of visiting Penrith every Tuesday , in his professional capacity , and thence usually proceeded to Long Marlon Academy , to give instructions to the pupils of the Rev . —• Shepherd ; but , on Tuesday last , he had onlyreaohed Brampton-lane , within a mile of the academy , wheH , by some accident , he fell from his gig , and waa severely and fatally injured . He was found , aboufc half-past three o ' clock , lying by the side of the road ,
by an intelligent lad named Atkinson , who had picked up his stick and umbrella , and at this period Mr . Michalowaki was enabled to speak , and , in answer to the inquiries of the boy . to say that he had lost his horse and gig , and required assistance . The gig , in the meantime , bad been taken to the academy , where it was immediately recognised , and the rev . gentleman promptly proceeded in eearch of the driver , to whom he was ultimately guided by tho boy , Atkinson . The sufferer was then unable to give any coherent answers to the questions of Mr . Shepherd , but the fact of his wiping his coat subsequently witli his handkerchief , where it was soiled , showed that he had not lost all consciousness . Indeedhe was afterwards able to enter the gig with
, very little assistance ; but on sitting down he gave evidence of being seriously affected . He was immediately conveyed to the Spread Eag'e Inn , Kirkby Thore where medical aid was promptly procured , and every assistance " was rendered by the worthy clergyman : but Mr . Michalowski lingered in an insible condition until five o ' clock on Wednesday morning . An inquest was held upon the body on Wednesday evening before Mr . G . Thompson , ene of the coroners of the county of Westmoreland , when no circumstances transpired which could explain ths cause of the calamity , beyond a severe wound on the back of the head , which showed that he had been thrown or fallen from the gig ; but the fact that a
sum of money and his gold watch were found on his person , proved that he bad not been exposed to any violence . The jury accordingly found a verdict , " That the deceased died by a fall from his gig , but from what cause there was no evidence to show . " The body was brought lo Carlisle on Thursday morning . Mr . Michalowski has left a widow and two young sons to lament this sudden bereavement . He has resided many years at Dumfries , and was deservedly held in the highest esteem , and during hia short stay at Carlisle , hia great abilities and excellent conduct had gained him many friends , by whom his sad catastrophe is deeply regretted . — CarlisU Patriot .
Ths Daoenham Murder . — Daoexiiam , Saturday Evening . — Since the extraordinary disclosures elicited involving the conduct of the police , in connection with the atrocious murder , the detective force under theordersof Mr . Superintendent Pearce , have been unremitting in their exertions in order to trace out the petpetrators of the horrid deed It ia understood that steps are being taken by the authorities of the Home Office and the Commissioners of Police to indict the whole of the constables who have sworn falsely , for perjury , but it will not be carried out until evidence is adduced which is supposed to be in train for bringing home the more atroeious
crime to the guilty parties . Many doubts were at first entertained as to the statement of the witness Clements , who swore that whilst sitting in the parlour of the Red Lion , at Romford , he heard Parsons exclaim , " Dear me , poor fellow , I am sorry that I did it now ; " but circumstances have since arisen to confirm that statement to a certain extent . Inspector Richardson , who was with Parsons at Romford oh the day in question , has corroborated the fact , that when he left the Red Lion parlour , Cements and Parsons were in the room together , and he recollected Parsons sitting in the position described by Clements , and apparently absorbed in thought over the paper . —John Bull .
A Fortunate Soldier Convict . —Private Herbert Graham , of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines , who was convicted with another marine for robbing a man of his watch and money at the Duke on Horseback public-house , Woolwich , and sentenced at the Old Bailey to eight months' imprisonment in Maidstone gatl , has just had left him the sum of £ 500 , etc ., and his friends , have lodged money to obtain his discharge from the service , aud have determined to petition the Secretary of State for the Home Department , either to remit or mitigate his term of imprisonment , as he was led to commit khe offence by his comrade ( Ditcher , ) who was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment .
Awfully Sudden Death . —On Saturday morning , Mr . Mills , the Deputy Coroner , held an inquest at the Rose public-house , Elder walk , Islington , to inquire concerning the death of Mr . Roberts for many years the respectable proprietor of the Jolly Angler ' s Tavern , situate in the immediate neighbourhood , The deceased , a very old and useful inhabitant of the parish , had , in conjunction with several other gentlemen , established a Philanthropic Society , and on a certain night every week , a meeting of the members to entertain applications for relief , and on other matters took place at the
Kenilworth Castle , New North-road . A few evenings ago a large assembl took place as usual , and after the deceased had addressed the meeting as to the necessity of having a benefit in aid of the funds of the charity , so ns to be able to contribute more bountifully than heretofore to the wants of their poor neighbours , he sank on his chair , and without a sigh or grosn was instantly a corpse . Medical men were called , but their presence was useless , and to the homo he had quitted two hours before in good health , he was conveyed a corpse . A verdict of " Died by the visitation of God" was recorded .
The Supposed Murders in Oxfordshire . —Al « though it is upwards of a fortnight since human bones were discovered on the side of the Banbury-road , near Sturdy Castle , yet up to the present time there has been no investigation into this mysterious and suspicious affair , either magisterially or by the Coroner . The bones having been pronounced by a medical gentleman of Woodstock to be those of human beings , and there being also strong suspicion that that they are the remains of three unfortunate fellowcreatures who have been murdered , surelv demands the strictest investigation . The Coroner tor tbe district ( W . Brunner , Esq ., Oxford ) has some doubts as to the legality of holding an inquest , and to remove these doubts he either baa written to , or intends writ
ing to , Lord Denman on the subject . It has been discovered that another person has been missing from that part of Oxfordshire , in addition to the man Hicks , of Tackley , who , it will be remembered , used to wander about the country with gipsies , of which Sheriff and Biddle formed a part of the company . A travelling packman , who some years since visited the villages of Harford , North and Steeple Aston , and others within a few miles of 5 turdy ' a Castle , has also been missing ; and the finding of tne skeleton alluded to has led many persons to think it probable that the poor fellow came to an untimely end , and that his were a portion of the bones found . He never hinted so any one that he waa about discontinuing travelling in that neighbourhood ; and what adds
more weight to the suspicion of his being murdered is , that many persons had contracted debts with him , and which they have never been called upon to pay . It has also been ascertained that the hollow where the bones were discovered has been used as a sawpit within ten years , aud consequently there cannot be much doubt that the bones have been buried there since that time . The two men , Biddle and Sheriff , who were convicted of the murder of Mr . Mobbs , and who are still in Oxford Castle under a sentence of transportation for life , have made on statements or confession either with respect to the murder they were convicted of , or of any other in winch they are supposed to be implicated .-turning
A Stiusoe Mistake . —a few davs ago , while a number ot persons were engaged at harvest work in a held near beltord , the steward put off his waistcoat , to assist m binding , and placed it on the top of jome sheaves , following the reapers down the field in the usual course of their work till they were quite out ot sight of the clothes . Two persons , a mason and his wile , who were going to employment on the rauway , as they were travelling along the road adjoining to the field , observed one of the navies go over the fence into tho corn field , strip off his own waistcoat , put the one lying on the sheaves , and instantly run off at a quick pace . The two persons
lutormou the reapers ot what had taken place , and on coming to the spot where the waistcoat had teen left , the steward found a ragged article lying in its place , and being afraid to touch it with his hands , took it up on the point of a sickle , and was dangling the rags about to the aimiscmeut of his fellowlabourers , when , to his great surprise , three sovereigns i'dl out of one oi' the pockets , and this of course reconciled him to what he at first thought a worthless exchange , and checked the jeering and sport of his companions . A short time after the discovery of the money , the poor navy returned with a penitent look , imploringly lamenting his " mistake ; " but he was told he had the bargain of his own making , and ho must now keep what lie kail got .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 29, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29081846/page/6/
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