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CONTINENTAL DOTES. ITBA3SCE. A most extr...
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Accidents And Sudden Deaths. Several, Me...
escaoed injury ; " btrt , having arrived at London , he -SSdT with some warmth and energy , from whom lie was JfSt 3 n compensation for the inconvenience he had suffered The first guard of the train escaped unhurt ; bnttbe ' rear guard and the engine-driver were much shaken . The last-named was examined on Tuesday at the Town-hall , Keigate , and was remanded on bail . It appeared during the proceedings that it is customary to have a wire communicating from the driver to the guard , but that on this occasion it was out of order , and would not work . ... in
John Fitzpatrkk , a labouring man , was working an old sewer in the Whitechapel-road , on Tuesday morning , when he was suddenly overcome by the foul air , at ^ a depth of eighteen feet from the surface of the road . Another labourer , named Franks , went to his assistance , and was also struck down . Three more , named Bingham , Goodge , and Hives , followed , and immediately became insensible , so that the five men lay huddled together in a heap . It was . then found useless to send down any more ; bnt hooks were procured , and the unfortunate labourers were drawn up . Fitzpatrick , Franks , and Bingham , were quite dead ; the others were living , but insensible , and in a critical state . Two of the dead men have left families . A steam threshing machine at Prittlewell , Essex , has burst , killing three men , and injuring a fourth so severely that his life is despaired of .
A singular accident has happened on the Wilts and Somerset Railway . The driver of an engine on that line got on the steps of a carriage next the tender , and asked the wife of an inspector of the Exeter police , who was the only person inside , if she wanted any company . She said " No , " and he then wanted her to give him a kiss , but she refused . He next asked to be allowed to shake hands ; but she would not , and threatened to expose him , at which he seemed much frightened . He left , but returned three several times , still requesting that he might shake hands , and still meeting with a refusal . . Shortly after he disappeared for the last time , he seems to have fallen on to ' the line , for he was picked up on the bankwith his back broken .
, When the 2 . 24 mail train from Aberdeen to London , on Monday afternoon , was a few miles south of Montrose and near the Guthrie station , one of the axles of the second engine broke , by which the carriages were thrown off the line . The first engine continued to drag the train , along , and thus saved the greater part from being thrown over the embankment , but , the coupling chain of the seventh carriage from the end having broken , all the carriages beyond it fell over , and two of them were smashed . One of these , a third-class carriage , was full of passengers , and yet , although it was shivered to atoms , no lives were hast . The same good fate attended the other carriage ; but the guard and inspector and some of the passengers were bruised and cut .
The nsual current of deaths by drowning , common to this time of year , is beginning to set in . A few days ago , a gentleman named Bateman , who was staying with his family at Teignmoutb , went to bathe with a friend . He -was a good swimmer , and swam a considerable distance from the shore , but was seized with cramp and immediately cried out for assistance . Three men cour a geously swam to him , but they were too late to save his life . —At Budo Haven , on Monday , a young gentleman named Bray , from Launceston , went out to bathe , with a friend . He also was' seized with cramp , and was carried away by the under current .
Mr- George Cox , the publisher , has been killed at the Colnoy Hatch station of the Great Northern Railway . He was alighting from the train , when it was suddenly moved with a jerk , and Mr . Cox was thrown on the line under the wheels . One of the witnesses , Mr . George Tyler , of ITinchley Common , who was a passenger by the same train , said at the inquest that he saw Mr . Cox lying between two carriages . " The engine man aud guard were laughing . " Coroner : " Do you mean laughing over the dead body ? " " Witness : " Yes , sir , while they were putting the body on tho stretcher . I remarked to one of the men , ' You ought all to be taken into custody , for there will bo no safety until you are . You must be all cither drunk or mad to laugh while your
comrades are with the dead body , putting it on the stretcher . ' One of the men said , ' You make mo laugh by saying X am drunk ; ' and another came out and said , ' Do you call me drunk , sir ? ' Sometimes the truiu stops too soon , and sometimes too late . We have to go about looking for tho man to tako our tickets . I have lots of tickets at home now that I could not give up . There was ample time for Mr . Cox to havo got out of tho train , and all the passengers , during tho timo it was at a standstill , if it had been at tho proper place , instead of having overshot the platform . " The jury returned , a verdict of Accidental Death , accompanied by an expression of dissatisfaction , at the arrangements fox- passengers at tho Colnoy Hatch station .
Mr . William Rawspn , well known and rospoctcd aa tho treasurer of tho Anti-Corn-Law League , hot * died from injuries received in . an accident which took place on Monday .
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STATE OF TttAt > J 5 . Tarn reports from the manufacturing towns for tho week ending l « st Saturday ace , upon tho whole , satisfactory .
At Manchester there has been some activity , and prices are strong , owing to the firmness of the cotton-market and a diminution of production . There is still a slight speculative demand for India , and there have been some purchases on Russian account under the new tarifi . Mr . Thomas Stewart , a manufacturer at Stockport , has failed for 20 , 000 £ , and promises a compromise of fifty per cent The Birmingham iron trade has been steady , and , in connexion with several large contracts , a slight advance has occasionally been offered . From Nottingham no alteration is reported either as regards hosiery or lace . In the woollen districts there has been a fair average business , and some extensive shipments to America . The Irish linen markets have been firm . — Times .
The general business of the port of London has again been very active during the same week . The number of ships reported inward was 380 , being 63 more than in the previous week . These included 9 with cargoes of sugar , and the very large number of 105 with cargoes of grain . The number of vessels cleared outwards was 149 , including 21 in ballast , showing a decrease of 2 . The total on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 60 , being three more thau at the last account . Of those now loading , 5 are for Adelaide , 3 for Geelong , 4 for Hobart Town , 5 for Launceston , 5 for New Zealand , 20 for Port Philip , 3 for Portland Bay , 14 for Sydney , and 1 for Swan Kiver . — Idem ,. Buchanan and of
The stoppage of Messrs . , Brown , Co ., Liverpool , with liabilities reported at 300 , 000 / , was announced at the close of last week . It is supposed to have been caused by that of Mr . Davies , the sharedealer , who has left deficiencies to an alarming amount . The suspension of payment by the firm of Messrs . Bruford and Dyer , African merchants , of Bristol , has been announced . The liabilities are stated at 100 , 0007 ., and arrangements have been made for their liquidation by an immediate payment of an instalment of Gs . 8 'd . in the pound , and two guaranteed instalments of 6 s . 8 d . each * The immediate cause of the stoppage of Messrs . B ruford and Dyer is said to have been the failure of Messrs . Jpnes and Moore , soapmakers , of Bristol , who are negotiating a composition with their creditors .
Continental Dotes. Itba3sce. A Most Extr...
CONTINENTAL DOTES . ITBA 3 SCE . A most extraordinary trial , implicating several important African military officers , has taken place before the Court of Assizes at Oran . During last September , a diligence from Tlemcen to Oran , Algeria , was attacked by some Arabs , who shot two of the travellers—the Aga Ben Abdallah , chief of a tribe and a man of great weight , and his secretary . The former was killed at once ; the latter lingered till next day . The assassins got clear oft "; and Generals Beaufort and Montauban summoned to their presence Captain Doineau , chief of the Arab bureau of Tlemcen , who , notwithstanding his usual sagnciry in these matters , appeared to be at fault . While the investigations were proceeding ^ the widow of Ben Abdallah loudly accused the Aga Bel Hadj . This man was reported to " be ill in bed ; but it was discovered that his malady was feigned . He then fled to Morocco , but was induced to return ; and eighteen persons were arrested , charged with the murder . Captain Doineau was one of these ; the rest Were Arab 3 . The latter deposed that Doineau had bound them by an oath to murder Ben Abdallah , and to observe profound secrecy . Among the prisoners is the Cadi Ben Ayad , the judge of his tribe , and a man of great distinction , exercising almost religious functions . " Attired in a costly blue mantle worn over a burnous of the finest cashmere , " says the Tivieis Paris correspondent , " he appears before the Court and deposes , with great energy and indignation ,
that on his hesitating to administer an oath binding the taker to tho commission of a crime , Doineau brutally struck him , and that he yielded to tho ascendancy of his violent character , for that nobody could resist him . Bel Hadj , the Aga , officer of the Legion of Honour , and who has been for nine years in the French service , givea testimony so conflicting na to bo worthless . In the instructions on tho case his deposition implicated Doineau ; brought before tho tribunal he implores instant death , and declares that he knows not what he Buid on his previous examination . The next day he avows his own crime , saying thut ho had not himself taken part iu the murder , but had sont three of his horsemen , and his evidence i » most unfavourable to Doinenu . But later in that day ' s examination a dramatic incident occurs . The
Kodja Si JYlohamed , secretary to Captain Doineau for u long time past , deposes against his muster , duuluring that ho had accompanied tho murderers , and had commanded the onslaught in a loud voice—that afterwards he had directed his accomplices ta disperse , and had himself returned to Tlemcon , attended by the Kodjn , to whom ho said , ' Wo will presently get on horseback , and protend to seek tho traces of tlio nasoilnn . ts- ' Hereupon , Captain Doineau interrupted tho witness , and energetically protested against hiu evidence . ' Lot Bel Hadj bo again examined , ' ho cried . ' It is impossible thut thut man , whom I havo never injured , and whoso good sorvicca to France havo won him the rank of Aga and the decoration of officer of tho Legion of Honour , ahould not return to the truth .. ' Bol Hadj is again called up , and is asked if Doineau ordered- or proposed to him to kill Bon Abdallah . Thua interrogated , ho tnxns to tho
Kodja , and , pressing his hands on his breast , and in a voice of remarkable sweetness , he says to him * * Now that we are in the face of death , should ire accuse the Captain ? ' This implied retractation of the damning evidence he had given produces an indescribable effect in the court . The supposed motives of Doineau for plotting the death of Ben Abdallah are jealousy of his influence , and certain disagreements that had arisen between them , particularly with respect to a large number of camels that had been seized from some Morocco
trailers , who had infringed the Custom-house laws . On these , however , as on many other points , the . evidence is conflicting . The possession by Doineau of a considerable sum of money , his obtaining which he refuses satisfac torily to aecount for , is a point that evidently tells against him in the eyes of the Court , and leads to a suspicion that it was to conceal peculations that be desired to get rid of the Aga . On the other hand , his superiors give the strongest testimony in his favour . " In the course of the trial General Beaufort admitted that he
had given orders to Captain Doineau to shoot Arabs without form of trial ; and this was done by the captain . Some questions have been put to General Montauban by Doineau , the effect of which has been to implicate liim in certain misappropriations of money . It is said that he and General Beaufort will be superseded in their command as soon as the trial is oyer . Towards the close of General Montauban ' s examination , Captain Doineau asked :- ^ - " you not get Major Chauzy to bring me a pair of pistols in prison ? ' " Never , " replied Montauban . " Major Chauzy , " retorted Doineau , " will speak to that fact . " The Aga Bel Hadj exhibits , or affects , the profoundest submission to the two Generals , exhorting them to pass their swords through his body . Grellet
The Northern Railway robber ? , Carpentier , , Guerin , and Parot , have appealed against the decision of the Chambre des Mises en Accusation , which had sent them for trial before the Court of Assize . This appeal will cause some delay , and in all probability their trial will not come on before the second week in September . A poor woman , named Batty , the wife of a small farmer of the Gironde , has brought an action before the Civil Tribunal of the Seine against a M . Charles Seguin , the purchaser of an estate called Draveil , formerly the property of the late Earl of Devon . Madame Batty claimed this estate , on the ground that she is the legitimate daughter of the Earl , and his only surviving child . The story alleged in support of this assertion was very his native
romantic . According to it , the Earl fled from country about the close of last century , and lived in France , first under the name of Thomas , and then of citizen Courtney . Ultimately , he declared himself to be the Earl of Devon . During the Reign of Terror , he was arrested , and imprisoned in a convent ; but finally he was liberated , and married a j-oung Frenchwoman , in whom he had insp ired a romantic interest , and by whom he had two children—one a son , now dead ; the other the present Madame Batt }' . After the peace of Amiens , the husband left France , and in course of time the wife received a letter from him in America , announcing the transmission of eight hundred francs ; but these were never received , and the wife always thought that the sum had been misappropriated . She brought her children up humbly , and died some years back . Thirty years after the disappearance of Courtney , Madame Batty
received an anonymous letter in Eng lish , informing her that her father was dead , and had left her a largo fortune . Inquiries were made , and it was at last ascertained that the Earl of Devon had returned to England in 1815 , but had ultimately fixed his residence at Paris and at Draveil , five leagues from the capital-, on tho road to Corbeil , where lie hud purchased tho estate iu question . He always lived in a very retired manner , and scarcely saw any one . On his death , ho left the greater portion of his property to tho children of one Woods , his agent , who sold the estate at Draveil to a gentleman , fiom whom it passed to M . Segnin , the defendant in this action , by which it was sought to recover the estate . Tho one point to bo established was the identity of Thomas Courtney with tho Earl of Devon ; but this was not dono to tho satisfaction of tho court , and tlio plaintiff \ vu 3 therefore nonsuited , and condemned in costs .
The judgment of tho Court of Turbos acquitting tho Inttirct Public of a chargo of publishing false news Ij ob been reversod by tho Imperial Court of Pau , which finds tho manager guilty of ' publishing fulso news with good faith , ' and sentences liim to a lino of fifty franco and the costs . M . Baudelaire , tho poet , has been tried on a chargo of having ofl ' cndod religion and decency by tho publication of a collection of pooms , called ' Lcs I'leurs du Mai . ' Tho court hold thut tho incriminated passages wore not irreligious , but that tho poems numbered in tho collection 20 , BO , 89 , 80 , 81 and 87 were offensive to public doceacy ; and it sentenced M . Baudelaire to a lino of 800 francs . Tho publishers wcro flnod 100 franca . ThobU | iprcs & ion of the pussflgos is also ordered . —/>« % Netoa Paris Correspondent .
By tho OEinpwor ' a special command , tho Miiifstor of Marino hou Issued an order to all cuptaine of ships of war to give every aid to English vcasols convoying troops to India , and to take thorn In tow when bo-C ''" ' appears , " flays tho Times Tari * correspondent , " that tho JSmporw lias groaned his dlsaatlttlaction to
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 29, 1857, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29081857/page/7/
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