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    Inquest and Committal of Two Men for Max...

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    _TiOiD _' s _Xewspateb , Mb . Johk _"VTA-mss , Mb . "Wm . _CahpESTza , AM ) Hb . O'Connor . —For some time past , the taxes of Lloyd ' s Weekly Newspaper have teemed witli _ito _jn-ost atrocious and infamous libels on Mr . O'Connor , fi * om Vm _^ Mr . John "Watkins , who has conceived the most inveterate and rancorous hatred _towards that gentleman , because he -would not aid bim jn liis mean , nnprinc _^> led , and scandalous attempt to _jmjld up for himself a trade , as publisher and bookseller , on the ruin of old established tradesmen ; and it hv now omits no opportunity of spitting ou this spiteful renom and bitter malignity on the head * and name of the man whom he formerly bepraised and beslavered to nausea , when he was trying to wheedle liim to the support of his nefarious purposes . These libels have

    app eared in almost all manner of shapes : in letters signed " lictor ; " in letters signed " An Independent _{^ artis t- " in pretended letters from _Northampton , signed "Old CTiartist f in letters to Feargus O'Connor ; " in letters to " T . S . Buncombe , M . P . ; " in " Addresses from the Independent Chartists of Marjle * bone ; ~ in "Addresses of the Independent Chartists to T . S . Buncombe , 1 L . P .: " the whole and several of them , uithout a single esception , being the production of the defeated assassin of tradesmen ' s credit , Mr . John Watkins . In these productions all sorts of crimes have been laid to Mr . O'Connor ' s charge . Witli falsehoods jhemostgross ; trith _fetaicationstheinosi wicked - , with perversions the most horrible ; have they heen stuffed . In thenl Mr . O'Connor is directly charged with

    knavery : with hypocrisy ; with deceit ; with cheatery ; with peculation ; with breach of trust ; with theft ; with treasonable practices ; and even _tuitfi _MAX-KIUATSG itself . ' Now , though the public generally would know how to estiniate the worth of such _statements , when proceeding from Mr . John "Watkins in his own name , — they having had some opportunities of judging of his probity and honour , —the case is somewhat different when they appear under anonymous _siguutures , iu a widely circulated paper , which , to the multitude , would seem to have no interest in damaging Mv . O'Connor ' s fame , or in resorting to unfair and disreputable means to run turn down . Accordingly Mr . O'Connor has felt himself bound to notice the continued torrent of libellous slander whiih the conductor of Lloyd ' s Weekly

    Newspaper has permitted the former rutldess assailer of the characters of his most dear and intimate Mends to pour out from behind the screen : and the manner of TOft _' a * he has properly determined shall be such as will enable the dastards who malign hhn to prove the truth of their infamies , if they are at all able . In appealing to the law he had three courses open . He could have proceeded _^ criminal information , —and if ever case deserved that process , surely tlie present one is mat case , as far as the author and the inserter of the atrocious articles are concerned , could they have been reached . But , though before a criminal information could be obtained it would be necessary tliat every allegation complained of should be denied ou oath by the parties seeking the protection ofthe law , and bv those

    7 * 0 were conversant with tbe facts , stUl 5 t would not be competent for the defendant to plead , or prove , tue tecte of his statements in justification of his course ; ner show that , being true , he -was Tendering a . service to society bv exposing the wrong doer : therefore , that coarse was out of the question . An indictment might have been preferred , to which ihe defendaut might plead the truth of the libels , and show that tlie publication of them was calculated to be of general benefit ; and this would be now held—thanks to Sir John Campbell ' s late -fibellaw—an answer to the complaints of the plaintiff , and a bar to a verdict against the defendant ; but still if such plea should be made , and the _defendant / ail in establishing it , it is held by the law to be a gross aggravation ofthe original offence , _andinvariablr calls down

    the marked reprobation of the court in additional punishment : and the punishment , in case of a conviction , mus : be cither imprisonment for any period not exceeding ihree years ; or a fine ; or both ; at the discretion of tbe court . It also happens that the only party that Mr . O'Connor can reach in this case is the party least to blame for the publication of the libels . He can only proceed against the proprietor or publisher of the newspaper in which they appear . Mr . IJoydis bo ! h proprietor and publisher . Therefore he is the only person that can b = got at . There is reason to believe that he has not knowingly sanctioned the insertion of the atrocious falsehoods and fabrications complained of : but that he has left the " getting out" of his paper in the hand of his editor , trfej does know the _aUeged facts to be

    _ttatntc _, scandalous , and malicious ; and who therefore is as much to blame for inserting the productions as their spitcfuland venomous authorin writing them . Still Mr . Uoyd is the _onlyjiarry that can be made answerable : and to place him in a position where he would have to answer with his person , would be what no man of honourable feeling would attempt if there was any other course open , less harsh , less harassing iu its consequences , and more effective for his own purpose , — the justification of his own character . That course is open : and _Hr . O'Connor has determined to avail himself of it . He can bring an action at" civil" law ; and to thai actum the defendant may plead aud prove the truttt of his statements if he can . If he does so , it is a complete answer , lie has not to show , as iu the case

    of au indictment , that publication tended TO general benefit : he has barely to prove that what he has said is true : aud if he does so , the plaintiff is driven out of court . Pull opportunity is therefore given to the assaSauts of character in this case to _establish their _allegations _, if they- fail to do so ; and if the attacks , as in this case , have been systematic and rxBSEVEBED a after contradiction , the law very properly interprets the actum as one prompted hy malice aud dcrilisin , and causes die offender to make such reparation tothe injured party , as twelve men in their judgment shall deem it fining to award . This , then , is tlie state ofthe case . The publication of infamous and lying statements is systematically persevered in , after full and _rouii'itU- _cyntradictiou has been given to even" one of

    the _charges This shows that the parties to sueh _public-uk ' _-i " arc prompted thereto by the most deadly uialice aud rancorous hate . Three courses arc open to Mr . <* " € umior to obtain satisfaction for this most scandalui _^ _pKjcefdiiig _-: and he has determined to adopt ihat which will give his assailants _cucrt * _adcusitajc , and _place _hlaiself in their hands for a thorough sifting and _exajjasto-juu before the face of the country at large . This _de-ermiiiaHon he announced in the Star of January _ISdu by stating that he should afford Mr . Lloyd an _oppor tunity of proving the _trutli of the many atrocious and lying statements inserted in Ms paper . That _anuv-jmi-niciir called forth the following notice in Lloyd ' s _fT € ft {« A _> j _^ j ) _apwoflastweek , fi-onithepenoftheEditov : — " IV - r . —Yes , we had heard ofthe threat , but we

    are fi'A to be frightened by the threats of Mr . Feargus O'Connor . Is he to abuse men ad libitum , and no one to say a word surainst him I It is odd that men . who are unsparing in their abuse of others should be most _senative themselves . O'Connorhasapaperofhisown , to refute anything capable of refutation . By going to law he would show that he could not defend himself by _arguiucj t Can't he do himself justice without calling iu the aid of the lawyers ! He was imprisoned by the "Whi gs for libel , and is he the man to bring an action far libel ? It would look as if he wished to use the law for vengeance , not for justice , and to stifle the free _exjTtssiou of opinion by persecution . Is this consistent wha his position as the champion of freedom , or as a f & aubtr ofthe press ! But he will not do it . "—

    _>" ow , this is about as impudent a thing as was ever penned . Mr . O'Connor has contradicted every one of Mr . _Waikilii- ' s charges . He has used aigument and fact too ; and proved beyond the possibility of doubt , that all of _IVatldiis ' s statements were false and malicious . This fact is vell kxows to Mr . Wm . _Caqieilter , the Writer _ui" the foregoing notice , and the weekly insertor of Mr . John * tt * atkms * s diatribes . He knows , moreover , of Mr . "Wa tkins ' s malicious disposition ; for he knows that the suae worthy incited to the assassination of Mr . Carpenter ' s best and dearest friend—the man who helped Mr . Carpenter to his present situation , when he " _ras literally starving for bread ; -and he knows also that no man was more loud in his condemnation , or

    expressed greater horror and detestation than 3 Ir . Carpenter did , at what he then called " the hellish _maligmxf of his present coadjutor . And yet , after all this ; with this knowledge both of the facts of the case and of the man , Mr . Carpenter inserts weekly effusions from that same man , wherein is directly charged robbery , _T iieft , peculation , treasonable-practices , and MAX-KILLiks ; and when the parry against whom all this i > _xxzliciotul y aimed , complains and takes steps to ' aw the matter tiarovghly sifted , Mr . Carpenter _impudently says that "Mr . _O'Cwnnor las a paper « " his own to refute anything capable of refuta-¦ _****» : " Huring Mr . Carpenter ' s varied course through ¦ _** he has stood in need of no common stock of

    _assd-Saxce—much more than the ordinary run of men _"aai ; but , great as must have been the draw on that _^^ hls _tme _ofhissiloatioiw ; needful as he has _often-^ _S felt it to be to " brazen it ouV where most men x , _Kddhave quailed ; we doubt whether he ever _papered anything so sheerlyand so purely impudent as _S _' e _atarel "What I does the _Northern Star exist for no _?* _" purpose than to be eternally " refuting" _thema"tiGTKfotoica _tions and dastardly lies of John "Watkins _? _° William Carpenter ? Are they to be suffered to _"e _^ ate and reiterate their false accusations , when such accns ** tious have been met and " refuted" a hundred _^ ts over ? Is there to be no end to such malignity—B 0 _hopper on sueh malice prepense _? What would Mr . _^ J _^ Jer say if we were to trace his progress through _™ ; follow him through Ms many windings * tell of his Wanaons avocations , both literary , _be-ligiocs , and not 85 a Putter-down of prostitution ; recite his own _descrip'jpn cf his numerous * " * tehereabonts " and designations ,

    • _Fwin PoETccAt-STBEET ; ask what drove a wife into a J _^& _tue , and who it is that has been elevated to take her place at bed and board : suppose we were to act thus , _^ j * addition , do as Mr . Carpenter permits Mr . _p _Wa tkius to do , fabricate lying charges of theft , _P «« uatioa , and of hjs-kiliing : what , we ask , ¦ _" •" "tadilr . Carpenter say , were we to do all this , and "' _Paastinthedohigof it , after the party to whom it _^^ _telld td to apply had " refuted" every item of tb 3 t o . what , we again ask , would Mr . Carpenter say , _*^* we to do this in such a case , and then meet his - _ennination to have the mlsehoods probed to the _bot-*¦» with the exclamation that " Mr . Carpenter has a - . i * " of his own to refute anything ca pable of _refuta-^ \ * md y going to law he would show that he _can-^ _utaend himself by _ar _^ _irhicnt . '" He would surely - _£ j ' -hat hi the matter of a 3 scbasce and _bbass he had - £ -.-see bee , _^ _, _for m _^ _^^ .. _^ _jfe _Cai-paiter , - - _- * _j-

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    it : He will give you an opportunity to prove what you have promul gated regarding him : and if vou neglect to embrace and use sueh opportunity to the full of your power , you will add one more laurel ( ofthe sort ) to the many with which your brows ere already graced . The observation that " men who are _unsparing of their abuse of others are most sensitive themselves , " is to FS peculiarly _ricft . - for we happen to know how sparing the NorOiern Star has been of this same Mr . Carpenter , and we cannot help but contrast our treatment of him with the treatment he has thought it proper to adopt towards Mr . O'Connor . Some time ago Mr . Carpenter "went in " as partner with another person , as proprietors of tbe Soidhern Star . For that paper Mr . O'Connor— " thief

    peculator , and Man-killer " as he was—was solicited to become surety by both " partners , " Mr . Carpenter as well as tha other . He consented . He did more : he aided tlie parties to the full extent of his means in their desperate venture . In a short time the two " partners" quarrelled . Deadly was the contestbetween them . > Ve know not , nor care not , what was the cause of quarrel : only that _eucfc party roundly accused the other of " doing " the " concern ; " but we have to do with this fact , thatthe one " partner" sent statements of the treatment he had received at the hands of Mr . Carpenter for insertion in the Northern Star , in which he accused him of theft , of swindling , and of almost every conceireable crime of which a tradesman can be guilty ; not one word of ichicli was inserted . We were at

    all events in tliat case " sparing " of " abuse" towards Mi-. Carpenter ; and dearly we have had to pay for it , not only iu the present grateful return b y Mr . Carpenter himself , but in envenomed and bitter hatred of the " partner" whose " abuse" we then " BURKED ! " From that moment that mau became a deadly enemy . Up to that time , every line , aud every word , that he had sent to the Star bad been inserted ; most of them paid for at a dear rate . The " abuse" of Mv . Carpenter was the first syllable ofthe " partner ' s" productions that was "BUItKED"by us : andthat"burking"Mr . Carpenter ' s " partner" never forgave ! That was tlie cause of all the Ul-feeting ; the rancorous antipathy ; the embittered venom , that the " partner" has since exhibited . To this we have to add the heart-burnings , the feuds , and the divisions caused in the ranks of the movement

    party , consequent on such piqued feeling ; and the price we have had to pay for being " sparing" of "abuse " to Mr . Carpenter has indeed been enormous \ Be has , however , now taught us a different lesson . We shall not be " _sparing" again ! and though we shaU not " abase , " we shall tell of bim as he is ! Maschesteb Cobbesposbetst . —So room this week . Taos . Webb , Stockport . —We believe the charge for a summons , Is ., is correct . Another Is . for serving it can also be charged . The whole question of . Magis . _irates * fees islikely , however to come before the legislature .

    T . B ., Stockpobt . —Mr . Pitkeithly ' s address is Buxtonroad , Huddersfield . B . _Humphbies , Nottingham . —It is out of our power this week . A Six _Yeabs' Subscbibeb . —If he be able to prove the fact of adultery , he is exonerated from the charge of maintenance ; but a refusal to work would not SO exonerate him . A man takes a wife to "keep "—not to " work , " either for her own livelihood or his . H . Auleu , Edinburgh , had better transmit by letter or circular the substance of his communication , to the members of the club for whom it is intended . It is hardly matter for publication . Fbancis Smith , Cossop Colliebx . —We dare not publish his communication . In the first place he is a

    perfect stranger to us ; and although all he says of the Church-parson ancl his doings may be perfectly true , yet he has given us no meaus of ascertaining that such is the case : and the expenses we have been put to , in warding off prosecutions for libel in similar cases make us now hesitate long , and have perfect satisfaction that we are justified by fact , before we insert such complaints . S . Jacobs , _BuiSTor .. —The publication of the plan would be premature . The first thing to effect is to get all the Trades to movefor a conference . Get all of them , or the major portion of them , to take up the questionin earnest —aud to determine to be represented in the conference . Then , when this is done , the subjects that ought to he considered on by such conference should be mooted ,

    and canvassed by the different Trades , tliat instructions may be given to the delegates , when chosen , how best to compass the desired end 3 . An object of paramount importance witli such conference will be a plan of consolidated organisation ; and any suggestion how this is to be accomplished will be of aid and service : but we apprehend the framing of the plan itself should be left to the delegates when assembled . Of course , parties in all parts of the country can prepare what may seem to them tlie best plans for accomplishing such object , and submit them to the conference : but we respectfully suggest that harmony and co-operation will be best secured by refraining from the publication of any plan until the conference is assembled . We wish to put it out of the power of auy querulous parties to raise the

    cry afterwards that the conference was only called together to give consent to a plan " ready cut and dried " fO their hanu . It Will havo far more weight with the Trades generally , if what is done is wholly and solely the act ofthe delegates , after collecting all information and attending to all suggestions , that may be laid before them . These hints we commend to the attention of Our Bristol friends . A Subscbibeb , Sheffield . —Like him , we think the note in question is a receipt , and not a promissory note . True , it does not set forth what the money acknowledged in it was received for , whether for a debt due , or , as the holder of it now alleges , for money borrowed . Can our correspondent say what sort of a stamp the note hears ? If it be a receipt , it will be a receipt stamp ;

    aud though undefined in its terms , still , if appendod to an account of the amount set forth , would be perfectly intelligible . As it appears to us , no man witli a grain of sense would lend money ou such a note . But let not tliis deter the widow from her purpose . If she administers to her deceased husband ' s effects , and if the claim set up iu the note should be held to be valid , wliich wo more than doubt , she will not be involved Only to the extent of the effects she administers to . If there be nothing to satisfy such claims , she will not have to find meaus herself . Robeet Wild , Mottbam . —It will be better to wait , and see the issue of Mr . Cawley's visit , before any other

    steps are taken . The sending of that gentleman by the Hon . Mr . Tollemache , and his promise to see that every one who desired , had allotments , redounds much to his honour . He has in this matter so far proved himself to beabove the little petty spites and considerations of his underlings ; and we have now no doubt but tliat he will carry out his intention in a proper manner , by taking care that all who desire shall have an opportunity of applying their labour to the soil , that they may enjoy the fruits . Thomas _Hicciss _, Castle Douglas . — We really cannot advise him . He can do nothing but furnish himself with the necessary proofs that he is the heir , and go himself to prose cute his claim .

    _ADDBESS TO SHE FBIENDS OF _IlUMANlTT AND _JCSTICE amoxo am , Nations . —Headed as above we have received an address too lengthy for our columns to give entire : the following extracts contain its pith aud purport : —Brethren , —We who presume to address you are a few persons belonging to different countries , who , recognising " the Universal Brotherhood of Man , " are desirous of seeing some efforts made towards the carrying out of a principle so often acknowledged , so seldom practised , and so frequently violated . All men being "brethren , " should surely seek to promote each other ' s happiness , whatever may be their individual country , creed , or colour . All being brethren , should evidently stand on an equality to determine what political and social arrangements are best necessary to promote the

    welfare of all . All being brethren , possessing various powers and capacities of mind and body , hare surely equal claims to have those powers developed and culti . vated _, so as to cause them to become good and useful members of society . All being brethren , whose lot is cast in various climes and countries , but whose labour is more or less required in all , should , in justice , Stand on an equality to perform some useful labour or cm ployment , and have the fruits of their industry and fru gality secured to them . All men of all countries , being connected b y their wants and necessities , should surely live in amity and peace , freely exchanging their productions , and benefitting and improving aU by the labours and fruits of each . But in what way is this righteous principle recognised , in what are Culled " the c _' mliseu

    nations of the world" ? Is it not for the most part mere lip response of momentary feeling , a hollow sentiment of sympathy or charity , rather than a practical principle of humanity and justice T is it regarded in our social or political arrangements ? is it practised in our trade or commerce ? is it thought of in our wars and devastations ? is it recognised by our rulers , governors , or teachers i The almost universal reigu of oppression and injustice throughout the world will answer '' So 1 " Perceiving , therefore , that selfishness , force and fraud are everywhere- allied against the just interests of the many , and that this alliance is productive of misery so extensive , of injustice so universal , and of humanity everywhere so trodden down and degraded , we appeal to voumen and" women of all notions , whose natures have

    , been quickened by the essence of humanity , whose minds have been awakened to justice , to join heart to heart and mind to mind , in an earnest resolution to improve , exalt , instruct , and reform society , in aU countries , among aU nations , Wc would implore you then to make common cause with the oppressed—to blend your voices with theirs in a demand for j us tice—to devote you * talents aud energies hi quickening and directing the mental and moral energies of society to the _establishing of free and equal institutions throughout the world , under which intelligence , peace , and happiness may be universally established , in place of injustice , oppression , crueltv , and wrong . Kot that we would have faith

    incite vou to outbreaks or violence ; for we in the * mental and moral combinations of men being able to _acliieve victories for humanity beyond the force of armies to accomplish . What is wanting are men armed in all the moral daring of a just ca _^ e ' _^ re solved at all risks to pursue andachieve their righteous object . Let but the same daring , mind , and resources which have so often warred with tyranny , and so otter . been worsted in the conflict , be once morally applud and directed , and citadels , armies , and _*?^» _™ soon lose then * power for evil . Convinced that the sub _jects upou which we have addressed you are above a national , sectarian , or party views , and that good mm

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    of all opinions aud of all countries should be united in the good work , we have for sometime past laboured to effect a better understanding between reformers of all nations . Wc possess neither rank , wealth , nor station , considered so necessary in this age to command success ; but we believe we have espoused the cause of right ' , we desire to do something to aid it , and think we deserve the alliance of all those who believe that our object is good . We remain , your brothers in the struggle of humanity , " The Democratic Friends of all Nations . " Signed on their behalf , L . Oborski , Chairman , CnARLES Schapper , Hon . Sec , 24 , King-street , Soho . Warning to those intending to Emigrate . —State of New Zealand . —We find the following in the Times of Wednesday : — "Extract ofa letter , dated Wellington ,

    Oct . 10 , 1844 : — -I need not tell you that receiving news from home gives me no small share of consolation , and particularly under my present circumstances , for things have come to such a state here , that we are all on the point of starvation . I have made application to several captains of vessels to allow me to work my passage home , but eould not succeed , not being able to perform a seaman ' s duty . What I am to do God only knows , for I cannot get employment , and I am sorry to say am not the only one . My partner , poor fellow , is living with the Mourees in the most miserable state ' , and for myself , I am walking the beach , not knowing " how to procure a meal ' s victuals : we have been compelled to sell the land we purchased to get us food , for £ C , land baring decreased iu value about 100 per

    cent . ; audi expect in a short time people will be able to get it for 5 s . per acre . The land claims are almost in the same state as they were before the arrival of our new Governor ; he has not done the least thing to benefit the place ; if anything , he has made it worse . The greater part of our gentlemen are returning home , very much dissatisfied with the place . You will say this is a very short letter ; but my mind is so distressed at having to write home such an unfavourable account of myself and the place , that I cannot possibly find words to make it more lengthy , & c . " Despotism- « ersi « . Constitutionalism . — Austria and England Contrasted . —The following paragraph has this week appeared in the daily papers : — " Most of the persons who had been found guilty of political

    conspiracy in Austrian Galicia , in 1840 , have just been pardoned by the Emperor of Austria , The punishment of those who were condemned to death has been commuted to imprisonment . " How different the conduct of the Austrian despotism to that of the " constitutional" Government of England ! iocis Philippe , traitor and tyrant as he is , has on more than one occasion exhibited his clemency to his bitterest political enemies . The King of Prussia has done the same ; the Austrian despot follows then' example . But not so _theKOeral Queen of England . In this country felons have been liberated from the hulks , but no mercy has been experienced hy political offenders . On the

    contrary , the English Government appears to have heen actuated by as revengeful a spirit as thab which inspires the Pope and his precious protege , _Jfadam Munoz , to the commission of the bloody deeds by them perpetrated . If the Government of this country have not carried their vengeance to tlie same extent , it has been because both law and public opinion was opposed to them so doing . But that they are moved by the same spirit is too evident , when the torturings ofthe imprisoned Chartists , and the continued persecution of Frost and his fellow sufferers are remembered . Despotism is a bitter curse ; but the mockery of consti . tutionalism , and the humbug of liberalism , is a thousand-fold more detestable .

    John Lett , _Cabrinq-ton . — The difficulty he speaks of does exist , The Shares eould not be transferred without a stamp , i .

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    MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . _BXBCUTIVE . £ S . d . A New Year ' s Gift from the female Chartists of Rochdale 1 10 0 SUBSCRIPTIONS . From Kilmarnock , per James Cathey .. .. 050 From Newport , Isle of Wight 0 5 7 VICTIM POND . From Newyort , Isle of Wight 0 2 10 ¦ RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . _SUBSCalPTION . S . d . S . d . Crown and Anchor 0 2 0 Truro 0 3 0 Marylebone .. .. 087 Manchester .. ., 240 Norwich .. .. 0 10 0 Rochdale .. .. 088 Colne 0 7 6 Oldham .. .. 071 Burnley .. .. 0 9 94 WaterheadMill .. 028 Marsden .. .. 060 Keywood .. .. 021 Barnoldswick .. 0 1 0 Todmorucu .. .. 015 0

    CARDS AND BOOKS . Burnley , card .. 030 Barnoldswick _. books 010 _Oswaidwhistie .. 012 Accrington , one ditto 0 0 6 Sawley . .. 003 Ditto , three .. .. 0 0 C Camborne .. ,. 010 Oswaidwhistie .. 0 0 . S Penzance .. .. 046 Camborne .. .. 008 Truro 0 1 C Penzance , account-St . Ives .. .. 0 0 0 book .. .. 040 Bromsgrove .. 030 Rochdale , ditto ,. 040 Colue , hand-books 0 19

    _DOJfATIOXS . Colne 0 2 6 Clitkeroe .. .. 0 0 fi _JENSIN MORGAN . A Brother Milkman , Sub-secretary , ditto 0 4 6 _Norwich .. .. 000 MRS . ELLIS . Mr . Flower , Brighton .. _, 02 G _LccdSjCOllectcd after Mr . Jackson ' s lecture .. 1 13 lg DUNCOMI 1 E TESTIMONIAL . T . Preseot / Reduiteh 0 2 B A few friends , ditto 0 3 2 E . Cooke , ditto .. " 0 2 < i The various Sub-secretaries are hereby informed that all subscriptions , & c , intended to appear in the ensuing balance-sheet , must be immediately remitted . Those localities who have not furnished me with their votes relative to the ensuing Convention , are requested immediately to send them , that the returns may be published . THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER .

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    Inquest and Committal of Two Men for _Max-SLAKiHTER at _Maschestek . — On Friday , and by adjournment , on Monday , an inquest was held before Mr . Chapman , the borough coroner , on the body of a youtn named "William Kobinson , who died in consequence of injuries received on tha night of the I 8 th nit . The deceased , who was seventeen years of age , ¦ was a stripper in a factory , and lived with his parents in Portugal-street *; and the persons by whom the injuries are alleged to have been inflicted are two young men of the names of Thomas Bullock and Edward William Madgwick ; the former a hairdresser , occupying a cellar in Swan-street , and the latter a shopman in the service of his father , a cap and shoemaker , in the same street . John Callaghan , of

    Foundry-street , spreader in a card-room , stated that about half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday night , the 18 th ult ., the deceased , with William Parker , fustian cutter , of Richmond-street , and himself , were passing along Swan-street , when they saw a crowd of people opposite Mr . Madgwick ' s shop , and two men were wrestling , one of whom was said to be a union man , and the other a " knobstick . " Shortly afterwards Mi * . Madgwick came out of his shop , and ordered the crowd to go off the flags , but the crowd did not pay any attention , and he returned into the shop . Immediately after this , the prisoner Madgwick came out , and asked the deceased , who was on tho flags , what he had to do there , at the same instant knocking the deceased down with his fist .

    lhe deceased got up , and would hare returned the blow , but witness and Parker prevented him , and he went away towards Cable-street . The prisoner Madgwick then went into the cellar under the shop , and called " Tom , " when the prisoner Bullock came out of the cellar . Madgwick then pointed to the deceased , who had just turned into Cross-street , and the prisoners both ran in that direction . Shortly afterwards , the crowd proceeded in the same airection , and witness and Parker , in following , met the prisoners and two or three other persons returning . When witness had got into Cable-street , he saw the

    deceased in the amis of police-constable John Barton . The deceased was bleeding profusely from his forehead , and was speechless ; and ho was brought to . the Infirmary immediately . Other witnesses were examined , who deposed that they saw the prisoner Madgwickmost brutally kick and strike the deceased when on the ground . It appeared , from the medical testimony , that the base ofthe skull of the deceased wasfractured , which caused inflammation of thebrain ; death ensued . The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against both the prisoners ; and the coroner made out Ms warrant , committing them to take their trial at the ensuing Liverpool assizes .

    Destructive Fire . —On Wednesday evening a fire was discovered in the workshops of Messrs . Howard and Co ., Okktreet , St . Luke ' s . While ; assistance was being procured the flames progressed most rapidly , and the light ofthe fire , raging , as it did eventually , in a line of building about 100 feet long by 20 feet broad , cast a reflection around which might be seen distinctly oyer the whole of the city . Several engines having arrived , and the supply of water being very copious , the fire was soon got under , not however _vrithout having first caused immense damage .

    Numerous Rodbi bies bt a Female . —On Tuesday , a young woman , named Catharine Ilannan , was was brought np at the Borough Court , having been remanded from the previous Friday , on a chargeot committing about ten different robberies . Superintendent Taylor stated that he was prepared to prove seven cases against the prisoner , whose practice had been to get admission into different houses , by pretending that she was cold , and wanted to warm herself * , and on those wc & SvMiS she had genevany con trived to steal something . The charge was rally proved , and the prisoner committed for trial .

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    Fatal Railwat Accident . —Three Lives Lost . ~ Manchester , Tuesday Noon . —This morning a fright . ful and melancholy accident occurred on the Manchester and Leeds ilailway , by which three unfortunate men lost their lives . The accident is in itself of a very extraordinary nature , and at present quite unaccountable to scientific men in this town _. About four o ' clock this morning several workmen in the service of the company arrived at the station , and proceeded to the engine-house to prepare engines for tho early trains . Amongst _, the number were the three unfortunate sufferers . They were all three attached to the Irk , which was stationed in one of the sheds belonging to the company erected on tho line . The stoker or fireman put " on his fires , and got the steam up about

    half-past five o ' clock . The engineer , who has been distinguished as a steady workman , was also on the spot superintending the preparation of the engine which was to have taken out the train that leaves here at a quarter before seven o ' clock . Everything appeared to be in good order , and the engineer and fireman were examining the working machinery of the engine , according to the usual custom , and in compliance with the express directions of the company . Just as the clock struck six , George Mills , the engineer , and William Allcock , the fireman , were both under the engine oiling and examining the works , when at that moment the roof of the fire-box burst , and , with a most terrific crash , blew the engine through the roof of tlie shed , which is not less than sixty feet high , carrying with it upwards of twenty

    yards of the root ; and breaking it all to shatters . The engine became detached from the tender , and did it no material injury . The engine , prior to the accident , was on tlie middle line of rails , inside the shed , with the fire-door towards the west , but when it fell to the ground it alighted on the outside rails at a distance of twenty-two yards from its former position , with the fire-box end towards the east ,- having , in fact , turned a complete summerset in the ascent The roof of the shed was cast into the air , and large fragments of it were found at a considerable distance . The poor fellows who were under the engine were dreadfully mutilated , and both killed on the spot ; and William Stone , one of tlie inspectors of the

    engines , was also killed . Four other men were seriously scalded . James Neilson dangerously ; John Wainright , veiy muchscalded and bruised ; John Hall , scalded and bruised ; and another was also injured . On examining the engine , it was found not very much damaged , the whole of the working parts being uninjured , except the fire-box and the tubes immediately over it , wluch , it is said , £ 250 will repair . The copper-plates and the fire-box , which appear to be rent asunder , are five-eighths thick , and of very good material . The bodies of the three unfortunate men presented the appearance of Africans , as they lay in the room where the inquest is to be held , * they were burned quite black .

    _AnDiiioxAL Particulars of the Boiler Explosion . —Mr . Fairbairn , the machine-maker , who had been sent for , arrived at the spot about eleven o'clock , and inspected the engine , which is to remain in the same position , until after it has been seen by the coroner and his jury . Mr . Fairbakn expressed his opinion , that , on one side of the fire-box , there had been an old fracture . Perhaps a short notice of the engine may be useful , for purposes of reference . Tho Irk engine , " No . 27 of those belonging to the company , was made by Messrs . W . Fairbairn and Co ., and was generally considered as one of the best on the line , doing its duty with less fuel than others . It was p laced on the line in January , 1 S 41 , iu which month it ran 112 miles ,- and , in the four years it had been in work , it had run an aggregate distance of 70 , 860

    mdes . The following are the dimensions , & c , ot its principal parts : —Its cylinder , 14 inches in diameter , and 18-inch stroke ; boiler , 8 feet 5 i inches iu length , and 3 feet 6 £ inches diameter ; 97 tubes of li inch , and six 1 * inch tubes . The dimensions of the firebox are 3 feet 5 inches by 3 feet 33 inches ; height above the bars , 3 feet 4 * inches ; area of the firegrate , 11 . 24 ; area exposed to radiant caloric , 52 . 87 ; area of tubes in the surface exposed to the contact of ' the heated air , 410 . 42 , * dimensions of steam-way to cylinder , 11 inches by li inch . The two driving ¦ wheels were 5 feet 6 ' inches , and the four supportingwheels 3 feet 6 inches each . The engine , in working order , without tender , weighed 134 tons , and cost £ 1 , 430 . It had , as usual , two safety valves , one at the command of the engineman , and the other

    placed beyond his controul . On examination after the accident , the former was found in working order ; but the spring-box was broken . The other was fast ; but this might have been the result of a blow . Probable Causes of the Accident . —As the nature and probable causes ofthe accident must be inquired into , and will , no doubt , be thoroughly investigated , wc may venture to intimate what appears , from hasty examination , to be the probable cause of the explosion . It appoara , from an examination ofthe copper roof of the lire-box , that it must have been red hot , either at the time when the accident occurred or at some former period ; At all events , it _lhlS tllC _appeai'ailCG of having been burned , and there is also the further appearance of an old crack at the place where the fracture , commenced . We cannot help thinking that

    a space so large as eleven square feet of flat surface , exposed to such pressure as is ordinarily used in railway engines , ought to have been protected by vertical stays from the roof of the steam-chamber . The copper roof had been strengthened by cross-stays ; pieces of iron , two inches thick in the middle , extending across it from side to side , and strongly bolted to the copper . These , though probably in themselves quite strong enough to resist the pressure , do not appear to us to have had any adequate abutments , inasmuch as they _' rested merely on the edge of the sheet copper , forming * the vertical part of the fire-box—a support which , in our judgment , is not sufficient for the purpose . On comparing the facts attending this accident with those of the fatal explosion on the South-eastern Railway , in December last , we find that the same

    part , namely , the top of the fire-box , gave way in both cases ; and in neither of them were there any Vertical stays to connect that part witli the top of the steamchamber . In the engine which exploded on the South-eastern line , the top of the fire-box was without stays of any kind ; the maker having apparently trusted to its hemispherical form to resist the pressure of the steam . We trust that the case will undergo a very strict and close investigation ; and that , if additional stays are needed , they will be applied , not only in engines hereafter to be made , but in those at present in use , which may require them , The Inquest . —On Wednesday an inquest was held on the bodies of the three unfortunate men who lost their lives by the explosion of a boiler on the Manchester and Leeds Railway , before James Chapman

    Esq ., and a respcctablejury . The jury assembled at the Highland Laddie public-house , and the inquiry excited considerable interest in the neighbourhood . Several witnesses were examined , but their evidence served to throw no light on the cause of this frightful accident . The inquest was adjourned till Monday , when it is expected that some gentlemen of experience will be present , to explain , if possible , the cause of this dreadful catastrophe . _Appau-isg Murd-ek at _Betiixai .-Greex . —On Tuesday an intense excitement prevailed iu the neighbourhood of Bethnal-green , in consequence of a rumour that a young woman named Emma Whiter , 21 years of age , ' had been shot dead with a pistol by a young man named James Tapping , who had for some time past been paying her his addresses ; and from au

    early hour in the morning the vicinity of Worshipstreet Police-court , at which the case was expected to undergo investigation , was densely thronged witli persons of both sexes , anxious to catch a glimpse of the suspected murderer . Shortly before one o'clock the accused was brought in a cab to that court , in the custody of Serjeants Shaw and Backhouse , of the H division , and placed at the bar before Mr . Bingham , to answer the charge . The prisoner , who is a remarkably fine-looking young man , about 23 years of age , upon entering the dock , which he did with a firm step , looked around him with a placid expression of countenance , and did not appear at all aliected at the critical position in which he . was placed . The following witnesses wore called and examined in support of the charge : —Thomas Anvacho , a weaver .

    living in Manchester-street , Waterloo Town , stated , that at a quarter before one o ' clock on that morning he was passing down a turning leading from _Sebrightstl'OCt to South Conduit-street , Bethnal-green , in company with a person named Harvey , when lie observed a smouldering fire , rosemblinglightedtinder , at the foot of a brick-wall , belonging to one of the houses . He instantly proceeded to the spot , Wliei'ellC discovered a young woman lying on her left side , with her head resting against the wall , and one of her bonnet strings on fire . On looking closely at her he observed that her face and person were deluged with blood , which was flowing copiously from a wound ill her neck , and she had evei'j * appeaeance of being in a lifeless state . Witness raised her from the ground and supported her in his arms , while Mr . Harvey

    went to obtain the assistance of two young men , who were standing at the end ofthe street . Witness had placed his hands beneath the amis of the young woman , and he distinctly felt a slight pulsation at the heart , but she did not utter a sound , and on the return of Mr . Harvey they caniedher together to agas-lamp , where they were soon after joined by a policeman , Who on looking at tho woman immediatel _y pronounced her to be dead , She was conveyed as quickly as possible to the Duke of Gloucester public-house , adjoining , where a shutter was procured , on which she was removed to the London Hospital . Serjeant Backhouse , K 3 _J _, stated that he had just parted from his inspector at a quarter before one o ' clock , when he heard the springing of rattles in

    Northstreet , Whitechapel . He instantly hastened down the street , at the end of whieh he met policeconstable Stair and two other persons _earryih-r on a shutter a woman who was apparently dead . The woman was conveyed to the London Hospital , and on the road there witness raised her wrist and felt that her pulse was then beating , but on reaching the hospital all pulsation had ceased , and she was pronounced by the house-surgeon to have expired . Witness then returned back to the spot where the woman had been originally found , and , on examining it with his lantern , he discovered a large pool of Wood extending three yards in length down the pavement , in the midst of " which he found a woman ' s patten , about eif fht or nine inches further on , another patten ,

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    and about a foot beyond that a large-sized and wellfinished pocket-pistol , with percussion lock ,. the hammer of which was " down , and whicli had evidently been very recently discharged , as it smelt strongly of powder . About half-past two in the morning witness first saw the prisoner at the police-station ; he had then on over tlie dress he now wore a white apron , upon the right side of which Serjeant Shaw and the witness observed several spots of blood . Oil being called upon to furnish an explanation of these appearances , the prisoner replied , " I don't know that there are any spots of blood upon it , and if there arc , I can't account for them . " The witness here produced the pistol , the two pattens , and the prisoner ' s apron . The weapon was such as the witness had described it , somewhat large for the pocket , and

    next in size to a duelling pistol . The latter was an ordinary workman ' s apron , and spots of blood were plainly visible upon it . —Serjeant Shaw stated that he had that morning been at the Loudon Hospital , where he had seen the dead body of the young woman . On examining the upper part of her person , he observed jn the throat a small hole , whicli was perfectly black in appearance , and manifestly caused by the perforation of a bullet , whicli must have been discharged from the direction of the deceased ' s side , as it had completely cut through the jugular vein . There was no corresponding orifice on the other side ofthe deceased ' s throat , and from that circumstance the witness considered it evident that the ball must be still lodged cither in her throat or head . —William Slater , a weaver , living in South Conduit-street ,

    stated , tliat he had been well acquainted for some time past both with the prisoner and the . young woman he was accused of having murdered . At about half-past twelve o'clock on the preceding night he was standing on the door-step of his father ' s house , where he lodged , when he saw the prisoner and the deceased walking together towards the upper end of the street . They appeared to be in close conversation , and the prisoner had one of his arms round the young woman ' s neck . Witness watched them in the same position as far as the tirst turning in the street , and then went up stairs to bed . He had not been in his bed-room more than six or seven minutes , when he heard the loud report of a gun , or pistol , sounding close at hand , and of such extreme violence as to shake everything in the house .

    The report was so alarming that he instantly hastened to both the front and back windows of the room , and looked into the street and garden , but was unable to discover anything , and therefore retired to rest . — William Whiter , the brother of deceased , who keeps a beer-shop in Brick-lane , Spitalfields , stated , that at ten o'clock on the preceding night the prisoner came to his house , in company with the deceased . The latter went into the back parlour , while the prisoner went into the tap-room , and both of them remained in tlie house until twelve o ' clock , when they left together . —Mr . Bingham : Did they appear to you to be on good terms with each other f—Witness : Yes , sir , perfectly so ; I observed nothing to the contrary . —Police-constable Johnson , 296 K _, said that shortly beforo three o ' clock that morning the

    father of deceased and his surviving daughter came to him while on duty in Thomas-street , Bethnalgreen , and stated that he wished him to apprehend the prisoner , as he strongly suspected that he had caused the death of his daughter . He accordingly accompanied the father to the house ofthe prisoner in Manchester-place , Bethnal-green-road , where they found him _dvcesed and seated in a chair behind the door in the kitchen , in reply to a question from the father , the prisoner stated that he had been with the deceased till twelve o ' clock on the night before , and that they then parted from each other in the Bethnal-greenroad . The prisoner had on at that time an apron , which was afterwards taken from him at the policestation . —Thomas Whiter , the father ofthe deceased , an elderly , grey-headed man , of respectable

    _abearance , who was formerly a licensed victualler , biit now a silk-manufacturer , repeated tiie constable ' s testimony as to his application to take the prisoner into custody ; and stated that , upon entering the kitchen of the prisoner ' s house , he found him seated at a table , looking exceedingly pale , and with his head resting on his hands . Witness asked him what he had done with his daughter , -when the prisoner positively denied that he had seen her , either on that night or the preceding one . Witness then asked him if he knew anything of her , and the prisouer answered him in the same positive way that he did not . Witness then observed that that was very strange , and taxed him closely on the subject , upon which the prisoner retracted all that he had previously stated , and acknowledged that he had been in the deceased ' s

    company up to half-past twelve o ' clock at night , and that he had then parted with her at the corner Of Mapc-strect , and knew nothing further about _liftv , _SYitocss was so satisfied of the falsehood of this declaration that he determined upon giving him into custody , which he accordingly did . Richard King , a tailor , living in Beckibrd-strect , Betiinai-giccn , stated that he was acquainted with the prisoner , and was in his company one night last week at the Rising Sun public-house , in Waterloo Town , when a pistol similar in size and appearance to that produced by serjeant Backhouse was handed about among the persons in the room . He did not notice what ultimately became of the pistol upon that occasion , nor did he notice what remarks the prisoner made respecting it . At the termination of

    each witness ' s examination the magistrate asked tho prisoner if he wished to put any questions , but was each time answered in a simple negative . There being no further evidence to produce , the magistrate formally asked the prisoner if he had any answer to make to the charge ? The prisoner , in a low halfstifled tone , answered " No , sir , I have not . " Mr . Bingham then ordered the prisoner to be remanded for a week . Throughout the first portion of the proceedings the prisoner appeared to treat the charge with great lightness anil confidence , but during the examination ofthe witness Sinter he entirely lost liis former self-possession , t ! : o muscles of Ills _filCC working with a convulsive twitch , and he kept his eyes intently fixed upon the magistrate to watch the probable effect of the testimony . The prisoner has

    acquired a somewhat unenviable notoriety in the district , having been several times in custody on charges of fraud and other oftenccs . The last charge against him was that of having committed frauds upon different poor tradesmen by selling them bottles of what he represented to be oil , but which turned out to be water covered with a very thin stratum of genuine oil , of which offence ho was convicted at the Old Bailey , and sentenced to a year's imprisonment . Iu consequence of his disgraceful character and conduct the family of the deceased had been strongly opposed to the connection between them , and had done all in their power to discourage it ; but the poor girl , who was described to have been a remarkably line young woman , had unfortunately formed such an infatuated attachment forthe prisoner that all their efforts to

    dissuade hor from it were unhappily fruitless . In the evening a jury was impanelled by Mr . Baker , coroner , at the London Hospital , for tbe purpose of investigating this murder . The proceedings were merely preliminary . The coroner ordered a post mortem examination , and the inquiry was adjourned . Suicide or a Relu'vixo _Owiceb . —On Monday afternoon an inquest was held at the King's Arms , Maidstone , beforo F . F . Dally , Esq ., on the body of George Bailey , who came to his death under the following _melancholy circumstances . John Daniels , landlord of the King ' s Arms , deposed that he had known the deceased for several years . He came to his house on Saturday night about eleven o ' clock as a customer , and inquired for a bed . He went to bed about twelve . He drank two glasses of rum and

    water previous to going bed to . Witness saw him last , but did not remark anything particular in him . He was not quite so cheerful as common . They sat together some time , and he complained of not being sufficiently paid as relieving-omcer of the _Ilolfing boumc Union . He complained that at present his salary was not so good as it was formerly , and that his expenses beat him . After the conversation he retired to rest . Nothing more passed that night . He told the girl to call him at eight o ' clock . When witness went down , at nine o ' clock the following morning , he found deceased ' s shoes at the bottom of the stairs , cleaned , and he told his boy to take them up stairs and call him , which he did . Witness went up himself at a quarter-past one , and called to him , telling him that dinner would be ready in a quarter

    of an hour . He replied , "Yes , I am coming directly . " He did not come , and in about twenty minutes witness went up again , _ailll Called OUt , 11 Bailey , we are waiting dinner for you . " He replied . " Don't wait , my good fellow , I shall be down directly . " Witness sent his boy up to him shortly after , when he told him that he had not had much sleep that night , and should not get up till tea-time . About five o'clock he went up again and called to him , but receiving no answer he went into his room and found him lying on his left side , apparently asleep , breathing very hard . Witness shook him , but could make nothing of liim , and immediately sent for Mr . Power . —Mr . _Jamos Joseph Power , surgeon , was called on Sunday evening , a little after half-past six , and arrived at the King ' s Arms at a quarter to seven . He went into the room aud found deceased lying on his left side , witli liis head and face on the nillow . making a snoring noise and perfectly

    insensible . Witness " went to his house for the stomach-pump , but they found there was no use in applying it . lie was too far gone to do any good—no remedy would have had any effect upon him . He remained with deceased till he died . This day he had mado a post mortem examination of the body . He examined the brain and stomach . Tho vessels of the covering ofthe brain were very much injected with blood , and very much inflamed , and there was also an effusion of blood between the skull and the covering of the brain . lie then took out the stomach , but had not analysed it . He could not smell laudanum , but from the appearance of the inside of the stomach and brain , which was injected with blood , he had no doubt but that he had taken poison , and that that poison was laudanum . —Mr . F . W . Buchanan , chemist and druggist , Week-street : Did not know deceased himself , but Mr . Jenkins ; knew him , ' and they had some conversation in my shop together . He said his object in coming there was for some laudanum for a female pauper , who had

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    long been in the habit of taking opium , which the surgeon had refused to let her have , but . he . _^ _ijaa determined to give her some . This was bctwecn'ievea and . eight o'clock on Saturday evening . Ho then served him with a shilling bottle , which he labelled *¦ laudanum , poison . " The bottle was produced " and identified by witness . It was found in deceased ' s , bed . The jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of—Temporal *} 'Insanity . ' , ' [ _Coronkh ' s Inquest . —On Tuesday afternoon-Mr . W . Garter , coroner for East Surrey , and a respectable jurv , assembled at the Duke of Glocester , Union-row , Newingtoti _, and were engaged nearly five hours investigating the circumstances attending the death of Marearet Jones , _aered 53 , who , it was alleged , ! had

    died from the effects of violence received at the hands of her husband . Mary Newland , of 2 , Potts-place , Newington , said , that she had known the deceased for three years , through living in the same house with her . ' Last _Satm-day week , about 11 o ' clock at night , the deceased and her husband were quarrelling , at the close of Avhich the witness heard a noise , as of one of theiu having thrown something at the other _. Shortl y afterwards witness heard the husband-say , "D—n you , is that what you moan ? " Sounds of blows and cries of *' Murder ! " followed . The deceased then went into the passage , where she- remained some time . Witness could then see that deceased had a dreadful black eye , and she complained of a pain in the head . Slie was never able

    to follow her occupation after the Saturday in question , but died on Friday last . Other evidence having been given , Mr . W . B . Boddy , surgeon , of Savillf > row , Walworth , said he was called in to sec deceased on Monday week . He sent her medicine . She was quite sensible , and made no complaint against her husband . After death witness had opened the body , and found that the cause of death was water on the brain , and not , in witness ' s opinion , any injury . The room having been cleared of strangers , the jury , after consulting , returned a verdict— " That deceased died a natural death from effusion on the brain , and not from the effects of violence . " The husband is at present under remand at Lambeth Police-court , on the charge of having murdered the deceased .

    Thb Late Fatal Accident at _Astlev's . — On . Monday afternoon an adjourned inquest was held before " Mr . Carter , at the Windmill , High-street , Lambeth , relative to the death of William Blake , aged 58 , ft supernumerary engaged at Astlcy ' s Ainpitheatre . It appeared from the evidence adduced at this , and on the former inquiry , that the deceased , with a number of other supernuniarics , were required to go on in one of the comic scenes at Astley ' s in the pantomine of Harlequin and Johnny Gilpin , or . the Black Witch of Edmonton . Tlie "fiat , " or sceife at the back of the stage , represented a tailor ' s shop , and hi order to render tlie action the more _mdkrhus , the parties who were dressed as costermorigors , tailors , fishwomen , & c , were tripped up as they . entered from the " wings , " or side scenes , by _mcaijS of a cord held by Mr . T . Barry , the clown . The deceased , who was labouring under hernia on both _sidesj ' and who wore a truss , made his fall as usual , but immediately after complained of pain in his bowels . ' ! He

    was taken home , and subsequently attended by . Mr , Jeffree , a surgeon , to whom , as well as his wile ; he stated that Mr . Barry had " done for him , " andithat he had held the rope higher than usual , in order to increase the force of his fall . This was distinctly denied by several witnesses who took part with . ' the deceased in the scene , and wlio clearly proved that the line or cord was not held by Mr-Barry higher than usual . On a post mortem examination _Jfo . _Jefti'CC ascertained that , although deceased must have laboured for some years under glaudular disease , yet the immediate cause of death was the fall , from the injuries the intestines had received . Mr . Carter then read over the depositions , and the room liayf ng been cleared of strangers , the jury , without hesitation , returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " ' ' / Mr . Garter , addressing Mr . Barry , said , the jury entirely exonerated him from any blame which might have been imputed to him .

    The Yarmouth Murder . —For several days / or perhaps a fortnight , great exertions have been made to find a little girl , of the name of ' Mellish , who was said to have told a woman in Yarmouth that she was going past Mi _* s . Candler ' s house at the time _ofVthe murder , and that , hearing a voice inside , she went and peeped through the keyhole of the door ,, whore she could clearly see what was done inside , and that she clearly saw Hoyal ancl Mapes there . The keyhole has been carefull y tried by the magistrates , and it was found that from the keyhole might _clearly be seen what was done inside in the direction ofthe

    murdered woman ; but Mellish , who was only eleven or twelve years of age , could nowhere he found . Her father , it seems , is an umbrella -mender , and travels the county for this purpose , commonly bivou acking witli the cadgers , the girl , when in Norwich , called at the Statioil-house _, and , telling a tale of great distress , obtained some temporary relief , and though every lodging-house in the city , and many in the county , have ; since been visited , and rewards offered to produce her , she could not be found till Friday last , when she was seeu in Norwich market-place on the walk . She was at once taken to the station-house , aud has evidently hadrnuch experience in the " slang " of the begging fraternity . Without being asked any questions as to the particular business that she was wanted for , she was taken off to Yarmouth by Captain Love , the superintendent ofthe Yarmouth police , who has forthe last fortnight come to Norwich every da v . and sometimes twice a day . hoDiiur-. that

    she might be found . We know nothing of tho result of her communication . We understand that a man from A . vlsbani , reading in the newspapers an account of the murder of Mrs . Candler , bethought himself that he must have been at Yarmouth on that night , and remembered having seen a person coming out of Mr . Oatchpole _' s house , and going up the opposite TOW with a bundle under his arm . This was between eleven anil twelve o ' clock . In order to satisfy himself that it was really the place where the murder -was committed , he came over to Yarmouth on purpose to look at the house . Having fully assured _himselfithat ho was correct , he wrote a letter to the mayor , stating the circumstances , and expressing his willingneBS to come over to Yarmouth and identify the individual , whom he said he should certainly know again . _;;; _-He was sent for , and on being introduced to the .-gaol swore positively to Yarham being the man he _^ saw . —hurt / Post , _-:

    Attemptkd Murder ix Tipperary . — Roscrea , Monday Evening . — At church hour yesterday an armed party entered the house ofa schoolmaster , two miles from this , on the road to Bin * . On seeing them enter , the owner , named James , seized a dirk , and two of the party aimed with stones closing on him he stabbed one of them . The third , armed with a large pistol , tired and wounded James in the head . Finding the resistance so determined the ruffians fled . Jones seized a gun , but from loss of blood he was unable to fire . The police , in the pursuit of the fellows , discovered the body of a murdered man in the wood of Bowen , a mile or two from this place .

    The late Attempt to Murder Mr . James . — On Tuesday an inquest was held at the Police Barrack , near his house , on the body of John Costcllo , one of tllC fellows Who attempted to murder Mr . James , a schoolmaster , near lloscrea _, and whom he stabbedwhen a verdict of Justifiable Homicide was at once returned by the Jury . Fatal axd Melancholy Accident . —Elevkx Persons Killed . —A melancholy occurrence took place in Limerick , on Sunday night , wliich was attended with loss of life to a considerable extent . A , party

    assembled at a "wake" in Change-lane , one of the poorest localities in the city , and the room in which the body was laid out was densely crowded . } The floor suddenly gave way , and all . within were precipitated to the room beneath , which also fell , carrying all to the next , and that again , being tlie thii _* d ,: to the ground . By this melancholy accident eleven persons were killed , and from sixteen to twenty grievously maimed—some with legs and arms broken , skulls fractured , and one man had his back broken . . The surviving sufferers were taken to Barrington ' s . Hospital .

    Further Particulars . —It is now ascertained that the number killed was ten , and not eleven , as at first believed . Two or three are in a very precarious state , and nearly thirty more or less injured . ' The names of the ten killed arc—Mary , wife of Cornelius . 'Murphy , a bailiff ; Catherine , wife of Michael , Hancen , labourer , Garryowen ; Catherine Madden ( unmarried ) , Garryowen ; Mary Molony ( unmarried ) , Marystreet ; Jane Boland ( unmarried ) , of the abbey ; Bridget Iiourke ( widow ) , and her daughter Margaret ( unmarried ) , Garryowen ; James Euright , a youth , son of James Enright , and James Lynch , Garryowen , labourer . Three of the unfortunate women were far advanced in pregnancy . There were only two , ' men present , and one of them escaped , while the Other ( Lynch ) was killed in the effort to save his wife ] who

    is pregnant , and severely , and , wc fear , dangerously bruised . It was fortunate the calamity did not occur at a later hour , when a number of men would , have collected , and have been on the second floor , ' _, where they must inevitably have perished . On the kitchen floor was Mason , with a child in his _arriisiiJeven . years of age , an interesting little creature , , an d by moving into the chimney when he licard , the ' crash , escaped being killed himself , but with a severe . bruise in the loins , aud the child with a trivial' _^ ound . Strange to say , there was a third party on the Kinder floor , namely , Manahan , a copper , who escaped completely unhurt , having got into some recess ; 'from which he shouted loudly for assistance , and was , of course , ultimately extricated . - - •

    The Inquest on Emma Whiter . — On Thursday Mr . Baker resumed , at the London Hospital ; the inquiry , adjourned from Tuesday evening last , touching the death of Emma Whiter , aged twenty-one , a weaveress , alleged to have been wilfully murdered early on Tuesday morning , by a young man , named James Tapping , " a lover of lid's , now in custody on the charge . The inquest room was crowded ' almost to suftbeation . Several witnesses were examined , and after a lengthened inquiry the case was adjourned to Monday next ,

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_01021845/page/5/