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THE NO R. January 27, 1849,
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The No R. January 27, 1849,
THE NO R . January 27 , 1849 ,
Tilt -Metropolis
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The Deaths Is Londo.Y Durinsr The Week «...
The Deaths is _Londo . y _durinsr the week « ndin <* January 20 , numbered 1 , 345 , a ~ rate of mortality considerably above the average of five previous winters , the excess being 176 . But as compared with the return of the preceding week , they show a decrease of 103 , a fact which will be observed in connexion with the mean temperature of the air _wluch rose during the period from 39 deg . to 47 deg . Of men and women at the age of 60 and upwards , 307 sunk under disease or thc wei g ht of years ; or about 100 more than died weekly _oefore the cold weather set in at thc beg inning of this month . The deaths caused hy bronchitis and pneumonia were 243 , and exceed the winter averajrc by 67 . Small than the
pox was fatal to 30 persons , or 9 more averacro- _searlctinato 87 , tho av erage being _< f- ; tvphus to OS , the average being 42 ; hooping cough to 5 S , thc average being 42 . The mortality from measles , which was fatal in only S cases , is less than one third of the average . The deaths from diarrhoea and _dvsentcry were 23 , which is more than usual at this ' _season of the year ; from cholera 62 of which _twentv-seven occurred in Mr Drouet s establishment ; 6 _* among children who had been removed from it and twentv-Hinc amongst other inhabitants ofthe Metropolitan districts . A man died in tbe sub-district of Rotherhithc of " fever from cold and poor _livbig , " according to medical certificate . Ifo inquest appears to have been held on the body .
_Attempted Suicide of a Spanish _Nobleman . —At ibe 3 Iarlborough-street Police Office on Friday , Mr . Smith , of 32 , Wardour-streot , entered the court and stated that on the receipt of a , note from a Spanish fentleman , formerly of rank and fortune in Spain , ut who had exiled himself to follow the fortunes of Count Montcinolin , informing him that the writer was about to commit suicide , recommending his wife and family to his care he had gone to the house of the writer and had found him weltering in his blood , but not yet dead . The following was tho note he had received : — " Friday , 19 , a . m ., 7 o clock . It appears that Socrates' death must not he mine . I took lastnight a quantity of laudanum , enough to sleep ten men , and tbe result has been a restless ni g ht , and
vomiting just now . Had I not proof enough that I had reflected , this ni ht ' s trial would lie proof enough . My hand shakes , out my courage does not . I must change from Socrates to Seneca ; but , unluckily , I must dispense with the bath—80 be it . Even , in order toavoid suspicion on the part of my poor wife , I must seek a retired plaoe for my exit . I have directed a Jett-er to the coroner , at the police-office , hist night . Be kind enough to deliver this note to him also , and let them all bo exhibited to thc jury . Farewell . Another hour and all will be over . My poor dear wife , I pitv her from the bottom of my heart , but cannot help it . —Tours sincerely . —F . " Infantes y Hubtado . —P . S . For fear of a mistake , the laudanum having failed , I am going to try if my veins will bleed . Mr . Smith said he knew the dreadful
distress which the writer of the note and his wife and children had endured for some time past . lie had occasionally given assistance , but the pride of the Spaniard would not allow him to make his distress know in the proper quarters . —Mr . Hardwick . recommended an immediate application for the attendance ofthe district surgeon , and sent a sovereign as some temporary assistance in case the tale of distress should appear to be true . In a short time Mr . Hardwick was assured that the case was even more deplorable than had been represented ; that there were too many indications of destitution to allow of doubt that it had been severe and protracted . The follow- , ing _letterjfrom the surgeonjwas handed to Mr . Hardwick : — "Sir , —I have returned from visiting F .
Infantes y Hurtado , who , under the pressure of distress , has last night and this morning very rashly attempted to destroy life both by poison and b y opening veins in both feet and both hands . The poison -was in sufficient quantity to excite the action of the stomach , and was rejected , after which he had opened the veins this morning . I belitve him to be perfectly sane , and he appeared to feel acutely my representations . He has desired me , in the " most grateful manner , to acknowledge the receipt of a _soverei-ni , and I have seen Mr . Matthews , our relieving officer , who will relieve the immediate pressure as the law allows , and I hope that some means of employment may be found by which he may obtain support for his family , as bis feelings are above receiving casual relief except from dire necessity . I
• will continue to attend to his case . lam , & c , J . Leonard , District Surgeon . To J . Hardwick , Esq . " While the case was under the notice of the magistrate , a letter was brought by post , directed to the eoroner , which it was presumed had relation to the note sent to Mr . Smith . —Mr . Hardwick opened the letter , and found it contained documents to be laid before the jury , explanatory of tbe writer ' s case , and bis motives for committing suicide . —The following is one of the papers : — " Is , Whitcombe-streat , PaS . 3 JalL In addressing you tbis letter I have a twofold reason—first , I wish to make public the reasons why I have determined to commit suicide , and which render , it justifiable , at least in my opinion . Secondly , I wish to clear from all suspicion my poor wife—who , on the contrary , has done all that she could to dissuade me from my determination , and who little dreams at this moment that to-morrow she
will be a widow . My two objects being thus shown , I will proceed to state as briefly as possible all that I Lave suffered—all that I have done—in order to get bread for my children ; and the continued and repeated refusals , which have closed , one after another , all the ways of obtaining a livelihood . Possessed of talents , my object was to obtain employment , either as tutor , clerk , professor of languages , interpreter , or any situation where my attainments could be available . I went in the first place to several periodicals ; tben to several puttishers ; afterwards to some foreigners' friends societies—to hankers , merchants , persons of good name ; in fact , I applied everywhere I thought that the least chance existed . Kefused , denied in all quarters , what remains to be
done ? ihave parted with every article I possess ; my wife and children are confined to a room day and night for want of clothes to go into tbe street ; and for the last six weeks nothing but bread and coffeewater has been our diet . In the last fortnight even thi-- has been irregularly got , as sometimes we have been thirty-six hours without food . Driven to the kst point , _lhave also applied to the Lord Mayor , but bis answer has been a refusal . I enclose here a copy of my application to his Lordship , and also of one which I presented to at least fifty bankers and merchants . They will prove the truth of my assertion , atthe same time that they will account for the manner in wbicb I came to find myself in sueh a dreadful situation . The natural protector to whom
I first applied , Connt Montemolin and to whose service I have sacrificed an independent fortune , the welfare of my family , and my rank and country , after repeated letters and interviews declared he had not the means , and not even a shilling did he give to the man whose blood , fortune , family , and position , had been given np without regret to the cause of Charles V . May he , on learning my fate , take some interest in my desolate family , and prove that Kings have hearts . Return mo to my position . Either I miist perish with my family through starvation , or I must take from society what is denied me . I have not courage enough to follow thc two first courses , and my principles will not allow me to follow the second . In this dilemma I have adopted
the only way which I think may perhaps relieve their misery , though at the expense of my life . British hearts are naturally generous . Business , _ilisappoinrment-- ! , ingratitude _) may render them callous and suspicious ; but show to them a really deserving and destitute famil y , and they all will hasten to their succour . To them , then , I recommend my unprotected widow and orphan children . A mite from each will ensure bread for those whose _snfterings have almost driven me mad . Mv exertions , alive , have proved useless—mav mv deatb prove more useful . Many , I doubt not , will call iny last action a crime , Let them place themselves in my position ; let them wei gh the bitterness of my continued anxiety ; let thein depict to themselves
the careworn lace ot a mother , looking with pity , now with despair , on five starving children , of wno m four sutler in silence , but the youngest , thirteen months old , breaks her heart with its pitiful cries for food ; let them fancy sueh a picture , and if their _bearte _arenot of stone , they will , if not justify , at least excuse my deed . "—The letter ended with * stating that the writer used laudanum to put an end to bislife . —Mr . Hardwick directed the suffering family and the husband to be supplied with proper necessaries , and promised when the man was out of danger to consider what further could be done for Jiis relief . —We observe by the daily papers that several sums of money hava been subscribed for the assistance of tic sufferer .
Mtsterious Arc-Am . —At the police office , Marlborough-street , on Friday , William Simon Howells was brought before Mi ' . Hardwick , charged with having killed Jiis wife , _M-u-ia Bedford Howells , by stabbing her with a knife . —William Smith , o ' f Wells-street , stated that he lived iu the next room io that occupied by the prisoner and his late wife . The prisoner occupied the first floor back room . About half-past eleven on the previous ni ght witness _™ - ? _; _*;? ? by hearing theprisoner sav to his _Y 1 _* ' J % ? . _}&™ > _^ i" you put thit knife down - The wife answered she would not aud -witness then heard a scuffle between the parties a _«* ifthe husband was trying to take the kn ife from _his wile . In a minute afterwards heard a ery of " Good God cut for
, I am , run the doctor . " ' Heard the ' door opened , and then witness went info the room and asked what had happened . The prisoner was too agitated to speak , and immediately afterwards went for a doctor . The prisoner soon afterwards came hack and the doctor also came . The prisoner _hugged and _hissed his wife as she was _lyino- on the bed mseusiule . The doctor probed the " wound which was under the left breast . The prisoner appeared to be perfectly sober . The prisoner was att . erw . irds taken to the station-house , when it was — - _'" odfliat his wife was dead . The prisoner _\ lerall y very fond of his wife . Thev _gv metiuies , but were soon friends again _5 _ttfv ' w tlie sam _-e i * _ow" ; e .- _toai-a tie _KSk
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quarrelling between the prisoner and his wife . Heard the prisoner ' s wife call out , " I have cut myself ; run for a doctor . " Thc prisoner ran out to Vetch a doctor , and witness went into the room , and found the deceased " lying on thc floor near the fire . Thc deceased said , " Help me , " and witness then noticed that her mouth was nearly filled with blood . The deceased wished to be held up , and when witness assisted her to rise , she saw a wound in her breast , from which blood was flowing . Thc prisoner afterwards came in with some brandy , and said he had been to fetch a doctor . Witness placed the deceased on the chair , while the bed , which was on the floor , was being made . The deceased said . " I have done it . " To which the
prisoner answered , "Yes , you have , Maria . " Prisoner made no more allusion to the wound . Witness saw a knife on the table , which was bloody . — Mary Clarke , and several other witnesses , deposed to the appearance of fondness for his wife generally displayed hy the prisoner , and that when they did quarrel it was always the wife who began it . The prisoner , in reply to tho chargo , said he had no defence to make . He was then remanded , on suspicion of having caused the death of his wife by stabbing her with a knife . —The Inquest . —On Monday Mr . G . J . Mills , the deputy-coroner , resumed and concluded an inquest commenced on Friday ni ght , at the Merlin ' s Cave , Margaret-street , Oxford-street ,
on the body of Maria Bedford Howells , aged twentysix . The husband bf tho deceased , William _Simson Howells , who is in custody , declined asking any of tho witnesses questions , or giving any explanation , merely remarking that he could say no more than thatthe deceased did it herself . The room having been cleared of strangers , the jury , after consulting for some time , returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from the effects of a mortal wound in her left breast , but how or by what means inflicted there was not sufficient evidence to show . " In justice to the man , the whole of the witnesses , including deceased ' s mother , spoke of his invariable kindness to tho deceased .
Inquests , Saturday , Jas . 20—Death of a Miser . —Before T . Wakley , Esq ., at the Hope , Park-street , Dorsot-square , on Jane Cunningham , aged sixtytwo . The body , which was a complete skeleton , lay in a wretched room , at No . 9 , Park-street , which was almost without furniture . Mrs . Kelly stated that on Thursday , deceased , who had lived some years in that house , and had never once allowed any ono to enter the room , tapped at the wall which separated witness ' s room from deceased ' s , and in a faint voice asked her for a drink . She brought a glass of water , and gave it deceased at the door . Witness then went for the doctor . She returned with Mi-. Robinson , and fomnd deceased speecldess and dying . She exoired next dav . There was
nothing in the room but a crust of bread . Twenty-One pounds was found secured round her waist . She had a pension of 8 s . 6 d . a week , but woidd not allow herself the common necessaries of life . Verdict— " Deceased died from destitution , caused by her refusing herself the common necessaries of life . " —Burked to Death . —Before Mr . Baker , on Saturday last , at the London Hospital , on the body of Mary Cripps , aged eleven . It was shown that deceased ' s father had locked her up in a room by herself , as a punishment , her mother being dead . And sho had set fire to a quantity of articles in the room , hoping by that means to procure her liberty . Her clothes ignited , and she received such injuries as caused her death . Verdict— " Accidental death . "
Death from _Starvation . —An inquest was held on Monday , nt St . Martin ' s Workhouse , bofore Mr . Bedford , on the body of Horatio Millard , a common mendicant . —W . Millard , an inmate of the workhouse of St . George ' s , _Hanovcr-squaro , said he had often told the deceased , who was his brother , to come into the union . He did apply to tho parish officers , yet was not admitted , in consequence , witness thought , of the irregular form in which that application was made . They both belonged to that parish , their father having for many years paid rent and taxes for . a large houso in Swallow-place , Hanover-square . —Charles Petch , police constable , 138 C , said that on the previous Wednesday afternoon , whilst on duty in Spur-street , Leicester-square , he
saw the deceased sitting on a door step in " a most deplorable state . He was entirely speechless , and abnost insensible . His clothes were complete rags , and nearly all fell off him in pieces when witness raised him from the step . He was just able to walk , but so slowly that it took them three-quarters of an hour to get from there to the station-house in Vinostreet . When they arrived there , the inspector directed witness to take him to the workhouse , and he accordingly did so -with all possible speed . The deceased had some food in his hat . —George Heslop , taskmaster at the workhouse , said he had never seen any one in such a dreadful condition as the deceased was . He was covered with vermin , and was immediately put into a hath and washed . He
kadtobeassistedin , and was altogether in such a dangerous state that the surgeon was sent for . Deceased was barefoot , and on one of his heels the flesh was worn away to the bone , exhibiting a sore as Large as a crown piece . Notwithstanding his desperate state , witness found on him money to his amount of Is . 5 id . and some food . " He died tho same evening . —The coroner said that the authorities of St . George ' s Hanover-square , were concerned hi the inquest , and until he heard why the deceased was not admitted , the inquiry could not be brought to a close . Ho adjourned ttic inquest for the attendance ofthe officers of the workhouse . Murder and Suicide . —On Tuesday morning , at seven o clock , considerable alarm prevailed in St .
Saviour ' s , Southwark , in consequence of a report being extensively circulated to the effect that a dreadful murder had been perpetrated at Bankside , as the bodies ofa female about 30 years of age , and a child , had been discovered lying in the mud off the upper side of Barclay ' s brewhouse , under the following circumstances . It appears that at the time named several coal porters were engaged on a platform nearly facing Smyth ' s Wharf , Bankend , when their attention was directed to something lying in the mud between the barges , and when thev had made further search , and the tide had receded " , they found it to be tbe body of a female very poorly clad . An alarm was raised , and means were resorted to to secure the deceased , and when they raised it they
were horror stricken to find that the woman was firmly clasping an infant , abnost naked . The bodies were with considerable difficulty removed on to thc wharf , where they were covered over until the arrival of a shell , which was speedily brought to the spot . They were placed in it and conveyed to the George public-house and put in a shed , where the landlord took chargo of them until the arrival of the police . From inquiries made , it seems that the deceased was seen on the previous ni g ht in several of the public-houses begging , with the child in her arms , asking alms from the visitors ofthe tap-rooms for her
starving offspring . She evidently appeared to he in great destitution , and she expressed to several persons that she had not tasted food for two days . The police also observed her walking along Bankside as late as two o ' clock in the morning , but no suspicion having been excited of her intentions , she was not interrupted by any one . The bodies were identified as Hannah Kerry and her daughter , of Mint-street , Southwark . The deceased woman had been cohabiting with a young man , by whom she had the deceased infant . He had forsaken her , and consequentl y she was reduced to extreme distress .
Smithfield Market . —Mr . J . T . Norris , one ofthe leading members of the corporation , has given notice ofthe following motion in the Court of Common Council ; great interest is excited on its approaching discussion : — " That a market for the sale of live cattle in the midst ofa city is incompatible with the convenience of persons resorting thither for the purposes of business ; that the present market of Smithfield is insufficient in space , as well as objectionable in situation ; that the safety and health of the inhabitants command its immediate removal ; and that , therefore , a special ward committee he appointed to consider what steps shall be taken to remedy the existing evib b y providing a suitable market-place . "
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Tire Murder near Exeter . —On Friday week the magistrates heard further evidence against James Landick and James Mills , the two men apprehended on suspicion of having murdered Mrs . Holnian , at Tedburn St . Mary ' s . The chief cvidcuce against the prisoners was that given by their accomplice , a person nicknamed Cockney Harry . He stated that he was engaged by Landick and Mills on the ni ght the murder was committed ; and at nine o ' clock thev all left Moreton , and arrived at Westwater , in Ted " -
burn St . Mary , at half-past eleven , when Landick entered the house of the deceased by means ofa prop found in the orchard . He then admitted the others . They entered the deceased ' s bedroom , and were there some tune before she awoke and became conscious of their presence . The witness further stated that Mills held thc deceased down iu the bed while Lindick rifled her boxes and drawers of then- contents , and that the latter ultimately threw a heavy box of clothes on her body exclaiming , " That will stop the old woman from howling . " They shared the money of which they plundered the deceased . —The prisoners were fully committed for trial .
Fatal Accident and Singular Preservation . — Wales . —On Monday week an inquest was held at Clydach on view of thebodv of John Jenkins , collier , aged 2 _i . It appeared that deceased and a voting lad were employed together at the Garth Collier , * , and were working m a heading at some distance from the other colliers About three o ' clock on the previous Fridaya sudden slip of coal , rubbish , and stones took place , covering both the deceased and the lad , the latter of whom was about two yards nearer thc mouth ofthe heading than the former . With respect to the boy , it fortunatel y happened that a large stone fell partly on the waggon , in such a wa v as to form a cave sufficientl y large for the bov ' s bodv . He said that ho breathed freel y , was not " hurt bv pressure , but he could not move , He hoard de-
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ceased ask witness if he could get out , and whether tho pressure upon him was great . Witness said tliat he could not get out , but thathe was free from pressure . Deceased then said there was great weight on his head . No further conversation took place , but he heard the deceased pray . A second fall of earth took place , subsequently to which he did not hear the deceased ' s voice . Witness remained in this position until about four o ' clock next morning , when Thomas Francis , the man who worked the _?• day turn" in the same heading , eame to his work . He , with the assistance of other colliers , cleared away the rubbish and released the boy . About two yards further on they found the deceased , who had evidently been dead for some time , probably by suffocation , the only perceptible injury being a slight bruise on the face . Deceased has left a wife , but had no children . Verdict , " Accidental death . "
Accident on the South-Western Railway . —On Thursday nig ht week about nine o ' clock , as the down train from London was approaching Wareham , an occurrence took place wliich might have been attended with serious consequences . It appeared that a farmer at Kesworth , about a mile from Wareham , had the previous day purchased a cow and heifer at a neighbouring market , and had turned them into the heath adjoining his premises , and through which heath the line passes . The fence being rather low these two fresh eows were restless , and separated from the rest ofthe herd , and leaping the fence got upon the rail . The driver did not perceive them till the engine was close to them , and passed over both , mutilating their carcases , and cutting thc heifer completely in two . The cow had its legs severed about half-way up , and its horns and part ofthe skull cut away . The skin appeared sound ; but upon opening . it was found that almost every bone was more or less shivered nnd broken . The ' shock
was felt by each of the carriages , but nothing further than a _passing alarm prevailed . Dover , Jan , 21 . —Fall at _Shakspeaue ' s Cliff . —This morning , about ten o ' clock , an extensive fall of the chalk rock from Shakspcare ' s Cliff took place . The fall occurred near No . 4 shaft of the Shakspearc Tunnel , on the South Eastern Railway , and left an indentation in the crown of the classic cliff of something like au acre . The quantity of chalk detached may be estimated at about 100 , 000 tons .
DnEADFUL Accident and Loss of Liff , by the Falling of a Railway Arch . —An accident occurred on Saturday last , at noon , by thc fall of an arch , erected by the London and North Western Company , at Manchester . The line of railway known as the South Junction , connecting the London and Manchester lino with that from Manchester to Liverpool , is carried on a viaduct across Oxford Road and Deansgate , chiefly constructed of brick , and between these two points , near the bottom of Gloucesterstreet , the arches had been completed , and on Saturday the servants of the contractor were striking away the centres from one of theso arches , when , from some cause , thc north side gave way and fell in . There were ten labourers at work at the time , on and under the superstructure , superintended
by M ' . Patrick , manager for Mr . Bellhouse , the contractor ; and one of these mon , named Ralph Bere ford , being underneath , was buried by the falling materials and killed . Two other men , named Jame 3 Oates and Thomas Davis , were on the top of the arch , and sinking with it to where two of the disjointed portions ofthe arch again eame in contact with each other , were transfixed aud held between them for aome time , and when released were found to bo dreadfully crushed and lifeless . Two other labourers , named Peter Crosby and Phili p Murphy , were found to be badly hurt by the accident , and were removed to the infirmary . An hour and a quarter had elapsed ere the superincumbent materials could be removed , so as to get at the body of Beresford .
Representation of the Southern Division of Staffordshire . —Simultaneously with the interment of Earl Talbot , an address to thc electors has been issued to the electors by Lord Lewisham , eldest son of thc Earl of Dartmouth . The noble lord is a Conservative of the school of the late member . _Sourn Wales . — A Miner under Ground for Sf . vex Dais without Food . —A miner named John Edwards , aged 24 , employed at the Plymouth Works , Merthyr , lately missed his way in coming out of the level and was not heard of for seven days , when a party of his fellow-workmen went in search of him . They found him in some old workings . His feet were blistered by walking to and fro endeavouring to find his way out ; and he was in that dreary and unwholesome placo without having anything to cat or drink for that long period . He is in a fair way of recovery . lie lost his light , and had no matches with him .
Charge of Feloniously Transposing the Goldsmiths' Hall Marks . —Bath , Jan . 22 . —Thc utmost excitement has prevailed in the city of Bath and its neighbourhood , in consequence of the apprehension of two of thc largest silversmiths in Bath , Messrs . Warren and Fuller , upon the serious charge of having forged the Goldsmiths ' -hall mark , by transferring the hall-mark from old plate to articles of new plate . The prisoners are the Rundall and Bridge tf Bath , ana keep a large establishment at the corner of Westgate-street and Stall-street . In the course ofthe past week , in consequence of information given to the Goldsmiths' Company , by a party who had been an apprentice of a Mr . Cosens , tho manufacturing silversmith for the firm of
Warren and Fuller , the present prosecution was instituted ; and , to the surprise of every person in Bath , Messrs . Horatio Warren and Samuel Fuller were apprehended ; and , having undergone a private examination before the magistrates , were remanded until to-day . Their bankers , Messrs . Tugwell and Co ., offered bail to the amount of £ 10 , 000 for their appearance , which , however , the magistrates were obliged to refuse . Bail for £ 20 , 000 was also afterwards offered , but declined . At an early hour this morning crowds assembled round tho Town Hall , and by ten o clock , although the examination was fixed for one o'clock , so anxious were the public , that the Sessions Court and every other portion of the building were crowded . On the
application of Mr , Prideaux , solicitor to the Goldsmiths ' Company , who appeared for the prosecution , the magistrates decided on conducting the examination in private , but intimated that the depositions should be placed at the disposal of thc reporters . The prisoners , who appeared very dejected , were then brought into the room , and were defended by Mr . Stone , barrister , of the Western Circui _* , anil Mr . Physic , solicitor . The first witness called was Mr . Thomas Hough , who deposed thathe is a weigher in the Assay-office of the Goldsmiths' Hall , London . From information he received he went to Bath on the 30 th of December , by the direction of thc wardens ofthe Goldsmiths' ' Company , he proceeded to the shop of Messrs . Warren and Fuller , in
Westgate-street . Witness purchased eleven articles of silver ware , which bore no mark or stamp of any description ; they were not marked according to law . On tho 6 tn January witness went again to thc shop of Messrs . Warren and Fuller , under the same instructions : he then purchased thirty-four articles , not marked as required by law . On that occasion ho saw a silver soup ladle , now produced , which was pointed out to him , by Mr . Warren . Witness saw at once that the mark on the soup ladle was transposed ; it was patent and clear upon the face of it . ne also at the same time saw another article , upon which he believed the mark had been transposed . Witness reported these facts to the wardens . On Tuesday , the 9 th of January , went again to the
shop of Messrs . Warren and Fuller , under thc authority of a search warrant , and on that occasion he took away the silver soup ladle and the silver gilt serving spoon now produced . There was no means at that time of observing where the mark was soldered in , because it was gilt . He took the serving spoon to Goldsmiths' Ilall , and had since ascertained that the mark had been transposed and soldered on . The date of the mark upon tne serving spoon is 1774 . He first of all scraped off the gilt with a piece of emery paper . He then warmed it beforo a lamp witb a blow-pipo , and then discovered that the mark ran the whole length of the handlethat is evident to the eye , hut more particularly with a magnifying glass . An assay was made in his
presence , of the upper part of tho bowl , shank , and handle . The under part of the shank was not examined , as it bears tne mark . Tlie bowl was four pennyweights worse than the standard ; the upper part of the shank was three pennywei ghts worse than the standard , and the handle was one pennyweight better than thc standard . The loss of the duty to the government on the soup-ladlo and thc serving spoon is £ 1 7 s . 9 d . The bowl of tlie soup-ladle is half-a-pennyweight worse than the standard , and the upper part of the handle is a pennyweight and a half better , and the shank next the bowl is a pennywei ght barely better than the standard . Thc part which has the stamp I conclude to he standard . John Ralph sworn : Deposed that he is an
apprentice to Mr . Cousins , working jeweller , who works for the jewellers in the town . He worked for Warren and Fuller . Witness had seen the gilt spoon now produced before . When it was first brought to Cousnis _' s shop , the handle and bowl were complete . In the handle witness did not include the figure at the top . Tho bowl was not joined on to the shank , and the figure was not joined on to the shank . It was the same as it was at present . There was a piece put on the shank to make it stouter . The shank was in two pieces when the witness first saw it . There was tlie mark on the one piece , and no
mark upon the other . There had been a piece joined _tticrc in the upper part where the mark in . The pieces came from Warren and Fuller ' s . It might have been a twelvemonth ago , but could not say positively . —Herbert Sawyer Cousins sworn : Had been in his father ' s business , as a workiii" _- jeweller , about nine years . His father worked for Messrs . Warren and Fuller . He has worked for them for six or seven years . Witness thou "lit that he had seen tbe gilt spoon now produced before . He recognised it . It was manufactured for Messrs . Warren and Fuller . The piece containing the mark , " when brought , was a skewer . It was brought to have it made thicker , so as to form , a handle . It
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was to be made into a spoon . Witness now saw a line which be supposed to be the p lace where it was soldered on . Witness believed that the mark had been soldered on , as he saw the figures before ho Saw the skewer—the bowl he saw separate—the bowl was added to it afterwards . They did not make the bowl . Witness ' s father was directed by Messrs . Warren and Fuller . to put the pieces together . Mr . Fuller , witness thought came . Witness Was present when his father received those orders . —T . Mitchell , working silversmith , said he bad worked for the prisoner Warren a considerable time . In the month of October , 1847 , received instructions from Warron and Fuller to hammer on a p iece of silver to a pattern ; it was not stated what it was for , but thoug ht it was for the bowl of a spoon . Sent it , when done , to Warren and Fuller s , and was de sired by Mr . Fuller to charge it to Mr . Cousins , who is a working jeweller in Bath . The instructions given to charge it to Mr . Cousins were
out of the usual course ot business . Charged it to Cousins , who paid him for it . Afterwards received thc service spoon produced , with another , from Warren and Fuller . This was about a fortnight or three weeks after he made the howls . The orders were to « ild tbem , which waa done . About three weeks a < -o Warren came to him ; he seemed rather excited ° and asked if Mr . Thompson had been down , and on receiving an answer in the affirmative , said that if he ( witness ) had any of the old patterns about that had been made some years ago , they had better bo put away , as the Goldsmiths' Company were down . Witness thereupon buried them in the garden Tho same day Warren came back to him , and said thc hidden patterns had better bo melted ; there might be some amongst them like those in
stock . They were melted accordingly . Warren ajso said it would bo well to put away the books , to fold them up and seal them , and give them to a friend , or he would hold them . Witness sealed the books up and gave them to Warren ; he also burnt a good many old books which were of no use , and gave Mr . Warren four modern ones . Was shortly afterwards sent for to Warren ' s house . Warren then said , respecting the spoons , they were the only things he cared about . Asked witness if he remembered thc spoons he had hammered the howls for ? Told him he did . Warren said they were the only things-there would bo any trouble about . Witness replied that if they were shown to him ho could not say but that he hail ' seen them before . Warren continued that a memorial to the board was being
drawn up to case the fine . —II . S . Cousins ,, the elder , also gave evidence confirmatory ofthe charge against the prisoners . Warren had been to witness to request bim to destroy certain patterns that had been used , and also to destroy his account books . — The case for the prosecution having been closed , Mr Stone addressed the bench at considerable _lenn-th in behalf of thc accused ; after which—The magistrates held a private consultation , the result of which was a determination to commit both the prisoners for trial nt thc ensuing assizes . An application to accept bail was refused ; and the warrants of committal having been made out the accused , both of whom appeared to be much dejected , were removed to gaol . The examination lasted nearly six hours . _ _
Staffordshire . —Alleged Bill Forgeries . —A warrant has been obtained for thc apprehension of a tradesman , at West _Ilromwich , named John Hawkins , who has for several years carried on the business of a pepper and coffee ' mill maker in Gloverstreet , on the chargo of having forged a bill to obtain some money in connexion with the Catholic chapel . ' - ' It was found that he had absconded , and as there were good grounds for supposing that he had gone to America , sub-inspector Baxter was entrusted-with the warrant , and proceeded to that port
along ' with another constable . Baxter know the ship in which it was expected that Hawkins would sail , biit nothing was heard of him until Monday , as the vessel was about to start , when he came on board dressed as a sailor , nnd disguised in various ways . Ho was recognised , however , and taken into custody , and it was found that be had effected all the arrangements hy means of an agent , who had engaged his berth and made the necessary provision for liis voyage . He was brought to West _Bi-omwich on the following day . It is understood that his defalcations amount to a considerable sum .
A Charge of attempting to poison a Wive was heard on Wednesday , before the magistrates at Bristol . The accused , Henry Evans , is a carpenter bv trade , but with his wife , and a policeman and his wife , had been latterly taking charge of the new poor-houso in Clifton Wood . About six weeks ago the wife was confined , since which time she has been repeatedly seized with violent attacks of vomiting and purging . She was confined to hor bed , and her husband usually took her her food . On Sunday he cut her some slices of roast pork , but on looking at them she perceived that they were sprinkled over with a white powder . Upon tasting the meat , she did not like the flavour , and left it , and afterwards heaiw from a little girl that the husband
had taken the meat to a cup board , where he appeared to be sprinkling something over it , she mentioned the fact to the policeman ' s wife , who informed her husband , and the remains of thc slices were taken for examination to Mr . Hercpath , the analytical chemist , who , on applying the proper tests , found that the white powder was a corrosive salt of mercury , commonly sold as white precipitate . On searching thc prisoner ' s room some sugar of lead was found , and ho has been remanded for further examination . Melancholy Accident at Hartlepool Docks . — Mr . Vollum , the Mayor of Hartlepool , after enjoying the society of a few select friends at his own house on Thursday evening week , took a walk down
to the docks where , it is supposed , he fell over the quay within a quarter of an hour of leaving his own dwelling , as his hat was picked up floating in tho Victoria dock about half-past ten o ' clock , half an hour after he had loft home . The man who found the hat , not having any idea of any man having fallen into the water , took no particular notice of thc circumstances that night , but on the following day named it to several captains in the harbour , thinking they were the most likely parties to have lost it , but without learning any tidings of the owner ofit . The family of thc mayor did not say anj
thing about his absence , expecting he would soon reach his own home in safety , as he had on some previous occasions been from home for a day . However ,. after six o ' clock on Friday night , their feavs were excited , and no means were left untried to' learn what had become of him . In their inquiries , the account of the hat was communicated to them , which led to the discovery of the body of the unfortunato gentleman about ten o ' clock , near to the p lace where the hat was first seen floating . The deceased was in his thirty-eighth year , a widower himself , and has left a widowed mother to lament his untimely end . *
Durham . —FatalColliery Accident . —On Sunday last , an accident occurred at Pcmberton ' s pit , Monkwearmoutb , which resulted in the death of Mr . J . Elliot , overman . About five o ' clock , a . m ., Mr , Elliot and the deputy overman , Mr . J . Henderson , having occasion , to descend the shaft , entered the •¦ cage , " or descending apparatus , for that purpose . The machine is worked up and down by a steam engine , which was in the charge of a man named Currey . Unfortunately this person let the parties enter without there being sufficient steam to work the engine—indeed , ns transpired at the inquest , not even enough to raise the valve and lover without the weights . In consequence of this , and the rope being 320 fathoms in length and about five
tons in weight , with a counter-balance wheel and fourteen tons of chain ( the pit being 1 , 800 feet deep , the deepest shaft in the district ) , the cage was drawn up and down , entirely out ofthe engineman ' s control , and at last , going upwards , sprang from the grooves . Elliot was thrown upon the edge of the p it and fell thence down the shaft , at the bottom of which he was afterwards found literally dashed limb from limb by the fall . Henderson was more fortunate , having fallen on the bank of the p it . He escaped with some bruises . Currey , frightened at what had happened , ran away , but was apprehended , and is now in custody . An inquest was held on deceased on Monday , and adjourned till Thursday .
Dreadful Accident . —On Saturday last five men were employed at the foundry of Messrs . Kaye and Hirst , in Leeds-road , Huddersfield , and everything was prepared for casting a large beam , for some railway works , of several tons weight , when suddenly tbe cupola burst , scattering the molten matter on all around , and the five poor fellows were most horribly burnt and scalded . One of them was in such a dreadful state of agony , that he plunged into a reservoir to extinguish the fire . No blame appears to attach to any one . The poor sufferers were immediately conveyed to their homes , and medical aid instantly procured , and although some of them were at first considered in the greatest danger , at present they appear to be doing well , with every prospect of
recovery . Railway Accident . —On Monday morning last , about half-past seven o ' clock , a ballast-train arrived at the Ramsbottom station of the East Lancashire Railway . A green light , whieh indicated that the tram must stop at the station was exhibited at the signal-post , but the drivel- of the engine did not attend to the signal given ; tho consequence was , that the train proceeded past the station , until it came in contact with a gate connected with the hi gh road , which crosses the line near to the Ramsbottom station , and several waggons wore thrown oft the line , and dashed to pieces . A portion of a shed .
recently erected , was also knocked " down by the violence of the shock . One man had his thigh broken , and was conveyed to the Manchester Royal Infirmary , and another man was so severely injured , both externally and internally , that faint hopes are entertained of his recovery . ' He is declared to be unfit for removal by thc surgeon that attends him . When intelligence concerning tlie accident " reached Bury , Mr . Hacking , tho company's director , immediately went to Ramsbottom , to learn the particulars , and Thomas Boothb y , the engine-driver , and James Stirzaker , the fireman , were brought before the magistrates at Bury , the same day , but were remanded till Friday , in order to allow ' time for fur-
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ther investigation . Thc men were bound m thenown recognisances of £ 20 each , to appeal' on Friday to answer the charge . Scotland . —Slight Shock of Earthquake . —A correspondent of thc Dumfries Courier states that a slight shock of earthquake was felt in the centre of thc Stcwartry on Monday last . He was travelling from Lauriston , and when about a milo and a half from Glenlochar-bridge , at a quarter to eig ht a . m ., heard a rumbling sound , and felt a slight motion of the earth , as if a heavy carriage had " been rolling past . The noise apparently came from the west , and gradually died away towards the north . It continued , as nearly as could be calculated , for about the fifth part of a minute . Met a gentleman on the road who stated that he observed the same p henomenon .. He must have been two miles from our informant when the shock was felt . Several persons in the neighbourhood felt the same sensation at the same hour .
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Winter Emigration . —The emigration still conti-t nuos . On Saturday the barques Helen and Franccss left Waterford for New Orleans , with 170 emigrants *! From Cork and other parts emigrant ships are still . departing for America . Thk Cholera in Bklfast . —The Banner of Ulster of Friday thus reports : — " By the official report upp to 3 p . m . on yesterday , wc find that the number _offi cases , as well as deaths , has sensibly diminished _sincca our last publication . " The Lord Lieutenant , in delivering thc prizes tOJ tho successful pupils of the School of Fine Arts , ona Saturday last , took occasion to make a lengthy * speech , impressing the necessity of developing thea agricultural and industrial measures of the country ... Thf _. State Prosecutions . —Tho proceedings }! arising out ofthe state prosecutions still drag their . " slow length along . In the Quoen ' s Bench , on _Tucs--day , on the motion of the Attorney-General , thesi
argument on the application to admit Mr . Duffy tot bail was postponed to Thursday , in order to g ive the : learned gentleman time to read over the affidavits n put in on behalf of the prisoner . Meeting of Irish Members . —The meeting of the ) i Irish members of parliament on Tuesday was afailure . Mr . Fagan , who took the small trouble to i count heads , found only 105 p ersons present , out oi ' _i which no more than eleven were members of _parliament , and two of them came into the room after ' the resolutions had been passed . These were as I follows : — "That in order to give effect in parliament to any course of proceedings that may be \ agreed to by this meeting , we are of opinion it is essential the Irish representatives should , except when prevented by indisposition or by urgent private - ¦ business , attend in their places in the House of Commons from the opening of tho session to its close . —That we deem it essential for the interests of '
this country , in its present deplorable condition , that the Irish representatives * should , free from the influence of party connexions , cither support or oppose the measures of government , whether the Whig or Tory be in power , according as such support or opposition tends to the advantage of Ireland . " Murderous Attack on a Clergyman . —The Kil kenny Moderator says : — " Between one and two o ' clock on the morning of Friday week , a party ctf armed men attacked the residence of the Rev . Charles Hart , rector of AVhiteehurch , near Castletown , in this county . Mr Hart , upon hearing the noise which they made in endeavouring to force the doors and windows , proceeded down stairs and demanded what they wanted . They replied that they required arms , and threatened tliat if ho did not ; give them , they would burn the house . Findinz it
impossible to restrain them , the rev . gentleman left the hall , and had ascended n few . steps of the stairs , when a ball was fired through the door , which passed by the very spot in which he had stood a single minute previously . The party attempted to force in the door and windows but withont success , and fired nearly a dozen shots . Fortunately thc banditti were unable to effect an entrance , the house being too strong for tlieir efforts , and they retired without doing any serious injury . " Mr . Mitchel . —It appears that letters havo reached the government from Bermuda , describing the health of John Mitchel , thc convict , as exceedingly _jn-ccarious . It has , accordingly , been determined that he shall be removed to another colony , the climate of Bermuda being calculated to aggravate the symptoms ofthe disease he labours under .
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Incendiarism In Ulster.—Government Lvqi'...
Incendiarism in Ulster . —Government _Lvqi'ikt —Major Brownrigg _, Deputy Inspector-General of Constabulary , by direction of the government , has proceeded to the county of Down , to hold a general investigation respecting the alarming progress of the system of incendiary fires in parts of Down and Antrim . - Incendiary fires are increasing in Down and Antrim , under circumstances calculated to produce serious apprehension .
Female Heroism , —Thc Belfast News Letter of Friday , contains tho following extraordinary narrative , distinguished from all the preceding accounts of the proceedings of the incendiaries by a signal instance of female gallantry and heroism , for which it would be difficult to discover a parallel in modern times : ¦ — " On Wednesday evening , a farmer in respectable circumstances , Mr . Orr M'Veagh , residing at Ballylenaghan , in the vicinity of Newtonhreda , rather more than three miles and a half from this town , had seen , about ei g ht o'clock , two men , respectably dressed , in a field adjoining his stack-yard . His two daughters , Grace and Margaret , were with thoir father at tho time , these three individuals , with the servant , _comprisim * thc wholo of the family . Tho
eldest girl , Grace , a fine , handsome , high-spirited girl , at once challenged the men , asking them what they were doing there . One of the men replied , ' I bo <* pardon , we are watchmen , and are going in the direction of Knockbracken . You may go to bed , and feel quite safe , for we will keep watch for you . ' ' We cannot do that , ' said Grace M'Veagh , 'for wo , too , are paid for watching , and must remain . up . ' Her sister Margaret also said , ' We are much obliged to you , and we may probably go to bod by-and-by , since wc know that there is a watch out . ' However , suspecting the appearance and intentions of the fellows , the family did not go to bed , but continued maintaining an active and vigilant look-out until midnight , when tho father , feeling tired , went to
bed , leaving his daughters , who had armed themselves well , to watch thc premises . About one o ' clock , the' girls distinctly heard the sound of a jaunting-car coming along the Belfast and Saintfieldroad , and stopping nearly opposite M ' Vcagh _' s house , which is distant about fifteen perches from the road side . Miss M'Veagh at once remarked the circumstance , and said toner sister , ' What can these people be about at this time of night V ' I am afraid no good , ' was Margaret ' s reply ; and at once tho two poor , unprotected females prepared to face the danger , whatever it mi g ht be .. In the course of a few minutes , they heard a number of persons speaking together in an adjoining field . Breathless with attention and anxiety , they listened to the conversation , and , suddenly , they heard a cry from the party of ' Watch ! watch ! David Catherwood's and
David Musgrove s stacks arc m flames ! Miss M'Veagh instantly suspected this to be a ruse to withdraw them from tlieir watch , or to ascertain whether any watch was really being kept ; so the two girls never uttered a word , nor stirred a step from the spot where they stood concealed . Two of the party then approached tho stack-yard . One very large stack ot hay was so close to the ditch which divided the yard from the field , that it could be set on fire easily by a party standing in the latter , without crossing over into the stack-yard . The fellow who was foremost then took out a match-box , and proceeded to strike a li g ht , but he did not succeed . He next tried another , but with no better success . He then went into the ditch , pulled down an old harrow which was on the top of the hedge , and stood upon it , and proceeded to strike a number of matches at once . All these movements were
distinctly visible to the two trembling , but yet courageous , girls , from the place of their concealment ; and just as the ruffian was about to apply tho light he had at last succeedod in striking to thc haystack , Grace M'Yeagh exclaimed , " What is tin s ? what are you doing ? " The fellow made no reply , but drew back . Miss M'Veagh cried out' Stand * !' and immediately fired with the musket with which she was provided , and which was double charged with swan-drops , slugs , and small pebbles . The man instantly fell back" without uttering a groan . His comrade , who had left the rest of the party with him to fire the stack , then rushed forward " , crying , ' If the devil himself was there I would set it on fire ! ' As he came over towards thc stack
Margaret M'Veagh mot him full front , armed with an old yeomanry bayonet fastened at the end of a pole , and made several thrusts at his face , wounding him severely . He too , fell back , exclaiming , 'D -you , d you ; I will not leave a stapplc of thatch but I will burn ! ' The rest of the party , seven in number , then made a rush towards tlie young heroines , who still bravely stood their ground , and one of the miscreants discharged a pistol at Miss Veagh , just as , suspecting _fhis intention , she had drawn herself within the temporary cover wliich she had used for the purpose of keeping watch , but she was so near the shot , notwithstanding , and one of her hands is so deeply marked with the stain of tlie powder , that she has since been unable to wash
it out . The party then raised up their fallen comrades , one of whom must have been killed by the discharge of Mi . ss M'Veagh ' s musket , dragging the latter to a heap of stones , which lay a few yards distant , where they laid him down . Meanwhile , Miss M'Veagh , who still kept her position , cried out , * Stand , or I will fire again . I have a brace of pistols ! ' Hearing this , the entire party fled from the field , leaving the dead or dying man behind them on the heap of stones . At length , dreading the return of the ruffians—but not till this moment—did the two valiant girls , half fainting with fatigue and excitement , return to their house to rouse their father , who was still asleep . On getting up and learning the circumstances , Mr . _M-Veagli
sent a messenger to inform the police at New townbreda ; and constable Boyd , who was only just returned from patrolling the nei ghbourhood of Drumby , at once turned out his party and proceeded to the scene . Before the arrival of the police , however , Mr . M'Veagh , and some of the nei ghbours , who had assembled at the place , found a cap on the spot where the man whom Ms daughter had shot had fallen . It Is of a military style , with a high crown and deep peak , of blue cloth . It was perfectly riddled , apparently with rough pebbles , one o f which had passed through thc part where the end of the peak was stitched to the cloth , immediately over the left temple . Other slugs or pebbles had passed
through the crown . The inside of the cap was saturated with blood . Along with the cap were also found a quantity of lucifcr matches , a number of tho newly invented ' fire li ghts , ' and a razor in a case , perfectly new . Before , however , Mr . M'Veagh , or any of his family , had gone out of thc house a second time the incendiaries had contrived to remove the body of their associate . " State of the Country . —Tlie Limerick papers contain lists of outrages in various parts of that county , chiefly in the houghing and maiming of Gattle , and the plunder of sheep . There is also an extensive plunder of provisions on the Shannon .
The Leinster Express contains the following : " We understand that the magistrates at _Mountmcllick were engaged in investigating a conspiracy relative to Mr . Christopher Bailey , justice of the peace , both on Monday and Tuesday last , and that two persons have been fully committed ; one of them , Malachi Guinan , had been ejected from Lord Sidney Osborne ' s estate ( owing throe years' rent ) , and he solicited a cousin of his own to subscribe for tlie purpose of getting Mr . Bailey shot ; and Jolm Maughan , tailor of Mountmellick ( better known to the public as the ' embellisher of nature' ) , was the agent , either to commit the deed himself , or to get it perpetrated ; for the latter purpose he undertook a journey to Tipperary to get the loan of a ' boy' or two for the occasion . This conspiracy has caused considerable astonishment , as there cannot be a more justly popular gentleman than Mr .
Bailevand as an agent he is proverbially indulgent " Murder . —On Wednesday last , the 17 th inst . a man named John Johnston , a water-bailiff in ' the employment ofthe Irish Society , and also _a" * processscrrer , was murdered in the nei ghbourhood of Mo ville , county Donegal , under tho _following circum stances : —Johnston , who resided at Ture , noa * Muff county Donegal , had gone to Carnagarve , near Mo ' ville , to serve a writ on a man named Elkin ind having , about twelve or one o ' clock in the dav ' aimed within a few feet of Elkin ' _s house , he was fi , ed at from the inside , and no fewer than ten sW oV tered us hotl y . lis death , of course , was Xmt instantaneous , and an alarm having been given wc understand that , with tho exception of one of Elkin ' s sons and a servant man , who contrived to abscond all the inmates of tho house have been ™ _-S £ 1 An inquest was on Monday held on tho bodv of Johnston , but we have not heard the result * ts of
. _liih _^ m _L « noR .-Itis said that three ofthe Mate prisoners convicted of hi gh treason at Clonmel ( Messrs . Meagher , M'Manus , and _O'Donoghoe ) have determined to take no step for an appeal to the House of Lords . Mr . Smith O'Brien , if he obtain the requisite consent of the Crown , will , it _is said proceed with his writ of error . ' '
Destructive Fires. Thref, Fires In One H...
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . _Thref , Fires in one House . —On Saturday night last , shortly before ten o ' clock , the inhabitants of Park-road , Brixton , near London were alarmed by loud cries of "fire , " proceeding from the private residence of Mr . G . Augustini , No . 1 , Loughborough Cottages . In the course of a few minutes a number of tlie _neighbours , with tlie police , hastened to tho premises , when they found thc front parlour wrapped in flames . With the aid of plenty of water
the flames were extinguished in that portion of the house , when , to the surprise ofthe persons present , their attention was called to another fire burning in the kitchen , and before it could he subdued , they found that a third fire was raging in a cupboard under the stairs . Thc bri g ade authorities , in returning these fires to thc insurance offices , report the cause ns being "doubtful , " a term well understood by thc companies . Mr . Augustini was insured in the Phoenix Fire Office for the furniture and bnildin-r .
The Fire in New-square , Lincoln ' s Ins . — During Saturday week the work of clearing the ruins was continued , and towards the evening the firemen , under the direction of hoad engineer Loder , succeeded in turning up a parchment package , not in the least degree injured , which upon examination proved to be the title deeds of an estate , left in Messrs . Jones , Bennett , and Bateman ' s care , amounting to & 27 , 000 . A mortgage deed of £ 10 , 000 has also been recovered quite uninjured , and another of £ 12 , 000 , has been found in the ruins , together with a vast number of smaller amounts . The _whola of the original wills , also left with the same firm , have likewise boen recovered from the rubbish , and securities involving some thousand pounds' worth of property have been taken from the basement and ground floors , where they had fallen from the upper
part oi tne house . A great deal of plate , and other articles of value , have been found by tho parties while searching the ruins . _Extexsivk FntK ix the _Borough . —About two o ' clock on Wednesday morning a fire , attended with great loss , happened on the premises of Mr . Hogg , hat manufacturer , Latham-place , near St . George s Church . It originated in tho factory , over which was a sleeping-room and Mrs . Hogg having been awoke by the bed-room being filled with smoke , alarmed her husband . Escape at the bottom of the house was impossible , and they dropped from the first-floor window . At the back ofthe factory was a quantity of gunpowder , and the inhabitants of Latham-place , fearing an explosion ,- left their homes for safety ; but a plentiful supply of water was obtained , which onabled the firemen to confine the loss to the hat factory . The premises were insured _.
Fatal Fire " at Corshaj ' , Wiltshire . —A fire which destroyed a large amount of property , and , what is of far more consequence , the life of the owner , occurred at Corsham on Wednesday week . At about five o ' clock in the morning of that day , the premises of Mr . Spackman , who carried on a large business in the town , were found to be on fire , and the neighbours were first apprised of their danger by the cries of Mr . Spackman himself , who ran out of the house and gave the alarm . Having done so he went in doors , for the purpose ( it is supposed ) of saving his papers or other property . Thc premises were , however , by this time in flames , and the unfortunate man , in striving to escape , was suffocated in the passage . Tho hre now raged with fury , and many people were afraid to approach the burning mass from the dread of the gunpowder which was known to be kept under the roof ; this
was soon reached by tlie fire , " and exploded , the rep ort being heard for many miles , The destruction of the house was now complete , nothing but the bare walls being left standing . When the quantity of water poured on the ruins had in some measure cooled them , the body of Mr . Spackman was brought out from tho midst in a dreadfully burned state . The adjoining premises occupied by the Misses Sheil and Burinan were considerably damaged . Not a particle of Mr . Spademan ' s stock , which is estimated to havo been worth upwards of £ 4 , 000 , was saved . An inquest has been held on the body , and a verdict returned , "That the deceased died from suffocation arising from the smoke of an accidental fire on his premises . " Lincolnshire . —A fire , * believed to have been caused by an incendiary , occurred on Sunday last at Mr . J . Teesdale ' s , Frainpton-fen , which destroyed nearly £ 1 , 000 worth of property .
Ship Wrecks. The British Sloop Neva Was ...
SHIP WRECKS . The British sloop Neva was wrecked on the llth instant whilst endeavouring to enter the port of Granville , and six out of nine , of which her crew wa _« composed , unfortunatel y perished . The oaptain of the Passe-partout , of the Republican steam navy , seeing the danger to which the British sloop was exposed , dispatched a boat with seven picked men to ber assistance , but unfortunatel y the boat was upset , and five out of the seven were drowned . < 1 ' hk Goodwin Sands . —Vast quantities of wreck having been seen on the Goodwin , it is expected there has been a great loss on those terrible shoals . Some fishing nets have also beon discovered , packed in a similar manner to those used by the Yarmouth fishermen , and it is feared that one of these vessels , which generally carry a great number of hands , must have been lost in proceeding to thc fisheries off the Land ' s End .
Li.Orement In High Life.—A Paragraph Has...
Li _. orEMENT in High Life . —A _paragraph has gone the round of the papers lately detailing the particulars of the elopement and marriage of a young nobleman—a resident , it is said , of this neighbourhood ( Enville)—to a _voun-c woman of great personal attractions , but of humble rank in fife , whose parents reside at Cambrid ge , where the intimacy was formed some twelve or eighteen months since , while his lordship was pursuing his studies at that university . We believe that the uobliman referred to is the Earl of Stamford and
Warrington , and that thc youthful pair , after their marriage , proceeded to pass tho honeymoon in Italy The affair , as may be supposed , has been the occasion of much surmise and not a little animadversion ; but wo believe that the young lady is very amiable and accomplished , and that licr parents are respectable inhabitants of Cambridge , but lacking the gifts of rank ahd fortune , both of which have been now acquired by the _distmijuished alliance of one of the _g-y- ' _- _^ t of tbj _> a obility o _£ this country . _—LHrming-. I 'Wt
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 27, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27011849/page/6/
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