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um iii _ i ¦ fin ' ui » i iiiiiMLJiiiH a Z % t jBTStfApOUS . "Health or Losdox . —The . official report sr . ys : — The d-aths In ihe metropolitan disnicts . which in either of the two previous w ( e ' is hardly exceeded § 70 , assisi showao increase : fur in the week ending last Saturday they rose to 05 < 3 .. In the same week 0 ? 2640 cholera was rapidty spreadinir , and swelled the aaoant to , 1031 ; but setting aside that year , and taking the corresponding weeks of other years in the series ! 341-50 , it appears that the lowest number W 2 S 743 ia 1343 , and the highest 1 , 201 ia ISIS , and within the weeks subject to comparison the amount <] i-i not in eeneral exceed 800 . —Of the 95 G deaths of last week , 2 S 2 are attributed to diseases of the symotic or epidemic order , showing a sudden and reniarftab ' e increase on the 224 and 200 cases of the same
description registered respectively in the two prexsansvraeks . ~ Ga the other hanu , persons whpdwx frum dUnsesof the respiratory organs («<* W •« hcoplng-coueh and consumption ) w the P « " « W » wei xvere 113 . it . the last week only & ¦; Jut witlnn thtr sarae-period phthsis fas risen from 110 to Ul .-Imons epidemics which have become "ore . fatal may bl mentioned scarlatina , which numbered 0 m the preceding retnrn , and IS in the present ; typhus Tviicb'has risen from 32 to 59 , and diairhcea , almost exdusirelv co :: fi : ied to children not older than one Tear , wto ' se progress is marked by tho numbers of four successive weeks , viz , 23 , 53 , C 4 , and , in last Tresk , Si—In sub-district of Sydeubam , in Jew ' swalk , a gentleman died after suffering twenty-four Iinur-frora diarrhosa .. The medical attendant' states
that" within one hundred yards , of the ns ' . dence of deceased , and on his property , there is . and has been for a considerable period , upwards of twenty square yard 3 of surface oveiflowed with sewage , emptying itself into a dirch of about thirty yards long ,, which has no outlet , and iseonstanily stirred up with rains and exposed to the rajs of the sun , emitting at all times the most pestilential effluvia . TI 12 immediate neighbourhood is thickly populated and the health of the inhabitants much endangered . Cho ' eretic and gas'ro-typhoid cases are constantly occurring . The evil is referribie to the adjacent properly ; it does not come under local jurisdiction , and the deceased Lad ro redress . "—Two cises of diarrhoei , one of ¦ tvb ich has been fatal , are reported , in Payne-street , Islington ; and here also the drainage is bad . a
circumstance to which the medical man attributes the orig n of the disease . —The following are the particulars of 12 cases of cholera registered during the ¦ week : —In Kensington , at 5 , Qoeeri's-road , on 15 th « f July , the sin of a cab proprietor , aged three months , died of " cholera ifjfantum ( three days )/' Ia JFulham , atParsonVgwen , on 25 th July , the sonof a ganJener , aged 5 weeks , died of "English cho-Je .-a . " Tae cottage ( says Me . Knight the registrar ) , is sav . ll and badly ventilated , Jn Parspn's-green-Janetne daughter of an Irish labourer , aged nine nronths ,- died of English cholera ( 4 d / iys ) . " " The cottages . are small and over-crowded . * The medical attendant mentions that-English cholera is very prevalentinParson ' s-green-lane , andlikclv to prove fatal in several cases ; he attributes it ' to
overcrowding of the houses , and the dirty habits of the cottages . " In Gray ' s-inn-lane sub-district , at . 8 , 2 . crib-place , on 21 st July , the ' , daughter of an artificial flower mater , . aged 15 months .. «« diarrheea { 2 monius ) , English cholera ( 3 . days ) . " Mr . Worrell describes the dwelling as " confined and unwholesome . " . In St . Clement Danes , at 10 , Cravenbuildings , on 17 rh July , a- waiter , aired 62 years , " cholera [ i days ) . " At S 3 , Holborn , 10 th * July , the daughter of a confectioner ,, aged 11 months , diarrhcei ( 21 diys ) , cholera infantum ( 48 hours ) . " At Saffron-hill , 10 , Charles-street , on July 19 , tbe Ben of an optician , 16 months , "diarrhosa ( 3 days ) , English cholera . " In Clerkenwell ,. at 11 , Lamb , court , on July 15 , the daughter of a labourer , aged J year , " cholera ( 10 hours ) . " In . Iloxton New
Town , at 7 , Craven-street , on July 20 , the daughter of agasfitter , aged 9 months , " cholera ( 3 days . )" In sub-district of Hackney-road , at S , Vincentstreet , July 17 , the son of a labourer , aged 10 "treefcs , " English cholera ( 1 week ) . " Mr . Murray states tbat ' . ' the street is close , crowded , and undrained . " . He adds , that" up to Saturday the 2 Gth the child had not been buried , and lay daring the hot weather ia a close room , containing sis persons , who had only a single apartment for . all the purposes of life . . The decomposition of the body rendered the place very . offensive , and cannot be otherwise than injurious to health . Old 2 Jicho ' . « street > ¦ kJidtd a child died of diai-rhosa , and 21 ead-street , a continuation of Yincent-street , where another . died of Scarlatina maligns , are also
described as close , and undrained ' streets . In St . George-in-the : Easrj at 2 i , James-street , on 22 nd Jalv , the son tf a . cabinet maker , aged eight months , "English cholera ( thres days } . " In Kenjrington , ai 3 : C Ileury-street , Vassal-road , oh 21 st July , the daughter of a commercial traveller , aged 4 months , "diarrhea ; cholera infantum ( 6 days ) . " This is a new . house ; there is no drainage , and the . water ,. whi h stagn : te - in H garden , is at times rrcry oftensire . " Iu the noovelisVtLe'disorder designated in nearly all the cases " EsiglisU cholera , " or "cholera infintum , " and , with one exception , the patients were still at that early age in which so many at this time . of the year fall , under «« < H ?* 3 "koca , " a shorter term , and applied to a milder form of the same complaint . . The duration of the
diseaseas stated in most of the 12 cases is also characteristic of the ordinary form . of cholera , for during tho severe visitations of the epidemic one half of the cases terminate , in less tban 2 i hours .. "Last ¦ week the binhs of 709 hoys and G 74 girls , in all 3 , 333 children , were registered . The average of corresponding weeks in six , years ( 18 i 5 50 ) waB 1 , 290 . —At the Eoyai Observatory , Greenwich , the mean reading of the barometer in the week was . 29-590 in .. The mean daily temperature fell from ' 63 deg . on Sunday to 50 Aog . on Thursday ; and the mean of the . week was CO deg . ; which is rather below the average of the same week' in ten years . The mean of Thursday was 7 deg . below the . ave-Tage of tkat day . The wind , blew ! generally from " the west and north-west . . ' .. ' ..
. The Echi-se . —On Monday afternoon the expectation of observing the phenomena attending solar , eclipses drew large . : ntunbefs to the ' exninences . in and around London most favourable for that purpose . . ' The . Monumenr , the . gAllery of St . Paul ' s , < Jreenwich-park , and Primrose-hill . were especially ¦ visited , for that purpose . , The . " weather ; waa most ¦ nnfavp ' nrable to the observation , the sun and moon T * sing alike hidden by . the dense clouds at the com . ineacemect . of the eclipse at three minutes past two . Tor a short period , between" ] twenty , niinutes and * wenty-fiTe minutes past . two , a . glance , of . the sun . ¦ was obtainable . ' But the" cload 3 quickly gathered again drer . the ,-two prbes , cotppleielj concealing them from view ; , About three ' minute ? , before . the period . of greatest obscuration the ' son . might . again . be seen for a , moment , , sind looked : like ' a narrow « res " cent with its horns upturned .. AbonS half-past rinree the sun was visible for an instant ,, and was afterwards concealed from . view , till the moon had -passed completely . over its disc ;/ ' ' ... - '
• SIklascholt . iOccuBHExcE . ^ fOn Saturday last Mr . Carter held an if . quest at the . Red Lion Inn , Backland , near Relate , on tlie , hbdies of Itichard Allen and JE-1 ward Lwney , who were drowned in a pond under . the following cirenmstances : The de-« eased men an ;! fi ^ re others had been ' cleaning out a fish-pond on . the premises of Sir Benjamin Brodie ; niBf-tchwMih . . Aft « r ; their : work ' ou the ' previous Tuesday . afternoon tbe . y proceeded to » pond to wash tha mud off their persons , when two men ; named Rose and Allen , went into tte water first ; the latter dived in , and , after a few strokes , sunk . Eose went tojjis assistance , when Aljen seized bold « f Mirii ' and they both' disiipvearefc . jibse came to the surface , but Allen was not heefi alive again , linsey then jumped in wi : h 3 portion of his clothes on , and dived . after the missiiig man , but likewise disappeared , \ aa'd . both' were drowned . The jary xeniarked " " the ' ca " se ^/ when a Terdjc t , of " Accidenthllv drdvt ' ned" was retnriiQd . ' ' . ''' ¦
. Ewciios . or k Shbrip ? , —On Monday a common tall was . held for . tue election ' ' hf a sheriff hi the robmofMrl . James Hartley ,. who / npon being ' declared , toiether TKiih . ijrj Cptterall , ' ' to fill the office , dccl : ned . to . serve , and paid tlie fine . Mr . IVmkworth proposed Wiiliam . Richard Syfiftas a candidate for the office . . The ^' ptoposition having . been seconded . 'the names ^ were put iip , and the hall resounded with acclamations when the name ' of 3 > Ir . . Swift yras -anno ' nnced . The sheriff declared that the election had , fallen upon Richard Swift , 33 sq . citizen and spectacle maker , and the newlyelected sheriff , wa 3 formally caled " upon to take lipan hinia ' c-lf . the . officei After a few words from jJr . Swift the ^ fcall tvas dissol ved . ' ^ ' ¦ ¦ Co-NsrcRjmoN of Roitis Cathoiic Uishops . —On
Sunday morning two ii 50 re . 0 f . the list of prelates Tiontinated by ' . the' 'Popes to . dioceses in 'England were consecrated with the usual solemuitKS , at St . George ' s Cathedral , Southwark . Amongst those who took part in the proceedin gs wcro . hi 3 Eminence Cardinal "Wiseman , the " Right Rev , Dr . Morris , Bishopof . Troy the Right Rov . Dr . Uilathorne , Rishop of Birmingnam ; tlie Hisht ReT . Dr . Snggs , iJjshop of BererJey ; the Rigfit Rev . Dr . Srown , Bishop . of Newport ; the R : r . llenuren , translated ; andthe Rev . Dr . Broin ? w H ? A taeK 3 ho ^ " SSKwilrarVww after the usual preliminary ceremonv , admired lh I ™ J !^ ! ' « ^ to the ^ ' 1
^^ epeop , « e ; _ The R , MiS G , Tnouc Cntte , ^ d ^™ _ 3 t : s undernool mat the Rev . . Mr . JLanin- late ArcLd ^ con . M : ! r . 35 n ? , who r ^ entiv sec " ed ' irom the « suV . ished' church , is to be a p ,, oinu-d 1 to tU > church « t Grave ? 5 niJ > vUch has Heen PurC ? e ' d lroui Mr . Blew i . y the CardmanYiseman ; f-i * Z eeiei ; ra ! : on of divine service accor-linc ; to the fo-ms of the pjunn Gaiholic charcb , assittid ! -y anotter KUiklcr &f tie chureb . J ot er
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Westmiusteu Improvements . —After a delay of seyen years the Hutborities havingcharge o f the Westminster improvements have begun to taKft down the old parish workhouse , standing in the hoe of the new street . The work of renewal will no- * , it is . to be hoped , go on somewhat faster-for the projected thoroughfare is one of the most preESing wants of the metropolis in respect to the course 0 traffic , while its moral necessity as a means of breaking up a low neighborhood i » *™ reater ; , , 0 USeS c , f W buildimcin Victoria-streetsre of a good class . Startinir at the Abbey and running through the districts anciently Unown as the Almonry and the old Mint , the three churches of St . Mark , the Holy Trinity , and Christ Church stand in the direct line of the new street : as does also , we must add , the long dead wall
of the Westminster House of Correction . The National Society , it is said , intend to erect their great training school in the street ; and in other respectsbeing the direct way from the squares of Belgrayia to the Abbey and the halls and palaces of legislationfrom the lowest , it will probably become in a few years one of the best streets in London . But the question occurs—what will become in the meantime of the poor who are driven out of their wretched dwellings ? Is it desirable that the stream of poverty should flow into the already over-crowded purlieus of St . Giles's , Whitechapel , Lambeth , and Bermohdsey ? We think not . From their being actually domiciled at . Westminster , we suppose the means ot'life , such as they are , to these poor people , lie in the vicinity . Their removal to other districts , therefore , would not only tend to huddle the poor together in still narrower spaces , but would carry them , to some
extent , away from the scene of their daily toils . A few nights ago it was suggested in Parlianent , tbat whenever a bill for town or city improvements was introduced for the sanction of Parliament , which made the removal of any poor dwellings a part of its scheme , a clause should be inserted compelling the erection on the spot of a sufficient number of model houses , to afford accommodation to the whole of the displaced population . This hint will , we hope , be tikf n up and its principle adopted in all future bills ; and even now it may not bs too late for the Westminster Improvement Commission to give a practical effect to the suggestion , by providing for the erection , either in the new street or in its immediate vicinity , ofapileof buildings similar to that which has succeeded so admirably in the Old St . Fancras Road . This would be both a humane and an efficient way of improving some of the worst features of ths localitv . —Athenceum .- ' . ¦ '•! .
Tire Watbr Committee . —On Wednesday the inquiries of the committee were directed into the chemistry of the water supply of the different companies , and Messrs ; Taylor , Aikin , and Coopor . vere examined on their chemical , aniroalcular , and microscopic peculiarities . : Awfully Sudde . v Death . —Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest on Thuraday week at the Coronation Seymour-street , Euston-square , on Mr . Barker , late superintendent of the railway police , Eustonsquare terminus , aged C I . He breakfasted in his usual good' health and good spirits at half-past eleven o ' clock ; in a quarter of an hour afterwards his servant found him stretched a lifeless corpse on the floor of his bed-room , having died-of disease of the heart . The jury returned a verdict of " Natural Death . " . ' ., : Representation op Greekwicii . —In the event
of a vacancy occurring in the representation of this borough , Mr . 11 . Merry weather Turner lias announced his intention of offering himself as a candidate . He professes ministerial principles . Stoppage of Blackfruus-Bridgb . —On Tuesday the preparations for closing the- traffic over Blackfriars- ' oridge commenced , and in the course of a tew days the thoroughfare for carriages will be stopped . Foot passengers will , however , be permitted to pass over asusuaJ . The committee have been reluctantly obliged to adopt this step , the continual sinking of the defective pier giving rise to serious apprehensions for the safety- of the public . On the ' exclusion of carriages from the bridge , the superincumbent weight will be taken off the crown of ; the arch , and the necessary Bteps adopted for the safety of the structure . ¦ :
¦¦¦ The Rectory of St . Ann ' s , BtACKFRiARsi—Tuesday was appointed for , the election of a rector ot this parish , vacant by the resignation of the Rev . Dr . Harding , appointed Bishop of Bombay . Three candidates were in the field , and the polling was carried on in the vestry room with great spirit . The result , however , was the election of the Rev . Mr . Webster , the' numbers being—Webster , 159 : Wilkinson , 139 . Fihghtfdi . ' Occurrksob . —On Tuesday morningy an cocident took ' place oh the premises of Mr . Keatley , soap manufacturer , Great George-street , Bermondsey New Town , to a man ' named John Murphy , aged 24 years , a workman . ' It appeared
that the man was engaged with other workmen in preparing a large quantity of boiling lye ( a composition of ashes and other materials ) used in the mixture of soap , and while walking across a plank placed on 'the side of the copper , he flipped and fell into the boiling liquid . The screams of the poov fellow" soon brought his'compaiiions to his assistance , and with considerable difficulty he was extricated in a most shocking condition , ' being scalded over his body , arms Ieg 8 j and thighs , to ; i very fearful extent . He was removed to Guy ! s Hospiial , where he lies in a very precarious condition . . ' ¦ •" " ¦ ' ¦ ' - ¦ ' tion .
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on -for-trial , . , a ^ compromise h ' avih ? Been " effected ) the plaintiff , receiving , itis understood , £ 450 . Mrs . BlRke , bfShefflelil , whoso husband , it wiirbo recollected ^ was killed by . ' the accident , has entered an action ' against the' company ' , ' Mr , and Mrs . Tennaht ; tKe American lady and" gentleman , - ' who were compelled by their injuries to stay at Captain Salmon ' s cottage nt Ankbrbold , have so far recovered as to be enabled to depart for their own country , and they left the cottage ; where so much kindness has been-. shewn them '; last Saturday . Mr . Johiv Todhuiuor , ' of Dublin , ' still remains at the Commercial Inn , confined to his bed , both his legs having been fractured , but is progressing favourably . ^ Mr . J . B . Fox is ' unablo to walk without crutches : the shock to his nervous system has
also , been very great : ho has been removed to Blackpool for the benefit of sea air . A few days ago Mr . Radford , superintendent of police , Chosterfield , ' received a letter dated the 18 th July , from Stretton , the driver of'the luggage train , to the effect that he intended to give himself up at the assizes , and undergo his trial . : Shooting ' Case at Bath . —On Monday , Mr . W . Bowehei' was brought up at tbe Guildhall , Bath , charged with shooting at John Birley , with intent to do him some grievous bodil y harm . Tbe priso : ner is cashier in the establishment'of Mr . Tucker , of No . 11 , Union-street , one of the largest linendrapers in the city , and the prosecutor is an assistant to Messrs . Jones and Bensley , carrying on a similar business next door . For some time past
the proprietors of the two establishments have not been upon the . best of terms , in consequence of Messrs . Jones and Bensley holding aloof from the early closing movement , and the parties have more than once appeared before the magistrates in consequence . For the last few weeks a system appears to have prevailed amongst them of throwing out water upon each other as they passed to their different doors at night in Parsonage-lane , to which the two premises extend , and it' was given in evidence that the prisoner had-declared that if aby water was thrown on him'he would shoot the party who did-it , On Friday night , as he was passing Messrs . Jones and Bensley ' s premises , it seems that water was thrown on him , and-some short time-after , about a quarter past eleven , as Mr . Birley , the pro-¦
secutor , who admits ¦ having thrown water buHhat night , was looking out of his window into Parsonage-lane to see who was passing under , he saw a flash from the direction ' of Mr . Tucker ' s premises , heard a report , arid the ; riext- moment , felt . niinself wounded in the head . Ho fell back on the flooVj and on putting his hatidto hia head / fcrtirieVit bleeding , and also felt a shot under the , skin . Mr . Gore , surgeon , was called in ; and , extracted ^ twp ' shots from the prosecutor ' s . forehead j'but'fortu ' nately it turned cut that he was riot seiiously-mjured . The maas of the charge had fortunately scattered against the wall . The / police were , quickly in-attendance ,
but the prisoner refused tb admit them , alleging as an excuse that he had orders from Mr . Tucker ' to admit no one after eleven o ' clock . A warrant was issued for the apprehension of the prisoner , and he was taken into custody on Saturday . ~ Remanded . —; Mr . Bowcher was again brought up / for . examination before tlie magistrate ' s on Tuesday and . Wed rie 3 dayy After a lengthy , investigation the bench committed the prifoner to . take his trial at the next Somerset assizes . Bail however was accepted , himself in £ 200 , and two sureties in £ 100 each . The court was thronged throughout the'entire proceedings . "¦;' ¦¦ : '! ¦' ¦ ' : ' : J ¦
The Fatal Collision with the Unionist Brickmakers ' of Manchester has been brought-under the notice of government , and the Home Secretary has offered a reward of £ 100 on' the conviction of the offenders . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ '" ¦'¦¦¦¦¦'¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - More PERVERTS . —We are this week , informed that-tbe recent-accessions in this city are Miss Holmes ^ daughter of Air . Marcus Holmes ,. Mr . Stcib , jun ., and Marshall , Esq ., eldest son of the Rev . James Marshall , Christ Church , Clifton . The ceremony of admission took place this week . —Bristol Mirror . - . ¦ ., ¦ : ¦ . : Protectionist : Meeting at HuKTi . NGboN . —Oa Tuesday there was a meeting of farmers and others at Huntingdon , to do honour to the Rev . James Linton and Mr . George Game Day , of Sfc . Ivesj as the ntttiring' champions of the cause of protection . The gathering was a very numerous one , but the addresses delivered on the occasion were composed of the usual material and presented no novelty . ' . ' '"' :. . ; ¦
Another Mas Beaten to Death at Manchester . —At the Borough Court , on Monday , four brothers , named Thomas , Michael , John , 'and Patrick Nolan ,- were charged with having ' caused the death of Patrick Agnew , a shoemaker , aged twenty-eight years . Between aix and 'seven ; o'clock on Sunday , evening , Agnew left a public-house in company with two or three persons iwith whom lie had been drinking , and proceeded' towards home , along Travis street / London-road ; While iri that street they met two Irishmen , somewhat intoxicated , one of whom appeara to have thought that one of Agnew ' a companions ' was'looking at him too much , and asked him what he pas staring at : The man to whomthis . que 8 tibn' was' put repliea that there was no harm in looking at a' man , whereupon the . other struck him a blow which knocked him down . After this he gave a loud whistle , when seviral other . Irishmen ,, including the prisoners / came !
to his assistance from aneighbouring . beer-house . They immediately commenced an jattack ' ' . upon Agnew ' s party , who , seeing that they were likely to have the worst of the | battle , iook to their heel ? , and all escaped with'the exception of Agnew himself who , being unable to walk without a' stick incon . sequence of lameness , could not get awhy . lie was immediately attacked ; by all- the Irishmen j by whom he was knocked down and ' most brutally kicked and beaten ; After the lapse . of a "ferr minutes he was taken homo , by some' persons . whp had been attracted to the spot by the noise . He never spoke , and died in about an hour . "! Several witnegses were called ^ - ' ' who identified all the prisoners as having'been present in the affray , and spijke to having seen all but John Strike or Kick the . deceased . They , were remanded'for the production of surgical evidence as to the ; cause o | f Agnew ' sdeath . . ' . ' * - _' : ' ¦ ' '' , '' . '
: Thk Robberie 8 OK tiie Sodth . ^ Vkstebs Rauway . —Since the conviction of Piimplirii the gold dust robber , at the Win ' cheater Assizes , information hasbeen derived which is likely'to secure ' the apprehension of the whole of the extensive irahgjof expert robbers who have carried pn their operations pa the ,-Soiitfi-Western Railway . ' A' Ja ' rge number of individuals , supposed to be connected with'the garigj have been hhder the Burveillance of the police for / some time past , v ; - ' . ; . " ' . " _; \ ' ¦ ' ¦ ; ' ¦ ' . . Fatal B oij , er . JEi ^ losios Ja HEy ,, i ! EAn . lEE 9 . ' — ASottt ivmi b ' clioekibti'T ^ a dtiy wiompgl tVic tmier b . eiongin ' g . ' tQ ' . tlie ' . raill . of , Messrs ! ' R-hode ' s / and Cp ;; of HeyV . bur ' str ^ it is . ' Baid ,. sontewlicre ; hear , the ' dusth ' ole , / in ' i ' the Ijott ' om . " pt-the ^ boiler , ' and the steam " rushed ! oiifc with" tremendous force into , ' the '
&rehole ., T Over the boiler was a ' willow-room , in . which three . , men were ' wo rki ' ngV and , the 'fOrbe ' of ' . the ster ^ threw upwards a small portion . of the flagged floor of ! this room . . ' T . Ho ' me . n . hearisg the , explosion , am } , wejn ' g the rush ! o | stcatd . frpni I ) el 6 \ r , ran to-. wa ^ dg the door of the rodm to escape , ahd the steam , cbnc 9 piling the : ' aperture iji liad made iii' [ th ' q fiopr , ' . they . u ' nfortunatfejy fell through it' ] , in to ; the ( 1 stoam , ' and , boiling water Iri ' thp boiler-house below . ' Two of thepi ;] were alrap ' st instantaneously kilje ' d . . When the . gteain h ' ad ' passe d ' off ,, and the . water floWe'd , away ,. the , third , man Wase ' x ^ ricated , still living ; ' but he expired i . n / a fevf moment ' s , afterwards . It is generally' thougtit . " that ' . tho , 'boiler . waS ., short of . water ; ' and it js , said that the water-puftip had jujst been looked , to atfd set to ' wOrlf , Anotlier ' staterneut
Js . ' . thatthere was no whistle . to indicate the ] quantif ; y of water in the boiler . ' The bbiler isalmo ^ tainewonje ; FoRTHBjt '; PARTicni ' ARs ^ TIej is ' about ' 'Xko' milies East of . Oldham , ' as the crow flies ;~ -lThe ;' engirie was started about half-past efght o ' clock , ^ nd not hing unusual was pbserved , ' u ' ptU . about ten riiinutcs before iiinei whWthe boiler burst with a JoM , noise , a ' n ^ the , steamand , water rushed fiercely out . The jmmediate ' i . effect ' of this ; was ' to tbrovr ' , down ' the wiill supporting . the'flagsf ones in ' theflpocbf ttie v / illo ^ room ) an ^ 'the three . ' men becoming alarmed ran to . the ; door , to get qut , ( b ' ut they fell-down Iwith one of these stones into ^ the space . beneath . . 'At the t ime the . explosion happened , ; Mr . ' Geprge Rhodes ; one ' of , the partners in the firm , was ' going into the wniow-robm , and ; uppnpi ) emng a door leading into mui
11 irqra . tne principal . no was met by a cloud , 01 dust'followed by a rush of steam . ; lie at' once shut the-dpor , and returned t ^' the . mill , from the ' , lower floor of vf hich he f ent out , all the Workpeopie , being afraid that the dihger was , ' nbfc over . Some of these peoplegping round to ; the door'leadingjfroni . the willbw-r . oom into the mill yard , and finding that room full of steam and " a ' portion of the flooring fallen in , were at onco convinced that the three men , whom they could not : see , must be severely injured .. ' After the steain' had sohievrhat cleared away , gome persons descended into the firing hole . They found the men who had been working in the willow-room , lying on the fallen flag . Tbe men were nt once brought , out , when it was found that Winterbottom was quite'dead . THe other two were still alive ; but almost immediately expired . ' Mr .
Elliot , surgeon , was speedily in attendance , but was of course unable to render any assistance , and the bodies were soon afterwards' removed to the Red Lion Public-house ; at . Austerlands , where they are now lying . The bodies are all very severely scalded but do not appear to have sustained any injury from tho fall ; and there . ' can be no doubt that , as stated by tho surgeon , death was caused liy the scalding . Upon examination it . was found that one of the plates in the upper part of tho flue , immediately over , the fire-box , had . been rent by the explosion to the . length of eighteen inches . The boiler was not moved from its position , nor was any damage done to the machinery or the building , with the exception of the-throwing down of the wall , andthe falling of the large flagstone already ' mentioned . The cause of the accident has not yet been ascertained , The names of tho deceased were
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SAmitef Lo ' rd , lap-tenter , about forty years of age , r-vin" at Lees ; Jonah B ' rievley , willower * about fifty Tears ' of age , living at Ilcy ; ahd . Jame 3 Wintcroottohi , willower , about thirty-five , also living at Ilev } Lord and Brierley have both left widows , ihe former ' one , and the latter two children . Winterbo ' ttonYwas -unmarried . . . V . „ , This Brutal Murder at MAXCHEsTEn . —lne adjourned'inquest ' on the body of the woman who was so brutally beaten and kicked in a cellar m Dolefield , was held on Wednesday morning at the Royal Innrmary . before Mr . E . Herford , the borough
coroner : There has been a good deal of difficulty in ascertaining the name of the deceased . It now appears that it was Margaret Weldonor Welding , and not Firling , as was stated at first . " The inquest was adjourned from Wednesday week last , in order that John "Wicii or Wyche , now in custody , might be present at the investigation . The prisoner , however , w as still absent . The coroner ana jury proceeded to the ward in which Ellen Farrand lay , where her evidence : was taken . —The deceased lodged with me about a week the last' time . ' On the Sunday night , I was in bed , and about twelve o ' clock Mart-aret
( the deceased ) and Wich came in together , lncy had some herring and bread , and asked me to get up and haye ' some ; and-I did so . The deceased said , «< I ' ve ' met an ' old acquaintance of mine , " and that she was glad she had doneso . Wich made a similar remark . . He ftent me for some beer , and I fetched three quarts altogether . We sat about twohdiirs , and then he said he would go to bed . He said he would give her a shilling and me a shilling to stay ' till morning . ' . lie gave her the two shillings , and sne gave me one . He had had some drink before ; he came in , and he' partookfreely while in . the cellar ; When he went to bed he was ttie worse for drink—noisy , but good tempered . He » ut his trousers under his head ; nnd deceased ti «
.. > « A « J «^ . « ' t * . M . . _^_ 1 — went to him and said j " John , you'd better treat us to a drop of rum , " He said " No , I'll waittill morning and pay for a good breakfast for all of us . " The de-Ceased afterwards said to me , " Idoti't feel inclined to sleep ; will you take a walk ? " We went out , leaving Wich asleep in bed . We vf ere about half an hour , and walked as . far as . King-street . We met two young women , arid we went into the Fox public house , where the deceased treated the' girls ; We came home as near as I can guess ' 'between two and three o ' clock in the morning , and found Wich up and dressed . Wich immediately said , " I ' ve been robbed of four iialf-crbwns . " He flew into a passion , and began to a 8 k for his money . lie . alsobegan to fight , and I don ' t kno wwhichof us he struck fir 6 t . He
threw the deceased . oil the floor , and kicked her severely with ' his ; strong ; nailed boots on ' . ' "• When she attempted to get up he held her down and . struck her . Ivyas going towards the door to make an alarm , and he pulled me back ' and threw . ' me do ^ n . / 'He got his h ' ands . rdund my neck and held me down . He kept calliug out . fpr ' Ws money all the time , biit I . was unable to answer hiiri , and I don ' t think" the deceased spoke three v ^ ords after he commenced beating her . I" do niot recollect the officers coming into . the' cellar , nor ' anything ; from ; the ! time Wich ' comriienieed beating me , until- the ' afternoon of . the' day on which I was brought here . I cannot swear that the deceased did not take WicK ' , 4 . money , but I don ' t Ihinfc she . did . Wlien we went ' put we left the door open . Other evidence , wiis taken , including that , of Mr . Skinner , the bouse surgeon , ' but it was ' either , unthat at
important , or : to the same effect as given tho , Borough Court . —Tho ! Corpher . then briefly addressed the jury on the law of the case , and gave a . summary- of . the evidence . The evidence" of Parrand showedthe inj ustice ofkeeping the man Wibh away froni the inquest , because , if the woman had die 3 , her statements would be read as evidence . on the ' trial ' against the prisoner ; but . 'if ho 'had been present , . so , ' . as . 'to cross-examine' the' woman , he might have elicited replies which wpuUni ' ave been much , more favourable to him than anything which now . appeared upon the dep 6 sitipns . ~ After consulting for . about twenty minutes , the juyy returned a Verdict of Wi . lfiil Murder againBt 'Vyich ^ Tho prisoner , Janic 3 . ^ ich , was again'brbughtiip' at . the B . orbugh Court on Tuesd . ay , and further remanded until Tuesday next , in consequence of the woman Farrand being still unable to leave her bed , '
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iwiann . Capital Ooxtiction . —At the Fcrmanagh . Assizes , a respectable-connected young man , named George Oorry , has been found Guilty . of thewilful murder of James McBride , whomhe fired afin afield where the deceased had endeavoured to prevent him . from intruding when out on a fowling excursion . ; "; . . ThePubhn MiToRAtHT . —Mr . John D'Arcy , a respectable-citizen of Dublin ; haa accepted the offer made to him'by thecorpo ' rationof the oflicoof Lord Mayor forthe next year . : : > - ' ¦
• The harvest repnrts continue favourable , although some amount of injury-has been inflicted on the grain crops by the late heavy rains . All parties are now agreed in ' considering the potatoes as almost quite safe . " ' - > ' •'¦ : : ' ¦ ' ' ; - '¦ ¦ _ v ' ¦ Representation op -Limerick . —The Earl of Arundelarrived in Dublin on' Saturday night , and left on Monday ' morninp for Limerick , ' where he will find himself all at once in 41 ie midst of an Irish row , that "will - try his lordship ' s nerves , if they be in the least delicate . Already the city of the vio lated treaty is in a glorious state of tumult , and the uiiusuai war-cries of " Russell" and " Arundel " wake the-echoes of Garryono ; Sundry skirmishes Have been fbu ' ght between tho rival parties , ' and a scene of considerable violence , in which some
wellknown professional men , and other . respectablydressed persons exchanged'blows , took place late oft Saturday evening , in the street outside Mn . Russell ' s committee-room . It is saidthat a Roman Catholic Clergyman was ; publicly hissed in' the streets by the Arundel mob for having refused'to take part ' against the ! local candidate . It ia expected that the ¦ election ; will 'be oho of the most animated that biB taken place in Ireland for a long limd past . ' ; f •''¦'• ' '• ¦ ' :: > .-i ' - >'¦¦; :. ; •¦ , ¦ ' ^ ¦>'¦ ' ¦ ; The Earl of Arundel atid ; Sur ' rey-arrived in Limerick on Monday , by the ten o'clock ' a . m . train . His lordship was met at the terminus of the 'railway by a ' procession ofthe trades ; who' escorted him to his committee rooms in Patrick-street . '" The city was ouiet .-so far as actual rioting was ' in questionv but
there was no subsidence of the ' excitement , the streets being " crowded by the mobs of' the respective eandidatesi ^ ' ¦ ' ' . i- - ; :: - .. v > . / . r . . ¦ ' ¦ : . ..- ' «» ::-. .-v | . 5 tate of the Clare UNioss .- ^ An application from ; the Quardians of the Killadysert' Union , re- , questipg ' assistance to allay , ' if riot remove , ' the pre sent p ' reasure of distre ? s by sending butanumber of paUpei' 8 i ' 6 AWerfca , has been' tinfavoufably ^; received b y ttie cbibiiiVssio ' ners / who / in their reply , - State that having ' given . Ih ' e . fullest corjside ' ra tioh ^ to ' all- the circiimstances ' of the case , they must decline" . to ! apply forany further'assiBtancefrom tUe'Ratein Aid funcl for . era | gra ' tion'pur " poBeB / '! '• "• • ¦¦ ' " ' ^ Vt ' . ' . ¦ ir : j : Brutal 'AssAtw ' : by : Ribbonmbn iNnXft Toombbridge ;—A m 6 st daring and' brutal-- outrage was perpetrated on the 23 rd ult . j upPn two-unoffending
and respectable " men'who had just left Kandalstpwn fair , jand ; w «| reon their way hometoithe neighbourhood bfTopme , It appears tbat : o » the evenihgin question a man " named ¦ Stewart , the master of-an Orange lodge , towards whom the Ribbonmen of thd'district have no Very friendly fe'eling , and-a son ' of the lamented- Mr . Hutchins ' on , latePresbj ' - terian minister' af Duncan , were together returning homewards ; when about-halfway between Randalstbwii and f dome-bridge they wero attacked by a Large number of itibbonmenj's o armed and equipped as to leave the impression ; that they were lying an wait to maltyeat 'spmei ibdi y iduaJ ; if n ' pt the very persons whom 'they-aftdrwardenso / . Wontoh'ly and tiercelv assailed ; ; The Itibbonrheri were armed with bars 61 iron , stone hammers , and'blackthorn stricks
some of which . we ' re ¦ found next morning in a field adjoining the " dcene ' of conflict V and no soonep had Mr ^ Stewart and Mr . Hutchinson appeared bpposjte a public-house k'dpt by . one Bernard Kerinedy than the riifiian ' s ' rushed upon ' them " and abused' them mpstunmercifullyi" It is / Said thit many -Roinkn Gatfeoiica-were present , wbo did not interfere . Mr ^ Stewart ; whowarultimately -jinable to effect ; his Escape , ' ' and is at present lying in ' adangerous state , and Mr ; llutchineoh ' received : very serious injuries . Th 0 ma 8 H . Jones ; Esq . , R . M ., MoneygIass House , with a number of police ,-htive made a careful investigation into tfie circumstances , Without being able to Eecu ' re the arrest of any of the guilty parties , who , it is to be hoped , may not be enabled to escape with impuriity . iiJ 5 anncr of . Ulster . The
' ' .. - Escape of Mr . AIcMaxcs : —The news . of the ' safe ' arrivalat McManus , ; the'Irish political convict , at- San Francisco , -was received oh Wednesday morning in Dublin . A- public : entertainment was given to congratulate hiin 011 his escape ' from Governor Deniso n ; ia Van Dicmen ' s Land . ' ¦ \ ¦ ' 'Tub'Roma ' s Cathomc Bishops . —It is asserted on " good authority" that ; twenty-three ¦ W the twenty-seven Roman Catholic prelates are about to sign a public document , drawn up' in sucb a manner asto violate tlie spirit-and terms of the new act , for the purpose of provoking a prosecution . by the Attorney-General . Dr . Murry , Dr . Ryan , and two other Roman Catholic bishops refused to si < m the pnper , which , we are informed , will be forfhwith published . Then conies the t \ ig of war if the law be in safe keeping ; ' . ' 1 : •;•• ¦¦
At a meeting' of the " C . itholic Committee" held on Tuesday , it was determined that tho aggregate : neet : n <' , which hns been so long promised , - 'shall take place , not on the 6 tli of August as oridnallv intended , ' but on tbe 19 th . ' ¦ ¦ ¦/ ? " **" ' JuLKKs . vrAssizEs . -AtKil ] Icenny , Baron Pennefather lias adjourned the assizas to some time in the vacation , not jet fixed , for the trial of p < SJ charged with the murder , of a man named Ra whose skeleton ,, it is supposed , was found buriedIn a garden attached to ' the prisoners' hornT The charge isa curious one . It ] s- supposed That ihl murder was coramittod ribout-thrj ™ ™ £ supposed murdered mah = being tho'So herfn ' -law of the prmcipal prisoner ( Walsh . ) A mm ™
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named Bridget . Dwyer . rocently . come forward , and stated to the -police that . under a wall-in , W ; ilsh ! s yard a skeleton would bo . . fojind , and that the rer mains wero those of Ball ; arid in . the place she indicated a skeleton was discovered . There were two fractures on the skull , and adark ' fluid mixed with the brain , which in his opinion was blood . A woman named Fleming states that she , was returning from . "Waterford , and saw a body' in Walsh ' s house , and the- prisoners standing over it . The statement was only , communicated to the authorities recently . The prisoners' defence will be , that persons have seen Ball alive since the period at which it is . stated tliat he ' w «\ s murdered . Daring Outhaqb . — The Banner of . Utster says .: — 11 On Monday , an outrage of a most daring and desperate character was committed at Downputriek . It appeared that two persons , named M'Mullan and at
Spence , brick moulders , residing Ballyraacarrett Averepartioslitigantinacivil . bin appeal , tried before Judge Ball , and that Spence , against whom his lordship's decision was pronounced , immediately on leaving court attacked M'Mullan ,. knocked bim down with a Severe stroke of a stone on the head and face , and , having otherwise grossly , iliused him , dcove off with all speed to . Belfast . . ; M'Mullan- was at once removed to . the hospital , where is life was declared to be in danger ; and informationa having been sworn before Mr . M'Cance , Head constable M'Intyre was dispatched in all speed with a warrant for Spence's arrest . At a late hour on Tuesday evening that activoofiicor succeeded in capturing the offender at his residence in Ballyrnaearrett , and immediately afterwards had him conveyed under escort to Do \ rnpatrick , where his trial will take place ,
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- < &M \ z inxtlliwwit . . ' NORWICH . TnElIoiKHAMMuKDEn . —H enry Groom , 42 . was arraigned on anindictment charging him with the wilful murder of John Ayton ch . the 4 th of the s month , last Holkbam , by shooting him through the head with a : bullet and shot discharged from a pistol . As the facts of this case have , already appeared , it is unnecessary to repeat them . —At the closeiof the case for the prosecution , Mr . Justice Cresswell submitted the * who ! e facts to the jury , who without any" hesitation , returned a verdict of Guilty . —His lordship then proceeded to , pass the awful pentence of . death in the usual forni . —The prisoner , who . used . a trumpet . during the whole of the trial , as he was quite deaf , was then , withdrawn from the dock : ; ,
¦ ' : : . . ¦ . STAFFORD . BuRGLAKY . —TVilliamEarpvf as indicted for a burglary , in the ¦ . dwelling-house of William Whitehouse , who keeps the Boatlnn , at Darleston-green , in this county . —The jury having found him Guilty of the burglary , he pleaded guilty toa former conviction , and was sentenced to be transported for tea years . , ., ; - ,-. ¦ ¦ . .... , . Felonious Assault . —John ThomGylow , " 4 C , was indicted for feloniously assaulting Mary Felloes , on the , 8 th ot Marohi at the parish , of Tettenhall , with a blunc instrument , with intent then and there , to murder her . —The prqsecutrix was ' the sister of the prisoner ' s wife , and his family came , a few . months nrovious to the occurrence in ouestion to reside in
his mother-in-law ' s house . In a short time differences arose between him and the prpsecutrix , and she repeatedly told him . she wished he would leave . At length ,-on the day in question , some high words aroso between them on the subjsct , and she said he should leave , and she . would make him . leave or fetch persons ; who . would , and as she was , passing towards the . door , near . him , he stopped her . She attempted to put him . , aside ,-- when ho drew out a sort . of life-preserver , which he was in the habit of carrying about with him ; and struckher three blows on the crown of the > head . " Her Ecreains brought her sister and mother , and others , toher ' assistsnee , and he fled . A doctor who attended her found the
wounds most dangerous ; concussion- of the . brain ensued , and she was for a time in great danger . It was elicited from him that - ' in .. his judgment if the prisoner had struck heryrit-h' the life-preserver with all his force , he would have killed her oh the spot . When the policeman arrested the prisoner he pulled the life-preserver out of his pocket , and said it was with that he had struck her , and he was not sorry for , it . ' He alao took some powder out of his pocket , which he said , . wa «; poison he had ' , intended to take , but which , on eub'jequent examination by a . chemiEt , proved : not to be poisonous . —He was found Guilty of wounding , with ; intent to do grievous bodily hariri . —Sentence : deferred ., . : . . ' - ' - •¦
; IIansuughter . —i George Middleton , 26 , was in . dicted ' . fov , tne maitelavghtgr . of James . Johnson , by beatingi and kicking ¦ . hira upon tlie . head and body at . ' Shelton . — The jury found the prisoner Guilty . ' - ^ Mr . aBaron Martin said ; he . had , purposely abstained from leaving tlie question to the jury whetherthe death bad-bee . n occasioned , by a kick . The parties had been engaged in ah unlawful actthat of ) fighting ; and-as death had ensued the prisoner .-was found guilty of manslaughter . It appeared that this yras not the first time the ' prisoner had been convicted , but in passing sentence that would -not be taken into account . The sentence iwas that ) the prisoner , ; be imprisoned with hard labour forisix calcn < li \ r : month * .
.-:.- . : -, - ¦ - . ;; . - , - ; I ) ERBY . ; ,. . - ; . The CiAY-cHOBS - Accidest . — Samuel . Sfretton was indicted for the manslaughter . of Mr .. John Jleynell .-ri-iChe ciroumstance ^ , of , this case are so well known ; - ? that it is unnocossary to repeat them here . —The jury , . therefore , ; . retnrned ^ a - , verdict of Not Guiltyj- and tho : learned > judge observed that he c . o ' uld not commend , the ^ discretion , of , those who bad-selected : for . tho prosecution , the man who seemed least bla . meable of all ^ heparties-concerned . The ; prisoner ; appeared tohayo laboured very . well in Ayerythingibut driving too fast . -, He . had obeyed everyj 8 i 2 nal ; : an . d instead of jumping off the train wheu-, the collision-took place , , he . did all he could to stop it . —There , was ; another indictment against the . prisoner for ;; the .. man 8 laughter of Mr . Blake , but of course that : was ; not proceeded with . '
7 . . (!¦" -: : ¦;' ¦ ,,. MAIDSTOXE . . .. . .: A Precious ¦ " Governor . " — . Thomas Vincent Hatherly , 40 ,-was indicted for feloniously administering a / certain ; drug to Harriet Dengale , with intent-to . procure a miscarriage . —It appeared that " theprisoner , who , had formerly been m the army , and who ; at one time ; bore a very good character , had . beenappointed to fill the situation of governor of Gratibrook- -union workhouse , and he resided in that establishment with his w . ife and family . The prosecutrix was a pauper girl , and . it would seem that the pvisoner < soon , after , her . admission to the workhpuse had taken advantage , pf-jthe influence of his > : poB . ition over her to . jiriduce i her , to consent to his ; . solicitations , nnd -the . -result was that- she became in the f amily-way , and , in ; order to avoid the consequences of ihis misconduct ihe prisoner had ihduced ; her : to take a . quantity : of . savin . ; -It " likewise appearedin the . course pf the case that the prisoner
had had an improper connexion with another pauper-girl , ? . who was likewise , in the . lamily « way by him , and-to whom ! he had aho : admirdstered some unwholesome drug ; and that > when the girl Dengatc was oompelled to leave the workhouse . on account of her condition , the prisoner wrote a character for her , in the name of his wife , with the vioyf . of igetting her . engaged in the . establishment of-ft respectable famil y at Brighton . —The jury returned a verdict of ^ Guilty .-r-His lordship having m ' ade some remarks upon the abominable character of-the ; offence the prisoner : had committed , sentenced him tobojtept to foaid labour for tffo yearsi : ; . ; : - ; . .. _ . ; ,.,.. . . , ; , , r , ¦ . Edward Wood , 27 , " was indicted , under the new Btatnte of Lord Carapbell ,: for being found at night with'lskeleton keys and other , housebreaking implements : ; in ; his . possession , with- intent to cptnmit felony *; The juryifound the prisoner . Guilty , and a previous convictionfor felony being proved against him , he was sentenced ] to be transported for ten
years . - .. •¦;•/ ¦¦> - : ¦•• : ¦ ¦ ' • " . ; .. -- .. : JohA Bowden , . 22 , pleaded- guilty to fbe charge Pffeloniou 6 ly setting . fire > to a stack of wheat , value £ 170 , land he was sentenced to be transported for ten years . - . . ' : , ..- ¦' , ¦
. EXETER . . . ., ' . " , ¦ George Seoro was ; indicted for cutting and wounding William- Monkley , "with intent to do him some griovous bodily harm . On the , 20 th of July Monkley was at Thorveftonfair , and had a dispute with the , father of the prisoner about entering his show . The prisoner carne xip and struck him a hard ; blow on the eye , and : the . blood flowed instantly . Monkley saw the prisoner had a knife in hi « Jiand ^ which was shut . Monkley went to cet some water to washi his eye , and then went to a surgeon , who found there was a clean cut above the right eye , which must have been , made by a sharp cutting instrument , and could not have lieen made byablow with the fist , The-jury . found the ^ r £ sonerGuiltyof wounding only without an infen-K , V ny § rIu rOus bodi j /« a ™ . The learned judge sentenced the prisoner to he imm-i «™ . mi fnr
six inonths with hard labour . This was the first conviction under . Lord Campbell ' s Act . Manslauc-uter . -W . Moles vras indicted for the manslaughter of Timothy Lyons ,, at Plvmouth .-Iho deceased was a stable-keeper . The prisoner went to h ^ m and asked him togive him some " stoppmg . The deceased told him ho had not any , and this appeared to irritate him , for he instantly col-• i i !? ' and tlien beat and kicked him with considerable violence . ¦ There was one particular kick on tneishm . The deceased , however , went on with Ills work for some days , occasionally complaining , but at last ho said he waa ill all over . His master sent him home , and he was seen by a surgeon , who sent him to the hospital , where he was seized with lock- ) Vw , and in a few days he died . The prisoner was intoxicated at the . time . —Tho Jury having found th « prisoner Guilty , he v ? a = s sentenced to one month ' s i / nprisonment . Tim Kni > e agais ;—Solomon Oastler was indicted fo ? cabling - find wounding WilJiam Lose , with
intent to do" hira grievous bodi ' y Imrm - ~ n ^ found , the pvisonciv . Guilty of ' \ Voandin . r f J " " ' with a malicious intent . —The ' learned i ' J-, at ^ = this use of the knife- must be put an end ° S < 1 : ^ therefore , he . should sentence the prisonei- ° ' ^ inniris ' ohed for six months , and to be keottn ' 1 ? ^ labour ; ' ¦ F ° tt < l CRUEt TiHiATMENT OF A LU » ATIC .-JOhn Yo indicted for assaulting Charles Luxmoore t . ^' him to be a person of unsound mind , an-1 I - ^ voluntarily undertaken to take charge of i ¦ 5 Lewtrciichard . —The unfortunate lunatic wn ' ^ naliy ; in his early days , a blacksmith n 0 „ 01 > i & son of a blacksmith . About eighteen vc , irs li ! intellects became impaired , and tho ' fu ' theM !;' chain made and fastened round his lc bv a and then 'through the floor of his be ° , l rUm ^' beam ; but after lie had been so eonliiie i iv a years , a" sort of cell of wood was made I ^ ground-noor It was seven feet long , by mZ t wine bix leec
ieep anu nign . In this state h mained , sometimes , and indeed generally ; re " feet state of nudity for nine years . His M \ p 8 N mother'became bedridden . * Tho dofend ' an ^ ' ^ was a former , and had married the lunatic ' s ' ^ determined to remove- all the family toU' 5 % er ' house at Orchard , and he caused the cell t !" taken down and carried to his house and u erected ; Scarcely any light was admitted ir , i , ° when tbe officers went to eco him the d ' efni lighted ii candle to show them , where v . lrann ,, if ' ing had been incarcerated for no less than thirfw years . This removal took place four vcurs linn but in March last the attention of the ' parish rffi cers was called to the circumstance . He was vi 3 S and under an order of the magistrates he wash ? moved to the County Lunatic Asylum . Tl-e who ' of this being communicated to the Commission ^!
ct lunacy , they ordered the present indietmenf The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , butverv strongly recommended the defendant to nicrov Z The prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned' fcisix months . ' l
LEICESTER . Cuimo and Wounding . —Thomas Argyle , ^ 42 , was indicted for cutting and wouKding Joseph Pepg with intent to kill arid murder him ; ancU ! = o with intent to do griovous bodily harm . —The j . .- » found the prisoner Guilty of inflicting tho injury with intent to do grievous bodily harm , and tho learned Judge sentenced hira to be transport for lift-. "
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ROYAL rOLYTECHXIC INSTITUTION , "We have great pleasure in recording the great success of . this truly national institution , vrhicij k daily visited by its thousands of admiring speC { a . tors , who roam through its halls and gnlicrie ? , a ! j wiring the wonders of both nature and art vrijfeh surround them on all sides , giving both insiru etioa and amusement . The most attractive feature in this _ establishment is , perhaps , the lectures daily delivered by its professors , as they certainl y j vo highly attractive , more particularly as they are delivered in a popular form , which renders them so well suited to the Tarioiis classes who visit ( h \
place . . On Monday evening last Dr . Baclihotfner repoated . the instructive and entertaining lecture on the Eclipso of the Sun , which for some time he ta | been engaged in delivering , combining therewith tic results of his actual- observations during its progress . The learned professor stated that ho tail been unable to . observe it with any degree of accuracy for more than a few moments : it brief intervals before tho highest degree of obscuration had been attained . The numerous auditors appeared to listen with great attention to the discourse , and the doctor concludod this subject with great ap . p / ause .
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THE ANTI-TRUCK SOCIETY . The following is the proposed new act of pw ' . ij . mont which it is the intention of tho . Universal Anti-Truck Society to bring before parliament ; - tr . vivEBS . iit Anti-Truck L * . w . —An act to prevent tba stoppage of any part of any workmen's wages . Clause 1 . —Be it enacted , that the entire amount of ;! 1 wages , the earnings of lalorir , shall lie actually and [ :: i . t . ively paid in the current coin of the voahf t , without asj deduction or . stoppagc of any ltind whatever . ^ . Clause 2 . —Be it enacted , tlmt if any employer shall bargain , to deduct ,. or shall deduct or receive back from an ; pe ' rEon's wagt s , directly i .-r iiiilivectly , any part thereof , : ' ti frame , house , machine , or other rent or use , or fur standing room , or for taking- in , cr for tines , or gas , or light , or for any debt or kind of debt , or for the use or sujiiilyof aoy kind ot" ar ticle whatever ; every employer to oiVi'ii&f shall be liable ( for every such offence ) to a full iionaltyct two pounds , to be recovered in the County Court , in she district where' the offence is committed , by the sM worker , or by any other person suing for the same , a : J shall also recover full costs of suit . it
¦ Clause 3 . ^ -Be en acted that no employer slinU , dirc :: ' y or indirectly mix up with the wages of any person , lie , si . ? , or , they may etiiphy , any other debt , or contract , or ki : il of debt , or contract whatever , than to pay for the labour so employed : : : ' Clause 4 . ^ -Be it enacted , thai in all actions for wops no set-off shall be allowed for any frame , or other rtn : cr use , nor for any fines or gooile , nor forany debt , or fc- ^ J of debt , or supply or demand whatever . . Clause 5 . —He it enacted , that in all cases of ttiemtre employment of labour and setting on of workmen l > y subcontractors , not being bona fide the owners of the woriiii the real master of the works shall be liable in the sane way as if directly employing the workman . ¦ jClau-e G . —Be it enacted , that this act shall notrcpw any act imposing penalties on workmen for non-ob ; ervn : ; co of . their work , or on masters for non-payment of wages .
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The Frexck is . Rome , —Tho Pope has comnnnicated ' confidentially " , to the Austriango \ cnment his views ' of the French occupation of Rome , arid the Piloie ' dc Londres , a Prencb journal , psb ; lished in London and edited by the' daughter d Madame Tallieri , has published the test of that document . Where the child of la Frincesse da Chiraay could have obtained this document is rot stated ; but it ' beara about it the" evidence of . « thenticity . The Pope places . his sicceptanco of tto French garrison in Kome , therefore , on tbe ground of . an " imperious necessity ; " speaks of tbe futuro as an abyss into which he cannot look without »
feeling of horror , oh ¦ whichever side it may r . o view . ed '; and proposes the substitution witkeufi delay of an Austrian corpa for tbe French in--3 capital . ' : il ! It will be requisite , " observes to writer , " that ' before ' the approach of the fatal da * , imposing bodiesof Austrian troops shall suddeD : ;/ advance " from two sides on Roraei menacing w trcneh garrison ,, and at the same time cutting ca their , retreat from . Oivita Yeccliia . " In conclusion l , e" Iloly Father , or -liia interpreter , demands , a rather an insolent key ; why the British government \ aa rioh fixnnlind thin Tt . nlinn refuiroes—moro par . " .-
eularly the Italian committee , nori - , lie says , sitiB ? in London . How the French nation will relish U gratitude of the Pope for replacing him on u " . severi'hills , " remains to be seen ; bntas rogaw Gireat Britain , there is no doubt that the rope * - ' "take nothing by hia ' motion . " There is a curw ; admission in , one part of this document f «» J goes expressly to say , . " The great majority ot w Roman people is radically corrupted ( ttiat is , ' ; . " Papal / we presume ) and incapable ( query unv- ' ling ?) . of rendering . to his own government w least - support . " Truly this is a very flattor . ^ account of his siibicctsl triven from autlMity •'
him who ought to be the- father of his poopw - stead of the Viceroy of Austria , whom ho « ;•' bluebingly calls the natural protector of a" " ; " , states inthe Italian Peninsula ; In tho preser . ^ such doctrines as these we seem to be retrogM * to tHe middle ages once more , and esecedj- 'g *• the nefarious doings of the Holy Alliance . "" "L this document be true or false , there nro st moment no means of . ascertaining , it ll "' \ fJ it is curious—to say the least of it ; if it bc ^' , V it is . most inaportanti ; but he it the one or - ^ the , other , the subject-matter it contains " ^ . ^ worthy of considerivtioa ; for , . as the If . a " v ^ Si jnoji , \ c verooben trovato—Gia !— Abrwg fia the Observer . ¦
....-, .. Mexican Robbebs Snoi bt as E XGLIS , Siire Much excitement has been caused by > "Jn ilfl g f . of two ' Englishmen , described as " f . " J , of Gliasoluand the lion . 0 . W . W . KlzwritoWi * ; ,, a the Earl . Pitzwilliain , " who , whikt jow " * " ^ . * dilligence near Puobla , were attac ked i > y . - ^ It is said , "There were eight passengeri . ^ and one © n the box with the driver at tno ^ Oalifornian , armed only with a ? mal . ! ltl „ * tfeiuca revolvina . jiistol . But both the Eng lish g < - ^ . j were we ll armed with double-bane = ! cii h" tht .: as the brigands advanced and presen j . s t .: ; pistols Clissold lodged ft heavy 1 / - iilU As he « J directly in the breast of one of then , j nl i . y tio fulling , one of his compamons rai 5 e " ¦ ^ b collar to support him on his horse , vrlie ^ ; -o discharged a second load of buckshot ini tc -. s of . the second rohl-er . The ent ire F tJ ftcr ffar > :- - flight , and the stage went on . It *^\ j ^ d ic ascertained that the first robber sm ^ \ ^ i ^? mediatelvand . that the Other lin £
, and then expired . " nn m » iW ^ ¦ ¦ Repejh , ov the Window Dott . --J 0 ¦ a ^ fr new act ( 14 and 15 Viet . cap . f ' . . „ (| ut . v . ' window duty and to substitute a no . ' * p 0 Ktf > printed . This act has n reU-os w ^ J ^} & The new house duty wiH date J" f .-= ,, „ U--Wales from the 5 th April last , M " ; 1 (! tliC ^ Sunday last in Scotland , from whie ^ i " ^^ ];•;• dow duty , will ccaso and deteriiii"S Go c . i ;;; mentioned duty was . assessed from i- oft hc C !' T , ; The new duties . ire to ho under the c m < - yw missioncrs of tho Inland Bevenue . * - j f ^ -= schedule to tho act , the duty on m ^ ° " \ fo- ' houses in Great Britain , is to h , e"i ;^ uJE 30 » r ^ i the pound , where the same shall be ^ P , jj 0 U se ^ j wards by the year . Where a dwe J ^ not be occupied and used for the ?» ' J ^ c c » - -being inhabited or used for trade , * ¦ is to be at tho rate of Od . in the por-
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¦¦ ' & $$ . ' . ' Vtomiiie 9 , '_ The Supposrd Mdrder at Sorwjch . —Notwithstanding ' the length of time which has elapsed since the discovery ora portion of the remains of a human being in various parts of the outskirts of this city , nnd which are supposed to be connected -with the perpefration of a brutal murder ,. no official communications have been made by Mr , Yarington , the superintendent of the city constabulary , to the magistrates , owing to the fact that that gentleman has been unable to trace to any . particalar ; person Ihe perpetration ' -.. . of . the awful ,-, crime , or to . yidentifyt&e . scattered portions . ; of the body .
Xhere . arfe , however , circumstances connected . with . the matter-which holdout a hope that the murderer may be yet traced . ' ;; . , „ .. - ' ¦ i ; Harwich Election . —As Mr . Crawford , on being . unseated , declared , he would riot offer himself again ,-his friends have got up ' a requisition , which they . state hits been so . numerously signed " as ¦ to insure . his re-election-should the' borough riotybedisfran-. chised . ; Apetitionis ia thecourse of , signature in which the parties deny the several allegations against the borough ; pray for an inquiry ., into . the . conduct of Mr . Johri'Attwood and his ngents as . to the elections ; and pray also to be heard before the committee of the Commons appointed ! upon the ¦ matter .. ' . . ' 'V , " \ - '' . ' . ' j . ' \ ' - ... "' : "' . " . ' . - ¦ .. ' ,.,. ; ' , ' ,
: The Refugees . t-A y . oung m ^ eig hteen years of age ^ ; K * refugee , whose ^ mother ^ is ^ aP olish cquntess , ^ is . aj . present serving his ' . time ! ias " a moulder in % foundry at Blaydon . Another of the ^ Polish . ' . Hungarian Refugees , has got employment in Iforth Shields , at Messrs . Ogilvie ' s niagiiesia works . Three of the twelve who lately ^ arrived in this neighbouW hood are' still out of employment . —Newedsde Chronicle . .. .. ¦ ' : • • - . t . » :.- ., The Embezzlbmekt by tiib -TusBHipdE : IVjtLiB Town CtERK . —The tot « l . of the defalcations arising from the embezzlements' of- Benjamin Lewis , the town clerk at Tunbridge Wells , have at length been Ascertained ] and amount to the enormous sum of £ 4 , 000 ; the chief sufferers are the gas and writer companies , to whom- h " e acted- as collector . Jlr . Superintendent Merton traced him to Godstone , where all clue was lost . It is believed that he has very little cash in his ' ppssegsiori .- " ' . , ¦
"AsoiDBR MisstAUGKxnB AT . M * NCffBsrEn . —On Monday'last , , at the Manchester : Borough Court , four Irishmen ; named -Michael , Patrick , " John , and Thomas Solan , i . were charged with beating ahd kicking to death a shoemaker , named Patrick A& ne . w .. Oa . Sunday evening , deceased and another man named M'Manus met the . prisoners and . two other persons not in custody , coming . out ofj a public-house , in London-road . One of the men asked deceased fiercely .- " . what : he was looking at ?' . ' . * hd before Agnew . had time to reply , knocked him down . M'Manus was also knocked down , and both the men were kicked and beaten till they were . insensible . M'Manus soon ; recovered , and carried : . deceased home when he died almost immediately . . Tho prisoners were remanded . - , , .. . :- . .
. Mb ., home , m . f ,,: wno is slowly , recovering from indisposition ^ is now . at Brighton , whither he has gonefor the benefi t of a change of air . ; .. . Consecration of Roman Cathomc Bishops at MixcHESTEn . —On . the 25 th ult . Dr . Turner was consecrated Bishop of Salford , and ; Dr . Errington , Bishop of Plymouth , in . tho new church of-St . John the Evangelist , in Salford ., The consecrating bisbop was Cardinal \ Viseman , aad . the assistant bishops were Dr . Cuilen , Primate of Ireland ; Dr . Brings , " Bishop " of Beverley ; Dr . Ullathorpe , " Bishop" of Birmingham ; and Dr . Wareing , " Bishop " of Northampton . Several other prelates were present ,
.. The CpEsniHB Basditti . —The formidable band of desperadoes wbo attacked the house of Mr . Richard Jline , at llockley ,.. near Maciplesfield , on t&o morning of ' the lOtii of July .. have fortunately fallen info { he hands of justice . They were brought before the ; county magistrates at Macclesfield " on Saturday '' last , when their names were stated to be Jonathan Bradley ( captain of the band ) , Jacob Deau , . James Middletoo , Joseph Middleton , aud Thoraas . Ilidgeway . Mr . Rine was not able to identify them , but his son positively epoke to Bradley , and said " , to the best of bis belief , the two Middleto& 3 were the persons engaged in breaking open the doors . - » The prisoners were all committed for trial at the Chester assizes , but Bradley is to undergo examinations on other charges .
Tnc Railway Accident at Clay-cross . —At the Yorkavsizes , amongst the civil business , was an actioa brought by Mr . Broadbent , of the Barrack Tavern , Sheffield , against the midland Railway Company , to obtain compensation for injury susir-meJ by the collision , but the case did not come
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 2, 1851, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1637/page/6/
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