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S T £ RN EUROPE AND THE EMPEROR ^ 5 ICHOLAS . SO . IV . rfe stated in a preceding article that Nicholas is rte principal slave-owner in ihe Russian empire . fta serfs form two distinct bodies , of which 23-45 ths jjj tlie property of the landholders , and upwards of smiths appertain to the domain of the Emperor or jmpress . The Idea is nniversa'ly entertained that v jgf population is devotedly attached to the Tsar , ^ jtiat in this stupid submission and superstitious gjeliiy the Emperor finds a sure support , both jjjjnst discontent within , and attacks from without . jo * « rfain degree this is true , but not to the extent ^ gjrteu' bj the apologists and admirers (?) of the iniocrafc . Formerly the great mass of thegerfpopu
jjtion belonged to private landholders , and these jjjg- esnallr tyrants of ihe worst character , were of 0 $ s odious to their slaves . It having been the rtjify of the Romaxoffs ever since { he time of Peter gamble ihe nobles , the Em erors have naturally jgen viewed by the serfs as their protectors , or at kst the avengers of their wrongs . Again , all the tfiftiunsof the Crown , although made from the uHes , of course press directly or indirectly upon « Je serfs , the nobles having the odious task of acting jsminaUy for themselves , bnt really for the Empejg . In the recruitment for the army the proprietor
ef an estate is rated at so many men per cent , npon Jis slaves . He has to single out those whom he gnoses for this hateful service , and on him falls the ttjiuffi of those families from whom the recruit is chosen ; but the Tsar , by holding out tiie promise ftf geedom at the expiration of the term of military service , is only seen in a comparatively amiable jght . Prom these causes has been engendered a 0 ng of loyalty and attachment to the Tsars , amongst the private serfs , which feeling has been greatly strengthened by the idea prevalent amongst jian that the Emperor will eventually release them tan slavery .
But the twenty-one millions of Crown serfs enterism ih \ very enthusiastic feelings towards their " paternal" lord . Terror and superstitious awe jaiher than love and veneration unites the crown serf to his imperial master . The belief entertained by tie private serf of the superior condition of the crown sUve . the latter knows is bnt an illusion . The imperial serfs find their condition becoming worse instead of better , owing to the increasing exactions of fig Government and their subjection to a host of food-sacking officials , who have not the least inteistitltue welfareof those they plunder and oppress ; sited to which , the hopeless state of those employed in the public works , causes the crown serf to look
wth envy upon the condition of the private serf . The increase of the military force , of the Government manufactories and works , and the establishment of lie military colonies , to all of which the crown serfs ae compelled to personally contribute , inspires them ySa disgust and dread . While the private slave in gneral looks npon the Emperor as the mighty lister in whose name retribution is so often dealt spoa his petty tyrants ; on the other hand , hope no longer stimulates the imperial serf , he is oppressed if the Emperor's own servants instead of by a private lord ; he no longer , therefore , sees in him a protector or avenger . He may , and does fear the Tsar , but does not love him .
This abominable system is of course fruitful in revolts . "On these ecccasions , like the camel goaded into fury , they turn on their tyrants , and putting them to cruel deaths , burn , and destroy and ravage . " On This subject we quote from the work before us—In the course of the present year , ( 1845 ) one of the dis-OTStashed family of Apncdn perished in a similar mania . The fact was generally known , not on a : count of io ; great name , but because it enabled his wife then rejidiuc in Austria , and who had losg in vain sued for a
divorce , to marry ; and it is never but through some such casualty that these Jacqueries come to light . It is , Imwctc t , remarkable that out of about a dozen revolts of private serfs , of which the author received accounts ftffin personal testimony , in almost every case , the peasants in the midst of their excesses , always spoke with respect of the emperor , and often were excited by tbeir leaders in his name to fresh acts of outrageous violence . Sat , on the other hand , amongst the imperial serfs these rebellions are aUo frequent , though in a like manner loed , and produced by the unendurable oppression of
men-overseers . Tiie conduct of the insurgents is usually in both cases fefame with this rejiarkame distinction however , that in every one of these rebellions , from thatdangerous outbreak in the military colonies on the banks of the Tokhova , towards the close of Alexander's reign , down latbose of most recent occurrences , the imperial slaves , when once ronsed , show none of that superstitious awe iar lie sovereign , with which their fellow slaves survives even when they have furiously broken through all other irsiomeiB .
An officer who witnessed the revolt of the military colonies In the government of Sovogorod , and who had seme reason to remember ihem , having narrowly escaped hang boiled alive , informed the author , that when he maife aa appeal to the rebels in the emperor ' s name , ttei- tore die portrait of his imperial majesty from the walls , and ignominlously trampled it tinder foot . The nnage of the saint which hangs in the corner of every Bassian apartment , was , however , still respected . The subject is continued in the third chapter and , in this chapter the author investigates the probabilities of a general insurrection of the slaves . He has no hspe of anything like a spontaneous attempt on the part of the serfs to liberate themselves , bnt it
becomes a very different question how they might act if sapported by some external agency sufficiently powerful to neutralise their belief in the temporal omni potence © f the Tsars . During the last century the serfs have been thus twice tempted ; firstly , in the rebellion of Pugatcheff , and secondly , during the French . invasion of 1812 . The author of the work before us proves ineontestihly that at the hitter period the slaves were ripe for revolt , and that had Napoleon proclaimed their enfranchisement , and had his troops respected their religions prejudices , and aletahiedfrom plunder and outrage , the game would nave been his , Russia would have . been revolutionised , and the Muscovite empire rent to pieces .
the frexch invasion—movements of ihe serfs . ] On the ISth of July , 1812 , the Emperor Alexander , final s his armies so separated that they could afford each Other no . mutual support judged it too late to depend upon his military forces alone for the safety of Ms empire . He therefore addressed a proclamation dated from Polotxk , to the people at large , announcing the invasion of hwierritory / andmalang such an appeal to the popular sympathies as he hoped might invest the contest with a national character . The effect of this solemn and widely ^ read ^ oenmeat was , at the outset , far from answering the Views of Its promulgator . It made known , indeed , iu the remotest villages , the threatened approach of the french armies ; but far from inspiring any patriotic Indignation amongst the serf population , it was received ¦ sriih sullen apathy , or with positive satisfaction . A repwt seemed to sain ground amongst them , even in go-:
reraments distant from the frontier , that the French intended to free thsm from slavery . In the environs of St . Petersburg , it was commonly said amongst the peasantry , that Napoleon was not their enemy , and that he would * ee them . 3 n -tbe government vf JTovogorad , a landed proprietor relates , £ hat , on returning home to his village , he was received with positive disrespect by his serfs ; "they had neglected do perform all the tasks he had left ' " them , with the exception of one individual , who had been - taught the trade of a bootmaker . He brought hack one ' : 5 > air to his lord , in a state of intoricatioa , and returned i the remainder of theieather , saying , — - " Takecare of it ; - . - the . French are coming- you will have to make the next - . pair for me . "" A -German land-steward ia the govcrn-J ment of iloscosv , saw reason to < Bcpan . li ids wife and i samily - to-the-cily , though he had been unremitting " mhis « efforts to faint the French , army iu the most sombre i colours to the-serfe of the estate .
Been in the czost remote districts , wherever any result i was £ foanced bj this announcement of the Sreach inrai sion it was threatening and unfavourable ; bat in those j parts ofAe ^ ouuttydtuatednearer to tliePmishfrentMr * i a most dangerous fermentatiac was evidently progressing i in the minds of the slave population . The enfranchisement of the serfs in that portion of I Poland which constituted the grand ducby of Warsaw , h had inspired the Lithuanian peasantry with the confident h hope that a ehoiiar boon would he extended to them , a sow that Lithuania was added to the Polish confederation . From the Polish frontier these ideas were transit milted by the enthusiastic peasantry to their Russian n neighbours , and spread so rapidly that there can be no di doubt midions of Russian serfs were only waiting the ' as arrival of the French to rise against their masters . 1 of at
^ he unvarying testimony all those who were this paiod Inhabiting amidst the peasantry , in any portion lofthe country comprised between the Dnieper and the JJoseowa riv . r « , establishes beyond a doubt the universal prevalence of thu disposition on the part of the slaves .
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let us take the evidence of two Scotchmen , filling t he situations of oupraviteU . or land-stewards , on two distinct estates at more than a hundred and fifty miles dig . tance from each other . In the one nearest to tiie frontier as soon as the French army was known to he advancing ' the serfs , who ( according to the steward ' s own account ) were unusually well treated , by comparison with neigh , hours , ceased to work . There did not ensue the same scene of destruction as on the two neighbouring estates the slaves confining themselves to an insolent intrusion into the best rooms of the manor house , where they emptied the lord ' s cellar , tore up the fruit , ripe and un .
ripe , from the hothouses and pineries , and smashed the costly mirrors to get fragments of theglass . No one dared interfere with them ; they said that the French were coming , and that all their master ' s property would be their own . Some even understood that they were literally to change places with their baroas , —the barons becoming serfs in their turn . On the other estate , in the environs of Mojaisk , a fellow-steward of the other Scotchman was hilled iu the attempt to keep the raoujiks in order . Afterplondering and burning the house , the peasantry took to the woods , or dispersed amongst the neighbouring villages .
No sooner bad the French , army passed Witepsk than the Russian serfs flocked from beyond Welij to their outposts , bringing with them , to deliver into their hands , the lords and overseers of the estates which they belonged to . Bnt Napoleon discouraged this movement , and refused to proclaim the abolition of serfdom . Within a month afterwards this terrible means of aggression was not only out of his power , but had been turned against him . This chapter ( III ) contains much interesting matter relative to the French invasion , to which we can merely" allude . The author of this work shows beyond question that the burning of Moscow was no act of voluntary national sacrifice , as has been almost uniformly represented by English writers . This popular error has been regarded as an undoubted fact , and as such is recorded by Sir Walter Scott ,
" Whose fictions were so full of history , his histories so full of fiction . " The Russians themselves deny that they fired the city , and it is the opinion of the inhabitants , even to the present day , that the French themselves set fire to it . The Russian government at the time most strenuously denied all participation in the burning and imputed it to the French , using the destruction of the "holy city" as a means to excite national hatred against the invaders . Colonel Mitchell is of opinion that the conflagration was caused by the French , but accidentally ; on the other hand , the author of this work says , "The fire undoubtedly originated with criminals let loose by Rostopchin before evacuating the city . " This Rosrorcmsisone of Sir Walter Scott ' s favourite heroes . The author of this work vouches for the following anecdote of one of the barbarous acts committed by this hero : —
On the 14 th of September , Count Hostopcbin being about to evacuate the city , caused the prisoners and criminals to be brought before him . After telling the latter that they were to expiate tbeir crimes by serving their country , he set them at liberty . He then ordered a Russian , named "Verechtchaguinn , who had been arrested on the charge of translating into Kuss , for one of his friends , a German newspaper Which contained accounts of the movements of the French armies , to be put to death , and had him literally hacked to death with ' sabres before his eyes . Not the least interesting porcion of this chapter is the notice of the
INFAMOUS TREATMENT OF POLAND BT THE FKENCff DESPOT . As soon as preparations were known to be making for the invasion of Russia in 1612 , the enthusiastic hopes of every part of Poland were raised te the highest pitch . There was no sacrifice sixteen millions of Poles were not ready to make . Lithuania having been added to the grand duchy of "Warsaw , the diet , under the presidence of Prince Adam Czartoryski , declared the independence of all the Polish provinces . Never , perhaps , were the fervent hopes and the enthusiastic wishes of a people
more truly expressed than in the speech of the deputation sent by the diet to Napoleon at Wilna . — " Only say , sire , that thePolish kingdom exUts , " exclaimed"Wjbinski , its mouth-piece , "and this decree will become for the world a reality . We are sixteen millions of Poles , and amongst us there is not one whose arms , whose life , and Whose fortune is not at the disposal of your imperial majesty . There is no imaginable sacrifice we shall dread , if it lead to the restoration of our country , from the Dwiua to the Dniester , from the Boiystheaes to tlie Oder . That one word will devote to your majesty , all our efforts , all our hearts , "
But this magic word the emperor , now the son-in-law of the Austrian Cssar , would not speak . His reply was cold and evasive , his promises were vague . His ambassador at Warsaw took care to declare that his master did not wish to make the war national , and counted only on his armies . It will therefore be readily understood , when Napoleon thus cast aside with a disdainful aversion , in the thorough spirit of a prince " by right divine , " the mighty moral weapon almost forced upon him in Poland , how he should have neglected to resort to its use on the Russian territories , which he was so confident of appropriating bv the sole intermedium of his marshalled hosts .
The means which he so unpohtically neglected , was , as it is well known , used against him ; and from Moscow to Leipzic , the popular feeling roused in Russia and Germany by long hauled adversaries , changed his military failures into irreparable reverses . The tide of opinion wixch had helped to carry hint to sneeesses far beyond those to which any other conqueror had ever attained , thus turned to overwhelm him . This sacrifice of Poland is one of the darkest of the many dark deeds which blacken the name of Kum . £ eo 5 . He had an opportunity to have wedded his name to eternal glory by liberating a noble country whose gratitude for the act would have ensured to him the devoted support oi her chivalric sons , and
have caused men to forgive , if they could not forget , the previous sins of his career ; but the upstart tyrant cared nothing for Poland . Intensely selfish he regarded only his own ambition , and had no hesitation in sacrificing millions to promote his own vain-glorious ends . It is imputed to him that after the treaty of Erfurt , he assured the Tsar Alexander that , so far from desiring the liberation of Poland , "the words 'Poles and Poland * should disappear , not only from all political transactions , but from history itself . " An assurance which his treachery could not effect , and which neither the fraud nor force of Royal brigands will accomplish . We quote from our author some profound
reflections on
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION . —XAP 01 E 0 N . The great power of the republic was derived from moral means , though it neglected none of a material nature conducive to success . Human thought and opinion , the supposed championship of a new and better Order of things against all abuses , acted as a mighty lever . When grasped in the unswerving hand of a successful leader , this tremendous engine , which had never been brought into play before , produced effects , which reduced the ordinal ; struggle of nations and of princes to comparative insignificance . The history of Europe had presented no situation even faintly analogous since the great -movement of the crusades . In other wars , the & ars , the prejudices , and the vanities of races had been freely acted on ; but the example of the French revolution appealed to the most stormy passions of mankind .
A battle won by the Preach armies was 00 longer a mere military triumph , but an event which truinpettongued confirmed the authenticity of their mission ; and for once , the roar of cannon and the clang of arms , instead of Striking terror into nations , roused the palpitating hearts of millions to fallacious hopes . The French republic had announced that it would break through all fetters , but when victory gave it up the keys , it kept them fur its own account ; and by a just and speedy retribution , H was bound in turn . Nevertheless , the oppressed throughout Europe had not yet perceived , what France herself has been so slow to recognise , —confounding as she still does her glories and ignominy , —so that her name continued like an incantation which
stirred nations to their profoundest depths long after she had become the tool of au individual ambition . Xapoleon became the incarnation , in then : eyes , of that revolution from which the freedom of the world was expected ; and blinded by the hatred to which centuries of wrongs had given rise , they continued to applaud in him , the avenger , humbling those who had so long enthralled them . It was of this moral element , which had never yet been to thesame . extent at the command of any conqueror , that he Profited , to attain results whkji were without a parallel , Great as he was undoubtedly , he was still too Utile for hU fortunes . The Italian hero , like the French nation , had been placed in a position more proud than ever a people or an individual had reached before . The French republic had in its hands the freedom of the world , and sacrificing to its ephemeral aggrandisement , the noblest partana tionhad ^ verbeencallcdupon toplay ,
| it sank into at despotism . Napoleon , when tlie most asttundunr successes , based on the public prejudice and ^ pinion ludndMd _ him to a station no human being ever filledbefoTe , when in the tyrant , mankind could only see the tyrant tamec-the man of , destiny , who trod upon the necks of p . Mce ^ -and made bis footstool of the proudest thrones-at that « ry moment ef unprecedented triumph , he proved as , muchielOV the mission which the world persisted m a . MwfeaUag to him , as the republic before him had proved io that which it had neglected . When tiie emperor cast ungraMfiUl y aside theloving daughter of thepeople , the authoress of his first ; success , totaketohis oed the scion of a o es" ^ etateand conquered dvnasty , — from that time forward , mared by a c ommon-phice pride and vanity , he became * wOgar despo t . Hewasnolonger the champion of a new . wi promising o / der of things , — but the proselyte of the oM ** ich his v * ry victories had
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so far discredited - , and from that fatal period , contented with the material means at his disposal , he learned gradually to neglect — perhaps to dread the prestige and opmioa which had made him a giant ; and placing his * ole trust in the number and brute strength of his battalions , it was beneath the brute strength of banded numbers that he succumbed at length . For ourselves we rate Napoleon even still lower than the author o £ the above excellent remarks . He was always a despot , although at one time he affected to be a sincere republican , but his assumed liberalism was rank hypocrisy . He had the power to redeem
mankind from bondage and misery ^ but he used that power to re-fasten the nations' chains . He was the illegitimate despot striving to render himself legitimate by compelling the old tyrants of the continent to acknowledge his supremacy . Had he succeeded in that , he would have become the arch-conservator of all tyrannies and wrongs . He scourged kings , not to liberate the people , but only to exalt himself . The false halo which for a season surrounded his name already pales before the light of reason , and it is not difficult to foresee that the time will come when universally his name will be held in contempt and scorn . .
The Wholesale Murders By Poisonixvg In N...
THE WHOLESALE MURDERS BY POISONIxVG IN NORFOLK . FURTHER DISCLOSURES . Happisbdho , Sunday Night . It seems that the cases of poisoning which have occurred in this village and neighbourhood are , no doubt , more numerous and appalling than was at first imagined , and that the report of the inquests before the County Coroner will give but a faint idea of what has been done in this dreadful system . Suspicion not stronger than that which now exists with reference to the cause of death Of many others , led to the eshumatisn of the bodies of four persons and that of old Balls . The evidence at the inquest proved that four out of the five had been poisoned ; and the probability of Balls intentionally
administering it . In addition to these deaths , there were Several other grandchildren of Balls , whose deaths were as suspicious , and hence arises the supposition , that if a strict inquiry were made respecting their fate , they would be found to have perished by similar horrid means . Within ten years no fewer than twelve grandchildren of the deceased Jonatban Balls , eight belonging to his daughter , Mrs . Green , and four to the daughter , Mrs . Pestle , the subjects of the recent proceedings before the coroner , have died after being attacked all alike . To this list may be added Balls and his wife , both clearly ascertained to have perished from arsenic , and yet in all these very suspicious deaths , only one inquest was held , until the inquiry consequent on the shocking discovery . All these children were in the habit of visiting their grandfather's house frequently , and in the case of the one that
formed the subject of a coroner ' s inquest , it was seized immediately after a visit to her aged relative , but the surgeon , Mr . Clowes , one of ihe medical gentlemen , that have lately been examined in respect to the poisoning cases , giving it as his opinion that fever was the cause of death , a post mortem examination was not deemed necessary . By several parties it has been proved that old Balls was in the habit of buying arsenic for years past ; for what purpose was not learned , but it is well known that he procured it in many neighbourhoods . There are a few residing in the vicinity of the village that remembers Ball ' s father and mother dying suddenly , and in a very suspicious way ; similar to the other deaths ; twentytwo years ago , they came to live with him , and shortly afterwards perished as before stated . It also ought to be stated that during the last few years many labouring
men Who were in the habit of mixing greatly in Ball ' s society and visiting him at his house , have died after two or three days' illness , and from a cause far from being satisfactorily explained . These numerous deaths , all of similar character , coupled with the circumstance of old Balls having been known to have been guilty of several wicked acts , has naturally given rise to a general opinion throughout the district that they have been unfairly disposed of ; in fact , that they have been poisoned in the same way as bodies of the children that have been exhumed . As has been mentioned . Balls was in the habit of perpetrating several disgusting transactions , and according to a statement made to us by one of the heads of the police , has been twice charged with the serious offence of arson , and was generaUy termed in the village a mischievous old man .
So far as circumstances have transpired , the conviction becomes strengthened , that the deceased man , Balls , and him only , is the guilty party in this wholesale murderous traffic . His object may be seen in disposing of his wife , who was an old bedridden woman , and mutt now and then have occasioned him some trouble ; but it is difficult to find a motive for getting rid of the children , whom he had not to maintain and to whom he invariably showed so much kindness . It is , however , stated they had occasionally put him to some inconvenience , his daughter having frequently solicited him to take care of them . How far that was correct , we could not ascertain . According to the witnesses examined at the inquest , he ' was always desirous of seeing them at his house . One fact shows very clearly that Balls was alone in this dreadful aftair , which unfortunately was lost sight of by the
coroner and jury . When the last child of his daughter Mrs . Pestle died , the mother became alarmed , and said she would preserve the piece of membrane which the Child threw up and give it to the surgeon , Mr . Hewett , to be examined . This circumstance was stated at the coroner ' s inquest , but it did not come out in the medical testimony that the piece of membrane in question had been examined . On Mrs . Pestle stating her determination , the old man replied , Oh , don ' t do that ; ' but she still persisting in her determination to do so , he must have taken the poisonimmcdiateiyatterwards , for he was a corpse in a few hours . It isdeemed somewhat remarkable that these repeated deaths did not excite the suspicion of the vicar of the parish , the registrar , the surgeon , or the rural police , and induce them to send the necessary information to the county coroner , with a view of calling an inquest to inquire into them ' . The parochial authorities are , to an extent , blamed for not communicating with the coroner , but , according to the statement of the parents of the children , that although their offspring died so sudden
and quickly after each other , they never dreamt of them dying under suspicious circumstances . That such deeds should have escaped the prying gossip of so small a village , may be deemed exceedingly remarkable . Itisstated that there has been a feeling amongst the magistrates of this county tha , t the expenses of coroner ' s inquests shouid be reduced , that inquests should not be held so frequently , and even that a circular had been sent to the officers of this very parish , impressing upon them the necessity of carrying out their suggestions . If such be the fact , it may in some measure account for the coroner not hearing of these mysterious deaths in the usual channel . There is no doubt that if an inquiry had been instituted in the first and second death , tlie dreadful system would have been detected and diabolical murders prevented . It is said the individuals who sold Balls the poison ought to have had their suspicions awakened by the many deatbs that were taking place in his family . Balls generally , however , bought it some miles from his rcsideuc , and the probability is that the parties never heard of them .
The Secretary of State has communicated with the magistrates of the neighbourhood on the subject , Wbo have evinced every desire to sift this atrocious transaction to the bottom . Tlie Government officer is busily employed in this and neighbouring villages in tracing outsuspicious facts relating to the affair , and upon the report of that gentleman will depend any further investigation . It is anticipated that the preliminary inquiry will terminate about to-morrow ( Monday ) night , and a report of the result will probably be forwarded to the Home Office on Tuesday . Whether any more bodies will
be exhumed and examined will , no uoubt , depend upon the officer ' s inquiries . It will be I'tmemhcred that Mr . Firth , a surgeon deposed at the last meeting of the coroner's jury of not being able to trace the presence of arsenic in the stomach of the infant who died three years ago . It has , however , undergone a more protracted examination , and he has succeeded in detecting poison , hut his having put the stomach into the pot where the others had betn , may prevent his speaking positively to the fact , it being possible for some to have adhered from the former stomachs .
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TRAGICAL DEATH . On Saturday evening an inquest was held at the Townofllamsgatc public-house , Wapping , before Mr . Baker , on the body of a fine young woman , called Emmclinc Fullilove , aged twenty years , who was found in the river Thames , having committed suicide on Sunday night last . It appeared that the unfortunate deceased had been married only three months to a man named Jonathan Fullilove , a compositor at the Queen ' s printing-office , who had treated her with great inhumanity . He had sold a room full of furniture which his wife brought him on his marriage , had pawned her clothes , and deprived her of the common necessaries of life . He had repeatedly beaten her in a most savage manner , and her face and eyes were often discoloured and swollen from the effects of his brutality . The bonnet , cloak , and shawl of the deceased were found on London bridge , together with a letter addressed to her mother , in which she used these expressions : —
" My Dear Mother—It is with sorrow that I write to you in this strain , but my troubles are greater than I can bear . My heart is broken ; I caunot survive it . I would have borne with poverty , were itmisfortune that caused it ; but to know that my hard earnings arc torn from me to keep a prostitute , is more than I can bear ; but let him know that my last dying curse was , that he may rot and die a despised wretch as he is , and his jade—she that persuades , and has succeeded in their vile schemes , and made me their victim . They may now revel in their unholincss , and I shall be no barrier between them . Judgment will some day overtake them . They have played their cards well , and schemed to be rid of me successfully . "
The jury unanimously expressed the greatest disgust at the conduct of the husband , Fullilove . They regretted that they could not send him to prison . After a long discussion , they agreed to a verdict suggested by the coroner , " . thatEmmeline Fullilove was found dead , with a wound three inches in length on her right temple , which was caused after death , and that her death was apparently caused by drowning , hut the jurors , however , cannot separate without expressing their opinion and belief that the deceased
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has committed suicide from the brulal and inhuman conduct of her husband . " At the request of the jury , Fullilove received a long and severe lecture from the coroner , who told lam he ought to reflect , as long as he lived , on his base and heartless conduct to his late wife .
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THE POISONING-CASE AT BIRMINGHAM . Cuss of Poisoning jlt BiRMiNoniM .--During the last few days a young woman named Lawless , who resided with her husband in Park-street , Birmingham , has been in custody on suspicion of havinn attempted to poison her husband . It appears that she and her husband did not live happily together , and she had been heard to say some time back , after a quarrel , that she would poison her husband , and that she attempted to do so on Tuesday last by administering some arsenic in tea , not only to her husband , but also to two friends who happened to call in . The woman herself , however , did not partake of the poisonous mixture , but laf ' ter " preparing It left the house and did not return . 1 'iie other
parties having finished their tea were taken so ill that a surgeon was sent for , and for some time the husbands life was despaired of , though , with the others , he is now getting better . The accused was taken into custody on Wednesday evening at a lodging-house lh another part of the town to which her husband resides . From experiments made by the medical men and a chemist , there remains no doubt of the nature of the poison ; and it was found out on Friday that the wretched woman , on Tuesday afternoon , I purchased some arsenic at a druggist's shop in the town , at the same time asking for some soft soap , saying that she wanted them to clean some bedsteads with . On being apprehended , she said that it was a bad job her husband was not dead .
COMMITTAL OF THB ACCUSED . Bieminguau , May 25 . : On Monday , Mary Ann Lawless was placed at the bar , before the sitting magistrates at the Public Office , on the charge of attempting to poison her husband and two other persons . Tlie first witness called was the husband of the prisoner , who stated that on Tuesday afternoon last a Mrs . Murray called in at his house , and his wife being then out . he asked her to sit down and wait , which she did ; shortly after that , the accused came in with some soft soap in her hand , and w « nt upstairs , telling witness to make the [ tea , he refused , asking his wife to do it , and at the same time invited Mrs . Murray , who had a child about two years old with her to stop to tea . A young man , a friend of the parties was also in the room . The prisoner , having made the tea , poured out three cups .
one for Mrs . Murray , another for witness , and the remainder she drank herself . There was no unpleasant . taste in that tea , but , on making some more , witness observed his wife take from her breast a small paper packet , which he thought at the time was tea , and , having poured the contents into the teapot , she threw the paper into the fire , and , having poured some more water into the teapot , dealt out another cup of tea to the other parties and herself , but did not drink more than two spoonsful of it . Witness and Mrs . Murray , while drinking their cup of tea , found that it burned their mouths and throat , and asked the prisoner if she tasted anything the matter with it , to which she replied , that she had made it strong . In the course of a few minutes the witness , Mrs . Murray , aad her child were all seized with violent sickness , pains in the stomach , and burning heat in the throat .
The greater portion of the above evidence having been corroborated by Mrs . Murray , the surgeon who was called in to attend the sufferers was next examined , and deposed to the state in which he found them , and the remedies he applied . Mr , Woolrych , a practical chemist , deposed to having analysed a portion of fluid ejected by the husband of the accused , which he found strongly impregnated with arsenic , and also found a smaliportion adhering to the sides of the teapot .
Au assistant to Mr . Browett , chemist and druggist , said he supplied the prisoner with a pennyworth of soft soap and a pennyworth of arsenic on Tuesday afternoon last , a short time previous to the administration of poison to the complaining parties , the prisoner stating that she wanted it for the purpose of mixing it with the soft soap to clean bedsteads with . After hearing the evidence of the police officer who aprehended the prisoner , when she said it was only a bad job he ( the husband ) was not dead , theprisoner was committed to take her trial at the next assizes for the county ofWarwick .
The only cause that can be assigned for the commission of this wholesale attempt atpoisoning is the unhappy way in which the prisoner and her husband lived together .
Serious Fires. Bprnin'c.Of A Steam Saw-M...
SERIOUS FIRES . Bprnin ' c . of a Steam Saw-mill in Golden-lane . — On Tuesday morning , shortly before four o ' clock , much alarm was excited in the densely populated neighbourhood of Golden-lane , St . Luke ' s , by the outbreak of a furious fire upon the premises occupied by Mr . Ionian , known as the Steam Saw-mills , in Cupid's-court , The building , upon the first floor of which the occurrence took place , was contiguous to others in the occupation of Mr . C . Matthias , steam-grinder , Mr . Sash , embosser , and Others , all of Which contained machinery of great value . Instant information was furnished to the several engine stations , and in a very short time several engines , from the various stations of the London Fire-engine Establishment , under the direction of Mr . Braid wood , and the West of England and-County engines , arrived , several
of which were soon got into full play , the New lliver mains furnishing an abundant supply of water . Notwithstanding that the best possible positions were chosen by the firemen for pouring the water uyon the flames , it was some considerable time before any visible impression could he made upon them , from the fact of the fire having obtained great hold before the discovery was made , and the fuelupon which it fed baing of a most inflammable kind . By perseverance , however , the body oi fire was confined within the area of the mills , an extensive fatttory contiguous being preserved . The damage , it is said , will amount to several hundred pounds , tho building and machinery being nearly destroyed , and the adjoining property much injured . Both tlie building and the machinery belonging to Mr . Iuman are insured in the-Phoenix Fire-office .
Fire in IVestminstbe . —Just before four o ' clock , on Tuesday morning , the apartments occupied by Mary Morris , 2 , Pineapple-court , Westminster , were discovered to be on lire . As mig ht be expected the utmost confusion prevailed among the poor creatures dwelling in the houses , which is let out in temements .. They all set to work , however , with good will , and by the aid of buckets , & c , they managed to put out tho fire withoutthe engines , several of which attended , and before a very great deal of damage was done . Fire in the Edgeware-road . —Shortly before midnight , on Monday , a fire broke out upon the premises in the occupation of Mr . C . F . Williams , teacher of languages , of Portman-place , Edgeware-road , which destroyed a valuable portion of the furniture , and some part of the building , before it was extinguished , The accidental ignition of the bed curtain , was the cause , The furniture is not insured , nor is the building .
OTHER FIRES . —Mr . Braidwood reports four other fires , besides the above , within twenty four hours , making a total of seven , which occurred in the metropolis within ihat period .
Awful Collision On Tiie River Meitsey.— ...
AWFUL COLLISION ON TIIE RIVER MEItSEY . — DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE . LivEiiPoot , May . 20 . A most awful steam-boat collision took place shortly before eleven o clock last night , at the mouth of the Mersey resulting in an extensive loss of life and consequences the most lamentable . "" We extract from the second edition of the Liverpool Standard : — It is our duty to give the particulars of a most heartrending occurrence , which took place on the Mersey last night , and which was unfortunately attended with the most lamentable consequences both to life and property . The Saa Nymph , which trades between «» s port »»" Neivry , was proceeding last night on her outn-ard passage to the latter port , when , about eleven o ' clock , just as she was oft'New Brighton , a steamer was seen coming up , which afterwards proved to be the Batnbler steamer , coming into this port from Slfgo . Both vessels , as far as we can learn , ported their helms—ill conformity , we believe , with the requirement of the bye law ; but before tlie vessels got fully swung round , they came into collision .
Captain Thompson was on the scaffolding over the engines , and had them stopped fully two minutes before the accident occurred . The mate , Mr . Samuel Easter , was forward . The starboard bow of the Saa Nymph stvuck the larboard bow of tlie Humbler , and scraping on towards the paddle , carried away her stem . The Rambler was run on shore near the rock , and Captain Thompson having ascertained that she was there safe from sinking brought his vessel into the . Clarence dock , and discharged his cargo , which has not suffered we are informed any material injury , though the damage done to the vessel is great , and it is said that her not sinking is owing entirely to her water-tight compartments . We have not been able to ascertain so far what injury the Rambler has sustained . Both vessels had their lights up .
But , melancholy as are the particulars we have already g iven , the loss of life is still moro lamentable to contemplate . It is impossible » say , at present , what number of persons have been injured ; but we fear thatit will turn out that upwards of twenty are already dead , and many others more or less injured , some of thera very seriously , if not fatally . In the Magazine Boathouse there are nine dead bodies ; three more are in the Shippublic-liouse and one in the Black Horse , Two meu are lying dead in the Northern Hospital - , and twelve other persons are at present in that excellent institution , having their necessities attended to . Among those who arc injured , and at present in the Northern Hospital , are—Catherine Gill , Mary Rowland , Patrick Fenny , John Roach , Mary Carney , Bridget O'Meally , Eliza Connolly , Mary Batty , Margaret M'Ouudy , Bridget LelJy , Michael Finney , and Mary Connelly .
After obtaining the above brief description , we proceeded to New Brighton , near the slip of which ferry the Rambler had been run ashore . The pilot , Mr . William Daniels , informed us that he was taken on board outside the light-ship . At about half-paet ten passed the Rock
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light , wind westerly and very light , and the weattter particularly fine . Saw the Sea Nymp h coming right across the river , towards the Rock . Ordered the helm to be put hard aport , and stopped the engines ; the Sea Nymph with her helm , in his opinion , a-starboard , came Stem Oil into our larboard bow , cutting her completely down to the water ' s edge , carrying away momentarily the topgallant'forecastle , ami-asking to pieces a heavy patent windlass , and severing the deck half-way across , and so shaking the whole frame of the vessel , that every watertight compartment was rendered perfectly useless , and it was evident she must have sunk had not the engines been started , and the vessel run ashore , as she immediately filled .
Two principal officers of the Rambler were at the wheel , the second mate and the river pilot ( a person carried in case a pilot cannot be obtained } . There was no difficulty in starting the engines , and they were kept going for some time in order to harden her on as tire tide attained its height . After the vessel grounded , some of the passengers , despite the persuasion of Captain M'AUister , who , we learn , exhibited great presence of mind , took possession of the starboard tOftt for the purpose of getting ashore . They UtgQ the fore-davit fall , and at that moment some one cut away the stern fall . The weight of persons in the quarter-boat ( some say seven , some eleven ) caused her to upset , previous to her reaching the water , and the actual result it is impossible to ascertain ; but , as we state below , at all events five were saved .
On going on board the Rambler , which wo did by entering through the chasm made through her larboard side inta the steerage , a most extraordinary sight presented itself . Part of the flooring of the quarter-deck was smashed through , and the remainder , a confused mass of smashed tables , forms , boxes , <& c , some floating in the water which had filled this part of the vessel . The scene on deck was still more horrifying , the whole , both afore and abaft the funnel , being covered with , dead pigs , part crushed to death , and another portion of Which seemed to have been stabbed , the whole saturated in the blood . The most awful sight , however , was the bows of the vessel , which were completely bedabbled with human blood , and strewed with crushed salmon , broken boxes , cordage , < tc , ic , and the fragments of
the windlass . From this part of the vessel thirteen human beings had bean extricated , same with broken arms , or dissevered lees , all dead , and so crushed as to be almost beyond recognition . One poor woman , with herinf £ ';); child , was taken upfrum underneath the broken windlass , the iron spindle of which had fallen upon her head , and smasbed : t completely . A portion of her brains were to be seen adhering to the iron spindle . When takan up her infant had fast hold of the nipple of the poor mother ' s breast . These thirteen poor unfortunates now lie in the Magazine Lifeboat House for recognition , which in many cases , from the crushed state of their bodies and features , appears to us to be very improbable . We were informed , that on the bodies being searched by the constable of Wallasey , Mr . Scambler , not a coin of any kind was found upon the whole .
We believe that nearly all the persons on board the Rambler were persons intending to emigrate to America . We could not ascertain precisely the quantity of cattle on board or lost . About 120 pigs , however , as near as we can compute ( for the sickening sight precluded the possibility of counting them ) were laid dead on deck . The captain thinks there were 700 pigs and 20 bullocks Many of the former were washed overboard , in addition to those killed . Only one of the bullocks was killed ; the remainder were on board when we left the steamer . The loss of life from this astounding calamity ' as far as we can at present ascertain , is as follows : — Dead , and lying at the Magazine Boat House ... 13 Dead at Northern Hospital 3
26 Lost from eapsizing of boat , unknown ! The master of the Magazine life-boat states , that at the time the accident occurred he was seated in his house , and , on hearing the crash , went out and procured one or two men—the first he could find , and that with these he manned the smaller life beat , and proceeded on his way to the Rambler . Before he reached her , however , he found a boat , bottom up , with a man clinging to her keel ; another man was holding to an oar , and three others were floating on the water ; all the ^ e the life-boat saved . Thoy then made for the Rambler , but the scene on board was such that the meu in the life-boat , unaccustomed to such a sight as presented itself , turned faint , and the commander then manned the larger life-boat with his usual hands , and succeeded in bringing 220 persons from the Rambler . He states that , though he has been eighteen years on the station , he never knew such a disastrous night before . Of course it is impossible to say how many were in the boat , which was found bottom up .
At the Northern Hospital the sufferers are going on as well as can be expected , with the exception of John Roach , wbo has since died . The following are the additional persons at present lying in the Northern Hospital : —Hannah Tossey , Fergus Brown , Patrick Williams , and Patrick Gfeoghan . Both vessels are nearly new , having been built last year , and are entirely constructed of iron .
FURTHER PARTICULARS . Upon making inquiry at the Northern Hospital yesterday morning , we learned that most of the sufferers by the late collision en the river are going on as well as can be expected . Three of them are so badly injured , and have had so many bones fractured , that little or no hopes are entertained of tlicirrecovery , ' They can scarcely survive the next twenty-four hours . The Rambler was floated across the river last night , and is now lying in the Clarence Dock-basin . She will be hauled up on the Gridiron today , and the necessary repairs will be done to her immediately . The Sea Nymph has been hauled up to one of
the southern graving docks , where workmen are engaged in repairing her injured stum . It is thought she will again be ready for sea in a fortnight or three weeks . The Rambler may probably be ready for sea about the same time . The inquest on the two dead bodies now lying at the Northern Hospital will be held before Mr . Curry , the Borough Coroner , but , as yet , no time has been fixed for commencing the inquiry . The inquest on the thirteen bodies lying dead at the Magazines , will commencebefore Mr . Churton , the Chester Coroner , on Tuesday next . It is probable thatinquests on both si &« 5 of the water will be opened on the same day ( Tuesday next , ) and that in all probability it will last several days , —Liverpool Courier .
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Melancholy Occurrence at Kensington . — On Saturday morning a melancholy occurrence took place at Kensington , which terminated fatally . It appears that a gentleman named Mr . George Robert Ward , a barrister , had been on a visit at the house of his brother , Dr . Ogier Ward , No . 9 , Leonard-place , Kensington , and during the last day or two had been seized with brain fever . On Saturday morning , about half-past seven o'clock , the unfortunate gentleman threw himself out of the bedroom , window on the third-floor , and fell on the area railings beneath with
such force that he was comp letely impaled on the points of the rails , one of which passed through his thi » h and another entered his body . He was extricated with much difficulty , and was immediately attended by Messrs . Pollock and Turner , surgeons , who did their utmost to alleviate his sufieYmga , but the injuries he had sustained were of so extensive a character , that death ensued in about an hour after * wards . It is supposed that the deceased in his descent must have struck against the balcony of the first-floor and have rebounded from that upon the area beneath . He had only his shirt on at the time .
Fatal Accidents ox the Riveb . —Two Lives Lost . —On Sunday morning , between six and seven o'clock , a number of persons hired a boat at Blackfriars bridge for the purpose of proceeding up the river . When they had got nearly facing tlie new Houses of Parliament , a young woman named EUen Morncy , who resided in Fulwood ' a rents , Holborn , by a sudden jerk of tho boat was thrown from her soat into the river . A young man named Beagley instantly jumped in after the female , but he was unable to save her , and up to ten o'clock last night the body had not been recovered . The same afternoon as the Matrimony iron steam-boat Tfas proceeding up the river to Chelsea , with a cargo oi" passengers , the foremost mate , a yonnj ; man , named Charles t \ uey ,
was standing on thepaddle-box , when he was accosted by a friend , and Whilst shaking hands with his acquaintance he overbalanced himself , awd fell into the river . The boat was stopped as quickly as possible , a waterman put off from the shore , and rowed to the spot , and every endeavour was made to save the young man ' s life without success . It is supposed that the deceased must have been washed out some distance by the swell caused by the passage of the steamer . As in the previous case , the body had not been found at ten o ' clock last night . DKEADFUh FIRE IN LiyKKPOOI ,. —About half-past five o ' clock on Sunday morning , a dreadful hve broke out at the corner of Slater-street ana Woodstreetcontiguous to the Music Hall , which , for
, about two hours , created tho greatest alarm among the inhabitants of that neighbourhood , and caused the destruction of property to a very large amount . The premises , which have now to a great extent been reduced to a heap of ruins , were the property of the late Mr . William Calloway , painter and paperhanging manu facturer , of No . 20 , Brownlow-street , who died a few weeks since , and who willed them , wo believe , to his widow . They were erected five or six years ago on the site of the old Deaf and Dumb School and Eye aud Ear Institution , and formed altogether a very spacious and elegant building , extending along Slater-street and Wood-street a eonsiderable way , and being four stories in height from
the level of the pavement . The lire seems to have been first discovered in that part of Mr . Calloway ' s third story which looks into Slater-street , and is on a Hue with Mr . Hunt ' s shop , but so rapidly did it extend , that the whole of the u pper part of the premises was in a blaze when Mr . Hewitt , with the engines and fire brigade , reached the spot , about ten minutes to six o ' clock . The flames quickly communicated upwards with the fourth story and the roof , and downwards also with Mr . Dreaper ' s show-room ; and for some time the conflagration threatened the most alarming consequences to the surrounding property . It was eight o ' clock before the fire could be said to be completely subdued , and long before that
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time the entire of the roof had fallen in , and the beams and floorings of the second aud third stories , as well as the frames and sashes of twenty-six of the windows had been completely burned away . The loss of property is heavy , Accident and loss of Life on the South-easter !? Railway — Dover , Monday . —A serious accident , of a somewhat remarkable character , resulting fatally , took place on the South-Eastern Railway yesterday afternoon to tho express train , by which the engine and train went off the line , and the engine-driver was killed . The train left the town terminus ata quarter past three o ' clock . On its arriving about midway ofPluckley and Headcorn , distant from town about sixty miles , andjusfcasit verged into a cutting the passengers were started by a sudden jerk . In a few seconds the train was brought to a dead stop , and
considerable alarm was manifested amongst the passengers . On looking out , they discovered the engine and train had got off the line , and the former was lying on its side across the rails , it having struck the bank of the cutting and turned over . In a few minutes the unfortunate engineer was discovered under the engine . The poor fellow , we believe , was found alive , buUtft hftcouldbe extricated , which occupied some time , life was extinct . The stoker was thrown by the concussion on his feet on the siding , miraculously escaping the least injury . The guard was thrown from his seat , and also providentially escaped . None of the passengers were hurt . As soon as possible , assistance was rendered at Asllford and Tunbridge , and in the course of a few hours the line was cleared , the passengers being taken on by the next train .
The Late Murder in Moor-lane . — On Monday evening , Mr . W . Payne , City coroner , held an inquest at Bartholomew's Hospital , on the body of JqhnOdy , aged 32 , bootmaker , whose death was occasioned by being stabbed b y James Carter , who was on Saturday last fully committed to Newgate for trial upon the charge of murder . The circumstances , as deposed to by the several witnesses whose evidence has previously appeared in the Guildhall police reports , viz ., that the deceased and some men of the same trade were , about ten o ' clock in the evening of Tuesday last , drinking together at the Crow public-house ,
Moor-lane , Cnpplegate , when Carter attempted to drink out of the deceased ' s pot of beer .. The hatter repulsed him , and called him " a sponge . " Carter then left the house , muttering that he would get something " to settle him , " and he returned after an absence of seven to ten minutes , called Ody outi and after a few words stabbed him two or three times in the left side with a short but broad and sharppointed shoemaker ' s knife , which it seemed he had been home to procure . The deceased was instantly conveyed to St . Bartholomew's Hospital , where he expired on Friday night . The jury returned a' verdict of" Wilful murder against James Carter . "
Detbuminbd Suicide of a Widow Lady . —^ On Monday afternoon , Mr . G . J . Mills , Coroner for Middlesex , held an inquest at the Mother Red Cap , High-street , Camden Town ,. on the body of a widow lady of independent property , named Queene , aged forty , who resided in Barham-terrace . It appeared from the evidence of the son of the deceased , a youth of fourteen , that he last saw his mother alive in her drawing-room on Friday afternoon last , about a quarter before two o ' clock , when lie left home to go to school . On his return shortly after five o ' clock , on entering the apartment , he found her suspended by the neck from a hook in the wall by a rope . He instantly gave an alarm , and she was cut down by a poliecmaa and a neighbour . She had for some time
past been exceedingly desponding , and five or sis months back threatened to destroy herself . He on many occasions thought she was not right in her mind , and on Thursday , seeing the hook in the wall where he had never seen sucli a thing before , he was so strongly impressed with the conviction that she meant to destroy liewelf , that he went and brought in a policeman . On Thursday evening , whilst lying on the sofa , deceased fancied she saw a large bat flying about the apartment , and ' that it had taken refuge in a bird-cage in the room , and she begged of him ( her son ) to catch it . When he left home for school on the Friday , she called him to kiss her , and behaved most affectionately towards him . She frequently complained of pain in the head , and would stand with her hands toiit for a long time together . She was under medical treatment for it . When she read of cases of suicide in the paper , she would
express her horror at people taking away that hie they could not give . The Jury returned a verdict , —That deceased hung herself in a state of insanity . Attempted Suicide by a Boy . —On Saturday , at the Hammersmith Police Court , Janieg Bannister , a boy , fifteen years of age , was charged with having attempted self-destruction . It appeared that he had been apprenticed about four months to Mr . Purnell , a turner , at Hammersmith . His temper was so bad , that when he was spoken to he would damage his work , and refuse to do what his master directed him , and a summons was consequently taken out against him to appear at this Court . On Saturday , just before the time for his appearing , he took up a double-edged chisel , as sharp as a razor , and attempted to cut his throat , but was prevented by his master , who had much difficulty in getting the wea > pon from him . He was rcmaaded .
Robbery is Liverpool . —Between ten and eleven o ' clock , on Saturday morning last , an extensive robbery was committed at tlie house of Mr . Francis Barnes , book-keeper , Rosconnnon-street , Everton . It ap pears that , immediately after breakfast that morning , Mr . Barnes and his family left his . home , leaving no person to take care of the house except the servant-maid . Between the hours mentioned a knock was heard at tiie frontdoor , which was opened by the servant , and instantly two men rushed in , seized hold of her , and fastened her in the watercellar . They then proceeded to ransack the house , and succeeded in finding and carrying off with them a pocket-book , containing nine sovereigns and four half-sovereigns , several ladies' dresses , some gold rings , broaches , and ear-rings , a coral set in gold , three sets of window-cutains , a black coat and vest , shirts , trousers , boots , and a variety of other articles .
Fearful Omnibus Accidest on London Bridge . —On Tuesday evening , about six o ' clock , a very distressing accident took place , on the Southwark side of London Bridge , to a poor man , named Michael Donovan , aged 49 years , a bricklayer , residing at No . 3 , White's-place , lledcross-street , Borough . He was crossing the carriage ivaj r , when he was Knocked down by an omnibus which was passing towards High-street , and , before the driver could stop the horses , the off-wheel passed over his netk , and caused a lacerated wound of the cheek . He was carried to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where he is going on as favourably as can be expected .
The Late Fatal Acgident on the South-Eastern Railway . —On Monday evening an inquest was held at Guy ' s Hospital , before W . Payne , Esq ., City Coroner , on the body of William Iloyle , aged 22 , late a fireman to one . of the engines on the South * eastern Railway . John Witham , a fireman , stated that on the evening of the 3 rd of May , at half-past eight o ' clock , au empty engine , which had bees to Dover and back , started again , from the Londonbridge station t © New-cross , but had not got farther than half way between the Spa-road and the Greenwich junction , on the Dover line , when the eccentric sheave slippedand stopped the engine . He then
, left the disabled engine , and ran back with the red light signal . The Croydon up-train passed him , and immediately waved the white light signal . This was a signal to the Dover mail down-train , which was then approaching , to stop , but the train , nevertheless , passed him , and the driver did not appear to see the signals , and ran into the engine ' which was stationary . He saw the deceased with his left leg crushed between the engine and tender . W . II . Norris , house-surgeon at Guy ' s , described the injuries , adding , that the left leg was amputated by Mr . Hillin , and that deceased expired of his injuries . Verdict , —Accidental Death .
A Man Killed in a Show . — About nine o ' clock Oil \ 7 cdnCSday evening while the performance at Parish ' s Theatre , Waterloo-road , Stockport were going through the melo-dramatic spectacle , called " St . Clair of the Isles , or the Outlay of Barra , " the seats at the upper end gave way , and the spectators were precipitated to the ground , without , as it was then supposed , any person receiving personal injury . The place was much crowded , and some difficulty was experienced in restoring order ; and regardless of the wreck of timber which the accident had occasioned at that particular portion of the booth , the performance proceeded . At eleven o ' clock the company were dismissed ; and tlie parties connected with the building began to examine the amount of
damage done ; when to their alarm and astonishment , they found a man buried beneath the timber , a piece of which lay across his throat , and he was a corpse I As no cries of distress were heard , it is clear the unfortunate man , who was smoking his pipe at the time of the accident , must have been suffocated . His name and residence was Wm , Uooney , a nail-maker , lodging in Edward-street . A Boy Drowned while Bathing . —On Tuesday Mr . Wakley held an inquest at the Elephant and Castle , King ' s-road Camden Town , on the body of James Francis Hammond , aged fifteen , whose parents live in Wells-street , Oxford-street . The deceased , who was an apprentice to a cabinet-maker , on Saturday evening last proposed to his fellow
apprentices to have a bathe . It being then nearly nine o ' clock Uvey objected , but he being determined , they consented to accompany him to the Regent ' s Canal . Just beyond Chalk Farm Tavern , deceased , who was an expert swimmer , undressed himself and dived in . His companions , in the mean time , amused . themselves on tho banlc , till it becoming quite dark , they looked for deceased , whom they could not see . 1 hey called to him , but receiving no answer , they ran t » the lodge at the locks and raised an alarm , ine drags were consequently put into requisition , ana about eleven o ' clock the body was found , it wasi conveyed to the workhouse , where Mr . Cooper , the surgeon , gave it as his opinion that the cause o . oek ceased ' s sinking was his being suddenly attacked either with cramp or spasm of the heart . V eruicv—Accidentally drowned while bathing .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 30, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30051846/page/7/
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