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August 24, 1850/ THE NORTHERN STAR _____...
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TRAGICAL EVENT
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on the 6th inst., Mr. J. W. Dutton, the ...
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MELANCH OLY ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER *" MER...
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LIVERPOOL. QeESTios ot Lsguimaov. —This ...
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Central ©rfmfiwl Court
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The Court resumed, its sitting on Monday...
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Curious Discoveries'at Nkw York.—In . co...
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August 24, 1850/ The Northern Star _____...
August 24 , 1850 / THE _NORTHERN _STAR _________ 7
Tragical Event
TRAGICAL EVENT
On The 6th Inst., Mr. J. W. Dutton, The ...
on the 6 th inst ., Mr . J . W . Dutton , the eldest Jn of the Hon . J . W . Datton , of _Bilbury-honse near Fairford , _Gloncesterahire , and grandson of _K >« i _«* herborne , with three other gentlemen and some _Snides ( headed by tbe enterprising _3 _<^}?™™ _Sf Lauterbmnnen _. ) _leftlnterlachen to hunt ctamffl » _Siongst tbe mountains of the _Bernes Oberland . m onlyinbabited _tU _^^^ J _^ _T rj _' - _tttieentoe SchUZImd theTschmgeldistnct between _" _<^ F _% e IT _^ _SSSS _torSchen , Wng tired _£ fd » _fenTSfian from Cleveland in Yorkshire ,
_Xalone wcre anxioiistopursneit . Onthemornina- of Friday the 9 tb they left at four a . m . a chalet , where they bad slept , inthe Seefineuthal , and proceeded o „ r the Porke , a pass separating the Bentbal from tba Seefinenthal ; thence they went jjon" over a large tract of snow , tbe extreme head ofthe Kienthal , and crossed an intermediate ridge of steep rocks into the Gamschithal , whicb is a tributary to the Eienthal . Some chamois being descned at a great distance , the party remained at a certain point , whilst Lauener took a long circuit , hop im _? to drive them in the direction ofthe rifles . Upwards of an bonr and a half was required to accomp lish this , which was an unsuccessful attempt , on account of the chamois having scented him .
Upon tbe occasion of the party leaving theu ? point of view to join Lauener the following sad accident occurred;—Mr . _Duttoa , being slig htly cold , gave bis rifle to a guide to carry that he might more effectually use his Alpine staff in descending diagonally tbe steep incline ot the mountain , covered with loose slaty deposits npon its rocky lace . Mr . Dutton , having slipped whilst placing Ms foot upon a p iece of rock , fell upon his left thigh and hip , and at the same moment thegnide , wbo was _immediately behind hiin , carrying his * rifle , stooped to break his fall and prevent his sliding down the slope . The fastening by which the leather sling -was attached to the rule was not strong , and slightly out of repair . Mr . Dutton was seen endeavonring
to improve it npon two occasion ** —one , the day before ; the other , on the fatal morning . The movement of the guide in order to save Mr . Button , had the effect of causing a strain npon the sling more than it conld bear . B accordingly gave way ; the rifle fell firom bim and dropped down the slope , pointing straight np it . All the party , viz . —Mr . Datton , Mr . Jackson , and the three guides , -were then close together . Scarcelya moment had elapsed -when one barrel went off , and the ball must have passed amongst them ; scarcely another moment passed ere the second barrel went off ( tbe rifle not being more than a distance of about five yards . This second explosion was with more deadly effect , for poor Mr . Dutton was shot through the stomach .
His first request was to be carried down to the snow , and to the edge of it , therefore , he was taken . Mr . Jackson having endeavoured to staunch the wound as best he might with few materials , immediately despatched one of the guides to Interlachen , to Mr . Button ' s travelling companion , the Hon J . C . Murray , with a request to proceed witb medical aid to the village ofEJen , tbe first place down tbe Eienthal where any , even rude , accommodation was to be obtained . Mr . Jackson being informed by the _guides that some materials might he obtained from some chalets at a moderate distance sent another guide off for the purpose of _regaining it . After waiting above an hour , one man arrived with two poles and a sheet , bringing word
that it might be some hours before further assistance conld be got . This being the case Mr . Jackson deemed it-better to commence transporting hia companion with tbe four individuals tbe party then consisted of . They had first to ascend 1 , 000 or more feet ( thi s being about 7 , 000 feet above the sea ) to repass the before-mentioned ridge of rocks , and then to descend for nearly two miles diagonally over snow , which towards tbe bottom was extremely slippery . Whilst passing over it the cowherd saw at a distance one of the cows in rather a dangerous position , and in spite of bribery , entreaties , and threats , left the party to continue , as best they might , their difficult route rendered much more so by tbeir being- so greatly overweighted . _ ttrther details would only prove that , after passing the snow , their Toute was still steep and fatiguing , so much so that it occupied , from first to last , nearly eleven hours to convey tbe wounded man to
Rien . He bore the whole journey -with the most patient and determined resignation , being from the firstconvinced thatthe wound was mortal . It was , indeed , always too evident . Mr . Murray , with two medical men , had arrived shortly before the party reached Kien , when their united opinion was that nothing conld save him , and that had the accident occurred where medical aid was close at hand lifo could not be prolonged more than one hour . The hall had entered the under part of the right thigh , and , proceeding through the intestines and bladder , had come out under the left rib , near tbe hip . Mr . Button expired , after continuing to bear np with the most admirable fortitude , at nine a . m . on Saturday tbe 10 th . Tfis remains were conveyed to Interlachen the same day , and were interred in the beautiful little Protestant Churchyard of Stieg , one mile distance , being followed to tbe grave by the English visitors , among whom he had during his stay excited a lively interest .
Dbath Op As Ijiposteb.—The Essex Herald ...
Dbath op as _Ijiposteb . —The Essex Herald says : Most of onr readers will remember the history of an extraordinary imposition practised by a young woman of Chelmsford , who excited the commiseration ofthe charitable , and , on her removal from hospital to hospital , fairly puzzled the faculty as to the nature of her complaint , her case being regarded in the professional journals of tbe metropolis as a phenomenon in medical practice , until at Brighton it was discovered that ail these hideous wounds were
produced , and this torture inflicted , by hydrochloric acid or spirit of salt , artfully applied by her own hands . Her name will no doubt hereafter find record amongst some future history of extraordinary impositions ; and we have now to add , as the moral of such foul celebrity , the last sad chapter in her deceptive career . Consigned to the union bouse , after ber detection and expulsion from Brighton Hospital , she only emerged from it on Tuesday , and shunned by ber neighbours , and those of ber own class , and half-maddened , it wonld seem , by their insults , she perished on Thursday , closing , there is little doubt , a life of imposture with suicide , having on that day been found drowned in tbe river , near Bishops Hall Mill . On Friday an inquest was held on the body , before C . C . Lewis , Esq ., at the King "William , in New-street , to which house the body had been carried when taken from tbe water .
Elizabeth Ginn said , the deceased was her daughter—a single woman , aged twenty-three last February . She hst saw her alive on Thursday morning , when she left the house after kissing her and _bidoing her good-bye , saying that she was going to Halstead to find employment at the silk factory . Witness gave her ls . and some bread . She had never worked atthe silk factory before , but sbe bad met two girls in the union , where she went on being brought from Brighton Hospital , and they told her that if she went to them at Halstead she wonld get work . She had been in the union ten weeks , and came out last Tuesday to witness ' s house . On Wednesday she started for Halstead about half-past twelve , but sbe
took , a wrong road , and went five miles out of ber -way , and therefore came back at night , when a party of boys came and played rough music , which upset her , and that , said ber mother , was the cause ofher death . —The Coroner : Why did the hoys como and play the rough music ? Witness : Their mothers set tbem on to do it , because of what sbe had done . She would have left me that night , but I persuaded her to stop with me . —Maria Ginn , a younger sister , deposed : Since the deceased came out ofthe union she stated there were two young women who persuaded her to go to Halstead , and they would ask their master to employ ber . She did no ' t know how those girls came to be in the Chelmsford Union . One o them was named Susan Carden . On
_Wed-Besday sbe started to go there , but returned at night , having lost her way . She said having lost her way she sat down tochange her shoes , and a sei _^! ? comit > g P she asked him if he was going ™ Chelmsford , and if he wonld let her ride there . He did so , and- put her down at the Plough at aprmgfield . Sbe said before that she saw some water , and had a great mind to jump in , but she thought of her mother ' s words 4 hen she parted , _thahS J * _* . * _T t talie _^ re of yourself . " When _SL _^ _M" _? Vlth l _, e nm ic •*»¦ _««* " It ' s enough to drive one to do what tbey never thought of . -It appeared that the girl was generally considered to be of weak _intellea . -ThefZ _^ neSrmg the remainder of the eviden cef _SffiS principally to tbe discovery of the bodv rctnrnpd a _ftj-wfrt" _™ ihk ! Z % l Of the abdomen , the body was covered witb iLr _.
some oi them as large as the hand , from the wounds p _? Ew _1 c _^_ d A eceased A * " < r *« CS aew _usnms Act . —An act to amend the laws relating to customs has just come into force . All rales and regulations made by the Commissioners of Customs are delared to be valid . Heucefonhall assignments- of superannuation allowances _•« shall he wholly void to all intents and purposes , and shall not be enforced in any court of law or equity . " This act prohibits the importation into the United King dom of any extracts , essences , or otber _con-¦^ otrations of coffee , chicory , tea , tobacco , or any _^ haixture of the same . Witnesses refusing to _at-*&& or gire evidence may he fined £ 50 . The _expw t dnty of 4 s . per ton on coals is now " repealed _, rjj _^ _nfactured goods are to bo deemed to be the fZ _™** ofthe country , of which they are the manuj _^™** Xo abatement of . duties _shall-be made on _««;„ of damage rewired * by- any corn , gj _^ ea _j , or flom-lmported info the United
Melanch Oly Accident On The River *" Mer...
MELANCH OLY ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER * _" MERSEY .-KIKE LIVES LOST
_£ . Early on Sunday morning a party of friends , residing in the immediate nei ghbourhood of Bellstreet , Crostan-street , and Lo « er Knrringtoii-street , in Toxteth-park , started in a buat from the _Potteryslip _. for the purpose of spending the day at Easthatu . The boat was in the charge of a boatman known by the name of _*< Willie Cooper . " The following are the names of the parties who were on board : Mr . Blackie , William and Joseph Blackie , two youths , his sous ; James Spencer and William Spencer , brothers , aged five and seven years ; Eliza Walker aged 17 , and her sister , Nancy M'Fall , aged 19 ; John Youd , John Duncm , Tliamas Gerrard and John Gerrard , twins , aged 15 ;
Richard Ashwortb , and Willie Cooper . Tbe party proceeded safely to Eastham , with sail full set , alttiough the wind was blowing very fresh at the time . After passing tbe day in a pleasant and convivial manner , the ? started on their return a little before eight o ' clock in the evening , The wind by this time had considerably freshened , and the adult por . ion of the party were all , we believe , ihe worse for liquor . They took their places in the boat ahout ten minutes to eight o clock , and a man named Charles Dean , a sail-maker , of Lower Harrington-street , who was at the same time on the river in a small boat , a little distance from them , counted fifteen persons , tbonsh from the strictest inquiries made from the relatives of those who were
saved , they can O nly remember the above-named parties . The man Deane states that he was about 150 yards behind , and his account of the accident is , that the boat in question was carrying too much sail , and from the main-sheet being " fast , with the great weight of _canvass the boat was carrying , caused her to duck , by which a large quantity of water was shipped , and the boat immediately swamped . From Mr . Superintendent Ride , of the Liverpool police force , who chanced to be on board theEastuam ferry boat at the time of the _catastrophe , we have gathered the __ particulars as follows : —At a few minutes after eight on Sunday _evening , as the ferryboat was about leaving the Eastham slip , there was considerable alarm created on board by a cry raised that a
nnmber of persons were struggling in the water . Mr . Ride , with several others , ran forward and fonnd such to be the fact , and it was remarked that a sailing boat , which but for a few moments previously bad been seen to leave the Cheshire shore , at the distance of about one hundred or one hundred and fifty yards in _advance of the packet , was not observable on tbe water . A friend of Mr . Ride ' s , Captain Stehbington , of tbe Mould-in , who was also on board the packet , and witnessed tbe straggle ? of the unfortunate per sons in the water , took off his coat and said , " Here , Ride , bold my coat , and here ' s my watch * . I can swim for an hour together , and I'll save some of these people if possible . " A boat at tbis moment was seen at about one hundred and fifty yards distance from
the place of accident , making in tbe direction of the sufferers , and active preparations were being made to lower the packet boat , tbe very anxiety of doing which proved an obstacle to the accomplishment of the object snught to be effected , and it unfortunately happened that tbe boat in the hurry and confusion of lowering her into the water , receired considerable damage—not so much so , however , as to tender her incapable of being floated , and as soon as she was placed on the water , she was manned by the mate and several otber bands , from on board the steamer * but it so happened , that-just as tbey were about to leave the packet one of the rowers let slip his oar , which was carried away by the water , and _thisgreatly impeded the boat ' s progress . The packet ' s boat
succeeded in picking np two old men , a young woman , and a boy . The steamer at this time was proceeding in the direction to meet the boat , and having received the persons who bad been taken from the water on board , returned to the slip in order to put them on shore . Animation in one of tbe old men appeared te be completely suspended , but the moment the others were placed on the steamer , active exertions were adopted to restore vitality . The persons so rescued were at once conveyed to the pnblic house connected with the hotel , where _eteryattention was afforded to them , and every available measure used which the
circumstances of the case required . The boat instantly , npon placing the persons on board the packet , returned to the scene ofthe disaster . Two persons were then seen near , struggling with the waves . Captain Stehbington , who had not resumed his vestments , and believing he could render tbem assistance , jnmped overboard , swam to tbe boat , directed the attention of the crew to the two men in the water , and he has now the satisfaction of knowing tbat be was tbe means of saving them from a fearful death . The persons thus saved were John Duncan , of Lower Harrington-street , and John Gerard , of Crostan-street .
At the time the accident occurred there was a fishing boat lying in the bay , near to the shore , and immediately the casualty was observed she put out with the greatest alacrity , crowded ail sail , and was fortunate enough to rescue two or three persons . A yacht was lying at anchor , and a man , who bad been one of the persons in the boat , and who manifested that he was a strong swimmer ; made towards her , a rope er buoy was thrown to him , and he was taken on board . The names of the persons who were drowned are—William Blackie , James and William Spencer , John Youd , Bell-street ; Eliza Walker and Nancy M'Fall , John Duncan , John Gerrard , and Thomas Gerrard , Bell-street ; and two men must have been taken into the boat at Eastham , not being of the party from Liverpool . The following are the names ofthe persons saved—Mr . Blackie and his son Joseph , Richard Ashworth , Fnher-street ; and Willie Cooper , Bell-street . _
The mast of the nnfcrtnnate boat was above water on Monday , in as nearly as could be the precise situation in which she was allowed to go down . A tug boat , tbe Prince Albert , was on the spot , with two or three otber boats , for the purpose of raising her . Chains were got under her , both fore and aft , and with great exertions she was at length hauled up alongside the slip , so far that her side and deck could be seen . The tide _flowing , however , it was found impracticable to get her high and dry , so that her forecastle could be examined , and she was , therefore , secured in her position to wait the ebb of tbe tide . The scene during these operations was a painful one , the owner of the boat , who had lost one son , being present , with the fathers of the twins ( Gerrard ) and of the two children ( Spencer ) . The relatives of the otber lost parlies were also present .
Escape Asd Eecaptuhe Of Fbbsch Convicts....
Escape asd _Eecaptuhe of _Fbbsch Convicts . — Last week as the / orcats of the bagne of Brest were at work in the interior , a band of twelve , who were under the direction of two gardes-chiourmes , suddenly rushed on and bound them , and possessed themselves of their arms . At the beginning of the attack one of the / orcats slipped on the coat of one of the officers , and ' pretended to he keeping guard nntil the officers had completely bound them . Eleven of the convicts then escaped over the hi g h wall ' ; tbe twelfth had got nearly to the top ofthe wall when he was seen by an officer , who presented his musket at him , and threatened to shoot him if he did not descend . The man threw a carabine he had to his eleven comrades , and descended .. He was secured ,
bnt it was not then known that the other eleven had got off . These eleven convicts slipped along the hedges and through the corn to the ramparts which surround the town . They knocked a large , hail in tbe wall , and let themselves down by a cord into the ditch . Being now in the open country , they _thonght themselves safe . But a peasant happened to see them , and he immediately gave an alarm at the baghe . A lieutenant of the 1 st regiment , who was on duty at the guard-house , immediately called out his men , and hastened to some distance beyond the spot at wliich the peasant had seen the convicts . He then deployed his men'in such a way as to drive them up to the fortifications . At the same moment the cannon of the bagne was discharged thirtv-threc
times to indicate that an escape had been effected . On hearing this , the peasants , gardes-chiourmes , and gendarmes turned out in arms , and beat the _connti-y in the rear ofthe soldiers . After advancing some time , one pf the soldier ' s , on leaping oTer a hedge , suddenly" found himself in tbe midst of a group of nine convicts . Five of them were ' secured . The soldier then continued his pursuits and n taking a leap stuck fast in a bog . To his astonishment he found that a convict was also stuck fast , and that he was armed with a carabine . The soldier was about to call out , but the _format presented his weapon , and swore he would hie if lie did not remain silent . The musket ofthe soldier was not loaded , and he was too far off to teach tbe
convict with his bayonet . By a vigourous effort , however , he partially extricated himself from tlie bo *? , and advanced sufficiently near to the forcat to strike aside bis carabine witb his musket , and to plunge his bayonet in his breast . The / orail fell . Some other soldiers hastened to the spot . The first soldier , named Leclerc , called on the / orcat to give up his carabine . The convict , refused , whereupon the soldier presented his bayonet at his throat and declared he would kill him . On this the convict said he had plunged his weapon into tbe bog , and it was there found . The six _forcats were conveyed to the bagne , and the wounded man died an hour after his arrival .. He walked to the bagne , leaning on the soldier who had wounded him . Another
forcat was captured by a soldier and a gendarme at the top ofa tree . Two others were secured hy the _peasants , and the gardes-chiourmes . The other two were not captured . The Beer _Thaue . —By an act of . parliament which was passed last week , a duty of Is . 4 d . per cwt . Has been imposed on sugar used in the brewing _pj , h t 0 _cwnmence from the 5 th of July next _, from the 10 th of October next , brewers are not to wemV _, _^ " erp , ac _? thau _^ W 1 « m » mI tawing _Suroo e ' Rrf Premises iiceDsed _to the expres ! SKf beer , ? may take out a license for the _SSSifftofcSr ' - _' _!!^ ordew for the 8 alc « f _fe _& _sZa _^ s _^ « _*** * * *¦* _>
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LIVERPOOL . _QeESTios ot _Lsguimaov . —This is an issue from the Court of Chancery . The plaintiff was Thomas Wright , an infant ; the defendant Jonas Hoigate , a eatfJe-tlea _! er , in the n eighbourhood of Halifax ; and the question to determine was , whe * her the plaintiff was the ligitimate offspring of Susannah _flolgale by her husband , Thoma * Wright . Some property is pending on the mult . Thomas Wright , the putative father , is a butcher and cattle dealer " in a low condition of life , In 1830 or 1837 he became acquainted with Susannah Hoigate . who was the daughter of a person named Jonas Hoigate , also a cattle dealer in the same neighbourhood , and in 1337
they were married . Ihey lived together for s . nne time and had two children . She appeared to be a woman of a violent temper and _profligate disposition , and in 1840 tiiey parted . She went to her father and mother ' s house , but afterwards removed to Halifax , where _sUe lived till her death , which took place in 18 i 8 . After tlie separation Thomas Wright lived for a few mouths in the same house in which he formerly lived . Ue afterwards went into the service of Jonas Hoigate , his wife ' s brother , who was also a cattle dealer at the same place , and continued to live in his service for two years . De then went into ibe employ of a person named Wilkinson , in the neighbourhood of Rochdale , and continued to live with him for five years . In 1846 , when the
plaintiff was begotten , he was in tbe service ofa person named Mills , who lived in the same place , and he was employed in tbe same capacity . Halifax was abont twelve or fourteen miles distant . In March 1847 , the child was born ; and ia July 1848 , the mother died . From the moment of their parting 1 hos . Wright , the husband , was in the habit of attending the market at Halifax , and thus had opportunity of intercourse with his wife . Witnesses were called who proved that on these occasions they had frequently heen seen together . From the moment » f its birth , the child was called by its putative father ' s name . A person named Mary Kenyon was employed to nurse and take care of it . She did so for three or four months , and in June Susannah
Wright removed from her own bouse to the house ofher brother , Jonas Hoigate , and there made a will , whereby she professed to give the property which she had to her brother , upon some trust or other . After her death , the nurse applied for a portion ofher wages , and was instructed by Jonas Hoigate to take tbe child to tbe workhouse . She did so , and it was received as the child of Thomas Wright . Wrig ht was applied to by tbe parish , and paid some 18 s . for its maintenance , also giving the nurse 10 s . balance of the account which she claimed . The child was still living there . The property in
dispute arose Irons the will of Jonas Hoigate , its grandfather . It was contended that the child , and it alone , was _interested in the _presentation : Thomas Wright had no interest , oirect , or indirect , in the matter . — For the defence it was shown that , after the separation , the plaintiff ' s father had t * o illegitimate children besides the child whose illegitimacy was in dispute , and proof presumptive was offered that a Mr . Kershaw was its father . —Verdict for tho defendant . _Manslaughter . —Robert Reed , who had been convicted of the manslaughter of his wife , in _Bridport-street , Liverpool , was _sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to bard labour ior fifteen months .
Shootino with Ikiekt . —Samuel Smelter was indicted for . having , on the 25 th of July , at Rusholme near Manchester , feloniously discharged and shot off a certain musket , loaded with powder and shot _, with intent to maim aud disfigure James Farr , and divers others of her Majesty ' s subjects . There were also counts charging an intent to disable one Foster , a police constable . Mr . Pollock and Mr . A . Cross were for the prosecution ; Mr . Sergeant _TVilkins and Mi * . Wheeler were for the prisoner . Itappeared that on the uig ht of the 25 th of July , soon , after ten o ' clock , a police constable came to the _residence of Farr , who is a brickmaker , near Piatt Chapel , Rusholme , in the neighbourhood of Manchester , and warned him that an attack was being made on
his property in the adjoining brickfields . It was nearly dark at the time , but the witnesses for the prosecution agreed in stating that there were a large number of men , from three to four hundred , present , and that they began to fire from different quarters on tbe prosecutor , and the party who were with him . There were nearly sixty shots fired . One of the constables said that he felt the shot about his legs , and others stated that they had heard the shots strike the bushes . No person was wounded , and no bullets or shots were discovered , except a small quantity of shot in a paper lying on a stone , which evidently had never been discharged . Foster , the constable , stated that he encountered a party of five men , one of whom presented a pistol at him ,
and threatened to blow his brains out , and two or three witnesses swore that tbey had seen the prisoner taking part in the crowd . When he was apprehended at home his boots were wet , and marked with clay . Damage to the amount of £ 45 was done to Farr ' s property by throwing down and breaking bricks , and the motive supposed to have influenced the parties committing the outrage was , the fact that Farr had employed a workman not belonging to the " Union . "—Mr . Sergeant Wilkins reminded the jury , of the definite charge which the prisoner had to answer—that he had shot at Farr and Foster with intent to do them grievous bodily harm , and the learned counsel contended that there was no evidence to sustain such a charge . It had been stated by the police , that the shots came all round from different quarters . This circumstance proved
that the guns wero loaded with powder only , and contained no shot , for if they had been loaded with shot , the assailants must bave wounded each other . Xo person received the slightest injury , and there was no traces of any bullet 3 or . shots having been fired . It was quite evident that the men who had assembled that night never intended to do more than frighten Farr ; but such conduct , illegal as it was , could hot justify the felonious charge laid in the indictment—His lordship , in summing up the evidence , remarked that this was not nn indictment for riot or conspiracy , and it was for the ] ury to say , under the circumstances , whether they were satisfied that the intent to maim , disable , and do grievious bodily harm had been made out . —The jury at once returned a verdict of " Not Guilty , " and the prisoner was liberated .
_Alleged Mansuugiitek from _Imfbofer Medical Tkuatmeni . —Robert Lee was indicted with having caused the death of a child , aged seven months , named Margaret Corry , by having caused a dangerous medicine to be administered to the deceased , he not being a duly qualified medical practitioner . From the statement of the case by Mi * . Blair , who appeared on behalf of the prosecution , the circumstances were as follow . *—On the 4 th of August the mother of the deceased child met the prisoner at a public house , in Dale-street . She had at the time the deceased child with her , which ' was labouring under severe bowel complaint . The prisoner offered to prescribe for the child , and ultimately a bottle of medicine , made up from a prescription written out
by the prisoner , was procured from Mr . Brittain , a druggist . The mixture contained a large quantity of opium , and by the prisoner ' s directions two- teaspoonsiuls was given to the deceased . It fell sick soon afterwards . The day following a second dose was given to it , and in a short time after the second dosehad been administered the child fell asleep ; and in consequence of its remaining in that state an unusually long time , the mother became alarmed , and ultimately took tbe child to Ml * . Foulkes , at Islington , who pronounced it to bo narcotised , and in a very dangerous state . Ho applied a mustard plaster to the child ' s stomach , and took other means to counteract the influence ofthe narcotic , biit the child died on the 12 th instant .--Several
witnesses were called in support of the prosecution , amongst others Mi * . Brittain , the druggist , froin whom the medicine was obtained , who stated that the dose which was administered to the child , according to the directions of the prisoner , contained fourteen drops of laudanum . —Mr . _Foulkes . surgeon , was also examined , and he stated that when the child was brought to him it was labouring under the influence of a strong narcotic . Fourteen drops of laudanum was too much to give a child , but not quite enough for an adult . Death from narcotism generally took place in tweiity : four hours ; but he recollected reading of an instance where three days elapsed before death ensued . That was an extreme case . —The prisoner , who conducted hisown defence , cross-examined the several witnesses at some length ; and '' stated that tho , druggist ' s apprentice had made a mistake in dispensing the mixture . Theapprentico wiote out ; i
prescription at his ( p risoncr _' _sjdictation , but he had written down " tincture of opium , " when he ( prisoner ) had told him fo write " tincture of _rfutbaru . " In pre ; scribing for the child he had no other motive than that of alleviating its suffering . —His lordship , in summing up , dwelt with much force upon the statement made by Mr . Foulkes , the surgeon , that narcotism generally caused death in twenty-four hours , ne said that ho . had read of an instaiice where three days elapsed , bat that was evidently an extreme case . In this instance , however , . death did not take place until seven days after medicine was administered , being four days longer than the extreme case referred lo by Mr . Foulkes . It was , therefore , a question whether the medicine administered was the cause of death at ' all ; and lie was bound to tell the jury that if they had any doubt on that head they ought to give the prisoner the benefit of it . —After a few minutes' consultation the jury . Acquitted the prisoner . '
Howard v . Peacock . —Alleged _Intmxoemext op A Patent . —This case , an alleged infringement of an improved mode of manufacturing silk plush , was resumed this morning , and terminated in a verdict for the defendants , upon the ground that the invchtion waB not novel . , ' . ' Holt v ; _FiaMnip _.- _—Cniiu Con . —This _was ah action for criminal ' conversation ; with 'the . p laintiff ' s wife . "The court wasmuch crowded , Oh the jury ! _beingswornj Mr . _Attoniey-Gerieral _Khdwles , ' -who was for the defendant , rose and mi ; Jly : ' lbrd > in
Liverpool. Qeestios Ot Lsguimaov. —This ...
this case an action for oriminul conversation , that there may be no public scandal , I havo offered my learned friend a certain sum for damages , aud he has accepted it .-Mr . Martin said hehad only to say on behalf of the plaintiff , that ho was exceedingly unwilling that liis wife ' s family should have the annoyance of a public investigation . Ho had tlieretore consen ted to tbo proposal made by Mr . Attorney-General Knowlos . —Mr . Justice _Cresswell asked what damages ? -Mr . _Knowlcs . * £ 730 . lit win v . Vosb . —Breach ou _Pbomisb ov M ARnuu' _* . —lliis was a special jury case . It was an action for breach of promise of marriage brought against a medical gentleman well known in Liverpool . The jurors had been summoned for that morning , but 01 ijii conc _* uslon ° f 'he patent case , they were told that thoy would not bo required . Thus were tbe lovers of scandal and gossip destined to a double disappointment .
_CnAHGE op Murder . —Ann Ball , 30 , was indicted for the wilful murder of her newl y . born male child , at Southport , in July last , by burying it nlive , and also neglecting and refusing to _giye it proper nourishment—Mr , Pollock stated the case , and in so doing pointed out the . difficulty which mi ght arise in sustaining the charge , and , in order to clear up that point , he proposed to call the _BiU'geon as tho _hrst witness . —Mr . Banon , surgeon , of Southport , was then called , and from his evidence it appeared that the child might havo lived , notwithstanding tho burying , had it had proper nourishment . —A long argument hero took place between his lordship and the l < arned counsel , the learned judge being of opinion that , after tho evidence which had been given by the surgeonthe charge
, could not be sustained . At the _olose of tho argument , his Lordship retired to consult Mr . Justice _Cress-. vell ; and on his return , said that his brother Cresswell was with him , inclined to tho opinion that unless it appeared that _deuih was either caused or accelerated by th * burying , the jury could not , under the circumstances ot the case , bo warranted in finding a verdic t ol wilful murder , because the surgeon was of opinion that- if proper nourishment had been afforded to the child , it would have lived , notwithstanding the burying . Now , if the prisoner had been a free agent , sho might have been held responsible for the death of the child , but tbey made a prisoner of her , and therefore sho could not have afforded that mother ' s nourishment which the
child required , and there was nothing to show that when the child was brought to her she refused to nourish it . On the contrary , she seemed rather pleased that she had nn opportunity of doing so , but the child was then in too weak a stato to receive it , therefore the act of the prisoner could not , under the circumstances , render her responsible for the wilful murder of the child . —The jury then acquitted the prisoner . Tub _Thbewam , Fonqsmiia . —William Threlfall was indicted for having forged an acceptance to a bill of exchange for £ 1000 , with intent to defraud Charles Tyson . There was another indictment charging the prisoner with having forged the _acr ceptance of Joseph Ryland , manager of the Hull Flax-mills , to a bill of exchange for £ 2000 , and for having afterwards uttered and put off the same with intent to defraud Thomas Whittaker . and others . There was a third indictment charging a forgery of the acceptance to another bill of
exchange for * 1000 , with intent to defraud the same parties . An application was made on the part of the prisoner , for the postponement of tbe trial on the first indictment till the next assizes . The prisoner was prepared to answer tho second and third indictments , but affidavits were made by the prisoner and his attorney , that they were not ready for trial on the first charge . The prisoner had no intimation of tbat charge till the first day of tho assizes , and he now was ignorant of the particulars of the case . The transaction connected with these bills rendered inquiry necessary in various parts of the kingdom , and it would require a considerable time to investigate them . His lordship said that this was a very serious charge , and thought the prisoner ' s application reasonable . The other charges might be proceeded with , unless the counselfor the prosecution desired the whole to be postponed in order tbat tbey might be disposed of all at the same time . The whole of the indictments were
ultimately allowed to stand over , the prisoner being ordered to be kept in custody , George Keece , for maliciousl y cutting and maiming , with intent , « tc _., was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment . Aii acquittal was taken in the case , of Henry Hivett , charged with the manslaughter of Anthony _Swilt on the coroner ' s inquisition , the grand jury having thrown out the bills of indictment against him ; and this terminated the criminal business ofthe assizes .
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The Court resumed , its sitting on Monday , before the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , the Common Sergeant , Alderman Sir J . Pirie and . Gibbs , the sheriffs , under sheriffs , _ c . The calendar contains the names of 221 prisoners . Charge of Attempting to _Devuaud . —Charles Pound and William Longford Jenkins , two persons of respectablo appearance , and the latter a very young man , surrendered to take their trial for a misdemeanour , in having unlawfully obtained a large sum of money from William Newton by false pretences . The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty . Skittle Siunw . _vo . —Joseph Jones , 34 , labourer , was indicted for stealing £ 50 in notes and gold , the property of Robert Cotton . Mr . Cookie prosecuted :
and Mr . O'Brien defended . The case , which has appeared within the last few days , arose out ot a skittle transaction , and the facts were very similar to the numerous ones that have already been the subject matter of several investigations . Itappeared tbat the prosecutor a would-be wide awake countryman , a draper ' s assistant out of place , was on the morning of tbe 10 th of April , passing along the _Westmiiister-bridje-i'oad , when two men came up and spoke to him , and as they were walking along saw the prisoner , who was in front , drop his purse . Prosecutor picked it up and gave it to him , upon which prisoner thanked him , and said ho would not hare lost it for £ 100 , and _bejrged that prosecutor and the two that were with him would come and
take some wine , upon which they adjourned to a public-house , where tho parties began betting upon throwing weights , and finally the game of skittles was introduced , and up to this time prosecutor had lost £ 8 at betting ; prisoner then offered to bet him £ 60 that he could not get the skittles in nine throws , upon which prosecutor , who had been p lied with wine , went and . borrowed the money or his landlord . When he came back , he staked the money in the hands of another of the party named Chick . They then proceeded to the skittle ground , when it was proposed they should play for a bottle of wine first , and whilst they were so engaged prisoner went out . Prosecutor then went up to Chick , who said
that he had given the money to prisoner . Prosecutor went out after him , and when ho came back thoy were all gone . Some of . the parties so engaged bad been taken for a similar foffence upon other parties , and amongst them was a hairdresser named Anderson , who received ei g hteen months' imprisonment in this court , biit prisoner was not taken until the 4 th of August , when Brett , an , active officer of the City police , took him in the Old-street-road , and prisoner then said the officer was not obliged to see him unless he liked . Mr . Gurhoy having summed up , ' the jury , after some deliberation , returned a verdict of Guilty . He was then sentenced to twelvemonths' imprisonment and hard labour .
Assaults asd Forcible Entry . — ltobcrt Hitchcock George Harris , William Graham , Joseph Bucks , and-Charles Mil ton surrendered to tako their trial for a forcible entry and assaulting William Cook . This case and another which succeeded it , arising out of the same transaction , occupied the attention ofthe court the , whole day , but the facts wero in a . very small compass . It appeared that the prosecutor occupied a farm , called Clay-hill farm , at _Plumstoad , the property . of a lady _niimed Lid-burg , and it seemed that on the 5 th of June the _defendant Graham , who is a broker , went to the farm , accompanied by the other men for tho purpose of distraining for an arveav of vent amounting to . £ 05 18 s , Cd , " They found tho prosecutor outside tho . house , and itappeared that upon bis Jetting two pigs loose from the stye in order that they mi ght run awaya scuffle took place between the parties , during . which the prosecutor , received a rather
severe blow 6 n . the head with a stick from the defendant nUchcock . A good deal of disoussion arose with regard to tlio term ' s upon which the prosecutor had taken possession of the farm , and he asserted that there was no positive agreememt made as tothe amount of rent , but that it was understood that , ho was to get the land into order and that he was _thchito have the option of taking the farm upon _Jciise _. for s even fourteen , or twenty-one years . The prosecutor ,, iii cross-examination admitted that b ' etorc the assault was committed up 6 n , him dip ; had thrown two bricks , orie . offwhicli struck Hitchcock ; _bitf ho assert _^ that ho throw , tho bricks at the pigs , for the purpose of stopping " them , and not with a view to injure tho man . The defendants eventually it appeared ,. made their seizure and retained , possession of the premises . . Tho Common Serjeant having summed up , the jury deliberated for more than half an hour , and theureturned . a verdiot of Hot Guilty for all the defendants . :
, _William Cook , the prosecutor in tho former case , was then charged with assaulting Robert Hitchcock , one ot the . defendants , who had just been acquitted . —In this case the prosecutor , and tbo four other men included with : him in ' the former indictment , were _, exa . mined as witnesses , and , according to their enuehce , Graliam , the broker , went to tho : houso oh tho day . in question for the purpose of levying the distress ; and , iri consequence of somo former violence , that had taken place on a former occasion , he look , Bupks , f Harris ,. aiid ' Hitchcock ; wituj him , in order to prevents breach . of the peace , and meeting Milton by the Way . he _afccoinpaDied tbem atop . It
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was alleged that upon tbeir attempting to _mako tho distress they found the houso barricaded , and the defendant , who was in tlie farm yard , ordered them off , and , without any provocation , threw two bricks at nitchcoek , and ho was knocked down , and after this tho defendant took up a bill-hook , and threatened to cut tbem with it , at Iho same time using very bad language , if they did not leave the place . The bill-hook was taken from him , and the witnesses stated that the defendant then took up a largo hedge stake , and Btruck Hitchcock a violent blow with it , and Harris said _tligt tho _defendant also struck him ivith tho stick , and broke one of his little fingers . — The defendant received a very good character for quiet habits and general conduct . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and tho Common Sergeant said he would consider what sentence ought to be pronounced .
CiiAitoE of ItoBBEnv . _—Oeorpe Lovejoy , 42 , labourer , was indicted for stealing a quantity of hay , clover , and barley , tho property of Messrs , Smith and another . —Mr . Ballantine prosecuted , " and Mr . Clarkson defended . —Tlie prisoner is a greengrocer and fruiterer in a large way of business in Copenhagen-street . Islington , and having stabling in _Bnrnsbury Mews , and tlio prosecutors , Messrs . Smith and Morgan , aro _cornchandlevs in White Lion-street , Peiitonville , and had in their employment as carman a man named Perkins . Having received somo information , they were induced to set a watch on tho proceedings of him and the prisoner , who was also pointed out to them , and about half-past seven on the morninc * of tho Sih of April , Mr . Smith , who
was en the watch , s : iw the prisoner drive up to tlio door of their shop , and having had 8 ome conversation with Perkins , the latter went up into the loft and gave prisoner a truss of hay , and a truss of clover , with which he drove off . Perkins , who was allowed to sell in tho absence of his employers , not havin <* accounted for tiie sale of the hay or clover , be was given into custody , and upon his second examination at tho police court tho prisoner was present , but sftcr that absconded , and after the trial of Perkins , a warrant was issued from this court _, lie was , about the middlo of last month , apprehended by Police-constable Barker at Henley-on-Thames , where he had been keeping out of the way . The prisoner had been a customer of theirs , and hiid
paid them the balance ofan account of a long standing a short time before tbe present affair took place When the prisoner was taken he said he should never have kept out of the way but for the advice of his solicitor , and that his friends had got him out of some other troubles , and would out of this . —The jury Acquitted the prisoner . Charge of _MnRoiiR . —J . E . _Percival , 44 , labourer , wa 9 indicted for feloniously casting and throwing Alexander _Shin-eff into the East County-dock , at Rotherhithe , with intent to murder him . It appeared that this prosecution was instituted hy the above company , Mr . Skirreff being their secretary , under the following circumstances * . —The prisoner , it _flopeared from the evidence , had been employed
as a labourer in the docks , but on the morning of the . 25 th June last he was discharged by order of Mr . Shirreff , and there was no doubt that this had created a strong revengeful feeling'iri'his mind . About a quarter-past three in the afternoon of the same day the prosecutor , who , though apparently a strong , powerful man , it appears is seventy-five years of age , was walking along the side of the dock basin when he met the prisoner , who came up to him and said that he had been discharged from his work that morning , and he wanted to know the reason . Mr . Shin-eff replied that ho was not bound to give him any explanation upon the subject , and at the same time ordered him to go about his business . The prosecutor then walked on his way _.
and when he had got a short distance be received a tremendous push from behind , tho effect of which was to thrust him into the canal , at a place where there was a fall of seven feet , and tho water c ' mhteei ! feet deep . He was fortunately enabled to swim a little , and to keep himself afloat until some of the labourers came to bis assistance , and he was got out by means of a man being lowered , whose leg he laid" hold of , and they were then both dragged up : but the escape of tho prosecutor appeared to havo been most providential . The prisoner ran away immediately after committing the act , and he was not apprehended until the 13 th July , when he was found at Birmingham , and it was proved that on the morning he committed tho outrage he was
heard to say to several of his fellow-labourers , that if Mr . Shirreff came out that day he should go in the the dock , if ho went in with him . —Mr . Payne , in addressing the jury for the defence , endeavoured to show tbat the intention of the prisoner was merely to give the prosecutor a ducking , and that he-did not intend to destroy his life . —Mr . Baron Piatt having summed up , the jury , after deliberating for half an hour , found the prisoner Guilty of tho whole charge . The prisoner was sentenced to be transported fov life . Charge of Robbery . —Thomas William Turner Dowers , 36 , described as a law-stationer , was placed at the bar , and the jury wero sworn to trv
whether he was in a fit state of mind to plead to an indictment charging him-with stealing two silver spoons , the property of Jano Argent . — Mr . _M'Muvdo , tbe suvgeon of _Kewgate , andnis assistant , deposed that from the opportunities they had had of observing the prisoner , they were of opinion that he was in an _unsound state of mind and incompetent to understand the nature of the proceedings against him . —Tfec jury returned a verdict to that effect . — The prisoner , who did not seem at all satisfied with the decision ofthe jury , exclaimed , as he was leaving the bar , " I am iii a perfectly sound state of mind , and have been so for two years . "
_Rbiurniso rnoM Transportation . —Conditional Pardons . —Charles Barn herd , 57 , a German , described as a merchant , was indicted for feloniously being at large in this country withoutkwful excuse before the expiration ofa period of transportation , to which ho had been sentenced for felony . —Mr . Barker and Mr . Clark appeared for the prosecution . —The learned counsel , on opening the case , aaid that tbo prisoner was convicted of felony in 1848 , and was sentenced to be transported for soven years , and was in due course removed to the hulks . Some
circumstances were , however , aftewards made known to tho Secretary of State , which induced him to recommend that the prisoner should receive a pardon , and her Majesty subsequently did grant the prisoner a pardon , upon the condition that he should not return to this country , until the period of his sentence had expired . . The prisoner was sent to his own country , but lie returned to . England very soon afterwards , and the charge was therefore preferred against him , as although he had in point of fact received a pardon , yet it was only a conditional one , and tho prisoner having broken that condition , he was equally as amenable to the charge now preferred as though no pardon whatever had becen granted . The learned counsel
then explained that , in strictness the prisoner would have been required to prove the fact of any pardon having been granted ; but as it was possible that the prisoner might , in some respects ' , bo considered an object for commiseration , it was thought right that the whole of the facts should bo laid before the jury . —The jury found the prisoner guilty , and he was sentenced to seven years' transportation . . Manslaughter . —Frederick Bethell surrendered to take his trial for manslaughter . Mr . J . Payne appeared for the prosecution . The evidence established the facts that the prisoner and thedeceased , a man named Thomas Osborn , and several other persons , were drinking at the Island Queen public house , City-road , on the 8 th Jiily , and at twelve o ' clock at night they all came but together , tho prisoner aud deceased being at . that time partially intoxicated . When they got outside the house the deceased insisted . upon fighting with the prisoner ,
and squared lit hiin , and it appeared that tbo latter whs at length obliged , iu his own defence , to stand up and fight , and be struck ' the deceased a blow which knocked him down , and in the fall his head came against the kerb stone , and he received thereby au injury upon the skull which resulted in his death a few days afterwards , —The prisoner , when called upen for his defence , said he was very sorry for what had happened . He had no intention to hurt the deceased , and he should hot have fought with him , if he would have let . him go away without doing so . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , but strongly recommended tho prisoner to mercy , on account of the provocation lib had ' received . The learned Judge , on passing sentence , said he thought that , under all' the circumstances , the justice ofthe case would bo satisfied ' by ordering that the prisoner should be discharged upon paying a'fino of one shilling .
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Curious Discoveries'at Nkw York . —In . consequence of what are considered the exorbitant demands of the Waterworks Company for supplying water , ' Mrs . Wilson and Son-, ; . general dealers , of Peter-lane , determined ori supplying _themselves , and during tho present week haye sunk a . well for that purpose . On reaching the depth of about fifteen feet , the ; workmen met with n'large- quantity of animal bones , including a . pair of horns . The _soiL was composed ofthe remains of straw , moss acorns , . ' pieces of oak and bazel ; and ' other vegetable productions . At the depth , of eighteen feet a stratum of wheat was encountered , about a foot in
thickness , and extending not only over tho area of _thc-wcll , but beyond its limits . .: Several bushels of this wheat were drawn up , and some of the grains were in a good state of preservation , although generally it was black and rotten . Immediately above this layer ) a portion- of a comb was'discovered , it ' s length being about three inches and a'liuif . Fifteen of the teeth are ih excellent order , and aro fastened into two pieces of horn . with four colden rivets They appear ; to have been cut after , being fixed be ' tween _^ the two . pieces ; of horn , as there are marks of a sharp instrument on . tho . latter . -Tho whole are in tho possession of Mr . _Wlson .-Ws hteiu : gtneer . i _.-- _= ... , ; .. .- ¦ ,-. ... . y : y
_y- _; Tm ¦ _Bvsm _DuiiEs .-The exoise ' duty oh sugar , r ? _Jl" . cwt _*> and from the 5 th of July it will be further reduced to lQs . : < - _-i :- : _.
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THE DHIYERS' STBIKB ON THE E . \ STE 11 N COUNTIES RAILWAY . - REMISSION OF THE PINES . On Saturday , at twelve o clock , a large meeting of engine-drivers and firemen in tho employ of the Enstern Counties Hallway Company took place at _Stratfevd . Thoy met in ' the assembly room of the Georgo Tavern , whieh was crowded to excess ; hundreds ofthe men were unable to pain admission . Thero were delej >;> tc 3 and deputations of drivers from almost every railway in the kingdom . Mr . Horn , a driver , was called to tho _t-h . _-iir . Ho opened the proceedings by observing Unit tbey had been called together for the purpose of being informed of what had transpired since they ha _= i
delivered theiv notice to tho Eastern Counties Company . It was his duty , in tho first place to tell them that the directors had pronounced these charges against Mr . Gooch , as stated in then * memorial , to bo false He regretted that the director * had not instituted an inquiry , in justice to Mr . _Goocli , the men , and tho company , beforo they gave so prcniaturo and positive a denial . It mig ht he urged that they ( thomen ) had acted prematurely m demanding the dismissal of Mr . Gooch , but as he had before stated , they had been driven to that step by his tyrannical and oppressive treatment , and theydid not now lament the course they had taken . The men had doubtless seen in tho papers that thirty or forty new hands had been taken down on Thursday
by Mr . Gooch , to show them tbo road . It was said they were some of tho best drivers from the South Western . This he denied most positively on the authority of tbo locomotive superintendent of that lino . He would read to the meeting one of the most remarkable instructions ever emanating from a railway board , issued by tho Eastern Countio < on Thursday last . " General Order : Tho station masters aro informed that in consequence of tho employment of a number of new drivers , the strictest attention is to be given to tbo working of the signals , and each station master is himself to be on the platform on the arrival of all the trains , and to communicate to the cnginemen tho description and timo the preceding train passed , and any other
matter requiring his special notice of attention between that and the succeeding station . The head guard to each train will , during tho ensuing week , ride on the engine , and a porter will he appointed to the charge of the break . — Signed George Richardson . " lie would ask why were these great precautions adopted if the men taken on were really what had heen represented by the company ? Tbo inference was clear . They knew scarcely any of the duties , and to make up for their _ijreat deficiency the services of the station masters , guards , and porters , were brought to their aid . He regretted the company had resorted to the expedient of _sending defective officers to watch the actions ofthe
old hands . If the company imagined they intended to molest the new hands in their duties , they were very . greatly mistaken . Tl . c men intended to act , and had , up to that moment , acted aceably , and would obtain , if possible , their just rights in a legitimate way . Several drivers having addressed the meeting , it was adjourned to a later period of the day . On the body again assembling , a representation was made that one ofthe superintendents of thecompany , Mr , Ashcroft . had undertaken the office of mediator
between the men and the directors . A number of resolutions were passed , expressing the sentiments contained in the memorial that had been presented to the hoard , and that the men were determined in adhering to tbo whole that bad l ; cen set forth . The resolutions were forwarded immediately to Mr . Ashcroft , who lost no time in laying them before the directors , who were sitting at the BishopsgatC terminus . The dismissal of Mr . Gooch , and the abolition of the fines , were the conditions set fortb . Tbey wero at once rejected by tho directors , and consequently all chance of an amicable _adjustriient
is at an end . At a subsequent period ofthe day , Mr . Hope , the chairman , and Mi * . Grant met Mr . Ashcroft and Mr . Roney on the platform at Shoreditch , and at the request of Mr . Ashcroft they had an interview with Mr . Roney in the ofiice of Mr . Atkinson , when that gentleman stated that the directors could not consent to tbe dismissal of Mr . Gooch from tbe service of tho company , but he hoped tbat " he ( Mr . Hope ) would use his' influence with the men to induce them to return to their employment . " This he informed them ho could not do under present circumstances , and Mr . Ro _' ney then asked him to pledge himself that the company ' s property should not be iniured , or the new men insulted by the old
hands , lie at once gave the pledge , and immediately afterwards sent word to all the stations that he had given such a pledge , feeling assured that it would be kept . ( Cheers . ) He ( tbo chairman ) , however , regretted to say that the company ' s property had already been considerably damaged , though not by the old hands . On Saturday the first down train to Norwich , leaving London at G a . m ., and which ought to have arrived at Norwich at 12 . 45 , did not arrive until 2 . 45 , the driver having on the journey move tban onco to unhook his engine to get water . The boiler was considerably damaged , and on arriving at Norwich , ia taking the engine round tho train to push it into tho station , the driver run it against a . pilot engine , stove in the side of his tender , broke tho buffer plank of the pilot , and otherwise damaged it . After a little delay tho engine was disengaged , and the train
pushed into the station with sueh force as to bring the carriages into contact with the station buffersarid cutting Iho faces of several of the passengers , and knocking out tho teeth of others . The up-njail train on Sunday , which ought to have arrived at a quarter past four , did not do so until six , being twice overtaken by a goods train of twenty-six waggons , which must have run into it but for the caution ofthe driver , Richard Hallows , one of the old hands . On Sunday , the first down train , which ought to have arrived at Norwich at half-past twelve , had not arrived at ten minutes past three , it being at that time standing on the line between Thetford and Hurling , about twenty-five miles from Norwich , with , it was believed , the engine burnt , The express train from Wisbeach to London , with only four carriages , had to telegraph from Brosbourne for a pilot _engine to bring it on to its destination .
A long discussion took place , in which the names and former occupations of tbe new men were freely canvassed , it appearing , according to the statements made by those who professed to know them , thafc the great majority of them had ¦ been firemen on other lines , discharged for various acts of misconduct—some for drunkenness . The meeting separated between ten and eleven o ' clock . Another _rotating of the late drivers aud firemen on this lino took placo at the George , Stratford , on Monday evening ; Mr . Hove again presiding .
The Chairman said : Fellow workmen , it must be a source ofthe highest gratification to all of you that the completion of our resignations , the notice of whicli expired this morning , was attended with a circumstance w hieh at once corroborated the statement we have made in reference to the cause which led to tbe differences between . Mr . Goocli and ourselves , and will , 1 am sure , be viewed by all who have taken an interest in our unfortunate dispute as tbe strongest possible condemnation of that gentleman towards us . 1 allude to the fact , wliich is not known to all of you , that upon attending » t the offices of the company to receive our pay , all those men who had been fined by Mr . Gooch for accidents over wliich they neither had nor could have any control , had the amount of the fines returned to them , and those who were unjustly suspended wero paid their _wages for the whole period of such suspension . 1 see , fellow-workmen , that one of the
newspapers asserts , in contradiction to what we have put forth , thatthe company have a sufficient staff of new experienced cnginemen and firemen to work the line—perhaps the best possible inferential refutation of tbis is to bo found in the fact that the company have to-day discontinued running no fewer than thirty passenger trains , and have altogether closed the Maldon and Braintree branches . A few facts , however , relative to tho running of tha trains still at work upon the line will leave no doubt iu the mind of every person as to the stated efficiency of the new hands , though it yet remains to be , seen what detentions the night will occasion . The speaker . then detailed certain detentions and irregularities which he stated had occurred with respect to the arrival of trains at sovoral of the stations aud which he attributed to the ignorance and incompetence of the new hands employed . Ho concluded by exhorting tho men to persevere in their present course of steady and peaceful conduct .
Several of the men having addressed the meet ing in confirmation- of the statements oi the chair
man , Mr . Grant _niyiiri called attention 'to the fact ot the fines having been remitted , to show to the public that tho me " n "' w 6 rb' not " responsible for the disputes whicli havo taken place , and moved the following resolution :- " That while as working men we deeply regret the necessity that has been forced upon us by tbo unwarrantable proceedings of the new 'superintendent ; Mr . Gooch , of withdrawing from our respective employments as engincmen and fivemen . upon tho Eastern Counties line of railway ,
we deem it \ u _* udeutlc . caUiwbUcate « tioutotliefact thiittho fines imposed hy Mr . Goocli , of which wo complained , and tho . _levyinc of which without notico led to our resignations , _h-ive all *' _™ returned'this-morning to the parties ' * _^^ _ySSSS _<^ and those who were unjustly _? l _''^/ ' _^ _30 y _$ \ paid tlio -wages they were entitled _^ _g _^^^ _fi frA period of such suspension , a oi _«««* , _fflH _^*| S } , _ meeting respectfully submits is V _WJSffl _ SS __* i W * % ment of the _mjiutico we have * _£ _** _$ _^ l _^ _fef _9 $ of the now superintendent Mr . G . _oocW _^ _*& _fesf _*}» . Mr - E , Marks seconded the _^ _W / Jgr * MJ _$ *« _s unanimously carried , and the _^ 0 _^^& _>^ _- wards separated . - ___ ? fe _^ f * * lj Several letters from residents oo _* _-Ih _^^^) MJk
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 24, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24081850/page/7/
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