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      Eight Lives Lost At Lytham. —Preston, Oc...

      ^ ^ following singular manner .-On Tuesday he went with some a , ' , a ns to the Houses of Parliament Here he got under a ¦ 0 pnfl . c USed for unloading sand from barges , and was walking , ood ^ den » ^ plank > when some one called out that a policeman Bo ^ BS * j which is supposed to have alarmed him , and that per-VJS Cyj 5 C - « walking b ackwards he did not know how near he was to the toPtef * L which he fell from a height of twelve feet . The body was riband till Thursday , when it was seen lying in the mud near 1101 ll 0 t ino-bridge . \ erdict— " Accidental death . " >? l « vVL D EATH by LiGiiTNiNG .-The village of Sutton Valence -ited by a terrible thunderstorm on Tuesday week . At half-^^ four vivid flashes of lightning , attended by crashing peals of ir ^ r ^ j pr followed each other in rapid succession , rendered more tiintjiiuncu . . ts cxceeding nearness , while a perfect , deluge of rain and te i denied released by each successive discharge . Alarm spread -Ji of som e approaching catastrophe , nor was it groundlessfor u 4

      * , tf » tfll » i y i „„ , »? . ihft p nil of thft villa ™ \> aunJL „ ^ / iL . ' . .. . hop farm at the end of the village , belonging to Christ ' s f f nital and tenanted by Mr . Walter Blunt , the hop pickers , in H about twenty , driven by the rain to desist from their work , fciefiup * , he oasthouse - ° » this the storm , which had now f ° Tu for about an hour , after a momentary cessation , dealt the fatal nke F ° of the Iiumber ' fhree raen » aiwi on « woman far ad-SU rd in pr egnancy , were killed instantaneousl y by the shock

      « , Vlile of the rest some were knocked down , and others received , as * represent , a violent blow on the head , rendering them for the ILnt insensible . The scene ia the oasthouse , described by an m ewitness . must have been fearful and painful in the extreme , filled , i ] . % was , by a dense vapour , the agonisin g shrieks of the terrified * a ( PS and dead and senseless bodies .

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      L As Of The Bbig Darling.—The Ship Cromw...

      l of the Bbig Darling . —The ship Cromwell , which arrived at nwraoolon Sunday , reports having on the 16 th ult ., in lat . 44 4 . long 41 oj fallen in with the brig Darling , of London , from New York for I oni , laden with grain , and taken off the crew , eight in number . The y < r had sprang a leak twelve days previous , and the crew , exhausted with nnmpi «' t were obliged to abandon her , not being able to keep her free Lm water . It Wowing a strong gale from E . KE . at the time , with a rerr heavy ssa running , the Cromwell had to lay by the brig twenty to hoars before the men could he taken off .

      Loss of the Mobile . —Intelligence has reached Liverpool of the total ha of the American ship Mobile , Captain Furber , which sailed from the port on Monday last for New Orleans , with upwards of forty passengers and a crew of about thirty men . At half-past two on Wednesday morning & struck on BlaekwaterBank , and shortly afterwards began to ' break up . Efforts were made to launch the boats , but , in consequence of the heavy as , they were fruitless ; and at every succeeding sea one or more of the passengers were washed off the wreck , until all had disappeared , with the fcxceptwHi of eight seaman and one passenger , who were saved , but Captain Furber , together with all his officers , perished . _ The Mobile was upwards of 1 , 000 tons burden , and nearly new .

      Wreck off Beaumaris . —A severe gale visited the North Welsh coast on Tuesday week , during which the sloop Harriett , of Bangor , laden with coal , struck on the Dutchman ' s Bank , near Penmon , and sank immediately . Melancholy to relate , five persons were on board , the captain , fe wife , a female passenger , one man . and a boy , and the whole are supposed to be drowned . The deck and bulwarks of the vessel , together with to boat , have floated to Bangor , but no bodies heve as yet been washed ashore . The brig Can , from Liverpool to Shields , laden with salt , had her sails blown to atoms , and after a violent encounter with the gale , went ashore in Kedwharf-bay . The Moelfra life-boat put out and happily succeeded in saving the lives of master and crew . The Receye Gales . —Intelligence has reached us that several vessels dismasted , and otherwise damaged , have put into Yarmouth Roads . One large barque has been wrecked on the Scroby Sands , and the master and a bov drowned . A vessel laden with railway iron was ashore on the beach .

      Fire at Sea and Sufferings of a CnEW . —By the arrival of the Jordeson , Mr . J . Yenables , master in the docks on Wednesday , from Manzanilla , in Cuba , intelligence has been received of the total destruction , by tire , of the English vessel Helen , and the marvellous preservation of the crew , who , for upwards of ten days , were buffeted about in the boats , in the wide Atlantic , with but trifling provisions , and exposed to the most lioBtPvous weather . The Helen , Mr . Turner , commander , laden with a f-argo of general merchandise , amongst which were one hundred and forty tons of Indian rubber , left Para , in the Amazon , South America for Liverpool . Mr . Wallace , a gentleman who has attained some fame as a naturalist , was a passenger in her to England , and her crew , including the h

      master and mates , numbered ten . The voyage went happily enoug until the morning of the 6 th of August , the vessel being in lat . 30 . 30 N ., toi . 52 W ., when at about nine o ' clock much alarm was caused by a quantity of smoke being observed to issue from the fore scuttle . Mr . Tamer " instantly adopted the most prompt means to ascertain tlm seat of the fire , and to suppress it at its then apparent early stage . The fore Wen was opened , and it was then discovered that the flames were raging « itl » after part of the ship immediately below the cabin . Water was thrown down the after hatch , and in order more effectually to reach the bod y of fire , a hole was cut in the cabin deck through which a vast quan-Wv was poured . The highly inflammable character of the cargo , however soned destructionThe destructive

      to defy all efforts ' to save it from . danent made its way to the main hold , aud the intense heat and * wke soon drove the seamen from the cabin . The flames rolled « P both sides of the vessel with such fury , as to render all topes of subduing them impossible . Mr . Turner , anticipating the sad fate , 01 t « s ship , had previously directed the long-boat and gig to be loweveda auil as much provisions * as could be procured placed m them . But «»? U quantity eonld be obtained . At length , about half-past eleven ° <«> ck , after exertin <* every effort to preserve the vessel from entire deletion , it was deemed prudent to order the hands to take to the boats . JwKm of flame had shot up through the hatchways , aud the heated coupon of her decks nroved " that she was alight below from stem to stern .

      HiB crew , with Sir . Wallace , the passenger , put off from her m the longhan d gig , and hovered about her at a safe distance , in the hope that J « r blazing state might attract the attention of vessels passing by , and in faring down wouldsee them , and pick them up . Morning came , howiv , without any sail bein ° - in view . Exposed as the unfortunate men ^ e to a powerful sun , their sufferings from thirst became most intense , 7 * as days passed by without there seeming the least chance of being ''^ ved , a terrible fate appeared to await them all . The boisterous " ' ^ ther tried the boats severely , and the fear of their foundering kept the P « or creatures in most painful state of suspense . Several of the men , as

      a f » Mr . Wallace , became much exhausted . At length , on the evening of Jft 16 th of August , towards dusk , they espied a sail in view . Happily , gey were perceived bvthe vessel , the Jordeson , the master of whom , Mr . fables , promptl y bore down to their aid , and picked them up mlat S 46 X ., Ion . 61 W ., the island of Bermuda being some 200 miles distant , law sufferings , however , did not altogether end on their being got on J ° f I the Jordeson . The latter ' s provisions , owing to the addition of the Helen ' s men , and a somewhat protracted voyage , ran short , and all on ,, 0 ard were put on a very small allowance , at one time almost next to 5 S ? Mng ; indeed , but for a sunnlv which was obtained from the Ocean

      > v ave , homeward bound , they would have been all starved before they «* ched the Channel . Strange as it may appear , some rats were caught f hoard , and , being cooked , were devoured with much relish . The counts of the grease pot were also consumed , and , indeed , anything that ^ uld sustain life . The escape of the two boats of the , Helen has excited m <& interest . A day or so after thev were picked up most formidable father had set in , and had they been out in it , they must all have been sacrificed . . Wreck of a Schooner off BniGHTON . -On Monday evening a * Utwy vessel was seen tossing about in theoffing . The weather was very ro gh « the tin * the wind blew hard from the & W ., the sea rode moun-

      L As Of The Bbig Darling.—The Ship Cromw...

      ^ ro etf iJT r f T f - ? «* % came on , either oy some ettort made on board , or by reason of the shifting of the wind tfie strange craft changed her course and was seen laakfog for om hore ^^ ftS *! ^ , "" * # ShG lw ? SChoonev of some "Ot o uuS * TV ft ? WereaU t 0 ^ ' "J hat « in tetaw from her mastb . the direction she was now taking brought her off Blacktock and ^ toZA * * * SUeS 0 ° ^ S * ^^«^ ai 5 bSM about by wind and wave , sustained such injuries that it was evident *© nerit ° Z he ' ilU ( l C 10 ! lgh th ( \ State 0 f the sea "a *** the attemp ? peuloiib , the crew succeeded in reaching the ill-fated vessel . She proved to be the Honoria , of Dover , the property of S . Latham , Esq , bSkerTS t \ iat town , and on her way from Caen to London with a cargo of stone There y / as on hoard the captainwhose name is Cobiirgand three ' . iu l — iiail

      , , seamen Thn oft v ,, >^ * e i ; . . " , ^" « - b > u n »™ seamen . 1 he aft part of the vessel ^ Yns stove m , and the hull was otherwise injured . Ihe cabin , containing the clothes and other property of the crew was entirely carried away . The sufferers , who were mucWWbausted by their endeavours to save the ship , were taken into the lifeboat , and brought safely ashore , where comfortable quarters were provided for them-in the workhouse \ The vessel was of course abandoned , and it was expected that it » onld goto pieces m the night ; butshedrifted still further to theshore , and the battered hull was to he seen on the rocks on Tuesday in much the same condition as when the crew left her .

      Upsetting of another LiPEBOAT .-Intelligence has been received of the upsetting of another of Beeching ' s prize lifeboats , which was nigh being attended by as disastrous a loss of life as the trial of a similar boat at Lytham , near Liverpool . As already known , Beeching obtained the Duke of Ncrthmnberland ' s prke of £ 100 for constructing the most efficient lifeboat , and differentpomts ot the coast have been supplied with craft of the above person ' s bmld . One of them , intended to he stationed at Port Madoc , arrived at Carnarvon on Thursday week , and on the following morning Mr . Jackson , the surveyor of the port of Carnarvon , accompanied by several beachmen from Port Madoc , proceeded to try her iii the Menai

      btraits . my pushed off opposite the town , and when about threequarters of the distance over the channel , a squall canghfc the boat , which carried at the time a large lugsail , and she was thrown on her beam ends . the wind was- blowing very fresh from the south-west , and a strong ebb tide running . All efforts to right the boat failed , and she eventually turned keel upwards . The occurrence being witnessed from the pier and shore , assistance was speedily despatched to the crew of the overturned boat , who were hanging to her side . The ferry steamer and the lifeboats of the port , with other craft , made all haste to the rescue , and eventually succeeded in preserving the poor fellows , who had suffered much from fear

      aud immersion . One of them , a man named Richards , when taken oft ; was completely exhausted , but proper restoratives being applied he soon recovered . But for the prompt help rendered them , however , they would all have perished . The boat , after some difficulty , was towed ashore ; and it was stated—with what truth we cannot state—that , when righted , the two end airboxes had-water in them . The mishap with such a boat has created much excitement .

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      Fatal Beershoi* Affhay.—Mr. O. S. Brent,...

      Fatal Beershoi * Affhay . —Mr . O . S . Brent , deputy-coroner , held an inquest at the Middlesex Hospital on the body of James Fitzgibbon , aged thirty , a bricklayer ' s labourer , who was scalded to dentil . It appeared that on Monday afternoon the deceased entered a beershop in Orchardplace , Portman-street , Portman-square , where he began drinking and smoking with some other Irishmen who were there . About five o ' clock deceased and another man , named Stokes , having had some words , agreed to wrestle it out . They were both the worse for liquor , and in struggling for the mastery they fell against the fireplace and then on the floor , the kettle thereby being upset , and its boiling contents poured over them . They were immediately conveyed to the hospital , where Stokes ' s injuries having been dressed he was admitted an out-patient , and taken home . The deceased was frightfully scalded over the head , face , back , and chest , and was p laced in bed . Every attention was paid him , but delirium ensuedand he gradually sank , and died . Yerdict , "Accidental death . "

      , Suicide of Mr . Winstanley . —On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , at the Crown Tavern , Bow-lane , Cheapside , on the body of Mr . Edward Newnham Winstanley , aged fifty-two , chemist , of ! Nb . 7 , Poultry , who committed suicide by swallowing a powerful dose of prussic acid . —John Simpson , a cab driver , said he was , on Friday afternoon , about two o ' clock , called off the stand in St . James ' s-Street by the deceased , who told him to drive steadily to Bow Church , in Cheapside . He asked what the fare was , and said he would give him 2 s . The witness happened to turn round in Pleet-street , and saw deceased lying back in the cab as if he were asleep . At Bow Church he got down and opened

      the cab door , when deceased was still lying in the same position . Thinking he was asleep , witness shook him , but not receiving any answer he drove him to a doctor ' s house , and from thence to the police-station , when he was found to be dead . There was a phial in the cab containing the remains of a dose of prussic acid . The deceased did not appear to be in an excited state when he got into the cab . —Other evidence having been heard , the coroner summed up , and observed that , as many of the jury might know , a more amiable man than the deceased could not be . —The jury found " That deceased destroyed himself while in an unsound state of mind . "

      The Fatal Fire at Rotherhithe . —On Tuesday , Mr . W . Carter resumed , at the Angel Tavern , Rotherhithe Platform , the adjourned inquest respecting the deaths of Rosina Riches and Jane Elizabeth Brown , who perished In the late extensive fire , which occurred on Sunday fortnight in the premises of Mr . Hogg , optician , ironmonger , and ship chandler , in Rotherhithe-stveet . The jury , after examining several witnesss , returned a verdict , " That the two deceased were burnt to death in the fire , and that , in their opinion , the fire originated from an accident . "

      Strange Affair . —Mr . W . Payne held an inquest at the King ' s Head Tavern , Alfred-place , Newington-canseway , on the body of a child , aged four months . —Ellen Frost , 4 , John ' s-place , London-road , Southwark , deposed that towards the latter end of June she was in Greenwich-park , when a gentleman , apparentl y about forty-five years of age , after following her about for an hour , spoke " to her , and asked her if she should like to take a child to nurse . Witness said , " No , " but she wouldsee if she could find anv person that would , and promised to meet him the next evening in St . James ' s-parkthe gentleman saying that he would give £ 10 to any person

      , that would bring the child up . Witness spoke to a neighbour named Buffet , who agreed to take the child ; and on witness ' s meeting the gentleman , he said if she would meet him at the same time and place next evening ( Wednesday , June 30 ) , he would make it all right . They met at the Horse Guards in St . James ' s-park , according to appointment , and the gentleman took a cab and went to Chelsea , where the cab stopped at a lodge , but she did not know where , and there witness saw a lady , about eighteen years of age , with a baby , who got into the cab . The vehicle Wpnf towards townTand the gentleman gave witness £ 10 and some baby ' s

      linen , and leaving the child in witness ' s care , got out of the cab , and paid the driver 3 s . to take witness to London-road . She took the child to Mrs . Duffet ' s , but that person being out , she gave it . with the money , to a Mrs . Endecott , who lived in the same honse as Mrs . Duffet . —Dr . Memman p hysician to the Waterloo-road Infirmary , deposed that he had made a jxwfc mortem examination , and from all the appearances he should assign the cause of death to inability to get sufficient nourishment into its system . The jury returned a verdict " of "Natural death from inability to take sufficient nourishment . "

      Tub Mers Ey In Danger—Rumour Is Busy Exa...

      Tub Mers ey in Danger—Rumour is busy exaggerating the circumstances which have led the Marino Surveyor , Lieut . Lord , to remove many of the buoys which mark the entrance to the port . It is openly stated that the channels outside are filling up , and that we are threatened with a similar calamity to that which has befallen the once- thriving port of Chester . _ Sir Charlf . s' Ltell , the geologist , is studying the geological formations of the eastern part of New Brunswick ( N . A . )

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      Tirb At Whitechapkl. —On Sunday Evening,...

      tiRB at Whitechapkl . —On Sunday evening , shortly after eight 0 clock , a tire , involving the destruction of much property , broke out on the premises of Mr . Samuel Grimsdale , the extensive builder and contractor , of Bell-lane , Goulston-street , Whitechapel . The premises where the fire originated occupy a space of about 150 feet square , consisting of workshops , warehouses , and stables . Several engines arrived soon after the outbreak , and the firemen were enabled to confine the conflagration to the premises of Mr . Grimsdale ; but the Jewish National School and the Messrs . Hanburv ' s premises were seriously injured by the flames and water . Tile houses " in 1 etUcoat-lane at the rear , and many dwellings round the immediate scene of the fire , were more or less injured by water hasty removals , & c . '

      Destruction of Fifty Houses by Fire .-At , La Tour , in the Swiss canton of Fiiburg , an accidental fire last week destroyed fifty houses . Happily no human life was lost .

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      A Sham Doctor Committed.—At The Stafford...

      A Sham Doctor Committed . —At the Stafford Police-court , on Tuesday week , James Lowe , alias Dr . Taylor , was charged , upon remand , with obtaining lis . for two bottles of mixture , under the false pretence that it would cure any complaint . John Glen and Alired Tildesley were also charged with aiding Lowe in the imposition . Lowe , who was dressed in black , and had more of a professional appearance than his associates , was , it appeared , some years since a policeman at Wolverhampton . From the evidence adduced it appeared that the party were in the habit of leaving bills advertising a mixture at people ' s houses , and calling the next day for the * bills , and also to know if anything was required . In this instance

      upon the bill being called for , Lowe announced himself as Dr . Taylor to a Mrs . Bartlott , and said lie was come to give his advice * She described her pains , upon which he looked at her tongue and " felt her purse , and then prescribed his own valuable medicine * He sold her two bottles for Us ., observing to Mrs . Bartlelt ' s husband , who came in at the time , that the mixture used to be a guinea an ounce , but ho would let them have it at 2 s . 9 d . an ounce . Tin bottles were subsequently taken to two dispensing chemists , who deposed in court that they contained water aud burnt sugar , with a few drops of essence of lemon . When apprehended , Dr . Tavlot and the other prisoners were drunk . Lowe , the " doctor , " and Glen were committed for trial . Tildesley was discharged .

      Serious Case ov Stabbing . —On Monday some soldiers of ( he 12 th Lancers were engaged in their room in the barracks in Maidstone in various employments , when some words arose between two of them , one of whom , Richmond , had recently joined as a recruitthe other , Cooper , an old soldier who had deserted , but who had undergone the punishment awarded to his offence . In the courseoi the dispute Richmond taunted Cooper with having been a deserter , to which the latter retorted by giving him a box on the ears . Richmond , who was at the time cleaning aud polishing his sword and accoutrements , immediately made a stab at Cooper ; the sword

      fortunately , merely inflicted a slight flesh wound , having glanced from one of the ribs just below the region of the heart . Cooper again struck Richmond , when the latter snatched up a pair of scissors ( which Avere lying on an adjacent table ) and stabbed Cooper in the back , following up the blow by another stab in the meanwhile having been taken to the hospital . On a first examination it was feared that thei vertebra ? had been severed , and that the point of the scissors ( which were found to have been broken ) had remained in the wound . Or further examination , however , it was ascertained that the injuries in flicted were not likely to lead to a fatal result .

      Burglaries in Cheshire . —Late on Tuesday night , the 21 st ult ., the house of Mr . Mites Hobson , of Northwich , was entered and robbed , and on Wednesday night , the 22 nd ult ., the house of Mr , Charles Balshaw , of Altrincham , was entered and robbed . On Saturday morning , John Molloy , an Irishman , was taken before Mr . Joynson , having been remanded from the previous day on a charge of breaking and entering the house of Mr . Balshaw , and stealing a quantity of books and other articles . John Bowden , of the township of Grange , farmer , stated that about three o ' clock on Thursday morning he was passing through Altrincham , and on reaching Highstreet , Mr . Naylor told him that he believed thieves were in Mr .

      Balshaw ' s shop , opposite , and he desired witness to look at the end of his honse , which he did , and found a parcel containing a quantity of books , & c . He then aroused Mr . Balshaw and Mr . Turton ( who lives next , door to Mr . Balshaw's ) while he kept watch at the cellar door , which he found open . In a few minutes Mr . Turton appeared and went into Balshaw's , and brought the prisoner out of the house , Isaac Turton described his entrance into Mr . Balshaw ' s cellar , where he found the prisoner was concealed in one coiner of the cellar behind some coals . There were several parcels of books and some stationery packed up , and placed ready for easy removal from the cellar by the window . On the prisoner he found some silver tea

      spoons , a bunch of keys , and some other articles . Charles Balshaw corroborated this testimony . The prisoner was committed to the next assizes . The thieves—for more than one had been thereregaled themselves with some of Mr . Balshaw ' s port wine , and they had either eaten or carried off some roast beef and plum pica . Police constable Simpson proceeded on Friday to Leeds , where lie apprehended Barney M'Hugh and Mary M'Hugh on a charge of being concerned in this robbery . On Saturday morning the police received information of a robbery at Northwich , with a description of the missing articles . On Monday morning the two M'Hughs were taken

      before Mr . Joynson and charged with the robbery at Balshaw ' s . Police constable Simpson deposed to their apprehension at Leed < and to having met the prisoner , Barnard M'Htigh , in company w ti-John Molloy , about five o ' clock of the night of the robbery , about a quarter of a mile from Altrincham , coming in a direction from Timperley to where the robbery took place . He also found a pair oi Wellington boots and a coat upon t he male prisoner , who said thebelonged to Molloy . Barnard M'Hugh was committed to take his trial at the assizes , but Mary M'Hugh was acquitted . The two prisoners were then charged by Mr . Hallidav , special hirii ' constable , with a robbery committed at Nbrilnvich on Tuesday w > hf the 21 st ultimo , the evening previous to the robbery at Bafsha \ W

      Miles Hobson , of Northwich , deposed , that on gettiu * up on the morning oi the 22 nd ultimo , about live o ' clock , he found the cupboard doors m the kitchen all open , and that thieves had been in the house during the night . They had made an entrance through the cellar window . Amongst the articles stolen were a lilac punted dress , a black silk drawn bonnet , one white straw bonnet , one pair of stays , one grey alpaca dress , one bunch of keys , quantity of blue , 2 oz . tea , and other property . When the prisoners were apprehended at Leeds , there were found upon them a pair of Wellington boots , a piint dress , a white straw bonnet , and other property . Isaac Turton apprehended John Molloy , and found the silver spoons and a bunch of keys . When apprehended he had no shoes on . The pair of shoes worn by M ' Hugh were found on the premises of the prosecutor on the night of the robbery . The prisoners were both committed to Chester Castle for trial .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09101852/page/5/