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fca I — ¦ „ , _ j ^^ . _ , . | , L . J .. --. I _ - * y * -j '* j ^ ^^™ g isjf ^ tragBliS . Health or Lessee ? Dcsixg tiss Week . —Tb * vcurn for : lis week ending last Saturday shows that tlie deaths rci ^ iwed in the metropolitan districts amounted to $ »¦) , a-aujaber ,-which-tlufciga it indicates a slight iaerease of mortality' on tie previous week , ' vrke * ii ""as S 39 , is still less ' than ths weekly average to lie extern of 125 deaths ; the average filing derireJ from the deaths of ten corresponding ¦ weeks in 1 S 40-9 , and raised inihe « itio of inoreasetl population . By means of a comparative statement of the SGDdsaih ? , ascording to the different ages at which th * y ceeiirn : !] , It may again be shorras-In the precedes week that an Improved state c : health exists anibns the younsr , bus that the xaicdie aged part of the copulation bei-in to suffer mow .
while the ajed die exactly at the average rate o mortality . " The abrogate result of . zymotic Oi epidemic diseases Is still favourable as compare ^ with that of previous vears , the deaths in ihis . ciasf havinir been ' 133 lass week , while . the eorreeteu averse is 256 . The decrease is _ observed gracr pallv in small-pox and measles , a children toyui ^ died " from the former and 1 C from tae latter , odied from scarlatina , the average of which amount to 51 , but it is swelled chiefly by the unusual mortaEtvof the same week in ISiS , when the dealt * from * scarlatina were 147 . Diarrhoea continues to decline though the fatal case 3 are still rather more nameroas than Tisual at this period of the year . Tvpbus maintains the mortality which was ol'
served in the test return ; the victims of fever namber 51 . last week i deaths were recorded from eholera . The births oi 7 S ± boys and 754 girls , i ;; all 1 , 5 C < 2 children , were registered ia the week . -At the Soyal Obser-witor-y , Greenwich , the men " height of the barometer was above 30 in . on Sunday ; the ausr . of the week was 29 , 943 . The mean temperais :-,. - c-i" the treek was 49 dege ., the same as in the previous week , and neariy equal to the average of ihe same week in 7 years . But on Sunday end Monday tae mean temperature was 7 degs . and 4 dags , respectively below the average of corresnondin : * day * ' whereas on Friday and Saturday ii was about 6 degs . above it . The wind generally blew from the south-west . -
TsnSATZXSD TSLL OP AS AHCII AT THE SoUIHEasteks lUiiWAT Te-imixcs . —On Saturday morning last an p . csulent of rather a singular character , ¦ which terriaed a great number of persons , occurred at the Sonth-Eastern Railway Terminus , Londonfcridge . It appears that about " two or three years since one of Warren ' s patent iron span arches was thrown orer -Joiner-street , Tooley-street , Southwark , in order to aiford accommodation to the increasing rEmber of nersons travelling by the railway . Ihe si > m , vmch vh probably sixty feet ' wide , was supported b ? a number of iron chains s'tniiar to those u > ed at ths suspension bridges . From the lime ths strsstnrs was completed up to Saturday last not the leass deflection was perceptible in any part , but during tie past week or so , in order to nfford gnace for stacking the bricks used for building the afeade leading to the entrance to the station , iome tons of brickwork have been placed on the roof of
the arch . This seems to have been a greater dead ¦ weight than ihe arch was intended to bear , for all of a sudden on Saturday morning , and whilst a nnmber of pedestrians and several vehicles were passing under the span , a report similar to the discharge of a heavy p i ece of cannon occurred . In a » instant the parties underneath made the best of their way cut , bat many ¦ were eo frightened that they did not stop running until they reached the end of tbe street , " no doubt expecting * tiiatths arch was abou * to f ail , it was soon sscar&ined that the immensf vreigbt of bricks on the arch had caused some of ti > . crois stays to split asunder , and for some time i ' m entire demolition of the whole was expected . A number of men were quickly set to work , and having placed shoring po'es under the arch , the dead weight was taken from the top ; but eo dangerous was the arch considered , that it was found ju cessary to stop up ihe entire thoroughfare , and neither passcDzers on foot or in vehicles have since been
allowed to pass through the street . The i- 'iDOLESEx Magistrates axd Mbdicai Wusesses at Cordsers' Inquests . —On Monday evening Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Three Pigeons and Star , Ha : neld-street , Goswell-streei , St . Lake ' s , on view of the body of Ellen Stamp , three months old . It appeared that the mother of the deceased , who is in poor circumstances , living at No . 12 , Green Arbaur-conrt , adjoining , was in the habit of leaving her , when she went to her employment , with a fcsaate , and that ste , deceased , slept witii her at nisht . On the morning of ths 13 th inst , decessid was fouud apparently dead by the side of her mother , who immediately got up and alarmed the female -xho hac the care of it in the course of the
day . The mother < rava her child to her and went to Mr . Powell , the parish surgeon , Chiswell-street . He , however , did not attend . —The foreman inquired if Jlr . Powell was present?—Mr . Gardner , the summoning officer , replied that he was not . He had cct summoned him as he knew lie would have demaadcil his fee , a guinea , and hs was cot going to take the resp-nsbility on himself of bringing him before a jury as a medical -witness . He believed some medical gentlemen would not attend to cases , because they weald not be called to the coroners' inquest , —the foreman observed , that he wa ? the paid cincer of the parish , and ought to attend to give to ths jury information as to the cause of death . —The coroner remarked that lb . 9 3 Iiddlesex megis- 'rales
were desirous to cut down the expenses in ev ^ iy possible way , and that they endeavoured to do so hi respeet to lnedical witnesses at coroner ' s inquests . He thought that it would be found sot to he a prudent course . He was at an inquest a few cfeys ago , wfasre the evidence sbowed that a woman hr , < drowsed herself . It was stated that when she was taken osfc it was thought she -would have recovered , had she received medical aid , bat that , fliongh | ojn ? su ^ eons were sent to , all sent excuses . lie wa 3 iold ' that Ii was on nceoun ? of not receiving their fees after having for two or thrso hours been attempting to restore animation , that they did not attend the case . —The foreman stateJ that he was at an inquest a short time since upon the death of a
child - ( vho bad a fall . Before the child ' s dtath tno mother called upon a medical man , who did not attend , and the child died . The jury , in that case , for want of medical evidence , returned a verdict , " Thafc the deceased was found dead , fcnt ttere was not sufficient evidence to sLot ? the caase oS" death . " —The coroner said he did net Inriw how far ia this case the law extended to conr :-pel tha attendance of the surgeon , he being a paid officer . Medical gentlemen were not reqcireil otherwise to attend , unless they were summoned . It was ois ' y in the course of the last week that he was
told that medical gentlemen would certify in every case if they were not to be called upon corc-ner ' s inqscsts . —Rhoda Stamp , the mother , being recdled , said , teat when she called at Mr . Powell ' s shop , she gaw Mrs . Powell , who observed that it was of no use ilr . Po * eil calling to see the child if it was dead . — Coroner : It was quite clear that the body should have fceenscen by some surgeon . In the absence of medicsl evidence he would recommend the jury to X&Umi a TQr&cfc of "Found dead . " — Verdict : " That the deceased was found dead , and that there was Eot sufficient evidence to snow by what meaas Ilia death-was caused . "
SC- 'CJDE OF A YOU-VG TfllEF I . V THE UOVSE 0 ? D £ TEXiio :-r . —On Tuesday morning an inquest was held at the House of Detention , Clerkenwe 3 J , before Mr . Wakley , jun ., deputy coroner , on the Lody of George Baker , a boy , aged 15 , who was com miited for trial at the Middlesex Sessions , for picking the pocket of a solicitor , named UsJJ , an-J who on Sunday erening last committed selfdestruction , by hanging himself in Lis tell . The inquiry occasioned some interest , t ! ii 3 bring the third su ' eide committed in thia prison by precisely the same means . The jury having viewed tho body , which presented the appearance of a person who had died a natural death , the coroner proceeded to take the evidence of the witnesses ,
Lieutenant IHU , the governor , aud Wardens Cooper and Joliffe . It appeared from their testimony that the boy was admitted on the I 7 th : nst ., under a commitment from Clerkenwell police court , and always appeared to be in spirits , of a cheerful disposition , and very active , frequently at his own request assisting to clean . He assisted to sweep on Sunday , ana on that day he attended the chapel twice , and at half-past five his suprer ( his food was supplied by his friends ) was served to him . He at that time appeared as cheerful as ever . He returned his inife to the oficer without heing asked for it ; and at five minutes to six , on the officer going to the cell , to see that the prisoner had sot his bed ready , six o ' clock being
bedtime , he found him hanging by the neck from the iron grating of the ventilator , haviDg converted I 13 neck-handkerchief and poeket-haiidkerchief intoarom It is supposed that , having fixed the rope to the grating and round his neck , he threvr himself frcm the cell table , and the placidity of }» s countenance is accounted for by the supposition Tiat ti-e fall was so violent that death was instiv . - tanoous . and that he died without a sU-oggle . llo was instantly cut down , and medical attendanceprocured ; but he was quite dead , though , by the direction of the governor , every exertion to restore animation was made . The deceased had never complained of his treatment in the prison , nor of hcing subjected to solitary confinement . His
r . ioili ' er stated thsl the deceased had been co 3 r c {<» d summarily of pootot picking four Tunes , and he appeared to fear thai he would be transported , and desired her to get counsel for him if she possibly eonld . Nobody ever entertained the least idea that he would destroy himself , or that he was of uueound mind . Ho had been brought to run by bad companions , but . to . her he had always been a good 1 ) dy , never cheating robbing her of a farthing , hut Cheerfully g iving her all his wages when « e had a place as an errand boy . He had made up Iisjnindtog 6 to 8 ea , when . out t > f the trouble , le was ^ v but would not be bound to any trade . JbBna ' &Xo . 5 , Wells-strcet , Cripplegate . T .. o e * onerf -ia- summing ' up , rcmjffitfd vpoathe v ^ :
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IQrtCTMCTa „ I > ii « . im im . 'KiM . \ im »<* " ^"" ^ ' ^? ^?^ ' ~^ Z r h- - - -jTfest manner .-in which" .-r . oa-incdic . il wiUeKsaa Cv ' rld judge of , a person ' s sinlty , and reccm . wcnded t " i . s iury not to return a verdict of fdo . /•; * . « c , t io sh the . OTidence appeared to show that'the iv Sased was-quita sane ,-ba * to return-aa open " - ' ' . ist that there was no cvider . ee upon which-they zciii positively judge of his * tate of . mini : He - ' - ¦ ' - ! $ a $ S that since he hadtneihonour to be depa . ty ~' f ' " -ner - Jie had held three inquests in . thia ni'isoir rt-i jhree in the . Model Prison ,: : n both of w&ioli " ] b « solitary system was acted upon , upon prisoaars ^ j , o fead committed suicide , ' whilst not one sucb eavr ^ i cad been holden in the Hou-se of Correctka , v-. ore s . ' ie solitary syetem was not . cbserred , Tl » Js -.-.. ' . an extraordinary fact , which supported Mi
; tj - ; .-r : 2 on that solitary / confinement-. tended to pr © -. £ ¦ ; & insanicy by acting on the nerves and the i -ji ^ fa .- "It was a sinsular circumstance , that all the ! rrcides in . this prison wore committed in tho same ' .:-K . i ; ner :: but he must say , that where- £ person was ¦ jiffOseA ssd determined ; io commit-EUJcidC ; ho * c- > ild do so in spite of -every precaution . The ' . ? , through the foreman , said they icunil that i ^ .-wed destroyed himself in a fit of ; tampoi-ary . ii- T - ^ ity , andihiit there was no evidenea to show l . h state of mind . The depiyiy coroner reminded . ' H-.-Z that there sv . is a slight inconsistency in that *• • -Get ; after another con 3 ultaiion , a voss'iofc of - . "jjporary insanity wasreturned . The coroner and "v / Vere informed that the . visiting justices had
" > L V' ?; ted the ventilator gratings to be covered with rej-forated zinc , andcevcral , which had been already our , were inspected . Dram or as orrLE ^ T' Chossikg g ^ Errar .. —On T V :-f :-jesday Mr . H . 51 . Wakley , the deputy coroner , v : ; Saa inquest at the Marviebone Vforkhcuss -en : w 30 dy of Andrew Eileyl an aged crossing sweeper , who Iiad for many years officiated at the comer of lltior-strcet , Portman-soaare , and whoee rca-Iy wit ~ rA ouaint replies had gained him many mends r :-Ticngst the residents of the neighbourhood . It- app-c-r . rod that on the previous Thursday , whilst parau-Iftg Ilia avocations , he was knocked down by r ; lbur-* vSeeled cab , and sustained injuries whish in the
« .-nt ! proved fatal . The deceased was in the habit of saying that he had fought under his Majesty in the Rebellion of 92 , and since then in the Pensssula , and had often come across Master " Boney , " T ? hom he '' escribed as a " rare ' cute , but slippery customer . " lie had succeeded , in Mb crossing , an old gentleman who had amassed a large fortune . Bfley ftivnsclf resided at a lodging-house in IleDi'ioJta-3 !; ect , JI « inchester-Equare , where he oceupicii the best apartments . He frequently boasted oi his weaHh , and was wont upon grand occasions to regsle tis comrades with the best of everything . He is stated to have paid a heavy sum for tho goodwill of the crossing , whieJi , however , amply remunerated ; himior his outlav . The vei-tlict was " Accidonlal .
« ieath . " F-iTAI . ACCIDEXT AT THE SOUTH-WEETEBN _ ) liTLtmt Tekmisus . —At the AVaterioo-rosd station on Wednesday , a immbev of men were Eiaiiinp : ready ths five p . m . train for Southampton , when Thomas ? . I . irtin , one of the porters , made an attempt to crozs thrmigh a vacancy between a number ai cari'hges . Unfortunately , at that inetant sis or seven Ken pushed a number of carriages forward with such violence as to force the poor fellow against the bnifers both back and front . The unfortunate man nirered a faint shriefe , and fell across the metals of the line , and the carriages having been detached , Martin was extricated , but quite insensible . He vim immediately placed in a cab and removed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where he died soon after bis admission .
Accident in Oxfojid-squake . —On Moaday nomiug an accident , nigh attended with sacrifice of -L « V % occurred in Oxford-square . For some months last , Mr . Bull , butcher , near Hyde-park-square , has had an extraordinary fast trotting horse , quite blind , v . h : ch he has used in his business , and which has obtained great notoriety in the locality from bis having done seventeen miles within ths hour . On the above morning the animal , which was in a light earf , with svo men sitting in it , suddenly took fright near Sir . Bull's door , and notwithstanding the united exertions of both the men to pull him up , he continued his mad career until he turned the corner of Oxford-square , when he got on the pavement , and knocked down a men and two boys , who were passing , but who luckily
escaped with some trifling bruises . On reaching Mr . Prescott ' s house one of the wheels came in violent contact with the iron railings in front of the house , which threw the animsl down , and the two men in the cart were pitched out en to the pavement a considerable distance , and were picked up in an insensible state . After the horse fell , Iseheger . to kies and plunge in a dreadful manner , overturned ths cart , 3 ; : d before any person could arrest bis progress , he iaecsedad in breaking away the massive iron railipss to ths extent of six feet , and having diEejigagen him-? tif from the broken shafts he fell through tho openiog into the area , a depth of ten feet , and broke his
back . After bc-in ? killed the body was got up by means of ropes . The two men have received considerable injuries , but they are not likely to be fatal . Fins xeab Oxford-Street . —On Sunday evening the neighbourhood of Bean-street , Oiford-3 trceti was thrown into a state of great confusion owing to a fire of a very seriou 3 character breaking cut in the premises occupied by Mr . Sapwell , a grocer , Ac ., earryiag on business at 2 > fo . SO , in the aboTe-menlioned thoroughfcire . The engines were 3 con on the spot , but the flames were not extinguished until a serious destruction of property had taken place . The houses aborning fortunately received but trifling damage .
Fire in Bermoxdset . —On Saturday evening a very destructive fire occurred upon the premises belonging to Jfr . Bennington , a painter and grainor , Xo . 5 , Gran ? c-place , Graoge-road , Bermondsey , "ithin a short distance of tha scene of tie disastrous conflagration which happened on Thursday Ia 3 t . The flames originated tlrus : —Mr . Bennington wa 3 engaged in preparing some varnish , when lie accidentally let a lighted caudle fall into the liquid . The firemen hastened to the spot , and no doubt eonldhave extinguished the flames before they had extended bryond the kitc ' acn if they could only have obtained a supply of water . Unfortunately ona hour and
twenty minutes elapsed before a drop of water could be obtained from the mains running through the ilistrict . Jlr . Uennington ' s premises , his furniture , stock in trade , and wearing apparel , were totally consumed . The sufferer was not insured for a single farthing ; his family , who a few houra previousl y were in comparatively . aSnentcircum ^ snces , liave been reduced io a state of uttsr destitujion , Mr . Braidwood in his official report returr . 3 the building destroyed for want of water , and 1 % . C , belonging to Mr . Harrison , and Xo . 4 , oscnpisd by Mr . Sectt ( both adjoining , ) injured by lire and removal .
Alabuixg Fires akd Psobasle Loss o ? Li ? 3 . — On Tuesday morning a serious Sre broke out ia the residence of Mrs . Eridgetfr , So . 3 , Great Coramstreet , Russell-square . Ii commenced in the front drawing-room , and was occasioned by tho iatenae heat of a register stove . The iiames ' could sot be extinguished until considerable daxage had been done to the building ana :: 3 contents , inclncijag a great many valuable pictures , costly plate glass , && . —About three hours later a iire , which was nearly attended with fatal results , happened at 3 d , Devonshire-street , Commercial-road East . Ij was extinguished , but not until some furniture wa 3 destroyed and the premises severely burned . —Shortly before noon on Monday a fire happened at ITo , 41 , ILion-street , Middlesex Hospital . A child beiween seven and ei"ht mor-tbs old * was so baciJ 7 burned
that its recovery ia almost hopeless . Fires . —On Wednesday morning , between iselve and one o ' clock , an alarming Sre broke out Ja the extensive warehouse of Mr . Jonas Defrica , cf ! So . 117 , Houndsditcb , lamp manufacturer , 5 c . The fire was discovered by the police , the Sanea bursting through the shutters . In consequer . co of tho extent of the premises considerable stem 7 t 23 Mb , and the fire , which is , supposed to have ieen occasioned by an escape of gas , was not extinguished until considerable uamasc had been done . The premises are insured in tfie Phasr . ix , Londco , and Legal Firo Offices . —Another fire broke cut on the premises of Mr . Reynolds , builder , &c , ti , Qucsn'srow , Mile-end , and ifce workshops w « re oonssined . The property is insured . The fire is Sappend to have been occasioned by a spark from a saadle falling amongst some shavings .
Muedzb is _ Sr . Paxcras . —While on d : ; J-7 on Monday morning , police constable , 280 , tlijccrsred , at six o ' clock , withifi the enclosnreofEusion- ^ iyuare , the body of a fine female infant , wrapped in « ra ^ el , baviDg another towel tightly fastened round her neck , apparently for the purpose of causing airaagulation . The constable instantly conveyed the body to the workhouse , where it was examiml b ¦ Dr . Robinson , the house pijsician , who gave it :. n his opinion that deceased had been strangled . Seizure of an Illicit Distillery . —Jn coasequence of information received by Messrs . "Beijsajin Elm ? and Frederick Pargeter , detective oJIkeri oi inland reTenue , on Saturday Isst they prccceile .-l to a hou ? e in Salamanca-slreet , Lambeth , nciiv to the South Western Railway , which had the r-cpKnm . ee extercaUy-of a wholesale glass bottle r » nrf . ho" ! ise . They knocked for adniisEion , butcoanswov « -. ^ '
returned , and in coDsequer . ce they procurd i \ h . \ &cr , and got in at the first-iloor window . In a bar .- room they disaovered that a still had been erected , bu : had been very recently removed , the worm tub bei'O ? left beiiind , and the water in it was quite wana . T . tere was , besides , all the necessary iron work fov . '« 5 fitting of the still . From other appearances Ibeie : Culd be no doubt whatever that the still had bzer , very hastily removed . They pursued - { heir % f ? v > : ' % and in a dark recess in the cellar they ' discovered a 2 itf ; at quantity of illicitly manufactured spirits , of tl ; ' ; nsnal strength , with about 150 gallons of mr-lMt-O ' pferroenud wash , and all the apparaias for cm rncr . en a T "y extensive trade . In a room on the gvovv . i rluor also they found a large pan of spirits prepweil , < " : adv for bctfling . The whole plant appeared fa if it Lad exigted for a con .-Jdfuble time , and must hrve derauat ^ the reYenue ot duty to theomouhtc »' Ee ? 2 ral
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thousand of pounds . Considerable expense End ingenuity had beea displayed , with a view of avoiding de-Itcction , asiplpes were . pwsed through . every ijaomlm the premises , and direcdf communicating Withjthe common sewei ' s , 'for the discharge ot the waste " wflsn ; so as completely to prevent the wej-knownifldour jffl-isingfroiE-ilHcitdiBtillation from evcir being detopt < w -by any one passing by . ; IjEhe bottle trade afforded a very satisfactory screen to . their real emplojonent ; for , when large hampers" w . « re frequently sent-ft'om the premise . s , no suspicion , yi « 3 excited , as they-were looked upon as some packages of-empty bottles ; in-Bterd of which they were filled with the contraband article . The seizure was conveyed to the ! nlandSSsveaco Warehouses , in Old Bcosd-street .
. A . Lunatic , 33 all . ~ On the ISth instant , being St . ; Iake ' B day , the entertainment of dancing and singins was afforded to a large . number of the « n-Aappy inmates of St . Luke ' s jEospital , under ciricumstgnces of . pjsouliar interest , it was the first oecasioc of this kind which haqteken place at £ & Luke's , and from the successful issue ' of the un ? dertaking it may-be expected to , be repeated . &i appears Siafc undergo judiciotlB menagement of th& reaidenfc . oflicers ,. acting with thevfanction of tha house committee ,., sad upon the flijpgestion of tiie '; phyeiciaoscf the hospital , between' sisty and seventy oi ' djsp . at ionts , men and women , were assembled at six o'clock . in the esgaing in the great hall in the ; centre of the building , . and music ibeing provided ,
they were , fluickly arranged in their ; plcces for the old English country dance . This , wit /? ^ appropriate changea , wag kept up .., wrrh great spirit . until nine o ' clock , when ail retired ; p 2 aeeabJy and jcheerfaUy to their respective apartments . The officers of'ihe estabHsbjawmt , with such nuises and attendants as could be © mired from the galleries , joined , inairrily in the dance . ' By this means tie confidence - ¦ of : tke patients was secured , and they showed thenu ' elves grateful for the enjoyment afforded tliem , by enuring into the amuBement . wifchout ^ evity or boisterous conduct of any kind . The vigilant eye of the md r ° rested anxiously upon the women , many of whiom had been but recently admitted in an apparently hopeless state of lunacy , and the experiment . ^ tra'S
upon the whole the more important in the case % this hospital , it being well known to receive within its walls the most violent cases of acute mania , and to retain them only until cured , . or until , after a twelvemonths' trial , the disease . appears beyond ; human power to relieve . There are at present 106 ; patients in the hospital—ninety-one men and 103 women . The average cures during the last year was sixty and half per cent ., being a . considerable improvement upon former years . The Election of a President of the jRopal Academy , in the room of the late Sir Martin Archer Shee , is to take place early in November . Rumour -states that the academicians . are very much , divided in -their choice , and that there 13 consequently likely to be a sharp contest .
Stisikr of the Smiths . —On Tuesday morning , at eight o ' clocK , a number of tlie smiths emp loyed on the building for the Exhibition in Hydo r . irk . Btruck for an advance of wages from 4 s . to-5 s . per day . Fresh hands were taken on , and there was an attempt made to intimidate them , but the police sosnrestored order .
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and all the facts with which the public are familiar . —A pplication was-made on Tuesday to I « ord 'Chief Justice tfervis ,, afrJudges' Chambers , to admit Sirrcll , the ativerflmitb , to bail , which the learned judge consented to do , fixing the amount at £ 1 , 000 for " Sirrell ' a recogriteance , and four sureties in £ 1 /) 00 each ; notice to . bejgiven to the prosootjtara of the day when the prisoner is to be brought up so as to give them an opportunity of objecting to the bail . .-Alleged Death . of . iA ^ Ssahan mibouoh the Cruelty op ACiPiAiN . —On Monday , an inquest was held before Mr . Curry , -coroner for Liverpool , on the body of Henry , Warden , a seaman , twentyfive years of age , whose death it was alleged had
been accelerated through ihe pvuelty of a captain The ship's name ie ; tho Maid of . tfie Mill , and tlie party accused , Capiain Alexander Wilson , was in attendance . The firat ' witness .-called was'Mary Warden , the mother , of the deceased . She stated that the vessel had aK'ived in Liverpool on the . previous Tuesday . She 4 earned that . her eon had been ill , and taken to . the Northern ( Hospital . She svlsited him { here on Thursday , when ho told her ( that ho had been bath starved and ill-used on board . He had beeritKlL below , when the captain ordered him up , and oa deceased telling him that he ¦ could not move as he-had scurvy in , iis feet , he then threw two buckete-of water over , ; , him in his < berth . He was so chilled , that ho could scarcely
onova , and had to cr . awL . cn his handstand knees to > $ b . e windlass . lie aleo-ctated that he was glad ito . gofc hold of bits of bone to pick . Ob tho next snotphg ( Friday ) the 'deceased died . —Samuel Whitlej ' , a servant at the hospital , himseWcrmerly a m ^ rinor , deposed to deceased making ,. ' nimilar dying declarations . —John 'Slffison , who was mate of Ahes ' . brig Maid of tho ; Mili ! , . was then sworn . Ho said . they sailed from Valparaiso in July lact for LiveqnQc ! . The deceased -was then quito ., veli . The . seeoad dfiy after they had been at sea , ho coni | Jlniu 6 d of rheumatic or souv-yy . pains . He ' . p-ant below , ; and was not troubled > by .-acy one to . eome on deekifor three or four day *; , vTfce captain tb . cn went forwai'd below , and direetly . aftcr tho ; deceas , ed
came on < dqck . He came to theiheim and remained there for t ^ o or three hours . S ? oi ; tfee next ten or iwelve ( Jaytythe deceased did BQh-. &OKie on ioeky Witness weni down every two -oi \ three days to iiee him . Ke complained of rheematJo pains . At t , he end of il ^ ai time ihe crew eomp . laiiied to him ( i . he mate ) that lie was skulking . EhisAS-ao reported U tho mastei ; , » v ; ho went down , an < £ an order came up to send down two buckets of cold -water . This the -captain thi ^ v ? over the deceased flSs . ilft lay in bed . . He came 45 a deck , shivering withhold , and weef aft to the ^ heel , where he remfiine ^ three or fouriiour 3 . Twc < days after the captain i . took him out . of ' iho forecastle , placed him in tfte . ' hptfeqk , al
and-piathim on 6 ^ ort lowance . " Snort . . allowance * " . means tea ,, coffee , soup , and . everything which tihe men lures except pork and Aeef . In fact , 'iii iwas questionable whether meat - ^ asgopd for him-j ' . the men reverted to witness ihst . h 6 l , wJas labouring under a cesjain disease . Wit&esa .. considered « t first that : be was skulking . Ail . tho men thought so too , and had signed the Iog 4 o . th . ae effect . Kassr knew tho -captain ill-treat him -f , urther than had been described . —Mr . Wall , 8 E . rgo . 9 rt to the Northern Hospital , deposed that the deceased , had died froRi dropsy , and } there was no rea 3 oa . ; to , suppose thai it had been . set up by other tfcan ; natural causes . .. '
. Charge of : &hootino . —At . the Liverpool polioai court , on Saturday last , Mr . 'i ' chn Kilshaw , son ofj tte lato Mr . Councillor Kilshaw , and who appeared , recently , at the assizes as the proseeuto . r in a case in which two poliee . 3 ien were charged with an assault , was placed io the dock , chf « i-ged with shootin" a £ a Mr . Forstef . on the 13 th insfc . Mr . Joseph Fostej-, who said he -was an engmeSl , stated , that onthe > aveningof the loth inst ., ha went to tho sien of die Globe , Lawi-ence-street , io see the landlord , who was not at home at the time . . He stopped , on the invitation of the landlady , and ; isad a hand at cards , in tho meantime Kilshaw c < une in and used very bad language to shim . He asked for an explanation . a # d a quarrei ensued , betwoen them .
Witness after fi&n into the street , and was followed by tbe prisoner . Ha was toli by a butcher that tfie prisoner had a knife or something of the kind in his hand , nnd he an nway , but . had not gone a dozen yards when ho was shot in the back . The ball penetrated his clothes and scarred the bone of his back . The statement ; of Forster was corroborated by two females , who stated that they were in the street when the pistol was fired . For the defenoe , it was stated that the complainant was a fighting character , that he had made a most savage assault upon Kilshaw , and was waiting in the street for the purpose of renewing the attack when Kilshaw went out . Tho prisoner was coEiciitted to take his trial .
Destructive Fire in OxronDsninE . — -About the middle of tho day on Friday the ISth inBt .., a fire , most destructive in its consequences , broke out in the populous village of Bloxham , threo miles from Danbury , on tho road lending to Chipping Norton . It commenced in a straw-stack in the rick-yard of Mr . Thomas Gulliver , one of the largest farmers in the county of Oxford . There were sixteen or seventeen large corn-stacks in the same enclosure , but the wind blowing from the north-west , and they standing on that side of the slack in which the flames first appeared , the fire was blown away from them and they were saved , onl y one of them receiving slight damage . The . buildings of the homestead were in close continuity with tha straw
stack , and they were immediately in iiames . They were all thatched , and in a few minutes were on fire over their wholo extent , which was unusually great . Tho only portion of the buildings saved was that part of tho dwelling-house which had a slated roof . Tho barns and various out-buildings contained a Jarge amount of property , principally in corn and wool , Of the latter there were twelve or thirteen years' clip , said to be worth more that £ 2 , 000 . The quantity of corn was also very considerable . The household furniture was mostly saved , but the implements were burnt . A large malt-houae , nearly adjoining Mr . Gulliver ' s premises , and belonging to Mr , Willctts , also ignited , and . with its contents , was totally destroyed . Mr .
Gulliver ' s premises stands upon a considerable elevation , and when tho fire was at its greatest height flukes of burning thatch were flying over the lower part of the village , the houses in which are nearly all thatched . The consequence was that . 1 house 300 or 400 yards from the scene of the first fire ignited , and upon that spot two cottages were speedily destroyed , the inmates having barely time to remove their little stock of furniture . While this was going on , one of a row of houses standing by the side of the public road , and about 300 yards from Mr . Gulliver ' s , took fire , and the flames spread rapidly along the row . Here six or seven houses were totally destroyed , including that of one of the clergymen of the place . The flames
were stopped in their devouring course only by the exertions of forty or fifty workmen employed by Messrs . Cubitt of London , in rebuilding Wickbamhouse , about a mile and a half from Bloxhani , who , on hearing the alarm , set off with their saws and axes , and , getting ladders , unroofed the house of Mr . K . Potter , and cut off the communication with the village on that side . The furniture from these houses was , by dint of very great exertions , mostly removed , as was also a large quantity of wool which was stored in Mr . Potter ' s barn . Other premises were fired from the falling flakes from Mr . Gulliver ' s premises , but , assistance being at hand , they were easily preserved . Tho engines from Banbury and Adderbury soon arrived , and
were promptly set to work , but the supply ot water soon failed , and the nearest spot from which a further supply could be obtained was the stream running through the valley which divides the village into two parts . This rendered it necessary to form long lines of persons to convey the water , and it was' with difficulty those lines could bo maintained , even for a short time . Most of the able-bodied portion of the labouring class did what little they did very reluctantly , asking who was to pay them , and being more anxious to get drink which some of them did to excess ) than to aid in putting out the fire or rescuing the property ; at enfith they refused to do anything . The farmers little influence
in the place seemed to have very over them . The women , of all degrees , even to the young ladies in Mrs . Trevethick ' s boardingschool , rendered all the aid they could give in handing tho empty buckets . The greater part of the furniture in tho houses must nave been consumed but for tho inraluable exertions of a little knot of athletic and courageous young men from Banbury , who , at all risks to their lives , devoted themselves to removing the property . Any attempt to save the houses was hopeless . Nothing is known with certainty as to the origin of the fire , but there are reasons for suspecting it to have been a wilful act . The property is mostly , if not wholly , insured .
The IlEBDEK-nniDOK Mvrdkr . —This horrid deed remains involved in mystery . Tho brothers of Helliwell , the man first apprehended , and on whom suspicion was cast by what might have been merely an incautious and foolish remark of his wife , having been exiimined to sec if any wounds were on their hands , have been , set . at . liherty , there being nothing to warrant their detention . : One of the brothers was in such a state of intoxication , and his answers to tho magistrates were so incoherent , that nothing satisfactory could be made of him . Green also , another suspected person , after a further
examination before the magistrate ? , has been set at liberty , and it is said by those who first examined the toilbar-keeper ' s bed after iiis murder , that there was an appearance in tho clothes of some ono else having slept by his side , a clear ridge of the impressed bed clothes being observable between the place , where he seemed to have . slept and the place where tho second porson had been . The . circumstance has opened up a new field of speculation on this painfulsubject . The government have offered a reward of £ 100 to the discoverer of th , e murderer n addition to the £ 20 offered by tho trateesofthe
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turnpike , with a free pardon to any accomplice whose hands are not stained with the acteal crime . OornAaEoufl Jjsicws . — LiyBBPOOl , HOQday . --On Saturday evening two < ruffians Bacseq : i-x > n : ins and Davfc , and an Irishman .,., aapwd ^ nny , Attacked a man named 2 , < ynolSe , » n ,- )? - }" ' ¥ ' - street , butby the assistance bl the hystonders Kenny was secured and taken to the ' police station . Here , however , they refused to receive h | m ' , as no ofiioers saw the assault committed . Being thus released , he and his companion ' s next commenced a ruffianly assault on several gentlemen , members of the Palatine Club , in Bold-street , who were standing at the door of that building . Here , however , Kenny met his match ; the gentleman whom he
selected as . the object of attack having quietly floored him by a knock-down blow ,: Meantime bis companions created ' a general row . ; but all of them were ultimately secured with the aid of the servants of . the club and others . -Again , the police refused te . entertain the oharge , until a superior officer being appealed to , Kenny was lodged in Bridewell , the . others having effected their esoape . At thesitting-of the police-court on Monday , the party taken prisoner , when called on , answered to the name , of G . W . Scott , of Dublin . The ' complainant was Jamas iCairhs , of Ranelagh-street . The ^ facts of the case having been . proved , the defendant was fined 30 $ . and costs , Mr ,-Rushton giving the
prisoner a severe lecture . _ Extensive Robbery of Puts , « fco . — Nottingham , Monday . —An extensive robbery took , place last ( Sunday ) night at the premises of Mr . Travell , pawnbroker and silversmith , Long-row , Nottingham . The , aiannerin wfiichthe thieves , effected an entrance to . the premises is exceedingly remarkable . It appears . that at ei ht o'clock in the evening all was secure , One of Mr . Travell ' s young , men sleepsupoo-thepremises , andremained undistutbed during tho -whole of tho night . Upon leaving his room , however , this morning , he perceived by numerous trinketB being scattered about several of the apartments , that robbers had been in . xfcheiPJ ? emisc 8 . He accordinglyti ; aised an alarm , and it ultimately . appeared thatithe thieves had effected an . entrance through the backtff the premises \ that . the .
pavement leading io .-the back yard had been > taKenup , so as to admit . of .. the body of a man . ; and that after the robbei-s vliad arrived in the back . yaw , -vrit ' h the use of - " jjemiBies" and crowbars , tbe . door ' . leading to the saopihadbeen forced open . Amongst the property stolen .. are seventy gold and . silver wgiches , three or four- dozen of silver table desert ane | tea-spoons , thtfee ., dozexi of gold wedding rings , a . Quantity of ladies' fancy / gold chains , a number of goRriibert guards , fancy gold rjnga , gold shirtstuds , silver sugar bows ,, and a great variety . of othorvjaduable articles of , JQj ? ellory , < fec . The value of fcbe . ptelen property aniQjrots to several hundred pounds ,,, Irat at present capnofc be Correctly ascertained . ; { immediately after . the . discovery of the robbery , the ^ tting ham police jweue on the alert , but as yet no ok * J has been obtained las to the parties implicatedin . tho affair . . .
Tj ie LAT ^' IkJBBEBY OI'THB iSQDTH STAFFORDSHIRE Mail CiB $ < srr f& though Inspector { Glossop has been indefatigable ! in' his endeavours ^ trace the bags of which the oiajI / CjU'fc was rbbbe < lonf the ¦ vYednesburyroad , last week , iiis efforts have . not . as yet been btpught to a .-weoessful issue . jDurjng the week , attempts have ibeen made to negotiate : two of tho bailor ' s bills , « # wfc formed part -of the -contents , and the persons whp ^ ssayed the foolhardy . attempts have fceen taken Jntorcustody . In the firatiinstanco , a man , who afterward * gave his name as-George Bond , ftnd who belongs £ 0 the vagrant class : known in . SoutluStaffordshire w ! Rodneys , " presented at Riifford ' s&ank , Sfcpurbuidge , one of Messrs ., boater vbA Baldwin ' s bills , of theyalue of £ 99 . The . otark endorsed
of ithe bank perceived that , it was specially to Messrs . Spooner and Atywood , of London , and this . circumstance immediately caused him toauspectthat itwafi ono of the stolen billB , regarding which he had received a precautionary notice . He accordingly detained the man on some pretence , and having sent fb ? tho police , he was taken into custody / information was sent to Bilston , and on Wednesday Mr . Foster attended before his brother magistrates at Stourbridge , and identified the bill as one of those which wore enclosed in the bag on tho night of the robbery . On Wednesday another apprehension was made in Birmingham . A man purchased some clothes at the shop of Mr . Foulkes , draperBull Ringand tendered a bill to the
, , amount of £ 9 10 s ., apparently expecting , though _ a stranger , to receive the difference in hard cash . In this case , also , the bill was endorsed as negotiable with Spooner and Attwoods ; and Mr . Foulkes requested the man to accompany him to the Birmingham office of those bankers , in ; New-street . Here he was at once detained , and , Mr . Glossop being sent for , he was soon under safe keeping in Mooretreefc prison . He said his name was Benjamin Berrington , and described himself > s a collier , residing at Greet ' s Green , in the parish of West Bromwich . Inspector Glossop searched his house an hour or two afterwards , but nothing was found which connected him further with the robbery . JIehefoudshibe Election . —The election of a
member to represent this county in Parliament , in the room of Mr . Bailey , deceased , took place on the 18 th inst ., but excited very little interest , as it was generally understood that there would not be a contest .. Mr . Booker , a gentleman who possesses considerable property in the neighbouring county of Glamorganshire , was duly proposed and seconded . In addressing the electors , Mr . Booker assured them of hie earnest desire to uphold the principle of protection to British industry , and declared that so long as ho remained in Parliament he would never cease to strive for the re-impoBition of a protective duty , without which he believed the agricultural interest of England could never prosper . The high sheriff declared Mr , Booker elected . _
BURMXO 0 ? TUB IiOBD OF THB ISMS WlNDEBmebe Steamer . —The burning of this steamer in the month of July lasfc will be remembered , at which time a reward of £ 50 was offered by the company for the discovery of the aupposed incendiary . From inquiries which havo since been made , suspicion attached to two men employed by the company , James Ililay , the fireman of the burnt vessel , and William Jackson Archer , fireman of the Lady of the JLako , which resulted in their being taken before the Kendal bench last week , when the magistrates considering that there was sufficient ground of suspicion against the accused , they were committed for trial at tho assizes , but to be admitted to bail if they could find the necessary sureties .
The Uncivilised . —At Salford a / man named Edward Richards . is in custody for an assault of a most brutal character . On Sunday a war of words was engaged in between this man and a neighbour , named Bradbura . Their wives joined in the quarrel , when Richards seized tho wife ofBradburnby the hair of tho head , dragged her into his own house , and struck her two blows on the head with a poker , inflicting serious wounds . Bradburn , who rushed after his wife to rescue her , was assailed by Richards with a knife , and received two stabs in the neck . Mrs . Bradburn is confined to her bed at the Dispensary , anil Richards , on being Drought beforo tho magistrates on Tuesday , was remanded , that it might be ascertained if she was likely to
recover sufficiently to give evidence . _ . Suicide axd Supposed Child Mordbh . —During tho past three or four days considerable excitement has prevailed in the village of Wavertree , in consequence of Catherine- Carnall , a housemaid in the employ of Mr . Francis Hollins ^ of Cow-lane , Wavertreo , having concealed the birth of an Infant child , and afterwards committed suicide by taking a quantity of vitriol . The circumstance is rendered more painful from the fact thai the unfortunate girl was respectably connected , being the daughbej' of a farmer residing in Leicestershire , possessed an amiable disposition , and up to the time of this lamentable occurrence had borne ihe most irreproachablo character . An inquest was held on Saturday
last , before Mr . John Heyes , coroner , at the house of Mr . Hollins , on the bodies of Catherine Carnell , and her female infant child , and from the evidence then adduced it appeared that the deceased had given notice to leave her master ' s serrico , but on the previous Thursday an anonymous letter , badly written , and ' enclosed in an envelope addressed in a good commercial hand , was received by Mr . Hollins , intimating that Catherino Carnall had given birth to a child about three weeks since , and requesting that he would investigate the matter and question her fellow servants . Mr . Hollins mentioned tho subject to Cavnall , who confessed that she had been delivered of a child , and that she had buried it in the privy , wrapped up in , her own apron . Search
having been made the infant waB found as described . Tho sudden disclosure threw the deceased into the greatest excitement . She rushed out of the house , ran to the edge of the pond a short distance from the premises , and was about making a plungo into tho , water , when her master , who had pursued the unfortunate female , prevented her from doing so , brought her back , and confined her in his own parlour . Shortly after this she . requeste d permission to retire to the water closet , and was allowed to do so under tho surveillance of three fellow domestics . On leaving the apartment she said she wanted to go into an adjoining closet , where the cleaning utensils and materials were kept . This request was at first refused , but ultimately she was allownd to enter the closet , after declaring that she iMlVU VU ifV VfcwVW « ivmv »| •••¦•• wwaM ( k *» g VUHVHUO
*** ** only wanted an apple . Having prooured an apple sho instantly threw it down , reached from the shelf a bottle-containing vitriol , and expeditfously swallowed a portion of the contents . The bottle was knocked from her mouth , but not until enouch had been swallowed to occasion death . Mr ITolUns having been informed what Carnall had done , with the utmost kindness and promptitude sont to Liverpool for the famil y doctor , and also for Dr . Kenyan , of Wavertree , who administered the . usuaiyemodies . alli oi ; . which proved of no avail . Iho untorfcunate girl died between aeven and eight 0 clock on tho following Friday . A pott movtm examination was made on the body of the child , when Dr . Kenyon gavo it as his opinion that it : had breathed once or twice at least , The jury , however ,
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returned a verdict to the effect that there was sufficient evidence to tell whether the child h ° A been born dead or atfvo : It was not deemed nen sary to ' make a pogt'mdrfijm : examination : of thef male , as the cause of death was : ascertained an 1 verdict of "Temporary insanity" returned . ' a The Owiugb in G-REAr , Hampton-street Rt MiNGHAM . —We are happy to be able to announce tw Mr . Marston is progressing favourably towards » covery from theeffects of the dreadful attack bi » a ! upon him-by burglers on the-morning of Monda » week .. -On . Saturday night last , another fell ownamed Marshall , was taken into custody , by S « h-in ' spector Dew , of Ilandsworth , and the . hat found hi Inspector Glossop at the house has been identified 4 belonging to him . ' : ; . ' :.. ;
DROWNING FKOM A ' FlSHIIfGBoAT , AND SlX GCLAj ; Recovery of irkis Body . —On Saturday last an j ^ quest was held at the Blanket-row station house Hull , before J . Tborriey , Esq ., coroner , upon the body of Thomas Bartletfc , a boy about fourteen year | of age . The deceased was apprentico on board a Ramsgate fishing vessel . On the 18 th hist , the cre ^ of thi 3 vessel were trawling off Spurn , it blowing strong at the time , ' and the sea running very hi gh * The deceased , at about three o ' clock , was sitting 05 a spar cleaning fish for breakfast next morning , when the vessel was struck by a heavy sea , which washed overboard both him and the funnel of the stove . ] j was missed by the crew , but nothing more was seen of him until they hove their net at six o ' clock , when his body and the funnel were found in it . Verdicts " Accidentally drowned . "
The Dorsetshire Labourers of ins KiNEiEE . vrB CENTVRr . —At the Quarter Sessions" of the peace of the county of Dorset , held at Dorchester last wee k the report of the chaplain ' of the gaol was read ia open court , and which contained the following startling facts under tho head of " Statistics q £ crime : "—After congratulating the country upon tho decrease of crime , during the past year amounting to at least twenty-six per cent ., it state s * " That there had been 828 committals during the present year . Out of 828 , into whose religious ' and
moral condition he had closely inquired , I find that 267 had never attended any place of divine worship , either in ( churches of the establishment or . dissenting chapels , and 301 had never learnt to read . Out of 749 who could repeat the lord'g Prayer , 386 had not the slightest notion of itg meaning ; out of 022 who could repeat the Apostle ' s Creed , 137 , or nearly one sixth part , had no hno ^ ledge of the nature , the work , or even the name of Christ . " [ And yet we send missionaries : abroad , and pay more expensively for home education than any other nation in the world . ] ¦
. The I . ATK attempted Robbery at Kexd , \ l bi means of Chloroform . —The man charged with tha attack upon the Rev . Lacblam M'Intosh , at Shaw ' s Temperance Hotel , KeDdal , was tried at itie Westmoreland Michaelmas Sessions / Kendal . last week . He gave his name Charles Montgomery , but his real . name is Charles Vem , from Carlisle . Ha pleaded guilty to the charge of attempting to rob , and was sentenced by the bench to eighteen months ' solitary confinement . Cruelty , to Lascar Seamen at
BotiTnAtiPTnv—Vebdjci of Manslaughter . —The adiburned in . quiry , before E . Coxwell , Esq ., the Borough Coroner , into the ; circumstances causing the death of Dorgayah ( one of the Lascar seamen who died in tbe Southampton Docks , on board tho barque yew Liverpool , Capt . Howies , ) was resumed on Tuesday evening , at the Audit House , in the presence of a large number of inhabitants , the . ( iffair having created great sensation . The evidence did not vary from that which appeared inthei \ wMer » Star of last week , and the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Captain Howies . " Tha captain had been in the court tho whole evening until the coroner commenced summing upj when he disappeared , and was non est when tho verdict ; was returned .
Destruction by Fire 0 ? a Factoet at Wah » iwx « ton . —On Wednesday afternoon a fire was discovered in the large fire-story spinning factory di Messr * . Allen and Co ., Butter Market-street , ' Warrington . The fire-bell was immediately rung , and by the exertions of the firemen and the people , several engines were at the place in a few minute , but so furious was the firej that the heat was too intense to allow them to get within good working distance of the building ; and could they havo dona so , the progress of the flames was too rapid for tha exertion oi the men to be of much use upon that chief part of the mill , and therefore their engines were directed , without delay , to the saving of the surrounding and neighbouring buildings . The
intense heat very soon , broke nearly all tno windows of the Savings Bank , on the opposite side of ii twelve-yard street , the paint was melted , and tho frames frete smoking to such a degree that they would have beon on fire in a few minutes but for the exertions of the brigade , who contrived , with great difficulty from the heat , to throw water upon them . The whole of the spinning mill was in eno blaze of fire so quickly , that within half an hour tho entire roof fell in with a terrible crash , car * rying all the floors and spinning machinery tffta it to tho bottom . Tlie side walls then fell , leaving the two ends standing apparently in fearful danger of falling—that on the east upon some dwellinghouses , which had by this time been emptied of their inhabitants , with nearly all their furniture , and that at . the west end upon the engine-house , which latter and a large building full of ma « Ihinery and goods beyond it were saved by tha
energies of the firemen and numerous other people , who gave their assistance in the most energetic manner . A large weaving shed , within a very few yards on the south side , containing many hundred looms , was also saved by similar exertions . Bui the worst remains to be told . The time when the fire commenced was just when the workpeoplo were returning to their labour after dinner . Many of them , chiefly boys , had reached the top room , and their usual means of exit was cut off ; but Alcock one of the men , threw out a rope , made of cotton banding , by which -all of them slid down ftS they best could , and going last himself , the ropo broke with him , letting him fall from a great freight , by which he is very dangerously injured . . Another , in jumping out , fell upon the spike (> i an iron pallisade , by which he was so much hurt that ho is since dead . For some months to come , about 200 people will be thrown out of work , but the weavers will resume work hi a few days .
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& $ * ProimHf ^ TnE Mcbdbh ai BnisNTWOOD . —Funeral of the . Murdered Woman . —The-funeral of Jael Denny , , the victim ^ f the abovo horrible tragedy ., took place on Saturday afternoon last , in the churchyard of the village of Doddinghurst , distant about two miles and a half frsra the cottage in which the deceased's parents reside .. The ceremony was conducted in tho most private manner possible . About three . o * elock a one-horse heawse of tho commonest description received the paupe . i ? eofnn-. in which the body had been deposited , and immediately afterwards moved off towards Doddinglmrsiv followed by the aged father and mother , a siste ? of tho doceased , and two or three neighbours . As the mourners walked thefu-: neral carriage was compelled to proceed at a very
slow pace , and it was four o ' clock before it amvec at the church . Here a small knot of villagers had assembled to witness the < xremony , hat there waa no indication of vulgar curiosity on the part of any person present . On the contrary , all the spectators seemed deeply impressed with the melancholy occasion . The coffin having been removed from the hoarse , was conveyed into the church on the shoulders of four young men , preceded by the vicar , the Rev . W . Manley , reading a portion of the funeral service . The coffin having been placed on tressels in the centre isle , the usual prayers were read over the body , after which tho procession returned into tho churchyard , in a retired corner of which the coffin wa 3 lowered into a grave about five feet deep .
The friends of tho deceased , especially her sister , as well 33 most of the bystanders , were painfully affected , and the scene altogether was of a very melancholy character . Among the parties present in the churchyard was Mr . Cumbers , tho present employer of Lust , who attended as a mark of respect to his servant . An eye-witness states that a more distressing group than the family presented on this occasion it would certainly be difficult to conceive . Tlie father-in-law is nearly seventy years of age , and the mother is more than sixty . ¦ All theirmeans of living is derivable from the scanty wages of the old man , as a labourer on the farm of Hi : Cumbers , who took Lust into his employ when he was
discharged a few weeks since by Mr . Drory , sen . Mrs . Lust is a woman of tolerable education , and has brought up a family of eight children , of whom the deceased was tho youngest . Lust had also eight children when he married Mrs . Denny , some years since , but both families aro now grown up , and the deceased was the only child who resided with her parents . The poor old , couple are , in truth , very worthy objects of sympathy , and if any charitably disposed parties should feel inclined to extend to them a little temporal relief in tho hour of their affliction , Mr . Hammond has consented to receive subscriptions addressed to him at the Brentwood Post-office , and to see the funds applied for their benefit . :
Fatal Accident .-On tho ISth inst ., two youths , sons Of TFilliam Howard , Esq ., of Tory-bridgehouse , near Ifew-cross , Deptford ; were amusing themselves rowing in a small wherry on the Thames , when off Eugsby-nolo tho swell raised by several steamers passing swamped the lior . t . One of the young gentleman was rescued by a lighterman , but the other , a fine youth , aged sixteen , was drowned . The Murderous Attack at Bath . — The perpetrator of the assault committed upon the landlord and landlady of the Queen-square tavern , Bath , was on the 18 th inst ., brought before the mayor at tho Guildhall . Not only tho jnngistrales -room , but thejligh-street , was crowded . Mrs . toplestone . thouffh verv weak from loss of blood , was
ablo to attend the inquiry . She described the nature of the attack as already reported . Mr . bore , surgeon , described the alarming 3 tate m which lie found Mr . Coplestone . On Saturday morning last , however , he found him going on well , and there was no immediate danger . It would , however , be a week or ten days at least before he would be able to appear in court . His worship , accordingly , remanded the prisoner for a week . Walhs bowed politely to the bench , and was then removed in custody of the police . He ma de no observation to the magistrates , but we understand that he affirms he was first attacked by the landlord . Tire Liverpool Plate RoBBEny . —The prisoners Sirrell and Macauley were formally committed to
take their trial at the next Liverpool assizes , by the Kirkdale magistrates , ofl the 18 th inst . Kothing further transpired , and Ihe London officers returned to town by the eleven o'clock train , taking with them the packages of plate and jewellery which they had brought down for identification . _ A list , descriptive of the various articles remains in Liverpool ; but no additional claims have yet been made , although several person ' s havo visited the policeoffice in the hope of finding some of their lost treasures amongst the property seized at the house of Sirrell . The police authorities are in communication with Captain Brown , of the Dublin constabulary , and that gentleman has just forwarded a description of plate stolen in Ireland , which , it Is thought , will correspond with somo found in
Sirrell ' s shop . Since the examination on the previous Tuesday , Sirrell has been very low in spirits , and has frequently been heard to say that he wished himself dead , or shot . He appears much concerned at the cases in London and other places , which it is stated are in course of preparation against him . It is said that Maguire , who was released from custody on Friday morning , entertained a number of his particular friends at his house in School-lane in the evening . It seems that , a day or two before the arrest of Sirrell in London , Macauley and Maguire vrere drinking together in a public-house in the vicinity of Paradise-street . It was in the evening , a short time before tho London post closed . A man who acts as a private watchman in the district cniered the house for thejarpose of refreshing himself , while the prisoners happened to be there . One of themaeco 3 tedtbeunrecognised guardian of the nifht . " Holloa ! what ' s your name ! Come here ;
I ' ve not seen you for years , u ake these letters for ir . e to the Post-office , and when you come back I'll treat you to gome ale . " " - £ « t me have the ale first , " said the wily incognito , " and I will execute your bidding after . " He drank the ale and proceeded on his way , hut , instead of directing his steps to the Post-office , he pointed them in the direction of the police-office . TVhen . it ' was'known from whom the letters proceeded , they were opened and copies taken , but they were not despatched by the same night ' s post—a fact of which Mr . Lewis , Sirrell's attorney , was evidently ignorant on Tuesdav when addressing the magistrates , for he was unable to reconcile the discrepancy in tho date of the letter and the date of the Post-office mark . In a word , he knew nothing of the circumstances which led to his client's apprehension . The letter of Macauley gave the clue to all that followed—to theforwirding of the jjaroel , the arrest of Sirnell ,
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StOtlantt ; " Lord Gough . —The freedom of tho burgh of Kverness was presented on Thursday , the 17 th iasL to Lord Gough . at a large meeting of the burgesses , convened in the Town Hall for that purpose , w reply to a most graceful address of Provost Sim pson , the noble and gallant veteran said , that his military successes had been very signally aided by tno valour of Scotchmen . His first triumph in the fieW was as a lieutenant of light infantry in the I&W Highlanders , raised in the immediate vicinity pi i « verness . Tho name of Lord Goug h immediate ^ , succeeds that of Princo Albert on the burgess ro " of . Inverness . . . ROTAlllKSIDEXCE I . V StRATIIDEE .-A W ^ f . % * been presented , in the statutory form , to the : w ru Of Session , by the heirs of entail , praying *»»»{ £ ,, ags ^ t % t «^ and of the Forest of Whitemouth , with thog » J o £ house of Albergeldie , in thia county , in "JSoflof his Royal Highness Prince Albert , for the 1 p «^ forty yeavs after tho term of Whitsunday , w * Aberdeen JwniaL t » tts ( 3 T 3 E Opening pr tub Sbw . Dock , ax » utiw it Foundation Siose at tub Wood ^ "fJJtnrf GnHH 00 K ,-Frfday , the 18 th ™ t < >™^ t oW ' holiday in Greenock , consequenti upon tw ia vance e-f a double ceremonial o / - * " * "JJTjidM the town ^ tbe . formal-opening of t he Twtorw *
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MiUttZMystebiotjs Death pp an Old Woman . —Anothef shocking homicide , at present involved in great mystery , has been discovered at Haverford-vrest , South Wales . The deceased , an elderly woman , named Elizabeth Burnard , was' discovered lying in a ditch near the Methodist chapel in that town . She was scarcely sensible , and in a comp letely helpless state , and with tho consent of thtf hf ' lady of that house was carried to tho Corn ft 7 '" 13 Arms Tavern , where she was put to bed , under v"Q impression that she was tipsy . It was subsequently , however , discovered that her condition was the result of violence to which she had been
subjected , and notwithstanding that she received every care and attention from Mr . Morris , surgeon , by whom she was attended , she continued to grow worse , and ultimately died . Mr . Morris , assisted by another surgeon named Millard , made a post mortem examination of tho body , when they found that the poor old woman had received severs injuries of the spino , left leg , buttocks , &o . Tho cause of death had been a violent blow inflicted with somo hard blunt instrument . Intelligence of the matter being conveyed to the coroner a jury was summoned , and an inquiry into the cause of death commenced'before that officer . Mr . Lloyd , the superintending constable , also ' felt it to be hia
duty to apprehend a woman namen Jane Evan ? , whom he suspected , and charged with having been concerned in the outrage , but against whom , however nothing definite . could be adduced . The evi * denee altogether was of a very unsatisfactory and conflicting nature , so much so that while it left no doubt of a cowardly and cruel homicide having been committed , it threw but very little light on the real circumstances connected with it . Tha jury returned a verdict-, " That the deceased Elizabeth Burnard died from the effects of violence inflicted on her by some person or persona unknown 5 " which , being what is called an open verdict , still leaves the matter open to further in ? quiry by the magistracy and police authorities ,
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T _ _ -T o S 1 D OCTOBER 26 , 1850 . THE NORTHERN f kR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 26, 1850, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1597/page/6/
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