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TSK MOBDEBOCS AlIiCKO . 1 A LetIES-GarbiERBradley , the letter carrier , who was so iuhumanlv attacked in Mitre-court , Wood-street , is not likefv to recover his reasoning faculties from the effects of the blow he received upon his head . He was led down to the Post office on Saturday , and had an interview with Mr Peacock , the solicitor , when he appeared to be labouring under complete unconsciousness . The opinion of tbe Post-office authorities is , that a discarded bank clerk , or Post-office clerk , was
privy to the evidently oreeoncerred attack upon Bradley , from the fact that no other person could lave known the contents of the bag Bradley carried . The key with which the highwaymen locked thc gate consists of the rustv pipe of an old street-door key , to which is soldered a skeleton end , quite new , and seemingly made espresslv for the lock . Inspector Shaekell , Serjeant Brennan , « ir . d a number of the detective force , have been throughout the week in pursuit of three men , whose description they have teeeivcH , hat iher have hitherto eluded detection .
Fire at the IVaxdswobth Distillery . —A fire broke ont on Monday on the premises known as the "Wandsworth Distillery . " Thc exertions of the neighbours assisted materially in preventing the spread of the flames and in preserving the immense property . The premisesare very extensive , covering nearly seven acres of ground . The flames broke out in the most dangerous part of thera-iyjz ^ the Still house ; and at one time threatened the destruction of the whole . It had become necessary to examine the still , and the spirit which it contained had been washed off about half-past two o ' clock . On opening the " man-hole" a great . quantity of gas rushed out " and eame in contact with a lighted candle held bv- a man who stood at some yards distance . Ignition
and explosion were the immediate consequences ; tho man , whose name is Kearney , was rendered insensible for a few minutes , but received no injury . It will . cost about £ 5 . 000 ' to restore thc property damaged . Ten engines arrived from London in less than an hoar after tha outbreak . Mr Watney is understood to be insured in the Sun , the Phoenix , and tho Imperial office . DnsraucrivB Fire . —On Saturday morning , between three and four o ' clock , the Blue Boar ' s ° Head Tavern , 114 , Long-acre , the property of Mr Drinkwater , was discovered to be on fire . " Mr Drinkwater
and family effected an escape by getting through the roof , and passing along the coping to an adjoining house . Several engines were at the scene ot conflagration in less than 20 minutesafter theSret discovery was made ^ and copious streams of water were thrown upon the blazing pile . At one period the destruction of the adjoining houses appeared certain , and the intttatea commenced removing their goods to a more distant place of safety . The damage done is very considerable , aud , besides the destruction of Mr Drinkwater ' s property , alodger in the house hasalso lost about £ 200 worth of goods , which was uninsured . Two of the fireman were severely injured .
Fatal Boat AccmESi . —On Saturday evening , a cutter containing seven persons , through * the unskilfulness of the coxswain , came into viol ent collision with one of the abutments of Westminster-bridge , and broke about midships . Only five of the party were saved ; two brothers , aged IS and 33 , sons of Mr Carter , of 9 , South-row , Lambeth-walk , were drowned . Fal & is the Pkick of "Bread . —On Monday , anotherfalloFJJ . inthe price of the-tib , loaf took place generally throughout tho metropolis . Best bread is now at Sid ., second-rate fid . Some bakers in Whitechapel , the BlacMriars-road , Westminster , & c ., only charge 7 d . the loaf , weighed on delivery League bread IA ., and household bread 6 . 1 . , "
The Dagesuam Murder . —AfFBEHENsidx OF Seb-OEAsl Pabsoss . —On Monday considerable eicife ment was created in the neighbourhood of Stepney a rumour being circulated that Sergeant Parson , formerly of the £ division , and for whoso apprehension a reward bad been offered by the goversment . ( he being concerned in the charge of perjury , " at , the inquest of the murdered man Clarke , conjointly with two constables of the K division , named U ' -gilon and Kimpton , who haverccently been sentr . kcd to transportation on that charge ) , was i" -Custody . On matins inq lines at the Tbame ^ -police-station , Arbor square , Stepney , we fonni the rumour of theapbrefieasiqn of Parsons w * s perfectly correct , he being at that time lodged , in the station-house , having been taken lntocusfod y and broughtup from Lincolnshire in the ch-irge of a sergeant of the K division , and other constables . He will be conveyed to Ilford jail ,- ' " -
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LANCASHIRE . Tub Famish Fever- —We ar e glad to be able to uoAice an abatement both in the number of fever patients and the intensity of the disorder , which now exists in a much , milder form ; and the advantages of hospitable treatment are manifested in the larger proportion of recoveries . From the reports of the sanitary officers of police we see there are many cases in which personsill of fever have neither medical aid nor pecuniary relief , not having applied to the board , in other cases individuals who have applied to the board and have been required to go into the workhonse , have declined to do so , preferring
distention in their miserable cellars . There have teen some few cases of exposure of fever patients turned out of loding-houses in Wakeficld-street , little Ireland , and they have been removed in carte to Manchester workhouse . About eight o ' clock on Monday evening last a boy , a merejehild of five years , was found there , lying in the street , both Ms father and mother being in the fever hospital ; he had neither friend nor home , lie was conveyed to the workhouse . Therearealsoeases ofrhematic attacks from damp cellars and of English cholera , reported . On iha whole , however , the health of the town , or rather of its Irish immigrant ? , isgreatty improved . — Hanchesltr Guardian .
Railway AeciDBXT . —MiRACULOCs Eecape . —On Tuesday , the 20 th , an accident occurred to one of the Manchester and Leeds trains , which might have been attended with frightful less of life . The 4 h ; 20 m . train from Leeds left that station at the usual time , with about forty passengers , and had proceeded as far as where the liue crosses the Doncaster-road , about three miles from Leeds , when a cloud of dost and the shaking of the carriages , with a sudden application of the break , gave intimation to the passengers that all was not right , but their real danger -was not known until the train was stooped . On
getting out of the train it was found that the first axle of the engine had broken about three inches from the shoulder , and that five of the wheels were off the rails . Fortunately no one was hurt . The train was on a high , embankment , and thc wonder is that it was not dashed to pieces , for , on measuring the distance , it was ascertained from the marks made in the earth , by the wheels , that the axle had "broken upwards of 2-50 yards before the train was stopped . Another engine was obtained from Leeds , and the passengers forwarded after a delay oi about an boar and a half .
A Foriusb-Teller ts Difficclties . —At the Saifoid Police Court on Friday , before Mr Alderman Eay , a man calling himself John Rhodes -AnaeL ¦ mm placed in the dock charged as a rogue and vagabond , and practising the art of fortune-telling . On Thnrs ' lay last , it appears , tie chief constable , Capt . Sheppard , learned that a bosom widow , named Mary Wrigley , had visited the house of the prisoner , to ascertain whether or no she was likely to meet with a second husband , aud having ascertained that , for the information then communicated , the prisoner had charged her Is-, the chief constable obtained a warrant for bis apprehension . The same day , the warrant was placed in the hands of Inspector Taylor , for execution , when he , accompanied by another
officer , went to the prisoner's house . No . 3 , Hulmestreet , Oldfield-road , behind the Crescent . On first entering the house , the officers were inclined to believe they had made some mistake , as the place bore the appearance at first sight of a medical man's surgery . A little inquiry , however , soon convinced them they were in the right , as it turned out , that in addition to his business as a fortune-teller , he practised extensively as a " herb doctor . " In the lower room of the house , they found the prisoner ' s wife in conversation with , two respectably dressed ladies , who , as it appeared , were waiting to have their fortunes told . On nroceeding up stairs to the chamber of the ** weird man , " they found him in deep consultation with another lady , who was th = re on a similar errand ,
and he jnanifestedconsiderable impatience , at being golnoppartauely disturbed . The officers commenced a regular search of the house , and were rewarded by finding some very curious articles . Amongst other things , they picked up a huge slate , on which was engraved a representation of the whole planetary system with a moving brass dial used in ruling the planets , and casting horoscopes , and solving questionp , which would puzzle the most learned astronc-« 2 Sis . There were also magic glasses of most portentous appearance , besides manuscript books uninteui"i 'le to any one , save the writer , and copies of White's Epherneris , Zidkiel ' s Almanack , Lilly's Astrology , & o . & e . The fellow was committed to hard labour for one month . _ . ;
Inspectors of Mixes aso Colleries . —Mr Hall , of Preston , urges the appointment of government inspectors of mines and colleries , from which he says a saving of fifty ner cent , in life and property would result . He asserts that " one of the greatest evils practised in the coal districts of tha north is that of extending the workings in all directions two or : hree nrilei without sinking additional shafts , ffhi & ty-nina out of every hundred sf tho casualities result from the economical system of working the pits to a preposterous extent in connexion with only one shaft for both up and down casts . In the St Hilda , the Jarrow , and other collieries , tho great distances the men had to travel after the csolosion was the cause of death . Let masters { he continues ) , only do justice by instituting a more perfect system fifrentilation , and the carelessness of workmen will po longer be the cause of these fearful explosions . "
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YORKSHIRE . Ixiebesiisg Fbstital . —The town of Leeds was last week tbe scene of one of those interesting gatherin ? s which , though somewhat common ( on a smaller scale ) in ancient days , are kow of too rare occurence . An entertainment was given at the Railway Faundry by Messrs E . B . Wilson and Co ., the proprietors , to celebrate the opening of an extensive new buildin ? , 210 feet l « ng . which they have just added to their forrai'i- works , for the fitting up and finishing of locomotive ens-ir . es . All the workmen , COO in number , and the wives of those who are married , were invited
to a supper and ball , a largo number of ladies and gentlemen , friends of the fi-m , or connected with the railway world , being also invited . Upwards of 1 G 00 persons attended , including the . Mayor of Leeds , the master cutler of Sheffield , and a number of the leading inhabitants of Leeds and neighbourhood . The building was fitted up and decorated in a tasteful manner , and the repast was served in capital style , music playing and cannon firing the while . After dinner a number = .-f appropriate t » asts and sentiments were drunlt ,.- ( nd the tables wereclearedaway to enable the company to enjoy the sprightly dance , which was kept up to a late hour .
Tub Mikfifxo MonoER " . —The persons accused of these murders are kept in custody , and the charges postponed till next assiz ? s , for the purpose of procuringadditional evidence , that tendered at the late assizes not being sufficiently conclusive . . tdddbn Dkath at ax El-echox Mbemso . —A correspondent inform * us that the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Sir Charles Wood , Bart ., arrived at Halifax on Monday , to prosecute his canvass for that borom-h ; and that in the forenoon of that day he was to address the electors assembled . . Mr Ed . Ackrovd one of the leiding members of his committee , was appointed to introduce the right honourable gentleman , and aa he was in the act of doing so , he was seizad with a sudden difficulty of speech , fell down , and expired in a fe « - minutes . The event has thrown a gloom over the bavough as Mr Ackroyd was much respected .
nmmAii . Sporting bt Stkam . —A race between the Scottish Maid ami Harvest Home . steam boats , for £ 25 a side , Came off last week at . tea , ft mo tbe Herd buoy at the mouth of the Tyne to the buoy of Sunderland bar and back , a distance of about 12 miles . As this was the first set match between two Tyne boats , considerable interest was excited , whicii was increased by the fact , that , independent of the wager , it was a trial of the capabilities of the builders and engine makers of the respective boats . The b iat « were alike in size , with 25-inch cylinders to the engines , equal to about 22-horee power . The Harvest Home had thc call in
the betting at 5 to i . They went oil' with considerable swiftness , leaving all the other boats behind , some cf them 40-horee power , but kept together for only a short distance , when the Scottish Maid began slowly , but perceptibly , to creep a bead . This state ot things continued for nearly the whole distance ; the Harvest Home , from being finer in the bottom , was not so well adapted fnr sea running as her competitor which was bolder built . After a gallant run the Scottish Maid came back a winner by about half a mile . The distance was gone over iu 1 hour and 12 minutes . There was a great deal of spirit in the betting , and considerable sums changed hands ..
WARWICKSHIRE . ALLEGED DEATH OF A CHILD FROM GmMDJAt ASSAULT-—An inquest was held at the Grand Turk , Ludgatehtll , Birmingham , on-th * - body of a girl , eight years of age , whose death was alleged to have taken place in consequence of a criminal assault committed on her , , person , by : an Irish , labourer , named Martin Ilogan .. ^ From tbe .. evidonce of the mother of deceased , it appeared that she had sent her out for some ale , and that she . did not , come back until nearly three-quarters of an hour had ' elapsed , when onehalf of the . ale was gone , and she appeared very ill , and sai'dshe : had be « : u knocked down , and kicked on the back by . zu irishman . She . shortly afterwards went up Stairs to bed , but could not sleep during the
nijut , ' crying frequently , and she continued in a very distressed state during the whole of the next day , in the course ol which she reluctantly made a statement to her mother , by which she implicated Martin Hdgan , as the cause of her illness , and he was accordingly taken into custody . She continued in the same state until shedied . A post mortem examination was made , and from the appearances , not the least trace , was observable of any violence having been used to wards her . - The coroner having directed the attention of the jury to tbe fact that there was nothing to show that the deceased had come by her death from . other than natural causes , a verdict to that effect was returned . The prisoner , JJogan , was then discharged .. . ;; .- ; .
gloucestershire . Serious Casb of Pois-isi . vo a Ship ' s Cbew . —A frightful occurrence took place on board the Achilles , of Newcastle , lying at Glouces ' vi-. last week . A new cook , a black , had been receivtii mi board , proceeded to make soup for dinner , Most unhappily and most reprehensibly , a jar of arsenic had been left in the lazaret , and the ceok , mistaking this for flour , used a handful of * it to thicken ihe soup , of which , when prepared , the cook himself , the mate , the carpenter , the captain ' s child , and a nurse girl , partook . A Custom-house officer on board tasted the soup , but not liking it . refused it . The other live were speedily taken alarminsly ill . The uurseand child weresoon placed out of danger by the prompt and energetic remedies , but thc three seamen were for some time considered in ex ^ eme danger .
SUFFOLK . A tablet has been placed during the past week on one of the ruined pillars of the Abbey Church , Bury , in the grounds ot Mr Muskett , bearing the following inscription : —Near this spot , on tho 20 ; h of November , a . d . 1215 , Cardinal Langton and the Barons swore at St Edmund ' s Altar that they would obtain from King John the ratification of Magna Charta .
REST . Military Outrage at Chatham—A most deperate affray took place on the Military-road , Chatham , on Sunday evening , between a large party of the 62 nd and 10 th Regiments . The quarrel arose , in tho first instance , between a corporal of the C 2 nd and a private of the 10 th , in consequence , it is supposed , of some heart-burning between the two corps relative to the manner in which the 62 nd is said to have conducted themselves at the battle of Moodkee . It is said that not less than from 800 to 1 , 000 men were engaged in this affray , and one man , named Allison , a private in the 60 th Rifles , whilst on duty at the main guard , was knocked down by the rush of soldiers from the barracks , and had his skull so severely fractured that his life is in danger . Several others were also severely wounded . The affray was only suppressed by the timely arrival of several strong picquets , aided by the | civil
power-SlEAH-BOAT COLUSIOS OH IBB River —On Tuesday another collision , attended with the loss of a leg to one of the passengers , took placdhear the Roshcrville Pier , between the Sapphire , Diamond Company's packet , and the Sons of the Thames steampacket , plying between London and Sheerness , and touching at that pier . It appears that theitwo boats on their way down and approaching the ' pier about twelve o ' clock , were competing each to reach it first . The Sapphire was the outer boat , and she endeavoured to get ahead and to cross the other's bow so as toauticipa e her reaching the pier . The paddleboxes of both came first in contact , but the Sapphire being the most powerful of the two , the Sons of the Thames was compelled to give way a little . The
trial of strength and celerity- continued , aud the Sapphire as they closed the pier , gained about half a length ahead of her competitor , and then made an attempt to tarn her bow and cut her offfrom the jier barge , which both were fast approaching . In this bald attempt the paddle-box of the Sapphire came in collision with the bow of the Sons of the Thames with a terrible shock , and both vessels became entangled with each other . The damage done to either was , however , of trifling import , but unfortunately not so the injury done to a gentleman of the name ef Catlia , of Ghandos-street , Bedford-street , London , who happened to be on the fore deck of tbe Sons of the Thames at the time of the second collision . When the first contact of the vessels took place , Mr Catlin advised his wife and a friend of
his , who were with him , to move aft , ' as he feared soma bad work would be the result of the struggle of the vessels to anticipate each other in reaching the pier . They did as he advised , and he was preparing to follow them when the second collision took place , and he was thrown prostrate , something at the same moment coming in contact with and breaking his leg below the knee , and , as subsequently appeared , crushing the foot and ankle bones to splinters . The sufferer was landed on the Terrace-pier , and removed to Mr Woodgate ' s Hotel , Windmillstreet , where Mr Gvamshaw , the surgeon who amputated the leg of the young . man ( Moore ) who suffered in the late collision between the Satellite and the Eclipse , attended and performed the same necessary , but melancholy duty for Mr Catlin , by removing the leg a little below the kneo .
DKVOKSHIBK . JfoRTrfMUTON . —A case of accidental'death has occurred in this village during the last week under circumstances of a peculiarly awful nature . On Friday night , or early on Saturday morning , a woman in decent circumstances , dressed ia disguise ; having an empty seek iu her hand , made an attempt to eater the corn-mill of Mr Ley , situate in this town . She . . hadbeen seen in the village about eleven o ' clock at night , respectably attired ; but nothing further appears to bs known of her until the next morning 'Saturday ) soon after five o ' clock , when the miller ' s man entered tho mill , and his attention was
immediately attracted to a pair of shoes lying'by the wheel ; on looking more narrowly , he was terrified at observing , between the inner wheel of the mill and the wall ,-but so tightly that it required the assistance of nice men to lift the wheel before the leniaias could be extricated . The body was at length got cat , and proved to bs" that of a woman , uamtd Wcstoeatt , aged 55 , wife of a decent man in the village , a schoolmaster ; her neck was broken , her person fearfully torn and mutilated , and she must have been dead for several hours . It appeared that the miller had latterly missed corn from hia mill on several occasions , and had watched a few nights prevj .
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ously , but without detecting the depredators . There is an aperture above the axle of the water-wheel , through which the entrance must have been made ( although apparently too small for any grown-up persons to get through ); and , therefore *; orrtlie > night in question , he left the mill-wheel slowly 4 ' uriiin * to prevent the access of the thieves . However , through this opening the woman ventured to enter , and in the attempt came to her untimely and ignominious end . ' She was a person of respectable connexions , but her character for honesty had long been suspected . An inquest was held on the body before Mr John Henry Toller , coroner , and a verdict returned of " Found dead between the wheel and the wall . "
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DUNDEE . DitEADFUi Railway AcciDusi .-July 22 . —This town was thrown into a state of great excitement by the report ofa dreadful accident on tho Dundee and Perth llailway , which occurred this forenoon . As the train from Perth , which sinsuld have arrived inDandeeabnut eleven o'clock this forenoon , had not arrived at or near the usual time , an express was despatched f rom the Dundee station to learn the canse of the delay . It appears that about five miles from Dundee one of the lines of railway bad sunk considerably , and on the train arriving at that place the engine had run off the rails , and the luggagewaggon ( which was next after the engine ) , together with two passenger carriages , had been , by the force of the concussion , broken into pieces ; indeed , the
two passenger carriages were pitchedinto the luggage carriage . One person , named Cargill , a farmer , from the neighbourhood of Newcastle , and who had been OQ a visit to some friend ? in Ibis locality , is dead . Another person , named Stobin , lies insensible , and no hopes are entertained of his recovery . Sixotlier persons are said to be hurt more or less seriously . The Dundee and Pcrthline was opened little or more than two months ago . So far as can be learned , no blame can be attached to the engine-driver or to any of the company ' s servants . Probably the embankments have not had proper time to consolidate , and a heavy rain , which fell in the course of last Highland early this morning , may have contributed to the depression of the railsand embankment , and thus have led to tho deplorable accident whicn has unfortunately Occurr / ed . " '
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THE . HARVEST—POTATO CROP . Tho correspondent of tho Homing Chronicle says , —The potato disease , beyond all question , is extending , slowly , however , and partially . It is the disease of last year , but in a much more mitigated form . Fortunately , the early potatoes were grown before tho blight came on , and there are now considerable supplies of them at market in all parts of the country ; They will afford a seasonable relief , but it would be utter infatuation to place the slightest reliance upon the late crop as a source . of food for the winter and spring . As a staple food for millions of our population , the , potato cannot any longer be counted upon , and to meet this social revolution some other mode of sustaining the people must be devised . The grain crops are progressing very favourably but there are partial exceptions resngoJing wheat .
, ... STATE OP THE oOUKTRT . The country , papers to-day speak of the condition of the country in terms of hope and cheerfulness . The harvest prospects are very good , and they have bee ? . Crowned within the last day or two by a genial rain which fell for several hours unaccompanied by wind , saturating the parched earth , and stimulating the growth , as well as maturing the produce of the soil . With the exception of the •' extermination " referred to below , the journals do not contain a single record of crime .
WHOLESAtR EXTERMINATION AT CHAnLEVrtLE . The Limerkkand Clare Examiner gives the detail from Its special correspondent of one of the most harrowing scenes of extermination we remember to have read of , even in this unhappy land , where our noble peasantry are wont to be treated rather as pestiferous vermin than as those for whom God created the soil , and Whose labour , under his blessing , imparts its luxurious fertility . The extermination is sai I to have taken place on the property of the Earl of Cork , and in his name : — ' CiwrU « Hlc , JttW 23 .
" I went without delay' to the old Corlc-road , or Glen , the scene of eviction . This is , or rather was , a suburb : m hamlet , leading from the main street of Charlcville There were fifty-eight houses in it . There are fony thrown down , and eighteen io be . The land upon Which these houses wera built was held by Miss Anster ( sister to Dr Antter , the gifted translator of Faust ) under the Earl of Cork . . Either her term espirefl , or she surrendered the holding , and thereupon ejectments were serred upon all the holders on the part of the Earl of Cork . On the first day of April they Were all served , and on the 13 th of July ( this month ) the sub-sheriff oi Cork , aiied by ihe military and police force , proceeded to I'XeCUte . As I went along to view the work of deso . lation , the first object that attracted my attention was the rooflsss shells of many tenements on one side of the road , and temporary huts raised with wattles and old
pieces of timber , thinly covered with sooty straw -ni-. h which the demolished houses _ lmd been tliatchcd , on tbe other . In these huts , unfit for swine , I saw many feverstricken creatures lying on a little discoloured straw , without hardly a vestige of bed or covering . Thcro ( said one of those who accompanied me ) is a poor woman recovering from few , whose mother I saw fall from neatness and disease when she was about to reach a cup of water to the lips of her daughter . * * And there ( said another eagerly ) is the house whore the widow Reily , afraid that if sho did not obey she would not get the roofing materials as tbe usual gift in sueh cases , was forced to go up . on the roof of her own house to tear off the thatch nith her own unwilling hands . ' 'And see ( said a . third ) in that shell is James Thomas , with his wife and cuild lying down in fever , without any friend or relative to assist them or take care of them in any way whatever .
THE CASE OF THE M 1 SATIC . In one of the dilapidated dwelling ? , a person named William Lyons resided under the care and protection of bis brother ; the former was a lunatic for fourteen , years . When the vengeance of the law was exhausted upon the house , the poor fellow wandered in melancholy about the country , " away from the haunts of men , " coming occasionally in the evening to look upon the spot of his birth and his affections . It was a sad story—and the brother , who loved the maniac the mere because of his calamitous visitation , said to me , with tears , " 1 didn ' t care so | mueh , sir , about myself , only tor him , * * . " At the turn of the road a little way down from the ruined hamlet is the
CHOKCHYARD OF B . UXYflALLY . This last resting-place is well inclosed , and neatly planted . Within the enclosure there are many 11 it tomhstoaes and grasi covered graves ; and here the evicted families , numbering nearly four hundred , took shelter , and for four consecutive Bights slept under the canopy of heaven , huddled together , "God tempering the wind to the shorn lamb . " The total number of persons thus driven from house and home is nearly 400 , of whom 100 were , or are , suffering from fevtr .
CXOSMEri—MURDER OP A POLICE-COKSTABIJt . August 23 rd . —The trial of Thomas Ryan ( Rody ) and Michael Ryan ( Goster ) . for the murder of Sub-Constable Crowley , cn the 2 lst of January last , occupied the court nearly the entire day . It will be recollected that , on the occasion alluded to , on attack was made on Mr Wayland , pay-clerk under the Board of Works , as he was proceeding on a car , accompanied by two policemen , on his way to Cappawhite , to pay the workmen at that place , and that
in the conflict one of the policemen lost bis life . After the examination of witnesses , including an approver named Patrick Ryan ( Waller ) , Mr Relleston addressed the jury on behalf of tha prisoners , and commented in indignant terms on tbe conduct of thc approver , whom he said was the ruffian who , in his opinion , actually shot the deceased , aud now . added the crime of perjury to that of murder , and wanted to sacrifice the lives of the two prisoners at the bar , to save his own neck from the rope which he intended for them .
The jury returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners ; On Saturday the prisoners were brought into court to receive sentence , which was death by the hangman , on Friday the 21 th of September next . Prisoners : Thank you , my levd . The unfortunate men , who were quite unmoved , then retired from the dock ., and in a short time after the learned judge desired the governor of the gaol to have them again placed at the bar , which having been complied with , he said : — " I have sent for you to say that I have given you a long day , to prepare yourselves to meet your God . You gave your victim no timeto prepare . 1 hope you will make the most of the time between this and the day ef execution , which I have before mentioned . " Ryan ( Goster ) : We are dying innocent , thank
God . Ryan ( Rody ) : We are dying innocent . Repeal Association ,- —This body , which appears to be gaining new strength , held its weekly meeting on Monday , Several gentlemen who have either been absent for a considerable time from , or never attended in Conciliation-hall , before , were present . Amongst tho former were Captain Ikaderiuk , Mr J . A . O'Nicll , & i- ; Mr J . Colletl , late M . P ., for Athlonc , was the most prominent ol' thc latter . Captain Broderick took , the eliair . The usual spcecucsw . cro made . Mr Maurice ' 0 'C < i ; nictl expressed his apprehension that no Repeal candidate would stand for Dublin ; but it was ti . e determination of the committee lo start a candidate for Dungarvon in opposition to theRigtitllon . R . L . Shell . The rent for the week was announced to be £ 05 ISs . ( Jl . Tne meeting then ailpumed . for a fortnight .
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GTJILDIIALl . —A rrticATioK hf . sfechno Buiumno SocuSiThard-working man applied for advice an assistance oa a subject which was of great important to him and a number of the poorer classes who subscribe to building societies . Instated that he va > a member of a building society ; a ' nd had contributed to Jt £ l » . There was a clause in tbe rules of tho society which nave members the power to withdraw the amount they nan paid in , and his means becoming somewhat straitened , lie was compelled to give the usual notice for the raurn of the £ 18 . The society declined to do it , and finding that they were continuity to advance out the capital , he , with several others , again demanded the return of their nd his eir
depisits . They heedod not their requests , a - cumsfcinccs bicoming exceedingly reduced , so much so that his goods had been distrained upon for rent , he was compelled to seek the aid of the magistrates to get back that ivhiuli belonged to bim , and which be so much needed Mr Alderman Gibbs asked if there was an arbitratiou clauso . in the rules ? The defendant said there « as . It had been referred to arbitration , and it bad been decided that the society had tho option to advance the capital or return it . Mr Alderman Gibbs said he was afraid Itc could not assist him . if he desired again to rcfir it to arbitration , the previous decision might only bo confirmed , and he would be putting himself to an expense without effecting the least sood . Bioamt Chadwick
WORSHIP-STREET . — — Wm . , a brute , was charged with having feloniously intirmarried with Harriett Anderson , his first wife Rebecca Chadwick , being still living . Mary Ann Lucas deposed that she was present at tho marriage of her daughter with the prisoner , which waseoli'intitzed at Hackney Church , on the 12 th IfSovembvr , 1839 . The parties continued to live together , but on very unhappy terms , until about two years ago , when the prisoner suddenly deserted her daughter , after selling off the- whole of their ifi' . ' cts , nothing had been since-seen of him , until they ascertained that he had been taken into eustody . Harriet Andtrson , a dcliccte-lookini ? young woman , who appeared painfully agitated , whilst giving her evidence , stated that she had been acquainted about eighteen months » ith the
prisoner , who represented himself as a single man , professed tho most ardent attachment towards her , and after a short courtchip , they wi re List summer married at Greenwich . They had only been a short time united when tbe prisoner tauntingly tald her that lie had a former wife sf : ll living , and that bis marriage with her was a . mere nullity . In conseuuense of itis constant harshness and cru : lty she was compelled to leave Mm . On tte preceding evetdng he wjeueoiled in discovering her , and , after conducting himself in the " most ' outrageous manner , declared that < ho would smash everything in the place . She reluctantly 'gave 'him into custody . It was far from her wislrta proceed- ' any further in the matter , and sbeimploredtheniag ! istrateU 6 : consbHt ' t 6 the prisoner ' s discharge * and permit tier to abandon the
prosecution . , Mr , tiroughtoti said that he could not for a moment listen toisuch an applicationj'it vea . s Msdutj to commit bim for trial . - . - \ . h ' " ^ " " ¦ S ,,: ;' . ' V William Sheen , tlio : man •¦ wha : aequlred se ' rauch"notoriety some years sine : by cutting off the head of ' bis child , from which cuargc ho was liberated-hythejudges upon a technical informality , was placed at the baf'bofore M ? , llaminill , charged with cutting : and ' wounding a v Oman , named . Mary-Anne . Sullivan , witlrwhdin lie had cohabited , with Intent to murder her . WheiTtftk ' case was called on , it was intimated'to ill- Jflaminill that the prosecutrix was not in court ,- nnd'ttrtt upoti her quitting tho hospital , to which she ' . was ' c : irried , ihV had expressed tho most positive determination » ot to appear against tho prisoner , or to' carry tho- case any further . The raagistsate , however , said that her u ' -MieavaBce was
indispensable , and forthwith issued a summons with imperative injunctions to the constable to procure her attendance , and the poor womarf was ahonly after supr ported into sourt . The prosecutrix , who appeared ' to have been seriously injured , and was in such a state of debility that she was allowed to be seated throughout the examination , then stated , that she had been living with , tho prisoner aa his wife for the last eighteen" years , ' and that during nearly the whole of that time she had been subject to such constant illusages , that on several occasions she had been an inmate of- diSwnnt hospitals from tho effects of his brutality . On the preceding evening she accompanied lum to thc house of bis brother ill Wehtwovtli-street , Whitechapel , one of tbose Children had been that day christened , and while on their return
home some angry words ensued between them , which lasted until they reached their own house , when , the in stant they had entered the passage , the prisoner turned ferociously upon her , and declaring nith an oath that he had at length got what- ho had long wanted and wished for , dre : v out a white handled clasp . knife , which he deliberately opened , and seizing her by the hair of he ? head , made a desperate attempt to stab her in the throat . A violent struggle ensued between thctn , in tbe course of which she raised her arm to protect her neck , and while warding off the blow , received a severe gash in the left hand , one of the fingers of which was cut to tho bone . On finding himself foiled in his object , the prisoner struck bev a terrible blow in the face with his fist , which knocked her down , and while Ijing upon the
ground continued kicking her until she ivas totally insensible , iu which state she was afterwards di wovere'iby a policeman , who carried her to the hospital , where her injuries ivere dressed , but she had since been very faint and ill from loss of blood . The evidence of the constable and the surgeon to the London Hospital proved the sorious natura . of the attack . When called upon for his defence , the prisoner denied having used a knife at all upon the occasion , and said that he was induced a short time back to make over his property , consisting of four houses and a large quantity of household furniture , to the prosecutrix , but that iu consequence of her constantly afterwards abusing him , and threatening that she would get
some one who would b « his master , h » had considered it right to alter that disposition and settle his property upon some ono elso , 9 udthat ) the revenge and indignation of tho prosecutrix ever since that transfer had been so great that she bad trumped up this charge against him for tho purpose of getting rid of hitn—a threat to which effect , and to do Mm ail the injury she could , she had held out to him so lately even as the preceding evening . Mr Uamniill expressed his intention to Bond the case for the consideration of a jury , directed the depositions of the witnesses to be taken , and they having been completed by Mr Vine , tho chief cUrk , the prisoner ) who displayed a coolness almost amounting to '; indifference throughout , was removed toNewgate . in the van .
BrutaIi Assault . ' - —A powerful fellow , named Thos . Helsley , was charged with a brutalassiiult Upon a married woman , named Catherine Shannon , living inDevonshircstveat , Bishopsgute . The complainant , whose face was terribly swollen , bruised , and cut , stated , that upon entering a public house in Slioreditch on the previous night ( Monday ) in thc cc-. rrpaviy of her husband , to procure some refreshment , she found , the prisoner and a woman , named Lccock , standing at the bar together , the latter of whom , without any provocation on her part , loaded her with the foulest abuse , and then commenced a violent attack upon her , while protecting herself from which she was flung to the ground by the other woman , and as soon as she had fallen the prisonsr , to whom she had not even spoken , run furkusly up to
her , and , exclaiming with an oath that he would kick her eyes out , dealt her such a ferocious kick upon the forehead just over tho loft eye , that her dress was instantly covered with blood , and she was reduced to insensibility . Several persons present , upon witnessing the blow , interposed for her protection , and , the police having been called in , the prisoner was given , into custody and conveyed to the statioa , while she was assisted to her own residence , where she had been very sick and ill over since . man , named . Matthews , who rescued the complainant from further ill-usogej and Few , a' constable of tho K division , . ' corroborated the preceding statement in its leading particulars , . described the attack by the prisoner as unprovoked and . brutal in ' tho extreme , and one expressed his surprise that the woman had escaped to fortunately even as she had , the prisoner having on a veiy heavy pair of boots , the tors of which were covered with plates of iron , When called upon for
his defence , the prisoner said that a dispute had arisen between the complainant and . tbo woman . who was in his company , and viiat an unjustifiable assault having been made by the former upon the latter , ho had interfered to sppsrate them , and might have behaved rather roughly towards Shannon , but he denied most positively that he h . td either ' struck or kicked her . The complainant wished for a summary adjudication on ' the case as she could spare neither the time nor the expense ol currying it elsewhere ; and Mr Hummill , who commented in terms of severe reprehension on tho prisoner ' s brutality , and told kirn that it was only out of consideration for the complainant herself that he did not send him to answer the charge at the sessions , sentenced him to pay the highest -amount of penalty it was iu his power to inflict , 'Hamely , £ 5 , or , in default of so doing , to stand committed to , the House of Correction for two months , The flue not being paid , the prisoner was removed in the
van . SOUTHWARE . —William Haines , a tall , powerful man , a navigator , was charged with committing a most ruffianly assault on MSryCustin , a young girl fourteen years of age , by giving . her a kick in the lower part of the abdomen , by which her life is endangered . William Somerville stated ,- that on the preceding nf ; ernoon , as be was standing at his door in ilint-street , Southwark , he observed the prisoner leading a drunken woman along the street . They were followed by a number of young persons , boys and girls , some of n-hom iwere laughing at thti ' spectacle of ono of tho female sex . disgracing herself by getting into such a state . Amongst those who witnessed th-i exhibition was a girl fourteen years of age , who ' was at least a dozen yards in the rear , Ail of a sudden tV . e prisoner dropped his drunken charge on the
ground , and , rushing towards the girl , gave her a most violent kick in the lower part of the abdomen , having on his . 'feetatthe time a pair of exceedingly thick hobuaited-sliocs , sueh as are usually worn py men following his 'occupation . The moment the unfortunate girl re . ctiived tilt kick nho fell to the ground—as tho witness ex . pressed it—as if she- whs shot ; and her cowardly assailant ran away , leaving tha woman whom be was previously leading along to her fate-. Witness , on behoUin . ' tbe cruel act of the ruffian towards tile poor girf hastened to Iter assistance , mid lifted her up in his -uW while rtu Wood flowed down her stockings She »« ' peaivd I ? be in 8 rCat agony , exclaimed that abnwM dying , and in that condition lie carried lior to th . house of her parents , where she was promptl y attended bv a medica man , . «„*„ whose ^ tj ^ ^ Xa
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trace ' s inspection , describing tbe dangerous nature o the injury inflicted on the patient , and stating that at present she was in a very precarious condition , and totally unable to attend the court to give evidence against the prisoner . The prisoner , who merely denied the charge , was remanded with the assurance that whatever might be . the result ho would be severely punished . " - ¦ : _ MANSION-HOUSE . — Modebn Footpads . — John M'Carthy was charged with havingpicked a gentleman ' s pocket . The prisoner and another man had , it appeared , been seen walking together over London-bridge , by policeman Peacock , "ho having some knowledge of them both as active operators in a crowd , looked after them rather sharply . They turned round to him , apparently offended at tho maunrr in which lie recognised I ,, „ , „ . „ in . noMim ,. /? fl « crlbimr tbe dniiKerou * nature o
them , and the prisoner said—* ' Why , you seem to look at U 3 as though you thought we were thieves and robhers . " Tho officer replied —• " You had better move away from this aa soon as possible , or as suro as you live you will ba passed by me into the st'itiou-house . " They both walked on ; but na soon as they had reached thc Surrey side of the bridge they rapidly exchanged coats and bats , and returned to the City with pt-rf ct confidence . The prisoner soon began to apply himself to business , and very artistically got possession of a gentleman ' s silk handkeicMef , which he was handing over to bis companion , when a young fellow who observed tbe movement gave notice of it to the owner . The pri . soner , finding that there was a certain impediment to tho " free trade" he was pursuing , dropped tbe handkerchief , let fly his fist into thc face uf the lad who obstructed the dealing , knocked him flat , and endeavoured to follow his partner , but was caught by Peacock * , and-lugged off to the attvtion-house , where all tho necessary evidence
was produced agains . S bim . The prisoner said the whole statement was n fabrication , with tho exception of that part of H in which ha was described as having , struck a Wow . IU certainly had knocked down jlio feliow who said he had . committed a robbery , and ho would treat any other man to the same sort of entertainment if be received similar provocation . The policeman said he coold bear testimony to tho readiness with whiah tbe prisoner was disposed to-waehis fists , as the prisoner had endeavoured to pay him the compliment Of a knockdown blow also , but was-rather disappointed . The pri soner was committed for trial . It would appear from the resolute and scientific resistance whicii the Gity thieves have been of late in the habit of . making to-the eff rts of tho police to put down their celling , that they were adding tho accomplishments of . tho long-deserted "ring" to their usual occupation , for in almost every instance in whicii a thief is sailed in the . . practice of bistrade ho hits put right and left for victory , and is , not unfrequently . succeesfu ) .
ABSAtfiT Bt A . Clekgvma » . ~ The Rev .. Ridley Bray , clergyman of the establish' -d church , residing at No . T , Manchcster-strect , Manchestor-touare , who gave the fictitious name of John . Smith , was charged with impro perly nssaulting several females in Farliament-street and Whitehall . The constable stated that about eight o ' clock- in the evening be saw the prisoner going up Parliament-street towards Charing-cross , when he drove himself in , a tudo manner against fiva females who were passing . ' The prisoner said asnone of tho females had coraetfor-ward to prefer any complaint he considered that the offices was over zealous in hh > duty , interfering with him-for what had happened in the roost accidental manner .- ' Inspector Stephens said that the . p-isoner appeared perfectly sober when broug & t to the station . The
prisoner might have easily passed without obstructing any one , arid in addition to the females alluded to he distinctly saw him place his hand on a lady ' s person in an improper .- manner Another was ' obliged t ) push bim from her , after trying to avoid him for some yards , and two othwa were assaulted in an improper ; . mann ? r . When theprisoncr was near' Charing-cross ) witness saw him stretoh out hia arms to embrace two females / who were passing , and took him into custody . Ho hhd been Occasionally within three yards of the prisoner and wore his uniform , to answer the call of any person . who might require his assistance '; Mi- 'Henv ' y ' saidtbat . a series . of offences against public ' 'decency bad beeh \ clearly ' praved , although no ' ono b ad come forward' to support the if a to , ment of'the officer ' , ' aiidiVwas ' riot" to ba ' wondored at
that females felt reluctance to give evidence on . such oeeasions . ¦ Tbo insptctor infdrmedtliel ' ebu ' rt ; that iu addition to the wrong name ' th'e prisoner had given n wrong address , ' Mr Scott , who resides in 2 fortliuhiberinnd ,.. and occasionally at No . 1 , Mauchestes-street , said he knew the prisonar held a curacy at'Ersden , near . Shields , and alsooneatMarsden , in Kent ; . " Mr Henry said that be could not believe thatthe evidence wasi incorrect without imputing perjury to the officer | and ' ' ho , was obliged to treat the matter in a summary ; nar , , 'in . the obsence . of any person appearing to complain against the prisoner , lie therefore called upon ' the prisoner to find bail , himself in £ 100-and two sureties in £ SG-each , to be : of good behaviour for three calendar months . The required sure . tii-B not being in attendance , ho was sent to Totliill-fields Prison . * ' ¦ '
BOW-STREET . —Ducwd-a-b she Opera . —Mr John Mills was charged with assaulting Mr Dugald Campbell in the pit of the Itoynl Italian Opera , Covent Garden , on Saturday evening . The complainant said that on Saturday evening he was sitting in the pit at Covent Garden , shortly before the ooaimencement ot the perfornwTice , when be observed a lady standing near him . He oSered her his seat , and she was about to take it , when anotbtrgentleman , who bad laid his hat on a vacant seat , took it off and offered tho seat . to the lady . She- accepted it , and complainant was about to sit down again in his own place , when tho prisoner attempted to occupy it . Complainant pus outlus hand to chcekKim ,
and the prisoner made several blows at him with a large stick which he carried in his hand , at the same time ranking use of abusive language . Prisoner gave him a blow in the breast irom which ho still telt considerable inconvenience . Mr Mills said that the complainant pushed him ^ violently away from the seat , in such a manner is to hurt his foot very much . He was labouring undir " a severe attack of gout , and suffvred intense anguish at the time . He was provoked to the assault described , but he denied the abusive language he was charged with . Mr Jut-dine said that Mr Campbell , bad evidently aeteft with perfect propriety from beginning / , to end . He would find theprisoncr £ 3 . The . fine , was paid immediately . ....
Paring Bobberi . —William Wiltshire and Matthew Uoaeh , two sweeps , were charged with committing a burglary at the nouso of the B . irl of Harrington ,, and stealing property amounting to £ 200 and upwards . Francis Stinger , his lordship ' s porter , stated thatshortly af ter three o ' clock in the morning , while in bed , hearing a cry of ' sweep , ' he got up and let in two persons Iming the appearance of sweeps . John Payne , his lordship ' s butler , said he missed the property about five o ' clock in the morning , but the other servants bad previously missed it , and thought it was only cleaning . Among the property taken were different articles ofplate , candlesticks , tkc , a quantity of seals of various kinds , and some gold ornaments . The thieves Went to huiladyship ' s dres-rfng-room , from which they took ihe jewel-case . They took it down stairs , and baring stripped off the tops , threw it into the dust hole Seth
Thomas , a private in the 2 nd battalion of Grenadier Guards , proved that he was on duty on the ll ) th , ut i o ' clock in the morning , opposite to his lordship's rssidence . His attention was drawn to the house by hearing the gates close , when lit saw two swoops come out one of whom carried a bag , and from the immense size of it , being induced to observe them more tloselv , they stopped , and upon his requesting they would supply him with a lucifer match , as one of them had none the other searched his pockets from wh , ich he took a few fusees which he gave him : They then asked the hour , which he told them and they went away . The bag , which was carried by Roach who gave him tbo fusees , was not of the ordinary description , and was very heavy , but he could not speak as to the identity of the other prisoner . The prisoner Wiltshire said , that the witness told a different tale to the police as to the identity and they were ordered to be remanded . '
IIAMMERSMITH .-Bkotai , Conduct of a Husband . —Shortly before tho closing of the court , Mr T , Madden , the relieving ofileer of Kensington , begged the attention of the magistrate to the recital of a case of great brutality , on tbe part of n husband towards his wife , in which was also involved a charge of a far more serious character . Mr Madden stated that , in the course of the past week , he had been applied to for assistance by a woman of the name o ! Sarah Howard , the n-ifo ofa journeyman carpenter , living in Earle-street , Kensington , who had deserted her , having on tho Saturday before most violentl
y assaulted her , notwithstanding she was seven months advanced in pregnancy , after which she had not sot eyes on him . Having relieved her necessities , he told her be should apply for a warrant for her husband for the assault , but she begged ho would not , as some days had then gone by after it . On'Saturdrday last the husband , who had boen absent for tho week , suddenly entered the house , and seizing a hammer , attacked her with it and bent her in a frightful manmr , and again decamped . That morning he received the following certificate from . Mr Guazzaroni , the medical officer of Kensington workhouse , who bad visited tlio
injured woman ;— ' * I hereby certify that Snrnh Howard issuffering from an injury to tbe head , a fracture of one of the bones ofthonose , which injuries have been aftleted by her husband . who is constantly in the habit of ill using her . As she is iu a very helpless and rather precarious ' state , I would recommend her removal to the workhouse , —John Guazzaroui , Surgeon , July 27 th . " While he ( Mr Madden ) was taking the surgeon ' s instructions as to tbe removal of the woman , another woman , who was acting as nurse to her , came to tell him that sllO Was ranch worse , her husband having j n ihe interim again b » ento the house , and during her temporary absence from tlic room , put in a cup some white powder , to which he added water from n Jug , and be mixed it up and uiaae Ins wife drink it , declaring that if ihe did »« t do so lie would heat
her about tho head with a hammer he had in his hand . The unfortunate woman attordinffly swal . lowed the contents of the cup , and her hmbanil instantly quitted the house , and had not been since seen . Ho ( Mr Madden ) had since seen Mrs Howard , who was iu a state of delwiu-n , and nearly insensible , so that silo was totally unable to answer the questions he put to her . She had been since Wed aud antidotes had been given her , but bur statu at that moment precluded all tdcv of vetno-vng licv from bar bed . lie had , under these circumstances , to apply fov a WUVvant for tlw . . apprehension of Thomas Howard , the husband . Mr . Ben . don said there was no neuussity to havo a warrant , as tlio police had the power -to apprehend him wherever ho could be found upon so seiious » charge . Serjeant i Clark , 13 Tj said he would prefer a warrant ) B 3 th . e
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husband was a most powerful and desperate ch " ^ and should he he met by * single officer it w oulr , J ^ r possible to take hiin wit & ttit tho aid of clvili * " >• would pore readily " give tifreir aid if a mr ?* ' ^ ft shown . ' Mr Beadon persisted ihat a warrant v /"' « cessary on such a charge , and directed Mr M ., ( i ! f Un . mediately to see aftir and take charge of ' tli ''*• which the powder was mixed , and should it h CU '' ' " saty , on the husband bein ; , ' captured , that her « n ^ " tioti could be taken , he would examine the nun ^ ^ room , or take her deposition whenever it Wasn m ^ Sergeant Claik , with Sergeant Kelly , 7 8 , ok . w " * - one of the warrant officers of the court , ' jn- ! i 0 c ' , '" ? aenrch of the accused , but had not returned iw " * ' court closed . Cn % busband was a most powerful nnd deinemfTT ^^
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WESTERN CIRCUIT—EXETER , j T "* - CHARGE OF PIIUCY . " U ' Gconje Rose , John Ilai-iilts , Richard Tv Liicv , John Shclton , John M'i'liee . lUhert fw R-bert Wright , Daniel Al'Lean , Chat-ia jS Thomas Stiattnn , anil James Nettles , were in ( | iCf for that they bclnir mariner .- ! on board a certain vt « i called the , hmes Cnmpbell on the hish spas . ttj t | .-the jurisdiction of the Admiralty , ol which vessel William Graham was the master , upon \\'\\\ t (] , ham piratically and feloniously did make ap . » ' <( 8 a ( , u and confine him for ten days . Another count cliaiw thc prisoners with piratically revoltimi . ° Tim important case , which has created intei ) s interest here and at Glasgow , camt on for trial this morning . The smirt was crowded to cxe < -ss .
The prisoners vrerc all very good-tonKiuc men , and most of them between twenty and thirty years of aee ; upon the indictment being read they pleads "Not Guilty . " Thecnptain and several other wit . nesses were called' to prove the case-, bat up on Mt Stone risiiiii to address the jury upon behalf of t | le crew , they said they would not trouble bim a s thcit minds were made ujfc Mr Justice Williann said , it was of tho utmost in ) . portance that the jury should know front him what tbe lav / was before t hey gave their verdict . The in . dietmen t proceeded apon the Act pasctd so Inno ago as the reign of WilHam III ., by which k was pro vfded that if any scamon should confine feis captain or make a revolt in his ship , he should be deemed a
pirate , and . being convicted should be . 'liable to trans portation or imprisonment . Under that . Act of Par liament this indictment was framed , and : the pr | . aoncrs were charged with having confined'their cap . tain and with having made ; v revolt in the aliip in which they were engaged ns seamen . In consider , rng what was the meaning ; of this Act of Parliament , bemust tell them that i 5 must be taken to mean ' when it used the expressions , " confinemjnc or malting revolt , " tho doing so without justifiable cause ; and the great question for their consftu-ration was , whether or not there was any justifica tion lor the unquestionable confinement of the captain , and for that revolt . There was- no doubt there was a revolt , or that the car tain was confined , and thsonh
question was , whether his conduct was such as tb justify tho men in the cource they had adopted . lie agreed with the learned counsel tlwt this wasn qtteg . tion of the greatest possible national importance , and that it whs ol the most vital consequccce to the maritime greatni-ss of this country tliat the la iv shaiild not bo misunderstood by any class of her Majasty ' s subjects- and more particularly among those engaged in a seafaring- life ; and he was bound to tell them that according to . thc authorities upon this subject a seaman » as not justified in making a . revolt by reason of tho captain having been unjust or unreasonable in his commands . The law would notallowaea-Aieil to take the law Into tlich * own hands , or that because the captain had issued orders or conducted
himself with harshness , or in an oppressive manner , that tbey should deprive bim . of the command of his vessel . It was an obvious rule of law that this was the case ; otherwise there would be an end of all maritime discipline , which had raised this country to its greatest eminence among the nations of the world , and it was necessary that if not justifiable a revolt should be treated in this way . But at the same time that he told them that in point of . law it was not justifiable to revolt because the conduat of the captain had been unreasonable or vexatious-, or that his orders had been unjust ,, he must tell them that , in his opinion , in point of Law a revolt was justifiable in one view , and in one view only . It was not justifiable unless the conduat of the captain had been such as to afford reasonable ground for conclttding that , unless the men had imprisonfd bim , tlio crew , or some one or more offchem . would have-been
in danger of their Jives , or of suffering some greivous bodily harm . If they thought that was mad ? out , if they thought the conduct of thc captain had been such as to afford reasonable ground tor concluding ¦ that their lives were in danger , that would be a justf-¦{' ( cation ; otherwise there was no justification . If that was their opinion , then there was an end of the case ; but if they should not be of that opinion , then in point of law they ought to find the prisoners guilty . lie thought tbey would be doing serious harm to the interests of ' tliiacountry ifaiiythiag bap . petied to-day to give cause for a notion that a crew had power to imprison their captain merely beeause lie had issued unjust order . % or conducted himself in anyway short of that which afforded grounds for apprehension that their lives were in danger . In one case tbey must hear the learned couiiset t \ ir the prisoners ; in the other there was an end of the ease
The jury said , they did not wish to hear the learned counsel . Mr Justice Williams . —Gentlemen , you think there was reasonable ground for apprehending that unless the crew confined the captain they were in danger of their lives , or of suffering some grevious bodily harrii ? The Jury . ' —That is onr opinion . A verdict of " Not Guilty" Was then returned aud received with loud cheers .
STAFFORD , July 23 . Finn Damp Explosion at Sedgley . —John Lovo was charged with the manslaughter ol Job Marsh and four other unfortunate lads , on the 24 th of March last . The prisoner , a miner , left a candle lighted in the air-way cf a pit belonging to a Mr Gibbons , in winch a quantity of sulphur had accumulated . The " doggy , " in the morning , not being aware that a candle was there , sent tlie deceased lark to " buffet " the sulphur out of the pit , which was done by disturbing the air with their jackets ; this caused the sulpher toascend the " sump , " from whence it not
to the shatt and thence out of the pit . The candle being left at the top of the " sump , " as soon as the sulphur ascended , from tho'disturbance of the air in the pit , the explosion took place , which caused the death of the unfortunate boys . In cross-examination it appeared that the prisoner had not worked in the pit in question before , and , besides , one Ulasard , a witness , admitted that he left the candle aught in the pit ten minutes previousl y to the prisoner coming down , who found it burning and left it so .-Mr ureaves , fortho pvoseeution , after the evidence , declined to proceed further with the case .-Tho prisoner was acquitted .
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• - iiAKsPBAiiB a ^ iousE . —un i ? ritlav , a numerous meeting ot the inhabitants of Stratford-upon-Avon , ot tlio members of the Stratford Shakspearian Club and the Archroiogical Association , was hold in the ipwn Hall , for considering the best means of providing against the destruction of the birthplace of Miaksneare . Dr Pettigrew , F . R . S ., presided . I here were a ' so present , Lord Brooke , M . P ., Sir 0 . Douglas M . P ., Sir W . Bothnia , Bart ., Sir II . nilion M . P ., Sir J . Annesley , Mr Crofton Crete , Mr 11 . Ainsworth , & e ., together with manv members of tile Antiquarian , Camden , and other learned societies . The proceedings having been opened bv the chairman , and thc report of what had been iWic by the committee , and the correspondence in which they had been engaged , havinc been read , Dr Thompson said , he was siiro that nothing would give greater pleasure to tho Shakspearian Society than to act
with tho members of any other society in securing ShaUspeavc ' s house to the country . A report had beeu'Cireulatcd that it was the Intention of certain parties to purchase thc bouse for the purpose of exhibiting it as- a travelling show . That report he believed to be a chimera ; he was sure that neither Englishmen or the sons of Englishmea would ever submit to such a degradation . ( Loud cheer 5 ) Sir W . Betham and Mr Joseph Ardcn then addressed the meeting , the iormer moving and the latter seconding a resolution ' That the Archieolo ^ ical A « sc * ciatwn fully entered into the views expressed by ihe membe » of tho Sh .-ikspearian Clubat Stratford-upn-Avon m the rewktionthat the lommitteo be . requested to conimunicatcwith thc-Avchwolo- 'ical Association and solicit their co-operation towards ft * - wardingthoobject in view . " Shercsolutioahaving been earned unanimously , and several other geattemen having addressed the meeting , tbe business of the day concluded .
Royal 1 olyteciixic IssranrnoJt ;—The directors , ever anxious to cator for tho public amusement , have engaged Mr J . Russell , latewf Drury Lane Theatre , to give recitations on various , subjects . Oil TllOSilny evftttiftg -we had thc gratifioution of being present nt emu of these representations , which is quite a novelty . A bo powers of thc opaque microscope are practically illustrated by magnifying to colossal dimensions aseries of most beautifully coloured heads , representing the effects of the pa-asiona on the human face . The subject chosen mi . this occasion , was Collini ' s celebrated "OJo U ihe passions . " Mr J . Kttssell rccit " it in a most c # « tive manner , disblavinir ercaijti'ls . '
ment and feeling , giving tho numerous beaut "" pat sages of this elegant poem full force ; keep ing each suljieet perfectly distinrt and varied . Tjie effect is enhanced by appropriate music by two orchestra , of the establishment , conducted by IJustoi AValUs , M . U ., who deserves great eoiDineiuliition l ° his R-Jmh-able selection , being highly appropriate to tho various subjects exhibited . There " is muc to praise- in this successful effort at connecting m " ' with tho drama aril the lino arts . We were happy to see so largo and respectable an aud ience , who testified their approbation by loud applause throufiMM the . pevtormahce ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 31, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31071847/page/6/
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