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- VlKmirt' ftp iliXSIACGHTEB AGA 1 SSX A CHEMIST . — the kS Arms , Rawstorne-street , ClerkenweU , on Elizabeth Watts , widow of the deceased , stated that SSLd . comp lab . ed of a cold on the 7 tlx ult ., and t ^ t ie went to Mr . Peter Watkins ' s , druggist , MvJdleton-street , to purdiase two ounces of Epsom sJts . After he had purchased the salts , he observed in the shop circular that there were tasteless salts , and asked the shopman , Mr . Charles Watkins , the brother and apprentice of Mr . Peter Watkins , to take tack the Epsom and give Mm one ounce of the tasteless alts in lieu of it . The shopman complied , as lie imagined , and her husband returning home , melted the supposed salts and drank them . His face instantlv became as red as fire , and having exclaimed
that he was poisoned , he became speechless . Her husband never after left his bed , where he died on the 16 th ult . Mr . Uroad , surgeon , stated that he tested the drains that remained in the cup , and found that deceased had taken tartaric acid- Mr . Watkins , jun .: I cannot deny having made the mistake . Mrs . Watts recalled : All she received from Mr . Watkins was 2 s ., which he gave her mother when she informed him of their poverty . She obtained further assistance from the parish . The jury retired , and , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of . —Manslaughter against Charles Watkins , jun ., who seemed litue prepared for such a result . The Coroner "wrote Ms committal , and he was conveyed to gaol in custody of Mr . Money , the summoning officer . The jury raised a subscription in behalf of the poor "widow . * .
The T . vtf . Bask Robbery . —The following incident connected with this extensive and mysterious robbery will show that it has created ^ a greater degree of interest on the continent than in London . In tfic limes of Saturday , under the head of the city article , appeared the substance of a communication from Messrs . Rogers relative to the course pursued Ijv the firm to prevent any of the stolen notes being put into circulation ; this , coupled with the assistance rendered by the police of France , Belgium , Germany , and Holland , has been attended with the utmost success . The gentleman sent out by Mr . Hobler was Mr . Justin , and while on the continent , in looking over the foreign journals , he read a paragraph in one of the Frankfort papers , stating that one of the stolen notes had been offered for change at Hamburgh by an English navigator . The paragraph
appearing with something like authority , Mr . Justin instantly started for that city , when , upon his arrival , he found the report to be in every person's mouth . Without losing a moment , Mr . Justin proceeded to make the necessary inquiries , on which he was informed that the man who had attempted to negotiate the note was one of the navigators in the employ of Mr . Mundy , of Abchurch-lane , Cannonstreet , but who at the time was over at Hamburgh superintending the construction of the city sewers , which are nearly completed . The acconnt was , that the note was offered to a Jew of the name of Goldsmid , who at once sent for Mr . Mundy . Upon the arrival of that gentleman lie caused the house of the man to be searched , when between JE 3 , 000 and £ 4000 of the stolen notes were found secreted . The statement led Mr . Justin
to inquire what had become of the man ; the reply was that Mi ' . Munday had caused him to be secured until some person , empowered to take him into custody , should arrive from England . Hearing this account from different sources , Mr . Justin instantly proceeded to the residence of a Mr . Mevines , a magistrate , when that functionary rendered Mr . Justin the assistance of the police , who proceeded to that part of the city in which the alleged offender was said to be confined in the sewer , and saw Mr . Munday , who immediately said there was nota word of truth in the rumour , although the talc of the bill being offered , the discovery of the £ 4 , 000 , and his confining the man in the sewer , was the subject of general conversation . Finding the whole to be a hoax , Mr . Justin instantly commenced retracing his steps , when Mr . Munday also being required at home , they both set out together . The Elbe being frozen over , it was necessary
to travel in sledges . To the surprise of Mr . Justin , as well as Mr . Munday , those portions of the city through which they lad to pass , as well as that part of the Elbe where the sledge was * by which they were to travel , was discovered to be densely crowded by people of all ranks and grades . Finding they were the objects of the people's curiosity , they inquired into the cause , when they ascertained that a report Lad got into circulation that Mr . Justin was an English officer , and that he was returning with the person who had committed the great robbery at the rich English banker ' s , and it was to catch a glimpse of so renowned a thief that the public curiosity was excited . The explanation caused considerable merriment . It has been ascertained beyond a doubt that none of the stolen notes have even been offered for circulation in any of those places through which Mr Justin travelled .
Belrisi . — Alabwsg Jtbb dt a Paws-office . — On Friday morning , about eleven o ' clock , a fire , which threatened destruction to a vast deal of property , broke out in the premises of Mr . Robert Gilmore , pawnbroker , corner of ^ North-street and Carrick-hill . It is supposed that its origin arose from a metal stove in the office , which communicated with a funnel in one of the upper rooms . Nearly the entire property of pawned goods were consumed . Murd er ix Cumberland . —On Monday morning last the inhabitants of the town of TJlverston were thrown into a state of the greatest consternation and alarm by a report that an itinerant razor grinder , who is an inhabitant of that town , had murdered his wife in the most brutal and barbarous manner . On
inquiry , the melancholy rumour was found out to be too true . On Friday night the husband returned home in a state of intoxication , and a quarrel ensued between him and his wife , which at length terminated with blows . The enraged man eventually seized the poker , and struck his wife a formidable blow with it on the head , which completely shattered her skull , indmust , it is supposed , have produced instantaneous ieatk Not satisfied with what he had done , the entged murderer commenced kicking the head of his ictini , with such violence as to force one of her jaws entirely out of its place ; he then brutally lucked her on various parts of her body , which he dreadfully mutilated . He then stripped the dead body entirely naked , and threw it down stairs , after which he burnt the whole of her clothing . Having done this , he left the house , and went to his wife ' s sister , and coolly told her he was afraid his wife was dead . In the
meantime two children ( a boy and a girl ) awoke , and the neighbours , who had heard the noise , were first alarmed by the screams of the boy that his father had murdered Ids mother . The wretched man was secured . —Carlisle Journal . —The inquiry into this horrible aflair was brought to a conclusion on Saturday last , the 29 th ult ., before Mr . W . Blendal , when a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned against the prisoner , Thomas Donahoo , for murdering "his wife , on Friday , the 20 th nit ., by striking her with an iron
bar . In the course ot the inquest the son of the prisoner was examined , and deposed that his father had kicked and struck his mother both up and down stairs , and dragged her by the hair of the head , and in various other ways abused Ler . The prisoner has had six children , all of whom are dead , with the exception of a boy about twelve years of age , and a girl about three . The evidence of the boy was of itself conclusive as regards the father ' s guilt / and will probably , when given elsewhere , consign the guilty parent to an ignominious death .
Dbeadfel Accident ix Jebmts-sireet . —Monday morning , about nine o'clock , the inhabitants of Jermyn-street , St . James ' s , were alarmed by a tremendous report ^ accompanied with a rumbling noise which sounded like a discharge of ordnance . On proceeding to the spot it was ascertained to have been caused by ihe sudden falling of an exceedingly high scaffold , erected against the premises of Mr . Slater , butcher , now undergoing repair , and which involves in its consequences the sacrifice of no less than four human beings ( labourers employed by the contractor ) . One was taken out quite dead , and two are missing , who it is feared have been crushed by the weight of the falling timber . Another was removed on a
stretcher to tue hospital in a very precarious state , small hopes being held out of his recovery . It appears the workmen proceeded as usual to the house on . JMonday morning , no suspicion having been entertained that the scaffold was at all in a dangerous state , it being composed of strong upright poles , which are rendered seeure b y long cross pieces of timber firmly wedged to the brickworkfand tied with thick cords . They were in the act of running the scaffold up some ten or twelve feet higher , for the purpose of completing the ornamental coping on the parapet of the house , when they were alarmed by the boarding' or flooring of the scaffold suddenly receding from the wall , and before they could warn their fellow workmen the whole fell and occasioned the dreadful result .
An inquest was held the same evening upon the man who was killed , aud the jury , after considerable discusaoii , returnedaverdietof AccidentalDeath ; they however , added their strong opinion , that the scaffolding had been made to bear a much greater weight than it ought to have done . Horrible Case . —Death fbom the Ixclemexcy of the Weather . —A sad instance of the vicissitudes to ' which the poor are exposed , and of their many trials , happened last week . A man named John Matthews , belonging to the parish of Erinkworth , and who had been committed to the New Prison here for two months , for having left his wife and children
chargeable to the parish , was discharged on Wednes day , the llth Dec , his term of imprisonment having expired . The weather was then , as our readers no doubt recollect , bitterly cold , and he was most miserably clad , having exchanged his warm woollen prison dress for bis own clothes—mere rags ; the ul » per sannents consisting of an old waistcoat and a ttun slop , lie was also suffering from a diseased ''fart , a coinpkiiiit of lone standing . On leaving the £ - ~ ,:. k ' Lad a loaf ot" bread and lourpence given him "js Wstt-nance on the road home—a distance ol " j " *¦?• twenty miles . He had proceeded only about """ « iUs . \ vi . « i he was driven by the told into a ; r ' " ^ " *^ , the Bdl , at St . Edith ' s ilarsli , where , j ••" " ' -rto have tjit . Jx-jieiit of the lire , lie purchased
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a little beer and ate parfc of his loaf . Soon after leaving this house he found himself unable to proceed , and took shelter in a skilling near the road , in which there happened to be somestraw . Here , according to his own account , he remained froni _ the Wednesday evening till the Monday morning , during a most intense frost , and having nothing to eat except the remaining portion of the loaf which was given him on leaving the prison . On" the Monday morning he left his shelter , and crawled to the Shoulder of Mutton public-house , at Bromham , where he was taken care of by the landlord , who is overseer of the parish , and who , on the Wednesday afternoon , conveyed him in a comfortable covered cart to the union-house at Malniesburywhere he was immediately taken in ,
, placed in the sick ward , and where every attention was paid him . On reaching Malniesbury he appeared in pretty good spirits , but was unable to walk , his feet being so badly frost-bitten that Mr . Jeston , the medical attendant , declared he must lose them . On Saturday he expired , and an inquest was taken before Mr . ' Whitmarsh , on Tuesday last , at the Malniesbury Union Workhouse , on his body . It appeared from the statement of Mr . Musgrave , the master , that deceased was brought in a cart to that place from Bromham , on the ISthDee . The general health of deceased appeared as good as when before in the workhouse , and it seemed to him unnecessary to send for a doctor that day , but on the next Mr . Jeston was sent for , who attended the deceased and
continued to do so until his death , which took place on the Saturday following . This witness gave wine and brandy to the deceased according to the directions of Mr . Jeston , and every attention was afforded him until his death . On the day after he was ^ brought into the union deceased told him that he ~ left the New Prison , Devizes , on the Wednesday week , the llth December ; that upon exchanging the prison dress , which was warm , and putting on his own old waistcoat and slop , he felt the cold severely . On arriving at Rowde , he went to a public-house , and sat there some hours to warm himself , as it was very cold . He then went on a short distance and lai < down on some straw in a slutting , where he staid until the following Monday morning . On that day he crawled out and proceeded a little farther on the
r ead to another public-house . There he remained until Wednesday , when he was brought to the workhouse . Mr . Jeston stated that he attended the deceased , and found hi feet to be frost-bitten , and , to all appearance , dead , which ultimately led to Ms death . He had attended deceased before when suffering from palpitation of the heart ; and he thought a person with such a complaint would be more likely to be affected by a sudden change of dress and temperature . Mr . Haywood , the governor of the prison , stated that deceased was committed there on the 12 th of October last , for two months , with hard labour . He weighed , on being admitted , 1271 b ., and npon leaving he had increased to 1351 b . He was not put to the labour , because the surgeon cer tified that
he was afflicted with palpitation of the heart . He appeared in good health whilst there , and never complained . The temperature of the prison was from 40 to 48 degrees . Deceased left the prison on Wednesday , the llth of December , about nine o ' clock in the morning , after breakfast , taking : with him about a pound and a hah of bread and fourpence . Mary Matthews , widqwof thedeceased , stated thather husband , self , and child , came into the Malmesb' ury Union workhouse in March last , and remained there until July following , when her husband was desirous of leaving to go into Wales to redeem some clothes which she had pawned there . Upon their leaving the workhouse they received one shilling and three loaves , and a promise from the relieving officer to find her husband work . He was referred to a railway contractor , who refused to employ him , saying , that "if Mr . Wichtwick keeps the people in theui > i © 2 ?
and half starves them , ne must find them work . Her husband then went into Wales , and she came back into the workhouse . In about eight weeks afterwards her husband returned , when he applied at the workhouse for admission . He was immediately taken into custody , and committed to prison the same day , for leaving her and the child chargeable to the parish ! The husband told her that whilst in Wales he was nearly half starved ; and that he had been cheated of some wages through the failure of another person . Her husband had always been kind towards her and the child , and was a sober man , and brought his earnings home when able to work . Verdict—' That deceased died from the inclemency of the weather ; and the jury are of opinion that disease of the heart , and sudden exposure to cold on leaving the prison with insufficient clothing , rendered him peculiarly susceptible of its effects .
ACCIDKST OH THE NEWCASTLE AXD CARLISLE RilLwat . —The course of this line has been suddenly interrupted by the falling in of the tunnel between the Riding Mill and Corbrkhje stations . It appears the company were engaged in widening the tunnels , in order to form a double line of railway , it having been originally made single in this part , and the props put in Laving been insufficient to support the superin cumbent mass , it fell in suddenly on Saturday last , only a few minutes after the passage of a train . Fortunately no lives were lost , nut the injury done to the works is so great as completely to interrupt the traffic on the line . In consequence , the trains from Newcastle to Carlisle now stop at the Biding Mill station , where the passengers are transferred to omnibuses , and luggage . to waggons , in which they are conveyed by the turnpike to the Corbridge station , where they again get upon the line .
Dreadful Affair at Derby . —On Monday last a coroner ' s jury was summoned to the Town-hall to investigate the cause of death of a young man , aged twenty-one , named Frank Dixon Manning , formerly footman in the family of a clergyman residing in a neighbouring county , but latterly a" frame-work hosemaker , in the employ of Mr . Morley , of Nottingham . There is a family residing in Derby of the name of Allen ; the father is a copper-plate printer . He has six daughters and one son . Two years ago he resided at Leicester , and some time before then the deceased , Manning , became acquainted with his daughter Caroline , and made proposals to her , which , however , were rejected until about a year ago . Caroline frequently went over to Nottingham to attend
a saloon there , in the capacity , as she states , of vocalist , and received certain wages for her services , whatever those might be . During her visits there she frequently supplied the deceased with money , and pressed for their union . He complained of his restricted means , and she gave him on one occasion two sovereigns to get the banns published , and to purchase the necessary articles for the wedding . The banns ran out about two months ago , and the deceased then wished her to wait a little , until his friends became more reconciled to the match . The match was broken off at the girl ' s request , but by deeire of the deceased she subsequently wrote to him as a friend several times , and on , one occasion saw him at Nottingham . On Christmas-day he arrived in Derby , at a
public-house kept by a person named Glue , at which place Caroline met him in the evening by his particular desire , lie wished to know whether she still desired that the acquaintance should cease . Her reply was that she did , and she urged the propriety of this course . He said , " Kit must be so , it must , " and they parted in good feeling . Next day he spent several hours at the house of Caroline's father , and conducted himself much as usual . In the evening he went to a saloon , and took part in the singing or performance , and Caroline went there to see him , and after remaining a short time bade him good night , and then proceeded to another saloon , where she remained until four o ' clock in the morning , and was taken home by a young man , who is supposed to be
somewhat enamoured of her charms . On Friday morning the deceased again returned to Allen ' s house . At that time Caroline was in bed . Two other sisters , Eliza and Emma , were in the house . The deceased called to Caroline at the foot of the stairs , and she got up , dressed herself , and then descended to the house place . Meanwhile the deceased had sent her sister Emma for a pint of ale , and pn Caroline descending the stairs he inquired kindly after her health , and then presented a glass of ale to her , saying , " Caroline , drink with me ; it ' s our parting glass . " She complied , and had no sooner got some of the contents into her stomach than she became ill , and began to vomit . The deceased told her that the reason he had done it was , because he could not bear
to see the object of his affection in the arasof another ; adding , that his former wife ( the daughter of the clergyman with whom he lived as servant , and with whom he eloped , a divorce having since been obtained ) was about to be united to her cousin ; but that he " should not have minded , had she ( Allen ) been willing to many him ; and that , under these circumstances , he could not , and would not , bear with it . " The girl was got up stairs , where she vomited repeatedly ; and presently afterwards the deceased rushed into the bedroom , carrying a glass of ale in his hand , and seemingly very much agitated . Caroline called to her sister , as well as she was able , to save him , but it was too late ; he drank the contents of the glass , then walked up to
the bed and kissed Caroline several tunes , using endearing terms , and expressing a hope that she would be saved . He then fell to the ground , foaming at the mouth , stretched out his legs and arms , and thr ew his head about continually , but there was no motion in his arms , or any other part of his body . He died almost immediately . Medical aid was procured , and all available nieaus ' taken , but without effect , in so far as regards him . The girl continued in great danger for some time , and is still very ill , but in her case life is not despaired of . A razor , and a phial containing prussie acid , were found in the waistcoat pocket of deceased ' s clothes ; and after a long investigation on Monday afternoon the jury came to a verdict of Fdo de se . The house where the body lay presented a sad scene of misery .
The late Murder axd Suicide at Ashford . — Ixquest . —Saturday afternoon Mr . Wakley , M . P ., coroner for the western division of Middlesex , impanelled a jury of fifteen of tJic prine ' iiml inhabitants and farmers of the parish of Ashford , at the lung ' s Head Inn , in the village of Aslifbrd , near Stnincs , to investiirate the cucuuistniiecs attendant upon the deaths of William Oliver , aged uU years , and Sarah Oliver , his wife , aged -7 yc-are , who resided in u cot-
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tage in that village . The jury having viewed the bodies , and examined two or three witnesses whose evidence was of minor importance , Mr . Wakley ordered the boy , one of . the children of the deceased , to be brought into the room , which was done ; and he was placed standing on a chair at the foot of the table . He appeared to be an intelligent boy , and , in answer to questions put to him by the COrOIiei , Sflld j " My name is William Oliver . I was at home on Monday last all the evening . My mother was also at home all the evening . She appeared to be very well . I did not hear her complain ; she was quite sober . My father came home that evening between eight and nine o ' clock . He was also sober . When he came in he kicked up a row with my mother about
some money . My father had some money , ana sne wanted him to give her some for the purpose of buying some coke . My father swore at her , but he did not strike her , neither did I hear him threaten to do anything to her . They both called each other names . On that night my sister had bread and butter for supper , and father and mother had bread and bacon . Mother had got the supper ready against father came home . They had tea to drink with it . I was the first to go to bed . It was soon after supper . Neither my mother nor father were ill when I went to bed . They were quarrelling when I went to bed . Did not hear them quarrelling afterwards in the night . Did not see father put anything like a powder , or anything out of a bottle , into the teapot . Saw him put the tea into the teapot . Father did not usually put the tea into the teapot . Never saw him
do so before . Father brought the tea with him from Feltham . The tea was in a large piece of paper ; and when father had put it into the pot he threw the paper into the fire . The tea found in the caddy was put there by my mother on the Monday afternoon . It was a pennyworth that she had bought . Father was sitting there when mother put the tea into the caddy . When mother drank the tea that father made she said it was very nasty . I had a basin full . Father poured it out for me . He was not in the habit of doing so , but he did that ' night . When I went to bed I wished him ' good night , ' and he wished me so too . Father often beat mother because she would go to fairs . He did not threaten to beat her that night . Mother did not get tipsy , but father used to do so . Father used to beat me
frequently . Sometimes I have had victuals , and sometimes not . Father used to have 2 s . and four loaves every week from the relieving officer . Heard father tell mother so . They paid the rent with the money . Father had not worked lately , as he could not get work . Father had been in the Brentford union workhouse at Meworth . Have been out with father begging . Father beat me on the night before he died . Lastweokwehadnothingtoeatfortwodays . Heard a blowing noise on Monday night like wind . Did not hear father and mother talking during the night . Heard no blows in the course of the night . Father spoke to me just as if was getting light , and told me there was a basin of tua and some bread and butter in the cupboard , in the otiier room that I could have . There was a coke fire in the room on Monday evening ,
but it went out before I went to bed . "—The coroner asked if any basin of tea had been found in the cupboard ?—Mr . Richardson said there was not . —Mr . Christopher B . Emmott , examined ; lam a surgeon , and live at Hounslow . 1 received an order from the coroner to make a post mortem examination of the bodies of the deceased . I went yesterday to the cottage , and found the two bodies in an inner room . The body of the woman appeared to have been compressed against the bed / particularly the upper part ; the lips were swollen and the face red , and bore marks of the clothes underneath . Examined her eyelids . They were not much reddened . The body of the woman was quite different in ' appearance to the pinched expression of the body of the man . Oh opening
the body of the woman I found the lungs much congested , and the right cavity of the heart was full of liquid blood . It was in a liquid state generally . The vessels of the head were very much congested . The stomach contained food , apparently bread and egg ; the white of egg . The lining membranes of the stomach were not affected at all . There was a slight appearance of decomposition . The mucous membranes were perfectly healthy . Examined also the gums ; they were in a turgid state . I found no poison in the body of the woman . I "believe that she died from suffocation , by respiration having been impeded by force . —The coroner said he was much struck on seeing the bodies by the great difference in their appearance ; The skin of the man was pallid , while that of the woman presented the same appearance as bodies of persons who have died by drowning . The lips were swollen and the lining membrane cut , and the nose was flattened . —Mr . Emmott : The man's skin was pallid . On opening the body I found the chest healthy , the lungs healthy ,
and very little blood in the heart . On examining the stomach I found the mucous membranes very much congested . I have analysed equal quantities of the contents of each stomach , and have tried the same tests with each , and the results are that thereis no poison in the woman ' s , while there is arsenic in the man's . —The Coroner : Then what would you sajr was the cause of the man's death . —Mr . Emmott : Poison , - I should say arsenic . The result of all the tests was the same , and was so satisfactory that I have not the slightest doubt in the matter . —Several witnesses were then examined as to the state of the man ' s mind previous to his death . None of them considered him to have been at all inclined to insanity . ^ They described him as having been lazy and violent , and most brutal towards his wife and children . The coroner summed up , and the jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder as to the death of the woman , and Fdo de se in the case of the man .
The late Attempted Murder op a . Child by its Father , and subsequent Suicide . — On Tuesday evening an inquest was held at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of Noah Flood , aged 43 , who destroyed himself , and also attempted to take the life of his infant daughter . After a long inquiry ( the facts of which appeared in the town edition of last Saturday's Star ) , the jury returned a verdict that—The deceased destroyed himself , being in an unsound state of mind . The child was ordered to be sent to the workhouse .
Execution at York . —The murderer , William Hendrew , underwent the extreme sentence of the law on Monday forenoon in front of the county gaol , for the murder of Mr . Inchbald , on the high road near Rnaresborough . The scaffold was erected at an early hour in front of St . George ' s-fields ; and before twelve o ' clock drew near , several thousand persons had congregated together , including a large proportion of women . The unfortunate man mounted the scaffold with a very firm step . He was preternaturally pale , but , beyond that , betrayed no emotion or fear . It was observed , however , that as the executioner . was adjusting the rope , a shivering spasm crossed his frame , while his chest heaved convulsively . After being suspended the usual time , the bod y was cut down , and taken within the gaol , where it will be buried in accordance with his sentence . A young man was detected , almost at the foot of the scaffold , in the act of picking pickets 1
Dense Fogs in Manchester . —Fatal Railway Accident . —Manchester , Monday Night . — The weather in this town , which has been unusually bright for some time past , broke on Friday last . Since that period we have had occasional fogs and gentle showers . This morning the fogs became so dense that . the whole of our manufactories and places of business were obliged to light their gas . About nine o ' clock in the morning the fog was so dense that . it was quite impossible to distinguish any object from one side of the street to the other . At that hour several gentlemen , on passing St . Peter ' s church , which is one of the largest of our modem places of worship , say that at ten yards' distance from the steeple , it was impossible to see even any trace of the building . At the
same hour every part of the town was in a similar condition . All , or nearly all , the traffic through the streets was at a stand-still , and there were several instances of parties walking in different directions coming in collision with each other , in consequence of the extreme difficulty of seeing any object , however near to it . We regret to add that one fatal accident has occurred , ana of a character most distressing and deplorable . It appears . that some days ago a young lady , the daughter of Mr . Forsythe , one of the principal servants on the Liverpool arid Manchester Railway , died , and that her funeral was fixed for this morning . Mr . Thomas Forsythe , brother of the deceased young lady , is also a servant on the line , being superintendent of the locomotive department . Aboui ten o ' clock he was going to his father ' s house to attend the funeral of his sister , and had ordered one of the engines to convey him along the line towards his
father ' s house . The engine was going at a somewhat rapid speed , occasionally blowing the whistle , when , within a short distance of his destination , he fancied that he felt the wheels of the engine passing over a soft substance , and immediately ordered it to be stopped , to see what was the matter ; and on retracing their route a short distance , he found that the engine had passed over the body of his father , who was also making his way to attend the funeral of his daughter , and had killed" him on the spot . Nothing can exceed the grief which this melancholy event has caused in the family . The son lost a leg some tune ago , by being run over by an engine . Another daughter was burned to death about'twelve months ago ; so that this may with truth be called an unfortunate family . On Tuesday an inquest was held on the body of the father , wfien the jury returned a verdict of—Accidental Death . The same grave will receive the remains of both father and daughter .
The late Fatal Fire in Guilford-stbeet , — Adjoubxed Inquest . —On Monday morning , at ten o ' clock , the adjourned inquest on the bodies of the sufferers in the late fire in Guilford-street , was resumed before Thomas Wakley , Esq ., 31 . P ., at the Angel Inn , High-street . "Witnesses having been examined , who identified the bodies of the policemen Wright and Dyrkmyrc , the man Jenkins , and the boy liobinson , three ot" tin ? servants , Marv Hall , Sarah W ; tle , and the boy Hall were then sworn . 3 lar . v II ; . 'H [ mother of the ljo , v Hall ; mis tlien examined , and deposed : I am cook to , Ur . Farey . I left my kiichon to l'd uj ! jo (! at ten minutes before eleven o ' clock . Sarah Wale , tlit' jiaWmir-iiiaM , and . Maria Tanner were left up . I heard tin ? eloc !< . strike two , and 1 was perfectly awake . The first sign ol' tin .- Jire r-as [ about a juavior after two
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o ' clock , the room filling with smoke , which , however , did not alarm me , as we were frequently troubled by the smoke coming from the flue in the next house , and I thought it was owing to that . Our room was on the third floor , at the back of the house . About a quarter after three I was sensible that the house was on fire . I jumped out of bed and opened the door , and was nearly suffocated . I awoke my fellow-servants , and screamed out fire . I then went up to the boy ' s room to awaken him . The smoke was now ascending up the stairs in great quantities . I returned down stairs and met my master . I said , 0 , sir , the house is on fire , what shall I do ; must I open the windows ? Jly master said , No , no ! I went up stairs again to my son ' s room and caught hold of my boy and asked who it was ? lie answered , It is me , mother . I thought as I had awakened him they would both
be up . I left no fire in the kitchen—not a spark . There was no fire in any washhouse or stove to my knowledge . The last time we washed was on Wednesday , but I put out the fire with water at four o ' clock in the afternoon . There was no smell of fire , or anything unusual , and there has been no fire in the washhouso since then . The laundry is in the same room as the washhouse , and a water closet is the only communication between it and the house . — Coroner : Mr . Braidwood has sent a ground plan of the house , and lias written at the bottom of it that itis his opinion that the five originated in the hot-air flue from the washhouse . Is that your opinion of it , Mr . Farcy ? Mr . Farey agreed with Mr . Braidwood's opinion to a certain extent , but not exactly . He thought that the fire origluated from the hot-air pipe , but not in the flue spoken
of by Mr . Braidwood . Mr . Farey then took the ground plan , and explained the position of the chimney , showing the dangerous manner of construction , the woodwork around having no protection from the heat . There were several flues all branching into one chimney , which was formed in such a peculiar way that it was impossible to bo swept , and the soot might have accumulated there for twenty or thirty years . —Coroner : Then you think that the fire originated on the ground floor ?—Mr . Farey : No , sir ; I should think it began on the landing above . After the cook met me on the stairs I went down to look at it . If I had not been an expert diver in my youth I should not have been able to go down ; but as it was I did , and there I saw the fire amidst the smoke , just like a gas light in a London fog . —Sarah Wale was next examined , but her evidence was unimportant . The coroner questioned
her as to whether there were any persons in the kitchen drinking on that night , or had you any company ; for it has been stated that such was the ease , and that there were policemen in the house late at night ; and if it was not so , it is as well to remove such an impression . —The witnesses indignantly denied it ; and an inspector stepped forward and said that every inquiry had been made , and no such thing had occurred . The men who were on duty also were perfectly sober . —Maria Tanner-said ; My fellow-servant , the cook , aroused me when the fire was found out . I was not the last person up . Sarah Wale went to bed after me . There was no company in the kitchen that night . —Mr . Farey observed , that there must have been some scandalous and improper behaviour somewhere , for many bottles of the bestFrench brandy , gin , and wine had been drunk , and the bottles were lying
about the kitchen and other places . —Mr . Wakley said that he hoped that an inquiry before the commissioners of the police would be made , if Mr . Farey had to complain of anything . —Mr . Farey did not . implicate any of the police , but he did not know how to account for the disorder in his wine-cellar . —Coroner : Was there any person at the top of your house to assist you in your escape . ?—Mr . Farey :. No ; we all got out by ourselves , and there was no person to help us . We got on to the roof of the next house , No . 68 , and there remained some time shouting out to the crowd below , but we could not draw , the attention of any person whatever , and I broke off one of my nails in endeavouring to pull up a -piece of slate to throw at a policeman ^ However , after we had been
standing out . naked in the piercing cold for about a quarter of an hour , to the great danger of our lives , a policeman came and assisted us to . get into the iiext Kouso .- —The Coroner observed that he would draw the attention of the police particularly to this . Nine fires out of ten originated underneath the . bed-rooms , and the only escape for the inmates was through the roof of the house , and tho police should always direct their attention to the top of the house . They should go through the adjoining house , and thus ascend to their assistance , and if anybody refused to open the door to them , he would without hesitation recommend them to break it open , for such a time of danger would perfectly justify them in doing so . —William Dilley ,. the coachman to Mr . Farey , was next examined ; in his evidence he stated that he saw the wine-cellar after
the fire was out . The door was broken open , and a panel knocked in . The lock also , which was one of Ghiibb ' s patent , was broken . —The coroner asked who could say the policemen were sober at the time they were killed ?—The inspector said he could produce evidence to prove that they were . —The evidence of John Park , policeman , and Edward Quaill , carpenter , clearly exonerated the deceased men from the charge of drunkenness . The wine-cellar had been broken open by the police , under the impression that it was the plate-room , the contents of which they were anxious to protect . The contents of the wine-cellar were left untouched by the police . —Coroner : I think that the evidence proves quite clearly that the poor fellows were not drunk , and it is unncessary to go into further examination on that point , unless the jury wish to multiply evidence . I think it is
very hard that the poor fellows should be thought so in . sensible to humanity as to be drinking at such a time . — The jnry perfectly coincided with the coroner , and had no doubt of the gobriety of the policemen at the time Of their death . — Maurice Williams , the man who was found drunk , was next examined . He said , I am a coachman to Mr . J , Hackingman , of llussell-mews . I heard the alarm of fire , and went into the house by the back passage . I went to the front-area door , and let in some policemen by taking out the bolt ? . Jenkins was looking out for a dog . I was pulled out by a policeman . I had been about half an hour in the house . I saw a policeman break open the wine-cellar with a poker . He looked into it by the light of his lamp , and said , " This is the wine-cellar ; I thought it was the plate-room . " The policeman then went away . I was nearly suffocated . I drank something out of a pot ,
but I could not tell whether it was brandy or Mine , or what it was .. It was too dark to see . I saw about two bottles used . There was no time for nothing . I don't think the liquor got the better of me . I was more frightened than anything else . There were two policemen in the kitchen . I was perfectly sober when I went in . I don ' t know what I was taken into custody for , I was taken out of the back part of the house , and the policemen would not let me walk , but carried me on a stretcher . I was taken to the station-house and kept in the cold lock-up for four hours and a half , and when I was brought out the water ran from me . I was taken before the magistrate , and was told to go about my business . —John Farey , Esq ., was ) examined . He said , I am an engineer , at present living at No . 26 , Regent-square . I was awoke between a quarter arid half-past two o ' clock .
Up to that time' I had no knowledge of any fire in the house , but at that time my attention was occupied about fire , as I lia ' d told liobinson to put the fire-guard on the fire-bars in my study . I have since seen it hanging on the bars . My first consciousness was that I was dreaming of the house being on fire , but I soon found it was no dream , but reality . I got out of bed and ran out of my room . I went up stairs to arouse the servants , and met the cook , who asked me if she should open the windows . I " said " No , no ! " I then ' returned , ' under the impression that I should find the papers in my study on fire . The study is about twenty-one feet above where the fire 6 riginated . When I got as far as my study I found the fire was lower down , so I shut my eyes and went dajvn , expecting to get below the smo 2 : e , but I found it increased as I proceeded ,
and the smoke was so pungent that it nearly made me cough , and if I had opened my mouth I should have been suffocated . I had a great deal of difficulty in getting back again . I succeeded , however , in regaining my room , where my wife was , and said , " The house is on fire , I must make an alarm . " With that I opened the sash , and called out " fire , " as loud as I could . This took away the effects of the smoke upon me and renewed my strength . The draft occasioned by my opening the window brought the 3 moke into the room in such quantities that I was afraid my wife would be suffocated . I therefore requested her to do exactly as I told her . I told her not to try to save anything , or even to speak , except it was absolutely necessary . I then pushed her on up to the third landing , find at last succeeded in getting them all out on the leads inio the fresh air . The smoke was not so thick
as we ascended to the top of the house . —Coroner : How do you account for the boy Robinson notbeing saved 1—Mr . Farey : He did not come to my recollection until we were all out . He had not been long with me , and I did not think of him so soon ; besides , there was a mistake , which made me think all was right . When I had collected them all together on the upper landing , as well as I could feel them , I knew that there was one boy there , but I could not tell which . At the same time I heard Mrs . Hall calling out for her son , and my son assured her that he had seen him , so I concluded the one I felt was Robinson . It was only a few seconds after we were outside that I discovered the poor boy Robinson was not with us . Shortly before I gathered them all together , I was much afraid for my son , but was soon assured of his safety by his calling out to the sen-ants not to make so
much noise . We all got on to the leads , and there was very little space to stand upon , and I cautioned them not to fall over , or let any person pull them over . On going back into the house , I found much more difficulty in facing the smoke , for there was a current established , and here I met my son . All this did not occupy more than four minutes ' . I was occupied that night in drawing out a report for the Vice Chancellor . I wrote the original , and the boys were copying it . I was sitting in my study , with my door open , and they were in the next room , and continually coming backwards and forwards into my room and back into their room . There was an Arnott stove in the latter with a fire in it , as well as an ordinary fire in my study . There was also a fire in an Arnott
stove in the washhouse , which heats the drawing-room conservatory , I had it lighted on that night as I had been out for a riilein the af ternoon , and felt rather cold in the evening . I had also a long night of business before me , and I therefore thought it advisable to provide against the cold , 'the washhouse has in it a copper , nml on the left side an Arnott stove , the Hue of which passes vertically through the wall to the outside , and straight up outside of tlie wall of the conservatory . The Hue goes l-oijijiletely round the conservatory , which is of a semicircular shape . The stove had other branches ; one can :. ; into the drawing-room under tho window , and another was near the stove , The floor of the pantry was the ceiling of the washhouse , and in this flour was an iron ]> ijn ; Jout eleven feet above the stove . -There is another Hue
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from an ironing stove in the laundry , which goes upwards to the pantry , and ends in a chimney in the next house . At least so it appears to me from the observations I hava made . It is almost impossible that this flue can be swept on account of the acute angle it forms in its ascent , and I think it was at this angle where I observed the fire through the smoke . There is one part of the wall in which an arch is formed to admit the pipe , enclosed in a very compact piece of woodwork , but there is nothing between to protect the wood from the heated pipe . It is my opinion that the fire originated in a little closet where my servant kept her books , her Bible , Prayer-book , &c , and from thence it had reached the staircase window , taking its origin in the arch to which I have already alluded . I have been in tho house ever since 1 S 3 S , and never once
suspected the danger I was in . If I had only known , the house should have been pulled down from top to bottom rather than risk anything , for my collection was too valuable to be in such peril . It is the fruits of many years ' research and experiment . —William Robert Hall was next examined . He said , I went to bed about half-past two o ' clock ; I was employed in the office writing for Mr . Farey up to that time . We had an Arnott stove in our room , which , however , is not in the least dangerous . 1 smelt no fire whatever . I and Robinson went off to bed together . I put the guard onto Mr . Farcy ' s fire myself . I moi'ely put the guard up mul turned back tlio hearth-rug . I did not go into the conservatory as I went upstairs . The screams of my mother first awoke me . I got out of bed and shook Robinson , and told him to get
up , for the house was on fire , but he did not answer me , nor did he move more than was occasioned by my shaking him . He was generally a very heavy sleeper , I had great difficulty in breathing myself when I awoke . Robinson showed no signs as if he either heard or felt me , nor did I hear him breathe . —Coroner : Then the poor boy must have been dead . He must have been suffocated by the smoke . When the frame is not healthy the smallest quantity of smoke will , in some passages of the lungs , sometimes cause death , which he thought must have been the case here . —Mr . Farey observed that Robinson had a difficulty in breathing , and always did so with his mouth open . Hall was very much alarmed at the time he was trying to awaken him . Mr . Farey , jun ., went back afterwards to
try to get at him , but could not . The Coroner then addressed the jury , at the conclusion of which the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death ; at the same time expressing it as their opinion that the fire originated in one of the two flues alluded to in the evidence . Before the jury separated Mr . Geary , architect , 10 , Hamiltonplace , New Road , placed on the table ; for their inspection , the model of a , house , in which the building was divided by party-walls , instead of lath and plaster partitions , so constructed as to be rendered almost fire-proof . The cost of the improvement is but a very trifling amount . The doors are also constructed so as to let a current of air pass through , making them completelyfire-proof . The Coroner said he really did think it was a capital improve r ment , and if followed out would be the means of saving many lives and much property .
Discovert op another Bdoyin theRdins . —Tho firemen of the London brigade , under the directions of Morris , the foreman of the Holborn station , completed their task on Tuesday morning of turning over the immense mass of burnt ruins , and on examining a pile of embers , in the north-western corner of the back parlour , they discovered the perfect skeleton of a human foot , and in the course of the morning they found the shin and part of the thigh-bone , as well as what appears to be an armbone and part of a scalp . The finding of these remains has strengthened the rumours that there had been improper conduct on the part of some parties who had been plundering Mr . Farey ' e wine-cellar . The discovery has also given rise to the supposition that a fifth party must have been in the house for some improper pin-pose , although at present it is impossible to conjecture who the ill-fated person could have been .
• Fatal Accident at tue Royal Standard f heath u . —Coroner ' s ItfQU 2 ST ; - ~ Qll Friday week Mr . Payne held an inquest , at St . Bartholomew ' s Hespital , . pn the body of Henry Marsden Miller , aged 22 , who was killed by falling from the roof of the Standard Theatre ; Shoreditch , under the following circumstances : —Mr . John Johnson , "Victoria-place , Horsemonger-lane , Borough said that he was the proprietor of the Standard Theatre , now rebuilding . Th deceased about a fortnight since , was assisting a Mr . Gibson , to get some spars up , in order to form a stage with a canvass roof . All of a sudden the attention of witness was ' directed towards the deceased , by seeing him hang to a taglV inside the theatre . Before sufficient time had elapsed to take a ladder to deceased , lie let go his hold , and fell into a pile of mortar , a distance of nearly forty feet ; in his fall lie
struck a stove , used for wanning the building , am fractured his left thigh . He was picked up , and without loss of time removed to the above hospital . Mr . John Gibson , of 15 , StoneyJane , Tooley-street , said the deceased was his apprentice . On the 10 th inst ., whilst witness was engaged raising the spar ( similar to a ship ' s mast ) , the deceased , although cautioned , insisted upon sliding down the tagle for the purpose of guiding the ropes round the block . In so doing his fingers got crushed with the tackle , and he was obliged to relinquish his hold . Mr . James Read , house surgeon , said that deceased was admitted with a very severe compound fracture of the left thigh . Amputation was . performed the same evening , but decease never rallied , and died on Wednesday last from the effects of the injuries received . Verdict—Accidental Death .
Awful Colueby Accident . —Eight Lives Lost . — One of the most alarming accidents , and attended , we are sorry to say , with serious loss of life , occurred on Monday week , at the colliery of Messrs . Ma-thews and Dudley , at Corbyn ' s Hall , near Dudley . The circumstances are briefly these : —About six o ' clock on Monday last , as six boys and two men were descending the shaft of the pit in a skip , when a few yards from the top , the chain to which the skip was attached broke , and precipitated them into the " sump , " and they were all MB . c& . —Tm Tovms' Mes senger .
Melancholy Case . —Three Youths Drowned . — On Christmas-day morning two young men of Banbury were walking on the banks of the Cherwell , and just at the point where the mill-stream and the back brook join , below Grimsbury mlR , and where there is a very deep hole , they saw a boy ' s cap floating on the water where the ice was broken . They gave an immediate alarm , and , after a search the bodies of two lads were found quite dead . On inquiry , they proved to be those of Jacob and George Eaglcstone , ofAVardington , sons ofatailorofthatplace , and about 13 andlSyears of age . They had been , in company with another boy named Green , also of Wardington , to see a brother who is living with Mi * . Nascby , of Banbury , and were returning , having with them a bundle
containing linen and a Lottie of brandy . A little boy saw tfiem get upon the ice from tlie toot bridge , near to the Grinisbury mill , and go sliding down the river ; he was about to get on with them , but they drove him back . The bodies were carried to tho Boat public-house at Grimsbury Wharf . When it was ascertained that there had been three boys seen together , drags were procured and were in use until dark last night , but without finding the body of the other missing boy . The bundle was found in a thicket near the foot bridge . A boat has been got upon the spot , and this morning , about half-past nine , the body of the third boy was found . At the first alarm , Mr . Robert Field rode off to Banbuvy for surgical assistance , but that was unfortunately useless . —Banbury Guardian .
Fire at Banbury Union Workhouse . —Srue enough , and the information contained in the letter which we printin . the " Notices to Correspondents , " queer as we at first deemed it , turns out to » e " ower true . " Tlie Banbury Union-house has been on fire ; it was the oakum that took fire ; the people , who had assembled in thousands , refused to " bear-a-hand" towards extinguishing it ; , indeed many even of the " respectable sort flatly refused , when appealed to by the mayor . When the cupola fell it was hailed by shouts of joy . All this is duly set forth in the Banbury Guardian , as our correspondent said it would be . The cause of the fire was thus : there were so many bundles of oakum on the premises , that the master was obliged ho stow It a . vay in all corners . He had some on the stairs of his own house ' , which were indeed so filled as scarcely to leave room to pass . A little eirl
ladto goto a room at the top oi the house with a light to the schoolmaster , who occupied the room there . In doing so she fell , and set five to the oakum . She tried to extinguish the flames , but inding herself unable to do so , she gave the alarm . It was with great difficulty that the building was saved from utter destruction . As it is , damage was done to the extent of £ 500 . The number of inmates at the time was 2 io ; and some idea may be formed of the screams , and cries , and confusion which prevailed for the first half hour after the discovery of the fire , the greaterpart , ifnot the whole of the number , being in their beds , with their room doors locked at the time . The men , of course , very speedily broke theirs open . Then there was calling of men for wives —mothers for children—all in a state of perfect bewilderment .
- Railway Accident on Christmas-day . —About four o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon the following accident oecurred to one of the guards engaged on the Dover Railway , which , it is feared , will terminate fatally . It appeal's that the train had reached the Newcross station , where it stopped for a short period , when the guard , whose name is Thomas Wilson , gave the word to proceed . The next moment ho fell forward with his right aim under one of the wheels ; the train was stopped with great promptitude , but not before his arm was almost severed from his body . lie was immediately conveyed to the accident ward of Guy ' s Hospital , where it was found necessary to amputate tho limb just above the elbow joint . Tlie operation was successfully performed by Messrs . Galloway and Cole , the house surgeons , who were assisted by ' several of the principal medical gentlemen connected with the hospital .
CoAL-nr Exi'j . osro . v . —Raw . ' "tj ; , . ij ec \ 20 . —This morning , about seven o clock , jul c . \[ ilosionof fi ; vdainp occurred in ( lie cwil mine belonging to Mr . Gi'iuuly , by which two persons , named Peter Valentino , and John Lomax ( late the Colliers' lecturer in 10 Potteries ) ., were severely burnt .
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Destructive Fire at Hoxtox . — On , Christmfisdaymorning , at half-past three o'clock , a ' fire was discovered by the police-constable on the beat , rag i ^ in the extensive workshops belonging to ' Mr . Micnae Mahoney , cabinet-maker , 31 , High-street , Hoxton Old Town . Information of the occurrpncc was without delay furnished to the ' several engine' stations , and in a very short space of time five brigade engines and the West of England were on the spot . An abundant supply of water from the mains of the ^ Ncw River Company being readily furnished , the fire was confined to the building in which it originated . Before it was extinguished , however , the whole of the workshops , 40 feet long by 10 broad , with contents and roof , were destroyed . The origin of the fire is unknown .
Alarming Fires . —On Friday week two alarming fires broke out at the eastern end of the metropolis . The first occurred upon the extensive range of premises belonging to Air . L . Woolf , china merchant , situate at M . 215 , High-street , WJipping , near King Edward-stairs . The discovery was made by a boy passing along the front of the " premises , who , it appears , had his attention directed to the warehouse by perceiving an unusual light therein . He instantly raised , an alarm , which brought seyeralpersons to the spot , who upon enteringthe building found three crates on fire , which had communicated to a large quantity of loose straw , and from thence to the joists and flooring , threatening for a time , destruction to , the whole premises . The inhabitants exerted themselves to the utmost , and thereby prevented the flames from making greater havoc during the . time that necessarily elapsed in forwarding intelligence , of tho
outbreak to the engine stations . With all possible expedition , strong bodies of firemen , and several engines of tlie' Brigade and West of England Company attended ; and by cutting away the timbers , Ac ., the fire was ultimately completely extinguished , but not before considerable * damage had been aft ' ected . The origin of the outbreak is , unknown . Fortunately Mr . Woolf was insured in tho Sun Fire-office . The second fire took place between ten and eleven o ' clock , in the Cooperage of Mr . W . Beal , in Lower Chapman-street , Commercial-road . When first discovered a large number of staves and the roof of one of the sheds were in flames . A number of engines and firemen were early in arriving , but happily their services were not required , the fire having been subdued in the interim by the inmates and police . The loss will be severely felt by Mr . Bcal , as he is not insured .
Death of a Mother axd Ixfast from Neglect . — The picturesque little village of Cowloy , near Cheltenham , has , during tlie past week , been the scene of great excitement , in consequence of various reports that a female ( unmarried ) named Sarah Jackson , had been recently delivered of a child , and that both tlie infant and the mother had perished the same morning , shortly after the accouchement , and had afterwards been buried at Cowley without having notified to the clergyman the cause of death , which it was said entirely arose from the gross neglect of the midwife . These reports led to the disinterment of the bodies , on which an inquest was holden at the parsonage house at Cowley . It appeared that the deceased , who was twentytfireo years of age , was unmarried , and lived as
servant in a gentleman ' s family at Over , near Gloucester , and that she came to Birdlip for the period of her confinement , which took place at witness's house , on the 4 th inst . Deceased was attended by a midwife , named Betty lleddeh , who , at the period of the accouchement got extremely agitated , and sent to Cheltenham for the assistance of a mcdic . il gentleman , Mr . Dalton , who gave his immediate attendance . Mr . Dalton remained with ' -his patient above an hour and a half , who , he said was going on exceedingly well . A bout two hours after Mr . Dalton left the decease : ! was delivered of a full-grown fine female child which was fJive when born , but died within an hour after thobirth . "fliG iiutoC shortly after left , and the mother was dead before Mr . ~ lijtii / ' ^ oulil be sent for a second time . Elizabeth Rcddcn ' wa . l ^! lln " uwi 1 - ' ^ . creat length , but the ra-cvaricatiiie mariiiGl " . ift wIlif ;! l shc R » ? hcr
testimony , and theeveat veiu « t » i w . with which she answered the questions ' of the coi \ . * I '» ™ d « ccd llim to order her to withdraw , and to d ' eeJi ? , receiving her testimony . The jury , after a longti- ° J ' v J ~ cussion , returned the following special ¦ vovtt uJu '""* " That they considered the deceased had not received the proper care and attention that a person in her peculiar state required , but ; on-the contrary , was neglected and injudiciously treated by the midwife , Elizabeth Redden—that the" infant died from contusion of the brain , but from what precise cause it arose there is not sufficient evidence to testify . The jury also beg to express their opinion that the child had not proper care and attention bestowed upon it , as to afford it an opportunity of living , and that there was great neglect on the part of the said Elizabeth Redden . " The above verdict will not warrant a committal for manslaughter .
Suicide . —On Wednesday evening Mr . Higgs , deputy coroner for Westminster , held an inquest at the Salisbury Anns , Durham-street , Strand , on the body of Mrs . Fanny Renton , aged 45 , Wife of Dr . Alexander Home . Renton , of the island of Madeira , who committed suicide under very painful circumstances . Mrs . Fanny Enoch said she had known the deceased for tho last nine years , aud attended on her .. She arrived with her husband in England from Madeira on Christmas-day last , and took apartments at Osborne ' s Adelphi Hotel . Dr . Renton brought her from Madeira on account of insanity having manifested itself there . Whilst in Madeira she several times attempted her life by strangulation , and also
did so on the passage . About half-past twelve o ' clock that morning ( Wednesday ) witness begged of deceased to go to bed , to which she answered she must wait a little while . She then went to the water-closet , and in less than a minute witness followed her , and . found the door fastened . On looking through the hole of the door , witness observed by the light Mrs . Renton had with her , that she was on her knees , and heard tho blood running into the basin . She instantly gave an alarm , and tlie door was burst open . The deceased was then found leaning over the water-closet , and the blood nouring from her throat . After the examination ot other witnesses , the jury returned a verdict—That the [ deceased destroyed [ herself , by cutting her throat , whilst in a state of insanity .
Affray with Gamekeepers . — IIaverfordwest , Pembrokeshire , Dec . 31 . —One of those fearful affrays that are continually taking place in different parts of the kingdom—arising from the evil tendency of the Game Laws—occurred on Friday night last , at Picton , on the estate of Sir R . B . T . Philipps , Bart ., M . P . for the borongh of Haverfovdwest . It appears that on Friday night and on Saturday morning , tlie gamekeepers heard the report of five-amis in a plantation , and collecting assistance proceeded towards the place from wheiiee the sound issued , and lay in wait for the poachers until they should retire . One of the poachers wounded , but did not bring down a bird , which he immediately pursued to tho edge of the plantation , and was laid hold of himself by one of the keepers or assistants . He gave the alarm to his comrades , and they quickly came to his support . The
keepers endeavoured to secure their man , but failed to do so , and in the fight the poachers inflicted an awful blow on one of their party , which he will not probably long survive . The poachers then made off , carrying with them their wounded man ; however , one poacher covered the retreat in such an effectual manner , that on the keepers attempting to ascend a bank on which he stood , they were knocked down quickly one after the other . At last he thought proper to decamp , talcing away all tho game , splinters of the butt ends of guns , &c , and the whole party got safe off . Persons in the neighbourhood of this town are suspected , but proof cannot be obtained on account ol the unwillingness of the , peasantry to give information . They view poaching as a very venal offence against law . if any at all . This is another consequence of class legislation .
Destructive Fire at Crotdon . —On Wednesday morning , between the hours of two and three , " a fire broke out in tlie premises of Mr . 11 . S . M'Leodl maltster , at Thornton ' s Heath , Croydon . When first discovered , the flames were raging in the kiln and stoveroom . From that portion of the premises the flames extended to two malt-floors , well stored with'Wain j tho length of one was 110 foot by about 30 \ ttdo , the other was upwards of 60 feet long by 32 wide . A spacious coach-house and a two-stall stable , belonging to Mr . Maud , next became ignited , and , in spite of every effort to save them , they were speedily burnt down . The damage done is as follows : —Malt-kiln , and stove-room burned down ; the'tiro malt-floors had their contents and roofs destroyed ; arid about 300 quarters of barley are extensively dani ' aged by fire and water . Coach-house and stable , belonging to Mr . Maxid , consumed . The fire originated from the-OYerheating of the kiln . it ti r nuiiM rm ^< # ^^ tii t t *\ i \ mi f »
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Fifeshire Miners . —Mr . D . Swallow has been ; holding several meetings in this county , all of which have been very successful in advancing the good cause of-union . ..- • ¦
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DEATH . . -:. . .,,.. . , Death of a Davgutsr of ihe , JExile Ellis . — This mournful event took place on the . 19 th ; ult ., at the house of Mr . Wm . Lowe , of Union-street , Wednesbury . The child , Jane Ellis , has . been supported by Mr . Lowe now for nearly two . years , who , feeling ; for the injured father , and with the benevolent view of relieving the heavy load of suffering of the lawmade-widow , has treated this little orphan as one of Iiis own children . The child was about seven ' years old . Mr . Lowe continued his kindness ' after the death of his adopted , by causing her remains to be buried in his own vault , that they might rest with himself . On the 20 th o !* 7 ) reem | jtT last ( after a short illm-ss of - 1 ' Hi' ilsiys ) . . li - . sq-p !) D : ivies , of Xewtown , Montgomeryshire , veuves . ' lie was an unflinching Chartist , and oue ot ' th Whig victims oi " ' ? . » ; having sniftruil imprisonme 6 the cause of the people . He maintained U ii-dp les the laat , lived respected , ami died lumciitc
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 4, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1296/page/5/
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