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g TJE^S NORTHERN STAR. April 18, 1846.
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EASTER WEEK IX MANCHESTER. (Continued fr...
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THE YARMOUTH MURDER.
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G Tje^S Northern Star. April 18, 1846.
g TJE _^ S NORTHERN STAR . April 18 , 1846 .
Easter Week Ix Manchester. (Continued Fr...
EASTER WEEK IX _MANCHESTER . ( Continued from First Page . ) hours , and we'll give you a little more wages . " "No , " rejoin the men , " that ' s in direct opposition to the principle of restriction *; and if eleven men worked twelve hours a day , they'll do the same work aa twelve men working eleven hours a day ; and by the , longer hours we put eight and a third per cent _, of our body out of employment , and thereby overstock the market , and give our tyrants command over our body through the necessities of an unemployed reserve . " ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'C . then declared that , however the fashion may _hava sanctioned tbe method of calculating the legitimate profits of those "Who speculated in other men's labour , that he was old-fashioned enough not to recognise a good title to one fraction in a thousand pounds ; and the only way
of destroying this pernicious system of traffic was by opening the free labour _market , where individuals eould freelv expend their labour , aud at the same time establish some defined standard for the Iauour of those who are willing to sell it in the artificial market . Ue then sat down amid several rounds ot applause , waving of hats , and clapping of hands ; and after an appeal upon behalf of Dixon , which was creditably and honourably responded to , and aftor a TOte of thanks to Mr . O'Connor and the Chairman , thc Tast multitude separated , highly pleased with what they had heard . We should not omit stating , that besides the _delegatesfrom Lancashire , there weie individuals present from different distant parts of England , invited to witness the ballot for the first allotment upon thc -Land , and of which we shall how speak .
EASTER MONDAY . Last Easter Monday wa 3 a day that will not be hastily forgotten in Manchester . Ten o ' clock being the hour appointed for commencing the ballot , the doors of the Carpenters' Hall were beset by groups of anxious expectants ; but , in consequence of the building trades now on strike having morning meet ings there , it was impossible , even if all the arrangements had been made , to commence the proceedings at so early ; an hour . Apart from this delay , a considerable time was necessarily occupied hy thc Secretary and directors comparing the Manchester list with the Secretary , Mr . Murray , and in other indispensable preliminaries ; and , as it would be necessarv to vacate the Carpenters' Hall at an early
hour , the directors were obliged to seek refuge elsewhere ; and after a -rigorous search , the Meal-house . a very extensive and appropriate school-house , was procured , and the ballot was announced to commence at three o ' clock precisely . Just as the clock was on flie stroke , Mr . " O'Connor entered , and was received with loud cheers . Shortly after the directors appeared , and were also loudly greeted . Then the operation of putting the tickets aud numbers into the respective balloting boxes , an operation performed by the Manchester Committee , consumed some time , which Mr . O'Connor profitably employed in addressing the audience , to whom he appealed , with great laughter , as " Landlords of England . " He gave a simple narrative of the rise , progress , and ultimate
tope ofthe association , explaining that nothing could mar its certain success but tbe intemperance of rash or interested persons , who would either themselves endeavour to force the directors beyond their force aad depth , or would , probably , try to create such a feeling amongst the besfc-intentidned . He was well aware when he first proposed the scheme , that there -was great danger to be apprehended from the posses sion of a large sum of money hy a popular party , ignorantly supposed to be applicable to whatever purpose interested individuals might choose to devote it Thar cause had been once before perilled by the possession of a large fund in 1839 , but as long as he was connected with it lie begged them to understand that neither the
appeals of the interested or the taunts of the _dissatisfied would wring from him one fraction ofthe national treasure . ( Cheers , and that's right ) . If they had confidence in the directors it would be time enough to arraign them of imprudence or indiscretion when they committed such acts , while he was willing to admit that every man had a right to canvas them freely ; bnt at the same time he denied that any had a right to throw obstacles in their way for the mere purpose of either proving their unfitness if they were soft and yielding , or of taunting them with despotism and tyranny if they were resolute and unbending . He said , as it was the fashion with the aristocracy to have annual exhibitions of their live stock , he would take the liberty of exhibiting a Chartist
ox—( laughter )—who had that morning visited him from Todmorden , and who , with his brother , cultivated little more than an acre of ground . ( A young man then made his appearance upon the platform the fictur e of health , and with a face like the rising sun . le was received with great cheers , and Mr . O'Connor , putting his hand upon his head , exhibited his throat and neck that were perfect subjects for an artist . ) He then compared his appearance with the squalid _palefaeeeof the poor factory slaves . He then dwelt upon tiie question of mortgage and sale , and shewed his audience how he proposed to reserve the fee simple or title in the hands of the association until each roan -would be enabled by his industry to purchase Ms own holding for ever . It was now
announced that all waa ready for commencement , when it was moved that Mr . O'Connor should occupy the chair , and that the balloting boxes should be placed on the table , one on each side of the chairman—that James Leach should draw the names , and John Taylor , of Ashton , should draw the numbers , that the secretary should call out the names and Daniel -Donavan ths numbers . The scene now became truly interesting and exciting ; the chairman being obliged to lay down Ms pen , evidently suffering under great excitement : at length the word was given . Mr . O'Connor shook each balloting box backwards and _forwards , observing , I have marred some poor fellow ' s fortune and _hastened another ' s . Tho very first name drawn was Philip Ford , Wootton-nnder-Edge ,
and the number was nine which proclaimed Mm a winneramid great cheers and to the predestinaiians conveyed the notion of certain success . The first class _balloted for was the two acre members , who numbered 770 paid up , and who were proportionately allotted seventeen prizes . It was truly amusing to witness the countenances of the members as a familiar name was drawn , and if one known to those present was successful the announcement was greeted with loud cheers . The plan pursued was this—the name of each , of _theflfO paid-up members was written upon a card with the number corresponding with , the certificate and placed in one balloting box—and 770 cards , numbered from one to 770 , were placed in the other balloting box . The balloting boxes were in the
shape of a hat cut off between the leaf and the crown , and the ope _stopper with another crown , in wliich there wasa small aperture into which two fingers could be introduced and to which there was a sliding cover , the ooverwasat the side , aud when a card was drawn the cover glided in and the box went round until it was stopped to take another card out . Inside of tho box was an axle to which was attached flappers like those of a winnowing macMne—those flappers in every revolution tossed the cards about and kept them in a state of perpetual motion . There being seventeen prizes it was decided that the names of the sixty who drewfrom No . 1 to No . 60 , inclusive , should be written upon a sheet of paper with the re- > nective numbers opposite their names , and also thc
number o the certificate , lest there should be two -members ofthe same name in one locality . The following sketch , will best explain it : —On the card was Phifip Smith , Bradford , or , as the ease maybe , number of certificate , 1070 . We must refer our readers to the list of successful candidates for a more extensive illustration . The ballot for the two acre -division was not over till half-past six , and ten o ' clock on Tuesday was appointed a 3 the hour of proceeding with the other classes . There were 581 four acre members paid up , the number of prizes was thirteen , and the number to be recorded was from one to 26 ; the reason of taking these additional numbers above the number _ofpriKS was , lest any of those drawn should prefer waiting for another locality . The
only difference in the arrangements for Tuesday was , tbat John Taylor , of Ashton , not being present , Edward Mitchel , secretary for Rochdale , was appointed to serve the number box in his place . _ Long before ten o'clock many anxious to know their fate had arrived , and precisely at ten o ' clock Mr . O'Connor took the chair and occupied the time while ar-¦ rangements were being made in delivering a highly instructive lecture upon agriculture . He took for Ids text the report of a lecture delivered to the farmers - of Staines and which appeared in the Sun of Monday -evening , it was upon t be value of _liqnid manures . The lecturer proceeded to illustrate the subject as he went on , and thc following fact made a deep impression unon the meetimr : —It appeared from the report
that Sir Jame 3 Graham had let a farm at five sh _i llings an acre , which the tenant gave up as not worth the rent . Sir James Graham had it drained and subsoil ploughed . The first crop paid all the expense and a solvent tenant took the land at a rent of A GUINEA AN ACRE . He then referred to an article wMch appeared in the Nottingham Review some years ago , not only stating but clearly proving that the urine of the cattle of England was worth as much money as would pay the interest of the national debt . It was asserted that there were 7 , 000 , 000 head of cattle "; that he had no means of proving , but admitting that the numbers were correct , he would undertake to prove that thc urine of each cow was worth £ 4 a year , or in the aggregate
TWENTYEIGHT MILLIONS A YEA Kill Now he would not ask the _Quevii and Prince Albert , and the rest of the Royal Family , to go every morning and eveningwith their cans to the national tank , ( great laughter ) but he did think that they might derive a more Lonou rable livelihood from a proper use of that liquid , than from a very improper use of intoxicating liquids . He explained the difference between an excitin't and eloquent speech delivered at a public meeting to an enthusiastic audience ; and such plain and simple truths as he was then delivering in plain and simple language to people , all of whom were anxiously listening , and all desirous of conununicatin » the ' knowledac to their friends . He iroplu-ed _Msaearcrs to establish conversational classes , and to encourage their _ona order to speak in their own
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_phraseologv without attempting to be eloauent-to establish them in every town , every * _lUage , ami every _hamlet-and that they would be the best auxiliaries for getting up large exciting public meetings when such exhibition , were required ; and that they would also be good preparatory schools tor . teaching young men to talk good sound sense . If a manus talking nonsense his company will stop mm , tat if he is speaking eloquent rubbish his audience wiU only cheer or hiss him , as their taste may lead . The arrangements were now perfected—the ballot-box once more went round , and , upon a friend ' s name being drawn a prize , the room rung with cheers . One poor fellow , who is overlooker in a factory in Ashton , was early proclaimed a winner , and after two or three
cheers and jumps , and having refused £ 30 for a preference , he jumped upon the platform , to show himself , and up 9 n Mr . O'Connor seeing his pale face , he said , " I'll soon knock some blood into your turnip , " and tho poor fellow instantly sprang off the platform and never stopped till he had announced the glad tidings to all his neigli hours at Ashton ; and , singular to say , a great comrade of his drew a prize shortly alter he left . _"Wlica Miss Vaughan ' s ( of Sunderland ) name was drawn as No . 1 . in the four acre class , there was a great cheer for the lady , and especially when Mr . O Connor auuounced that , under another name , she-Jaad given more money to the Chartist cause than any individual of her class in England . The ceremony of _ballotting being now over , a hearty
vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , thc Directors , and the Manchester Committee , previously to which it was moved , seconded , and carried amid acclamation , that those several members who witnessed the process of _ballottinjr most cordially expressed their unqualified satisfaction at the manner in which thc whole proceedings were conducted ; aud after _giving three hearty cheers , and one cheer more for the land , the charter , and the first colonistsanil three for the directors , the seene closed with an anxious desire on the part of the spectators to see their glorious national undertaking attended with triumphant success , nnd whieh is the sincere and heartfelt prayer of him who has now given a faithful history of EASTER WEEK IN MANCHESTER .
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Liverpooi ,, Ar an . 9 . _—Twb Turn-out is the Building Trade . —In this affair things remain nearly as they were . The employers seem determined to carry their point with a very high hand . They have held another meeting , passed a number of resolutions , appointed a committee to wait on the parish authorities , the dock committee , and other public companies . This committee is to urge upon these respective parties to assist them in their endeavours to coerce their men into submission . One thing which occurred at this meeting we must not omit to ekronicle , as it shows the spirit by which they are governed . One of the principal builders , Mr . Thomas Haigh , _hM withdrawn from the masters' union . In doing so , he wrote a letter to them , informing them
that , on inquiring of his men , he found that they had not subscribed to the men at Birkenhead ; . in fact , when asked to do so they had refused . He then goes on to state that , such being the case , he could not add injustice to error ; thereby intimating that he had withdrawn the "Declaration . " No doubt Lis brother " unionists" would receive this in the gentlemanly spirit with which it was sent . Not so—at least if we are to judge by the resolution they passed on it , —they declare that the letter is not to be answered , and that it is to be taken no notice of . That is , they treat him as a black sheep , and exhibit the same kind of feeling as they charge the working men with doing towards those who violate the union laws . Perhaps , if Mr . Haigh was not a capitalist ,
they might trytocoeree him the same as they are doing their late workmen . We hope Mr . Haigh will think a little more , and then he may come to the conclusion that if Ms men do subscribe to aid the Birkenhead men , he has no right to interfere . If they perform their duty , toMm as per agreement , that is all he has a right to look to . However , o f this we are satisfied , that the gratification he must feel , and the good feeling with which his workmen must view his later conduct , will infinitely counterbalance the off-hand manner with which his late colleagues treat him . As regards the movement of the workmen , they have been busy arranging their forces , looking out for the ' sinews of war , "folding employment for those out ( some few are now in work ) , and doing the utmost to ensure success .
[ We are sorry that this did not find insertion in our last number , the fault is not ours , it only reached the Star office on Friday afternoon , after our country edition was printed . ] Staffordshire _Mikbrs . —A public meeting and delegate meeting has been held at the Samson and Lion , Green Croft , by the South Staffordshire miners _, at which several resolutions were adopted , including one to the effect that— "The best thanks are due , and are hereby given , to the Rev . Mr . Humphry Price , minister of Christ's Church , in Needwood , Staffordshire , for his noble conduct in upholding the rights of the miners of Great Britain , hoping that ministers of all sects will follow Ms example . "The next delegate meeting will be held at Mr . Henry Mason ' s , Swan Inn , IVednesfield Ileath , en Monday the 20 th day of April . Those lodges who do not send a delegate will forfeit one shilling each , John Jones , D . Secretary .
The Riswanb Op Heroism.—A Purse Of Fourteen
The RiswAnb op Heroism . —A purse of fourteen
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pounds fourteen shillings , subscribed for the purpose , has been presented to William Kane , a seaman on board one of the Birkenhead steamers as a reward for the herioc conduct he has displayed on six different occasions , in rescuing persons wbo had fallen into the river in passing between Liverpool and Birkenhead . The same individual has since rescued another person uuder similar circumstances — an elderly man of the name of Hughes . As the man was about to sink , Kane jumped from thc steamer , caught hold of him , and sustained him up , until both were taken on board a boat .
Dreadful _Raixwat Accident , sear _Souxn Shields . —A serious accident occurred on the Brandling Junction Railway , near this town , by which several persons have been injured , seme of whom , it i * thought , cannot survive . The 10 o ' clock train from Gateshead was proceeding at a rapid rate from Brockley Whins to Shields when , on taking a curve near the Jarrow Alkali Works , the engine got off the line , dragged the tender with it , and having become disconnected from the passenger-carriages by the breaking of the coupling chain , dashed over the embankment and through the roof of a row of dwellinghouses , on the ground-floor of one of which it finally stopped , resting on its end , with the tender above it , poised in a most fearful position . The only inmates of the house , which has thus been completely demolished , were two women and a child , all of whom are ; most seriously injured ; one of the women by the
engine having fallen upon her leg , which was literally crushed to atoms ; and she , as well as the others , by the escape of steam and boiling water which rushed from the boiler . The force of the engine and its great weight seem to have cut through the building almost like a razor , which accounts for the inmates of the neighbouring houses having sustained but little injury—in fact , none at all worth mentioning . The engiueman and stoker were thrown from the engine and alighted on that portion of the roof which remained , receiving serious contusions by the fall . One passenger , who was ridiug outside the train , had both his legs broken . Fortunately none of the passenger carriages were dragged from the line , and the extent of injury received by the passengers is not so great as might have beon expected nnder the circumstances . Several dangerous wounds and contusions were received ; but , at the moment I write , it is next to impossible to ascertain the extent of
injury . Monday Morsino . The women and child are still alive , and are said to have passed an easy night . It is now hoped the cMld and one of the women will recover , but the other is so fearfully scalded as to preclude the remotest chance of her surviving . Her hair was completely scalded from her head , and her face and other parts of her body present a most shocking sight . Monday Evening . The woman , Sarah Rippon , who was so dreadfully scalded , died this morning . The man who was riding outside the carriage , and had his legs broken , is a stone-mason belonging to Sunderland . It is but justice to state that everything humanity could s _. ' _-jgest
was promptly done to afford relief to the unfortunate sufferers . Hundreds of persons were soon collected . Indeed , the inmates of the neighbouring houses rushed out in consternation , the place having been shook as if by an earthquake . There were not wanting those who hastened to the point of danger , and by their prompt exertions rescued those who were iu peril ; and every home offered an asylum . The medical gentlemen of the town were speedily on the spot , aud acted with the greatest coolness , decision , and promptitude . The engine still remains where it fell , and it has been found necessary to pull down two adjoining houses , in order to eftect its removal . Indeed , it cannot be removed entire , but must be taken to pieces , repaired , and rebuilt .
The Latf . Colliery Accident at Bilston . —Bilsto . v , Fiiiiuv . -Last evening an inquest was held on the bodies of the live men who lost their lives in consequence of the accident which took place on Wednesday . After hearing the evidence , thejury returned a verdict to the effect that William Jones died ol suffocation , occasioned by an explosion of sulphuric acid gas , and that Abraham Atkiss _, John Evans , Enoch Betray , and Thomas Vincsome , died from wounds r . nd bruises accident '} ' received in consequence ofthe _cxplusiou . Thc remainder of those who are injured arc going oa favourably .
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Commissiok Court.— Monday, April 18. O'C...
COMMISSIOK COURT . — Monday , April 18 . O ' CONNELL B . o ' _llIGGINS . The residing judges , Baron Richards and Judge Ball , took their seats on the bench at eleven o ' clock .
SIDITIOUS LIBEL , Mr . Patrick _O'lUggins was called upon to plead to an indictment found by the grand jury , for having caused to be published and circulated a wicked and seditious libel , entitled " landlords , Tyrants , " with intent to stir up discontent and disaffection amongst various classes . The traverser ' s attorney handed in a writ of certiorari for removing the proceedings into the Court of Queen ' s Bench . Judge Ball— "We have nothing to do in the case The traverser and his securities , Messrs , John Lnngan and Edward Gatchcll , then _re-aeknowlcdged thoir recognizances , and having done so retired .
In is now universally admitted thai , although theQueeii is nominally tho prosecutor In _tliiscase , yet O'Connell is the real one . The sureties iu the present instance weru for the certiorari . Mr . O'lliggins must plead in the Court of Queen ' s Bench next term , that is to say soma time before the 1 st of May . After which a day will be fixed for tlie trial , lt is currently reported that Mr . O'Connor bas been retained . If so , his appearance in Dublin as counsel for O'lliggins will cause a sensation .
Keighley , April 17 , 1310 . Sib , —We have just sent to Mr . Duncombe 2171 signatures to the national petition , and have many sheets unfilled up . Should the measure be-postponed we shall sand them also ; and , perhaps , a quantity more if you think them of any service . Tours , in haste , John Gabneit . To F . O'Connor , Esq . My very dear Friends . —I thank you ; from my soul I thank you . I will visit you in return , the first town in England , the moment I can get out .
SEND UF ANOTHER AND ANOTHER . Men of Sutton in Ashfield , I give you my heartfelt thanks also . Down with the Bloody Bill ! . Ever your obliged friend , Feargus O'Coxsok .
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_hxsr . —At two o clock on luesday afternoon , j . Hinde , Esq ., coroner , held an inquest at the Golden Lion Inn , High-street , Brampton , near Chatham , on the body ofa married woman , named Ann Allpresso , whose death , itwas alleged , was caused by her husband beating and kicking her on tho night of the 4 th inst . The evidence , which was very voluminous and contradictory , occupied thc court for nearly five hours . It appeared that the husband and wife lived in lodgings in Broad-alley , Brompton , aud that lie is an excavator , employed under Mr . Kitt , the contractor for forming the drain opposite to the Dockyard . The deceased was represented to be a wellconducted industrious woman . On the night in . —i ; it . i i _1 _-i . . l _»« l _.: nn . _ni- _4-I . a Tint - tue _nubuuuu uuiuiiibuuk _~«»
_-qutatiuu was < uu » u _« phin public-house . The deceased and Jane Chaney _, at whose house they lodged , about eleven o'clock at night , went to the Dolphin to fetch the husband home , but they returned without him , and in a few minut € 8 the deceased again went out , to fetch her husband . When she returned , she was covered with dirt , and could not speak , and blood was running from her face . The deceased next morning was found to be so ill thai Mr . Weeks , surgeon , was sent for by a neighbour , who found the deceased in bed , and sho complained of being sore all over her , with violent p ains in her stomach and back , and also her head ; her left eye was much swollen and blackened ; and she had a severe contusion on the lower part of her back , which she said was thc eftect of blows from her
kasband , given at tho Dolphin public-house . Tho deceased repeated the same tale a few hours before her death , which took place on Mouday evening last . Mr . Weeks said that death was caused by the blows received , as , upon a _jx » st mortem examination , nothing was discovered to cause death , the inside being perfectly healthy . The coroner , after consulting with some of thejury , ordered the husband of the deceased into custody , and adjourned the inquest . Dreadful ExrLosios . —Five Lives Lost . —Bilston , Stafpobdsuiue , _Wedjjesdat Evening . —This morning an explosion , attended with fatal consequences , took place in a fire clay pit belonging to Messrs . Pemberton , coal and iron masters , and situated on the high road between Bilston and Willenhall . It appears that , in consequence of the Easter holidays the miners had not been at work since Saturday , but that this morning they went to the pit for the purpose of resuming their labours ; six men and boys were
lowered down , but previously to this the " doggie had cautioned them all to remain quiet until he alto came down ; instead of this , however , a man named Jones took up his candle and went along a place called tho "Gate-roads ; " he was urgently entreated not to do so but disregarding theso injunctions he continued his course , and had not proceeded more than six yards before the sulphur exploded—hurling the men at the bottom of the pit with much violence a considerable distance . The man Jones was killed on the spot , and out of six other men and boys who were suspended at the _tep of the pit , four were killed ; they were blown in all directions . Several others are very seriously burnt , but hopes are entertained o f their ultimate recovery . The names ofthe deceased are : —William Jones , aged 30 , has left a wife and four children ; Abraham Adkins _, aged 32 , has left a wife and five children ; Thomas _Yensome , aged 10 ; John Evans , aged 17 ; and Enoch Price Bcvington , aged 16 .
Massacre op ins Cbew of the Ship Mart . —h e regret to state that information has at length arrived announcing tho wreck of this vessel , and thc dreadful fate of her crew , who sailed on a whaling expedition about three years since to Sydney , thence to Woodlark Islands . The particulars are obtained from a survivor , named Valentine—the only one—seven of the crew having perished in tho shipwreck , and the remaining twenty-eight were horribly massacred by the natives of Woodlark Islands . The escape of Valentine is most extraordinary . He is now on his way to England , having been rescued by the crew of thc brig Tigress . From his statement , it appears that the vessel arrived at Sydney in September , 1843 , and proceeded in a few days direct for Woodlark
Islands , and reached them in the month oi November , having had favourable winds all the time , as well as remarkably fine weather . Tho Ludy Anne and the brig Tigress , he says , accompanied them . They cruised upon the north-west side until the 21 st of that month , when the weather changed , and , before twelve at night , an awful storm came on . It sprung up at about nine from tho westward , and afterwards veered round to the north-west with such fury as to destroy their small-boat , galley , bulwarks , & c , and sweep away all on deck . The next morning matters were worse . At twelve o ' clock their main and m ' _zen-masts were carried away by the force o the hurricane , and at four the ship struck on Loughlin's-reef , where she became a total wreck .
The crew took to the rigging , where they remained exposed nearly forty-eight hours before the sea had sufficiently abated to enable them to construct a vaft to gain the shore . In the meantime several of thc crew , includingthechief mate , Mr . J . Settle , perished . On reaching the shore , several natives came down , and kindly treated them , by furnishing cocoa-nuts and provisions , and afterwards conducted them to their village . The master , Captain Stein , on finding there was ho chance of speaking with a ship , resolved to build a small vessel that would enable him and his men to proceed to S 9 a . Accordingly , all hands were set to work to save as much ofthe wreck as possible , and in thin they were fortunate . For nine months they enjoyed the utmost friendship with the
natives and reeeived a good supply ot such provisions as the Island afforded . Suddenly , however , just after the launching o f their newly-built schooner , and within a few days of their intended departure , they ( it was supposed in retaliation for some offence committed by one of the crew ) came down upon them and murdered Captain Stein and six of thc men . Having no provisions whatever on board , and being without water , the survivors endeavoured to treat with the natives ; the latter , however , resisted their relanding , and they made for Woodlark Island , in a six-oared whale boat , a journey which occupied live days , during which they subsisted on sea birds and fish . Here they were kindly reeeived , and remained
preparingfor a lengthened voyage , untilsome natives of the Loughlin Island arrived , and apprised the chiefs of what had occurred there , when the natives rushed to the spot where they were encamped , and massacred the whole of them . Valentine , who , it appears , was in an adjacent wood , escaped . The poor fellow endured the greatest privation , being compelled to make thc wood his habitation for several weeks . Having been the means of saving thc life ofa native , he contrived to make the partv aware of his perilous condition , who assisted him to a distant part ofthe island , where the Tigress bri » soon afterwards anchored to obtain wa ter , on board of which he instantly found refuge .
Coroner's Inquest . —Case of Drowning . —An inquest wns held on Wednesday evening by Mr . W . Payne , City Coroner , at the Newcastle Coftee-llouse , St . Mary-at-llill , on the body of a man , at preseni unknown , found in the river Thames on Monday morning last . Edward Dixon , a fisherman , deposed to finding the body off thc middle steam-boat pier , by means of his grapnel , and brin » ins it ashore . One of the eyes were blackened , as if irom a blow . Uu assisted in undressing it , and the dress consisted o ! fustian jacket and trousers , and plush waistcoat .
A scarf was round thc neck , and lie had on low shoes and worsted stockings , liis age appeared to lie about forty , and in height about five , feet _ei-.-hiinches . Hound his waist wasa wido webbing belt , with three buckles in front . Thc only thing found in his pockets was a brace button . Mr . Cornelius Smith , surgeon , said he examined the body or Monday evening , nnd found , on thc fore pari of the head , just above ( he nose , a bruise ex tending towards thc left eye , which must have been donojusl before death . That was uot _sulUciwit oi * iuoil * U . cause death . There was no fracture of the skull . The inquiry was adjourned for a week .
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PROTECTION OF LIFE ( IRELAND ) BILL . Upon Sir J . Graham ' s moving that the orders of the day for the first reading of the Protection of Life ( Ireland ) Bill be read . Mr . W . S . O'Brien made an appeal to the government on the deplorable condition of Ireland . . The people o f that country were dving by thousands ' of starvation . Several verdicts had been returned by the juries serving on coroner ' s inquests to that effect . In Kilkenny , and in Clare , the suffering was more intense than in any part of the country . In Cork and Waterford the distress was nearly as bad , and the prospect of the future was even worse than the present . He gave full credit to the Government for their prudent forethought , in causing a large
portion of Indian meal to be imported ; but he wished to hear _^ somo explanations of the reasons which had induced the Government , after it had distributed a certain quantity of that meal at Cork at reduced prices , to withhold a further supply of it . Did thc Government intend to withhold it until the whole country was one mass of distress and famine ? __ If so , the Government would have to deal with starving multitudes who would rather be shot than perish of starvation . After showing that the Drainage Act , the Public Works * Act , the Grand Jury Presentment Act , and the Fisheries' Act , could not be rendered available for the relief of the existing distress , he expressed his regret that the government had deemed it
necessary to combine the relief ef just distress with the repeal of the Corn Laws , as it had prevented many persons , who would otherwise have combined with the government , from co-operating with it . The government ought also to have disconnected the measures of coercion from those of a remedial character . An Irish Parliament would have assembled in November , and would then have considered the measures necessary to meet a foreseen calamity . Government must be held responsible for all the loss of life which might occur * from the scarcity of food , and for all the outbreaks which might be occasioned by it . Mr . Roche complained that government _* by its recent proceedings at Cork , had not only excited great discontent and dissatisfaction anions the population
in that vicinity , hut had also done much worse by raising the price of corn in all the great corn depots in the ompire . There was an absolute want of food in almost every district in Ireland . In his own , which generally was able . to supply corn for other districts , the people were suffering so much distress from want of provisions , that they were actually consuming , as food , the potatoes which had been reserved for seed . He insisted that the landlords of Ireland were doing all they could to obtain a supply of food for their people ; but they did not know where to obtain it . He was himself employing on his own estates 400 men at present , but though they had money in their bauds , they did not know where to obtain provisions . Sir It . Peel said that the last speaker had given a melanchol y confirmation ofthe impression which had long existed in the mind of Sir J . Graham and himself , and government was , at present , in a situation of great difficulty , and was afraid lest it
should aggravate the difficulty , which it wished to cure , by adopting hasty and ill-considered measure ' . Withoutstating the definite measures of relief which the Government had in contemplation , lest the statement should impede their operation , he infurmed the house that the Government had purchased for the supply of Ireland , not only Indian corn , but also American oatmeal . Ho therefore implored that hon . gentleman , for the sake of the 400 workmen whom he so honourably employed on his estates , to assist him in his efforts to enable those workmen to purchase oatmeal , not at a duty of 7 s . but at a duty of ls . Cd . a cwt . The responsibility of relieving the distress of Ireland rested primarily and immediately on those who were resident on the spot , and who drew their fortunes from the soil ; and he could not allow that responsibility to be transferred to the Executive Government , to which it did not legitimately belong .
Mr . C . Powell , Sir W _. Somerville , and Mr . W . Collett offered a few observations . Mr . O'Connell expressed his readiness to postpone his objections to an Irish Poor-law in favour of such a measure as Government might consider necessary to meet the present distress _. Col . Veeneb , Mr . J . O'Connell , Mr . Fitzoibald and Mr . "Ward , briefly addressed the House . The order of tho day was then read , and Mr . J . O'Brien commenced the adjourned debate , and in a speech of considerable power advocated a ranediul Irish policy . A pauee of some duration hwe occurred , and the Speaker had' directed , with sonorous voice , that" strangers must withdraw , " when Mr . C . Powell rose to suatain the debate . He opposed the Bill .
Sir J . _Gbaham thought that he could not bo accused cither of having concealed or of having underrated the sad calamity with which Ireland was at present afflicted . Nothing but th _» extremity of the present emergency would justify the measures of government in attempting to feed the entire people under the sudden calamity of approaching famine ; for its machinery was not adequate to any such object . No official account had yet been received of the occurrence of any death from destitution . When it was stated that distress was now endangering life in Ireland , it ought to bo remembered that there were workhouses throughout Ireland , and that in no one instance were they full . It was true that the government had ordered a large importation of Indian com ; but it was not for the purpose of meeting the entire wants of the
Irish people , but for the purpose of checking the markets and of preventing the price of corn from being unduly enhanced . After stating how far the _different measures of government had failed and succeeded , he informed the house that the Irish government had been desired to investigate all the propositions made for new public works , and to undertake new public works , even if the sum now granted for them were insufficient for their completion ; for at a future period of the session , he should appl y to Parliament with confidence for any advance which might be necessary beyond the amount now _spscified in the Public Wnrks' Act . He thought that an Irish Parliament could not have dealt with a ease of this description more generously than the British Parliament had done . He hoped that the discussion on the first reading of this bill would now be allowed to proceed .
At this time ( half-past 8 o'clock ) the house was verj thinly attended , and not a single member occupied the Protectionist benches . Mr . Ward prefaced his speech by adverting to this circumstance , whieh he stigmatised as disgraceful to the character ofa British Senate . He announced his opposition to the Government measure , not that he either under-estimated the turpitude ofthe crimes imputeil to thu Irish peasantry , or disputed what hud been stated of their existence , but because he distrusted the ellicacy of tho proposed remedy . Referring to his conduct with regard to the Coercion Bill of the Whigs , he expressed his regret at the support he had given that measure , and which lis attributed to his ignorance at the tima of Irish subjects .
Mr . Vernon Smith , Sir W . Somerville , and Mr . J . Collett opposed the bill . Mr . Montagu Gore supported it . Mr . J . O'Connell moved that tlie debato be now adjourned , on the ground that Ministers were not prepared to speak at present , and that time ought therefore to be allowed them for preparation . Their silence was a most outrageous and unjustifiable insult to the people of Irelaud . If this species of treatment wero continued , he should call on his friends to be silent also , and to proceed by constant adjournments in opposition to this bill . Mr . W . S . O'Brien seconded the motion . Sir It . Peel left it to the house to judge how far thc accusation of Mr , J . O'Connell was just or not . He knew of no debato in which more respectful attention had been paid to the speeches of Irish gentlemen . Ultimately the house divided ou tho motion , when there
appeared—Ayes i ! 0 Noes 77 Majority against the amendment—57 After the division , Mr . Kucue moved , and Mr . C . Powell seconded the motion , thut the house do now adjourn . Some conversation took place on the subject , in which Sir R . Peel declared that ho would have risen to speak , had he supposed that the division would take p lace that night , and that he should certainly speak before the debate was closed . On this announcement Mr . Roche withdrew his motion , and Mr . J . O'Connell withdrew the expression , that Ministers were treating Ireland with disrespect . The debate was then adjourned till Monday next . The other orders were then disposed of , and the house adjourned at half-past twelve .
Cooi'£R Testimonial. — The Committee Met On Thursday Evening, Mr. Frazer In The Chair. Mv.
Cooi' £ R Testimonial . — The committee met on Thursday evening , Mr . Frazer in the chair . Mv .
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Johu bliaw , in introducing the correspondence , read letters from the following distinguished and patriotic individuals , allot ' whom expressed themselves in favour of the views of the committee , and passed most flattering encomiums on tho genius of Mr . Cooper ; some of the writers pledged themselves to attend the soiree , viz . B . _D'Isreali , Esq . M . l \ , Douglas Jen-old , Esq ., W . I ) . Saull , Esq ., Dr . l _' _riee , George _Thomj--son , Esq ., and Mr . William Thomas , the Inverrury poet . __ 'the sentiments these letters contained gave satisfaction to all present . The committee anticipate a good muster ofthe most talented men of the present day , and beg to impress on the minds of all Irionilsan early application for tickets , the price of which will be Is . ench _, to be had of any of the committee _, it was rosi > lveil to _iin-of . again on Monday evening , at the Dispatch _Collce-housc _, wheu the attendance of all friends is respectfully requested , al i eight o ' clock precisely .
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'The Chartist Co-Operative Land Society....
' THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting othor business connected therewith are held every week on the following days and places : —
SUSDAT EVBOTKO . South London Chartist I / all , 115 , Blackfriars-road at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnngain-lane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at tho Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane- at half-past seven . — Somers Town : at Mr . Duddrege's , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven . —Tower Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o'clock precisely . —Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely . —Marylebone ; at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , ut halfpast seven .
MONDAT . EVENING . Cambmvcll : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth at eight o'clock precisely .
TUESDAY EVENING . Greenwich : at the George and Dragon , _Blackheathhill , at eight o'clock . Newcastle-upon-Tyne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , lrom seven until nine o'clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling members . Leicester : The members and committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at 87 , Church-gate , every Sunday night , at six o ' clock . Armley : The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet at the house of Mr . William _Oates , boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gate , every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock .
Cnr Chartist _IIalIi , 1 , Turnagain-lane , Farnngdon-street . —The public 'discussion will be resumed on Sunday morning next , April 19 , at half-past ten o ' clock precisely . —In the evening , at seven o ' clock , Mr . T . Shorter will deliver a public lecture . Subject : " War and its results . " South London Chartist IIall . — On Sunday evening next , April 19 , at seven o ' clock precisely , Mr . T . Cooper , author of the "Purgatory of Suicides , " & c ., will deliver a public lecture . Subject— " The duties of working men towards each other , and to the world . "
CHARTISTS AND FRIENDS OF FREEDOM > SUPPORT THE SOUTH LONDON OHARTIST HALL . A benefit , in aid of the funds of the above hall , will be held at the Royal Victoria Theatre , on Wednesday evening , April 29 . An excellent bill of fare , and a galaxy of talent are provided for the occasion . Tickets to be had ' of Mr . Gathard , Page _' _s-walk , BerinondBey ; Mr . Dron , Oakley-street , Lambeth ; at the South London , and other metropolitan Chartist Halls , and places of meeting ; of Mr . Wheeler , at the Chartist Land Office , 83 , Dean-3 treet , and at the Northern Star Office .
ILuoiEnsMrni . — The Land ! _Tna Laxd !!— A meeting will be held at the Dun Cow , Brook Graenlane , on Tuesday evening next , April 21 , to consider the propriety of holding a great public meeting in connexion therewith . Every member and ail friends of this locality are requested to be in attendance at eight o ' clock precisely . „ . Cambbrweij , and Walworth . —A meeting will be held at the Montpelier Tavern . Walworth , on Monday evening next ,. April 27 , at eight o ' clock precisely . St . Pancras . —An harmonic meeting will be held at the Feathers' Tavern , Warren-street , 'f ottenhamcourt-road , on Monday evening next , April 20 , at eight o ' clock , the proceeds to be devoted to defray the expence of sending a delegate to the ensuing Chartist convention .
Somers' 1 own . —Mr . Marriott ( late of Bristol ) will lecture on Sunday evening next , at the Bricklayers ' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , to commence at eight o ' clock . Tower Hamlets . — The Eastern Philanthropic Emergency Society held a special _moet- ' ng on last Sunday evening , when several members were enrolled , and amongst them was Mr . George White , of Bradford , who delivered an address on the benefits of Cooperative Societies . The sum of £ 1 waa voted to a member who had buried a daughter that day ; the deceased had left two young children .
South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriarsroad . —Mr . Edmund Stallwood will deliver a public lecture—Subject : " Death Punishments , " on Sunday evening , April 26 th , to commence at half-past seven precisely . The Eastern Philanthropic Emergency Society held at Mr . Drake ' s , the Standard of Liberty , Bricklane , Spitalfields , will have a friendly feed on Sunday evening next , at the above house ; chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . Martlehone Localiit . —A members meeting will take place on Sunday evening , April 19 th , at the Coach Painters' Anns , Circus-street , New-road , at seven o ' clock , for the purpose of nominating a delegate for the forthcoming Conference . A lecture will be delivered by Mr . Gammage , on Sunday evening , April 19 th , at eight o ' clock . The boat committeemeet ob Tuesday evening , April 21 st , at eight o ' clock .
The Fraternal Democrats will assemble at their place of meeting , No . 20 , Great Windmill Street , on Monday evening next , April 20 th , at 7 o ' clock . Democratic Committee of the Friends ofPoland . —The members of this committee arc requested to meet at the Red Lion , corner of Archer Street , Great Windmill Street , on Tuesday evening next , at half-past 7 precisely . Persons holding collecting books are requested to return them on or before Tuosday to Mr . G . J . Harney , at the Northern Star office , or Mr . T . M . Wheeler , S 3 , Dean Street , Soho .
2 VBncAsriE-o . v-Tr . vs . —The future meetings of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , and of the National Charter Association , will be held on the Sunday eveings instead of Monday aa heretofore . Hours of attendance from six to eight o ' clock . —N . B . The whole of the members are respectfully invited ' 0 attend on Sunday first the 19 th instant . The secretary will be provided also with cards and rules for the enrolment of new members . Leicester . —This section of the National Ant _* _» Militia Association meets every Sunday evening , at Mr . Astell's , 87 , Church-gate , for the enrolment o f members , die .
The Yarmouth Murder.
THE YARMOUTH MURDER .
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Execution op SamoelYarhaji . —Nouwicn , April 11 . —In consequence of the peculiar circumstances under which Yarham was convicted , and the efforts which had beeu made to obtain a commutation of his sentence , it was very generally believed that some degree of mercy would have been extended towards him , As this did not _nrrive , the extreme sentence of the law was iuflictod upon him on Saturday last , in front of Norwich Castle , nt twelve o'clock . All the roads lending into this city were crowded at a very early hour with vehicles of every
description ; aad the number of pedestrians who flocked to witness the scene was greater than ever remembered on an ; similar occasion . This circumstance may , to a certain extent be accounted for by the fact of Saturday being the second day of the fair , a market day , and a day generally kept by the lower orders in this county as a holyday . On the immense area in front of the castle , there were not less than 20 , 000 people , a very large proportion belonging to tho lower orders , and there were , as usual , quite as many , if not more , women than men present _. The trains from Yarmouth carried nearly 1 , 800 passengers , principally ofthe third elass .
The Rev . J . Brown , chaplain to the gaol , has been most unremitting in affording the wretched man every spiritual _assistance in his power since commitment , and the last five hours of Yarham ' s life were spent in the chaplain ' s presence , who sought , wc believe with but little apparent success , to apply the consolations of religion to the unhappy man ' s condition , A very few minutes after the ' clock had struck twelve , the usual procession proceeded to the scaffold , and after a short space of time , the cap and rope having been adjusted , the fatal bolt was drawn , and the soul of the culprit was in the presence of its Creator and Judge . From Borne cause or other tht muscular convulsions attendant upon violent deaths were unusually protracted . No confession of any kind , as far as I can learn , has been made by the doccasod . He neither denied the truth of Mrs . Dick ' s evidence nor affirmed it , but wheu pressed on the point wished to maintain a determined silence . He did not open his lips on the
scaffold , and required support to enable him to stand on the drop . By this silence he undoubtedly tacitly but unsatisfactorily confirms Mrs . Dick's ( as the judge called it ) " extraordinary" tale , because it would be difficult , if not impossible , to find au instance of a man dying with the consciousness of innocence , and not frequently and emphatically declaring it . Besides he has _nrai-mcd it befove the magistrate a hundred times ; and when asked at his trial , whathehad to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced , ho said , " I am innocent , 30 help me God . " He would not have withheld a similar avowal now , had not the near approach of eternity rendorcd Hie telling falsehoods awfully perilous and difficult . There are reasons iuto which I cannot enter , because of implicating a third party , which , it is alleged , aro quite sufficient to account for his dogged silence on a question , which would have beeu deemed moro satisfactory to the public had he given a positive assurance of tho guiity part he took in this foul deed of cruelty and blood .
Hoyal and Mapes , two of the men committed with Yarham as joint principles in the murder , and acquitted on the capital chr . rge at the assizes in April , ISIS , wero present at the execution ; llojal 1 saw near the gallows as soon as it was erected ( seven o ' clock in the morning ) , and he was followed about hy a considerable number of thc populace . After the execution he was somewhat roughly handled by a portion of the crowd , and was obliged to resort to a neighbouring public-houso for protection . { 'the above execution stands in one respect almost unparalleled in English history—that of a man being hanged for » _niurdtr , after he had been allowed to give evidence against three supposed accomplices iu tlie same _oltem-e . He is also executed upon statements _wli-ch _hu himself made whilst under the impression that , in consequence " 1 * giving such evidence , hn w . is free from auv ulterior pro . feedings ,
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The Late Fatal Accident at the Hi _* _t- oERF 0 Rl ) Steam-Boat Pibb . —On Wednesday afternoon an in . quiry commenced at the Griffin , _Villiers-street _, Strand before Mr . Bedford , coroner for Westminster , and a highly respectable jury of the parish of 8 t . Martin ' s , re . _specting the death of John Fowell , _agud _forty-one , oo 0 k at Simpson ' s Tavern , Wells-street , _Jermyn-stteet , who was drowned at Hungerford-market Pier , on Sunday afternoon last , The jury having viewed the body ol t he deceased , and , at the suggestion of the coroner , the spot were the accident occurred , William Clements , builder of No . 31 , Villiers-street , was _called before thejury to de ! scribe tho construction ofthe pier . He said that he had been employed at the pier for the last seven years , and
left it in a perfectly secure state at eight o ' clock oh Saturday night last . He did not see it again until Mon . day—that was , after the accident had happened . The barges are fastened together at each corner by chains and tables . The flap communicating between the two barges where the accident happened , was secured at each angle by two staples and a chain , and went over the barge to the extent of fifteon inches . The length of the flap was five fter , and the breadth seven feet six inches , A juror —Were thc staples wliich fasten the flap ever known to draw _btfore this time ? Witness—Yes , and they have been removed , tho same kind being placed there , From the swell of the steamers , staples , or anything which might be put in their place , would be likely to "draw . ' If the staples come out thc flap may slip . Tho flap is an
inch and a half thick , and ia edged with an inch aud a half board . The opening between the barges covered b y this flap is twenty-four inches . Cannot account for thc slipping of the flap but from the commotion caused by the steamers . Always thought it sufficiently strong . Mr , George _Gossit , merchant , at present residing at Peele ' s _coffeehouse , _Fluet-street , said that on Sunday afternoon last , between four and fire o ' clock , he was walking along the Hungerford-market _steam-boat pier , a few inches behind his friend Mr , Frederick Heywood , when a portion ofthe pier suddenly gave way , und he saw him sink down into the water . In witness ' s opinion , three persons fell into the water besides his friend . He saw a female got out . He w * s about to throw the flap into the water , that the drowning persons might seize it , when he was pre . vented . There was not much commotion in the water at the tiniB , for there was but one steam-boat at the pier . If the persons haiing the management of the pier _haiipva rented other _steam-bsats from calling and creating a
swell , he had no doubt the deceased—indeed all the persons who fell might have been saved . A quarter of an hour or twenty minutes elapsed before the drags were brought . Saw no life buoy or boat kept at tho pier to save persons who might fall into tho water . He saw a female saved . The pier h 8 thought was very unsafe . William Crawley , check taker to the Iron Steam-boat Company , said he fou » d the bodj ofthe deceased . He did not kuow , nor thought any one could tell , how many persons fell into the water . * Recollected one ofthe staples coming out of the flap where the accident happened , and his driving it in again , . Did not think it necessary to havo informed the company of it . Th » jury , after a long consultation , returned'the following verdict : — " That the deceased came by his death by accidentally falling into the river Thames , owing to the imperfect construe tion of the platform connecting two floating piers . Deodand £ 00 . upon the two barges and tbe connecting platform . "
_"Mukdbu ix Glasgow . —It is our painful duty to « day to record an atrocious case of murder , which was perpetrated in the Bridgegate on Saturday night , between eleven and twelve o ' clock . The victim was an elderly man , named David Love , a weaver , residing in Tureen-street , Calton _, and the circumstances under which he was murdered were as follow : —Shortly after eleven o ' clock it appears Love and another individual , whose name we have not learned , went into an eating-house , Pigs' Feet Tavern , in the Goosedubbs , kept by a person named Daly , and called for a small quantity of victuals . — Previous to their being consumed , however , the reckoning , amounting to Cd . was demanded , and it turned out that neither Love nor his companion , owing to some misunderstanding , had any money . This gave rise to some altercation between them and
the people of the house , but so far as we have ascertained , it consisted principally of abusive language on the part of Mrs . paly and her servant , a girl named Cassidy , on account of their having been put to the trouble of setting down food to individuals who had nothing to pay for it . Ultimately the watchman being sent for , on hearing the noise , went into Daly ' s ; but aftor this there was no disturbance , as Love and his companion went away peacably , seemingly satisfied to escape from the disagreeable position in whicli they were placed . They had only proceeded a short distance along the Bridgegate , when Love was knocked down from behind by a blow on the back of the head . This blow there is no doubt was inflicted by Daly , he having been seen to do it by several persons who were close by at the time and the result was , that Love literally died on the spot .
DESTITUTION . On Saturday a protracted investigation took place before Mr . W . Carter , the coroner for Surrey , and a highly respectable jury , in the board-room of Newington workhouso , Walworth-road _, touching the death of a man unknown , apparently about sixty years , who was found dead in the casual ward of the above workhouse on Tuesday morning hist , under the following painful circumstances . Daniel George Jackson , house-porter and assistant to the master deposed that on nionday ovening last , about half-past five o ' clock , the deceased made an
application to be admitted as a casual pauper for it night ' s lodging . Witness asked him to what parish he belonged , when be stated that he had walked from Hertford in search of work . He had only reached London that afternoon , and , being destitute , the police advised him to seek relief at the _nearest workhouse . Ue did not give any name , nor did ho complain of illness . Witness told him to call in hall an hour , and he would give him an order for admission . Deceased came again , as directed , and was admitted into the casual ward , which was very crowded that night .
Richard Singleton , foreman of the stone-yard , stated that he received the deceased on the night in question asa " casual tramp . " Witness gave him lib . of bread , tho usual allowance , and then placed him in the " glorylhole " - ( casual ward ) , lie did not give his name or age , but seemed very weak . Witness looked him up with the other paupers at nine o ' clock , aud did not see him again until the following morning . They were left in the charge ofthe night watchman . Thomas Mcms , an inmate and an occasional as . sistant to the wardsman , stated that on Monday night last he gave the deceased his bed covering , after which he left him . Witness saw no more of him
until about half-past seven o ' cloek the following morning , and whilst at the entrance of tho ward , one ofthe inmates said , "I say , old boy , I am afraid we are going to have a croaker . " Witness went into the ward , and saw deceased lying on the ground , quite insensible and breathing heavily . He was incapable of assisting himself . Witness therefore obtained some straw , and placed him upon it . Witness obtained permission , and ran for Mr . Lowndes , who came instantly , but the deceased was quite dead . Coroner . —Ave they very noisy in the casual ward ? Witness—Yes , Sir . They dance , sing , fight , and rob each other ; sometimes the noise is terrific aud quite alarming .
Coroner . —Are you aware whether any one visits them during the night on such occasions ? Witness . —No , Sir ; no one interferes ; they fight it out . Charles Page , a lad , said in answer to the coroner , that ho was an inmate of the ward on the night above alluded to . There was no violence , but _tlTere was a little singing and dancing . It was a common thing amongst them . George Gill Lowndes , surgeon to the houso for
upwards of 20 years , said , he had made a _; wst » iorr « i » examination of the body , which was much attenuated . On the left breast was a contusion or bruise , probably from a fall or blow . The lungs were extensively diseased , the liver much enlarged , and weighed nearly 01 b . The brain was deluged with blood , arising from the fracture of tho dura mater . The scalp was free from injury , and death had arisen from natural causes . The deceased had suffered great privations , which was evident from the emaciated appearance of the body .
Ihe-inquest-room was then cleared of strangers , and , alter 10 minutes' consultation , tho foreman _announrcd as their verdict , — " That the deceased had died a natural death from apoplexy ; but at the same time they ( thejury ) wished the overseers and other officers of the parish would make some arrangement for the benefit of those inmates who might require the assistance of the surgeon at au unexpected or sudden casualty . "
Bankrupts.
BANKRUPTS .
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[ From the Gazette of Friday , April 17 . ] Thomas Retford , _Croydon-common , Surrey , Vikcr—Edward _Snukey , Canterbury , surgeon — Benjamin . Uillings , lljirloiv , Essex , victualler—William Stem-man , , Frinet-ss-steet , Chelsea , carpenter — William Mills , , _Fobter . Iaiie , City , glove manufacturer—Hcnrv Rnwson i Morley , _Kingston-upon-llul _) , merchant — Alexander r Moorhouse lScauniont , Honley , Yorkshire , woollen cloth l manufacturer—George Joseph Jackson , Liverpool , share e broker—Thomas l'iilgen , Liverpool , boot maser—Ahra- .-ham Lord , Manchester , dver .
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