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      ™ *» irre 6 s made in the accumulation of money and mem " S ^^ d asIfina itis daterfflinedthataConference o SKesistobe held on the 1 st of December next , I ? Snmssion , through you , to offer a few remarks for ^ consideration of my brother members , prior to th . Placates bems dispatched from then * respective localities Many opinions have been expressed upon the nnantitv of Land necessary to be allotted to each occurant to ensure a sufficient maintenance to bim and his JLJiy- some have asserted that two acres is amply sufficient ; to those gentlemen I reply yes , if you can sun plj each shareholder with two acres near a large torn where he can find a ready market for such pro . Aiceashe mav think proper to grow , and also obtai Plenty of manure as back carriage to feed hi * land for Mccwdhv * crops . But , sir , there are two evident reabe doneFirst ...-maAain tha accumulation bfmoney and mem'l

      sons why § ris cannot . , Land noar a largo town wSl fetch more money than our society will bs ljnj- „ ive ; I > andnear this town eannotbe purchased aTJilrrJittfeless than £ V > 0 per acre . Can our society fi nd means at that price ! I fear not . Secondly , as we have everyreason tohope and expect that our numbers r ^ jj jjjTerygreat in a few years , if each and all of ns were to grow such things as now sell best in large towns « e should soon find the markets more glutted than pver did the manufacturers , and our produce insufficient to purchase the requisite manure for succeeding iLps . Therefore , to the rural districts we must go , andt nereproduce all we need for our own consumption , and what we sell musthe such as will meet aready market , and at the same time provide manure for future crops . Hard lines these ! "keep all we want for our own

      consumption and sell the surplus . " Who , then , will weave in a cdlar with potatoes and stirabout ? Sir , co nsidering these circumstances , I am of opinion it Tyenld be much better to have four acres ; bdieve me I am thoroag hly sick of the stinted means which has too lon ^ been ray " lit , and if ever I reach my hoped for farm I should like to show the world ahappy family , earnins vha t they enjoy , and enjoying what they earn . I am persuaded two acres will not produce wheat , barley , potatoes , turnips ^ flax , and the many other tilings requisite for a . family , -with cattle sufficient to make manure to ensure a succession of crops ; and if the Land is not fed , it cannot long feed its occupier . Having said thus much upon the necessity of having four acres , now for a word upon the means of obtaining it . There aretwo ways ; first;—the contributions alreadv

      agreed upon will provide it , but it will be slow , as little more than half the allotments can be purchased with the same amount of money . Secondly . —Suppose the shares advanced from £ 212 s . to £ 4 , this would meet the question as quick as the former sum would the two acre julottment , and as four acres would require more cattle and stowage than two , suppose £ 10 were added to the £ 30 pound for buildings , the property would be there , and would only require the rent regulated accordingly . Again , as it is requisite that each dairy be furnished with a good copper , each kitchen with an oven , I recommend that they be erected and sold with the building . I fear , Mr . Editor , that too many of my class , like myself , will have little to spare for the purchase of such indispensibie articles ; therefore , evcirTtking that can be added to the building , to increase its permanent value and convenience , will materially decrease the difficulties

      which povertv will compel ns to grapple with . With respect to the " suggestions of counsel upon the mode of selecting occupants as the farms are got ready , I think it would prove thestrongest stimulant possible ; one that would wage war with beer , tobacco , and many other unnecessary stimulants ; stUl I consider this but a minor point : the Land we want , and by some means or other let ' s have it , and that in sufficient quantity , to ensure our retaining it—Samuel Goat , Norwich , Nov . 5 , 1845 . 0 , 1 L , 3 Io > dlesbob . o ' , must apply to Richard Norman , Esq ., -, New Broad-street , London , for the particulars he requires relative to the emigration plan published in the Star of last year . A Siiest Sobscbibeb . —It would not stand good in law to marry during the life lime of his wife , however abandoned or profligate she may be . J . H .. HEPI 0 SSTAII .. —The churchwardens are authorised , " without the assistance of the police , to discharge the

      duties referred to . Ise Calico Eunxebs eodkd Pebth . —TVe shall procure the Acts referred to , if possible , and satisfy our worthy correspondent ' s enquiries . A . B . C . —If A . B . C . will communicate with ns at the time he receives the notice to quit , if he should receive One , we win then inform him as to whether It is legal or not ; at present we abstain from further noticing the application , lest it might equally serve as instruction to the landlord , who would , no doubt , take advantage ¦ of it , and io whom , there is no doubt , it would be communicated . We would strongly recommend A . B . C . to keep his mind to himself , as the best protection he can have for the present , Wigan . —The Lant > . —We cannot deny ourselves the

      pleasure of giving the short gratifying letter which accompanied this week ' s remittance from Wigan : — " What T ^ irnTf you , now , of old sooty 'Wigan ? We hare sixty-two members , twenty-seven of them have taken two shares each , making a total of eighty-nine shares , in this town . Why , man alive , if you were here for -only one night , and would deliver alecture on the Land , we would have 150 members the next morning . Hoping you wiU not forget to pay us a visit soon , I remain , dear Feargus , with all respect , Nicholas Canning . " "Dear Canning , —I thank you for your letter , and its enclosure ; and in return will pay you a visit while the Conference is sitting at Manchester . Iremain , dear Nicholas , with all respect to yon and your order . Eeabcus O'Conkob . "

      Thomason , the " Fobexgk Policy" Hombco , and- his Calumnious Chakges against Ms . Roberts and the Misses' Association . —To the Editor of the Northern Star . —sir , —1 thank you for noticing my correspondence vn & Lloyd ' s Weekly ZondonNcwspaper , relative to certain erroneous statements set forth in a previous number of that journal , of monies received by Mr . Roberts from the Miners of Northumberland and Durham . It has since transpired that that false statement was furnished by Mr . Wm . Thomason , late a lecturer in the Miners'Association , but expended because of inattention to the duties of his office . The last number of the above paper contains a letter from Thomason , calling in question the accuracy of my reply to his former falsehoods . Sir , I reiterate my former averment that the sums paid by me to Mr . Roberts arc

      exactly as per statement ; and that the sums in the detail , and the aggregate , furnished by Mr . Thomason , aro false , and that there is not onepartidtof truth bithe triiofe of his letter , and Thomason must be as much ^ fool as laiave , to give publicity to such glaring falsehoods . But , sir , it is well known in thispart of the country that Thomason ' s real " grievance" is , that he was not permitted to live upon the Miners , as he had formerly lived upon the Chartist body , and like oth « rs of his stamp , too lazy to earn a living by any honourable vocation , he takes to slandering and calumniating those who have happily succeeded in thwarting his ignoble designs . This same weather-cock politician , Thomason , would not go to his appointment when in the pay of tic Miners' Association , because "he believed tfiatthe Miners' Executive had appointed him to Wales at the

      instigation of Mr . O'Connor , knowing that he being a Chartist would , in aU probability , get transported , and thus he would be got ridcf !! " N » w , Iputitnot only to Mr . O'Connor , but to any person acquainted with the business of the Miners' Association , whether Mr . O'Connor aid , at'anyrthne or place , give one sentence of advice-relative to the appointment of lecturers or officials ? I can safely say , and I have been present ai all and every appointment made since the Association commenced , that nothing of the kind ever took place . Thomason says— "He will not be robbed in our Association as he was in the Chartist f btttduring the whole time he was at Newcastle he never paid a penny to the Miners' Association , and while , in the Char tist movement , he was a recipient and not a payer . When he , in connection with animpostornamed Me .

      Bean , "lost himself" on Alnwick Moor , and the Newcastle Chartists had to remit "the needful" to " loose " them , they had been previously supplied with £ 10 , which they nevei aeccountedfor : he waithen a double receiver . The JointStock Provision Company , established at Newcastle , could tell a tale of misappropriation of certain monies received by him . These are only samples of his low , mean , dirty tricks . He dares Mr , * Kohe « ts or myself to meet him . I have met him , and shaU not fail to do so again at the first opportunity . Perhaps he will come to Newcastle again , and I fear not to substantiate all that I have stated with respect toMr . fiobsrtsand the Miners'Association . But , Mr . Editor , I shall , before concluding , give you thefoundation of Thomason's exaggerations . Mr . Stohoe , one of

      the executive members , states that he was waylaid night and morning by Thomason , who importuned him to give him a copy of Jlr . Roberts ' s expenses . At length , to get rid of him , he gave him a list of items handed in by Mr . Roberts / or afuture engagement , and the fool has taken this to he money already paid . ' Farewell to the CliorttJt / oreijmpoIicy—Afew nwoe— Sturgite—andlndependentCharfistpolitician—and if he writes a thousand times more false than he has done , he may do so , seeing that thatit is the only means he has at present of getting a living amongst the enemies of the working classes . —I remain , your obedient servant , MaBTIN Jtoe . —P . S . Mr . Stohoe let Thomason have the paper , on a solemn promise by him that ho would never diralgeir .

      Ha . Pontes , Leeds , must send his order by an earlier post ; it cannot be attended to when not here before Friday . Mr . Dooker got the usual number . The "Liens Times" and the "Nobtheen Stab . "The editor of tbeXeeds Times has taken some exceptions to the statement made byHr . lI'GrOwau respect-Ligtheprintiugof fheNorlhern Star , and has also inserted a communication calling in question the correctness of that statement—Mr . M'Gowan has no occasion to explain or qualify anything lie said on this subject mthe 5 orffiern Star of November 1 st , except that the sum he then mentioned as having been paid to the compositors , was paid for the composition of the Star only ; that sum includes no payment whatever forother work . The letter inserted in the Leeds Times , in contradiction of Mr . M'Gowan's statement , is a monstrous fabrication . One journeyman is there represented as being

      on the -Star companionship who was not Vten in Mr . M'Gowan ' s employment ; the names of three journeymen who were in ' the companionship are suppressed ; and one apprentice ! who was on other work , and one ¦ who had previously left Mr . M'Gowan ' s employment , are also represented as being engaged on the Star . The letter is , from first to last , a gross and deliberate Abrication . —Mr . M'Cowanwill not again condescend to notice the assertions of this anonymous slanderer , neither will he condescend to retaliate upon Mr . Frederick Hobson , by a publicatison of the many facte thathave come iohis knowledge respecting the mode of procedureinthe officeoftheXef tbTimei . Hetiunks , Lwever thatMr . FrederickHobson , whomanifestssuch » rlronensity to obtrude himself into the private afiairs XSradesman , would have done well to have ^ some attempt to explain or refute the very serious rhSLTa ^ Mr . O'Connor in the . Vorften . Star of thelstinst .

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      The Address of . the Bolton Codstebpank Weavebs - we are compelled to postpone till next week . T . R . Smabt . —Press of matter compsls us to withhold his letter on the potatoe disease till next week . Mr . Oastler ' s address is " care of Mrs . Cadman , Sheepscar , Leeds . " Mb . Thomas Coopeb is advised that many persons in Manchester desire to know whether he intends to publish his "lectures . " t # " At twelve o ' clock on Friday morning we received a number of notices and forthcoming meetings in the country , a notice of a tea party in Rochdale , & c , which it was utterly impossible for us to insert . All these notices might and should have been at this office several The AsnaEBi ' or toc "Rnrrnv nnnvmn . im wcu-rn

      days ago . J . Fikdl ai , Edinburgh , too late . Jahes Mvlis , Dundee , will please procure his orders payable at Charing-cross . A Well-wishes or the Mechanics' Institute , Maoclesfteld . —Before we notice the subject of his complaint against the editor of the Macclesfield Chronicle and Macclesfield Courier , it would be well that he should address his complaint to them . J . Shaw . — " Erin go Bragh" was wrote by Thomas Campbell We believe " My Poor Dog Tray" was the production of the same poet , but we do not state this as positive , not having CampbeU ' s works at hand to satisfy our doubts .

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      Receipts Of The Chartist Co-Operative La...

      RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAM ) SOCIETY . rsa MB . o'coKNoa . £ s . d , Keighley . perJ . Ticars .. ,. .. ,. 4 13 3 Wigton , per Thos . Bell 3 11 6 Miss BIyth 2 12 4 Holbeek , per "Wm . Sykes .. .. .. .. 2 10 0 Oldham , per Wm . Hamer .. .. .. 469 Wigan , per N . Canning .. .. .. .. 14 0 2 Bolton , per E . Hodgkinson .. .. .. 10 0 0 Barnsley , per J . Ward 2 0 0 Yeovil , per J . G . Abbott .. .. .. .. 6 10 0 Worcester , per Wm . Griffiths .. ' .. .. 154

      Stockport , per Thomas Woodheuse .. .. 200 Mottram , per R . Wild 4 19 Sheffield , per G . Gavill 4 6 8 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 25 0 0 Pershore , per Wm . Conn .. .. .. .. 15 0 0 Wakefield , per Thomas Lazenbr .. .. .. 7 12 0 Sowerby Helm locality , per W . ' Woodhouse .. 200 Bradford , per J . Alderson , . .. .. 200 Salford , per B . Kamsden .. .. .. .. 113 6 John Dades , Leicester .. .. „ .. 0 10 0 Hucknall Torkard , per J . Sweet .. .. .. O 12 0 Bolton , per E . Hodgkinson .. ,. .. 500 Artichoke Inn locality , Brighton , per William

      Flower .. .. 414 4 Giles Gregory , * Lamberhead-green .. .. 2 12 0 Ashton-under-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. 1115 9 SHAKES . PES . GEXSRAI . SSCSETAS . T , £ S . d . £ S . d . Mr . B . Fox ( City ) 1 12- 0 Heywood .. .. 4 15 0 Burnley .. .. 800 Tiverton .. .. 149 AVheatley-lane .. 1 II 2 Todmorden .. .. 014 Dudley .. .. 4 12 q Hanley „ „ 1 11 9 Westminster .. 198 Heading .. .. 4 17 6 SomcrsTown .. 189 Monmouth .. 2 12 4 Sudbury .. .. 200 Dodworth .. .. 0 11 0 Bacup . 433 Preston , O'Connor Glitberoe .. .. 200 Brigade .. .. 314 Sunderland .. .. 390

      CABDS AND BOXES . Dudley .. .. 0 5 0 New Radford .. 040 IEW FP » THE LAND CONTERENCE . FEB UB . O ' CONNOB . Eeigbley , per J . "Vicars .. .. .. .. 069 Holbeek , per Wm . Sykes .. .. .. .. 050 Oldham , per Wm . Hamer .. .. .. 0 13 3 YeoviL per J . G . Abbott .. .. „ .. 030 Worcester , per Wm . Griffiths .. .. .. 043 Mottram , per R . Wild .. .. .. .. 039 Wakefield , per T . Lazenby .. .. .. 046 Salford , per K . Kamsden .. .. .. .. 066 Artichoke Inn locality , Brighton , per William Flower .. .. .. .. .. .. 059 Lamberhead-green , perB . Stockly * .. .. 026

      TZS . OENBBAL SECBETABT . Ardsley .. .. 026 Todmorden .. 0 0 S Mountain .. .. 029 Hanley .. .. 083 Addingham .. .. 010 Huddersfield .. 018 6 Wheatley-lane .. 023 Dodworth .. .. 040 Westminster .. 010 Bristol .. .. 0 S 0 Somers Town .. 060 Arbroath .. .. 026 Cheltenham .. .. 069 Come , per Hoigate 0 10 3 Birmingham .. 076 Chorley .. ., 0 1 9 Heywood .. .. 080 Greenford , Smith Tiverton ., .. 039 and Baldwin .. 010 SheffieM .. .. 0 10 9 Preston , O'Connor Newcastle under- Brigade .. .. 126

      Lyne .. .. 0 2 0 By this period each sub-secretary will be in possession of a printed circular of instructions relative to the ensuing Conference , to which strict and immediate attention must be paid . Many places have neglected to pay up their levy ; this must be immediately attended to . Persons who have sent their money to Mr . O'Connor , myself , or who living in the country are members of the Lambeth branch , are requested to immediately furnish me with tbeirlevy in postage stamps . Bach district is requested to give particular instructions to their delegates on the question , whether the ensuing Board of Directors shall be elected by the Conference or by the whole of the shareholders by ballot . Thomas Martin Wheeieb , Secretary .

      National Charter Association. Executive....

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . F £ B GEKZBAL SECBETAB 7 . Glasgow , per Wm . Cameron .. .. .. 10 0 Newport , Isle of Wight .. ., .. .. 050 Preston , O'Connor Brigade .. .. .. 078 Marylebone .. .. .. .. .. o 3 O VICTIM FDMD . Jfewport , Isle of Wight 0 3 1 MB . LEEWELTK . Mr . Livesey ( City ) 0 0 6

      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Fbiesus , —From the numerous applications that we have received , especially from tbe most distant districts , we are compelled , by a sense of the duty we owe you , to postpone the holding of the Conference until Monday , the 8 th of December . The communications which must inevitably pass between those districts that must combine in the election of a delegate , could not , we are informed , be completed within the prescribed time , and , therefore , to insure a perfectly satisfactory adjustment of our rules , and a calm consideration of our whole business , we do hereby determine that the Land Conference shall be held at Manchester , on Monday , the 8 th , instead of Monday , the 1 st of December . Meantime , before this is read , the several district secretaries wUl have received a " printed circular , containing ruU instructions for "their guidance from our secretary . In conclusion , we have to remind the several shareholders that the payment of the levy is an indispensable preliminary to the election of a delegate . ... Philip M'Gbath , IVeakgus O'Connor , CHftlSTOPHER DOVLE .

      Thouas Clam . Thohas MabtinJWheeleb , Secretary . Thssharaholdere of the Chartist Co-operative Land So . ciety , residing in the London district , are hereby informed that the shareholders of the Lambeth , Camberwell , and Greenwich localities , and the members paying to Mr . Wheeler , are united together for the purpose of electing a delegate to the Manchester Conference . The nomination wifl take place at the several localities on Sunday . Nov . 30 th , and the election will be held on Sunday , Dec . 7 th , at the South London Chartist Hall . The shareholders residing in Westminster , City ot London , Somers Town , Marylebone , Emmett Brigade , and Tower Hamlets , are also united for the purpose of electing one delegate . The nomination wiU take place on Sunday , Nor . 30 th , at the several localities . The day and p lace of election will be announced next week . Thohas Mabtin Wheeleb , Secretary .

      * The £212s. Paid By Gregory For The Lan...

      * The £ 212 s . paid by Gregory for the Land Fund , as well as the 2 s . 6 d . from Lamberhead-green for levy , was sent direct to Mr . Roberts , which has given us and him considerable trouble , many cross letters passing from one to the other—not angry letters , but what is called cross fire in letter-writing . Now , again we must protest against this adbiudnal unneeessary trouble being imposed upon us .

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      * Another Death From Hydrophobia.—A Mela...

      * Another Death from Hydrophobia . —A melancholv case of death from hydrophobia took place on Sunuay last , in the family of Mr . Callen , nictureframe dealer , No . 5 . Wellington-place , Goswellstreet-road , St . Luke's , whose son , Charles Callen , died on that day , from the effects of that frightful malady . About four months ago he was bitten on the lip by a dog of the black-tan species , and which belonged to a man who keeps a green-grocer ' a stall in that neighbourhood . As it was thought . that the dog might bite some other person , and as it was partial to the unfortunate youth , who was in the habit of playing with it , the owner killed it , he not having . inv snsnieions at the time that it was in a rabid

      state . The wound , which bled a little , healed up , and there were no subsequent symptoms of any ill effects of the bite till a few days before his death . On Tuesday night he was with a party of tnends . in the company of his family . On the following day he complained of an unpleasant sensation in his throat . Which got worse on Thursday , when it was deemed advisable to send for the family medical adviser Mr World , City-road . After having prescribed some medicine , his fears were excited that the young man was labouring under an attack of hydrophobia . He inconsequence , applied to Mr . Colson , physician .

      Old Jewry , who inquired whether the patient naa at any time been bittenby a dog . Upon being informed that he had , he at once stated that the complaint he was suffering from was hydrophobia . The deceased forseveral hours afterwards endured the most dreadful paroxvsms of its attacks , and on Sunday morning , after being reduced by their violence to a state of the SeateVt Exhaustion , he gradually sunk and died , lie was about 17 years of age and an only son . SUICIDE OF A FEMALK .-On Monday f *™™ > the wife of Mr . B . Croft , J an ., residing at Aeliffe , near DaSgton Smmittcd ^ icide by suspenoung herself from one of the spars in an out-building near her

      house . Fhiohifcl Accide xi .-A distressing . accidenthappened to ayoung man . aged 19 , named BUn , at launton , on Wednesday . He is apprenticed to a plu = » w and glazier , and was returning from work aMM eight o ' clock in the eveidng of Wednesday . While passing the arcade he saw a cannon on the ground about to be let off , and cautiously turned away to avoid it ; but scarcely had lie moved a step when the piece exploded and he fell , having received a wound in the back part of his thigh , which the poor fellow believed had entirely carried away the limb , so great was the shock . After some little delay he was removed to the hospital , and here the extent of the injury was found to be most serious . A foreign body was felt at the upper and inner side of the thigh , lvin" immediately under and distending the " skin ;

      * Another Death From Hydrophobia.—A Mela...

      on being cut down and removed ; it was found to be * ragged portion of a brass cannon , upwards of two inches long and one inch broad . This dreadful missile had entered the outer part of the thigh , opposite the point whence it was removed , causing a fearful wound ; it traversed ( carrying with it in its course several portions of linen ) the whole thickness of the limb , grazing and partially fracturing the thighbone ; and , having most providentially avoided the large bloodvessel , was arrested in its career of destruction by the skin as before noticed , at a point opposite to that it had entered by . The unfortunate sufferer , although in a moat precarious condition , is , we are happy to state , going on as farourably as could be expected , Inn luin . . «> j . _ .. j . _ .. . ' i .... - . i , . .

      Collision * o . v the Eastern Couxties Railway . — Walthah-Cboss , Monday Afternoon . — Shortly before five o ' clock on Sunday ' morning last , a train of luggage cariages drew up in front of the Waltham station , having been some time detained on their journey by the failure efone of the wheels of a goods , truck . When the injury was fully examined , it was discovered that some time must elapse , necessarily , before the damage could be repaired , and there being no means of removing the heavily laden waggons from the up-line of rails , and the mail train being nearly due , it was considered necessary to send down the line one of the servants of the company to telegraph the engine driver , by means of a red signal light . To this precaution , howeverno attention appears to

      , have been paid byloung , the driver , inasmuch as the train rushed forward with full speed and ran into the luggage waggons with fearful violence . The consequences were fearful . The engine Young was driving ( a new locomotive of great value ) , which had only been sent for the purpose of the line two days , was doubled up , and the funnel , fire-box , and woodwork literally torn to pieces , while the pistons and minor machinery connected with the driving wheels were wrenched from their rivets , and the iron axles of the wheels were bent considerably . One of the secondclass carriages , fortunately an empty one , was hurled from the line , and it now lies a wreck near a ditch by the side of the line . Another carriage , in which were seated , Captain Laurence , R . N ., and Mir .

      Fisher , a drover , from Norfolk , was broken up , and unfortunately both of these passengers were injured . The engine-driver and stoker were hurled from the engine , but falling into the water and soft mud of the ditch they escaped uninjured . A truck , filled withsheepandlarabs " , was muchsmashed , and partially set on fire , and not less than twenty of the animals were killed , and others of them so injured thatit was found necessary soon afterwards to slaughter them . Tho confusion and alarm which prevailed is described as being fearful , and the violence of the shock was so much felt throughout the whole train that all the passengers were more or less shaken . The rails were torn out of their places by the violence of the shock , and the line was literally strewed with the

      mangled remains of the sheep , and the corn , < fcc . the contents of the broken luggage waggons . Some little degree of order being restored , the attendants , with lights , examined the wreck ; fortunately no one was found killed by the collision , but the above named persons were so much injured that they were unable to proceed to town , so they were conveyed to Mr . WMbore ' s , of the New Inn , who most hospitably and humanely attended to them whilst medical assistance , by special train , was procured from London . Dr . Jaeffeson , having seen the patients , declared the aim of one te be dislocated , and the other to be severely injured by the violence of the shock ; he , however , in neither case apprehended any seriously alarming ; consequences . As soon as the confusion had subsided a despatch was instantly forwarded to Broxbourne ( the depot of the pilot engine ) for assistance , and as it is the practice to keep the

      locomotives ready there at all hours for immediate service , but little time was lost ; the damaged wheel was repaired , and the mail set forward on its journey to the Shoreditch terminus , all the passengers , except the two previously named , being able to travel the remaining distance ( 14 J miles . ) As soon as daylight dawned , a strong . body of men set to work by Mr . Eennaird and other directors' orders , proceeded to clear and repair the rails ; but no carriages were allowed to pass along the up-line during the whole of Sunday , the whole of the trains " up" running on the down-line from Broxbourne . Upon inquiry this afternoon ( Monday ) , the reporter was informed at the New Inn that both the injured parlies , though seriously hurt , are in a fair way of recovery . The engine driver states , by way of justification , that he did not see the signal light ; the guard , however , says he saw it two miles from the station .

      Destructive Fire at Lewisham . —On Monday afternoon , between three and four o'clock , a destructive fire broke out in the farm-yard balenging to Mr . John Duncan , licensed victualler and farmer , situate on Russia-green , Lewisham , It originated in the centre of a large stack of rowing , whence it extended to a couple of ricks of hay . The alarm having been promptly given , not many minutes elapsed before the parish engines from Lewisham and Greenwich arrived . These were quickly set to work , but owing to the very inflammable nature of the stock , tha fire travelled with great rapidity , and two stacks of clover standing on the ground , also became ignited . The fire still progressing , a messenger was despatched , to London , requesting the aid of the brigade engines ,

      and Mr . Henderson , the foreman of the district , diespatched the Southwark-bridge-road engine to the spot ; and as soon as Mr . Connorton became aware of the outbreak , he also started to the scene with the West of England engine and firemen . The neighbours and police exerted themselves most manfully , and by throwing buckets of water upon , and by covering a riek standing under a long range of buildings , the same were preserved from destruction . ' The firemen labouring until past six o ' clock * when they at length obtained the mastery over the flames . The damage done w veryconsiderable , the stock of rowing being consumed . Two ricks of hay are partly destroyed , and two stacks of clover are extensively injured . _ The fire , it is supposed , arose from spontaneous ignition .

      Murder . —The Government Police Gazette contain the following information : — " That a man named Patrick M'lntyre . oH the morning of the 9 th instant , committed an atrocious and wilful murder upon the body of his wife , at Hull , Yorkshire , and had succeeded in effecting his escape . He is described as being a bricklayer , a native of Ireland , from 30 to 35 years of ate , about five feet five inches high , fairish complexion , hair inclined to be sandy and curly , face slightly freckled , dark eyes , small sandy whiskers ,: and round made , dressed in a round fustian , jacket , supposed fustian vest and trousers , and cloth cap . ?

      Fire in Liverpool . —About a quarter after eleven o ' clock on Saturday forenoon an alarm was given that a firo had broken out in the cellar of a warehouse belonging to Messrs . Grreen and Taylor , situated about half-way down Gibraltar-row , on the left-hand side . The street called by this name leads from that part of Great Howard * street , Mag contiguous to the New Northern Hospital to the Prince ' s Dock . A pile of new , substancially-built , and fire-proof warehouses occupies the whole length of the left-hand side of the street : and it is said that on Saturday the merchandise in those . warehouses amounted to about £ 1 , 000 , 000 in value . The opposite side of the row is filled with a number of small houses and narrow courts , inhabited by the lower classes . The warehouse in the cellar of which the fire was discovered , is called "Murray ' i" ( 313 ) , and some idea of the extent of danger to the surrounding property which this fire was likely to cause may be gathered from the

      fact , that the cellar contained about thirty casks of turpentine , 275 casks of tallow , and 200 casks of olive oil . ' Labourers were employed during the morning in removing some of the barrels of turpentine from the cellar , and it is supposed that the fire was caused through some carelessness on their parti in carrying lanterns about the place , and fixing them in certain positions to afford light . A dense mass of smoke from the cellar entrance was the first intimation the inhabitantsuhad of the breaking out of tho fire . An alarm was instantly conveyed to the station , and in a very short space of time Mr . Hewitt was on the spot with three engines and two water-carts He was speedily followed by Mr . Bowling , Lieutenant Maxwell , R . N ., inspector of salvage , and a Jarga detachment of the fire-brigade . In this case , singular to say , there was a sufficient quantity of water procurable from the mains , so that the engines were got into play almost immediately after their arrival . The fire was extinguished in about an hour and a

      half . DZATH FROM FaIXING INTO A PaN OF BOILIKO Liquor . —Between the hours of three and four o'clock on Friday afternoon week , the death of a man named Patrick Whealan , was produced in this dreadful manner atthe chemical manufactory of Mr . Hudson Lutwyche , Vauxhall-road , Liverpool . The deceased , wh i was between fifty and sixty years of age , was engaged at the time in cleaning out one of the panS used in tke manufactory , and at a distance of from three to four feet of where he was standing there was another pan containing a quantity of potash liquor in a boiling state . The workmen who were employed about a dozen yards off heard a sudden plunge , and , on running to where the deceased had been working a minute before , " they discovered him in the pan , containing the boiling liquor . One of them a labourer , named Michael Wafer , jumped to the top

      of the boiler , seized hold of the deceased , and succeeded , with the help of the others , in dragging him out as quickly as possible . He was immediately conveyed to the Northern Hospital , where it was found that he had been scalded all over his bodv . He died in six hours after . An inquest was held upon the body on Saturday , and a verdict of " Accidental death" returntd . It was stated by the witnesses from the chemical works that there was no cover to the pan of boiling liquor , and that , if there was a . caver to it , the process of working the contents could not be properl y accomplished . The probable way in which the deceased happened to fall in was thus . explained i—He was using a ladle to get the dirt out 01 the other pan ; and , after the accident occurred , the handle of the ladle was found broken , and it is supposed that the snapping of it caused him to fall back and tumble into the pan of boiling liquor . His agonies were most e xcruciating during the brief period that he survived the scalding

      * Another Death From Hydrophobia.—A Mela...

      Death ofa Remarkable Chahacier . —On ^ Wednesday an mamry wag held before W . Carter . Esq ., the S * Su r rey » at the Raven and Sun , Russellstreet , iJermondsey , as to the death of a woman unknown , aged about 70 , . who was generally supposed to have passed her earlier life as a sailor . The following marks were oh her persen . On . the right a"n ™ o ., with two hearts under in blue ink , and on the left a large anchor , with a sailorsupporting it on each side . She had on a light-coloured gown , twodark stuff petticoats , ared plaid worsted shawl , an old chip bonnet , low shoes , and black stockings . It appears that as police constable Eady , IC O , was on duty in - » v ., ; .: - - - - ,. .. ,

      rtospect-place , Bermondsey . on Sunday night , about eleven o ' clock , he observed the deceased sitting on some ' stone steps , and she said she was tired , and complained of shortness of breath ; she had , she said , to go to Greenwich , and she hoped a little rest would enable her to do it . The policeman went his round , but subsequently found her in Jamaica-row , a little lower down , and she then appeared in a dying state . A stretcher was sent for , but she was dead before its arrival , and was conveyed to the Rotherhithe stationhouse . In the pockets of the deceased was found a small bottle , labelled " laudanum , poison . " Verdict , " Natural death . " The body lies at Bermondsev workhouse to be identified .

      Alarming Fire . —On Sunday morning , a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . T . Field , wax and tallow chandler , No . 12 , Wigmore-street , Cavendish-square . The alarm having spread , the parish engine from Marylebone-lane was quickly on the spot , and Bridges , the fireman , proceeded to tlie room to see in what way ltwould be beet to extinguish the fire , when an explosion took place within a closet , which was so violent as to throw him on his back . Bv that time several of thebngade engines , with the county , had arrived , but were not called into requisition , the fire being subdued in the course of half an hour by water copiously supplied in hand buckets . The whole oi the furniture in the parlour , and some valuable paintings therein , were entirelv destroyed , and the damage altogether is estimated at £ 200 .

      Horrible Cask of Infahiicidb , —On Monday aa inquest was held by Mr . Wakley , at Marylebone workhouse , on the body of a newly-born female infant , found dead , and horribly mutilated , under the circumstances subjoined . Richard Gladwell , a woodcutter , living at 21 , Park-lane , Regent ' s-park , stated that , on the previous Friday morning , he went into a passage leading out of Park-lane , and in which were only two houses , for the purpose of getting some water from a pump situate at the end thereof . On his return , in about three minutes , he saw a parcel lying on the ground in a blue wrapper , which he picked up and placed under his arm : but finding

      the contents solt , he laid it down again , suspecting something wrong , and called a man named Naish , an inhabitant of one of the houses , who , with his wife , coming out , the wrapper was undone , when there was exposed to view the body of the deceased infant , with a mark of violence on its forehead . Mr . Boyle , surgeon , deposed that he had examined the deceased child , which he was of opinion had been born alive . In its forehead there was a hole , which had been occasioned by fire ; besides which , its arms , kneejoints , and breasts were burnt , and the fingers of its right hand burned completely off . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . "

      Awful Coach Accident . —One of the most dreadful coach accidents which we ever remember to have happened , occurred on Saturday last , by the upsetting of the Bird-in-hand coach , belonging to Mr . Henry Whalley , of Blackburn , and _ running between that town and Preston . The accident took place on the Preston New-road , near to the toll-bar at the bottom of Brockhole ' s Brow , and several persons , we regret to state , were seriously injured , and most of the passengers more or less hurt , those in the inside escaping with the least injury . It appears that the coach , which was driven by a man named James Hull , left this town at half-past five on Saturday evening , having thirteen passengers outside , including . three females ; and . five inside . The driver , it was

      considered by some of the passengers , was "fresh" at starting , and on reaching the public-house opposite the House of Correction he . pulled . up , and went inside the house for some minutes . At starting again , it is said , he drove fast and carelessly , and . on coming to Brockhole ' s Brow , the horses became unmanageable , and the break , it is supposed , not being used , started off at full gallop down the hill .. The coach rocked to and fro in a frightful manner , and the females shrieked loudly for help . The' coachman , seeing the coach must turn over , let go the reins , and threw himself off , aud the coach proceeded at this desperate speed for about thirty yards further , when it fell over with a tremendous crash , scattering the unfortunate passengers in all directions , and

      throwing some of them to a considerable distance . The horses instantly freed themselves from the traces and dashed overthe bridge , and werenotsiopped till they arrived at the Five-barred-gate in Samlesbury . Tho coach having turned over about a dozen yards from the toll-bar , adjoining the wooden bridge across the Ribble , and there being persons passing at the time , assistance was quickly rendered , when tbe passengers were mostly found lying about the road , stunned with the effect of the fall , and as if dead . One man , named John Hacking , a cow-jobber , living in the Branch-road , Blackburn , and who was an outside passenger , was picked up with his leg dreadfully fractured , and his body otherwise seriously cut and bruised . Another outside passenger , named Samuel

      Latus , living in Salford , Blackburn , was found with his leg broken in . three places , and other parts of his person much cut and bruised . A third named Elskih , who is now lying at the Bird-in-hand public house , Blackburn , and who resides at Bolton , was so terribly hurtin the back and elsewhere , that doubts were entertained of his recovery . The coachman , who had thrown himself from his seat , was seriouslv injured about the head , and is now lying at the Oldhall , on the Preston-road , in a very bad state . Mr . Thomas Ainsworth , bookseller , of Blackburn , was pitched upon his head , and much hurt . The Invincible coach passing shortly after the accident , room was made in it for two of the sufferers , and they were conveyed to Blackburn . Two of the females were taken

      hack to Preston , viz . Ann Seed , sister of Henry Seed , the policeman , who was dreadfully crushed and bruised , and Mary Robinson , who was also much injured . A man named Robert Wilding , residing in Marsh-lane , likewise sustained some injury on his arm . Theaccident occurring when it was quite dark added to theconfusion and suffering which prevailed ; and though a vehicle . was sent from Blackburn by the proprietor of the coach which had been upset , the parties who had charge of it lingered oh the road , and were found drinking at the Yew Tree public-house , a mile and a-half out of Blackburn , by the passengers who were enabled to walk so far , a distance of about five miles , on their road to Blackburn . The upset coach was nearly knocked to pieces , but the horses escaped with very little injury . —Preston Chronicle

      Murder in Lonofobd . —The Longford Journal gives the following particulars of a brutal murder committed in that county on Saturday week : —On Saturday last three brothers , young men , named William , John , and Henry Bergin , were attending the market of this town , and left about five o ' clock for the purpose of returning home to their residence at Lyneen , between Killashee and Kenagh , about five miles distant ; on their reaching the townland of Gowlan , about three miles from this , and one-anda-half from Killashee , they were attacked by a party of fourteen or fifteen villains , who had been lying in wait for them armed with bludgeons and loy handles , and without any provocation , struck and beat them in a most brutal manner . William Bergin was the first struck , with a loy handle on the head , which severely fractured his skull in two places ; both Henry and John were also dreadfully beaten , and on finishing the beating , they took the latter and

      threw him into a deep bog drain on the road side * Having satisfied themselves with beating William Bergin , before they ran off , his friends , and some of those who came up , assisted him upon a car , which , was procured for the purpose , but ' on reaching" within half a mile of home it was discovered that ho waa quite dead . The other two brothers were brought into the county imfirmary , were they now lie in a dangerous state An . inquest was held on the body on Sunday evening , when Surgeon Hyde deposed that on a post mortem examination of the bod y , he found three large wounds in the head , an extensive fracture of the skull , the upper part broken into several pieces , some of which were driven into the substance of the brain . The verdict returned was wilful murder against several persons then unknown . Two of the party named John Buchanan and Philip Farrell , have been arrested , identified , and committed to our county gaol for trial next assizes .

      Suicide in Horseiiongbu-lank Prison . —On Friday afternoon a protracted inquiry took place before William Carter , Esq ., the coroner , in the governor ' s-room of Horsemonger-lane Prison , touching the death of Thomas M'Namara , aged 32 years , who committed suicide in the above prison . John Kean , the governor of the gael , deposed that the deceased was first admitted on Monday , the 3 rd of November , from Lambeth Police Court , where he had been remanded by the sitting magistrate ( Mr . Norton ) for a week , on a charge of having made a most murderous attack upon his wife , whom he had stabbed with a clasp knife . On Monday last he again went before the magistrate , but was furtherremanded until yesterday ( Friday ) . The deceased was brought back about

      eight o ' clock , and was given into the custody of the chief turnkey , who conveyed him to his cell . Witness heard no more until the ' next morning , when one of the turnkeys oame into witness's room in an agitated state , and said that one of the prisoners had destroyed himself . Witness sent for Mr , Meymott , the surgeon , but life was quite extinct . It appeared from the evidence of the turnkey , that the deceased was found suspended by a silk handkerchief , which he fastened to the window-bars of the cell . It also appeared that the deceased ' s wife is a woman of depraved habits , and had been cohabiting with a man at Tunbridge Wells . The jury returned the following verdict : — "That the deceased did destroy his own life , but as to the state of mind he was ' in at the time there is no evidence to show . "

      Murder And Mutiny On The High Seas. Horr...

      MURDER AND MUTINY ON THE HIGH SEAS . HORRIBLE DISCLOSURES . - Franklin Tucker , Julian Cardoriallo ( an Italian ) , William Burton , David Johnson , William Beresford , William Dunn , Thomas Gair , John Allison , Thomas lee , Andrew Nelson , Barry Telverton ( said to be grandson to the celebrated Lord Avonmore ) , Stephen Cone , . Richard Rrench , Feter Curtis , James Blaedon ( a German ) , aud Robert Thompson , sixteen of the crew of the Tory , belonging to Mr . Duncan Gibb , of Liverpool , were brought to the Thames Police-office , and placed , some in the dock , and others in front of it , charged with murder and piracy on board the above-named ship , on the high seas , within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England . Mr . Clarkson with Mr . Hawley , clerk to Messrs . Crowder and Maynard , conducted the prosecution .

      The prisoner Gair , tlie right side of whose face ap . peared to be dreadfully injured , and who had his head bound up , was accomodated with a ' chair ; and several others of the prisoners , . who looked miserable , were more or less wounded in various parts of their bodies . Mr . Clarkson said , that besides the heavy charge of conspiring to seize the ship , and kill the captain , he feared it would te his painful duty to charge some of the prisoners with the murder of a man named Mars , but ho would for the present confine himself to the charge of piracy , George Johnstone , tha master of the Tory , who gave his evidence in a very confused manner , which Mr . Clarkson attributed to the state of excitement in which he had been kept by the mutineers during the voyage , stated that during the months of October and September the Torv , a

      free-trader of COS tons burden , was on her way . from Hong-kong to England . There was no difficulty until the vessel was off Ascension Island , when the crewentered into a conspiracy , in . which they , were joined by William Rambert and William Mars , the first and second mates . The plot was discovered , and Rambert , apprehending the consequences , jumped overboard on the 24 th of September , which circumstance was recorded by one of the apprentices in the log . Subsequently , tbe lad Yelverton told witness that the men intended to take his life , and that they had sharpened their knives for that purpose . He was also , told by . the prisoner French that the men intended to take his life , and that the first mate and Mars had dragged the men out of their berths in the farecastle to come and kill him .. Before the mate jumped overboard French and the carpenter found all the men

      aft , armed with bars aad bolts , in a mutinous state , and rushing towards , the catin . All the men were there , except Lee , Reason ( who is since dead ) , and Cone . These three were in irons . They rushed forward with bolts and bars , and witness , with two men , namely , Johnson and Thompson , who were armed with guns and bayonets , were in the companion . He asked the men what they came to kill him for , and challenged them to say he ever treated them unkindly . When the first mate jumped overboard lie sung out three- tunes , and witness put the helm down to save him , but the crew said it was of nn use .. The vessel and cargo were worth £ 80 , 030 . The men afterwards went to their duty for twenty-five days , until they made the island of Fayal , when thty again exhibited a mutinous disposition . He went ashora , whore he saw the British consul ; and oa . ihi ? return

      French told him that Mars , who is since dead , and who had been acting as chief officer , had had a private conference with the crew , and that they refused to obey him ( French ) , who was boatswain at the time . Witness lee tured the men , and sent : for Mars to his cabin , who a ? soon as he entered seized him by the throat , and tore a piece out of his hand , the mark of which stillremained . Witness seized a cutlass which was at hand , and struck him with the hilt of it , subsequently ordering bim into irons . French then , in . the presence of Mars , accused that person of fomenting a mutiny , which Mars admitted . After that , as well as . could be collected from the very confused statement of > the captain , the crew appeared to have been quiet until reaching the Channel , when they again broke out into , mutiny . At ten minutes past twelve o ' clock , whilst French had the watch ,. a . boy named

      Slack gave witness the alarm . He ran . on . deck , and called to tbe carpenter for his cutlass , when he saw French and Dunnj the cook , securing Cone and Gair , and the witness was not present at his death . He had no doubt he was strangled . It was . said he was strangled by Gordoviallo , Burton , and Yelverton , ; after he w » s put in irons . Witness heard some of the men-say they murdered him . Gaiy . -was wounded in the face when they were off Plymouth , after a pilot bad-been taken on board . The crew then made another attempt to . possess them , selves of the ship , and rushed down to the cabin . French sung out , "Mutiny ; "theligjbb was put out , and witness received a wound , he believed from a bayonet , in the calf of the leg , and another , as if from a knife , above the jugular . One of the boys , or French , fired a pistol , which wasouly charged with powder , in the milee and

      that inflicted the injury on Gau < . Mr . Brodenp . —r rom all you , say of French he seems to have assisted you . Why than is he charged * Witness . —I don't understand . I . thought so . . He told the people in the cutter when- we eame to Deal that he fired the pistol . Besides , he pilfered some articlos on board and told the people it was the captain did it . Mr . Broderip . — -Why , you say he was the first to call out mutiny ! Witness . —I think he and the cook were at the foundation of it all . The men from the revenue cutter were placed in guard over the crew , and other hands were procured to manage the vessel .. Mr . Clarkson said his object was merely to give an out ) , line of the case , as he was not as yet in a position to arrange the evidence properly . Mr . Broderip asked whether the captain , after the statement he had made , intended to charge all the men with piracy ?

      The captain , in a confused manner , said he would ex empt Cordoviallo , who , he believed , had been forced to join , under threats of death . Neither was there much evidence as to Burton , Cordaviallo was then removed from the dock as regarded the charge ef mutiny , but as the captain ' s statement implicated him in the death of Mars , Inspector Evuns was directed to look to him . The prisoners Burton , Dunn , Lee , Gair , Yelverton , and Cone , made very long statements of a most appalling nature , describing scenes of bloodshed and cruelty almost unparalleled . Tucker merely denied the charge , and appealed to that Power which knows the secrets of all hearts , to vouch his innocence . Dunn said that the statements in the log were almost all false , and every row that took place commenced with the captain , who was in a constant state of intoxication , as two female passengers could prove .

      Lee said they had been on short allowance of water , until they fell in with the French ship . After that the captain ordered all the larboard watch aft , after having been drinking with the mate all day , They came from their berths without waiting to put on their clothes , and found the captain with a sword , and the two mates , Rambert and Mars , with bayonets . The captain said , " You rascals , you have sharpened your knives to take my life , " and he began to cut with the sword at him ( Lee ) , Cone , and a man named Reason , who was afterwards killed . He ordered the carpenter to put the three of them in irons ,

      and whilst they were fettered , he came every two or three hours and cut away at them . This was on the 23 rd of September . On the 25 th , whilst yet in irons , the captain got the shackles of the best bower anchors , and put them round their necks . He then sent him ( Lee ) and Reason , still in irons , to the main-top and Cone to the mizen , where they were lashed down . About four o ' clock on tbe morning of the 26 th the captain was cutting away at the chief mata , who ran aft and jumped over the larboard quarter , They shook the ship a little out in the wind and then kept her in her course ,

      Gair ' s statement was a most extraordinary one . He said the captain sent for him when he was in irons in the lower forecastle and ordersd him on his knves , saying he would have his life . The captain then cut at him about the head and body inflicting various wounds with the cutlass , and then ordered French to load the pistol and fire on him , threatening if it was not done as quickl y as possible he would take French's life . To save his own life , French fired in his ( G air ' s ) face several times with the pistol . After cutting at him some time he was allowed to go up , on the carpenter calling out to pump the ship . He ( Gair ) was then callei down again and subjected to the same treatment , after which he was again put in irons almost in a state of insensibility .

      1 elver ton , whose statement in various passages thrilled the whole court with horror by the terrible details , went at length through the whole natter . We will give the substance of what he said and the fearfully revolting circumstances which he stated , in the first person : — "I deny that I ever told the captain that the men sharpened their knives . Ill tell the truth , but I can't speak as to datss . I told him Reason said to Cone , that when the ship reached Ascension Island he would put out a blue shirt on the foie-yard , so as that some of her Majesty ' s men would come on board and see how they were treated . The captain abused the mate ( Rambert ) on his return from the French vessel for injuring the boat . The mate said , "By G— , if I had not a wife and family , I'd jump overboard . " After that the captain and the mate were

      drinking in the cabin all the afternoon , and the captain said several times to tliomate , " By G—I'll kill you . " The captain , about eight o ' clock at night , asked me if I was afraid of the mate , and I said no ; some of the other apprentices said they did fear for their lives , but I told the captain to give the mate another trial . The captain then pardoned him , and giving him a loaded pistol , told him to follow him upon deck . The captain then asked the crew if they knew of an intention to take his life , which they denied . Reason ( who has since died ) , Cone , aud Lee were then in irons . The captain threatened if they did not tell what they knew to take their . lives . I think Curtis and Burton said that Mars hauled them out of their berths to secure the captain . On that the captain had Mars put in irons , and went down every half hour , and cut an inch off of him . ( Frightful sensation . )

      Mr . Broderip ( with great emotion ) . —Do you mean what you soy f Do you mind what you soy ? You are on your bath . Yelverton . Yes , be said that was what he would do to him . Mr . Borderip . —But you say hs did it . That he cut an inch off of him every half hour . Yelverton . —I can't be exact as to an inch , but he said that ha would cut him so . Mr . Broderip . —But you did not see him ! Yelverton . —Yes , I saw one piece cutoff about the size of my hand . It was cut off of . the man's head , and all the hair was on it . This reply , which was made with great apparent sincerity and simplicity , made the whole court shudder .

      Murder And Mutiny On The High Seas. Horr...

      Yelverton . —The captain then took Mars to the inner cabin , which was his bed-room , taking with him a strand and a heaver . I don ' t know what was done there ,. but we heard Mars sing out as if he was . choking . He brought him back again in the presencs of Julian and the other boys , and set bim against thecabln door , whilst he himv self sat on the lockerhead , and whilst there feept pitching the cutiass at him , sometimes sticking it in his head , and sometimes in his breast . ( Sensation . )» The next morning the captain said to me and Spence , "Toil boys must spend all your time writingi f » r this is a serious job . " The captain said to French-and myself , ' "'Now ; boys , we'll convict all these fellows- ' as prisoners ; and if

      you mind your eyes you'U get all clear of of this . These fellows , when they are made prisoners , will not be aHowed to speak for themselves any more than to say ' guilty , ' or 'not guilty . ' Be you my wimesies and we'll get alear of this . " We said we would , and he was contriving how to get them all implicated . He then told the cook to send the crew aft , and when they came he said , "What do you want here ? Mutiny , ' mutiny ! Fire away Mr . French , " and then they snapped off the pistols ; - There was no charge against me in the log before the officers same on board at Deal out of the cutter . When they questioned me I told the truth , and that is the reason I am here .

      1 his statement , which excited the liveliestand atthe same time the most painful interest ,. rivetted tht attention of the whole Court so deeply that bat for some shuddering exclamations , one might almost hear a feather faU . Cone said the Captain accused him of intending to take his life , and gave him a blow of a cutlass on the head , of which he still bore the marks . He was then put in irons , and the captain took several spells of tlie cutiass at him . this was on the night of the 2-tih of September ; He ( Cone ) was all day , all night , and all tho next day in irons on the main hatches . He was then hoisted up to the mizentop , and twoothers to the maintop , when the shackles were put round their nscks . In the night the chief officer Rambcrt came up to the mizentop all ovor blood , and showed where his head- had been cut open iu several places . He went down again , and in an hour after the

      captain camo to tho mizentop and commenced beating and stabbing at him ( Cone ) with his cutlass . ' The marks-o ? the wounds were still visible on his head , body , and hands . The captain told him to make his peace with his Maker as quickly as he could , for "he'd take his life before twelve hours elapsed . " After that he beat him again with the cutlass and then went down . The pain and loss of blood rendered him ( Cone ) for some time insensible , for he did not know how long . When he recovered , about four o ' clock in the morning , he saw the captain with the sabre pursuing the chief mate , who jumped over the larboard quarter into , the sea . The ship luffed to a little , but no sail was taken oft'her . He ( Cone ) . was subsequently unfettered ; his wounds were dressed , and , for about thirty-one days , there was quietness on board . The other prisoners reserved . their defence .

      Mr . Broderip , addressing Mr , Clarkson , said he thought the learned gentleman would agree in thinking with him that the present was a most extraordinary case . Aifter the long investigation which it had undergone it was still involved in the deepest mystery , and a question wasraised , whether tlie conduct of the captain was- the consequence of excitement caused by the mutiny , or nhethoc by habitual intoxication he had himself brought the crew into the state in which they had been ? It hadt been sworn ( which would make prima facie in favour of the first assumption ) that the excitement of the captain did not exhibit itself uutil after the vessel had passed Ascension Island ; but it was also evident that there was something in tbe defence which , deserved consideration . The case certainly called for a remand ; but , Inspector Evans should take care that the captain was forthcoming , Mr . Clarkson could . not deny that the circumstances elicited during the inquiry well warranted hi & . worship ' a remarks .

      Mr . Broderip directed that the woundei man Gair should he particularly recommended to tlu attention of the surgeon . He also directed that the men who had complained of being wounded should be . examined , and that it should likewise be seen whether-the captain had . marks of the wounds which he had stated himself t » have received in th « calf of the leg and . over the jugular .. The prisoners , were about to be remanded , when a woman , who sat behind the solicitor ' s table watching th * proceedings with intense interest , and , . half stbbiiig as some of the bloodiest scenes were recounted , rose and stated that she had been a passenger , en board the Tory , and was ready to confirm : the . statement of Yelverton . Mr . Broderip , however , declined . , to . hear , her evidence at that stage of the proceedings .

      Mr . Clarkson said he was prepared for , this from certain motions of parties whom he saw in the court . He would not suppress any evidence ,. and . he would say , oa the part of the owner , that their only object was to elicit the truth , and to court the fullest investigation . The prisoners were then remanded until Wednesday next .

      The Suspicious Case Of Poisoning At B&Om...

      THE SUSPICIOUS CASE OF POISONING AT B & OMLEY . The case of the youngs woman , Harriet Monckton , who was poisoned by prussic acid about two years back , at Bromley , continues to excite a great deal of interest in the neighbourhood , and some circuiustannces have recently transpired which render it very desirable that the matter should be brought to some termination , and that the guilty party—for that the deceased , met her death by foul play there seemstobe . no doubt entertained either by the jury or the medical men who were examined—should be discovered , or tha ^ those against whom suspicions have been entertained should be exonerated from all share in the foul transaction . As so long a period has . elapsed since the commencement of tha inquiry ,, it may not be amiss to state briefly under what cciicumstances the deceased was discovered .

      and the facts upon which the above opinion is grounded . It appeared that Harriet Monckton , who is described as being a fine handsome young woman , was the daughter of poor parents , residing in the neighbourhood of Bromley , but they had contrived to give her rather a better education than ordinary , and she had obtained a situation as a teacher at a school in London ; which , shortly before , the period at which she came by her untimely end , she had given up , and was about to take another of a similar character at Arundel , in Sussex ; but before proceeding to her new situation she came to Bromley to pass a few days with her mother . On the Monday , when she was last seen alive , she left home apparently in good health and spirits , saying that she should return shortly , and was never more seen alive . Search was

      made for her that evening and all the next day , but without avail , until the evening of Tuesday , when it was suggested by one of the party , who was in search of the deceased , that they should examine a closet situated at the rear of a dissenting chapel in Widmore-lane , Bromley , and upon going there the deceased was found dead upon the floor of the closet in a sitting position , and from the perfectly placid and composed appearance of her features , it was supposed that she had died a natural death , particularly as there was no trace of any deadly instrumemt or ingredient visible by which her death could have been occasioned . The coroner for this division , of Kent held his inquest in due course , and at the suggestion of the jury a post mortem examination of the deceased was made before Mr . Hott , a surgeon

      residing at Bromley , and another medical gentleman . It was then discovered beyond the possibility of doubt that the deceaeed had come by her death by means of prussic acid , a quantity being { bund in her stomach sufficient , in the opinion of the medical gentlemen , to have killed a dozen people . It . also appeared that the unfortunate girl was very far adt vanced in the family way , and a nearly full-grown child had shared the fate of its unhappy mother . Upon the re-assembling of the jury , these additional facts were given in evidence , and very strong testimony was adduced to show that it was almost impossible that the deceased could have destroyed herself . In the first place , it appeared by the medical testimony that the effect of the poison must have been to destroy life almost immediately , so that she must

      have taken it in tho place where the deceased . was found , but no phial or cup was observed that could have contained tha poison either there or any where near the place . In the next place , if the deceased had herself taken the poison , she would no doubt have immediately fallen to the ground , and her dress would in all probability have been in confusion ; but , on the contrary , as above stated , she was found in an easy sitting position , her clothes apparently smoothed down , with her left hand resting easily upon her . thigh , and with a white handkerchief under it . The impression produced by the evidence upon the jury , and upon almost all who heard it , was that the poison had : not been taken by the deceased in the closet , but that it had been administered to her elsewhere , and that after she was dead she had been carried and placed in the position she was found . Some adjournments were made by the coroner and jury , but although upon each occasion nothing transpired in any way to alter their opinion that the

      de-Ceased met her death by foul play , no direct evidence was adduced tending to fix the guilt upon any individual , and since the last adjournment , which is now upwards of eighteen months ago , the coroner has declined to call the jury together , although repeated applications have been made tehim to do so . The jury was originally composed of fifteen individuals , but ot this number one is dead , another has gone abroad , and a third has left this part of the country ; still , however , leaving twelve , a number that would be competent to come to a decision upon the subject . A short time back these twelve gentlemen sent a communication to the coroner , requesting to know when he intended to call them together , and they received a reply stating that he should do so very shortly , but since then nothing more has bean heard upon the subject . The jury , however , feel so strongly the necessity for further inquiry into this mysterious affair , that it is understood to be their intention to apply to the Secretary of State on the subject .

      Fatal Accidknt.—On Saturday Ni Ght, A Wi...

      Fatal Accidknt . —On Saturday ni ght , a widow lady named Sculthorpe , occupying apartments at No . 26 Brand-itreet , Dorset-square , wasintheaotoferosaingjthe end of New-street , in the above neighbourhood when she was knocked down by a csfft ^ eTongihg ® Mr . Harmswortk wine merchant , N ^ f | t ; -J * nif # i street , the wheels ot which patsBi ^ ef ' her otestt She was picked up and carried hotoftvvrherv ^ she rapidly sank and died . € T ~ st % . * '' -. ' ";> / ps \ - ' -f ' : ;> ¦/• *

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 15, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15111845/page/5/