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      Mi intercourse with me , and when I attempted to get up he immeihtelY a tar P laster over my face > and attempted to strangle me i ' . h Iris finsers- l then screamed , and he beat me violently about iv free aiui head , and left roe insensible . " The police instantly iontt-d proceedings to arrest the suspected murderer , and they Lid him at a house near the quay . He was sitting by the fire smok-• < r his p ipe , and divested of coat , cravat , and shoes . On beinq in--brined of the reason of their visit , he declared he had not left the J nuse that evening . He was remanded . M anslaughter at Old Brentford . —On Saturday an inquest ^ as held by Mr . Langham , at St . George ' s Hospital , on the body of ¦ tfilliam Stannett , aged seventeen , who was stabbed with a knife at Hvcuiford , on the preceding Tuesday , from the effects of which he . * i :,, fprfiourse with me , and when I attempted to set im lm ; m »™

      died . James Jiawbone , or mgu-street , Brentford , bootmaker , said the deceased was an apprentice to his brother , whom witness also worked for . He was present when the occurrence happened , at half-past ten on Tuesday morning . He was at work in the lower ^ op with a young man and the deceased . The young man was jolm Lewis , who also lived at Brentford . Stannett was joking , and ? fter a short time he got up and went towards Lewis , who was sitting , ' , a seat , and in a playful manner they caught hold of each others anns , and kept so until Lewis got into a passion . He" then told Stannett that unless he loosed his hold he would stick him with his knife He then took up the knife , with which he had been workinir

      tut as soon as witness saw the knife , he caught hold of his hand , and held it till he promised that he would lay the knife down . They then loosed each other , and as Stannett Avas going towards his seat he jrave the young man Lewis a slight tap on the face . It was a slight open-handed slap on the face . Lewis then immediately stabbed Stannett with his knife at the bottom part of the stomach . The knife was very sharp and was worn to a point . When witness cot hold of his hand , Lewis was in a rage , but before he loosed him he appeared to have got quite cool , the deceased then cried out "he has done it for me now . " He asked witness to go to Mr .

      Baker ' s , the chemist , but he was from home . He then went for Messrs . Rolfe and llichards , surgeons , and by their directions the deceased was brought to this hospital . Lewis said nothing after the blow was struck . Stannett the whole time was playful , but Lewis was much irritated . The deceased , while they had hold of each other , tried to hit Lewis in the face . Mr , Francis Cutler , house surgeon , proved that the wound inflicted upon the deceased by Lewis was the cause of his death . The Coroner having summed up , the jury , after half an hour ' s consultation , returned a verdict of ' Manslaughter against John Lewis . " The Coroner then issued his warrant for his committal to prison on that charge .

      The Murder at Irvine . —M ' Gorrane , the murderer , has been apprehended . It appears that he was pursued immediately after committing the dreadful deed , and taken into custody . He was thereafter taken before Bailies M'Lachlan and Gray , and at first denied all knowledge of the deed , trying to account for the blood on his arm by saying it was from some hair skins he had . However , finding that would not avail him , he confessed , declaring it was because of a conspiracy of the M'Guires . He then begged Iiard for mercy , and wept like a child . The murderer is about thirty years of atje , of a most forbidding aspect , his nose being partially broken . In height he is about five feet six inches . He was

      repeatedly heard to threaten the M'Guires with death , on account of their conduct with his wife ; and before committisg the foul crime , he was heard to say he would be the death of them ( meaning the M ' Gnires . ) It is forty years since the peace of the ancient burgh was broken by a similar occurrence . Exposure of an Infant . —On Sunday last , the 17 th instant , some unfeeling wretch placed a full-grown male child at the door of

      the Rev . W . Dacre , vicar of Irthingtbn , near Carlisle . Upon the servant coming down to open the shutters and front door , at a quarter before seven in the morning , she observed a bundle lying close to a bush , and taking it up found a fine child contained within it . The morning was very cold , and the child was nearly frozen to death . No clothes were found upon the child , but a very small and dirty shawl , a man ' s cotton neckerchief , and a small piece of flannel . All these articles were covered with dirt . After an hour or two ' s

      constant attention to the poor little infant , it began to revive , and during the evening was quite recovered . It is to be hoped that the inhuman mother may be brought to justice , . and we hear that steps arc being taken to find out the guilty person , and that a reward is offered for that purpose . Shocking Murder at Bristol . —Bristol , Oct . 20 . —Last night a murder of a very shocking description , which has excited a great deal of sensation in this city , was perpetrated by a shoemaker named

      bpear , at the Castle Tavern , Castle-street . It appears from the inquiries we have instituted , that the prisoner , who was taken into custody by the police almost immediately after the commission of the crime , is a shoemaker , and resided in Prince-street , in the parish of St . Philip and Jacob . His wife , the unfortunate deceased , was a yomxa about thirty-four years of age , and was in the habit of assisting him in his business as a binder . For a long time past Spear lias indulged to excess in the use of intoxicating liquors , not

      scrupling at the most reckless course to gratify his vicious propensities . Yesterday he was out drinking for a great portion of the day , and his wife ascertained that he had taken two gowns of hers with a view of pledging them to obtain liqnor . Iu the evening the 1 'risoner Spear , accompanied by his brother , went to the taproom of the Castle Tavern , Castle-street , and called for some beer , with which they sat down at a short distance from the fire . Shortly

      afterwards the deceased came in , having ascertained his whereabouts , and tried to induce him to return home . She upbraided him with having taken away ber two gowns and pawned them , and took up a pipe and threw at her husband . This so exasperated him that he ^ iped off his seat , put his hand against her , and was observed to make a driving kind of blow at the lower partof her person with his ri ? Uthand . She immediately gave one scream and fell , covered with blood , nnr ! hrm * nimocf ; innhlt > as if snflWiiifr the most exerucialinc Mood and bent almost doubleas if suffering the most excruciating

      , , agony . Spear then sat down again on his seat , and his brother picked the poor creature up , but she died almost immediately , before the surgeo , Mr . Leaker , who was instantly sent for , could arrive . Mr . Leaker , on examining the body , found that there bad been a very great haemorrhage from a wound in the lower part of the belly oi the deceased , which must have been inflicted by some sharp instrument . Underneath the seat where the prisoner had been sitting before the dreadful occurrence , Mr . Leaker picked up a long-bladed sharp-pointed knife . It was a weapon of a most formidable

      descnptio , and had a spring at the back , to prevent the blade closing . What makes tho circumstance more shocking is , that at the time the poor creature had an infant in her arms . Information of the cvent has been forwarded to the coroner , Mr . J . B . Grindon , who tas directed a post mortem examination of the body to be made , incline will hold an inquest upon . We should also add , that ^ hen the prisoner was apprehended he had marks of blood on his thuiab . The tavern iu ' Castle-street has been visited to-day by hundreds of persons , and crowds collected round the Guildhall , viUi the expectation ' of seeing the prisoner brought up in custody . He stands remanded to await the result of the coroner ' s inquisition .

      Tlie deceased has left four children to lament her loss , and was Wctinie . Ix quest ox the Murdered WoMAS . —On Wednesday an inquest was held ° « ie body of the uufortunate woman , at the Crown and Dove , Bridewell-street . The excitement was very great . A number of witnesses were examined , includ « lr » S the brother of the mnrderer . " "He deposed that the deceased commenced

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      abusmg her husband , and called him a scamp for taking away and i > led < w W two gowns . Witness had pledged the gowas , at his LSinsfZ J , which he gave to hb brother . The deceased , when she came hS tl e Zvfc house and "bullied" her husband , threw a piece of tobacc ^ -pipe a him but w , tneSS did notknow whether it struck him or not . Robert HU deno ed ' tna ? J 3 r ^ s r ; up to his wife and strike his ha » d *<« SS 2 The deceased immerhately fell dosvn on her knees , and the servant then went out for some water to bathe her forehead , thinking that she was in hysterics Tta jury returned a verdict of « Wilful Murder" against John Bpear , wh wa aecord uj ly committed on the coroner ' s warrant to take his trial at ^ loce ^ at tit lie XT ) « SS 1 ZGS » - . ir murder -v ..... . .

      " Murder will Out . "— A rath-pfl ^ wp 11 o « » , o ~ .-j __ i will Out . " - A retired jeweller , named Van dt * Kreutz but calledI Lacroix aged 78 , lived abont fourteen years ago a No . 5 , Rue de Malta . Although very rich , he carefullyShunned aU associa ion with respectable people , and was accustomed to dine almost daily with his housekeeper , a woman named Madeline , in the low public-houses and restaurants of the barriers . After dinner he used to sit drinking and talking all the evening with persons he met though they were ior the most part professional thieves and liberated convicts . Strange to say , too , lie always wore ostensibly several valuable rings , chains , pins , and other articles of jewellery . On Sunday , 12 th of August , 1838 , he dined as usual at a restaurant at Courtille

      with his servant , and they returned home together late at night . ^ The next morning they did not appear , and the apartment having been entered , they were both found lying with their throats cut iu the dining-room . By their side were two shoemakers ' knives , with which it was evident they had been murdered . The police and the magistrates made extraordinary exertions to discover the murderer , but without success . Some time after , a man named Barenne was found lying in his apartment with his throat cut , and near him was a shoemaker ' s knife . Circumstances caused it to be supposed that this crime had been committed by the person who had murdered the old jeweller and his servant ; and there was reason to believe that this person was a woman who lived with a liberated

      convict named Auguste . To capture this woman was , however , an impossibility , notwithstanding all the activity and ingenuity of the police . Neither could any clue be obtained to the articles stolen in both places . At Van der Kreulz ' s these articles consisted of a valuable gold watch and chain , and of a riiig which the old man always wore . It appears that the murderer had not taken the trouble to look after other booty , as a quantity of plate and a considerable sum of money in an upper room were left untouched . The police from time to time arrested different persons on suspicion ; but

      they all had to be released for waut of proof . At length , the discovery of the criminals appearing hopeless , the pursuit of them was given up , and the affair was almost forgotten . A few days ago one of the commissaries of police of Paris was called in to record the death of an Italian woman , who had killed herself by means of the fumes of charcoal . On a table by her bedside was a letter addressed by her to the examining magistrates . In that letter she said , that being about to appear before God , and being tormented by remorse , she deemed it her duty to make known that the murderers of old Van der Kreutz and his servant were four men , with one of whom

      she had lived . She gave the names and addresses of these men . At first it was thought that the letter might simply be an act of vengeance , but some inquiries having been made , it was deemed necessary to arrest the men indicated , and yesterday they were all taken . — Galignani . A Fatal Quarrel took place on board her Majesty ' s ship Retribution at Lisbon on the 5 th instant . It appears that two stokers , named John Brown and William Jeffries , while taking their suppers ,

      had a violent quarrel ; the latter struck Brown across tne table with his open hand , when Brown retaliated wit , ti a sharp-pointed knifo , which passed through one of the ribs and into the stomach of Jeffries , who was immediately taken to the Naval Hospital , but he died in great suffering the next day . It is supposed the Retribution will come to Spithead to have Brown tried by court-martial , his crime having been committed on the high seas . She also has an extensive leak , which needs dockyard assistance .

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      AWFUL SUIPWUECKS , AND LOSS OF LIFE . Loss of the Hector , on the Coast op , NATAl . —The following . narrative of this disastrous shipwreck is contained in a letter addressed to the editor of the Natal Times , and dated July 31 , 1852 : — " On Wednesday last , July 27 th , the barque Hector , Captain Brooks , from Batavia , bound to Bremen , laden with rice and sugar , ran ashore between the Umtwalumi andUmzumbirivers , on the coast of Natal , it being nearly calm at the time ; however , a sea breeze sprung up soon after , which caused the surf to roll in . For several days previously the vessel had made much water , all hands

      were greatly exhausted , having been much occupied in working the pumps continually , and three of the crewj were sick . After tli 2 barque had struck , and the chain cable parted , the captain sent a boat ashore , containing the mute and four hands , one of whom belonged to Mr . John Bailie , of Durban ( who had left his own boat and gone on board to aid them on the Tuesday preceding ) , this man was despatched to the port with a native guide to yive information regarding the condition of the vessel , and to solicit immediate assistance . The boat then returned to the Hector , and soon afterwards left again for the shore , having oh board first and second

      mates , Samuel Harris , William , Nicholson , Thomas Bowles , and llermanus Loho , seamen . On nearrng the shore , the boat was capsized in the surf , and rendered incapable of again returning to the vessel ; with great difficulty , and the assistance of some natives who were on the beach at the time , all six were landed with little hurt . Between 3 and 4 o ' clock p . m ., a coloured boy reached the shore on a spar , with a line from the ship , having been about an hour and a half in the water . As no one would follow the boy , Captain Brooks swam on shore on a plank attached to the line , which unfortunately became detached through the carelessness of

      ihose on board , and thus cutting off all hope of assistance from the shore . Shortly after , four of tho crew left the ship on a raft , but the receding of the breakers was too powerful to admit of their landing , and they were hauled back to the barque by means of a rape made fast to the raft . After a night of most anxious suspense , Captain Brooks obtained a horse from a chief in the neighbourhood , and rode to the Umtwalumi station , to solicit assistance from the Rev II . A . Wilder , the resident missionary , which was most kindly and promptly afforded . Dr . Taylor ( who was providentially at the station , attending Mr . and Mrs , Wilder , who were sick ) and myself , as soon as the captain had received some food ( which was necessary from his exhausted state ) , hastened to the sad

      scene , accompanied by Kaffirs laden with the necesiary nourishment , blankets , &c , for the crew . Upon our arrival , we found the vessel firmly embedded in the sand , and shortly afterwards her stern was swept away ; but , up to the evening of that day , all her masts were standing , although the crew had been compelled to quit the decks . The vessel was then about 200 yards from the shore . The individuals still in the barque were Mr . John Bailie , of Durban , and Benjamin Hoar , a West Indian , son of one of the owners of the ship , and about 15 years of age ; these two were in the mizen-top . Kay , a coloured man , with one English , and one coloured boy , were in the main top . Lamb , the cook , and Jones , a Welchman , were in the galley . About % p . m ., the mizeiMnast

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      began to give way , when Mr . Bailie and Mr . Benjamin Hoar abandoned it and reached the main-top . About 11 p . m . it beine per ceived that : the main-mast would soon fall , two shroud ? inly being left standing , all , except Jones , retreated to the fore top In a short time the mam-tnast went , carrying Jones with it . About halt-past 11 , p . m ., the fore-mast went also ; in its fall the foretop was carried away , which compelled the six who were in it to join Jones in the main-top as it lay in jthe breakers . The fall of the masts was distinctl y seen by those on the beach , who had kindled a fire opposite the wreak , to encourage those who were on it with the hat

      assurance their friends were at hand to render assistance as soon as , t could be ava-lable . Between two and three o ' clock , a . m , F . day Mr Ba , he lost h , hold , sunk , and was seen no more Throughout he had evinced the greatest coolness , firmness , and presence of mind About three o ' clock , a . m ., Lamb disappeared from the wreck . During the whole mgln there was a heavy surf rolling in . Ray , the coloured man , left the main-top about ei « ht am ., and look to a plank , with the intention of Jfmming to ' the shore , but ho . soon disappeared near the wreck . " The English boy I earson quitted his hold on the main-top about , the same tune , and took to a plank , but soon went down . The coloured boy lost his hold from the effects of cold , and sunk soon after . None of those on the wreck had tasted any food since Thursday morning when it was early , and then only a small quantity . Towards noon Jones , in attempting to reach the mizen , lost his hold , and di < aopeared in the breakers . Six of the seven who had remained

      on the wreck had now perished ; the youngest only was left , ihe West Indian boy , holding on firmly to the main-top , which was now about 140 yards from the shore , and , and still attached to the fore , mast , and the remaining portion of the wreck in the midst of the breakers . It would be difficult to describe the feelings of tho « e who beheld from the . shore his most perilous position , and who could render him no assistance . At intervals through the past niMit heart-rending cries of distress had reached the shore from some who

      were on the wreck . Yet although this boy had seen most of his lellow sufferers engul phed , one by one , in the foaming breakers , and was now holding on alone to the only portion of the wreck standing above the water , he uttered no cry , manifested no dismay , but quietly he Id on . Hour after hour he was seen in the midst of the raging surf , nor was it until the sun was fast declinino , that he appeared to be sensibl y nearing the shore , and the point Jf greatest peril ; form the event of the wreck reaching the beach , it seein g almost impossible he could escape destruction . The main-mast

      was coming in on end , and should he , by swimming , attempt to reach the shore , or any plunge in to rescue him , to all appearance they would be drawn into the ocean , and perish in the attempt About sunset the wreck drotre closely in , the main-mast was swan * round by a breaker , several of the crew who throughout the day had been most anxiousl y watching his position , and waiting utl opportunity to aid him , rushed into the sea , with Dr . Taylor " providently they were preserved from destruction by the wreck , which for a few moments formed a kind of breakwater ; in a moment he

      was rescued . He was borne towards a tent erected on the beach by those who had escaped , and under the direction of the doctor he was stripped of his wet garments , wrapped in warm blankets placed near a good fire , restoratives were administered , his pulse throbbed , warmth gradually returned , the boy was saved . It was

      a most happy circumstance that Dr . Taylor was on the snot to render his valuable assistance . Postcript . —Thursday , 4 p . m . The different parlies who proceeded to the wreck last Saturday have now all returned . They report that whilst the greatest praise is due to the hospitable missionaries , the conduct of the Kaffirs was di ^ racptul , even to barbarians . " s _ Loss of toe Brig Ameua .-A letter in the Singapore free Press from the Captain of this fated vessel reports her loss while on Ins way to Labuan . The vessel was laden chiefly on account ° « ^ hujese merchants belon ging to Singapore , and the total value o { the cargo is . stated at 25 , 000 dols .,. only about 10 , 000 dols . of which was . covered by insurance . The Europeans drowned were

      miners proceeding l 0 Labuan under engagement with the Eastern Archipelago Company . Narrating the particulars of the wreck the Captain [ says : — "The li ghtning and the rain were tremendous , and the sea all white with foam . Tiie brig went off to S . W . by W . the wind veering with her , and still keeping about six points on the starboard bow , and increasing in violence , when the brio- went over on her beam-ends , filled and went down in about five

      minutes . When she capsized I was to windward by the wheel and was tnrown overboard to leeward . When I got hold of the ship agauvhe hatches and companion were all under water . I found the mate and Tmdal cutting the falls of the quarter boat . [ then saw Mr . and Mrs . Brodie in the main riggine , and assisted Mr . Brodiemto the boat . The boat ' s tails were " hardly cleared away when the brig sunk under our feet . I found that we were then 12 persons in the boat , which was onl 16 feet in lengthwith

      y , one plank stove in , wi \ n only two oars , out of si ght of land , without water , provisions or compass , and loaded wiihinu few inches of the gunwale . We pulled in for the land all day u ,, d at sun-down sighted laiyong Sink . Next day at five p . m . we got ashore at Bruit and were vary kindly treated by the natives , who provided a prahu ior our use to proceed to Sarawakat which place we

      , arrived on the 3 lst ult . and thence to Singapore by the schooner Sultan . Lost .-Mr . Leyshorn , Mr . Evans , Mr . Williams , 10 Lascars , 7 servants , 45 Chinese , the Jaragan , the Jurutulis a Bengalee and h » wife . Saved—Mr , and Mrs . Brodie , Mr Ihomas , Mr . Smart , Mr . Ilowe , chief officer , myself , 1 servant Serang , Tindal , and 3 Lascars . " '

      Shipwreck and Loss of Life in Sunda SiuAiT .-Tho Admiral commanding her Mujesty ' s sea force in the East Indies and Inspector of Marines has received the following report _ After mteUigence hud been received in the afternoon of ihe 23 rd June by theiflag officer , from the Dutch ship Bmika , concerning the oTunl ° Strft !\ ° \ rT ^ reeF of Prin * Is ! ^ ( G ^» Mp « n ? rSr r Jf T » ? winR mornin 8 her M « jeBiy'i steamer ^ T' ^ T ^ H : ^ hem , was dipalched there to give the assistance

      necessary . The report of the commander of the Merapi contains principally what follows :- «• The sea was very rough outs . de of the straits ; the surf on the reef heavy , and broke with great force over the wreck , of whi : h only a small part of the bows and stern were visible . As we approached within a quarter of a mile of the reef , a wavering flag was seen , which left no doubt that human beings were to be rescued there .. I sent a boat with two officers with orders to take up a favourable position , as it was evident that the wreck could not be approached in a direct line without the greatest risk . The boat neared the reef

      until the remainder of the crew perceiving that assistance was . approachmg , directed the raft upon which they were , along the inner side of the reef to the strand of the island . The boat now steered outside of the > eakers of tiie urf , which 1 followed iir the sarne

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 23, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1701/page/5/