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Afprat with _GiHEnnass . _—mrsffOHwraBi _, ' _PDmROKEsmRE , Dec . 31 . —One of those fearful affrays that are continually taking place in different parts ofthe _kingdom—arising rroni the eviltendeney of the Game Law 5--occurred on Friday night last , at Pieton on the estate of Sir R . B . T . Phihpps , Hart ., ALP forthe borongh of Ilaverfordwest . It appears that on Friday night and on Saturday morning , the gamekeepers heard the report of fire-arms in a plantation , and collecting assistance . proceeded towards the place from whence the sound issued , and lay in wait for the poachers until they should retire . One _« f the poachers wounded , but did not bring down a bird , which he immediately pursued to the edge of ihe plantation , and was laid hold of himself by one of the Keepers or assistants . He gave the alarm to bis comrades , and thev quickly came to his support , The
keepers endeavoured to secure their man , out failed to do so , and in the fight the poachers Inflicted an awful blow on one of their party , which he will not probably lon _« j survive . Tho poachers then made off , carrying with them their wounded man ; however , one poacher covered the retreat in such an effectual manner , that on the keepers attempting to ascend a bank on which he stood , they were knocked down _quickly one after the other . At last he thought proper to decamp , taking awav all tbe game , splinters of the butt ends of guns , & c ~ and the whole _^ party got _eafe off . Persons in tho neighbourhood of thb town are suspected , but proof cannot be obtained on account of thc unwillingness of the peasantry to givo information . They view poaching as __ a very venal offence against lawif any at alL This is another _conMqnence of class legislation .
The Laie Bask Kobbert-. — The following incident connected with this extensive and myiterious robbery will show that it has created a greater degree of interest on the continent than in London . In the Times of Saturday , uuder tbe head of tlie city article , appeared the substance of a _eommunicAtion from Messrs . Rogers relative to the course pursued by the firm to prevent any of the stolen notes being put into circulation ; tbis , coupled with the assistance rendered by the police of France , Belgium , Germany , and Holland , has been attended with the utmost success . The gentleman scut out by Mr . Bolder was Mr . Justin , and while on the continent , in looking over the foreign journals , he read , a paragraph in one of the Frankfort papers , stating that one ofthe stolen notes had been offered for change at
Hamburgh by au English navigator . The _paragraph appearing with something like authority , Air . Justin instantly started for that city , when , upon his arrival , he found tbe report to * be in every person ' s mouth-. Without losing a moment , Mr . Justin proceeded to make the necessary inquiries , on which he -was informed that thc man who had attempted to negotiate the note was one of thc navigators in the employ- of Air . Mundy , of _Abehurch-lane , Cannonstreet , but who at the time was over at Hamburgh superintending the construction of the eity sewers , which are nearly completed . The account was , that the note was offered to a Jew of the name of Goldsmid , who at once sent for Mr . Mundy . Upon the arrival of that gentleman he caused the house of the man to lie searched ,
when between £ 3 , 000 and £ 4 , 000 ofthe stolen notes ¦ were found secreted , lie statement led Air . Justin to inquire what had become of the man ; the reply ¦ was that Air . Munday had caused liini to be secured until some poison , empowered to take him into custody , should arrive from England . Hearing this account from different sources , Mr . Justin instantly proceeded to thc residence ofa Mr . Mcvines , a magistrate , when that functionary rendered Mr . Justin the _assistance of the police , who proceeded to that part of lhc city in which the alleged offender was said to bo _cfciiincd in the sewer , and saw Air . Munday , who immediately said there was not a word of truth * in tbe rumour , although thc t ; dc of the bill being offered , the discovery cf thc £ 1 , 000 , and his confining _tbeiuan in thc sewer , was the subject cf general conversation . Finding the whole io be a hoax , Mr . Justin instantl y commenced retracing his steps , when Mr . Munday also behh ? required at home , they both set out
together . Thc Elbe being frozen over , it was necessary to travel in sledges . To tlie surprise of Air . Justin , as well as Air . Alunday , those portions of the city through which they had to pass , as well as that part of the Elbe where the sledge was , by whieh they -were to travel , wns discovered to be densely crowded by people of all ranks and grades . Finding they were the objects of the people ' s curiosity , they inquired into the cause , when they ascertained that a report had got into circuhition that Air . Justin was an English officer , and that hc was returning with the person who had committed the great robbery at the rich English banker ' s , and it was to catch a glimpse of so renowned a thief that the public curiosity was excited . The explanation caused considerable merri ment _, lt has been ascertained beyond a doubt tliat none of the stolen notes have even been offered for drculation in any of those places through wliich Air . Justin tr * a _\* _elled . "
_Belfast . —Alarming Fire is a Pawn-office . — On Friday morning , about eleven o ' clock ' , a fire , which threatened destruction to a vast deal of property , broke out in thc premises of Mr . Kobert Gilmore , pawnbroker , corner of _^ orih-strect and Carrick-hill . It is supposed that its origin arose from a metal stove in the office , which communicated with a funnel in one of the npper rooms . If early thc entire property of pawned goods wero consumed . _AIcspek . Ef _CujiBEBLAxn . — On Alonday morning last the inhabitants of the town of Ulverston were thrown into a state of the greatest consternation and alarm by a report that an itinerant razor grinder , who is an inhabitant of that town , had murdered his wife in thu most brutal and barbarous manner . On inquiiy , the melancholy rumour was found out to be
too true . On Friday night the husband Tctumed home in a state of intoxication , and a quarrel ensued between him and his wife , which at length terminated with blows . The enraged man eventually seized the poker , and struck his wife a formidable blow with it onthe head , which completely shattered her skull , and mnst , it is supposed , . have produced instantaneous death . 2 « ot satisfied with what he had done , the enraged murderer commenced kicking tho head of his victim , with such violence as to force one of her jaws entirely out of its place ; Jic then brutally kicked her cn Tarious parts of her bod y , wliich he dreadfully mutilated . He then stripped the dead body entirely naked , and threw it down stairs , after which he burnt the whole of her clothing . Having done this , he left the house , and went to iiis wife ' s sister , and coolly teld her he was afraid his wife was dead . In the meantime two children ( a hoy and a girl ) awoke , aud the neighbours , who had heard the noise , were first
alarmed by the screams of ihe boy that his father had murdered " his mother . The wretched man was secured . —Carlisle Journal . —The mquiry into this horrible affair was brought to a conclusion on Saturday last , the 28 th ult , before Mr . TV . BlcndaL when a Tcrdict of Wilful Murder was returned against tiie prisoner , Thomas Donahoo , for murdering his wife , on Friday , the 20 th ult ., by striking her with an iron bar . In thc course of the inquest the son of the prisoner was examined , and deposed that his father had kicked aud struck his mother both up and down -stairs , and dragged her by the flair of the head , and in Tarious other ways abused her . The prisoner has had six children , all of whom are dead , with the exception of a boy about twelve years of age , and a girl about three . The evidence of the boy was of itself _condusive as regards the fathers guilt , and will probably , when g iven elsewhere , consign tic guilty parent to an ignominious death .
Dreadfcl _Accid-est in JEEMTX-srEEET . —Monday _mornnur , about nine o ' clock , the inhabitants of Jermyn-street _, St . James ' s , were alarmed by a tremendous report , accompanied with a rumbling noise wbich sounded like a discharge of ordnance . On proceeding to the spot it was ascertained to have been causedby the sudden falling of an exceedingly high scaffold , " erected against the premises of Mr . Slater , butcher , now undergoing repair , and which involves in its consequences the sacrifice of no less than four human beings { labourers employed by the contractor ) . One was taken-out quite dead , and two arc missing , who it is feared havo been crushed by the weight of tlie falling timber . Another was removed on a Stretcher to the hospital in a very precarious state , Email hopes being held out of his recovery , lt appears file workmen proceeded as usual to the house on
Monday morning , no susp icion having been entertained that the scaffold was at all in a dangerous state , it being composed of strong upri g ht poles , wliich are rendered seeure hv long cross pieces of timber firmly Wedged lo the brickwork | and tied with fhick cords . They were in thc act of runniug thc scaffold up some ten or twelve feet higher , for the puipose of completing the ornamental coping on the parapet of the house , when they were alarmed by the boai _* dhig or flooring of the scaffold suddenly receding from the wall , and before they eould warn then * fellow work men the whole fell and occasioned the dreadful result . An inquest was held the same evening upon the man who was killed , and the jnrv , after considerable discussion , retm _* _nedaTerdictof"AccidentalDeath ; they , however , added their strong _sp inion , that the scaffolding had been made to bear . a much greater weight thau it ought to have done .
_Hobridle Case . —Death fbom the Inclemency o ? the "Weather . —A sad instance of tiie _yicissitudes tc > hieh thc poor are exposed , and of their many trials , happened last week . A man named John Matthews , belonging to the parish of Brinkworth , and who had been committed to the >" ew Prison hero for two months , for having left his wife and ehililren chargeable to the parish , was discharged on Wednesdav , thc 11 th Dec ., Ms term of imprisonment having expired . The weather was then , as our readers no doubt recollectbitterly cold , and he was most
, _miserablv elad , having Gxchanged his warn woollen prison dress for his own clothes—mere rags ; the upper garments consisting of au old waistcoat and a tbbi slop . He was also suffering from a diseased heart , a complaint of long standing . On leaymg the prison he had a loaf of bread and fourpence given iwu for Lis sustenance on the road home—a distance ol nearlv twentv miles . He had proceeded only about three miles , when hc was driven by the cold into a public-house , the Sell , at St , Edith ' s Jlarsh , where , in order to have the benefit of the lire , he purchased
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a little beer and ate part of his loaf . Soon after leaving this liouse he found himself unable to proceed , and took shelter in a skilling near the road , in which there happened to be somestraw . Here , according to his own account , he remained fi-om the Wednesday evening till the Monday morning , during a most intense frost , and having nothingto eat except the remaining portion of the loaf which was given bun on leaving tne prison . On the Monday morning he left his shelter , and crawled to the Shoulder of Alutton public-house , at Bromham , where hc was taken care of by the landlord , who is overseer of tbe parish , and who , on the Wednesday afternoon , conveyed him in a comfortable covered cart to the union-house at Malmesbury , where he was immediately taken in ,
placed in the sick ward , and where every attention was paid him . On reaching Malmesbury hc appeared in pretty good spirits , but was unable to walk , his feet being so badly frost-bitten tbat Air . Jeston , the medical attendant , declared he must lose them . On Saturday he expired , and an inquest was taken before Mr . Whitraarsh , on Tuesday last , atthe Malmes bury Union Workliouse , on his body . It appeared from the statement of Mr . Musgrave , the master , that deceased was brought in a cart to that place from Bromham , on the 18 th Dec . The general health of deceased appeared as good as when before in the workhouse , and it seemed to him unnecessary to send for a doctor that day , but on the next Mr . Jeston was sent for , who attended the deceased and
continued to do so until his death , wbich took place on the Saturday following . This witness gave wine and brandy to the deceased according to tbe directions of Mr . Jeston , ani every attention was afforded him until his death . On the _dity after he waa brought into the union deceased told him that he left the Sew Prison , Devizes , on tbe Wednesday week , tbe 11 th December ; that upon exchanging the prison dress , which was warm , and putting on his own old waistcoat and slop , he felt the cold severely . On arriving atllowde _, he went to a public-house , and sat there some hours to warm himself , as it was very cold . He then went on a short distance and laid down on some stow in a skilling , where he staid until the following Mondav morning . On that day
he crawled out and proceeded a little farther on the road to another public-house . There he remained uutil Wednesday , when he was brought to the workhouse . Mr . Jeston stated that he attended the deceased , and found his feet to be frost-bitten , and , to all appearance , dead , which ultimately led to his death . He had attended deceased before when suffering from palpitation of the heart ; and he thought a person with such a complaint woidd be more likely to be affected by a sudden change of dress and temperature . Mr . Haywood , the governor of the prison , stated that deceased was committed there on the 12 th of October last , for two months , with hard labour . He weighed , on being admitted , 1271 b ., and upon leaving he had increased to 1351 b . He was not put to the labour , because the surgeon certified that
fie was afflicted with palpitation of the heart . Hc appeared in good health whilst there , and never complained . The temperature of the prison was from 46 to 48 degrees . Deceased left ; the prison on Wednesday , the 11 th of December , about nine o'clock in tbe morning , after breakfast , taking with him about a pound and a half of bread and fompence . Mary Afatthews , widow ofthe deceased , stated that her husband , self , and child , came into the Malmesbury Union workhouse in March last , aud remained there until July following , when her husband was desirous of leaving to go Into Wales to redeem sonic clothes whicli she had pawnod there . Upon their leaving thc workhouse they received one shilling and three loaves , and a promise from the relieving officer to find her husband work . He was referred to a railwav
contractor , who refused to employ him , saying that "if Mr . Wightwick keeps the people hi the _vn'cv and half starves them , lie must find them work . " Her husband then went into Wales , and she came back into the workhouse . In about eight weeks afterwards her husband returned , when he applied at the workhouse for admission , lie was immediately taken into custody , and committed to prison the same day , for leaving licr and the child chargeable to the parish ! Tlie husband told her that whilst in Wales he was nearly half starved ; and that he had been cheated of some wages through the failure of another person . Her husband had always been kind towards her and the child , and was a sober man , and brought his earnings home when able to work . Verdict—That deceased died from the inclemency of the weather ; . and thejury are of opinion that disease of thc heart , and sudden exposure to cold on leaving the prison with insufficient clothing , rendered him peculiarly susceptible of its effects .
Accidext ox ihe Newcastle axd Carlisle Railway . —The course of this line has been suddenly interrupted by thc falling in ofthe tunnel between the Riding Mill and _Corbridge stations . It appears the company were engaged in widening the tunnels , in order to fomia double line cf railway , it Living been originally made single in this part , and the props put in having been insufficient to support the superincumbent mass , it fell in suddenly on Saturday last , only a few minutes after the passage ofa train . Fortunately nolives were lost , but the injury dono to the works is so great as completely to interrupt the traffic on the line . In consequence , the trains from _Newcastle to Carlisle now stop at the Riding Mill station , where the passengers are transferred to omnibuses , and luggage to waggons , in which they are conveyed by the turnpike to the Corbridge station , where they again get upon the line .
DifflADFriL Affair at Behbt . —On Monday last a coroner ' s jury was summoned to the Town-hall to investigate the cause of death of a young man , aged twenty-one , named Frank Dixon Ahmning , _formerly footman in the family of a clergyman residing in a nei _g hbouring county , but latterly a frame-work hosemaker , in the employ of Mi * . Morley , of Nottingham . There is a family residing in Derby of the name of Allen ; tiie father is a copper-plate printer . He has six daughters and one son . Two years ago he resided at Leicester , and some timo before then the deceased , Manning , became acquainted with liis daughter Caroline , and _madcproposals to her , which , however , were rejected until about a year ago . Caroline frequently went over to Nottingham to attend
a saloon there , in the capacity , as she states , of vocalist , and received certain wages for her services , whatever thoso might be . During her visits there she frequently supplied the deceased with money , and pressed for then ? union . He complained of jus restricted means , and she gave him on one occasion two sovereigns to get the banns published , and topurchago the necessary articles for the wedding . The banns ran out about two months ago , and the deceased then wished her to wait a little , nntil his friends became mere reconciled to the match . Thc match was broken off at the girl's request , but by desire of the deceased she subsequently wrote to him as a friend several times , and on , one occasion saw him at Nottingham . On Christmas-day he arrived in Derby , at a
public-house kept by a person named Glue , at which place Caroline met him in the evening by his particular desire . He wished to know whether she still desired that the acquaintance should cease . Her repl y was that she did , and she urged the propriety of this course . He said , " If it must be so , it must , " and they parted in good feeling . Next day he Bpent several hours at the house of Caroline ' s father , and conducted himself much as usual .. In the evening he went to a saloon , and took part in the singing or performance , and Caroline went there to see him , and after remaining a short time bade hun good night , and then proceeded to another saloon , where she remained until four o'clock in thc morning , and was taken home by a young man , who is supposed to be somewhat enamoured of her charms . On Friday
mornmg the deceased again returned to Allen's house . At that time Caroline was in bed . Two other sisters , Eliza and Emma , were in the house . The deceased called to _Cai-olino at the toot of the stairs , and she got up , dressed herself , and then descended to the house place . Meanwhile the deceased had sent her sister Emma for a pint of ale , and on Caroline descending the stall's hc inquired kindly after her health , and then presented a glass of ale to her , saying , "Caroline , drink with me ; it ' s our parting glass . " She complied , and had no sooner got some ofthe contents into her stomach than she became ill , and began to vomit . The deceased told her that the reason hc had done it was , because , he could not bear to see the object of his affection in the arms of another ; adding , that his former wife ( the daughter of
the clergyman with whom he lived as servant , and with ' whom be eloped , a divorce having since been obtained ) was about to bo united to her cousin ; but that he " should not have minded , had she ( Allen ) been willing to marry him ; and that , under these circumstances , hc could not , and would not , bear with it . " The girl was got up stairs , where she vomited repeatedly ; and presently afterwards the deceased rushed into the bedroom , _carrjingaglassofale in his hand , and "joemingly very much agitated . Caroline called to her sister , as well as she was able , to save bim , but it was too late ; he drank the contents of the glass , then walked up to the bed and kissed Caroline several times , using
endearing terms , and expressing a hope that she would be saved . He then fcllto the ground , foaming at the mouth , stretched out his legs and arms , and threw his head about continually , but there was no motion in his arms , or any other part of Ms body . He died almost immediately . Medical aid was procured , and all available means taken , but without effect , in so far as regards him . The girl continued in great danger for some time , and is still very ill , but in her ease life is not despaired of . A razor , and a phial containing prussic acid , were found hi the waistcoat pocket of deceased's clothes ; and after a long investigation on Alondav afternoon the jury came to a verdict of Felo de se . ' The house where the body lay presented a sad scene of misery .
The late Murder and Suicide at Ashtokd . — Inq . cf . st . —Saturday afternoon Mr . Wakley , AI . P ., cm-oner for the western division of Middlesex , impanelled a jury of nfteen of the principal inhabitants and fawners of the parish of Asliford , at the King ' s Head Inn , in the Tillage of Ashford , near Staines , to investigate the circumstances attendant upon thc deaths of William Oliver , aged 3 G years , and Sarah Oliver , his wife , aged 27 years , who resided in a cot-
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tage in that village . The jury having viewed the bodies , and examined two or three witnesses whose evidence was of minor importance , Mr . Wakley ordered the boy , one of the children of the deceased , to be brought into the room , which was done : and he was placed standing on a chair at the foot of the table . He appeared to be an intelligent boy , and , in answer to questions put to him by the coroner , said : " My name is William Oliver . I was at home on Monday last all the evening . My mother was also at home all the evening . She appeared to be very well . I did not hear her complain ; she was quite sober . My father came home that evening between eight and nine o'clock . He was also sober . When he came in hc kicked up a row with my mother about
some monev . My father had some money , and she wanted him to give her some for the purpose of buying some coke . My father swore at her , but he did not strike her , neither did I hear him threaten to do anything to her . They both called each other names . On that night my * sister had bread and butter for supper , and father and mother had bread and bacon . Mother had got the supper ready against father came home . Thoy had tea to drink with it . I was the first to go to bed . It was soon after supper . Neither my mother nor father wcre ill when I went to bed . They were quarrelling when I went to bed . Did not hear them quarrelling afterwards in the night . Did not see father put anything like a powder , or anything out of a bottle , into tho teapot . Saw him put the tea into the teapot . Father did not usually put tho tea into the teapot . Never saw him
do so before . Father brought the tea with him from Feltham . Thc tea was in a large piece of paper , and when father had put it into the pot he threw the paper into thc fire . The tea found in thc caddy was put there by my mother on tho Monday afternoon . It was a pennyworth that she had bought . Father was sitting there when mother put the tea into the caddy . When mother drank the tea that father made she said it was very nasty . . I had a basin full . Father poured it out forme , ne was not in the habit ot doing so , but he did that night . When I went te bed I wished him ' good night , ' and he wished me so too . Father often beat mother because she would go to fairs . He did not threaten to beat her that night , Mother did not get . tipsy , but father used to do so . Father used to beat me
frequently . Sometimes I have had victuals , and sometimes not . Father used to havo 2 s . and four loaves every week from the relieving officer . Heard father tell mother so . They paid thc rent with the money Father had not worked lately , aa he could not get work . Father had been in the Brentford union workhouse at Isleworth . Have been out with father beg ging . Father boat me on the night before he died . Lastweek we had nothingto eatfortwo days . Heard a blowing noise on Monday night like wind . Did not hear father and mother talking during tho night . Heard no blows in the course of the night . Father spoke to me just as it was getting light , and told me there was a basin of tea and some bread and butter in the cupboard in the other room that I could have . There was a coke fire in thc room on Monday evening , but it went out before I went to bed . "—The coroner
asked if any basin-of tea had been found m the cupboard?—Mr . Richardson said there was not . —Mr . Christopher B . Emmott , examined : I am a surgeon , and live at Hounslow . 1 received an order from the coroner to make a post mortem examination of tbe bodies of the deceased . I went yesterday to thc cottage , and found the two bodies in an inner room . Tho body of tbe woman appeared to have been compressed against the bed , particularly the upper part ; tho lips were swollen and the face red , and bore marks of the clothes underneath . Examined her eyelids . They were not much reddened . Thc bodv of the woman
was quite different in appearance to -the pinched expression of the body of thc man . On opening the body of the woman I found the lungs much congested , and thc right cavity of the heart was full of liquid blood . It . was in a liquid state generally . The vessels of tho head were very much congested . The stomach contained food , apparently bread and egg ; the white of egg . Tho lining membranes of the stomach were not affected at all . There was a slight appearance of decomposition . The mucous membranes were perfectly healthy . Examined also the gums ; they were in a turgid state . I found no poison in the body ofthe woman . 1 believe that she died from suffocation , by respiration having been impeded by force . —The coroner said he was much struck on seeing the bodies by the great
difference in theu * appearance . The skin of the man was pallid , while that of the woman presented the same appearance as bodies of persons who have died by drowning . The lips were swolleivand the lining membrane eut , and tlm nose was flattened . —Mi ' . Emmott : The man's skin was pallid . On opening the body I found the chest healthy , tlie lungs healthy and very little blood in the heart . On examining the stomach I found the mucous membranes very much congested . I have analysed equal quantities of the contents of each stomach , and have tried the same testa with each , and the results are that there is no poison in the woman's , while there is arsenic in the
man ' s . —The Coroner -. Then what would you say was the cause of tbe man ' s death . —Mr . Emmott : Poison ; I should say arsenic . The result of all the tests was the same , and was io satisfactory that I have not the slightest doubt in the matter . —Several _witnessei were then examined as to the state of the man's mind previous to his death . None of them considered him to have been at all inclined to insanity . They described him aa having been lazy and violent , and most brutal towards his wife and children . The coroner summed up , and the jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder as to the death ofthe woman , and Felo de se in the case of the man .
The late Attbmpted Murder of a Child _dt its Father , and subsequent Suicide . — On Tuesday evening an inquest was held at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of Noah Flood , aged 43 , who destroyed himself ) and also attempted to take the life of his infant daughter . After a long inquiry ( the facts of which appeared in the town edition of last Saturday ' s Star } , thejury returned a verdict that—The deceased destroyed himself , being In an unsound state of mind . The child was ordered to be Bent to the workhouse .
Execution at York . —The murderer , William Kendrew , underwent the extreme sentence ofthe law on Monday forenoon in front of the county gaol , for the murder of Mr . Inchbald , on the high road near Knaresborough . The scaffold was erected at an early hour in front of St . George ' _s-fields ; and before twelve o ' clock drew near , several thousand persons had congregated together , including a large proportion of women . The unfortunate man mounted tho scaffold with a very firm step . He was preternaturally pale , but , beyond that , betrayed no emotion or fear . It was observed , however , that as the executioner was adjusting the rope , a shivering spasm crossed his frame , while his chest heaved convulsively . After being suspended the usual time , the body was cut down , and taken within the gaol , where it whT be buried in accordance with his sent ace . A young man was detected , almost at the foot if the scaffold , in the act of picking pickets !
Dehsb ¥ oob is _Mascbesteb . —Fatal _Rau-wat Accident . —Manchester , Mondat Niqht . —The weather in this town , which has been unusually bright for some time past , broke on Friday last . Since that period we have had occasional fogs and gentle showers . This morning the fogs became so dense that the whole of our manufactories aud places of business were obliged to light their gas . About nine o ' cloek in the morning the fog was so dense that it was quite impossible to distinguish any object from one side ofthe street to the other . At that hour several gentlemen , on passing St . Peter ' s church , which is one of the largest of our modern _plapes of worship , say that at ten yards' distance from the steeple , it was impossible to see even any trace of thc building . At the
same hour every part of the town was in a similar condition . All , ' or nearly all , the traffic through the streets was at a stand-still , and there were several instances of parties walking in different directions coming in collision with each other , in consequence of the extreme difficulty of seeing any object , however near to it . Wc regret to add that one fatal accident has occurred , and of a character most distressing and deplorable . It appears tbat some days ago a young laxly , the daughter of Mr . Forsythc , one of the principal sen-ants on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway , died , and that her funeral was fixed for this morning . Mr . Thomas Forsythc , brother of the deceased young lady , is also a sen-ant on the line , being superintendent ofthe locomotive department . About ten o ' clock he was going to his fathers house to attend the funeral of his sister , and had ordered one of the emrines to _conver him alone the line towards his
father's house . The engine was going at a somewhat rapid speed , occasionally blowing the whistle , when , within a short distance of his destination , he fancied that he felt the wheels of the engine passing over a soft substance , and immediately ordered it to be stopped , to see what was the matter ; and on retracing their route a short distance , he found that thc engine had passed over the body of his father , who was also making his way te attend the funeral of his daughter , and had killed him on the spot . Nothing can exceed the grief which this melancholy event has caused iu the family . The sou lost a leg some timo ago , by being run over by an engine . Another daughter was burned to death about twelve months ago ; so that this may with truth be called an unfortunate family . On Tuesday an inquest was held on the body of the father , when the jury returned a verdict of—Accidental Death , The same grave will receive tho remains of both father aud daughter .
The late Fatal Fibe in Guilfobd . _stbeet . — Adjourned Inquest . —On Monday morning , at ten o clock , the adjourned inquest on the bodies ofthe sufferers in the late lire in Guilford-street , was resumed hefore Thomas Wakley , Esq .., M . P ., at the Angel Inn , Hig h-street . Witnesses having been examined , who identified tlie bodies of the policemen Wright and Byrkmyre , tho man Jenkins , and the hoy Robinson , three of thc servants , Mary Half , Iarali Wale , and the boy U : dl were then sworn . Jfary Hall ( mother of the boy Hall ) was then examined , and deposed : I am cook to Mr . Farey . I left my kitchen to go to bed at ten minutes hefore eleven o ' cloek . Sarah Wale , the parlour-maid , and Maria Tanner were left up . I heard the clock strike two , and I was perfectly awoke . The first _siijji of the fire Vas about a quarter after two
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o ' clock , the room filling with smoke , which , however , did not alarm mc , as we were frequently troubled by-the smoke coming from the flue in the next house , and I thought it was owing to tliat . Our room was on the third floor , at the back of the house . About a quarter after throe I was sensible that the houso was on fire . I jumped out of bed and opened the door , and was nearly suttbcated , I awoke my fellow-servants , and screamed out fire . I then went up to thc boy ' s room to awaken liim . The smoke was now ascending up the stairs in groat quantities . I returned down stairs and met my master . I said , O , sir , tho house is on fire , what 6 hall I do ; must I open the windows ? My master said , No , no . ' I went up stairs again _tomyson _' s room and caught hold of my boy and asked who it was ? lie answered , It is me , mother . I thought as I had awakened him they would both
be up . Ileftnohreintholutchen—notaspivrk . There was no fire in any washhouse or stove to my knowledge . The last time we washed was on Wednesday , hut I put out the fire with water at four o ' clock in tho afternoon . There was no smell of fire , or anything unusual , and there has been no tire in thc washhouse lince then . The laundry is in the same room , as the washhouse , and a water closet is the only communication between it and the house . — Coroner : Mr . Braidwood has sent a ground plan of the house , and has written at the bottom of it that it is his opinion thatthe fire originated iu tho hot-air flue from the washhouse . Is that your opinion of it , Mr . Farey I Mr . Farcy agreed with Mr . Braidwood ' s opinion to a certain extent , but not exactly . He thought that the firo origiuated from the hot-air pipe , hut not in the flue spoken
of by Mr . Braidwood . Mr . Farey then took the ground plan , and explained the position of the chimney , showing the dangerous manner of construction , the woodwork around having no protection from the heat . There were several flues all branching into one chimney , which was formed in such a peculiar way that it was impossible to be swept , and the soot might have accumulated thero for twenty or thirty years . —Coroner : Then you think that the fire originated on thc ground floor ?—Mr . Farey No , sir ; I should think lt began on the landing above . After thc cook met me on the stairs I went down to look at it . If I had not been an expert diver in my youth I should n _« t have been able to go down ; but as it was I did , and there I saw the fire amidst the smoke , just like a gas light iu a London fog , —Sarah Wale Was next examined , hut her evidence was unimportant . Thc coroner questioned
her as to whether there were any persons in the kitchen drinking on that night , or had you any company ; for it has been stated that such was the case , and that there were policemen iu the houso late at night ; and if it was not so , it is as well to remove such an impression . —The witnesses indignantly denied it ; and an inspector stepped forward aud said that every inquiry had been made , and no sueh thing had occurred . The men who were on duty also were perfectly sober . —Maria Tanner said : My fellow-servant , the cook , aroused nie when tho fire was found out . 1 was not the last person up . Sarah Wale went to bed after me . There was no company in the kitchen that night . —Mr . Farey observed , that there must have been some scandalous and improper behaviour somewhere , for many bottles of thebestFrench brandy , gin , and wine had beeu drunk , and the bottles were lying
about the kitchen and other places . —Mr . Wakley said that he hoped that an inquiry before the commissioners of tlie police would be made , if Mr . Farey had to complain of anything . —Mr . Farey did not implicate any of tlie police , but he did not know how to account for tho disorder in his wine-cellar . —Coroner : Was there any person at the top of your house to assist you in youv escape «—Mr . Farcy ! No } we all got out by ourselves , and there was no person to help us . We got on to the roof of the next house , No . 08 , and there remained some time shouting out to the crowd below , but wc could not draw the attention of any person whatever , and I broke off ono of my nails in endeavouring to pull up a piece of slate to throw at a policeman , However , after we had been standing out naked in thc piercing cold for about a quarter of an hour , to the great danger of our lives , a policeman
came and assisted us to get into thc next house . —The Coroner observed that hc would draw the attention of thc police particularly to this . Nine fires out of ten originated underneath thc bed-rooms , and tho only escape for thu inmates was through the roof of the house , and thc police should always direct their attention to the top of tlie house . They should go through the adjoining house , and thus ascend to their assistance , and if anybody refused to open thc door to them , he would without hesitation recommend them to break it open , for such a time of danger would perfectly justify tliem in doing so . —William Dilley _, the coachman to Mr . Farcy , was uext examined-, in his evidence ho stated that he saw the wine-cellar after the fire was out , The door was broken open , and a panel knocked in . ' The lock also , which was ono of _Wiubb ' s patent , was broken . —The coroner asked who could say
the policemen were sober at the time they were killed ?—The inspector said ho could produce evidence to prove that they were .- —The evidence of John Park , policeman ' , and Edward Quaill , carpenter , clearly exonerated the deceased men from the charge of drunkenness . The wino-ecUar had been broken open by the police , under tho impression that it was the plate-room , the contents of whieh they were anxious to protect . The contents of the wine-cellar were left untouched by the police . —Coroner - . I think that the evidence proves quite clearly that the poor fellows were not drunk , and it is unncessary to go into further examination on that point , unless the jury Wish to multiply evidence . I think it is very hard that the poor fellows sliould be thought so in . sensible to humanity as to be drinking at such a time . —
The jnry perfectly coincided with the coroner , and had no doubt ofthe sobriety ofthe policemen at the time of their death . —Maurice Williams , the man who was found drunk , was next examined . He said , I am a coachman to Mr . J . Hackingman , of Russell-mews . I heard the alarm of fire , and went into the house hy tho back passage . I went to the front-area door , and let in somo policemen by taking out the bolts . Jenkins was looking out for a dog . I was pulled out by a policeman . I had been about half an hour in the house . I saw a policeman break open the wine-cellar with a poker . He looked into it hy the light of his lamp , and said , " This is tho wine-cellar ; I thought it was the plate-room , " The policeman then went away . I wos nearly suffocated . I drank something out of a pot , but I could not tell whether it-was brandy or wine , or what it was . It was too dark to Bee . I saw about two
bottles used . There was no time for nothing , I don't think the liquor got thc better of me . I was more frightened than anything else . Thero were two policemen in the kitchen . I was perfectly sober when I went in . I don ' t know what I was taken into custody for . I was taken out of the back part of thc house , and the policemen would not let me walk , hut carried me on a stretcher . 1 w _« J taken to the station-houso and kept in thc cold lock-up for four hours and a half , and when I was brought out the water ran from mo . I was taken before the magistrate , and was told to go about my _husi . nesa , —John Farcy , Esq ., was ) examined . He said , I am an engineer , at present living at No . 26 , Regent-square . I was awoke between a quarter and half-past two o'clock . Up to that time I had no knowledge of any fire in the house , but at that time my attention was occupied about
fire , as' I had told Robinson to put the fire-guard on the fire-bars iu my study . I have since seen it hanging on the bars . My first consciousness was that I was dreaming of tho house being on fire , but I soon found it was no dream , but reality . I got out of bed and ran out of my room . I went up stairs to arouse the servants , and met the cook , who asked me if she fhould open the windows . I said " No , no ! " 1 then returned , under the " impression that I should find the papers in my study on fire . The study is about twenty-one feet above where the fire originated . When I got as far as my study I found the fire was lower down , so I shut my eyes and went down , expecting to get below the smoke , bat I found it increased as I proceeded , and the smoke was so pungent tliat it _noai'ly made me
cough , and if I had opened my mouth 1 should have been suffocated . I had a great deal of difficulty in getting back again . I succeeded , however , in regaining my room , where my wife was , and said , " The house is on fire , I must make an alarm . " With that I opened the sash , and called out " fire , " as loud as I could . This took away the effects of the smoke upon me nnd renewed my strength . Tho draft occasioned by my opening thewindow brought the smoke into the room in such quantities that I was afraid my wife would be suffocated . I therefore requested her to do exactly as I told her . I told her not to try to save anything ,-or even to speak , except it was absolutely necessary . I then pushed her on up to the third landing , and at last succeeded in getting tliem all out on the leads inio the fresh air . The smoke was not so thick
as we ascended to the top of the house . — . Coroner : How do you account for the boy Robinson not being saved ?—Mr . Farey : He did not come to my recollectiou until wc were all out . He had not been long with me , and I did not think of him so soon ; besides , there was a mistake , which made me think all was right . When I had collected them all together on the upper landing , as weU as I could feel them , I Mew that there was one boy there , but I could not tell which . At the same time I heard Mrs . Hall calling out for her son , and my son assured her that he had seen liim , so I concluded the one I felt was Robinson . It was only a few seconds after we were outside that I discovered thc poor boy Robinson was not with us . Shortly before I gathered them all together , I was much afraid for my son , but was soon assured of his safety , hy hia calling out to the servants not to make so
much noise . We all got on to the leads , and there was very little space to stand upon , and I cautioned them not to fall over , or let any person pull them over . On going back into the house , I found much more difficulty in facing the smoke , for there was a current established , and hero I met my son . All this did not occupy more than four _minut-iB . 1 was occupied that night in drawing out a report for the Vice Chancellor . I wrote the original , and the boys were copying it . I was sitting in my study , with my door open , and they were In the next room , and continually coming backwards and forwards into my room and back into their room . There was au Arnott Stove in tho latter with a fire in it , as well as an ordinary fire in my study . There was also a fire in an Arnott
stove in tho washhouse , which heats the drawing-room conservatory , _lhaditlighted on that night as I hadbeen out for a ride in the afternoon , aud felt rather cold in the evening . I had also a long night of business before me , and I therefore thought it advisable to provide against the cold . The washhouse has in if a copper , nnd on the left sido an Arnott stove , the fluo , of which passes vertically through the wall to the outside , and straight up outside of tho wall of the conservatory . The flue goes completely round the conservatory , which is of a semicircular shape . The » tove had other branches ; one came into the drawing-room under the window , and another was near the stove . The floor of thc pantry was the ceiling of the washhouse , and in this floor was an iron pipe about eleven feet above the stove , There is another Hue
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from an ironiug stove in the laundry , which goes upwards to the pantry , and ends in a chimney iu the next , house . At least so it appears to me from the observations I have made . It is almost impossible that this flue can be swept on account of the acute angle it forms in its ascent , and I think it was at this angle where I observed the Arc through tho smoke . There is one part of the wall in whieh an arch is formed to admit the pipe , enclosed in a very compact piece of woodwork , but there is nothing between to protect the wood from the heated pipe . It is my opinion that the fire ori ginated in a little Closet where ray servant kept her books , her Bible , Prayer-book , & , c , aud from thence it had reached the staircase window , taking its origin in the arch to which I have already alluded . I have been in tho house ever since 1833 , and never onco
suspected the danger I was in . If I had only known , the house should havo been pulled down from top lo bottom rather than risk anything , for my collection was too valuablo to be in such peril . It is the fruits of many years ' research aud experiment . —William Robert nail was next examined . He said , I went to bed about half-past two o ' clock ; I was employed in tho office writing for Mr . Farcy up to that timo . We had an _Arnott _^ tove in our room , which , however , is not in the least dangerous . 1 _sinelt no fire whatever . I and Robinson went off to bed together . I put tlie guard on to Mr . Farey ' s fire myself . I merely put the guard up and turned back the hearth-rug . I did not go into the conservatory as I wont up stabs . The screams of my mother first awoke me . I got out of bed and shook Robinson , and told hiin to get
up , for tho house was on fire , but he ( Ud not answer me , nor did he move more than was occasioned by my shaking him . He was generally a very heavy sleeper . I had great difficulty iu breathing myself when I awoke . Robinson showed no signs as if he either heard or felt me , nor did I hear him breathe . —Coroner : Then the poor boy must have been dead . He must have been suffocated by the smoke . Whtn the _fi-ameis not healthy the smallest quantity of smoke will , in some passages of the lungs , sometimes cause death , which he thought must havo been the ease here . —Mi * . Farey observed that Robinson had a difliculty iu breathing , and always did so with his mouth open . HaU was very much alarmed at the time he was trying to awaken him . Mr . Fnrey , jun ., went hack afterwards to
try to get at him , but could not . Iho Coroner then ad . dressed the jury , at the conclusion of whieh the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death ; at the same time expressing it as their opinion that tlie fire ori ginated in one of the two flues alluded to in the evidence . Before tlie jury separated Mr . Geary , architect , 10 , Hamiltonplace , New Itoad , placed on the table , for thoir inspection , the model of a house , in which tho building was divided by party-walls , instead of lath and plaster partitions , so constructed as "to be rendered almost fire-proof . The cost of the improvement is but a very trifling amount . The doors are also constructed so as to let a current of air pass through , making them completely fire-proof . The Coroner said he really did think it was a capital improvement , and if followed out would he the means of saving many lives and much property .
Discovebt ov ahothee Bodv in _TnERuiss . —The fire _, men of the London brigade , under the directions of Morris , tho foreman of the Holborn station , completed their task on Tuesday morning of turning over tho immense mass of burnt ruins , and on examining a pile of embers , in tlie north-western corner of tho back parlour , they discovered the perfect skeleton of a human foot , and in the course of tho morning they found the shin and part of the thigh-hone , as weU as what appears to bo an armbone and part of a scalp . The finding of these remains has strengthened tiie rumours that there had beon improper conduct oil the part of some parties who had been plundering Mr . Farcy ' s wine-cellar . The discovery has also given rise to the supposition that a fifth party must have beeu in the house for some improper purpose , although at present it is impossible to conjecture who the ill-fated person could have been .
Poisoxixg in I _' raxce . —A trial in a case of poisoning occupied tbe Court of Assize of the llaut Pyrenees on the 17 th , ISth , and 19 th inst . Tbe prisoner was a woman named Chambrict , the wife of an innkeeper at . Bonncfont . It appeared from the evidence that the husband and wife had been living for a long time on very bad terms , in consequence of thc vicious courses of the latter , and that she had repeatedly threatened to destroy him . One of her lovers declared that she had told him in plain terms that she intended to poison her husband , but , upon his expressing himself in terms of warm indignation against so horrible a project , she left him under tho impression that she had abandoned it . Subsequently to this , however , she purchased some arsenic and
administered it to her husband in his soup . Ho was taken very ill , but an officier de sante was called in , and , by his treatment , although he was ignorant that poison had been administered to tho husband , thelatter was so relieved as to bo out of danger . On this occasion hia wife appears to have had some _rcmorso of conscience , for medical aid was applied for by herself ; but the return to better feelings was of short duration , for before the husband was in a fit state to leave his bed she gave liim another dose of arsenic , and it was with the greatest difficulty that the cui _* 6 of tho commune , who called and saw the victim , could induce her to send for a physician . Before the
physician could arrive , the husband was dead . The wife being accused of the crime by public rumour , the authorities interfered , arrested tho woman , and had tho body ofthe deceased examined . Large quantities of arsenic were found in it , and in liis pocket was found a paper containing some of that poison . This , it was proved , had been placed thero by the wife , in order to lead to a belief that he , had purchased thc arsenic himself , and committed suicide . Sha was found guilty , but the jury , being opposed to capital punishment , returned tlieir verdict with extenuating circumstances . Sho was , theroforc , sentenced to imprisonment for life , with hard labour .
Foe at Liverpool , and Fatal Accident . —During the greater part of Monday forenoon we were visited with one ofthe densest fogs wo have seen for a long time in this part of the country . It enveloped all parts of the town , and prevented objects from being visible at the distance of only a few yards . We have seldom witnessed a greater darkness than prevailed during its continuance , nor a move _mm-lcy and unwholesome atmosphere . Most of thc _Bhopkeepcrs and occupants of counting-offices and public offices had to conduct tbeir business by gas-light . All the chandeliers at the Exchange News-room wero lighted . About halt-past twelve o ' clock the sun presented a dark crimson appearance , and about that time shone forth brilliantly , and dispelled tho thick exhalations . During the fog a steam-tug on tho river was twice run into , and considerably damaged .
The _Condemned Convicts at Live » pool . —Wc understand that both Evans and Stew , the two men convicted of murder at tho recent assizes , will undergo the extreme penalty of tne law on tho 4 th of January ( Saturday next ) , at Kirkdale . The former retains his wonted obduracy , whilst the latter is in a most depressed state of mind . —Liverpool Chronicle . Suicide . —On Wednesday evening Mr . Higgs , deputy coroner for Westminster ,. held au inquest at the Salisbury Arms , Durham-street , Straiid , on thc body of Mrs . Fanny Renton , aged 45 , wife of Dr . Alexander Homo Renton , of the island of Madeira , who committed suicide under _ycry painful circumstances . Mrs . Fanny Enoch said sho had known thc deceased for the last nine years , and attended on her . She arrived with her husband in England from Madeira on Christmas-day last , and took apartments at Osborne's Adelphi Hotel . Dr . Ronton brought her
from Madeira on account of insanity having manifested itself there . Wliilst in Madeira she several times attempted her life by strangulation , and also did so on the passage . About half-past twelve o'clock that morning ( Wednesday ) witness begged of deceased to go to bed , to which she answered she must wait a little while . She then went to the watCr-closct . and in less than a minute witness followed her , and ibunp ' the door fastened . On looking through thc hole oi the door , witness observed by the light Mrs . Renton had with her , that she was on her knees , and heard tho blood running into the basin . She instantly gave an alarm , and the door was burst open . The deceased was then found leaning over thc water-closet , and tbo blood pouring from her throat . After tho examination of other witnesses , thejury returned a verdict—That thc ( deceased destroyed -herself , by cutting her throat , whilst in a state of insanity .
Suspected Murder at SAXT-mix , —An inquest was held on Thursday , at the Three Tuns , Salt-hill , before Mr . J . Cbarslcy , upon the body of a woman named Sarah Hart , suspected of having been murdered . From thc evidence of thc witnesses examined it appeared that the deceased , who lived by herself , passed for a married woman , her husband being abroad . Her husband was the son of a Quaker gentleman , named Tawell , residing at Berkkampstead , in whose family tho woman had lived as a servant . This Quaker gentleman paid regular visits to the deceased , and it was from him she received an allowance of eighteen shillings weekly . None of the witnesses thought that any improper intimacy existed between the two . Onthe evening of Wednesday , Mrs . Ashlce , who resided next door to the deceased , heard
anoiso in the deceased ' s house resembling stifled screams , which continued for more than a minute . Tho witness took a candle in her hand to seo what was thc matter . Before reaching the door she met the Quaker leaving the house , in appearance much agitated . On entering the room the witness found deceased lying upon her back with her clothes nearly up to her knees . Her cap was off her head , and she appeared as if she had been struggling . She was then making the same stifled noise the witness had before hoard . She was then alive , but died almost immediately . In thc meantime the alarm had spread , and notice was given at tho Slough station to look nt _' tor t . _ho . Chiakpv Khouhl ho mnlrn hie _annnar .
ance there . Thc notice was scarcely received when the suspected person did appear , and took out a first-class ticket for London . Ilo was allowed to depart , but orders were despatched by means of tbe electric telegraph to the police at Paddington , to watch him on his _^ arrival . In a few minutes afterwards an answer was returned , stating that the suspected party had arrived , and that Sergeant Williams had left the terminus in thc same omnibus for the city . The Sergeant followed him from the Bank into thc Borough , and from there , back to a lodginghouse , in Scott ' _a-yard , Cannon-street . There he was left for the night , and the next morning was arrested at the Jerusalem Coffee-house . Ho was from there
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taken to Slou & li , and was present at thc inquest . The coroner adjourned the jury till Saturday morning , ordering the prisoner to be kept hi custody hi the meantime . _.. > '" : '" . Tiie Suspected Murder at _Salthixl . —Slough , Imuday Evening . —This extraordinary affair still continues to excite much interest throughout this neighbourhood . The deceased had two childrenliving with her at tho time of her death . They bad beeu put to bed by their mother about half an hour before the murder . Mrs . Ashlce was _^ the first person who entered the house after the prisoner , John Tawell , had left . Both the children , who were then asleep , wcre immediately taken by Mrs . Ashlce to her owu house , which was adjoining . The boy was afterwards
asked by Mrs . Ashlce if the Quaker gentleman had given liis mother any money before lie was put to bed . The child said hc saw no money , but hc heard his mother say to the old gentleman " You are a very naughty man , and very cruel ; " when the Quaker remarked , that he should never come to see his mother again . During the proceedings before the coroner , thc boy was taken into an adjoining room where the prisoner was in custody , and instantly recognised him as the person who was with his mother on thc preceding afternoon . As soon as the prisoner saw the child ,. he turned Ilis head away in apparently considerable agitation . A post mortem examination oftbe body of thc deceased took place yesterday , in the presence of _Mi-. Cbampnes , and Air . _iVorblad , surgeons , of Slough , and likewiso
of a professional gentleman from town . The whole of the contents of the stomach were taken away for the purpose of being- carefully analysed , there being strong reason for supposing , in the absence of any external marks of violence , that thc deceased ' s death was occasioned from the effects of some potent poison . A phial , partly filled with some light-coloured liquid , was found this morning , thrown over the rails of Mr . Botham ' s garden , at Salt-hill , adjoining the high road along which thc prisoner passed on Wednesday evening , after leaving Bath-place , to proceed to the Slough station . The contents of this phial , and also the remainder o f the porter f ound in the tumbler and bottle on the table , at the time the deceased was discovered in the agonies of death , have- likewise beeu taken to London to be analysed .
Destructive Fire at Stoke Newinotox . —Suspected Incendiarism . —Shortly before three o'clock tbis morning ( Saturday ) , a lire was discovered iu the stack yard of Mv . Holland , butcher , of tho Lower Road , Islington , bursting from a rick of hay containing about fifty loads , situate in the Glebe Fields , Stoke Newingtbn . Flames were first perceived issuing from the body of the stack by police constable 275 S , who , after having given the ncccsssary alarm , received assistance from the residents of the neighbourhood , one of whom immediately mounted his horse , for the purpose of giving information' of the outbreak to the several engine stations . He had not proceeded far , however , on his mission , before the animal shied and tln _* cw him with considerable violence to the ground . Without delay , after the accident , a police constable was dispatched to inform the engine authorities in town of the occurrence .
With all promptitude , engines from Wfutccrossstrcct , Farringdon-street , and the West of England station iii the Waterloo-road , were in attendance . The rick at the time of'thciv arrival presented one body of five , which exhibited a most bvilliant appearance . After an ineffectual attempt on' the part of the parish engines , to extinguish the flames , the firemen from town succeeded in drawing one of the large engines to the side of the brink " of the Sew lliver ; . but it required several hours of _incessant labour to subdue the conflagration . Fortunately the stack was detached from any other property , so that the fire was confined to that alone , or the amount of damage weuld have proved far more serious ; as it is , however , the loss is considerable , but it is understood that the proprietor was insured in the Atlas _i'ii-e Office . It is feared that the lire originated through the act bf sonic vile incendiary .
Mo _ius Stabbixg . _—STOOKronT . —A boy not more than from twelve to fourteen years old , is now in the lock-ups , charged with stabbing a companion and fellow-worker , about the same age . The parties work for Mr . Cephas Howard ; they bad had some dispute , and it was arranged tliat after working hours , on Monday evening , they should retire and settle the business by a fight , in a field adjoining-. Thoy did so , when the prisoner took the opportunity of stabbing his opponent with a penknife iu the neck . The injured lad , we arc informed , now lies in a dangerous state . It is not certain whether he will be sufficiently recovered to lie able to give evidence at the sessions , held to-day ( Wednesday ) .
Attempted Assassixatiok of tiie Duke op _^> ormaxbv . —Great sensation has been excited in the metropolis in consequence of a diabolical attempt made on Thursday night to murder Charles Louis ue _Bcmrboiij commonly known as thc Duke of Normandy , who is at present residing at Mulgravehouse , King's-road , Fulham . Thc "Duke" profusses to be the son of Louis XVI . and Mario Antoinette , and consequently thc legitimate heir to the throne of France , liis life has been twice previously attempted ; once before leaving' France , and on thc 10 th of November , 1 S 3 S , in the garden of the liouse he then occupied on Camberwell-gieen . On that occasion two pistols were discharged at him , and three balls entered his person . An 'order had been recently
received for thc manufacture ot sonic machinery of a peculiar character , and the Duke of Normandy superintended thc getting up , and worked at it himself . During the last fortnight he had been working night _and'day in the shop in which thcengincer ' slathes are fixed / and though generally attended by some of his pupils , hc was eccasionally .-Jonc , as was the case in this instance . It appears that on Thursday evening , about half-past seven o ' clock , the duke was at work at the lathes , which face thc window , and was in the act of polishing a piece of brass , when he was suddenly alarmed by a loud explosion , and the place beinsr momentarily in flame . He at first thought
that some of the students had incautiously left some combustible matter , which had exploded ; but a momentary sight of the broken window convinced the duke of the true nature of the explosion , and he instantly blew out the candle and stooped down beneath the lathe to avoid another shot . The report instantly brought Mr . Tucker , the manager , and some of the students , to the spot . Search was made for the assassin , but in vain . Information was g ven to the police ; but up to Saturday morning tbeir-efforta to trace out the ruffian have been fruitless . The duke informed the police that lie had received a letter from a French priest three weeks previously , informing him that there was a plot to take his life , and he bad also received two communications from the
Baron de Berryer , informing hun that two _frenchmen had endeavoured to enlist him in a conspiracy to destroy him . Tho duke imputed tho _hostility of the Catholics towards him to the fact of his having recently abjured the Roman Catholic creed . A Child fouxd Murdered in me Reoent ' s Park . —On Thursday afternoon a jury was impanelled before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at the Elephant and Castle , King ' s-roftu , Camden Town , on the body of a remarkably fine newly-born female child , found in tbe Regent's Park . ' The child was wrapped in a coarse calico wrapper , and had on a bedgown . It was lying on ite face and its nose was flattened . The coroner said the florid appearance of thc child indicated suffocation . Thc jury returned a verdict ot Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown .
Strange Accident . —On Tuesday an inquest was held at Sheffield , on Thomas Wilkinson , a boathauler , residing at Mas-borough . The unfortunate man had been drinking-, on Saturday _evening , at the Lincolnshire Potato Inn , having the same afternoon purchased a horse . About six o'clock hc set off to return home , mounted on bis new purchase . His brother was also mounted , and bad a little boy , a son ofthe deceased , behind him . They proceeded along Blast-lane , the deceased being behind ; and on getting near the toll-gate , the keeper of the gate , named Dodds _, beard a crash , but from the darkness and fog
of tbe night was afraid to venture towards the limekilns . Ou the following morning , about nine o ' clock , the toll-keeper proceeded towards thc spot where he fancied hc had heard the noise on the previous night , and there , at tlio bottom of a limc-kilu , . some twenty feet deep , f ound the horse dead and the man in a state of insensibility , having- lain fifteen hours at the bottom of the kiln . He was conveyed to the infirmary , and died directly . The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death , with a recommendation that the kilns should be strongly fenced off from the road .
The late Murder near Tuecastle . —A few days ago Superintendent Wynn , who captured Thomas * Thomas , obtained a search wan-ant and proceeded with some of his men to the bouse of Thomas ' s father , at Macsyt'luulw , where hc succeeded in finding two purses , ono of which was hid in a hole in the wall near the kitchen fire-place , containing a £ 5 note ot Messrs . Wilkins and Co . 's Brecon Old Bank , with £ 5 in gold and los . in silver , and the other in a heap of lime in the dairy , containing a cheque for £ 5 drawn Oil Messrs . Bailey ' s bank at Abergavenny , and a £ 5 note of the Kington bank . None of this property has as yet been identified as having belonged to the deceased David Lewis , and the purses are neither similar to the one he generally used . —Sivansea Journal . Fatal Railway Accident . —On Thursday evening Mr . Payne held an inquest at Guy ' s Hospital , on the f
body oJolm Jones , aged 20 . He was employed on thc branch railway between Tonbridgc and Tonbridge-wells . On the 3 rd of December , whilst at work , some portion of the earth cave way , and deceased being covered with it , fell with his back across a . piece of metal . He was conveyed to tho Swan boor-shop , at Tonbridgc , where he remained under the care of a surgeon until the 17 th of December , when hc was removed to the above hospital , where hc died on Tuesday . The house surgeon said that deceased , when admitted , was suffering under fracture of the spine and back , which caused dcatlli There was no positive evidence to show how the accident occurred , but deceased informed his father , previous to his death , that thc earth had given way , and he had been forced with it into the " cutting . ' He attributed no blame to any one connected with the works . Verdict—Accidental Death , _'' v- *" -
J.«Oaby 4. 1845. The Northern Star. »
J . « _oaby 4 . 1845 . THE NORTHERN STAR . »
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 4, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04011845/page/5/
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