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^ ¦ O ^ gMB ^ i « Will I ¦ II » O « " ¦ " "Uaj . ' 1 C lAiAL BOILER EXI'LOSION . I DBonwicn , Sntuplay . —The borough of Droitovichl ¦ was yestarday tbrnwn Into a . state of dread , consternation , awl . »? arsn . in consequence of a terrible explosion which to > k placa at thesalfcmanufactoriesj of Mrssrs . EUins and Go ., by wlurii sEveral persons we s-wesv tc : ' 1 < ic ( l . w . e has since died , and an < K * u < -r is boui-ly exp "ctcd tu iiroailss his last . I « i « rJcr in m : iko _ tins origin of the accident distinctly u « : lcr ? t «; O'l , it Vitt lj 3 titcc ? s ; iry to explain tlie tkruhis operamU in tl !? jinanu . f ; ietuve 6 ? salv . It dpni = ! 1 « 'tuc ^ l tUf-n , that tire pans in wluca the brine ( f > m « i :: i'U llv . « ah « va salt , is inaiM is boiled
ar * i n > -t placed imiacdistHy abnvi ! the fires , but liavc fa ' sp lioito' < : 3 a few inches in depth . These are fBV-d wit « water , : m <\ xh « steam seaerated therefrom Is carried off in pipes to wUie ; pans , a « d ser . erates sufficient bea * 10 cause the brine in them also to deposit sail . From $ < tv--e cause or other , at present not satisfactorily PxiAi-bit-A , aw . of these false bottom * b ! ew nil wWi a loud explosion , driving a portion of one of tho p ? . « s through an adjaceni wall tearlnjr away the ni » iiis avA a portion of tlie roof . tlirowiuE cverytluns in fact into utter confusion , an " « ausing ~ thc utmost consttrnaiion throughout the town .
At the time-when the explosion took place ltprovidentisilv feapjiei ^ d t 5 tat nearly all the Tvoifcmen and wnmen emf ilovod 'in the luamifaetovy were at their ' afternoon meal , so ihat Mie w orks were comparatively deserted . Two men . however were stasdinjr n . ar loaning a cart with salt , when the boiling water and steam poured upon them , scalding them In a fearful manner . VUe driver of the cart also was much scalded «> n his rishfc side , and the horse and cart were driven into tlie small river Salwarpe , which runs adjacent to the factory . Another party ramc'l Braxisr , who was at the moment passing the spot with a '" ad of coal , was seriously injured , and Jus vehicle also was forced into the stream .
Immediately on the accident being made known , the town was thrown into the utmost consternation , and the greatest commiseration was manifested for the sufferers . Tlie fireman , a man named Jones , lad a most providential escape from injury , the rupture having taken place on the sid « of the pan opposite to that on which he was actually standing at the time . This gave him an opportunity of escaping from the spot before the steam readied him . The unfortunate men who received the most serious injuries were Georee Carter and his son James . The ? were immediately conveyed to the Worcester Infirmary , where , after lingering until this morning , the former expired , and the son still lies at thai institution in a deplorable state . The other injured parties are in a fair way of recovery .
rCRTIIER PARTICULARS . . Dhouwch , Tuesday . —Tlie shocking affair which appenw ] here on Friday Jast turns out io be more extraordinary than appeared at the time of its occurrence . Tvsterday afternoon the Coron-r for the city of Worcester ( one <> f the unfortunate sufferers having died at the hospital ) commenced an inquiry at that institution , respecting the origin oF the accident , bnt in the absence of necessary witnesses the proceedings were adjourned until Thursday next , when they will bo resumed at Worcester . Of course the principal witnesses for proving the details of the accident will
be the partiei on the spot at the time : but as these were all mere or less h jured , they are at present not in a fit state to be examined on a public inquiry . Since Friday the proprietors of the works , where Hie accident happened , hare surveyed the ruins ot the promise * , and find that , at the lowest computation , it would take £ 1 . 000 to put them in sufficient repairs for use . The exact origin of the disastrous Affair cannot be ascertained with , any degree of certainty , there never having been a similar accident at these or any other salt-works at Droitwieh within recollection .
The force of the explosion mxj be judged from the fact that two cart- % with the liorses attached to them , were actually blown into the river Scliwarpe . and the scalding brine escaping from the tanks rushed into tl » stream , and rendered it too hot for the hind to remain in , besides destroying the fish .
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¦ SRnnuB ^ ^ mHB TIIUKDER STORMS . Terrific Thusdeb Storm is the Metkopoxb . — Tlie metropolis was on Sunday alternoon Tisitud by a terrific thunder storra , which wjis most severely felt at the East end , more especially in the neighbourhood of the London Bocks . Between the hours of - two and three , dnr&g the time that the storm was at its height , a ball of fire fell into the yard of Mr . Tu ™ , a greengrocer , No . 15 , Grace ' s-alley , Well-«! ose-squarc , and exploded with a noise re ? es 3 b ! ing the discharge of a piece of ordnance , at the same time myriads of sparks were sent flying , not only over the onfer premises , but also into the building itself . Fortunately , no party was hurt , although the inmates were much frightened . Almost at the same zncment the premises of Air . Eliis , a c-owkeeper , situate at Xo . 8 , Well-street , were struck by the
electric fluid , and were most seriously damaged . The lar § c ratine of premises known as the Sailors ' Home , in "Well-street , had a portion of a stack of ¦ chambers thrown down , and the roof severely damaged . The lightning entered the shop of Mr . Cohen , a tobacconist , Jfo . 13 . Well-street , and greatly alarmed ihe inhabitant ? . The lightning struck the wall surrounding- the Home Park , close to the Thames , ar . « l opposite to Mrs . Morrison ' s fishing cettaire . at Datchut . The brickwork was displaced find an opening made into the Park to the extent of several feet . Two fine e ! m tires , close to the spot , were also struck by the electric fluid , and shivered . A man named Jenkins , wLo was
returning from the Windsor Lock to Old Windsor , was struck at the same tiise and rendered inscnsi |> jg for upwards of an hour . A party ofiour . sr ^ ntleaieil from loadon , wL .-. wer ; pnwpedjfigin an open four-wheeled carriage to \ lrginjg tfafcr , met with a narrow escape as tney ^ foi ^ a a ] the road , by the sjatnte "Lgcorge III ., on the summit of Snow-hill ; tiio ] ift ^ j OO jj f-. j ., ] , ^ t a sudden and vivid flash of lightning , accompanied by a tremendous peal of tiiuader , and tun-lag suarp round dashed down the steep dee'ivity , at full speed , upsetting the carriage ami throwing the whole party to a considerable distance . Fortunately they fell upon ike turf , and none sustained any verv serious injury .
SOMEESETSOTEE . AWFUL StOIBI OF ThC . VIiEB AXB LiGflisrsG , —On Sunday luorninx one of the most awful stonas of thunder and lightning remembered by the inhabitants , passed over the lower part of Somersetshire and South Devon . The early morning broke unusually bright and clear , and till about eight o'clock gave promise of a fine day . At that . hour the atmosphere grew exceedingly dense , and the sky assumed , an unusually wild appearance . Soon ivler nine o ' cleck the storm burst with awful fmy The liditr . ijig . white anil fe . rzoA , Auwu irom , the fdoass io <» ir . Jjitotion ; the thunder boomer ] and
cs-tsi ; ed . tho ra ; a fell in torrents , .-. nd a heavy and Tri "; d kind o ? wind carried ihe dust apd Sight material fr .-si the snrfitse of the gvovm' ] up in columns . At Weilineten , Somerset , the lightning struck the Inflejiendent Ciiapei School , and injured several of the tfiijldrea . One ; > or > r lad named liarcamb , was killed c ' i the spot , and two others lie in the most imminent CAuger . The ll ^ htniag hr . -ike away the slatework iVi ! . ii the frositof ise school , after which it forced an entrance by a window , the homework of which it mt as with a hatchet . I le . ir that intelligence of ni 3 ? . y accidents wiil j-et reach us .
TCCUESDOCS TlICSDES-STOttH A SO L 'SS OF llFE . Wstsiserojr , ili . ndav aiorniii ^ , —TvstCTJny moriiin ^ a iresncijil-iiu stiirm of tliaiider : «! d Hghtning visited this Tj- cz ^ hbimvhood , aud uidsiuch damage . The whole of Ssixriay Uio irc-jti ^ r nii 5 excessively sultry , bn- jester . fi . vv'moming a luhi bu-tz-j sjiruujj up , and the sky bchig clear ami l-rijrht up to past eight o ' clock , no thought of thunder was entertrdaad . To-, var . ! s nine o ' c ' osk the htavtus l-eeaina yuii . 'k-nly overcast , and i : mn ' jerless clouds wtre s < an iraver * : ng tiie sk y with unasaaJ rapidity , sr . H : a opHosiie directions . Soon after nij ' . 'i oVJock the 5 t-.-m > bursz forth ^ Itii terrific fury . T ! :- - -forked li «! : ! ir . !! . ^ - was HsiJuctiy viri : > 3 e ewn in the gl-jst : oTdavligli ^ : i ; h \ ijt one tia ; e a stream of lire npp *» -: u * ly oE i 3 »» wiUUi vi' tv w . «» » 4 l-oav was ^ etn Parti ng 10 ¦ tin- farlh . The c '^ -ctric G'lUi at ulx . ut z qii .-atfe" past iiir ^ o'clock struclc : \ LuHuin ;; occutiivii 5-y the Indepenti-jdroi Dissenters as n Saadny sc :: o-: * j . T ! -k children
• n ^ re assembled , and li-it ! enirayed in jjraver a : id ' singing , trliea one of the windows was smidciilv dasht-il iu , the wimvI work of the frame u = i-ag shivcvcil hi y-iecs ? , smil »? v- ; -i or eight of tlie childrti : «•«• _ ¦ thrw .-n upon the gri'end . Oaepoor fellow , a Ja'J of » b . juc 16 years old , j : a-jisd Edward Hareourt , was liiik
Thuxdee Stokji at Livehtool . —The thandw storm . ¦ w liith jjasseil orer Liverpool , on Sunday , ahout tno o'clock , ii . m ., burst in a « -ful violiEeo over lurkdalu aii . i Us j ^ ijhoonrhood . At Baiiklield . Iiootlc Road , the * Ucl-ls flaid struck Iho top of the cliiinney of the cottage ! ::: , i ^ -r foratin ^ oue of the ilates at tlie top , in which it Tas . ie a hole afcout the sine of a wain ut , passed down until attnvtfd by r . D ^ tch clock hanging in the bedrocru , fcssid- the clrirnacy , to get st whlcli it mails a hole throu . h tiie Trail . Ha-iing- mcllcd several cogs of ilift l > rass wheels : snj-about ha ! f-a-i 2 ozen liniis of the chain , besides inaUiiig tlttf v . -ho ' e ^ f the works appear as though they had btcn Mace rci hct , it prifscn doivn the pennulum . virc / cr-mpleiclv melting it aad hron-ning ihe -. vhite-wjislied wa !! ; ii its bsak , sjmI then to a nail in the floor iinmediaul ; . - Juadei'nes . th—Uie wood round which v . as scoivhtrt for i ^ ' o ^ P ^ ce of one or tv ; o inches . Cor-iiuvt-. d by tin :: aii it ettered the cujiboard in the hiteheii heiovr , comjOtitOy stripping theioovlar off the CciHug , aadbrcakics several ghis&es . A number of lire-iron suspended ov-. r ihe
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mantel-piece in , the ' kitchen , induced it to make a hole again into the chimney at the Bide , and another in tlie front , where it passed down a poker , and , at its point , once more made a hole in the chimney , down which it went for the remainder of tho distance to the grate ; it next struck across the kitchen , made a hole through anolhfi * wall Ittto the back kitchen or scullery , itnd finally I an indentation , an inei or so iu depth , and about the size of what would be made by a pistol bullet , into the outer wnll opposite , at about three feet from the ground , where its forco appeared tohavebotn exhausted . Theeottngu I is one of a large number lately erected in BankfieW , by Mr . Ambrose Smith , of Eden Terrace , and the open court in which it is situate is known as Shcnven Place , Eskholme Street . Itis occupied by arespectable mechanic
of the name of William Patten , who with his wife and efeildttn were sitting in the kitchen at the time , having just finished their dinner , and the escape of whom , under the circumstances , was most miraculous . Mrs . Patten was rendered insensible for a few moments , but was not otherwise injured , beyond ihe excessive fright occasioned by the shock . The bad room was filled with smoke , of a strong sulphureous scent , for two or three minutes after the house was struck , and it was at first thought that it was set on fire ; hut tills alarm was temporary , as a brief examination revealed the fall extent of the damage , A gentleman sitting in a house in Eden Terrace , which is immediately contiguous , was struck to the gvound at the same time , but he also escaped without sustaining any pei'Sonaliujurv ; we likewise heard of several similar
occurrences in the neighbourhood . The thunder , for many minutes before and after the accident , whb of the most startling description , bursting in sbarp terrific claps _ of scarce a moment ' s duration ; and the flashes of lightning were intensely vivid and almost incessant for nearly an hour . The storm passed out to sea , in a north-westerly direction . In addition to the accidents above described , we have heard of two other instances in which the electric fluid left evidence of its awful power , though happily no fatal casualty was caused thereby , in the neighbourhood of Liverpool . The lightning struck the chimney of the house 2 fo . 76 , Chisenhalestreet , occupied by a persen named Shaw ; and in its passage te the earth rent the
walls , especially of the upper stories , in all directions , tearing the pictures in the house out of their frames and ripping to shreds two wire-gauze blinds in the front windows . Mr . Shatr was struck down and rendered insensible for a minute or so , and , on coming to himself , expressed his astonishment at finding that he was uninjured . It is supposed ^ that the upper part of the house , at least , will have to be ' taken down , In Bond-street , not far from the same neighbourhood , a flag-staff on the top of Carpenter ' s Hall was struck , and shivered te pieces for about eight feet from the top downwards . The staff was probably thirty feet high from the top of the building , which latter , we understand , sustained no injury . Tht storm lasted for two houn .
Awfoi . Thdmder Stobm at Penbiih . — On Sunday afternoon one of the most terrific and awful thunder storms ever remembered , accompanied with hail , visited Penritb . and its neighbourhood . The mornuig was fine and clear , the sub shining brightly , and scarcely a cloud was visible to dim [ the horizon . Soon after noon the air became quite sultry and overpowering , and thuuder was occasionally heard at a distance . About three o ' clock the sky suddenly became dark and lowering , and the clouds might be seed moving through the air in different dixectioBS at a rapid rate . About four o ' clock daylight was almost shut out by tho sudden darkening nnd overhanging clouds , and about this time an awful clap of thunder was heard , accompanied with lightning , and after a short interval cne of the most severe and tremenduout
bail showers commenced that was ever witnessed by the oldest inhabitant living in the neighbourhood , and continued with unabated fury for upwards of half an hour ; the hailstones were the largest ever seen , being about the size of a common Spanish nut ; and the streets were covered with tliem for some time , until the rain fell in torrents , During the continuance of this severe hail storm the thunder continued in one continuous and awful roll , no interval between each peal' intervening ; and the air seemed ^ literally in one electric flame of fire , flash sue ceeding flash without any intermission during the continuance of the storm . The fury of the tempest did not last above an hour , but daring that time most of the streets at
Penrith were sheets of water , and the dwelling houses in low situations were mostly inundated . We have not as jet heard of any damage done by the lightning , but a considerable number of skylights and windows in exposed situations have been broken by the fotce and size of the hailstones , and nearly all the glass frames in the gardens of the neighbourhood have been destroyed or damaged by the severity of the storm . It is supposed that great datnage will have been dose to ihe standing crops in the country by the hail-storm ; but as yet we have not heard the particulars . It is only about a week since the monntains overhanging Keswick were covered witk snoiv , which seems very extraordinary at this season of the year .
HCBBICANE 1 M RUSSIA . —ST . PETEBSBUBGH , JCNE 22 , —H ! bv \; s has been received from the interior of a tremenduous hurricane along the banks of the Wolga , which destroyed between 100 , 000 and 150 , 000 chetwerts of flour , rye , wheat , linseed , < tc , which were destined for this place . The loss is very great . The Weather in Paws . — "In the memory of man , " says the Prexe , " the heat was never so oppressive in Parta as it was on Sunday . At twelve o ' clock on Saturday night the centigrade thermometer marked 21 deg . 5-10 tlis above zero ; at six in the morning of Sunday , 21 deg . 8-ioths ; at noon , 33 deg . WOths . ; and at two o ' clock , 36 deg . 2-10 ths . " " SIj thermometer spoke truly yesterday , " says the correspondent of the Times in his letter of Monday ; " the heighth it marked ( 28 deg . of Reaumur , ) at the moment when I closed my letter , appeared so
incrcaible that I expressed aoubts at its correctness . Within doovs we felt warm , but it is not possible to describe in credible language the nature of tbe heat that prevailed withunt , and which wan by many degrees mora than the Jc" ] neraiur £ j-ccuihn / ended by the faculty for warmb-itbs . This state of the temperature continued u . p to five o ' clock . The wind thea increased , and gradually the heat declined until at seven o ' clock , in an cle-Tated situation in the neighbourhood ef Paris , you would have felt inclined to button your coat . During the ^ niglit the heat continued to diminish , and at the moment at which I write , two o ' clock , we have only 23 deg . of cccti . grade , or 73 or 74 of Fahrenheit ; sufficiently warm certainly , but 23 or 24 deg . of Fahrenheit less than at the same hour yesterday . It now rain-, and we shall have a storm , so that a further diminution of tempera turemay ba expected . "
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DARINC ROBBERIES IN THE NEW FOREST . The villages of Ilatnpworth , No-mau's-Land , Plaitford , &c . have been greatly excited during the past weekowmg to the above-named circumstances . On the morning of Tuesday last , as Mr . John Miles , a butcher of Southampton , was proceeding to Salisbury from that place , between two and three o ' clock in Uie morning , and when between two well-known publichousts . about a mile apart . th . > Ho « l Rover and the Fighti ,, ; &---. )« , iii the neighbourhood of Plaitford , two men , 3 ressed in smock frocks , rushed from the edge , and stop , ped his horse , and succeeded in robbing him of seventeen sovereigns , and 243 . in silver , with which they got clear off .
On Thursday evening last , between seven and eight o ' clock , a sailor went to tho lone cottage of a person of some small independency , at Hampivortb , named Hice , and inquired of the wife if her husband was at home , and on beiug told he would shortly return , asked permission to sit down and await his arrival . Mrs . Rice allowed him to do so , and in a / civ minutes afternards , tlie tailor desired her not to be alarmed , and she replied , " Why fhould I be ? " The sailor then instantly jumped up , and presenting a pistol to her , said , "Give me up your money , or I will blow your brains out . " The frigUtcntd woman told him to desist and she would give him every farthing . -She then went into the adjoining roam for that pHrpose , and he followed her . She gave him £ ' 2 7 s < M . With this the sailor was dissatisfied , and reuewtd Ms threats , but Itvs . Rice declaring it to be all she
had , hi ; then left her , previously saying , that if she told any on- - of it for two hours he would return in the night and burn her iioueo down . The sailor then left , and » t i , oo ; i us he was cut of siirht she ran to a neighbour's house and gave the alarm , whereupon two stout young men started in pursuit of tl : e rubber , and in a little time observed at a . distance a man answering the description given of tUe sailor by 3 Irs . Hice . They ran , and the Ruilur saw them , nua tooK to his lieels . A vigorous race followed ; ihe sailor fled 10 the woods , and his pursuers close bi-hind him . At length they overtook him ; a struggle ensued , and I ' icy toukhim into custody , when , to their great surprise , ttie . v found him to be a man who was bons in the very parish of llatnptvorth , and when a child was a near neighbour to the person he had just robbed . He has lately laniitd at Portsmouth from sea , where he had been some years . His name is E ! drid :. 'e ,
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DREADFUL MURDERS . JluRDEIl OP A CAWIIER ONPAPPLEWICK FOREST , - -2 CEAH NOTTINGHAM . XoTTixGHAJi , Monday . —A report reached this town , on Sunday evening-, that it m .-in had ben found a few hours ufciure , murdered upou Papplewick furc-st , a distance of eight miles from the toivn ef Nottingham . On looking at ihe body , which lay in a stable , little doubt existed in tlis minds of all who saw it that afoul mur .-ler l ; a < 3 liteu coiJHiiitied . On the left cho . k was ; i large wounu , nearly t-, vo inches in length , awl of considerable depth , ami auothc-r on tl . 'e jugular vein , from wJsicii a qu . r . - . tity of Wood had iiov . ; ii . The corpse was tl . at of "William Robinson , aged Oi . Years , a can-lev in Ibp em-I'loy of Mrs . Smith of Slansfk-ld . From the evidence
given ata c < jroiu-r ' sini < u : sl , convened on vie ? oft ::-:- , body this morning , it appeared that on Sa * ur < l : iy l : ls ! RoMnsitn ret out as usual iji liiuujoniiiij ! fian ^ i ^ fi-h . u > h ' ot thighsiu * with his waggon am ? Ihroc Ii / jvsi-S ! , ; > n . l jp the c \ "i ;;; n ; : ic '; , in toi-ijsiViv Tal * : n > :, gr ; ei ; i"ir ; il ¦ > , mrer , ILmy Siiiphard of C . iivwion . TJu-y s _ t' -ut < , f X ^; . ; , < . ? . l . fiin : rJ . ' ali-j ) . "st fix o ' o-cfc , aw ! ; ic < nliiijj to Slnj TnrdV atvoaiit t ' eci- 'ased fol-. nt r . t tin- tidjth nu'lc stone with hi--. >;»? . s : ijii : . s he uo-jW ( ivuhilje the wa , - , V * - As he had not done so v . fc'jii , S .: cj >' : aril riat-l . ed ihe " lint , '' t ! tt ; liti r iv . iiitd . !; . ; -. :: i : lour , lynm tb ? lnr ,. "Md , Mr . Mvi . Jey , a « Jvi « d iii :: i i-, - ; : oo ! to 3 I . ' ii : > . Ji--M , which fir "id , ai-. d «> n his arrival with ilic waggon at J ! rs . S : i : ii . Vs (< leceascd ' s mistrcssj Samuel Towurow , a neighbour io the
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carrier ,-was called up , and requested by Mrs . Robinson to go and seek for lier husband , which he did , and on reaching the eight mile stone , found Robinson stMtched on his back upon the road , with his face covered with blooa , and quite dead . He lay about two yards from the centre of the road , and from the marks his corduroy trow » ers had mode , he appeared to hilVebeell dragged tWO or three yards and left . Shep bard was brought before tbe Coroner , and told his tale . Two or three spots of blood were found inside upon tho lining , and his shirt was very dirty on the right sleerc and shoulder , and im the wristbands a little blood . * e accounted for these marks by stating that they were made while fighting with a servant man on the preceding Thursday . It appears that for twenty-five years Sliephard has borne a good character , and Iefthi 9 situation on the day he fought . His master , Mr . Haughton , of Euttal , paid him £ 315 s ., the balance of his wages , as he had previously received 30 s . Themanner in which Shcp-Iiard made hisstatement . thecircumstance of being lame ,
and a much smaller man than Robinson , gave tmimpl ' eB sion much in his favour . The inque . 't was adjourned .
FURTHER . PABT 1 COT . ARS . Nottingham , Tuesday . A ienrolling and rigid inquiry into the circumstancea connected with the death of Wiliiam Robinson , whose body iva > found in a mangled state on Cappleivick-forcst , took p lace hefore C , Swain , Esq ., Coroner , The facts iJevrloped , though leading the Jury to return a verdict different to what was anticipated , are not so satisfactory as could be wished , as the principal witness , Henry Shepherd , who accompanied Robinson from Nottingham , has evidently been telling untruths , owing to some cause not easily to be defined . After giving the history of hit proceedings on Saturday , prior to meeting Robinson in Nottingham , and setting out with him for Mansfield , he related several particulars different to what he had stated on the previous day , and he denied that any quarrel had taken place between himself and Robinson .
Jane Widnall , wife of Robert Widaall , of Mrs . Sobinson ' s , Forest House , said , that about half-past nine o ' clock on Saturday night last , I saw a waggon drawn by three liorses going along the Mansfield road , and I heard a man say , " What are you reproaching me for ; " and another man replied , "lam not aggravating you , " and then the first man said , " If you aggravate me any more I will get off the waggon and walk , " and the man then got off the waggon and unfastened his dog , and then he gotupon the waggon apain and they drove on . It was about half a mile before they got to Sherwood Lodge Farm .
The principle witness affecting the verdict was Thomas Lightfoot , Esq ., M . D .. of Nottingham , who said—I have this day examined the body with Mr . Frost , and externally we found the back part of the right ear considerably lacerated . There was also a bruise above and below the ear , about the size ofhalf-a-crown . On the left side of the face we observed three bruisee varying from two to three inches in length , slight ecchymosia on the under surface of the left eye . There were a number of scratches on the fore part of the right shoulder , as likewise oneortwo bruises . The second and third fingers on the left hand were broken at their first joints ; the hands were clenched . On the right and left side of the abdomen I observed considerable ecchyraosia , extendiug down each side of the fore and inner surface of tbe thighs , to the peritoneum . A contused grazed wound , for three or four inches in length , on the fore part of the right thigh , running in an oblique direction , andcommencingfrom about threeoffourinches from the bend of the body . He then described the internal
injuries ; the second , third . fourtb , fifth , sixth , and seventh ribs on the right side being broken , and other parts affected . He thought the fracture of the ribs might have been caused by some great force , produced either from before or behind the body . A carriage wheel would pro . duce such , but there was no external mark , on the surface of the body ; they might be produced by being jammed in between two bodies , such as being squeezed between the wheels and the body of a waggon . There is a mark of a wheel on the right thigh , and the right side of the belly . I am of opinion that some great pressure upon the abdominal viscera has caused death , and that the deceased has been run over . I do not think it possible the deceased could have walked from the spot where bis jacket and wliip were found , if he had been injured close to the spot where his body was afterwards found dead , a distance of upwards of half a mile , I should think the deceased would faint away immediately after receiving his injury , and that he could not move many yards .
So other evidence could be brought directly to bear upon the case , to 6 hnw how the deceased received the injury on the face and the marks on his shoulders , and although the evidence was not conclusive , the Jury , after a long consultation , returned as their verdict , " That the deceased has been accidentally run over and killed by some carriages unknown passing along the highway . "
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MURDER AT KINETON , ¦ WARWICKSHIRE . Leamington , Monday Evening . Another murder , which is involved in equally as much mystary as that which occurred at BerkcBwell , in this county , some months ago , is just reported here , as having been committed close to Kinetown , s market town lying between Banbury and Stratford-upon-Avon . The occurrence has caused the greatest consternation in the town and neighbourhood where the deceased ( William Chater ) was well known—beintj an unmarried blacksmith and machine maker , aged 53 , residing at Cornbrook , near Kineton , with a decrepid mother of above 80 years of age , who had been confined to her bed for the past ten years . An inquest upon the body was token before 0 . ftreennway , Esq ., Coroner , this day , at the Swan Inn , Kineton , when we gathered the annexed particulars .
Chater came to Kineton about the middle of the day on tho previous Wednesday , made some trifling pur . chases at some of the shops , and afterwaids joined a party of Odd Fellows drinking at the Eose and Crown , in that place . He left there about half-past nine , much the worse for liquor , but intending to go home . Between eleven and twelve o'clock , the son of Martin Wisdom , a carrier from Kineton to Birmingham , was going to meet his father ' s retum-cart , found deceased , Chater , lying by the road side , but as he had been drinking with him in tho course of the day , he conaidered the deceased was
intoxicated and left him until he returned with his father about two o ' clock the next morning ; and finding him still lying there , both father and son examined and found him insensible and speechless , bleeding profusely from the mouth , and much injured about the head . They gi ™ an instant alarm in Kineton , by calling ud the constabl ; ( Bawcott ) and Mr . Brown , the surgeon , who , finding Chater so seriously injured , had him conveyed speedily to the Ro 3 e and Crown , where he continued in an insensible state until his [ decease , which occurred about eight o ' clock on Friday morning .
Mr . Brown , the surgeon , gave it as his decided opinion that the injuries deceased had received must have been caused by a severe Wow with some heavy blunt instrument ; it was , he added , quite impossible they could have been caused by a fall , or in any way cfould the deceased havo inflicted them himself . Portions of the skull which had been forced into the brain by the blow , were produced to the jury . The hat and coat of Chater were produced by the constable ; the left side of the coat was dirty , as if froai a fall ; the injuries the deceased had received were chiefly on the right side . Three halfpence was found in his pocket and an empty purse , also some soap , it has since been proved he bought at Kineton . A parcel containing coffee was burst , and most of it Bpilt around the si'Ot whereon lie was lying ; also a piece of deal wood , which he took with him from the same place , was lying by him , and his stick which was broke . . . The jury returned a verdict— " Wilful murder against gome person or persons unknown . "
The deceased is supposed to have had littlo or no money about him , no watch , or other valuables . Three shillings and sixpence if the sum said to have been in his possession when lie left his home at Combrook in the met-niu K , and this was proved to have been nearly all spent at Kineton , therefore , if the object of the villains was plunder they must have been disappointed .
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The following part ' culars , collected by the reporter on the spot Where tbe murder took place , may be relied on " ^ ^ ' ol * ^^^^ rural districts of Essex , a very bad feeling , baa . been s ,, own towards them among the lower clasB of «*• ££ nuts of Dugenham , and a considerable portion of the «¦»« of the magistrates at the Hfotd session has teg * been occupied in hearing charges of assault Pref f"ea ^ the police against persons residing in that locality . . MM counter-chargM against the police themselves . Tins . 1 - feeling has avisen on account of the polico by their Mg ' lance having , on several occasions for some time past , succeeding in ridding this portion of tho country , of some very notorious characters . Some of the police , **• »¦« thus rendered themselves obnoxious , were , in c onsequence of various threats from time to time being new out to them , removed from Dagenham to distant atations , and their Jplaces supplied by others , among the latter
being the decased . ' _ .. The unfortunate victim was a constable of the a division , named George Clarke . He was about 20 years of age , and had only been a short time in tho force , ana a few months stationed at Dagenham . His conduct had been most exemplary , and his Bteadiness appeared to give satisfaction not only to the police authorities but to the village generally . On the Hth or 15 th of Jfay last Clarke was appointed to night duty on the beat where ha met with his death , succeeding a constable named Batfoy , K 140 , well known qb being a vigilant officer . The beat commenced at a place called the Four Wants ( cross , roads leading to Dagenhsmv Ilford , Jlornchurch , and Cliigwell ) , and extended a considerable distance along unfrequented roads , having deep ditches on either . Bide , covered with duckweed , some parts of the beat being ex tremely lonely . ' ¦ _
. . . . On Monday nig ht last , at nine o ' clock , the deceased and three other men were marched from the Dagenham station to go on duty , the deceased being left as usual by his sergeant at the Four Wants . The following morning , at one o ' clock , he was met by Sergeant Parsons , between the Three Wants ( roada to Barking , Dagenham , and Ilford ) . and " . the Cottages , " that being the proper time for the deceased in accordance with his duty to be there . It was also his duty , to have been at this spot at three o ' clock the same morning , but on the sergeant ' s arrival there he was missed . After ; waiting some considerable time , Sergeant Parsons returned to the station , and
reported Clarke absent . At six o ' clock on Tuesday morninp , when the other men came off duty , the poor fellow wag not among them , and then some anxiety was mani . fcsted by his brether-constafeles about him . A report of hi 8 being missed was sent up to the principal station of the K division , and a letter despatched to Bilsden , near Woburr » BedfordBhire , to the deceased man ' mother , inquiring if he had returned home , to which a reply was returned in the negative . Suspicions were then aroused that Clarke had been the victim of some foul play , and Dagenham Waters , and numerous ponds in the vicinity of the village , were dragged for his hody ; but without any trace of it being discovered .
Throughout the whole of Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday the search was continued , and it was oot until late on Friday evening that the body was found in the manner and in the horrible condition subjoined , The constables having failed in finding the body of the deceased in the water , commenced searching the corn and potato fields in the immediate vicinity . After passing through a potato field belonging to a gentleman named Collier , one of the constables remarked that there was a strong and very unpleasant smell in the atmosphere , and on his proceeding a few paces further ho discovered a policeman ' s staff , much cut and chopped about , lying' in the ditch which separated the potato from the com field . This circumstance left no doubt that tbe body was not far off , a fact more strongly supported | by this discovery at
no considerable distance of a police cutlass sticking in the hedge , and covered with blood and human , hair . About ten or twelve yards further on towards the centre of the field was immediately after discovered the body of the deceased man , face uppermost , in a most dreadful state of decomposition , nnd so shockingly mutilated and eovered -with blood that scarcely a single feature -was discerniblo . Mr . Collins , a surgeon , residing in the neighbourhood , was sent , 'for to examine the wounds of the deceased before the body was removed from the field . The result was that the whole of the back part of the poor fellow ' s head was found completely beaten in . There were other dreadful injuries , and the brutal murderers had absolutely resorted to the horrible practice , only hitherto known among savages , of scalping their unfortunate victim . The scalp waB lying by the side of the body , and with such violence had the deceased being thrown to the ground , that , notwithstanding its hardness , occasioned by the dvynuss of the weather , the body had
made a complete indentation . The corpse was with much difficulty removed to the ruins of an old house near the Three Wants . Here a further examination of the body was made ; and on the removal of the deceased ' s stock , a frightful wound in the throat several inches in length presented itself , besides several others , and tbe thick leather stock was found to be cut through in several places . Tli « re was also a wound passing completely through the neck from the right to the left ( corresponding with the cuts in the stock ) , precisely similar to those made by butchers in the sticking of sheep . These in . juries had evidently been inflicted by a sharp doubleedged knife or dirk . At the back of the neck was a deep cut , believed to be done with a cutlass , extending donn to , and searly severing the spine , as also a similar wound on the shoulders . The forefinger of the deceased ' s lefthand was cut off , and there were other frightful weunds and injuries about his body , leaving no doubt of the fact of his having been murdered .
The spot where the body was found is about a quarter of a mile from the main road leading to Komford , and tbe same distance from the deceased ' s beat ; he had no business where bis remains were discovered , unless in pursuit of some one . An examination on the spot where tlie body was found leaves no doubt on the mind of any one but that the struggle between the unfortuntite constable and his assailants must have been of a most desperate character . The corn is trodden down for a distance of 10 or 12 yards around where tlie body Jay in every direction , and here and there are to be seen several patches and spots of blood ; the poor fellow , too , was found to have a
quantity of wheat tightly grasped in his right hand . Along the side of tl ;« corn , by the edge of the field , room enough is left to enable two persons to walk along together without touching the wheat , and , although there are some slight marks of blood just at the entrance of the place where tbe body lay on this path , still there is nothing to show by . which way the murderers left after the perpetration of the deed . The dryness of the weather prevents the trace of footsteps , but the police , it is understood , have some ground for suspicion , and it is believed that the murderers cannot lmve escaped being wounded . in so desperate a struggle as they must evidently have had lo encounter with the murdered man .
From tli appearance of the staff and the cutlass it would seem that the deceased was deprived of the former weapon early in the contest with his assailants , and that , finding it used against him , he had defended himself with his cutlass until he received a dreadful blow on the front of the head , which was cut to the bone , and by which lie was doprivedofhis senses . That there was more than one person engaged in the murdur there cannot be the slightest doubt , as th-j deceased was too powerful a young man for any individual , armed as he was , to have coped with , and it will be n nenibi red , moreover , that there were three- n four different sorts of weapons used in killing him .
On Satui-day ,, at the Ilford Petty Sessions , the details of the shocking occurrence were laid before tho bench of magistrates , who directed the police to use every vigilance in tlie capture of thu murderers . It appears that many complaints have been made by the foot police in the rural districts that they are not ( like the horse patrol ) allowed to carry fire-arms , and this case is adduced as a proof of the strong , necessity which exists for introducing the practice . ' The Inquest . —At two o ' clock on Saturday afternoon the inquest on the remains was comu'encuil before Mr . C . C . Lewis , coroner for South Essex , at a cottage near the "Three Wauts , "in the parish of Dagenham , and near the spot where the body was lyiug . After the jury had viewed the body , the following evidence was given : — . Thomas Kimpton , K 340 , proved the findingo ' f the body , as already stated .
Abia Butfoy , 240 K corroborated the statement of last witness , and gave such evidence as will , no doubt , lead to the apprehension of the guilty parties ; but this evidence we cannot publish , lest we , might frustrate theends oi'justice . Sergeant William Parsons , K 35 , deposed : On Monday night last , I marched thu deceased on duty at . niwe . o ' el&isk , and left him at nhout twenty minutes alter , at thu " Four Wants , " I saw him again , either a little before oi- a little after one- o ' clock on Tuesday morning , between the Wimts and the cottage , which was the proper tilllU for him to be there . I proceeded on to his ' 'bout at threeo ' clock , the time he should bu at the same spot aguht , ami then missed him . I went in search of him round his beat , but OOUld not find him . Last night I was searching for him in the avowing field to wheve he was founu ^ and on his being discovered , 1 went to the snot on ' the men ahoutirg out . His rattle was found in his great coat
pocket , and from the position in whieh . hc w .: s found , it appears impossible that he could have made any nlfti-m . I saw a wound on the back pint of the head , su large tli . it you could put your finger into it , another on . the upper part of the head , apparently done ' with ' a stair or s . oino blunt heavy instrument , and a stab on his left shoul . ' er . After he was removed , we saw that his stock was cut through , anJ on its-being removed , we saw : c vtr . v a - cvoiv cut in his neck . ( Tho stock produced was oompivt . ly saturated with blood . ) Uiulei- the * right ujii- liuiv *; , ' * another deep cut . Tho wound on thu buck p-.. i-. ¦/ i ! , u head wus no doubt ilouu with the ' cutlass , iii : n in tinthroat and under tho car by some sharp cuLliiy nisinimeiit ; tijc one on ciiu upper part of tho lietui by some blunt wenpnn . A { jreat portion of Ills luiii- was lying by the side ofliis body , and the fure . lingerof bis left hand Wis cut through near ihe joint . A Juror—Dill you find any iim-tioiis of his skull ?
lutnuss — Yes . Alter dujlight tins mnvninfr 1 examined Cue ground , and ( omul a largo qu ; iMi ' . ' y oi biuuil about six inches from wiu-iy . the body ¦ lav , " . hm ! pm-iioiw of hisskull . Suiuu oi ' thi ; mecesofsUull v \ rv Jti livmly cu-. bcdiUii in thoeanh that 1 was compelled u > \ u <; a ki'if ' t . 'lo cut them out . Tiiero enn be uo ( . UmV . t aljpui the skull bi'ivi"' broken to pii-wis with a ti-uiii-i'Ui . n it .. nist be criii . nt thai ihe du-euKti liuU both ital . mi iiiUi ih « spot where he was found lor Hie purpose of nitii-iii ring In : . ! , h was tliosecouillkld iion \ Ihe voau " . Tin vs i--suflk-ioiit i-ooni on each sido of the field lor people to walk without wending down the wheat . The deutvisl- 'd ' s
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clothes or pocket had not been disturbed . Inoru ofh . pockets was found four half-crowns , . tour . Bh . lUngs , and a halfpenny ; his watch waiallOUfo . - ^^^ greatieoatwas as tight round his throat as PM « We . Mr . J . Collins , of . Itomford , Surgeon , said-Last even in- about half-past eight o ' clock , I was ca lled to see Steeled ? I examined Ills head , and found a large open ing in Me skull six or eig ht inches In e ' . rcUmFe « nee . 1 £ 6 scalp was cut off , and lying by the side ef the body , ihe wound I have mentioned would of itself have produced death . Such a weapon as the trunchaon now produced would have caused such a wound . A person with SUCI 1 a wound as that could not have lived longer tUan ttvveeot four minutes . Portions of the bone which were broken in , could not be found last night , but they have been found since , all broken to pieces . On examining him at the house where he uow lies , I found a wound six inches iu length at tho back part of his neck , extending down-to his spina . There was a hole on the top of his head ,
where the scalp had been taken off , penetrating nearly through the bone , and done with a cutlass or some such instrument . On removing his leather stock , a deep wound was found , the windpipe and the root of the tongue being cut through , and extending to the vertebra , Under the ear there was another wound , extending horizontally , and coming out on the other side of the neck , just as you would stick a sheep . Either of the wounds would have caused instant dean . Tbe face appeared very much bruised , as also the chest , but the hody was in such a state of decomposition that he could not examine itclosely . There was a superficial cut on hia right shoulder , as if caused by a sword thrust . The wound in his throat must have been done with a sharp double edged knife . In concluding his evidence , Mr . Collins said he had come across Mr . Collier ' s wheatfield that morning , and he thought he could trace marks of scuffling in different parts . ' " *'
Sergeant Pearson said that had been done in searching for the deceased . In answer to the Coroner , Mr . Collin * said he had seen the pieces of bone produced by Sergeant Pearson , and they were portions of the deceased ' s skull . This being the whole of the evidence , the inquiry was adjourned . On the termination of the inquest a most painful scene took place . The mother of the deceased , who had come up from Woburn , made an application to the Coroner to see the body , the police on duty having refused her to do so , in consequence of the had state it was in . The Coroner said he had no power to prevent her from seeing it , but he thought it would not be advisable to do so as she would not be aW e to recognise him . She begged so earnestly to see the body , as the deceased was her only son , that her application was granted . She had one look but that sufficed , she was carried away in a state of insensibility .
FtmTUEB PAItTICULABS . —LAQENUAM , MOSDAT EVENIN 0 . __ Tho painful interest manifested in the fate of the unfortunate victim of this horrible and atrocious murder , throughout the whole of yesterday considerably increased , and a large number of the inhabitants from Komford , Ilford , Barking , Chigwell , llornchurcb , and the surrounding villages , visited Dagenham for the purpose of viewing the scene of assassination . Immediately after the conclusion of the inquest on the body of tho unfortunate man Clarke on Saturday evening , an active search was instituted by the police in the corn field belonging to Mr . Collier , where the murder was perpetrated , for the purpose of ascertaining - what had become of his hat , which up to that period had not been discovered . In consequence of this circumstance it was generally supposed that the deceased must , in the
first iustance , have been assaulted , and then followed hia assailants to the field where he was found murdered , Although tho spot and . the adjoining fields were minutely searched , it wan not until Sunday evening that the hat was discovered . It was then found by a labour , ing man , named Thomas Palmer , lying amoHgst the wheat , about twelve or fourteen yards from where the body had lain . At this particular part of the field the wheat had not been at all disturbed or trampled upon , showing that , in the first place , the ruffians must either have knocked deceased ' s hat off with so powerful a blow as to have sent it such a distance , or that they must have thrown it there . The former supposition is strengthened by the circumstance of the hat BOt being injured in the slightest degree , and also that when found the deceased ' s handkerchief was in it .
On reeeipt of the intelligence ef the outrage at Scotland . yard , two of the most active officers of the detee . tive police force were sent down to Dagenham , and , after viewing the place where the murder had occurred , and making themselves thoroughly masters of all the circumstances wLich had up to that period transpired in connexion with it , they proceeded with some of the local conBtaWes to visit Romford and the surrounding vil . lages in search of the suspected murderers . During Saturday evening the various public-houses and beer-shops were visted by the police in plain clothes , and their occupants subjected to a very scrutinising inspection , it
being believed that in the desperate struggle which had apparently taken place , some of those engaged in it must have been wounded . Although the topic of conversation in nearly every instance was the circumstance of the murder , and what had been done at the inquest that day , still nothing transpired which actually tended to fix suspicion on any one . The search was continued throughout Sunday and yesterday , and although up to tho period of writing this no one had been apprehended on the charge , still several notorious characters living in this part of the county of Esses were under the strict surveillance of the police .
With reference to the causes which had induced the murder , it is the opinion of every one residing near tho spot , and of the police themselves , that the deceased was mistaken for police-constable Butfoy , K 140 , who was his predecessor on the same beat , or Sergeant Parsons , who has rendered himself obnoxoug to some of tbe notorious characters in the neighbourhood by bringing them up frequently beforo the Ilford bench of magistrates for drunken and disorderly conduct . A short time piDce , one of tlie gang suspected of haring been engaged in the murder was brought up to Ilford charged by Parsons with having stolen a quantity of hemlock , but the prosecutor not appearing , lie was on that ground discharged . He was then charged with having a quantity of braes and metal in his possession without being able to account for it . The magistrates , in consequence of there being some pewter pots belonging to publicans in the neighbourhood amongst the metal , inflicted a small fine , and advised the accused to be more careful for the future .
On the morning of the murder , a woman named Page , who was present at the inquest on Saturday , but was not examined , residing in a cottage a short distance from where it took place , states that about three o ' clock she was awoke by the violent barking of her dogs in the yard ., and on listening to it she heard a cry for help ; but the continual barking of the dogs prevented her from hearing anything more distinctly .
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Sudden Death by Dmnkiso when Heated . — We last week reported a death caused by drinking too much water , and we are sorry to record a similar occurrence , On Saturday week , an Irish labourer , residing in Love-street , while engaged in hoeing potatoes near Roslin , on the Greenock-voad , had been so thirsty , owing to the great heat , that he went into a public-house and got a bottle of porter , but not feeling his ' thirst quenched , he next drank half a Scotch pint of buttermilk , which caused almost instant death . —Renfrewshire . Reformer .
On Monday , Mr . J . Payne , tho Deputy Coroner , leld an inquest , at the Stump and Magpie , Fetterlane , touching the death of John Stafford * aged 44 , coachman , in the employ of Mr . Chancellor , the large omnibus proprietor . John Ilubbard , 3 , Wellsstreet , Falconer-square , said that about nine o ' clock on Saturday night , he was passing along Holborn , and saw a Chelsea omnibus , numbered 2 , 298 . travelling down the hill towards Newsrate-street . and
when about midway the deceased fell from the bos into tho road , with his foot towards tho horses' heads . He was driving at the time , and there were several other persons on the outside of the vehicle . He was removed to . Mr . Gibson ' s , the surgeon , where life was pronounced to be extinct . Tho deceased had compliuned of the hot weather , which induced a supposition tiiAthc had been attacked by some pain in the head , which resulted in an apoplectic fit , and thus the accident . Verdict— "Natural Death . "
Frightful AccidkstbtMaobiseiiy . —On Monday evening , as one of the men in the employ of Messrs . Essex nnd Son , leather manufacturers , Stanhopestreet , was forcing the tan through the engine , his hand was caught in tho works , and ere he could relc . ts > c himself , his arm was drawn into the machjnery . Ilis cries quickly attracted the attention of nis fellow workmen , some of whom'hastened to his relief . The wretched sufferer was held by the cog wheel which caught his arm . close to the shoulder . The . other , workmen in vain endeavoured to extricate him with crowbars , and by taking : the machinery io
I'H'ccs . Dr . Walsh , ' who bad arrived , having found that the ana was only retained by a few sinews , tht liones , Ac , having been enr-hed to pieces , with the fi'ivicu of some other medical gentleman , severed y . lio aim and thus released the sufferer , who was i'lshmtly removed to King ' s College Hospital in a ( . ' . " ¦ I ) , when Mr . Ferguson , aided by the other surgeons , amputated the remainder of the arm from the Rhouldei'joint , . to prevent mortification . The poor fellow , who is about thirty years of age , and has a wife and one child , bnro hissufferings without a groan , but we regret to add that he lies with vevy . iV . iut hopes oTrocovm-y .
AxivriiKit Steam Boat Accident . —On Sunday allcniomi tiie : ybii . a steam-packet , bolon"iiin- to ih <> uii ! Wuoiwiuh Steam-pitckot Company , in atu : mpiii : » - ti » hind her passeiHei-s over a sii' -ht si-o-o thrown on the d . H-lv of the Y ' vakH-ivitdi , Hull steam fillip , i . l-. ii-i .-wlo ]? m » 1 i Wharf , preci pitated six or w . vou pi'jwns into i !> e water . The men saved themwwrby sorainbiiu " . up the paddle wheel of tho . ) : Uc : iviteJi , ana tho women were taken out of the )¦! ' • ¦ : ' oy numerous vatevmen ami others Fortr i !; i : cl . v . i : o lives wcro lost , Imt tho whole of the people vi . o wi-vo . t . hvmvn mlotho vivcr were in very « nv » t
Melancholy Occuujujxce at a . Gextlejhn ' s R . v . siL . K . scu . -iestoruay . Mi- . T . Waldey , M . P ., Uckltin hkj « o .-.., at iho Lt . ndoi ! University Ooilcpc Hospit al on vi .-. ffui tho body of Sarah White-head " a » ed I x y . Robert Novell Evans , Iw- ., 7 , M oi-nington-crcsceut
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Stated that tbe deceased had been in his employ as housekeeper , and , notwithstanding her age , sheen , ioved excellent health . On tke morning of the 27 th ult . about nine o ' clock , witness wa ^ sitting in the front parlour with a gentleman on a visit at his esta . blishment , when they were suddenly alarmed by the s s of deceased , who having got near tha kitchen five , a lighted cinder ell from the grate , and Sited her drew . Before witness or any other per . wn could get to her assistance , she was so fr . ght all , burned as to render her removal to the hospital ne . c « . The house surgeon ^»^ SS f result of the injuries ; she expired on the 3 rd instant , I ; T , fe » hnrfv Presented a most appalling spectacle . _ i i nirri lln il ril linillirriiiiiihin ' riiiiilii
Other evidence having been adduced , the Jury re . turned a verdict of Accidental Death . Suicide m a Worihousb . -Oii Monday evening Mr W . Pavne held an inquest in St . George ' s Workhouse , " Mint-street , Southwark on the body of John Bafton , aged twenty-two years , Late an lnmata of the above workhouse . The deceased had been a casual inmate for the last . « years . He ** ., placed in the casual ward on Saturday night last and by ome neglect on the part of the officer on duty , hia fame was not inserU in the Dest . tu e Book , »« about nmfl
;; norJiss . On Sunday BifthtfaiBtt o \ B Kas discovered suspended to an iron bK over the doorway of the ward . Uo was cut down by a Mr Brown a publican , and was seen by the bousa guveeonTE Evans ) , but life was quite ext . net . SSSSU « q « rte naked , tat there were no mark , of violence on the body . He obtained alivelihood \ hy carrying a board in the streets . Mr . Henry Evana was of opinion that the deceased had been dead some houra-probably the whole of the day ; Ihe jury . »• turned a verdict of Temporary Insanity .
A CiB-DRiTBR Killed . - Oa Monday morning about two o ' clock , a cab was overturned m tna Hampstead-road , near Chalk Farm-Jane , by running on a bank by the roadside , and the cab-driver waa pitched from his seat into the road , and killed instantantaneDusly . The poor fellow was fovnd lying with the shaft of the cab resting upon him , and be did not move after he was discovered . It is suppose * , that he was returning from setting down a tare at FTamnstead . and that having fallen asleep , the horse ,
which was a blind one , ran on to the bank . Death by Machinery . —On Friday an inquest wa 3 held at Redruth , on view of the body of John Gar . penter , who waa killed at Cum Brea Mine on the preceding day , in consequence of the fly wheel of the whin engine getting in contact with his clothing , by which means he was forced down a narrow aperture about eight inches wide and crushed to death . The unfortunate man has left a widow and seven children unprovided for . "Verdict , " Accidental Death . "
Fatal Accident to a Mounted Police-Co . vstable ' —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . C . C , Lewis , one o ' f the Coroners for Essex , on the body of George Halh a police-constable lately attached to the mounted patrol of the K division , on the Essex roads . On Friday last , the deceased was upon duty on horseback in the vicinity , and owing to the heat of the weather in ( he early part of the day , and 'tho fatigue he underwent , he complained of illness in the evening . He was on his way home , when tiie horse took fright near Ilford , and he was thrown withgreafc violence on the ground . He received a concussion , of the brain , and died a few hours after . He had been recently married , and was only twenty-four years of age .
FlKH A * Poplar . — On Sunday forenoon , after " eleven o ' elock , a fire , that at one period threatened the most disastrous consequences , broke out at No . 6 , Trinity Almshouses , North-street , Poplar ; the property of Messrs . Wigram and Green , the shipbuilders , but in the occupation of Mr . Palmer . The flames originated from some cause that could not be ascertained , on the ground-floor front , and so firm a hold had they obtained before discovered , that on tb . 8 return of tlie occupier to the room ( after the absence of not more than tive minutes ) he found the place wrapped in one csmplete blaze . The engines were speedily on the spot , and the fire was soon extinguished , but not before that part of the premises where it originated was burnt out , and the furniture destroyed .
A Dreadful Accident occurred on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway , on Saturday , near the village of Clifton , on the border of Westmoreland . It appears that workmen were employed removing a wooden viaduct , about 103 feet hi « u , and of consi . derable length , constructed over the river Lowther , when on lowering one of the beams suspended by an , iron chain , by some mishap the chain broke and the beam swung against another on which two young men named Stout and Guardhouse , both natives of Penrith , were astride at work , and precipatated them a depth of sixty feet and upwards . One of the
men was picked up in an almost lifeless state and expired shortly after he was conveyed home . The other , who fell into the water , was taken up alive ; but faint hopes are entertained of his recovery , and it has been reported that he also is dead . The accidents on this line seem much on the increase : on Friday a young : man named Westmoreland had both his legs fractured most severely , a loaded waggon of earth having run over him , and only at a short distance from the former accident , and it is not above ten days since three men were killed on the line between Penrich and Hesket .
Death op . a Jewess prom the Excessive IIbat of tiie Weather . —On Monday , Mr , WaMey , M . P ., held an inquest at the Crovra and Anchor , King , street , Seven Dials , respecting the Death of Mrs , Sarah Simcn , aged fifty-three , lately residing at No . 43 , in the same street . The deceased , who was the wife of a salesman at Devonport , and of the Jewish persuasion , complained , on Saturday last , very much of the heat , which greatly affected her health , and about eleven o ' clock the same evening she suddenly changed in her countenance , gave a deep sigh , and expired . Two medical gentlemen were immediatelv called in , but life was totally extinct , and their opinion being tbat it was from the effects of the hot weather , the Jury returned a verdict of "Natural Death . "
Fatal Accident on- Board the Arikl ( a new steam ship belonging to the Peninsular Steam Packet Com * pany , fitting for sea at Deptford , )—Un Sunday evening , shortly before seven o'clock , a frightful accident occurred to John Wallace , superintending engineer , in the employ of Messrs . Penn and Son / whiist directing the fixing in of a pair of oscillating engines of 300-horse power . The deceased was in the act of stooping when his head came in contact with the balance weight of the cylinder , which in an instant
crushed it against the overflow , or water pipe . The head was compressed to a thickness of about two inches , smashing nose and eyes together . The remairis of the poor fellow were released with some difficulty , and removed on board the Dri > a , ilnought Seaman ' s Hospital Ship . The surgeon said death must have ensued at the instant of the accident , the bones of the head and skuli being literally broken to piece ? . Wallace has left a wife , but no children to lament Iiis untimely fate .
Fatal Accide . vt ax Rochester . —On Monday at midday a small boat , yacht rigged , was observed from Rochester bridge , sailing on the water- , of the Medway under heavy canvnss . When nenrk opposite to the Castle , the wind bloving fresh , on a sudden she capsiscd , and tne two men that wove in her were seen struggling in the water , and before assistance could be procured they had smIc The bodies were picked up about th ree hours attor the accident . by ( totiw waterman
Ladhnry . a , ami Ins brother ! by the application o creepers . The names of the men whose lives are lost are Henry Macphe > -S ; . n I married man aged 34 living in St . Margaret ' s ' in this city , and Jo ? eph William Dives , aged 10 a di tive of that place . Maenhorson could swim-rcrv well and it is supposed that endeavouring to sa ™ his companion whom lie found to be drownin « r , "ile lost us own he . The body of the youn nun Dives v ° 2 taken to the Queen ' s Anns , at the fool of the bridge ami the other was conveyed to St . Mar ^ ai-ofa ° fA
await an inquest , which was held this moi-i ! ;^ afc Jiai . N past ton o ' clock . The boat bcinc a very unsafe Sillier was sold about a week ago for SL , ami it is stated that she was not fit to be used in this river . , T , ™ ' n ; n W " itko t bo * 8-Stiieet Pniaos .-On Mon-. &K ^^ fio 5 ffi , ^^ i 55 s :.-street , on tho body of WiUfem ffllc ted "S " whose deatli occurred at that gao ] t , ' , o M had been a waiter -at a club-house . M ,. f Ws JJougas the deputy-governor , stated that ho was admitted on tho loth ultimo , on a warrant from tho ostminsler Court of Requests , being committed for 10 days at the suit of George Rccs . The debt and fssri ^^ ssrs l ^ STntttj" & >* $ - ? bounog trader piitacBry consumpiio ,. 0 , M Z niwmi
. no owamc wi . nc am deli i ,,,,, mi . ff was also much debilitated ff K& IW ' £ ? dav JilthtS T ? ' ? ° ° ^ - Sn 5 I Plural IS ? ' lhejUry rCtlmi * verdict , of SuiClDK 1 .-U 0 M iUl ! SBVM )' <; Tji r « i ^ \ x f ^ lE ^ lPP ^ KftS&rJr ? aWSs f ?^ - ^ M ^^ B s ^ i 4 ^ - » "a « j ? i f ! m ?' nf lulul V : "" S Irom the cliffii overhantfine the K ir V let > t ' : u ; 1 "I ""* ; HC Had in lna pocket by some means expiudeii , bur . ; « ondoiial to relate , ho escaped thi * double accident with only a alight scratch . — Devonport Telegraph .
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SHOCKING SIDItDEIt IN IRELAND . The Neivry Telegraph gives the following ; account of an appalling murder in Cavan : — " A terriblo outrage , which ended in murder , occurred on Monday , on the lands of Derrycriiglian , near Bclturlict , Three men came to the house of Tom Burns , dragged Ium out of his bed , in which were his wife and three children one carrying him by the feet , the other two by his arms ! and murdered him in a most cold-blooded manner . Two of the ruffians held Burns by his arms against a table at his own room door , while the third deliberatel y groped for his short ribs , and discharged a pistol filled with duck shot ? The shot ' spread upwards , and took effect in Ilia lungs and heart . Poor Hums lived until the following day , and on the police hoin i ; sent for , \\ a b , iuformutious against the three men , neighbours , whom he knew and identified . They are now in Caran g . iol . Their names are Smith , Farrelly , and Mlly . who tired the shot . Burns had ceased to worshi p as a llonum Catholic , attended the Church of England , and had given information respecting Kibhonism , for which he has been murdered . "
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CHILD MURDER . On Jroiiday afternoon , Mr . W . linker , jun ., deputy coroner , held an inquest at the . Town of liainsgute , Wapping , on tho body of it new-horn female child , which was found in the river Thames on Saturday morning last . It appeared from the evidence of James Logon , the son of a waterman , that on Saturday morning ho was rowing off Union . Stairs , when he observed something floating astern on a barge . He rcpaiied to thu spot , and found it to be the bsidy of a new h . rn infant , an < l conveyed it ashore in his boat to Mv . Jlarsiinll , Uie lwudlu . . Mr . Cooke , a su ;; , * t-oii , is lligh-strect , Wapimi" -, ! :.- nl . examined the body , uud from the ainK-araiu-o he : li'iiild sh , v it was h . im alive , ami aitcrwaixis drowiutJ . Tin .-jury rti-urn-. i ! a venH' -t of " Wilful jiiuriiiT against snwu pera'jii or u'jisuux uuluitiwu . "
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HORRIBLE ML'RJJEH 01 ' A rOUCEMAX . Uaoenham , . Saturday Evening , Jul y * . A most atrocious murder was committed hi u 10 course jflast week at Dageiihiiin , iu the eounlv of Essey . I
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 11, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1374/page/6/
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