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Tils _Myansnocs _Axyg _* 95 A _kiim-GaaBiRo—Bradley , tfce letter earner , wbo was so inhumauly attacked in _Mitre-eonrt , Wood-street , is not _likel * to recover hia _reasoning faculties from tbe effects of tlie blow he r _& _eived W _>* _&* _W . Ha " , ed down to tue Post office on Saturday , and had an interT ' - « tr with Mr Peacock , the _solicitor , when ha _appeared to be _latrine Under complete unconscioustoss . The opinion ot the _PoiUffice authorities is , that a discarded bank clerk , or Post-office cler _* , wa « privy to the evidently pi « coneerted _attack npon Bradley , from the fact that no other _Bgng . _havekrown the contents of the bag B «{ _S" _™* The key with which tbe Mg _bwamea to cked the gate old stre _£ dmr key
_coaststsoftherustypipeof an to which is soldered a skeleton end , quite _«** . and _seeraingly made expressly for the lock . Inspector _Sfeackell , Seijeant Biennan . _aj d a number of the _detective _fon » , have been iuwughout the week in _* sH _* aHoftbi _* e men , whose _descriptiont Vhey ba te _teceived , but they hare hitherto eluded detection . Firs at thb _Wakbswobm DismtKar . —A fire broke out on Monday on the premises known aa tbe •• Wandsworth Distillery . " The exertions ofthe neighbours assisted materially in preventing the spread ofthe flames and in preserving tbe immense property . The _premisesaie very extensive , covering nearly seven _acres of ground . The flumes broke out in the most _dangerous part of them—via ., the still house ; and at one time threatened the destruction of the whole . It had become necessary to examine the still , and Uie spirit _whicii it contained had been
washed off abont half-past two o ' clock . On opening the " man-hole " a great quantity of gas rushed ont , ! and camein contact with a lighted candle held bv a man who stood at some yards distance . Ignition and explosion were the immediate consequences ; the man , whose name is Kearney , was rendered insensible for a few minutes , but received no injury . It will cost about £ 5000 to restore the property damaged . Ten engines arrived from London in less than an hoar after the outbreak . Mr Witney is _traderstotwl to be insured in the Sun , the Phmnix , and the Imperial office . Destructive Fire . —On Saturday morning , between three and ftiur o ' clock , the Blue Boar ' s Head Tavern , 114 . Long-acre , the property of Mr Drink--water , was discovered to be oa fire . Mr _Drinkwatei and family effected an escape by getting through tbe roof and passing along the coping to an adjoining bouse . Several _eneines were at the scene ot
conflagration w less than 20 minutes after the first disco very was made ; and copious streams of water _weie thrown npon the blazing pile . At one period the destruction of ths adjoiaing houses appeared certain , and the inmates commenced _removing their goods to a , more distant place of safety . The damace done is very considerable , and , besides the destruction of Mr _Drtnkwater ' swoperty _. alodgeriH the house hasalso lost abont £ 200 worth of goods , which waa uninsured . Two ofthe fireman were severely injured . Fatal Boat Accidkst . —On Saturday _evening , a cutter containing seven persons , _thronsh the _nnskilfaluess ofthe coxswain , came into violent collision -withone ofthe abutments of Westminster-bridge , and broke abont midships . Only five of the partv were saved ; two brothers , aged 18 and 25 . sons of Mr Carter , of 9 , South-row , Lambeth-walk , were drowned .
Em is the Phice op Bread . —On Monday , another fall of _$ d . in the price of _thel'b . loaf took place generally throughout the metropolis . Beat bread is now at Sid ., second-rate fid . Some bakers in WhitechapeJ , the Blackfriars-road , Westminster , & c _., only charge 7 d . the loaf , weighed on delivery , League bread ti ., and household bread 63 . Tbe Dagexham . Murder . _—Apprehension op Ser-GEAM , Paksoxs . —On Monday considerable excitement was created in the neighbourhood of Stepney , a rumour being circulated tbat Sergeant Parson' - , formerly ofthe K division , and for whose apprehension a reward bad bean offered by the government
( hs being concerned in the _charge of peijuiy , at the _inquest of the murdered man Clarke , conjointly with two _constables ofthe K division , named llickton and Kitnpton , who have recently been sentenced to transportation on tbat charge ) , was in custody . On _making inq-iries at the Thames police-station , _Arboreqnare _, Stepney , we found thc rumour of the apprehension of Parsons was perfectly correct , he _beinfT at that time lodged in the station-house , having been taken into custody and brought np from Lincolnshire in tbe charge _ofaseigeantof the £ division , and other constables . He will be conveyed to Ilford jail .
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La5cashire. Ths Fauna Frrer.—We Are Glad...
LA 5 CASHIRE . Ths Fauna FrreR . —We are glad to be able to notice an abatement both in the number of fever patients and the intensity of the _disorder , which now exists in a much milder form ; and the advantages of hospitable treatment are manifested in the larger proportion of recoveries . From the reports of the sanitary officers of police we see there are many cases in which personsill of fever have neither medical aid nor pecuniary relief , not having applied to the beard . In other cases individuals who have applied to the board and have been required to go into the workhouse . bave declined to do so . _nreferrins
_destitution in their miserable cellars . Tbere have been some few cases of exposure of fever patients turned out of loding-houses in _Wakefield-street , Little Ireland , and they have been removed in carte to ManchePter workhouse . About eight o ' clock on Monday evening last a boy , a _mere _^ _cbild of fiveyears , was found there , lying in the street , both his father and mother being in the fever hospital ; he had neither friend nor home . lie was conveyed to the , workhouse . Th . _ie are also cases of rhematic attacks j from damp cellars and of English cholera , reported . ! Gn ; _fc whole _^ bowever , the health ofthe town , ori ratl . er of its Irish immigrants _. isgreat ' y improved . — - ' Manchester Guardian .
Railway _Accmaxr . —Mkacolous Escape . —On Tuesday , the 20 tb , an accident occurred to one of the Manchester and Leeds trains , which might _^ ave been attended with frightful loss of life . The 4 h . 20 m . train from Leeds left that station at the usual time , with about forty passengers , and had proceeded as far a ? where the fine crosses the Donoaster-road , about three miles from Leeds , when a cloud of dust and the shaking of the carriages , with a sudden application uf the break , gave intimation to the passengers that all was not right , bat their real danger was not known until the train was stopped . On
getting out of the train it was found that the first axle of thc engine had broken abont three inches from the shoulder , and that five of the wheels were off the rails . Fortunately no one was hurt The train was on a high _embankment , and the wonder is that it was not dashed to pieces , for , on measuring the distance , it was ascertained from the marks made in the earth by the wheels , that the axle had broken upwards of 250 yards before tbe train was stopped . Another engine was obtained from Leeds _, and the _passengers forwarded after a delay ot about as hoar and a half .
A _FOBIUSK-TULIER _Kt DffPICOLTIBS . —At the Salford Police Court on Friday , before Mr Alderman Say , a man calliBg himself John Rhodes Anael , was placed ia the dock charged ah a rogue and vagabond , and practising the art of fortune-telling . On Tbuis ; ay last , it appears , the chief constable . Capt . Sbeppard , learned that a buxom widow , named Mary "Wrigley , had visited the honse of the prisoner , to ascertain whether or no she was likely to meet with a second husband , and having ascertained that , for the information then communicated , the prisoner had charged her Is ., the chief constable obtained a warrant for his apprehension . The same day , the warrant was placed in the hands of Inspector Taylor _, for execution , when be , accompanied by another
officer , went tothe prisoner ' s honse , No . 3 , _Ilalraestreet , Oldfield-road _, behind the Crescent . On first entering the house , the officers were inclined to believe they had made some mistake , as the place bore tbe appearance at first sight of a medical man ' s surgery- A little inquiry , however , soonconvinced them tbey were in the right , as it turned out , that in addit ion to his business as a fortune-teller , he practised _extensively as a "herb doctor . " In tbe lower room of the house , they found the prisoner ' s wife in conversation with two respectably dressed ladies , who , as it appeared , were waiting to have their fortunes told . On proceeding up stairs to the chamber ef the " weird man , " they found him in deep consultation with another lady , who was there on a similar errand ,
and he manifested considerable impatience , at being eoinopportunely disturbed . The officers commenced a regular _search of the house , and were rewarded by finding some very curious articles . Amongst other thin-a , thej picked up a huge slate , on which was engraved a representation of the whole planetary system with a moving brass dial used in ruling the planets , and casting horoscopes , and solving questions , which would puzzle the most learned astronomers . There were also _tnagicglasHa of most portentous appearance , besides _manu cripfc books nuiu * teiligibletoany one . save the writer , and copies of White ' s _Ephemeris , Zadkiei ' s Almanack , Lilly ' s _Astrology , & . & e . 'Che fedow was committed to hard _labour for one month . _ . _
_LirPxct- 'Bi or ? disE _8 AS » Coij-ebibs . —MrIIall , of Preston , _unjes ihe appointment of government inspectors of mines aud _colleries , from whieh he says a saving of fifty _ner cent , in life and property would result . He assarts that " ono of the greatest evils practised in the coal districts ofthe north is that of _extendiusth _? workings in ail directions two or three __ miles without auking additional shafts . Ninety-nine out of every hundred of the _casaalities resale fr . _im the . economical system of working the pits to a _prspasterons extent in connexion with only © no abaft fur both up and down casts . In the St Hilda , the _Jaiww , and other collieries , the great distances the men had to travel afterthe explosion was the cause of death . Let masters ( lie continues ) , only do justice by instituting a mire perfect system f ventilation , and the _carelessness of workmen will W baser he the cause of these fearful explosions . " '
La5cashire. Ths Fauna Frrer.—We Are Glad...
_tORKSHIBB . _bcsHsnss Festival : _^ The town of T _^ _j _, _^ last week theseene of one of those lnte _^ _-jj- _^ _j , ings which , though somewhat _corcjflfe ( 0 B | _tmaller _sgale ) ia _anwent- days , are B 6 « of trio rare occurence . AS _entertatnmentwasgwenat ttneRa _^ ay p 8 Un ( Jry , by _xMessrs E . B . Wilson aud _C _., tfce proprietors , to c elebrate the _opemn « of an extensive new building , 210 feet long , which the- ; have J t added to their form er works , to * the b _» . ting « p and finishing of locomotive engines , AU the _workmen , 600 in number , and the _wnes of _v- . _ose whe are married , were invited to a supper and ball , alsrge number of ladies and gentlemen , _fritnds of tie firo . or connected with tha railway _wwld , being also invited . Upwards of 1600 persons attended , _iccludiDg the Mayor of Leeds , the
master cutler of Sheffield , and a number of the leading inhabitants oi ? Leeds and neighbourhood . The building was fitted up and decorated in a tasteful manner , and the repast was served in capital style , music playing and cannon firing the while . After dinner anumbeff appropriate toasts and sentiments were drank , aod the tables werecleared away to enable the company to enjoy the sprightly dance , which was kept up to a late hour . Ths _Mnffiain Mubbbrb . —The persons accused of these murders are kept in custody , and the charges postponed till next assizes , for the purpose of procuring additional evidence , that tendered at the late assizes not being sufficiently conclusive .
_^ udo en Death at ar Election Mkbiiso . —A correspondent informs us that the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Sir Charles Wood , Bart ., arrived at Halifax on Monday , to prosecute his canvass for that borough ; and tbat iu the forenoon of that day he was to address the electors assembled . Mr Ed . Ackroyd . one ofthe _leading members of his committee , was appointed to introduce the right honourable gentleman , and aa he was in the act of doing so , he was seized with a sudden difficulty of speech , fell down , and ezoired in a few minutes . The event bas thrown a gloom over the borough as Mr Ackroyd was much respected .
nDBHAU . Sportixq bt Sieau . —A race between the Scottish Maid and Harvest Home steam boats , for £ 25 a aide , came off last week at sea , from the Herd buoy at the month of the Tyne to the bnoy of Sunderland barand baok , a distance of about 13 miles . As this was the first set match between two Tyne boats , considerable interest was excited , which was increased by the fact , that , independent ef the wager , it was a trial of the capabilities of the builders and engine makers of the respective boats . The boats were alike in size , with 25-inch cylinders to the engines , equal to about 22-horse power . The Harvest Home had the call in
the betting at 5 to i . They went off with considerable swiftness , leaving all the other boats behind , some of them 40-horse power , but kept together for only a short distance , when the Scottish Maid began slowly , but perceptibly , to creep a head . This state otthings continued for nearly the whole distance ; the Harvest Home , from being finer in the bottom , was not so well adapted for sea ronningas her competitor , which was bolder built . After a gallant run the Scottish Maid came back a winner by about half a mile . The distance was gone aver ia 1 hour and 12 minutes . There was a great deal of spirit in the betting , and considerable sums changed hands .
warwickshire . Alleged death ov a Child ibou Chimin al Assault —An inquest was held at tbe Grand Turk , Ludgatehill , Birmingham , on the body of a girl , eight years of age , whose death was alleged to have taken place in consequence of a criminal assault committed on her person by an Irish labourer , named Martin Ilogan . From the evidence of the mother ef deceased , it appeared that she had sent her out for some ale , and that she did not come back until nearly three-quarters of an hotirhad elapsed , when onehalf of the ale was gone , and she appeared very ill , and said she bad been knocked down , and kicked on the back by an Irishman . She shortly afterwards ¦ went up stairs to bed , but could not sleep during the
w » ht , crying frequently , and she continued in & very distressed state during the whole of the nest day , in the course of which she reluctantly made a statement to her mother , by which she implicated Martin _Uosan , as the cause of her _illness , and he was _accatdmgl ? taken into custody . She continued in the same state until shedied . A post mortem examination was made , and _firom the appearances , not the least trace was observable of any violence having been used towards her . The coroner having directed the attention of the jury to the fact that there was nothing to show that the deceased had come by her death from other than natural causes , a verdict to that effect was returned . The prisoner , Ilogan , was then discharged .
GLOUCESTERSHIRE , _Sebiocs Cass of Poisoning a Ship ' s Chew . —A frightful occurrence took place on board the Achilles , of Newcastle , lying at Gloucester , last week . A new cook , a black , bad been received on board , proceeded to make sonp for dinner . Most unhappily and most reprehensibly , a jar of arsenic had been left in the lazaret , and the cook , mistaking this for flour , used a handful of it to thicken the soup , of wbich , when prepared , the cook himself , the mate , the carpenter , the captain ' s child , and a nurse girl , partoek . A Custom-house officer on board tasted the soup , but not liking it . refused it . The other five were speedily taken alarmingly ill . The nurse and child were soon placed out of danger by the prompt and energetic remedies , but the three seamen were fer some time considered in extreme danger .
SUFFOLK . A tablet has been placed during the past week on one ofthe ruined pillars of the Abbey Church , Bury , ia the grounds at Mr Maskett , bearing the following inscription : —Near this spot , on the 20 th of Nov . _mber , a . b . 1315 . Cardinal Langton and the Barons swore at St Edmund ' s Altar that tbey would obtain from King John the ratification of Magna Charta .
kesi . Military Outrage at Chatham—A most deperate affray took place on the Military-road , Chatham , on Sunday evening , between a large party of the 62 nd and 10 th Regiments . The quarrel arose , in the first instance , between a corporal of the 62 nd and a private ofthe lOtb , in consequence , it is supposed , of some heart-burning between the two corps relative to the manner in which the 62 nd is said to have conducted themselves at the battle of Moodkee . It is said that not less than from 800 to 1 , 000 men were engaged in this affray , and one man , named Allison , a private in the 60 th Rifles , whilst on duty at tbe main guard , was knocked down by the rush of soldiers from the barracks , and had his skull so severely fractured that bis life is in danger . Several others were also severely wounded . The affray was only suppressed by the timely arrival of several strong picquets , aided by the civil power .
Sxeam-Boax ComswH os ibb Hivsr . —Ou Tuesday another collision , attended with the loss of a leg to one of the passengers , took place near the _Rosherville Pier , between the Sapphire , Diamond Company ' s packet , and the Sons of the Thames steampacket , plying between London and _Sheeraess , and touching at that pier . It appears that the two boats on their way down and approaching the pier about twelve o ' clock , were competing each to reach it first . The Sapphire was the outer boat , ami she endeavoured to get ahead and to cross the other ' s bow so as to _anticipate her _reaching the pier . The paddleboxes of both came first in contact , but the Sapphire being the most powerful of the two , the Sons of the Thames was compelled to give way a little . The
trial of strength and celerity continued , and the Sapphire as they closed the pier , gained about half a length ahead of ber competitor , and then made an attempt to turn her bow and cut her off from the pier barge , which both were fast approaehing . In tbis bold attempt the paddle-box of the Sapphire came in collision with the bow of the Sons of the Thames with a terrible shock , and both vessels became entangled with each other . The damage done to either was , however , of trifling import , but unfortunately not so the injury done to a gentleman ofthe name of _Cstlln , of _Chandoa-street , Bedford-Street , London , who happened to be on the fore deck of the Sons ofthe Thames at the time ofthe second collision . When the first contact of the vessels took place , Mr Catlin advised his wife and a friend ef
his , who were with him , to move aft , as he feared some bad work wonld be the result of the struggle ofthe vessels to anticipate each other in reaching the pier . They did aa be advised , and he was preparing to follow them when the second collision took place , and he was thrown prostrate , something at tbe same moment coming in contact with and breaking his leg below the knee , and , as subsequently appeared , crushing the foot and ankle _boi « B to _splinters . The sufferer was landed on the Terrace-pier , and removed to Mr Woodgate ' s Hotel , Windmill-Street , where Mr Gramshaw , the surgeon who amputated the leg of the young man ( Moore ) who suffered in the late collision between the Satellite and the Eclipse , attended and performed the same necessary , but melancholy duty for Mr Catlin , by removing the leg a little below the knee .
DEV 0 K 8 HIEE . _^ Nobihhmjos . —A case of accidental death has ocearrediu this village during the last week under circumstances of a peculiarly awful nature . On Friday night , or early on Saturday morning , a woman in decent circumstances , dressed in _disguise , having an empty sack in her hand , made an attempt to enter the corn-mill of Mr Ley , situate is this town . She had been seen in the village about eleven o ' clock at night , respectably attired ; but nothing farther appears to be known of her until the next morning 'Saturday ) soon after five o ' clock , wben the miller ' s man entered the mill , and his attention was
immediately attracted to a pair of shoes lying by the wheel ; on looking more narrowly , he was terrified at observing , between the inner wheel of the mill and the wall , but so tightly that it required the assistance of nine men to lift the wheel before tbe remains could be extricated . The body waa at length got out , and proved to be that of a woman , named Westoci'tt , aged 55 , wife of a decent man in the village , a schoolmaster ; her neck was broken , her person fearfully torn and _mulilated / aud she must have been dead for several hours . It appeared that the miller had latterly missed corn from his mill on several ooeasicne , and had watched a ftw nkhts previ-
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ously , but without detecting the depredators . There is an aperture above the _axte of the water-wheel , through which the entrance must hare been made ( although apparently too small for any grownup pei > ' sons to get through ); and ,, therefore , on the Wjht in question , he left the mill-wheel slowly turning to prevent _theaocess ofthe _thfcvea . However , through this opening the woman ventured to enter , and in the attempt came , to her untimely aud ignominious end . She was a person of respectable connexions , but her character for honesty had long been suspected . An inquest was held on the body before Mr John Henry Toller , coroner , and a verdict returned of " Found dead between the wheel and the wall . "
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SUNDEC . Brbaofoi . _RiitWAT AccWEitr . —Jnly 22 . —Thia town was thrown iuto a state of great excitement by the report of a dreadful accident on the Dundee and Perth Railway , whioh occurred this forenoon , As the train from Perth , which _should have arrived in _Dundeeabout eleven o ' clock this forenoon , had not arrived at or near the usual time , an express _wae despatched from the Dundee station to learn the cause of the delay . It appears that about fire miles irom Dundee one of the lines of railway had sunk considerably , and on the train arriving at that place tbe engine had run off the rails , and the luggagewaggon ( which . was next after the engine ) , together with two passenger carriages , had been , by the force
of the concussion , broken into pieces ; indeed , the two passenger carriages were pitched into the luggage carriage . One person , named Cargill , a farmer , from the neighbourhood of Newcastle , and who had been on a visit to some friends in this locality , ia dead . Another person , named Stobin , lies insensible , and no hopes are entertained of his recovery . Sixother persons are said to be hart mere or less seriously . The Dundee and Perth line was opened little or more than two months ago . So far as can be learned , no blame can be attached to the engine-driver or to any of the company's servants . Probably the embankments have not had proper time to consolidate , and a heavy rain , wbich fell in the course _oflast night and early this morning , may have contributed to the depression of the rails and embankment ,- and thus have led to the deplorable accident whion has unfortunately occurred .
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THB _HARVKST—POTATO CROP . The correspondent of the _Horning Chronicle says , —The potato disease , beyond all question , is extending , slowly , however , and partially . It is the disease of last year , but in a much more mitigated form . Fortunately , the early potatoes were grown before the blight came on , and there are now considerable supplies of them at market in all parts of the country : They will afford a seasonable relief , but it would be utter infatuation to place the slightest reliance upon the late crop aa a source of food for the winter and spring . As a staple food for millions of our population , the potato cannot any longer be counted upon , and to meet this social revolution some other mode of sustaining the people must be devised . The grain crops are progressing very favourably , but there are partial exceptions respecting wheat .
STATE OF THB COUHTRT . The country papers to-day speak of the condition of the country in terms of hope and cheerfulness . The harveat prospects are very good , and they have been crowned within the last day or two by a genial rain which fell for several hours unaccompanied by wind , saturating the parched earth , and stimulating the growth , as well as maturing the produce of tbe soil . With the exception of the " extermination " referred to below , the journals do not contain a single record of crime .
WHOLESALE _EXTERMINATION AT CHARLEVILI / B . The Limerick and Clare Examiner gives the detail from its special correspondent of one of tbe most harrowing scenes of extermination we remember to have read of , even in this unhappy land , where our noble peasantry are wont to be treated rather as pestiferous vermin than as those for whom God created the soil , and whose labour , under his blessing , imparts its luxurious fertility . The extermination is sail to bave taken place on the property of the Earl of Cork , and in his name : — Charlevllle , _July 28 .
" I went without delay' to the old _Cork-road , or Glen , the scene of eviction . This is , or rather wan , a suburban hamlet , leading from the main street of Charleville . There were fifty-eight bouses in it . Tbere are forty thrown down , and _eighteeu to be . The land upon wbicb these bouses wers built was held by Miss Anster ( sister to Br Anster , the gifted translator of Faust ) under the Earl of Cork . Either ber term expired , or she surrendered the holding , and thereupon ejectments were served npon all tbe holders on tbe part of the Earl of Curie . On the first day of April they were all served , and on the 13 th of July ( this month ) the sub-sheriff of Cork , aided by the military and police force , proceeded to txecute . as I went along to view the work of desolation , tlie first object tbat attracted my attention was the roofless shells of many tenements on _oae side of the road , snd temporary huts raised witb wattle * and old
pieces of timber , thinly covered with sooty straw whh which the demolished _houserbad been thatched , on the other . In these huts , unfit for swine , I saw many feverstricken ereatures lying on a little discoloured straw , withont hardly a _veitige ot bed ov covering . T ' nero ( said one of those who accompanied me ) is a poor woman recovering from fever , whose mother I saw fall from weakness and disease when she was about to reach a cup of water to tbe lips of her daughter . ' ' And tbere ( said anotber eagerly ) is the house where the widow Itttily , afraid tbat if she did not obey sho would not get the roofing materials as the usual gift in such cases , was forced to go up on the roof of her own house to tear off the thatch with her own unwilling hands . '' And see ( said a third ) in that shell is James Thomas , with bis wife and child lying down in fever , without any friend or relative to assist them or take care of them in anyway whatever .
THE CASE OP THB LUNATIC . In one of the dilapidated dwelling ? , a person named William Lyons resided under the care and protection of bis brother ; the former was a lunatic for fourteen years . When the vengeance of the law waa exhausted upon the house , the poor fellow wandered in melancholy about the country , "away from the haunts of men , " - coming occasionally in the evening to look upon the spot of bis birth and his affections . It was a tad _atovy—and the brother , who loved the maniac the mere because of his calamitous visitation , said to met with tears , " 1 didn't care so , much , sir , about myself , only lor him , * * . " At the turn of the road a little way down from the ruined hamlet is the
_CUCRCBTARD OP _BAU . Y 8 AIAT . This last resting-place is well inclosed , and neatly planted . Within the enclosure there are many flit tombstones , and _grasa covered graves ; and here the evicted families , numbering nearly four hundred , took shelter , and for four consecutive nights slept under the canopy of heaven , huddled together , "God tempering the wind to the shorn lamb . " The total number of persons thus driven from bouse andhome is nearly 400 , of whom 100 were , or are , suffering from fevtr .
_CUKHBfe—MUBDBB OP A _POUCE-CONSTABLE . August 23 rd . —The trial of Thomas Ryan ( Rody ) and Michael Ryan ( Goster ) , for the murder of Sub-Constable Crowley , on the 21 st of January last , occupied the court nearly tbe entire day . It will be recollected that , on the _occasion alluded to , an attack was made on Mr Wayiand , pay clerk under the Board of Works , as he was proceeding on a car , accompanied by two policemen , oh his way to Cappawhite , to pay the workmen at that place , and that
in the conflict one of the policemen lost his life . After the examination of witnesses , including an approver named Patrick Ryan ( Waller ) , Mr Rolleston addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoners , and commented in indignant terms on the conduct of the approver , whom he said was the ruffian who , in his opinion , actually shot the deceased , and now added the crime of perjury to that of murder , and wanted to sacrifice the lives of the two prisoners at the bar , to save his own neck from tbe rope which he intended for tbem . *
Thejury returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners . On Saturday the prisoners were brought into court to receive sentence , which was death b ) tho hangman , on Friday the 24 th of September next . Prisoners : Thank you , my lord . The unfortunate men , who were quite unmoved , then retired from the dock , and in a short time after tke learned judge desired the governor of the gaol to have tbem again placed at tbe bar , wbich having been complied with , he Baid : — " I have sent for you to say tbat I have given you a long day , to prepare yourselves to meet your God . You gave your victim no time to prepare . 1 hope you will make the most of tbe time between this and the day ef execution , which I have before mentioned . " Ryan ( Goster ) : We are dying innocent , thank
God . Ryan ( Rody ) : We are dying innocent . Repeal Association . —TIub body , which appears to be gaining new strength , held its weekly meetin _<» on Monday . Several gentlemen who have either been absent for a considerable time from , or never attended in Conciliation-hall , before , ware present . Amongst the former were Captain Broderick Mr J . A . _O'Niell , to . ; Mr J . Collett , lateM . P ., for Athlone , was the most prominent of the latter . Captain Broderick took the chair . The usual speeches were made . Mr MaHrice O'Connell expressed bis apprelionston that no Repeal candidate would stand for Dublin ; but it was the determination ofthe committee to start a candidate for Dungarvon in opposition to thoRightllon . il L . Shell .
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GUILDHALL . _Application _ksmchnq _Societies , —a hard-working man applied for advice and assistance on a subject which was of great importance to him and a number ol the poorer classes who subscribe to building societies . He stated thathe was a member of a building society , and hnd contributed to it _£ 2 S , There was a clause in the rules of the society which gave members the power to withdraw the amount the ; had paid in , and bis means becoming somewhat straitened , he was compelled to give the usual notic & for the rstarn of the £ 18 . The soeiety declined to do it , and finding tbat they were continuing to advance out the capital , he ,
with several others , again demanded the return of their deposits . Tbey _becdod net tbeir requests , and his circumstances becoming exceedingly reduced , so much so tbat bis goods had been distrained upon for rent , he was compelled to seek the aid of the magistrates to get back that , which belonged to bim , and which he so much needed . Mr Alderman GibbsoBked If there was an _arbltratlon clause _. in tke roles ! The defendant said tbere was . It had been referred to arbitration , and It had been decided that the society bad tbe option to advance tho capital or return it . Ur Alderman Gibbs said be was afraid he could not assist him . If he desired again to refer It to arbitration , the _prsvioaB decision might only be confirmed , and he would be putting himself to an expense without effecting the least good . Chadwlck
WORSHIP-STREET— Bigaht . —Wm . , a brute , was charged with having feloniously intermarried with Harriett Anderson , his first wife _Bebecca Chadwick , being still living . Mary Ann Lucas deposed that she was present at the marriage of her duughter with the prisoner , which was solemnized at Hackney Church , on the 12 th of November , 1839 . tbe parties continued to live together , but oh very unhappy terms , until about two years ago , when ths prisoner suddenly deserted her daughter , after selling off the whole of their offsets , and BOtbing had been _einceseen of hiin _. until they ascertained that ho had been taken into custody . Harriet Andcr T son , a _delicete-looking young woman , who _appeared painfully agitated , whilst giving ber evidenco , stated that she had been acquainted about eighteen months with the prisoner , who represented himself as a single man , and
professed tbe most ardent attachment towards her , and after a short courtship , they were last summer married at Greenwich . They had only been a short time united when tbe prisoner tauntingly told her that he had a _formed wife still living , and tbat his marringe with her was a mere nullity . In consequence of his constant harshness and _cruelty she was compelled to leave him . Oh the preceding ev & ning he succeeded in discovering ber , and , _# fter conducting himself , in the most outrageous manner , declared tbat he would smash everything in the place . She _reluctantly gave bim into custody . It was far from her wish te proceed any farther In the matter , and she implored tho magistrate to consent to the prisoner ' s discharge , and permit her to abandon the prosecution . Ur Broughton said thathe could not for a moment listen to such an application ; it was bis duty to commit bim for trial .
William Sheen , the man who acquired so much notoriety some years siuce by cutting off the head of his child , from which charge he was liberated by _thejudges upon a technical informality , was placed at the bar be * fore Mr . _Hammill , charged with cutting and wounding a woman , named Mary Anne Sullivan , with whom he had cohabited , with intent to murder her . When the case was called on , it was intimated to Mr Hammill that tbe prosecutrix was not in court , and that upon her quitting the hospital , to whieh she was carried , she bad expressed tbe roost positive determination not to appear against tbe prisoner , or to carry tbe ease any further , Thu magistrate , however , said tbat her appearance was indispensable , and forthwith issued a summons witb imperative injunctions to the constable to procure her
attendance , and the poor woman was shortly after supported into court . The prosecutrix , who appeared to bave been seriously injured , and was in such a state of debility that she was allowed ta be seated throughout tbe examination , then stated , that she had been living with the prisoner as bis wife for tbe last eighteen years , and that during nearly the whole of that time she bad been subject to such constant _illusages , that on several occasions she had been an inmate of different hospitals from the effects of bis brutality . On the preceding evening she accompanied him to the bouse of his brother in _YTentwortb-street , Whitechapel , one of those children had been that day christened , and while on their return home somo angry words ensued between them , which lasted until they reached their own house , when , the in
stant they had entered the passage , the prisoner tamed ferociously upon her , and declaring witb an oath that he bad at length got what he had long wanted and wished for , dre _< v out a white handled clasp-knife , which he deliberately opened , and seiring her by tbe hair of her head , made a desperate attempt to stab her in the throat . A violent struggle ensued between thorn , in tbe course of whieh she raised her arm to protect her neck , and while warding off the blow , received a severe _gnsb in the left hand , one ofthe fingers of which waB cut to tbe bone . Oa finding himself foiled in his object , the prisoner struck ber a terrible blow in the face with his fist , which knocked her down , and while lying upon the ground continued kicking her until sho was totally insensible , in wbich state she nae afterwards discovered by
a policeman , who carried her to the hospital , where her injuries were dressed , but she bad since been very faint and ill from loss ot blood . The evidence ofthe constable and tho surgeon to tho London Hospital proved the serious nature of the attack . When called upon for his defence , tbe prisoner denied having used a knife at all upon the occasion , and said that he was induced a short time hack to make over bis property , consisting of four houBCE and a large quantity of household furniture , to the _protecutrix , but that in consequence of her constantly afterwards abusing bim , and _threatening that she would get some one who would be his master , he had considered
it right to alter that disposition and settle his propert ; upon some one else , _ond _tbatthe revenge and indignation of the prosecutrix ever since that transfer bad been so great tbat she bad trumped up tbis charge against him tor the purpose of getting rid of biro—a threat to wbicb effect , and to do him all the injury she could , she had held out to him so lately even as the preceding evening . Mr Hammill expressed his intention to send the case for tbe consideration of a jury , directed the depositions of tbe witnesses to be taken , and they having been com . pleted by Mr Vine , the chief clerk , the prisoner , who displayed a coolness almost amounting to indifference throughout , was removed to Newgate in the van .
_Bsotai Assault . —A powerful fellow , named Thos , Belstey _, was char £ « d with a brutal assault up « n a married woman , named Catherine Shannon , living in Devonshire-street , _Bishopsgate . The complainant , whose face was terribly swollen , bruised , and cut , stated , tbat upon entering a public house in Shoreditch on the previous night ( Monday ) in the _coaipany of her husband , to procure some refreshment , she found , the prisoner and a woman , named Locock , standing at the bar _togethir , the latter of whom , Without any provocation on her part , loaded her with the foulest abuse , and then com . menced a violent attack upon ber , while protecting herself from whicii she was flung to the ground by tbe other woman , and as soon as sbe bad fallen tbe _prisonor , to whom she bad not even spoken , run furiously up to
her , and , exclaiming with an oath that be would Wok her eyes out , dealt her such a ferocious kick upon Ibe forehead just over the left eye , that her dress was instantly covered with blood , and sbe was reduced to insensibility . Several persons present , upon witnessing the blow , interposed for her protection , and , tbe police having been called in , the prisoner was given into custody and conveyed to the station , while sbe was assisted to her own residence , where she bad been very sick and ill ever since , A man , named Matthews , who rescued the complainant from further ill-usnge , and Few , a constable of the H division , corroborated the preceding statement in its leading particulars , described the attack by the prisoner as unprovoked and brutal in the extreme , and one expressed his surprise tbat the woman had escaped so furtunately even as she had , the prisoner having on a very heavy pair of boots , the toes of which were covered with plates of iron , When called upon for
bis defence , tbe prisoner said that a dispute' had arisen between tbe compluinant and the woman who was in his company , and ( hat au unjustifiable assault having been made by tbe former upon tbo latter , be had interfered to separate l . Uem , and might bave behaved rather roughly towards Shannon , but he denied most positively tbat he bad cither struck or kicked her . The complainant wished for a summary adjudication on tho case as sbe could spare neither tho time nor the expense of carrying it elsewhere ; and Mr Hammill , who commented in terms of severe reprehension on _thtt prisoner ' s brutality , and told him that it was only out of consideration for the complainant herself that he did not send him to answer the charge at the sessions , _sentencod him to pay thi ; highest amount of penalty it was in his power to inflict , namely , £ 5 , or , in default of so doing , to stand committed to the House of Correction for two months , Tbe fine not being paid , the prisoner was removed in the
vafl . _SODTHWARK . —William Haines , a tall , powerful man , a navigator , was charged with committing a most ruffianly assault on Mary _CusUu _, a _joung girl _fauttm years of age , by giving ber a kick in the lower part of the abdomen , by which her life is endangered . William Somerville stated , that on the preceding afternoon , as he was standing at his door in Mint-street , Southwark , he observed tho prisoner leading n drunken woman along tbe street . They were followed by a number of young persons , boys and girls , some of whom were laughiog at the spectacle of ono of tbe female sex disgracing herself by getting into such a state . Amongst thoso who witnessed the exhibition was a girl fourteen years of & g « , who was at least a dosen yards in the rear , All of a sudden t ' _-: e prisoner dropped his drunken charge on the
ground , and , rushing towards the girl , gavo her a most violent kick in the lower part of the abdomen having on his feet at tbe time a pair of exceedingly thick hob . _nailed-shoes , such as aro usually worn by mien following his occupation . Tho moment the unfortunate girl received the kick sho fell to the ground—ns tho witness ex . pressed it—as if she was shot ; and her cowardly , _assaitant ran away , leaving the woman whom he was ure viously leading along to her fate . Witness , on bohoiaiini the cruel , act of the ruffian towards the poor ski hastened to her _aaaistauce , and lifted her up in his arms ' while the blood flowed dowa her _sioekiugs , Sho an * _, p _^ ared tobe iu great agony , exclaimed that she was dying , and in that condition _fce carried her to thahwuo ofber parents where she Wal promptl y attended by a _?^!^ ,,, tt ,, d ? B ,,,, 0 M ,, and 8 8 he *« Mto « UiMl from whom a certificate was produced for the ma-is-
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trate's inspection , describing the dangerous nature o tbe injury inflicted on the patient , and . statin _? that at present she was in a very precarious condition ahd totally unable to attend the court to give evidence against the prisoner . The prisoner , who _mewly denied Ihe charge , was remanded with the assurance that whatever might be the result he would be _severtly punished , , MANSION-HOUSE . — Momm Footpads . — John M'Carthy was charged with hovingplcked a gentleman's pocket . The prisoner and another , man had , It appeared , been seen walking together over _London-bridge , by policeman Ptacoek , who having some knowledge of them both as active operators in a crowd , looked after them rather sharply . They turned round to him ,
_npparently offended at the manner in which he recognised tbem , and the prisoner said— "Why , you seem to look at us as though you thought we were thieves and rob . bers " The officer replied— "You bad better move away from tbis as soon as possible , or as fure aa you live you will be passed by me into tbe _station-honso , " They both walked on ; but as soon as they had reached tho Surrey side of the bridge they rapidly exchanged coats and hats , and returned to the City with perfect confidence . The . prisoner soon began to apply himself to business , and very , artistically got possession of a gentleman * 6 silk handkerchief , which he was handing over to his companion , when ayoung fellow who observed the movement gave notice of it to the owner . The pri . soner , finding that , tbere was a certain , impediment to
the " free trade" he was pursuing , dropped the handkerchief , let fly his fist into the face of tbe lad who _obstructed the dealing , knocked him flat , and endeavoured te follow his partner , but was caught by Peacock , nnd lugged off to the station-house , where all the necessary evidence wag prodaeed against him . The prisoner said tbe whole statement was a fabrication , with the exception of that part of it in wbich . he was described as having struck a blow . H-. certainly had knocked _dova the fellow < nb * said be bad committed a robbery , and be weuld tmt any other man to the same sort of entertainment if he received-similar provocation . The policeman said be
could bear testimony to the . readiness with which the prisoner was disposed to _usehii fists , as tbe prisoner bad endeavoured to pay him the compliment of a knockdown blow also , but was rather _disappointed . The prisoner was committed . rfor trial . It would appear from the resolute and . scientific resistance which the City thieves have been of late in the habit of making to the efforts of tbe police to put down their railing , that they were adding the . accomplishments of tbe _long-dcierted " ring" to their utual occupation , fer in almost every instance in which a thief is seized in tbe practice of bis trade he bits out right and left for victory , and is , not unfrequently successful .
Assault bt A Clbioimam . —Tbe Rev . Ridley Bray , clergyman of theestablisbed church , residing at No . 7 , Manchester-street , _Hanchester-iquare , wbo . gave the fiotltious name of John Smith , was charged with improperly assaulting several females in Parliament-street and Whitehall , The constable stated that about eight o'clock in the evening be saw the prisoner going up _Parlisment-street towards _Charlng-cross , whan he drove himself in a lude manner against five females who were passing . The prisoner said as none of the females bad come forward to prefer any complaint he considered tbat the officer waa over zealous in his duty , Interfering witb him for what had happened in the most accidental manner . Inspector Stephens said that the _prisoner appeared perfectly sober wben brought to tbe station . The
prisoner might bave easily paBBed without obstructing any one , and in addition tothe females alluded to he distinctly saw him place his hand on a lad y ' s person 'in an Improper manner Another was obliged to push him from her after trying to avoid him for some yards , and two others were assaulted in an _improper manni-r . When the prisoner was near Charlng-cross , witness saw him stretch out bis arms to embrace two females who were passing , and took him into custody . He had been _occaswoally _^ _-Uhltt three _jatd * of the prisoner and wore his uniform ,, to answer the cnll of any person wbo might require his assistance . Mr Henry said tbat a series of _offenceR against public decency bad been clearly proved , although no one bad come forward to support tbe statement of the officer , and it was not to be wondered st
that females felt reluctance to give evidence on such occasions . The inspector informed the ceurt , that in addition to the wrong name the priumer bad given a wrong address . Mr Scott , who resides in Northumberland , and occasionally at No . 1 , Manchester-street , said he knew tbe prisoner held a curacy at Brsden , near Shields , and also one at Marsden , in Kent . Mr Henry said tbat he cou'd not believe tbatthe evidence was incorrect without imputing perjury to tho officer , and he was obliged to treat tho matter in a summary way , in the obsence of any person appearing to complain against tbe prisoner . He therefore called upon the prUoner to find bail , himself in £ 100 and two sureties in £ 50 each , to be of good behaviour for three calendar months . The required sureties not being in attendance , he was sent to _Tothill-fields Prison .
BOW-STREET . _—Diaooan at the OmA . —Mr John Mills was charged with assaulting Mr Dugald Campbell in the pit ot tho Royal Italian Opera , _Oovent Garden , on Saturday evening . The complainant said that on Saturday evening he was sitting in the pit at Covent _Gardeo , shortly before tbe commencement oif the performance , when he observed a lady standing near him . ne oflered her his seat , and she was about to take it , when another gentleman , wbo had laid his bat on a vacant seat , took it off and offerrd the seat to the lady . She accepted it , and complainant was about to sit down again iu his own p ' . ace , when tbe prisoner attempted to occupy it . Complainant put out his hand to check him ,
and tha prisoner made several blows at him with a large stick which he carried in his hand , at the same time making use of abusive language . Prisoner gave him a blow in tbe breast from whicii he still lelt considerable inconvenience . Mr Mills said that tbe complainant pushed him ' violently away from the seat , in such a manner is to hurt his foot very much . He was labouring under a severe attack of gout , and suffered intense anguish at tbe time , He was provoked to the assault described , bat he denied the abusive language he was _charged with . Mr _Jardine said that Mr Campbell had _evidi-ntly acted with perfect propriety from beginning to end . He would find the prisoner £ 3 . The fine _wes paid Immediately .
Daring Robbeei . —William Wiltshire and Matthew Roach , two sweeps , were charged with committing a burglary at the house of thc Earl of Harrington , and stealing property _amounting to £ 200 and upwards . Francis Stinger , his lordship's porter , stated lhatBhOrtly after three o ' clock in the morning , while in bed , hear . Ing a cry of _'swiep , ' ho got up and let in two persons having the appearance of sweeps . John Payne , his lordship's butler , said be missed the property about five o ' clock In the morniug , but tbe other servants had pre - viously missed it , and thought it was onl y cleaning . Among the property taken were different articles ofplate candlesticks , etc ., a quantity of seals of various kinds , ' and somo gold _ornameuts , The thieves ' went to ber _ladyship dres « iog-room , from which they took the jewel-case . They took it down stairs , and baring stripped off the tops , threw it into the dust hole . Seth
Thomas , a private in the 2 nd battalion of Grenadier Guards , proved tbat he was on duty on the 19 th , at 4 o ' clock in the morning ,. opposite to his lordship's _residence . His attention was drawn to the house by hearing thc gates close , when he saw two sweeps come out one of whom carried a bag , and from the immense size of It , being induced to observe them more cloBely , tbey stopped , and upon his requesting they would supply him with a lucifiv match , as one of them bad none the other Benrched bis pockets from whicii he took a few fusees whieh he gave bim : They then n $ ked the hour , which he told them aud they went away . The bag , which was carried by Roach who gave him the fusees , was not of the ordinary description , and was very heavy , but ha could not speak as to the identity ofthe other p ' risener . The prisoner Wiltshire said , that the witness told a different tali ; to tho police as to the identity , and tbey were ordered to be remanded .
HAMMERSMITH . —BudtalComdcoi or a Husband . —Shortly before the closiug ot tho court , Mr T , Madden , thc relieving officer af Kensington , begged the attention of the magistrate to tho recital of a case of great brutality , on the part of a husband towards his wife , in which was also involved a charge of a far more serious character , Mr Mudd _.-n stated that , iu the course of the past _wesk , bu had bstn applied to for assistance by a woman of the name of Sarah Ilouard , the wife ofa journeyman carpenter , living in _Earte-istreet , Kensington , who had deserted her , huving on tho Suturday before most violently assaulted her , notwithstanding sho nas seven _muiulis advanced in pregnancy , _ufter which She had not set eyes on him . Having relieved her necessities _, he told _bi-r ho should apply for a warrant far her
husband for the assault , but she _hedged he would not , as some _doys had then _gonu by after it . On Saturdrday last the husband , who had been absent for tho week , suddenly entered the house , and selling a hammer , attacked her wiih it and bent her in a frightful _tttantti-r aud again _deeumiied . That tnoruing ho received the following certificate from Mr Guaszaroni , the medical ofilccr ot Kensington _worlihouse , who bad visited the injured _womym : — " I lureby certify that Sarah Howard is _suffering irom au injury to tbe head , n fracture of one ofthe bones Of thenoso , whieh injuries have been afflcted by ber _husbiind _. who is constantl yin the habit of ill using her . As she U in a very helpless uod rather _precarlovjl state , I would recommend _lmi > removal to the _workheute —John Guazsaroni , Surgeon , July 27 th , " While he ( Mr Madden ) was taking thc _surgeon ' d instructions as to the removal of the womau , another woman , wbo _wasaotins us nurse to her , _oame to tell him tbat sho was much worse , her husband having in the Intetim again _Wm 0 thc h &
uso , and during her temporary absence from the room , put in a cup some white powder , to which he added water _ft'omajug , nnd lie mind it up and made his wife d rink it , declaring that if _» he did not do so he would beat ber about the head with a hammer he had in his hand . The unfortunate woman accordingly swallowed the _contents of tho cup , aud her husband instantly quitted the house , and had net been since sesn . lis ( Mr _Uaiidcn ) had _nince seen Mm Howard , who was in a ttnte of _ik-iivium , and nearly _uiscmlble , so that she was totally unable to answer the questions ho put to her . She had beon since Med nnd antidotes bud been given her , but her state ai that _inouu-iit precluded alt idea of . removing hor from _htr bed . _Uu had , uuder _thcBO circumstances , to _oiiply for a _warruut for thu apprehension of Thomas Howard , the husband , Mr U > _xilon said there was no necessity to havo a uwwnt , a « the police bad tho power to apprehend liim wherever he could be found upon so serious a charge . Serjeant Clark , 13 T , said he would prefer a warrant , an tho
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husband was a most powerful and desperate eha and sliould he be met by a single officer it _woulih ! . _** possible to take him without the aid ef oivlhans ? would more readily give their aid If a mrrm ' t shown . Mr Beddon _perslstod that a warrant „ _^ CeM & ry on _tuch a charge , and directed V . _r Ma _^ _j _,, _^* mediately to see after ond take charge .., ihe _cuuw which the powder was mised , and should it be 0 « e _^ sary , on the husband being captured , that her _etamjJT tion could be taken , he would examine the man j n C ** room , or take her deposition whenever it wa « uece «» _u ? Sergeant Clark , with Sergeant Kelly , T 8 , and Mo _^' ono ot thc warrant officers of tbe court , _pMeeidej \ i search of the accused , but had not returned when _thj court closed .
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WESTERN CIRCUIT .-EXETER , Jcu _jf _* CHARGE OP PIBACT . George Rose , John _Harults , Richard ThotM . Lacy , John Shelton , John _M'Pbee . Robert _CiaiT _R-. bert Wright , Daniel M'Lean , Charles Mo ff » ff _Thomaa Stratton , and James Nettles , were indicted for that they being mariners on board a certain _vtjjgi called tho James Campbell , on the _hiph seas , within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty , ol which vessel William Graham was the master , upon Wm . Got . bam piratically and feloniously did make an a _ssa _^ and confine him for ten days . Another count _chargtj the prisoners with piratically revolting . Thia important case , which has created intense interest here and at Glasgow , c » m & on for trial this morning . The court waa crowded to excess .
The prisoners were all very good-looking men , _au 4 most of them between twenty and thirty years of age ; upon the indictment being read they plea ded "Not Guilty . " _Thecaptain and several other wit . neases were called to prove the case , but upon Mt Stone rising to address the jury upon behalf of tbe crew , they said they would not trouble him as their minds were made up . Mr Justice Williams said , it was ofthe _utmost int . portance that the jury should know from him what the law was before they gave their verdict . The in . dictment proceeded upon the Act passed so long ago as the reign of William III ., by which it was provided that if any seaman should confine hiscaptaia or make a revolt in his ship , he Bhould be deemed a
pirate , and being convicted should be . 'liable to trans _, portation or imprisonment . Under that Act of Par . [ lament this indictment was framed , and tbe _prisoners were charged with having confined their captain and with having made a revolt in the ship m which they were engaged as seamen . In considering whstt was the meaning of this Act of Parliament , he must tell them that it must be taken to mean , when it used the expressions , " confinement or making revolt , " the doing so without justifiable cause ; and the great question lor tbeir consideration was , whether or not there was any justification for the unquestionable _confinement of the captain , and for that revolt . There was no doubt there was a revolt or that the _oaj tain was confined , and tbe only
question was , whether his conduct was such as to justify the men in the course they had adopied . He agreed with tbe learned counsel that this was a question of the greatest possible national importance , and that it was of the most _"itai consequence to the maritime greatness ofthis country that the law should not be misunderstood by any class of her _Majojty ' _a subjects , and more particularly among those engaged in a seafaring life ; and he was bound to tell tbem that according to the authorities upon tbis subject a seaman was not justified in making a revolt by reason of the captain having been unjust or unreasonable in his commands . Theiaw would not allow seamen to take theiaw into their own hands , or that because the captain had issued orders or conducted
himself with harshness , or in an oppressive manner , that they should deprive him of the command of his vessel . It was an obvious rule of law that this wat the case ; otherwise tbere would be an end of all maritime discipline , which had raised this country to its greatest eminence among the nations ofthe world , and it was necessary that if not _juitifiibte a revolt should be treated in this way , But at tits same time thathe told them tbat in point of law it was not justifiable to revolt because the conduct of tbe captain had been unreasonable or vexatious , or tbat his orders had been unjust , he must tell them that , ia his opinion , in point of law a revolt was justifiable in one view , and in one view only . It was not justifiable unless the conduct ofthe captain had been such as to afford reasonable ground for concluding that , unless the men had imprisoned him , the crew , or some one or more of them , would have been
in danger of tbeir lives , or of suffering some _greiv-0 U 8 bodily harm . If they thought that was made out , if they thought the conduct of thc captain had been such as to afford , reasonable ground ( or concluding that their lives were in danger , that would be a justf . fication ; otherwise there was no justification . If that was their opinion , then there was an end of tbe case ; but if they should not be of that opinion , then in point of law tbey ought lo find the prisoners guilty . He thought they would be doing serious harm to the interests of this country ifauything happened to-day to give cause for a notion that a crew bad power to imprison their captain merely because _hehadissued unjust orders , or conducted himself in any way short of that which afforded grounds for apprehension that their lives were in danger . In one ease the _^ must hear the learned counsel for the prisoners ; in the other there was an end of the case .
Thejury said , they did not wish to hear the learned counsel . Mr Justice Williams . —Gentlemen , you think there was reasonable ground lor apprehending that unless tbe crew confined the captain they were in danger of their Jives , or of suffering some _grevious bodily barm ? The Jury . —That is our opinion . A verdict of "Not Guilty" was then returned and received with loud cheers .
STAFFORD , Jult 23 . Firs Dasip Explosion at _SanaLK . _—Mii Uve was charged with the manslaughter ol Job Marsh and four other unfortunate lads , on the 24 th of March last . The prisoner , aminer , left a candle lighted in the air-way ef a pit belonging to a Mr Gibbons , in which a quantity of sulphur had accumulated . The doggy , m the morning , not being aware that a candle was there , eent the deceased lads to " buffet " the sulphur out of the pit , which was done by disturbing the air . with their jackets ; this caused the _sulphcr to ascend the ' « sump , " from whence it got tthe shaft and
o thence out of the pit . The candle being left at the top of the " sump , " as soon as the _sulptiur ascended , from the disturbance of the air in the pit , the explosion took place , which caused tbe death of the unfortunate boys . In cross-examination it appeared that the prisoner bad not worked in the pit in question before , and , besides , one Wasard , a witness , admitted that he Jeft the candle alight in the pit ten minutes previously tothe prisoner coming down , who found it burniug and left it so . — Mr Greaves , for the prosecution , after the _evidence , declined to proceed further with the case .-The prisoner was acquitted .
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mP _ST t " if _- f i 5 _- _~^ n * riday » a numerous SriS _££ i the "l _^ ' _™* _^ Stratford-upon-Avon , nn ? _Z ? , ' a _, _- th e Stratf , lrd _Shakspearian Club Tot ! n _^ _' _^ , Association , was held in the A \ Z \ U w _««> _Mtenng the best means ol _provi-Shil _^™* * * _S . «» n of the birthplace of _TheSlfn _- , Dr Petti R _» w . F . R . S ., presided . _Donl ! M p _^ _reH , l ° _ri Brooke , M . P ., Sir C ttpif- r _' _r _BethaiH , Bn . t . Sir II . Dil-H ' * 5 „ » M ; Anne 8 , ey . Mr Crofton Croker _, Mr _ikAr !' A ° 8 ctll « with many members of tne Antiquarian , Camden , and other learned so-S ! l lho Proceedings having been opened by the f £ _MmmU _? _^ T rt 0 f Wh » t had becn done b ? h «! u _25 e n . cwr <* pondence in whicii they , „ _£ i , l en a _Se < J . bavins been read , Dr Thompson saw , tie was sure that , nothing would cive greater _SffBi '" if Sba _^ " _^ Society K fo act with the members ot any other societv in ' imirinf ——¦
. — - e > _ouaiispeare ' s house to tho country . A report had been circulated that it was the intention of certain parties to purchase the house forthe purpose of exhibiting it as a ' travelling show . That report he believed to be _» _qliiraera ; he was sure that neither Englishmen or the sons . of Englishmen would ever submit to such a _degradation . ( Loud cheers . ) Sir W . Betham and Mr Joseph _Ardeu then addressed the meeting , Ihe lornier moving and the latter _seconding a resolution ' That the Archfflologieal Association fully entered into the vic «« expressed by tbe _member ot the Shakspearian Club at _Stratford-upn-Avon in the resolution that the committee bo requested to communicate with the _ircliwological Association and solicit their co-operation towards forwarding the object in view . " The resolution having been carried unanimously , and several other gentlemen having addressed the meeting , _tllQ _bUaiBt' 83 0 t the day concluded .
_Royai , Polytechnic iNsmimos . —The directors , ever anxious to cator for the public amusement , have engaged Mr J . Russell , late of _Druvy Lane Theatre , to give recitation ' s on various _suly ' ecw . On Tuesday evening we had thc gratification of being present at WiC ol these representations , which is quite a novelty . 1 he powers of the opaque microscope are practically illustrated by magnifying to colossal diwen « o « _sa series of most beautifully coloured heads , representing the effects of the passions on tho hunian face . The subject chosen on this occasion , was _CollinVs celebrated "Ode to the passions . " Mr J . Russell recited it in a most effective manner , displaying great judgment and feeling , _giving tho numerous beautiful _passages of this elegant poem full force ; keoping each subject perfectly distinct and varied . The
ellect is enhanced by appropriate music by the _ot-ehestra of the establishment , conducted by Doctor _Wallis , M . D ., who deserves great commendation lor his admirable selection , being highly-appropriate to tho various subjects exhibited . There is much to _pmsanvtMa _BUcccssA ' ul effort-at _connectingmiiB ' _e with Iho drama art ? the lino acts . Wo were b » PP _/ to see so _lavj _> e and _rcapccrable an audience , who testified their approbation by lout ! applause throughout the pertorraance ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 31, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_31071847/page/6/
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