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      C 5 g 5 ^^ == — =-IBRAHIM PACIIA . The Egyptian Prince after risking Sfanchester , Liverpool and other places in the manufacturing districts , returned to the metropolis the-latter end of last week . On Saturday at 2 o ' clock , the Pacha , accompanied by Saim Pacha avd M . Kubert , and attended by Major Diekson left , Mivanfra in an open carriage and drove to St . George ' s hospital , for the purpose of inspecting the interior of tfeat institution . On alighiitin at the doors of the hospital , his Highness was received by Mr . Kcate , sereeant surgeon to her Ms-j sty , and chief surgeon of St . George ' s hospital , and Mr . Spitter , tbe hou * e surpeon , by whom his

      Highness was conducted over tlie institution . After passinsr through several of the wards , in which the the patients were lying , the Pacha visited and inspected the mu « cum , the kitchen , and every other portion of the bo idling calculated to excite any interest in the inind of the illustrious stranger . After passing nearly an hour in the institution , his Highness took his departure ! having previously expressed to Mr . Keate the high gratification he had derived from his visit , and his astonishment at the admirable arrangements which appeared to prevail throughout the hospital . _ .

      An incident oeenrred as the Pacna was about to leave , -which , from the apparent interest it occasioned to his nighness , may not be unworthy of notice . The funeral procession of a sergeant in the Life Guards was in the act of passing the institution , on its way from Knigh'sliridge barracks to St . George ' s burial ground , in the Bayswater-road , as the Pacha was entering his carriage . The eorps of men , with trailed arms , and the caparisoned chargers following in the rear his deceased master , at oaee caught and fixed the attention of the Egyptian warrior , and as the cavalcade proceeded , his Highness gave evidence of the emotion the scene excited in his breast by anxiously and repeatedly directing the espeeial observation of his attendants to the same .

      His Highness next proceeded to the Colosseum , where-he was received by Mr . Bradwell . the artist and designer of that very beautiful exhibition . The Pacha appeared much astonished on entering the Glyptothcca at the magnificence of the scene it unfolded , and after viewing the Swiss Scenery , the conservatory , the Italian ruins , and the stalaetite caverns , proceeded to the summit of the building to inspect the panorama of London , his Highness remained over an hour in the exhibition , and on leaving , at Mr . Brcid well's suggestion , promised to return in the evening fur the purpose of inspecting the different effect of gaslight on the exhibition generally , and especially on the picture of London .

      From the Colosseum the Pacha proceeded to the General Po > t Office , where he arrived about five o'clock , just at the period when the heaviest business of the week is about being carried on . His Highness was received by the secretary and superintendant , and conducted in

      At half-past 7 the carriages were again ordered to convey his Highness and suite to the Regent ' s Park . The Pacha alighted in the inner circle and walked across the Great Park to the point where the _ Zoological Gardens are entered . Returning to his carriage his Highness drove to Madame Tussaud ' s exhibition , which he now viewed by gaslight , having on Thursday last honoured the same exhibition with a 'visit during the day . After Lalf an hour passed among the wax figures the Pacha drove to the Colosseum , where he * iinessed the different effect of gaslight on that beautiful exhibition . His Highness remained at the Colosseum until nearly eleven o'clock , retarnins at that hour to his hotel , and shortly after retiring to rest . On Monday there was a grand field day in Hyde Park ; the respective regiments of household troops at present stationed in London assembling therein for the purpose of being inspected by his Highness Ibrahim Pacha .

      The regiments reviewed consisted of the 1 st Regi-Bient of Life Guards , the Royal Horse Guards ( Blue ) , the 1 st and 2 nd battalions of Grenadier Guards , tbe 1 st battalion of CoMstream Guards , and the 1 st battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards . All the above regiment arrived on the ground from their respective quarter * , before 10 o ' clock—the cavalry under the command of Major General the Hon . E . Lygon , C . B ., and the cavalry under Col . Berkeley Drummond . At half-past 10 o ' clock the infautry took np their position in continuous column , at quarter distance , facing Grosvenorgate , the cavalry occupying the right , flank . The morning was delightfully fine , and the park was densely crowded . A large number ot the aristocracy was present , including the " Old Duke . "

      At five minutes before eleven o ' clock a slight stir among the crowd near Grosvenor-gate , gave notice of the approach of the Egyptian Paclsa , and immediatelv afterwards his Highness rude iuto the square , attended by Sami Pacha . " Col . Bonfort , M . Kubart , and Major Diekson . His Highness was attire J in a superb military costume , and rode a white charger . The usual evolutions took place , a report of which would not , however , interest our readers . In the evening Ibrahim Pacha visited Cremorne Gardens , a short time before the Nassau balloon ascended , and had an excellent view of it in its poised state , as it waved to and fro , anxious , as it were , to shoot upwards to its native element . The masses of

      spectators pressed close on each other , all anxious for the best sight they could obtain ; but great though the throng was , the Pacha was fortunate in having excellent accommodation , of which he was manifestly sensible . Air . Green , accompanied by a Scotch r . obleman , and by a Mr . Van Buren , and eight other aspirants to aeronautic fame , were for some time seated in the ear of the balloon , before the signal to " let go" was given , and at length , all being right , the word " off" was pronounced , and the baUooB shot upwards in a most imposing manner . The balloon having cleared the trees , went magnificently forward Bpon its voyage , and was soon lost sight of from the gardens . The Pacha was in an exstacy , and soon after took his departure .

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      MISS ttURDETT COUTTS AND RICHARD BOSS , THE BARRISTER . ( Judged Chambers , Monday , June 291 ft . ) To-day was appointed for ilr . Bodkin and the other parties enjjag .-d in the above prosecution to show cause why a . writ cerliorari should not issue to remove the indictment for perjury against Richard Sunn , from the Central Criminal Court to the Queen's Bench . Mr . Dunn appeared in person , and Mr . Bodkin , with Mr . Humphreys , attended the Judge on behalf of Hiss Burnett Ooutts . The Learned Judge inquired if Mr . Bodkin had any . affidavit to put in ? Mr . Podkin replied in the negative .

      Mr . Dunn , with extreme volubil ty , then argued that lie had received letters purporting to bear the initials of the defendant ; that he had replied to them , and taken the best means of ascertaining their authenticity ; that by appealing to the bankruptcy lairs he had adopted what he thought was the shortest course to justice ; and if theauthority was not genuine , why did not the bankers impound the cheque , and adopt such rigid measures as bankers genera ly would < 1 « , if a false cheque were presented to them t On the contrary , Mr . Marjoribanks had

      only stated , on seeing the authority , that he had no orders to par tie £ 100 , 000 demanded . He ( Mr . Dunn ) believed that the iuHoer . ce of the bankers was so great upon the citizens of London , that if he were tried by an Old Bailey Jury , he cuuld not expect to receive fair play as an English sulj-. ct who had always borne allegiance to the Queen . He had been watched froin house to hause by the police—he had had his papers taken from him—no attorney or barrister would act on his behalf—Jiis very food was interfered with through the agency of Ihis wirninn .

      Mr . Justice Pattison said , that two of the judges would preside at the Central Criminal Court , and thuefore the defendant would have ; is substantial justice done him as in the Queen's Bench . Mr . Dunn said , that he could not obtain the assistance of Queen's Counsel without paying a fee of fifty or one hundred guineas . A major in the army , who was also a witness , was absent from London , and he ( defendant ) required time to arrange his evidence . Forty-two magistrates had on a former occasion decided against him , and but for the interposition of the Queen ' s Bench he should hare been sacrificed to as base and diabolical a conspiracy as the present , Mr . Bodkin said , he was instructed to leave the matter entirely in his Lordship's own hands . The lady , however , who was the object of the defendant ' s persecution , was entitled to some consideration . If tiie case was

      removed to the Queen ' s Bench it would only entail heavier security on the defendant ; and , without going into the pretended authority to draw upon Coutts ' s hanlc for 200 , 0001 ., he { Mr . Bodkin ) would state that the indictment for perjury assigned that there waB no debt due or owing to the extent of one farthing by Miss Coutts . The Learned Counsel then called the attention of the Learned Judge to the following lines , and which defendant had sworn was his authority for drawing the cheque , and for non-payment of which he nought to make the firm of Coutts and Co . bankrupts : — " Send to Coutts ' s your bill , There are lots in the till . I'll give the el . rks orders to do it ; Then get y * ur discharge , Tour dear body enlarge .

      Andin Stratton-streetdoletmeviewit , And , by the by , love , my affection to prove , For your long cruel i ncarceration , Tell a good round sum , As I ' ve plenty of tin To make you a fair compensation . — A . B . C . " He ( Mr . Bodkin ) wouia putit to the Judge , whether anj » ane man would pretend to rely upon such a poetical

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      effusion as the production of * aady , and as authorising him to draw 100 , 0001 . ! The Learned Judge gaid there weremanj statements in the affidavit quite beside the question , but he thought it would be more satisfactory to all parties to allow the writ of cerliorari to issne , and to increase the bail . The defendant was theft ordered to find bail , himself in 2001 ., and two sureties of 601 . each , to take his trial on the chsige-of perjury at the Court of Queen ' s Bench .

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      SEVERE THUNDER STORM IN GLOUCESTER . On Thursday thin city and neighbourhood were visited by an appalling thunder storm . Partial showers had fallen early in the day , tut about noon a mass of clouds heavy and black , was observed approaching the city , fr « m S . W ., and the portentous vapour apparently ¦ gathered density as it sailed along . Vivid flashes of lightning sprung from it in rap id succession , and one of the peals of thunder was terrific . A herald flash rent the cloud , and the peal which followed it instantaneously w * s so profound— near— horrible— that the stoutest spirit cowered during its prolonged rear . The very houses vibrated with the shock of the warring elements , while a violent and heavy storm of hail that also raged , increased the confused Bounds pervading the atmosphere . Weregretbeing obliged toaddthat the storm didnotpass « v-er us harmlessly . The first toll-house on the Stroud road

      was struck by the lightning , and considerably damaged . One moment it was safely sheltering a number of persons who had sought refuge from the violence of the storm , and the next the front of the house was burst the upper and lowtr windows being almost converted into one , all the windows were blown out and shivered to atoms ; the crockery on the shelves was broken , the window shutters twisted off the hinges and thrown into the field on the opposite side , while tbe inmates were dashed about the floor . Confused , sense and sight reeling amidst the arrowy , resistless fire of heaven , none of them are capable of giving an intelligible account of the catastrophe . As far as we can learn , it would appear that immediately after the thunder crashed , the gable of the house was dashed in , the materials falling in all directions . Three children belonging to Sir . Power , and a

      servant , who were standing near the stairs , escaped unhurt . The toll-keeper , Paish , and his wife , were also untouched , while their baby , only fourteen days old , which was in an old woman ' s lap , was thrown out of it and fell on the floor , but was not hurt . One woman , however , had her clothes set on fire , and before the flames could be extinguished she was burnt very badly ; another woman was burnt , about the legs , and a third was also hurt . A boy was also burnt , and is now deaffrom the shock , and another boy has lost his hearing . But the severest injury was sustained by a man named George Johnson , At the time the house was struck he was leaning against the door ; his profile was actually burnt on tfie wood ty the lightning . The outline of the head and faeeis-quite perfect , the space within it being charred . Johnson sustained a cut under his eye , his smock-frock

      was burnt off his hack , and he was completely paralysed by the shock . The sufferers were immediately conveyed to the Gloucester General Infirmary , where their injuries were attended to , and they are all gradually recovering . The lightning apparently was attracted by an elm tree 50 foet high , which overhangs the house , and it stripped off the bark as it descended , and it i » supposed that the stream of the fluid divided , one portion being attracted by the lamp at the toll house , while the other shivered the root of an adjoining tree , and was then lost in the earth . Mr . John Knowles , of Wooton , wa 3 also struck down by the electric fluid , near Barnwood Turnpike . HewaB walking along the road , and it was attracted by a shovel and pick axe which he was carrying on his shoulder ; the handle of the latter was shattered ,

      Mr : Knowles was prostrated in the road , his clothes shivered into ribbons , and besides being severely burnt in the back , his legs were paralysed ; he i « , however , recovering . At Minsterworth , near this city , a man and woman sought shelter beneath a cart loaded with hay , belonging to Mr . Barratt , farmer , when the horses startled by the thunder ran away , and the wheels of the waggon went over the poor creatures , breaking one of the arms of the man and dislocating tbe hip of the woman in a frightful manner . The sufferers were removed to the Gloucester Infirmary , where they are now lyinginaprecarious state . A horse was struck dead in an orchard belonging to Mr . George Price , atThornbury . From every direction we hear of slighter accidents from the effect of the lightning .

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      THUNDER STORM IN THE HIGHLANDS , ( From the Inverness Courier . ) On Friday last , the 19 th inst ., the districts on the southern side of the river Spey , extending' from theNetby to Ballindalloeh , was visited by one of the most terrific thunder storms ever witnessed in this country . The morning , like several preceding it lately , was exceedingly hot , with a faint breeze blowing from the S . W . The sky was unclouded and beautifully clear , but towards noon , numerous electric clouds became apparent towards the S . W ., and by half-past twelve p . H ., seemedin denser masses and of a more lowering and threatening characterp at the same time long peals of thunder at a distance were heard now and then , followed by slight showers of rain . By half-past one , however , the dread

      artillery of the skies thundered " louder and louder still " vivid flashes of lightening shot in every direction around , forming an awful contrast with the deep , dark , frowning aspect of the firmament , fearfully convulsed , as if demons in the air had conspired to exterminate in a second the "heavens above and the earth below . " In this country never was rain observed to pour dorm in such immense torrents , and with such immens ! ' rapidity ; the sides of the surrounding mountains and hills soon became white with hundreds of foaming rills and streams ; where formerly only small rills existed , there were now to be seen boisterous rapid streams ; and at last , the plains and fields below seemed extensive pools and lakes .

      The thunder storm raged with greater violence at Dalvey than in most of the other places within its sphere . In less than an hour the burn draining this district , though commonly but a small stream rose nearly fifteen feet above its level , raging fearfully downwards , unchequed by any obstacle in its flooded career , and carrying with it immense quantities ofloose earth , gravel , large stones , trees , and roots , a vast accumulation of which has been left at its mouth where it enters the Spey . So strong indeed was the force with which tlie flood carried the materialsin question along , that they reached within ten feet of the opposite banks of the Spey , stowing its rapid current , from which circumstance , for some time , for upwards of a mile , a silent dead pool was formed up

      that stream . Ih fact , this burn was in its full force and majesty . A looker-on , as I was , might fancy that the Spey would ha ve been wholly diverted from this Channel , and obliged to seek refuge for its diminutive stream in the opposite lands of the Culquoich . At the extreme bounding of the rubbish brought down , or previous to this flood about the centre of Spey , a large tree in full fresh foilage may be seen standing as if it had grown there for several years . It was carried there by this flood ; but although obliged to yield to an overpowering force , amid the loud sough of waters and boom of raking stones , it seemed to float in triumph , perfectly exact to its presMvt habitation , which , if Cosmos saw , he would say , a colony or an island studded with the same species , was about to be established there .

      A short distance above the mouth of this burn a very handsomeliridge stood over it , of one arch , thirty feet In span , built twenty . one years ago , and bravely stood the flood of 1829 , but , unfortunately , has now been swept away , much to the loss of the county and inconvenience of the travelling public ; the eastern abutinentstands still but of the opposite very little remains , consequently , a long gap has been formed in the public road , twenty yards in length , having precipices at each end of twenty feet in height . The coping and other large stones which had entered into the formation of the building , were nearly all carried away and have disappeared in the Spey . . . ..

      Although I much regretted the destruction of this handsome and useful bridge , I rejeiced in having witnessed a catastrophe over which the power of man could have no control . The falling of this bridge was really a splendid spectacle : I first observed part of the lower corner of the western abutment giving way , but little imagining the whole fabric was soon to share the same fate . On the arch paling a loud hollow splashing sound was soon perceptible , whilst the foaming waters , in eolums of forty feet high , dashed , upwards mid an immense cloud of dust . The flood , as if amazed , paused for a moment , butliaving gained additional volume and strength , the fallen rubbish was soon carried away , when scarcely its trace was left behind . I have on many occasions witnessed the blowing up o J mines and strong works for practice in gunnery , and sapping and mining

      in the array , but such operations compared to what I had seen on this occasion were really insignificant . We rejoice sincerely to be able to state that Sir G . Macpherson Grant , of Ballimialloch and his lady had a most fortunate and miraculous escape , from circumstances connected with this disastrous event . They were returning from the west , and on their way to Ballindalloeh , the carriage in which they were seen rapidly but safely passed over the bridge : but in about ten or fifteen minutes it fell to atoms as described—very fortunately it did so during the day , if in the night it is impossible to calculate on the circumstances which might have ensued , as carts , carriages , horses , and men might have fallen over the frightful precipices at both ends . On these having been observed , they were promptly guarded against by workmen from mains of Dalvey and Milton , by placing strong wooden fences across the road on both

      sides . ' The thrashing-mill of Dalvey was nearly carried away , and only saved by a strong bank of clay on its upper fide , which powerfully resisted the action of the water . Considerable damage has been done to corn and grass fields along ths course of the burn of Dalvey , particularly on the farms of Rhuinaballocb , Balnallam , and Mains of DaWey . Potato and turnip fields havo also suffered from the heavy rains ; but corn and grass , not near streams , suffered very little .

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      together with a Mr . Betts , and Mr . Tew , were working in the field garden , Barby Road , Rugby , when the storm of thunder and lightning came on . They took shelter under a tree , the former standing witirhis bach against it , and the two others jieftr him , when the electric fluid struck a boug h of the tree , ran down the trunk , and prostrated poor old Howlett a living spectacle , tearing and buTning . lliB hat , coat , and other parts of his clothes into pieces . The poor old man only survived about two hours . Mr . Betts wa&also struck to the ground , and Mr . Tew had His face scorched ; but neither of them , fortunately , is much injured . Howlett wore a steel truss under his clothes «• which might , " says the reporter , " also have attracted' the lightning . " In the same county , near Atherstone , the lightning came in contact with a rick of cloverthe property of a Mr . Eakin , vrhicii ,

      , owing to the long continuance of sultry weather , ignited immediately , and the flames soon spread , and destroyed 8 stack of beans , a stack of barley , a stack of oats , a barn , and a threshing-machine , a winnowing machine , and a bay of wheat . The whol e were in a blaze at / jne time , and damage to the extent of some hundreds of pounds were done . The island of Guernseydid not escape . The lightning struck a house occupied by Mr . Torode , in the Vale parish , throwing down the chimney , with ' great violence throug h the roof , on to the back part , and scattering the tiles : the mischief did not terminate here ; for the electric fluid tore up some of the flooring of the loft under the roof , descending the wall into the room below , literally breaking to pieces a cupboard-door adjoining the fire-place , and forced , with great violence , one of the architraves on the bed , where Mr . Torode ' s son-in-law ,

      bis wife , and infant were sleeping . There were also other two children besides in the same room at the time . The sash-windows on the back and front of the house were broken to atoms ; and the back-wall and gable exhibited ' a considerable rent through whicb the electric fluid had escaped . The bed-curtains and bed-clothes were greatly torn ; and the chairs in the room were broken , as if by human strength . The bedroom-door , which was close to | the side of the bed , had the stile , on which tbe iron lock was placed , fairly wrenched off from top to bottom , —the knob of the lock having been separated from the lock itself , and thrown into the corridor , where it was found in the morning ; . A loaf of bread was broken in two pieces , and appeared as if it had been scorched over a slow fire . " Although there were five persons in the room at tho time , none were seriously hurt .

      The father received a cut on the right cheek-bone ; and a little boy , about four years oM , bad one of his ears cut , probably , by a splinter from the broken door , All the others escaped unhurt , From this room the fluid passed through the floor , immediately in front of the flue of the chimney , into the kitchen below , starting thearch of the fire-place , and separating it from tho pillars , so that it must be pulled down and rebuilt . It also came down along the back wall , in which it made a considerable rent , and forced a passage for itself on the eutside of the building . The skirting of the kitchen floor was forced from the wall , and maDj panes of glass were broken in the front window . A brass candlestick , which had been left tbo preceding night on the mantle-piece in the kitchen , was found in the morning broken in two piecea . In short , that part of the house which was struck by the electric

      fluid , presented to the eye the appearance of a complete wreck . In Wales considerable damage was done . No loss of human life is reported , but Mr . Philipps , of Cwmgwilly , had two fine horses killed by the lightning . They bad been in a cart with flour , and were returning . The occurrence took place at the entrance to the avenue leading up to the house : the driver it appears had hold of the rope , the other end of which was attached to the leading horses . A large tree was shivered by the deadly fluid , and horses and man were thrown to the earth ; the poor animals were killed , but providentially the man was not materially hurt , though for some time senseless . A farmer at Cwinceir , parish of Llanllawdog , also was unfortunate enough to have six sheep killed by tbe lightning . In Scotland ' the storm raged with great force . From accounts dated Strathspey , we learn that eightbridges , together with as many drains , were completely carried away , amongst which is the

      splendid bridge of Cromdale and that at Dolvey . Both cost £ 700 , and stood the flood of 3829 . The violence of the storm was principally from the neighbourhood of Advie to the bridge of Nethy , above Grantown . The cloud broke principally on the rage of mountains south of the Spey , called Cromdale Hills . It was not ruin , but actually came down in spouts of water , so that the face of the mountains were like & complete sheet of water , so much so , that those at a distance actually thought it was snow . But they were soon undeceived when torrents camerolling down with fearful impetuosity in the beds of rivulets which were apparently dry a few hours before . There were some cattle killed and a number of trees shattered to atoms . The lightning set fire to the Earl of Seafield ' s plantation beside tbe march of Ballindalloeh , and had it not been that the rain came so soon after , would , beyond a doubt , have destroyed the whole of that fine plantation .

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      RURAL AFFAIRS . The long-continued drought and tropical heat which prevailed during the first three weeks of June , were brought to a close on the night of yesterday week by a storm of . thunder and lighting , accompanied by heavy rain . The clouds bad been gathering blackness during the whole day , and , in the evening and the early part of the night , occasional claps of thunder were heard , and Ehowers fell . It was not , however , until about midnight that the storm commenced in all its grandeur ; but , from that time until morning , the roar of the thunder and , the flaBhing of the lightning were incessant , and the rain poured in torrents . This groat storm seems to have entirely changed the character of the weather , for , since it occurred , a mild and sometimes cold temperature has taken the place of the tropical heat which prevailed previous to it , and scarcely a day has passed without several showers . We have again got back to the climate of England from that of the tropics .

      The effect of this great change in the weather has been to restore freshness to vegetation , and to renew the year ; —the birds are again singing as cheerfully as in springthe leaves of the forest trees have recovered their bright and glossy hue , and fresh herbage is springing up in the pastures andmeadows . Thecrops which were considered in tbe greatest danger are now quite safe . The spring corn , which threatened to ripen prematurely , is beginning to grow again , and , even if it should not be very long in the straw , willbehcavy in the ear ; the root crops are throwing out fresh leaves and branches , and will soon cover the ground with a coat of verdure thick enough to protect them , even should the heat return ; tbe meadows , which were becoming brown after the removal of the hay ,

      are throwing up a second crop of elover and after-grasses , and the pastures are also sending up a plentifnl green herbage amidst the withered stems of the earlier grasses . From present appearances , we trust that there will be no failure in any single crop . Even the potatoes and turnipa , which were looking very drooping ten days ago , arebeginningtogrow vigorously . The latter of these crops , which is tbe foundation of English and Scottish husbandry , and which will , we hope , become the foundation of Irish husbandry also , has not yet made any great progress , but there is still abundance of time for the growth of a heavy crop , as the heat and moisture together are producing a most rapid vegetation . The same observation also applies to the potato crop , which is somewhciJmckward . owing to the drought , but not injured to

      any extent . The heavy rain on Monday night beat down the wheat very much in this neighbourhood , but it has since risen again wherever the fields are large enough to allow scope for the action of the wind . In small fields , under hedges and trees , and in places where tbe crop was excessively heavy , it is still down , but even there it may rise if the brisk winds ef tbe last two days should continue . Little hay was made during the last week , but Sunday and yesterday were fine drying days , and much would be carried yesterday . In the course of last week we had the opportunity of

      visiting a considerable part of Cheshire , and of seeing still more of it from tbe high grounds about Alderloy . From different spots on the hills in that neighbourhood the whole plain of Cheshire may be sven , stvecWng from the foot of tbe hills of Derbyshire to the mountains of Wales , and from the banks of tbe Mersey to tbe borders of Staffordshire . There are few spots in England from which so great an extent of fertile land can bo seen at one time , and we arc glad to say that tbe general appearance of the country was very favourable , tbe drought having produced much less effect than we anticipated , andthe effects of the recent rain being already very perceptible Liverpool Times , Tuesday .

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      evening in a field of barley belonging to Mr . Kynaaton , in the parish of Stanford Rivers , Essex , 1 J miles from Ongar , and 21 miles from London , having travelled this distance , besides the entire length of London from oast to west , and the further distance that Cremorne-gardens are from the capital , in the short space of half-an-hour . The strong wind that was blowing throughout the afternoon obliged Mr . Green to use the heaviest of his grapnels < ind ropes , weighing together close upon 3 cwfc ., the difference between them and his mild weather apparatus being equivalent to the ordinary weight of three persons . The balloon took a direction perhaps the best possible for a perfect view of London and all the adjacent places . It traversed the great and main lines of St . James ' s Park , Trafalgar Square , the Strand , Ac .,

      and left London by crossing St . Martin's-le-Grand , Finabury , Shoreilitcl ) , &c , whence it continued its enurse over Hainault Forest , and the intervening places , till it was made to descend as stated , after having had Chemlsford in close view , and the Nove , and an immense range of country of corresponding distance in tbe prospect . While over the grounds of Buckingham Palace , Her Majesty ' s health was drunk , and the National Anthem was sung in a style that showed some of the party to be no mean vocalists . The next round of champagne wag quaffed in respect to Ibrahim Pacha , who had done the aeronauts the honour of bis company at starting . After landing , tbe balloon sustained some dama » e from the boisterous state of the weather ; but Mr ! Green and liis ^ party reached London in safety ' without any accident to detract from the enjoyment oi ' the trip .

      • Sir . R . Peel and tiibFeehage . —It is stated that after Sir It . Ptiel had doclinud a peerage for himself her Majesty offered a peerage for Lady Peel . '

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      Embezzwcmknt and Flig . ht of k Clerk of Money Clubs . —A series of frauds , by which a number of respectable parties in Sheffield will sustain great lose , has just come to light by the sudden flight to America of James Charles Simpson , of that place , pawnbroker . The accused was clerk to anmnber of money clubs , and he enjoyed such a high degreeof confidence that the committees of the clubs were lulled into security , and he seems to have managed them almost as he pleased . Previous to his leaving home on the 23 rd of May , he disposed of a valuable collection of p ictures ( of which he was a great connoisseur , ) and iis stock of goods , transferring the pledges to Mr .

      Eaton , who paid him the money lent upon them , and his household furniture . He set sail for America on the 28 th ulfc ., on board the John R . Skiddy packet , accompanied by one-daughter , leaving his wife and another daughter in England to shift for themselves On Monday week a fiat in bankruptcy was opened at the Sheffield Court , and we understand it is in contemplation to send out a messenger by the next steamer to arrest the delinquent , and recover the property ih his possession . The extent of the fraud .-ie has committed has not yet been ascertained . There is no doubt that they amount to £ 3 , 000 or £ 4 , 000 and probably a much larger sum .

      Death in the Strket . —On Tuesday , Mr . G . I . Mills , held an inquest at the Duke of York , Kensington Gravel Pits , on the body of Mary Arslin , aged forty years , who was found in the street , in a dying state , on the night of Saturday last . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was the wife oi a labouring man , working in Clutterbuck ' s brick fields , Kensington Gravel Pits . For some time past she had been suffering from disease of the heart and chest , but had not latterly been attended by any medical gentleman , being aware of what she

      required , which she procured at the shop of a chemist and druggist . On Saturday last she appeared in her usual state of health , and at night came down into the town of Kensington to market , and was on her way home , about half-past eleven o ' clock , when she wo 9 found in a state of insensibility , close to the Yi . carage , in Church-lane . She was immediately carried Into the George public house , nearly opposite , and from thence to her own home , but although medical aid was promptly given , she expired in about ten minutes . —Verdict , "Natural death . "

      FkakfbIi Accident os the Birmingham Railwat . —On Tuesday evening , Mr . G . I . Mills , the Deputy Coroner for West Middlesex , held an inquest in the board-room of London University College Hospital , respecting the death of Charles Jones , aged twenty , a porter , late in the employ of Messrs . Pickford , at the Camden-town station . Mr . Joseph Elmore , clerk to tho company , stated that about twenty minutes before eight on the morning of Sunday last , he was standing on the platform at the the Camden

      station , and saw the deceased crawling in great agony , and on witness advancing towards him , he said that he had been pinched between the buffers of two of the luggage trucks , and that the said trucks had boen pushed against him by some of the labourers employed to remove the goods . Deceased was at the time engaged in tying down the sheets . The Jury unanimously recorded a verdict , " That the deceased met his death from injuries caused by some trucks at the Camden Railway station , and which injuries were accidental . "

      Alarming . Accident to tub Express Train on the Bristol and Birmingham Railway . —Bristol , June 28 . —Information was received in this city lastniglit , that an accident of an alarming kind , but which I am happy to state , was not attended with loss of life , had occurred to the express train which left tin ' s station for Birmingham , at thirty minutes past four , p . m . The accident occurred at a few miles beyond the Wickwar station , and was occasioned by an injury to the engine , one of the principal wheels of which broke at one end of the axle , and was thrown off while the train was proceeding at full speed . So violent was . the shock sustained by the train , that the engine is said literally to have jumped a distance of twenty yards , doing great injury to itself and tender , and breaking the first carnage almost to pieces .

      Tlie other carnages were injured but not to the same extent . The wheel on coming off ran across to the down-rail , which it struck with such force as to cut its way into the embankment to a depth of mow than a foot . The engine-driver and stoker were irown off , bnt luckily not with such force as to kill ; hem . One of them received a severe cut on the left leg , and both were much bruised . Sonic of tlie passengers were also bruised , by boing thrown vioently into collision with each other , and all were terribly alarmed . As soon as intelligence could be conveyed to the company ' s superintendan t at Bristol , that officer sent off a special train to carry on the passengers . The up-rail was got clear as soon as possible , and is now being used both ways , but little delay is occasioned in the working or the trains .

      Suspicious CASE .-Yesterday ( Monday ) , an inquest was held by adjournment before Mr . W . Baker , jun ., ' at the Mulberry Tree , Mile-end Old lown , on the body of Jamos Perryman , aged fortytwo , late jorannn to a fish salesman in Billingsgate market . 1 he wife of the deceased was a very profligate woman , and on several occasions , when tlie

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      deceased returned home , he , generally found some strange man sitting there . About two years ago she was tried at the Old Bailey for robbing a man of eight sovereigns , and on that occasion a quantity of araenio waa / ound in a cup in he * house . She had been heard to wish * at her husband was dead , and to say that a fortune-teller had told her that he was to die in the course of next year . Various alarmmg rumoursbad gone abroad that the deceased had been poisoned , and suspicion was directed against the wife . The deceased ' s relatives applied to the Coroner to hold an inquest , and s . J > ost mortem examination was ordered to be made . Evidence was given as to _ the 7 ¦ ¦ '¦; -j i : _ i . A > AM /> Hallv fniinrl mnrno

      bad character of the wife . The suspicion which rested on the wife was , however , cleared away by the evidence of Dr . Leathby , lecturer on chemistry to the London Hospital , who deposed that he analysed the contents of the stomach , and found that tlie abdomen contained fluid indicating a previous state of inflammation . The liver was very much decayed , and a verv large abscess had formed , witness also said that he had carefully analysed the stomach , but could not detect any trace of poison , and he was of opinion that death was caused by the bursting of the abscess . The Jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict in accordance with the medical

      testimony . Fatal Railway Accidents . —Three Men Killed . —Between two and three o ' clock on Saturday afternoon last , Jackson Wilkinson , of Penrith , labourer , aged twenty-six years , and Bernard , aged fifteen years , were killed in a most shocking manner on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway , near Plumpton Hall , about three miles north of Penrith . It appears that Wilkinson was the breaksman of the waggons which were taken down by the steam engine from the ballast-pit near Kettleside , to the filling up of a boggy place in Plumpton Back-street , and he was conducting a train of loaded waggons down the inT cline to the tip end , the engine having JHSt before been disconnected from them , when two of the foremost waggons ran off the rail , and upset with a . most

      dreadful crash , and the two men were thrown off with great violence . The waggons run over them , and literally smashed them to atoms . Wilkinson ' s head was nearly split in two , and he was otherwise most dreadfully crushed , Dean was sitting on one of the foremost waggonswhen the accident happened , and was killed in a most shocking manner , his head being all but severed , from his body , and his arms and legs smashed to pieces . The brains of these two unfortunate individuals were scattered on the spot . The bodies were soon afterwards removed to Mr . James Heskett ' s , Plumpton Hall , and afterwards they were conveyed in a cart to their respective homes at Penrith , to await the Coroner ' s inquest . Another man , it was rumoured , the same afternoon , was killed on the same line , between Hesket and Carliile .

      Suicide by Poisoning . —Oh Tuesday an inquest was held by Mr . C . J . Carttar , at the White Hart Tavern , Greenwich , upon the body of Mary Orchard , aged 31 years , who was found dead on Saturday night , under the following circumstances : —Mary Frieze , a respectable looking widow , deposed that she had been on a visit at the deceased ' s father's in Church-street ,. Greenwich . Witness saw deceased alive about eight o ' clock on Saturday night y She was lying on he * bed , and saidshe was much fatigued , and wanted rest—had seen her so several times during the three weeks' visit . Witness went up

      again in half-an-hour to call her to supper , when she found her lying on her side—the body was warm , but had no doubt she was dead at that time . Witness ran down stairs and told her father , who said she was not dead , but only in a fit . Mr . Sherwin , surgeon , Greenwich , deposed that he attends Mr . Orchard ' s family—was called at nine on Saturday to attend the deceased—found her lying on the bed quite dead-Witness at request of deceased ' s mother , used the stomach-pump , and discovered that » he had taken a quantity of the essential oil of bitter almonds . The Jury returned a verdict of Temporary Derangement .

      Fearful Dray Accident . —On Tuesday morning , between eight and nine o'clock an accident of a most fearful nature occurred to a young man named Blackie , aged twenty-nine , living at No . 4 , Summer ' s-court , Gray ' s Inn-lane . He was running along Queen ' s-street , Lincoln ' s Inn , when in turning into iiolbom he suddenly came in contact with a brewer's dray , was knooked down with great force , and the wheels passed over his leg . The poor fellow was at once taken to the King ' s College Hospital , with not only a fractured leg but a broken arm , and other extensive injuries . It was considered that amputation must be resorted to , although but very slight hopes are entertained of his recovery .

      Mutinous Conduot at Chatham Barracks . —On Saturday night , between eleven and twelve o ' clock , Chatham barracks became a scene ofriot , which , for a time , appeared likely to lead to serious results . Detachments of various corps , it appears , were , at the time , held in readiness to march to Gravesend on Monday , to embark for India , and some of their comrades being placed in confinement for breaches of military discipline , a number of men of the 98 th Regiment united for the avowed purpose of liberating them , to effect which they first commenced by an attack on the guard , removing the soldiers from their posts ,

      overturning the sentry-boxesi bursting open the doors , and wrenching off the iron bars ' of the black hole , and liberating the prisoners . At this stage of the proceedings the most serious consequences were apprehended , A detachment was called out , and , with muskets loaded with ball , proceeded to the scene of riot . After some resistance the ringleaders were secured , and , having been put in confinement , order was speedily restored . One sergeant received very serious injury in the affray from a violent blow on the head . On Monday morning , when the detachments were marched to Gravesend , thirteen of the rioters , accompanied them .

      AccjDKNrnr MAcniNEKr . —On Wednesday morning , a frightful accident occurred at a sugar baker ' s in Limehouse , to a man named George Huins , thirty years of age . He was at his usual work connected with the steam-engine machinery , when his right hand became entangled in the straps , and although the engine was stopped as quickly as possible , the whole of his arm had been drawn in , and crushed to pieces between the cegs of the wheels . When extricated he was in a most pitiable condition . He was conveyed to the London Hospital , where amputation from the shoulder joint was instantly performed by Mr . Luke , the senior surgeon . The unfortunate man lies in a very precarious state .

      Supposed Suicide by a Fkmaijs . —On Wednesday , an inquest was held before Mr . W . Baker , jun ., at the Five Bells , Three Colt-street , Limehouse on the body of Alary Smith , aged thirty-five , the wife of a Greenwich pensioner , residing in Gun . lane , Limehouse . About eighteen years ago , the deceased fell from a window and injured her head . She underwent an operation , and a small silver plate was inserted on the top of her head , and ever since that period her mind has been affected . Within the last two or three years , tbe deceased had been addicted to drinking , and associated with bad company , which increased her malady . The deceased was recently

      intoxicated for eight day ? , which brought on delirium tremens . On Tuesday she went into a neighbour ' s house , and said it would be the last time they would see iier alive . On the same evening she was seen partaking of refreshment with two men , at the King and Queen , in LimehouBe . She left them shortly before nine o ' clock , and that was the last time she was seen alive . About three o'clock the next morning , her body was seen floating near Britannia Bridge , in the Lea Cut , by police constable 228 K .. who conveyed the body to the dead house . The Jury , at the suggestion of the Coroner , returned an open verdict of " found drowned . "

      Fatal Occurrence near Erith . —On Tuesday forenoon the following loss of life took place : —It appeared that a lighterman , named Newman , had charge of a heavily laden barge of chalk , and was proceeding up the river for the purpose of discharging his cargo at one of the City lime wharfs . Having met a young man on shore , the latter asked Newman to give him a c : ist up to London , but they had not proceeded far up tho river when the vessel instantly filled with water , and , having no boat , they were both obliged to trust to swimming ashore , which was some distance , The barge , of course , sunk , and Newman and bis companion made for land , which the former was enabled to reach , but the latter was lost .

      Alarming Fire at the Bankside Saw Mills . —On Wednesday morning , shortly after oiie o ' clock , a fire of a very alarming character , and which at one period threatened the most disastrous consequences , broke out upon the extensive range of premises belonging to Messrs . Blackett and Co ., termed the Bankside Saw Mills , situate near Ihe water side , and adjoining the Phoenix Gas Works . The discovery was made by some of the neighbours perceiving a dense body of flame mounting over the roofs of the houses in Love Court . An instant alarm was raised , when , upon the police entering the premises , they found that a large pile of timber , stacked in the store rooms , was wrapped in flame . At first it was feared that not onlv would the whole of the saw mills be consumed

      by the fire , but strong apprehensions wore entertained for the safety of the gas works and the surrounding habitations . Engines of the London brigade , the West of England and . County Companies , together with an escape of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire , were remarkably quick in arriving . Some considerable time , however , elapsed before water could be obtained to work the engines . Meanwhile the fire progressed most fearfully , completely illuminating tho whole of the district . At length , however , water was obtained , from which the iiremen set to work most vigorously , and by half-past two o clock they succeeded in extinguishing the fire , which was happily confined to that portion of the works in which it commenced .

      Svpden Deaths . —On Tuesday Mr . W . Baker jun ., hold two inquests at the Horn of Plenty , Globetoad , Mile-end , on the bodies of two men who died suddenly on Monday last . The first inquest was on the body ot . brancis Patterson , aged thirty an in mate of the Mile-end workhouse . The deceased was subject to fitB of epilepsy , and on Sunday eveuin <» he appeared to be quite well . About half-uast three on

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      Monday morning the deceased was found lying on his face close to the wall , adjoining the receiving ward , quite dead . Verdict of "Natural death" w =, returned . The second inquest was on the body nf James Adams , aged gixty-six . The deceased eg . joyed excellent health , and on Monday evening wj seen smoking his pipe . Shortly before eight o ' clock on ; the same evening he was found lying on the pavement in Henry-street , Stepney , ' quite d ^ j He was immediately conveyed to the Mile-end woricl house , where Dr . Storey , a surgeon , said , the del ceased had died from a fit of apoplexy . The Jnn returned a verdict to that effect . Mr . Baker als& Mnnrlavmnrninf the deceased wm found !»; .... .

      held an inquest at the Bedford Arms , Bedfor d-street Commercial-road , on the body of Charles Iluss aged tliirty-eight . The deceased was subject to aBtbma . and on Sunday morning he was heard to fall with ' great violence on the floor by a lodger named Taylor , who on entering the room found the deceased ex tended on the floor bleeding profusely from ; the mouth . Mr . Henry ; , a surgeon , in Sydney-street , Stepney , was called in and found the deceased was quite dead , and he had no doubt that he had died from the burating of a blood-vessel brought on by a fit of coughing . Verdict " Natural death . " Death prom the Incautious use op Laudanum . —

      On Wednesday evening an inquest was held befor * Mr . J . Payne , at the British Mutual Insurance , Office , No . 17 , New Bridge-street , Blackfriara , re specting the death of Jane Reeve , late housemaid in . the service of Mr . C . J . Thicke , secretary to the above company . The deceased had been in Mr . Thicke ' s service about nine months , and always gave the greatest satisfaction . She had been much at . tached to ayoung man who had promised her marriage , but on Wednesday last she received intelligence ot his death , which seemed to prey heavily on her mind , She continued in a low and desponding state until Sunday , when she went out to her mother in Broadwall , Blackfriars-road . Deceased returned in the evening much excited , and retired to test about tea o ' clock . On Monda y she continued in . the aanw

      melancholy mood , and went to bed suffering from the toothache . The following morning ( Tuesday ) , one of the servants discovered the deceased in bed , making a [ gurgling noiae in the throat , Mr . Olding , a surgeon , was called in , who pronounced tbe deceased to be labouring under the effects of narcotic poison . He used the customary remedies , but she expired at three o ' clock the same day . Since the deceased g death , Mr . Olding made a » ost mortem examination of the body but he was unable to detect the presence of poison . She might have taken laudanum for the toothache , and inadvertently have taken too much . He was of opinion that the deceased had died from the effects of a narcotic poison . / The Jurj returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from a narcotic poison , which she had taken to cure the toothache , and that such poison was taken inadvertently . "

      Breaking Out of a Lock-up House . —A reward of ten guineas was ^ on Wednesday offered for the apprehension of Baron Wydroff , alias Theophilus Victor Wydroff , music-seller , who having been arrested on a warrant from the Sheriff of Middlesex , was consigned to the lock-up room of Mr . Abraham Sloman , Cursitor-street , Chancery-lane , where the Baron managed to cut away a portion of the iron bars of his room , and on the attendant going to his room , found that the ' captured Baron bad fled , A Judge ' s warrant has been issued for his apprehension . Accident is Blasting . — On Friday afternoon Beveral men working in the excavation now in progress for the Grand Liverpool Junction Railway improvements jn Gloucester-street , were severely injured by having a shower of large and small stones projected amongst them by an explosion of

      gunpowder , which took a lateral direction instead of , s& was anticipated , perpendicularly . One of the workmen , William Jones , thirty-three , was struck down by a blow on the leg , and was immediately conveyed to the infirmary , where he still remains , having suffered a compound fracture , though not of a very serious nature . Three other workmen , whe were wounded , were taken to the SHrgery of Mr . O'Gorman , Russell-street , where they were at once attended to by that gentleman . One , Luke Welsh , had his shoulder dislocated ; another , Lloyd , had received a severe scalp wound ; and the third , Henry Stanfield , who was struck by a large stone on the back was badly injured . They are at present going on very well , under Mr . O'Gorman ' s care . There were from thirty to forty men in the excavation at the time , and many of them were slightly injured .

      Desperate Chase . —On Monday evening , Policeofficer George Foden , being on duty at the north end of Birkenhead , was sent for to oppose the terrors of the law to the halt-drunken violence of a bruee , who was cruelly beating his mother and sister . On the officer reaching the spot , the ruffian turned round , struck the representative of her Majesty a violent blow , and immediately took to his heels . The officer , having formerly been a sort of champion in the pedestrian world , immediately followed , and a splendid race ensued . Neither the culprit nor the officer seemed to have the best of it , when the former , after several artful dodges , turned short into Corporationroad , and made a desperate attempt to escape bv

      leaping the immense excavation now making in that street for the construction of a sewer . He jumped short , but fell on his feet , and speedily scrambled out ; his pursuer was not so fortunate , for having made the longest leap and cleared the drain , ke waa unable to keep his footing , and fell backwards . On * the chaBe being resumed , the ruffian had a few yardsstart ; but finding his pursuer was yet on his trail he took to the water , and contrived to escape by going through Wallasey Pool , like a genuine mosstrooper , This was too much for the courage of thepoliceman , who , being a raw recruit , was afraid tospoil his new suit , and the fellow made good his retreat . —Liverpool Courier .

      AdVeutures of a Cat . —Many wonderful stories are told of the astonishing instinct displayed by cats in returning to places from which they have been removed , but we think the instance we are about to record , and which we can vouch for as perfectly authentic in every particular , isequal in strangeness to any anecdote of the feline race now extant . A fine large grey-Tom-cat was , in November last , brought in from lunerleithen , per carrier , packed up in a basket , to a family residing in Leith-walk . Ifc remained there for about three months , and had become thoroughly domesticated in its new abode . At the end of that time , namely , early in February it was transferred to a family in Scotland-streetbut

      , with them it remained only two days , when it found an opportunity to escape . No more was heard of Tom till about three weeks ago , when , to the utter astonishment of his original owner , he made hisroappearanceat Innerleithen , worn and wearv , but bearing unmistakeable tokens of his identity * How he managed to subsist through the interval of four months , or what guide he had through the thirty miles of country between Edinburgh and Innerleithen , over hills , and streams , and cultivated fields and barren moors , which he had never traversed ' before , save in the covered bagket . must , we suppose , remain for ever among the mysteries of natural history . —Edinburgh Advertiser .

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      VOVBLV SUICIDE AND SUSPECTED MURDER . NOTTINGHAM , Wednesday , Four . p . jt . A case has occurred in this tewn to-day of a most ex . traordinary character , under circumstances which gave rise to conjectures of every description . For many years past a man named Samuel Collver , 73 years of age , has been rend , ng wUh his two sone , William and Samuel , tbe former being 36 , and ttao latter 32 years old , in a house , their own property , Coal Court , Back Lane , where they have been carping oa the business of joiners and caipei ters Their habits and manners were rather secluded and they had no female living on the premise . The younger son , Samuel , collected the facer ' s rents fron * tenants in fourteen houses , andhe and his brother cooked and did the household work" between them . Little has '

      therefore , been seen and noticed about them of late though a circumstauce , which occurred nearlv four vears ago , rendered the whole family objects of peculiar not / rietgr . At that period the father , two sons , and a dau h ^ resided together in their house in Coal Court On XeKh of August , 1812 , towards the evf nine a ! vomuTm * Charles Pearce , whi . e passing ^ rS ^ CS ? moaning from a cellar . He went int < x « ... i ueara a Collyor and his S onS what C ^ X « him to go about his business . At lene th hi , 01 . . were communicated to the police , and In \ n " P ? into the cellar , he found a femaJ ^ ( Cod er ' s ^ " h ^ T aged thirty-two , almost in a state of nudlj XVl only a man ' s coat on and a rag . Her bS ^ iSS ^ L" ^?*^ 11 » erand ^ garments wf

      ' covered with filth . Her appearance " was In til highest degree w ,-d and disgusting . Round her W were two annular marks , as if caused by rings ; while her body was , m places , rendered black and blue from several blows and her form was worn to a skeleton . The fattier and two sons were taken to the police-office , where the case was investigated , and as the poor female was found not to be in her right mind , Collyeron giving her up to the parish authorities was not proceeded . gainst . Up to the present period , the poor creature has been iu the asvlun , , aud the lather and two sons were looked upon with distaste by their neighbours . This morning , about live o ' clock , Charles Sewell , a journeyman ropemaW , ongoing to hi& work iu tlie

      rope walk , hi a field adjoining Shaw ' s-lano , saw Uie bodies of two men , standing , as he thought , under tho shed , and he called out , " What are you doing there 1 " Not receiving any answer , he went up , when he found William ZL f-Tf ° Ujei \ both han 6 » 'S by th . nek , one being tied to u beam by a pair of braces , and the other to another beam two feet distant , with a cord that had been found m the rope-walk . Sewell and another man cut the bodies down . They were both dead , but warm . Information was instantly given to the police , and < m going to Goll yer ' s house the old man could not be found . Search was made in every direction for him , but no tidings could be heard . He was seen walking in a direction towards Becstou . which is three miles from

      Nottingham . No person can be found at present who has seen him since . An inquest upon the bodies was appointed to be held at three o ' clock this afternoon . A report is current at this moment , that old Colljer ha « t beun found at Lenton , two miles from tho town , in the lock of the caual , with both his hands tied behind him .

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      THE LATE THUNDER STORM . The late Thunder Storm is referred to in many of the local papers as productive of much mischief in different pavts of the country . The Warwick Advertiser cites' a case where life was lost . An aged man , named Howlett .

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      »« L AC C . D gN S . jr ° N AND ^ us ^^ Stt mtm the train oamanj . and he cleric ^ w ^ aSsfiwarawJtt to the engine driver . _ . „ ..., . .,

      CORONER'S INQUEST . On Tuesday evening a Cwmert Jury assembled at the Gardener ' s Atms Tavern , Baleombe . for the purpose of Of Mr .. Louisa Murphy , aged thirty . tWO and Pa rid Shaw , agedsUtyfive , the two persons who losttheir lives on tie London and Brighton Railway on the afternoon of M ° Se 8 Fredorick Merchant said , that on the afternoon in question he watt on the bank of the railway near the Balcombe station , when he saw the deceased female

      atm dupon her back . The male deceased was standing axainst the station , and he immediately rushed forward , and gmped her by the shoulders . Win 1 st he was attempting to lift her off the line , the down tram came alonTand having knooked them both down , n parsed over them . Witness did not stop , but he w « t onto Balcombe , and returned withMeBBW . Turner andGadd Bya Juror-Iheard the whistle of the engine sounded a minute or so before the train approached . The man Shaw atthat time called to the female to go off the line . The Coroner-Can jou form aa opinion whether any part of the engine struck the deceased ? ^ struck them both at

      Witness—Yes . It was the buffer , the same time , and all the carriages , I think , passed over their bodies . ' , _ . . James Stoner , a lad living at Wileman ' s Green , having corroborated the evidence of the previous witness as to the occurrence of ihe accidont , saidhoh « d . been employed by Mr » . Murpby to carry her luggage to the ^ tation , and that he saw her attempting to cross the line in a hurried manner , when she fell . - Witness was oT opinion that after the whistle was blown there was not time for the woman toget off the line . Sh . resided at Woolwich but she had been on a visit to Mr . Mileman , and was about to return home when the accident happened .

      George Armstrong , engine driver , in the employ of the London and Brighton Railway Company , said that he had been in the employmentof the company since August last , Previous to that time lie had filled a similar situation on the Hull and Selby line for upwards of four years . On Monday afternoon he had charge of the two o ' clock train fro « London bridge . It was a passenger train , and does riot stop at , Balcombe station . About two hundred yards from the station witness observed four ladies come out and cross the line . He also saw the deceased female attempt to cross the line , when he blew the whistle . She then turned round and looked towards Hie engine , and fell . on her knees , balding up llel ' hands . She did not stumble , but fell on her knees , with her hands extended . The man Shaw ran out of the station , and having lifted her up , was in the act of pulling her off the metal when the buffer of the engine knocked them both down .

      Bya Juror . The train was proceeding at the time at the rate of twenty-five to thirty miles an hour . It was the usual speed at which he passed the station , and about the right time . The Coroner . —Did you not stop tbe engine when you saw those parties on the line ? Witness . —I immediately shut off the steam , but it was impossible to stop the train in time to avoid the accident . If the deceased had only had the presence of mind , she might have escaped after the whistle was sounded . All passengers are obliged to cross the line to go by the trains . The up train on that day was due in about three minutes . Witness knew that the deceased Shaw was very particular in cautioning passengers from crossing when he trains were due .

      Mr . P . Clarke , one of the managers of the line , stated that every precaution was taken by the company to prevent accidents . They had two policeman stationed there . One ought to have been watching outside whilst the other issued the tickets . The fact was ttat Shaw had given the other man leave of absence without any order from the directors . When leave of absence was given by the company to any of the servants , his place was always filled by another party . Several other witnesses were examinee ) , but their evidence differed in no degree from what has been previously stated , and the Jury returned a verdict of '' Accidental death" in each case , with a nominal deodand of 2 s . on the engine .

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      ¦ v- ¦ ' . ' . ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ! 7 THB NORTHERN STAR July 4 , 1846 . I . ™ - ¦ ————^~———^—?^^' ^^ T ^^^^ — - ' ¦ - ¦ I

      Mr. Greens Nassau Balloon Descended On Monday

      Mr . Greens Nassau Balloon descended on Monday

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 4, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1373/page/6/