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Bourns . Dbkkbtcij Debtat . ot . ws —B ? Mr Baker , at the World ' s-end , Mile-eud Oil Town , on Mary Ann Eastbam , aged 51 , who died for wans of the common necessaries of lite . James Eastham . a boy about 10 years of ago , said he was the son oi tlia deceased . He could neither read nor write . His fiuber had been dead some years . His mother had , ever since the death of hU father , obtained a scanty srl » istence by making up slop work ; during die last twelvemonths his mother ' s eyes had faile I , in consequence of her constant application to bar npeJIe . aMJ she was nnaVe to w » rk assy lonecr . She applied t » the board or guardians of lh- ; Stepu « ynuion , who allowed her two shillings per wi ek . She paid 91 . per week for
the sn . all room which the jury had visited in JSclsonstreet . Sfens-ey . Durinc the late seve » e weather n : s mother and hiW . f were freq ««» vly without 6 «* or coals , and thev suffered mucli Irom cold and want , li is mother was advised by the neishb urs to go into the workiiot . se . but refused ; and smUf she was compelled to enter the Union it wou : d break her heart . The roroner asked the boy it he , had sufficient f » od- Tiieb-y replied in the negative—lie never had enough- His mother often used to cry over him , and regret that she could not obtain victuals . His mother quite starved herself , and gave him the best share of the food she obtained . Burin- the lone winter , himself and mother slept on the bare b < iard ? , with nothing but an old hearth-rug to cover them . His mother frequently crouched up in a corner of the room , in a t-hiverinz condition , because she could not obtain fuel . They had not eaten auy sort of meat for nine months . Thev considered themselves
well provided for if they cnuld ob-ain an ounce of cocoa and one halfpennyworth of bread per day . On Sunday last they bad one herring and a halfpennyworth of bread , which his mother shared with him . She always cave him more than she ate herself . Their principal fare was dry bread and cold water . His poor mother had frequently complained of illness during the cold weather , and expressed her fears that she could not live much longer . On Sunday last he observed an alteration in his mother , and thought she wa « dying . He went out for assistance , and when he returned his mother was quite dead , Mr Ilorton , surgeon , stated that he was called upon to attend the deceased . He attributed death to natural causes , accelerated hy privations . The jury returned a verdict accordingly . The coroner handed to the foreman of the jury half a sovereign , and desired hini to provide for the wants of the boy . The jury said it was a melancholy case , and followed up the generosity of the coroner by a small subscription .
Fatal Cab Accidkvt . —By Mr Bedford , on Monday , at St . Get » rt » e ' s Hospital , on Hannah Mitchell , aired 41 . The deceased was a fancy toy dealer , in HL-h-street , Knightsbridge , and between 9 and 10 o ' eloek op the night ef Saturday week , the deceased was crossing the Knightsbridge-road , when she was run over by one of Hansom ' s patent cabs , and the off wheel passed over her chest . She was picked up in a senseless state and conveyed to the above institution , where she expired on Thursday last , from suffocation caused by internal hemorrhage . Verdict , "Accidental death . "
Fatal Accioknt . — By Mr . Bedford , at St . George ' s Hospital , on Henry Byers , engine-drive , at Buddie ' s fteam saw mills , Irongate-wbarf , Paddington . On Sunday night deceased bad done what is called " blowing the boiler "—that is , blowing the water out by the steam into the " stoke hole , " where a ¦ well receives it . The other men had departed , and deceased was about to follow them up a ladder , when he fell back into the boiling water . He was dreadfully scalded , and lingered in creat agony until 6 o ' clock the following merning . Verdict , " Accidental death . "
Iutemperakce . —By Mr Wakley , at Bine Posts , TottcnUam-covirt-road . on Phcebe Douglas . Deceased , who was excessively addicted to drinking , had had charge of the house 14 , Bedford-street , Bedfordsquare , and on Wednesday evening her husband called and rang the bell , but was unable to make any one bear , and concluded she was out . On the following day the assistance of a policeman was obtained , and s pane of glass taken out to open the window , and upon a search being made , deceased was lying dead at the foot of the kitchen stairs , the supposition being , that she had fallen there whilst excessively inbriated . Verdict , ' Death from hard drinking . "
Scicide of a Polish Noblemak . —On Saturday before C . C . Lewis , Esq , at the Crooked Billet Weodford , on Mr H . Poznanski , a native of Poland , and a nobleman of that country , who committed suicide by shooting himself through the head . From the evidence of the father of the deceased and other witnesses , for some time past- the deceased had been in a low and desponding state of mind , caused by being reduced from affluence to dreadful distress . On Sunday moriiing he left home , and between twelve and one o ' clock on that day the report of a pistol was heard in Epping Forest , between Chigwell and Wcodford . When some persons proceeded to the spot ,
they found the deceased lying upon the ground with blood flowing from his mouth , and by bis side a pistol , recently discharged . He was removed to the Crooked Billet , where a surgeon attended , who fou d tbat deceased had put the pistol into his mouth and fired , the bill passing through the larynx and lodging in the neck . Although so seriously injured , the deceased lingered uatil Wednesday , when he died . All that was found on his person were two duplicates , a halfpenny , a pair of gloves , and a letter , addressed to Lord Dudley Stuart , thanking the noble lord for the part be had taken in trying to obtain the regeneration cf Poland , which he ( the writer ) despaired of seein « carried into effect
ever . Fooxd Dbowned . —On Tuesday before Mr . Carter , at the White Lion , Itotherhitiie , on the body of a man , who was found off the Hurseferry , in the river , and had apparently been a ship ' s carpenter . Be had not been owned . —Mr . Gardner , the constable , explained to the coron-. T the new system adopted by the Police Commissioners respecting dead rcdiea . They had given orders to their men , that whenever a body was found , the earliest information should be sent to Scotland-yard . Printed notices were then to be forwarded to all the station-houses within the power of the commissioners , and the notice posted on the out-side , so that persona missing a relation would have only to go to the station-house , instead ot travelling miles about . —The c oroner said there were
two suggestions he would throw out , which would make thu excellent plan complete . It was that the parish constable should also ' sen I information , and that if parties left a description of a person at the principal office , they would send word back when such a body was found . Relatives would not then die , as they do now by hundreds yearlv , without knowing what had become of parents , ' sisters , or friends . After again recommending the new system . be hoped it would have the assistance of the press to give it publicity . Dbwh bi Falusopboma Tree . —By Mr Carter ou Tuesday , at Balbam hill , on a lad ten years of a « e , the son of C . Searie , Esq ., who on the previous Thursday morning last fell from a tree in the schoolplay ground at Baluam , and received a concussion of the brain , of which he died the next day . Verdict — "Accidental death . "
The Late Colmsio . v os thb Thames —On Tuesday the adjourned inquest on the two men found in the schooner Rose , which was sunk by the Victoria steam-ship off Hole Haven , was resumed . The principal witness examined iru John Church , a bargeman , of Sheerness , who saw the accident ; He said the schooner was moored in the usual place , aad out of danger ; and that the steamer was out of her course , as ships of that size never went so near the land . He said that had a proper Jook-out been kept on brard the Victoria thecollUion would be avoided as he taw no vessels in the way to prevent her going clear or the schooner . The inquiry was again ad-* ' " ¦"" "
journed . Fatm . Fall Fur * a Window . —On Wednesday , by Mr Bedford , at St .-George ' a Hospital , on H . Manby , aged 18 , apprentice to Mr Bennett , Ufper Berkeley" r * et » p ° rtman . square . On the afternoon of the l < th nit ., deceased was sent to clean the back attic Window at 59 , Upper Berkeley-street , and whilst so employed , a small iron balcony , fixed on the outside , On which he was standing , gave way from the brickwork , in consequence of the posts having rotted , and he was precipitated on to a lead flat , a depth o nearly fifty feet . He tres conveyed to the above institution , where he died on Monday from injury to the brain . Verdict , " Accidental death .
A Boll is a Cihsa Shop As a drover wai driting a herd of bullocks up the City-road , towards Islington , the attention of one of the animals was attracted hy the red shawl of a lady a short distajice in advance of it , and to which it iustautly gave chase . _ T / ie ladv fortunately perceived her danger before it became too imminent , and fled precipitately into the shop of Mr . Berry , a glass and chinaman , at the corner of Featherstone-street , through which she ran into the back parlour , and there sank down in a stite of exhaustion . The deor was instantlv dost-d 'but only just in time to save the lady , for the bullock was so close in pursuit of her that it was through the shop and entering the parlour when the door was shut in its face . Mr . Berry , who happened to be behind his counter at the time , in great consternation at the inevitable destruction of his fragile
wares , seired the first implement he could lay his hands on , and began to belabour the unwelcome intruder over the head and sides with great vigour ; but , as this course was certain to involve an extensive damage to the crockery , which was strewn about the fljor in profusion , he desisted , at the vehement intreatiea of the drover , and t * e nnimal , glad to escape from such a hearty reception , turned itself round and , appirently picking its way amongst the plates , pans , and dHies , walked back again into the Btre&t , without the fracture of j nything . The lady BUortly after recovered sufficiently " to proceed to her ?*? """ tejee , but the singular intrusion of the btiliw ^ ted such ex citement ia the neighbourhood , SterftrSt * ' ' ™» - ««™»«* ed for some time Slvnt ^ S , P ^ ° . " ° ia it was found ulti-ESKr&JEWK&j- * - - ~ t
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fgngUitih LANCASHIRE . Reckless Coxnccr of an Engine-driver , —A few day wee , an alarming and very serious accident occurred on the Leeds and Manchester line ol railway from the recklessness of one of the enginedrivers , Samuel Wragg . Tho Yorkshire express train which left Manchester at five o ' clock on Wed ' no-day evening , was an unusually heavy train , the half-yearly gener . il meeting of the company being held that day at Manchester , and by that train a lame number of the proprietors resident in the northern parts ot Lancashire and Yorkshire were returning home . Wragg was Rationed on the line in charge of tho Mersey engine , to give assistance to heavy tratns , and he followed this trainbut his
in-, stvuetHHra Jrora ihe management wei *( tho : esenerally etven to all drivers so employed ) on no account to approach a train so as to touch it , and not to render assbtance unless signalled to do so by the guard of such train . In that case it would be his duty tof . lwwuntila siding presented the opportunity for his engine to be coupled in front . But in tins that was unuecessary , as the train was going at 20 miles an n < ur , and would not require assistance . In delian . ee of thc > e instructions , however , this man drove his engine at an extraotdinary speed after the express train , and though he was signalised by Mr . ilees , the clerk of the Middleton station , as he passed it , that there was a train a-bead , and to use caution , which signal he acknowledged in the usual manner , he
nevershut off mis steam , but dashed on three miles and a half further , and ran into the express train with such violence as to smash three carriages . The cllision is reported to have been fearful ; but though many passengers received bruises by being thrown from their seats , there was no loss of life or limb , —a circumstance almost miraculous . The train is said to have contained nearly 300 passengers . Tueenuine-driver , on reaching Rocndale , absconded , but was takenafterwards by a Manchester policeman , and having been brought to Manchester , he was taken before the county magistrates , for examination on a charge of misconduct , under the 13 th section of Lord Seymour ' s Act . In this examination Mr , Rees stated that the prisoner ' s engine was going
at the rate of 60 miles an hour when he passed the station , and the signal of caution was displayed , which the prisoner acknowledged by the usual return signal . —Thomas Carigan , stoker on the prisoner s engine , was examined , and admitted that the signal referred to was seen and acknowledged by the prisoner , and he admitted that the speed they had on at the time was nyt attempted to be diminished either by shutting off the steam or reversing the engine until they were within 400 yards of the express train , though they had seen the train when it was three-quarters of a mile ahead of them . —Mr Hall , the company ' s superintendent conducted theproBecUtion , and urged that the utmost punishment should be inflicted in a case where the neglect and
disobedience of orders were so gross as in this case ; and the magistrates committed him to two months' hard labour—that being tho limit under the act which provides fer the offence . CoNSriRACT AMONGST WoitKMEH . — MuBDBROCS Assault — At the Borough Court , at Manchester , last week , two sawyers ( brothers ) , James and Joseph Jones , were charged by Superintendent Leary , with committing a most brutal and murderous assault on a man named Greenwood , also a sawyer , who at present lies so dangerously ill in consequence , that little or no hopes are entertained of his recovery . The whole of the parties are in the service of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company , as sawyers , the injured man Greenwood being their foreman ; and
from some cause or other not stated , Greenwood appeared to have incurred the dislike of the whole of the sawyers acting under him . On Thursday week , Mr . Badge , the company ' s principal superintendent , received a letter or " round robin" from the whole of the sawyers in the company ' s service , complaining of the tyrannical conduct of Greenwood . Ou Friday , before any notice had been taken of this letter , Greenwood , whilst returning home at about half-pa .-t six o ' clock , was felled to the earth by some person from behind him , by a terrific blow on the head , which completely knocked him senseless , and will , it is feared , be the means of his death . Superintendent Leary said that Greenwood , whom he had seen that mornine , was in a highly dangerous conditionand it
, might be weeks before he was able to appear in court . He stated , however , to him ( Leary ) that he was attacked immediately after passing the gable end of a house , whete he saw the two Jones ' s standing ; that he was felled to the ground , and rendered insensible by several blows on the head ; and that some person came to his assistance , and helped him into his house . Mr . Leary produced two surgeons' certificates , which stated that the greatest danger was to be apprehended , and that the effects of the blows were more of an internal than an external character , and consequently more danger was to be apprehended . Mr Maude asked if any motive could be assigned for the commission of such an assault . Superintendent Leary said he had a letter in his possession which
he had received from Mr . Badge ( the round-robin above-mentioned ) , who , unfortunately , was not able to be present ; and that , although he believed it would explain the animus of the sawyers , yet could not be received as evidence . Mr Maude : Certainly not . A man who went to the assistance of Greenwood produced two hats , which he found lying near the unfortanats mnn—one of them , it is presumed , belonging to one of his assailants , and the other , which vas cut to pieces by the force of the blows , being his own . Mr . Leary bad hopes that Greenwood would be able to speak to having seen this hat before . The policeman also found in a garden close to the scene of assault , a large beater made of
African oak , and used b y sawyers to drive wedges It could be shown to he the property of the prisoner , James J-mes . Mr Bent , for the prisoners , maintained that nothing had been proved to implicate them , and they ought not to be detained ; but Mr Maude said there was the suspicious fact that they were the last persons Greenwood passed just before he was knocked down . Other suspicions attached to them , which Greenwood ' s evidence might clear up ; bat on so serious a charge—a charge that mi » ht turn out to be murder—he felt he was bound to detain them- The prisoners were remanded , in the hope that Greenwood may be able to appear . Mr C . J . S . Walker afterwards accompanied Superintendent Leary to Greenwood ' s house , to take his deposition in writing .
Extraordinary Affaib . —In Liverpool last week , a gentleman residing in the neighbourhood of Marybone , made an application to Mr Rushton for assistance , under the following circumstances : —A few days ago , some tenants Mt a house in Addison-strect , Marybone , and an Irish family took possession . There had previously been some deaths by fever in the nlace , and now there were the bodies of two children who had died from fever in the house , and the mother was also ill . An order had been got for the removal and intermett of the bodiesbut Bhe positively re
, . fused to allow the bodies to be removed . The ap . plicant wished to know what could be done , and asked for the assistance of the police , as he was afraid the contagion might spread . Mr Rushton sent for Superintendent Towerson , and stated the circumstances to him , giving him direction to go to the Roman Catholic priest of the district , and get him to use his influence in reconciling the parents to the removal of the bodies . The bodies were to be 1 laced in coffins in presence of the surgeon of the district and removed .
Romantic Adventure of A Cdild . —John Duncan , the son of a respectable working man in Liverpool , having been in Scotland for a few weeks last summer , with his mother and the rest of his family , contracted a strong attachment for the locality and the friends with whom he resided . Upon his return home he frequently requested his parents to consent to his return , and latterly became so importunate that be had to be chastised in ordor to drive the notion from his mind of going to Scotland . Within the last few weeks , unknown to his family , he had accumulated a small stock of bread and money , and on Monday last he might have been seen with two companions directing their course towards the Clarence Dock , inquiring , in the language of our hero , for the " Stot-land boat . " On their arrival at the place of embarkation all the glowing pictures of tho land of cakes failed to induce his less courageous companions to go on board , but undaunted , went alonewithout
, companion or guardian , a child seven years of age , with the Commod « re , bound for Glasgow and Greenock . From the last-mentioned port he had a further sea voyage to perform of twenty miles . In a lonely mountainous district in the island of Bute , upwards of 250 miles from the gas-lighted streets of bis native Liverpool , our little voyager in- the grey of evening approached the object i , f all his longings , a small farmhouse , the inmate * of which were gathering round the cheerful fireside , when a kn < ck was beard at the door . When opened , they found to their astonishment their little Saxon favourite of the previous summer , cold , wearied , and hungry ; he received a truly Highland welcome , and soon forgot the toils and dangers of his perilous journey . He breakfasted on the banks of the Mersey on Monday morning , and on Tuesday night he slumbered in the land of the Celt . Such is the romance of 8 team .
. tobkshirr . The Lamwtable Explosion at Barnslet . —The funeral procession of the unfortunate tufferers was nearly a mile in length . Some were carried in the usual way , followed by their relatives and members of the different lodges to which Uicy belonged . Others were conveyed on a dray , to the burial grounds at St . Mary a , Barnsiey . The number there interred was about forty-four . Two of the graves were made to held about eighteen bodies each . There were likewise two small graves , for the remaining eight . The other bodies were conveyed to the churchyard at Ardsley , Worsbro ' , Darton , and Tankirsley . Previously to the mournful procession setting out , the whole of the shops in the town were closed , and thousands of people continued to pour into the town during the day , the majority of "whom were mincw
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from the noi gU ' wuring collieries , and from LaucaT shire and Derbyshire . The principal streets through which the funeral procession passed were literally wedged , so much so that many persons were much injured by being trampled upon . Every windaw was filled by the respectable portion of the inhabitants , and never was such a tragic scene before exhibited n Barnsiey . The cheeks of many who were in no w * y related to the unfortunate deceased were wet with tears . During the procession and burial ft dumb peal was rung , and added to the solemnity of the scene . As a striking proof of the desolation
which this fearful occurrence has occasioned , we mar mention that in a row of eight houseg , near the colliery , seven wives have been made widows b y the fatal event . Tho proprietors of the colliery havo spared no exertion in giving every assistance which tho melancholy event rendered possible , and have done all they coull to comfort and i-onsole the widows and children of the deceased , and defrayed the expenses of the coffins and interments . Sermons in reference to the awful occasion were preached in Lcedson Sunday last to crowded congregations ; and , we believe , tho subscriptions after the services were considerable . Subscriptions are also afloat in the
town . STAJFORBSm&E . The Lath Explosion at West Brouwicr An inquest has been held on the bodies of the unfortunate persons who lost their lives by this accident . Sime witnesses inclined to the opinion that the mischief was caused by nn inpfficient supply of water to the boiler , whilst others intimated that it mipht nave been the result of a defective working of the ' buoy lever , " which would cause a fallacious indication of the quantity of liquid in the boiler , and thus deceive the engineer . A witne . « s swore he had known the boiler left with a depth of water not exceeding three ^ feet six inches ; but some of the jury expressed an opinion that such an amount of water was sufficient . The jurv returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " Property to the amount of £ 1000 has been destroyed , and upwards of ninety individuals have been thrown out of employment .
BEDFORDSHIRE . Poisoning . —An inquest was concluded last Satur day , at the General Infirmary , Bedford , on Sarah Adams , touching the cause of her death . It appeared she had been in the service of G . Sharp , Esq ., of St . Peter ' s , but being taken alarmingly ill , was removed to the institution above stated , when it was discovered that she was labouring under the effects of an irritant poison . The poor girl died on Tuesday morning . It was shown that the deceased was five months cone in the familv way , and that she
had previousl y borne a child , a young man named Howard , an ironmonger , of Bedford , being the father ; tbat the deceased had applied to one Newman , who had , with the view of procuring abortion , paused her to take , in cin , a large dose of canthorides ; and that Howard had requested Newman to set the cirl to rights , and he would bo a friend to him . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Charles Newman , " and he was fully committed for trial . The deceased was a fine young woman , only 22 years of age .
BERKSHIRE . Curiods Circcmstakcb . —On Monday morning , a vixen fox was found dead on the line of the Didcot and Oxford branch of the Great Western Railway at Radley , her head had been partially cut off by a side blow from a passing train . The tribe of Reynard are generally wide awake upon matters of self preservation , and this casualty can only be accounted for by the circumstance that olose to the line was a flock of ewes and lambs , and that the fox had cautiously stole across the line towards the fold , fat the purpose of seizing a lambkin for her cubs-which it vw evident she possessed—but that , hearing the train , she retraced her steps , and was unable , or too much terrified , to escape the the wheels .
WINDSOR . Accident Ar Windsor Castle . —A very serious accident occurred on Tuesday morning to a person named Rosamon , in the employ of Mr . Bate , carpenter and joiner to her Majesty . At seven o ' clock , a private in the 1 st battalion of the Scots' Fusilier Guards , on sentry on the eastern terrace of the castle , overlooking the private gardens , heard the groans of a person in a state of great pain and distress ; but fearing to leave his post ( the articles of war , had he done so , subjecting him to a severe punishment ) , he called out most lustily for assistance . It was not , however , until nearly two hours had elapsed that any person came within hail of the R ^ Wier ! He then saw one of Mr . Bate's workmen
( several hands being employed in the Red Drawing , room ) , and having inquired if any of tho men were missing , tho whole of the workmen were called over , when one , named Rosaraon , was found to be absent . A search was then made , when the poor fellow was discovered under the walls of the castle , apparently in the aponies of death : Medical aid was immediately called in , his skull was dreadfully fractured , and he had received other injuries . The workmen engaged in the Red Drawing-room bad to enter the apartment from the outside by means of a ladder , and thence along a plank communicating with the window : and it is supposed that the man , from the slippery otate of the plank , in consequence of the frost , fell on to the terrace below , a distance of between 20 and 30 feet .
READING . Melancholy Resblt ov Early Misconduct . —A yowng man . son to Mr . Smith , cleric ro the magistrates at Bridaenortli , hiw been sentenced to ten years' transportation at Reading assizes , for havine cut the throat of a yonng woman with whom he had cohabited . The prosecutrix , Jane Morris , is a hand some girl , the daughter of a journeyman glazier of Bridgenorth . A connexion commenced between the parties about four years ago . in consequence of which Miss Morris became a mother . The prisoner left Bridgenorth and went to reside at Bury , whither the prosecutrix followed him . Ho took apartments in Manchester , and the cohabitation was resumed . For some time he supported her , bnt at
lencth abandoned her entirely , leaying her destitute . She endured many privations , and , it appears , had a miscarriage . Meanwhile the prisoner left Bury and went to Reading , where ho had received an ap . pointment in the tax-office . A gentleman who was acquainted with the prisoner , told the unfortunate girl where he was , andturnished her with means to proceed to him . It appears that he had suffered her to call herself . Mrs Smith , and in that name she now took lodgings in Reading , lie visited her as bis wife , and again cohabited with her for a few days , spending the night previous to the day in question at her lodgings . On the evening of the 20 th of January she called at his lodgings . She was extremely weak , but nevertheless ho was very
anxious that she should leave the house , and repe * tcdly commanded her to do so . She was still suffering from the consequences of her recent misbap , and complained of faintness , He gave her a glass of water . She said he ought , knowing her weak state , to have ordered her a cup of coffee . He told her that water was good enough for her , and again commanded her to go . She said Bhe would go shortly , lie rested her hand on his arm for awl , i ! e > and at length got up , took & razor , Eeized her wrist , threw her back against the table , and inflicted a deep wound on her neck , repeating the blow when he heard her Bcream . She fell to the floor , he rang the bell , and on tho lodcins-house
keeper and his wife entering the room , told them that she had cut her throat . A surgeon was sent for , the blood was stanchod , and the poor girl recovered her speech . On being interrogated she declared that the wounds had been inflicted by Smith , anti every circumstance tended to confirm this vii'w of the ease . The prisoner was taken before the magistrates , but they chose to believe the representa . tions of the prisoner , and he was discharged . A subscription wa" » , however , entered into to enable the girl to prosecute , and the case came before a jury at Reading assizes , when the guilt of the prisoner was completely established , aad he was sentenced to ten years' transportation .
KBNT . The Gm oy Corn Stbalbrs . —At the Rochester Quarter Sessions , Mathew Burgess and Charles Smith , two of the men implicated in the extensive robberies which have been recently committed in various parts of the Western division of this county , were brought to trial , togethor with Robert Jenkins , charged with being an accessory after the ( act . The trial occupied the greater part of the day . Barns and granaries around the neighbourhood of Rochester had recently been robbed to a considerable extent access to which had been obtained by means of
skeleton keys , twenty-feur of which were found in the possession of one of the prisoners , and an inquiry bemptet on foot it was found that small quantities of corn had at various times been sold to Charlton a corn factor , at Strood , by Gilbert , who has absconded , fhe case was clearly proved against the prisoners Smith and Burgess , and they were sentenced to seven years' transportation . Jenkins , through whose instrumentality tho principal oflender , Gilbert , has for the present escaped , was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour .
DOVER . SniPwnECK . — On Friday morning , about half-PMt three tho coast guardsman on duty in the vicinity of A bbott ' s-eliff tunuel observed a vessel ashore oh the rocks near Lydden Spout-station . He instantly fired his pistol , and tho chief boatmen with four other preventive men , were soon on the spot . Though a heavy sea was running at the time , and no part of tho vessel ' s hull could be discerned , yet , a galley was promptly launched , in which the five men entered . at ; d at the most imminent hazard of their
lives they pulled for the wreck , which was reached in safety , and proved to be the brig Henry and Sarah , of and from Swansea , ior Newcastle , laden with iion . The hull of the bri- ; was entirely under water , the sea breaking about half-way up her masts , nnd tl . e crew , consisting of the captain , live men and a boy , were in tho rigging to which one of the seamen had most humanely lashed theboy . toprevent his beiiig washed from tho wreck . The brave efforts of the Coast Guard were sneedily directed lo tho rescuing of tlie unfortunate mariners irons their iuobJ perilous utuation , and their noble
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exertions were ultimately crowned with signal success—tho whole of the crew being safely taken from the rigging , and placed in the galley , which effected a safe return to the beach , when no time was lost in removing the shipwrecked seamen to tho Lydden Spout-station , where every care and attention that circumstances demanded were assiduously bestowed ; and . as the crew were unab'e to rescue any of their effects , we understand that they will remain at the station until necessary provisions hare been made or their removal .
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Matej * , UERTIIYR . MudbrRi—On the night of Monday week a dreadful murder was perpetrated at Merthyr , on the body of a young man about eighteen or twenty years of age The person charged with the offence is a man well known in the Criminal Courts of this county ; he resides in the infamous locality called China or Pontstorehouse , and is well known by the cognomen of the " Emperor of China . " In ( act , the fellow has long been the terror of the peaceabl y disposed inhabitants residing near that part of Merthyr , and is the greatest enemy of the police . Full particular ! have not reached us , but we understand that the inquest on the body has been adjourned .
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Sfotlaim . RIOTS IK ROSS-SHIRK . On Tuesday week a number of gentlemen of the county , including the sheriff , fiscal , he , were neen diving into Invcrgordon ; shortly after a strange steamer was seen sailing up the Frith , when it turned out that she had on board 100 soldiers . The object of this was to effect a shipment of corn ; but the mob began to assemble as soon as it was understood what was to be done , and in a very short time thousands of peeple were parading the streets with large bludgeons . It being reported to the crowd that a neighbouring farmer was coming with corn , away they ran like lightning and turned the horses . The
soldiers and authorities followed , and did not overtake the mob till they reached Roskeen . There they captured somo of the mob . They then took down the carts again , surrounded by the soldiers , and shipped the corn . The mob , however , watched tl . e csrts going home , and took the horses out , broke the carts , and sent them into the sea . By this time it was dark , and tho crowd was increasing every hour . The soldiers were quartered in a house about 50 yards on the east side of the Inn ; the authorities were in the Inn , and the mob were west about the house , deliberating what they were to do next , when one of the rinsleadera got up and made a speech to the people proposing that they should go east to the Inn in a body and demand the prisoners , and accordingly thev
went . When they reached it , none of the gentlemen would come out to speak to them . They then smashed in the windows with stones , and took a pole andbatterod in the door ; but the door opened ¦ o suddenly , that a number of the mob rushed in with force , and they were surrounded in an instant and made prisoners of . At the same time the soldiers caroe rushing west , with an officer at their head , crying " charce ! " and that dispersed the mob in an instant . At that time some additional prisoners were taken . That finished the night ' s work . On Wednesday morning the crowd was greater than ever , and as much bent on mischief . They were here from all the surronndimr parishes . For along time there seemed to be nothing doing among the
authorities ; but towards the afternoon word was sent to the mob that two of Mr Sim ' s csrts were approaching the village with some empty bags to assist in shipping the wheat which was lying in a large granary . This was enoujh for the folk . Away they went , and before you could say Jack Robinson the carts were smashed , and , together with the bags , were thrown into the sea . The soldiers , though a little too late , were soon in pursuit . The Riot Act was read , and Sheriff Taylor said tbat they had borne with the rioters for a whole day in the hope that they would become obedient , but that now they might prepare for tho worst . The red coats thon
marched east ( always accompanied by the crowd ) to escort all the Calrossie carts to Invergordon . They were about thirty carts in all , with trace-hoMes . They put the carts two abreast , and marched them west , lined with soldiers , having screwed bayonets on each side . They were preceded and foUowed by an immense mob , who werchowlins , yelling , Ac . They marched west as far as the Post-office , and there turned down to the pier . When the cavalcade had pot about half way down , some one in the crowd threw a stone . Immediately the Roldiers wheeled round , levelled their bayonets , and charecd , on which the mob dispersed . The troops then marched down the carts and shipped t ^ e grain .
According to the accounts of the Ross- > Hre Ad vertiser of Friday last peace was restored through out the county .
LANARKSHIRE . Glasgow . —Thb Dead Alive . —About eight or ten weeks ago , a suicide was committed by a female in the water above Hutchesontown-bridge . The body was recovered a few days afterwards , near Govan . The wife of a dyer , residing in Hutehesontown , but who was separated from her husVmnd some years aeo , disappeared about the same time , and the body , when d ! s overed , answered the description of the dyer s wife so well , that he immediately applied to a friendly society , or which he is a member , and ohtained the society ' s allowance ( £ 4 ) to bury his sup . posed wife , which he did with every due solemnity . On Monday last , while sitting comfortably at h » dinner , who bounced in upon him but his ownidenti . cal spouse whom he buried , as he supposed , ei (; ht weeks ago . It appears , tliat instead of throwing herself into the Clyde , as was supposed , she repaired to a neighbouring town , where she remained until the date of her reappearance . The unfortunat •• husband sorely laments his loss , as he must now refund the £ i which he obtained to bury her . ATRSIURR . Atr . —A food riot took place on Thursday , but the f uror passed off with the burning of an effigy , and the demolition of somo shop windows .
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ireftmB . HORRORS OF THB FAMINE . The following letter , which has been published in Cork , gives , doubtless , a faithful picture of the progress of famine in the quarter whence it bears date , The plague , it ia but too plain , has not yet been stayed . Bantry , March 2 . Sir , —Destitution , disease , and mortality are progressing in ft fearful ratio . In the wtek before last there were seventy deaths in the workhouse , the number of inmates being but 609 . This mortality is partly to be accounted for by tho over-crowded « tate of the hospital wards , but principally by the fact that no one enters the workhouse until he is nearly dead from starvation . In
a grave-jnrd adjoining tho town was nitneeeed this day tho appalling spectacle of 193 coffins in one pit , all deposited within a few weeks . As coffins cannot be purchased for oil the dead , the relief committee have provided three coffins , and hired a horse and car with two attendants to convey tho corp 9 en of the poor to their rest . Ing place , where they are laid shroudless and cofiinlessno mourner following their remains . I saw three of those who were buried in this manner , in the miserable hovel where they died . Ou on « Jitter Of BtrtW lay tho father , on the other the son , the limbs not BtraiUned , their eyes undo ? cd , their hands clasped , and their lifeless forms crouching in the attitude in which the ; had died three days before .
Our social condition is completely disorganised ; erery one ' s occupation is gone—weavers , tailor ? , shoemakers , carpenters , masons , fishermen , dancing-mustcrs and schoolmasters , are all cither employed , or looking tot employment on the public roads ; most of the dressmakers are reduced to the greatest poverty , and have dismissed their apprentices . On Shrove Tuesday , formerly famed for the number of weddings , I saw but one couple coming to town , while I , as secretary of the relief committee , was besot with hundreds of women younr
nnd old , all looking for employment on ihe roads . ' Do Sir , put ma down on the lists , all my goorsons are too young to work ; ' < I ' m a poor widow , ' chimed in another , ' nnd I have neither man nor hoy to work for ran , none but little girls . ' A crowd of importunate petitioner * for relief throng the doors of my lodging from morning till late at night . 1 cannet pay n sick visit without being followed to the door and frequently into the house , by poor wretches , all clamouring together . I am , Sir , vonr faithful servant , Alexander IIallowkll . Curate of Bantry .
In passing through the country from Cork to Dublin , tho prospect is melancholy and depressing . In th « counties of Cork , Tipperary , and Kilkenny , the fields are desolate , with little of farming or agriculture . The only appearance of activity or employment is where the labourers are engaged in large numbers on the roads , which are in many cases in a dangerous state . The dead carcases of donkeys and horses met at intervals along the road , and tho wan . and sxkly appearance of the ill-clad and wretched multitudca who throng the towns and villages , and congregate about the coach to Bhriek their miseries into tho ears of the passengers , too plainly testify of extreme want and suffering .
TOOR RELIEF DILL . —SHOCKING CONDUCT OP UNDLORDS . The grand juries continue toiemnstrate and petition against out-door relief . In reference to the New Poor Relief Bill , the grand juty of the Queen ' s County have passed ( amongst otherv ) the following resolution !' : — We consider ( the valuation of Ireland being £ 13 , 000 , 000 per nnnuin , nnd its paupers £ 2 , 500 , 000 ) tlla ' the whole landed property ot the country is inadtquate to lust&iu its poverty to the proposed extent . That the demoralization and degradation of the working-class , under the system of out-door relief in this country , wou ' . d be as certain as the confiicution of property would be Inevitable . Tliut the proposed measure would not covvccttUe pveecrt want of couinon interest niidconiequeutco-opcra-
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tion iu all classes of land occupiers in Ireland , so essential to the well working of a poor-law . That the extension of thearea of taxation from electoral » o union limits would tend to make both landlord and tenant reckless of improvement , by imposing on the wellmanaged estate or farm the burden of supporting the general pauperism of a wide district . A meeting ot the merchants , clergy , and magistrates of Waterford was held on Thursday , to adopt measu . es for checking fever , and other diseases , caused bv the great increase of poor from the counl try . when Mr J . W . Stran Kraan ( a member of the 8 , te , »? W' ^^ thc increase wns altogether from tho country districts , in which famine , and as a matter of natural conse quence fever was increasing with awful rapidity . He had a letter from the secretary of the relief committee of Dim-: ^ = —
garvan , and he says that the country people are swarming in there in lar ^ e numbers . This was the case with regard to Waterford ; ? hey were crowding into it from all localities , from which thev were driven by hunger , and what was still worse was , that on somn estates the agents were actually pivine tho poor miserable creatures five pounds each for tearing down , burning , orothenvise destroying their cabins , arid thus sending them in droves into the townn and cities , and with them came fever and peRtilence also . It therefore was their bounden duty to take sonro precautionary steps to prevent the city from being inundated with those peasant paupers . A resolution was adopted to the effect , that they apply to the Lord Lieutenant to have a board of health established in the citv .
Emigration . —From every county in Ireland there is a perfect stream of emigrants to the shipping ports , for America . A journal published in Mullinear— ' . on the great highwaylfrom thetrana-Shannonite counties , Leitrim ami Roscommnn , and also from Longford and portions of Cavan , as well as Weslmeathstates , that the progress of emigration is perpetual ; and adds , what is lamentable for this country , tboutrh it must prove advantageous to the colonists , ns well as to the colonies .
t CULTIVATION OF THB LAND . The intelligence received with ivspeet to the continued neglect of tillage , and the apathy and despair which appear to have cramped all the energies of the peasantry , shows no symptoms of amendment . The Tipperary Vindicator thus gloomil y refers to the subject : — We have seen statements relative to tho distant parti of the country , particularly Cormemara , Currick-on-Shannon , Longford , and other places , of the most fright , ful character . Those places are not okly , in a great measure , wholly neglected with respect to tillage ; but all who possess the means are daily abandoning them , KD' \ flyins to other countries . Our own fertile county
is not Without Us grieVOU * afflictions ; in several districts the smaller farmers are offering their little holdings for sale , endeavouring to raise a sumcleucy to enable them to emlcrate . The chapel sate * in many panshet are posted each Sunday with notices from persons desirous of disposing of their small farms , and of quitting them on any terms , that may be offured . Whilst thU is the case the land is idle ; no effort is made to prepare it for the spring crops—the landlords , in the mtjerity of cases , either will not or cannot interfere . Undoubtedly doubt and confusion prevail , sickness is destroyingthousands , whilst the survivors are reduced to a con . dition which thoBO who do not see them can scarcely credit .
The Waterford Chronicle speaks in a similarly desponding Btrain : — There is a universal break up in Ireland this season . All rural persons who h » ve no great prospect here are telling their small places and farms , and quitting the country . These small possessions are at once engulphed into hrge farms . Never was there such a number of sharks of the land-buying class as at present . It is a sad thing that it is the poor man who was comparatively comfortable that is forced to emigrate . Hi » fieid remains unsown , and he has no hope from government ; he must go . out , for he can pay no rent . The famine gives him an unmistakable notice to quit ; he sells his bit of ground , and , with the money received for it , intends to emigrate . W hen this class ia totally reduced , and Ireland left to the 'quire , the obsequious large farmer , and the fugitive labourer who has no home , will the be better ! No , Indeed , but quite the contrary : she will be " a prey to hastening ills , " and to a dreadful downfall .
ihe Cork Examiner draws a still more gloomy picture—if that were possible—of tho prospects of the future : — From the melancholy accounts wWcli we receive , day after day , from gentlemen of undoubted accuracy and intellicence , of the general neglect of this propitious season for the cultivation of the lond—of the extensive tracts of country that are still untouched by plough , spade , or harraw—of the stupid apnthy and sullen despair that seem < o hang , like a dark cloud , over the minds of all elapses—landlords , middle-men , and farmers we are reluctantly compelled to believe th ; it the present season of calamity is but the precursor of one more terrible , more appalling , move destructive to human life . Ho later than yesterday we were informed by two gentlemen—one from
the east , the other from the nest , of this county—that throughout extensive districts through which they have Just passed there was scarce a trace of cultivation observable ; and tbat where a plough was , in any other year , to be seen on every farm , there is not more than one now in a whole district . Thsre is , to be sure , a kind of dismal , ruinous activity in road-making , but on the land , In which lies the hope or the impair of Ireland , thi're are Utter Idleness and Inactivity . It is readily admitted that in the immediate neighbourhood of the towns there is something like the activity and preparations of former years ; that wl-. tat has been sown , and that pota . toes , oats , and barley aro now being planted and sown . It is also certain thnt on some estates the utmost energy
is observable but it Is unfortunatel y true that the small farmers , with very few exceptions , are neglecting their usual occupations , and that the same opnthy and ap . parcntly r . ckless indifference to the future characterise the once " strong farmer , " and in too many instances the I roorietor . So that , taking all the accounts that have reached us into calculn'ion , and limiting our statement for the present to tbU county of Cork , our opinion is , that not more than one-half— -if so great a proportion—of the land U 3 unlly laid down in tillage , Is in progress of cultivation for tho coming harvest . And if our calculation be unfortunately true , as we sincerely hopo it may n « t he , there could scarcely be any announcement 80 full of horror—nav . of despair .
Falling off of thb Export Tradb . —There is a great falling off in the export ot cattle and pigs from Cork . During thn last two months the pigs exported , were 10 , 000 in number less than those exported in the comsponding period of last year . The export dealers are swing up the trade altogether , or at least snme of them . One firm has sent out a partner to New York to engage the import trade from that country .
THE REPBAL JUGGLE . On Monday Conciliation Hall pre-ented itn ( now ) usual forlorn and deserted aspect ; the galleries without an occupant , the pit department with abundance of standing room for additional visitors , the committee-men ' s bi nch vacant , and only a very few reporters to describe the sad and ruinous condition into w . \ !?! T . ce im P -ins av > d busy repeal parliament of " old" Ireland has fallen . Mr Dunn then read a letter from the honourable member for Kilkenny , in which he states thatbis father ' s medical adviser ' s had desired him at once to proceed to the south of Europe The rent for the week amounted to £ 27 4 s . 0 d
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DESTRUCTIVE AND EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRAT 1 ONS . Batiehsea —One of the most , extensive fires that has occurred in the county of Surrey for a considerable period , broke out on Sunday morning , between the hours of ono and two , upon the range ofprcmises belonging to Mr . John Rethell , patent naphtha distiller , situate in Battersea-fields , about midway of the Red IIonso Tavern and Nine Elms , The property destroyed formed acontinuouslineofbuildings , extending from the waterside nearly 100 yards back , and were adjoiced by the timber-yard and stores belonging to Mr . W . Robins . The Battersea dock separated the buildings from those in tho tenure of
Messrs : Pass and Sons , luneburni re ; but , unfortunately , even that large spnee proved of no sorvicfl in stopping the wo-k of destruction . The outbreak took place in a small building used for manufacturing tar . One of the workmen who had been left in care of the premises , was drawing off a quantity of that inflammable juice , when , from somo unexplained cause , the same became ignited . The man instantly made an attempt to smother the flames ; but , owinc to tho immense quantity of tar in the buildine , lie wns unablcd , and the fire travelled in three directions at once , extending aluns the ground , and setting in flames numerous barrels tilled with naphtha and other equally inflammable articles , whence the conflagration entered the engine-house , saw mills , and rectifying department . It is computed that in tho brief s ;* ace often minutes or a quarter of an hour there were , at least 10 , 000 gallons of naphtha , pitch , and tar burning with the greatest vehemence . With
all expedition four of the London establishment enginesarrived . By that period , the whole of the bnildmss before spoken of were completely enveloped in flames , and a 9 the casUs and cisterns * containing the spirits burst , the fire ran in immense sheets along the ground , and ignited everything that stopped its progress . Two barges lying at ihe waterside and three vessels in tho dotk , as well as a pile of H 000 railway sleepers , rtamlbs in Bethcll ' s yard , were fared at the same moment , and shortly aftcwards a large stw , the property of Missvs Pass , m the on . poMtosuleof the dock , a- < l tho timber in Mr Itnbins a yard , also fell a prey to the fury of the Ore " Lne engines » cre all got ready for work , but unfurl Innately a deal of time was lost in getting a supply of water to attack tli « names , and it was not until roadways were formed aud the en Rww draughted down tho hanks , and taken to low watermark that n drop ol water could be obtained . Bv thren n ' clnck
there could not have been less than three or four hundred yards ot y . vqivvty Waxing away , and its the water was thrown from the engines the " flnmea rose as high and were drifted by tho wind half way over the river Thames . The scone as viewed from ( he oppesito shore w . is awfully urand ; the roar of the
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ispsti posts until they were driven h » 7 v * i \ L ° th « if r « a ? k-fES ! ffl £ 5 firemen bad obtained the mastery ^ ovcr L fl the but they n . ere far from bein-r eutfrelv Lin ^ ? ea At that time Mr . Bethelfs enS ** tlng Ulah e < i . stroyed . the extensive b" 8 ng termelT" *** . " and its valuable machinery "L con ? um d X" * 111 tifyine house and all it contained were b ? rn 2 * S e whole oC the U . 000 sleepers reduw ^ to a she ? t he latter property was of great value , " ach SW it is stated was worth 5 a . 8 d . ' Mr . Robin , t u ff 5 ber merchant , and Mush . Pass , together \ v f ' ?* dry other persons m the neighbourhood w 11 kl sonou , losers by the calamity Mr . BethelVs manS gcr informed our reporter that hi * emnwTft alone would be between £ 10 , 000 and £ 12 . 000 Mr Bethell was uninsured . Throughout the whole If -Sunday immense volumes of smoke kept a » cendu 5 Horn the smouldering ruins , and at noon the engine * were still engaged discharging wate r upon the same An engine will be Kept ou tho spot for some time « . t
BidTpH V ° T £ Utl ) ' ; Cak < , Mr- Superintend ^ Bieknell , Inspector Crted . and Serjeant Emmenm « TS 1 » £ ^ ^ - ^ 'I 1 ? > te of the night and « l'ty in keepmg , with the aW of a strong muster of Du Sr { l ? } Uie V T ^ ' t ) ut of «>» 8 « wew LI . ' 5 Ot the fi ' e tho 8 Cvml bl < % 8 were crowded , and numerous boats wcce engaeed conveying people on the water to obtain a view of tho conflagration . The metropolitan churches and the abbey were completely lllummod , and the streets Zm £ ] rOl " > Wtr ° rendei ' * d a 3 l ! 8 llt " » An investi gation was gono Into on Monday , to ascfirtam , if oomible , by what means the fire occurred Ihe inquiry failed to threw any additional light a * to how the calamity originated . The watchman in whoso charge the premises were left of a night , and whose duty it was to lo « k after the furnaces on the works , stated , that whilst the tar was runuins out of
one oi the boilers in the tar-house , he left the place tor a few seconds , and on his return found tbat a considerable quantity had become ignited , lie positively affirmed that neitherlamp nor candle had beeni n w . the uten 8 il iDto which tlle tiu > w « 8 r ' mning . When the outbreak commenced he tried all lie possibly could to prevent tho flames from extend , ing , and kept at his post until he became almost encircled in flame , when , in order to save his life , he was compelled to rush out of the place , and run to a distant part of the premises , for the fire extended so rapully , tha . in a tew seconds several square yards of ground in the vicinity of the still-house were coycred with burnin ? tar and pitch . Notwithstanding
wiat me hremen exerted themselves to tin- v « y ut * most , the fire was not wholly extinguished until M 0 H . day ' afternoon , when the engine ihat had been kept on the spot during the night was at lengtn stnt name , ine exacUmount of property consumed cannot yet be ascertained but Mr . Bethall ' s lossaione , it issta . ted will be several thousand pounds . His saw-miUa werchtted-up with expensive machinery and fixtures , all of which are destroyed , The only building on tne premises not destroyed was the still-house , the escape of which was an exceedingly fortunate circumstance , for there were pevcral thousand gallons of naphtha m the place , and had tlie stills have become ignited a most awful explosion would have ensued . some of the inhabitants have expressed an opinion that much ot the property might have been saved , if tue hremen had acted according to instructions , and have taken their engine into the creek .
. ^ Cows severely Burned . —On Sunday morning , between one and two o ' eloek , a very serious firo was discovered upsn the premises belonging to Mr . William Woontnn , cowkeeper , 1 ? , New-road , St . keorge ' s-in-the-East . Tho flames , when first discovered , were raging in the cow-shed , at which time there were ten cows in the place . An instant attempt was made to get the animals out , but owing to the firm hold the fir * had obtained , and the suffocating nature of th : smoke , considerable time elapsed belore that could be accomplished . Meanwhile the
nro continued to fall upon the cows , burning them in a most dreadful manner . An abumiant supply of water was obtained , from which the engines were worked with full vigour , and with the help of twentyseven hired auxiliaries , the firemen succeeded ia getting the flames extin « uished , but not until the root of the premises was burned throueh , a quantity of hay and straw consumed , and the ten cows so seriously burned that the flesh on some was dropping trom the legs and backs . Each cow was worth £ 20 , and it is believed that they will all have to be slaughtered .
Wappwo . —On Mondoy morning , a few minutes after one o ' clock , a fire broke out at No . 1 , King bdward-street , in the occupation of Mr . James Miller , haberdasher . The flames originated from some unknown cause in the shop , and had ohtaaied such a strong hold before they were discovered , that the inmates were obliged to get out of one of the windows to effect their escape . The engines promptly attended , but the firemen were unab !« s to get the flan . es extinguished until the whole of Mr . Miller ' s stock in trade was consumed , the lower part of tlw premised burnt out , and the upuer povtton severely injured . Tho property was insured .
^ MEROua Firks . —On Tuesday morning , at a quarter before one o ' clock , a fire was discovered on the premises of Mr J . Paxman , 57 , Eiizabeth-street , llackney-road . It originated in the lewer floor , the inmates at the time bel g asleep . After considerable trouble they were made sensible oi' the great danger to which the ) were expose . ! , but none of tUc parties were then able to descend the staircase . Mrs Paxman mado an escape in her night clothes over tho roof of the premises , and the remainder of the occupants got out of the back windows . The house was severely damaged before the flames were extinguished . Aboutthe same liouratire brokeout in the wine ce'Iar under No 9 New Broad-streetCitythe
, , , property of Messrs Butler nnd James , wine merchants , but it was soou extinguished . About halfpast four o ' clock on the same morning a fire burst out m the premises belonging to Mr Alexander Young , ronltater , Chnrch-laue , Falham . It originated in tlie malt-house , from a spark flying out of the kiln . 1 he flames were not extinguished until the windows and doors on the ground floor , together v . iih the joistingsand floorings , were severely burned , and tho stock damaged . A fourth fire broke out at 24 , William-street , Lant-Btreet , Borough , belonging to Mr Kidler , chandler . The damage was confined to the destruction of a number of books , and serious injury to the stoek in trade and fixtures .
Gravesend . — . On Saturday morning last this town was again aroused to a state of alarm , by the outbreak ol a fire in llarmer-street , in a line with the Terrace-pier , originating on tlie premises , No . 13 , situate on the east side , occupied by Mr Powis ' s fancy toy warehouse . It was discovered by a person who observed a great light in the front shop . He lost no time in giving an alarm , and arousing the lumates , who tfteeteu their escape by jumping out ot the windows at the back . On the arrival of the Town Corporation engines no one seemed to have any knowled ge of their proper management , and the greatest contention prevailed among the firemen as to who should have the priority . At one period there was a fight to obtain possession of the branch pipes ; to reuder the confusion worse , no water was procurable until flu premises were in flames from the basement to the roof . The custom-house engine was brought to the spot with equal alacrity , escorted bv
a strong detachment of soldiers from the Gravesend barrack ^ , wno throughout exerted themselves most energetically . The inhabitants fearing the cuuflagratioB would extend to the adjacent houses , which at the height of the firo seemed very probable , dispatched messengers to Chatham arid Dartlord , for the assistance of the brigade forces and engines , which succeeded in reaching Gravesend in about an hour . In the meantime , water was obtained , when the custom-house engine was brought to play on the adjoining houses , by which they were pwserved from injury . The / ate of Mr . Powis ' spnB ) e » was very different ; the whole were destroyed , and the contents consumed . The fire was not finally got under till near four o ' clock . As to the cause , not the slightest information could be gleaned , lit is muoli o bo regretted an efficient fire brigade isnot provided by the corporation of this town . At the recent extensive fires , the loss of valuable property was very £ t 6 iut ]
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* % rf » f D S 8 AmB « Cmswro .-Tho Gaxcttt : ' ""?' P ve " ?? . ac ? ount « f ^ e htarmentof tho unhappy victims of the late awful fire . The whole ? J ., Lr reaHairoi d ? P m ° u ™» ng . The shops and r , f ° f ' n ere Closcd ' Tae f « " « ' * l cortege , aceompamed by a crowd of the relatives and friends ot the deceased , followed by the greater part of the "habitants of the city , left the Hotel de Ville for tho country , winch is beyond the city . Tlie procession presented a most heart-rending spectacle , almost every individual was in tears , and the death-like "Hence which prevailed was only interrupted by the sighs of tho monrnei' 8 . Eight coffins enclosed the remains , and the fragments dug out of the ruins . Ihe mutilated remains of those who were involved in
one common catastrophe are now bid in one grave . The Catholic priest who accompanied the procession , with a Protestant clercyman and a Jewish rabbi , blest the ground in which they wore about to be deposited . The three ministers of the three different faiths , each in his turn , said a last prayer over tiio grave , which was frequently interrupted by the great grief of the attendants . Out of sixty-two names which are known , twenty-nine young persons IVunv the ago of ten to twenty years ; twenty-two ftom twenty to thirty years ; four persons only from forty to fatty years have perished . The dreadful catastrophe arose from the ignorance of the man who had been newly appointed to attend to tke gi 9 lights . Finding the burner in ono of the hoses was out of order , he unscrewed it , when the gas burst forth and caught nco . Losing all presence of niiml , be mado use ot no means to stop the escape of tho sas , but ran away m terror .
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« THE NORTHERN STAR . - -= — ¦ ~ ¦ <* = ^ .. MaRch 20 , I 847
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1410/page/6/
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