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-f^bbuaiiy 1, 1845. THE NORTHERN STAR. 5
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• _"fewsrAJEB , Mb . Joh-sWatkixs , Mb . Wm . _Cab-*^ _teb as » 3 _^ O'Cossob . —For some time past the * Ej _/ of Bond ' s WeeBg Newspaper liave teemed with - _^ most atrocious and infamous libels on Mr . O ' Con-** - _t _^ _m the pen of Mr . John Waflrins , who has _con-^' _e & ihe most inveterate and rancorous hatred toll _!^ tlmt gentleman , oecause he would not aid hhn f _^ mean , uiiprincipled , ana scandalous attempt to _tjlfld up for himself a trade , as publisher and _booking _, on the rain of old established tradesmen ; and _^ now omits no opportunity of _jetting ou this spiteful venom and hitter malignity on the head and name of -jjenian whom he formerly bepraised and beslavered nausea , when he was trying to wheedle Mm to the _cavportof ms nefarious purposes . These libels haTe
ap peared m almost au manner ol shapes : in letters _^ aed _"Iictorf in letters signed "An Independent Chartist ; " in pretended letters from _Northampton , _jjgned " Old Chartist f in letters to Feargus O'Connor f in letters to " T . S . Buncombe , M . P . f in " _Address es from tbe Independent Chartists of Maryle-¦ bonefin " Addresses of the Independent Chartists to T . Duncombe , M . P . f * the whole and several of mem , without a single exception , being the production of the defeated assassin of tradesmen ' s credit , Mr . John Wattans . In these productions aU sorts of crimes have - _peen laid to Mr . O'Connor ' s charge . With falsehoods _ihemostgross ; with fabrications thc most wicked ; with pe rversions the most horrible ; have they been stuffed .
In them Mr . 0 Connor is directly charged with _SnaTery ; -with "hypocrisy ; with deceit ; with cheatery ; _nith peculation ; -with breach of trust ; -Kith theft ; with treasonable practices ; and even with jlin-kii . lisg SiAf ! Sow , though the public generally would know _iiov to estimate the -worth of such statements , when _proccediugfrom Mr . -John _WatKns in his own name , — tbey having had some opportunities of judging of his probity and honour , —the case is somewhat different when they appear under anonymous signatures , in a ¦ _mdiBy circulated paper , wliich , to the multitude , -would teem to have no interest in damaging Mr . O'Connor ' s fame , or in resorting to unfair and disreputable means to run him down . Accordingly Mr . O'Connor has felt himself brand to notice the continued torrent of
libellous slander which the conductor , of _HouoFs Weekly Newspaper has permitted the former ruthless assailer of the characters of his most dear and intimate friends » o pour out from behind the screen : and the manner of notice he has properly determined shall be such as will enable the dastards who malign him to prove the tenth of their infamies , if they are at all able . In appealing to the law he had three courses open . He could _lare proceeded hyoriminal information , —and if ever case deserved that process , surely the present one is that case , as far as the author and the inserter of the atrocious articles are concerned , could they have , been _readied . But , Hough before a criminal information could be obtained it would be necessary that every allegation complained of should be denied on oath by the
parties seeking the protection ofthe law , and by those -trio were conversant -niththefacts , _stiUit would not he Competent for the defendant to plead , or pro-re , the IBCTH of his statements in justification of bis course ; nor show that , being true , he was rendering a service to society hy exposing the wrong doer : therefore , that course was out of the question . An indictment might have been preferred , to which the defendantmight plead the truth of the libels , and show that the publication of than was calculated to be of general benefit ; and this would be now held—thanks to Sir John Campbell ' s late iibel law—an answer to the complaints of the plaintiff , and a bar to a verdict against the defendant ; but still if such plea should be made , and the defendant / ail in establishing it , it is held hy the law to be a gross
aggra--ration ofthe original offence , and in variahly calls down ihe marked reprobation of the court in additional punishment : and the punishment , in case of a conviction , must he either imprisonment for any period not exceeding three years ; or a fine ; or both ; at the discretion of ike court . I : also happens that the only party that Mr . O'Connor can reach in this case Is ihe party least to blame for the publication of the libels . He can only - _proceed against the proprietor or publisher of the newspaper in which they appear . Mr . LIoydis both proprietor and publisher . Therefore he is the only person that can be got at . There is reasou io _belieTe that he has not knowingly sanctioned the insertion ofthe atrocious falsehoods and fabrications complained of ; but that he has left the " getting out" of his paper in the
land of Ms editor , wlto does know the alleged facts to be untrue , scandalous , and malicious ; and who therefore is as much to blame- for inserting the productions as their spiteful and venomous author in writing them . Still Mr . _lloyd is the only party that can he made answerable : and to place Mm iu a position where he would have to answer with his person , would be what no man of honourable feeling would attempt if there was any other course open , less harsh , less harassing in its consequences , and more effective for his own purpose , — the justification of his own character . That course is open : and Mr . O'Connor has determined to avail himself of it . He can bring an action at" _emV law ; and to that action the defendant may plead and prove the truth of Ms statements if he cau . If he does so , it is a
complete answer . He has not to show , as in the case of an _m-ficufi _* _*! tuat publication tended to general benefit ; he has barely to prove that what he has said is true : and if he does so , the _plahiSff Is _dris-en out of court . Full opportuni ty is therefore _giten to lb ? as . sailants of character in this case to establish their allegations . If they fail to do so ; and if the _utt ' Cks . _fe in this case , have been systematic and _te & sEvxxED ix after _cmtrcdiciioii , "the law very properly interprets the action as one _jronipteubj malice and devilism , and causes the offender to make such reparation io the injured party , as twelve men in their judgment shall : deem it fitting to award . This , then , is the state ofthe ! ease . The publication of iufemous and lying state- j mente is systematically persevered in , after full and :
complete contradiction has been given to every one of the charges . This shows that the parties to such _publication are prompted thereto by the most deadly malice and rancorous hate . Three courses are open to Mr , O'Connor to obtain satisfaction for this most scandalous proceeding : and he has determined to adopt that which will give Ms assailants ecei-ji advantage , and place himself in their hands for a thorough sifting and exauuna-don before the face of the country at large . This dyiumina tion he announced la the Star of January 16 th , by stating that he should afford Mr . Lloyd an opportunity of proving the . _trutli ofthe many atrocious and lying statements inserted in his paper . That announcement called forth the following notice iaJJoyd's tVtt & yXttnpaptr of last _xseekAram fhepen of theEditoK
- "W . F . —Yes , we hadheard ofthe threat , bntwe are not to be frightened by the threats of Mr . Feargus O'Connor . Is he to abuse men ad libitum , and no one to say award against him t It is odd that men who _ite unsparing in their abuse of others should be mo _§ t _senative themselves . O'Connor has a paper of his own , to refute anything capable of refutation . By going to law he would show that he could not defend himself by argument Can't he do himself justice without calling in the aid ofthe lawyers 1 He was imprisoned by the "Whi gs for libel , and isne thc man to bring an action & r libel ! It would look as if he wished to use the law for vengeance , not for justice , and to stifle the free expression of opinion by persecution . Is this
consistent with his position as the champion of freedom , Was a member ofthe press ? But he will not do it . "Now this is about as _impudtnt a thing as was ever penned . Mr . O'Connor has contradicted every one of Mr . Wattins ' s charges . He hat used argument and fact too ; and proved beyond fhe possibility of doubt , that aU of _Watldns ' s statements were false and malicious . This tact is tfia shown to Mr . Tan . Carpenter , the Writer of the foregoing notice , and the weekly inserter Of Mr . John -Watldiis _" s diatribes . He Snows , moreover , of Mr . _Witlins ' s malicious disposition ; for he knows that the Eame worthy incited to the assassination of _M-ft Carpenter's best and dearest _tfi-iend—the man who helped Mr . Carpenter to Ms present situation , when he was literally starving for bread ; and he knows also
that no Dion was more lond in his condemnation , or _expressed greater horror and detestation than Mr . Car . palter did , at what he then called " fhe hellish malig" _¦ _aty" of Ms present coadjutor . And yet , after all this ; frith this knowledge "both of fhe facts of fhe case and of the man , Mr . Carpenter inserts weekly effusions from that same man , wherein is directly charged robbery , _midt , peimlation _, treasonable-practices , and _suk-sill-Usg ; and when the party against whom all this is maliciously aimed , complains and takes steps to _yhoxe the matter thoroughly sifted , Mr . Carpenter _iapadently says that "Mr . O'Onnor has a paper ° f his own to refute anything capable of refutation i" Daring Mr . Carpenter ' s varied course through life he has stood in need of so common stock of
_assu-Iasce —much more than the ordinary run of men _tt _« _a hat , great as must have been tie draw on that _•^ x kin _awre of his situations ; needful as he has _often-^ es felt it to be to "brazen it out , " where most men _"onldhave quailed ; we doubt whether he everperpe-* _-ial * d anything so aheerly and so purely impudent as tie _abort _Wnat j _fl 0 e 5 _^ Northern Star exist for no 5 _^ puiposethan to be eternally "refuting" the ma-- _¦ _teousfcbrications and dastardly lies of John _TPatMns _jmdWflnam Carpenter ! Are they to be suffered to _Jteiate and reiterate their false accusations , when such : i _?* _nsatinns have been met and " refuted" a hundred times over ? Is there to _lienoendtoeuchnnuigniry—* ° stopper on such malice prepense * What would Mr . _^ pra ter say if we were to trace his progress through _™ ; fcliow _* _ym _tIiroughlusn-anjTvindings ; tellofhis _omnaoos avocations , _nothliterary , _m-unoim , and not * a Putter-down of prostitution ; recite his own deseripkonof his numerous "« 4 ercaoouts " and designations ,
_ftedia _PftSTCGAt-STBEBT ; ask what drove a wife into a _f _^ dhouse , and -who it is that has oeen elevated to take " place atlKd _* Mdboard : suppose we were to act thus , _V _^ _i in addition , do as Mr . Carpenter permits Mr . * _tito nations to do , -fabricatelying charges of thefl i <* peculation , ana of x & s-xuxixc : what , we ask , * ould "Mr . Carpenter say , were we to do all this , and _•* Persist in the doing of it , after the party to whom it _** a intended to apply had " refuted" every item of _¦¦^ rge : _teJot , we again ask , would Mr . _Carpenter say , _^ _-aeweto do this in such a case , and then meet his r _^ _nn inatio-a tohave the falsehoods probed to the _bot-•* > _t with t iie exclamation that "Mr . Carpenter has a j ? S « of Ms own to refute anything capable of refuta-° n ; and b y going to law he would show that he canto defend himself by argument . '" He would surely _^• _J . that in the matter of ABsmuNCE and _beass he _^ on . ee been beat ? For once , however , Mr . Carpenter , J ° W _hnpudtnceyiSi fail you . Mr , O'Connor " willdo
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it : " He wfll give yon an opportunity to prove what you have promulgated regarding him : and if you neglect to embrace and use such opportunity to the full of your power , you will add one more laurel ( of the sort ) to the many with which your brows are already graced . The observation that " men who are _ttlWparillO of their abuse of others are most sensitive themselves , " is to _ns peculiarly rich : for we happen to know how sparing the Northern Star has been of this same Mr . Carpenter , and we cannot help hut contrast our treatment of Mm with the treatment he has thought it proper to adopt towards Mr . O'Connor . Some time ago Mr . Carpenter "went in " as partner with another person , as proprietors of the Southern Star . Tor that paper Mr . O'Connor— "thief ,
peculator , and _jux-olves . " as he was—was solicited to become surety by both " partners , " Mr . Carpenter as well as the other . He consented . He did more : he aided the parties to the full extent of his means in their desperate venture . In a short time the two " partners" quarrelled . Deadly was the contestbetween them . "We know not , nor care not , what was the cause of-quarrel : only that each party-rowadi y accused the other of " doing " the " concern ; " but we have to do with this fact , that the one " partner" sent statements of the treatment he had received at the hands of Mr . Carpenter for insertion in the Northern Star , in wMch he accused him of theft , of swindling , and of almost every conceiveable crime of wMch a tradesman can be guilty ; not one word of which was inserted . We were at all events in tiiat case " sparing " of " abuse" towards Mr . Carpenter ; and dearly we have had to pay for it , not only in the present _orafefulreturn by Mr . Carpenter himself , but in envenomed and bitter hatred of the
" partner" whose " abuse ? ' we then "BURKED ! " From tftatmoment that man became a deadly enemy . Up to that lime , every line , and every word , that he had sent to the Star had been inserted ; most of them paid for at a dear rate . The " abuse" of Mr . Carpenter was the first syllable ofthe " partner ' s" productions that was _"BUBKED- _'byus : and that "burking"Mr . Carpenter ' s "partner"" never forgave 1 Thatwas the cause of all the ill-feeling ; the rancorous antipathy ; the embittered venom , that the " partner" has since exhibited . To this we have to add the heart-burnings , the feuds , and the divisions caused in the ranks of the movement party , consequent on such piqued feeling ; and the price we have had to pay for being " _sparing" of " abuse " to Mr . Carpenter has indeed been enormous ! He has , however , now taught us a different lesson . We shaU not he " _sparing" again ! and though we shall not " abuse , " we shall tell of him as he is ! _MAKCHESTE-a _ConBEsros-oEST . —5 fo room this week .
Thos . Webb , Stockport . —We believe the charge for a summons , Is ., is correct . Another Is . for serving it can also be charged . The whole question Of Magis _. bates'fees is likely , however , to come before the legislature . T . B ., Stockpoet . —Mr . Pitkeithly ' s _^ address is Buxtonroad _, Huddersfield . B , _HVHrHBIES , _UoTTlXGHAM . —It 13 OUt of our power _ttesweek . ' A Six Teabs' Sdbscbibeb . —If he be able to prove the fact of adultery , he is exonerated from the charge of maintenance ; but . a refusal to work would not so exonerate him . A man takes a wife to "keep "—not to " work , " either for her own livelihood or Ms . H . AirES , EnrsBUBCH , had better transmit by letter or
circular thc substance of his communication , to the members of the club for whom it . is intended , Itis hardly matter for publication . Fb _^ scis Ssirra , Cossop Coixiebt . —We dare not publish his communication . In the first place he is a perfect stranger to us ; and although aU he says of the Church-parson and his doings may be perfectly true , yet he has given us no means of ascertaining that such is the case : and the expenses we have been put to , in warding off prosecutions for libel in similar cases make us now- hesitate long , and have perfect satisfaction that we are justified hy fact "before we insert sueh complaints . S . Jacobs , Bbistol . —The publication of the plan would be premature . The first thing to effect is to get aU the
Trades to movefor a conference . Get all of them , or the major portion of them , to take up the questionin earnest —and to determine to be represented in the conference . Then , when this is done , the subjects that ought to be considered on by such conference should be mooted , and canvassed by the different Trades , thatinstructions may be given to the delegates , when chosen , how best to compass the desired ends . An object of paramount importance with such conference will be a plan of consolidated organisation ; and any suggestion how this is to he accomplished will be of aid and service : but we apprehend the framing of the plan itself should be left to the delegates when assembled . Of course , parties in
all parts ofthe country can prepare what may seem to them thebestplans for accomplishing such object , and submit them to the conference : but we respectfully suggest that harmony and co-operation will be best secured by refraining from the publication of any plan until the conference is assembled . We wish to put it out of the power of any querulous parlies to raise the cry afterwards that the conference was only called together to give consent to a plan " ready cut and dried " to their hand . It wiU have far more weight with the Trades generally , if what is done is wholly and solely fhe act ofthe delegates , after collecting all information and attending to all suggestions , that may be 1 _**^ b efore tiiem . These hints we eominend to the
attention of our Bristol friends . - , A Sdbscbibeb , Sheffield . —Like him , we think the note in question is a receipt , and not a promissory note , True , it does not set forth what the money acknowledged in it was received for , whether for a debt due , or , as the holder of it now alleges , for money borrowed . Can our correspondent say what sort of a stamp the note bears S If it be a receipt , it will he a receipt stamp ; and though undefined in its terms , still , if appended to an account of the amount set forth , would be perfectly intelligible . As it appears to us , no man with a grain of sense would l « id monej ; on sueh a note . But let not this deter the widow from her purpose . If she administers to her deceased husband ' s effects , andif the claim set up in the note should be held to be valid ,
wMch we more than doubt , she will not be involved only to the extent ofthe effects she administers to . If there be nothing to satisfy such claims , She Will not have to find means herself . Bobebt Wild , Mottbah . —It wiU be better to wait , and see the issue of Mr . Cawley ' s visit , before any other steps are taken . The sending of that gentleman by the Hon . Mr . ToUemache , and his promise to see that every one who desired , had allotments , redounds much to his honour . He has in tMs matter 60 far proved himself to be above the little petty spites and considerations of his underlings ; and we have now no doubt but that he wfll carry out his intention in a proper manner , by taking care that all who desire shall have an opportunity of applying their labour to the soil , that they may
enjoy the fruits . Thohab Biggins , _Castie _Dohqlas . —We really cannot advise him . He . can do nothing bnt furnish himself with the necessary proofs that he is the heir , and go himself to prose cute his claim . Address to the Fbiends of Humahitt and Justice among all Nations . —Headed as above we have received an address too lengthy for our columns to give ent ire ; the following estractsconttnnits pith and purport : —Brethren , —We who presume to address you are a few persons belonging to different countries , who , recognising "the Universal Brotherhood of Man , " are desirous of seeing some efforts made towards the carrying out of a principle so often acknowledged , so seldom practised , and so frequently violated . . All _meu being
_"bretliren , " should surely geek to promote each other ' s happiness , whatever may be their individual country , creed , or colour . All being brethren , should evidently stand on an equality to determine what political and social arrangements are best necessary to promote the welfare of all . All being brethren , possessing various powers and capacities of mind and body , have surely equal claims to have those powers developed and cult ' u vated , so as to cause them to become good and useful members of society . AU being brethren , whose lot is cast in various climes and countries , butwlfose labour is more or less required in all , should , in justice , stand on an equality to perform " some useful labour or em ployment , and have the fruits of their industry and fru gality secured to them . All men of all countries , being
connected by their wants and necessities , should surely live in amity and peace , freely exchanging their productions , and benefitting and improving _all by the labours and fruits of each . But in what way is this righteous principle recognised , in what are called " the civilised nations of the world" f Is it not for the most part - * mere lip response of momentary feeling , a hollow sentiment of sympathy or charity , rather than a practical principle of humanity and justice ? 16 it regarded in our social or political arrangements ? is it practised in our trade or commerce ? is it thought of in our wars and devastations I is it recognised by our rulers , governors , or teachers t The almost universal reign of oppression and injustice throughout the world wUl answer "No !" Perceiving , therefore , that selfishness , force and fraud
are everywhere allied against the just interests of the many , and that this alliance is productive of misery so extensive _^ of injustice so universal , and of humanity everywhere so trodden down aud degraded , we appeal to you , fflenandtoomeno / alt nations , whose natures have been , quickened hy the essence of humanity , whose minds have been awakened to justice , to join heart to heart and mind to mind , is an earnest resolution to improve , exalt , instruct , and reform society , in all countries , among all nations . We would implore you then to make common cause with the oppressed—to blend yourvoices with theirs in a demand for justice—to devote your talents and energies in quickening and directing the mental and moral energies ef society to the establishing of free and equal institutions throughout the
world , under wMch intelligence , peace , and happiness may beuniversaUy established , in place of injustice , oppression , _crucliy , and wrong . Not that we would _, incite yqn io outbreaks or violence ; for we _haTC faith in . the mental and moral combinations of men oeing able to acMeve victories for humanity beyond the force of armies to accomplish . What is wanting are men armed in aU the moral daring of a just cause , and resolved at all risks to pumme and acMeve their righteous object let but the same " daring , mind , and resources wMch have so often warred with tyranny , and so often been worsted in the conflict , be once morally applied and directed , _andTatadels , armies , and dungeons will soon lose their power for evil . Convinced that the subjects upon which we have addressed you are above all national , sectarian , or party viewe , and that good men
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of all opinions and of all countries should be united in the good work , we have for sometime past laboured to effect a better understanding between reformers of all nations . We possess neither rank , wealth , nor station , considered so necessary in this age to command success ; but We believe We have espoused the cause of right ; we desire to do something to aid it , and think we deserve the alliance of all those who believe that our object is good . We remain , your brothers in the struggle of humanity , " The Democratic Friends of all Nations . " Signed on their behalf , L . Obobski _, Chairman , Charles Schappeb , Hon . Sec , 2 i , King-street , Soho . Wabning to those intending to Bmiobate . —State op New _Zealand . —" We find the _foUowing in the rtmes Of Wednesday : — "Extract ofaletterdated Wellington ,
, Oct . 10 , 1844 : —I need not tell you that receiving news from home gives me no small share of consolation , and particularly under my present circumstances , for tilings have come to such a state here , that we are all on the point of starvation . I have made application to several captains of vessels to aUow me to work my passage home , but could not succeed , not being able to perform a seaman ' s duty . What I am to do God only knows , for I cannot get employment , and I am sorry to say I am not the only one . My partner , poor fellow , is Bving with the Moure ' es in the most miserable state ; and for myself , I am walking the beach , not knowing how to procure a meal ' s victuals : we have been compelled to seU the land we purchased to get us food , for £ 6 , land having decreased in value about 100 per
cent . ; and i expect in a short time people will he able to get it for 5 s . per acre . The land claims are almost in the same state as they were before the arrival of our new Governor ; he ha 3 not done the least tiling to benefit the place ; if anything , he has made it worse . The greater part of our gentlemen are returning home , very much dissatisfied with the place . You will say tliis is a very short letter ; but my mind is so distressed at having to -write home such an unfavourable account of myself and the place , that I caimot possibly find words to make it more lengthy _, & c . " . j Despotism -versus- Constitutionalism . — Austria and England Contrasted . —The following paragraph has tMs week appeared in the daily papers : — " Most of the persons who had been found guilty of political
conspiracy in Austrian Galicia , in 1840 , have just been pardoned by the Emperor of Austria . The punishment of those who were condemned to death has been commuted to imprisonment . " How different the conduct of the Austrian despotism to that of the "constitutional" Government of England ! Louis Philippe , traitor and tyrant as he is , has on more than one oc casion exliibited Ms clemency to his bitterest political enemies . The King of Prussia has done the same ; the Austrian despot follows their example . Cut not SO the liberal Queen of England . In tlriB country felons have been liberated from the hulks , hut no mercy has been experienced by political offenders . On the
contrary , the English Government appears to have been actuated by as revengeful a spirit as that whicjli inspires the Pope and his precious protege , Madam Munoz , to the commission ofthe bloody deeds by them perpetrated . If the Government of this country have not carried their vengeance to the same extent , it has been because both law and public opinion was opposed to them so doing . But that they are moved by the same spirit is too evident , when the torturings of the imprisoned Chartists , and thc continued persecution of Frost and his fellow sufferers are remembered . Despotism is a bitter curse ; but the mockery of constitutionalism , and the humbug of liberalism , is a thousand-fold more detestable .
John Ley , Cabbington . — The difficulty he speaks of does exist . The shares could not be transferred without a stamp , i . e ., if the erection was made by a company of shareholders . But the difficulty may be got over by the parties forming themselves into a Benefit Building Society , and enrolling their rules . Then no stamp is required on the transfer of a share . James E . Duncan , and G . Cowley . —Received . Mas . Ellis' Committee . —All friends desirous of assisting this law-made widow , and her bereaved orphans , are respectfiuly solicited to forward their contributions tO Mr . T . M . Wheeler , General Secretary , National Charter Association ; or Mr . Benjamin Newley , Treasurer , 12 , White-street , Bethnal-green-road , London .
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MONIES RECEIVED BT MR . O'CONNOR . executive . £ s . d . A New Tear ' s Gift from the female Chartists of Rochdale 1 10 Q _SuBBCHlPTIONS . From Kilmarnock , per James Cathey .. .. 050 From Newport , Isle of Wight .. 0 5 7 victim fund . PromNewyor t , Isle of Wight .. .. .. .. 0 2 10
RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SL'BSCaiPTION . s . d . _s . d . Crown and Anchor 0 2 0 Truro .. .. .. 030 Alarylehonc . .. 037 Manchester .. ,. 240 Norwich .. .. 010 0 Rochdale .. .. 088 Colne 0 7 6 Oldham .. .. 071 Burnley .. .. 0 9 9 _J WaterheadMill .. 0 2 6 _Marsden .. .. 060 Heywood .. .. 021 Barnoldswick .. 010 Todmorden _.. .. 0 IS 0
CARDS and JJoOKg , BunuV card .. -J _g } _Barnoldswick _. books 0 1 0 Oswaldwhistle .. 012 Acerington _, one ditto 0 0 fi Sawley . .. 003 Ditto , three .. ... 0 . 0 6 Camborne .. .. 010 _Oswaldwhii-tle .. 00 S Fenzance .. .. 046 Camborne ,. .. 008 Truro . 0 16 P « _niance , account-St . Ives .. .. 009 book .. .. 040 Bromsgrove .. 080 Rochdale , ditto .. 0 4 0 Colne , hand-books 0 19 DONATIONS . Colne 0 2 6 Clitheroe .. .. 0 0 « J £ N £ IN MORGAN . A Brother Milkman , Sub-secretary , ditto 0 4 c Norwich .. .. 0 0 6 MB 8 . ELLIS . Mr . Flower , Brighton .. .. 026 _LeedSjCollected after Mr . Jackson ' s lecture .. 113 10
DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . T . Preseot , ' . Redditch 0 2 6 A few friends , ditto 0 3 2 E . Cooke , ditto .. 026 The various Sub-secretaries are hereby informed that aU subscriptions , < fcc _, intended to appeal * in the ensuing balance-sheet , must be immediately remitted . Those localities who have not furnished me with their votes relative to the ensuing Convention , are requested immediately to send them , that the returns may be published . THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER .
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Ixoju-bst and Committal of Two Men * for Man . slaughter at Maxchestek . —• On Friday , and by adjournment , on Monday , an inquest was held before Mr . Chapman , the borough coroner , on the body of a youth named "William Robinson , who died in consequence of injuries received on the night of the 18 th ult . The deceased , whowas seventeen years of age , was a stripper in a factory , and lived with his parents in Portugal-street ; and the persons by whom the injuries are alleged to haTe been inflicted are two young men of the names of Thomas Bullock and Edward William Madgwick ; the former a hairdresser , occupying a- cellar in Swan-street , and the latter-a shopman in the service of his father , a cap and shoemaker , in the same street . John Callaghan , of
Fomidry-street , spreader in a card-room , stated that about half-past eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , the 18 th nJt „ the deceased , with William Parker , fustian cutter , of Richmond-street , and himself , were passing along Swan-street , when they saw a crowd of people opposite Mr . Madgwick ' _s shop , and two men were wrestling , one of whom was said to be a union man , and the other a "knobstick , " Shortly afterwards Mr . Madgwick came out of his shop , and ordered the crowd to go off the flags , but the crowd did not pay any attention , and he returned into the shop . Immediately after this , the prisoner Madgwick came out , and asked the deceased , who was on the flags , what he had to do there , at the same instant knocking the deceased down with his fist .
The deceased got up , and would have returned the blow , but witness and . Parker prevented him , and he went away towards Cable-street . The prisoner Madgwick then went into the cellar under the shop , and called " Tom , " when the prisoner Bullock came out of the cellar . Madgwick then pointed to the deceased , who had just turned into Cross-street , and the prisoners both ran in that direction . Shortly afterwards , the crowd proceeded in the same direction , aud witness and Parker , in following , met the prisoners and two or three other persons returning . When witness had got into Cable-street , he saw the
deceased in the arms of police-constable John Barton . The deceased was bleeding profusely from bis forehead , and was speechless ; and he was brought to the Infirmary immediately . Other witnesses were examined , who deposed that they saw the prisoner _Madgwickinost brutally kick and strike the deemed when on the ground . It appeared , from the _medicw testimony , that the base ofthe skull of the deceased wasfractured , which caused inflammation of thebrain ; death ensued . The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against both the prisoners ; and the coroner made out his warrant , committing them to take their trial at the ensuing Liverpool assizes .
Destructive Fire . —On Wednesday evening a fire was discovered in the workshops of Messrs Howardand Co ., Old-street , St . Luke ' s . While assistance was being procured the flames progressed most rapidly , and the light ofthe fire , raging , as it did eventually , in a line of building about 100 feet long by 20 feet . broad , cast a reflection around which might be Seen distinctly over the whole of the city . Several engines having arrived , and the supply of water being very copious , the fire was soon got under , not however without having first caused immense damage .
_N-omehoub RobbeM _^ S by a Female . —On Tuesday , a young woman , named Catharine Hannan , was was brought up at the Borough Court , having been remanded from the previous Friday , on a _charge of committing about ten different robberies . Superintendent Taylor stated that he was prepared to prove seven cases against the prisoner , whose practice had been to get admission into different houses , by pretending that she was cold , and wanted to warm herself ; and on those occasions she had generally contrived to steal sometliing . The charge was ittfly proved , and the prisoner committed for trial-.
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_•»* - _^ _¦^ UI , TfAT Accident . —Three Lives Lost . — Manchester , Tuesday Noon . —This morning a frightiul and , melancholy accident occurred on the Manchester and Leeds Railway ; by which three unfortunate men lost their lives . The accident is in itself 01 a very extraordinary nature- and at present quite Unaccountable to scientific men in this town About four o ' clock this morning several workmen in the service of the company arrived at the station , and proceeded to the engine-house to prepare engines for the early trains . Amongst the number were the three unfortunate sufferers . They were all three attached to the Irk , which was stationed in one of the sheds belonging to the company erected on the lineThestoker or
, . fireman put ' on his fires , and got the steam up about half-past five o ' clock . The engineer , who has been distinguished as a steady workman , was also on the spot superintending the preparation of the engine which was to have taken out the train that leaves here at a quarter before seven o ' clock . Everything appeared to be in good order , and the engineer and fireman were examining the working machinery of the engine , according to the usual custom , and in compliance with the express directions of tho company . Just as the clock struck six , George Mills , the engineer , and William Allcock , the fireman , were both under the engine oiling and examining the works , when at that moment the roof of the fire-box burst , and , with a most terrific crash , blew the _eilSmo
through the roof of the shed , which is not less than sixty feet high , carrying with it upwards of twenty yards of the roof ) and breaking it all to shatters . The engine became detached from the tender , anil did it no material injury . Tho engine , prior to the accident , was on the middle line of rails , inside the shed , with the fire-door towards the west , but when it leu to the ground it alighted on the outside rails at a distance of twenty-two yards from its former position , with the fire-box end towards the east ; having , in fact , turned a complete summerset in the ascent . The roof ofthe shed was cast into the air , and large fragments of it were found at a considerable distance . The poor fellows who were under the engine were dreadlfully mutilated , and both killed on the spot :
and William Stone , one of the inspectors of the engines , was also killed . Four other men were seriously scalded . James Neilson dangerously ; John Wainright , very niuchscalded and bruised ; John Hall , scalded and bruised ; and another was also injured . On examining the engine , it was found not very much damaged , the whole of the working parts being uninjured , except the fire-box and the tubes immediately over it , wluch , it is said , - £ 250 will repair . The copper-plates and the fire-box , which appear to be vent asunder , are live-eighths thick , and of veiy good material . The bodies of the three unfortunate men presented the appearance of Africans , as they lay in the room where the inquest is to be held * they were burned quite black .
ADDlTiONAh Vautioulahs op ihe Boiler Explosion . —Mr . Faivbairn , the machine-maker , who had been sent for , arrived at the spot about eleven o ' clock , and inspected the engine , which is to remain in the same position , until after it has been seen by the coroner and his jury . Mr . Fairbairn expressed his opinion , that , on one side of the fire-box , there had been an old fracture . Perhaps a short notice of the engine may be useful , for purposes of reference . The Irk engine , No . 27 of those belonging tothe company , was made by Messrs . W . Fairbairn and Co ., and was generally considered as © ne of the best on the line , doing its duty with less fuel than others . It was placed on the line in January , 1841 , in which month it ran 112 miles ; and , in the four years it had been
in work , it had run an aggregate distance of 76 , 860 miles . The following aro the dbnensions , die , of its principal parts : —Its cylinder , 14 inches in diameter , and lS-inch stroke ; boiler , 8 feet 5 J inches in length , and 3 feet 0 i inches diameter ; S 7 tubes of 1-1 inch , and six li inch tubes . The dimensions of the firebox are 3 feet 5 inches by 3 feet 31 inches ; height above the bars , 3 feet 4 * inches ; area of the firegrate , 11 . 24 ; area exposed to radiant caloric , 52 . 87 , * area of tubes in the surface exposed to the contact ol the heated air , 416 . 42 ; dimensions of steam-way to cylinder , 11 inches by li inch . The two driving wheels were 5 feet 6 inches , _and-ihe four supporting wheels 3 feet ( 1 inches each . The engine , in working order , without tender , weighed loi tons , and cost
£ 1 , 430 . It had , as usual , two safety valves , one at the command of the engineman , and the other placed beyond Ms controul . On examination after the accident , the former was found in working order ; but the spring-box was broken . The other was fast ; but this might have been the result of a blow Probable Causes of the Accident . —As the nature and probable causes ofthe accident _muat be inquired into , and will , no doubt , be thoroughly investigated , wo may venture to intimate what appears , from hasty examination , to be the probable cause ofthe explosion . It appears , from an examination of thc copper roof of the nre-box , that it must have been red hot , either at the time when the accident occurred or at some former period . At all events , it has the appearance
of having been burned , and there is also tlio further appearance of an old crack at the place where the fracture commenced , We cannot help thinking that a sjJ < iee so large as eleven square feet of flat surface , exposed to such pressure as is ordinarily used in railway engines , ought to have been protected by vertical stays from the roof of the steam-chamber . The copper roof had been strengthened by cross-stays : pieces of iron , two inches thick in the middle , extending across it from side to side , and strongly bolted to the copper . These , though probably in themselves quite strong enough to resist the pressure , do not appear to us to have had any adequate abutments , inasmuch as they rested merely on the edge of the sheet copper , forming the vertical part , of the fire-box— -a support
which , in our judgment , is not sufficient for the purpose . On comparing the facts attending this accident with those of the fatal explosion on thc South-eastern Railway , in December last , we find that the same part , namely , the top ofthe fire-box , gave way in both cases * , and in neither of them were there any vertical stays to connect that part with the top of the stoamchamher . In the engine wliich exploded on the South-eastern line , the top of the fire-box was without stays of any kind ; the maker having apparently trusted to its hemispherical form to resist the pressure of the steam . We trust that the case will undergo a very strict and close investigation ; and that , if additional stays are needed , they will bo _applied , not only in engines hereafter to be made , but in those at
present in use , which may require them . The Inquest . —On Wednesday an inquest was held on the bodies of the three unfortunate men who lost their lives by the explosion of a boiler on the Manchester and Leeds Railway , before James Chapman , Esq ., and a respectable jury . The jury assembled at the Highland Laddie public-house , and the inquiry excited considerable interest in the neighbourhood . Several witnesses were examined , but their evidence served to throw no light on the cause of this frightful accident . The inquest was adjourned till Monday , when it is expected that some gentlemen of experience will be present , to explain , if possible , the cause of this dreadful catastrophe . . Appalling _MuHnERATBETHNAL-GREEH . —On
Tuesday an intense excitement prevaded in the neighbourhood of Bethnal-green , in consequence of a runiour that a young woman named Emma Whiter , 21 years of age , had been shot dead with a pistol by a young man named Jamea Tapping , who had for some time past been paying her his addresses ¦ and from an early hour in the morning the vicinity of Worshipstreet Police-court , at which the case was expected to undergo investigation , was densely thronged with persons of both sexes , anxious to catch a glimpse of the suspected murderer . Shortly before one o ' clock the accused was brought in a cab to that court , in the custody of Serjeants Shaw and Backhouse , of the H division , and placed at the bar before Mr . Bingham _, to answer the charge . The prisoner , who is a
remarkably fine-looking young mail , about 23 years of age , upon entering the dock , which he did with a firm step , looked around him with a placid expression of countenance , and did not appear at all affected at the critical position in which he was placed . The following witnesses were called and examined in support of thc charge : —Thomas Anvaehe , a weaver , living in Manchester-street , Waterloo Town , stated , that at a quarter before one o ' clock on that morning he was passing down a turning leading from Sebrightstreet to South Conduit-street , Bethnal-green , in company with a person named Harvey , when he observed a smouldering fire , resembling lighted tinder , at the foot of a brick wall , belonging to one of the houses . He instantly proceeded to the spot , where he
discovered a young woman lying on her left side , with her head resting against the wall , and one ofher bonnet strings on fire . On looking closely at her he observed that her face and person were deluged with blood , which was flowing copiously from a wound in her neck , and she had ever *? appearance of being in a lifeless state . Witness raised her from the ground and supported her in his arms while Mr . Harvey went to obtain the assistance of two young men , who were standing at the end of the street . Witness had placed his hands beneath the arms of the young woman , and he distinctly felt a slight pulsation at the heart , but she did not utter a sound , and on the return of Mr . Harvey they carried her together to a gas-lamp where they were soon after joined by a policeman , who on looking at the woman immediately pronounced her to be dead . She was conveyed as quickly as possible to the Duke of Gloucester public-house , _adjoining , where a shutter was procured , on which she was re-* » J . 11 T 1 TT £ . - - to
movea me jL _, onaon Hospital . Serjeant Backhouse , K 37 , stated that he had just parted from _liia - inspecto-L * at a , quarter before one o ' clock , when he hea _^ the springing of rattles in _North-! , » reet , Whitechapcl . He instantly hastened _vjawn the street , at the end of iwhioh he _mte ' t policeconstable Stair and two other persons carrying on a shutter a woman who was apparently- dead . The woman was conveyed to the London Hospital , and on the road there witness raised h ' er wrist and felt that her pulse was then beating , tnil on reaching the hospital all pulsation had ceased , and she was pronounced by the house-surgeon to have expired . Witness then returned back te _the-spot where the woman had been originally found , ailu , on examining it with his lantern , he discovered-a large pool of blood extending three yards in length down the pavement , in the midst of Jwhich lie found a woman ' s patten , aboinVeightor nine inches -further on , another patten ,
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and about a foot beyond that a large-sized and wellfinished pocket-pistol , with percussion lock , the hammer of which was down , and whicli had evidently been very recently discharged , as'it smelt strongly of towder . About half-past two in the morning-witness rstsaw the prisoner at the _police-station * he had then on over the dress he now wore a white apron , upon the right side of which Serjeant Shaw and the witness observed several spots of Wood . Oil being caUed upon to furnish an explanation ofthesc appearances , the prisoner replied , " I don't know that there are any spots of blood upon it , and if there are , I can't account for them . " The witness here produced the pistol , tho two pattens , and the prisoner ' s apron . The weapon was such as thc witness had
described it , somewhat large for the pocket , and next in size to a duelling pistol . The latter was an ordinary workman ' s apron , and spots of blood were plainly visible-upon it . —Serjeant Shaw stated that he had that morning been at the London Hospital , where he had seen the dead body of the young woman . On examming the upper part of her person , he observed in the throat a small hole , which was perfectly black in ' - appearance , and manifestly caused by the perforation of a bullet , wliich must have been discharged from the direction of the deceased's side , as it had completely cut through the jugular vein . There was no corresponding orifice on thc other side ofthe deceased ' s throat , and from that circumstance the witness considered it evident that the ball must
be still lodged either in her throat or head . —William Slater , a weaver , living in South Conduit-street , Stated , that he had been well acquainted for some time past both with the prisoner , and the young woman he was accused ol having murdered . At about half-past twelve o ' clock on the preceding night he was standing on the door-step of his father ' s house , where he lodged , when he saw the prisoner and the deceased walking together towards the upper end of thc street . They appeared to be in close conversation , and the prisoner had one of his arms round the young woman | s neck . Witness watched them in the same position as far as the t ' rst turning in the street , and then went up stairs to bed . lie had not been'in his bed-room more than six
or seven minutes , when he heard the loud report of a gun , or pistol , sounding close at hand , and of such extreme violence as to shake everything in the house . The report was so alarming that he instantly hastened to both the front and back windows of tho room , and looked into the street and garden , but was unable to discover anything , and therefore retired to rest . — William Whiter , the brother of deceased , who keeps a beer-shop in Brick-lane , Spitalfields , stated , that at ten o ' clock on the preceding night the prisoner came to his house , in company with the deceased . The latter went into the back parlour , while the prisoner went into the tap-room , and both of them remained in the house until twelve o ' clock , when they left together , —Mv , Bingham : Did they _annoar to
you to be on good terms with each other ?—Witness . Yes , sir , perfectly so ; I observed nothing to the contrary . —Police-constable Johnson , 296 iv , said that shortly before three o ' clock that morning the father of deceased and his surviving daughter came to him while on duty in Thomas-street , Bethnalgreen , and stated that he wished hhn to apprehend the prisoner , as he strongly suspected that he had caused the death of his daughter . He accordingly accompanied the father to the house ofthe prisoner in Manchester-place , Bcthnal-green-road , where they found hini _drewed and seated in a chair belund the door in the kitchen . In reply to a question from the father , the prisoner stated that he had been with the deceased till twelve o ' clock on the night beforeaud that they
, then parted from each other in the ' Bethnal-greenroad . The prisoner had on at that time an apron , which was afterwards taken from hhn at the police station . —Thomas Whiter , the father ofthe deceased , an elderly , grey-headed man , of respectable appearance , who was _foiTOcrly a licensed victualler , but now a silk-manufacturer , repeated the constable ' s testimony as to" his application to take the prisoner into custody ; and stated that , upon entering the kitchen of the prisoner ' s house , he found him seated at a table , looking exceedingly pale , and with his head resting on his hands . Witness asked him what he had done with his daughter , when the prisoner positively denied that he had seen her , either on that night or the preceding one . Witness then asked him if he
knew anything of her , and the prisoner answered hini in the same positive way that he did not . Witness then observed that that was very strange , and taxed him closely onthe subject , upon which the prisoner retracted all that he had previously stated , and acknowledged that' he had been in the deceased ' s company up to half-past twelve o'clock at night , and that he had then parted with her at the corner of Mape-street , and knew nothing further about her . Witness was so satisfied of the falsehood of this declaration that he determined upon giving him into custody , which he accordingly did . Richard King , a tailor , living in Beckford-strcet , Bethnal-green , stated that he was acquainted with the prisoner , and was in his company one nieht last
week at the Rising Sun public-house , in Waterloo Town , when a pistol similar in size and appearance to that produced by serjoant Backhouse was handed about among the persons in the room . He- did not notice what ultimately became ofthe pistol upon that occasion , nor did he notice what remarks the prisoner made respecting it . At the termination of each witness's examination the magistrate asked the prisoner if he wished to put any questions , but was each time answered in a simple negative . There being no further evidence to produce , the magistrate formally asked the prisoner if he had any answer to make to the charge ? The prisoner , in a low halfstifled tone , answered " No , sir , 1 have not . " Mr . Bingham then ordered the prisoner to be remanded
for a week . Throughout the first portion of the proceedings the prisoner appeared to treat the charge with great lightness and confidence , but during the examination ofthe witness Slater he entirely lout his former self-possession , the muscles of his face working with a convulsive twitch , aud he kept his eyes intently fixed upon the magistrate to watch the probable eftect of the testimony . The prisoner has acquired a somewhat unenviable notoriety in the district , having been several times in custody on charges of fraud and other offences . The last charge against him was that of having committed frauds upon different poor tradesmen by selling them bottles of what he represented to be oil , but whicli turned out to be water covered with a very thin stratum of genuine
oil , of which offence he was convicted at the Old Bailey , and sentenced to a year ' s imprisonment . In consequence of hia disgraceful character and conduct the family ofthe deceased had been strongly opposed to the connection between them , and had done all in their power to discourage it ; but the poor girl , who was described to have been a remarkably fine young woman , had unfortunately formed such an infatuated attachment for the prisoner that all their efforts to dissuade her from it were unhappily fruitless . In the evening a jury was impanelled by Mr . Baker , coroner , at the London Hospital , for the purpose of investigating this murder . The proceedings were merely preliminary . The coroner ordered a poet mortem examination , and the inquiry was adjourned .
Suicide of a Relieving _Ofpicer . —On Monday afternoon an inquest was held at the King's Arms " , Maidstone , before F . F .-Dally , Esq ., on the Body of George Bailey , who came to liis death under the following melancholy circumstances . John Daniels , landlord of the King's Arms , deposed that he had known the deceased for several years . He came to his house on Saturday night about eleven o ' clock as a customer , and inquired tor a bed . He went to bed about twelve . He drank two glasses of rum and water previous to going bed to . Witness saw him last , but did not remark anything particular in him . He was not quite so cheerful as common . They sat together some time , and he complained of not being sufficiently paid as _relicving-officer of the
Hollhigboume Union . He complained that at present his salary was not so good as it was formerly , and that his expenses beat him . After thc conversation he retired to rest . Nothing more passed that night . He told the girl to call him at eight o ' clock . When witness went down , at nine o ' clock the following morning , ho found deceased ' s shoes at the bottom of the stairs , cleaned , and he told his boy to take them up stairs and call hhn , " which he did . Witness went up himself at a quarter-past one , and called to liim , telling him that dinner would be ready in a quarter of an hour . He replied , "Yes , I am coming directly . " He did not come , and in about twenty minutes witness went up again , and called out , "Bailey , wo are waiting dinner for yon . " He
replied , " Don't wait , my good fellow , 1 shall be down directly . " Witness , sent his boy up to him shortly after , when he told him that he had not had' much sleep that night , and should not get up till tea-time . About five o ' clock he went up again and called to liim , but receiving no answer he went into his room and found him lying on his left side , apparently asleep , breathing very hard . Witness shook him , but eould make nothing of him , and immediately sent for Mr . Power . —Mr . James Joseph Power , surgeon , was called on Sunday evening , a little after half-past six , and arrived at the King ' s Arms at a quarter to seven . He went into the room and found deceased lying on his left side , with his head and lace on the pillow , making a snoring noise and perfectly insensible . Witness went to his house for the stemaeh-numn . but thev found there was no use in
applying iti lie was too far gone to do any good—no remedy Would have had any effect up _^ h him . He _reihaiht-id with deceased till he die'd . This day he had made a post mortem examination of the body . He examuied the brain and _stomaeh . The vessels of the covering ofthe brain were Very much injected with blood , and very much inflamed , and there was also an effusion of blood between the skull and the covering of the brain . So then took out the stomach , but had not analysed it . He could not smell laudanum , but from the appearance , oi the inside of the stomach arid brain , which was injected with blood , he had no doubt but that he had taken poison , and that that _pmson v « ls _laudanum .-Mr . F . W Buchanan , ¦ chemist and druggist , Week-street : Did not know deceased himself , but Mr . Jenkins knew him , and they -had some conversation in my shop together . _Herald his object in coming there wasi _forborn e laudannmfor a female pauper , who had
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long been in the habit of taking opium , which the surgeon had refused to let her have , but he . was determined to give her some . This was between seven and eight " o ' clock' oii Saturday evening : _- _HeT- 'then served liim with : a shilling botih _* _, which he labelled " laudanum , poison . " The bottle was produced and identified by witness . It was found in deceased ' s bed . The jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of—Temporary Insanity . Coroxer ' s IxQUEsr . —On Tuesday afternoon Mr . W . Carter , coroner for East Surrey , arid a ' respectable iury , assembled at the Duke of _GloccsterJ Union-row , Newington , and wero engaged nearly five hours investigating the circumstances attending the death of
Margaret Jones , aged 53 , who , it was alleged , had died from the effects of violence received at the hands ofher husband . Mary Ncwliuid , of 2 , ' Potts-place , Newington , said , that she had known the deceased for three years , through living in the same house With her . Last Saturday week , about 11 o ' clock at night , the deceased and her husband were quarrelling , at the close of wluch the witness heard a noise , as of one of them having thrown sometliing at the other . Shortly afterwards witness heard the husband say , D—n you , is that what you mean ? " Sounds of blows and cries of "Murder ! " followed . The deceased then went into the passage , where she remained some time . _TVitncss could then see that deceased had a dreadful black eve . and she com .
plained oi a pain in the head . She was never able to follow her occupation after the Saturday in question , but died on 1 * riday last . Other evidence havimr been given , Mr . W . B . Boddy , surgeon , of _Saving row , Walworth , said he was called in to see deceased on Monday week . He sent her medicine . She was quite sensible , and made no complaint against her husband . After death witness had opened tho bod y , and found that thc cause of death was water on the brain , and not , in witness ' s opinion , any injury . The room having been cleared of strangers , the jury , after consulting , returned a verdict— " That deceased died a natural death from effusion on the brain , and not from the effects of violence . " The husband is at ? present under remand at Lambeth Police-court , on the charge of haying murdered the deceased .
The Late Fatal Accident at Astlet ' s . — On Monday afternoon an adjourned inquest was held before Mr . Carter , at the Windmill , High-street , Lambeth , relative to the death of William Blake , aged 58 , a supernumerary engaged at Astley ' s Ampitheatre . It appeared from the evidence adduced at this , and on the former inquiry , that the deceased , with a number of other supernuniaricB , were required to go on in one of the comic scenes at Astley ' s m the pantonine of Harlequin and Johnny Gilpin , or the Black Witch of Edmonton . The "fiat , " or scene at the back of the stage , represented a tailor ' s shop _,, and in order to' render the action the more ludicrous , the parties who were dressed as _COStermongers ,
tailors , hshwomen , & c , were tripped up as they entered from the " wings , " or side scenes , by means of a cord held by Mr . T . Barry , the clown . The deceased , who was labouring under hernia on both sides , and who wore a truss , made his fall as usual , but immediately after complained of pain in his bowels . He was taken home , and subsequently attended by Mr . Jeffrce , a surgeon , to whom , as well as his wife , he stated that Mr . Barry had " done for him , " and that he had held thc rope higher than usual , in order to increase the force of his fall . This was distinctly denied by several witnesses who took part with the deceased in the scene , and who clearly proved that i l . _ 1 !„ _ 1 ' ., 11 , -.. _" _-, ¦ ¦ ... wiline
. e or corn was not nciu _ny : \ ir . _Uarry higher than usual . On a post mortem examination " Mr . Jefirec ascertained that , although deceased must have laboured for some years under glandular disease , yet the immediate cause of death was the fall , from the injuries tho intestines had received . Mr . Carter then read over the depositions , and the room having been cleared of strangers , thc jury , without hesitation , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Mr . Carter , addressing Mr . Barry , said , thc jury entirely exonerated him from any blame whicli might have * been imputed to him .
The Yarmouth _Mu-iier . —For several days , or perhaps a fortnight , great exertions have been made to find a little girl , ofthe name of Meliish , who was said to have told a woman in Yarmouth that she was going past Mrs . Candler ' s house at thc time of _thu murder , and that , hearing a voice inside , she went and peeped through the keyhole of the door , where she could clearly see what was done inside , and that she clearly saw Royal aud Mapes there . The keyhole has been carefully tried by thc magistrates , and it was found that from the keyhole might clearly be seen what was done inside in tiie direction ofthe murdered woman ; but Meliish , who was only eleven or twelve years of age , could nowhere he found . Her
father , it seems , is an umbrella-mender , and travels the county for this purpose , commonly bivouacking with the cadgers . 'Ike girl , when in Norwich , called . at the station-house , and , telling a tale of great distress , obtained some temporary relief , and though every lodging-house in the city , and » many in the county , have ; since been visited , and rewards offered to produce her , she could not be found till Friday last , when she was seen in Norwich market-place on the walk . She was at once taken to the station-house , and has evidently had much experience in the " slang " of the begging fraternity . Without being asked any questions as to the particular business that she was _wanted for , she was taken off to Yarmouth by
Captain Love , the superintendent ofthe Yarmouth police , who has for the last fortnight come to Norwich every day , and sometimes twice a day , hoping that she might be found . We know nothing of the result of her communication . We understand that a man from Aylsham , reading in the newspapers an account of tho murder of Mrs . Candler , bethought himself that lie must have been at Yarmouth on that night , and remembered having seen a person coining out of Mr . Catchpole ' s house , and going up tho opposite row with a bundle under his arm . This was between
eleven and twelve o ' clock . In order to satisfy liimself that it was really the place whero thc murder was committed , he came over to Yarmouth on purpose to look at the house . Having fully assured himself that he was correct , he wrote a letter to the mayor , stating the circumstances , and expressing his willingness to come over to Yarmouth and identify the individual , whom he said lie should certainly know again . . Hewas sent for , and on being introduced to the gaol swore positively to Yarham being the man he saw .. •—Bury Post ,
Attempted Murder in Tipit . rary . — Roscrea ,. Monday Evekixg . — At church hour yesterday an armed party entered thc house of a schoolmaster , two miles from this , onthe road to Birr . On seeing them enter , the owner , named James , seized a dirk , and twoof the party armed with stones closing on him he stabbed one of them . The third , armed with a large _pistoljiircd and wounded James in thc head . Finding the resistance so determined the ruffians fled . Jone * seized a gun , but from loss of blood he was unable to lire . The police , in the pursuit of the fellows , discovered the body of a murdered man in the wood of Bowen , a mile or two from this place .
The late Attempt to Murder Mr . James .- — On Tuesday an inquest was held at the Police Barrack , near his house , on the body of John Costello , one of the fellows who attempted to murder Mr , James , a schoolmaster , near Roscrea , and whom he stahbedwhen a verdict of Justifiable Homicide was at once returned by the Jury . Fatal and Melancholy Accident . —Elbvb . _* -. " PERSONS Kiltjed . —A melancholy ' occurrence took place in Limerick , on Sunday night , whieh was attended with loss of life to a considerable extent . A party
assembled at a " wake" in Change-lane , one of the poorest localities iu the city , and the room in which tho body was laid out was densely crowded . The floor suddenly gave way , and all within were precipitated to thc room beneath , which also fell , carrying all to the next , and that again , being the third , to the ground . By this melancholy accident eleven persons were killed , and from sixteen to twenty grievously maimed—some with legs and arms broken , skulls fractured , and one man had his back broken . The surviving sufferers were taken to _Barrington ' _s Hospital .
Further Particulars . —It is now ascertained that the number killed was ten , and not eleven , as at first believed . Two or thvee ave in a very precarious state , and nearly thirty more or less injured . The names of the ten killed arc—Mavy , wife of Cornelius Murphy , a bailiff ; Catherine , wife of Michael Haneen , labourer , Garryowen ; Catherine Madden' ( unmarried ) , Garryowen ; Mary Molony ( unmarried ) , Marystreet ; Jane Boland ( unmarried ) , of the abbey ; Bridget Rourke ( widow ) , and her daughter Margaret ( unmarried ) , Garryowen ; James Enright , a youth , son of James Enright , and James Lynch , Garryowen , labourer . T hree of the unfortunate women were far advanced in pregnancy . There were only two men present , and one of them escaped , while the other
( Lynch ) was killed in the effort to save his wife ,-who is pregnant , and severely , and , we fear , dangerously bruised . It was fortunate the calamity did not occur at a later hour , when a number of men would have collected , and have been on the second floor , where they must inevitabl y have perished . On the kitchen _, floor was Mason , with a child in his arms , seven years of age , an interesting little creature ; and by moving into the chimney when he heard the orash s escaped being killed himself , but with a severe bruise in the loins , and the child with a trivial _woupd . Strange to say , there was a third party on the under floor , namely , Manahan , a cooper , who escaped completely unhurt , having got into some _rqceag , from , which he shouted loudly for assistance , ' ahd was , of course , ultimately extricated ; v ' ; - - •'•" - '
The Isqvje-jt os Emma Whiter . — On Thursday Mr . Baker resumed , at the ' - London Hospital , the inquiry , adjourned from Tuesday evening last , touchingthe death of Emma Whiter , aged twenty-one , a , weaveresa , alleged to have been wilfully _murder-ai . early on Tuesday morning , by a young man , named James Tapping , a lover of hersnow in custody on the charge . The inquest to suffocation . Several and after a lengthened journed to Monday next . b HVI |
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01021845/page/5/
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