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A . \ Li > "CHEST £ B Scbscbibes has only to institute Ms action for tbe recovery of his ^ gg . orforany o > he >« iin : he can on verdict get an execution against ihe goods of Ms debtor . Tbe new Jatr only protects the bodies of tbosa "who owe less than ^ 20 from imprisonment : 4 nd a most -valuable protection it is . Why Bhonld a Ecsa be imprisoned becsnse he is too poor to pay ? If be have no effects to satisfy the claim , it is proof that be 5 b poor : and how bsrbirons to coop tim np in a prison . The oe » law is a step in too right filretfion ; 3 Dd OiJy a step . The proper las ? pi debtor rb 3 creditor "would be no law at all : L e . no law to enforceifee payment of any ordinary debt In Focb s ra ? e credit wnnld sron " be on a proper footing . "Ev-rv man "who Tfi'PSTS another cocf des in hishonour , ^
lx > li-viEsr hiBi to be able and drilling to pay . Let-honour alone have \ o do wita tbe transac ' ipus of trade , and ¦ we should Tery soon find in end put to reckless Epecu ' atjon , and "worth and prGbity alone truited . A la -w to enforce the payment of ordinary t ? ebts is a prsiHinm on swindling and rascality . S 3 far from Z > ro ' ee'ir . g the creditor , it Tenders him the victim to fraudulent designers . This may startle some ol out TzzCers - . bnt let ns ssk one question . Did any mer--cbict , tracer , ox other party , ever trust another becsnse he believed that the law wonld compel payment ? IHd fce aot t , nst , because be believed that tie purchaser was ab ! e asd willing to pay ? In other vertb , he trnsled lo his honour . T 9 . 3 Xrsvso >" , Eolbhook can ssnd hia subscriptions to the G ^ nEral Secretary , Mi . "Wheeler , 213 i . Templets r . Leaden .
Joes Bimt , DrRHAS —ilr . O'Connors work on f mall Farms is in print . Let him tell Ilia bookseller that it is published by Cleave . London . It can bs obtained , if tbe bookseller Trill take tha tronbla The price of it , in Xnmbers , is 2 i The postage of the Xmnbers ¦ would be Is . B . G . Giixls g —Hispoetry -won ' t do . A Co > 5 tast Readeb ., Kottisgham—The payment of P ^ or Rites can be / enforced btfore tbe payment ol any other claim ; and rightfully so . J , H-, ~ Sj : vtcaSTJLS . —We cannot afford room fo * Ms Ions ; address . . IL Tasxob , Petekbokoitgh . —Ifo . However long ihe action may have been pending , the " body ' cannot bow be taken in execution , if the debt was under £ 2 Q . In fact tbe new act releases all who were in prison for debts nnder that amount , -when it passed .
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DEATHS IS THE 2 » HZ 1 . BA > K PitlSOS . —Two in-= QHestB tffcie held yesterday afternoon in the MjUbani priEon , before Hr . Higgs , on the bodies of John Ward and Egbert Janes , prisoners under sentence of trans * psrtation . It appeared that the deceased , "Ward , was zeceived on the 2 nd instant , in a goed state of health . He had been convicted at the Ipswich sessions on tbe 5 th nit of horse stealing , and was sentenced to transportat-on for tea years . On "the 9 th of the present month he "was found labouring under symptoms of Water on the brain , and was immediately removed into the infirmary . The complaint gradually grew Worse , and he died on Saturday last Terdict , Natural death . 3 Ir . Simnel Hathard , tbe deputy governor , said
that tbe deceased , Robert James , was admitted on the 5 Sth of March last , having been convicted at the Exeter sessions on tbe 21 of January previous , of house breaking , and sentenced to ten years * transportation . He Vas a single man , and bis age was stated to be twenty-four . Tha deceased bad previously been sentenced to transportation for the same crime , but his punishment was con > muled to imprisonment in tbe Penitentiary ior three years and a half . He was discharged on the loth of September last . Dr . Bsly , the physician , taid the deceased upon his admission was labouring under scrofula and consumption , and gradually growing worse , he died QiBt msming . Y erfiicts , Natural dsath .
Pjb . e i > " SrBBET . —Throughout the whole of Friday and Saturday night , the hitherto quiet village of Horsham , Surrey , presented a scace of the greatest excitement , in consequence of a fire of a most destructive character breaking ont in the extensive premises belonging to ilr . Nightingale , farmer , situate , about the centre of that village . Wben first perceived the flimu Trere raging in the barn , a large bnilding , nearly EevtBty feet long by twenty-five feet wide , and which Vss filled with unthrasbed barley , the produce of nine srid a half acres . Tue once coiomunicated to an article so irfi ^ mmable , of course its progress was unusually sapid , and very speedOy ihe entire bnildiDg was one broad shtei of fire , which shot up into the air a considerable height , completely illuminating tbe horixin .
Sams idea of its extent may be formed wbss we state that it could be distinctly seen frem Richmond , nearly ten miles distant- The barn being surrounded by numsrons other buildings , it was not long before a lange x > l stabling became ignited , and was quickly fcnxnt to the ground . Fertunateiy the horses were all extricated , but not without great difficulty . The flimcs UfXl communicated to the bullock-sheds , anc from LhsEce to the cart and agrieultnral implement bouse , on the opposite aide of the waggon way . Tee whole of these l ? nlldings were blazing away most fnriously , and for some time tbe destruction of tbe farm-house , granary , and chaise bouse appeared certain , there being very little space of ground between them . The Esber and "fiTaiton engines , however , arrived in the nick of time , iu * Ehortly after their arrival tbe only convenient supply of water , the pump in the yard , failed , and they V 6 ie compelled to work from a pond a long distance off . Nevertheless , they were cf great assistance , and
te them may be ascribed tbe safety of several other landings . The heat thrown out by the conflagration Trcs so intense that the inmates of the houses on the opposite side of the turnpike-road were obliged to keep throwing water on the fronts of their buildings to prsveiit them from being ignited . The inhabitants willingly lent their assistance , many of tb ^ in working at the urines the whole of the night ; for it was not ¦ SEtil twelve o ' clock on Saturday that they left the premises ; and at five o ' clock , when our reporter left , the mins were still emitting bodies of smoke . A deal of barley was got cut after thfe fire was somewhat abated , bnt it is greatly damaged , and i t is feared will not be St for malting . The origin of the fire is tnknora ; it is hardly possible that it is tbe work of an iLcen ^ iary , as ilr . Nightingale is universally re-Epeded throughout the viilsge- His loss will be covend by an insurance in the Sun and Royal Zxchsrre Fire offices .
Clsiucal lMoiEBA ^ CE . —On Sunday lisi a scene occun-sa in tte cutlery ol Cbiisl Church which ha 3 teen the ratjtct of much remark in the town during the weik- Michael Roche , a young man , who had been s member of the Riiional Sick and Burial Society , sad Tho .-in his last moments , had intimated a desire to b- - iztribd in the above cemetery , was brought thither for irtirment by his mourning relatives . The Rev . O"Sea Pratt , minister of Christ Church , who officiated on the occasion , on coming to that portion of the Service whiefe begins , " Forasmuch as it hath pleased AIiE-gbty G- > 3 of his great mercy to take unto himself the fi-ul of onr dear brother , " &c , made a-pause , and t-Sjjan to address the friends of the deceased , in Ian-Sfuagt calculated deeply to wound their feelings , and
which was uttered in a passionate and scolding tone , Tery ill adapted to the aolemn occasion . He told them they ought to have been ashamed to bring the dec-sEsd there for interment , - because he tad I'ived and died sa infidel and as Tmbeliever in the doctrine of the KsnrrEcti » n . The by-st&nders impltTTKi the Reverend gentleman to consider the feeling ? of the relatives , but he was deaf to their entreaties . Ha proceeded to make Bome remarks en the imlEertaUty of the soul , and the resurrection of tfee-body , p-atticg qaestions t « the friends of the deceased to ¦ Whi ch he poiniedly desired an answer , as if he wished to provoke discussion ; and yet when they attempted
to rpeak , he threatened them with punishment if they ¦ Ventured to interrupt turn . The portion of tbe burial Krrics above referred to was not read . A consideraile crov . i -jraB collected on the occasion , and on all hands tie violent excitement and unseemly irritation of Mr . Prati are severely condemned , as unworthy the clerical character , and very unbecoming the occasion . 'We n- ^ erstaad that two sisters of the deceased , who are lianisn Catholics , were present at the funeral . A complsict , in regard to ilr . Pratt ' * conduct , has been forwarflea to the bishop by the aggrieved relatives , but , we relieve , no reply to it has yet been received . —Mae Clfrfe- d Chronicle .
!> 1 T £ Deb of a Ghild . —A child , twenty-one months old , named Elizabeth Carpenter , died on Tuesday week , at Bristol , in consequence of the ill-treatjneni Jt 76-jeti ? &d £ roxn a -woman foot 5 ts mother ) witli whom its lather cohabited . During the absence of itiiather , the unfeeling wretch was in tbe habit of beating the poor icf ant about the head with her clenched fist She bad been fr equently heard to declare that the hated the child , and that if the father did not take it away , she wea d kill it Oa Friday an inquest was held , and the jury retumfd a verdict of "Wilful murder against 3 E-Zibeth Light , " the woman whose brutal treatment fcsd tccasJoEtd the poor child ' s death .
Extensivs Fibe at Fbome . —Oa Thursday after neon last , a fire broke « ut in the village of Lulling-± od , Dear Frome , on the premises of Mr . Franks , farmer , which ra ^ ed with fury for a censiderable period . As eo engines conld bs obtained , except a private one from the factory of Messrs . Sheppard , it was frith great dificulsy tbe dwelling-house was resexred ; bntTre are sorry to state thai most of the OEtbuildiugs were destroyed } together "with four large stacks of corn , three of hay , and other property amounting , it is supposed , to £ 1 , 000 . * Tbe property yrss only partially insured , and there seems to be little doub ; of its being the act of EomeTile incendiary , —BJh Journal .
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SEaiors Accident bt Machixbbt . —On Thursday evening l&st , a s&rious accident occurred at tha mill of Mr . Robert Platt , Stalybridge , to a girl about thirteen years of age , named Biddy Grassidy , residing in Bolton Court It appeared tbnt the unfortunate girl was employed setting in Tovinps behind the machine at which she worked , on the above evening , when her "bishop" wa 3 caught by the upright shaft , which took her round . Her right arm came in contact wtth a " drum . " and wa 3 nearly torn off She was otherwise dreadfully ipjarcd . Mr . Anderson , Burgeon , was immediately start tor , who , having obtained the assistance of some other gentleman , they found it necessary to amputate the limb close to tbe shoulder . Mr . Pearson , surgeon , has Hince been in attendance upon the girl , who is doicg well .
The lite Extensive Hobbeby at Wakefield . —A yonng aan , named Peter Biggins , of Leeds , was on Wednesday week examined before Barnard Hague , Esq ., at tha Magistrates' Rj cm , York Castle , and committed for trial at the nt xt assizes , charged with stealing a pocket book , containing £ 173 , from the countinghouse » f Mr . Chanes Exley , at Wafecfield . Ml . James , tbe superintenden t of tne Leeds police force , who was one of the chief -witnesses against the prisoner , had traced several of tbe notes to his possession , Bnd hBd discovered the places where he changed some and offered otherB , at Manchester , the day after the robbery . The prisoner ' s mother waB committed for trial from Wakefleld last week , for receiving the money from her son , knowing it to be stolen ; and the prisoner himself stood previously committed for trial at the next assizes , for cutting off the noBe of a man at Leeds , whom he attacked for attempting to suppress a quarrel between tbe prisoner and another person , which had arisen respecting the stolen money .
FB 4 . TR 1 C 1 DK at Weavebisg . —A cottage in Weavering-street , near Maidstont ^ , - was inhabited by an aged widow , named Weeks , her danghter , and two sons , John and Edward—the first a drunken and ferocious man , aged about thirty , and tbe oiber of a more steady and mild disposition , three or fonx years younger , vrho has lately been working for the neighbouring farmers . On Saturday night , Edward , having purchased some provisions at Maidstone , returned home with his mother and sister , and went to bed perfectly Eober about ten o'clock . The two brothers usually slept together , and John came home drunk at about one or two o ' clock on Sunday morning , quarrelsome and abusive , as was frequently the case , threw himself on the bed with his
clothes en , awoke his brother , and even alarmed the dtighbour 3 by shouting and abusing Edward , whom he tried to provoke in every possible way John went down siairs once or twice after this , still continuing his abuse , and preventing Edward from going to sleep . The sisier , fearing that some mis chief would be done , procured a lijjht , partly dressed herself , und went down stairs . John having again laid down and continued to incense his brother , the latter , who had hitherto done everything he possibly could to avoid a quarrel , at length arose , put on a p&jt of his clothes , and w . nt down staiis , saying , " Well , it" you ' re a mind for row , come down stairs sad bare ii . " John directly followed him
down , and La-ring got into the kitchen , Edward turned round and met him with & view to fight . Scarcely had he done so , when he felt a knife enter the lower pars of the abdomen , and cried out . that he was killed . He geized the hand of John , and held it whilst the sister wrenched the knife from him , cutting her owa hand in the aot . Edward then exclaimed , " O , yon rascal , yon have killed me—I shall die , I shall die , " and having reached the outside of the door , ha fell from exhaustion . John replied , " Ssrve yon right , you deserved it ; " but Went to the next cottage and called upon a labourer named Goodyer , telling him that be was afraid he had killed his brother . John then got Edward some water , whilst Goo dyer ran for Mr . PoweT , snrgeon , who promptly arriyed , and at once declared that there was scarcely a chance of the wounded man ' s
recovery , as the bowels protruded , and it was feared that the knife had entered the bladder . Every available remedy was , however , TesoTtcd to , and Mr . Power and his assistant , Mr . Jones , visited him several times during the day , in the latter part of which he appeared to bo in most dreadful agony . The brother John , after waiting till about the period when Mr . Power arrived , was , strange as it may appear , permitted to pack up his clothes in a basket , and to go at large . He called on a person at Gid ' spond at about six o ' clock in the morniDg , and , as his person is well known to the police , there is little doub ; that he will .-oon be apprehended . It appears that Jt > hn Weeks was in ihe Artichoke public-house at about eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , when he pulled out hi 3 knife , and speaking of his brother , said that he would " rip the b- ' a gu : s out . " Shortly after which he went away .
Latest Pab . tictjio . K 5 . —We regret to say that the unfortunate man had becomo mach worse yesterday , although a slight change took place lor the better last evening . Still there is scarcely a hope of his recovery . Mr . Merrill , the constable of Boxley , was on Sunday and yesterday actively engaged in endeavouring to trace out the offender , but hitherto , withont success . It appears that he left the house at about the time that Mr . Power arrived , asd went up the street . When te returned , ho asked anxiously for the knife , and Goodyer told him that he had thrown it away . It is now in hi 3 sister * 3 possession . It is a common sharp-pointed pocket knife , the blade being about four inches long . On this refusal he pat on a clean shirt and departed . The nnfortunate victim has frequently expressed a wish that his " poor brother" should not be hurt . — " \ Iaidflone Gazette .
Fatal Accjdekt at Lord Tentehde >' s . —On Tuesday afternoon a man , named James Usher , expired in St . George ' s Hospital under the following somewhat peculiar circumstances : —It appeared that on the 3 rd instant , tbe deceased was employed , with several oiLers , at hay-making in a field belonging to LoTd Tenterden , at Hendon . After the labours of the day were oveT , by direction of his Lordship , the workpeople were regaled with beer , fee , and at length all dispersed to their lod g ings , with tbe exception of the deceased , who , with the aid ot a ladder , gained the summit of one of the hay-ricks ,
where he soon became fast in the arms of Morpheus . The poor fellow , however , it seems , awoke in the middJeof the night , and forgetting where he wa ? , rolled over and fell upon the green sward , where he was found in the morning suffering under a compound fraciured thigh and leg , besides other injuries of an internal nature . Present medical aid was promptly rendered him , and he was afterwards conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , where ho was visited by Mr . Keate , sergeant-surgeon to her Majesty ; but Dotwith .-fandiEg every attenfion rras paid to the unfortunate rc 3 n , he expired-in that institution on Tuesday afternoon .
Coach Accidk >~ t . —A 3 the stage coach between Perth and Inverness was on its way southward on Wednesday evening , one of the wheels gave way at Siairdam , about four miles south from this , and the coach upset . Some of the passengers were hurt , but fortnnatiSy noiiC of them severely- At tie commeiicempni of the shooting season , ths coaches return from the north laden with piles of boxes filled with game , and the wonder is , not that accidents occur , bur tha ? they do not occur more frequently . — Perth Jou ^ naL
Fjbe at Raicuff . —On Tnesday night , between ci ht and nine o ' clock , the premises cf Mr . Log ' . e , seamen ' s potato shipper , No . 9 , Cock-hill , Ratcliff , were discovered to be on fire by a person passing by . It apr > eart that flimes were first Eeen raging on the first floor . No person was in the house at the time , Mr . Logie having left a few minutes before , and the family being in Scotland . How the fire originated cannot bs conceived . Various brigade eDgines were speedily on the fpot , and though the house was almost destroyed , the fiame 3 were prevented from extendibg to ' the very extensive warehouses of the eminent shipowner , Mr . Ward , which zre stored with barrels of tar , pnch , canvass , and Ehip stores . The house of Mr . Armstrong , contiguous , wa 3 slightly damaged , as -was aLo the Pe-wler- Platler , kept by Mr . Archer , on the other side of the gateway leading to Sir . Ward ' s storehouses . By ten o ' clock the fire was completely extinguished .
Eobbebt at tbe Leeds Bakbjcks . —On Monday last , a young man named Edward Sweeny , ( who had been remanded from Saturday ) , was brought up at the Leeds Court House , on a charge of having stolen a silver flisk and other aTticle 3 from the barracks , the property of Lieut . Warxener , of the 6 th Dragoon Guards . The property was stolen about the 6 ih of July , and a description thereof was given at the police office at the time , and suspicion fell upon the prisoner , who was a servant at the mess , bat no proof of his criminality could be then obtained . On Friday last , however , the flask was offered for sale at Mr . Gresham ' s , in Hunslet-lane , by a man to whom the prisoner had sold it for five shilliEgs . It was detained , and on the information of the man , the prisoner was taken into custody . He admitted tbat be had been the thief , and "was committed for trial . Lient . Warrener stated that the flitfe cost six Huineas .
Caimox to Kailvay TPasszsgzss . —On Monday last , a youD" man nailed . Richard Clarke , who had beeninpriron all night , was charged at the Leeds Loun House , with disorderly and outrageous conduct in a railway carriage , on Sunday evening . The prisoner , who it appeared had been in a state of imoxication , was permitted to obtain a ticket , and to get into one of the York and North Midland carriages , at the Castleford station , betwixt which place and Leeds ho behaved in an outrageous manner , and several times attempted to juiup oct as the train was going , to the great frigat of the other passengers , particularly the fema . ' e portion . He had no exense to offer , but expressed hi s regret at what had happened ; and the bench taking a lenient view of the matter , fined him 5 ^ and cos ts for being drunk .
Suicide . —Ou Sunday Ia 3 t , about four o ' clock in the afternoon , a woman named Peborah Johnson , about fwi-y-eigbt years of age , wife of a weaver named Thomas Johnson , residing in Little Hnlion , near Bolion , hnng herself on the loom-post , in the ¦ weaving shop , and was qiite dead when discovered by her husband , who was in the house at khe time . She has left a family and six children ,
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Fatal Accident . —On Wednesday week , a youth named Wasa was accidentally killed atThixendale , near Malton , by being run over with a catt . It appaars that the deceased , who was about eleven years of age , and a nnmber of companions , were amusing themselves with what is-termed " riding the stand , " when he was accidentally thrown upoa the ground . A cart , iD which were three men , was passing at the time , and one of tbe wheels passed over his head , and he expired shortly afterwards . An inquest was held on tbe following day by E . D . Conyers , Esq ., when a verdict was returned in accordance with the above circumBtauces .
Destructive Fihes—Thibty Houses Consumed . ^ On Tuesday letters were received at the principal insurance ofiices in the City , detailing the particulars of two dreadful fires which occurred in the quiet village of Winsham , situate near Chard , in Somersetshire , and terminated in the complete demolition of no fewer than thirty houses . The fires broke out Boon after ten o ' clock on Sunday morning , during diviao service , and on the alarm beiDg raised , the fire was found raging in the upper part of a house , situate , with twelve others , at the extremity of the village , aud the thatoh roof soon igniting , the building waB speedily reduced to ashes . Attempts were made to check the flame 3 from running along the thatch of the adjoining houses , but ineffectually , for , Tvithin a quarter of an hour , no less than eight of the adjoining dwellings had caught fire , and there being no engines in tbe
neighbourhood , it extended its ravages until twelve buildings were consumed j the remainder were preserved by the inhabitants stripping the thatch off too roofs , and throwing water on the exposed rafters , so as to prevent them being fired . The village had scarcely been restored to its usual state of quietude before it was again aroused by a second outbreak , far more destructive than the previous one , taking place at about half-past ten o'clock on Monday night . The flames were now discovered raging in a small outhouse at the back of a dwelling in Church-8 lreett and the wind , unfortunately being hi £ h at the time , soon wafted the destructive element to the surrounding property , aud scarcely had an hour elapsed before upwards of fourteen houses were enveloped in flameB . It is supposed that both fires was the work of an incendiary , but coining decisive is as yet knows . The loss must be very heavy .
Fire in St . Giles ' s . —About eleven o'clock on Tuesday forenoon , a fire broke out in a narrow street called Majnard-street , off Buckridge-gtreei , in the very heart of all that now remains of the once Doted " Rookery . " A portion of the premises was in the possession of MeBsrs . Bridge and Co ., the extensive cork cutters and manufacturers , of No . 29 , High Sweet , St . Giles ' s , who deposited there a large quantity of manufactured and raw stock , in consequence of which the utmost alarm pervaded the neighbourhood . An area of only about one-tenth of the original siza of the " Hookery" now stands , in
consequence of the new Jioe of street from Oxford Street to Holborn , and in this small space , and more particularly in Maynard and Buckridgd Streets , a lar # e portion of the dispossessed inhabitants had crammed themselves , so that when the first alarm of fire was . giveD , the greatest confusion prevailed , in consequence of the efforts of the poor people to save their furniture . In a short time no less than ten engines were upon the spot , and a plentiful supply of water being at hand , the flames were speedily subdued , without doing any considerable damage . A strong body of police kept order .
Robbsut trom a Pbblic-House . —On MoDday last , a man named James Gavins , was brought up at the Leeds Court House , on a charge of having stolen a plated pint , the property of Mr . Wm . Sanderson , of the King ' g Arms Inn * St . Peters ' s Square . The prisoner was taken with the pint in his possession , on Sunday morning , aud Mrs . Sanderson proved that it was her hu&band'a property , and that she had filled Gavins a pint of ale on Saturday night , from which tine the pint was missed . In his defence , the prisoner said that while he was drinking a pint of ale at the King ' d Arms , on Saturday night , soon after twelve o ' clock , he was called to tbe door by a female acquaintance , and that he took the pint with him to aak her to drink : he stood talking to her for a short time , and then was about to return the pint , when he found the house had been locked up . He therefore took it home , with the intention of returning it on Sunday morning . The bench said that a jury should determine that , and committed him for trial .
Dreadful Miscalculate — A coal pit accident , attended with loss of life , occurred at the pit belonging to Messrs . Ostle and Dunglinson , at Dearham , near Maryport , on Saturday morning last . Two men and three boys were about to descend into the pit at one time , when another boy also attempted to get into the basket , but fortunately for himself he turned back feeling rather afraid to descend with so many . When the two men and three boys , who were in the act of descending , were not more than three feet from the top , the rope broke , and the whole were precipitated to the bottom of the shaft , a depth of fully fifty yards . Two of the unfortunate sufferers breathed once or twioe after they were taken up , but the others had died instantaneously . An inquest was held on Saturday . After a long and
careful investigation , the jury returned a verdict of " accidental death , caused by tbe bad and imperfect material of which the rope was composed . " From tbe evidence tendered it appeared that no blamo was attributable to the owners ; that the rope was purchased from the manufacturers—Messrs . John Grimshaw and Co ., of 13 ishopwearmouth- » and had not been long in uae , but had been viewed with suspicion from the first as faulty , and the engineer had beeu consequently directed to attend particularly to it . The part wuere it broke was examined before ihe jury , and the opinion given was , that the material was bad , that it ought to have sustained a weight of three tons , and that the weight attached when tho accident took plaoa , was about a quarter of a ton . — Carlisle Journal .
Explosion of an Engine Boiler . —Another of those terrific explosions which have of late disgraced this locality took placo on Sunday nkht la « t at tho colliery known by the name of the Deep Pit , and in the occupation of the Sheffield Coal Company . This pit is situate about two miles from the town , on the right side of the road to Eckington , and is ons of those from which the colliers turned out a few months since . A number of the old hands intended to go to work again at this pit , and it appears that a number of others were determined to prevent it . It is supposed , therefore , that to carry this determination into efftct , the destruction of the boiler and s ' . eam-ongine was accordingly resolved on . The pit w& 3 guarded by an
old watchman , named William Prince , who , on the night of the explosion , evidently thought that the better part of valour was discretion ; for on seeing seme men pass the hut in which he was watching , about a quarter before eleven o ' clock on Sunday night , he remained perfectly quiet till tho explosion was over , and the incendiaries had decamped . Tho boikr , which stands about three feet from the ground and 30 yards from the pit mouth , was raised on brickwork , the base of tho erection being aboul three fiet in thickness , gradually diminishing in an upward direction , till the upper part of it formed a cap of only one brick thick . This brickwork was about sisty feet in circumference at the base , and with the boiler would consequently bo about Beven yards in
diameter , presenting a degree of solidity that no ordinary power could shake . The explosion wa 3 heard many miles off , in the direction of Eckington , tho wind at the time being in the west . On this occasion the chief movers in the act have been caught in their own trap ; for , not being aware that tha embtrs under the boiler where then smouldering , they introduced the cask of gunpowder , and by some means it ignited while they were close to the door of the flue . The effect on one misguided man named Boldcn was terrific . He reached the dcor of his sister , who keeps the Norfolk Arms at the Manor , about twelve o'clock , and Vfho but from his voice and dress would not have known him . His face and handB presented a spectacle truly pitiable to behold . Tho face was like
one large black cinder , tue hair entirely singed from off the head , and the eyes , though not lost , fearfully swollen and burnt round the lids . Both hands were in a similar state , and the left side wa 3 also much injured . How he got to his sister ' s house , is a mystery ; but the probability is , that some of his less injured companions assisted him to the door , and then left him , tnat they themselves might not be recognised . Surgical assistance was obtained as speedily as possible , and every means adopted to relieve his sufferings , which must have been excruciating . On being let into the house , he merely observed that he was dying , and immediately alterwards became almost speechless , only articulating at times somethisg that could not be understood .
Information having reached tho police , one of tbe officers was left to take legal charge of the unhappv man , till further steps was resolved upon . Portions of hats , caps , and coats \» ere found near the boiler , all much burnt by gunpowder . Parts of some wooden hoops and staves were also found , indicating sufficient to prove that the cask containing the gunpowder was capable of holding about fifty pounds . The state of the hats and caps were also enough to show that the headB that wore them are in no enviable condition . The whole of the metal work surrounding the stove door was forcod away , and more or less broken . The fire-grate was much damaged ,
and the stone plate shattered . A poker , nearly an inch thick , which had apparently been used to force the barrel of gunpowder under the boiler was broken off aboul two feet from the lower end . The steam chest , which was about ten yards from the boiler , but connected by an iron tube , was also forced off , and the boiler itself had been driven about six incbeB from its original position . A fragment of ono of the caps that had been blowu oft by the explosion waa picked up about fifty yards distant from it . A brick wall , directly facing the flue door , was partly knocked down , and the roof ot a small shflrf adioinin ^ nearlv ca rried away . The cuimney
connecied with tbe boiler was Blightly shaken , and indeed the whole of the works Eurrounding it partook of the violent effects of the explosion . Boulden is about 28 years of age , and . it is said that his father , who was a collier , once received a similar injury from an accident , —Sheffield Iris .
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ACCIDEWT o ;< THB LONDON AND BRIGHTON iiAilwjy . —As the last down train , on Sundav night , was proceeding in tbe neighborhood of Balcombe tunnel , _ William Johiison , Jackson ' s stoker , wbiJe engaged m emptying a sack of coke on the tender , overbalanced himself and fell off . Hig right arm unfortunately fell across the rail , and tbe wheels or the tram pasang over it and crushed it in a dreadrui manner . The train was immediately stopped , and tneeutterer was conveyed by means of one of the engines and a 8 inKle carriage with all possible exepedjtion to Brighton . Oa arriving at the terminus the poor fellow was placed iii a fly and sent to the Sussex County Hospital , where amputation ot the limb was performed , and the sufferer remains in a very precarious state .
Serious Accident . -Ou Friday last , a boy , fourteen years of age , tho eon of Josoph Brown , beerseuer , Llerke-strect , was severely injured at the engine-house of Messrs . Walker , Butcher-lane , Hury . it appears that a number of boys ware playing m the engine-house , when tbe engine started aiid struck Brown , knocking him down and driving his hlp , mo his body . His thigh was much cut , and one foot very much injured . He was attended by Mr . Hampson , of Boltou , and is now in a very fair way of recovery .
tI ; , * Pr - EASuniNG . -Two Hokses Killed .-iae inhabitants of Hudlersfield were much exited on buuday afternoon , by the accidental destruction of two jhowtt in different parts of the town . A party of young men had come from Leeds in a car to spend the day at Lindley , and were returning home , some of- their friends accompanying them a short distance on the road . When they loft Lindley , seven persons were in the oar , and on coming down by the Crown Tavern , tho belly band ( which had been sphcrd ) gayo way , and the weight of the party being behind , the horse was lifted off its feet ; on tne party leauing forward ; the aaimal became frisntened , and But off down Temple-street at a tre-Bcmfoas pace . On nearingtfao George Hotel , one of them jumped from the vehicle , as did another by the church ; two of the others held the reins , and exerted all their strength to check the animal .
but > to no purpose ; for it passed tb * e gas-lamp at Amen Corner , ' tore away a strong wooden post , and ran ; with great violence against the iron rails in front ; of Mr . Machan ' s shop . A pquare iron bar projecting entered behind the animal ' s shoulders in tho soft part of the boliy , and camo out at the hind part of the fUnk . lacerating the whole length in ^ uch a manner that its bowels hung to the ground . The vehicle was overturned , and the paity received some severe contusions ; but , as far as wo have learned , no broken limbs wag the consequence . A knife was instantly plunged into the heart of the animal , whioh expired immediately . The vehicle was very little injured . The same evenine . but an
hour or two later , a person had left a gig , the property of Sykes , » nd Co ., standing at tha door of the Warren House public house , near Milnes Bridge , without any one to mird it , when the reins falling down , became entangled in the horse's feet , which startled it , and it set off at full speed along the Manchester road to Hudder&field , where it turned up Cloth Hall-street towards the stables , but taking the wrong turn at the top of the street , went behind the Cloth Hall , up to the gate of Mr . Marshall ' s yard , and then , by some means , broke its neck , and died almost immediately .
Murder on Banbury Race-Course . — Information has been received at ScotJand-yard , of the murder of Samuel Newman , a hawker , a few nights ago , on the above race-courBe , by two men and a woman , who ar « well kaown as frequenters of race-courses and fairs . They brutally assaulted him , and after thoy had rifled him of everything , threw him into a river near the spot , where he was ( iifcovered . A verdict of wilful murder was roturnod by the Coroner's jury against them .
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Rape . —Central Criminal Court , Tuesday . — John Harknott , aged 30 ; Jeremiah Wakeling , aged 21 ; William Scarborough , aged 23 ; Henry Wai Watta , aged 21 ; James Edward Surgard , aged 21 ; and William Windley , aged 20 , were indicted for a rape upon Hannah Hale ; and James Ashford , aged 18 , was charged as an accessory , aiding in and abetting the assault and abu ^ e of the person of the prosecutrix . Mr . Ballantine conducted the prosecution ; and the prisoners were defended by Mr . Prendergast and Charuock . The details are wholly unfit for publication It is suflicient to state , that the offduee was clearly proved , after a protracted trial , to have been effected -by each of the five
prisoners . The jury , after a brief consultation , returned a verdict of Guilty against the prisoners Windley , Scarborough , Watts , Sureard , and Aahford , and acquitted HarkneU and Wakeling . Mr . Baroa Gurney , in passing sentence , said the prisoners stood convicted upon the clearest evidence of one of the foulest crimes that could be committedan offence for whioh a little time ago the lives of the prisoners would hare paid the forfeit . The Legislature had absolutely fixed the punishment next to death ; and the sentence of tbe Court upon each and all of the prisoners was , that they be transported beyond the seas for the terms of taeir
natural lives . Thomas White , aged 17 , was convicted on two indictment- of aggravated assaults upon two children , named Mary Forrow and Nancy Burroughs , both under the age of ten years , neither of whose testimony sustained the capital part of the chargo . Mr . Justico Wightman , in passing sentence upon the prisoner , eaid , he had been convicted of assaults of a most disgusting and aggravated oharacter , which showed him to be of a depraved and wicked disposition . The sentence of the Court was that the prisoner bo imprisoned and kept to hard laboHr for each of the assaults of which he stood convicteH for the space of eighteen calendar months .
Liverpool Assizes , Saturday . —Postponement of the Trial of Evans , the Manchester Munderdr . —Mr . Pollock said that , in the case of Geo . Evans , who was then at the bar , and against whom an indictment had been found for wilful murder , bo bad to apply for a postponement of the trial until next assizes . He did eo on two grounds , namely , l = t , The insertion in newspapers of tho evidence given before the magistrates ; and on tho coroner ' s inquest ; and 2 udly , The insertion in the Manchester Guardian of a letter , purporting to be written by an inppector of police at Bristol , to Superintendent Taylor , of tho Manchester police ; and detailing
some facts , or alleged facts , relating to the former life of the prisoner . The Judge intimated that he should confer with his brother Creswell on tho subjsct , and left tho Court , taking with him the affidavits and pwagraphs . On resuming his seat , in the colirse of about a quarter of an hour , his Lordship gave his decision that the trial should stand postponed till' tho next assizes . His LoTtfship sirongly condemned the publication of the letter in the Manchester Guardian , and expressed his conviction that the parties who had caused the publication of the letter should bo sought out , aud brought to justice for the offence .
Monday , August 2 G . —Sentences —Tnonaas Wilson , who pleaded guilty to an indictment against him for throwing a corrosive fluid , with intent to injure Phcebe Cockup , at Manchester , was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation . Thomas Jennings , Alfred Locke , and Ellen Leech , convicted of a burglary at Manchester , were sentenced—Jennings to fifteen years' transportation , Locke ten years '; and Leech three years' imprisonment . John Johnson , found guilty of stabbing his wife at North Mepla was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation . The Judge intimated his intention , in consequence of some oircumstancps in the case , of obtaining for the prisoner a mitigation of the term to ten years . William Swanton , found guilty of tho manslaughter of his wife , at Wigan , was sentenced to ten years' transportation .
James Wade , John Kenyon , an « i Thomas Leigh , were sentenced ( for burglary)—Leigh to eighteen months ' , Wade twolve months ' , and Kenyou nine months' imprisonment . Samnol Miller , wbo pleaded guilty to a charge of uttering , a forged order for the delivery of goods , was . ^ nte nced to seven years' transportation . He had heon previously convicted of similar offences . James Brittain , found guilty of maliciously wounding Henry Cotteral , at Wigan , six months' imprisonment in the House of Correction . Richard Woodhouse , for throwing aquafortis , three months' imprisonment . Returni . ng from Transportation . —James Barrett w ' as tried for being at large after he bad been sentenced to fifteen years' transportation , before the term of his imprisonment had expired . Guilty , and sentenced to transportation for life .
Charge of murder at Liverpool . —Owen Leonard , 63 , was indicted for having , at Liverpool , feloniously murdered bis wife , Bridget Leonard , by cutting her in various parts of the body with a razor . Several Witnesses were examined for the prosecution and the defence . —The verdict returned by the jury was guihy of manslaughter ; and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported for life . Four or five trifling cases were tried on Tuesday , and the Court rose at five o ' clock ; the whole of the criminal bssiness of the as&izes havifig been disposed of .
The Alleged Mutiny and Murder in Africa .-Mansion House , Tuesday . —Mr . Goodman , th < chief clerk , having , by the direction of Sir John Pirie written oh Saturday to the owner Of the ship Johi Campbell , in consequence of a statement made in th Justice Room , ahnrging the supercargo of that vessc with desppraVe offences , alleged to have been com mitted on the coast of Africa , ' received the followin , answer , which he handed to the Lord Mayor : — " Liverpool , August 26 . 1844 . " Sif ,, —In reply to your letter of the 24 th instant , beg to state , for tbe information of Sir Jobn Pirie , tha my s ' jip , the John Campbell , has not yot arrived froi Africa , and I scarcely know when to fexpect her . I d ao ' i know whether any others of the' crew are in th
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country , and I have no reason to suppjse Captain Burrley would commit such an act as that with which-it appears he is charged by the man Laidlow . A mminy took place on board the Jabn Campbell soon after hex arrival at Calabar , which was Quelled by the interference of tbe King . ' I beg to remark that Captain Burnley was put on board the John Campbell , by the charterers ot that vessel , as supercargo only , but assumed th-3 command by my authority , on the death of Captain Nelson . '' I am , Sir , youra respectfully , ; " Wiiliam Sharp . " To S . R . Goodman ; E * q , Mansion Hou = e , London . "
Laidlaw , the seamen ^ upon baing told his lordship would , on a future day , take cognizmce of the case , stated that he should be punctually in attendance . From Burnley ' s statement , which entire we cannot afford room for , we give tbe following extract , Sivin ^; his version of / the interfere nce of the natives . It appears according to his account he petitioned King Eyamba for his assistance to quell the alleged mutiny , requesting hiim , should " fair means fail to adopt any other measures necessary . " King Eyamba sent some canoes off , with strict orders not to fire , and a gentleman in eaoh canoe for the purpose of preventing all those who might be bo disposed . ** At about nine am ., several armed canoes went off to the ship , but were unable to get on board , in consequence
of the ship being so high out of the water , the side ladder on one side being hauled up , and the other cut away as soon as the natives got ou it ; firingpistols and throwing hot water on them . As they would not give in , King Eyamba was under the necessity , after having two men shot , to give his people orders to fire . jThey fired two or three muskets , one of which shot Edward Callaghan in the cheek . This rather [ cooled them . The Kroomen then commenoed , and got the carpenter over the side into the canoe . The rest , seeing it was useless attempting to keep possession any longer , ran below and etowed themselves away . After having sent ten men to prison , the 6 urgeons of the diff rent ships in the river , with the exception of Dr . Lawton . of the
Winder more , came on board , for the purpose of corsuiting » a to \» hat had-better be givea to Callagban , the man shot in the cheek . After the consultation , and a lotion had been applied , all the Burgeons and masters accompanied me on shore , to see if any of the prisoners required medical attendance . We found the following si ? in one prison , viz ., William Laidler , Anson , Joseph King , Edward Johnson , Samuel Gillon , and Wjlliam Hall ; the two former requiring medical attendance , Anderson having hurt his shoulder , and Sadler received a few cuts in the affray . We left the ship ' s surgeon to dress their wounds , and proceeded , to where the carpenter was imprisoned . Finding nothing the matter with him , proceeded to where Benest was imprisoned . After
having seen there was nothing the matter with him , proceeded to the prison containing Walker and Williams . Findirjg nothing the matter with them , returned to the ship , j At p . m ., Captain Tyrrell of the Majestic , accompanied me to see that they had all bad sufficient to eat , and had been attended to . Samuel Gillon acknowledged to having written on the outside of the bulwarks , in large letters , ' Blood for Blood . ' On our way down Walker acknowledged their having stolen rum from the cargo . The sure-eons all called on board to see Callaghan again . " No explanation is given of the alleged poisoning of a number of tho prisoners , as stated by Laidlow . So far the counter-statement of Burnley must be considered very unsatisfactory .
Central Criminal Court . —August 24 . —Child Slaying . —Two young women , Faith Bowerman and Sarah Hylsnd , who were convicted on Friday ; the former <~ f the manslaughter of her infant , by throwing it over a wall ten feet high immediately after its birth ; and the latter of concealing the birth of her infant , the body of which was found in her box , with the head crushed , and a petticoat string tied round its throat , were brought up for judgment . Mr . Bjron Gumey addressed them severally , and sentenced each to imprisonment , with hard labour , for the the term of two years .
Bow Street , Saturday . —The Hon . Mr . Tuchet was brought up this morning for final ¦ examination , charged with firing a pistol at Mr . Smith , tbe Runmaker , in Holborn . Tbe facts of this case bave been repeatedly before our readers . Mr . Smith vas bound over in tbe sum of £ 100 to prosecute . The surgeon at the hospital was examined , and he stated that the ball came away from tbe wound in Mr . Smith ' s back on the 6 th of the present month , having remained in the wound exactly a month . ; Mr . Smith was now out of danger . Tbe several witnesses were then bound over to prosecute , and the prisoner was committed .
Mutiny and Murder—Mansion House , Saturday—William Laidler , who stated that he had been a seaman on board of tbe ship John Campbell , of Liverpool , a vessel of 600 tons , in the palm oil ttade , ap ¦ peared before Sir John Pirie , for the purpose of making a declaration relative to a mutiny on board tMat vessel , and a series of cruelties which be stated had been crowned witb murder . The seaman solemnly pledged himself to tbe truth of his statement , which was to the following eflwet : — The j ship John Camnbell left the Liverpool Docks on the | 2 Ist of October la « t , bound for Old Calabar , on the African coast , in the palm oil trade . Two weeks after the ship sailed , tha shipper ( Robert Nelson ) died off { Madeira , when the supercargo assumed the command , in defiance of the senior officer
on board , who should have asserted bis right according to the usages of merchant ships in such cases . About a month after onr skipper died , the supercargo reduced our daily rations to a very serious extent . We had now gained our destination , working hard under an African sun in loading the ship ; but finding ourselves oppressed with heat , and languishing for tbe want of food , we consulted , went aft , and respectfully complained to th © proper officer , tbe flwt mate , that in consequence of thereduction of our rations , we felt weak and unable to do our work . The officor referred us to the supercargo . We tk ^ u add ressed ourselves to that personage , who refused [ our request , on the ground tbat the ships' provisions were short , and should be reserved for the homeward passage . We knew this to
be an evasion of our just claims , and a falsehood , as the owner . Sir' Joseph Sharp , at the time we signed the ship's articles , said iwe should have plenty to eat and be well used . After oar humble petition was dehled , we returned quietly to our duty , whilst the supercargo went off to some of the ships in port , and having conversed with the officers and supercargoes , several of them accompanied him on board the John Campbell . We now believed our usual allowance of food would be granted to us , and being satisfied , we gave them three cheers ias they passed over the side , being under no apprehension . On this occasion the supercargo waa told that the Jobn Campbell ' s crew did not recognize him as master , but were ready to obey the senior ship ' s officer on board . The supercargo did
not return on this clay , but remained all night ashore ; and next morning he sent for half the ship ' s crew , no reason having been assigned for this unusuil ordet . This mysterious request [ having excited our SURpicion , all hands refused to comply until the intent was knowD . When the messenger returned , be said we might look to ourselves , as the war eanoea were preparing to come off . Our amagament may be conceived , and there now ensued » scene of barbarity and cruelty that could not be exceeded by the most ignorant savages on tbe coast , and inhuman anl bloodthirsty as the natives sometimes are , they cannot be excelled by the butchering and bloody purpose of the orders issued in this deplorable instance . We saw about fifcy armed canoes put off , with from eighteen to twenty natives in each ,
chaunting their war-songs of blood and slaughter , with the supercargo at their head . They soon drew up in a circle round tho ship and BWept her deck with volleys of shot and poisoned arrows . Being astonished at such an extraordinary attack , 'and shuddering at the idea of instant death , we stood on the defensive with such wea- pons as enme to hand ; but becoming weak from loss j of blood , the ship waa eabily boarded , and nine of ua tied with corda and thrown , covered with gore , into , the canoes , -were taken 'ashore and paraded through j King Tambo ' s town , wfeere every species of cruelty ' and insult was also inflicted upon us . The natives having exhausted their cruel usage , we were stripped , [ our clothes taken away , ! and ourselves put in chains ; and suffered to lie on the damp ground in separate '
huts , and fed on water and half a pound of biscuit a ¦ day duriDg forty three days , two of our number having . died from this brutal treatment ^ the carpenter and ; Edward Johnson . Tbe crew being now in chains , and the ship defenceless , the natives turned upon the super- ' cargo , and plundered the vessel of her gear , and every ; movable article upon which they could lay their hands . "I This Was but a slight portion of retributive justice upon ' the supercargo . Tbe paper of the applicant , after some ! details of severities alleged to have been practised by ! the supercargo , states , 1 "On May 10 th , the French ! brig of war Allumettee arrived , when we were , thank God . ' all put on board of her , and landed at Gambia on tbe llth of June , and lodged in gaol , but were in- ' stantly liberated as soon as the magistrates had exa- 4 mined the case , ne crime being recorded . " The statement concluded With the expression of determination
to bring tho supercargo to public justice , on the arrival of tue otber injured patties , and gives the names of tbe men who were ironed , namely , Alfred BennessV lient . Ginin , William Hall , EJward Cadigin , Edward Johnson , Joseph King , William Laidler , and the carpenter , and the names of those stated by the applicant to have been murdered , I namely , Edward Johnson and the carpenter . The statement , which is dated Gambia , 1 st July , 1844 , is signed ; William Laidler and William Hall . Sif John Pirie- ^ How do you say these men were murdered ? Applicant—They were poisoned in tbe huts : some of thej poUon was found , and pronounced by the medical ! mac to be destructive of life . Sir John Pirie then sent the seaman to a place of refuge , and wrote to the owner of the vessel , alluding to the matters detai ' ed , and requesting information upon the subject . I
Child Muhdeb—Livebpool , Aug . 23—Ei'Zi Daley , aged 20 , James Daley , aged 30 , aud Elizabeth Daley , aged 60 , were charged with having , et Manchester , ou tb . o 26 th of July , attempted to suffocate and drown a newborn male child . The Lord Chief Biion , before whom they were tried , directed their acquittal , but ordered them to j be detained on a charge of exposing the child , of which the younger prisoner is the mother . j
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Manslaughter —August , 24 th . —Wm . Swanton was indicted for the murder of his wife , at Wigan , by kicking her . The prisoner , it appeared , was an overlooker at a factory , and appeared to have been a very veil conducted nran . His- 'wife , however , had of late b ^ en much given to habits ot intoxication . They bad six children . On the day in question the prisoner came borne as usual in the evening , and went np stairs to tbe bedroom , where his vrifu was . He came' down almost immediately , aud , meeting his eldest child , he told her her mother was up stairs drnui , and no supper ready . The child went np stairs , and was followed by ner fAther . Tbe deceased W 33 lyiDg on her side near the bed , as if sfee had fallen against it . She seemed very ill . Toe prisoner lifted her up , and carried her down stairs . He put her in a chaw , and it was then perceived that blood was flawing from her person . A
surgeon was sent for , hat , by the time he arrived , she seemed to be sinking , and th © floor ronnd her wes drenched in blood . He had her taken-up stairs , and on examining her person found that she bad received , a stvere blow apparently from behind , by which tha small bone at the extremity of the spine had been loosened , and a wound inflicted which had ruptured the bladder and some blood-vessels . He applied sneb remedies ss hi 3 skill suggested . She was rapidly sinking , and some brandy waa administered . She was unwilling to tako it , and said she did not like it . The ptisoner on hearing the observation remarked , " If thou hudsfc not been so fond of it , this would not have happened . " He admitted he had kicked her , aud expressed the greatest sorrow at -what bad occurred . Verdict , Guilty of manslaughter . Sentence waa deferred .
Bukglarv —Alfred Locke , Thomas Jennings , and , Ellen Letcfl . were convicted ef breaking into the dwelling-house of Deborah Taylor , and stealing upwards of £ 300 in money , and some silver spoons . The two male prisoners were rather stylishly dressed , and appeared of a batter class t&an those who usually mate their appearance in the dock . Sentence deferred . Attempt to Murder —JamesBurgess was indicted for an attempt to murder his wifei The prisoner waa a machine-maker , and about two years ago , being then eighteen , was married to his present wife . They had one child . Some family disputes arose between the > wife ' s family and him , and he finally sold off his gooda with the intention of going to America , sbe returning to her friends . The windows of his father-in-laWa house having been broken , the prisoner was accused
of having done it , and he asked his wife to meet him at the house of a mutual acquaintance to * try ' and make it up . She did b » , and they being left alone in tho bouse , be asked her to go into tbe otber room She refused . He then put out the candle , seized her by the throat and strangled her , as she said , until sht ? was blind , and then with a knife attempted , as she supposed , to cut her throat . The neighbours hearing an alarm , broke in tbe door , and found the prorecutrix standing on tbe floor leaning against a table , ard nearly insensible . Her throat was much bruised , but no wound had been inflicted , it having apparently been tbe back of tbe knife waicb bad been used . Evidence was given of the prisoner having threatened on more than one occasion to cut bis wife '? throat . Verdict— Guilty of an aggravated assault . To be imprisoned two years .
Entrappikg Females . —Union Hail—Saturday . —At the latter part of the afternoon . a poor emaciated looking young female entered tha court , and presented a letter to the sitting msgistra / e , Mr . Cottingbam . She appeared abont seventeen ( years of age , of very prepossessing appearance us regarosd her features , and was clad in rags covered with l&th . The letter was written by a gentleman residin &in Battersea , who had seen her , on tbe previous day , washing her nnder clothing in a poad in Bittersea / flelds . He inquired of her the reason of her present distress , relieved her with a small sum of money , and told her to relate her story to a magistrate , who wonlp , no doubt , get ber into some asylum . In answer to \ Mr . Cottingham , ehe Btatfed , that abont six months ago sfa ^ was induced
to leave ber father ' s house in Yorkshire , and come to Lendon in quest of a situation . On the evening ot ber arrival she was accosted by an elderly female , near Euston-sqaare , who undertook to get her into a situation , and promised to protect her until she obtained one . She went with her benefactress ( as she believed ) to ber bouse in tbe vicinity of Regeat's-park . On the 8 amo night sbe was seduced trom tbe paths of virtue by an elderly gentleman who was introduced to ber , and compelled her to resign herself to his desires . She was kept at the house , dressed in the first stylejof fashion , for about two months , and had on several occasions attempted to make her escape , but she was so closely watched by the old woman tbat aha could not
even write a letter te her friends acquainting them of her disgrace . About two months ago she was turned out of the bouse discarded , and had wandered the streets . night and day ftera then , living by prostitution . She had written to her friends , bat they had discarded ber , and her desire was that sbe could enter some asylum , where sbe would be enabled to reform , and , after a short time , return to her parents . Mr . Cottingham aaid ber case , if true , was really distressing , and exposed tbe system that is carried on upon young females on their arrival in London . He ordered Kent , the officer , to institute inquiries aboul the female , and , if her story was correct , he would recommend her admission into the Magdalen . He ordered her to be taken to the workhouse in the meantime .
TheCokgleton Spv caught . —Joseph Radford , a slinking , idle , lazy fellow , vrho gave " evidence " against a number or' operatives in the " Plug-plot " prosecutions of 1842 , has himself been caught in tbe trammels of the law , ) and appearances indicate that he is likely to experience a confounded squeeze . Oa Thursday week be was placed before the Magistrates for the Macclosfield and Congleton distrio " , on a charge of felony , and fully committed for trial . He had , in 1840 , ordered a quantity of grave-stones at the quarries of C . R . B . Legb , Esq ., at Styperson , for which he . paid a portion on account , and ordered more . These were supplied , and several applications were made for the balance due , which he put of with promises to " call and settle . " At length in July he set up the plea that be had paid , and produced an invoice with the amount receipted , as paid . This invoice was deposed to , as boing in his own handwriting ; and he was committed for the forgery
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ROCHDALE . —Last Tuesday , we hid a tea-party and ball , in the Assembly Room , that did credit to the brave Chartist men and wemen of Rochdale . After part . iking of " the cup that refreshes , bnt never inebriates , " the company tripped it on the light fantastic toe till midnight , when encb one retired highly delighted with the evening ' s amusement . On Sunday we had two excellent lectures from our friend Edward Clark , of Mn-ucbeBter . They told well . BUB . Y . —A lecture t&s delivered . in the G . \ rdenstrect Lecture Room , on the evening of Monday last , by Mr . Wm . D . xon , from Manchester . Tho lecture waa better attended than nny have been for some time , and at its conclusion five new members were enrolled . Mr . D . will deliver another lecture in the above room , on the evening of Monday , Sept . ° 'h . Chair , to be taken at eight o ' clock .
PBE 5 TON .-A public tea party and ball was held in the Hall ot Science on Monday evening , August 26 th , as a token of respect to Mr . James Williams , who was liberated from Kirkdale Gaol , on Saturday last , after two years' imprisonment , The large hall was densely crowded , and the entertainment was kept np witb good spirits and perfect harmony till daylight in the morning . Mr . Williams was present , and took part in the proceedings . He appears to be in good health and spirits . PLYMOUTH . —Several of tho Member * of the Council , residing at Plymouth , particularly request the attendance of all the readers of the Star in Piymouth , T&vonpbrt , and Stonehouse , at the Chartist Room , Looe-stieet , Plymouth , on Wednesday evening next , ¦ when business of an important nature to the Chartist cause in this locality will be discussed .
Northampton . —repeal of thk corx Laws and Free Trade ' —Mr . G . Gammage delivered a lecture on the above subject , in the Market-square , oa tbe 19 « h inet . in answer to the fallacies promulgated by Messrs . Cobden and Bright , and tbe Nodhapmton Hercury , in wbicb be showed up the contradictory statements made by them , and the evils tbat would reanlt to the middle and working classes , if their measures were immdiateiy carried out . The lecture gave great satisfaction to a numerous audience . Bradford . —On Sunday eyening the adpurned meeting on Mr . Jackson ' s pamphlet was held at the Victoria Inn , Ecclesbill . The large room was rilled with parties from Bradford , Bmgley , Pudsey , Shipley , and Idle . Tbe Chairman opened the
proceedings by stating that the meeting wa ? arranged by the mutual agreement of both parties ; Mr . Jackson pledging himself to attend . Mr . Mensforth was to open the discussion in support of the charges contained in the pamphlet . Mr . Saiyth to produce ( according to promise ) proofs of their falsehood : he now called on Mr . Men ^ forth to open the discussion . Tbe Chairman resumed his seat ; after a pause , it was found Mr . Mensforth wa 3 not present . Mr , Jackson was then called on ; no answer being returned , oa enquiry it was found he was also absent . The Chairman called for any of Mr . Jackson ' s friends ; but with no better success , as not one in ths large assembly could be found to offer an apology for Mr Jackson , or defend him . Mr . Smyth was then called
on , who stated he regretted the absence of thosa parties who boasted their only object was discussion and to abide the test of public opinion . Ha was ready to submit his proofs of the falsehood of the cbirge 3 against Mr . O'Connor . The letter of Mr . O'C&nnor iu Saturday ' s Star had super ceded one portica . of hia easy task , and came , as it were , in the aick of time as that letter refuted the princi fsiL charge contained in the pamphlet ; and bj' had no doubt but the heeds Times was led intftijae error it had committed by this trashy pataphloi . The minutes of the first Starge Conference of 1842 was
then r , ead , to dh&w that Mr . Philp was not a member of that body , and therefore could not be damned ( as the pamphlet expressed it ) for attending it . The minutes of the . Conference held in Ddcember 1842 was then produced , and the amendmanta of Messrs . Williams a- ad Philp ,. in opposition to the Charter moved by Lovett , was read , proving that Mr . Pdilp , like Mr . Jackson , bad deserted from the straightforwa-va path of democracy . Mr . Smyth oonoluded by ¦ challenging & successful refutation of anything he . had asserted . A resolution was then unanimously ' . dopted declaring the pamphlet and its author uai worthy of further nojiw , and tho meeting separated .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 31, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1278/page/5/
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