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5 me , through our poverty , gad laving to pay our ( fwa lecturer , ve have not boen ribfe to centeibate muck ( o the fund ; bat stCII , we thin * , we have as Interest ja t&e proper msn » genK , « nt of the cause , and hence I jure teen requested to notice Vbe above . WH . Button , Sab-Secretary . j £ oire . rtre € t , l ^ shboroagh , Itec . 7 th , 1842 . P . Mr . Ba ' j stow promised ui he would preach poor Holberrj / s funeral sermon , on the 17 th day of JnlJ . After ffe had sent the notice to the Star , and to the fffla ^ es , he cane not , and nnmhsra came , sad ygre disap-jointed . W . 8 .
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THE METROPOLIS AN 3 > ITS NEGLECT OF THE EXECIITITE . TO IHS EDltOS . OP THE XOBTHEBH STAB . Sin . —I perceive in the letter of Messrs Campbell ana Leach , in reply to your strictures on the Executive 2 alsnc 3 Sheet that there is a complaint made that tbe Chwtista of London did not pay . the Executive - for leetarinz during their * tsy in that city , and its cnTirons . 3 foxr . Sir , hi reply to this it may be fairly asked , were they invited thither , er did they proceed Biere upon their own aceord ? I "well remember during g » time I wm acting for Mr . T . M . Wheeler , while be ¦ wa iucspadated by the accident on the Great Western Bin-way , receiving a note from Mr . Secretary Campbell to the foltowibs effect : — " Mr . Campbell will lecture at 55 , Old Bailey , on Sunday weefc , and Mr . J . Leach at the Working Man ' s Han , Jlarylebone . "
Here was no invitation given , no request made , but the lecturing business was a voluntary act of their own , and surely , if this be the occasion alluded to , neither Campbell or Leach have any just ground of complaint , on the score of non-payment On the last occasion Messrs . Leach and Bairstow came to town , Mi- l * ach , I think , dia not attend one public meeting , Of deliver any lecture , but returned to Manchester immediately . Mr . Bahstow delivered a lectora or two during the few days he remained in town . The practice in and around London is to defray Uk expenca of carriage , or conveyance of lecturers to acd from the place of meeting . Tenons residing in or
near London are not supposed to lecture or agitate on the points of the Charter from " selfish love of money , ' bat fel love of the piineipleB therein enumerated ; hence many of tte lecturers -work at theii ordinary c&ninp &H f ?* y , and walk five or six miles to lecture at night . But these are not Executive men . Sir , we are told of the great labours of the Executive , in bringing ont the trades . Jfow , I believe that Mr . Watkiss , though less ready , perhaps , to brag of it , did at least one man ' s share in that business . I know aomething » f one who laboured most zealously In getting up and bring oat the nt » ver 3 to the great meeting at wMch Feargns O'Connor presided . I am quite sure it was not Dr . M'DoualL
I know also who lectured to the shoemakers at the " Star Coffee House , " Golden-lane , and caused the large meeting to be held at the Hall of Science , City Boad , when Mr . O'Connor attended , and addressed them . It was not ~ Di . M'DonalL And Mr . Cuffay can tell who it was that delivered lectures at the Doves , Bsd Lisn-street , to the tailors , prior to their grrat meeting at the Social Institution , John-street , at which Feargus O'Connor also attended . I do not believe the lecturers were members of the " Executive Committee . " Then , Sir , \ re are told of the arduous labours of our . Secretary ;? Sir , I speak from my own observation Mr . C has plenty of time to attend to his own business as a bookseller , news agent , ic also to edit the Peni . y Democrat , his only assistant being a little boy of twelve years rfage .
.... Kext we are told of the Doctor's poverty on thirty shillings a week ! Why , Sir , Dr . M'Douall pref esses to be the representative of the working classes . The best paid among thai order , when fully employed , after dedneting wear and tear of tools , do not average that sum , yet they manage to be deeently dad . And the whole ef his time was by no means taken up by bia duty as a member cf the Executive , as hi * Plorida Medicine Pills Tin abundantly testify . Then , Sir , no new ground has heen broken vp oy fhe Executive in or aromd Qvt Ifrfrop& ' u . No ; they have confined themselves to the already organised localities As a proof of this , I may refer you to Mr . Secretary Canspbe 3 " 3 o-an letters in the Northern Star , ( I mean some previous letters ) , wherein be thanks by name the persons who have been most active in this business .
I think it was in the letter of " AnExile , " as well as in the speech of Mr . Leach , at Manchester , that I read that a private conspiracy existed to get rid of the Executive . Why , Sir , I do not believe for a moment this will gain credence with the CbutUt body ; for this reason : a reference to a file of the Korther * S ' 'ar will show that I was the first pnblidy to call attention to them in a letter in that journal , just after the late Convention was held- hi London , shewing that we had no Executive , the time for their holding office in accordance with the Organization having expired , and revesting a time to be specified for the election of a new « ne . Wben we are told that Leeds and Hull conspired , allow me , Sir to state , they were not the only complaining places . The Hammersmith lecaliry , thronan their sub-Secretary , forwarded a
note to Mr . Campbell , requesting the Executive to answer the Questions pat by tba T . ^ icgmtar delegates ; Then , Sir , in the last Star appears a letter from Mr . Breslej , recommending a committee of inquiry . Can it be possible that Mr . Beesley can have read the plan cf Org&nlz&ttea himself ? if so , I think it impossible he could have suggested such a committee , for any one who reads it will see at once that it has been broken , first—ia giving an extra ten shfllinga per 'week wages ; secondly—is members of the Executive receiving wages Vhen paid for lecturing by the localities or districts ; thirdly—fey holding effice after the time had expired , ai fully and clearly defined in the Organization ; fourthly—in their neglecting ^ tHf *""" nomination to be made fcr a General Treasurer ss the same time as ths Tjrcratiw .
Sir , perhaps you will now allow me to ask Mr . Bairstow did be not receive wages frm the Chartists of Cheltenham for his labours in that vicinity , ( as I perceive the Bristelonians paid him , ) and bow much ? Sir , I was at Cheltenham a few days prior to the sitting of the Convention , and I believe the first day ef the Sturge Conference in Birmingham sitting—there was no defection then ; and during the sitting of our Convention , it win be borne in mind , that one of the brgest demonstrations " evBr held in the County of ffloncester took place on Mr . O'Connor ' s visit to that plue ; this does not look like defection . I think in justice to the men of Cheltenham I am ako bound to
State that I "Was LIBEB . A . LLY REWAEDED FOE MT sx&tices during my stay in that town , Yonrs , In the cause of Democracy , December 5 . 1 S 42 . Edmttxd Stixxwood .
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MB CAMPBELL'S PUNCTUALITY . 10 THE EIHTOB 6 F THE X 0 HIHEB . S STAB " Sib—Ftcm what I have seen in the Xorffiera Slar fecat 3 ir . Campbell ' s Bilance Sheet , I think it right to inform yon , as far as we are concerned at Kotston , — Jon recollect his making a tour throngh Lynn , Norwich Wisbeach , Cambridge , , ' and Royston , in the Bilance Sitet—there is no account given of the monies he received et the different places only for cards . We gave him Sheen shillings to pay Mb coach fare from h = re , which ia only ten shillings ; Cambridge friends brought him here at vLeir own expense , and gave Mm Toontf , bat what I cannot say ; you can assertain by * dcngin tha Slar . I am afraid he pocketed all the ttotey given to him , and charged his expenses to the people ' s funds . P-S . —Sir , we feel the greatest confidence in your Searching oat the tfc ? n ;» thst are -wrong ; and please to accept cox best thanks for your services in the case . I remain . Your well wisher , W . Cahas , bootmaker . Royston , Dec 6 , 1 S 42 .
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THE NOTTINGHAM CHARTISTS AXD MR . CAMPBELL , TO KB . JOHX CAMPBELL . SlB , —In looking over the columns of the British Siausmaa , I find therein a long letter from the General Secretary , rtSscsing upon the characters of the Bav . "Win . Hill , Gearge Julian Hsraey , and others , charging than wiih being traitors to the cause , as well as being bailors to the men who have to take their trial Now , John , the vile and slanderous manner in which you kave treated the fM ""*« of these indiviilnals—tha ** y in which you have daubed youi reputation , with * if-iaudstioES , induces me , as a . member of the Katianal Charter Association , and a keen observer of fiim ami things , to say a word or two relative to the Sosstion at issue . You £ ay that tht recent exposure ° f you conduct is not more than yon expected , owing to the TrwrfrT . gr £ a -which -yen defended Mr . Pfallp . Now , John , jou know that Pcllp was arraigned at the bar « public opinion . He was tried by the people . A T ^ dietwas returned : such an one that appears did
¦** wit yow . You complain of Mz , H 2 L Why not complain of the people . You could not sanction de-BKnciatios , whilst in the f » m « braaib job denounce fiffl fot what the people had done . You confess that ** &eh , 31 'Dooall , and yourself denounced him ( the Her . ^• fiiU- ) Leach , though amild and temperate man , called *** Her . Gentleman a political assaain ; and yourself at a Meeting sod thur yon expected the Rev . Gentleman *«• we of the" Black slugs . " Yon apeak cf ( he votes « eotSceagg being given to Philp and the Executive , at isrge meetings in- Lancashire . You did not forget tolet the ptppie ] mow Qmj yoa gOt gupi printed with Ule resoIatjcEs , u ^ g ^ ft them , to all parts of ihe ^ totry , caLxassing for enpport " You were chal-«* g& 3 with this niean conttrnptiHe trick by a subr *?^ ot Jfotlicgfcam . You acknowledge it ; yet , "lui aii xh-s sj-pu ^ nt u ^ j ^ g office . I vtry moch ques-J ^ Q the tr uth of jcur EUtemtnt whsn jon say that *«« votes Tere ptsKQ at large and itfluentlal meetings , m eoicfsi ^ d cf tea « fif mu persons , but of two or
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three thousand . Why tha fact Is , you gave in the returns after the election , and ha did not muster ak many in an England Mid Wales . Yon seem to feel very sensitive about the welfare of your colleagues , Iaach , M'Donsll , &n 4 Bairstow ; bat I know , and so does Bitrstow know , Ihat you are the greatest enemy he ever had : bat tt is eharaeterisUo of you to sloam men over in public , and stab their reputation in private . Yon echo the names of Hill , Cooper , Harney , and White in your pamphlet as apostles of Chartism , to senra your selfish purpose by their vending your trash , whilst , at the same moment yon strike the darter ia theSr character . A vaunt , yoa two-faced coward—yon heli-ljke 'fiend , how have yon treated those four London patriots , who eame forward , willing to brave every danijer by supplying yoor places when you were arrested . Theirt was no envious nndertaking ; they came forward to perform your duties gratuitously . You now charge
them with having two objects in view you charge the person whom you highly eulogised whilst you were incarcerated -with wanting to Btep into your shoes before you were dead . What base inconsistency . Yon threaten to expose O'Connor on his trial ; there is no fear hut what you would if yon knew anything that would injure him . For my part , I should not be surprised at -what yon resort to to serve your own bate purpose . Whilst you hold Mr . O'Connor forth in one part as a political saviour , in another part you designate him a dunned scoundrel ; but the head and front of your dislike to Hill and O'Connor is , they have been the two persons who have wade the Chartists independent of such men as you . They have seen that the country is about to shake bands with twofaced John Campbell Sam . Beoonham . yo £ Hngh « Tn , Dec 14 , 1842 .
P-S . In the same letter yon complain about not having half your incidental expenees paid ; I can only Btate this—you called at Nottingham last February , * on your way to London to meet the Executive . The Nottingham Chartists paid your expences for two days , and gave you £ ] . You called at Loughborongb and Leicester , and from theknowledge I possess of those localities , the Chartists would not require yon to pay your own expences . * £ Lei the people refer to the date in the Bilance Sheet published in the Star of the 9 th April , 1842 , and they will find Mr . Campbell ' s " wages' * and " asiUtfng expences" regularly charged to them , and ne account whatever given of the money he received . — Ed . —2 f . Sl
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MB . HABXEY AND MB . CAMPBELL TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAB . Dsar Sir . —I request that you will do me the favour to puHish in the Northern Star the following letter to " plain" John Campbell . I am aware that I ought to have sent it to the Statesman instead of troubling yon with it , but as I would give no quarter " to the condnetor of that paper , bo neither will I take any . and therefore will not &st him a favour . If precedents are worth anything I may remind you that whsri ' plain " John was attacked in the Statesman you allowed him to defend himself throngh the Star , trusting that the same favour will be extended to me , I am , Sir . faithfully yours , Geokgk Jcliah Harset .
TO "PLAIN" JOHN CAMPBELL . Sir , —In the British Statesman of last Saturday , Dec 10 th , is a letter with your signature , a poatcript attached , contains the following : — "Julian Hamey , of Sheffield , attended the Conference , and promised to do his best to extend the strike , instead of which be went back to Sheffield , and used all bis exertions to prevent it ; and not only did he do worse than the 014 Chartist in preventing the strikebnt also in giving up the , names of the authors of the address ; aye , my friends , at the very moment that one of my worthy colleagues was in prison , another a fugitive , and a price Bet on the head of another . Q- J . Harney gave up all our names in his speech , and laid the blame on us . He can bear witness I refused to shake
hands with him in the dock . I little imagined that O , J . Harney , the paid servant of the Star , should promise to aet a nan ' s part , and go afterwards and behave as a tnitor . But I have been told that after the Conference broke up he went to Leeds to see his employer , and take his instructions from him . The Sheffield Chartists showed their indignation at his conduct , by hasting him out of his house like » -wild animal . " You tell th « Government that I promised to do my best to extend the strike . Many thanks to you . Griffin simply identified me as having been present at the Conference ; there , so far as I was concerned , his evidence ended . You go a step furtbur—you bave sub *
stantisi reasons no doubt . Bat , sir , no bullying , no lying on your part , shall induce me to enter into this subject , though this was undoubtedly your object . —enough , eir , that you know that your villainy or madness in the Conference , had no support from me . As to my conduct after my return to Sheffield from the Conference , the Sheffield Chartists , who should be tha best judges , approved of it at the time , and every explanation necessary to be given to the country at large , was published in the Star of of September . 3 rd . Tou did not challenge tha statements of that letter and I shall not waste my time in repeating its contents now . ¦ .
I did not give up the names of the authors of the Address . I dont know who wrote the Address , though I could trager a trifU that you was mt its author—don't you feel any alarm about that . If Sir James Graham has been in tte habit of reading your epistles in tha Northern Slar , Statesman , < f-c , $ c , particula-ly your Balance Sheet vindications , it will never enter into bis head that you could by any possibility write anything -worihy of a Government prosecution . Bat supposing I h&d , in the speech you allude to ,
" given up , " as yon artfnlly and falsely exprcas it , the names of the anthers of the Address , what then ? Yourself and others have laboured hard to impress the Chartist public with the idea that the authora of the Address were men " up to the mark , " prepared to " do or die ; " had I then known their cames I -would only have been giving honour where honour was due , or at any rate , where honorr has of late been insisted on , the grounds of the claim being based upon such daring feats as , " riding in first-class carriages , " " . travelling incog , " &c-, fee , fee .
In the dock you did not shake hands with me , affecting to see a vast deal of mischief ia the speech above spoken of , and farther affecting to doubt my honesty . Yon know what followed , and in less than five minutes yon were all professed friendship . On being removed to the room or cell where we found Scholefield , Leaeb , M'Cartoey , and others , you said " give us your hand , Himey . " I refused ; telling you , that as you had pietended to doubt my honesty , I would not shake hands with you until I had proved , beyond doubt , whether I was the man I had always professed to be . From that day , np to the hour of my leaving Kixkdale , my brother victims know that yon was hand and glove with me ; -if you considered me to be a traitor , what a base hypocrite you was to profess , as you did , tbe most Bine « re friendship up to tae hour of my parting with you at the gate of your prison yard . I shall come presently to your conduct towards ma since your liberation .
Wiat a fool yon are to talk of my going to Leeds toi instroctioDs , 4 c if you mean by my employer , ths person by whom I am appointed correspondent for the Star for this district , you , of course , mean O'Connor . Tou know O'Connor was not in Leeds ah that time . Bat I suppose you mean the Editor of the Star , I was at Leeds on Sunday , August 21 ; my business at Leeds is not your business ; enough that I did not see Mi . HilL 1 st me add , that I rode in a third-class , not a fixot-class carriage—I had to pay the expense out of my o- » n pocket . Your last falsehood , that the Sheffield Chartists bunted me oat of my house like a wild animal , admits of but one reply . I challenge you to appear before a public meeting in Sheffield , and I promise you the Sheffield Chartists will brand you liab . to yonr teeth . I have replied to ycur calumnies "; it is now my turn to carry the war into your own camp .
You promise to publish a pamphlet ; so we are now to have your tcixdy-calion . By wsy of assisting you in the getting up of your " elegant extracts , " allow me to commend to your attention a few more matters . After yonr liberation you wrote to me one or two letters U forget-which ) couched in the most friendly spirit , enclosing copies of the first numbers of your Penny Democrat , the sale of which you wished me to promote . I replied I would do all I could for it , and in your " Notices to Correspondents , " you publicly thanked ma In ths letter I wrote in reply , I commented at some length upon the infamous conduct of a certain - person whose name appears below . ( That letter you would do me much pleasure by publishing entire in your pamphlet . ) la the course of a few days I received the following , which I copy verbatim , with all its literary beauties , from the original : — 180 , Holborn , Saturday . "D ejji H-
" What a pithy letter yours is the E . Star cShe has * handed you over to me to commence sending ycu 3 papers daily will it fit you have been hard on O'Brien and justly are you prepared to defend McDonall Leach Baixstow and myself from the attack of the Bevd Parson Hill I esk you have you moral courage to do that tis easy to pitch into a man who is not popular and woo if I enclose you a Democrat glad yoa are well also H » H . " Yours truly , "J Campbell . " It would punle a Philadelphia lawyer to understand what yoa would be at , in your " Who is not popular
and who is ; " bat , as the Scotch say , "I ken jour tp ^^^ b by yomr slumping . " You know the answer you got : do publish that along with the above in your forthcoming bomb-shelL It was , I suppose , in the receipt of that answer that you discovered I was a traitor—then was put an ' end to all your " Pear H ' s , " " Yours truly , " and all the friendly solicitude pre-Tiensly "shown by you for the health of myself and ¦ Mia . H . ! Then is one consolation , now that yon stand » elf-unmasked , exhibited in your " plain" character , your evil aspirations in lieu ol your good wishes—your hatred instead of your friendship will alwaya be welcome to the writer of this ,
Is there no ' plotting" in the above letter , Friend ieath ? You remember writing your " Cfcrenicles cf the Democrat * , " in tie New Bailey , Siocchester . You remember tow you lauded tie writer of tlua whom yea
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how dare to call" traitor , " The whole of your " Chronicles" ? on ha-re not published j "but in the third number of your "Democrat" you publish me as one of the twenty-four Apostlbs op Chabtish ; yet , according to your letter In the Statesman , you all the white regarded me as a "traitor . " Are you sot a two-faced JANTJS ? Your letter in the Statesman is ostensibly a " Defence of the Executive" on the balance-sheet question ; but independent of your postscript , on which I have been commenting , yon contrive in the said letter to fill two columns of the Statesman with abuse of the Editor Of the Northern Star , before coming to U » only sensible
portion of your " long yarn ; " that where you acknowledge that the Executive " may have acted wrong , '' and that " if the Executive bave offended—if they have overstepped the bounds of prudence , " you are " extremely sorry for it" Had you confined yourself to these acknowledgments , instead of abusing and slandering all who are connected with the Northern Star , your conduct would have been that ol an honourable man , and the Chartist public would have treated you accordingly . But you could not follow this honest ceurse ; on the contrary , you raise a hullabaloo about the tyranny and treachery of others , hoping thereby to conceal your own delinquencies , But it wont do John .
You boast that eleven thousand members of the Association recordad their votes for you at the last election of the Executive , but they are greater dolts than I take them to be , if they register their votes for you the next time you solicit their suffrages . In conclusion , let me ask you how it is that you pour out the full measure of your petty wrath upon the Editor of the Star , George White , Wheeler , of londoD , and the Writer of this— " the paidgervaa | t of the Star ; - but do not dare to attack the proprietarof the Star 7 True you can epit your venomous slanderer on nim in private —( vide the Statesman of Nov . 19 th ); bat attacking O'Connor openly 1 b another matter . Tou dare not , your irflaenoe , such as it i s , would be immediately
annihilated—you would politically perish within a week ; well you know that , hence your He in private when yoa dare not assail in public , But even this rascality will not long serve you ; the Chartist body are beginning already to understand that your poisoned shafts flung at " the paid servants ef the Slar , " are in reality aimed at the proprietor of the Star . But go on Sir . the unveiling yon have commenced has been long needed j it is timo the jobbers -and middle-class panderera w « . re driven from the movement which they have long disgraced . Aye , let us hope the day is approaching , " when the noble and virtuous suall be respected , and the base and cowardly detested . " With feelings of contempt and scorn , I shall make no effort to conceal .
I Bsanot , Your obedient servant , GEO . JU 1 IJIN BABKET . Sheffield , Dec . 13 tb , 1842 . P . S . As you have Bet me the precedent of a postcript , I suppose you will not grumble at my following ( in this matter ) your example . I am informed that one of your " worthy colleagues , " Mr . Bairstow , has , at Leeds and elsewhere , stated that at the meeting held in Paradise-square , on the 23 d of August , at Which th « question of the " strike" waa decided bo far as Sheffield was concerned , that there was a majority in favour of
the strike , but it was agreed upon between myself and George Wright , the chairman , that he should give his decision to the contrary . If Bairstow has said this , I &ek friend Leach whether this is not " plotting" ? I don't say that Bairstow has invented tbis lie ( for lie it is , as hundreds in Sheffield can testify ); but if he was told it , why , I ask him , bad he not the manliness to challenge me with it , before he grasped my hand in seeming friendship , as he did wben I last saw him . Such was not wont to be the conduct of Bairstow before be bad a Campbell for a teacher , but , alas , " evil communication corrupts good manners , " or , what is worse , corrupts geod hearts .
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CALLS ON THE EXECUTIVE TO RESIGN " . LONDON . TO THi EDIXOB OF THE NORTHEBN STAB . Sib , —At a general and [ crowded meeting of the Somerstown locality on the 12 th instant , after the ordinary business of the locality was disposed of , Mr . Humphries brought forward his notion on the conduct of the Executive . Bat one opinion was expressed , which is embodied in ihe following resolution , which was carried unanimously . " We consider the Executive have broken the rules of the organization and misappropriated the funds of the association , and are unwertby of our future confidence . " It was moved and seconded— " That we recommend to Mr . Hill the necessity of ceasing the present paper war with the Executive on the receipt of the opinions of the majority of the localities . " An amendment was moved and seconded , that a vote of thanks be given to Mr .
Hill for his exertions and conduct on the occasion . A long discussion ensued : the principal arguments adduced were , that the agitating the question had driven many members away , and decreased the sola of the Star —that the parties having been exposed , no further good could arise from the question—that the prolonged discussion of the question increased a factious and party spirit in our ranks—that the localities had taken the question up—and that Mr . Hill had bat performed bis duty in connection with the Chartists' paper , and as a member of the Cnartifit body and a councillor . The original motion was carried by a small majority . It was then moved , "That we call on the Executive to resign their trust : and we consider the Association can dispense with the Bervices of a paid Executive ; and that an active secretary , with an assistant , would be sufficient to carry out the object of the Association , "which was unanimously carried .
Some other business of no general interest was then settled , and the meeting adjourned . I remain , Sir , Your obedient servant , Robert Latham . Somers Town , Dec . 14 , 1842 .
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On Thursday forenoon , a long enquiry took place at the Court House , before John Blackburn , Esq . and a respectable jury , touching the death of Sarah Scholes , who died from poison , at an early hour on Wednesday morning . She was the wife of Mr . Joseph Scholes , who for some time waa in the employ of the Leeds Water Works Company , but was discharged , we understand , in consequence of his conduct towardB his wife . The woman ' s death
caused a great sensation in the neighbourhood of their residence , Meadow-lane , and indeed in every part of the town where the parties were known . For two years , it seems , Scholes had had another woman , a Margaret Dowie , whom he took out of a brothel , living with him , and during part of this time his wife has been compelled to occupy the same bed with this woman , Scholes sleeping alone . They had no family . Humours were rife that the poison had been administered by Scholes and this woman . The following evidence was adduced : —
Moses Long—I am manager of Mr . Smith ' s mill , and reside in Barstow ' s Baildings , Meadow Lane , near to Scholes ' s . I have known the deceased some weeks . There was another woman , named Mag are t Dowie , residing in the house with Scholes and his wife ; Mrs . Scholes has slept at our house ; she did bo , I understood , because they had only one bed . I was called into Scholes's on Tuesday night , a few minutes after twelve , by Margwet Dowie , who Slid Mrs . Scholes h » d had something in a bottle , which she had drank off , and they did not know what it was . She seemed much ag&itated and alarmed . I went to Scholes ' s , and found Mrs . S . laid on a
bed in a room np stairs ; she never spoke , nor moved , except some contortions about her mouth . She mi insensible . Mr . Craven , Burgeon , was sent for ; he said the woman was dead , and he could do nothing for her . Her husband said nothing , but that it was a bad job . Margaret Dowie said she had given the deceased some water , when Bhe was crying out for it . There was some water in a pot , which Dowie tasted , but I do not know that it was the Bame . Margaret Dowio told me that she had more claim on Scholee than his wife had ; for that Bhe had borne three children to him ; and deceased had not had any . Margaret Dowie complained to me of her troubles . -
Mi . Robert Craven—I am a surgeon in I < feds . I was called in to ec-e the deceased about a quarter post twelve on Tuesday night . I found her laid upon a bed , dressed ; she waa in a dying state ; as we went her fcuebacd , who came to fetch me . told me she had
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tik ^ i ?? V 1 ?* him how ho knew , when he replied that she threw a bottle bn the floor , and immedurtdy xotaned , " I am poisoned ; I hare taken Prussia acid . " jHe said he was in bed at the time , but got up and dressed and came for me directly . His respiration was much hurried . The deceased had all the appearance when I saw her , of having taken prussioaoid . Her eyes were immoveable and pccuharlvbright ; and I could smell from her breath that she had taken prnssic acid . I got the bottle out of which she had drank ; there were a few dropB left , whion 1 teBted , and found it had contained prussic acid , it was a , good phial bottle , about an ounce ,
and had been evidently made to contain prnssio acid . It had no laboi on . I told Soholes if he would go with me I would give him the quarter points of a watchman , so that he might give immediate notice l of the death . He did do bo . His wnole COnduot , in my opinion , -was oonsistent with innocence . I have Bince made a post inorfem examination of the body ; the visera I tound all in a healthy state ; the whole body was full of the odour of prussio acid ; I removed the stomach , entire , and from the slight tests I have applied I have no doubt that it contained prussio acid , i am of opinion that the death has been caused by poison . ¦
By a Juryman . —She would be very likely to ask for water after having taken piussio acid . It has a very disagreeable taste . The operation of the acid would m some measure deppnd on the state of the stomwh and the strength of the poison . The deceased could not get the pure acid ; it is only kept for obemical purposes , and would not keep ics strength tweaty-four hours . By the Coroner—The deceased was laid on her back on the bed ; her dress was not in the least disordered . Her husband told me she had done it in a fit of jealousy . , By f Juryman- ^ I did not hear where she bad bought the acid ; I inquired , but could get no information . :
Jane Lone—I am the wife of Mosea Long . I have known the deceased a few weeks ; she has been at ourliou 8 e , and I have been at theirs . I have been at their house when her husband has been there , andMargaretDowie has been there at the same time . I never was present , when there was asy quarrelling ; when I have been in their house they have generally been on friendly terms . Scholes carries on no Bettied business .: [ The witness corroborated her husband ' s evidence &S to their being called up , and going to Scholes ' s houseon Tuesday night . ] Tasked Soholes what he had been doing , and he said he bad been doing uothing ; she had done it herself . I think the deceased lived about half an-hour . Margaret Dowie told me that thev were all coine
quietly to bed on Tuesday night ; that she ( Dowie ) had got into bed , and the deceased stayed down stairs , until the candle was nearly burnt oat , when she called to deoeased to ask if she was not coming to bed . Deceased made ho answer , and she ( Dowie ) then went down , and told her , if she did not come to bed , she would make her . She ( Dowie ) wished to feel in her pockets , as she said she had suspicions that Bhe had something in her pockets . Deceased told her never to mind her pockets , as Bhe had nothing there belonging to her ; Scholes then , on hearing the noise , called out , and desired Ihe deceased to come to bed . Deceased then said she would go , and soon after ' put the candle out , went up Btairs , drank fiemething out of a bottle , threw herself on the bed , and said , "I am poisoned ; the Lord receive my poor bouI . Dowie has told me several times lately that she would not let Mrs . Soholes sleep with the master . Mrs . Barrows—I lire opposite to Scholes ' s . I
was called up about half-past twelve on Tuesday night bv Margaret Dowie , who told me that Mrs . Scholes had taken some thing ; I went into the house directly with Mrs . Mortimer . We found Mrs . Scholes dying ; I stopped with her until she was dead . Saw the pocket of the deceased searohed , but there wab nothing found in it but some keys . Mr . Soholes asked me to go with them into the sit-, ting room , where tbera was a work box belonging to Mrs . ScholeB . Mr . Scholes gave Dowie one of the keys which had come out of ; the pocket of Mrs . Soholes , and she opened the work box ; there was a small bottle in it containing laudanum . Dowie took the bottle out and handed it to me . Dowie then locked the bos and took the keys . By a juror—When Igot into the house Mr . Soholes had gono for thedoctor . Margaret Dowie said nothing , but fret very much . Mr , Scholes also seeised much distressed .
By the coroner—I have ' not been in the habit of going to their house , nor db I know anything of their habits . ¦ ¦ . . ; . ¦ . V- ¦ . ¦'¦' .. ' - ' . , ' ' - . ¦'' . ' ¦ ¦¦¦ . : ' . . " . Thomas Skiers—I am a policeman . I examined a work-box in the house of Mr . Soholes , and found a paper containing some arsenic . It was wrapped in two papers , the inner ono of which was labelled 14 Poison—poison . " [ The Bister of the deceased ( Elizabeth Robinson ) was called , and proved that the writing on the paper was that of the deceased . She al <> o stated that the deoeased and Scholes had lived very uncomfortably together for two years ]
Margaret Dowie was then sworn—I have lived with Scholes about a year and three-quarters . His wife was living there also ; she fetched mo to live with them . I was lodging in Union-street , when I first got acquainted with him . I went to his honse first with hia wife ; Sehole * kept m * before that . Scholes told his wife that be had done wrong , and did hot wish to use me ill . 1 had not seen Mrs . Scholes before she came for me ; I did not know that he was married when I first became acquainted with him . I left them after wards , and learnt the dressmaking business ; and then went to live at Mr . Cookson ' s , at Chapeltown . I passed as their niece , when I lived with them before I learned to be a dressmaker . They lived at Cross-Green when I went
to live with them , but ufterwards we removed to Barstow-street . Mr . Echbles afterwards fetched me from Chapeltown ; I had been ill , and been attended by the Headingly doctor . Soholes took me then to lodgings ; at ' tor which I went to live with them again ; I then went home to Scotland , and stayed there about four mouths , when he wrote and sent for me back again . I came back ; it mi ^ ht be about six months ago ; his wife and him had separated , I believe on my account . He told me his wife was at home , She used to come to me when he was not gone bome ; I told her I wished her to come back again , and let us live comfortably together again , she came back about two months back , and I then left and went to live at Eccup , near where he was working . ¦¦¦ ¦
The Coroner . —Really , gentlemen , this is a most disgraceful statement , ; I have scarcely patience to hear it . Witness continued—I am aware that Scholes and bis wife had been separated , and that he agreed to allow her ' semetliing per week . I went to live at Mrs . Robinson ' eaftix I came from Eccup ; and he came to see me there . Mrs . Soholes and her husband have not slept together during the last two months ; he has slept in a turn-down bed in the room where his tools are , I deny distinctly that I ever said I had a greater claim on him than his wife ; I have said that ! had had a child to him .
The Coroner—Well I think the Jury perfectly understand the terms on which this man , his wife , and you have been living for the last two or three years , and a more disgraceful exhibition I never heard . You will now tell us as to the proceedings on Tuesday night . Witness continued—I had been out on Tuesday night , and when I returned , I found Scholes and his wife having some words . I wanted to know the cause of the quarrel and they both refused to tell me . On Tuesday morning , Scholes left the house at ten o'clock ; we had all breakfasted together . I went out just after Scholes , and his wife went with me ; her and 1 went together as far as the Church , when she weiat towards the Victoria Bridge and I
proceeded along Meadow-lane , and to Hunslct . I was looking into a milliner ' s Bhop , and then the deceased came to me . I then left her and went with a young woman whom I knew , and did not see her again until I got home at night . I got my dinner with a Mrs . Manning , at Hunslet : it was about half-past seven , when I got home at night . There wa 3 nothing said when I went in then ; her and I sat in the house , and he ¦ went out . There was no quarrelling between us ; I had not seen Scholes during the day . Soholes returned home about half-past nine ; Mrs . Soholoa and I were getting supper . He would not have any ; after we had done , and soon after ten o ' clock , Scholes went to bed , and his wife went with him ;
she came dowa after he was in bed , and fetched gome water , which she left tip stairs , and came down again ; some time after , we both went up staira and went into his room ; I saw she was not inclined to go to bed , and bo I took the candle and went and left her sitting on a box in his room . I left the candle burning , and the noise of shutting the door , when she took the candle away , awoke me from the sleep into which I bad fallen . I then heard no more of her and fell asleep again . I awoke very shortly after , and not finding her in bed , I got ap to see if she had gone to his bed . I ft and her still eat where I had left her . I asked her if she was not going to bed . She said "No ; yon ?> to bed . I am not hindering you from going . ' wanted her to go to bed . She never had : been undressed . I said to her twice , " Why don't jou go
to bed to-light as well as other nights ? " I never said if she did not go I would make her . Her husband then awoke and asked her why she did not go to bed , and she Bald she would not go for either of us . Her husband then got up and she ran but of the room , was out a very short time , and then returned and threw herself on his bed , and oried out to the Lord to have mercy on her . Her nusband removed her to the other bed whilst I was out calling the neighbours . , He was supporting her when I wenfcout , and she drank some Water which she had taken up for him . Scholea said to deceased , "Oh Sarah , what have yon drank I" He told me he bad seen her with a bottle to her mouth , but I did not eee it . I am quiet euro there was no quarrelling between us on that night . The deceased and myself had our suppers together , and were just as comfbrtableas usual .
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By a ¦ Juror—I . have never heard the deceased say she would poison herself if I did not leave the house .-: ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ .. ¦ ¦ y •;¦ - . . - ¦ . - ¦ . . . ¦ . ' ¦ ' ¦ " . . ' . - . ' By the Coroner—I was not aware that she had either laudanum or arsenic in the house . I had not observed that the deceased was in any way low spirited . ; :- . '¦ •;¦ ¦ .. '¦ . ¦ . ' "' : . - ; - . -. - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ , ¦ - ' ¦ : . :., ¦¦ ¦ . By a Juror—Scholes told a sister of the deceased yesterday , that he had once destroyed a dog with the same sort of staff as the deceased had taken . By the Coroner—I deny distinctly that I ever said to any person X had a greater claim on Soholes than the deceased . I will swear that Soholes has
not said anything to me since his wife ' s death about being married . I have never said to any one that he had said he would marry me if she was dead . I tried to go away several times , but could not ; I could not forget him . Samuel Healey—I know the witness 5 Margaret Dowie ; I have known her nearly twelve months . I have had conversations with her . I remember her telling me jand my wife that Soholes had said if Mrs . Scholes waa to die , he would then marry her . Dowie , after this , still persisted in denying that ever she had made use of the words attributed to her . . ¦ ¦ ¦ • ¦ ' -::: v .. ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ v / - . ¦ ¦ - ; : : ¦ " ¦ ¦ '¦ - • ¦> ;
Mr . Healey slated the ciroumetances under which the statement was made , and from remarks by different jurors it is evident that the conduct of both Scholes and the witness Dowie had been such as to cause frequent rows in the neighbourhood in which they resided , the . ' atang" having been ridden for him very frequently . Joseph Scholes , the husban < f , waa next examined . He said-r-thedeceased was my wife ; we have been married about fourteen years . She is . forty-three years of age . I know Margaret Dowie ; she has lived with me about two years . I kept her at Samuel Thorpe ' s , in Merrion-street , before she came to live at my house , which is about eighteen months since . It was my wife ' s wish that she should come . I bad
told my wife the connection which existed between 1 us . My wife fetched her , and gave as her reason ' that she wished to reolaim her . She lived with us ; until last February ; she went toSeotland . My wife and me separated at that time there was an agreement drawn up by an attorney . I sent for'Dowie back , and she came in May . I at that time contemplated a permanent separation from my wife , and I ) owie lived with me . My wife camevba&k about six wocka aiaoe , and we have all lived together . My wife seemed right enough , and though I have no doubt it would hurt her feelings she consented to it . I left the house about ten o ' clock on Tuesday last ; no quarrel had taken place between ns ; I got home again about fbre o ' clock . My wife was then at home . Dowie came in after I bad got my tea . I left the house about seven , and the two women were then in . I got home again at near ten . and went to bed
about half-past . Nothing unpleasant had occurred . I went np stairs , and my wit ' o followed mo ; she w « mt . ' down Btairs after I had got into bed . She and Dowie came up again soon after ; Dowie then went to bed , and my wife sat in the room where I was . I fell asleep and awoke about twelve ; my wife was then sat in the chair , and Dowie w&s talking to her ; I asked what was amiss , and why they were not in bed . My wife said " nothing " , and I said if they would sit up , we might as well all sit up together . I then got up , and she raa out into another room , and returned directly and threw a bottle and herself on the bed . I was not aware that we had any poison in the house ; I know what prussio aoid is ; I poisoned a small dog with it in May last . My wife had a box in the other bed room , but I do not know whore she got the bottle ; when she threw herself on the bed she said she had
taken prussio acid , and beggsd on the Lord to have moroy on her bouI . I told ; - Dowie ' to" call some neighbours up , and I removed my wife on to the bed in the other room . I had not observed any thing , different either in my wife ' s spirits or conduct that night . ¦ : ¦ I fetched a surgeon . My wife asked for a drink of water , and reached t&e pot off the stand herself and drank . The quantity of prussio acid I bought was two pennyworth ; I had perhaps half a tea spoonful . George Kay and Joseph and William Adamson were present when I gave the acid to the dog . I gave it to the dog on purpose to destroy him . I might tell my wife , but
am not certain . There was no label on the bottle ; I broke it as soon as I had given the dog ; the acid . My wife has talked about destroying herself , but that was seven or eight years since , before I knew Dowie . By a Juror—Daring the time that Dowie was at Chapeltown and Eccup , I paid for her board and lodging . I had Been my wife on Tuesday , at Headingley . I was at Mr . Beckett ' s , at Kirksfcall Graugo , all day . She was not in the habit of coming to seo me at my work ; it was about bajf-past twelve when I saw her . She said she thought a man had taken my dog , and asked me what time I Should be at home at night . I told her I could W tell .
By the Coroner . —She was not with me more than a few minutes ; I did not notice that she was low-spirited . She did not say anything to me on Tuesday night about Margaret . By a Juror—When my wife came back to live with me , she requested me to turn Margaret out . I told her I would turn neither of them oat ; whiohever of them liked to go might go . By the Coroner—I refused to turn Margaret away . ; . .. .: " ¦ ¦ . ¦ . . ¦ , ' . ¦ ¦ .. . ¦ . . ¦ . - . . - Coroner—If you had acted as you ought to have done , you would have turned Margaret away ; your wile had the only claim upon you . In answer to further questions , the witness said he was unwell at the time his wife came back , and Margaret asked him if he would like his wife to comeback . By a Juror—My wife knew it was a house of ill fame at whioh Margaret was living when she fetched her to our house . .
By the Coroner—My wife went of her own accord to fetch her . I said I should like her . to live with us , and then wo might get her a situation . I went with my wife when she went to fetch her . I went into the house and fetched her out ; my wife was at the door . It was near eleven o ' clock at night . By a Juror—From that time to the time of our soparation , my wife ceased to sleep with me . By the Coroner—I am sure my wife wont of her own accord to letch Margaret . I did not compel her to go . ¦ . ¦ : ¦ - . ¦ ¦ : ' - . ¦' . '¦ - .. ¦ - ... ¦ . -:. ¦ . ' ¦ Bv a Juror—I do not know that ever I said I ¦ ajj ca vuiui * uv uvv nuvn ; vuatv vtvjl -a , gam a
would marry Margaret if my wife were to die . I do not know if I have said bo , but I have thought so . My wife was always a steady sober woman . By the Coroner—I have not told Margaret since my wife ' s death that I would marry her . She is still living with me . Margaret Dowie rec lied , and in answer to further questions she stated now that it waB Scholes , and not his wife , who fetched her out of the house in Union-street . Mrs . S . was at the door , and said to her " Come away home with us , lass , " which : was the cause of her going .
Sarah Mortimer—I live neighbour to the deceased , and saw her , on Tuesday forenoon , go into her own house about eleven o ' clock- I saw her again at n ^ ar one ; I think it could not be after one , as my 80 n had just gone out after his dinner . I saw her again at four o ' clock . I did not notice that she was distressed in her mind . I saw no difference in her . ^; - . ' - . ' ¦ ¦ . " ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ; , ¦ ¦ ' ' ' ' . ¦ ¦ : ' •¦• ' . ¦ .- ' Hannah Groves—I live in Lower Brunswickstreet ; the deceased came to me on Tuesday afternoon , about half-past one ; she said she had come direct from home , to see me , and could not stay long . I asked her where the woman was , and she said she had followed her to Hunslet . I am sure Bhe said Bhe had come direct from her own house ; she staid with me about two hours . She seemed in good spirits . :. ; ' / - / .
A long converfation here ensued aa to gome difference in the evidence of ScholeB and his paramour , and Dowie was again called in but nothing material transpired . The discrepancy of Scholes ' s statement , also , as to his wife being at / Headingley at half-past twelve o ' clock , and at her own house at near one , as stated by Mrs , Mortimer , was commented on by some of the jurors , who expressed themselves as not boing satisfied with the evidence they had heard . The CokONER ' - ' said ' . ' they had three questions to consider : —First , as to how the woman came by her
death , and of this he thought they could have no doubt ; second , as to the ' pirty by whom the poison was administered ; whether by other persona or by herself ; and third , if by herself as to tho state of her mind at the time she so administered it . He put it to the Jury whether they had sufficieut evidence before them to lead them to a conclusion then , or whether they would wish to adjourn to Bee if further evidence could be got . A majority of the Jury being in favour of an adjourument , it was agreed to , and the further inquiry was postponed until Thursday next , at five o ' clock in the afternoon . r
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BELFEB . —Obdbr op Dhwds . —^ A Lodge of the above Order was opened on Saturday , the 10 th inst ., at the house of Mr . John Jennineon , tho sign of the Railway Tavern . The ceremony of opening and installing them in the mysterious rites of Druidism , was judiciously performed by A . D . Siddell and Secretary Godbes , with Y . A . Booth , and the officers of the Olive Branch Lodge . The evening was spent in great conviviality and decorum . This new Lodge is opened with very favourable auspices / There are how three LodgeB of the Druidical Order in Belper , all in a state of considerable prosperity .
LEEDS . —Obstuectino the Sirebt . —On Monday last , two men , named Samuel Wainwrightjind John Riley , were ehargid at the Court House , before Griffith WrUht and Richard Bramley , Esqs ., with having on Saiurday night , obstructed the streets in the neighbOnrhood of Vicar ' s Croft ; by allowing a cart , in whioh they were hawking cheese for sale to stand in the ^ reet , after having been warned of the consequences . They were fined under the Improvement Aot , 5 s . each and costs . Biiey was further charged by Mjt . Hanson , inspector of weights and jneasures , with having in his possession three fraudulent weights—one of 81 bs ., and two lesser ones . For this offence he was ceuvicted in the penalty of 50 a . and costs .
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Death of Lord Hill . — -This veteran expired on Saturday morning at his seat , HardWioke- Grange , near Shrewabnry . He was born in 1772 , entered the army at the age of sixteen , and remained in it till the time of his death for the benefit of himself and his posterity . A Ma ^ ches ie b Bail in the Las t Century . — The following annouDcement appears in an old number o ! ' Harrop ' s Manchester Mercury —* Manchester , May 17 , 1754 . —By particular desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies , on Wednesday , thd 15 th instant , being the last day of the cocking , will be a ball , in the New Assembly Room . Tickets to be had at the < cockpit , at 5 s . each . To begin at seven o ' clock in the evening . " .
Two Sprigs of Nobility appeared in the Courts on Monday , in the same character of broken and dissipated ' spendthrifts , Lord Huntingtowcr and Lord George Loftus , the former in the Bankruptcy , and the latter in the Insolvent C' » urt . ThelialiHties of the . former , who is only 25 , are s , tat « d to bo about £ 225 , 000 , to meet which the a-ssstg are almost nil . The creditors in this case are , many of them , dealers in bills , about as reputable as the noble bankrupt himself . | Mrs . Crqmpion , of Smedley , near Manchester , the lady who was so frightfully mangled a fuw days ago , by some machinery in a paper mil ] , of which she was the owner , died on Monday lost . She haa left three prphan children to deplore her lamentable end .-.
On Wednesdat week , Mr . Henry Spinks , an old man of 69 , at Mile-end , fell a sacrifice to the dense London fog which prevailed so much last week . The deceased , who -. was asthmatic , had ; gone out of a warm room into the •* fog and filthy air , " which produced congestion of the Rugs and sudden death . _ - ¦ - < ; ¦''¦ ' " ¦ ¦ ' ; ¦ . ¦ - . ¦ - v ¦ " ' ¦ HtMBCG . —The following precious njorceauappears in the advertising columns of the London Times of Wednesday last : — " To thb Lord ' s People ^— A dear Christian tradesman , who about four months ago drew from the savings bank , £ 60 , his all therein , to give to a fellow-ChrietiaH who nrgently required
that sum , ' thus lending and hoping for nothing again' but from a bountiful * God , whose name ia Love , ' is now in -want of forty pounds to pay all demands upon him ere he accepts a call to the ministry of the Everlasting Gospel , which he believes his Heavenly Father is about to make known unto hint . A lady , his friend , in Christ the Lord as revealed , in the power of God , the Holy Ghost , thus ventures in simple faith to try the door otProvideooe ia Ms bohalf , and would leave the issue in the hands of Hina who has heart , hand , breath , and pmese of men at sovereign command . The smallest help will bo gratefully acknowledged by the advertiser . "
Glasgow . —^ Fall of a 'Gran . iry . —? Oa Thursday evening , about twenty minutes pas ; seven , o ' clock , the people residing in York-street , and to a considerable distance around that locality , wore startled by an extraordinary crash , produced by the fall of a lately-erected grain store , situated to the rear of the elegant and substantial bonding warehouses in Yorketreet , and to a considerable extent , beiiig four stories in height , and about forty-six feet in length , and ai the time the casualty took place , contained a large quantity of grain , such _ as wheat , barley , peas , aud oatmeal . The loss must be very considerable ; and we have heard it estimated , altogether , at between £ 4 , 000 and £ 5 , Q 0 O . Upwards of £ 2000 will , | t is stated , be required to restore the building . Fortunately , no person was injured . The store , we bciievej is the property of Messrs . A , and P . Pvintoul . —Glasgow Argus .
Fatal Accident on the London ; and Birmingham Railway , —A frightful accident happened on Thursday last to the Aylesbury np-train upon th < London and Birmingham Railway , by which one person was'killed and three others dangerously hurt . The train had quitted Aylesbury at eleven o ' olook , and consisted of four carriages only , namely , one second-class carriage next the tender , then two firstclass carriages , and lastly another second-class-car * riage . As it was proceeding down a slight inclination near Northohnrcb , a village about m mile from Berkhampstead , and between the latter place aad Tring , some of the passengers became aware that all was not right , by hearing the stoker faking out the fire from under . the engine . Theaxletree had in fact
broken , and the stoker , with great presence of mind , took this precautionary step to prevent the boiler from bursting' ; th « next minute the fore wheel flew off , and ^ he engine acd tender wer e thrown off the line and smashed to pieces . The first carriage wafi hurled from the road , and rolled down the embankment , a depth of fifteen feet , and the two first-cla 38 carriages were forced athwart the rails . When the passengers who had escaped ran down the bank to assist the unfortunate occupants of tbe first carriage the latter were insensible , apparently dead . One of the Company ' s overlookers , who had been in the first carriage , was , in its descent , thrown out at the win * dow , and left upon the embankment . The stoker was found to have received a severe concussion ol
the brain : and an old man and woman were found lying with their bodies literally doubled togetfiel inside the ill-fated carriige . Upon being removed with some difficulty , both were found to have Buffered dreadful injuries of the scalp . The two last-mentioned Bufierers were conveyed to Northchuroh . where the unfortunate woman , whose name is Bye and who was nearly seventy years of age , died OE the Friday mornin » . On examination of the broken axletree , the iron of which is four inches and a quar < ter thick , was found to be defective , its great appearance of strength being quite fallacious . The loss which will accrue to the Company from the damage done is estimated at £ 2000 . An inquest was held at Northchurch on Saturday , on the body of the unfortunate woman , Mary Bye . From the evidence of the foreman of the engineering department at
Wolverton , it appeared that the axle of the engrne ( one of twelve made for the company by Mr . B . Hicks , of Bolton , ) had suffered a fracture some time ago which could not be detected unless thewheela were taken off , and of course waB not visible to the engine driver , on his daily examination of his engine . The axle was made of bar iron , and had run 40 . 000 miles . The engine was a four-wheeled one . The jury returned a verdict of accidental death , with a deodand of five shillings upon the engine , with a strong recommendation to the London and Birmingham Railway Company to place in futnre an empty carriage or luggage van between the engine and the passenger carriages , a precaution which they considered would have prevented the present fata ? accident . Mr . Creed , the secretary , intimated that euoh waa the intention of the company . .
A Chapter of Accidents . —About eight o ' clock on Saturday night last , the utmost alarm prevailed in the town of Abingdon , Berkshire . It appears , that a short time previous to the above hour , the Cheltenham van , on arriving near the market-place , unhappily broke down , and the body with its contents , falling against a small house on the road side , did considerable damage to the frontage , and the unfortunate driver of the van very narrowly escaped being killed upon the spot ; as it was , he sustained a dreadful fracture of the thigh , together with other serious iu juries , and lies in a very deplorable state . Several articles of various descriptions , which the van bad contained , were strewed about the road .
and before they could be removed , a tandem , dnven by two Oxonians at a rapid rate , came in collision with the heterogenou 3 mass . and an upset was the congequence .. The driver fortunately escaped unhurt , but their groom , who was seated behind , waa thrown with considerable force to the ground , and when nicked up , ifcwas discovered that his right arm was fractured between the elbow and shoulder joints . The vehicle having got entangled with tho wheels of the van , was shattered to atoms , and the shaft horse much , ibjared . A few days previous to the above , a female lost her life near the same spot , by being driven over by two persons driving a tandem ; they , However , have hitherto managed to elude defection .
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On Monday , the 12 th insU at St . Michael ' s church , Spurriergate , by the Rov . Robert Sutton , Mr . Win . Joy , tailor , of York , to Elizabeth , eldest daughter of Mr . Francis Barker , of Kipliu Lodge , near Catterick . On Sunday , the 11 th inat ., at the Registrar ' s office , Helmsley , by Mr . Rowland , superiutendent registrar of the district , Joseph Snowden , of Kirbymocrside , to Elizabeth Harding , of Craike , in the county ofDarham . . _» Same day , at the Superintendent Registrars office , Weatgate , OUey , Mr . James Slater , of Yeadon , to MiBB E . Emmett , of Rawden , near Leedfl ..: . - .. ¦ . . . ¦ : ¦ . - . .. : - " ; . ' ¦ ¦ . '¦ - . ' . ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ On Saturday , the 10 th inst ., at the parish , chnrch , Otley , Mr . James Hanby , soUcttor ' a clerk , ofRipon , to Catherine , fourth daughter of Mr . Rxohard Blakeborouijh , clock and watchmaker , Otley .
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SHEFFIELD . The Executive At a meeting , en Monday evening last , of members of the National Chatter Associa tion , Mr . Bullos in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously adopted . Moved by Mr . Morton Royston , and seconded by Mr . George Evinson : — " We , the members of the National Charter Association , meeting in Figtree-lane . having been appealed to by tbe Executive for our opinion of their past conduct , are obliged ( though reluctantly ) to acknowledge that they ( the Executive ) have broken the rules of the organisation , and we therefore suggest the propriety of their resignation ( of course the present Executive being eligible to be re-elected ) as the best method of obtaining a national approval or disapproval of their conduct . "
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PETERBOROUGH . At the meeting of the Peterborough and Eye Chartists , held at the house of Mr . JMarklin , on Monday evening la * t , the cnarges laid against the Executive ¦ were read and their reply to the same , when Edwin Scholey moved , and Christmas Seholey seconded , the following resolution , which was carried without a dissentient— "That it is tbe opinion of this meeting that the Executive have exceeded their duty , by not conforming to the plan of Organizition which it was their duty to enforce ; and fer the neglect of such duty it is our opinion they should be called npon to resign their effice , and that Mr , Hill is highly commendable for laying their conduct before the pnblfa "
Suspicious Death From Poisoning.
SUSPICIOUS DEATH FROM POISONING .
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^ . ^^ THE NORTHERN STAR . 5
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 17, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1191/page/5/
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