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      Sixgclar Marriage At Smet1iwick. One Of ...

      SIXGCLAR MARRIAGE AT SMET 1 IWICK . One Of the most novel and remarkable freak ? wh ! c ha * ever occurred in this or nny part of the country has Ireen discorava at Smethwiek in the course of the weeks About two years a-o a rollicking fellow , named Charles "Wilkins . came to the town , -where for some time he was employed ia an iron foundry . This , however , was too hard work for him , and betook himself to that of a " Navigator . " His gallantry and devotion to the set was always very consptcn ns , and a romp with the servant girls one of his favourite amusements . Shortly after he took up his residence in the town , he became acquainted with an illnstrioti- f male . named Sarah D ^ Wn -o whom hje paid the mostassiduous attention . After some time passed in agreeable courtship , for t un e smil e d on his sui t , everv preparation was made for the happy day , and the ceremony -waspertV . vmea amidst all the usual joyous demonstrations . The bap ? . r couple took up fheirresidence in the house of Mr . John Badger , near the Swan Ir . n . and &*& vearlivedin the apparent cajoym- nt of every felicity .

      Wiikius cot a situation in the packing ro ^ m of W . Chance , E * g ., at the Plate G lass Works nnd was with Ms wife installed as one of the lodge keepers at Soonlane . Months passed . Rumour , with her hundred tongues , was busy ; evtn his wife partook of the general su < pu 5 oB . that her husband was not what he ousht to be , and poor Wilfcins became a raarted man . Since his marriage he had become a most exemplary husband ; he had ceased to crack his jokes with the girls as they pissed , and had even forsaken his ; iecu ? toraed pipe and cap at the Swan , of an evening ; but notwithstanding : all ibis , he was looked upon with suspicion . Even the leartv good-natured equanimity of "Wflkins was not proof against ^ ch conduct : his house had become uncomfortable ; no young "oliveplants" surrounded his hearthstone , and his "better half" became , from one of the iiidU amiable creatures in the world , one of the greatest shrews . Lif * was to him becoming unbeatable ; so , determined no longer " In the mind to suffer

      The stings and arrows of outrageous fortune . " but to take " arms against a sea of trouble , " he becamea womin ! Charles Wilkins doffed the male attire he had worn for . ten long years , and undergoing ametamorpbosis not much less extraordinary-than that of a caterpillar became humble pale-faced Mary Curzon ? The astonishment of the wife maybe conceived ; tempfied with regret , because Wilkins had always been a kmd though most eccentric husband . Sheis by no means unprepossessing in pers o n , although from her short cut hair and semi-male attire , she present' : a rather singular appearance . She is scarcely 30 years of age , about the average height of females , with regular , though not feminine features . In short , she was rather a stout , good looking fellow ; and although her voice was shrill for a man , yet her SEX was nvvtr suspected . It appears that she had heen married about ten years ago toa man inanotherpurt of thecouutry , tut he behaved to her in such an improper manner , that she was compelled to leave him . It was then she adopted

      male a ' t ire , in which she could travel without exciting attention ; and having once become accustomed to its use she adopted it altogether . Before coming to Smethwiek die had been employed in breaking stones on the road sid e , and other outdoor labour . From her feminine voice , the workmen used to call her "Suke . " On a recent occasion , when seized with illness , for which she was bled T > 5 Mr . Davis , surgeon , who remarked on the singular smallness of her arm , not the slightest suspicion of her cex was entertained . In addition toher marriage , her conduct generally fa v oured t he dec e p t ion , fo r she coul d smoke , dr i nk , tell her story , and smut her song with any of the workmen , who looked upon her as a capital boon com . panion , but regarded with a degree of jealousy her conquests among the "fair sex . " Tbe wife appears to fee ! somewhat ashamed of the whole affair , and Gurxon is not by any means communicative on the sn'ject . Hermotires in the deception are not very clear , and it does not appear that she can give any very satisfactory account of them herself . —Wdcerhaaplon Chronicle . ,

      Bsstetfcthkf Of The Se Vf Lock Gates At ...

      BSSTEtfCTHKf OF THE SE Vf LOCK GATES AT CUMBERLAND BASIN , BRISTOL . A v ery destructive an ( i alarming accident wasoceafioned by the huh spring of Saturdayevening , to the extensive new works now in progress , for the purpose of widening the entrance of the locks to Cumberland basin . These works were commenced some time since , in or . ler ¦ to enable the Great Western , Great Britain , and steamboats of the largest class to enter the basin , which hitherto they have been unable to do on account of the nairowdcss of the entrance lock .

      In or d e r to enable the workmen to proceed with the alterations , it was , of course , necessary to dam out the water , and ttris was attempted to be effected b y means ol double rows of piles of the larger size , which were forced by means of powerful machinery into the bed of the riv e r , und ihe cavities , between which were loaded with limestones , & c These had answered their purpose admirabl y till last nig ht , when the force of the tide was taa powerful for them , and shortly before nine o ' clock broke them away . The injury produced by the rush of waters was most extensive 5 all the capacious timber work was dashed to atoms , baulks of colossal size were snapped asunder , and all the works , except the masonry , ¦ which had been wall set , were more or'less injured . A row of houses on apiece of ground skirting thelock . it

      had been thought necessary to prop np . The timbers n ; ed for this purpose were thrown down , and one of them struck a youn ; female named Baily , fracturing her collar bone and otherwise injuring her . One of the workman employed had a very narrow escape . Imrnediateljr oefore the accident he was at n-ork at the . bottom of the lock pumping out some poo ' s of water which some lliavj showers had deposited , aud which interfered with the free operations of the wor' . people . A minute or so before the rush of waters inundated the lock , he noted that some of the piles were cracked , and re r y p ruden t ly ,. without waiting to gather up bis tools and clothes , which ] he had laid upon the ground , he sought safety by ascending one of the ladders . He had scarcely gained the top whsu the dam gave way with a tremendous crash , carrying away everything before it .

      A scene of the utmost alarm and confusipn followed / 1 the water suddenly overflowed the r > anks , and as suddenly : recsded far a distance of thirty or forty feet . The im-; prcESion was that an earthquake was about to happen . ' The people fted in all directions ; the inhabitants close 10 1 the lock rushed from their houses , and all was terror and j-eanstenuition . The vessels mooreS in the basin felt the ( effect of the accident , their crews participated in the ^ g eseml alarm , aud many of tbem jumped on shore . 'C-ptain James Pa ' . fitt , of the Swift , steam-packet , jjiimpi-d from his paddle-box towards the wall of tbe ib = siu , but , failing to reach it , he fell into the water , and ion beln ^ g-ot out tvas found to have much injured bimsself . The damage I have heard variously estimated at ffrum £ 1 . 500 to £ 2 , 000 and feats are entertained for the ssafcty of about fifteen houses by the lock-side .

      Gghoss Immorality Is The Jewish Ah Union...

      GGHOSS IMMORALITY IS THE JEWISH AH UNION WORKHOUSE . The usually nuiet village of Lewisham has for some adavskecHin a state of considerable excitement , in COI 1-ssequance of cirtaiu very prevalent rumours respecting tithe conduct of Mr . Burroug hs , the master of the Union VW 01 kb . OO . se , towards the female inmates . On the repporter proeetding to Lewisham , and making inquiries-on tKhe spot , the foV . evdng was related as facts : — On last Wednesday month , on the application of the Bjoaster to flip hoard of guardians , pennwsion was granted toio himself and his wife , the matron , to spend % month at ERamsgate , and parties were named to attend to fte dduties of the establishment during their absence . The btbasiuess of the matroa was most efficiently performed by SSrs . M'Callum , the schoolmistress , the mildness and itatrentioa of that lady having lon : r since wan the good timpinions of the whole of the female inmates of the

      ; s ; s-ab ! ishm ^ nt . A short time after the departure of the nwa « ter aud mairon several of the females , freed , no loloubt , from apprehension by the absence of their sope-• 5 < -5 < ir . « , made a communication to Mrs . M'Callum of such 1 a character that it was evident scenes-of the greatest mm norality had existed for a lsng time in the Union . ISMrs . M'Callum immediately communicated with the 133 > 3 rd of Guardians upon the subject , and a special : 2 i 3 i 3 et » s of theBoard was railed to take the same into lEOEonsUeration . A second meeting was appointed to i paparsa ? the investigation , and notice was given to the monaster . Burroughs , that his preseace would be indispenisasablc on the day named , to hear aud if possible to defend Itrifainiself from the charges thatfrsd been preferred against Ihifaim , In the evening before the day of investigation , IBtSurroughs arrived at the workhouse , and stayed about laalialf-an-hour . He then left , and has not been seen since , aitiith 0 u 5 b . it has been erroneously stated thathe was seen livavalking dawn the village on tha day after the board Was

      Ibebeld . . According to adjournment , the board reassembled on TMhursday , when it was attended by J . Thackeray , Esq . , IDliDhairman of the Board , tho Hon . M a jor L e gg e , Captain IFoFoster , the Rev . A . Drummond , Cahtain Gossett , J . IPaPanl , Es q . . The inquiry -was then pursued in tbe ab-ence [» f » f the master , and several female witnesses were examiinaned at great length , and at its conclusion , so satisfied wewere tbe members of the Board of the validity of the : ; hcharges , that the clerk to the guardians , Mr . Parker , was : iisiistructed to communicate with the Poor Law Coinmiaiissionersnpon the subject .

      I It is stated , that some fine since , the schoolmistress , ;; o \ o whom tbs above statements were made , had reason to DSlbalteve tha t improper advances were made by the master : ; 6 wdw . irdsapoor girl who Is deaf and dumb , and engaged » y iiy her at needle-work in the schoolroom . She accoi-dinghgly kept a strict watch npon her , and th ere can n o w be tto < to doubt that , for her care , the same insults would have ii . ei . en repeated , and ' her complete ruin and degradation -Teiveniuully accomplished .

      "Hihe Aiusdett At Dagenham.—Examination ...

      "HIHE aiUSDEtt AT DAGENHAM . —EXAMINATION OP SUSPECTED PERS 0 HS . It Txro & D , TnesDAT Evexixc—This afternoon , Dennis "lyrilynn , Joan H « nneRsy , and Ellen Rankin , the former ff wf whom were described as ag ricultural labourers ,- were trourou ^ lit up from the Arbour-square station house of the I du division of police , and were examined at some length eefoeforc the magistrates for the Beacontree division of i-ssa ' swx , ona charge of having been concerned in the murder EfG < fGei * ge Clark , a police constable tf the above diriiiou

      "Hihe Aiusdett At Dagenham.—Examination ...

      onthe 53 th of June last . Oc tavius Masheter , Esq ., presided . The following against tlteprison'rs wasgone into . Michael Welch on being sworn , said , I arrived in England from Ireland on the 5 < h of February last , and ha v e no regular place of living . The last pUce I worked vn was for Mr . Giddms . of Cadbam in Kent On Tuesday afternoon last I was at work harvesting , when the prisoner . Dennis Flynn , came Into the field arid got some Work to do , cutting the wheat . On the next day Ellen Rankin and two persons named John and Felix Sweeny , came and sat by a fire made for the purpose of cooking food , in the field . Whilst sitting there , Ellen Rankin said that tliev ( Flynn and herself ) had no necessity for coming out

      there ; that her husband was taming good wages in London , but having the misfortune of assaulting a policeman in London , they were forced to quit the place aud go down into the country for twelve months . John Sweeny asked how the assault occurred , and she answered it was all On account of an Irishman who came into a room where tlioy had been drinking , and was going to sin g ; that the En- ^ lishmanobjvctedtoit , and a row was caused . Shethen said ; hat a Serjeant came onhorseback , and he was struck w ith a stone , and she saw it . That Dennis F ljnn and John Tiennessy assaulted another policeman , and he was found dead in a field in the morning . John Sweeny remarked that it was foolish of her not to keep that a st-cret . That is all I know about it .

      The magistrate asked tte prisoners if they desired to put any question to the witness , on which Flynn exclaimed , " It is all an untruth what he has been Stating . I am as innocent about this murder as a man in SiuithfieVt . " Hennessy : I wish to ask Mm if he ever saw me in Kent '—Welch : Yes , Isaw you drunk in the becrshop , having a row , and at the bars on the morningEllen Rankio made the statement about the murdered policeman . — Hennessy : Don ' t go t oo fas t , my lad , or I shall have you . Thy , I ir . is at home at Stratford at the time . Welch declared positively thathe saw Hennessy at the Smith ' s Arms at Gudham in Flynn ' s company . Hennessy : He is stating that which is untrue . Tour worship , I ntverwa * at Cudhara in my life , and never saw this lad in Kent . — The female prisoner also denied the statement of the witness both as to what ho swore she had stated in the

      field , and also to Hennessy being the man who came to the barn on that day . She persisted iu stating that it was a m a n called Jemmy Daisey , and not Hennessy , who enme there . —Flynn admitted that he was acquainted with . Hennessy , but denied that such a statement as "Welch detailed had ever been made . The magistrate said it was a very important matter to the prisoners themselves , and also to the public , that tbe charge should be fully investigated , and again reminded the witness Welch , of the obligation of an o .-. lb . —Weleh declared most solemnly that he had spoken the truth .

      Felix Sweeney examined : I reside in Ball court , Toolcy stree t . I was at work on Wednesday last for Mr . Gidd- ns , ntCudnam ; and in the . afternoon I ' was sitting round a fire with Rankin and Flynn , \ v ! : o worked on the same f arm , -when Ellen Rankin said she had no occasion to be harvesting only for beating a policemen , or having a row with a policeman , but I cannot say which . She then said something about a policeman being found in tbe fit Id With bis head off , but did not pay much attention to her , nor do I recollect saying an } thing to her in reply . I do not recollect asking Flynn or Rankin , when they came first to work , where they came from . When Ellen Rankin spoke of the policeman being in the field with bis head off . John Sweeny , my cousin , ssid it was very foolish to talk of such a thing before people . She had better keep it a secret . The boy Welch was present at the conversa' tion- Before the conversation took place , I had not heard of a policeman having been murdered . The prisoner Hennessy was not there , and I don't think I ever Saw him before .

      Police-constable Edwin ' Horsefall sworn : I am constable 53 of the R division , and stationed at Woolwich . Fr » m informationi received about half-past eighto ' clock on Saturday evening , I went to a lodging house in High Street , Woolwich . I requested the person who keeps the house to call Dennis FJynn , who lived below . S he did so , and the prisoner Flynn came up , closely followed by the female prisoner . She endeavoured io pass mc and get into the street . I stopped her and asM if Flj-nn was her husband , and she replied So , I asked her then what her name was ? and she said Ellen Rankin . I then asked her if she knew Flynn , and she denied that she did . I asked her if she did not go by the name of Ellen Cotttr , which she at first denied , bu t af t erwards admi tt ed

      that she did . I questioned them seperately but the woman refused to answer an ; questions . I ascertained from Fiynn that he had been working at Footscray , and other places ; and also that a short time ago he had been in the emp loy of the Eastern , Counties Railway , and living- at Stratford . On going to the station , Flynn inquired "Who he had robbed or injured ? " and on his arrival there the inspector told him the nature of the charge against him , at which he appeared much affected . Yesterday afternoon I conveyed the prisoner Flynn from Woolwich police-court to Arbeur-square station , when he said , alluding to tbe murdered policeman , " was his watch end money gone ? " He said that voluntarily , and added , " was heverymuch knocked about ?" Fl ynn . —So , I asked you , was he much disfigured ?

      Horsefall . —It might have been . It was either the word disfigured or knocked about . Policcconstable Edward Palmer , 231 R , deposed—I apprehended the female prisoner . On her way to the station she asked me what I was going to take her for , and added that she was not going to get into trouble for Flynn . She would tell about it . After they were placed in the cell at the station , I hoard the prisoner Flynn say to the woman Rankin , " Keep your mouth shut , and they can ' t hurt us . " On searching a bag I took from tbe prisoner Rankin , I discovered two white g . oves ( odd ones ) now produced . They are such gloves as are worn by the police . The fema l e prisoner said t be g loves were given to her by a female residing at St . Mary ' s Cray , Kent .

      The prisoners here desired to make a statement , but they were checked by the magistrate , who told them that as their position was a very serious one tbey bad better say nothing lest they criminated themselves . Under these circumstances he felt it his duty to remand them to a future dr . y . Hennessy , on hearin g this , burst into tear , and exclaimed , ( pointing to the witness -Welch ) That boy is taking my life away . - Flynn also shed tears , and said : Tour worship , I am a poor hard-working chap that never hurt the hair of a man ' s head .

      The prisoners -were then remanded for a week , and the boy Welch was . ordered to be detained , suspicion being excited that if allowed to go at large he would not again be forthcoming .

      Dreadful Death Of A Clergyman Rkylsg Mad...

      DREADFUL DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN RkYlSG MAD . MYSTERIOUS AHD SUSPICIOUS AFFAIR . - Throughput the whole of Sunday , consideraWe sensation was manifested amongst the clergy and local authorities of the parish of St . P .-meras , in consequence Ofthe dreadful and melancholy end of a Rev . Gentleman for many years past officiating at the old church ; and the mysterious and suspicious circumstances connected therewith . On instituting inquiries in various quarters oh Monday , the f dtowing narrative was obtained by the reporter : — . The Rev . Gentleman alluded to is the Rev-Charles Kaye , aged fifty , who has been for many years past the Assistant Minister at Old St . Pancras Church . On tho afternoon of Sunday , the 26 ? h ult ,, the Rev , Gentleman , as was his visual custom , attended the burialground , and read the funeral service over a great number

      of bodies . He also attended for a simil . ir purpose , on the Wednesday and Thursday following , and on these occasions be appearedin his usual health . He was again ex p ected t o pe rform his du t ies , as usual , on Sunday , the 2 nd instant , hut as he did not make his appearance , inquiries were instituted , and it was ascertained that the unfortunate gentleman had , on the previous evening , been conveyed away from his apartments , Uo . 18 , Wilmot-street , Brunswick-square , in a cab ' to the University College Hospital , on thegramvl that he had been s <; iied with insanity . It appears that on the arrival of the Itev . Gentleman at the hospital , Dr . Quain , the resident

      physician and surgeon , was fr o m home , and on the representations of the two genlUmsn who accompanied him . the house apothecary was induced to admit him as a patient . On the return of Dr . Quain , it being ascertained that the Rev . Mr . Kaye was really mad , notice was given that he must be removed , bis case not bsing a propel' OUG for treatment in that hospital . On the following Tuesday the parties who bad taken the Itev . Gentleman to the hos . pital again removed him in a cab to the St . Vm \ ; ras Workhouse , where he remained under the care ofa Mr . T . H . Cooper , tho parish surgeon , until Saturday last , when he died it is stated in a most dreadful manner and raving mad .

      The RiY . Mr . Kaye , who is stated to be a widower , had resided for upwards of five year « at > Jo . 18 , Wilmotstreet , and was generally supposed to be a poor ckrgynian , but circumstances have within the last few days transpired to induce a belief that the contrary is the fact After the removal of the rev . gentleman from tho hospital to the workhouse , the persons above alluded to proceeded to IS , Wilmofc-street , and demanded of tbe landlady the keys of the Rev . Mr . Kiiyfe ' a apartments . These , h o w ever , she refused t o resign at first , but ultimately did so , on which the gentlemen proceeded upst-iirs , and then being unable to find the keys , th ey forc e d t he dr a wer s , secretaries , & c , of the unfortunate gentleman , and took away with tbein all his writings , and it is bslieved a considerable amount of other property . Having ag . iin fastened up the doors of the apartments , t he g e n tlemen called upon the landlady lo tako cliaras of the kevs of

      them , and allow no one to enter until thev bad paid another visit . This , however , she positively declined to do , as s he h ad no kno w led g e of t he p ro p er t y abou t t o be taken away , and the parties then left , taking thekojs With tlicnii The mest remarkable circumstance , and that which appears to excite the greatest suspicion is the fact that during the whole time the rev . gentleman has been an inmate of the workhouse , not a single'scui has visited , Or made any inquiries alter him , nor since his death , up TO Tuesday evening-, hadanjone applied for j , ; s removal , or claimed his body which still lies in the dead house usually appropriated for t !* e remains of paupers . This , it is consider ? d , would not have baen the case if the parties above referred to had really heen the friends of the deceased or hir . family . It is stated that , during the whole time the unfortunate gentleman had been in the workhou ? e , he was so extremely violent as to rendu- necessary his constant confinement ic a strait waistcoat ,

      Dreadful Death Of A Clergyman Rkylsg Mad...

      mid all his apprehensions appeared to be that he was being " robbed and murdered , " An order of removal had been procured , and had not death terminated his sufferings on Saturday , the r * v . gentleman was to have been removed on Monday to the County Lunatic Asylum , at Hanwell . In consequence of the singular circumstances and unsatisfactory nature of the case , the overseers of the poor intend laying tbe whole of the facts before the board of directors and guardians , and a communication on the subject having also been forwarded to Mr . Wakley , the Coroner , there can b ( . but little doubt the entire matter will undergo , as it deserves , a rigid investigation .

      Supposed Murders. Oxford. August 10. The...

      SUPPOSED MURDERS . Oxford . August 10 . The neighbourhoods of Woodstock , Sturdy ' s Castle , and Jackley , have been thrown into a considerable state of alarm in consequence of tbe discovery of the skeletons of three human beincs , in a pit on the . rig ht hand side ol the Banbury turnpike-road , and within fifty yards of the Sturd . t's Casflo publichouse , and which there is erery renson to fear are the remains of some unfortunate fellowcreatures who have been basely murdered and then burled tirrc . by a gang of gipsies . . who used to infvstthat part o f Oxfordshire , three ot whomare now in Oxford Castle , two under a conviction of murder , and tbe other , of shec-p Stealing . Our readers \ v U at once know to whom we allude , viz ., to James Diddle and Isaac Sheriff , who were conlemned at the recent assizes for . the murder of Mr .

      Mubbs , but whose sentence has since been commuted to that of transportation for life , and Skerry , who turned Queen ' s evidence , but was . afterwards transported for fifteen years for sbeepstealing . The discovery of the human skeletons arose under the following circumstances : —When Mr , Walker , the Governor of Barbury G ol , and Morgan , tbe constable of King Sutton , were bringing Biddle . Skerry , and Sheriff to Oxford Cnstle , and oii arriving within a short distance of the public-house called Sturdy ' s Castlo . Biddle suddenly exclaimed ( point , ingto the side of the road as well as his handcuffs would lethiml , "Therelays dead men ' s bones . " Mr . Walker asked him what ho meant—how dead men ' s bones came there . * Biddle appeared somewhat confused , -but replied in a jesting manner , "Oh , they were killed in ' the

      war , " and said no more . ' The officers , on their return from Oxford , repeated the conversation'to the landlady at Sturdy ' s Cantte , who remembered that , about , eight years ago , a person disappeared from that neighbourhood undtr very peculiar circumstances , an d ha d ne ve r been seen or beard of since—the person ' s name was Hicks , fieson of a small farmer residing at Jackley ( a village about a mile and a half from Sturdy , s Castle , and thathe Wis the owner of some cottages and land at that place . He was a very eccentric character , and preferred a roaming life to that of a settled one . He at last took up a re ? nlar vagabond ' s life , wandering about the country with a gipsy tribe , of which Diddle and Skerry form < d a portion . ' Every half-year they were to be seen encamped in the neighbourhood of Sturdy's Cnstle , and it was on

      these occasions only Hieke used to pay his native village a visit , for the purpose of receiving his rents for the lands and cottages . Something li k e ei ght years , ago he paid his hfllf-yeaily visit as usual , but since that time he haa never been seen or heard of , and his brother has taken to the property . The-circumstances under which he disappeared , and the company he was known to keep , coupled with Riddle ' s declaration on bis way to Oxford Castle , led to the- opinion that he had been basely murdered for the sake of the rents ha had been receiving , no steps were taken to ascertain the truth of Biddle ' s declaration until Friday last , when some persons were

      employed to dig about the spot pointed to-by , * Biddle , when , horrid to relate , the skeletons of three human beings were discovered in a hollow place ,-which was many yearn aco used as a saw pit , on the side of the road , about a foot and n half under ground . Many of the banes are quite perfect : A medical gentleman residing hi the neighbourhood has pronounced them to be those of a woman arid two men , and from the state they were in they must have been there several years . They were carefully collected together and placed in a box , which is now under lock and seal , waiting tho issue of a Coroner ' s inquest , when , it is to be hoped , that some farther light will be thrown on the affair .

      Murder In Warwickshire. Houston, Apgust ...

      MURDER IN WARWICKSHIRE . Houston , Apgust 10 . On Thursday last , the Rev . W . Lloyd , of Drayton , one of the county magistrates , received intelligence that a woman named Hannah Treadwcll , a resident of this village , had been murdered by a farmer in respectable circumstances , named William Cave , between whom and t b e decea s ed , it was understood , that an illicit intercnurse bad for some years been carried on . Mr . Lloyd immediately granted a warrant for the apprehension of Cave , who was lodced in the county gaol . Informitio ' n '" as , at the ' samo time , despatched to Mr . J . Churchill , the coroner , who immediately repaired to Hornton , to inquire into tbe circumstances .

      The jury having been sworn , proceeded to ; view the body of t he murdered woman , which was ly in g on the ground floor of a house close to the spot where it was found . There was a gunshot wound on the left side of the neck ,. a little below the ear ; and the extensive laceration shewed that the charge must have been very heavy , al t ho u g h from the blackness of the skin surrounding the orifice , it was evident that the parties were close together when the shot was fired . On returning to the jury-room , the summoning officer nformed the coroner that the person charged with the murder had been committed b y one of the district magistrates for examination before the Banbury bench , and the only persons who knew anything of the circumstances had been required to give their attendance there . Mr . Giods , snrgeon , who examined the body of the ' deceased , w as p r es e nt , however , if the jury wifhed to hear Im evidence .

      The coroner said that it would be necssary to adjourn the inquiry , butas the medical gentleman was in attendance , it would be well t <\ take Ws evidence , in order to grant a certificate for the interment of the body . Mr . R . Gibbs , having been sworn , said—I am a surgeon , and reside at Banbury . I have examined the body of the deceased woman , Hannah Treadwcll . I found the Mc side of the neck blackened , apparently from gunpowder . There Isa large wound on that side ; it extends three inches in length , one inch and three-quarters in b ? c » dth , and about half an inch in depth ; it is

      immedi a tel y over the large blood vessels leading from tlie heart to the brain . On furher examination I found that those vessels had been destroyed .. The vertebras of the neck had been injured , evidently by shots Which passed tbrouxb . them . I extracted some smallfragmehts , wh ic h I ha v e no doub t fo r med part of the clothes worn by the deceased , which were carried inwards , and were mixed up with coagulated blood . J found several shots in what I extracted . I have no doubt whatever but that death was immediate owing- to tho destruction of the large blood vessels of tlie neck .

      Mr . Walker , the governor of the county gaol , informed the coroner that the magistrates had adjourned the inquiry , and that upon the re-examination of Cave , the person charged with the murder , the attendance of the several witnesses would be required . The Coroner observed that , under those circumstances , he should postpone the investigation . From inquiries made , upon the spot , it appears that Cave , the person in custod y , is a farmer well known in tho parish of Hornton , He had for some years cultivated a small farm , his own property . He is between forty and fifty years of . age . He . is a married man , and has « family of children , b es i de b i s wife and mo the r , who reside with him . The deceased , Hannah Treadwell , was about forty years of age . She has had several children ,

      some of which are said to be the off-spring of illicit intercourse with the prisoner . It is well known that she made repeated demands upon Cave for pecuniary assistance and when refused , she applied to the board of guardians for relief , but when off-red admission , with her family , into the union workhouse , she declined going . The decensed and tbfc prisoner bad frequent quarrels ,- Owing to the woman ' s importunities for aid , and their threats against each other were notorious . On the morning of the murder it seems that the dcueuse-I had been outside Cave ' s house in the hope of getting money from him , and il is presumed that she followed him when he went to his farm , which is but a short distance from the village . A person who was passing overheard high words , and soon after there-port ofa ( tun . hut took no fuither notice , of it , Ab .. ut eight o ' clock that owning Cave , on returning ' home , confessed to bis wife and mother that he had done

      for " Hannah , " m . amng tho deceased . The women did not pay much regard to this at first , but two persons coming hack from the farm assured them that they had discovered the body of the woman at the pince which he had described . The fact soon spread about tho village , and a number of persons hastened to tho spot . The body was found lj-ing in a pathway , cut through a bill , with a stone wall on on e side , and a cart way beneath . There were a quantity of loose stones in the pathway , and it seems probable that the deceased was in the act of throwing one of those stones at Cave , who was then some feet above her , When heflred the shot . He attempted no concealment , lor lie not only disclosed the fact to his family , but ho returned to the villaire with tbe gun under bis arm . Cave denies that he fired at the deceased . He says that they lia > l a Strangle in which the gun wont oft' bv accident ; bu t he has s ubse q uen t ly admi tt ed t ha t when she utacked him he attempted to strike her , but that the bank beiri-r

      too steep to reach her , he fired mtlie heat of passion ; and he says that when he saw tbe woman fall , he reloaded the gun , with nu intention of shooting himself , but had not the resolution to do so . there is no doubt but that ater the final examination ill * pviStmvY Will be commuted f' ) r trial upon tbe capital char g e , but it seems , from his recent conduct , that there are good grounds lor defence upno tho pica of insanity .

      A Dopy Kou.Vd I.V Wie L!N'Lil!._0ll Tuos...

      A Dopy kou . vd i . v WIE l ! n'lil ! . _ 0 ll Tuosilfly Ml' . Payne Iiefd an inquest at the Steelyard Tavern , Upper Thames-street , on the body of a man unknown , about sixty years of age . About eight o'clock Tuesday inoTOine the ilceoftsuu was found lying in tho water , off ; Messra .. Calvert . and Co . ' s brewery , adjoiuing'AMiaUmvs Church . Tho body was dresscd iti : i liuic coat , waistcat , and trousers , with no boots , and a cpl'd ) shir ? , u & t marked . Ilia hair iras ' grey , ami he had only bem in the water a t ' ow hours . InformitioK hud tesn forwarded to all the metropolitan pr .: K'c si . ii ! ions , but no clue at present can be found . liie inquiry was adjourned for a week .

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      Hosamie Case Of Ripe.—At The App Leby (W...

      HosamiE Case of RiPE . —At the App leby ( West . morelan . 1 ) Assizes on Monday last , John Smith , 21 , William Smith , 19 , Thomas Burrows , 18 , and George lees , 18 were jointly indictsd for having , on the 19 ft- of April last , at the parish of norland , violently and folonlouiiy committed a rape upon the person of Jane Dover . 1 hero was a second indictment against all the same four persons for a similar offence , committed upon the same occvsion , upon the person of Elizabeth Dover , the sister of Jane . . ., This case , which has excited a great interest for miles around tbe neighbourhood where the transaction arose , presents one „ f the most . fltrocious instances of Eolation that have been heard oi for many years . Mr Matthews ( with whom ivas Mr . James ) conducted the prosecution ; and Ml Ramshuy defended the prismers . --

      .. .. ... Mr . Matthews , in stating the case , said that the two young women who had b « en the objects of tbe attack in question were daughters of a widow , Mrs . Margaret Dovtr , who , with these two . and a son , Matthew Dover , residing at a farm-house formerly occupied by her late husband , at Scar . ide , at about two miles and a half from Shap , and at a short distance out of the high road leading from stiap to ^ Penrith . Jane . was a girl of about seventeen , and the other about twenty-eight or thirty years of age . The prisoners at the bar ( who were all very young looking , but stout lads ) had been employed as " navvies" upon the railway which was now being made from Lancaster to Carlisle , and which runs very near the spot where the outrage had been committed . The young women were attacked st some short distant '

      from the hi ghway , and very near to their own home . They had just been out for a little . distance to see their sister , Mary Dover , a part of the way to her then place of residence . She . Mary Dover , was staying at Hackthorpe Hall ; and to go to that they had to come from Scarside across the fields , and through a gate , which took tliem Up . tbe coach road . There the sisters parted , and it was en the return of Jane and Elizabeth , that they met the four prisoners as they went al-ing a footpa t h , and nea r a plantation of trees . Besides the circumstance of its being sufficiently light for the young women to Identify the men , the learnf d Counsel detailed other facts , which , he observed ' , niu ' & t strongly Induce the ininds of every one to conclude beyond all doubt that the four prisoners were the persons who committed the crime

      in question . Jano Dover stated that she was about seventeen years of age , and residing at Scarside along with her mother and brother , where Elizabeth also resides . On Sunday , the 19 th of April , her sister Mary , wiio lives at Ilackthprpe Hall , was visiting at Scarside , and witness and lur sister Elizabeth went a part of the way home . ' with her in the evening " . They parted with her between seven and eight , and returned the same way they bad gone . They , had to pass a gate which is on the road between Shap and Penrith , and it is celled Trimby Ga t e , at about a mile from their home . There is another gate called Scarside Gate , near their mother ' s farm , on . the farm of VVillinm Pooley . Between those gates , at about a quavtcr of a mile from home , they met the four prisoners , and turned out of the path to make way for them . This

      was'b y a-wall fence of a plantation . The men were perhaps thirty yards off when they just came in Sight , and were meeting -them in a pafh , which is ' a bridle road , leading from their mother ' s house to the Shap high road . The two prisoners ( the Smiths ) immediately seixed hold of Elizabeth . Seeing that witness was about to run away , the other two prisoners seized her . Burrows got hold of witness first and threw her down . He then bade Lees seize hold of her feet , which lee did . He then Accomplished the offence , and afterwards Lee the same , being assisted by Burrows , who seized hold of her feet . Burrows struck her before he committed theoutrage , with his'band , over the nose ami the upper part of the face . He then swore that if she cried out or misted he would knock htr— bead off . After that , one of the other two came , but could not say which . He

      perpetrated the same offence , being aided by one of the others , though she could not say which , from the agitation she felt . After that again , another repsated the offence . During this time she saw that her sister Elizabeth was on tbe ground , at . about four or five yards off . One of the men then took witness up and dragged her ton-arc ' s the wall of the plantation . That . was either Burrows or Lees . He attempted to commit the same violence , but ( lid not succeed , he then being alone , and her strength too much . Her sister Elizabeth then came up io her , and that man then seized Elizabeth , while witness escaped , went home as fast as possible , and told her mother and brother what had occurred . It was at least an hour and a half that tt .-ey were thus detained by the pri . soncrs . Witness was subsequently confined to the house for abou t a week , from illness eaused by the outrage so committed .

      The witness stated , on cross-examination , that the way they were coming back wns the nearest road . It was nothing like dark at the time . They did not see the men for more than twenty yards before they met , from there being higher ground between . Never saw the men before that night . "While she was resisting the third man s a id , if she did so he would take his knife out and ram it into her heart . It was just beginning to get dark , but quite light enough to see the men ; just beginning to grow dusk . Witness had before said that she thought the two Smiths to be the other two present upon that night , There were a great many labourers at work about that time upon the railway .

      Elizabeth Dover , sister of Jane , corrobofated the evidence of the last witness . She stated that two of the pr i souers , the Smiths , seized herself . Saw the others seize her sister Jane , and throw her down . Was perhaps three or four yards from her then ; She , witness , was then treated iu the same way . Saw her sister , bifore the latter went offhome ; she , Jane , was a little way off , and lying on the ground . Witness was perhaps an hour or an hour and a half kept from her sister before she could get to her . Got to her on her hands and knees , a nd bad been p r e v en t ed from doin g it before b y t he men . There was then one man committing tho same offence on Jane - , and after Jane got away she ( the witness ) was detained , and was again attacked in the same way . Could not speak to the other men , viz ., Burrows and Lees .

      Matthew Dover , brother of the two young women , Stated tllilt Ilia Sist « r Jane came home that night about ten . Her face was all bloed , ana her clothes in disorder . She made a complaint , and in consequence , witm ss got a bovso out of the stable , and rode to the spot . There he found his other sister , Elizabeth , in a senseless state . Spoke to her , but she did not answer . He then look'her home . Mtirgaret Dover , the mother , also described the condition oi her daughter June when sho came into tte house . She made a complaint , and ' witness perceived that her dress and bonnet were much torn , and her hair all hanging down . Robert Burrow , innkeeper of Bampton Grange , stated thathe recollected all the prisoners , and that tbey had all been at his house at about seven o ' clock on the evening of the 19 th of April . They proceeded , on leaving the road , in the direction of Scarside . Knew Burrows well , because he had measured him that day for a pair of boots , but did not know the others so nartrcularly .

      Joseph Banks , living at Bampton Grange , in a house between that of last witness and Scarside Gate , On the evening of the 19 ih of April saw William Smith Burrows and Lees , who stopped at witness ' s door , and there asked for some milk . There was a forth man , but he did not stop , and went on before the rest . They all passed in the direction of Scarside Gate , upon the high road , and that would lead them to one end of the'footpath before mentioned . Witness went into Mr . Pooley ' s field the next morning and there saw John'Banks pick up some gloves , a hair band , and some bits of copping comb , and other articles , John Ba nk s , who lives about three hundred yards from Mrs . Dover ' s , had been at her house on the 19 th , end the next morning went to the spot referred to . There he found a brace , a belt , a pair of garters , a hair band , aud some broken topping combs , which he gave to Mrs . Dover . The things were all scattered round a space of about four yards square .

      Henry Gliurnock , police omeer , stated that on the morning after the outrage , the 28 th , Matthew Dover came to witness at Shafe , to give information of the offence Witness first went to Bampton , to speak with Mr . Burrows , Ho then went to Scarside , and then to Strickland , a n d Movlaud , Sowerby and other places , and finally to Hiirtlcpool in Durham . Between Middleton and Hartlepool apprehended tbe four prisoners , who were going along the react towards Hartlepool . ( The witness here produced u brace and a leather belt . ) When Barrows was apprehended there was one brace found u p on him , which corresponded with the one now produced . Charles Caleb Stephenson was with the last witness when the prisoners were taken , lie took the one brace off Burrows , and now produced it . Also received the hair b' . \ nd and some pieces of comb from Mrs , Dover . Tile gloves and garters were also produced by nnoiln-r oflictir , and all the articles were identified by Mrs Dover .

      Dr . Robinson , a medical practitioner , of Shap , stated that he was called in to see Mrs . Dover ' s daughters on the 21 st . The face of Jane Dover was blackenued , and there were other bruises upon her person , lie should say , from appearances which he observed , that she had bei .-n ti \> utud with iiivat violence , and that the offence , so far us his observation could ascertain , had been com . milted . Mr . Rnmshiiy , in addressing the jury for the defence , said that he . cfuld not resist the evidence of the crime hitving been committed , lie left it to tho jury to say whether they were satisfied ' that he ' young" women might not have been mistaken upon the point of identity . 11 is Lordship , ia summing ' up , explained to the jury the laiv , according to which , in such a ea & c , the whole ot the prisoners iniglit be considered guilty , in cas e they , t h e jur y , felt reason to believe that all the parties accused had acted , or been present , with the same common intent .

      The jury retired , but almost immediately returned into Court , just us another jury had been called into the box . They found till the prisoners Guilty . . 'i ' ho prisoners were then called up for judgment , when his burdsuiu addressing them , Vaid they bad been eon-, victed of an vuvcicity ' which rettevted disgrace ott the country in which they w .-reborn . It was hopeless to think of producing any tihamo in them Ky anything he could Siiy , ( Tlw prisoners had lolled about the dock during all the trial as if less concerned in the mutter than any iu C ' . mi-I . ) But he would make a few observations that others might know the consequences of committing such

      Hosamie Case Of Ripe.—At The App Leby (W...

      crimes as they had been convicted of . In name they might not bo slaves , but in fact they would be so . All the labour they could perform would be exacted from them , and thoy would in return receive nothing but just the food necessary to enable them to perform that . work . Theirs would , indeed , be a state oi Buffering , and he was gl & d of it , for their conduct deserved that tbey should suffer . His Lordship then sentenced each of the pri sonerstobe transported for the term of his natural life . The two young'women were very modest and rather good looking .

      Mcbdeit.—-At The Wells Assizes, On Satur...

      McBDEit . — -At the Wells assizes , on Saturday , Robert Williams was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Wiggins , on the IGth of June . William Glindelk—I Jive at Bristol . Thomas Wi gg ins wag my servant . I was at Little-elm fair with him on the 16 th of June . We went to a public-house together , and WO afterwards went into a booth . It was about 10 o ' clock at ni ^ ht . I . saw the-prisoner , who laughed at Wiggins ; who said , "You may laugh when other persons do your business for you . " He had hel p ed him sell a horse , and he had not given him what he had promised . They then began quardlingi and using very bad language . I teld Wiggins he ought to know better , and be said he would drop it ; ' and he then sat down by my side

      and lighted hii pipe . The prisoner walked out of tbe room . He was away about a minute , and then returned and commenced blackguarding Wiggins . In a'short time Wigg ins said he would not stand it any longer , and as he wished him to fight he would have two rounds with him forBd . The prisoner then . stood up in an attitude to fi ght with his hands behind him . The deceased got over the seat and took off his coat . They then went close together , but I saw no blow struck ; but I saw the prisoner ' s hand working up to Wiggins' neck as though he was striking him , but not vny hard blows . They fell down , the prisoner's hand being up against the deceased's neck . There was a lighted candle at the time . I then said , "I

      reall y believe Williams has a knife in his band , " and Wigg ins at the moment cried out . " Oh , dear ! I ' m stabbed , I ' m a dead man , " Williams rose up and said , " You ' ve got enough of it , " The deceased rose on his knees and two men picked him up , he said ; "Oh dear , master , I ' m a dea d man . " He pulled off his hankercliief and the blood flowed out of his neck as it would from a tap , _ He put up his band io . slop it and it came out Of his mouth and hose . Williams was gone , and I ran after him and cuugnt him and brought him back . I did not see Wi gg ins breathe again . I told the prisoner he had killed the man , but he said he had not . I received a knife the nest morning , which leave to tho constable .

      i James Spry . —I was a waiter in the booth ; I first heard Wigg ins call the prisoner a "d— -nation rogue . " The testimony Of this witness was almost a repetition of that given by Olindcll . There was no bread and cheese eaten in the booth . : Edward Hurst . —I am a policeman , and in consequence of some Information , I went to tins ' public-house , r took the prisoner into my charge . ' Hesaidif hohad not been drunk he should not have stabbed the man . I showed him a knife . He said , " Alii I was eating bread and cheese with that knife , and that ' s how the man came to be stabbed . " On the next day he told me he was eating bread and cheese with tbe kni / e when Wif gifts came in , and they fought , and he had the knife , in his hand and When he saw blood flowing from him he ran a way . '

      Jo-eph Springfield . —I am a surgeon . I was « "nt for to see the deceased . There ' was a wound in the neck , fn ihe direction of the carotid artery . It divided that artery and would immediately cause' death . There were eleven wounds altogether , three of them were above the ear , they were punctured wounds inflicted by the ' poin t ofa penknife . There were six stabs over the chest . The knife has two blades in it , a large and small one ; but the large blade would not have produced any such wounds . ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ - ¦¦ -. ' ¦ Mr . Sl'OHE then addressed the jury for the prisoner , Contending that the ' Offence amounted to manslsu ^ bler only , even supposing the wounds were not inflicted by accident , which he strenuously urged upon them was the case . Mr . Justice Emjs then summed up the case to the Jury . - The Jury returned into Court in about half-an-bour and delivered a verdict of Guilty .

      The prisoner then made a long rambling story , and said he was somuch Intoxicated that he did not know what he was doing . Mr , Justice Bble having But on the black cap addres « ed the prisoner in the following terms;—Robert Williams , you stand convicted upon evidence that left no doubt in the minds of a considerate jury , and certainly left no doubt upon my mind , of you * guilt of the foul crime of murder . It appears to me beyond all reasonable doubt that , after you have been provoked b y some language between you and the deceased , that you' had' gone out and prepared a fatal weapon , intending to use it if need should require . It appears tome , that that which you so calml y p lanned you deliberately carried into execution ; and I cannot but observe that the wounds on the corpse of your victim show that the knife had been repeatedly used before it effected your purpose of

      destroying the life of the man ; and after this dreadful event , there has been no sijpn of compunction expressed by you , or . shown to any of those who witnessed this horrid transaction . It is the bounden duty of those who administer the law of this country tol endeavous to repress the pernicious practice of resorting ' to deadly weapons ; and I feel bound upon this occasion , by the awful example of your ignominious death , t o give a wa r nin g of the d r ea dful consequences that will follow those who incur guilt like that which you stand to answer for . Ton allowed no time to your . victim to prepare for eternity ; you hurried him in one moment before his Creator ; the law will allow you a brief interval , and I earnestly advise you to lay aside those palliations which you have endeavoured to urge , and prepare yourself by earnest repentance and prayer to obtain mercy , if you can , from your Creator , The learned judge then passed upon the prisoner the awful sentence of death . The prisoner was ¦ removed from the dock , crying bitterly .

      Murdimovjs Attack By Pirates.—We Extract Th&Lt;

      MuRDimovjs Attack by Pirates . —We extract th <

      Following From The <Stm<R«/<<Jrfi Limes;...

      following from the < StM < r «/<< jrfi limes ;— "By the arrival here of the Dutchschroner Swallow , we have received particulars of ono of tUc most daringaiul murderous attacks of pirates we recollect : ever to have heard of or read . It appears that the Dutch warsteamer Chameleon , commanded by Lieut . Van Jioocenbuizen , carrying 16 guns , and about 60 men , was sailing in company with a , Residency schooner of 6 or 7 guns : The Chameleon bad on board a quantity of treasure from Minto , destined for the East coast . The pirates would appear to have been aware of the fact of there being treasure on board , and they formed a plan of attack to capture ' the vessel . In tbe afternoon of the 26 tb April , when becalmed near

      Marawa'h ; m the straits of Caspar , about 40 prows , having in all nearly 4 , 200 men , well armed , suddenly attacked the Chameleon and the Residency schooner in company , but directed their efforts chiefly to the former vessel . The officers and crew of the Chameleon fought gallantly , but sucli was the determined , heavy-, and constant firing kept up by tbe pirate boats , that the war schooner was di-nbled—her sails and hull were completely riddled . The pirates now succeeded in capturing and seeming the treasure on board the Otamelcon , when tbey stabbed such of the gallant fellows as resisted ( which every man on board did so till the last ) , and sunk the vessel . The Residency schooner also sustained * ome injury and loss , but a favourable breeze having sprung up she succeeded in escaping to Minto , and communicated the sad

      intelligence to the authorities . Determined Suicide—On Tuesday an inquest was taken before Mr . "W . Baker , jun ,, Depi-ty Coroner , at tho Red Cow , Castle-street , Suoreditch , on the body of Samuel Lee , aged 47 , a labourer , residing at No . 4 . Boundary-street . It appeared from the evidence that about two ov three years ago the deceased met with a severe accident , and had ever since complained of violent pains in the head . On Saturday last the deceased . appeared unusually low and'depending , and about four o ' clock in the afternoon was found by his wife in the bedroom , suspended by a cord fromthe bed post . Mrs . Lee called the assistance of a lodger , who immediately cut him down , but bo was quite dead , Verdict , "Temporary insanity . " - .

      Fatal Accident on the River .- —On Tuesday morning , between nine and ten o ' clock , the following very distressing accident occurred on the river near Hattersea , ami by which a respectable man named Gregory Parsons , about thirty years of age , met with a watery grave , and his brother , named George , and a person ' named Pate , nearly shared his melancholy- fate . It appears that the parties were proceeding " to Richmond against tbe tide in a very small skiff , which tbey had hired at Westminster for the purpose ol having a day ' s pleasure . They had proceeded as fiir as the plaee above named , the two brothers rowing , when their frail barque ran with great force against a sailing barge , and almost instantly sank , precipitating the parties into the water .

      Theil' cries for assistance were heartrending . Mr . Parsons almost instantly sank , and was not seen to rise again . A fisherman named Gore , who had hauled in his net , rowed to the spot , and grasped hold of Mr . Pate as he was si ' mking for the third time . It was now supposed that tbe two brothers were drowned , but the nsherman , with great present ^ of mind , turned the sunken bo . at over , and ( mind Mr . George Parsons cling to the thwart of the ho * t . They were conveyed in a most exhausted state to' the shore , but they soot ^ recovered , and having handsomely rewarded the fisherman who had so miraculously saved them , were conveyed In a cab to their residence in the New-road . The drags were used , but the body could not be found , as the tide was running down very strong .

      Tub Danckr of Reading in Bed . On Tuesday nibi'iiiiiff between one and tivn o ' clock fclio family oY Mr . Shawley , residing in Crawl ' ord-street , Bryanstone-square , ware terribly . alarmed by screams and cries ot lire issuing from the bedroom of Mr . Planta , a foreign B 8 & tieBMUi , who was in the habit of reading m- bed . Ihe gentleman . Ming asleep , the camllr igmeed -the hed and-bedding , the heat . from which awoke linn , and he was found ( though terribly burnt ) by the members of the family , who went to his -assistance . Mr . Phmta is shockingly dis . figuved about the lace , and will lose tlie use of all his fingers on the right hand from the fire contracting the sinews .

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      -Anotheb Obeat Fact. To The Editok Of Th...

      -ANOTHEB OBEAT FACT . TO THE EDITOK OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Mr . Editoe , —I read * in the Leeds ifereury ot the 25 th ult ., that a Joseph Hickin , Esq , Secretary to the Anti . Corn Law League , had been presented with a silver ink . s t and , & c . —aye , Joseph Hickin , Esq .,--mind that ! I knew a Joseph Iliekin residing at Walsall , in Staffordshire , who was by trado ( if I mistake not ) a saddle tree maker ; but Joseph was always considered t /) i > lazy to work with his hands . He married a woman old enough to be his mother ; but then this woman had apublio - houee of her own which made Joseph a snug home . ' Joe Hickin . as we used to call him , had the gift of the gab to some extent . When the Reform Bill wai being agitated , Joe took what was termed the "Popular side , " and became noted as a mob orator , backiri fc' De Bosco

      , Attwood , and Co „ at the election . In 1839 , or there abouts , Joe Hickin joined what was called the Chartist movement . His house became the general resort of men of that party , he taking in the A ' ortfiern Star , and . other publications of that kind . When Messrs . Munto , George Ejmunns Claton Salt , Robert Kelley , Douglas , Benjai mm Hadley , & c , the Birmingham flat-catchcr * . quitted the first Convention , Joe Hickin was sent up from Wal . . all , to replace one of tbe parties ; and the poor Chartists paid Joe after the rate of about £ 10 per week for his services in the Convention . But the Newport outbreak seared poor Joe" Hickin and the YT & Is-aU ChMtwtss , for they are but bread and cheese men at best ; Soon after this an election took place in Walsall ; a League man , named Smith , was candidate .. Joe Hickin immediately joined thisparty , who gave the men al <> and beef

      galore , and the women and children plenty of tea and cake . Hundreds were thus regaled for sonie time , and Joe Hickin among the rest . II completely turned on the poor Chartists , and called them " Tory tools , " and the "ignorant rabble . " He let his public house , left Walsall , and I never heard what became of him . I Should like to know from you , Mr . Editor , or some of your correspondents , whether Joseph V . Hiefeiu , Esq ., & c ., < fcc ., be our own Joe Hickin , of Walsall ? Sir , I remain , Yours , SOUS WAtKEB .

      - The Late Flogging Case.-To The Editor ...

      - THE LATE FLOGGING CASE .-TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEBH STAR . if SiK , —In these days when "te s timoni a ls " are so fashionable , I would suggestthe propriety of , presenting , the coroner and jury with some token of our admiration , forjdelivering a verdict which must tend to abolish that revolting and murderous practice of flogging the British soldier , at the caprice of every sergeant who he may unfortunately serve under . I propose tojiavc a jaunt to Fearfcus O'Connor ' s little paradise at HerrinRSgate , on the 17 th inst . I hope on that occasion we shall be able to devote a little time to get a committee formed to carry out the above object . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , ' M . P . Lee . A subscriber from the commencement , Albermarle-sticet , Clerkenwell .

      To.The Editor Of The Northern Star. Sib,...

      TO . THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —As Mr . O'Connor , in his answer to the coarse indecent charge made in conversation with Mr . Clark by Thomas Cooper on his character for moral honesty in his management of the funds of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , has stated that he has lost £ 8 , 4 W > through the dishonesty of agents for the A ' ortAern ' . iSftir , Ibeg kaveto call the attention of the t'liartists generally to the plan adopted in Plymouth . The Chartist council there act colleetivelj as ag 6 » tFor the' Stars they receive , and the punctual remission of money for the papers received is carefully attended to . as by so doing

      they put it out of the power of any Individual to ' throw any disgraceful imputation upon them for neglect or dishonesty on this score ; and I would hereby suggest ( where needful ) the adoption of a similar course , as we consider it disgraceful iu the extreme that the only paptr that is honest enough to advocate the cause of labour ahould be treatel in so scandalous a manner . I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , E . ItoBEEtsoir . August 8 th , 18-10 . London .

      Another Murder Akd . Suicide. — During The Last

      Another Murder akd . Suicide . — During the last

      Week The District Around Battle, In Esse...

      week the district around Battle , in Essex , was painfully excited by the occurrence of one of those tragical transactions—murder and suicide—which oflate have unhappily been frequently enacted in various parts of the kingdom . According to the evidence adduced before the coroner at the ' inquest , it appeared that a labourer , named Frecland , had been confined to his bed for ten weeks , but latterly had so far recovered as to bcable to wander about the house . On Sunday eveninjr , a woman named Davis took the child from Freeland ' s wife ( who was lighting the fire , ) and presenting it ta the father , said , " Here is yonr father , " He replied , '' I shall not have anything to

      say to it , for when I nurse it I get in the wrong , and am Wowed up . " His wife then looked up at him , and observed , "I wish it would please God to take mc and my baby this ni ^ ht . " Upon which Frecland made answer , "if it does , I hope it will please God to take you to Heaven . " She then took the child , and in a few minutes left the house in an excited state , and hours passing and she not returning , search was made for her , and late in the evening her body , and that of the child were found in a neighbouring * pond . Evidence was given showing that Freeland and his wile generally lived very happily together , and were excessively fond of the child . The jury returned a verdict— " That the deceased wife destroyed herself and child while in a state of temporary insanity . "

      A Modern Jack Shefpaud , —Ddnoghtto , alias Green , convicted last assizes of robbing the North Roman Catholic Chapel , in this city , of the communion plate , and who escaped with two other prisoners from the Stnithfield / cimviet depot some time sincCi was arrested on Friday at Ivilworth , Donoghue , after his conviction , and when leaving the dock , declared with an oath , that he would take the life of the principal witness against him , a man living in the Northmain-street , of the name of Mahony , better known by the nick-namcof"BuckNed . " Donoghue ' aaccount of his escape coniainssome curious incidents . He says that he offered to effect the escape of his two asso * eiates , M'Auliffe , who was convicted at the same assizes for yHatfon , and a man convicted at the

      Armagh Assizes , provided they pledged themselves to aid In murdering Buck Ned . The conspiracy to murder having been entered into , Hoiioghiie set to work to gain his and their liberty . This occupied over a fortnight , and , with the assistance of a rope , he lowered down his accomplices into an outer yard , from which they escaped over a wall , and got into the manger of a stable . As soon as he put bimself out through the window , the rope slipped , and befell from the third story , and came on his head on the ground . Tito fall drew the attention of a man outside , who arrested Honoghueas soon as he got over | a wall , and put him into a house , and locked the dcor on him . The man immediately went to » ive intimation at the prison , but before ' his retHih . Donoshue

      had escaped through the roof . He then joined his accomplices in the manger , where thev concealed themselves until n late hour that night . " They then went down to tlie North-wall , where they remained ma house for three days , until Donoghue had recovered from the fall . They then came on to Kilkenny , and went to the house of a priest , where they represented themselves as paupers from a workhouse , as they had the convict dresses on them , and Dohoghtie being a cabinet maker by trade , remained in the house until he had made two dressing tables for the priest . The money lie got for this work enabled them to continue their journey into Carlow . Here Donoghue knocked a man down at night , and was arrested by the watchman , and taken to tho watch-house . Here he saw the placard posted up describing his person , and offering a reward of £ 50 for his apprehension ; but even here his cleverness , though in the convici uniformdid not

      , escape him , and he told such a tale as got him his discharge before he had been an hour in custody . The three fellows then set off for Kilworth , on their way to Cork , and Donoghue went into the town to purchase bread , and there met an old accomplice m ¦ robberies , a fellow of the name of Callaglian . who had just been discharged from Cork gaol . Donoghue went into a baker ' s shop , and while in the act of purchasing , Callaghan endeavoured to give information to a policeman , named M'Dermott , who had been stationed at Cork . M'Dei'mOtt immediately proceeded to the house , but before he entered he was perceived by D ^ noj-hue , who rushed into the back yard , scaled the wall , and made through tbe fields . He was . however , quickly followed by the constable , who arrested him .: Donoghue was . lodged . ui our county gaol on Saturday . It is supposed that tho other convicts arc still in KiJ worth ' mountain f-Corh Constitution .

      Haw [ losEstr . —A person who' lost S . OOOrr . about three weeks ago , advertised a reward ofSOOtr . to be paid to whoever would deliver the money to M . Bover , a wine dealer . On Thursday M . Boyer received 2-300 fr ., accompanied by a letter saying that the other half was put out at use , and would be returned if it proved productive . Geoiogical Congress . — -The French Geologic 1 Congress sivnch with , the immense intere * t . ot ' the coal-mines of Alais , owing to their rich mineral productions , have determined on'holding the silting oi 1 S 10 . in that town . Last vear the Minister of-Publie Instruction sentone ' ofthe ir cm hers of the Institute to draw up a report of these mines , compared , with the other mines of France , and the mines ol England and Belgium . '• : "

      - ¦ School for Dm vws- ' w > 1 . owmmss .-lt is rc roportcd that the Minister ol Public Works , \\ -xB , MV consequence of the numerous accidents winch hare taken place on the French railroads , ami which have in a great measure arisen from the want ofsitill and cxyierteucc of tl | e drivers of the locomotives , rafoiw fc <> establish a sihoal of instruction in Paris for thrt class of persons .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 15, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15081846/page/6/