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-Ol - ., - ^ -. , ¦ ¦¦ ¦ VIEWS OP I'KA . VCWS WJilGHT D'ARUSMONT . ' * .- CrromtkeXca York Working Man ' s AdvoaUe . ) dhe StnOd having the other day , with a flippancy peenBtr to itself , alluded to tlicladj abovenamed , who happened to be in the vicinity , she promptly addressed the following wply . It may tend to set right the public mind ¦ on some points in regard to which the most absurd reports are somewhat industriously circulated : —¦ TitlieEiU . QT ^ d'c SerM . Sir , —My attention has been called to an editorial article in your 7 / eraia of the 17 th , in which you are pleased to make free with my name in a manner—I will not say unbecoming a gentleman , that character being rare at the present , out unbecoming even to the conductor of a public press , such as a public press is wont in these da / s to be . In reference to a work , of which I know the name only from your advertisement of it , in connection with which , from the context , I suppose to be meant for mine , appears the following : —
"It is caued' Woman in the Nineteenth Century / and fron > extracts we have seen in some of the papers on the subject of marriage , and other matters of social intercourse , it would seem to be merely a renewal of some of the opinions , rather 'free and easy than otherwise , which were formerly promulgated and taught by Fanny Wright , in the Park Theatre , in this city , and in the Hall of Science . The author of' Woman in the nineteenth Century' appears to think the present system of marrying and giving in marriage as Tery exclusive—rery narrow—very contracted and very unphilosophicat She alludes with a great deal of feeling to the seraglios of the East , but , as those establishments are filled with females , whether she means tnat the new Western system should recognise seraglios of men , we cannot clearly see , amid the wildness and enthusiasm of her sentiments . So goes the new philosophy . "
How , sir , I have never , in the course of my public life , condescended to comment upon one ef the gross and general misrepresentations and misstatements of which 1 have been made the subject . But here is a statement not genera ] , but formal and precise , as if madein accordance with your own knowledge . I feel myself called upon , therefore , flatly to contradict it . I never , " either in the Kail of Science , " nor " in the Park theatre , " nor anywhere else " in this city , " have expressed any opinions at all , either "free and easy" or otherwise , " on the system of marrying or giving in marriage . " But more than this . I have never advocated anywhere , nor in any manner , the alteration , amendment , or abrogation of any laws connected vAtk marriage , nor , indeed , of any particular laws whatsoever . So far from this , the only sentiment I ever expressed in public on the subject of marriage—and which was made an answer to a question put to me in Cincinnati , at the close of one of my discourses , bv a Boston devjmnan—was to this effect ;—is in of It
. Mania ^ e itself a subject inquiry . can but be considered under the head of law , or under the head of morals . If under the first , I hesitate not to say that I regard it as erroneous , and as utterly worthless as all the rest of our legal system . If under the second , that I regard it as equally inefficient with all the dogmas of ¦ our Jew Christian Bible , and our Sunday preaching . Having motived my opinion in both cases more than I can now do here ; I observed pointedly , distinctly , and more than once , that I as little advocated the annulment of our marriage law asl did our laws for the recovery of debt or for the repression of thieves . That the whole made part of our existing scheme of servile civilisation ; and that the whole , in my opinion , had better stand and fall together . That I should do my utmost to prepare for its fall , not by
aiding the disorganisation and demoralisation of society , but by endeavouring to inspire woman with dignity aud selfrespect , and men—a thing yet more difficult—with honour . That with regard to my ultimate views respecting the sexes , I conceived that the doors must be thrown wide open to both , and to each individual among both , to earn Ins and her own ; and to hold his and her own . And farther , that with respect to children , the State should institute a contract with the parents for their support , wliich would be something more to the purpose than instituting a contract between the parents for holding them coupled in chains like dogs , as if for no other purpose than to constrain their hating , loathing , tormenting , or , it maybe , absolute eating of each other np—this at least , metaphorically , in their worldly substance .
Such was the substance , sir , of my observations made in Cincinnati in the summer of 1828 . With these , both the clergyman and the audience expressed themselves satisfied and edified . This did not prevent , however , the same clergyman from publishing , sometime afterward , over his own signature in Boston , the most scandalous and outrageous falsehoods respecting the whole occurrence , and the tone and tenor of my observations ; and which hare been made the text of never ending misstatements and falsehoods in the columns of a hireling press , from that time to this . I desire , therefore , to he understood , since you , sir , have chosen to force me out upon a subject which appears , indeed , to be no longer premature to handle . I desire to be understood , as in no way ambitious to enlighten the public on the subject of anv mode or modes of
marriage , nor on that , more general , of the intercourse of the sexes . What the one does for the regulation and elevation Of the Other , maybe seen in our streets , our brothels , our houses of private assignation , our judicial courts , and even legislative records ; in the habits of the Christian clergy— -whether prcsbyterian , nietnodist , episcopal , or whatever else as rendered b y all the presses of all oar states—and equally in the habits of our legislators , aad other officials , as rendered by the Herald' s own columns ; and universally in the habits of existing civilised society , all over the world . What I would see the public enlightened upon , is the . necessity of seeing every one secured in the free exercise of his and her own faculties ; and in the due reward of his aud her own exertions ; and in the rightful possession of his and her own distinct property . Let us make honest men aud honest women , by which , in both cases , I Mean those who know how to earn , and who do
earn , their living , or who will live within the strict limits of tlieir own possessions ; and we shall have no difficulty about the sexes or about anything else . But just aud proper it is , that until tvomeu are rendered fit for something more in mind and body than kept mistresses , that men slionld be forced to keep them . Under male government such they have been made ; and , under male government , such they ought to be fed , clothed , aud protected , as well as under given circumstances , may be possible ; and this , however extravagant , silly , or tiresome they may be . I see no other way of making men drink to the dregs the cup of their own misery , or to make the iron of their own injustice eat into thc . soul . To judge by the state of society , it is eating in at the present pretty fast ; and wiicu men shall find that slavery is a losing game lietween the sexes , as between the colours , we may begin to look out—not for abolition , but for reformation , justice , and universal emancipation .
I feel myself entitled , sir , to demand the insertion m foil , of tills letter in the SeraW . It will not fill as many columns , and may be somewhat more instructive than some clerical documents with which you have favoured as . At any rate , I demand it as my right . I shall sign my own name without any addition . Seeing the scurrility and brutality from wliich neither sex or character afford protection , I am desirous of shielding the foreign name borne by my family from their effects . For myself , I know well , as I have ever known , how to bear these and worse for the cause which I have espoused . Frances Weight .
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• TO THE ED 1 T 01 OF THB " MANX KEEOEUEE . " Sir , —I have this day received a letter from a friend in Glasgow , containing part of a column cut from your journal . I cannot say of what date , but the subject is a meeting held in Glasgow , on the 17 th of March , to hear a lecture from Mr . M'Grath , of London , on Trades' Unions . The article is headed "A Sample of CfConnorite Chartism : " and will , I have no doubt , be fresh in the memory of many of your readers . Bow , as you have given your columns to a writer who unscrupulously affirms that I am a trickster , hypocrite , and knave , and who has not the honour or manliness to publish his name to sl communication containing his serious charges , I think that I am justly entitled to be beard in reply ; the more so , as you , in your official capacity , have appended a note , charging me and others with " wilfully deceiving the public with a desire to destroy S "
These are serious charges , and it behoves the public to inquire into their truth , as well as into the kind of evidence on which they are based ; for , if true , the man guilty of them is a worthless wretch : if false , the man affirming them is nothing less . With these impressions , I sit down to review the communication of him whom you style " worthy correspondent . " His first sentence is"M'Grath did not appear ; the alleged cause was illness , which , I suppose , was true" It is a mis-statement : Mr . M'Grath did appear , He entered the hall at the hour of meeting , along with me and Mr . Duncan Sherrington , who was nominated to the chair , and opened the business of the meeting by stating that Sir . M'Grath was on the platform , but was unable to lecture from illness . Mr , M'Grath remained during the whole of the proceedings , spoke on the motion of a-rote of thanks to the chairmanaud was
, among the last to leave the halL This feet can be proved by the testimony of every man at the meeting , your « wor thy correspondent" excepted . After this gi& and wilful mis-statement of your - worthy correspondent , " I should he justified in declaring him unworthy of further aobce ^ and at oncedisnuss his list of accusations ; but Ins letter affords food for thought unconnected With me personally . The s phrases— "they , the UUmaorrtes , Ac . "—form an important item of the whole . An allusion is made to a series of lectures delivered by you last summer . I was not in Glasgow when tiiose lectures were delivered : but I am credibly informed tliat in point of numbers they were feilures—your audiences averaging from thirty to fifty . And why were they failures % I will tell you . Men like your " worthy have
correspondent" , on almost all occasions , thrust your name unnecessarily and uBseeminglyupon public meetings . They have hawked your denunciations of Mr . vConnor from comer to comer , from shop to shop . Your tmfortunate quarrels have been their atockin trade , till tt ^ rhavemaaethenuelveBproverbialfor slander—and the S ^ m * C ™* iea ' instead of being recognised as that of jig able advocate , of great principles , has become the ret ^^ v * Vrf cdimttyana almse- It stinks in the nos . * Z ™ . ^ ff ^ f ** of 6 Ia 8 8 ; *** * now only syno" « S « n ? f 0 naD ? 8 Cnntait y- « is your sealed h ^ T 1 - htTe **** you > *** at fte same time ^ ^ S ™ . ** ^ stroy-Chartism . No working man , or body of working men , can have an interest m mabgnuig your character . He or they can have no ob-
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ject to serve in your destruction , or the destruction of any man who avows an attachment to the principles of freedom . The notions of your correspondent on this point are weak and futile , and carry with them their condemnation . His account of the meeting is partial and unfair . I de--livered a lecture , not a speech , as stated by your correspondent ; and I have been requested to redeliver the same in Bridgeton and other localities , and shall in all probability do so on my return in Glasgow . At the conclusion of my lecture I asked if any gentleman present tad any remarks to make , expressing my willingness to hear ana reason on the same . The chairman immediately rose , repeated my desire for discussion , at the same time remarking that the A orfteni Star was the only paper that
had given wide-spread publicity to the Trades'Movement . Mr . Adems then rose , and said he had nothing to urge on anything I had said , but proceeded to descant on the statement of the chairman . lie was patiently heard . Mr . Sherrington still adhered to his statement , and said he ( the chairman ) was a regular reader of the Reformer . A man sitting in the back part of the hall remarked on your past denunciations of paper-money . Mr . Walker , Mr . Adams , and Others rose amidst cries of " Chair , chair , " " Question , question , " "Order , order , " &c . The meeting got confused , and , with a view of ending the confusion , and proceeding with the legitimate business for which the meeting was called , I moved the following resolution : —
"That , as this meeting was called with a view of discussing the question of Trades' Unions , we entertain no otner question , and have no more discussion on the relative merits of the Abrtheni Star , Manx Reformer , or their proprietors , until the subject of Trades' Unions is first discussed , " This resolution had the desired effect ; it restored order and harmony , and the meeting again proceeded quietly and rationally to discuss the main question . This proves how far it was appropriate . But your correspondent , by a process of logic peculiarly his own , discovers my resolution to be hypocritical , because inappropriate . Now , supposing the latter part of his statement to be correct , does it warrant the deduction inferred ?—does an action
being inappropriate prove it to be hypocritical ? I very often find the reverse true . I generallyfind men possessing a deep sense of wrong , void of prudence , honest men . These ineuj conscious of theirhonesty , push their opinions inappropriately ; and what can be our impressions of a writer for the press , who , on such hollow data and foolish declarat ion , presumes to calmly write down a fellow-man under the criminal names of hypocrite and knave ? Really , Sir , if common sense and justice are fair tribunals in the present state of society , your correspondent is at a miserable discount . The conluding remarks of his letter deserve special attention . He calls on you to give me such a dose as you gave Wallace .
"Don't forget Kydd ' s knavery . " A man possessing such splenetic feeling is unfit to fairly state the facts of any case in which he is personally concerned , or calmly reason on any question . Why has he forgot to tell you that Kydd expressed his willingness to discuss the application of Taylor's views to the currency , with Mr . Adams , Jlr . Walker , or any other man present ? No man living ever knew me refuse to discuss any question when I held a conscientious difference of opinion , aud circumstances could admit of such discussion . Wh y does he not in his own proper person administer the fearful dose he is so wishful I should tret ! Poor fellow ! I pity him .
Was I not aware of your infirmity of temper on the question of self and persecution , I should certainly have been at a loss to discover how you allowed yourself to pen the remarks following those of your correspondent ; for before you could judge fairly of the case it was necessary that you understood something of the rank of the men , itt point of intelligence , who composed the meeting in question . It consisted cftiefly of men who have been long accustomed to attend public meetings , together with the leading members of the principal trades . It was an assembly of shrewd , thinking men , who would not be led either by Samuel Kydd , Mr . O'Connor , Mr . O'Brien , or any other man ; and your correspondent insults their judgment when he affirms they were tricked ; and you reckon without your host when you believe such to have been the case . I assure you I am neither O'Conuorite , O'Brienite , or any other ite . The days of itism are past . In common with my fellow working men I admire all that is intellectual and good in all men ; and pity what is
erroneous and bad . You remind me of the cobbler in Eugene Sue ' s Mysteries of Paris , who had beeu unmercifully caricatured by a wag of a painter . The poor snob used to take starts and fits at the bare recollection of his tormentor ; these thoughts gave him the nightmare when asleep , and rendered his otherwise useful life miserable . You too have a similar feeling ; you liave got it into your head that Mr . O'Connor and a legion of others are persecuting you , and you are miserable and fidgetty through this crazy idea . I know nothing of the conspiracy you are everlasting writing about ; and I do not believe , it exists . You have made serious charges against me and others on the most worthless of evidence . On the whole affair I have written what I think , and shall be glad to hear how you can better substantiate your charge of deceit , inveterate hostility , unquenchable thirst for your destruction , &c , as contained in your editorial note—or retract the same . I am , sir , a man , and a Chartist . Samuel Ktdd . Kirkaldy , April 13 , 1845 .
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MORE HORRIBLE MURDERS . Mukdek . of a Ohild at . ILwraiBAD . —On Saturday afternoon , at two o ' clock , a jury was impanelled before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at the Yorkshire Grey Tavern , Hanipstead , in the same room in winch the inojiest was held on the late Mr . Delaruc , to inquire into the death of a male child unknown , found murdered , under the circumstances subjoined . —Policeconstable Alexander Mackay , 197 S , stated that , about half-past five o ' clock in the morning of the " ^ th insfc . he was on duty in the Hampatead-road , near Shinton ' s Nursery , between Haverstock-tcrrace and the Load of Hay , and in a ditch , passing along the edge of the nursery and the main road he discovered thft bodv ofthft ArAnacd . . It was perfectly dressed in
the clothes produced to the jury . They consisted ot the usual children ' s clothing , of the finest texture . The flannel was quite new and ed g ed with silk . The under clothing was of fine cambric , aud the cap had a rich lace border . The body was wrapped in two diaper towels , and sewn up in an old dark green child ' s cloak . He conveyed the body to the stationhouse , where it was seen by the surgeon . —« Mr . Daniel Gower , surgeon , Hampstead , deposed that when he first saw the deceased its nose was much flattened , and there was mucus issuing from the mouth and nostrils . He had since made a post movtm examination . The umbilical cord had been properly tied , and its appearance , together with other circumstances , indicated that it had lived several days : the
lungs floated , and there was every other symptom to prove this . There was no mark of violence on the person or any poison in the stomach , The brain presented a very vascular appearance , ami there was a good deal of fluid blood oa its surface . He was decidedly of opinion that the deceased had died from some kind of suffocation , and , from the mucus issuing from the mouth and nostrils , it was his opinion that the suffocation was by drowning . —The Coroner said , after this evidence , lie thought there could not be a doubt upon the minds of any one that the case was one of wilful murder , although they had no proof whatever of who the parties were that committed it . —The jury acquiesced , and at once returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person-or persons
unknown . —Mr . Wakley then remarked that it was a very singular circumstance that they should have a verdict of wilful murder again returned by a juryin that room the very day after Hooker had been tried and found guilty of murder , which verdict was also recorded against him in that place . He was in the court of the Old Bailey last night , and heard Hocker ' s statement and the sentence passed upon . Mm , and he could assure the jury that Hockcr exhibited all the coolness he displayed when in that room at the inquest ; indeed , he was as unmoved as the table before him . The judge was tea thousand times more moved than Hocker was . He seemed completely bound up in vanity , but he hoped the sense of his awful situation would soon have the effect of removing the film
from his eyes , and . enable him to see his position more clearly than he at present appeared to do . Committal of a Wipe fob Poisoning her Husband . —Lincoln , Friday . —Another of those shocking acts of poisoning which of late have been of too frequent occurrence in different parts of the country , has recently been brought to light at a small village called Laceby , near Grimsby , in this county , concerning which Jane Bell was yesterday committed to Lincoln Castle for trial at the next assizes , charged with the wilful murder of her husband , Edward Bell , by administering to him a certain quantity of deadly poison , called arsenic . The unfortunate deceased was a respectable master , carter in the village , and the sudden character of his death , which took
place on the 26 th ult ., he generally being considered as having a good state of health , naturally rendered a coroner s inquiry necessary . Mr . W . Morris , one of the county coroners , opened the inquest on the body , at the Waterloo Inn , in tke village , and Messrs . Lappington and Keethly , two surgeons of Laceby , having discovered , after a post mortem examination , and a careful analysis of the contents of the stomach , that the deceased had died from the powerful effects of arsenic , coupled with other very suspicious facts , tending to fix upon the unhappy woman the commission of the shocking act , she was promptly ordered into the custody of the proper authorities . The investigation was then adjourned in order to afford time for the collection of further evidence
respecting tue tragical event , and on its being resinned it was satisfactorily ascertained that the poison had been administered in arrow-root . Additional evidence was also produced of the accused ' s guilt ; still the jury entertained a doubt , and even , tually recorded a verdict of "Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown . " She was accordingly liberated ; but , from her previous conduct to her deceased partner , which had l ) een spoken to at the coroner ' s inquest , the authorities were induced to institute further inquiries as to the mysterious affair ; the result of which was the re-apprehension of the woman , and on Wednesday she was br ought before the mag / strates from Grimsby gaol for examination , charged with having feloniously administered to her
husband , Edward Bell , a certain quantity ot white arsenic . The wretched creature , who is far advanced in pregnancy ( about five months ) , and who wept bitterly during the proceedings , declared at the outset of the examination , her complete innocence of the awful crime imputed to her , ejaculating frequently" I am clear of my husband ' s death . I did not cause it . " The witnesses' statements were very lengthened , and were of the same nature at those sworn to before the coroner . Mr . Horace Watson , a druggist , living in the same village in which the shocking affair happened , deposed , however , to some very important facts respecting the occurrence , and which will go far to strengthen the suspicion entertained of Iipi * guilt . He stated that the prisoner , a short time previous to her husband ' s ( the deceased ' s ) death , purchased a quantity of arsenic at his shop , for the nnrnnsR .-as she stated , of killiner vermin ; but which ,
for reasons alleged by her , was not used , but thrown away . Mi \ W . Pearsall , a consulting chemist , of much experience at Hull , clearly proved the deceased ' s deatli to have resulted from arsenic . Altogether the witnesses strongly attached guilt to the accused . On being called upon for her defence , she replied that she had nothing to say . She was as free from causing her husband ' s death as the unborn infant which she bore . Respecting the poison , she said that she procured it solely to destroy vermin , and not for any other purpose . The Bench informed her that so conclusive were the facts elicited from the several witnesses , that they ( the magistrates ) were in duty bound to commit her for trial , on the charge of having caused her husband's death . She wept bitterly , and again declared her entire innocence . She was then conveyed to Grimsby gaol , and on the following day was conveyed to the Castle prison of the city , to await her trial .
Supposed Murder at Lavbrstock , nbar Salisbury . —On Wednesday evening last as a man named Thomas , of Culver-street , Salisbury , a draiucr , was at work in a meadow close to the river Bourne , and also to the new bridge at Laverstock , he discovered the body of a female lying in a water-course , in which the water was not more than six inches deep ; but the mud was two feet deep . The body presented a sad spectacle , and was much swollen . The head had neither cap nor bonnet on it , and her long black hair was in a state of great disorder . On one of her cheeks there was a mark like a tumour , while the other presented something like a scar . The right shoulder exhibited marks of considerable violence , as though she had been beaten with a stick or club ;
the thiglis also presented marks of violence . The deceased had on a very dark printed gown , black stockings with white tops , and leather ooots . Ine discoverer , Thomas , having procured assistance , conveyed the body to a neighbouring bam , which was soon surrounded by a vast number of persons , "e parochial authorities immediately communicated mtb . the coroner , R . M . Wilson , Esq ., who having satisfied himself that deceased was a stranger , and a travelling woman , dispatched the police > and crty beadles to the Mendicity House , ana * other . lodging houses at Salisbury to procure evidence o ^ njen titv which being done , the coroner held an fflW SbTSmiS house named Munday , a constable of therSace . The first witness who was examined wn « tliP man Thomas , who found the body . The X ^ tSses were t& landlord of the White Lion other wi tnesses w « si « w *« " - " •» - " * »» " ¦¦— .- oaiah and Savau
, Ivy-street , Salisbury ; a Mr . Newman , Rise his late servant , from whose evidence it ap-JSdthat deceased was the same person who was the wife of , or who cohabited with an old man naLed Wooiford , who travelled the country with a leaned pig , and a donkey ; that Woolford , some fe « TOks since , called at the White Lion , and took lodgings for himself , saying he was a single man . When however , he came a second time , he brougni with him a young woman ibout 18 years old , and a eh-1 about 14 years , whom , strange to say , he slept with at the White Lion . The same evenmg , the dc ceasedandher "lost boy , " arrived , who slep ttogether , and in the same room ( on the floor ) as did the man and two females ! That Woolford and the deceased were not on good terms ; but although they had trequent bickerings , they were chiefly in asubdue 4 tone . That the witness Rose had been told by ( the deceased ~ a * «« .. niionrw Ufo aim livAii ! and this witness naq
_ heard Woolford say— " It was high time such an old was put out of the way . " It further appeared , that on Sunday , the 16 th of March , Woolford lett the White Lion about seven o'clock in the evening , aud shortly afterwards the deceased left without her cap or bonnet , and never afterwards returned . VY ° , " ford , however , after the White Lion was close d that night , came back , when the landlord said , " Where is your wife ? " and he replied , "She had either drowned or hung herself , he supposed . " From that period no one seemed to inquire where deceased was , not even Woolford himself , with the excep tion ot once , when "he remarked to the landlord ' s servant , that he had been looking for his wife at all the lodging-houses , but could not find her ; and also the fact , that the witness Rose had , on more than one occasion , inquired of Woolford and the eldest daughter where the deceased could be , but got no reply . [" consequence of these and other suspicious facts the coroner adjourned the inquest till Monday next , at
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s ^ gr——— "" ' '" ' ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦' . . ' . '"" . " three o ' clock . The body of the unfortunate woman presents a ghastly spectacle . Salisbury , Four o'Olock . — Apprehension of Woolfokd . —Woolford was brought through this city , in the custody of police-constable No . 28 , who apprehended him at Martin . Woolford appeared much concerned , and remarked to another constable , who met him at Salisbury , that " this was a pretty kettle of fish . " He was conveyed to the police station at Wilton , to await the adjourned inquest on Monday next .
Committal of Woolford ok a Charge of Murder . — Salisbury , Tuesday . —An extraordinary inquiry into the above case was held on Monday and Tuesday , It appeared from the evidence that on Palm Sunday the woman left Newman ' s kouse abruptly , the man being then absent . An hour after this time two or three witnesses met-a man and a woman , the latter being a few yards in advance , going at a quick pace down the road towards Laverstock Bridge . One of them stated that , as she passed , she heard the man say , "I'llbe- — -if Idont . " They believed Woolford to bo tho man . Another witness deposed that he , twenty minutes afterwards , saw Woolford standing on the bridge alone , looking into the water . Woolford , it appeared , returned to the inn at ten o ' clock , and then several times afterwards he said he believed the old woman had drowned or hung herself . He and
his family remained in the city for some days afterwards , and it appeared that he had made several inquiries about Ms wife , stating always that lie believed she had committed suicide . The medical evidence went to prove distinctly that there were no external marks ot violence on the body , and that . the death was occasioned by drowning . The prisoner stated that he was not near the spot on the night in question , and that his wife was out of her mind , and had several times attempted ^ suicide . This latter assertion his daughter , on being examined , denied . The inquiry terminated at midnight on Tuesday in a verdict of Wilful Murder against Woolford , who was thereupon committed to the county gaol for trial . He is rather a fine man , and is 67 years of age , but looks much younger . It is believed that he and his wife were formerly members of an equestrian company .
Another Child Muhdeb . —On Wednesday morning , between seven and eight o ' clock , as the gravedigger connected with the burial-ground of the ehapel-of-ease to the parish of St . Mary , Islington , in the Holloway-road , was going into the ground to pursue his employment , his attention was attracted ; o a large-sized garden-pot near the railing adjoining the road . On going up to it he feund the top covered over with a piece of rag , and on its removal , crammed into the garden-pot , he discovered the body of a remarkably fine newly born male infant , wrapped up iu some old pieces of calico and linen . From the appearance of the body there is but little doubt the child had been subjected to violence , producing its death , The body was placed in one of the vaults of the chapel , where it awaits the coroner ' s inquest .
Murder in the County Waterford . — On Monday Thomas Denehy , Esq ., county coroner , held an inquest on view of the body of a man named James Mullany , who was found murdered on the public road at Templemichael , in this county , within two miles of Youghal . From the evidence produced , a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned by the jury against a person named William Trihy , who was arrested on Monday night , and fully committed to the county gaol to abide his trial at the ensuing assizes . —Waterford Mail .
. Colueby Accident . —A fatal accident occurred on Thursday last , at Thomley Collier }' , in the county of Durham , through the inattention of the man whose duty it is to stop the engine when the cage or corf , in its ascent , shall have reached the top of the shaft . A . cage , containing nine men , was ascending the pit , when instead of being stopped as soon as it had reached the bank , it was raised to the top of the crane or beam , with which it came forcibly In contact , and two men were thrown out and precipitated down the shaft ; the other seven clung to the cage , and were preserved from impending clanger , The two who were thrown out were of course dashed to pieces . —Newcastle Journal .
Sudden Death of thk M \ rquis of Downsuire . — Dublin , April 13 . —Yesterday morning the Marquis left Gresham's Hotel , where he had been stopping a few days , previous to joining the Marchioness in England , and proceeded to inspect his estate at Blesington , on the border of the county of Wicklow , according to his annual custom . The noble Marquis appeared in the enjoyment of the best health and spirits . He was accompanied by his agent , Mr . Owen , with whom he paid a visit to Mr . Armstrong , of Kippure , one of his lordship ' s tenants , with whom he lunched . The interview was of the most cheerful character , and when his lordship was leaving , lie expressed his delight at the improvements which he tad observed around Mm , and his hope that , when
he should call again , he would be able to congratulate the suiTonnding gentry on the result of their exertions to improve their property and under-tenants , as he then did Mr . Armstrong . His lordship then left , on hjs return to Blesingfcon , and desired Mr . Owen to ride on before him , and collect the Brocken tenantry together , that he might address them , according to his habit , That gentltman started forward , and had not proceeded more than a few hundred yards , when he turned round , and was shocked to observe his lordship lying on the ground , and the mare which he rode trampling upon him . He returned to the scene of this calamity , and raising the
noble Mavquis , inquired if he was hurt , but his lordship was quite insensible ; lie groaned slightly and expired . Mr . Owen returned to Mr . Armstrong ' s , procured assistance , and had the remains of the amented nobleman brought to that gentleman's house , where they remain awaiting the coroner's inquest , wliich will be held to-morrow . The noble Marquis was in the 57 th year of his age , being horn in 1 ^ 88 ; but he did not look near so old . His habits were conducive to health . His lordship ' s eldest , son , the Earl of Hillsborough , succeeds to the title . He is one of the representatives for the county of Down , in which there will be a vacancy by his elevation to le House of Peers .
The Suapwick Murders . — Sarah Freeman , the perpetrator of the hideous murders at Shapwick , will ) D executed on the 23 rd . On being removedjfrom the dock , the prisoner broke out into furious invectives against the witnesses , the Jury , and the Judge , deprecating , in coarse terms , the sentence pronounced upon her . Since her trial , under the solemn counsel and due admonition of the chaplain of the gaol , she has better adapted her conduct to the fate which inevitably awaits her . —Bristol Journal . Coining in Gaol . —During tho last few days an extraordinary eclaireissement has taken place , from which it has been discovered that an illegal mint was for some time actually established and regularly worked within the heart of our city prison . It will that at
be in the recollection of most of our readers the January quarter sessions a man named ratncK Ronan was tried for having base coin in his possession , and sentenced to twelve months . imprisonment inourcitv gaol . A prisoner gaye informatwn tliat he had seen Ronan , with another Prisoner named Russell , a private of the 4 th Dragoons , undergoing sentence oV confinement for a toEbety , engaged m coininK . On Thursday an examination was made of theTurlon and in the apartment turned the mens davKmth " entire coining apparatus was disco-Sd concealed , apparently in so humed a manner , that it was evident it had been m use but a few moments before the appearance of the constabulary up » n the scene of action . A quantity of counterfeit silver coin w as also found upon the person of tho prisoner Ronan . —Kilkenny Moderator .
Hooker's Conduct since his Condemnation . — After the conviction of Hocker he was removed in an exhausted state to the cell in the prison yard . He was received by the deputy governor , Mr . Wright , who had humanely directed some tea and toast to be in readiness for him . These he partook of with much avidity , and gratefully acknowledged the attention of the deputy governor . In the course of the evening he was visited by M . Davis , the ordinary , and exhorted to penitence and prayer . Kitman , one of the officers , sat up with Hocker during the night , which was passed by the wretched man in sound sleep . On Saturday morning he awoke about seven o'clock , and ate a hearty breakfast ; but , although he manifested much firmness , his spirits were evidently subdued by the solemn warning of the judge to prepare to meet his Maker . In the early > art of the morning he was visited by Mr . Sheriff Sidney , who had a lengthened interview with him in
the presence of the deputy governor . At this meeting Hocker for the first time betrayed emotion , and he wept loud and bitterly . It is stated that his feelings were overcome on reference being made to his family , and that he made no allusion to the murder of the unfortunate man Delarue . The details of the interview are , however , for obvious reasons , withheld . During the day he was repeatedly visited by the rev . chaplain , who has supplied him with several religious books . He is represented to be quiet and respectable to the officers , and a young man of more than ordinary intelligence in conversation . The singularly-written statement which he read on his trial has been his principal occupation since his confinement in Newgate . He has devoted several hours daily to framing hia defence , which he invariably drew out in shorthand characters , which were transcribed and reduced into the form in which it has been presented to the public .
Horrible Results from LiquoR , — On St . Patrick ' s eve at Quincey , Massachussets , three men , Irish labourers on the railroad , visited the rum shop of a Mr . Perry of that town , and a quarrel arose between Perry and the men ; Perry followed them some distance and shot two of them dead in the road with a double-barrelled gun . Another gun was procured , and the third man wounded in the cheek . A coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of wilful murder . Perry has been arrested . The third man shot died of his wounds on Tuesday . Tho murdered men were —James Stapleton , Patrick Stapleton ( brothers ) , and Mr . Dowlan , all natives of Ireland . The rum-seller and murderer is a native of New England . —New York Sun .
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. ' ' / ' . ; " :., . ' „ . -r— - A Family of Fewns . — " " An . old inhabitant" of Presteign , in Radnorshire , has sent to the Hereford Journal a statement that a family of the name of Bowen , of the parish of Berguildy , in the county of Radnor , have been a family long known as living chiefly by plunder , and were always a terror to the neighbourhood . There are at present in Presteign gaol five of this family , namely , Francis Bowen , sen ., under sentence of twelve months' imprisonment for stealing a quantity of oats ; his wife and son are under sentence of transportation for ten years each , for sheepstealing ; William Bowen , brother of the first named Francis Bowen , and hia son , William Bowen Jones , are undergoing four months' imprisonment each ; and a son and nephew of the same Francis
Bowen , namely , Morgan Bowen and Richard Chandler , were severally transported , within the last twelve months , from Presteign . The sister of this Francis Bowen , a remarkably fine woman , was after three days' trial before Mr . Justice Harding found guilty of forgery , and sentence of death passed upon her , the offence being at that period ( thirty years ago ) capital , and the law being almost invariably allowed to take its full effect . She was a respectable farmer's wife , living in the parish of Presteign , and great excitement was manifested in the town and neighbourhood at the occurrence . Everything was done in her favour by petition to the Crown for a commutation of the sentence . In the mean time , and before the warrant for the execution came down , the
friends of the condemned woman assembled one very windy night , and placing a long ladder at the back of the gaol wall , let down some of the party by a rope into the court . These silently removed the large stone steps which led down to the condemned cell where she was confined , and drawing her to the top of the wall , she descended the ladder and got clear off . The rescue occasioned a great sensation , andthe governor was dismissed from his situation . Time passed on for three years , and nothing was heard of the woman thus rescued from the gallows . In the interim the punishment of death for the crime of forgery was in some cases abolished , and about the expiration of the period just mentioned , the convict was again taken at Birmingham , and brought back to Presteign . Sentence of death was then commuted into transportation for life , and she was removed to
Woolwich and sent out of the kingdom . Peter , brother to Richard Chandler , both being sons of the above woman , was transported for life from Presteign seventeen years ago . —Cambrian . Pocket Picking . —On Saturday last , a gentleman \ rtio was proceeding by the haft-past four o ' clock afternoon train from Glasgow to Ayr , had his pocket nicked of £ 410 in bank notes , and a letter of credit for £ 9 . The gentleman , who is traveller for a manufacturing house in Ayr , had collected the sum , or the greater part of it , in Glasgow dus-ing the day , and he is sensible of having lus pocket-book , containing the money , in his possession immediately before taking out his ticket at the Glasgow statio n . The traveller , we understand , carried the money in his coatpocket , and it is surmised that he was deprived of it in the crowd while obtaining his ticket . —Glasgow H&rald .
CnuELTi" to a Guild . —At the Surrey Sessions , on Monday , Elizabeth Ross , a woman of respectability , and widow of a major in the army , was indictod for cruelty to a female child of six years of age . The evidence went to show that the prisoner had taken the child under her care with the view of adopting it as her own . She , " however , nearly starved the child ; and on witnesses being , examined , 9 he was found " Guilty , " and sentenced to imprisonment for six months . Dvblis , April 14 . —Attempted Murder . —A correspondent , writing yesterday from the neighbourhood of Borrisokane , county of Tipnerary , says , " With feelings of no ordinary description I have to inform you of a murderous attempt at assassination ,
which took place in this lll-tated locality on yesterday evening , at about eight o ' clock , on the person of Dr , Hobbs , a most unoffending individual , who was waylaid by three ruffians , on Ms return from a professional call at Mr . Talbot ' s , ofBrookfield , accompanied by Mrs . Hobbs , whose heroic conduct , under God , saved the life of her husband , who received four dangerous wounds , and was thrown into a bog-hole . Mrs . Hobbs also received a severe blow on tho head , and several others of a less dangerous character ; but having grappled with the bludgeon with which the ruffians attacked her , in the effort to extricate it the
lvovse dashed forward , by which he lost his hold of her . Mrs . Hobbs then set off towards Bon-is at full gallop , alarming the people as she passed by her cries for assistance , which I conclude caused the assassins to decamp before they their carried purpose into full effect . On the arrival of Mrs . ilobbs here Mr . Falconer , of Rodeen , and his sobs , went to the place of attack , where they found the poor victim alive , but nearly senseless , after having just crawled out ofthebog-hole . Tho scene of this outrage was the very spot on which Dudley , the bailiff , % yas shot about 16 months back , and is about half a mile from Rodeen . "
ROBBERV AT THE BRrGKTOtf UlTCOtY BjliYK . — A daring robbery was effected on Saturdary morning at this Bank . * Two ladies wont into the bank for money , about a quarter to twelve o ' clock , and one of them drew £ 200 , and the other- about £ 30 . Both left together ; in a few minutes they returned , and stated that their purees were not in their pockets . Accompanied by Air . Eardley Hall ( one of the partners in the bank ) the parties immediately repaired to the town-hall , and laid the facts before the police . Suspecting the thieves to be from the metropolis , Mr . Chase , the chief officer , started for London by the next train . It appears that a man , n'hosc _ appearance had excited the suspicion of the stationclerk , had driven up in a Brighton fly , and had taken his seat the moment before Mr . Chase made Ins
appearance . A few minutes after the departure oi the train a second fly drove up to Hassocks-gate station , aud the occupant appeared muck chagrined at missing the train . Both these parties paid tue drivers some shillings more than their fare , which circumstance , combined with that of the men driving from Brighton to the first station on the lino , instead of oominl tho whole distance by the 4 P » Jj a belief that they were the thieves It isaupposed that the pickpockets cither took advantage _ crf the crowd to commit the robberies in the bank icacif , oi that thev noticed where the money was placed , and then following the ladies into the street , took an early opportunity of making themselves masters of tlielr purses .
Suicide at Dbvontort .-Ou Thursday , the 10 th task . Mr . John Bowhay . of Brunswick-terrace , Stoke , committed suicide by hanging himself m a washhouse at the foot of his garden , where ke went about eight o ' clock in the evening , as was supposed , to feed his rabbits . Mrs . Bowhay was attending divine worship at the time . The deceased , who had no children , for many years carried on an extensive ironmongery trade in Devonport , and having realized a moderate property , retired to Stoke . His mind had been of late in a state of despondency , greatly increased a month since by the accidental loss of several lives alongside a Colstock steam-boat , in which he held shares . The inquest on Saturday returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "
"The Sack" in Reality . —The town of Stratfordon-Avon was disturbed on Saturday last by a procession of a grotesque character . Two men , almost in a state of nudity , each being covered only by a bag , with holes for the head and arms , and escorted by a policeman , went through the chief streets , and were finally deposited in the station-house . The two fellows had been lodged the previous night at the receiving-house of the Mendicity Society , and in order to obtain fresh clothes had torn their old ones entirely to shreds ; but they were doomed to disappointment , merely having " the sack" given them as a substitute . On their being brought before the magistrates on Monday , they were sentenced to two months' imprisonment . —Worcester Journal . ¦
A Sailing-boat Capsized . —Fatal Accident . —On Monday afternoon , about half-Dast four o ' clock , a small sailing-boat , containing six persons , was proceeding up the river off Lambeth Palace , with the wind blowing almost a hurricane at the time , when a sudden squaE blew . her right over aud imiuevsed the whole of the party in the stream . Two watermen , named Shelton and Kitley , belonging to Lambeth-stairs ( with the usual promptitude of their fraternity whenever accidents occur ) , immediately put off in their boat , and , with the assistance of others , rescued five of the sufferers and immediately conveyed them ashore ; but one man , who , it is believed , was entangled in the main-sheet , was
drowned . Hia body was picked up about an hour afterwards by a Lambeth dredgerman . The deceased was Mr . Golding , jun ., polisher , of No . 36 , Kingsgate-street , Holborn . Inquest . —On Wednesday Mr . Carter held an inquest on the body of Mr . John Henderson Grieve , of Maizmore-square , Peekhani , artist , father ot Messrs . Grieve , the scene-painters , who was lound lying in the street , and taken to the Lambeth policestation , who , it was supposed , had been intoxicated , but it turned out that he was in an apoplectic tit , and he died in a short time . It was shown that the deceased was a remarkably abstemious man , and the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death .
Melancholy- and Fatal Accident . —Early on Saturday morning , Mr . Adam Johnston , wine-merchant , St . Andrew ' s-square , left Edinburgh to meet a friend near South Queensferry , and to have a day's fishing in that neighbourhood . He was returning home on foot in the evening , and had got so near home as opposite Barnton Q , uarry , when he was overtaken bv three gentlemen in a double-seated gig , who invited Mm to take a drive into the city . This invitation he unhappily accepted , for he had not been long seated when the horse ran off . Mr . Johnston seems to have determined on detaching himself from the carriage , and in doing so leapt out ; but , in falling , the back of his head came with great violence against the ground , and caused instant death . The other persons were soon after thrown out ; one of them was severely injured iu the head , but the other two escaped with only slight bruises . —Edinburgh Advertiser .
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. ^^^ fc ^—^^—¦^ M ^^ MMjwi ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ r ^^^^^^^ Dreadful Accidknt from xhb Bv : » tiso of a BoMB-SHELL .-Mr . Edward Duval , iron rail manufacturer , No . 102 , Charlton-street , purchased , yesterday , in connection with Mr . Luke lorboss , jun ., about nine tons of bomb-shells , balls , and old iron , that had arrived in a sloop from Staten Island , fhejwere taken to the establishment in Charlton-street , and one of the shells was suspected of being loaded . Mr . D . took off the cap , and was in the act of drawing the powder , when the shell exploded , instantly killing Mr . Duval and two other persons , and wounding two or three others , and also killing a horse . The other persons killed were Mr . Aaron Pierce , a boas mason , and Mr . Richard Broderick , brother of Mr . B ,, corner of Kine- « treet . Mr . Pierce had gone to the
establishment of Mr . Duyal on business , aud was sitting in his waggon talking with him when the explosion took place , lolling both the parties , Mr . Broderick was passing down on the other side of the street at the time vmen he was struck by pieces of the shell and literally torn to pieces . Mr . Torboss occupied a foundry in the rear of the rail factory and was standing on the side walk at tho time of the explosion . He received a severe wound on Ms right leg , and his head was somewhat injured . He wag taken , in a carriage , to the house of his father in Liberty-street , and medical aid immediately rendered His wounds are not considered dangerous . Two or three other persons were more or less injured , — . # Y . Express .
Dreadful and Fatai , Accident at Derm . _ Nearly six months ago it was our painful duty to record the tailing in of a portion of the arch which was then in progress of erection covering the Mill Fleam , in the Morledge , in this town , and which caused the death of six individuals who were at the time under it ; and we have again the mournful task of narrating another fatal calamity wliich oecitrreo * on Tuesday afternoon , and which resulted in the destruction of two persons , and the injury , to a considerable extent , of two others ; making a fearful loss of lives of eight persons since the commencement of the work . It appeara that about three o'clock Mr . James Sims , the contractor , Edward Sims , his son , and two persons named Harlow , one an apprentice to Sims ,
were under the arch , about the middle part , tor the purpose of striking the centres . They had been engaged in this occupation nearly an hour , when instantly a mass of the arch , somewhere about ten yards in extent , gave way , and buried these persons amongst the ruins . The dreadful disaster imme . diately collected a large number of persons to the spot , and measures were , without loss of time , taken to remove the pile of rubbish . Several of the borough , magistrates and a number of the police were in attendance . After the lapse of an hour tlie ( lead body of Sims , dreadfully mutilated , was dragged out , and also the body of his apprentice , Harlow , quite dead . The other two persons mentioned as havin <* been in . ' .
jured , and who saved their lives b y being enabled to get , though with much difficulty , under the sound part of the arch remaining , were extricated . One of them , —Edward Sims , was slightly hurt about the head ; and the other , Harlow—we presume a relative of the poor boy who whs killed—was a good deal bruised about the head and face , though net sufficiciently so to endanger life . There were , we understand , three other persons under the arch , thoimli not where it fell in , and who wove consequently saved . This lamentable affair has caused great consternation in the town . This dreadful calamity , as may well be supposed , has reduced the unfortunate ¦ widow of Mr . Sims to a state of the deepest distress , and wo fear also to one of comparative destitution .
Extraordikarv Cash . —A case of a most extraordinary nature has this week been brought to light hi the west-end of the town , which almost exceeds lielief . It appears that on Friday , the 21 st of last month , a woman belonging to Broomlands , who had . been indulging in drink , went amissing . After every search had been made , her relatives despaired of ever again seeing her alive , and the canal was searched or two occasions for the purpose of finding her body . On Monday last , being no less than twenty-four days from her disappearance , some joiners , who were cm . ployed in repairing a house at the foot of
Maxweltonstreet , in Cowicston , were surprised to discover her in an untenanted closet in a most appalling state . Dr . Wilson was immediately sent for , when he found the patient in the last stage of exhaustion , her pulse being almost entirely gone , and her breathing irregular . By cautiously administering restoratives , which she at first had not the power to swallow , she slowly revived sufficiently to be removed to the house of a relative , where , we believe , she is now recovering . How she has subsisted for the twenty-four days she has been missing , and how she was not discovered by those living in the same land , is a mystery . Her own account is that she was uncoiiscious ' of where she
¦ was , but on Wo occasions she recollects being : driven by thirst to go to Cowicston well fora drink of water : but she knew nothing of the time she had been in the closet . The opinion of Dr . Wilson , her medical attendant , is , that she must have gone through a regular course of fever , as he could not account for a person in ordinary circumstances remaining so long without nourishment as she must have done . His opinion also is , from the low state in wliich he f ' uumi her , that had sue been a day latorof being discovered she would have been a corpse . — Renfrewshire Advertiser .
A Wood ox Fire . — On Sunday , about ton o clock in the forenoon , the inhabitants of Killaniarsh and its vicinity were thrown into a state of great exciteniGiit , by a report being circulated that a wood called Norwood was enveloped in flames . It appears thai one of the servants of J . Aldcrson , Esq ., of Gannow Ilonse , was on his way to Ilarthill church , when he observed smoke ascending from betwixt the branches of some oaks . On approaching the spot , he discovered that the underwood was in flames , which were spreading on every hand . An alarm was immediately given to Mr . II . Hoult , of Norwood Locks , on the Chesterfield canal , and by him , with the assistance of a number of boatmen , and the inhabitants who flocked to the spot , the fire was got under , by clearling off a considerable tract of iimii'nvoou . Upwards of ten acres of splendid oak trees suffered materially from the fury of the flames . How the mischief originated is , at present , a mystery . —lkrby Mercury .
Agrarian Disturbances in Ihbla . ni > . —The Longford Journal of Saturday says : — " We regret to state thai a spirit of insubordination is displaying itself along the Shannon , between this county and lloscommor ., as the season approaches for employing a large number of hands , on the several works or excavation and clearance of the river from obstructions at Ruskey , Clooneen Cox , Tarmon , Ac . The chief way m which it has as yet manifested itsell is posting a sccioi of threatening notices , to deter the men from working at less than 10 s . a week , whilst the rate of the country is not over 4 s ., and the contractors are giving 6 s ., and payment for over hours . " The closing portion of the paragraph , which states that the country rate ofwagesisbut 4 s . a week , is certainly calculated to enlist sympathy for the labouring classes , who arc subjected to it . Here is one of the notices : — " Notice . ^ d V ^ ^ J \ ¦ ^* 4 * W W V ^ V ** V V W ^* ^* ^^ ^ ^^ ^ 9 iJ ^^ A 4 ^ V ^ r v V K ** ~ W » ™ ^ ^ v a
—Navies , or tramps , as ye are denominated , ami country people also , that is working in "IC Shannon , or bordering in the vicinity of Ruskey , Notice ye and each of you , that ' s in the work to continue no longer than next Saturday for one shilling per day , as I am commanded by Miss Molly Magiufjto forewarn ye of the under-written danger that « iii befall any person , or persons , that will go contrary w my wages , that I herewith strike out for ye , that « 9 s . per week , as it is her pleasure , to adhere to your grievances , and grant the above sum to yc A"J person that works under fls ., I will visit him in tne course of next week and lodge a brace of balls in Iuj heart , and dislocate him limb from limb without any pitty , or mercy shown to that individual , and pledge ye my word and oath I will fulfil the same with the moat rigorous severity , and most courteous reader , believe me I never told a lie . Miss Molly
Maoowk-N . B . —Your end is Death . " Dkstki / ctive Fire is Macclbsfield , —On Tucadaj morning a most disastrous fire broke out in this towu in a large cotton mill , known by the name of tiie "Bollin Mills , in Brook-street , Sunderland-strcet The mill , which was one of the largest in the town and built entirely of stone , was in an hour and a lvi > from the commencement of the fire levelled to tfc ' ground .. It seems that the fire originated in tfe blowing room , on the ground floor , on the north side and was caused by the shaft which passes throu ? - the room being screwed down too tight , and not befci properly oiled . From that cause the wood-bcarfc that supported the shaft caught fire , and conuni" * catcd with some cotton wool in the room . In a sh ^ time after the alarm had been given the fircntf
arrived with the engines , and commenoed playing * the north side ; they began by battering in the vrc dow , while the hands in the upper rooms were W tering out the windows on the south side to escap from the fire ; thus , the north wind , which was hl'f ing violently , quickly spread the fire throughout ti whole extent of the lower room and from then ^ the upper rooms , and in half an hour the fire was its greatest height . The effect was indeed awl * grand . There was scarcely any smoke ; but all * one mass of roaring flame , so bright that the v could hardly bear it . The heat was so intense & ] break the windows of the houses in the n eigji bo 11 : hood . Ver \ r fortiinatelv . wn > RiiWm < r fclm raDli J .
gressof the fire , all the hands escaped without wpV except a few that were slightly bruised and cut ' breaking and jumping through the windows . { . the wind been blowing either from the east , \ s ® % . south , the consequences would have been a *! , indeed . It appeared strange , however , that cx ^ opposite the factory on the south side th ere «** open space , and the north , wind blew the fl anie 3 i the open apace . Oa every other side ttio buff building was surrounded with factories and W " ^ The firemen directed their efforts to stop tu ^ from extending to the surrounding pwn lises , * rf they succeeded in doing . The building and mac »'" is all insured .
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Tub Okegox . —Under this name is comprehended the whole region westward of the Chippewayan range of mountains . The waters that rise on the western declivities of these mountains flow into the Columbia , the Multnomah , and the lake Bueneventura . Most of the elevated summits of the mountains are above the limits of perpetual snow . Beyond the mountains the country descends by regular belts in the form of immense terraces or descending plains , disposed regularly , tho one below the other . Beyond the first plain , and between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific , is another extensive and bigh chain of mountains , in wliich are the great fall of the Columbia .
Still west of these , and running pparallel with the coast , and at the distance of 150 miles , is the third and last chain . The peiks of all these chains are covered with perpetual snow . The highest peaks have been named Mount Baker , Mount Rcgnicr ) Mount St . Helens , Mount Hood , and Mount Jefferson . The only rivers explored in this region are the Columbia and its branches . Being sheltered on the north l > y protecting ridges of mountains , and the breezes from the west being softened by coming over an immense extent of sea , the climate is as mild as it is in the country east of these mountains four or five degrees to the southward . Langsdoif describes the country on the southern limit as the country of oranges and figs , of verdure , health , and fertility .
We scarcely remember to have seen more sober pictures of a desirable country than those drawn by him of that region ; they correspond with the accounts of Lewis and Clark , as well as those of other travellers who have explored it . When the intelligent and intrepid adventurers just named left the country in March , and in the latitude of Montreal , the prairies were in blossom , and the forwardness of the season seems to have corresponded with that of North Carolina at the same time . The winters are rainy , and some parts of them severe . In 1805 Lewis and Clark descended theColumbia river from tbe mountains to the Pacific , and spent the winter on its shore .
They returned by the same river to the mountains , and most of the exact information that we have respecting the country is derived from them . A settlement of far-traders , called Astoria , was established here , together with a military post called Fort Glassop , or Fort George . As may be supposed , the scattered inhabitants of the waste are comparatively few , and of a daring and lawless character . Some are allured by the profits to be derived from the pursuit of the chase ; and others by the congeniality of such a life with a reckless and adventurous spirit . The number of Indians of the different tribes is estimated at 140 , 000 . —Globe .
A Family op Dwarfs . —Judging from the success of General Tom Thumb's visit to our shores , one may reasonably conclude that dwarfs are not quite so plentiful as blackberries , and yet , at lvishom of Applecross , there is a family of that genus , each of them being of less dimensions than , and as proportionate as Tom . The father of these pigmies ( John Finlay ) is a pooreottar of the ordinaryor middle size , and the mother is rather beyond it . The eldest son , Master Finlay , is upwards of twenty years of age , and stands two feet ten inches in height . The next is a girl , somewhat the junior of Finlay in years , and considerably less in statureand the thirdand last
, , , is a boy , aged fifteen , a mere pigmy . It is ludicrous to see the se little creatures sit around their little dinner table ; but t » observe them dance together , reminds one forcibly of the Celtic accounts of dancing elves ( the fairies of the Highlands ) , whose fantastic measures so oft beguiled the wayworn Highlander , as he saw or dreamed he saw them trip it lightly on the mountain side . Honest John should try his fortune in the south , where wonders always attract , one of the large gentlemen playing the pipe would complete the matter . —Rosshin Advertiser .
A Giant TraiLK .-Among the . most remarkable additions to the fauna of the ancient world , is the colossochelys , whose remains were discovered in tne Sub-Himalayan Hills , by Captains Cautley and Falconer . It is a gigantic fossil turtle , whose length was about eighteen feet , and its height at least seven . Here was a monster creeping on feet , whose carapaeeor shell would have formed a respectable dining-room , and whose weight and bulk would nave freighted a moderate steamer . Love ak » Sbicidb . — An inquest was held on Friday , April 11 , ioacning the death p f a young woman named Ellen Coine , who resided in
Thomasstreet , Liverpool . She had been keeping company with a labouring man named Thomas Timlin , and expected that he wouldmawy her ; but having been infermedthatlie had no intention of fulfilling his promise , and was about to make off for America , she Dmchased two-pennyworth of arsenic , under the SriSflS * £ IS \ " * ° if rat 8 ' swaU ^ the poison on Tuesday , when in the company of her faithless lover , and died in the course of the night , having previously told him that he was to blame for what she had done . It wasstated that he hadseduced her . The jury returned n verdict of feh de se , and the body was interred in the parish burial ground , without the funeral service .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 19, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1311/page/6/
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