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      MAXSION-HOUSB . _„ _S _^ AT _- *~ BlGJU " _- -Mr 8 * *«« y Frances Keele _STOTenaered in discharge ofthe _recognisanecs entered mtoby her husband on Wednesday last , for her re-examination npon the charges of bigamy preferred against her _hyher - mother-in-law , Mrs . Sarah Keele , of Canterbury . Jir . Clarkson appeared on behalf of the defendant , -who , in consequence of her had state of health , was ordered by the Lord Mayor to be accommodated with a chair in front of the bar . The evidence which had been given hy the prosecutrix and her son ( the husband ) , as well as the statement made by the defendant at the last examination , having been read over , John Dixon , city policeman , 619 , produced two marriage certificates from the register of the parish of St . George ' s , Hanover-square—tlie one of a marriage solemnised between John Weller and Mary Frances Witham on tlie 7 th of June , 1 S 31 , and the second

      of the marriage of William Gnrney Keele with Mary Frances Weller in the month of October last year . —William Gurney Keele repeated his former testimony , and added that the prosecution had not been instituted by his _flesire or wish . The letters produced were in the _handwriting of his mother , who had repeatedly applied to him _loleavehis wife and return home . Since his marriage he had not sent any money home , but when lie and his irife left Canterbury to come to London , the latter , know-: _ng-- * tb * condition of his mother , gave her 30 « . —Mr . Clarkson ; : Answer this question—have you not stated , since youThavc been hereto-day , that nothing on earth should induce you to leave the defendant , though your mother has stated you wished ioleave lier ?—The witness hesitated- ; but , on tlie question being repeated , replied , that he Sad ho reason to complain of his wife's conduct , and that he should not wish to be separated from her in case her-first husband was reallv dead . —The young man

      Aeele said , he would be answerable for Ins wile s appearance , - in case _jshe should be required again . —The Lord Mayor intimated to the prosecutrix , fiiar it" _shs could j _. rocure auy evidence to show tliat the first husband was stiliiu existence the defendant could be brought up again . At present the defendant was discharged for want of evidence . —The parlies then quitted the _justics-room isgf _& ier .

      -. .. .: 150 W STREET . _Tcesdat . —Post Office Robbebt . —William Onley , a letter-carrier employed on the Islington _oistiict , was placed at the bar before Mr . Jardine , charged with stealing a letter containing a £ o Sank of England note , and SOS _, ia gold , the property of the Postmaster G eneral . Mr . John Brooks Johnston , a clerk in the Royal Exchange Insurance Office , 21 , Lombard-street , stated tliat at the Christmas of 1835 tliere was a poHcy of insurance effected for , furniture to the amount of £ 100 , in the name of the prisoner , the address being 15 , Regent ' s-terrace , near Segent ' s Canal , White Conduit-fields , Islington , inthe comity of Middlesex ; the annual charge upon wliich is 6 s . Inthe month of December in each year a printed note similar to the one produced is sent to each of the insurers ,

      and in December last one was sent totheprisoner , informing him that the sum of 6 s . would be due on his policy at Christmas . On the 3 fhh December last the notice pro duced was brought to witness at the office by some person -who paid the insurance with the £ 5 Bank of England note produced , Leeds branch , Jfo . 20 , 595 , dated July 25 , 184 * 9 , TrHich . he marked with the number of ihe policy , 443 , 116 , and he gave him the change . —Matthew Peake , a constable employed at the Post Office , said he was present in tlie solicitor ' s office when the prisoner was brought in , and being asked where he lived , he gave his address , saying he had resided in the same house during the last eleven years , at a rent of £ 21 annually ; that he paid the taxes , and had insured his furniture in the Royal Exchange Insurance Office-for £ 100 , the charge for wliich was 6 s .

      annnally-On being asked who had made the last payment , he replied he had done so himself , and , as if recollecting liim . self , he said , " Oh , there is some mistake about that payment , for I received a notice after Christmas , stating ihat the insurance would be due , but in a few days after 1 missed it . He then said he had spoken to Mr . Wood , the charge-taker at the Islington Post Office about it , adding that he did not know what he should do without it , and that Mr . Wood advised him to take the number from the policy , and to go to the insurance office , which would answer the same purpose , which he did ; aud to his greaXEurprise he found it was paidby some person , but he never asked by whom , and he o * 'iie away satisfied . In a few : days after he received a receipt for 6 s . in alerter , through the Post Office , which he showed to Mr . Wood

      and other persons at Islington . He was then told that a £ 5 'hotewasusedin the payment at the insurance office , which was sent iu a letter on the 27 th December by post from Dewsbury , addressed to _JTo . 14 , Upper Bransburystreet , Liverpool-road , Islington ; and he replied that he did not know who had paid the policy for him . He then said , "Can I see the gentleman 1 " and being qnestioned what gentleman , and what he wanted him for , he said , "the gentleman who lost the money , and I would pay him the money if I should pledge my bed . " Witness then went to the prisoner ' s house , and on making a search found the file produced on the top of a book-case in the front parlour , on which was the receipt for 6 s ., and in a

      bureau the policy produced , marked 443 , 116 , which corresponded _wi-lh the number of the receipt . Witness then returned to the Post Office , and having taken the prisoner into custody , he requested , as it was then late , that wit ness -would take him to his own house forthe night , which he did . On the way he begged that Mr . Wightlock , a lodger of his , might be sent for ; and on his arrival he desired him to wait on ilr . Wood , in Moor-street , who would tell hhn where Spinks lived , by whom he would he infcrined where the gentleman resided who lost tlie letter , arid to do what he could with him ; at the same time giving directions to get the money , if his bed shonld be pledged for it . Witness upon this cautioned him , and the conversation dropped . The prisoner was remanded .

      _MARLBOROUGE-STREET . Tuesdat . —Sight Robbebies . —Lucy Arnold , a woman of _^ he town , well-known at this court , was brought before _Mrllialthy , charged with having assaulted and robbed a gentleman , who gave his name and address James Edward Pye , So . 4 , Berkeley-square . Mr . Pye said he was passing homeward through St . James ' s-square about twelve o ' clock the last evening , having previously heen dining with a friend and drinking rather freely , when he was a _«! osted by tht prisoner and another woman , who persisted in following him into York-street . He turned down . Apple-tree-vard to avoid them , but he noticed that two women , and he believed a man came after him and almost immediately afterwards received a blow on the head which stretched him on tlie ground insensible and bathed in blood . He believed he was taken into a

      publichouse , and that tbe landlord sent for a police-constable . He could not recollect anything very clearly ; all he eould say farther was , that he missed his pocket-book , to get at -which his coat must have been unbuttoned , and the top of his diamond pin , worth £ 2 , which had been torn from his stock . —Inspector Plume said the complainant was not sober when he came to the station-house . He believed the complainant said something about taring taken the prisoner into a public-house and treated her with a glass of wine . —The complainant said he had no xecollection of having done anything of the sort . In & ct he had not a very clear recollection of what really had occurred . —Mr . Maltby said he feared that the imperfect idea wliich the complainant had of the whole occurrence would prevent a jury from convicting Hie prisoner on Ms evidence . The prisoner was then discharsed .

      Wednesday . —Sight _Robb-eeies . —Mr . Hardwick received the following letter yesterday , in relation to that class of robberies committed at night in the less freqncnted streets at the West-end , hy men who act in concert with-women of the town , a number of -which cases have received puhhcitv from this court : —

      TO HE . HABDWICK , MAGISTRATE . Sib , —Seeing iu the police reports that a woman was taken np for a robbery on a barrister , in Regent-street , I wish to inform you , for the benefit ofthe public , in general , that this system is now arrived at such a pitch that unless it be checked bv prompt measures , no person by-and-by will be able to w * uk about the streets without being robbed and maltreated as this gentleman has been . The purport of this letter is to let you know where he , for the ends of J ustice , is to be found . He is , however , very reluctant io prosecute , though he has been very badly used , his mouth very mnch cut , a tooth knocked out , his eye bruised , and Ins clothes cut about . The writer concluded by giving the address of the injured party . —Mr . Hardwick remarked to Mr . Superintendent Beresford , who had come into court on business , that it

      appeared to him a necessity existed for adopting stronger measures to put an end to this increasing class of robberies . From the complaints made to him in his judicial capacity it -would appear tiiere -was a particular set of loose women , confederated with thieves , who contrived to waylay or otherwise induce persons of respectable appearance , especiall y if these persons had the appearance of intoxication , to accompany them into some dark O T'mifrequented street , and , when there , to commit robbery with violence by the help of the men -with whom the -women were leagued . An instance had come under his notice of a friend whose pocket had been dexterously picked by a woman who accosted him for a moment in the street The gentleman shortly

      afterwards met with the woman again , and , on taxing her with the theft , two men came up and began a quarrel with him . —The Superintendent said he was quite aware that _xohberies by persons of the character described were just now by no means unfrequent . He had taken care , however , to have additional police placed in those districts -where these offences were usually committed , and several ' constables had been specially appointed to look after _3 hose 4 _"^ men who were suspected of being concerned with thieves in night robberies . The best way to put an end ¦ to this offence would be for gentlemen to avoid speaking to ' or -walking with women of that low class by which such robberies were committed . The ordinary way in . which such robberies were effected was this : —As soon as 5 me of the women was seen to induce a gentleman to

      . walk into a by-street , two or three men were sure to make . their appearance , one of whom , in a rough manner , demanded to know from tbe gentleman what business he had to speak to his wife . The gentleman , naturally _^ alarmed , either permitted himself to be robbed by giving 'Ms purse to be let quietly off , or , getting involved in a -scuffle , had his property forcibly taken from him . The police were made acquainted with but a few of this kind of offences , from a natural reluctance of persons who had been plundered to come forward and disclose the whole ¦ of the circumstances which had led to their losses —Mr . i Hardwick said he should depend on the additional pre- ! cautions adopted by the police for a diminution of this * ort of daring roDberv .

      rBlDAT . —A * ' "Bootable" Pkocxedixg . —A SUllin * of vast importance to the chimney-sweeping wc " _J _/ _jtaxA hy Mr . Hardwick against Robert * _" "

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      Adam ' s-mewg , for having " wilfully and knowingly permitted and caused one Jim Graham to climb a chimney at the residence of Earl Grey , in Berkeley-square , against the statute made and provided , whereby a penalty of £ 10 , or not less than £ 5 , had been incurred . "—A congregation of sooty visages appeared in the body of the court , anxious to hear the result , all the parties declaring themselves staunch ramoneurs _, and deeply interested in promoting the use of machinery for sweeping chimneys , in the room of the live brooms wliich had heretofore been dedicated to this delicate operation . The office of judge was in this instance promoted by Davis , of Hart-street , an ex-chimney-climber , who professed to be actuated in what he was about by the purest public motives , and because , as he said in the avenue ofthe court , "' atBob

      Towzer _warn't no _reglar sveep , and never _knowM vot the hinside of afluevos made on , cos as how he yos only Colonel Beaumont ' s butler vonce , and cos he disgraced the perfession by going out in vite kid gloves to vait at noblemen and gentlemen ' s arternoon swarry ' s . Having entered the witness-box , Davis began . On Yensdayfhe eight of Jiunyverry I seed Jim Graham a coming down Brook-street vith his boy . " nullo , Jimmy ses I , " you ' ve been climbing agin . " " 'Spose I has , " says he , " vot can you make on it ! " " vy , " sis I , " its agin the hact ; and its tliat there stunning Bob Towner wots heen a wiolatin on it , jest as he ' s done often afore . " —The Chief Clerk here interposed , and said tliat Graham ' s evidence could only be received . —James Graham , a stunted lad of fifteen , came forward . —Mr . Hardwick : Well , what do you

      know about this ?—Boy : Mister Towzer sent me to eliinb Earl Grey ' s chhnbly , in Barkly-skvare . —Did lie pay you anything ? He agreed to pay me sixpence a chimbly , and I went up six on ' an tliat morning : but lie only honored me two shillings ; consekventlye he vontcd to rank mc out of a bob , and I'd a jest right to split on him , aud I did so . The defendant stoutly denied all knowledge of the boy . He had heard that his journeyman had got the boy to assist him with the machine , and paid him for his labour out of his own pocket . The boy as stoutly affirmed that he had been engaged by the defendant in person : that he had done nothing but climb ; that he hud been paid by the defendant ; and that whenever he was wanted the defendant used to send for him to sleep the overnight at his place . —To rebut this the defendant called his journeyman , who swore that all

      as hever Jim Graham did vos to stand on the grate and vork the handle of the tool about arter it vos shoved up the flue . —Mr . Hardwick : WeU , boy , what do you say to tliat f—Boy : Say ; vy , 'at he knows as tlie machine was all gammon . I climbed slap up to the top , and the housekeepers knows it . The "public prosecutor" here poked forward his smutty face , and , with the good-natured purpose of giving old Towzer another " leg up , " handed in a paper . There , yer verlship ( said he ) , there ' s a list of the chhnbleys vot this here boy ' s been up . There ' s tlie _Harchbishop of York's , Ginncral Meade ' s , tho Duke of Hamilton ' s , and a precious lot more of sitch . —This piece of evidence appeared to take the defendant rather aback . He , however , persisted in saying that the boy had only been employed by the journeyman without his knowledge . He admitted , however , that he had recently been summoned to Marylehene Police-court , but

      there the ease was dismissed on account of insufficient evidence . —Mr . Hardwick sent to inquire of Lord Grey ' s housekeeper whether the boy had been up the chimney . The reply was that the housekeeper could give no information on the subject . The hoy ' s father proved that the defendant had paid tlie hoy two shillings , and had come for him in person to engage him to do some chimney work . —Mr . _Harkwick was of opinion that a case of climbing had been sufficiently established . The boy could have no motive in swearing to so many specific acts , while the defendant was interested in steering- clear of the penalty whieh the law affixed to climbing . It appeared to him that tlie defendant had attempted to evade the law by making it appear that the boy had been employed hy the journeyman , hut as that was evidently a mere subterfuge , he should inflict the mitigated fine of £ 5 and costs .

      MARYLEBONE . Wednesday . —Attempt to Stab a Constable . —A ruffianly-looking fellow , named John Robinson , was placed at the bar before Mr . Rawlinson , charged with the foUowing sanguinary outrage upon police constable Souter , 212 D , who , from the injury he had received , was so lame as to render it a matter of some difficulty for him to step into the witness-box ; he is still on the " sick" list , and unfit for duty . The evidence given was to the effect that on Monday night there was a loud cry of " Murder" and "Police" in the Uxbridge-road , and on Souter going to the spot , he fouud the prisoner engaged in an

      altercation with two other persons , one of whom was bleeding profusely from the nose . The party who had been assaulted refused to prefer any charge , and the prisoner was desired to go away ; he refused to do so , and abused Souter in a most shameful manner . He was then taken into custody , and on the way to the station-house he kicked him ( witness ) upon tlie legs with all his force , and injured him seriously . Before his arrival at the station he contrived to draw from his pocket a clasp knife , with which he made a lunge at his ( witness ' s ) side , and the instrument perforated the whole of his clothing . Mr . Rawlinson committed the prisoner for one month .

      LAMBETH . Mondat . _—Chaege of JIl'bdek and Attempted Suicide . —John Campbell , alias Wright , was charged on suspicion of murdering his mother , a poor old woman of 60 years of age , at a low house in Fore-street , Lambeth , and afterwards attempting self-destruction , by throwing himself into the river Thames . Police constable L 89 stated that between twelve and one o ' clock on Sunday morning , the prisoner was given into custody , on a charge of creating a disturbance at the door of Mr . Morgan , the Ship public-house , but Mr . Morgan did not press the charge , and the prisoner was liberated . About two o ' clock the constable received information that the prisoner's mother was found dead in the passage of the house where she rented a room . —Thomas Massey , L 39 : The house in

      which the prisoner and his mother lived is in my beat . Shortl y before two o ' clock , a person , close to where the deceased lived , told me that tliere was something lying in the passage ; in consequence of which I went to tlie passage , and then I saw the deceased was lying on the ground quite dead . Her right thigh and part of her person was exposed . Tliere was some liquid on the ground , which smelt as if she had been drinking rum . Her tongue was protruding , and her mouth was wide open . She was quite cold , and there was no pulsation . Mr . Jeffcry , surgeon , was sent for , and arrived in about twenty minutes ; he attempted to bleed her , and could get nothing but some congealed black thick blood . I assisted to carry the body to the dead-house at Lambeth Church , where it at present awaits the coroner's inquest . —W , Hull , 188 , has known the prisoner for five years . He is the son of the deceased , whom he has been " in the habit

      of cruelly ill-using . —Another policeman stated that about two o ' clock he saw the prisoner making for the river , near Lambeth-stairs , when he stated that he had destroyed his mother , and he should find a place of rest for himself . The prisoner endeavoured to get away from the police , and ran towards the river , but was overtaken , and charged on suspicion of causing the death of his mother . The magistrate Was informed by Mr , Inspector Evans that there was _ajierson at the coffee-shop who heard the prisoner exclaim , " " Keep your legs out of the way . " This took place in tlie passage , and it is supposed that tlie prisoner , who was then very drank , was ill-using the poor old woman . The prisoner denied having stated that he said he had destroyed the old woman , and said that he had no quarrel with his mother on Saturday night . "Mr . Henry directed that Dr . Jeffcry might be sent for , and the prisoner was remanded to await the result of the

      inquest . _TnunsDAV . —DEATn of a Wife from the alleged Ill-tkeatjiest of _HEtt HciiBAXD . —Thomas Jones , a jobbing carpenter , who has been in custody since Friday last , on a charge of having caused the death of his wife , Margaret Jones , hy violence , was brought before Mr . Henry for further examination . Brooks , the beadle of the pnrish of St . Mary ' s , Jiewington , was in attendance , and informed Mr . Henry that since the last examination of the prisoner an inquest had been held before Mr . Carter , tlie coroner ; and Mr . Body , the surgeon , who had made a post mortem examination , having

      expressed it to be his opinion that tlie deceased ' s death was the result of natural causes , and not produced by violence , the jury had returned a verdict to that effect . The beadle added that , _notwifhtstanuing this , he felt it to be his duty to cause the attendance of all the witnesses who had been examined on the former day , as well as two young women , the daughters of the deceased by a former husband . These two young women were examined , but were not able to speak to anything that happened for some days previous to the death of their mother , as they were not at home , but deposed to tlie general ill-treatment which their mother had experienced at tlie prisoner ' s hands . The prisoner was again remanded .

      ParoAV . —This day Thomas Jones was again brought before Mr . Henry for final examination , and discharged .

      CLERKENWELL . Monday . —A Bedtal ScnooiMASTEB . —Michael Donovan , schoolmaster at the St . Aloysius Roman Catholic School , Granville-street , Somers Town , appeared upon remand to answer the charge of violently assaulting James Cavanagh , a boy of nine years , one of his pupils . — Mr . Greenwood directed the boy to expose his back ; he did so , and every one present was shocked at the spectacle . —Mr . Crouch cross-examined some of the witnesses , and attempted to show that the boy's back had been much injured by rubbing against the bottom of the bed , when creeping under it ; but this supposition was distinctly negatived by all the witnesses . —The prosecutor admitted that he had been well fed , and comfortably clothed and lodged ; but said , " Brother Luke , " as _welTas the prisoner , had been unkind to him . His mother was dead , and his

      father lived in Bristol . —Mr . Broad , a surgeon , living in _GosweU-street , stated that the marks on the boy ' s back must have been caused by brutal treatment . If injuries ofthe same nature had been inflicted on the side , they would probably cause congestion of the lungs . The leather strap witli which the boy was beaten was produced —a thick heavy weapon . The prisoner alleged , on Saturday , that if the flogging of the boy with such a strap was improper , the authorities of the school were to blame for putting it into his hands . —Mr . Cooke , on behalf of the Rev . M . _Xarinckx , hoped the public p ; ess would , in justice to the establishment of St . Aloysius , notice thefact hewasg _^ _mg to - ' tliat the masters had heen strictly _fr * ' _; - > boys with this strap , _esMrpt on tl ' 1 chastisement of a severe . e directors of the school . — prisoner , observed that the

      joy was not more severe than the boys at Westminster and ¦ enwood said his cum ion was

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      _against corporal punishment altogether ; but the Act of Parliament permitted the master to use the same reasonable degree of punishment as parents used . The case was of too serious a nature to be dealt with by him , and he would send it for trial . The prisoner was then formally committed for trial , but ultimately was held to bail to appear at the sessions . The prisoner's functions were suspended on the spot , and the little boy removed to St . Pancras Workhouse , there to remain until tlie result of he trial be made known , Wednesday . —Cruelty by a Step-mother to a Child . —Yesterday , this court was crowded with spectators in consequence of its having been generally known that theparish officers of St . Luke ' s were about prosecuting a woman living at No . 3 , George's-yard , Golden-lane ,

      St . Luke ' s , for cruelty of a most atrocious character towards her step-child . John Marks , a smith , and Anne Marks , his wife , were brought up on a warrant , charged with cruelty towards Anne Marks , aged ten years , the daughter of the former , and step . daughter of the latter prisoner . Between four and five o ' clock on Saturday evening last , a poor woman , living next door to tlie prisoner , went to the police-station , and informed the serjeant on duty there that a child had been most brutally treated in George ' s-yard . The polico serjeant ( Kidney ) , and poliec-constable Few , 151 G , went to the house ofthe prisoners , and found the female prisoner sitting in a lower apartment somewhat intoxicated . They asked for the child , hut she refused to give any answer concerning her until her husband was present . The husband was sent

      for to a public-house , and upon his arrival the child , who hnd been washing out a room , was produced . The officers declared that her appearance shocked them . She had no covering but a threadbare shift , black with dirt , and a piece of a sack , quite as filthy , about her shoulders . There was au ulcer on one of her feet , and a bruise on her back , and another sore in her neck , her skin was literally covered with scales of dirt , and the smell proceeding from her was intolerable . The child deposed—My name is Anne Marks , and I will be 11 years of age next April . My mother sent me for a kettle of water on Saturday morning , ami when I returned with it she memo at the door , and , saying that I had been idle , she seized me by the hair and dragged me into tlie passage . She lifted me up in her arms aud threw me down as hard

      as she could on the floor , and kicked mc on the body . I screamed , but she took me up and " chucked " me down again . She kicked me on the side and on the thighs , and when I was lying on the ground she poured the kettle of water on inc . I lay there crying . When my mother went away I went out and sat upon a door step in the court . I sat there crying for half an hour , when a woman came and took me in . I had nothing to cat up to this time , The sore on my leg was caused by a kick my father gave me a fortnight ago . My "back was very sore . I stopped more than an hour in the neighbour ' s house , when my father came for me and brought mo home . As soon as my mother saw mc she ran at me and kicked me The child

      again , but my father heather for doing so . added that she did not wish to hurt her father , who had given her bread and butter . All the clothes I had on was a shift and a bit ofa sack , and sometimes the skirt ofa petticoat fastened upon me with a rope . The poor child , who as she proceeded with her testimony was becoming more aud more convulsed with grief , at leng th swooned away in a paroxysm of grief , and was removed from the court in a state of insensibility . The female prisoner did not seem in the least moved , but actually shook her head and laughed when the child was home hy her like a corpse . Mr . Combe said , he should discharge the male prisoner , but send the female for trial .

      THAMES _I-0 LICE . Tuesday , — Abandonment of British Seamen . — Captain Alexander Simson , the master and part owner of the barque Elizabeth , appeared before Mr . Broderip to answer a charge of having wilfully and wrongfully left Wm . Burgess , a seaman , at Quebec , contrary to law , by which he had rendered himself liable to he indicted for a misdemeanour , and , if convicted , to fine or imprisonment , or both . After hearing evidence , and a great deal of argument , Mr . Broderip ordered the defendant to find bail , himself in £ 80 , and two sureties of £ 40 each , to answer the charge at the next session of the Central Criminal Court . Bail was immediately tendered and accepted .

      Wednesday . —The _Theee Misers . —Extbaokdinary Self-privation . — A most extraordinary case was brought before Mr . Broderip , by Mr . David Warlters , a boot and shoemaker , Rosemary-lane , Whiteehapel , which exceeds anything ever told in works of fiction , aud if not well authenticated would be considered as unworthy of belief . Mr . Warlters stated that adjoining his place of business was a large cow . yard , the gates of which opened into Rosemary-lane , a place which is the abode of more filth , misery , and destutution than any other locality in the metropolis . In the cow-yard , in which there was considerable property , dairy utensils , and eleven cows , was a small and very miserable dwelling-house , the receptacle of dirt and lumber , in which tlie owner of the dairy , William Chapman , his sister , Elizabeth Chapman ,

      whose name was over the door , and a brother , had for some time resided . They were all far advanced in life , and notorious for their penurious habits , The two brothers , though living in the same house , entertained the most deadly animosity towards each other , and , but for the interference of the sister , one would have heen sacrificed to the hatred of the other long since . About one o ' clock that morning , Mrs . Warlters was informed by a neighbour that the sister , who was called Mrs . Chapman , was dying , and she dressed herself and went into tlie house in the cow-yard , and found the statement too true ; and was so alarmed at the aspect of the woman , and the horrible appearance of the dwelling , that she left it immediately , and requested him to go in . He did so , and finding the woman in a lifeless

      state , he sent for a surgeon in Wellclose-square , who came immediately , and he pronounced her to be deal ,. He then sent a messenger for Mrs . Ruffle , a widow , and the niece of the deceased , who kept a baker ' s shop at No . 121 , Rosemary-lane . She came to the house as early as possible , aud though previously acquainted with the miserly habits of her uncles and aunt , was quite unprepared for the dreadful scene of which she was compelled to be an eye-witness . In a small , dark , and low-roofed apartment , on the first floor , they found the brother of the cowkeeper , in a most wretched plight , covered with filth and vermin , The miserable creature had shut himself up in this room for the last two years , and was never out of it , except for a few days last summer . The room had never been cleaned out during that time , and the man had

      never washed _lmnseU . They found him sitting on some rubbish which had formed the materials of a bed . There was nothing on his person but an old jacket , and he had suffered his hair , beard , and nails to grow for years , which gave him a hideous appearance . There was not a vestige of furniture in the room , but the entrance was nearly blocked up by rubbish . The stench was quite overpowering , and the wretched man had remained in this horrible place during the whole of the late severe weather without any fire , and was scantily fed by his sister . Mr . Warlters added that a more appalling sight it was impossible to conceive , and thatunless the dwelling was cleansed and fumigated he was afraid some contag ious disease would be engendered . He understood the brother of the cowkeeper was the owner of estates in

      Leicestershire , which realised a considerable income , but the man , who had become imbecile , denied himself the common necessaries of life . The deceased Mrs . Chapman was for some time preceding her death in a similar filthy state , though she was enabled to command luxuries . She never paid any attention to personal cleanliness , and when she died had nothing on her person but an old gown and : i bit of flannel , not worth sixpence , whicli had been her dress for some time , lie asked the cowkeeper how he came tolet his brother and sister remain in such a miserable condition , and he replied in a surly manner that his brother had property of his own , and that he would not have kept him so long but for his sister .

      He then asked him if he should apply to the parish authorities , and he said his brother must go somewhere , for he would not keep him any longer . Mr . Warlters added that the cowkeeper was ninety years of age , and his brother was between seventy and eighty , and such was the deadly hatred they bore to each other , that it was likely murder would be committed if they were not parted . His object in calling the magistrate ' s attention to the subject was to save the brother of tlie cowkeeper . who was living in a state unfit for any human being . The subsequent inquiries of tlie police officers more than confirmed Mr . Warlters' statement . The case is under the investigation ofthe parish oflicers .

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      Ireland . —Elopement . —A painful fact has occurred in this country within the past few days , whicli has brought indelible disgrace on a lady of rank , the mother of a large famdy , and her paramour , an officer in a cavalry regiment . Lad y Georgiana H is connected with several noble families in England . Her unhappy husband is a sti pendiary magistrate of a midland county , and was formerly a captain in the army . His elder brother is a Companion ofthe Bath —an honour conferred upon him for his services during the Peninsular war . Captain and Lady

      GeorginaH—— had thirteen children , ton of whom arc living , and they were heretofore a most interesting and happy family . Lady H has , in an evil hour , left her home and family , and formed a criminal connection with Lieut . M , who is in his 25 th year . He possesses property of the value of about £ 15 , 000 a year , in a county adjoining that in which the family resided whose peace and happiness he has destroyed . Legal proceedings have been commenced against him , and the damages laid at £ 20 , 000 . The case , it is said , will be brought before a jury iu the month of May next .

      Murderous Affray at Killaloe—A desperate conflict , attended with loss of life , took place near the town of Killaloe , between twelve and one o ' clock on Thursday morning . Captah _^ Cole ' s company of the loth Regiment is there stationed , and it appears four of the soldiers accepted an invitation from a few of the townspeople to a night's party on the river , with the intention of amusing themselves by mwnlight fishing . Previous to going on the water the company rambled as far as Clanfadda , about a mile and a half from Killaloe , where they agreed upon taking supper on a small island , which they intended visiting , known by the name of Friar ' s Castle , nearly opposite the lord bishop ' s residence . Beingalittleelevatedfromliquor , they made free with a couple of geese belonging to a fanner named Gleeson , which they carried away to their boat , and embarked for the island . Soon after the owner missed his fowl , and having traced their route , immediately repaired to Killaloe , where he gave information of wliatliad taken place to the police ,

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      only two of whom , sub-constables Brophy and _Callaghan were at the barrack , the remainder ot the party being at the time on patrole . A boat having been procured , the two policemen accompanied Glee son to the island , where they found the soldiers and their friends enjoying themselves ; and they had by that time kindled a fire under the pot for supper . Gleeson was directed by the police to look for his geese , but while he was in the act of doing so he was struck by one of the party and knocked down . Sub-constable Brophy remonstrated , and the party instantly turned on him and his comrade , knocked them both down , and one of the four soldiers , it is said , unscrewed the bayonet off Callaghan ' s carbine and with it stabbed him in the body , until he wounds

      lay lor dead . Brophy received two bayonet , from the effects of wliich he too fell ; but , watching an opportunity , again raised himself from the ground , and thoug h writhing with pain , grasping the carbine which lay by Ms side , lie discharged it in the direction of his antagonists , one of whom , a -young man named John Ellis , fell dead , the ball having passed through his neck . Before lie fired , his ramrod was drawn from his carbine by the party , thrust into his month , and forced out at the back of his neck . The policeman re-loadcd , fired again , and it is said the shot took effect , as one of the party , named Malonc , is missing , supposed to have fallen into the river when he received the shot . While tliis dreadful affray was going on , Gleeson had escaped from the island , but soon returned with a strong party ot

      police from Ballina and Killaloe , who made prisoners of the four soldiers , and "William and Joseph Ellis , brothers of the deceased . The military also received bayonet wounds in the desperate conflict with the police , but which arc not of a serious character . The life of sub-constable Callaghan is despaired of . As soon as the additional police force appeared in view , the rioters dispersed along tho island , and it is feared sonic of them perished in tho attempt to swim ashore , as they were seen struggling in the water . The prisoners and wounded policemen were soon after taken to the police barrack , and subsequently the body of Ellis , to await the coroner ' s inquest . The names of the soldiers under arrest arc Edward Barrown , Thomas Moore , Edward Greene , and Thomas "Wethers , the latter known in the 15 th as " The Manchester pugilist . "

      Staiu of _LiuERicii .-A Rock manifesto , of wliich the annexed is acopv , was served upon Mrs . J . Westropp , ofAttyiiiii , near this city * . — " Mrs . Westropp , take notice , we request of you to prevail on Mr . Westropp to get rid of and discharge Michael Molony from his employment before ten days—or if not we will take away his life ! We would bo far from injuring Mr . Westropp , but if he keeps Molony in his service we will' kill him dead' in the open day ! If he compels us to come forward to visit him , we will certainly take away his life , if he docs not discharge Molony before ten days . Signed—Captain Steel Ribs , County Tipperary . " On Friday morning , at seven o ' clock , a strong armed party of * countrymen appeared on the lands of Aherina , near Doonas , the estate of Colonel

      Wyndhnm , and dashed in the outer door and windows of the house of Michael Kenny , lately placed in possession of the farm . They were resisted at the entrance by Kenny ' s daughter , whose arm they broke , but Kenny bravely defended himself with a pitchfork in a room inside , and the fellows then made a wreck of all his furniture , after whicli they departed , firing shots . On Wednesday evening , the house of Thomas M . Bradshaw , Esq ., of Coolready , between Castle-Connell and O'Brien ' s Bridge , was attacked by an armed party , who struck the gentleman of the house , beat him severely with the butt-ends of tlieir guns , and canied away a fowling-piece . Four of the supposed gang have been since apprehended by the police . On Saturday night a Rockite notice was posted on

      tlie shop window ot Air . Henry Burgess , of Borrisokane , threatening him with death if he had anything to do with the Finnoe-road . Two persons have been arrested at Borrisolei gh by sub-inspector Malone , for the barbarous murder of Mr . Samuel Smith , of Lisduff . Thursday night , four men , with their faces blackened , and representing themselves as police , broke into the house of one Michael Quirk , near Gort , on the estate of James Dal y , Esq ., of Castledaly , demanding money , and proceeded to open a box : but not succeeding in doing so , commenced an attack on Quirk and his wife , the latter receiving

      much injury from the blows of a spade , while endeavouring to save her husband from tho murderous attack made upon him . Next morning Charles Wallace , Esq ., of Lime-park , immediately took steps to have the party arrested , and placed his warrant in the hands of constable Belford , who succeeded in capturing the entire of the party that night , who were forwarded to Gort petty sessions , where three of them , having been identified by Quirk , were fully committed . The fourth was then brought to Quirk ' s house , where tho wife identified this man as the person who struck her , and ho was also fully committed .

      IIormbub Death at Farnacre ' s Coluery , near Newcastle-oton-Tynk . —One of those dreadful casualties , to which pitmen are daily exposed , took place on Tuesday last at the above colliery , by which a deserving man lost his life . He was one of the firemen , and was descending the shaft , in a cage , whilst the other fireman was ascending the same shaft in another cage . The former was about sixty fathoms from the bottom , when , without even a moment ' s warning , the wire rope by which the cage was suspended , and in which was the helpless individual , broke , and precipitated him to the bottom ! Not a vestige of the ponderous cage so large as a walking-stick could be found , and he , who but a few minutes before was in tho full

      vigour of life , was gathered from the wreck of the cage a handful at a time of clotted matter , so completely was every bone reduced to a mummy . Farnacre ' s Colliery is two miles S . W . of Newcastle-upon Tyne . We have not heard the result of the inquest , which we presume must have been held , for wc are informed tho mortal fragments were interred on Wednesday evening . What will the Durham Special Jury of ooalowners , and their relatives , who have averred the safety of " wire ropes , ' say to this melancholy occurrence ? Wc opine the well-fed " norisk-men" will conclude ( as in the cases of Jarrow and of Thornley ) , that had the rope been a hempen one , the result might have been the same . But we beg to observe to a

      discerning public , this difference—this very material difference , ' between a hempen rope and a wire rope for these pin-poses . When the former is overstrained , and unable to perform the work to which it is applied , the outer strands first exhibit symptoms of weakness ; and the cracking noise occasioned by the separation of the innumerable fibres of which it is composed , from each other , gives , in most cases , timely warning of what is about to take place , and thus there is a veiy material chance of preventing tlie sacrifice of human life : besides , the men—the banksmen especially _^ have an opportunity of discovering a failing part of a hempen rope , and of

      reporting its inefficiency in due time to prevent many accidents : __ not so with the wire rope—there the wear is interned ; the insidious defect is progressive and unseen ; wire after wire yields to the unequal task to whicli it is assigned—the exterior is so besmeared with grease and dirt as to defy the detection of injury , until the too-confiding Miner is launched in a moment into eternity ! Had the Durham Special Jury been practical Miners , instead of special protectors of Mining Capital , these facts would have been known to them . It is high time that public opinion was brought to bear upon this subject , to prevent the future sacrifice of human life at the shrino of insatiable monopoly .- — Correspondent .

      The Alleged Murder and Suicide at Lambeth . —On Friday afternoon Mr . W . Carter held an inquest , adjourned from Wednesday last , at the Henry tlie Eighth , High-street , Lambeth , on the body of Diana Campbell , aged 60 years , who it was alleged had died from the effects of injuries received at tlie hands of her own son , now in custody , charged with having caused the death of deceased , and also with attempting to drown himself . Mr , Jeffcry , who was called in , and who had subsequently made a post mortem examination ofthe body , said he found an

      extensive wound over the left orbit , and several injuries about the head , caused by some blunt instrument , or from falling upon some hard substance—most probably the latter . The immediate cause of death was the rupture of a blood-YcsscI on the brain , the result of the injuries above alluded to . The whole of the other evidence was merely a repetition of what has already appeared in this journal under the head of Lambeth police . Verdict—* ' That the deceased died from the rupture ofa blood-vessel of the brain , caused by an accidental fall during a fit of intoxication , and not from the effects of violence . "

      Awful Circumstance . —Death from Cahbonic Acid . —A most awful and painful circumstance took place in Worcester-street , Birmingham , on Sunday last . Mr . Edward Woolley , a paper-stainer , dealer , and hanger , who resided at No . 77 , in that street , came to his death from suffocation , inthe following manner : —Mr . Woolley , as appeared by the evidence adduced on the coroner ' s inquest , which was held on Tuesday evening , about one o ' clock inthe afternoon went into the cellar for some colours , of which there two tubs mixed

      were up , that is , made into a liquid . lhe servant girl , Sarah Plumb , wanted the keys of a cupboard which she knew the deceased had in his pocket , and having learned from a little boy , the son of the deceased , that he was gone into the cellar , she followed him down , and was horrified to find Mm ying by the side of one ofthe tubs , the lid of which donWpd _^ _nM tly r r n !? ved- Hc Iay _> m Bho said , doubled up . The unfortunate man liad been killed by the carbonic gas arising from the colour . An in-SLeT ' vorfict t 0 the abovc Cffect

      ThwSlT ? Su c IDE _^ -An inquest was held on _Thiii-sday . before Mi-. Carttar , at the Lady of the Village , Charles-street , Deptford , on the body of _Frances Hampton , who committed suicide by drowning herself in a pond of stagnant water near to her dwelling , 'lhe deceased , since the death of her mother , has acted as housekeeper to her father , who has a large family , and who allowed her 24 s . a week to keep house ; but , in consequence of her _bciii"' very much behind hand with tho landlord and sonic of the tradesmen in the neighbourhood , which she _fe-w & _l

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      would come to her father ' s ears , she had of late be come much dejected , and had expressed to some of her neighbours that she was deterained to " put an end to it . " Having been always of a cheerful disposition , no notice was taken of the matter . Oft Saturday night last , about eleven o'clock , after having been to market , she again went out , as her family thought , to some neighbour ' s house , but not having returned on the following morning they became alarmed , when a man named Silver found her body in a pond . The jury returned a verdict—That the deceased was found drowned , but there was no evidence to prove by what means she got into the water . Fatal Railway Accident . —On Friday afternoon

      Mr . W . Payne , city coroner , held an inquest at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of James Cracknell , aged sixteen years , a labourer , employed on the Dover Railway works , at Tunbridge . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased , on Thursday , the 0 th ult ., was driving a horse train of eight waggons , loaded with earth , at Tunbridge , when by some accident he fell into the groves of the works , and received a compound fracture of the left leg . He was taken to a surgeon ' s , at Tunbridge , and from thence removed to the abovc institution , where amputation of the limb was performed ; but he never rallied , and died on Wednesday last , from the effects of the injuries received . Previous to dying , he told Mr . Howard , the surgeon , that a waggon , containing five tons of earth , had passed over his leg . Verdict—Accidental Death .

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      TERRIFIC STORMS . Storm at tuk Cape of Good Hon-:. —A very severe hail-storm has visited the Cape , doing much damage to the village of Colcsburgh . The following description of its effects , taken from a letter published iu the Graham ' s Town Journal of the oth of December , will give some idea of such an event at the Cape ot Good Hope : — "This village was visited yesterday ( _Nov . 2-1 ) witli one of the most violent _liail-storms " , accompanied with a gale of wind , ever yet witnessed . Some idea can be formed of its violence when I say that branches were lopped from the trees and carried to a distance of at least 200 yards . Such a scene of havoc has seldom been witnessed . The approach of the storm was notified by a low murmuring sound ,

      and those who were able closed the outside shutters to their windows ; but the windows ofthe majority oi the houses , which are unprovided with shutters , were literally smashed . In many places sashes were bro ken , the plastering knocked off in large pieces , and the town presents the appearance of having been bombarded by an encmyVcannon . The number of panes of glass broken exceeds 3 , 000 . In the Dutch church 380 panes are destroyed , and hardly a house stands that has not lost from 20 to 50 . Not a vestige of a garden remains , and the streets are completely covered with green fruits and branches of trees . I never witnessed such destruction by the clement . I do not exaggerate when I tell you that many of the hailstones were as large , and in some instances larger than a pigeon's egg . Last Sunday the thunder and

      lightning were awful , The electric fluid has three times struck the Kopjes in the vicinity of the village , but no damage has been done , except that one unfortunate ox was killed . Not so , however , in the neighbourhood , where I learn that several farmhouses have been consumed , the lightning setting them on fire ; and the hail has destroyed large fields of standing corn so completely that not a vestige of them remains . On sonic places from 50 to 60 sheep have been killed . I am , however , happy to say that the hail-storm which passed over us seemed to be confined in its transit , not spreading over a large space . " Another letter published in the same paper says— " It is no exaggeration to state that each hailstone was the size of a pullet ' s egg , and so tremendous

      was the force with which they came down , that you will scarcely believe the fact that every pane of glass on the western side ofthe village is broken , amounting to several thousands in number . Not a single house escaped , and tho town presented a most grotesque appearance after it was over , resembling _^ place that had been severely bombarded . How , in such sultry weather , these congelations , so large and hard , can be formed , is more than I can well explain . It is clear their formation must arise from some other cause than cold—mostprobably from a highly electric state of the atmosphere . This I think probable , as there had been the evening before some very severe lightning and heavy thunder-storms , so severe , indeed , that an ox was struck and destroyed by the electric fluid within a short distance of the town . "

      The Stoiim at Dumfries . —In recording the heavy gales of Thursday last we had no idea that the elements would deepen into still wilder tempest on the night of Saturday , and even Sunday , long after the hour of noon . The wind on the last occasion blew from the north , and its fury by nautical men was considered the more remarkable , seeing we very rarely experience gales of equal intensity from that _Ju & rter . By common consent the hurricane is set own as the most threatening remembered since the truly awful one of the 7 th January , 1839 . In many houses the inmates felt the beds shaking under them , and when daylight dawned it became obvious that devastation had been widely at work in the shape of smashing chimney cans , tirling the roofs of houses , more particularl y old tenements , & c . One corner of St . Michael ' s Church has been a good deal damaged , both as regards the lead and slates ; and in the case ofthe latter , a heavy fragment descended with such

      force that it cleft an upright tombstone into two parts . In the country the woods have again suffered , and even in our own vicinity not a few trees have been broken or blown down , including a venerable saugh at Tinwald Downs , containing eighty cubical feet of timber . On the coast the turmoil was literally deafening , the sea-birds , startled from their holes among the rocks , uttering wailing cries in every direction . This morning the scene changed entirely ; when few expected such a visitation , the ground was found covered with snow , and trees and bushes beautifully frizzled beyond expression ; but as the barometer is still falling it seems the reverse of probable that this new variety of livery ofthe winter will be of lengthened continuance . On inquiry we learn that two of our coasters arc missing , and one of them , a regular trader , had not been heard of for a fortnight _, 'ihe owner , in fact , is beginning to lose hope of the safety of his vessel . —Dumfries Courier of Monday ,

      Tiie _Weahier is _Cl-mberlaxd . —During the whole of Friday hist the state of the atmosphere in the neighbourhood of Keswick , says our correspondent , gave indications of an approaching storm : the wind continued howling and roaring through the valley , and at night the rain descended in torrents , which seemed to increase as daylight approached . The tempest , whicli continued during the whole of Saturday , became extremely violent about four o ' clock in the afternoon , when it raged with awful fury , forcibly reminding the inhabitants of the ovcr-racraorable storm on the morning of the 7 th of January , 1839 , and continued increasing in violence till ab ' out five o ' clock on Sunday morning , when it mav be said to

      have reached its climax . At that period the tempest became most destructive : a great number of lai _* ° _* e trees , on the estate of Sir John Woodford , at Derwentwator Bay , were levelled to the earth . Two very large spruce fir-trees fell upon the cottage of Alexander Macready , Sir John ' s wood-ranger ; but as thoy both fell against the gable end ofthe cottage , the damage occasioned was but trifling . A number of stacks were also capsized , and heavy showers of hail occasionally fell during the whole of Sunday . It is worthy of remark that tliis destructive tempest came in the same direction as the great storm of 1839 . Yesterday both the mountains and low grounds in the neighbourhood of Keswick were covered with snow . —Cumberland Pacguet .

      Tiie Storm . — Disastrous Accident at Derby . — On Saturday night last this town was visited by a very severe gale of wind , which did considerable injury to various buildings , and was the occasion of a most disastrous occurrence in Bourno-street , by which five houses were almost totally destroyed , and another very greatly damaged . Our townsmen , the Messrs . Holmes , coachmakers , had just completed the erection of a large and lofty chimney on their premises , lor the purpose of having steam applied to a part of their extensive establishment , the building of whieh had been entrusted to Mr . Edwin Thompson . This chimney was sixty feet high , and was only waiting for the iron capping . It was surrounded by a very heavy and substantial scaffolding :, a circumstance

      which there is every reason to believe to a considerable extent contributed to produce the accident whicli we have to record . On the night mentioned above ( Saturday last ) , fears were entertained that the chimney so largely encompassed with scaffolding ( and which had been round it , wc believe , for some time past , awaiting the finishing of the chimney from the cause alluded to , that of the cast iron capping ) , was m danger of falling from the severity of the gale , and as early as between five and six o ' clock on the Sunday morning , Mr . E . Thompson went to ascertain how tar this really was the case . When there the tremendous squalls of wind waved the ponderous mass ot woodwork to and fro in a veiy alarming manner ; so much so as to induce those persons who resided m tiie houses immediately connected with Messrs . Holmes' premises to leave them immediately , though tho chimney itself appeared entirely unmoved . Fortunate , indeed , was it that

      the residents did quit them , for at a quarter-past eight o clock , forty feet of the sixty of tlie chimney tell with a terrific crash on one side of the roofs of the live . houses , literally cutting them in two , and demolishing them to the very foundations , and destroy ing every piece of furniture they contained ; breaking the chairs , tables , beds , chests of drawers , ifcc ., into fragments as though they had been so many mere twigs . Never was wreck more complete . It was most providential that the accident did not occur during the night when the inmates were in bed ; for had such been the case , the loss of life would have been frightful . As it was , no one experienced the slightest personal injury , except a workman of Mr . L . ihompson _' s , who was but a minute before the accident endeavouring to remove one of the guide _ropes to a more favourable position , for keeping the scaffolding from blowing against the chimney , lie received some slight injuries from ihe falling bricks . Immediately on this unfortunate occurrence _ncccminsr

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      known , the utmost eagerness was evinced bv + _* , neighbours to assist in the removal of thcimm pile of rubbish , and to scrape together such thin " _^ might possibly become again in any degree useful S the persons deprived at one stroke of their dwAlli Messrs . Holmes kindly undertook to have the f ture replaced , and procured food and lod _giS such of the families thus thrown out of their lift * * tions , who had not friends to receive them n Chesterfield correspondent says : —" Durinrj tlie _vT wind on Sunday morning three or four _pinner were blown from the tower of St . Thomas ' s Chn _*? Brampton Moor , here , and burst tlirough the 3 destroying the gallery , and doing considerable inii . il to the church . Fortunatel y Divine service hadu _^ commenced , otherwise a fearful loss of life must W ensued , as the children of the Sunday school _oonn ? that part ofthe cd \ ncc . -Derb y Mercury loccu Py

      Dreadful Shipwreck and Loss of Life —On Si day afternoon intelli gence was received at ' Yamiona of a vessel being on the Scroby Sands , opposite Cak ter . The yawl Phromx , belonging to the Star Coin pany of Bcachmen , put oft to her assistance about , quarter to one o ' clock , having on board thirteon bcachmen belonging to this port . On roaeliin _. ti , vessel ( a collier ) they found her last _smkin-r into th . sand , her rigging and wreck floating about In all _, 1 ; rcctions and the crew clinging to the mainmast " I ho yawl anchored alongside of her , but she _soonlmt her anchor and stove lier bows in against t ! _, wreck her foremast broke , and the crew at once « nw tin ! their only chance was to jump io the stranded collier and fasten themselves to the masts and ri « crj np f Jicy could see the crow of the wreck on thedeck mid mainmast

      , and the beaeluncn determined to share the same fate . The crew strove at once to «< _+ up the fore-rigging ; six men succeeded in dom _^ o but seven failed in the attempt and sank" to vise no more . The captain and crew of the wreck wove washed from the deck and mainmast by tho violence of the sea and exhaustion . The life-boat was now sent from Yarmouth , and arrived in about twenty minutes at tiie wreck , where they found six men out of thirteen clinging to the rigging , some of ( hem so tenacious of their hold that it was with difficulty they could be persuaded to leave go and trust themselves to the ropes whicli were thrown to their assistance . The jetty and beach were lined with thousands oi spectators attracted to witness the return of the life boat with feelings of curiosity , sympathy , and intense interest . Amongst the spectators we ' observed tlie

      wives , brothers , sisters , and parents of those who had left in the yawl , and heard the opposite exclamations of each party as their loved ono was proclaimed to li * . saved or lost . The following are the names of the bcachmen who were saved by the life-boat : —Samuel Coltwas , James Gurnoy , Samuol Shields , Joseph Duffncll , Thomas Motts , and Benjamin Gurling , The following are tho names of the men , and the number of their families , who were lost : —James Boiilton ( two boys and one girl , all married ); William Warner ( single ); James Shreeve ( two boys and one girl ); James George ( single ); _Geoi-ge liarney ( single ) Abraham Wethcrell ( seven girls and two boys ) and Gannam Hilling ( two girls , and a wife near " her confinement ) . Thus perished seven fine and practical men belonging to this port , in the attempt to save their fellow-creatures' lives .

      Death. At Sheffield, At Eight O'Clock On...

      DEATH . At Sheffield , at eight o ' clock on Saturday morning January 25 , 1 S 45 , Wiu . iak _BcBLEV , file-cutter , Arundel . street , aged 52 . The deceased was an unflinching demo _, crat , and from the commencement of the Chartist agita . tion a consistent and untiring member of the several popular associations . For real morality , and an ardent love of truth , justice , and _Uberty , William Bcblet was an example to his species . He fulfilled aU the duties of life as a husband , lather , Mend , and patriot , without omission , and has departed from this life without a soli _, tary stain on his name . Was society composed of such men as Wimum _HumEy , oppression and wrong would te unknown , and freedom and happiness would be the lot tf all . He was an obscure , but a good man , therefore do the many mourn his death , and lament tlie loss of on * who was truly an honour to his kind . . j j * *»** . _»> . A _~^ r _^'^ _>>» - " ¦*• ' -. ¦* -

      Bankrupts. (From Friday's Gazette.) Will...

      BANKRUPTS . ( From Friday ' s Gazette . ) William Burt , I . isson-grove , New-road , hoarding-housekeeper—James Argent , Golden-lane , Barhicin _, victualler —Edward Cooper Flowers , Whitchurch , _Buckingliamshire _, cattle-dealer—Itichard Harris and John Hill , Sen-gatestreet , City , tailors—Samuel Brice , St . John-street , tailor —Richard Greenwood , Bradford , Yorkshire , buokscller-John Collins , Sheffield , grocer—John and David Hepwortb , Kaistrick _, Yorkshire , cotton warp dyers—Thomas Wlijrte _, Birmingham , hardware-merchant—Edwin Llowellin llo . unison , Moulton , Lincolnshire , fell-monger—William Upton Lester , Aldennaubury , silk-manufacturer—William Bliukhorn , Little Bolton , Lancashire , manufacturing-Che . mist—John _Irving , Blackburn , Lancashire , linemlraper-William Fielding ' , Taunton , Lancashire , hat plush manufacturer—Absalom Francis , William Dave y , uiulMattlie * Francis , Bagillt , Flintshire , ironfounders—Robert Jones , Liverpool , bootmaker .

      Coyest Garden Theatre. A Play In Five Ac...

      COYEST GARDEN THEATRE . A play in five acts called Honesty , written hy _afjentlt-Jinn of fortune named Spicer , was prouiiccd at this theatre ; . !) Monday night , we are glad to add / with complete suceiv . The plot and details of the piece we cannot afford room it describe this week . The acting of Miss J . Vandenhoftj is the heroine , was truly beautiful ; there can , indeed , tt little doubt that tliis younglady is fast attaining the _liigliw point of excellence it is possible to achieve . The fall ofthe curtain was followed by unmeasured applause , and Vandenhoff and his daughter no sooner appeared than thej

      were literally pelted with bouquets . Mr . Vandcnlio _^ it appeared , was labouring . under ill health—so much so that he thought it due to the author , after the curtain had fallen , to state as much to the public . There was Utile necessity for this , for he had been frequently appl . iwlfJ during the evening ; but the impulse was a grace-till one , aud the apology elicited renewed applause . Mr . Roj _* _w and Mr , Archer also well acquitted themselves . Tlie result has been a grand triumph for the author , who . at tlit conclusion , Mas loudly called for , but he was not forthcoming , and the disappointed audience relapsed very im « i ! _- liugly into _sUenee .

      DRURY LANE THEATRE . On Friday night we witnessed the 107 th _pcribnuaiicet'I the grand and deservedly popular opera ot * the / _Soliem : * Girl . Miss Rainforth , as usual , played the part M ' the heroine most naturally and delightful ']} -, her _pei-fi _< riuan » exciting the _oft-rcnewed and most enthusiastic applauses the audience . Mr . Borrani , as CountArnhchi ; ami _Hv . t Harrison , as Thaddeus , performed tlieir parts _auminitlj , and were rewarded with tlie mosthoarty approbation . Mr . Stretton , as Dcvil ' s-hoof , also played well . The curtsa descended amidst universal applause , The _pantomimed liobinson Crusoe closed the evening ' s entertainment * .

      SADLER'S WELLS . A new five act play , from the pen of Mr . T . J . Serle , **« produced at this theatre on Thursday evening , with !** most complete success . It is entitled the Priest ' s _IMvtfiib and the scene is laid in the middle ages . The parts vt th / Priest and Madeline ( the Priest ' s Daughter ) , weiv alterably sustained by Phel ps and . Mrs . Warner , who . _*«• called for at the conclusion of the piece , ami much applauded _, a cull was then made for the autlior . . w _* Serle appeared anil briefly addressed the audience , state ? that he should consider that night as the proudest off existence , if this play should turn out to be only ** commencement of a scries of similar productions : it : _» theatre , lie was loudly cheered , and the piriv was a * 5-nounced for repetition amidst tumults Of appl « ll-i ' _-

      OLYMPIC . The opera ofthe Maid of Judah was _produeeil _lu-ie' « Ihuvsday evening in a style worthy of anv theatre !» - metropolis , _itiss Alicia Sunn was the _Jtcbcas , Mr . H'ft'J the Iwnlmc _, ami II err Fidor the Cedrie Miss Alicia _>« - * is already well known to the musical world . Her _wt _< f _% tins occasion was complete , anil she was much ft "' ' * "; ' servcdly applauded . The opera was well cast in tl ' _* ing parts . Wahlron , as Bois Gilbert , was a mos t valor * and right doughty _knijflit ; and Broad-foot ' s- /** '" * was , **" the exception of poor Egerton _' _s , the host we have * _% Our old friend Rayner , as Wamba , was a « follow * of *? finite jest . " He kept the audience in a roar the _«* ¦ time he was on the stage .

      ROTAL POLVTECH . NIC INSTITUTION .-On _TlllirSllsy . _^ John Ryan , the Professor of Chemistry at this exe # : institution , delivered a lecture on fire . Yor the \ m _^\ noticing an apparatus recently invented by Mr . VWf of Bloonisbury-squnre , called the Fire Annihilator . _^ name is certainly a comprehensive one , but the eipj monts ot Dr . Ryan proved that the machine fidlyil «« _2 it . Dr . Ryan commenced his lecture by stating , tha 1 _*^ of tho groat objects of the Polytechnic Institution ** bring before the public eye , and to illustrate by experinr * r and models , the discoveries of scientific men . , B % however , he entered upon the subject of the Fire 1 _? C lator be should endeavour to explain the Phlogiston _xr ofthe earlier chemists , and the more modern view ? c _* _* voisier and others . The Doctor proceeded to prove , -J . number of e . vi ) eriments . thn * _combustion under nil . .

      cumstances is the result and companion of chcif * action . A considerable period of the lecture was * 1 '* wards devoted to tho consideration of supporters : t ' . _iJ- % supporters of combustion , or to those condition- * * _% are necessary either to maintain fire or to uvevent j action . He more especially pointed out the eflicBX volumes of pure nitrogen or pure carbonic _•«* upon the flame of coal gas ; and , after showing tliat . _€ bustion instantly ceased in an atmosphere cental * ' ? but a small per eentage of these gases , he proceeded _«" plain that Mr . Phillips used a mixture of coke , ni « ' i l sulphate of lime , with a small quantity of water : _tfrr ducts of its ignition were prineipaUy fire , nitroge _^ borne acid , and watery vapour . To illustrate the eW '' of this apparatus , which , lov a large house , is o"l >* fA of a small stove , Dr . Ryan kindled a fire of vf _*^ spirits of turpentine in an iron house , and when t ' e" -j

      anu comDiistion were most perfect he _introdtiei' « ' - _^ apparatus , not holding more than two ounces ot «* - _^ terial , and in half a minute the fire was comp letely _^ y guished , amid the applause of a numerous audienc _* -- _^ were naturally interested in an experiment invoi >» - - security of life and property . As the appa ratus _ls _^ and may be kept charged , and only requires tlie . _- , *' iiiI a trigger on the alarm of fire , it may be _carriw _^ i part , and immediately used , f n our op inion it « ' / 3 _, ? l of vast utility in ships . It may be placed in the W < _^ in case of a fire in any part of the ship the _tngS _^ « _# pulled , the gas would escape , and range i" eV _v _, „ e l _> _- thus putting an end to the ravages of the destroy » y ment . We understand the learned doctor intcnu * - _^ this the subject of a daily lecture for some tinie > ' tlli _.-ii _* * to afford the public an opportunity of exannni » t vention . _^

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_01021845/page/8/