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There is a society called the ** _TIeir-at-B . S ., _BBADroTO . -- _« _^ iD _j _^^ _o _,,. _w ] iat relinjiK Xaw _Sooety" so _^ _^ parties who liave lost estates of 1 : 510 _^ I _^ _Zv 5 s not for us to say . Our _corresponkud _edF _^ _lnate inquiries , and judge for himself . Sent bad * " _^^^ L . _—Yfe are sorry that it is jijBB B _**«^ to _^ ] lim . Shon ia we heap of „ not -Lift * suit , we wffl communicate the _informa-^ _" ' _jjisjnscBAM . —Give orders to 3 tvr . Guest or to Mr . _^ _Tarlc . who will procure the portraits for you . Tins _Tthohtsos . _Sbeffieij ) . —Wesee nothing to hinder ' iim from completing the purchase and entering on possession , hut would recommend him , before he does * _fQ seek the advice of Ills attorney . White Slavebi _. —The Losdos _Dmjss-makeus and mumkebs . —The following letter appeared in the
Times of Wednesday : —Sir , —Tour powerful advocacy jas _brought to public view the wretchedness and _destiio _tJun of the poor needle-women of tins great _metropolis ; permitme to implore your kind consideration and sym pathy for a class of young women to which I helong—the milliners , dressmakers , and improvers , attending the various houses in London . The slavery _T ! c endure is beyond credibility . Some of our parents lave given large gratuities to enable us to perfect ourselves in our professions , witli a promise of earlv hours . In tlie house to which I unfortunately belong , the order of the day recently issued in fee work-rooms has heen «• that the yomig ladies commence work at seven o ' clock in the morning , and continue till twelve at night , invariably in the season * , and those who do not approve of these rules toleave the house . " I am , & c , A _MiLUhEH .
_Scotu-lnd _. —31 b- JL'Grath _' s Toitk . —All places in Scotland wishing to avail themselves of ilr . _51 _'Grafh _' s services , are requested to immediately correspond with Mr . Smith , 29 , Hotten-row-street , Glasgow . Mb . O'Coskor asd Mr . _Cooveh . —As a wind-up to the explanation of a late misunderstanding , we inser t the following , which we have received from Sir . Cooper : — _*« It shall never he said that I stand in the way of peace , or reject a spirit of kindness , when it is manifested . I have felt too much , and suffered too deeply in my own raind , durln my _Imprisonment , from all I can learn relative to the present state of Chartism , to he willing to Mudle more quarrels , or to desire ihat _ahubhab should he raised on account of any little injury I may receive . On condition , therefore , that Mr . O'Connor fulfils his
promise to ' meet me atthe door of my prison , ' 'to make -his pcrsoiMl apology , ' hy nine o ' clock on Saturday morning , the third of May , and goes with me whither lintend that day to go { _nerbiausap)—I accept his ' atonement , ' _althon" _! . , in tendering it , I must confess Mr . O'Connor _: reniind £ me of the surgeon who hroke the head of his apprentice in a passion , and then offered to repair the injury by applying a plaister to fhe lad ' s elbow . Sucli a phrase as ' the final overthrow of O'Connor' I never _Tised—soch a conception never entered my mind . The other charges were as unfounded as this , hut I scorn to rip up the old wound , since O'Connor expresses his ' sorrow * in a way that 1 think is worthy of him . Besides , though I never wrote a letter in my life that _«* oreathed a malignant spirit , * " yet I candidly own I am ,
when I tMnfc I am insulted or injured , as hot and waspish as here and there one * , and thus ! can the more readily excuse the heat and waspishness of others under supposed insult or injury . There is hut one snhject connected with this little unpleasantness that I must charge Mr . O'Conuor to pass once more through the sieve of his memory . He observed at Manchester , in answer to the question , whether he knew my handwriting ! 'Yes : I have had eo many letters for money , & c . ' Now , whether that is some mistake of the reporter or printer , His not for me to say ; but if Mr . O'Connor -svSl urn over in his mind the various references to money transactions made in our letters or conversations , he will find me right , when I say that Jfiate _neiier hod one farthing from hispcrsonal pocket for my personal
_benefit . Knowing that to he true , 1 have no donot Air . O'Connor wfll value my attachment the more highly : that attachment he shell have , most unshrinlangly , most heartily , as long as I retain the belief wlrich I have retained of him from the first moment 1 hnew himthat he is a most sincere and sternly incorruptible advocate ofthe People ' s Charter . Yet that shall not prevent me exercising the right which Mr . O'Connor _recognises—thei-ight to tell him when I think he is going wrong a rig ht which we aU have in respect to each other . In conclusion , I beg to observe that I disdain to receive any man ' s money whb thinks my soundness as a Chartist any way suspicious . I am in rags — am pennyless — agonised with rheumatism , arising from the damp , and of which 1
suppose I shall never be quit as long as I live—I have caught a severe cold by trying to economise my coal , because I had no money—1 have no home when I leave prison , and cannot see my wife ( who has taken refuge with her rdatives in Lincolnshire ) till 1 have fouud something to depend on for bread in London , where I hope to find it—I have a large debt to meet , contracted hy giving away bread and money to the starving poor , by maintaining lecturers , and by a general support of Chartism , law expenses for trials , & c ; and yet , if I do not receive one farthing to procure me clothes , or in any other way to help me , when I leave this gaol , where I Shall have passed , _altogether , hro year * and eleven -weeks of my life , I shall proclaim the People ' s Charter asferventlv as ever . And if I have to beg my way up
to London , 1 shall hasten to register my name in tne _ivll-book of the Old Ship—whieh I do not intend to quit as long as a plank remains in her . —TnoUAS Cooper . " I have not one word of reply to make te any portion of the above , further than to mention the question of " money , " which Mr . Cooper refers to my memory . I dare say he does not consider his two newspapers , to which I advanced liberaUy , were any " personal benefitf I do not regret the donations ; yet they were " money given , " audit was to those donations that I referred I shall certainly meet Cooper on the 3 rd of Mav , if living ; hut I do not pledge myself to go whither he chooses to lead me . As to tlie " plaister to fhe elbow / ' I have often had sore hones from others , and been compelled to find my own plaister . —Feargus _O'CONSOR .-
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_MONTES RECEI VED BY MR . 0 'COJ . _iOH . FOR THE _EXECUTIVE . £ S . 0 . Prom a few friends at Braintree and Booking .. 113 6 From Derby ° _r" ! _^ Irom Dundee ( Donation ) .. » - _£ ° Prom Todmorden , levy of sixpence •*** " CARDS . -From Braintree ° ° _SUBSCRIPTIONS . Prom TilKconltry * .- ~ - < J J jj From 3 ohn Sidaway _, Itouen , France .. .. 0 - •> 0 From Thomas Sidaway , ditto J J ' From Dundee 0 4 0 _HASWIXL _COLLIERT . From a few friends at the _bailors'Arms . Rouen , France , ner John Sidaway 0 14 . '
VICTIM FOND . From Dundee 0 3 0 * Jnthe . Star of the 8 th of February , 1845 the sums announced as bang received from " XiHicouty , should have heen acknowledged as "TiUicoultiy _. " HECEIPTS TER GENERAL SECRETARY . _scBscRirriosp . £ s . d . S * d-Glasgow .. .. 10 1 6 Brighton .. .. 030 Crown and Anchor 0 4 0 _Nottingham , Seven Gamherwell .. .. 016 Stars .. •* 0 7 6 Safiron-hill .. .. 040 Ditto , Byron Ward 050 Merthyr Tydvil .. 050 _Newcastle - upon-Korthampton ( old Tyne .. .. 040 locale ) .. .. 020 Penzance .. .. 0 - HAND BOOKS ASD CARDS . Iattletown , hand Cleckheaton , hand boots .. .. 0 3 01 books .. *• 0 10 Ditto , cards .. .. 010 Wakefield , ditto .. 0 1 _° _DOXATIOXS . City ot * London .. 0 0 30 Mi * . JIcaton , Clithefiil !« prt . Ashtun _. roe 0 2 6
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The Executive return tlieir _siucere thanks to the men of Glasgow and other places for the exertions they are making toplace the cause in that prominent position which it
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M-eetixg of _Bawaa o . v tiie _Factory Bnx . _* - _Bolton , Moxbat , _Mabch 3 . -A meeting of delegates from the factory districts of this county was _leld _yestenlav at the Temperance Hotel , m this town , " to fake into consideration the best means of ibrwardin- the _passins of a ten hours' bill" m the _^ _SSSSaZ _I Parliament . " The _inectuig _¦** » _xmdy attended , there facing about thirty deegates present . The chair was _occupied by Al S . Ha _^ arth . an o perative Cotton Spinner . The ehainnan commenced the proceedings by expressing Ms regret that they ( the operatives ) were so _situate as to be compelled , in fact , to hold these _meetings . on the _Sundav . He always regretted this , as indeed the delegates generally did ; but they _were " Bitot * that if not held on that day , it would beI next to im-™» : u » + _„ «•* ¦ - a meetinsr at all . as few of them would
ne able to attend such _meeting on a _™ _W ? y > on account ofthe obstructions which wouldbe thrown in _Sway . They ( the delegates ) all knew well ifiatif anv of them were to leave their work toattend such meetings they _would instantly be discharged . { Hear Hear 1 They were then assembled to consider the best means to be adopted to insure the pas-sine of the ten hours' bill inthe present session of Parliament . Before the delegates came : to any conclusion , lie thought that each delegate had better rive in arenort as to how far each distact was nrefared to act , in case any emergency shoiddarise ; how far they were on _** anised ; and what was the state of feeling in reference to that great question , among the _ftetorvoneratives generaUy . He would now call upon
tiie _delerates to givem their reports in the way wmcil hehad _Buggested . The delegate for Bolton said , that the operatives of that town were folly alive to the _tenefifaof a ten _houre' bill , and were veiy anxious for its adoption . They had a most efficient committee ,
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_which uadleeh appointed for the purpose of assisting m carrying the measure . The Bolton operative weie , m fact , prepared to make any sacrifice , as far as their own interests were concerned , to carry ihe ten hours' bill . Tlie hearty determination of the tactory operatives of that town had been shown on the occasion of-Dr . Bowring ' s last visit to his _constituents , when they had met him and told liim frankly and fairly that he did not represent the opinions or wishes ofthe working classes when he voted against Lord Ashley ' s motion last session . He was happy to say that eveiy minister of the Established jjGhurch in Bolton was with them , with the single exception of the vicar . They had also many ofthe Dissenting ministers with them . The delegate
from _^ fenchestei * said thore never had been a time when the operatives of that town were more fully alive to the necessity of a ten hours' bill . They were , in fact , prepared , at whatever cost of time or money , to do all in their power to carry its adoption . They had not lately held any public meetings on the subject , because they thought it unnecessary , but they were quietly aiding the oanse b y other means . They , too , { had the cordial support ofthe clergymen ofthe Established Church , and among them he might mention the Dean and Vice-Dean . They had also the support of many ofthe ministers of other reli g ious persuasions . The Hyde delegate said , thatin his district _th-sy were fast progressing . They had been strengthening their committee , whicli was chiefly composed
of youngmen . He couldsay that the operatives as a body were now more earnest and anxious for the carrying ofa ten hours' bill than tliey had ever been . They were also prepared to contribute tlieir share towards any expense that -might be incurred in promoting the cause . The Oldham delegates said the factory workers in their district were exceedingly " anxious about the measure . They had a _reiy efficient committee , well supported by the operatives . Tliey had , within the last five weeks , visited every clergyman and medical man in the town , and not one out of the whole number had refused to support them in their efforts for a ten hours' bill . The Stockport delegate said , the factory
workers of that * town were , without exception , in favour of a ten hours' bill , and were willing to support the short time committee in their efforts to obtain it , although the most of the burden and labour of doing so fell on the spinners . The delegates from Bury and Heywood gave similar reports , and fi-om which it appeared that they were raising funds for any call that might be made upon them during the session of Parliament . The Preston delegates gave a similar report . In many of the speeches delivered in Parliament last session by the opponents of the measure , it had been stated that _wages _^ would be reduced ; but there was one circumstance in connection with the town of Preston which went far to controvert _, those statements . The fact to whicli he
referred was this : —Mr . Robert Gardiner , of Juanehester , who had a very large factory at Preston , determined last summer to try the experiment of working eleven hours a day , without making any abatement from the wages of the hands . When the proposal was first made , it was received with gratitude by most of the hands , but was opposed by a few women , who were Power-loom AVeavers , and who seemed to think that the alteration would lessen their means of getting dresses , & c . ; some of them even cried bitterly , and expresseda wish to work the longerhours . The experiment , however , had been made , ami had turned out to be very successful , and he ( tlie delegate was warranted in saying that the same women would turn out to resist a return to the old system , as they
now got fully as much wages as under the twelve hour regulation , whilst the benefits to married women and aged men were beyond calculation . The delegates from "Warrington , _Chorley , _Chowlient , Hmdley , _Maef csficld , and several other places , gave similar reports ; after -which the following resolutions were nnanimouslv adopted : — " 1 . That in the opinion of this meeting of delegates the most efficient means of promoting the real interests of the factory-workers , is the adoption of a good ten hours' bill , and tliat we shall never cease our exertions until such a bill is granted by Parliament . " " 2 . The petitions be forwarded from every town throughout the manufacturing districts in favour of a ten hours' bill . " " 3 . That the Lancashire Central Short-time Committee
be instructed to draw up such petitions , and forward them to the districts for signatures . " " That , it having come to the knowledge of the meeting of delegates , now assembled , that many breaches of the present Act are being committed , all violations be carefully investigated , and when properly authenticated , the facts ofthe case be forwarded to the Central Short-time Committee at Manchester , for the purpose of being laid before the Inspector , or otherwise dealt with , as may appear necessary . " The remaining resolutions consisted of the thanks ofthe delegates to their friends both in and out of Parliament . A vote of confidence in , and tbanks to , the Lancashire Short-time Committee was also passed . The thanks ofthe meeting were then voted to the chairman , and the meetinff broke
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Melaxchoi . y _Acciuext . —On . Thursday morning , about nine o'clock , an accident , by which one man unfortunately lost his life , occurred in the river nearly opposite Deptford , under the following circumstances : —A sailing barge was coming up the river , with rather a fresh breeze , whilst a coal barge , maimed by the deceased and another labourer , was drifting down with the tide , both men guiding her course _' by means of oars ; when , through some cause , both the vessels came into violent collision , and the deceased , who stood upon the gunwale , was pitched overboard by the concussion , and although every exertion was made to save hiin when he rose to the surface , he was earned by the strength ofthe tide under the sailing-barge , and was never afterwards seen .
Siiafiesdubt Electiox . —On Wednesday , Richard Brinsley Sheridan , Esq ., was elected as representative for this borough . The new member is a professed Tf hig , but is in favour of the present Corn Laws , and opposed to the present Poor Law . Extensive _Robhekies in Sckret . —For many months past the gentry , farmers , and others of Surrey , especially in the neighbourhood of Woking , have suffered severely from depredations committed by an apparently organized gang of thieves . Sheep , poultry , implements of husbandry , timber , and other articles have been missed in large quantities . The Southwestern Bailway Company were also sufferers to a great extent . Every mode has been adopted by the local and railway police to detect the offenders , but
until recently their efforts were -unavailing . Within three miles of tlie town of W oking is the village of Perlight . On the further side of the village , going from London , is a large extent of waste land , on which a number of poor people , and many suspected characters , hare erected huts . One of these huts was occupied by a man named Wells , who -professed to follow the business of a wheelwright . He had been previouslv convicted of felony . On the 20 th _n t . a quantity ' of elm planking was stolen from the wharf of Mr . Marshall , a timber merchant at Woking . A sawyer named Luxford gave Mr . 'Marshall information which induced liim to suspect Wells and a man who occasionally worked for that person , and he communicated with Mr . Mcddlieombe , the chief
constable of Godahning . This functionary arrived with a search wan-ant , proceeded to Wells's house , and found it to be almost filled with stolen property . 1 he ofiiccr found five elm planks and a clump of wood _coi-responding with the kind" of timber taken irom Mr . Marshall ' s , a sheep net forty yards in length , a ouantitv of tools which had been stolen at different times from off the railway , farming implements , etc . The officer afterwards searched the liouse of Chapman , Wells' labourer , and there tbund , under the flooring ofthe sitting and bedroom , several pieces of timber , whicli were afterwards identified as -Mr . Marshall's property . Mr . J . B . Dalfay , superintendent of the South-Western Railway police , afterwards went to f-hnnman ' s house and asked his wife for some nails
which had been missed off the line . Uhis woman said there had been some nails in the house , but fearing she should get into trouble , she put them outside the house , and somebody had taken them away . The officer , not satisfied with this statement , proceeded to search the place , and discovered a few in a deal box , and also in a pocket usually worn by the woman Chapman . Mr . Dalby afterwards had a heap of fagots which were in the garden r emoved , and when the ground was opened upwards of 3 , 000 nails were fonnd _^ concealed there . These nails were all made of galvanised iron , and exclusively manufactured for the erection ofthe galvanic telegraph on the _South-Westcrn Railway . These nails had been stolen since last November . Many other
articles of stolen property were found in this house . The prisoners Charles Wells and William Chapman were apprehended , and after undcr « _-oino- a short examination , were remanded until Saturdav last . 'Hie net was proved to be the property ofthe Earl of Lovelace , the Lord Lieutenant of the county , who resides at Audrey , and many of the other articles were identified . On Saturday the Earl of Lovelace , Mr . Mangles , M P ., and some other maoistrates , met at Guildford , and the prisoners underwent a final examination . The proceedings excited _m-oat interest , and the large room at the hospital ,
where the examination took place , was crowded , lhe _cbar-res of stealing the timber and the nails belong in" to Messrs . Cook and Wheatstone , patentees of the galvanic telegraph , were taken and completed , and the prisoners were committed for trial . . Numerous other charges could have been _prelen-cd , but the noble chairman suggested that indictments could be preferred at the assizes . The prisonerWells was tried and convicted two years since for uncoupling a truck from the luggage-train on the South W _estcrn _lUilway when itwas in motion , and stealing two chests of tea and other valuable property , aud on that occasion received sixmonths' imprisonment .
Eight Persoxs DR 0 WSF . n . -0 n Saturday evening about six o ' clock , an accident occurred on Lough Ree , near Athlone , by which eight persons lost their lives . Anew quarrv was lately opened at Coorsni Point , near Hare Island , for the purpose of supplying stone for the new docks about to . be erected at Attilonc , and after the workmen had closed their labour for the day some had to cross the ferry to their homes .
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Nine men and two women got into a boat for tliat purpose , and were not move than a few yards from the shore when the boat upset , and eig ht of the men were drowned . There were numbers of persons on shore , but they could give no assistance to those-in the water , which was very deep at the point where the calamity occurred . One of the women owed her escape to a bag of bran which was fastened on her back and kept her afloat , and the other woman supposes that she was kept afloat by her clothes , for she has no recollection of having seized hold of any timber . They were taken up by a boat which came to their aid after a delay of several minutes . Lord Castlemaine happened to be one of the spectators of this calamity , and he did all in his power to procure aid for the sufferers , but it came too late for the great bulk ofthe party .
Fatal Boiler Explosion . —Four Men Killeo . — Another of those fatal _occmrences , the details of which arc so extremely distressing as to produce the most painful excitement as to the cause of such awful consequences , took place at the factory of Mr . Samuda , engineer , iu the vicinity of Blackwall , by which three poor , fellows were killed on ihe spot , and a great many others most seriously injured . The name of Samuda will naturally bring to remembrance the lamentable occurrence on board the Gipsy Queen steam-boat , in November last , when , under similar circumstances , as respects the testing of machinery , Mr . Sainuda ' s brother and others lost their lives . The number of unfortunate sufferers on the present occasion _anneara to be as inanv as tliose who received
injury on board the Gipsy Queen , but although wc have to record the death of four , we trust the effects will not prove so fatal . From the most authentic sources wc learn that on Wednesday morning , as usual , the machinery at the factory , situated in Orchard-street , near the East India Docks , was put in motion by the engines , to generate the steam , for which the boiler was p laced in a brick house adjoining . This boiler is said to have been nearly new , and to have been constructed by Messrs . Fairburn , of _Millwall , foi ' _ifa 11 Waterman , but not being found to answer the purposes for wliich it was required , the boiler was sold at an auction about a month ago , and _tranBlen-ed to the yard of Messrs . Samuda . It is also said the boiler , which was on the tubular principle , had
been previously tested , and that it was capable of enduring a pressure of _COlbs . to the squareiiich ; and that at the time it was feeding the engines there _wns not a greater pressure than 401 bs . on but this statement , which was made by one of the labourers , who was slightly wounded , may not be _eon-eet . But another of the sufferers subsequently stated , and whose evidence will , no doubt , be taken on the inquest , that at the same time they were working at 401 b . pressure he was ordered to go and nail down the valve , whicli order he obeyed . However , a short time after the steam had been got up and the engine set in motion about ten o ' clock ) , and while the men were engaged in their respective occupations , tlie boiler burst in a most awful explosion , scattering death and
destruction all around , and cngulphing the poor fellows amidst the heap of ruins which it instantly made . As may be easily imagined , tlie sudden explosion created the greatest dismay in the works , and the utmost consternation in the vicinity . Recovering from the confusion , the workmen of the premises were immediately engaged in extricating tlieir fellows from the smo ' king mass , sickening at the appalling sights of scalded heads and mangled limbs Within half a dozen yards of the fractured boiler lay the mutilated dead bodies of two labourers , Wright and Chapman , " doubled" up , the bowels of the latter actually protruding . The dead disfigured corpse of another labourer was found on the opposite side ofthe river Lea , called "Bow Creek , a distance of about
150 yards from the factory . This man was called Wright , and was also a labourer . He was sitting on the boiler putting down some tow , and was seen from the river shot up into the air at an elevation of 100 feet . These three were beyond all hope of relief in this world , and they were soon removed to the dead-house at Poplar . The other sufferers , of which eight were most severely injured , were the immediate objects of care and attention . All , more or less , were scalded , and had tlieir limbs and joints fractured and their bodies contused , presenting a most piteous spectacle . Dr . Bain , the nearest medical man , was soon administering his relief , and a van was procured , and some were conveyed in it to the London Hospital , while four of the number were
taken on board the Flirt , Greenwich steamer , to the Dreadnought Hospital . Mr . Lowe , the manager , whoso providentially escaped on board the Gipsy Queen , by running up the ladder the moment before the bursting of the pipe , was severely injured , and was taken to his own residence , as were many others who received bruises . By this explosion the whole of the engine-house has'been levelled to the ground , the broken tiles and bricks of which are thickly strewn over the whole of tho area . A large glasshouse adjoins the premises , in the whole of whicli the windows were entirely destroyed , breaking at least 10 QG panes of glass , as also the windows ofthe private houses in the immediate neighbourhood . The boiler was rent into _tlireo distinct pieces ; one portion of
which , weighing about seven cwt ., was blown over the houses , and "fell into Orchard-street , distant about 300 yards , striking in its descent the door-post and wall belonging to Messrs . Turner , tar-manufacturers . The second portion , weighing about five cwt , was likewise blown over the houses , and fell in ' an adjoining field , at a distance of about 100 feet . The third portion of the boiler , containing the tubular pipes , remains in the yard of Messrs . Samuda . At the London Hospital , the sufferers received that kind attention which the medical gentlemen are so prompt in affording ; hut we fearsome of the eases are beyond tlie skill of the most experienced . " On board the Dreadnought the four poor fellows conveyed thither were most carefully provided with every remedy
that eould tend to alleviate their severe sufferings and preserve life ; and Captain Sanders and the surgeons of that excellent institution spared no exertions to effect their object . But Smith , the boiler maker , never rallied , gradually sinking , and expired about twenty minutes to nine p . m . He had a compound fracture in the left arm , a compound fracture of the jaw , arid severe internal injuries . He was , in general , sensible , but incoherent at times , lie was thirty-three years of age , resided at Deptford , and has left a wile and seven children , tlie eldest under thirteen years of age . William Neal , an engineer , is still living , but in a sad _plitrlvt . lie has several ribs fractured , aud is
otherwise injured . Both their eyes were full of mortar . Charles Phillips , another at the Dreadnought , was injured in the legs , which on being dressed ho left the ship . Another man , who was taken in hand , had a severe contusion on the shoulder dressed , and he also departed . The following is a list of the sufferers ' . —Dead ¦ . Thomas Wright , aged thirty-six , labourer ; left a wife and one child ; Richard Grimes , labourer James Chapman , labourer ; Jonathan Smith , boiler-maker . Injured severely : James Harrison , boiler-maker ; Joseph Baddon , Smith ; Thomas Whiteombc , cngne-driver ; William Ingledue , labourer ; George Neal , engineer ; Alexander Mahoney , labourer ; Joseph Vincent , labourer .
Inquest ox the Bodies . —On lhursday _, at two o ' clock , an inquest was impanelled by Mr . Baker , coroner , at the Royal Mason Inn , Sophia-street , East India-road , to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Thomas Wright , Richard Grimes , and James Chapman , who were killed by tbe explosion of the steam-boiler , at the works of Messrs . Samuda and Co ., at Blackwall , on Wednesday mornjn" _-. —The jury having been sworn , the coroner suggested the propriety of adjourning from that place to the Town Half , Poplar , as he tindeistood that . arrangements had been made for their accommodation . The jury accordingly adjourned to the Town Hall ; and on their way-thither visited the dead-house , where the bodies had been deposited in shells , and
were lying in the state in wluch they were found immediately after the disastrous explosion . They presented a repulsive and ghastly appearance , especially the body ofthe unfortunate Grimes , which was dreadfullv mutilated , the bowels actually protruding through the trousers , besides frightful contusions about the face and other parts . Many persons from the neighbourhood pressed forward to see the melancholy spectacle , and gave vent to their feelings in suppressed and monrnfnl exclamations . James Cole , the foreman , identified the bodies , and said that the deceased ' s death was caused by the explosion of a boiler at the works of Mr . Joseph Samuda . It was a _steani-bdiler , andattached to an engine . Alter the exnlnaion . Wriarht . aged 36 , was found near the
place of accident quite dead . Grimes , aged 2 _'J , was on the top of the boiler when it exploded , and his body was aferwards picked up on the other side ot the Creek , in the county of Essex , a distance ol between two and three hundred yards . lie was not quite dead when found , but died before he could lie removed . Jas . Chapman , aged 26 , also met with , death from the explosion , and was quite dead when tounu .-Mr . Bnuchiraite was then sworn . * lie belonged to the firm of Messrs . Braithwaite and Co ., _iNew-roail , _Fitzi'oy-squarc _, and had brought the plans and drawings of the boiler whicli had exploded . It wasmanufaetured by Mr . W . Fairbairn and Co ., of Mill-wall . Itwas intended to drive a pair of 25-horse low pressure engines , and had been used some ten or twelve ot
times ; but as there was a very great insufficiency steam it had been taMi out , not to be again emp : oyed for engines _frfthat power . Some months ago the boiler was at Mr . Fairbairn ' s manufactory , and he ( Mr . Braithwaite ) had lately lost sight of it altogether , until he saw it after the explosion . Hewas certain it was the same boiler , as _« ie three pieces exactly corresponded with the drawings made of it . It had been made about eighteen montns , and was built under the direction of Mr . Milncv anil his brother , and they were entirely responsible tor it . It was generally worked at _lOlbs . to the square inch but Mr . Fairbairn had told him hehad worked it with a pressure of 401 bs . to the square inch . Y \ _ltneSS could not swear that the valve had been loaded atone tiniP nn _iSnnvd t . _hn _stA-im-hnat asllicll . _IS lolOS . SOmO
discussion _cnBued with regard to the necessity ot visiting the premises whore tho explosion took place , and it was subsequently agreed that the inquest should be adjourned until Monday morning next , meanwhile the jury would avail themselves ol the
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opportunity to _^ inspect the ruins . The sufferers now lying in _^ thc London Hospital are going on favourably , and may with certainty be pronounced out of danger . The same may be said of the man Neal , who was taken to the Dreadnought Hospital-ship ; he is in a fair way of recovery . Irelaxd . —Another Fatal Accident by Drowx-1 >! 0 _- —Several Lives Lost . —An accident occurred on Monday night at Longford , by which , it is supposed , from six to ten persons have lost tlieir lives . A crowd of emigrants came into Longford on Monday , and made application for their passage to Dublin in tlie canal-boat . They were told that as about forty places were already secured , the whole party could not be accommodated as they desired . Thev wore
however , determined toleave by the boat , andnoavlv an hour before the ordinary time of sailin _" they crowded on board in a body , and took possession of all parts in spite ofthe boatmen and the police on duty . The master remonstrated with them about the impropriety of their conduct , and threatened not to leave the harbour with tKem . They then cast off the warps and pushed the boat intodeep water , and a number of them being attracted to one side , tlie boat lurched , the water flowed over her side , and in an instant she sank . The confusion and excitement which ensued may be imagined . Every exertion was made byall on the shore to relieve these people , and , considering the great number who were in the boat and very few being able to swim , it is considered most providential that so many escaped with their lives
l lie number actually submerged is variously estimated at from one hundred to one hundred and fifty pe lson = The bodies of six persons had been ' taken out „/• , 7 ' water when the last account left , and it w , ° apprehended that four move remained . as _"" _- " Extensive Conflagration . — Information was received on Monday of the outbreak of a most disastrous fire at Peterborough , which terminated in tlie loss of property to the amount of two thousand pounds . It appears that the fire originated in the candle-house belonging to Mr . Vergcttc , grocer and tallow-chandler . The -premises are of considerable extent , and at the time , independently oi the Btock-in-trade , there was ho less than 2 , 0001 bs . oi mould candles , and a vast quantity of dip-lights . The lire extended to the adjoining houses , the whole of which were most severely injured by fire , water , and removal .
Double Execution ' . —The man named Rongior , and the woman Auga , botli condemned to death for poisoning—the first his wife , and the other her husband—were executed on Tuesday , at A _' _cndOme . Rougier had sunk into such complete insensibility , that it was necessary to carry him up to the platform of the scaffold . On being informed that his hour was come , he first , uttered dreadful cries , but afterwards . became calm , anil said , " I shall not suffer so much as my poor wife ! " The widow Auga , on the contrary , showed great thinness , and even made some resistance when the executioner laid his hands upon her . An immense crowd was collected to view this sanguinary spectacle . —Galignami .
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HOME CIRCUIT . _IlERiFonD , March 1 . —The Damnable Game Lawb . —Stephen Boswell , 21 , George Warboys , 22 , and Frederick Jeans , 19 , were indicted for being unlawfully , in the night-time , armed with guns and other offensive weapons , upon certain enclosed land belonging to the Marquis of Salisbury . It appeared from the evidence that , on the night ofthe 16 th of December , one ofhis lordship ' s gamekeepers , named Noah Waller , was on duty in awood belonging to the noble marquis , called Howick ' s Wood , but which is in the occupation of Mr . C Dimsdale . At a late hour ofthe night the keeper heard the report of fire-amis , and shortly afterwards he saw the prisoners Boswell and Warboys , and two other mon , coino into tho wood , one of them carrying a gun . lie saw one of them discharge the gun , and a bird fall , which was picked up ; and all the men then went out of the wood .
The keeper _lollowed them , and waswiortty altcrwards joined by his father , upon which the prisoners said that they should call their " mates ; " and one of them whistled , when two more men , one of whom was the prisoner Jeans , came up , Tho keepers continued to follow the men , and as they were passing a pond , the poachers threatcnedthat if they did not go away they would throw them in . They did not , however , commit any violence , and upon the keepers going towards a farmhouse to call for more assistance , they all ran off , and the prisoners were not apprehended until some time afterwards . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against Boswell and Warboys , and acquitted Jeans . The prisoner Boswell , who had , it appeared , been several times before in prison , was sentenced to twelve , and Warboys to six months' imprisonment and hard labour .
WESTERN CIRCUIT . _Winchester March 1 . —Manslaughter . —John Holden was indicted for the manslaughter of Benjamin Shaw . It appeared that the prisoner and the deceased were convicts on board one of the _hulki- at Portsmouth ; the prisoner having been sentenced _.-n one ofthe Wiltshire quarter sessions to be transported for ten years for stealing a watch . On the 10 th oi December a convict , who was called as a witness , stated it was his duty to man the ladders for breakfast , which the convicts did by turns . Having done this he went into his ward , followed by the deceased . The prisoner was there , and was accosted by the deceased , who said , " What ! You here again ; why , you , you are always skulking your work . " To this the prisoner made some angry reply , and the deceased then went up to liim , took him by the collar of his coat with both hands , and shook him . The
prisoner offered some resistance to this , when the deceased put his hand to the back of his head , and pressed his head down . The prisoner then made n violent push at the deceased in the lower part of his pei * son . Deceased let go his hold , staggered back to Jiis locker , and exclaimed he was stabbed . A surgeon was sent for , and found that the man had been stabbed in the groin , and that an artery was severed . The mate of the hulk deposed that he was called to the spot , and took the prisoner into custody ; ami from his manner , and what he saw and heard at the time , he had no doubt it was an accident , and that _, the prisoner , when he made the push , had no intention of stabbing the man as he had done . Guilty . — On Monday the prisoner was brought up for judgment , when Mv . Justice Erie sentenced him to be imprisoned for one month .
OXFORD CIRCUIT . Reading , March 4 . — -The Thatcham Murder . — Thomas Jennings was indicted for the wilful murder of his child , _Kleazei- Jennings , in the parish o : Thatcham , Berks . Francis Harris , examined by Mr . Sclfc , deposed : I am constable at Thatcham . The prisoner was gamekeeper to Mr . 'full . He is u married man , and in last December had four children , I believe . On the 24 th of last January , in obedience to a warrant , I exhumed the body of one of them , Eleazcr . It was taken into the belfry . I sent for the prisoner , who stated the child to be his . Mr . Alexander , the coroner , was present . I observed that it was a singular thing respecting the last child ' s being poisoned , and had strong suspicion that the
other was . He replied , " There is no more poison in them young ones than in me . " On Tuesday , Jan . 20 , 1 went with Mr . Cave to the prisoner's house . 1 saw him coming up with the sexton from Thatcham . He said that he had been to tell Mr . Clemeuti , the clergyman , that he had some arsenic on a shelf in Ms house , which he had forgotten . In the couree of the day I went with Mr . Cave and tbe prisoner to jiis watch-house in the wood . I asked if he had any arsenic there , lie said , " No ; that some stale arsenic had been buried , and that lie had given a bottle of fresh arsenic to John Mace , Mr . Tuli _' a gardener . We all three went into the house . I asked where he used to keep his arsenic , lie showed me . In a hole of the thatch I found a vial , containing
something white , which I gave to Mr . Cave . Wo then went to Milson ' s public-house , where we had a quart of beer . Mr . Cave and prisoner were alone a short time , when the former called mc , and said that Jennings wanted to make some statement . I told him I did not want to hear anything . He said it was his particular wish to have it off his mind , and asked Mr . Cave to take it down , whieh he did , and afterwards read it over in my presence to the prisoner , who said , " That is quite correct , " and put a cross to it . Mr . Cave and I signed it . Mr . Cave has it still , I believe . The statement referred to was to the effect tliat lie had incautiously left a bottle containing arsenic in his house , and he supposed that in the absence of himself and wife , the children bv some means
had got possession of it and swallowed a portion . Several witnesses were examined , amongst tliem the niece of the prisoner , Maria Carter , who said I am 12 years old , and niece to the prisoner . Last Christmas I was living with him . I used to mind the children . There were four children . My uncle and aunt wero the only other people in the house . Eloazov was the third child . He died on _Christmas-day . On the previous Sunday we liad suet pudding , potatoes , and bacon for dinner . Eleazer diued with us . On Monday morning my aunt left home about eight in the morning , and did not return till six in the evening . We dined on that day between twelve and one . We had bacoiu and potatoes . Eleazcr did not take salt from the salt cellar . M y uncle got up and went into the pantry , lie soon came back to the table .
and sat down next to Eleazcr . He then gave him salt , but 1 did not see him take it out ofthe salt eellav . He put it on the plate with his finger and thumb , but I did not see where he got it from . It looked wliite . The salt cellar was on the table near me , within reach of my uncle . Had he taken what he put . on the : plate out of it I should have seen it . Eleazer put his potatoe to it , and then ate it up . In the afternoon , about half an hour after dinner , he complained of his belly , lie slept with his brother James . Next morning he complained again , and was sick about ten c- ' elock . At night he _saiityie was very thirsty . He slept with me . I gave him some white mint tea , which his mother made for him . He got worse . My uncle went for a doctor about night , but he died before they came back . My aunt wished my uncle to go . He went as soon as she asked him . I had never seen my uncle give anything to the children
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out of the pantry before . —The learned Judge summed up the evidence to tlie jury , who , after deliberating about thrccminntes , _bi'ouglitiiiaYci'dictof Guilty , accompanied with a " recommendation to mercy !" His Lordship then , putting on the black cap , proceeded in the most impressive manner to pass sentence of death upon the prisoner , to whom he held out not tbe slightest hope of mercy . The prisoner , who had frequently shed tears during the trial , now exclaimed that he was innocent , and that his life had been falsely sworn away . He was then removed from the dock .
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Mo . vday , _Maucii 3 . —Bunojunv—Thomas Howell aged 21 , cabinet-maker , Frederick Smith , aged 31 , ' _ni-inter _, and Robert Franklin , aged 2 _"J , tailor , who stood remanded from last sessions , were indicted for feloniously and burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of George Warrener , situate in the City of London , on the night ofthe 10 th January last , and stealing therein two rings , value os . Itwas fully proved in evidence by the housemaid ofthe prosecutor , the proprietor ofthe George and Vulture Hotel , George-yard , Lombard-street , that about ten o ' eloek on tlie night in question she proceeded to the bedroom of M . Gatiiycs for the purpose of lighting the fire , and to her surprise she found tliat the door ,
which wns usually kept locked , was on the occasion open . On entering the room she discovered the two prisoners , Howell and Smith , standing between tbe lied and a chest of drawers . Sho immediately cried " Murder , " and rushed down stairs , followed by the two prisoners , who seized her by the heck , and put their hands to her mouth to prevent her cries being heard , which was , however , ineffectual , for her master hearing them , secured the two prisoners until the police arrived . On being searched at the station-house there were found upon Howell , secreted between the lining of his coat , five keys , one of which was found to open the bed-room door , where they were seen by the housemaid . Keys were also found upon Smith capable of opening : almost anv lock .
The property named in the indictment was found missing from the tabic where it was placed by M . Gatayes . It was further deposed by a cabman , named Henry Taylor , that about half past nine o ' clock on the before-mentioned night , he was called from the ranks in St . Paul ' s Churchyard by three persons , one _ofswhom he was quite positive was the prisoner Franklin , the other two he believed to be Howell and Smith . He was ordered to drive them to Georgeyard , Lombard-street . On arriving there two of tlie party got out and went up the yard in the direction of the George and Vulture Tavern ; the prisoner Franklin remained behind in the cab . In about
twenty minutes hrankhn got out and went in the same direction , but almost immediately returned , and said that he . was sorry that the witness had to wait so long , but he would sec that he was paid for his time . He again went away and did not return . Witness after waiting two hours went to tlie police station to complain , and there saw Franklin and the other two prisoners in _- custody . It was further proved by the waiter of the tavern , that Franklin was seen walking about the servants' hall . The jury , after a lengthened interval , found all tho prisoners " Guilty of burglariously breaking and entering the dwellinghouse of the prosecutor . Sentence deferred .
Tuesday , March -l . -- Escape _t-rom Prison . — Lawrence Phillips was placed at the bar , charged with the misdemeanour of escaping from custody and being at large , before the expiration of the sentence passed upon him according to law . The prisoner in August last was convieted , in this court , of picking pockets at Walthamstow , in Essex , and sentenced to six months' imprisonment in llford House of Correction , from which plaeo he effected his escape on the 19 th of October . He was missed bv tlie governor of
the gaol from the infirmary , in which place he was confined , being unwell at the time . In a few days after his escape the governor received back the prison dress by railway , and until the 17 th of February last nothing was seen of the prisoner -, at which time the governor recognised him in Whitcchapel . The prisoner , seeing Mr . Anderson ( tho governor ) , ran away , but was pursued b y the latter , and was captured and taken back to the llford gaol . The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty . Sentence respited for the present .
_Receivino Stolen Property . —Robert Carpenter , aged 23 , and Anne Pybus , aged 30 , were indicted for feloniously . receiving eight silver spoons and other property of value , the property of Isaac Fordham , well knowing them to have been stolen . They were also indicted for receiving a razor and waistcoat , the property of William Fordham , with a guilty knowledge . The prosecutor stated , that he resides at llatton-garden , and is an emery paper-maker , lie went to bed at ten o ' clock on the night of the 2 ( 5 th of January . The lower part of the premises was securely fastened . On getting up the following morning , he found that the house had been broken into , and every article of value that could be come at was taken away . Amongst the articles stolen was a
cashbox , which was afterwards found at the house which was occupied by . the prisoners . The cash-box produced is tho same , and is the property of witness . The articles belonging to his son had been removed from his dcslc , whicli had evidently been unlocked , for no marks of violence were found on it . When the woman was taken a key was found on her , whicli exactly fitted the desk . Thomas Key stated , that lie is an accountant , residing in Cliurchway , it . Pancras . About a fortnight previous to the commission of the robbery the two prisoners came to his house and hived apartments . They lived as man and wife . They were at home mi the night ofthe burglary , but were visited very late
> y two men . Witness heard a hammering * soon alter they came in . It sounded as if they were trying to open a tin box . lie also heard a jingling as ii * some ¦ uotalwas thrown upon a table , and a female voice _< uid , "Well , Tem , now it is all over . I suppose you will go to Portsmouth ? " The answer was , " No , 1 shall go to Brighton . " The men then left , and witness , considering there was something wrong , opened the window and called a policeman , who ertcred the liouse and found all the property in the prisoner ' s room . The property was then produced , and sworn to by the prosecutor as his own . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty . Carpenter was sentenced to seven years' transportation , and judgment was respited on the woman .
Wednesday , March 5 . —Richard Elliott , aged 31 , and Richard Vincent , aged 42 , both described as omnibus drivers , and remanded from the last session , were placed at the bar , Elliott standing indicted for house-breaking , and Vincent with feloniously receiving stolen goods . The jury acquitted Vincent , and tbund a verdict of Guilty against Elliott . Mr Justice Patterson sentenced the latter to fifteen year transportation . . Attempting to M _* onn _* E _* n , as Infant . —Ann Wilson , alias Sarah Uriden , aged 20 , spinster , was placed at the bar on the charge of feloniously attempting to drown a male infant with intent to
_nuirdcrnndsuffocate . From the facts ot the case elicited m evidence it appeared that upon the 8 th of February last , abou ' the hour of three o ' clock in the afternoon , the prisoner was scon by a cabman , of the name of Landell , at the edge of a piece of water called " Barrow-hill Pond , " holding the child by the leg and attempting to immerse it in the water . Landeil gave the alarm , and a man named Kitson , who was collecting ice at the time , ran with the first witness to the prisoner , who , perceiving that she was discovered , took the child up in her arms and attempted to escape , but was secured by Kitson , upon which sho threw the child down on the ground . It was taken up and put iiilo a horse-cloth , and was _tosethcr with
the woman , brought to the Salisbury-street stationhouse , and tliere given into custody of Inspector _l- ' _uviow _, who lost no time in _pvoct . vmg a warm water bath and other restoratives for the unfortunate child , at the same time sending for Mr . Leroux , a medical man , who deposed that the child was quite black , indicating congestion ofthe lungs , which he thought likely to be caused by immersion . The child , whi _« _-h was only two months old , under the treatment pursued , ultimately recovered . The prisoner , on being questioned at the station-house , stated that she was the mother ofthe child , and had only come to town that morning from Hertford . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty . Sentence , fifteen years ' transportation .
RonnEHY . —Thomas Andrews , aged . 24 , a printer , was found guilty of stealing five gold rings , value £ 6 , the property of Frederick FoJkanl , pawnbroker , lilackfriar ' _s-i-oad . The prisoner effected the robbery by putting his lingers through a broken pane of glass in the shop window . Sentence , ten yeans' transportation . A Heartless Robber **; . —Daniel' Henry Donncy , aged 24 , described in the calendar as a glass-cutter , was convicted of stealing .. ! box and some wearing apparel , the property of Mary Beckworth , a simplclookinj ) - country girl . _Thepi'isonor became acquainted with the prosecutrix through a cabman who was in the * habit of driving out her mistress on Suuda _*"' She was induced to go into a pv . ' . ;" e » ; _ouse by this person and the prisoner , and after p : vt iking of some liquor , whicli she believed to have been drugged ,- she became insensible . On recovering , she found herself in bed with the prisoner , fit No . 3 , Little
_Exiiiouth-street , Hampstcad-road _, where he had taken _, a furnished room . The girl lived with the prisoner for a fortnight , lie rcpresentiiigjier as his wife , and she , acting under his advice , represented him as her husband to her parents , who are honest and industrious working people living at Richmond . However , at the expiration of that period he forsook her , and ' earned away the little property whieh she possessed , consisting of trifling articles of female apparel , a portion of which he pledged , and the rest was found in his possession when taken into custody . A few days after she met him , and on her threatening to give liim into custody he swore he would blow out her brains with a pistol and stab lier with a sword , articles whicli she knew he possessed . However , she carried lier threat into execution . —He was also convicted of stealing three shirts and _^ other articles , value * 15 s ., the property of John Brite ; five pair of stockings , value 3 s ., the property of Catherine Fair ; and two towels , value 2 s ., the property of Ann Fair , from a
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house in which he had lodged last year . —He had i : _** been frequently convicted and sentenced to vaiiousis terms of imprisonment in that court andelaewlicrc fonr offences of a similar nature—rTlie Common ' _. _Sorjoant _. t ,. in passing sentence , said a more atrocious . case nevewr came before that court . It Was not the intention otit the court to pass any sentence upon _him'fbrthe second d offence , but solelv ' on the iirst . ' A . worse cagetkann that could not be conceived . He not only used every y mode towards the unfortunate girl which the mostit
depraved mind could have used lor the . basest ot purposes , but threatened to . shoot her when she said shee would give him into custody on the charge . It was 3 also his belief that he . obtained his living by robbing j the public . Jfe was seldom called upon to pass the } sentence ho was about to pronounce ; but the case be- fore the court was one of that nature which called for r such a sentence—which was that he be transported I tor fifteen years . —The-Common Serjeant directed the s constable who had the management ofthe case to see i that Mary Beckworth was conveyed to her parents _i tree of expense to herself . "
_TnuRsnAY March C . — The Bethnai .-Green Alu »» _-6 « . —James Tapping , aged 25 , talkiw-c ' mndter , was indicted for the wilful murder of Emma Whiter , by shooting her m the neck with a pistol , on the night ot the 2 , th ot January last . The prisoner , when placed m the dock , exhibited much linnncBS . llo is it short stout young man , with a rather unmeaning face , and certainly has nothing in his features to exhibit deep-seated passions of any kind Mr . Doane attended to prosecute , and Mr . Clarkson was engaged for the defence . — Avanchc _, who lives in Waterloo-town , Bethnal-green-road , said that between twenty minutes and a quarter to one o ' _cloch
on the morning ot the 27 th ot January , his attention was directed to something smouldering on the ground . He saw that it was a bonnet and a ribbon , and , on looking about , discovered the girl lying in the street with her face downwards . She was not dead , for he found some sensation in her pulse . She was conveyed to the London Hospital . John Harvey and Edward Backhouse gave similar evidence , and said that apool of blood was discovered on the spot where she had lain . Wm . Whiter—I live at 105 , Brick lane , and I am brother to the deceased . 1 did not know that tlie prisoner and my sister kept company . I never saw them together . I recollect the nigktof the 27 th of January ; my sister eanie . into mt house about a quarter before ion o ' clock that nieht . .-
the prisoner came m a few minutes afterwards . I took her into the parlour . The prisoner went into the tap-room . During the time they remained the * did nob speak to eaeli othor . My sister went away at twelve o ' clock . The prisoner met her at the door , ant they went away together . —By Mr . Justice Williams . ' They appeared to go away on good terms , and shook hands with me before they left . William Slater , a weaver , stated that he lived at No . 4 , South Conduit-street , Bethnal-giecn-road . I knew the
prisoner , and 1 also knew Emma Whiter . Whilst 1 was standing at my father ' s door , about half-past twelve o'clock on the night of the 27 th of January , I saw the prisoner and the deceased pass , and go towards _King-strcefc . lie had his arm round iic . r neck . I then went up stairs to bed . About six or seven minutes after I heard the report of fire-arms ; the sound came from the back of our residence . I looked out of both the back and front windows , but I saw nothing . The spot where the deceased was found is about thirty-five yards from my residence . *—Richard liunn , a weaving-machine maker : I was in a
publicliouse called the Rising Sun , in Sail-street , Waterloo Town , between one and two o ' clock on Tuesday morning , ' and the house is within a quarter of a mile from the place where the deceased was found . The prisoner ' s brother was there ; tliere were about twelve there altogether . The prisoner came in about one o ' clock . He appeared iu a very deranged state . He sat down on the corner of the table , and spoke to his brother . A person named Capes was there _. The prisoner said , The deed is done , and cannot be undone . His brother did not do anything . I said , Jem , what is the matter with you ? His rcplv was , What ' s the matter , indeed ?—
" Tlie sua shines bright , And the moon shines clear , _" I said , Will you go with me ? He said , Yes , I wdl go with yon anywhere , as you never led me info any harm , lie said , You go up the court , and I will meet you at the other end . I heard the prisoner say to Capes , Capes , I want no more to say to you , for you have been the cause of this destruction . I went round the court and joined again with the prisoner . I asked him to go home with nie to have supper , but he declined . lie said , Why . should I go to supper with you ? Go in doors , aud I'll go and see how tlie young children are , meaning his brothers andsistci' 3 . 1 went with him . lie sat " down ' on a chair behind
the door and placed his hands on tho hack of another chair , his head resting on them . 1 then left hiin . It was past two o ' clock when 1 left Tapping . I then went to deceased ' s father ' s house . W hen 1 went back to prisoner's house I heard the father of deceased ask Tapping , Where is my daughter ? lie answered , Yes , I have been with yonr _daughter all the evening at your son ' s . — -Thomas Whiter : I live at No . 20 , North Conduit-street , Bethnal-green-road . [ am father of the deceased . On the morning of the 28 th . of January I went to prisoner ' s house , aud found liim . sitting on a chair with his head resting on his bands _, lie was rather paler than usual . 1 asked him if he had seen my daughter ? Me said , No . not this night , nor yet the night before . I asked him if he had heard
anything of her ? He then said they both had been together that evening at her brother ' s , lie said he had left her welj and hearty at a quarter-past twelve o ' clock at the corner of _Mapc-strect . Then I left ,. — folice constable Johnson , 200 K ; On the night of the 27 th of January 1 went with the last witness to Tapping ' s liouse , aud inanswerto a question from the father the prisoner hadleftthe deceased inthe Hethnnl-greeuroad . Examined the room , and found a pistol . — William Crispin : Ou the morning of the 28 th of January I was in the parlour of the ItisingSun , when the prisoner came in , and I observed that his hand was bleeding . On niy observing it to him , he said he had cut his finger . After some time , lie said the
deed was done , and could not be undone , and it would be a mystery to all . The brother llcury said , " strike mc dead , you have shot your woman ! " I then left and went home . —Thomas Perkins , guumaker : The prisoner brought nie a pistol on Saturday , the 20 th of January , to get the tap repaired . I did no , and took it to the llising Sun , where I gave it to tbe prisoner . Saw him on the following Sunday to further repair the pistol . Did so , _amfgavc it to him . —Thomas Capes , of _Bethnal-gi-eer .: Knew that the prisoner was paying his addresses to the deceased . On the night of the 27 th , th « prisoner and deceased were at the bar ofthe Rising Sun . The prisoner paid some attention to two voum ; " \ r ) s there , which
excited the anger ot the deceased , who struck oneot them . Prisoner interfered and separated them . Tliey then returned to the dance , and continued there till tivonty minutes to on .- o'clock . 1 went with the deceased to Lower Conduit-street , as she said she was frightened of _^ the girls with whom she had quarrelled . _Westood standing at Conduit-street , waiting for the prisoner's coming up ; he cjiinc up , and struck her with his right hand iu the face . He gave no reason for it . I told him not to strike her . He struck her again , 1 returned for her bonnet , as they appeared to have made it up , and were again friendly . I was nevei * in the company of the deceased , except at the ball . Serjeant Shaw waa next
examined , after which Mr . William ( , ' innminys , _aaurgeon at the London Ilospitalsaid , soon a I ' teroue o ' clock , on Tuesday morning , the 28 th of January , th * . deceased was _brought into the hospital—she was quite dead . There was a black patch on the left side of her neck . Jt appeared to have been caused by a . juste ! shot . There was ; i great deal of blood on her clothe ? . Her hands wero sli g htly . smeared , as if they liad been touched with bloody fiii _^ _ci-3 . 1 afterwards made a post mortem examination , and found a wound in tliis black patch , which proceeded upwards to the top of the spine . 1 extracted two bullets and some wadding , and have no doubt that they were the cause of her death . These are the bullets ' —Mr . Clarkson then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner . — Mr . Baron Parke afterwards summed up , and recapitulated the evidence already given by the different witnesses . The jury having consulted for two or
three minutes , returned a verdict of Guilty . The learned Judges having put on their black caps , Mr . Baron Parke _proceeded to pass sentence on the prisoner inthe usual form , concluding as follows : — All that now remains for me fo do is to pass upon you the sentence of the law for the cririie you have committed—That for this crime you be taken from bonce to the place from whence you came , and from thonec to the place of _exec-. _ttion _, thereto be hanged bythe neck till you are dead , your body then to . be taken down and to be buried within the precinct 8 of the gaol : and may God have mercy upon your soul . ( The learned Judge , while delivering the sentence , was so deeply affected , that at times he was quite inaudible . The prisoner , who , during his lordsliip _'* .-feeling address , had listened with the most earnest attention , at the conclusion bowed profoundly , and was then led from the bar . ) ' -
Fhiday , March 1 . —Thomas Howell , Frederick South , and Robert Franklin , who had been convieted , last Tuesday , of a burglary committed in the dwelling-house of George Warriner , proprietor of the George and Vulture Tavern , George-yard , Lomb ariistreet ( the particulars of the case appeared in the Morningllerald of Wednesday ) , were brought up this morning ' to receive judgment , when tin " * Recorder sentenced them to be severally transported , for the term of ten . vears :
Rate . —William Camplin , aged 55 , residing at 17 Bermondsey-. street , was indicted fov having committed a rape on the person of Jane Matthews _ao-ed 13 , on the 30 th of . Uecember last . The cvidenef whicli cannot of course be published , seemed to establish the fact that the prisoner had taken the prosecutrix to lus own hsmse , and there had given her some gm and peppermint , and while she was in a state ot stupor had perpetrated the offence for which he was indicted . . The jury found the prisoner Guilty , and Mr . Baron Parke' sentenced him fo be transported for life .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 8, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_08031845/page/5/
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