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„ MKCBJXAKKOnS . _J-J _^ L _* *? M" ««» w'W 8 .-TfaB deaths _regieitr IV _* . _^ " _& were - -Males . 471 ; female * . _S , ' _t _^ S _* 88 B _^ _k : mates , ' 677 ; females , « 79 ; _" _»>• i . _*» p . Return of meteorological observation t «* en at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , in the 7 _^ endine Saturday , June 26 : _—Bawmeter , mean _height . 29 . 620 ; thermometer , highest , 69 . 8 ; lowest , _K . 0 ; _meaa , 57 . 8 ; mean direction of the wind , ¦ _& . & . W ., v « tb a maximum pressure of 3 . 51 bs . to the foot ; mean ofhorirantal movement of the air , 1270 n » ilea ; meaa amount of cloud , 7 . 9 ; mean of rain , U-25 . _MatatroiJTAs Impsoveuknts . —A . plan has been exhibited at the _Mansion House tor the formation of
_S Dew street from Victoria-street , through King _, street , into West Smithfield , obviating the necessity for vehicles descending the dangerous declivity of _Holb-rn Hill , and opening a direct line ofcommunicati « a trom New Oxford-street to the Eastern Countif _» Railway . . Fxvkb u tax _Mktropous —Dr A Tweedie , pbyaician to the London Fever Hospital , has published a letter tn reference to the report of fever in the metropolis ; in which he says— " A statement has been lately extensively ctrculated by the _newspapers , that SQ epidemic fever , accompanied with symptoms that have hitherto been deemed to be distinctive of plague , is extensively prevalent in London at the
present time . Such a report has most naturally created the greatest alarm . It is , therefore , the dnty of 6 very one who has the opportunity to _endtavunr to allay the fears of those who give credenoe to this , if not incorrect , at least greatly exaggerated , statement , ' * After thorough inquiry into the matter . tie doctor concludes as follows :- —" From these acts 1 think it may be deduced . —1 . That typhus fever ia not at ths present time alarmingly prevalent in London ; 2 , that in its character it bears no analogy to the plague ; and 3 , that the inhabitants el London have great cause of thankfulness that as jet the metropolis has been visited with a much less proportionate amount of epidemic fever than any other « ity in the kingdom . "
FIRES . Fibi at Asn , n * a Theatbe . —On Saturday night , shortly after the conclusion of the performance , a report was raised in the Westminster-road that Astley ' s Amphitheatre was on fire , and messengers veredispatchedforthefire-ensines . _Inthespaceof * few minutes the West of Ergland and brigade engines _strrved , and after some time the firemen were admitted , when the ; found a deal of smoke in the ** _?*_ _SStftSrd ? rif , _^ state of the hose _attacheoTto their fire-extinguishing apparatus . Fortunately the hands ef the theatre hat succeeded in subduing the flames in their infancy _, or the consequences might have been most disastrous . Upon making inquiries , Mr W . Batty , i
the proprietor of the bouse , stated that nt the close of the theatre , as was usual , the men were engaged fiangingsomorolis of calico over the medallions in front of the boxes , and havingl eft the side chandeliers burning , the cotton fell into the light and soon became ignited , and before the flames conld be got oat one of the gas-pipes was melted by the heat . The damage done is thus reported by Mr Braidwood : — '' Some calico covering and drapery of the Queen ' s box burned , front of _gallery slightly scorched , and gas-pipe melted . " It is bnt right to mention , that when the engines arrived , a , most abundant supply of waten was ready , furnished by the Lambeth Company _, bnt fortunately it was not required . Destructive Fibs k HoraEH 05 < _iEB-LAin-. ~ A rapidly destructive fire has broken ont in the carpenters ' _wotkahops _, belonging to Messrs Walker and Boper , situate at No . 1 , Union square , Uorsemonger-Iane . The flames when first perceived were
raging in the lower floor amongst a large quantity of eut timber . The foreman , the only person on the sp « t . made an attempt to subdue the fire by pouring buckets of water oa it , bat such a powerful ascendancy had the destructive element already obtained that it defied his utmost exertions , and in the space of a few minutes the building became fired from bottom to top , the flames from which speedily communicated to the timber-yard at the back . The Brigade and West of England engines promptly attended _, and no time being lost in setting them to work , the firemen laboured without intermission until half-past six o clock , when they at length got the fire entirely extinguished . By that period the building was gutted , and the valuable stock of timber in the yard was partially con * nmed . The total damage is conaiderable , for at the time of the outbreak there was a £ 2 000 contract on the premises , and eleven workmen have lost the whole of their tools . Messrs Walker and Soper were insured in the _Phmnix Fire Office .
ACCIDE 5 T 8 A 5 D OFFENCES . Fatal Accidest . —On Wednesday a painful sensation was created at the London terminus of the Blackwall Railway in _Fenchurch-street , by the death of a young man named Freeman , a porter , who was killed nnder thefolbwing melancholy circumstances . By the side of the railway , about fifty yards from its _aeommencemrat is a platform , on which the _hogsiieads of _.- _-llgar and other goods aw landed from the tracks as they _' _arrive with the passenger carriages in each train from the West India Dock . The hogsheads of sugar are _tbenlowered intoa warehouse level _vrith Hart-street , _Crutchedfriara , by means of
powerful machinery , which , from its peculiar construction , ib worked with the greatest ease . Two hogsheads of sugar were placed on a _^ tage to be lowered , and the machinery having been set in motion , they descended into the warehouse below in the usual manner , and tbe whole of the ponderous weight fell npon the unfortunate porter Freeman , who at that moment was looking for _ashiiling he had dropped on the ground , and did not see the hogsheads of sugar coming down . Be was crashed _bsneath the weight , and hia death was instantaneous . His mutilated remains were oollected immediately , and removed to the deadhouse of the adjoining church of St Olave , Hart-Street , to await the coroner ' s inquest .
Frightful Omnibus _AccroKsr . —An accident of a tnost frightful character , which , besides involving the life of one poor child , has inflicted such severe injuries on two others . as to render their ultimate recovery extremely dubious , has occurred in Trafalgar-square , under the circumstances subjoined . It _aueeras that a railway omnibus was proceeding from ihe Great Western station along the southern side of the square , next _Charing-eross , driven by the _<* on _fluctor , in the absence of _theregiilar coachman , when three children , named James Pottinger , aged seven years , John Pottinger , aged six , and Charles Wilkinson , aged nine , were playing in the road , and
_although the driver , who was proceeding at a moderate pace , cried ont , none of the unfortunate lads _were able to retreat before the horses came npon them , and the deceased James , brother to John Pottinger , being the first knocked down , the wheels passed over him , and he was killed on the spot . John _, living with his parents , in Newport-market , was likewise seriousl y injured , having sustained a broken leg , and a dislocation of the collar-bone , besides other extensive injuries . Wilkinson was also severely irnised in several parts , and sustained a compound comminuted fracture of the left arm , with an occipital injury . The little sufferers were all taken to tiie _Charing-cross Hospital .
_EXTBAOHBISABT _EXPIOSIO . VAT CaHDBiV- _'TOWN . —An explosion of a mo 3 t extraordinary character , nearly attended with fatal consequences , happened on Monday evening , npon tiie premises , belonging to Mr Augustus Brockenbury , manufacturer of ice by steam machinery , situate at the rear of lOf , Stanhopestreet , _Camden-town . It appears that whilst Mr "Brockenbury waa at work in a building nearly fifty feet from the dwelling , an explosion of a most terrific character oocarred , which blew down the walls , lifted off the roof , and then set the plaice on fire . Mr "Brockenbory was very severely injured by the force of the explosion , and on Tuesday ' afternoon was lying in a state of great suffering . The damage was not confined to orb building , but the electricityor
, whatever else it was—for no one has been able yet to learn—passed down a sewer , and after travelling a distance of forty-five feet blew up tiie flooriug of the a basement story of the house . The noise occasioned "by the explosion was most terrific , and for some time the greatest confusion prevailed in tbe neighbourhood . Numerous engines of the London brigade and the parish quickly attended , and the firemen , with the assistance of the police and inhabitants , succeeded in getting the flames extinguished , but independent ofthe damage before stated , the contentsof the back premises were muck burned ; _Darikq Robberies . —On Monday , the police received information ofthe following robberies : —On the 24 th instant , from a bedroom in the Green Man
public-house , Bond-street , above £ 50 in gold and ¦ _ilrer . On the same day , from 139 , Curtain-road , Shoreditch , fourteen sovereigns , two half-sovereigns , 83 . in silver , and a valuable set of drawing _inshfaments . On the 25 th , from 36 , Baker-street , a silver mustard-pot , gadroon edges , a silver milk-jug , both marked " K . A . S ., " silver milk-jug , fluted , a desert and table fork . On the 25 th , from the residence of Edward Horsman , Esq ., M . P ., a purse containing three sovereigns and three gold rings , one engraved a horse ' s head , and four Bramah rings . On the 24 th , from 7 , Woodland _' s-place , St John ' s-wood , the property of Major Lynch , four silver tea-spoons , crest a wolf rampant , with a heart in the paws , two silver table and a desert spoon , crest a stag at bay , and a silver cruet-stand .
Soicidb . —On Wednesday the Waterman steamer , No . 4 , left Woolwich , between nine and ten o ' clock , with a number of passengers on board for London . When opposite the Dreadnought Hospital-ship , stationed off Greenwich , one of the persons deliberately committed suicide by throwing himself into the river . A ' _* 4 ' _ m was _intently given , and the steamer was stopped l" _^ hope of rescuing the individual tromawatery _gi-ave _; _^ all efforts , were useless , as he never rose more . Hisha was PM * ed np , and left in the care ofthe authorities at Greenwich , which may perhaps lead to hio identification .
raquEBTS . Fatal Accident on _WESTML-ram-BEiDaE . —Before "Mr Bedford , at the Red Lion , Princes-street ) _Wesfc-
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mraster _. _'ORthebody of Charles Barnett , aged 63 , ft olerk "to * a wine merchant . The evidence went to show _tikat about nine o ' clock on Friday morning tat , a cart laden with timber and drawn by one horse , belong ing to Mr Chamberlain , ofthe Belvedere-road , _lambeth , was crossing over Westminster . Bridge , when iu passing a distiller ' s waggon the horse became restive , ia consequence of a loud rattling ef tins on the vehicle . The driver , who had hold of the animal ' s bridle , did all in his power to stop and quiet it , without effect , and , at length overpowered , he let go his hold of the animal , which ran on to the footpath on the left hand side of the bridge . The deceased who was walking along , was kuocked down by tne shaft , and the off wheel passed over both his legs . He was conveyed to the Westminster _UnrnM , having received a _impound fracture of . theleU tbiehT he sank and died on Saturday evening from
the shock arising from the accident . « _' * * K" ; that this waa the second person who had been _^ kilted by the same horse , bat there _W" ¥ . not . _- ? _X" that the animal was anywise viciously inclined . Verdict , 'Accidental Death . " , _/ . Thb Fatal Accuikt at Bbmoctsct . --Inthu owe , reported in the star of last week , the « jury _ returaed a verdict- " That the deceased parties , * rederick Messenger and Mary . Tbistleton . were aoeidentally killed , and that thejury are 4 _™™ J _® f : pressing to the proper authorities their sense of the _incautiousman _/ er inwhichtheboyin their _empfcy has acted , and their desire to recommend to the . contractdrs of Buch works to apply to the local commissioners for leave to stop up any public way over which an arch may be turned , more particularly on the striking ofthe centres , so as to prevent any _attch accident as this in future . " The inquiry was then concluded , after a sitting , upon this occasion , of more than six hours . . .
Dxaib _raon Damp . —On Wednesday , before Mr T . Wakley , M . P ., coroner , and a jury , at tho Bedford Arms Tavern , High-street , Camden Town , eoncerniug the death of Daniel Hunter , a youth of colour , aged 18 , in the employ of Mr Pindar , chemist , Camden Town . The coroner and jury viewed the body , and the place where the deceased had been in the habit of sleeping up to the day previous to hw death . It was a perfectly dark opening under the shop , about four feet and a half high , between the joists supporting the shop flooring , tho only ventilation being a few holes in the steps entering the shop above . In it wasa stump bedstead , and at the head of the bed some bricks , which were so damp wat
when Tiffin , the anmmoninjr officer , placed hia finger between them and withdrew it , he foundIta finger covered with wet . The boards were rotted through , and the place wasfilledwith _^ _SRA _0 _^^ i \ i turned a verdict— "That the deceased died from a disease of the Inngs , from exposure to wet and cold , " and appended the following : — " That having viewed the place where the deceased was kept while labouring under the disease from which he died , thejury consider that plate to have been a very improper ono as a sleeping place , not only for a person affected with disease of the lungs , but even for a person in good health , and earnestly recommend to Mr Pindar not to require any servant of his for the future to occupy that place at night . "
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COLLIERY EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE , AT KIRKLESS HALL COLLIERY , NEAR WIGAN . On Tuesday , about one o ' clock , an explosion of fire-damp , fatal in its consequences , we fear , to a number of persons , took place at the colliery , _fcnolvn sometimes as the Higher Parricroft Colliery , but more properly as tbe Kirkless Hall Colliery , near the boundary line of the townships of Ince and Aspull , on the banks of the Leeds and Liverpool canal , about two miles from Wigan . The result of tho accident , as far aa wo could learn , up to five o ' clock on Monday afternoon , was the death of two persons , tho very serious injury of eight or ten others , and the injury , more or less , of at least a _doien more . From information hastily collected on the spot , it appeared that the cause of the explosion arose from the
blowing np of a quantity of coal by one of the men , which set it on fire ; and before the fire could be blocked up or extinguished , the accident occurred . We mnBt here state , on the best authority , tbat the firing of coal by the miners , whieh ia doubtless practised to save their own labour , is against the rule laid down by the proprietors of the colliery , aud on this occasion was practised without their knowledge or consent . About half-past eleven in the morning , one of the men had been having a " blow np , " and the consequence was the setting on fire the coal in that part of the mine , which we are told is of a highly bituminous and inflammable nature . The underlooker , George Evans , on the first alarm being given , _dirested all his efforts to extinguish the fire , collected
his best men for the purpose , and sent several out of the pit for safety . The reports in the neighbourhood being much exaggerated as to the number of persons in the pit when the explosion occurred , it may be well to state that the pit is divided into sections , one of whieh only felt the effects of the accident . In this section , we believe , thirty-twe per . sons were the full complement employed , or sent down in the morning . Of these , six or eight were sent np , and had given iu their lamps , and the remaining portion were at the place of the explosion . After an ineffectual attempt to put ont the fire , all the efforts of the men appear to hare been directed to the closing or building up that par t where the fire was burning ; and the confinement of the air , and consequent stepping of the UBual current in that direction , is supposed to have caused tbe explosion ; but the underlooker befog severely injured , and the other men on the spot knowing little of it , or being
incapable of supplying any information , no positive facts can be at present stated . Immediately after the accident , the efforts of all were directed to the getting out ofthe _injured parties , and up to five o ' clock , twenty-three had been brought to the top of the pit ; of these , two or three belonged to the other seetion of the mine . It was found , however , impracticable to prosecute the search with safety until the fire had been effectually blocked up ; but at five o ' clock one man only was said to be missing . The following is , we believe , a correct list . of all those brought up after the explosion , none of whom , it is said , escaped unhurt - —John Cartwright—dead ; Joseph Wilkinson , a boy—said to have died on his way home ; Robert Wilkinson , father of the above—seriously injured ; John Berry—very badly burnt , with no hope of recovery . _Vbbi Badlt _Bdbht . —John Rhodes , George Evans , underlooker ; Henry _Hawson , John Riley , —Ashmore , a boy ; Samnel Evans .
Mobb on Less _Ihjcbsd . —William Dainty , John Holcroft , John Bolton , James Naylor , Joseph Penman , Eli Monk , William Jackson , Richard Currie , John Webster , James _Belshaw , John Mills , Thomas Laurenson , _ Samuel Simkin . Robert Southern , the only one said to be missing , and supposed to be dead
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_____ * A serious acoident occurred some days ago at the extensive ironworks ofthe Neath Abbey Company . The manager of the works , Mr N . _Tregallas , bad got married on that day , and he being much respected by the workpeople , a number ofthe men had assembled to celebrate the event . Among other modes of rejoicing , tbey had erected a small battery , from which they fired salutes at intervals during the day , One of the cannon having been _i-iiwharged , a young man began to reload it before a proper time had been given for the heat occasioned by the previous explosion to subside ; the consequence was , that as he was about to ram it , the gunpowder ignited and an explosion took place . One unfortunate man was 80 badly hurt , that hia eyesight is lost to him , it is _feartd , for ever . Five more werej likewise burnt , and otherwise severely injured .
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An _Ihpbisosheht op 33 Ybabb !—Jeffery Harvey , a miller of Wedmore , in this county , in February , 1805 , mortgaged his lands for £ 300 , and in 1812 further mortgaged them for £ 300 to William Barrow of Wedmore , the clear annual value of the property being £ 80 . In 1817 , W . Barrow took possession and received the rents , and Jeffery Harvey has not had a penzy from the property since tbe death of W . Barrow in 1830 . On the 4 th . of September , 1824 , J . Harvey was arrested at the Buit of W . Barrow , for £ 700 , for principal and interest alleged to be due on the mortgages , and was lodged in Uchester gaol . The caufte having been tried at the Lent Assizes in 1825 a verdict was given against Harvey for £ 826 Ita . and he has ever since been retained a prisoner
, although the judgment has never been revived by any of the representatives of the deceased plaintiff . In Easter Term last , Mr Edwards benevolently moved the Queen ' s Bench Court for Harvey ' s discharge , there being no legal detaining creditor , and on the 25 th of May the rule for his discharge was made absolute . Thus alter 23 years' imprisonment , during 19 years of which he had been a recipient of the gaol allowance , this unfortunate man is now at liberty ! It is alleged that upon a fair account , a considerable balance would be shown to be due to Harvey from the representatives of the mortgagee , and proceedings are to be adopted accordingly . Before his imprisonment Harvey was always a miller , occuovine
a windmill at Wedmore . During his imprisonment he acquired the art of making and mending clothes , Mr Gane , with tbat kind feeling , which has ever been his characteristic , allowed the old man to raise a small sum of money for the purpose of procuring his discharge from prison , by making county clothes . Mr A . Loombe acted gratuitously npon the occasion _, and his agent , Mr John Gilham , of Bartlett ' s-build ' _ings , _Holborn , did the same . The public officers made no _ charge for the rules , and it is a remarkable feature in this case , that the late Mr _Quarntock , when sheriff , issued the warrant for the detention of the old man in prison , and that the son ( the present sheriff ) should have liberated him after such a very long-contiimed imprisonment . —Taunton Courier . ' To be sold , without reserve , the Protectionists at the approaching election , —Punch ,
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_RORinOHBERLAND . Fatal _Expwsrojr . —Late on Tuesday night there was an explosion of _flre-damp in a _oslliery at Felling , on the Newcastle and Darlington railway , and about a mile and a half distant from this town . The re * sort was tremendous , and it was for some time apprehended that the loss of life was extensive . It has , however , been ascertained that only four minersthree men and a boy—were killed by the melancholy occurrence ; though three or four others were burned , same of them seriously .
CHESHIRE . CWBIHO OF B 1 RKKNHK _40 DOOM AND POCK WQBtf . —At a meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners , a few dsys since , Mr Mallaby entered into an official statement , from which it appears that at the present time the commissioners have no money . The Woods and Forests were disposed to lend them £ 50 , 000 ; they could not , however , take the money out of the Exchequer , but they could borrow it on security ot the property . It appears , however , that there is a disputed title . The corporation of Liverpool claims a right to a portion of the Strand ; the lords of the
manor the same ; the crown also ; and till that is settled , it will be seen , from the following resolution _, whieh wax adopted , the oommiuioners are disposed to suspend all the works until the title is made good ; on the understanding that government will support their bill in the house of Lords * — Resolved , —That the Commissioner * of Woods ana Forests be applied to for the assent of the crown to the new dock bill , and a pledge be given that the trust do not _espsnd any further sums on the works , or for the uia of the dock works , till the title is secured ; that they _procetd to _recowr the money due to them frooi all debtors , and take steps to ascertain and settle the title of
all claimants . _UKCUHIM . . _Spbeadof _Favsn w Mai-jchbstbb . —This disease seems to be rapidly on the increase here . Notwithstanding theextensive extra accommodation for fever patients , whioh has been provided by the authorities in the temporary hospitals , in Tile-street , and Longmill-gate , tbe latter of which affords accommodation for _S 50 patients , upwards of 100 cases of fever have been refused admission during the week , solely on the ground of want of room . During the last few days , however , two large factories , now empty , one in _Chalton-gtreet , the other in Canal-street , have been taken , and are in the . r . niiMe . _* _i «*> » a _£ *•** * y «? ma _forer hospitals _.
_OlrOOCISrEBSaiBB . _BaiSTOL . —FbWH » UIi _Accidbki » ROM ib » _Ussov _Macbinibt . — An accident of the most appalling character occurred at the laotory of Messrs Fry , in Union-street , the manufacturers of the well-known "Churchman ' s milk _chucolate . " The maphinery employed by tbe Messrs Fry in theiri business u driven by steam , and as a young man , named Rooyn , waB employed in pouring oil upon some parti of the steam engine his clothes were unfortunately caught by one of the wheels , and his body was drawn in and literally impaled . His screams brought instant
assistance , and the machinery was stopped and his person extricated , but he had suffered the most frightful injuries . His abdomen had been torn open , and the intestines dragged out , and wound , to tht extent of several yards , round the wheels of the en * gine . Information of the horrible occurrence was instantly conveyed to St . Peter ' s Hospital , and Dr O'Bryen and several of the medical officers of tbat house repaired at onoe to the Messrs Fry ' s faotory , and furnished all the assistance whioh it was in their power to bestow , but the injuries are so severe that the unfortunate man is not expected to survive .
OAHBRIOOB 8 H 1 BE . ; Cambbidob . —On Saturday night-just before mid night , the greatest consternation was caused in the picturesque and usually quiet village of Colon , two miles and a half from this borough , on the road to St Neot ' _s , by the outbreak ot a fearful fire upon the extensive premises belonging to and in the occupation of Messrs Reynolds and Son , farmers . Engines were speedily on the spot . At this moment the ap pearance ofthe flameB was fearful in the extreme ; a large stack of beans , containing about 120 loads , was on fire throughout . Most providentially , notwithstanding the great bulk of the flame , the wind was westerniy _. and not at all violent , so that the stream ol fire and shower of sparks was blown in the direction ef an open lane , immediately opposite to the burnin _** ricks , but so slightly away from the thatched barm *
that it required all the care and attention the firemen could command to prevent the bulk of the property from being ignited . Other engineers having by thi ? time arrived , the utmost efforts were made both b > the firemen , the resident gentry , and the neighbours to prevent this calamity , and upon personal inspection of the ruins our reporter is' able to Btate that the destruction of property is happily confined to the entire demolition of the stacks in the outer yard , the most valuable ofthe stock and effects having been saved . It is with regret we have to come to the fact that there can be no doubt of this calamity having happened through the act of some vile incendiary . The parties , it is said , are insured _. The affair haa caused great sensation , it being seventeen years since the last fire ( an _inoendiary one ) occurred in the parish .
_I 8 IEX . Fatal _Extlosiok op Gnu Coiiok . — A few days ago an alarming explosion of gun cotton tookplace at the cengreve rocket manufactory of Mr R . Wade , West Ham , Essex , which was attended by the destruction of a large portion of the factory and the loss of three human lives . The premises , which were divided into several apartments for the manufacture of the explosive gun cotton , are situated on the marshes between West Ham town and tke river Thames . The three deceased men , Michael Geary , Henry Tuft , and Robert Redferd , were employed in filling a rocket , 18 inches long and 21 in diameter , which was made to contain 121 b . ef the material . Layers of the cotton are put into the rocket , and are compressed in it by means of a monkey , a piece of
wood which is raised by a rope , when , in falling , by pressure , it compresses the cotton in the rocket . Mr Brady , the superintendent ofthe factory , had been intheroomjuat before , and had not left a minute when the explosion took place , and he was almost stunned by the report , which was distinctly heard two miles off . On recovering himself he found the gable-end of the factory blown away , and ; , the interior in flames . At the Bame moment he saw Henry Redford coming out of the moat , into which he had been hurled by the force of the concussion , and which is at a distance of nearly twenty feet from the building . He walked into a house adjoining , and went to bed . Mr Brady hastened to put out the flames , which were making much progress , and , having
succeeded , he looked about for the other men , when he discovered Michael Geary , shockingly disfigured , in the moat , and life quite extinct . The other man , Henry Tuft , was found near the building , also dead . Redford was shortly afterwards removed to the London Hospital , where he died on Friday . Destructive Fibb in Chelmsford , —The most destructive conflagration witnessed here for many years ocourred early on Saturday morning ; but though a large amount of property bas fallen a sacrifice we have happily not to add the loss of human life to the calamity . The fire ( broke out about two o ' clock , on the premises ot Mr Bancroft , a tinman in Conduit-street . The house being timber-built , as well as those adjacent , in a few minutes , Mr Finch '
on the left , and Mr Mison _' s on the right , were also one mass of fire ; the former with his wife escaped in their night-clothes , after throwing out two beds ; and Mr Mison had great difficulty in getting out his five children in safety . The fire had bean early observed by a lad named Overty , nho slept during the night under a dogcart , opposite bis grandfather ' s cottage , in Union-yard ; he states that a few minutes after two o ' clock he heard a crash of glass falling , when a dog barked , and on going into the yard he saw a blaze issuing from Bancroft ' s side window , which is in Union-yard ; he cried " Fire ! " and then aroused his grandfather and his neighbours . The cry was quickly taken up and conveyed , along the _atreetB , bringing the engines and vast numbers of
the townspeople by degrees ta the spot . The flameB were then rushing upwards to a great height , and spreading in every direction , and the utmost alarm and consternation prevailed , particularly amongst the densely-populated district of Union-yard . The fire continued its devastating course , and the houses beyond those we have described—those occupied by Mr Drake , butcher , Mr Bond , musical instrument maker , and Mr Barnes , baker—were soon in flames . In the rear of these houses a workshop occupied by Mr Dowsett , cabinet maker , Mison ' s bake-office , and a cottage tenanted to a washerwoman named Baker , were also on fire ; and at the same time Overty ' s cottage on the oppggite side of the yard was in flames _, which communioating to two warehouses behind and contiguous to Mrs Sorrell ' _s in Conduit-street , threatened annihilation to Mr Data ' s printing-office and all the neighbouring property . Though the fire was
effectually subdued by six or seven o ' clock , the engines continued to play for some hours upon the burning ruins , which covers a very large _spnee , extending in front about 70 feet , and being about 100 feet in depth . The origin of the fire is involved in some obscurity . Mr Bancroft had erected a small furnace in his workshop which was officially inspected , and allowed by the Essex Economic office , but Mr Bancroft states that was not used later than seven o ' clock on the evening previous to the fire , and when he retired to rest early the promises were quite safe . The utmost sympathy has been felt by the inhabitants generally for tho unfortunate sufferers by this hea 7 y calamity—the houses of the neighbours have been freely opened to them , and every aid afforded temporarily to alleviate their distress . A large number of police were present , and besides taking an active part in suppressing the fire , etfeclUlly prevented disorder .
SUSSEX . . _MiDnmtsr . —It is stated that the Dunford property , near Midhurst , where the hon . member for Stockport , Mr Cobden , was born , haa been purchased either bv or for him .
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IDIRBORflH . ¦;¦ ¦ ' ¦ _ _, , , _Feveris still raging in all _parta of Scotland , and in some quarters , under circumstances pecul iarly painful . The over-crowding of infirmaries , whieh had been the consequence ; cannot be too highly deprecated : the proper method is , to open temporary hospitals in _well-aired localities in the suburbs of towns . The remissness of the authorities in Scot b towns in not availing themselves more generally of the Sanitary Regulations Act is also most reprehensible . ' It expires in August next ; and it will be Btill more criminal if the time ia allowed to run without Borne effort being made to call into operation the simple machinery of the bill . If two medical men «» -Mf _*/ the _URhealthinessofany deposit , the _aherifl
_orders the removal at the expense of- the owner , or if he be poor , at the cost ofthe par _ochiaV board . 1 » town councils , police _oommiBsioners , and other on > oials will not takeup the matter , the- people should do it themselves . _ , , . The weather has been rainy for ten days past , but with intervals of strong _suashine . There has a so been some thunder , but the orops are looking undommonly well ; and similar accounts are coming in from all parts of thecountry . In many-place * the erato is bursting into ear , and in early soils the pota . toes are flowering . In more rare cases the latter _bavo been lifted , and found perfectly sound . - - __ The oases in Edinburg h Infirmary are about m ; in Glasgow , 750 , and as yet no indication of decrease . The _emdemio is a short fever with an almost invari .
able relapse about tho fourteenth day—a circumstance worthy ot particular notice . It is not fatal , except in those beyond middle life , but its contagiousness i > undoubted—nurses , medical men , inspectors , and other functionaries , having been extensively attacked , and in several instances fatally . Scurvy is probably not on the decline ' , but it has been thrown into the shade by the more pressing danger of fever . In the Edinburgh infirmary many scarry cases have been refused , on account of the crowded state of the wards from fever . Its victims have chiefly been railway labourers . The cause is believed to be a _aucoharo-farinaceous diet , and the cure mainly
consists of a due admixture of animal food , particularly of milk . With such diseases ravaging our towns , it is to be regretted that _hospital-orowding and other provocatives of virulence-should bo'persisted in . What , for example , could be more absurd than to convert the Glasgow police-office into a temporary receptacle for fever _patient«—the ordinary duties going on within the premises at one and the same time ? It ii also worthy of notice , that in Edinburgh the services of the hospital physicians are gratuitous , and in the new Glasgow Hospital thiB liberal system was attempted , but the surgeons have struck work unlets they get fifty gu _' iBeas per annum .
LANARKSHIRE . Fivbr im _Gusoow . —In a fever hospital at the Royal Infirmary there is at present about 147 patients , and within the wooden sheds attached to it , whioh was only open for tbe reception of patients on Thursday week , there are no less than 166 . In tho temporary houBe at Rottenrow , there are at least eighty . The total number of fever cases at present in the hospitals is thus 383 , and there are constant applications from fresh patients for admission .
_RBNFBBW 8 HiaB . Fatal Affray at Barrhead . —On Saturday night last , being Barrhead fair , a party of labourers , at present employed on the railway in progress at Barr . bead , amounting to about 200 , paraded tbe streets of the village , between the hours of 11 and 12 o ' clock _, l'he mob was headed by an Iriihman _. named M'Leay , or M'Lean , who was tipsy at the time , and rather noisy and insulting in his demeanour towards the inhabitants ; wheu within a few yards of two police _, men , and without any previous quarrel or challenge , a man rushed into , the crowd and stabbed M'Leay to the heart , who instantly fell dead . In the comrao . tion that ensued James M'Nally , a labourer , and another man named Flannigan , were also seriously
stabbed . The person who committed these acts of violence was so sudden in his movements , and made nuch a hasty retreat that he was not secured . An Id man , named _M'Kechnie , before whose door the disturbance took place , came out of his own house , and meeting a person in the entry , he asked him what was " the matter ? A dangerous wound waa the reply . The ruffian forced his way into M'Keehnie ' _s honse . M'Keehnie ' s wife , on hearing the people crying out to secure the murderer , became alarmed , and not knowing th _« t her husband was injured , refused to open the door . The person made his escape » y a back window . Another labourer named Connally _, who _wss passing through the crowd at the
time , on his way home from his work , was also -tabbed , but apparently by another hand than that which inflicted the wounds on the other persons , as His wound does not appear to bave been given by the same _instrument as the rest . The whole affair _occupied no more time than five minutes ' , and the parties effected their escape without detection . Flannigan and M'Kechnie are both seriously injured . Counally , we understand , was able to walk about . On Monday an examination was made into the case at Barrhead . by Sheriff Glassgow , Mr Rodger , Procurator-Fiscal for Renfrewshire , along with _Dra . M'Kinlay and Wylie , of Paisley , and Dr Jaap , of Barrhead . We understand that suspicion rests on two parties as being guilty of perpetrating the horrid deed .
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Biu , niAaiiQE . —MiutaktLiVW . —On Saturday lasta trooper named Smith , ofthe 7 th Hussars , attempted to shoot Sergeant-Major Trout in the barracks at _Balfinasloe . On examination the culprit endeavoured to prove that he fired a blank cartridge ; but , in order to do this , it was of course necessary that his pouch Bhould contain the usual number of ball cartridges . It is supposed that a private in the 75 th Regiment , named John RadclSff , supplied a cartridge to make up
the number . This becoming known , the Colonel of the 75 th issued thefollowing memorandum , to be read in the presence of the company : " Private RadclifPa hair will be eut quite olose to his head , and he will be kept in the strictest confinement , and any man seen speaking to him is immediately to be confined and punished for ' disobedience of orders . ' He will also be marched a prisoner on Wednesday next , at five a . m ., to Atblone , handcuffed , and be prepared to take his trial by a * general' or 'district' court-martial ; and most assuredly he will receive the severest punishment that can be inflicted . The Lieutenant-Colonel
cannot too strongly express his indignation at the detestable part taken by private Radoliff in the transaction in question , thus bringing the corps inan odious light before the public , and also his mortification that so worthless a man , so vile a soldier , should belong to the ranks o . the 75 th Regiment . Arrangements must , if possible , be made for sending the wife of the prisoner to her friends , as her name will be erased from the books at the end of the month . ' * In compliancewiththeorder Radcliff 8 hair was cropped oloae _ and after being paraded he was led back to the guardroom in company with a corporal and two privates . Immediately on bis entering the room he seized a razor and drew it aoross his throat , which divided the prinoipal vessels of the neck , and be soon afterwards died . An inquest waa held , when the following
verdict was returned '¦— " We find that the deceased ; John Radoliffe , came to his death in consequence of having inflicted an extensive wound in his throat with a razor , whilst labouring under temporary derangement , induced by the extreme severity of the order from Colonel _Ilallifax , produced in evidence . " A Libel Cass . —The cause of " Lucan v . Cavendish , " which was tried on Friday in the Court of Queen ' s "Bench , before tho Chief Justice aud a special jury , has excited considerable interest . It was a criminal information filed by the Earl of Lucan , Lord-Lieutenant of "Mayo , against the defendant , the Hon . F . Cavendish , who is proprietor and editor of the Mayo Telegraph , a newspaper published in Castlebar . The circumstances arose out of the proceedings taken
to administer relief under the Labour-rate Act : Lord Lucan , having received instructions to organise committees under the act , _exolnded , as he had , bis lordship contended , a right to do , the Roman Catholic curates from those bodies : Upon occasion of a meeting in Castlebar two of that body presented themselves .. This meeting was the first undor the Labour-rate Act , and those gentlemen were members of the former committee , superseded by that statute . Lord Lucan would not allow the proceedings to opes until those gentlemen retired . Upon another occasion , the noble earl held a meeting of the committee ot the Castlebar district , and refused to admit thereto , or declined to admit thereto , two gentlemen ofthe county—one a J . P . and D . L . of Mayo . Of this
exelusion one of the gentlemen complained in a letter to the Telegraph . Upon ocoasion of one meeting of these committees , certain resolutions were , upon Lord Luean ' s suggestion , adopted , condemning the Relief Act in operation last autumn , and before tho Labour-rate Act had operation , as demoralising , and calling upon tho government to give the money to the landlords for reproductive _works . _ All these things were done in a committee from which the press was excluded , and the defendant animadverted upon them in terms charged by the noble prosecutor to be libellous and criminal . The defence was the general issue , and that the comment was a fair and bona fide comment on the acts of a public _offieor . Thejury , having retired after a brief and perspicaoious charge of
the Chief Justice , returned in about an hour , and asked his lordship whether , if the articles imputed corrupt motives to Lord Lucan , without proof of actual malice on the part of the defendant , they _constituted a libel ? Ilia lordship replied , in such circurastances the law would imply malice . They retired again , and at a late hour returned a verdict of Not Guilty . It is stated in a private letter from Clonmel that the merchants ef that town who have realised such immense profits by hoarding up thoir stocks of meal ate , aro now obli ged todeBtroy great quantities of it , through its becoming heated in their stores . The river Suir now _receive in its placid bosom what would have subsisted many who have gone off this stage for ever . ' .
It is stated that thoro are at present two millions nine hundred thousand personr- receiving rations imd « r the temporary relief Act .
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_chirged _wlth'luiviag robbed Adam . _SpsUm . n _. _buUlon _dtaler and dealer in watches and P' _^' _, _^ ol »™ _street , of a gold chain , worth £ 6 Up . Mr Speilman said on the 22 i January last , In the evening , the prisoner came into my shop , and aslced to look atone of four cold chains lying in a tray in the window . I took out the tray , and whilst I was weighing the chain the . _prlsoner was lookiug at tin * other chains . . Suddenly he _nald , " I'll call again another day , " and opening the door , ran out . I instantly missed one of the chains , 1 and ran out _aftsr the prisoner , but could not see bim . On _Pridsy last , between three and four o ' clock ia the afternoon , the prlsener came again to my shop , and asked to look at a silver lever watch la the wiadow . I
Immediately saw that he was the thief who had _plundered tbe ( hop of tbo gold chain , and I whuptred to my partner , and was going round to tbe part of the counter at whicb tbe prisoner was standing ' when perceiving that be was _recognistd , he bolted out of the shop , I followed him , crying out , " Stop thief , " through Pope's Head . alley , across Cornhill , to the Bank of England , near whieh _theomeir stopped him . I bad sold nothing calculated to induce the prisoner to make his sudden exit , He was stopped in his career by a policeman , and brought bsck to my office , where , upon tieing . asked to produce the chain , be had stolen , he _mcrsly replied , " For God ' s take don't rain me and my family , aad if you will only oe quiet you shall have tbe money . " Tbe Lord Mayor-Hare you any doubt as to his identity f Witneis _.-Hot tbe least . I kiew him the instantI saw him , John Lewis , of the City police , 431 , stated tbat he was on
Friday last on duty at Cornhill , when the _complainaatgavs the prisoner into custody for robbery . The prisoner ' s pockets were empty , Ur J . 8 . Samuel , a Birmingham jeweller , said that about the hour stated he went into Mr Speilman'i shop , on Friday night , and saw the _prisonsr in the custody of the policeman .. MrSpeilmin said to ihe prisoner , " How conld such a respectable young maa as you do suoh a thing 1 " to which the _prisoner replied , " It ' s done , and I'll endeavour to be honest for the future , if you'll look ovsr it . " The prisoner said that the observation he made did not at all amount to an acknowledgment of the _jobbery . Tbe Lord Mayor . — . What money had the prisoner about him upon being apprehended ! "Policeman . — . Not a _t-trthing . The Lord Mayor ( to the prisoner ) —Wbat could induce yon to ask to see the watoh without bating in possession of tbe money with _trhloh to purchase lt ! The prisoner made no answer . Committed for trial
HaMUEP . SMITH .--A . _Toll-Bi _* 8 ot » b »« . — Mr Ed . ward Tsrlton Iloore , Gray _' _s-terface , Dover-road , attended to answer a summons for baying violently assaulted Daniel Bates , a toll collector at _Keastngton turnpike . ] William Biyford _deposed tbat on tho night of Sunday week , _thaSOeh ult ., he was standing at tbe Kensington turnpike gate , about ten o ' olock , waiting for an omnibus to go to town , when the defendant and another gentleman on horseback'came up to tbe gates . Bates , the collector , called out to tbem , " Pay ' here " Defendant said , " I have paid , " Bates said , " Show me your ticket . " Defendant replied , "I'll see you—first , " Betes then called out , " Lynn , Lynn , " for the Excise * ticket tollector , wbo asked the defendant for the Excise ticket , to which the defendant said they were their own
horses , Lynn appeared to doubt that statement , and asked the defendant for his name and address , upon which defendant got off his horse and called Lynn opprobrious names , and threatened to knock bim dtwn if he doubted bis word . Defendant had in bis hand at the time a heavy riding whip . Defendant then went into tbe toll-house with Lynn to give him his same and address _. _Bites at tbat time was holding the horses' heads and defendant's frieud was calling out to him to let the horses' heads go . Defendant at tbat moment came ont ofthe toll-house and his friend called out to bim to knock Bates down , whicb defendant did by striking him with the riding whip on the head , and followed him up , con- * - tinuing to do so until they got to tbe side of the road where defendant knocked Bates down , and then himself ran away along the pavement towards Kensington . De . fendant ' s friend called after him not to run away but to knock the —— down , on which the defendant returned and knocked Bates down again . Bates got up and ran
away followed by defendant , who continued striking him on the bead , until he was again knooked down in a senseless state . Two persons ran and picked Bates up , and witness assisted them in taking him into tbe toll house bleeding from the bead profusely . After a lengthened examination of witnesses , Thomas Cos , of No . S , Uxbridge-street , _Notting-hlll , and Robert Meadows , who was with him , both swore that Bates was not holding defendant's horse while he was in the toll-house , but tbat it was loose until the former held it . That when Mr Moore came ont Bates struck him , and Mr Moore warded the blows eff with his whip , calling " murder and police , " and that Bates was tipsy . * Mr Paynter here stop _, ped the case , savlug it must go to the sessions . It waa impossible that he could decide a case like that where the evidence was so conflicting . It was for a Jury to decide which side they would believe . He should dismiss the summons on both sides , and leave the parties to indict .
; WESTMINSTER . —A Lawieb . —William Mullins was charged with stealing a taw . Mrs Kimber , of Westbourne-street , Flmlico , discovered , that during her tern _, porary absence a saw had been stolen from ber shop . A very intelligent youth proved seeing a person dressed like Ihe prisoner leave the shop witb a saw ia his hand , and upon being informed immediately afterwards by Mrs Kimber of her loss , be went down the street and there saw the prisoner running with"the saw in his hand , The youth , however , could net swear that the prisoner was tbe person he saw leave the shop . Tbe prisoner , after positively denying the charge , expressed a wish to cross-examine tbe youth . Tbe youth having stepped into tbe witness box , prisoner said , " Now , when I came out of the shop , did I walk or run ! " Witness : Oh , then you are the man that left the shop , are you ! Prisoner ( confusedly ) : I mean—that is—when the person you saw left the shop , did he walk or run ! The witness having replied " Walked , " tho prisoner was remanded .
THAMES . _—Sosmcteo _hoobssiho . _—Embaobmmab ? Amu . —A young woman named Sarah Dunning , a weaver , whose parents reside in Bacon-street , Bethnalgreen , was brought before Mr Tardley , oa a charge of attempting to commit self-destruction under ciroum . stances of a very singular nature . It appeared from the evidence that between the hours of seven and eight o ' clock on Tuesday morning a labouring man named John Ciutterbuck , saw the prisoner mount the parapet of the Ben _Jonson-bridge _, over the Regent ' s Canal , at Stepney , and plunged into the water . An alarm was raised immediately , and while some went for the drags to a neighbouring public house , others attempted to recover the prisoner t » y means of boat-hooks , The wretched female sunk , and nearly _fite minutes elapsed before she was
taken out ef the water . She was immediately taken into the Gunmakers' Arms in an apparentl y lifeless state . Every attention was paid to her by the proprietor of the tavern and bis servants . She was stripped and put into a warm bed , and after the most assiduous friction had been applied , and ether means to resuscitate the woman had been used , under tbe direction of a surgeon and his assistant , she was happily restored to a state of consciousness and given into the care of a police constable named Collins , 176 K , to whom she stated that she went out upon an errand on Monday morning , and was accosted on London Bridge by two well-dressed men , who entered into conversation with her , and invited her to drink with them in a public house . She refused to do jo ; but one of them prevailed upon her to remain outside the house
while his companion went in _, and soon afterwards brought out a glass of brand ; and water . She tasted a small quantity of it , and afterwards felt very giddy , and became intoxicated . She had no perfect recollection whero she went to afterwards , but had a faint recollection of being taken Into another public-house and seme liquor being forced upon ber by her companions , which made her feel worse than she was before , and she became quite insensible . At an early hour that morning she came to her senses and found herself iu a secluded place in _Ilaggerstone-fields , near Hackney , with her clothes in disorder , and partially thrown over her head . She was ashamed
to return homo , believing , from the condition in which she found herself , that an outrage had been committed upon her , and sho proceeded to the bridge over the canal with the determination of terminating her life . The prisoner stated to the policeman that she believed the liquor was drugged , and that the first mouthful she tasted made her feel very ill . Ann Dunning , the mother of the prisoner , who appeared In a state of great affliction atthe lamentable sufferings of her daughter , said her child ' s absence from homo had given her great uneasiness , and that ehe had informed her that her reasons for attempting to commit suicide was , that a joung man had taken improper liberties with her , and that she was afraid
to return home . Her daughter was a very steady , wellconducted girl . The _prisoner , who was in an exceedingly weak state , and was accommodated with a chair on tbe bench , near tbe mgistrato , repeated , in a low tone , what she had stated to the policeman , and stated it to be hor belief that some narcotic drug had been mixed witb the liquor offered to her , nnd that , to the best of her recollection , one of the men she met on London-bridge attempted to commit a criminal assault and ill-use her . She describod the persons of the two men , and said she should know them again . She was very ill , and felt grateful to the persons who saved her life , for she was very sorry that she had made the attempt to drown herself in the canal _., Mr _Yaralley said the prisoner bad very narrowly escaped with her life , and bo directed that Mr Falconer , a surgeon , of the firm of Falconer and HonLtt , should be sent for , to examine the girl and the clothes she wore at the time she plunged into tho canal . Some
time afterwards Mr Falconer roported that the wet ciothes which he had just carefull y examined gave no indications of any outrage having been attempted , but the immersion in the water , and the wringing of the water out of the garments , might have destroyed any evidence whioh previously existed , It did not appear that any man had effected his purpose with the girl , whatever attempt might have been made , aud thero were no signs of violence having been offered to her . The young woman was ia a high state of fever , arising from exposure to tho night air , her immersion in the water , and Other causes From the symptoms described b y the girl it was very probable _sonie noxious drug had been infused into the liquor sho had drank , Mr Yardley gave somo directions to the polioe on the subject ef the alleged outrage on tho gir _-i and he delivered her over to tbe caro of her mother ,- who immediately obtained assistance _. and convoyed her suffering daughter to her own- bouse .
Tub Police Auhk . — "Patrick _Gormntv a _police-conrable of the- H division . 28 , appeared _bufore Mr Yardley
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by _ofdsr of the Commissioners of Polioe , to answi . . charge made against him for using obscene aad m _^ d language towards Mrs Ann Bills , the . landlady 0 f tv ? White Hart , in Pennlngton . street , _Batcllff-hlihwsy _,, _^ assaulting her . It appeared from the' state m -nt of ) sZ Bills ( baton the night of Thursday , the 17 tu alt . , __? tween the hours of eleven and twelve o ' clock , she _^ conversing with her daughter , and Mrs Bond , her ne ' . ? hour , outside the door of her dwelling . They „ J * Handing dose under tho pent-house to prevent the rain droppings falling upon them , when the _defendaat _, _^ was on duty , crossed the road from the corner of * ¦ _* _,, street , and as he approached them said to Mrs Boi * «• It ' s a fine night , maam . " To which she replied , «« y J it "" and he then walked past them but had not prjj h » _niAsr nt ( ha _rVmrntitlnn _*!** nf Poliee . tn an .-..
• ceeded more than four paces from the group when » j , quickly returned , and walked between the women . _ __< * separated them , driving one into the roadway h B ' _ __» Other against the wall , in _avery rude manner , •_ __> , Bills , her daughter , _andfriend _immediatelyremonBtrtty with hia ; _andiaid he might bave _wa ' ked outside , nJ given them the wall . ' Mrs Bond also said it was th ' _ej _^ time she had b « en insulted by a policeman , and If hl » Inspector or Serjeant passed they would not ' . _ i been so rudely treated . ' Gorman _immedlstel COls , menced abusing them , and threatened to lock up _Ht , Bills if she gave him any of her _fospudenee , and tola _«„ Bond to walk in doors immediately , or hi wonld 4 her to the station-house . Mrs Hubble , the widow of _ liceniad victualler , and daughter of Mrs Bills , asked _ . _
what he meant by inch incivility , and he made a Tm obscene _re _> ] y ; and after telling her to go to ber _ssllofj in the house , threatened to take her in charge . Shi defied him to insult her , and he said he would take lon _^ of the party in charge next evening if he had to _cs _trj them to the station-house . His offensive conduot * _ , continued for some time . He spat at tha women , _mij a vulgar nelse with his mouth , and insulted them _ j grimaces and the most rude behaviour . _Eridsnee |_ corroboration having been given , Mr Yardley wii o . opinion the case was clearly made _« at against _Oonn _. g whose conduct was rude and improper , rad he «_ ii . sidered him quite unfit " to be ia the police force _sg- _> longer . For the abusive language used he _ihut . ! . inflict the highest penalty , wbich was iOi . It wn p _ ij
_instantor . 80 UTMWARK . — A « mm » Scicim . —James P _.. . tison was charged with attempting to commit » uicl _ James Alford , » shipwright of No 3 , Broadwsli , Bl _. _efc friars , _statsd that on Saturday , between the hours of seven and eight o ' clock , he happened to be pissing _««_ . the Old Barge . house , adjacent to the Thames , when bii attention was particularly arrested by observing the ... _fendant _appproach the water-side , and commence throv . ing off his cost and bat , Having divested himiilf of that portion of his dress , he stood close to the ed ge . _ tbe water , looking lntensly into the river , at tbe tide o ( wbicb he first knelt down , and after a little tint , h » stretched himself at his full length , and then rolled into tbe watir . The moment witness saw this he ran to the
spot , seized defendant by one leg , ana _commence pulling bim back , but tbe more be tried , tbe more vigour _, out were the efforts of the defendant to get further into tbe water ; and be would _havt succeeded in the attempt had not another | person ' come to his assistance , aad helped to pull him out . As it was , tbe defendant _wasdrsg ; _, . almost in a senseless state out of the river , from the ef . feots of the _immersien , being nnder the surface for s considerable time before he was got out . He wat thei conveyed to the James-street station-house , wheit si recovered , after the application of restoratives . Impeo . tor Rogers , L division , stated that when the defens ' tnt was brought to the station-house , finding tbat be n _« drenched to the skin from being in the river , he had hia conveyed to Chriscchurch _werkhouse , to hare his clothe . changed for dry garments , to prevent him from takin _j cold . On the defendant ' s being brought back to tht station he then informed witness that he had been in the
navy , and was paid off from the San Josef , at _Flymooth _, n the 16 th ult ., and had formed an acquaintance with a female named Jane , witb whose surname be was unacquainted , but who lived atthe Three Crowns Ian , North Cornwall-street , Plymouth . He let drop hints to lead to the _supposition that either Jane had drowned herself , or had committed the act . He also produced a ticket of his discharge from the San Josef , representing that it was at his own desire that he left that ship . The _inspeo . tor added , that upon further questioning the defendant , he ascertained that he was the son ef a respectable maa living within a few miles « f -Edinburgh . Mr Seeker said he should remand the prisoner until Wednesday , and in ths meantime inquiry _shoald be Instituted it Plymouth for the purpose of ascertaining the real _circumstancts under-which be had been discharged from the Ban Josef , as well as those relating to the young noman above referred to .
B 0 W . 8 TREET . _—Arwiblb Pois .--A young mw named John Gibbs , who described himself as a clerk in the service of Messrs Cox and Greenwood , was placed st tbe bar , charged with making use of abusive and dit . gustiog language to Mr Charles Blunt , civil engineer , with intent to provoke a breach of tbe pence . Tbe com . plainant was entering tbe National Gallery , accom . panied by a lady , when the defendant accosted him'in the presence of . several respectable persons , and said , " Now jou —— , I'll expose you , and will follow yoa into every office you enter , for that purpose . " _Witntu _havrtogleft the lady inside the building , and returning to Seek for the defendant , he found that he bad followed him up the steps to the door , where he repeated the same language , upon wbich tbe complainant laid bis cans pretty sharply across his shoulders and tben gave him
into custod y , previous to wbich he made an attempt to strike him , The defendantbad repeatedly conducted himself in a similar manner during thelast six months without any provocation , and it was only by threatening to _flof him that he had induced him to desist . The defendant denied that he had used the language imputed to him , until he was struck by tbe _complainant , and he hoped an apology would not be refused , aB he had given such offence under great provocation . The complainant said he was aware of having taken the law into his own bands in a moment of great excitement , and in consi . deration of the chastisement he bad inflicted , he hoped tbe court would deem it sufficient , in order to prevent * repetition of _tuch conduct , to bold tbe defendant to _hsU in his own _recegnisance . The defendant was then bound over in the sum of £ 50 to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for the next six months .
W 0 _RSHIP-8 TREET . — _Bbotai Outbaok . —Thorns * Smith , a hawker of earthenware , was charged with bar . ing attempted to strangle a yeung woman , named Mary Montgomery , and also with _feloolouBly cutting and wounding her mother , whereby her life was seriously endangered . The younger complainant , who exhibited ¦ livid and extensive discolouration of the throat , stated that she had been living with the prisoner as his wife for the last eight months , and had suffered the most bra . tal ill-treatment at his hands , during nearly the whole of that period . On the preceding afternoon he came home , and after beating her in an unmerciful manner , and declaring that he would murder her outright , he forced her down upon the bed , and passing a . thick cord round her
neck , compressed it till she was on the point of strangulation . On bearing her cries her mother ran into batr assistance , but tbe moment she entered the prisoner exclaimed witb on oath , " that he would do for ber also , " and snatching a knife from the table , rushed towards her and made a desperate blow at her bead . She instantly staggered back into the yard bleeding profusely from i frightful gash above the temple , but was saved front falling by some ofthe neighbours , who conveyed ber to the house of Mr Wildbore _, a surgeon , in Shoreditch , where the wound was dressed , and she was afterwards removed to the hospital . Mr Arnold ordered the prisoner to be remanded till tbe wounded woman was In a fit state to appear .
MARLBOROUGH STREET . —A _TboombsoHI _Costomeb . —Mr Henry Morton , of Kentish _Towa , summoned George Bailey , conductor of a Kentish Town omnibus , before Mr Biagham , for having refused to admit him into his omnibus ; tbere being room , and there being no cause why he should be excluded . Mr Morton , a » elderly gentleman , wbo appeared to be of rather _eioitable temperament , Btated that thOUgh the SUuimonl only specified one complaint , still he had four other separate charges of complaint against the defendant . The complainant here went into a detail ofthe first difference with the defendant , which arose out of a misunderstanding with respect to tbe payment of his fare , and concluded b y _ssylig that when he last spoke to ths defendant , with the view of taking a place in his omnibus
, the defendant told him he would admit him only on condition that he gave a promise not to annoy any of tbe passengers . The complainant said he had never _sonojed any passengers , and therefore the defendant vtst not justified in dictating the terms to him on which he wat to have accommodation . On cross-examination by the defendant ' s solicitor the complainant admitted tbat he had been to several police courts to get summonses , and that on Saturday he had summoned the defendant before tbe Lord Mayer , and that his lordship , without calling on the defendant for his defence , dismissed the complaint . He denied that he was known to various omnibus conductors as it troublesome personage , and tbat be bad frequently been refused admittance into
omnibuses . - He had never quarrelled with any other conductor beforo . Two conductors were here pointed out to the complainant . The complainant recollected having had some words with one of the conductors , but i all in a " good-humoured way . " The conductor referred 1 to came forward and said the complainant made him- self so obnoxious to the passengers in his omnibus that t his conduct had been eomplained of by the passengers , . The defence was , that the complanaut was really so ) troublesorao wluu in the omnibus that the defendant , iu i order to protect the passengers from annoyance , was s obliged to require a promise of goad behaviour from him . i . Mr Bingham said if tho complainant had been a stranger _r it wouldhave been improper for the conductor to impoBt * t
conditions on him ; but as he was known , and as tbe . ' conductor conceived that the publio interest required d him to obtain a promise to abstain from disturbing the te other passengers , the summons must be dismissed .
I.Vce. \Dukis.M.--Ou Wednesday Iufoi'mat...
I . vce . \ dukis . m .--Ou Wednesday _iufoi'mation was is forwarded to the metropolitan poliee , that a daring ig attempt had been made to set h _' ro to the extensive pe premises of Mr Emauuel Whittaker , timber-mer- _irchaut , situate at Nairth Moor , Oldham , ne . ir Mar ** ri Chester . £ 50 reward has been offered by Mr Whit- ittaker , and a further reward of £ 50 by her Majesty ' s *' s Government , besides her Majesty ' s free , pardon to to any accomplice ( not . being the aotuaVperpetrator ) , r ) _, on information leading o a _coifi _jtion . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03071847/page/6/
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