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      Ic Explosion Sibam Boileb At 0f Gunecne ...

      GUNECNE 21 , 1845 . — , THE NORTHERN STAR . 5

      5sabr***Gtur**Ic Explosion Op A Sibam Bo...

      5 _SaBr _*** _gtur _** ic Explosion op a Sibam Boileb at Mas-; t-tee . ; , tee . —An accident occurred oa Saturday r i _, aboi about one o ' clock , at the foundrj' of Messrs . _nanvthjuyth , Gaskill , and Co / s , at Fatrieroft , near leles _, bles _, by wliich one man ha 3 been killed , and two erers _sfers so severely injured that tlieir lives are desrcccd _ofrcd of . It appears that about three minutes past i _o" _* cl ( o ' clock , just as the men were returning from unertiuer to the foundry , such of them as had arrived te _sta-c startled by a tremendous explosion , followed bv _t eras ! crash of falling buildings , and . on running to the _liiiiiie-hiiie-lioasc , found both it and several smaller _suriindinjiiding buildings a perfect mass of ruins , all the _tkk ef rk of a moment . Stick was the force of the explo-¦ i , tin * , that one part of the boiler , measuring about

      _Mfiity-t-iity-six feet , and weighing upwards of two tons , ¦ ¦ ¦ sho- ; shot like a caunon-ball into the canal , a distance aat lest least forty yards , knocking down the walls of _; I * _eiig engine house , the boiler shed , smiths' shop , and _asrgc-irgc wooden shed iu which the "dressers" work , iii caj carrying even-thing before it In fact , every _rirticlirticlc of brickwork in the neighbourhood of the - > i- > iue-- ; iiie-hoase is completely in ruins . _ITic men _ini-« diat « diately set to work to discover the engineer and ¦ ¦ _iist fist funiaec man , both of whom were known to bo the the ruins , and messengers were despatched to _« lts _< _les for surgical assistance , and omnibuses to coujy thy the sufferers away . The engineer , John _Ii'gei-s . uis d « discovered hi a few minutes quite dead . The r fir fellow had evidently been bruised and scalded

      i _dea death . ' 1 nomas Hurst , the blast man , was _t'is--oiivdivJ underneath the ruins dreadfully burnt about 5- > _e-s-. _e-drenikies , but _protected iu some measure br a _nistiostiun of a _a-imney-wbieli _preseiTcdhim from being , n _* _-4 t'i _* _-4 tcu t" u ' . _* atL . Another sufferer , whose name we _muUluld not _k-ai-ii _, « it who is a dresser and mender , _aas _sos _severt-h struck by a large piece of lnetal—in _fact , me Ine boiler lie v . * over his head as he sat at work oppotfe te the engine-house , and part of the cvlindcr , 1 •¦ _«•*•< wards of Tewt ., tell within an inch of his feet . It utt utterly iia : > e £ _iible to describe the ruin and _dev-i .-utioition it has caused , which is so extensive , thata _uirgerge portion of the works will bave to stop at least ! _j ! ire ! n * ec week-s for repairs . Ko one seems able to ac-D 9 Uiount satisl ' aotorilv for thc accident , which is

      sup-< oseosed to have been caused by a want of water in tiie -oilwiler , although one ofthe foremen informed us that se te tried the guage tap about nine o ' clock this morne ag , og , when aU was right . We believe that during the aionorning , about ten o ' clock , thc engineer had some [ liffitifterencewith a boy employed on the works , and 1 _kc ] uey got to high words and blows , when tbe boy threw i l li large piece of coal at him , which felled him to the !! ro > round , and cut the back part of his head veiy se-; _ferrerely ; __ and about half-past twelve , lie ( the engineer ) _iiomoinplaiucdto the time-keeper that he " was very [ IU , ill , and felt quite like a drunken man , " so that in ! ill ill probability the poor fellow did not know what he _iFraws about in consequence , and suffered the boiler to irwrun short of water ; thus _uflconsciooslv _causintr his

      _; _jwc-wu death and the sad results which followed . He i wawas a steady , sober , and industrious man , and has I Leileft a -wife and feiaily . The other _-sufferer e were conveyeyed to the _infmnary at Manchester , as soon as j _nopossible after the accident . —The LfQOEsr . —On Mondaday morning at ten o ' clock an inquest washeld on wiew of flie body of John _Rogers , the engineer . The _Lninquiry was held before W . S . _Flutter , jssq ., coroner , araoa arespectable jury , at tbe Wellington Iiin , Eccles . _SiSaniuel Bradbury was the first witness examined . UHc merely stated the particulars ofthe accident , and ic'identified the body of the deceased . Thomas Gatley d deposed—I am a joiner at the Bridgewater foundry 11 was in the engine-house , talking with the deceased , a about ten minutes before the accident . In the course

      _0 of conversation deceased told me that hehad received a a severe blow on the back of tbe head tbat morning , a and be appeared to be tipsy from the effects of it . j lie was complaining of a bead-ache . Deceased told _1 me be would start the engine a few minutes before ( one o ' cloek , which I believe he did . Archibald Tony _i was nest sworn—He said , I am head foreman of flie works , and Live the care of the engine and boilers ; as well as tie other parts of the worka . I am de-< cidedly of _o- f inion that the accident was caused by a , ' limited supply of water . The engineer was a very ; steady man aud a skilful workman . The steam hammer was at work naif an botix after the enguie stopped , but I cannot say in what state the water in the boiler was . Thc boiler bad been put down about two years

      ago . It was made of three-eighth plates , but never had been pr oved with water . We have , however , had the steam tip in it io a pressure of 70 S ) to the square inch , and our usual height of working was not more than 451 b . I believe the blow which the engineer received on the bead produced stupefaction , and therefore caused Mm to neglect the boiler . Abraham Hughe **—Was a boiler-maker , and bad assisted to make the one in question . There werc no "low moor" plates in it ; believed it to be as good a boiler as he _evcrhadanytiiingtodowitb . Thewhole of tiie plates used were from Coalbrook Dale , and without defect of any kind . Mr . GaskcJl , one of the firm , was called into the room , and asked to make anv statement he thought proper . He stated that

      it was his opinion tliat the accident had been caused for want of a sufficient supply of water . Sir . Annstrong , an eminent engineer , bad examined the boiler , and _gayethesame opinion . " Thejuryreturned a verdict of AccMentalDeatL On Wednesday , Major-General Faster , tbe Government inspector of railways , arrived at tbe place of accident , accompanied by Mr . Seymour Ckrke , for tiie pmrpose of inspecting that portion of the line over which the car riages traversed previously to their beingthrown over tbe embankment . The up-linc was opened for car riages by one o ' clock on Tuesday , _-mtbin about three hoars after thc accident _occmred . The down line , the raUsof which had to be newly laid down for a con siderable tistance _, in consequence of the injuries

      tbey had sustained , was cleared and opened in tune for the train whicli left _Taddington for Bristol at five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon . By dint of tbe extraordinary exertions of upwards of 100 men , and a large number of horses , the second-class carnage and the two first-class carriages which were lyin « intiie field cf Mr . J . Nash , and the second-class carriage which rested on the declivity , were dragged up the embankment , 15 feet in height , and " righted upon thc rails , bv _oxc o ' clock on Wednesday morning . Thev were then taken on to Slough , when tbey were transferred to the up-linc , and thence conveyed to _Paddbigtos , wliere they wcre inspected by General Pasley pr eviously to his proceeding to Slough , ine wheels of the _lus-gage van , which was thc first

      carriage-which got -iff the rails , and whicli caused the whole of thc mischief , underwent a minute examination . Ko defects , however , prior to the accident , were diseovired . Sir Richard Rawlinson \ yvyan , the member for Helston , who was in the tram at thc time of the accident , and who was severely cut upon the forehead , is fast recoverin gfrom the effects of his injuries . Sir Richard still remains at the Royal Hotel , and was visited on Wednesday evening by Ins brother , from town . Dr . Strong ( who sustained an injurv _intbekaee _^ aad ifr . Br » tov ( wk < _3 sc shoulder was d _' islocated _) , who still remain with their families at thc Royal Hotel , arc convalescent . Mr ., Mrs ., and Miss Shute , of Southwell-park , Tewkesbm ; i % with a sen ant who were in a first-class carriage which turned twice over Ie descending thc embankment , _providcntiallr _esratr-ed uninjured . They immediately

      proceeded with post horses to Tewkesbury , io tne cstraordinar ? strcugthof both the first and secondclass _earriaifes . wliich though very mucn damaged and shattered , ' stood the shock , so as to enable the na < -scB"erst « j move freely in them , may be attributed tlic preservation ofthe lives of the numerous _passengers wliich were placed iu the most imminent pen . The _"alvanic icksnph between Siough and laddin"ton , wiiich had been damaged , and rendered for _tluAinie uttcriv useless , by thc wires and posts _harii _!* r been several and broken , wasrcpairai during the _EMt , and bv nine o ' cloek on Wednesday morning it was again in Ml operation . To give some ideaot thc extraordinary speed at which the express tivun was proceeding at the moment ofthe upset of the carriages . 1 mav mention that thcprecednig mile was " timed" bv Mr . _BristDW , of Haverfordwest , and it was gone over iu only fifty-two seconds _i _hesngat the rate of between sixty-nine and seventy mite * per

      _AttemtixP MntnEr . ASDSmcrnE .-On _^ e un _^ aay wornimr , about twelve o ' clock , the inhabitants of _Noitiii-rham-sti-cei , Betimal-gi _* een , were alanncd hi the screams ef a female , and in a ftwseconds a woman rushed out of _>' o . 5 , deluged m blood , from a frHitfulwouiid in the throat , inflicted by her _hiKband , wfth a shoeiuakt-i * s knife She _^ , _^ ™ _* T taken to thc surgery of Dr . Moore , and thwound dressed by his " assistant , Mr . Coo _^ _-j dnnng the uuerval the man , whose name is Warren cut . his own throat ir . se severe a manner thathe was supposed to be dead ; but , on - aan _^? . _^**** Undon lic _* mtai _, to wteckhewas _^ lifewasni . rfom _* , dtobe extiiict . He _nowtotaac in a hopeless state . Jealousy of his wife ,, who i » 2 " . years of age , is stated to oe the cause , _« _£ »«¦* all that can oe ascertained , without any foundation .

      Deaths st Dnow :. _ixo . -On Monday last an m-• _qiastwM held before G . F . _^ trssm , gj _\^ _^ _C-ndi _san Arms , Khtetall-road , on the body of Jo in _Ci-adwick . r . gcd thirty-four , stuff singer , _^ _oodhonw Can-. On Sunday last he went along with several acquaintances to bathe in the river near to Annlei ¦ M ilk , and whUst swimin ' mg across , was taken with cramp in his less . Before assistance could _bercn-¦ _teod beJiad sunk for the last time , and it was an hour before the bodv was taken out of the water Tin- jarv returned a verdict of Accidentally drowned . -Same * dav , atthe Robin Hood Lm _, Bank , Leeds , as inqucstwas held on the body of Mark Conway , ekhieen vears old . lie was bathing below luiowes tb < . ., on Sundav last , with several others , _andget-. * % into what is ienned a " sand pit , " was drowned m s \ au ,. f ! ,: „ r . nmn _™ _rms . who were unable to aflord

      huaassasUncc . _^ - _\' er « iict _acco-fdiBg ly . _Acomsi o . v me Great Wbsiees R _^*" _^ 2 f _Eicter express train , which has but recently commenced nmning from the metropolis _*» _* _" •» " _-V * _Pciforniing thc whole distance , about 200 nules _^ Jf the incredibly « . hort space of four hours and a nan , " eft the station at Paddington on Tuesday monunl at Ihe _HBual hour , and proceeded safely enough untig _within a short distance of the station at Slougn . Th « train , which was but a short one , consisting only

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      _ScendciiT _^* ' _*^ ° fhfi , ? and tw _» _«* the second class , oa arnvmg near the dog-kennels brhW Slough , began to increase in the oscillation * whicli had for some minutes before rendered it difficult £ the passengers comfortably to retain their seats to but bad scarcely tune to give expression to their fecll lngsbefore thev wereenvelopedin clouds of dust , and tound themselves hurled with frightful force in all directioas against each other , and the walls and internaJ abutments of the carriages . The eneine which had hurried forwards with extraordinary rani _' - dity , by some means or other had broken away with its tender from the carriages it had in tow , which immediately swung round and across the whole breadth of the line . That breadth , however , was not suihcient to prevent two ofthe first-class nm \ n _™

      ot thc second-class carnages from falling over , the tanner on onc , and the latter on thc other side of an embankment , about twelve feet in depth . The catastrophe to the passengers , though not fatal as far as its effects have yet been ascertained , caused severe suffering both from _ten-or and personal injury . One ady was so dreadfully alarmed that for sonic time her life was considered in jeopardy ; and even at a late hour , it was doubtful whether she would be restored to thc condition ofa rational being . Sir R Vyvyanby the jerk was thrown against the lamp iii ihe root ofthe carnage , by which his head was severely cut , ai : d he received such other injuries that it was found necessaiy to remove him with other sufferers to thc Royal Hotelat Slough . A

      gentle-, man who had his arm in the carriage straps for case , i . robably for safety too , had it nearly torn from tlic shoulder socket , by the violence witli which hc was thrown from his seat , as thc vehicle fell . The weights of the respective vehicles , exclusive of _luirgagc aud passengers , were as follow : —The engine , 1 G tons ; tender , 10 tons ; luggage van , 3- ? tons ; second-class carriages , each f tons ; and the firstclass carriages , _eacliTi tons . Amongst those who were in thc carriages , officially connected with the railway , were Mr . Brunei , the engineer in chief ; Mr . Jones , in Mr . Brunei ' s establishment ; and Mr . Seymour Clarke , the chief superintendent of the locomotive department , accompanied by Mrs . Clarke . All these parties escaped but with trifling bruises .

      After the accident , messengers were despatched up and down the line , to Drayton and Slough , to prevent the approach of any train . A special messenger was also sent to Mr . Howell , tbe superintendent at the Slough station , for an engine and carriages , to be sent on to the spot where thc accident occuncd , to convey the passengers from the disabled train . By this time thc down-train , which left Paddington at a quarter past ten o'clock , had arrived at the _Langley station , and also at about the same moment the train which had been despatched by Mr . Howell from Slough . The passengers , who had fortunately entirely or partially escaped injury , proceeded on their route to Bristol , && ., in thc train sent frem _Sloagh , while several returned to London in the train which

      bad arrived from Paddington ; the other passengers ( as the trains could not pass by the spot where the accident took place ) having been shifted and forwarded to their several places of destination . Upwards of fortypersons , who were more or less injured , were taken to the Royal Hotel , at the Slough sta tion , where they received due attention . Several medical men of the neighbourhood were in attendance . Amongst those who were injured wcre Dr . Strong , of Rose Cottage , Hereford ( accompanied by Mrs . Strong , two children , and nursemaid , who escaped with slight injuries ) , dislocated knee ; the Rev . Collingwood Hughes , of Avishays house , near Chard , and the family governess , the latter of whom , received severe internal injuries ; Mi * . Bristow , from

      Haverfordwest , dislocated shoulder ; and Mr . C . Robertson , late of Honiton , who was proceeding to Plymouth as a newly-appointed manager of the _National Provincial Bank of England at that port , severe contusion under the eye . The up and down trains * _wlll have to use the same line of rails between Drayton and Slough , until the transverse sleepers , which were damaged , can be replaced . Thepresumed cause of this unfortunate accident is thus explained by Mr . Seymour Clarke : —The cause ofthe accident appears to have been that the luggage van , which was a four-wheeled vehicle and the lightest in the tram , was , for some cause which cannot at present be ascertained , thrown off the line ; the engine and the other carriages remaining in their proper positions on thc rails . It proceeded thus until it came to the cast-iron girders or troughs of a bridge thrown over a read leading from Langley to Iver , when it seems that it struck one of these girders , and threwit

      off the timbers into the ballast ofthe line , pulling with it , and against the iron girders , the remainder ofthe train . The precise part of the line at which the luggage van first left the rail is upwards of half a mile from tbat where tbe carnages were thrown over the embankment . When the other carriages werc thrown off the rails some evidently diverged to the right and some to the left , as is indicated not only by the marks of tiie _flanckes of the wheels , wliich cut and splintered the sleepers , but bythe iron rails themselves , for half a mile liaving been cut , and long slips absolutely sliced off by the flanches _comins ; intO sharp collision with them . In consequence of four of the upright posts of the telegraph being knocked down by the upsetting ofthe carriages , and the wires severed , all communication bymeansof the galvanic telegraph between Slough and Paddington has been cut off . This , unfortunately , caused considerable time to elapse before any intimation ofthe accident reached the Paddington terminus .

      DisiBESsisB AccnnvXT at Debbt . — Mr . Bryan Balguy , coroner , held an inquest on Monday morning at the Town-ball upon the bodies of Eliza Durdham , of Breadsall-moor , aged sixteen ; EmmaBaddeley , of Plumtree-place , Darley-lane , aged twenty ; George Bradbury , of Willow-row , aged twenty , * and John Keys , of Brook-street , aged twenty-one ; who were drowned while out on a pleasur e party on the river Dcvwent . The particulars of tbis melancholy afiair will be gleaned from the following evidence : — John Bradbury , father ofthe deceased , deposed as follows : —I live in Willow-row , and occupy a garden in Darlcv-lane . I have thc care of two boats , wliich are kept in a place near the bottom of my garden ; fW "helonf ? to two centlemen connected with the

      Derby Boat Club . The deceased has frequently gone on the river Derwent in one of these boats . On _Tucsdar evening , about eight o ' clock , the deceased , who resided with me , after I had left my house , took the keys of thc garden out of my jacket-pocket and went out , remarking to Keturah Underwood , who has the care of my house , tbat he was going to take the boat on tbe water . This I learned thci following dav , in answer to inquiries I was led to make m consequence of the absence of my son . When I left mv house on Tuesday evening I went to tbe Mechanics Institution , whence I returned at about ten o clock . I did not see mv son on my returnbut I perceived

      , liis working clothes laid out for him for the followin" morning . I supposed hc was in bed , and made no ° inquiries about liim . The following morning I called hun to his work as usual , but he did not answer me , and then for the first time I missed him . Supposing that finding himself _lockeu out , he had _"oneto Keturah Underwood ' s , and slept there as lie had done before , I went to my work at Mr . _boxs , the engineer ( with whom my son was serving as au apprentice ) , expecting to find lum there . He was not there , and when I went home to breakfast , at about half-past eight o ' clock , I inquired oi Ivcturah iT « _dprwood if she had heard or seen anythmg _ of

      him She said she had not . I then retm _* iied to mv work , still expecting to find him there , but he was not there , and I continued at Mr . Fox s until dinner tune . On reaching home I was mformed by mv son Benjamin that _flceeased and a party had been seen on the river at ten o clock on the preceding night . I then made further inquiries , and went straight off to the garden to see if the boat was missing . It was gone , the garden"atc on the river side stood open , and there was a plank placed to enable persons to step into the boats then inquired ofthe

      without wetting themselves . I owner ofthe boatif hehadlentit ? Herephcd m the _negative . I then bmwed a boat and went up the river , in the direction of Dariey , and as I w _* as stating mv master ' s drag was offered me . 1 took it , and proceeded up thc rircr on the same side as that on which mv garden is . When I got up to Mr . Taylor s beat-house : I found the missing boat , lull of water but not overturned , tied to one oi the posts , and 1 afterwards learned that Mr . Taylor . had done -flint _, _lwcnt forward in the same direction , until 1 got _~ _* . fi . _*„ ma v-miU nf-mv _c-arden . and where tucrc is

      a willow tree wliich stops everything that the stream on that side may bring down . There I found an oar and part of thc false bottom ofthe boat , and knew that the worst fears I had entertained were too well founded . I then went up my garden , and took along S-book from thc other boat , and with tha ami the drag I examined the river , and soon drew out the bidvof mv son . I held him until I got up to the _oSenbaiik , when , with the assistance of Samuel _liiEjoscpli Goodwin , and Joseph Annable , who » = _is _* _rjJtisa _?? _-Jftrf

      and on looking at her I knew her to be _ h . miim tm hy . Matthew Cope , who _wason he mei in a boat told me that he saw my son and the other deccaseu _-A _^*» . _?« a _** _385 have _occurred from sufficient _esre . _MjJf tjbj ° _g ... „ J _;« < rott .-ir . ir nut . ofthe boat . I thlllk tUOT Wlieu

      the first ofthe party was in the _actof lanam g u * Sat slipped from under him or her , . and idl of flgj -must have fallen into the water , which _ui that _ pui . ee _^ fourteen or fifteen feet deep Samuel 11 ibhert and Thomas Woodhousc confirmed portions of _WJ _™ J ' andtbejury , _afterashortdehtotion , returucdaTerdict of " Found drowned . "

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      _Fami AccmExr at _DoxcAsiEi-i .-On Sunday much _Zl JZ - ° n had ac cilJentally fallen out of a boat into the river Dun , and that three or four of them BlfSbffl _^^^ _to ir _^ _ifiS _uSn _^ * l i - ' * " - _^ _*«* ad _amended the pulpitto preachhis sermon . The sexton _wasobserved iiaiming about the centre aisles ofthe church , and _nowX 5 ™ S ? . * it , ll ) r > More - _( the _fflavw ) . 1 om whom the ofhcial received some directions , and then hastened out of the sacred edifice . On inquirv the report was found to be too true . On proceeding to a place called Docken-hdl , bv thc side ofthe rivet Duu , a great number of people was found , principallv watermen and women , running about the shore anil vessels with boathooks . handsnikes . _stnu-ovc n _«< i

      various other implements of that kind , with which they were , and had been , endeavouring to rescue the bodies of several young men from the river . The body ofa line young man named Casseltfnc was laid upon one ofthe vessels , apparently in a lifeless state , whilst two or three others seemed to be just recovering from the effects of immersion in the water . A boatman ' s wife named Chapman was holding up Casscltiuc's head , and endeavouring , in her way , to restore animation . She , it appears , was the only person on shore , besides a little girl , who saw tlic accident , which she says was awfully sudden ; and when she observed thc watermen about to desist _lYoni tlieir efforts to draw the bodies out of the water , sho called to them and said , "There ' s more in ; there ' s more in yet , " at the same time stamping her foot

      with almost Irantic energy . The men then put down their boat-hooks , and successively brought up the body of another of tlic Casseltincs , and that ofa young man named Watson , both of whom were laid upon the hatches oft lie vessel wliere the other deceased lay . It was not , however , until some time after this that any medical man arrived . Christopher Casscltinc _, a brother of thc two deceased of that name , went to the parish church immediately after the accident , and whilst thc boatmen were engaged _dragging the bodies out of the water , lie first gave notice at thc parish church , when Dr . Morey was apprised of what had happened . lie despatched the sexton to thc dispensary for thc necessary apparatus for restoring animation : but it appears there was no

      one at the dispensary , and Casseltinc immediately went for Dr . Clarke , who started off to the scene of thc accident witliout a moment ' s delay . After much delay thc other surgeons , with the life-resuscitating apparatus , arrived at Docken-hul , bnt too late to be of any service . After endeavouring ineffectually for two hours and a-half to inflate the lungs with air , and to restore animation by electricity and thc other usual methods , the attempt was givon up . The accident occurred in this way ;—Nine young men , named respectively George Hepworth , Richard Jackson , Travis , John Mason , Joseph Pinder , William Casseltinc , John Casseltine , Charles Casseltine , and William Watson , met together near the river side about twelve o'clock , and to pass their time away until their dinner hour they allot' them crossed thc river in a "float" or "flat" ( a sort of raft used for _rcpairinj-r . vessels ) , for the purpose of walking on the opposite hank . In about half an hour , or rather more , they returned and got upon the flat to recross the river . The float is a very small one ,

      being only about seven feet long by four feet wide , and quite flat-bottomed . When tha party had got nearly over thc river the younger Casseltine , who with his two brothers and Watson was at one end , gave Pinder a push by way of joke ; this push threw Pinder off his balance , and in falling he caught hold of Casseltine , which had the effect of sinking one end of the flat in the water , and of precipitating all the persons in it into thc stream . _Pindersays he himself was nearly drowned , and but for the most desperate exertions to release himself from the grasp of young Casseltine hc would certainly have lost lus life . He ( Pinder ) remembers tearing off his handkerchief because young Casseltine had got hold of it , and then he became insensible lor _amitiute or so , after which he found himself on one of the vessels . Ho just opened his eyes in time to sec the two Casseltines , John and Charles , sink , locked in each _others arms , to rise no more alive . The inquest has been held on the three bodies tbis morning , and the jury have returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " One of the

      survivors is stul in a precarious state , arising from the fright occasioned by the accident , or from the effects of thegreat quantity of water contained in his body . Chilo Muroer . —During the past week a child murder , by poisoning , under circumstances ofa most affecting character , and which has created a feeling of general commiseration , has been brought to light at Gravesend , the particulars of which , as elicited at thc coroner's inquiry , after their adjournment , are as follows : —On the 3 rd instant a detachment of the 10 th Regiment of Infantry , of wliich a young man named James Hans was a private , stationed at Chatham , embarked on board thc Asiatic for service in India . Previous to leaving quarters hc solicited the _commandine * officer to allow his wife and

      child , ten months old , to accompany them , but was refused . The refusal had a melancholy effect on thc wife , and on the night previous to the departure of the detachment she purchased some laudanum at tho shop of Mr . Death , at Bromptom , which she gave her unfortunate child , which in three or four hours was in a dying state . By the evidence of another woman she went with the infant to the hospital and got an order for admission , but , finding tbat they would not take the child in unless she remained with it , she left , and on the next morning early started for Gravesend by the railroad . On reaching the latter town she found her offspring had died in her aims by the way , and having related her tale of distress to the inhabitants , she excited much compassion , and they promised to bury it . She left the body at the terminus ,

      and went to thewharl , where the troops were embarkiug , and was " smuggled" on board and secreted in some part of the vessel , which sailed with her . Suspicion , however , being excited as to the death of the child , information was forwarded to the coroner _, who issued a warrant for holding an inquest . Mr . Parke , a surgeon of Gravesend , made a post mortem examination of the body , and found that the cliild had died of poison . The mquiry was accordingly adjourned for thc apprehension ofthe mother on putting in at Portsmouth , but the vessel had put in at tbe Downs , and had left , with instructions not to touch at England again ; and , having a fail" wind , must

      have got a considerable distance down tue uitaunei . The captain , on leaving thc river , discovered that the woman was on board , and wished to put her ashore , but on her ardent supplications that he would allow her to go with her husband , and the officers undertaking to supply her with food from their table , he was induced to allow her to remain . Nothing was known , however , ofthe awful crime with which she is charged . Thc jury being satisfied thatshe had destroyed the deceased for the express purpose of accompanying her husband out to India , returned a verdict * of Wilful Murder against her . She will be brought back to this countiy to take her trial for the heinous offence .

      Grejit y _, _uiMouin . —The total loss of life arising from the accident at Yarmouth is 79 ( bodies found 77 ) , and most providentially not one of that number had any person dependent on him or her . Only eight or ten ofthe deceased exceeded 21 years of age . Another bridge , on piles , has since been thrown over the river near thc site ofthe former suspension-bridge , the platform of this latter being used to form the roadway of the present . Accjbext to the Hox . Mb . _Giumsiox . —A serious accident occurred to the Hon . Mr . Grimston _, of thc Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards , stationed at Windsor , while bathing in the Thames , in the immediate vicinity of that town , in company with the Earl of Calcdon , on the morning of Saturday last . Indeed , such was thc serious nature of thc injuries sustained

      bv Mr . Grimston , that it was not until Wednesday morning he waspronounced by liis medical attendants to be out of danger . It appears that the hon . gentl » man in taking what is termed a "header" from off thc bank ( jumping head foremost into the water ) struck his head with fearful violence against cither a large stone or the rugged trunk of a tree at thc bottom , rendering him apparently lifeless and totally helpless . The Earl of Calcdon , perceiving thathis friend , when he arose to the surface , was in a state of insensibility , lost no time in jumping into thc river , and dragging him on shore , it was not until after the lapse of a quarter of an hour that hc was restored to a state of consciousness , lie was then conveyed to liis apartments at the infantry barracks in

      Sheetstreet . Some alarming symptoms having shortly afterwards manifested themselves , it was judged expedient to send an express to Grosvenor-square , to summon the Earl of Vernlam to Windsor . The electric telegraph from Slough to Paddington was immediately put into requisition , and in less than an hour and a half afterwards liis lordship was by the bedside of his son . Thc alarming symptoms still continuing , itwas deemed advisable to call in the aid of Dr . Ferguson , The galvanic telegraph was again resorted to , and Dr . Ferguson speedily _aiTtveo , whenhe found Mr . Grimston in a state oldrhviuni , and of considerable suffering and danger . We arc , however , enabled to state that a favourable change has taken place , and he is now free from danger .

      Atrocious Mi _* i : dek i . v Bombay . —We shall now present to thc attention of tbe public the details of one ofthe most frightful murders that ever disgraced any countrv , and wliich was perpetrated on thc night of the Sth of last month ( April ) , in the harbour of Bombay . The victims of this wholesale slaughter werc three , viz ., two young women , aged 23 and H ) , and a young boy of tlic age of 10 years . From the best sources we ' learn that a man about 30 years of age , residing nt Jyghuv , a small place on the coast about twenty miles on tliis side nf Rutnadierree ,

      hired a small boat or dingy in thc beginning of Februavy last , for ttarcc rupees per month , amUook two companions , one nearly his own age , and thc other not twenty ; they all came to ply for fares in the harbour of Bombay . For several weeks they worked their dingy in removing passengers frem tlic shipping to thc shore , and vice versa . Their gains were considerable , but not satisfied with earning a sufficiency , they concocted a plot . With this object , thc hirer of the boat , whose name is Esobjee _, desired his companions , b the _evening , to row the boat near to thc

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      Apollo Bunder and to keep it there in waiting for hun , until he should call for it . He then went ashore , and proceeded to Duncan-road , where ho met two commaties , with whom he had some acquaintance . He told those men that he had been ordered by some " Sahib l 0 oUe " onboard onc of the ships in the harbour , to find out two handsome girls and f o take them on board for the night . Tlio commaties took lum to one of thc many houses for which that street is already notorious . A proposition was made to a young girl , named Pashoo , who was living with her mother , but she declined it . The boatman said that he wanted two girls , and that if two nice girls were to decorate their persons with gold and silver ornaments , and with pearls , thev should be well

      treated on board , and receive a considerable sum for the night . The elder girl then persuaded the vounger one to accompany her , and tlicy both decorated themselves with various ornaments , to thc amount of several hundred rupees . A buggy was brought to the door , and they set out with the " boatman and a young Malionimcdan boy , whom they took as a sort of pro " tectioii . Tlicy arrived at thc Bunder ; the boatman paid thc driver , and desired him to come back in the morning to take them to their homos . Thc dingv was then called for , and tlic two girls and the boy got into it ; the three boatmen rowed off to a distant part of tne harbour , under the pretence of going to theshin . When they ionnd themselves bevond the distance ot being hoard , the two elder " boatmen took thc " chuhits or sticks on which the oars arc fastened

      in such boats , and struck thc women several severe blows on the head and back uiitil thev werc stunned _, j he young Mahommedan boy on seeing their cruelty screamed aloud ; but hc was spccdilv knocked down , and , before ho was dead , a stone was tied to his bodv , and he was thrown overboard , and tho bubbles rose over him as hc sank for ever . The two women were stripped , their ornaments taken off , and tlieir bodies put on a " kurkoolee , " a bamboo vessel for holding rice ; they wero tied together ; a large black stone which used to serve as onc of the anchors of thc boat , was fastened in the kurkoolee , and tho bodies were ' cast into the sea . Thc sticks with which they had been killed being bloody were then thrown into the deep . The murderers soon afterwards set out for

      their own country , when the jewels wore disposed of for 800 rupees , and the boat returned to the owner . On the morning after the murder , the buggy driver attended on the Apollo Bunder , ana waited for a long time . Some days after , thc mother of the girls applied to the police magistrate , and stated the circumstances . An active and intelligent agent was sent to make inquiries ; he found out the buggy driver , and heard of the boat . He was despatched to Jyghur , and on arriving there soon discovered the parties , and heard oftho sale of the ornaments , and had their chief boatman arrested , and found in his possession 27 o rupees . Thc parties were examined before the

      native magistrate , and also before Doctor Winchester , at RutnaghciTce . They haye since arrived in Bombay , where the depositions of the different witnesses have been taken . Tho prisoners , it appears , do not deny their guilt , and have made voluntary confessions of the fact . They will be tried at the next criminal sessions . Every credit is due to thc magistrates for then * zeal and activity . The police agent , who conducted thfe investigation , deserves great praise , for he has brought to light a system whicli , itis to be feared , was practised frequently , even under , as it were , the eyes of thc chief authorities of the Island . — Bombay Times .

      _Dreauful Event . —Wc read in a letter from Burgos of the 8 th : — " On May 10 , a dreadful event occurred near this town . Five young girls , of from eighteen to twenty years of age , set out early in thc morning for Vizcainos , iheir native village , to pass the feast of Pentecost . The same evening they wcre all found lying dead on a part of the road between Pineda and Vizcainos . Medical men having examined the bodies , declared that they liad died of cold . It is supposed that they sat down when heated With their walk , and having fallen asleep , were struck by

      thc cold wind and perished . Nantes , Angers , Tours , Bourges , Arras , and Laon , have all on the same day been made to suffer from violent storms . At Nantes , the thunder and lightning wore followed by almost unparalleled torrents of rain and hurricanes of wind . Tours was , however , the only place where damage was done bythe electric fluid . It threw _downasmall wooden cottage , and wounded a man inside in the head and breast . It also entered the kitchen of another house , and injured thc leg of a servant . There have also been violent thundcr-stooms at Bayonne and Pau . "

      _EmxnuRon . —Fatal Accidents . —Monday morning , at a few minutes before nine o ' clock , thc men _cngascd in rebuilding tflic Old Grey-friars Church , and those living in the neighbourhood , wcre suddenly thrown into the greatest consternation by the falling down , with a tremendous crash , of two pillars and three arches of thc church , together with a huge quantity of mason-work , burying in the ruins four workmen , one of whom , wc regret to say , lost his life . It is worthy of remark , that onc ofthe workmen had noticed tbe impending position of the walls , and intimated to his employers last Saturday that lie would , in consequence , work no longer , and that man took away Ids implements on Monday a few minutes before the event happened . The men who suffered

      on the occasion wcre ;—John Dickson and Robert Bell , joiners , and James Wallace and Peter Dougal , masons . It was on one of the pillars of thc northern row that the men were employed . The two joiners were on a platform at an elevation of about thirty feet , and wero engaged in what is called strapping—inserting stripes of wood in the wall , preparatory to lathing—while the masons were situated lower down , also on a platform , employed in tom 6 % , or squaring down the wreck of the former pillar , so as to give to it a fair exterior by thc aid of outward liming and other patchwork . Thus the two masons were gradually deprivin" the slender and tottering pillar of the little strength it retained , till the fatal stroke having been given , thc frail fabric

      instantaneously gave way , carrying with it the adjoining pillar , the mason-work of three arches , and a great mass of superincumbent material , and involving the unfortunate men in thc ruins . The other workmen immediately rushed to the spot , and no time was lost in removing the ruins and extricating their comrades from their frightful and perilous situation . In about eight or nine minutes they were all got OUt , when it was discovered that Dichson was dying , a large stone having fallen right on his face , whereby it was shockingly smashed and discoloured . He was immediately taken to the Infirmary , but ere hc reached it the vital spark had fled . Wallace aud Dougal , the two masons , werc severely injured , but both of them were able , witli assistance , to walk to tlieir lodgings . The former

      received a cut on the back of the head , as also on the right leg and right arm ; Dougal a cut on thc back of the head , and his right wrist sprained . The other joiner , ltobert Bell , was cut on thc back of the head , but not very seriously * . he was conveyed to his lodgings in an omnibus . Wc learn that Dicksofi haslcft a wife and two children to deplore his untimely fate . The same morning , about seven o'clock , a man named David Rule , whilst proceeding down the incline of thc railway at Granton Quarry , with three empty waggons , lost his life . It appears , that while the waggons were running at about thirty miles per hour , he observed two horses on the line , and in order to save their lives hc leaped off ; and , while getting them out of the way , thc waggons came up with tremendous force , and dashed

      thc poor fellow and horses up against some other waggons on thc line . The horses wore killed , and the man survived only until about for , o ' clock in the afternoon . On Tuesday afternoon , while a man , named John Slimon , was driving a parcel-van , belonging to the Canal Company , dowu the Wcstport , the horse took fright , aud ran off at n fearful rate . A man , named Daniel _M'Lauglilana having ayoung boy in his hand , crossing the street , were both knocked down at thc same time . Thc driver was thrown from his seat . The injured parties were carried to a house . Dr . Tait being shortly in attendance , found the boy to be quite dead ; and M'Laughlan being severely injured , was conveyed to the Royal Infirmary , where he remains . The driver of thc van was slightly injured .

      _Aiabmixc Fire ox Chbisea Bridge . —On Sunday evening , shortly befove six o ' clock , a five , which , fovthe space of nearly three hours , caused alarm in thc neighbourhood , broke out upon the ancient wooden bridge , over _| the Grosvenor Cat , and forming thc public thoroughfare from Chelsea to Thames Bank , the property ofthe Marquis of Westminster . By thc time the engines could begot in operation the surface ofthe bridge was on fire from end to end , and had any time been lost in procuring assistance it is highly probable that thc entire structure would have boon consumed . Water in abundance being at hand , the engines were worked with vigour for the space of nearly an hour , but the only good that could be effected was the preventing of the flames from

      extending along the exterior of thc building . Mr . Braidwood , the superintendent , upon his arrival , ordered the firemen to clear the ground off the crown of the bridge , which being done , and by perforating large holes with crowbars , the water was brought to bear upon that portion burning out of sight , and which could not otherwise have been touched . By nine o ' clock all danger of any further extension ofthe fire was at an end , and workmen were expected to be set to work to relay the carriage way , so that the thoroughfare might not be blocked up . Thc piles and other timber of the erection ave much burned . The origin ofthe fire is not precisely known , but it is the opinion of the police , from the fact of an attempt liaving been made some months since to burn tlic bridge , that it was wilfully caused by some evil disposed person .

      Miraculous Escape . —We ave informed that last week , as a lady named Harvev was coming to Manchester , with four of her children , in the express train of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway , one of them , a little boy , was suddenly missed from the carriage , and as the door was ajar " near wliich hc had stood , the homble reality gradually forced itself upon the mind of the anxious mother that by some accident the door had not been properly secured , and that hc had fallen out . An alarm was commuiucitcd to the guard , and afterwards to the engine-driver , but the train was going at the rate of forty miles an hour , and it is supposed it bad passed on a mile aud a

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      naif or two miles _. beibrc it could be stopped . It was slowly backed in search of the missing passenger , though little hope was entertained that thc child would be found anything but a cripple , if , indeed , alive . To thc surprise of all , however , he was found on his legs , and when his mother got out to embrace him and manifest her surprise and joy at his appear-Alice , apparently httle , if at all hurt , lie seemed to have no consciousness of his wonderful escape , but running up to her , expressed another kind of surprise , exclaiming , "Dear me , mother , I thought 1 never should have _camrht yon . you had cot so far'" Tlm

      escape was thought so extraordinary by thc anxious parents that it was not till the child had been examined bv a surgeon iu Manchester , and pronounced so , tliat tliey could believe him perfectly unharmed . The narrator adds—thc child seems to have had a kind of charmed life , for while ruuning on the opposite line of rails to meet his mother , a train came along the contrary way , and they would have undoubtedly been run down but that thc engineer , seeing that something was the matter , liad slackened his pace , and was thus enabled to stop iu time—J / anc / _iM'cr Times .

      Rbatii _ritoM the Use of Leaden * _I'lrus . —Malvekswells . —An inquest has been holden this afternoon ( Friday ) on the body of an agricultural labourer named Richard Wilkins , lately in the employment ol a highly respectable farmer residing at the Wood , Alalvern- _'vclls , who came by his death , it appears , from having drunk a quantity of eider ( the common drink of _agriculturallabourersii ! this district ) , which liad been conveyed in leaden pipes from thc ciderhouse to the place whore it was drawn for use . lt appeared that the deceased , with several others of Mr . Beubow ' s farm servants , had , after partaking of this cider , been seized with illness resembling t he painters ' colic , which it is known arises from the constant use of lead in their business . Mv . West , surgeon , oi -Malvern , at first attended himbut Mr . Hamilton

      , , of _Malvcrn-wclls , attended the deceased at the time ofhis death , which happened on Saturday last , lie was buried on Wednesday , but the public not being satisfied with no official inquiry into the immediate cause of death , thc body was " disinterred , and cxaminedby Mr . West , in the presence of . Mr . Hamilton . Mr . West explained on the inquest the nature of this examination and its result . 'Ihere was a congestion ofthe vessels of the head and stomach , and thc deceased died of apoplexy , brought on , he believed , by the act of the deceased drinking the impregnated cider . Mr . Bonbon * , thc deceased ' s employer , explained to tho coroner the circumstances under which the pines had been laid down . Hehademnlovcd Mr .

      M'Cann to lay down pipes of the proper white metal , tin , or composition ; but he ( Mr . M'Cann ) had substituted lead , saying it was superior for the purpose . On the discovery oftho mischievous effects produced the use of the pipes had been discontinued . Thc jury acquitted all parties of blame except Mr . M'Cann , and returned a verdict" that thc deceased died of apoplexy , induced by congestion ofthe brain . " The coroner intimated that , after an investigation like this , every farmer and publican using sucli pipes would bo subject to a verdict of manslaughter or murder in the event ofa similar catastrophe . Hc also expressed his surprise at Mr . Hamilton giving a certificate for burial in such a case without pivvions official inquiry .

      Fortunate Escape . —On tho evening of Sunday an occurrence of a most serious character took place on board the Eclipse , Richmond steamer . It appears that the Eclipse left Richmond Bridge at its usual time , with 200 passengers . She proceeded down the river until nearly opposite Hammersmith , when it was discovered that the boiler had become red hot , and that if an explosion did not take place thc vessel would take fire . Thc crew immediately poured water into the engine-room , and the consternation amongst the passengers was so great that thc steamer was run to the nearest shore , on the Barnes _gido _, where the whole were disembarked , sccral jumping into tho water and wading ashore . Many of the females were nearly in a fainting state from affright , and were conveyed to the Boileau Arm * public-house , in the Hammersmith Suspension Bridge-road ; and eventually the whole body crossed thc bridge to Hammersmith Broadway , where the Hammersmith Conveyance Company provided omnibuses for their conveyance to town .

      Murder at Durham . —For some days past tins city has been thrown into great excitement , in consequence of a case which occurred last Tuesday week . On the evening of that day , Superintendent Louis Henry GoidC ; of the county police , was taken to the gaol and lodged there , on a charge of having shot at his wife , and assaulted in a very grievous manner Mr . Walter Scruton , a solicitor here , and deputy clerk of the peace for the comity . Whilst in prison hc attempted suicide by cutting liis throat with a penknife ; the wound , however , was immediately sewed up , and hc is now recovering . The alleged reason for this violent conduct is , that Mr . Scruton has been in the habit of visiting Mr . Goule ' s wife during his absence from home , and it _. had been currently rumoured that Goul 6 actually caught Mr . Scruton

      in tiie house wider suspicious circumstances ; but there does not appear any ground for believing this to have been the case . Mrs . Emma GoulC * having died on Monday night , a coroner ' s inquest took place on Tuesday , at the Court-house , before Mr . J . M . Favell and a jury of citizens . The following is a report of tho evidence adduced to-day : —Ilenry Stoker , assistant to Mr . Green , surgeon , stated that hc was called upon on Tuesday , thc 10 th inst ., about ten o ' clock in the evening , to sec Mi's . Goule . Hc found her lying in bed , and that one of her anus had been wounded . There was a wound between her wrist and elbow near an inch in length . She said her husband and herself had had some words about Mr . Scruton , and as that gentleman , in thc company of Mr . JeDson . was passing at the time , she

      determined to call him m . Mr . Goule refused to allow her , and as she ran for the purpose of doing so , hc fired at her , and the shot entered her arm . Another shot was fired by Goule , which did not take effect . She died about ten o ' clock last night of lock-jaw , occasioned by the shot in the arm . —Mr . Edward C . Jepson stated , that he was passing along Churchstreet , about half-past nine o ' clock , on the opposite side to Goule's house , with Mr . Scruton . After lie had gone about half a dozen paces , hc turned round and saw Goul 6 fire a shot from a pistol wliich he had in his hand . His wife ran into a house opposite . Witness afterwards went in , and found her in a state of great excitement . Onc of the bones of her arm was extensively fractured . Hc placed a wet rag upon it , and soon aftei

      Mr . Stoker arrived . —Jane Giles deposed , that she is thc wife of Edward Giles , who is brother of Mr . Goule . She resided with her sister-in-law in Churchstreet . On Tuesday night , when Mr . Goule came homo , hc appeared very much excited , * he could not cat any supper , and got up and sat down again several times . Some conversation passed between him and liis wife relative to an allegcu improper connexion with Mr . Scruton , and he asked witness to swear that Mis . Goule iras a virtuous woman . She said she would do so . He then asked Mrs . Goulo herself to swear that she was innocent . Mrs . Goule said she would not ; he doubted her word , and it wounded her feelings . She would not live with a man who believed she would tell a lie . He said he could not live in that state ; hc would have thc matter cleared

      up . Just at this moment Mr . Scruton and Mr . Jepson passed thc window . As thev passed she said , " There ' s Mr . Scruton , I'll call him in . " He said , " Emma , I can't boar this . " Witness advised her to call him in , saying that as hc was a gentleman , she was sure he would speak the truth , lie said , " Don't , don't Emma . " She got up to do so , and hc stood before her to prevent her doing it . She said , " I will , I'm determined ; I ' m firm ; you know me , Henry . " Sho went into the passage , lie closely followed liGr , and said , "If you will , take that , " drawing a small pistol out of his coat pocket , and discharging its contents . She raised her left arm , turned instantly round , and exclaimed , " O God !" He fired the pistol in the direction of her head . She ran across the street , and Mr . Goul 6 followed her and

      fired again . She lowered her head in running , and the second shot missed her . Witness looked up thc street , and saw Mr . Scruton and Mr . Jepson coining back . Goule pursued thorn , _« ot hold of ono and jumped upon his back and he fell . She followed her sister into a house opposite , and then saw a wound in her arm , which was bleeding . Mr . Jepson came in and desired her to be taken home . She said , "I dare not go home ; where is Henry ? " She was taken home , and went to bed . She asked both Mr . Jepson and Mr . Green ( who subsequently attended her ) if there was any danger . If there was , she begged they would tell her , for she could bear anything . They said there was no danger , and she was to keen herself ouiet . Yesterday evenimr Mr . Green

      desired witness to ask tho deceased if she should like to sec a minister . She did so , on which the deceased said , " Jano _, is there any danger ? " Witness said there was great danger , on which her sister said , she was not afraid to ' die . She soon after became insensible , and died in a state of insensibility at ten o ' clock . Witness further deposed that Goule is ot a jealous disposition , almost to madness ; he was even jealous when the deceased kissed witness s little boy , as he thought that improper . His jealousy was more like insanity than anything else . 1 he deceased and her husband had frequently had conversations relative to Mr . Scruton , and she said to him on one occasion , " Why accuse me of improprieties with Mr . Scruton ; I ] do not know Mr . Scruton any better than other people ? " Once she told him she would

      never speak to Mr . Scruton again , and he then said he must speak to Mr . Scruton , or it might be worse for him . Mr . Goule had been jealous of other . gentlemen . About twelvemonths ago Mr . Goule was wounded in the head b . v a pitman during the great " strike , " and sineo then he has frequently complained Of his head . He had said several times to his wife , "Don't leave me , I cannot bear my thoughts . " Onc night lie said to her , " Don't sleep , talk to me , for I cannot bear my thoughts . " During the last fortnight he had been worse . Cn Mmday night hc danced about the kitchen , andippeired in a very excited stated . Hc put his hair up in a wild manner ami said he would shoot her with a pint pot lie held in his hand . Witness did not think this fun , but really thought he was not right ; and tbat

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      was also the opinion of his wife , who told her never to leave him in thc house alone . During , the nigh ] ho had a fainting fit ; Mr . Stoker attended him , and at two o'clock in the morning his wife went across the street to bring him medicine from the surgeon _s . On recovering , he asked Mr . Stoker whv he haa revived the dying embers , intimating a desire to die . On thc Tuesday Goule expressed more than once feelings of strong affection towards his wife . Thomas Metcalfe , who is a butcher , and lives opposite to Goul 6 ' s house , about 20 yawls from the place , said he heard a shriek ofa woman between nine and ten o ' clock , and on looking round saw Mrs . Goule- running across the street ; GoulC' stood on the step of his own door , and fired a pistol at her . Hc then followed after Mr . Scruton and Mr . Jepson . Witness pursued , and at

      length , by the aid of a person named Thomas Sewell , Gonlo was captured , and a pistol taken out of his hand . They then took him to the gaol ; he attempted lo escape , but did not succeed . In the gaol he handed up a pocket-book , in whicli he said there was something written that would accouut for what he had done . | This book was in the custody of the _mauistrafe-i , and Mr . [ fays , their clerk , handed it over to the coroner ; but it was n « t opened to-day . } In the gaol Mr . Goule cut his throat , and witness hold his head while Mr . Shaw , the surgeon , sewed up the wwiwl . —Thomas Sewc \ l corvoWatcd tbis evidence , nuivh * adding that he saw the instrument with which Goule attempted suicide was a penknife . —Mr . Green , thc surgeon , spoke to the wound in the anu being the cause of death . —Mr . John Booth , gunsmith , staled that on Tuesday evening , between five and six o ' clock , Mv . Goal * . * came into his shop and said , "Booth . I ' ve often thouehlof treatinjrmyself

      with a pair of pistols ; but perhaps you can lend mo a pair to-night , as 1 am going to look after some _smugglers , ami they arc often desperate follows . " Witness having lent ( ire-arms to Mr . Goul 6 before , did not hesitate to comply with his request , lie next asked him to make them complete for him ; and witness did so , putting a bullet in each . Goule waa calm and deliberate in his manner . Ifo had since heard from an exciseman that Mr . Goule actually had notice to look after a party of smugglers that evening . —Major Weinyss _, the head of the county constabulary , said Goule had informed him that such was the fact , and that hc had mentioned it to another police officer . —The coroner gave orders for this olliccr and tlio exciseman to be summoned , and the inquest was adjourned at seven o ' clock until ton on Wednesday morning , —Itis _undei-stood that there arc only two or three other witnesses to examine , and thc verdict is anticipated by the public generally .

      Adj ourned IxqvBST . —Durham , _Tiiuksdav . —Ihe inquest was resumed yesterday morning , at ten o ' clock , and the coroner proceeded to examine several papers and letters contained in the pocket-book produced on the preceding day . After doing so with great care , he observed that _^ hc eould not find anything which bore in thc slightest degree upon the present case , lie then resumed thc examination of witnesses . At the conclusion of thc examination , the coroner read over the evidence adduced . Hc observed that thev had simply to inquire how aud by

      whom Mra . Goule came to her death . They had the evidence of Mrs . Giles , that Mrs . Goule received a shot in lier left arm on the 10 th of June , which shot was fired by Mr . Goule from a pistol , and took effect : anu it had been proved distinctly by the surgeon , Mr . Green , that her deatli arose from a pistol shot wound in the arm , out of which a bullet hud been extracted . So far , then , as to the manner in whicli thc deceased had come by her death , it was perfectly clear , and it was also satisfactorily proved that Mr . Goule had lived that shot . The . distinction in these cases

      between murder and manslaughter was this—to be murder , there must be premeditation . If thc jury wcre of opinion that Mr . Goule procured thc pistols on theprcccdiu < r Tuesday with tiie intention of shooting Ms wife , there would be no doubt tho offence was premeditated , but if he got them in the course of his business for thc purpose of defending himself against smugglers and protecting his own life , andi _* as it appeared ) a quarrel subsequently arose between him and his wife , " and some resistance took place in the passage , in the course of which hc fired * thc pistol ,

      then ho tiiought tlic jury might return a verdict ot manslaughter . Tlic jury then retired , and , after an absence of a quarter of an hour , returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Louis Henry Goule . At the request of the coroner they reduced it into the following form : — " That Emma Goule came to her death by a pistol-shot fired by Louis Ilenry Goule whilst in a state of great mental excitement , on thc 10 th of June , 1845 . Johx Thwaitks , Foreman . " Thc inquisition was then signed by the jurors , and thc proceedings closed .

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      HAMPTON RACES . TnE Gold Ccp , in specie , by subs of 3 sovs each , with 40 added ; for _tlu-ec-yr-oWs , 7 st 71 b ; four Sst 101 b ; five 9 » t 31 b ; six and aged , Ost 71 b ; marcs , Ac , allowed 81 b . The winner to be sold for £ 200 . llc . its , once round and ti distance . Tonsub 3 . Mr Parr ' s Ninety One , 4 yrs ( Wakefield ) Oil Mr _Itainsbottom ' a Brush , 4 yrs 12 3 lion . 6 . Ongley ' s Fame , aged 0 0 2 Lord Caledon ' s Auld Lang Sync , 6 yrs 0 0 t Sir G . irenthcoto ' a f by Velocipede , out of Miss Wilfred , 4 yrs 0 ! dr Lord Lonsdale ' s Loadstone , 3 yrs ,.,.,. 2 0 dr Baron Rothschild ' Sambo , 4 yrs 0 3 dr First Hcat . —Bellix \ g . —b to 2 agst Loadstone , 3 to 1 agst Miss Wilfred , 4 to 1 agst Ninety One , and 5 to 1 _agat _llrush . — -Won cleverly by half a length , Loadstone beating Sambo by a head for second ; Fame a bad fourth ; Ninety Ono and the Miss "Wilfred filly did not go for the heat .

      Seeoxid Deal . —Betting . —6 to 4 agst Brush , 2 to 1 agst Miss Wilfred , 3 to 1 agst Ninety One , and 5 to 1 any other —Ninety One made all the running , and after a close raec up the distance won by a head , Miss Wilfred a respectable third , aud Loadstone a bad fourth . Third Heat . —Belting , —Even ou Ninety One , and 10 to six agst Brush . —Won by a length , Fame , who had made all the running , beating "Bras _' u easily for thc second place , The winner was claimed , and afterwards repurchased for . £ 250 , with a proviso that she shall not be started for the Queen ' s Plate .

      TnE SomtEr ano _Middlesex Stakes ( handicap ) of 20 sovs each , 10 ft , and 0 only if declared , with 50 added ; the second to save his stake , and the winner to pay 20 sovs towards the expenses of the course , and to subscribe to next year ' s handicap . Two miles . Thirtyseven subs , twenty-one of whom declared . Mr . Death ' s Misdeal , 6 yrs , Sst 31 b ( Wakefield * 1 Mr . llanisbottom ' s Pineapple , 5 yrs , Sst 101 b 2 Mr . Cook ' s What , 5 yrs , Sst 3 Mr . _IVoraiald ' _s Millepede , aged , Sst 10 lb 4

      The following also _stio'ted , but were not placed ;—Mr , K . Clifton ' s eh g b . v Mundig , dam by Conius , 5 yrs , Sst _™ Lord llosslyn _' s Blemi , 4 yrs , Cst _lMb—Mr . Coleman ' s _Devil-ainoiig-thcTailors , C yrs , list 131 b—Sir 0 . Heathcote ' s Gwalior _, 8 yrs , Sst 111 b—Mr . Can ' s Deodara _, 3 yrs , ost aih—Lord March ' s Jew Hoy , : _j yrs , 4 st 31 b—Mr . May ' s Corinthian Tom , 3 yrs , 1 st 81 b . Betting . — 3 to 1 agst What ( taken ) , 4 to 1 agst . rcw Boy , i to 1 agst Pineapple , 0 to 1 agst Corinthian Tom , 5 to 1 agst Misdeal , 8 to 1 agst _Devil-among-tlie-Tailors , 10 to 1 agst Millepede , and 10 to 1 agst Deodara . Misdeal , What , Deodani , Jew Boy , and Corinthian Tom started in a cluster , and ran in close company to the staud , where the running was taken up nt a slow pace by Misdeal , What , Corinthian Tom , ami Pineapple waiting upon him , 'flu ' s iot went down tlic back of the i-uursc iu a body , Misdeal retaining his lead to tho last turn , where What took liis place and went on ivith Hie running to the distance ; Misdeal here recovcml his lead , kept it to thc chair , and won cleverly by a length . Pineapple butting What by half a length , and Millepede hv a length .

      H . _he Comstuun Stakes of 10 sovs eaeh , h ft with 25 added ; for three-yr-olds , list ; four , IOst 7 tb ; five , list " Jib ; six and aged , list Wl '; _lviniieis once 31 b , twice _T-Yb extra ; half bred horses allowed 51 b . Once round and a distance . The winner to be sold for £ 200 ., ¦ ic . Six subs . GentUmcn riders . Mr Mostyn ' s Master Stepney , 3 yrs ( Xfr Berkeley ) I Mr Clifton ' Mespelus , 4 yrs 2 MrPearce _' s Tom Tough , 5 yvs i Lord Glainis ' s Arcanus _, 6 yrs 4 HeUhttj , — ' to 4 agst Master Stepney , and 2 to 1 agst Tom Tough . Tom Tough made play to ihe loner turn , nhcre he * vas passed by Mespelus and Master Stepney , the former leading at the distance Master Stepney collared him , and , aftor a middling race , won by a length ; Arcanus would not run a yard .

      The _STiuwDEiiity-HiLi , Stakes of 5 sovs each , with 25 added ; Unee-yr . olds , " st 51 b ; four , Sst 01 b ; five , Sic , Sstl 21 li . Heats one mile and a quarter . The winner to be sold for £ 100 , i _* c . Thirteen subs . Mr Matthcws ' s Tub-thumper , Gyv ... ( W , ISuIebiii ) I 1 Mr Mostyn ' s fby Glaucus , out of March 1 _'irst 2 2 The following also ran : —Mr Wiltshire ' s Frevstrop , 4 . yrs—Mr Gvaydou ' s Blunderbuss , 'A yrs—Mr York's _Uletsoe Lass , 4 yrs—Mr Worley ' s Syllabub , 3 yrs—Mr A . Dixon ' s the Star , aged—Mr Hay ' s Teresa , 4 yrs—Mr Preston ' s _Bosphorus _, aged—Mr Aruudalc ' s Jamie l ' alshaw , 5 yrsand Mr Shelley ' s Thc Disowned , 8 yrs . Both heats won . cleverly b y a length , Freystrop third in the first , and , Teresa in the second ; Bosphorus broke in the first heal ;

      Thursday , Jdne 19 . The HunsT Cur of 30 sovs , added to a _SwGepsti _& es of 5 sovs each . Loadstone , « . _^ -, Miss Wilfred „„„ 2 0 Fam-i „ _, „ . """" " o 2 Seven started . Her Majesti ' s Plate of V _, n , i nen _5 What v b cas ' s »* _f ~ .... "z :: \ I Patchwork ** ° _!! 0 3

      _« . „ . ... .. ' Won by a head . _Sotto started . The _Ceauemont Stakes of in cove B , _„ i . <• _„ . Astonishment , 10 _sOTS eacI ' . ° r twoyrsohJ , AnnaBulleu .. . _[[[[ J XX , _"""¦ ' _•• _MHiMltMliMpHlM four started .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 21, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21061845/page/5/