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_MASSION-HOUSB . _Wsbidhdat . _—Bigami . —Mrs . Mary Frances Keele surrendered in discharge of the recognisances entered into by her husband on Wednesday _last for her re-examination npon the charges of "bigamy preferred against ler _byher-moUurr-inJaw , Mrs . Sarah Keele , of Canterbury . Ur . _ClaAsoa appeared on behalf of the defendant , who , in consequence of her bad state of health , was ordered by theXordMayor _tobeaccoicmodat _^ _wilh a cluur in front ofthe bar . The evidence which had been given by tbe prosecutrix and her eon ( the husband ) , as well as the statement made by the defendant at the last examination , having been read over , John Dixon , city policeman , « 19 , produced two marriage certificates from the register of ae .-parish of St . George's , Hanover-square—the one
of a _-ma-aiagest-leiniiised between John Weller and Mary Frances _YTitham on the 7 th of June , 1831 , and the second of the -mar-das' * of Vrilliam Gurney Keele with Mary Frances Weller in the month of October brat year . —William Gurney _Ksele repeated his former testimony , and added that the prosecution had not been instituted by his desire or wish . The letters produced were in the handwiling of bis mother , who had repeatedly applied to him _. oleare his wife and return home . Since his marriage he haa not sent any money home , but when he and his _iiift ~ . i & Canterbury to come to Loudon , the latter , knowiu ; ihe condition of his mother , gave her 30 s . —Mr . _Clarkso-i : Answer this question—have you not stated , since you have been hereto-day , that nothing on earth should
induce you to leave the defendant , though your mother has sated you wished _toleave her S—Ihe witness hesitated ; but , on the question being repeated , replied , that he had no reason to complain of his wife's conduct , and that he should not wish to he separated from her in case her first husband was really dead , —The young man Keele said , he would be answerable for his wife ' s appearance , in case shc should be required again . —The Lord Mayor intimated to the prosecutrix , that if she could procure any evidence to show that "the first husband was still in existence the defendant could be brought up again . At present thc defendant _iras discharged for want of evidence . —The parties then quitted the justice-room together .
BOW STREET . _Tv-esdat . —Post _Office _Robbekt . —William Oidey , a lener-carrier employed ou " the Islington district , was placed at the bar before Mr .- Jardine , charged with stealing a letter containing a £ 5 Bank of England note , and 30 s . in gold , the property of the Postmaster G eneral . Mr . John Brooks Johnston , a clerk in the Royal Exchange Insurance Office , 21 , Lombard-street , stated that atthe Christmas of 1835 there was a policy of insurance effected for furniture to thc amount of £ 100 , in the name of the prisoner , thc address being 1-5 , Rcgent _' _s-terrace , near Regent's Canal , "White Conduit-fields , Islington , in the county of Middlesex ; thc annual charge upon wliich is 6 s . In the month of _Decembsrineach year a printed note suuiiar to the one produced is sent to each of the insurers ,
and in December last one was sent to theprisoner , informing him that thc sum of Cs . would be dnc on his policy at Christmas . On the 30 th December last thc notice pro duccd _Tsas brought to witness at the office by some person who paid thc insurance with the £ 5 Bank of England note produced , Leeds branch , No . 20 , 595 , dated July 25 , 1843 , _-wirich Be marked with thc number of the policy , 443 , 116 , and he gave him the change . —Matthew Peake , a constable employed * at the Pest Office , said he was present in thc solicitor's office when the prisoner was brought in , and toeing asked where he lived , hegave his address , saying he had resided in the samehouse during the last eleven years , at a rent of £ 21 annually ; that he paid the taxes , and had insured his furniture in the Royal Exchange Insurance Office for £ 100 , the charge for winch was 6 s .
annually-On being asked who had made thc last payment , he replied he had done so himself , and , as if recollecting him . self , he said , " Oh , there is some mistake about that payment , for I received a notice after Christmas , stating that the insurance would be due , but in a few days after I missed it . lie then said he had spoken to Mr . Wood , the charge-taker at the Islington Post Office about it , adding that he did not know what he should do without it , and that Mr . Wood advised him to take the number from the policy , aud to go to thc insurance office , which would answer the same purpose , which he did ; and to his _great surprise he found It was paid by some person , but he never asked by whom , and he came away satisfied . In a few clays after he received a receipt for 6 s . in a letter , throcgh the Post Office , which he showed to Mr . Wood
and other persons at Islington . lie was then told that a £ 5 note was used in fhe payment at the insurance office , which was sent in a letter on the 27 th December by post from Dewsbury , addressed to Ifo . 14 , Upper Braiisburystrcet , Xircrpool-road , Islington ; and he replied that he did not know who had paid the policy for him . He then said , "Cau I sec thc gentleman ? " and being questioned what gentleman , and what he wanted him for , he said , "the gentleman who lost the money , aud I would pay him the money if I should pledge my bed . " Witness then went to the prisoner ' s house , and on making a search found the file produced oa the top of a hook-case in the front parlour , on which was thc receipt for 6 s ., and in a
bureau the policy produced , marked 443 , 116 , which corresponded with ihe number of the receipt , Witness then returned to flic Post Office , and having taken the prisoner into custody , he requested , as it wa 3 then late , that witness would take him to his own house for the night , which he did . On the way he begged that Mr . Vf ightlock , a lodger of his , might he sent for ; and on his arrival he desired him to wait on Mr . "Wood , in Moor-strcet , who would tell him where Spmks lived , by whom he would be informed where the gentleman resided who lost the letter , and io do what he could with him ; at the same time giving directions to get the money , if his bed should be pledged for it . Witness upon this cautioned him , and the conversation dropped . The prisoner was remanded .
MAKLBOBOUGH-STBEET . _TtEESDAr . —Xight _RocEEHiES . —Lucy Arnold , a . woman ofthe town , well-known at this court , was brought before Mr . Maltby , charged with having assaulted and robbed a gentleman , who gave his name and address James Edward Pye , _Xo . 4 , Berkeley-square . Mr . Py e said he was passing homeward through St . James _' _s-square about twelve o ' clock thc last evening , having previously been dining with a -friend and drinking rather freely , when he was accosted by the prisoner and another woman , who persisted in following him into _Tork-sfrect He turned down Apple-tree-yard to avoid them , but he noticed that two women , and he believed a man , came after hhn , and almost immediately afterwards received a blow on the head which stretched him onthe ground insensible and bathed in blood . Me believed he was taken into a
publichouse , and that tbe landlord sent for a police-constable . He could not recollect any thing very clearl y ; all he could say further was , thathe missed his pocket-book , to get at - which his coat must have been unbuttoned , and the top of his diamond pin , worth £ 2 , which had been torn from his stock . —Inspector Plume said the complainant was not sober when he came to the station-bouse . He believed -the complainant said something about having taken the prisoner into a public-house and treated her with a glass of -wine . —The complainant said he had no recollection of "having done anything of the sort . In fact he had not a very clear recollection of what really had occurred . —Mr Maltby said he feared that the imperfect idea which the complainant had of the whole occurrence would prevent a jury from convicting the prisoner on his evidence . The prisoner was then discharged .
_"Wedktsdat . —Night _Bobbebus . —Mr . Hardwick received the following letter yesterday , in relation to that class of robberies committed at night in the less frequented streets at the West-end , by men who act in concertwith women of the town , a number of which cases have received publicity from this court : —
TO KB . HASDWICK , HAGISTBATE . Sib , —Seeing in the police reports that a woman was taken up for a robbery on a barrister , in Regent-street , 1 wish to inform you , for the benefit of the public in general , that this system is now arrived at such a pitch that unless it be checked by prompt measures , no person by-and-by will be able to walk about fhe streets without being robbed and maltreated as this gentleman has been . The purport of this letter is to let yon know where he , for the ends of justice , is to be found " . He is , however , very reluctant to prosecute , though he has been very badly used , his mouth very much cut , a tooth knocked out , his eye bruised , and his clothes cut about . The writer concluded by giving the address of the injured parry . —Mr . Hardwick remarked to Mr . Superintendent Beresford , who had come into court on business , that it
appeared to him a necessity existed for adopting stronger -measures to put an end to this increasing class of rohberies . From the complaints made to hhn in his judicial capacity it would appear there was a particular set of loose women , confederated with thieves , who contrived to waylay or otherwise induce persons of respectable appearance , especially if these persons had the appearance -of intoxication , to accompany them into some dark or unfrequented street , and , when there , to commit robbery with violence by the help of the men with whom fhe women were leagued . An instance had come under his notice of a friend _whosepocket had been dexterously picked by a woman who accosted him for a moment in the street The gentleman shortly afterwards met with the woman again , and , on taxing
her with the theft , two men came np and began a quarrel with hhn .- —The Superintendent said he was quite aware that robberies by persons of the character described were just now hy no means unfrequent . He had taken care , however , to have additional police placed in those districts where these offences were usually committed , and several constables had been specially appointed to look after those women who were suspected of being concerned with thieves in night robberies . Tie best way to put an end to this offence would be for gentlemen to avoid speaking to or walking with women of that low class by which such robberies were committed . The oruinary way in which such robberies were effected was this : —As soon as < me ofthe women was seento _^ duce a gentleman to
walkinto aby-street , two or three men were sure to make their appearance , one of whom , in a rough manner , demanded to know from the gentleman what business he had to speak to his wife . The gentleman , naturally alarmed , either pexnntted himself to be robbed by giving Ids purse to be let quietly off , or getting involved in a senfflp , Tipd bis p roperty forcibly taken from him . The police were made acquainted with but a few of , this kind of offences , from a . natural reluctance of persons who had been plundered to come forward and disclose the whole ; 6 f the cirenmstances which had led to their losses . —Mr . Hardwick said he should depend on the additional precautions adopted by the policefora diminution of this sort of daring robbery .
_rwDAY . —A ' Sootable" Pboceemxc—A summons of-vast importance to the chimney-sweeping world was heard bv Mr . Hardwick against Bobert Towzer , of
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Adam's-mews , for having " wilfully and knowingly permitted and caused one Jim Graham to climb a chimney at the residence of Earl Grey , in Berkeley-square , against the statute made and provided , whereby a penalty of £ 10 , or not less than £ 5 , had been incurred . " —A congregation of sooty visages appeared in the body of the court , anxious to hear the result , all the parties declaring themselves staunch ramoneurs , and deeply interested in promoting the use of machinery for sweeping chimneys , in the room of fhe live brooms which had heretofore been dedicated to this delicate operation . The office of judge was in this instance promoted by Davis , of Hart-street , an _ex-chimney-climher , who professed to be actuated in what he was about by the purest public motives , and because , as he saidin the avenue of the court , '" at Bob
Towzer warn't no reglar sveep , and never know _* d vot the hiiiside of afluevos made on , cos as how he vos only Colonel Beaumont ' s butler vonce , and cos he disgraced theperfession by going out in rite kid gloves to vait at noblemen and gentlemen ' s arternoon _swarry's . " Having entered thc witness-box , Davis began . On Yensday the eight of Jinnyverry I seed Jim Graham a coming down Brook-street vith his boy . " Hullo , Jimmy ses I , " you ' ve been climbing agin . " " 'Spose I has , " says he , " vot can you make on it I" " Vy " sis I , " its agin the hact * , ' and its that there stunning Bob Towzer wots been a wiolatin on it , jest as he ' s done often afore . "—The Chief Clerk here interposed , and said that Graham ' s evidence could onlv be received . —James Graham , a stunted lad of
fifteen , came forward . —Mr . Hardwick : WeU , what do you know about this ?—Boy : Mister Towzer sent me to climb Earl Grey ' s chimbly , in Barkly-skvare . —Did he pay you anything S He agreed to pay me sixpence a chimbly , and I went up six on ' em that morning ; but he only hoffered me two shillings ; consekveutlye . he vonted to rank me out of a bob , and I'd a jest right to split on him , and I did so . The defendant stoutly denied all knowledge of the hoy . He had heard _fhathis journeyman had got the boy to assist liim with the machine , and paid liim for his labour out of his own pocket . The boy as stoutly affirmed that he had been engaged by the defendant in person ; that he had done nothing but climb j that he had been paid by the defendant ; and that whenever he was wanted the defendant used to send for
him to sleep the overnight at his place . —To rebut this the defendant called his journeyman , who swore that all as _hivcr Jim Graham did vos to stand on the grate and vork the handle of the tool about arter it vos shoved up the flue . —Mr . Hardwick : Well , boy , what do you say to that !—Boy : Say ; vy , ' at he knows as the machine was all gammon . I climbed slap up to the top , and the housekeepers knows it . The " public prosecutor" here poked forward his smutty face , and , with the good-natured purpose of giving old Towzer another "leg up / ' handed iu a paper . There , yer vertship ( said he ) , there ' s a list of the chimbleys vot this here boy ' s "been up . There ' s the Harchbisbop of York ' s , Ginucral Meade ' s , fhe Duke of Hamilton ' s , and a precious lot more of sitch . —This piece of evidence appeared to take the defendant rather aback . He , however , persisted in saying that the boy had only been employed by the journeyman without his knowledge . He admitted , however , that he had
recently been summoned to Marylebene Police-court , hut there the case was dismissed on account of insufficient evidence . —Mr . Hardwick sent to inquire of lord Grey ' s housekeeper whether the boy had been up thc chimney . The reply was that the housekeeper could give no information on the subject , The hoy ' s father proved that the defendant had paid the boy two shillings , and had come for hint in person to engage him to do some chimney work . —Mr ; Harkwick was of opinion that a case of climbing had been sufficiently established . The boy could have no motive iu swearing to so many specific acts , while the defendant was interested in steering clear of the penalty which the law affixed to climbing . It appeared to hun that the defendant had attempted to evade the law by making it . appear that the boy had been eraployed by the journeyman , but as that was evidently a mere subterfuge , he should inflict tho mitigated fine of £ 0 aud costs .
MARYLEBONE . Whk ; esdat . — ¦ Attempt to Stab a Constable . —A ruffiauly-looking fellow , named John Robinson , was placed at the bar before Mr . Bawlinson , charged with the following sanguinary outrage upon police constable Souter , 212 D , who , from the injury he had received , was so lame as to render it a matter of some difficulty for him to step into the witness-box ; he is still on tbe " sick" list , and unfit for duty . Thc evidence given was to tbe effect that on Monday night there was a loud cry of " Murder" and " Police" in the Uxbridge-road , and on Souter going to fhe spot , he found the prisoner engaged in an
altercation with two other persons , one of whom was bleeding profusely from the nose . The party who had been assaulted refused to prefer any charge , and tlic prisoner was desired to go away ; he refused to do so , and abused Souter in a most shameful manner . He was then taken into custody , and on the way to tbe station-house he kicked him ( witness ) upon the legs with all his force , and injured him seriously . Before bis arrival atthe Station he contrived to draw from his pocket a clasp knife , with which he made a lunge at his ( witness ' s ) side , and thc instrument perforated the whole of his clothing . Mr . Bawlinson committed the prisoner for one month .
LAMBETH . Mono at . _—Chahoe of Mubdee and Attempted Suicide . —John Campbell , alias w"right , was charged on suspicion of murdering his mother , a poor old woman of 60 years of age , at a low house in Fore-street , Lambeth , and afterwards attempting gelf-destruclion , by throwing himself into the river Thames . Police constable L 89 stated that between twelve and one o ' clock on Sunday morning , the prisoner was given into custody , on a charge of creating a disturbance at the door of Mr . Morgan , the Ship public-house , but Mr . Morgan did not press the charge , and the prisoner was liberated . About two o ' clock the constable received information that the prisoner ' s mother was found dead in fhe passage of fhe house where she rented a room . —Thomas Massey , L 39 : The house in
which thc prisoner and his mother lived is in my beat . Shortly before two o ' clock , a person , close to where the deceased lived , told me that there was something lying in the passage ; in consequence of which I went to the passage , and then I saw the deceased was lying on the ground quite dead . Her right thigh and part of her person was exposed . There was some liquid on the ground , which smelt as if she had been drinking rum . Her tongue was" protruding , and her mouth was wide open . She was quite cold , and there was no pulsation . Mr . Jeffery , surgeon , was sent for , and arrived in about twenty minutes ; he attempted to bleed her , and could get nothing but some congealed black thick blood . I assisted to carry the body to the dead-house at Lambeth Church , where it at present awaits the coroner ' s inquest . —TV , Hull , L 88 , has known the prisoner for five years . He is the son of the deceased , whom he has been in the habit
of cruelly ill-using . —Another policeman stated that about two o ' clock he saw theprisoner making for the river , near Lambeth-stairs , when he stated that he had destroyed his mother , and he should find a place of rest for liimself . The prisoner endeavoured to get away from the police , and ran towards tbe river , but was overtaken , and charged on suspicion of causing the death of his mother . The magistrate was informed by Mr . Inspector Evans that there was _ajierson at the coffee-shop who heard the prisoner exclaim , "Keep your legs out of the way . " This took place in the passage , and it is supposed that the prisoner , who was then very drunk , was ill-using the poor old woman . The prisoner denied having stated that he said he had destroyed the old woman , and said that he had no quarrel with his mother on Saturday night Mr . Henry directed that Dr . Jeffery might be sent for , and the prisoner was remanded to await the result of tbe
inquest . Thdbsday . —Death of a Wive fbom thi almged Itt-TBEAT « ENT OF HER HOBBAND . —Thomas Jones , a jobbing carpenter , who has been in custody since Friday last , on a charge of having caused the death of his wife , Margaret Jones , by violence , was brought before Mr . Henry for further examination . Brooks , the beadle of the parish of St . Mary ' s , Hewington , was in at tendance , and informed Mr . Henry that since the last examination of the prisoner an inquest had been held before Mr . Carter , the coroner ; and Mr . Body , the surgeon , who had made a post mortem examination , having
expresseditlo be his opinion tbat the deceased ' s death was the result of natural causes , and not produced by violence , the jury had returned a verdict to that effect . The beadle added that , notwithstanding this , he felt it to be his duty to cause the attendance of all the witnesses who had been examined on the former day , as well as two young women , the daughters of the deceased by a former husband . These two young women were examined , but were not able to speak to anything that happened for some days previous to the death of their mother , as they were not at home , but deposed tothe general iU-treatment which their mother had experienced at the prisoner ' s hands . The prisoner was again remanded .
Fbidat . —This day Thomas Jones was again brought before Mr . Henry for final examination , and discharged .
CLERKENWELL . Monday . —A Bbutal Schoomasteb . —Michael Donovan , schoolmaster at the St . Alovsius Roman Catholic School , Granville-street , Somers Town , appeared upon remand to answer the charge of violently assaulting James Cavanagh , a boy of nine years , one of his pupils . — Mr . Greenwood directed the boy to expose his back ; he did so , and every one present was shocked at tbe spectacle . —Mr . Crouch cross-examined some of fhe witnesses , and attempted to show tbat the boy ' s back had been much injured by robbing against the bottom of the bed , when creeping under it ; but this supposition was distinctly negatived by aU the witnesses . —The prosecutor admitted that he had been well fed , and comfortably clothed and lodged ; but said , " Brother Luke , " as weU * as theprisouer , had been unkind to him . His mother was dead , and his fattier lived in Bristol . —Mr . Broad , a surgeon , living in GosweU-street , stated that the marks onthe boy ' s back
must have been caused by brutal treatment . If injuries of the same nature had been inflicted on the side , they would probably cause congestion of the lungs . The leather strap with which the boy was beaten wasproduced —a thick heavy weapon . The prisoner alleged , on Saturday , that if the flogging of the boy with , such a strap was improper , the authorities of the school were to blame for putting it into his hands . —Mr . Cooke , on behalf ofthe Bev . M . _Narinckx , hoped the public press would , in justice to fhe establishment of St . _Aloysius , notice fbefact hewasgoing to state—viz , that fhe masters had been strictly forbidden to beat the boys with this strap , except on the left hand . No corporal chastisement of a severe nature was sanctioned by the directors of the school . — Mr . Crouch , on behalf of the prisoner , observed that the punishment inflicted on theboy was not more severe than the punishment inflicted on the boys at Westminster and St . Paul ' s schools . —Mr . Greenwood said his opinion was
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against corporal punishment altogether ; but the Act of Parliament permitted the master to use the same reasonable degree of punishment as parents used . The case was of too serious a nature to be dealt with by him , and he would send it for trial . The prisoner was then formally committed for trial , but ultimately was held to bail to appear at the sessions . The prisoner ' s functions were suspended on the spot , and the little boy removed to St . Pancras Vf orkhouse , there to remain until the result of he trial be made known , Wednesdat . —Cruelti by a Step-hotheb to a Child . — -Yesterday , this court was crowded with spectators in consequence of its having been gonerally known that the parish officers of St . Luke ' s were about prosecuting a woman living at No . 3 , George ' s-yard , Golden-lane ,
St . Luke ' s , tor cruelty of a most atrocious character towards her step-child , John Marks , a smith , and Anne Marks , lu % wife , were brought up on a warrant , charged with cruelty towards Anne Marks , aged ' ten years , the daughter of the former , and step-daughter of tbe latter prisoner . Between four and five o ' clock on Saturday evening last , a poor woman , living next door to the prisoner , went to the police-station , and informed the Serjeant on duty there that a child had been most brutally treated in George ' s-yard . The police Serjeant ( Kidney ) , and police-constable Few , 154 G , went to the house ofthe prisoners , and found the female prisoner sitting in a lower apartment somewhat intoxicated . They asked for the child , but she refused to give any answer concerniug . her until her husband was present . The husband was sent
for to a public-house , and upon his arrival the child , who had been washing out a room , was produced . The officers declared that her appearance shocked them . She had no covering but a threadbare shift , black with dirt , aud a piece of a sack , quite as filthy , about her shoulders . There was an ulcer on one of her feet , ' and a bruise on her back , and another sore in her neck , her skin was literally covered with scales of dirt , and the smell proceeding from her was intolerable . The child deposed—My name is Anne Marks , and I will be 11 years of age next April . My mother sent me for a kettle of water on Saturday morning , and when I returned with it she mo * me at the door , and , saying that I had been idle , she seized me by the hair and dragged me into the passage . She lifted me up in her arms and threw me down as hard
as she could on the floor , and kicked mc on the body . I screamed , but she took me up and " chucked " me down again . She kicked me on the side and on the thighs , and when I was lying on the ground she poured the kettle of water on me . I lay there crying . When my mother went away I went out and sat upon a door step in the court . Isat there crying for half an hour , when a woman came and took me in , I had nothing to eat up to tlha time . The sore on my leg was caused by a kick my father gave me a fortnight ago . My back was very sore . I stopped more than an hour in the neighbour ' s house , when my father came for me and brought me home .. As soon as my mother saw me she ran at me and kicked me
again , but my father heather for doing so . - The child added that she did not wish to hurt her father , who had given her bread and butter . All the clothes I had on was a shift and a bit of a sack , and sometimes the skirt of a petticoat fastened upon mc with a rope . The poor child , who as she proceeded with her testimony was becoming more and more convulsed with grief , at length swooned away in a paroxysm of grief , and was removed from the court in a state of insensibility . The female prisoner did not seem in the least moved , but actually shook her head and laughed when tho child was borne by her like a corpse . Mr . Combe said , he should discharge the male prisoner , but send the female for trial _.
THAMES POLICE . Tuesday . — Abandonment of _Bbitish Seamen . — Captain Alexander Simson , the master and part owner of the barque Elizabeth , appeared before Mr . Broderip . to answer a charge of having wilfully and wrongfully left Wm . Burgess , a seaman , at Quebec , contrary to law , by which he had rendered himself liable to be indicted for a misdemeanour , and , if convicted , to fine or imprisonment , or both . After hearing evidence , and a great deal of argument , Mr . Broderip ordered the defendant to find bail , himself in £ 80 , and two sureties of £ 40 each , to answer the charge at the next session of the Central Criminal Court . Bail was immediately tendered and accepted .
Wedhesdat , —The Three Mi 8 ER 8 . —Extraokdinart _Self-peivatiow . — A most extraordinary case was brought before Mr . Broderip , by Mr , David Warlters _, a boot and shoemaker , Rosemary-lane , _Whiteohapel , which exceeds anything ever told in works of fiction , and if not well- authenticated would be considered as unworthy of belief . Mr . Warlters stated that adjoining his place of business was a large cow-yard , the gates of which opened into Rosemary-lane , a place which is thc abode of more filth , misery , and _destitution than any other locality in tbe metropolis . In tbe cow-yard , in which there was considerable property ! dairy utensils , and eleven cows , was a small and very miserable dwelling-house , the receptacle of dirt and lumber , in which the owner of the dairy , WiUiam Chapman , his sister , Elizabeth Chapman ,
whose name was over the door , and a brother , had for some time resided . They were all far advanced iu life , and notorious for their penurious habits . The two brothers , though living in the same house , entertamed the most deadly animosity towards each other , and , but for the interference of the sister , one would have been * sacrificed to the hatred of tbe other long since . About one o ' clock that morning , Mrs . Warlters was informed by a neighbour that the sister , who was called Mrs , Chapman , was dying , and she dressed herself and went into' the bouse in the cow-yard , and found the statement too true ; and was so alarmed at the aspect of the woman , and the horrible appearance of the dwelling , that she left it immediately , and requested him to go in . He did so , and finding the woman in a lifeless
state , he sent for a surgeon in _Wellclose-square , who came immediately , and he pronounced her to be dead . He then sent a messenger for Mrs . Ruffle , a widow , and the niece of the deceased , who kept a baker ' s shop at No . 121 , Rosemary-lane . She came to the house as early as possible , and though previously acquainted with the miserly habits of her uncles and aunt , was quite unprepared for the dreadful scene of which she was compelled to be an eye-witness . In a small , dark , and low-roofed apartment , on the first floor , they found the brother of tbe cowkeeper , in a most wretched plight , covered with filth and vermin . Thc miserable creature had shut himself up in this room for the last two years , and was never out of it , except for a few days last summer . Thc room had never been cleaned out during- that time , and the man bad
never washed himself . They found him sitting on some rubbish which had formed the materials of a bed . There was nothing on his person but an old jacket , and he had suffered his hair , beard , and nails to grow for years , whicli gave him a hideous _' appearancc . There was uot a vestige of furniture in the room , but the entrance was nearly blocked up by rubbish . The stench was quite overpowering , and the wretched man had remained in this horrible place during the whole of the late severe weather without any fire , and was scantily fed by hits sister . Mr . Warlters added that a more appalling sight it was impossible to conceive , and that unless theM welling was cleansed and fumigated he was afraid some contagious disease would be engendered . He understood tbe brother of the cowkeeper was the owner of estates in
Leicestershire , which realised a considerable income , but the man , who had become imbecile , denied himself the common necessaries of life . The deceased Mrs . Chapman was for some time preceding her death in a similar filthy state , though she was enabled to command luxuries . She neVer paid any attention to personal cleanliness , and when she died had nothing on her person but an old gown and a bit of flannel , not worth sixpence , which had been her dress for some time . He asked the cowkeeper how he came to let his brother and sister remain in such a miserable condition , and he replied in a surly manner that his brother had property of his own , and that he would not have kept him so long but for his sister .
He then asked him if he should apply to the parish authorities , and he said his brother must go somewhere , for he would not keep Mm any longer . Mr . Warlters added that the cowkeeper was ninety years of age , and his brother was between seventy and eighty , and such was the deadly hatred they bore to each other , that it was likely murder would be committed if they were not parted . His object in calling the magistrate ' s attention to the subject was to save the brother of the cowkeeper , who was living in a state unfit for any human being . The subsequent inquiries > of the police officers more than confirmed Mr . Warlters' statement . The case is under the investigation of the parish officers .
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Ireland . —Elopemexi . —A . painful fact has occurred in this country within the past few days , wliich has brought indelible disgrace on a lady of rank , the mother of a large family , and her paramour , ' an officer in a cavalry regiment . Lady Georgiana fl- is connected with several noble families in England Her unhappy husband is a stipendiary magistrate of a midland county , and was formerly a captain in the army . His elder brother is a Companion ofthe Bath —an honour conferred upon him for his services
during the jfenmsular war . Captain and Lady Georgina II- — had thirteen children , ten of whom are living , and they were heretofore a most interesting and happy family Lady _H- — has , in an evil hour , left her home and family , and formed a criminal connection with Lieut . M , who is in his 2 oth year . He possesses property of the value of about £ 15 , 000 a year , in a county- adjoining that in which the family resided whose peace and happiness he has destroyed . Legal proceedings have been commenced against liim , and the damages laid at £ 20 , 000 . The case , it is said , will be brought before a jury in the month of May next .
Murderous Affray a . Killaloe—A . desperate conflict , attended with loss of life , took place near the town of Killaloe , between twelve and one o ' clock on Thursday morning . Captain Cole ' s company of the 15 th Regiment is there stationed , and it appears four ofthe soldiers accepted an invitation from a few ofthe townspeople to a night ' s party onthe river , with the intention of amusing themselves by moonlight fishing . Previous to going on the water the company rambled as far as Clanfadda , about a mile and a half from Killaloe , where they agreed upon taking supper on a smallisland , which they intended visiting , known by the name of Eriar ' s Castle , nearly opposite the lord bishop ' s residence . Beinga little elevated from liquor , they made free with a couple of geese belonging to a farmer named Glceson , which they carried away to their boat , and embarked for the island . Soon after thc owner missed his fowl , and having traced their route , immediately -repaired to Killaloe , where lie gave information of what had takenplaceto the police ,
only two of whom , sub-constables Brophy and Callaghan , were at the barrack , thc remainder of the partv being at the time on patrole . A boat having been procured , the two policemen accompanied Gleeson to the island , where they found the soldiers and their friends enjoying themselves ; and they had by that time kindled a fire under the pot for supper _, ( jlecson was directed by the police to look for lus geese , but while he was in the act of doing so he was struck by one of the party and knocked down . Sub-constable _Brophv remonstrated , and the party in 9 tantly turned on him and hia comrade , knocked them hoth down , and one of the four soldiers , it is said , unscrewed the bayonet off Callaghan's carbine , and with it stabbed liim in the body , until he lay for dead . Brophy received two bayonet wounds , from the effects of which he too fell ; but , watching
an opportunity , again raised himself from the ground , and though writhing with pain , grasping the carbine which lay by his side , he discharged it in the direction of his antagonists , one of whom , a young man named John Ellis , fell dead , the bali liaving passed through his neck . Before ho fired , his ramrod was drawn from his carbine by the party , thrust into his mouth , and forced out at the back of his neck . The policeman rc-loaded , fired again , and it is said thc shot took effect , as one of the party , named Malone , is missing , supposed to have fallen into tho river when he received the shot . "While tliis dreadful affray was going on , Gleeson had escaped from thc island , but soon returned with a strong party of nolice from Ballina and Killaloe , who made prisoners
of tho four soldiers , and William and Joseph Ellis , brothers ofthe deceased . The military also received bayonet wounds in the desperate conflict with the police , but which are not of a serious character . The fife of sub-constable Callaghan is despaired of . As soon as the additional police force appeared in view , the rioters dispersed along the island , and it is feared some of them perished in the attempt to swim ashore , as they were seen struggling in the water . The prisoners and wounded policemen were soon after taken to the police barrack , and subsequently the body of Ellis , to await the coroner ' s inquest . The names of thc soldiers under arrest arc Edward Barrown , Thomas Moore , Edward Greene , and Thomas Wethers , thc latter known in thc 15 th as " The Manchester pugilist . "
State of _Limerkik .-A Rock manifesto , of which the annexed is a copy , was served upon Mrs . J . Westropp , ofAttyflin , near this city : — " Mrs . Westropp , take notice , we request of you to prevail on Mr . Westropp to get rid of and discharge Michael Molony from his employirient before ten days— -or if not we will take away his life ! We would be far from injuring Mr . Westropp , but if he keeps Molony in his service we will' kill him dead' in the open day ! If he compels us to come forward to visit him , wc will certainly take away his life , if he does not discharge Molony before , ten days . Signed—Captain Steel Rios , County Tipperary . " On Friday morning , at seven o ' clock , a strong armed party of countrymen appeared on the lands of Aherina , near Doonas , the estate of Colonel
Wyndliam , and dashed in the outer door and windows of the house of Michael Kenny , lately placed in possession of the farm . They were resisted at the entrance by Kenny ' s daughter , whose arm they broke , but Konny bravely defended liimself with a pitchfork in a room inside , and the fellows then made a wreck of all his furniture , after wliich they-departed , firing shots . On Wednesday evening , the house of Thomas M . Bradshaw , Esq ,., of / Coolready , between Castlc-Connell and , O'Brien ' s Bridge , was attacked by an armed party , who struck the gentleman of thc house , beat him severely with thc butt-ends of their guns , and carried away a fowling-piece . Four of the supposed gang have been since apprehended by the police . On Saturday night a Rockite notice was posted on
the shop window of Mr . Henry Burgess , ot Bomsokane , _threatening him with death if he had anything to do with the Finnoe-road . Two persons have been arrested at Borrisoloigh by sub-inspector Malone , for the barbarous murder of Mr . Samuel Smith , of Lisduff . Thursday night , four . men , with their faces blackened , and representing themselves as police , broke into tho house of one Michael Quirk , near Gort , on tho estate of James Daly , Esq ., of Castledaly , demanding money , and proceeded to open a box " : but not succeeding in doing so , commenced an attack on Quirk and his wife , the latter receiving
much injury from the blows of a spade , while endeavouring to save her husband from the murderous attack made upon him . _ftext morning Charles Wallace , Esq ., of Lime-park , immediately took steps to have the party arrested , and placed his warrant in thc hands of constable Belford _, who succeeded in capturing the entire of the party that night , who were forwarded to Gort petty sessions , where three of them , having been identified by Quirk , were fully committed . The fourth was then brought to Quirk ' s house , where the wife identified this man as the person who struck her , and he was also fully committed .
Horrible Death at Farnacue ' s Colliery , near Newcastle-upon-Tyne . —One of those dreadful casualties , to which pitmen are daily exposed , took place on Tuesday last at the above colliery , by whicli a deserving man lost his life . He was one of the firemen , and was descending the shaft , in a cage , whilst the other fireman was ascending the same shaft in another cage . The former was about sixty fathoms from tho bottom , when , without even a moment ' s warning , the wire rope by which the cage was suspended , and in which was the helpless individual , broke , and precipitated him to the bottom . ' Not a vestige of the ponderous cage so large as a walking-stick could be found , and he , who but a few minutes before was in the full
vigour of life , was gathered from the wreck of the cage a handful at a time of clotted matter , so completely was every bone reduced to a mummy . Farnacre ' _s Colliery is two miles S . W . of Newcastle-upon-Tyne . We have not heard the result of the inquest , which we presume must have been held , for we are informed the mortal fragments were interred on Wednesday evening . What will the Durham Special Jury of coalowners , and their relatives , who have averred the safety of " wire ropes , " say to this melancholy occurrence ? We opine the well-fed " no-risk-men" will conclude ( as in the cases of . Jarrow and of Thornier ) , . that had tho rope been a hempen one , tho result might have been the same . But we beg to observe to a
discerning public , this difference—this very material difference , between a hempen rope and a wire rope for these purposes . When , tho former is overstrained , and unable to perform the work to which it is applied , the outer strands first exhibit symptoms of weakness ; and the cracking noise occasioned by the separation of the innumerable fibres of which it is composed , from each other , gives , in most cases , timely warning of what is about to take place , and thus there is a very material chance of preventing the sacrifice of human life : besides , the men—the banksmen especially , have an opportunity of discovering a failing part of a hempen rope , and of reporting its inefficiency in due time to prevent many
accidents : not so with the wire rope—there the wear is internal ; the insidious defect is . progressive and unseen ; wire after wire yields to the unequal task to wliich it is' assigned—the exterior is so besmeared with grease and dirt as to defy the detection of injury , until the . too-confiding Miner is launched in a moment into eternity ! Had the Durham Special Jury _beflta practical Miners , instead of special protectors of Mining Capital , these facts would have been known to them . It is high time that public opinion was brought to bear upon this subject , to prevent the future sacrifice of human life at the shrine of insatiable monopoly . —Correspondent
Fire . — On Saturday week an alarming fire I broke out , about half-past four o ' clock , on the premises of Mr . Webb , a broker and auctioneer , residing in Peter-street , Whitechapel . As a man named Wilmot was passing , he p erceived smoke issuing from thc grating over the kitchen window , and saw a large body of flame . He at once raised an alarm , and the inmates were with much difficulty made sensible of their perilons position . Fortunately the flames had not reached thc first floor , so that they were enabled to make , their escape through the hall . In less than five minutes after , all the lower part of the building was one body of flame _.
By tins time several engines from the adjacent stations were in attendance , and succeeded in confining the fire to the lower part of the premises , the greater portion of wliich , as well as a large quantity of furniture which was stored there , was totally destroyed . In-Jess than half an hour the firemen had so far succeeded in subduing the flames , as to banish apprehension with respect to the remainder of the house , or the adjacent premises , which at one tune were in imminent danger . Unfortunately , Mr . Webb was not insured .
The Alleged Murder and Suicide at Lambeth . On Friday afternoon Mr . W . Carter held an inquest , adjourned iroin Wednesday last , at the Henry the Eighth , High-street , Lambeth , on the body of Diana Campbell , aged 60 years , who it was alleged had died from the effects of injuries received at the hands of her own son , now in custody , charged with having caused the death of deceased , and also with attempting to drown himself . Mr . Jeffery , who was called in , and who Bad subsequently made a post mortem examination of the body , said he found an
extensive wound over the left orbit , and several injuries about the head , caused by some blunt instrument , or from falling upon some hard substance—most probably the latter . The immediate cause of death was the rupture of a blood-vessel on the brain , the result of the injuries above alluded to . The whole of the other evidence was merel y a repetition of what has already appeared in this journal under the head of Lambeth police . Verdict— " That the deceased died from the rupture ofa blood-vessel of the brain , caused by an accidental fall during a fit of intoxication , and not from the effects of violence . "
Awful Circumstance . —Death prom Carbonic Acid . —A most awful and painful circumstance took place m Worcester-street , Birmingham , oif Sunday last . Mr . Edward Woolley , a paper-stainer , dealer , and hanger , who resided at No . 77 , in that street , came to liis death from suffocation , in the following manner : —Mr . Woolley , as appeared by thc evidence adduced on the coroner's inquest , which was held on Tuesday CYQiiing , about one o ' clock in tho afternoon
went into the cellar for some colours , of which there were two tubs mixed up , that is , ' made into a liquid . The servant girl , Sarah Plumb , wanted the keys of a cupboard which she knew the deceased had in his pocket , and having learned from a little boy , the son of the deceased , that he was gone into the cellar , she followed him down , and was horrified to find liim l ying b y the side of one of the tubs , the lid of which lie had apparently removed . He lav , as she said , doubled up . The unfortunate man had been lolled by the carbonic gas arising from the colour . An inquest was held , and a verdict to the above effect returned . -
Distressing- Suicide . — - "An inquest was held on Thursday , before Mr . Carttar , at the Lady of the Village , Charles-street , Deptford , on the body of Frances Hampton , who committed suicide by drowning herself in a pond of stagnant water near to her dwelling . The deceased , since thc death of her mother , has acted as housekeeper to her father , who has a large family , and who allowed her 24 s . a week to keep house ; but , in consequence of her being very much behind hand with the landlord and some of the tradesmen in the neighbourhood , which she feared would come to her father ' s ears , she had of late become much dejected , and had expressed to some of her neighbours that she was determined to " put an end to it . " Having been always of a cheerful
disposition , no notice was taken of the matter . On Saturday night last , about eleven o'clock , after liaving been to market , she again went ' out , as her family thought , to some neighbour's house , but not having returned on the following morning they became alarmed , when a man named Silver found her body in a pond . The jury returned a verdict—That the deceased was found drowned , but there was no evidence to prove by what means she got into thc water . _Fatm , Railway Accidesi . —On Friday afternoon Mr . W . Payne , city coroner , held an inquest at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of James Gracknell , aged
sixteen years , a labourer , employed on thc Dover Railway works , at Tunbridge , From the evidence it appeared that the deceased , on Thursday , the 9 th ult ., was driving a horse train of eight waggons , loaded with earth , at Tunbridge , w . hen by some accident he fell into the groves of the works , and received a compound fracture of the left leg . He was taken to a surgeon ' s , at Tunbridge , and from thence removed to the above institution , where amputation of the . limb was performed ; but he never rallied , and died on Wednesday last , from the effects of the injuries received . Previous to dying , he told Mr . Howard , the surgeon , that a waggon , containing five tons of earth , had passed over his leg . Verdict—Accidental Death .
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TERRIFIC STORMS . Storm at the Cape of Good Hope . —A very severe hail-storm has visited the Cape , doing much damage to the village of Colesmirgh . The following description of its effects , taken from a letter published in the Graham's Town Journal ofthe 3 th of December , will give some idea of such an event at the Gape ol Good Hope : — " This village was visited yesterday ( Nov . 2 * 1 ) with one of the most violent haU-sfcorms , accompanied with a gale of wind , ever yet witnessed . Some idea can be formed of its violence when I say that branches were lopped from the trees and earned to a distance of at least 200 yards . Such a scene of havoc has seldom been witnessed . The approach of
the storm was notified by a low murmuring sound , and those who were able closed the outside shutters to their windows ; but the windows of the majority of the houses , which are unprovided with shutters , were literally . smashed . In many places sashes were broken , tho plastering knocked off in large pieces , and the town presents the appearance of having been bombarded by an enemy ' s _' cannon . The number of panes of glass broken exceeds 3 , 000 . In the Dutch church 380 panes are destroyed , and hardly a house stands that has not lost from 20 to 60 . Not a vestige of a garden remains , and the streets are completely covered with green fruits and branches of trees . I never witnessed such destruction by the element . I do not exaggerate when I tell you that many of the hailstones were as large , and in some instances larger
than a pigeon ' s egg . Last Sunday the thunder and lightning were awful . The electric fluid has three times struck the Kopjes in the vicinity of the village , but no damage hafl been done , except that one unfortunate ox was lulled . Not so , however , in . the neighbourhood , where I learn that several farmhouses have been consumed , the lightning setting them on fire ; and the hail has destroyed large fields of standing corn so completely tbat not a vestige of tliem remains . Ou some places from 50 to GO sheep have been killed . I am , however , happy to say that the hail-storm which passed over us seemed to be confined in its transit , not spreading over a large
space . " Another letter published in the same paper says— " Itis no exaggeration to state that each hailstone was the size of a pullet ' s egg , and so tremendous was the force with which they came down , that you will scarcely believe the fact that every pane of glass on the western side ofthe village is broken , amounting to several thousands in number . Not a single house escaped , and the town presented a most grotesque appearance after it was over , resembling a place that had been severely bombarded . How , in such , sultry weather , these congelations , so large and hard , can be formed , is more than I can well explain . It is clear their formation must arise from some
other cause than cold—most probably from a highly electric state of the atmosphere . This I think probable , as ihere had been the evening before some very severe lightning and heavy thunder-storms , so severe , indeed , that an ox was struck and destroyed by the elcetvie fluid within a short distance of the town . " Tub Stobm at Dumfries . —In recording the heavy gales of Thursday last we had no idea that the elements would deepen into still wilder tempest on the night of Saturday , and even Sunday , long after the hour of noon . The wind on the last occasion blew
from the north , and its fuiy by nautical men was considered the more remarkable , seeing wc very rarely experience gales of equal intensity from that quarter . By common consent the hurricane is set down as the most threatening remembered since the truly awful one of the 7 th January , 1 S 39 . In many houses the inmates felt the beds shaking under them , and when daylight dawned it became obvious that devastation had been widel y at work in the shape of smashing chimney cans , tirling the roofs of houses , more particularly old tenements , « fec . One corner of St . . Michael ' s Church lias been a good deal damaged , both as regards thc lead and slates : and in the case of the latter , a heavy fragment descended with such force that it cleft an upright tombstone into two parts . In the country the woods have again suffered , and even in our own vicinity not a few trees have
been broken or blown down , including a venerable saughat Tinwald Downs , containing eighty cubical feet of timber . On the coast the turmoil was literally deafening , the sea-birds , startled from their holes among the rocks , uttering wailing cries in every direction . This morning the scene changed entirely ; when few expected such a visitation , the ground was found covered with snow , and trees and bushes beautifully frizzled beyond expression ; but as the barometer ia atill falling it seems the reverse of probable that this new variety of livery ofthe winter will be of lengthened continuance . On inquiry we learn that two of our coasters are missing , and one of them , a regular trader , had not been heard of for a fortnight . The owner , in fact , is beginning to lose hope of the safety of his 'vessel .- —Dumfries Courier of Monday .
Thu Weather in Cumberland . —During the whole of Friday last the state of the atmosphere in the neighbourhood of Keswick , says our correspondent , gave indications of an approaching storm : the wind continued howling and roaring through the valley , and at night the rain descended in torrents , which seemed to increase as dayli _g ht approached . The tempest ' , which continued during the whole of Saturday , became extremely violent about four o ' clock in the afternoon , when it raged with awful fury , forcibly reminding the inhabitants of the eYer-memorable storm on the morning of thc 7 th of January , 1839 , and continued increasing in violence till about five o ' clock on Sunday _morniiio-, when it may be said to
have reached its climax . At that period the tempest became most destructive : a great number of large trees , on the estate of Sir John Woodtord , at Derwentwater r Bay , werc . levelled to the earth . Two very large spruce fir-trees fell upon the cottage of Alexander Macready , Sir John ' s wood-ranger ; but as they both fell against the gable end ofthe cottage , the damage occasioned was but trifling . A number of stacks were also capsized , and heavy showers of hail occasionally fell during thc whole of Sunday . It is worthy of remark that this destructive tempest came In _tJiesame direction as thc great storm of 1839 . Yesterday both the mountains and low grounds in the neighbourhood of Keswick were covered with snow . —Cumberland Racquet .
The Storm . —Disastrous Accident at Derby , — On Saturday night last this town was visited by a very severe gale of wind , which did considerable injury to various _buildinga , and was thc occasion of a most disastrous occurrence in Bourne-street , by which five houses were almost _totally destroyed , and another very greatly damaged . Our townsmen , the Messrs . Holmes , coachmakers , had just completed the erection of a large and lofty chimney on their premises , for the purpose of having steam applied to a , _pwUf their extensive establishment , the building of wliich had been entrusted to Mr . Edwin Thompson . This _chimneywas sixty feet high , and was only _waiting for the iron _capping . It was surroundod by a very heavy and substantial scaffolding , a circumstance
which there is every reason to believe to a considerable extent contributed to produce the accident whicli \ vc have to record . On the night mentioned above ( Saturday last ) , fears were entertained that the chimne _7 so largely encompassed with scaffolding ( and which had been round it , we believe , for some time past , awaiting the finishing of the chimney from the cause alluded to , that of the east iron capping ); was in danger of falling from the severity ofthe gale , and as ' early as between five and six o ' clock onthe _Sundae morning , Mr . E . Thompson went to •'• ascertain how far this really was-the case . When there the tremendous squalls of wind waved the _ponderous mass of woodwork to and fro in a _yeiy alarming manner ; so much so as to induce those persons who
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resided- in the houses immediatel y _cornipof j with Messrs . Holmes' premises to leave them _invm diately , though the chimney itself appeared " tirely unmoved . Fortunate , indeed , was it * _W the residents did quit them , for at a quarter n J eight o ' clock , forty feet of the sixty of the chirm fell with a terrific crash on one side of the roofs of th ' five houses , literally cutting them in faro , and !) molishing them to the very foundations , and dcshW ing every piece of furniture they contained ; breal cin the chairs , tables , beds , chests of drawers , & c . _j _nf fragments as though they had been so nianj ' mnj _? twigs . Never was wreck more complete . It w , most providential that the accident did not occur during the night when the inmates were iu bed f 0 had such been the case , the loss of life would haVe been frightful . As it was , no one experienced the slightest personal injury , except a workman of ihj E . Thompson's , who was but a minute before the accident endeavouring to remove one of the -mkta ropes to a more favourable position , for keeping the scaffolding from blowing against the chimney . H »
received some slight injuries from the falling bricks Immediately on this unfortunate occurrence becoming known , the utmost eagerness was evinced by tho neighbours to assist in the removal of the immense pile of rubbish , and to scrape together such things as might possibly become again in any degree useful to the persons deprived at one stroke of their d _\ veUin <* s _, Messrs . Holmes kindly undertook to have the 1 ' _urnU ture replaced , and procured food and lodgings fot such of the families thus thrown out of their lliibita . tions , who had not friends to receive them . One Chesterfield correspondent says : — "During the high . wind on Sunday morning three or four pinnacle .- * were blown from the tower of St . Thomas ' s Church , Brampton Moor , here , and burst through the roof , destroying the gallery , and doing considerable injury to the church . Fortunately Divine service "had not commenced , otherwise ' a fearful loss of life must have ensued , as the children of the Sunday school occup j that part ofthe edifice . "—Derb y Mercury .
Dreadful Shipwreck and Loss of Life . —On Sunday afternoon intelligence was received at Yarmouth of a vessel being on the Scroby Sands , opposite Oais . ter . The yawl Phoenix , belonging to the Star Com . pany of Beachmcn , put off to her assistance about a quarter to one o ' clock , having on board thirteen bcachmen belonging to this port . On reaching the vessel ( a collier ) they found her fast sinking into tiie sand , her rigging and wreck floating about in alldi . Motions , and the crew clinging to the mainmast . The yawl anchored alongside ofher , but she soon lost her anchor and stove her bows in against the week ; her foremast broke , and the crew at once saw that their only chaneo was tojump to the stranded collier , and fasten themselves to the masts and . rigging . They could see the crew of the wreck on the deck
and mainmast , and the . bcachmen determined to share the same fate . Thc crew strove at once to get up the fore-rigging ; six men succeeded in doing so , but seven failed in tlic attempt and sank to rise no move . The captain and crew of the wreck were washed from the deck and mainmast by the violence of the sea and exhaustion . _^ The life-boat was nov , _* sent from Yarmouth , and arrived in about twenty minutes at the wreck , where they found six men out of thirteen clinging to thc rigging , some of them so tenacious of their hold that it was with difficulty they could be persuaded to leave go and trust themselves to the ropes which were thrown to their assistance . The jetty and beach were lined with thousands of spectators attracted to witness the return of the lifeboat with feelings of curiosity , sympathy , and intense
interest . Amongst the spectators wc observed the wives , brothers , ' sisters , and parents of those who had left in the yawl , and heard the opposite exclamations of eaeh party as their loved one was proclaimed to be saved or lost . The following are the names of the beaclimen who were- saved by the life-boat : —Samuel Coltwas , James Gurney , Samuel Shields , Joseph Duffuell , Thomas Motts , and Benjamin Gurling . The following are the names of the men , and thc number of their families , who werc lost : —James Boultoa ( two boys and one girl , all married ); "William Warner ( single _); James Shreeve ( two boys and one girl ) James George ( single ); George Barney ( single ); Abraham Wetherell ( seven girls and two boys ); and Gannam Hilling ( two girls , and a wife near her con . finement ) . Thus perished seven fine and practical men belonging to this port , in the attempt to _savt their fellow-creatures' lives .
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DEATH . At Sheffield , at eight o ' clock on Saturday _morninj , January 25 , 1845 , William Burley _, file-cutter , Arundel _, street , aged 52 . The deceased was an unflinching demo _, crat , aud from the commencement of the Chartist agitation a consistent and untiring member of the several popular associations . For real morality , and an ardent loy « of truth , justice , and liberty , WiLirAH _Buriet was an example to his species . He fulfilled all thc duties of Ufe as a husband , father , friend , and patriot , without omission , and lias departed from this life without a solitary stain on bis name . Was society composed of such men as _"Wil-oiam Sublet , oppression nnd wrong _wouldje unknown , and freedom and happiness would be the _IotOS all . He was an obscure , but a good _man , therefore do the many mourn his death , and lament the loss of one who was truly an honour to his kind .
Bankrupts. (From Friday's Gazette.) Will...
BANKRUPTS . ( From Friday ' s Gazette . ) William Burt , lisson-grove _, New-road , boarding-house _, keeper—James Argent , Golden-lane , Barbican , victualler —Edward Cooper Flowers , Whitchurch , Buckinghamshire , cattle-dealer—Hichard Hams and John Hill , Newgate street , City , tailors—Samuel Brice , St . John-street , tailor —Richard Greenwood , Bradford , Yorkshire , bookseller-John Collins , Sheffield , grocer—John and David Hepworth _, Itaistrick , Yorkshire , cotton warp dyers—Ihoinas "WJiyte _, Birmingham , hardware-merchant—Edwin Llewellin _ilobin son , Moulton , LincolnshU'e _, fell-monger— 'William Up . ton Lester , Aldermanbury _, silk-manufacturer—William Blinkhorn , Little Bolton , Lancashire , manufacturing-chemist—John Irving , tflackburn , Lancashire , linendraper-William Fielding , Taunton , Lancashire , bat plush manufacturer—Absalom Francis , William Davcy , and Matthew Francis , Bagillt , Flintshire , ivonfounders—Robert Joues , Liverpool , bootmaker .
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. _**^ . _* . _' _^ - ' . * - » --i _^ ' - * ' * _'fe— ... " . ' . _»*>; ' . _•*—COVENT GARDEN THEATRE . A play iu five acts called Honesty , written by a gentleman of fortune named Spicer , was produced at tliis theatre on Monday night , we are glad to add , with complete success . The plot and details of the piece we cannot afford room to describe this week . Tho acting of Miss J . Vandcnhoff , as the heroine , was truly beautiful ; there can , indeed , I )*' little doubt that this young lady is fast attaining the highest point _^ excellence it is possible to achieve ; The fidl of the curtain was followed by unmeasured applause , and _Vandenhoffand bis daughter no sooner appeared than they were literally pelted with bouquets . Mr . Yaiidcnhofi _, it appeared , was labouring under ill health—so much so that he thought it due to the author , after the curtain had fallen , to state as much to the public . There was little necessity for this , for he bad been frequently _applau _™ during the evening ; but the impulse was a graceful on ? , and the apology elicited renewed applause . Mr . _Hogws and Mr . Archer also well acquitted themselves . The ttsuit has been a grand triumph for the author , who , at _tw conclusion , was loudly called for , but he was not forthcoming , aud the . disappointed audience relapsed very _uiwu * lingly into silence . * DRURY LANE THEATRE . On Friday night we witnessed the 107 th performance « the grand and deservedly popular opera of the _JJofccnu" * Girl , Miss Rainforth , as usual , played tho part of tw heroine most naturally and delightfully , her _perfoiwanw exciting the oft-renewed and most enthusiastic app lause ? the audience . Mr . Bovrani , as Count -4 riifccim , * and Mr . _n-Harrison , as Thaddeus , performed their parts adpiirab . ' _. and were rewarded with the mosthcarty approbation . _-Mf-Stretton , as DeviVs-Uof , also played well . Tho curtail descended amidst universal applause . The pantomime « Robinson Crusoe closed the evening ' s entertainments . Royal _Polvtbchnic ' Institution ' . —On Thursday , Dr . John Ryan , the Professor of Chemistry at tin ' s exce _lled institution , delivered a lecture on fire , & r the purpose . noticing an apparatus recently invented by Mr . l _' ''* L' ) ' of Bloomsbury-square , called the Fhe Annihilator . T '' . name is certainly a comprehensive one , hut the e . _vptr' _* ments of Dr . Ryan proved that the machine fully deserrt * it . Dr . Ryan commenced bis lecture bv stating , that cm of the great objects of the Polytechnic Institution was " bring before tbe public eye , and to illustrate hy _experiment and models , the discoveries of scientific men . IJ _^ J however , he entered upon the subject of tlic Fire Ann * Iator he should endeavour to explain the Phlogiston theot _; of the earlier chemists , and themoremodern views of I > voisier and others . The Doctor proceeded to prove , by * number of experiments , that combustion under all cir j cumstanccs is the result and companion of _cheirit' ' action . A considerable period of the lecture was aft * wards devoted to the consideration of supporters _andni _** supporters of combustion , or to those conditions which arc necessary either to maintain five or to prevent _$ . action . He more especially pointed out the effects f { volumes of pure nitrogen or pure carbonic an-1 upon the flame of coal gas ; and , after showing that cf _* bustlC-ll instantly ceased- in an atmosphere _conW" _^' but a small per centage of these gases , he proceeded to _<* plain that Mr . Philli ps used a mixture of coke , nitre , a _" sulphate of lime , with a small quantity of water- } the F ' ducts of its ignition were principally fire , nitrogen , , bonic acid , and watery vapour . To illustrate . the _eflicW of this apparatus , which , for a large house , is only the _^ l of __ a small stove , Dr . Ryan kindled a fire of wo _*'* _^ spirits of turpentine in an iron house , and when thc tui % aud combustion were most perfect he introduced a , apparatus , not holding more than two ounces of the "" tonal , and in half a minute the fire was comp letoly _« " guished , auiid the applause of a numerous audience , _»» were naturall y interested in an experiment _invc-lvinSV security of life and property . As the apparatus is sW J and may be kept charged , and only requires the _actton a trigger on the alarm of fire , it maybe carrie d to- '"* , part , and immediately used . In our opinion it _« n } _fZi of vast utility in ships . It may be placed in thc hold , ' •' in case of a fire in any part of the ship the trigger W ) . pulled , the gas would escape , and range iu every I , thus putting an end to the ravages of the destroying ' .. j ment . We understand the learned doctor intends * to _^ this the subject of a daily lecture for some time , m ?_ . _^ to afford the public an opportunity of examining ""' vention .
Printed B Y Dougal M'Gotvatf, Of 17, Great V?' 111 *"^ Street, Haymarket, In The City Of Wcstnuustefi •*'
Printed b y DOUGAL _M'GOTVAtf _, of 17 , Great V _?' 111 _* " _^ street , Haymarket , in the City of _Wcstnuustefi _•*'
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Office in the same Street and Parish , for prietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., aiidpuhfc '' " ¦ William Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-stre et , B «» ' __ ; street , Walworth , in the Parish of St . Mary , » - •¦¦ J ( ton , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , V * _^ Strand , in tho Parish _/ of . St . _Mary-lc-StraiA _•** City of _Westminster Saturday , Felmary 1 , 1315 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01021845/page/8/
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