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      bezzling a quantity of silk and cotton bobbins and warT ) S Thomas Fox kept a lock-up cellar in Bale-street , and was well known to the police as a receiver of stolen goods . Massey had been in partnership with him about ten weeks . On ftiturdov Inspector Mayimry , of the detective police , went to the cell ™ and found the prisoners , Fox , Massey and Kershaw there In the cellar were found fifty-two bobbins witli silk ivoon them < iml a number wituout silk , some being marked with various initials and others having the initials cut or burnt out . Fox refused to , Ki-trv a minTitit . v n ? silt onjl nnt-i-n-. * "k ^ i . i _ -.

      state how these things came into his possession . Kershaw was . searched , and lour silk bobbins were found concealed undo" his coat , which he said lie had obtained from a person named Hunt in Salfwrd , the statement being entirely false . Within two hours , on the same day , all the other prisoners entered the cellar , and on being searched similar articles were found nim them , some having cotton and others silk . The prisoners wer » remanded until Monday next .

      A Tragedy k Tennessee . —The NccsImUle Banner of the 1 st instant says :- " We have just heard of one of the most « anguiimry tragedies that it lias ever beeii our province to record The particulars , as we learned them from a friend , are as fol " lows : —Two brothers , Hirau and Warren Francisco residents of this county , and well known in this community as respectable and peaceable citizens , have been for some ' time selling clocks in Jackson county , in this state . They usually travel different routes , but made a practice of meeting each other frequently . They agreed to meet at a public-house in the vHnitv of Brownstown last Friday night . One of the brother ? reached

      , the tavern about nine o ' clock , and inquired if Ms brother had arrived , and was informed by the landlord that lie had not After eating his supper he called for a light and asked to be " shown a bed . The landlord informed him that be had no can dies about the house , but that , if he followed him he would take him to a bed . Francisco followed the landlord into a dark room , and undressed himself and retired to rest . The M seemed to be wet and , having some matches about him ho struck a light . Upon examining the bed he found that it was

      wet with blood . Discovering a caudle on a table close bv he lit it , and , looking under the bed , saw the body of his brother with his throat cut from ear to ear , and perfectly lifeless . Fastening the door immediately , he proceeded to load a revolver which he had , but before he could do so there was an effort made by several men to enter his room . Pretending not to be alarmed he asked them to wait until he had dressed himself . As soon he had finished loading his pistol he opened the door , and the landlord and two other men rushed on him , when he fired two

      barrels of his pistol , immediately killing the landlord and one of his accomplices , after which the other man fled . We fauthei * learn that Francisco went before a , justice of the psace iu Brownstown and surrendered himself , but , after an examination of the case , the justice released him . " A Youxg For&eb . — A boy named Robert Pounder was brought up at the Borough Court Manchester , on Tbursilav xreek , charged ~ vith the felonious presentation of a bank order

      and forgery , on the previous day . The prisoner , who is about twelve years of age , lives with his parents in Hulme , and had been sent by Mr . Frederick Henry Cooks , who lodges in the house , with a bank order £ 7 8 s . which had been sent from London to Mr . Cooko ' s lather . Instead of taking the order as directed to the residence of Mr . Cooke , sen ., the " prisoner presented the order- at the bank of Messrs Cimlifte , Brooks , and Co ., King-street . He forged Mr . Cooke ' s name on the body of the order and also endorsed it on the back with the same

      signature , the teller having directed him to affix his name preparatory to the order being paid . Having done so the prisoner was asked one or two questions , which induced the teller to refuse payment until the prisoner's lather should bs sent for . The prisoner ' s manner very soon betrayed his guilt , and the police having been sent for he was given into custody . —Mr . Beswick having stated the circumstances of the case , and shown the forged order to the magistrates , intimated that the prosecutor , Mr . Cooke , did not wish to press the charge against the prisoner on account of his extreme youth . —After being suitably cautioned , the prisoner was discharged , and handed over to the care of his narents .

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      s he Fatal Accident ox the Bristol , and Exeter Railway . —The adjourned inquest touching the death of Lambert Eaton , the engine-driver , who was killed by the accident on the Bristol and Exeter Railway , on the 8 rli inst ., was resumed on Saturday . The Jury , after some deliberation , returned the following verdict : — "That Lambert Eaton , the driver of engine Iso . 20 , working the express train down on Wednesday , the 8 th day oi September , 1852 , died on Monday , the 13 th day of September , from injuries received "by reason of the said engine

      No . 20 getting off the line of the Bristol and Exeter Railway , near the invert in the parish of Creech St . Michael's , near Taunton , and that there has not been any direct or satisfactory evidence to prove by what means such engine No . 20 "was thrown off-the said line and occasioned the accident , and death of the said Lambert Eaton . Tho jury unanimously recommend the attention of the engineers of the Bristol and Exeter Railway to the state of the sub-stratum and packing of that portion of the said railway leading from ihs western terminus of the invert at Creech St . Michael ' s .

      ^ bALLoox Accident . —Mr . Hampton ' s balloon , called Enn-goaragh , which was to have ascended on Monday from the Pavilioa Gardens , over against Woolwich , broke from its retaining cordage , ascended without a pilot , and when at a great height burst with a loud report . Accident at the old Crystal Palace . —On Tuesday morning , a man named John Brown , a labourer employed by ^ -lessrs . Fox , Henderson , and Co ., in the removal of the remains ot the Exhibition building in Hyde-park , met with a serious accident by the slipping of one of the large cast-iron girders .

      -ae ^ Wiis assisting at the hoisting shears to remove the girder , which was about 20 feet long , and nearly three tons weight , from the floor of one of the galleries , upon a lumber carriage , for conveyance to the new erection at Norwood , and during the process of lowering , by some means it slipped a short distance down the chain , when one end of it caught his leg and jammed it against some wood work ; his screams speedily indicated the hurt he had suffered , and means were taken to get him up , when he . was at once removed to St . George ' s Hospital , where it was found that lie had sustained a compound fracture of the left leg , of a very serious character .

      Coroner ' s Inquest . —Loss op Three Lives at Geeexwich , ^ Ir . "W . Baker , the coroner , held an inquest at the Royal Mason , Sherbutt-street , Poplar , respecting the deaths of Wm . Hntt . aged 21 , and Thomas Baker , aged nine years , who perished by the upsetting of a small pleasure boat . Stephen Thomas , a labourer , residing at 27 , Jeston-street , Tower-street , Waterlooroae , Lambeth ) stated that on Sunday morning , the 12 th inst <«

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      toe two deceased persons ( William Hutt and Thomas Baker ) , together with Henry Hutt and witness , engaged a boat at ^ ackfnars Bridge , for the purpose of proceeding down the TWf 01 ! a tf T'a excurslon- They had reached Greenwich to * l ' i d jU ^ altered the P ^ on of their boat to return ml Z ' 7 W 0 Boill ° o ne steamers came down asrainst the C ** a slmv rate > tot . ^ they had passed them the water Decame very rough which alarmed the deceased , who got up aid stood on one side of the boat , which filled and was swampeA pSiT ? 5 f ° lIr 1 T eraed ' wifcness saved himself bv cimging to the boat until assistance arrived , but the other three ooonn-T i i Oth *\ evid f ° . ¥ vinS l * ea Educed , the wh £ 1 1 Wked ^ the melancholy ^ -e of the case / after Beat » JUly uuammousl 3 r a 8 'reed to a verdict of « Accidental

      hi Z n ^^ at ' Nbmox Cor . uMs . -On Saturday coin ™ T 6 nt ° f a ^ llt l \ t lmture ocran-ed at the Nelson S ? ? - *??? i AUmond > a laWl- > which was iieaily producing fatal results . It appears that a number of —r » i ? < ? th « *«»»> «^ ° S 1 ° Lngl r naVal lier 0 at the tele of St . Vincent Zr } ? ° i ^ W 08 t 6 m side of t 1 ie ba 8 e - fachl S Coekspur pioek . to receive the bolts . hr which tho castin g is to be £ e' ) t in ] £ fl ^ JTii Th f ° lfcS T re bein S foaten ° ^ m by . bo ' ilin * led , a * d Allmontl was steadying one of them whilst the lead was being poured iu from the vessel , which contained about 12 pounds weight of it ; and , after nearly 10 pounds had baen rnn ioua

      * gust was Heard , when the whole mass instantly rushed ou tin a stream full upon him , going into his mouth and even , ami burning his face m a frightful manner . His screams were Heartrending , and he was immediately conveyed to Char ? n « . cross ' Hospital , where upon examination , the above parts we ? e found to be dreadfully burnt , and his jacket and waistcoat were literally soldered together , in which state they may be seen at tne hospital . Proper remedies were applied , but the rio-ht eve appears so much injured that his sight is likely to be imoaiii whilst Ins face will be considerably marked . The cause " of the expiosion of the boiling lead is said to bo some water in the cavity ot tho hoie , which was instantaneously converted into steam , thus producing the explosive Dower .

      Accident on the Wi Wales Eailway . -A shocking accitlem , happened on the newly opened portion of this railway between Carmarthen and Swansea , on Friday uio-ht on the return of tfte last of the excursion trains from the -former place bringing back the guests at the dej&im&r given by the Mayor and Corporation of Carmarthen to tho directors of the South Wales Railway and their friends . It appears that Mr . Williams proprietor ot the Cambrian newspaper , was leaning over the door ot the carnage in which he was travelling between Carmarthen andPerryside , when the door flew-opeu and Mr . Williams fell out of th . 3 carriage upon the line , at a place called Pibwr When he fell from the carriage his body fell clear of tho carriage , but his feet foil upon the rails and the carriage wheels

      passing over both fest literally cut off his toes . On tho train stopping at Ferryside the occurrence was made known to ths officials there , and two porters were despatched up the lins " They found the unfortunate gentleman lying on the side of thi railway , and carried him back to Carmarthen . He was taken to tb . 3 Carmarthen Hospital , where it was found necessary fco amputate portions of both his feet , and at the last accounts he was progressing favourably , but it is feared he will loss the use ot both legs .

      Fatal A . cwoi 3 xt near Duxkeiisilixis . —About 10 o ' clock on Monday night , the 13 th inst ., James Carlow , engine-driver , and Hetherton , stoker , were returning along the Elgin and Charleston Railway , with an engine , preceded by an empty truck from the latter place , where they had been with tracks Mun with pig iron . One of the bars of iron had , it appeared , fallen off by tho way , and the track preceding the engine coming in contact with it , were thrown oft the rails , and the stoker , being thrown forward by the shock , fell in front of the engine and was killed on the spot . He has left a widow and three children to lament his untimely end . His father , and one of his own children , have been previously killed on the same railway .

      br aGOLAu EscAPE .-On Thursday week , Mrs . Dale , of London , a niece of Mr . W . Pierce , of Wood-street , in tills town , proceeded by the London and North Western Eailway into Staffordshire with her son , a little boy . On the train leaving Eugby station , the child , went to the carriage window to look out , when the door flew open and he fell out . The mother was frantic , and it was with " difficulty that three gentlemen , who were in the carriage , prevented her jumping out after him . On the train arriving at the next station , an engine was sent back in search of the lad , who was met running " on the line calling out for Ms mother . With the exception of a lew bruises , he had received no injury . —Northampton Herald .

      C 4 un Accident . —On Saturday evening sen ' night , two younomen , living at Baltforu , were walking by the side of the river looking out for rats . One of them had a gun which he carried with the-muzzle pointed behind him . Turning suddenly round the trigger came in contact with some part of his smock-frock ' the gun instantly went off , and shot his companion near the wind-pipe . The whole of the charge lodged in the neck , dividing the carotid artery , "fend death was the instantaneous result

      A Lady ' s Foot gut off at the Brighton Tebmikus .- —As the down train which left London at 7 p . m . on Tuesday , was slowly coming up to the platform at Brighton terminus , an elderly lady not taking the precaution to wait until it had stopped , stepped from her carriage , and missing her footing slipped under the wheel . The-moving train passed over her legs , completely cutting off one foot , and injuring the other very severely . She was rescued from her perilous situation by the bystanders as speedily as possible , was placed on a stretcher , and at once conveyed to the Hospital . Up to a late hour of the same night the sufferer , of whose name or residence nothing is known , was lying in a very precarious condition .

      As Impact Drowned . —Ou Monday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr . Kutter , county coroner , at Newton-heath , near . Manchester , on the body of a child , sixteen months old , which was drowned in the canal , near Ten Acre-bridge , on the previous evening . The child belonged to a woman named Eliza Walker , and a man named John Chandler had acknowledged himself to be its father . Ho , however , resisted an attempt made l ) j the mother to affiliate it upon him about twelve months ago , and the summons was dismissed for want of the necesso : / legal proof . On Sunday afternoon Chandler called upon , T '"

      ker , at her lodgings , in Manchester , and induced her " to leave the house and take a walk with him . She carried the chile with her . The man was then observed to be intoxicated . Some men who met them shortly afterwards heard them disputing , apparently about the child . The . woman was speakingvery crossly . Subsequently they were seen by some boys in the fields near the canal bank One of the boys , named Daniel Cameron , said he first saw-Chandler baaing over the . palings . He looked aagry at . witness and the boys watclisd aim , when

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      he returned into the iield beside the woman . She was seated on the ground at the hedge side , and the child was in her arms her back being to the canal . Chandler noticed the boys watching him , went towards them a little way , and then turned back again , lie then took the child , as witness thought , in a passion , from the woman . Pie carried it walking backwards towards the canal , and rolled down the bank , letting the child go as he approached-the water . Witness thought it had not fallen by accident , but that he had done it purposely . The woman screamed on seeing the child in tho water . The man was very near the edge , and the child gradually floated into the middle , but he might easily have recovered it at first . The man wanted to

      go away when he got out , but both the man and woman were apprehended . Several persons were attracted to the spot by the screams of the woman , but the child was allowed to sink , and the body was not recovered till half an hour afterwards , when it was quite dead , When spoken to about drowning the child , at the police station , the male prisoner said , " I wish I had drowned myself , too . " The coroner stated his conviction that the evidence went no further than to show that the death of the child had ansen from accident , the result of the brutal state of intoxication in which Chandler was . The jury returned a verdict to the same effect . Serious Steamboat Accide . nt . ~ 0 ii Friday night , about 8 o'clock , the river steamers Duchess of Argyl and Emperor came into collision upon the Carloch , by which both vessels sustained very serious damage , and are so disabled that some time must elapse before they are fit to resume their usual stations . Fortunately no lives are lost , although it is almost miraculous that any one escaped .

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      $ , DUKE OF WELLINGTON . We learn from a ministerial p aper that Lieutenant General Lord Hardmge has been appointed the new Commander-in-Chief . The next Gazette will officially announce the noble Lord ' s promotion as " General , " after which he will succeed to the command of the army . it is reported that the other i . ew appointmcets consequent upon the Duke ' s demise will be as follows : — Master-General of Ordnance ( with ) Lord Fitzroy a peerage ) : y Somerset . Military Secretary Colonel Wood . Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports Earl Derby Constable of the Tower Lord Combermere . Colonelcy of the Grenadier Guards ... Prince Albert . Colonelcy of the Fusileer \ Prince George of Guards j Cambridge . The Duke of Northumberland and the Marquis " of Londonderry to be Knights of the Garter .

      A ¦ * ^"«—« The New Crystal Palace . —Some time since the Directors of the Crystal Palace Company sent Mr . Owen Jones and Mr . Digby Wyatt with a roving commission to the continent for the purpose of acquiring casts of what is great and rare in art . Information from these gentlemen had been

      received to the 9 th instant ; when they had reached Rome , after visiting Paris and Naples . They had obtained permission to take oasts of several of the finest words in those capitals ; including the great Niniroud from Egypt , colossal statues by Jean Goujon , casts of the Ghiberti Gates , figures by Michael Angelo from the Medici chapel at Florence , cinqiieccnto monuments by Donatello , and studies from Pompeii .

      Arbitrary Proceeding in Saxony . —The Leicestershire Mercary states that the house of Dr . Paget . author of " Hungary and Transylvania , " was in Dresdan visited by a party of police , who seized and carried off all his letters , MS . notebooks , diaries , and a considerable number of books . Dr . Paget has sought satisfaction in vain . Reported Death by Drowning op Albert Smith and his

      Brother . —Letters were received in town yesterday announcing the death of Albert Smith and his brother , by drowning , in the Rhone , whilst on their v / ap to Chamouni . —Herald . A fewdays ago , a pocket-book , containing a passport in the name of Mr . Albert Smith , 12 , Percy-street , Bedford-square , London , and dated the 8 th September , 1852 , several family letters , and seven Bank of England notes of 101 . each , was found on the hanks of the Saone , about seven miles from Ghalon . This book , which was probably lest by the owner on board one of the steamers , is now in possession of M . Thibaudet Jauflre , at St . Germain du ' Plsan—Galianani .

      The Press in SAXONY . —The bookseller , Schrader , of Leipzig , has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment for selling a work entitled " The Will of the People . " Establishment of Metropolitan Time in Bristol . —At a meeting of the Bristol Town Council , held on Monday , a resolution was passed for the adoption of London time throughout the city , and a committee was appointed to carry the same into effect as early as possible . Loed John Russell at Stirling . —On Tuesday Lord John Russell was presented- at the court-house with the freedom of the burgh of Stirling .

      Departure of Convicts for the Diggings . —The Lord Auckland tiansport , Captain Thompson , has arrived in Queonstown for the purpose of conveying 260 convicts from Spike Island convict depot to Van Dieman ' s Land . A queer old customer in Michigan wast so attached to a pair of old horses which he lost lately , that he had them decently laid avtt and buried . Over the graves he had a tombstone , tvitii tne following inscription :

      ' Peace to their manes . ( j > On the 20 th inst . the session of the States General of Holfand was opened b y the King in person . Launch op the Windsor Castle . —The Ion ? looked lawn oi the largest man-of-war in the world was triumphantly accomplished at the Royal Dockyard , at Pembroke , od luesday , the day appointed .

      Warning to Over worked Students . —The immMJate cause of Mr . G . R . Porter ' s death was a gnat ' s stins'on his knee , winch produced mortification . His sectary habits had ] ed to a bad state of the blood , so thn < • W * was ri pe'for death from apparently so small a e& ' - * % as &e sting fef a gnat . . ' ' .

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      September 25 , 1852 . Pu .. t O __ === ^ olAiv * ivEEDOM ; 101 i ~ ~ - " ' —————_______—_—__

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1697/page/5/