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      cistered letter , which he posted on Friday to a friend at Port Carlisle , Cumberland , and which it is thought contained a remittance of money . A young man named George M'Cormack who was traced to having besn in Barber ' s company , was next apprehended . He was identified as the person who had pawned the -watch , and he at once admitted it , stating that he re ceived it from Barber at the Keindeer Inn , on Saturday night and care to him the money for which it was pawned . ' is clear that the murder > nA lotfpr TrTnr > Ti lip . Tinc + ori rm T ? -,. ' , Jn-.-r *^ _ />_•__ t , „

      It was committed between the time of Barber and the deceased ' s leaving Naylor's public-hou se on Thursday afternoon , at two o ' clock , and the arrival of Barber Tvith the pack of the murdered man , at the Royal Standard ' Jn addition to the other evidence upon this point , is the fact that in the stomach of the murdered man was found his undige sted dinner . Tuesday Afterxoon . The two prisoners were this afternoon brought before the Sheffield bench , when Mr . Raynor , the chief constable , briefly detailed the evidence against them as above .

      Mr . Dunn , one of the magistrates , asked the prisoners whether they wished to go before a coroner ' s jury , or whether they desired that the investigation should be made by the borough magistrates ? In either case they would be permitted professional assistance . It was for them to choose . Barber carelessly said -I do not care . I should like to have professional assistance . Mr . Dunn . —Then you have r . o objection to go before the

      coroner ? Barber . —No ; none whatever . H'Cormack also said he had no objection . He had nothing to do with the murder . They were then remanded accordingly . Barber displayed great coolness throughout .

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      The Coxdemxed Criminals Sarah axd Axn Rimmer . —The only persons sentenced to death by Lord Campbell at the late Liverpool Assizes were the two women convicted of frequent attempts to poison the daughter of Sarah and the niece of the other prisoner . The case was one of harrowing atrocity ; the poor girl was frequently in a swoon while giving her evidence , and the trial had to be postponed to allow the medical men to restore the prosecutrix sufficiently to detail the horrible attempts made upon her life by the mother and aunt , because they could not succeed in driving her upon the streets as a

      prostitute . The evidence of the police and the medical men fully confirmed that of the girl . The jury without hesitation found the prisoners guilty , and Lord Campbell , in a most impressive manner , passed sentence of death , holding out no hope of mercy . Not a single petition was presented on their behalf , yet a few days since the sister of the matron of Kirkdale Gaol conveyed the news to the prisoners that their lives would be spared . Their gratitude was evinced in the exclamation , alluding to Lord Campbell , " D the old b , why didn't he hang us ; we don't want to live . " A subscription to send the girl to Australia has been commenced .

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      Death from the Attack of a Bull . —A few days ago a respectable female named Irving , residing at Heads , in the parish of Westward , near Wigton , was suddenly attacked by a bull belonging to Mr . John Irving of the above-named place . The unfortunate woman being attacked in the middle of a field , had no chance of making her escape , and there being no assistance at hand , she was instantly thrown down by the infuriated animal , and gored to death . An inquest was held before Win . Lamb , Esq , on the remains of the deceased , and a verdict in accordance with the above-named facts was returned .

      The late Boiler Explosion at West Bromwich . —Another of the men injured by this melancholy accident has died , making in all five victims . At the inquest held on Saturday , Mr . Hackett , an engineer , gave it as his opinion that the explosion was the result of a sudden excess of steam acting upon the end cf tho boiler which was blown out , produced by some of the " stays 13 being broken . A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned .

      Hydrophobia is Paris . —Among the victims to hydrophobia in Paris , which has made such lamentable progress lately , is to he added a serjent de vilk police- officer . The unfortunate man , who was commanded some days since to conduct to a place of safely some dogs found wandering , killed in his own defence one of them which attempted to bite him . The dog ' s blood gushed out and covered his hand , which had been wounded . In two days afterwards hydrophobia of the most violent character declared itself , and caused his death .

      Fatal Boiler Explosion . —On the 8 d inst ., a little after nine o ' clock , a large steam-boiler , at the bleachworks of Messrs . J . Smith , jun ., and Co , Great Lever , near Bolton , exploded , killing three persons , named—William Grant , a stover ; Michael Grant , a pipe coverer ; and Jane Watson , a stitcher . The hoU > r was almost a new one , 27 feet long , 8 feet 6 inches in diameter , and worked at the high pressure of 5311 ) 8 . to the square inch . The cause of the accident is not known , but the hotter was torn into small fragments , so that there must have been an unusually explosive force at work . Nine other persons ^ e re hurt or scalded badly .

      Bursting of a Railway Engine . —A serious accident , but happily unattended with with fatal consequences , occurred at the Lenton Junction , near Nottingham , on the Midland Railw ay , errly on Saturday morning . The 7 o ' clock train from Codnor park , heavily laden with passengers , was passing at the r ate of about 30 miles an hour from the Erewash to the I \ ottinghani and Derby line , when a slight explosion was heard , and suddenly the train came to a stand-still , but , the air for a considerable space suddenly becoming filled with vapour and smoke , some time elapsed before it could be ascertained what had happened . In the interim the terrified passengers rushed from the carriages in all directions , and several of them ran to a considerable distance from the line , fearing the possibility of

      a second and more disastrous explosion . This , however , was ^ possible , as was discovered on after examination , when the steam had entirely evaporated . It then appeared that one of the tubes leading from the fire— - which , owing to having previousl y heen damaged , had had a joint soldered thereto , and tiieri l ) een plugged—had burst , forcing the plug into the fire , the hot water and steam from the boiler following it , and ultimately damping the fire out . Happily the fire-hole door was s'mt at the time , or William Gibson , the driver , and Charles ^ litchell the stoker , who were standing dose to it would have been killed on the spot . As it was , Gibson was so dreadfully Raided and burnt about the face as to prevent him attending to bl occupation for some time to come . Mitchell , who escaped

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      Wmsd ? fi ™ f ft 6 fil ' mh ° f h 0 fc Va P ° aild tae > secured tttArKSi . * ' -d at great risk , WmL ™ w ^ Ttx ^ , Bnintill S - Mr - P - Cookey and Mr . SlH f Hull , were out on a shooting excursion in the neighborhood of Cave , and on their return to Mr . Holmes ' s of wiTh a U £ ' r ? Tet ° n t 1 . ' ° ^ that gentian ' s groom the oof ? rV ^ ? en thdr arrivaL Whilst they were in the act of alightin Q g from the vehicle , on pUllin « - « Pt Mr ™ 7 Zi ^ iT ° ° ^ 8 ™ acci ^ % ed £ causin g f ° i * , ' ^ iammer CatcWntli e 4 e , and S 3 r + i eXpl 0 de : tlie dischai ' S unfortunately lodging in al t n iT' i' ? duced inst <™ taneous death . An in-SnZZ '" I ™ ° 1 M * - ?<*** coroner , and a verdict letuined of " Accidental death . "

      hehto a ? Dr !™ -- ° Monday afternoon some bullocks were being driven into a slaughterhouse in Clare-market , when one sit ff * i U 0 ?^ darted Off throu ^ the "arrow stieetb of the market , knocking down several women and chil-™ Wnw t 0111 r re carried foageronaly injured to King ' s f £ flm * ?/ T ?* ' wliere tlle ) r met with prompt attention . In its fight it dashed through through the small passage leading iom Clare-market into St . Clement ' s-inn , bending the thick ion rod in the centre into a complete how to admit of its passing through the inn , and thenceforward into the Strand and Jleet-street , back to Smithfield , where it was ultimately

      Shocking Death by Firearms . —A most shocking occurrence has just happened at the village of Longford , near Gloucester , it appears that a labouring man , named James Baylis , livine at the Workhouse farm , Longford , who had lately been employed at harvest work , was going on Friday morning to stack some beans . It is supposed that he had seen some partridges on the previous day , for he had taken down his gun before o-oiimto work and had loaded it for the purpose of taking it with nim Having , however , the fear of the law before his eyes he resolved to put the gun , loaded as it was , into his jacket pocket . lie therefore took the stock from the barrel , and , having loaded the barrel , and put the cap upon the nipple , he was in the act p t depositing the barrel in his pocket , muzzle foremost , when it is supposed that the nipple , with the percussion cap unon it , struck with violence against a rafter in the ceiling of the room and exploded . The charge of shot passed completely through ins body and heart , and , with an exclamation to his wife , he fell down a corpse in the room . His wife , who was in bed at the time , rushed down stairs , and was just in time to see her hus band fall lifeless upon the floor . An inquest has since been held on the body , and a verdict of " Accidental death" returned .

      Serious Gun Accident . —Mr . Charles Miles , a brother of Mr . P . W . S . Miles , late M . P . for Bristol , met with a very serious accident one day last week . While out grouse shooting , by some mischance his gun burst and shattered his hand very badl y . It was at first anticipated that amputation of the hand was indispensable , but subsequently it was found that amputation of the thumb only was necessary , which operation has accordingly since been performed .

      Accident on the Shrewsbury axd Chester Railway . —On Monday an inquest was held at the Woodward public house , Coton-hill , Shrewsbury , on the body of an aged woman named Mary Lewis , of Baschureh , who had been killed by an excursiontrain passing over her on Saturday night last . The remains of the poor creature presented a sad spectacle ; the head was completely severed , and the other parts of the body were most dreadfully mutilated . Joseph Woodvine , a labourer on the line at Baschureh , stated that he saw deceased walking down the line , towards Perry-bridge , between seven and ei ght o ' clock on Saturday night . He went up to her and told her she was on trespass , to which she replied , " I know all about it . " He then

      asked her her name , and where she was going ; but she refused to tell him , and , on his saying that he would follow her to see where she was going , she retorted , " If you follow me , I will knock your brains out ! " Witness then ' went home . He further stated that poor people were in the habit of going on the line to pick up coke . Henry Whittakcr said he was the driver of an excursion-train which left Chester for Shrewsbury at 7 25 p . m ., arriving at the latter place at nine o ' clock . The night was very dark and the rain came down in torrents . On

      examining the engine at 1 ho Shrewsbury terminus , lie found the shawl produced on the buffer plank . He examined the wheels , but did not see the least symptoms of blood . Another train left Chester for Shrewsbury at eight o ' clock the same evening . The shawl was here identified by Woodvine as the one worn by the woman whom he had seen walking on the line . Abraham Caiiin , engine-driver , left Chester for Shrewsbury with a goods' train early on Tuesday morning , and when withing 150 yards of the Perry-bridge he first saw the body of deceased . The body being on the up-rails , on which he was running , he could not see very distinctly what it was ; but ,

      thinking it was either a clog or a sheep , he did not stop the train . The stoker , however , fancied he saw a cap , and on the arrival of the train at Shrewsbury information was given to Mr . Jeffreys , the superintendent of the locomotive department , who returned with them on a special engine to the spot where they had seen the body . To their horror they found the mangled remains of the unfortunate woman , the head being about three yards distant from the body . The body was recognized by Edward Lewis , brother in-law to the deceased . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidentall y killed . " Woodvine was recalled by the deputy-coroner , and severely reprimanded for not forcibly ejecting deceased from off the line .

      Fatal Coach Accident . — The Birmingham Gazette states that a fatal coach accident occurred , on Saturday evening last , which has terminated in the death of Mr . George Hemming , many years known as coachman on the Shrewsbury road . He left Worcester on Saturday evening about half-past four o ' clock , and having reached Broomsgrove , changed horses , and pro ceeded towards Birmingham . He had then on the coach 12 outside and 4 inside passengers , and was proceeding along at an enormous pace until he arrived at about twenty yards beyond the Long Bridge Turnpike Gate . Here he perceived a horse and cart approaching him on . the wrong side , and called out to

      the driver to turn . The man not doing so immediately , Hemming , in order to escape him , attempted to cross the road , when the driver of the cart unfortunatel y did the same , and a collision took place . The fore wheel of the coach was driven inside the cart wheel , and Hemming was thrown from the box with great violence , and falling on his head received a fracture , from the effects of which he expired almost instantly . All the passengers on the top of the eoach were thrown off , and the vehicle being turned over , fell upon and severely injured many of them . Six young females who were on the outside of the coach escaped unhurt .

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      Accident .-A lady residing at Herne Bay was watching the action of a threshing machine at Herne Par onage , when her dress by some means , came in contact wiT- *! : _ machinery , by which her arm was broken , and other pan , of her body much injured . J A Lunatic , named Trioche , detained in an asylum at Le Blanc , m the department of the Indre , was allowed by the authorities to have a pipe , with materials for lighting it , though he was constantly hoving violent attacks , in which he uttered dreadful cries , and committed other excesses . A few days a «* o smoke was seen issuing from his cell . On opening the door he was found enveloped in flames , and quite dead . The body was horribly burned . He had set fire to the bed-clothes in lighting Ins pipe . ° b

      ^ Tu \ mT ™?? ' 7 ? Saturfla 5 ' a womau the employ of Mr . White , of Leckhamstead , told her two children to goto a heap of straw on the above gentleman ' s farm , while she went into the fields to work . The eldest girl , about five years ot age , took a box of lucifer matches with her , and put the youngest child , who is about twelve months old , on the straw when she began playing with the matches , and ultimately set the straw on fire with the child on it . The mother , hearing the screams oi her child , rushed to her rescue , and plunged into the burnin g mass and dragged the child out , but not before it was so dreadfully burnt that it only survived two hours afterwards . Hie mother was also very much burnt . A sheep-house was was close to the straw , which was totally destroyed , with a sieve , sacks , and a chaff-engine .

      Fatal Accident on the Bristol and Exeter Railway . —A frightful accident happened on Monday to the train which left 1 addmgton station 9 . 45 a . m . After ieaving Bridgewater the tram proceeded for seven miles at a rapid rate , and then slackened a little , when it passed under the Chard Canal-bridge at Creech , where , from some unknown cause , the engine got off the line and ploughed itself right into the left or near bank , and became imbedded in tlie soft earth . When the up-express arrived , the four passenger-carriages were found to be some 150 yards in advance of the engine , the first of the second-class carriages with the front compartment smashed , and the offfront wheel on the up-line , so that the traffic was completely

      Brnnnarl I'l-. ,, J- «« J « .. J . _ 1 . 1 . _ . ir " \ 7 stopped . The tender to the engine was a complete wreck on the back of the engine , and the luggage van , greatly damaged , was diagonally across the down-line . It appears that this van was at first thrown on the embankment , and most providentially remained there until the four passenger carriages had gone on when it fell again across the rails . Had it ' been otherwise nearly all the passengers must have been injured , and the loss of life would have been fearful ; as it was ' the risk was very great '; for the corner of the van , as it lay on the embankment struck and grazed every passenger carriage , making a groove all along the tram , in some places an inch deep . The immediate fatality was in the person of Humberstonea Bristol and

      , Lxeter fireman , who appears to have met with instantaneous death ; his head and the upper part of his body could be iiv-t perceived , the remainder being buried in the earth and in the wreck of the engine and tender . Two other of the railway servants are injured : Lamb Eaton , the engine-driver , has his left hand smashed , so that amputation will be necessary Ms chest was crushed , and it is feared that his ribs are broken Joseph Tozer , travelling porter , has his thigh and leg broken ' The guard of the train is named Fickland , and the second guard Chivers ; the former had a very close escape . He was in the luggage-van next the tender , and the first notice he had of the accident was finding himself on his back on the inside of the

      root or the van , which at that time was in a reversed position . He crept out of a hole and escaped . None of the passengers were much injured . The cause of the accident is unknown . Death from Lightning . —On Tuesday , about 1 o ' clock , a thunderstorm of unexampled severity burst over the town of Lewes . The lightning is described as awfully vivid , the thunder was a succession of cracks , and a deluge of rain followed . Fortunately the storm was of short duration . Shortly after its cessation information reached the town that a poor boy who had been tending sheep on Spittal-hill , Ashcombe , was found dead . His body was blackened all over ; his clothes were wrenched from his back , and the hobnails drawn from his boots . It is conjectured that the lightning was attracted by the metal end of his shepherd ' s crook , acting as a conductor , for the staff bore marks of the passage of the fluid .

      Extraordixauy Case qv Hyduoce-pkamjs . —Mr . G . S . Brent the deputy-coroner for Middlesex , held an inquest on Wednesday at the College Arms , College-street , Camden-town , touching the death of Joseph Devine , a lad aged 14 years residing at 28 , Canterbury-street , Agar-town , whose body was found in the Regent ' s Canal on Sunday morning last . It appeared that the deceased had gone to the canal to fill a kettle , and that , being seized by a fit , he fell in and was drowned ! Mr . Henry Charles Robinson , senior surgeon of the St . Pancras Infirmary , stated that he had made a post mortem examination of the body , which showed that death had been produced by drowning . The head was of such extraordinary magnitude that he would give its dimensions . It measured 27 | inches in circumference , 16 A inches across the top from ear to ear , 19 £ inches from the nape of the neck up the centre of the back over the crown to the junction with the eyebrows , and llf inches from one parietal bone to the other . The skull was as thin

      as that of a child two years old , and the bones were open like those of an infant , never having closed . When punctured upwards of five pints of water escaped from it , and the substance of the brain itself weighed 3 pb . With the exception of the celebrated Cardinal , who lived till the age of 32 , it was the largest head he had either seen or heard of . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "

      Accidents in Mines . —On Friday week an association was publicly inaugurated at Newcastle-npon-Tyne , bavino- for its grand primary object the prevention of accidents in lnfnes , and incidentally the advancement of mining science generally . The society assnmesto itself the title of the Korthof England Institute of Mining Engineers , but it is intended to incorporate , not only professiona men of that particular class , but all persons who , by their talents or their position , may be capable of promoting the great end it has in view . Mr . Nicholas Wood presided on the occasion , and delivered a long and elaborate speech . A great number of gentlemen of considerable eminence in the mining interests were enrolled as members .

      A Valuable Su g gestion . —A correspondent of the Berks Chronicle in reference to a late fatal accident at Reading , asks , what should prevent persons who are employed in cleansing sewers wells , &c , where bad air prevails , from making nse of a helmet and air-pipe , of the same kind as are used by diuers ? By this means many sad and fatal accidents which occur mi ght be avoided . The subject is at least worthy the consideration of the humane .

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      September 11 , 1852 . . _ ^_ ^__^_ ____ ^^^^ iH ^ lA ^ l ^ ELDOM . 69 " " ~^~ ______

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1695/page/5/