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_J-J-IAliFUL RAILWAY _ACCJCEIxT . _GMTcrsrsii . _Arcusi 31 .-The most awful and femfic _accident that has yet happened on the -Bristol -md Birmingham Kail way occurred last night about a .-carter past ten . The following are the few particulars which 1 have been enabled hastily to throw v _.-ceti : er , and which have escaped from the _iacitun-ifv « . it ' the railway officials : —Ata road station called _JJi'i & rd , near l ' _eishore , situate in a deep cnttiu _? about twenty miles ou the up line from Gloucester , a goods inH-k ' was placed just across the up lineat the " points / ' _sboul fifty yards beyond the station , ready to _besii-i-kicd to a down train ( third-class ) , leaving _Birming _' _rar-i at half-past seven p . m . The stopping _orredii-: _* - _- * - - -ignal _was turned to stop a luggage-tram that was expected to arrive about the same time ( the traiiis _At-Ki-isuy" wailing here ) . When the luggage train « U- » _ve np , the engine-driver disregarding the signal , went on right a-head , and not even slackening lis speed , passed the station at about thirty miles an lour , ami running against the truck , turned it over
on to the < V . _vn-raiis ; the _slioc-k causing the engine io sprin-r _« 'ii' the rails across both sets of rails , thrusting the _iei'ler up the hank of thc cutting . At the same moment the third-class down-train' arriving at thc spot drove over the luggage-train , engine , and truck , dragged a passenger carnage on to the top of thc endue-, which it set ou fir ** , and smashed to pieces * .:: «' - _^ ext carriage . The passengers , mostly of the posre-r class , were thrown . about in all directions ; one , a _lumi -r-f the name of Williams , a carpenter , going htiUic to his wife and family at Cheltenham , was so much cut , bruised , and scalded , that he did not live more than a few hours . Six or seven others were _savor-ely cut and scalded , and all in thc train Tery much _shaken . The engine-driver of the iuggage-tr-v . r , , a man of thc name ol" Ward , was lolled , being _H-v-rally cut to pieces and buried amongst the ruins « : " _iko engines , carriages , and trucks . Thc stoker _iras very much cut and scalded , but escaped with his right " arm broken in two or three places . The cr . _i'iiie- _'lriYcr of thc passenger train perceiving some _ohttrcitum on the rails at a short distance from
ihepo : r : t- _' ,, siiut off Ins steam , _Tcvcrsc-d the engine , and bet ! : i : i * and tke stoker jumped off just as the _coneui-iiou w . _* ts about to take place . IIow he could see thc eb .-f ruction on not a very light night remains a _mytieiy : tut it appears he had slackened speed _-consideral- ' _r prior to arriving at this place , as he was about to _stvp at Defford station . Had these men remained on ihecngine , their lives mostprobably would iiave _hcen s ; icrificed to thc recklessness of Ward , and tfcerci _*' . v ' _i'usihle conduct ofthe officials in placing a truck , c .- ; = ? :-ially a loaded one , on thc main line of tails yx _* i as two trains were expected . The passenger _iiv : « i was detained about four hours and a Lalf , as tho passengers could not bc forwarded until aa engine : * nd carriages had arrived from Gloucester _, both _lines of rails being torn up for several yards . Tiic _jasiU train , which left Birmingham _, at one o ' clock , 1 v' _jeeeded , without anything particular occurring , a-: faras Spetchley , where it arrived ahout _lalf-p-sit f . vo o ' clock . Shortly after leaving Spetchley , a-:- ! '• efore nearing the Defford station , they
vevc _hte-l ay alarm signals , and , the train immediately rl'Vping , it was evident , something unusual iad ] i : ij _>!* e ; : cd . The passengers and luggage were conveyed thence across the country , a distance of about i-. _v-j _jailes , to another train in . waiting to receive tiieni . Two or three of the passengers , however , _i-i-tvimined to make their way along the line and csamiae for themselves the nature of the accident , _il-r : hn au accident , and a Tcry serious one , Lad occurred , was . but too apparent . On reaching the pr « .-. i-c spot where the catastrophe happened , the scene of wreck and destruction which met their eyes hull" !' . ? a !! description ; two trains had evidently
come im _« violent collision , the engines were shattered to _pieces and raised _highapinthcairon the top ofa ib _?; -s _e-i ' atteredcarriagesand brokenloggage , the debris of _•'• lich strewed the road in even * direction aad * l > add to the horrors of the whole , the burning chulpis _fi-em the engines had set the mass on lire , which a _liiinrter of workmen were endeavouring in Taiur-: ML-ii _::-. _' ! iish . A passenger hy the third-class train describes the scene of confusion at the moment ofthe eri-arrcnce as beyond description ; there were a grail- ; v .: r < iy passengers , and the shrielts of the women , _i ;; i *; _-. 'Ied with the groans of those who were _injiirt-ij , - . _vcre _trulv heartrending .
_rcaxnsE particulars . _DEm-i-- > . Sept . J . —The poor fellow who was so -dreadfuli } - scalded and burnt lingered until nearly _dayliu : ; : _tl-is morning , when death putau end to his _suneri-d _^ s _. An inquest was fixed for twelve o ' clock to-day . ' _i Vis morning General Pasley ami several of the c-- * -M * _ar . y ' - o officers belonging to the engineering _depayn _^ _ciit v . cve upon the spot , with a view to an _inspeeiku-.. The jury _h--. ve just met-, and have proceeded to _vii-v she- hedy of Ward , which was lying in a barn close U- _i-:-j line , awl presented one of the most awful specia _= lv _^ rvci * witnessed , being bruised iu every part , r . _ni " . jrdly an unbroken bene in Ids body . A po . * _t .- ¦ .-.- _- -.-,. _i-iaminaihia lias been ordered , and his hoiy i- _«? Ivcu opened . The result has not yet transpire- " , !•; - _' . it is fully expected that tiic inquest must be ai \ _Wiu _; .- _-d , as the priijeipal witness , Ward ' s iireman o- _? t : _it-v , is unable to bemoved , he having keen brought U- ths Gloucester Infirmary , whore belies in a drra-if ; il stale . The inquest unon tbe passenger
( i _. i : h :: i !; s : must also be adjourned tint ii after the cue _onVf-ef . ii held . Ward has left a wife and oue young child : " _iO * . _^ -is a clever man ia managing an _engine , hat i ,.- * a -. - jiy careful driver , lie was heard to dechire i _/ -: ;; _- _hek-ft _tiiouec-sferthat he would be hi Bir--aus 2 j : _iir . _i i-. _s two hours . Tke c _: r ; ii : ehe was driving , cnl _' . ed ii-- "Derby , " was the largest at work oa the line : :: _ .- - i : « t so much injured as was anticipated . _SoiiKi ' .:-- auei be wi _* ang to allow a man to drive an i ? ng ; s . e ¦ - * . _-iicii power at such a fearful rate , with a Leav ; " _-i--: ; .: ge-traiii , merely i ' or the fun of the thing ; and * _.- _ - _:-. _-ideat shows ihe _necessity of some legislalire =. ' . :. i _-ipit to put a stop to such reckless conduct . All __ i _' - _--. i ° - ' . is removed as to thc cause of the fearful acejd - -: r „ It wss a true' : _standinc in the way _i _.-f the in- _/? _.:. Lc :-pin ou its . way to Birmingham . Tiie cause of _ii . c- _c-.-: i ;> iaa mast have arisen _ii-orfl one -j > - other of the i ' _.. ; _h . 'V . -Ju ijmistakes : —cither _ilit = signals vera im-*
i \ _m-i ,. : -v ¦ -- > ,, _»„ ., _*¦ + 11 ,. ll-, * r . _^ .., _l _„( -.-, ;* ,... -., :.., u .... _-A _jJ . _^ i . p « _i- - -. i ; y _ _.-ve : s t the j Jeffondstaiion _toiiedicate that : « i _oe-= ; ri ; e-ria ! i had to he guarded against , or no signr . '; v : r _, _^ . ven at all , or the engine-driver fell a _sacvif-vv i : _> " . - .: s own recklessness in pushing on in spite of tlu- -- . r :: i : ! g . It is only by an _oiliekil inoiiiry _i-. at the : " .: s _^ au be properly ascertained . Ilail ' _-vay t > 3 ± e- _-r- ..- -k _^ as t :: cui ;! i you were going to _e-- _>; k-it cJiaiJy , •' : ¦ : ¦'• .: » . their _pceftcts , thc moment _k-fcnaaiion - - . cd abent thcoct-arrcr . ee o ; an _nccldciil ; hut ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ _.- ' _ji _asscnger sitting in a _cairiagc can give . ' ; o _hiUm-iA : ! _*; - _L-y ' . - :. l liis _frcnsaiinii- * at thc _liaic of the ace " -- .. _. :. - _wli-u he u-itnesses after It . Iu the _pvcse ; ii ; .: =- - . he _rtspoasiuiiity rests with the _oilierrs at lhe 1 . ' _.:-. ; _iuiiioij . It was thoy who were in ch _:. .: _^ of 1 ia- ' :,. ' - k uhk'h caused the double _accitieni , r . ud , of s-t . _. .- _~ i ' , ] r _rtinains for them io account i ' or its
r .. -vrrf : . : ¦ , »} placed , and to prove that the _requisite rut ; ¦ _:- ' . * . re given . I _hrivcsecn ibismornIi . _* _u _-Jr _.-iics li & i , _v "' :- ' man who acted as _lirc-ma ;; to i ' ne- :- ; i " _-jr ! _uvt . a .- * '" _i-L He stated , " We left _Gloucesifj- = ' _jjinc _« _VK « - ' - - . Saturdr . yiii . -ht with tho _Insr . ' . _i-v-lr . _iiii ; V " ii- - ' i _> to ! jrcaan the pumps of the engine got h . _i-:-, - _^ _. I y our atieading to _ihoni the lire cot _vl-vy low . ¦ ¦¦ .: -r the time we £ -:: £ io Sgiinton tiic numps _wciv . ' .:: !; - pretty wc' A . and W : > vd > aiu _, he _' _wenid _? fS : - ¦ - - _u :. _* :-.- the- Ore ihkJ up . 1 z ' r . cu cr , T » :: _ienee ' i _B'iiJ _* - : lit * tin ; : vjd he _'wikii .- _*] me by -i ! _pci = _ia-j aad sl _* : ! : _l ; : j ike-hole _dosras i put iu tha coke . I . ns * - _.-.- _ - ; iy sura whei ' jerit v . ~; s hv the _brnitre at
De ,- . ' , -, vi : e : j Ci _'« iss ! - _; g the- Avon that Wait ! said to _i : y ' .: nA _. \ t ' ici _* c ' s ? o : _ij ? ii * i :: g wrong ; ' nnd hr _. r . e _lizie - ' ¦ ¦ ¦ _^ ' hiraihut c 2 the steam . Or . ' . _•" i : _i ;! - > -: iig _i-- _^~ : ¦ ' ' - '• io reverse the _engine , anil _wlii _^ t iioi ; _y fc I " _.-. - -: _rr * i * . rn off it . As I was falling \ _f-Ai semie tji : _* .- - " vo 3 _;* y shod- ]?'' . It was vc-r / d . - , ? k at ths » ::: _i-.-. " ¦ : _;> rcstered , _aflc-r a time , to _rciisib'Iityhy _zv . ! i \ - : . z cf water aver me . On lashing up 1 saw cng : _" _' . - ; _- "A _varriagi-s _hvai ; ed v . _prm each _elher , and S : "; ; ' ¦ '" " ou lire . I asked l ]\ _-z _pcivau who was ass : -,.-: r :. _e if _Ijs could tv ' il I 1 ! C ; U ] ylili ! 3 _« I _iif Vl ' ard '{ lie . . i " . - rUr _/ _in-icr , _wj wiii take yoa u > _theslatioa . _Tcm ? - .- ,: _« l \ t to il : _qni _;* _C _afor yauv : Vi _^; als . " j ? . - i "> _--- - _-:--bales the accideut ¦ to inmcrieet _s' _^ _nalir " at P _:-filud .
D .- * .:- . _5 iosn . « T _Nj _onr . —The _af- ? r , nnl 3 _cfthi _* c _;* :- - * - -: -ion having _bacu _exceedingly _itit-iiv-tct , ii ?;; :- ;; ' v . - ; -i ' . e : ? i :: at en Saturday _:,-id ;? . aliriiii u _f-nv _:- - _. . - t Jen o ' clock , a porter at tbe I > e : i \ r _.-d siniioi : ¦ -- _'<;' . < 2 _* _.. ii ; V ; iy w ; Vi in ths act of _l-csMviag a _Trac-l : - .. -:. ¦ 7 : _*<>;! i ) wuii :: 3 of r _«; k , for the purp- < e * -l _j r ! s ::. " :. _; v fov iho _e'X'w-tOil down i . "' . " .:. * ire- - ' ! 35 _iriz ' . r . y _o which i : e w .-i _? to nttnch : ? , ; _.:. nl lr _.-: I ; : ot \ i '' ,.: .- i : he ? line , wiiry a _sp-jcial -. ou ; - ? i :: ! : _> _: _l . _vlr ' .- -: _ii . _l he had r . o reason to c ; :.- ; --: ! < _» : _* : ; - «• v . vA ' ¦ -. . Vu ; a Gio : 3 _Ccstc _;\ :: 'm ! , _iK-twiih-t-juuLiu ' . _w 3 _« i :. - ¦ " : _roe _2-jd light : hadb _^<* ne _:-li ! ' * : ;! fi , f . « r a It-. - _-f ' : _ . <•!*„ ran Into thc _irae-k at t : _« .,- crl _" .: - ? . _' . r . n : r . "' r : . : l ih'j _d-jTrn _tmjji . vso _eauio bv _t _:-:.-l i '; e c _& i _^ . j .-i-.- } _w-m , that Lbs _irs- _.-.-k was f . ¦ ,- _«• _vi-. ' _c-s-tiy !>; _f'y-.--: ¦ - -j _t-r- > trains , and - /; :: ; _se ; _i the _v-: * 4 : a . s < if _i _^ _U _i- > ¦ : ; : ; ii _= oL anel the _ca _^ ia _^ es to he _ih _:-y _^;> ( iii "
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ton station wanted a truck which was at our station , to lo _* _td sheep in on Monday morning , I was getting it out about a quarter past ten atnighfc , and purposed taking it across the line to hook it to the down-train . An up-train came np while I had tlie truck on the line , and the train ran into it . Thc train , of rather the engine , was thrown off , and upon the other line . A down-train then came along , and struck against the engine which had been thrown against the raiis . The consequence was , the engine-driver of the uptrain was thrown oif _, both engines were considerably damaged , two of the up-train carriages were knocked to pieces , and the goods thrown out . There were no passengers , it being the luggage train . Two of the down-train carriages were much damaged . The truck at the time was not on the switch , but on the
main line . On looking about after the aeeident I saw the driver of thc up-train ( Ward ) lying on the line ; lie was not quite dead , hut groaning , and said , " Lord have mercy on me . " lie is now lying dead at the station . The bars of metal which were _ on one of his carriages had fallen on him , on his legs' and body . I helped to get the weights off him , but I felt poorly and confused at thc time , so that I hardly knew what had happened , lie was taken to the station , but soon died . I did not sec Miles till I saw him in the station . He complained of being in great pain , aliles was employed as a carpenter by some of the contractors . The up-train was a special goods train , and I knew nothing of its being expected . They had lights in front of thc engine . 1 did not see the lights ; it is my dutv to attend to the signals .
Joseph Ward received his injury at the lirst crash , and the other man when the down-train struck . I do not know how the latter met with his accident . I carried a red lamp at the time of moving the truck . I did not hear thc train . There are often trains coming up without our being told of them , except by signals placed behind the previous trains . When I knew of the train coming I expected it would stop before it came to me , as the lines were being repaired just above . Thc proper time fur the arrival of the down-train was ten minutes before I en . It was behind its time . We never remove any trucks till wc hear the trains coming . There were two
other signal lights besides mine . We had expected a short pas . -enger train about thc same time , _¦« Inch was to stop at our statioii . I have known trains run up without stopping when the signals were hoisted . When the goods train came up I took it to be thc short passenger train before mentioned . I don't remember that train eomimr . There wero red lights also to stop that train . The person holding one ot the red lights had been sent on tke line , past the bridge , towards Eckington ; the oilier was on the platform . Ward seemed to take no notice of thc signals , for he came up very fast to the truck . I then slipped my shoulder from thc truck , aud threw mvself on the bank . It was a clear night , and I
could see the lamps at Eckington station , which is more than a mile . The deceased ( Ward ) was standing up , gazing over thc top ofhis engine ; he was not asleep . Mr . J . E . _M'Connell , superintendent of the locomotive department , deposed—I reside at Bloomsgrove station . ( Witness here read the company ' s regulations for the engine-drivers . These regulations appear to have been framed wilh a due regard for the public safety mulct * any contingency _v . 'bich may happen on railways . ) A copy of these rules had been given by witness to Ward , who , as usual in all such eases , _liael consented faithfully to keep them .
( The foreman of the jury here commented on the danger of being enjoined to make up their time , when lost , so as to bc at each station at the precise period marked on the table . ) Mr . M'Connell accounted for tlie delay in ihe down-train in consequence of the repairs on the rails , and also its having to wait for a mail-train ; he then went on to say tliat if Ward liad obeyed tho rules laid down withregard to signals , the accident could net possibly have occurred . Ward had been employed by the company for the last two months , and had driven engines for several years . If engine-drivel's pass a signal without stopping , we
discharge them . Should thu driver accidentally leave his post , his Sreman is generally competent to take liis place . ( One of thejury observed , that since the trade at _J ) eflbrd had increat ' ed , there did not seem to be enough servants and attendants there ; but witness replied that assistance was always forwarded when necessary . ) A truck , when in good repair , may be easily moved i > y one man , while carrying liis lamp . When the last witness removed the truck , he did so to save time in affixing it to the down-train , which he saw coming . The mail-train which proceeded thc np-train had a red light behind , which denoted that a special train was to come .
Josiah Abbott , porter at Bromsgrove station , deposed—I knew Joseph Ward . On Saturday night I came from Gloucester with him e , n a special goods tr ain . Vi ' e followed the mail , at about nine o'clock . Wc were loaded with iron rails and deals ; two carriages were empty . There were twenty carriages altogether . Ward , thc driver , was sober . I was thc guard . 1 did not see plainly any signal when approaching Deffovd . I looked out and saw a light , but the steam from our engine dazzled it . When we came to the stone bridge wc passed the red light . 1 was too far oif to give the driver a signal withoutleaving my break . 1 had put on thc break when 1 thought 1 fivst saw tha light . It was dark , awl 1 could nut see for the steam . We then came in contact with something . I was not thrown oif , but got off . I lirst saw James Baird , the lircmau , conic out from thc trucks , i ! e was with our train . ( A certiiicate was here put in to the effect that- James Baird was unable io _bz removed from the Gloucester
Infirmary , he having received a _concussion of thc brain . Another eertilieaie v . _-. _-ts put in , stating that William Maato : ; , another sufferer , was lying iii at Pcrshovc , bat was get-ting better . ) I afterwards saw Ward lying and groaning , under a weight of bars . I heard him groan twice , and lie soon died . 1 afterwards saw another person , who was much scalded . Baird went back with the train to Gloucester . It appeared to mc to be a dark night , but I was between two high trucks , and had a _ih-Iit with me . Although I could not see thc signal on account of thc steam , the driver might . ( A conversation here ensued as to the urgent necessity of having some invention for communicating between tlio guard and driver , no such invention having hhhcrio been successful . ) "Wc were going very fast , but wc were half an hour behind the mail then . If Ward had seen tho _light even when at the stone bridge , ho might , I think , have prevented any serious accident . A red light may be Keen at a distance of four miles , as 1 liavc seen it at the Lickev .
William Guest deposed—I live at Cheltenham , and am a coHtrwefo : _' . The _rctcufi-d Miles died tin ' s _monuiig . 1 saw him yesterday in bid at tke C ' tcwu , in this village . I haw nothing of the accident . Dcee' . _TiCil was a carpenter iu the employ of myself and partner . liis wife and one of his pons are _cr . _-nic to iVteh his b : > : iy . ( The order for burial was acre _liai . _' . k'd lo the Witness . ) Mr . _Wi'liam Francis , surgeon , of _Pershere , was next sworn . —1 was called in at Deltoid station about eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , and found Miies
on a sola n ; a : i inner room , ile wns scalded extensively in various parts cf the body , lie w _= ; s removed to thc Crown , where I attended hi : n , in conjunction with Jlr-. Davis and _J .-Ir . _Kivcn . lie died _ihis morning . The cause oi ' death was the scalding . 1 al > : o saw Ward when 1 vent lo ti : e station , lie was dead . I have cxauiincd his body , _assisted by Mr . -M-nsii , of Upton . There were fractures or " crushings" of tlie s _* , * ine : _« _-, d pelvis snfricient- to account for death . ( Witi ; c ? s also < _Jescrifcc- ' ' other horrible ' . rounds . )
ilr . Jami _*; - _Doiie , superintendent at BeiioKl station , was lie :: ' _caiie-il . His _evidence elicited v . o new fact in the testimony- he cwroboratcd the statemcui as to the sends special ir . iin !> e : m : unexpected , a : i : l ; : l .= o _preve-I that t ' _tm - ? : _gua _' . ? , nt Dt-jford were rr . _K-S _cc-nspicuoiw at j ho riiue of its approach . Vv ' _-nic-s !¦';¦ . < . known instances cf \ he signals hoi as iiKi' _^ _'i'ded , bat he always reported _s . ueh instances , and the pari ;" -: wore _discharged .
E-. Swsrd Shaw , the man who ho !« . l the signal light at : ; :-. - ! _bridge , said he was ordered to get a ] .: inp _smdston all trains eemmg up aires- ic-n o ' clock , on account ut' i he repairs _goinrr on . lie did so , end was stauo'ied-era * the bridge . i « -. v ; _n'ds _Etkingto'i . The goods trair , came * . ;•> ata : " . out Ivrcutv minutes or halt ' :-n hour _aitci' the in-: ' : ! train . Witness was most _y-osvt ' we thatv .-o showen his _Varhl when he first saw _iJ coining . . Did net know lh < f _eh-ivcr , as the e-- : ; -n-e
went by very last , without taking notice of the signal . Witness waved his lighi , " _b-jbhed" * it ¦ _ioi-ward , and shouted _ciosn io the c : i _* _jL " . e , bat all to no purpose . Witness n . _' _-ao saw _Mi-rr-hv ' s _sisjnai-]¦ : - ; _•; and ih-it ou ihe > . _! : _** form . Th :: ' _-irivcv toulil not hs _' e helped _seeing ivhr _. _tss _' s light ii' he _hr _. is _ikvu io- - ; - . ;; :: ; cut . . ? . -, •! ' «• Crav . - iV . rd , of G ! _o-icc « tsr , _locr-metivo f = _rs * eiar . n . i ! ay . o-. _* - ' i tha : nn -ho night in _question he had _aiijich _?!! ; o lhe * .:-::: ! _ti-r . I-i tbr iJ ; riningi ' . a :: j the c : ; rr : i _saiv . u behind , which a ! v ; _:-va _deaotes a special irain
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, , seven jniics yy . Wija-Iicsicr , on the I *;? 'ii ; gt ; c ' _-: _eve-ail , and "within two miles of the mansion of iii : Thomas _iiiring , Bart ., ? _huafe at _Sti'attun Park . I ; _nppcarethatH : e f : ; _-e originated _Ji-om tha lallm _* : ci _b-parksfrom ' . ' ..- _imocfan oven belong : agio _tiict _^ _ke-]; _oi : _> c _t-f Mr . _Growls , _iv . kcr _nvA _ge ; :: _c-:-ai _tti . ,-: _Ic-r , _wbc at the _liiiVJ was iv . _Uiiiv * uv . - v ; oi : il _erribers . _i'hecs fei ! upon the ih _.-ite ! : of au a ' _joir . _' ng _cart-hcj _?' . _' . . _i-iiir . _*!; I * _iyin . ii : * y i _^ _iiitcd , _:-i : d ihe lire eo ; _-, nr . ur . i «" it : _i-g i _^ clt to \ _l-. e was _Uv . _« _« _cc >* . - . tuv .-3 _\* . s t . iv . _\ tcw , _"IViO vh _« . _* *' . e _v- _"as _spcciily in a h ] v .:: e . At _Diis _mcnu'iit the _i-o ; : s ! en _; alicu »; ' the villagers was very great , who had bn ; _-e . Iy i ! aicJn .-cv-. 37 dir ! _- * _t- _- .: _u-c- ? ioc . ' : _" - .-r : pc . A £ _agcdc-ri ;; i < . h ' v _.-rsa r-o-t- j _u _' hv _.- —aSons ' y prcsfrv-u by the ciitor _' _-vh-- ' vf a kind _Jii-ishbour- _Vii-r _soc-i r . i ' icr _ikn t , 'i : ; b ; _-: r ;;; iho lion . i ' raaeLs _iiaring _iTjiaired to the _seeae , _havifig
given _ordere that the engines belonging to the mansion should be promptly despatched- to the spot , with twenty-two men _^ to work tkcm . " Meanwhile the flames extended from house to house with great rapidity , and one of the inmates ( Groom ) with his wife and family with very great difficulty escaped . An attempt was made to save a portion of the property , but this was found to be impossible , from the falling of the rafters of tho house , whicli was full of timber :. / It was a considerable time before the engines could be got into full piny , in consequence of the bad supply of water , and the nearest pond being at a considerable distance from the spot . A police-constable of the Hampshire constabulary was immediately despatched to "Winchester , and Captain Harris , the chief constable , and Mr . Tart , the superintendent , shortly afterwards went with three constables to render any requisite assistance . "When they arrived , the whole of tbe long line of roofing of the six cottages had fallen in ,, nnd the lower part of the
buildings as well as the outhouses were in flames . Several of tho inmates , who were out , gleaning in the fields , bail by ibis time become acquainted with tlie loss of their little ail , and the police acted most admirably in preventing the poor creatures from perilling themselves by attempting to save anything . Thc fire continued to burn until every particle of furniture and stock was destroyed , the houses gutted , and several valuable pigs , poultry , and domestic animals sacrificed . The loss will be most severely felt , as the occupiers are none of them insured . The owner of the houses , Sir Thomas Baring , is insured in one of the county offices . On Monday morning an attempt was made io explore the ruins , and a quantitv of money in different kinds of coin was found , as well as the remains of two watches in a fused state . This was all that was saved of any value . We hear that a subscription , liberally headed and strenuously promoted , is being got up _throughout the neighbourhood , for tlie benefit of the sufferers .
Extexsive Warehouse _RonBEnv , —On Saturday morning last an extensive robbery was discovered to have been committed on the previous night in the premises of Messrs . Henry Whitiker and Sons , spinners and manufacturers of Hurst , nearAshton-under-L ' me , anil who occupy a warehouse in Pool , in this town . The rubbery was committed between nine o ' clock on Friday night and eight o ' clock on Saturday morning , and , it would appear , by some parties who are acquainted with Messrs Whitiker ' s business . The last Friday iu the month is tho day upon which the firm collect their accounts , and this was the day selected by the thieves . The warehouse was lockcd _' up and left secure at nine o ' clock on Friday night , and in thc iron safe , which was also locked , was deposited £ 4 , 778 los . Od . in cash and cheques ,
hut fortunately only £ _57 G Ss . Gd , was in notes and gold . About eleven o ' clock a gentleman , who occupies an adjoining warehouse , observed two or three persons _JurJcing- about the place , and , not being quite satisfied with their appearance , he addressed one of them and said , "My good man , what do want here ?" To which the fellow replied , " What the h—l ' s that to you ? " He took no further notice of them . It appears that thc thieves entered thc warehouse hy means of false keys , and also opened tlie safe and drawers by the samo means , and having plundered them of cash , locked them up again , aud departed . None ofthe locks having been in the slightest degree
injured , the men opened ti c doors in the usual waynext morning and commenced work , and it was not till the cashier went to the safe that the robbery was discovered . Information was immediately given to thc police , but no clue to the robbers has yet been obtained . On Saturday night , between eight and ten o ' clock , the whole of the cheques , amounting to £ 4 , 202 7 s . 3 d ., were put into the post-office at one oi the receiving-houses wiUiout envelopes or other covers , and arc of course now in . tho hands of the police . There appears to be a gang of expert burglars about thc town , for during the last eight months several similar robberies have been committed , and in all probability by the same parties .
_Exxexsive Robberies . —On Tuesday information of the following extensive robberies was received by tlie metropolitan police . '—From the residence of Mrs . Anne Morris , in the town of Nottingham , a black leather travelling trunk , with " A . Morris " engraved thereon , containing a dozen silver dessert knives and forks , six table forks , six table spoons , six teaspoons , two salt spoons , a mustard spoon , a caddy spoon , a pair of sugar tongs , a receipt on Mooro and Robinson ' s bank for £ 170 , Bank of England and Liverpool notes i ' or £ 155 , including a £ 50 _^ £ 80 , and £ 5 , cut in halves , and the remainder in £ 10 and £ 5 notes ; a yellow silk bag , containing upwards of 100 sovereigns ; a black morocco writing case , containing two gold bracelets , set with cameos ; several valuable securities in the Dutch , German , and French languages , besides various articles of wearing apparel and silk dresses unmade . Also a rosewood dressing-case , inlaid with pearl , containing two gold watches , one German and the other French ; a pair of silver Indian ear-drops , two diamond rings , one
with it largo diamond m the centre , surrounded with eight small ones , various other rings and brooches , a small gold locket , a gold bracelet , set with turquoise and other stor . es , various continental coins , itc . Also from thc pocket of a gentleman , between thc District Bank and the Custom House , Liverpool , by way of Soulheastle-street , a wash leather bag , _containingtlie following Bank of England notes : — £ 100 , Manchester-,-1 ith Februarv , 1 S 45 , No . 16 , 558 ; £ 50 , Leeds , 22 ud July , ISU , 22 , 873 ; £ -50 , Liverpool , 28 th May , 1844 , 2 _I-5 / J 21 ; four £ 10 . Manchester , loth February , _IS-i-i-, I \ os . _ui-, 420 , SS , 15 f , 33 , 0 Su , and 12 , 040 ; and £ -5 . London , 13 th March , 1 S 44 , 70 _. 1 S 3 ; also about £ 27 in gold .
Ai . _u'Gim . _cxtj : xsive _Swixduxo . —Sometime since a person who represented himself as Dr . Allen , late of thc Enniskillen Dragoons , appeared in Argyllshire , where he is accused cf having obtained goods anel money iu a false and fraudulent manner , from various respectable individuals , to the amount of £ 200 sterling . Information having been received by the authorities at Inverary , that he was residing in Kilrea ; county of Londonderry . Ireland , under his real ' name of James _Paters-on , following the occupation of a _bakcv in taid village , where he is said to possess property to some amount , Mr . M'Kny , superintendent of the Argyll county police , at the request of the sheriff-substitute , immediately proceeded to Belfast , per Thetis steamer , upon Monday last , and from thence thc following day to Kilrea . Alter arriving there late on Tuesday night , next morning being tho weekly fair , Mr . _M'lvav , _hapnenrolooKontoi
_ing Jus window previous to communicating with the authorities , saw a pcreon arrive at the "mar _' ns _' .. str . mVsv . _-ith a bread cart , whom he immediately _recognised _es tlie identical person he was in pursuit of . He communicated with the constabulary , who rendered him every assistance ; and , after socuriti _*! the prisoGfr , marched liim off to thc _barracks , followed by _upwnrds of _HQilO of tlie populace . Afterwards Mr . _M'lvay , proceeded to search the prisoner ' s bouse and premises , and found a considerable quantity of tho _prnpe-rf-v understood to bc carried away by him from Argyllshire . That same night ho proceeded with the prisoner from Kilrea to Belfast , and from _tho'iee per same steamci * Thetis , next day for _Grccnoclr , en route for Inverary . - Mr . _M'Kivy states ho received every facility from Captain _M'Kellci . * in bringing the prisoner across . The said person is _supposed to have committed a variety of similar oifcnc ' _v-s under the name of Richardson , " in
Stirlingshire , ami probao ; y otner counties in Scotland , under assumed names , ns it is well known in Kilrea tnat he _occaaiamilly absented himself fov a time from there , and returned afterwards in _possession of coeds and money to a considerable extent . —Glasgow Dendd cf Monday . The Late _Oollieiit Exrj . _oniox at _AEuniV . If ]; , — A correspondent , _wrSung from _If ' _aiiia , gives the i ' allowi ' . _i'f _iih-sii _* . ' ! tio ! i of the recklessness ofthe colliers — - " A Si- ) i'tRi » htago a person wilh whom Icon versed , and who Imd inspected the nunc , then reported it to Iiq iu an excellent state of ventilation * , better , frcm
the ac : omit e : vie coiners , inan it Had been for some i inn * past . A portion of the explosive matter which had _ac-eunitilnted in a dome as the top cf the level , and which had been formed by a f ' ali from the roof , wns recklessly _icniiud at tiic time by some of the colliers , with a viewof shcutingtho effect to a stranger ; tbe whole party were thrown violently to the ground , but no other _... _unngc war , then done . To accomplish this mad experiment , two pickaxes were tied _tosretlior _, saving n amide attached to thc top of the uppermost , w _.-ien were held up by a man standing on anether roans _shouidf-r _fo ivaca the gns . It is to bc honed tnat a similar _ircak has _«<>! , been the cause of the late ea t astrep he . "— C ' a nnarihen paper _.
_JlvrnAO-imxiar Ons . ' . T . v _.-. rm . vs coxxf . cted with thi ; i . A 7 ;* LhsAs . Tr . m-s \ Vnmi . v . i . \ n at Rouj ; . v . —M . _Ara-o has c--mmv . np . ted to the Paris Academv cf Science the _enervations of some of -is correspondents upon i . ! ie extraordinary _mrfecv vvliich caused such dire _eifocts at _Kouen . i : ic _lasastrous visitation commeac-wi m the valley < A ila ! fl v . nty and thc valley ol _Aianv :: lc , _aoor . t nafi-pasf , twelve o ' clock in the dav , _i . _* y tiie rapid _snocic oi winds nnd cionds striking In _or-por-ire directions , preceded by gusts 0 f rill extraordinary hot wind cqur . lly remarked at Paris , and so Inn-ins that tho ni ' ; sli'c- _-s of au inn , allhou'di standing _i _. e _^ bre a kuehen fire , felt it , as well ns mauv otucr pel-sons , on ail of whom it prcdnced a most _oppressive ciiVet . _Simiin ? electrical nhononiena soon _lollcwcd . It was _remarked that the whirlwind nrcivniea i : ; c- _sbnpe of nu inverted cone , of wiu ' eh the point looked red . It did m , tproceed in a ri ght line , hut zig-zag , _aiidpartieiilnrlymthcriii-cetion where
;; cro were mas / es o ? iron or steel , . such as factories , icvivi _;* . ;; _iintoiiciicd the intermediate . spaces . "What is mere _cxiraurdinary , it cniy struck parts of the _p :: i :: c hcr . se , those parts having quantifies of _ironwi-rk , _ieai-i-i-g mi _' _.-uchcu lhe perls which had little or r _. r . ne . frees ol a c' _-ntin-y wore in some p ' _aees _iwlsicd , in other .- ; torn up , and in other places broken ' _ihifc the most _wmnrsabic feature of the whole was _tnw , that- a quantity ot _uibsiancea _, some of great wei » i _' f , Mien as i : hu : ks oi wood , five feet in _lc-iialh , _ww _ruc-iii-u up into the a : r , and carried to a distance id liinc _lea-iiios alter a . _k-urnsy of seven hoii's . _AViiilc _tl'e k-. _' _. _- _iptf-x v . T . s al its height , fhe " barometer _IcHlTtaiiliiiK'trc . _' _:, ; _if : ic £ _pvovoti by Professori _' reisser . This _pliiiosoplic : ' docs not uonul \ lititthe p ' i : cnomeiioii
was essentially electric . During . tho passage of th ' e _whirlwlnil , '' from _i-wliiehflashes of lighthiiigplayeu , some persohs ' smelled a ' _siilpluireous odour , arid heard a rolling noise—workmen felt themselves moved to and fro , while-flames'flashed before their eyes . Bits of burned cotton and other materials were found , although there had been no conflagration . Several cooking spits were magnetised . Of the killed , some <\ owed no mark of external injury ; many showed rapid signs of" decomposition ; and altogether there can be no doubt that the cause was of an electric
nature . The Bask RomiEnv . —The large robbery of banknotes committed at the bank of Messrs . Rogers , Tow-good , and Co ., in the city , must be fresh in the recollection of our readers . It was enveloped in a _mvstei'y which even the sharp eyes of the Forresters could not pierce , and their inquiries were , we believe , abandoned in despair . A circui _/ istance has , however , iust come to our knowledge yrhich may throw _some'iight on this robbery , if not lead to the discovery of the perpetrators . Three of the no . _' es stolen on this occasion were paid to an hotel-keepci' at Naples , by persons staying at his hotel , in discharge' of their bills . The parties who passed thc notes to hum were of such rauk and station as to preclude the remotest
possibility of their complicity in the robbery , or ol their having received the notes iu question _otherwise than in exchange for cheques or for larger notes . This hotel keeper arrived hi London two or three days ago with the notes in his possession , and with the full determination of presenting them at the Bank of England for payment . He knows the parties from whom lie received them , so that a clue will thus be obtained by which the notes maybe traced from hand to hand until the first possessor after the robbery is reached . It may be mentioned that a list of thc stolen notes was communicated to this hotel keeper by the British Consul at Naples , but not until four days after the notes in question had been taken by him . —Observer .
Distressing Suicide . ? - —On Thursday morning last the quiet village of Puvy Bar was thrown into a stale of excitement by a rapovt that All's . Priestley , the wife of a brewer re : ding there , had been found suspended by a rope to the top of thc bed . The alarm was given aboil !) ueven o ' clock , and on somo of the neighbours _proceeding to the house they found the husband , Thomas Priestly , standing by thc body of his wife , which lay extended on tho floor of thc bedroom . The usual notice was given to the coroner , and in the afternoon of the samo day an inquest was about being held , when it became known that the
husband liad also terminated his existence by hanging himself . From the evidence of several "witnesses , it appeared that Priestley had been very melancholy of late , his demeanour even to his friends being cold and repulsive , lie complained of . palpitation of the heart , and was under the medical care of a surgeon in Birmingham . In the case of Mrs . Priestly , the jury returned a verdict that she was found dead , but how death had been produced there was no evidence to show . In the second instance the finding of the jury was , that "Deceased had destroyed himself while labouring under temporary insanity . "—Birmingham Journal .
The Lancaster and Carlisle' Railway . —On Wednesday last a serious and dreadful accident occurred on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway lino at the cuttingthroiigh a large hill upon Shap Fell , Westmoreland . The circumstances under which this accident happened are of an extremely horrible character _. It appears that a portion cf tlie rock had been charged with gunpowder for the purpose of tearing it up , when , from some cause or other , thc charge would not explode , and two of the workmen returned to it and commenced drilling tho stone to draw out the powder . In doing tin ' s they had unfortunately neglected to pour into the hole a sufficient quantity of water to keep the stone moist , and thc consequence was that the '' jumper" became heated by the
friction , and ignited the powder . One of thc poor _fellows was blown into tho air a height of thirty or forty feet and came clown upon a heap of stones , after which he rolled into a gully twelve feet deep , and the other by tlie force ofthe blast was driven to a considerable distance . The unfortunate men did not exhibit any signs of life until medical assistance had beeu obtained , when they partly revived on restorative means being resorted to . The workman who was thrown to such an awful height is lacerated in the lower part of theabdomen in a shocking manner , nnd the other is likewise dreadfully mutilated about the breast and abdomen . The injuries are of such a description that there is not the least possible chance of their recovery , and the sufferers are enduring the most excruciating pains . We have not been able to learn their names , but wo understand they are from distant counties . Since the commencement of this railway—a year ago—several hundred
labourers have been employed at this stupendous cut through Shap Fell , which was the principal obstacle on thc line , and at first considered almost insurmountable from the hard iiinfc rock of which it is composed , but from the skill anel able management of the contractors the work has progressed with astonishing rapidity , aud there is every prospect of its being completed within the given period—next August . On thc same day another labourer upon this line , called William Magce , was killed close to Shap , within four miles ofthe other accident , by the railing of a largo crane upon him . The back part of his head was much fractured , his right cheek bruised , aud his right leg broken , besides being severely crushed on other parts of the right side . He died in a few hours after the accident . An inquest was held upon the body before Mi ' . Thompson , one of the coroners for the county , on the fallowing day , and thejury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death . "
A Woman Roasted Alive . — -The following horrible event is said to have occurred very recently in a parish of Hainault , Flanders : —A short time ago , a woman suffering from a rheumatic disorder consulted an itinerant quack doctor , who found tbe means to put an end to her sufferings with all the forms which the most atrocious barbarity could have imagined . Thc following is , wc believe , an exact repoit of his verbal prescription : —" The part affected must be covered with a mixture compounded of brandy and gunpowder in a state of ignition ; two persons must hold the woman till the perfect combustion and extinction of the mixture , and arc to pay no . attention to the cries uttered by her , for if a radical cure is to bo effected , it is necessary that thc action of the fire should take place on the whole surface in a state of disease . Fear nothing 1 All will so well ! Adieu !"
This Oidonnancc , made with that aiiectatjon ot gesture and language familiar to this class of mountebanks , was executed to thc letter , and even with a slight addition , for in order to compel their victim to bc silent , the barbarous assistants brutally disfigured the face ofthe unhappy woman in different places during the execution of the prescription . After this operation , which only lasted one hour , there remained but an inanimate corpse . Thc skin of thc thighs and abdomen was completely peeled off , and the flesh charred and blackened . The body was hastily buried , and endeavours made to stifle any report of _th'is act of inhuman cruelty getting into circulation ; but the Procurcur du itol having been informed ofthe affair , sent a surgeon , who , after the exhumation , and inspection of thc body , declared tho woman had been roasted to death . —Gazette Medicale Beige .
The Explosion at J arrow Colliery . — _Jatsrow _, iioxn . vY . —A public meeting was held this day , for the purpose of promoting a subscription on behalf ol the surviving relatives of tho unfortunate sufferers in the recent explosion . A subscription list was opened , and a committee appointed . Mr . Brown , thc owner of Jarrow colliery , put his name down i ' or £ 100 , and that of Mrs . Brown for £ _' 2 o . Thc subscription in tho whole , up to thc close of the meeting , was about KiiOd . John Adams , one of those taken out of tho Bensham seam , is since dead , making thc total r . uis ber hilled by the explosion forty . William Cranston , tho only ono found alive in thc Low Main scam , is slowly recovering , lie is perfectly sensible , hut has no recollection of what passed during tho thirty-six hours hv , was in tiic mino after thc e . _vplosiou took place . He was in tlio store-board at thc time , and
remembers tho explosion occurring , but soon afterwards lost his senses . The body of Uiehard Baird , which was supposed to have been under a horse and the debris from the roof , near the shaft , has been found-in a different part of thc mine ; it was in . i pool of water , ami very little burnt , showing that he had died from the effect of the oiicr-dainp . Since thc explosion , Air . Brown , the owner of thc colliery , has prohibited thc use of naked candles in any part of thc mine , their place being supplied hy Davy lamps . It would be well if other colliery owners in thc district would follow this example , for experience has shown that with the utmost care accidents wili attend thc use of the naked candle ; and , strange to say , such calamities generally occur at . pe ; iods when the mine is said to be in the best possible state of ventilation _, finch was the ease at Ilaswell _, more recently at _Coxloil'je , ami still Inter at darroiv .
Destructive him * at wow . —Shortly after one o ' clock on Monday morning , a dreadful fire broke out in one of the houses in Old Ford-Ianc , Bow , Middlesex , in the occupation of Mr . W . ilecle , a painter and _glasiicr . Tlio inhabitants were soon aroused , and a party ofthe K division of metropolitan police lost no timo in procuring the parish engine , whilst others were despatched to town for more assistance . By two o'clock engines of tiie A brisade stations , with that bclongingto thc West of England Company , arrived at tho scene of destruction ; ' but , notwithstanding the most prompt measures were resorted to by all present , nothing could prevent the entire destruction of Mr . Ilcole ' s property , and the damage _offour buildings adjoining .
_Ai-Akvixc Fire ix _Siiom-Di-rcu . —On Wcdncsduv afternoon , between four ami live o ' clock-, a destructive fire broke out at tlio wadding mamifaetorv of Mr . York , situate in Bateinati ' s _Buiiilin-s _lihoreditch , High-street . It _originated , it _is _' _supnoscii from tlie over-heating of tlio drying-stove , and was discovered burning fiercely in thc glazing and dryir , " lofts . The nniir . pt atteiukincii of Use !> r _;»; uic cm : ir . i's , however , ami an excellent _aunnlv of water tended much to check its i _' .-. Tapcs _, n : i ( f in " the space oi halt mi hour or so the flames were pai ' ely pot under .
• ' _Ciiaroe-of FobgeV . T-at MANcnESTEn ' . —A middleaged man , named WiUiahiJates , / was _oii'Tuesday charged ; at the Borough Court , with _^ having committed a forgery about two years ago . lhe prisoner it was stated was formerly a traveller for the hotise of Messrs . Walker and Co ., of tbistotK ) , but being out of employment about two years since he was allowed by Messrs . Batc 3 and Son , twist _awMvastc dealers , to sell for them occasionally on commission . He sold one parcel of goods , the price of which was £ 170 , and , without authority , applied for payment _. Ho received a bill at three days' sight for the
amount , and got it discounted at the bank of Messrs . Cunlilt ' es , Brooks , and Co ., by forging the endorsement of Messrs . Bates and Son . Since that period he had kept out of the way , and was not again heard of untii apprehended on Saturday last , by one of the countv police , at Bury , The bill was produced in court , " but there was no evidence to show that the indorsement was in the handwriting of the prisoner , nor could the clerk at the bank identify him as thc person who presented the hill and received the money , lie was remanded to Thursday , in order that further evidence might be procured .
Fatal Faij , _rao . w the _Wlndsou , East _Ixdiastai * . —On Wednesday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Queen ' s Head , High-street , Poplar , on the body of Aizah Hinc Nance , aged forty , a ship carpenter . . It appeared , that on Monday afternoon , deceased and others wero engaged in warping the Windsor , Indiaman , into Messrs . Greene ' s Dock , at B lackwall , when , by some aeeident , not clearly accounted for , he fell from the fore chains into the water , striking his head against one of the spur-shores of the vessel . A seaman , named Donovan , plunged in after him , but ten minutes elapsed before he recovered the body . Surgical attempts to restore animation did no _« succeed . Verdict—Accidental Death .
The iate Accident on board the Mookl toJIt Steameii . —Fixmsa of Deceased Boy ' s Fo t . —It will be recollected that a lad , named James Purccll , had his foot cut off by the . hcad-ropcof thc Moonlight , iron steam-boat , and died in consequence , in the Charing-cross Hospital . The accident occurred at the Hungcrford Pier , and the foot , with boot on , was severed from the leg and fell into the water . It did not sink , however , but was carried by thc tide as far as Blackwall stairs , off which it was picked up by a waterman , on Wednesday morning . The inquest in this case has terminated by a verdict of—Accidental Death ; with a deodand of £ 40 on the steamer .
THE DUNFERMLINE RIOTS . Accounts of these riots have appeared in several newspapers , which are exceedingly incorrect , and grossly exaggerated ; but instead of occupying our space with an exposure of these , we shall endeavour to give a correct version of thc whole case . In May , 18-14 , a table of prices was made out jointly by a committee ofthe manufacturers aud weavers , which both parties agreed to ; and all the manufacturers in town , with the exception of the Messrs . Alexander , aiid one or two other houses , signed the same . Since that time it was understood they were all paying their weavers the prices stated in the table . Lately , however , the Messrs . Alexander had offered work at lower prices , to weavers who were not in their employment . This excited suspicions that they were
not paying the table prices ; and on inquiry being made , satisfactory evidence was obtained that these suspicions were well founded . Under these circumstances it could not he expected that tho other manufacturers would continue to pay thc table prices , and therefore that a general reduction would soon have to be resorted to , although it is allowed on all hands that the wages of the weavers are too low already . In order , if possible , to avert a calamity so serious ; the weavers , in tlie different quarters of the town , held several district meetings between the 5 th and 12 th current , for the purpose of devising means of supporting those weavers who were working at reduced wages , until they could find work at the regular prices . But before these arrangements were completed , a number of thoughtless boys and young _iads
met at Baldridgeburn toll-bar , on the evening ol the 13 th current , and proceeded through thc suburbs and back streets of _. ' the town , beating a drum , by which a great number ofthe same description of persons were collected together , and by the time they reached Bothwellhaugh they might amount to about twelve hundred . At this place , Provost Ronaldson , Bailie Birrell , and J . Macdonald , Esq ., Procurator-Fiscal , proceeded , without the aid of a single police-officer , into the centre of the crowd , for the purpose of advising them to disperse and go home , and to warn them against committing any breach of the peace . At this time some person took the Provost ' s staff out of his hand , and when he attempted to recover it , he was supposed tobe endeavouring" to secure one of the rioters , when he was tripped , and fell . During the time tho
magistrates remained amongst the crowd , several stones were thrown at them , one of which struck the back of thc Provost ' s head , when his hat was off , and inflicted a severe wound . Messrs Birrell and Macdonald sustained little or no injury ; indeed it was evident that the rioters had no bad feeling towards the- Magistrates , for any disrespect shewn to them met with decided disapprobation . After they left them , the rioters , who had evidently diminished in number , proceeded along the Ncthertown , up Moodie-strcet , and on to Mr . Thomas Alexander ' s house , in Abbcy-Park-placc . In passing it , they broke a great many panes of glass iii the windows . They then proceeded to the warehouses ofthe Messrs-Alexander , in Canmoro-street , and smashed all the windows in the front . They then went up
Giiiklhailstrect , to the Cross . When they arrived there , "Balnmle" was sounded through the crowd , and about 300 or 400 set off for that place . All this was accomplished in about an hour , during which time the burgh constables were called out , and a considerable number of other persons made special constables -, but before anything like a sirincicnt force could bo brought together , all thc mischief wns done in tho town , and a large portion of the rioters off to Balmulc . They reached there about eleven o ' clock , and at once proceeded to smash all tho windows in tho house . When they had accomplished this , they forced open the front door , and commenced to destroy xho furliitui'o inside . At this time Mrs . Alexander eaivia _tloivn stair * : ' , in her bed-gown , with her children iu thc same condition , and begged that thc rioters would
spare their lives . She was told that neither her nor her childreu would be injured , and they were allowed to pass without farther molestation . Indeed , it is said _thatjsomc articles of clothing that were in the lobby were given to her , anel that ono of thc rioters escorted hot * nnd the children to tho porter's lodge During this time some of the rioters were searching thc house for Mr . Alexander , and others destroying everything tlicy could lay their hands upon . It would appear , however , that _ tlicy had not gone through all the house , as thc furniture in the upper fiat was not injured . It is supposed thoy wore prevented from destroying it by the near approach of the constabulary force , and thc master and servants of Craigduckie , who arrived before the rioters had time to carry tho work of destruction to the upper part of thc house . When they arrived , tho kitchen was
on fire ; and had it not been an arched apartment , ill all likelihood tho whole house would have been burned , down ; aud as My . Alexander had taken refuge on thc roof , had it been destroyed he must have fallen a sacrifice with it . He was , however , rescued from his perilous situation by thc timely arrival of the Sheriff with thc constabulary force . Next day , Mr . Alexander and his family left for Edinburgh . Thc expense of repairing the damages dono is not yet fully ascertained , but they arc not expected to exceed sixty pounds for the houses in the town and at _Ba' - mulc . A FC . _'irching investigation has' bee ;* _raivii'd on since by the legal authorities . A p _. reat iu ; iu .: _ci- e . persons have been examined , and tlio result is tiie committiil of four persons to st ;> i ;< l their trial fov rioting _, fire-raising , etc ., vij :.=-Jolm Coutls , William Smith , John _Gibson , and Henry Moir—the two first aro married men . —Dunfermline Journal .
Di ' s _. _'i'iiATi * SuiciD' 5 ov a \ ouxG Gextlemax . —On Thursday afternoon along inquiry was opened before Mr . Ir . I . Milk , deputy coroner for Middlesex , and a jury , at the Marquis of Hastings , _Ossulston-strect , Somcrs Town , < _. n the body of a gentleman at present unknown , who committed self-destruction under the very singular and unaccountable circumstances subjoined . Harriett _Msvyue- said that she lodged at 2 G , AldciiliRiii-strcet , which house was kept by a f ' emaic named Bryan . Shortly after twelve o ' clock on the night of Tuesday last , she met deceased , whom she had never seen before , at a concert at thc Garrick ' s Head , in Bow-street , where she partook of a part of pint of sherry with him and a tall young gentleman , his friend . The deceased told hcr ' hc had pveviuuslv been to Evans ' s Grand Hotel , and had partaken oi
two bottles of wmc and some rum punch . Shortly before three o ' clock on Wcduesday morning Uie deceased bid his friend good-bye , " left the Garrick's Head , aud accompanied witness iu a cab to her residence . " At two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon she invited him to partake of breakfast , but he refused , and said ho would rat lier have a glass of ' wine . lie gave witness half-a-crown to send i ' or a pint of _shciry , and on her calling Margaret Brvan , tho landlady ' s daughter , to go for it , deceased added . "Stay , I will send for something else that will do mc good . " Deceased then asked for a pen and ink , and wrote a prescription in Latin , telling her to send it to sonic chemist , giving her 2 s . to procure it . Margaret Bryan went to the shop of Mr . Wakefield , _aiuj her return with the vriuc
on said tliat Mr . Wakefield said he had not got any , and that it was poison . _WitriK's-tuld deceased , who said , ** Nonsense , it is no such thing ; it is only to enliven up low spirits ; send to another doctor . " Margaret Bryan then went to the shop of Mr . Rcntmore , " in Clarendon-square and brought back a phial about three-parts full of ' s _' . uii ' _smelting-Uke almonds . Deceased was then _iviiii'" oil the . sofa in the parlour , and appeared very o ' _hoe-ftil Witness left him to get lier ' breakfast , _leavitv " the phial and Iho wine on tho tabic . She returned in about five minutes , and . cn entering the room a _* kcd thc deceased how he was . He replied he felt belter , qut 1 ms stomsca began to pain him . At that mo-H _' . ont he _iui'irilover on _thescfaand _appeared fa ' _miine _" , ami made a gurgling noise in thc throat . She willed for water , nnd sen I i ' or a doctor . Mr . Wakefield came and said he was dead , " and hail taken poison , By the
Coroner .-I liad nevov _^ _^ nsc _^ fo _^ . _^ not the slightest idea ; that he had sent for jpiso , and I intended to have taken a portion _« _£ » _M * Jie sent for had he left any , as lie said it was _follow spirits . I should say lie was not more w _» an _twrat _> years of age . When alive he appeared of rathei sallow complexion , and had dark brown hair , _tiis dress consists of a black frock coat , black satin waistcoat , lavender-coloured striped trousers _^ witli straps , thc whole quite new ; a blue striped Mile neckerchief , white stockings , yellow kid glows , and short boots ; anew hat , maker ' s name " lownsend , Cheapside and Regent-street . " He had with him a small yellow stick with the handle much , bitten , anct his linen was marked " G . Oldficld , junior . " On his person were found two handkerchiefs , one white muslin , with the name " G . Oldfield" on it , the other siJIc ; a cigar ease , a green nurse studded with steel beads and tassels , _wifh two
shillings in it ; and on his finger a gold ring wim a green stone . Deceased did not give witnesss any other money than for tho wine and the- stmr . Margaret Bryan proved hay ing gone witn _tno prescription first to the shop ot Mr . _Wakelield and then to that of Mr . Bentmorc , where she procured the stuff for deceased , and paid Is . Od . for it , and that she was served by a young man , Mr . ltentmore ' s brother . Thc witness having identified the prescription , the Deputy-Coroner said it was in Latin , and was "half an ounce . hydrocyanic acid , " and at the bottom was written ' 1 * or flavouring soups , " and it was signed " _'G . O . " Mr . Wakefield proved that when he was called to see deceased he was ouitc dead . The Deputy-Coroner animadof
verted on anv chemist selling so large a quantity poison to a stranger , and called upon Mr . llcntmorc for an explanation . Mr . Rentmore , jun ., who served it said he understood that the girl who fetched tho poison came from the pastry-cook ' s m Seymourstreet , and knowing oil of almonds was used in the trade , he served it . The Deputy-Coroner said the circumstances of the case were so strange , although there was no reason to believe that the witness Mayne had connived at the deceased poisoning himself , that he felt it necessary to atljourn the inquiry iorf urther evidence , and to have'the body opened . The inquiry was ultimately adjourned to Monday next , and after the post mortem examination the body will be removed to St . Pancras workhouse for identity .
Suitosed Case of Manslaughter at Leeds .- — An inquest was held at the Court Ilouse , on Monday afternoon , before John Blackburn , Esq ., to inquire into circumstances connected with the death ot a man , named James Dunn White , a flax dresser , aged , 48 , who resided in the Fleece Inn lard , Meadow Lane , and whose life is supposed to have been terminated from the effects of a severe blow which he received on the 18 th ult ., at the Spread Eagle publichouse , Meadow Lane . Sarah ilinder deposeel—I lryo at the Spread Eagle , and knew the deceased . On the night of the 18 th August between ten and eleven o'clock , he came to our house in an intoxicated state . A man named Wormald was there having words with his wife : the deceased interfered , when Wormald
struck him a very violent blow , which knocked him down with his head against the seat of the longsottle . When deceased got up he was five minutes before he could speak . After some time he camo round , and was able to walk home . Margaret White , the wife of the deceased , deposed—1 was in tho house on the 18 th August , when my husband came In ; it was about half-past ten ; he appeared to bc sober . In a short time he went out again and remained till about half-past eleven . When he came in the second time , he complained of dreadful pains in his head , but did not state until thc next morning that he had been at the Spread Eagle . He died on the 30 th of August . Mr . Lowe , surgeon , of Leeds , wlio had attended the deceased and subsequently
made a post mortem examination of the body , deposed that the immediate cause of death was an extravasation of blood and serum on the brain , which he said was probably produced by violence ; but it might have been caused by other means . Mr . Blackburn remarked upon the evidence , and expressed an opinion that the evidence was not such as to warrant a verdict of _manslaughter . From the evidence of Mr . Lowe , there w _' as a doubt expressed as to the means by which the extravasation of blood had been produced , of which the accused party was entitled to have the benefit . Thc jury concurred _, and returned a verdict " that the deceased died from extravasation of blood upon the brain , but whether produced from violence or other causes , thero
is no evidence to show . The late Dreadful Affair at Stoxdox Massev , Essex . —Death of the _Muroerek . — On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held at the Springliclu gaol , Chelmsford , on the body of William Blackburn , who attempted self-destruction by cutting his throat immediately after murdering his wife at the village of Stondon Alassey _, in that county , in June last , and against whom a verdict of wilful murder was returned by the coroner ' s jury . It Avill bo romomb & i'od that tlie unfortunate man and his deceased wife lived as servants in the house of Mr . Trench , of Stondon Hall , and on thc afternoon ofthe above-mentioned day she was found in her bed-room , lying on the bed , dead , with lier throat cut . Tlio husband was nowhere to
bo tound , and later in the day was met with near a neighbouring wood , having also inilicted a frightful wound in his own throat . A razor was discovered in his pocket , and he acknowledged committing the injuries . Owing to his dangerous condition , arising from the wound and the state of his mind , he was unable to take his trial for tlie murder at the hito assizes . He expired on Friday last . Thc jury returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from the effects ef a wound in his throat , inflicted by himself whilst in a state of temporary insanity . "
_HonninLK Outrage at the Cavalry Depot at Maidsioxe . —On Monday night last , between tiic hours of twelve and one , a most cruel and mysterious outrage was perpetrated at thc Cavalry Depot in this town . _ At the time in question , the night being dark and rainy , a sentry , posted at the stables behind the riding-school , and , as is usual at that station , locked out of the barracks , was suddenly seized , on turning a corner on his beat , by four or five men , gagged with a piece of sacking , and a clothes line taken from thc drying ground just by , and carried to a clothes post , lo which lie was tied in such a manner that he could neither speak , see , nor very well hear , being also threatened with instant death by means of his own sword if he attempted to stir . The poor fellow
_romaincei in this state , occasionally visited by liis assailants , till nearly one o ' clock , when it was his turn to be relieved , and when lie was found by the guard in . the most deplorable condition , so exhausted as to bc unable to speak-. Thc serjeant of the guard inspected the neighbourhood oi thc post-, but nothing could be seen to account for tlio atrocious attack on the man , until the morning , when it was found that a valuable grey pony , belonging to thc Countess of ltomncy , which " had been scut to ' thc depot to be broken iu , had been taken from one of thc stables on the sentinel ' s beat , taken into the barrack Held , and most cruell y ill-used , one of its kes being' broken above . the kuoo , and its nose completely knocked away , by a tremendous blow from smio blunt instrument . Thc poor animal ' s inslr . ntrcleiise from _^ sufferings by shooting it was inevitable . Hovr these injuries were inflicted cannot be exact I v
ascertained , though pools of clotted blooil we ' re discovered in thc _-mfliiciyc in front of thc stables , ami a _psrii-i ) of the wall of the mai _. etje Intel evidently been driven above an inch out of the perpendicular _, by a . violent blow or struggle . A most mv . sterioiis circumstance in thc affair is that tlie stable door had been unlocked and carefully locked up again , and the keys deposited in tlieir proper place iii the sentry , box , while , tho further to avoid _-rtispicimi , the usual challenge aud reply . " All ' s well , " which at certain intervals is passed from sentry to sentry , was duly given at the proper time , though with a . trifling variation from strict accuracy . A court of inquiry , we hear , has been held at ' the barracks , hilt the proceedings wore strictly private , and the result lias not yet transpired . * Wc heartily hope that the brutal perpetrators of lhe outrage may bo discovered and punished as tliev deserve .
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Liv' -. nrooL Co » x _AIaskkt , Moxm ' . v , _Sui'TKMiiKril . —The arrivals of wheat , oats , Hour , and _oatmci _* . front Ireland this week arc to a fair extent ; of forcipn produce they arc moderate , consisting of about 301-5 barrels of Canadian flour , l' 7 l > ore . of Indian corn , and ( 300 qrs . of Dutch beans . The wtather since last Tuesday lias been of tlie mcbt splendid character , uniformly fine anel warm each day , and considerable _progressjias been made in the cutting of wheat and _oaty , which form tho _princii-a ! "rain crops in this neighbourhood . Our grain market lias consequently been lmieh depressed , and where- business in wheat and flour has been eft ' ected , reduced prices were submitted to . At _l-Yidiiv's . market tiic decline wns 30 . per bi' _. s ' iel on wheat , and _iiiliy Is . per suck ou _ilour . So bonded transactions have occurred during tbe week . Oats and oatmeal have likewise given way in value , with a very limited sale . Tlio desk samples of old Irish oats have been sold at _S . s . 2 d . to 'is . "hi . per -iyfts , aud oatmeal 2 o $ . \ _h \ . to ViT-i . _pl-v ' . Mv 'M ft 1 ' good old , and 80 s . to ols . for new . JJarley , beans , peas , and Indian corn have maintained thcirpr :-vious value , with a moderate demand for the interior . LivKiiroo :. Cattle _Markv . t , _Mosn . vr , _SErxuMiiKR . —The _sunply of cattle at market to-day lias been ratlici _' SiiiiijIci' than ol late , and tho aiieiiiiar . ee ot customers not so numerous ; in consequence the prices may be quoted at { d . per ii > . lower _tlian ot . ate . Cattle imported into Liverpool from the 25 th ol August to tho 1 st- of September : —Cows , -y _^> ' _> calves , 77 : sheep , 10 , 28-5 ; Jamb- ? , -110 ; pigs , i _* _- ' _- -5 horses , It ) .
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