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Tbe Citt Markets . — 'A Statistical Account of the Markets of London' waa recentiy read by J . \ Fletcher , Esq ., before the Statistical Society . From ; an abstract of this paper , published in last week's j Athttmum . we take tho following facts—facts which \ arc iu themselves stronger than the strongest arguments that could be directed against the continuance j cf these nuisances . The corporation markets ( says | Mr Fietchrr ) , are nowreiluced to five-SmithfieW , j Newgate , Lsidenuall , F .-rringdon , and Billingsgate , i From these the City derives a net income of up- j wards ot £ 9 000 per annum ; and fwm that cf fcniith- j field alone about £ 5 500 . In 1 S 33 the number of cattle sold in Smithfield market was 152 , 093 , and of sheep l , 167 , S 2 u ; in 1 S 44 the nuaibar of cattle was 186 , 191 , of sUeep 1 , 609 . 130 , and of calves 19 , 011 . Tae ciaim maintained by the corporation of the City of London—the municipal government of one-tenth of the town—to a monopoly of markets , so far as thfv shall choose , for the whole of it , because the
outlying portions occupy the tornierly rnral districts , over which its co-aaum law right of exclusive market extended , has necessarilj been on successive occasions relinquished . But in one particular it is still used , to continue the infliction upon the whole metropolis ofthe dangerous and disgusting nuisance of Smithfield cattle market . Beyond the interests of a few local tradesmen , the only ostensible ground for dragging into the centre of the metropolis the whole of the vast traffic in live cattle for the food of its inhabitants is that the corporation may secure its profit of £ 3 , 700 to £ 4 , 000 per annum from this source . To obtaining compensation for this , the corporation would find not tbe least difficulty ; but it would appear almost as though it were the nuisance itself ,
and not the public revenue , which thej defend ; for they did not hesitate to spend £ 6 , 997153 3 d , or two years' net income , in opposing the Islington Market Bill in 1834-5 or £ 29 , 665 4 a Id more in enlarging the market , and thereby enlarging the nuisance , iu 1836 S—being a total sacrifice of about ten years' revenue , or half the whole value—rather than permit relief to the inhabitants of the metropolis from absolute danger in encountering the droves with their goaded cattle—when they mi ght have effectually secured , by an arrangement in Parliament , their own full revenue , and even the private vested interests in tha nuisance . The legal claim of the corporation to levy tolls as they do on tbe ground newly thrown into the market Is doubtful . Indeed , opinions have
been given against it by their own officers . Exclusive of this ground , there is but an area of less than ii acres —originally , as its name implies , an open field outside the town , bat now inclosed in its very heart , and accessible on almost every side only through the narrowest and most constantly thronged streei 3 inthe metropolis . It is occupied partly by pens for sheep and pigs , and partly by open thoroughfares in which the cattle stand ; and is surrounded by a wooden rail , to which a 3 many cattle as can stand or die side by side are tied by the neck . But its entire area id often insufficient to accommodate tae vast numbers of cattle which are seeking to press into it ; and much of the time even of the butchers themselves is taken up in the market in providing
for tieir personal safety . Feur times the space , would be required for the proper disposal of this vast amaunt of animal life without injury to itself , and consequently to the wholes 9 mene 3 s of the consumers' food . The cattle receive more injury in pecuniary value on the day they are taken to market than during their whole journey to reach it ; the total Ios 3 tnus inflicted on the community being probably ten times the value of the City ' s net profit from the market . Did there exist in the metropolis even any such authority as a Board of Health , which should place this nuisance before the legislature in its true light , there would be some hope of the resistance of the Common Council being effectually overcome .
The markeis of Newgate and Leadenhall ate places disgraceful to any large ci « y at the present day . They are , in fact , great slaughtering places as well as markets ; iu whic h the cattle are hilled and flayed in dark , confined , and filthy cellars , in some of which from fifty to a hundred sheep together will be c opfined in the closest possible space , until the working butchers shall have successively despatched the whole of them . The influences upon the public health from these sinks of garbage , precisely at the placss to which so mueh of the population resort for trainc will become obvious to anv one who shall visit ihe locali&s , more by olfactory indications than bv
any evidence to the eyes in the thoroughfare—since ths wh-Je labour is performed under ground , in a space still more conSncd than that into which the business of these markets is itself with great inconvenience compressed . The whole of the slaughtering business ought to be expelled from the heart of the town , at whatever cost ; and the m trket of Newsate aught then , supposing the live cattle marketalso removed , oecu ? y the fice space afforded by Smithfield ; while that from which it was removed would , with some contiguous properties , present the means of accomplishing the much desired enlargement of Xew-jate Gaol .
It requires no disquisition to apply these facts to the notable scheme now before the public for adding * subterranean slaughter house to the existing nuisance . Steamboat Accident . —Oa Saturday afternoon an accident of a frightful nature occurred to a , yonn ^ nan ia the employ of the Iron Steamboat Company ] It appearsthat the Clarendon steam-vessel , coming down the river , had . in the endeavour to avoid one of the large Greenwich steamers , come in contact with one of the piers of London-bridge , and carried away one cf her paddle bose ? . The unfortunate man , who was on board of the vessel , steppe J to the ode to ascertain the extent of the damage " done , and wliile he waa leaning on the remnant of the paddlebox . and badly engaged in renovinsr the debris of
broken wood , iron , « tc ., the Childe Harold steamvessel , which was moving stern foremost , caught his loins and jammed him against the woodwork . The vessel then swung round , and the stern rails rolled him round several times against tie woodwork , on which he lia-i been leaning , and he then fell back into the stern of the Childe Ilarold . The pressure upon his b Jdy was so great that the dress he wore was > oni ptetely severed in the centre , as if cut with a knife . When taken up he was quite senseless , and he was put into a blanket and conveyed to St Thomas ' s Hospital , where lie now lies withlittU hope ot his recovery . No blame is to be attiiouted to the persons on boardof either of the vessels . a-s tl . e sufferer was loudly called to to get out of the way when it was perceived that a collision waa inevitable .
FIRES . ¦ Lambeth . —A fire took place on Saturday morning last , on the premises of Mr Simmons , Windmill-Street , Cornwall-road , lucifer match , manufacturer . The fire originated in the workshop , andwasocca . Honed by a work boy , who accidentally let fall a match-box upon some ignitable materials . The West of England engine was almost immediately on the spot , and a plentiful supply of water having been obtained , the fire was prevented from extending its ravages beyond the premises where it originated , which , together with the property they contained , were entirely destroyed . We understand that Mr Simmons is not insured .
Explosion of Fireworks . —On the afternoon of lie same day shortly after one o'clock , an explosion Of a fearful character , attended with great destruction of property , occurred upon the premises belonging to Mr Darby , firework manufacturer , Regentstreet , Lambeth-walk . The premises extended from the front dwelling-house nearly 100 feet back , and were adjoined oo either side by numerous workshops and private houses . At the time of the explosion a number ef the workmen were engaged in the several compartments of the factory . Many of the houses in the immediate vicinity of Regent-street were Bhaken to their foundations . The windows and roofs were considerably damaged , and in two or three buildings the inmates were thrown from one side of
their rooms to the other . Iu an instant a thousand or two of rockets shot forth from Mr Darby ' s factory high into the air ; these were followed by other fierce explosions , which had barely subsided when volumes of black smoke and large sheets of flime were to be seen curling over the roofs of the surrounding houses . With all possible expedition the parish , Westof England , and five of the London Brigade engines reached the spot , at which time the whole of Mr DaTby ' sback premises , with the exception of the powder magazine , were blazing , as were the workshops adjoining to Mr Dalley , an engineer . Before a drop of water coma be thrown upon the flames , they had communicated to the front dwelling , and there is no doubt that had it not been for the exertions of the firemen
this place would also have been levelled with the gronnd . As it is , the whole of the back windows ire demolished , and several of the rooms severely injured by fire . After some time the firemen get the mastery over the flames , when a most desolating sight presented itself—the whole of the workrooms in the rear , together with a two-stay storehouse , were razed to the gronnd , and thousands upon thousands of rocket cases were to be seen amidBt the ruins . The total loss is very considerable ; it is the opinion of Mr Darby that the fireworks alone destroyed were worth £ 2 , 000 . IIow the disaster occurred is unknewn . The general opinion is , that it was occasioned by a -workman taking a piece of hot metal into of the rooms . That individual is so severely injured as to
be obliged to be removed to the hospital . Besides the great destruction of property at Air Daiby ' s , several of the neighbouring houses were much injured . Whuechapei .. —The premises of Mr Ryman , 82 , High-street , Whitechapel , have been ravaged by fire . The inmates , consisting of seven or eight pewoiss , were in their beds asleep . A constable , alter considerable trouble , succeeded in making the residents ^ sensible of their danger , but by the time he bad accomplished h « object , the whole of the shop was wrapped in a complete blsza , and finding that it was Impossible to escape by the staircase , fiie whole of tho persons living in tnehoose effected a safe retreat by getting out of the second floor back and passin * along the roof of the adjoining house . Engines of the pansb , London Brigade , and West of England
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Company quickly attended , and , with the aid of a plentiful supp ly of water , the flames were speedily extinguished , but unfortunately not until the whole of Air flyman ' s stock in trade was totally destroyed . The cause of tho disaster is unknown . The loss will fall on the Globe office . EXTESSIVE COKFL . \ GRATIOS IS THE HaBROW-RoAD . — On Sunday a terrific fire broke out upon the farm premises belonging to Mr Joseph Nceld , M . P ., known as Oakington-house , Harrow Road , about eight miles from London . The flames , when firat perceived , were raging fuwously in a rick of new hay standing in the rick-yard , and surrounded by numerous other stacks , barns , the farm-house , and other farm property . Tuc precise cause of the disaster
could not be ascertained . Some persons attribute it to lightning , whilst others say it was occasioned by being stacked too soon , and that , overheating , it burst forth into a general Mate . The Utter appeara to be the most likely cause . The moment the fire was perceived , a number of persons hastened to the spot to render assistance , and , with the aid of buckets of water they attempted to assuage the flames , however they were unsuccessful ; for . owing to the small Bpace between the stacks , the flames speedily communicated to a second stack , and thence they travelled right and left until the whole of the ricks in I the yard , numbering six , were in a blazs . Messf n » gers having been despatched to Willesden for the aid of the eng ines with as little delay as possible , that belonging to the parish and a private one arrived , and tuey were both set to work from a pond of water hard by . Although a powerful stream was
distributed over the burning mass , not the least impression could be made upon the flames , and they continued to rise most fearfully . Seeing the great danger which the contiguous property was exposed to , a man was despatched on horseback to London for the brigade . Mr Staples , the chief officer of the London Fire Establishment , immediately started with an engine and a strong muster of firemen , and , although that engine and two or three others were at work the whole of the afternoon and evening , an immense body of fire still remained in the ricks . At nine o ' clock a number of the firemen returned to town to their stations , but the engines were left behind all night , and men were at that hour engaged in cutting out those portions of the ricks into which the fire had not penetrated . At least two-thirds of each rick had been destroyed , so that the loss will be very considerable , and it is understood that the property was not insured .
I . VO . UESIS . Death from Fora . Air . —Before Mr Bedford , at the Crown , Long-acre , concerning the death of George Grosse , aged 30 , who was suffocated in an outhouse of a low lodging-house . No . 5 , Langleycourt , Long-acre . William Parkin said that he was employed by the proprietor of the house , and knew the deceased , who resided there . At about half-past 4 o ' clock on Friday the deceased went into the yard , and in a quarter of an hour witness , hearing that a man was found there dead , went and saw him lying on the ground , pale and ghastly . Some men raised him up , but tue stench from the closet was so overpowering that they were obliged to leave . A surgeon was immediately sent for . The deceased
was in peri ect health before . lie had apparently fallen insensible out of the closet . Mr Edward Union Berry , surgeon , of No . 7 , James-street , Covent-garden , said that he was called to the deceased and found him lying in a yard about eight feet square , the stenca in which was horrible , so much so that he could not remain in it , but had him brought np into the passage . The odour was not confaed to the house , but contaminated the whole neighbourhood . He smelt it at a distance of sixty yards off , and found the neighbours at the doors complaining , lie could not do anything to save the decked . The effluvium was quite sufficient to cause death . lie had no doubt that he died from the sudden escape of foul air . The whole of that part of the parish was in a dreadful state from the want of proper drainage . The same thins might occur
tomorrow . A juror said that at the tine of the occurrence there was the same stench in his house . Another juror remarked that several persons had been ill since the time mentioned in consequence ot the odour . Edward Haydon said that he went to the assistance of the deceased , but was almost immediately seized with giddiness , and fell insensible , lie had smelt the drain before , but never so strongly . Mr Berry , the surgeon , said that a short time ago typhus fever prevailed in the nei ghbourhood . This emanation was sufficient to produce any fever , and he should not be surprised if it produced some endemic fever . The coroner said he was sure the jury , interested as they must be , for they were all in danger , would willingly consent to an adjournment , in order that the place might be examined , with a view to improve its condition . The jury assented and the inquiry was adjourned for a week . "
Fatal Collision on the River . —Charge against the CAriAEf of a Steamer—Before Mr Payne , in tbe board-room of Gay ' s Hospital , respecting the death of George Andrews , aged forty years , a shipwright , who lost his life on the river . Frederick Thomas , of 17 , Lambeth-street , Whitechapel , deposed that he was a painter . Witness was employed on borrd the Coleraine steam-packet , moored off the East-lane pier , Bermondsey , The deceased was at work painting the larboard paddle-box of the North Star , which was lying next to the Coleraine . A barge was likewise made fast outside the last-named vessel , which projected so far out as to impede the navigation of the river . The Isle of Thanet , a Margate packet , was coming np the river full swing with the tide . The captain saw danger , and eased the vessel for them to clear away . This not being done ,
he ordered the vessel on , when it came with great violence against the barge , which immediately sank . The force of the collision jammed deceased between the sides of the Coleraine and the North Star . Deceased wa 3 literally crushed . He was removed to Guy ' s Hospital . —By the Coroner : The North Star in the first instance was improperly moored , and left little water way for the navigation of the sriver . The captain of the Isle of Thanet might not have been aware the deceased was at work between the paddle-boxes , which would account for his not stopping after the accident . Mr Thomas Beaumont , house-surgeon , said the deceased was dreadfully injured , and died on Friday from the injuries he had sustained . Other evidence of a conflicting nature having been adduced , the jury , after some discussion , returned a verdict of' Accidental death . '
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THE MURDEROUS IRISH LANDLORDS . Our Iriah correspondence contains an account of one of the most shocking cases of wholesale ejectment of tenantry that we have ever had the pain of recording . The scene of Uu 3 outrage upon humanity was near Charle . ville , in the couutyjof Cork . On the 13 th of July , according to the statement , and in the village called Glen , on the estate of the Earl of Cork , ejectments were executed by the sub-sheriff of Cork , aided by the military and police force , on forty-eight tenants . Their houses or cabins were thrown down / and the forty-eight families , numbering about 400 human beings , were turned out upon the hignaroad . Of these itis alleged tbat mere than one hundred were tuffermg from fever . They were obliged 4 o
take refuge in a neighbouring chuicbyard . The churchyard of Ballysally , we are told , contains many flat tombstones and grass-covered graves ; and amongst those graves the ejected families slept for four consecutive nights , huddled together . The details of their miser ; are truly heart-rending . One poor woman was taken off her bed four days after her confinement , and placed by the side of the ditch with her infant , both in a state of helpless exhaustion . Another woman hid a family of seren , all suffering from fever . In a third family there were ten persons iu fever at the time of the ejectment . By degrees these miserable people found shelter , tome in the neighbouring houses not yet thrown down , others in temporary huts erected against tho churchyard wall .
We have not time or room at present to comment upon these sickening details . The feeling which they inspire is , that the proper place for those who perpetrate such acts is the bar of a court of criminal justice . We snail look for particular information respecting the administration of poor-relief in tha district where these ejectments have taken place . In gnch districts , at all evente , there must be no shrinking from the collection of rates , whaterer be the effect upon the landlords . But the dutj of the government , in this respect , la a subject to which we ahall speedily recall the attention of « ur readers . —Morning Chronicle .
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The Income Tax . —Itis designed at the meeting of the new Parliament to propose an augmentation of the property and income tax to five per cent . — Standard . What a Day mat bbiko forth !—On the 1 st of June , Mrs Margaret Day , wife of George W . Day , ef Bucks county , Pennsylvania , was safely delivered of fonr chUdren , three girls and a boy . —New York Sun . Plus Sesse . —A boy about six years old was going into the village without leave , when one of the masters cried after him , ' Where are you going sir ?' 'I am going to buy a ha ' porth of nails , sir V ' What do you want a ha ' porth of nails for V ' For a halfpenny , sir , ' replied the urchin . A Good Excuse . —Some independent electors who had been bribed to vote fora Protectionist candidate , acknowledged , with the utmost naivtie , that they had been bought over "Tiie fact is , ' aaid they , 'Mr Spooney s money created a complete buy us in his favour . '—Ftmch . . * As Elec tor at FADM . -At tbe Abingdon election , a voter named Copeland , who had been sent for from Paris for the express purpose of voting for General Caulfield , was objected to at the palling booth by Sir F ' ^ f Fi > tu e "T 1 candWate . The mayor decided to take tho vote , and the over-excited elector , in the bewilderraent of the moment , recorded it in favour of Sir F . Thesiger , inatsad of the general , at whose expense he had travelled some three or four hundred miles . At Barnstaple , a wag created much amusement bv recording his vote for Pope Pius the Ninth Ti 22 . ? B * fll 0 f l ^ ? ° 7 llex | i men » named Thomas Ryan and Michael Ryan , are to bo executed at Neaagh for the murder ofapO iKDS %
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iSnglanto . CUMBERLAND . Carlisle . —John Thompson , who waa on Thursday last convicted of poisoning his wife by administering irsenic to her , has made the following confession : — To tbe chaplain of the gaol . I am a guil ' y man . I went and bought that stuff at the druggist ' s shop . I bought some of it twice . The first time a fortnight before Whitsuntide ; and again 1 bought more about two days before my wife died . I mixed it amongst oatmeal , and sometimes amongst butter , or amongstanything that was likely to be given to her . Margaret Kano had no knowledge whatever of what I was doing to my wife . 1
first began to give her arsenic about threo weeks before sho died . I did not give her it myself , but only mined It amongst what was likely to be given to her . My object in poisoning my wife was tbat 1 might marry Margaret Kane . I lived with Margaret Kane just as maa and wife about six months previous to my wife ' s death . I never told Margaret Kane that I was a married man , but she had been told by tbe neighbours that I was married . I lived with my wife on terms of the greatest love and affection , before I became acquainted with Margaret Kane , for twenty years . Margaret Kane pressed me much to marty her , and that made me more anxious to poison my own wife . I hereby declare this confession to be true . — ( Signed ) . Jons Thompson . ( Signed ) James Thwaytes , chaplain , and John T , OrriOge , governor , witnesses , Carlisle Gaol , August G , 1847 .
LANCASHIRE . Penalt * usder the Ten IIoers' Act . —On Monday Mr Graham , sub-inspector of factories , came before the magistrates at Manchester to prefer a charge , under 10 Vic , c . 29 , against Mr Robert Fair weather , Kenyon-stvcet , of having employed in his factory Bix females for the week endine on the 21 th July more than 63 hours per week . The amount of penalty to which Mr Fairweather had rendered himself liable was not less than £ 1 ., and not more than £ 3 in each case . —Mr Fairweather ' s brother the manager of the mill , . appeared to answer the charge , and admitted the offence , but pleaded it was committed in ignorance of the law . —Mr Graham explained that what Mr Fairweather meant was , that the machinery
in the mill had done running , but that in reality ' employment in factories' had been defined by one of the older factories acts to include cleaning the machinery . —Mr Fairweather said , in answer to a question , that his brother had carried on business 6 or 7 years . —Mr Maude thought he could- xot well plead ignorance then . —Mr Maude said it was well for Mr Fairweather that there were only six persons in the room ; for the lowest penalty being £ 1 in each case it would have amounted to a heavy sum if the room had been full of hands when Mr Graham entered . —Mr Graham said the room was full , but he had thought it sufficient , as a first offence , to take six cases . —Mr Maude : Then the penalty will be £ 6 .
Duel Between Two Sailors . —A conflict of a most sanguinary and savage character took place on Sunday evening last , near the Dingle , between two Neapolitan sailors . About five o ' clock in the evening six men , in the garb oi sailors , were observed standing in the road which leads towards the Dingle ; they appeared perfectly sober , and on good terms , and nothing took place to indicate that anything of a hostile nature was intended . In a short time , however , a person who was passing saw the six men in a hollow , or excavation , a short distance from the road , and on going up ascertained that they were just terminating a duel , which had been fought between two of them . Tho combatants were then engaged with large clasp knives , and the other four appeared to be
acting as seconds . The conflict must have been a most desperato one , as the men were almost covered with blood , having received several wounds about the head and face , and other parts oi the body . We understand that no police officer was at hand , and that all the parties retired immediately after the occurrence . One of the duellists , it appears , was taken to the Southern Hospital , where he now lies in a dangerous state , although not considered beyond the reach of recovery . He has one or two wounds on the head , and one of his arms , near the elbow , is almost cut to pieces , so much so that amputation of the limb will be necessary . His opponent made his way down to the vessel to which he belonged , at the Prince ' s Dock , and his condition being ascertained , he was sent in a car to the Northern Hospital . He has a wound on the side of the head , running in an oblique direction under the chin , about seven or
eight inches in length ; itis of considerable depth , and the head is partially severed from the body ; the jugular vein has , however , eacaped with only a slight scratch . He has other injuries on the ' neckand arms and when brought to the hospital presented a frightful spectacle ; his recovery is considered doubtful . The two men , whose names we have not been nble to ascertain , are sailors , and belong to the ship Regina Cceli ; it is supposed they had quarrelled on board ship , and had , after the custom of their own country , resorted to this method of settling their dispute . Neither of them can speak a word of English . The knives used on the occasion were sailor ' s clasp knives , but unlike those in use by our English seamen , having long blades , and pointed . The police are on the alert to discover the men who acted as seconds on the occasion , bo that some light may be thrown on the affair , and the guilty parties brought to justice .
YORKSHIRE . Aiahmiko Riot seab Otley . —Pool feast , which commenced on Monday , was this year signalised by a disturbance of a rather alarming character ; and on Monday evening a young man named W . Mounsey , ofOtley , went with his dulcimer to the Half Moon Inn , where a number of ' navies' were assembled for the purpose of having a dance . Mounsey played for a while to their measured steps ; but , not receiving adequate enumeration for his services , he left the house and went to the White Hart Inn . There meeting with a fiddler , he played in conjunction with him to a select party of villagers , among whom were Messrs . Thomas Bray , Milthorp , < &c . At a late hour the house waa attacked by a number of the ' navvies , '
who had come to demand back their musician ! Their demand was refused ; and a scuffle ensuing , several of the dancing party were severely treated . Mr Bray escaped under a bed , but being discovered , waa dragged forth in a brutal manner . The constable , with the assistance of several of the dancers , attempted to clear the house , and this was effected , but not before some of them had suffered rough treatment , Mr Milthorp narrowly escaping strangulation . While this was going on , Mr Ackerby , the landlord , injudiciously fired some small shot out of the window , hitting some of the rioters . The door beine : fastened , they insisted on the constable taking the landlord into custody . First throwing a stone through tbe panel of the door , they broko it open with a crowbar ; and then , after breaking doors and windows in all directions , ransacked the house in search of the landlord , whom they threatened to murder , but Mr
Ackerby had retreated into the spirit vault , where he was locked in by his servant At last Ml Acker , by ' s servant , fearing for his master ' s safety , released him from his confinement , and rushing from the house he buried himself in a new stack of hay not far distant . He was pursued , but , wonderful to relate , the enraged ' navvies' failed to discover his hiding-place , although they passed within a yard of the spot . The landlady had a narrow escape . Two of the parties who were so roughly treated have since been confined to their beds from the injuries received . We are glad to find that four of the ruffians were secured ; their names are Smith , Walker , Valentine , and Thorpe . They were brought up at Otley the following day , heavily ironed , and being taken before F . Bilham , E 3 q ., on ths charge of riot and assault , were by him committed to take their trial at the next Wakefield sessions . Seven of the gang made their escape , and have not yet been apprehended .
Halifax . —Those who have exclaimed against exclusive dealing when practised by the poor , are now practising it against the latter . Mr James Ilaigli Hill , of New Market , was the only butcher in that locality who voted for Mr Ernest Jones , and ha did so , unsolicited . We understand a combination of ethers has been formed against him . We trust the working men of Halifax will not let this honest elector suffer .
¦ worcestershire , Fatal Accident on the Bbisiol and BirminGham Railway . —An accident , by which one life was lost and another nearly sacrificed , occurred on this line on Friday ni ght . The mail train due in Birmingham at twenty minutes past eleven o ' clock armed from Bristol at Broomsgrove in due time . Thence it proceeded at its usual speed towards Birmingham , when , on its entering a short cutting nearly ; opposite Kingsnorton , the engine left the rail for a distance of eighty yards , ploughed through the sou on the side of an embankment , and ultimately , mounting the embankment , was thrown completely overupoa the rails . The tender was thrown sideways , but mo _ at fortunately interposed to Drevent t , l , fl
guards vaa trora coming m contact with the fire-box of the engine , or the most frightful consequences must have ensued . Just previous to theeS Eng thrown over , the driver , a steady man , named SI Warburton ,, exclaimed to Fletcher , the atoker -Oh " we are dead men , ' and in a few seconds his prophecy was realised . Tho poor fellow was literally smashed between theengine and the tender . Fie cher had a miraculous escape . Bysome means one ofhisWsbe STfSS '• nd When ^ c 0 lli 6 i 0 H took pB the piston of the engine came close to his face . Ilialee was hbera ed , and throwing himseliback , he ee P d Twi 2 J i 9 IIflIIry thanadreadfully balded fL . wasakdv N , rSeager - Z train ' one «> fwhom Mr R -ntLf ? ™ l \ l sIi 8 Ilt £ st dc 8 ree "U ^ Mr Biotherton , son of the hon . member for Salford IJIEISS ? ' « a ° ly rendered eve ? atXS « ? ' . h a power , and was unremitting in his attention to the lnmredman and tha affriolitRil li .
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it had run on to the embankment . A pilot engine , sent out from Birmingham shortly after the occurence , arrived on the spot and returned with the bags . The deceased , Warburton , has left a wife and thrco children . Tub Accident on the Birmikgiiam and Bristol Railwat —On Monday last , an inquest was held on the hotly of Warburton , tho unfortunate enginedriver , who was killed on Friday night , afc Kingsnorton . Mr Sanders , of the Midland Railway , was in attendance to watch the proceedings . The firat witness examined was Thomas Fletcher , who stated that he resided at Bulsaleheath , nnd was a fireman in the employ of the Midland Railwav Company . He knew tho deceased well , and he was
an engine-driver . Deceased left Gloucester on Friday evening last with the mail trainfor Birmingham . There was only one engine with the train . No accident or break-down occurred until the train arrived near the lodge at Kingsnorton . The train was proceeding at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour . On its arrival at the above place , witness felt the engine roll , and the deceased made some observation as to their position , when instantly both engine nnd tender fell to the ground . Ho ( witness ) held by the bottom part of the spring balances , but the shock did not compel him to lose his hold , and he became wedged in between some portions of the engine , so as to be unable for some time to extricate himself . When he had recovered a little , he called
out for the driver , but received no reply , whereupon he jumped upon theengine and tried to find the regulator , but could not succeed . He then attempted to put the fire out , but could not find any of his tools . Messengers were then sent up and down the line to prevent luggage or any other trains from proceeding cither way . After some time tho fire was put out , and then witness took a lamp from a guard , named Harvey , and commenced a search for Warburton . Ho was discovered in a few minutes quite dead . Aboutforty yards from where the engine lay witness found either one of the chaire had been broken , or one of the keys had come out . He was inclined to think tbe chair was broken . It was the outside part of the chair which was broken . Thc metals he he .
lievedwere straight over . He was quite sure the engine ran off the line at the broken chair . There were he thought four carriages and the van , and all but one were thrown off the rails . Hc did not 6 ee deceased after he was found , but lie heard that he was _ dead . _ Witness escaped with a few severe bruises on his back , knees and hands . —Byajurer : It was one of Longridgc ' s engines . She was a sixwheel engine . lie thought she wap too heavy for the train she took . He did not attribute the accident to any fault in the engine . She has been running for some time . Witness passed the same spot going towards Gloucester about 5 o clock , but no imped irnent was observable . He d . id not see any plate-layevs at work near the spot . Had been a stoker about two
months . Knew nothing of engineering until he came to work on the line . Did not know whether the axles were broken or not ; Before he ( witness ) became a stoker he had been three years at sea . Was now nearly nineteen years of age , and was in receipt of 3 s . 9 d . per day from the railway company . The drivers had not watches or time peices with them . Before he was placed on the engine as stoker , he was employed about eight months in the engine shed . In case the engine-driver should bo thrown off the engine , or anything happen to him , he ( witness ) had sufficient knowledge how to manage the engine and take the place of the driver . [ The jury here expressed a desire to see the spot where the accident occurred , and havo some explanation given them , as the wit .
ness who had just given evidence could not give the informatioa required . The coroner immediately assented , andthe jury proceeded to the spot . ] On their return , Mr Matthew Kirtley said , that he resided at Derby , and was the locomotive superintendent to the Midland Railway Company , lie knew the engine which was drjven by the deceased at the time of his death ; it is No . 3 ? , and was built by Longridge and Co . It js a six-wheeled engine , with two outside cylindera . Tho hei ght of the driving wheel is five feet six inches . The engine weighed twenty-one toss when in working trim . It had been in nse four months only from the time it was sent out from the maker ' s . It was his duty to inspect nnd examine the company ' s engines before they were
put on the line , lie inspected the engine in question , and was perfectly satisfied with her , and had no reason to object in any respect . He had never received any complaint respecting the engine from those parties whose duty it was to report to him . Shortly after the accident had occurred on Friday night he proceeded to the spot and found the engine on her broad " -side on the up line . The connecting rods , the gearing , the wheels and axles , were uninjured , and the guagc of tho wheels correct . As to the cause of the accident he could not account for it except by looking at the whole of the circumstances . The speed was no doubt excessive , the oscillation while running round a curve must have been great , and the road too light for that class of engines . All
those circumstances combined might have caused the accident . The sleeper which was on the line at the time of the accident was certainly not a very good one . He did think , taking the road as itis constructed , a light train ought not to travelfaster than thirty-five miles an hour . Ho was of opinion tbat the engine in question was too heavy for passenger trains , and under that impression he intended to cause thc No . 37 engine to cease running passenger trains and convey heavy goods only . He received 7 s . a day wages . —The next witness examined was Mr W . Barton , the resident engineer , who said that he , BOrae time since , recommended that new and heavier rails be laid down . The inquiry was then adjourned until Wednesday , to enable this witness to uroduce his letter to the company .
The adjourned inquest having been resumed , and additional evidence heard , the jury deliberated half an hour , and then returned the following special verdict : — Tho jury are unanimously of opinion that tbe deceased John Wnrburton came by his death instantaneously , in consequence of tbe engine and tender attached to the train which he was driving along tbe line of tbe Bristol and Birmingham Railway running off tha line at about the 7 th railo stone from Birmingham , in the parish uf King's Norton , and falling upon bim , tbe same accident having been caused by the engine itself being of mucb too heavy a description to be used upon the present light road at tbe rate at which it was then travelling , and with the light train to which it was then attached .
LINCOLNSHIRE . Sleaford . —It is with much pain we have to record the melancholy death of Mr W . Dodson , late secretary to the Sleaford branch of the Land Company . On the evening of the election for South Ik colnshire , Mr Dodson , who had been at home attending to hi 8 work during the whole of the day , left hi a home to proceed with a letter to the Post-olfice . After having gone some distance he got intermixed with a crowd , and , without either doing or saying anything calculated to lead to a breach of the peace , or in any way interfering with what was going on around him , he was felled to the ground by a policeman s truncheon , and died five hours afterwards of
tho wound inflicted . Deceased was a young man of unblemised character , twenty-five years of age , and has left a wife and several children to deplore their untimely bereavement , thrown without resource upon tho world . His wife was near her confinement at the time . It may bo necegssary to add , that the conduct of the crowd was such as did not call for any especial and violent interference on the part of the police . The coroner ' s j ury have returned a verdict of' excusable homicide . ' The nion of Sleaford dissatisfied with this verdict , have ob tained a warrant against the policeman , and the case is to be heard before a lull bench of magistrates tkis day ( Saturday ) .
NORPOtK . Elopement op the Wife op a Clergyman . —Information reached the metropolitan police on Sunday morning of an elopement of % distressing character , that took place on the preceding day . The parties are represented to have eloped frsm the house of the injured husband , a hiahly respectable clergyman of the Church-of England , and who is vector of a lucrative living in Norfolk , not a great many miles from Norwich , and were traoed as far as Brandon , but from thence any trace of their further progress has not been ascertained . Itis supposed , however , that the fugitives have como to London . The gay Lothario , it appears , is also a clergyman in deacon ' s orders and had a caraoy in an adjoining parish to that of tho lady ' s husband . He ia described as being six feet high , with bushy whiskers , and tho lady of rather a light and pale complexion .
BBRKSHIRB . DBsritucrivB Firb . —One of the most destructive fires ever known in this neighbourhood has occurred on the premises of J . Sexton , jun ., a carpenter and wheelwright at Ilolyport , about two miles from Maidenhead . The fire commnnicated to some buildings belonging to Mr Soundy , which were soon levelled with the ground . From thence it took the direction of some cottages , which aoon shared the same fate . While the fire was raging at the cottages . the other end of it was making its way towards the dwelling house of Mrs Sexton , which in its turn became a prey to the devouring element , and it was completely gutted .
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but he prefers game to men and wastes to farms . In every mile of tho Queen ' s progress t o the nortn ana east there will be great exertions made to people tne deserts . Old costumes will be paraded , and English footmen for the time transferred into Highland farmers . The deception would be apparen t to a prac tised eye . The untilled hills and qlens tell their own story most effectually . - The sheep farms of 20 miles length and breadth proclaim the dark character of that policy which is fast converting the Highlands into a great hunting ground . Her Maje 3 ty is to ; pass throug h a land of Amoers . The same .... .. , , » . „ tn fn « mo Tn
wretched policy as that which has desolated Scinde , originating in the same miserable cause—the selfishness and pleasure-seeking of the owners—hss laid waste the Highlands . They want a Sir Charles Napier—a legislative , if not a- military Napier . They need the repeal of the game asd entail laws , and with these laws repealed , in 20 years there would be no difficulty in finding a population to welcome the Monarch on tho beautiful , but now desolate , shores ofLoch Long and Loch Lomond . The pine would flourish again , and newspaper reporters would not be wei » hing the question whether there be or be nota habitable honso where they raightrcst within ten miles of Loch Laggan .
CARSETHOHN . Sad Catastrophe . —A most mournful occurrence took place near Carsethorn . Peter Hair , an Irishman , who gains his living by travelling the country and vending broom besoms , after lodging all nif ? ht with hia children , two boyg and a girl , at Loehiso , near New Abbey , took the road with them in the direction of Carsethorn . The party took a near cut across the sands , the father allowing tho children t » amuse themselves at the water edee ^ while he , it is supposed , wa 3 busy with his occupation . While the heedless trio were engrossed gathering shells on the sandbanks , the tide was creeping up stealthily and cutting them off from ths main land . At last the children were aroused by the rushing waters , and , quite bewildered and ignorant of the locality , they ran from the still uncovered ground which they occupied into the tide . Tho distracted father soon joined
them , and did his best to save Ins precious household , now in deadly peril . He caught hold of the two youngest , and made a desperate attempt to bring them on shore , but from sheer exhaustion he had to let go . The eldest boy , who could swim a little , managed to keep his head above water for a while , but his strength was insufficient to strive against the tide . A boat , manned by Captain Blair , reached the place too late to aave the children , butin time to take in the eld man , who but for it must shortly lave perished . He was conveyed ta the Carse , and , on being brought to consciousness his agony must have beon extreme . After the tide had ebbed the bodies were discovered . The two youngest lay locked ia each other ' s arras , sit a 1 'tUc distance from , the scene of their death , while the body of the eldest child was found at a distance of half a mile below .
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MAttLBOROUGH-STREET . —Robert Lacy , a young man of very respectable connections , was brought before Mr Bingbam , charged with having robbed his employer , Mr Perry , hairdresser and porfumer , BurlinKtonarcade , of property valued at between £ 200 and £ 380 . It appeared that the prisoner had come from the country as an improver . He bad placed himself with Mr Purry about eighteen months ago , and no suspicion was entertained of his honesty until a few days since , when in consequence of the strong smell of perfumery in his bedroom the foreman made such a communication to Mr Ferry as induced him to go to thc prisoner ' s lodgings and make an examination . Mr Henry ferry stated , that he was a perfumer and hairdresser , occupying 11 , 13 , and
59 , in the Burlington-arcade , On Sunday evening last he went to 7 , Milucs-buildings , Knightabridge , where the prisoner lodged , and on looking into tbe bedroom be found some articles tbat hc knew nere his property . The prisoner was noithen at home . Prosecutor , how . ever , waited until the prisoner made his appearance , and then ho taxed him with having stolen property from the shop . The prisoner begged prosecutor not to press the charge . Tbe prosecutor said , he should press tho charge , and then requested the prisoner to give up his keys in order that his boxes mightbe searched . Thc prisoner gave up his keys with reluctance to the police constable . The prisoner ' s boxes wi re examined , and they were found to contain brushes and other property valued at £ 50 . Information was shortly afterwards given to the police , which induced him , accompanied by Inspector Squire
of the C , dieieion , to go down to Beaconsfield , where the relatives of the prisoner lived , and there he received two boxes which had been sent by the prisoner to bis brotherin-law to take care of . The boxes , when examined , contained perfumery and similar property , stolen at different timea from the shop , worth between £ 100 and £ 200 . The prosecutor stated that the extent of his stock and business prevented him from missing this large quaniity of property before . Police constable Lockart , B 1 G 1 , said , he was present when the prisoner ' s boxes were searched . The property consisting of tortoiseshell combs , ivoryl backed brushes , dsc , was identified b y Mr Ferry . Inspector Squires , C division , said ho went to Beacomfield , and received charge of two boxes filled with perfumery . The property was identified by Mr Perry , The prisoner said he could offer nothing in his defence . He was committed .
GUILDHALL . —A country gentleman , who at first gave the name of William Jones , and then of Thomas Somes , was re-examined before Alderman Sidney and Humphery , charged with indecently assaulting three lads while they wero Jtanding in the Guildhall . Mr Buchanan , who attended for the prisoner , being asked who his client really was , replied , he declined giving his addrtss , but he was a gentleman of fortune , who ba > 1 corns up to London to purchase some Bank stock . He understood he bad hitherto borne an irreproachable character , and it was incredible that he shoul d have conducted himself in the way described . Eithur bo had been picked out to fasten a charge upon , or some accidental circumstance had been much exaggerated . —Mr Alderman Humphery said , ho had the evidenco the day before , and there did not appear to be the smallest greund for supposing it to be a collusive false charge for tbe pur . pose of extortion . Three witnesses deposed to having been subjected to assaults , and the policeman who bad
watched the prisoner for half an hour , was also an eve . witnoss of his misconduct . The evidence of George Newman , of 9 , Bloomsbury-street , gasfitter , and Froderick Ventria , an accountant ' s clerk , in Jewin-street , was read over . A third witness , Edward Sawyer , of 3 i ' Newington-causewny , did not attend . He had been assailed twice by the prisoner . Tho city policeman 211 was watching the prisoner for half an heur , and saw his hand wkere it could not hare been b y accident . An additional witness , William Blazey , a cellarman , in Skinnor-street , was called . —Mr Buchanan cross . examiued ( he witnesses at some length , but did not alter the general complexion of the case . Thc witnesses were ali strangers to each other . The priioner said he was innocent , lie might have touched them , but there was a conspiracy to charge him . The magistrates consulted and concurred in committing the prisoner for trial at tho Central Criminal Court . He was admitted to bail himself In £ 200 , and one surety in £ 200 , Mr Starling ot the Stock Exchange , becoming his bail . '
WORSHIP-STREET .-Mr William Collins , stated to be connected with a wholesale commorcial house in the City , and residing in the Hertferd-road , Kingslaud , woe charged with the following scandalous assault upon Hamette Maslin , his servant . The complaint , a modest-Iookmg girl of seventeen years old , stated that she had been in tbe defendants Bervioe as housemaid from WhiUunt . de until Friday last , on the morning of which day her mistress and two children left town upon a visit to some friends at Egham , leaving her alone in the care of the house . Sho sat up till half-past eleven , at which hour her master , tke defendant , camo home unexpectedly apparently perfectly s < A « , and having entered the par ! lour sent
her out for some porter , and on her rcluru with which Bho went into tho kitchen and sat down to needle , work at which she continued about tweuty minutes , when the dofendant came down and asked her to sleep with him that night ; sho made no answer , upon which ho told her that she must do so , ami ask « d her to have eomo brandy , which she Indignantly rejected . Tho de . fumlnnt , however , went into ihe parlour , and having returned with a tumbler of beandy , pressed her to drink part of It , but she again rejected his offer , 'tnd tho defendaat having placed the brnndy upoa the tuble , caught her ! \> und the waist with both hands and forcibly held her ( cn Uihij her a silly fool for not accepting his overtures , and u ln pressed tier to comply , Stie declared tbat cue
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would acquaint her roistveis with his conduct as so she came to town , and went up to the parlour on the " *' tence of clearing the supper things , but had been th ' ** only a few minutes when the defendant again fol | 0 W& her , and pressed her as before , telliag her that she m comply , and that If she further refused h- ~ oul ( j . " " her in the parlour all night . She made a ; . .. if emi , ^ get out of ' . he room , but the defendant prbvented l ' * held the door f * st by the lock , and finall y sat & 0 . m ¦ }**> chair before it ; thedefendant , however , in a fewminut / afterwards moved from the door towards her , and Sh availed herself of the opportunity , rushed down stairs t ! tbe kitchen and locked herself in . After waiting s tims her mastsr Ihon went up to his own bedroom * whence he called her and desired her to come up to ^ J wmild ncnualnt her mistreis with his enr . Hnnt .. _
l i . _ . 1 _ \^ l » ha MiiBttfA ^ linffrilif thvf . ftH —_ ¦ . I bat she raado him no answer , hastily threw on lier hOn ' set and shawl , and hurried out of the house to that of her parents , three-quarters of a mile off , to whom ah 9 related the treatment to which she had been subj « i * n and who immediately app lied for a warrant for the , } [ fendant ' s apprehension . The defendant Bharpl y W 08 / examined tbe young woman on the chief points of heV evidence , but without eliciting anything in his favourand Margaret Maslin , her mother , being called , dtposed that on her daughter returning home upon the ni ght in question she was in th « greatest mental distresj crying bitterly , and gave preciselj the same account of her master ' s behaviour tbat she did now before tfe ma . gistratc . Defendant was fined £ 5 , and severel y reprj ] manded by the magistrate .
Violent Oi'TBiCE . —Oa Monday a thicV .- ; i't powjf , ful man named Henry Hobbs , stated to be a cabinet milker in the Curtain-road , Shorediteh , was charged witii an outrage upon Susannah Payne , tbe wife of a copperplate printer in Canterbury-row , SpitalfielilB . Tha complainant , a delicate-looking woman in an advanced state of pregnancy , and one of whoae eyes was shock , ingly contused and swollen , stated , that while ob licr way home at half-past ten o ' clock on Saturday tvining she had occasion to turn the corner of Ilolvrrdl-lane ' Shoreditch , to cross to Spitalfit'lds , when tbe prisoner " who was somewhat intoxicated , bet apparentl y knew very well what he was about , camo suddenly bihindher , and , seizing hold of her by the shoulder with one hma , with the other assailed her ia the most grossly indelic »'« manner . She resented the insult as well as she could .
and endeavoured to push him away frem her , telling him that if he did not instantly go about his business , she would call a policeman and give him into custody ; but this remonstrance was no sooner uttered than the pri . soner turned round , and , using a disgusting expression , struck her such a terrible blow iu tbe face that her dress was instantly cohered with blood , and , had she not been caught in the arms of a man and woman , who were passing , she must have dropped to the ground , Upon recovering herself » be was assisted to her own re « aidunce , and having subsequently learned whert the pri . suner ( who immediately disappeared ) wa « likel y to be found , accompanied the constable and her husband to identify him , when hc said that he did not know thu wit . ness was a married woman , or he should not have % n
acted , and offered to make compensation ; but htrhua . bandindignantlyrejected the offer , and the prisoner then assailed bim with the vilest abuse , and threatened to break his nose , but was secured and carried i . ff by the constaltle . She had been very ill and debilitated ever since the occurrence took place , and was somewhat ap . prehensive of tbe ulterior consequences likel y to result from tbe violence o which she had been subjected , A worn an who saw the outrage , and a policeman , to . gether with Richard Payne , tbe husband of the com . plainant , confirmed this evidence , and proved the threats the prisoner had uttered against the latter upon being taken into custody . When called upon for his defence , the prisoner said , that he was . drunk at the time ths circumstances took place tbat were alleged against him ,
and , although he had not the slightest recollection of anything that had occurred , he had no doubt he must hare shamefully misconducted himself , and could assure the magistrate tbat he regretted las behaviour sincerely , Mr Arnold severely commented upon the prisoner ' s con . duct , describing tbe case as one of the most gross and atrocious that had ever come under his notice , and , ei . pressing his regret that his powers were wholly inailt . quatetodeal with an outrage of such a description , was about to send the prisoner for trial at the sessions , when the complainant ' s husband interfered , and requested the case might be disposed of summarily , as it would be extremely inconvenient to him to carry the matter any further , and it was highly improbable that his wife , in her delicate state of health , would again ba
able tu attend and give evidence : upon which Mr Arnold said that , under the circumstances , be felt bound to accede to the request ; but be should mark his sense of tbe prisoner ' s conduct by ordering him to pay tbe highest amount of penalty he could Inflict , namely £ 5 . or in de . fault to undergo two months' imprisonment in the Heuse of Correction ; and for the effectual protection of the uontylavnunt and her husband | aga ! nst the latter , of n-hom some violent threats had been tittered , he should further order the prisoner , at the expiration of his term of imprisonnieut , to find substantial bail , namely , two suretits in £ 30 each to bo of peaceable behaviour towards both for the next threa months . Tbe prisuner could ntithcr pay the penalty nor 6 nd the bail by the time the court closed , and was consequently removed in the Vtn .
Indecent Assault . —Mr Frederick Winter , the pro * prietor of a blonde and lace warehouse in Wood . stMt , Ciseapside , was on Wednesday charged with an indecent assault , with intent , Jsc , upon his person of a young woman named Jane Booth , lately in the service ss housemaid . The complainant , a delicate looking girl about eighteen years of age , stated , that the defendant having , within too last month , taken another house of business in Union-street , Spitalfields , she was despatched there on Sunday morning last , at ten o ' clock , by her mistress , with a basket containing provisions and other M-iicles for her master , who was superintending the necessary arrangements for taking possession . On reaching the house 6 he was admitted by the defendant himself , who was the only person in it , and who desired her to deposit tho baBket in the first floor apartments ,
which she did , and was about to leave , when the defendant immediately Reiz-jd hold of her , and proceeded to acts of the grossest indecency . A struggle ensued between them which terminated in her escaping from him and rushing down the stairs , upon which she threw the basket , in the hope af his falling orer it or impeding him until she could get into the street . The defendant , however , pursued her , and having discovered , upon reaching thc street door , that he had locked it , sli w . is again seised upon by her , " master before sho could u-ifasten it , and forced back aleng the passage to tbe siairs , upon which he flung hsr , and used every effur * to perpetrate the offence alleged against him . She attempted to scream for assistance , but was stopped by t le defendant , and resisted him with such strength and determination , that after a prolonged struggle between them , in the cours e of which she reminded him of the
unhappincss it would bring upon his wife if his infamous conduct should reach her ears , she at length succeeded in preventing the accomplishment of his purpose , and was permitted to leava the house . She did not like , under the circumstances , to make her mistress acquainted with tb « b .-haviour of her husband , to whom she was sent buck by her a shoit time afterwards with the infant , mid upon that occasion was allowed to leave without molestation ; but she availed herself of the first opportunity tbsr resented itself on her return , and having informed fcei aunt of the scandalous treatmsnt to which she bad heen subjected , tho present proceedings were adopted . — Ann Cooke , a widow and aunt of tho prosecutrix , deposed that upon meeting htr niece , who was in great trouble and despondency , she detaile # . to hor the particulars oi the dsfenWs
conduct , procisely as she now related them and Richard Booth , the father of the prosccutrU , stated , that upon calling at the house of the defendan t for an explanation of his behaviour towards kis daughter the defendant , whose wife was present , treated him with contempt , made no answer to the charge , and re fused to Hold any communication with him -Mr Vano , who appeared for the defence , and closely cross-examined the witnesses , but without eliciting anything in favour of his client , said that lie was instructed to deny tUe charge in tho most positive terms , jknd , as te was of courso unprovided with evidence to rebut the young woman s statement , he should reserve the defence for another COUrt , if tha magistrate determined upon sending tha case there ; but he must draw the attention of the bench to the fact that the prosecutrixhad gone back a second time to tho house without mentioning her lll-ucago to her mistress , and that the whole case
rested upon tho youug woman ' s evidence almost entirely . Mr Combe said that it was not to be supposed that attacks of this description were « ver attempted In tho prc . se-nce of third persons , or conviction would be certain to follow their commission ; and , with regard to theyoang woman ' s abstaiBing from divulging the matter forthwith ! n « 7 ^?!! ' th 8 t , pT 0 b 0 bly done t 0 8 Pare «» f <* ' - ings of the latter , and he thought that all expedition had , »? t f ^ P-osecntrix in making known th . illtreatment to which she had been subjected He « aw nothing tangible in dtlur objection , and should order thedefendant to find substantial bail—himself tn&O , ami two securities in £ 40 each , to appear and answer the abarge at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court . Ihe depositions of the witnesses were then taken by Mr vine , the chief clerk , and the defendant , who treated the matter with much indifference throughout , was removed .
SOUr . HWARK . ~ -Robert Dixon , was charged with causing a dis turbance in tho Victoria Theatre , and assaulting Murray , the constable on duty . It appeared that on the preceding night , during the performance at tho theatre , a noise was heard from the gallery , which rendered it impossible for the audience to hear what was going forward . On the constable proceeding to ascortain the cause he found tlio defendant standing on one of tliebonches Iiieslug the performance , anddoing everything in his power to excite a disturbance , and to prevent tbe play from going on . Ho was repeatedly desired to be quiet ; but ho persisted in the aimoynuco . It wa 9 found necessary to pj ' . ct him , and he assaulted tbo cons table Tho deleiuljtnt said that , having reason to be difplM- ' ^ with tho acting of a particular performer , ho expressed tits dissatisfaction iu the usual way , and thought hc 1 V ! 1 S justified In it . He complained that the constable draggt ^
him out . The constable said a number of young fill " liko the defendant were in the habit of frequeiitiug the gallery , and out of more wantonness interrupting tlio pC ' rormance . The magistrate , said that sueh seenes in a theatre must be repressed ; nnd that unless the defendant found bail he must be committed to gaol . Tbe de " fendant said be hud been locked up since tbe night before , and he thought that was punishment enouga for hissing an actor .
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sfotlants , A Contrast . —Dbploradlb State op the Scotcii HionLANDs . —Next week tho Queen and her Court will be in tho Clyde on her journey to the Hichlandq On Saturday her Majesty will visit her old castle n ' f Dumbarton , and steam up to the top of Loch LonS On Monday we understand that tho Eoyal party will proceed by Fort-William to tho gloomy soSH which has been selected for their residence duff part of the present autumn . When the OmmmS her suite leave the Clyde on the south tS ? ijf be great eifinfe made to convince them that hero wo ft ^ livingintho llighlands . The young ch ™ tZS Vr V «> Campbal | a , and spread SatL remnants of his shattered clan to tho greatest ad van " tagc . llo raiRht have had hundreds , who are cast homeless on the banks of tho St Lawrence , btsy in reclaimin g tho wastes on the shores of Loch Long
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SveUntu Repeal . —The wetkly meeting of the Repeal Association was numerously attended . Mr Lamie Murray ( late candidate for Drogheda ) presided . Aftei some business had been disposed of , Archdeacon Carroll read an address of condolence trom tbe Right Rev . Dr Maginn , Catholic bishop of Derry , and the clergy of that diocese , to Mr John O'Connell , tc which that gentleman returned a suitable reply . Mr John Reynolds , M . P . for Dublin , having congratulated the association on the accession of the chairman to the Repeal cause , proceeded to address thc meeting on the triumph which had recently been achieved in Dublin in his person . Mr John O'Connell , M . P ., having also congratulated the association on the result of the Dublin election , which he considered as a proud triumph of the popular cause ,
announced that the canvass of the Repeal candidate for Kildare was so successful that Mr Archbold , the Whig , had retired from the contest . The honourable gentleman then adverted to the elections in Dundalk , Limerick , and Kilkenny , and dwelt upon the vindication of Conciliation-hall principles in those towns . Waterford city had done itself immortal honour by declaring for Repeal , and driving from its representation the nominees of the government , and the enemies of nationality . It was true that Repeal had met with a temporary defeat in Drogheda , but he trusted that a committee of the House of Common * would rectify tho matter . With regard to Dungnrvon , he ( Mr O'Connell ) had done all that he possibly coald to procure a candidate to oppose Mr Shiel , but . unfortunately , he failed . After some further business had been disposed of , the rent ior the week was said to be £ 00 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1431/page/6/
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