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      Wi May 24, 1845. The Northern Star.

      Wi May 24 , 1845 . THE NORTHERN STAR .

      Lo Lo-Wox As» Bihghtoh Railwat.—An Accid...

      Lo _Lo-wox as » _Bihghtoh Railwat . —An accident -. _whMwtoch mi s _ht have been attended with very serious SS _»« « " ¦*¦•« _^ _vWs 1 s _^ S _iMoniMondav morning , on the arrival ofthe lariSS eniary taiinf" at ten o'clock . _Owmgto . some _SSExtraordinary neglect , althougli this train _ar-Sveirived with great punctuality , a train of coke-waggons i was was crossing tiie down line at the moment tiie _Parlliam-iament tram ap proached the terminus . The _sipipToaptoachuig collfeion was seen by the driver , while cross crossing the hew England Viaduct , and m consei cua cuence the action ofthe engine was reversed , and the _lbrea breaks were applied in order to _^ p its _progress . ' The The train , notwidistanding , ran into the middle of the the coke train , smashing several ofthe waggons and , cons considerably " mjuring the engine . Had the coke : rai train not been seen by tiie engine-driver , the collision aws must have been fiightful ; as it was , the passengers wer were thrown from their seats , and several of them wer were more or less bruised .

      I _Bo-ologse , May 19 . —An alarm took place at the En English chapel here , during the celebration of divine ser semceV _"ffh'c * 1 occasioned some personal injury , and w * was very near causing loss of life . While the mi -minister was preaching , the cord of one ofthe sashes eai save way , and the lead weight made a noise which oa * _tave rise to an impression that tiie gallery was fallaj nig . A great nmnuw of persons rushed for the door , an _aiSdscreams-fromthewomenandcluIdren , and some 20 20 or _W were thrown down and trampled upon . All fh this wastheworkofaminute ; no one had sufficient or presence of mind to attempt to stop the panic by a de declaration that there was no real cause for it . Si Several ladies and children were injured , though not se seriously , in tiie struggles upon the floor ; some fa f-nnted , " _aad were taken toneighbouring houses ; and tli the sermon was abruptiy terminated . The alarm , indi deed , was bo general that one of the clergymen ri present took refuge under the pulpit .

      _Iseds _.- _—ScicibebtHasgisc . —On Tuesday mornii ing last , a man named William Howarth , who resi dded in School Close , and was employed at a print _*« works , wasfound suspended by one ofthe posts ofa b bedstead , in the house of Michael Tbwaite , the Olive I Branch beer-house , School Close , quite dead . The i deceased was a married man , and on the previous x night he and bis wifehada quarrel , in consequence of v which she refused to sleep with liim . This circums stance led the deceased to the house above named , - . where he committed the rash act of taking away his i own Rfe .

      _SCCCCLAE A 5 B JlELASCHOLT _DEAin BT POISOK . — i On Tuesday last au inquest was held at Staveley , Bear Boroughbridge , before John Wood , Esq ., coroner , on -view ofthe body of Joseph Umpleby , aged two years , whose death had been occasioned under ihe foflowingpainMcircinniitances : —The deceased's father , John Umpleby , is in the employment of _Messrt . Oats and Co ., flax spinners , of Staveley , and resides near to tbe premises . On Tkursday last he found some hanks of thread in the warehouse , which had the appearance of having been partly eaten by vermin . He communicated the circumstance to James Robinson , the foreman of tiie establishment , when it was arranged that some poison should be laid in the warehouse for the purpose of destroying the vermin , and Umpleby purchased a small box of a man who attends Knaresbro' market , and who pro

      fesses , by his hand-bills , te vend a composition to destroy rats . Three pieces of bread were covered with thc composition and laid in the warehouse on Thursday , after which the father ofthedeeeased went to CrimpJe on business . He returned home about four o'clock , when he observed the deceased walking cown the steps that lead to the warehouse , but the circumsfancedidnotat that tide excite suspicion The deceased then went into the house , and was soon afterwards seized with violent sickness , and vomited several times . On mquiry being made , it was ascertained that deceased had been seen , by a litle girl five years of age , to swallow two of thepieces of bread that hail been previously covered witii poison . He c _* mtinu < - _-dv' _--ryw , _andej-pu * ed on Monday evening , about six o ' clock . Thejury returned a -verdict that thedeceasedliad "Died from having beenacddentally poisoned . "

      Affray ts Tipf-ebahy . — We understand , from a correspondent in Toomavara , that an affray , between the ponce and an armed party , took place near Roscrea , _iatae county of Tipperary , on Satrarday last . It arose out of an attack by tbis party on a Jfr . Roe asd his son , who were on their way to tiie fair of Templemore . The party consisted of four men , well armed , who fired at Mr . Roe and his son , and wounded them , but not severely . The police of the 2 * h > next stations fortunately heard the shots , and imciediatelv proceeded in the direction taken by the

      party , whom they overtook . Then commenced a de-pirate struggle between both . Ono of thejpolice sua two of their opponents got into collision immediately , when the policeman shot one of them through tie abdomen , and wounded the other with his bayonet . The police ultimately succeeded in arresting the four ; one of tbem , it is conjectured , is in a dying state , and tbe others are badly wounded . The -founds ofthe police were few and "tight in character ; they , of _couwe , retaining their arms . _Sulj-Lispector Morgan , from Roscrea , was on the spot immediately . — Cork Examiner .

      Terrific Boiler Explosion axd _JDestrcctiox of Steam Mnxs . —On Wednesday morning , about halfpast eight , an explosion took place near thebridge , Old Kent-road , atthe steam flour mill of Mr . Walters , en the banks ofthe Surrey Canal . The mill , which •¦•• as seventy feet high , was blown about in all directions , and some ofthe fragments ascended about 200 prdsinto the air , 'The _IJoiler , which w _« _gl- _« three tons and a habf , was _distinctly seen by a " man in the Sent-road blown to the height of 200 feet , when it Trent across tie canal at that . elevation , and fell about ISO varus from the premises , in a stown yard , where , axon the force of tiie fall , it was embedded about two feet 'The _mifl and part of Mr . Walters' house became a heap of ruins , and tiie factories in tiie

      _neighbourhood arc _muciaamagedbythe brick and iron work , which was forced in all directions . The i * jus « intiene % hbo-ttrliood were also much shaken by the explosion . Mr . Walters and bis son were fortunately the only persons in the mill at the time . The men , twelve or fourteen in number , hsd gone to _briiiki _^ andwomdnavebeenbackm _afewnnnutes . Ihere were several _hair-breadtii escapes , but amongst the mostforfunatewas thatof a young lady _, lie daughter of a gentleman in Maismow-sqn / rtre _, Peckham , whose house is situate at least 500 yards from the spot where tiie explosion took place ; the _^ _ywasmtheartof-ireisiiigin one of the upper rooms , when a large piece of iron passed tiirough ie roof and _ceilicg with tiie force and Telocity of a _rannon-bsB , and dashed to atoms the wash-hand stand , which she had but the moment before retired

      atom , indeed so recently that she bad not reached the t & ire of the room , and conld not , therefijre , be more "dan a few inches beyond the reach of the destructive "missile . A poor man , in loading a barge on the canal , was wounded on the band by some brickwork affingon it , atthe instant tiie boiler and parts ofthe engiue were flying over Ms head . But the greatest sufferer is Mr . Walters , who is severely wounded , "Me bis son , who was also en tiie premises at the lime the explosion took place , escaped - unhurt . A strong body of police were in " unmediate attendance , 2 nd rendered every assistance to a number of workmen in securing the premises and render them safe , a as to prevent fnrfier mischief . During the day the scene was -viewed by many thousands , and to many the flight of the boiler to such a distance apffared almost incredible .

      F-cbther Pabticclars . —Tbxhsdav . — _TeMerdav considerable progress was made by the workmen m 'he employ of Mr . Hume , the owner ofthe steamnull near the Surrey Canal-bridge , Old Kent-road , an account ofthe explosion of which has appeared , iu removing the rubbish from tiie wreck of the mill . _"DurinfftSe day several scientific men visited the ruins , and inspected the broken boiler , and amongBttiiem the general opinion appeared to be , that it had burst from _ovwHPressure . Mr . Waller , jun ., stated to the reporter that at the time of the accident the pres-• sure was ' not-more than 45 lbs . ; but , considering the fact tbat there was no indicator to the safety-valve , such a statement can be regarded only as a matter of nnmion . while the fact remains the

      same , that the boiler , upwards of three tons in - * a < Ait , was torn from its bed , and driven into the _•^ 4 about one hundred and fifty yards , at a con--- •¦ fer aMe elevation . The boiler , whieh is a com-• * te wreck , is ripped from end to end ( about sis-If * o feet ) and as a proof of the soundness of the _•^ not a single rivet has started . ; the metal _*^ exhibiting an appearance of _fest-rate-quality . - «• has been in wear about seven years . The loss ofhe owneris estimated , atarough guess , at two iim sand pounds ; but it is hoped most of the ralu-• _" _afe machinery will be recovered . An eye-witness _tfthe accident _describes tbe occurrence as being

      • ' _^ singular , as -dewed from his dwelling , within _^ n-sh ot of the mill . Looking out ofhis window in _ae direction of the mill , just -at tiie instant of the _% _lw * on , his attention was arrested by the sudden -Putting of the circular building , and of the falling , _•* toth sides , ofthe walls . _lnimethately after this " _^ le viathan boiler bnrstfrom the midst ofthe ruin , _•^ nded with a terrifie -rumbling which broke forth _B * loud roar as the boiler ascended into the air . -y * hn gemaehine then took an enormous sweep _jE _^ _n gboth streams of tiie canal , and _h-dringbeyond _A ? ' «> a field , where it nowlies , nearly _rained *> v _CTtussion and the faU Itis one ofthe kind uei : « tt Jiinateo "iMhiilar" boilers .

      , _Doamaj Effects of _Hibbophobu . — _Twodread-^• _tiferg _-hOTgfexm _cammittedatBainy-en-C- _^ n _&* the neighbourhood of NeufchateL under fi _^* _***^^^ _S-3-metoeance 1 _» _T _* % belonging to Mile . IangJore _,-sgedeighty _^• hjttheman _^ ant of that lady on tie arm . _^ _e . _days after , tiie man was seued with a sodden { _Vetoy , and before he eonia be resttained , ie failed f _^ nustress _md afanale _ntsMbour who ran to ner _tof- _^ _wMian axe . He was afterwards shot , "Jf » ot mortally wounded , by another neighoonr _^ he _-rdierwaHisattacked . Bl

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      Mrs . _Re-otis . —This lady , whose death took place last week , at Leamington , was the widow of the great tragedian , John Philip Kemble . Like the widow of Mr . Garrick , she very long survived the celebrated actor to whom she had been united , her life having been prolonged to the age of almost ninety . She was probably tie oldest member of the theatrical profession , upon which she had entered in very early youth , whOeMr . Garrick was yet at its head . Shewas first married to Mr . Brereton , an actor of fine person and some talent . Not many years after his decease she _ became the wife of Mr , Kemble , to whom she remained fondly and proudly attached . He died about twenty years ago , at Lausanne , and left her in easy circumstances and without family . Returning to England , she took up her abode at _Leaminj _^ on . Until the last year , when her frame began to decay ,

      her hospitable residence was the resort of all the eminent persons who visited Leamington . The charities and the poor of that place had a liberal friend in her ; and her lively conversation , her long knowledge ofthe world , and her well-stored memory ( which , like her other faculties , remained unimpared by her great age ) , made her , to the last , a highly agreeable and popular member of society . A great part ofher income ceased with her life . Of the property which she has left , the larger portion goes to Air . Charles Kembleand his children , and the residue chiefly to nieces , friends , and servants . The piece of plate which was presented to Mr . Kemble on bis retirement from the stage is given to Mr . George Siddons , the only surviving son ofthe great heroine ofthe drama : and Sir Thomas Lawrence ' s admired picture of Mr . Kemble in plain clothes is a legacy to the Earl of Aberdeen .

      C 011 JS 10 . V os tbe GsEEsmctt Railway . —Late on Monday night a collision of a very fearful character happened on the Greenwich Railway , near the London-bridge terminus . Fromthestatements made to our informant by the passengers of the eleren o ' clock train , which was well loaded with the holiday folks from Deptford-fair _, it appeatstbat on that train arriving at the points where the engine and tender are attached , for the purpose of allowing the train to pass under the shedding of tbe terminus , three carnages were discovered to have been left on the same line of rail without the usual signal lights to denotetheirbeing there . The guard on the foremost carriage ofthe train , perceiving the imminentdanger , shouted to his fellow-officers to putdown the breaks . The engine and tender , unfortunately , had moved onto the adjoining rails , and , as is usually the case , wasdraggmgthetrainalongbyarope . Theengineers

      noticed the carriages at the same moment that the guard did , bat were unable to stay the speed of the train , and the guard , finding a collision inevitable , saved bis life by leaping on to the line . The next moment tbe train came in contact with the carriages with terrific force , the foremost of the latter being smashed and hurled upside down onto the roofs of the other carriages , besides effecting much damage to them . The shock to the passengers , upwards of 200 in number , was -very alarming . The officers of the company rendered every assistance , and it was ascertained that none of them were seriously hurt , the extent of their injury being severe bruises and sHndrydamagetotheirwearingapparel . The South-Eastern Company on Tuesday instituted an inquiry relative to the neglect in leaving carriages on the line without signal lights , and the result was , it was understood , the dismissal of several parties .

      SAXecmBr Duel -sear Gosport . —Portsmouth , Wed-sesdat . —A duel was fought last night , near Gosport , under tbe following circumstances -. —The combatants were Mr . Seton , late ofthe Uth Hussars , and Second Lieutenant H . C . M . Hawkey , of the Royal Marines ; the former residing at Queen's-¦ terrace , and tbe latter at King ' s-terrace , Soutusea . From all we can glean , it appears that at a soire ' e , held at the _King's-rooms , on Southsea-beach , on Monday evening last , Mr . Seton paid somewhat marked attention to the wife of Lieutenant Hawkey and was afterwards , in the public room , most grossly insulted by Mr . Hawkey , who called him a blackguard and a villain , and told liim if he would not t ight him ' , be would horsewhip him down the

      Highstreet of Portsmouth . At the time these words were used Mr . Seton was endeavouring to leave the ballroom , when Lieutenant Hawkey , who was sitting upon a sofa , rose , and attempted to kick him as he passed . The consequence may be anticipated . A meeting was arranged , and at five o ' clock last evening the combatants _metatStokes-bay , near Fort Monckton , opposite Ryde , ontheGosportshore . Lieut . Byron 6 . Bowles , R . N ., acted as second to Mr . Seton ; and Lieut . Edward L . Pym , of the Royal Marines , was second to Lieutenant Hawkey . The combatants havingarrivedj the ground ( -fifteen paces } was measured , and the principals having been placed , the word was given , when Mr . _SetonfiredandniissedbiB antagonist . The pistol of Lieutenant Hawkey was placed in his

      hand by bis second at half-cock , and . consequently Lieutenant Hawkey did not have his shot . Other pistols were , however , supplied to the combatants , the word was again given , and both fired . _^ Mr . Seton immediately _fefl . Lieutenant Hawkey , without waiting to see the result of his fire , or going up tohis antagonist , immediately fled with his second , saying , " I ' m off to France . " Mr . Seton was conveyed on a shutter on board a yacht in waiting , and brought about half-past nine o ' clock last night to the Quebec Hotel , on the water's edge . Surgical assistance was called in , and it was discovered that Mr . Seton had been wounded dangerously on the right side ofthe abdomen , tbe ball passing tiac-ugh and coming out

      on theleftside . _Whother the wound is mortal or not , the surgeons ( Messrs . Mortimer and Jenkins , of Gosport ) bave not yet given an opinion , but the patient has had a night of agonizing pain , accompanied by frequent vomitines . Mr . Seton is married , and has four Children . It appeared that the seconds never interfered after the first fire to adjust the cause of auarrel . Mr . Seton is a -very _fine-leeJSBg ih 4 n , ageu 2 S ; Lieutenant Hawkey is about 26 . Mr . Seton has retired from the llth Hussarsabouteigbt years . At five o ' clock this evening Mr . Seton was pronounced rather easier , although but slight hopes are entertained ofhis recovery . He was at that time lying in a very dangerous state .

      Death or Mb , _StmcklaS-o , the Actor . — We regret to state that tbis excellent performer died on Sunday evening , aiKmt eleven o ' clock , after an illness of about a week . He has left a widow , but no children . Thus has been cut off in the prime of lite ( his _ise-was only forty-eight ) one ofthe few remain" mgornaments ofthe British stage . Stnckland was the legitimate successor of Dowton and Faweett _, and Ms loss at tbe present moment will be felt most severely . There is no actor on the boards who can at all supply his place . It is now about ten years since Strickland first came to town . He made his

      first appearance before a London audience at the Strand Theatre during the management of Hammond . He was soon afterwards engaged by Braham for the St . James's , and when that theatre closed hu services were secured by Mr . Webster for tbe Haymarket Theatre , where he has remained ever since , and where we bad hoped for years to come to have enjoyed the delight which we always derived from witnessing hisartistical efTorb ? . But " alas ! poor Yorick . " An attack of inflammation of the lungs , which defied the utmost efforts of medical skill , has in one short week removed him from the stage ot life , and his friends are left to regret his loss , which they feel to be irreparable .

      Fke at Walworth . —On Wednesday morning , between twelve and oneo ' clock , a fire broke out upon the _nremises in the occupation of Mr . George Bnckland , tallow-cbandler , 21 , East-street , Walworth . The fireburst forth with ungovernable lury , and from the quantity of tallow upon the premises the flames received a most powerful au . xihary , and in a very short time tbe whole melting-house with its contents were in a blaze . It is fortunate that the premises were so far detached that the fire was confined to tbe melting house and its contents , or much surrounding property must have been sacrificed . A considerable quantity of valuable stock in trade is destroyed , and themelting-house is gutted , the flames not being fully extinguished at a quarter before two o ' clock . The proprietor is insured for the stock and building in the Sun and _Norwich Union fire offices .

      Scicm-s »* a Bath . —On Thursday evening a person went to the public baths on tbe Boulevard desTrois Journees . at Marseilles . Having remained an hour and a half without calling , the attendant became ahirmed , went in , and found tbe man lying ma mixture of blood and water . A medical man , who was sent for " unmediately , came and at once pronounced tbat the man was dead . He had opened several ofhis veins with , a razor , but finding that death did not come quick enough , he inflicted a more desperate wound on nis throat . From some papers wMch were found in bis pockets , itwas ascertained that he was a tailor , from Turin . — Gcdignani .

      Desperate _S-oictor . —A most determined persistence in aresolutionto commit suicide was m _anifested on Wednesday ( week ) at Rouen . A _rehired commercial broker , named Coiffin , went on Tuesday evening to St . Sever , behind the circus , and there fired a pistol into his mouth ; his hand being unsteady , the hall passed throagh his cheek , without doing him any dangerous injury . A pohce officer hearing the report , ran to the spot , and finding what had happened tookkimby the arm tolead _himhome . On the way , he attempted to throw himself into the in

      river , but the officer _succeedea in placing _-um unhands ofhis family . A physician was sent fo r , and dressed the wouna . Scarcely had he gone , when Coiffin rose from _his-bed , and ascending to the fourth floor , made a third attempt to commit suicide , by tiirowmghim sdfoutof-tiie-window . Bemgwatehed , he was again prevented , _and then , again going into his bed , giving a solemn promise to abandon his sinister intent ions , be was left to his repose , _i-arly in the morning , however , he stole silently down to the wood-house in the _yardand there hanged himself with his cravat . When diseovered , he was totally lifeless . —Galignani .

      _Fise at Bexlet , _Ke-l-A fire broke out on Sm _^ forenoon at _Bexley , on fhe prem _^ eBOfJ Lucas , z builder , whicb _cnmm"tmi (! ated to a . neigubourins brew and "malt house , and _dertroyco . 1 consideE _& e quantity of property before it was & under .

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      Pibat-6 s » - the Mediterranean .--Messina , _AIat 6 . —The Rowena , Tregartb _, arrived at this port , spoke the brig Garnett , of Hull , off Licata , the master of which reports having been chased and attempted to be boarded 21 st ult ., fifty miles west of Malta , by a schooner under Turkish colours , of about 230 tons , with painted ports , well armed and manned , and a very fast sailer , which , in attempting to board the brig , carried away her jib-boom and bowsprit , and the brig ' s main gaff , maintopgallant mast , Ac . A Lamentable Accident happened a few days ago on board the post-office packet the Bastia . The second lieutenant , in a fit of insanity , of which he had previously exhibited symptoms , threw himself into the sea , when the vessel was within a few leagues of Marseilles . The sea was too rough to admit of a boat being launched , but the packet kept cruising about for a considerable time without seeing again tiie body of her unfortunate officer . —French Paper .

      The Late Accident at Great iarmouth . — Yarmouth , Saturday , Mav 17 . —This afternoon the jury were re-summoned in consequence of the body of Louisa Utting , a child 6 years old , liaving been found near the Gas-meter , on the evening of the same day . The child ' s head and body were frightfully mutilated . The proceedings occupied but a very short time . The body was identified , and proved to have been on the bridge , by her mother , and a sailor proved the fact of picking it up . Thunder Stork at Walton , hear Stafford . —On Friday , the Gth instant , the electric fluid struck the new church at Walton , about three miles from Stafford . The steeple was much injured , a part of the church was unroofed , andtwo bricks were carried b y the lightning through a cottage window , a short distance from the church ; another brick came in contact with the chain belonging to a draw well , which it broke . The damage is estimated at - £ 200 . — Staffordshire Mercury .

      _Masohester , _T-CE 8 _DA- _** . — _A-sotheh Murder . — Isabella Pilkington , who lived nearWkeat-hill-street , Salford , about ten o'clock last night was observed to leave home , carrying her infant child in her arms in its night dress . In about half an h « nr afterwards a young man , who was taking a walk along the bank of the river Irwell , below Broughton-bridge , observed some object in the middle of the shallow water . He immediately called out that if she did not come ont of her own accord he would send in his dog for her . In the course of a short time Pilkington came out of the river . She was thoroughly drenched with water , having certainly been overhead in the river . Upon being questioned she admitted that she had taken her infant along with her into the river , and had

      dropped it into the stream . Drags having been procured , search was made for thc body of the infant , but without effect . She was brought up this forenoon before C . J . S . Walker , Esq ., at the Salford Town Hall , when the above facts having been stated in evidence , she was remanded till Saturday next . The prisoner , who is a married woman , has only lived in the neighbourhood about five weeks , and is about 35 years of age . Her husband is a mechanic out of employment . He left home in search of work on Sunday morning last , and has not been since seen in the neighbourhood . —The final examination of Brooks , the young man charged with attempting to murder Mary Anne Greene , in this town , on the evening of "Friday , took place yesterday . The prisoner was committed to take his trial at the next assizes for thc southern division ofthe county .

      The Late Dreadful Accident At Yarmouth- ...

      THE LATE DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT YARMOUTH- ENGINEER'S REPORT . Yarmouth , Thursday . —The inquest on the bodies of the sufferers was adjourned about a fortnight since , in order that application might be made to the Secretary of State for the assistance of some eminent civil engineer who should inspect the materials of the suspension bridge , and report thereon , in order to guide thejury to a proper verdict as to the cause of the accident . On Tuesday last Mr . Walker , civil engineer , from London , arrived , and made all due inquiries . Yesterday the adjourned inquest was held at the Town Hall . The mayor and nearly all the magistrates of the borough were present , with many other gentlemen interested in the inquiry . Mr . C . Evans appeared for the proprietors of the bridge . All the

      jurors ' having answered to their names , The Coroner in addressing them observed , that at the commencement of this investigation he had stated that he had selected two cases upon which to try the merit * of the whole . It appeared , however , from a recent dictum of Baron Alderson , that there had been some little informality in the adjournment . He had , therefore , now taken a case in respect to which tliere wasnoiiuormality , as thejury had been summoned upon it for tbis day . This was the case of Louisa Utting , one ofthe sufferers . Charles Warnes was called : he is the writer ofthe

      extraordinary narrative first published in the Bury Post . He came forward to the witness-box and appeared to be a good deal confused by the awkward and unenviable position in which he had placed himself . Being sworn , he said , in answer to questionslam a lawyer ' s cleric residing in this town . 'I remember the evening of the 2 d of May last . I wrote the letter that appeared in the papers relative to the late accident . I wrote it in a very excited state , having been drinking brandy . The Coroner . —Are the statements you made in that letter true ? Witness . —Certainly not .

      Mr . James Walker was then sworn . —He stated , in answer to questions by the Coroner , I am a civil engineer , and member of the Society of Civil Engineers in London . I have been president of that institution for the last ten years , I resigned that- ogee at the _wramescement of the present season . Attherequest *} f the Secretary of State I came to Yarmouth for the purpose of making inquiries as to the causes of the fall of the suspension bridge that was erected over the river Bure , at the north end of this town . 1 was able to do so , and to come here immediately . The Coroner said , "You , sir , have examined the bridge , and you are , no doubt , prepared to give your own statement in your own way without being interrupted ; after that the jury may have some questions

      to put to you . Mr . Walker then described the materials of which the bridge had been made , the nature of the contracts under which it had been constructed , and the alteration by widening it which had been effected . He then referred to the mode in wliich the accident had occurred , and said , I have only a few words te add in conclusion . First , that I consider the immediate cause of the accident to have been a defect in tbe joint or welding of the bar that first gave way . Secondly , that tbe quality of the iron and of the workmanship , so far as I have been able to examine them , have been defective , and would not have been permitted had the work been properly tested . Thirdly , the widening of the platform appears to have been made without sufficient reference to the original

      strength of the bridge and the weight it had to support , and therefore acted as an aggravation of the evil , the strength being barely sufficient as the bridge was at first constructed , _supposing the quality of the iron to have been good . Fourthly , in the original construction ofthe bridge the contingency of a great load being on one side does not appear to have been contemplated . If it had , I think the link on that side would have consisted of more than two bars , either of whicli was unequal tothe load thatthe bridge waa likely to carry . 1 have only to add , that in this investigation I have received every assistance from Mr . Cory , one of the proprietors of the bridge , in reference to all the documents in his possession , and that has enabled me to come to the conclusions ! have arrived at with

      less loss of time , and with a greater approximation to accuracy than might otherwise have been the case . Perhaps I may add , that the whole weightof this bridge has been ascertained with great accuracy by Mr . Scholes , and the weight of the addition made to the width , the latter being comparatively small and unimportant . The whole weight of the bridge , including tbe suspending chains , before the addition to the platform , was 17 tons 14 ewt . 3 qrs . 25 lb . With the addition , the whole gross weight , including the railway , was 20 tons 8 cwt . ufe ., tbe -addition being only 2 tons 13 ewt . The greatevil was , that additional weight being outside ofthe suspending chains , and , therefore , placing the whole weight ofthe people at the time of the

      accident outside of this chain , without any part of the weight being on the chain on the north side . Imay say , acting under the _directiont of Sir JameB Graham , if you , the coroner , or any gentleman of the jury , have any questions to put to me , I shall be glad fo answer them . The Coroner asked the jury if they had any questions to put , but no gentleman answered . Mr . Evans , on behalf of the proprietors of the bridge , wished to put some questions , and called Mr . Walker ' s attention to the terms of the contract , with a view to elicit from him tbat if the contract had been strictly fulfilled , the accident would not bave occurred . Mr . Walker , in answer to questions , said if a person had been p laced to watch the welding of every link of the chain , tbe bad quality of part of the iron would have been discovered . Looking to tiiecontract eenerallv . he did not think that _evervuTecaution had

      c . been taken . He would have given the engineer or inspector the power of having the iron properly tested , in such a way as he might think fit . He did not find that this was done in the contracts . A certain power was given to the surveyor , but in such a way that tbe contractor would resist the expense of testing the iron , without a clause in the contract to that effect . After some questions put by thejury , not very material , the court was cleared , and the jury having consulted for an hour returned the following verdict : —That the deceased , Louisa Utting , came to her death by the falling of the suspension-bridge across the river Bure , onthe 2 nd May last , and that the falling of the bridge was attributable immediately to the defect in the joint or welding of the bar that first gave way , and to the quality of part of the iron and workmanship , being inferior to tbe requirements ofthe original contract , which ihadprvTided that they should be of the best quality .

      The Late Dreadful Accident At Yarmouth- ...

      Fire in St . Luke ' s . —On Friday morning , between four and five , the lucifer-match manufactory belonging to Messrs . Cocken and Sadd , in Golden-lane , St . Luke ' s , was destroyed by fire , together with the dwelling-house attached . Five adjoining houses and some stables were likewise damaged . The cause of , the accident is not known . The premises were insured . 1

      First \ essel prom Cincinnati . —By the Muskinguim , Captain Wells , which arrived m the Mersey on Ihursday last , direct from Cincinnati ( Ohio ) and New Orleans , being the first vessel from the former place , where she was built and loaded , 1535 miles above the mouth of the Mississippi , we have received Cincinnati papers to the end of March . Our readers , on referring to the map of the United States , will mark with surprise the vast inland route passed by the Muskinguim on her passage down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers towards New Orleans and fhe Gulf of Mexico . Her course lay through the very heart of the vast continent—Liverpool Paper .

      Alarm of Cholera in Sheffield . —We learn from the Sheffield Iris that several cases of Asiatic cholera have just occurred in that town , one of which has proved fatal . The reappearance of so virulent a disease in a thickly populated town like Sheffield has naturally caused great excitement in the neighbourhood , and that excitement has been strengthened by the singular circumstances under which the disease has now been manifested . In 1832 Sheffield , as well as many other towns in this kingdom , was _yisited by the cholera , and many lives fell sacrifices to its fell ravages , Most of the " cholera victims" were then buried in plots of ground set aside of their Bpecial interment . Those at Sheffield were interred in an elevated piece of ground on the south side of

      the town , which waa presented for the purpose by his Grace the Duke of Norfolk . That ground has since 1832 , been applied to no other use than that to which it was then set aside . A beautiful and elegant little monument has been erected to mark the spot to future ages , and the ground has been frequently visited—as churchyards and cemeteries are —partly from curiosity or interest in the locality itself , and partly as affording an extensive survey of the country around . " On Whit Monday last , " says the Iris , " the children ofthe workhouse , in common with other children ofthe town , took a walk , visiting in the course of their ramble the cholera monument and its adjacent grounds . Shortly after then * return to the workhouse an unfortunate lad , about

      twelve years of age , whose name was Taylor , was taken ill , and continued so until Saturday afternoon , whenhe died . His symptoms were closely watched by the medical men , who were under the necessity of coming to the conclusion that the poor boy had died from Asiatic cholera of the most virulent kind . By Monday morning six other inmates of the workhouse were taken ill , exhibiting precisely the Bame symptoms as those of the poor boy , whose body had turned perfectly black before death . A consultation of the medical men was _immeiliatel y held at the workhouse , when every preventive __ and specific which skill and experience could devise were promptl y resorted to , to check the disease and arrest contagion . Up to Tuesday morning nine ofthe inmates were suffering from this dreadful malady , with more or less chance of

      surviving . It is said that the surface of thc cholera burial-ground has lately been slightly raked over for the sake of improving its appearance and keeping it cleai * of weeds . Whether , in course of this operation , any slight fissures have been opened , through which contagion may have been emitted —after a _lapso of thirteen years—or whether , in the visitation of Providence , the disease may have come through other channels , is beyond our means of deciding . To say the least , thc fatal illnesss of the poor boy immediately after visiting the choleraground _, is a singular coincidence , and it will be a work of difficulty to convince many that such has not been the primary cause ofthe disease . " No more cases of a fatal character had occurred up to Wednesday night , at which period the reports at the workhouse were of a favourable character , the disease being considered by the medical men to have been completely checked .

      Cvaw Liftouemettts

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      Sawyers' Strike.—Several Of The Master S...

      Sawyers' Strike . —Several of the master sawyers of Glasgow and neighbourhood have agreed to the increase of wages asked by their workmen , and a number ofthe men have again resumed their wonted employment . Strike of Farm Labourers . —Last week the labourers at Nether and Over Compton , Dorset , were informed by tlieir employers that their wages would henceforth be reduced from 7 s . to 6 s . a-week . The reduced wages were offered to the Nether Compton men on Saturday night , but refused , and on Monday morning , as early as six o ' clock , the men , who had arranged their plans , started off in a body to the residence ofthe landed proprietor , taking with them the Over Compton men , who ( their wages not _hayine

      been thon curtailed ) had gone to work as usual . The men , to the number of thirty or forty , passed through Yeovil , and aftersome arrangement made with them , returned to their work . It appeal's that at an audit or two ago the landlord took off 10 per cent , from his tenants' rents , but at the last audit he put on 5 per cent , on that amount , The farmers declared that they were unable to pay an advanced rent on these terms , and to continue the same wages as formerly . The consequence was the reduction ofthe labourers ' wages as above stated . The tenants are willing to pay the men at the usual rate if the increase of 5 per cent , is taken off . The matter is at present unsettled . The tenants are determined not to give the customary Wages uniesB _SlSy obtain a concession from their landlord . —Globe .

      West-End Shoemakers' SoclEW . —This body held their meeting on Monday the . 19 th , and agreed to become a part of " The Cordwainers' General Association . " The society of Shoemakers of the whole of England , with very few exceptions indeed , are now in union—with one code of laws binding tliem ; and all their contributions going to one common fund for the relief of the necessitous who are on tramp , and the support of Wages in all cases of aggression . The present union , which originated only about a year ago , is the first attempt of the kind which has ever been made in connection with this particular trade ; and if it is followed out with a conjoined prudence and spirit , it must in many ways produce most beneficial results . Duncombe Testimonial . — Central Committee of Trades , ore—12 , St . Martin ' s-lane , Wednesday evening , May 21 st ; Mr . J . Grassby , Carpenter , in the chair . —The following sums were received ' . —From a

      few Masons at the Lion , Gate-street ,-Lincoln ' s-mn , per Mr . C . Thomas , 10 s . ; Carpenters' Society , Clipstone-street , per Mr . Lake , £ 110 s . ; per Mr . Dunn , 2 s . ; per Mr . Holland , ls . ; per Mr . Bond , collected among Painters , £ 1 ; Mr . Thomas Galloway , and other workmen in the Wallace Foundry , Dundee , 3 s . 2 d . ; Chelsea and Pimlico District Committee , collected at the Bee Hive , per Mr . John Dowling , 10 s . The committee earnestly appeal to all persons still holding money or books on behalf of the Testimonial Fund , to remit the same immediately to R . Norman , Esq ., general treasurer , or to Mr . J . Syme , general secretary . The committee will meet at the Parthenium Club , 72 , St . Martin's-lane , on Wednesday evening next , May 28 th , and the succeeding Wednesday evening , June the 4 th , when the books will be closed , and a balance-sheet issued for the _sfttififcuition of the subscribers .

      Bradford . —The committee of the Power-Loom Weavers will meet every Saturday evening , at eight o ' clock , in the large room , Butterworth Buildings , to receive contributions and enrol members . Bradford . —Woolcombers' Strike at Rand ' s Mill . —On Monday evening a public meeting ofthe Woolcombers of Bradford was held at _Peckover Walks , Mr . Clark in the chair . Mr . Roberts addressed the meeting on the present state of the strike , and was followed by Mr . G . White , who exhorted thc men to be mm , and set at defiance the capital influence and tyranny of their late taskmas ters . The few black sheep they had got would avail but little , and the doughty inilwcrat would find that the union of thousands of Combers would be an over-match for his wealth , accumulated from the toil of lus unfortunate _work-neoDle . or more nronerlv

      speaking , slaves . Mr . Mullen next addressed the meeting , and declared the funds were in a prosperous condition ; there was nothing to fear on that score . Mr . Flynn addressed the meeting in an eloquent speech , and concluded by proposing the following resolution : —Resolved , "That we pledge ourselves individually and collectively to exert our best efforts to accomplish the objects we have in view , and that no compromise shall be made with any man or firm . " Mr . Sutcliffe seconded the resolution , which was car ried unanimousl y . A vote of thanks was tendered to the chairman , and the meeting separated . Halifax Miners . —Upwards of fifty of the Miners ' wives of this district held a tea-party on the evening of Tuesday , the 13 th instant . After tea , a lecture was delivered by Mr . G . Brown , on the objects ofthe Miners' Association . The lecture gave great satisfaction .

      The Demonstration At Tara. On Thursday, ...

      THE DEMONSTRATION AT TARA . On Thursday , pursuant to announcement , a Repeal demonstration took place on Tara-hill , which is about twenty miles distant from Dublin . Mr . O'Connell accompanied by Mr . Steele , Mr . Ray , and some others oi : hw friends , arrived on Wednesday evening at Tara-hall , fhe residence of Mr . Lynch , where hi _*™ _£ vL t _$ A mg >\ _P * _Programme of the proceedings ofthe day included a _rath-Mumr „ f « th «

      masses upon the rising ground , which is dignified with the nameof Tararhill , and the celebration of mass _alterwards . Next , a procession from Tara to Navan , a distance of five miles ; then a meetingin the Tpwn-1 n n van _* ° P etiti _»» for a Repeal of the Union ; and , finally , a dinner to the Repeal " martyrs , " in a newly-erected building , stated to be capable of accomraodatiflgl , OOOpersons . ThepreparatioBsforthemeeting on tae kill were of the simplest character . An altar , of rude construction , screened by a canvas awning , was placed on the conical mound which surmounts

      the hill , awl at a short distance from it afew _tenfs w ere pitched , in which refreshments were furnished to " man and beast . " Shortly after twelve o ' clock Mr . O ' Connell , accompanied by several friends , some of whom wore tiie uniform of the ' 82 Club , arrived upon the hill , and was , of course , received by the crowd with great cheering . Having taken up bis station near the altar , the celebration of mass was immediately proceeded with , the Rev . Mr . M'Evoy , ' of Kells , being thc officiating priest . At the conclusion of thc service the rev . gentleman addressed his congregation briefly , exhorting them to behave in an orderly manner during thc day , and advising them to give into the custody of the police any person whom they might find selling or distributing seditious ballads or placards . The number of persons

      assembled for the purpose ofhearingamounted to about 5000 , and there was probably about half that nuunibci _* scattered about in the neighbourhood . Immediately subsequent to the termination of mass a procession was formed , consisting chiefly of the peasantry of the neighbourhood and the tradesmen of the adjoining towns of Kells , Navan , _Slane , _Dunshaughlin , & c , the people from each locality being headed by the temperance band of their district . Mr . O'Connell , about two o ' clock , joined the procession , which then moved rapidly towards Navan , where the meeting was announced to take place at that hour . There was neither military nor police in attendance , and the proceedings on the hill , which wero devoid of any feature of interest , passed off in the most quiet manner .

      Central Criminal Court. Mo.Vnir, May 19....

      CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Mo . _vnir , May 19 . —Robbery . —Richard Freemanaged 23 , carpenter , and Eliza Mitchell , aged 27 . were placed at the bar , the male prisoner for stealing one coat , one pair of trousers , three waistcoats , and other articles , value £ 5 , the property of John Ragell , in his dwelling-house , and Mitchell , for feloniously receiving the said property , well knowing it to have been stolen . It appeared in evidence that the prosecutor ' s house was broken open on Easter Monday , and the articles above-named stolen therefrom . The police , upon inquiry , discovered that part of the property had been pawned by the female prisoner . The lodgings occupied by the prisoners , as man and wife , were searched , and there the remainder ofthe property was found , toirether with the

      key of the prosecutor ' s hall door , and a number ol skeleton keys . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners . There was a second indictment against the prisoners of a similar nature , but it was not gone into . The sentence of the Court upon the prisoner Freeman was , that he bo transported for the term of ten years , and upon thc female prisoner that she be transported for seven years , Manslaughter . —John Downey , aged 39 , was indicted that he , on the 23 rd of April , did upon William Bates commit an assault and inflict divers wounds , whereof the said William Bates did die , anil the prisoner in manner aforesaid did kill and slay . Mr . Clarkson stated thc case on behalf of the prosecution . It appeared in evidence that the deceased , a respectable person , by trade a patent stringmaker , was returnihg from Romford market on the 23 rd of

      April last , and on his way to London , called in at the Rabbits , public-house , at llford . Whilst there the prisoner , who was a stranger , entered the apartment somewhat in liquor , and , as it appeared from the witnesses , with a desire to pick a quarrel with any one . The details of the case werc in no way instructive ; sufficient to say that after very abusive language on the part of the prisoner , a struggle ensued , in which the table and glasses were upset and broken . Thc deceased was knocked down , and by the fall his ancle was broken . He was carried home to his residence in Whitechapel , and on the Monday following died . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , with a strong recommendation to mercy , owing to his former good conduct . The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for the term of three calendar months .

      Extensive Plunder and Guilty Recevtion . — John Ell , aged 41 , and Henry Corduroy , 30 , warehouseman and carman to the prosecutors , were indicted for stealing on the loth of April last five reams of paper of the value of six guineas , thc property of Sir Wm . Magnay , Bart ., and partner ; and J . Dodge , a stationer in the City-road , was charged with feloniously receiving the " same , well luiowing the same to have been stolen by the beforenamed prisoners or some other evil-disposed person . Several witnesses having been examined and cross examined at great length , Mr . Wilkins then addressed thejury in favour of his client , and several witnesses gave the latter a good character . Thejury returned a verdict of GuDty against Ell and Dodge , and Acquitted Corduroy . The trial occupied the

      whole time from nine to four . The Common Serjeant asked whether there was not another case in which Dodge and Corduroy were implicated ? Mr . Bodkin said they were charged in the third ofthe five indictments ; that just disposed of being the second . Thc prosecutors intendod to pursue It . The learned Judge said that if that was proceeded with , it would be desirable to have it tried by another jury ; but as this had occupied seven hours it would not come on to-day . A long discussion ensued between the bar and the bench , which terminated in its being arranged that the remaining cases should be put off until the next session , and tliat a jury be specially summoned for Monday morning , the 16 th of June , on which day the Common Seaijeant said he would come down and preside in this court . The prisoner

      h . 11 ( against whom are four other indictments ) was sentenced to seven years' transportation . Tuebbat , May 20 . —Robbery of Plate . — George Bracey , aged 31 , servant , and Jameg Fisher , aged 32 , servant , were indicted fa * stealing hi the dwellinghouse of John Rivett , Carnac , in the parish of Marylebone , on the 17 th of April , fifty-three silver forks , eighty-one silver spoons , a silver coffee-pot and stand , a gold pencil-case , a coat , a hat , knives , two £ 10 notes , five sovereigns , and articles of plate and ; wearing apparel to the value of £ 400 , the property ol the said John Rivett Carnac , and with afterwards breaking out ofthe said dwelling-house , and William Tomlin , aged 18 , cheesemonger , was indicted for receiving part ofthe said property , well [ knowing _' it to have been stolen . The prisoner Bracey pleaded

      guilty , and the other two prisoners were given in charge to the jury upon this indictment . The prosecutor , John Rivett Carnac , proved that he was a captain in the Royal Navy , and that he resided at No . 46 , Devonshire-street , Mavylebone . The prisoner Bracey , had been in his service as butler for three months prior to the 17 th of April last . About six o'clock on the morning of that day , the prosecutor was aroused by hearing a noise in lus house , and on Sroceeding down stairs he foimd that the prisoner Iracey , who had the care of the plate , and wearing apparel had gone away . The witness examined the lower part of the house , and found the plate-chest open , and that p late and the other property mentioned in the indictment , amounting in value to about £ 400 , had been earned away . Jn the house

      he found a Btrange coat and hat which did not belong either to the witness or to any member of his family . John Harrison , a police constable of the S division , proved that he was called to the house of the prosecutor on the morning in question , and that he found there , in the butler ' s pantry , the hat and coat he now produced . In tbe pocket or the coat were found some duplicates and a letter whicli disclosed the address of the prisoner Fisher . When taken in custody the prisoner Fisher admitted that the coat , the duplicates , and the letter belonged to liim , hut said that ne knew nothing about the hat . The prisoner Fisher also stated at the station-house that he had lent the coat to the prisoner Bracey two days before the robbery . — Several other policemen were examined , who deposed to the facts of the arrest of the prisoners . —Thomas

      Richardson proved that he lived at 74 , George-street , Chelsea , and was acquainted with the prisoner Tomlin . The witness had been a shop-boy , but had not had any regular employment since November last . He had made an appointment to meet thc prisoner Tomlin on the evening of the 21 st of April , at D'Oyley-street , King's-road , Chelsea ; but when he went there Tomlin said h ? could not see him , as his cousin was there . They , however , met on the following : mornin " , when the prisoner Tomlin told him ( the witness ) that he had been drinking the evening before with the prisoner Fisher , and asked the witness to sell a pencil-case and a ring for him . He then broke the two articles up , and they went together in thc direction of Knightsbridge . When they arrived l

      < u _uugiMsoriiige wie prisoner xomiin saw ne wouiu not sellthem there , as he was known , and they proceeded to the neighbourhood of Soho-square , where they sold the broken-up articles to a man named Fry , for half a crown . As they were walking away , Tomlin told the witness that there had been a robbery at Captain Carnac ' s , and that the pencil-case they had sold was part of the property which had been stolen . He added thathehadbeen watched by an officer , and at length they separated . The witness afterwards found in his pocket a piece of the pencil-case which had been broken up . The witness took it the next morning to the station-house , and gave it to the officer on duty there , to whom he communicated the whole ofthe cii'cumstances to which he now deposed . —Thomas Cheetham , a young lad , proved that his father was a hatter at Chelsea , and that on the 25 th of Anril the prisoner Tomlin brought the hat

      produced to be new lined , and to have the brim altered . This was done , and the hat given back to Tomlin on the following morning . ( This was the hat found on Fisher , and identified by Capt . Carnac as liisproperty . ) —Thomas Harvey , a policeman , proved that he took Tomlin into custody on the Gth of May , and told him he was charged with being concerned in the robbery at Captain Carnac's . The prisoner said he knew nothingabout it . The witness took theprisoner to his ( the prisoner ' s ) lodgings No . 22 , D'Oyleystreet , where ne left him in custody of _another officer , while he ( the witness ) went to search the residence of the prisoner ' s cousin , a M » . Saltmarsh , who was since dead . Tliere her husband delivered up to him A bundle containing two purse-slides , a pin , a scarf , two shirts , a pair of boots , and some white-handled knives . ( These were produced . ) The witness afterwards went back to the prisoner ' s lodging , and in a back room there found a small telescope and "a

      Central Criminal Court. Mo.Vnir, May 19....

      jemmy" or small chisel . This witnessalso produced the part of the pencil-case wliich had been delivered to him by the witness Richardson . Several other witnesses were examined , after which the jurv , without a moment ' s hesitation , returned a verdict ot Guilty . The Recorder then addrcss ? d the _prisonen , and sentenced Tomlin to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in _thellouseof Cmrcctioniorthespacool six calendar months , with the warning , that it lie appeared again and was convicted of felony , he would do sent out of the country for the term , probably , or liis natural life . Bracey and Fisher were _senCenced to be transported for the term of fifteen years . Theprisoner Bracey wished to sayaword . Hestatcdthathe should never llave committed the robbery , it * lie had

      not on that night taken too much drink . Ik- assured the court that the robbery was not premcdiiutcd , and ihat be never should have committed so rash an act if he luiii not been in a state of excitement from drink . lie therefore hoped some mercy would be shown to him . The Recorder observed , t at the crime of which the prisoner had been convicted , was , only a few years ago , a capital offence , and according to the manner in which justice was then administered , tiie prisoner , in all probability , ** ou \ d , for thia offence of robbing his master of property to the amount of -E 400 , liave been made a public exaniple of , and have suffered death upon a scaffold . The prisoner , who attempted again to address the court , was then , with the two other convicts , removed from the bar . Stealing a Bank-note . —Robert Bearcroft , avounc

      man of highly respectable appearance , was indicted for stealing on the 1 st of April at the parish of St . Andrew Undershaft , within the city of London , a Bank of England note for the payment of £ 20 , the property of the East and West India-dock Company , his masters and employers . The prisoner had surrendered in discharge of his bail on the previous day to answer the charge . Mr . Clarkson conducted the prosecution , and the prisoner was defepded by Mr . Bodkin , with whom was Mr . Ballantine . The jury after a moment ' s consultation , returned a verdict of Guilty , but recommended the prisoner to mercy . In that recommendation , Mr . Clarkson , on behalf of the prosecutor , joined . Thc Recorder sentenced the prisoner to be kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for the city of London for the term of six calendar months .

      Felonious Assault . —William Rayner , was indicted for feloniously assaulting on the 5 th of May , in the parish of St . Margaret , Westminster , Thomas llickey , a police-constable in the execution of his duty , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . The facts of the case have already appeared under the dead of our police reports . It will be remembered ihat the prosecutor , aided by Archibald M'CIeane , a private in the Scotch Fusilier Guards , interfered to prevent the prisoner , a green-grocer , residing in _Voi'k-strcet , Westminster , from ill-using his wife in a most brutal manner . The prosecutor separated them , upon which the prisoner rushed to a room behind the shop , and seizing a heavy poker , inflicted three serious blows on the head of the policeman

      while he was in the act of raising the wife from the ground . The prisoner afterwards attempted to stab the prosecutor with a knife , and violently assaulted with the poker the soldier and the other police constables who eame to the prosecutor's assistance . The wounds inflicted upon the prosecutor were proved by the surgeon to be of a most dangerous character , and that from their effects he had not yet recovered . The jury found the prisoner Guilty of an aggravated assault upon the prosecutor while in the execution of his duty . The _Recorder , in passing sentence , told the prisoner , that had he been convicted of the felony he should have felt it his duty to have transported

      him . Ihe jury had , however , with great humanity , acquitted him of the more serious charge , and pronounced him guilty of one which rendered him liable to three years' imprisonment . The Court would not however go that length , but still the prisoner must undergo a lengthened incarceration , as a warning to others that they would not with impunity be permitted to indulge in violent passions and excesses , to the danger of others of her Majesty's subjects . The sentence of thc Court was , that thc prisoner be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in thc House of Correction for the term of one year . The prisoner , on retiring from thc dock , was obliged to be assisted by the turnkeys .

      Bioajiy . —Mary Anne Wire , aged sixty , a woman of respectable appearance , was indicted for feloniously intermarrying with 3 . G . Hallyer , her husband David William Wire , being then and now alive . A verdict of—Acquittal was recorded . Bigamy . —John Dowling , a sailor , aged thirty , was indicted for feloniously intermarrying Jane Davis , in the year 1845 , his wife Harriet , to whom he was married in 1834 , being then and now alive . William Hunter , a constable , proved that hc took the prisoner into custody . When he was informed why he was taken , he said that he did not know that his first wife was alive when he married the second time . Witness produced two certificates , one of which proved that the prisoner was married on the 2 nd of June , 1834 , to Harriet Hunt , at St . George ' s , Hanover-square . Tho other certificate proved the pri

      soner s marriage with Jane Davis , at St . John s the Evangelist , Westminster , on the 9 th of last March . He found the certificates in the prisoner ' s pocket _, lias been to the churches and compared them with tlic entries in the parish books . They are quite correct . The jury returned a verdict of—Guilty . The learned Judge , in passing sentence , remarked that no cases _prescnten so many varieties as those of bigamy . He had tried many of them , and his opinion was tbat he had always dealt with them too lightly . It was clear that the object of marrying these young women was to obtain their money , and when that design was frustrated he used them brutally and deserted them . The case was one that called for heavy punishment , in _oi-der to show an example to such persons as the prisonor . Tlio sentence was , thathe be transported beyond the sea for the term of seven

      years . Wednesday , May 21 . The Robbery at Sir W . Mao . vay's . —John Ell , _arad 41 , and John Nicholson , aged 43 * , a stationer and bookbinder , in Little St . Thomas Apostle , were put to the bar—the first charged with stealing 10 quires of paper , value 10 s ., the property of Sir Wm . Magnay and Co ., his employers ; and the latter for feloniously receiving the same , he well knowing it to have been stolen . Mr . Clarkson ( with whom were Messrs . Bodkin and _Ballentine ) stated the case to thc jury . Evidence washeard at great length , and the witnesses were subjected to a severe cross-examination . Mr . Doane ably addressed the jury in behalf of Ell , and expressed himself confidently that they would acquit his client . Mr . _Huddlestone , in a speech which '

      occupied an hour , submitted to thejury that there was no proof that Nicholson had got thc paper from E 1 L or with a guilty knowledge from any other person . The evidence ' given was not direct , but inferential . The prosecutor had dragged in thc fact that Ell and his client were acquainted , but no proof of dealing had been proved between them . Several witnesses who have known Mr . Nicholson many years , described him as a respectable man , who bought large quantities of paper , job lots , & c , for thc purpose of making up ledgers , account , and other books . Thejury consulted for 15 minutes ( having first inspected the different quires of paper produced ) and intimated that they wished to retire ; and they left the court attended by a sworn officer , and after being absent ten minutes , they returned and delivered the verdict ol

      Acquittal m favour of both prisoners . On the return of the verdict there were symptoms of applause , and Mr . Nicholson actually "jumped with joy" on hear ing thc verdict . The prisoner Ell was again indicted , separately , for stealing , on the 15 th of April , four reams of paper , the property of Sir W . Magnay and Co . As it was impossible , owing fo the late hour , to proceed with the trial to-day , and theprisoner having been convicted and sentenced already upon one charge , it was considered that he would not be prejudiced by delay , therefore it was arranged that thc matter should stand over to Tuesday , the 17 th of June , to which day the two cases in wliicn Dodge and Dutton aro charged as receivers stand adjourned . There being no other charge against Mr . Nicholson , he was ordered to be discharged forthwith _.

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      A Certain Remedy for Ill-health , by Holloway ' s Pills . —Mrs . Long , residing in _Merrowstreet , Walworth , had been for three years in a very declining state of health , owing to her having arrived at that period termed * ' the turn oflife . " Her constitution appeared to be almost broken up , and was considered by many as fast approaching to a consumptive state . She is now restored to a very high state of health by tliese invaluable Pills . All females , who by their ago may be near to that critical period , would find these Pills the only effectual remedy that such a dangerous time requires . Tliis medicine is likewise invaluable to all young persons approaching the term of womanhood . Vale of Neath , —The heavy thunder storm of Saturday afternoon has left a terrible record of its program in the destruction ofthe lives of four cows , the property of a small farmer , whose whole cattle stock consisted of only five . In the field where the cows were killed , the electric current had made a furrow of several yards long , and thrown heavy clods to the distance of twenty and thirty yards .

      Death. Died, On Saturday, May 17th, At A...

      DEATH . Died , on Saturday , May 17 th , at Ashton-underl _^ ne , Mr . Edward Moody , eldest son of Mr . John Moody , grocer , & c „ aged twenty-two years . He was much respected by a large circle of friends and relations .

      Bankrupts. (From Friday's Gazette, May 23rd, 1845. J

      BANKRUPTS . ( From Friday ' s Gazette , May 23 rd , 1845 . J

      Kooert Kunole, Great Marylebone-Street, ...

      Kooert Kunole , Great _Marylebone-street , bootmaker-Alexander Macdonald _, _Leadenhall-street , City , merchant -John "White , "Warminster , " Wiltshire , currier-John . Feaviour , Liverpool , _hotel-keeper-Thomas Sims , " _Whitecnapel-road , licensed _victuaUer—John Cann , _WoolwicU Kent , bricklayer-Thomas Wood , little _Queen-sfa-eet Holborn , wwe-merchant-Thomas Harris , Newtown ' Montgomeryshire , currier-Dyer Berry Smith , Liven ™ -l merchant-Willkm Lowe , Bristol , _ivory-Sr-RicKi Uolloway , Evesham , Worcestershire , _Innkeeper-C J ¦ iddey , _Drwtwlch , Worcestershire upholsterer tSS , _Jarker , Gayles _, Yorkshire , _" « Wer _3 ohn Til , " Leeds , Yorkshire , dyer . _^ M * B _hackery ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 24, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24051845/page/5/