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      _ISOJIMIS . »< atbI < ath _fBOM Hard DaiSKtxa , —Before Mr Biggs , inner oner for the Dachy of Lancaster , at the Union ms , Cns , Clapbam ; on Mr : John Fothergill , aged 38 . a Itlemtlenun of fortune , residing at 3 , Guring-grove , _indswndsworth-road . For the last two years the _deaed ised was constantly in a state of intoxication from mkinjnking ardent spirits . Gin and brandy were hi * moipinoipal drink , and the witnesses staled thathe wer brer took less than _twenty' glasses a day . Us had tt beet been right in his mind for the last 18 moat ' * , ol nun nine m < _- > ntb . » since he was so mad that he _wa- <

      mfiueiifiued for several months in a private lunatic _wlumrhun . Since his enlargement he has drunk a * , \ vd _aird as ever , and for the las j three months bad not Ken Oien one day _sdbsr . Oa Saturday he was very much _ttoKitoxtcated , and on _Suuday he _complained of _leinu _liy pry poorly , but refused to see a surgeon .. lie conmaedjned to got _worgo , and on Wednesday morning his _ii'o _ci'o called in Mr Spencer , a surgeon , ofLarhbaiiliiic , _luc , who pronounced him to fee dying . Medicine _raagaa given him , bat he expired shortly after . The G » dy » dy has since teen opened by Mr Spencer , who iiundiund chronic isfiimmati <> n ofthe liver , resulting ; i'm _ftn _taking an-excessive quantity of ardent spin's . " erdlerdicb— 'Med from chrome _inilammation of thc 'ver _. ver , _caosed by taking an excessive quantity of irdeurdent spirits . * .

      Cs CB 4 EGB xatxss _: a . _PotiGSMATI . mi . AcWDXSt AT _SlLiducswiii . — _Bafere Mr B » ker , _adji-iir ed from _tiugnugust 24 , at the Royal Ma * ra , Sherbert-street , _"optfoplar _. ast © the death , jof C . _Simnionds , who was rorvrowned off Blackw & _U-pier , on Monday , August IC , in as consequence , as was alleged , of Felthani , a policcinannan , having pulled him hack , as he was jumping _iteRitera the pier into a _steainsr alongside , _thepoliceinannan having ; previously , by tha captain ' s ardere , urtarned thc deceased , who was drunk and disorderly _« aLVat of ibe boat . The inquiry had already bsen twice ¦ _id _jidjourued , and without farther evidence having

      llietiietn adduced . After a strong discussion between _sonsome ofthe jurors and tha caroaer , who was of _lEipigpiiiiou that _ihs occurrence was purely accidental , Ithethe isquiry , by the advice of the _coroner , was a * ain i & _oj & _ojounied _. Thejury again assembled on "Wednesday 'wUwhca , jafter further _cossnltation , they returned a _'vefferdict of Accidental death , ' and added . ' thatthe lifdife oi deceased might possibly have been saved , by _liushis getting on bsard the ves 3 ? l , if the policeman had : x _& xm taken hold ofthe skirts of hia coat to prevent _hidiim ; mdthey recommend that , in future _^ persons giigiv _^ n i n _^ charge of the po-ice be removed _immediatase _' v onshore , _^ aud not allowed to remain on the

      : _pisp _« r- ,. _.- .. . _Melwchoi . t Death or Twa _Chii-dres prom _Db-STSTircrios —Before Mt Wakley . M . P ,. b _j _adjournitrttfrtMit , at tbe Crown . _Pentoisviile hill , on view ofthe _ib-ih-Kl-e _^ of Horatio Hunt , aged 8 and Henrietta Hunt , _issased nine-years , "whose deaths w < = re caused by the _iwiwsnt of wholesome food . About five weeks ago the ; y . iy . iungest child'was attacked _withdiarrhbjfc _( Tfac _Itamwher , who had six children , and very small means ofof supporting them . applied tothe Royal Free ZIosditatal , ( Iray's-inn-road , from which she received the _mmsJieinis' _tfecSssary for its recovery . The elder elek ' ild was _similarly attacked a few daya ago . aud they _txbothdied on Wednesday last . Augusta Sophia Hunt , ajazed twelve years , a sister , said that f « a longtime

      pipast the daily diet ol the family consisted of bread _aiand tea for breakfast , the same for tea , without aiaursper , and _boOe-i rice for dinner . She never tasted nmeat . Their mother seldom toother meals with tlthem , as there was scarcely sufficient for the cbilddren . Mr T- B . Peacock , physician of the Royal I Free Hospital , having deposed to his treatment of t the deceased children , stated that ho had made a j post mortem examination of the- ' bodies , and that I he ' -al found as entire absence of aliment . In his i Opinion death arose from dysentery , produced by the - ¦ --want of a sufficiency of wholesome and nutritious : food . The bodies were much emaciated . The mother _, whs was supported into the court by Ward , the summoning officer , before giving her evidence was

      pro-Tided with a chair and received a glass of wine , by order of the _coroger _. She _stated that she obtained -s _'ittle af si 3 _tance from one of her children , who had five shillings a week . Last Michaelmas , she applied to Mr Bennett , at Clerkenwell workhouse , for relief _, who directed her to call in the evening with her children , which sbe did not do . as sh 9 was fearfu that it was intended to p lace them in the workhouse . Jfr Bennett aaid that it was the practice when a person applied for _reli _' f who had not a _settlement in the parish to take them into the workhouse _before r _emoving'hem . The coroner said'that he thought the first step would have been , when a family was starving , to _iaraticate the ca _«* , and ascertain what relief was required . The foreman of the jury said he was a member of the board of guardians , and

      that he knew Mr Bennett , who was assistant clerk to the guardians , repeatedly mada inquiries . Mr Bennett _observed , that il was his duty to make his resort to the overseers , who examined into cases of relief . The foreman stated tbat the parish had no _saiaied relieving officer . Several of the jury _observed tbat it was not to be supposed overseers could neglect their business to go over the whole of the _parish , which comprised abont 60 , 000 inhabitants . The coroner , having remarked npon the _mehacholy circumstances of the case and npon the evils of the present law of settlement , stated that in so large a parish one inspector , would be scarcely sufficient te . inquire inC 9 the circumstances of all the cases . Verdict , 'That the deceased children died from dysentery _, produced by the want of a sufficiency of wholesome and nutritious food . ' '

      HBE 3 . Fibk is _Habtlbbose—On Monday night , at a few minutes before twelveo ' clock , _whilstapclice-corota fete was going hi * rounds in flarewosd-slreet , Newroad . St Marylebone , he discovered that one of the lofty newlv erected houses _, belonging toMrBraine , builder , No . 7 , was on fire . The officer raised an alarm , and a number of the inhabitants hastened to ihe spot to render assistance . The brigade engines frm the West-end depots and from Regent-quadrant soon followed . Powerful streams of water were immediately scattered over the _burning mass . _Although ever ? man _exerb-d himself to the utmost the fire continued to travel most fearfully , seizing npon everything ofa combustible nature , so that before one o ' clock the building which was five stories high , was wrapped ia a general _blaza . For some time the greatest fears were entertained for the safety of the surrounding habitations , but these were not realised owing to the prompt exertions made .

      M _13 CE 1 W 5 S 0 B 8 . Lkotesast _jVIusbo . —It is understood npon good authority that the _sentence npon this unfortunate gentleman will be commuted to a year ' s imprisonment , of course mere detention , without any adjunct , an- ! , probably , in th . 5 jail cf Newgate , where he is at present confined . As an additional proof of the estimation in which Lieutenant Munro was heid by those _fcest _argrainted with him , it may be stated that a noble and gallant _marqais , wh » was examined aa a witueis on his behalf upon the trial , transmitted on the same afternoon on which he wasj tried a _cheeque for one hundred guineas .

      CaiBCK os _iliKSLiTOHrsB . —Before Mr W . Carter , at the Bedford Arms , East-lane , Walworth , on the death of Mrs Mary Olds , which took place on Thurs day week , and whose husband is at present in custody on suspicion of baring earned it . The _deceased had managed to hoard up upwards of £ 90 ; and her hu « band , on the night of Saturday week , insisted on having part of it ; and she refuting to give it to him , he made a most violent assault npon her . He caught her by thc throat ; and , while on the ground , knelt on her chest . The son , m lad of 16 years of age , ran to the- station-house for ithe police , stating that his father was * murdering '

      _liis mother . The police interfered , and on the following Thursday the deceased died from the effects of tbe _injary she received . Soon after her death it aeemed that her husband had made a distribution of her savings ; and the consequence was that a scene of drunkenness and riot was kept up for some day ? , and _theaccosed _, when taken into custody , was drinking hard . —Mr Gower , the medical gentleman who had attended tiie deceased before her death , and tnade & post mortem examination ofthe body , ex * pressed it as his decided opinion that death had been Sreduced by violence , and the jury returned a verict of * Manslaughter' against the husband .

      - ~ _xAXii , Af ? bat ej Whubchapel . _—Maxsucohisb . —By adjournment from Aug . 23 , before Hr William Baker , at _^ heUnioriFia » , Union-street , Whitechapel . respecting the death of William Coney , aged CI _jeais _, who died from extravasation of blood on the faun , produced hy injuries he received in an affray _witha man name unknown , on the 7 th of August . The man acensed was described by the witnesses as being a costermonger . He was about 5 feet 7 inches iiheight , and about 25 yearsof age . He was dressed is a skull cap , fustian jacket , corduroy trousers _, _police-sergeant Foay , of the _H division , stated that ie had been engaged for several days past in _endca-Touring todiseoTertheman _. batuad _baenuasnccssfuI . Deceased wis returning home from Aldgate on the night of Ang-7 , and a young man , dressed as above described , put out his footaad endeavcured to trip iim np .. The deceased expostulated with him , and

      the man instantly struck him . - A _scnfde ensued between the mau and the deceased . The man struck the _decease J several blows on the face , and he fell ¦ _eavik on the street pavement . He bled profusely trom the _nossand also from tbe wounds on his face and forehead . Foay , the police-sergeant , came to his assiitajc . ee , -and the man _instantly decamped . Hie deceased wa 3 removed to his house , . where he soon afterwards became insensible . MrL . _Llewellypi a surgeon , said the deceased had two black eyes , aod when he attended him lie appeared to be suffering . ftt > m _awete _UlAsage ; - ? The deceased expired on _Saturday , the liih _ef-Atignst . Be had _sinca made a post mortem , _exsmnation- of tho body , and attribu-, ted ? death , to _extravasation of blood " on tue brain , which he hadiio doubt was caused' by the _injuries fcejfc & d received . Tie coroner then summed up the endenre , - and thejury returned a verdict of 'Mandaughter' against sGme person unknown * and all the _vi & _enea were bound oyer to prosecute . I

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      Knfjrlulw, Ll«Casaikb . The Gbeat Bamis ...

      _KnfjrLUlw , Ll « CASaiKB . The Gbeat _Bamis "ir _Liverpool . —the telegraph an _* i . mc d on _tfoudsy _ni'irnuia at nn early hour tbat til . - G > fat Briwin had p _tssed Holyhead at fiveo ' _l-locU . Ci : !« siiy wB _« m ihe liighcst pitch to see her in 'li _^ _H-i i- _woftite M « r * _-y « u _; eo more . _Accordinv-ly at _aijoat nuo : i , _Ui _« _tiu ; i > _sIik was expected , the viev _li * a < ls \ m % vii- ihronsred with spectators . Shortly _nfie : <¦ t . < _. i ' _cViJj she wns observed rounding the Rack high ' aw *? , in to . v -nt her ' _Majesty ' s war 8 teanii-r _B-rke :. _- ; : _viii | _ShewM _fwly decked out in

      her colours ) i ; t ! _Ditujr _^ . aad her api > earance _wss asinaji' _& tic a * _e-vrov . _Vl _' _try cs ? t ' vl- _surprised that sho _Joiikvd m well , and few o . uld tell how it was ihat ; . ! : (• !» :. _re _ r < - . ui . 'h overhaul _preparatory lo auythinii _^ . _fivj . ' _!? _fie A > _mI'Hii-rationswhich have been so _ti . _ipuily _sucinVil ' _-.-. iih stir _^ _eos : —

      _Ddxdbum IUy , _Auv ' . 27— I ? _•*« . <( tent-rally known that a _ChhI _atii-niy _; w _^ . _iiaj l _>^ nisi '* ' to get off the Great _Brirais _iiuiiu . ' tht- _I ' _se-i-nt _siirini _; fide , and _accordinslv _-r-w , ifitv-. v _^ t _vs _.-i _t-Xi-jif : } in the _Heigtlbourliood of TjtcIU and tint -iirv-H'idinj ; coast , among all _cbisn .- < _•« ' !) iho remit . Her Majesty ' s steamer * Scour ?* _an-. t _Birkrniit-sd wi _^ re in attendance , to _render the _lii'C- _'sart _insi'lsiu ! -. aad to act in co-operation with Mr lt . fniav . rr nn- C ; ipt . Chxton aaciFeunutauer _.- ! miulu t % - qi * _ir « _-. TU- _stt-rn ofthis magoificcnt vc _^ rf _«« _iyiiiji ' s . 'ww . ird . _aiid her position just as it ii ,: _> - _» _-. n lor _n-. ' _-iO < i jh « - ast . A large chain cab ' e _was' _^ _rawsi rain r _jirni -he v- Bsel , ft little above the ke _> -1 , i- » _'xUk-U the hx ? - « v re attached , thithad _baenu _> .:: i _a- « _iiusiliarit--. f _« _-r r _. i ' _islus tho ship .

      Four _larvecitbl- *• w _.-r--. _» K . '; _.-itsi-eheil t > this chain _, and made . fn _* i l « -V _imc ' _-ors nf iii » Birkenhead , which lay _aV-out Ur _.-r _humln-d yard * fo ihe westward , and also to the b . » -v- r arch-r o * fhe Great Britain herself . The crow ut ' thu Scuur-.-e _itml a party of marines _belonging to ihe Seoume _w-re on board , and rendered important . aid . 0 « W « aking more water than usual in _c-iw-qm nne " * < _- _<> mt' holes which had been _pierc-d in b < _-r _boiiom . Thf . ii _* holes having

      been clo . « d , aad a _t-irse marsh pump , capable of throwing out three f-n * of _wat-r a _m-nute , _tcing brought into _opetattoti , the gn . » . d at tempt was made to ' repealthe union of Great . BrttHih . _*» nd Ireland , ' on Fridav , when _il-ec-v _* of htSe _.-. _i . rge . under Commander Coffin , and about 120 'umi . _a'l under the directions of _C-iptam C _? _axt < m and Me _Bremner , commenced operations in right _earne't .. Af soon as the _vessel _bepan to r _> _se wiih the _fida nnd attain a floating position , the _wi-niit tbe . _capstan commenced to warp heroff . haulini ; on th _« _nnrhnrg « f the Birkenhead and her own _bfcst bower . Ai _hnlf-nast eleven o ' clock she wa « _toowd

      _ . _T'lRKSHIRK . _CoiirFa Exw / isi _<» K—Early on Friday morning another cnal-i > it explosion tnnk place , at the Ardsley Main Coliiery , near _Barnsley , the same at which upwards of eventy _persons lo * t tlieir lives on the 6 th of March list . On this wc »* ion only three men were severely burnt ; hut two of them ( named Daniel _Besver , married , with four children , and Jno . Cawthorn ) are noc expected to r _.-cover . WARWICKSHIBB Exkxsivb Coisaos or _CiDSIRBFEIT _Tdhkish Monkv at _iiiKuisoHAM —From information which came to the k > in ledge « f the police during the last week it wss suspected that a mo . t _rxfc'nsire ni . inufaeture of Turkish coin had bee" s *' . _pb on in

      Birmingham _, aud last week , a v * ry _hiuhly respectable looking persi 4 i . named _Edward Darwin , was placed at tha bar of the police " conn there , charged witli the offence . M . Zohrab , _cfinsiil-upnera ! ef the _Turkishemhas-sy , was present ; » nd Mr James , of London , _solicitor to the _erabissy , ccnduc . ted the prosecation . Mr Harding , of Birmingham , defended the prisoner . From the evidence < f John Tyrer , button maker of _Lion- ' -Rtreet , it , appeared that he bad known tbe prisoner about two years and a half . Last October two _yeBw th _^ _prisoner came to him , and saw him silver two small ' blanks . ' The prisoner showed the witness some _inuwssiens which he said had been struck from dies nt a place about two miles from _Bromssimve . Thev were similar to tbo » e

      now produced . At tlie _request of the _prisoner he went to the place , and altered the dies . [ Tho witness was here requested to look at a quantity of genuine Turkish piastres . ] These criss were given to him by theprisoner , ami by the _prisoner ' s order he caused the dies to be altered , and ' hey were made from the coins given him by the prisoner for that purpose . When tho die 3 were completed , _witness struck of about 45 . 000 coins . The prisoner told bim that if he would give up bistrarfp , and w « k exclusively for him . he _would ' gi ve hira £ 5 a week and all his expenses . He _ceased to work for him about twelve months ago . In all he sent off nine casks of coin resembling piastre } . He requested _witness to keep the matter as quiet as possible , as arrangements were going forward between the Turkish Ambassador and the British government , which ; would enable him ( the prisoner ) to give witness employment for

      three years . Cross-examined : —There were plenty of button manufacturer , wbo made foreign mom-y . He had , therefore , reason to believe tbat it was made by order of the Turkish Ambassador ; but not receiving his money regularly , he began to suspect all was not right . Some _othor witnesses were examined , and no defence being offered , the magistrates _resolved on committing the _prisoner to take his trial at the next Warwick asMzes . Wemaystato that tbere is every reason to believe that the disclosures made , show that o regularly _organised system of counterfeiting foreign coin was in existence , and tbat there are other parties more deeply implicated in it than the prisoner . The Turkish Ambassador bas offered a reward of fifty guineas for their discovery . The nine casks of coin are Baid to represent about £ 95 , 000 sterling . Tbe affair has created the greatest excitement . —Birmingham paper .

      UKCOLHSaiBB . Leoal ITathed of C _' hbap Law . —Since the new court for the recovery of sma'l debts has been in operation , circulars headed ' Notice to pay the Debt ' have been printed in all the market towns in Lincolnshire , and tradesmen have had them filled up with name and amount of debt , and sent to debtors doubtful and of longstanding , threatening the jurisdiction nf the court if such accounts are not immediately discharged . The effect in must instances has been payment ofthe debts , whieh appears to have so reduced the number of cases in the county court as to call forth the notice of the judge and officers , who

      have Issued hand-bills and caused advertisements to be inserted in the local papers , threatening to report to the Lords of the Treasury any person printing or using the said forms . The Lincoln Mercury says , * It is asked whether the act was passed to benefit the judge , the clerk , and other officers , or to _seeure the payment of doubtful and long-standing debts ? We cannot see what there is in the circular printed by Mr Cnssoss whicb deserves the strong condemnation fulminated against it ; and least of all can we see anything' felonious' in it . We should say rather that there is something 'libellous' in the way in which what he had done has been denounced , and that he is much more Binned against tban sinning . '

      _bssbx . Tun late Mohdse ax _Daobhhav . —Dnring the last few days tke interest connected with the murder at _Dacenbam has been revived , in consequence of thc suicide of oneof the principal witnesses in that ease . The excitement consequent in tho neighbourhood of Dasenbam , Uford _. anc ! Romford , is said to be just as great as on the first discovery of the act . In the opinion of many , the sergeant , who still remains in Ilford gaol , unable to procure bail , has been relieved of much of the suspicion against him . Among the principal witnesses , both beforo the coroner and at the as * _izea , was Ralph Page , a farmer , with his wife aud daughter , whose house was nearest tothe field where the murder took place . On the

      night of that atrocious affair the farmer slept in one of his barns to watch his crops from depredatioss , and about the time it _happened , was awoke by the barking of his dog , bat he did not hear any other noise . His wife also gave evidence to the effect that she noticed the barking of the dog , and , as she supposed , a £ creart . The latter , by her evidence , proved perjury against the police . About a fortnight back the daughter of Mr Page was married at Clerkenwell church . Suddenly , in thc midst of the merriment of ihe party , Mr Page leli the festive scene and went home , Soon after he was found suffering from a strong narcotic . Mr Butler , surgeon , of Romford , was called in , and applied tbe stomachpump , but without effect , Thc next day he expired . An _iiiqyfest was opened before C . C . _Lewi 3 , Esq , the coroner for Essex , at the residence of the deceased ,

      but , in consequence of the unsatisfactory account as to the canse of death , it having been ascertained that the deceased had expressed a determination to commit self-destruction , the inquiry was adjourned for a week and _aposi-mariem examination was _ordered . _Ti-ej ' nry re-asserobled at the Cross Keys , ]) agenh § ln , when Air Butler stated that it was impossible for him to speak positively as to the cause of death , and " ie _iuiy returned an open verdict to the effect that Jiowor by what means ihe deceased came by his < 5 eatb there v . ascot sufficient evidence to show . Since the death , runouts have been propagated of the most _extraordinary character , aad many _reiuarksliaf ebcen made In reference to the circumstance that Mr j lV . £ e should hate happened to have been ia hisi bars on the night of the _marker for the _parjeic o ( i ih «? e leakin g after _fchc-rops _< 1

      Knfjrlulw, Ll«Casaikb . The Gbeat Bamis ...

      : ; ' i 1 : ' . ! ' - Ir ¦ _' : ' > ¦ ' . " .. ' _•¦ _•' " MIHSLBSBX . -Daring _HionwAt _Robbert . —As Police-sergeant B 8 van . T 3 , was patrolling tbe neighbourhood of tho village of _Southall , nine miles from town on the Uxbridge-road _, when near the village , _his . attention was attracted by hearing loud moaning cries proceed from _» field atthe side of the , high road , and on proceeding to the spot , he discovered , by tho light of his lantern , a man in a state of entire nudity lying on his face in rhe grass , wiih a handkerchief tied across his mouth , his arms tied behind him by a neckerchief , and his legs tied toeother by a pair of braces , so that ho could hot move hand or foot . Upon . ' being liberated from his perilous situation , the unfortunate main , in answer to the _inouiries of tbe

      sergeant , stated tbat his name was John James _Fossbender , a _Getican , living in Osborn-street , Whitechapel ; that on the previous _evening , while proceeding towards _Uxbriilge-iown , which is 15 mileB fromthe west end of Ox _' ord-street , when on _Slieppird ' _s-bush-common , about throe mi _es tn his rod , he overtook three Irishmen , who were going in the same direction , and with whom he entered into company . They all walked together until they reached that part of the road near the field where he was found , when suddenly he felt the handkerchief drawn across his mouth , ' and he was instantly dragged into the field in which he was found , where his assailants _, having . robbed him of 17 sovereigns , a _single Geneva watch with a silver guard-chain attached , f _maker ' s

      name _'Steinhouse , Goela , ' having tho initial letters * _1 . 1 . F . ' engraved on the . inside case , number not known ) , proceeded to dispossess htm of his clothes , consisting of a brown great coat with a velvet collar , an invisible green body coat , a pair of black trousers , a black satin double-bodied waistcoat , a black hat , maker ' s name , ' Stowell , Clvurch-lane , Whitechapel , ' a pair of stockings , pair of Wellington boots , with red tops , and a black silk neckerchief . Not _satisfied with what they had already done , the villains then secured his arms behind him with a piece of cord , and used his bracts as a ligature to fasten his legs _together , when they turned him over on his face ; and thon , being satisfied that he could neither call out nor pursue them , they walked off . taking with them . a carpet-bag whicii he had with him , containing two shirts , a biue waistcoat ; two pair of

      stock-! ing _» , a pair of shoes , two _smoothing-planes , a jack _' [ plane , a rabbit-plane , and other smaller tools . The I poor relLVw _" , when discovered , was half dead with | cold , having , as he believed , lain in that state upwards of an hour . The robbers ; who are believed ¦ to be on their way back to Ireland via Bristol , are described _as being one about 30 years old , 6 feet high , red hair and whiskers , thin face , pockmarked _, dressed in an old blue coat , old velvet waistcoat , cord _troupers , and black hat ; the second , 28 years of aco . 5 feet 5 iuth . es high , black hair and whiskers , with a large cut across his nose , dressed in an old blue jacket , white trousers , and black hat ; and the third , ab _« ut 33 or 31 years of age , 5 leet 7 inches high , dark ' hair aud complexion , small whiskers , large mouth , has several teeth out in front , and walks lame , dressed in a short blue jacket , and very short short blue trousers , with a blue cap .

      KENT . Fracas it thb Woolwich _Docmsn . —Some fow months since , Mr _ChatfieW , who is well known as »> ne of the members of the late Naval School of Architecture , received the appointment of assistant to Oliver Lang , _Es _$ ., the master builder of Woolwich Dockyard . Mr Chatfield had received from the yard ho previously belonged to , the character of a martinet , and a prejudice was thus raised against him . -Matters went on for a considerable time unpleasantly , and , as far ? s we can glean , the first positive outbreak occurred on Friday _se ' _nniijbt , when some men on board tbe Hydra steam-sloop then in dock , hooted Mr Chatfield . The suspension ot several of the mechanics on board the steamer

      served only to inflame , the men still more strongly , aud on the same evening , a crowd w » ited _rmtsido tne dockyard Kates till after the volunteers were _dismissed from drill ; and on tbe appearanco of Mr Chatfield , wi'h two lieutenants of the corps , he was hissed , hooted , and yelled at for a considerable time . Still the canse of dissatisfaction continued , and on the folio ( _vinu Monday evening , another and still denser crowd awaited the arrival of Mr Chatfield at the dot-kyard gates , and his appearance was the signal tor a furious storm of _selh and hisses . Mr Chatfield seized a man _standing by . and gave him into the custody oi a _poliuonian in plain clothes who was stationed nt the gate- This caused an immediate attack on the _palieeman by half tho battalion , and

      the officer had his clothes torn to ribands . , Mr Chatfield took to his heels , followed by the n » b , who continued their yells and hisses till the object oi their vengeance bad escaped . Of course t be prisoner was rescued . At the latter end of the past week , an incident of a still more serious character occurred in connexion with the dispute . Un board the Hydra , a number of shipwrights and others were employed , andit was discovered that a plank , used as a gangway between the vessel and the quay , was sawn through beneath , leaving ' only ab 9 Ut it quarter of an inch to connect the one end with tho other , so that any person passing over it mast have been _precipitated into the dock b _neath , a depth ot thirty or forty feet . This , it is alleged , was placed as a trap

      fir Mr Chatfield , who , in his rounds through the dockyard , would have to pass en board the Hydra . By whomsoever tbis diabolical contrivance was _mat ' c , it was fortunately discovered in timo to prevent the occurrence of a serious catastrophe .. ' An immediate communication was made to the Board of Admiralty , and on Saturday , Lord John Hay , accompanied by the Hon . Captain Berkeley , nnd Mr Ward _, the _secretary to the Admiralty , came down to the dockyard to investigate the charges preferred by Mr Chatfield . The result was , the discharge of four mechanics and the suspension of between 60 and 70 others . The utmost excitement prevails amongst

      the men , and so apprehensive are the Admiralty of a serious disturbance in the yard , that the Royal Marines have been on duty round the yard since Saturday , and an extra force of police constables are en duty in the yard in private clothes . The police wero also ordered to muster at the station house in the town , and three mounted patrols were in waiting to convey intelligence to the Admiralty , or to bring a reinforcement of police from Greenwich . Those , however , who know the men best do not apprehend an outbreak ; but it is stated tbat all the volunteers belonging to Mr Chalfield ' s battalion will throw down their arms and refuse to serve under him .

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      Sentlafflj . Scotch _Dokbs and Men of Sciexce . —On the 21 _« t the Duke of Atboll personally stopped a party of naturalists , headed by an _Edinburgh professor , while proceeding nn their way from Braemav to Blair Atholi by a pass which some of tho savans were freely allowed to traverse in 1 S 30 . They refused to go back at the bidding of gillies , henohmen , and gamekeepers , but , giving their cards , retired at thc ducal fiat . Nut _knowing tho way , they probably committed more real trespass in tlieir retreat than in their invasion , and after getting off the forbidden ground , were believed to have been dogged to their inn by spies . The philosophers havo a sort of impression that the duke will prosecute , which is , perhaps , the best thins he could do , aa these earth monopolies require clearing up .

      • HAMHNGTOKSniRB . Poisoning . —A curious case of poisoning , by arsenic , lately took . place in Haddingtonshire . Fortythree pigs were the victims , and 29 of them died . A reward of £ 10 has been offered for the discovery of thepaisoner .

      GL 15 O 0 W . Shocking Tragedy . —A horrible realisation of the story of _Ginem , in Roger ' s ' Italy , ' ond of tho song ofthe 'Misletoe Bough , ' _liasoccured at'Glasgow , . Three young boys , two of them Bens of Mr J . Wilson , builder , Gailowgate , nnd the other a son of h » brother , Mr Charles Wilson , were lost . As the rest of the family were di ) ffn the water , the boys' absence occasioned at first no great uneasiness , as it was supposed that the youngsters , thc eldest of whom was about 11 years _ofage , had set off to join their mother and the restof tbe family . As nothing had been heard of them , Mr Wilson left home early on Friday morning , with the intention of proceeding to _Helensburg , where the family were , to ascertain if

      the runaways were there . He had not , however , been long away , when a carter who takes charge oi ahorse belonging to Mr Wilton , went to the stabto for the purpose of procuring some provender for tho animal . The provender is kept in a corn-chest—a box six feet long and ibout three deep , with threo separate compartments , and secured on the outside with an iron hasp , which tits into a staple in the side ofthe chest . On opening the lid , the man was horror-stricken at finding the three young boys motionless at the bottom of the _cheat , each occupying one of thc compartments . Ho immediately summoned assistance , and they were taken out ; but it was found that two of them , James Wilson , aged 11 , and Charles Wilson , about a year younger , were quite dead , and had been so apparently lor a considerable length of time . The _youngest , a boy between 7 and 8 years , showed some signs of life , and by prompt medical attendance he gradually revived , so

      j as to be able to state what had led to tho melancholy ; catastrophe . The brothers and cousin had gone into the chest in search of beans , and while so engaged I the lid , which , as has been already stated , is secured j on the outside by an iron hasp fitting into a stnplc , closed on them , ln falling , the hasp , as it most unfortunately happened , fixed into the staple , and all the united strength of the poor captives was _insufficient to enable them to burst the bands of what , too ttuly , proved their tomb . . On the side at which the youngest boy was found , tho Jid did not fit sa close as the other parts , and from tlie limited supply of air which had been admitted through this crevice is to bo attributed his preservation . They had endeavoured to support each other ' s courage as well as they could in thctr dismal dungeon ; and , before giving up hope , one of theiujbroke the blade , of a pen-knife in tne attempt to makean incision _through the side ofa chest . After they had oxbausfotl themselves by tmataiHns shouts _wv . 1 _eyiea _wftich were

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      not heard on earth , they all joined in prayer . Thia is the last circumstance which the surviving sufferer recollects , as he soon after became insensible . To account for no noise having been heard , or no one within call , it may be mentioned that the wood-yard in which the stable is situated is locked up early on the Saturday afternoon , and is not again opened till Monday morning . -

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      $ _relauir * .: ThE HEW P 0 OB RMB . , .... At the last meeting of th ' e . Kilkenny board of Poor Law _puardions , presided over " by the Marquis , of Ormonde , a resolution was passed u which they it ( _\ t \ lTur opinion that _« ueh rates . ought to ba greatly reduced , in order to facilitate their collection andt 0 _< , _& . vlate the determined and general opposition which we aro firmly convinced will he given to any rate _exeeRsive in amount and disproportionate ; to the means of all classes to pay it . ' : r ' . _' ' , . .

      .. , thai in too present social condition of tho country , with b 11 its several interests in _aatata of difficulty and dorangeroent consequent upon tbe pf . HileDce and famine with _wlilch we have been sq . decpty ' afflictcd , it Is unwise In the Government to demand , for the present , any portion of thu repayment of the advances under the Temporaw RclLf Acts .: We respectfully submit to them whether tho dictates - of sound policy would not indues them to forego any cliim calculated to stop _theprogress of the country to that heBlthy condition which cau only be attalued hy mild and cautious treatment .

      PBOSPBCIS OP rOMHEB _niSTRKfS . Tbe subjoined remarkable proceedings took place at the last meeting of the guardians of the Limerick Poor Law V nton : — Captain O'Bbiew , Inspecting officer of the union , wished to inform the guardians ofthe amount of destitution which would assuredly prevail before' another fortnight . As his official duties would cease in a few days , he did not like to leave Limerick ' without making known the ( aci that , according to ' -the most minute inquiry he had made , the numbers ou relief lists nt the beginning of

      the week were—Limerick electoral division , 1 , 788 ; in tho rural districts , 24 , 714 ; or , on an averago for tlie entire union ' , 28 . 500 . -According to the census of 1811 , at a calculation of 20 por cent , on the populatiou _, which was a small average compared rvltU the amount of destitution whioh prevailed four months tin ' oe , _provision should ba - nvido under the new act to _providn 1 , 783 persons in the city , Rnd 15 950 In tberiwal districts , with _out-door relief . ' Unless some remedy was immediately dovised by the board the destitute would certainly Starve . ¦ ; '

      Mr Ceokee . —No no ; there is no fear of that at present , Captain O'Baies , —I have no object In communicating this _intelligence , but to enable you to bo prepared for an approaching emergency , 1 put uvjself in possession of facts upon the best authority of the gentry , the clergy , and relief committees ofthe sereral districts , and the accuracy of my calculations will hereafter be fully borne out , - ' . This unexpected announcement came by surprise on the board , who were at a loss what to do , as the relieving officers recently _appointed are not in a position , for want of funds aud proper instruction , to afford any relief to the destitute .

      Sereral guardians expressed an opinion that Captain O'Brien ' s calculations were accurate , and feared that when the harvest work is over , in a fortnight or more , destitution will prevail even to a greater amount . The expediency of compelling all able bodied paupers to enter the workhouse , and provide outside for the a _^ cd and infirm alone , having been canvassed , . 'it was ascertained that at present there is accomodation tor 700 ia the establishment . The & arl of Cube—It is quite clear that in the course of tho next week the relieving officers will be applied to , and the ' question to boconsidered is , ' what have tbey at their disposal f Nothing . I think we ought to appoint

      a committee of this board to devise means of affording relief in the cheapest manner possible . ( Hear . ) In the Enniskiilen Union on Tuesday , Mr Otway , tho Assistant-commissioner , informed the board of guardians that ' tbc commissioners should have recourse to tho painful duty of dissolving the board if tbey persisted in their opposition to the striking of the . rafces _asrequired by law . ' After a discussion , the board , by a majority of fifteen to two , reaffirmed their previous resolution , declining to make a new rate , but promising to ' take the first opportunity of repaying the loan to government . ' The committee , ; as suggested by Lord Clare , was subsequently appointed ,

      Pontic Works , —The government are doing what they think they can , legitimately , for tbe augmentation of employment . The Limerick papers state that the new floating dock has been contracted for under the superintendence of the Board of Works , and that a commencement will be made with it forthwith . Othev docks called for by the commerce ot the port will be put in course of construction , and on Monday an important deputation was received by ihe Lord-Lieutenant , the object of which was to impress tho desirableness of appointing a packet station for American _intercommunication at Limerick .

      Tho statement put abroad that the unfinished works under the Labour Rate Act would , be , _onmplet ' ed forthwith is premature . The board of works reply to all representations"' We have no power to do what you require . ' Last , week tho Lord-Lieutenant , visited tbe line of the Great Southern and . Western Railway , and was entertained at Carlow by the directors . His health having been proposed , he returned thanks in a speech , which is thus reported ' . —His excellency stilted that he seldom experienced more gratification than on that day , having passed through a beautiful country teeming with the products of tlie earth , nnd upon a line of railway that reflected credit on the energy and enterprise of thc company . At home or abroad he had never seen so beautiful a line of

      railway , one whicii exhibited in its construction a rare combination of science and art . Iio felt delight in witnessing the _progress of railways in Ireland—in whose prosperity he felt deeply interested—independently of the kind treatment ho had received , and the reception he had met with from all classes ol Irishmen , since his arrival in that country . Railways would prove of vast advantage to tho country by the developement cf its industrial resources , and the impetus they would give to every branch of traffic . Ireland was essentially an agricultural country . The farmer required a market for his produce , and the railways by speedy transit , afforded him the accommodation he required on reasonable terms . It was needless to allude to the past year , to point out thc

      necessity of industry and perseverance in future . AU that was required was a spirit of industry , and a greater rolianco on self-exertion to placo Ireland in that proud position which at no distant day she was destined to cccupy . England wns now closely connected with Ireland , by the twofold power of railway _atutsteMn navigation . There were many . in that room old _cnwgh to recollect theevidencegiveh bofore a committee of tho _Honso of Commons , with the object of proving that steam _navisation between England and Ireland was a Utopian scheme—in fact , impracticable—but they now saw Ireland and the sister country connected , if he might use the expression , by a bridge formed through the agency of steam , by which the sooial and private intercourse of both countries had been vastly accelerated .

      _DlSIRUBSraO _OCCURREXCB AT _CASHSL . The circumstances connected with the following tragical occurrence have been put forward in at least a dozen shapes , but the version annexed seems to be tho best authenticated : — 'Francis _O'Ryau , sou of Mr Frank O _' Ryau , oi this city _( _Cushcl ) , received a pistol bullet on Tucsday morning through the right eye , supposed to be fired by his father . The ball look aa oblique dircction without touching tho brain . The ball has been extvaoted . Mr _O'Ryan , sen ., bas been committed to the bridewell hero , pending tbe state ol health of _liia wounded son . Tho cause of this unfortunate circumstance is not clearly explained . Tho son ia toarrivo at hid majority in a few months , when

      certain leases of lands owned by Mr O Byau , sen .,- will expire . Renewals of tho _^ e leases cannot be given without the joint concurrence of both father andson . Mr O'Ryan , jun ., we are given to understand , refused to sign renewals at the request of his father , and hence certain bickerings took placo between them . Itis also said that Mr O'Ryan , sen ., has latterly shown decided _symptons of mental ill health , and that he labours under very extraordinary _delusions . On thb morning in question both father and son met oh the lobby leading to their respective bed rooms , when the Kiifortimato transaction took place , which has cauBcd a feeling of universal regret and _melatichaly through the locality all round . Mr O'Ryan always carried firearms about his peraon and had a great horror oftkieves . '

      An account in tho Limerick Chronicle runs as follows : — ' Mr Ryan , sou ., has a family of grown-up sons and daughters . Tho eldest son lived witb his father , as did his sisters . Mr ¦ Ryan having been fer some time a widower , recently married a young and interesting lady , who , according to thc version of the story ou the father ' s side , became an object of the son ' s passion . That tbis sentiment was reciprocated by the youth ' s stepmother , tho father had , as is stated , tor some short time b _&< k , move and more reason to be suspicious , and on Tuesday evening , on entering his

      bedroom , w _.-is horrified to behold his place occupied by his unfortunate son . Maddened witk rage , the unhappy father reached a loaded . pistol and fired . The bail entered thc head of young Mr Ryan , immcdiately beside the eye , totally " destroying that organ , and travelling the skull vested » t the base of tho occiput . The lady made it precipitate retreat and cscaped Ije . _'bie her infuriated husband ' could _v _& _bjau his weapon . Our informant , who left _Caslrol Saturday morning , says thc ball was extracted from tho head nt young Mr Ryan the previous night . The wounded man remains in a state of _iPSensibiiitv , and no hopes are entertained of his reto verv '

      . _Thh Iris h CosrE » uiuTios _.- —A . meeting of tho Confederation took phca i _^ Dublin on _Tluiralay , and was remarkable i ' _oi ; t < _x « w _> . w _cxiiwrnims to Confederate princip le ** These aro , IM _Wato

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      court , a baron in the Irish _peerage , and Mr _Chisholm _Anstey , ah English barrister . The correspondent of the Times says : — ' Conciliation-hall had better look sharply to its already tarnished laurels . The rival ' establishment at _' the Music-hall is doing a rapidlyithriving business , and if the addition nf respectable customers which patronised the ' boose * last night , keep steadily increasing , the managers ef the old firm will have but little reason to rejoice at some , at least , either of the _results of the late general election , or of an obstinate adherence to the course of policy which has scared from the Corn Exchange the few shreds of respectability which clung to its fortunes under tke leadership of the late great master of agitation . Among the new members enrolled are Lord _Wallecourt and

      M r _Chisholm Anstey , the member for Youghall ; the latter gent _' eman is evidently destined to play a leading part'in the future working of Irish politics . ' In moving a resolution ' at the meeting to the effect : — 'That the beneficial effects of the antiplace-hunting policy of tho Confederation were fully proved at the late election in this country . ' The Rev . Mr Kstrios , Roman Catholic clergyman , of _Templederry county of Tipperary , belaboured tho place-hunters of Conciliation-hall with rii ? bt good will . , If , ( said the _speaker ) a man _says-I am a ropealer—and at the same timo keeps besieging the door of a Minister , dim * with him . three times a week , and continues to beg for a place in the _h-xeiso for this perion , and in the Customs for tbat , he did

      not think such a man would repeal tho union . ( Loud cheers ) No , ho could as soon drag the sun from tlie heavens . He hnd penned down a few words in common use amongst those men , and had considered the meanings formerly attached to them with their recognised meanings at the present . First , there wns 'Nailing tlie colours to the mast . ' In unsophisticated eyes that p hrase meant a determination to stand by any cause in which men embarked . { Hear , hear . * ) Now it meant a half-starved cur with his tail between his legs running from the light with a mouthful of kitchen stuff . ( Loud laughter and checrB . ) Now he would give his defintion of * moral force . ' ' Moral force , ' was at present used and employed by trading patriots , was a figure of

      speecha metaphor signifying that a man re ay have hia eye knocked out , his legs cut off , or any other fconccivab o surgical operation performed on his body without the shedding of one single drop of human blood . ( Cheers and laughter . ) 'No compromise '—when first employed it had a most determined and _^ _abso-Into meaning—it " signified that for all time , and in all circumstances , there should be no abatement of the fair demands made or the claims _urged . ' _^ But now it had received a most strange contortion in _significancy . Within certain limits—that was to say , at this side of £ 300 or £ 400 a-year , it had the same meaning still ; but no sooner were those limits reached , or even approached , than , ' strange to any it meant ' every compromise . ' In that manner nearly all the words in the English language were employed by trading patriots . They wanted determined Repealers , who would do their duty if ail the

      rest of Ireland were asleep . Every thing besides was clap-trap , humbug , and jugglery . ( Cbeers . ) It was his opinion'that the association would grow from bad to worse , until it became such an abomination that it should'bo banished in someway or other . ( Cheers . ) He thought that the h i ghest honour was due tothe men of Limerick , and to those _Conservatives , who , though some of them did not think there was a necessity lor repeal , supported it in the person of Mr O'Brien . ( Cheers . ) That waBtrue conciliation—it was that Conciliation-ball had been for . ever prating about , but had never effected . ( Hear , hear . ) lie would advise the people not to be led unthinkingly by the opinion ofanyoKC—by priest , bishop , or layman . When a _prieat took part in _ptilitivs _. he did fo , not as a priest , but as a politician ; and they should not mind tbe cant ot Cenciliation-hall , wqich was—* lt was a priest said it ; it ought to be respected . ' A priest was to be respected when he told the truth ; ( Cheers . )

      Tub _O'Connsu , Mo _. nument . —The committee of the' _Natiowd Monument to . O'Connell * have pub * lished their receipts from the 6 th of August , which amount to £ 230 . Ofthe subscriptions forty were of £ 5 , four of £ 3 , one of JE 2 , ' and twenty-five of £ 1 each . Mr John O'Connell and his brother , Mr Daniel O'Connell , arrived amongst tbe constituents of the latlcrlast week . The _penple of Waterford gave them a mo 3 t flattering reception ..

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      THE EXPLOSION . . OF THE CRICKET . STEAMER . The excitement caused by this melancholy accident continues . Hundreds of persons have since its occurrence assembled on the piers and wharfs in the vicinity of the lamentable catastrophe . On Saturday several boats were employed , at low water and on the first quarter flood dragging the river from Waterloo-bridge to the eastern side of Westminster bridge , it being supposed that as the tide was running up at the timo of the explosion , some of theremainsotthe _guffevers were carried up by the current . Shortly

      before 12 o ' clock an aiarm was raised on the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge , by a man ' who informed the police that the body ofa young man was lying in tbe mud off Lctt ' s-wharf , situated on tbe Surrey side of _Waterloo-bridge . The _remiius , which were in mi awful condition , the face , arms , aud chest being most extensively Ecalded , were removed to the vault of St John ' s Church . The body was ' subsequently identified as that of John Butler , aged 18 years , ol No . 9 , King-street , Covent-garden . He was an engineer , and was on the way to _Blackwall .

      In the course of Saturday it was ascertained tbat a Miss Chattorton , who was on board at thc time o the explosion , was very much injured . She was thrown from the boat upon a quantity of timber , and several persons were thrown on her . She is greatly bruised and lacerated , and her head has also been cut and injured . Considerable fears are entertained for her life . Notwithstanding that everything promised so well on Friday night for the raising of the wreck , juit a * the operation was completed one ofthe chains snapped , when the ill-fated boat again fell into the water _, and all efforts to raise her that tide were found to be fruitless , yet the temporary raising had been so far successful as to enable a minute search to be made

      in the cabin and other parts of the vessel , and also under the boat , and it was clearly ascertained there was no other sufferer thero . In the course of Saturday morning thc starboard boiler , which is believed to have been ' . the cause of the calamity , and which was blown to a short distance from the Cricket , was got ashore , and conveyed into tho Company ' s premises . So also was thc Jarboard boiler , whicii still remained in nearly its proper position , and Svitb . little appearance ol injury . It is also understood that from the partial examination made of the vessel late on Friday night , before the breaking ofthe chain , it was ascertained that the afterpartfrom thc paddle boxes , including the largo

      cabin , is still nearly uninjured , except by water and mud . On the larboard side the paddle box is comparatively complete , but the starboard paddle-box is broken outside , and on the fore part , and also tho wheel . During the afternoon and evening _. a number of men were employed in pumping the water out ol ' the Cricket , with a view to making another attempt at'jetting her afloat as soon as the tide had sufficiently run down . She was also , in the middlo of the day , moved by means of lighters from the cast side ofthe gallery leading from the shore to tbe pier , where sbe was previously lying , to opposite thc latter , so that she may , if raised , be run on the . bigb shore westward of the pier .

      Although it was stated thatthe halfpenny boats would not run again until the inquest , which commenced on Monday morning , had beon concluded , tbey plied all Sunday , and were much crowded . It is stated that these halfpenny boats arc tho property of Mr Alderman Thompson , Mr Joyce , Mr Smith , and Mr Cory . An act of parliament came into force in January last , under which an investigation can take place . It is entitled , ' An act for the Regulation of Steam Navigation , and for requiring soa-going Vessels to carry Boats . ' By the 19 th section , it is directed that whenever any steam-vessel shall have caused any serious accident , occasioning loss of life or property , a report Is to bo made as _soim as convenient , through tlie post-office , by letter to the Board of

      Trade , and in default a line not exceeding £ 50 may bo imposed . Inspectors may be appointed by the Board of Trade , and there is a penalty proscribed for obstructing them in the execution of thoir duty . Many instances of miraculous escapes _occurred , among which wo may mention that of Mr Geo . Bone , cashier to the General Assurance Company , who was thrown into the river by the explosion , but fortunately caught hold ofa projecting pieco of wood or iron at the side ef . the vessel , and when the boat sunk , he , with great exertion , and tho aid of some persons on the pier , succeeded in gaining the shore , without further injury thau a thorough ducking and

      tho less of his hat . A sailor , who was standing by i the funnel at ihe time of the explosion , was shot up iuto thc air , when , on recovering , he found , to his great surprise , that ho was lying upon a heap of people ,. unhurt . Be managed to scramble on to the pier . The llev Mr Smith , the chaplain oi St Martin ' s workhouse , with his lady , wero among the parties who had paid their fares to go to Londonbridge . Mrs Sihith . had got on board , and Mr Smith wft 3 on the pio ? , ' about to step on board , when the explosion took place . Mrs Smith was scalded by the steam , and was blown up into the water , but was fortunately-rescued . Mr Smith escaped unhurt .

      • INQl'KST ON THE 8 Uf PBKEES , At 11 o clock on Monday lust , Mr Bedford , coroner for ¦ Westminster , commenced his inquiry into the cause ol death of the fire persons who have suffered from tlio late calamitous explosion ou hoard tbo Cricket _steaw-bijttt _. The inquest was hold »« tbe board room of Si Martin ' s workhouse , where two of tho sufferers ( Littleton and BIuui ) _, we rb at iim placed , and whither the badj of John _BticWffy _, taken out on Saturday , on the Surrey si < 2 _« , had subsequently Veen removed , for tlie _pu-. jiosc of buinjf iiiuMeil la tbe same inquiry . The proprietors ofthe boats wm represented on tho _oscasien i » y Us Montagu Chaw .

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      ber * , by Mr , their solicitor m _^^^^ j the makonot the boilers , _wwe _reprejented _hYM _" i {> i \ [ sen , solicitor , of _Moorgata-gtreet . The fii _* '' _**»* ' list of the deceased pewons : —Thomas Shed _^ ''» cali . boy „ of _Bow-streqt _, _Cortnt-garden ; _John _^ r ? / _**» 33 , coatermonger , of 6 , Bloomabu rjf . _ttreV Br , f _Ai _, St Giles ' s , leaving a widow ; George Slm ' te 21 *" _*^ monger , ofDriret ' a buildings , Mile-end , _lea » jn ( , C 0 ,, e ' _' - « nd two children . ; John Blunt , 22 , single Wa f , * _" _^ _"H of 2 , TrelJick-terrace , Vaiuh » U . br _idge-ro , d _» "» Buckley , 18 , tingle , engineer , of 9 , King . gtreet C * garden . , WM , _t » u Seventeen gentlemen were impannelled on th » who , being sworn , proceeded to view the Ud \ i % . , _** f . thorn , ( those of Shute and Shed ) lay at the Charinr ** Hospital , and the remainder at the workhouse , ° *» Tbe first witness was Thos . Shed , fishmonge r , of n Street , Covent-garden , who _deposed : The d _' ece _* Thos . Shid _, is my child . He was call-boy on _boatdtu Cricket , which situation be had held three wetkj n bad been in the Ant since Christmas . He feemed t > ¦ fecily _aatisfiail with hia employ , I got hj m _Kmor _' j from the Ant , because I thought he was not well treat !? by thc crew . _**

      John Lynd Blunt , of Trrllick terrace , Vauxhalu _,, _^ road , watchmaker ; Catherine Littleton , of Blooimbur _^ _ssreet , St Giles ' s ; Georgu Shute , of Jume < . _street , iij _, end , painter and glazier ; and _llenrj Nouk ' , cn » in _' eer !{ Golden lane , St _Lukt'a ; respectively identified |] _j s _^ j , of the other , decease < 3 persona , John Hocken _, of ? 3 , _Maddox-street _, Hanorer-squj . _, tailor , deposed : About 25 minutes past 3 on _FHojJ _morBiHjr , I went on board the Cricket , at the _Fox-undsr tho-IIill pier . I took a scat in the stern part of thu bout " not far from the paddle box . I was rather _sarprisJ that th * boat was so long iu starting . There were more than 200 persons on board the vessel ; nearly lflo in _j _^ aft part of tho boat . Iu about five _minuteB I felt trifling quiver , and then a sudden explosion took pi 0 C 9 j The whole seemed to fly into the air in a thousand pieces taking the direction of the stem part of the boat . Ths whole of the deck was carried away ; tbe seat on which I sat went completely from under mo . I lost my hat and a tared , and was bruisidin my arm and thigh . p

      a tlmel was blinded by ihe steam , which seemed toitr _& _j me in tho face . When the uotse and steam had _subiidej I looked round , and saw the vessel a total wreck ; many were clinging to her sides . _Afwrwards tho Echo , I thiuk , came alongside , and took the _pasrengers off . r noticed particularly a lady and en elderly _gemlemsm , _nn » was crying out that bis leg was broken . Afterwards t assisted in getting a man out of the wreck , wbo _wj _| bleeding at the nose and from tbe shoulder ; he » ai not one of the deceased . At that time , no one was aboard but myself , at least not in tlie back part ot the vessels Beforo the explosion , I saw neither captain nor engineer on board . I supposed the delay arose from waiting fw the captain . , 1 was in tbe habit of going b y that boat nnd thus know that she stayed longer at the pier than * usu _» l . I am quite certain she was not aground ; for after the explosion , the stern-part sank at _lcasllS _iachea . I never before saw anything wrong in the boat , or ia _aifher of thc others . ' 1 have gone hj them all . I hav * often stood to admire thc action ofthe _incines _.

      Archibald Hemy Hamilton , of 6 , F ranels- » tteet Waterloo-road , reporter : I went on board ihe _Criekst on Friday morning last , about 23 min . past nine , at the Fox pier . In about two minutes , as I _i » as _standing near the windlass , I felt a kind of oscillation ; suddenl y I wa » thrown down and I heard ihe explosion . The boat _wa » not aground . The captain was not on board . I know him by sight , and I afterwards heard him auy to Hr Garlaty , the superintendent of tbe pier , ' How long had I been on shore do you think !' , I saw _neitbtr « nglneer nor stoker 1 did not look into the engine room . I did not see any of tbe deceased taken out . There wera from 120 to 140 perms on board . The deck was not orer . crowded where I stood , and very few wero hurt . 1 _thialc the last witness is mistaken in hit estimate oi ths number . The Coroner eatd he conceived this evidence wonld be sufficient as to tbe fact of the explosion . He would now examine some witnesses as to the finding of

      the bodies . _Gcorga _SUVerton , of 13 , George-street , Adelphi , Usher _, man : I saw and heard this explosion from my ona door . I immediately ran down to nnder what _asButancs I could . I knew Shed , tbo call-boy , He was lying in tbe boat ' s bottom , in the _aft-cabiu . He was almost covered with wood and water . With the help of the captain , Edward Martin , I conveyed him iuto the pay office , and afterwards to the hospital . lie was alive when I left him , but insensible . I know tbe engineer well { never heard him say anything about _this engine . I also assisted in removing an elderly gentleman wbose leg was broken . I was not two minutes in reaching the boat after the explosion , and the captain was then tbere . Several passengers were then in tho fore part of tbe boat _tr > ing to escape as well as they cvuld .

      By Mr Chambers : The boy might have been thrown from tbe deck , and hare fallen into the cabin nliere I found him . The deck was ail broken up and comp . ' t ' _ely destroyed . Hero an application was made by the witness Noble to be allowed to inspect the remains of the boat , Tbe coroner said he bad no power to give any order , as tbe boat was now in the charge of tbe police . Mr Chambers said that every facility would be given , as far as tho company was concerned . Some doubt was expressed as to whether the police ought to allow an inspection _, of tbe boat at _tfie imtance of tbe proprietors ; but it was explained that this would not be done unless the coroner sanctioned the order . Several of tke jury expressed a wish to see tbe boa ;; and Mr Chambers , oa tbe part of tbc proprietors , undertook that au _opportunity should be afforded . Evidence was then given as to thc nature of thi wounds .

      The inquiry was adjourned until Monday next , at 11 o'clock _. The Coroner then made some inquiry as to the custody of tbe beat , wbich was stated to be in the charge of tis _Thames police . Mr Chambers said this had been done at the request of the proprietors , who were exceedingly , anxious tbat they should not be suspected of wishing to prevent access to it , or of having access to it themselves improperly . The police had declined to continue in charge without some other authority _. The Coroner said he would readily give his authority for that _purpose , A superintendent who was present undertook tbat possession should be retained by the police on the coroner ' s authority .

      Before separating , some of thejury again expressed a wish to see the _bnat ¦ and Mr Richardson ( Messrs Joyce ' s solicitor ) hoped that same one might be there , on the put of hi * clients , to give an explanation . The Coroner said he should decidedly object to tbis . If the jury saw the boat at all , tliey should just look orer it , without any iuterference ; but ic would not b » objectionable for Mr Joyce himself to be present , as ths maker of the engines , when the engineers made their examination . Mr Chambers submitted that same one ought alse t « attend on behalf of the proprietors of the boat . Tho Coroner said the best plan would be for an en gineer to attend on behalf of each party , at the time whea tbe jury went to make tbeir view . " Ultimately it was _iirranged that thejury should mak * their inspection unattended by nny other " party . _INSPECTION Ol' THE WRECK .

      At twelve o ' clock on Tuesday morning , tlie jury , according to appointment , proceeded to view thc shattered 1 vessel and machinery of tho Cricket steam-boat . As to 1 the causes which may have led to thc fatal explosion , , we , of course , will Hot pronounce an opinion , Compe * tent persons will be appointed by the authorities , who t will—as their duty to tbe public , to the company , and to ) Mr Joyce , the builder and patentee ot the engines , re- - quire—carefully _esamlne _. _' nnd iavestigate most fully , all 1 the circumstances connected with this most disastrous 3 affair . The first sight wfcich presents itself to the spec- > tator . is that of a fearful rent hi the vessel from the , e engine-room to the sttrn . The whole ef tbe _flooring of ) f the deck has been blown up , and the lining ofthe rig ht it side ofthe after cabin complett-ly removed , leaving ex _» £

      posed thebaroJron shell of the vessel . On the left side le of the snmo cabin some portion of the _lining yet remains ; _s ; but iu the bilge ofthe vessel , and near to the paddles , ts , tbe whole ofthe lining is gone , and the sheil of the vessel ie ! brokea and torn in almost every direction . Tha floor- iring of the cabin is also swept clean out , while aa im * _umense opening in _thCjSteru shows the spot through gh which the boiler itself was blown , tha boiler in its pro-regress appearing to have swept tbe floors , tho lining , rud . id . rer and everything before it , Tbe whole of the case of _: of the boiler is blown off , leaving all the tubes exposed to I to sight ; but there does not appear to be any fracture in •¦ in any of them , so fur at least as wo were able to see . The £ he funnel , thc _Bmoks-box , and case of the boiler lie _besidtiidt tho wreck of the ill-fated vessel . Tho _safiy-valve , _andgnd

      the _steam-guages seem tohiwe bean entirely blown _anajVay-Neither of the paddle-wheels seem to have sustained any any _iajurj _; the outer side of the left paddle-box _setms tob » ve-, » _ve _snstainen a Bomowhat sever * ehoek . A portion of the the massive iron framework to wbich the engine iB _attsekfld-ked is twisted in a most extraordinary manner . Tha thicK « ricK < _nwsofthe metal In that part cannot be less thaafouifoui inches ; but it appeals to _buvs beta sapabl _* ot » S « rdiogdio 6 no more resistance to tbc terrific power tban did some one 0 ! tho common deal timbers with which it was su « oundedided The massive craaks _, with thc pistons aad cylinder % _ders seem to he the only portions of the machinery whioh wen wen sufficiently strong to endur * tho shock , Wt the lefe lef crank is slightly bent . There is no doubt tbat tbi ; tbi more solid part of tha machinery tended , in som torn

      degree , to ensuia the fore part of tha _vcsseUron fron that total destruction wbich has befallen th th _ramairiing portions . The boikr which explooejlooe was the left boiler as tho vessel now lies , but tbe cooMeoom it appears to have taken was an oblique one , as this " right side of the cabin , through which it passed , is cp ' _s coi _siilei-ttbly moro Injured than the opposite . The . oponinuon" ] made at the stem uf the vessel appears to be also _eiso e tlie right Mde of the rudder . The whole floor of tl of tl engine room U literally-wverad « ith fragments cf t _' cf tl broken parts of t ) ie ' 3 uiaUer aad uiore delicate parts _jarts tho machinery . The jury remained on tho spot ( or abOr aboi half nn hour , during which time ,, every facility wty w afforded by the servants of the company to enable _theio the ! to view tho various portions of the wreck _.

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 4, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04091847/page/6/