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      home . Having entered the house , to Ins astonishment he there beheld the poor -woman , having an infant at her breast , ¦ with her husband and four children , eagerly devouring the grains—not having tasted food for four days ! And we are daily informed of labourers and tradesmen similarly circumstanced—themselves actually in a state of physical exhaustion for want of food , and the cries of their helpless children for bread continually , piercing their hearts . — ' 2 fosa '« Heral ± .... _ .- " .- ' . . --.- " ..

      . C 1 . BJ-ISL& ( Received too late \ forour last . ) Public Meeting to b . eliete the present existing Distress . —A requisition baring been sent t i the Mayor , ( G . Q . Monnsey , Esq . ) requesting him to call a pnblio meeting , for the above object He readily complied , and appointed Tuesday ; Pac 2 lst , for holding themerting . At twelve o ' clock , the hour appofated , about thiity gentlemen assembled in the Town-Hail , when the Mayor was called to tb « chair , he observed that the present meeting was called , fox the purpose of devising means to relieve the public distress , which he was sorry to say prevailed to a very great extent He was glad to find there was a disposition on the part

      of those who were able to reliew the great sufferings of the poor and destitute ; there are probably some gentlemen present , who are prepared tor bring forward resolutions on the subject The Rev . John Fawoett t ^ en came forward to move the first resolution , "which was to the following effect : — "That it is the opinion of this meeting , that " the distress be ing at present so great , a public subscription should be immediately entered into for . the purpose of affording immediate relief . " G . H . Head , Esq ., banker , then came forward to second the resolution ; he said , I cannot but express my sincere regret , that those "who were : the means of calling the present meeting / bad not -come prepared with facts to prove to what a frightful extent

      the present distress prevailed . I know there are nearly one thousand persons in Carlisle at present , who have no means of support There are about two hundred labourers out of * oxk . Those in employment an receiving very low wages . Nine hundred were at present not earning more than from four to five shillings a week , and two hundred not more than from three to four shillings a week . ' Under these circumstances , is it not painful to see bo few persons present ? I know many who ought to have been here . I hope that those gentlemen whe have agitated the town , for these last twelve months , will now come forward liberally with subscriptions , and convince the town that they are serious : and that the poor and distressed are not to be

      fed upon words any longer . I hope the subscription will be sufficient to relieve the distressed , not for weeks only , but for months to come . I beg leave most cordi ally to second the resolution which has been moved by the Bsv . Mr . Fawcett . The resolution was then put and carried . Major Wild then moved , and the Rev . Mr . Thwaifces BcooaAed tbe following resolution : — "That a committee be now formed for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of distress for the purpose of-relieving the same . " This resolution was also carried . - The Mayor and some other gentlemen then spoke of the propriety of forming a Mendicity Society , and a Committee was formed for the purpose of considering the subjeot , and reporting to a public meeting to be held next week . A Committee of thirty persons was then formed to inquire into the present prevailing distress . A subscription was then entered

      into , headed by th 6 Mayor , who very , liberally subscribed £ 10 , Mr . Head following i ! up with the still more liberal donation of £ 100 , reserving to hiiMirtf the right of its appropriation . Upwards of £ 160 would be subscribed in the meeting , although the numbers present were small . Where were our Member * for the borongh on this laudable occasion ? Where were the Messrs . Dixon's , the leading manufacturers of the town , and who have been constantly professing to have a great feeling for the poor , from whose hard earnings they have amassed princely fortunes , and who are erecting formidable , castles , the walls of which may be said to be cemented with the blood of the hand-loom weaver , commingled with the tears of the emaciated factory child ? Aye , where were they ? Doubtless these were the men to whom the benevolent gentleman , Mr . Head , alluded . --... " - .

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      STATE OF THE COUNTRY . "This is the only country in the world in which every labouring man can by industry obtain a competency . "—Duke of Wellington . STOCKPOBT . -The cries of the starving thousands in this unfortunate Borosgb . have at length readied the hearts . of the more opulent , arid"a pnblic meeting was held in" the Court Heuse , on Wednesday-week , to deviBe some immediate means -of wliaf , & requisition , signed by 186 individuals , having feeen . presented to th *^ Mayor . Before -they separated , upwards of £ 1 , 400 was subscribed , including a grant of £ 5 V ' 0 ' him the Manufacturers Relief Committee , in London , established some years ago . Of all the - ' Whig ; members of th © corporation- —the " LiWrals , " as tbey . are called—only the' Mayor " and the Town Clerk ' s names are announced .- Where are the-iiienda of the > poor nov . the municipal elections are over ? .- " '" ¦¦

      . ¦ . BB . ADF 0 BD . . Uase 1 , 'A woolcomber- ^ withotet work for six weeks —has four children earning 5 s . < 5 di per week—rent Is . id —4 s . laid out for oatmeal and water , potitoes , aad salt When the visitor entered , s child was crying for food ; there was none in the house , and a trifle given . them was quickly spent for meal ; . the . poor < hBa -was highly pleased with her meal and water , ¦ without mittr . 2 . A woelccpr ; er from Ireland , ent of work seven ¦ w eeks—hasfrur children , the eldest eight years—has travelled in scttli of work in vain . They have not a penny t j depend upon ; their furniture was sold up a fortnight since ; an old pack sheet and a little straw formed their bed ; have applied twice to overseers , feat were refused unless they would return to Ireland , where they supposed they should be no better off . The mother would die in the house rather than beg .

      3- A stout ' good-looking man of 40—son 23 years of age ; three young children , with mother , make six in family , without any income but Is .- per head from their , township tSilsden ) . This is expended an brown bread , oatmeal , and potatoes—drink herb tsa , ^ without sugar or . milk—they are just alive , and that ' s alL Mcther and' son were found weeping . in the house , utterly unable to discover sufficient means of subsistence , though willing to do anytoing . ¦ 4 . A healthy suaglB man , twenty-four years of agesix months out of work—has "not had a change of linen , or lain on & bed for two weeks ; is now living on food usually given to pigs . 5 . A wooieomber in work—six children ; income for last-ttrree months , - 10 s .- -6 tL -per week , -out- of- which 2 s . 2 d . for Tent is paid ; live on coarse food , and not having sufficient of that , disease is evidently advancing on them .

      Tae last ease is a fair sample of two-thirds of the "wetting families of Bradford , reduced , not by sickness , but by inadequate employment In several cases of sickness , the medical gentlemen called in have said it was not physic , but food that was required . One half of the workirg men of . Bradford appear to be sinking nnder privation or exhaustion . One sixth ef the operative families of Bradford are unemployed . Twothirds are suffering from deficient employment Not above one-third are in full work and comfortable circunistancts . " - ' -

      An able-bodied comber , in full work , fifteen hourB per day , earns 9 s . to 10 s ., but a considerable majority of those who have work can only earn 7 s . or 7 a . 6 & on account of delay in obtaining . renewal of work on carrying it in . The above cases and report are furnished ( the cases merely as specimens ) of general suffering , and not extreme cases , by two" gentlemen who have for-se-me time visited the working population of Bradford for societies of' a religious and moral nature . 6 . A widow and seven children receive -is . from the township and 3 s . Cd . wages—pay for rent Is . 2 cL \ leaving . 6 a . &L for food , coal , candles , clothing , &a—can purchase nothing but flour and sharps for brown bread , potatoes , oatmeal—very rarely ; get sdik to their meal andwster . '

      7 . Wooieomber , wife , and four children—out of work nine months ; had only had one meal of oatmeal and water from Thursday afternoon " to Saturday morning ; yesterday had borrowed a shovel full of coals , now consumed , and did not know where to get more ; have subsisted by charitable aid and bale of theii-furniture ; clothing , nothing but rags . 8—Woolcomber , nine in family—income , 2 s . per head ; every one of them could eat half a stone of flour weekly , could they get it ; cannot obtain more ihan half supply . . ¦ - ¦ - - 9 . Wooieomber and weaveroutof work—four children earn 7 s ., ' which is the only source of income . 10 . Wooieomber—family , jax in number ; income , 1 b . 9-i . each ; some of them sick , and reduced to great diBtiess . 11 . Wooieomber—seven , in family -, income , 9 s .

      The above c&seB are a fair sample of woolcombers ' families throughout the town ; . their houses are almost destitute of furniture , and they are strangers to the comforts of lifa Much sickness prevails , and the miserable , care-worn appearance of the parents is appalling . Bags , coarse food , igneraii . ee and degradation are theirportian . . "_ , 12 . Heehanic , usual wage 22 s ., out of work eighteen months ; now breaking stones at So . per day . This is the ease-wish many . 13 . Mechanic , 56 years of age ; former wage 22 s . to 24 s . ; out of work nine months ; now breaking stones for the highway ; cannot at his age turn to a new trade j ftm ? for some years had only partial "work , and has expended hia savings . 14 . Mechanic , out of woik eighteen months ; wife obliged to work at power looms in consequence ; one child -waits on the family ; two female lodgers make np their amount of income . ' ' . ' .: ' ' -.

      3 , 5 . Mechanic , out of work a long time ; clothing worn out ; wife , mother , and two children in consequence obtain a living by preparing and hawking whitening for cleaning floors ; obliged to labour almost night and day to procure a miserable subsistence . Snch eases as fee above are now of common occurrence in Bradford . - 16 . Mechanic , has travelled nine months unsuccessfully in Beareh of employment ; . has at latt found -full ¦ work at Bristol on machinery for exportation , his employer is aware that he is tuns deitroying the ultimate prospects of himself and workmen , but has no alternative , -- -. ¦ - " ' 17- Wooieomber , could earn in 1836 , 14 s . or 15 s . on the same nominal sort of wool , which now occupies him more closely to earn 9 s . .. z . IS . Tnree years ago another comber earned 16 s . oi 17 s , with less labour than he now can earn 10 s .

      19 . Comber of fine wool , could earn 24 s . three years ago , -wherehe can now only earn 10 s . l 20 . Cabinet -maker , a jious and respectable man , out of work eighteen months , has been obliged to leave his family in destitution to seek work elsewhere . Cases 6 to 20 are furnished by a Society of Operatives .

      MA > SFIELD . j Never , we believe , was the condition of the poor at \ Mansfield s » bad as at present . Starvation is doing its j work , and , as H was naturally to be expected , is fast i reducing the middle classes to the verge of ruin . How j harrowing is it to the feelings of intelligent , honest , indusirious , and onee-respectable parishioiiers , to be obliged to submit to the embarrassing alternative , of either applying to tbe Union House for relief , or actually perish in a land of plenty . But , is it not still -more distressing to be told by the minions in office , that they have no right to relief while . their homes possess a remnant of furniture , by which they could

      supply their exigences . We know men , whose lives are in every respect irreproachable , living in such a state of destitution , as to express , in the intensity of their sufferings , a wish that death might at once put an end to their ftruggles . We could enumerate instances of the most appalling destitution , in Mansfield—where fathers axe traversing the streets in mental agony , unable to bear the sight of their unhappy homes—whilst the mothers , surrounded by their famishing offspring , have scarcely a morsel in the world , to appease their craving appetites—with scarcely any ether covering to shield them from the inclemency of a winter ' s night , than the scanty and tattered apparel "Which they have worn in the day .

      KtEKALDT . ' . . State op Trade . —The general distress is only beginning to be felt here . In the town and district there are about 2 , 000 looms , and till within these two months past they have been aQ well employed , and '~ yet our trade has been long in a languishing state—two I facts which can only be reconciled by supposing , what ] we believe to be the ease , that our manufacturers manage ! their affairs with more prudence than happens else- ' ] where . But a sad change is now taking place ; we ! see many of the weavers geing abont seeking work , and j cannot find it ; and it will still be worse with them , a 3 the mnnuf&cturers , unable to go on any longer , are daily ] drawing in . —Scotsman . j

      DISTRESS IK THE ISLE 0 ? TS . XV . , j In out immediate locality , though hitherto not a > subject of much public remark , distress , deep and widespread distress , exists , and that , too , we regret to say , amongst a ^ aass hitherto occupying a respectable station in society . As a direct issue of the recent mismanagement of our circulating medinm , and in a great mea- ' sure in consequence of the ruin which that mismanage- j ment so extensively entailed , we-have » t the present i time absolutely no trade ; artisans of every description , * joiners , masons , painters , and those belonging to every ther atio

      o occupn , have been many weeks out of employment ; the result we need not repeat It is far from being the pauper population alone who are now in a state of misery and destitution ; we have the names of scores of individuals , tbe head * of helpless families , Who , if they could find work , could easily earn from 12 * . to 2 © s . per we * , in actual starvation , trilling , in > deed , to work , but I" ashamed to teg . " As an illustration v « may here record the fact , that one day last ¦ week the wife of a respectable artisan went to a . browary . in this town and purchased twopenny worth . - - ;; < f : wyfaj aim&lly sold for the purpose of feeding vjDH $ M $ j £ ^ to > secretly aeeplng away without-paying fbil-mpBg jram . The person in charge of the brewery ' dnrtjidT ^ rw of the workmen to run after Mrs .- —— , - _ f 9 Mpy , *** h «>» d forgot to pay for the grains . " The WjyW # > Bwr&d > « Qd evertook her when she had reached

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      FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . ( From the Reading Mercury . ) It is with feelingaof £ eep regret thai , wehaye to record one of the most lamentable railway accidents that , we believe , has ever ocourred in this country , and which took place this morning on that part of the Great Western line , caljed ' *? the jjolleti" the deepest part of the Sunnlhg-bill catting , rather more than two miles from Reading . It appears that during the interim that elapsed between tbe passing down of the goods train about midnight , and the arrival of a similar train at half-past six this morning , the embankment of the south side of the gullet , and about one hundred vards east of the wooden

      bridge gave way , completely covering about fort ; yards of the south or down line of rails . -This 'unfortunate occurrence being unobserved by the policeman at this district , no intimation could possibly be conveyed to the driver of the approaching train , consequently , en the arrival of ¦ the luggage train , at about half-past six o ' clock , a most terrific scene occurred . , The train ,, which was progressing at its tccuBtomed pace , and consisted of twelve or fourteen wttf ^ ons , two trucks , and , the engine and tender , was suddenly , thrown off . the rails , and partially shattered to atoms .. The , engine , which . yr&s called theHHecla , " ran into the mass of earth , in which it was more than half buried , while the tender and passesger trucks , were turned over , and

      jammed against the waggons 'immediately behind . The consternation at this moment , amid the expiring yells of some of the pageengers , and the shrieks of others lees injured , may be more easily , conceived than detailed . One of the rno ^ t distressing features perhaps of this awful scene , was the lamentable cries of au aged father , who saw bis son , who had accompanied him in this unhappy journey , literally crushed between the tender and the truck , and instantaneously killed . Another of the sufferers , apparently an aged man , was so shockingly mutilated , that his countenance was entirely indiscernable . Information of the dreadful catastrophe was conveyed to Reading as speedily as possible , and several medical gentlemen were shortly on the spot . There were

      about thirty passengers , including some females , nearly the whole of whom were more or less injured ; about twenty were brought on to Reading , in a oar-, riage sent up for that purpose , and their appearance on their arrival at the station , was of the most depressing character . It is a remarkable fact , that neither the driver of the engine nor his assistant sustained any injury ; the conductor and-the guard also escaped-unhurt , although the former , we believe , was thrown from his seat over to the bank , upon which he fell with great force . The guard was thrown upon the opposite embankment , and the other officers were saved byleapingfrom their places . By about half-past eight o ' clock a great number of persons had reached the spot , and the most active exertions were made to extricate the poor fellows who werelying dead beneath the wheels and among

      the shattered fragments of the- trucks . This , however , was a work of difficulty as well as hazard ; and several hours elapsed before the trucks were raised . The removal of each presented a dreadful spectacle ; five of the unhappy men were extricated without much delay , but the three remaining were so entangled with the wheels , and shattered trucks that they were for a long time unapproachable . One of these , a decently dressed mechanic , was taken in the waist by the tender and the truck , in an upright position , his back being nearly severed by the crash . They were all at length removed to a small but in the Louden-road , where tfee eight bodfes , w ' eie depo sited and covered withstraw . One of them appeared about eighteen years old , while the others , so far as we could judge , were from about twehty to thirty rears of age , except one man , who appeared to be Bomewhat older . ' ¦

      The number conveyed to the hospital is 17 , being twelve m 6 n and five women ; thirteen were immediately placed in bed , more or less seriously injured , combining fractures and dislocations ; but , with one exception , no amputation will be necessary ; the most serious are two or three spinal cases , the injuries being so severe , that there is little hope of their recovery . The other four , although much hurt and bruised , will be shortly enabled to proceed on their route to the city of Bristol . ' Fortunately , there were fewer patients in the hospital than has been known for some weeks past , from which circumstance every accommodation and assistance was

      readily afforded to all the unfortunate sufferers , We would submit , with deference , that the passenger trucks should be placed in a less dangerous situation than that in which they are generally ( being attached to the engine ); had they beeu placed behind the luggage waggons , this afflicting loss of life would , in all probability , have been avoided , as several of the last waggons retained their positions on the rails without receiving the slightest injury . The names of the deceased we have not yet learned ; but , from their appearance , they are principally mechanics and labourers , and were journeying towards Cirencester and Bristol . .

      Saturday Night . —Throughout this day a vast number of the relations and friends of the passengers who left London by the ill-fated train on Friday morning , called at the Paddington terminus to inquire as to the fate of their respective friends . General inquiries were alsd made by a great number of disinterested persons ; indeed , the superintendent - and ' other officers were nearly besieged with applicants for information respecting this sad affair ; bnt , with very few exceptions , so intelligence could be gained . There were several persons , however , who were believed to be intimately connected with the unfortunate sufferers , who were permitted to proceed to Reading and return to town free of expense . In the moraine , Sir Fred .

      Smith , the surveyor of railways , repaired to the spot where the accident happened , and after remaining for some time , returned to the terminus , and examined the engine driver , stoker , and some . others , in the board- , room '; they were each examined separately , but no other person was allowed to be present , nor was a single syllable of their evidence allowed to transpire . It was very currently reported , up to two o ' clock , that four of the unfortunate individuals expired in the Reading hospital in tbe morning . Mr . Seymour Clark , the superintendent , left town by the two o'clock train for the purpose ( as . it was understood ) of making further inquiries , and " also to procure a list of the names of the sufferers . -..-. ..

      Has . Cabpenteb ' s Statement , one op thb Passengebs— " The train left London at half-past four o ' clock . There were three trucks containing passengers , about forty or fifty in number . There was only one truck-load of goods , and those were packed between the passengers . The night was very clear , and we were going at about the usual speed . All of a moment we felt a shock , and were tossed against each other , and up into the air and down agaiD , and then the carriage was broken all to pieces , and then we found ourselves on the ground among the luggage . I cannot say how my husband got out ; but after he got out he dragged me out , and also my sister-in-law , both of whom were Insensible , but afterwards recovered . The persons who eat on the

      right and left of me were killed . We were assisted out by our friends , who were not too muob injured , and laid upon the bank side , but 1 saw no policemen at all . AV the time the accident occurred we were going at a fast rate . I and my three relatives were the only persons who were so little injured as to be enabled to come to Bristol . After the accident , a messenger was dispatched and brought persons . In about an hour afterwards some policemen and several surgeons arrived , and afterwards a train came and took us to the hospital at Reading . They took all the persons to Reading . I saw myself ten dead bodies , and I heard that was the number killed . I believe that every one of the passengers had limbB

      broken , or were otherwise seriously injured , excepting I and my friends . When we came away there was a youDg woman expected to die every minute . I heard that she was a servant girl . I do not know how many were taken into the hospital ; but I heard the matron say that eighteen were taken besides those dead . I heard the surgeon say . that he was just going to take off one person ' s foot . I believe most of them were greatly injured ; The engine was driven into the fallen earthwork to a considerable depth . There was one baby there belonging . to a woman , which after the accident she was unable to find for a long while , a *< length she found it unhurt and asleep between two dead men . "

      TURTHEB PABTICDLABS . Reading , Saturday Evening , Deo . 26 . As may naturally be supposed , the utmost excitement and consternation still prevail in this town and its neighbourhood in consequence of the truly lamentable and fatal accident , some of the details of which are given above . Those details , as published , are admitted to be tolerably correct by the railway authorities here . We hear in numerous : quarters that the state of the SunniDg-hill cutting , the scene of the accident , has for some t < me past engaged the attention of the railway engineer , and that its repair had long been contemplated , but had been postponed inconsequence of the railway labourers being engaged upon works which were supposed to be of a more pressing nature . This procrastination is held by

      many acquainted with thecature of thesoil which constitutes the cutting , and with th « degree of angle of which that cutting is formed , is being reprehensible , and last of all the company are condemned for the continuance of their system of affixing the passengertrucks next the tender—a system which experience has proved to be fraught with danger to the lives of the passengers . In the present instance it appears clear that if the passenger-trucks had been the last in the train , no lives would have been lost , because not one of the luggage carriages were off the line . It has already been stated that eight individuals were killed upon the spot . The following are their names in the numerical order in which they were identified : —

      No-1 . John Pook , of Stoke Canon , U 6 ar Exeter , aged thirty , was identified by a letter which was found in his pocket , and subaeqa mtly was recognised by his father .

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      No . 2 . Charles Williams , aged 32 , a stonemason , residing in Cheltenham , but in the employ of Messrs . Grissell and Peto , upon the New Houses of Parliament . This corpse was identified by Mr . Allen , the foreman of Messrs . Grissell and Peto * ; :, iNo > 3 , C . Sweetlandi ' of Gloucester , stone-mason , aged 30 , identified by his father , but not known to Allen . . 7 . " .. o ;^ ¦ ¦ , : ¦ . * ¦ ¦ - : ; " \ : ¦' : ~ ::: - ' ~ ' ¦ " - '' -y ^ ~~' -. - ' ' - No > 4 > .- ^?^ . il ^ b 0 Uy ;; ' . 'dro . ;*^ -Gloiiice ^ iierf : ston € > mason , . aged 54 » also in the employ of Messrs . GrieseU ' ahd Peto , andidentffied bj A h ®* ' No . 5 . Stichard Ralph ; ' of HarveellV near Steventon , Berks , aged 25 , reoognified and identified by hiBfftibeari' -- ' v .: f i ' :.-- > -: Vv u ; . ' . < - "! i- ^ -- . ^ ' . ' ¦ ¦ ^ ¦'¦¦ ^ ¦ y ¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦' ;¦ :.. ¦ No . 6 . The remains of a labouring man aDDarentlv .

      arid dressed like ' a waggoner * Not yet identified . : ; No . 7 . , 'Joseph Hands , of Cfarence-gardens ; Regent ' s-park , aged 26 . The name of this unfortn * nate young man was firfit ascertained by a quarterly ticket , ^ ' -. ^ t ed j D ^ eoib ' eV / 'lo ^ lj ^ iO ^ -ibe ^ 'i . Weslejriui ' Methodist Society ^ being found in his possession . His mutilated remains have Binceijeen recognised by his father , who also identified those of his companion . an < l friend , ; No . 8 ,. ; Jabcz Cieave , ;( erroneously supposed to have been a preacher ) j on whose person a simHar tioke ^ of th ^ same date was found , out who wasjtfesnfied as ai stbheitoa ^ pn by Mr * - Allen , the foreman " , at the 9 ou 3 e 8 jiji" ParliaDaenj for Messrs * Grls ^ U atidPeto ^ ¦¦ . ' . ^^ ^; . ' - ' .- - . vV ' - ' \^ : C \ r-. - The process of identificaiion of the mutilated re-..

      mainsof thp flufferersm the ' miserable shed or hut in ' y ^ hichthey Wer ^ depj& sTtedi ' led to indescribable scenje ^ pf , " aj ; Qnifie 4 diltfess . ' . Tb , e pu blic have also been Wforh ^ ed tha t eigh ^ a ' ^ o ^ convlByed t& the Royal Berkshire Hospital , ana they were promptly attiended by Mr . T , Btessett Maurice , the ; 'surgeon of the week , assisted by IHr . G . May , Mr . : Vy A . Bulley , and the resident surgeon , Mr . James Dunn . The wounds and ipjuries of some were dressed , and they . were speedily enabled to proceed to their respective homes . Twelve of the unhappy sufferers were so materially injured , that their further removal was deemed to be dangerous , and they were , by the medical officers of the institution , admitted m-patients . The names and addresses of these individuals , together with the ng-ture of the injuries , ' as detailed in the books of the hospital , we now subjoin : — ; : ; " " ' ¦ : ¦] - ' / V , ; . ; •• ., ¦' .. ¦ ,. ¦ : . . ;¦ ¦ . ' . :. ¦¦' . -. _ . -. ; John Stainsbury , age 30 , by trade a navigator , the

      residentin Lambeth ; C ^ ntu ^ ron of back . Thomas M . Wheeler , age 30 , of Mills-buildings , Knightsbridge , newspaper reporter . Contusion of the face- Since discharged at his own request . Ann Wheeler age 31 , wife ' of the ^^^ abpye-named Thomas M . Wheeler . Fracdure . of the fore arm , and contusion of the head and bstek . Thos . Hughes , age 15 ^ of Hammersmith , painter . Concussion of the brain and contusion of thei face . Thbmas Hawkins , age 24 , of Freshford , near Bath , stonemason . Compound dislocation of the greattoe ; the metatarsal bone protruding , which has since beeh removed by ah operation . ; . Anthony Batten , age 43 , of Manchester Mews , Manchester-8 tre't . Contusion of the back and loins . James Stapleton , age 30 > / of Cheltenham , stones mason . Dislocation of the shoulder , since reduced . William Baldwin , age 52 , of Cheltenham , fitpnemasdn . Fracture of the ribs .

      Eliza Barnes , age 20 , of Addle-street , G | ity , geryant . Severe laceration of the scalp . . : . . * . Elizabeth Carpenter , aged 29 , of Cha ^ les-streeti Blackfriars . Contusion '' . of the leg . ; ' . ' , ' . HannahSCpoper , ag « d 40 , pf Thomas-street , Kennington-common .. Fracture of the metatarsal bones and dislocation of the right foot . 7 . In addition to the s abpve-named sufferers , there was also admitted as an in-patient at the same time , a man who still remains in a state of insensibility , and whose name still remains unknown . He has the appearance of a stone rnasoa , is apparently about forty years of age , and the injuries he ' has receiyed consist of a compound fracture o ( , the skull . The unfortunate , mani has undergone- the . operatibn of trepanning , aud fitill lies in amest dangerous state ; indeed , his recovery is almost hopeless . .

      • . . / v- ^ the inquest .. ;¦ . : ;¦ ;; :...,. ;;; - An inquest was . opened at Reading , on Friday , evening , but no . new fact was elicited so far as the proceedings weut that day . The inquest was adjourned to Monday . On the latter day a number of witnesses WBre examined , and the dead bodies were all identified . Mr . Saunders , the Secretary of the Great Western Railway Company , was in attendance , as well as Mr . Brunei , the chief engineer . After all , the witnesses bad been examined , Mr . Saunders calltd Mr >; Brunei to give evidence aa to the actual state of the embankment where the accident occurred . ; The publio are aware of . the nature of the accident from the facts detailed above , and we only give therefore Mr . Biuuel ' s examination .

      Isambert Kingdom Brunei—I am chief engineer on the Great Western Railway . ; With respect to the system of watching along th « line , six different asflistants have instructions to appoint night watchmou whenever there is any appearance of danger . In case of slips in the cuttings , when they are superficial , it \ s found better to drain them well , and to remove the loose earth , and leave the slips open to dry . . These are watohed for a time , and if it be found that no further movement takes place within a short time , experience has shown that this draining is sufficient . In this particular oase of the Sunning cutting I saw a small slip about ; three weeks ago . I inquired of Mr . Berkham what had been done , aud I found it had been drained , and as I

      observed that it was only a superficial one , 1 did not consider that there was any daHger . I passed many times since , and have not observed any change . On Friday morning , I arrived on the spot , a few hours after the accident , and I examined the slip that had then taken place ., It was a totally distinct slip , and I pinted out to Mr . Berkham the drain that had been cut rouud the former slip , and which was quite difcfmct from the new one . The disturbed ground of the new slip touched the old slip , ' but the slips themselves had begun iu different parts of the slope and in different strata . There were some questions the Foreman wished me to answer , which 1 shall : ; now state . The width of the cutting at bottom is forty feet , the depth is

      fiftyseven feet , the width of the top of the cutting is two hundred and sixty-eight feet . The width of the spoil bank on the south side is a hundred feet , from the north side about sixty-seven ; but of course it varies . From thW bottom of the Bpoil bank to the edge of the slope is about fifteen feet . It varies , however , because in some places it is twenty and twenty-feet from the edge . The spoil bank is not twenty feet high , and thirty feet from the edge of the slope . That soil would not stand at such a slope ; it would not even stand at t / o to one . From the railway to the edge of the slope is about twelve or thirteen feet . It would require forty feet distance to have the spoil bank twenty feet high . I heard something of the spoil bank having moved , but I

      Examined it carefully , and I find it has not moved . There is plenty of room to tvalk between the spoil bank and the top of the slope . I am not afraid of the weight of the spoil bank having any effect on its slopes . There is no part of the spoil bank eo close to the top of the slope as ten feet . I examined the line immediately after the accident , and can speak with , certainty . Thirty feet from the edge of the slope thero is not more than six or eight feet in height of spoil- bank . There have been discussions here and elsewhere as to the best place for the passenger truck ? , and the reason for putting them nest to the engine has been , that the dangers to which a luggage train is considered most liable , are ; its being overtaken by another train

      in consequence of its being unavoidably less punctual than the other trains , and the danger arising from breaking of ax \ es in . the luggage train , in either of which cases the front of the train is the best . The reason why the paseenger trucks were put in the middle of the train next day was by my directions , morely as a concession to an opinion which I knew was frequently expressed . . On the evening in question we discussed the questioa with Mr . Saunders and Mr . Clarke , and we had some doubts about the propriety of taking 'any passengers ; but being Christmas-eye , we knew there would be many applications , and although we retained our previous opinion as to the : front being ; the safest part , we made the alteration in deference to publio opinion . , j

      By a Juror . —There have been instances of luggage waggons hiving been overtikea ; , by other trains . Our feelings and interest ! are of course involved in providing the best place for the passengers . The axles of Jaggage trains are much more liable to break than the passenger-trains . Placing the carriages for passengers behind would ba a very dangerous thing . ;; Mr . Saunders said , 1 can assure the Jury that many accidents have been avoided by placing the passengers in the luggage- trains in front . There are some trains which go at eighteen miles an hour , and others which go at forty miles , and there are cuttings and curves in the line in which it is almost impossible , notwithstanding every precaution that is

      taken , to prevent a quick train running into a slow one . We can have no motive but that of the public safety and convenience , and it is not later than yesterday that the Government Railway Inspector distinctly told me that he fully concurred in our views . The luggage-train sheuld start at balf-paat four o'clock in the mtrniag , but it seldom gets away before five o ' clock , ana it pats aside generally at Slough , to allow the six o ' clock quick train to pasait . Every precaution that could possibly be thought of to ensure safety and punctuality has been adopted by the Directors . If it was to be continued on my responsibility , I would again have the passengers in the luggage-Uain placed in front . ; <

      The Coroner then read over the whole of the evidence which had been addnoed oo both days , and called upon the jury to dismiss from their minds all they had heard on the subject elsewhere , and calmly and dispassionately attend only to the evidence which had been submitted to them . Thay would take the whole facts into their serions consideration , giving sueh weight to the statements of Mr . Saunders and Mr . Brunei as their importance deserved . He now left the case in their hands . They must consider their verdict . \ .

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      The jury retired at three 0 clock . : At a fewr minutes before five the Coroner , who had left the apartment where the inquest was held , returned and announced that the jury had agreed to their verdict , which was "Accidental death in all the cases , and a deodand of £ 1 , 000 on the engine , tender , and carriages . " 1 / ; ¦^ Mr . C . Rossell , M . P ., ^ ^ inquired whether the Jury had stated any and what grounds for their verdict . / The Coroner said they had assigned two reasons ; but he was not bpund to state them , and he Would raJJhorhdfc ' ; - . :- - '' : ; --: v- >; . '¦ : ;; ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ •"' ¦ ' ¦; : ' ¦; -7 - ;/¦ " ''¦ ' : - ¦ .- . ¦ ¦ ' ¦;¦" / ' : ' / The following , we have the best reason to know , were thereasons assigned by the jury for the above verdict ;^ . - ¦ ; . ;¦ , ; ' . -.. ; -: . ;; - ; ..-, / . ' ;" : ;~ : J-: : ¦* :. ¦ *] ¦ : U : ' . i ; " The -Jury are of opinion that great blame attached to the company in placing the passenger trucks so near the engine . : '

      ' . ' 2 . That great neglect had occurred in not employing a sufficient watch when it was most necessarily required . - , > . ' : ¦ . > ; - ¦ ' ' "¦; '" '¦ , '"¦;] , I .

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      ATROCIOUS MURDER AT WH JX ALE , NEAR ^ EM , SHROPSHIRE . / Frima SecondEditionof theShrewsbury News . ) Another murder has been perpetrated in this county during the present week , under cirenmetancea of greater atrocity even than the one at Bronvgarth , near Oswestry . A wife , with the assistance of her husband , has administered poison to . both her parents , and tbe mother has fallen a . victim , to the diabolical deed , the father escaping by , a mere accident , and an innocent person ( according to the last report ) has since died in extreme agony from the tffectsfef . the deadly food of ifhich . he had been a partaker . v . .. - / .- ¦ . ,

      : The name of the old man is Arthur Williams , whe resided at Whijcale , Virithm three miles of Wem , in this county , and the perpetrators of this horrid crirne i Thos . Harries and his wife Mary , lived in the- same cottage with the father and his deceased ; wife Eliza Williams . The prisoner , Themaa Harries , had been previously married , hia former wife having died four years ago , leaving two children , who resided in the eame cottage ¦ with the " prfobners . It appears that the deceased victim had been in the habit of correcting these children , and Harries had ^ aid that he would remember her for it , and this is the only motive that can at present be assigned for the deed , which has caused such general horror in the neighbourhood , ; ' ' \ ~ ;

      On Sunday , the 19 th , the deceased partook of an apple-dumpling at dinner , and was instantly taken ill , the symptoms Increasing so rapidly that by nine o ' clock the game evening she was a corpse . Her husband did not eat any of the dumpling , being too ill from having taken a small portion of the poisonous mineral on the previous night ; and the third party ; was the son of a neighbour to whom the feraale prisoner had given the remainder of the poisoned food . An Inquest was held on the body of the deceased , Eliza Williams , on Friday , before Joseph Dietrim , Esq . coroner { who had only returned home on Wednesday from holding an inquest on the murdered woman near Oswestryi , when the following evidence was adduced : —

      Arthur Williama , husband of the deceased , lives in a cottage at Whixale , and the prisoners , Thomas and Mary Harries , with two children of the former , resided with him , On Saturday last witness had a pig ' s fry for hiflBupper , -vrbich was cooked by the deceased , who took some , flour from a bag hanging in the kiteben to thlcfcen the grayy . IVitaess' ate heartfly and felt very sick ' afterwards , going to bed ill , and remaining so all night .- ftot up the next morning very unwell , and sat in tho / bouse till eleven o ' clock , when he went out , leaving th « deceased , the prisoners , the children , and a neighbour , ' named ' ^ returned to dinner , but was too unwell to eat : The flrstdiah was an apple-dumpling , of which the deceased ate heartily , but witness was too ; poorly to taste it .

      Within five minutes after eating it , the deceased ran towards ' the door , and , ' throwiDg it open , said , " Oh dear , how 'i \\ I am 1 " and' retched , violently . The deceased then went into the' garden , snpported by the female . prjBoner , and ; being a long time away , witness went out , and finding her too ill to walk , carried her into the house , and placed hejrVin a chair . She continued getting worse till four o ' clock , -when witness carried her up to bed , and "Went to bed himself ; feeling very , unwell Hegot . up about nine o ' clock , as his wife became much worse , and she died shortly , after . ; WiU ness ' -had occasion to go out afterwards , leavjmg the prisoners together in' the kitchen , and , ; on returning , heardHarries say to . i'h ' te wife , " There's something in that flour . " The two prisoners lived in the same house

      with witness , but ate at a separate table , and fouud their own victuals . They had their dinner at the same time as the deceased , but not at the same table ., The female prisoner assisted deceased to bed , but neither of the prisoners made any remark at her Budden death to witness . Mary Jones , a neighbour , was in the room at the time deceased expired . The female prisoner ; made a dumpling at the same time as deceased , but did not take the flour from the same bag . The deceased : did not eat- all the' dttmpling , and the following morning witness said to tbe female prisoner , " There ' s some nice dumpling , give it the children , " and she answered , "No , 1 may not do that * ' He again requested her ; to give it them , and she replied , " No , no , I inunna give it thent" A neighbour ,- named Betty MhisnuU , bad been washing at the heu&e oh Monday morning , and , went on an errand the same day . On Wednesday witness asked the female prisoner where the remainder of the dumpling was , and she replfedi " ; I have &iven it

      the children , sind they have eaten it" The male prisoner had frequently words with the deceased about the children , but nothing of any consequence . When the female priisoner was taken into custody she : said , < 'I am . innocent , and t believe I can swear for him . " Witness knew there -was poison kept in the house , haviDg some sugar of lead in a paper which he used for dressing cowa , but it wae not kept near the bag which contained the flour . ; . The male prisoner had some powdered arsenic in a bottle which he used for destroying rats , and kept it in the pantry . The flour was bought frem Mr . ? ovey'B , of V 7 hixale / in x large bag , and a small quantity was put in another bag , and hung in the kitchen for trifling purposes { but the bread was always made from tue . large bag . After deceased was dead , witness saw the male prisoner go into the pantry , and while he wasthere his wifesaid , " What areyou plundering at , is there anything I can reach you ? " To which he answered , " No , you know nothing about it . ';

      John Edwards was at the house of Arthur Williams , on Sunday last , and saw deceased take some flour out of a striped bag and make an . apple dhmpling . The female prisoner likewise made an apple dumpling , but teok the flour from another bag , and made it at the same time and at the same table as the deceased . The female prisoner put the dumpling she had made into the pot first , and they were both tied up in olotlis . '' ' .: . '""¦" . ¦ ¦ .. - ¦ ¦' " ¦ ¦; v ' ¦ ¦' . . V ' - ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦'¦ ¦' ' ¦ ' " - ' . " ¦¦ ¦' ' . Thomas Norway Arthur , surgeon , residing at Whitchurch , was in the . neighbourhood of Whixale , on Wednesday ,, and met with Arthur Witlxams . Wito « as asked him if it wad * not true that his wife died suddenly . The old man said " Yes ; and I fear there has been foul play , " , and requested witness to go Into the

      house , which he did , and saw the female prisoner and another woman . Witness asked the eld man if ha suspected any one of the foul play , and he said he was afraid it was his son-in-law , for he had been frequently cross with the old ¦ woman , Witness then went np stairs with Mary Jones to look at the deceased , and at the same time to ask Mary Jones some questions .. The female prisoner endeavoured to follow them up stairs , which witness prevented . He examined the deceased , but found no' outward marks of violence . He had a \ ao made a post mortem : examination of the body , in company with Mr . Groom , surgeon , of Wbitchurch ,

      and found the heart , lungs , and liver in a healthy state , with the exception of some little congeitioa of the left lung . : They found / the stomach Very much' distended . They then cut into it , and found larger patches of inflammation extending over the btomach , and appearances extending over it like the whitei of an egg . The internal or bilious coat was entirely destroyed , and it was the opinion of witness that deceased ' s death was occasioned by some corrosive poison . Witness thought arsenic would produce the exact effect in which be found deceased ' s stomach . Witness likewise took some flour from the bag and examined it with Mr . Oroom , and a chemifit , and was positive it contained ¦ ¦ ¦

      arsenic ' ' ¦ ¦> : ; ' ' . ¦ ¦ :. '¦¦ •' : ' ; . ' ' . "¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦' .. . ' ¦ : ' . ¦ : ' ¦'¦' ¦ ' :. ¦ : ¦ . ¦ . ¦' ¦ : ' Mr . Thomas Groom , surgeon of Whitchnroh , corroborated the testimony of Mr . Arthur , and was positive that arsenic was the poison which occasioned ; deceased ' s death .: ; :- ' . . .. ' . ' . ¦; ¦¦ - : . ' . ; - - ; ' ¦ ¦ ;'' .: : . ' : ¦ : '' < ¦ : h -. ; '<¦ ' ¦;/ . >; ''' Mary Jones , a neighbour , saw the deceased when she was ill , and was with her . when she died . Wit * ness had frequently heard the male prisoner say he Would knock her brains out , if she interfered with his children ; and about three weeks ago , on a Friday , there was a snow , and the deceased had -walked to Whitchurcb . Witness said to him , "The peor old woman will beloat in the isnow ; ^ and he fcaid ' * -- — her , I should like to hear of her being found in the road , stiffi " : v ' /¦ ¦¦ ¦ r- ^ - ¦ ,: ] ,, --v . ; .. -: ••"¦ .. _ ;¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦

      Elizibeth MinshuU waa washing at the house of Arthur Williams oa Monday , and after wards went to Wbitchurch to a sister of the deceased ^ to tell her of her death , and invite bet to the funeraL When she came back and delivered the message the female prisoner gave her a piece ef dumpling , which she took home . Witness ' s son ( John Haycock , by a former husband , ) was in the house , and she gave it him for bis supper . He eat it and went to bis boat on the canal and ehe saw no more of him . V : ThomaB Minslrall , eaplaln of canal jboatj was in bis boat on the can » l near Whixale , ana saw John Haycock in another boat Tery ill , and vomiting . Witness accompanied the boat some distance , and Haycock told him to tell hia mother that the dumpling had newly killed him , and she would never see him again .

      Richard Jones , constable , searched the house and when searching for the arsenie in the house , was told by the female prisoner that » h » had thrown It away three months before ; She afterwards said that she had emptied the potion out , and trashed the bottle cleasL Witeett , however , f&uha rbottle # hfeh had contotoed araento in a basket amongother bottles , ' . He likeiriae found tns , BugaJt ,: of lead in % , drawer in the kitchen . This concluded the evidence . -: ' : :. The maler jpriwmerali ^ l ^ ' ^ rraerif the ex ^ mi ^ Hon would finish that evening , and being answered in th © aflinoatlve , said ha might Jls well tell alL He tten made ^^ atatement to , the effect that he bad told nu ^ ife pn s ^ urday nfgiit ttat Bomttbing was the

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      matter with the meal to make the old man so 11 L He said ; he had purchased the arsenic from Mr . Gough , chemist , of Weni , for the purpose of destroying rate , and hinted that his wife must have administered it , if the deceased really was poisoned . ¦ The female said if anyone knew about it , it was her ' lius |^ d . '; - ; i ^ - ' ; " ^ V :: ^ - -- ; . ' - - v ' v \ -L \ : ''' . / ---: ' - . : . - ¦/ . The Jury returned a verdict that the deceased ' s death wasV picasfcned ; by ' ppiapnV ; administered by Thomas Harries , and that bis wife assisted him ; and they were botil fully ( sommittfid for our next assizea . <; ; . The male prisoner tea brickmiker by trade , and baa borne but an indifferent [ character . The female is very far advanced in pregnancy , and on Thursday , feigned that she was in labour , bnt on txaminination by a surgeon the attempt to postpone the inveaMgatipn failed . . ¦"' : •¦; . ' : ; = •'"' . ' ' :: ¦¦¦ : ¦ -,- - r St . -- ' , - \ '¦;¦ .. : ' - ^ ' / .. r-

      John Haycock was taken into Cheshire by the boat ^ and a report lias reached " this town that he has iBXpired , making' a second victim of this' unparalleled atrocity : '' ? '' : ¦ ; : ' ¦¦ ;¦ . '¦ ¦/'¦' . ' ; ' . ••¦ ' '¦ : ¦ :: ¦• ' 'i '¦ '¦' - :: / A' :: . ¦; ' . "¦' •' - ¦' - ' ' ¦ "• . ¦

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      DREADFUL ACCIDIINT rBT THII FALL OF A - BtJiLDINGr ^ N MANCHESTER . ¦ ' ¦ : c-hrr - ry \ H' -. : : :: ^ --r ' : ¦ :- ><¦ ¦ y \ -r -- !^/ yV ; - ' . - :: - . r-FIVE PEBSONS , KILLED AND . TEN SEEIOUSLY UVB . T , On Friday evening the site of the ; late fire , in Man-Chester , ( the particulars of which we gave last week , ) was rendered the scene " of a most appalling accident by the falling of one of the walls of the building in which the late fire occurred upon some workmen employed to take it . down . Thisifireoccurredyon Monday week , when 200 tt bags of cotton were desteoyjBd ,. v ^ orth abont £ i 6 , 066 ' , and a ^ I quantity of ^^' corn , ' floury groceries , and

      tallow . The whole damage was estimated at upwards of £ 30 , 000 . Though the warehouse had been completely gutted by the fire , two of the entire walls were left standing , and that at the ' back of the building , to thghSputh of PicadiHy , about 19 " . feet high by J 00 feet in length , was carried by mtans of two stone arches over the . Rochdale canal . This -wall was about to be removed at four o ' clock on Friday afternoon , when the stone of one of the arches , which had become rotten , giving way , the arch collapsed , and the wall dividing into two portions fell a heap of rains upon the men who were below . , -V-: ' .,.- ; ¦^¦ - . ¦ J /¦ ,: ¦ -.. ¦ ' .: ¦ ' .. ;

      ri-The whole accident was th p Work of but a moment . The men had no chance of escape ; they had barely time to perceive their awfol situation and : raise one loud shriek of terror ere they -were silenced and hidden from view beneath the falling ^ niass . "¦ : ;; . Fortunately SirdiarlesSHaw ; the cfiief commissioner of police , having heard of the accident within a few minutes of its occurrence , sent a body of police to tbe spot . Sir Charles himself superintended the execution of the brder ^ and ; barriers werei then thrown across to prevent the access of-. , the publio . ; The number of men employed about the buiWing when . the acoident occored was one hundred and three , and had the wall come down ini an unbroken mass , instead of falling aa described above , the probability Is that the whole ef them would have been ; sacrificed . ¦ ¦>¦ - . ' ¦¦¦¦ .. ¦ :, ' ¦ ¦ ¦' ? ¦¦' -:. ' . ¦¦¦ ' . , : ¦ : ¦ -. ' ' - •;;

      ' . ' As the following did not answer to their names the ; were supposed to ; be in the ruins :--James Perkins , Thomas Finnigari , Patrick Conlan , George Prowdman , PeterRadicali Michael Mahon , Thomas Garland , John Donaily ; Patrick Finnigan , WiUiwrn Harrison , Michael Dolan , Patrick Tally , William Hurly , John Locke , and Thomas SilcoxV-in , aU fifteen persons , Besides- these , however , a priBat , iiumber had rejBe ' ive 4 ( . injuries from falling bricks and other materials ; , but were not seriously hurt . The four men whose names are placed first on

      the list were rescued from the ruins almost directly the search began , and -. though , so ¦; mqch hurt ; that it was deemed necessary to tabe ' them to the infirmary it is not supposed' that their lives , are endangered by toeiic wounds . : The search- for the remainder of the sufferers was * work . ' ; of greater time , ' and they have suffered mach ; more severely . Pater Radical was discovered about six o ' clock , with his akull fractured , and suffering froni interhal injuries ; ' he * was conveyed to the , in 9 rmary , but there are slight hopes of : bis recovery . Michael Mahon was also . taken out of the ruina about

      the same . time , and thouRU not . much bridsed . externally he had evidently received ^ sucE internal injuries as leave but faint " B ' o ^ e of 'B ^ s ' recoyery : rS'Abbut balf-past i \ x Thomas Garland , another of the ¦ sufferers , was found , and though stilL alive Ms body was frightfUllj mangled and crushed , whilst his bead ; . was , compjetely scalped . Patrick Finnigan and William Harrison were taken from the ruins about' this . time to the infirmary . Both of them were muchhurt , the former having one shoulder dislocated and being otherwise injured , and the other baying two of his ribs broken . Hurly waa feund with several of his left Vies broken . The left leg of one of the sufferers , supposed to be Silcox ' s , was found about this time . John Donally-was next taken but dead ; and two hours afterwards Dblan , ' atoo dead . Near him , also dead ,-were : found the remains of Tally . V The latter was found standing upright amongst a heap of bricks . In which his body waB bo firmly imbedded , that nearly an hour elapse * after bis head a \ id Bhoulders had been bared before it could be extricated . ¦ * : ¦ ' ¦" - ' :

      A more painful and heart-rending scene than was presented at " the inflrmafy about nine o ' clock on Friday evening-was never witnessed . . Upwards of one hundred men weire employed In t ± ie building ; at th «* time of the accident , and . the ; most exaggerated report as to the extant of the fatality got abroad . The -wives , children , and , friends of , many of these men had been at work during' the day in the different factories , and . on returning- horte , and hearing the prevailing reports , they naturally rushed to the scene of the accident to learn the fate of those near and dear to them . ' - .- ' - ' ¦

      Though the bodies 9 f t wo , of the men , namsdSUcor and Roche , have not yet been found , there is now no doubt as to their being amongst the killed . The former was some years ago a master builder at Leeds , but had been ' . reduced in . circumstances , and of late employed on the works of the Manchester and Birmingham Jtailway . It is said that he has a wife and family resident in Lee'dsr HurTy , brie of : the wounded men , has a wife and two children . Harrison , who lives in Faucett street , Ancoats , has a wife and six children dependent

      upon him for support . : PatrkkTolly and John Donally , both killed , were young men . the latter a : native of . Stocfcport , and unmarried ; but thefformer is married , and has left a wife and three children . He . was a resident at Oir Mill Bjrow , Great Ancoats . ; The other sufferers were mostly married men . Garland has a wife and four children , living in Buxton-streei Patrick jinnigan has a vitd . and three children , resident in / Mason-street , Manchester ; and Thomas Finnigan has a ¦ wife and three children , resident at Ashton-under-¦ Lyiae . " ' : . ; i ; ; ¦ ¦ ' ...- ' x ' ' ¦ : }¦ ::. ¦;' . ; . -: ;¦ . ¦; - :: ¦ ¦¦ ¦' -, ¦ . ; . y ¦ " ;

      Though the ruin 3 of the warehouse had been played upon all the week by the fire-engines they still snout dered ; and , during the time occupied in searching for the bodies on Friday night / they again broke put into flames , a "great quantity of unconsumed cotton being amongst the ruin 3 , and . considerable exertions bad to be used during the night by the firemen to subdue them .

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      Remarkabi , e Storm op Hail and Lightning .- ^ --Ah esteemed correspondent wishes us to put on record some particulars of a storm of thunder and lightning , accompanied by hail , that passed over the peninsula of Lleyn , on the morning of the 17 th inst . Inits passage over the park at Madryri . it was of a moat awful and alarming . character ^ and did immense damage to a loug range of glass-houses , pita , and frames ^ that are used for forcing , besides putting in imminent danger a large collection of valuable plants . Some of the hailstones , we are assured , measured no less than three inches and oneeighth round the base—all of them being of a conical Bhape ^ Hail of the same magnitude and quantity has notfallen in that part of thecountry within the memory of thepresenJi && , —Carnarvon Herald

      A Babbabous TaiCK .- —An eastern shoreman steppedwo a barber ' s shop in otir city and requested the barber totake off 12 ^ cents worth of his hair . lhe ^ barber trimmed his looks very neatly , and then combed and brushed them in the most particular style . " Are you done ? " asked the Eastern shoreman , as me barber removed the napkin from his neck . : ¦ , Yes , j \ r ? returned the man of the razor with a bow . " Are you certain you took oh ? elevenpence wbrthP ?; Yes , sir , " returned the barber , " herejuaglassyou can see foryoureelf ; " " Well , " said Jhe Ea 3 tern man , . if yoii thhik you have got a leven penoe worth off , I don ' t know as I have any Use for it , and I haven't got no change ; so you may just keep the hair for your trouble . " - £ aMmore ArffUS , ; " . - ' . ¦ : . ; . ¦ ¦¦ . : ¦¦}[ : -r ' ' -: '¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' . ' ¦ ¦' : < . : ¦ ' - ¦ : ¦ . ' - : ' ¦ " : ' ¦

      Daring Borglabt in Wiltshibe . —Some thieves entered the house of Mr . Awdrey , at South Wraxhall f . on Tuesday nighti They proceeded up staiis and tapped at the bed-room door of one of the young Jadieg ^ who , gupppsing that it was a maid-servant , desired her to come in . Three of the fellows then entered with bludgeons , and bearing a candle . Two fellows were . left below * a out-door and in-door watoh . _ The former demanded the surrender of her money from Miss Awdrey , who gave them all she had , which they said was not sufficient . She then went to her sister in an adjoining room , who gave up her purse and its contente . Still they demanded more , and the young ladies , apprehensive , from the high and determined spirit of their father , that he would resist and be murdered by the rufiSans , repaired to his bed-room , apprised him of what was going on , and besought him to gire np his money ' Having obtained thisthey next demanded the

      sur-, render of . the ailver plate , jewellery , watches , and all the other portable valuables , which they took to thei . « xtent ofhajf ¦* sack fall , carefolly selecting the solid silver articles , and leaving the plated behind . They next demanded wine , of which they drank a bottle , besides a quantity of brandy ; and finaUy decamped , between , three and four o ' clock , having remained in the house between four and five hours without any fligna of alarm or apprehenaifln . The plunder , in addition to £ 30 in money , was prodigioaa , in plafe ^ watches , jewellery , linen , pistols . ' S it . The daring character of the outrage has greatly alarmed all ihe neighbpnrlioocl about Bradford , more especially those inhabiting solitary houses , whose inmates dread a Bimilar midnight visit from a gang whose numbers are sufficient to overpower s whole family Twenty-fiviB pounds is offered as a reward for the detection of the villains , who are thought to be London thiaTes . —jBa / A Journal .

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      BANKRUPTCY OF THE INCORPORATION OF PAISLEY . ( From the Scotch Reformers' Gazette . ) Misfortunes , it is said , seldom come singly . The The bankruptcies , one after another , in Paisley , within these few months past -were alarming enough ¦ and added greatly to the misery existing in Paisley . But we had no idea that the corporation of Paisley itself wonld go to the -wall—would be found to be in an utter and absolute state of insolvency . Yet such is the fact , which we publish on the authority of a most respectable patty connected officially -with the toirn » f Paisley , and who ¦ writes to us as follows : — " ¦; .- .,. " Paisley , D&c . 23 , 1841 .

      " Deab . Sir , —At last meeting of our council , the pnblic and reporters were ordered to withdrrw , and all the important business -was transacted afterwards . Last night , there -was another meeting ( private ) , at-which it was resolved unanimously that the chamberlain should be instructed to stop paying or receiving any money , thus virtually suspending payments in the meantime ; and to-day our unfortunate town is in a perfect ferment on the subject—and no woDder , when there are moneys lodged in the Town and River Cart Savings Banks to

      the amount of £ 19 , 000 . These banks were set agoing by the influence of the present Provost , vho is connected ¦ with the Saturday Post and Renfrewshire Reformer , and who , in style similar to other puffers , lauded the security to the skies—and at the same time did all that was possible to prevent money being lodged in the Government Savings Banks , by endeavouring to call in question the security of the Government !— 'which was rated as nothing , when compared with that of the River Cart or Corporation of Paisley .

      " The true state of our corporation finances is , that there is a deficiency of income to meet the expenditure by at leut £ 700 annually , and no prospect whatever of matters mending in this respect ; the income is about £ 3 , 300 , and the unavoidable expenditure not under £ 4 . , so that to continue is just to make bad "wone . But of course these matters "will have to be inquired into by proper and legal authority now . —Yours , &c "

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      Cheapness op Railwats in Amebica . —The extent of communication by railways in America is truly surprising . They cover the United States like the meshes of a net . About 7 , 000 miles of railiDg have already been made , or are in actual progress . This would be incredible in a coon try where capital is so valuable , were the railways laid out on the same expensive scale with outb . British railways have cost from £ 20 , 000 to £ 50 , 000 a mile . Those of America have not cost , on the average , including buildings and all requisite investment , more than £ 4 , 500 per mile , being from one-fourth to onetenth of the ezpence of British railways ; that is to say , a given sum of money expended in America has provided the benefit of railway communication to an

      extent of from fire to ten times as great as an equal one in Great Britain . Although these lines were not originally laid out on a pre-arranged plan , yet the detached lines have gradually been connected , so as to form continuous routes of great extent—some of the ooapanies owning different portions of connected lines have found it convenient to amalgamate—the route between Baltimore and Philadelphia consisted of four companies on four parts of the line , which are now incorporated in one company , under a single board of management . One £ reat chain of railroad , commencing at Portsmouth , in ? 4 ew Hampshire , extends across the United States to PenBacola , in Florida , a distance of 1 , 600 miles . —Athenaum . ~

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      STOPPAGE OF PAYMENTS BY THE TOWN OF PAISLEY . ( From the Glasgow Chronicle . ) Partly on account of tho great depression of trade , and partly on aoeouat of > run raised by the circulation of malicious and false statements regarding the affaire of the community of Paisley , the town council , at a meeting on Wednesday evening , ordered the chamberlain to suspend receipt or payment of deposits in the meantime , but to proceed vrith all possible despatch in realising the outstanding debts due to . tbe community for the regular payment of the interest on the money borrowed , and other , current engagements of the burgh . It is pretty generally known that a small portion of the

      would-be political leaden of the town who have not the influence to get themselves placed in municipal authority , have for a good number of years endeavoured to embarrass the party in power , by attacking the credit of the community . Tbe unfavourable state of trade and the leniescy ef the council in not enforcing during the last year the exactions on the owners of property , for entries , < fec , falling dne , caused a deficiency of nearly £ 300 in the usual ynnnnt of revenue . This simple circumstance was taken advantage of , though nothing was lost thereby , and statements prejudicial to tbe town ' s credit , were placed in the hands of every creditor that could be found by the individuals referred to , and thus uncalled-for alarm raised . In addition to tbiSf the adherents of the same party in the council during the last five days , gave currency to another statement which they knew to be quite untrue , about the late provost-having commenced to secure

      himself by drawing a thousand pounds , 'when the fact , was he had not drawn out a penny . From the position to which the affairs of the town are now driven , a full and pnblic exposure of these matters will soon be submitted to the creditors . The council have been negotiating for such & loan of money as -will pay off those ¦ who are dissatisfied , which in the ordinary state of the money market they -would long since have obtained , though at present that is difficult As regards risk to the creditors , fram the best informed quarters we are assured there is none . More than one-third # f the whole debts of the town are dne to tbe bank , aud the members of council , or their immediate friends , and fully a half of the debt against the river is due to the same parties . This "we should conceive the strongest proof that could be adduced of the confidence of those who should be&t know the state of the town ' s affairs . ¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 1, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1142/page/6/