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PERSONS desirous ofjuining the Land Co-operative Society propounded by tht late Chartist Convention , are informed that : \ 1 ' uWic Meeting of the Suuscribert , and of persons willini ; to Iwcount subscribers ' , will beheld on Wednesday cveni : i ( r , at the South London Chartist Hall , Webber-street , lilm-lii ' i-ini ^ -road , to form a Metro * politan Uraneh ; pay a fust instalment on their shares ; elect a Snb-Tveasuvcr , Suli- ^ oiwtiivy , and other officers , Clmir to be taken at Kiyht o ' C'lnri . precisely . Shares £ 2 10 s , each , wliich may lw paid in instalments of od ., tiil ., Is ,, or upwards per wed ; . Any person , whether a Member or not ; i Mem \) er of tin Xational Charter Association , if . < : Iigibk- to become a Shareholder in the above Society . The Directors will attend and giw any information which inny be required . liy order of tHo Board of Directors , THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Secretary .
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DR . COFFIN'S BOTAN'IC GUIDK TO HKALT 11 . THIS Important Work for family use is now ready for delivery . Letters addressed to the Author , IS , Trsvfalgar-streot , Leeds ; or , J . Watson , 5 , l ' anl ' s-alley , Paternoster-row , London , will muet with attention , Price six shillings .
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WEST RIDING OF YOltlvSHIKE . ADJOURNMENT OP THE SPlif . VG SESSIONS FOB TUE TRIAL OP FELONS , &e . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ' , that the Spbinu Oeserai , Quauteb Sessions of the Peace , for the West Riding ofthe County of York , will be holden by adjournment , at Bradford , on Monday , the 2 d day of June next , at Ten o ' clock in the Forenoon , and by further adjournment from thence will he holden at Sheffield , on Wednesday , the 4 th day of the same month of June next , at half-past Ten o ' clock in the Forenoon , FOR THE TRIAL OF FELONS AND PERSONS INDICTED FOR MISDEMEANOURS , when all Jurors , Suitors , Persons who stand upon Recognisance , and others having business at the said Sessions , arc reiuvircd to attend the Court . Prosecutors and Witnesses in cases of Felony and Misdenuamowr from tlie Wapontnkcs of Stainclitfe and Eweross , Claro , Ainsty , Agbvigg ami Morley , Skyrack and Uarkstonash , must attend the Sessions at Bradford ; and those from the Wapontnkcs of Stratlbrth ami Tickhill , Osgoldcross and Stninuross , being the remainder of the West Riding , must attend the sesstons at Sheffield . C . II , KLSLEY , Clerk of the Peace . Clerk ofthe Peace ' s Office , Walteiielil , 12 th May , 1845 .
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- - . - - it in , - , , in i- ; to to - J , as , - . ot . ' COUGHS , COLDS , AND CATARRHS , EFFECTUALLY CfHUD BY KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES . fTUlE value of these Lozenges ( WHICll ARE UNDER ± THE PATRONAGE OF ROYALTY , NOBILITY , AND CLERGY ) admits of no possible question , both on account of the numerous orders constantly received , and the most various and respectable testimonials gratuitously forwarded . ¦ Thirty yean' experience has fully proved their great utility , not only in ordinary cases of cough and cold , bnt in various kinds of asthmatic and consumptive complaints , whether constitutional or otherwise . They possess nlso the very desirable recommendations that they produce no inconvenience , require no pree ; i > ition , and effect a cure of these Maladies in an incredibly short space of time , Prepared and sold in boxes , Is . 1 W . ; and this , 2 s . 9 d . » 4 s . Cd ,, and 10 s . Cd . each , by Thomas Keating , pharmaceutical chemist , No . 79 , St . Paul ' s Church-yard . The following are from among a great many letters the proprietor has received , in proof of the efficacy of these Loxenges : — Dover , January S . itn , 1 M 5 . Sir , —I have great pleasure in informing you that the i ! s . 9 d , box of Heating ' s Cough Lozenges , had atyourhou ' se , about three weeks since , has relieved Mrs . Ililler of a bad tough , to which she has been subject many years , especially in the winter season . A considerable portion of the Lozenges are on hand , nor has she for the last fortnight had any occasion to use them . Yours respectfully , Mr . S . Marten , Dover . F . I . JIiller , jun . Cheetham Hill , near Manchester August 21 st , 1844 . Sir , —I am glad I have taken your advice in trying Mr .- Heating ' s Cough Lozenges , as I have for a long time been troubled with shortness of breath and a bad cough , and have tried a great variety of medicines , but derived very little benefit from them : but since I have made trial of Heating ' s Cough Lozenges , I have breathed better , and the cough is quite gone . I am , Sir , yours truly , Sarah Fletcher , : Saffron Walden , J nly 11 th , 18 M . . Sir , —! have used Heating ' s Cough Lozenges these last twenty years , and have always derived benefit from them . About twenty-two years ago I was exceedingly ill with a cough , and could get no relief from any medicine I tried . A gentleman recommended roe to try these Lozenges , which I did , and found immediate nlief ; and I think two boxes effected a complete cure . I had already had the advice of an eminent physician and two surgeons , but nothing they ordered for me did me any good . I remain , dear sir , yours truly , To Mr . Keating . " j . Miller . P . S . —I shall always feel the greatest confidence and pleasure in recommending them . 1 , North Ftlthum-place , near Hounslow , Feb . mi ) , 1845 . Sir , —I should feel extremely obliged to you if you would send me a Tin of your most excellent lozenges , for , having tried them , I find they are the best remedy for Cough that can possibly bo had ; this 1 can testify from experience , for I have been troubled with a most violent Cough for many years ; and have tried many things , but without any benefit , until I met with your Lozenges , and 1 they afforded me instant relief . [ I remain , sir , yours truly , llENUY WOODERSON . j To Mr . Keating , St . Paul ' s . t 9 , Claremont-terrace , Pentonville , l ' i : b . 17 , 184 fl . . f Dear Sir , —Having been for a considerable time during f the winter afflicted with a violent cough , iwrtieularly at t laying down in bed , which continued for several hours in-2 cessantly , and after trying many medicines without the \ slightest effect , I was induced to try your I . ownges ; and by taking - about half a box of them , in less than twentyfour hours the Cough entirely left me , ami I have been perfectly free from it ever since . I I am , dear Sir , yours very re « j >< xti ' ully , James Ellis . ; ( Late proprietor ofthe Chapter Coffee-house , St . Paul ' s . ) ; To Mr . Keating . s ———Agents for the North of England . Manchester , Mr . L . Simpson , Druggist , Princess-street . , Cheetham Hill , Mr . Croft , Druggist , Union-terrace ; Leeds , a Messrs . Reinhurdt and Son ; . Mr . Sir . cetou , Druggist ; C Messrs . Dailies and Newsomc , Booksellers ; Halifax , Mr , J W . 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THE CATASTROPHE AT YARMOUTH . ( From the Times of Wednesday . ) Yarmouth , May 12 . —To-day is quite tidies non in the way of news . Nothing has transpired since my last communication , but every one waits with anxiety for the reply to the memorial to Sir J . Graham , which I have already sent to you . In the absence of matters of a more stirring nature , I have pursued my inquiries relative to . the state of the bridge . I find that the width of the bridge between the chains ( which originally constituted its whole width ) is fifteen feet , and the length is ninety feet . This gives a superficial area of 1 , 350 square feet . Allowing one person to each square foot , and taking the weight of each person at seven stone , we have something like sixty tons as the weight wliich the bridge might originally have been expected at the most to have to bear , and which , beyond a doubt it ought at the least to have been able , and no doubt was able , to bear .
I find that when the bridge was constructed there remained outside the chains a piece of timber about seven inches broad , but upon which of course no person ever attempted to walk . To those pieces platforms , two feet three inches wide , were added by means of iron clamps , as 1 described yesterday , so that the whole of the width of the outside platforms may be called two feet ten inches . This , multiplied by ninety feet , gives a superfices added upon each side of 2 d < £ square feet , or in all , 510 square feet . Allowing , as before , one person to one square foot , and seven stone weight , to each person , we have a weight of upwards of twenty-two tons that might possibly be placed extra-upon * the bridge ; and if we add four tons for the weight of the iron and wood constituting the additional platforms , we have a total extra weight of twenty-six tons added beyond what was oiigiuallv anticipated ; whilst , as I have stated
in a former communication , no strength was added to the suspending power . The bridge , then , with its additional platform , ought to have been able to support at the least a weight of SO tons . The question , as it appears , tome involving the negligence or otherwise of the proprietor of the bridge , is— " Was it capable at the time it broke of supporting such a weight ?" Each platform , 1 find , would contain , on the preceding calculation , 255 persons . One of these platforms was filled with persons ; and allowing each person to weigh seven stone , and allowing two tons for the weight of the platform , there would have been somewhat more than ; thirteen tons weight upon the platform . On the carnage road of the bridge , it
has been given in evidence , that the persoas were about four deep . Suppose I take them at five deep along the whole length of the bridge ; I then have 5 /< 90 = 450 persons standing upon that portion of the bridge ( between theplatform on the side where the accident happened and the centre of the carriage way ) . This gives a weight of nearly 20 tons ; add 5 tons for the weight of half the carnage-road , and we have 5 tons * 20 tons X ! 13 tons = 38 tons , as the total weight upon the single chain which gave way . The bridge , as 1 have before stated , should have been able to bear a weight distributed over its wholesurface of S 6 tons . Here we have , however , upon one-half of the bridge , depending upon one-half of the
whole supports of the bridge , a weight of only 38 tons , and thoso supports give way upon the half on which that weight is . Is there not , then , a presumption , if a similar weight had been placed upon the other half of the bridge , so that there had been altogether distributed over its surface a weight of 76 tons , that the whole structure would have fallen bodily—that is to say , unless there were , as has been stated , some flaw in the welding of the particular link which first gave way which was not common to all the links The iron links are' 2 i inches broad by i of an inch thick . The bolts are 2 * inches in diameter , and the connecting rods , wliich were IS in number on each fide , were 1 inch square .
With these particulars I leave for the present my critical examination of the late bridge , adding that an answer from Sir J . Graham to the memorial is fully expected to-inorrow , when the jury will determine upon what course they shall hereafter proceed . The following dreadful and truly disgusting letter I extract from a local joarnal . Few men can have any sympathy with the writer of such an article , and 1 am told that it is the intention of the jury to have nun up before them , viz .: — "The chains on the Yarmouth side broke and let it down , only on that side remember , while the other side still hung all right . You will ' have an exact re-
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. 1 UJU .-1 \ , \ J l \ L-i semblance by letting the leaf of a table down . Not a K £ f of , n bri % broke , but it shot us aU into the water . There we were-the screams were Srt l - T * , ™" * foriniles - <> supernatural presence of mind and a strong arm I owe my escape . 1 felt an iron under me , and clung to it in a deathgrasp , my mouth full of salt water , for the tide was up . 1 raised myself on the bridge , and eot my head above water . I clung up the iron and looked around me ; scarcely had I done so ( I was not out of the water further than my chin ) , than a man grasped meround the neck , his head justabove water—I felt myself going-I drew my arm back , and struck him on the face—I hit him hard , for the skin is off my knuckles . A woman next seized me : I was forced to strike her , and her blood spirted from her nose all over my face , and dimmed my eyes . I was the only one above water , but the bridge gave another move , and I was under . I rose againbut folks were under
-, ttte water clinging to me . The case was now desperate ; i felt my pocket , and , holding by one hand , I opened my knife with the other , and cut all down my legs , out could not make them leave go . My knife and hands were covered with blood . A woman seized mv waistcoat ; she was young , and really handsome , a tradesman ' s daughter . I did not like to strike her , but necessity was imperative—I hit her , she rolled over and was drowned . Never shall I forget her look at me . It seemed to say , 'You murdered me . ' I once more used my knife about a man , and jumped to a boat , and was pulled in , with two girls clinging to me aim got safe on shore . The presence of mind that supported me during this trial instantly deserted me , and I was carried to the next public-house—I drank some brandy , and walked home , with my hands and face covered with blood . J went to bed and dreamt of it , 1 thought the woman whom I last struck came and reproached me for murdering her , " tfce .
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iiuixi y Si Aft-* == s === ===== s ======== ^^ THE MURDER IN ST . . GILES'S . TRIAL OP JOSEPH CONNOR . Thursday , Mat 15 . n , ? L 5 ; Comwvi ? i onerBuuocK taki"g h « seat on WWnX n ? mb f of Priors were placed in the iftjfi ?; Y *** $ * rrai & ncd > were called upon to plead to the several offences laid to their charge , flS Tf ? ny Of the W ^ whon > *™ tare to 5 ' > - Connor was amongst the number , but he was not called upon to plead , having gone through that formula during' the last segsion He ™ oked much cleaner and neater than whilst under examination atBow-street , or when we last saw him in the STAR .
chapel of Newgate , on the Sunday preceding the execution of Hocker . He was very pale , and much of that moroseness which distinguished him on the occasions to which we have alluded had departed He was dressed in a black frock coat , black waistl coat , black silk neckerchief , and corduroy trousers He paid great attention to the calling over the names of the jury , and appeared perfectly sensible of the awful position in which he was placed . Neither the body of the Court nor the gallery were inconveniently crowded . No females were admitted .
At a few minutes after ten o ' clock , Mr . Baron AwEBSoxand Mr . Justice Commas entered and took their seats . Immediately afterwards Joseph Connor was again placed in the dock . The indictment , wliich contained two counts , eacli varying the offence , charging him with the wilful murder ot Mary Brothers , was then read . Mr . Bodkix , Mr . Montague Chambers , and Mr IIuddlestone appeared for the prosecution . Mr Ballastixe and Mr . Doaxe for the prisoner . Mr . Bodkix then stated the leading facts ot ' the case , and proceeded to call the ibllowin «
witnesses : — Mary Palmer , charwoman at the house No . 11 , Little George-street , said a man and woman came there at a quarter before eleven o ' clock on the night of Monday , 31 st of March . I never saw either of them before . The man was dressed in a velveteen coat and a cap . I gave the woman a light , and she went into the back parlour . I sat down on the stairs . A few minutes after , a little tetter than five minutes 1 heard the woman cry "Murder I" three times . I rose and knocked at the door of the room . I knocked twice without receiving any answer . Not receiving any answer , I put my back to tho door and forced it open .: I saw the woman sitting on / the bedstead , and the man standing over her . He had his hand on her neck . I thought he was beating her . I said , " For God ' s sake , don't beatthe woman . " He turned round and facedm e . There was a glimmering light in the room . He then left the room , and I caught hold of his coat .
Cross-examined by Mr . M . Chambers . —He pushed me away by taking hold of my shawl , on which I afterwards found tho marks of a bloody hand . The woman got off the bed and walked to the fire-place ; she had her hand to her eyes . She never spoke . She staggered and fell . The man had left the house before 1 got into the passage . Tho landlad y and I wentjnto the room again and found a knife sticking in the woman ' s neck . She was dead . I gave infoi ° saation to the police constable Allen , who pulled the knife out . I can't awear that the prisoner is the man ; he resembles him .
Mary Hall said , I was landlady of the house , 11 , George-street ; I heard the woman Palmer cry out , anill went into the passage . I met a man there going as fast as he could run . He pushed me aside , and tried to knock me down . He was coming from the room . I said , " Oh , my God ! what have you been doing to the poor woman ? " He made no reply , and ran out . I could not see his dress . I caught hold of his coat , which , by the feel , I should say was velveteen . i John James Allen , police-constable E 159 ,-1 was on duty in George-street on the night of Monday , the 3 l 8 t' March . About II o ' clock I was standing at the corner of ClarkeVcourt . I was 52 feet from the house where the woman was murdered . A little
before 11 o ' clock I observed a nun come from No . 11 towards me . He passed me and crossed the way between 19 to 20 feet from me . He had on a dark coat , which I think was velveteen , and a cap which I believe had a peak to it . Five or six minutes after I was fetched to the ho \ i 9 e . By Mr . Baron Aldebsojj . —I did not observe any one leave the house , the door of which creaked , from the time the man left until Mrs . Palmer came to me , and then I went into the house and found the deceased lying on her side , with a knife sticking in her neck . The handle was pointing upwards . She moved her eyes a little and smiled . She did not speak , I pulled the knife out a , nd ran for the surgeon . She was dead when I came back . ( The witness nroduced
the knife . ) A person , named Brothers , identified the body as that of his wife ., I have no doubt , but I will not swear positively that the prisoner is the man . Mr . Baron Aldersoni—If youhave no doubt , you ought to swear-Bositively . Witness . I have a strong . belief , but I will not swear positively . ; Ellen Napier . —I am a woman of the town . I have gone by the name of Scott . About a month before the murder I saw the prisoner , and had some conversation 1 with'him about Mrs . Tape . He asked me ii I had seen a stout woman , about forty . He said she had given hun a loathsome disease . I asked if he could mention the name . He said he could not . About three days after he asked me the same question , and again about a weok after . I mentioned the
names of all the women that walked in the neighbourhood : 'I mentioned the name of Mrs . Tape , and he « aid "That must be her . " He Baid he should never get rid of the disease , and used a disgusting threat . I saw the prisoner on the . night , of , the murder by the chapel in Charlotte-street , Bloomsbury , a little before nine o ' clock : He had on a short jacket and a hat . The jacket was not ' velveteen . I . was walking up and-down , and he spoke to inc . I said , "If you wish to see Mrs . Tape , whom you asked about so many times , 'in a few minutes you'll see her . " Mrs . Tape and a-woman named Caroline Graham came up . The prisoner said , ' . ' There you are . ; that ' s the ' person I wish to see ; -you have given me the - — . " She said ,- "Ido ' not know you . " He said she did . She repeated , " that she did not know him .
and had never seen him in her life . " lie said , " You ought to know me ; if I put on my velveteen coat you would know me better . " A policeman came up , and we walked on . We left the prisoner and Mrs . Tape ( the namc ^ by which the deceased was known to the wretched creatures with whom she associated ) walking away together and talking . She soon after left him , and came 'towards me . He said he . would not hurt ' Mrs . Tape . I went away , leaving him talking to " Biddy . " In ten minutes I returned —about half-past ten . I saw a man speaking to Mrs . Tape . . Soon after Isaw the man and Mrs . Tape go into No ! ' 11 , George-street . 1 did not see the man ' s face . He had on a velveteen coat and a cap . His height was about the prisoner ' s .
Caroline Graham confirmed the evidence of the previous witness . Bridget Rohan ( known as Bidd y ) . —I get my living by walking the streets in the neighbourhood of St . Giles ' s . I saw the prisoner on the Saturday before the murder . He spoke about a disease he was labouring under , and said it had been communicated to him by Mrs . Tape . I saw him on Monday night , about half-past nine o ' clock , near the chapel . He was alone . Tasked him how he was ? He said 11 Much the same ; " and added , "I have just been Wowing the old b— -up . She denies all . If I comes up to her in these clothes she'll know me . " ( He had on a fustian jacket and a hat . ) He said . ' I shall
go home and change my clothes , and put on my black coat and cap , and then she won't know me . " lie then left me . I saw him again about ten minutes after . He had on a black velveteen coat and a cap with a peak .- He came close to me , and said " Do you think she'll know me now ? " I said " Yes ; why shouldn't the woman know you V He said , before lie went to change his clothes , " I ^ have something at home that will pepper her ! " He had frequently said before that he would serve her out . lie then went away . I was gone about three-quarters of an hour , and when I came back there was a crowd about the house . Elizabeth Hill gave similar evidence .
Henry Oldha m . a cutler , carrying on business in High-street , St . Giles ' s , said-On " the night of the 31 st March , I was in my shop . 1 sold this knife to a person . That is the man . He came into my shop attemninutestoten . He said , " What ' s the cheapest small carving-knife you have ? " I said , " I will show you some directly . I believe I have some second-hand ones . " . After 1 had done what I-was about , I went to the counter , and took three knives trom a drawer , and placed them on the counter before him . I said they were a shilling each . He took them all into his hand and examined each . He made no observation . He put down a shilling , kept one knite , and put the other two on the counter , and was going away . I did not like the idea of his taking the bare knife out in his hand , and 1 offered to wrap it up m paper . He came back . I set the ed ge on a stone , wrapped it up , and he then left the shop I did not notice his dress particularly . He had a hnt
and a dark coat on . Ho was quite a stranger to me I saw him on the following Friday . Emily Elizabeth Oklham , daughter of the last witness ,, an intelligent little girl , was then sworn and having been placed on the bench , was questioned by J $ w ° *» Aijkbhbjw as to the nature and responsibility of an oath of which she was full y cognisant . She said , I was standing by my father ' s side when the man came in . When the man was looking at thecamng-knivesl stood at my father ' s side , and saw his face . That is the man , said the witness , looking steadfastl y , and pointing at the prisoner . * ¦ - {? , ? < lcOc . k , 81 F .-Inconsequenceof information which I received I went to 15 , Endell-street , on the evening of Friday following the murder . I found this coat there . It vrashanging on a peg behind the door , with two coats hanging over it . I examined it next morning . I found some' blood on the right hand cufi , and a little on the left . The marks are as visible . iiow- ' as -then , There is some blood on the in .
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" side of the ri ght-hand pocket . I also produce a can and a hat . I also found six hospital tickets . ( The coat was here shown to the Learned Judges , and was minutely examined by them . ) Nicholas Pearce , Superintendent of Police , stated tne particulars ol the prisoner ' s arrest AdoIphuB Lonsilale , 110 F .-l was in the cell with tne prisoner late on the ni ght he was taken into custody . About four o ' clock in the morning . ko said , I am sure to be tucked up if tlie . se two women come ami give evidence against me . They ' saw me on Monday between eight and niuc o ' clock . I know them to be both prostitutes . " Charles Waugh . —I worked at Messrs . Gerranl '« in
March last . The prisoner worked there with' me He told ine . about six weeks before the niurl derthat he had got an infectious disease from a woman , and that he would serve her out . Isaid "You had better not interfere with the woman at all ' If you strike her she will very likely take out a warrant against you . " Hessidhe should have got married to his cousin at Easter but for this illness . He said her family knew what was the matter with mm . I recollect the morning after the murder . He came a little after six to work as usual / and breaklasted with me . He went away at half-past eleven o clock . He never came to work again . lie used to come to work in a hat and velveteen sliootingjackct , ami changed the coat for a j acket
. John Cochrane , a young man , said he was a tailor . 1 have known Connor for some years . 1 recollect the night of Monday , the 31 st of March . I saw Unnor about seven o ' clock in the Crown , in the ! 3 eveu-dials . He suid lie was suffering under a certain disease . He wcut away at eleven o ' clock the same night . I was outside the door of the Crown . Loimor came up . I think he came up ( Jueeu-street , which leads dose to George-street . A person mi « ht mye run from George-street in five minute , lie looked flurried , as if lie had been quarrelling . I went towards him , and said , " Halloo , what ' s the ^^ I ™ ? ' » e «> M . "I 1 'ave given her
some lung . ' I did not know of whom ho spoke , and asked linn wh o he meant , lie said , '' The b— old w that gave me the . » I said , jokingly , " I dare say you have-not killed her ? " lie said "I don t know , but I have been homo and taken off mv things , so that they shonld not know me . " There was a row in the Seven Dials , and I went to see it , and lost sight ol the prisoner . He had on a velveteen coat and a cap . I heard of the murder the following morning . This witness , on his cross-examination , admitted having suffered three months' imprisonment , three years ago , for robbing his master , and having been fined seven shillings for an assault
since . , " Mr £ ?! mrtl T i' ^ Mge , one of the surgeons at lung s College Hospital . —These tickets were given to the prisoner , and lie was treated for a certain disease , lie was not then convalescent . James Brothers , the husband of the murdered woman , said he had seen her body ; that she was his wile , and that her name was Alary Brothers . Michael Connor ,, the prisoner ' s father , was next examined , and stated that the prisoner was a "ood son—kind , industrious , and civil .
Mr . Fitzgerald , surgeon , said I was called to the house on the night of the murder , about eleven o clock , lhc woman was dead . I made upost mortem examination by order of the coroner . There were sixteen wounds altogether , and one mortal , passuig through the chest , entering the first ami second ribs and penetrating the pulmonary artery . Mr . Baixantise then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner . He said , when he was first called upon to defend the prisoner he had fcljtliaUie should have been able to offer a fair defence m his behalf , but he was wholly unprepared for the fresh evidence that had been adduced , and he almost felt the weight of the responsibility thus thrown upon him too great for his abilities .
lie new that the motives which had been assigned for the commission of the crime by the prisoner were not of a character to entitle them to come to an adverse decision respecting him . It was unlikely that the prisoner , who was about to be married , and whose betrothed hail in no way disappointed his affections , would commit so horrible a crime as this 'I hen , as to the identity of the prisoner . There was a belief that he was . the individual—a belief which might be excited by many causes , and bv the similarity of . the prisoner to some other person . ' Belief showed a defect of some nature , that the person usiii " the term was uncertain of matters in his testimony . 1 he Learned Counsel contended that the probability was tbatthe witnesses weremistakenbi theirbcliefthat
the prisoner was the murderer . The object of the prisoner in . pointing out Mrs . Tape in the street as the person who had communicated a certain disease to him , was for the purpose of holding her up to shame amongst her companions , and not as a prelude to a dreadtul and revolting murder . Secye &y was no part of his conduct . He made no secret of his aversion to the woman , and of the injury he supposed ho had received from her . The coat which the policeman stated was stained with blood ought to have been sent to some scientific person to ascertain if the marks on it were blood or not for surely in the advanced . state of science there was some means of arriving at such a result . The Learned Counsel coinbatted . other points , of the evidence . He conceived that Cochrane had committed perjury . His evidence , and the assertions contained m it , were inconsistent with truth , and could be little more than invention , in which he had been assisted
by the police , who , he believed , had basely tampered with him . The assertion that if the women came forward : he would be sure to be tucked up , merely denoted a morbid , state of mind , and that he was labouring under groat . apprehension as to the threats he had used towards the unfortunate woman After referring to other matters in relation to the case , he concluded by a powerful appeal on behalf the prisoner . ,, rhe Learned Counsel then called witnesses who gave the prisoner the character of a quiet , inottensive young , man . ¦ ¦ ¦ Mr . Baron Alderson having-summed up , the jury retired to consider their verdict . After an absence of three , hours and twenty minutes , they returned into court with a verdict of GUILTY . Mr . Baron Aldeus ' o . n then passed sentence of death onthe prisoner in the usual form . The prisoner , who maintained his extraovilinarv coolness throughout , then bowed and left the dock . "
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bers at the commencement to form a district committee , are requested to appoint a secretary and treasurer in accordance with the rules . Cards oi membership and rules can be immediately prooured of the general secretary , for which the sumHJf one shilling and fourpenccwill be eliar « .
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ExEctnos at Munich . —During a period of more tfean sixteen years there had not been any capital execution at Munich , but on the 3 rd inst . a man servant , named Eppstdner , had his head taken off with the sword , having been convicted of cutting the throats of his mistress and her maid , and then carrying off the most valuable part of the property in the iousc . On this occasion the police revived an old and barbarous custom . During the three days preceding the execution , the public were admitted to see the murderer , and speak to him in the prisonon
, condition that each person shonld , on entering , put into a bos , fitted for the purpose at the door , a piece of money . The amount thus collected is to be distributed among the poor relations of the condemned jjian , or to be applied in payment of masses for the repose of his soul . The most influential inhabitants of Munich have joined in a petition to Government to abolish this custom forever , as not only repugnant to civilisation and humanity , but as inflicting upon the criminal a severer punishment than the law denouuees against him . —French Faper .
Fatal Accident . —A frightful occurrence , attended with the loss of life , took place on Sunday e vening , in the old St . Pancras-road , occasioned by a swing , the property of a man named William Fann , ( -1 y , Church-terrace , on whose premises the swing was erected . The deceased , Mary Ann Haramet , a p ri 14 years of age , went to Fann ' s premises , a gateway leadine out of the main road , closely adjoining old St . Fancras church ; and , although the swins was lull at the time , was persuaded to get in . She kid to stand up in the mitre , and , while going at its utmost velocity , she pitched , head-foremost , out ; and , whilst on the ground , the swing , on its return , arm * her so violently on the back of the head as to hurl her several yards into the road . She was picked
• it , m a state of insensibility , and at once conveyed to liie Lmversity College Hospital , where she expired in twenty minutes after her admission . The working oi the swing in question , Sundays as well as weekdays , has for a long time past been a cause of great complaint amongst the immediate inhabitants , but they have been prevented from interfering on the ground that the swing was erected within a pair of open gates , and on the proprietor ' s own premises . BrBGURT and ATTEiirTEK Mctder . —Considerable sensation has been caused during the last few days , in the neighbourhood of Finsbury-square , by the fact of a burglary having been committed early on Sunday morning last , on the premises in the occupation rt Mr . Foot , a greengrocer and pleasure-car
nropnetor , residing in Windmill-street , Finsbury , which was attended with circumstances of great violence to Mrs . Foot , the wife of the occupier . From i lquiries since the occurrence it appears , that after the shop was closed on Saturday night last , and shortly after Mrs . Foot had counted up the proceeds of the day , and was proceeding with the till across the back yard , she vras suddenly struck a blow upon the head , which felled her to the earth , and instantly rendered her insenable . In her stupor she moaned ' most Diteously . and her cries alarming her husband , who lias been for some time apparently near death , he summoned up all his energies , and attempted to sain the landing on the top of the stairs . From excessive weakness , however , the sufferer fell in the passage in a
state of so much exhaustion that the circumstance Las much retarded his recoverv . Meantime the poor wt ! l"an was writhing with pain ; copious streams of biood flowed from an extensive wound in the front of her head . A nei ghbouring cheesemonger having neard the cries of the injured woman , instantly hastenwl to the spot whence the sound proceeded , and having procured the assistance of the police , Mr . T . W . Walls , surgeon , of 9 , Windmill-street , Finsburyjquare , was called up , and the premises as well as ibc wounds of the poor creature examined . Close to tic spot where she fell a large piece of wood was found , with which there is little doubt that the blow
was struck . The unfortunate woman ' s body was covered with blood . The wound presented a most frightful appearance , extending for some length to the cranium . The main artery connected with the temple was divided , and a number of the minor vessels were severed . For some time after the occurrence it was feared that a fracture of the skull had taken place , nor is it now quite evident that snch is not the case , as the sufferer is in a most deplorable condition from the consequences of the outrage , nor is it expected that she will be able to rise froinherbed for some time to come . When found , the poor woman still grasped the till , the contents of which were safe .
Death op Laby Ass Plhters . —On Tuesday afternoon a lengthened inquiry took place before Mr . Baker , at the Middleton Arms , Queen ' s-road , Dalston , on view of the body of Lady Ann Playters , aged 60 years , the widow of the hie Sir William John Playtf rs , who died at her residence in Cornwall-terrace , Middleton-road , under the following extraordinary circumstances : —The investigation created some interest in the neighbourhood in consequence of some family difference which had existed between two gentlemen , named Squire and Watson , the fermer of whom married a widowed daughter of deceased and
the Litter her granddaughter , the resultof which was an appearance , about a twelvemonth since , at the Worship-street Police-court i when mutual recognizances were entered into to keep peace towards each other . 3 Iiss Rosa Moore , granddaughter of deceased , deposed that deceased had for some time past been suffering from gout in her feet , complaining occasionally of her head . She was addicted to drinking both wine and brandy , and would oftentimes indulge to excess . She was generally accustomed to uo so alone , but also at times -when her friends and relations visited her . Witness ' s mother had been
named a second time to a Mr . Squire . Her sister « as the wife of Mr . Watson . During the last week deceased had been indulging in these excesses . On Friday night last she tras taken up to bed in an ainuftt insensible state , from a similar cause . On Saturday afternoon witness left the deceased in bed , and -. vent to take a walk with her sister , and on her return , about five o ' clock , she found hersitting in a < iair apparently dead . Mr . Rayner was promptly in attendance , and pronounced life to be quite eximct . Witness had no doubt her death had been swelerated by her habitsof excessive drinking . Sarah Hewcs , servant to the deceased , corroborated the last witness as to the propensities of the deceased . Mr . Watson , her grandson-in-law , who was a surgeon , used to attend her . She was rery fond of him , and
ne used to send her medicine , but she would ' seldom tfikf auy of it , but generally threw it away . On Saturday afternoon , during her granddaughter ' s absence , wifiic-s went into her bedroom , when she found her drinking cold water from a glass at the * 2 shhand stand . She left the room for a minute , and on her return tlie deceased was extended on the flew . Witness placed her in a chair , and ran for ^ stance , bat life was gone . Mr . Rayner , surgeon , deposed , that about fcaJf-pasfc fire o ' clock on Satur day afternoon he -was called to the deceased . He wmiil her quite dead , but he thought if he had seen iicr about two minutes before he could have saved her He attributed death to apoplexy , consequent upon exctssive drinking . The iurv , * without hesitation , itninicd a verdict of— "Natural deatli , from apoplexy . "
Daring Bitrglabt . —Appreiiexsiox of the Bot-Giiiis . —On Sunday night last , or at an early hour on -Monday morning , the premises of Mr . Morritt , hosier aatl silk niercer , Briggate , Leeds , were burglariously ratcu-d , by forcing the cellar grate , and after that two doors , " one at the top of the cellar step 3 , and anoiiicr at the end of a passage leading into the front sfcoii . The first was effected by cutting out a portion C'f < me of the panels , which enabled the burglars to wswli and draw the bolt by which it was fastened . 2 l « seeoud door , which was very securely fastened , by 'h at is called i ! i < iron " strap , " was wrenched open b y main force whii a crow bar . A large quantity of silk and other goods , of the value of nearly £ 200 , fere then carried awav . On information being
given of the robbery at the police office , instructions were immediately given to the detective force , and Inspector Child , with Stubbsand Cordukes , were instantly on the alert . The two letter obtained information of a suspicious character , named John teller , a gardener , who had been seen lurking about the premises ; they instantly went to the house of a woman named Jane Pratt , with whom he cohabits , « sn VUi by coach , to Manchester . On the arrival of «« ir-. iii . at the Dewsburv station two men , of the
•"" tfsof Thomas Mannot and Edward Barry ( who *« e foimva to have been previously convicted of cifi . ni j - . vtre observed waiting for the down train . U'riiiikes immediately jumped over the wrong side « f tli- carriage , and walking round by the engine , poau « sl upin them , so suddenly that escape was aujjossibie . They had taken tickets for N ' onnanton , ^ u in two minutes more they would have been off . - \« T £ e quantity of the stolen goods , iicd up in bundles , * as found ^ {^^ possession , and they wereconse-VKntl j secured , and brought to Leeds . On Tuestoy they wore brought before the sitting magistrates » i ti-e O .: n- ! : oase , and remanded for further ex-^ natiou .
43 ! i 5 ; at Apothecaries' Hau ~ — On Wednesday 1 'tiur . g , ijlt ] e !„ , {¦ „„> eig ] , ' clock , considerable jr iu-ni ent ^ as created in Playhouse-yard , Water-™ - and the neighbourhood of Apothecaries' Hall , m tY ?! iKfjue : iee of an alarm being given that some I *« ion of the hall was on fire , which was much in" Cil 5 ed » n a quantitv of smoke , accompanied by a F « ug suffocating smell of sulphur , being seen to fcwL ^ K chimney and back part of thepre-Ihe
WL brigade engine from Farringdon-street wasi ^} ,. tlie £ * On examination by Birch ttatlf Veral otLe « ° f to * M&d * aey as" : *" " * baeW ^^ ttechminev in a small room at the aBd 5 tlleHinPlavhouse-vard , havingcaughtfire , « mnrjy "y of sulphur had been thrown on to < 2 K ? J * from a * chimney . Tttth a prompt L ^ cf ? ^ the parties on the premises , assisted y tie bngade , quickly put an end to all danger , id - Do damage being done to the place . Fr om til ?" " compounds and combustible articles on ^ ypjjs considerable apprehension at first was
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HraBER 8 nELD . --HoRBn > Ga tasirophe—Dbe ad-SSF ^ S ^ -mkS WJSasaBsasi ^ making inquiries in the locality of this tragic affair , Castle-gate , the report proved to be too Sue . The !? u 1 \ Vf 01 ?' name fe Betty . toewife of John Rushwortli amason , had been of late in a owdespondingmood , induced , probably . by thefol-S circumstances :-A week or two since , Rushworth was between two and three pounds in arrears of rent , and was compelled to sellhis wife ' s drawers they brought about two nounds , which he handed to the landlord ; but nothing able to raise the remaindertta bailiffs were put in possession of the
, house . Their demands , with expenses , were soon after satisfied . But since thattime the poor woman never regained her former spirits , and this tragedv is the result of her despondency . On the morning " in question her husband left her in bed . and proceeded to his work , where he remained till after ei"hto ' clock about which time the unhappy woman must have committed the dead , as when found , shortlv after wards she was quite warm and weltering " in her blood . She wasfound laid straight on her back , with her throat cut neariy from ear to ear , with a large quantity of blood , which had flowed from the wound settled on her breast and which had the appearance m all but colour ) of the fro h of ale . The bed around
her wasquitc deluged with blood . Thechild , a fine one about six months old , wasfound nearlyswamped in the Wood of its mother , with a gash in its throat full two inches in length , the windpipe being completely severed . 'I here was a large pool of blood under the bed . A large black-handled razor , with which the dreadful deed had been coaimitted , was found in tlie bed , and handed to Mr . Leach , the constable , who was promptly on the spot . An inquest was held Ijc ore George Dyson , Esq ., and a respectable jurv , thei same evening , at the Globe Inn , when a verdict ot lemporary Insanity was returned . Such a horrid transaction has not been known in this town within our memory , and the sensation created bv it was
immense . Destructive Fire at Xottwcham . —On Saturday last an alarming and destructivefiretook place on the premises , situate in Toll-street , Derby-road , in the occupation of Mr . W . Smith , upholsterer and cabinetmaker , Chapel-bar , Nottingham , which completely destroyed a brick building , consisting of workshops , and a large and valuable stock of furniture . Owing to the premises being immediately adjoining a long range of wood-built workshops in the occupation of Messrs . Denby and Howard , millwrights , and surrounded by vast piles of wood in two timber-yards , a lure could not have broken out in a more dangerous situation . At a quarter past five o ' clock in themornmg , a man going to milk some cows in a stable near i
o i « r . amitn s workshops , seeing smoke issuing from the windows in the upper part of the building , gave an alarm ; a policeman was quickly on the spot , and the neighbours precipitatel y rose from their beds . The outer door ofthe building being forced , theflames were found to be raging in the upper workshop , in which were a most valuable stock , with tools of every description used by upwards of a dozen workmen . A vast number of people , together with Smith ' s workmen , were soon assembled , and , with a willinsr hand , rendered every assistance in their power . On the arrival of the engines they were comparatively useless , as little water could be obtained , this part of the town being supplied from the works of Messrs . Fisher and Walker , Zion-hill , Radford , who turn the
water off at seven o ' clock in the evening and do not furnish the inhabitants with it again till the same hour next morning . There being no hope of saving any ofthe property inside the building , every effort was directed to prevent the extension of the fire to the adjoining houses and premises ; and in the midst of tlie alarm several families cleared their dwellings of every article of furniture and bedding , and the stone-roonis , containing furniture and upholstery goods , and the timber in the yards , were hastily removed to a convenient distance . These efforts were fortunately attended with success ; but at seven o ' clock the roof fell in , and in less than two hours the
building became completely gutted , a considerable portion of the outer walls fell , and the remaining parts being cracked and dangerous were , for the public safety , afterwards levelled with the ground . The value ofthe property destroyed has not yet been ascertained , but it must amount to several hundred pounds ; unfortunately for Mr . Smith , he was not insured . How the fire originated is not knows , as on the evening before , when the workmen leftfhepremises , they had been unable to obtain a light from the stove , AlitUedogwasheardbarking in the night , but no notice was taken of it , and the animal perished in the ruins . There is no doubt the fire had been progressing several hours before it was discovered .
Fire at Barking , xear Needham Market . —On Saturday evening hist a fire broke out upon the farming premises belonging to Mr . Brown , of Barking , in the occupation of Mr . Joseph Elliott . It raged with considerable fury for some time , consuming a barn , outbuildings , two stacks , partof a cloveratack , and a few implements . The loss is covered by insurance in the Suffolk Fire-office . Death op a Cextenariax . —Mr . W . Shouldham expired , at hisresidence at Malsford , on Friday last , under the weight of no less than 102 years ! Many of our readers will recollect that on his completion oi 100 years he gave a grand fete at his residence , which was remarkable for many features of interest ; one ofthe most gratifying being the testimony of a large circle of friends that added years had but matured his virtues , and made him stand forth as an honourable specimen of " a good old English gentleman . "htsivich Express .
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Tuesday , May 13 .-Co . vshracy . - Basil Cochran wilus and Lionel l'iaper Goldsmid surrendered in discharge of their bail , to take their trial upon an indictment for conspiring together by divers false pretences and subtle means to obtain and carry off two valuable securities , to wit , a promissory note for the payment ot £ C 00 , and another for the payment of £ 500 , with intent to deprive Edmund Lyons flerne of the possession thereof . The indictment contained other counts , varying the intent and the averments . Mr . Clarkson stated the facts of the case to the jury and called the following witness : —Mr . Edmun < Lyons Herne , examined by Mr . Ballantine : 1 am an admitted attorney and solicitor of the Four Courts , Dublin . I am also a ^ artiament arv acent . miWimr
on business at No . 9 , Pall-mall . I am in partnership with Mr . Bardett . In March last I had in my pos l session two promissory notes drawn by Mr . J . F . F Mytton , of Halston , Salop . They are made payable four months after date . One is for the payment of £ 600 , the other for £ 500 . I received the notes from a Mr . Thomas Holbrooke Coyle , who stated that he got them from Messrs . Smith and Co of Great Marlborough-street . I advanced Coyle the sum of £ 800 upon the two notes , and received an acknowledgment to that effect , signed or purporting to be signed by the firm Smith and Co . Willis callec on me at my chambers on the 2 Gth of March last and stated that he had a friend who was anxious to invest his capital upon good bills . He promised to call upon me the next morning , but he did not call until the afternoon . He then told me that his friend would give £ 900 for the two bills . I inquired whether
that included his commissios . He said no , but he should leave that to me . I therefore offered him 25 per cent ., but he said he must have 30 per cent . I was to have tho money on the following morning No one brought ine the money . On the following day finding the engagement not fulfilled , I called on Willis at his chambers . He told me he was waiting for his friend who was to bring the money . I said it was very strange his friend had not left a cheque for the money , as he had agreed to the terms . Willis replied that cheques were not given for such large amounts without due consideration . Since which time I have neither received the money , nor have the bills been restored . Several witnesses were examined , and the jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of Guilty against both the defendants . After some further discussion , the defendants were admitted to bail on entering into recognisances , themselves in £ 300 and two sureties in £ 100 each , to come up and receive judgment on the first day ofthe next session
Theft . —Mary Florray , a decent looking youn « woman , aged 22 , was indicted for stealing , on the 5 th April , two watches , value £ 24 , two brooches two rings , and other articles value £ C , the property of Mr . Wm . Hall , her master , in his dwelling-house . 1 he prisoner , on being charged , acknowledged her offence , and it appeared that she committed it mainly at the instigation of a man named " Joe , " to whom she gave a part of the property . The Common Serjeant inquired about this " Joe . " Mr . Ballantine said that he lived at the Bull , in Wood-street , and he understood that his name was Evesham . He had been in custody a weekbut as none of the . property
, was traced to him he was discharged . The jury accompanied the verdict of Guilty with a recommendation to mercy . It then came out that the young woman was formerly , the fellow-servant with " Jce , " at the Bull public-house , where he seduced her and she left her p lace . He told her if she would get another situation , and get ( i . e . rob ) as much as she could in three montlis , he would then marry her . She is now five months advanced in pregnancy . The learned judge said that , under all the circumstance ' s of the case , the sentence would be a very lenient one—viz ., three months' imprisonment without hard labour .
Wednesday , May 14 . —Tue Greenwich Murder . —Immediately upon the learned judges taking their seats on the bench this morning , Martha Brixey was placed at the bar upon an indictment charging her with the . wilful murder of the infant child of her master , Mr . Ffinch , of Greenwich . On being called upon by the clerk of the arraigns , the prisoner pleaded not guilty . Mr . Bodkin , who is engaged for the prosecution , applied to their lordships to appoint the trial for Friday , upon the ground that Mr . Traill , ' the police magistrate , was an important and material witness in the case , and in consequence of his official duties he could not conveniently attend before Friday . Mr . Clarkson , who appeared for the defence , " said he was ready to concur in any arrangement that would conduce to public convenience . Mr . Baron Alderson granted the application .
The Late Explosion at Blacrwaix—George Lowe surrendered in discharge of hig bail , to take his trial for the manslaughter of Thomas-Wright and others . The indictment alleged 'that the prisoner , being on the 5 th March last m charge of a certain steam-boiler , in the parish of All Saints , Poplar , did wilfully and unlawfully put into the said boiler a greater quantity of steam than it could bear , so that it burst , and caused divers wounds and bruises on the body of Thomas Wright , of which wounds and bruises he then and there died . To this indictment together with the coroner ' s inquisition , the prisoner pleaded not guilty . Mr . Bodkin stated the facts of the case . Mr . Braithwaite , John Cockayne , and other witnesses were examined , after which Mr . Clarkson asked his lordship if he thought there was
sufficient evidence to go before the jury ? Mr . Baron Alderson thought that there was no evidence to criminate the prisoner . The real cause of the catastrophe was the defective construction of the safety valve , and the obstruction which , it appeared , existed in the steam pipe which connected the boiler with the engine . At the same time it was for the jury to decide whether it was worth while to cany the inquiry further . The jury , after a short conference , returned a verdict of Not Guilty . Mr . Baron Alderson observed , that ^ although the catastrophe had been a very awful one , nevertheless he believed it to have been pure accident , and that Mr . Lowe was in no way to blame . The foreman said that it was the opinion of the jury that not the slightest blame could be attached to Mr . Lowe . The prisoner was accordingly discharged .
Coisisc—Thomas Blundell , alias Smith , Jemima Wilson , alias Smith , and Ann Wilson , were indicted and found Guilty of having in their possession certain moulds and other implements for making counterfeit coin . Sentence , seven years' transportation . IIoccssixc axd RoBBKRY . —Wm . Jenkins , aged 25 , and Henry Joseph Finch , 28 , both cab-drivel's , were indicted for stealing , at Woolwich , a purse containing twelve sovereigns , six half-sovereigns , and a Bank of England note , value £ 10 , the property of John Mark , a private in the Royal Artillery , from his person . The prosecutor hired a cab at London-bridge to convey him to Woolwich , Jenkins offering to take him for 2 s ., much below the usual price . On his way he was induced to drink , and he was hocussed and robbed . The evidence was voluminous , but conclusive . Jenkins entered into a long statement by way of defence . He declared that the
soldier was stupidly drunk when he engaged him , and that he never pulled up to drink by the way . The jury found them both Guilty . It was then proved that on the 18 th of December , 1843 , Finch was convicted at the Surrey Sessions , and sentenced to a long " treading" at Brixton , and privately whipped . The Common Serjeant said he thought that the other prisoner had been in some measure the tool of Finch . —Jenkins : No , iny lord , I am not . — The Common Serjeant : Then so much the worse . Persons in your station must be stopped from plundering those who place themselves under your care . The sentence on you is , that you be transported for ten years . With respect to you , Finch , you have been convicted three or feur times , and there is no doubt that you train cabmen for your purposes . The judgment of the court is , that you be transported for fourteen years .
Bigamy . —TiVm . Hill , a respectable looking , middleaged man , was indictedformarrying Mary Anne Barker , his wife , in 1 S 25 ; and afterwards ( in 1844 ) intcrmarrving with Jane Humphreys , the said Mary Anne being then alive . The jury found him Guilty , but recommended him to mercy , ¦ The court sentenced him to hard labour for six nwmthB .
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Attempt to Murder . —On Wednesday morning last , about seven o ' clock , as Mich . M'Donaid , one ol the stewards of the Imperial Slate Quarries , was proceeding from his residence to the works , ji man passed him on the road , and saluted him when passing . M'Donaid went on a few yards and hearing footsteps after him , turned round and perceived this man following and presenting a largo pistol at him . lie then rushed in on the fellow , and struggled with him , but the intended murderer succeeded in pulling the trigger , when a ball , or a portion of a ball , entered his left breast below the nipple . The fellow then fled up the hill , and was pursued by . M'Donaidwho called to a
num-, ber of persons near him to stop the villain ; and although there . were near two hundred men going to their work at the time , none attempted to secure him . The police , whose barrack is within 300 yards ot the place , went ofi'in immediate pursuit , but without success . M'Donaid still continues in a precarious way , but there are hopes of his recovery ; for thoivli tlie ball has not yet been extracted , none ofthe vital parts haye been dangerously injured , as we have been informed , ihere was but a scanty supply of powder in the pistol , and it was of that description used by the qnarrymen . M'Donaid was fired at before , about three montlis ago , within fifteen yards of the same p ace , which providentially then missed him . —Nenatih Guardian . J 1 [ f f t 2 \
. Seiiious Railway Accident . —On Monday evening , a very shocking accident occurred to Win . Wilson , of Bank Top , Darlington , a guard in tlie service of the Great North of England Railway Company . It appears that he was returning northwards with one of the pleasure-trip trains , and on approaching Shipton station he commenced collecting , tickets of tlie passengers . In passing from the door of one compartment to that of another , his foot unfortunately slipped from under him , when ha fell to the cround ; ; s
nib rigui leg being thrown across the rail , and the wheels ot several carnages passing over him . He was immediatel y taken to the Shipton station , and an engine was despatched to York with a messenger to obtain medical assistance . On examinationr it was found that he had , in addition to his right W being nearly revered , sustained severe injuries in other parts oi his person , his right arm being broken near to the elbow , his left knee and ancle much cut , and Ins head bruised . The recovery of the tmfortunatfi man is very doubtful . . . , a C J r it g n n t , I-
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LONDON . Somers Towx . —Mr . Christopher Doyle , of the Executive , delivered a lecture on Sunday week , at Mr . Duddridge ' s Rooms , IS , Ton bridge-street , New-rofid ; Mr . Bird in the chair . Mr . Doyle , in addressing his audience , explained the various iniportant measures that had been discussed at the late Convention , urged on them the ' necessity of renewed exertions to ' carry the same into practical operation ; and concluded an able address by calling on them to take out their cards for the ensuing year . With this appeal the majority of the meeting complied , and testified their approval of the lecture by awarding to Mr . Doyle a vote of thanks . iC Cj t n t _ £ d . i g , ] ; o
Chartist Co-operative Land Society . —Persons in the metropolitan localities wishing to join the newly-formed land society , are requested to send immediate netice of the same to T . M . Wheeler , 243 J , Strand , who will call a meeting of such persons as may have signified their intention of becoming mem bers , when they can proceed to elect a secretary , treasurer , district committee , &c , for the metropolis . Payments to . commence on Monday , May 19 . Persons in the localities throughout the kingdom are requested to send in notice to the , sub secretary ot the National Charter Association in their district who shall , in like manner , call a meeting of the same . Localities not having a sufficient number of subscri ' " - } - [• • • > j ^ Ol i I
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 17, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1315/page/5/
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