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      T > _ IKfUESta . JTpS ,, * ' ^ of Uneutef , at the Union r . 'ff ' ^ P ^ . on Air John Fothergill , aged 58 , a Wandoworth-md . For the ! aat two yeara tho de . « ea-ed wai constantly in a stale of intoxication from 4 nDKing trdent spirits . Gin anil brandy were h \ - priacipal drink , and the witnesses stated that be nevw took lets thtn twenty glasses a day lie b * i net fcsea tight in his mUd for tb « last 18 mont * , ? MiUf * months rinw he was so m * tl ihat he was eor . tined for severe ! months in ft nrivat « innAti . ?

      J sjiuai . Sinoe lit enlargement h * has druak us naTd as wer , and for tho lwt ifcree Jiwtit ' as hid not been pno day saber . Oa Saiuraaj he wa 3 my much intoxicated , aid oa Sunday lie eompinined of te * : nc jcr y poorly , but refused to sea a aurteoa . lie cn » - tmttid to get worse , asd on Wednesday morning-his wrie called in Mr Spencer , a surgeon , of Larhbaiilace , who pronounced him to be dying . Jfcdieiue wasgiren him , bat he expired shortly attar . The aw hsi since fe « n opened by Mr Speaoer . who found chronic inflammation of the liver , resnltinfrom taking an 5 excessive quantify of ardent spirits , ^ erdic-. —Died from caroHicinasmroation of the 2 St 1 Si . ^ " ** aa exce 8 iiT 0 qaanti ' CnaHOK ASAKST A PttlCBHAa vjivjKi AuviuJMi

      . - AcCIDEKT AT ra » " - *¦ » •» .. aa . — T Al An 1 CEW ^ -B f fe « Mr B . ker , o . lj , > ur ed from P « f « ' t' 1 / ¥ * al MaMn - SherberUstreet . i ' aplar asto thedeath ofC . Simmonds , who was Jrowaed off BlackwaU-pier , on Menday , AoSut 16 focon ^ aenoe . a , was all eged , of Feltham . a " police . man hawnj palled h « mback , as he was jumping from the pier into a ateamer alongside , the policeman hsnnff preTionsly , b / the captain ' s enters tarced the deceased , who was drank and disorderly out of tne boat The inqairy had already been twite adjourned , and without farther evidence having been adduced . Aftor a strong discussion between

      some of the jurors and tha coroner , who was of opinion taaUheoccurrenca was Barely accidental , the 3 Eqmry , by ihe advice of the esrontr , rcas a * ain adjoarned . The jnrj again assembled an Wednesday « hes , > fter farther consralUtion , they reldrned a jerdidof « Accidental death , ' and added , thatth-We of deceased might possibly haw been wired , by m getting oa baara tha rose ] , if the policeman had set taken hold of tha skirts of hk coat to prevent iura ; anri they recommend that , in future , persons given in ; charge of the po'ice be removed immediately onshorejaadnofc allowed to remain on the pier- ' .

      Meuitcholt Dura of Two Childrks fr ^ m Dbsrrrcrios—Before Air Wakley , Af . P ,. bj adjournment , at the Crown , Pentenville-hill , on vi « w of the bodies of Horatio Hunt , aged Sand Henrietta Hunt , aged nine years , whose deaths were caused by tha want of wholesome food . About five we » ks ago the youngest child was attacked with « iiarrhroa . The mother , who had six children , and very stnoll means of supporting them , applied to the Rovai Free Hospital , GnyVhuMroad , from which she received the mediums awssssary for its recovery . The elder child was similarly attacked a few dajs ago , and they both died on Wednesday last . Aasus'a Sophia Unnt , aged twelve years , a sister , said that for a long time past the daily diet of the family eonwsted of bread

      and tea for breakfast , the same for tea , without supper , and bailed ric 8 for dinner . She never tasted meat . Their mother seldom took her meals with them , a * there was scarcely sufficient fortheehildren . Mr T . B . Peacock , physician of the Rojal Free Hospital , having deposed to his treatment of tee deceased children , stated that ho had made a post mo ! tern examination of the bodies , ami that Be ha-j found as entire absence of- aliment . In his epiaioa death arose from dysentery , produced by the want "fa sufficiency of wholesome and nutritions food . The bodies were much emaciated . The mother who wss « upported into the court by Wird , the summoning officer , before giving her evidence was pro-Yide < 1 with a chair and received a class of wine , bv

      order < tf the eoroaer . She stated that she obtained a little artistanoe from one of her children , who had five shillings a week . Last Michaelmas , she applied to Mr Bennett , at Clerkenwell workhouse , for relief , who directed her to eali in the evening with her children , which she did not do , at shs was featfn that it was intended to placa tham in the workhouse . Mr Bennett said that it was the practice when a person applied for relief who had not a settlement in the parish to take them into the workhouse before removing » hem . The coroner said ^ hat he thought the first step wonld have been , when a family was starving , to investigate the case , asd ascertain what relief wag required . The foreman of the jury said h-2 was a member of the board of guardians , and that he knew Mr Beanett , who was assistant clerk

      to the guardians , repeatedly made inquiries . Mr Bennett o&erved , that it wai ha duty to make his report to tfce overseers , who examined info ewes of relief . Tfee foreman stated that tfce parish had no salaried relieving officer . Several of the jury ob-Berved that it was not to be supposed overseers could neglect their business to go over the whole of the parish , which comprised about 60 , 000 inhabitants . The coroner , having remarked upon the melancholy circumstances of the case and u pon the evibofthe present law of settlement , Btated that in so large a parhhoiie inspector would be gcarcely sufficient U > inquire inc * the circumstances ofallthecas's . Verdict , ' That the deceased children died from dysentery , produced by the want of a suffieieaoy of wholesome and nutritious food . '

      KHES . Fire is MABiEEB 9 SE . ^ 0 a Monday night , at a few minutes before twelveo ' clock , whilsta police-constable was going his rounds in Harewood-slreet , Newroad , Se Marylebone , he discovered that one of the lofty cowlv erected houses , belonging toMrBraiue builder , Uo . 7 , was on fire . The officer raised an alarm , and a number of the inhabitants hastened to the spot to render assistance . The brigade engines from tfce West-end depots and from Regent-quadrant coon followed . Powerful streams of water were immediately scattered over tha burnintr mass . Although every man exerted himself to the utmost the fire continued to travel meat fearfully , seizing upon everythinz of a combustible nature , so tbaffbefore one o ' clock the building which was five stories high , was trapped in a general blaza . For some time the greatest fears were entertained for the safety of the surrounding habitations , hut these were not realised owing to the pramptexertions made .

      WSKTLAXEeBS . Liectesast Musbo . —It is understood npon good authority that the sentence npon this unfortunate gentlemsn will be commuted to a year ' s imprisonment , of course mere detention , without anj adjunct ; and , probably , in the jail of Newgate , where he is at present confined . As an additional proof of the estituntionia which . Lieutenant Mnntowasbeid by thoso best acquainted with him , it may be stated that a noble and gallant marquis , whs was examined as a witness en his behalf upon the trial , transmitted on the sams afternoon on which he wasj tried a checque for one hundred guineas .

      Cn&CGs w MANSur-GHtES—Before Mr \ f . Carter , at the B ? dford Arms , East-lane , Walworth , on the death of Mrs Mary Olds , wkich took place on Thursday week , and whose husband is at present in custody on suspicion of having caused it . Tke deceased had managed to hoard up upwards of £ 90 ; and her husband , on the night of Saturday week , insisted on having part of it ; and she refusing to give it to him , he made a most violent assault upon her . He caught her by the throat ; and , while on tho ground , knelt on her chest . TheBon , a lad of 16 years of age , ran to the station-house for the police , 3 tating that his father wa 3 ' murdering '

      his mother . Ths police interfered , and oh the following Thursday the deceased died from the effects of the injury she received . Soon after her death it seemed that her husband had made a distribution of her savings ; and the consequence was that a scene of draukenn 2 S 3 and riot was kept up for some da . y . « , and die accused , when taken into custody , was drinl Inehard . —MrGower , the medical gentleman who had attended the deceased before her death , and made a post mortem examination of the body , expressed it as his decided opinion that death had been produced by violence , ana the jarj returned a verdict of * Manslaughter' against the husband .

      E&IAI , AWRAY W WHUECHAPEL . —MANStiUOKTKB —¦ By adjournment from Aug . 23 , before Mr William Baker , atJheTJnion Fia * , Union-street , Whitechapel , respecting the dtath of William Cuney , aged 61 yean , who died from extravasation of blood on the brain , produced bj injuries he received in an affray with a man name unknown , on thefthof August . The man accused wai described by the witnesses as being a castermonger . He waa about 5 feet 7 inches uheight , and about 25 years of age . lie was dressed in a skull cap , fu 3 tian jacket , corduroy trousers . Police-sergeant Foay , of the U divisiou , stated that lie had been engaged for several days past in endea-Touringtodiscov £ rtheman > buthadbeenussuccs 8 ful . . Deceased wia returning home from Aldgatc on the nightof Ang . 7 , and a young man , dressed as above described , putouthb foot and endeavmred to trip him up . The deceased expostulated with him , and

      the man instantly struck him . A scuffle ensued between the man and the deceased . The man struck the decea-ei several blows on the face , and he fell keaviiv on the street pavement . He bled profusely front the ncsa and also from the wounds on his face aadforeh 8 td . Foay , the police-sergeant , came to Ha . assistance , and the man instantly decamped . The decayed was removed to his'house , where he won afterwards- becamo insensible . Mr L . L ! ewel-Jja ; a stirgeoa j said the deceased had two black eyes , and when he attended him he appeared to be suffermg from severe ill-usage . The deceased expired on Satorday , the Uth of August . lie had since Imade zptstetwUm examnation of the body , aEd attributed death to extravasation of blood on the brain , which ha had no doubt was caused by th ° inj < iri °£ ha had received . Tne coroner then snmaed op the erMence , and the jury returned a verdict of ' Mantttlghter' against seme penon unknown , and all the imiesxs were bound over to croaeente .

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      LANCASHIRE . The Ghbai BbitaW at Liverpool . —Tke , telegraph anionnodon Monday morning at an early hour tiiGt the Great Britain had pissed Holyhead at five o ' clock . Curiosity was at tho highest pitch to sea her in the waters of the Mersey onco more . AccorJir ^ 'lj at abomt noon , the time she was expected , thu i > kr heads became thronged with spectators . Shortly after one o ' clock she wm observed rtunding ; fc'ie Rack Lighthouse , in tow of her Majwty ' s wai

      Bti-amer Birketihead . She was gaily decked out in her colours « f all nations , and her appcaraace was a& majestic ns ever . Every one feh surprised tbat she Jooktd so well , and few could tell how it wes that s&e bore with such appareit absence of rcul damage the buffets and fury of theelemeu : a Hjnce September la » t : Having received seve-Ml 6 Hl : t-: « of cannon as she passed up the river , she was finally placed » n the gridiron in tho Princess Di ) cl < , where she will undergo a thorough overhaul pr .-pitr . twr ? to anything being done with her . The * l : l ! iiwin « is on Kco <» untofthe finul operatioas which have been so luDuily attended with success : —

      Dundriti Bat , Aag . 27 —It was generally known thai a final mt ^ mi . t wf-uld lw made , to get off the Gr » at Britaia during the present spring tide , and acourdinsjl ; unat inurtst was excited- in the Beighbmiriood of TyrelU and the unrnunding coast , among AUcli « & »» t to the result . Her Majesty ' s -xteamers Scourge and Birkenhrad were in attendance , to reuikr the necessary asaistaiica . and to act in cooperation with Mr Bremmer and Capfc . Claxton au cirt'umitnufc » might require . . The stern of . thiB n'agiiifi ; ent vessel was lying seaward , and her position just as it has been for some time past . A large « hain cab ' e was drawn right Mund the vessel , a little » iiove the koel , to which the boxes were attached , tin ha 4 been used a 3 auxiliaries for raising tke ship .

      tour large cablt 9 were ab > attached to this chain , atidwade fast to ; be anchors of the Birkenhead , which lay about four hundred yards to the westward , and ako to the bower anchi * of the Great Britain herself . The « rew of the Scourge , and a party of marines belonging to the Scourge , were oa board , and readered important aid . On Wednesday , when the r . nro i s , ren in Bumber , hRd mastered the leakage , the Birkenhead made an attempt to haul her off . but in consequancc of some oi the beams having given way , the attempt failed , the good ship having * nty been tnnved sixteen' ftet . On Thursday a soennd attempt , was made to haul her off , hut it also proved unsuccessful , as she was then making more water than usual in consequence nt some holes which had been pieror-d in her bottom . These holes having

      been closed , Rid a large marsh pump , capable of throwing nut three tons of water a minute , being brougiit into operation , the grand attempt was made to repealthe uuion of Greet Britain and Ireland / on Fridav , when the crew of the Scourge , under Commander Coffin , and about 130 men . nil under the directions of Captain Claxton and Mr Bremner , commenced operaJioiiB ia right earnest . As soon as the vewtl ba-an to rise with the tide- and attain a floating position , the men at the capstan commenced o warp heroff . Mauling on tht anchors » f the Birkenhead and herown best bower . Ac half-part eleven o ' clock gha was moved eighty fathows . or 481 feet , to seaward . She is now in a position to float at aeap tide , and will tra hauled off by the Birkenhead tomorrow , when her bottom shall have been examined and the Vessel proaounced seaworthy .

      TOMMnUE . CoiirP . T ExwflgioH . —Early on Friday morning another eoal-uit explosion took place at the Ardsley Maia Colliery , nenr Barnsley , the same at which upward ? of eventy persons lost their lives on tho 6 th of March last . On this occasion onl y three men were severely burnt ; but two of them ( aamed Daniel Beev < : r . married , with four ehildren , and Jno . Cawthorn ) are not expocted to recover .

      WARWICKSHIRE . ExtEserra Coisaok o ? Codniebpeit Tbrkish Monki at Birukqham —From information which cane to the knot ledge « f the police during the last week it was suspected that a moat extensive manufacture of Turkish coin had been gsing on in Birmingham , and lust waek , a very . ' highly respectable looking person , named Edward Darwii , was placed at the bar of the police court there , charged with the offence . M . Zohrab , consul-general of the Turkish embassy , was present ; and Mr James , ' of London , solicitor to the embassy , conducted the prosecution . Mr Harding , of Birmingham , defended the prisoner . Ftom the evidence of John Tyrer , butt'in maker of Lionel-street , it appeared that he

      lad known the prisoner about two years and a half . Last October two yeara the prisoner came to him , and saw him silver two email ' blanks . ' Tke prisoner showed the witness 6 ome impressions which he said had been struck from dies at a place about two miles from Bromagrove . They were similar t « those now produced . At the ' request of tha prisoner he w =-ut to the place , and altered the dies . [ The witness was here requested to look at a quantity of genuine Turkhh piastres . ] These coins were given to him by the prisoner , and by the prisoner ' s order he caused the dies to be altered , and they were made from the coins given him by the prisoner for that purpose . When the dies trere completed , witness struck of abuut 45 , 000 coins . The pri . sop . er told him

      that if ho would give up his trade , and werk exclusively for him , he wouldlgive him £ 5 . a week and all his expenses . He ceased t » work for him about twelve months ago . In all he sent off nine casks of coin resembling piastres . He requested witness to keey the matter as quiet as possible , as arrangements were going forward b 9 lween the Turkish Ambassador and the British government , which would enable him ( the prisoner ) to give witness cmploymeafc for three years . Cross-examiped : —There were plenty < - 'f button manufacturer * who made foreign mosey . He had , therefore , reason to believe that it was made by order of the Turkish Ambassador ; butnot

      receiving his money regularly , he began to suspect all was not right . Some othor witnesses were examined , and no defence being offered , the magistrates resolved on committing the yrfcoaer to take his trial at the next Warwick asiizes . We may state that there is every reason to beliovo that the disclosures made , show thataregularly organised systemaf counterfeiting foreign coin was in existence , and that there are other parties more deeply implicated in it than the prisoner . The Turkish Ambassador has offered a reward of fifty guineas for their discovery . Themnecas&sof coin are said to represent about £ 95 , 000 sterling . The affair has ereated the greatest excitement . —BtrminghMm paper .

      uxcouisaiRfl . Legal IIatbgd cp Cheap Lav . —Since the * 6 w court for the recovery of sraaH debts has bee * in operation , circulars headed ' NotioetopaytheDefct * have beea printed in all the market to wns in Lincalnshire , and tradesmen have had them filled up with name and amount of debt , and sent to debtors < t » ubtful and oi longstanding , threatening the jurisdiction of the court if such accounts are not immediately discharged . The effect in most instances has been payment of the debts , which appears to have s » re * duced the number of casrs in the county court as to call forth the notice of the judge and offieers , who

      have issued hand-bilis and caused advertisements to be inserted in the local papers , threatening to report to the Lords of the Treasury any person priitieg or usinsj the said Lrms . The Lincoln iltrcwg says , ' It wosked whether the act was passed to benefit the judge , the clerk , and other officers , or to secure the payment of doubtful and long-standing debts ? We cannot see whnt there is in the circular printed by Mr Cussons which deserves the strong condemnation fulminated against it ; and least of all cob we sea anything' felonious' in it . We should say rather that there is something ' libellous' in the way in which what ho had douo has been denounced , and that he is much more sinned against than sinning . '

      ESSEX . The lats Mottoes at Daoknhah . —During tie last few da ? 3 the interest connected with the murder at Dacenham has been revived , in conseqaeace of the suicide of one of the principal witnesses in that caae . The excitement consequent in the neighbourhood of Daeenham , Hford . and ilomford , is laid to be just as great as on the first discovery of the act . In the opinion of many , the sergeant , whs still remains in Ilford caol , unable to procure kail , has teen relieved of rendi of the suspicion against him . Among the principal witnesses , both before the coroner and at the as ^ icss , was Ralph Page , a farmer , with his wife and daughter , whose house was nearest to the field where the murder took place . Oa the

      nieht of that atrocious affair the farmer slept . in oneofhubarn 3 to watch hi 3 crops from depredations , and about the time it ¦ happened , was awoke by tie barking of his do ? , but he did not hear any other noise . His wife also gave evidence to tha effect that she noticed tho barking of the dog , and . as she supposed , ascreaw . The latter , by her evidence , proved perjury against the police . About a fortnight back fee daughter of Mr Page was married at Clerkenwell church . Suddenly , in themidstof the ' merriment of the party , Mr Page lift the festive scene and went home . Soon after ha was found suffering from a strong narcotic . Mr Butler , surgeat , of Romford , was called in , and applied the 8 t « maehpump , but without effect . The next day he expired . An inquest was opened before C . C . Lewis , Es ^ , the coroner for Essex , at the residence of the deceased ,

      but , in consequence of the unsatisfactory aofeamt i \ s to the cause of death , it having been ascertained that the deceased had expressed a dcterminntioi t * commit self destruction , the inquiry was adjourned far a week , and uptit-morltsn examination was ordered . The jury re-assemblcd at the Ctos 3 Keys , Dagenbam , when Mr Butler stated that it jn » impossiWe for bira to speak positively as to tha cause of death , and the jury returned an open verdict to the effect that 'Howor by what meausthe detested came fe y his death there wnanotsulBcisntevideucetoshsw . Siuce the death , rumour ! , have besn propagated of the most cxtracrdinarv character , and many remarks save been made in reference to the circurcwtanca that M * Page should havo happened to have bee * ia h ' a barn on tho night of the martlet for its parpose 5 ? thsre looking after iuscrops .

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      .,. ; -. ,. . -: •• ^ MIDDLESEX . - ¦>• ¦"¦ -v ^ .- ¦¦•• * Damko Highway Robbkbt . —As PoHce-sergeftnt Bevan , T 3 , was patrolling the neighbourheod of the village of Southall , nine miles from town on tho Uxbridgeiroad , when near the village , hig attention was attracted by hearing loud meaning cries proceed from » . field at the side of the high road . ' and on proceeding to the spot , he discovered , ' by the light of his lantern , a man in a state of entire nudity lying on his face in . he grass , with a handkerchief tied across his mouth , h * i 3 arms tied behind him by a neckerchief , and his lags tied together by a pair of braces , so that he . could not move hand tr fout . Upon being liberated from hh perilous situation , tbe unfortanat * man , io answer to the ieauiries of the

      sergeant , state ! that his nams was John James Fossbender . a Gtmtn , living in Osborn-atreet , Whitecbapel ; that on the previous evening while proceeding towards Uxbridge . towD , which is IS miles from the west end of Oxford-streafc , 1 * hen on Sbeppird ' a-bush-common , about three mi ' es on his nad , he overtook three Irishmen , who weiegoiugin thu s * me direction , and with whom hu entered into company . They all walked together until they reached that part of the road near the field where he was found , when suddenly he felt the handkerchief drawn acroM his mouth , and he wai instantly dragged into the field in which he was fouud , where his assailants , having robbed him of 17 sovcreips , a Biugle Genera watch with a silver guard-oh » in attached , ( maker ' s

      name , 'stemhouse , Coels , ' having tho initial letters I . I . F . engraved on the inside case , number not known ) , prooeeded to dispossess him of his clothes , consisting of a brown great coat with a velvet collar , an umsiblegreen body coat , a pair of black trousers , a black satin double-bodied waistcsat , a black hat , maker ' s name 'Stowell , Cliurch-laue , Whitechapc ' , a pair of stockings , pair of Wellington boot * , with red tops , and a black silk neckerchief . Not satisfied with what . they had already done , the villains tlien secured his . arms behind him with a piece of cord , and used his bramas a ligature to fasten his legs together , when they turned him over on his face ; and then , being satisfied that he could neither call out nor pursue them , they walked off , taking with them a carpet-bag which he had with him , containing two shirts , a blue waistcoat , two nair of .

      stockings , a pair of shoes , two sraoothing-planes , a jack * plane , a rabbit-plane , and other smaller tools . The poor fellnw ,. when discovered , waa half dead with cold , having , as he believed , laii in that state upwards ef an hour . The robbers , who are believed to be on their way back to Ireland via Bristol , are described / as being one about 30 years old , 6 feet high , red hair and whiskers , thin face , pockmarked dressed in an old bine ooat , old velvet waistcoat cord trousers j and black hat ; the second , 28 years of aae 5 feet 5 inches high , black hair and whiskers , with a large cut across his nose , dressed in an old blue jacket , white trousers , and black hat ; and the third about 33 or 3 i years-of nge . 5 feet 7 inches high ' dark hair and complexion , small whiskers , larce mouth , has several teeth out in front , and walks lame , dressed in a short blue Jacket , and very short short blue trousers , with a blue cap .

      KBST . Fracas at the Woolwich Docktard Some few months since , Mr Chatfield , who is well known ns ene of the members of the late Naval School of Architeorure , received the appointment of assistant t » Oliver Lang , Esq ., the master builder of Woolwich Dockjard . Mr Chatfield had received from the yard he previously belonged to , the character of a martinet , and a prejudice was thus raised against him . Matters went on for a considerable time unpleasantly , and , as far as we can glean , the first positive outbreak oecurred oa Friday se ' nnijht , when some men on board the Hydra Hteara-aloop then in dock , hooted Mr Chatfield . The 8 UsDension of several of the mechanics on board the steamer

      served only to inflame the men still more strongly , and on the same wening , a crowd waited outside the dockyard gates till after . the volunteers weredism x e i j rom l ? rill ; a nd on the appearanee of Mr ChatGeld , wi « h two lieutenants of the corps , he was hissvd , booted , and yelled at for a considerable time . Still tko cause et dissatisfaction continued , and on the foliotrius Monday evening , another and still denser crowd awaited the arrival of Mr Chatfield at the dockyard gates , and his appearance was the signal tor a funousstorm of jells and hisses . Mr Chatfield seized a man standing by , and gave him into the custody of a policeman in plain clothos who was stationed at the gate . This caused an immediate attack on the peliceman by half the butfalion , and

      the officer had his clothes torn to ribands . Mr Cbatfold took to his heels , followed by- the m < . b , who continued their yells and hisses till the object ot their vengeance had escaped . Of course the prisoner was reseued . At the latter end of the past week , an incident of a still more serious character occurred in connexion with the dispute . Un board the Hydra , a number of shipwrights and others were employed , and it was discovered that a plank , used as a gangway between the vessel and the quay , was sawn through beneath ; leaving only about a quarter ef an inch to connect the one end with the other , so that any person passing over it ma * t hava been precipitated into the dock beneath , a depth ot thirty or forty feet . This , it is allowed , was placed as a . fcraD

      for Mr Chatfield , who , in his rounds through the dockyard , would have to pass on board the Hydra . By whomsoever thisdiabolical contrivance was made , it was fortunately discovered in time to prevent the occurrenco of a serious catastrophe . An immediate , communication was made to the Board of Admiralty , and on Saturday . Lord John Hay , accompanied by the Hon . Captain Berkeley , and Mr Ward , the secretary to the Admiralty , came dotvn to the dockyard to investigate the charges preferred by Mr Chatfield . The result was , the dischargo of four mechanics and the suspension of between 60 and 70 others . Tho utmost excitement prevails amongst

      the men , and so apprehensive are the Admiralty of a eenous disturbance in the yard , that tfeo Royal Marines have been on duty round tho yard since Saturday , and an extra force of police constables are en duty in the yard in private clothes . Tlio police wero also ordered to muster at the station house in the town , aad throo mounted patrols were in waiting to convey intelligence to the Admiralty , or to bring a reinforoernent of police from Greenwich . Those , however , who know the men best do not apprehend an outbreak ; but it is stated tbat all the volunteers belonging to Mr Chatfield ' * battalion will throw down their arm 3 and ref « se to serve under him .

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      Scotland Sco tch Dukes asd Men of Science . —On the 21 st the Duke ef Atholl personally stopped a party of naturalists , headed by an Edinburgh professor , while proceeding on their way from Braeinar to Blair Atholl by a pass which somo of the sovaas were freely allowed to traverse in 1830 . They refused to go back at the bidding of gillies , henchmen , and gamekeepers , hut , giving their cards , retired at the ducal fiat . Wot knowing tho way , they probably committed more real trespass in tiieir retreat than in their invasion , and after getting off tho forbidden ground , were believed to have been dogged to their inn by spies . The philosophers have a sort of impression that the duke will prosecute , which is , perhaps , the best thing he could do , as these earth monopolies require clearing up .

      BADDINGIONSniRE . Poisoning . —A cuxious case of poisoning , by awe . nic , lately took place in Haddingtonshire , Fortythree pigs were the victims , and 2 & of them died . A reward of £ 10 has been offered for the discovery oi the paisoaer .

      Glasgow . Shocking Tiugbdt . —A horrible realisation of tho story of Ginevra , in Roger ' s . 'Italy , ' and of the song of the 'Misletoe Bough , ' hagoccurcd at Olassow . Three young boys , two of them aims of Mr J . Wilson , bui-der , Gailowgate , and tho oilier a son of his brother , Mr Charles Wilsen , were lost . As the rest of the family were dojrn the water , thn boys' absence occasioned at first no great uneasiness , ns it was suppesed that the youngsters , tho oldest of whom was about 11 years of age , had sot off to join their mother and the restof the family . As notbin g had been heard of them , Mr Wilson left home early on Friday morning , with the intention of proceeding to Helensburg , where the family wore , to ascertain if

      the runaways were there . He had not , however , been long away , when a carter who takes charge of ahorse belonging to Mr Wilson , went to the stable for the purpose of procuring some provender for the animal , ihe provender is kept in a oorn-chest-a box six feet long and * bnut three deep , with three separate compartments , and secured on the outside with an iron hasp , which fits into a staple in the side of the chest . On opening the lid , the man was horror-stricken at finding tho three young boys motionlea at the bottom of the chest , each occupying one ot the compartments . ' He immediately summoned assistance , and they were taken out ; but it was found that two of them , James Wilson , aged 11 , and Charles Wilson , about a year younger , wore quitei tod , and had been so apparently tor a considerable length of time . Tneyoungcst , a boy between 7 and 8 years , showed some signs of life , and by medical attendance

      prompt he gradually revived , so as to be able to state what bad led to the melancholy catastrophe . The brothers and cousin had gone into the chest in search of beans , and while so engaged the lid , which , as has bceu already stated , is secured on the outside by an iron hasp fitting into a staple closed on them . In falling , the hasp , as it most unfortunately happened , fixed into the staple , and all the united 8 t « ngth of the pesr captives was insuffident to enable them to burst the bunds of what , too tifily , proved their tomb . On the side at which the youngest boy was found , the lid did noi fit so close as the other parts , and from the limited supply of air which had been admitted through this crevice , is to be attributed his preservation . They had endea * toured to support each other ' s courage as well t fs they could in their dismal dungeon ; and , befove giving uphope . ona of thum broke tho blade Wa

      pen-Knile in tho attempt to makoan incision through the side of a chest . A fter they had exhausted , themselves \> y nnwaiVwg auotito aa'i wisa $ ) $ & were

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      noi heard on earth , they all [ joined in prayer . TKs W ( he last circumstance . which the surviving sufferer recollectst as he soon , after became insensible . To account fof no noise having been heard , or no ono within call , it may be mentienod that the wood-yard in which the stable is situated in locked up early , on the Saturday afternoon , and is not again opened till Monday mornings ; ; ; . '• ¦ ¦ '¦ • ; ¦

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      .. .. . vm i Irrtanu . THE . NEW , POOR RAW . .,.. ¦ ' At the last ' meeting of the Kilkenny board of f oor Lawpaardiflns ,. presided , over by the Marquis of Ormonde , a resolution was passed in which they state : — / . '" . .. ' . ' : ¦ . [ It is our opinion that » uch rates ought to be greatly raduced , in order to facilitate th ' nir collection and to ; obviaie the determined and general opposition which we are firmly convinced will be gircn to any rate xcesslve In nmount and disproportionate U tbe , means of all classes to pay It . - ' " ?

      , That in the present , social condition of the country , with all Its several interests in nstntoof difficulty and derangement consequent , upon the pestilence and famlno with wbich we haro been bo deeply afflicted , it is unwise In the Government to demand , for the present , any portloH of the repayment . of tlie adirnnc « s under the Temporary Relief Acts . ' TTo respecifuliy submit to them whether the dictates of sound policy would not induce them to forego any claim calculated te stop the progress of the country , to that healthy condition wMcb can o » ly bo attaintd bv mild and cautt&as treatment .

      FHOSPEOIS OP P 0 R 3 HBR piSinKSSr : The subjoined remarkable proceedings took place at the last meeting of the guardians of the limerick Poor Law Union : — . ¦ ? Captain O'Bmtc , inspeoting officer of the tfirfon , wished to inform the guardians of tS » amonnt of desittutioii which would « s » aredly prevail before another fortnight . As his offlctal duties would cease in a few dayt , he did not like to leave Limericlt wlthotttniakin ? known tho fact tbat , according to the most m !» ate inquiry ! he had made , the numbers-cm relief lists at the beginning ef

      the week were—Limerick electoral divisfon , 1 , 783 ; in the rural districts , 24 , 7 fS ; or , on an average for the ' en * tiro union , 2 G . 500 . According to the census > of 1841 , at a calculation of 20 per cent , on the population 1 , , which was a small average compared with tho amount » f destitution which prevailed four months since , proviii&n should bek made under the new . aot toproyide 1 , 78 ? persons in theeit / , andlS . OS * in the hitral districts , with otit-door relief . UalesB some remedy : was innaediatsiy derUed bj the board the destitato would ceitainly starre . ' ¦ '¦'¦ - ' ¦ ¦ : j -

      Mr CaoKea . —Ko no ; there \ e no fear of that a 4 present . . ¦ " ;¦; ¦' '; ' ¦ ¦ . ' ; Captain O'Bbieh . —I have no ol ject incommufiicating this intelligence , bat to enable you to be prepared for an approaching emergency . I put myself in posstsiien of facts upon the best authority of the gentry , the clergy , and , relief committees of the aeTersl district * , and t&e accuracy of my calculations will hereafter be fully borne « IV .. ¦ . ¦¦ ¦"¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ : This unexpected announcement e « me by surprise o& tha beard , who wero at a loss what to do , as ths rellning officers recently appointed are not in a position , for want of funds and proper instruction , to afford any relief to the destitute . > ¦ ¦ ; : !

      Several guardians expressed am opinion that Captain O'Brien ' s calculation * were accurate , ana , feared that when the harvest work is over , in a fortnight or morn , destitution will prevail evem to a greater amount . The expediency of compelling all able bodied paopen to enter the workhouse , and provide outelde for tbe ared and infirm alone , having been oanvassed , it was ascertained that at present there is nccomodatioufor TOO'ia the establishment . ' __ ¦ ¦ TheBarl of CtiBB . —It is quite clear that in the course of tbe next week the relieving officers will be applied to , and the question to be considered is , what have they at their disposal » Nothing . I think we OHght to appoint a committee of- this board to derise means of affording relief in the eheapest manner possible . ( Hear . ) .

      In the Enniakillen Union on Tuesday , Mr Gtway , the assistant-commissioner , informed the board of guardians that * the commissioners should hare recoarse to the painful daty of dissolving the board if they persisted in their opposition to the striking of the rates as required by law- ' After a discussion ,, the board , by a majority of fifteen to two , reaffirmed their previous resolution , . declining to make a new rate , but promising to' take the first opportunity of repaying tho loan to government . ' The committee , aB suggested by Lord Clare , was subsequently appointed .

      Pcblip Works . —The governme&t are doing what they think they can , legitimately , Tor the augments tion of employment . The Limerrelc papers state that the new floating dock has beon contracted for under the superintendence of the Board of Works , and that a commencement will be made with it forthwith . Gthcrdoclta called for by the commerce or the port will be put in course of construction , and on Monday an important deputation was received by the Lord-Lieutenaht , the object of which was to impress the desirableness of appointing a packet station : for American intercommunication at Limerick .

      The statement put abroad that the- unfinished works under the Labour Rate Act would be completed forthwith ia premature . The board of works reply te all representations 'We have no power to do what you require . ' Last week the Lord-Lieutenant visited the line of the Great Southern and Western Railway , and was entertained at Carlow by the directors . His health having been proposed , he returned thanks in a speech , which is thus reported ' . —Ilia-excellency stated that he seldom experienced more gratification than on that day , having , passed through a * beautiful country teeming with the products of the earth , and upon & line of rail nay that reflected credit on the energy and enterprise of the company . M home or abroad be had never seen so beautiful a line of

      railway , one which exhibited in its construction a rare combination of science- and art .. He felt delight in witnessing tho progress of mil ways in . Ireland—in whose prosperity he felt deeply interested—independently of the kind treatment ho had- received , and the reception he- had met with from all classes ol Irishmen , since his arrival in that country . Eb ilways would prove of vast advantage to the country by the dovelopcment of its industrial resources , and the impetus they would give to every branch of traffic . Ireland was essentially an agricultural country . The farmer required a market for his produce , and the railways by speedy transit , afforded him the accommodation ho required on reasonable tarms . It was needless to allude to the past year , ta point out tho

      necessity of industry and perseverance in future . All that was required was a spirit of industry , and a greater reliance . on self-exortion to place Ireland in that proud poutioa which at n » distant day she was destined to occupy . England was now closely connected wi th * Ireland , by the twofold power of railway and steam navigation . There wero many in that room old enough to recollect the evidence given before a committee of the House of Commons , with tho object of proving that steam navigation between England and Ireland was a Utopian scheme—in fact , impracticable—but- they now saw Ireland and the sister country connected , if he might use the expression , by a bridge formed through the agency of steam , by which the social and private intercourse of both countries had been vastly accelerated .

      P 1 STUBSSIHO OCCUURKSCB AT CASnEL . The circumstances connected with the following tragical occurrence have been put forward in at least a dozen shapes , but tho version annexed seeraa to be the best authenticated : — Francis OIRyan , son of Mr Frank O'Ryan , oi this city ( Cashei ) , received a pistol bullet on Tuesday morning through the right eye , supposed to be fired by his father . The ball took aa oblique direction without touching the brain . The ball has been extracted . Mr O'Ryan , ten ., has been committed to the bridewell here , pending tho state ot health of his wounded son . The cause of this unfortunate circumstance is not clearly explained . The son is to arrive at his majority in a few months , when

      certain leases OI lands owned by Mr U'Kya » ,. een will expive . Renewals of those leases cannot be given without the joint concurrence of both father and son Mr O'Ryan , juts ., we are given to . , understand , rd fu « ed to sign renewals at-the requestor his father and henco certain bickerings took $ laee between them .. It is also said that Mr O'Ryiui , sen . has latterly shown decided symptons oS mental ill health and that ho labours under very extraordinary delusions . . On tho morning in question both father aud son met on tho lobby hading to their respective bed roams , when the unfortunate transaction took place , which has caused . * feeling of universal rcgr .-t and melanchsly thnrngb the locality all round . TMr ( J Ryan always carried firearms about his person and had a great honor of , •' thieves . ' ¦

      An accaunt in tl » e Limerick Chronicle runs as follows : — . Mr K , yan , sen . " hasafamily of grown-up sons and daughters . The , ^ ldest son lived with his father , as did his sisters . . " Mr Ryan having been for some time a widower , recea . tly married a young and interesting lady , who , acco riling- to the version of the story en the father ' s sir \ e , became an object of tho son ' s passion . That t ' nia sentiment was teciprocated by the youth ' s step pother , the father had , as is stated , for some short time ba < k , more and more reason to be suspicions ( and on Tuesday evening , on entering his bedroom . , was horrified to behold his place occupied by hia v . nfortunate . fion . Maddened with ra ^ e . the

      ttnJiapr . y father reached a loaded pistol and fired . * ho » all entered the head of young Mr Ryan , immeoiaie ' . y beside the eye , totally destroying that orean and travelling tho skaU rated at th « base of the od oir . , ut . The lady ma . le a precipitate retreat and es-• Viped bctore her intonated husband could rcloai ' r . is weapon . Our informant , who left Caslicl SatuV day roormng , says tke ball was extracted irom the head of young Mr Ryan the previous night The wounded man remains in a stato of irwmsibUi v and no hopes are entertained of his recovery . ' " insilnisii Cox pEDBRiTiow-A meeting of the Coatederatio * took placa in Dublin on SurXy , fSfcSS 5 etna . . f ( > r two now conversions tc Confederate prittcinlss , These are , Lotd Walls

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      Court , a baron in thelrish pcarage , and-Mr Chisholm Anatey , an English barrister . -, Theoatre ' epoBdent . ot-tUeflVme * says : — ' , Conciliation-ball had better lo « k sharply to its already tarnished laurels . " * The rival establishment atithe Music-hall is doing a rapidlyjthtiving business , and if . tho addition of respectable , customers which patronised the' house' last . night , keop steadily increasing , the managers « f the old , firm will have but little reason to rejoice at some , at least , either of the results of the late general election , or of an obstinate

      adherence to the course of policy which has sca red from the Corn Exchange the few shreds of respectability wbich clung to its fortune gstler tfce ! e « iership of the late great master vt agis » 4 ioif Anonf tho now members enrolled are Lord Walnoourtand Mr Chisholtn Anstey , the member for Youfthall ; the latter gentleman is evidently destined to p ' ay » leading part in the future working of Irish politics . ' In moving a resolution ' at the meeting to tbe effect : — ' That the beneficial efforts of the antiplace-bimting policy of the Confederation were full ; proved at the late election in this country . '

      The Rev . Mr Ksnton , Roman Catholic clergyman , of Templederry county ofTipperary , belaboured tho place-hunters of Conciliation-hall with right good will . If , ( suid tlie speaker . ) a man says—I am a repealer—and at tbe same * time keeps besieging the door of a Minister , dines with him three-times a week , and continues to beg for a place in the Exci se for this person , and in the diatoms for that , he did not think such ' a man would repeal tho onion . ( Loud cheers . ) No , he could as soon drag the sun from the heavens .. He had penned down a few words in common use amongst those men , and had considered the meanings formerly attached to them with their recognised meanings at the present . First , there was ' Nailing the colours to the mast . ' In

      unsophisticated eyes that phrase meant a determination t * stand by any canse in wbieh men embarked . ( Hear , hear , ) Now it meant a half-starved cur with bis tail between Jiia legs running from the light with tt mouthful of kitchen stuff . ( Lond laughter and cheers . ) Now he would give his defintion of ' moral force . ' 'Moral forco / was at present used and employed by trading patriots , was a figure of speecha metaphor signify mg that a man aay have his eye knocked out , hiVleqs cut off , or any other { conceivab e- 8 orgical operation performed on his body without t % e shedding of one single drop of hnmau blood . ( Cheers and laugbfer , ) 'No compromise '—when first employed _ h bad a-most determined and absolute meaning—it signified that for all time , and in

      all circumstances , there should be no abatement of the fair demands made' or the claims urged . But now it ha £ received a most strange contortion in signifioancy . Within certain limits—that was to say , at this side-of £ 300 or £ 400 a-year , it had tbesrmtf meaning stBl ; but no sooner were those . limits reached , or even approached , than , strange to-say . it meant ' every compromise . ' In that manner nearly all the words in the English language were employed by grading patriots . They wanted determined Repealen , who would cfe their duty if all tlie rest of Ireland were asleep . Everything besides was dap-trap , humbng , and jugglery . ( Cheers . ) It was his opinion that the association would grow from bad to wtrse , until it became such an abomination that it should be banished in . some -way or other . COheers . ) Hethbaght that the highest honour was due to the men of Limerick , and to-those

      Conservatives , who , though some of them did not think there was a necessity for repeal , supported'it in the person of Mr O'Brien . ( Ciieers . ) That was true conciliation—it was that Conciliation-hall had been for ever prating abont , but had never effected .. ( IItar , hear . ) fie wonld advise the people not to be-led unthinkingly by the opinion sf any one—by priest , bishop , or layman . When a priest took part ia politics , be did pov not as a priest , but as a politician ; and they should not mind the cant ot Conciliation-hall , wqich was— ' It was a priest said it ; it ought to be respected 1 / A priest was- to be respected when he told the truth . ( Cheers , } The CKCokkell Monembnt . —The committee of the'National Monument to O'Connell' ' have published their receipts from ; the 6 th . of August , which amount to £ 239 . Of the subscriptions forty were of £ 5 , four of £ 3 , one of 32 , and twenty . fire of £ 1 each .

      Mr John- O'Connoll and' his brother , Mr Daniel O'Connell , arrived araongsfe the constituents of the lattorlaat week . The people of Waterford ga ? e them a most flattering reception .

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      THE EXPLOSION OF THE CRICKET STEAMER . The excitement caused by this melancholy accident continues . Hundreds of persons haver since its occurrence assembled on the piers and wharfs in the vicinity of the lamentable catastrophe . On- ' Saturday several boats were employed at low water and ot the first quarterflood dragging the river from Waterloo-bridge to the eastern side of Westminster bridge , it being supposed that as the tide was running , up at the timo of the explosion , somo of the remains ot the sufferers were carried up by the current . S ' uortlv

      before 12 o ' clock an alarm was raised on tho Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge , by a man who informed the police that the body of a young man was lying in the mud off Lett ' s-wharf , situated ; oa the Surrey side of Waterloo-bridge ^ Tbe remains , which were in an awful condition ; the face , arras , and chest being most extensively scalded , were removed to the vault of St John ' s Church . The body was subsequently identified as that of John Butler , aged 18-years , of No . Oi King-street , Covont-garden . He wss-an engineer , and was on the way toBlackwall . .

      In the course of Saturday it was ascertained tbat a Miss Chatterton , who was on board at the titno o f the explosion , was very much-injured ,. She was thrown from the boat upon a quantity of timber , and several persons were thvown on her . She is greatly bruised and laoerated , and her head has also-been cut and injured . Considerable fears are entertained for her life . Notwithstanding that everything promised so well on Friday night for the raising of the wreck , just as the operation was completed ono of the chains snap , ped ,. when tke ill-fated boat again tell into the water , and all efforts-to raise her that tide wev . e found to be fruitless ,, yet the temporary raising had = been so far suoeessful as-to enable a minute search to 'be ' made in thecabiu-andotherpartsof the vessel , and also under the boat , and it was clearly ascertained there was no other sufferer there .

      Si . the eoarse of Saturday morning the starboard boiler , whwh is believed ; to have bceu . 'the cause of the oalaraity , and which was blown to a short distance from the Cricket , was got ashore , and conveyed into the Company ' s premises . So also was tho lar * board boiler , which stillremainedin nearly its proper position , and with little appearanco of injury . It is ako understood that from the partial examination raado of the vessel late on Friday night , before the breaking of tho chain ,, it was ascertained that the afterpart from the paddle boxes , inoluding the large eabin , is still nearly uninjured , except by water and

      mud . On the larboard side the paddle box is comparatively complete , but the starboard paddle-b » ais broken outside ,, and on the fore part , and alsaaho wheel . During the-afternoon and evening . a number of men were employed in pumping the water out of the Cricket , with a , view to making another attempt at netting her afloat as soon as-the tide hadisuiiiciently run down . She was alsc- ,. in the middle of the day , moved by means of lighters from the east side of the gallery leading from the shore to She pier , where she was previously lying ^ to opposite tha latter , so that she may , if raised , berun on the high- shore westward of fha pier . ,

      Although itwas stated that the halfpsisny boats would not ruaagain until ibo inquest , which commenced on Monday morning , had been concluded , they plied all Sunday , and were much crowded . It is stated tha * these halfpsaiay V » aVa ate the property of Mr Aldesaan Thompssu , Mr Joyce . } &t Smith , and Mr Cosy . An act c £ parliament eatne into force in January last , undes which an iavestigation oaa take place . « is entitled , ' An act for tho Regulation of Steam Navigation , and for requiring sea-going Vessels to carry Boats . ' By the 19 th section ,. it is directed that whenever any steam-vessel shall have caused any serious accident , occasioning loss of life or property , a report is to be made as sooa as convonient ,

      through the post-omee , by letter to the Board of Trade , and in default a fine not exceeding £ 50 may be imposed . Inspectors may be appointed by the Board of Trade , and there is a penalty prescribed foy obstructing them in the execution of their duty . Many instances of miraculous escapes oecurred , among which wo may mention that of Mr Geo . Bone , cashier to the General Assurance Company , who was thrown into the river by the explosion , but fortunately caught hold of a projecting piece of wood or iron at the side ef the vessel , and when the boat sunk , he , with great exortion , and the aid of some persons on the pier , succeeded in gaining the shore ,

      without further injury than a thorough dackiug and tho loss of his hat . A sailor , who was standing by the funnel at the time of the explosion , was shot up mtotheair , when , on recovering , ho found , to his great surprise , that he was lying upon a heap ef people , unhurt . He managed to scramble on to the pier . The Rev Mr Smith , the chaplain of St Martins workhouse , with his lady , were among the parties who had paid their fares to go to Londonbrid se . Mrs Smith had got on board , and Mr Smith waspn the p ! er , ; about to step on board , when the expk-sion took place . Mrs Smith was scalded by the steam , and was blown up into the water , but was tortunately rescued , Mr SmitU ewtwwui vroVwfc .

      IXtlPEST ON THE BBSFBREBS , At 11 o ' clock on Monday last , Mr Builfprd , coroner foi-We » tmin « er , commenced his inquiry Into the eause of death of the five persons who have suffered from tlie late calamitous explosion on board the Cricket steam-boat . The inquest was held in the board room of St , Martin ' s workhouse , wheva two © f iho sufferers ( Littleton and Dlunt ) , were at first placed , and whither tlie body of Jolm Bucklsjr , taken ont op . Saturday , on tho Surrey side , had subscquantly been remoYed , for the purpose of bi 4 ng ineluded ia the aaine Inquiry . The proprietors of the boats wswreoceaeutyion ths occiwiou by Mr Mwfoga CJ »« b-

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      ¦^¦«* l » -M ^» S ft « V « i ^ s « lWfi ^ r ^ WKrs SB 5 Kp ^?^ list rfthed « oea . ed per . L : "Ko ^ Ji ? { ^ A call-boy , of Bo ^ treet , OovenSSi ^ 'Wui S 3 costermonger , of G , Bloo » . bJ ^ :, £ , **» ««! $ St Oiloi ' a , leavinj a widow ; Geore ! Sh « i ° ** 3 monger , of Briver ' s buildisg , mEJ , ^' . . coS and tw » ohiWrat , ; John Blunt , "J S \ l '" 8 a « £ of 2 , Trelliok-terr ^ , Va « i & ^ ^ 4 * JSIT * < ' in 8 le ' eD 8 in 6 W > Of 9 ' KtaJSj ^ S SeYenfcen gentlemen were impanelled „ , „ who , being sworn , proceeded to view the b « m e J « 9 thatn , ( those of Shnte aud 9 hed ) l « y at Ule «?« *** % Hospital , and tbe remainder at ihe ' wrkim !!!" *** aUat ^^ " ! •? . A - . ^ . fiW- ^ ijircotvutuiit

      , guraen , wno Oeposert- Th 1 ° » V . Thos . Sht-d , is my child . He wns csll-bov L $ ** # , Crisket , which situation he had held th . eew t 4 » had been in the Aiit ' sine * ChristmaB . He p * ^« f « tlj satfofied with his employ . I got h !? Per . from the Am , became I thought he was not » « ° «* by Iho crew . ¦ . ¦ flell l f « atej John iynd Blunt , of TrclUck terrace , T . r « ba ii k road , WDtclimaker ; Catherine Littleton ofRi ^ W- ' « tmt . BtGiles ' s ; George Shu t * , of Jame ? .,, ^ "S ' end , painter and glazier ; and Henry N . iblf , ,. ' „„ : ' * ' «• Goldt-n lane , St Luke ' s ; respectively iden tified , l . ' of of the other deceased persons . " - "e bod {( t John Hocken , of 23 , Maddox-street , Hano ter-t tailor , deposed : About 25 minutes past j On i > ' morning , I went on board the Cricket , atthefo , * y the-HUl pier . I took a scat in the stern part of th k !''' not . far from the puddle box . I was rather anr • that tbo boat was so long in starting . There were than 200 persons on board the vessel ; nearl y m i ° " aft part of the boat . In about fire minut , « u ^* trifling qulrer , and then a sudden explosion took til The nhole seemed to fly into the air in a thousand ai

      tamngtne direction ot Rie stern part of the boat , ru , wboie of the deck . was carried away ; the seat Qn ' fthjSf I sat went completely from ander me . I lost my h M . a carct-1 , and was bruisi-d in- my arm And thi gh , y a time I was blinded by the steam , which seemtd to ' ttrikl me in the faco . When the noise and steam had aabiijM I looked ronnd , and saw the vessel a total wreck ; man ! were clinging to her aides . Afterwards the Echo I think , came alongside , and tonk the pas-ssngen off , ' r noticed particular ) ; a ! ady and as elderly gentleman , j ^ was . crying out tliat bis leg wet breken . After » atdi > assisted in getting a man out of the wreck , who na , bleeding at the- cose and from the shoulder ; he « ai not one of the deceased . At that time , n » one wai aboHA

      but myself , at tent not in tbe back part ot the reiseli Before the explosion , I saw neither captain nor engine on board . I supposed the delay arose from waitis ? ftr the captain . I wa « m the habit of going by that boa * and thus k » ow that she stayed longer at tha pier tha ' nsasl . I am quite curtain she was no * aground fw after the explosion , the stern-part sank at leastlgincfei I no-rer before saw anything wronjj in the bo » t or is aither of the others . T > haT « gone b y them all , I h&n oiun stood to admire the action of the engines ' Arebibald thnty Htmtlton , of 6 , Fnni \ 8 ., tr 66 t WaUrioo-road , reporUr :: I went on board tke CricSt on Friday morning la ** , abont 23 min . pastalne at » h »

      Fox pier . In about two minates , as I wa « standing ntap the windlass , I felt a kind ' of oselllatiou ; suddenl j I ffa . thrown down and I hearduhe explosion . Tha boat wa * not agroana . The captain was aot on board , r know him' by sight , and I afterwards luard him ' say to Mr &i » rlaty ,. the superintendent of the pUr , ' How longhair been , on shore do you tbinfc ! '' I saw neither « nglneer nor stoker . I did not look into iho engine room . I ^ jj not see an ; ofth » deceasad taV »» out . There w « ra froo 120-to l'W persons on board . T > e deck wai not over , crowded where I stood , and very few were hurl . I thiafc the last witness is mistaken in fcii estimate of the number .-

      The Coroner said he concetod this evidence vroaU be sufficient a 9 to the fact of the explosion . He would now examine some witnesoes as to th » finding of the bodies . George Silverton , of 13 , Georgs-atreet , Adelphi . fisber . man : I saw and heard this explosion from my on » door . I immediately ran down to render what assiitantt I could , f knew Shed , the call-boy , He was lying lathe boat ' s bottom , in the aft-cabin . He was almost covered with' wood and water . TOth the help of tbecaptain , BHwartk Martin , I conveyed- him Lito the pay omce , and afterwards to the hospital ; He was alire vrhca I left him , but iasensiblo . I know the engineer well ; : never heard'him say anything about this engine . I also assisted in removing an elderly gentleman whose leg wa » broken . I was not two minutes ia reaching the boat after the explosion , and the captain- was then there . Several passengers were then in the fore part of the boat trying to escape as well as they timid .

      By Mr Chambers : The boy might have besn thrown from the deck , and have fallen into- the cabin where I found him . The deck was all broken ap end completel y destroyed . Here an application was made by the witness Noble te be allowed to inspect the remains ot- tbe boat , Tha coroner said ha bad no power to give any order , as ths boat was « ow in the charge of the police-. Mr Chambers srid that every facility would be given , as far as tho company was concerned . Somo doubt was expressed as to vrhether the police ottflit to allow ati inep-.-ctlon of the" boat at the instance cf tbe proprietors ; but it was explained that this would not be done unless the coroner sanctioned the order . Ssv-iral of tbe juty expressed a wish to see the boat ; a « ditr Chambers , on the part of the proprietors , undertook- tbat au opportu . aity should be afforded .

      Evidence was then given as to the- naturo of th » wounds ,. The inquiry was- adjourned until Kondoy next , at 11 o ' clock , The Coroner then made some inquires te the custody of the boat , which was stated to he in tho charge of tto Thames police . Mr Chambers said this had been done at the request of Ihe proprietOM ,. who were exceedingly anxions tbat they should not be suspected of wishing . to prevent access to it , or of having access to it themselves improperly , Tfoe police had declined to continue ia eharge without some other authority . The Ceroner said * he woald readily , give his authority far that purpose * . A superintendent who was presest undertook that possession should be retained by the polite on the coroner ' s authority .

      Before separating , tome of thejury . again expreised swish to see the boat ; and Mr Richardson ( Messrs Joyce ' ssolicitor ) hoped that some one might bo there , on the / art of his clients , tagive an explanation The Coroner-said he should decidedly object to this . If the jury saw- the boat at all , they should just l ° olc over it , wltboafcany iuterference ;; but it would not be objectionable for Mr Joyce himselfae- be present , as tiemaker of the engines , when the engineers made theirexamination .. Mr Chambers submitted that same one ought also t » attend on behalf of the proprietors . of the boat . The Coroner said the best plaa . would be foransngi * neer to attend = oa behalf of each party , at the time wlicn . tho jury went . to make their view ! . Ultimately it was arranged that tbe jury should mak * their inspection unattended by nny oilier party .

      ISSPECriON OF ESS . WRECK . At twelve o ' clock on Tuesday morning , the jury , according to appointment , proceeded to view the shattered ! vessel and machinery of the Cricket steam-boat . Ast » the causes which may have led to the fatal explosion , we , of course will Hot pronounce an opinion . Oofflpetent persons will bs appointed by the authorities , who will—as-their duty to the public , to the company , and to Mr Joyco ,. ttio buildav and patentee of the engines , k * quire—carefully exi \ mine , ' and iovostigate most fully , all the riraumstaHces conneete&with this most disastrous affair . The first Ei ght wkiciv presents itself to ilie spectator ia that of a fearful » nt in the vosssl from iba engiae-room to the stern . The whole of th 3 flooring of

      tho deok Has been blown up , and the lining of the right * We of t \ ia after cabin completely removed , leaving ex « posed thebare iron shell of the vessel . Oa . the left side of tho same cabin some portion of the lininjjyet remains ; but in the bilge of the vceiel , nnd near to . tha padilles , tbe whole of the lining is gone , and the shell of tbo vessel brokoB and torn in almost evory direction . The floor * ing of tne cabin is nl ? o swept clean out , while an immense opening in ' . western shows tho spot through wbich the boiler itself was blown , the boiler in its pro * gress appearing to have swept the floors , the lining , rui '« ror , and everything be ' ore it . Tbe whole of the oaseof the boiler is blows off , leaving all the tubes exposed to . sight ; but there does not appear to . bo any fracture ia

      any of them , so far at least as we ware able to see . Th& funnel , the smoke-boi , and case of the boiler lie beflido the wreck of the ill-fated vessel . Tbe safty-vulve , «> a the steam-guages seem to have beea entirely blown aw > yi Neither of thspaddle-whtels seem . 6 o have sustained any iujurv : the outer side of tho loft paddle-box seems toliava snstained a somewhat severe shock . A por tion at tba massive iron framework to which the engine is attacked is twisted in a most extraordiaary mauner . Ths thick , ness of ihe metnl in that part caunot be l « s ihattfott inches ; but it appears to have been capable c ! affording no more resistance to tho terrific power than did some of the couuaou deal timbers wltn which it wns Mwsr t » 4 «« Tho massivo cranks , with the pistons a ^ u c ylinder ? , seem to be the only portions of the machine * ) - which were sufficiently strong to euJnro the shock , but the MS ta

      crank is sli ghtly ben * . There is no doubt tbat » mote solid part oi tho machinery tended , in ««» degree , to ensuto the fore part of tb » vessel froM that total destiuotion which baa brfalUa t ° » remaining poitlonj . The toiler which € xp waea was the left boiler as the vessel now lies , but the course it appears to havo taken was an oblique one , a » right Bide of the cabin , through which it passed , l » s ? * aulerably move injured than Uw opposite . TbeopemDg madg at the stern of tbe vmsoI appears to be » l > 0 J tho right side of tho rudder . The whole floor of tM engina room is literally covered with fragments cf the broken partB ot the smaller and more di-Hcate p « " ° > tho machinery . The jury remained on the spot ( or about half au hour , during which time every facility w » s affarded by the servant * of the company to enabl « then to view the various portions of the wreck .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 4, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1434/page/6/