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# ^^^^ THE NORTHERN STAR July 18, 184CJ....
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rOBTY-TKREE PERSONS DROWNED IN A MINE. D...
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THE MURDER AT "KINETON. Two p»r-mns are ...
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THE MURDER AT SUNDERLAND. SrsTCBLAxn , S...
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Death Of A Chabtist.—Died On Friday July...
-IBRAU 1 M * _ACflA- _"AT TiiEyMANSION On Saturday the Lord Mayor entertained Ibrahin Pacha in a magnificent sty ie . An _i-nmcnse _numbo of _» _-u ? sts were _present , including Lord John Rnsseli and several of the leading ¦¦ Liberal" members « _- _' Parliament . As _customary on fe = tive occasions at the Mansionhouse , the " loving cup" w &» introduced by the toastmaster . Mr . Ilavker . with _? reat tact and ability The iU"vst _* rio » s guest , _Ib-ftiriTu Wha , partook _^ and watehel with great _interest a ceremonial whicli several times provoked k _. s _laiijfiiter to an _extreme degree . His _lliabnc's m tually shook with merriment * vbei ? he saw th _c- _* p a » i _** i : _rour-d in so e < _wntrie a manner , and the Lord Mayor explained to him tbe chiefit of tl : c crrcm < --T . y by signs -which , seemed to be _pertV-. 'tJy _ititellisible io bim . After the usual lovnl toasts .
¦ T _'* . e Lord Mat-ox then , by his toast-master , called _np- > n _ific _i-onipanv to fill hampers _, and said that the opporhmitv wVichlwd been afforded him . of h _* wi ? s tlie liomi'if of _rci-elvius ; so _distin-rnishrtl a _cnest os the _ilinstri'iiis Prince Ibrahim Pacha . i * ave him tlir highest _"rai ' llcation he had _exncriencf d since he had the honour of _presldins in the Mansion-house of the citv ot London .. 11 * . was hamy aho to find so _influenzal a _IvAv of his follow citiz-ns to join in welcoming Ibrahim Pacha to that , wlrch _ he ( the Lord "Mayor ) ! : _« . _i"'d had _pmvod an _hospitable board .
_Chcei-. _* - ) It wa ? not . however , lor more festive purposes that the _illustrious urine * on bis _rii-lit band lad vi-iied th '« country , but to _witnc' _-R for himsell what Great Britain bad achieved in arts , rnaiiufac tur-5 . _undcommerce . The visit , be was sure , tvonh _"! result in tenfold "benefits to this _i-omitry _, nor did h < - doubt tbat his distinguished _juest would harp learned in England tbat . -which wc . uld be useful in his own country . He therefore must ask the company to rise , and to _revive with nil tha honours , the toast- of " ITe * tHh and happiness to his _Highness _Ibrahim Pacha- "—( Lond _cheers . )
1 'he I _? _Tia ? nETER _addressed Uie company in the French _laagnase to the fcl _!« winsr rtfc _?!;—He said that by command of his Excellency Ibrahim Pacba be had to attempt to convey to the company thc desire of his Excellency to oxpra- _' * that , although hr lad be . 33 _received by-a ! cbis « e .- of this country with ihe most marked _feelin-rs . he had not _experiencd a _areeer-f' _-m more _aerecable to his _felines than that afforded him npnn that _^ wca _^ _ion by the Lord Mayor , the magistrates , and thc chief merchants of this great and-impoftant city , and that he should upon _ieavifi ? England carry with bim thc recollection of all 'the Mildness he had received , _!» ut more particularly wr the attentions paid him by the first city in the world . —( Loud cheers . )
The Loud . Mator again rose , and said that he was anxious to adduce to his illustrious eucst some proof Of _th-irenavd and esteem entertained in England for Ibrahim ' Pacha ' s illustrious father , Mehemet All , to ¦ whom Great Britain was sn much indebted for th ? _iacilirfj's that monarch bad afforded in the means of _Gomniiniifi . ' _i'in'r will the British possessions in tbe East . Ee called upon all present to join him in _drinkinsr health'and happiness to Mehemet Ali . — ( Great _cheerlne . ) As _> -onn as _silenee was restored after the rapturous ebullition of _feelinsj whi .-: h the toast excited , " bi _c _Hiflrbuess rose , and for a few seconds communicated with 33-ea . t earnestness with his interpreter . At _leiiff . -h
The _Ixterpheter , by command nf Ibrahim Pacba . responded to tbe toast . His Highness _, be said , de' ared bim to express that the name of his _falher , _introduced as it had been , caused him the deepest sensations of gratitude . Hedesird also to assure thc company that his father continued in tbe desire to _maintain the amity which _snbslsted between the two countries , nnd whicli was so essential to tlie interests of both nations —( Cheer . -- ) . " The health of ber Majesty ' s Ministers and Lord John Sufseli called forth a speech from the new premier .
After a number of other toasts , the Lord Mayor _, _aseorcpanied by bis _illnstrious _grunts , then ouittcfl _the'basquetting hall , and after a brief sojourn in tbe _drawicsr _n » ra . his _Highness Ibrahim Pacha to '» fc leave , attended by "his suite , and was _escorted to his _carriage by tlie Lord "Mayor , in the same stately manner as "had distinguished bis reception . The rest of the visitors shortly afterwards retired _.
# ^^^^ The Northern Star July 18, 184cj....
# _^^^^ THE NORTHERN STAR July 18 , 184 _CJ . _
Robty-Tkree Persons Drowned In A Mine. D...
_rOBTY-TKREE PERSONS DROWNED IN A MINE . DreaotuIi Accident ts a Mini * . — _Fortt-three Mes _paowxE » — -Truro , 'Friday . July 10 . —The most fearful _minins rabunity ever known in this country _occurred yesterday afternoon , at East Wheal Rose lead mine , in the parish nf Newlyn , eight miles from this plac ? . A thunder-storm of _nnprecedei \ ted violence , attended with a flood which resembled rather the _burstins ofa _waterspout than the heaviest train , broke over the _nrigfcb * mrhond . The torrents pouring from Newlyn Downs , collected to-¦ wards the valley , where tbe mine is situated , and _rushins in torrents down the shaft , quickly filled every level . Some ofthe people who were alarmed at ibe . first flow of-water , made their way to ihe surface and escaped , bnt I believe they were very few . Others reached so near as to be seen from the surfacp . but exhausted by their previous exertions to hasten up the ladder ? , were beaten down by the torrent and perished . Forty-three were drowned in the mine . — Standard .
FURTHER PARTTCOXAKS On Thursday afternoon last an accident of an almost unprecedented character ccurred at East _"Wheul Rose Silver-lead mine , situate in the parish of Newlyn , about eight miles north ot Truro , Cornwall . At abont one oVlock dense thunder-clouds gathered over the mine from the north-west , and in a few moments they poured down , amidst vivid lightning aBd _appalling thunder , such a _floodr-f rain _» s v «* y shortly covered the surface of the mine to a depth of some feet . The flood , _rushing onward through the mine , which descends towards the north _, on reaching a narrow gut between the hills , attained a _height of about _eishtfeet ; and sueh was its force _, that ii bore onward large pieces of balk and of iron bailer-plates , which were lodged at the heieht of
several feet above the _ground . Unhappily , on _beins checked by the sudden _narrowuiffnf the " land ; the water rushed into one of the lower or most northern shaft * -, and soon afterwards , more or less , into the other shafts of the mine . The superincumbent weight f > f water , about the same time , broke in the " country" _formins * a lan _? e pit . The timbers in the levela beneath , it is supposed , had been washed down by the water which had rushed into the shaft , and the " country , " or soil being of an exceedingly loo _* _-e . _fiiable nature , instantly gave way to the weight above , when deprived of its artificial props . In tbe levels at the time were upwards of 200 men and lads . Tbe rush , of wind , caused by tbe sudden influx nf water and breaking in of tbe " country , " instantly pnt out sll tbeir candles . Thev groped on as well as
they coHld towards the shafts , were every effort was made from above to assist in bringine " to grass" all who could lay hold of the chains and kibbles let down for them . Clusters of the poor fellows were _succeslively brought nn ; but we regret to say , that after well-directed efforts had been sustained for a Jon ? time to setup men , itwas found in the evening that 43 were still below . Of these four came np the next morning early ; and two were taken np dead from tbe 50-fathom level , about the middle of the day . The _remaining 37 are , alas ] still below , drowned . Or buried beneath the fallen masses of earth . Tbe mine was being worked to the depth of nearly 100 fathoms ; and was flooded by this dreadful accident np bi some feet above the 50 fathom level : this last named level , tbe principle one in tbe mine , _beinir
abou * a mile in length . " Great is the affliction in and about the neighbourhood ofthe mine from the loss of _somanylivps . and from the fear that a large proportion of tbe labour must be stopped . Tlie mine now pays £ 2 , 500 a month for labour only . The adventurers and agents are using every exertion to procure W the bereaved famines the sad consolation to be _derived from the recovery of the bodies of tbe men lost ; they are also kindly and considerately taking means tot alleviate tbe distress which must necessarily result to the survivors , deprived of tbpii onlv means of support hy tbis awful visitation . To _understand why the waters atttained so suddenly auch ennsiderable depth and power , it should br brown thatthe _working . ** of the mine run north and south thrnush the middle of a natural amphitheatre ,
with only o * _ie __ outlet , a narrow ravine at the north . Tbe rain , which appeared to fall in almost solid masse ?; poured in on the b _* _ssin in which tbe mine is situate from all the hills around , and , as we have already said , the ontlet was insufficient for tbe rapidly accumulated waters . The storm altogether lasted but little more than an-bonr , and was so partial a _« scarcely lo extend be . i-ond tbe limits of tbe hills wh _' ch encircle the site ofthe mine . An inquest was held at the Court-house of tbe mine , before Mr . J . Carlvon , coroner , on Friday , on the two bodies found . Thejury returned a verdict of " Accidental Deatlr : " and expressed themselves satisfied that every effort was made in thc first place to prevent the water getting into the shafts , and next inpreservini ! the lives ofthe men who were below .
The Murder At "Kineton. Two P»R-Mns Are ...
THE MURDER AT "KINETON . Two p _» _r-mns are in custody charged with the murder at Kineton . The names of the _parties talc c-n intocustotU are James _Slndswt-il and "William _Jfrnnford . both _youni ! men ; and both natives , or residents , of Kineton . The _form-. T _pnaoner was lately a waggoner in the employ of Mr . Adkinv fanner , of Kineton ; hut he is now engaged -as a labourer at Penny _Coinpb . n . upon the Oxford and Kugby Railway . He has been b' _-forc convicted of serious assaults . Mum ' _ford was examined before Hr .- King on Saturday , rmrt from the evidence then brought forward _, he , together with hi * fellow prisoner , was apprehended o » Sunday afternoon . ' The chief ground of suspicion against the prisoners is tho fact of their asserting that
The Murder At "Kineton. Two P»R-Mns Are ...
they had not seen the deceased Owen . " He left the _Kose nnd Crown about half-paBt nine o ' clock on the night of _Vednesday week , whereas a . witness was now produced , j _-vho upon oath said that he had seen the prisoners and . thedeceased together som _* time afterwards . Moreover , Mumford had said thathe went straight to his lodgings j after leaving the deceased , while his landlady deposed 5 hat on the nig ht in question he came home in the ; " middle of the night , " and she gave him the key out of ' . the window . The prisoners were apprehended by Ser- ' _^ eant Witcher , of the London detective force , who had ' _-. been specially sent down by the _.-inthorities when the ' tragical occurrence became known to the Secretary of State .
The Murder At Sunderland. Srstcblaxn , S...
THE MURDER AT SUNDERLAND . _SrsTCBLAxn , Saturday , July 11—Ycst ' rdny , an in . quest was held at the Londonderry Arms , before Mr , Maynard , Coroner , 011 the body of Catherine Hindmarsh , supposed to have been thrown * from the cliff at the Iteo . tor ' s Gill , on to the Lambton Railway . Mr . Hanson , solicitor , attended on behalf of the friends of the deceased ; and Joshua Turton _, a puddler at the _"Bifhomvearmoutli Iron-works , who is suspected of having committed the crime , was also in the room at the re'luest of the coroner . After some formal evidence as to the finding of the body and the cause of death was given ,
_Raxrimg Simth , the step father of the girl , deposed . — My daughter left our house about twelve on Saturday night , to purchase eome butter at a neighbouring shop . 4 she did not return I -ivent to seek her at various places _, and _a-nongst others , at Jonathan Ayre's house , to which she was accustomed to _resoi t . The doors were fastened , ' ut on _listening i neard a noise as if a man were pressing a woman , and the latter was saving , in a crying tone , " O dear , what kind of conduct is this ? Behave !" I thought it w _« s the voice of my daughter . I knocked repeated !* - for ad mission , and no answerwas given . I tvas _? _olne to burst ° Pen the door , when I bethought myself rhat T might not be justified in doing so . I _therefore stopped _ovtr to our house , and said to my wife , "Jane , _ome dom directly ; Catherine is et Ayre's , and I have -ilmo _^ t rattled tlie door in , and got no answer . " " When I
rctnrned with her , I again heard a voice . I shouted , ''Catherine , come away immediately , I insist upon it . " The voice dropped instantly . I went for a policeman , nnd on my return with one , he took hold of the _sneck , . - nd walked right iHto the room from which the voice pro' •' _cprle'l . Tlvrp was Mr . Ayre in one bed . and two girls in _another—thi-yall appeared to be asleep . "We searched through the house , hut _coubl not find my daughter ; she _bsd bad sufficient time to escape whilst ! was seeking tlw nelice . After this I prosecuted my inquiries until _balfp-ist two o ' clock , and then went to bed . A person named Joshua Turton courted the deceased . He was in my front shop that night about nine o ' clock , when I _cama in ; he spoke to me , but as I did not approve of his coming . I did not speak again . TT' _-i _^ a low blackguard , but my daughter favoured his addresses . On my wife seeing him , sbe said . " It ' s of no u ? e you coming here—you are not a suitable match fin- my loss—you had better go and stick up to my
landlady , she will be a more suitable match for you . " He _retpmned in tbe shop with the girl two or three minutes , and some private conversation passed between them . I io not knew tbey bad any quarrel that night . I never = i . w anvqnarrol between them , bnt I bave heard that he bad threatened her . My daughter was naturally ofa _cheerf-il disposition , nnd sbe was in good spirits when _ebeleft the lionsp . having- « rot leave to go to Shields to see some relatives on tbe Sunday morning . I am satisfied she did not destroy hsrs _.-lf . Turton came to my bouseon _^ nnday _afrvnioon , and when he saw me said , "It's a bad job , hut I ' m clear of it . " I said I had net blamed him St it , as I could not blame anyone then . He told mehe ' ad had a very restless night , he could not sleep , for he _dreamt about _nothin-r bnt Wood , and the police _dragging him away . lie had been up sooner than usual tbat morning _, and could not rest anywhere . Turton told me tbe conversation he bad with Catherine on Saturday night wns -shout _nothing particular .
Jan- _C-- _> ol _< . in ' ' . 3 _fs > rg « _eret Bnycs _, tbe two girls in bed at Ayre's house , together wilh Mr . and Mrs . Ayre , were then cOled . and tbey all swore positively tbat they heard no _n"i ? e hi front nf tbe bouse , or at tbe door , after twelve « _-. * c !« h * . before the police came , and the words "Oh dear , what kiv . d _* f conduct is this—behave ! " were never used bv any of « hem ; and that neither the deceased nor Teuton was in Ayre ' s house that night . They accounted f-rtbe _^ -Jicpman beinjr abl e t « walk in . by saying that tbey alwayc slept with the doors unlocked , and said they were never fastened that ni ; bt . They were very strictly _"saiiinedon all t ? ie _* e points , bnt confirmed each other's testimony in every material particnlar . Wil" jam Best , a shipwright , spobe to having seen a man and wnmnn ( whoso description panly _anwered that of the deceased and TurW . ) standing exactly at the place where the . bonnet wasfound , about half-past 2 o _' clock _' on Sunday ™ orn : ng . He did not remain in the Gill fire minutes after he saw them ; there were no cries of distress during that time .
Thomas "Widdrington , a shopmaker , said he was standing at the end of Castle-street , not far from Smith's shop _, _sbont 12 minutes past 12 . and saw Catherine Hindmarch na _= _s with something under her apron . He spoke to her as she passed , and sbe was very cheerful , Mrs . Spe . d _4 ir . g said she s & w three men running in the _dir-i-ction from tbe Gill or _Ayre ' s-anay about 2 o ' clock . She did not see their faces , and could not describe their clothing . Alice . Turner , wbo lives in Hoppe . r-6 treet , stated that a quarter _before 2 on Sunday morning _* he was sitting at her own door , winch is a short distance from the Gill , when she heard a shriek , whicb appeared to proceed from that part of th- Gill " -here the _hjnnet was found . Several - therghrieks _enme from the same _direction . A dreadful shriek _followed , which made the Gill echo again just as tbe church clock struck 2 . She looked out for some time _, bnt _' ouldnot see any person . A man might have run along the _fiill without her hearinr him .
Jane Lloyd was then called by Turton to prove that be was at heme the whole of Saturday night . She deposed—T am a widow , and keen the Royal Trent public house in Hiib-street . Joshua Turton lodged with me , nnd has done so two years . On Saturday night he came home a little after 9 o'clock . He pat his hat , coat , and shoes off in the parlour , and S 3 id he was not going out any more that nigbt . He was in the bouse until half . past 12 . when he went to bed . He was not out any more that night . T locked Mm 5 n Us room from the Outside , and about 9 _o'clockon tbe following morning be rang tbe bell , and the servant went and opened the door . Turton came _straieht from _bisroam into the _kitchen , and sat down . I swear positively he was never out of the house during tbat _niebt . The window of Turton's room <\ pens into tbe street .: it will ba about eight feet from the ground , and
be could have got out and in again tbat way . " When be came into the kitchen on Sunday morning , he said he had bad some troublesome dreams ; he had dreamed of fighting with tbe police and such like . I told him they were very bad dreamt , and he was to iriirid be did not get into a scrape before night . He » ent out shout 10 , and returned shortly after 12 . On bis return I asked him if be had heard any news respecting _Catherine nindmarcb . He said he bad not . I told him tbat she bad been thrown over the dill hanks , and tbat people were blaming him for having done it He said he was very so-ry for what had happened , bnt he was sure no person could blame him , for be had not been ont during th < - nigbt . There is only one key to the door ofhis room . His working clothes were in thecloset of that room . I do not think Turton could bavegotout ofthe window ofhis room without my hearing ; him . as it opens badly .
The Court adjourned at half-past 6 o ' clock until the following morning _. On _Saturday , the coroner and jury re-assembled , nnd a great deal additional evidence was taken . Some witnesses spr . keto having heard cries cf murder at an early hour in the morning , as if tb"y proceeded from the place in question , and a young woman , named Hannah Riley _, said that on Saturday nigM , about eleven o ' clock , "he « aw Turton ( whom she had known four years ) standing with a young woman whom she did notknow , not far from the 6 hop of Rawling Smith . The value of ber testimony , however , was materially decreased , if not . destroyed , _Vv her admission that she had mad * contradictory statements to the police . The only-other important fact proved was , that Widdrington , the young man examined yesterday , and who so far as is at present ascertained wag tbe last person seen with tbe deceased , was an old sweetheart of hers . But there is no reason to suppose thathe wa « in any mannerconnected with bcrdcath .
Turton , in his voluntary examination , confined himself to denying his guilt , and _urgint ' , that if he had been guilty be would have absconded _. The Coroner briefly summed up , and the Jury after u . long consultation , returned a verdict ofWilfal _Mur-Jcv _against some person or persons unknown , -
Murder Of A Police-Cons At Ble In Essex....
MURDER OF A POLICE-CONS AT BLE IN ESSEX . The inquiry in this case was _resumed on Tuesday ; at Dagenbam , and the following singular evidence _vrouc into : — Mrs . Elizabeth Page sworn . —lam the wife of R » I _, "b Page , of Dagenham , farmer . I did not know tbe _deceajod Clarke . I first beard of a policeman being- missing on Tuesday week last , and beard of one ofthe men being found on the Friday following , about half-past seven o ' clock in the evening . Ai that time several _pediccronstnblcs came to my bouse to ask me it" I had any objectiou t _» allow them to drag the pond . I gave tbem permission , and after they had dragged the pond I told tbem there was another pond at the top of one of o . y _fields , and my little boys would go and sh _^ w them . . My hoys accompained _Police-constables Butfor noil Kinimwi .
to point out the pond , and in about ten minutes after I heard my children scream , and cries for the police 1 ran to the spot , and saw my boys and all the polio * who had been in my yard together , and at their feet I saw the body of a policeman lying , cm _iiie ' right , side . 1 assisted in _placing tbe body upon a door , and lent thorn a cart to take it away . About half-past eleven or _twelve o ' clock the 6 ame night , my cart was brought buck by Kimpton and two other policemen . 1 gave-, them some refreshment , na they appeared very much exhausted . In conversation , Kimpton said that if it had not been _for my children having taken them the way tbey did , they wonld not have found deceased . He also > abt that Mr . Parnons , meaning Serjeant Parsons , was not on ilutj thu _nhht deceased was missed , and had _atked him ( Kimpton ) to take hiihorie and do duty for him , as bo
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was not well , and he had done so . " Serjeant Parsonf was not present when the conversation took place ; By the Coroner . —I did not hear the dogs bark 011 the morning ofthe murder , but my husband heard them . Jonas Stevens , K 73 , said , ; I know the _deceaacd abnu < « ix weeks before his death , that being about , the time he had been stationed at Dagenham . I _loiWed In tbe snmr room with him at the station . He kept his box in that room , and it was always unlocked , the deceased having broken the lock at thc Arbour-square station , ne kept his money in that box , and I did also . The day previous to losing his life he told mehe had £ 110 s in it . I saw him take out a sovereign and get change for it . He told me that he had lent his cousin , residing at Bexley-hcath , money . I will swear thathe did uot tell me ho had lent
anyone else money . I saw Ihc deceased ' s mother tit the . police station on the morning before the inquest wiis _opennd . Thnt was tbe 4 th of July . On tbe following morning the mother wanted to examine th « deceased's box , but she was not allowed to do so by tho sister-inlaw of the serjeant . I left the station with dDeea 6 fid , Kimpton , Fames , and other constables , on the night of Monday , the 29 th instant , accompained-. by Serjeant Parsons . I left them all at ' he top of _llagenliam-street to goon tomybeat . I never saw Clarke alive after thnt time . I never saw anything of Kitnplou or the other men during the _nisiht . I saw the strjennt abont _halfpastten , and again nct-vc . 11 twelve undone at Broadstreet . On both occasions he waB on horse-back , I saw him again on Tuesday morning at six o ' clock , when I came off duty .
Mrs . Pap said , tbo _wirnoss minted 111 the field on the discovery ofthe _botfy , and lie was so hud whilst , at her house thathe constantly kept urging Kimpton to get back to Dagenham as quickly as possible . Kimpton , pnlice-constwble K , 310 , was colled , and in answer to the fjoront-r , snMIdo n » t recollect _maUli-g any statement to Mrs . Page thatPnrsons was ill , and that I did his duty on horseback , on the night of the murder . I will swear I did not say it . Coroner . —Mrs . Page has sworn you did say so . Kimpton . —I deny it . Mrs . Page hc-restood forward , and confronting Kimpton . declared what she had stated was true .
Evidence continued . —I have on some _occasions done duty for tbe serjeant , but not on this o .-casion . 1 will swear that I saw Parsons on horseback doing duty himself on the Monday night and Tuesday morning in question . I saw him last at tho station at Dagenham , at a _quarterpast three , when I took his horse to the stable _, lie then said thathe had not seen Clarke during tbe night , and asked mo if I had seen him . I did not see Parsons again until a _quarter before six , in'Dugenhnm village , when lie told me that he had not found Clarke . It was not until dinner time on the Tuesday that Clarke being missed was reported to the Ilford station .
I Thc Coroner here inquired of Mr . Inspector Richardson , who was conducting tbe case , if be bad any _fm-ther evidence , . * ind being answered in the negative , said that he thought tbat was the proper time to inform the Jury that cir . ' umstances had come to his knowledge which would render another _adjournment necessary . The murder was one of great atrocity , and if the information that had been given to him were correct , he was certain the Jury would not regret adjourning . After s"mc further remark *; , the Coroner , _addressing the churchwarden of the parish , said that he thought , in order to sift the case to the bottom , that it would be necessary to have the body exhumed . The inquiry was then adjourned for a fortnight .
Immediately after the adjournment of of the inquiry a longinterview took place with the Coroner and tlie principal police authorities , chiefly rolatintr , it was understood , to a letter received from Bristol accusing certain persons of the murder .
Fatal Accident 02j The Bristol And Birmi...
FATAL ACCIDENT 02 _J THE BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY . _____ \ _BiBMiNOnAM , Tuesday . Yesterday afternoon a fatal accident occurred upon the Bristol and Birmingham Railway , ahout fix miles from this town . Tbe _followingfactsare obtained from official sources and may be relied npon in the main as correct . Between Bromsgrove and the Barnt-grcen Station , the guard of the passenger train ( named William Stock ) wluGh arrives in Birmingham at half-past 3 p . m .. left his seat at the break on the carriage immediately behind the tender , to enter into conversation with a person—a contractor for work on the line—wbo was Rented Oil tllfi roof of the succeeding carriage . For this purpose Stock walked acroBS the roof of his own carriage , and sat upon
tbo roof of tbe one upon an outside sent of which bis friend was seated . Upon arriving near the _Barnt-green station , the engineer or stocker _, whose , duty , it may be , gave the usual signal by whistle , when the unfortunate man Stock , whose back was towards tbe station , jumped up from bis seat with a view to return to the brink , when his head almost instantly came in contact with the arch of the bridge , and his body was thrown between two of the carriages . The train passed over him , and it was not until tbe train stopped at the station that the body of thedeceased was taken up . Itwas then ascertained thnt the skull was dreadfully fractured ; otherwise he had suffered little iujury .
The deceased , who , though insensible , was still living , was immediately conveyed in a compartment of one of the carriages to the Birmingham station , and thence to the Queen ' s Hospital , at Ilolloway-liead . He arrived there about 4 _o'cl-ick and died about half-past 5 . It will be recollected tbat a year and a half ago an accident of a somewhat similar nature happened on this line , at the King ' _s-norton bridge , only two or three miles distant from the spot where the present one occurred . In tbat instance the company were blamed for the erection of pillars on each side , for the support ofthe arch of the bridge . A guard of one of thc trains , the lime
referred to , met with hi 3 death in consequence of his head coming in contact with one of those pillars . In the present case it does not appear that blame is to be attributed to any improper construction of the bridge . It is line of the highest on the whole line between Bri « to' and Birmingham . So far as can . be ascertained from present evidence , the accident , lamentable as it is , would appear tobe the result ofthe deceased ' s own indiscretion . Hr was a man nearly six feet high ; and . when it is consider- d that his head wa struck by the centre of the arch , it does not seem probable that the height of the bridge could be deemed dangerous .
The body of the deceased having been removed out of Worcestershire into Birmingham , the case is non- within the jurisdiction of Dr . Birt Davies , the borough coroner , who has appointed to take the inquest to-morrow . The deceas d was a remarkably steady sober man , and much respected by the superior officers of the company . He has left behind him a wife and five children .
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AWFUL CATASTROPHE . —LOSS OF THE BRIG SUTLEDGE _. OF PlfJTOU . N . S . —THIRTY PERS 0 HS DROWNED . The brig Sutlej , of Pictou , Nova Scotia , has been wrecked—thirty lives lost . The following arc the particulars , as detailed by the Captain of her , who was among the survivors : — The brig Sutlej , of and from Pictou for Fall River , sailed on the 12 th of June , with 56 passengers—men . women , and children . On tbe evening of the 26 th , at 8 o ' clock , it being thick and foggy , came , to anchor ; and at i o'clock on the following morning got under weigh , and at about half-past 3 struck on a ledge of rncks ( in the Yincyard ) called tbe Sow _.- ind Pigs , soon after which , the tide having caused her to slue round , she bucked off the ledge , filled , and went down bow first , in ten fathoms water Previous to her going down , the mate , was sent belon , forward , to ascertain if the brig leaked , but he discmered nothing that looked like it . The pump was
then ordered to be sounded , but before that could be done water was reported in the forecastle . The boat was then got out und the _passengers rushed into it , when the captain gave orders to shuve her from the brig . He then jumped overboard and swam to the boat , and kept her as close to the brig as possible , picking up sucb as jumped into the water . The whole number picked up in the captain ' s boat was 31 , alive . The schooner Dusky Sully being near sent _hi-r boat to assist , and succeeded in saving 6 more alive , who were in the water , and 3 more do . from the rigging of thc _sunkvn brig . 16 dead bodies ( 4 women and 12 children ) wore alto picked up by the two boats , which together with the survivurB were put on board tbe D . S . nnd brought to this place , as above stated . The captr . in also states that another vessel was at the sume time picking up what ' . was adrift from tlie wreck ,
« c . The c . _inttiin and crew , and tbe following passengers were saved : —Margaret Bowie , Robert Bowie , George Oliver , M » ry Oliver , Robert Oliver , Oeorgc Oliver , Jcnett Oliver , Isabella Oliver , Hugh Oliver , John Oliver , John _Howiit , . lames Hnwat , Michael Howat , Thomas Fatkin , John Faikin , Jane Love , David Love , Robert Mc _Millen , Margaret McMillen _, Hugh Dunoon , Margnret _Prirticr , ' Archibald , Munriie , William Loraine _, William Weir , Are ' _iibuld Smith , Ellen Smith —2 . S . The names of those who wvre lost , including tlie 16 picked up and brought to tkis port , are as follows : _—llaig _.-trel Bowie , Christie Bowie , Mary Bowie , Alexander Bowie , James Bowie , Jennie Bowie , ( all children uf the lady who was saved ) , Elizabeth Ilowat , Agnes Howat , Margaret Fatk . in _, _Teter Fatkin , Margaret Fatkin , _Idiiughttjr ) , . lam-Love , ( mother ) , Alexander Love , Jessie Love , _Mtrgaret McMillen , ( mother ) , Elizabeth McMillen ,
Ann McMillen , Hugh McMillen , William McMillen , Jonnctt _McM-llcn _, Robert McMillen , Margaret Denoon , Marion Danoou . Mary Denoon , Daniel McLean , "William _frazier , Sarah Frazier , Ann Catherine _Fran ' ior , Effy Weir , Joanna Cream—30 . A slip from the office ofthe Newport Herald andBliode Islandti sayR _* , —A jury of inquest was held by ihe Coroner , ( J . C . Shaw , EBq . ) over Ihe ho-< Ues ,. wln , found ii verdict in accordance with the forgoing facts , after which they were removed from the vessel to a neig hbouring hou ' _-e , and _airaugemi-nts made b y thc authorities tor thtir dtcent interment , _Turoiij-h the csertions ofa number of humane individuals , the survivors w _. re comfortably provided for with food and clothing for the present . The passengers were all foreigners—mostl y Scotch , and , we understand , were on thtir way to Perm ylvauia , where they expected to rind employment in the seining _L-stablishnnnts .
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THE _ELECriOIvS . PERTH . The nomination and re-election of tbe Right lion . Fox Maule , * for the city of Perth , took placo on Saturday , on hustings erected in front of the County Hall . His nomination was moved by Mr . David Greig ( late provost of-the city ) , and seconded by Bailio Clunie . There being no opposition the right lion , gentleman was declared to be duly elected . CHESTER . Tlie re-election of Mr . Jervis , Her Majesty ' s Attorney-General , as the representative of this __ _city , took place on Saturday morning , witliout opposition , _iviul without creating the least excitement . EVESHAM . Lord Marcus II ill , who baa been appointed to the _Conlrollersbip of Her Majesty ' s Household , was on Saturday re-elected without opposition .
HERTFORD . _Satorpav . —The _rs-e ' ecf ion of Mr . Cowper , one of the new Lords of the Admiralty , took place to-tliiy . GLOUCESTER . On Saturday , Captain Berkeley , who had accepted a seat at the Board of Admiralty under the new Administration , was re-elected without opposition .
TOWER HAMLETS . The election , of a member lor this borough , consequent upon the vacancy occasioned by Col . Fox's accephnceof office as Surveyor General of tho Ordnance , to » k place on -Saturday at Stepney- » reen . The proceedinffs were as dull as can well lie imagined . At one o ' clock , tbe hour appointed for opening the proceedings , there were scarcely 100 in front of the _IiilHlings , exclusive , of course , of policemen , who were mustered in extraordinary force , and whose vigilance in" preventing the juveniles from creeping under the ropes and infringing other national laws by the police Cor such cases made and provided , was a subject for inlinite admiration .
Col . Fox ' s friends . a _* _-semblcd at 12 o'clock , at Whitechapel Court Ilouse , and walked with him to the hustings ilong the Mile-end-road , tho most public place perhaps in all the borough . Their procession , however , did not attract even ordinary attention , and so little ofthe .. " enthusiastic" was there among the constituency that even the appearance of the candidato on the hustings was not a signal for a cheer . Much more curiosity seemed to be excited by the appearance ofthe returning officer and bis legal assistants , who , ill fill ! dress costume , and hearing staves decorated with white satin liuhon _, drove up to the booth in a carriage and four , proceeded by the Borough bailiff , an humble imitation of the City Marshal , as outrider and clearer ofthe way .
Georoe Offor , _E-r _-q , a magistrate resident at Hackney , ' nominated Col . Fox . as a fit and proper pers _» n again to represent . them in Parliament . Mr . Maktinkau , seconded the nomination , The Returning Officer then asked whether tiiere was any other candidate to be nominated ? Mr . Box ( schoolmaster ) said he came forward to exercise liis privilege as an elector by asking : Colonel Fox certain questions . If he did not answer them satisfactorily he would put another candidate in nomination , but if he did answer them , he would withdraw his opposition . lie desired to know whether
Colonel Fox was ready to use his influence , as a member of the -legislature , in order to obtain a eomplete suffrage for the people ? The other question he would wish to ' put was , whether ho was prepared to _advocate and promote a total severance between civil and ecclesiastical affairs ? . ( Hear . ) It was his desire that the question known as the _Anti-State-CLur-ih question should be agitated until it would meet the same fate as-that of the corn-laws ; and he begged mo _^ t respectfully to say , _th-vt a very considerable number of . irdent and fervent spirits in that bnvoiii'li were ready to do their utmost that those subjects should meet with a full and fair discussion .
. Colonel Fox rose and said—I be-: most distinctly to let it be understood that I will give no pledge whatever relative to these or any othersubjects . I declared my principles in 1841 , and it is for you to say if I have swerved from thim . ( Hear , hear . ) But , as to giving any particular or individual pledge , that I cannot do . and I would sooner resign the honour of rcprc ; enting yon than so bind myself . ( Hear , hear . ) As to the question of universal suffrage , I will fibserve , that I am by no means prepared to say that . I will notsuppert a gradual extension of the suffrage . I am not prepared however to pledge myself to wliat
is _ciillod universal _suffrage , or anything ol the sort . I consider ' the _snffraije question noes hand in hand with the education question , and I can only say that I ; for one , would be very glad to sec tbe people fitted to hold such a power by the blessings of education . ( Hear ;) With reference to the other question put to me , 1 can give no _pledge whatever . I am a friend to religious liberty in its fullest extent , hut it _wi-uld be exceedingly improper in me to give a pledce upon the subject , especially when I am aware thatthe greater portion of ' my fellow countrymen hold opinions adverse to those ofthe last speaker .
Mr . Box said as his object was satisfied in the putting the questions , and as he was anxious not to np ] ear to wish to cause vexation or _emburnissment , he _i-hould not proceed ' to nominate a candidate . Colonel Fox ( in an under tone ) , You ' re a jolly fc _!" ow ! L" jolly fl 3 t ! "l The hon . member and his _questisnei ? then shook hand .- - , and the latter left the platform . The Returning-Officer then put the necessary qiio'fo-is , and the show of hands beiug for Colonel Fox , hi wan-declared duly elected ,
GREENWICH . On Monday . Admiral Dundas , one of the newly appointed Lords of the Admiralty , was elected without oppositiou .
PLYMOUTH . The contest has terminated in the return of the ministerial candidate . The following were the numbers at the close of thc poll : — Ebrington- ... Tl't "Vincent ... 187 ¦ _Minority for Ebrington , 527 . After the declaration of the poll , Lord _Ebrington adihessed the meeting , and was followed by _iVr . Vincent who said that Lord Ebrington might
go back to Lord John Russell , and tell him that he did not represent thc feelings ot * the mass of the inhabitants of Plymouth ; he ( Mr . Vincent ) would . either present himself , orsome one else would be presented , to the electors at any succeeding election , so that those who supported the great principles which he professed would have an opportunity of manifesting their opinions . He congratulated the inhabitants of Plymouth upon the peaceable manner in which the election had been conducted , and _begged to teLder them his very best acknowledgements .
MANCHESTER . Monday . —The election for this borough took place this morning , in St . Ann's-square , where , by ten o ' clock , the hour appointed for the . proceedings to commence , an immense assemblage of people had gathered , probably more than 0 , 000 in number . A fter the usual formalities ,. __ Mr . Alderman Walker proposed the Right Hon . Thomas Milner Gibson . Mr . Alderman Kersham seconded the motion . . No other , candidate _appearing Mr . Gibson was _declared duly elected . t Mr .. Gibson thendeivered a long whig oration , after which : —)
The Rev . Mr . Schofield begged leave to call the attention ofthe _riaht . hon . gentleman to the thousands of _honest faces that were directed towards him . Did he know that the majority of these did not enjoy the franchise ? and was he prepared to give them a vole equally with the ten-pounders ? Was he willing to acci'de to an extension of the suffrage ? Mr . Gibson . —I will not give an answer tliat may be calculated to mislead ; 1 will only state what my feelings are in reference to this subject . I am not aware of any measure that is about tobe introduced , but if any well-considered measure for the extension of the suffrage be laid before Parliament , 1 will promise to-give it my most favourable consideration . ( Loud cheers . )
The Rev . Mr . Schofield . —I have two or three other questions . Under the present Poor Law , which gives authority to the persons putting it in force to imprison-the'poor , and make tbem bveak and . " pulverise bones , they are obliged , from being hungry , to gnaw the gristle and suck the marrow ( the remainder of the sentence wns lest in a deep and universal groan from the crowd . ) -Will you , Sir , advocate any measure to ameliorate the condition of the poor in these bastile *? It is a strong phrase , but it is the only one properly descriptive of them .
Mr . Gibson—The abject ofthe poor-law I imagine is to give a support to the destitute , and 1 never understood that the advocates ol the new poor-law intended or wished that practices of a severe or cruel nature should be enforced against the inmates of workhouses , * indeed I am not aware that any man will advocate unnecessary cruelties , being enforced against the poor . All I ean say is . this , tbat if any _acis _>• _¥ Impropriety or abuse in th .- administration ol the law be proved and estab \ isbet * t , 1 am not the man to set my face against the suggestion or application ofa remedy . ( Cheers . ) The Rev . Mr , _Scuofibi , d . —I have still anothei question . Are you an advocate for annual parliaments to meet your constituents once a year . ( Crie _* of "No , no . " )
Mr . Gibson—1 will frankly tell the reverend gentleman that I would not like it much myself ( Laughter and cheers . ) I think it rather too shun an interval to elapse , for the moment a wan got int < _haraess aud understood his business , then emm another election . ( " Hear , hear , " from the bus tings . ) Too long an : interval between general _i-h _.-c tions is certainly a great evil , but I think two ah-rt * one would be equally so . ( Cheera . ) The Rev . Mr . Schofielo—Are you prepared ti support a , Ten floura' Bill ? ( Cheers from the crowd and a cry of "No , no , " from the hustings . ) __ Aim how also you can justify your vote against this bi ] when brought forward in the _Elou-se of _Comnv-i-a by : gentleman of great experience on the _eubjeot , Mi John Fielden the member for Oldham ? ( _Cuosri and " Oh . oh . " )
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Mr . Gibson—I will answer , my , , reverend fnenl as candidlv and clearly as I can . It has always been my desire that the question of the hours of labour should be settled bv the people themselves . ( Great clamour , and cries of" That won't do . " ) Ihe rev . gentleman and his friends invite me to take upon myself the responsibility of preventing the working classes , whatever may be their own wishes on thc subject , from working more than ten hours a day . ( Hear , hear . ) This is a heavy responsibility . ( Hear , hear . ) Labour is tbe working man's property ,
and lam asked to reduce at once by one-sixth the productive labour of the manufacturing districts . ( Hear , hear . ) I should consider myself unworthy of your confidence if I gave oil-hand answers that I n-ould vote for snch a reduction . ( Clamour . ) My earnest wish is to see —( a voice : '' Slavery" )—no , mv wish is to . see a perfect and good understanding between the parties interested in this question ; but I will not take the rcsposiuility of enforcing in these districts a Ten Hours' Bill . __ ( Cheers from the hustings , and groans and hisses from the crowd . )
The Rev . Mr SciiopiELn—Can you give a reason why fcmalca and young persons should work two _hoill'S longer than the mechanic or agricultural labourer ? ( Cheers . ) Mr Gibson—I can give no reason _on-the subject . It is not the law—there is no act ot parliament for it . As Elector—Why not make it the law ? ( Loud cheers . ) ,., _x ... Mr . GmsoS _' . —Why not make it felony to drink small fewer ? ( _Lauchter and eheers . ) Mr . Schofield here retired , loudly cheered by the multitude .
RICHMOND . Monday Evening . —Thc election for the boroii h of Richmond . Yorkshire , took place this mornins :, . when Henry Rich , Esq ., the late member , who had vacated his peat by accepting the office of one of tlie Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty ' s Treasury , was re-elected without opposition .
DUNGARVAN . Saturday . —The election for the borough of Dungarvan was generally looked to with some public anxiety , aa a doubt existed whether there-election of the Right Hon . Richard Lalor Sbeil would he opposed by O'Connell or net , by starting a repealer in his stead ; but it was known in some quarters , of Dublin on Saturday that the ordinary formalities of , moving and seconding the nomination of the Right Honourable Genileman as representative would con _>
stitute thc entire ceremony ; tbat Mr . Sheil would n « t evengo down to favour the electors with an antithetical oration , and that his return would be communicated to him in a formal letter by his agent . It is stated that the Right Hon .. Gentleman finding on his arrival in Dublin on , Friday , thathe could '' walk over the course , " determined not to appear at the hustings , particularly as . certain parties threatened to put some questions to liim iu reference to " repeal . " which would prove embarrassing and unpleasant .
' The Sub-Sheriff . Mr . Foley , _having read the writ and made proclamation for holding an election accordingly , The Rev . Mr . Hally , P . P ., came forward and said—Mr . Sheriff and electors of Dungarvan . after a lapse of five years I have again thc honour of proposing to your notice the Right Honourable Richard Lalor Sheil . as a fit and proper person to represent this borough in Parliament . A Voice—For this time only . Never again unless he becomes a repealer . A Voice . —Will he get the repeal magistrates restored ? ( llear-, and cheers . ) Another Voice . —Three cheers for Old Ireland , repeal and O'Connell- ( Cheers . ) R . Longa _!* , Esq ., came forward to second thc nomination .
A Voice . —Ilurrali for ropcal ; Sheil is no repealer , and we must have one . ( Loud cheers , and crie 3 for repeal . ) Another Voice . — Three groans for tlie Coercion Bill and it' eoncoctors . ( Tremendous groaning . * ) A Third Voice . — "We will let Sheil in this time , but wc must have a repealer tbe next ; and if he is not we will put him out . ( Cheers . ) A Fourth Voice . —Three cheers for O'Connell and repeal ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Foray _( _the-Sub-Sheriff ) then asked the usual question , if there was another candidate to be proposed , three times , and having received no reply , The . High Sheriff , in tbe usual manner , declared the Ri » ht Hon . Richard L Sheil to be duly elected to represent the boroueh of Dungarvan in thc present Pa * liament—amidst ckeerB , ~ gvouns , and shouts for repeal .
ED 1 _KBURG 1 T , Monday . —The nomination of a candidato to fill the vacancy created by the appointment of Mr . William Gibson Craig , to the office of a Lord of the Treasury , took place here to-dny . on a hosting erected in the _Hhih-street . Mr . Dunlop , of Brocklock _, who was solicited to come forward in opposition to Mr . Gibson Craig by the Complete Suffragists and a small sec ! ion ofthe Voluntaries , having _refused to allow himself to be put hi nomination at this time , Mr . Craig was allowed to walk over the course , and was declared elected without opposition .
"Return' op Mr . Macaulay . —This ' gentleman * has not been allowed to " walk over , " but has had to engage in a rather severe struggle to win back his relinquished seat . Mr . Macaulay ' s opponent was Sir Culling Eardly Smith , brought forward by the Free Church party nnd the Dissenters connected with the Evangelical alliance .. The main gaound of opposition to Mr . Macaulay was his support of the Maynooth Endowment Bill . The nomination took place on Friday , when the Lord Prov st proposed Mr . Macaulay , and Sir James _Forr st , Bart , proposed Sir Culling E . Smith . After speeches from both candidates , a show of hands was then taken . The number of hands held up in both instances being nearly equal , the Sheriff declared that he would not undertake to decide which had the greater number . A poll was then demanded in behalf of both
parties , whicli was appointed to take place on Tuesday . Edinburgh . Tuesday , Four o'Clock , p . m . —The poll bas just been declared , and Mr ! Macaulay has trained the election over Sir Culling Eardley Smith , by a majority of 003—Mr . Macaulav having polled 1 , 735 votes , and Sir Culling 83 Q . This result was anticipated . The friends of Mr . Macaulay , however , expected a still greater majority . The total number polled is 2 , 56 ? ,-or not above one-half the number of electors on the register , which shows very distinctly , that there is a strong personal feeling among the constituency against Mr . Macaulay . We understand that it-is-the : intention of both parties to work the registry with the utmost vigour between this and the 20 th of July ; so that it is not unlikely , in the event of another election , that Mr . Macaulay ' s majority will not bo so decided .
LISKEARD . Mr . Bnller was returned for Liskeard on Wednesday without opposition , beine proposed by Mr . Adams , and seconded by Mr . Allen , a member of the Society of Friends . LITCHFIELD . The vacancy caused in the representation of this city , consequent on the acceptance of the offices of Clerk Marshal and Chief Equerry in Her Majesty ' s household by Lord * Alfred Paget , was filled up on Wednesday . Lord Alfred waa nominated by the Rev . T . 0 . B . _Floyer , a magistrate of the city . Maj"r Majendic seconded the nomination . No other candidate having hern proposed , the sheriff declared Lord Alfred Paget duly elected .
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HALIFAX ELECTION . TO THE _UBlTOK OP THE XORTHEftN STAR . Mr . Editor , —I think it my duty to forward a few lines descriptive ofthe overwhelming strength ofthe Chartists of Halifax , and the devoted attachment of the people to the principles of the people ' s charter , as proved on the day of nomination . On Tuesday evening a deputation from Halifax waited on me , and required my attendance at the Piece Hall on ihe following day , to test the feeling of the people in favour of the Charter , the Ten Hours ' Bill , against the New Poor Law , and to show their detestation of the paltry Whigs . According to their desire , I attended at Halifax , and met Mr . _Crossley
and some ol" tbe Chartist body , and understanding tliat my proposer and seconder would be present , we proceeded to the hustings , and , after some thrusting , secured places in the front . After the usual preliminaries were _jjone through , Mr . Jonathan Akroyd , an extensive manufacturer , proposed Mr . Wood , the Whig Chancellor of the Exchequer , and both him and the _seconief . made speeches * in favour of tho Whigs , and hoped that the moderate men of aU parties would now unite . I was proposed by Mr . Hanson , a stout healthy innkeeper , and seconded by Mr . John Smith , who had to substitute Mr . Wood , another innkeeper , who was suddenly _seiicd witli _obnlera on the previous night , and could not attend Thc returning officer objected to Mr . Smith , as his name was not on the printed list , although he wag duly qualified on the overseers' list , and not objected to .
Mr . Wood then proceeded to add ress the assemblage , and made a regular " cut and dried " Whig speech , the sum and substance of which waa that the Whigs would abolish the differential duties , equalize tlie sugar duties , and promote the education of the people . I then presented myself to the meeting , and was told by the returninK officer , that as tho qualification of my seconder was disputed . I could not be allowed to address the meeting as a candidate . Mr "Wood _, was therefore declared duly elected without a show of | hands burnt' called . for , and was hooted and groaned i m , j tho meetiD ? - The necessary papers being tilled up , the returning officer very politely allowed
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me to address the people . I commented on thee _flimsiness of Mr . Wood ' s speech , aiid showed the hbl- i - lowness of his pretensions to educate the people i whilst he voted against the Ten Hours * Bill , which ' i would give them time for improvement . I also took ' c the sense of the meeting on tlie right of the _peopleB to vote , on tho Ten Hours' Bill , and against the New ? Poor Law , and in- all cases there was nearly a unanimous vote , for only a few persons on tho hustings * objected . I finally called on all who thought Charles 5 Wood an unfit person to represent Halifax to hold I up their hands , and the whole body of the meeting > raised them amidst loud eheers . I take no credit to ) myself for the display of Chartist strength thus ex- hibitcd ; the praise is due to Messrs . Crossley , Baw-. don , Bon Rushton . and the men of Halifax , but I trust I have proved my steady devotion to my prla-. ciples . I am , yours truly , Georoe White .
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THE PLYMOUTH _ELECTION . TO TUE EDITOR OF TIIE _NOliTIIEKtf STAR . Plymouth , White Cross Street , July 13 , 1846 . Deak Sia , —While the treacherous nnd deceitful camp of _Whiiijfery was receiving such castig . ition at Nottingham , my Lord Ebrington did not , a- - one of that party , " po f cot free" at Plymouth . True , the people had not one in whom , as a representative ( Mr . Vincent ) , they could p lace much confidence . No dr . ubt you have heard that Mr . Vincent the Chartist { Go _.-l bless Hip . murk !) was ths individual opposed to thc Whig Lordling , nnd so far as declamation , coupled ivith _argument , wns concerned , Mr . V . left nothing undone , as ' every day last week , he addressed thousands of the inhabitants twice or three times . TrUl _' i his policy of tiUing 5 s . in the pound , and
afterwards struggling lor the recoivry of the remaining lo 3 ., _is sickenins -to those _wiio love democracy : however , he has induced parties to carefully examine the principles ofthe People's Charter , who never did so before , nianyof whom now say there is no other way whereby the salvation of the _country can be obtained ; how long they will hold these opinions time alone will decide . On the day of nomination , Friday last , the _Wliij Lord , who was on all former occasions the favourite with the masses , had none but the serfs of faction to countenance him , while Vincent had tho great body of the people to cheer him on ; and , indeed , to do him justice , , it may be truly Baid , he gave Whigs and _Whigtjerv a sound thrashing ., Vincent launched out in a truly masterly style , and was it not for his former delinquency and the simpering policy bofororeferred to , his _spem-li must have wnrmed the heart of every Democrat . Often has it been wished . this week
past , thathe were more consistent . His desertion from the Chartist ranks was brought against him by those opposed _, though they took ( rood care to hold him up all through as " the Chartist Candidate , " thereby working on the fears of the timid , as also pandering to thc unstable Conservatives ( to- . the credit of that body be it known , many of thom said thoy would lot all Chartists in , before th « y should support a Whig ) . At one of the preparatory meetings , " liis Lordship" stated . he _eonsi'lered the worhing clas-es too illiterate and debased to be entrusted with the franchise , on whieh Mr . Robertson , the active and intelligent Secretary of the Chartist Land Association , gave a splendid specimen ofthe illiterate and debased , " convincing those whom ho ha _* l addressed , that sueh an assertion was false as it was unfounded : There is little doubt but thnt one expression raised more publie indignation against "his Lordship , " than all thc other acta of his life .
Some of the _pariiiiftiis of "his Lordship" _blasted of the superiority of liis birth mid descent , little imagining that the "ignorant" ivorkies are well acquainted now-a-•>> y , with the _origin of every aristocrat . Ilnw dumbfouiidored some ofthe _Whig-shopoer-its appeared , when informed that "his Lordship ' s" great ancestor was a Common Soldier in the ranks of " William the Con ' - queror _, '' who received promotion for aiding that arehrobber in his wholesale devastation and plunder of their Saxon forefathers . At the nomination there were twenty to one for Vincent against Ebrington ; the hitter ' s proposer demanded a poll . On £ a = urday mornin _;; before eight o'clock , a rumour was cuirent thata ' great body of the Tories were ready to aid Lord Ebrington against the Chartist . This , on examination , proved to be too true , for several of the rankest Tories hurried to the poll , and manv more
were in readiness . This completely damped the energies of most of _A'iucont _* . - friends . Owing to this coalition , many of those who pledged themselves to support Yin . cent , rinding that hig doom was sealed , fled to the enemy ' s camp . At four o ' clock , Ebrington was declared elected , lie having 71 G votes , and "Vincent 183 . The numbers polled wilt show you that _intimidation was fashionable , that the voters were not allowed to use tlieir own discretion , or that the great majority of the electors were not favourable to either party , as there are in the borough nearly 2 , 500 qualified to vote , where only 304 exercised thc privilege . Of this ono thing every unprejudiced mind is satisfied , that if the several parties who proclaimed disgust at Lord Ebrington on the llaynooth grant , had been true to their " sayings , " as well as those who opposed him regarding local circumstances , and had the Tories followed thair own principles , Vincent would be now 3 LP . for Plymouth .
Earnestly _hoping that Mr . O'Connor will throw overboard any squcamishness that may arise in his bosom , and take his seat for Nottingham , 'to which he was duly elected , I am in the cause of Chartism , yours truly , P . J . O'Buien .
A Word To Working Jien. To The Editor'of...
A WORD TO WORKING JIEN . TO THE EDITOR ' OF THE _NOBTHEntf STAR . Sir , —As it is invariably therule of _statesmen to talk of education in the Commons Ilouse of Parliament , I think it would not be time spent in vain to try what could be done out of the house , for , as we live , we find that the greatest men of the age have not been men of _hifrh birth , but men that earn their bread by the sweat of their brow ; hence it is that a great / state-mnu , a senator , has asserted , that the most learned speeches , whether in or out of the house , have been by working men . . Sir , to be born of aristocratic parents is not to be a gifted man , he may be endowed with a genius which , by culture , may far surpass the poor man ; but the object I have in view is the co-operation of all classes , whether he be a
dustman or a lawyer s cleric , tinker , tailor , soldier or sailor . The plan I propose is as follows ; supposing- « number , say two hundred , confederate together , pay annually 8 s ., that is to say 2 s . p ? r quarter , the 6 rst year they might purchase JE 50 worth of books , besides different papers of different politics , not forgetting the one thing needfulthe Northern Star . A good-sized room , with all other _things requisite , would cost about £ 15 , which making a total of £ 75 , would leave in the hands of the treasurer £ 5 at the expiration of the year . No doubt the society would greatly augment , as there would be a surplus of £ 5 the first year . If the society increased , lecturers might be employed with the overplus . I remain , yours , Thomas Mato _Capell . Brighton , July H , 1 S 4 G .
Effect Of Sulphate Of' Iros On Vegetation. —
Effect of Sulphate of' Iros on Vegetation . —
Journal A Horticulture Pratique Asserts ...
journal a Horticulture Pratique asserts that a tree , of which the wood is tender , poor , and s / cklv , to which a strong solution of sulphate of iron should be applied , revives and puts forth an extraordinary vegetation . This dissolution ot sulphate , of which . M . Pilquet has made many successful applications this summer , should be given in and with the water , when the plants or trees are watered , so that the roots may more readily absorb the chemical agencies which reanimate the vital forces ofthe tree .
Minh Accident . —On Friday morning a serious accident happened in a pit in Hawkes Fieid , at Cinder Bank , near Nctherton , worked by Mr . Fletcher which might have been attended with a terrible los 3 oi life . It appeared thatat about nine or ten o ' clock the gate road of the pit fell in , burying and almost suffocating thirteen or fourteen men . On the circumstance becoming known , a great concourse of persons assembled upon the bank , and rendered every assistance . _About two liours , however , elapsed before the men were released from their perilous situation , but we are happy to say that they were all got out alive , though they appeared to have suffered dreadfully from fright , and the _apprehension of being entombed alive . — Wolverhampton Chroniele
Fatal Accieest at tee late Review in Hyde _rr _^~ i } _^ n I Jx _n gan - l uesfc washeld before Mr . Bedford at St . George ' s Hospital , on the body _HvSTw v * _iV' _! l fifteen - T 1 « - _leased lived at 85 , Park-street , Grosvenor-square , and on the morning ot Monday , the 29 th of June , he and another boy wiis on the bough of a tree in Hyde l ark , near the Bayswater-road , witnessing a review ot thetroops before Ibrahim Pacha , when thc bough broke and the deceased and his companion were precipitated to theground . The deceased was picked up ma state of insensibility and taken to the hospital , when it was found ho had sustained an extensive fracture ofthe skull , under which he sank and expired on Monday tat . Yeidict , " Accidental death . "
run Lm Fatal Explosion at _DiioiTwicn .-\\ eonesdat . —I regret to have to announce that besides tho unfortunate- men , George and James Curtoi- who , as already stated in the paper , were lulled by the explosion at the Droitwich Patent Saltworks on hriday week , a third of the sufferers has expired from the injuries which he reeeived at tne time . Ihis . is a youth named Brickley who It . will be remembered , was assisting the Cavters to load a waggon with salt , in the loading-room , -which adjoins the works , when the explosion took place . De was very severely scalded by the bursting forth of tbe steam and brine , and after lingering for soma days expired in great suffering . An inquest l" _*" icon held on the body atthe Railway Tavern , in tlii _« borough , before Mr . W . S . P . Hughes , one of tha coroners for Worcestershire , when the facts already detailed on tho inquests on the bodies of the Cartersheld last Thursday , having been denosed to by tjifl
several witnesses , the Jury returned a verdict to tnf liko effect of that given on the former inquisit ' _" _- viz ., that the death was accidental , and imposing . nominal deodand on the boiler ; of one shilling , aa the former instances .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 18, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18071846/page/6/
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