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THE POPULAR MEDICINE . The following important testimony to the efficacy of P . iRR'S LIFE PILLS has just been received by this Proprietors . TO MESSRS T . ROBERTS AXD CO ., LONDON . Athlone , December 7 tb , 18 j 6 . Sirs , —You will please to send me six dozen more Pair ' s Life Pills ; I Jim just out . I can assttt-e you they are doing an immensity of good : every one who has tried them in affeetieois of the liver and stomach derive a greatdealof benefit . Tours , & c ., Whliam Gilchrist , Apothecary and Surgeon . The extraordinary properties of this medicine are thus described by an eminent physician , who says , " After particular observation of the action of Parr ' s Pills I am determined in my opiuion , that the following are their true properties : —
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vcrther ) were struck at beholding il * ln < re , the excellent order the fields appeared to be in , the l-. \ v neat cut hsdgcs or fences , and the immense qnaniity of oxen , cows , and sheep grazing in the meadotw ; this led to an inquiry to tvhom those rich , bread fields belonged . To Sir II . R . Hoare , the rich hanker of Fiett-strcct , London , was the ready reply , whose seat is about three miles from Merc , and seven miles from Y » incanton , who himselfh «« tlu ' . following seven farms in his own hands : —Shit ton , Knoyle , Colcat , Hill Grounds , Brenham Lodge , Top Lane , and Search Faira ; altogether containing betwe < -n 3 , 00 Dand 4 , 000 acres , once so poor and con * i dered . so unproductive that every farmer of the old school failed in getting their living from thefarms they occupied ; hence Mr lloate , one after the other . wa >
driven to make the best of such land , or suffer it to be slili les-a useful if overrun with wteds . He therefore hired farm bailiffs , pur .-ha . scd horses , and ercry necessary implement of husbandry ; employed at teas * one hundred and fifty labourers , keeping between seventy and eighty horses , giving constant work to woitdmen . carpenters , bricklayers ; thus mwc then two bundled men through him have constant employment , winier and summer , wet or dry , at zood wages ; the lowest amount paid to labourers is 12 s . per week , some having 2 ls . at the present time ; no reduction in the cold and short days . II is cottnjes are let to hia labourers at from 30 s . to 40 s . per aiioiim , wilh Jar ^ e earden . « , right of common or pasturage , enabling some to kttp a cow or two , and in the winter fatten two or three pigs . Mr Iioarc himself has many cows in milk at one time as yields hira tw'ce each week fourteen to sixteen " dozen
' pouniaofcGod butter , has seventy calves weaning and fattening at one time , and in the winter at least fifty beasts stalled ; when fat . they are sold uenerally : o benst-denlers in the neighbourhood , some of these ' . Htfits frcQuextly reaching the enormous wei . sht of from rixty to eighty score pounds each . About onethird only is prizing land ; he has never lets than one thousand sheep and five hundred ewes for breeding , of the pure Southdown breed ; marly one thousand acres of this very land was never considered to be worth more than Is . per acre for rent per annum , when Mr Hoare had it first in his pos ? ession , the occupiers then thinking three to four sacks per acre Of wheat a good field ; now by cultivation , draining , and manuring , it weuld let for 30 * . per acre . Five
bundied acres of wheat grown last year on this very land produced on an average from ten to eleven sacks per acre . This gentleman lets iff a largo breadth of land i to farmers in the neighbourhood , giving every encouvjigement and assistance to those who will tollow in his plans , by lending them money , finding drain tiles , and rendering every assistance they may reasonably ask , and even more than they expect ; nut raising the tent as extra management lead * some to adopt , but granting long leases at tho olden Ion terms to induce those under him to persevere ; those not Winded to prejudice soon do well ; the self-willed and ignorant are soon compelled to leave . A shoit time a » o he discharged one of his stewards who neglected carrying out tho plansand orders he had kid down .
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THE EXPLOSION AT FAVEK 3 IJAM . [ In our last impression we were merely enabled briefly to notice the above shocking catastrophe . We now present our reader * with the ful' . est particulars , which have been gleaned from various sources ; rand may be relied upon SB accurate . ] The buildings the scene of the explosion immediately abut upon the Ham marsh , being only separated from it hyanurrowcanal . And here it may be well to describetheir structure as w !; en standing . Before the iotiodtiction of gun-cotton they were used for the put pose of dry-, log gunpowder , and were called stoves ; they were four la number , and stood iu a tow one before the other . with a mound of earth ofapyramidical form , of about
SO feet base , between each to cut off communication in the event of an accident ; but the sequel will show ot Vow little service this precaution was iu reference to the gun-cotton , for no sooner had the explosion of the contents of the stove No . 4 taken place than the flames immediately communicated to N » . 3 , and it , wi-h its contents , as well as those of No . 4 , was blown into the air , leaving literally not one stone upon another . Tbe immense bars of iron forming tbe machinery we re bent and broken as if tbey bad been but mere twigs ( and the massive beams of timber were rent asunder anilbiy scattered about iu small pieces iu every direction . Indeed , language is incapable of depicting the scene of desolation .
A few minutes after the explosion , men , women , aim children were seen hurrying to the scene of destruction , anxious for the safety of some relative engage ! in the works , and the alarm of all was still heightened by a report that another explosion was momentarily expected as a building , stove No . 2 . containing upwards of SOD barrels of gunpowder which was only s ptirated from stove No . 3 by & mound of earth . Tbe scene now . was scarcely to be depicted , hundred ? who had been hurrying to the soot were now retracing their steps , fearful every moment of being sacrificed themselves . As , however , the engines bu ^ an to arrive , confidence was semewhatrestured , and many ventured to go close to the burning ruins . The engines nun be gan pouring in volumes of water , but it was a con ider . able time before any visible effect was mnda en the flames , of so combustible a nature were the materials used in the manufacture .
All bands wire directed as soon as the fire became somewhat subdued to the rescue of the suff . rcrs beneath the ruins , whose cries for help were bv & Ttrt-mnng in thextreme . One by one , however , as the bricks tmrt timber were cleared away they were extricated ; many of them , although much burnt and brulned , wer » yet alive ; they were immediately conveyed to an ailjacent building , where every attention was paid to them by Messrs Glnmd and Snap e , surgeons ; and as soon as conveyances could be obtained , tbey were carried to their respective homes .
The exertions of the men assisting at the engines and clearing away the rubbish were praiseworth y in the extreme , and to those exertions are to be attributed the saving of many lives . Search was now made in the marshes and fields adjoining , and here the mutilated remains of several were found , many yards from the scene ot destruction . They were immediately gathered up and removed , and , though some few bodies h ere r < cognised , tbe limbs of course could not be , : > nd they wtre put together in baskets to await the inquest . On' poor fellow , named Ransom , who was haymaking in an adjoining field , was knocked dowu by the report , hut as soon us he recovered himself he listened to the spot t <> render every assistance in his power , and sumedetl iu rescuing three or four of too sufferers ; but one poor little fellow , whose brother also fell a victim , died iu bis arms .
After rendering all the assistance in hi * power , towards evening he complained of a severe pnin in hie chest , during the night he was much wor « e ; and on Thursday morning , though every means was ( mployed to relieve bim , death relieved him from his sufferingsthus falling a victim to his exertioHi .- in tbee / iuee of hu . inanity . Hehad been marriedbut afew months . Workmen were engaged the whole of Wednesday ( be day oi the explosion ) and Thursday In clearing the ruins , ami up to Friday . Tbe following are the nanus ot tbe per . sons killed , whose remains can be identified , » nd on whose bodies an inquest has been In Id , viz : H . nry Top ping , the managing , chemist , Jonathan Hammond , R Knowler , Austin Wy le ? , Edward Irish , James Tillcy . John Petley , Surah Hinds , Mercy Clark , and the body of a boy of about 1 G , which was too much disfigured to be recognised .
The following , as well as others , were known to havebeen working at the factory , but their bodies have not been found : —Mary Chetsman , Thomas Stringer , Harriot Ilail . and several ethers , Tbe following , were severely injured ;—Thomas Smith , William Smith , George Wraight . Henry Sparkes . — Cullcn , John Videon , John Senile , Henry Aylett , Thomas Stringer , John KemysaU . WiiiWi u > fiw , Thomas Smith , John Chambers , John Woolley , John M'Krwen , Mary M'Kewcn , and Robeet Cheesmun . All the above , with the exception of one or two , are going on well , and are expected to recover , but in the contusion that even now exists it is impossible with ee-r tainty to dtfine the number of those inj-trtd , aud the extent of the injuries .
INQUEST ON THE SPFFEKEns . On Friday an inqu-Jt on the sufferers was hell be .-fore Air J . Hindu , the coronerf « r the district , in a storehouse adjacent to the scene of the disaster , and niter the jury bad inspected the bodies , which prtsi ntcl a nios - - appalling sijtht , the following evidence was adduced : — Mr William Hall , the proprietor of the woihs , examined . —I reside in the parish of Ospringe , and have extensive works , call ; d the "Marsh Works , " in the parish ot" Preston , where I esrty on the manufacture of guncotton . The partners in the concern are , myself ttiv brother , and Piofessor Schcenbein , th « inventor , Tin : superintendence of the works devolved upon rajscH am ! 3 fr Henry Topping a cbymist . I used to spend a great portion of my time in the fictory with him , a .-sisteid
by-Henry Day . On Wednesday morning I went to the faetory about eleven o ' clock . There were about forty persons In the two buildings , Nor 3 ai . d 4 . On that morning 1 was also at the works from sir o ' clock until eight , I paid particular attention to the boys then at work , aud showed them how to fisl the tubes with gun cotton , US they wtre not doing i , quite to my sathfat'tiotl . 1 gave directions where I thought it u-c . 'svary to insure perfect safety . Or . e of the muiiUftcturiiig managing-assistants of tbe name of Day , was at my elbow all the time , mi as to be able to act during my absence , I considered Ukbuildings fully efficient and safe for the purpose of manufacturing eun-cotton . I left the buildings utoiu eight o ' clock , end all was then perfectly s , \ Fe , I returned about eleven o'clock , and was within half a minutes
walk of the stove—probabl y from fifty toelphiy yards , when No . 4 exploded . The * buildings fell about me . I was going towards the building * at the time , and I met Mr Day returning from them . II * told me Mr Toppir . g was there . Mr Day was returning towards the works with me when ' he explosion took place . I saw the materials of the building ase- nd into the air and tall in all directions . I pace 1 to and fro for a minu ' eor a minute and a half , until I t ! ought it safe to venture . I then went up to the buildings , and heard eries under both of them . I then called all my people itninadiatcly to assist in getting out the sufferers fr « m the ruins , and every possible exertion was used to extricate them . Several hundred persons soon came to assist . We used our utmost endeavours until the fire drove as away . The fire
commenced at «« . 3 about three or four minutes after the explosion . 1 ordered out my engines , and sent to Faver . 'ham for the town engines . We got cut fourteen persons alive from the ruins ond several dead . The only person I identified was Mr Topping , I always exa . mined the thermometer in tint glove my « olf to ascertain ilieheat , and regulate it accordii ; gl y . I gave the stove tho longest possible period so as to lesucti tbe heat as much as possible , I have not been able to ascertain the cause of tho explosion . My orders were that the seat was never to exceed 110 degrees in No . 4 , and 120 in So . 3 , wbirh heats 1 considered perfectly safe . I hud tlure a self-rfgistcring thermometer used in both stoves to
show the hentwhen I was absent , and which I never alloive- any one but myself to interfere With , I ll . 'tVC tried the beats at dlft \ rtnt degree . " , to ascertain its S . lfctV . Professor Schonbtin has told me that gun-cotton will not explode at 284 degrees ; I myself have tried it up to 350 with the thermomt lev , and there has been no explosion . All tbe fourteen persons but one wtre got out of No . 3 , and out of the part which formed the packingroom . The gun-cotton is manufactured by tht : French government and also b y merchants in Ami-lien . 1 have had three Duplications from tiiu English governmentforgun-cotton , and have executed several hundred orders in all parts of the kingdom .
Thisclosei Mr Hall ' s examination , during the whole of which ho was much affected . John Day , of Favershaiu , examined . —I reside at Favirilism , and am employed by Mr Hall at the gun cv > tton works . 1 have been so employed about five weeks , and came from London for that purpose . I consider myself competent to manage the gun-cotton works . I received ray instructions from Mr Hall and Topping . I was daily employed in tho works , and went there that morning about C o ' clock . I went to breakfast , and on my return remained there until about a rmnu ' e before the explosion took place . I went out to SCO if Mr Hall bad com * , and met bim within half a miuute ' s walk from the building I had left . We , were returning towards it when an explosion took place in No . 4 . I felt a shock , and ran into the wiHowines . 1 immediatel y heard a great noise , more as of a tumbling than a report . I was imimdi . ' ntely covered with dust . I went to the place , and found
tho premises ell in ruins and on tire . A great manypersons soon came up and assisted in extricating the sufferers . I considered myself quite safe in the manufactory of the gun-cotton . Mr Hall gave directions that me stove should never be higher than 120 , and I believe those orders were always attended to . I believe a greater heat might be u = ed with safetv . I cannot account at all for the explosion . I thiok there were two explosions , but cannot speak positivel y to the fact . Mr Hall and myself did everything possible to save aud rescue the sufferers . Every precaution wasahvavs taken ft ' r ths safety of the woik-penplo . Mr Topping has always expressed himself as feeling perfectly safe ) . A m * n of the nnrao of Cheesman had the charge of the fires in drying the cotton ; he is WJ muCh i „ jurCu bv the explosion . I examined the thermometer about 10 minutes before the explosion ; iu Ko . i it was 108 , and in No . 3 between 119 and 120 . From the time I BTtne tbermometer tothstlmeof theCIp , osion itm ™™ « bte for the beat to have altered , even with . h ™ Z beyond to degrees , ° ur
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John Burney , of Faversbam , examined . -Iam foreman of tbe carpenters at Mr Hall's , and was on the works at the time of the explosion , and immediately went to the spot . I saw the bodies of most of the sufferers taken out , and can identify those on which the inuuest » s now holding , , , ¦ . Frederick Bunting , of Faversham , examined ,-- ! was employed at the gun-cotton works at the time 01 ths explosion . I heard a great noise and became ins « Bslblo , and when I came t « my senses found myBolf in B » ruins . I cannot in any way account for the accident . 1 got away from the place as soon as 1 could , I saw Topp ing about ten minutes before the blow . I saw Mr Hall about 7 o ' clock in the morning . I cannot tell how I got out . I was not hurt or . burnt at all . I can I say whether the explosion commenced in No . 3 or No . i . .
Alfred White , of Islington , chemist , examined , —I have been employed by Mr Hall toexumino tnd superintend his works , with a view to their extension and improrcment , particularly in the manufacture of the aeid . I was there on Wednesday morning about 9 o ' clock . All nas then quite safe . I am well acquainted with the materials used for the purpose of making the gun-cotton and the ingredients ; there is no danger in them . I am certain that every precaution was used in the buildings to prevent accident by Mr Hall and every one about . I have known Mr Topping some time ; he was a very carenil and intelligent person , and a proper person to be intrusted with the care of the works . The temperature of the stove was by no metinslikely to cause an explosion . Topping would have liked to have had it up to 180 , but Hr Hall would not consent to it . I cannot account for the accident in any other way than from some incautious act of tbe workmen in doing their work .
This closed all tbe evidence thatcould be adduced , and after a short consultation the coroner announced that the inquest was adjourned until tbe 9 th of August , in order that the evidence of those injured might be taken , as by that tim e , it was thought some would be sufficiently reeovi red to I e examined ,
INQUEST ON QKOIIOE EANBOSt . An inquest on the body of George Ransom , whose de . tth we have above adv . rtcd to , was hold on Friday evening at hnlf . past six , at the Guildhall in the borough of Faversham , before Mr Shepherd , the coroner for tbe borough , where a most respectable jury bad been empanmilled . Alter the preliminary matter of swearing the jury had been gone through , they at onee proceeded to the bous « of tbe deceased to view the body , and bn their return to the hall the coroner briefly addressed them , and explained tbe object of tbe inquiry . lie ( thecoro . ner ) , boitevi-r , thought they would have no difficulty in coming to a conclusion as to the cause of death ' , & uu although at first he thought their inquiries would have extended to the cause of the accident , yet on consideration be bad eome to the conclusion that it would be unnecessaiy , and , therefore , the simple fact they had to deal with was the cause of the death , and not of tbe explosion .
Messrs Hull were present at the inquiry , and seemed much affected . The following witnesses were then called : — John Butt , of the parish ot Pre & ton , in the county of Kent , examined . —I work for Messrs Hall , and reside in their Marsh Works , in the parish of Preston . On Wednesdaj morning last I was haymaking near to Nos . 3 and 4 stnvcs there , about IU 0 yards off ; theybavo been used in the manufacture of gun-cotton . - The deceased , Geo . Ransom , was at work with me , and close to me . Al'out u qmireer past eleven o ' clock an explosion took place at No . 4 stove . We both fell down with the concussion . f ) n recovering , I went towards the stove on the south side , and told Ransom to follow rae . He , however , went on th ' oilnr sideot the mound ( the north-west side ) , the mound between us and the explosion . The wind was thun blowing in tho direction towards where R-ensoui was , and I lost sight of him , in consequence of the smoke . I never saw liirn after this .
Frederick Francis Giraud , of Faversham , surgeon , tiaid . I am a surgeon , and reside at Favors-ham , In cousequeuce of an explosion at the Marsh Works on Wcdneadity last , I attended to render any assistance in tuypowtr , in company with Mr Suape , The deceased came up to me whilst we were attending the wounded , and said be felt great inconvenience from the acid he hud inhaled , and asked if I could do anything for him . 1 tol ^< him to get as much fresh air as he could , and if alter that he was net any better , to come tome at my surgery , and I would see if I could not relieve him . I inquired on my r turn if he had been , but he had not . I heard nothing more of him till about four o ' clock the luxt morning , when his wife called me up , and said deciastd bad lad very little slet > p all ni ^ -ht , and had
suffered very much sickness and coughing . I gave him medicine , such na 1 thought most calculated to relieve him , urn ) visited bim very soon after seven o ' clock . I found him no better , and from that time until the time ol his death , about half . past eleven ortwelveo ' clock , Mr Sn-pe aud I vised all the means in our power for his recovery but -wvxlwut suvtess , ai * d he expired about twelve o ' clock . I liave sit-ce made a post mortem examination , ihe result of which is , that I found the internal texture of the lungs showing the marks of a high degree or irritiition pt-rvndiug the air cells and air tubes throughout , and vuch as would he produced by tho contact of an
iicul mepliitit- gas and filled with an exudation resulting irom that irritation , and thereby causing suffocation , tvbich teas the immediate cause of death . The bad effects ol iiihiiiiii | f gun , as above stated , vtould have been increased by the subsequ tit taking of stimulating drink ; I am , tin retort , decidedly of opinion that the inhielng of the gas was the immediate cause of death . Nitric acid , and more c-pecially if combined with sulphuric acid , and coming in contact with straw or other similar combustible materials , would be sure to generate mephi'ic etas in large quantities ; and tiny person working in the midst of those premises , muse of necessity inhale it in large quantities ,
Mr Aliri'd White , of Islington , chen . ist , examined , — lam at-h mist and resieic at Islington , I have been superintending the manufacture of gun-cotton iu the M . ir * b Works of Messrs Hall . In the preicess sulphuric acid and nitric acid ate used in large quantities , and it is then fore necessary to have a considei able qu & tuity of tnese Articles in stock On Wednesday morning last the . e was a quantity of sulphuric acid and a quantity of nitric acid melt separately , and also a quantity of ihe two combined , ready for immediato use , and also some that hail been used , to the north of No 3 stove . I ; had se ; en them on the morning of the explosion about 9 o ' clock ; tbey were then pi operly put away , the greater part iu carboys , and quite safe . On the Thursda ; morning , alter the explosion , I again saw that the' majority of them had been broken b y the ' ailing of the walls of No . S store , au < e tlie tftwts of the e > plosioB . The
fiWt i iTt'Ct ll'ttll reference to the nitric acid would be n large quantity of vapour of nitric acid- When the straw with which tin- cmbo > s are encased bicomes dry , the nitrous gas would be evolved . The nitrous gas would be converted into uitrot's iicid , and that would produce veryinjurious i fltc's upon any anim . il tissue with which it might come iu contact . If combined with sulphuric acid , this action would certainly be more energetic . Sulphuric acid , vi hen coming in contact wilh straw , would also produce sulphurous acid , which would bo equally injurious and fatal if in contact with animal tissue . I have had many opportunities of witnessing the effects of tbe ga > c « thus produced , nnd had personal experience of it myself . I have heard the evidence of Mr Giraud , the surgeon , and concur with him in his opinion as to the cause of the death of the deceased , and in his evidence as to tbe effects of stimulating drink from his description of the appearance on the post mortem
examination , At the conclusion of this witnesses evidence the coroner briefly summed up , and after a minute ' s consul - tation the jurv returned a verdict " That the deceased died from suffocation produced b y tbe inhalation of the fames eif uivpliitic uas . " Mr Bathurst , solicitor , appeared in behalf of Messrs Hall . On Saturday morning the remains of 19 of the unfortuuate sufferers weve buried in the churchyard of the village of Davington , which closely adjoins Messrs Hall ' s works .
The melancholy scene was attended by many hundred persons from the town and neighbourhood of Faversham , The remains of those of the deceased identified bad been coffined on the previous day , by Messrs Hall ' s direction ; and this morning , at 10 o ' clock , a numerous eavalcade of sorrowing mourners assembled at the works to pay the last tribute of respect and affvction to their unfortunate relatives . Tho number of whole bodies buried was nine Only , the remains e . f Mr Topping and George Ransom not being Interred wilh tho rest . The mutilated remains of those who were blown to pieces had been collected as f-lr as possible with great care , ond these were enclosed in separate coffins , Tbe mournful procession moved from the works at < e few minuets alter 10 o'clock , the coffins beinc cliUflv borne by the fellowlabtmrers of the deceased *
Mr Wiiliuin Hail , Mr White , the chemist , Mr Day , Mr 8 kiun . r . Bnd seteral other gentlemen employed on the narks , follow , das mourners . The procesfion was met at the entrance of the churchyard by the officiating minister , who read tho solemn service for the burial of the dead in a very impressive manner , tears being drawn from nearly every one present . Mr Hall t-peeially was very much affected . At the close of the mournful ceremony the several relations returned to their respective homes , where such weirdly ceuufovtB as their necessities required bad been liberall y provided for by order of Messrs Hull . It should here be staled that nothing can possibly exfeed the lundutfs of these gentlemen to the unfortunate
sufferers . Mr W . Hall has during the last two or three days frequently personally visited ibem at their homes and his instructions arc thatnothing which can possibly alleviate their suffeungs in any way shall be omitted Messrs Giraud and Sn * pe , the medical gentlemen are in close attendance on them . The latest accounts of vST "" ' reSmted ' «* 9 unf » - The extraordinary effect of theexplosion on tbo build ^^ as ^ H ^ S M e damaged in sorne instances . On the opposite side M ¦ -, ph w W , lc ,, forms tl > northern boundary of the «[ » 8 h Works is a field of wheat of some extent . IDC explosion has completely blasted this over a space of about tiro acre * , and the ears , drooping and dh >
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co loured , present scene of <*« In p ^ t character with the ad oiniHg rubav The willow tre the tress within . bent fifty yards of the buildings ^ and 4 , are torn up by tbe roots and ^^^ ^ directions . Those more distant are less senouslj » jm-ed , battbu foliage of all within a very »« £ ««» is wholly destroyed . One of the most rema tkable effco of the explosion is the removal , as it appears almost bodily , of the enormous mound of earth skirting tne ft o . 4 stove . Another instance of its power was shown m the forcible ejection from a deep well of two massive pumps , the leaden pipes of which , nearly twenty teet long , were drawn up and thrown to a very considerable distance . The explosion was heard at an enormous distance from Faversham . At Deal and Maidstone , and even at some places more than thirty miles from the scene of the accident , parties are described to have heard ltdis . .,.. . ^ f ^ c ^ t In perfec t -
tinctly . L , It may bo interesting to state that the strength of guncotton la just six times thatof gunpowder ; in other woi da , ten drams of the cotton are equal to two ounces of powder .
Railway Accidents And Casualties. Iiobri...
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES . IIOBRID DKATH OF AM ENGINE DftlVKR OK THE Eastkbn Counties . —A most shocking accident has occurred upon the Eastern Count ? s railway , by which an engine driver , named Thomas Parker , was hurried into eternity . It appears that Parker was driving fl load of trucks from Broxhoume to the Stratford station , when on arriving at Manserbridge—a peculiarly constructed viaduct over a small mill stream—he looked over the side of the engine , it is supposed , to see whether any derangement of the train had taken place , when bis head struck against the cross pieces of the viaduct , whioh knocked him off his engine , and falling on the rails the train passed over him , and severed his arms from his body .
The stoker seeing the accident stopped the train , but before be could do so it had proceeded some distance , and another train in the rear came alonv ; before the stoker could give the necessary warning , and having passed over the unfortunate mnn ' tt body , cut it to pieces . At the inquest , on the 17 th inst ., the surgeon having stated the nature of the injuries deceased had received , and that they had caused death ; Samuel Barrow , an officer in the company , said that he saw deceased lyiny between the metals There was not sufficient space for him to turn out of the way of the engine , because of the truss of the bridge taking up so much room . By a Juror : Has there not been some other accident at this bridge ? Witness : Jeswithin the last 12 months . At that
, time one of the servants of the company had his legs cut off by tbe wheels of an engine . Foreman : Is that man now alive ? Witness : I believe he is—I last saw him in the hospital . Coroner : Do you think the bridge is dangerous ? Witness : I am sure it v —it ought to bo altered . Robert Reese expressed « similar opinion as to the dangerous construction ol the bridge . He and others had complained of it to their superior officers , but no notice had been taken of it , and now he ( witness ) , and some of the othei men , had determined to memorialize the board , s « that it mfcht be removed . Deceased was a steady
young man . He had kit a wife and tr » o children The coroner having summed up . the jury , after a brief consultation , agreed to the following verdict : — " We find that Thomas Parker was accidentally killed at Mcnser ' s-bridge , on the Eastern Counties line of railway ; but , before we separate , we wish to give our opinion , derived from the evidence in this case , that such bridge is dangerous , and that it ou » hr to be removed , and we desire the coroner to send this our verdict to the directors of the said line . " The coroner agreed to do so , addine , that if no notice was taken of it , he should feel it his duty to bring the matter before the commissioners of railways .
Shocking Murder.-A Bct Sentenced To Dfca...
SHOCKING MURDER .-A BCT SENTENCED TO DfcATU . At the Chelmsford Assizes , a few days since , James Willsmon-, aged 11 , was indicted for the wilful murder of John Terry , by fracturing his skull wilh a hoe . The deceased was an old labouring man , living near Kochford , and on the 31 st March , which was the day he received tbe injury , he was on his way to that town about 10 oYlock in the morning . The prisoner had been lodging at a public house in South Fa > nbridge , four mileu from Rochford , and left the public-bouse snd proceeded in a direction for Rochford the same morning . Soon after this the prisoner and the old man joined company , and they were seen
by several of the witnesses walking together towards the Mend , near Daggett ' s farm , on the road to the town above mentioned , the prisoner at the time having a he e in his band , and the deceased a hoe stick without the iron end . About eleven o ' clock the same morning the poor old man was found iyiii " , in the Mend , in a dreadful state . Ho was literally covered with blond , and the top of his right ear was completely severed from tbe head , and wan found in a mass of clotted blood among his hair . His pockets were rifled , and his watch , a canvass purse , a Key , and a small sum of money were missing , fie had sufficient consciousness to state that he had been
robbed and ill-used , and he was then taken to the workhouse at Rociiford , where he regained until the 22 nd April , when he died . It appeared that alrr . ost immediately after the time wh-. n tbe robbery and assault must have been committed , the prisoner went into apublic-ho ^ e at Rochford , where he produced a watch , which turned out to be that of the deceased , and offered to sell it to any one in tho room for ten shillings , but no ot-e would buy it , and he then called for somo beer , which he paid for with a half-crown . On his way to Rochford the prisoner had sold his hoe for sixpence , and he shortly afterwards sold the watch to a man named Prig for 5 a , and upon being taken into custody thecanvass purse , which contained the key of the poor old mail ' s box ,
was found in his pocket . The prisoner was afterwards t » ken into the room where the deceased was lying in heel , and on his being raised up and shown the prisoner , he immediately said that be was the man who robbed nnd beat him . The deceased nko , at the same time , identified the watch and other articles that were produced as his property . Mr Ileidgc , surgeon , preived that deceased tliee ! of a fracture of-the skull , and he produced that portion ul it which had received the fatal injury ; and upon the hoe belonging to the prisoner being produced , it was found that the iron back of it fitted exactly the wound in the skull , nnd the aurgeon said ho had no doubt that it was inflicted by it , ' and that , in all pro bability , one severe blow had caused the mischief .
Baron Parke , in summing up , told the jury that whether they should be of opinion the fatal injury hud been infl i cted with the intention to maim ant , disable the deceased , or whether it was merely to further the object of robbing him , in cither case in the eye of the law it would amount to wilful murder . The jury then deliberated for a lew minutes , when thtsy returned a verdict finding the prisoner Guilty ol murder . They at the same time recommended him to mercy ou account of his youth . The learned judge then put on his-black cap , and said that the jury had come to the only conclusion which their duty to society had enabled them to come to upon till' CVldenee , and it was now his most painful dutv to pass
upon a mere stripling , a boy just entering upon life , Hie sentence of death . He believed that it was not his intention to hiwe taken the life of the deceased but it was quite clear that the fatal blow was stiuck with the intention to render the deceased powerless , in order that he might rob hira with greater facility , and , as death ensued , his offence clcar ' y amounted to the crime of wilful murder . The jury had recommended him to mercy on account of his youth but he tell that it we > uld be inconsistent with his duty in such » cast " , to do more than transmit that recommciiciali . iii to the proper quarter . The sentence ot death was then passed in the usual form . Tho prisoner did not betray thesli ghlest emotion during any part oi the proceedings .
Extraonj>In-Ary Deatu Of A Gipsy. —Befor...
ExTRAonj > iN-ARY Deatu of a Gipsy . —Before i \? r tarter , on the body of a gipsy , at the Grasshopper , near Lempsheld . One morningduring the past week Mr Braison . oi Botky . hillfarm , near that place , was going along the road , when hesaw something smoking at a distance . Ik vvvnt to the spot , ami discovered the dead body of a woman , in a state of nudity , all her clothes having been burnt off , except her shoes and part of her stockings , A bundle of rass was burning under her . The body was in a frightful state from the burns—the skin on the face , neck , head , arms , body , thighs , and legs , being quite blackened with the heat . She had a wedding ring on , and
was apparently about 30 years of age . A tobaccopipe , much used , was found near the spot , and under her a bux with a small portion of tobacco ill ][ , From subsequent evidence , it seemed £ that some gipsies hail encamped on Botly-hill , one of which was a party of four women . A gipsy of another camn near them heard one of tho women « 0 away jn t u ' morning , from her saying , " Good-by , » and she appearcd to descend the bill The others had left , and he did not know where they had eone to ¦ hut L supposed the woman he heard say - rfib / ^ Z » t ^^ " ^ " ^ 'ratinBuohancxtvwrtlnm EXdv d . ' , r- k tIe ' p ! irtlyconsum ed , wuSnear the body , and the mterence was that a lighted coal had adhen-d to the bottom nnd set fire to ! K dotE . is she was carrying it on her back . The iurv , ' n !
burnt to ^"? rV ^ , < 3 eceased Wfls a ^ hlentlv burnt to death ; but the moat astounding part ol the aso is , that no ami heard any of the poor creature ' s bwcanw , which must necessarily have followed the agony she was suffering .
A Oatiioiic Clkhovman And Ilollowuy's Pi...
A Oatiioiic Clkhovman and Ilollowuy ' s Pills . —A poor person who hud been in a very declining state of health for a considerable time , and bad tried all the doctors in bis neighbourhood , without deriving the least benefit , has been restored to poriect health in a few weeks by Hollo , way ' s celebrated Pills , which we're presented t <» the then apparently djitig man bv a elistinguished member of the Catholic Church . John " Thompson , Esq .. the proprietor of the- ' Armagh Guardian . " can test to the truth of this , as well r , s other remarkable cures , that have been effected in that part of Ireland , bv the use of this invaluable mvdidue ,
/ Trades' Movemen'fst~~^ Thk Quilting Wk...
/ TRADES' MOVEMEN'fsT ~~^ Thk Quilting Wkavebs op MA sones-run af last annual meeting , decided upon cxuer , jj . * ^ \ tion of their funds for the purpose of organi ?; * 1 Wf - whole ef both the broad and narrow » ea » ^ Lancashire , in " The Quilting Weavers I ^ ' * tion Society . " In order to carry out this desinn ' ^ engaged Mr Wm . Dixon , of Manchester , to n j ' take the task of explaining the rules and obieJr * tbe society throughout tbe weaving districts $ On Monday , July 12 , Mr Dixon , accom panioj . Mr Henry Hey wood , set out upon his mission \ held a meeting in the Assembly-room , Qug , ' aa <> Inn , 'Bolton . Mr Holt waa unanimously cal )^ the chair , and opened the meeting in a neat and propriate speech . Mr Dixon , who . was greeted J ? i j TIUDES ' MOVEMENTsT ^^
rapturous applause , expiainea objects of i * mission , after which iWr Heywnod addressed till meeting . A committee was then formed of the n » r * w weavers present ; and it was agreed tbat th , should hold another meeting on Sunday , JU | V 3 The thanks of the meeting were given to th « speakers , and the chairman and the op eraHJ ™ separated highly satisfied with the evening £ eatings . On Tuesday , Mr Dixon ana Mr Heywon j . ceeded to Tydlesly Banks . the village havin « L previously placarded , calling a meeting to be ^ on that evening , in the large room of the S piruw Arms . The meeting was called for 8 o ' clock , befi ^ which time the room was densely crowded wi ( aa ansious and intelligent audience . Mr I ' allitt ,, working weaver , wag unanimously called to the fh ajr and opened the meeting in ono of the most teiii ^ speeches , in his own plain wav , that ever it was nnr
lot to hear , and truly verified the saying—" fiat there is many a man now gracing the fieat-boitd . that would bo an ornament to the senate-house ({ the country . " Mr Dixon , after some introduce remarks , entered into an explanation of the prjn ( l [ , pies ot Trades' Unions ; after which he painted ^ the foolish policy whi g h bad hitherto been pursi ^ by the unionists of this country , in breaking up ft , ranks of Labour into sections , and clearly demo * strated the means by which Capital had made 35 easy prey of labour . Mr Ileywood addressed tbe meeting at some length , after which the thanks of the meetinc were given to Mr Dixon and the chain man , and the meeting separated highly satisfied win the evening ' s proceedings . The men of Prydlejjj have a ' ready organised themselves , and appear JO 1 ) 6 lolly alive to their own interests .
MOVEMENT OF THE OPERATIVE MASONS FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE liOUBS OF LABOUR . A crowded and enthusiastic meeting of this branctt of operatives was held at the Temperance J / a || Waterloo-road . Lambeth , on Thursday evenine . ' M Smith was unanimously called to the chair , imj briefly opened the proceedings . Mr Moenu moved the aeloption of the folio *™ resolution : — * That it is the opinion of this meeting that , in order r establish the four o ' clock movement and support thou masters who have already conceded the fame , thatif ^ mason * of London do leave work on Saturday , Jn / , ^
17 th , 1847 , at four . / clock , thereby evincing their ii ^ . initiation to carry ou * . tliis important measure . A * a majority of the employers bad agreed to tfaeif proposition , he called upon his fellow-operativest 4 show those wh » had not conceded their very mode . rate request , that fhey were in downright earnaj by unanimously adopting the resolution he had proposed . Mr W . Aue . , in seconding the motion , said : it was the duty of the entire body of masons to lear ; their work on the day appointed at four o ' clock , ^ only in justice to themselves , but al oin justice ( a those masters who had conformed to their wishes , and he was happy to say that they constituted the majoriij of employers . ( Much applause . ) of employers . ( Much applause . )
Mr M'Donnell said be apprehended the terms el the resolution went to create a strike , which shink he the last resource . He was sorry to oppose tbe resolution , and , indeed , he much regretted the necessity of doing so , but he had witnessed and felt the misery entailed by strikes , therefore he should feel it his duty to submit the following amendment;—That this meeting are opposed to strikes except > u last resort , and , therefore , recommend the propriety «/ sending a reonotuitrance to all such employers as hare not yet complied with our request . He thought this mode be . 4 calculated to obtain concession . He knew that t-trikes invariably entaiy discontent , misery , and wretchedness , upon th « o ; and , not infrequently , sent some of their brethren , th ' iir wives , ami families , t' > premature graves-. ( hear , hear)—and hence ho thought his policy the bi'st . Leaving at four o ' clock was the siartiuj
point ; but where would the end be ? True , the te solution did not directly recommend a strike , but it had a tendency to jirovoke one . F . ir instance , if they demanded pay for the hour and a-half . and the employers refused , he could n » t see how a s'rike km to be avoided . lie thought the interest of the ent-Ioyer and employed identical . He could not conceive what intere . it the employers could have in « eoinclii 3 operatives and their families in rairs . When tht ; were engaeed in a beneficent struggle like this , titer ou » ht to have the support of the press ; but unfortunately , the press had degenerated into amen mercantile affair , with but few exceptions ; two oi whom had represent . i'ives present . ( Chew . ) Ha valued the four o ' clock movement , and believed it would lay the foundation for a good custom . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr W . Leach said : he thought the resolution premature , and hence he would second the amendment . Mr Jose ph Wood rose loudly applauded , and said he had nothing to say against the addte-ss of brothtt M'Donnell in the abstract , but he would beg to assure him that the mover of then solution never contemplated a strike . ( Cheers . ) It . was merely adopted to test thefeeling of masters and operatives , lie could not see they w- re at all premature in their movements ; it should be rem « mber p . d that they bad given their employerslfourteen days' no' ice , and at the expiration of that time a deputation had waited on them , and he was happy ta say , that Messrs William and Thomas Cubitt , with tlie majority of master *
had complied with their request . The Cubitts ' had not only given the privilege to the . masons but t <> all the men engaged in their employ . ( Loud Cheers . ) [ Mr Wood here related the result of an interview he and some of his brethren had with their employers at the Freemasons' Tavern . Great Q'lecnstreet , at which they had assured their employers " that they by no means menaced a strike on ths present occasion , ( hear hear , ) that the hour-and-a-hali was not worth striking fur , but that it concessions were notgrantcd , the day mightenme when somethin ; else might be added to the lour o ' clock movement , anil they then might feel it necesfary to have » strike . ( Great cheering . ) But in justice to the
employer who had conceded , it was thought irecrssarj that a demonstration should be made , and if the minority of masters still held out , their only alternatirt was todrop their tools at four o ' clock , whether , the ' got paid for the one-hour-and-a-half or not . ( Great cheering . ) He admitted strikes were necessary evils . A month ' s notice had been given to their employer ! to consider this question , and hethou » ht that quite enough , indeed if they had dallied so long with their sweethearts after they had popped the question , they would have got the suck , and remained unmarried until the present time . ( Loud laughter and applause . ) The carrying out the resolution would show that they were undeviatins . firm and unanimous iu their resolves . ( Great cheering . ) . ,
Mr Geokok Scott thought , were they to aflV brother M'Donnell ' s amendment , the masons would indeed be a degenerate race . Never was time nwtj propitious for their purpose , never was masons worj more plentiful . He did not believe all tne nw tnoriali in the world would convince ; i man determined no to be convinced . ( Hear , hear . ) lie believed bro ther M'Donnell to be as good a man as any ; in London and he trusted he would consent to withdraw hi amendment and unite with then ) in their » true « li which he was convinced must have a triumphaD issue . ( Immense applause . ) MrM'Ditx . vm , said a few words in explanatior , and again strongly deprecated anything that woul lead to a strike . Mr J . Ww > d replied .
The question was thtn put , when thirteen ham ' ai appeared for the amendment , and a complete forefcr for the original resolution , whioh was declared to Ito carried amidst applause , again and again repeated , cd Mr J . Kitchen moved the following : — That in order to obtain full benefit of tho four o ' ekweh movement the employer * bo requested to pay the wagtva as soon as the men leave work . Mr Jaoger seconded the motion , which was cai c ned unanimously . Mr G . Scott , in moving a resolution exhorting Uig brethren to union and consequently to continuim success , illustrated the power of union by the acts , cti the ancient Greeks and It'imans , and made a nowsou
iul nnd eh qtient appeal , which was greeted wi v great applause . Mr J . Wopd , in seconding the motion , said tid masons were behind other trades in respect to Ho matter to which lm brother Scott had alluded . 1 . sln .-uid not only like to see an ivnual dinner , but ait to see an operative masons' institution , for tr benefit of their aged and infirm , and an asylum im those children who might be deprived 01 tn t parents . , , ., . .. Mr M'DoNNELt . cordially supported the resolumlui which was einaniraouslv adopted . On the motion of Mr Scott a vote ol thanks \ ka "iven to the Northern Star and the other portion of the press who had aided them in their strugfru ] which was carried by acclamation .
Mr Stauwood , on behalf of the Northern 5 tn acknowledged the compliment amidst great eat [ dause . Three cheers were then given for the emplojipl who had conceded their requests , and the luectenedissolved .
The Kdinbnrgh Chamber Of Commerce Hwh' S...
The Kdinbnrgh Chamber of Commerce hwh ' solved to make a stand against Sir Rotovt l \ t Ikuk ; UU
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24071847/page/2/
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