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      FEARFUL BAILWAY _ACCIDENP . _Gwccesti-r , _Acccsi 31 .-The most awful and terrific accident that has yet happened ou the Bristol and Birmingham Bailway occurred last night » bout a quarter past ten . Thc following are the lew -particulars which I have been enabled hastily to throw _together , and which have escaped from the ' tarituru . tr" of the Yailway officials : —Ata roadstation called Defford , near Pershore , situate in a deep _cuttimr about twenty miles on the np iine from Gloucester , a goods truck * _* was placed just across the up line at the ' points , " about fiftv yards beyond the station , ready _tobetuKSWedto a down train ( third-class ) , leaving _BinurecSuiui at half-past seven p . m . The stopping or red _Hsiht signal was _tatacd to stop a luggage-train that was expected to arrive about the same time ( the

      trains generally waiting here ) , when the luggage train drove np , the -engine-driver "disregarding the signal , went on rigkva-head , and not even slackening his speed , passed the station at aoout thirty miles aa _licur . and _rnnmns-sgaiiist thc -truck , turned it over onto the _down-raihs ; the shock causing the engine to soring offthe-rails across both sets of rails , _thrust" ing \ he tender tra the bank of thc cutting . A * the same moiacat-tfe " e third-class down-teain arriving at ihe spot drove -over the luggage-train . _engiHO , and track , _dracgea a passenger carriage on to the top of the _enrine , -which it set on fir .-, and smashed to pieees _& _ewert carriage . Thc passengers .-mostly of the poorer class , were thrown about in all directions ; one , a man of the name of Williams , a carpenter , eoiu' _-liosieto his wife and family atClieltenham ,

      _Tvasso-ninchcut , braised , and scalded , that he did j not live more than a few hours . Six or seven others were severely cut aad _raided , and all in the train j "Ver _.-. -much shaken . The-engine-driver ofthe lug-* sa _^ -traiu , a _nian-af tlurname of Ward , was killed , ij & eiHg literally cut to pieces and buried amongst the _grains-of the " engines , carriages , and trucks . The ! _sstokerwas very much _xut and scalded , but escaped _^ witMiis right ' arm brekeu in two or three -places . - _^ The _cncinc-drivcr of the passenger train perceiving _-sOmc obstruction on ' -ibe rails at -a short distaace from -the points , shut off his steam , _reversed thc engine , -and both he and the stoker jumped off just as the - concussion was about to take-place . IIow he could * tsce the obstruction on not a very light night remains : mystery ; but it appears he had slackened speed

      considerably prior to _arriving at this place , as he was about to stop at Betford station , liad these men remained on _theengine , tlicir'iives most probably would lave been _saeriSsed to the recklessness of Ward , and the reprehensible conduct-of the officials in placing a truck , especially a loaded one , on the main line of -rails just as two-trains-were expected . The passenger train was detained about four hours and a Lalf , asiliepassengerseeuld not be forwarded nntii an engine and _carriages had arrived from Gloucester _, lioth lines of Tails hsuig torn up for -several yards . The mail train , wliich left Birmingham at oue o'clock , proceeded , without anything particular occurring , as faras "Spetehley , where it arrived about lalf-past two o ' clock . Shortly after leaving Spetchley , and'before Hearing the Defibrd station , tliey

      -were met hy alarm signals , and , ibs train imme- _tiiatcly stopping , it * _was evident something unusuallad happened . Tke passengers and luggage were conveyed thence across the country , a distance ol abouttwo miles ,-to another train in waiting te receive tliem . Two * or three ofthe passengers , however , determined'to make their -way along the line and examine for _themselves the nature of the _-accident , for that an-accident , and a very serious -one , lad occurred ,-was ' . but too _apparent . On reaching the precise _spot-where the catastrophe happened , the scene * of _wreck-snd destruction which mot their eyes baffles all description : -two trains had evidently

      come -into violent collision , the engines were suaticred to pieces aad raised high up in the air on the top ofa , mass of battered carriages and broken luggage , the debris of _which-strewed the road in cvery-direetion ; and to add to-the horrors of tlie whole , the burning cinders from-the engines had set the mass on lire , ; _wMcfeaTiuniber of workmen were endeavouring in Tain to extinguish . A passenger by the third-class train describes the scene of confusion at the moment of the occurrence as beyond description _, there were a great many . passengere , and the shrieks of the women , mingled with the groans of these who were _inurabivere truly heartrending .

      _JFURIHEP . PABTICUXABS . _DegpoBD , 'Sept . 1 . —The poor fellow who was so _dreadfully-scalded and burnt lingered until nearly daylight this morning , when death put au end to his sufferings . An inquest was fixed lor twelve o ' clock to-day . -This morning General Pasley and several of the company's officers belonging to the engineering department were upon the spot , with a view-io an inspection . " -The jury h . iTe just met , and have proceeded to view the body of-Ward , which was lyi _*^ in a barn close to the line , and presented one of the most awful spectacles ever witnessed , being bruised in every part , and-hardly -an unbroken bone in his body . A _vost-mortem examination has been ordered , aad his lody has been opened . The result has not yet transpired , -but it is fully expected that the _inquest must

      be adjourned , as the principal witness , Ward ' s lireman or stoker , is usable to bemovcd 3 he having been brought to the Gloucester Infirmary , where he lies in a dreadful state . The inquest upou the passenger { Williams } must also be adjourned until after the one on Ward i £ held . -Ward has left a wife and one young Ci ' _iiM : he-was- a clever man ia managing an engine , iui mot _-a-very careful driver , lie was heard to _declave _beforeJheleft-Gloucester that he would be in Birmi Ej-iiamia twohcurs . The enginehe was driving , _caLted-t-he- * 'Derbv : " was the largest at work on the line ** -it-is - not so much injured as was anticipated . Som s _^ hing _. must be wrong to allow a man to drive an cngi tie of-such power at such a fearful rate , with a ieav _jiJu _^ _gge-trahi , merely for thefuu of the thing , * and i _Siis accident shows the necessity of some

      legislative i Htactuient to put a stop to such reckless conduct All c _lanibtjs removed as to the cause of the fearful accidi ait . ut -was a truck standing in the way of the lugga- je . train on ite way to Birmingham . The cause ofthe collision mast have arisen from one or other of the fo ] lowing mistakes : —either the signals were imperfect -ly-given at the Defford station to indicate that au obs traction lad to be guarded against , or no signal _vrss _gtven-et all , or thc engine-driver fell a _sacrifice KtohJis own-recklessness in pushing on in spite of the v . aniing . Ut is only by an official inquiry that the fae . te-ean be properly ascertained . Railway officers _h » k as -though you were going to solicit charity , orpick their pockets , the moment information is .- * _Sved about the occurrence of an accident ; out even a ; _passenger sittingiu a carriage cau give no informati on-beyond his sensations at the time of the

      accident , or * wuat lit witnesses after it . In the present case She responsibility rests with the officers at iheDeffor it-station . It was they who were in charge of the trui _fi-J-whiek-eaused the double accident , and , of course , Si-remains for them to account for its laving been - _* SO placed , and to prove that the requisite signals were -given . I have seen this morning James Baird , the i aan who : acted as fireman to the unfortunate Ward . He stated , * ' We left -Gloucester at nine o'clock on . Saturday nigit with ihe luggage-train . When we got io Uredon the pumps -of the engine got tad , and bvc _iar . attending to them the fire got very low , but by t . be time we got Jo _Egginton the pumps were working jjretty well , and Ward said , he wouid assist in getti eg the fine filled up . I then commenced filing up the Ew , and le assisted me hy opening and

      shutting thc . _we-hole door as I put in the coke . I am not exaetlv _sure whether it was by the _bridge at Defibrd or whe . i crossing the Avon that Ward said to _yne 'Jamie , tluene _' s something wrong ; ' aud immediately I saw hi in _fhut-oa the steam . On observing this , I began to xererse the engine , and whilst doing so I was _tlirown _eS it . As 1 was falling I felt something strike my shoulder . It was very dark at the time . I was restored , after a tame , to sensibility by ihe pouring of writer _overane . On looking up I sawengines and carri ages leaped upon each other , aad some of thesi on fire . I -asked the uersoa who was assisting me if he could te & me anything of Ward ? He said , 'Stranger , we will . take yoa to the station . Tou are not fit to inquire after your friends . '" Baird attributes the accident to imperfect sianalinir At Defford . _^ b

      _Defe _ord , Mosdat _3 _> _icht . — -The accounts of this earful collision having been exceedingly incorrect , it should be stated that on Saturday night , about a quarter past ten o'clock , a porter at the JDefford station of this railway -was in the act of removin" a track from the down line of rails , for the purpose of making way for the expected down train from Birmingham , to which he was to attach it , and had got it on the other line , when a special goods train •{ which le said le lad no reason to expect ) came -rapidly up from Gloucester , aud , notwithstanding no less than three red lights had been exhibited , to warn it of danger , ran into the truck at the critical moment that tiie down train also came b y - and the -consequence was , that the truck was forced violently between the two trains , aud caused the engines of both to be upset , and tie carriages to be thrown off . The up-train contained no passengers , but the driver jf Joseph Ward ) was thrown out , and upon him fell a _^ arge mass of metal bars which had formed the load . of one of his carriages : he received such spinal and

      -other injuries that after two heavy groans he ex - pired , being awfully mutilated . William Miles , a carpenter employed by some ofthe contractors , who was in thc down-train , was so dreadfully scalded that lis death took place early on Monday morning ; another person received a concussion of the brain , and lies in a dangerous _stace at the Gloucester Infirmary ; a fourth lies very ill at Pershore : and others are more or less injured . An inquest was held on Tuesday morning before Mr . Charles Best , in this Tillage . The company were represented by JMx . Wheatley , their solicitor , Mr . Saunders , their secretary _, Mr . Swaine , Jfr . M'CennelJ , and Mr . Paine . General Pasley , the Government inspector , _Tras also present . Join Mnrphy being sworn , deposed—I live at i _^ fford , and am porter for the Bristol and Binnin _* - - - _* am . Company . I only knew the deceased person ' s _Uwtot _? ? . _f e _*™ ns- _0 _« Saturday evening l was on duly at _xhe station . The clerk at Eckin « -

      Ton Station Wanted A Truck Which Was At ...

      ton station wanted a truck which was at our station , to load _' sheep in on Monday morning . I was _getting it out about a quarter pp . st ten at night , and purposed taking it across the line to hook it to the down-traiu . An up-train came up while I had the truck on the line , and the train ran into it . The train , or rather the engine , was thrown off , and upon the other line . A down-train then came along , and struck against the engine which had been thrown against the rails . Thc consequence was , the engine-driver of the uptrain -was thrown off , both engines were considerably damaged , two of the up-train carriages were knocked to pieces , and the goods thrown out . There were no passengers , it being the luggage train . Two of the down-train carriages were much damaged . The

      truck at the time was not on the switch , but on the main line . On looking about after the accident I saw the driver of the up-train ( Ward ) Vying onthe line ; he was not quite dead , but groaning , and said , " Lord have mercy on me . " He is now lying dead at the station . The bars of metal which were on one of his carriages had fallen on him , on his legs and body . 1 helped to get tlie weights off him , but I felt poorly and confused at the time , so that I hardly knew what had happened . He was taken to the station , but soon died . I did not see Miles till I saw hiin in the station . He complained of being in great pain . Miles was emplojed as a carpenter by some of the contractors . The up-train was a special goods train , and I knew nothing of its being expected .

      They had lights in front of the engine . 1 did not sec the lights ; it is my duty to attend to the signals _, . joseph Ward _received his injury at the first crash , and the other mau when the down-train struck . I do not know how the latter met with his accident . " I carried a red lamp at tlie time of moving the truck . , 1 did not hear the train . There are often trains coming Ko without _ourieing told of _theni , except oy signals placed behind _= the previous-trains . When I knew of the train coming I _expected it would -stop before it came to me , as the lines were being repaired just above . The proper time forthe arrival of the down-train was ten minutes before ten . It was behind its time . We never remove an }* trucks i till wc hear tlie trains _comins . There were two

      oilier signal lights besides mine . Wc had expected a short passenger train about 'the same timfe , which was to stop at'our station . I have known -trains run up without stopping when the signals were hoisted . When the gcods train came up I took-it to be the short passenger train before mentioned . I don't reinember that train _coniins _* . There were red lights also to stop that train . The person lolling one < 6 f the red lights had been sent on the line , past « ie bridee , towards Eckington ; thc other was on thc platform . Ward seemed to take -no notice of the signals , for he came _xip very fast to the truck . 1 then slipped my shoulder from tbe'truck , and threw uivselfon thc bank . It was a _* Iear night , and 1 could see the lamps at Eckington station , which is

      more than a mile . The deceased \ Ward ) was standing np , gazing _oveV the top of his engine ; he was not asleep . Mr . J . E . _MMDonnell , superintendent of the locomotive department , _deposooV-1 reside at Bloomsgrove station . ( Witness here read the company ' s regulations fer the engine-drivers . These regulations appear to have been 'framed with a-due regard for the public safety under any contingency wliich may happen on railways ;) A cupy of these rules had been given by witness to'Ward , who , as usual in all such cases , had consented faithfully to keep them . ( The foreman of _thejury here . commented on the danger of being enjoined to make up their time , when lost , so as to be at each station at the precise period marked on the tabic ;) Mr . M' Connell aceoun ted f or the delay in the down-train in consequence of the repairs on the rails , -and also its having to wait for a

      mail-train ; he then went on to say that if Ward had obeyed the rules laid down withregard to signals , the accident could not possibly have occurred . Ward had been employed by the company for the last two months , and had driven engines for several years . If engine-driverspass a signal without stopping , wc discharge them . Should the driver accidentally leave his post , his fireman is generally competent to take his place . ( One of the jury observed , that since the trade at Defibrd had increased , there did not seem to be enough servants and attendants there ; but witness replied that assistance was always forwarded when necessary . ) A truck , when in good repair , may be easily moved by one man , while carrying his lamp . When the last witness removed the truck , he did so to save time in affixing it to the down-train , wliich he saw coming . The mail-train which proceeded the up-train had a red light behind , which denoted that a special train was to come .

      Josiah Abbott , porter at Bromsgrove station , deposed—I knew Joseph Ward . On Saturday night I came from Gloucester with him on a special goods train . We followed the mail , at about nine o ' clock . We were loaded with iron rails and deals ; two carriages were empty . There were twenty carriages altogether . Ward , the driver , was sober . I was the guard . __ I did not see plainly any signal when approaching Defford . I looked out and saw a light , but the steam from our engine dazzled it . When we came to the stone bridge we passed the red light . 1 was too far off to give the driver a signal without leaving my break . I had put on the break when 1 thought I first saw the light . It was dark , and 1 could not- see for the steam . We then came in contact with something . I was not thrown off , but got off . I first saw James Baird , the fireman , come out from the trucks , lie was with our train . ( A certificate was here put in to the effect that James Baird was unable to be removed from the Gloucester

      Infirmary , he having received a concussion ol the brain . Another certificate was put in , stating that William Mauton , another sufferer , was lying ill at Pershore , but was getting better . ) I afterwards saw Ward lying and groaning , under a weight of bars . I heard him groan twico , and he soon died . I afterwards saw another person , who was much scalded . Baird went back with the train to Gloucester . It appeared to me to be a dark night , but I was between two high trucks , and had a light with me . Although I could not see the signal on account ofthe steam , the driver might . ( A conversation here ensued as to the urgent necessity of having some invention for communicating between tho guard and driver , no such invention having hitherto been successful . ) We were going veryfast , but we were half an hour behind the mail then . If _ Ward had seen the light even when at the stone bridge , lie might , I think , have prevented any serious accident . A red light may be seen at a distance of four miles , as I have seen it at the Lickey .

      William Guest deposed—I live at Cheltenham , and am a contractor . The deceased Miles died this niorning . I saw him yesterday in bed at the Crown , in this village . I know nothing of the accident . Deceased was a carpenter in the employ of myself and partner . His wife and one of his sons are come to fetch his body . { The order for burial was here handed to the witness . ) Mr . William Francis , surgeon , of Pershore , was next sworn . —I was called in at Defford station about eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , and found Miles on a sofa in an inner room . Ile was scalded extensively in various parts of the body . He was removed to the Crown , where I attended him , in conjunction with Mr . Davis and "Jir . Niven . He

      died this morning . The cause of death was the scalding . I also saw Ward when I went to the station He was dead . I have examined his body , assisted by Jir . Marsh , of Upton . Tliere were iractures or " crushings" of the spine and pelvis sufficient to account for death . ( Witness also described other horrible wounds . ) Mr . James Done , superintendent at Defford station , was next called . ' liis evidence elicited no new fact m the testimony ; he corroborated the statement as to the goods special train being unexpected , and also proved that the signals at Defford were most conspicuous at the time of its approach . Witness had known instances of the signals being disregarded , but he always reported such instances , and the

      parties were discharged . Edward Shaw , the man who held the signal light at the bridge , said he was ordered to get a lamp and stop all trains coming up after ten o ' clock , on account of the repairs going on . He didso , and was stationed near the bridge , towards Eckington . The goods train came up at about twentv minutes or half an hour after the mail train . Witness was most positive that he showed his light when he first saw it coming . Did not know the driver , as the engine went by very fast , without taking notice of the signal . Witness waved his light , "bobbed" it forward , and shouted close to the engine , but all to no purpose . Witness also saw Jlurphy ' _s signallight and that on the platform . The driver could not have helped . seeing witness ' s light if le had been looking out .

      James Crawford , of Gloucester , locomotive foreman , deposed that on the night in question he had attached to the mail train for Birmingham the extra lamp behind , which always denotes a special train to follow it . Tliis was the whole of the evidence which could at present be obtained , and the Coroner then , at eight o ' clock at night , adjourned the inquest till that day fortnight , which appointment , however , will be subject to the state of health ofthe witnesses then to be _brousht forward .

      Extensive Coxixagration Os Sir Thomas Ba...

      Extensive Coxixagration os Sir Thomas Barixg s _Estate , sear Winchester . —On Saturday last , a hre which has destroyed several dwellings , and deprived seven respectable families of both liouse and home , occurred at a village called Mitcheldever seven miles from Winchester , on the _Basingatokeroad , and within two miles of the mansion of Sir Thomas Baring , Bart ., situate at Stratton Park . It appears that the fire originated from the falling of sparks from the flue of an oven belomrinff to the hahe .

      house of Mr . Groom , baker and general dealer , who at the time was raking the wood embers . Pieces fell upon the thatch of an adjoining cart-house , which instantly ignited , and the fire communicating itself to the long line of continuous thatch , the whole was speedily in a blaze . At this moment the consternation of the villagers was very great , who had barely timeinseveralinstancestoescape . An aged cripple was most miraculously preserved by the enterprise ofa land neighbour . Very soon after the outbreak the lion , Francis Baring repaired to the scene , having

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      given orders that the er _^ nes belonging the mansion should be _promptly despatched to the spot ,, with twenty-two men to work them . Meanwhile the flames extended from liouse to house with great rapidity , and one of the inmates ( Groom ) with his wife and family with very great difficulty escaped . An attempt was made : to save a portioii ofthe property , but this was found to be impossible , from the falling of the rafters of the liouse , wliich was full of timber _, lt was a considerable time before the engines could be got into full play , in consequence of the bad supply of water , and the nearest pond being at a considerable distance from the spot . A policcconstable of the Hampshire constabulary was immediately despatched to Winchester , and Captain Harris , the

      chief constable , and Mr . Tart , the superintendent , shortly afterwards went with three constables to __ render any requisite assistance . When they arrived , the whole of the long line of roofing of the six cottages had fallen in , and the lower part of the buildings as well as thc outhouses were in flames . Several of the inmates , who were out , gleaning in the fields , had by this time become acquainted with the loss oftheir little all , and the police acted most admirably in preventing the poor creatures from perilling themselves hy attempting to save anything . The fire continued to burn until every particle of

      furniture and stock was destroyed , the houses gutted , and sereral valuable pigs , poultry , and domestic animals sacrificed . The loss will be most severely felt , as tlm occupiers are none of them insured . The owner of the houses , Sir Thomas Baring , is insured in one of the county offices . On Monday morning an attempt was made to explore the ruins , and a quantity of money in different kinds of coin was found , as well as the remains of two watches in : a fused state , This was all that was saved of any value . We hoar that a subscription , liberally headed and strenuously promoted , is being got up throughout the _neighbourhood , for the benefit of the sufferers .

      Extensive Warehouse Robbery . —On Saturday morning last an extensive robbery was 'discovered to have been cemmitted on the previous night in the premises of Messrs . Henry Whitiker and Sons , spinners and manufacturers of Hurst , neat * _Ashton-under-Line , and who occupy a warehouse in Pool , in this town . The robbery was committed between nine _•^ clock-on Friday night and eight o ' clock on Saturday morning , and , it would appear , by some parties who are acquainted with Messrs Whitiker ' s business . The last Friday in the month is the day upon which the firm collect tlieir accounts , and this was the day selected by the thieves . The warehouse was locked up and left secure at nine o ' clock on Friday nfeht , and in the iron safe , wliich was also locked ,

      was deposited -64 , 778 15 s . 9 d . in cash and cheques , \ _ixst fortunately only £ 516 8 s . Gd . was in notes and gold . Ahout eleven o ' clock a gentleman , who occupies an adjoining warehouse , observed two or three persons lurking about the place , and , not being quite satisfied with tlieir appearance , he addressed one of them and said , " My good man , what do want here ?" To whieh the fellow replied , " What the h-l _' s that to you 1 " He took no further notice of them . It appears that the thieves entered thc warehouse by means of false keys , and also opened the safe and drawers by the same means , and having plundered them of cash , locked them up _| again , and departed . None ofthe locks having been in the slightest degree

      injured , the men opened t : e doors in the usual way next niorning and commenced work , and it was not till the cashier went to the safe that the robbery was discovered . Information was immediately given to the police , but no clue to the robbers has yet been obtained . On Saturday night , between eight and ten o'clock , the whole of the cheques , amounting to £ 4 , 202 7 s . 3 d ., were put into the post-office at one of the receiving-houses without envelopes or otlier covers , and are of course now in the hands of the police . There appears to be a gang of expert burglars about the town , for during the last eight months several similar robberies have been committed , and in all probability by the same parties .

      Extensive _Iiobbekies . —On Tuesday information of the following extensive robberies was received by the metropolitan police : —Froni the residence of Mrs . Amie Morris , in thc town of Nottingham , a black leather travelling trunk , with " A . Morris " engraved thereon , containing a dozen silver dessert knives and forks , six table forks , six table spoons , six teaspoons , two salt spoons , a mustard spoon , a caddy spoon , a . pair of sugar tongs , a receipt on Moore and Robinson ' s bank for £ 170 , Bank of England and Liverpool notes for £ . 155 , including a £ 50 , £ 30 , and £ 5 , cut in halves , and the remainder in £ 10 and £ 5 notes ; a yellow silk bag , containing upwards of 100 sovereigns ; a black morocco writing case , containing two gold bracelets , set with cameos ; several valuable securities in the Dutch , German , ancl French languages , besides various articles of wearing

      apparel and silk dresses unmade . Also a rosewood dressing-ease , inlaid with pearl , containing two gold watches , one German and the other French ; a pair of silver Indian ear-drops , two diamond rings , one with a large diamond in the centre , surrounded with eight small ones , various other rings and brooches , a small gold locket , a gold bracelet , set with turquoise and otlier stones , various , continental . coins , ( fee . Also from the pocket of a gentleman , between the District Bank and the Custom House , Liverpool , by way of _Southcastlc-street , a wash leather bag , containing the following Bank of England notes : — £ 100 , Manchester , 17 th February , 1845 , No . 10 , 558 ; £ 50 , Leeds , 22 nd July , 1844 , 22 , 878 ; £ 50 , Liverpool , 28 th May , 1844 , 215 , 421 ,- four £ 10 , Manchester , 10 th February , 1844 , Nob . 34 , 420 , 38 . 157 , 38 , 086 , and 12 , 040 ; and £ 5 , London , 13 th March , 1844 , 70 , 183 ; also about £ 27 in gold .

      Alleged Extensive Swindling . —Some time since a person who represented liimself as Dr . Allen , late ofthe Enniskillen Dragoons , appeared in Argyllshire , where he is accused of having : obtained goods and money in a false and fraudulent manner , from various respectable individuals , to the amount of £ 200 sterling . Information having been received by the authorities at Inverary , that he was residing in Kilrea , county of Londonderry , Ireland , under his real name of James Paterson , following the occupation of a baker in said village , where he is said to possess property to sonic amount , Mr . M Kay , superintendent of the Argyll county police , at thc request of the sheriff-substitute , immediately proceeded to Belfast , per Thetis steamer , upon 'Monday

      last , and from thence the following day to Kilrea . After arriving there late on Tuesday night , next morning being the weekly fair , Mr . M'Kay , happening to look out , of his window previous to communicating with the authorities , saw a person arrive at the market standswith a bread cart , whom he immediately recognised as the identical person he was in pursuit of . He communicated with the constabulary , who rendered him every assistance ; and , after securing the prisoner , marched him off to the barracks , followed by upwards of 3000 of the populace . Afterwards Mr . M'Kay , proceeded to search the prisoner ' s house and premises , and found a considerable quantity ofthe property understood to be carried away by him

      from Argyllshire . That same night he proceeded with the prisoner from Kilrea to Belfast , and from thence per same steamer , Thetis , next day for Greenock , en route for Inverary . Mr . M'Kay states he received every facility from Captain M'lieller in bringing the prisoner across . The said person is supposed to have committed a variety of similar offences under the name of Richardson , " in Stirlingshire , and probably other counties in Scotland , under assumed names , as it is well known in Kilrea that he occasionally absented himself for a time from there , and returned afterwards in possession of goods and money to a considerable extent . -- Glasgow Herald of'Monday .

      The Late Colliery Explosion at Abekdare . — A correspondent , writing from _Blaina , gives the following illustration of the recklessness of the colliers : — " A fortnight ago a person with whom I conversed , and who had inspected the mine , then reported it to be in an excellent state of ventilation ; better , from the account of the colliers , than it had been for some lime past . A portion of the explosive matter which had accumulated in a dome at the top of the level , and wliich had been formed by a fall from the roof , was recklessly ignited at the time by some of the colliers , with a view of shouting the effeet to a stranger ; the whole party were thrown violently to tlie ground , but no other damage was then done . To accomplish this mad experiment , two pickaxes were tied together , having a candle attached tothe top of the uppermost , whieh were held up by a man standing en another man ' s" shoulder to reach the gas . It isto be hoped that a similar freak has not been the cause of the late catastr ophe . "—Carmarthen paper .

      Extra ordinary Observations connected with the late _Disa vStrous Whirlwind at Rouen . —M . Arago has comn mnicated to the Paris Academy of Science the observ _'fttions of some of its correspondents upon the extraoi "dinary meteor which caused such dire effects at 1 _'touen . The disastrous visitation commenced in tl _w valley of Malauney and the valley of Monville , abc 'ut halt-past twelve o ' clock in the dav , by the rapids nock of winds and clouds striking in opposite direct ions , preceded by gusts of an extraordinary hot win . d equally remarked at Paris , and so burning thatthe mistress of an inn , although ' standing before a kite hen fire , felt it , as well as many otlier persons , on a u ° J whom it produced a most oppressive effect . Sii 'n * 'ar electrical phenomena soon followed . It was re marked that the whirlwind presented the shape of au inverted cone , of which the not in

      point looked red . It i _^* " proceed a right line , but zig-zag , and partic _vduriy m the direction where there were masses of iro . n or _s'eeJ _» such as factories , leaving untouched the in _krmediate spaces . What is more extraordinary , it on y struck parts of the same house , those parts h . % vinS quantities of ironwork , leaving untouched th e parts which had little _, or none . Trees of a century ' were in some places twisted , in others torn up , and i . lother . places broken . But the most remarkable feat ' u _* 're o _* f the whole was this , that a quantity of substai , ce 8 - ' _s 0 _™* - of gi'eat weight , such as planks of wood i * * ye feet in length , were sucked up into the air , and car r : to distance of nine leagues , after a journey o _* seven hours . While the tempest was at its height tl , s barometer fell 17 millimetres , a fact proved by Prof , _^ _"r Pre isser . This philosopher does not doubt that the _"Juenomenon

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      was essentially electric . During the _passage of the whirlwind , from which flashes of h > ntniug played , sonic persons smclled a sulphureous o ' , ( 0 Ur , ' ahd heard a rolling noise—workmen felt _themselves moved to and fro , while flames Hashed before tnc j r eyes . Bits of burned cotton and other _materials were found , althoug h there had been no conflagration . Several cooking spits were _magnetised . Of the killed , some showed no mark of _external injury ; many showed rapid signs of decomp osition ; and altogether tliere can be no doubt that , tlie cause was of an electric nature .

      Tue Bask _Rowjunr . —The large robbery of banknotes committed , at the bank of Messrs . Rogers , Towgood , and Co ., in the city , must be fresh in the recollection of our readers , lt was enveloped in a mvstery _which _eyen the sharp eyes of the Forresters could not pierce ,, and their inquiries were , we believe , abandoned in despah _* . A circumstance has , how ever , just coKie to our knowledge wliich may throw some light an this robbery , if not lead to thc discovery of thc perpetrators . Three of the notes stolen on this _occasion were paid to an hotel-keeper at Mples , by persc _. ns staying at his hotel , in discharge of thenbills . * The parties who passed the notes to him were ofsudi rank and station as to preclude the remotest oi

      possibility of their complicity in thc robbery , or _thoir having received the notes in question otherwise than in exchange for cheques or for larger notes , lhis hotel keeper arrived in London two or three days ago with the notes in his possession , and with the full determination of presenting them at the Bank of England for payment . He knows the parties from whom he received them , so that a . , clue will thus be obtained by whicli the notes ' may be traced irom hand to hand until the first possessor after the robbery is reached . It may be mentioned that a list oi the stolen notes was communicated to this hotel keeper by the British , Consul at Naples , but not until four days after the notes in question had been taken b \ him . — Observer .

      Distressing Suicide--.--On Thursday morning Jast the quiet village of Perry Bar was thrown into a state of excitement by a * report that Mrs . Priestley , the wife of a brewer residing tliere , had been found suspended by a" rope to the top of the bed . The alarm was given about seven o ' clock , and on somo of the neighbours proceeding to the liouse they found the husband , Thomas Priestly , standing by the body of his wife , which lay extended on thc floor of the bedroom . The usual notice was given to the coroner , and in the afternoon of the same day an inquest was nhnuf-. hp . inn- held , when it became known that the

      husband had also terminated his existence by hanging himself . From the evidence of several witnesses , it appeared that Priestley had been very melancholy of late , his demeanour even to his friends being cold and repulsive . He complained of palpitation of the heart , and was under the medical care of a surgeon in Birmingham . In the ease of Mrs . Priestly , the jurv returned a verdict that she was found dead , but how death had been produced there was no evidence to show . In the second instance the finding of the jury was , that "Deceased had destroyed himself while labouring under temporary insanity . "—Birmingham Jourm I ,

      The Lancaster and Carlisle __ Railway . —On Wednesday last a serious and dreadful accident occurred on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway line at thecuttingthrough a large hill upon Shap Fell , Westmoreland . Tlie circumstances under which this accident happened arc of an extremely horrible character . It appears that a portion ofthe rock had been charged with gunpowder for the purpose of tearing it up , when , from some cause or other , the charge would not explode , and two of the workmen returned to it and commenced drilling the stone to draw out the powder . In doing this they had unfortunately neglected to pour into the hole a sufficient quantity of water to keep the stone moist , and the consequence was that the "jumper" became heated by the friction _, and ignited the powder . One of the poor

      fellows was blown into the air a height of thirty or forty feet and came down upon a heap of stones , after which he rolled into a gully twelve feet deep , and the other by the force of tie blast was driven to a considerable distance . The unfortunate men did not exhibit any signs of _Jifj until medical assistance had been obtained , _wl e i they partly revived on restorative means being resorted to . The workman who was thrown to such an awful height is lacerated in the lower part of the abdomen in a shocking manner , and the other is likewise dreadfully mutilated about the breast and abdomen . The injuries are of such a description that there is not the least possible chance of their recovery , and the sufferers are enduring the most excruciating pains . We have not been able to learn their names , but we understand they are from distant counties . Since the

      commencement of this railway—a year ago—several hundred labourers have been employed at this stupendous cut through Shap Fell , which was the principal obstacle on the line , and at first considered almost insurmountable from the hard flint rock ofwhich it is composed , but from the skill and able management of the contractors the work has progressed with astonishing rapidity , and there is every prospect of . its being completed within the given period—next August . On the same day another labourer upon this line , called William Magee , was kilicd close to Shap , within four miles ' of the otlier accident , by the falling of a large crane upon him . The back part of his head was much fractured , his right cheeK bruised , and his right leg broken , besides being severely crushed on other parts of the right side . lie died in a few hours after tbe accident . An inquest was held upon the _> body before Mr . Thompson , one of the coroners for the county , on the following day , and thejury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death . "

      A Woman Roasted Alive . — The following horrible event is said to have occurred very recently in a parish of Hainault , Flanders : —A sliort time ago , a woman suffering from a rheumatic disorder consulted an itinerant quack doctor , who found the means to put an end to her sufferings with all tbe forms which the most atrocious barbarity could have imagined . The following is , we believe , an exact report of his verbal prescription : — " Tho part affected must be covered with a mixture compounded of brandy and gunpowder in a state of ignition ; two persons must hold the woman till the perfect combustion and extinction of the mixture , and are to pay no attention to the cries uttered by her , for if a radical cure is to be effected , it is necessary that the action of the fire shoukltake place on the whole surface in a state of disease . Fear nothing ! All will go well 1 Adieu !"

      This oidonnance , made with that affectation of gesture and language familiar to this class of mouute _^ banks , was executed to the letter , and even with a slight addition , for in orderto compel their victim to be silent , the barbarous assistants brutally disfigured the face of the unhappy woman in different places during the execution oftlie prescription . After this operation , which only lasted one hour , there remained but an inanimate corpse . The skin of the thighs and abdomen was completely peeled off , and the flesh charred and blackened . The body was hastily buried , and endeavours made to stifle any report of this act of inhuman cruelty getting into circulation ; but the Procureur du Roi having been informed ofthe affair , sent a surgeon , who , after the exhumation and inspection of thc body , declared the woman had been roasted to death . —Gazette Mdieale Beige .

      The Explosion at Jarrow Colliery . —Jarrow , Monday . — -A public meeting was held this day , for the purpose of promoting a subscription on behalf oi the surviving relatives of the unfortunate sufferers in the recent explosion . A subscription list was opened , and a committee appointed . Mr . Brown , the owner of Jarrow colliery , put his name down for £ 100 , and that of Mrs . Brown for £ 25 . The subscription in the whole , up to the close of the meeting , was about £ 300 . John Adams , one of those taken outof the Bensham seam , is since dead , making the total number killed by the explosion forty . William Cranston , the only one found alive in the , Low Main seam , is slowly recovering . He is perfectly sensible , but has no recollection of what passed during the thirty-six hours he was in the mine after the explosion took place . He was in the store-board at the time , and

      remembers the explosion occurring , but soon afterwards lost Ms senses . The body of Richard Baird , which was supposed to have been under a horse and the debris from the roof , near the shaft , has been found in a different part of the mine ; it was in a pool of water , and very little burnt , showing that he had died from the effect of the after-damp . Since the explosion , Mr . Brown , the owner of the colliery , has prohibited the use of naked candles in any partof the mine , their place being supplied by Davy lamps . It would be well if other colliery owners in the district would follow this example , for experience has shown that with the utmost care accidents will attend the use of the naked candle ; and , strange to say , such calamities generally occur at periods when the mine is said to be in the best possible state of ventilation . Such was the case at Haswell , more recently at Coxlodge , and still later at Jarrow .

      Destructive Fire at Bow . —Shortly after one o ' clock on Monday morning , a dreadful fire broke out in one of the houses in Old Ford-lane , Bow , Middlesex , in the occupation of . Mr . W . Heole , a painter and glazier . The inhabitants were soon aroused , and a party of the K division of metropolitan police lost no time in procuring the parish engine , whilst others were despatched to town for more assistance . By two o ' clock engines ofthe A brigade stations , with that belonging to the West of England Company , arrived at the scene of destruction ; but , notwithstanding the most prompt measures were resorted to by all present , nothing could prevent the entire destruction of Mr . Heole ' _s property / and the damage of four buildines adioinins- .

      Alarming Fire in _Shoreditgh . —On Wednesday afternoon , between four and five o ' clock ; a destructive fire broke out at the wadding manufactory of Mr . York , situate in Bateman ' s Buildings . Shoreditch , High-street . It originated , it is supposed , from the over-heating of the drying-stove , and was discovered burning fiercely in the glazing and drying lofts . The prompt attendance of the brigade engines , however , and an excellent supply of water , tended much to check its ravages , and in the space of half an hour or so the _flameB were safely got

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      . Charge of Forgery at Manchester—Amiddler _a < . ed man , ' . lamed William Yates , was on luesday _charged at the Borough Court , with having _; committed a forgery about two years ago . The prisoner r ? wa _^ stated was formerly a traveller for the house of _Messrs Walker and Co ., of this town , but being out of employment about two years since he was allowed by Messrs . Bates aud Son , twist and waste dealers , to sell for them occasionally on commission . He sold one parcel of goods , the price of which was £ 176 , and , without authority , applied for payment . He received a bill at three days' sight tor tne

      amount ,- and got it discounted at the bank of Messrs . Cuulitfes , Brooks , and Co ., by forging the endorsement of Messrs . Bates and Son . Since that period he had kept out of the way , and was not again heard of untii apprehended on Saturday last , by one of the county police , at Bury . The bill was produced in court , ' but there was no evidence to show that the indorsement was in the handwriting of the prisoner , nor could the clerk at the bank identify him as the person who presented the bill and received the money . He was remanded to Thursday , in order that further evidence might be procured .

      Fatal Fall prom the Windsor , East _Ixdiaxiajt . —On Wednesday , Mr . Baker held an inquest at the Queen's Head , High-street , Poplar , on the body of Aizah Hine Nance , aged forty , a ship carpenter . It appeared that on Monday afternoon , deceased and others were engaged in warping the Windsor , Indiaman , into Messrs . Greene ' s Dock , at Blackwall , when , by some accident , not clearly accounted for , he fell from the fore chains into the water , striking his head against one o'f the spur-shores of the vessel . A seaman , named Donovan , plunged in after him , but ten minutes elapsed before he recovered the bodv . Surcical attcinnts to restore animation did

      not succeed . Verdict—Accidental Death . The late Accident on board _tiie Moonlight Steamer . —Finding of Deceased Boy's Fo t . —It will be recollected that a lad , named James Purcell , had his foot cut off by the head-rope of the Moonlight , iron steam-boat , and died in consequence , in the Charing-cross Hospital . The accident occurred at the Hungerford Pier , and the foot , with boot on , was severed from the leg and fell into the water . It did not sink , however , but was carried by the tide as far as Blackwall stairs , off which it was picked up by a waterman , . on Wednesday morning , ihe inquest in this case has terminated by a verdict ot—Accidental Death ; with a deodand of £ 40 on the

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      THE DUNFERMLINE RIOTS . Accounts of these riots liave appeared in several newspapers , which are exceedingly incorrect , and grossly exaggerated ; but instead of occupying our space with an exposure of these , we shall endeavour to give a correct version ot the whole case . In May , 18 'ii , a table of prices was made out jointly b y a committee oftlie manufacturers and weavers , which both parties agreed to ; and all the manufacturers in town , with the exception of the Messrs . Alexander , and one or two other houses , signed the same . Since that time it was understood they were all paying their weavers the prices stated in the table . Lately , however , the Messrs . Alexander had offered work at lower prices , to weavers who were not ill their employment . This excited suspicions that they were

      not paying the table prices * and on inquiry being made / satisfactory evidence was obtained that these suspicions were _vvell founded . Under- these circumstances it could not be expected that ( he othcrmanufacturers would continue to pay thc table prices , and therefore that a general reduction would soon have to be resorted to , although itis allowed on all hands that the wages of the weavers are too low already . In order , if possible , to avert a calamity so serious , the weavers , in the different quarters of the town , held several district meetings between the 5 th and 12 th current , for the purpose of devising means of supporting those weavers who were working at reduced wages , until they could find work at the regular prices . But before these arrangements were completed , a number of thoughtless boys and young lads

      met at Baldridgcburn toll-bar , on thc evening of the 13 th current , and proceeded through the suburbs and back streets _oftlie town , beating a drum , by which a great number ofthe same description of persons were collected together , and by the time they reached Bothwellhaugh they might amount to about twelve hundred . At this place . Provost llonaldson , Bailie Bjrrell , and J . Macdona'ld _, Esq ., Procurator-Fiscal , proceeded , without the aid of a single police-officer , into the centre of the crowd , for the purpose of advising them to disperse and go home , and to warn them against committing any breach of the peace . At this time some person took the Provost's staff out of his hand , and when heattempted to recover it , he was supposed to be endeavouring to secure one of the rioters , when he was tripped , and fell . During the time thc

      magistrates remained amongst the crowd , several stones were thrown at tliem , one ofwhich struck the back ofthe Provost ' s head , when his hat was off , and inflicted a severe wound . Messrs Birrell and Macdonald sustained little or no injury ; indeed it was evident that the rioters had no bad feeling towards th ? . Magistrates , for any disrespect shewn to them met with decided disapprobation . After they left them , thc rioters , who had evidently diminished in number , proceeded along the Netliertown , up Moodie-street , and on to Mr . Thomas Alexander's liouse , in Abbey-Park-phice . In passing it , they broke a great many panes of glass in the windows . They then proceeded to the warehouses ofthe Messrs-Alexander , in Canmore-street , and smashed all tlic windows in thc front . They then went up

      Guildhallstreet , to the Cvos 3 . When they arrived there , "Balmule" was sounded through the crowd , and about 300 or 400 set off for that place . All this was accomplished in about an hour , during which time the burgh constables were called out , and a considerable number of other persons made special constables ; but before anything like a sufficient force could be brought together , all the mischief was done in the town , and a large portion of the rioters off to Balmule . They reached tliere about eleven o ' clock , and at once proceeded to smash all the windows in thc house . When they had accomplished this , they forced open the front door , and commenced to destroy the furniture inside . At this time Mrs . Alexander came down stairs , in her bed-gown , with her children in the same condition , and begged that the rioters would

      spare their lives . She was told that neither her nor her children would be injured , and they were allowed to pass without farther molestation . Indeed , it is said that _^ somc articles of clothing that were in the lobby were given to her , and that one of the rioters escorted her and the children to the porter ' s lodge . During this time some of the rioters were searching the house for Mr . Alexander , and others destroying everything they could lay their hands upon . It would appear , however , that they had not gone through all thehouse , as the furniture in the upper flat was not injured . It is supposed they were prevented from destroying it by the near approach of the constabulary force , and the master and servants of Craigduckio , who arrived before the rioters had time to cany the work of destruction to the upper part of the liouse . When they arrived , the kitchen was

      on fire ; and had it not been an arched apartment , in all likelihood the whole house would have been burned down ; and as Mr . Alexander had taken refuge on the roof , had it been destroyed he must have fallen a sacrifice with it . lie was , however , rescued from his perilous situation by the timely arrival of the Sheriff with the constabulary force . Next day , Mi * . Alexander and _^ his family left for Edinburgh . The expense _^ ' of repairing the damages done is not yet fully ascertained , but they arc not expected to exceed sixty pounds for the houses in the town and at Balmule . A searching investigation has boon carried on since by the legal authorities . A great number of persons have been examined , and the result is the committal of four persons to stand their trial for rioting , fire-raising , & c ., viz . «* -John Coutts , William Smith , John Gibson _. and Henry Moir—thc two first arc married men . —Dunfermline Journal ,

      _DusrunATE Suicide op a Youxo Gentleman . —On Thursday afternoon a long inquiry was opened before Mr . G . I . Mills , deputy coroner for Middlesex , and a jury , at the Marquis of Hastings , Ossulston-street _, Somers Town , on the body of a gentleman at present unknown , who committed self-destruction under the very singular and unaccountable circumstances subjoined . Harriett Mayne said that she lodged at 26 , Aldenham-strcet , wliich houso was keDt by a female named Bryan . Shortly after twelve o ' clock on thc night of Tuesday last , she met deceased , whom she had never seen before , at a concert at the Garrick ' s Head , in Bow-street , where she partook of a part of pint of sherry with him and a tall young gentleman , his friend . The deceased told her he had previously been to Evans ' s Grand Hotel , and had partaken of two bottles

      , of wine and some rum punch . Shortly before three o ' clock on Wednesdav . morning the deceased bid his friend good-bye , " left the Garrick ' s Head , and accompanied witness in a cab to her residence . At , two o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon she invited him to partake of breakfast , but he refused , and said he would rather have a glass of wine . He gave witness half-a-crown to send for a pint of sherry , and on her calling Margaret Bryan , the landlady ' s daughter , to go for it , deceased added , '' Stay , I will send for something else that will do me good . " Deceased then asked for a pen and ink , and wrote a prescription in Latin , telling her to send it to some chemist , giving her 2 s . to procure it . Margaret Bryan went to the shop of Mr . Wakefield , and on her return with the wine said that Mr . Wakefield said he had not

      got any , and tbat it was poison . Witness told deceased , who said , " Nonsense , it is no such thing , * it is only to enliven up low spirits ; send to another doctor . " Margaret Bryan then went to the shop of Mr . Rentmore , in Clarendon-square , and brought back a phial about three-parts full of stuff smelling like almonds . Deceased was then lying on tlie sofa in the parlour , and appeared very cheerful . Witness left him to get her breakfast ; leaving" the phial andthe wine on the table . Shereturnld in about five minutes , and on entering the room asked the deceased how he was . He replied he felt better , qut his stomacn began to pain him . At that moment he turned oyer on thesofaand _appeared fainting , and made a gurgling noise in the throat . She called lor water , and senttor a doctor . Mr . Wakefield came and said he waa dead , and had taken poison . By the

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      Coroner . -Irhad never seen deceased beloro . 1 had not the slightest idea tliat hehad sent for poison ; and I intended to have taken a portion of what ho sent forbad he left any , as he said it was for low spirits .- I should say he was not more than twenty _vcil'S Of age . When alive he appeared of rather sallow complexion , and had dark brown hair . His dres " consists of V black frock coat black satm waistcoat , _iavender-coloured striped _twusera with straps , the whole quite new ; a blue stuped silk neckerchief , white stockings , yc low kid glovcs _^ and short hoots , * anew hat , maker s name lownsend , Cheapside and Regent-street . " He had with him a small yellow stick _vvith the handle much bitten , and his linen was marked V G .-Uiuneiu , luindker

      junior . " On his person were found two - cbiefs , one white muslin , with the name " G-. OMfield" on it , the other silk ; a cigar case , a _gl'COn purse studded with steel beads and tassels , with two shillings in it ; and on his finger a gold ring with a green stone . Deceased did not give witnesss any other money than for the wine and the stun . Margaret Bryan proved having gone with the prescription first to the shop of Mr . nakclicld and then to that of Mr . Rentmore , whereshe procured the stuff for deceased , and paid Is . 9 d . for it , and that she was served by a young man , Mr . Rentmorc ' s brother . Thc witness having identified tbe prescription , the Deputy-Coroner said it was in Latin , and was " half an ounce hydrocyanio acid , " and at the bottom was written " For flavonrino . soups , " and it was signed " G . O . " Mr .

      Wakefield proved that when he was called to sec deceased he was quite dead . The Deputy-Coroner animadverted on any cliemist selling so large a quantity of poison to a stranger , and called upon Mr . Rentnioro for an explanation . Mr . Rentmore , jun ., who served it , said he understood that the girl who fetched tho poison came from the pastry-cook ' s in Seymourstreet , and knowing oil of almonds was used in tlie trade , he served it . The Deputy-Coroner said tlio circumstances of the case were so strange , aIi ) _ioii"h there was no _vmisoii to believe that the witness . Mayne had connived at the deceased poisoning himself , that he felt it necessary to adjourn the inquirv for further evidence , and to have the body opened . The inquiry was ultimately adjourned to Monday next , and afterthc post mortem examination thc body will be removed to St . Pancras workhouse for identity .

      ' Supposed Case op Manslaughter at Leeds . — An inquest was held at the Court House , on Monday afternoon , before John Blackburn , Esq ., to inquiro into circumstances connected with thc death ofa man , named James Dunn White , a flax dresser , aged , 48 , who resided in the h'leecc Inn Yard , Meadow Lane , and whose life is supposed to have been terminated from the effects of a severe blow which ho received on thc 18 th ult ., at the Sprcad . Englc publichouse , Meadow Lane . Sarah Hinder deposed—1 live at the Spread Eagle , and knew the deceased . On the night of the 18 th August between ten and eleven o ' clock , he came to our house in an intoxicated stale , A man named Wormald was there having words with his wife ; the deceased interfered , when Woniuilil

      struck him a very violent blow , which knocked him down with his head against the seat of the _loniisettlc . When deceased g 6 t up he was five minutes liciaro he could speak . After some time he _eiinio limml , and was able to walk home . Margaret White ' the wife of the deceased , deposed—1 was in tho house on the IStli August , when my _Imsuiiml came in ; it was about half-past ten ; he appeared to be sober . In a sliort time he went out again and remained till about half-past eleven . When lie camo in the second time , he complained of _dreadful-Miing in his head , but did not state until the next _moi-ning that he had been at the Spread Eagle . He died on the 30 th of August . Mr . Lowe , surgeon , of Leeds , who had attended tho deceased and _siiusi-oiitiiflv

      made a post mortem examination oi the body , deposed that the immediate cause of death was an extravasation of blood and serum on the brain , which he said was probably produced by violence ; but it might have been caused by otlier means . Mr . _lilackbiim remarked upon the evidence , and _expressed an opinion that the evidence was not such as to warrant a verdict of manslaugther . From the evidence of Mr . Lowe , there was a doubt expressed as to the means by which the extravasation of blood had been produced , of which the accused party was entitled to have the benefit . The jury conciirreil , and returned a verdict " that the deceased died from extravasation of blood upon the brain , lint whether produced from violence or other causes , there is no evidence to show .

      The late Dreadful Affair at _Sioxnox _JLissur , Essex . —Death of the _Murderf . r . — On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held at thc Springfield gaol , Chelmsford , on the body of William Blackburn , who attempted self-destruction by cutting ids throat immediately after murdering his wife at the village of Stondon Massey , in that county , in June last , anil against whom a verdict of wilful murder was returned hy the coroner ' s jury . It will be remembt-m ! that the unfortunate man and his deceased wife lived as servants in the house of Mr . Trench , of Stundon llall , and on the afternoon ofthe above-mentioned d ; iv . * lic

      was found in lier bed-room , lying on the bed , dead , with her throat cut . The husband was nowhere to be found , and later in the day was met with near \ neighbouring wood , having also inflicted a frightful wound in his own throat . A razor was discovered in his pocket , and he acknowledged committing thc injuries . Owing to his dangerous condition , arising from the wound and the state of his mind , he wns unable to take his trial for the murder at the hue assizes . He expired on Friday last . The jury returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from tho effects ef a wound in his throat , inflicted by himself whilst in a state of temporary insanity . "

      Horrible Outrage at the Cavalry Ditot at Maidstone . —On Monday night last , between tlic hours of twelve and one , a most cruel and mysterious outrage was perpetrated at the Cavalry Depot in this town . At the time in question , the night being dark and rainy , a sentry , posted at the stables behind tho riding-school , and , as is usual at that station , locked out of the barracks , was suddenly seized , on turning a corner on his beat , by four or five men , gagged 'ritli a piece of sacking , and a clothes line taken from tlio drying ground just by , and carried to a clothes post , to which he was tied in such a manner that he eould neither speak , see , nor very well hear , being also threatened with instant death by means of his own sword if he attempted to stir . The poor fellow

      remained in this state , occasionally visited by his assailants , till nearly one o'clock , when it was liis turn to be relieved , and when he was found by tlio guard in the most deplorable condition , so exhausted as to be unable to speak . The serjeant of thc guard inspected thc ncighbourlipud ol the post , but nothing could be seen to account for tlie atrocious attack on the man , until the morning , _wlifi it was found that a valuable grey pony , belonging * thc Countess of Roiiiney , which had been sent tothe depot to be broken in , had been taken from o « e ot the stables on thc sentinel ' s beat , taken into the hatrack lield , and most cruelly ill-used , one of its l *? being broken above the knee , and its nose completely knocked away , by a tremendous blow from _soino blunt instrument . The poor animal's _instaiiticleasc from its sufferings by shooting it was inevitable . ll °

      these injuries were inflicted cannot be exactly _iiseer _* tained , though pools of clotted blood were discovered in thc manege in front of the stables , aiid a portion of the wall of the manege liad evidently been driven above an inch out of the _perneiidieiil'ir by a violent blow or struggle . A most niystcrio _" circumstance in the affair is that the _sta'ile I . I _. W had been unlocked and carefully iockcduii . _'git' _-li and the keys deposited in their proper p lace mw >> sentry-box , while , the further to avoid _sus'ii _*' ?"' the usual challenge and reply , " All ' s well , " * 'l" _" at certain intervals is passed from sentry to _sciitiji was duly given at the proper time , though wi * ' . trifling variation from strict accuracy . A coH "' inquiry , we hear , has heen held at the _bar-p , '' but the proceedings wore strictly private , » result has not yet transpired . We _heni'tib" I ' that the brutal perpetrators of the outrage nw . be discovered and punished as they deserve .

      Liverpool Corn Mabkbt, Mosuav, Sei'temii...

      Liverpool Corn Mabkbt , _Mosuav , _Sei'TEMIIEB _Jj —The arrivals of wheat , oats , flour , and _painu _^ from Ireland this week arc to a fair extent ; of Ion - produce tbey are moderate , consisting of about _< w ' barrels of Canadian flour , 1170 qrs . of Indian cvnj and COO qrs . of Dutch beans . The weather since _•'•• Tuesday has been of thc most splendid cliiu .. * { , j uniformly fine and warm each day , and _co" _* _- _'' _";*'' ' - progress has been made in the cutting of _wiie-ii oats , which form the principal gram crops m neighbourhood . Our grain market has _conseqnenu . been much depressed , and where business in « ' V and flour has been effected , reduced prices wcre . .. _j mitted to . At Friday ' s market the decline wa » <¦ per bushel on wheat , and fully Is . per sack on a . _^ No bonded transactions have occurred dun " -, j , week . Oats and oatmeal have likewise given v _> . [{ . value , with a very limited sale . Tbe best _« _" »• f of old Irish oats have been sold at 3 s . 2 d . to f- •>«•' _,.,, _dolbs . and oatmeal 26 s . _fld . to 27 s . per _2-W _u _;* -. .

      good old , and 303 . to 31 s . for new . barley , » peas , and Indian corn have maintained tnu . _^ vious value , with a moderate demand iov t _' - Vl 0 V ' c _i'MI'E '' Liverpool Cattle Market , Mondav , pKrit . _' _^ _,, —The supply of cattle at market to-day _' - 0 t rather smaller than of late , and the atlcm' _^ _, j , customers not so numerous ; in consequ . | 1 tf . prices may bequotedat _Jd . per lb . lower th ! " * ,, -t Cattle imported into Liverpool from tue - _. _^; August to the 1 st of September : —to «* . . _^>; calves , 77 ; sheep , 10 , 285 ; lambs , 410 ; p _* i- » horses , 19 . _- _^

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      street , Haymarket , in the City . Office in the same _Street and Parish , _^ blJsi aW prietor , FEARGUS _O'CONNOR . B _«* _1- _'S 8 i ««* S William Hewitt , of No . IS , _?¦« _£ " - _^ ft street , _Waliv . rth , in the Pai _*« h _f St . _«?' - - , -tton , in the County of Surrey , _^ _jKiw-tJ , " * Strand , in the Parish of St , Jin r _>** City of Westminster . Saturday , September e , IM * ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 6, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_06091845/page/8/