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October 4, 1845. _ _ THE NORTHERN STAR '...
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To the Leicester CniXTiCTS.—Hy Friends,—...
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Peel And His "Difficulties." Irish "Conc...
_aljoreartscleshoaldlKBtteiaptedtobecsrriedoutjanu measures lntrodilccl to put down the right ef public moating and public expression of wrong and injury , it will bethe _^ cty of all who value liberty ven in name to oppose with all force , each attempt to resist _anvieUingly such an effort . The rightof meeting and _uderit « f _spekch _, must not be lost through hatred of _O'OesxELi . and his obsequious tools ; nor through disgust , at their "wicked endeavour * lo Btir up and keep alive the worst passions an"d prejudices between the two races of Saxons and Celts .
On the whole , then , Ireland is not likely to be to _PfiEL a bed of roses for feme time to come . He announced it longsince as " ths M _ ryicm . Tr : " _cer tainly the " difficcltx" is not removed out of tlie Ministerial path . To this " _cUfficnHy"hae tobe added lhe ene arising fiom a deficient _harvest : for it is now ascertained that a deficiency there will be . Indeed the failure © f the potatoe -crop alone would ensure that , even had the grain crops been garnered unharmed . Potatoes ,
in this our "" high state of civilisation , have come to be ths HA"a * *? oon of great massescf tlie producers : and the fdlnr e ofthe root is tot let * a near prospect of famine . At all events , that failure will _necessarS y drive those who have the means to bread-stuffs to make * p th _« deficiency : and , it is now ascertained _, "that the yield of grain will be far from an average _^ onc . A " difficulty" to the Minister here _nrescrite itself , which it will require some statesmanship'tc surmount .
"To this has also to he added the impending evils _toaseauent on speculation . At present all is feverish—all hectic—all _cofotr de rose . The immediate danger of a total failure of the harvest having p _& ssed , the gamblers have returned to their work _Tvith more ardour than ever ; and never were dice -more madly thrown , or thc card-table more despe" _jately besieged by the most Infatuated of " players , " 'than is tiie " exchanges" of the speculators at the present moment . Upwards of seven hundred mUions -are " subscribed" to _fea-expended in Railways ! and £ he " greeks'' and the *" pigeons' * are as busy as Thbbpp's wife ia bartering and hnxtering their
" right" to a share in this grand eapital ! Meanwhile , many an anxious -eye is turned to thc Bank of England " parlour , " to notice Vie first turn ofthe _screto , in thc shape of raising the rate of discounts : for the "knowing-ones" know , that when that game begins , the " property ™ in " premiums" will vanish Eke thin air ! -Here , too , is a _"niFFiccxxr" which Peel will have to lace : a difficulty which he may wish himself safely rid of . Hitherto it has been all "lack" to him _r _^ now it appears as if his fortune had got to the turning point , and as though difficulties were presenting themselves on every hand . lie will "be a clever Minister if he steer through them nnscatted .
October 4, 1845. _ _ The Northern Star '...
October 4 , 1845 . _ _ THE NORTHERN STAR ' _# . _- . _,- ¦ -- - ' - ____—^» ** ' ' . " r-t _ _ . _ i _ . iii i » a ,. urn icra _ _ra _ i _______ _»» . _M- _« > _» _i-iii ) _ii r _.. » __ » i _rmTiMi » iiiiir _« iT - « i ___ imi . iM - _»___ - ____»__ - __ _i ' ___^_____* f _* >— " " "" i urmii _- iwi . _ ., _n _.. i _.. _..,. n , _ i m _...,,, _———_____________»__¦ . _»¦——^
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To Agents , " _-Sttesckibers , _asd Readers . —r or some time after our location in the metropolis , we were inconvenienced by having the paper machined away'from the printing-office where it was " set ! " -This arose from the machines we had at Leeds having to be removed and _reierected . Much disappointment to the readers was-the consequence , both in bad printing and late arrivals . _Another-cause of * delay was in having the printing and publishing office so wide apart . Letters intended for one place were constantly sent to the other ; _andalrthearrangements we could make did not _present _mistakes arising from this source . This has determined us to concentrate our operations . The printing machine is now at work in
onr own offiee ; _--aad we have fnrtlaer determined io publish , there also . In future , therefore , -tlie " setting , ' printing , and publishing of the'Star will he done _imder one roof . This will involve-no change _to"the-agents and subscribers , only in _* the addressing -of _tksir communications , end the greater punctuality with which their-orders can-he attended to . . All-communications must , therefore , in future , he . addressed as follows = — Orders for _the-papes snd advertisements , to __ f . . O'Connor , Esq ., . 17 ; Great "Windmill-street , Haymarket , London . Cmmunica _£ GnS . fo » ihe paper , to Mr . Joshua Hobson ,
. Editor Northern Star , _Qfsce , 17 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , London . Ml orders for _sBoney-xaustbe made payable to Mr . O'Connor , . of the Charing-crost _Post-office .
To The Leicester Cnixticts.—Hy Friends,—...
To the _Leicester _CniXTiCTS . —Hy Friends , —I learn that you have _asMected some little money amongst you with a view to _islieve your old advocate . I cannot fail to thank you ; but I have only to repeat what I have o ften repeated , -that I c _? _nnot consent to _receive -it ? Xetmebeg , as a personal favour on my part , as well as a duty on yours , xbat , v . hatever tlie sum may be , you wiU devote it to ihe "Yet & ran Patriots' Pund , "' and the " Eriles' Widows * _atd Children ' s Fund . " I am . sure , my friends , it roll gratify you to learn that , owing -io the success of _mj - " - Purgatory of Suicides , " I have
jcaade literary _engagements iW & ich will occupy me far mere than a year to come , . and fully enable meiodisj _& argc the debts into which our varied troubles , and jhe _persecutions of our foes _,-have plunged me . Wishing you all well , _trusting that the ensuing winter will not _ft-JTOund yon with the want and starvation I drily witnessed among yon , and confiding that I shall s » e you , _$ a _« l talk tojou , in the _course of next spring—if . spared with healUi aud strength to accomplish my purposes . —I remain , yours , very _affectionately , Tnoms € ootm . ISi , _Blackfriars-road _.-Oct . 1 st ., 1845 .
JoaK _RlCEinns acknowledges the sum of 14 s ., received from the Somers Town Chartists . 1 _& . Class . — Parties in tho _Wsst -wishing to conimnnitate with Jlr . Claik during the ensuing week will jttease to . address— . " Care of 51 r . VI . Thome , _Xewsag _» nt , 111 , Rea-street , Birmingham ;" 3 _IoiH _£ S _F 0 B TEE _Co-opekative Land _-JJcmj _, —Local officers and shareholders of the Co-operative Land Society are _requested , in _ibrirarding Post-office orders to fee treasurer , per Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., to make their orders . payable , not nt the _Charin _' -cnvs Office , tut ( es heretofore ) at the Office , 180 , Strand . A . IL 3 i * 5 ? 05 JAi . n , _DcxnEE . —Received . Hesbt B _ j _ e £ S , Oldham . —Of course the marriage was Mndi * Jg -a « d the husband bound to afford a maintena jvee
, It was to _yie verson , and not to the name , of he ? husband , that the wife was married ; and the discovery _that . -7 » fe ~ _emZed name was not his real name , -would _nai cancel lis _oMigatwS ' Cuss , STOc _ Eyo . BT .-rT . he address in question was not inserted , because of its "humble" abjectness . We lad »» wish to exhibit tie body of operatives _fcoui whicli it -einauafe _ J , in a . _craicling attitude ; nor _any desire t « place cnreelves in . such a position as to be compelled to administer such . a . reproof as might have injured _tlieflbject the "humble" addresserskadinview . ; Jt is unfortunately tne fact , th ? t a becoming spirit of _independence is not <* £ _« rved by the working people . 2 _* hey are too apt to fawn on . wealth and station , and too prone to rna into the opposite _extreme in
_censorioneue _^* . with men in their own rankof life , or men , who , lm _* ri ? g elevated themselves , seek to elevate the class from . which fliey have sprung . 3 Iucb of the lesson of trne liberty has yet to be learned : and when it is " got by Aeon , we shall neither have the workers as" humjle " crawlers to their employers for advances of wages , nor _fawning parasites to those who blarney them . We _^ sball -ha re them erect as men ; asking i'or rights because they _# _re rights ; _glvins the flatterer distincily to knew that Ciey are aware / V has some . sinister abject in . view , which he has taken the proper course to . defeat ; and . erhibiting far less censoriontness orer _^ _eir erring _oretjiren than is now manifested , _Msj . _-Rbost . — It having been rumoured of late that this * Jadtf / _Trife ofthe esSLsd patriot John Frost , had quitted this countiy to join her husband , a correspondent has forwarded to us the fallowing contradiction of what
_proves to be an erroneous report : —For some time past there has been a _statement going the round of the papers , stating that Mrs . Frost had left England to ioin her Imsband , John Frost ; and seeing some notice of this report in a speech recently delivered by Mr . Conner I beg to say that the report is utterly unfounded . _Mr * - Frost and aer _daughters arc now residing at Clifton , near Br istol ; and I know that she lias not the slightest idea of leaving England . I saw a letter from Mr . Frost a few weeks since , who , when the letter was written , was ia Hobart Town , and in it ie says nothing respecting Sirs . Frost leaving tjiis countrv . —J oSK Sffviss , Trowbridge . Several CoMMOSiciTWSs await the return of the Editor , " " who is unavoidably absent from town , _TnoMif Clash . — The letter _fiwji the _Prtftoi Guardian ' ¦ a ; _bees _ rcceive < J __—7 hasks .
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REC £ lPIS OF _THB CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE _LASD SOCIETY . I tl ; MR . O _' CO . _N . NOR . £ s . d . Halifax , per C . "W . Smith .. .. .. 758 Wi gan , per N . Couning .. .. .. .. 6 9 2 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. VI 0 0 Sowerby , per W . _Woodhousa .. .. .. 2 o 0 Holbeck , per W . Sykes .. .. .. .. 200 llolmfirlli , peril . Clegg .. .. .. .. 264 Burnley , per J . Gray .. .. .. .. H o 0 Leeds , per T »' . Brook .. " .. .. .. 500 _Uaroidey , per J . Ward .. .. .. .. 200 Cheltenlinm _. per W . Milton .. .. ,. 1 1511 A female friend , Bulwell , Notts , per J . Sweet .. 2 12 0 Preston , per J . Brown .. .. .. .. 11 12 5 Oldham , per Win . Hnmer ¦¦ ¦¦ ,. 2 0 0
_Shtfileid , per G , Cavill .. .. .. .. 386 Todmorden , per S . _WitliMin .. .. .. 4 o o WaUtfield , per T . Lazenby .. .. .. .. 2 o 0 Sowerby _kongroyd , per J Wilson .. .. 1 15 0 Kidderminster , per G . Holloway .. .. 2 e 0 Hadcliffe , per T . Uottkcr .. .. .. .. 20 0 _Bolton-le-Moor-., per M . Stevenson .. .. „ 3 6 f Ashton-uu ( l « _r-Irjiie , perU . Hobson .. .. 5 10 0 Mr . Tordoft _" . ol Waterloo , Hew _Bradford .. 2 C 9 Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. .. 113 8 Halifax , per C . W . Smith .. .. .. .. 290 Bilston , per J . Linney .. .. .. .. 2 o o Exeter , per J . Sugg .. .. 2 0 0 _Vtigan , per N . Canning , „ 7 11 g Deusbury . per J . Rouse ,. „ „ „ § 15 ' 2
Stocki _* ort , per T . _Voodliouse .. „ .. 2 o 0 Worebro * Common , peril . Ellison .. .. 2 o o 1 ) . P ., Dowlais .. .. 0 10 0 J . N ., ditto .. .. .. .. .. o 10 o _Xortvich , per 3 . Hurry ., „ „ ,, 300 Rochdale , per E . Mitchell .. .. .. 12 0 0 Oldham , per Vf . _Tfanwrr .. .. .. .. 200 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 15 0 0 Itadcl iffe , per T . Booker .. .. .. .. 2 0 P Glasgow , per J . Smith .. .. .. ,. C 5 6 Scarborough , per G . Weadley .. .. .. 200 Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. .. 14 o 0 Plymouth , per B . Kobertson .. .. .. 200 Ashford , per A . Daxey .. .. .. .. 0 17 0 Artichoke Inn Locality . Brighton , per W . Flower 2 6 4
Frit GENERAL SECK _ LT _ _tJlT . INSTILMENTS , £ s . d . £ s . d . _Barnoldswick .. 054 Mr . Aldous .. 014 Wheatlev-lane .. 0 111 8 . Mr . Hit-hard Miller 0 14 Mr . Parker .. 014 Mr . Hubert Bastin 014 Mr . _Fidge .. -. 014 Mr . Wm . Worlcdge 014 Mr . _Kudglcy .. 0 1 0 _Bolstou .. „ 0 10 8 Mr . KawlinB .. 024
SUABE 8 . T . B . C . and Sons 8 0 0 Bath .. .. 118 Mr . Dickson .. 060 Leicester .. « 110 0 Lambeth .. .. 4 0 0 Mr . Kawlins .. 2 -18 0 _-Greeiin-ich -. 200 Mr . Dickson ., o S 0 Westminster .. 0 5 10 Iluulcy aud _Slielton-2 0 0 Mr . Davis .. .. 020 Bacup .. .. 200 Whittington & Cat 0 15 6 Lambeth .. .. C 00 K . Wright , Bar- Whittington & Cat ' 1 12 4 noldsivick .. 0 11 0 _CJU-DS JLSn EDLES . Camberwell ' .. 0 __ l 0 Greenwich .. 070 Mr . Dear .. .. 016 Sowerby Helm * .. 048 _Hebdea-bridge .. 042 Liverpool .. .. 032 Ovenden .. .. 014 Cocker-mouth .. 022 Halifax ., .. 020 Collumpton .. O . ' * 4 _K-elgliley .. .. O 11 O _Wigton .. » 1 210 Culne .. -. 012 Hull 0 8 « Todmorden .. 0 0 10 Carlisle .. _. 074 Hadcliffe .. .. 020 * This sum has been previously-announced as for Cardi ofthe _National Charter Association . Tiiomai SIaktis Whbexeb , Secretary .
_NATIONAL CHAUTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . 7 _EK UK . e ' cONNOE , £ S . ( 1 York , per 6 . Jefferson - - . . 8 10 0 Sowerby Lougroyd , per J . Wilson - - -051 DIXON FOND . J . Horry . Norwich - - - -- -010 Holme , per W , Traughton - - -- . 016 ? £ K GENERAL KECUETAET . IXECOTIVE . Liverpool - 0 2 0 Oldham - - 0 7 7 Rochdale - - 0 13 2 Hey . vood . 050 Do ., a friend - 0 . 8 6 Boltou - . 050 Do ., ditto - - 0 0 3 Bo ., "W . Davies - 0 0 4 SUBSCEIPTIONS . Keighley - - - - - -9 18 0 Mr . Whiting , Tower Hamlets - - . 010 BIXON _FUKD . Camberwell - -- - - -05 S VICTIJf FOND . Mr . Dowuiug , Westminster- - — . 006
DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . Mr . Tobin ' s book , from a few Slop Cutters . 0 12 t _Tuohas Martik Wheeleb .
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l _ tMWORTH . _—VrejlBFBV AND _DfiTBBMiriED SUICIDK . —A very shocking occurrence took place last week at ilopwas Hayes , a village a few miles from Tam worth , which has created a painful sensation in the neighbourhood . Mr . William Pallett , a respectable farmer , who was in good circumstances , lived with his wife and a grown-up eon in this place . Lately he was observed by the neighbours to be greatly altered in his manners and appearance ; he was much depressed in spirits , and he studiously avoided all conversation with his acquaintances . J 3 e was remarkable as an early riser ; but on Wednesday morning week , not making liis . appearance as usual , ' his wife , who had left him in bed a couple of hours before , went up stairs to awake him , when she . was horrorstruck at perceiving him on his knees in the middle of the room , with au open razor in his hand , endeavouring to cut his throat . She immediately laid hold
of his arms , and by a desperate eiforfc . wrenchcd the razor from him , but not before he had inflicted sonic deep gashes . She then rushed i ' rom . the house , and ran into an adjoining field , where a neighbour ( Thomas Jeffries ) * _ffaa engaged , and screamed out in great distress that her husband had cut his throat , at the same time exhibiting the razor covered with blood which she had wrested from him . Mr . Jeffries instantly returned with her . to the room in which sho had left her husband , and found thc unfortunate man lying on his face , with another open razor in his hand , nnd bleeding from a frightful gash of about four inches in length ia his throat . He was not quite dead when they raised him up , but almost immediately after he breathed his last . Ue was -iiftytwo years of age , and was much respected in the neighbourhood . After a full inquiry into all the circumstances , the jury returned a verdict of Temporary jlnsanity .
. ACC-HEST OX THE _LOSDOJT _ UCD BlMIIXGHAM KAILWAT . —On Sunday considerable-excitement prevailed in the City , consequent on a Tumour that another accident of a serious nature had taken place on the -London and Birmingham Railway . The circumstance which gave rise to this rumour was the fact that the letters which arrived in town from Liverpool _aud-oilier places in that direction , per the Liverpool mail , were not delivered until upwards of an hour _after-the regular time . On thc reporter instituting inquiries , he had supplied to him officially , by the authorities of tlie railway , the following particulars x —Tlie four o ' clock down luggage train left the Camden station for Birmingham yesterday morning at the usual-hour , and proceeded at its prescribed pace
down the line . On arriving within about a mile and a half of tlie -Harrow station , and but a short distance from the West London Junction , the _enginedriver of -the luggage train was astonished to find his speed _greatly to increase , and on looking round he discovered that the train had become dateehed , and that he was only proceeding with half the number of carriages he set out with . lie instantly * hut off the steam and put down his break , and the . result was that the detached portion of the train , which still had great impetus on it , ran into thc waggons preceding with sufficient violence to throw them over , together with tbe
merchandise they contained , on to the up-line . Two or three cariages were thus situated , and as the Liverpool mail train was nearly due , men were despatched to stop it at the Harrow station , and a large body ofmen having been employed , the line was cleared , no further injury happening than the detention of . the Liverpool mail , fifty-three minutes beyond its proper time . The cause of the train becoming detached was the breaking of one ofthe coupling chains by-which the carriages were connected together , on account of the immense strain upon it , created by the-weight it had to bear , the train being an unusually long one . After considerable delay the luggage train was enabled to proceed on its journey .
A Sgy ? _s _Cbew 'Destkoi-ed bt Fetch . — _Ponis-MOEin , Sept . 29 . —The Eclair steam sloop , Commander Walter G . B . _^ _Estcourt , came up to the Mother !) auk ibis morning , about nine o ' clock , with the yellow flag , with a black ball in its centre , flying from her mainmast head , emblematic of death on board . She hasbeen so awfully visited with sickness since she has heen on the coast of Africa that she has been sent home . The awful number of sixtytwo have died in ihe vessel , and others are dying hourly . We regret to state Commander Estcourt is among the number dead . The names ofthe other oflieers and men we cannot at present tell , no communication being allowed- We are informed there are now twenty-three ill on board . The surgeon waa alive this morning , and on the quarantine officers going alongside the vessel , we are informed , he
answered their inquiries , and said the mortality was from a fever something between the yellow and the black . One of them died this morning . The Customs authorities are fearful of removing any one on board . We believe , however , fresh provisions have been sent to the vessel , but whether any . humane assistance wc cannot find out ; we believe none , owing to the fear of eontagion . If she remains at the Mothcrbank , 6 he will have to ride out forty days ' quarantine , but we are informed it is most probable she will be supplied with fuel and fresh provisions , and be sent for a cruise in the North Sea . The Admiralty despatches are landed , but nothing else . A boat rows guard round the vessel to prevent communication and consequent contagion , as well as io prevent any one escaping from the vessel improperly . The Eclair was only commissioned last August twelve months , and is a new vessel ( first named the Lucifer ) of 35 Q horse _py-ver . — -Globe . '
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_Dueidpul _Accidesx on Lake _Ekie . —The . Toronto itatwicr * gives the following account , by an eyewitness , of a collision between the British steamers the London nnd . the Kent , on Lake Erie , on the 13 th of August : —At _half-past three , a . m ., this day , below Point au Belle , on Lake Erie , the London steamer from Buffalo , and the Kent steamer on her downward passage , came in contact with a . dreadful crash , and thc result of the concussion was the lo _& a of the latter boat , and . I grieve to add , several lives . I have no heart to dwell upon tlie scone which we witnessed . For some minutes we supposed that we had broken the machinery of the London , and were going to tho bottom , and were only relieved from the apprehension of a watery grave by the sight ol tlie Kent rapidly sinking at our bows . Every effort
was made to save her passengers , and all who were in sigiit were saved , several of those from the cabin being trantst ' errcd to our boat without even their clothes : but , bad to say , a number were lost , being unable to gain the upper deck in time . Among these wc reckon—Iter . James E . Quay , Radford , Michigan ; Mr . Osborne , Genesse , N . Y . ; Mr . Scth Iteming , Berlin , Connecticut : Master Bruce Deniiug , Galen _* i , \ V _" . T . ; ' . ames Lowden , Ypstlanti , _AlickignH ; two young ladies and a boy from near Ypsiianti , names not known . All the officers and hands of the boat , and ? 9 passengers , including 10 children , were saved . Without any formal proceedings on the subject , our passengers have endeavoured to _nscertain the cause of this dreadful accident , __ and we have no doubt it occurred iu consequence of the
error in the pilot of the Kent attempting to pass on the wrong side of the London , which brought her directly across the bow , and at this the engineer of tlie London , as soon as he saw the course of the Kent , shut ult his steam , yet his boat had so much headway that the Kent was cut down in front of her wheelhouse . Wc remained five hours with the wreck , gathering floating parcels of baggage , & c , and attempting to tow the hull ashore , hut she gradually sunk by the head , and we were compelled to perforin the sad office of hoisting her flag half-mast high and leaving her to her fate . The London is not at all injured . Our passengers have done something to relieve the necessities of the sufferers—the ladies dividing their wardrobes , and the gentlemen opening their purses . _ Tun Mi'kdek of Mb . Peacop . —Committal or tub PmsoxKiis . _—Cuksisb , _Saturday—The further examination ofthe fourprisoners charged with thishorrible murder took place to-day in the Nisi _Priiis Court .
Mr . Fielden having asked Mr . Chew whether he appeared for the prisoners to-day , and being answered ' by that gentleman inthe affirmative , he said : I have _, to state that the magistrates have given this case that ample consideration which they promised they would do , and . the decision tlicy have unanimously come to is , that the case-must be referred to a higher tribunal . The prisoners must , therefore , bo committed to take their trial at the next assizes . Mr . Chew declared the . proceed . ngs of the magistrates to oc contrary to Jaw and justice . Mr . Fieldcn .: Wc are not trying the case . iVir . Chew : Than , are these men to bc incarcerated in gaol for six months upon no evidence at all . ! The prisoners appeared much woestricken at the result , as they had been led to the belief by tlieir attorney that the bench could not commit them according to law . The immense number of Irish labourers , at Birkenhead , aro also . much disappointed at the result from the same cause , and a great deal of dissatisfaction is expressed .
_Suoal op Whales at SmoMNEss . —Fatal Accinr . Nr . —On Saturday afternoon our harbour presented a lively and exciting scene , a shoal of small whales having entered it , and gambolled about for a considerable time , keenly pursued by a number of boats . There were crowds of spectators on the quays , almost all the houses in town being emptied of their inhabitants , witnessing the eager chaae . The efforts made by tho finny _tribo to preserve life were as strenuous as _wci' 9 the attempts made by their pursuers for their destruction . Often did they fly from one direction to another , seeking to escape , causing the boats to " reel to and fro , and stagger like a drunken man , " threatening destruction to all around them , and awakening fears in the minds of many who were anxiously contemplating the issue of the fight . The darkness of night closed the interesting and deeply
moviug spectacle , and aided the fish'in gaining tlieir freedom . There was only a small one . caught , measuring about seven feet . This is a matter of regret , as the shoal was considerable , and had success accompanied the means used to secure them , it would have proved a great blessing to the place . But what is still to be far more deeply regretted , a young man , a ship carpenter belonging to the town , got _his'Jejg entangled in a coil of rope to which aharpoun was fixed , and the boat in which he and some other men were was suddenly overturned by a fish which was struck , and he must have beeu _dragged to sea , as every effort has been made to get his body in the harbGur without success . By this very melancholy dispensation a family has been unexpectedly deprived of a son who , only a few minutes before , left them vigorous in health , no more to see each other till the judgment of the great day . —Edinburgh Witness .
Robbbrv . of Plate . —Cambridge . —a large quantity of valuable plato was missed on Tuesday morning from tho plate-room of St . Peter ' s College , Cambridge . The butler had locked the door shortly before midnight , and saw that all was safe in the butteries , and the robbery must have taken place after that hour . The articles stolen consist of large tankards , pintrstoups , goblets , dishes , covers , waiters , breadbasket—all _siWei * , with the names of the donors on them , besides several dozen of silver forks and spoons of all-sizes , soup ladles , fish knives , die , die . All had tho cross keys and the arms of the college on them . To a late hour no clue had been found to the
thieves , although messengers were sent to London , Norwich , Yarmouth , Bury , and in other directions . About two years ago a similar robbery was committed in the butteries of Jesus College of . plate to the amount of about £ 700 . The va l ue of tho plate stolen on Monday night from St . Peter ' s is upwards of £ 1 , 000 . It is a singular coincidence witli regard to both these robberies , that the thieves did not take anything like the whole of the plate on both occasions . In the robbery at Jesus College , especially , they left by far the most valuable portion behiud . Hopes are entertained that should thc thieves be discovered In the recent case , a clue will be obtained
to those concerned in the former one , as it is generally thought that the same gang committed both robberies . In neither were any locks or bars broken . Upwards of fifty years _ajjo several colleges were robbed in one night , and it was some time . before those concerned in it were found out . The plate was then recovered , luckily , in the hut of a sweep , on _« of the thieves , in the neighbourhood of the Midsummer-common . A good deal has been said about the want of the electric telegraph on the railroad from Cambridge to London , by which means tiie plunderers , had they gone in the early train with their booty , as it is not improbable they did , would not fail of being taken .
_DusinccTivE FmE at Plymouth . —On Friday night , about nine o ' clock , a fire broke out in the saw mills of Messrs . Foster and Beal , situated in Coxside , by which property to a very large amount has been completely destroyed . Only _eleven months ago there was a fire on the same premises , which was considered to have been the work of an incendiary , but this , we believe , can be traced to the circumstance of Mr . Beal having thrown a piece of burning paper , which he had just lighted , on the ground , which lay smouldering ibr an hour before it broke out into a flame . When , however , it burst out , the ravages of the fire soon became past all mastery , and all that the firemen could do was to direct their efforts to saving the neighbouring premises . The wood-works are adjoined by the patent paint manufactory of Messrs .
Johns and Co ., in wliich was a very large stock of oil , turpentine , and other combustible matter , which were happily saved from ignition . The fire-engines took up their station in the paint-yard , and by playing on that side of the fire , fortunately prevented its further progress in that direction . The Infernal Gamb Laws . _—Ahisiocbatic Justics ! —The Notorious Graktlut _Berkeley . —Christchurch . —On Monday last Henry Bury and James Purchase appeared before the magistrates , the Right Hon . Sir George Rose and the Hon . Captain Harris , to answer a charge laid against them at the instance of the non . Grantley Berkeley , "for unlawfully using a dog for the purpose of killing and taking game . " The Honourable Mr . Berkeley appeared in court in his shooting trim , shook hands with the
magistrates before the case was called on , and during the hearing of it took his seat between the two magistrates for a short time , * but which being complained of by Mr . Sharp , who attended professionally for the supposed delinquents , he resumed his former seat near them , but occasionally handed slips of paper to the magistrates , Captain Harris remarking that the honourable gentleman ' s object was merely to suggest certain questions to elicit the truth . The honourable gentleman ' s gamekeeper and his assistant swore that they saw a sheep dog running after a hare , in a field belonging to Lord Stuart , and rented by Mr . Plowman , in which Bury and Purchase were mowing barley , and that they threw down their scythes , and hallooed the dog on at the hare , but that the hare escaped . The threo men who were mowing with Bury and
l _' urehase were then called , all of whom distinctly swore that the sheep dog had got loose from their master ' s yard , and found out Purchase , thc shepherd , and was l ying on his coat in the field , when suddenly the dog started upandraain chase of a hare ; and that one of them requested Purchase to run after the dog , and bring him back , whicli he succeeded in doing in a few minutes , by calling to the dog by name ; and that Bury did not put down his scythe , or movo _^ from his work , but continued mowing all the time . The worthy magistrates , however , fined tlie two men one pound each , remarking at the same time , "the fine was so small , because they did not think it a case of premeditated poaching , but believed that in the excitement of the moment they did halloo the dog on which they saw in chase of the hare . "—Hampshire Independent .
• n P , f ID 1 SG Delegate Meetixc—This meeting will be helu on Sunday , October l * 2 lh _, in the Working Man ' s Hall , 'ikllclosc-lane , Halifax , to commpnee at twelye 9 ' _clock at noon . '
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Extraction of a Fragment of Glass fkom ths Em-ball , bt M . Lenoir . —A joiner , working at a glass Window , was struck bv a fragment of glass in the right eye , nnd called Dr . Lenoir to examine the organ . Ihecornea was divided in its inner third by a vertical woumi . encroaching , above and below , upon the sclerotica ¦ from the superior _aiifcle of this division protruded a small portion of thc iris and of tbe eiliary ligament ; further on , touching the upper lid , tlio surgeon felt distinctly a solid body _entangled iu the eyeball . The foreign body proved to be a fragment of glass of a triangula r shape ; the basis of the triangle being more than half an inch in length , and each of the sides more than an inch . It was extracted with a _directing forceps , and the patient is doing well . —The Medical Times . '
Fatal _Acciukst ox the Croydon Railway . —On Tuesday morning , between twelve and one o ' clock , a frightful accident occurred on the London and Croydon RailwAy , by which a man named Charles Hill , nged thirty-eight years , has unfortunately lo « t his life . It appeared that Hill was foreman of the ballast men employed on the line between New Cross and the Dartmouth Arms stations . It is customary for two gangs ofmen to work on the line , one by day and the other by night . At the hour above-mentioned Hill was about to start with a train of waggons containing earth to another part of the line , io form an embankment . The train was propelled bv a locomotive engine , which had been set in motion before Hill was quite ready to accompany it , when he
hastily attempted to get upon the engine . In so doing his foot slipped , and he fell beneath the wheels across the line of rails , and the engine passed com . pletely over both his legs . The engineer stopped the engine as speedily as possible , and thc poor fellow was extricated ; and it was found that his right leg was smashed in a frightful manner , and nearly severtd from the thigh , and the left foot cut in two . A special train was prepared , and he was conveyed to wuv _« Hospital , where he _wasplaced under the care of Mr . Shelley , tho house-Burgeon . From the nature of the injuries he had received , no hopes , from the first , were entertained of his recovery . He lingered until eleven o clock the same morning , when death put an end to his sufferings . He has left a widow ana large tamilv .
_Numhro-us Sudden Deaths . —On Tuesday , Mr . Baker held , at the Refiners' Amis , _Burop-street . Commercial-road , four inquests , on the bodies of persons dying suddenly . The first was on Owen Clark , aged 55 , a blacksmith , of lluncerl ' ovd-stveet . Deceased had not been ill for twelvo years until Saturday _laat _, when he had a spasmodic attack , and died immediately after his wife had given him a cup of coffee and rum . —The _uecond was on the body of Sherman Stimson , aged 54 , clerk to Mr . Brown , surveyor , & c , of Billiter-strcet . Deceased had not been ill for twelve years until Saturday , when he hud a paralytic attack , which rendered him speechless . He was taken home and medically treated , but died at midnight . —The third inquest related to the death
of Lhza _Hile , aged 18 , a native of Birmingham . She was a remarkably fine young woman , and came to London on the 20 th September ou a , visit to her sister . On Saturday morning last she was seized with violent internal pains , which continued until her death on Sunday mornini ; - A post mortem examination , made by Mr . Cory , of the Commercialroad , showed that death wns caused by an ulcer of the stomach , which had perforated its coats . —The fourth was on the body of Henrietta Elizabeth Bishop , an infant , who received * slight fall on Saturday week . The circumstance frightened the mother so much that it altered the character of her milk , which brought on inflammation of the child ' s bowels , of which it died on Sunday . Verdict iu each _caae , Natural Death .
Shocking Cash of Man-slaughter , —Newcastleupon-Tyne , Monday . —An inquest waB held this afternoon , before Mr . Stoker , coroner for this borough , on the body of Ralph Parker , a young man who came by his death under the following melancholy circumstances . It appears on Saturday night week the deceased went into an eating house , in the Pudding Chare , kept by a Mr . John Thompson , to proeuro some refreshment . Some other persons were there when he went in , among whom were one named Selby Green and another . named-John Bell , better known by thc cognomen of "Smasher Bell" atthe police-court , where he has been a frequent visitor . Greon was enjoying the luxury of a plate of beef , and Bell and others were tantalising him in various ways ; sometimes taking a portion of meat off his
plate . Parker , the deceased , having sat down , and ordered a plate of meat , joined in the fun the others were creating by annoying Green ; and also attempted to take a piece of the meat off Green ' s plate , when , of a sudden , Green took the knife he was eating with and plunged it into Parker ' s eye , with such force that it entered the socket of the eye several inches , and he was obliged to relinquish his hold of it , and leave it there . The deceased shouted in excruciating agony , and attempted to take it out , but could not . Bell endeavoured to pull it out , using great strength , but failed , and Green himself , awakened to a sense of the injury he had inflicted , also tried with both hands , and at length , with much difficulty ,
succeeded in extracting it . During this time the police had been called in , and they at once took Green into custody , and conveyed Parker home to his residence in Gibson-street , where he _lins-ered in great pain till yesterday evening , when death put an end to his sufferings . On Saturday , it being obvious that he could not long survive the injury he had received , the magistrates attended , and took liis deposition , which is substantially the same as tho statement here given . After the jury had viewed the body the coroner ordered n post mortem examination to be made , and adjourned the inquest for that purpose . At the adjournment the jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Green , who was committed to take his trial for thc offence .
Distressing Accident by Fire . —On Tuesday morning , about ten o ' clock , the following most distressing accident by fire , and which it is much feared will be attended with the most direful consequences , occurred to a respectable female and her daughter , named Harrison , residing in Windsor-terrace , Cityroad . It appears [ that . Mrs . Harrison , who is living upon her income with her unmarried daughter , a young lady about seventeen years of age , and of great personal attractions , was sitting in the back parlour , in which was a fire , when she desired the hitter tc reach some article from the mantel-shelf . Miss Harrison immediately rose , and wliilst in the act of obeying her mother ' s directions , a portion of her dress ignited . The mother , who at once rushed to her daughter ' s aid , was also set on fire , and before assistance arrived , both were shockingly scorched and burnt about tho hands , arms , and neck . Medical aid was promptly sent for , and the necessary steps were taken , but we are sorry to say that both the _Bufferers are in a deplorable state of agony .
Exkcutiox at Genoa . —Went to the mole , wishing to see what preparations had been made for tho execution , but was refused admittance at the gates . I then took a boat and went on board the Emulous , an English schooner , lying near the mole , and at a short distance from the gallows . About noon thc two criminals arrived on foot , escorted by a procession of ofiicers of justice , monks , and others , with a banner , crucifix , _dsc . The gallows was very low , and had no drop nor stage , but a strong wide ladder was placed against the cross-beam . The executioner was a tall , powerful man , very well and very neatly dressed , with his hair nicely arranged , appearing somewhat like a respectable servant in half livery , lie mounted the ladder first , and one of the criminals , apparently without any compulsion .
followed behind him , dressedm shabby , dirty clothes , with no « ap or other covering for his head or face . His arms were closely pinioned to his side . VYheu the executioner had attached the halter , previously p laced round the criminal ' s neck , to tho hook , with a sudden thrust he pushed him off the ladder , and supporting himself by the beam , he stood on the neck and shoulders of his victim , jumping , stamping , and bending the head sideways as much as possible , while one or two assistants below pulled forcibly at his legs . Tho wretched man appeared to be quite dead in less than half a minute . The execution of the second criminal , who was treated in the same manner , was a still more horrid spectacle , for he was dragged up the ladder , step by step , by main force , b y the executioner and his men : and his terror must have been
increased , it possible , by seeing the ghastly corpse of his companion dangling above him . In another minute he was himself a corpse hanging by his side . A handsome well-fed priest then mounted the ladder , and made a short address to the spectators , exhorting them ( as I was informed , for I was at too groat a distance to hear his words ) to take warning by the fate of the criminals . Not more than 200 or 300 persons were admitted on the mole . The greater part of the spectators were in boats , or in the vessels inthe harbour , and among them all I could not see more than about twenty women , who were chiefly quite of the lower orders . The assembly behaved _Wuuh- _? dgreatindifference _, and even levity _, ihe bodies of the criminals remained on the gallows till half-past five in the afternoon , and the spot was visited by thousands , the mole _heW mmn *< th .
__ public as usual . They were natives of Savona . They had been notoriously bad characters , and one of them had been a thief from the age of fire years , at whicli time he was in the habit of cutting off the leaden weights from the fishermen ' s nets when they were spread out to dry on the shore . The crime for which they suffered was a murder ofthe worst description . They had gone to the house of a priest in Genoa and finding from the servant that her master was out and would not return for some time , they murdered her by strangling her with their own hands : after which they had brutally disfigured the body . They had then plundered the house of some plate and other articles qt value . They hoth made a confession of then guilt Uns method of executing criminals , though really quite as humane as that adoDted in
_luigianci , and perhaps more so , appeal's vcrv barbarous and uncivilised , and thc spectacle is rendered lnhnilely moro horrid b y the face being exposed . I he rolling eves , the protruded tongue , thc features , purple and distorted i » _i the death-agony of stranguation , and with that hideous expression upon tlicm becoming graduall y fixed and rigid , form a spectacle , _{ . ( . (? horrors of ivliicli can neither be described by
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tliosc who have witnessed it , nor _conceived by those who have not . But the advocates for capital punishments and public executions say that the example is useful in deterring others from committing crime . If so , thc Genoese are more rational than the English , _bcrausc , without increasing the ' sufferings ofthe criminal , they make that example as effective and horrible as possible , And the address of the priest , standing on the ladder by the side of the scarcely lifeless bodies , and speaking to an assembly ; every individual of which , however depraved , must , for a short _titne ut least , be in a serious mood , might be made , if well managed , a very solemn and impressive part of this dreadful ceremony . —( From , an _Eye-Witnees . )
Explosion * or Gas axd Suockixg Accidest . —On Monday morning , between seven and eight o _' : Ieck , the'inhabitants of Fleet-street and its vicinitv were alarmed b y a loud report and smashing of _' _gluss , while smoke and Home were seen to issue from East Temple Chambers , in _Whitefriars-strcct . It appeared that the housekeeper on going in as usual to prepare the rooms , _perceivnd a strong smell of _yas , and called a lad , who came into thc room with a lighted candle . Immediately a loud report took place , and the room and furniture were quickly on tire . The Farringdon-street engine was speedily on the spot , and the firemen succeeded in confining the Humes to the rooms in which the explosion occurred _. We regret to add that the unfortunate woman was severely burnt , while for clothes were destroyed . Sho now lies in a very dangerous state . The poor boy was also injured by the fire , but not so severely . The escape ot gas which caused the accident is supposed to nave arisen from its not having been turned off at thc main .
Liverpool—Tiie Leo op a Captain Torx off . — On Saturday Captain Owen Williams , of the Alfleida schooner , from Glasgow , engaged with a steamer to tow his vessel up to ltuncoiii . A hawser was passed to the st amer for that purpose , and on the word being given to go a-head it was found that by somo menus thc captain ' s leg had become eutangled iu thc hawser , and he could not be rescued until his foot was literally torn off above the ancle . He was immediately taken _ashore in great agony , and conveyed to the Dispensary , wher e , two hours after he was brought in , the stump was amputated about the middle of the calf , in a most masterly and scientific style , by A . B . Steele , Esq ., of Hampton-street , ono of the honorary surgeons of the institution . We arc happy to hear that thc unfortunate patient is now pronounced out of danger .
Shocking Dbath of a Girl by Fire . —On Monday night Mr . W . Payne held an inquest at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of Eliza Evans , a fine little girl , aged six _jrears . On Saturday morning last , about half-past six o ' clock , the deceased , unknown to her mother , lighted a candle by means of a lucifer , and then proceeded to light the fire , in the act of which the flame of the candle _caujilit her pinafore , which , with the whole of her clothes , were burnt completely off _^ ker body . She was immediately brought to thc hospital , where she wns found to bo frightfully injured , and she died a few hours subsequently iu the greatest agony . Verdict—Accidental death .
Guhat Seizumi or CoNTRAbAKD Goods . —A very large seizure has been made by Mr . G . Scanlon , and Mr . D . II . Watson , searchers of the customs ; and Mr . C . Atkinson Davis , an extremely vigilant and active officer , acting under them , within the last few days . In consequence of information received by Davis that a vast number of Roman cameos for brooches , and a large quantity of French Mosaic work , had been passed without payment of duty , the officers proceeded to the house of a person who called himself Bcauvct David , in the City-road , a stone merchant , and after a slight search , found on the premises 1 , 610 cameos , of tlie value of nearly £ 1 , 400 , and several enamelled portraits , Mosaic buckles , & c _, to the amount in value'of .- £ 290 . They seized the goods for non-payment of duty , amounting to the sum
of £ 323 10 s . Id ., very much to the discomfiture of Mr . David . They afterwards proceeded , following up tho information , to the house of a person named Marv 6 , whom they knew to be a constant passenger in steamers between Boulogne aud London , and who resides near Golden-square , when they made a seizure of seventy-three cameos of tho value , duty included , of £ 200 18 s . Upon further and more particular search , they found in thc possession of Mnrve certain documents , the examination of which induced them to visit the house of a person of the name of Creutzer , in Myddclton-strect , Clerkenwell . They had not gone tar in the gratification of their curiosity in this place before they laid their hands upon cameos which were considered , including the duty , to bc worth £ 1 , 801 . Upon the premises of thc first-named
contraband dealer they laid their hands upon the boxes in which the above-mentioned articles had been _smuggled over and _nponjqucstioning Mr . Creutzer and tlie man who styled himself Beauvet David , and who it appeared has also thc name of Coppa , and was in charge of the premises in which the cameos were found , the latter stated that they had been delivered to him by an unknown agent . The same answer was given by Mr . Creutzer and Mr . Marv 6 , and all three were evidently in the same state of preparation in ease of emergency . One of the officers , in rummaging Mr . Crcutzcr ' s private transactions , pulled out a day book , which had been kept only since February last , and in the middle of the book were
entries of goods whicli Creutzer had received to the amount of _QU , 00 Qf . which had been brought into his custody without payment of duty , as was palpable from the fact that he could only produce bills and receipts for the payment of duty on such goods as had been seized to the value of the paltry sum of £ 10 . It may bo supposed that the ofiicers examined the hooks of Mr . Creutzei * with no small degree of curiosity . After a little while they perceived an entry which led them to the liouse of a very wellknown and dashing jewellery concern iu Cornhill , where they laid tlieir unhallowed ham ' s upon seventythree cameos set in gold , of the value of about £ 200 . The officers are proceeding with an unerring scent , and their success will , it is believed , be enormous .
More Aristocratic Law asd Justice !—When wili . the end comk ?—Rochester Sessions , Si _ pt . 29 . — -A little boy , named James Mellum , was placed in thc felons' dock ofthe county court at Rochester , before Mr . W . M . Smith , chairman , and four other justices , charged with having knocked down some walnuts from a tree , the property of Sir John Marshall , Knt ., K . C . H ., at Gillingham . Sir John Marshall was present , and was ' . accommodatcd with a sitting on the bench . The damage done to thc tree by knocking down the fruit was valued at sixpence . The little boy pleaded " Guilty . " It appeared that this youngster was observed committing this enormous outrage by a man named Linnett , and the prisoner was immediately apprehended and placed in the lock-up house , where he remained a prisoner
until this morning . 'Ihe chairman observed , that the prisoner having pleaded guilty , he should inflict a penalty on him for the offence , that of ' _stcaling those walnuts . Captain Sir John Marshall ' s only object in bringing the prisoner before the court was to protect his orchard and fruit , which he had a right to do , and the magistrates therefore adjudged the prisoner to pay the penalty of Is ., and Cd . the value of the walnuts ; together with the costs , 13 s . Cd ., making a total of 15 s . The mother of the boy , on hearing the decision , burst into tears , and said she could not pay that sum , she having a large family of children , and nothing to support them except what she works hard for as a laundress , and Cs . per week she receives from her husband , who is a marine artilleryman . The chairman said that as she could not pay the money he must commit the boy to the common gaol for
fourteen days , upon this announcement , the poor woman s feelings were so great that sho could scarcely speak . She prayed the court not to send her child to gaol , as she would do all she could to pay the money if the magistrates would grant her time . —The Chairman : What time do you want ?—Applicant : A month , sir , for I hare my quarter ' s rent to pay , and thc baker ' s bill and other articles of consumption for my family , which I go in debt for weekly . 15 s . is a great deal , and I implore you , gentleraen _. to _rcduce-it . The Chairman said ho could not , but would give a month ; and if the money was not then paid , the boy must go to gaol . The mother then became so excited that she left thc court , and immediately fell into strong fits , which lasted some time , requiring several women to hold her . The poor woman resides at Gillingham , and boars a very excellent character .
Fatal Railway Accident . — We regret to state that a dreadful and fatal railway accident occurred on Monday morning last , at Kenvon junction , near Leigh . A young woman _nnmei Ellen Piatt , of Tyldcsley , started from the Bag-lane ( Chowbent ) station by the half-past seven o ' clock train , with the intention of proceeding to Liverpool . On arriving at tho junction of the Leigh and Ivenyon lino with the Liverpool and Manchester line , the passengers have to get out of thc carriages , and to await thc arrival of the respective trains to convey them onwards . The young woman above-mentioned , being unacquainted with the customs ofthe line , got out of the carriage on thc wrong side , and walked round the carriages to cross the line to be in readiness on the arrival of the train which was to convey the passengers to Liverpool , the remainder of the journey . At this moment a train of third-class carnages was seen on the
Liverpool line of rails , and the whistle was . bwwn . lhe eye-witnesses state that the train was coming at a very quick speed . The woman was just' crossing the track on which the approaching train was proceeding , when a working man _wh- j was proceeding from Bolton to Warrington , rushed forward and endeavoured to pull her back , * before , however , he could do so , the buffer of the engine threw her a distance of seven or eight yards , and the man a short distance They were both immediately carried to the station , and Mr . Bradshaw , superintendent of the Bolton line , who fortunately happened to be with the train , immediately despatched an express engine to Leigh for medical assistance , and Mr . Bridcoakc , sin-neon , was on the spot in a short time , but in less than half an hour after thc accident the woman expired . Sl ' * , Yas ft * - " advanced in pregnancy . Thc mnn was very much contused , but lie is expected to recover ,
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Melakcholt Occurrence at _Iloi-motr Barracks . —We regret to state that _nn occurrence ot a melancholy character took place on Sunday night , at thebarracks of the 4 th regiment of Light Dragoons , stationed at Hounslow , during which ( _Quartermaster Thomas Tarleton was stabbed in the belly by Lieutenant Martin Kenyan , of that regiment . The greatest secrecy relative to the circumstances connected with tne unfortunate _sffair has ever since been maintained by the military authorities of thc barracks , and it wits not until yesterday afternoon that the fact began to bc known in the town of Hounslow . Various reports were immediately in circulation 'IS to the particulars ofthe transaction , one of which was , that in consequence ofthe promotion , bv purchase ,
ol Major llarcourt Masters , of that regiment , to the rank of lieutenant-colonel , ' unattached , which appeared in the London Gazette of Friday last , that officer on Sunday hist gave a dinner to " his brother officers , which took place in the mess-room ofthe regiment at Hounslow barracks . Thc convivialities of fhe evening were kept up until a late hour , and it is stated by some who profess to bc well-informed , that about twelve o ' clock , while under tho influence of wine , Lieutenant Kerwan took umbragcat something that occurred , and finally quitted the mess-room for his own apartments , whither he was attended by Quartermaster Tarleton , who endeavoured to soothe his irritated feelings , buton reaching the lieutenant ' s apartments that officer immediately seized his s _^ _U'd and stabbed Tarleton as above described .
Hounslow , Tur . snAY Evbxisc—On Monday evening , on the return ot Colonel Daley , the commanding officer , to the barracks , who had been to town , Lieutenant Kerwan was , by direction of the military authorities atthe Horse Guards , placed under arrest . Mr . Progley , the surgeon of Hounslow , into whoso hands , with the surgeon and assistant-surgeon ofthe regiment , tho care of the wounded man has been p laced , saw his patient several times yesterday , and he was going on favourably . At eight o ' clock the Kev . Mr . Trimmer , a local magistrate , attended by Sergeant i ecks , of thc police , attended at the barracks , and Quartermaster Tarleton ' s deposition was
taken in writing by the reverend magistrate , andafterwards also the evidence of Mr . Frogley _, the _surgoon , aa to the nature ofthe wound and the state of the wounded man . At twelve o ' clock a meeting of the magistrates was held in the petty sessions room , at tho Three Pigeons Inn , New Brentford . A warrant was issued for the immediate apprehension of Lieutenant Martin Kenvan , on a charge of cutting and wounding , which was placed for execution in the hands of Sergeant Jccks . Shortly before three o ' clock thc prisoner arrived in a fly , accompanied by Colonel Daley , the police sergeant riding on the box . Lieutenant Kerwan was immediately taken
into the magistrates room and placed at the bar . The deposition of Quartermaster Tarletoa was then rend over in the presence ofthe prisoner , as was also the deposition of Mr . Frogley , who , being present , added to his testimony , that the very \ _infnvountblo symptoms which had presented themselves on Monday evening had that morning greatly subsided , but that he was quite unable to pronounce the wounded man out of danger . Colonel Daley expressed his readiness to enter into any amount of bail for the appearance of Lieutenant Kerwan at a future day ; but the bench said the charge was of so serious-a nature that they could not take bail , and it was their duty
to remand tho prisoner to Tothill-helds Bridewell until the fate of Quartermaster Tarleton can be ascertained , or his recovery be such as to enable him to attend . The prisoner , accompanied by one ofthe officers of the rcuiment , was then removed by Sergeant Jeeks in a fly to Tothill-fields Bridewell . Hounslow , Wednesday "Evening . —It would appear that the officer betwen whom nnd Lieut . Kerwan the disagreement took place , was Captain Lane , of the same regiment . Most of the _olficcrs present at the dinner drank freely , and while at table the altercation took place between Captain . Lane and Lieutenant Kerwan . It was stated that
on Lieutenant Kerwan finding that the Quartermaster Tarleton would not allow liim to leave his apartment with his naked sword in his haud , he shut the door , end pointing to another sword wliich was hanging up in the room , told him to defend himself , but before thc unfortunate man could do so , he received the wound from the lieutenant ' s sword under which he is now suffering . Upon inquiry last evening the wounded man is stated to have continued in much the same state , but it was impossible yet to pronounce liim out of danger . Tub Late Affair at Hounslow . —Nothing decisive can yei he said of Quartermaster Tarleton ' s recovery ; but thc symptoms , whicli were alarming on Thursday , were yesterday ( Friday ) more favourable .
Two Men Drowned is a Coal Pit . —On Sunday evening last , two [ men , named Hugh Adam and William _M'Donald _. ' lost their lives in the Wellington coal-pit , at Millerhill , near Dalkeith . The pit , we believe , is about 468 feot deep : and being as yet unwrougllt , upwards of 120 foot ot * water had been allowed to accumulate atthe bottom . " On thenight in question , the men whose names are mentioned above , along with another individual named David Cluiiie , were sent down thc shaft for the purpose of stopping up an air-hole , and as they did not calculate on being
many muiutesm accomplishing tins matter , they very carelessly and injudiciously descended without their lamps . When they were about half-way down , some derangement took place in the machinery at the top ofthe pit , in _consequenco of which the bucket < lescandotl with sueh velocity , that when it came in contact with the water it canted over , throwing out tho unfortunate individuals . C'Junic clung to tho side of tlm pit , and got his head above the water ; in which position he remained ' . till assistance reached him from above . _Ai / iim nnd M'Donald wore , however , instantaneously drowned . —Scotsman ,
Suicide . —On "ft edncsday afternoon , as two young women were passing along a field near _Havcrstock * hill , llampstcad , they discovered in a corner thereof a man to all appearance dead , lying upou the grass ; they communicated the fact shortly afterwards to , _» gentleman whom they met , and . on his _repairingt-t the spot he found the dead body , still warm , of ' a person apparently not more than 25 or 30 ye . _irsof age . A quantity of blood had flowed from ii ' u mouth , and in each hand was a brass-barrelled pi sto _^ one of which had evidently been recently
dischargedand the other was loaded with powder and ball ; " some constables of thc S division speedily arrived ami removed the deceased on a stretcher to * the Loado ' t Hay public house ; he was dressed in a blue jacket ; _blueeap , striped waistcoat , und dark trousers , and in his pockets were a few silver and copper Frencl i coins , of but trifling value ; there were no paper * upon him by which any information could be gained with regard to his name or address ; he had moustfiohioB and very large whiskers , and it is supposed that he is a Frenchman .
Fatal Accident . —On Monday last , an inquest was held before Thomas Lee , Esq ., coroner , at the White Horse , Lepton , on view of the body of Benjamin Lee , sou of Henry Lcc , of Lepton ( Yorkshire ) , weaver aged seventeen years . The deceased was a servant to his uncle , Mr . Henry Wood , farmer , and on Saturday last was sent with a horse and cart for some clover . He took the bit out of the horse ' s mouth for it to eat whilst the clover was being loaded , and on his endeavouring to put the bit into its mouth again , it set of ? , and threw deceased down , when the cart wheel passed over his head , and he died immediately afterwards . Verdict— " Accidentally lulled . "
Fatal Accident at Leeds . —On Tucsdav morning last , an inquest was held before John Blackburn , Esq ., at the Court House , on view of the body of James Bloomfield , a boy twelve years of age , the son of Humphrey _Bloemfield _, who resides in Off-street , Leeds . The boy worked at Messrs . Wilkinson and Co . ' s , felt manufacturers , _Ilunslct , and , on thc 10 th-August , he accidentally got his arm entangled amongst the wheels of a scribbling machine ; and , hefore ho could be extricated , received some very severe injuries . He was removed to the Infirmary , _, and died on Monday last . Verdict , "Accidental Death . "
Loss Of Teeth.—In Consequence Of Thc Com...
Loss of Teeth . —In consequence of thc complete or even partial ruin of tho teeth , the face shrinks _, ihe countenance assumes a different expression , and wrinkles will prematurely furrow tho face . The only remedy for this is to supply the loss with Artificial Teeth , thereby restoring clear articulation , perfect masiicaUen , and preventing the hollow and shrunken checks , the thin and contracted lip , so characteristic of old-age . The new Incorrodible Teeth introduced by Messrs . Thomas and Howard , Surgeon-Dentists , 04 , _Bcrnera-strcet , Oxford-street , London , most fully answer this purpose , and arc fixed without extracting any roots or teeth , or giving any pain whatever . They will also bo found much more economical than any others .
Experiment with Fuse-resisting TiMM _ n . — LlVEItpool , Tuesday . —Yesterday , Mr . James B . Rcay , of Dublin , the inventor of a preparation for rendering timber to a great extent fire-proof , tested the experiment at the Commercial Hall , - Gloucester-street , in this town , in the presence of tho Mayor , Mr . David Hodgson , Mr . Henry Booth , Messrs . Milncr and Son , and other gentlemen . Two piles of timber thc one consisting of pitch pine , which had undergone the process of preparation , and the other consisting of memel , whieh was unprepared , were elevated in the form of the rafters of a house . Shavings
were placed underneath , and firo was communicated . In a few moments the memel was in flames , and very speedly it v > as entirely consumed . The pitch pine , which was three several times exposed to thc action of 800 degrees of heat , stood to the test admirabl y . Some of the timbers were more or less charred , but very little injury was effected ; and a remarkable part ofthe experiment was , that thc prepared timber upon which the lighted shavings were placed was very slightly damaged by the lire . The Mayor and other gentlemen present , expressed themselves satisfied with the experiment so far as it had gone .
_Ashton-uxder-Ia-xe . —A public tea party of the members and friends of the Chartist Co-oporalivc Lund Society will be held on Saturday , the 11 th of October , in the Chartist Association-room , Bontiiick , street . Ashton .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 4, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04101845/page/5/
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