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      [From The Gazette Of Friday, May 8.] Tho...

      SOIREE TO THOMAS COOPER , THE CUAR-— T 1 ST POET ; ¦ ' - The first anniversary of the liberation from Stafford gaol of Thomas Cooper , ** the Chartist poet , orator , and essayist , " was celebrated on Monday night , in the Chartist Hall , Turnagain-lane , Skinner-street . About two hundred persons of both ses . es partook of tea and coffee , although _tkewm-Iiany afterwards received a _considerable accession to Utento the subsequent proceedings . T . Wakley , Esq . M . P . presided . Among those pre sent on the platform we observed "W . Thom , the . oet _Jof

      Inverury . The Secretary read a grea t number of letters from distinguished persons who had been invited , generally concurring in thc propriety of the demonstration , and expressive of their admiration of Mr . Cooper ' s genius , but regretting inability from various causes to attend . Among these mav be mentioned Douglas Jerrold , Charles Mackay , G . ' Duncan , L . _Heywortb , TV . D Saul . G . Thorpeon , J . Sturge _, W . G . _Tox , E . Miall , and William Uowitt . A letter from the office ofthe Daily News , in reply to an invitation forwarded to Mr . Charles Dickens , announced that that gentleman had long ceased to have any connection with that journal . Mr . T . S . Duncomb e waa prevented from attending by the interesting nature of the procreJintin parliament

      _-s . Mr . J . Cleave proposed the first sentiment , which ¦ was - " The People , may tbey speedily attain their political and social rights , so that they may become what God and nature designed them , a happy , united and peaceable race of human beings . " Ile . regrctted tha * - " with all the past exertions which had been made to elevate the condition of the people , they were still the toiling slaves of the idle few . Why was this ? It was " _because and only because the people as a whole did not support as they ought the efforts of those who labourel for them , and because the burden thus falling upon the shoulders of a few , they were dispirited and worn out , and at last driven from the field . Iftbe people had | dene their duty after the

      exertions of many past years , instead of meeting to celebrate the release of Mr . Cooper from prison they - would have assembled to celebrate his return to parliament . Ue thought if another friend now on the platform ( Mr . O'Connor ) was in that house he would be able to confer a greater service on the people . ( Lond cheers . ) He also regretted that men like the Chartist Executive Committee , who were capable p f effecting so much pood , were not possessed . of seats in the _legislature . ( Great applause . ) Their chairman had testisfled in his place in the Ilouse of Commons

      to the knowledge mil eloquence he bad beard from working-class speakers at their meetings . Why was it , then , that the y only were excluded from participating in the deliberations which exercised so vast an influence over their well-being ? ( Hear . ) Because they did not use the power they possessed . Mr . Cieavc then related an anecdote , exhibiting great lo _icsty on the part of Mr . Cooper ; and after expressing bis happiness to be present to dohim honour , proposed ihe sentiment , which was received with acclamation .

      Mr . Fraseb , in an animated and lengthy speech , proposed " The health of Thomas Cooper , tbe Chartut Poet . " He was proud to stand forward to do honour to a man who wrote not mere namby-pamby rhymes , bnt whose works at once evinced the highest genins , and inculcated the comprehensive ani peaceful doctrines of democracy . There was something snblime in tbe contemplation of their guest emerging from his prison , after sufferin _g bodily pain and mental anguish for upwards of two yean * , with that gem under his arm , which had given Chartism " a local habitation and a name . "—( Lond Cheers . ) Until then , _journalists _^ _preachers , and novelists , D'lsraeli among them , with all his genius and good intentions , had either presented .

      monsters altogether unlike Chartism , or mock portraits which wanted vitality , but it was reserved for Cooper to diffuse abroad the real essence of Chartism , clothed in the language of genius . —( Loud Cheers . ) Yes , the people were now taught by their own class . At home , Jerrold , the compositor ; W . J . Fox , the "Norwich weaver boy ; Thom , the weaver ; and Cooper , the shoemaker , held an honoured place . Across the Channel , Michelet , the printer , the author of The People , and other similar works , occupied a similar powerful position . These were men who bad participated in the toils and stru gles of tbeir class , and their position and influence now reflected upon it . —( Loud applause . ) Mv . Shaw , the secretary , then read the following address to Mr . Cooper : —

      AN ADDRESS OF THE WORKLNG MEN OF LOUDON TO THOMAS COOPER , THE "CHARTIST FjOET , " ORATOR , « fc ESSAYIST , Presented on the First Anniversary of his Liberation from Stafford Gaol , at the Hall . Turnagain Lane , Snow Hill , on Monday , May 4 th , _18 i 6 . President , - Thomas Waelet , Esq ., M . P . ' —— Brothers , —stifle not tbe _gerrss of worth That now within je spring !— "Wilh us eomwove , To usher in the jubilee of Truth and Love !" Worthy and Respected Brother , _

      In addressing Labour ' s Laureate , the Poet of Chartism , the eloquent advocate of universal justice , and the fervent friend of insulted and suffering humanity _, we wonld avoid if possible the imputation of man-worship , and eschew the servile language of adulation ; yet we claim the privilege—nay , demand the _righl—to use that language whieh will best convey our feelings , and reflect our sentiments , regardless ofthe sneer ofthe cynic , or the taunt of the ignorant and brutalized of whatever class . Upon tbe Anniversary of the day which opened tbe prison doors , and released the patriot from the legal grasp of the " foes ,

      Ubiquitous , relentless , that oppose And track through life the footsteps ofthe brave , "Who champion Truth . and gave to the world that which it looks for—but at distant intervals—namely , a genuine poet , who " mid' the vapours of a dungeon , " " Dreamt , —for thoughts are dreams , "of the destiny of man ; and — instead of heaping curses npon bis persecutors , or launching the shafts of hatred at the ingratitude of bis class , for whose sake be wore the fetters , —chose for bis theme the means <> f their escape from their present thraldom of hate and antagonism , and revelled in the joyous anticipations bf the coming time

      " when earth shall be A garden of joy from sea to sea !" Accept then , honoured friend , npon this gratifying occasion , the grateful homage of yonr assembled Brothers and Sisters , the sons and daughters of p hysical toil , who admire your genius , as they ought to admire any other abstract gift of Nature to her children ; but which , like frail human beauty , when allied with vice , or employed to pander to injustice , inverts Nature ' s design , and has ( we regret to say ] too often « ' - on the few with bounty smiled , * But on tbe man ; _wastingly liath "breathed a pestilence !'

      That admiration must be increased , much beyond our limited means of expression , to find lofty genius united with stern unbending honesty , great moral courage , disinterestedness to an almost unparalleled degree in this selfish age of mammon worship , a heroi'j devotion in the cause of human redemption , and a burning " zeal to end man ' s wretchedness , " which has only beeu augmented by the persecution of our enemies , and stimulated by the insults and misrepresentations of our own class . We trust , friend , we can appreciate that singleness o " purpose , whicli , while it makes you thirst

      " ¦ the healing halm io pour , Of gentle goodness , on your brothei ' _s soul . " constrains you to tell us what Jyou conceive to be ou faults , and to scorn to flatter oar prrjudii-es for the 8 ake of vulgar and fleeting popularity . Be assured , generous patriot , —man of expanded social sympathies , noble toiler in the vineyard of truth , —that although you have not yet discovered on the surface ofthe soil , great results from your sanguine labours , still the seed has sunk deeply into the hearts of many of your countrymen , and will , erelong , yield a harvest that will repay your generous sacrifices . Yes , even now , there are hundreds of your brothers and sisters in tbe family circle , teaching their tenderlings to lisp with respect the name of ' ¦ Thomas Cooper . "

      . « _____ at toe frame and loom _. At bench and forge , ond in the bowelled mine ; And when the scanty hour of rest is come , " Hen think and pray that your life may be long , as _your career must be brilliant and useful , " ¦ and whan cometh Life ' s farewell day , Thou wilt be able to smile and say' Welcome life , or welcome death 1 I have loved tbe truth , and to yield my breath I feel no fear ; Truth gladdened my life , —and the gloom of death Its glorious light shall cheer ! ' " and ere you throw off "this mortal coil , " you will have the pleasing consolation in resigning the spirit that animated it to " The Great Life Giver , " to _tnow that you have not Jived In vain , that yoa leave the world better than yeu found it ,

      "• for what viaticum , Need we if Death be unto Life the path , "But truthfulness of heart . _» And when dark and gloomy prejudice has expired before the light of knowledge , when gilded folly and cheerless vice have sunk beneath the genial warmth of wisdom and virtue , when triumphant truth shall have vanquished error , and reason assumes her sway over the human mind , —as the Purgatory of the Priest becomes shorn of its terrors , your ' Purgatory" will be admired and reverenced , its precepts become " Wise Saws" to many " Modern Instances , " andits lay , which is for all time , will be chaunted

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      amongst the " People ' s Songs , " at many a blithesome " . Yule Fe » Bl ? _'"yetto <» me . _^ - _^ . _- y _^ .. _Aeainwesay , accept , _lieloyed brother , the only mark ' ot * esteem ; the working men of London can now present , _though hurableit be , yet sincere , if unrefined , it ' s at lea _* t genuine ; and because we know that it will bi more _acceptable than " the "Rich Man ' s Boon . " the tyrant ' s gold , or the smile of corruption ' s minion , —we present it . Take it;—and should the world , throug h its false teaching , look cold upon your exertions to make it " a happy world , " give one glance at this grateful offering , and you will know that there are some hearts that respond to , and beat for , the same Glorious Object . Mr . Cooper waa then presented with a poetic crown bf laurel , and an olive branch , emblematic of his title to the name of poet , and the peaceful nature of his principles .

      The Chairman said that as pressing and lmporttant business would compel him , much against his inclination , to return shortly to his duties in Parliament , he begged permission ofthe meeting to say a few words before he left . —( Cheers ) He had to express his sincere gratification in participating in their labours that night : they were labours which reflected high honour upon Mr . Cooper , but at the same time , reflected still more honour on themselves for paying public honour to high moral and mental qualities . —( Applause . ) In thus selecting intellect , feeling , and moral qualities of the highest order to do homage to , they were most effectually showing their right and their fitness to participate in political privileges . It was impossible that a people with such feelings -impossible that an educated people—could long remain slaves . ( Great applause . ) It was the use of such meetings that they did not pass away with a passing hour , but read them a constant admonition . What did they see before them ? A man whose breast overflowed with the milk of human

      kindness—a man without guile , and whose heart yearned to bless mankind . That man was lodged in gaol for two years on the villainous falsehood —( for knowing the man the term was not too strong)—that he had instigated his fellow men to the destruction of liie and property . ( Hear , hear . ) Their presence there that night gave the lie to such an allegation . ( Cbeers . ) But so it always was whenever a bold , determined , and talentod man arose among the working classes , with the fixed intent ot emancipating his class from thraldom , the possessors of property and political power immediately set every engine at work to crush him . His character was calumniated , his principles misrepresented , and his person imprisoned . ( Hear , hear . ) If Mr . Cooper , moved by the wrongs of his classdid say at Stafford certain words which

      , were called seditious , let it be remembered that , in the words ofthe old adage , " words break no bones . " But contrast the treatment for the speaking of such words with that accorded to murderers and thieves _, liis official duty let him into the interior of their gaols . There he found that some drunken brute ofa husband , for nearly murdering his wife , received an imprisonment ef six weeks or two months . ( Hear . ) Tbe bon . gentleman proceeded to notice two cases of murder which came under his own notice , one in which a son stabbed his father , the other in which a boy deliberately stabbed another . Both were called manslaughter , and punished , the first by one month ' s imprisonment , and the other bv a fortnight ' s . ( Great

      sensation . ) _Themosttriflingoffencesagainstproperty were punished in the most ferocious manner ; and this led him to the conclusion that out * legislation required the infusion of a larger reverence for man , and less for that which be produced . ( Cheers . ) The Hon . Member then proceeded to comment upon Mr . Cooper ' s opinions respecting non-resistance , and after having eloquently urged the necessity of toleration and the spread of knowledge , he again expressed the gratification he felt in being present to pay his tribute of admiration to the worth and ability of Mr . Cooper , and on leaving the room shortly after , was greeted with three enthusiastic cheers , and one cheer more . Mr . Fraser was then called to the chair .

      Mr . Cooper , in rising to return thanks , was received with long-continued applause . He said that it was impossible for him to receive tbat address , and hear the manner in which the Chairman and Mr . Fraser had spoken of him , without being affected to tears , and more especially when he was conscious of nothing but infirmity . The speaker then proceeded to recommend the selection of virtuous men only as their leaders , and the promotion of self-education as the only means of either obtaining or retaining the political power . Did tbey ever know a nation achieve any amount , of political freedom by physical force , and keep it without knowledge ? ( Cheers . ) Mr . Cooper concluded by saying , that he felt extreme gratification in receiving this token of what he believed to be their heartfelt respect for him , and he should

      ever be proud to continue his exertions for the elevation ofthe class to wliich he belonged . Mr . Feargus O'Connor now rose , rapturously applauded . He said , he bad more than ordinary pleasure in attending the meeting . Ue most willingly accepted the invitation ; he did so , first , as he was desirousof doing honour to Thomas Cooper ; secondly , because the tongue of scandal had been busy in asserting that he _( Mr . O'Connor ) was opposed to this night ' s proceedings , than which nothing could be more false . ( Hear , hear . ) He would not now enter into antagonism with a certain doctrine of Mr . Cooper ' s , as he did not think this was either the time or place . Education had been alluded to , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had again and again counselled it , and that class to which Mr . Cooper belonged , had just shown

      the fruits of their " Knowledge , " by establishing the "Working Man ' s own Shop , " as an effectual mode of resisting the oppression of their tyrannical employers , " and he trusted the other trades , and the great body of the Working Classes , would shew their practical knowledge , by giving their orders for boots and shoes , and taking their cash ( as he intended to do ) to the National Boot and Shoe depot , 151 , DruryLane . ( Great cheering . ) He dissented from previous speakers , when they said he would be more useful in the House of Commons . His conviction was , that he was much more useful out of that house , than he could possibly be in it . He did not think with Mr . Cleave , that it would take 1 , 000 years to obtain the land , on the contrary , he thought as soon as Sir Robert Peel ' s Corn Bill had passed , creat progress would immediately be made in both the

      Charter and Land questions . ( Hear , hear . ) America had taken the tone from ns , and they now lustily shouted , "No land , no rifle . " ( Great applause . ) He had seen the propriety of placing the Charter first , and the Land question second . He thonght whilst children worked twelve hours a day , it was impossible to educate them ; but obtain the Charter , and ample time would be gained for tbeir instruction . ( Loud cheers . ) Tbey had met to honour the genius of Mr . Cooper ; to shew the tyrants that however much tliey may imprison our advocates , the people will always be ready with open arms to receive tbe virtuous victims of oppression , on their release from captivity . ( Greatapplause . ) A Trades Conference would beheld on

      Whit-Monday in Manchester , over which Mr . Duncombe would preside , and he trusted that they wonld not let the opportunity slip , but that they would take care tha the democracy of the trades was duly represented . Shortly after that the Chartist convention would be held in London , which it was their interest to watch over ( hear , hear ) . He expected some good to result from the next dissolution of Parliament , when he hoped to see some such men as Mr . Cooper meet with support . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor concluded by giving the following sentiments , and sat down loudly __ applauded— " The People ' s Charter , may the glorious principles contained therein soon be made the law of these realms . "

      Mr . A . Campbell , in an excellent speech , gave—« ' The glorious minority of 31 , who voted with the patriotic Duncombe , for the liberation of our beloved brethren , Frost , Williams , and Jones . " The next sentiment was— " The democratic press of all nations , may it persevere in its exertions until peace and happiness be extended all over the world . " Responded to by Mr . Washington Wilks . The next sentiment was— " William Thom , and our literary guests , " responded to in a speech of great eloquence by Mr . Walter Cooper . Mr . Thomas Cooper then sang a new version of the Battle of the Nile which was chorussed by the whole assembly , and received with great applause . Mr . W . W . Broome moved a vote of thanks to the donors of the wreath and olive ' . branch , and said , although at present out of employ , he would ( as the surplus would go to the Exiles , Widows , and tbe aged Patriots Funds ) give ls . for a copy ofthe " Address , " in hopes that his example might be widely followed .

      The motion was seconded and carried , and the example set by Mr . Broome brought a considerable increase to the funds . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Frazer for his services in the chair , and the meeting dissolved .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR ; May 9 , l & _a _^ ~ _~~ " _^^ _'" ' ' T ~ _lRH I

      Fatal Railway Accident.—On Friday Evening As

      Fatal Railway Accident . —On Friday evening as

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      the i 15 train from Paddmgton passed through the Sydney-gardens Tunnel , near Bath , a jolting of the carriages was perceived by _Cosgrave , the conductor . On arriving at the Bath station he immediately gave information to the night superintendent , Mr . Henry , Mho at once despatched a policeman and some - labourers to the spot . Having proceeded about 100 yards up the tunnel , they discovered tho body of John Sheppard lying outside the off down rails , in a frightfully mutilated condition . The head was entirely severed , the heart torn out , and the left arm completely cut from the body . Altogether the corpse presented a most horrid aspect . The remains were collected and conveyed to the Crown public-house .

      Bathwick-street , where an inquest was held on Saturday before Mr . A . W . English , the borough coroner . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that the deceased was stationed at the Bathwick tunnel about eight or nine days since , in consequence of a slip which had taken place on the north side . He had nothing whatever to do with signalling the trains , unless in case of danger , of which there was no appearance at the time be met bis death . Deceased had been in the service of the company from the formation ofthe line , and had been selected as watchman at this spot on account of his sober and steady habits . He was a fine powerful man , 37 years of age , and has left a widow and one ehild . A verdict of " Accidental Death" was recorded .

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      -HORRIBLE TRAGEDY . On Saturday afternoon , about three o ' clock , ; a mos dreadful occurrence took place on Battersea-bridge , a mother throwing into tbe river Thames her three children , two of whom were drowned . It appears from inquiries made on the spot , that , about the hour above stated , a young woman , decently clad , was observed . to proceed on to Battersea-bridge , from the Chelsea side , accompanied by three , children , one a boy , about seven years of age ; a girl , about four years of . afce ; and an infant in arras , also a girl , about ten months or _atwe _}™' month old . When she got to the middle of the hndge

      she walked to and fro a few yards in a hurried manner , and then threw the clildren one after the other ever the railings into the river , and waB getting over the _baiustrades herself , when . he was prevented doing so Dy tne passers by , who secured her , and gave her into tne custody of policemanWoolgar _. V 5 i . who opportunely came up and took her to the station house , in Milman s row . At the station-house , she stated her name to be biiza Clark , her age 21 years ; , that she Is the wile of James Clark , a journeyman painter , living at No . 7 , Cumberland-street . _Marlborough-road , Chelsea , and that the

      children were her own . During the time occupied by the above proceedings , attempts were being made on the river to save the unfortunate children , whicli were successful in one instance , that ofthe second child , ( a girl ) , four years old , which was immediately carried to the Swan public-house , at the Surrey side of Battersea-bridge , where it received every attention that Its exhausted state demanded , and is recovering . The infant child was also promptly got out , but life was quite extinet , and the body was carried to the Adam and Eve public-bouse , in Duke-street , Chelsea , where it awaits the coroner ' s inquest . Shortl y before four o'clock the wretched woman waB removed in a cab to the Westminster police-court , Vincent-square , for examination .

      _EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER . As the Westminster police-court was about to close at five o'clock on Saturday afternoon , Eliza Clark , aged twenty-four , residing at Ho . 7 , _Cumberlaad . street , _Marlborough-road , Chelsea , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Burrell , charged with throwing ber three infant children into the Thames from Battersea-bridge . The accused , who is stated to be the wife of a journeyman painter , although somewhat meanly dressed , was a pattern of cleanliness and neatness , and had the appearance ef a respectable quiet woman .

      James Penyman , pot-boy at the Adam and Eve , Dukestreet , Chelsea , said—At aboutfive minutes before three tbis afternoon I was in the back yard of our house ,-which looks upon the _Jharoes , and is close to Battersea-bridge . I was on a sudden startled by hearing something splash in the water , and I leoked towards the spot , and saw a second child go _fram the centre of the bridge into the water , and then I saw another , one go in from the same place . I immediately went and told my miBtreBs that I had seen a woman throw her children over the railings ef Battersta-bridge into the water . Mr . Taylor , the chief clerk—Did you see any person throw the children into the water ? Witness—Yes , after hearing the first splash , which I suppose must have been caused by a child , I saw the prisoner throw the two others into the river ; there did not appear to be much struggling .

      Examination eontiuued—The children were ahve at tbe time they were tfcrown into tha water . I Saw one of them kicking as it fell into the water . I told my master , and we jumped into a boat and put off towards them . I saw a man afterwards bring a child out . I afterwards went on the bridge and saw the prisoner standing near the _parapet . Jesse Hattan , a gardener at Wandsworth—I was passing over Battersea-bridge , at about three o ' clock , when I observed the prisoner _walkisg backwards and forwards in a Yerjrhurried manner , and aa she seemed to be in the act of _jumping over I took her by the arm . 1 ashed her what she was going to do , and she said she had thrown her children over there . I looked over , and seeing two

      children in the water , inquired what she did it for ! She suid , "Distress . She thought she had better see her children go before her , " I called a boat , and saw one child picked up and taken to the Swan public-house , on the Surrey side of the bridge ,. Mr . Burrell—What age did the child appear to be ? Witness—About two years and a half ! ¦ . On the prisoner being asked by Mr . Taylor whether she wished U put any questions to the witness , she replied with much eagerness but in a subdued tone , " Have you got my baby _J "

      John Hinchin , a labourer , was crossing the bridge when the prisoner called out , " H « re , here , do you see my children in the water . " She repeated this four or fire times . - Witness went to the spot and saw the children floating in the water . Witness observed , "I never saw so affecting a sight . " One child appeared to be about two years and a half old ; the other younger . Witness saw but two : Witness saw one picked up , apparently the eldest ; tbe other floated a few yards higher up , and disappeared , and , although the witness looked several times , he could not see it . Thomas Fordery , a waterman , who passed by directly after the children had been thrown into the water , proved picking up one and taking it to the Adam and Eve . Police-sergeant 20 V , informed the magistrate that the child was dead which bad been taken to the Adam and Eve . Dr . Wansborough had attended her , and had used every means tbat could suggest themselves to restore her , but in vain .

      "Robert _Woolgar , 54 V , stated that on hearing tbat a woman had thrown ber three children into the water , he took her into custody . She said that her husband had ill-used her ; that he would be home again at night to ill . use her , and the children should not see it , Mr . Burrell inquired as to the fate of the poor children . The police replied that the one at the Swan gave every prospect of recovery ; there was a second still in the water , and a third dead at the Adam and Ere , as had been stated . Mr . Burrell asked the prisoner whether she wished to say anything 1 Prisoner looked eagerly around her , and ejaculated in a low tone—He said , " Good by , " when he went out this morning ; he has not said to for a long time before . He doubled hia fist in my face when he went out , and said , "I'll come home thundering drunk , and I'll be hung for you . " He broke tbe panel of the door by knocking my head against it .

      Mr . Burrell . —Have you anything to say as to drowning your children ? Prisoner ( incoherently ) . — "Suppose I bad died my poor children would be starved to death . It ' s a hard struggle now to get them a bit of bread . I bave done all I could . " Mr . Burrell remanded the prisoner until Wednesday . The distressing and melancholy affair has created an intense sensation throughout the neighbourhoods of Battersea and Chelsea , and during tbe remainder of tbe afternoon the bridge and waterside were crowded by persons anxiously watching the search making for the body of the missing child , which was continued until dark , but without success , A large crowd was also collected round the pelice-station in Milman ' s-row , which is near

      Battersea-bridge , until the removal of the miserable woman for examination at the Westminster police-court . From inquiries which have been made by the police since the examination , it appears that the wife , about three-quarters of an hour before 6 he threw her children into tbe water , called with them at the house of her uncle , Mr . R . Champ , No . 13 , Wellington-street , Manor-street , King ' s-road , Chelsea , and there complained of the illtreatment she alleged she had received from her husband , and remained there about a quarter , of an hour , and Mr . Champ seeing her excited state , asked heron her leaving to come back to his house to tea , as by that time his wife would be home . She , however , said she could not promise , as she was going under the arch of Battersea-bridge , a remark whieh Mr , Champ unfortu .

      nately took no notice of at the time , and she then left , taking the three children with her . That was about half-past two o ' clock . About a quarter of an hour after her departure one of Mr . Champ ' s children found a . letter on the bed in one ofthe rooms into which Mrs . Clark had been , which she gave to her fAther . It was addressed to William Clark , her husband , and on its being opened , the contents were found to be to the following effect : — That her husband had for a long time past continually illused her on coming home drunk ; that he bad a night or two before come home and knocked her head through the panel of tbe door ; that she hoped that he would treat his next wife better than he had her ; that she wished to see the children go before her ; and that before he ; would receive that letter she and her " - " children " would be under -Battersea-bridge .

      William Clark , the husband and father of the _thildren _, is by trade a journeyman painter , and up to ten o ' clock at night he had not been seen since the morning , nor had the police been able to succeed in their inquiries as to whose employ he is in , or where he is at work . The house in whieh the famil y lived" Ho . 7 , _Cumberland-stoeet , Marlborough-road , Chelsea is , it appears , let out in tenements . Clark and his wife occupied the front parlour , a room but scantily furnished . The former bears the character ofa very dissipated man , while hia wife is stated to bear a most excellent character , aud is a remarkably quiet and meek woman . Clark is staled to have been formerl y in the police , it is believed in the G division , but was dismissed for misconduet .

      Mrs . Inn wood , a lodger in the house , states that she beard Clark and his wife quarrelling on Friday night ; but she could not be got to state to what extent the quarrel was carried . Mrs . Clark , she stated , had . that ( Saturday ) morning said that she had had quite enough to make her go and drown herself . No trace had up to eleven o ' clock been discovered of the eldest boy William , seven _yeare of age , whom some people think was not with her at tho time that she threw the two younger ones into the water , and in case that should be the fact , the police last night sent a description of the boy throughout the different divisions . He is stated to be of a dark shallow complexion , very dark under the eyes , very thin , nnd dressed in a corduroy suit of clothes , without any cap or hat on , a brown holland pinafore over his dress , and a pair of new leather boots on .

      The statement contained in tbe letter spoken of left behind b y the wife , is much supported by the examination ofthe room made b y the police , as one of the panels of the door , an upper one , is found to be broken , and the fracture is a very recent one . Late on Saturday night it became known to the police

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      tint James Clark , the husband , had _baen seen in the neighbourhood of _Batterses-bridge by persons who were acquainted with him , to whom he stated that he was looking ; _forthe lost child . He appeared to be in _ai very excited state , and partially Intoxicated , and told his friends that he waB at work at Lambeth when the news of the death of bis children reached him , and that he had since been driving about town in a cab to make known to his relatives the calamity that had befallen him . From that time ( eleven o ' clock ) until three-quarters past two o clock yesterday morning , he continued wandering about the neighbourhoodand at the latter hour he was -. ' I * ' . _-. . -T 7 _TZ . -. „„ J- _A _^

      , found by a policeman lying drunk and incapable ; -of takiBg careofhimself in _Beaufort-street , Battersea-bridge , and was conveyed to the same station-house as his wife had been on the previous afternoon , and lecked up . During yesterday he was visited at the station-house by several persons to whom he was known , to two of whom he applied to bail bim , but who took time to consider the propriety of liberating a man in his excited state of mind ; and up to six o ' clock last evening he was still an inmate of the station-house . To-morrow ( Monday ) he willhave to appear at tbe Westminster police-court , toan 8 Werthe charge on which he was apprehended

      On inquiry on Sunday at Mr . Gosling ' s Swan Tavern , Battersea , as to the state of the little girl which was for . tunately restored to consciousness , our reporter was informed that she had so far recovered as to be able to be removed , and that she had yesterday forenoon been fetched away b y Mrs . Clark , step-mother to James Clark , the father , who bad taken her to ber own residence , No . 43 , Jacob-street , Dockbead , _Bsrmondsey . The child at its removal appeared quite lively , and fast recovering .

      INQUEST ON THE CHILDREN . On Monday " afternoon Mr . T . "Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at tbe Adam and Eve Tarern _, Duke Street , Chelsea , on view ofthe body of Jane Clark , aged only 13 months , one of the unfortunate children thrown over Battersea-bridge on Saturday last _. The Coroner arrived at 2 o ' clock , at which time a great number of persons had assembled outside the house , and tbe inquiry seemed to be looked forward to with considerable interest , which was subsequently increased by a knowledge of the fact that the husband of the unfortunate woman would be present as a witness . The jury having been sworn and a foreman chosen _. The Coroner _diretted _Hawkings , the summoning officer , to produce the deceased child . The officer returned in the course of a few minutes with the body , which he laid on the table , and uncovered it for tbe inspection of the jury . A more beautifully formed and finer-grown child for its age there could scarcely be seen .

      The Coroner remarked , that the appearance of the child indicated tbat there had been no immediate want of food ; and inquired whether there was any witness present to identify the deceased , when , ...: '; Tbe summoning officer said , that the father of the child was in attendance . This person was then brought in , and he appeared to engage general attention . His age was apparently 28 or SO , and he was evidently suffering from great mental excitement . The witness having been sworn , said , my _nameis James Richard Clark . I am a painter , residing at No . 7 , Cumberland-street , Chelsea . The body ofthe child on the table is that of my daughter . She was just turned 12 months . The last time I saw her alive was on Saturday morning , at from a quarter to half-past 5 . She was

      then in bed along with me . There was no one else sleeping in it . Her mother was up . . I lett the child there , and quitted the house at half-past 5 o ' clock . I went to work at tbe Constitution public house , Churton-street , _Yauxhall-bridge-road , leaving the three children at home , Their names were William Matthew , aged 7 years last January ; Emma , turned 2 years ; and the deceased . They were all well . My wife was there at the same time . She appeared very well when I left . I told her I should not be at home so early that night as , being Saturday , I should stop and have a pint along with my mates . She made no remark , and was apparently in her usual state of mind . We have been married about four years . I

      have had two children by her , but the eldest is by my first wife . She is a sober well conducted woman , and attended to her duties as a mother .. She had not complained to me of a pain in her head . She was up all the previous night . I did not know the reason , and I did not ask her why she sat up . When I got heme on Friday night , about halfpast 11 o ' clock , I had had about two or three pints of beer . I was not sober , nor yet drunk .: I knew perfectly well what I waa about . Nothing particular passed , but we had some words about the boy . I said I suppose he has been nursing all day , when she replied , " "D— and b— the boy , " and I then gave her a slap in the face , and never spoke to her afterwards . A juror . —Did you strike her more than once t

      The Coroner . —He is not obliged to say that he struck her at all . He is not bound to say anything to criminate himself . I dare say , gentlemen , you will not have an opportunity of seeing the person charged with the murder of this child . Her husband may say what he likes about her . All manner of statements may be made against her in her absence , and she has no means of bearing and rebutting these statements . I really cannot go on with the evidence . When you are here to discharge a solemn duty you cannot enter into it properly without the presence of the accused party . The coroner then ordered the body to be removed , The Coroner . —Have you ever known your wife to make an attempt on her own life ! Witness . —About a month after I married ber I was told that she tried to poison herself . I don't know it from my own knowledge—I was informed so . No medical man was then called in .

      The Coroner . —Tou have not as yet stated what your wife was doing the night she was up ? Witness . —I do ' nt know , I was asleep , and I ¦ do ' nt know whether she had lain down at all . She had never been up all night before . When I went out in the morning she was not crying . A Juror . —Did you ever hear ber speak disrespectfully of the boy before ! The Coroner . —I have already stopped that question . James Ferryman , pot-boy at the Adam and Ere , said ,

      that in the afternoon of Saturday las' - , about five mi-Hutes before 3 o ' clock , he heard a splash in the water , and on looking up the river he saw a child thrown over the bridge . Witness at that time was in the garden at the back of the house . He went and informed his ' mistress of what had happened , and she told his master , who was in the cellar , He went and got a pair of skulls ; and pushed a boat off . Mr . Reeves and a stranger got into the boat , but he did not see the children got out . When be got to the bridge he saw a man . carrying the deceased up the steps . ¦ ¦ _- _.,-.

      Thomas Fordrey , a waterman , of Wandsworth , said that he got the deceased child out of the water . He knew of its being in from hearing an alarm on the bridge . Witness saw the deceased floating on the surface of the river , about 40 yards above the bridge . There _ivcre no marks of blood on the child's cheeks . Deceased was brought to the above house , a medical gentleman was sent for , and everything done to restore it , but without success . The Coroner inquired if there was any evidence to bring forward that would identify the woman as being the party who threw the children into the water . Mr . Superintendent Bicknell , of the V division , said that there were two persons , one named Hinohiu , and the other Jesse Hammond , gardener to the Earl of Bei . borough , at Wandsworth .

      Jesse Hammond , the witness alluded to , was then sworn , and stated that on the afternoon in question , he was passing over Battersea-bridge in his lordship ' s cart , when he observed a woman cross hurriedly from the lower to the upper side of bridge . He saw no children with her , but her actions were so extraordinary that he got out of the cart , and said , " My good woman , what are you going to do ! " She replied , _[ ' Why , you look there ; you wUl see my children . " He looked in the direction she pointed , and saw the children in tbe water . There were two of them . He called for a boat directly . His reason for calling to the woman was because he thought she was going to make away with herself . She had her hands and one foot on the railing of the bridge . She did not call for assistance . He did not know the woman or ber name . He had no doubt that it was the same who threw the children into tbe water . Should know her again . She was not intoxicated . By a juror—She said she threw the children in .

      The Coroner , addre 6 « i » _£ the jury , said—If it is your desire , gentlemen , that an application should be made for the production of the accused woman at the adjourned inquest , it shall be made . A juror— -Do you think the application will be successful ! The coroner—No , indeed , I do not ; but it is nothing more than right that the accused should be present to hear what is stated against her ; and , as a proof of how important it is to the interest of a prisoner , he would mention a case that occurred the other day . An inquest was held upon a woman who was alleged to bave been murdered by ber husband ; and a woman who came

      forward to give evidence perjured herself the first word she spoke . She was not aware that the accused was at the time in tha room . He rose , and through the court put several questions to the witnesB . She committed such gross perjury that she was ordered to leave the room . He would only remark , that had that man not been present , the woman ' s statement would have been received in evidence—probably would have remained uncontradicted— and the accused party committed to take his trial mainly from her teetimony . 'The worth y coroner then made some remarks relative to the conduct ofthe Commissioner of Police and magistrates in throwing obstacles in the way of justice , instead of assisting , as he thought they ought , all coroners'juries .

      Tho Coroner then inquired of . tha superintendent of the police if his request for the production of the prisoner bad been made known to tbe magistrate . The superintendent replied tbat one of the sergeants bad attended at the Westminster police court that morning . Sergeant Brien ( 20 T ) said be had seen the sitting magistrate , and that be stated he had no power to send her there . The coroner then said , it would be necessary to adjourn tbe inquest , as there was no proof before them of the cause of the child ' s death . It might have arisen from a blow , but to bo satisfied on that point it was absolutely necessary tbat the body should be opened . The inquiry was adjourned for a week , and _ the witesses and jury bound over to appear . _t __ ____ _«^

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      RE . EXAMINATIGN AND COMMITTAL OP THE ¦" - ' . r . _v- _' _-- " . _' _. _' _' . _r ' - PRISONEK . '" .. ¦" : ; - ' ¦ _- " :-: _^ _-k On Wednesday , at the Westminster Police-office , Eliza Clark , who has been before described as a person , although poorly chid , of exceedingly neat and cleanly appearance , was immediately ' after the disposal ofthe night charges , brought into court . Her husband , who was fined at this court on Monday for drunkenness , was standing at the end cf the dock , and as she ascended the steps leading to it she caught a glimpse of bim , and ber countenance , before serene , assumed an expression of horror , and she sank on tbe seat . Hvr husband covered his face with his right hand to hide his features , and immediately moved to another part of the _-TTYAMTHATTflW AWT ) _COMMITTAL OP THE

      court . We are not aware whether the magistrate noticed this , but be immediately ordered that ber husband should leave tbe court , ' The . evidence of tbe witnesses before taken was then read over , and they were severally asked whether they wished to add anything to their former statements , and replied in the negative . Richard Champ , ofl 3 , _Wellington-street _, Chelsea , uncle to the accused , was theu put into the witness-box , and said—The child I saw dead on Saturday , at the Adam and Eve , was my niece , but I don't know her name . The pt ' soner had three children residing with her at home : _tn'O of these were her own , the third was a child of her husband ' s by a former wife . I saw them between 2 and 3 o'clock on Saturday . The prisoner called at my house at that time with the children , and remained until nearly 3

      o'clock . Mr . Taylor . —Did she say anything about her husband ? Witness . —She spoke about her hushand's having illtreated her . The witness produced the following letter which had been written by the prisoner : — " Eliza Clark , wife of James Richard Clark . —Now , my Jemmy , you need not trouble me with any more of your threats , because I don't mind , and hope that the next wife you get you'll know how to use them , and hot acta brute to them , as you have to me , and bid me good bye in the morning , and come home at night andknock my head through the panel of the door , and break my rest the whole of the night , and swear in the morning that you would Gome home drunk at night and kill me ; and I'd rather prefer seeing my children go before me , and then I shall know they did not starve . " On the back of the letter was written : — "And if you go to Bfttlersea-bridge , you will find the children there ;" and it was addressed to her uncle Champ .

      The prisoner ' s former statement , having been read over , she was asked whether she wished to add to it , and replied in the affirmative . Prisoner then laid in alow , subdued tone of voice , — "We were married In 1841 , and my husband has been frequently out of work , and we have seen a great deal of distress . In the first year he was 13 weeks out of work at one time , and when my Emma was a baby we were so badly off that I was obliged to go to service , andhadhalfa-crown a week , but when he got work I went home again . In the next year he was out of work four months , and I have on many a night wrapped my poor child under my shawl and gone out into the streets and' beggfd to support us . He has been out ' of work for two months this year , and last week I took off my flannel petticoat and pledged it to support my family , and was obliged to sell the little remaining rags of clothing belonging te myself and childre _' tt-on Saturday morning to buy the poor little creatures bread , and then we had nothing left but the things we stood upright in .

      Mr . Taylor . —Have you anything to say in answer to the charge brought againBt you ! . Prisoner ( calmly ) . — . He was a good husband when so . ber , but , like other men , when drunk was violent . He was a good husband and a good father when sober . The prisoner was then full y committed to Newgate for trial , and the witnesses bound over to prosecute . Theprisoner then quietly walked out of the dock , looking vacantly around her .

      Horrible Outrage. The Residents Of Westm...

      HORRIBLE OUTRAGE . The residents of Westminster and its vicinity were on Tuesday evening thrown into a state of the greatest excitement , in consequence of its having become generally reported thata woman had been killed by her husband , he having thrown her out ofa three pair of stairs window , after inflicting several wounds upon her . We regret to say that there was too much truth in tbe report , and that an outrage bad been committed _^ of the most atrocious character , and one which will , in all probability , subject the perpetrator of it , to a condign punishment . The following is the substance of the statement made by the witnesses at the police-station , in

      Rochester-row . A brickmaker , named William Luff , has for upwards of a twelvemonth been cohabiting with a young woman who has passed as his wife , but whose name is unknown even , as he alleges , to tke man who has been living with her . They took up their quarters a week ago : at No . 4 , Fear-street , a low house let out to persons of very indifferent character , where the atrocious violence we are about to record was committed . At about seven o ' clock , Luff returned home , and a violent quarrel was heard in their room by other residents in the house , but as matters of the sort are ef nightly occurrenceSin low places of this description , it was perfectly unheeded . After it had been for some time evident by her cries tbat he was beating her most unmercifully , he

      seized her by the waist and threw her out of the window , and the poor creature , after falling with her head upon the wall which divides the yard from another , dropped into the yard . The thieves and prostitutes ofthe immediate vicinity , whose attention had been drawn to the room by the poor woman ' s criesto their credit be it spoken—hemmed the fellow in his room , and took the senseless victim of his brutality to Westminster Hospital , whilst others went in quest of a policeman , Robert White , 100 B , on being acquainted with the circumstances , hastened to the spot , and entering a back room on the second floor , found Luff with a knife in his hand . lie immediately struck bim on the _wristjwith his truncheon , and'having induced him to lose his hold of the weapon , took him into custody , and conveyed him to the

      police-station in Rochester-row , followed by hundreds of persons . Mr . Taylor , the inspector on duty , examined a host of persons who had something to say on the subject , and ultimately entered the names of three on the sheet , who are in a condition to establish the above facts . White produced a brick covered with blood and hair , as also several broken articles of croekery-waie , with a poker in a similar condition , and informed the inspector that there wasa pail in the room , in which the poor woman had bled copiously . The victim of the wretch's atrocious violence is about twenty years of age . Not a feature of her face could be distinguished , from the violence she had received ; and the following is the certificate given by Mr . F . Wildbore , the house surgeon at the Westminster Hospital : —

      " I certify that a woman , —— ¦ , has been brought to the hospital by 100 15 , and is now in a state of insensibility , and it is difficult to say what may be the consequences , " It is needless to add that the ruffian , who is a strong powerful fellow , was deta ned . He appeared to be perfectly saber .

      EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER . At tbe "Westminster Police-court on Wednesday Wm . Luff , alias Wm . Munfield , was placed in the dock . He is a fellow of herculean stature and of most ferocious and forbidding aspect . Margaret M'Lean , examined b y Ur . Taylor , tbe _chief-clerk , —I live ot 3 , Pear-street , Westminster , aad am an unfortunate girl . Last night at eight o ' clock I heard a woman who lives in the nextroom to me screaming violently . I immediately went to her door , and saw the prisoner with a poker in his band , be had hold of her by thehair ofthe head , and I saw him strike her on the head with the poker , and her head bled very much . I ran away . I was very much frightened . I heard the woman call for a policeman several times as loud as she could . Sarah Green , sworn . —I am a

      charwoman and live in the same hou 66 ai the injured woman . At eight o ' clock I heard violent screams from the two pair back , which induced me to go to her room . I saw the prisoner beating the woman with his fists , and I tried to get her out of the ¦ room . She was covered with blood . The prisoner struck me in the face , and , finding I could not get her out of the room , I went down stairs . As I was going down I heard the prisoner say , " You - —¦ , I'll throw you out of window ;" ' and I had scarcely entered my own room , when I saw the peer woman fall past the window into the yard . My young man and I went down and picked her up . She was quite senseless j and he , with two others , took her to the hospital . She had a poker wound on the face , and another wound on the back of the head . Thomas Carter ( who cohabits with the last witness ) sworn . —I heard a noise upstairs , aiid taw a woman fall past my . window into the yard . 1

      then ran into the yard and found her lying near tbe waterbutton her back . She was bleeding from the nose . She never spoke , and I thought she was dead . I , with assistance , conveyed her to the hospital . Police constable Robert ' White , 100 B _, sworn , —I took the prisoner into custody at a quarter-past 8 o ' clock . He had been drinking , but knew what he was about . He was sitting with a knife iu his hand , and said he would run it through the first who came into the room . I struck him on the wrist with my truncheon , and he let the knife fall . I then with the assistance of another constable got him down the stairs . He was very violent . . 1 said , " You had better go quietly ;" but he said he would not . With the assistance of two ¦• civilians" I got him to the station . Witness produced a brick covered with the unfortunate woman ' s hair and blood , which he found in the yard ; also some crockery covered with blood , which he found in the room .

      Prisoner , in a well-measured tone , and evidently considering his words before he uttered tiiem , said : I camehome fromwork at the Ilouse of Lords athalf-past six o ' clock , but could not get in . I went out again and returned at eight o ' clock . Finding Icould not get in I then buret the door open , and in five or ten minutes afterwards she came in . I said , " These are fine goings on , Lizzy , " and she said—( Here the prisoner repeated a coarse and vulgar expression . ) I then hit her beside the head , when she began black guarding me and I struck her again . Sho then laid hold of my finger aud bit it . I then sat ou the bed , and she made a bolt towards the window , and I fetched her baek . The knife was at that time lying by my side . I next went to the cupboard to get some victuals . I turned round , and she was gone out of the window . 1 was going down stairs , when aper 6 on knocked me down ,

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      I and I became ' aenjelei 8 . j I know nothing _morT _^ _^ I Ideny throwing her outof ther _wtaltiwr ~ " _* ' °° M \ _: ; Mr . Taylor , an inspector of police , Intimated _t magistrates that an important witness , who had « . "'• prisoner take the woman round the waist and thro * outof the window , was not in attendance , and ask d a remand , The prisoner was remanded until wj * day next . _, _, .. __ .-. ; , ed _** 6 i . The unfortunate victim of thp prisoner ' s brutality at a late hour on Wednesday evening , in a most _hoM ] 38 ' condition . There is scarcely a feature in her face /* " Unguishable , from the violence with which she _hss _hT treated . Her eyes are thut , her right jaw is _fearfun _* lacerated , and she is altogether in a most deplorable p „ dition . . " -on . _sind T _lwni . mo _^ o _' nLl-. i _^ t ' ,: JjLk'k _^ .. _^^^

      Massacres In The South Seas . The Austra...

      MASSACRES IN THE SOUTH SEAS . The Australian papers just received bring detail of the loss of . English vessels and massacre of _uJcrews b y the savages inhabiting the New Ilebrides group . The particulars were brought by the _] 2 n Williams , missionary brig , which had been visitin the out-stations of the London Missionary Society a ? New Hebrides and New California , and had niad special inquiries into several massacres said te hat taken place at Mare and the Isle of Fines aJj gaining the following mournful confirmation of tu reports . The first slaughter was that of a boat >« crew , supposed to belong to the Martha , of Sydnev and suspected to have happened about the endlf 1841 . The boat was about to return to the shin

      when a chiet was accidentally struck on the head h » one of the oars . Thinking this to have been _donl intentionally , the natives rushed forward , killed ft ! whole party , and broke the boat to p ieces . Bein ! cannibals , the savages cooked the bodies of the siif ferers . Next came , the missionaries learnt , the _maj . sacre of the captain and crew of the brig . Star _, at t \ t Isle of Fines , in this affair the captain seems to have passed some insult on Matuka , the king of the island Matukasent off thirty men in a large canoe with a quantity of sandal-wood for sale . The wood _^ bought , and the men allowed on deck to grind t"heir adzes , used in dressing the sandal-wood . One ofthe crew was turning the handle of the grindstone , native grinding his adze , and the captain ( _Ebtilli

      standing close by . Watching his opportunity , the savage swung his adze andhitthe captain on the fa _^ _, between his eyes . In a few minutes 17 of the c «» were killed—10 white men , including the captain _^ and ? natives in the various islands of the Pacific , Four of the crew got belsw , but came up next d ay oa promise of their lives , if they would take the Vessel further in shore .., They did so , and were immediately killed . Some of tho bo'dies were cooked , but not all _. The vessel was plundered , stripped of her sails ani rigging , and then set fire to . This was on the 1 st of November , 1842 . Then came the attack on the Brigand , another sandal-wood vessel at Mare . There were two native teachers , belonging to the London Missionary Society , on the island , _wno saved some of

      the crew by their interference and warning , particularly a young gentleman named ft . M . Sutton and another , who had gone ashore to spend the Sunday with the teachers . Nine of the crew , however , were murdered on the shore , an attack being made on the vessel at the same time , where a white man was hilled and two natives . The nest slaughter was that of the entire crew of the Sisters , a cutter from _Sydney in search of _Bandal-wood , Tbis arose out of a disputed barter transaction , the captain " giving the chief a rope ' s-ending . The savages formed a plot , each to lay hold and dispose of one of the crew . 0 a the signal beiBg given , all on board , numbering 11 , were overpowered and murdered . Four were cooked , tlie others thrown into the sea . The vessel was set fire to . While turning over theplunderon shore , some gunpowder exploded , and many of the natives ' were wounded and four killed . They thought this wag the effect of white men ' s magic , and vowed further

      revenge . The last attack of the Mare people upon white men , was soon after the taking of the Sisters . A large open boat with seven men in her landed at a place on the south-west side of the Island , thought to be a party of convicts escaped from Norfolk Island , Two of the seven had gone in search of food , when the natives discovered the other five . Actuated by revenge for the disaster they had suffered from the gunpowder , they immediately rushed on tbe whites and killed them . The other two were saved b y the missionary teachers , whose kindness they repaid by making off one night with hatchets , other tools , and muskets , invaluable wealth in such a place . Tiey were pursued and recaptured , and permitted to remain on the island unpunished , until tbey were taken off by the Brigand . It is said that . there are white deserters on the island , who urge the natives to these cruelties . Others say that the fault ij principally Matuka ' s , who is described as a bloodthirsty tyrant .

      Burnikg 03? A Glue Factory.—Shortly Afte...

      Burnikg 03 ? A Glue Factory . —Shortly after daybreak on Tuesday morning , a destructive fire was discovered raging in the glue factory of Mr . Young , situ _, ate Spa-road , Bermondaey , which unfortunate ! / proved the most tearful that has occurred in that district for a considerable time . The premises comprising the factory were of great extent , and owing to their peculiar construction , the upper stories being entirely built of wood , their destruction was exceedingly rapid , The fire is believed to have originated by a girder in the furnace flue having become ignited , which communicated with the floors , & c . in the boiler house . Before _assistance coulc beobtained the flames had extended to the interior of the manufactory . Bj half-past five o ' clock , no fewer than eight of the brigade engines had beeu brought to p lay on the burning mats , notwithstanding which , the fire raged for above an hour afterwards with uncontrollable fury . Before it was checked a great part of the factory and its valuable machinery were destroyed . The damage is estimated at upwards of £ 2 , 300 .

      EXTRAORMNAY SUICIDE IN THB REGENT ' S CASH . —On Tuesday an inquest was held before Mr . Baker , at the Black Horse , Kingsland-road , on the body of Elizabeth Adams , aged 33 , who committed suicide h ; throwing berself ofFilaggerstone-bridge into the Regent ' s Canal . _The'deceased resided with her husband , who is a plumber , in li , King-street , HackBey-road . About seventeen months ago she suffered great pain on her accouchement and subsequent confinement , and her brain was affected . She received the very best medical advice , but did not recover , and she was

      kept in her room under restraint for eight months . During that time she frequently asked her way to the Regents Canal . She got better a few months since . On Saturday she went to bed as usual . Her husband missed her about four o ' clock on the lollowing morning , and on going down stairs found the street doci ajar . The woman ' s cloak was found on the bridge , and the body was taken out of the water j ust below it , by a man named Taylor . The . jury returned a verdict , " That the deceased committed suicide ffbile in a state of mental derangement . "

      Determined Suicide at Blackpriars _Bridoe . - On Monday evening , about half-past seven o ' clock , a most determined suicide was committed by a poorly clad female , about forty years of age , who ran down the steps on the north" side of Blackfriars Bridge , and plunged head foremost into the river . Everard , a lighterman , immediately went . after tie woman , and after the lapse of three minutes be succeeded in getting her out of the water . She was then insensible , and without loss of time she was removed to the Glazier ' s Arms , in Water Lane . Blackfriars . where

      Mr . Hutchinson , surgeen , of Farringdon Street , attended , but after an hour and a half _s exertion to restore animation , she was pronounced dead . In her pockets were found a number of pawnbroker ' s duplicates for articles pledged in the name of Ann Dismore , at various pawnbrokers in the neig hbourhood of Clerkenwell . The poor creature was seen shortly before the occurrence on the briiJge by policeman 319 , of whom she inquired if he had seen the body ef the child drowned , no doubt alluding to tbe recent case of murder at Battersea Bridge .

      Determined Suicide bt a Queen ' s _Messengkr . — On Saturday afternoon Mr . Hillier , one of the Queen ' s messengers , who resided in Princes-street , _Pimlico , committed suicide , at his residence , by cutting his throat . During the day the deceased had been , in attendance at the Palace , where he dined with * the other messengers , and remained there untn tier Majesty and her Royal Consort departed for _Claremont ; he then left the palace and proceeded to his residence , when he went into his bedroom and took one of his razors , with which he commi tted the act . A heavy fall alarmed his family , who , on eBtenng the room , discovered the unfortunate man weltering in his blood . Medical aid was instantly procured , but life was extinct , the deceased having cut his throat from ear to ear . No ' reason can bi assigned for the act . The deceased _^ during [ his attendance at the Palace appeared to be in the full enjoyment of health and spirits . The deceased has left a wife and family .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 9, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_09051846/page/6/