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ANDOVER WORKHOUSE ABOMINATIONS . ( Concluded from our seventh page . J what court of tor _iranld cuterlain the charge , or hear in .- " _t-Di > _ii' * 's ! _3- _3 S ' - ' _- * r _? "Vour _pix-por-d to roe of _prosjeutiug at my owu « - n _. _nse'Ir M ' _-Dossal is extraordinary and strange . H : s _coiTicUon would , I admit , be followed by tlte loss of his situation , but liU aci « ttal of any legal offence lor v . lncb lie _BBglrt-be 5 n .: ictal would leave him stiU under the chave of gross drunkenness , of indecent and scandalous attempts upon tbe wome : i in the workhouse , and of _frauJuient conduct in bis _office . In tbat event , therefore , the fitness or unfitness of retaining him as master of tlie Andover Union ¦ Workhouse would still remain to be _iktcrmineii by some suchinqu . ry as the present . "I must , therefore , must respectfully _rccurst _ji at y 0 l , -mil direct tlio Assislant-Coff . n . isstouer to hear the defence of Mr . M'Dougal against the very strong case proved _agrinst liim ; and also hear the new charges which I have to make , and which yoa promised should he
_Juurd . "I have the houour to remain , gentlemen , ' Your most obedienf servant , " Andover . Sept . 12 . " J . C . _Westlabe . " In accordance with the "Instructions" in thc _Seticr to I ) r . Westlake from thc commissioners , Mr . 1 _' arker did " suspend" the inquiry . At thc close 0 ' tilQ _liweaed'oss tu Tuesday , the QUi , he regularly adjourned his " court" till Thursday thc llth , at _Isllpast nine : bat on the counsel and attorney in support cfthecbai _* £ tH repairing to the Hoard-room at the appointed time * , they found that Mr . _Assistant-Coroniissioiicr Parker had absconded , gone off , witii-• ont ever apprising \ vzm of his intention . Tho letter of Mr . AYcstiake , huwe-ra _* , _sndtlie burst of public indignation that lias greeted thc act , has caused ihe commissioners to retrace their steps : aud Mr . Parker on Mondav last apprized Dr . Av _' cstlake , by letter , that on Wednesday he should resume the iu-Testigation .
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THE NORTHERN STAR . _ _^^ __^ : _^ _ . _. _ gEPTEMBER 20 ; i 845 1 ; _^ _,- _* .- _uxm- _* , _*^ - - _—MrtrTr- _- _** ¦ rif , _ai _* _- ] _iii * - _» w _*« M _> _tiMM _««' " ' _.. —— : ¦ ";'"" : ~ - _,
The Bone Kn-Awixg Atrocity. Respecting T...
THE BONE _KN-AWIXG ATROCITY . Respecting this horrible ailiiir the Reporter of thc Junes , findiiTg thai there was no intention on the part ef the assistant-co * . p . Tttiss _* ioner to inquire into thc _bone-pichin _? business * , hut on thc contrnry , a desire to hush up the alfalr , commenced , in conjunction with thc correspondent of the Morning Chronicle , an inquiry into it , and collected the following statements , the _pereons making tliem heing examined apart from each other . . Aaron _Astritch ' s statement : —I left the worlchoupo aboil three weeks cr a mouth before last Christmas . I was in tho house _eifht weeks . Most of that tini 2 I worked ai hon ? -f : rushi * ig . Generally seven or _ehiht men were r . £ work wit ' s nie ; sometimes nine , 'i'he
bones were _lioise bor . e . _« , beci _boncSj mutton hones , and pig _boacs . I saw ho human bones there . I have seen some of the men , five or six , guaw the gristle off the bones , and tak ? the marrow out ol them after tbey were broken . They were not pariicnl . ir what _fcsnes they gnawed , as long as there wss anything on them . Some of these hones had been above four months in thc store . The other men who had been there a long time told me so . They were in a very bad state ; they smelt very _kully . When the door -was opened in the morning it was enough to knock you back . The gristle was of a very dark colour , sometimes green , and all kinds of colours ; it icas quite rotten . The roarr _***^ w . s very often in the same state . 1 should say that a good many dogs would nol
touch it . The men ate it . for want . 1 hey had not enough to eat from the workhouse . They had their allowance . It might be the proper allowance ; but * we never had it weighed beforo us . What we had allowed us was n :. £ enough to support an ahle-Lodfeu ' mau ; not enough to support nature . I don ' t find fault with the _quality but the quantity . I have had more in quantity out of the house . I have not lived eo short out of the house . 1 got a belly full when I was iu work . I went into ihe house because I was out of employ . I dh * not mention this subject to the master , _neither did thc o ker men . After I _casrs out of die house , Mr . IIhtIi Mundy asked me how 1 _i _' rkc * . tlie workhouse . It old hiia that I did not dislike the -place , but the food -was very sliort . He then r . * -cd
mc if hwss true _tbztt sense of _iheisc'i -iick <* _.-l & , hones ? I t ; U lum they did . What bad * sinff _. hvy got from the bones was not Gt for a man to eat . They ate it _almcst every day 1 was . there . They would Icok the boucs ever , aad when they found what they called a _nk-e bone , they _voaJd sometimes put It by , to pick at the lirst _opportunity . They wero _olmed to _itecp moving at their work till it was done . If tliey found marrow while they were breaking their bones , they took it out dii * _CDi : y and ate it . 1 never ate any ni ; ,-seif . 1 was _i * . 't _-licre' _^ ' _-ry long . A m au nnwt bo there a goo : ' while tn ccue to it . A man must tu tcit hard drove to cat it . Tha _siaell wss _eisoujili for me . " The mca v . ? ve _always Fajiug th « 'y _hi'il not enough to cat . Wi-. v * n thev were put to rii !* in the
gaitiea , _aJier the potato crop was taken k ; i , if ihey found a potato _t-icy would cat it raw . They would eat _anvflihig tliey could f . c-t at . Jir . Parker , the a * 5 sistant-c oni * . aissiar . cr , came here to my master ' s house rather more than tliree weeks a _^ o aad _exa-aiiscd iue . 1 tola h : m all tills about the bones ( l ' . "' i al ) > at _il-e _-notoi-xs . 11 = asked nie if 1 had _fuod _enough ¦ vrfrai 1 was in tho workh-ju -u , and J v . i ' . d him 1 i * r . ; not ; I said f here iv . _is _v-zt victual :: enough _icr the ires . He swore me . J am *• ct , sworn now , but J s * ie _; ::: t ! : c truth just the ssnse . We ba . l a _" aartcf _"rf-: " » y" ' and six ounces cf brew for _breakf-isl in the _moniiii" . Y- e had to break t-rco _Un-hds of bancs , which would make cne bush _ _-: a ;; -. ! & _h-. Af of bane dust . It wad Strained through a -, _h- e before it would do . Wc wo . _-kc-l from eig . i in the morning uutil lour in the afternoon . Thcm _.-n was * n- = t iii . but when t '» _.-v _hu
been a loag bm -. t ! : cy _j _-ji very vreas , 11 _iliilk that was for trant of : ' z ? 4 , " Two clii'dren , a _maa , and a -woman die * vriiL _' e 1 was in the _in-use . _s \ m iuquc : *! ¦ was he'd . If a _ni ; ia did Eut do his quantity cf boms by four o _' chick Lo _liius , _*; kec _-j on until he had - _.-anc it . He was kept _without liis . - -upper until it was done . That was ths orJ ? r , hut 1 don't remember tliat any _ons was lata _v ' ule I v ;? . i iiv the house . Tiio . same rule _aj" _* . iicd Tj the _Ticiaou _xt ' nen picking o . ikum My wife had a young rhild . She was pus io _hemp-v-itking . and ix : * - b _. _cis kep ; T _?! t ' _ioat _3 : e- * supper until she picked her q-uat . ty _. " i a-2 _oaini .-i * . _vas _"Ieccs of hard rope , _whic'I they ph-ked oat v , _* i \' j their _ihi-icis . Jt made their hands very -ore . The rammer 1 _npei ! fi > r crushing _bosc-5 _weh-ued l $ ? . b . A man came in witli a sack of bones , and he had a _nteel-balancs and weighed it . It woa'd make anybody ' s _shoa'deis ache . I have hear *! ihis statement i _* _ea-J overaud it
, » aU true . ' the statement of Thomas Turton , aged 73 last May : —I was in th . * hur . se about two months . 1 think I left it last April . While I was there I was put to wwl * . at the pump . At _fii-st they put _ixx-j to garden work . J _coul-j not do it . Tiie pump is opposite the _f- ' a ? e in winch the men were at work breaking bnues in thc s _«*« c yard . I have seen them gnaw the banes and su- _* s ri _: c marrow out of { hern . They were picked out f . - _<; r . i aiaorg t :: c stinking boucs . The place smelt very badly . _lacked thc men how thev could st « i ! i : tch " it ? " fhcv said that if 1 _tt _* _- _*; ;• '
Jiannry as _thay , and as hard at work , I _shoiud do tec same . I said I did nut think I should . But they -were able-bodied me ; :, and 1 am an old man . They ¦ were always sayi .-. g taut they had not enough to crt . I can say that they had nut enough to support a ir * _in . Ihave told many of lis gentlemen sa when they Lave a **! ced mc _«•>«¦ I _I . fceu the workhou _= * c . I have told some ofthe _gasrJiius that what 1 h :: d wns good , but there was no : _eia-ugh for mc . I told . Mr . Lilwoad so . He is a guardian . 1 was his . shepherd . He discharged me _because lie snid ] w . is an old man and could not attend fo his Hosk in thu winter . I Lad been a year and a half in liis service , lie sent me _iiii-i the work ' _iousa _uni'J my parish wa * j found
out . I hare seen the men-snatch tlie bancs from one another . I said , " I can ' t think how yon cm eat it . " _Ttscy s : » W , " _liunjrer is slinrp , " I ililTC _IllCiltioned this _msUer to Mr . Goodall . T am bow hk shepherd . This statement lias been read over to nie , and it i < all true . 1 was never examined about , this by the board . 1 wish to add , that the master of thc liouse must have known this , because a man named Eaton used to steal the braes- lie was not a . bonccnislier . On . meat-days , if _thare wero any bones , they were put on his plate , and Air . M'Dougal used to say , " There ' s a bone for you . " Tiie men took notice of it , and wc thought it was because Eaton stole the bancs . I never ate any myself . I could not < b it .
Ti : e statement o ? John - _\ _Yells : —1 left the _TVOrkllon e about Julv last . I was nearly twelve months ther _? . I worked ; : t bone-crushing from tlie first time I went in regularly until _aboat three mouths before I left the warkh * 'ti * -e . 1 have seen the nien gnaw the bones . They broke the pig _cliap-hnnes to pick the fat and gr istle < _snt . I have seen tliem cat ii ! C 111 . 11 ' - row out of the _i-oncs . -Some of the bones were stinking _bDnes . They were gat very high sometimes . The men were very glad to get hold of them , they ircreso hungrr . I bar . * . _* _een thc men _quanid , almost _iidit for these bones sometimes . They would snatch tliem cut-of e = jch other ' s allowance of bollCS put down to era-h . Some of the marrow was stinking , and some not . _aitonling to the time thc bancs lad been in . I did not think it was tit food for a
man , but hanger will make a man cat anything . I have eaten the marrow and gristle a good many times . 1 did so because 1 was hungry . The worli-Louse allowance was not enough for able-bodied men vrho Wttvkcd at bone-eriishing . Itwas no use to Crumble ; you would only get it taken back and made less . We have Jast by grumbling . The allowances ¦ Wire cot sufficient to support nature . The men complained amongst themselves tbatthey had not enough to eat . The breakfast _smiel was sometimes so thin
that a eomplai >; t was mndc to the board . It was reduced from a quart to three half-pints , bat it was no better . I have lived hetter out of the house than in it wuen 1 have bepn iu work I got a little beer and more meat . They were bones of all kinds . I saw an nnder jaw-bone _th- ? rp . I don't know whether it _^ nf _^ _^ or ? _" " » tfa . but it was one or the tiie _tW < _£ _Wllt " , _i » htmea were brmiekt into Winer ineir clothes . or put ' cm away in the _dusthole
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for fair the master should _cse them . They ate cm wh n they had an opportunity . Thc master has kno .. u It . lie has caught men at it , and talked to them about it a good many times . I recollect Mr Hugh Mundy coming to the workhouse to ask about the boue-catinsr . Some gentlemen were with him . f . _' r . F . Lcscomba was there , lie called all the men that were then employed in crushing bones into the men ' s day hall , lie asked thc men if they had not victuals enough without picking those bones ? We all told him wc had not . lie asked us if we had any bones then , and one or two of the men went and fetched some from the bonehonse . They were concealed between thc wall and tho crushing-box . Some
of the bones were better than others . Some oi the men were not particular . Some would cat stronger bones thau others . They were glad to get hold of ' em . I have heard old Thomas Turton say , he could not thinak how we could stomach them , a . gocd many times . I have seen the men , and women too , cat re *** potatoes when they were at work in the garden . Hunger made them do it . I could not stomach a raw potatoe myself . I thought that was worse than the bones . I could havo eaten the potatoes had they been cooked . I have never been examined by Mr . Parker or any one else before this about the bones . I have heard the statement road over , and it is all true .
Richard Smith ' s statement : —I left tne Andover Union workhouse on the 17 th of May last . I was there about five months . 1 was at work at _bouccroshtng during the three weeks _immediately before I left . I liave seen the men , twelve in number , gnaw the gristle off bones , and eat the marrow tltey fouiid on breaking them . I have done so myself . Some of the bones were brought from Winchester , from the barracks there , two or three tons at a time . The days on which they came were regular feast davs foi * us . The bones were horse bones , cow bones , and all sorts . There were fresh and stale , all mixed . Sometimes the marrow was -very stale , and smelt . We would some of us wrap it up in a bit * ' ! "paper , and put it into our breakfast gruel next morning . The hones would be sometimes six weeks or a month old .
Thc bits o' meat along the bones was green , and ail coloure , a ' most , turned --fousty" and rotten . We just wiped it with a bit of rag , or anything , and then ate it . This bone-picking continued aii tho time I was at work there . Before that I was in the s . ' _ck ward with a broken leg ; but I used to walk into thc yard on crutches , and have then seen the men eat this bad stuff . It was not fit for any one to cat , but we d ' td it through hunger . Wc had not food enough . We had our allowance , but it was not sufficient to support us . We were still hungry after we had our allowance . I have felt very hungry , and had a hankering after food very much . It was no use to com plain _^ because tliey would not give us more . 1 told ' Mr . Hugh Mundy , a guardian , of it . lie said he would do thc best he could to get it altered , but he could not alter it himself . The master knew the
bones were picked by the men . ihey used to hn ; e them away behind tiie boxes and in the dust-hole . As much as half a bushel were hidden at one time iu thc dust-hale . They had meat and marrowabout them . If wc had not got these bones to pick , we should have suffered very much from hunger , I have seen the men and women eat raw potatoes when they have dug them up in the garden . I knew Thomas Turton . He has said in my hearing to the . men who worked at banc-crushing before I went to tlte * . inic work— "I wonder Imw you can cat that . " I said so too ; but after I got well , and was putto work ,
I was soon glad to cat it as well as tne rest . I remember Mr . Uu <; h Mundy coining to inquire about the bones . I think itwas in January . Ii cashed the men if thejr gnawed the bones . They said they did , and some of the bones were fetched ; some that they had hid . He said they were not lit for any one to have . Besides Mr . Mundy , there were Mr . F . Loscombe , Mr . HoUoway , Jir . Payne ( a doctor ) , and two m- three other gentlemen * , guardians . Wells was not in tiie bonchouse while I was there : he was _nsy nui > e while I was in tho 3 ick ward . 1 have heard this statement read , and it is all true .
Upon being questioned as to how it was he had had one leg broken four times , and the other twice , _Saiitii _? aid both thighs were broken by a waggon going over them . He was 15 years of age only then , ami his legs were always weak . He never was tipsy on those occasions . Ho had a little drop of beer on the lust occasion , but was not tipsy . As the employment of the women at _oakam-pick-Iv . g has never been _meniicccd throughout thc inquiry , we thought it _advisable to _Wiethe statement of _MaiyAnn Astriteh _, wife of Aaron _Astriic-h : —I was ia the house with my husband and two children . 1 - . va ** not _altewed f . o sec my husband . I had one _s-hilii wilh me undone away . I w _.-js put to _o-iluinipi ' . l . " 3 if every day while I was tliere . I had to pick a sound and a half cf old bard roues a-day , It was
very hard , like bones . It almost took the flesh ell my _fisscrs to do it . 1 bail a young child to attend to , i ' . nd if I did not finish the oakum before four o ' clock I was compelled to keep at it until it was finished . I _aod two others kept at _' it until later than that . If 1 Lad _x ' . _t-. i finished at prayer-time , at six o ' clock , I lest mv _su-iyei- and got a good scolding . 1 lost my Kuppev twiuei 5 » i-All the women that had the use of their hands were made to pick oakum , unless they were ei ; _# - £ cd in _wasHng , needlework , or oilier work . I coiihi not drink the breakfast gruel , lt always disagreed with me . Two or three times on Sunday mornings when I went into cnapcl I changed niy _jprnci for a bit cf niy husband ' s bread , which he saved for the chili ' . My children were almost starved ; t ' uv cried for bread almost , ail dav long . So did the
rest cf the cliildren . The master detected me one Sunday _iiioriiing _chauying my gruel for my husband ' s bra . ! ' ! , and he told mc before all the people that il I did ifc again 1 should be sent io Winchester _i ; aoi for six months . I spoke to Mr . Los ' . _* o ; _iibo , a r , uanlian , about it ; and he said , "Sever mind . ~ * > Yhen tho food is given to you it is your own ; but you must not take it out of the house . " I have seen _ill 3 women eat pockets after pockets full of raw potatoes . Two or three women used to be sent into the _wfishhouse to boil potatoes for tiie pigs , ami then they _lO- j ' t some of the raw * j ? . es and hid _Uicta iu _tUi-ss _* _poefceta oi * bosoms , or where tliey could . When they irot back into the day-hall they ate than . The other women would beg— ** Give ine one ! _jjive mc ono !" The children in the day-hall would beg also . The
people were as glad oi a raw potato as some would ' no of st mellow apple . I could not cat raw potatoes . 1 wns starved , _enough to do it , bat my slonuieh eould not bear ifc . I have never enjoyed a good state ol ' health from a child up . Sometimes the people would steal a carrot out of the barrow when tiie man was wheeling a load in for tlic horse . Some' hues tlic man would throw in a bit slyly . Tlie children would pick up hits of turnip rind or anything that appeared eatable . The women and children did this because they had not _enomjh to live _ujion . Tliey were _starved , I was nearly starved . I was suckling my child , but many an hour it would cry for the breast , 1 had ho milk . 1 was allowed no beer , nor a drop oi hot water when ar . ylwdy was kind enough to E _«* d mc a bit of tea . I havo asked tho mistress for hot
water more than a uozen tunes , and she has rcinscd it . I could only get it when it was given out generally , which was abaufc three _t _' uues iu a week . I could tell a great deal marc about the ill-usage I aad others sulibral in that workhouse . I was at harvest work last week , or 1 should have been _ex-unincdattheworkhouse . Fourehildrcndiedwhilelwnsan inmate . The children who camo in pretty healthy _i-otin got worse . __ There was nothing for them to grow upon . 1 tried to make my escape three tiroes from the workhouse by getting over tho potty ; but I could not manage it with my young child in my anas . I tried to escape because of the starvation of myself and my child . I declare most solemnly that sooner than I would suffer the same again I wculd throw myself and jiiv children into the bal'gC liver . What I have _siatcd is all true .
- John Co . e , aged 51 : —I left the workhouse about a fortnight or three weeks ago . I was there five weeks before that . I worked at bone-crushing luurof those weeks , or a day or two more . The bones were of all kinds . There were horse bonc 3 and cattle bones . There might liave boon human bones among them without my knowing it . I did not examine them particularly . I Lave seen thc men gnaw ihe bits of meat , or hard griittle , and eat the marrow out of the bones . I have done so myself . They were very dirty , being tumbled about with the rest . I have seen sGnic ofthe men cat tainted gristle ami marrow . When I got a bad bono I gave it to some one else who was net so particular . This lasted all the time I was there . Generally speaking , all the bones were stale . I have seen a cart come with bones . Tbey were not fresh . I sav . * the men quarrel many times
for the boucs . They would hide them away from each otlier . 1 have hidden Uk m till I got an opportunity to pick tliem . It required a good stomach to pick them . Thc stuff was not fit for men to cat . Hunger made them do it . We had not food enough to support us in a proper way . We were worked very hard . . On Tuesdays , Thursdays , ami Saturdays we had no bread at dinner time . They complained among themselves about want of _sutiicicut foud . Wc did not let tho master see us picking the bones , if we could help it , for fear he should blow us up . He must have known it . I have worked jobbing about the garden . 1 have picked up raw potatoes , turnips , and carrots , and eaten them . I ate part of a raw cabbage once . 1 was told about it , and the master scolded me f » r it . I have seen men , women , and cliildren cat raw potatoes when they were engaged in getting them in . We rubbed the dirt off on our clothes .
Wc ate the potatoes to moisten our mouths and help to fill up our stomachs . Hunger and thirst made us eat raw potatoes . I lvmember on one occasion being very thirsty , and _snekiiig apiece of marrow ; but it was so bad I could not get on with it . 1 was in the house last winter and the winter before . The bone picking was _going on at both those times . I was a rate-payer at Upper _Olalfoi'd ten years . I was a farmer , and a tenant under Mr . Rawlinson , the magistrate of Marylebone police-office . My farm was under 200 acres . When my lease expired , I wanted it at a lower rate , but another person gave more , and I was compelled to sell off to pay up some arrears . I have paid £ 300 or £ * 1 C _0 poor-rates , I was a long time out -af _, business . I made application
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to the overseers to allow me out-door relief , lhe gentlemen generally were in favour ofmy application , but Mr . John Liewcoil opposed it , audit was refused . He is a guardian of Upper Glatford . I have no outdoor relief . I travel about with lucifcr-buxe- _' , blacking , and paper . I travelled nearly twenty miles vesterday . Sometimes I make a profit of a groat _, sometimes 6 d . or 9 d ., and sometimes nothing . 1 can't live on Cd . a-day * but I am pretty well known , and get a crust given tome now and thon . While 1 was a farmer I served the ollieers of surveyor , highconstable , overseer , and church warden . 1 was not required to break so great a quantity of bones as others , being crippled in one hand . I have heard this statement read over , and it is all true . _
William Frumen _' s statement :-About two years ago this coming winter my wife was confined , and 1 was out of work at thc time . 1 applied lor relief , and was ordered into the liouse ; but , as my wile could uot be removed , I had out-door relief , iu return for which I was ordered to go to the workhouse and work at bone-crushing . I did so three weeks and four days . I never was in the house before that time . I am a labourer , and am now in the employ of Mr . 11 . Mundy . While I was employed at _bone-crushing tho men were in tho habit of picking the bones ami eating the marrow out of them . The bones were ifenerally of nil sorts , horse bones and cattle bones . They came from Salisbury and Winchester while I was at work upon them . When they were brought
there iu a waggon they were thrown into the stove altogether in a heap . Tliey were stale , " vinny " £ _sd "fousty . " Some ofthe marrow I have seen the men eat was red , black , purple , and all manner cf colours . It smelt very badly , enough to knock me down . It made me quite ill ; so that I could not stomaiai my victuals when I got home , it made me sick when I thought of it . I never picked any of the bones iii 3 _* scltj nor did I eat any of thc marrow . When the quantity of bones was given out to each man in the morning to break , they used to look tliem over , and hide those that had anything on them tili they left off work . They looked " pretty sharp over the Jots . What they ate was not fit for a man to eat , nor for a dog hardly . Very few dogs would eat it . This was going on all the time I was working at bone-crushing , —every day , sometimes more and
sometimes Jess . I believe that the cause ot the men eating the bad stuff was , linger . I said to them , ' I can't , think how you can eat it . " They said I sliould if I bided there long . I said , " 1 hope I sh in * t . " They said the allowance they got was not sufficient to support them . I have not been examined by ilr . Parker nor anybody else before on this _subject . I am not sworn ; if 1 were I would not alter this statement . I have seen the men take a _ivcee of stick or something , and " prick" out the _sof * stuff in tho chinks inside the bones , and eat it . Tl c men would sometimes gnaw tke gristle from the bones , and sometimes cut it _oli _' and put ifc into _theirpcekets . I don't know whether there were human bones amove ; the rest , but there might have been , because I d u not examine them particularly . 1 have heard tins statement read . It is all true . I would conlirni it
with my oath , if necessary . Mr . Hugh Mundy's statement : —I am a guardiau of the Andover union , and a magistrate of the borouah . In consequence of something ihat I had heard"With regard to the practice of the men in the workhouse working at bone-crushing , picking the bones , about four or five months ago , I made a statement to the board of what I had heard . The Ilev . 0 . Dodson presided on that occasion . I proposed that some of the guardians should go w ; ith me and examine the men with a view to ascertain thetiuth of my report , My proposition was agreed to , and Mr . F . _Loscombe , Major Payne ( a medical gentleman ) , and Mr . Westlake ( the medical ofiicer of the union ) accompanied roc for that purpose . We
desired the master of the workhouse to bring before us eight or ten of the men employed at the time at bone crushing . Ten men were b ought before us indiscriminately , and I told tliem I had a few questions to pat to them , and that they sliould not be at all afraid to speak the trutli . If they spoke the truth thev should be protected , but that it any one _s-ioke falsely I would be the first to have liim p unished , I then asked them if they wero in the : ; iabit of eating the marrow they found in the bones they had to crush , and if they gnawed the bones . Eight out of thc ten men admitted at once that they had done so . The other two stated that they had seen the ethers do s _* , but hnd nc \ cv done so themselves , 'ihey also stated that as soon as they
discovered a bone in which tliey fancied there wa 3 a little moisture they werj ready to fight over it . They said further , tbat they were frequently obliged to hide such bones tbat tliey might cut them alone . _.-i _. 'Jiout fear of their companions taking them . I then asked as to whether they wore the bones collected by people in Andover , and fresh bones , or whether they were taken from the general store . It appeared that all bones brought there for crushing were thrown in a heap in the store . They stated that bones were also brought from Winchester and Salisbury two or three months old , and mixed with the Andover bones . I asked thorn if they picked the horse bones as well as the others . They said in reply , that if they knew they wcrehorsc bones they did
not , but that Reeves ( an agricultural labourer ) , one of their companions , was in the habit of picking horcc bones as well as other boucs , even when lie knew they were so . __ Reeves was - . resent : he did not deny that , but admitted it . Some of thc gentlemen who accompanied uic said te'the men , "Good God ! it is too horrible to be believed . Surely you did not do eo ?" The men said they did . aud that the bones were in a bad state—in a state of decomposition . I said to tlio _gc'itleincu it would be no wonder after , if they ate each other . A young child would not be safe . I _adeed thein why tliey did it . They anvwered that it was in _coiii-cqiiciice of not having sufficient _fooih I asked them if they did so as uoon as they came into the houso . Thev replied no ; not until they bad been
there sonic three or lour weeks , and wore brought to it by huuuer . In canscquer . ee ofthe other gentlemen doubting thc statement of the men , 1 asked them again if is was true , and if they were ready to state it upon oath . They answered in the affirmative . I and those who accompanied me then left th-.. ' _Iiouce . 1 had not proceeded far , however , before 1 thought of the propriety oi asking lhe men as to whether thoy _haihiid any brines that day , the gentlemen with uic _having expressed a doubt upon that point . I returned to the workhouse , but they would not go with me . 1 had _thes-mie ten mon _c-. iieil forth a . ain in the presence of the master as before . 1 then _asi cd tltcm if they had hidden any bones that day ? Ono oi the men . said he had , and could produce them . I directed
him to do so . lie went , and returned with two bancs which were blackened with wet ashes , having been concealed in the ash heap , upon wliich the contents of thc slop pails are thrown . It-aid , " Why , where couid you have put these ? " lie told me , and I remarked , " Everything is thrown there ; but ic : _** no worse than tke hones themselves , " or words to' 7-. at effect . I then held the bancs up to the master ' s nose , observing , " Smell those bones , It is too horrible to think of . ' ' " lie said he had no ideaof the men having done such a thing before , but he was then quite convinced that they had . I then left the Louse . On the folluvimg board-day I made apropos :: ! into the _elfeet that the same men _sliousd be examined again upon the subject before the board , and Ihat their
statement should be forwarded to the Poor I / iw Com , _missioners , with a request that they should inquire into the ease . My proposition was net agreed to . Two or three of tiie guardians stated that it wns a matter ol" taste , and if the men Clljo . ved tllC picking of the bones they should not be prohibited from . it . 1 then said at once 1 was determined that the matter should go before the public . I then sent a petition , addressed to the House of Commons , staling the facts and pravinjr . an inquiry . That petition was not presented by Mr , Etwall , " who lind charge of it . ' The reason he gave ine for not presenting It was that the railway business occupied the attention ot numbers so much at that time that he was un _.-iHc to get a favourable opportunity , but that he would
present it when . Sir James Graham ' s bill , on the Law of Settlement , came under discussion , which it never did . Mr . Wakley having mentioned the subject in the House of Commons , on the Saturday previous to the prorogation of Parliament , Mr . Parker , the assistant-commissioner , was sent down on the following Monday to Andover . to make inquiry into the circumstances , lie called at my house , and took m _. _VSlVOl'il _StatCIIICUt doiVIl 111 Wl'lthlg _, in respect to what transpired at the workhouse wheii I questioned the ten men who worked at btmeerus ' uiiig . I wished liim to examine . some men in tbe workhouse , but he said he was compelled to go to London that night . I next saw him on the first day ol' the recent inquiry info the conduct of tlic master . He then expressed his regret that I was not picsent at tho workhouse on thc Tuesday after the Munday on which he had called on mc , and also on the next day , Wednesday , for on those davs he had examined
witnesses concerning the bone- _'* iekir * g . I told hhn I wns net . it-all aware that he was at tllC _WOl'IillOUSC on those days , or of any inquiry having heou instituted , as he had told mc on the Monday evening tbat he was going to London that night , lie said he did return , but came down the next morning . I told him I had never lieard that he had held any inquiry until after it was over . I said , " As a matter of course _, your inquiry will be followed up by a public one ?" lie replied , " 1 do not see the necessity for it ; for we admit the whole of it . Some ofthe witnesses I examined even , go further than your statement . " During the last summer , at a period when the _sesson was very hot , the stench ofthe bones was so dreadful , that Mr . F . Loscombe , one of thc guardians , upon his own responsibility , directed thc master to suspend the bone-crushing for a week or a fortuight , lest the putril ' ying bones should breed some _disease among the unfortunate men at work amongst ihem _.
According to a parliamentary return , moved for bv Cnntain _l'ccliell , M . P for Bri ghton , in February last ' ot nil union workhouses _liiidi-r the Poor Law A _incndmcnt Act , in which the pauper inmates thereof are or _havebeim , employed in grinding or crushing « s ' _" system commenced here in September , 1 _M 1 . Ihe cost ofthe bones , including all carriage and incidental expenses , _wasd-1 per ton . _TheuillOlinL _W'lllCll tJloy produced when sold in a manufactured state was _, froml 8 s . to 2 Cs . per quarter ; and they were _"J'ici _* "' * " "'""" -. vy-r —¦¦ r _7-: T ' i- ' r-: " _-- ' _- _^ : _f- ' _- _" - " _- _^— _. — _iV-iKl-ft * . ¦ T < - « ¦ - _? .. ¦ .-.. " ..- _' ' .. ... ¦ , ' . - ¦ ¦ _---- . - " . " - ''• :
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professedly sold atthe -market price . But the real manner in which they were sold was this , —when there was a quantity ready for disposal come one or two of the guardians would bespeak them , and au understanding existed tliat no one else was to bid , each guardian having his turn , at this advantage when he wished . A sort of mock auction was then conducted by the chairman in the _boavd-vcom , and the lot was knocked down tothe understood bidder , generally at a loss to the union . Iu almost every ease the labour was entirely lost . The chairman himself , the Rev . 0 . Dodson , is reported to have been a purchaser in this way . The practice was put a stop to by Mr . II . Mundy , who said he would lay informations against those who repeated it for acting thus illegally .
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DREADFUL FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE . On Monday afternoon , between tlie lioursofone and two a fire of a most fearful character , attended with a large destruction of property and filtai _CMlSCquences to one , it' not several persons , broke out upon the well-known premises belonging to Sir _Charles Price and Co ., oil and colour merchants , situate ? : i William-street , BlaeUfriars . Thc premises were of immense extent , and spreading from William-street to the water side they were bounded on tllC WCSt by Mcssvs . IIoppc ' s the Pigs' Quay Coal wharf . The fire originated , from some cause at present
unknown , on the premises termed the turpentine warehouse , a large brick building , about sixty feet long and fifty feet wide , situate on the western side of tho works and adjoining Messrs . lloppe ' s property , Pigs ' Q , uay Wharf . At the time the alarm was given the men employed on the works had gone to dinner . The only party in thc yard appears to have been one of the ostlers : he informed the reporter that for some time previously he had experienced a strong smell of burning , which he imagined rose from a foul chimney in the neighbourhood , and therefore took no particular notice of it . The first intimation he received
of the premises being on fire was by noticing a large body of black smoke ; wuinff ; from the upper floor of the building before alluded to ; he immediately ran up the yard shouting " Fire . " but bofore lie had time to get to the counting-house a powerful body of . flame shot through the same part of the pro-rises . Owing to the combustible nature of the sto : k in the building , it at once became apparent that the fire could not by any possibility be subdued without the aid of engines ; information was therefore sent tothe different stations belonging to the city parishes , the London brigade , West of England , and County offices . With as little delay as possible the engines of St . Bride ' s parish , with tliose from tho London establishment in _Farriuffdon-siveet ,
reached the spot .. At that time , tliat part of the premises where the flames began were completely enveloped in one broad sheet of fire , and the distance between the opposite buildings , used as bagging houses and general s torcs , not being more than thirty feet , the Farringdon-street engines were taken down the yard to the water ' s edge , and were instantly set to work ; Mr . Coif , the foreman , being in hopes , by that means , the Kien would' be able to save the opposite buildings , and confine the fire to the turpentine store . The West of England engine , with tiie company ' s firemen and Mr . Connorton , followed soon afterwards , as well as several others from the brigade stations , with Mr . _Braidwootl , the superintendent , and the County _cnaine from Regent-street . Tho New River
mains in tne neighbourhood yielded a good supply of water , and the different land engines at once took advantage of it and threw vast streams of water upon and into thc burning property ; in spite the firemen were unable to make the least impression upon the flames . Meanwhile they pro rcssed most fearfully , and being perceivable from the different bridges the large floating engine was brought up the river , and , being manned by upwards of 150 men , itwas also brought into action . For somo time the firemen continued working witliout meeting with any great obstacle , with the exception of sundry explosions , caused by the bursting of oil and turpentine casks ; but towards three o ' clock a most fearful noise wag heard to proceed
from the premises on fire , the joint result no doubt of the falling , of the upper floor of the warehouse nnd tho ignition of tbe contents of one of the turpentine vats , which ea using the vessel to burst , the lighted spirit rushed through the various windows and doors with thc swiftness of lightning , and mounted several feet into the air . At that time about thirty men were employed working one of thc brigade engines alongside the fire , and to escape from the devouring element many ofthe men had no alternative but to jump into the Thames , The turpentine and oil mixed together flowed out of thc building from every aperture in huge streams ot liquid fire , spreading over the space between the two warehouses where the engine stood , and which an instant before had been
covered with men working the engine and firemen . C ' _ie or two firemen still lingered , hoping to quench tiie flames with the water that flowed so copiously from these _branches ; but the tire irresistibly spread across the whole space , and in a moment broke tlio windows of the opposito warehouses , ascended through every opening , aud poured into it in WiUiant _siieetsof _liaiiie . 'i'he precautions that had been taken to have buckets of water in this last named warehouse ready to dash upon any appearance . of fire was evidently at once useless . The warehouse was full ' of oil and other inflammable matters , and so rapid was the devouring element that it was with difficulty many who were in tiie warehouse escaped from this second devastation .
'lo evevy appearance the wnole o _» that extensive range of building , which terminated with tho _coiiiiting-houso , and which it was at lirst _liopcii might _hi _' . _vc escaped , seemed devoted to the _fiaincs . At the end of the wharf , near the river , now covered with a burning stream of iiuihuuniuble matter , a general rush was made to the water-side , and into the river many people precipitated themselves ; but the burninn - turpentine ran in the same direction , and on fulling into the water it floated _aloiy the surface , setting in Haines six or seven barges . Tlie scene at that moment was ofa most agonising character . At a moderate calculation , there _miif-t have been nearly 100 person * standing upon the different craft in till ! river , and to escape from being devoured by tlie flames , they also leaped into the river , but they even then beeaine surrounded with iir . mos . A _iiKinbi-i * of
small boats quickly put off tu raider assistance to the poor fellows , and several were rescued and conveyed in safety to the shore , Tiie boat belonging to one of the w-ttcrmcu who put off speedily became surrounded by fire , and was set in a blase . The _si'ene from _Blackl ' riars-bridg _? can be belter imagined than described , the foot-paths being literally studded with human beings , witnesses of their fellow men bein " obliged to rush into the deep , in order to save themselves from being burnt to death . Whether or not any persons perished in this extremity , it would be diilicult to speak with anything like accuracy ; one thing is certainly known , that one of the city police found two or three hats , and was unable 10 find thc owner . - ) of thorn . It is , however , to be hoped that the whole of thc persons who thus risked their lives were saved .
The progress of the fire wag now so great , that the engine before spoken of ( sis standing beside tlie blazing building ) , the firemen were unable to draw away , and on the flames receding a little , the once valuable machine was found a . perfect wreck , every portion of it except the iron work being consumed ; and near the wreck was found the body of a _ntn-. i literally burnt to ashes . There is little doubt thatthe poor i ' cllon- TO 3 one of those who wore _wos-kiiig afc thu ill-fated eugiuc , aud _uiissiug bis way had ,
instead of jumping into the __ river , become fixed against a wooden gate , and-in that situation was compelled to remain until death terminated his sufferings . During the whole time the _engines in the outer streets continued to work most vigorously , and kept up a constant and powerful stream of water . The County and West of England engines worked by means of what is technically _icrmcila breeching into each otlier , and by that means an incessant stream of water was discharged in the right quarter .
The liose of some of tne engines was also earned up ladders at the warehouse last ignited , and the flames began to yield to the able exertions of the brigade . __ . The heat thrown out being so intense , and the citv "as-works being so close , at one period it was feare d that the gasometer would explode . A messenger was therefore sent to most of tho large establishments in the city , requesting the proprietors to light their burners , aud thereby exhaust all tiie gas they possibly could . The different firemen , tinder tho command oftheir several officers , exerted themselves to tho utnio t , and by dint of extraordinary exertion they succeeded ia arrestiug the further ' progress of the flames just as tliey had laid hold of Messrs . lloppe ' s premise : ! . lUr . ' lIodgsoii , the newly appointed superintendent , with a Strong body of thc cUy police , were early in
arriving , and were of great assistance in keeping the immense crowd out of the reach of danger . As soon as the fire was sufficiently subdued a shell was procured , and the body of the unfortunate sufferer was removed to St . Barthlomew ' s Hospital , where it remains to be identilicd , and await thc coroner ' s inquest . Who the \) 00 V fellow is eould not be learned ; theonly partof liisappareltliatliad eseapcddestructimi was his cap ; this appeared to have been a blue cloth one , with a leather peak . Several persons who have since secii the body are of-opinion that it is that ol" a person who lived in Bear-lane , Farringdon-sircct . By seven o ' clock the lire _wsw _salclv extinguished ; nevertheless it was fourd advisable to keep a " number ofthe engines at work during the night , lest another outbreak should occur . The amount of property destroyed was very considerable ; at a moderate estimate it must extend to several thousand pounds .
Mr . Payne , the deputy-coroner , Mr . Alderman _Huniphory , Mr . Anderton , the Common-Council member for the ward , and ot ' itr influential citizens were early in arriving at the scene of conflagration , and they rendered themselves very active in directing thc firemen . Upon an examination being made by tlie firemen thev found that the building in which the fire originated , together . with its contents , was entirely destroyed ; the ' _-oposit . c premises , used as oil stores ,
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are likewise extensively injured , ano . _* 0 are the buildin- ' *} belong ing to tho Messrs . Hoppe , eo . J . . * chants . Several barges belonging to the same firm , _mul two the property of Mr . Nowell , of i _' aui ' _s-cliain , are greatly damaged , and the floating engine mis _likewise received extensive injury . AVrEAIUNCE OP IM * HUE FROM BUCEFKIAHS BRIDGE . This destructive fire , as viewed from tlw bridge , pres 3 iitedan appearan ce which is perhaps without a parallel . At its first outbreak the appearance of the flame was but slight , and , comparatively speaking , a very small number of spectators were on thc bridge . As soon , however , as the flame increased , so as to show thai it had taken some hold of the building , and tho engines were seen playing upon it from every
direction , thc bridge became crowded on each side , and , in spite of the rain , which descended heavily at the time , every one seemed anxious to secure a place , as some apprehensions were entertained that thc fire would communicate to _Uoppe ' s , which is next to it . In spite of tho exertions of the firemen , it became evident that the flames were gaining rapidly . Suddenly a dull roaring sound ivas heard , and the flames , which had never risen more than ten feet abovc the building , suddenly ascended to the height of 100 feet , creating a heat gy intense as to be distinctly felt on the bridge , and to cause the liremeu who we ' re working an engine in the space between the warehouses of Sir Charles Price to make a hasty retreat , leaving their engine behind . Their promptitude was
probably the cause of saving their lives , , as the large doors opening from thc ignited building into the wharf wore burst with aloud report , and a stream of liquid fire rushed out in an immense volume , destroying the engine in little move thau a minute . The most painful part of the scene remains to be described . The large floating engine , which was playing in front ofthe premise .-- , was _dcnsclv crowded , as wove also several barges and small boats . A jet of blazing turpentine suddenly ran from one of the windows , setting lire to the barges and to the floating engine , which were instantly abandoned . One barge , however , whicli contained about sixty people , had unfortunately no means ef communication with tlio shore , and , as it was instantaneously ignited from stem to stern , ail
the surrounding craf t mado a hasty retreat . The situation of the people on board the barge now became one of extreme danger—lying within ten yards of the front of the blazing pile ; the barge _itscli blnzing furiously , and surrounded by patches ol blazing -turpentine and oil that had begun to float down tho river . The shrieks of the unhappy persons were of the most agonising description , the fire gaining momentarily on them , and uo boat venturing to approach nearer than thirty yard -- . The spectatoron the bridge were horrilicd at tho s ight , and shouted loudly to the boats to approach and save the unfortunate men , and the horror of thc scene was aggravated by the cries of some women , who recognised their relatives on hoard the burning baree . The
heat at lenutk became insupportable to tliose on board , and one by one they threw themselves into the river , aud were picked up by the surrounding craft . A rope was then thrown from the shore to the barge , aud several persons succeeded in gaining the land by that means . Tho boats being now stimulated by the hisses ofthe spectators and the terrible danger of the persons in the barge , _approached close to it and took the remaining persons on board . One man , in the dress of a _coalheaver , jumped from the barge , but , missing the boat , struck his head against tiie stern with great violence . It was impossible to ascertain whether he was picked up , as the greatest confusion prevailed , but it was the general impression that hv perished , A similar impression existed with regard to a man who , while in the water , came in contact with a patch of blazing turpentine , and instantly dived , and was not observed to rise again . The firehad by this time communicated with Capcl ' s wharf
On One Side , and lloppe ' s wharf on the other , and both were much damaged before the firemen lO ' . ikl extinguish the flames . The largo _lii-atina engine , which had _ignited at the same time with the barge , was at once played upon by tiie other engines , and on the flames being got under it was found that it was still fit to be worked . It was again manned , and contributed materially to the safety of the surrounding buildings by thc body of water which it leep ! playing upon thc roofs . After burning fur about half aii hour with great fury the flames seemed to !; r exhausted by their own violence _^ nnd gradually decreased until ihe- ' _Ciijiiucs couid approach sui'd * cicntly near to play on the building , when the fire _wss rapidly subdued , and by 7 o ' clock was totally extinguished . So intense and huge were the flames , that tliey eould easily be seen from London-bridge , and the smoke at one time was conveyed by tiie wind into Fleet-s ' . rcct and Oliancery-iaiie in such dense
masses as to occasion much inconvenience . _Adoitiosal _Paiiticl-laiis . — From an early hour on Wednesday in themorning tiil late in the evening , a crowd of people continued to assemble in Wij / iamstrcet , the scence of tholate dreadful tire . It is now generally , believed that every man who was immersed was . _ifteru'iu- _'ls rescued . Two lints only remain at the police-station , whieh have not been owned . Between twelve and oneon Wednesday a ma _leand female called at the Bridewell hospital , ami requested to see tha remains of the man who had perished , as thoy had lost a brother , and knowingthat he was assisting in workin vr one of the engines they were fearful that he was burned . That request was _immeiiSaiely complied with , when thev identified the remains as being those
of their relative , a ynongman named George Spencer , of Back _licsw-aliey _" , Farringdon-street . The i ' eettnus of these pour people , upon seeing the blackened mass of & U thai remained of their brother , _ciin be more easily imagined than described . The poor fellow , it appear- , was one of the many who occasionally earn a few shillings by calling the iirenipii . and working the engines at fires . A man named Willbrd , who was working at the same engine , s . tki that he was talking io the unfortunate fellow , when , ail of asuddcii , the lire rushed out oftlie windows and through the doorway , completely enveloping the whole of tlic men who were then working . Such was the fury ofthe blazing turpentine , that before they had let go their hold of the engine flic machine became _i-jnftcd ami they were forced to jump . into the ¦ stream to escape being burnt to death , lie noticed Spencer _reniiiiig at the same moment with himself , but tiie _passage
was not sufficiently wide fov all to pass . At tliosaine time the deceased must have b ; en driven by the flames into llic corner where the remains were found ; Some idea of t . ic extent of tho fire may bo formed , when ifc is stated that at one timo there were above forty _puiK-hc . _ins of turpentine , from eight . to ten tuns of cod oil , and a quantity of other oils , in a thorough state of ignition . Thc former article was kept in large wooden vessels lined with lead , and there is no doubt that , as the lire reached those compartments they exploded , and to that cause may he attributed the rapid progress of the flames . * The total damage done ifc is at present impossible to toil , but- it 13 believed to be under .- £ 10 , 000 . The engine of the I ' _ari'ingdou-sti'oot station , which was completely consumed , was quite a new one , and was termed a " crack" ono among the brigade . It was worth £ 2 . 30 .
Inquest on the . Mas _Bjirsed to Death . — On Thursday morning ,, at eleven o ' ekic . k , a his , h ! y _raspeclable jury iissenibl _sd . afcthe Bridewell Hospital , Bridge-street , Blacirfi | i _$ i _^ , 'ij _^ f 6 re Mr . . J oseph-Panic , Deputy Coroner _rorfth % _4 i ' t };; - to inquire as to ' the _doiitii ,. of _Geovuo _Spentleiff-J-aged 21- ; wiio perished at the Tibovf conflagration . " ' George 3-reedy , oneot _' _- ' the lire brigade-men , said—I was present at the fire which took pl . ice . on Monday afternoon , about tliree o ' clock , at , Sir Charles Price ' s , in William-street , _Biael-friars ' . i A very severe explosion took place ol" casks of turpenl
tine siud _oMicr c-omb !; stil »! e nii ' . tcrinls , wjijcJi _OCCflsioilt'd a number of persons who were workins * at the engines to rush _towavd-d tlie water-side . I observed the deceased , who , in the confusion , ran in tlie contrary direction ,, from whence tie could not eile . 9 i . l 1 is escape . Shortly afterwards 1 saw the _remains-jof the deceased , which presented the same appearance as when : seen by thejury , The deceased luufbeen working at one ofthe engines . Other evidence was heard , after which the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " The deceased was a greengrocer .
iui * Explosion at ll oolwicii . « --Inquest on tuk Bodies . —A t the adjourned inquest oh the bodies of . the . seven sufferers who perished by the lale explosion ¦ in the Laboratory department of the _lioral Areeiial ,. held en _Fri' _-ny , thejury returned _avevtlist , " Thai tho deceased were kilicd by the explosion of combustible materials , but from what cause thc explosion took place there is no evidence to show . " i _iSlIIIMVRKCK WITH I . OKS OF I . 3 _FI- * OK V \ V . _CflAST 01 * Susskx . —During a very heavy gale of wind froni the south-west nn Tuesday uight , at about midnight , the brigantine Sole , laden with dyewood , currants , Ac . bound from Cephaionia to 11 _ambuig . was di-iw _asiinvo a shurt distance te the east of live harbor ; Several of the crew , including - both the captain i '' mate , perished . ¦ > ¦ ¦
Railway Coi . lis _* io . v . _*—On Wednesday another . ji . wav collision occurred' ontiic North Midland i ' / " the " Oukeiishaw ( Wakefield ) station . The tn > _, _„ *• _, _!*" Leeds to Derby , which was due at half-past i- Jfl did not arrive till twenty minutes alter its _< * " '''" * j tliere being a great number of passengers ; ¦ ' * ' V ' _Oakcnslmw to Swinton ( Doiicaster ) station . » "'' 4 r „ _,, of thc races ,- at least twenty minutes i ' ; ''\;"'''' , without any immediate appearance of _^ _- _^ ' _f _,. At this moment thc train irom Hull ca „ ' * _,. _* ,, " _* in _« ou the same line of mils , and . ' _™ r _'' . T _™ - - _* ¦ . » . i t _^ i _.. _. ' * ., , . _Smiou into lim of thc train _£ ! " _* - L I , I I J- 1 . - i
carriages Derby . Mos- . _"•* " , - T several of the other carriages of . t P _^ « , e , u . ,, l ! _* - had been drawn back from lhe mau ,, ? ,, ; _* , _*!?* " others being placed intermediate -- ' _T * «•« _' _«•<• _W received the blew ; but bavin-- 'J _™ _™ TT driven forward beforo thov _sti-u ' ' , V _? Ili 1 cc l" > of the train , tho severit y . _^ _fw other porti on materially checked , liowevi V"'i _^ _T _ringes most removed was sev ' _ft ? i _« _sk in the car * the express , instead of the J { * ? _# _^ . _* 7 bmt follow shortly afterwards , r : _T \ _, _f V wllie ' " , ' as t 0 Oakenshaw , ' hub _dasucn t < . _£ A' ° 7 T _f ?• ' _liing , every soul must 1 _^« S « _M . ifceafl . _* i .- « li _oMi . _- . htsevei ' al ncmns _mXir - _^ pemlll f A f _, _V' ' _** and _the-reatest-il-i * m ' sevei ' c cuts _•*"'* bruise * - * uiu u . c i « . ates „ ahum was occasioned to al i >
Dreadful Fire And Loss Of Life. On Monda...
DQNCASTER RACKS . - The "Great St . _LcgCr . " after a series of iliictuat ; uiystilicatious , and sevatchhgs almost withuut tnr ' ii ? ' * . _> as at length been brought to an ismo , but uiiii cr C V * . ' " * stances that sadly lessened its attractions to _tlici _* n V ilitereht in it lacked the impulse of speculation Ti , A " inisccf the morning was wretchedl y uuliiyoiin _* . _* _,, > niiniell steadil y , . andthe prospects of tlie " ¦ ' , ,. ' , i ' _i _* were of the gloomiest description . This , hey 0 _i ,, l 1 . 'T had au eftoct upon the attendance ; still those -. 1 " _^ _, i '" the spot , and vast numbers who came bv thcui . ' * 7 . from London , York , Liverpool , _Msincliestur . Bin ? , i »„ i , ! l and other distant places , and the thousands _atsi . _t ft whom uo weather can . humt _, were not to he disai . no S and the streets , long before _miad-iy _, \ vcrtt aW t' _? "H up . Of equipages ot a higher class the _disiih v « l . _^ from " imposing , " unless we take the word with tl _, , - ht Scutum attached hy those who may be ancient oi . _„» ' ? ' "' rcuicaiber the golden days of the tint ' . There f _''* several utiprctondintr curriases and pair , ami ., V * "fours ; " but Of "display" m its true .. . _•„ .., ,. ' , . * saiil thc better . e ! "" « - _$ 3
_Business commenced between ton and eleven rv . i this niorning , and in the midst of an almost _im- _iei-cit !} , crowd was kept up with " more cry tlum wool" f e couple of hours . Thc most important item iu th * . _^ _ecediugs was a . dcuturatiun b y Air . Gull y that () i ( l 1 * laud would not start . This uns a thunderbolt t 11 1 ° " who hut ten minutes before had invested at IS •„„• u _* It was also stated that P . cd ltobin would not ru ., j ! ,. ** official announcement was made . ' n ° liy one o ' clock tlte room was closed , and tho _«„„ shifted to the race-course . "* Sc < _«* e Tho Municipal and Selling Stakes _jrotovcr . the Iw . ll ,. » lor _addling for the onl y event that _« _u _« _n » S _£ ? -tho S _j t . Wer ; and shortly after three o'clock , tlit . _; _„ .- * having taken their preliminary canters , were L 2 , ? the post nnd started by Lord George _Uetitiuck _i'l e f ° tawing was the result-. — c fo _--
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1101 AL M 1 LRYLEB 0 NE THEaTUE . LESSEE Mil . J 01 LV DOUGLASS —PCUlt riFXS _* EACH EVES ING ! ' " rpBIUMPHANT SUCCESS of the SEA _CAPT-tiv JL _MUS . CAUDLE'S CUItTAIN LECTURES ! " ~~ Ln . st week of Mr . George Wit land , who will . _limcnr in his tavourite character of ihe Monkey Lover on _jjo ' -idiv eveuing , _nml during the week . To commence with tii ' e Sea Ciipliiiu .- Characters by _Jlcssvs . Neville , R . , | . Tyrrell , _TV ., P / ii ! iips , 11 . 1 ) . Lewis , _Dou-l _, tv , UcW , \ Smitlicrs , Warcliant , Potaly ; and _Mcsdamcs CatnnM and Pcarce . ' Singing ami dancing hy Misses _Laporto am ! _ihssrll —After which , Mrs . Caudle's Curtnin Lecture ? V CaiKlIe , Mr . \ Y . _Kitllips ; Mrs . Caudle , Jir . T . Lee . VoVe ¦ olio wed by thc Monkey Lover * . T he Monkcv Lover ifr George Wieland . To conclude with the farce of Doctor _O'Toole . Doctor ("' Toole , Mr , T , Lee . rr iin mm n ~ i ~ ¦* ¦¦ i
Marylebone Theatre. Vte Paid A Second Vi...
MARYLEBONE THEATRE . _VTe paid a second visit to this theatre ou Thursday evening . The pit cos were , 27 ic Sea Captain , in which the sictinjj of Hv . j . Rayner , as George _rtlliert ; ilr . . _Vciil ' _s ( from the Surrey ) , as Russell , the pirate ca _- _itiin - Mr , Smitlicrs , as JaekaU ; Mr . D . Lewis , ns Ben _Rundc ; and Jfrc . Campbell , as Emily Sergeant , elicited the we'd _luuritol applause of lhe audience . V , r e were next favoured with i < * Fcho Song , hy _Jliss Laporte ; after which _Jlr _/ Sniitliers .-. nil Miss _Masfeli danced the eternal , nevev liy ' ,- jy _™ , Nest came Mrs . Caudle ' s Curtain Lcc ' . wxs , That \ _orjpopular low comedian Lee played Mrs . Candle , and Jir , _W , Phillips , thopoor _hcii-peu-keii other halfof _tliataiiii'iMc lady . The audience losiiiied their delight by scrwnas of laughter , and at the' conclusion Mrs . Caudle obtained
_puriuission to _rejiwit her lecture on thu _lolloivhijr evening without a _diK > _nUkv , t vims ** . ' ? l-. e _eiitcrtrimnnits _coa _* eluded witli the very amusii ) , _7 iarcc _ofl'lip-Fkp Footmen , in which the " inimitable Wiehind , " to use the language of tho ' bill , " went _through She whole of his _aftouisliin ;; _pcrformaiicts , _trcatin-j us to imitations of old _Skiib- ' ws , tSiu sliowman ; ilu * late Andrew Ducrow ; the immortal _Widiiicombo ; anil T . P . Cook , as dancing thc cclcluvilcd _saifoi ' - t - hornpipe , lie was most rapturously api . iatntal . The house was weii attended , and at _hali-prku was ( _juilc crowded . KoyAi ' _PoLY-n-ej-sic I . _vstitctioa _* . _—Inathlition fo ihe jrreat number of models of carriages and iitac !> _iiicr . v _i' _« , _nnetted with railways , and with stcaui . _j-o _' _. ver , ; , ; ni _prujii : _! _. sion locomotive , engines , itc , in tho niiusemn of this _i-. vhk institution , the _cuininitu-u of directors have pniccn . " .: die model of a novel invention of n Jir . _Colenisi « . l _.-ct ' . Uiv _bivmsht by thatjTCiitlemr . il from the United State . * -, _-- " _ik-ii
is _excceiiinirly ingenious , atul calculated to be of liiwh - . *¦ vice in enabling trains to uKeoud aculivitlus * W _sicgradients on railroads , it lias lilt _avcllillicdiilll Stl _£ between the axles of tha e _.-. _n-btre , _-vvliieh comes in com ' _ivllUll _I'Sluii'fil with a series of friction-rollers placed 7 ' tweou _U' . a vails , ami by the means of this eonirivanr _,,. ; ' _carria-je and train attached to it are forced up the in _jil The . apparatus is _brought into action without d ( ., _' ! . " _" _stoppage , and in the model mounts a gradient of . ' . _* _.,, _„ , one inch in six . it is worth the iusneetion of ti ;< ' . ! , ; * _-,. " and particularly of scientific men . itis in daily oi ' . 'i ' Ji' ' aud , by the number . * - oi . ' iwanta w ' , m _> i _* . v « « v , x \ v > us *• , _)•!! .- ' ,,. _[ it , and hear lliu exphinations by tin ; engineer r . (• 7 _,. 7 ' biislmmiit , we should _nugur that the _visitors ¦ " . _¦ ' ' _-.. I . ' , 77 dale the great , . ulvaiiti _.-jes it possesses . Dr . 1 .. ' _. _Y-l . _V' _- ' r . c _--slill continues his . idmirahle _l- _'cuirw _. on nati ,. 7 * , ' , V _; : i" 7 v phy : and , by his agrueabic _,., ;¦ ,- eompreliensi _-o _' _lrinitrt ' t deliverycomi _*! e ! i _* ly rivets the iittuutiou of ' U
, „; .. w-,. ; so _liiat ic i _.-i ( jiiite impossible to iui « _undei-st ;* .. AjJ ., ' ' tie art oi _' _swhiiiiiing is still exhibited iu the tin j . f- _) _' _, _„ ' _:.,.. . ¦ tutioii , by a boy of only eight years old uIl ! J 4 " . ' , 7 ) f Capt Stevens , whose swimming and dir ' js y . _^ _trai'iiVmary . One word , before we elm e { _" . _^ j „ _,. ' _; , •( . _'; . . in favour <> l' tho musical department , whir , , i . _- .. * , i n _,..,,, i 1 * t \ - o' .. Ii * * _i * . * , ... II 15 " . _I'mlUt'ia I'l 1 k . \\ lulls ; it is certainly very meritoi j „( _, _£
. , lIuyinarKe , City yft .. i _OHicem the same Slreet aud I ' ansh , /•' . J 7 .,. , . . _f , » ( prietor , I'JJA in : Us _n'co : * -N- m . i _^ _-i ., ---- ' . _' ¦ - " !' . 7 , ' . " , _* ,, n . _t _, William _llswvn _, of So , IS , Cii : _iri- _' _< _-- « _i'i- < * _i _^ _^ _,, 6 _tr »< -t : , Wahvjvth , ui tiie I ' lirisli <» ' _St * _* l'f _* ' V , ' " . ten , in the 0 . _* iu » ty of _li-wi-ey , 'lt th f . , _' „ ' ' _„ . _( » _'•** Strand , iu _ttu- iVlsh o _*« _Mavy-ie _t-u *«» - ' . i City o * l " _- '* . * n . i !» w _* . , „ , _„ ,-eialuiduy , _Sep tember * 20 , loin .
The Coltn Trad B _ ( Proiti The Mark-Lan...
THE _COltN TRAD B _ ( Proiti the Mark-Lane Er- JelSi x - With the exception of afew partial . 6 l ' . \ vevsinaif _^ rent parts or' the country , tlie weather 1 ) IS m fimiA _imintor . rujKcdly lino ; harvest operations li ave eunserpumly _licai rapidly proccudwl with , and in mo _, f t _\ l ( _, soui |> em tounti ,. s tiie bulk ut the corn has heei _, . . _' CJ . in tlie iwitii of England tliccc is still a consi- ici 4 Wc ,. , ititv oi _' _-rin _ubvoad ; but the lately c . _Njieii , n ( l ( Jlj sulll ) v Jays Ji . _ivd brought the crops forward am : _^ _iir-Iv anil * in _siniaiions where a month back it was tea fe _) . _^ _u ' wrn wmM » _' arrive at maturity tlie sickle 1 ias ' ] atcly been Kfiivw . ' '" _* ployed . On the whole , our pr . ' _ts as to tiie limm- * iinderBone an immense im 0 Veniciit since ilie if "" "' _Auj'iist , but to _sui-nos ..- ihat t - evj * cii _- ms _- _uiciiii'iiij wet soliumr have been _ciif iri . iv ram . oi . ti w . nM v * _-A «> _- getlicr uc . vcasouable . Ti iat : „ , vat _.. _voportion < _- ' ! ' »< whiit _oltlus
' _< - ; « _' year ' s _growtl _, ] 1 bu of j ,,, - ,., ; ,,,. _mwliiy and _Ujrht weight is unqueMio * JB ,., > _,, _„ ,. _UpcssMv thai _> k _> _- c-. mic :: _cyp-om the defecti _ve _H _^ - m > s 0 , p ] imU ? _W » _- plamed of , can have been _; Kmde 09 ll . , JmHt _duret ' -r *' _aiiiicre to the _opiuioii a' _^( y cximssed un _i ' oviucr _otcasions viz ., that besides h _^ p _^ _g _(¦ _£ * ,. i { u _twtipW ofthe want of xveiyld & _k- _^ herwise inferior _wealii' : ! _lilies of the berry _.-imvn _fe . EAi ! L * . KIOduce wiu be i _^ SHOUT ov an average Jf ltisvottoo early to _(¦ _" >' . : _'" _¦ - _tiling like ( III accural _Xwtlwate a « to thc csu"t ., 1 ' tl * . * _*« ficiency . Many poi fe , rKteU roudl alwvc wtatw _, _*" _iiicliiied to do , and xi 3 !( U . .. lh ! ll tU >; erop wilt _&« _, » _allbclow an aver ; .- L . - m iMs s ' tatc _of-uiicertniiiiy we _^ inclined to nam t _„ . < 1 )) h , ion mtM soiaeMwA _w- _" _* lmile _ sliarll-lmvo- 6 e « i _,,-isc « _-tilin « l _hVllltf Kft Of iJi ' _* *' " _' ' limn I ? at pi-ese . l linown . but t _,--ttrtliaii . a _( h . _*^ . ton « reat or ! _- _^^ _^ _ymkK _« , „ viBcw . Public _opimuu _^ , wu llcc . so niucll om ,,, in im * turaliD ff then- SI ! | ton j l 0 \ vIll , at banest _tliatcnmi- « a «« f little s said i ) f h c 0 ) . . , 1 > nt , „ lllt . niwll w « . complaints j , - ... . [ u .. . h is „ , uc ! , _:,...:= _>
"" _- ;' ' " * _*; . aids qualitv oi-qiimitity . . et _lujiKi g _,,, - g _ofdie XA . _QhAAii v . l ! ucof _whost'dtlllll _' - _' " _' _riifciiui- , ' aiw _> tiu , hljurr „ _.,, _- _„ _.,, ]) . ial 0 cs bare _m- _** in many o : : . thoS ( J distl . i { : 1 ; wkcve Ulis avticle is ,, 1 _.,-mv _tcubivci-, _^ ( vu niustno ( . be OVU i . lookl !( j . UutiUutfi . viuf _ol'ght , o f _^ wllatcV (! l . , tIle ¦• ai ] ul . is _a _- _tiibiil-d" * -, ¦>•¦" SlippoSi _;^ _li-ive _cxteinleil no _fuvthev lUan _tl < - - _?••> _* '• " f _™ '' . idin ' ti the Channel Islands . Within _iIioiaftwui'K ' on ? ' / esvooiiiplniiits have reached us ff'im Li » ri'l : i' ; l |! ' '*' - -Um _oridgesU _^ re , and Yorkshire , from which it wov . _iduVI , e ' '" . * that _thu ' _w-teiit of the ravages made by thc diM - _'* - _* ' '' " " * -yet . ascertained . ' _Consiceiiiithow lar a i « -r * i "' 0-
, ; ge ; ' . ' e i ' uod of all _clashes cor .= ibts of jiotatocs , SO _i'M > _iiH a _illurc inust be regarded as ix great . calamity . A _' _' 1 ' _, - _^ jriccs have risen eoiisjdcrahly _, and it is _ccrtniii _tlifd i [ _- * . mischief should prove'iiiiylhiHg like so extensive as d |» re-presented to be , tho . cciisumption of bread . s !« f ' ' " be increased enormously .. These considerations lew' _^ _^ the _qonuiuaion , ' , that though uo material advance » _' •¦ * . oecurhs _juotaHt- _nsolSvjjc . i _' _-i / wneiHarri _. v , » hr iir « _il-l eII , a - " r j bereai ' ier rise in value . In speaking of potato ** . ** omitted to ment ' on one impoitaut fact , viz ., thai " 1- * - * ; ' hare been received lit re tVcni _Ilidhind and I ! clj : iuiii I ' " ' '"
' ! purchase of the a rticle ; i t very _hiyh rate . ** , whilst men *• port biis been prohibited by tho _Governnui . t of tliem *** named country . We have heard it reported , ou _S _* _- _J "j ' _tltority _, tbat a contract lias already Wcii _closed at 1 V » « to ship l _. fcOO tons to Holland . The export cf a (! i -iei ! lw _« produce from England to the continent is certainly : l llt- ' feature . Uy letters from Scotland it appears that the iie : itn _^ lind continued auspicious fur bringing til" ernl'S ll _' "' tuvity iu the l-. icliw . ird uistiicli , ami _sccuiiiiir thwi " _^! . more forward localities . There , as with us , tlic ' v '"' ' ? .. ' stated to be short iu quantity and indiltVrctit i » 'l ' ' "' _^/ i but _compltinisas to potatoes arc , wc arc hap ] 1 . * _i * _'*' I comparatively rare . . * Tbe advices from Ireland are also , happily , silen * I tliesubjlt ' tol ' _tliepotuto . _bii bt . ' _— _f ?
*Erintecidyiiuutfal M'Gowa-N, Oi Si, Vi*...
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 20, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_20091845/page/8/
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