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1 PJPKEHENSI 0 N OF A GANG OF THIEVES AND . RECEIVERS OF STOLEN GOODS . ' Tbeilarlborough Street Police Office was on Tuesday literally besieged with tradesmen desirons of hearing the ^ lamination of four persons in the custody of the police charged with having in their possession a . large quantity of property , the produce of many robberies committed on shopkeepers in the metropolis . The names given by the prisoners , all of whom , with the exception of the woman , are well known to the police , were J . Walker , J . Frai . klin , a young man of colour , James Williamson , and Mary Tilney , otherwise Walker . It appeared Ikal the ixrtice for some time past have had their eje on a house situate No . 3 , Chapel-s ' reet , Soho , and a strict wateh misplaced on the movements of certain of the inmates .
The evidence of police constable Mocnt , C division , was first taken . He said on Men . ' . ay morning , about nine O ' clock , he was on the watch , when he saw Walker leave the homse TSo . 3 . Chapel-street , where he liv ed , and shortly afterwards he saw Williamson go in , followed by Franklin , who had a bag with him . Walker returned soon afterwards , and witness noticed that the woman Tiiney came to the door and looked out once or twice . William * ana Franklin then came ou t of the house , and witness , and other constables who were with him , immediately took both into custody .
Police sergeant Grav , C 10 , corroborated the statement ofMonntasfaras it went . After taking the two prisoners into custody ha went into the house Wo . 3 , little Chapel-street , and on asking which was Walker ' s room , was told to go up to the two pair back . Witness went up stairs , and found Walker and the woman Tiiney in the room . In the fire place were two pieces of wood with marks on them being burnt Witness told Walker he must take him into custody , on which Walker answered it wss a bad job . At the station house Franklin said to -witness . " He had not nailed him right yet . " Police-s . rgeant Whall , C 16 , asked Walker where the cloth was ! Walker said there was some cloth in a place which he pointed oat , and said that some cloth had bten left there that morning . Witness searched the place , and found a considerable quantity of cloth and other property , all of which witness believed was stolen . Among the other articles found were , a piece of silk serge , a ' lady ' s riding habit , two torn labels , and some coins and medals .
Mr . Superintendent Beresford , of the C division of police , said there were owners for nearly all the property found in Walker ' s rooms . Six cases , at least , would be brought forward , and he should commence with one that -affected all the four prisoners . Mr . Gordon , of the firm of Walker and Gordon , drapers and tailors , Blackfriars-road , said the roller now produced had the marks of the firm on it . The serge found in Walker ' s possession was the property of the firm ; but witness ceuM not , without referring to the books , state -when it had been seen in the warehouse last . Witness was not aware that the serge was missing until made acquainted with the fact by the police . As there was nothing beyond the mere circumstance of the woman Tiiney passing for Walker ' s wife , and beinjr found in a room in which stolenproperty was placed , Mr . Hardwick decided en liberating her , and she was discharged accordingly .
The next case was against Franklin and Williamson , for stealing a piece of cloth from the shop of Messrs . Hachen and Co ., tailors , 5 b . 42 , Conduit-street . Walter FishT , porter to Messrs . Machen and Co ., said on the 35 th of June , on his return from breakfast , he saw Franklin in Conduit-street , and immediately afterwards noticed the prisoner Williamson cross the street with a hag on his shoulder . Suspecting something wrong , he went into the shop and missed an end of cloth , which wa * safe before be left to go to bis breakfast , He ran out and pursued a cab into which Williamson had got witb the property , and stopped it near St . George ' s Church . H » told the prisoner Williamson he wanted to see the goods in the bag . The prisoner Williamson told him he was welcome to look at the property , and got ontof the cab as if to assist him . Wbile witness was untying the bag the prisoner , Williamson , ran down Maddox-street and made Ms escape . Witness found the stolen end of cloth in the bag .
This case was considered too slight to commit Franklin npon , and , consequently , Williamson alone was ordered to stand committed on this charge . The next case was for a burglary at the house of Mr . 2 fasb , No . 11 , St . John ' s Wood . It was proved by the servant that the house was entered a short time ago , and robbed of plate , jewellery , a snuff bor , some coins , and other property . The coins and snuffbox found on Walker were part of the stolen property . A cab driver , 3 f o . 6 , 023 , said he was employed on the evening of the robbery to take a fare of three persons to St . John ' s Wood . One of the persons was of very dark complexion , but as they were all buttoned up , and had . handkerchiefs round their necks , he was unable to swear positively that the prisoners were the persons . As the evidence only affected Walker , the other two were not included in the charge . Walker was ordered to be committed .
Mr . Robert Pearce , ' tailor , No . 23 , Edward Street , was the next case heard . Tneprosecutor said nis shop was entered on the 22 th of August last , and a quantity of property carried off . The thieves effected an entrance by using a pair of ply er a to unlock the shop door with , though the door was locked inside and a key in the lock . Witness missed several raady . made articles , a gold watch , and a £ 10 promissory note and some sovereigns , which he had placed in an old waistcoat pocket . The remnant of doeskin prodnced by the police , and feond at Walker ' lodgings , was a part of the stolen property . Walker was committed on this case .
The next case was that of Mr . Leon , tailor , 47 , Rathhone Place . The prosecutor said that , on the morning of the 27 th of August , some thieves entered his shop and carried off a quantity of ready-made clothes , a piece of cloth , and a piece of doeskin . A portion of a garment found in Walker's possession was identified by Mr . Leon . Mr . Leon said he recollected the prisoner Franklin coming to his shop some time before the robbery , and giving him an order for a pair of trousers . The prisoner ' s order was executed , and prosecutor , finding they gare satisfaction , begged to see him again at his shop , and requested him to recommend his friends . The prisoner promised faithfully to comply wiih this request , and he had apparent ] / kept his word . Walker was committed on this charge . The next case was for stealing a riding habit and a dress coat from the shop of Mr . Tabley , tailor , 43 , Upper Berkely Street .
A portion only ef the riding habit was found in Walker's lodging . This , however , was positively sworn to by the lady ' s maid of Mrs . Kidd , of Albion Place , as the property of her mistress . The evidence being incomplete , the charge was not proceeded with . The prisoners were directed to stand committed as above , but to be again brought up next Friday to complete the evidence in the first case . To show the magnitude of the robberies in which these prisoners were concerned , it is ascertained that the value of the property taken in the above sis cages exceeds Twelve Hundred Pounds .
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FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE YORK AND NEWCASTLE RAILWAY . ScsdeblaM ) , Monday Night . —At an early honr this morning reports were current in the town that a dreadful accident had ' taken place on the Sunderland and Newcastle branch of the above railway , about two miles from this town . It appears that when the half-past five o ' clock downtrain had passed the Cleadon station the connecting rod of the locomotive engine snapped in sunder , and the engine and tender , with two of the carriages , were thrown off the line , the former fell over on one side and the latter « n thfi other . The carriages fell on some stone sleepers
which were laid on the edge of an embankment , and were smashed to pieces . In the train altogether there were eight carriages , six of which did net receive any damage . The guard was seated on the top of one of these and retained his seat until the train was brought to rest . When he got off be saw the fireman , a young man , named Joseph Htudtrson , lying on a stone block . He had besn thrown from the tender , and was severely bruised about his shoulder and neck . The engine man Ricbard Hall , -was next found at the end of the engine , in a state oi insensibility , and his head seriously cut , and his body scalded .
The guard immediately directed his attention to the carriages which had been thrown off the line . The passengers fortunately were few , owing to the early hour at which the train started , not numbering more than eight , aad of those only two , a boy and an aged woman , were in the broken carriages . They were in a state of great terror , and beyond the shock , they had not sustained any injury ^ The other passengers were none the worse for the accident , though , as may be anticipated , tluy were somuwhat alarmed , as well as grateful for their narrow escape . The engine-driver and stoker were removed to Sunderland in a cart , and taken to a house in Thomas-street , occupied by the father-in-law of the engine man ( Hall ) , where medical assistance was promptly rendered . They both remain in an extremely dangerous condition , indeed no hopes are entertained of the recovery of Henderson , thefireman . Hall only married last week , and his wife is residing at Gatesliead ; his injuries were , how ever , of so ser ious a nature , that it was not deemed safe t'i remove him to his own home .
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derstood to be Mrs . Uuicli , showed him imu ll ' k » l < - <""> where he found lying on a bed the body of a woman , in the last stage of conguinption , her arm s were extended , her eyes and mouth were open , and the last offices of the dead had apparently been neg lected . The witness noticed several bruises on the body . The name of Jane Watsou was first givea to the witness to put on the coffin plate , but it afterwards transp ired that her real name was Mary Linnend , and that she was sister to the lady who kept the house , althoug h the relationship had never been ackno wledged . The woman who laid out the body said it was miser . ablv attenuated , and spoke of several bruises being on the ' sideofthe eje , forehead , hips , &c ,
The eridence of the parochial surgeon , who had made a postmortern examination , went to prove that the deceased had died of pulmonary consumption , but that he considered that death had been accelerated b y the bruises previously alluded tc . These bruiseH might have been equally the result of accident or design , and from the very weak state the deceased was in , it was very probable that the deceased would f . ill about , and probably down stairs , but one fall alone would not cause so many bruises . He considered that , from the state the deceased was in , medical assistance should have been called in , which he understood was not the case . The gentleman said he had not the slightest idea of the existence of any relationship between the parties until after the deceased had ceased to exist . He was but little at home , and therefore , was ignorant of what occurred there .
Emily Linsteari , the younger sister of the deceased , who was much affected , said she had engaged her sister as servant some time since , and it was understood that she was to take an assumed name . She fell ill six months since , and latterly had been rapidly getting worse . Diarrbaea had come on , and it was necessary for her to sleep in the kitchen . She would not have a doctor as she said he could do her no good , but she had had come medicine . On Monday the witness heard her fall and went to her assistance . She sat up with her all that night , and she died the next morning .
The Jury , after half-an-hour ' s consultation , returned the following verdict : — " That the deceased died of pultnonary consumption , and that ber death was accelerated by numerous and serere contusions on several parts of her body , but bow the said contusions were produced there is no evidence to the Jury to show . At the same time , the Jury consider there was great neglect on the part of the deceased ' s sister in obtaining medical or other assistance . " [ This case originated in the class distinctions , and the false shame they generate , which are so great a curse in this country . Nothing is so criminal as poverty , in England . Rather than let her husband know she had " a poor relation , " Mrs . Burch resorted to deception to gratify the natural desire of assisting her own sister . J
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THE DAGENHAM MURDER . Daoenhim , Monday Evenino . — Thii afternoon , at two o ' clock , Mr . C . C . Lewis , coroner for the Southern division of Essex , and the Jury empannelled to Investigate the circumstances attending the murder of the police constable George Clark , on the night of the 29 th of Jane last , re-assembled for the ninth time , pursuant to adjournment , at the Cross Keys Inn , facing Dagenham Cburcti , further to prosecute their investigation . On the Coroner taking his seat , fee regretted to observe , that he had received a medical certificate announcing the inability of one of the panel to attend on account of illness , and that being the case he felt it necessary to adjourn the inquiry again . It was true that there was still sufficient to form a competent jury , but having began with fourteen jurymen , he considered , in a case so important as the present , he would not be doing his duty to proceed with a smaller number .
Mr . Raivling said , on the part of Serjeant Parsons he bad te submit to the Coroner , if possible , the necessity of proceeding at once with the inquiry . The position of Sergeant Parsons was one of great hardship . Ever since the last sitting of the inquest , now nearly five weeks , Parsons had b ° en subjected , night and day , to the close surriellance of the police . Why , or by whose orders , Serjeant Parsons had been placed in this position he was at a loss to conjecture . The Serjeant was prepared fully to meet any charge against him in connexion with the murder , and that being the case , without any charge being preferred , it was extremely hard that he should be continued as it were in custody for any longer period
The Coroner said tbe fact wag , that Serjeant Parsons hnd only himself to blame for the unp ' easant position in which he was placed . He had brought all upon himself by his conduct , and therefore had no right to complain . Supposing bim to be innocent of any participation in this murder , it was quite clear that there was another charge which he would be called upon , to answer ; therefore , what took place there could not affect the serjeant so far as his being under the surveillance was concerned . After some discussion with the Jury , the inquiry was again adjourned .
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A TALE OF MISERY . On Monday Mr , William Carter held an inqueBt in Newington workhouse on the bod y Mary Ann Oeorge , a widow , who died in that institution under the following circumstances : — Mary George , an intelligent girl , about twelve years of ags , said that the deceased was her mother . Her father , who was a smith , died on the first of May last . Since that time the family had been obliged toseekparochi . il relief . They had 2 s . 6 d . and live loaves of bread weekly from the parish . Since the death of witness ' s father , the deceased and witness had earned a trifle at shoebinding . They would sometimes bind as inanj as bix pairs per day . They were paid after the rate of a penny a pair . They never had any meat for dinner , except sometimes on a Sunday . Her mother had no dinners since her father's death : she used to have breakfast
and teas . The deceased at times wanted food ; witness had known her to give the victuals to the children and go without it herself . After the death of her father , witness noticed a great change in her mother ' s health , resulting from bad living , she believed . She came into the house to be confined in consequence of not having things at home . She was very thankful when she was admitted . Mr . Cox , the master of the workhouse , said that deceased was admitted on the 30 th of August . She was then in a very pale and debilitated state and apparently in great pain . She said that she was then in the pains of labour . She was sent to the lying-in ward , but two days afterwards she came back to witness and said that she felt better , and should like to return to her family , as sht did not know how they were going on . Witness recommended her to remain , and he told her that her family wonld be provided for by the guardians .
Mr . John Oarnon , assistant surgeon and accoucheur to the poor boase , said that he was sent for to see deceased on tbe morning of Friday last , at half-past one . He attended immediately , and . found that her labour had commenced , but was progressing very | slowly , and to all appearance was not likely to terminate for several hours . He therefore went away , and left word if deceased was worse he was to be sent fsr . About three o ' clock the same morning he was again sent for , and on his arrival he found that deceassd had been delivered of a still-born child . It had been dead two or three days before . " The mother was likewise dead . Heconeidered that she died from exhaustion—her constitution was ' not sufficiently strong to bear up against the shock of her labour . The Jury having consulted , they returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony .
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INQUEST IN THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION . On Monday , Mr . Wakley , M . P .. conlcuded an inquest in tha House of Correction , Coldbath Fields , on the body ol Richard Homer , aged 23 , a cab-driver , sentenced by Mr . Combe , of the Clerkenwell Police Court , on the 23 th ult ,. to 15 days' imprisonment , for non-payment to his employer of 14 s ., considered in the Coroner's Court a simple debt . The inquiry was adjourned from Saturday , that a careful post mortem examination might be made by Mr . Smiles , assistant surgeon to the prison , and Dr . R , Boyd , resident physician of the St . MaryJebone Infirmary . Mr . Hutson having consulted with the Coroner , went to the Ckakenwell Police Court to Bee the agreement or depositions which led to the deceased ' s sentence . On his return he reported , that having made his application to Mr . Combe , the latter said , " I suppose you are come for food for an action . Bring yeur action , if you like . " He would not give me any information , nor allow me to see the depositions or agreement .
Several prisoners proved deceased s death , which happened suddenly in the prison infirmary on Thursday last . They all said th-ifc both deceased and themselves had every requisite medical attention . Doctors Smiles and Boyd , who had opened the body , said death resulted from suffocation , caused naturally , and probhblyby spaims of the jdottis , the effect of malformation of the upper part of the spins . The Coroner , to Dr . Boyd . —Do you in the slightest degree connect the death ofdeceased with any treatment he has experienced in this gaol ? Dr . Boyd . —Not at all . The Coroner . —That is quite sufficient . If the Jury are satisfied I an . The attendance of fifty surgeons could not have saved life in this case . A Juror . —We are perfectly satisfied on that point , but I think we ought to express an opinion on the subject of his coming here .
The Coroner . —I think not . Unless the case is very strong , we ought not to go beyond our justifiable boundary . If the man had died here in consequence of his confinement , I should have felt myself bound to go into the question of the legality of his cemmitment , and requiie the attendance of the committing magistrate , and of those connected with it . The whole of the Jury having expressed an opinion against the harshness of the law as it affected the contraot debts of cab-drivers , returned the following verdict : " That deceased died of suffocation , and that the cause was natural , '' appending to it the following words "In passing this verdict the Jury express their regret that the law should afford to any magistrate reason for considering that he could send drivers of cabriolets to prison and hard labour for debts under Twenty Pounds , when . almost universal public opinion exists that imprisonment for debts under that sum is abolished ; and at she same time they express their regret that Mr . Combe , one of tbe
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magistrates of the Ulerken well Police Court , should not know better what is the courtesy aue from one gentleman to another , ' and from one judge of the law to another , than to send such a reply as he had" done ' this day io an application from the Coroner ' s Court , by John Hutson , Esq ., solicitor , and they agree in considering the answer of Mr . Combe to have been in every respect improper , rude , and undignified . "
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THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN RAILWAY . The adjourned Inquest upon the body of Henry Glover , who was killed by the unfortunate nccident which occurred at Conalstone , on the Nottingham and Lincoln line of railway , was resumed in the Committee-room of the General Hospital , at ten o ' clock on Monday morning . The first witness called was Samuel Higtoni who being ngain examined , said I have driven the engine which went off the rails last Monday about half a year , at intervals , and have used it regularly the last fortnight , I do not know of any other accident which has happened by this engine . I do believe it has been untf . r repair , bat how long since I cannot say . I considered it was an en . cina which was in good working condition . I got under it before I started from Derby and examined the springs . We can see the upper and lower plates and the edges of the other plates , but not the whole length . What I saw
nfthe springs appeared to be in good condition . Last Monday was a fine dry day . I had not heard any thing give way about the engine at a considerable distance before I came to the place where the accident happened . When passing over any part of the line which is softer and gives way more than utual , we can perceive it whilst driving an engine . Whan we find the road bad in any place , we regulate our speed accordingly . I did not ob . serve anything of the kind in the neighbourhood where the accident happened . I consider that part of the line in very good working order . I am not aware of tho engine being an old one . I have not heard of any accident by it , or that it has run off the line . The engine ran from Lincoln to Derby . I believe it has not been used to re . move soil . I never remember , or heard of an accident of a similar kind to this one from a spring breaking .
After other witnesses had been heard as to the state of the springs , which were shown to have been in a defective state , Evidence was then given to show that the soil was mixed with gravel , silt , and sand , and likely to cause the line to sink . After hearing the whole , the Jury consulted 29 minute * and then returned as their verdict , " That the deceased was accidentally killed by an engine being thrown off the line , caused by the breaking of a spring attached to the forewheel , such spring being- apparently in a defective stats . " The business was concluded at half-pabt three o'clock in the afternoon .
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EXTENSIVE FIRE AT LIVERPOOL . Shortly before 7 o ' clock p . m . on Thursday an alarming fire broke out in the top story of Messrs . Macfie and Son ' s extensive swgar refinery , situated between the very nar . row thoroughfare of Bachelor-street and Orange-street , and separated from other buildingx at the south end by Hale-street . The upper portions of the building , seven itories in height , was well stored with refined sugars , and the stock of sugar and molasses in the lower stories eras also most extensive . How the fire originated is and will , probably , remain quite a mystery , as the workmen bad left that part of the building at six o ' clock , and no
light was allowed or known to havo been there durmp ; the day .. The flames speedily laid hold of the roof , and in half an hour after the alarm was first given , it fell in , and the vast body of flames shot up some sixty or one hundred feet into the air , being visible for several miles round the town , more especially from the northward . By eight o ' clock the fire found its way downwards to the very vaults , and the whole extensive pile , save a small portion at the north end where the steam engine and boilers were situated , which were ultimately saved , presented the appearance of an immensely perforated fiery furnace .
In a few minutes after the first alarm was given , the whole of the engines , and tbe Bra brigade , under their superintendent , Mr . Hewitt , were on the spot and in active operation , under the direction of Mr . Dcwlinp ; but as it was found impossible to prevent the destruction of the sugar house , every exertion was made to save the houses on either side , separated only by some half dozen yards , and between which end the burning pile the licit was so intense as to be unindurable . For some time it was feared that the walls , deprived of all interior sup . port , might be forced outwards , but providentially they remained firm , or the destruction of a great number of houses would have been the inevitable result . At half , past nine o'clock the flames were brought under command , though they were not entirely subdued throughout the night .
Soon after the breaking out of the fire , those mrst interested—next to the owners of the property and their servants—the representatives of the different insurance offices , were on the » pot . Mr . Whitehouse of the West of England , in the costume of his own firemen , directed , most effectively , the operations of his splendid engine ; and Lieutenant Maxwell wns , as usual , one of the first in attendance ^ and under his direction , almut sixty hogsheads of SHgar were saved . He received much excellent assistance from Mr . Hayman . and other gentlemen . His worship the mayor was early in attendance , and remained until all apprehension of further danger was removed . The police kept excellent order , and no accident what , ever happened , although the adjacent streets were so crowded with spectators as to be scarcely passable .
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sioner under the act 5 and 6 Vic . c . 98 , appoint d to inquire into the operation of that act and into the state of the population in the mining districts , has recently been printed . The report , which bears the date of July hut , extends to 51 folio pases , and con . tains a good deal of information on the subject to which it relates , especially to the " strike" of the colliers in 1 S 14 , when upwards of 22 . 000 people ceased from work for nearly four months . The coalowners suffered a loss of about . € 200 , 000 , and tho men in wage 9 £ 300 . 000 , when they returned to their work . The commissioner , in this , his third annual report , states that the act of Parliament by which females are excluded from working in mines and collieries , and other regulations made for the benefit of nersons eneaced inthatsnocics oflabour . is generally
observed in the portions of mining districts to which he had in the year been able to give his attention , some localities execpfed , where either the neglect or opposition of a few employers or the invetrate habits efthe people opposed an obstacle to the uninterrupted observance of the law . Several cases have lately been decided and convictions obtained , thr magistrates holding that it was not sufficient for coalowners or their agents to give notice to their colliers not to employ girls or boys under ten years of age , but that proper measures must be adopted to have the orders obeyed . The leading defect in the act of the Legislature * commonly called " Lord Ashley's Act" is the ommission of a power to the magistrates to summon witnesses , which ommission , although it has notprevented convictions taking place , has rendered the task of carrying it into effect far more difficult and embarrassing .
Singular Match . —A ivager was laid by several gentlemen in Manchester , that a pigeon would not be able to compete with the railway train running between Manchester and Ashton . The wager was decided on Wednesday week . At the moment when the train started from Hunt ' s Bank , the pigeon was set at liberty , and arrived at home three minutes before the train reached the Ashton terminus . — Manchester Guardia ? i . A Narrow Escape . —The Bury Tost says , that there is a labourer now employed upon the railway works at Ely , who was once tried and convicted of highway robbery , and was sentenced to be hanged . The morning arrived for his execution ; he was placed under the fatal beam , and as the clergyman commenced his melancholy office , the poor fellow protested his innocence . Just as the executioner was
about to "launch him into eternity , " a man was perceived at the distance galloping furiously , holdin . tr up a piece of paper—it was a reprieve ! In ten minutes the horse died from exhaustion . The sentence was commuted to transportation for life . At the expiration often years and nine months , the prosecutor in the case , being upon his death bed , sent for the Mayor of the town , and told the dreadful tale that at the time when he swore he had been robbed of a hrpc sum by the man in question , ho Iiad the money in his own pocket , having been led to this atrocious crime by feelings of revenge . Shortly after this acknowledgment he died . _ The accused was sent for , a free pardon granted him , and £ 15 givenhim by Govcramenton his arrival at home . A person , tho other day , asked him how he felt when he was under the gallows ? he replied , " I didn't care very much about it beoause 1 knew I was innocent . "
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Important . —Messrs . Benjamin Read and Co . ol Ilart-street , Bloomsbury , London , and Broadway , New York , America , are again in the field with their incomparable London and Paris autumn and winter fashions—their plate of fashions is really superb , and is evidently the work of a first rate artist ; the colours are brilliant , the various tints admirable , " the human form divine " is shown to the greatest advantage , giving the several artiste , as tailors , dress-makers , milliners , &c , & ., every advantage the arts and sciences can bestow . it a glance , and that too at a very moderate charge . Accompanying
the plate is a full description of the male , female , adult , and juvenile ligures therein represented ; also Read and Co . 's patent measures for which a caveat was granted during the mayoralty of Sir William Magnay , and their indubitable system of cutting in three parts , by which a mere novice may becutno a proficient in the art of cutting and fitting in an incredibleshort space of time . Messrs . Head and Co . ' s fame is usw become universal by the encomiums of the press , British , French , and American , so justly lavished on them , and the patronage they luvve and still continue to receive is unbounded .
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TfRANNY OF POOR LAW GUARDIANS . Radford , kear Nottingham ;—A rather interest-Ing meeting was held here last week , wprthy of beine recorded in the Northern Star . The meeting was called for the purpose of memorialising the Poor Law Guardians in support of the continuance in office of Mr . Small , the roedic . il officer of the Union . Trade is very bad here , and has been lor some time . This has forced the people , in many cases , to live upon common food—arid they have not even had a sufficiency of that—which , it appears , has caused an increase of sickness amongst them . The cases on the medical books in this union for several years past , have been , on tlie average , 800 ; while , this year , they amount to 1 , 6001 Notwithstai dine the great
increase m sickness , the number of deaths have reen less than in any other corresponding period ; owing , it is stated , to the able and kind treatment of the sick , by Mr , Small , the present medical officer . The Guardians acknowledge they have no fault to find with Mr . Small but that he is teo " liberal , " too " benevolent ; " he has " increased the expenses of the medical department : in fact , he is ton kind to the poor . ' He orders the sick wine , and beet tea , when necessary . Tin ' s does not suit their high mightinesses ; beef and wine were only made for manufacturing aristocrats . They have the "interests of the ratepayers to attend to "—the interests of the manufacturers , of course—who ^ when tliey have squeezed the last drop from the vitals of their slaves
vmh , it would appear , to have a medical man who would decently help them out of existence . Mr . Small is a man of ability , as well as a benevolent man , and has the esteem of all the poor of the Union . His salary is only £ 60 a-year ; while the salary of the relieving officer , who is a man of an opposite character , has been raised from £ 80 a-year to £ 120 a-year—including the office of Registrar of Birth 9 and Deaths . Mr . Sanders ( a Chartist ) was unanimously called to the chair . He opened the business in a sensible speech . The guardians , he said , had no charge to prefer against Mr . Small , only that he had increased the expenses of the medical board ; lie had been too liberal . He ( the Chairman ) believed that Mr , Small had done his duty
honestly and efficfent'y . This was a question , not whether the gurdians were satisfied with the conduct of Mr . Small , but whether they the ratepayers were satisfied : whether they would leave the sick poor to the treatment of an inexperienced youth , or to the care of a man in whom they had the greatest confidence ? Mr . Beardsall proposed , and Mr . Dean seconded , the following resolution , which -was carried unanimously : — " That this meeting ia of opinion , that the duties of a medical officer for the parishes of Itadford and Lenton , have been ably and efficiently performed by Mr . Small , surgeon , he having acted strictly in accordance with the spirit and instruction laid down in the new Poor Law , and it is the opinion of this meeting that a memorial Biened by the ratepayers be
presented to tbe Poor Law Guardiansfor his continuance in office . " Mr . Beardsall said , he believed that the salary of the medical officer was too small , he had had to attend lastyeartn lBOOeasewhieh was not a shilling a head . The medical adviser was the euardian of the lives of the poor of the Union , he therefore thought that the office was a very important one . If the poor had less purgatives and more kitchen physic , there would not be so much sickness amongst them . Mr . Dean bore testimony to the able and kind treatment of Mr . Small , he having been under his treatment for an attack of the cholera , the Guardians had taken off 6 ozs . of beef per day , which was ordered by Mr . Small , before he ( Mr . Dean ) was able to walk . Mr . Wallace proposed the memorial .
He considered that the expenses of the Medical Board were less comparatively than at any corresponding period . The expenses had increased but 84 per cent , while thecaseshad increased 100 per cent . He thought the Guardians could not have taken this into account , or 'hey would not have come to the conclusion of dismissing Mr . Small . Mr . "Wright ( Chartist ) seconded the memorial . The only charge against Mr . Small was , that he was too honest , and too kind to the poor . Pie had seen a poor old woman that morning , who said she should always venerate Mr . SmalNn account of his kindness to her husband when he was on his death bed . Mr . Morrison
supported the memorial . This was a question of life and death , a question whether the poor should be attended to in time of sickness , or whether they should be left to perish . In many cases the poor were deprived of the means of living , which brought on illness , and then it appears , they were not to receive proper medical treatment . The people , and not the Poor Law Guardians , ought to be the judges in this case . If Mr . Small had the confidence of the people , if they believed him to be a man of talent and kind to the ' poor , he ought to be retained in office . The memorial was put and agreed unanimously . The meeting was very numerously attended .
In the course of the next day the memorial re ceived the signature of 2 , 039 , being nearly the whole of the ratepayers in the two parishes of Radford and Lenton . A deputation was appointed to wait upon the guardians with the memorial on Thursday , the 10 th inst ., as they were met for the purpose of electing a medical officer . In the first instance the chaii man refused to receive the memorial ; but upon the niotion of the Rev . S . Cresswell , Vicar of the parish , it was ultimately allowed to be laid upon the table , and a sharp discussion arose , some of the guardians endeavouring'to rcdicule both memorial and memorialists , and the Rev . S . Cresswell and others contending , that as it was the most important and
numerously signed document which had ever been submitted to any board , it claimed the ' r respect and attention : and he also required that those who were dissatisfied with Mr . Snnll should state the " Specific grounds" upon which they were about to dismiss aim . This the chairman ( a bloated manufacturer , named Morley ) refused to comply with ; and upon the votes beine taken ( by ballot ) Mr . Yates , a young man of twentr-thrce years of age , was elected , who , whatever may be his talent , on account of his want of practice the parishoners consider Mr . Yates cannot command the confidence necessary to the proper discharge ofhis duties ; and that such important responsibilities ought not to be placed with one who is as vet untried .
It is necessary for the proper consideration of the question to be informed that at Mr . Small's election last year the chairman addressed him in these words , " And now you are about to enter upon your important duties , take care that you attend upon the sick poor and prescribe for them in the same manner a 9 if they were members of my family . " And similar language was uttered upon the inauguration of Mr . Yates on Thursday , though it was notorious that at the same time Mr . Small w ; is dismissed for carrying out these instructions , the only charge that had been brought against him at the different meetings oi the board having been that he had ordered beef tea and wine to the paupers , and had incurred too great an expense ; and at the visit of Mr . Weal , the
Assistant Poor Law Commissioner , there waa so much emphasis kid upon the medical certificates prescribing bi > ef tea and wine , as to induce Mr . Weal to state to them that he considered Mr . Small had not exceeded his duty by ordering beef tea and wine when he thought them necessary . The memorial , which the deputation applied to the guardian to return , oa account of the insulting and contemDtnous manner iv th which it was treated , has , alonsr with other documents , been forwarded to the Poor Law Commissioners , with a request that an inquiry may be instituted ; and it is possible that the guardians , who appear to envy those who have figured in the Andovev and other similar cases , may yet be partakers of their notoriety .
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THE FAMINE IN IRELAND — AWFUL CONDITION OF THE HUSH . PEOPLE . [ to TUE EDITOB OF TUE NORTHERN 4 TAU . ] Sir , —I have h * eu in the hahit of for warding ; the Star , after having well peru'eii it , to a friend of mine ( nu Irishman , ) nt Lower Edmonton , who likewise having troll digested its contents , sends it to n friend of his , in Killaloe , Limurutt . I forward You a letter 9 > Mit from
Kellalou to my mend , at Lower Edmonton , for insertion in your valuable journal , which will , I think , at once show the manner in which public opinion is kept down when it does not point hi the direction of the Loyal National Repenl Demonstration ; and will likewise give your numerous renders some idea ol" the extent of the potntoe disease , and f ; iining in misgoverned Ireland . Here is the letter , it will speak for itself : — " Killaloe , September ( 5 th , 184 ( 5 . "Deiirsir , —
" My father desires me to convey to you his most grateful acknowledgement ! and sincere thanks for your many and continu-d favours , particularly the lust Northern Star , which is , from scarcity and princ ' ples , a very great treat here . Its policy and doctrines , though good and worthy of general adaption , arc publicly deceived i « this country by interested parties who wish not any interference with their own game lest they tiny he deprived of the winnings , and parties and politics generally , lion ever , speciously pleading or pleadt-d , us intended to effect public good tu-6 found so selfish in their agitation and doings as to fill the people witU distrust . I ' ardon tUe boldness ef thesu remarks , you , who have more experience and a better opportunity than I of observing the movement of political leaders and of
judging of the sincerity of their motives , will not perhaps admit their justness , you may consider them too sweeping , but I think it no harm to give you my opinion . Now , of our present state you may , from newspaper reports , form some idea of the wretched condition of the poor of this country , but can by no means arrive at an accurate estimate of the amount of prevailing misery . To think or a man going from plnco to place in Ills garden search , ing , as he would tell you , for the best of his potatoes , ami when these are boiled , to inhale the fetid stench aming in the steam , when this offensive vapour is exhaled , to see the hungry children crowding found tUo table trying to pick out a sound potatoe or , at least one not entirely ratten of which they may eat apart , and in their hm ) gW they are induced , ( o eat the putrid por « on
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which must and does bring on disease , and then to hear themsay , after they have retired from this d . ^ t ^ g meal , that " they are neither full n 6 r fasting .- Is it not flhoL'IdnB ? Is it not rerolting to human nature ? « Potatoes , I am told , will , for the future , be forbidden the . market , the public works have been interrupted , tne distribution of Indian flourori chf ap terms bas ceased , the people are going in masses to the pneBts to « io mflgistratrH , nnd to the landlords " *™ & / ""* "J *! they do ? The landlords are driving and expellinj , they must get their own as the rents are not being p « d , no remedy for the existing famine , let no . one fcnyit " food left to the enter
doeV ^ xi ^ ; Ba tbV supply of prise Of selfish merchants who , I am sure , lull bariow to bring provisions to so l » vM »« a market as povmy-. trictai Ireland . What do you read in the signs of the times ? Can you not observe the symptoms of reyo utaon or at least of a popular outbreak ? Do y """ 0 ' 41 "" 1 ^"' whatever physical force is left , these famished . « eatara « trill be exerted to obtain food whew it can he had ? Kotf many are the regrets now expressed that Peel not m office ? But hold ! see to what a length I have run I am certain you are tired of my tale and quite willing to be let go , but first allow me to subscribe myself ' Yours , most sincerly and thankfully , ^
"P . S . —Whenevtr you can befriend me with a Star you will confer a very great favour . " And as a Repealer on principle with the best wishea towards yourMndependcnt journal , I am authorized to offer you : i very intelligent person who will act as your Limerick corespondent to your journal , who will proye himrelftobe an able exponent of the public feeling in that part of Ireland . Since my last communication I have been informed that those persons no' agreeing with the nolos holm rules of the Loyal National Rep « al Domi . nation , must consider themselves cut off . I beg , sir , to subscribe myself , Yours , most obedient , An Ex-London Repeal Wabden . Brirtge-atreet , Westminster , September 14 th . 1846 . p . a . I would recommend all those persons who take
in the Star , if they do not file it , to forward it to some person in Ireland , for by so doing they will be strengthening the cood cause in which they are embarked and at the same time he mainly assisting in putting down the O'Connel ! Whie humbug in that unfortunate country , as this letter will well prove .
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O'CONNORVILLE . TO THE EDITOB OB TBE NORTHERN STAB . Si » , —We , the memberR of the Chartist ( Land ) Cooperative Society ( Victory , Strond , near Rochester ) , bolicit the insertion in your valuable jmirnal of the follow , intr remarks , expressive of our gratitude to Feorgus O'Connor , Esq ., and his colleagues , together with Mr . Wheeler , Secretary , for their indefatigable zeal in promoting the happiness and welfare of the labouring class of the community , which has been indubitably attested by the early practic . il pplication of Mr . O'Connor's clorious plan for the redemption of honest industry from the " w ongs of the oppressor and the eontumelyofthe proud . "
The Demonstration at O'Connorville was attended by twelve of the members from this * district . Amongst them were three or four practical men , and their report of the proceedings was most anxiously looked forrrard to hy those who were unable to avail themselves of the proffered treat . The detail of the astonishment they felt at meeting the : 6 sembled thousands , all no deeply interested in tbe proceedings ( for members who went to scoff , remained to praise ) , the studied comforts and convenience of the tenements : the quality and condition of the allotments ;
owin ? to untiring industry and wpll-directed skill and energy , which have made it more than the promised land , las so convinced this portion of the society of the integrity of its leaders , that they cannot refrain from communicating their sentiments of admiration ofthat zeal whicli has already effected so much , and which , in all probability , will subsequently exceed fhehopes . evenofourmost sanguine supporters . We , therefore , Vieg you to record , this little tribute of our gratitude to the founder of this Institution , which bids so fair in a few years to cover tha length and breadth of the land with smiling faces and happy home ? .
We should neglect our duty did we omit to state , that the appearance of the allotments at O'Connorville has so excited the desires of the members here to obtain one of these "keys to independence , " that they hope the good work may not flag , and they earnestly call upon the 2 nd Section to do their duty manfuWr . and by early and liberal subscriptions to supply our chief with the sinews of war against monopoly , as every month ' s delay is a sacrifice of health , wealth , and happiness . We are . , Wi h great respect , Your obedient servants , C . Willis and Fbie . vds .
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THE " ABOMINABLE . " AND " ESSENTIALLY ENGLISH" CHARTISTS . TO TFIE EDITOB OF THE NORTIIER 8 TAB . Dear Sir . —You will oblige by inserting the under written in votir invaluable paper .
TO CHARLES GAY AH DUFFY , ESQ . Pir , —As you have in theplentitnde of your wisdom , thought fit to term " abominations" the several points constituting the " People ' s Charter , " 1 demand that you substantiate your assertions , if you ' can . and if you cannot , you ouRht ( as any man of candour would ) to withdraw them . Aeain you say , tbe spirit and tone of our proceedings are " so essentially English , that their adoption in Ireland wouJd neither be probable nor desirable ; " but if you will only give yourself tbe trouble to peruse that ?« - cument called the People ' s Charter , you will find ( instF of abominations , ) a pood and wholesome act to provide "for the ju « t representation of the people of Great Britain and Ire ' and " There sir . how " essentially English" that sounds , does it not ? How " essentially English" is to devote time and tah-nt to procure signatures to petitions
to be presented to the Commons , Home of Parliament , to show the antipathy manifested by the Enclish people njrain « t such infernal measures as Coercion Bills ! You may have at heart a burning love of country , but allow me to tell you that jonr countrymen are powerless to ob * tain their riehts without the assistance of the " essentially English . " You surely are not so foolish as to imagine , that even if every repealer in Ireland was quite ready and wtllins to resort to arms ( which I am sure they are not , according to their Botheration Hall mouthing ) , that they could without the assistance and fraternal svtnpathy of the Chartists of England , and the United Kingdom at l « rge , eret pain their objects . When tyrants combine to crush the patriots struggling for liberty , it is time that the Democrats of all countries , regardless of colour and creed , should combine to crush tyranny . Liverpool , Sept . 184 G . Jahe 3 Beiteetok .
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VETERAN PATRIOTS ' , WIDOWS' , AND ORPHANS ^ LAND FUND . ^ v TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . < q Sir , —Slay I claim a small space to reply to the observations of our Glasgow friends , on my former letter . 8 ' I am very glad to find that they are such sticklers ft ? s the rules , as laid down by the-Conference , for , Sir , if alt . or any , of the branches had acted on their recommendf " . tion , there would have been no necessity for my formw communication . : o I could have understood their objection , if it had bein proposed that the Directors should at once have had < & . ' power to locate tbe victims , but I have yet to learn , t * "i ' a Genernl Meeting , in December , is a violation of fti ' tf rules , or that it will be exceeding ita duties by maki-ifj such alterations ns a majority of the members shall di m .
necessary , and if the majority think , with our Glasgow brethren , that the suggestion which I then threw outt is not advisable , of course they will not agree to it ; amii ¦ far from wishing to proceed * without due caidioit , it " it " a mentioned now to give the shareholders time to maturely consider the subject . Our friends may rest assured , that this plan was ^ not brought forward to shift the onus of supposing the victims from the Chartist to the Land Society , but to induce the former to permanently provide for them . u ; .. And I have found sufficient ef the better feelings of our nature amongst those who are not Chartists , to think that I have not over estimated , when I sat them down as a thousand , willing to pay one penny per month . Th « n , as to the delay , the taking of twelve , or at the outside fourteen out of 6 , 000 , cannot much deterioate the value of any mnn ' s chance ; and , whatever may be the case la Scotland , I uniformly found , that the poorest members are always the readiest with their mite , for any cood obji'Ct . ' "
But I am very happy to find , that on one subj-et , at least , we appear to bis of the same opinion—namely tha necessity of purchasing shares for our suffering fAt . iS . And this is the oreat point— the other is only a detwi as to the best means of applying it . And if these letters have roused any of my brother Chartists to this part of their duty , they have accomplished the end sought by their fellow Democrat , G . W . Wheeler . Reading .-Sept . 14 th . 1846 .
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TO THE MEMBERS OV THE CHARTIST CO-OPE . UATIVE LAND SOCIETY . My Friends , —Mr . O'Connor latel y mentioned an excellent plan to increase your funds and reduce the rent of your allotments , and , perhaps , as an humble auxiliary , 8 may be permitted to suggest another plan for your consideration . To simplify my plan , I will suppose any se ^ tioa of tho societ y to eonsist of 5000 members holdiiv- naidiup sluires , and entitled to ( bur . acre allotments . ; . en thosa 5000 members ' continue to pay foarpencchalfpuiij per week , or one- pound per year , as Most conveuii- - 'i Tbss . a steady income of £ 5000 per anaum would bo jealiaed to facilitate the operations of tha society . Now at each , year ' s end 1 propose that th » said 5000 wsmbcrs shall b a llot fur the purchase of their allotments to this amount ot \ £ SOW , and thus every fortuuate member , upon draw , ing his chance , shall be entitled to his allotment free for ever of all rent or any oi * , ev incumbratice , exeept £ 1 per year to mako up the . mnunl £ 5000 rlub mo . iey . and to cease all payment ns soon us the S 000 members are pro . videtl for in like lusnnor . With the mos , ' c sincere desire to promote tt ' . interest of tho society , I remaiu , your ' a faithfully , . - H . A , DoNALDSOK f
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EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE AT CLAPHAM . On Friday evening an inquiry , that lasted upwards of four hours , was instituted by Thomas Higgs , Esq ., the Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster , and a highly respectable jury , Into the circumstances attending the decease of Mary Linstead , aged 3 S . The inquest was held in the large room at the Cock Tavern , Ciapham-common , and the proceedings excited the greatest interest . The evidence given was of a very prolix character , but the main facts of the ease were these : — On Wednesday morning , William Bream , the foreman ta Mr Williamson , a house agent and undertaker , was sent to Wurtemburgh-place , to the house of a gentleman named Borch , who had occupied it only four months , to take the measure of a woman there lying dead , and who ha * b < sen employed as a servant . A lady , whom he un-
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PL AN FOR SUPERSEDING THE POOR-LAW AND BILL FOR TENANT RIGHTS . A most important third party in the State is rising up , and developing itself in various districts . Men of otherwise different politics—some having followed the lats Premier , Sir Robert Peel ; some the present Premier , Lord John Russsll ; and some the expectant Premier , Lord Geoge Bentinck—are cordially uniting , and almost simultaneously acting , for one j ; reat object , via ., to better the social condition of the people . In Dorsetshire we find this feeling displaying itselt jn promoting cottage gardens and small allotments , headed by Lords Stavordalc , Ashley , and tiie Bishop ef Salisbury . In Parliament the same subject haa been admirably advocated by the Hon . W . Oowper and others . In the metropolis the Poor Man ' s
Guardian Seciefcy has been established by Mr . Walter , Lord J . Manners , Lord Ranelagh . Mr . Waklejr , Mr . Fielden , Mr . Ilindley , and Mr . Cabbell , varying in political opinions from the extreme absolutism of Lord Ranelagh , to the extreme Radicalism of Mr . Wakley , and Mr . Ft ' elflen : and in ecclesiastical mutters , from the High . Church opinions of Lord John M « nners to the strong Dissenting views of Mr . Charles Ilindley . The greatest developement is yet to come : Mr . Bond Cabbell has issued ; m address , and is understood to be preparing a large , comprehensive , and national achemo , shadowing forth the virtual repeal of the New Poor Law by the industrious classes themselves , with , the assistance of the neighbouring gen try .
From all we have yet learnt respecting this scheme , we augur very favourably of its triumph success , both in England and Scotland . It will , in the best possible way , correct those abuses and cruelties arising out of the now Poor Law , with which the journals have recently teemed . It will also lessen the rates to at least au equal extent to the amount contributed by the benevolent , and to a still greater extent by the hundreds of thousands of the industrious classes , who will be eager to embrace its advantages . It will nave a third beneficial effect in restoring the ancient feelings of respect and gratitude from th poor to the rich—from the emvloyed to the employers , which have been seldom seen in recent years . It will , moreover , be so connected with habits of prudence , providence , temperance , and
attention to social and religious duties , as to greatly promote the moral and mental character of tne people . We have reason to believe that bills to grant rights of compensation to tenant farmers , so as to give them securities equal almost to those of leases , and for relieving the rural districts from being ever afterwards called upon to maintain as paupers the labourers who have gone to the manufacturing towns , will be brought forward by members of this new party . Altogether we view this movement as most important ; and our readers may Ibe assured we shall let them have the earliest intelligence of the steps that may be taken . The first or preliminary meeting is to be held in the Town-hall of St . Albans , at wh ' wh we beJ ' eve there will be a very great attendance . —Mark-lane Esn > ress ,
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On Monday evening , about twelve o ' clock , whilst the gallery audience of the Surrey Theatre was leaving , the following dreadful accident occurred to John Morris , a lad about thirteen years of age , who , it appears , in the general rush to leave the building after the performance was over , was knocked down on the gallery staircase , and before he could be picked up Avaa trampled upon in such a shocking manner as to break one of his arms and otherwise greatly injure his person . In a totally insensible state , and apparently dead , he was picked up , and , as speedily as possible , conveyed to his lodgings in Pitt-street , St . George ' s-road , Southwark .
Serious Accident at the London and Birmingham Railway Station . —On Monday afternoon , an accident of a distressing character occurred at the London and Birmingham Railway station , to a carpenter , named William Gilford , living at No . 21 , Munsler-street , Regent' 9 Park . It appears that about half-past two p . m ., the unfortunate man was standing on the roof of the new buildings at the extension of the terminus , near Cardingtonstreet , Hampstead-road , when he suddenly lost his
equilibrium and was precipitated on to the ground with great violence . He wns immediately picked up in a pertectly senseless state , being frightfully mutilated , nnd conveyed to the University College Hospital , and placed under the charge of Mr . Ransom , the house surgeon ; he was also seen by Mr . Liston , the head surgeon to the institution , and it was ascertained that he had broken several ribs , besides fracturing his arms in two places , with an extensive wound on the occupit , and a spinal injury , so as to leave no hopes of his ultimate recovery .
Determined Suicide . —On Monday Mr , William Carter , coroner for East Surrey , field an inquest at the Bull ' s Ilead public-house , in the village of Barnes , on the body of George Strudwicke , aged ii years . It appeared from the evidence gone into , that tlie deceased , who was a carpenter , residing at Barnes , where he had a wife and family of seven children , had for some time given himself np to drunken and dissolute habits . On Friday last he went to Hammersmith , from which place he wrote a letter to his mother , expressing his intention to destroy himself . and on his return to the Barnes side of the river , he was seen to throw himself into the water . The drags were immediately used , and the body was brought up after being in the water about six or seven minutes ; but although the usual means of resuscitation were used for a considerable time , life was quite extinct . Verdict , "Temporary derangement . "
Frightful Accident . —On Tuesday , a shocking accident occurred to a young man named Joseph Frederick Elwell , aged twenty-seven years , one of the workmen employed at Messrs . Tilley and Co . ' s , the extensive engineers , of Blackfriars-road . It appears that the unfortunate man was employed in the machine-room , : md whilst passing some of the works connected with the shaft , the leather strap caught the sleeveof his shirt , and drew his right arm round the drum or spindle . Several of the workmen hearing his screams , ran forward to his assistance , and after a few seconds he was extricated in a most frighrful condition , the arm being literally crushed to atoms . He was seen by a surgeon , and subsequently placed in a cab and conveyed with all speed to Guy's Hospital , where it was deemed necessary to amputate the limb at the shoulder joint , which operation was most cleverly performed by Mr . Edward Cock , the assistant surgeon . The poor fellow bore the operation with extraordinary fortitude .
Alarming Steam Boat Collision . —On Monday , an aquatic excursion to the Nore , in the Gnome , a Woolwich steamer , terminated very unexpectedly on the river , and it was by a miracle that many lives were not sacrificed . The vesael was returning to London , with 350 passengers on board , in Nortbneet Hope , a short distance from Gravesend , and when ofi the village of Grays , in Essex , the Ruby , a Gravesend steamer , belonging to the Diamond Company , was seen approaching , and by some mistake the two vessels met , and a most fearful collision took place . The Ruby , which is a steamer of large dimensions , atruck the Gnome on the fore sponsun , close to tho larboard paddle-box which she carried away . A scene of indescribable confusion took place on board the Gnome , and the screams of the women , tlie crirs of the children , and the shouts of tbe men , mingled with the crash of timber , and an exclamation from
several that " the vessel is going down , struck terror into the stoutest heart . A great many passengers on' board the Gnome were knocked down and bruised by the shock . The two vessels were locked together for some time , and the passengers in the smaller vessel rushed on board the Ruby as fast as possible . The two captains endeavoured to allay tin ' excitement , but ultimately the passengers on board the Gnome were transferred to the Ruby , which conveyed tliem to . Gravesend , anil toek the disabled vessel in tow to the same place . The Ruby having landed her own passengei s , left the Gnome at Gravesend , and conveyed the excursion passengers to Woolwich , where they landed at ten o'clock . The excursion on board the Gnome wns for the benefit of Mr , William Warren Hawkes , tho master , and besides his mental suffering , ho is a great loser by the sad affair .
Extraordinary Suicide . —On the 28 th ult . a great crowd had assembled in the Rue Royale , Berlin , to witness a , balloon ascent , when a man stepped out of a balcony on the third story of one of the houses , and began addressing the persons below , flinging out at the same time , handfuls of gold and some ImhUnotcs . Whilst tiie persons below were endeavouring to pick up the money , he drew out a pistol , and fired on the moving mas 3 . The shot wounded a young man , but not dangerously . lie then drew out another pistol , and was about to fire , when the crowd ( rave way on all sides . Some persons , however ,
entered tlie house to arrest tiie man , who , alike liberal of his gold and his lead , it was supposed must be mad , when , on seeing them appear , he threw himself into the street , and was so severely injured , that lie died shortly after . He turned out to be a brewr named Krauss , whose brain had been turned by anxiety attendant upon a lawsuit . In his pocket was found a gold box , oh the lid of whicli were scratched with a pin , or the point of a penknife , the words , "Died , August 28 , 1 S 4 G , " which wouldsc-em to intimate that he had fsrsome time made up his mind to commit suicide on that day .
The Salisbury Herald states , that Mrs . Michel , of Whatcome House , in consideration of the loss sustained by the holders of allotment gardens on her estate , from the destruction of their potatoes , is to allow the parties to go rent free . The number of families benefittcd by this liberal act is nearly four hundred . Melancholy Shipwreck . —Dunfanaghy , Sept . 12 , 1816 . —The schooner Express , of Glasgow , was lost off the west end of Tory Mind , early on the morning of Tuesday , ihe otU instant , and all hands perished .
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