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    Xebbihc Exflobioh ot a Steam Boilbb at Mak-( gEBiEB . —An accident occurred on Saturday last ; about one o ' clock , at the foundry of Messrs . Sasmyth , Gaskill , and Co . ' s , at Patricroft , near Eodes , l » y which one man has been killed , and tiro others so severely injured that their lives are despaired of . It appears that about three minutes past one o ' clock , just as the men were returning from dinner to the foundry , such of them as had arrived were startledibya tremendous explosion , followed bv the crash of falling buildings , and on running to the eng ine-house , found both it and several smaller surrounding buildings a perfect mass of ruins , all the fforkef a moment . Such -was the force of the explosion , that one part of the boiler , measuring about twenty-six feet , and weighing upwards of two tons sliot g- , , Tfiiianc Exsmhoh or a Sxiuh Boilbb at Mas- Mffisnau-An accident occurred on Saturday

    was wre a cannon-ball into the canal , a distance of at least forty yawls , knocking down the walls of the engine house , fte boiler diea , smiths'shop , and a large wooden shed in which the "dressers" work and carrying everything before it In fact , every particle of brickwork m the neighbourhood of the engine-house is completel y in ruins . The men immediately set to work to discover the engineer and Hast furnace man , both of whom were known to be in tiie ruins , and messengers were despatched to Ecdes for surgical assistance , and omnibuses to convey the sufferers away . The engineer , John Rogers was discovered in a few minutes quite dead . The poor Mow had evidentl y been bruised and scalded to death , Thomas Hurst , the blast man , was discoverednnderneath

    . the ruins dreadfully burnt about hBestremities , but protected in some ' measure by a portion of a chimney which preserved him from beinsr crushed to death Another sufferer , whose name wi could not learn , but who is a dresser and inendSrasseverely struck byalarge piece of metal-in fact ! the boder flew over his head as he sat at work oppd ate toe engine-house , and part of the cylinder , upwards of 7 cwt ., fell within an inch of his feet . It is utterly impossible to describe the ruin and devastation it has caused , which is so extensive , that a large portion of the works will have to stop at least raree weeks for repairs . Kb one seems able to account satisfactorily for the accident , which is supposed to have been caused by a want of water in the Doiier

    , although one of the foremen informed bs that ne tried the guage tap about nine o ' clock this morning , when all was right . We believe that during the morning , about ten o ' clock , the engineer had some difference with a boy employed on the works , and they got to high words and blows , when the boythrew a large piece of coal at him , -which felled him to the ground , and cut the back part of his head very severely ; and about half-past twelve , he ( the engineer ) complained to the time-keeper that he " was very iU , and felt quite like a drunken man , " so that in all probability the poor fellow did not know what he was about in consequence , and suffered the boiler to run short of water ; thus unconsciously causing his own death and the sad results which followed . ° He

    was a steady , sober , and industrious man , and has left a wife and family . The other sufferers were conveyed to the infirmary at Manchester , as soon as possible after the accident . —The Ixqtjest— On Monday morning at ten o ' clock an inquest was held on view of the body of John Rogers , the engineer The inquiry was held before W . S . Rutter , Jfisq ., coroner , and arespectable jury , at the WellingtonLm , Ecdes Samuel Bradbury was the first iritness examined * He merely stated the particulars of the accident , and identified the body of the deceased . Thomas Gatley deposed—I am a joiner at the Bridgewater foundry I was in the engine-house , talking with the deceased , about ten minutes before the accident . In the course of conversation deceased told me that he had received

    a severe blow on the back of the hsad that morning , and he appeared to be tipsy from the effects of it . He was complaining of a iiead-ache . Deceased told me he would start the engine a few minutes before ome o'clock , which I believe he did . Archibald Tony was next sworn—He said , I am head foreman of the works , and have the care of the engine and boilers » well as the other parts of the works . I am decidedly of opinion that the accident was caused by a limited supply of water . The engineer was a very steady man and a skilful workman . Thesteam hammer was at workhalf an hour after the engine stopped , but I cannot say in what state the water in the boiler was . The boiler had been pnt down about two years ago . It was made of three-eiehthnlates . lint never

    had been proved with water . We have , however , had the steam np in it to a pressure of 70 fi > to the square inch , and onr usual height of working was not more than 45 ft . I believe tie blow which the engineer received on the head produced stupefaction , and therefore caused him to neglect the boiler . Abraham Hughes—Was a boiler-maker , and had assisted to make the one in question . There were no " low moor" plate in it ; believed it to be as good a boiler as he ever had anything to do with . The whole of the plates used -were from Coalbrook Dale , and without defect of any kind . Mr . Gaskell , one of tiie firm , was called into the room , and asked to make any statement lie thought proper . He stated that it was his opinion that the accident had been caused

    terwantof asuthcientsupply of water . Mr . Arm strong , an eminent engineer , had examined the boiler , and gave the same opinion . The jury returned averdictofAccidentalDeath . On Wednesday , Major-General Pasley , the Government inspector of railways , arrived at the place of accident , accompanied by Mr . Seymour Clarke , for the purpose of inspecting that portion of the line over which the carnages traversed previously to then- beingthrown over the embankment . The np-line was opened for carriages by one o ' clock on Tuesday , witlim about three hovuss alW { he accident occurred . The dowa line , the rails of which had to be newly laid down for a ccnsiderable distance , in consequence of the injuries they had sustained , was cleared and opened in time

    for the train which left Paddington for Bristol at five o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon . By dint of the extra ordinary exertions of upwards of 100 men , and a large number of horses , the second-class carriage and the two first-class carriages which were lying in the field of Mr . J . Nash , and the second-class carriage which rested on the declivity , were dragged np the embankment , 15 feet in height , and " righted " upon the rails , by one o'clock on Wednesday morning . They were then taken on to Slough , when they were transferred to the up-line , and thence conveyed to Paddington , where they were inspected by General Pasley previously to his proceeding to Skrash . The wheels of the luggage van , which was the ' first carriage which got off the rails , and which caused the

    whole of the mischief , underwent a minute examination . No defects , however , prior to the accident , were discovered . Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan , the member for Helston , who was in the train at the j time of the accident , and who was severely cut upon the forehead , is fast recovering from the effects of his injuries . Sir Richard still remains at the Royal Hotel , and was -dated on Wednesday evening by Iub brother , fi'om town . Dr . Strong ( who sustained an injury in the knee ) , and Mr . Bristow ( whose shoulder was dislocated ) , who still remain with their families at the Royal Hotel , are convalescent . Mr ., Mrs ., and Miss Shufe , of Southwell-park , Tewkesbury , with a servant , who were ina first-class carriage which turned twice over in descending the embankment , providentially escaped uninjured . They immediately proceeded with post horses to Tewkesbury . To the

    extraordinary strength of both the first and secondclass carriages , | which though very much damaged and shattered , stood the shock , bo as to enable th » passcHgers to move freely in them , may be attributed the preservation of the lives of the numerous passencers which were placed in the most imminent peril . The galvanic telegraph between Slough and Paddington , which had been damaged , and rendered for iWtime utterly useless , by the wires and posts havimr been severed and broken , was repaired during the night , and by nine o ' clock on Wednesday morning it "was again in full operation . To give some idea of the extraordinary speed at which the express train was proceeding at the moment of the npset of tie carriages , I may mention that the preceding mile was "timed" by Air . Bristow , of Haverfordwest , and it wa 3 gone over in only fifty-two seconds ; being at the rate of between sixty-iiine and seventy miles per

    sour . Attempted Mubderasd SraciDE . —On Wednesday inornimj , about twelve o ' clock , the inhabitants of Nottingham-street , Bethnal-grcen , were alarmed by the screams of a female , and in a few seconds a ^ ffinan rushed out of No . 5 , deluged in blood , from a fiightful wound in the throat , inflicted by her husband , with a shoemaker ' s knife . She was immediately lateu to the surgery of Dr . Moore , and the wound pressed by his assistant , Mr . Cooper ; during the iatenal the man , whose name is Warren , cut iiis own throat in so severe a manner that lip was sup-I ^ sed to be dead ; but , on examining him at the Itfndon Hospital , to whichhe was immediately taken , jtfe was not found to be extinct . He now lies there m a hopeless state . Jealousy of his wife , who is 2 years of age , is stated to be the cause , and , from "Jl that can be ascertained , without any foundation .

    Deaths bt Dbowmxg . —On Monday last an invest was held before G . F . Harrison , Esq ., at the ' -anli gan Arms , Kirkstall-road , on the body of John ~« adwkk . aged thirty-four , stuff singer , Woodhouse Larr Oa Sanday last he went along with several ^ Suainianees to batlie in the river near to Armley Mills , and whilst swimming across , was taken with ^ P ii » his legs . Before assistance could be rented 1 « . Lad sunk for the last time , and it was an ™ »' . before the body was taken out of the water . " Jiay returned a verdict of Accidentally drowned . —* ame day , at the Robin Hood Inn , Bank , Leeds , *? in quest was held on the body of Mark Conway , * J ? Meen years old . He was bathing below Knowes !? ° » Pj on \ Snnday List , with several others , and get-V ^ g into what is termed a "' sand pit , " was drowned { J ! sight of his companions , who were unable to afford finn asastanee . —Verdict accordingly .

    Accides t os the Greai Wssiers Radotat . — -The ^ eter express train , which has but recently com-™^ ced running from the metropolis to that city j * nonning the whole distance , about 200 miles , m Q : ^ credibly short space of four hours and a half , at ^ tion at Faddington on Tuesday morninl I ^ S :- eBsta ^ aomV and proceeded safely enough untig Tir £ L ^ " ^ dis * 31106 of the station at Slough . ae wain , whiehwas but a short one , consisting only

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    ttps-sssi SSfiT ^^ to mcrcase in the oscillation which the S memmU H 3 l ) efore rendered itSit ft the passengers comfortably to retain their seats to Efc ^ t ^ sssaaSsi atSpswad **^ which had hurried forwards with ^ xtraordinary K ! &jLw T ° . th » had broken away with 2 i from the carria l es ifc had ittt ™> whS WJ ? wVT " 2 !^ acros s the whole breadth of the line . That breadth , however , was not sufficient topreventtwo of the firkclass and oS of the second-class carriages from falling over the STv £ T ^\ h ¥ $ t an the « ther side of m embankment , about twelvefeet in depth . Thecatas-Sl £ l epaSi ? £ ' though . ™ t fctal as £ m its efiects have yet been asem-taino / l nm < j „ zr of four carriages twn nf « i » kI 71 second „!«/ Ml-5 ?_™ ? , fir ? t ¦»* *¦» of the

    suffering bothfromterror and phonalinjur } . One hxdy was so dreadfully alarmed that for some time her life was . considered in jeopardy ; and e ™ a ? l late hour , it was doubtful whetfier she would bS restored to the condition of a rational being Sir R fliraW JCrk ™ \ mva a P inst «» lamp in the roof of the carriage , by which Ids head was severely cut , and he received such other injuries that it was found necessary to remove him with other sufferers to the Royal Hotel , at Slough . A gentleman who had his arm in the carriage straps for ease probably for safety too , had it nearly torn from the shoulder socket , by the violence with which he was thrown from his seat , as the vehicle fell . The weights of the respective vehicles exclusive of

    lug-, gage and passengers , were as follow- . —The engine , lfa tons ; tender , 10 tons ; luggage van , 3 i tons ; second-class carriages , each 1 tons ; and the firstclass carriages , each ?* tons . Amongst those who were in the carriages , officially connected with the railway , were Mr . Brunei , the engineerin chief ; Mr . Jones , in Mr . Brunei ' s establishment ; and Mr . Seymour CJarke , the chief superintendent of the locomotive department , accompanied by Mrs . Clarke . AU these parties escaped but with trifling bruises . After the accident , messengers were despatched up and down the line , to Drayton and Slough , to prevent the approach of any train . A special messenger was also sent to Mr . Howell , the superintendent at the blough station , for an engine and carriages , to be sent

    on to the spot where the accident occurred , to convey the passengers from the disabled train . By this tune the down-train , which left Paddington at a quarter past ten o ' clock , had arrived at the Langley station , and also at about the same moment the train which had been despatched by Mr . Howell from blough . The passengers , who had fortunately entirely or partially escaped injury , proceeded on their route to Bristol , &c ., in the train sent from Slough , while several returned to London in the train which had arrived from Paddington ; the other passengers las the trams could not pass by the spot where the accident took place ) having been shifted and forwarded to their several places of destination . "Upwards of forty personswho were moreor less injured

    , , were taken to the Royal Hotel , at the Slough , sta non , where they received due attention . Several medical men of the neighbourhood were in attendance . Amongst those who were injured were Dr . Strong , of Rose Cottage , Hereford ( accompanied by Mrs . Strong , two children , and nursemaid , who escaped with slight injuries ) , dislocated knee ; the Rev . Collingwood Hughes , of Avishays house , near Chard , and the family governess , the latter of whom , received severe internal injuries ; Mr . Bristow , from Haverfordwest , dislocated shoulder ; and Mr . C . Robertson , late of Honiton , who was proceeding to Plymouth as a newly-appointed manager of the National Provincial Bank of England at that port , severe contusion under the eye . The np and down

    trams will have to use the same line of rails between Drayton aad Slough , until the transverse sleepers , which were damaged , canbereplaced . Thepresumed cause of this unfortunate accident is thus explained by Mr . Seymour Clarke : —The cause of the accident appeals to have been that the luggage van , which was a four-wheeled vehicle and the lightest in the train , was , for some cause which cannot at present be ascertained , thrown off the line ; the engine and the other carriages remaining in their proper posit ions on the rails . Itproceeded thus imtilit came to the cast-iron girders or troughs of a bridge thrown over a road leading from Langley to Iver , when it seems that it struck one of these girders , and threw it off the timbers into the ballast of the line , pulling with it , and against the iron girders , the remainder of the train . The precise nart of the line at which

    the luggage van first left the rail is upwards of half a mile from that where the carriages were thrown over the embankment . When the other carriages were thrown off the rails some evidently diverged to the right and some to the left , as is indicated not only by the marks of the flanches of the wheels , which cut and splintered the sleepers , but by the iron rails themselves , for half a mile having been cut , and long slips absolutely sliced off by the flanchescominginto sharp collision with them . In consequence offourof the upright posts of the telegraph being knocked down by the upsetting of the carriages , and the wires severed , all communication by means of the galvanic telegraph between Slough and Paddington has been cut off . This , unfortunately , caused considerable time to elapse before any intimation of the accident reached the Paddington terminus .

    Distressing Accident at Derby . — Mr . Bryan Balguy , coroner , held an inquest on Monday morning at the Town-hall upon the bodies of Eliza Durdham , of Breadsall-moor , aged sixteen ; Emma Eaddelcy , of Plumtree-place , Darley-lane , aged twenty ; George Bradbury , of Willow-row , aged twenty ; and John Keys , of Brook-street , aged twenty-one ; who were drowned while out on a pleasure party on the river Derwent . The particulars of this melancholy affair will be gleaned from the following evidence : — John Bradbury , father of the deceased , deposed as Mows : —I live in Willow-row , and occupy a garden in Darley-lane . I have the care of two boats , which are kept in a place near the bottom of my garden ; they belong to two gentlemen connected with the

    Derby Boat Club . The deceased has frequently gone on the river Derwent in one of these boats . On Tuesday evening , about eight o ' clock , the deceased , who resided with me , after I had left my house , took the keys of the garden out of my jacket-pocket and went out , remarking to lveturah Underwood , who has the care of my house , that he was going to take the boat on the water . This I learned the following day , in answer to inquiries I was led to make in consequence of the absence of my son . When I left my house on Tuesday evening I went to the Mechanics ' Institution , whence I relumed at about ten o ' clock . I did not see my son on my return , but I perceived his working clothes laid out for him for the following morninsr . 1 sunnosed he was in bed , and made

    no inquiries about lum . The following morning I called him to bis work as usual , but he did not answer me , and then for the first time I missed him . Supposing that finding himself locked out , he had gone to Keturah Underwood ' s , and slept there as he had done before , I went to my work at Mr . Fox's , the engineer ( with whom my son was serving as an apprentice ) , expecting to find him there . He was not there , and when I went home to breakfast , at about half-past eight o ' clock , I inquired of Keturah Underwood if she had heard or seen anything of him ? She said she had not . I then returned to my work , still expecting to find him there , but he was not there , and I continued at Mr . Fox ' s until dinner timp . On reaching home I was informed by

    my son Benjamin- that deceased and a party had been seen on the river at ten o ' clock on the preceding night . I then made further inquiries , and went straight off to the garden to see if the boat was missing . It was gone , the gardengate on the river side stood open , and there was a plank placed to enable persons to step into the boats without wetting themselves . I then inquired of the owner of the boat if he had lent it ? He replied in the negative . I then borrowed a boat and went up the river , in the direction of Darley , and as I was starting my master's drag was offered me . 1 took it , and proceeded up the river on the same side as that on which my garden is . When I got up to Mr . Taylor ' s boat-house , I found the missing boat , full of water , but not overturned , tied to one of the posts , and i

    afterwards learned that Mr . Taylor had done that . Iwent forward in the same direction , until I got within 100 yards of my garden , and where there is a willow tree which stops everything that the stream on that side may bring down . There I found an oar and part of the fake bottom of the boat , and knew that the worst fears I had entertained were too well founded . I then went np my garden , and took along boat-hook from the other boat , and with that and the urW I examined the viver , and soou drew out the body ofmv son . I held him until I got up to the « ardenbank , when , with the assistance of Samuel Hibbert , Joseph Goodwin , and Joseph Amiable , who were waiting in my garden , I got him out of the river . I then renewed my search for the other persons , who I heard had been seen with my son in the boat , and in the same place , or as near as possible , Isaw two oi them , John Keys and Eliza Durdham , taken out of the water and laid in Mr . Hewitt ' s boat-house at the

    the bottom of the garden . I then went to police station for directions , and on my retnm iound tnat the other body had been found near the same spot ; and on looking at her I knew her to be Emma Baddely . Matthew Cope , who was on the river in a boat , told me that he saw my son and the other deceased persons together ; they were chatting and behaving as young persons generally do . My son George was in Ms twenty-first year . The boat did not leak , it having been just repaired ; I fancy the accident mus have occurred from sufficient care not having been used in getting out of the boat . I think that when the first of the party was in the act of landing , the boat slipped from under him or her , and all of them must have fallen into the water , which intbf , jilace is fourteen or fifteen feet deep . Samuel Hibbert and Thomas Woodhouse confirmed portions of the above , and the jury , afterashortdeliberation , retunieda verdict of " Found drowned . "

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    SS ^ f ^ ssss S ! S * a ^« EhSk Th"rePortreached theparish church PulDittoS \ - ReV-Dr- SUaP ? e ha * tended the SC 1 ms sermon . The sexton wasobserved running about the centre aisles of the church and no-Swho ^ r *?!^ . ^ Morey Kajor , fihiX Jf ? 2 J receiva 1 "K ? du-ectionsfand raen nastened out of the sacred edifice . On inauirv S ^ j ^ = sn » sffi 2 « J 1 " * 1 ""*" . handspikes , stowers . and yariOUS Other implements of that kind , wftih wCh Fatat . a ™™™ . .- ^ 7 ~ rT

    E ^ T' ^ been » endeavouring to rescue the Domes of several young men from the river . The Dody of a fine young man named Casseltine was laid upon one of the vessels , apparently in a lifeless state , whilst two or three others seemed to be just recovering irom the effects of immersion in the water . A boatman s wife named Chapman was holding up Usseltine ' s head , and endeavouring , in her way , to restore animation She , it appears , was the only person on shore besides a little girl , who saw the accident , which she says was awfally sudden ; and when she observedthe watermen about to desist from tneir efforts to draw the bodies out of the water , she called to them and said , "There ' s more in ; there ' s more m yet , " at the same time stamping her foot with almost frantic energy . The men then out down

    tueu * boat-hooks , and successively brought up the body of another of the Casseltines , and that of a young man named Watson , both of whom were laid upon the hatches of the vessel where the other deceased lay . It was not , however , until some time after this that any medical man arrived . Christopher Casseltine , a brother of the two deceased of that name , went to the parish church immediately after the accident , and whilst the boatmen were engaged dragging the bodies out of the water . He first cave notice at the parish church , when Dr . Morey was apprised of what had happened . He despatched the sexton to the dispensary for the necessary apparatus tor restoring animation ; but it appears there was no ^ L t 3 t fen *« 7 . . and Casseltine immediately went tor Clarke

    Dr . , who started off to the scene of the accident without a moment ' s delay . After much delay the other surgeons , with the life-resuscitating apparatus , arrived at Docken-hill , but too late to be ot any service . After endeavouring ineffectually for two hours and a-half to inflate the lungs with air , and to restore animation by electricity and the other usual methods , the attempt was givon up . The accident occurred in this way : —Nine young men , named respectively George Hepworth , Richard Jackson , Travis , John Mason , Joseph Pinder . William Casseltine , John Casseltine , Charles Casseltine , and William Watson , met together near the river side about twelve o ' clock , and to pass their time away until their dinner hour they allot" them

    crossed the river in a "float" or "flat" ( a sort of rait used for repairing vessels ) , for the purpose of walking on the opposite hank . In about half an hour , or rather more , they returned and got upon the flat to recross the river . The float is a very small one , being onl y about seven feet long by four feet wide , and quite flat-bottomed . When the party had got nearly over the river the younger Casseltine , who with his two brothers and Watson Wiis at one end , gave Pinder a push by way of joke ; this push threw Pinder off his balance , and in falling he caught hold of Casseltine , which had the effect of sinking one end of the flat in the water , and of precipitating all the persons in it into the stream . Pinder says he himself was nearly drowned , and but for the moat desnerate

    exertions to release himself from the grasp of young CasseltiHe he would certainly have lost his life . He ( Pinder ) remembers tearing off his handkerchief becauseyoung Casseltine had got hold of it , and then he became insensible for a minute or so , after which he found himself on one of the vessels . He just opened his eyes in time to see the two Casseltines , John and Charles , sink , locked in each other ' s arms , to rise no more alive . The inquest has been held on the three bodies this morning , and the jury have returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " One of the survivors is still in a precarious state , arising from the fright occasioned by the accident , or from the effects of thegreat quantity of water contained in his body .

    CHILD Murks . — : During the past week a child murder , by poisoning , under circumstances of a most affecting character , and which has created a feeling of general commiseration , has been brought to light at Gravesend , the particulars of which , as elicited at the coroner ' s inquiry , after their adjournment , are as follows : —On the 3 rd instant a detachment of the 10 th Regiment of Infantry , of which a young man named James Hans was a private , stationed at Chatham , embarked on board the Asiatic for service in India . Previous to leaving quarters he solicited the commanding officer to allow his wife and child , ten months old , to accompany them , but was refused . The refusal had a melancholy effect on the wife , and on the night previous to the departure of

    the detachment she purchased some laudanum at the shop of Mr . Death , at Bromptom , which she gave her unfortunate child , which in three or four hours was in a dying state . By the evidence of another woman she went with the infant to the hospital and got an order for admission , but , finding that they would not take the child in unless she remained withit , she left , and on the next morning eariy started for Gravesend by the railroad . On reaching the latter town she found her offspring had died in her arms by the way , and having related her tale of distress to the inhabitants , she excited much compassion , and they promised to bury it . She left the body at the terminus , and went to the wharf , where the troops were embarking , and was " smuggled" on board and secreted

    in some part of the vessel , which sailed with her . Suspicion , however , being excited as to the death of the child , information was forwarded to the coroner , who issued a warrant for holding an inquest . Mr . Parke , a surgeon of Gravesend , made a post mortem examination of the body , and found that the child had died of poison . The inquiry was accordingly adjourned for the apprehension of the mother on putting in at Portsmouth , but the vessel had put in at the Downs , and hadleft , with instructions not to touch at England again ; and , having a fair wind , must have got a considerable distance down the Channel .

    The captain , on leaving the river , discovered that the woman was on board , and wished to put her ashore , but on her ardent supplications that he would allow her to go with her husband , and the officers undertaking to supply her with food from their table , he was induced to allow her to remain . Nothing was known , however , of the awful crime with which she is charged . The jury being satisfied that she had destroyed the deceased for the express purpose Of aCcomoanylng her husband out to India , returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against her . She will be brought back to this country to take her trial for the heinous offence .

    Great Iarmouih . —The total loss of life arising from the accident at Yarmouth is 19 ( bodies found 77 ) , and most providentially not one of that number had any person dependent on him or her . Only eight or ten of the deceased exceeded 21 years of age . Another bridge , on piles , has since been thrown over theriver near the siteof the former suspension-bridge the platform of this latter being used toform theroadway of the present . Accident to the Hon . Mr . Grimston . —A serious accident occurred to the Hon . Mr . Grimston , of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards , stationed at Windsor , while bathing in the Thames , in the immediate vicinity of that town , in company with the Earl of Caledon , on the morning of Saturday last . Indeed ,

    such was the serious nature of the injuries sustained by Mr . Grimston , that it was not until Wednesday morning he was pronounced by his medical attendants to be out of danger . It appears that the lion , gentleman in taking what is termed a " header" from off the bank ( jumping head foremost into the water ) struck his head with fearful violence against either a large stone or the rugged trunk of a tree at the bottom , rendering him apparently lifeless and totally helpless . The Earl of Caledon , perceiving that his friend , when he arose to the surface , was in a state of insensibility , lost no time in jumping into the river , and dragging him on shore . It was not until after the lapse of a quarter of an hour that he was restored to a state of consciousness . He was then conveyed

    to his apartments at the infantry barracks in Sheetstreet . Some alarming symptoms having shortly afterwards manifested themselves , it was judged expedient to send an express to Grosvenor-square , to summon the Earl of Verulam to Windsor . The electric telegraph from Slough to Paddington was immediately put into requisition , and in less than an hour and a half afterwards his lordship was by the bedside of his son . The alarmmg symptoms still continuing , it was deemed advisable to call in the aid of Dr . Ferguson , The galvanic telegraph was again resorted to , and Dr . Ferguson speedily arrived , when he found Mr . Grimston in a state of delirium , and of considerable suffering and danger . We are , however , enabled to state that a favourable change has taken place , and he is now free from danger .

    AiRociots Mcrder is B ombat . —We shall now present to the attention of the public the details of one of the most frightful murders that ever disgraced any country , and which was perpetrated on the night of the 5 th of last month ( April ) , in the harbour of Bombay . The victims of this wholesale slaughter were three , viz ., two young women , aged 23 and 19 , and a young boy of the age of 1 G years . From the best sources we leam that a man about 30 years of age , residing at Jyghur , a small place on tlie coast about twenty miles on this side of Rutnasherree ,

    hired a small boat or dingy in the beginning of February last , for three rupees per month , and took two companions , one nearly his own age , and the other not twenty ; they all came to ply fer fares in the harbour of Bombay . For several weeks they worked their dingyin removing passengers frem the shipp ing to the shore , and vice versa . Their gains were considerable , but not satisfied with earning a sufficiency , they concocted a plot . With this object , the hirer of the boat , whose name is Esobjee , desired his companions , in the evening , to iw tie fcoat near to the

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    hS itfr a , nd tokee , P it ; there in waiting for aSreS J S ! d cal 1 for itl fle then ™» t tfvn ~ Pjoceeded to Duncan-road , where he met ILT ^ W * he nad 8 ome acquaintnv , nmp » 5 ° L . u tl emeathat he had been ordered Z wL , W ° f " on b 0 Md one of the shiPS in tS ^ ST ^ i ^ v ? ' r ° handseme eirls ^ taokhft 011 ll ° ard f ° r the night- Tho commatiea Sr , i 1 nc ot fie many houses for which that street is alread y notorious . A proposition was made w JftS g S ' ' named Pashoo > who was living with wt * ) H 8 he d . ^ i 4 - The ^ tman said Z » ? i Wanted * r . lrl 3 » and that if two nice girlg were to decorate their persons with gold and sliver ornaments and with pearls , they should be well treated on board , and receive a considerable sum for the night . The elder girl then ncrsuaded the mnt . ™

    , one to accompany her , and they both decorated themselves with various ornaments , to the amount of several hundred rupees . A buggy was brought to the door , and they set out with the boatman and a youn <' Mahommedan boy , whom they took as a sort of pro ° - tection . They arrived at the Bunder ; tho boatman paid the driver , and desired him to come back in the morning to take them to their homes . The dingy was then called for , and the two girls and the boy got into it ; the three boatmen vowed off to a distant part ot the harbour , under tin ? nwf » nm nf ««; ., «¦ m + in ou ;«

    , When they found themselves beyoncf tho distance of " clmlu&S * ! 13 tw 0 , ? lder ^ t ^ " took the { J ^ Sh wf 8 tMfl ? on whichthe oars arc fastened Hnw ^ mrtft a"d struck the women several severe S ™ M fd and , Y until thD ? were stunned , lhc young Mohammedan boy on seeing their cruelty SSThSiA ° Ud ; bl 1 , * , e was s P eedily * n «* ed S , and , before he was dead , a stone was tied to his body and he was thrown overboard , and the bubbles rose over him as he sank for ever . The two women were stripped , their ornaments taken off , and their bodies put on a kurkoolee , " a bamboo vessel for holding rice ; they were tied together ; a large black stone which used to serve as one of the anchors of the boat was fastened in the kurkoolee , and the bodies were

    cast into the sea . The sticks with which they had been killed being bloody were then thrown into the deep . The murderers soon afterwards set out for their own country , when the jewels were disposed of lor 300 rupees , and the boat returned to the owner . On the morning after the murder , the buggy driver attended on the Apollo Bunder , and waited for a long time . Some days after , the mother of the girls applied to the police magistrate , and stated the circumstances . An active and intelligent agent was sent to make inquiries ; he found out the buggy driver , and heard of the boat . He was despatched to Jygluir , and on arriving there soon discovered the parties , and heard of the sale of the ornaments , and had their

    chief boatman arrested , and found in his possession 27 o rupees . The parties were examined beforo the native magistrate , and also before Doctor "Winchester , at Rutnagherree . They have since arrived in Bombay , where the depositions of the different witnesses have been taken . The prisoners , it appears , do not deny their guilt , and have made voluntary confessions ot the fact . They will be tried at the next criminal sessions . Every credit is due to the magistrates for their zeal arid activity . The police agent , ^ -ho conducted the investigation , deserves great praise , for he has brought to light a system which , it is to be feared , was practised frequently , even under , as it were , the eyes of the chief authorities of the Island . — Bombay Times .

    Dreadful Event . —We read in a letter from Burgos of the 8 th : — "On May 10 , a dreadful event occurred near this town . Five young girls , of from eighteen to twenty years of age , set out early in the morning for Vizcainos , iheir native village , to pass the feast of Pentecost . The same evening they were all found lying dead on a part of the road between Pineda and Vizcainos . Medical men having examined the bodies , declared that they had died of cold . It is supposed that they sat down when heated with their walk , and having fallen asleep , were struck by

    the cold wind and perished . Nantes , Angers , 'fours , Bourges , Areas , and Laon , have all on the same day been made to suffer from violent storms . At Nantes , the thunder and lightning were followed by almost unparalleled torrents of rain and hurricanes of wind . Tours was , however , the only place where damage was done by the electric fluid . It threw down a small wooden cottage , and wounded a man inside in the head and breast . It also entered the kitchen of another house , and injured the log of a sorvant . There have also been violent thunder-Btoonis at Bayonne and Pan . "

    Edinburgh . —Fatal Accidents . —Monday morning , at a few mmutes before nine o ' clock , the men engaged in rebuilding the Old Grey-friars Church , and those living in the neighbourhood , were suddenly thrown into the greatest consternation by the falling down , with a tremendous crash , of two pillars and three arches of the church , together with a huge quantity of mason-work , burying in the ruins four workmen , one of whom , we regret to say , lost his life . It is worthy of remark , that one of the workmen had noticed the impending position of the walls , and intimated to hisemplovers last Saturday that he would , in consequence , work no longer , and that man took away his implements on Monday a few minutes before the event happened . The men who suffered

    on the occasion were : —John Dickson and Robert Bell , joiners , and James Wallace and Peter Dougal . masons . It was on one of the pillars of the northern row that the men were employed . The two joiners were on a platform at an elevation of about thirty feet , and were engaged in what is called stropjoinjr—inserting stripes of wood in the wall , preparatory to lathing—while the masons were situated lower down , also on a platform , employed in tombing , or squaring down the wreck of the former pillar , so as to give to it a fair exterior by the aid of outward liming and other patchwork . Thus the two masons were gradually depriving the slender and tottering pillar of the little strength it retained , till the fatal stroke having been given , the frail fabric

    instantaneously gave way , carrying with it the adjoining pillar , the mason-work of three arches , and a great mass of superincumbent material , and involving the unfortunate men in the ruins . The other workmen immediately rushed to the spot , and no time ^ Yas lost in removing the ruins and extricating their comrades from their frightful and perilous situation . In about eight or nine minutes they were all got out , when it was discovered that Dichson was dying , a large stone having fallen right on his face , whereby it was shockingly smashed and discoloured . He was immediatel y taken to the Infirmary , but ere he reached it the vital spark had fled . Wallace and Dougal , the two masons , were severely injured , but both of them were able , with assistance , to walk to their lodgings . The former

    received a cut on the back of the head , as also on the right leg and right arm ; Dougal a cut on the back of the head , and his right wrist sprained . Ihe other joiner , Robert Bell , was cut on the buck of the head , but not very seriously : he was conveyed to his lodgings in an omnibus . We learn that Dickson has left a wife and two children to deplore his untimely fate . The same morning , about seven o ' clock , a man named David Rule , whilst proceeding down the incline of the railway at Granton Quarry , with three empty waggons , lost his life . It appears , that while the waggons were running at about thirty miles per hour , he observed two horses on the line , and in order to save their lives he leaped off ; and , while getting them out of the way , the wiiggons came up with tremendous force , and dashed

    the poor fellow and horses up against somo other waggons on the line . The horses were killed , and the man survived only until about for , o ' clock in the afternoon . On Tuesday afternoon , while a man , named John Slinion , was driving a parcel-van , belonging to the Canal Company , dowu the Westport , the horse took fright , and ran off at n fearful rate . A man , named Daniol M'Laughlana having a young boy in his hand , crossing the street , were both knocked down at the same time . The driver was thrown from his ' seat . The injured parties were carried to a house . Dr . Tait being shortly in attendance , found the boy to be quite dead ; and M'Laughlan being severely injured , was conveyed to the Royal Infirmary , where he remains . The driver of the van was slightly injured .

    Alarmixg Fire ox Chelsea Bridge . —On Sunday evening , shortly before six o ' clock , a fire , which , forthe space of nearly three hours , caused alarm in the neighbourhood , broke out upon the ancient wooden bridge , over the Grosvenor Cut , and forming the public thoroughfare from Chelsea to Thames Bank , the propertyof the Marquis of Westminster . By the time the engines could be got in operation the surface of the bridge was on fire from end to end , and had any tune been lost in procuring assistance it is highly probable that the entire structure would have been consumed . Water in abundance being at hand , tho engines were worked with vigour for the space of nearly an hour , but the only good that could be effected was the preventing of the flames from

    extending along the exterior of the building . Mr . Braidwood , the superintendent , upon his arrival , ordered thefiremen to clear the ground off the crown of the bridge , which being done , and by perforating large holes with crowbars , the water was brought to bear upon that portion burning out of sight , and which could not otherwise have been touched . B y nine o ' clock all danger of any further extension of the lire was at an end , and workmen were expected to be set to worktorelay the carriage way , so that thcthovou Khfaw might not be Mocked up . The piles and other timber of the erection are much burned . The origin of the five is not precisely known , but it is the opinion of the police , from the fact of an attempt having been made some months since to bum the bridge , that it was wilfull y caused by some evil disposed person .

    Miraculous EscAi-E .-We are informed that last week , as a lady named Harvey was coming to Manchester , with four of her children , in the express train of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway , one of them , a little boy , was suddenly missed from the carriage , and as the door was ajar near whichhe had stood , the horrible reality gradually forced itself upon the mind of the anxious mother that by some accident the door had not been properly secured , and that he had fallen out . An alarm was communicated to tho guard , and afterwards to the engine-driver , but the train waa going at the rate of forty miles an hour , and it is supposed it had passed on a mile and a

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    half or two miles ; before it could be stopped . It was sowly backed m search of the missing passenger , though little hope was entertained that the child would be found anything but a cripple , if , indeed , alive . To the surprise of all , however , he was found on his legs , and when his mother got out to embrace him and manifest hev surprise and joy at his appearance , apparently little , if at all hurt , heseemea to have no consciousness of his wonderfnl escape , but running , up to her , expressed another kind of surprise , exclaiming , "Dear me , mother , I thought I never should have caught yon , you had got so far'" The

    escape was thought so extraordinary by the anxious parents that it was not till the child had been examined by a surgeon in Manchester , and pronounced BO , that they could believe him perfectl y unharmed rho narrator adds-the child seems to have had a kind of charmed life , for while running on the opposite line of rails to meet his mother , a train came alone the contrary way , and they would have undoubtedly been run down but that the engineer , seeing that something was the matter , had slackened his pace , and was thus enabled to stop in time . —Manchester Times .

    Death mom the Use of Leaden Pipes . —Malverswells . — An inquest has been holdcn this afternoon ( triday ) on the body of an agricultural labourer named Richard Wilkins , lately in the employment of «¦ "JfiWy respectable fanner residing at the Wood , Malvern-wells , who came by his death , it appears , from haying drunk a quantity of cider ( the common drink oi agricultural labourers in this district ) , which had been conveyed in leaden pipes from the cklerhouse to the place where it was drawn for usfe . It appeared that the deceased , with several others of Mr Benbow ' s farm servants , had , after partaking of this cider , been seized with illness resembling the painters ' colic , which it is known arises from the constant use ot cad m their business . Mr . Westsureonof

    , g , Matvern , at first attended him , but Mr . Hamilton , of Malvevn-we Is , attended the deceased at the time ot his death , which happened on Saturday last . He was buried on AVednesJay , but the public not being satisfied with no official inquiry into the immediate cause ot death , the body was disinterred , and cx-» « dby Mr > West > 5 n tUepresenceof Mr . Hamilton . Mr . West explained on the inquest the nature of this examination and its result . There was a congestion of the vessels of the head and stomach , and the deceased died of apoplexy , brought on , he believed , by the act of the deceased drinking the impregnated cider . Mr . Benbow , the deceased ' s employer , explained to the coroner the circumstances under which the pipes had been laid down . Hehademnlovwl Mr .

    M Cann to lay down pipes of the proper white metal , tin , or composition ; but he ( Mr . M'Cann ) had substituted lead , saying it was superior for the purpose . On the discovery of the mischievous effects produced the use of the pi pes had been discontinued . The W acquitted all parties of blame except Mr . M'Cann , and returned a verdict" that the deceased died ot apoplexy , induced by congestion of the brain . " Iho coroner intimated that , after an investigation like this , every farmer and publican using such pipes would be subject to a verdict of manslaughter or murder in the event of a similar catastrophe . He also expressed his surprise at Mr . Hamilton giving a certificate for burial in such a case without previous official mquivv .

    Fortunate Escape . —On the evening of Sunday an occurrence of a most serious character took place on board the Eclipse , Richmond steamer . It appears that the Eclipse left Richmond Bridge at its usual time , with 200 passengers . She proceeded down the river until nearly opposite Hammersmith , when it was discovered that the boiler had become red hot , and that if an explosion did not take place the vessel would take fire . The crew immediately poured water into the engine-room , and the consternation amongst the passengers was so great that the steamer was run to the nearest shove , on the Barnes side , where the whole were disembarked , several jumping into the water and wading ashore . Many of the females were nearly in a fainting state from affrieht . and

    were conveyed to the Boileau Arms public-house , in the Hammeremith Suspension Bridge-road ; - and eventually the whole body crossed the bridge to Hammersmith Broadway , where the Hammersmith Conveyance Company provided omnibuses for their conveyance to town . Muhder at Durham . —For sonic clays past this city has been thrown into great excitement , in consequence of a case which occurred last Tuesday week . On the evening of that day , Superintendent Louis Henry Goulc , of the county police , was taken to the gaol and lodged there , on a charge of having shot at his wife , and assaulted in a very grievous manner Mr . Walter Scruton , a solicitor here , and deputy clerk of the peace for the county . Whilst in prison he

    attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a penknite ; the wound , however , was immediately sewed up , and he is now recovering . Tho alleged reason for this violent conduct is , that Mr . Scruton has been in the habit of visiting Mr . Goul 6 ' s wife during his absence from home , and ithad been currently rumoured that Goul 6 actually caught Mr . Scruton in the house under suspicious circumstances ; but there docs not appear any ground for believing this to have been the case . Mrs . Emma Goule having died on Monday night , a coroner ' s inquest took place on Tuesday , at the Court-house , before Mr . J . M . Favell and a jury of citizens . The following is a report of the evidence adduced to-day : —Henry Stoker , assistant to Mr . Green , sureeon . stated that

    he was called upon on Tuesday , the 10 th i » st ., about ten o ' clock in tho evening , to see Mrs . Goule . He found her lying in bed , and that one of her arms had been wounded . There was a wound between her wrist and elbow near an inch in length . She said her husband and herself had had some words about Mr . Scruton , and as that gentleman , in the company of Mr . Jepson , was passing at the time , she determined to call him in . Mr . Goul 6 refused to allow her , and as she ran for the purpose of doing so , he fired at her , and the shot entered her arm . Another shot was fired by Goule , which did not take effect , She died about ten o ' clock last night of lock-jaw , occasioned by the shot in the arm . —Mr . Edward C . JepHon stated , that he was Dassine alone

    Churchstreet , about half-past nine o clock , on the opposite side to Goule ' s house , with Mr . Scruton . After he had gone about half a dozea paces , he turned round and saw Goule fire a shot from a pistol which he had in his hand . His wife ran into a house opposite . Witness afterwards went in , and found her in a state of great excitement . One of the bones of hev arm was extensively fractured . He placed a wet rag upon it , and soon after Mr . Stoker arrived . —Jane Giles deposed , that she is the wife of Edward Giles , who is brother of Mr . Goulo . She resided with her sister-in-law in Churchstreet . On Tuesday night , when Mr . GoulG came home , he appeared very much excited ; lie could not eat any supper , and got up and sat down again

    several timcs . Some conversation passed between him and his wife relative to an alleged improper connexion with Mr . Scvuton , and he asked witness to swear that Mrs . Goul 6 was a virtuous woman . She said she would do so . He then asked Mis . Goule herself to swear that she was innocent . Mrs . Goule said she would not ; he doubted her word , and it wounded her feelings . She would not live with a man who believed she would tell a lie . lie said he could not live in that state ; lie would have the matter cleared up . Just at this moment Mr . Scruton and Mv . Jepson passed the window . As they passed she said , "There ' s Mr . Scruton , I'll call him in . " He said , " Emma , I can't bear this , " Witness advised her to call him in , saying that as he was a gentlemanshe

    , was sure ho would speak the truth . He said , " Don't , don't Emma . " She got up to do so , and lie stood before her to prevent her doing it . She said , 'I will , I ' m determined ; I ' m firm ; you know me , Henry . " She went into the passage , he closely followed hov , and said , "If you will , take that , " drawing a _ small pistol out of his coat pocket , and discharging its contents . She raised her left arm , turned instantly round , and exclaimed , " O God !" He fired the pistol in the direction of her head . She ran across the street , and Mr . GoulG followed her and fired again . She lowered her head in running , and the second shot missed her . Witness looked up the street , and saw Mr . Scruton and Mr . Jepson coming back . Goule pursued them , cot hold of one and

    jumped upon his back and he fell . She followed her sister into a house opposite , and then saw a wound in her arm , which was bleeding . Mr . Jepson came in and desired her to be taken home . She said , "I dare not go home ; where is Henry ? " She was taken home , and went to bed . She asked both Mr . Jepson and Mr . Green ( who subsequently attended her ) if there was any danger . li there was , she begged they would tell her , for she could bear anything . Ihey said there was no danger , and she was to keep herself quiet . Yesterday evening Mr . Green desired witness to ask the deceased if she should like to see a minister . She did so , on which the deceased said , " Jane , is tliere any danger ? " Witness said there was great danger , on which her sister said , she was not afraid to die . She soon after became

    insensible , and died in a state of insensibility at ten o ' clock . Witness further deposed that Goul 6 is of a jealous disposition , almost to madness ; he was even jealous when the deceased kissed witness ' s little boy , as he thought that improper . His jealousy was more like insanity than anything else . The deceased and her husband had frequently had conversations relative to Mr . Scruton , and she said to him on one occasion , "Why accuse me of improprieties with Mr . Scruton ; I | do not know Mr . Scruton any better than other people ? " Once she told him she would never speak to Mr . Scruton again , and he then said he must speak to Mr . Scvuton , or it might be worse

    for him . Mr . GonlG had been jealous ot other gentlemen . About twelvemonths ago Mr . Goule was wounded in the head by a pitman during the great " strike , " and sinco then he has frequently comp lained of his head . He had said several times to his wife , "Don't leave me , I cannot bear my thoughts . " One night he said to her , " Don't sleep , talk to me , for I cannot bear my thoughts . " During the last fortnight he had been worse . On Monday night he danced about the kitchen , and appeared in a very excited stated . He put his hair up in a wild manner and said he would shoot her with a pint pot he held in his band . Witness dirt not think tlis fun , but really thought he was not right ; and that

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    was also the opinion of his wife , who told her never to l « ave him in the house alone . During the' night he had a fainting fit ; Mr . Stoker attended him , aM , at two o ' clock in the morning his wife went ^ crow the street to bring him medicine from the surgeon s . On recovering , he asked Mr . Stoker wh y het had revived the dying embers , intimating a desire to die . On the Tuesday Goule expressed more than once feelings of strong affection towards his wife . Thomas Metcalfe , who is a butcher , andlives opposite to Goule ' s house , about 20 yards from the place , said he heard a shriek of a woman between nine and . ten o ' clock , and on looking round saw Mi's . Goul <; running across the street ; Goulu stood on tho step of his own door , and fired a pistol at her . lie then followed after Mr . .

    Scruton and Mr . Jepson . Witness pursued , and at , . length , by the aid of a person named Thomas Sewell , Goul 6 was captured , and a pistol taken out of hia hand . They then took him to the gaol ; lie attempted to escape , but did not succeed . In the gaol he handed up a pocket-book , in which he said there was something written that would account for what he had done . [ This book was in the custody of the magistrates , and Mr . Hays , their clerk , handed it over to the coroner ; but it was nbt opened to-day . ] Inthe gaol Mr . Goule cut his throat , and witness held his head while Mr . Shaw , the surgeon , sewed up the wound . —Thomas Sewell corroborated this evidence , merely adding that he saw the instrument with which Goule attempted suicide was a penknife . —Mr . Green , the surgeon , spoke to the wound in the arm bciu | the cause of death . —Mr . John Booth , gunsmith , stated that on Tuesday evening , between five and six o ' clock , Mr . Goul 6 came into his shop and

    said , "Booth , I ' ve often thought of treating m . vBelf with a pair of pistols ; but perhaps you can lend me a pair to-night , as I am going to look after some smugglers , and they are often desperate fellows . " Witness having lent fire-arms to Mr . Gould before , did not hesitate to comply with his request . He next asked him to make them complete for him ; and witness did so , putting a bullet in each . Goul 6 wag calm and deliberate in his manner . He had since heard from an exciseman that Mv . Goulu actually had notice to look after a party of smugglers that evening . —Major Wemyss , the head of the county constabulary , said Goul 6 had informed him that such was tha fact , and that lie had mentioned it to another jielice officer . —The coroner gave orders for this officer and tho exciseman to be summoned , and the inquest waa adjourned at seven o ' clock until ten on Wednesday morning . —It is understood that there are only two or tlivee ^ other witnesses to examine , and the verdict ia anticipated by the public generally .

    Ihe late Fatal Duel at Gosport . —Veeoict op hilfdi , Murder . —On Tuesday night last the inquest on this case terminated , after having occupied the coroner and jury several days . The verdict returned was : — " We find that the immediate cause ot Mr . Seaton ' s death was the result of a surgical operation , rendered imperatively necessary by the imminent danger in which he was placed by the infliction of a gun-shot wound which he received on the 20 th of May last in a duel with Lieut . Henry Charles Moorlicad Hawkey , of the Royal Marines ; we therefore find , that the said Lieutenant Hawkey and Edward Lawcs Pym , as well as all the parties concerned in the said duel , guilty of Wilful Murder . The jury would further express their unanimous conviction that everything which the best professional skill , the greatest attention , and the utmost kindness could suggest , was rendered to Mr . Scaton by his respective medical attendants . "

    # Fatal Accident . —On Monday morning , the ICth inst ., at seven o ' clock , an inquest was held at Enliam , near the town and in tho borough of Andover , before Mr . II . Footner , coroner , upon the body of Mr . S . Guyatt , a respectable yeoman , holding ' a farm at Enham . The jury appointed Mr . C . Dale their foreman , and from the evidence of witnesses , it appeared Mr . Guyatt had been at Charlton , near Andover , the whole of Saturday , sheep-washing , preparatory . to his annual shearing , and , from the fatigue and extreme heat of the day , had . taken more beer than he . had been accustomed to . lie left the Royal Oak Inn at Charlton , on horseback , about ten o ' clock

    at night , for his own residence , riding very fust . Ilia wife , sitting up for her husband , about twelve o ' clock , heard his horse in a meadow bfiliind the house , and , on calling the carter , the horse was found there , with saddle and bridle , and without his master . The carter then commenced a search , and , about a mile from the farm , found Mr . Guratt lying insensible under a hedge . Mr . Westlake , " surgeon , of Andover , depssed that he saw the deceased about three o ' clock on Sunday morning , at his own house , and , on examination , found a contusion on the back of his head , which , ke stated , caused death . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " The de eeased was about forty , a plain English fanner , and much respected in the neighbourhood . .

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    HAMPTON 1 UCES . The Gold Cop , in siictie , by subs of 5 6 ovs each , with 40 added ; for threc-yr-olds , 7 st 71 b ; four 8 st lOlb ; five 9 st 31 b ; six and aged , » st 71 b ; marcs , « fcc , allowed 31 b . The winner to he sold for £ 200 . Heats , once round and a distance . Ten subs . ifr Parr ' s Ninety One , 4 yrs ( Wahefield ) Oil Mr Ramsbottom ' s Brush , 1 yrs 12 a Hon ! ( J , Ongley ' s Fame , aged o o 2 Lord Caledon ' s Auld Lang Sync , 5 yrs 0 0 4 Sir O . Heathcoto ' s f by Velocipede , out of Miss Wilfred , i yrs 0 3 dr Lord Lonsdale's Loadstone , 3 jrs o dt Baron Rothschild ' s Sambo , 4 yrs o g dc Jij'it Beat . —Betting . —5 to 2 agst Loadstone ^ to 1 nest Miss Wilfred , i to 1 agst Ninety One , and 5 to 1 agst Brush . —Won cleverly by half a length , Loadstone beat , ing Sambo by a head for second ; Fame a bad fourth Ninety One and the Miss Wilfred lillv did not eo for the lient .

    Second Heat—Belting , —6 te 4 agst P , rush , 2 to 1 agst Miss Wilfred , 3 to 1 agst Ninety One , and 5 to 1 any other —Ninety One made all the running , and after a close rase up the distance won by a head , Miss Wilfred a respectable third , and Loadstone a bad fourth . Third Heat . —Betting . —Even on Ninety One , and 10 to six agst Brush . —Won by a length , Fame , who had made all the running , beating Brush easily for the second plaw The winner was claimed , and afterwards repurchased for £ 250 , with a proviso that she shall not be started for the Queen's Plate .

    The Si'hrey and Middlesex Stakes ( handicap ) of 20 sovs each , 10 ft , and 5 only if declared , with 50 added ; the second to save his stake , and the ivinner to pay 20 sovs towards the expenses of the course , anil to Sub . scribe to next year ' s handicap , Two miles . Thirty , seven subs , twenty-one of whom declared . Mr . Death ' s Misdeal , C yrs , Sst 311 ) ,... ( Wakefield ) 1 Mr . llamsuottom ' s Pineapple , 5 yrs , Sst I Ulb 2 Mr . Cook ' s What , 5 yrs , 8 st ' . 3 Mr . Wormald ' s Millepede , aged , Sst 101 b ' . 4

    The following also started , but were not placed;—Mr , R . Clifton's ch g by Mundig , dam by Comus , 5 yrs , Sst—Lord Rosslyn ' s Elemi , 4 yrs , fist lSlii—Mr . Coleinan ' s Devil-among-the-Tailors , fi yrs , fist 131 b—Sir G . Heathcote ' s Gwalior , 3 yrs , Sst 111 b—Mr . Can's Deodara , 3 yrs , Sst 61 b—Lord March ' s Jew Boy , 3 yrs , 4 st 81 b—Mr . May's Corinthian Tom , 3 yrs , 4 st 81 b . Belling . — 3 tol agst What ( taken ) , i to L agst Jew Boy , 4 to 1 agst Pineapple , 0 to 1 agst Corinthian Tom , 5 to 1 agst Misdeal , 8 to 1 agst Devil-among-the-Tailors , 10 to 1 agst Millepede , and 10 tol agst Deodara . Misdeal , What , Deodara , Jew Boy , and Corinthian Tom started in a cluster , and ran in close company to the stand , where the running was taken up at . a slow pace by Misdeal , What , Corinthian Tom , and Pineapple waiting upon him . This lot went down the line ! .- of tho course in

    a body , Misdeal retaining his lead to the last turn , where What took his place and went on with ihe running to the distance j Misdeal here recovered his load , kept it to the chair , and won cleverly by a length , iineapple beating What by half a length , and Millepede by a length . The Corinthian Stakes of 10 sovs each , h ft with 25 added ; for three-yr-olds , Sst ; four . lOst 71 b ; five , list 31 b ; six and agi > il , list 'Jib ; dinners once 31 b , twice olb extra ; half bred horses allowed 51 b . Once round and a distance . The winner to be eold for £ 200 ., dsc . Six subs . Gentlemen riders . Mi ' Mostyn ' s Master Stepney , 3 yrs ( Mr Berkeley ) I Mr Clifton ' s Mespelus , 4 yrs 2 MrPearce's Tom Tough , 5 yrs 3 Lord Glamis ' s Arcanus , 6 yrs 4 Betting . —7 to i agst Master Stepney , and 2 to 1 agst Tom Tough .

    Tom Tough made play to the lower turn , where he wag passed by Mespelus and Master Stepney , the former leading ; at the distance Master Stepney collared him , and , after a middling race , won by a length ; Arcanus wovild not run a yard . The Strawbekrt . Hill Stakes of 5 sovs each , with 25 added ; thrce-yr . olds , 7 st alb ; four , fcst 51 b ; fire , Ac ., 8 stl 21 b . Heats one mile and a quarter . The winner to be sold for £ 100 , k c . Thirteen subs . Mr Matthews ' s Tub-thumper , 6 jr ¦ ¦ .. . ( W . Balchin ) 1 1 Mr Mostyn ' s f by Glaucus , out of March First 2 2 The following also ran : —Mr Wiltshire ' s Frejstrop , 4 yrs—Mr Graydon's Blunderbuss , 3 yrs—Mr York ' s Bletsoa Lass , 4 yrs—Mr Worlcy's Syllabub , 3 yrs—Mr A . Dixon ' s the Star , aged—Mr Hay ' s Teresa , i yrs—Mr Preston's Bosphorus , aged—Mr Arundale ' s Jamie Palshaw , 5 yrsand Mr Shelley ' s The Disowned , 3 yrs . Both heats won cleverl yby a length , Frcystrop third in the first , and Teresa in the second ; Bosphorus broke > n the first heat . Thdbsdat , June ly . The Hobst Cop of 30 sovs , added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each . Loadstone 1 ¦ , Miss Wilfred !! . !!!!!""!"' . ! " !' . ! " 2 a Fama „„ " . " ! . ,. ' . " , " . ' !! . "" n Sk Seven started . Her Majesty ' s Plate of 100 guineas w hat Satyr } * Patchwork ( * \ Won by a head . Seven started ! The Clasemonx Stakes of 10 sovs each , for tffo VT 8 oW Astonishment ' " ° ™ oia AnnaBullen ;; , „;"' " } „ * " » ll > lllllt mi , i Four started ,

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 21, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1320/page/5/