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DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . f EARFUL COLLISION ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES railway . A Wgttful collision . \» y which ; numl ) eri of persons have beta seriously injured , occurred on Saturday at the Stratford * taij } m ot the Eastern Counties Kailwuy . The Stratford station ( Colchester branch ) is situated about three and » half miles from the Loudun terminus oi the Eastern Counties Railway at Short-ditch , and about livehundred yards below that portion o ! 'the railway whew the Cambridge line diverges . In the immediate ricinity of the station the railway is on a level , but a few yards further east it enters a shallow cutting about half a mile in length . A bridga is thrown across the line a the cominencenientof this cutting and niihiu a few yards of the stationfeimtnediately after passing which , the railway makes aiurve . At a distance of ab . ut three hundred ana fiaj yards further down , another bridge is thrown across Uierailway , but the latter bndpe »»« -t visible from the Stratford station . Between these tiro
briagei ( about 150 paces from ihe second one ) a signal , on Hale's principle , is erected , and is intended as a guide to the drivers of all eng ines on the up line . Halle ' s signal consistsofan upwrig htpost , to the upper portion .. f which Ls affixed a species of fen . consisting of four distinct compartments , which can be raised or lowered at pleasure . When the fan is wholly lowered it resembles a quarter of a circle , and this is a signal that the driver of any approaching train is to stop instantly . The first compartmentof the fan , viz ., the division next the post , when fuHy « rten ^ ^ » ' pa" >*« d yellow , the second green , and the two lower compartments a bright red . On all occasion * the three upper divisions ( the yellow , green , end first red compartment ) are kept lowered to warn tliedrivera that they are nearing tlie Stratford station , andare required to proceed with caution . The signal may he seen by driver ? of up trains about fifty yards before reaching the sccoud bridge from the station , but the station itself is not -risible until some distance on the
London side of the signal , nor any train stationary thereat from the point previously reftrr « d to . The accident occurred between four and five o ' clock en Saturday afternoon . The up train from Ipswich , dae at Stratford at 3-56 , did not arrive at that station untU twenty minutes after its proper time . Several passengers had alighted , others were entering carriages , and the tngine driver was tailing in a supply of water , when a train was observed passing the signal pott before alluded to , and coming rapidly towards tbe station . Mr . Richardson , the station-mister , was on the platform superintending t'ie despatch of passengers &c , for London . Xfae noise of the approaching train attracted his attention , and he at once saw the imminent danger in which the passengers in the stationary train was placed . He immediately ran towards the engine , intending to induce
the driver to go on with the train then at the station , bnt before he had time to explain his object the ciclluion took place , and ascene ensued which almost baffles description The train , which but for a moment previously had con . sistedof seven or eight first and second class carriages &nd two horse boxes , now presented but little more thau a mass of bioken fragments and rubbish . A second class carriage , which had been attached to the train at Romford , and placed in the . rear of the two horse boxes , was completely smashed , and the passengers which it had contained , were seen bleeding and wounded lying about the railway in various directions . Two other second class carriages were so crnghed as to be rendered entirely useless , and although the horse boxes were in the same condition , the horses were uninjured .. The pafcsengtrs in the rear carriages were all more or less injured and Contused .
When the first momentary shock had subsided , thestation master , with what assistance he could procure , proceeded to collect the wouudtd persons aud assist them into the passengers' waiting room . Medical aid from Stratford was at the same time sent for , and in a few minutes Messrs . . Elliot , Vallance , Vincent and K « nnedy , _ all surgeons , residing at that place , were on the spot vy ing with each other in their attention to the wounded parties . The more serious cases having been temporarily attended to , were forwarded with as little delay as possible in omnibuses to the Lundon Hospital , and others , alto very seriously injured , being medically attended , were sent by their own desire to their respective residences . The following is a list ef the sufferers , so for as can at present be ascertained : — William Millwood , bandbox maker , Bethnal green—The large toe of the left toot cut oSj and foot otherwise mutilated .
Henry Olive , a porter in the employ of the company ;—A fracture of the light leg . John Smith , a constable belonging to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Auimals—Several ribs broken , fracture of the sternum , and othvr Injuries . William Prentice , porter—A very bad fracture of the leg . . Mr . Hiram Morris , landlord of the Hoop-inn , Deptford —The kit foot partly cut off , the right jaw much injured . ilr . Richard Murphy , solicitor , Ilendon , Middlesex—Contused left leg . Hy . William Kceler , publican , Westnall—A fractured collarbone . James Stone , gentleman ' s servant—Severely contused face . AH tbe above were removed from Stratford direct to the Ljndou Hospital , but Messrs . Keeler , iiurpby , and Stone were subsequently sent to their own houses .
The following persons were sent to their owu residences , after having been attended to by the medical gentlemen at the station : — lire . Payne , of Ilford , Esses—A comminated fracture of the two bones of the kit leg , below the knee . Hrs . Wjddenhall of GUigwell , Esses—A supposed fracture of the left thigh . Mrs Bromley—A contusion . A . Uentleuian residing at Chelmsford—Leg seriously injured . A Gentleman living at Victoria Villas , Dalston—Gunensaion of the brain .
It is a somewhat extraordinary circumstance in connect ion with tbe accident , that none of the carriages which retained their wheels , nor the engine which caused the accident , were thro wn off tbe ra Is , nor were the rails tbemsrlvts injured in the slightest degree . The engine , after stikiug the last carriage of the passenger train , mounted on its ruins , and remained in this position until forcibly removed , when it fell over . It was , however , again placed on the rails and removed without further difficulty . Information of the disastrous occurrence having been
forwarded by special engiue to the dhoreditch station , Ur . Muselc v , chief of the traffic department ; Mr . Samuels , the resident engineer ; and Mr . Kitson , the chief of tbe locomotive department , were soon on the spot , rendering every assistance in their pewer . Air . Ejnev , the secretary of the company , happened to be at Cambridge when the accident took place , but intelligence of the fact having been communicated to him by electric telegraph , be immediately left that place in a special train , and arrived at Stratford between sis and seven o ' clock .
ilr . l ' onej's first act was to commence an investigation into the origin of thg accident . With that view he summoned together all such persons as , from their respective duties wkea the collision took place , were likely to know aaythiiig of the circumstances . At Jhe close of the investigation , Mr . Roney announced that William Clare , the driver of the truck train , W . Quenlin , the stuktir , Tiiomai Grci-u , the signal mau , and an under fireman named Nicholson , who was riding upon the engins : of tbe track train wlmn the collision tt > ok place , had all been given into custody , as it appeared they were the persons through whsse neg ligence tlie accident had occurred- Tt « secretary subsequently stated that Green having acted uader the orders of the station master , ¦ Would probably be released .
EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE-DRIVER AND
OT 1 IEUS IN CUSTODY . On Monday forenoon , at ten o ' clock , Win . Clare who was riesir ' . bcd iu the police charge as an engine-fitter , hut who , it appeared , Iiad been the driver of the engine that had causel the serious consequences ; William Quin-3 an , who was al-o described a « a labourer , but who , it (¦ e . -med , acted as stoker ; Thomas Nicholson , an engineer ; and TlioinaS Gfetm , a signal man and poiutturntr attheStratfoi"l station , and who had been brought from the station house at Bow , under the escort of the Kdivivision of metropolitan police , were brought before Mr . William Davis , Mr . Oetarius Mashctcr , and Mr . John < Jueruey Fry , magistrates for the county <> f Essex , at the spacious room appropriated to the Visiting Justices at the Ilford House of Correction .
Mr . Ketson said , that on Saturday evening , he was pursuing his usual avocations uttlie Stratford station of the Cambridge line , when , from what he was informed , he hastened to the Stratford station of the Culchester Hue . On reaching that place , he saw the engine of an np-passenger train standing about twenty yards on the Xondonsideofthe Water-crane , and iiad bci-n informed that it had taken in water . Observed that tlie uufif-jrs of a first-class carriage had driven against a second-class carriage . There did not appear to H . ive been anything tli j matter with the first-class carria ^ i s of the passenger
train . He ran to the extreme end of the train , and there found a second-class seriously injured , in fact , dashed almost to pieces . There were also three horse-boxes , in two of which there were horses ; and though the boxes themselves -were much injured , the horses escaped uuiuf t . The first of the injured pasgtngera to which his . attention was directed , was a respectable-looting female , who was lying between the rails completely covered with the broken fragments of tie carriage , and exclaiming , "Oh , my child , my child ! where is my child ! " And he rescued her from this situation as soon as he could . Mr . Davis . —Was this female much hurt ?
Witness . —Ko , Sir . She did not appear very much Jiurt , but seemed very anxious about her child . i [ r . Divis . —Then what became of her child ? Witness . —I understand , Sir , it had been found on a p iece of wood , apart of tho fragment of the carriage , aniiart , bnt I am not aware of the fact myself . The niuiess then proceeded to say that he saw a number of ptr .-mns who Lad been apparently seriously injured , and he called at the Company ' s offices at the station , and reguested they would afford every assistance , and procure niedical assistance ; > * He then loofcod out far the driver of the engine that hud caused the mischief , and saw him standing on his engine . Witness found the . prisoner Clare on his engine , and addressing him , " Clare , what tare you been doing V and Ms reply was , that lie did
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notkno * . or words to that effect . He then ^ asked him how it wa ' s he had paid no a ^ ntion to £ . -jJ-JJ ing to the signal ^^ l ^^ mTlvg ^ e Bom&mQh * . « Wh ^ to ^ . Ija 2 r ^ tr th e siPnal answer . ^ " ^ cfmo along the line , and he re-S ^ Z& iim ^ ** ?****^ *" Glare the engine-driver , and Qu . nlan , engine-fireman , into custody . Had no conversation with the pnsoner Qainlan before giving him into custody . ' in his Cross-examination by Mr . Rawling * , the witness said that the prisoner Clare had been employed in the shed attbe Stratford station of the Cambridge line as an
engine-fitter , and had also been accustomed to drive ballast-engines . Witness had seen Clare drive engines both on the Cambridge and the Colchester lines . He could speak from his own knowledge to having seen him iit least three or four times for the nine months , he ( Mr . Ketson ) had been in the service of the company . Quintan Was a labourer at the shed , and he could not take upon himself to say that he had not seen him act as a stoker or fireman on the engines . Clare , he believed , had been driving an engine regularly from the month of November last until February . Engine-drivers were supplied with books containing the rules by which they were to be guided , but could not say whether tbe prisoner Clare had been so supplied or not .
The prisoner Green is the signal man , but understood that a boy employed at the station attended to the signal on the occasion of the accident . Did not know that fact of his own knowledge , but it was known to the slerk at the station-house . He did nos know ^ hafc the hey frequently attended to the signal , bnt knew that it nas done when he ( witness ) reached the . station just i ( fter the accident . Was not present when the engine driven by tho prisoner Clare had been taken from the shed , nor did he know of the prisoner Nicholson ever having driven an engine ; he is merely employed in the shed as a fitter . The prisoner was somewhat agitated when he spoke to him . He was then standing in his proper place on the engine , and the place' where enginedrivers usually do , and he did not notice any other per . son on the engine , though he understood there were two or three others there .
George Blatchford , one of the chief guards in the Company ' s employment , was examined at very considerable length , and gave a . detailed account of tbe passage of tbe train from Ipswich till it arrived at the Stratford station . The train consisted of two first and five secondclass carriages , with a luggage van and three horse-boxes , two of which had horses in them . The last of the secosd . class carriages was smashed to piecee , and several persons were hurt . The horse-boxes were also much injured , but the horses were not much hurt . He was put on the point of starting , and heard Mr . Ritshardson , the station clerk , exclaim , "Look out , " and taking this to denote danger , he ( witness ) looked from the back of the train , and saw an engine coming towards the back of the train , and on the samo line of rails as those which the the passenger-train was then , on , aad In an instant it ran into the second-class carriage . The collision destroyed the carriage , and seriously injured a great number of the passengers .
Mr . Davis . —Did you hear anything immediately before the accident to denote the near approach of danger ! Witness . —Not at all , Sir . Mr . Fry . —Where were you standing when you saw the close approach of the engine ! Witness . —At the end of the train , close to the secondclass carriage which had been destroyed . I opened the door of that carriage , so that the persons inside might get out , and had just time to fall back on the platform to save myselt . Mr . Davis . —Bid any one get out after you opened the door ? Witness . —No , Sir , it was impossible , they had not time ; the collision took place in an instant after I opened tbe door .
Charles Tomlin , a smith , in the company ' s employ , said that on Saturday he came up from Romford by the train of tracks of which the prisoner Clare was driver , and Quintan the fireman . On reaching tbe second station at Stratford , he saw the signal down , and Quin-Ian got hold of the break , and witness assisted him , but seeing the passenger . train so near , they both threw themselves down in the bottom of the tender . Clare had shut off the steam , and reversed the engine , but the accident he attributed to the rapid manner in which the train was proceeding . Mr . Richardson , the clerk at the station , was examined at considerable length . It was clear , from his testimony , as well as that of the other witnesses examined , that the prisoner Clare hnd not sounded the whistle on approaching the station , as he should have done .
Mr . Samuels , theresidentengineer at Stratford station , said that , since the accident , he had examined the engine Firefly , aud found the truck in perfect order . He had also measured the distance from the station-hou 3 e at Stratford to the signal , and found it to be 250 yards , and from the signal to where it could be at first perceived was 259 J yards ; so that with such a . day , and reversing the engine , there was abundance of space to stop the engine and prevent the collision . Mr . Hunter , an engineer at the Company ' s works at Romford , was called and examined as to the fact of any test being applied as to the efficiency and competency of engine-drivers before entrusting them to so important a situation as that of having the eare of the lives and limbs of so many of her Majesty ' s subjects , ana * it appeared that in the present instance there was none applied .
itr . Davis thought this an omission . If he . for instance , was about to engage a schoolmaster , he would require a specimen of his writing , dec . In a like manner , the qualifications of the engine drivers ought to be tested . Their power of Vision he ( Sir .. Davis ) thought of some importance . It should be here stated , that the prisoner Clare was blind of one eye , and appeared somewhat weak of vision in the other . Mr . Graven , another 8 f . the Company's engineers , was called , and he in the frankest manner admitted he had sent the prisoner Clare out with the engine , and said he considered him competent to its management . He could not have accounted for the unfortunate accident , except that be was going at toe great a rate , and could not controul it in the space .
It was stated thattheroaximum wages of engine-feeders was Gs ., while that of the engine-driver was 7 s . 6 d . a day . Mr . Whitticoinb admitted there was no evidence to justify the Bench in tbe detention of the prisoners Green or Nicholson , but as the persons at tbe hospital , or at least two of them , were still in danger , he had to apply to the Bench to remand the other two . Mr . Baivlins addressed the Magistrates at some length , and in the course of his observations made some commentaries on the conduct of those officers of the Company who employed such persona as his clients to discharge such important duties ; and attributed the unfortunate accident to those persons themselves ; and , under all the circumstances , expressedahope that , if the Beach thought there was anything in the case , they would dispose of it summarily . The Magistrates retired , and after an absence of some time , returned into Court , when Ilr . Davis said they had made up their minds to commit the prisoners Clare and Quinlan for trial .
Mr . Rawlins applied to have the prisoners to hail , but the Magistrates refused to comply with the request . The investigation occupied the Magistrates upwards of seven hours , and the Court was much crowded all the time . Asotheb Accident . —On Sunday a man who was cleaning an engine accidentally turned one of iheguage taps , by which be tvas severely scalded , and now lies in the London Hospital suffering dreadfully .
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LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY . We regret to have to record a fatal accident which took plark on Wednesday week , near the Barnsley station , whereby one man , John Salter , aged 29 , a clolhilrcsser in the employ of Messrs . Gott , at Bean Ing , in this town , was killed on the spot , and Mr . Robert Neale , of tlie Ball and Mouth Tap , Briggate , received such se . vere injuries as t <> since canse his death . The deceased , John Suiter , along with Mr . Neale and other friends , Itfc Leeds with the first of two special trains , conveying the members and friends of the Lveds Mechanics' and Literary Society , on a pleasure excursion
to Wentworth House , the seat of Earl I'iizvvHliam . Salter , shortly before the accident , was standing upon the end of the centre seat of the carriage ( a third class one ) , ilr . Xeale bi-ing immediately behind him , with this back to the end of the carriage , and as the train was approaching She Barnsley Station , near ten o ' clock In the forenoon , the steam being turned off to slacken the speed , caused a sudden jerk of the carriages one against the other , which threw Mr . Neale backwards , and in his en . deavours to recover himself , he caught at Salter , and pulled him over the end , both falling between the carriages .
Suiter , who was killed on the spot , wasmatilatcd in a very dreadful manner , several carriages passing over his bony , inflicting various bruises and cuts on theback af his head , tearing the skin and flesh very much from the right shoulder , down the right side to his hip . The skin of his right arm was al « o completely stripped off , and the fleshy part laid open . He likewise received a deep cut on his tbroat , and other serious injuries , which must have instantaneously causeil his death . Robert Xeale received several severe bruises on the back of his head , and it is most miraculous how he escaped instant destruction ; he was taken to the imusf of Mr . Angell , the superintendent of the fiamslcy Station , where he has received every attentisn . Mr . Wilson , surpeon , of Monk Jtrett-m , was immediately sent for , and Mr . Charles Loe , of North-street , arid Mr . R . G . Horton , of Park-place , in this town , surgeons , who were in the second train going to Wentworth House , stopp ' .-d at Barnsley , and rendered valuable services to the suff-rn ; r . We regret to add tiiat Neale died on Friday , at tlir--o ' clock . S . lter has left a wife and one child , and Mr . Nvak' , who was a widower , has left two ' children .
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Fat-jl Accident at the Blackwali , Raij-wat Station . —An accident , unhappily attended with fatal consequences , occutred lit tlie Black wail station of this railway on Saturday night , at a qum-tm-past ten o ' clurfc , tc a gentleman of the name of Cliarlrsford . It app .-iivs lie had wish a friend come down by the previous train Iroui
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London , and had jj « ne on the pier to ascertain if a vesso from Rotterdam bad arrived , when hearing the last train depart , he imprudently ran through one of the side platform doors ( without u ticket ) , although cautioned by hi " friend not to do so , and before the company ' s servants were aware of his presence , endeavoured to jump on to the train whilst in motion , but unfortunately missed his step and fell between two carriages , whereby he was frightfully crushed ; medical aid was promptly on thr . ipot , but he expired on being removed from the platform ,
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DIABOLICAL AND FATAL MILITARY FLOGGING AT H 0 UNSL 0 W . The inquiry , adjourned from Wednesday last , was re . suraed on Monday morning at nine o ' clock , before Mr . WaMcy , the coroner for Middlesex , at tln > Georgo th-Fourth , Hounslow Heath . It will be remembered that the investigation originated in consequence of the ¦ lentli of Frederick John White , a private in the 7 th Hussars , who died , as it is has been alleged , from punishment inflicted by the lash , a ' few days since . Upon the opening of the Court the Coroner carefully laid before the Jury the evidence given upon the previous occasion when they attended before him ; at the . fi »"" time he hopi'd that they would dismiss from their misids all they had hoard upon the subject , anil confine their attention solely to the evideucewbichmightbe furnished on
that occasion . < On behalf of the regiment a gentleman of the name of Clark , solicitor , attended to watch the case . The first witneBa called was Henry Fotter , one of the 6 erjeants of the 7 th Hussars , of which decens < -d was n private . He deposed to the state in which White whs when brought into the Hospital , and to the treatment he experienced whilst there . The evidence of several other parties was to tho same effect as the statements already published . After the examination of Mr . Day , the surgeon , Serjeant Potter ' was recalled , and minutely questioned with reference to the entries in the books of tbe mediciil
officer , from day to day . It appoared from the books that from the date of the admission of the deceased into the hospital , to the end of June , the treatment wag ns usual in such cases , and attended with satisfactory result * . 'II « perceived that on the 1 st of July the niedical order pro . vided for the application , of poultices t 6 the boils whiiili had madetheir appearance upon the back of the patieiir . The poultices were prorided and put on by the orderly , Riley . They were sufficiently lnrge to cover the whol « of the places , No medicine wns ordered to betaken at that time . On the 2 nd of July the medicine entered in the day-book was as follows : —One scruple of powered scammony and two ounces of distilled water to be administered occasionally "
By the Coroner . —When is the next entry f—On the Gth of July . Have you no entry of treatment from the 2 nd to the Gth of July ?—Not one iu this book . By the Deputy-Coroner . — What have you then ?—Ifimj on the 6 th of July this memorandum , one ounce and a half of camphor mixture to be taken three tiracB a day ; and on the following day two pills ofhyoseyamus mixed with a minute quantity of cardamoms to be taken twice a day . On the 9 th an effervescingdraught was prescribed , with medicine compounded of three drachms of sales and h » lf-a-drachm of sweet spirits of nitre , to be taken every two or three hours , till tbe boils were benleu . On the 10 th thefollowing was prescribed ; Camphor mixture , H oi ; sulphuric mixture , hulf-n-drachin ; spirit of ammonia , 20 drops ; mustard poultices to the feet . On the lHh , Camphor mixture and sulphurio ether every three hours , also wine and arrow-toot . This was the day deceased died .
By the Comeer . —Did White partake of the wine and arrow-root?—He took part of it , ' ^ What was applied to his hack after the 2 nd of July 1—Could not speak positively . Was not spermaceti ointment applied ?—Believed It
was . Was it mixed with anything else t—With extract of lead he believed . In what proportions !—One drachm of extract to 3 ois of the ointment . ¦ Who ordered this mixture for ointment !—Dr . Warren , ' the regimental surgeon . Witness used it , and continued to do so until White died . By the Deputy-Coroner . —Have you anything in the register-book with reepect to this case f—Believed there
was . The Coroner . —Sxamine the book and see whether aucli a case is reported ?—It is , Sir . What do you call that bookf—Tne "Medical Register Book . " The Deputy-Coroner . —Are tbe entries made from day today!—They appear to be . ; The Coroner . —; Then please to read them to the Gentlemen of the Jury . —I find on the 15 th an entry , that the deceased was admitted into the regimental hospital on the 15 th of June , 1846 , he having received 150 hshes as a punishment , his back at the time being a good deal lacerated and swollen , and covered with blood . Who made that entry ?—Dr . Warren , Did you seethe entry made!—I was present at the time ; indeed I was with Dr . Warren when the patient was received into the hospital . What is the date of the next entry , and what is there stated!—The next entry is dated June 19 .
Read Witness , reading , " Swelling and inflammation on the b . ck subsided ; discharge profuse , bowels Open . " On the 22 ud , " Continued to do well ; back healing . " 25 th , " Number of small boils broke out on the back of the patient , which are very painful , but in other respects doing well ; bowels open . " 28 tb , " Back cleansing and discharging , but much inflamed ; bowels to be well purged . " July 1 st . " Back nuarly well a qunnlity of small boils not quite cicatriced over ; the pustules remaining open . " July 4 th , "Back now ' altogether wefl , and the patient will be fit for duty in the course of
tomorrow . " July fith , " Patient complained this morn , ing ol pain in the region of the heart ; most severe during respiration ; pulse full at eighty , and expand , ing ; tongue clean ; no thirst ; bowels rather confined . " Have the goodness to turn to the day-book , and read the entries of treatment for tiie 8 th and 9 th of July . — The witness turned to the entries , and read as follows : — July 8 th , Wednesday , two grains of the infusion of senna with Epsom salts , and a drachm of tiuctureoi cardamom . July 9 tb , "Effervescing draught with sulphate of magnesia , three drachms , a half a drachm of spirit of sweet nitre three times a day . " . " .
No w what have you in the other book ' —Witness turning to the Medical Register . I find hera on the 7 th July , " Pulse of patient seventy-eight ; some thirst ; skin as before ; urine scanty and light in colour . " 9 th . " Scrobiculous cordes ; pulse ninety , hard and full . Pain 8 extending to the back andleft shoulder , respiration hurried and painful j bowels moved thrice yesterday . Thirty-two ounces of blood lost , and blister applied to the back . " On the 3 th three grains of calomel and three of St . James ' s powder were administered every three or four hours . A solution of tartaric antimony was also provided , to be used three times a day . He ( the patient ) was much relieved by the blister ; ' but there was exhibited a slight
tendency to delirium . . Pulso ninety-five ; skin puffed considerably under the operation of cupping ; twelve ounces of blood drawn by that process . On the 11 th his appetite became much impaired ; pulse" ninety-fiFe , small and irregular ; he seemed gradually to get worse , his senses failing him , and eventually he died , being beforo insensible to objects around' him , and covered by a cold clammy sleep . The staff surgeon Hall arrived shortly afterwards , but the patient was articulo mortis , - - ' " What was the treatment thepatientreceivedas entered in that book on the day of his death ?—Camphor aud sulphuric ether . ¦¦ ' ;' ¦
When did the disohnrcs on his hack first begin to small i —After his death ; not before , to my knowledge . John Thomas Matthewson , private in tho 7 th Hussars , after being sworn , deposed that on the 22 nd of June last ho was admitted as a patient into the Regimental Hospital , at Hounslow . He slept after his admission in the next bad to the deceased . On the Saturday week' after he ( witness ) was admitted , dtceased complained of having a pain in bis side . He said it was a singular pain , and extended to his chest and back .
By the Coroner . —Was present when the deceased described the pain to be '' singular . " He said it was different to any thing he had ever felt before . Deccnsud said this on the Wednesday , and died on the Saturday following . The surgeon of the regiment came into the room and said , "How are you , White S" to which deceased made no answer . The doctor then said , it was no disgraceful crime for which you wore punished . " White then said | £ It is through my back my illness has been caused . " The doctor replied " I know it is . " He ( the doctor ) said this several times .
By the Coroner . —V « hat did you understand White to mean when he said , " It is through my back my illness has heen caused ?"—I understood him to mean that the lash had caused his illnoss and pain . Examined by the Deputy Coroner . —The doctor then went araj and Rot some medicine . The man at this time had got his shirt off . The doctor looked at him , and then said , " This is through the other ; " meaning , as witness supposed through tlie wounds from the flogging . The medical officer used no instrument , nor did he put his ear to the side of the putient , nor did he tap him . Witness was sure of this , as he was present all the time , Deceased was bleil in the morning of that day , and again in the evening . The doctor only looked at deceased ; of that witness was quite sure . Deceased was then sensible , but he had bren unconscious . Tho medical officer saw him Hgiiin about one on the following morning .
li y the Coroner . —What did the doctor say to him on the following morning!—He said , "Clieer up , never mind ; you will be a good soldier yet . " The doctor ciime again in the evening , and used similarly encourafrins language to the deceased . Did the deceased man make any observation to you about the cause of his illness ?—Did not exactly re . member . Did he say , " I think I shall die *"—Thought he mnde . some kucIi observation . DM he i- « t with muth appetite latterly ?—lie ate his allowance nn the Saturday beforehis death ; On theSiin-< ity he a potatoe , and on tho Monday a small bit of toi ' ist Witness told the doctor himself of ttie deceased ' * want of appetite , but no extras or nourishing food was provided that witness was aware of . .
lJy the Deputy Coroner . —Did deceased say anything < o you as to Hi ? state of Mb health lit the * time lie was punished f—He did ,
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The Coroner . —What did he say {—He said he Was not fit to be punished , and after tho flogg ing that his illnest arose from injuries done to his back . Witness believed deceased had been under the doctor ' s care , but not recently before the time of his punishment . When the regimentlayat Brighton deceased wns a long time , under the hands of the doctor . Deceased received loO lashes , he was not allowed to keep his stock on while he endured the whipping . Witness had seen punishments in Other regiments but ho never saw a man have his stock taken away beforeumlergoing the lash , except in the 7 th HussaM , The Doctor ( Warren ) and the Colonel of the regiment ( Whyte ) were both present , and within five yards of tae man during his punishment , the Doctor was at Ins leu and the Colonel at his right hand . . , ¦ make remark
By tho Deputy Coroner . —Did White any during his punishment ! -He only said , " Striko loWW . The Coroner .-Why did he sBy this { -Because the la * hcR w * re taking effect on his neck . I noticed the < kin puff up imnwdiatcly after the blow had struck hjm . The Coroner ( to witness ) . —Look at those caU . nin « . tails , and say whether they are the kind of whips used to nuninJi the men in your regiment—The " lash " to which the worthy coroner pointed , several of which lay upon the table for the inspection of the jury , were formidohle 'noUini ? whips , the thongs of which are made of > trnnp 1 r tnis ' ed cord , closely knotted , attached to stout bandied , about 18 inches in length . Two or three of t'irim were fit thi ends saturated with blood , evidently tvcnntly shed ]—the witness identified the " cats , " and said , taking up one of them , that he believed that was th * very one with which he had been punished .
Have you . Matthewion , any objection to your name appearing in the papers as having ; suffered the penalty of fl' . eeinp '—Not any objection , Sir , I wish the matter to be nindfi public . Then state why you wero punished ?—1 will , Sir . I was in the stable , attending to my duty , and . some one called " Matthewson , " through the window . I replied , thinking it was one of my mates , " Holloa . " Immedlnt . ij afterwards Serjeant Temp i * came to mo , and said ' Is ' { hat the war you ipeak to your serjeast ? " I replied ? hat I w «« not nware the Serjeant called , or I would not have answered in any such manner . With this the servant did not appear satisfied , and I said , " Do you want ne to go down upon my knees to you ! " For this I wan
nut on " fatigue , " and seven days ' solitary confinement . Erentually ' fl court martial was held , and I was sentenced to tecf've 100 lashes . —( Cries of " Shame" in the court , which were not easily suppreased . ) From half-past 12 ••' clock until half-pnst 10 o ' clock the next day no sur-B (> on came to me . Up to that day . Ms back was not well . He had ha . l bolls upon him ; and at that moment he had painsin enchside . They first hurt him in the chest , now in the sides . White told him he- should hav » such pains after being flogged . He never had such singular pains before in any part of his body . He wan ordered , before being flogged , to take off his stork . Tlu adjutant ordered him , and he did so . When beaten , the laflh cut him quite up to the roots of his back hair , and us low as the bottom of the ribs .
At this stage of the proceedings tho coroner inquired of Mr . Horatio Day , surgeon of Isleworth ( the gentleman who had been applied to to make a postmortem examination of the body ) whether he bad specially ex . atnined the spine t Mr . Day said he had not paia very special attention to that part ; he . however , had obtained sufficient evidence to account for death internally . The eoroncr would leave it with the jury to decide whether they were satisfied with the examination which hud been made . He ( the coroner ) might be medically satisfied , but judicially he wns not . The room was then cleared , and after a private interview with the jury of about twenty minutes , the deor was opened , and the coroner declared the inquest adjourned until Monday next . .
The lnTi- » tlpation , which lasted nearly seven hours , appeared to excite the liveliest interest , the inquestroom being inconveniently crowded throughout the whole of the day . ~
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FmoHTFUL . AcciDBNT by Machinery— On Friday night an inquest was held before Mr . Bedford at the Plough Tavern , Carey-street , Lin c oln ' a-inn-fields , on the body of David Roberts , aged twenty-nine . The deceased was a , leather tanner , in the employ of Messrs . Essex , curriers , of Stanhope-street , Claremarket , and on the afternoon of Monday week the deceased was working at a bark mill , turne d by ateam power , when , in turning to speak to a fellow workman , he inadvertently placed his right hand on two wheels termed breakers , revolving at full speed , and before he could get his hand away again , it was drawn into the machinery as high as the shoulder . Thr e e quart e r s o f a n hour e l a psed b e fore the mutilated limb could be extricated , a n d even until Monday afternoon last , when secondary hemorraee occcurred from an artery , which was stopped , but on Thursday afternoon the artery again burst out bleeding , frem excitement , and he expired in ten minutes afterwards from loss of blood . Verdict , " Accidental Death . "
Fatal Occurrence at Battle "Bridge . —0 ^ Saturday Mr . Wakley held an inquest at the University College Hospital , on tho body of Mark Sinnott . aged sixty six , a watchman , in the employ of Messrs , Marston , the sewer contractors . Charles Farrander deposed that about ten o ' clock on the evening of the 15 th instant , while standing . it the corner of Maidenlane , Battle Bridge , he saw a four-horse waggon coming from the railway , when he heard a fall accompanied by groans , and nn proceeding to the spot , he discovered that two men had been knocked down and run over . Assistance was procured , and the deceased was taken to the hospital , where he died at six o ' clock the following morning . lie repeatedly
blamed the driver of the waggon , and said it was entirely his own fault . The ether man who was knocked down is still lying in a very dangerous state . The deceased had stated that ho heard the cries of the other watchman , named Synes , who had been knocked down by the v . n belonging to the Messrs . Crowlcy , the railway carriers , ami on going to the spot he had requested the driver to stop , but he took no notice of what was s : tid , and flogged the horses on , threw him down , ai > d drove over his chest . The driver was taken up before a police magistrate on Friday , and is now out on bail . He had acknowledged having driven over the deceased . / The Coroner briefly addressed the Jury , and adjourned the inquest for a few days to have Hie driver identified .
Child MimuEn—The corpse of a male child , less than a month old , was yesterday washed up on the Gosport shore , at the Phoenix wharf .. It was in a state of great decomposition , and had evidently beer murdered , as its skull was fractured ; it was wrapped up in flannel , and then tied in a thin black apron , made of woollen and silk . An inquest was held today , before C . B . Longcroft . Esq ., but not the slighest evidence could be afforded to the Jury as to the matter , and a verdict of "Wilful murder against sonic persons unknown . " was returned . . Tub Dagbniiam Murder . —It is now confidently believed that In a very brief space of time tlie perpetrator of this brutal murder will be arrested . A chain of circumstantial evidence , has . broken out which leaves no doubt that the ' puilty party will
shortly be in the hands of justice . Joseph Shackell , superintendent of the detective force , has been most active during the past week , in a minute investiuation of the fasts . Sergeant Shaw and another officer have been sent to Woburn and the village of Eversham , where the yonnjr woman resides whorh Clnrke waa ' about to marry , for the purpose of ascertaining if there was any rival in the love affair , who might , under "' feelings of jealousy , have been ' prompts' ! to commit the deed of violence . The ' resul ! of their investigation , however , soes to establish the belief that the track pursued by Shackell in rhe neighbourhood of the murder is the right one : ' It would be unwise at present to say more , as it might be prejudical to the ends of justice ; that he was not assassinated by any of the " notoriously bad characters" with which
the neighbourhood is represented to abound Wprotty clear , from the fact that the silver watch , four halfcrowns , and four shillings , which he had in his possession , were not disturbed . Jealousy and revenge , notplumler . it is quite evident , actuated themurderer . On Saturday nft&rnoon , a Government reward ol £ 100 was offered for the discovery of the murderer . A free pardon is also offered to any but the actual murderer , on condition that they make the necessary disclosures . . ¦ ' ' ' Supposed Suicidk of a Boy fhom Ill-Treatment . —An inquest was held on Monday evening , before Mr Payne , at the Wheatsheaf , ' Borousrh Market , till the body of Jeremiah Doyle , aged fifteen , John M'Gragli said ; that lie knew the deceased , who resided next door to him in Grange-walk ,
Bermondsev . On Saturday night last , witness- met him in the streets crying , and on asking him what was t ! ie matter with him , he answered that his mother had bpaten him with a poker and kicked him i '» r havinu hit his sister . Witness saw that his ear was bleed , ing . George Ware said , that he found the body o the deceased floating in the river near the steps o ! London Bridge on Sunday morning . Maria Doyle , the mother of the 'deceased , denied that she had bea t e n the deceased in the manner stated , and said that she merely save him two or three slaps ; lie was a very sulky boy . The Coroner said , that though the deceased misht have drowned himself in consequence of tlie beatiny he had received from his mother , she would not be responsible for his death . The Jury returned a verdict of '' Found drowned . "
Tub Russian Poles AunoAi > . —The Russian government has just issued * m order , commanding its Polish subjects ' travelling in foreign countries , to return home . This order is given in a manner altogether captious . " You are permitted , " it says , "t .. return to jour own country ; " and a postscript adds . " If , within the space of a week , you do not' pivseiiiyourself to the Russian embassy to take your passport ,-your property shall be confiscated . " In itdilitiou to this , the Secretaries of Embassy are to ask each person if he is well plrased ts return homo . Without doubt , : ui ambiguous ' reply would he consirlei-ed as a revolutionary niJinifestatinn ; and woiild canse the ruin of the parson' so . 'interrogated . The greater nunihor of rr ' ave ! le » S' who have returned to ' aland , although quite unef > nii « cled with "iiy ti'iliiicnl movement ., havu liumi mmated afc the frontier , and stu " . till iu prison .
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INSANITY AND MURDER . Robert Kuowlaon , aged 28 , was indicted for the wilful murder of his own father , at KirkBramwith , in tbe West Riding , on the 5 th of May last , Mr , Aspinall examined Ann Knowlson , widow of the deceased . —My daughter Nancy and the prisoner lived in the house with tiny husband and me . He was a wheelwright , and the prisoner helped hire in his trade . The prisoner on the 4 th of May broke seme pots , and bis sister and he had some words . During the night I heard him talking to himself ; there was no one to talk to ,- The following morning my husband went down stairs early to go to his work . I henrd something break , und my husband 8 ay , "Robert , nrt thou going to break all the things in the house V After that I heard him shout " murder , " I went to tlie window and called out . ' I was not dressed , and therefore did
not go down for a quarter of an hour . I then sent for a surgeon . My husband died on the ' following Wednesday . Mary Singleton examined . —I know the prisoner . I heard Mr . Chapman ( sister of prisoner—the Nancy mentioned ; shout out of the window for my husband to come . I called him up , and then ran into the Btreet a short distance towards Knowlson ' s , The door was open , and Robert was standing undressed , with his back turned towards the door . He was ftriking at Bometbing . I could net see what it was . I think I saw him strike two or three times . I then went back . Cross-examined by Mr . Overend for the prisoner , at the request of the Judge . — I went afterwards into thehouse . I did notsee the prisoner again till I saw him up stairs breaking toe window , ( lebroku the frame and all out . . He also threw a large looking-glass out . He attempted several times to jump
out . I had known him 12 or 13 years . In his manner of behaving he was not like other men . He was always talking to himself , and sometimes laughed very , loud . He was quite deranged ; quite in an insane state of mind . He had always been in that state , since I have known him ; sometimes better and sometimes worse . He said nothing , only shouted . Other witnesses were examined . The Learned Judge , addressing the Jury , laid I should tbink . your minds must be made up by this sort of evidence . You have a great body of evidence to prove that the prisoner was not at the time of this sad occurrence in a state of mind to make him responsible for his acts . If you have come to that conclusion you will acquit the prisoner , and Bay that you do so on . the ground of insanity . The Jury considered a moment , and then returned a verdict to that effect , which will of course have the effect of confining him for life . . :
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SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO KILL . At the Chelmsford Assizes . on Friday , George Maj Smith , 18 , a genteel-looking lad , was indicted for feloniously and unlawfully shooting at Thomas Woodcock Warner , with a loaded gnn , with intent to murder him , In other counts , the intent of the prisoner was laid to be , to do him grievous bodily harm , Mr , Charnock , who appeared for the prisoner , said that with the permission of the Court , be was anxious to retract his idea of not guilty , and to plead guilty to the count on the indictment imputing to him the intention to . do grievous bodily harm . M" . Baron Parke then directed the pica of guilty to bs
recorded . The prosecutor was then called into the witness-box , and in answer to questions put to him by the Learned Judge , he said that the prisoner had been in his service , hut he bad discharged him a short time before this transaction , and in consequence of his misbehaviour , he refused to give him a character . On the day mentioned in the indictment he was near his own house , when the prisoner deliberately discharged a gun at him . The gun burst and injured the prisoner a good deal , andtheproseeutor fortunately escaped with a very slight wound . The Learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to be transportrd for seven years .
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¦ ! - ¦ POISONING . At the York Assizes on Friday , John Rodda was indicted for poisoning his child , an infant only twenty-one months old , at Stepton , on the 19 th of last April . J . Bentham , surgeon , at that place , said he had prescribed for the child , which was , he thought , ill from teething , and gave its mother a powder containing two grains of antiraonial powder and one of calomel , to be given to it , and its feet was to be bathed in hot water , This was on the 16 th of April . On the Sunday night after , be wai sent for , and found the child ljing in the mother ' s lap , constantly vomiting a dark frothy subBtance which rose to its mouth . The appearance of the tongue , lips , and chin , was remarkable , and he detected strong acid in the vomit . The child's pinafore was eaten into holes and stained a dark colour , Went home and got some magnesia , of
which I gave the child a teaspoonful . The vomiting soon after ceased . The pulse was too quick to he counted . The hands and feet were cold . I went away , and on returning fouud the violent vomiting had returned . Magnesia being given again the vouiiting once more ceased . The child was easy nnd dozed , but about eleven that night It died . On a pottmorttn examination the tongue , mouth , and gullet appeared to be parboiled , the stomach completely destroyed and so pulpy that it could be smashed as easy as wetted paper . I thought oil of vitriol had been given to the child from the first . Oil of vitriol is a deadly poison . In this case it had been given undiluted , and it operated immediately on the parts appearing to be effected . I said the child had taken oil of vitriol . The mother said nothing had been given it In
the way of physic but the powder I ordered on Thursday , and there were no drugs in the house . So said the prisoner again and again . I could not tell at the examination how much of the vitriol had been introduced into the child ' s stomach , but there had been at least a tablespoonful given to it . —Mr . Bell , who assisted the last witness at the post mortem examination , corroborated his evidence . —Mrs . Cooper , who kept a druggist's shop , said the prisoner came to her shop for a pennyworth of oil of vitriol on Saturday before the child died . He had a table spoonful . After hearing other corroborative evidence and the defence , the judge charged the jury , whe retired for two hours , and found the prisoner Guilty of Murder . The Judge pronounced the sentence of the law , that he be hanged , and the prisoner left the dock in great uflliction .
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SETTING FIRE TO A WORKHOUSE . At the Huntingdon Assizes , on Friday , Ann Peacock , a girl of the age of 20 , who has already been punished more th ? n twenty times for acts of violence and insubordination in tho workhouse of the Huntingdon Union was indicted for setting fire to a < 3 we )) : ng- - house , one William Gomme and others then being therein . Early « n the morning of the 17 th of May , the prisoner was ordered to clean out one of the women ' s apartments in the Huntingdon Union , of which she was an inmate , About a quarter past nine an alarm ' of fire was given ; smoke was observed to proceed from the room which the pri-3 oner had been ordered to' clean ; and , on its being entered by the master and some other persons , four of the beds were found to be on fire , burning coals were lying strewed on the floor , and the prisoner , who was there ,
said , " I told you I would do it , because you stopped my dinner yesterday . " Mr . Worledge , who conductsd'the prosecution , having proved these facts , had some difficulty in eliciting any direct evidence that aDyportionof the floor , which was the only part of the house itself that had been injured , had ever been on nre , or heated to a red hent , wliidi is the least proof that will satisfy the law . ' The testimony of the master of Hie workhouse , Mr . Gomme , however , tended to show that the surface of the flooring , to the extent of about two inches in length by one in brea'Hh , was so charred that it must have been heated to a red lieat . Thereupon the case was left to thcjury , who at once returned a verdict of Guilty . J'jdg inent of death was recorded , with an intimation from the judge that it would be commuted to transportation , and not'for a very long time .
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CRIM , CON , Rhodes v . Atkinson . — Yobe , Satdkdat . — Mr , Knowles , Jlr . Ceasby , and Mr . Atherton were for the plaintiff ; and Mr . Sergeant Wilkins and Hr . Wilde for the defendant . This nos an action brought to recorer damages in compensation for the seduction of the plaintiff ' s wife by the defendant . The plaintiff , Mr . Henry Rhodes , a wine and spirit merchant at Hudtiersfield ; and the defendant , Mr . Richard Atkinson , son of a gentleman formerly a merchant of the same place , is now a commission flgent . ¦ ¦' . ¦ From tho statement of the plaintiff ' s counsel , and the evidence of the witnesses called by him , it appeared that the plaintiff was married to his wife in 1837 . SIio is now between 27 and 28 years of age . Her maiden name was Peacock , and she . is of the family of the latellr . ; Cmsnr Peacock , who was twice Lord Mayor of the city of York .
Mrs . Anna Maria Wilson , wife of John Wilson ^ was the Crst witness called . She is sister of the plaintiff , ' and » he , her husband , and Miss Isabella Rhodes , another sister of ' lit . ' plaintiff , proved the marriage of the latter with Miss Pcncock , a « d thatso far as they could perceive , the plainriff and his wife bad lived on terms of affection from the ¦ late of the union up to January 19 , in the present year . Mrs . Uhodea has three little children , all girls . According to the testimony of Mr . and Mrs . Wilson nnd Miss Rhodes , t . hey h-. id no intimation of Mrs . Rhode ' s misconduct previous to January , On the 19 th , however , those two ladies were engaged to visit at the plaintiff ' s , where they had lieCore been in thefanbit of coming , as Mrs . Rhodes had of ( , -oing to the Wilsons ' . Then , for the first time , they found that Mrs . Rhod < -8 was addicted to drinking to intoxication , unii at the same time one of tlie female servants
cuminunic-ited to the youtig Indy , Miss Rhodes , that they , the ; servants at the plaintiff ' s house , had observed improper familiarities ' between Mrs . Rhodes and the defendant . \ Mrs . Rhodes wag than so tipsy as not to be able to enter- ! tain her visitors . Sho was in her room , lying on the bed , witlt tiotiiiiitr but her upper garment on , swearing , und hi-haviog' herself so violently that it was necessary to tr « .-it her . with , restraint , Mrs . Wilson did not go up to see her . bun Miss Rhodes did . Mrs . Rh 6 des was locked up in tUu bedroom , and tho window whs nailed down , in ordor for homnfcty . The otalViuhnt had long been on very intU units and familiar tr-nns with plaintiff , who , from tho nature of his oucunatton , had occasionally to Iuavo-his housa fur two or three days together when he travelled on husin-. ss . When ut home he used frequently to liri ' uK his fl'ionil , till ! defendant , to dinner at an early hour , nn . l the two used to go away from the liouse : but it somethvis
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happened tbat the defendant returned to the houjj the plaintiff alone , and upon these occasions used to kee company with Mrs . Rhodes . Sarah Kilburn , Mary DjBOlf Eliza Rayner , Sarah Prierley , and Martha Clay , domejt , v servants . bad all lived with Mrs . Rhodes during tie period from May , 1614 , to January . They were called for th plaintiff , and their evidence went to show that the plai ,, tiff ' s wife had been given to drink more or less from lgjj to last January , when , as it was alleged , the reports of her infidelity first reached the oars of her husband . Tfae ( . extent
young women all concurred to a certain as to act » of familiarity between tlie defendant and their iniitresi , The first of them asserted that on one morning i n Jfaj ' 1844 , she had occasion to go into the parlour to take some glasses there , and on entering the r < om , the door of which was unfastened , she saw her mistress and th « < jg , fen dan t both together on a reclining chair , and described their situation as one presenting the strongest proof of the defendant ' s criminality . She said , nothing , however , either to her mistress or her master , but did mention it to hoi * fellow Sepvant , Rnyner , who was then the nurse to
the children , and Rayner now confirmed her in that latter statement . Kilburn admitted that when about to leave Mrs . Rhodes' service , her mistress had searched her box , accusing her of theft , but she denied having taken anything . When so accused she had not told Mrs . Hhodi-s what che , the witness , had before seen between her and Mr . Atkinson , and said nothing of her drinking , This witness admitted also that she had two children of her own , by different fathen , though she never hud been married . Dyson , the other principal witness of the defendant ' s conduct toward * the plaintiff's wife , bad also one illegitimate child . The evidence of tlmec women , which was vevy circumstantial , showed that the'defen . dant and Mrs . Rhodes had been behaving with' crosi
familiarity on several occasions . It appeared -that Mr , Atkinson had more than once slept with Mrs , Rhodes during the absence o . f plaintiff . Once , on his coming into the house , and the eldest child having gone to tell her mother that Mr . Atkinson was'there , he and Mrs . Rhodes met in the pnssa ^ e , and he had kissed her within si ght of the servants , and said "bless thee ! " within their hearing . It was endeavoured to be shown that her drink , ing was altogether conseqnent upon the defendant ' s con , duct , that he had seduced her before she contracted tbe habit of intoxication , and that she was led to drink from nothing but remorse . But the evidence proved that he had long been aware of her propensity to drink , , nnd had locked up the spirits to keep them out of her reach .
Mr . Serjeant Wilkins made a strong appeal to the Juiy agoinat the probability of the . plaintiff ' s case . He con . tended that a large part of the statements weie utterl y false , and , therefore , be sought a verdict , not of small damages , but forjjthe defendant . It was impossible , at all erents , that the plaintiff could , according to the language of his own declaration , have sustained any loss iu the society , aid , and comfort of his wife , whom he must have felt to hai-e been a very worthless woman , and of whom , because of her wretched drunken habits , he w «> now trying to rid himself by an accusation against the defendant which was unworthy of belief .
The Jury retired from the box for nearly an hour and a half , and finally gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Da , mages £ 10 .-
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—¦^^^» - TRIAL FOR BIGAMY . At the Lincoln Assizes on Monday , James Hindley was charged with having , on the 17 th day of March , 1845 , at Stickney , in this county , married one Sarah Laban , wi . dew , his former wife , Elizabeth Hindley , being still alive . The prisoner , who is an Irishman , formerly resided at Bedford , where , aa far back as 1636 , he contracted an acquaintance with and married bis present wife . The marriage did not turn out to be a happy one , and they separated , the wife remaining at Bedford , whilst the prisoner erentunlly came to reside at Stickney , in Lincoln , shire , where be kept a house . Sarah Laban , the second wife , went to lodge with the prisoner in the month of October , 1844 , and in the March of the following , year they were married . The case was clearly made out , but there were extenuating circumstances , and the Learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprison , merit .
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CHARGE OF MURDER . At the Dorchester Assizes on Monday , James French was indicted for the wilful murder of John Steers , at Lyme Regis , on the 9 th of the present month . The pri . soncr , who is thirty-five years of ftge , was formerly » baker ; the deceased was an old man ninety-three years of age . Oh the night of the 8 th of July they slept in the same room at a lodging-house at Lyme Re ? is . but in separate beds . The house was kept by a pei son of the name of Jackson , and two of his children slept in the same room as the prisoner and the deceased . Tbe people of the house were alarmed by the cries of " Fire " and Murder" about half-past twelve o ' clock on the night in question . Jackson immediately got up , nnd went into the room where the prisoner and tbe deceased were . As soon as he entered , the prisoner jumped out of bed in a perfect state of nudity , and began striking the old man in the most violent and extraordinary manner with his
fists , but , during all the time be was doing this , he himself kept crying "Fire" "Murder" &c , with all his might , Upon Jackson endeavouring to stop this con . duct on the part of the prisoner he knocked him down , stairs . The noise all this made brought a person of the name of Hodder into the room , and he succeeded in taking the prisoner from the old man ' s bedside : l <' reneh then said that he had made a mistake ; he had thought it was another man , and he hoped he bad not hurt him . The persons who had assembled then took the prisoner into custody , and conveyed him down . stairs , when he asked for a glass " of water . This , however , the people would not let him have . The prisoner complained of this , and said , "Surely you can ' t refuse me a glass of water ? " Jackson did not sent for a surgeon till eight o ' clock in the morning , when he sent for Mr . Harder , a surgeon of the town . The old man died about four o ' clock the same afternoon . The constable who had the
prisoner m custody asked him how he could think of beating a poor man in that way , upon which the prisoner said , that there were many people about him , and he thought they were going to murder him . Sonic of them were dressed like warriors , and had moustach&is and carried swords ; and he was not going to be murdered , and therefore ha took his own part . The constable asked him if he had ever quarrelled with the old man , and he said he had never had an angrr word with him in his life . The constable said he had known the prisoner for many years , and for at least ten years he had believed him to be more or less insane . The prisoner had been brought before the magistrates some time since on
achargeofill-treatinghis wife , when a discussion took place as to whether he should be sent to a lunatic asylum or imprisoned . Upon a . post mortem examination of the head of the deceased , there was an immense quantity of extravasnted blood found on the brain , and the surgeon stated that he believed the old man's death was caused by congestion of the brain , produced by blows and violence which he externally received . The injuries to the face and head of the deceased wero very severe ; but at the same time ,, having known the prisoner for a very considerable time , he was decidedly of opinion that he was insane . The Jury upon this Acquitted the prisoner , upon the ground of insanity , and lie was directed to be confined during her Majesty ' s pleausre .
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SrEBD ON THE CrOYDOX ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY . — On Tuesday the speed of the 9 h , odm . and and lOli . 50 m trains , both from Croydon to Forest-liill , were taken , and the maximums were found to be respectively ^ 50 . 25 and 61 . 23 miles per hour ! The sceondtrain ran tho distance , which is nearly five miles , including the time lost in getting up and reducing speed when departing from Croydon and arriving at Forest-hill , in Cmin . 45 sec , or at the rate of about 43 miles per hour from platform'to platform , and a distance . oi two miles out of the Ryu were performed at the rate of 62 miles per hour . * -The pistons attached to both the above trains entered the tube two minutes after the pistons of the down train had
left . ' Drinking Frisck Albert ' s IIkath . —At n . meeting of the Liverpool Total Abstinence Societ y , he ^ q Monday evening last , a resolution was Hnanimouslr adopted , deeply deploring " the increased amount of drunkenness which will probably be caused by djinkine-Prince Albert ' s health in intoxicating beverages , and with a view of avwliag thU result , adopting 2 address to his royal hishness " ¦ B j ^ S ^^ kSBftiSSbTi-B aJvttU Sfisati'fflSiS : sg ^ spMawa ^ sawi challenged party . That affair has led to a most o ^ S VeSUl < h j death ot tlie secDn ( 1 s , "hioto occurred on Saturday evenincr last it Pahnvri
tKh , ' ' • S \ > rin ? in of at Palmyra . o ; v h , . V- "Rental-Glover armed with a six-barrel revolving pistol , Buckner without . any means « j dxlence . An altercation took place between d em , tne tenor of which we are not informed , when trloyer drew Ins pistol and shot Buckner , the ball passing just above the hip , and coming out at the naveJ . Buckner thus wounded , immediately- seized tho pistol from Glover ' s hands aud fired ir—the ball . passing directly through tho hitter ' s heart , . He expired immediately . Buckner died yestevdav ¦ morn-! fr 1 lie par > * ° f dKadful-ewiflicUre respectable men , and we understand that them had bU , . Pnor totheab o vednd . no difficulty whatever betweeil mXU 7 f- ? nokn V « " « ie circuit attorney for the district , rending at Bowling-green , and M £ Glover a student at law m Palmyra .-Jw « rica « Pavvr .
A Jolly Good ToAST .-The other day * countryman gave the following truly -philosophical feast : - Here a tiv ue all ! May weniwur want HO'lund Hor neebody else , nor me nowthev . " Vesuvius . —Letters fronv Naples , of June 21 , state that Mount Vesuvius was in full oviipiiim , ami vomiting forth masses oflavnvitli great noise . * During tho night . the Humes presented a magnificent spM " tacle . The heat was 24 degrees of Reaumur ( SO hnhrenhoit ) LictiT CioTKHfo . —The last summer fashions i ' Georgia consist of « shin collar and a pair of >/>» '' » " '
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" - ¦ ¦ •;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : " ;¦ ¦ ; ; - " ¦¦— . ¦—¦¦ ¦ ¦ - - ¦ -- ¦ - ¦ / , _ - , THE NORT HERN STAR Jul y 25 , 1846 . ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 25, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1376/page/6/
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