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BALL OP A WAREHOUSE IN ST . PAWS CHURCHYARD . On Monday , shortly before eleven o ' clock in the morning , * oe establishment of Messrs . J . Morgan and Co ., Bhawl Merchants , &c , situate immediately opposite to the southern Portico of St . Paul ' s Cathedral , with the exception of the "ontnail , fell with a tremendous crash . The premises adjoined others belonging to Messrs . Cook and Som , wareeousemen , the whole of which to Carter-laae have been re-
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cently removed , for the purpose of rebuilding , in pursuance ol arrangements made by the firm and City of London Improvement Commissioners , the line forming part of the new Lannou-street West . A few minutes before the fall severa of . he workmen employed in digging out the foundations of Messrs . Cook ' s new premises , observed that the party . wall belonging to Messrs . Morgan ' s establishment gave tokens of insecurity . The tottering increasing , they ran away with all speed , and in a few moments the wall fell , dragging with it the roof , floors , and stock in the building , except two beds on the third floor and attic . Jast at the instant the fall took plac » , two persons left the building , and a Mr . Baker , carpenter , had a narrow escape . He was engaged to t : ke down the beds , but just as the door opened the building fell , and he escaped by flight . Two gentlemen passing ean-owly escaped being crushed by the falling bricks , as they passed along the churchyard in front of the premises . rpntio rnm ^ TTTTT"
Men were at once set to work to prop up the tottering walls , and remove the valuable salvage from the debris , and up lo nine o ' clock that night some hundreds of Paisley , Norwich , China crapes , Macclesfield , and Cashmere shawls , had been recovered , but at that hour a great deal of property was still buried in the ruins .
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ALARMING OCCURRENCE—A MORMON MIRACLE !
Newport ( Wales ) , Tuesday . Last evening an alarming accident occurred in this town , which occasioned the most frightful apprehensions as to the safety of nearly four hundred men , women , and children . The Latter-day Saints who form a very large proportion of the population in Wales , have been holding their " conference" here within the pist few days . To this gathering have assembled many of the " elders" of the fraternity , some of whom have held rank as " prophets " on the banks of the Salt River . Great preparations were made to celebrate this Conference on an extensive scale ; and , among other means , it is said that promises had been held out , and believed in by the too-credulous Welsh
people , that " miracles would be performed !" Yesterday afternoon , a large building named the Sunderlacd-hall , in which the body had held their services for a long period past , was filled to overflowing by the members of the sect , and their families , who reside in Newport , together with considerable numbers of the people from the hills , the colliery , ironworks , &c . It is supposed that about four hundred persons were here assembled , about to join in partaking of tea after one of the services of the day . Several Mormon elders had given out the blessing , and somebinta were thrown out that even that day might witness some of the great and miraculous powers of the saints . Scarcely had tea been commenced , when , without a moment ' s warning , exactly one-nalf of the lofty and heavy ceiling of the building fell with a sudden crash
. For a moment all was blinding and suffocating , dust and confusion , then the most appalling shrieks and the most terrifying clamour ; and , amidst the din and terrible confusion that ensued , people rushed from all the surrounding houses , apprehending that same great calamity had occurred . Fearful screams were again heard bursting forth , presently the windows of the hall were dashed out , and the affrighted creatures within flung themselves through the broken sashes to the ground below ; some were observed clinging with extreme tenacity to the window-frames and sills , apprehending death , within , and fearful of mutilated limbs if they fell . The doors were burst open from without as well a 3 the piles of people heaped upon one another inside permitted , and ingress being at length obtained , the sight that presented itself was enough to appal the stoutest heart—beams and rafters , whole patches of ceiling , amidst clouds of dustl
, ying upcn scores of people ; while the teatables , affording protection to maty , were crowded below with numbera crying aloud for mercy , for protection , and for a miracle to save them . The upper end of the hall , where the elders had been seated , was unhurt—the ceiling above their heads was unbroken . Immediate exertions were made , and in the course of an hour the wretched creatures were all extricated from the ruins , and on a minute search being instituted , not one was found missing ; and , what is still more remarkable , although the beams and rafters were heavy , and some , with huge pieces of entire ceiling , fell directly upon the tables , and others in a direction that appeared to ensure inevitable death , not one single Mormon was injured , though it was intimated that two or three unbelievers , who had gone thither to revile and sneer at the true followers of Joe Smith , received alight injuries , which may aerve their consciences as remembrancers . .
When the party were already extrioated another hall was obtained , and there the remainder of the evening was devoted to an ovation to the eldera and the prophets who had wrought the anticipated miracle of ctusing a ceiling to fall upon the heads of the saints without injury . The occurrence has occasioned a remarkable sensation in the town .
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Gahotie Robbery in Lkbps . —Many and daring as have been the robberies of this character , perpetrated in 'this neighbourhood during last winter , they have been exceeded in determination , impudence , and violence , by one committed on a respectable man last Tuesday night in the Kirkgate-market , which is situated in the very heart of Leeds . Mr . John Shaw , of Cawood , near Selby , came to Leeds on Tuesday morning to dispose of some pigs , and in ihe evening , after visiting Mr . Wood , the confectioner , of Commercial-street , who married his sister , he departed for the London Tavern . This wonld be about half-past ten . He was a comparative stranger to the town , and on arriving near the Kirkgate-market he halted , doubting his way . In this dilemma , a finely-dressed woman and two other women came up to hini i and the former , named Mary
M'Andrew , proffered to show him the public-house he was ia search of . Shaw , under this woman ' s guidance , then walked through the market , it being , as she informed him , the " gainest way" to the London Tavern . He saw nothing more of the other women ; but when they had walked halfway across he was rudely seized by a person coming suddenly and silently upon him from the rear , who threw his arms across his shoulders and gagged him with one hand , and with the other twitched his neckcloth and pressed his knuckles against the throat , and placing his knees against the hollow of Shaw ' s back , succeeded in prostrating him . The ruffian then made a vigorous attempt to hold Show in this position , while the female prisoner succeeded in taking from bis waistcoat pocket a purse containing about £ 22 163 ., composed of £ o notes ,
and gold and silver . The victim vigorously opposed this violence and robbery ; and as the woman was making rapidly off with the purse and contents , he managed to disengage himself from tho man . He ran after and captured the woman before she had got far . However he was again followed and seized by the male accomplice . Shaw distinctly felt his purse and money in the woman ' s pocket ; and a most desperate struggle ensued , in which Shaw and the woman were thrown , and he believed in this fight they were all on the ground . However , he again obtained pos session of the money . The ruffian tried to tear him from the woman , whereupon Shaw cried out " Murder , " and said to his assailants that" he would suffer death before they should have his money , " and again vociferated " Murder . " The alarm brought policeman Sharp up , aad the man seeing danger at hand made off , and succeeded in escaping . The female prisoner , who had again secured the prize and money , tore herself from Shaw's exhausted grasp , and was also making a rapid retreat in
another direction , -when Shaw followed her . He never lost sight of the woman , and , after a short chase , captured her . The market watchman and policeman then both came up . Mary M'Andrew , finding herself thoroughly beaten , fell upou her knees , and begged , " for God ' s sake , " that Shaw would not give her into custody . He again recovered the purse , but the notes were gone ; and the prisoner , who protested that she had not got them , managed , when being privately examined by Mrs . Barrett , the gaoler ' s wife , to drop two notes resembling those lost from the purse . Shaw ' s evidence was most satisfactory , and we are only sorry that the villain was not in the dock the following day to rec eive , with the woman , the magistrate ' s decision . Prisoner , in defence , said she had nothing to do with the attack , and never had prosecutor's money in her possession . She was committed to take her trial at the York assizes . Considering the time of the year , and also the scene of the savage attack , it is quite calculated to cause fear and surprise at the determination , impudence , and violence exhibited . —Z « etfs Times .
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MIDLAND CIRCUIT . BREACH OF PROMISE OP MARRIAGE . Lincoln , July 13 . —Hoff v . Savage . —This was a breach of promise case . The plaintiff , who is about forty years of a , keeps a grocer ' s and draper ' s shop at Holbeach . and the defendant is a laudowner and opulent farmer in the neighbourhood , fifty-five years of age . Damages were laid at £ 2 , 000 . As tho defendant and the brother of the plaintiff were travelling together , the family having been intimate for years , ' an acquaintance was commenced , but shortly after the lady attempted to break it off on the ground that she had mistaken her own feelings—that she did not intend to marry , and felt that she was in a rieht position . This was at the end of 1843 . Several letters were exchanged , not particularly overcharged with expressions indicative of the tender passionand eventuallthe
, y defendant was accepted ; and it wasarranged that the to be happy pair were to be married at St . George's , Hanoverfquare , London . The plaintiff ' s brother borrowed £ 300 from the defendant , and the plaintiff gave a note for it , as the brother had advanced her the means of fixing in business . Afterwards the defendant wished for the marriage to be put off for twelve months ( as his brother objected to it ) until the objection of his brother could be overcome . As he had suggested that the business should be sold , and attempts had been made to dispose of it , the defendant offered to maintain the plaintiff until he could marry her . This she refused . After this time the defendant got cool , and as he got cool the lady got proportionabl y anxious that tho engagement should be fulfilled . Ultimately the defendant commenced his action for the £ 300 and interest , and then the lady commenced her actioa for breach of promise by way of set off .
Mr . Macaulay , in opening the plaintiff ' s case to the jury , commented upon tho propriety and delicacy of the plaintift ' s letter , and the coarse vulgarity displayed in those of the defendant , whom he described as a man of so hot and tyrannical a temper , that he had acquired the title of "King of the Marsh . " He charged the defendant with having stated in an affidavit that the plaintiff had been actuated by mercenary motives ; and he wanted to know what the defendant meant by making suoh an imputation , when he knew that she had at first declined his addresses on the ground that at that time ' her affection for him was not sufficiently strong . He challenged tho production of that affidavit , and also of the letter of the defendant to which tne plaintiff s first letter was an answer , aad which had been returned .
Mr . Sergeant Wilkins objected to his learned friend stating any matter which he was not prepared to prove . Mr . Maoaulay then resumed his address . He knew what the object of his learned friend was . If he could avoid the necessity of giving any evidence on the part of the defendant , he would then , when he made his speech , take the opportunity of rioting like a rhinoceros in a jungle—( ereat laughter)—and what he ( Mr . Macaulay ) wanted was to compel him by evidence rather than by comment to explain the grounds upon which he justified the extraordinary conduct of his client .
Mr . SeTgeant Vfii&ws addressed the jury for the defen . dant . He commenced by observing , that those who were not acquainted with his learned friend might almost imagine , from the elegant language which he had used , that his learned friend had conceived some personal pique against him . He had spoken of his rioting like a rhionceros in a jungle or a bull in a china-shop , and yet his learned friend took upon himself to be hypercritical as to the language of the defendant's letters . He would not say that his friend reminded him of a rhinoceros in a jungle or a bull in a china-shop , but when he thought o £ the havoc which he had made with the plaintiff ' s case , he could not help thinking of the old adage , expressing it delicately to suit his learned friend , of a Jerusalem pony dancing among the chickens . ( Great laughter . ) He was certainly not surprised that his learned friend had got it into his head to suecest somethine
about mercenary motives , for any one who read this correspondence must see that the beginning , middle , and end of it was pounds , shillings , and pence . There was certainly no Hibernian warmth about it . The letters generally began with the freezing monosyllable "Sir , " and ended " yours respectfully . " Once the defendant had gone so far * as to begin " Dear Eliza , " but they never got to the superlative ; and great must have been the disappointment of the young ladies and gentlemen who had come there expecting to hear the warm expressions of youthful affection , " light of my soul , " " adorable charmer , " or the glowing description of '' an ere which would ' tioe a cat from a herring . " ( LaughterIt
. ) was abundantly clear that fiom the early part of 1819 , the intercourse between the plaintiff and defendant had wholly ceased ; and it was not until the defendant insisted upon the payment of the money whieh he had lent , that the present action was dreamt of . The plaintiff herself had said that she had not that affection for the defendant which could induce her to marry him , and what was there since to alter that intention ? According to the account which his learned friend had given of the defendant what was there in this" King of the MarBh , " this coarse vulgar tyrant , who chewed tobacco , to win her affection ? What evidence was there that he had done so ? Where was the delicacy of the lady , who pointedly refused to pay her debts
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until a man for whom she had no affection would fulfil a promise to marry her ? She would , in his judgment have exhibited more true religion by the honest payment of her debts , than by arrogant . application of scriptural quotations to her own pretended wrongs . But an appeal was made to the sympathies of the jury on behalf of this poor injured " orphan ; " —an orphan of forty years of age ! It reminded him of a s ' . orv current on this circuit of one of its former members , the iate Mr . Clarke , who happened , when he was nearly eighty , to be opposed to Mr . Sergeant Goulbourn who made a similar appeal on behalf of his client , a lady of the age of forty-two . When it came to Mr . Clark ' s turn to address the jury , Us said , — " Gentlemen , an attempt has to excite
been made your sympathies on the part of the plaintiff , on the ground that she is an orphan ; hut fathers and mothers cannot live for e . ver . Gentlemen , I am myself an orphan . " ( Laughter . ) Altogether , the present case was one in which ho was satisfied that the smallest amount of damages was sufficient to compensate the plaintiff for any loss which sho had sustained . The leavned Judge summed up the evidence , and , The jury , havinjr retired for a short time , returned a verdict for the plaintiff . —Damages £ 600 . In tho croas action upon the promissory note , a verdict was taken by-consent for £ Uo , principal and interest and an order was made that the damages and costs in tho one action should bo set off against the damages and costs in the otherand that the balance only should be paid .
, A Fung at the Judge . —In the Crown Court this morning , before Mr . Justice Coleridge , a prisoner named Jume 3 Smith , only eighteen years old , was convicted of burglary after having been previously convicted , and his Lordship was about to pronounce a , sentence of transportation , when the prisoner , with great violence , threw his cap at the learned judge , using at the same time a coarse expression . Fortunately , his Lordship succeeded in avoiding the blow , which might otherwise have proved a severe one . The pri « soner was immediately removed from tho bar , and his sentence deferred .
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CRIMES AND OFFENCES . The Morder by Policemen at Liverpool . —On Monday evening the coroner ' s jury , after a protracted inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Margaret Baiues , a married woman , in an advanced state of pregnancy , who had been killed by a blow from a policeman ' s stick while quietly standing in her own apartment , returned a verdict of" Wilful Murder against John Slaney , " the policeman ( 175 ) , who was swotn to by five or six witnesses as the man who had inflicted the fatal blow . Another policeman named Dome suddenly absconded after the occurrence , and has not yet been apprehended . In . the course of the investigation three persons were committed by order ef the coroner for writing notes to thft jury , with a view of tampering with their judgment on the question before them . The conduct of the police on the occasion has been proved tc have been most brutal , wanton , and unprovoked . Accident "
Dangers op the Serpentine . —On Tuesday aa inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , at the Malpas Arms , Charlesstreet , Grosvenor-square , on the body of Timothy Conner aged thirty-four , an excellent avamtner , who was drowned on Sunday morning in the Serpentine . The testimony of the witnesses went to prove that he had swam half way across and suddenly called for help , when he turned over head first and went down into the deep mud beneath . It was nearly twenty minutes before he could be got up by the Royal Humane Society ' s men after the time he went down . Mr . Williams the superintendent of the Society , stated that observing the drags were out he instantly got a hot bath in readiness , and when the body was brought in it
was black with the mud over the head to the waste where he had been fixed . He was quite dead , but still every means were used to restore him , and Dr . Woolley attended . —The Coroner : The Serpentine , I have understood , is a most dangerous place to bathe in . —Mr . Williams replied it was the most dangerous place in the world . There were holes thirty feet deep , and th en twelve feet of mud , out of which the best swimmer could nsver get . There were cold springs too in all parts . —The Coroner observed that it had been suggested in consequence , as he understood , that the bed of the river should be levelled . As this had not been done there is no alternative but to prevent bathing altogether there . —The jury returned a verdict of " Accidentally Drowned . "
Death from Coup de Soleil . —On Monday evening , Mr . W . Carter , coroner for East Surrey , held an inquest at the County Arms Tavern , Wandsworth-common , ' upon the body of Matthew Kerley , aged seventy-five , a labourer , who died under the following circumstances . On Friday last the deceased , who worked for Mr . Robert Male , a nurseryman on Wandaworth-common , was hoeing some ground between twelve and one o ' clock , the sun being shining with an intense heat , when he suddenly dropped to the ground , and was found by a labourer named John Young lying ' on his
back , with his eyes wide open and senseless . This man got assistance , and the deceased was conveyed to a shady part of the ground . Mr . Wilkinson , the resident aurgeon of the New Prison , was apprised of the circumstance , and quickly attended the deceased , whose head he found to be very hot , and the pulse beating fast . He bled him in the temples , and adopted other remedies , but he gradually sunk , and died in about two hours . There was no doubt of the powerful rays of the sun being the primary agent . The jury returned a verdict of" Died by the visitation of God . "
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BIRTHS AND DEATHS-HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS . ( From the Registrar-General ' s Return . ) The official report says : —Last week the births of 679 boys and 638 girls , in all 1 , 314 children , were registered in London . The average number in seven oorresnondinir weeks of 1845-51 was 1 , 244 . The week that ended last Saturday brought considerable accession to the mortality of London , which rose higher than it had been in the eleven weeks preceding . In the week ending July 3 , with a mean temperature of 59 , 7 degrees , the deaths registered were 987 ; in last week , ending July 10 , with a mean temperature of 70 . 9 decrees , they were 1 , 080 , showing an increase of nearly 100 . In the ten corresponding weeks of the
the years is ^ -5 i average number of deaths was 889 , which , with a correction for increase of population , will bo 978 , The present return therefore shows a mortality greater than the estimated amount by 102 , The average temperature of the corresponding weeks was 62 degrees . From these facts it seems reasonable to draw the inference that a sudden increase of heat abovo the average , to the amount of 9 degrees , has shortened the lives of more than a hundred persons A comparison of the returns of the last two week appears to show that extreme heat has been un . favourable to the young and the old , while with regard to the middle-aged its tendency has been beneficial , except to such of these as were labouring under consumption .
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American Sketch op John Mitchel Ayoung man , perhaps thirty , with a square white forehead and hair , clustering round it with those peculiar curls , which look as it they were conscious and knew what they were about—P , > bl £ , . "" ok brown hair-item , No . One , as N . P . Willis would write in . his note book if he were the traveller—straight , long nose , with nostrils clear cut , and capable of expansion or contraction at will , and naturally fashioned to express acute taste and sincere disdain , ( by the way , nostril tells proud blood oftener than the hand , though snobs consider the latter to be an indox of good or bad breeding)—full , passionate mouth , «« bursting with tho richness of the South , " showing strong , manly nature , with a slightly sensual dash iu it , but , in despite of the latter severely chastened into thought—eyes , deep and what ( for want of a better name )—you might term meta-physical in their moments of rest , but containing a latent fire which
would burst forth m moments of fun or indignation with a flashing light , which you could analyse according to tbo mood of the moment—eyes , by the bye , which sometimos in certain times for itstance-had a way of half closing themselves , like a bow contracted before it shoots , as if to send the thought which was under them right through your soul—skin so transparent abovo the eye-brows that you could see a pulae beating under it-thin , consumptive fingers—figure tall , but with a scholastic head-not lazy or loafing , but regular and distinct , as of a man who has serious work on hand—voice soft , but decided , ( if we may use the word ) , conciliatory but impressive , pleading while it is stern in its assertions , in fact unique and singular , but proving itself at every word to be that of a speaker who means what he says , and say <) what he means—such would be your first idea of . John Mitchel \ -Ncw Orleans Ma .
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Drapers in Sydxet . —Drapers' assistants are getting from £ 100 to £ 200 a year at present in Sydney . London Rats—Tlv-re are , upon a moderate calculation , upwards of a thousand persons in London living directly , or indirectly , by means of rats . Closing op Newgate-strkkt for Repairs . —This great thoroughfare to and from the city " and west-end of the town has been closed for repairs . . Carriage of Books to Australia . —Arrangements are m progress to extend the privilege of sending books , &c . at low rates to Australia . The Zoological Society of London have received an addition to their menagerie in tho arrival of a fine and lively cxamplo of tho Chimpanzee . Emigration from Umsior , and Trre West . —The emigration movement has set in with fullforco in the West of England and South Wales .
Acts of PABLUMEsr . -in the five months hut one day ot the late session of parliament , eishty-eigbt public and 1 G 8 local acts were passed . A "Frbe and Indepe . ndkst" Voter . — Wro . M'Vitie , a weaver , died last week , at Carlisle , in consequence of drinking to excess free drink , given by the Tory canvassers . 16 / 3 Departure op Mademoiselle Wagner . —Tho " Standard announces that Mdlle . Wagner has loft England , tho intention of her appearing in London this season having been abandoned . Ejhghation via Liverpool . —The number of persons sent to the United States during the past month was 20 , 817 ; a falling off , as compared with the month of June , of upwards of 6 , 000 . Mad Dogs . —On Saturday a notice was ssued by the Commissioners of Police , Whitehall-place , calling upon all owners of dogs which showed any rabid symptoms to keen them within their housrs .
Death of Sir G . H . Smyth , Bart . —We havo to announce the death of Sir George Henry Smyth , Bart ., of JSerechurch Hall , Colchester , which took place on Suuday last . DEATn of " John Dob and Richard Rob . "—On the 24 th of October next these celebrated characters will legally cease to exist , in consequence of an act passed in the lata session , Metropolitan Improvements . —Under a recent act , improvements will be made in Piralico and near Buckingham Palace . The Thames Embankment , under another act , is now being formed . t « k Tories and the Elections . —Of the seats which the -Tories have gained , the following will , we understand , be petitioned against with every prospect of success : — Derby , Cockermouth , Barnstaple , and Canterbury . Gbknkry Experiments are going on at Shoeburyness , under the directions of ft committee of naval and artillery officers , with eccentric shell with a 10-inch long gun of 116 cwt .
A Prbsekt for a Kino . —Whilst tho King of Prussia and the Empress of Russia were at Ooblentz , a butcher presented them with a sausage thirteen feet long containing all sorts of sausage moat , and terminated with a pig ' s head . "Gaglinani" announces the death of M . Recamier , the celebrated physician at Paris , in his seventy-eighth year . On the previous day he had visited several patients , and appeared quite well on going to bed . Ho died " without a Struggle or a groan . " Value of Gold Cont .-The "Wanderer" of Vienna states that the English government has proposed that aa European congress shall be held at London to deliberate on measures to bo taken in common , relativo to gold pieceB , which are constantly losing their value . Official Emoluments . —It being considered expedient that a record should be kept of the emoluments derived by the collectors and controllers , and other officers of Customs ^ &c , they have been called upon to make a return , showing the amount they receive .
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . — This society has recommended that watertroughs be placed in suitable localities for the purpose of supplying dogs and other animals with water in sultry Weather .
Assault of Arms —On Wednesday night the extraordinary feat of cutting through two whole sheep at one cut was to have been performed by Mr . Hand , the well known , swordsman , at Sarille House . However he only succeeded in cutting one through , and the other halfway . Atrocious Murder in tuk County Cavak . —A young man , named Pat Reily , who lived at a place called Muff , was observed by some parties to have some money ; and in . tho evening , ho was set upon by five or six ruffians , who killed and robbed him in the space of a few minutes . Several parties have been arrested . % " The Dogs of Constantinople . —The number of dogs in Constantinople was so great a short time ago that 3 , 000 were conveyed to an isle of the Bosphorus , with provision sufficient to last three dajs , On the fourth day the Iraaums ascended the minarets , and exhorted them to patience and resignation . —Globe .
Shoal of IIkiirings ovf the Isle of Man . —On Tuesday week an immense bottle-nosed whale , drove in towards the shore a very largo shoal of herrings . When the monster found himself in shallow water , he made hastily foe sea , but the petrified herrings were not so fortunate , thousands of them being caught . Overcrowding . Steamroats . t-Oh Sunday determined measures were adopted to prevent tho overcrowding of . steamboats on tlie Thames by the City and metropolitan authorities , wlfq had placed at tho different piers , and scattered over the river in boats , bodies of tho Thames police , who took good care that none beyond the number limited by law travelled by that mode of conveyance . Gales on the American Lakes . —The numerous gales on the lakes , within the past few months—particularly ont Lake Erie—have destroyed an immense amount of property . The steamer Caspian , during a late gale , was wrenched from her moorings at Cleveland , and dashed to pieces against the pier . The schooner St . Mary was oapsized during the same gale , near Toledo , and it is supposed that all on board were drowned .
t Fires in America . —A large foundry , and several adjoining dwelling-houses in Troy , were lately destroyed by fire . The loss , it is supposed , will reach one hundred and fifty thousand dollars , and , what makes the matter worse , some two hundred workmen have been thrown out of situa : tions by tho calamity . In Iludson , stores and dwellings to the value of about forty thousand dollars have been consumed . The Egg-throwino Case . —It will bo recollected that a very disgraceful occurrence took place at tho " Derby " last year , in which two Cavalry gentisli officers were mixed up . Every impediment has been thrown in the way of tho insulted parties obtaining reparation , hut we are now abla to state that a compromise has taken place , by tha " gents" paying a considerable sum of money to escaps the punishment they so richly deserved . —United Service Gazette .
Gold Diggings . —On Monday night a lecture wa 3 delivered in the London Mechanics' Institution , Southampton .-buildings , by Mr . Judge , on the subject of emigration to Australia . Aa the lecture was .. chiefly designed for tha benefit of intending emigrants—and more especially for those who intend to proceed to the gold districts—it wag altogether of a practical character , giving information as to what the emigrant should do and what he should avoid . Sudden Death from the Heat of the Weather . —Oa Monday an inquest was held by Mr . W . Baker , at tha Royal Crown , St . George ' s-street , Ratcliffe-highway , on the body of John Peter Bruneck , aged fifty-six years . Oa the previous Friday morning tho deceased was at his usual occupation when he complained of the excessive heat , and exclaimed to Mr . Moggeridge , another officer , " Oh , my head is very bad . " He then aBked tho men around him to procure medical assistance , but before the surgeon could get to the deceased he was quite dead . The jury returned a verdict of " Natural Death . "
A Voice fortde Dog . —A correspondent of the " Times , ' writing under this head , says : — "The English muzzle , is a most painful and oppressive instrument , but I am moat anxious to suggest tho use of the-French design in its place This does not in the least degree fetter the animal in opening its mouth and receiving a proper quantity of air , and , is a most simple contrivance . It consists of a small wire frame-work , made to fit under the lower jaw of the animal and its safety consists in its projecting a couple of inches beyond the point of the lower jaw , thus preventing the animal from reaching anything with its mouth , excepting water , by just the distance of the projection . "
Shockikg Suicide with Oxalic Acid . —On Saturday a young woman named Frances Skilton , aged twenty , committed suicide under the following circumstances : —The deceased resided at No . 16 , Thrawl-street , Spitalfields , and at eight o clock she was discovered lying in bed in a state of excruciating agony . A surgeon was called in , and it was soon tound that she had swallowed a large quantity of oxalic acid , which she had purchased at a chemist ' s shop ia iinck-Iane . The stomach pump was used , and every means were resorted to to counteract the effects of the powerful acid , but the deceased expired shortly afterwards . The cause ot tne rash act is not known .
Frightful Stom and Loss op Life . - Alnwick towa I ,, * ° Monday afternoon by a thunderstorm of rS e ted Ilolet } ° e- por several hours the flashes and reports followed each . other without intermission , the rain L . ^ u " , ° 4 ents ' and the g ^ ndeur of the storm , which resembled a West Indian one , was fearful . The lightning V -m a . u t danSerous description , and the thunder ter . rioie . At the new Bchools now building for tho use of tho corporation , eight men were standing under the shelter of tne scaffolding , when tho electric fluid struck one of tho poles , which it rent from top to bottom ; it then knocked down the eight men , two of whom were killed and another hurr , and then rent part of tho wall in its passage — Ber * ivick Warder . row
American Challenge to English Ship Builders —Tha American Navigation Club challenges tho shipbuilders o £ Great Britain to a ship race , with cargo on board , from a port m England to a port in China , and back . One shin l ° A ° ™ * bPa ^ Plr - ' . t 0 b 0 na ™ d within a ?^ ll V - i i ^ bB modelled > commanded , and officered entirely by citizens of tho United States and Great Britain respectively . To be entitled to rank Al . w ! A n ^ e Amer'can o&f 8 or at Lloyd ' s . The stakes to be £ 10 , 000 a side , satisfactorily secured by both parties to bo paid without regard to accidents , or to any elceptiona ^ the whole amount forfeited by either party not anpearmV »! ? b 0 ™ « y o ^ en . VaBonSS SSSS& aiwr oi
. uuce acceptance tobu'ld the ships , if required and also for discharging and loading cargo in China . 58 der 8 oT r ttym o n n me : tbe efze of the ships , not u * SJS T ) 20 ° African registered tons ; tha weight and measurement which shall be carried ea ; h . w > yj w » allowance for snort weight or oyor-size .
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DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDEST .
Burxltjy , July 13 . —Yesterday morning several monster excursion trains left Burnley , conveying upwards of 5 , 000 of the teachers , children , and friends of the various Sunday schoolsofthe town to York , Goole , Liverpool , and other places . The Goole train , engaged by the Wesleyan Methodists , consisted of about thirty-five carriages , containing some 1 , 200 persons , and reached Burnley , oa its return , about 11 . 30 p . m ., every ono delighted with the day ' s trip to the sea , and quite unprepared for the most fearful railway accident which has ever occurred in this neighbourhood . The train had arrived within a few hundred yards of the station , when it was brought to a stand for the purpose of detaching the engines ( according to the usual practice ) , and running the train on to tbe main line , which is not employed at this station for the ordinary passenger traffic ; but before the engines could be disposed of the tram , from its weight , was again in motion , and , before the pointsman could attend to his duty , had passed on , down the incline , to the usual passenger-platform , which is adapted only for a short train , and terminates in a strong stone wall . The train entered the station with considerable impetus , and dashed against the buffers protecting the wall , two of the carriages being raised completely on end , and almost ihivered to pieces by the concussion . The scene which ensued was most lamentable , and almost baffles description , the screams of mothers for their children being mingled with the eries and groans of the wounded . The news of the calamity soon spread through the town , and the confusion wa 3 increased by the hundreds of people who crowded into the station . Mr . Superintendent Carswell , witn a party of the county constabulary , was toon on the spot , and resorted to active measures for the extrication of the injured , four of whom were found to be quite dead , and some twenty or thirty seriously injured . A special engine was despatched to Manchester immediately after the accident for Mr . Hall , the passenger superintendent , who arrived at three o ' clock this morning . After a careful investigation of the circumstances , Mr . HallSfc of opinion , that had the points been properly attended to the accident would not have occurred . We understand that every attention is being paid to the sufferers by the company .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . * ( Before Mr . Sergeant Adams , Assistant Judge . ) July 13 . —Robbery—Effects of tiie "Scarlet Fever . " —John Rceman , 30 , a private in tho Coldstream Guard s , and Mary Ann Bacon , 21 , were indicted—Mary Ann Bacon for stealing a oashbox , containing two bank notes for tbe payment and of the value of £ 10 each , and other notes and moneys , the property and moneys of Robert Townsend ; and John Reeman for feleniousl y receiving tha same , well knowing them to have been stolen . —The jury retired for about an hour , and returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners—Bacon of stealing , and Reeman of receiving . —Tbe Assistant Judgo said it was the impression on his mind , although perhaps he bad not enough proof to enable him to act on it , that Bacon had been the complete dupe of the male prisoner . —A juryman also observed that that also was the impression of the jury . —Mr . Dojlo vemarked that the girl had had two or three situations , but had lost them all through an acquaintance with soldiers . — Mr . Parry eaid that the girl was of a very respectable family . The father was a farmer in the country , and was greatly distressed at the circumstances connected with the case , for she seemed to have been perfectly infatuated with this man . —The Assistant Judge sentenced Bacon to six months ' imprisonment with hard labour , and Reeman to he transported for fourteen years . A Beastly Ruffian . —John Brown , 30 , was convicted of unlawfully assaulting Eliza Webb , a child und er twelve years of age . The case was a most disgusting one , and the details unfit for publication . —He was sentenced to ten months' imprisonment with hard labour .
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ArrrnRXTTS Awn r > is : TTAT , TTi ? . s ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES . LOSS OF LIFE AT BLACKFR 1 ARS BRIDGE . On Sunday evening , a little before nine o ' clock , an accident occurred on the river close to Blackfriars-bridge , by which three persons lost their lives under the eyes of several hundred of their fellow-creatures , who couid render them no effectual assistance . It has been ascertained that in the morning of the day a party of nine persons , consisting of Thomas Gsynne , Jan > e 3 Gwynne , George Williams , Francis Wriliaras , AUrsd Williams , Mrs . S . Williams , and three females whose names at present could not be ascertained , hired a shallop at Hungerford Markst for the purpose of enjoying an excursion on the twer . They proceeded in the first instauce with the tide as
far as Greenwich , and after spending a few hours they took advantage of the flow for the purpose of reaching the orig inal point of embarkation . They proceeded upwards as far as Blackfriars-bridge without harm , but just as the shallop had got about midway through the fourth arch of that bridge on the Middlesex side of the river , the Dahlia London-bridge and Westminster steam-boat appeared in view going down the river , and against the tide , which was runl ning very strong . The occupants of the shallop on seeine the steamer making way upon them , called out most lustily to the captain to port his helm , which he gave orders to have dene ; but unfortunatel y ihe females in the smaller
vessel became so auch alarmed as to jump up , and so caused the shallop to cant towards the starboard paddle hoi of the steamer . This , Vnh the heavy swell produced by the steamer , and the tide running in contrary direction , completely swamped the smaller craft . The men and women were immediately thrown into the river , and for two or three seconds the whole party could be seen plunging and clinging to each other in the water , whilst the screams of those in the Temple-gardens , the travellers by the different steam-boat ? , and he vast number of people on Blackfriars and Waterloo-bridges , vrto saw the terrible catastrophe , were pitiable in the extreme .
Mr . Robert Ware , the pier-master of Blackfriau-hndge , bearing the screams , and learning the cause , directed two men , named Bull and Neary , to put-off with the life-boat and the Royal Humane Society ' s drags , to render assistance . At the same instant , he despatched parties to go for Mr . Hutchinson , the surgeon , of Farringdon-street , so that , he night be ready to render medical aid , in the event of any of the sufferers being taken out alive . The two piermen , on getting along side the steamer , found two men clinging to that portion of the steamer abaft of the paddle box , whilst others were clinging to the clothes of the less fortunate , and were beseeching the spectators to assist them . By
a most strenuous exertion the two piermen succeeded in palling into their galley the two males , ThomaB snd James Gwynne . They also made an attempt to seize the wearing apparel of the poor females , who were buoyed np for a second or two by the almosphere inflating their clothes . Unfortunately they failed in their attempt , mainly owing to the parties clasping each other round the waist . " The two more fortunate men were , however , taken into the boat rowed to Blackfriars-bridge , and finally carried to the Glazier ' s Arms , Water-lane , where Mr . Browning , the landlord , had a bed got ready , and , owing the attendance of Mr . Hutchinson , the surgeon , both parties happily recovered .
When this had been done six persons were still missing , and it was impassible in the excitement to ascertain whether they had not , as was feared by most who were present , sunk to rise no more . It was , however , subsequently discovered that one of the feni 8 le 3 ( Mrs . Weston ) , was rescued just as she was sinking for the third iirae , and , having been pulled into a boat , * as conveyed to the Swan , in Upper Tfaames-Btreet . Her husband , however , perished . Mr . George Williams , although much injured , was rescued . The paddle box caught the left side of the face , lacerated the flesh , the wheels of the steamer then seized upon hi 3 shirt , lifted him twice or three times out of the water , and in all probability would ha ? e drawn him into the flats of the wheel , but he bad the presence of mind to tear hi 3 shirt away , and in so doing his chest was terribly cut , and at the time this account was written he was obliged to be conveyed to the surgery of Mr . Hutchinson . His wife , however , was drowned .
Ann Williams , Thomas Weston , and Emma Bates , are the names of those who have perished by this melancholy event .
The survivors attach great blame to the steam-boat conductors ; whilst , on the " other hand , the last-named lay equal blame to those in the small boat , for not takiug a more southerly position on the river . _ On Monday a very searching inquiry wa 3 made by the directors of the London and Westminster Steam Boat Company , for the purpose of ascertaining whether the persons in charge of the Dahlia steamer were ( he cause of the distressing accident . Captain Elliott , who was in command , had been indisposed for three or four days , bnt instead of laying up , he made no complaint , aud continued to go with the vessel .
On Sunday evening , however , he became worse , and during ; his temporary absence in the cabin he left the vessel in charge of the first mate , who took his position en the paddle-box . The boat had gained the entrance to the fourth arch of the bridge when he espied the shallop . Seeing that there was plenty of room for both vessels to pass , he waved his band for those ia the smaller craft to steer a little on one side . This request was at onee complied with , and to all appearance both boats were going perfectly right , but all of a sadden the steersman of the smaller boat must have pulled the wrong string , for the nose of the shallop tamed completely round and struck the curtain-board of the Dahlia .
Before , howetrer , fhe two came into collision the mate had time to call out "Drop her astern" and "Ease her , " but the way npon the steamer was so great that before she could be stopped the women in the shallop made an attempt to Eland np , which caused their boat to take a more inward course towards the steamer , and the consequence was that she struck violently against the paddle-box , and instantly became swamped . On Monday , an elderly man , one of the survivors applied to Alderman Lawrence for assistance . He stated that oa Sunday evening he came with his friends in the shallop from Greenwich , when having cleared tbe arch at Blackfriars Bridge , they saw tbe Dahlia bearing down npon them . He ( applicant ) hailed tbe steamer , and desired tbe man in commaud to stand off , 'while the steersman of the shallop
endeavoured to take a more southerly direction ; but before they had time to do so the steamer came in collision with them , and precipitated all , ten in number , instantaneously into the water . The boat sank immediately , and he ( applicant ) being a swimmer , tried to save big aged father , and in doing bo was under water himself for abont four minutes , and when he rose to tbe surface almost exhausted , be caught a line that had been thrown out from tbe steamer , and induced hi 3 father to do the same , and they were ultimately rescued from their perilous position by watermen who put off to their assistance , and they were taken on board the steamboat , but ia tbe meantime applicant lost his sister , and a female relative and friend . He . met with two gentlemen oa board , captains of other vessels , -who condemned tbe captain ' s want of caution in not having anyone oa tbe look ont . * - ¦
Alderman Lawrence asked if it was dark at the time ? Applicant said—Certainly not ; it wanted twenty minutes to sice o ' clock , and everything on the river could be discerned distinctly . Alderman Lawrence . —Tken what do you want of me ? Applicant . —The coroner ' s inquest will soon take place , and the two gentlemen on board the Dahlia are going out of town . I want to know if I can summon them to attend , S 3 their testimony will be important to prove the negligence on the part of the captain , whose name I came here to ascertain . Alderman Lawrence . —Do you intend to charge the captain with wilful negligence in running you down ? Applicant . —Tes , sir ; for it was no fault of curs , as we bad an experienced steersman with us . Alderman Lawrence . —Have the bodies been fotnd ? Applicant . —No , sir , not yet .
Alderman Lawrence . —Then the inquest cannot be held until they are found . However , if you write to the directors of the company , they will be sure to famish you with the name of the captain , and then if you will come here we will consider the propriety of grasting you a summoo 3 against him ; but you can do nothing to detain the two gentlemen , who I should imagine would deem it an imperative duty to render every assistance in their power . This morning ( Wednesday ) a waterman discovered the D Jdy of Ann Williams floating in the river near Pickle Herring Stairs , Ilorselydown , where he conveyed it ashore , and gave it into the charge of Mr . George Mead , the beadle of
ot . Olave ' s , Southtfark . Shortly afterwards , information was received by the same officer , of the finding of the third body near Morgan Stairs . Both the deceased were taken in Bbells to the dead house cf St . John ' s Workhouse , Parish-street , Tooley-street , where the relatives soc-n afterwards identified tfcem . In the course of the afternoon an inquest on the bodies was opened , but it was adjourned for the purpose of giving the proper notice to the officials of ™ j , steamboat company . The inquest room was crowded . The mate of tbe steamer which upset the boat has been examined and remanded on a charge of negligence . The "Mies have not been found . 5 ,
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NORTHERN CIRCUIT MAINTENANCE OP A BASTARD CHILD . York , July 12 -Cbowhursi asd Wife v . Lotebock .-Tbwwasan action brought to recover a sum of £ 25 for the maintenance of a bastard child , of which tho defendant was the father and the female plaintiff tho mother . It appeared that on the 30 th of December , 1845 , tho female plaintiff gave birth to a child , and in consideration of her abstaining from fathering it upon him , tho defendantenterad into an agreement with her in the following Match to pay her Mo , by instalments , for the child ' s maintenance , of which sum he then paid her £ 12 on account . Not however , paying further instalments , the female plaintiff obtained an order of maintenance of her bastard child f j > m the magistrates , under which the defendant nnid £ 8 .
subsequently , the female plaintiff having married , that bastardy order became null and void , and the defendant refusing to pay any more towards the support of the child this action was brought on his prior agreement to support it . r For the defence it was uvged that this agreement had bSfard Jrd application was made for tho His Lordship having summed up , £ 25 JUry f 0 UDda VerdiCt f ° r tbe Phtottft-Damages ,
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HOME CIRCUIT . CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER Hertford , July 13 .-Anno Welsh , 23 , a verv goodlooking young woman , was indicted for the wiful ' murder of her female illegitimate child . herownXrinI " ' ^^ ^ ** && ^ i % Kite said that she was the mistress of the offtSi , Siw " ouBe m March ia 8 t - an < j ° n the 13 th ot that month the prisoner was delivered of a famalA pMM SSi ttn r * ' ? ^ STherf iu ? & U h The n 4 « t he T ! i » y « taking the child with her . IL eCe ° ^ - ! tied ™ und it beSngngrthSu Jon AU the flannel furnished to the union was marked ina ™ SK ne which " had' - t , ° ^ t Vat £ £ ofi ne aSif- v DCe b *? ' ° , her wa 9 ^ uni ° *«» - nei , ana that it was the same kind that had been tied round \? ! ared to be verT fond ° f the child on ihJ-iZl w ar 8 de ^ 8 aid that 8 he lived a * Afield , and on the 3 rd of May a boy eame to her and tnld w «„«• "
SttaCo ^ S 3 SLf I " i , found * £ itbadon he ' flat the lastwTiS t 8 hef (? duced ' , and ** ich had been shown to tne last witness , and also a calico shirt thSfromSi T If ° ? erts c ° nstabularly , deposed JuneEh , J" £ ? w IOn h ? « C 6 ived ' wenfc on « " > 15 th ° f June to the Cock Inn , at Barnet , where the Drisonpr wafe have hP « n th « lmmedlate 1 y 8 aid »» t she thought he would have been there before . He said nothing to her to induce ther shTh / Z ^ ff temen ! ' , P ° ' asking her who-Sfi jfej i ?} ° ?? ? ed in Hatfield Union , she replied that she had , and that it was a female babe , but it thecti r ^ , 6 the " ! kedl ? er ^ she was posit ve that d . t I wl ? > dead ' and * e Baid three times that it was filth ? ' f Tf \ ° - - > V ° her aayinSthis ) . he told ^ r SS htl v ?' i f- v . er u nt x ° ° , ustody on SU 8 P' 0 'on of murderthnnrLni « . * » h « tpok out of the unien alive , and ill t M-f ? ; ? fcls ° ! no uset 0 te » y ° ua ° y" <*• I did it , I did it ; I put it into the water "
. JP ° " being cross-examined by Mr . Hawkins , this wit-^ Iw ^ , edand . - h ^ ffled so rauch in tne ans ^ rs he £ m ' \ v v iea ^? ludge i nterposed , and threatened to commit him if he did not give a straightforward answer . Upon being thus pressed , he stated that he had committed the statement of the prisoner to writing immediately after she made it , but said that he had since destroved the paper and he then gave t « o or three different versions of the ex ' pressions he attributed to the prisoner . Mr . Charles Drage , a surgeon at Hatfield , proved that he saw the body of the deceased at the cottage where it had been taken to , and found that it was very much decomposed—so much so that it was impossible to ascertain whetner there were any external marks of injury upon it or not . The body was that of a healthy female child , and he was of opinion that death had been occasioned by suffoca . tion , but not by means of drowning , and he had no doubt tnat the child was dead before it was thrown into the water .
In answer to a question put by the learned judge , tho witness said that children were frequently smothered by being wrapped up too closo in bed clothes , or by havin « a thick shawl or anything of that sort placed round their beads . He had no doubt the child ' s death was the result of strangulation by being deprived of air , but it was impossible for him to give an opinion as to tho actual mode of death . Mr . Hawkins made a very able address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner , contending that in the first place the identity of the child had not been sufficiently clearly established , and that supposing this fact to have been proved , there was nothing positive to show that the prisoner had anything to do with causing the death of the infant . The learned judge having summed up . The jury , without any hesitation , returned a verdict of Aot Guilty .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 17, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1687/page/7/
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