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      Jt U - ^ 5; The Northern Btae.

      JT - _^ THE NORTHERN BTAE .

      ^Oftnft* *$Ffimte3, & Inquests

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      Poisos Cass Ax Pobtetsos, Goweb.—In Onr ...

      _poisos Cass ax _Pobtetsos , Goweb . —In onr last _--nresion we gave a few particulars of the inquest _ISjlonthe body of George Gibbs , who lately died _nnder very sospicions circumstances , but on acconnt _¦^ tiehnporfan _** which the case now assumes , and jL serious character of the offence which lias _un-Ljjgtjonahly been committed by some individual , _aljLogb . as yet not craninated , we give more fnlly the « idenee adduced at the adjourned inquest held on jfonday last , after ttea _* _- _^^ _^ _etoinach and mtestmes by Mr . Herapaih , _anahtical _rjieBiistj Bristol . Elizabeth Gibhs , _daughter of the ¦ _jiswaedj _ww fit *** _-oamuied , and appeared conaaer _sHy affected in giving her evidence . The principal

      •• jets ehciied irona her referred to the had . terms oh _^ ch her _Irfe father and lirothcrhadfor some time _jred . She stated that they very _rreqaenfiy _qnaijdied , _althragn they had not done so daring the few davs preceding his death ; that this feeling was _carxieS to such an extent that they never took their _Bjeals _termer , her father , aster , and herself at one _fyrWe , _a-a h _* " _hrotiier at another , and at different joins . Onthemoniing ofthe dayonwhichherfether , 523 taken ill they breakfasted in this wav , her brother being in bed at the time . Her father ate for beakfastpart of a lobster and three oysters , which had been in the house since the previous evening . She was quite sure there was no poison , such as corrosive sublimate , in -fte house ( which is sometimes

      uad by farmets as a -wash for sheep ) and was also aire that neither her father , her sister , nor herself had been to the druggisf / s for some time previously George Perry , Esq ., surgeon , of Rejnoldstone _, re _^ _xiimmed , said : —On Monday last , the 26 th D ir * - ** * i made a post mortem examination of the M y Of Geo _* f £ e Gibbs , _-issn-ied by Mr . _Wiggleswrtn . I found symptoms of severe " anlamma vm < A \ tte stomadi and bowels , and a perforation ef the coat of the small intestines , at a short distance from the stomach . ( Mr . Perry here -very nunutely detailed the appearances observed , which are given below . ) We removed the stomach , the _neater part of the intestines , and the fluid contained in the abdominal cavity , for the nurnose of

      analysation ; placed them with their contents in separate bladders , the months of which we tied and sealed . I am persuaded that the iiiikmmation described was the cause of death , and believed that such _uu _^ ammarion had its origin in some poison adininistered to the deceased , and that it was not excited by the usual causes of inrlammation . Henry _Wigglesworth , Esq ., surgeon , of London , but at present residing in Swansea , was nest sworn . He said on Monday last , the 26 th of May , I made a , post mortem , examination of the "body cf George Gibbs , assisted by Mr . Perry . We examined the abdomen only . I have heard this day the appearances which were met with described by Mr . Perry , and I agree with them in every particular .

      They were ( briefly speaking ) those of tiie most vio lent inflammation ofthe stomach and bowels , with disorganisition of some parts of their texture . I am qmte «» avincedtiiat these appearances have bad their -jriginin some very severe and unusual cause , and believe that _thatcause was the action of some irritant poison . I say so because there is no other way of satisfactorUy _acco'onting for the destructive inflammation which existed . By direction of tiie coroner I placed the bladders ( three in number ) which contained the intestines and stomach of the deceased in a tin ease , the lid of whieh was soldered down in my presence , and this again enclosed in a deal hox . Thus secured , they were transmitted to Mr . Herapath , practical chemist , of Bristol for analysis . I have

      since had several conimanications with Mr . Herapath , and received a letter from him on June 1 , dated Bristol , May 31 , which I now produce . This letter contains Mr . Herapatii ' s opinion upon the case . Although the contents of this letter eould not be re ceived in evidence in consequence of the absence oi Mr . Herapath , we are enabled to give the substance of its contents . The writer stated that he had minutely and repeatedly examined the intestines and their contents forwarded to him , that he had found mercury incorporated with the texture of the stomach and in other parts , and believed that that mercury , when administered , was in the fonn of corrosive sublimate ( bichloride of mercury ) This being the whole of the evidence , the coroner hriefly addressed the jury , who , after consulting for a few minutes , returned the foUowing verdict : — " That the deceased , George Gibhs , died of a grievous disease , to wit , an inflammation of the

      stomach and intestines ; hut how , or by what cause produced , there is at present no evidence to show . " The foUowing particulars respecting this very suspicious case , though not given in evidence , may be relied upon . It appears that the cause of the unhappy feud -which _, existed between the father and son depended upon some pecuniary matters . Sometime ago the rather made over his property to his children , upon their coming ef age , they allowing him a certain annuity . The son has lately been anxious to sell off _partot the stock of the •" arm , which tiie father resisted , contending that his annuity could not then be paid . _Not . _^ frequently the son had threatened violence to his father , and not many days before his death tiie latter told a neighbour that his son had frequently threatened to kill him , and that upon one occasion he was obliged to hide himself under the bed to escape his-violence . ( It would have been well if this fact conld have been elicited at tiie coroner ' s

      inquest ; bnt a man ' s own words , when in health , cannot be taken as evidence touching the cause of his death . ) The son is well known to he a violent , overbearing character , and has repeatedly heen taken before the neighbouring magistrates . We trust the police will aft tins affair to tiie bottom , and not aUow a single trace of evidence to escape their notice , or pass by _nninqnired into . It would also he well if the chemists and druggists residing at Swansea and the neighbouring towns were to make inquiries of their assistants and apprentices , and endeavour to ascertain -whether such a drug as appears irom the evidence to have been _administered has been recently sold . — Cambrian .

      A Steamer Foktoered rs the River . —On Sun-¦ JaymiWHing , the Waterman steamer No . 3 , _which had just taken several passengers at the Westminster bridge floating pier , was -rounding from the landingplace , and had just arrived opposite the Duke of Bucclench ' s mansion , aboct 20 ( 1 yards distant , when she struck -violently upon a sunken barge laden with fifty tons of gravel , belonging to Mr . Mallett , a % htennan , in Lambeth , which had sunk during the night , and there being no buoy te mark the spot , the barge was concealed fhim-riew . The iron plates on the latboard side ofthe Wateiman were driven in by the - violence of the shock , and the water rushed into tiie fore cabin and soon _-Slled it : but the vessel being

      divided into compartments by water-tight bulkheads , it could not _penetrate farthe- _** , and thc vessel he Jt afloat , and after some _eifficulty brought up to ihe Waterman ' s Adelphi Pier , at the termination of George-street , Adelphi , where the passengers were landed , and they proceeded on their -voyage by the nextTessel , Waterman No . 1 . The Waterman No . 3 was brought up beJow the Adelp Li Pier , and the leak having been stopped when the < ide weeded , she was afterwards towed down to Woolwich for repairs . The accident was entirelv owing to tiie neglect ofthe _neople belongin _g to the bar $ e , who oughttohave placed a buoy over it fo denote the obstruction after it went down .

      Sxtbaobw 5 AR-j _Escue . —On Wednesday , soon after the conimencement of a sale by auction ot _maehinerv , & c „ in Dixon Mill , Teadon , bv Mr . Samuel _Lnrnkof Leeds , the second floor , on which the company were assembled , gave way , and up wards of fifty pcreons werc precipitated into tbe room below , along with a great quantity of heavy pieces of wood and other weighty property ; but , astonisliing to say , not a limb -was broken , or any one _otherwise seriously injured . There were _iipwards of a himdred persons in the room at the time the accident occurred , many nf whom saved themselves by clinging to' _t-uious , irts ofthe machinery fastened to the walls . The _-v- 'c was necessarily - f * str _* oned till Monday nextj xeds Mercury .

      Arran _* _-rj-- » Mn * r a _& - _^^^ named Gilbert , was recently taken to the post ofthe _Marche St . Martin , Paris , lor attempting to kill his en-plover , M . Dupnis , a _^ currier , rmdingm the _Pas-are Chapon . r He had entered his masters office _tolceeivc his-wages , and having made a claim which M . _Dnpnis refused to recognise , he commenced using most abusive language . M . Dupnis then rose to put him out of the office , when _ihemanseizedakmfe that was Iving near , and struck him m - Je nwfc The cravat fortunately _pw _^^^ _iS _^ S _^ a fttt effect , hut the wound is , notwit hstanding , a gwveone .

      Cojjjsiox os rax _NoRTH-r _^ _s-rEBs _RAawAT . - Ahout half-past two o ' clock on the morning , of ; _batuidayacomaUtooknlaceon _^ J _^ _gg _^ * _** , near the junction at Stratford , Esse _^ , which ¦ slthough of a serious nature , was fortunately unattended _^ _thanvloesoflife . _^ m _^^ J _^ _SZ aadeonthe snot that at that hour the up-luggagc Gain from _BrsnopB Stortiord , withtwo _«*• £ «¦» _< _£ _fc * ied , had arrived at Lea-bridge , about a mile from _s _* ratiord , when the leading engine was detachedi ( one _P-Shie being then only neeessary to carry the tram "ao London ) , and ran on to the Steatford station to St into the shed there . The dnverof the engine attached to the train wascautioned nottoproceed too fast _*«« - _™ _« . _„« r _,. r . th * first , amine to accomplisn to

      * purplse . Just as the W _^ _*«; _^ _taj « rtoth e siding , " to get upon the _ofter line -of ml , _^ perceived the train coming up , and before he _cooM 8 * off the main line the engine of the train came in _ftf & iim with his buffer-board . By the _conensjuon }* th the engines were forced off the raihvone falkng _bright and the other to ihe _^ _*<* _$ * _£ none of the carriages were forced off the _rau \ but _? e shock occasioned by the collision _™** ± e _^ * W to the passengers . The company ' s _airvants _* ere inanediatdy at hand to render every assistance , 5 _"Od it was found that , beyond receiving a few con-?* aoiis , none of them had sisstamed any matepa imt- M ? . They were sent on to London by a tram ftom _•^ Eastern Gountiesline .

      Poisos Cass Ax Pobtetsos, Goweb.—In Onr ...

      Sched _^ _iTS _itf _f _* _^ * _* _wened . _tVTulst the train of waggons was in motion Gordon _mcaubously attempte ? to get into one of ttem when his f (» t _sUpr _. 4 _Hefddonhvhb hands aslong as he could , but before he could recover _bmsek tiie-wheels went over his left foot , crushin " the great toe in a dreadful manner , besides inflicting a severe lacerated wound on the ankle . _Hewasimaediately placed ma carriage _^ coriveyed hv the * _" _?!^& r % > _P ital ' when _» f ' _' 0 , a " _**« _^ ous -nature of the injury itwas deemed necessary to amputate the toe , which was skilfully performed hy Mr Forster . —Globe .

      _Fiiro-mm Attempt at Somide . -A letter from Marybotough , dated June 8 , gives tho followimr melancholy account of an attempt at suicide bv Major Hamilton , ofthe 13 th Light Dragoons . The _galiantofccer , whois a remarkably fine looking man , amvedinDublmfrom Exeter , in command of the _hrad-flua-rtersof the regiment , on Tuesday last , and left the next morning eo route to Cahir , where the corpsisiobestaW _^ while en route , hadahaltday to-day at Maryborough Major W . D . Hamilton in command . The Malor stopped at Fallon ' s Hotel , and not having called for any attendance during the afternoon , suspicion was excited , _-aamft-re so aa his bed-room had been made _f-r _^ on the inside . About one o ' clock the mistress of thehotelheawafootfallm theroomasif of aperson stepping out of bed , but there was still no call . At two o ' clock Captain Thompson , one of the 13 th , _arriv « d in the Dublin coach on his way to join his

      troop at _iwrns-m-ossory ; wishing to see the Major , and have some communicatio * j *** itn him , he ran up to his apartment , kHOclrcd at the door two or three times , but received no answer . The mistress oi the hotel told 1 lum . ofher suspicions , and implored him to breaklntiie door ; hedid so , and there , tohisastonishment and _hoii-or , he beheld the Major weltering in a pool of blood ; he was in that state of languid stupor which generally ushers in the last moment of those who die by bleeding . It seems that when he get out of bed he did so for the purpose of possessing himself of one of hisrazors , which wasfound in thebed clotted with his blood . The _regiment al surgeon , who was in immediate attendance , succeeded in taking up the severed veins and arteries and stanching the wounds . Had the discovery been fifteen minutes later death would have been inevitable . "Op to the present hour ( _nineyclock ) hisreeoveryisdoubtfuL Mr . Hamilton , wh * has no family , is a native of Bath , and only obtained his majority a few months ago .

      The _iate Chabce or M * jjbdbr ajjd Attempted Scicmi : _bt Poison er HArros-GABDEjj . —On Tuesday forenoon the adjourned investigation-concerning the death of Hannah Moore , aged 18 , said to have died from the effects of poison administered to her by Daniel John Cock , now an inmate of Newgate on a charge of wilful murder , was resumed before Mr . T . Wakley , M . P ., and the jury , at the Cock and Hoop Cross-street , _Hatton-Garden . It willbe remembered that the man , John Cock , was committed on the 30 th ult ., by Mr . Greenwood , tiie police magistrate , to Newgate , on the charge of wilful murder of the deceased , he having agreed with her to take a certain quantity of oxalic acid with a view to their mutual

      destruction . The inquest was adjourned to enable tbe coroner to procure a writ of habeas corpus for the production of the accused before the jury , bnt which application to the Court of Queen ' s Bench , on Monday , was refused by Lord Denman and the other judges . After a discussion of upwards of an hour's duration , tiie jury returned the following verdict : — " That tiie deceased , Hannah Moore , died of mortal injuries upon her intestines and certain portions of her stomach from the action of a certain poison , taken b y the said Hannah Moore , with her own hands , during temporary insanity . '' Tliis result , it is needless to add , is directly in the teeth of Mr . Greenwood ' s cumrnittal ofthe accused to "Newgate on the charge of wilful murder .

      _MraAscnotT Accident . —Early on Wednesday morning three lads , belonging to Greenock , set out in a light sailing gig , and were observed for some time going up the river from the Bay of Quick , where they hail procured the boat . As the day advanced there was no appearance of their return , and fears began to be entertained that all had not gone well with them . The fact that the gig had been found ashere on the other side , split from stem to stern , and tiie recovery close hy her of one ofthe bodies in the early part of Thursday , show too plainly that the

      whole ofthe unhappy party had come to a premature end . Whether tiie boat swamped in consequence of the roughness of the water , it being atthe time too coarse tor a vessel of thc kind sailing with safety , or what the particular circumstances which led to the mournful event , no one can telL Two of the lads were clerks in banks in town ; Mr . Currie , of the Royal Bank ; the third , named Connor , -was an apprenticed cooper .. The body of the last-named was found a short way from the boat , but , up to the time of going to press , we had not heard of the recovery of the others . —Greenock Advertiser .

      _Seis-cre in a Tobacco _MunsPAcioBY mr the Excise . —A seizure of almost unequalled magnitude and extent has , within the last few days , been made bythe officers of excise on the premises of one ot the largest tobacco manufacturers at the east end ol London , and threatens serious consequences to the parties concerned if the suspicions turn out to be well founded . From information received several of tiie surveying examiners general of excise proceeded to the premises , and having examined every place in an upper apartment they were so completely satisfied with the object of their search , that they seized upon the whole of the contents of the room , which included an immense quantity , of tobacco , which they had reason to believe was greatly adulterated accordingly"they took samples of the whole stock , and

      dispatched a messenger to the chief office tor otneers to go immediately and take possession of the premises in the Queen ' s name . Two officers then took possession , who have been relieved in turn by others , and a strict charge of tiie premises is kept up both day and night . The samples seized are now undergoing the process of analysation at the excise laboratorv , and also at the Museum of Economic Geology Craig _' s-court , Charing-cross , by Professor R . Phillips , whose report will he made in the course of a few days . The affiiir has created the greatest interest throughout the trade , as the firm are in a very large way of business , and had hitherto beenconsi dered as very fair tradesmen . Should a conviction be obtained by the excise , the case will stand scarcely second in importance to that recently decided between the Crown and Messrs . Smith , the distillers .

      Fatal Railway Accidest .-A most melancholy aud fatal accident occurred on the line of the Birmingham and Bristol Railway , about two miles on the Bristol side ofthe Berkeley station , on Thursday List . The express train , which leaves Bristol for Birminghani at four o ' clock , was coming up the line with great rapidity , having obtained the maximum speed of about sixty miles an hour , when Mr . Slaughter ( who was driving the engine at the time ) saw a woman standing onthe bank , as if about to cross _tlu line ; he instantly reversed theengine , and let off the steam , and tho engine-driver , who was _stanriiug near him , blew thc alarm Whistle , but in an instant the train was upon and over the poor woman . As soon a 3 possible the train was brought back , when a most _sht-eking scene presented itself—the mangled remains ofthe woman lying along the rail in all directions for as much as forty yards from the spot where she was

      struck . Thc fragments of th _» body were picked up in a basket and sack , and removed to a cottage near the spot . The poor woman proved to be an old person ofthe name of Elizabeth Nott , a widow , aged 84 , living at Stinchcombe , and who had been to see some friends at Woodford , and at her return was crossing at a road ( not a public one ) at the time of the fatal occurrence . The wind was blowing a hurricMie at the time , and the engineer observed that she had both her hands up to her bonnet . An inquest was held the next day before Mr . W . J . Ellis , and after a most patient and protracted inquiry a verdict was returned of Accidental Death , with a deodand of one shilling on the engine . It is worthy of remark that the tram had gone 400 or 600 yards after passing the _» spot ol the accident before itcould be stopped , notwithstanding the engines had been reversed 200 yards before coming up to the place . — Glocester Journal .

      Fibe is the Watebloo-boa » . — Between seven and eight o ' clock on Wednesday morning , a fire , which was caused by a child playing with a burning brand , broke out in the apartments occupied by Mr . J . vy uliams . 133 , Waterloo-road , on thesecond floor , whence it extended so rapidly that before it was extinguished the nrincipalpart ofthecontents were either destroyed by fire or water , or _hyuredby _, removal . In tiie course nf a verv short time the engines from the Waterloo-«> ad sta _' tion of the London hire _Estabhshment , aud _tflwes _? of England Office ( both of _vrhich are stationed near the spot ) , were at the fire , and it is _SrfSSe _thatsnchwas the fact , as the flames _Engobteined firm hold , in a few mmntes would have undoubtedly done much more damage ; added to which only two doors distant stands the Royal ri _* S ? n _!!^" _fc _*^^ _yT * * onetune considerable fears were entertained .

      * Fatal Accidest at the Birmingham Th _^ _- OnMonday eveningayoung _^^ fJ _^ Ze Se man , 28 years of age , _*^^^ _JESb 53 nastemployedas a sc _« ne-shifteratthe _^ fheatrc Royal , & mgham , _wask » _M on the stage hythefa _^ ngof _tSeneroller . It appears that he was assisting , as Lai , in shifting and rolling the f _^ * _%£ _$ * play of Macbeth was being-performed , _™* f _ten . ™ Surd part was over , he , wjth _othersJj" * J _^ _JJj the scene on a large roller , - _» d J * _frtrLZT reached tiie top _^ miown anAftnek the _Mo-D ate man on the side of the head and iractxveed _Ils ckull He was immediately removed to the benerai Heap taL where he died in a few hours afterwards . Anlnquest washeld before J . B . Davis , Esq ., when the above was given in evidence , and the jury re _t-ar-aed a verdict of Accidental Death . __ —

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      Dreaotbi . _Explosionat Dorham—A catastrophe of rather -munusualnaturein that partof the country McurredatDurhamonthe afternoon of the 9 th inst ., ¦ ft _tSS _* ° I _? _^ _rtWetradesman , named Steele . _mKw _^^ _"Nation that can be obtained that Mr . Steele was from home , and that an apprentice , of about H years of age , was left in charge of the shop , in which and m theceUarsunderneath there wasas much as 1001 b . weight of gunpowder , which it is the custom of shopkeepers in this part of the country to keep in large quantities , in order to supply their customers employed in the mining districts . No accurate information can be obtained as to the immediate cause of the explosion ; hut itissupposed that thehov . havine

      occasion to go to a part ofthe shop which was rather dark , had lighted a candle for that purpose , and jncautiOBslj ; placed it near a package containing between 30 id . and 40 _lb . of powder , and that a spark having fallen upon the paper caused it to ignite . The effects ofthe explosion were felt in every part of the city , and in its more immediate neighbourhood , and the shop windows of the tradesmen within thirty or forty _y-u-ds _wereliterall-y ; shattered to atoms . The house in wliich the explosion tock place presented a singular appearance , the whole front and all the floors being blown into the street . The daughter of a Mr . Robson , who was in a room on the second floor , was precipitated , with the furniture it contained , into the street , and buried amongst the ruins , from

      which situation she was shortly afterwards released , but in such a condition that no hopes are entertained ofher recovery ; her collar-bone and several of her ribs being broken , besides being severely burnt . On searching the ruins , the hoywlioit is supposed had been the cause of the accident , was found on the steps leading to thc cellar in a most delorable condition , _thehwbeingiCcmpletelyhurntoffhishead , and his face and body dreadfully scorched . He was immediately taken to the infirmary , but his death is hourly expeeted . The wife and child of Mr . Steele were most miraculously preserved , having been buried in the ruins , hut they were taken ont without havine sustained serious iniurv . Several _nersons who

      were passing at the time were seriously cut and injured from the broken glass and other materials that were flying about the street in all directions . It being known that a much larger quantity of gunpowder than had exploded still remained on the premises , great excitement prevailed for fear of another explosion ; but this was fortunately prevented by the daring conduct of two or three persons , who , at the imminent danger of their lives , penetrated into the cellar and succeeded in getting the three barrels in which it was deposited into a place of safefo / . The amount ol damage done is considerable ; but it has not at present been ascertained . The premises were not insured .

      Poisoning Case at Carlisle . —John Graham , the Eerson who , on Monday last , was apprehended and > dged in Carlisle gaol , having been suspected of poisoning his aged father , Mr , John Graham , of Grinsdale , near Carlisle , on the loth ult ., is now also buspected of poisoning his own wife , who died very suddenly about six months ago . This report having been communicated to the coroner , Mr . W . Carrick , that gentleman granted his warrant , authorising the exhumation of Mrs . Graham . The disinterment took place on Sunday last , and , notwithstanding that Mrs . Graham had been so long buried ,

      decomposition had made but little progress . An inquest was being held on the body on Tuesday before the same coroner . From the evidence adduced , and the renorts of the medical gentlemen who made the post mortem examination , and also an analysation of tbe internal parte of the body , there can bo little or no doubt but that Mrs . Graham died from the effects of some mineral poison . Graham , we understand , since his confinement in Carlisle gaol , has manifested symptoms of great uneasiness , and when he was apprehended he was found walking on the banks of the Carlisle canal , and it ia strongly suspected that he intended to drown himself .

      _Smcins . —On Monday morning , about four o ' clock , William , the son of Mr . IHanson , ofthe Waterloo Inn , Dalton , near Huddersfield , was found suspended from a beam in an adjoining outhouse , and when found was quite dead . The deceased did not return home on the previous evening ( Sunday ) , hut came at about two o ' clock onthe following morning , when , instead of going into the house , he went and lay down in the outhouse , where he was found . No reason can at present he assigned for the commission of this rash act . An inquest washeld on Monday night , when a verdict was returned of '' Temporary insanity . "

      Extraordinary _Delusions . —On Tuesday a Commission of Lunacy was held before Mr . Francis Barlow , atthe Crown Inn , Hockerill , near Bishop ' s Stortiord , to inquire into the state of mind of Mr . John Tucker , aged 05 , a nurseryman and keeper of the Cherry Tree public-house , at Bishop ' s Stortiord . The inquiry , wc understand , was held atthe instigation of Mr . Tucker ' s own friends , and with a view to the mutual benefit of all parties concerned . After the examination ofa number of witnesses to prove various acts denoting unsoundness of mind , Mr . Tucker was brought into the room , and a number of extraordinary delusions wereelicited . The unfortunate

      man said he had got several men in his inside , who were complete masters over him , and that unless he did whatever they wished , his death would be the consequence . They also had got five machines , which they set to work at one time , so tbat he was afraid the violence of the motion would shatter him to pieces . They would not allow him to move without paying an enormous sura , and for walking to this inquiry they had charged him three thousand trillions for every step he took ! Tho jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict that Mr . Tucker had been of unsound mind , and incapable of managing his affairs , since February last .

      • FouNOERixa op a Vessel at Sea . —On Tuesday the barque Humber , of Goole , Hopkinson , arrived in the London Docks , from New Orleans . The mas ter reports that on Thursday afternoon last , during a heavy gale from about SSW , and when nearly sixty miles SW of Scilly _, he descried a brig to leeward , evidently deeply laden , and with colours of distress flying . Mr . Hopkinson immediately bore down in the direction of the vessel ; but before the Humber reached the spot , the vessel in distress had foundered . When Mr . Hopkinson reached the spot , two of the ill-fated brig ' s crew were seen clinging to several of her spars ; but such was the tremendous sea running that it was utterly impossible for a boat to live , and , consequently , Mr . Hopkinson was compelled to

      abandon his praiseworthy and laudable exertions to render assistance . The chief officer of the Humber saw _uin , t , uev of the crew floating on the surface of the water . At the time the strange vessel went down , a brig was seen distant from her about half a mile , hut owing to the heavy sea , no aid , it is supposed , could be afforded the unfortunate vessel and her illfated crew . Mr . Hopkinson believes her to have been a foreigner , and states that she was apparently about 200 tons register . — Shipping Gazette . _Peesecution ot Mk . David Ross by Dh . Coffin . —The friends of David Ross met on Sunday last , at Galloway ' s Temperance Hotel , for the purpose of organising a Defence Committee . Mr . John Shaw gave a report of the Huddersfield meeting , and concluded by moving the following resolution : — "Resolved , that this committee , ou behalf of the working rien of Leeds , return their best thanks to the

      _working-men of Huddersfield , for having afforded Mr . David Ross an opportunity of confronting and confounding his enemies ; and we trust that their example will be followed in every locality where the _reputationof Mr . _Rosshasbeen sought to be injured . " The central committee intend to call a public meeting in Leeds , in order to put the public in full possession of every particular respecting the law suit commenced against Mr . David Ross at the instance of Dr . Coffin . Mrue and well-tried friend of the people , and defender of their principles , is menaced with destruction by a man who has not the honesty or manliness to meet him before the public : but his cowardice will not serve him . Let the friends of Mr . Ross do their duty ; and before the public _hewill repay their confidence by exposing the impositions , error , and malpractices of Coffin quackery , William Lonsdale , secretary ( to whom all communications must be addressed ) , No . 41 , Mill-street , Leeds .

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      MANSION HOUSE . VfEDDESDAY . —THE "TABLES _TOBNED . " — Bdward Jf . Bump , a young man who had been clerk to a merchant , appeared against his mother , the widow of Mr . Durup , who was stated to haTe been many years ago secretary to the _R-ght Hon . George Canning . Mre . Durup was accused on the previous evening by her son of baling robbed linn of his -watch , a gold repeater of considerable value : but Inspector "M'Lean , after having _inQuiredinto the _eitemstances , refused to tahc such a charge , and advised tne parties to attend before the Lord Mayor , and su bmit tne case to "his Lordship ' s decision . Mrs ! Durup was accompanied by a respectable pawnbroker , in whose care she had _dejoBited a quantity of her property for security against domestic plunder . —The Lord Mayor ( to the complainant ) : "Well , sir , with what do you charge your mother?— Complainant : I don't charge her with anything ; but I am desirous thatshe should show cause why she detains a gold repeating watch which my father gave to me upon his death-bed . I was advised to bring the matter before your Lordship , and to take your decision . —ine Lord Mayor : Do you make any charge ?—Comp lainant : "No . mv Lord , that ib impossible , for the watch _has-neyer

      been stolen ; but it is detained by my mother , and 1 Wisn to know for what reason . —The Lord Mayor : "Whatprooi have you that she detains your property '—Comp lainant : I am satisfied from her own statement and the statement of Mr . Barker , the pawnbroker , that she detains it . — Mrs . Durup : The watch was his father ' s , my lord . He is our only son , and liis father left me all he was possessett of in the world . —The Lord Mayor : Has the father left a will 1—Mrs . Durup : Certainly he has , my lord ; and m it he has left me the whole ofhis property . The treatment I receive from my son i ? dreadful . —The Lord Mayor : Be so good as to change places with him . —Here the mother was sworn , and the son became the accused . _ Mrs . Dnrnp then reluctantly gate testimony as to the violent conduct of her son towards her , and his threats to do her some desperate injury . He had , she said , claimed the watch as his , and pawned it without her permission or knowledge , and he afterwards pushed her about ana threatened her with all sorts of ilLtreatment . —The Lortt Mayor : Do you swear that you consider yourself in danger in consequence ofhis threats . —Mrs . Durup : I understand what your lordship means by putting that question to me , but 1 expect to leave England in a few days , for the con-

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      tinent , where I expect to be protected by my relatives . I wish to get away in peace . —The Lord Mayor : I shall , for your sake , bind liim over to keep the peace towards vou . Ihe young man then solemnly assured his lordship that he would not beat or otherwise Ill-treat his mother , and the Lord Mayor was , at the expostulation of the mother , satisfied with the recognisances of the son . _Thubsda-j _* . —Robbing a Sailob . —James and Mary Foy were brought before the Lord Mayor , charged with having robbed a sailor , named Richard Hodgson , of two _fivc-pound bank notes and a quantity of clothes . —The prosecutor , who appeared tobe in great trouble abouj his loss , stated thathe came from Hull on Tuesday night in a steam vessel , and James Foy applied to hhn at the Custom-house as a porter to be employed to take his goods , and was accordingly desired by him to carry away his hammock aud chest to the Dundee Anns public-house ,

      Wapping . Witness having given the direetion , went into an eating-house to dine , and Foy started off with the goods . Upon going to the Dundee Arms , however , witness found that Foy had not been there , and away he roamed in search of the fellow . During the whole night he went inquiring from place to place , and on Wednesday between two and three o ' clock he fell in with the person he Gought , in Thames-street . Foy said that he had taken the things to _ths station-house , in Tower-street , because he could not find out the place to wliich he had been directed to go . The witness , upon going to the station _, house with Foy , found his hammock and chest there , but observed that thelashing on the chest had been disturbed , and that the lock had been forced . Upon opening thc chest , ho missed a small box , which contained two

      fivepound notes * , and , npon esaminiug Ms hammock , which contained his bedding and clothes , he missed an oil-cloth jacket and three flannel shirts , Foy _. uponbeing toldtliat the property was stolen , replied that it might have been done on board the steamer for -what he knew . He W _8 S then detained , and witness went with a constable to ap . prebend Mary Foy , the prisoner's wife , and afterwards went to their lodgings in the Borough , where , in a cup . board , the officer found the small box in whieh the two bank notes had been contained , and behind two boxcB the oil-cloth jacket , The two bank notes _* Were gone . The prisoner Foy was committed far trial , and the Lord Mayor directed that if it was proved upon application at Moorfields Chapel , that the female prisoner was married to Foy , sho should be at once discharged .

      _FaiDAT . —Forgery . —Thomas Peat was brought np in the custody of John Forrester , for final examination , charged with forging and uttering for discount , at Messrs . Kobarts _, Curtis , & Co . ' s banking-house , four forged _bittu of exchange , amounting to £ 500 , and purporting to be drawn "by My' Joseph Smith , upon , and accepted by , Mr . Kichard Latham , formerly a partner in the house of Sir Henry Meux and Co . The prisoner was committed for trial .

      GUILDHALL . Mosdai . —Ixlicit Spirits . —A boy , named John A lger was brought before Mr . Alderman Moon charged with conveying upwards of a gallon of raw spirit without a permit . Adam Shclford , a city policeman , stated tbat about six o ' clock on Saturday evening he saw the prisoner hurrying along London-wall with a small basket containing something heavy . The prisoner ' s manner excited his attention , and he asked what he had there ? The prisoner replied , his mother ' s marketing , and , pointing to a woman at a distance , said , she was his mother . He asked the prisoner to let him see the contents of the basket . The prisoner tola him he would not do so , but would rather go to the station-house . This reluctance put an end to his doubts , and he desired the prisoner to come with him to the station . On the way to that place the prisoner gave hhn thc basket , and ran away . "Witnoss

      did not allow him to escape , fhe basket contained a bottle and a bladder full of spirits , whicli had been seized by the Excise . Mr . Alderman Moon asked what became of his mother ? The constable said she kept at too great a distance to be secured at the same time with the boy , , but she was now in court , She was not his mother , but his mother was also in attendance . "W . Gudgeon , the ' exciseman , said the spirit was manufactured"from molasses , and was twenty-seven degrees over-proof , a strength at which it would not be sold from any regular distillery . He asked for the permit , and the prisoner could not produce any . The boy said he was hired to carry it by the woman he pointed out , and had no knowledge of the con . tents of the basket . This woman knew his mother , - who lived in Arnold _' _s-place , Dockhead , The woman was called to the bar , ' and she said she engaged to carry it- for

      a . stranger . She was not going to any particular house . The clerk to the Remembrancer said that gentleman had some knowledge of the mother , aiid he did not believe that either sheer her son would knowingly engage in any smuggling transactions . The boy must have been en . trapped , and he hoped the magistrate would deal leniently with him . Mr . Alderman Moon said the law did not re . quire a guilty knowledge , and as there was no doubt of the fact that he was removing the spirits without a permit , the prisoner must be convicted , A petition might be immediately { presented to the Commissioners of Excise , who would consider all the circumstances and the lad ' s previous character , and would mitigate the term of imprisonment as they saw fit . He would willingly add to the petition a recommendation to mercy . He adjudged the prisoner to pay the mitigated penalty of £ 25 , or be imprisoned for three months .

      "WORSHIP STREET . _"WEnsEsnAT . —Beotal Assault . —Charles Montague , a milkman , was brought up on a warrant before Mr . Bingham , charged with committing a brutal assault upon Mr . Francis Povoas , a coffee-house keeper , in Oxfordplace , _Hackney-road , whereby his life had been seriously endangered . The prosecutor , who appeared to labour under great debility , stated that , shortly before twelve o ' clock on the night of the 27 th ult ,, the prisoner , accompanied by two other men , named _Cillott and Chillingworth , entered his house and called for refreshments , but , in consequence of their having grossly misconducted themselves' on a previous occasion , he refused to _sirve them . -.-The prisoner and his companions on this assailed him with the most abusive and threatening language , and , on his requesting them to quit the place , the man Chillingworth ( who Is not yet in custody ) struck

      hhn a violent blow in thefaee , which cut open his lips and covered hiB shirt and waistcoat with blood . The whole party then left the house , and the witness followed them to give them into custody j but on reaching a piece of waste ground which the men crossed to avoid the police , they all turned upon and attacked him in the most furious manner , knocking him down , and beating him till he was nearly senseless , and ultimately flung him head and heels into a deep muddy ditch , where they left him , and effected their escape . "With great difficulty he succeeded in extricating himself from his perilous position , almoBt stifled with mud and filth , but was so greatly exhausted by his efforts tbat hc fainted the instant he reached tbe bank , where he was discovered some time after in a state of insensibility by some persons who were passing , aud who removed him to a neighbouring shop , and procured medical assistance . He was at length _assisted to his

      own house , to which he had been confined ever since , incapable of attending to his business , and constantly under the cave of a surgeon . A certificate from Mr . Taylor , a surgeon at Hackney , was put in , describing the present condition of the prosecutor , and stating that when called upon to attend M * . P » voas he fouud him incapable of articulation , and in a highly dongerous state . "When ealleilupon foT his defence , the prisoner did not altogether deny the charge , but alleged that the really serious part of the outrage had been perpetrated bythe men Chillingworth and Gihott , in whose compan he hac unfortunately happened to be at the time , and who had succeeded in keeping out ofthe way . Mr . Bingham said , tliat the summary power with which hc was inverted

      was altogether inadequate to deal with so serious a charge as this , and he considered that the ends of justice could only be insured by sending the case to the sessions . The prosecutor , however , interposed , and begged tliat the magistrate would deal summarily with the matter , asit would entail upon him considerable expense , and the greatest inconvenience and annoyance , in his state of health , to prosecute the case any fanner . Mr . Bingham said , that , under those circumstances , he felt bound to forego _hisjformer intention , and accide to the prosecutot ' s application ; but , in ao doing , he should inflict upon the prisoner fhe highest amount of penalty it was in his power to impose , which was the sum of £ & , and if that was not paid , the prisoner must stand committed to the House of Correction for six weeks , with hard labour .

      MARLBOKOUGH-STKEET . The Dues awb thi _Caxxtexx . —It will be recollected , that on Saturday week Henry Wood , the driver of a car-Tier ' s cart , was fined £ 1 by Mr . Hardwick , for furious driving , whereby he endangered the life of his Grace the Duke of Wellington . A few days after this proceeding a letter appeaved in the papers , signed " Truth , " in which the _wiiter asserted that thc fine had been paid by his Grace , and _tj-. at the offender had in consequence been liberated . A ri _» y or two ago Wood came to this court to ask Mr . Hardwick -rbether any money had beer , left for him at this court I v" the Duke of Wellington , as he presumed that such' _hati " jeen the case , and having become known had induced the writer of the letter signed "Truth" to send his communication to the papers . —Mr . Hardwick

      said he had received no money from his Grace for such a purpose , nor did he think it would be a very proper act on the part of his Grace , whose life bad been placed in jeopardy by the defendant ' s want of care in driving , and who had . come forward to make his complaint , partly on public grounds . —Wood said he considered the fine was heavy when his circumstances were taken into consideration . He , however , through the assistance of a relation , whom he was obliged to pay again , had raised the money , and he had liberated himself . —Mr . Hardwick said he had veceiral a Post-office order for £ 1 , and half a sovereign from anonymous contributors to go towards payment of the nne _, whieh he should direct to be paid over to Wood The chief usher , elements , Sanded the money to Wood , who gave a receipt , and then left the court .

      LAMBETH . MomtAY . —A . v I . VCOBBWIBIB _Yoi 7 . yg _Thisf . —Michael Leonard , a little fellow of fifteen years of age , was brought before Mr , Henry for final examination , on a charge of stealing a purse from the person of ayoung woman while looking at a " Punch and Judy" show . On bis last examination the prisoner declared that he had never been in custody before , aud expvessed himself very indignant , upon Cook , the gaoler , saying he was pretty certain about his having been in his care before . Cook told tbe magistrate he was more confirmed in his opinion about the prisoner being in custody before , by the fact ofa young prostitute from Whitechapel bringing him some refreshments , but the young scamp brazened it out , and said " the young woman" was no acquaintance of his , nor could he account for her bringing him the refreshments . Yesterday , Conway , an active constable , belonging to the H division of police , proved tbat the prisoner had been frequently in custody , and had been in the House of Correction . He was committed for three months with hard labour .

      Wbdk-mdav . —Suicide , Seduction , and _Femnv . — Miss Mai * y Ann Salisbury , alias Mies Lucy Spencer , who on a former occasion gave a romantic account of her seduction , and who bad been charged with attempting to commit suicide , was placed at the bar before Mr . Norton for final examination on various charges of felony . The prisoner when put in the felons ' dock did not exhibit any of those theatrical airs which she had assumed at her last examination . On the contrary , during her presence at the bar She continued to shed tears in abundance , and endeavoured , as well as she could , to conceal her face from the observation of the numerous persons who had thronged the court during the investigation . When the prisoner was brought before Mr , Norton , on a charge of attempting to commit suicide , her statement about hei

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      being the daughter of a Dissenting clergyman at Bath , and being seduced and robbed , was so plausible , as not only to mislead every person In court , but the magistrate himself , and Mr . Norton directed English , one ofthe _sumnioning officers , to take care of her until an answer could be received from her father , and also requested the chief clerk to write to the latter . This was done , and in reply to the letter sent , the following was received : — „ . . "Guildhall , Bath , 7 th June , 1845 . " Sir , —In answer to your letter of the 5 th inst ,, I have to inform you that the young woman who gave her name Mary Ann Salisbury i _* the daughter of Salisbury , a poor man , residing ut No . 4 , _Twuvbvidg . . _-, in this city , and a sfioemaKei _* . She left her home about two months ago , and her address , known here , is ' _postmfnee , London . ' Her age is nineteen years . Her statement as to Alfred Bartram is a falsehood , no such person beinjr known here . She is considered not right in her mind . Her statement as to the gold watch and jewellery is not true ; her friends are too poor to fetch her home , but are anxiously waiting her return . " I am , Sir , yonr obedient servant , " WiuiiK 11 ah , Chief Officer . " To the Chief Clerk , Lambeth Court . "

      A City constable attended and informed Mr . Novton , that the prisoner had been before tbe Lord Mayor on a charge of attempting to commit _suiefde at London-bridge , when she made a long and rambling statemont about her respectability , her being seduced , Sic , but it differed in many essentials from that which she had made at this court . It also appeared that she had gone to the Southwark court for the purpose of getting relief , but having on her hand at the time two valuable rings , she was not deemed a person in absolute want , and no assistance was afforded her . —Mr . Norton also produced a letter which he had received from the Rev . L . Cappel , minister of St , George ' s German Lutheran Chapel , in Great Ah ' e-strcet , Goodninn ' _s-fieMs , stating that on the 28 th of last month the prisoner called upon him with the view , no doubt , of getting pecuniary assistance under grossly false pretences . She then gave her name as Lucy Spencer ; said she was the daughter of a clergyman , and sister to the Rev . Mr . Spencer at Bath

      and said a foreign lady , Mrs . Francis , had sent her to him ( the Rev . Mr . Cappel ) . She then in the most artful manner , and apparently deeply affected , told the s . ir . _ie ston _* that she had repeated to the _TOajjisWate , '" _Hli some slight variations , and expressed herself very anxious to return to Bath , but was without tho means of doing so , as hev lover had robbed her of everything , and then endeavoured to induce her to commit suicide . Something in her manner had induced the rev . gentieiuuu to doubt her story , but at the 6 ame time he offered to assist her , provided she allowed him to accompany her to Mrs . Francis , the lady who , as she stated , had recommended her to him . Thi 6 , however , was evidently inconvenient . She made some evasive excuses and leit the house . The rev . gentleman in his note describes the prisoner to be one of the most artful impostors he had ever met with , and most likely to succeed on account of the details which she could give to her stories . The first case of felony taken against her

      was that ot a Mrs . farthing , m Ashley-crescent , City-road , and , from the evidence adduced , it appeared that the prisoner hod entered her service as servant of all-work on the 14 th of April last . She then represented that she had but just come from Bath , where she had lived with a lady named Salisbury for nearly four years , and gave her own name as Lucy Spencer . Witness wrote to Bath to Mrs . Salisbury for her character , and , singular to say , she received an answer by return of post , giving theprisoner the highest character ; but this letter witness was now convinced was in thc prisoner ' s own hand-writing . After nine days witness discharged the prisoner , finding her neither able nor willing to do her work , and a great deal too romantic in her manners and expressions . After she was gone witness missed a great variety of property , and that now produced by English , the officer , w _& b part ot it . —English , one of the summoning officers of the court , deposed that the prisoner was placed under his care

      until properinquiries were made abouther . Shetoldkim her name was Salisbury , and that she was the daughter of a Dissenting minister at Bath—tliat her father had a couutry house at Bath , and had a farm aho , which sne superintended . She said nothing whatever of having been in service at Bath ; and on searching her box at her lodgings he found the property identified by the last witness , and some duplicates relating to other property . This completed the first charge . —The second charge was that ofMiss Mary Bartram , assistant to Mrs . Ford , a dressmaker in the Blackfriars-road , who depoBedthatonthe 12 th of May last the prisoner entered the service of Jfrs . Ford , when she gave the name of Lucy Spencer , and , after eight days , had been discharged . A day or two after she was gone witness lost a cloak , and other articles had been missed , of the stealing of which the prisoner had been suspected * A lace shawl had been missing , and for some considerable time the workpeople in the house had laboured under the most unpleasant suspicions , as the property had disappeared in a very _roysteriouamanner ; but the mystery was now cleared iip , as the shawl was found in the prisoner ' s box , with several other articles . Witness

      further stated , that she had frequently heard the prisoner talk of having a sweetheart in Bath , who had died three years ago , and say she should never have another . The witness further identified the cloak produced by a pawnbroker as her ' s ; and English , the officer , deposed to having found the duplicate relating to the cloak , which was pledged for 6 s ., in the box of the prisoner . _Thi 6 completed the _socoud charge . —The third charge was tliat of stealing three shawls , a piece of silk of twelve yards , five yards of cloth , a white petticoat , and other articles , the property of Mary Ann Clark . In tliis case it appeared the prisoner went to lodge in the same house with the prosecutrix in Fell-street , Wood-street , Cheapside , on the 10 th of May la 6 t , and only stayed tliere two days , and when she was gone thc property was missing , —A shopman to Mr . _Demster _, a pawnbroker in Blackfriars-road , produced thc property , which had been pledged on the 12 th of May , in the same name and by a person giving the same address as the person who pledged the cloak . —The prisoner , who in a low tone of voice pleaded guilty to the whole of thc charges , was fully committed for trial on each , and was then removed from the bar . .

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      ASCOT RAGES , _—TuBHnAi _, _J-jhe 10 . The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each , with 50 added ; for twoyr-olds , 4 st -41 b ; three , 7 st 41 b ; four , 8 st 71 b ; five , _flst ; six and aged , 9 st 31 b . ' New mile . Eleven 81 * 08 , Mv . A . \ V . Hill ' s The Libel , 3 yra ( Arthur ) 1 Lord Chesterfield ' s Knight of the Whistle , aged 2 Mr . J . Uay ' s The Hero , 2 yrs . 8 The following also started , but were not placed : —Lord Lontdale ' s Loadstone , 3 yrB ; Mi * . . Thompson ' s Pjrrha , 2 yrs ; Lord G . Bentiriek ' _s ' Discord , aged ; Mr . Mostyn ' s Master Stepney , 3 yrs - ' and _Mxf . ' Vforiey ' _s b f by the Grand Duke , out of Cream , 3 yrs . ' ¦; ' ; . ' Betting . —7 to . 4 agst _Tlje , ; . _Knight . of the Whistle , and 4 to 1 agst The Libel and Discord .

      Avery hollow race . ' The Knight made play for about a quarter of a mile , when the lead was taken from him by The Libel , who made : strong running to tho end , and won in a common canter _^ by two lengths , A good race for second , and everything else beaten off . This running would give a colour to the report that Ihe Libel's early defeat for the Derby was attributable to something else than temper . The Ascot _Derbv _StaxiJs of 50 sovs each , h ft ; for _three-yr-olds , colts , 8 _st 71 b ; and fillies , 8 st 31 b ; the winner ol the Derby to have carried 101 b , the second horse , or winner ofthe Oaks 51 b extra . Swinley Course .

      Ten buds . Lord Exeter ' s Wood Pigeon ,. ( Mann ) 1 Lord Stradbroke ' s Idas , , 2 Mr . A . W . Hill ' s Salopian 3 Bitting . —b to 4 on Idas , 7 to i agst Wood Pigeon , and 5 to 1 agst Salopian , Wood Pigeon made all therunning , and won cleverly by a hngth . Salopian beaten off . The Ascot Stakes ( Iu two _classes of 25 sovs each ) , 15 ft , and 5 only if declared , the second in each class to receive 30 sovs out of the stakes . Two milc 6 and a half . Twenty-four subs to the first class , and . 23 to the second ; S 3 declared ff . .

      _riRST CLASS . Duke of Richmond's Lothario , ( Nat ) 1 Mr . Meiklum _' s Inheritress , ,, 2 The foUowing also started , but were not placed - . — "Duke of Bedford ' s Minotaur , Mr . Worley ' s Perkin Warbeck _, Lord Albemarle ' s Delaprc , Mr . H . Robinson ' s Morpeth , Duke of Rutland ' s Welbeck , Lord Warwick ' s Yardley , Lord Stradbroke's Boarding School Miss , Lord Exeter ' s Wee Pet , Mr . Howe ' s ch c by Ratcatcher _^ Mr . Gully ' s Vates , Mr . Rambottom's Brush , Lord George Bentinck's Best Bower , Mr . _Bowes ' s Heather Bell , Sir R . W _. Bulkeley ' s Queen Pomare _, Mr . Booth ' s New Yearfs-day , Mr . Brcok ' s Zahra ,

      Betting , —3 to 1 agst Inheritress ( taken freely ); 5 to 1 agst Best Bower ; 5 to 1 agst Morpeth ; 8 to 1 agst Perkin Warbeck ; 10 to 1 agst Minotaur ; 10 to 1 _ag 6 t Yardley ; 10 to 1 agst Brush ; 10 to 1 agst Wee Pet ; and 16 tol _] agst Lothario . At starting thc lead was taken at a good paco by New Year _' _s-day , followed by Wee Pet , Zahra , and Queen Pomare , Lothario and Inheritress lying in front of the second ruck . They ran in this order to the top turn , where Wee Pet took the lead , which she maintained to the last turn ; _Lotaario then went in advance , and , with Wee Pet and Inheritress in waiting , made steady running to the distance ; Inheritress here went up to him , and they finished the race almost abreast , Lothario , after a splendid contest , winning by a neck . Minotaur , who came near the finish , was a bad third , Wee Pet fourth , and Boarding School _MinB fifth \ nothing else was near this lot .

      The _GoiBj Vase given by her Majesty , added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each ; for three-year-olds , Sic Fifteen subs . Mr . A . _VT . Hill ' s Sweetmeat , 3 yrs , 7 _st 81 b ( "Whitehousc ) 1 Mr . A . W . Hill ' s The Libel , 3 yrs , 7 stSH > 2 Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon , 3 yrs , Cst 131 b ...., o Mr . Parry ' s Zanoni , 5 yrs , 8 gt 91 b .,..... „ . ., „ 0 Mr . Ford ' s Fuzboz _, 3 yrs , Cst 13 lb 5 Betting . —5 to 4 agst Sweetmeat , 5 to 2 agst Zanoni , 4 to 1 agst The Libel , and 5 to 1 agst Wood Pigeon . Mr , Hill declared to win with Sweetmeat .

      Zanoni went off with a strong lead , followed by Sweetmeat , The Libel lying third , Wood Pigeon fourth , and Fuzbos last . Not the slightest change jn this order presented itself until they made the last turn , where Zanoni was beaten . Sweetmeat , taking his place , went on with the running , and won easy by two lengths ; tile Libel second , Wood Pigeon and Zanoni beaten off , but so near together that the judge could not place either . Alice Hawthorn and Faugh-a-Ballagh were declared not to star * . before the first race . Sweotb * am » of 200 bovs each , h ft ; for coltB , 8 st 71 b ; pad fillies , Sst 41 b . Swinley Course . Four subs . Colonel Peel ' s c by Slane- ( Nat ) 1 Lord "• " _xcter ' s Finnkk ( 31 bs ) 2 " *• to 4 on Cobweb . Won by six lengths , The Ascot Stakes , —Second class .

      Mr . Payne ' s Queen Mab , 6 yrs , 8 st 71 b ( Nat ) 1 Mr . Johison _' s Annandale , 8 yrs , _fatSlb , 2 Lord Glamis ' s Satyr , 4 _yr * , 6 _st 121 b 3 The following also started , hut were not placed : —Col . Peel ' s I-am not-aware , Lord Chesterfield ' s Poor Soldier , Mr . Drinkald ' s _Yol-a-yent _, Sir S . Spray ' s Subduer , Count Bathyard ' s Pergularia , Mr . J . Day ' s Seaport , Mr , Shelley ' s Lydia _LanguisV . Mr . Freeman ' s Stamp , Mr . Graydon _' s Blunderbuss , Lord _Exf-wr ' s Lyons , Mr . Lowtfher ' s _Scarmentado _.

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      Betting . —2 to I agst Annandale ( taken freely ) , « U agst Queen Mab , and 10 to 1 agst The Poor Soldier , Sub duer , and I-am-not-aware . _** . ' « . » Lyons cut out the work in the early part of the _raoe , _ftk lowed by Satyr , Pergularia , Stamp , I-am-not-aware , and Annandale- , Queen Mab lying in the rear . They ran ttou to the top , when the running was taken up by Satyr , and carried on at a good pace to the last turn ; the front rank being composed ofthe same horses that had been in aivanco at starting . Queen Mab now drew up , and came frtstinto the straight , followed by Satyr ; md Annandale . At the distance Satyr showedahead , but at the stand mi again deprived of his lead by the Queen , who held ittO the finish , and won cleverly by a length , Annandale , wilt camo at the last , beating Satyr for second by a neck .

      The Welcome Stakeb of 20 sovs each , with a bonus by independent subscription of . " sovs each ; for colts _. Sat 71 b ; and fillies , Sst 21 b ; tJiree-yr-olds . Swinley Course , _Thirty-seven subs to the stakes and five to the bonus only . Mr . Gully ' s Weathcrbit ( J . Day , _jnn . ) 1 Lord Lonsdale ' s e by Jersy _,., „ _, 2 Duke of Richmond ' s Refraction ( 61 us extra ) .,, I Mr . Gully ' s OldEngland * The following also started , but wcre not placed : —Lord Exeter's Adrianople _, Sir W . W . Wynn _' _s Undine , Mr . Ongley ' s Mystery , Duke of Bedford's Captain Piteous , Mr . Worley ' s John Davis , Mr . Skerratt _' s Arthur . Mr . Gully declared tb win with Weatherbit . MATCH .-200 h ft , both _two-yr-olds . T . Y . C . Mr . _Tayne ' s Collingwood ( Nat ) 1 Lord Chestcri ' eld ' s Subscription 2 Betting . —5 to 2 on Collingwood . Won by six lengths .

      in consequence of a remark in a sporting journal of _ijunday last , that Mr , Brown ( late clerk of the course at Warwick ) , had been " murdered by anerror of judgment , " Lord George Bentinck called upon the stewards to have Perkin Wtrbeek examined before starting . ' Ihe eridenc « i of a / our . year old month wcre too palpable for _themest ignorant to have been mistaken . Kanoni ' s mouth was also looked at , and in this case it was clear that an attempt had been made to extract fhe teeth ; both were broken and jagged , and blackened on the suiface by tho application cf eaustit .

      WBDNE 8 DAT , JUNE 11 . The Coronation Stakes of 100 sovs each , h ft ; for _threeyr-old fillies , Sst 71 b each . The winner ot tho Oaks to have carried 71 b , ofthe 1000 Guineas , 31 b , of both 91 b extra . The New Mile . Eight subs . Lord Chesterfield's chf Stitch ( Nat ) 1 Lord Exeter ' s Topaz ,, „ . „„ ..., „„ .,..,. 2 Lord Exeter ' s Jet 3 Betting . —7 to 4 on Stitch , who waited on Topaz to the stand , and won cleverly by a length _. The Fern Hill Stakes of 15 sovs each , 5 ft , with 80

      added ; for two-yr-olds , " st ; three , 9 _st . ; _. fnjie . s and geldings allowed 31 b . To start at the Cup Covtfse _Pftat ; , and in , about half-a-mile . Seventeen subs . Lord G . Bentinck's Cherokee , 2 yrs ( Abdale ) 1 Mr . Ford ' s Fuzboz , 3 yrs 2 Mr . S . Scott ' s b c by Caesar out of Miss Crockford , 3 yrs 2 Lord Lonsdale ' s c by Bay Middleton , Miss Milner , 2 yrs I The following also ran : —Mr . Death ' s Slane f , 2 yrs ; Mr . Hook ' s Buttress , 2 yrs ; Mr . Dawson ' s Grinurton , 2 yrs ; and Mr Mostyn ' s bf by Glancus out of March First , 3 yrs .

      _ife'Miio , —2 to 1 on Cherokee , 3 to 1 agst _Grimston , and 6 to 1 agst The Ceesar colt . Cherokee made all the running after the first half-dozen strides , was never caught , and won easy by a length ; tho _Cnisar colt an indifferent third , beating the Miss Milner colt by about half a length The _Uoyal Honi Cor of 200 sovs , by subs of 10 sove each , with 100 added . New mile . Fifty-three subs . Lord Stradbroke ' s Evcnus , _Syrs , Sst ( Mann ) 1 Mr . Thomson ' s Mongrel , 3 yrs , Sst 71 b 3 Mr Payne ' s Queen Mab , C yrs , Sst 71 b ,, ? Mr Payne ' s Sir Francis , 3 yrs , flst 61 b 4 The following also started : —Lord _Chesterfield ' _sKnight

      of the Whistle , Mr Davis ' s Gorharabury , Mr' J » que » 's _Semiseria _, Lord Albemarle ' s The Emperor , Mr Meiklam ' s Inheritress , Mr Herbert ' s Antler , Hr . How ' s _Khorassoa , Mr Cook's Carillon , Duke of Richmond ' s Lothario , Mr Death's Misdeal , Mr Ongley ' s Queen of the Gipsies , Mr Worley ' s Example , Mr Mostyn ' s Alamode , Lord Warwick ' * Yardley , Mr A . W . Hill ' s Beaumont , Count Batthyany ' _s Pergularia , Mr King ' s The Artful Dodger , Lord Chest * field's Cockfighter , Lord Rosslyn ' s Elemi , Bavon _"Rithschild's Sambo , Mr Lintott ' _s Cabin Boy , Col . Peel ' s c by Slane out of Cobweb , Mr Brooke ' s Heme the Hunter , Mr _Forth's Remorse , Mr Copeland ' s Arthur , Mr Mack's Little Jack .

      Betting . —5 to 1 agst Semiseria , _. S to 1 agsl Queen Mab , 8 to 1 agst Cockfighter , 10 to 1 agst Inheritress , 10 to 1 agst Rhorassan , 10 to 1 agst Erenus , 16 to 1 agst Alamode , and 20 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle . It is creditable to Mr , Davis that by far the largest field of horses ever seen at Ascot werc started on very fair terms , all but Antler , who stopped as soon as hc left the post , getting away in a cluster , Mr . Payne ' s two , Evenus and _Khorassan heading tbe ruck . They ran in cloie oider to the road , where Evenus obtained a slight lead , Mr . Payne ' s swo still up , and Mongrel in a capital place , an immense number of horses still running forward . At the stand Mongrel made his effort , and headed Mr _rayne ' s horses , but never quite got up , Evenus , after a pretty race , winning by half a length ; Queen Mab an in . different third , Sir Francis fourth , Lothario fifth , and Alamode sixth . Semiseria ran well for three-quarters a mile , but tired , and at the finish was nowhere ,

      Thursday , June . 12 A Piece ot- Piate , value 500 sove , the gift of His Majesty the Emperor of all the Ilussias , added to a Sweep _, stakes of 20 sovs each ; for threc-yr-olds , Ost 101 b ; four , Sst 51 b ; five , 9 st ; six awl aged , Ost alb ; -mares and geldings allowed 311 ) . Once round and in , about two miles and a half . 26 subs . Lord Albemarle ' s The Emperor , 4 yrs ... ( Whiiehouse ) 1 Mr Irwin's Faugh--i Ballagh _, 4 yrs 2 Mr _Salviu's Alice Hawthorn , aged , 3 Lord G . Bentinck's Cowl , 3 yrs i Betting at starting : —7 to 4 on Faugh-a-Ballagh ( offered in thousands ) , 5 to 2 agst Alice Hawthorn , 6 to _^ agst Cowl , and 10 to 1 ( nominal ) agst Emperor . ''

      Faugh-a-Baliagh took the lead at a strong pape , . The Emperor lying next him , Alice Hawthorn third , _ahd'Cowl , who never appeared in front , last . The _intervalsbetweea . the horses increased , after making the turn at the top of the . course , but not the slightest change in the ' order of running was observable until tliey reached the Brick-hiil , where Alice Hawthorn took the lead , the _favburife'lying _, second , and The Emperor third , well up . They ran to tothe distance , where The Emperor and Faugh-a-BaUagh went up to the mare and defeated her ; the nuining was then taken up by The Emperor , who carried it on right gallantly to the end , ' and amidst cheers that bespoke the estimation in whieh one of the most amiable men on the turf is held won by two lengths . Alice Hawthorn a bad third : Cowl broke down at the last turn .

      Lahcashhuj Minehs. —The Following Sums H...

      _Lahcashhuj _Minehs . —The following sums have been received by the Miners late in the employ of Messrs . Swire and Lees : —From the Countertane Weavers of Bolton , £ 5 ; from thc Miners of Kingley , _-filo ; ditto , Wigan , £ 5 ; from the Spinners of Ashton , £ 2 weekly ; from the Quilt Weavers of Bolton , £ 5 . —The Miners late in the employ of Messrs . Swire and Lees return their sincere thanks to the parties who have contributed so liberally towards supporting them in their protracted struggle , and they most respectfully appeal to tlic trades generally , and their mining brethren particularly , for a continuance of their kind support . Tliere are 243 men stiil on strike who have been subjected to great

      hardships , many of them . having large fiiniilies entirely dependent upon them for support , Tbe sinallesfc sum fto * . n ' cither trades w im \ maua " is , who may not have contributed before , will be gratefully received and duly acknowledged in thcAorthcrn ii't : ir , Monej orders to be made payable to Mr . Joseph Hrockbink , care of Mary Elliott , Miners' Arms , Duhinfield , _Cheshire . In relation to the above strike wc have received the following : —For some time past tlic . Miners late in thc employ of Messrs . Swire and Lees have been subjected to the most vexatious annoyance from various parties connected with the works belonging to the abovementioned gentlemen , and io such an extent has this annoyance been carried on , that the poor fellows , goaded to madness , have committed

      Bome slight breaches of the peace , when they have been almost instantly pounced upon and dragged before the magistrates , and some of them committed to prison . On Monday last two of the men were taken before the magistrates at Hyde . One of them , named Ralph Chauderton , was charged with a serious assault , which , however , turned out to be a most ludicrous affair . It appeaved from thc evidence ofthe complainant , Wm . Rowland , that he was standing within his own door with a paint-brush in his _haniL when a great number of Miners passed in a kind of procession , and Chaddcrton got hold ot him by the breast and said " Come on , Chadderton ; " did not strike him , but tore his shirt . —Mr , Koberts addressed the bench on behalf of Chadderton , and called two witnesses , who contradicted the mort

      Maferial points in tbe evidence of thc complainant , and swore that ljowland threatened to stab Chadderton . Thc _magistrates , however , convicted the prisoner in forty shillings and costs . Thc other man , John Holt , was charged with intimidation , inasmuch aa he was passing the window of William HartBhorn's house , and held up his child to the window , saying " Here ' s a flint . ' "—Mr . Brooks opened ihe case , and called witnesses to prove the truth ofhis statement" * Mr . Roberts severely cross-examined the witnesses , and his address to the magistrates on behalf of th « prisoner made a powerful impression upon the court , for , after deliberating for a few minutes , the magistrates ordered thc prisoner to be liberated . The money -was paid for Chadderton , and he was consequently liberated .

      _Wotv-EBBAMJ ? ros Marcus , ¦— Mr . _Joseph Linney lectured to the Miners of this locality on the 4 th and 10 th of this month , in the large room at the Horse and Jockey Inn , _Bilston-street . The chairman read the ruleB of tho Miiiers' Benefit Society , of ' $ reat Britain , after which resolutions were pawedthkt a lodge be formed therein connection with the _Natjoi'aV Uiuon of _Mineia , an < A that Mr . Roberts _BuQhM 1 ) 6 in . vited to visit tho locality shortly . Lectures * * fl ! ill be ' delivered in the above room every Tuesday _evfefiinr , the chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . The Miners here call upon all to unite , and withstand the pM . I posed reduction about to take place .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 14, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_14061845/page/5/