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      Fearful Railway Accident. Girti-Ceiim, A...

      FEARFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT . Girti-cEiim , August Sl .-The most awful and ieniiic accident that has yet happened on the ¦ Rr iMu' and Binainiham liailway occurred last night about a quarter past ten . The following are the few nartitt .-I . is whim I have l « en enabled hastily to throw together , slid which have escaped from the tacitiiinit ~ v of the railway officials : —Ata road station called 1 -clua-i ! , m-ar J ' craiiore , situate in a deep cuttin « about twenty miles 0 : 1 the up line from Gloucester , a goods truck " was placed just across the up lineal the " points , " about isfty yards beyond the station , ready lo be shackled to a down train ( third-class ) , leaving Uinning haai at half-past seven p . m . The stopping or rediiihi signal was turned to stop a luggacc-lrain lo ihe

      that was exj ^ vtvd arrive about same time ( the Initio ueucraSiy waiting here ) . When the luggage twin diwvc up , the cnginc-drivc-r disregarding the signal , -. vent ou right a-htad , and not even slackening Ills speed , passed the station at about thirty miles an Lour , and running against the truck , turned it over On to lire down-vails ; the shwk causing the engine 10 si > rhi £ off the rails across hath sets of rails , thrusting the lender up the bank of the , cutting . At the same moment tiic third-class down-twin arriving at the spot drove over the luggage-train , engine , and "truck , liraggetl a passenger t-ui-ia » e ou to the top of ilie endue , which it set ou fir .-, and smashed to pieces ii ;** nest carriage . Tho passengers , mostly of ihe r-oci cr class , were thrown abnut in all directions ;

      one , a man < f the name of Williams , a carpenter , going home to Lis wife and family at Cheltenham , ¦ was so much c : t , braised , and scalded , that he did mot live more than a few hours . Six or seven others -were ? c-vcrcly est and scalded , and all in the train Tcrvniuch . shaken . 'Ihe engine-driver of the fug-$ a 5 C-t-.-n " m , a i ; : an of the name of Ward , was killed , Lcing iiuinily cut to pieces and buried amongst the xuins of the * engines , carriages , and trucks . The steki-r was very much cut and scalded , but escaped -with his right Vara broken in two or three places . The engine-driver of the passenger train perceiving someobstnuliou on the rails at asi . ort distance from the p'juiis , shut off his steam , reveled the engine , and ii-. xh ho and ike stoker iumr . cd eff just as the

      concussion was about to take place . How he could see tin ? nbsirncium on not a very light night remains a mystery ; hut it appears he had slackened speed considerably j-rior to arriving at this place , as he was jibout toitlp at Deiford station . Had thoc men rejnaiiios * « : « ilii-ejs ghie , their Jives most probably would lave hi en sjt-r'fiml 10 the recklessness uf Ward , and the ix- ; . -. c-Lc ::.- - " ible c-: > mluct of the officials in placing a truck , ' especially a loaded one , on the main line of jails ji-st as two trains were expected . The passenger train was detained about four hours and a liali" . as tho passengers could not be forwarded until an tngmu as *! vavriaues had arrived from Gloucester , liolh iincs of rails being torn up lor several yards . The mail train , wuieh left Birmingham at one

      o ' clock , ]) V- > ti-c ; ksi . without , anything particular occun-in ^ , as far as Spetchley , where it arrived about 3 ialf- } 'ast- two o ' clock . Shortly after leaving Spetchley , and before Hearing the Deiford station , they -were met by alarm signals , and , the train immecuaU-jy tupping , it was evident something unusual lad happened , ihe passengers aud luggage were conveyed thence across the country , a distance ol about iwo miles , to another train in waiting to receive ihcui . Two or three of the passengers , liowevcr , dttcrsiiiiied to malic their way along the line and examine fur themselves the nature of the accident , for that an accident , and a very serious one , had occurred , was , but too apparent . On reaching the iiiYci > c s ;; ot where the cafcistrauhe haimeiied . the

      scen-c of wreck and destruction which met their eyes Unfiles all description ; two trains had evidently come into violent collision , the engines were shattered to pieces and raised high up in the air en the top of a mass of lettered carriages and broken luggage , the debris of which strewed the road in every direction ; and to add to the hoii-ors of the whole , ihe burning cinders irom ihe engines Lad set the mass on lire , which a number of workmen were endeavouring in Tain 10 extinguish . A passenger by the third-class train deserVui-s tlie & vne of conlusinr . at the moment of the occurrence as beyond description ; there were a gTc . it . many passengers , and the shrieks of the women , mingled with tlie grains oi those who were injured , -tvera truly heartrending .

      rtruTUF . n rAnricrLAns , Di-. tfokd , Slit . 1 . —The poor fcUVswwao was so drcadiuliy stsihkd and burnt lingered until nearly dayliuht . this morning , when death pat au end to ids sufferings . An inquest was fixed for twelve o " c : oek to-day . Tills muniing General Pasiey and several of the company ' s oiikei-s behmging to ihe cngiuemiig department were 1131011 the spot , with a view f . > au inspection . Ti : c jury h-ve just met , and have proceeded to vjew the hudy m" Ward , which was lying in a barn close tii the Shie , and presented one of the most awful speelaek-s ever witnessed , bimisr bruised in every -part , and hardly aa nubrohx-n banc in his body . A jposl mortem examination has been ordered , aud his badv has been opened . The result has not vet

      transpired , but it is fully cspeeted that tlie inquest must hi adjourned , as the principal witness . Ward ' s fireman orstoker . is unable to heinovcd , iia having been l > n « igliS to i 3 : v Oloutrtsivr Infirmary , v . hr-re he lies in it dreadful stale . The inquest upon the passenger ( Williams ) must also be adjourned uu ill after the oue on Ward is held . Ward has left a wife and one young child : he was a clever man in managing an engine , b ; : t not a very careful driver , lie was heard to deckvee IxforyjieIt'll Gloucester that-he would be in Bir-I 2 jl : ;» ij ; tui in two hours . Tke OiiirL' -ehe w . -. s drivins , failed the "Verliy" was tbokiivi-stat w , ; j k on the line : it is list so much iiyused as was autiei ; -atcd . Something must be wiiiug to allow a man to drive vu

      ensile of > iR-:: j-atver ar snsli a fearful rate , with a lieavi luggagJvlnim , merely for the fun of t ! . e thing ; an .: t Ii is acvldeut shows the necessity of some legislative enactment to put a stop to sin-li reckless conduct . AH doubt is removed as to the cause » f the fearful accident . It was a truck standing in the way cf the Ingsauo train on its way to Ijirnnndnm . The cause of ijip coiimoii must have arisen fioin one or other of the foiiowinjr mistakes : —either the sisals were Imperfectly given at the DelTonl station tu isdicatc that an obstruction iiad to ba gunrdcii against , or no signal was asven at a }] , or ihe engine-driver fell a SSt'rinccto Ills own rceklessnc ^ in push ngon in s ; . ite of tlie -warning , lt is only hy eh o'iiciai inquiry thn ! the facts eta be properly ascertained . llailwav

      ofneers look as though you were going to . solicit charity , or pick their pockets , the moment infiirma-± ica is ask ^ l : ibout the OKn-rrence of an aeeidc-i . t ; but even a pjsxenger sitting in a carriage can give no information ivyoad Lis seas .-iii . i-s at the time of the accident , or what lie witnesses after ii . In the present ease th . - «?« si « isibjliiy rests with & . 1 facers at the JDeifcrds :: ti : ; ii . It was they who were in charge of the truck ¦ a-hleh . caused the double accident , and , of c « urse , ii rc > 2 .-ujis lor them to account for its Laving been *> placed , aud to prove that the requisite signals were ii vca . 1 have seen this uiorning . laiiits Eaird . the m . ra vrho acted as iiivman to tile unfortunate Ward , lie stated , " We left Gloucester at nine oVloek on Saturday ni ^ ht with the ' uggagc-train "When we got to Iirednn ti : e pumps of tiic engine got liad , and by our attcudirg to them the fire got very low , but by t : ta tima we got to Eggi : » ttHi the pumps wewworkinguretiy wel , and Ward said , he wouid

      assist in getting the lire hsled up . I then commenced iilliu ^ ti ;> the lire , and lie assisted me by opening and s ' luttl'tg the lire-hole duor as i ]> ul in ilw coke , 1 am not e . vt'cily Mire whether it was by tlie bridge at Dfdt . - . d or when crossing the Avon that Ward saidtc me 'Jxnis . the . - c ' s sojjifliiiijy wrong ; ' and iinmc-( 'iatei . v 1 sawLi'u shut oil the ste .-un . On obseiving this , 1 bc ^ :. j ; i to reverse the ci : g : « c , and wiiitst d .-jin-: » i 1 v . as thi'jun 0 $ it . As 1 wius falling 1 . f .-it S ' . anethiiig s'rike ir . y s ' toiiid-.-r . It was very dark at tlie time . I was rc ^ tred , after a time , to sensibility by thc punring of water over me . On looking up i saw engines aud carriages heaped upon each other , and some « f then : en fire . 1 asked tiie per . -uu who was assisting : uc if Le ould tell me anything id" Wa =-d ? He said , * Str-in-tr , w .- will take you to tlie station . Ton arc not fit to inquire aftor your friends . '" Dainl attributes the accident io imperfect signaling at Dcfford .

      » Error . P . aioxD . vr ^ ight . —The accounts of this earf :, . ! t-5 : S » 'o : i having ln-en . exceeding ! , - incorrect , it shcull be stated that on Saturday " night , about 51 nuart- ? r past fen o ' clock , a porter at thi : ~ I ) i-iF . jrd station of tkis railway was in the act of removing a truck from the down line of rails , for the purpose at * making way for the expected down train from Birmingham , to which he was to attach it , raid had g < it it on the oilier line , when a special c , oo : ls train ( which he s-aid he hail no reason t <> expect ) came rapidly aj » from Gloucester , and , notwithstanding no less than three red lights had been exhibited , to warn it cf danger , van into the truck at tlie critical moment that the down train a-so came by : and the consequMj ' -e was . that tlic truvk v . 7 . 3 furced violently l » tween the two trams , aud caused the engines of bntli to Ijc np < et , and the carriages to lie thrown oif . The np-ti-aiu toatdned no passengers , but tho driver ( Joseph Ward } was thrown oat , and upon him fidl a

      large ma « of metal bars which had formed t . ' ie load of one of his carriages : he recs-ived such ' spinal and other injuries that after two heavy pronus he < xpircd , being awfully niutiiatcd . William Miles , a carpenter employed by seme of the contractors , who - was iu the dawn-train , was so dreadfully se . ii-. led that Ins death took p ' ace early on Monday morning ; another person received a concussion of the brain , and lies in a dangerous state at the Gloucester Infirmary ; a fourth lies very ill at Pei-shmc : and otlieis ' are more or less injured . An inquest was held on Tuesday morning before Mr . Charles Best , in this -vi'iaj .-e . Tiic company were represented by Mr . Wheatiey , their solicitor , Mr . Sa under .- ! , their secretary , Air . Swaine , Mr . M'CenndJ , and Mr . Paine , General Paslev , the Government inspector , was also present . nS . rphy being sworn , deposed-I live at vSr &^ 9 T rter fov the Br « t"l a «« Birmingam lyoinnanv . T ^ t v i . „ , „ tu ^ 1 j » r seeing them on thet ^ ms o ^ * T * T pe ™™ 1 was on dntv ar « i . r ™ ns- 0 n Saturday evening was oa duty at the stauon . The clerk at Ecking-

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      ton station wanted a truck which was at our station , to load sheep in on Monday morning-. I was getting it out about a quarter past ten at night , and uiirposcd taking it across the line to hook it to the down-train . Anup-train came up while I had the truck on the line , and the train ian into it . The train , or rather the engine , was thrown off , and upon the other line . A down-train then came along , and struck against the engine -which had been thrown against the rails . The consequence was , the engine-driver of the uptrain was thrown off , both engines were considerably damaged , two of the up-train carriages were knocked to pieces , and the goods thrown out . There were no passengers , it being the luggage train . Two of the down-train carriages were much damaged . The truck at the time was not on the switch , but on the main line . On looking about after the accident I

      saw the driver of the up-train ( Ward ) lying on tlic line ; lie was not quite dead , but groaning , and said , " Lord have mercy on inc . " He is now lying dead at the station . The bars of metal which were on one of his carriages had fallen on him , on his legs and body . I helped to get the weights oil him , bnt I felt poorly and confused at the time , so that I hardly J ; ncu- what had iiajipencd . lie was taken t : > the station , but soon died . 1 did not sao Miles till I saw him iu the station . He complained of being in great pain . Miles was cmplojcd as a carpenter by some of the contractors . The up-train was a special goods train , and 1 knew nothing of its being expected . They had lights in front of the engine . 1 did not sec the lights ; it is my duty to attend to the signals . Joseph "Ward received his injury at the first crash , and the other man when the down-train struck . I do not know how the latter met with his accident .

      I carried a red lamp at the time oi moving the truck . 1 diil not hear ihe train . There are often trains coming up without our being told of them , except by signals placed behind the previous trains . When I knew cd the train coming I expected it would stop before it came to mc , as the lines were being repaired just above . The proper time f . ; i-the arrival of the down-train was ten minutes before ten . It was behind its time . We never remove any trucks till we hear the trains coming . There were tuo other signal lights besides mine . We had expected a short passenger train about the same time , which was to stop at our station . I have known trains run tip without stoiipii' - ; when the signals were hoisted .

      When flio goads train aunoup ] took it lo be tlic short passenger train before mentioned . 1 don't remember that train coininsr . There were red lights also to stop that train . The person holding one of the red lights had been sent on tke line , past the bridge , towards Eekington ; the other was on tho piatform . Ward seemed to take r . o notice of the signals , lor he came up very fast to the truck . 1 then slipper ! my shoulder from the truck' , and threw myself on Die " bank . It was a clear night , and I could see the lamps at Eekington station , which is more than a mile . The deceased ( Ward ) was standing up , gazing over the top of his engine ; he was not asleep .

      Mr . J . E . M'Connell , superintendent of the locomotive department , deposed—I reside at Bloomsgrove station . ( Witness here read the company ' s regulations for tlie engine-drivers . These regulations appear to have been framed with a due regard for the public safety under any contingency which may happen on railways . ) A e-. qiy of these rules had been given by witness to Ward , who , as usual iu ail such cases , had consented faithfully to keep them . ( The foreman of the jury here commented on the danger of buhig enjoined to make iq > their time , when lost , so as to be sit each station at tbe precise pei'iod marked on the table . ) Mr . M'Connell accounted for the delay in the down-train in consequence of the repairs 011 the rails , and also its having to wait for a mail-train ; lie then went on to say that if Ward had obeyed the rules laid down with regard to simials , the

      accident could not possibly have occurred . Ward had been employed by the company for the last two months , and had driven engines for several years . If engine-drivers pass a signal without stopping , wc discharge them . Should the driver accidentally leave his post , his fireman is generally competent to take his place . ( One of the jury observed , that since the trade at Defford had increased , there did not seem to be enough servants and attendants there ; but witness replied that assistance was always iiirivardcd when necessary . ) A truck , when i n good repair , may be easily moved by one man , while carrying his lamp . When the hist witness removed the truck , he did so to save time in affixing it to the down-train , which he saw coming . The mail-train which proceeded the up-train had a red light behind , which denoted that a special train was to come .

      Josiah Abbott , porter at Bromsgrove station , deposed—I knew Joseph Ward . Ou Saturday night I cause irom Gloucester with him on a snecial goods train . We followed the mail , at about nine o ' clock . Vf c were loaded with iron rails and deals ; two carriages were empty . There were twenty carriages altogether . "Ward , the driver , was sober . 1 was the guard . 1 did not see plainly anv signal when approaching Dcffurd . I looked out irtid saw a light , but the steam i ' roni our engine dazzled it . When we came to the stone bridge wc passed the red light . I was too far off to give the driver a signal without staving my break . 1 had put 011 the break when I thought 1 first saw the light . It was dark , and 1 could not see for the steam . We then came in contact with E ..- ; iiethi ! ijj- I was not thrown oil ' , but got oft ' . 1 first saw Jam-. s llaird , the ii reman , come out from tiie tracks , lie was with our train . ( A certificate was here put in to tiie effect that James Baird was unable to be removed from tiie Glouecster

      Infirmary , he Having received a concession of the brain . Another certificate was put in , stilting that William . Ifauioii , another Mi A ' cr er , was lying ill at Persliorc , bnt was getting- better . ) 1 afterwards saw Ward lying and groaning , under a weight of bars . I heard him groan twice , and ho tmu died . 1 afterwards saw a .. oilier person , who was much scalded . Uaird went back with tho train lo ( iloiiecstor . it appeared to me to be a dark night , but I was between two high trucks , and had a ji ^ ht with me . Although I could not see the signal on account of the steam , the driver might . ( A conversation here ensued as to the urgent necessity of having some invention for communicating between tha guard and driver , no « ueh invention having hitherto been successful . ) We were going very fast , uutwewcie haltaiiiiourbehiiidtliemail then . If "Ward had seen the light even when at the stone bridge , lie might , I think , have prevented any serious accident . A red light may be seen at a distance of four miles , as I have seen it at the Lickev .

      \ villiam Guest deposed—1 live at Cheltenham , and am a contractor . The deceased Miles died this morning . _ I saw him yesterday in bed at the Ciown , in this village . I know nothing of the accident . JJeceasod was ^ ca rpenter in llic employ of myself and partner . His wife and one of his so ; is arc come to fetch his body . ( The order for burial was here handed fo ihe witness . ) Mr . William Francis , surgeon , of Pcrshorc , was next sworn . —1 was called iu at-Deiford station about eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , and found Miles

      on a sofa in an inner reum . lie was scalded extensively iu various parts of the body . He was removed to the Crown , where I attended-him , in coujuncticu with Mr . Davis and Mr . Kiven . He died l his morning . The cause of death was the scalding . 1 also saw Ward when I went to ti ; c station . lie was dead . I have , examined his bodv , assisted by Mr . Marsh , of Upton . There were fractures or " erushings" of the spine ami pelvis sufficient to account for death . ( Witness also described other horrible wounds . )

      Mr . James Dune , superhiicndcntatDeiTord station , was next called . Ilis evidence elicited . no new fact in the testimony ; he corroborated the statement as to the goods special train bcimr unexpected , and also proved that the signals at Defford were most conspicuous at tiie time of its approach . Witness had known instance's of the signals being disregarded , but he always reported such instances , and the parties were discharged . Edward Shaw , the man who held the signal light at tha bridge , said he was ordered to get a lamp and stop ail trains coming up after ten o ' clock , on

      act-omit of the repairs goifig « n . He did so , and was stationed near tiie bridge , towards Eekington . The goods train came up at about twentv minutes or half in hour . iftcr the mail train . Witness was most positive that he showed his light when he first saw it coming . Did not know tlie driver , as the engine went bv very fast , without taking notice of " the signal . Witness waved his light , " bobbed" it forward , and shouted close to the ongi-: e , but all to no purpose . Witness also saw Murphy ' s signal-% hi and that on the platform . The driver could not have _ h . dped seeing witness ' s light if lie had been looking out .

      James ( . rawiord , ot Gloucester , loKinotivc foreman , deposed that on the night in question he had attached to the mail train for Birmingham the extra hmp behind , which always denotes a special train to fellow it . Tins was the whole of the evidence which could at present bj obtained , and the Coroner then , at eight o ' clock at night , adjourned the inquest till that day fortnight , which appointment , however , will be subject to the state of health of the witnesses then to be brought forward .

      Extensive Coxflagkatiox Ox Sir Thomas T>...

      Extensive Coxflagkatiox ox Sir Thomas T > arixg ' s Estate , kgar Wixciiesteu . —On Saturday last , a fire which has destroyed several dwellings , and deprived seven respectable families of both house and home , occurred at a village called Mitcheldevcr , seven miles from "Winchester , on the llasiugstokeroad , and within two miles of the mansion of Sir Thomas Baring , Bart ., situate at Stratton Park . It appears that the fire orijtinated from the falling of sparks frem llw flue of an oven belonging to the bakehouse of Mr . Groom , baker and general dealer , who at the time was raking the wood embers . Pieces fell upon the thatch of au adjoining- cart-house , which instantly ignited , and tho fire communicating itself to the lone line of continuous thatch , the whole was speedily in a blaze . At this moment the consternation of the villagers was very great , who had barely timeinsevevalinstanccsloescape . Anagedcnpnlewas mo :-t miracttlouslv preserved by the enterprise of a kind neighbour . ' Very soya after the outbreak the Hon . Francis Baring repaired to the scene , having

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      given orders that the engines belonging to the mansion should be promptly despatched to the spot , with twemy-two men to work tlieni , . Meanwhile the flames extended from house to house with great rapidity , and one of the inmates ( Groom ) with his wife and family with very great difficulty escaped . An attempt was made to save a portion of the property , but this was found to be impossible , from the falling of thu rafters of li-. c house , which was full of timber . It was a considerable time before the engines ^ could be got into full play , in consequence of the bad supply of water , and the nearest pond being at a considerable distance from the spot . A police-constable of the Hampshire " constabulary was immediately despatched to Winchester , and Captain Harris , ' . the chief constable , and Mr . Tart , the superintendent , shortly afterwards went with three constables to render any requisite assistance . When they arrived , the whole of the long line of moling of the six cotr tages had fallen inand the lower part of the

      build-, ings as well as the outhouses were in flames . Several of tho inmates , ^ who were out , gleaning in the fields , had by this time become acquainted with the loss of tlieir little all , and the police acted most admirably in preventing the poor creatures from- perilling themselves by attempting to save anything .: The fire continued to burn until every particle of furniture anistock was destroyed , the houses gutted , and several valuable pigs , poultry , and domestic animals sacrificed . The loss will be most severely felt , as the occupiers arc none of them insured . The owner of the bouses , Sir Thomas Baring , is insured in one of the county offices . On Monday morning an attempt was made to explore the ruins , and a quantity of money in different kinds of coin was found , as well as' the remains of two watches in a fused state . This was all that was saved of any value . We hear that a subscription , liberally headed and strenuously promoted , is being got up throughout the neighbourhood , for the benefit of the sufferers .

      Extensive KonnEiincs . —On luesday information of the following extensive robberies was received by the metropolitan police : —From the residence of Mrs . Anno Morris , in the town of Nottingham , a black leather travelling trunk , with "A . "" Morris " engraved thereon , containing a dozen silver dessert knives and forks , six table forks , six table spoons , six teaspoons , two salt spoons , a mustard spoon , a caddy sponn , a pair of sugar tongs , a receipt on Moore and llobinson ' s bank for £ 170 , Bank of England and Liverpool notes for £ 155 , including a £ 50 , £ 30 , and £ 5 , cut in halves , and the remainder in £ 10 and £ 5 notes ; a yellow silk bag , containing upwards of 100 sovereigns : a black morocco writing case , containing two gold bracelets , set with cameos ; several valuable securities in tlft Dutch , German , and French langtiar . es , besides various articles of wearing

      apparel and silk dresses unmade . Also a rosewood dressing-case , inlaid with pearl , containing- two gold watches , one German and the other French ; a pair of silver Indian ear-drops , two diamond rings , one with a large diamond iu the centre , surrounded with eight small ones , various other rings and brooches , a small gold locket , a gold bracelet , set with turquoise and other stones , various continental coins , Ac . Also from the pocket of a gentleman , between the District Bank and the Custom House , Liverpool , hy way of Sonthcastle-sticet , a wash leather bag , containing the following Bank of England notes : — £ 100 , Manchester , 17 th Fcbruarv , 18-15 , No . 10 , 558 ; £ 50 , Leeds , 22 nd Julv , 1814 , * 22 , S 78 ; £ 50 , Liverpool , 28 th Mav , 1 SU , 215 , 421 ; four £ 10 , Manchester , 10 th Fcoruarv , 1844 , Nos . 34 , 420 , 38 , 157 , 33 , 080 , and 12 , 040 ; and £ 5 . London , lath March , 1844 , 70 , 1 S 3 ; also about £ 27 in gold .

      Alleged Extensive Swindling . —Some time since a person who represented himself as Dr . Alien , late of the Eniiiskillcn Dragoons , appeared in Argyllshire , where he is accused of having obtained goods and money in a false and fraudulent manner , from various respectable individuals , to the amount of £ 200 sterling . Information having been receiver ! by the authorities at Inverary , that he was residing in Kilrea , county of Londonderry , Ireland , under his real name of James Paterson , following : the occupation of a baker in said village , where he is said to possess property to some Miiouut , Mr . M'Kay , superintendent of the Argyll county police , at the request of the sherill ' -stibstitute , immediately proceeded to Belfast-, per Thetis steamer , upon Monday last , and from thence the following day to Kilrea .

      After arriving there late on Tuesday night , next morning being the weekly fair , Mr . M'Kay , happening lolook out . of his window previous to communicating with the authorities , saw a person arrive at tho market stands with a bread cart , whom he immediately recognised as the identical person he was in pursuit of . lie communicated with the constabulary , who rendered him every assistance ; and , after securing the prisoner , marched him oil ' to the barracks , followed by upwards of 3000 of the populace . Afterwards Mr . M'Kay , proceeded to search the prisoner ' s house and premises , and found a considerable quantity of the property understood to be carried away by him

      from Argyllshire . Hint same nipht ho proceeded with tho prisoner from Kilrea to Belfast , and Irom lliencc per same sit-inner , Tlictis , next day for Greenock , en route fov Inverary . Mr . M'Kay states he received every facility from Captain M'Keller in bringing the prisoner across . The said person is supposed to have committed a variety of similar oifunces uudL-r the name of Richardson , in Stirlingshire , and probably other counties in Scotland , under assumed names , as it is well known in Kilrea that he occasionally absented himself for a time from there , and returned after wards in possession of goods and money to a considerable extent . —Glasgoio Herald ofMondav .

      The Late Collierv Explosion at Abekpare . — A correspondent , writing from Blaina , gives the following illustration of the recklessness of the colliers : — " A fortnight ago a person with whom I conversed , and who had inspected the mine , then reported it to he in an excellent slate of ventilation ; better , from the account of the colliers , than it had been for some iime past . A portion of the explosive matter which had accumulated in a dome at the top of the level , and which had been formed by a fall from the roof , was recklessly ignited at the lime by sonic of the colliers , with a view of shouting the effect to a stranger ; the whole party were thrown violently to the ground , bat r . o other damage was then done . To accomplish this mad experiment , two pickaxes were tied together , having a eandie attached to the top of the uppermost , which were held up by a man standing en another man ' s shoulder to reach the gas . It is to be hoped that a similar freak has not been the cause of the late catastrophe . "—Carmarthen paper .

      ExTitAonwxAitY Observations connected with the I . ATE DlS . lSTItOUS WlHKI . WIXll AT ltoUK . V . —Mi A TO HO has communicated to ( he Paris Academy of Science the observations of some of its correspondents upon tiic extraordinary meteor which caused such dire effects at Rouen . The disastrous visitation commenced in the valley of Makumcy and the valley oi Monvillc , about haif-pasi twelve o ' clock in the day , by the rapid shock i . f winds and clouds striking in opposite directions , preceded hy gusts of an extraordinary hot wind equally remarked at Paris , and so burning that the mistress of an inn , although standing before a kitchen lire , felt it , as well . is many other persons , on all of whom it produced a most oppressive effect . Similar electrical phenomena soon followed . It uas r emarked that the whirlwind

      presented tho shaj e of au inverted cono , of which the point looked red . It did not proceed in a right line , but zig-zag , and particularly in the direction where there were massts of iron or steel , such as factories , leaving iiiitoiu .- ! i < d the intermediate spaces . What ia more extraordinary , it only struck parts ef the same house , those parts having quantities of ironn-m-k , leaving untouched the parts which had little or nnne . Trees of 11 century were in some places twisted , in others t < rn up , ami in other places broken . But the most remark ible . feature of the whole was tills , that a quantity of substances , some of greatweight , such as plai lis of wood , five feet in length , were sucked up into the air , and carried to a distance

      of nine leagues , aftir a journey ot seven hours . While the tempest w ; s at its height , the barometer fell 17 millimetres , atari proved by ProfestorPreisSia ' . This philosopher docs l . ot doubt that the phenomenon was essentially electric . During the passage , of the whirlwind , frem which flashes of lightning played , some persons studied a sulphureous odour , and heard a rolling noise—workmen felt thems-elvcs moved to and fro , while flames Hashed before their eyes . Bits of burned cotton and older materials were found , although there had been no conflagration . Several cooking spits were magnetised . Of the killed , some showed no mark of external injury ; many showed vapid signs of decomposition ; and * altogether there can bono doubt that the cause was of an electric

      nature . The Lancaster axo Carlisle Railway . —On Wednesday last a serious and dreadful accident occurred on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway line at the cutting through a large hill upon Shap Fell , Westmoreland . The circumstances under which this accident happened are of . in c . xlrwnclv horrible character . It appears that a portion of the rock had been chanted with gunpowder for tlie purpose of tearing it up , when , from some cause or other , the charge would not explode , and two of the workmen returned to it and commenced drilling the stone to draw out the powder . In doing this tlicy had unfortunately neglected to pour into the hole a sufficient quantity of water to keep the stone moist , and the consequence was that the " inmncr" became heated bv the

      friction , and ignited the powder . One of the poor fellows was blown into the aira height of thirty or forty feet and came down upon a heap of stones , after which he rolled into a gully twelve feet deep , and the other by the force of ihe blast was driven to a considerable distance . The unfortunate men did not exhibit any signs of life until medical assistance had been obtained , when they partly revived on restorative means being resorted to . The workman who was thrown to such an awful height is lacerated , in the lower part of the abdomen in a shocking manner , and the other is likewise dreadfully mutilated about the breast and abdomen . The injuries arc of such a description that there is . not the least possible chance of their recovery , and the sufferers are enduring tho most excruciating pains . Wc have not been able to learn their names , but we understand they

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      are from distant counties . Since the oommencenicntofthisraifivay—a year ago—several hundred labourers have boon employed at this stupendous cut thi'oui'h Shap Fell , vrhid t « 'fls the principal obstacle on the line , and at first cO . nstf ercd . almost insurmountable from the hard flint rock ot which it is composed , but from the skill and able management of the contractors the work has progressed with astonishing rapidity , and there is every prospect of its being completed within the given period—next-August .

      On the same day another labourer upon this Ime , called William Magce , was killed close to Shap , within four miles of the other accident , by the falling of a large crane upon him . The back part of his head was much fractured , his right cheek bruised , and his right leg broken , besides being severely crushed on other parts of the right side , lie died in a few hours after the accident . An inquest was held upon the body before Mr . Thompson , one of the coroners for the county , on the fallowing day , and thojury returned a verdict of " Accidental Dentil . "

      A Woman-Roasted Alive . —Ihe following horrible event is said to have occurred very recently in a parish of Ilainault , Flanders ;—A short time ago , a woman suffering from a rheumatic disorder consulted an itinerant tjuack doctor , who found the means to put an end to her sufferings with all the forms which the most atrocious barbarity could have imagined . The following is . we believe , an exact report of his verbal prescription : — " The part affected must be covered with a mixture compounded of brandy and gunpowder in a state of ignition ; two persons must hold the woman till the perfect combustion and extinction of the mixture , and are to pay no attention to the cries uttered by her , for if a radical cure is to be effected , it is necessary that the action of the fire siiould ^ take place on the whole surface in a state of disease . Fear nothing ! All will go well ! Adieu !"

      Tliis oi donna nee , made with that affectation of gesture and language familiar to this class of mountebanks , was executed to the letter , and even with a slijfht addition , for in order to compel their victim to be silent , the barbarous assistants brutally disfigured the face of the unhnuny woman in different places during the execution of the prescription , After this operation , which only lasted one hour , there remained but an inanimate I'l . rpse . The skin of the thighs and abdomen was completely peeled off , and the flesh charred and blackened . The body was hastily buried , and endeavours made to stifle any report of this act of inhuman cruelty getting into circulation ; but the Procurcur dti ltoi having been informed of the affair , sent a surgeon , who , after the exhumation and inspection of the body , declared the woman had been ro . istcd to death . — Gazette Mediccdc Beige .

      The Explosion at Jaiirow Colliery . —J arrow , Moxday . —A public meeting was held this day , for the pin pose of promoting a subscription on behalf of the surviving relatives of the unfortunate sufferers in the recent explosion . A subscription list was opened , and a committee appointed . Mr . Brown , the owner of Jarrow colliery , put his name down for £ 100 , and that of Mrs , Brown for £ 25 . The subscription in the whole , up to the close of the meeting , was about £ 800 . John Adams , or . e of those taken out of the Bensham seam , is since dead , malting the total number killed by the explosion forty . William Cranston , the only one found alive in the Low Main seam , is slowly recovering . He is perfectly sensible , but has no recollection of what passed during tlie thirty-six hours he was in the mine after the explosion took place . He was in the store-board at the time , and

      remembers the explosion occurring , but soon afterwards lost his senses . The body of Richard Baird , which was supposed to have been under a horse and the debris from the roof , near the shaft , has been found in a dilicrent part of the mine ; it was in a pool of water , and very little burnt , showing that he had died from the effect of tho after-damp . Since the explosion , Mr . Brown , the owner of the colliery , has prohibited the use of naked candles in any part of the mine , their place being supplied by Davy lamps . It would be well if other colliery owners in Hie district would follow this example , for experience has shown that with the utmost care accidents will attend the use of the naked candle ; and , strange to say , such caiamitics generally occur at periods when the mine is said to be in the best possible state of ventilation . Such was the case at llaswcll , more recently at . Coxlodge , and still later at Jarrow .

      Destructive Fire at Bow . — Shortly after one o ' clock on Monday morning , a dreadful fire broke out in one of tho houses in Old Ford-lane , Bow , Middlesex , in the occupation of Mr . W . Hcolc , a painter and glazier . The inhabitants were soon aroused , and a party of the K division of metropolitan police lost no time in procuring the parish engine , whilst others weic despatched to town for more assistance . By two o ' clock engines of the A brigade stations , with that belonging to the "West of England Company , arrived at tho scene of destruction ; but , notwithstanding the most prompt- measures were resorted to by all present , nothing could prevent the entire destruction of Mr . lleole ' s property , and the damage of four buildings adjoinintr .

      Alajimixo FinE in Siioreditcii On . "Wednesday afternoon , between I ' oui and five o ' clock , a destructive lire broke out at the wadding manufactory oi ' Mr . York , situate in Bateman ' s Buildings . Shoreditch , High-street . It originated , it is supposed , from the over-heating of the drying-stove , and was discovered burning iiei-eely in the glazing and drying lofts . The prompt attendance of the brigade engines , however , and an excellent supply of water , tended much to check its ravages , and in the space of half an hour or so the flames were safely got under .

      The Bask . Robukry . — 1 ho large robbery of banknotes committed at the bank of Mostj . Rogers , Towgood , and Co ., in the city , must be fresh in the reeoiieelioii of our readers . It was enveloped in a mystery which even the sharp eyes of the Forresters could not pierce , and their inquiries wore , we believe , abandoned in despair . A circumstance litis , how . ever , just come to our knowledge which may throw some light on this robbery , if not lead to the discovery of the perpetrators . . Three of the notes stolen on this occasion were paid to an hotel-keeper at Naples , by persons staying at his hotel , in discharge of their bills . The parties who passed the notes tu him were of such rank and station as to preclude the remotest

      possibility of their complicity in tl . c robbery , or of their having received the notes in question otherwise than in exchange for cheques or for larger notes . This hotel liceptT arrived in London two or three days ago with the notes in his possession , and with tlie full determination of presenting them at the Bank of England for payment . He knows tho parties irom whom he received them , so that a clue will thus be obtained by which the notes maybe traced from hand to hand until the first possessor after the robbery is reached . It may be mentioned that a list of the stolen notes was communicated to this hotel keeper by the British Consul at Naples , but not until four days after the notes in question had been taken by him . —Observer ,

      The late AccinExT ox board the Moojuigiit Steamer . —Fjxw . no of Deceased Boy ' s Fom . —It will be recollected that a lad , named James Purccll , had his foot cut off by the head-rope of tlic Moonlight , iron steam-boat , and died in consequence , in the Cbaring-cross Hospital . The accident occurred at the Iliingerford Pier , and tlie foot , with boot on , was severed from the kg and fell into the water . It did not sink , however , but was carried by the tide as far as Blackwall stairs , off which it was picked up by a waterman , on Wednesday morning . The inquest in this case has terminated by a verdict of—Accidental Death ; with a deodand of £ 4 . 0 on the steamer .

      THE DUNFERMLINE RIOTS . Accounts of these riots have appeared in several newspapers , which arc exceedingly incorrect , and grossly exaggerated ; but instead of occupying our space with . in exposure of these , we shall endeavour to ; : ivc a- correct version of ( lie whole case . In May , 1814 , a table of prices was made out jointly by a committee of the manufacturers and weavers , which both parties agreed to ; and all the innniifactiirei-s in town , with tho exception of the Messrs . Alexander , and one or two other houses , signed the same . Since that time it was understood they were all paying their weavers the prices slated in the tabic . Lately , however , the Messrs . Alexander had offered work at lower prices , to weavers who were not in their

      employment . This excited suspicions that they were not paying the table prices ; and on inquiry being made , satisfactory evidence was obtained that these suspicions were well founded . Under these circumstances it could not be expected that ihe other manufacturers would continue to pay tlie table prices , and therefore that a general reduction would soon have to be resorted to , although it is allowed on all hands that the wages of the weavers arc too low already . In order , if possible , to avert a calamity so serious , tho weavers , in the different quarters of the town , held several district meetings between the 5 th and 12 th current , for ihe purpose of devising means oi supporting those weavers who were working at icdiicftl wages , until they could And work at the regular

      prices . But before these arrangements were completed , a number of thoughtless boys and young lads met at Baldiidgcburn toll-bar , on the evening of the 13 th current , and proceeded through the suburbs and back streets of ; thc town , beating a drum , by which a great number of the same description of persons wore collected together , and by tho time they reached Botliwcllhaugli they might amount to about twelve hundred . At this place , Provost Uonaldson , Bailie Birrell , and 3 . Macdonald , Esq ., Procurator-Fiscal proceeded , without the aid of a single police-oliicor ' into the centre of the crowd , for the nurnoscof advi !

      sing them to disperse and go home , and to warn them against committing any breach of tlicpcacc . At this time some person took the Provost ' s staff out of his hand , and when he attempted to recover it , he was supposed to be endeavouring to secure one of tlic rioters , when lie was tripped , and fell . During Uio time the magistrates remained amongst the crowd , several stones were thrown at them , one of which struck the back of the Provost s head , when his hat was off , and inflicted a severe wound . Messrs Birrell and Macdonald sustained little or no injury ; indeed it was evident that the rioters had no bad feeling towards the Magistrates , for any disrespect shewn to

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      them met with decided disapprobation " . . After they left them , the rioters , who had evidently iiiuiik , shcd in number , proceeded along the Nethertowil , J Moodie-streetj and on to Mr , Thomas Alexander ' s house , iu Abbcy-Fark ' -place . In passing it , they broke a great many panes of glass in . the windows . ¦ They then proceeded to the warehouses of the Messrs-Alexander , in Canmore-street , and smashed all the windows in the front . They then went up Guildhallstreet , to the Cross . When tlicy arrived there , "Balmule" was sounded through the crowd , and about 300 or iOO set off for that place . All this was accomplished in about an hour , during which time the burgh constables were called out , and a considerable number of other persona made special

      constables ; but before anything Jike a suflicient torce could be brought together , all the mischief was done in the town , and a large portion of the rioters off to Balmule . They reached there about eleven o ' clock , and at once proceeded to smash all the windows in the house . When they had accomplished tin ' s , tlicy forced open the frontdoor , and commenced to destroy the furniture inside . At this time Mrs . Alexander came down staiiv , in her bed-gown , with her children in the same condition , and begged that the rioters would spare their lives . She was told that neither her nor her children would be injured , and they wore allowed to pass without farther molestation . " Indeed , it is said that ; some articles of clothing that were in the lobby were given to her , and that one of the rioters

      e .-cortod her and the children to the porter's lodge . During this time sonic of the rioters were searching the house for Mr . Alexander , and others destroying everything they could lay tlieir hands upon . It would appear , however , that tlicy had not gone through all tho house , as the furniture in the upper Hat was not injured . It is supposed they were prevented from destroying it by the near approach of the constabulary force , and the master and servants of Craigduckie , who arrived before the rioters had time to carry the work- of destruction to the upper part of the house . When they arrived , the kitchen was on lire ; and had it not been an arched apartment , in all likelihood the whole house would have been burned down ; and as Mr . Alexander had taken

      reluge on the roof , had it been destroyed he must have fallen a sacrifice with it . He was , however , rescued from his perilous situation by the timely arrival of the Sheriff with the constabulary force . Next day , Mr . Alexander and his family left for Edinburgh . The expense cf repairing the damages done is not yet fully ascertained , but they are not expected to exceed sixty pounds for the houses in the town and at Balmule . A searching investigation has been carried on since by the legal authorities . A great number of persons have been examined , and the result- is the committal of four persons io stand their trial for rioting , fire-raising , & c , viz . «• John Coutis , William Smith , John Gibson , and Ilcuvy Moiv—the two first arc married men . —Bunfermline Journal .

      Desperate Suicide or a ioung Gentleman . —On Thursday afternoon a long inquiry was opened before Mr . G . I . Mills , deputy coroner for Middlesex , and a jury , at the Marquis of Hastings , Ossulsioit-strcot , Somers Town , on tlie body of a gentleman at present unknown , who committed self-destruction under the very singular and unaccountable circumstances subjoined . Harriett Mayne said that she lodged at 20 , Aldenham-stroct , which house was kept by a female named Bryan . Shortly after twelve o ' clock on the night of Tuesday last , she met deceased , whom she had never seen before , at a concert at tke Garrick's Head , in Bow-street , where she partook of a part of pint of sherry with him and a tall young gentleman , his friend . The deceased told her he had previously been to Evans ' s Grand Hotel , and had partaken ot

      two bottles of wine and some rum punch . Shortly before three o ' clock on Wednesday morning the deceased bid his friend good-bye , " left the Garrick ' s Head , and accompanied witness in a cab to her residence . At two o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon she invited him to partake of breakfast , but he refused , and said he would rather have a glass of wine , lie gave witness half-a-crown to send for a pint of sherry , and on her calling Margaret Bryan , the landlady ' s daughter , to go for it , deceased added , " Stay , I will send for something else that will do me good . " Deceased then asked fov a pen and ink , and wrote a prescription in Latin , telling her to send it to some chemist , giving her 2 s . to procure it . Margaret Bryan went to the shop of Mr . Wakefield , and on her return with the wine said that Mr . Wakefield

      said he had not got any , and that it was poison . Witness told deceased , who said , " Nonsense , it is no such thing ; it is only to enliven up low spirits * , send to another doctor . " Margaret Bryan then went to the shop of Mr . llcntmorc , in Clarendon-square , and brought back a phial about three-parts full of sniff smelling like almonds . Deceased was then lying on the sofa in the parlour , and appeared very cheerful . Witness left him to get her breakfast , leaving the p hial and the wine on the table . She returned in about five minutes , and on entering the room a « Ucd the deceased how he was . He replied he fe't better , qut his stomach began to pain him . At that moment he turned over on tho sola and appeared fainting , and made a gurgling noise in tho throat . She called for

      water , and sent fov a doctor . Mv . Wakefield came aud said he wts dead , and had taken poison . By the Coroner . —I hud never seen deceased before . I had not the slightest k ' ea that he had sent for poison ; and I intended to have taken a portion o ' : ' what he sent for had ho left any , as he said it was for low spirits . 1 should say he was not more th . m twenty years of age . When alive he appeared of rather sallow complexion , and had dark brown hair . His dress consists of a black frock coat , black satin waistcoat , iavender-coloured striped trousers with straps , thc whole quite new ; a blue striped silk neckerchief , white stockings , yellow kid gloves , and short boots ; anew hat , maker ' s name " Townsend , Oheapside and llegcnt-street . " lie had with

      him a small yellow stick with the handle much bitten , and his linen was marked " G . OidUcld , junior . " On his person were found two handkerchiefs , one white muslin , with the name " G . Oldfield" on it , the other silk ; a cigar case , a green purse studded with steel heads and tassels , with two shillings in it ; and on his finger a gold ring with a green stone , Deceased did not give witnesss any other money than for the wine and the stuff . Margaret Bryan proved having gone with the prescription first to tlie shop of Mr . Wakefield and then to that of Mr . llcntmorc , where site procured the stuff for deceased , and paid Is . 9 d . for it , and that she was served by a young man Mr . llentmore ' s brother . The witness having ideiitilicd the prescription , the Deputy-Coroner said it was iu Latin , and was "half an ounce hydrocyanic acid , " and at the bottom was written " For

      i'avourhig soups , " and it was signed " G . 0 . " Mr . Wakefield proved that when he was called to sec deceased he was quite dead . The Deputy-Coroner animadverted on a ' ny chemist selling so " large a quantity of poison to a stranger , and called upon Mr . llcntmore for an explanation . Mr . Itentmore , jtin ., who served it , said he understood that the girl who fetched the poison came from the pastry-cook ' s in Seymourstreet , and knowing oil of almonds was used in tlie trade , he served it . The Deputy-Coroner said the circumstances of the case were so * strange , although there wasno reason to believe that the witness Mayne had connived at the deceased poisoning himself , that he felt it necessary to adjourn the inquiry for further evidence , and toh hvc the body opened . The inquiry was ultimately adjourned to Monday next , and after the post mortem examination the body will be removed to St . Pancras workhouse for identity .

      Supposed Case or Manslaughter at Leeps . — An inquest was held at the Court House , on ^ niuiav afternoon , before John Blackburn , Esq ., t : i inquire into circumstances connected with the death of a man , named James Dunn White , a flax dresser aged , 48 , who resided in the Fleece Inn Yard , Meadow Lane , and whoso life is supposed to have boon terminated from the effects of a severe blow which he received on the 18 th ult ., at the Spread Eagle publichouse , Meadow Lane . Sarah Binder deposed—Hivc at the Spread Eagle , and knew the deceased . On the night of the 18 th August between ten and eleven o ' clock , he came to our house in an intoxicated state . A man named AVormald was there having word > with his wife ; the deceased interferedwhen Wormahl

      , struck him a very violent blow , which knocked him down with his head against the seat of the longsettlc . When deceased got up he was five minutes before he could speak- . After some time he came round , and was able to walk home . Margaret White , the wife of the deceased , deposed—1 was in the liousconthc ISth August , when my husband came in ; it was about half-past ten ; he appeared to be sober . In a short time he went out again and remained till about half-past eleven . When he came in the second time , he complained of dreadful pains in his head , but did not state until the next mornim r that he had been at the Spread Eagle . He died on

      the 30 th ot August . Mr . Lowe , surgeon , of Leeds , who had attended the deceased and subsequently made a post mortem examination of the body , deposed that the immediate- "cause of death was an extravasation of blood and scrum on the brain , which he said was probably produced by violence ; but it mi » ht have been caused by other means . Mr . Blackburn remarked upon the evidence , and expressed an opinion that the evidence was not such as to warrant a verdict of manslaugther . From the evidence of Mr . Lowe , there was a doubt expressed as to the means by which the extravasation of blood had been produced , of which the accused party was entitled to have the benefit . The jury concurred

      ami returned a verdxt " that the deceased died Irom extravasation of blood upon the brain , but whether produced from violence or other causes there is no evidence to show . ' IIonmr . LE Outrage at the Cavalry Depot at MAiDSTOSE .-On Monday ni ght last , between the hours ot twelve aud one most cruel and mysterious outrage was perpetrated at the . Cavalry Depot in this town . At the time in question , the night bein- dark and rainy , a sentry , posted at the stables behind the riding-school , ana as is usual at that station , locked out of the barracks , was suddenl y seized , on

      tutnina corner on 111 s neat , Dy tour or five men , gagged « ith a piece ot sacking , and a clothes line takentom the drying ground jut b y , and carried to a clothes post

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      SKL ^ E ^ W- ^ fe , SL ^ J ^^ S r ifh ^ J ^ ts ^ V : haustcd as to K ™ tcd the Neighbourhood of jcant 0 he S ^ J ^ K seen toa ccount for tho the post , but , nothing cov ~ " " <* . j atrocious attack on the man , until the »< un W "'™ it was found that a valuable gt ey po" ^' f " f [^ the Countess of Ronniey , which Had bcmi ! sent to ^ thc denottobe broken in , had been taken fronl one ot ffiwt ^ bo aentinel ' . be . t , taken into ^ ba rrack field , and most cruelly ill-used , one of its > % s being broken above the knee , and its ncsc completely knocked away , by a tremendous blow irom some blunt instrument . The poor animal ' s instant release OJll its sufferings by shooting it was inevitable , flow —~ v _ -ii _! . ! ... / . ftlllfl

      IV these injuries were inflicted cannot be exactly ascertained , though pools of clotted blood were discovered in the manege in front of . the stables , and a pertion of the wall of the manege had evidently been driven above an inch out of the perpendicular bv a violent blow or struggle . A most mysterious circumstance in the affair is that tiie stable door had been unlocked and carefully locked up again , and the kevs deposited in their proper place in the scntrv-hox , " while , the further to avoid suspicion , the usual challenge and reply , "All ' s well , " which at certain intervals is passed from s entry to sentry , was duly given at the proper time , though with a trifling variation from strict accuracy . A court ot inquiry , we hear , has been held at the barracks , but the proceedings were strictly private , and the result has not yet transpired . We heartily hope that the brutal perpetrators of the outrage may bo discovered and punished as they deserve .

      The late Dueadful Aefaiu at Stoxbox Massev , Essex . — Death of the McnnEitEn . — On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was hsld at the Springfield gaol , Chelmsford , on the body of William Blackburn , who attempted self-destruction by cutting Ms tin oat immediately after murdering his wife at the village of Stondon Massey , in that county , in June last , and against whom a verdict of wilful murder was returned hy the coroner s jury . It will be remembered that the unfortunate man and his deceased wife lived as servants In the house of Mr . Trench , of Stondon Hall , and on the afternoon of the above-mentioned day she was found in her bed-roont , lying on the bed , dead , with her throat cut . The husband was nowhere to be found , aud later in the day was met with near a neighbouring wood , having also inflicted a frightful

      wound in his own throat . A razor was discovered iu his pocket , and he acknowledged committing tho injuries . Owing to his dangerous condition , arising from the wound and the state of his mind , he was unable to take his trial for the murder at the late assizes . He expired on Friday last . The jury returned a verdict , " That tlic deceased died from the effects of a wound in his throat , inflicted by himself whilst in a state of temporary insanity . " Fatal Accidext ox the Crovdox Railway . —On Friday afternoon , as the "experimental train " on the Croydon Atmospheric Railway was on its second

      return trip to the Croydon terminus , and within three quarters of a mile of it , one of Mr . Samudn ' s labourers , named Michael Murphy , who had imprudently and rashly ventured on the line , was knocked down by the piston carriage , and the whole train passed over and killed him on the spot . The breaks wore immediately applied , on an alarm being given , and the train stopped . The remains of the unfortunate man were then literally gathered up , and conveyed to the White Horse public-house to await the coroua- ' s inquest . No blameseems to be attributable to the conductors of the train , or any other parties connected with the railway .

      Fatal Accidknt at Clkwek Mill , sear Windsor . —A respectable man , named Brackcnbury , engaged in the flour water-mill of Mr . Aldridge , at Clcwcr met with his death , on Monday last , in consequence of a large grindstone , worked by water-power , being dragged upon him , by the rope of the fly wheel becoming entangled around the spindle . The wheel , with its liftings , weighing nearly half a ton , fell upon his chest , breaking three of his ribs , and rupturing several blood-vessels . The unfortunate man lived in tho greatest agony about fifteen hours after the accident .

      Escape From A Railway Carriage.—Informat...

      Escape from a Railway Carriage . —Information was circulated among the police on Saturday last , of the escape of a prisoner from one of the railway carriages , under the following circumstances : —On Wednesday evening last twelve persons , seven men and live women , were placed in one of the third class carriages on the Wolverhampton Railway , in order to bo conveyed to Stafford gaol . They were under the charge of two police constables , and were all handcuffed . During the temporary absence of the keepers , one of the prisoners , whose name is Gcorjic Bradncy , 21 years of age , lnanaircd to slip his handcuffs offhis wrist , and then darted over the rail , near the luggage station . The alarm was given in the usual way , and several parties ran after the man , but he proceeded with the quickness of lightning across some contiguous , fields and managed " fo escape .

      A Strange Fisu . —On Saturday the fishermen engaged at one of the stake-nets , near the North ¥ . sk , were surprised to find a captive in their meshes ol rather unwelcome mien . It was a shark , about seven feet long , which thev killed , but not before the animal had destroyed a " considerable portion of the net . Association of United Trades ron the Employment ok Lahouii ix Agriculture and Maxii- 'actubes . —The Directory held its third nieetiiit- at the "Trades" OiKees , SO , llydc-strcet , Ulunmsbury , on Tuesday evening , September the 3 rd , when , amongst other com mini it aliens , one enclosing £ 10 as a deposit for 100 shares , was read , from tiic Miners of Jlolytown . The shoemakers of Oxford also applied by letter for a number of shares .

      Sadler's Wells. We Have Nothing New To R...

      SADLER'S WELLS . We have nothing new to report of this theatre . Macbeth , the Fatal Dowry , and The Hunchback have served to attract crowded audiences . Again wc urga our friends to go and tee Macbeth performed at this theatre . They will not regret following our advice .

      ROYAL MA 11 YLEBONE THEATRE . This elegant place of amusement is now open for the season . On Monday evening tho pieces were , first , the " grand romantic drama of Slclla ; ortk Captive of Sihsia . " The characters were abiv sustained by the talented artistes of the cstablisl . iiii'iit . The effective acting of Mr . Henry Hughes , the " tra-iic star of the Surrey , " and that of ? -hs . Campbell , was particularl y applauded . Tlic scenery , especially the saloon in the palace of Frederick the Second , was really good . At the conclusion of the piece the applause was loud , hcartv , and unanimous-Alter the drama came " the Fairy Spec tacle of the Daughter of the Danube , " with its beautiful

      umi ) cv v , splendid brcworks , magical incantaiion ^ aud the side-breaking , laughter-moving diablerie ot the inimitable Wieland , who , as the Imp , convulsed the audience with laughter , lie was ably supported by Miss Maushall . The evening ' s amusements w"' , eluded with " the Petite Comedy of the Portrait ol Cervantes , " in which the excellent acting of Messrs . J . Rayncr and Hudspeth , ns the Spanish valet * , J-abw and Pcdrillo , sent the audience homo in " right nierrie humour . " The house was well nttended and we are happy to find that the exertions of J ' ' - Douglass , the lessee and manager , do not eo i"i ' warded . Our tiiennicnl friends will do wclH « l f this Thespian Temple a visit .

      ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE . This popular place of entertainment re-opencil f ° ' the winter season on Moitdnv last , with : i new < " *' matic spectacle entitled The Bride of the Kik- 'J ' scenery of this piece , with ihe dresses and other appointments , were all that could be desired , and t »« numerous tableaux introduced were very (/ . ' ectn'f , and , in tbe lanmiagc of the plav-bill , truly " r '' goous . " We doubt , however , if the piece will pi'J !)' as successful as most of Mr . Battv ' s venlurcs . l | lB dialogue is spiritless , and thetatiwi portions are , without exception , wearisome enough . A * V . ' tacle , the piece is unexceptionable , but ( he more tuc ' . * IT wLv ^ viHiuiniuiv ; , vu" *• \ i !«

      dramatic" portions are curtailed , the butter . * Denvil , who appeared ssnnic years ago at the ™ principle theatres , plays the hero-lover of the piece-J lie equestrian performances in the circle clans * larger meed of praise . Mr . Battv has re-cngns ^ tho troop of French equestrians , " and the ' CJlls .,,, these talented artistes , male and female , are , « u «; out exception , well worthv the enthusias tic app »* ° * with wh . ch the audience ' express their giJitiiitatio" - It is a real treat to see the admirable performs 1 '" * of this " troop , " and wc hope our friends will ! l !'" themselves of the opportunity now afforded of ef ing that treat . The farce of the Weaver <>/ -ft concluded the evening ' s entertainments , and cm' " shouts of laughter .

      Bankrupts. Cfrom Friday's Gazette, Septe...

      BANKRUPTS . CFrom Friday ' s Gazette , September otlt , ISt-W ff Samuel Cullum , Bigmcre , late of Havorill , Sisll * !{ L phut manufacturer—ltobert Stavlmck , Gravest "" ' * j vvright—William Menzies , Gloucester , draper- "" ! lii . 1 arry , Bangor , Carnarvonshire , floiir-dealer— lus | 'l' , iton , Joseph Burn , and ltobert Turpin , Xeweasiic-w gi 1 ' yiie . cartlienu-are-nianufjieturcrs—Iticliard Al » ' ton , Stoke-upon-Trent , dealer in ale .

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan . Of 17, Groat Vi F% Street. Havmsrkflt. In Tlu Flitv Of Ivestlllill 3 F N.N.

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN . of 17 , Groat f % Street . Havmsrkflt . in tlu flitv of IVestlllill 3 f n . n .

      Office In The Same Street And Parish, F"...

      Office in the same Street and Parish , f " , flea b ? prietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., ai . 'lp « J' . lllon-William Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , nj ,- m street , Walworth , in the Parish of St . Mary . * sio , ton , . in the County of Surrey , at the OBice . - ( M Strand , in the Parish ot at . Alary . lcfctriinu . City of Westminster . Saturday , September 0 , 13 * 5 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 6, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06091845/page/8/