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    ""^ ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES . SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT LEEDS . Another terioas casually occurred on Saturday at the Lee ds Sewerage Works , by which the lives of five persons were placed in very imminent jeopardy . A number of men ifere employed in the excavation in Wellington-road early in the morning , and at seven o ' clock a . m ., a portion o ( tunnelling fell in , burying five men . Three of them , however , irere soon rescued . The fourth was taken out alUe afier considerable exertion , but the fifth was not rescued until several hours elapsed , when he was found to be in a very exhausted condition . He was prevented being suffocated only by a constant pumping in of fresh air . FATAL- ACCIDENT NEAR Sl \ VINCENT'S ROCKS , CLIFTON . i . _^ ii i

    On Saturday evening , the coroner for Bristol , J B . Grindon , Esq ., held an inquest in the board-mom of the Bristol RoyaHnfirmary , on the bod y of Mr . Alfred John Clift , who met his death through a fall from the cliffs on the banks of the river Avon . The first , and indeed the only material witness , was an intelligent boy of between e ' uht and nine years old , who was a brother of the deceased , and witnessed his melancholy end . The little fellow , who ga ^ e his » estimony with much clearness , deposed that an the evening of the accident they were walking under thr Leigh Woods , on the side of the Avon , and were giing in a direction towards Pill . When near the Rauadpoint , the deceased began to ascend the rock for the purpose of exploring a part of it , and witness followed , hut did not clamber so huh as his brother . All of a sudden his brother ' s footing slipped , and

    witness saw h : m tumbling down the rock . He did not fall to the bottom , as his progress was arrested by a shelving projection , upon which he remained . He did not speak or move , and witness was greatly terrified , hut he succeeded in getting up to hi 3 brother , and sliding him gently down the remainder of the rock and laid him on the ground . He then ran io some tea gardens close by and beegad for assistance , and some workmen and gentlemen came and carried him to a cottage , where brandy was administered to him , bnt he remained insensible . A care was then procured , and a quantity of grass spread over the bottom a' it , and in this he was hauled to the Rownbam Inn , where a carriage was obtained , in which they drove him to the Infirmary , where it was ascertained that he had received a fracture of the skull , from the effects of which he shortly expired . The iory relumed a verdict of " Accidental Death . "

    FRIGHTFUL BOILER EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF LIFE . On Monday afternoon about a quarter past one o ' clock , a terrific explosion took place on the premises of Mr . Mark John Totnkins . the proprietor of the Green Bank Saw Mills , Old Gravel-lane , Wa ping . Tne works were of a very extensive description , and no fewer than thirty-five men were employed in various parts ef the saw mills , which were situated on the north side of Green Bank , a very narrow lane , surrounded with densely populated small houses , princ ipally inhabited by the poorer class of Irish persons . At the time ahovenamed the chief portion of the wotkm-n were absent at dinner , and the escape of those on the premises is most wonderful . Several of the mechanics were

    in the planing room , the smith ' s shop , and sawing mom , while two were sitting in the boiler house , takng their dinner , when they were alarmed by hearing a rumbling noise similar to thunder , and before they could rush to the yard the boiler and the shed were blown to pieces , the brick * , stone 3 , tiles , and ironwork were carried an immense height into the air , and fell in various places to the distance of a quarter of a mile . No time was lost in clearing the ruins and-sending for the aid of the police . Mr . Inspector Sullivan and Sergeant Lewis , of the K division , immediately despatched a body of constables from the station

    at Shadwell to the scene of the catastrophe , where ia a few minutes they discovered Charles Varrall , agad sixty-two , a bricklayer , who happened to be at work on the roof of the building . He wis quite insensible , and was promptly examined by a surgeon , but the unfortunate mau was so much injured that it was deemed nacessary to convey him on a stretcher to the accident ward of the London Hospital . The poor fellow had received a dislocation of the ri ght shoulder joint , fractured ribs , various bruises and contusions over the body , which was shockingly scalded in several parts . He was placed in bed and every assistance afforded him , but he esoired in two hours after his admission . No one

    else was missing , a far as could be learned from strict inquiries which had been made . The violence of the explosion may ba imagined , when & large piece of lead weighing thirty-two pounds , which formed a portion of the safetyvalve , was blown through the roof across several streets , to a distance of 300 feet , falling by the side of the private residence of Mr . Wesley , the dast contractor , Old Gravellane , where it passed through the stone pavement into the earth . A piece of timber ei ght feet long fell on the roof of the house in the ocenpancy of Mr . Bozier , Bootmaker , and caused great injnry to the upper part of the bu : lding . The premises of Messrs . Kni ght and Son , Soap Manufacturers , Prince ' s-street , at the rear of the saw mills , were also

    senonsly shattered . A great number of private dwellings in Anchor and Hope-alley , Raymond ' s-place , Calven-street , Red Lion-street , and other places , were more or kss injured by the falling bricks , pantiles , &e . Portions of the boiler have been found in various parts , and other pieces have not yet been recovered . A female , Margaret Donovan , was injured on the bead by a brick striking her while sitting in the garden at the back of her residence in Anchor and Hope-alley , but she is going on favourably . Several children likewise received sli ght injuries . Mr . Tomkins is insured , and the damage is estimated at about £ 4 , 000 . The cause of the sad disaster 13 attributable to some defect in the boiler .

    SERIOUS COLLISION ON THE CLYDE . On Friday morning , at hal' -past nine o ' clock , a serious collision occurred on the Clyde , a liule below Govan , between the Princess Alice , on her passage from Londonderry , and the Glasgow Citiz-n river steamer . The Citizen " is very much damaged , and we regret to add that a mother and child have been droxned , and several people injured . The young woman who , with her infant , has perished by this catastrophe , was the wife of the pilot of the Dunoun Castle stearaer . The case is under investigation . —Scots ~ man .

    MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT . An accident resulting in the death of a labourer , sixty years of age , and serious injury to four ether persons has just occurred in North Penrallt , Carnarvon . An aged woman one of many who occup ? a lodging house in the above locality , accidentally Eet her bed on fire during the n ht of Friday . Her scream 3 brought a man inhabiting an adjoining room to her assistance , and he succeeded in placing her in safety . Meanwhile , another inmate of the house

    , losing her presence of mind , rushed through the fire and threw the burning bed-clothes and straw down the stairs . The deceased , who slept below , on coming out of his mom , was met by the flames , which burned with redoubled fierceness , and he was so severely scorched about the neck and face that he survived bnt a tew hours . Two of the lodgers leaped from an upper window into the street , and were but slightly injured by the fall . A man and child wer considerably burnt ; and the female who spread the fire , together with the man « ho rescued the old woman , are so

    seriously injured that great doubts are entertained of their recovery .

    FEARFUL ACCIDENT AT ISLAY . A most fearful accident happened last Friday , about ten o ' clock a . m ., at the village of Portwenjyss in this island , caused by the explosion of a keg of gunpowder . The particulars of the case are as follows , viz .: —Two men named Alexander Bieu and Duncan Turner were quarrying stones for the Free Church school-house ; they found it requisite to blast part of the rock ; Turner accordingly went home to Bine ' s house , where the powder was kept under charge of the latter , he being a steady , sober man . After filling a bottle out of the keg . Turner vtry imprudently set fire to a

    little of the powder that fell on the fl ior , for fear that any children should go near it with fir ; . He did not remove the k"g of powder a sufficient distance before he did this , and there was more powder on the ground than he calculated npon , and the result was it communicated with the keg con taining sixieen pounds of powder , and , 8 s might be expected , it carried the roof of the house , which was of o e s * ory , fairl y off from end to end . Turner wa 3 dreadfully scorched and disfigured about the face—his whiskers and e « ry pirtide of hair was burnt off . Kate Biue and Ann Gillies were also much burnt , as also was a cow that liad teen tied in the house . Fortunately there were no other

    Persons in the house at the time . The three sufferers are still in a very precarious way ; bat the wonder is that they had not been blown to atoms altogether . Such would have « En the case , bad not the strens'h of the powder gone "ght upwards . — Glasgow Saturdiy Post .

    FATAL ACCIDENT . On T uesday evening , a young boy , supposed to he the son ° ' one of the " deck hands of the steamer Princess Royal , was atHu-iD g himself on a plank on the breast of the nonh quay , Opposi te Macalpine Street , and missing his footing , was pred ated into the river , and drowned . The body of the •^ ceased was discovered about two hours after the melanasolj occurrence . —Glasgow Sentinel .

    DREADFUL ACCIDENT . Ao _ accident of a most serious nature occurred on Sunday ormi g j ast between tne p ; e station en the Leeds and / torsi : Railway and Ukl-y . It appears that tao of the Istay company ' s omnibuses , conveying between seventy a eig hty passengers , were racing on the road , when one 'the wheels of the first vehicle came off , and the coach be « ft h wl " ck wa 3 c ^ uPt galloped ever the passengers of " ^ n-down competitor as they lay on the road . The r ° . passengers were most awfully cut up . They were ^ 'Dg t for he ! p on aU sides ^ Some Dad theif lfg 3 * o others tne'r 'highs , some their arms , and one poor »» an from Bramley , near Leeds ( named Sarah Firth ) , had Jelt arm broken , her left thigh , and the flesh of the left

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    leg was parted from the bone . Medical aid was as promptly as possible procured ; and we are glad to hear that the sufferers are doing as well as could be expected . The accident was the result of gross carelessness and reckless driving .

    TWO MEN SCALDED AT WYLAM . On Tuesday last an inquest was held at tbe"Westgate policestation , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , before the coroner , Mr . J . G . Stoker , upon the body of Barney M'Guigbaro , who came to his death under the following frig htful circumstances . A few days ago the deceased and a man of tbe name of John Williams , who were travelling together through the country in search of work , called at Messrs . Bell ' s iron works , at Wylam , about eleven o clock in the evening , and asked Robert Johnson , the engineraan , if he would give them shelter for the night . The engineman consented , upon condition that they " would wheel away a quantity of ashes for him in the morning , and after giving them their supper he placed them in a shed upon the floor , in front of a fire-place , over which was a large cylindrical

    boiler , which drives the principal engine in the works . The two men then lay down with their feet towards the fire , and dropped off to sleep . About four o ' clock in the morning Johnson went to a furnaceman , and after telling him that he had two tramps in the shed , said " Come over and I will give the b—s a scare" ( a scare or fright ) . Almost immediately afterwards , and whilst the furnaceman was outside the door of the shed , Johnson , it is supposed , drew the plug from the boiler , for the water and steam rushed with great force from it over the two men , who jumped up as speedily as possible , but on account of the shed being filled with steam , they found considerable difficulty in getting out . The screams of the poor fellows were heard by the furnaceman ,

    who rendered them assistancs as speedily as possible . Johnson came up immediately afterwards , and , finding what state the men were in , said , " It is a bad job ; I had the . plug of the boiler too far out , and could not get it in again . " Both the men who were very severely scalded over nearly the whole of their bodies , were conveyed to the Newcastle Infirmary , where M'Gaighsm has since died from the injuries he received . Evidence to the above effect having been given , the coroner ajourned the inquest until the following day . Johnson was apprehended by order of the magistrates on the charge of manslaughter , but . was admitted to bail until the result of the coroner's inquest is known . He was present during the inquiry , and expressed a wish to make a statement before the inquest is concluded .

    FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY . An accident , attended with fatal consequences to two passengers and injuries to several others , occurred on Tuesday morning near the Hampton Junction station on tbe London and North Western Railway . The 9 . 15 a . m . up train left Birmingham at its usual hour on Tuesday moraine , and proceeded in due course aboufc a miie south of the Hampton Junction to a place called Berkswell cutting , m passing through which the ash-pin and a portion of the fire-box fell from the engine on to the line , and coming m contact with the frame work of the brake van , separated the latter from the engine and tender and threw it off the up-line arross the down rails . At the same instant , and before the carriages had become stationary , the 9 . 15

    a . m . down-tram from Leamington to Birmingham met the up-tram , and first coming in contact with the brake van on the down rails next struck the leading second-class car . riage and drove it on to the embankment , detaching it from the other carriages and creating a terrible wreck . Two of the passengers in the second-class carriage were killed on the spot , and a third was very seriously injured . Several others were more or less shaken and hurt . The driver of the up-train finding his engine and tender detached from the brake van , and observing the collision which immediately followed , came on to Coventry—a distance of four miles , as quickly as possible to obtain assistance . From Coventry telegraphic intelligence of the accident w « i 3 transmitted to Birmingham , and in a very short time afterwards a large number of labourers arrived from both these places

    , and commenced clearing the line . The second-class carriage , struck by the engine of the down train , was found to be driven up the embankment several feet , and within its broken timbers were discovered the bodies of two unfortunate passengers quite dead , and one other seriously hurt . The remaining passeuger 3 bad escaped from the wreck , and were sitting on various parts of the line . The names of the parties killed are Mr . Beddington , an optician , of Birmingham , and a youth named Floyd , said to be on his way to college at Oxford . The best assistance that could be afforded was rendered'by Mr . Robinson , the station master of Birmingham , by whose directions the parties most injured were placed on carriages and conveyed to Coventry .

    The worst case was sent direct to the iufirmary at the latter place . The engine of the down-train was not much injured by the collision . Though off the rails , and deeply embedded in tho permanent way , it remained in an erect position , and the rails were so little disturbed that it wa 3 soon replaced upon the line . The debris having been cleared away , the traffic was not materially interrupted , and several of the passengers came on to London shortly after the accident . Capt . Bruyeres , superintendent of the southern division of the London and North Western Railway , left town immediately on rereipt of the intelligence of the accident , to render all the assistance in his power to tho injured parties .

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    FIRES . SERIOUS FIRE IN LAMBETH . On Sunday morning , shortly after five o ' clock , a fire of a very alarming character occurred on the premises of Mr . J . Worsley , a hairdresser and perfumer , and Mr . Lawrence , a bookseller and general dealer . No . 75 , New-cut . The discovery was made by Mr . Worsley , who was awakened by an unusual noise in the shop . He immediately jump ? d out of bed for the purpose of ascertaining the cause , but the moment he opened his room door he was met by volumes of smoke which nearly prostrated him . He succeeded , however in mounting the stairs and arousi . ig the other inmates , cinskting of six or seven persons , amongst whom was an old lady between eighty and ninety years of age , named Nicholls , who had been bedridden fora considerable period .

    The whole of the residents except Mrs . Nicholls , at once made an attempt to descend by the staircase , bnt the smoke obliged them to return , and having got out of one of the upper windows , they alighted upon a pent-house over the shops , where they doubtlessly would have lost their live ? , had it not been for the timely arrival of Mr . Hambleton , with the engine and firemen from the Waterloo-road brigade depot , by whose scaling ladders they were enabled to descend . In the meantime , Police-constable Ireland , No 118 of the L divisiou , who was on duty ne 8 r the spot , had climbed up one of the poles in front of the house , and entered several of the rooms , for the purpose of rescuing Mrs . Nicholls . During the brief interval , however , Mrs . Worsley had entered he r apartment , and having pulled her out of bed , a Mrs . Jackson , who resided in the premises , carried her out on her back . The constable , however , went from to

    room room , in search of the poor old lady , until becoming almost overpowered with smoke , he was obliged to jump out of window , to avoid suffocation . "Unfortunately , he fell through a glass skylight , by which he was frightfully cut by the broken glass , and otherwise seriously , if not fatally , injured . A large piece of glass entered one of his lips and lodged in the roof of the mouth . His knee-cap is also broken , his shoulder dislocated , and nearly every part of his faca is cut with broken glass . He was at once removed to Guy ' s Hospital , where he at preBent remains in a very precarious state . There being an abundant supply of water , the fire was at last extinguished , but not until Mr . Worsley ' s lower premises had been nearly consumed , and those of Mr . Lawrence extensively damaged . The ori gin of the disaster is enveloped in obscurity . Mr . Worsley was insured in the County Fire Office , and Mr . Lawrence in the Roval L verpool Office .

    FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE . A fire , whereby a large quantity of agricultural produce and one human life were sacrificed , occurred on Friday last at Mahneabury . Tlie daughter of the deceased , Mr . - Biackfbid , a man very generally esteemed by his fellow-citizens , lies at present in a very precarious state , having been seized with hysteric fits when she beard of the sad accident which had befallen her . It appears that two large ricks of hay and straw , situate near Malmesbury , and belonging to Mr . Hanks , of the post-office , were discovered to be on fire between seven and eight o ' clock in the evening of tbe day above named . The alarm having been given , a number of the inhabitants hastened to the spot with a view of endeivouring to extinguishing the flames , and among them was the deceased , who was landlord of the King ' s Arms Inn . Tbe deceased mounted to the top of the

    hayrick , a portion of which hal not apparently been reached by the flames , and directed the men in the distribution o the water . He was heard to call out " That tiiere was no water , wanted . " at a spot at which he was thrusting his stick , and then ho was seen to turn round , but the next moment ho fell into tbe burning mass and disappeared in the flames . Mr . Cidby , chemist , at the ri .-k of his own iife , rushed forward ana succeeded in dragging the b » dy from the flumes . Mr . Blackford was dreadfully burnt , and though medical assistance was promptly at hand , it was evident he could not survive the injuries he had received . He was removed to his own residence on a shutter , where he lingered till the middle of the next day , when ( ie » th put an end to his sufferings . The ricks belo : ; gin « to Mr . Hanks were entirely consumed . The fire , it is imagined , originated fron the dampness of the hay when it w . * s put together .

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    Madeira . —Most disastrous accounts are received of the fu . are prospects of Madeira . It seems not improbable th ; it the celt-brated wine of Madeira will be a matter of history . A blight of some sort has < ntirely des-roye- the viutasefor this year , and seems likely to destroy tire vines themselves . It appears in the shape of a thick wnire powder , which entirely covers the cluster of grapes . The inhabitants have nieuioralised the Portuguese government to bo permitted to cultivate lohacco . Frknch Regulation on Dboskbnness . —The Prefect of the Duuhs has followed the example of t ' = e Prefect ' of the Pas di Calais , and decided that an ; retail sellers of wine or spirits giving liquor to persons alreaoy affected by wliat they hail taken , shall be held responsible for the acts of Such pfcfaODS .

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    CRIMES AND OFFENCES . HORRIBLE MATRICIDE NEAR BIRKEKHEAD . On Saturday night , at a late hour , a shocking murder was committed at Prenton , in the Parish of Woodchurch , about two miles from Birkenhead , on the Cheshire side of the Mersey , under circumstances of an extremely painful nature . In Prenton-Iane stand three cottages , which are inhabited by agricultural labourers . la one of them dwelt a widow , named Elizabeth Thomas , aged forty -eight , and a family consisting of two grown-up sons , William and Joseph , nged respectively about twenty-five and twenty-three years , and a little boy , Samuel , aged nine years . The unfortunate cause of the traeedy had for some time been suffering under mental debility , which had prevented him from following his usual occupation . His conversation at times was strange , and his actions were characterized by considerable peculiarity , but up to Saturday evening he had shown no disposition to commit violence . „ ¦¦ ¦¦¦¦

    It appears that on Saturday night about nine o ' clock , his mother , his little brother , and he were in tho cottage awaiting the return of Joseph , who had gone outfor a walk . Turning suddenly to his mother , he asked why she was sitting up . She replied that she was waiting for Joe . lie told her to go to bed , as he meant to stop up until Joe returned . She then went to bed with her young son , who always slept with her . It is supposed that the maniac at once proceeded to the garden at the back of the house and commenced digging a grave of considerable depth , and that , having completed the operation , ho proceeded to his mother ' s chamber armed with a razor . The unfortunate woman was asleep , and he immediat-ly perpetrated the act which causea her death . Her struggles awoke the little boy , who screamed in fright . His brother told him not to make a noise , and , taking him in his arms , carried the little fellow to his own bed , where , after kissing him twice , he left him , telling him " ho would to with him

    presently . Ho appears then 1 , 0 have returned to his mother , tied her hanifs tojiiher with a handkerchief , wrapped her up in the counterpane , bound a rope round her waist , and then curried her down stairs , through the kitchen or scullery , over a wicket gato loading to the earden , up some high stone steps , and to the grave which he had already prepared . Owing to the precaution of tying the body in the counterpane , no blood stained the around on the way to the garden , except one drop on the top step . At eleven o ' clock the brother returned . On opening tho house door the murderer called from his mother ' s room " Who ' s there ? " lie replied , " Me . " William then descended the stairs , and on seeing his brother he said , " Joe , I ' ve killed my mother and buried her in the garden . Ive made her comfortable , and she will ho a good deal better off . Don ' t you go and say anything . " The body of the unfortunate mother was afterwards found buried in the garden .

    The prisoner was placed before the magistrates at Birk . enhead on Monday morning . ' Hi 3 appearance sufficiently betokened the unhappy state of his mi- d . He seemed quite unconscious of the awful nature of his position , and his countenance was lamentabl y wanting in expression . On being asked in the usual way whether he was guilty of the charge , ho replied rapidly , and with great vehemence , " No , I did not ; not as I can recollect . " Saml . Thomas , aged nine years , the youngest son of the deceased , was then placed in the witness box , and after several questions had heen put to him as to the nature of

    an oath , he was sworn . —He said , my mother was a labouring woman . Sho wont out washing . She was a widow . William Thomas , the prisoner is my brother , and lived with us . Another brother named Joseph lived with us On Saturday night . I went to bed about nine o ' clock . My mother went to bed at the samo time . We slept together in the top room . There aro three rooms up stairs . Soon after I got into bed I went to sleep . When I went to bed William , the prisoner , was left in the "house-place" alone ; and soon after I got into bad I heard some one go out of the house-plac 9 into the back garden . After I had been asleep some time I was awakened by my mother , as it seemed to me , pushing against me . I then saw William standing by the bed , on thuside where my mother lay . He had a razor in his hand , and was going to cut her throat .

    It was dark at tho timo . Ho had his two knees on her holding her down . He held the razor in his right band , and a lighted candle in the other , lie put the candle in the window-place and grasped my mother ' s throat with one hand , and cut her throat with the razor , which he held in the other . My mother wrestled and tried to get away , but did not struggle much . S ! io struggled a iittie , but was soon quite still . Bo then camo round the bed to me , and carried me to his bed in the front . When he left mo he said , ' I will be with you just now . " I was crying very loudly all the time , and he told me to hold my noise . When he left me he went back to rny mother ' s room , and presently afterwards hearing his steps on the stairs , I looked and saw my mother ' s head . I could not see the body ; it was being dragged down stairs . I did not hear where William went to after he got down stairs . About ten minutes afterwards he came back to me , and put a clean shirt on . He then

    went into my mother ' s room . Presently I heard a noise , and on looking up I saw tho bedclothes being pulled down stairs . I could not see who was doing it . I heard William go out of the house by the back way into the garden . I heard nothing more for about half an hour , until my brother Joseph camo into the room , followed by William . Just before this I heard William ' s voice down stairs , speaking to Joseph , ne said , " Joseph , I ' ve killed my mother . " I then heard Joseph ' s voice crying bitterly . William said , " What ' s tho use being that soft , she is better off ? ' They then came upstairs and into tbe room together . The first words said were b William . He said , "If you had been half-an-hour later it would all have been sided" ( cleared away ) , Joseph tlien took me out of bed and carried me to tho house of the nest door nei ghbour , where I was put to lied . I stayed there all ni ght . My mother and William had not had any quarrel that day ; but two or throe days before I heard him " sauce" her .

    The prisoner was asked if ho wished to ask his brother any questions . He turned quickly round and exclaimed , sharply and loudly , « ' Eh ? " The question was repeated , and in the same tone ho replied , " So , I ' ve nothing to ask him , " Joseph Thomas , brother to prisoner , corroborated the last witness as to what was said by prisoner when he camo homo . Ho afterwards called in some of the neighbours , and on searching the garden found tho body of his mother two feet under ground . By the Magistrate , —There had been a difference in hi 3 manner about a week before this occurred . Ho seemed to be getting gradually worse . Whenever I went in lately ho ordered me out of the house . Tho Prisoner ( loudly and angrily ) . — " Thou are a liar . " ( Sensation . )

    Witness . —He had been out of his mind previously , and a surgeon attended him . He was never violent in bis conduct . There appeared to have been something wrong about his head for nearly a year . I heard my mother often allude to the circumstances . He was never violent , but for the last twelve months he seemed to begetting foolish , and during the last week ho became rather more excited . The witness made a cross to his deposition . George Roydon , a farmer , proved the finding of the body buried in the garden . There was ft very large gash in the throat of the deceased . The prisoner remained in tbe house all the time , and went quietly to the Bridewell at Birkenhead when asked to do so . Thomas Hughes , a constable , proved the finding of a bloody shirt , and a . pair of trowsers and a flannel jacket belonging to the prisonerall covered with blood

    , . Isaac Byerly , surgeon , described the nature of the wound , which he said must have caused instantaneous death . I know the prisoner , whom . I have attended professionally . Six or seven weeks a < ro his mother called on me to see him . lie complained of headache . He was also suffering from drowsiness , and betrayed other symptoms indicating an excited state of the brain . He was bled , and other appropriate remedies were used , with a view of abating the excitement . He improved , and at the end of the fortnight he told me he felt quite well and able to go to work . Two or three weeks ago his mother came to me and said he had not been able to go to work , and requested me to see him

    again . I went down . His headache appeared relieved , and to mo he spoke quite rationally ; hut his mother in . formed me that he oceasiona'ly made absurd remarks , and was odd in his manner . I again ordered blistering and lowering remedies , and his mother informed me that he improved . By Sir E . Cusst . —On Friday morning I had some conversation with his mother about his removal to the lunatio asylum . He answered me quite rationally , and I thought his mental derangement was only temporary . His mother never complained to me of his using any violence , but only of his absurd remarks .

    This concluded the evidence , and tho prisoner was asked in the usual form whether he had anything to aay in answer to the charge . After a brief pause he replied , " No I ' ve not anything to say . " lie was then committed for trial at the assizes , chamed with the murder . The inquest was held at Prenton on Monday evening when a verdict of " Wilful murder against William Tho . mas " was returned ,

    INCENDIARISM AT LOFTHOUSE . On Tuesday last , about midni ght , one of the large stacks in the rickyard of Messrs . J . and J . Charlesworth of Lnfthouse , a tew miles from this town was discovered to be on fi e . Great exertions were made to extiuguish the flames , but only fouie portions of the slack were saved , and thoss in a more or less damaged condition . The staik contained thi- produce of tw =-n'y acre 3 of oats , and was valued at £ 300 . T * o men , Jonas Hartley and his nephew , the form-r of whom had been in the employ of Mr . Charlesworth , and had been convicted of robbing his master , are in cu > tody . The i-roperty is understood to be insured . — Wakefie ' ld Journal .

    THE GAROTTE ROBBERIES AT LEEDS . On Monday last the seven men charged with these robberies underwent a further examination before the justices . Evidence was given by the Superintendent of Police that William Barker , one of the prisoners , had admitted to him that himsel and all the other prisoners had heen cmicrned in these robberies , but Baiker made no admissions whatever to the justicfs . A great deal of evidence was taken in the case , and at a quarter to four o ' clock tbe pri 3 oners were again remanded . - _

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    IRELAND . In consequence of the excited state of the population in and around Six-mile-bridgo , owing to tho late sanguinary affair there , orders have been issued for troops to enciwnp in the neighbourhood , and a field battery in addition to some infantry proceeded to the locality for tho piirpo ^ p . It has bem agreed at a meeting of the County of Down Tennant Committe in Belfast , to give a public banquet to Mr . Sharman Crawford . Notices of retaliation by landlords on their tenants after the elections , appear in some county papers . The " Tipperary Vindicator" says : — " Vengeance has been declared atrainst the tenantry on certain estates for having dared to do as they thought proper , and as they had a perfect right to do , with the el-ctive franchise . We have acnounts from certain quarters of the infamous threats of baftVd malisnants . "

    THE POTATO . The accounts , as usual , are conflicting . Tho most unfavourable reports are from the northern and western counties , Louth and Monas . han beine among the worst . In the midland counties and in the province of Loinstcr cono . rally , the complaints are happily few and far npt weon , although in Dublin Borne alarm has been created b y t | m vast amount of the supplies poured into the market ? , ! ln , l the extremely low rates at which holders seem disposed t 0 part with their stocks , both circumstancos leaning tn the inference that fears are apprehended for the safely of the late crop . The " . Leinster Express , " one of tho best in . formed provincial authorities upon agricultural matters , thus refers to the prevailing panic : —

    " The usual alarm about the ponto disease , which beeins annually about this season , has already made its appenr-Jinne . From Mayo and other western counties trio cry Of ' Blight' has been * taken up most vigorously , and if « e | j 8 . teneil with easy credulity to all we he-r , we minhul so speak ominously ourselves . But when we know the ihany circumstances calculated to encourage exaggeration , no are prepared to hear such unhopeful statements with tlm greatest caution . We held out to the end against evil prophets last year , and astonished—not to say offendeda ereat many thereby , yet the sequel proved we were rialu . As far as our actual , visible , and tansible experience would eo just now , we are very much inclined to follow the same pl an . In many cases , where we heard of great viruli-nnp , ' < 5 sc , on examination the great virulence , appeared to confine

    itself altogether to the tips of tho leaves , while if an untowavd grumbler could find a few dozen diseased tuhcrs to the acre , he thought him-elf singularly fortunate in having bo much to be miserable about . We don't mo an to say that tho disease has vanished , or is about to vanish entirely , but what we really believe is , that it is almost as certain as any highly approaching event can be , th . it wo shall have % plentiful supply of our much-slandered , badly , doctored , yet incomparable vegetable . If the weather continue as promising as it has been for the last week , we aro Bure of having an early and abundant crop of wheat . A large nrea 13 laid under barley in consequence of tho good price it brought last year . Oats will five , perhaps , the average yield . Turnips , mangolds , and other green crops have been extensively cultivated , "

    EXECUTION OP TWO EIDBONMBN . Dublin , Aususr 2 . —The sentence of death on Patrick M ' Coop . y and James Kirk , the ribbonmen , convicted at the last Louth assizes for an attempt to murder Mr . Eiistwood on the 24 th of last December , was carried into execution on Saturday , in front of the gaol of Dundalk . Both of tho convicts , who were Roman Catholic- ' , and were attended regularly by the chaplains of their church , exhibited marked signs of repentance , and for several days appeared very diligent and fervent in their preparations for death . The night before their execution they slept , soundly ; at an early hour they attended at miss and received the sar > iamont ; and neither of them wished to disturb their minds by interviews with their relatives , although permission would have been given if required . A local paper , describing the final scene , says :

    " Kirk looked very depressed and careworn , and merely glanced at tho crowd " beneath without showing any desire to address them . M'Cooey was more firm and cheerful , and addressed the crowd in a calm and audible voice . Ha said he was innocent of any of tho murders laid to his charge . He never heard anything of the murder of Mr . Mauleverer or Mr , Bateson until the deeds were done , lie admitted , or at least did not deny that he had taken pavt in the conspiracy to murder Mr . Eastwood , Ho was led into crime by associating with bad men , and if he had taken tho advico of his clergy he would not be standing there that day . lie warned the people to keep free from all illegal and secret societies ; for the very persons who would lead them , to join ttv se bodies would be the first to betray them and assist in securing their conviction and punishment . Tin . convicts having again joined m prayer , the clergymen retired , and tho executioner drew the caps over tuoir faces , when the bolt was drawn , and both the unfortunate men

    were launched into eternity . Kirk died without much struggling ; M'Cooey struggled hard for a few seconds and then all was over . The space before the drop was kept clear by a number of dragoons and about fifty of the county constabulary . About 2 , 000 persons , mostly from the country , -witnessed the executions ; their demeanour was very commendable . About half-past twelve the bodies were cut down and brought into the gaol yard , where theyrem . yned till two o ' clook , and then given to their relations , M'Cooey ' a remains were taken and interred in Cattlctown grave-yard ; and Kirk ' s were brought to the house of his wife . —It may he stated as a si gnificant circumstance in connexion with the atrocious Ribbon system , that the reason why no funds were provided or arrangements made for tbe defence of these prisoners was , because they robbed Mr . Eastwood as well as attempted to murder him , and , therefore , their associates in the guilty purpose repudiated them , and left them to'their fate .

    TnE TENANT RIOHT QUESTION . No section of the new Irish members has yet ventured to suggest any system of combined action in parliament except on the tenant-right question , relative to which some stcp 3 were taken at a meeting of the Tenant Loague Council on Monday . It was resolved : — " That it is essential to the due conduct and advancement of the tenant cause thata conference of the loading friends of tenant right , in and out of-parliament , be held prior to the assembling of the new parliament , and therefore that the said conference to be held in Dublin , on Wednesday , the 8 th day of Sep'ember , and that all the members of the Council of the League , tho leading friends of the cause throughout the country , and all the Irish members who have expressed themselves favourable to the principles of Sharman Crawford ' s bill , be earnestly invited to attend . "

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    HORRIBLE EXECUTIONS . New Orleans . —Speaking of tho execution of Anthony Delisle and Jean Adams for the murder of a slavo girl , the "New Orleans Crescent" of July 3 rd , says :- " The gallows was erected in the open space between the Parish Prison and the Police Gaol , fronting the street , and an immense mass of persons of both sexes assembled to witness tho revolting spectacle . At twelve o ' clock tho condemned were brought from their cells , and , accompanied by two priests , were led to the place of execution . Adams was very much overcomo with fear , and he had tobe supported , but Delisle walked alone , with a firm step , and his demeanour betrayed no sign of fear . Mounted on the scaffold , the death warrant was read by Deputy Sheriff J . L . Pabrp Delisle frequently interrupting him with the exclamation of "No , sir ! no , sir ! " The latter then addressed n few words to tho crowd , saying that he did not deserve to he hung , that he had French blood in his veins , and died for the honour of the French flag . Adams did not speak but seemed completely overcomo with , the horror of bis situation . At a few minutes past twelvetho executionera

    , , man named Taylor , a prisoner condned for larcenv , adjusted the ropes around the necks of the condemned " , and the drop full . Then was witnessed one of thoso horrid scenes which chills the blood in the veins . Both nooses slipped , and the unfortunate men fell together upon the pavement in a senseless condition . A stifled ory of horror broke from the spectators who crowded up to tho spot . The officers of the law rushed forward , and the criminals were conveyed into the prison through tho main entrance . The rain was now pouring down in torrents , yet it did not oispeise the crowd , who eagerly awaited the re-enactment of the tragedy . The condemned revived in a few minutoa and , notwithstanding the rain , were reconducted to the scaffold . When they ascended the second time , DelMi ! observing a spot of blood on ^ dams ' a shirt , very coolly asked lum how it oame there . The ropes were again adjusted , the platform fell , and the criminals were launched into eternity A few struggles , and all was over . After hanging until they were pronounced by the physicians in attendance to be dead , the bo dieswere conveyed to the prison , where some experiments to resuscitate them were tried , but without effect . '

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    Dbatii fromNeoleot . —On Monday afternoon Mr Win . Baker held an inquest at the City of London Union Workhouse , Mile End-road , on the body of Julia Leary , a"ed two years and two months . The father of deceased was on Wednesday last brought before the Lord Mayor at tho Mansion House , on a charge of begging and exposing l . i . s child in the public streets ( to excite sympathy ) in a oviug state ; he was then remanded till Monday , when he " was again remanded till the result of the coroner's inquest hhoulti be known-.--John Turner , City police-constable 531 , deposed that on Tuesday last he found the deceased child in the arras of the man representing himself to be her father , named Timothy Leary , who was given into his custody in Eastoheap for begging . The child was in a very

    emaciated state , and appeared very ill , in consequence of which he took her to Dr . Smith , the parish doctor , in braoeonuroh-street , and she was immediately afterwards oonveyed to the above workhouse , where Mr Browne had her taken to the infirmary , and every effort was mud .- 1 y Mr . Bunoombe , the surgeon to the institution , to revive her , but she was in suoh a low condition that all efforts were fruitless , and she died on Thursday . In the pocket of the father , on his being taken into custody , was some milk and water , whioh was in a dirty bottle , labelled poison , and m which some lotion had formerly been , and

    11 was supposed that , the child having been fed from it . lr , health , would have been affected thereby . There wne e ' - £ or seven shillings and some pence also found on the prisoner . Verdict , " Death from Neglect . " i Q To u CO <"" Bya P arl'amentary return we find that , in J . S 4 . J , the quantity of unmanufactured stemmed toliacco entered for home consumption , in the United Kin ^ ioui , was 27 480 , 660 1- s ., and quantities imported , -12 , 093 , 126 ibs In 1850 , fur home consumption , 27 , 538 , 104 Ins ; impm-n-ii . 35 , 162 , 099 lbs . In 1851 , for home consumption , 27 , 853 , 253 lbs . ! imported , 31 , 049 , 654 Ibs . In the first quarter 0118 o 2 for home consumption , 7 . 343 . 4 S 0 lbs . ; imported , 2 , 641 , 01 , 1 lbs . The imports , it will be seen , have been consiueiauiy decreasing .

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    PREVIOUS COOL . WoRsnip . sTBKKi . -Wii jam Porde , a man , tlie back of wnose nend w « h cut qp"n , and who exhii-ited a stream of onagnlntod blood down his neck , was placed at tho bar betore Mr . flammill for the following impudent robbery : — Mr . Geor » o Dexter , a loiiginn-houso k » eper nt Whitechapel , ftatod thnt while > n bed about four o ' clock that morn'ng , having carefull y s cured the d » ors and windows on retiring to rest , ho was roused from his Rleep by his wi f e who violently sh ok him , and told him she felt satisfied she could see through the door theHeureof someman in their suting-room , apparentl y plunder ng one of the closets . Witness immcli . lely got uu . and . on mnkintt his

    way into tne room as quietl y as he could , defected the prisoner standing upon a tnble . busily engaged in unscrewing his cas fittings one piece of which he had released from its fastenings , » nd with tho other hand tearing away the piping , Witness had nothing on but his shirt , but he tapped the prisoner on the leg , with the somewhat quaint observation , "thithemus- not take too much of that , as hi should want it lvmself ; " and tho prisoner , without beine in the slightest degree di composed at being discovered , cool ' y rephed , " that it w «* 11 right , and that , he did not intend to t .-. ko much . " Witn- s then got angry , and insisted tnat he shoul . i come down , but the prisoner took no notice ot the or < er , an I wrw on unsorowin . ' i . is burners upon which the wi ness forcihl y pulled him off the table on to . the floor , and threat-ru'd to .-end for the police . The prisoner then became very u ' msi vp , , and challenged him out into the street to fight him , an invitation the witness declined , and as the pr snner , who displayed the most irritatinc insolence throughout , seamed determin--d that his

    visit should not <* e altoanhnr without , profit to himself , and was about to place his hand upon some of th fitiii > 8 he had already remove . ! , the wtness , who folt much exasperated , seized hold of -mo of the pieces with a stopuock at the end of it , and dealt th- » i . risoner such a violent blowover the back of the head with it as to speedily make hhi forego his intentions . J » o prisoner , upon that , displayed the moat vindictive feolipg , declaring , with an oath , that ho woxild das i . in his skull with a brick tho first opportunity he had , nnd marched out of 'he house with another threat of personal violence ; but Hie witness hurried on his clothes and went , after him , at . d after a minute search through the neighbourhood by both him anil a constable , the prisoner was at lensth discovered b-neath a tarpaulin on tho top of n hayoart , and taken into custody . When called upon for his answer to the charge , the prisoner did not deny itbut

    , pleade . il in < xtenuation the dreadful blow he had received from the prosecutor , who had atruok him with the weapon as hard as be could , : ind whit h blow he trusted the magistrate would reearl as an nmp'o set-off , —Mr , Hammill , however-, did not think so , and was about to order the depositions fo be at once taken , when the prosecutor interposed , and expressed a hope that the magistrate would deal summarily with the ease , as he hnd certainly struck the prisoner very heavily , and he had business of imnnrtunce to attend to in the country which would involve him in sesenous loss if he were made to prosecute tho case any further . —Mr . Ilammill , under these circumstances , consented to accede to the prosecutor ' s request , and tho prisoner was thereupon sentenced to three months' hard labour in tho House of correction for being found in a dwelling-house with a felonious intention

    « ' . « , A BRUTE . Maurice Conlan was charged ' with a brutal assault . — Charlotte IIislop , a great portion of whoso forehead and f . ce was covered with turaici'l bandages , and who a : peared in a very weak and exhausted condition , stated that slip had been for a considerable time past living with the prisoner as his wife , « nd had been ever since subjected to a series of the m » st cruel and scandalous ill treatment by him , which he hsid carried to such an extent upon one occasion that she had been compelled to place him at the bar of that court , and have him committed to prison for a lencthened period . This , however- , ' had no good effect , for , on the preceding night he camo home , as usual , in a state of excitement from intoxication , and , after loading her with the most opprobrious epithets for not having his snpper ready before she expected him , seized her by the hair of her headand

    , , after pulling her down upon ' the srround by it , dealt her a heavy blow in tho face with his fist , and flung her violently out of the room ; She had nowhere else to go to and , on tho prisoner becoming somewhat moro quiet , .-he again went into the room , but tbe instant she had entered it t ^ e prisoner swore a disgustins oath that he would smsiph her , and , oatching upa yellow earthenware juir , dealt her two such terril . le blows on the forehead and face with it , as to inflict two serious gashes , from whiih tlie blood flowed profusely down her neck and clothes , and one of which was so close-to her temple , that , if it had been a little lower , if would most prohahly have killed her . —A young man . named Long confirmed the complainant ' s account of tho outraue , nnd adiled that while striking the woman the prisoner held hot by her hair , apparently to deal his blows more positivoly , and that he thenstruck her as hard ashe vraa able . —Mr

    D'Eynecourt said that this wis just one o ' those cases that he should wi > h , if his sense of justice would allow him , to ' send at once to the sessions for trial , but he know very well if he did so , that the complainant , like a number of other wives nnd women in recent cases , woul < i fail to ap ^ pear and prosecute him , either from fear or affection ; and that , the prisoner would then get offi ^ ' ^ 'gether without any punishment at all ... IIo : wouli ^ t ° hereforH ltake > care , as far as he couW , that tho prisoner and' ail men actuated by similar brutish propensities who wero brought before him should suffer the extreme amount of punishment : that he couM inflict , ami ho should conse quently nt on < -e order him to pay the full penalty of £ 5 , or in default Bt"nd committod to tho Houso of Corte- tiou lor two months . —Tho prisoner , win * complained that he wouhl loso his situation if sent to gaol , bar . who < Hd not deny the outrage , was unablo to pay the penalty , and was thpr <> fnri > cnrrieri ' . awnv in thu van .

    CRUEL ROBBERY , LAMnETn . —Thomas Roat ,- a waiter at Astley ' a Theatre , was brought before tbu Hon . G . C . Norton , charged with , stealing £ 2-1 tho property of John Pen , a younsr nvmiibout n i neteen , who said he omiefrom the ' country on fhur .- 'day , and on thoprpvions nichtwentto Alley ' s Theatre . He there saw the prisoner in the sn'li-ry , and . in conversation with him he promised to vet him a hed . They loft tlie theatre tether , and wnt , with ano'her yo » ng man to several public houses , and at a late hour h / na * taken to a lo < i « ing house where he had something to drink which made him , insensible . lie , however , had some recollection of tho prisoner taking from him a sovereign , a half sovereign , and 14 s . before he left him ; On the followinc morning when he woko up he found himself without a farthing , and minus his hat and coat . He went , out of the lodging bouse , and soon ascertained that hn had been in tho prisoner ' s company , when he went in search of him and gwe him into

    cus tody . —William Collins , n young man residing at Woolwich , said , ho tvaa wi h the prosecutor ami the prisoner . The latter acco .-ted thorn in tho theatre , and undertook to supply them with lod gings . Aftor the theatre waa closed , the prisoner went with them to several public houses , and called for different liquors , which the prosecutor paid for . Heat last took tlvrn teahouse where'he called for rum and water , and after drinking a little they both became unconscious . When they o » me to their 'enses tho prisoner was gone , and tiie prosecutor immediately missed his money , hat , nnd coat . Witness saw the prisoner take tho money from tho prosecutor , when ho aaid ho would give it him " on the following Hay . —John Rickford , 73 L , said , lie t' -ok the prisoner into custody , when ho handed him some half-crowns , and said that was all tho prosecutor ha'l given to him . He searched him and found JSs . more . —Mr . Norton thought it a most cruel robbery , and remanded thp prisoner for n week ,

    THE PERIL OP "STANDING TREAT . " Ann Pearson , ami J ^ mes Armstrong-, two well-dressed persons , were placed at the bar bofi < n > Mr . Elliott , the former charged with robbing Mr . W . Wye , a person residiri " in Carter-street , Walworth , of a valuable p « ld watch , aud the latter with being accessory to the fact . The prosecutor , who is a merchant in the city , deposed that on the ni"ht of Tuesday , he met the female prisoner in the Walwortf-road between eleven and twelve o ' clock , and on her importuning him a good deal he treated her at . the Bluecoat Boy publichouse in tl e Wslworth . road . On leaving that house sho pressed to accompany her to a housfi which sho pointed out but be refused , and at this timo he observed that two men one of them the male prisoner , was following and closely watching them . In a few minutes the woman started from him and ran away , and instantly he discovered that his

    watch was eone , and had been removed from the swivel of his guard oh » in . H <> was about , to follow the womnn , when the second man , who wa « not . in custody , o » ine up to him and pl-icmg his hand familiarly on bis nlioulder said •« The liest thins you can do is to come b ick ami npoWiso to mv friend for the insults you have offered him . " Upon whiou he replied , " The host thing you can do is to keep your hands off , else I shall very soon plane you in the c ustody of the police . " The person to whom the Becoml mnn alluded to as his friend was the male prisoner , and witness was quite satisfied as to his i . lentit . y , us well as that of thn woman . The prisoner- !; declared he . was qiijtf wrong but as far as regarded the woman , Mr . ttounntren , the hin ' llord of the Bluecoat clearl

    Boy , y identified her as being the person who was in company with thi « prosecutor at his house on the niffht of the robbery . The constable who apprehended the prisoners on Saturday ni .-ht said , the . wile prisoner , who refu-ed to give his address , cautioned him t <> be careful of what lie was about , as he was a respectable man , and a perf . ct strange r to the woman . On searching h m he foumt on his person a duplicate for n valuable Geneva wateh and » u ir

    A DELIGFITFUL NEIGHBOURHOOD . Mansion House . —The Lorn Mayor was for a considerable time occu ; iie . ) in hearing charges of assault , bro ght <> y several o" the Irish inhabitants . f Sevenstep . a . le * , Busliopsgate-street , against their countrjmen in the s ' me tieigfchourhnod . In tho descripti-m jivi-n of tin ; row m which the assaults had been comniittid , all the witnesses agreed in one respect—that it « a > qu t .- impossible , for thp Hardworking peoi . lo who were labouiiugalUa ; to get" < icb . n . blvssing as a wink <> f sleep at niyht in Uiat iiei . ei'Oourliood , as the gr'iier number of tlie p ^ uii-nt * nified the night'iuto day , ml entertiiined each other with bellowing , fcreeching and fiaiitit . g until 'hreakthst t'me . Tl 0 policemen , who endeavour to periorm tiiei' tiffiuult duties among tbe drunken In « h iailors « i tin * fililty ( liaui .-t , r , i , condition of which lis b .-en so otien lefresent .-il lot e Cmnm sioners of Sewers by the medical officer 0 ' health , w . id it was quite useless 0 try to sleep in it , aun tliej cul'l not tell how lotg * uch a state of things had exisied . " All they seemed to know for certain was that there was more noise in BeveiiBteu-i » Uey » t

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    m ^ — r - ^ V I *— "~" There a-e two reasons why you should not interrupt an i editor wtiun he is writing . One is , it is apt to put him out F f —the other in , you might gel put out yourself , especially I if he has got thick boots on .

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    August 1 , 1852 . THE STAR OF FREEDOM . i -- iriirmn i ¦ fin- -- — ,, .... ., .. .- -- ! ¦¦¦¦ » ., ' ' ^^^ . 7

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 7, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1690/page/7/