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• THE NORTHERN STAR ' August 15, 1846
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SINGULAR. MABBIAGE AT SMETHWICK. One of ...
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DESTBO*CTf<W OF THE "NEW LOOK GATES AT C...
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•GBOlS-JJDlORALITr IN THE LEWISHAM VKIOS...
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THE MXTBDER AT TUGENIIAM.—EXAMINATION OF...
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DREADFUL DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN RAYING MAD...
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SUPPOSED MURDERS. < Oxfobd, August 10. T...
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MUBDER ^WARWICKSHIRE.. HoaHTow, Anotrsi ...
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A Boor found im thh Rivbr.—On Tuesday Mr...
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THE LATE FL0GOW0 CASE. TO THE EDLTOB, OI...
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Another Mubdbb ahd Suicide.—During the l...
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• The Northern Star ' August 15, 1846
• THE NORTHERN STAR ' August 15 , 1846
Singular. Mabbiage At Smethwick. One Of ...
SINGULAR . MABBIAGE AT SMETHWICK . One of the molt novel and remarkable freaks whic has _jrer occurred it . this _« r any part" of the country bag "been discovered at Smethwick in the course of the weeks Aboattwo yearaaso » rollicking fellow , named Charles _ffllldns , came to the town , where for soma time he waa mployed in an iron foundry . This , however , was too bard- wot * for Mm , aad "betook Kmwll to tbat of a •¦ "Navigator . " His gallantry and devotion to the sex was always very ooaspicu us , and a romp with the servant g irls , one of his favourite amusements . Shortly after he took up his ' residence in the to wn , he became acquainted with , an _vllnitriousfcmalcnumed Sarah Deatin , » o whom be paid the most assiduous attention . After some time passed in agreeable courtship , fortune smiled on bis suit , every preparation was made for the happy day , and the ceremony was performed amidst all tbe usual joyous demonstrations . Thehappy couple took up _tbeirresidenee in _fiehouseof Mr . John Badger , near t heSwanion _. _i'nd for ayearlivedin the apparent _enjoynv nt of every te 3 Ua *
_jf"Wilkins got a Situation in the _packing room of * . € hance , "Bsg . _.. atthe Hate Glass Wo ** . « _nd _*"* _"" ! his wife installed as one of tbe lodge keepers at noonlane . Months passed . Rumour , with her _^ hundred tongues , wasbusy ; even his wife partook or the general _wirioa , that ter husband wan not What heought _ to be , and poor vrtlkins became a marked man . Since OH marriage _behad become a most exemplary husband ; he had-ceased to crack his jokes with the girls as they pissed , and had even forsaken his accustomed pipe and enpat the Swan , of an evening ;; but notwithstanding all this he was looked npon with suspicion . Even the hearty good-natured' equanimity of "Wilkins -was not proof against-neh eonduet- hii house had become uncomfortable ; no young " olive plants" surrounded hii hearthstone , and his "better half * became , from one of tbe-moit amiable creatures in the world , one . of the greatest ghrewi . Life was to him becoming unbearable ; so , determined no longer " In the mind to suffer
" . The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune . " buito _take- ' _armifl _^ siugta sea of trouble , " be became a -woman ! Charles "Wilkins doffed the male attire he had worn for ten long years , and undergoing _araetamorphosic not much less extraordinary than that of a caterpillar became bumble pale-faced Mary Curxon ! The astonish ment of the wife maybe conceived ; tempered with regret , because Wilkins bad always been a kind though most eccentric husband . _Sheisbynomeansunprepossessingin person , although from ber short ont hair and semi-male -attire , she presents a rather angular appearance . She is scarcely 80 years of age , abont the average height of females , with regular , though" not feminine features . In short , she was Tamer a stout , good looking fellow * , and although ber voice was shrill for a man , yet ber sex was never suspected . : It appears that she had been married about ten years ago to a man inanotherpart of the _counttry , but he behaved to her in snch an improper manner , tbat « he was compelled to leave bim . - It was then she adopted
male attire , in which she could travel without exciting -attention ; and having once become accustomed to its nse the adopted it altogether . Before coming to Smethwick she had been employed in breaking stones on the road aide * , and other outdoor labour . From her feminine voice , the workmen used to call her "Sake . " On a recent _oo--caslon ,-when seized « rltbiUni » s , faT white , live was _bUd by Mr . Davis , surgeon , who remarked on the singular -amallness of her arm , not fhe slightest suspicion of her aex was entertained . In addition to her marriage , her _condactfenerallyfaTOBredthedecept ! on , forsbeconld smoke , drink , tell her story , and sing ber song with any of the workmen , who looked npon ber as a capital boon com . panion , bnt " regarded with a degree of jealousy her conquests _afflOUg the "fair sex . '' The wife appears to feel somewhat ashamed of the whole affair , and Carson is not by any means communicative on the subject Her motives In fhe deception are not very clear , and it does not appear that she can give any very satisfactory account ofthem ¦ herself . — Wolverhampton Chronicle ,
Destbo*Ctf<W Of The "New Look Gates At C...
DESTBO * _CTf < W OF THE "NEW LOOK GATES AT CUMBERLAND BASIN , BRISTOL . A vary _destructive and alarming accident was _occasioned by the hujh spring of _Satm-day evening , to the ex . tensive new works now in progress , for the purpose of widening fhe entrance ofthe locks to Cumberland basin . These works wen commenced some time since , in order to suable the Great Western , Great Britain , and steam . "b oats of fhe largest chui to enter the basin , which cither to they hare been unable to do on account ofthe nairowoess of the entrance loek .
"Ti-order to enable the workmen to proceed with the alterations , it was , of course , necessary to dam oat tbe water , and this was attempted to he effected by means -cf doable rows of piles of the larger size , whicb were forced bj-means of powerful machinery into the bed of the river , and the cavities , between which were loaded with limestones , < fcc These had answered their purpose admirably till last nigbt , when the force of the tide was ¦ too powerful for them , and shortly "before nine o'clock "broke them away . The injury produced by the rush of waters was most extensive ; all the capacious timber work was dashed to atoms , _baulks ef colossal size were snapped asunder , and all the works , except the masonry _. Which , had heen well set , were mora or less injured . A tow of houses on apiece of ground akfrting the lock , it
bad "been thought necessary to prop up . The timbers ¦ used for this purpose wero thrown down , and one of them ( track a _j-ousg- female named Bally , fracturing her collar bone and otherwise injuring her . One of the -workmen employed had a very narrow escape . Immediately before fhe accident he was at work at the bottom Of the lock pumping oat some pools of water which some "heavy showers had deposited , and which interfered with the free operations of the wort-people . A minute or so "before the rush of waters mandated the lock , he noted thai some of the piles were cracked , and very prudently , without waiting to gather up his tools and clothes , which he had laid npon the ground , he sought safety by ascending one of the ladders . He had scarcely gained the top when the dam save way with a tremendous crash , carrying away everything before It "
a scene ofthe utmost alarm and confusion _roUoweu , the water suddenly overflowed the banks , and as suddenly receded for a distance of thirty or forty feet . The impression was that aa earthquake was abont to happen . The people fled in all directions ; the inhabitants dose to the lock rushed from their houses , and all was terror and consternation . The vessels moored in the basin felt the effect of the accident , their craws participated in the general alarm , and many of them jumped on shore . Captain James P & tfitt , of fhe Swift , steam-packet , jumped from his paddle-box towards the wall of the basin , but , failing to reach it , he fell into the water , and on being got out was fonnd tohave much injured him-¦ elf . * The damage I have heard variously estimated at front £ 1 , 500 to £ 2 , 000 and fears are entertained for the ts & tety ot ahout fifteen houses by the lock-side .
•Gbols-Jjdloralitr In The Lewisham Vkios...
• GBOlS-JJDlORALITr IN THE LEWISHAM VKIOS _^ WOEKHOUSB . The usually quiet village of Lewisham has for some -days been in a _ststt-of considerable excitement , in con . sequence of certain very prevalent rumours respecting the conduct of Mr . Burroughs , the master of the Union "Workhouse , towards the female inmates . On the reporter proceeding to Lewisham , aud making _inquiries on the spot , the following was related as facts : — __ Onjast Wednesday month , on the application of the master , _tojhe board of guardians , permission was granted to himself and his wife , the matron , to spend a month at "Eamsgate _, and _JWtte _^ were named to attend to tha duties of the _eBtohiiShmenj _^ uriug ; _tiefr absence . The business of . the matron was mos _£ ef 5 cieutiy performed by JNkcs . M'Calhiin , the 8 Choolml _* rtre _» , - _5 l _^ » Udne | s and attention of that lady having long since it _^ B _^ h _^ _good opinions of the whole of the female inmatei _^ _Stte
_estehushment . A short time after the departure of the master and . matron several of the females , freed , no donbt , from apprehension by the absence of their superiors , made a communication to Mrs . _M'Callum of such a character that it was evident scenes of the greatest immorality had existed for a long time in the Union . Mrs . _if'Cal'am immediately communicated with the Board < pf Guardians upon the subject , and a special meeting of the Board was called to take the same into consideration . A second meeting was appointed to pursue fhe _investigation , and notice was given to fhe master , Burroughs , that his presence would be indispensable on the day named , to hear and if possible to defend himself from fhe charges that had heen preferred against him ,, In the evening before the day of investigation , -Burroughs arrived at the workhouse , and stayed about balf-an-hour . He then left , and has not been seen since , . although it has been erroneously stated thathe was seen Walking dawn the Village on the day after the board was
held . According to adjournment , the board reassembled on Thursday , when it was attended by J . Thackeray , Esq ., Chairman of the Board , the Hon . Major Legg e , Captain Poster , the Rev . A . _"Drnmmond , Cabtain _Gossett , J . -fani , Esq . The inquiry was then pursued in the ab ence of the master , and several female witnesses were examined at great length , and at its conclusion , bo satisfied were , the members of the Board of the validity of the Charges , that the clerk to the guardians , Mr . Packer , was instructed to communicate mth the Poor Law Commissioners upon the subject .
It _isstated , that some time since , the schoolmistress , to whom the above statements were made , had reason to ¦ _belierefhat improper advances were made by the master tuTrara _- sa poor girl who Is deaf and dumb , and engaged iby her at needle-work in the schoolroom . She accord _, ingly kept a strict watch upon her , and there can now be no doubt that , for her care , the sameinsnlts would have been repeated , and her complete ruin and degradation eventually accomplished .
The Mxtbder At Tugeniiam.—Examination Of...
THE _MXTBDER AT TUGENIIAM . —EXAMINATION OF SUSPECTED PERSOUS . _Iiroan , Tuesday Evesing . —This afternoon , Dennis "Flynn , John Hennessy . and Ellen RaHkin _, the former of whom were described as agricultural labourers , were brought up from the Arbour-square station house of the "K division of police , and were examined at some length before the magistrates for the _Beacontree division of "E ssex , on a charge of having been concerned in the murder of George Clark , a police constable of the above division
The Mxtbder At Tugeniiam.—Examination Of...
on the 30 th of June last . OeUriM Mathetar ,. Esq ., presided . . ThefoU 6 _iringa _^ smMthepriloir _^^^ _f _3 _MichaelWdoh on -b eing 8 wo ™ , _said , larrivc _5 *» _« f _« from Ireland on the 5 th of February ' _^ _^ _ti _*? n ° J »* s regular place of living . _, The _J' _^ P' _^ _^ _sdav after : for Mr . Giddini . of Cudbam in Kent- _P _^ _SSkoner _noonlast I was atwork harvesting . _£ - _^ _Sto DennisFlynn . came into the field and _f _^ _EEt „ do , cutting tbe wheat . On the next day BUen Rankin and two persons named John and _^ eHx Sweeny _^ ame , _nd . at by * fire made for the purpose of cooking food , m Ithefield Whilst sitting there _. _^ _U en Rankin said thai ' they ( Flynnand herself ) had no necessity for coming out in ton
there ; that _hsrhusband was earning good wages - don . bnthftving the misfortune of _assaulting _' apoliceman in London , they wereforcedto quit the place and . ' go ' down into the country for twelve , months . John Sweeny asked how the assault occurred , and she answered if was all on account of an Irishman who came into a room where tbey had been drinking , and was going to sing ; that thc Englishman objected to it , and a row was caused . She then said tbat a serjeant came on horseback , and he was struck with a stone , and she saw it , That _' DenhU Flynn and John Hennessy assaulted another policeman , and he waa found dead in afield in the morning . John Sweeny remarked that it was foolish of her not to keep that a secret . Tbat is all I know abont it .
The magistrate asked tie prisoners If they desirfld to put any question to the witness , on which ' Flyrin exclaimed , " It is all an " untruth what be has been ' stating . I am as innocent about this murder as " a man in Smithfield . ' Hennessy ! I wish to ask Mm if he oyer saw me in Kent !—Welch : Yes * Isaw you drunk in the beerahop _, having a row , and at the barn on the morniagEUen Rankin made the statement about " the murdered policeman . — Hennessy ; Don't go too fast , my lad , or" I shall have you . Why , I was at home at Stratford at the time . " . . Welch declared' positively that he saw Hennessy at the Smith ' s Arms at Cndham in FJynn ' _s company ., Hennessy : He is sUtlng that which k untrue . Your worship , I never wai
at Cudham in my life , and never saw this lad in Kent . — The female prisoner also" denied the statement olthe witness both as to what he swore she had stated in the field , and also to Hennessy _being the man who came to the barn on that day . Sbe persisted in stating that Itwas a man called Jemmy Daisey , and not Hennessy , who came there . —Flynn admitted that he was _acquainted with Hennessy , bat denied that such a statement as Welch detailed had ever been made . The magistrate said itwas a very important matter to the prisoners themselves , and also to the public , that the charge should be fally investigated , and again reminded the witness Welch , of the oh * ligation of an oath . —Welch declared most solemnly . that he had spoken the truth . ' * . _'*
Felix Sweeney examined : I reside in Ball court , Tooley street I was at work oh Wednesday last for Mr , Giddens , at Cadbam ; and in the afternoon I was * sifting round a fire with Rankin and Flynn , who worked on the same farm , when Ellen Rankin said she had no occasion to be harvesting only for beating a' policemen , or having ' a row with a policeman , but Icannot say which . She then said something about a _policeman heing found in the field with his head off , bnt did not pay much attention to her , nor do I recollect saying anything to her in reply . I do not recollect asking Flynn or Rankin , when they cams first to work , where tbey came from . When Ellen Bankin spoke of the policeman being in the field with bis bead off . John Sweeny , my cousin , sold It was very foolish to talk of snch a thing before people . She had better keep it a secret . The boy Welch was present at the conversation . Before the conversation took place , I bad not heard of a policeman having been murdtred . The prisoner Hennessy was not there , and I don't think I _6 TW saw bim before .
Police-constable Edwin _Horsefall sworn : I am constable 5 S of the B division , and stationed at Woolwich , Fr # m information I received abont half . past eight o ' clock on Saturday evening , I went to a lodging house in High Street . Woolwich . I requested the person who keeps the house to call Dennis Flynn , who lived below . She did to , and the prisoner Flynn came up , closely followed by the female prisoner . She endeavoured to pass me . and get into the street . I stopped her and asked if Flynn was ber husband , and she replied No . I asked her then what her name was t and she said Ellen . Rankin . I then asked her it she knew Flynn , and she denied that she did ; I asked ber if she did not go by tbe name of Ellen Cottrr , which she at first denied , but afterwards admitted
that she did , I questioned them separately but the woman refused to answer any questions . . I ascertained from Flynn that he had been working at Footscray , and other places ; and also that a short time ago he had been In the employ of the Eastern Counties Railway , and living at Stratford . On going to the station , Flynn inquired "Who he had robbed or injured ? " and oh his arrival there the inspector told him the nature of the charge against him , at which he appeared much affected . Yesterday , afternoon I conveyed the prisoner , Flynn from Woolwich _police-court to _Arbaur-square station , when he said , alluding to the _murdsred policeman ,. " was his watch and money gone ! " He said that voluntarily , and added , " was he very much knocked about V Flynn . —No , I asked yoa , was be much disfigured !
Horsefall , —It might have been . It was either the word disfigured or knocked abont , Police-constable Edward Palmer , 231 R , deposed—I apprehended the female prisoner . On her way to the station she asked me what I was going to take ber for , and added that she was not going to get into trouble for Flynn . She would tell ahout it . After tbey were placed in tbe cell at the station , I heard the prisoner Flynn say to the woman Rankin , " Keep your mouth shut , and they can't hurt us . " On searching a bag I took from the prisoner Rankin , I discovered two white gloves ( odd ones ) now produced . They are such gloves as are worn by fhe police . The female prisoner said the gloves were , given to her by a female residing at St . Mary ' s Cray , Kent .
The prisoners here desired to make a statement ,, but tliey were checked by the magistrate , who told them that as their position was a very serious one they had better say nothing lest they criminated themselves . Under these circumstances he felt it his duty to remand them to a future day . Hennessy , on hearing this , burst into , tear , and ex . claimed , ( pointing to the witness Welch ) That boy Is taking my life away . Fiynn also ; shed tears , and said : Your worship , I am a poor _hard-working chap that never hurt tha hair of a man ' s head .
The prisoners were then remanded for a week , and the boy Welch was ordered to be detained , suspicion being excited that if aUowed to go at large be would not again be forthcoming .
Dreadful Death Of A Clergyman Raying Mad...
DREADFUL DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN RAYING MAD . MYSTERIOUS AND SUSPICIOUS AFFAIR . Throughout tho . whole of Sunday , considerable sensation was manifested amongst the clergy and local authorities of the parish of St . Paneras , in consequence ofthe dreadful and melancholy end ofa Rev . Gentleman for many years past officiating at tbe old church ; and the mysterious and suspicions circumstances connected therewith . On instituting inquiries in various quarters on Monday , the f dlowing narrative was obtained by thereporter : —The Rev . Gentleman alluded to is the Rev-Cbarles Kaye , aged fifty , who has been for many years past the Assistant Minister at Old St . Paneras Church .
On the afternoon of Sunday , the 26 th ult ., the Rev , Gentleman , as was his nsual . custom , attended the burialground , and read the funeral service over a great number of bodies . He also attended for a similar purpose , on the Wednesday and Thursday following , and on these occasions he appeared in his nsual health . He was again expected to perform _iisuDtJes _, as mmal , ou Sunday , the 2 nd instant , but as he did not make his appearance , in * quiries were instituted , and it was ascertained that the unfortunate gentleman had , on the . previons evening , been conveyed away from his apartments , No . , Wilmot-street , Brunswick-square , in a cab to the University College Hospital , on the ground tbat he had been seized with insanity . It appears that on the arrival of the Rev ,
Gentleman at the hospital , Dr . _Quain , the resident phy . sician and surgeon , was from home , and on the representations of the two gentlemen who accompanied him , the house apothecary was induced to admit him as a patient . On the return of Dr . Quain , it being ascertained thatthe Rev . Mr . Kaye was really mad , notice was given that he must be removed , his case not being a proper ona for treatment in ihat hospital . On the following Tuesday the parties who had taken the Rev . Gentleman to the hos . pital again _removed him in a cab to the St . Pan _.-ras Workhouse , where ha remained under , the caw ofa Mr . T . H . Cooper , the parish surgeon , until Saturday last , when he died it is stated in a most dreadful manner and raving mad .
The Rev . Mr . Kaye , who is stated to be a widower , had resided for upwards _offive years at No . 18 , Wilmot . street , and was generally supposed to be a poor clergyman , but circumstances have within the last few days transpired to induce a belief that tbe contrary is the fact . After the removal of the rev . gentleman from the hospital to the workhouse , the persons above alluded to proceeded to 18 , Wilmot-street , and demanded of the landlady the keys ofthe Rev . Mr . Kaye ' _a apartments . These , however , she refused to resign at first , but ultimately did so , on which the gentlemen proceeded up stairs , and then beiug unable to find the keys , they forced tha drawers , secretaries , & , c , of the unfortunate gentleman , and took away with them all his writings , and it is believed a considerable amount of other property . Having again fastened up the doors of the apartments , the gentlemen called upon the landlady to take charge of the keys of
them , and allow no one to enter until they had paid another visit . This , however , she positively declined to do , as she had no knowledge ofthe property about to be taken away , and the parties then left , taking the keys with them . The most remarkable circumstance , and that which appears to excite the greatest suspicion is the fact that during the whole time the rev . gentleman has been an inmate of the _workhonne , not a single soul has visited , or made any inquiries after him , nor since his death , up to Tuesday evening , had any one applied for his removal , or claimed his body which still lies in the dead house usuall y appropriated for the remains of _paupera . This , it is considered , would not have been the case if the parties above referred to had really been the friends of the deceased or hia family . It is stated that , during the whole time the unfortunate gentleman had been in the WOrk & _OBSC , ho was SO extremely violent as to render necessary his constant confinement in a strait waistcoat ,
Dreadful Death Of A Clergyman Raying Mad...
and all his apprehensions appeared to . be _thatthe was _b _^ _lt _^^\ _rgbp _* _fil _z _* _u _& _. __ _lMtfw _^ bad biei procured , and _' _had not death terhm _» ted ? hif sufleringsoh Saturday , tho rev . gentleman was tohave been removed on "Monday to tbo County Lunatic Asylum , at Hanwell . In consequence of the singular _cirenmst & tuses and _unsatisfactbrjr nature of the case , the overseers of the poor Intend laying tuewttoio of the tnct * be fore the board of directors arid guardians , and a torn _, municatlon on fhe subject having also been forwarded to Mr , Wakley , the Coroner , fhere ' ean be bat little doubt tha entire matter will undergo , as it deserves , a rigid investigation .
Supposed Murders. < Oxfobd, August 10. T...
SUPPOSED MURDERS . < Oxfobd , August 10 . The neighbourhoods of "Woodstock , Sturdy ' * Castle , and Jacklcy , have been thrown into a considerable state of alarm in consequence ot the discovery of tbe skeletons of three human _beings , in a pit on the right hand side ol the Banbury turnpike-road , and within fifty yards of the StUrdy ' _s Castle public-house , and w hich , there js erery reason to fear are the remains of _ioraeunfortunatefellowcreatures who have been basely murdered and then buried there by a gang of gipsies _, who > used to : infest that part of Oxfordshire , three of whom are now . in Oxford Castle , two Under a conviction of murder , aBd the other of sheep stealing ' . . Our readers will at once knew to whom we
allude , viz ., to James Biddle and Isaac Sheriff , who were condemned at the recent assizes for the murder of Mr . MebbB , hut whose sentence has since been coromuUd to that of transportation for life , and Skerry , who turned Queen ' s evidence , 'but was afterwards transported : for fifteen years for _sheepstenling . The discovery of the human skeletons arose under the following drenmi stances : —When Mr . Walker , the . Governor . of Barbury Viol , and Morgan ,: tbe constable of King Sutton , were bringing Biddle , Skerry , and Sheriff to Oxford Castle , and on arriving within a short distance of the public-house called Sturdy's Castle , Biddle suddenly exclaimed ( point _, ing to the side ofthe road as weU as hia handcuffs would let him ) , "There laysdead men ' s bones ; " : Mr . Walker asked him what he meant—how dead men ' s bones cams
theVe ! ' Biddle appeared somewhat confused , but replied in a jesting manner , "Oh , they : were killed in the War , " and said no more . ¦ The officers , on their return from Oxford , repeated the conversation to the landlady atStnroy ' _s Castle , who remembered that , abont eight years ago , a person disappeared from that neighbourhood nnder very peculiar circumstances , and had never been senor heard ' of sine ' _ek—ttieperson ' s name waa Hicks ' , the son ofa small farmer residing at JacWey ( a village , about a mile _ancl a half from _Stiirdy _. _s Castle , and _^ hathe was the owner of some cottages and land at that place ; He was a very eccentric character , and preferred a roaming lire to that of a settled one . He at last toek up a _resular vagabond ' s life , wandering about the country with a gipsy tribe , of which ' Biddle and' Skerry formed a
portion . Every half-year tbey were to be seen encamped in the neighbourhood of Sturdy V Castle , and it was on these occasions only Hicks used to pay his native village a visit , for the purpose of receiving hit rents forthe lands and cottages . Something like eight years ago ho paid his half-yearly visit as usual , but since that tuna he has never been seen or heard of , and his brother has taken to the property . The circumstances under which he disappeared , and the company he , was known , to keep , coupled with Biddle ' * declaration on his way to Oxford Castle , led to the opinion that , he had been . basely murdered for . the lake of the rents he had , been receiving , no steps were taken to ascertain the truth of _BiduVs
declaration until rnday last , when some persons were employed to dig about the spot pointed to by Biddle ,-when , horrid to relate , the skeletons of three , human beings were discovered . in a hollow place , ' which Was many years ago' used as » saw pit , on the , side of . the road , about afoot and ahalf under , ground * . Many of the bones ' are qutta ' perfect : A medical , gentleman residing in tbe neighbourhood hag pronounced them to be those of a woman and two men , and from , the .. state they were in they must have beien there several years ; They _werecflrefally collected _together and placed in a box , which is . now under lock and seal , waiting : the issue of a Coroner ' s inquest , when , it is to be hoped , that some further light will be thrown on . the affair _..-.
Mubder ^Warwickshire.. Hoahtow, Anotrsi ...
MUBDER _^ WARWICKSHIRE . . _HoaHTow , _Anotrsi 10 ; =: . Oh Thursday Iast _^ the Rev . W . Lloyd , of Drayton , one of the county magistrates , received intell ' geoc _^ that a woman named Hannah Treadwell , a resident of this village , bad been murdered by a farmer in respectable circumstances , named William Cave , between whom and the deceased , it was understood , that an illicit interceurse had for seme years been carried on . Mr . Lloyd immediately granted a warrant" for . the apprehension of Cave , who was _lodjred in the county * gaol , Information was , at the samo time , despatched to Mr . 3 , Churchill _, the coroner , who Immediately repaired to Hornton , to in _^ quire into the circumstances . - ¦
Thejury having been sworn , proceeded to view the body ofthe murdered woman , " which was lying on the ground floor of a house close to the spot where it was found . There was a gunshot wound on the left side of the neck , a little below the ear ; and the extensive laceration showed that thc charge must have been very heavy , although from , the blackness of the skin surrounding the orifice , it . was . ; evident , that the parties were close together when the shot was fired . .. On returning to the jury-room , the summoning officer nformed the coroner that the person charged : with the murder had been committed by one of the district magistrates for examination before the Banbury bench , and the only person * who knew anything ol the circumstances had been required to give theiratteridance there . Mr . Gibbs , surgeon , " who examined the body of the deceased , was present , however , if the jury wished to hear , his evidenca .
The coroner said that it would be _neossary to adjourn the inquiry , but as the medical gentleman was in attendance , it wonld be well to take his evidence , in order to grant a cer tificate for the interment of the bo _» y . Mr . R . Gibbs , having been sworn , said—I am a surgeon , aad reside at Banbury .. I have examined the body of the deceased woman , Hannah Treadwell . I found fhe left side ofthe neck blackened , apparently from gunpowder . There is a large wound on that side ' , it extends three inches in length , one inch and three-quarters in breadth , and about half an inch in depth : it is
immediately over the large blood vessels leading from the heart to the brain . On far'her examination I found that those vessels had been destroyed . ' The _vertebrte of the neck had been injured , evidently by shots which passed through them . I extracted some small fragments , which I have no doubt formed part of the clothes worn by the deceased , which were carried , inwards , and were mixed up with coagulated blood . I found several shots in what I extracted ; I have no doubt whatever hut that death was immediate owing to the destruction ofthe large blood vessels of the neck .
Mr . Walker , the governor of the county gaol , informed the coroner that the magistrates had adjourned the inquiry , and that upon fhe re-examination of Cave , the person charged with the murder , the attendance of the _se _< veral witnesses would be required . _> . ¦ The Coroner observed that , under those circumstances , he should postpone the investigation . " Prom inquiries made upon the spot , it appears that Cave , the person in custody , is a farmer well knownin the parish of Hornton , He had for some years cultivated a small farm , his own property . ¦'; He is between forty and fifty years of . age . He is a married man , and has a family of children , beside his wife and mother , who reside with him . The deceased , Hannah Treadwell , was about forty years of age . She has had several children ,
some of which are said to be the offspring of illicit intercourse with the prisoner . It is well known that she made repeated demands npon Cave for pecuniary assistance nnd when refused , she applied to the board of guardians for relief , but when offered admission , with her family , into the union workhouse , she declined going . Thedeceased and the prisoner had frequent quarrels , owing to the woman ' s importunities for aid , and their threats against each other were notorious . On the morning of the murder it seems that tbe deceased had been ontside Cave ' s house in the hope of getting money from him , and it is presumed that she followed him when he went to his farm , which is but a short distance from the village . * A person who was passing overheard high words , and soon after the report ofa gun , but took no further notice ef it . About eight o ' cloek that morning Cave , on returning honie , confessed to his wife and mother that he had done for ¦• Hannah , " meaning thedeceased . The women did
not pay much regard to this at 6 rst , but two persons coming back from tho farm assured them that they had discovered the body of the woman at the piace which he bad described . The fact soon spread about the village , and a number of persons hastened to the spot . The body was found lying in a pathway , cut through a hill , with a stone wall on one side , and a cartway bBneath . There were a quantity of loose stones in the pathway , and it seems probable that the deceased was in the act of throwing one of those stones at Cave , who was then some feet above her , when he fired the shot . He attempted no concealment ' for lie not only disclosed the fact to his family , but he returned to the village with the gun under his arm . Cave denies that he fired at the deceased . He says that they had a struggle in which the gun went off b y _ascident ; but he has subsequently admitted that when the stacked him he attempted to strike her , but that the bank being too steep to reach her , he fired in the heat of passion ; and he says that when he saw the woman fall , he reloaded the
gun , with an intention of shooting himself , but had not the resolution to do so . There is no doubt but that after the final examination the prisoner will be committed for trial upon toe capital charge , but it seems , from his recent conduct , that there are good grounds for defence upno the plea of insanity .
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A Boor found im thh Rivbr . —On Tuesday Mr . Payne held an inquest at the Steelyard Tavern , Upper Thames-street , on tlie bod y of a man unknown , about sixty years of age . About eight o ' clock Tuesday morning the deceased was found lying in the water , off Messrs . Calvert and Co . ' s brewery , adjoining _Allhallows Church . The body was dressed in a blue coat , waist c _*» at , and trousers , with no boots , and a calico shirt , not marked . His hair was grey , and he had only been in the water a few hours . Information had been ' forwarded to all the metropolitan police stations , but no clue at present can be found . The inquiry waa adjourned for a week .
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: _Wom-ibm _CAsi ' of * Rm . _UAt thef . _AppIeh _/ ( Westmoreland ) _Assbes on Monday . last , John Smith , 21 , William Smith , 19 , Thomas Burrows , 18 , and George lees , 18 , were jointly indicted for _havihgion the 19 th of April last , at the pathui of MorlanoY violently and feloniously committed a _rspeupoh tbepersoh Of Jane Dover , There was a second Indictment against all ti _» _tama four . person ' s for a similar offence , committed , upon the same ; occasion , upon the person of _Elfcabetb Dover , the sister of Jane .,,. _-., , - ¦ . ¦ : ¦ ¦ - y . -i ti ¦ This case , ; which has excited a great interest for _. muel around the neighbourhood where the transaction arose , presents one of the most atrocious instances of riolation that have been heard ot for many years . Mr . MatthewB ( with whom was Mr . James ) conducted the prosecution ; and _Mn _Ramshay defended tha pri . _iinero : "' :
, ... .... Mr . Matthews , in stating the , case , said that the two young Wonnm who had been the objects of the attack in question were daughters of a vt-idow , Mrs . Margaret Dover , who , with these two and a son , Matthew Dover , residing at a farm-house formerly occupied by her . late _bUBbaad , at Scardde , at about two miles and a half from Sbap , and at a short distance out of the high road leading from Shap to ] Pehrlth . Jane was a girl of about seventeen , arid'the other '' about twenty-sig ht or thirty years of age ; - The prisoners at the bar ( who were all very young looking , _butstout ; lads ) had been employed _as '" _navvies" upon the railway which was now being mide : fromXa « H . a 8 ter to Carlisle , and which runs very near the , spot where _jthe outrage had been committed . The young women were attacked at some short distance nd to their home
from the highway , avery near own . Th ' _eyhaajuit been out for a little diBtance to see their sister , Mary _' Dover , a part of the way to her then place of residence / She , Mary . Dover , was staying atHacktbbrpe ' -Hall , and to go to that they had to come from Seariide _aoroiSj % q fields , and through a gate , which took them up the coach road , _, There the sisters parted , and it was en the ,. returh of Jane and Elizabeth , that they met the four prisoners as they went along a footpath , and hear a plantation of trees . Besides the _bircuoistance of its being sufficiently light for the young women to identify the men , the Learned Counsel _detailed other facts , which , he observed , must strongly induce the _mlhde of . everyone to conclude beyond all doubt thatthe four _prisoners _. were the persona who commuted the crime in ' question .,. ,.. ;; .,., . ; ;' ..-.. ¦ . . " _... . ¦
_, ' Jane Dover ¦ ratefl _^ _tbat _. siie was a * bout > evontoen jea » of age , ' . and residing at _Scarslde along with her ' mother and brother , where Elizabeth also resides . On Sunday , tn » 19 tb of April , her sister Mary , wlii ) lives at Hackthorpe Hall , was visiting at _Scarside , and witness and her lister Elizabeth ' went a part of the way home with her in the evening . They parted with ber between seven and eight , and returned the same way they had gone . They had to pass a gate which is on the road between Shap and Penrith , and it is culled Trimby Gate , at about a mile from tbeir home . There is another gate called Scarside Gate , near their mother ' s farm , on the farm of William Pooley _, Between those gates , at abont a quarter of a mile from home , they met the four prisoners ,
and turned ont of the path to make way for them . This was by a wail fence of a plantation _.: The men were perhaps thirty _yatdao _? when they just came in sight ,, and were meeting / them in \ a . paili , ; wbichi 3 a bridle road , leading from their mother ' s hp _^ ae _tbj . the Shap high road . The two prisoners ( the Smiths ) immediately seised hold of Elizabeth . ' . Seeing that witness was about tp | run away , the other two prisoners seized her . Burrows got hold of witness first and threw her down . ¦ He then bade Lees seize hold of her teet , which Lee did . He then accomplished tbe offence , and _> afterwards £ e « the lame , being assisted by ; Burrows , who seized , hold of her feet .- Burrows struck her before he committed th < oatrage , ' with his hand , over , the nose and the upper part of the face . . He then swore that if she cried out or resisted
_> he Would knock her i—r-head off . After that , one _, of the other two came , but could not say which . He perpetrated the same offence , being aided by one of the others , though ' she could not say which , from the agitation , she felt . After . that again , another , repeated the o < foncet During this time she saw . that her sister Elizabeth was on the ground , at . about four or five yards off .- One of the men _ithen took . _witneas up and dragged her towards the wall of the plantation . That , waB either Burrows " or Lees . " . He attempted * to commit , the same violence , but _djd not ' succeed , he tben ' , bemg alone , and : her strength too much . Her sister Elizabeth then came up to her , and that man then ' seized Elisabeth , while witness _ascaped , went home as fast 6 » possible , . and told her mother and brother what bad occurred , li was at least an hoiir and ahalf that they were thus detained by tbe pri . sbhers . Witness was subsequently confined to the house for about a week , from illness caused by the outrage 80 committed ...
. " The witness stated , on cross-examination , that the way they ' were coming back was the nearest road . It was nothing like , dark " at the time ; -They did not' 1 the men for more than tw ; enty yards before they met , from there being'higher ground between . Never saw the men before that night . While sbe was resisting tbe third man said , if she did so ha would take his knife out and ram it into her heart ,,.. It . was just beginning to get dark , but quite light enough to see the men ; just beginning to grow dusk . "WitneBS had before said that she thought the two Smiths to bo the other two present upon . that _night . There were a great many . _laboui-eM at work . about that time upon the railway .
_, Elizabeth Dover , sister of Jane , corroborated the evidence of the lait witness , She stated that two ofthe prisoners , the Smiths , seized herself . Saw thc others seize her sister Jane , and throw her down . Was perhaps three or four yards from her then . . She , witness , waa then _treatedin the same way . Saw her sister _bifore th _« latter went off home she , Jane , wai a little way off , and lying on the ground . WitneBS was perhaps an hour or an | hour and a half kept from heir sister lefore sbe couldget to her , Cot to her on . her hands and knees , and had been prercnted from doing it before by the men . There wns then one man committing the same offence on Jane ; and after Jane got away she ( the witness ) was detained , and was again attacked in the same way . Could not speak to the other men , viz ., Burrows and lees .
Matthew Dover , brother of the two young women , stated that his sister Jane came home that night about ten , Her face was all blood , and her clothes in disorder . She made a complaint , and in consequence , witness got a horse out of the stable , and rode to the spot . There he found his other sister , Elizabeth , in a senseless state . Spoke to her , butshe did not answer . He then took her home . : Margaret Dover , the mother , also described the condition of her daughter Jane when she came into the house . She made a complaint , and witness perceived that her dress and bonnet were much torn , and her hair all hanging down . Robert Burrow , innkeeper of Bampton Grange , stated that be recollected all the prisoners , and that they had all been at his house at about seven o ' clock on the evening Of the 19 th Of April ; ' They ; proceeded , on leaving the road , in the direction of Scarside . Knew Burrows well , because he bad measured him that day for a pair of boots , but did not know the others so particularly .
Joseph Banks , living at Bampton Grange , in a house between that of last witness aad Scarside Gate , On the evening of the 19 th of Aprllsaw William Smith Burrows and Lees , who stopped at witness ' s door , and there asked for some milk , There was a forth so an ; but he did not stop , and went on before thereat . They-all passed in the direction of Scarside Gate , upon the high road , and that would lead them to one end of the footpath before mentioned . Witness went into Mr ; Pooley ' _s field the next morning and there saw John Banks pick up some gloves , a hair band , and some bits of copping comb , and oth er articles . - John Banks , who lives about three hundred yards from Mrs . Dover ' s , had been at her house on the 19 th , and the next morning went to the spot referred lo . There he found a brace , a belt , a pair of garters , a hair band , and some broken topping combs , ' which he gave to Mrs . Dover . The things were all scattered round a space of about four yards square ,
- Henry _Churnc-ck _, police officer , stated that on the morning after the outrage , the 28 th , Matthew Dover came to witness at Shafe , to give information of the oHence . Witness first went to Bampton , to speak with Mr . Burrows , He then went to _Senralde , and then to Strickland , and Morland , Sowerby and other places , and dually to Hartlepool in Durham . Between Middleton and Hartlepool apprehended the four prisoners , who were going along the road towards Hartlepool , ( The witness here produced u brace and a leather belt . ) When . Burrows was apprehended there was one brace found upon him , which _corresponded with thc one now produced . Charles Caleb Stephenson was with tbe last witness when the prisoners were taken . He took the one brace off Burrows , and now produced it . Also received the hair band and some pieces of comb from Mrs . Dover . The glovesi and garters were also produced by another officer , and all the articles were identified by Mrs . Dover .
Dr . Robinson , a medical practitioner , of Shap , stated that he was called iu to see _MrB , Dover ' s daughters on the 21 st . The face of Jane Dover was blackenned . and there were other bruises upon her person , lie should say , from appearances which he observed , that she had been treated with grvat violence , and that the offence , so far as his observation could ascertain , had been committed . Mr . Ramshay , in addressing the jury for the defence , sald . that he could not resist the evidence of tho crime having been committed , he left it to the jury to say whether they were satisfied that lie young women might not have been mistaken upon the point of identity . Bis Lordship , in summing : up , explained to ihe Jury the law , according to which , in such a case , the whole of the prisoners might be considered guilty , in ease they , thejury , felt reason to believe that nil the parties accused had acted , or been present , with the same common intent .
The jury retired , but almost immediately returned into Court , just as another jury had been called into tbe box . They found all tho _priBonovs _Guiity . The prisoners were then called up for judgment , when his Lordship addressing them , said they had been convicted of an atrocity wliich reflected disgrace on the country in wliich they were born , It was hopeless to think of producing any shame In them by anything he could say . ( The prisoners had lolled about the dock during aU the trial as if less concerned in the matter than any in court . ) But he would make a few observations that others might know the consequences ot committing _euch
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_crimei as _thsy had been convicted of . in name Ihey might not be slaves , but in fact they . would be so . All the _laboTir " tb " ey - _" _coutff'per / om _w them , and they , would in return receive nothing but _'Jaat the food necessary to enable fhemjbo perform that Work . Theirs would , indeed , be a state of suffering , and he was glad of it , for . their conduct deserved that * they , should suffer . Hie LordBhip then sentenced each of the pri s _^ ners to be transported for the term of his natural l ' _tV The two young women were ' . _veryttlQi 8 a > . and ' . rather * _goodlooklng ,
MCBDH _, —At the Wells assizes on Saturday , Robert Williams was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Wiggins , on the 10 th of June . ' ' _¦¦"•*'" ; William G lindell . —1 live at Bristol . Thomas Wiggins was my servant . I was at Little-elm fair with him on the 16 th of June . We went to a public-house together , and we afterwards went into a booth . It waa about 10 o ' clock at night , I saw the prisoner , who laughed at "Wigging ; Who said , " You may laugh when other persons do your business for you . " He had helped him sell a horse , and he had not given him what he had promised . They then began quanlling , and using , very bad language , T told Wiggins he ought to know better , and he said be would drop it ; and he then sat down by ray side
and lighted bis pipe . The prisoner , walked out of the room . He was away about a minute , and then returned ad commenced blackguarding "VTiggim . In a short time Wiggins said he would not stand it any longer , and at be wished him to fight be would have two rounds with . him _forSd . The prisoner then . stood up in an attitude to fight With his hands behind him . The deceased got over the seat and took off bis coat . They then went close together , but I saw no blow struck ; but I saw -the prisoner ' s hand working up to Wiggins * neck as though he was striking him , but not vary bard blows . They fell down , the prisoner ' s band being np against the deceased ' s neck . There was alighted candle at the time . I then said , " I
really believe Williams has a knife in his hand , ' ! and Wiggins at the moment cried out , " Oh , dear ! I ' m stabbed , I ' m a dead man . " Williams rose up and said , " You ' ve got enough of it . " The deceased rose on his knees and two men picked him up , he said ; . "Oh dear , master , I ' m a dead man . " _Hepulledoffhii hankerchief and the blood flowed out ofhis neck as it would from a tap . 'He put up hit hand to stop it and it came out of his mouth and nose . ' Williams ' _was gone , and I ran after him and caugnt him and brought him - back ., ' I did not see Wiggins breathe again . I told the . prisoner he bad killed tha . in & n ,. but ,. ha . oaid he had not : I received a knife tbe ' next morning , wbicb I gave to the constable .
• 3 amm Spry . —I was a waiter in tha booth . I first heard Wiggins call the prisoner ¦ a " d—nation rogue . " ¦ The testimony of tbis witness was almost a repetition of that given by Glindell . There was no bread and cheese eatenin the booth . Edward Hurst . —I am a policeman , and in consequence of some information , I went to this-public-honie . I took the prisonerinto my charge . He said if he had not been drunk he should not hare stabbed tbe man . I showed him a knife . _Hciaid , " Ah , I was eating bread and cheese with that knife , and that ' s how the man came to be stabbed . " On the next day he told me he was eating bread and cheese with the knife _whea Wiggins came in , and they fought , and he had the knife in hit hand and whenhesaw Wood flowing { -cam bim he , raw a . way . .
' Jo-eph Spring 6 eld . —I am a surgeon . I was sent for to see the deceased . There was a wound in tho' neck , in the direction bf tbe carotid artery . It divided that artery and would immediately cause death . There were eleven wounds altogether , tbree of-tbem were above the ear , they were punctured wounds inflicted by tbe point of a penknife . There were sir stabs over the chest . The knife has two blades in it , a large- and small one ; but the large , blade would not have produced any such wounds . ¦ •' _-- . , * . ¦¦ Mr . _Stomx then addressed the jury for the prisoner , cohtendidg that the offence amounted to manslaughter only , even supposing the wounds were not inflieted by accident , which he strenuously urged upon them was the case . ' Mr . Justice _Eble then summed up the case to the Jury , ' Thc Jury returned into Court in about _half-an-hour and delivered a verdict of Guilty .
_: Theprisoner then made a long rambling atoryy and said he was so much , Intoxicated that he did uot know what he was doing . "' ' " Mr . Justice _Eatr having > ut on the black cap . addressed the prisoner in the following terms : —Robert Williams , you stand convicted . upon evidence that left no doubt in the minds of a considerate jury , and certainly left np doubt upon my mind , of your guilt of the foul crime of murder ; It ' appears to me beyond all reasonable donbt that , after . you have been provoked by some language between yon and the deceased , that you had gone out and prepared a fatal weapon , intending to use it if need should require . It appears to me , that that which you to calmly planned you deliberately carried into' execution ; and I cannot but observe that the wounds on the corpse of your victim show that the knife had been repeatedly used before It effected your purpose of
destroying the life of the man ; and after this , dreadful event , there has been no » ign of compunction expressed by you , or shown to any of those who witnessed this horrid transaction . It is the bounden duty of those who administer the law of this country to endeavour to repress the pernicious practice of resorting to deadly weapons ; and I teal bound upon this occasion , by the awful example of your ignominious death , to pive a warning of the dreadful consequences that will follow those who incur guilt like that which you stand to answer for . You allowed no time to your victim to prepare for eternity '; you hurried him in onemoment before his Creator ; the law will allow you n brief interval , and I earnestly advise you to lay _aaide those palliations which you have endeavoured to urge , and prepare yourself by earnest repentance and prayer to obtain mercy , if you can , from your Creator , The learned Judge then passed upon tbe prisoner the awful sentence of deatb . The prisoner was removed from the dock , crying bitterly . . ' ... '' . ' .
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Murderous Attack Br Piium . —We extract the following from the Singapore Times : — "By the arrival here ofthe Dutch schooner Swallow , we have received particulars of one ofthe most daringand murderous ! attacks of pirates we recollect ever tohave heard of or read . It appears that the Dutch warsteamer Chameleon , commanded by Lieut . Van _Iioogenhuizen , oarrying 18 guns , and about 60 men , was sailing in company with a Residency schooner of 6 or 7 guns . The _Clumieleon had on hoard a quantity of treasure from Minto _, destined for the East coast . The pirates would appear to have been aware of the fact of there being treasure on board , and they formed a plan of attack to capture the vessel , In the afternoon ofthe 26 th April , when becalmed near Marawan , in the straits of Caspar , about 40 prowshaving
, in all nearly 4 , 200 men , well armed , suddenly attacked the CAawieffion and the Residency schooner in company , but directed their efforts chiefly to the former vessel . The officers and crew of the Chameleon fought gallantly , bnt such was the determined , heavy , and constant firing kept up by the pirate boats , that the war schooner was dusk-led * —her sails and hull were completely riddled . The pirates nbwsucceeded in capturing and secruing the treasure on board the Chameleon , when they stabbed such of the gallant fellows as resisted ( which every man on board did so till the last ) , and sunk the vessel . The Residency schooner also sustained some injury and loss , but a favourable breeze having sprung up she succeeded in escaping to Minto , nnd communicated the sad
intelligence to the authorities , Dbtermined Suicide —On Tuesday an inquest was taken before Mr . "VV . Baker , jun ., Deprty Coroner , at the Red Cow , Castle-street , Shoreditch , on the body of Samuel Lee , aged 47 , a labourer , residing at No . 4 , Boundary-street . It appeared from the evidence that about two or three years ago the deceased met with a severe accident , and had ever since complained of violent pains in the head . Oa Saturday last the deceased appeared unu & u & lly low and desponding , and about four o ' clock in the afternoon was found by his wile in the bedroom , suspended hy a cord from the bed post . Mrs . Lee called the assistance of a lodger , who immediately cut him down , hut he was quite dead . ' Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . "
Fatal Accident ok the River . —On Tuesday morning , between nine and ten o ' clock , the following very distressing accident occurred on the river near Battersea , and by which a respectable man named Gregory Farsons , about thirty years of age , met with a watery grave , and his brother ; named George , and a person named Pate , nearly shared his melancholy fate . It appears that the parties were proceeding : to Richmond against the tide in a very small skiff ,. which they had hired at Westminster for the purpose ol having ft day ' s _pleasure . They had nro _« eeeded as far as the place above named , the two brothers rowing , when their frail barque ran with great force against a sailing barge , and almost instantly sank , precipitating the parties into the water .
Their cries for assistance were heartrending . Mr . Parsons almost instantly sank , and was not seen to rise again . A fisherman named Gore , who had hauled in his net , rowed to the spot , and grasped hold of Mr . Pate as he waa sinking for the third time . It was now supposed that the two brothers were drowned , but the fisherman , with great presence of mind , turned the sunken boat over , and found Mr . George Parsons cling to the thwart ofthe boat . They were conveyed in a most exhausted state to the shore , but they soon recovered , and having handsomely rewarded the fisherman who had so miraculously saved them , were conveyed in a cab to tlieir residence in the New-road . The drags were used , but the body could not be found , as the tide was running down very strong .
Ths Danger of Reading , iw Bed . —On Tuesday morning between one and two o ' clock , the family of Mr . Shawley , residing in Crawford-street , _Bryanstonc-squave _, were terribly alarmed by screams and cries of fire issuing from the bedroom of Mr . _Planta _, a foreign _pentleman , who was in the habit of reading in bed . The gentleman falling asleep , the candle ignited the bed and bedding , the heat from which awoke him , and he was found ( though terribly burnt ) by the members of the family , who went to his assistance . Mr . Pl & nta is shockingly disfigured about the face , and will lose the use of all his fingers on the right hand from the fir * contracting the , sinews ,
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. ; ANOTHER WE AT PACT . .. , TO TBI SDIT _08 Of THE H 0 _*» TBS * M _» _»*» , _^ Mr . _Ewxoa , —I read " ia the Liedt Utrtdry of the 36 th Ult ., that a Joseph Hiclcin , Esq , Seoretary to the Anti . Corn taw League , had been presented with a _slWer inkstand , _jee—aye ,. Joseph Hickin , . Esq ., mind ihatl t knew a Joseph Hlckin residing at ' _. TfaUall , in * Stafford , shire , who was hy trade ( if I mistake not ) a saddle tree maker y but Joseph wai always ' considered . too l » ay to work with bis hands . He married a woman old enough to be his mother ; but then this woman had a public house of her own , which made Joseph a snug homej Joe Higkin _. as we used to c ? ll him , had the gift of the gab to some extent . When the Reform Bill was being
agitated , Joe took what was termed the * ' Popular side " and became noted as a mob orator , backing De _Bosco Attwoed , and Co „ at the ejection , in 1839 , or there about / Joe Hickia joined what was called the Chartist movement , His house became the general re » ort of men of that party , he taking in the Northern Star , and other publication , of that kind , When Home , Uwta , Cfeonra Edmunds , Claton Salt , Robert Kelley _, Douglas , Benj * . minHadley , & c ., the Birmingham nat ; catcherB , quitted the first Convention , Joe _Hickinwas sent up from Wai . all , to replace _ooe of the parties ; and the poor Chartists paid Joe after the rate of about £ 10 per week for his services in the Convention . But the Newport outbreak scared poor Joe Hickin and the Walsall Chartists , for they but bread and
are cheese men at best . Sooa after this an election took place in Walsall ; a League man , named Smith , was candidate . Joe Hickin immediately joined this party , who gave the men ale andbeef galore , and the women and children plenty of tea ' and . cake . Hundreds were thus regaled for some time , and Joe Hickin among the rest . H completely turned oa the poor Chartists , and called them " Tory tools , " and the "ignorant rabble . " He let his public house , left Walsall , and I never heard what became of him ., I should like to know from you , Mr . Editor , or soma of your correspondents , whether Joseph Y . Hickin , Esq ., be , iic , be our own Joe Hickin , of Walsall ! Sir , I remain , Yours , Joan Wiu . ua .
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THE LATE FL 0 GOW 0 CASE . TO THE EDLTOB , OI TUB _HOaTBHttK 8 X 4 . 1 . ¦ S » , —Iu these days when ; testimonials" are so fathiomVbhvI would _suggegrthe propriety of presenting the coroner and jury with some token of our admiration , for'deliverlng a verdict which must tend to abolish that revolting aad murderous practice of flogging , the British soldier , at the caprice of every sergeant who ' he may unfortunately serve under . I propose to bare a ' jaunt to Feargus O'Connor ' s little paradise at Herringsgate , on the 17 th inst . I hope on that occasion we shall be ab /« to devote a little time to get a committee formed to carry out the above object .
I . am , Sir , your obedient servant , . / "' M . ' P . Ls * A subscriber from the commencement , _Albermarle-street , Clerkenwell . .
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TO TBE BDITOB . OV THB _MOiTHE _» K STAB . Si « , —As Mr . O'Connor , in his answer , to the coarse in . decent charge made in conversation with Mr . Clark by Thomas Cooper on bis character for moral honesty is his management ofthe funds of the Chartist " _Co-opera tire Land Society , has stated that he has lost £ 3 , 400 through the dishonesty of agents for the Northern Star , I beg leave to call the attention of the Chartists generally to the plan adopted'in Plymouth . The Chartist council there act collectively ae agent for the Stars they receive , and the punctual remission of money for tho papers received is carefully attended to , as by so doing
they put it out of the power of any individual to throw any disgraceful imputation ' upon them for neglect or dishonesty on this score ; and I wonld hereby suggest ( where needful ) the adoption of a similar _COiltge _, as W * consider it disgraceful In the _extreme that the only paper that is _VoneBt enough to advocate the causa oflabour should be treate . l in so scandalous a manner . I remain , Sir , ' your obedient servant , B . Bobbbtioh , August 8 th , 1846 . London ;
Another Mubdbb Ahd Suicide.—During The L...
Another Mubdbb ahd Suicide . —During the last week the district around Battle , in Essex , w > painfully excited by the occurrence of one of those tragi * cal transactions—murder and suicide—which of late have unhappily been frequently enacted in various parts of the Kingdom . Aceording to the evidence adduced before the coroner _attheinquest , it appeared that a labourer , named Freeland , had been confined to his bed for ten weeks , but latterly had so far recovered as to be able to wander about the house . On Sunday evening , a woman named Davis took the child from Freeland _' s wife ( who was lighting the fire , ) and presenting it to the father , said ! " Here is your father , " He replied , "I shall not hare _anything to
say to it , for when I nurse it I get in the wrong , and am Mowed up . " Bis wife then looked up at him , and observed , "I wish it would please God to tak * me and my baby this night . " Upon which Freeland made answer , " if it does , I hope it will please God to take you to Heaven . " She then took the child , and in a few minutes left the house in an excited state , and hours passing aiid she not returning , search waa made for her , and late in the evening her body , and that of the child were found in a neighbouring pond . Evidence was given showing that Freeland and hia wife generally lived very happily together , and were excessively fond of the child . The jury returned a verdict— " That the deceased wife _destroyed herself and child while in a state of temporary insanity . "
A Modern Jack _SnaprAttD . —Donoghue , dliat Green _,, convicted last assizes of robbing the North Roman Catholic Chapel , in this city , of the communion plate , and who escaped with two other prisoners from the Smithheld convict depot some time since , was arrested on Friday at Kilworth , Donoghue , after his conviction , and when leaving the dock , declared with an oath , that he would take the life of the principal witness against him , a roan living in the Northmain-street , of the name of Mahony , better known by the nick-nanie of" Buck Ned . " Donoghue _' s account of his escape _cbntainssome curious incidents . Hesay 3 that he offered to effect the escape ofhis two associates , M' Auliffe , who waa oonvicted at the same assizes for _violation , and a man convicted at the
Armagh Assizes , provided they pledged themselves to aid in murdering Buck Ned . The conspiracy to murder having , been entered ' into , Donoghue set to work to gain his and their liberty . This occupied over a fortnight , and , with the assistance ofa rope , he lowered down his accomplices into an outer yard , from which they escaped over a wall , and got into tbe manger of a stable . As soon as he put himself out through the window , the rope slipped , and he fell from the third story , and came on his head on the ground . The fall drew the * attention of a man outside , who arrested Donoghue as soon as he got _overja wall , and put him into a house , and locked the dear on him . The man immediately went to give intimation at the prison , but before his retain , Donoghue
nan escaped tnrougb the roof . He then joined his accomplices in the manger , where they concealed themselves until a late hour that night . They then went down to the North-wall , where they remained in a house for three days , until Donoghue had recovered from the fall . They then came on to . ICilkenny , and went to the house of a priest , where they _repre sented themselves as paupers from a workhouse , as they had the convict dresses on them , and Donoghue being a cabinet maker by trade , remained in the house until he had made two dressing tables for the priest . The money he got for this work enabled them tocontinnetheir journey intoCarlow . Here Donoghue knocked a man down at night , and was arrested by the watchman , and taken to the watch-house . Here he saw the placard posted up describing hia person , and offering a reward of £ 50 f or his apprehension ; but even here his cleverness , though in the convict
uniform , did not escape him , and he told such a tale as got him his discharge before he had been an hour in custody . The three fellows then set offforKHworth _. on tbeir wav to Cork , and Donoghue went into the town to purchase bread , and there met an old accomplice in robberies , a fellow of the name of Callaghan , who had just been discharged from Cork Raol Donoehuo went into a baker ' s shop , and while in the act ot purchasing , Callaghan endeavoured to give information to a policeman , named M'Dermott , who had been stationed at Cork . M'Dermott immediately proceeded to the house , but before he entered he was perceived by Djnoghue , who rushed into the back yard , scaled the wall , and made through the helds . He was , however , quickly followed by the constable , who arrested him . Donoghue was lodged in our county gaol on Saturday . It is supposed that the other convicts are still in Ivilworth mountain — Cork Constitution .
Half Honestt . —A person who lost 5 , 000 fr . about three weeks ago , advertised a reward of 50 » fr . to be paid to whoever would deliver the money to M . Boyer , a wine dealer . On Thursday M . Boyer received 2500 jr . , accompanied by a lettersaying thai the other half was put out at use , and would bo returned if ifc proved productive . _GuoiioeiCAii Cokoress . —The French Geological Congress stru * kwitk the immense interest ofthe coal-mines of Alais , owing to their rich mineral productions , have determined on holding the sitting of 1846 , in that town . Last year tha Minister ot Public Instruction sent one of the n * embers ofthe Institute to draw up a report of these mines , compared with the other mines of France , and the mines of England and Belgium .
_Scutmroa Driyirs oi ? Locomotives . —It is rt « _- reported that the Minister of Public Works , has , ia _consequence of the numerous accidents which have taken place on the French railroads , and which have in a great measure arisen from the want of skill and _exoerience of the drivers of the locomotives , Tesolved to establish a _sihsol of instruction in Paris _fot thia i class of persona .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 15, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15081846/page/6/
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