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FE ARFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT . GwccESTEn , August . 31 . —The most awful and terrific accident that has yet happened on the Bristol and Binningb / ai Railway occuiTed last night about a quarter pas * ., ten . The following are the few partieulflK widen J imve been enabled hastily to throw together , j jw which have escaped from the taciturnity of the rsfiway officials : —At a road station called Defford , n esr Pershore , situate in a deep cuttiu ? about twenty n jjfcs on the up line from Gloucester , a goods truck vr as placed just across the np line at the « points , " al iost ' fifty yards beyond the station , ready to bs shackled to a down train ( third-class ) , leaving Eirmhighsfli nt half-past siren p . m . The slopping or red iish-t « snal was turned to stop a luggage-train
that was expected to arrive about the saiuctime ( the traius s&JQesntiv waiting here ) . When tlie luggage train dvovc niC the engine-driver disregarding the signal ,, went oa rigst a-Head , and noteven slackening lsis Si > cee . passed the station at about thirty miles an lout , aatt running against the track , turned it over ¦ on to tac down-rails ; the shock causing the engine So H » rb""off the rails across both sets of sails , thrust-~ in » tfee tender rp the bank of the ratting . At the « sime moment 4 ue third-class down-train arriving at the-spot drove over the luggage-train , engine , aad track dragged a . passencer carriage oa to me top-of the engine , which it set-ou fiiv , asd smashed to Tjiwestlie next carriage . The passengers , mostly ot 4 fe poorer class , were thrown about in all directions ;
4 tca man of the name of Williams , a carpenter , ¦ coin" hoaw to his wife and family at Chelteakuu , 4 as so much cut , bruised , and scalded , that he did Tiotlivc more than a few hours . Six or seven ethers were ^ verely cut and scalded , and all in the train - rcrv nvach shaken . The engine-driver of tkc lug-« a-c-train , a inaaof the name of Ward , was killed , Tjefn" - i ! erallvcut to pieces and buried amongst the mins of the * engines , carriages , and trucks . Ihe stoker was verv much cut stnd scalded , but escaped ¦ with his right " arm broken in two or three places . The engine-driver of the passenger train perceiving some obstruction on the rails . at ashorfc distance from the points , shut on bis steam , reversed the engine , sn . 1 ImthheanS . tkc stoker jumped off just as the
concussion was about to take place . Hoiv he could see the obstruction on not a very light night remains a mvstery ; bat it appears he had slackened speed considerably prior to arriving at this place , as he was about to stop at Defford station . Had these men remained on tucengine , their Jives most probably would have been sacrificed to thcrecklessuessof Ward , anu ihe reprehensible conduct of the officials in placing a truck , especially a loaded one , on the main line of rails just as two trains were expeeted . The passensrer trrin was detained about four hours and a ia& ' , as the passengers could not be forwarded untii an engine and carnages had arrived from Gloucester , loth lines of rails being torn np for several yards . The mail train , wOieii left liirmingliam at one
o ' clock , proceeded , without anything particular occurring , as far as Spetchley , where it arrived about ialf-past two o'cloek . Shortly after leaving Spetchley , and before Hearing the Deflbrd station , they were met by alarm signals , and , the train immediately stopping , it was evident something unusual iad happened . The passenger's and luggage were conves'ed thence across the country , a distance of about two miles , to another train in waiting to receive them . Two or three of the passengers , however , determined to make their way along the line and examine for themselves the nature of the accident , for that an accident , and a very serious one , lad occurred , was but too apparent . On reaching the nrecise snot where the catastrophe happened , the
scene of wreck and destruction which met their eyes bafilcs all description ; two trains had evidently come into violent collision , the engines were shattered to pieces and raised high np in the air on the top of a mass of battered earriagesanu brokcnluggage , the debris of which strewed the road in every direction ; and to add to the horrors of the whole , the burning cinders from tbe engines had set the mass on me , " which a number of workmen were endeavouring in Tain to extinguish . A passenger by the third-class train describes the scene of confusion at the moment of the occurrence as beyond description ; there were a great many passengers , and the shrieks of the " women , mingled with the groans of those who were injured , were truly heartrending .
FCUTJlEn TAUTICCLARS . Deftoud , Sm . 1 . —The poor fellow who was so dreadfully scalded and burnt lingered until nearly daylight this morning , when death put an cud to his sufferings . An inquest was fixed for twelve o ' clock tcMlay . This morning General Padey and several oi the company ' s officers belonging toihecugiueeriug department were upon the spot , with a view to an inspection . Tiicjury k-vejust met , and have proceeded to view the body of Ward , which was lying in a barn close to the line , and presented one of the most awful spectacles ever Avitnessed , being bruised in every part , and hardly an unbroken bone in his body . A post mortem examination has been onlvred , and liis body has ljee ; i opesed . Tiie result hasnot yet transpired , but it is fullv expected that the inquest must
bo adjourned , as the principal witness , Ward's fireman or stoker , is ui : ab ! e to be moved , he having been brought to the Gloucester Infirmary , where he lies in a dreadful state . Tlie inquest upon the passenger ( Williams ) must also bea « journed until after the one en Ward is held . Ward has left a wife aud one young child : he was a clever man iu ni . asaging an engine , but net a very careful driver , lie was iicard to dec ' are before'lieleft Gloucester that he would be in Biraungkain iu two hours . Tiie engine he was driving , called the "Derby , " was the largest at work on tile line ; it is not so much injured * as was anticipated . Something must be wrung to allow a man to drive an engine of such powcratsueha fearful rate , with a leavv luggage-train , merely for the fun of the thing ; and this accident shows rhu necessity of some Jeirisl
.-i-nve enactment to put a stop to sucu reckless conduct . All doubt is removed as to the cause of the fearful aecideat . It was n truck standing iu the way of the luggage train ou its way to Birmingham . The cause of the collision must have arisen from one or other of the following mistakes : —cither the signals were imperfectly given at the Deliiml station to indicate that an obstruction had to be guarded against , oi no signal was given at nil , or the engine-driver fell a sacrl'Jccto his own recklessness in pishing en in spite of the warning . It is only by an official inquiry that the fact-j can be properly ascertained . Railway officers look as though you were going to solicit charity , or p ; ek thc-ir pockets , the moment information is asked about the occurrence of an accident
but even a passcugcr sittiug in a carriage can give no information beyond his sensations at ihe time of the accident , or what he witnesses after it . In the present ease the responsibility rests with the officers at the Deilbrd station . It was they who were in charge of the truck which caused iho double accident , and , of course , it remains for them to account for its having been s <» placed , and to prove that the requisite signals were given . 1 have seen this morning James Sain ! , the mail who acted as fireman to the unfortunate Ward . He stated , " "We left Gloucester at nine o ' clock on Saturday ailgli ! with the luugaire-triiin . "When we < # { . to J 3 rcdon the pumps of the exilic got T ) ad , and by oar attendiug' to them tlic fire got very Jow , but by the time we got to Eggiuton the pumps ¦ were working pretty weSi , and Ward said , he wouid as-sist in gettnig tin { ire filled up . 1 then commenced
Mini . ' hp tlie Uiv , and he assisted me bv opevmg and shutting the Sre-ha ! e door as 1 put in the coke . 1 am not exactly si-re whether it -vvas by tiie bridge at Jtafibi'd or when crossing the Avon that YTard said te jnc * Js . ' . nle , there ' s anrcetaiiuj wrong ; ' and i : nnjediatcly I sa-. T hia shut oS ihe steasn . ^ On observing this , i b- 'gim to reverse tiie cng ' nie , and whilst doing so 1 was ii : rov . ii off it . As 1 was falling I wit somcthmg sirike my shvnlder . It v , -as veij dark at the time . I was ras £ ur « I , after a time , to senslbiiity by tbe pourhjg of waior over sue . Oil holuu ^ up 1 saw engines a * id carriages headed upon caeii other , and some of theni oa lire . 1 asked the pcreon who was ^ usistiu £ : me if be could tell n ; e anythins : of Ward ? He said , ' Siran « er , we will take you to the station . ' Xou arc not iis to Inquire after roar trk-iuis . ' " Bair < l attributes the accident to imperfect smnaiin " xtD ,-fiard .
Deffosi > , _ Mskdat Xsonr . —The accounts of this earftu e-jilisiou having he-ox aseeedingly iaeorrcct . it should bo stated that 02 Satm-day ' iiisht , about a -quarter past ten o ' clock , a porter at thc ~ Deffoni station of iki-5 raiiflrnr WP 3 in the act of rcinovins a track from tbsdowu line of rails , for tlie purpose u ; making war for the expected down train from I 3 irjningunm . to which he was to atfc : c . ' i it , and had got it on the oilier lino , when a special goods train { whieh he said he had no reason to expect ) came Tapiuiy up from Gloucester , ami , notwithstanding- no 3 ess tiiuu three red lijrlit * had hssn exhibited , to warn St of d : in « er , van into the truck at the eritieal ^ aoaient- thai the down train also came bv ; and the consequence was , t ! : at the truck was forced violently between the two trains , aud caused the engines of both to be « p ? cr , and the carriages to be thrawn off . Vhe up-rrsia contained no x-as * e : ijrers , but the driver { Joseph AVard ) was thrown oaf , and upou him Ml a
Jarge mass of msrial bars which had formed the load of one of his carriages : he received such spinal and other injuries that after two heavy groans !; e expired , being aw / ully niatilatcd . WiJliam ililes , a carpenter employed by some uf the contractors , who was in the down-train , was so dreadfully scalded that his death took place early on ^ I pnday morning ; another person received a concussion of the brain , ^ and lies in a daa . scroas state at the Gloucester Infi rmary ; a fourth lies very ill at Pershore : and others are more or less injured . An inquest was Belt on Tuesday morning before Mr . Charles East , jn thJs Tillage , Tiie company were represented by Mr . WheatJcy , their solicitor , Mr . Saunders , their secretary , Mr . Sw . isbc , Mr . M'Csnr . elJ , and Mr . Paine . General Pasley , the Government inspector , vras also present . Jokn Muri > ljy being sworn , deposed—I live at JJefford , ana am porter for the Bristol and Birmin . ' - iam Compaiiy . I only knew the deceased persons by seeing them on the trains . On Satuidav eveuiii-r 1 was on duiy at tho station . Tiie clerk at Eek , ' f .
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ton station wanted a truck which was at our station , to load sheep iu on Monday morning . I was gettin | it out about a quarter past ten at night , and purposed taking it across the line to hook it to the down-train . An up-train came up while I had the truck on the line , and the train ran into it . The train , or rather the engine , was thrown off , and upon the other line . A down-train then came along , and struck against the engine which hail been thrown against the rails . The consequence was , the engine-driver ol the uptrain was thrown off , both engines were considerably damaged , two of the up-train carriages were ksiocked to pieces , and the goods thrown out . There were no passengers , it being the luggage train . Two of the down-train carriages were much damaged . The truck at the time was not on the switch , but on the
main line . On looking about after the accident I saw die driver of the up-train ( Ward ) lying on the line ; he was not quite dead , but groaning , and said , " Lord have mercy on me . " He is * iow lying dead at the station . The bars of metal which were on one of ' his carriages * had fallen on him , ou his legs ami tody . I helped to get the weights off him , but I felt poorly and confused at the time , so that I hardly knew " what had happened . He was taken to the station , but soon died . I did not-see Miles till I saw him in the station . He complained of being m great pain . Mies was emplo } ed as a carpenter by some of the contractors . The np-tiain was a special goods train , and I knew nothing of its being expected They had lights in front of tlie engine , lciid not see the lights ; it is my duty to attend to the signals . Josenh Ward received his injury at the first crash
and the other man when the down-train struck , I do not know how the latter met with his accident . I carried a red lamp at the thne of movingthe track . I did oot hear the train . There are otten trains coming up without our being told of them , except b > signafe placed behind the previous trams , mien I knew of the train coming I expected it would stop before it came to me , as the lines were being repaired just above . The proper time f . irtke arrival of tiie down-train was ten minutes before ten . It was behind its time . Wo never remove any trucks till we hear the trains coming . There were two other signal lights besides mine . We had expected a short pas ? cnger train about the same time , which was to Stop at our station . I have known trains run up without stopping wlien the signals were hoisted . 1 took it to be the
AVhen the goods train came up short passenger train before mentioned . I don t remember that train cominsr . There were red lights also to stop that train . The person holding one ot the red lights had been sent on tke line , past the bridge , towards Eckington ; the other was on the platform . Ward seemed to take no notice ot the signals , for he came up very fast to the truck . I then slipped my shoulder from the truck , and threw myself on the bank . It was a clear night , and I could sec the lamps at Eekmgton station , winch is more than a mile . The deceased ( Ward ) was standing up , gazing over the top of his engine ; he was not asleep . Mr . J . E . M'Connell , superintendent of the locomotive department , deposed—I reside at Bloomsgrove station . ( Witness here read the company ' s
regulations for the engine-drivers , 'ihese regulations appear to have been framed with a due regard for the public safety under any contingency which may happen on railways . ) A cupy of thcoc rules had been given by witness to Ward , who , as usual m all such cases , had consented faithfully to keep them . ( The foreman of the jury here commented on the danger of beingenjoined tomako up their time , when lost , so as to be at each station at tiie precise period marked on the table . ) Mr . M'ConmU accounted for the delay in the down-train in consequence of the repairs on the rails , and also its having to wait for a mail-train ; he then went on to say that if Ward had obeyed the rales laid down withregard to signals , the accident could not possibly have occurred . Ward
had been employed by the company for the last two months , and had driven engines for several years . If engine-drivers pass a signal without stopping , we discharge them . Should the driver accidentally leave his post ,. his fireman is generally competent to take his place . ( Oneofthcjuryolserved , that since tlie trade at Defford had increased , there did not seem to be enough servants and attendants there ; but witness replied that assistar . ee was always forwarded when necessary . ) A truck , when in good repair , may be easily moved by one man , while carrying his lamp . When the last witness removed the truck , he did so to save time in affixing it to the down-train , which he saw coming . The mail-traiu which proceeded the up-train had a red light behind , which denoted that a special train was to come .
Josi ; ih Abbott , porter at Broir . sgrove station , deposed—I knew Joseph Ward . On Saturday night I came from Gloucester with him on a special goods train . We followed the mail , at about nine o ' clock . We were loaded with iron rails and deals ; two carriages were empty . There wore twenty carriages altogether . Ward , the driver , was sober . 1 was the guard . I did not see plainly any signal when approaching Defford . I looked out and saw a I ighfc , but the steam from our engine dazzled it . When we came to the stone bridge we passed tbered light . 1 was too far off to give the driver a sien . il without leaving my break . I had put on the break when I thought I * first saw the light . It was dark , and I could not see for the sternn . We then came in contact with something . I was not thrown off , but got off . I first saw James Baird , the fireman , come out from the trucks . lie was with our train . ( A certificate was here put iu to tlie effect that James Baird was unable to be removed from the Gloucester
Infirmary , he having received a concussion of the brain . Ano ' tlier certificate was put in , stating that William Mantoii , another sufferer , was lying ill at Pershore , but was getting better . ) I afterwards saw Ward lying and groaning , under a weight of bars . I heard him groan twice , and lie soon died . I afterwards saw another person , who was much scalded . Baird went back with the train to Gloucester . It appeared to mo to be a dark nigiit , but I was between two high trucks , and had a light with me . Although I could not see the signal on account of the steam , the driver might . ( A conversation here ensued as to the urgent necessity of having son : e invention for communicating between tho guard and driver , no such invention having hitherto been successful . ) We were going very fast , but we were half an hour behind the mail then . If Ward had seen the Jight oven when at the stone bridge , he might , I think , have prevented any serious accident . A red light may be seen at a distance of four nuic 3 , as I have " seen it at the Lickev .
William Guest deposed—I live at Cheltenham , and a ? a a contractor . The deceased Miles died this morning . I saw him yesterday in bed at the Ciown , in this village . I know nothing of tlie accident . Deceased was a carpenter in the employ of myself and partner . Ills wife and one of his sons are come to fetch his body . ( Tho order for burial was here handed to the witness . ) Mr . William Francis , surgeon , of Pershore , was next sworn . —I was called iu at Defford station about eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , and found Miles on a sofa in an inner room , lie was scalded
extensively in various parts of the body . He was removed to ihe Crown , where I attended him , in conjunction with Mr . Davis and Mr . Kiven . Ho died i lsis morning . The er . usc of death was the SfaWinj . I also saw Ward when I went to t ! : e station . He was dead . I have examined his body , assisted by Mr . Marsh , of Upton . There were fractures or " crushinjjs" of the spine and pelvis suiHcient to account for death . ( Witness also described other horrible wounds . ) I \ Ir . James Dune , supcrintcndcntatDcfTord station , was next called , ills evidence elicited no new fact
; n inn testimony ; lie corrouoratcd the statement as to tho goods speeial train bei » £ unexpected , and also proved that the signals at Defford were most conspicuous at the iime of its approach . Witness had known instances of ; hc signals being disregarded , but hs always reported such instances , and the parties were discharged . lidwnrdShaw , the man who held the signal light at ilio bridge , said lie was ordered to get a lamp and stop all trains coming u ; i after ten o ' clock , ou account of the repairs goiii'j on . lie did so , and was
stationed near the bridge , towards Eckington . The goods train came up at about twentv minutes or halt ' an hoav after the mail train . Witness was most positive that he showed his light when he first saw it coming . Did not know the driver , as the engine went by very fast , without taking notice of the signal . Witness waved his light , "bobbed" it forward , and shouted close to the engine , but all to no purpose . Witness also saw Murphy ' s siirnallight and that on the platform . The driver could not have _ helped seeing witness's light if he had been lookhur out .
sanies Crawford , of Gloucester , locomotive foreman , deposed that 0 : 1 the night in question he had attached to the mail train for Birmingham the extra limp baiiiud , which always denotes a special train to follow it . This was the whole of tlie evidence which could at present bj obtained , and the Coroner then , at eight o ' clock at night , adjourned the inquest till that day fortnight , which appointment , however , will bo subject to tiie state of health of the witnesses then to be urotislit forward .
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jLwhmixg Firk ix SnonKDiTCH . —On Wednesday aftcri ioon , between four and live o ' clock , a destructive five broke out at the wadding manufactory 0 ! Mr . Yi vie , situate in Batcmau ' s Buildings . Shoreditch , J . Ugh-street . It originated , it is supposed , From the 1 ' ver-heating of the drying-stove , and wai discovered burning fiercely in the glazing and drying ! of ( s . Tho prompt attendance of tlic brigade engines , how . - }^ ' .. ""^ an excellent supply of water , x-nded much 1 ° cheek its ravages , and in tlie space iF half an Lou . * or so ( lie fliinics were safely got indcr .
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Charge of Forgery at Maxchesiek . —A nuuMlc a « ed man , named William Yates , was on Tuesday char g ed at the Borough Court , with having committed a forgery about two years ago . The prisoner it was stated was formerly a traveller for the house of Messrs . WAlker and Co ., of this town , but being out of employment about two years since he was allowed by Messrs . Bates and Son , twist and waste dealers , to sell for them occasionally on ' commission , lie sold one parcel of goods , the price of which was , ¦ 6170 and , without authority , applied tor payment . He received a bill afc three days' sight toy tlic
amount and got it discounted at the bank of Messrs . Cunliffes , Brooks , and Co ., by forging the endorsement of Messrs . Bates and Sou . Since that period he had kept out of the way , . and was not again heard of untii apprehended on Saturday last , by one 01 tlie Gountv police , at Bury . The bill was produced m court " but there was no evidence to show that the indorsement was in the handwriting of the prisoner , nor could the clerk at the bank identify him as the person who presented the bill and received the money . He was remanded to Thursday , in order that further evidence might bo procured .
Fatal Fall from the Windsor , East Ixdiaman . —On Wednesday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Queen ' s Head , High-street , Poplar , 011 the body ot Aizah Iline Nance , aged forty , a ship carpenter . Jt appeared that on Monday , afternoon , deceased and others were engaged in warping the Windsor , l 1 !( liaman , into Messrs . Greene ' s Dock , at Blackball , when , by some accident , not clearly accounted for , he fell from the t ' oro chains into tho water , striking his head against one of the spur-shores ot the vessel . A seaman , named Donovan , plunged in after him , but ten minutes elapsed before lie recovered the imrlv Snv . rir .-il nttomnts to restore animation cliu
not succeed . Verdict—Accidental Death . Tub late Accident ox board tub Mookmout SlBAMEK . —f ISB 1 SG OF DECEASED BOV ' S 1 O T . ~ it will be recollected that a lad , named James Purccll , had his foot cut off by the head-rope of tlic Moonlight , iron steam-boat , and died in consequence , in the Ouaring-cross Hospital . The accident occurred at the Hunger-ford Pier , and tlie foot , wish boot on , was severed from the kg and fell into the water . It did not sink , however , but was carried by the tide as far as Blackball stairs , off which it was picked up by a- waterman , on Wednesday morning . The inquest in this case lias terminated by a verdict of—Accidental Death ; with a deodand of MO on the
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THE DUNFERMLINE RIOTS . Accounts of these riots liave appeared in several newspapers , which are exceedingly incorrect . ¦ and grossly exaggerated ; but instead of occupying our space with an exposure of these , we shall endeavour to give a correct version ot the whole case . In May , ISM :, a table of prices was made out jointly by a committee of the manufacturers and weavers , which both parties agreed to ; and all the manufacturers in town , with the exception of the Messrs . Alexander , and one or two other houses , signed the same .. Since that time it was understood they were all paying their weavers the prices stated in the table . Lately , however , the Messrs . Alexander had offered work at lower prices , to weavers who were not in their emplovmcnt . This excited suspicions that they were
not paying the table prices ; and on inquiry being made , " satisfactory evidence was obtained that these suspicions were well founded . Under these circumstances it could not be expected that ilie othcrmanufacturcrs would continue to pay the table prices , and therefore that a general reduction would soon have to be resorted to , although it is allowed on all hands that the wages of the weavers are too low already . In order , if possible , to avert a calamity so serious , the weavers , in the different quarters of the town , held several district meetings between the 5 th and 12 th current , for the purpose of devising Hieans of supporting these weavers who were working at reduced wages , until they could find work at the regular prices . But before these arrangements were completed , a number of thoughtless boys and young lads
met at Baldmlgeburn toll-bar , on tlie evening ot the 13 th current , and proceeded through the suburbs and back streets ol ^ the town , beating a drum , by which a great number of the same description of persons were collected together , and by the time they reached Bothwellhaugh they might amount to about twelve hundred . At this place , Provost llonaldson , Bailie Birrcll , and J . Macdonald , Esq ., Procurator-Fiscal , proceeded , without the aid of a single police-officer , into the centre of the crowd , for tlie purpose of advising them to disperse and go home , and to warn them against committing any breach of the peace . At this time some person took the Provost's staff out of bis hand , and when he attempted to recover it , he was suppGsed to be endeavouring to secure one of the rioters , when he was tripped , and fell . During the time the
magistrates remained amongst , the crowd , several stones were thrown at them , one of which struck the back of the Provost's head , when his hat was off , and Inflicted a severe wound . Mossi'S BilTGll and Macdonald sustained little or no injury ; indeed it was evident that the rioters had no bad feeling towards th ? Magistrates , for any disrespect shewn to them met with decided disapprobation . After they left them , the rioters , who had evidently diminished in number , proceeded along the Nethortown , up Moodic-street , and on to Mr . Thomas Alexander ' s house , in Abbcy-Park-placc . In passing it , they broke agreat many panes of glass in the windows . They then proceeded to the warehouses of tlie Messrs-Alexander , in Canmore-streefc , and smashed all the wiudows in the front . They then went up
Guildhallstveet , to the Cros 3 . When they arrived there , " Balmule" was sounded through the crowd , and about 300 or dOO sot oil' for that place . All tliis was accomplished in about an hour , during which time the burgh constables were called out , and a considerable number of other persons made special constables ; but before anything like a sufficient force could be brought together , all the mischief was done in the town , and a large portion of tho rioters off to Balmule . They reached there about eleven o ' clock , and at once proceeded lo smash all the windows in the house . When they had accomplished this , they forced open the front door , and commenced to destroy the i ' urniturc inside . At this time Mrs . Alexander came down stairs , in her bed-gown , ' with her children in the same condition , and beeged that the rioters would
spare their lives . She was told that neither her nor her children would be injured , and they were allowed to pass Without farther molestation . Indeed , it is said tha £ somo articles of clothing that were in tlic lobby were given to her , and that one of the rioters c .-corted her and the children to the porter's lodge . During this time some of the rioters were searching the house for Mr . Alexander , and others destroying everything they could lay their hands upon . It would appear , . however , that they hud not gone through all the house , as the furniture in the upper fiat was not injured . It is supposed they were prevented from destroying it by the near approach of the constabulary force , and the master and servants of Craigduckic , who arrived before tho riotclv > had time to carry the work of destruction to the upper part of the house . When they arrived , tlic kitchen was
on fire ; and had it not been an arched apartment , in all likelihood tlio > vJio ! c house wouid have been burned down ; and as !\ h \ Alexander had taken refuge oa the roof , had it been destroyed he must have fallen a sacrifice with it . He was , however , rescued from his perilous situation by the timely arrival of the Sheriff with the constabulary force . Next day , Mr . Alexander and his family left for Edinburgh . The expense of repairing the damages done is not yet fully ascertained , but they arc not expeeted to exceed sixty pounds for Ihe houses in the town aud at Balmulo . A searching investigation lias been carried on sir . ee by tlio legal aulhovities . A great numioi 1 of persons have been examined , and tlic result is the committal of four persons to stand their trial for rioting , iirc-raisiii"' , &c , viz . ^ -Jolm Coutls , William Su . i ' . h , John Gibson , and Henry Moir—the two first iii'c married jaea . —ivufcrmllncJounial .
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Liveiifool Corx Mabket , Mosday , Septemker I —The arrivals of wheat , oats , flour , and oatmeal , from Ireland this week are to a fair extent ; ofibreiirn produce they arc moderate , consisting of about 3 & 5 barrels of Canadian flour , 1170 qrs . of Indian coin , and GOO qrs . of Dutch beans . The weather since last Tuesday has been of the most splendid character , uniformly fine and warm each day , and considerable progress has been made in the cutting of wheat and oats , which form tho principal grain crops in this neighbourhood . Our grain market has consequently
been much depressed , and where business in wheat and flour has been effected , reduced prices wore submitted to . At Friday ' s market the decline was : jd . per bushel on wheat , and fully Is . per sack on Hour . No bonded transactions have occurred duri ng the week . Oats and oatnical have likewise given way in value , with a very limited sale . The bust samples of old Irish oats have been sold at 3 s . 2 d . to 3 s . 3 d . per -151 bs , and oatmeal 2 Cs . 9 d . to 27 s . per 210 lbs , for good old , and 303 . to Sis . for new . Barley , beans , peas , and Indian corn have maintained their provious value , with a moderate demand for tlie
inte-. Liverpool Cattle" Market , Monday , Seftkmher 1 . —The supply of cattle-at market to-day has been rather smaller than ot late , and the attendance of customers not so numerous ; in consequence the prices may be quoted at id . per Ifi . lower than of late . Cattle imported into Liverpool from the 25 th of August to the 1 st of September : — Cows , 2 ! i- ' . j ; calves , 77 ; sheep , 10 , 280 ; lambs , 410 ; pigs , SW 2 ; horses , 19 .
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SADLER'S WELLS . Shalcspeare ' s magnificent tragedy of llaclah was repeated at tii ' is thentre on Monday aud TucsiS . t last , and will , we understand , be repeated on the Monday and Tuesday nights of every week for some time to come . Of tlieso opportunities I ' ov witnessing 011 c of the sublimest productions of our national poet , we hope our theatrical-loving Mends will take advantage . Those of them who have before witnessed the performance of this tmseflv at other houses , and by other actors , will
confess that , on the whole , they never saw it more eliectively played , nor the characters therein more faithfully represented . Those who have not already seen . this tragedy acted elsewhere , will , we can assure them , reap an intellectual enjoyment , and receive impressions which they will never forget . Mrs . Warner ' s performance of Lady Macbctlino description can do justice to , and no praise can sufficiently express our conscientious admiration of . From first to last , her acting appears a , fearful reality , wanting nothing to make perfect tins dreadful embodiment of female ambition and crime . Mr . Plielps' performance of Macbeth is almost as faultless and
excellent ; so excellent that we must decline noticing one or two not very important imperfections . In the banquet scene Mr . Plielps is truly great , and in the concluding scenes generally , he performs tlic character with that truthfulness and talent which fairly entitle him to unbounded praise . Mr . Jlarston ably ' plays the part of Macdvff . I ] is alarm ami horror upon discovering the murder nf the king is a most able piece of acting . Mr . Or . Bennett always plays well , and his performance of Lanquo does him no discredit . Ihitican is also weJl played by Mr . Mellon . Indeed , tlie entire company perform their parts in a manner deserving all praiic IS cxt the ' excellent acting , the scenic appointments and . drosses , particularly all that relates
to tlie supernatural part of tlio phy , arc )) iO c appropriate and judicious . —On Wednesday evening Massinger ' s play of the Fatal pownj was |» i > duccd with triumphant success . This tragedy , one d the oldest and best of the Eiu'Jish school , ami , previous to the Parliamentary resistance to Charles 1 ., one of the most popular and most ot ' ten-pcWiirmoa , was proscribed after the Restoration , ami jnailc lo give way to Howe ' s Fair Penitent , winch , in idea and language , was , to ' a { . 'rent extent , stolon from tii « Fatal Dowry . The Fair Penitent kept the siajre lor a great length of time , to the exclusion of . ^ a ^ i . " . ^ '' ' . tragedy ; but "time works wonders , " and with iiwfs changes , a change has come over the piiWic mind as
to tlio merits of the rival productions 01 iiRssi !^ and Uowe . Now the Fair Penitent is ccni ? j ^ i : otl to oblivion , while the Futul Dowry has rt' - -nmcil ijs-fgitimaie position amidst universal app la ^ - . ' «' play was revived at Drui-y Lane sonic ie « " l'car * . ' = > when Wallack appeared ' Cl . arak-i-- ' . lts _ j'vw . uction ; it Sadler ' s WgIIs , on Wednesday cvonni ; :. v . ; w attended with tho most gratifying niaits oi success ; tlic house was crowded ' in every _!««* . «"" . the unanimous ani > lnuse of the au ' . iu'i'w «• » most enthusiastic . ' Mr . Plielps played j !' l 0 ii V " honest llonxont , and in no character thai * - " \ i at present seen him perform has ! lc . '"^ " ^ n natural than iu this it is ; l C "'
move one ; £ adapted for his peculiar qualifications , : ! li ( l -A '\ mirably performed it . ill-. Buckiniihiiuir' -v - " ; "; . young ' Novall very effectively . Air . <¦ ¦ ' '''¦"¦"'"' j ns i ' ocA / ort , was excellent . Mr . MarMon i-k ^ C' fiaralois with great judgment ;»• ' (! ii'i ^ ,, j other parts wercfjlled as follows : —iViWt " - . ?' - .. ;' Mr . 11 . Mellon ; Ikavmcllc , Miss Coonfi ; U •¦<•; ' " ' { -Miss Lcbatt ; Florimel , Miss Iluddavl ; who t : u ' " . ^ all well acquitted themselves . The scewvy m > > ; , . . elkctlro ; tJ ; c conc-Judin / r scene of the f 1 : "" - ' ' ,, ' ot especially striking ; and ' altogether ttie «»» £ "' ' ,. tho Fowl Dowry fully deserved tiie i' ! ' ! ' " , ^ , ' ^ audience so liberally bestowed . The ' tviv : "'"; , int excellent old Eimlish pieces entities iw 1 " 1 ;" : ^; , ;" . ^ to thfi nnhlic ' s ersititiidn and suunoit ; ar . u ui-i .-.
are pleased to see . are not wanting . p ROYAL MAUYLEBOiNK TlIt-AJhK . This elegant place of amusement is w > w ;; ' ' .,. the season . On Monday evening »' . « - l" ) - ^ t ' first , the " grand i-omRiifw drama ul l ^ . Captive of Siksia . " Tl . o characters w * ^; ^ , trainee ) hythc talented arliMcs ot the e » i . w' ' ' - k The d&ctivo acting of Mr . Henry Jf ; V ' ,, "tranie star of the Sumy , " and tlwt £ Campbell , was particularly ai-p laiuktl- J ^ . J x \ i 0 especially-the saloon In ihe palace ol | - . * ^ , ^ Second , was really gwd . At the con . u * m . < i piece- tho applauscr was loud , hearty , , «" « M- ;' . 1 .,, „( After the drama came "the 1-niry : r ; ' - ; vJ the Daughter of the J Janv . bc , " wilh Jt » " ^ J scenery , splendid fireworks , magical n . ra . » 1 and the sidcbivakins , UaughteMnoviPS « " 1 'll [ J the inimitable IVicJnnU , wJ ' . . y 8 tllc ^; . cr i 4 the audience with Iauuhtcr , V ° , fi ? , ; ,, ' - idl by Miss AlABSiiiLi .. The evening s s" !"" /^ . ! eluded with " the Petite Comedy oi tin- ^ " { ,.: ,, Cervantes , " in which the excellent actir . i . <» - ,., 1 Rnvnni > nnfl Ililflstiptll . HS 1110 bpMilM . > .
v i . vtii ii \ . i titi \ i j . iiivi .. | . « --7 _ - in I ••¦ Falh And PedriUo , sent the flUillOBCO linillt 111 , ;) mevrie humour . " The house was we ' ; ' \ # and we arc happy to find that the cxcn . « » « J Dou »! ass , the lessee and nmnHger , ( In w ^ a warded . Our theatrical friends will do > ' < - .. this Thespian Temple a visit . ^ A
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EXTEXSIVE COXFLAGBAIIOX OX SlU TlIOMAS Bakixo ' s Estatk , sear Wixchester . —On Saturday last , a iiiv » which has destroyed several dwellings I nud deprived seven respectable families of both house i and home , occurred at a Tillage called Mitcheldcver , j seven miles from Winchester , on the 13 asingstokeroad , and within two miles of the mansion of Sir Thomas Earing , Bart ,, situate at Stratton Park . It appears that the fire originated from the falling of sparks from the flue of an oven belonging to the bake-| hoti . su of Mr . Groom , baker and general dealer , who at the time was raking the wood embers . Pieces fell upon the thatch of an acijoining cart-house , which instantly ignited , and the fire communicating itself to the long line of continuous thatch , the whole was speedily in a blaze . At this moment the consternation of the villagers was very great , who had 'barely tinieinsevcralinstancestoescape . An aged cripple was most miraculously preserved by the enterprise of a kind neighbour . Very soon after the outbreak the lion . Francis Baring repaired to the scene , having
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, chief constable , and Mi-. Tart , the superintendent , shortly afterwards went with tliroo ¦ constables to render any requisite assistance . When they arrived , the whole of the long line of roofing of the six cottages had fallen in , and the lower part of the builuings as well as the outhouses were in flames . Several of the inmates , who were out , gleaning in tlie fields , had by this time become acquainted with the loss of their little all , and the police acted most admirably in preventing the poor creatures from perilling themselves by attempting to save anything , 'i'he fire continued to bum until every particle of
furniture and stock was destroyed , the houses gutted , and several valuable pigs , poultry , and domestic animals sacrificed . The loss will be most severely felt , as the occupiers are none of them insured . The owner of the houses , Sir Thomas Baring , is insured in one of the county offices . On Monday morning an attempt was made to explore the ruins , and-a quantity of money in different kinds of coin was found , as well as the remains of two watches in a fused state . This was all that was saved of any value . We hear that a subscription , liberally headed and strenuously promoted , is being got up throughout the neighbourhood , for the benefit of the sufferers .
Extexsive Warehouse Robbery . — On Saturday morning last an extensive robbery was discovered to have been committed on the previous night in the premises of Messrs . Henry Whitiker and Sons , spinners and manufacturers of Hurst , near Ashton-undei - Line , and who occupy a warehouse in Pool , in this town . The robbery was committed between nine o ' clock on Friday night and eight o ' clock on Saturday morning , and , it would appear , by sonic parties who are acquainted with Messrs Wiiitiker ' s business . The last Friday in the month is the day upon which the firm collect their accounts , and this was the day selected by the thieves . The warehouse was locked ' up and left secure at nine o'clock on Friday nightand in the iron safe , which was also locked ,
, was deposited £ 4 , 77 S 15 s . 0 d . m cash and cheques , but fortunately only £ o i 0 8 s . Od . was in notes and gold . About eleven o ' clock a gentleman , who occupies an adjoining warehouse , observed two or three persons lurking about the place , and , not being quite satisfied with their appearance , he addressed one of them and said , " My good man , what do want lure ?" To which the fellow replied , " What the h—l ' s that to you ? " He took no further notice of them . Ifc appears that the thieves entered the warehouse by means of false keys , and also opened the safe and drawers by the same means , and having plundered them of cash , locked them up again , and departed . None of the locks having been in the slightest degree
injured , the men opened t . e doors in the usual way next morning and commenced work , and it was not till the cashier went to the safe that the robbery was discovered . Information was immediately given to the police , but no clue to the robbers has yet been obtained . On Saturday night , between eight and ten o ' clock , tlie whole of the cheques , amounting to £ 4 , 202 7 s . 3 d ., were put into tho post-office at one of the receiving-houses without envelopes or other covers , and are of course now in the hands of the police . There appears to be a gang of expert burglars about tbe town , for during the last eight months several similar robberies have been committed , and iu all probability by the same parties .
Extexsive Robueries . —On Tuesday information of the following extensive robberies was received by the metropolitan police : —From the residence of Mrs . Anne Morris , in the town of Nottingham , a black leather travelling trunk , with " A . Morris " engraved thereon , containing a dozen silver dessert knives and forks , six table forks , six table spoons , six teaspoons , two salt spoons , a mustard spoon , a caddy spoon , a pair of sugar tongs , a receipt on Moore and Robinson ' s bank for £ 170 , Bank of England and Liverpool notes for £ 155 , including a £ 50 , £ 30 , and £ 5 , cut in halves , and the remainder in £ 10 and £ 5 notes ; a yellow silk bag , containing upwards of 100 sovereigns ; . i black morocco writing case , containing two gold bracelets , set with cameos ; several valuable securities in the Dutch , German , and French languages , besides various articles of wearing
apparel and silk dresses unmade . Alsoa rosewood dressing-case , inlaid with pearl , containing two gold watches , one German and the other French ; a pail of silver Indian ear-drops , two diamond rings , one with a large diamond in the centre , surrounded with eight small ones , various other rings and brooches , a small gold locket , a gold bracelet , set with turquoise and other stones , various continental coins , ifcc Also from tlic pocket of a gentleman , between the District Bank and the Custom House , Liverpool , by way of Southeastle-street , a wash leather bag , containing the following Bank of England notes : — £ 100 , Manchester , 17 th February , 18-15 , No . 1 G , 55 S ; £ 50 , Leeds , 22 nd July , 1844 , 22 . S 73 ; £ 50 , Liverpool , 28 th May , ISM , " 215 , 421 ; four £ 10 , Manchester , 10 th February , 1814 , Nos . 34 , 420 , 38 . 157 , 33 , 080 , and 12 , 040 ; and £ o , London , 13 th March , 1 S 44 , 70 , 183 ; also about £ 27 in gold .
Alleged Extexsive Swixdlixo . —Some time since a " person who represented himself as Dr . Alien , late of the Enniskillen Dragoons , appeared in Argyllshire , where he is accused of having obtained goods and money in a false and fraudulent manner , from various respectable individual ! :, to the amount of £ 200 sterling . Information having been received by the authorities at Inverary , that ho was residing in Kilrea , county of Londonderry , Ireland , under his real name of James Tatersou , following the occupation of a baker in said village , where he is said to possess property to some amount , Mr . M'Kay , superintendent of the Argyll county police , at the request of the sheriff-substitute , immediately proceeded to Boifiist , per Thetis steamer , upon Monday
last , and from thence the following day to Kilrea . After arriving there late on Tuesday night , next morning being the weekly fair , Mr . M'Kay , happening to look out . of his window previous to communicating with the authorities , saw a person arrive at the market stands ^ with a bread cart , whom he immediately recognised as the identical person he was in pursuit of . He communicated with the constabulary , who rendered him every assistance ; and , after securing the prisoner , marched him off to the barracks , followed by upwards of 3000 of the populace . Afterwards Mr . M'Kay , proceeded to search the prisoner ' s house and premises , aiul / our . d , ' a considerable quantity of the property understood lo Le carried away by him
from Argyllshire . That same night ho proceeded with the prisoner from Kilrea to ^ Belfast , and from thence per same steamer , Thetis , next day for Greenock , en route for Inverary . Mr . M'Kay states he received every facility from Cnptain M'Keller in bringing the prisoner across . The said person is supposed to have committed a variety of similar offences under the name of Richardson , in Stirlingshire , and probably other counties in Scotland , under assumed names , " as ifc is well known in Kilrea that lie occasionally absented himself for a time from there , and returned afterwards in possession of goods and money to a considerable extent . —Glasgow lkrald of ' Monday .
The Late Colliery Explosiox at Abeudahe . — A correspondent , writing from Blaina , gives tlie following illustration of tho recklessness of the colliers : — " A fortnight ago a person with whom 1 conversed , and who had inspected the mine , then reported it to be in an excellent state of ventilation ; better , from the account of the colliers , than it had been for some time past . A portion of the explosive matter which had accumulated in a dome at the top of the level , and which had been formed by a fall from the roof , was recklessly ignited at tlio time by some of the colliers , with a view of shouting the effect to a stranger ; the whole party were thrown violently to the ground , but no other damage was then done . To accomplish this mad experiment , two pickaxes were tied together , haying a candle attached to the top of the uppermost , which were held up by a man standing en another man's shoulder to roach the gas . It is to be hoped that a similar freak has not been the cause of the late catastrophe . "— Carmarthen x > apcr .
ExTRAORDIXARr OnSERVATIOXS COXXKCTE 1 ) WITH T 1 IF . late Disastrous Whirlwind at Rouex . —M . Arago has communicated to the Paris Academy of Science the observations of some of its correspondents upon tlio extraordinary meteor which caused such dire effects at Rouen . The disastrous visitation commenced iu the valley of Mafouncy and the valley of Monville , about halt-past twelve o ' clock in the day , by the rapid shock of winds and clouds striking in opposite directions , preceded by gusts of an extraordinary hot wind equally remarked at Paris , and so burning that tlie mistress of an inn , although standing l . 'cibre a kitchen fire , felt it , as well as many other persons , on all of whom it produced a most oppressive effect . Similar electrical phenomena soon followed . It was remarked that the whirlwind
presented the shape of an inverted cone , of which tlie point looked red . It did not proceed in a right line , but zig-zag , and particularly jn the direction where there were masses of iron or steel , such as factories , leaving untouched the intermediate spaces . What is more extraordinary , it only struck parts fit" the same house , those parts having quantities of irontvork , leaving untouched tho parts which had little or none frees of a century wove in some places twisted , in others torn up , and in other places broken . But the most remarkable feature of the whole was tins , that a quantity of substances , some of great , weight , such as planks of wood , five feet in length , were sucked tin into the air , and carried to a distance ? , T , T , JeaSucs » after a journey of seven hours . }\ " !? V" : tempest was at its height , the barometer fell 17 millimetres , afact proved by Professor Preisscr . 1 his philosopher dees not doubt that the phenomenon
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was essentially electric . During the passage of the whirlwind , from which flashes of lightning played , "somelpersons smelled a sulphureous odour , and heard a rolling noise—workmen felt themselves moved to and fro , while flames flashed before their eyes . Bits of burned ' cotton and other materials were found , although there had been no conflagration . Several cooking spits were magnetised . Of the killed , some showed no mark of external injury ; many showed rapid signs of decomposition ; and altogether there 1 can be no doubt that the causo was of an electric i nature .
Tiie Bask Robbery . —The large robbery . of banknotes committed at the bank of Messrs . Rogers , Towgood , and Co ., in the city , must be fresh in the recollection of our readers . It was enveloped in a mystery Which even the sharp eyes of the Forresters could not pierce , and their inquiries were , we believe , abandoned in despair . A circumstance has , how ever , iust come to our knowledge which may throw some light on this robbery , if not lead to the discovery of the perpetrators . Three of the notes stolen on this occasion weve paid to an hotel-keener at Naples , by persons staying at his hotel , in discharge of their bills . The parties who passed the notes to him were of such rank and station as to preclude the remotest
possibility of their complicity in the robbery , or of their having received the notes in question otherwise than in exchange for cheques or for larger notes . This hotel keeper arrived in London two or three days ago with tho notes in his possession , aud with the full determination of presenting them at the Bank of England for payment . lie knows the parties from whom he received them , so that a clue will thus be obtained by which the notes may be traced from hand to hand until the first possessor after the robbery is reached . It may be mentioned that a list of the Stolen notes was communicated to this hotel keeper by the British Consul at Naples , but not until four days after the notes in question had been taken by him . —Observer .
Distressixg Suicides . —On Thursday morning last the quiet village of Perry Bar was thrown into a state of excitement by a report that Mrs . Priestley , the wife of a , brewer residing there , had been found suspended by a rope , to the top of the bed . Tho alarm was given about seven o ' clock , and on some of the neighbours proceeding to the house they found the husband , Thomas Priestly , standing by the body of his wife , which lay extended on the floor of the bedroom . The usual * notice was given to the coroner , and in the afternoon of the same day an inquest was about beinc held , when it became known that the
husband had also terminated his existence by hangin" himself :. From the evidence of several witnesses , it appeared that Priestley had been very melancholy of late , his demeanour even to Ms friends being cold and repulsive . He complained of palpitation of the heart , and was under the medical care of a surgeon in Birmingham . In the case of Mrs . Priestly , the jury returned a verdict that she was found dead , but how death had been produced there was no evidence to show . In the second instance the finding of the jury was , that "Deceased had destroyed himselt while labouring under temporary insanity . "— Sir minnham Journal .
The Laxcaster and Carlisle Railway . —On Wednesday last a serious and dreadful accident occurred on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway , line at the cuttingthrough a large lull upou Shap I ell , Westmoreland . The circumstances under which this accident happened are of an extremely horrible character . It appears that a portion of the rode had been charged with gunpowder for the purpose of tearing it up , when , from some cause or other , the charge would not explode , and two of the workmen returned to it and commenced drilling tho stone to draw out the powder . In doing this they had unfortunately neglected to pour into the hole a sufficient quantity of water to keep the stone moist , and the consequence was that the "jumper" became heated by the frictionand ignited the powder . One of tho poor
fel-, lows was blown into the air a height of thirty ov forty feet and came down upon a heap of stones , after which he rolled into a gully twelve feet deep , and the other by the force of tlio blast was driven to a considerable distance . The unfortunate men did not exhibit any signs of life until medical assistance had been obtained , when they partly revived on restorative means being resorted to . ' The workman who was thrown to such an awful height is lacerated in the lower part of theabdomen in a shocking manner , and the other is likewise dreadfully mutilated about the breast and abdomen . The injuries are of such a description that there is not the least possible chance of their recovery , and the sufferers arc enduring the most excruciating pains . We have not been able to learn their names , but we understand they
are from distant counties . Since the commencement of this railway—a year ago—several hundred labourers have been employed at this stupendous cut through Shap Fell , which was the principal obstacle on the lino , and at first considered almost insurmountable from the hard flint rock of which it is composed , but from tiie skill and . nblc management of tho contractors the work has progressed with astonishing rapidity , and there is every prospect of its being completed within the given period—next August . On the same day another labourer upon this line , called William * Magce , was killed close to Shap , within four miles of the other accident , by the falling of a large crane upon him . The back part of his head was much fractured , his right cheek bruised , and his right leg broken , besides being severely
Crushed on other parts of the right side . He died in a i ' cw hours after the accident . An inquest washeld upon the body before Mr . Thompson , one of the coroners for the county , on the following day , and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " A Woman Roasted Alive . —The following horrible event is said to have occurred very recently in a parish of Hainault , Flanders : —A short time ago , a woman suffering from a rheumatic disorder consulted an itinerant quack doctor , who found the means to put an end to her sufferings with all the forms which the most atrocious barbarity could have imagined . The following is , we believe , an exact report of his verbal prescription : — " Tho part affected must k covered with a mixture compounded of brandy and gunpowder in a state of ignition ; two persons must hold the woman till the perfect combustion and extinction of the mixture , aud arc to pay no attention to the cries uttered by her , for if a radical cure is to
be effected , it is necessary ihat the action of tlie fire should take place on the whole surface in a state of disease . Fear nothing ! All will go well ! Adieu !" This Oidonnance , made with that affectation of gesture and language familiar to this class of mountebanks , was executed to the letter , and even with a slight addition , for in order to compel their victim to be silent , the barbarous assistants brutally disfigured the face of the unhappy woman in different places during the execution of the prescription . After this operation , which only lasted one hour , there remained but an inanimate corpse . The skin of the thighs and abdomen was completely peeled off , and the flesh charred and blackened . The body was hastily buried , and endeavours made to stifie any report of this act of inhuman cruelty getting into circulation ; but the IVoeurenr dn Roi having been informed of the affair , sent a surgeon , who , after the exhumation and inspection of the body , declared the woman had been roasted to death . — Gazette Jleclicak Beige .
Tub Exi'J . osJOJf at Jabrow Colliery . — Jakrow , Monday . —A public meeting was held this day , for the purpose of promoting a subscription on behalf of the surviving relatives of the unfortunate sufferers in the recent explosion . A subscription list was opened , and a committee sippointcd . Mr . Brown , the owner of Javrow colliery , put his name down for £ 100 , ami that oi' Mrs . Biwa f ov £ . ' 25 . The subscription in the whole , up to the close of the meeting , was about £ 300 . John Adams , one of those taken out of the Bensham seam , is since dead , making the total nuisber killed by the explosion forty . William Cranston , the only one found iilivo in the Low Main seam , is slowly recovering . He is perfectly sensible , but has no recollection of what passed during the thirty-six hours he was in the mine after the explosion took piaeo . He was in the store-board at the time , and
remembers tho explosion occurring , but soon afterwards lost his senses . Tlic body ot' Uichard Baird , which was supposed to h . ayo been under a horse , and the debris from the roof , near the shaft , has been found in a different part of the mine ; ifc was in a pool of water , and very little burnt , showing that he had died fiom the effect of the after-damp . Since tlic explorion , Mr . Brown , the owner of the colliery , has prohibited the use of naked candles in any part of the mine , their place being supplied by Davy lamp . Itwould be well if other colliery owners in the district would follow this example , for experience has shown that with the utmost care accidents will attend the use of the naked candle ; and , strange to say , such calamities generally occur at periods when the mine is said to be in the best possible state of ventilation . Such was the ease at IlasweU , more recently at Coxlodsc , and still later at Javrow .
Destructive Fiiie at Bow . —Shortly after" cne o ' clock on Monday morning , a dreadful fire broke out in one of the houses in Old Ford-lane , Bow , Middlesex , in the occupation of Mr . W . Iicole , a painter aud glazier . The inhabitants were soon aroused , and a parly of tlic K division of metropolitan police lost no time in procuring the parish engine , whilst others were despatched to town for more assistance . By two o'clock engines of the A brigade stations , with that belonging lo the West of England Company , arrived at the scene of destruction ; but , notwithstanding llic most prompt- measures were revolted to by all present , nothing could prevent the entire destruction of Mr . lleo ' . e ' s property , and the damage of four buildings adjoining .
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Singular Discovert in a Coal-iti near Wigax . —On Tuesday , wo were shown a letter from a gentleman residing at Pcmbcrton , near Wigan , written to his brother in this town , which related the following singular circumstance . In lately working Mr . Harrison ' s coal-pit , Ciapgate Colliery , Pemberton , the men came to a-made-up place which they supposed led to some old workings . On Air . Harrison going down and breaking it open , it turned out that their suppositions were perfectly correct ; i ' ur to the extent of about an acre and a half , the coal was gene ; and
it is thought it must have been dug- out upwards of 200 years ago . Mr . Harrison found two of the tools cf tliu colliers of that remote period ; they consist ol a pick-axe and a spade . The letter incloses a penand-ink sketch of the spade , which was made out of a piece of solid oak . The back and round tho front rim had been covered with sheet-iron , some part of which is still visible . We should not be surprised to hear that some members of the British Association , or others of the antiquarians of the day , extended their personal researches to the colliery in question . —Liverpool Courier .
liscAi-K prom a Railway Carriage . —Information was circulated among the police on Saturday last , of the escape of a prisoner from one of tha railway carriages , under tlio following circumstances : —On Wednesday evening last twelve persons , seven men and five women , were placed in one of the third class carriages on the Wolverhamptou Railway , in order to be conveyed to Stafford gaol . They were under tiie caarse of two police constables , and wave all lianaciiik'd . During the temporary absence of the keepers , one of the prisoners , whose name is George Bradncy , 2 . 1 years of age , managed to slip his hamlcitiis ofr his wrist , and then darted over the rail , near tlio luggage station . The alarm was given in the usual way , and several parties van after the man , but ho proceeded with the quickness of lightning across some contiguous , fields and managed to escape .
A Shiuxge Fisn . —On Saturday the fishermen engaged at one of the stake-nets , near the N < rth Esk . were surprised to find a captive in their meshes ol rather unwelcome mien . It was a shark , about seven / eefc long , which -they killed , but not before the animal had destroyed a considerable portion of the net . l
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Simple Cure fob Stammemxg . — Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at an inquest he held tho other day , stated thai a few days back the summoning officer told him that ifc would be useless to call one witness , a lad , because he stuttered so excessively that he could barely articulate the shortest sentence m halt an hour . Mr . Wakley , however , had lnm called , and tellin" him that as shot could not be discharged from a gun without powder or air , so words could not come from the mouth unless the lungs had other powder , viz ., air . He told the lad to inhale air , or draw in his breath , strongly , aud the lad having done so , Mr . Wakley asked , '' Van you talk now V ' 1 Lo boy , to the surprise of the jury , answered immediately anil glibly , ' Yes , I can , sir , very well . " The coroner adde ' d that inhalation , or self-inflation . of the lungs with air , was a sure remedy for stammering , and though it had been discovered long ago , the faculty had not until lately , and even then only a few of them , caused it to be practised as a , remedy for defective articulation .
iManciiestkh Court , Mount Sinai of Ancie . nt Foricstkrs . — The . members of the above court , No . 25 , met on the ISth day of August , 13 ± 5 , to celebrate their eighteenth , anniversary afc tlie house of Brother William Hose , Plasterers' Arms , Gregsonstrcet , Dcansuate : A most sumptuous , dinner was provided for the occasion , to which upwards of forty sat dowfc . After tlie removal of the cloth , a vote of thanks was given to the liosfc and hostess . Brother John Davies , P . C R ., was called to the chair . The vice chair was filled by Brother John Crcer . A most efficient company of bell-ringers were , iu attendance , and during the evening played several of their favourite tunes . There were several , toasts , songs , and recitations on the occasion . Tlie room was crowded bv visitors and friends .
PRESTON . The Laxd . —The first quarterly mcetina of tho Preston branch of the Chartist Co-operative Lmd Society was held on Monday evening last , September 1 st , at Mr . llowavth's Temperance Hotel , Limestreet ; Mr . Roberfc ^ Valton in the chair . Tlic accounts which had been previously audited wsro laid before tlie members , ami gave perfect satisfaction The following wore unanimously appointed us tho sub-committee of the branch : —Joseph Berry , Robert Walton , William Cook ; James Duckett , ] . J , North .
street , sub-treasurer ; James Brown , 71 , I ' ark-roml sub-secretary . It was then resolved—'' That a meeting of the members of the Preston branch he luM Ott Monday evening next , September Sth , at Mr . llowarth's , for the purpose of considering any alterations that may be necessary in the rules of the society . After several shares had been taken out , the nicet ' iii ^ broke up . The question of the Land is Making steady progress here ; every week adds fresh member to our ranks since Mr . O'Connor ' s visit . All communications for the Preston Chartists must be addressed to Mr . James Brown , 71 , Park-road .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 6, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1331/page/8/
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