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THE UDBDER AT THE GUILDHALL COFFEEHOUSE . At the Central Criminal Court on Saturday , John Smith was indicted for tbs wilful murder of Susan Tolliday , on the 15 th of the present month . —Mr . Ryland stated the case for the proBecntion , the facts of which have been so recen'ly detailtd that a repetition of them is unnecessary . Inspector Woodroffe , who apprehended the prisoner , stated , on his cross-examination by llr . Clarkson . that he had known the prisoner about ten year « , and that during the whsle of tliat time he had borne the character of a humane and Kind-hearted man . —Mr . Clarkwn , previous to his addressing the jury for the prisoner , complained of the absence of some ™ tneE'es . whoheliadsuppused would hare been called on the part of the prosecutor , who could hare proved that thedtce » s-dhad , previous to the fatal occurrence , Been goaty of acts of provocation towards the P" » ' - had
many _ i ? . Bar 7 nPl 7 t ^ d ^; t they been presenche r *^^ tSl ffi 5- * fssssrssr «* £ * £ * £ mitted at the ouUet that the deceased had met with her death by the prisoner ' , hand , hut urged that there were mitigating drcumitancw amounting to tm , that the aecTased was a woman of a very . rnuble d . spos . rion , that she had frequently quarrelled with the pruwer , and on some of those occarfons had thro-n kmvu at him and bit him severely , and often thrown water orer him . After remarking on the fact proved in evidencr , that at the time the body of the deceased wag found she
had a knife firmly clutched in her hand , he claimed the inference that she had attempted to stab the prisoner with that knife , and that he , under circumstances of great excitement and provocation , had committed the dreadful offence with which he stood charged , but which , if the jury believed hts statement , would amount to the crime of manslsughter only , and even if they took that merciful view of the case , the prisoner would end Mb days in a penal settlement . —Mr . Baron Platt having summed up the evidence , the jury expressed & wish to retire to consider their verdict , but before doing to , they desired the little girl , Fanny Whitmore , might be recalled . She was again placed ia the witness-box , when the foreman asked whether the milk and eggs for which
Ehe had been sent out by the prisoner were wanted by him for any article that was to be cooked on that day , to which the witness replied that they were wanted to make a pudding which had been ordered a short time before . — This question , which the learned judge said was a very proper one , appeared to have been put in order to ascertain whether the prisoner had purposely sent the little girl out of the kitchen , in order that she might not witneii the dreadful deed which he afterwards perpetrated . The jury then retired to consider their verdict , ani after an absence of nearly an hour , ' came into court , and returned & verdict of Guilty of Murder .
bat the foreman stated that the jury recommended th » prisoner to mercy on the ground of the good character he had borne for seventeen year * , and the possibility of his having received great provocation from the deceased -when oo one bat he and she were present . Mr . Baron Platt having put OB the black cap , proceeded to pasc the awful sentence of death upon the prisoner , in doing which he expressed his regret that , under the circumstances , he could not act upon the merciful recommendation of the jury . Sentence of death was then passed on the prisoner in tha usual form , and he left the dock without saying a word , but evidently labouring under strong emotion .
Cosvicnos or a Miscbeant . —James Button , aged nineteen , described as a labourer , was arraigned for feloniously , with menaces , < tc , demanding of John Fielding Djniel his money , ice . No council was engaged on either side . Mr . Daniel said , that on the 29 th of July last , returning from K-nsington , he went into a urinal opposite to St . George ' s Hospital , when the prisoner , who was in another compartment of it , pushed against him . The witness asked what he wanted , and the prisoner said , "I want money , and money I will have . " Witness refused to give him any , and lefc the place , when the prisoner followed him np Piccadilly towards Fatk-lane . asking for money , or he would accuse him ( witness ) of a horrible crime .
Witness still refusing , the prisoner asked for some beer , and witness threatened to give him in charge . Before this the prisoner said , "I will have the first pull , " and , a policeman coming up , the prisoner gave witneis hi charge . The policeman took the charge , and to did the Serjeant and inspector at the station house , though witness preferred a counter charge against the prisoner . Witness was locked up all night , and next day taken to Marlboroagfc-street Poliee Court , when tho prisoner appeared against him ; bat Mr . Hard wick , the magistrate , taking cognizance of both charges , and the character of the witness having been proved by several witnesses to be highly respectable , whilst that of the prisoner was proved to be the cintrary , the former was discharged , and the latter iklaineS and committed for trial .
Baron Platt asked the prisoner what he had to si ; to thewitness ' s statement ? The prisoner denied the truth of it , but could give no tatis&eUryaccouat of his mode of life . No witnesses , though called upoa by the crier of the Court , appeared to speak fo his character . After a short address from the Learned Judge , the Jury found the prisoner Guilty . Two policemen were then called , who said they knew the prisoner as a lazy , idle fellow , and associated with convicted thieves . Baron Piatt ( to the prisoner)—You have been convicted of a most diabolical offence , carried out in a most dastardly way . Yon have taken the advantage of those who resort for their necessary purposes to certain public conveniences , and as they come in you accost them in the
way you have accosted this man . When a man has sufficient firmness to refuse you , yoa have the audacity to torn round and charge him with an offence of which you know him to be incapable of . Besides , you dare not appear before a magistrate the next morning and support your false charge by repeated perjury . A more diabolical and wicked attempt I have never heard of . I have given you every chance with the Jury , and witnesses , who could jrove the previous infamy of your character , who werenot called until the Jury had discharged their duty by a verdict of guilty against you . A different verdict would have stained the character of a respectable man , and guilt would havegot free . The sentence of the Conrt on you is , that you be imprisoned in the Heuse of Correction for that part of the county in which you have committed the offence for two years , and that you be kept to hard labour .
The Learned Jadgetold the prosecutor that if it would be any satisfaction to Bint he would declare publicly tbat he did nut think his character in anyway affected by the statements of the prisoner . Mr . Daniel said , that such an opinion gave him great satisfaction . He had not employed counsel , because he was certain the Learned Judge and Jury would do Mm fall jastice on hearing a plain statement of the facts . Sooner than uive money to any one making such menaces as the prisoner had done , he would cut off his right hand . The Court applauded his moral courage , and rese at five o ' clock .
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THE COKViCT SMITH . An appeal for mercy is about to be made to the Crown , on a ground distinct from that of the general expediency of abolishing capital punishments . The Learned Judg « who presided ai the trial 'of the culprit on Saturday , disstinctly put it to the Jury thai if they had a doubt whethtr the deceased had not gone beyond the use of mere words , and committed some assault on the prisoner at the moment before he assailed her , the prisoner was entitled to the benefit of that doubt , and they would find him * guilty ! of tnauslaughterjonly , for in the eye of the law where a person received a blow , and at the instant , having the weapon in his hand for other purposes , and retaliating without a moment for reflection , and in the heat of pasiion , he inflicted a mortal injury , this would not be murder but manslaughter . The prisoner himself short !* after the event spoke of it as if be Lad been
exeit » d merely by words , but the jury had beard th :: t she exhibited same violence towards him on other occasions , ami if they saw any reason for inferring tbat she had done fo an tins occasion , thej would be bound to return a verdict of manslaughter only . The Jury , having , by their verdict , disclaimed having any doubt that the only provocation given was abusive language , the Judge , we belisve , is indisposed to move for any mitigation of the punishment . Upoa investigation , l : ow « ver , we understand it will be found that the facts of this case exactly bring it within the Judge ' s definition of manslaughter , for the prisoner actually received a slap in the faee from the deceased , and that excited liirs , without * moment ' s reflection , to commit the mortal assault . The prisoner had no legal assistance until immediately before hi * trial , and cannot be supposed to be acquainted with
the nice legal distinctions between murder and manslaughter ; but after he was committed by tfee lord Mayor on the IStb instant , and immediately on hk being brought into Newgate , he was visited by some members of the Sheriff's Fund Committee , who were then assembled at the Sessions House . Mr . Cope , the gaoler , the Chaplin , Mr . UaSer-Sheriff Wire , Mr . Sheriff Laurie , and Mr . Alderman Sidney were present . Upon qneetiea £ ng him , with a view to assist aim from the Sheriffs' Fund , if necessa y , the prisoner expressed his firm determination to plead guilty . Such being his determination , Mr . Alderman Sidney thought there would be no harm in asking him bow he came to commit sueh a dreadful act . The prisoner described the position in which the deceased and himself were employed at the kitchen table . Under one
end of it there was a receptacle for raw fat , to get at ¦ which he had to pass behind her chair as she sat at the iable , While the little girl was out of the room he ac-¦ fcaally passed behind the decease ! with some fat , and while he was stooping at the end of the table to put the fat eafdy into tneproper place , she with the hand nearest to him gave him a slap in the face , calling him by an offensive name at the same time . He instantly rose up , the knife feeiRg in his hand , and standing behind her Efcair , and holding her head up b y the chin he instantl y cut her throat . Hr . AMerman Sidney then urged him to plead not guilty , though some of the gentlemen presmt thought it might be improper to interfere at all on that point . The prisoner said he did not wish to live . Mr . Alderman Sidney told him he had committed a grievous off . nce , and he could hold out no hope that his life would
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« spared , but still hemighttake the ^ ^ ^ constructions favourable to him . « m , ^ that the prisoner only complained to ¦*» J £ « ^ been abused by hw . n that ^^ SJJta , «» - blm his place , and he had four cbi < Jr * n « P Buttfhereceivedonlya . lapo » tuefec «* , w not . and wh ^ he wou d ^ . gj . was , in fact , an . insignM 7 T . e 0 B ( . 9 nuent distress of his los . ofhissita . U <» n and Ae eoa ^ q ^ ^ ^ ^ r ^ sun . on tne fece could not justify cutting ^¦ throTthoug h the indignity , after being baited fora Lnnleof n ' oure wi * her tongue , roused him in a moment tn an ungovernable fit of passion , and led him to commit the awful crime . The danger of losing his place was the treat evil in his eyep , and the slap on the cheek was comparatively so trivial that it was not worth mentioning , and he could not for shame offer it as a reason for what ha did .
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SERIOUS RIOT OF RAILWAY LABOURERS . EK 0 LI 6 H ASD IRISH LABOURERS—DREADTUL RlOT . —On Mon- ' ay afternoon , a riot , which for violence almost baffles description , took place , near the Camden station of the London and Birmingham Railway . For some weeks past a large number of men have been employed in the enlargement of the Camden station , both Englishmen and Irishmen beSnf engaged upon the works in about equal numbers . From some cause at present unexplained , an illfeeling has been generated among them , and although several affrays on a small scale have taken place among some of them , nothing serious was anticipated . On Monday the ill-feeling among the whole body found vent , and a figth of a most terrific nature took place between the English " navigators , " as thev are termed , and the Irish labourers . Spades ,
pickaxes , and bludgeons of every description were freely used . One or two policemen of the S division attempted to stop the fieht , but in vain . Information was sent to the station house , in the vicinity , for more assistance , and a large number of the police were sent : these , however , were inefficient in quel * ling the riot . The fight had now lasted upwards of an hour , and many of the combatants were bleeding profusely from the head and different parts of tho body , the vicinity of the riot being in the greatest excitement . The police of the section , being totally unable to put a stop to the riet , information was sent to the head station in Albany-street , and Supenn . tendent Ferguson , with his inspectors and a large body of constables , went to tho spot , but they were unable to suppress it . Another express was sent for but
the men belonging to the Somers' Town section , they , at the time , were attending the funeral of a deceased comrade . So urgent , however , was the order for their attendance , that they were , compelled to leave the funereal rites , and proceed in vehicles to the scene of the riot . After considerable difficulty , the police succeeded in quelling it . and took from fifteen to twenty of the ringleaders into custody ; but so desperately did they fight , that it took seven constables to carry one of them , wh » . it was stated , had struck an antagonist on the head with a pickaxe , to the Albany-street station house . Many of the rioters were seriously , if not fatally injured ; but the contusion was so great , that the actual injury could not be ascertained . It was , however , p ositively ascertained , that two of the Englishmen were so frightfully injured as not to live through the night .
Examination op the Pbisonebb . — At the Marylebone Police-office on Tuesday , long before the period for the opening of the Court , an immense number of persons had assembled in the passage leading thereto , in consequence of a brutal attack which had been made by a party of Irish labourers upon some English excavators , usually termed " navigators . " The excitement created among the prisoner ' s countrymen was very considerable , and in order to prevent any disturbance from taking place , a large body of the D anl S divisions of police were present , agreeably to in . strnctions which they had received . ' At the appointed hour the prisoners , twenty in nnmber were brought in , and placed at and around the bar . They gave their names Joseph © lory , John Grimming , John Duggau . John Donohue , John Tracy , Jeremiah Kilaha , John Brown , Patrick O'DonneH , Jeremiah Donohue , Thomas Maloner , Patrick GinnftW , Timothy HI . ahar , Thomas O'DonneH , John Sheepan , James Kennedy , Thomas Henlove , John Cooper , Eugene Madden , Tobias
Uaekttt . and John Lyons . Mr . Humphreys briefly addressed the bench , setting for that the railway company for whom he had the honor to attend , had works to a great extent going on at the Camden station , and that the prisoners , with a va » t number of other labourers , were employed thereon .. They were in the employ of the contractors for the works alluded to , and that owing to a contention between two parties , the Irish and the English , a riot and assault of a most desperate kind had occurred . Some of the English —one * or two of whom were in an hospital—were so much injured as to be quite unable to give evidence at
present . Several surgeons ' certificates were handed to Mr . Rawlinson , and it appeared that some of the injured parties ( absent ) were in a very alarming condition from sundry cuts and blows which they had received on the head and body . Many of the witnesses in attendance bore evidence of the sanguinary treatment which they had received ; some of them had their eyes shockingly swollen and dlSCOlonred , and others with their arms in slings ; one of them was scarcely able to stand , in consequence of the kicks inflicted upon his head and the lower part Of hi * person . constable
The first witness called was Carter , railway , 175 , who said—Yesterday afternoon , abouthalf-past two O ' clock , I saw a great many of the Irlah laboulteM coming towards Bound House Gate , Camden Town , at which I am stationed , when Duggon , who was one of them , crossed the grounds and spoke to others at the gate . I told him I had orders not to admit any one through the ground except those who were at work Inside , when he went back a little way , and afterwards again attempted to come iu , at the same time beckoning to some of his companions to do so too . I caught hold of him and pushed him away , upon which he said , . that if I didn't let him alone he'd knock my head in . I then tried to put up the bar of the gate , but was prevented from doing so by three of the p risoners and some others , who pulled me forward with great force into the road , when tho prisoner Glory and several more struck me in
a very violent manner . I seized hold of him ( Glory ) , and immediately I was knocked down and kicked on the haad and body by him and about a dozen more . ( Witness ' s face was much culjand bruised . ) I cried . aloud for assistance , and on some of the English labourers at work inside the gate coming up to see what was the matter , they were felled to the ground by blows inflicted upon them with shovels , bricks , &c . I again laid held of Glory , and while in the act of taking him away , Crimming and four othcrB came up with brickbats , threaten ing to knock my brains out if I didn't let him go , and feeling convinced from their manner that they would have no hesitation to put their threat into execution , I suffered him to escape . This morning Madden came to the ground to take away some hods , and he was then recognised as being the man who had broken four of the ribs of one of the navigators ( now in the hospital ) at the time of the affray .
Thomas Moore deposed to having Been the violence committed upon the first witness , whase cries of " Murder" attracted him to the spot . He ( Moore ) was knocked down by a blow on the face given by John Donobue , and he lay upon the ground nearly smothered in blood , wb ^ n he heard Duggan and Jeremiah . Douohue say , " Kill the b , letfs slip it into him , let ' s murder him . " He at length got up , and while making off he was seriously beat in theribs and legs by bricks , which were burled at him by several of the party . He at length with great difficulty contrived to effect bis escape from the scene of the outrage . Mary Kendall , wife of one of the English labourers said , that her husband was a workman at the Camden station . When she heard an alarm of murder she went there , fearing that something might have happened to him , and ghe then saw a man lying on the ground , while five other mea , Timothy Kilahar being one of them , were kicking him most brutally , crying "kill the b—yPreteitsnt . "
Charles Kerr , the man who was assaulted in the way described by the last witness stood up . " He wa » " shockingly bruised about tfce face , and his eyes were much swollen . He had merely gone to see what was the cause of the disturbance when he was attacked in so brutal and savage a , way . A great number of other witnesses were examined . From the statements made by them , the outrage upon the poor Englishmen were ' horrible in the extreme , many of them were at one time lying bleeding upon the ground , having been beaten with pickaxes , spades , sticks , &c , and it was almost miraculous that no one was killed on the spot .
The witnesse * were severally cross-examined by Mr , Bobinson . All of the prisoners were positively identified as having acted prominently in the murderous outrage with the exception of Ginnew and Maloney . The two latter were discharged , and the rest stand remanded till Tuesday next . BaU ( with twenty-four hours' notice ) would , they were given to understand , be accepted , for their appearance on that day , themselves in £ 50 , and two suretieBwith £ 25 each . They were thenlockedup . On the English Iabour « r 6 leaving the Court , Jhey were assailed by friends of the other party with loud
exercrations . and one of them narrowly escaped a violent blow , the police vtao obliged to draw their truncheons , and eventually two of the ringleaders were secured and conwyed before the magistrates , who ordered one to find bai ! , and fined the other 10 s . In order to prevent confusion and any attempt to rescue , the Government van , upon its arrival at five o ' clock , was , instead of being driven up to the entrance in Paradise-street , backed against the private entrance in High-street , where the accused were , without molestation , from anybody placed therein and conveyed to prison .
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inquest on the body of Elizabeth Smith who was stabbed at Leeds on Wednesday week , by a man named William Walsliaw , was concluded on Friday . The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Walshaw , who was fortliwitb . committed to York Castle for trial at the assizes .
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WHOLESALE POISONING . EisKX . ~ ExHUMAtiox of Another BodtandImpor-* akt Dhcovbrieb . —Clateriko . Tuesday Night . — Last week « e gave an account of the examination of a woman named Sarah Cheeseraan , before Lord Bray brooke and other magistrates of the county of Essex on a charge of attempting to poison a child belonging to another female , by rubbinpn quantity of salve over and in its mouth , which was found impregnated with arsenic . The case was bo clear that the magistrates felt it their duty to send her for trial In consequence of this , suspicions was raised that the children of Cheeseman , who were known to have died in rather a sudden manner , might hare been got rid of by poison , and the authorities of ( Havering parish felt it their duty to transmit their * ^ ¦ '¦ -- ¦ ' ...
suspicions to Charles Cain Lewis , Esq ., the Coroner for the southern division of the county of Essex . Upon this Mr . Lewis felt it his duty to enter into an inquiry into the circumstances attending their deaths , although they took place as far back as the early part of 1845 , and ordered the bodies of the two children to be exhumed . This was done , and the stomachs , with the contents , were forwarded to Profesgor Graham , of the London University ' College , for analysation . This eentleman being compelled to leave town , the analysis was confided to Mr . Alfred Taylor , of Guy's Hospital , who has had considerable experience In cases of poisoning . After ft variety of experiments , a large quantity . of arsenic was discovered , sufficient to cause the death of several persons , in each stomach . On the result being
communicated to the Corener . that functionary felt it his duty to order another body to be exhumed , and the stomach , with the contents , te be sent to London . This was done , and Mr . Taylor , on making an analysis , feund it to be also strongly impregnated with arsenic . These discoveries have caused the utmost excitement to prevail throughout the village of Clavering and for miles around . Ireland . —Atthupx to Poiboh an entire Family . —Diabolical Outrage . —A most diabolical attempt to poison the entire family of Dr . Grattan , of Drumraond House , county KiWare , was made on the 17 th inst . His eldest son , a lad of fifteen , died in consequence ; and Mrs . Grattan , the four surviving children , and a servant maid , are still in a very preca rious condition . From the circumstances brought to
light at the inquest , and from what we have learned from other sources , it would appear that Dr . Grattan alarmed at the wide spread failure of the potato crop , and anxious to make timely provision for the wants of his labourers , likely to be deprived by this mysterious visitation of much of their ordinary food , had a small supply of Indian meal brought from Dublin at his own cost , for the purpose of introducing it among them and familiarising them to its use . Some prejudice against it having been manifested . Dr . Grattan , in order to remove it , it possible , determined to use it in his own family ; and , upon finding tbat his own domestic servants refused even to prepare it , insisted on their doing so , and stood by until his directions were obeyed . Of the meal thus prepared he and all his children partook ; in fie kitchen
the servants refused to eat it , and their share wag eiven to four calves , all of which died shortly after . The following morning Dr . Grattan was actiyely engaged in investigating this extraordinary occurrence which had immediately been spread abroad amongst the ignorant peasantry as the effect ot the Indian corn , when his eldest eon called him to breakfast , mentioning at the same time that they had just breakfasted on flummery , and what was very curious , they were every one of them sick and vomiting ; and true it was . When lie reached the house he found Mrs . Grattan , the four children , and a servant maid exhibiting all the symptoms of poisoning by arsenic . The doctor having by his accidental absence escaped partaking of the poisoned food was able to give in-¦ tant assistance to the unfortunate sufferers , and had used the ordinary antidotes and remedies hours
before medical assistance could possibly have reached them from any other quarter . To this providential occurrence h may in all human probability be attributed that any of them are now living ; In spite ef every care his eldest son died within twenty-ene hours , and the others of the family are not out of danger . An inquest was held upon the body of the young and unfortunate victim on Friday , and n verdict implicating the cook in the transaction was found , in consequence of which she has been committed to Naas Gaol . The whole matter , however , is still far from being cleared up ; but the inrest / eatioa is being actively carried by Richard Moore 0 'Farrail , Esq ., M . P . ; assisted by William Foote , Esq ., J . P ., J . H . Nangle , Esq ., J . P ., and J . Doffing , Esq ., stipendiary magistrate . We hare every hope that the perpetrators of this awful affair will be promptly discovered and brought to justice .
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ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON , LEWES , AND HASWN 6 S AAILWAY . Between seven and eight o ' clock on Tuesday evening information reached Brighton that a serious collison had taken place on the Eastings Hatin-ay , by tvhlclt several persons bad been more or lest injured . Mr . Fountain , the superintendent of the Brighton Terminus , imme . diatelj proceeded by special train to the spot , to ascertain the particulars , It appeared that the scene of the disaster was by the Gate House at Pevensej Sluice , and that the accident was occasioned by the " point * " not being properly adjusted , and ( he consequence was , that the half past twelve o'clock down train to Hastings had run into the muck waggons at that spoti The force of the collison may be imagined when we state that the engine and tender were thrown off the rails , iron plates torn and wrenched offi and the massive iron sides of
the tender b ? nt and dashed to pieces . The buffer beams were also iplit to pieces . A short time before the passenger train wai due at Pevensey , the ballast engine , with a number of empty earth waggons arrived near the Gate House . Mr , Perry , one of the contractors , and a fireman accompanied them . They took up their position on the sidings as usual to allow the passenger train to past , but it ieenis that by some accident , for which we cannot account at present , that the points , which appear to have been on the Belf-acting principle , were impeded and did not fall back as usual . This failing was unobserved , and in a few minutes afterwards the pRssenger train came along , and to the great alarm of Mr . Perry and the fireman it ran off the direct course on to the line on which the muck train stood , and in another instant * fearful collision took place . Mr . Perry , who waB standing on the stationary engine , ( was thrown violently to the ground and severely bruised , but not dangerously hurt ; the fireman of the passenger train was ihrowtt down , and he was found lying at the mouth of the
furnace covered with coke , his clothes on fire , and the boiling water rushing over him . The gatekeeper saw him and succeeded in removing him from his perilous situation . He wai removed in a state of insensibility to the iluica house , and put to bed . Mr . Wallis , a Burgeon , from Bexhill , was called in and devoted every attention to him . He recovered his senses in a short time , and did not appear to be in any immediate danger . Thedriver and fireman of the stationary engine jumped off and received no hurt . Several of th * passengers were . thrown forward by the collision . Some had their teeth knocked out , others their faces cut , and we regret to add that a clergyman ai Hattings had one of his legs broken . There was a surgeon in the train , who was busily employed in dressing the wounds of the unfortunate passengers , and succeeded in setting tbe limb of the clergyman . One of the second class passengers was literally lifted out of the window by the violence of the concussion , but th « injuries he received were trifling . We understand the name of the Burgeon is Thompson , to whom too much praise cannot be accorded for his valuable services .
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: " i Singular Adventurk . —A young fema'e , residing near a small town some dozen miles from Liverpool , had a desire to see Prince Albert and the proceedings consequent upon the laying of the foundation stone of the Sailors' Home , but did not reach the neighbouring coach town till after every vehicle had taken its departure . Her curiosity , however , had been aroused , and , determined not to be disappointed , she started off on foot ; but the heat of the day and the distance made the journey rather a lengthened one , ahe did not reach her destination till after Prince Albert had slarted for Londou . Chagrined not a little , she wandered up and down the streets of the good old town , gazing at the illumination and busy throng , when she was accosted by an urchinwho
, profferred his assistance to carry her umbrella and bundle . The latter , containing the stock of provisions for the journey , was with good will , handed over to the youth , who soon afterwards contrived to decamp amidst the crowd . As evening began to close in our unfortunate heroine sought a night ' s lodging , but could find no place to lay her head under the charge of 5 s ., which sum , scraping silver and copper together , she managed to raise . Her slumbers were of short duration , as hundreds of living and hungry animals began to prey upon her wearied frame . She was therefore compelled at early dawn to take the road again for- her native village . She had accomplished afeout half her journey back when a light cart overtook her , and the driver readily yielding to her solicitations , she was soon seated on what she conceived to be a box covered with a coarse
wrapper . She had only proceeded about two miles , when , on examining her seat . more minutely , she discovered that it was a coffin . Affiiighted , she asked her companion whether there was not a dead body also in the cart ? The driver coldly but gravely replied , " It ' s only my wile—I'm tackin her to Preston —poor thing , it was hur wish , and I wish she wur there . " The poor woman tainted on hearing this revektioD , but as the driver fancied she had only kid down to take a nap , he galloped on until the jolting of the vehicle brought the poor creature round again , by which timo she had nearly reached her place of abode . With a loud voice she called upon her companion to stop , and having alighted she now readied her peaceful abode in safety , though much alarmed . She declared she would never go to Liverpool again to see Prince Albert .
A Respite of the sentence of death pronounced on Robert Williams , convicted of the murder of Thomas Wiggins , at the me- Wells Aesizes , was received in thi 3 town on Sunday last .
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Fatal Acoidbkt ok ihb Gbbai Wbstsrw Rajiwat . — -On Monday afternoon an inquest was held at Reading Hospital , by one of the coroners for the county of Berks , on view of the body of Benjamin Edrell , late a porter in the employment of the Great Western Railway Company . Mr . S . Clarke , the principal superintendent of the line , attended the inquiry . It appears that on Saturday night last , a switchman named Gregory , intheemp loymentofthe company , was relieved by Wilcox and Vickers , the former of whom has been in the company ' s service above nine years , and has always borne a most unexceptionable character . It was the custom of the day duty man to set the points rkthtfc * the up goods
train ; tkis Gregory neglected to do ; but it has not transpired whether it was a point of duty or an arrangement between the men ; still it was the duty of Wilcox to acertain that everything was clear for trains passing ; but as he had always found the switches and points correct , he did not inspect them , a id when the up goods train came in Bight made the signal that all was clear , but on its coming up to the points , instead of running on the straight up line , shot into the siding , where the deceased and another porter were employed shifting a horse box to the carriage platform , and had not got it quite clear of the curve when tho train came up , the buffer plate of
tho engine striking the horse box , which , by the concussion , knocked the deceased down . On being assisted to rise and asked if he was much hurt , ne replied , not a great deal , butsoin after complained of a violent pain in the left side of the chest . He was immediately removed to the hospital , where it was ascertained that the vessels near the heart were seriously injured , and the unfortunate ^ man died soon after . The jury , after considerable discussion , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " The two night switchmen who were on duty are suspended , by direction of the superintendent , until the decision of the board of directors is known .
Dsbtitutioh a »» Dsatb . —On Tuesday , Mr . W . Baker , Deputy Coroner , held an inquest at the Cumberland ' s He&d , City-road , on view of the body of Elizabeth Davis , aged seventy , who was living at 13 , Green Arbour-court , Old-street . It appeared from the evidence , that the deceased was in the habit of occasionally going out to wash for her support , but , frem her age , she was unable to do much , she being chiefly snpported by her niece . She received a four-pound loaf per week from tho parish of
Shoreditch , from which she formerly received Is . 6 d . per weekj but on her refusing to enter the workhouse , to which she had a great objection , that was taken away . Last Friday , her niece , who had gone there to see why she had not called upon her as nsual , found her lying upon a miserable bed on the floor , life being quite extinct . The room was searched , and a farthing was all tho money discovered . The body was removed to St . Luke ' s workhouse . Verdict , " Visitation of God . " LHappy England ! richest city in the world ! 1
Drsadfdi ; Accident in a Powder Milk . —On Tuesday morning , about half-past eight , a fearful occurrence took place at the Kames powder mill , on the Kerry side of the Kyles of Bute . It appears that the workmen were just about to commence opera * tions in the Coming-house , where the powder undergoes the operation of sieving , and where , consequently , a large quantity was gathered , when , by fome unaccountable accident , this portion of the building , containing upwards of three tons of powder , was , in a moment , blown into the air . The workmen , seven in number , shared no better fate than the building ; and the mutilated remains of six of
the bodies were found some time after , scattered at a great distance from the scene of disaster ; the seventh , although severely bruised , is still alive , but is not expected to survive . The six men who have been so suddenly deprived of life are all married , and have left widows and families to lament their loss . The scene is described as being terrifically grand ; the powder when ignited ascending in one . cloud of fire , and the report so loud as having been heard as far as Inverary , a distance of not less than forty mile 3 . This time four years a similar occurrence took place at the same mill , but not with such fatal effects , two men 6 » ly being killed . — Glasgow Argut .
Lambstablb Suicide by a Young Fxmalk . —On Monday evening , Mr . J . Payne , the Deputy Coroner , held an inquest at the Grapes Tavern , Tooley-fltreet , Southwark , respecting the death of Miss Sarah Hester Pierce , aged sixteen years , the niece of Tho » . Lobb , the landlord of the above house . It appeared from the evidence that tho deceased was barmaid to Mr . Lobb , but for seme time past she had suffered severely from pains in the head , which ahe had been under the occasional treatment of Mr . Walker . The deceased was of very religious habits , and usually occupied her time by reading the Bible . On Sunday morning , the AeceateA was much Worse , and Mr . Lobb procured some pills for her , which she took in the bar . Immediately afterwards the deceased
became very restless with pain , and left the bar as wassupposed to lie Aoxvn . About hn ] f-p& $ t eieVM o ' clock , one of the servants went to her bedroom , but found the door fastened . An alarm was raised , and when the door was forced the deceased was discovered lying on the bed , which was saturated with blood . She had a wound in her throat which seemed to have been inflicted b / herself . Mr . Pettigrew , the surgeon , was called in , but the deceased had been dead about ten minutes , The deceased had inflicted the fatal injuries while lying on the bed . and do th must have been almost instantaneous . The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity , " Fatal Accident at a Biscuit Baker ' s . —On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . W . Baker , jun .. at the London Hospital , on the body of John
Anderson , aged sixty , a biscuit baker , in the em ploy of Messrs . Westrup and Co ., New Crane , Shadwell . It appeared from the evidence that en Monday , the 17 th inst ., the deceased was engaged in the machine room in collecting a quantity of rough cuttings and p ' aoing them on the "break rollere , " which forms a portion of the machine , and in pressing them down to the proper level , his hand slipped , and it was drawn in between the rollers and crushed in a frightful manner . He called for help , and the motion of the rollers was instantly reversed , and hii hand was released . He was sent to the Hospital in great agony the same evening , where he remained until his death , which occurred on Saturday morning last . The Jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death . "
Fire at Poplar . —Monday night , shortly before ten o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises oocupiad by Mr . Steward , a general dealer , in Grundy-street , at the corner of Oriental-row , Poplar . The flames were first perceivable in the second floor . Sora person injudiciously burst open the street door before the arrival of the firemen , which made the fire burn very fiercely . The engines were promptly on the spot , and there being an abundance of water , they were worked with full vigour ; but upwards of an hour elapsed before the flames were entirely subsided . The whole of Mr . Steward ' s stock-in-trade wag consumed , his furniture and wearing apparel destroyed , and the building itself cempletely gutted , The origin of the fire could not be ascertained .
Explosion of a Powder Mill . —A dreadful accident occurred a few days ago , at the Kames powder mill situated at Millhouse , on the Kerry side of the Kyles of Bute , Argyleshire . It appears tbat six men were just about to commence work in the corning house , where the powder undergoes the operation of sieving , and where consequently a large quantity is collected , when frem some unknown cause it ignited , and this portion of the building , containing about four tons of powder , was in a moment blown into the air . The men were killed instantly . Two others , in a separate building , were so severely injured by fragments of stone , that scarcely any hope is entertained of their recovery . The individuals io suddedly deprived of lite were married , and have left widows and families to lament their loss . Tho scene ii described as particularly striking , the powder , when ignited , ascending in one cloud of fire , and the report reaching to Inverary , a distance of not less than forty miles .
Murder and Robbery in Cork . —The circumstances of a robbery of a large amount of money , and a series of facts leading to the supposition of an atrocious murder , have lately been brought to light . It appeared from evidence laid before Messrs . Coppinger , Roche , and Westropp , at a private investigation at the police officer , that the captain of a trading vessel from England was enticed into a house of ill * fame in Godsil ' s-lane on the 2 d inst . by two women , named Eliza Coppinger and Hannah Reilly . The house was kept by a man named Lynch , who , according to his statement , heard a struggle in the lower part of the house—alter which the woman came up to the apartment , and threw a large bundle of bank-notes , a sovereign , and some silver on tho bed ,
and he getting alarmed , desired them to quit the house , which they did . This was the account of the transaction given by this man . Another man , named Kirt , a scavenger , was then examined , whose story was that the women called him into the house , where he 9 nw the man lying on a bed , apparently dead , that they oifered him 5 s to remove him out of way , and that he accordingly took him en his back and left him en Lavitt ' s quay . He never heard of or saw the man since . On tho following day he met one of the prisoners , Eliza Coppinger , who showed him £ 45 in Bank of England notes , and in a short time afterwards she told him she had sold her part of
the booty to Jeremiah Cvemin , a scavenger . Con stable 0 'Neil informed the magistrates that upon searching Cremin ' s house , he found there a loanoffice book , from whi ch it appeared that Cremin borrowed £ 4 on the 6 th of May , and he ascertained that on the 5 th of August , Cremiu paid £ 10 rent ; to another individual £ 11 , and he found £ 6 upon his person . In tliis same den oi iufumj a young man lived , whose subsistance was derived chiefly from assfstanre given to him by one of those wretched women , and since this transaction he has listed in the East Jndia Company ' s Service , and has left the country . Both women were remanded \> j the ma-
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gistrates till further inquiries should be mada . The unfortunate man was understood to have had near £ 100 in his possession . Dhath frou Bathiko . —Ihtbepid Conduct . —On Monday morning , between gem and eight 8 ' clock , two persons named James Pike and George Arthur , were bathing in the river Thames , at Battersea , and they had not been long in the water before Pike , who could not swim , got out of his depth . Ills cries were instantly heard by Arthur , who was swimming some yards from his unfortunate companion , and he in-... - ., ... ttm m .-. '• ,.-. • • - - * » .. tl r _ ¦ _ J— ¦ -: ¦ fpl « j *
stantly swam to his assistance , when Pike grasped him by the arms , which caused them both to sink . Through the exertions , however , of Arthur , they both again rose to the surface , and he succeeded in getting away from Pike . The unfortunate man then almost instantly sank , and was not seen again , Arthur was so dreadfully exhausted by his exertions to save his friend , that when he reached the shore he fainted away . Assistance waa soon at hand , and he was conveyed to his residence in the Wandsworthroad . The body of Pike could not be found .
United States . —Remarkable Criminal Cask . — Recent accounts from Lexington , Kentucky , detail the proceedings and result of an extraordinary criminal case which lately took place in that town . A young man , the only support of a widowed mother , and possessing many estimable qualities , having twice or thrice casually glanced at a certain individual , rich , but dissolute , while in * house 6 f public entertainment , the latter , having first delivered him-¦ elf of a volley of abuse , struck the young man , and at the same instant shot him dead . The murderer was arrested , and the ewe having been brought on for trial , ( he crime was clealy proved ; yet , in defence , the well known Henry Clay claimed a verdict
of acquittal , because the day of trial was the anniversary of an acquittal in a similar case twenty-five years preceding . The reply was as right in principle as it was happy . The counsel for the prosecution pointed out that if the day was the anniversary of such an event , it was also the anniversary of that 4 th of July when their forefathers justified in arms the sacred principles of freedom , truth , and justice ; and he put it to the panel , whether they would desecrate the memory of that day by the acquittal of a , murderer . Notwithstanding , the murderer was acquitted by the jury , under the direction of the judge , named Ruckner , and the prisoner escaped from the hands of justice .
Dreadful Collision off the Spurn Light . —On Saturday a notice was received at Lloyd ' s announcing a sad accident off the Spurn Light , late on Wednesday night last , by which the brig Retrieve , of London , from Shields , was run into by a much larger vessel , and totally lost , and many of the crew drowned . The Retrieve , we understand , was heavily laden in cosls under the care of Mr . Scott , the master , and ten seamen . On the night in question she was bearing across the Boston Deeps , in the usual track for H&rborouph Gut , when ehe csme into violent collision with the barque Charlotte , master W . Stevens , hound for St . John ' s Newfoundland . The shock is described to have been most fearful , the Charlotte striking the brig amidships . The crew of the barque
contrived to save three of the crew of the Retrieve , when the vessel disentangled itself from the barque , and is supposed to have immediately foundered , for she was not seen after . Among those who were left behind were the captain , steward , and four seamen , who are expected to have sunk with the vessel . The Charlotte , it seems , had only sailed from Hull on the previous day . In consequence of the great damage she sustained , the captain put hack to Hull where he landed the survivors of the Petrieve . There is DO doubt great blame is attributable te one of the parties ; out it is difficult to point out the actual aggressor . Tho vessel is stated to be insured at Shields . 'Suspected Murder at Brussels . —On the night of the 28 th inst ., about ten o ' clock , M . Londoz , a rich
proprietor , residing in tbe causeway of Molenbeck St . Jean , h « d just got home from a club , when , hearing a noiBein the cellar , he took a pistol and went down to discover the cause . At the moment of entering the cellar he received a wound from some firearm in the breast . He had just strength enough left to get up stairs , but on reaching his bed-room fell down , and expired immediately after . It appears that M . London , whew he heard the noise in the cellar , took two pistols , one loaded , the other not , and when he got to the last step , he was roughly attacked by a viqgorous arm . and a desperate struggle ensued , a » is evident from the clothes of the victim , and various traces . The perpetrator' probably wrested the pistol from M . Londoz , which was discharged during
the struggle , whether accidentally or not is at present uncertain . M . Londoz , it seems , on hearing the noise in the cellar , went up stairs to get his pistols and to inform his wife . The report of the pistol awakened the servants and the neighbours . The servants immediately hastened down stairs , and found their unfortunate master lying on the ground , unable to say anymore than the word " wounded . " They carried him to the drawing-room and laid him on a sofa . The physician and a priest , whe had bqen instantly sent for , arrived too Jate to see him dive . Only one pistol ( that which had been discharged ) was near the victim , so that it may be
believed that the assassin , not knowing that the second pistol was unloaded , took it to defend himself if necessary in his flight . It is uliiguW that the event was scarcely known when it was generally reported inthe neighbourhood that Mr . Londoz had committed suicide , which every circumstance proves to have been impossible . Of course we have only conjecture on this event . The murderer has not been discovered , and every suspicion respecting the author of the crime must be suppressed . M . Londoz was a vigorous man , of lofty siatuffi , in the prime ftf life . He leaves a widow and four young children . His fortune is said to have been forty thousand francs per
annum . Drbampul Suicide in Souo . —On Tuesday evening an inquest was held before Mr . Bedford , the Westminster Coroner , at the Coach and Horses , Greekstreet , Wardour-street , on the body of Thomas Peppody , aged 43 years , a greengrocer , lately residing in Greefcstreet , who committed suicide . The evidence went to prove that the deceased was a man of very dissipated habits , neglecting his business and family matters for days together . He was also much subject to delirium tremens , for which malady he was generally put under confinement . He once attempted suicide by leaping out of a high window , on which occasion he sustained a severe scalp wound , to which was attributed the leading cause of his following such
a deplorable and depraved life . The deceased's friends were somewhat apprehensive of his committing some violent act , therefore an application was made on Monday last to the relieving officer of the Strand Union for assistance to place him under restraint , but when the parties arrived to make some arrangements , the deceased's bed room w » s fastened , and when forced open the deceased was found lying on the floor saturated with blood , with a frightful wound in the throat , which had severed the whole of the various branches of the neck . The deceased was dead , and had been so for some time . The Jury unanimously returned a verdict of ' * Temporary insanity . " Death of a Wouid-bb Suicide ix the Wzstmissteb House cf Correction . —Mr . Bedford held an inauest on Tuesday , in the above p-ison , on the body
of William Henry Benham , aged forty-five , stated to be a cutler , formerly in business in Bath . On the 18 th instant a policeman found the deceased sitting on the banks of the Serpentine River , and learnt from him , as he suspected , that his intention was to drown himself . Taken before the magistrate at Quoen-squnre , he was bound over to keep the peace for six months , and in default of sureties sent to prison , Mr . Lavies the surgeon saw him the next morning , and found him so ill that he thought he could not live six hours . Deceased appeared very destitute , and said he had intended to commit suicide because he was tired of his life . By the aid of stimulants he was kept alive until Sunday night . He died from water in the chest produced by disease of the lungs . Verdict" Natural death . "
More Poiboking . —Monday morning , a little boy , ei g ht years of age , was brought to the Westminster Hospital , suffering from the effects of poison . Mr . Tabay , having administered the usual antidotes , instituted an inquiry into the cause of the symptoms which betrayed themselves , when he ascertained tbat the sufferer had eaten a quantity of the berries of the belladona , or deadly nightshade , whieh another boy collected in the Willow-walk , Chelsea , and gave him . It is feared that several other children have partaken of the berries .
An Olb Monster . —It may be remembered that an old man , 79 years of age , named Lacombe , was taken up at Niort , on July 12 , for having fired four pistol shots , and killed the servant giri of his daughter , and wounded ono of her workwomen . The case came on for trial last week before the Court of Assizes at Deux-Sevres . The prisoner , though of such advanced age , appeared vigorous , with an eye of unusual brightness . He was dressed respectably in black , and wore a white cravat . It appeared from the evidence that Lacombe lived at Piort with his daughter , a mvchande des modes , lie had on several occasions paid attention to one of the workwomen , named Victorine Dubois , a ^ ed 23 , and at last absolutely persecuted her with his prayers to become his mistress . The young woman , who was perfectly
well condu cted , constantly refused . It would appear that the prisoner pursued precisely the same course with the servant girl , named Celeste Simonet , aged 20 , and always met with a similar repulse . He at last bec ame exceedingly irritated , and threatened to do them an injury . On July 12 he went out early in the morning and bought a pistol , having already in his possession three others . He returned home , and charged them all : and then entered the part ot the house inhabited by his daughter . Finding Celeste Simonet in the first room , lie at once fired at her and missed . He then look better aim , and shot her through the heart . lie quietly proceeded towards the mile a-manger , and perceiving Victorine Dubois through a glass-door , he took aim at her and lu-ed also . She saw his intention , and mechanically put her hand beiore her face . She received the ball
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On onaof her fingew ,. which was dreadfully shaltZT though in all probability it saved her life . HeTi ^ fired the fourth pistol , and the ball struck he the side of the forehead , but glanced off . Then - ¦ oner was then going tranquill y out ef the hoou when the neighbours rushed in and arrested hjj , ' On hi « trial he declared he knew nothing whatevT of what had taken place on the morning in questio n and he could not have been in his . right mind . TLr waa , however , disproved by the testimony of a naqf ber of witnesses who had spoken to him during {] , * moraine , and who declared he was perfectly calnf » nd collected- He was found guilty , and sentence , ] in consideration of his great age , to onl y aolita t » confinement for life . —Galigani ' s Mmenger , ] 1 / I— » - _—•« £ I ** ... 1 *^ .-. ^ . *^ __!_ " L __!•« .. ...
Milakcholt OccuRHBNCB . —It is our painful dut * to record , this week , the death of Mr . Michalowakj a Polish gentleman of high rank , and who once held the position of major in the Polish army , but » h has recently resided in this city and devoted his tim e to the teaching of languages . The unfortunate gen . tlemanhad been in the habit of visitine Penrith every Tuesday , in his professional capacity , and thence usually proceeded to Long Marton Academy , to give instructions to the pupils of the Rev . — . Shepherd ; but , on TuesdayJast , he had only reached Brampton-lane , within a mile of the academy , whsg , by some accident , he fell from his gig , and wag severely and fatally injured . He was found , about
half-past three o ' clock , lying by the 6 lde of ( he road , b y an intelligent lad named Atkinson , who had picked up his stick and umbrella , and at this period Mr . Michalowski wati enabled to speak , and , in anawer to the inquiries of the boy , to say that he bad lost his horse and g > g , and required assistance . The gig , in the meantime , bad been taken te the academy , where it was immediately recognised , and the rev . gentleman promptly proceeded in search of the driver , to whom he was ultimately guided by the boy , Atkinson . The sufferer was then unable to pive any coherent answers to the questions of Mr . Shepherd , but the fact of his wiping his coat subsequently with his handkerchief , where it was soiled , showed that he bad not lost alL consciousness .
Indeed , he waa afterwards able to enterthe Rig with very little assistance ; but on sitting down he gave evidence of being seriously affected . He was immediately conveyed to the Spread Eag'e Inn , Kirkby Thore where medical aid was promptly procured , and every assistance ' was rendered by the worthy clergyman ; but Mr . Michalowski lingered in an in-Bible condition until five o ' clock on Wednesday morning . An inquest was held upon the body otj Wednesday evening before Mr . G . Thompson , e-ne of the coroners of the county of Westmoreland , when no circumstances transpired which could explain th » cause of the calamity , beyond a severe wound on the back of the head , which showed that he had been
thrown or fallen from the gig ; but the fact that a sum of money and his gold watch were found on his person , proved that he had not been exposed to any violence . The jury accordingly found a verdict , " That the deceased died by a fall from his gig , but from what cause there was no evidence to show . " The body , was brought to Carlisle on Thursday morning . Mr . Michalowski has left a widow and two young sons to lament this sudden bereavement . He has resided many years at Dumfries , and was deservedly held in the highest esteem , and during his short star ai Carlisle , his great abilities and excellent conduct had gained him many friends , by whom his sad catastrophe is deeply regretted . — CarlitU Patriot .
The Dagenham Murdeh . — Daoenham , Saturday Evening . — Since the extraordinary disclosures elicited involving the conduct of the police , in connection with the atrocious murder , the detective force under the orders of Mr . Superintendent Pearce , have been unremitting in their exertions in order t » trace out the petpetrators ef the horrid deed It is understood that steps are being taken by the authorities of the Home Office and the Commissioners of Police to indict the whole of the constables who have worn falsely , for perjury , but it will not be carried out until evidence is adduced which is supposed to be in train for bringing home the more atrocious
crime to the guilty parties . Many doubts were at first entertained as to the statement of the witness Clements , who swore that whilst sitting in the parlour of the Red Lion , at Romford , he heard Fanons exclaim , "Dear me , poor fellow , I am sorry that I did it now ; " but circumstances have since arisen to confirm that statement to a certain extent . Inspector Richardson , who was with Parsons at Romford ou the day in question , has corroborated the fact , that when he left the Red Lion parlour , Clements and Parsons were in the room together , and he recollected Parsons sitting in the position described by GlementB , and apparently absorbed in thought over the paper . —John Bull .
A Fortunate Soldier Convict . —Private Herbert Graham , of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines , who was convicted with another marine for robbing a man of his watch and money at the Duke on Horseback public-house , Woolwich , and sentenced at the Old Bailey to eight months' imprisonment in Maidstone gao ] , has just had loft him the sum of £ 500 , &o , and his friends , have lodged money to obtain his discharge ( rom the service , and have determined to petition this Secretary o ! State for the Home Department , eitller to remit or mitigate his term of im-£ ri soni ««»* . «'« ) m was led to commit the offence by is comrade ( pitcher , ) who was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment .
Awtullt SropEH DiATH . -On Saturday morning , Mr . Mills , tht Deputy Coroner , held an inquest at the Rose putlic-house , Elder walk , Islington to inquire concejning the death of Mr . Roberts fop many years tfe respectable proprietor of the Jolly Angler sTavcin , situate in the immediate neighbourhood . Ttfe deceased , a very old and useful inhabitant of ^ e parish , had , in conjunotiw > witu several other gditlemen , establ / slied a Philanthropic Society , and o \ a certain night every week , a meeting of the metiers to entertain applications for relief , and on oiier matters took place at the
Kenilworth Castle , J \) w North-road . A few evenings ago a large assemblytook place as usual , and afttr the deceased had adiessed the meeting as to the lecessity of having a Went in aid of the funds o' tbe charity , so as to ns able to contribute more bmntifully than heretofore to the wants of then poor neighbours , he sarA on his chair , and without ; sigh , or grosn was instaaly a corpse . Medioal men were called , but their prteence was useleB » , andti th » home he had quilted two hours before in good health , he was conWd a corpse . A verdlt of " Died by the visitation of God" was recorded .
The Supposed Mumers in Oitobdshirb .-AIthough it is upwardsof afortnight since human bnes were discovered on the ' side of the Banbury-nad , near Sturdy Castle , yet up to the present time here has been no investigation into this mysterious and suspicious affair , either magisterially or by th < Coroner . The bones having been pronounced by amedical gentkwzn of Woodstock to be thoseof hunan beings , and there being also strong suspicion that that they are the remains of three unfortunate felowcreatures who have been murdered , surely demnds ihe strictest Investigation . The Coroner for thf district ( W . Erunner , Esq ., Oxtord ) has somedouitsas to the legality of holding an inquest , and to renove these doubts he either has written to , orinteiads ;
vriting to , Lord Denman on the subject . It has beeidis * - covered that another person has been missing rom that part of Oxfordshire , in addition to the nan Hicks , of'fackley , who , it will be remembered , ised to wander about the country with gipsies , of vuich Sheriff and Biddle formed a part of the company A travelling packman , n'ho some years since visitel the villages of Hayford , North and Steeple Aston , and others within a few miles of Sturdy ' sCastle , haialso been missing ; and the finding of the skeleton alhded to has led many persons to think it probable tha * the poor fellow came to an untimely end , and thai his were a portion of the bones found . He jcyer hinted so any one that he was about discontinuing travelling in that neighbourhood : and what adds
more weight to the suspicion ot his being muWcred is , that many persons had contracted debts with him . and which they have never been called upoa to pay . It has also been ascertained that the hollow where the bones were discovered has been used as a sawpit within ten years , and consequently there cannot be much doubt that the bones have been buried there since that time . The two men , Biddle and Sheriff , who were convicted of the murder of Mr . Mobbs , and who are still in Oxford Castle under a sentence of transportation for life , have made on statements or confession either with respect to the murder they were convicted of , or of any other in which they are supposed to be implicated . —Mvauna Pavtr . a
A Strange Mistake . —A few daya ago , while a number of persons were engaged at harvest work it / » field near Belford , the steward put off his waistf coat , tp aBsist in binding , and placed it on the top ol some » ueaves , following the reapers down the field ii the usual course of their work till they were quit < out of sight of the clothes . Two persons , a masoi and his wife , who were going to employment on tbi railway , as they were travelling along the roak adjoining to the field , observed one of the navie 3 go over the fence into the com field , strip off his own waistcoat , put the ono lying on the sheaves , and iRs-tantl y run off at a quick pace . The two persons informed the reapers of what had taken place , anil on coming to the spot where the waistcoat had bc-n
left , the steward found a ragged article lyh » in iU place , and beiugr afr « id to touch it with hia hands , took it up on the point of a sickle , and was dangline the rags about to the amusement of his fellowlaWers , when , to hia great surprise , three sovereigns fell out of one of the pockets , and this of course reconciled him to what he at first thought a worthless exchange , and checked the jeering and sport o ( his companions . A short time after rbo discovery of the money , the poor navy returned with a penitent look , imploringly lamenting his ' ! mistake ; " but he was told he had the bargain of hia own making , and iie must now keep what he had got . ' "
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