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r TRAGICAL EVEKT . On the 6 th inst ., Mr . J . W . Dutton , the eldest Son of the Hon . J . W . Dutton , of Bilbury-house near "Fan-ford , Gloucestershire , and grandson of Lord gherborne , with three other gentlemen and some guides ( headed by the enterprising Johann Lauener , of Lauterbrunuen , ) left Interlachen to hunt chamois amongst the mountains of the Bernes Oberiand in the neighbourhood of the Blumlis Alp and Jung-&au . The daj succeeding their departure they were detained by inclement weather at some chalets , only inhabited by cowherds in the height ot summer . On the 8 th they proceeded to range a district between the Schdthom and the Tschmgel-1 i » m f nr M , a , nnis . Durine the day two of the party ' r TRAGICAL EVEST .
left and returned to Interlachen being tired ofthe snort , leaving Mr . Dutton and Mr . Robert Ward Jackson , a gen tleman from Cleveland in Yorkshire , who alone were anxious to pursue it On the morning of Friday the 9 th they left at foura . m . a chalet , \ rhere they had slept , in the Seefiiienthal , and proceeded orer the Farke , a pass separating the Kienthal from the Seefinenthal ; thence they went along over a large tract of snow , the extreme head of the Kienthal , and crossed an intermediate rid ge of steep rocks into the Gamschitbal , which is a tributary to the Kienthal . Some chamois being descried at a great distance , the party remained at a certain point , whilst Lauener took a long circuit , hopinsr to drive them in the direction of the rifles
. Upw ards of an hour and a half wa < required to accomp lish this , which was an unsuccessful attempt , on account of the chamois having scented him . Upon the occasion of the party leaving their point Of vienrtojoin Lauener the following sad accident occurred : —Mr . Duttoa , being slightly cold , gave lis rifle to a guide to carry that he might more effectually use his Alpine staff in descending diagonally the steep incline ot the mountain , covered with loose slaty deposits upon its rocky face . Mr . Dutton , having slipped whilst Blaring his foot upon a piece of rock , fell upon hisleft thigh and hi p , and at the same moment the guide , who was immediately behind him , carrying his rifle , stooped to break his fall and prevent his sliding down the
slope . The fastening by which the leather sling ms attached to the rule was not strong , and slightly out of repair . Mr . Datton was seen endeavouring to improve it upon two occasions—one , the day before ; the other , on the fatal morning . The movement of the guide in order to save Mr . Datton , had the effect of causing a strain upon the sling more tb . in it could bear . It accordingly gave way ; the rifle fell from him and dropped down the slope , pointing straight up it . All the party , viz . —Mr . Dutton , Mr . Jackson , and the three guides , were then close together . Scarcely a moment had elapsed ¦ jrh en one barrel went off , and the ball must have passed ainong 3 t them ; scarcel y another moment passed ere the second barrel went off ( the rifle not
being more than a distance oi about five yards . ) This second explosion was with more deadly effect , for poor Mr . Duttou was shot through the stomach . His first request was to be carried down to the snow , and to the edge of it , therefore , he was taken . Mr . Jackson having endeavoured to staunch the wound as best he might with few materials , immediately despatched one of the guides to Interlachen , to ilr . Dutton ' s travelling companion , the Hon J . C . Murray , with a request to proceed with medical aid to . the village ofKien , the first place down the Kienthal where any , even rude , accommodation was to be obtained . Mr . Jackson being informed by the guides that some materials mi ght be obtained from some chalets at a moderate dis
tance sent another guide off for the purpose of regaining it . After waiting above an hour , one man arrived with two poles and a sheet , bringing word that it might be some hours before further assistance could be got . This being the case Mr . Jackson deemed it better to commence transporting bis companion with the four individuals the party then consisted of . They had first to ascend 1 . 000 or more feet ( this being about 7 , 000 feet above the sea ) t <> repass the before-mentioned ridge of rocks , and then to descend for nearly two miles diagonally ever snow , which towards the bottom was extremely slippery . "Whilst passing over it the cowherd saw at a distance one of the cows in rather a dangerous position , and in spite of bribeir ,
entreaties , and threats , left the party to continue , as best tney might , their difficult route rendered much more so by their being so greatly overwei ghted . Further detail would only prove that , after passins the snow , their route was still steep and fatiguing , so much so that it occupied , from first t < T last , -. early eleven hours to convey the wounded man to Kien . He bore the -whole journey with the most patient and determined resignation , being from the first convinced that the wound was mortal . It was , indeed , always too evident Mr . Murray , with two medical men , had arrived shortly before the party reached Kien , when their united " opinion was that
aotmng coma save him , and that had the accident occurred where medical aid was close at hand life could not-bo prolonged more than one hour . The ball had entered the under part of ihe ri ght thigh , and , proceeding through the intestines and bladder , had come out under the left rib , near the hip . Mr . Datton expired , after continuing to bear up with the most admirable fortitude , at nine ? .. m . on Saturday the 10 th . His remains were conveyed to Interlachen the same day , and were interred in the beautiful little Protestant Churchyard of Stieg , one mile distance , being followed to the grave by the English visitors , among whom he had during bis stav fHtflited a livplv internet
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MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ON IHE R 1 VPR MERSEY .-SINE LIVES LOST Early , on Sunday morning a party of friends , reading m the immediate neighbourhood of Bellstreet , Crpstan-street , and Lower Karrineton-streeL inToxteth-park , started in a boatSSfilJS slip . for the purposeof spending the day at Eastham S »« ftS £ boaintt weTeon 0 ^?? ^ tt « ™« «* «* parties who WiS « n F hs V sons 5 James Spencer and SSTeiSSmS ? ° therSa « ed five and seveD S&ll . J ^ S * £ edl 7 ' <» " 1 her sister , Nancy tL ' ^ P ' John Ymd ' John Duncan . Thomas Gerrard and John Gerrard , twins , aged 15 ; Kichard Ashworth , and Willie Cooper . Ihe party proceeded safely to Eas-ham , w ith sail tuu set , altuough the wind was blowing very fresh at - - __ SUWU MELANCHOLY ACCIDENTON j HE RIVER
I , w .. — v ^ rf - UV me tune . After pa-sing the day in a pleasant and convivial manner , thej started on their return a little before eight o ' clock in the evening . The wind by this time had considerably freshened , and the adult portion of the party were all , we believe , the worse for liquor . They took tbeir places in the boat about ten minutes to eight o ' clock , and a man named Charles Dean , a sail-maker , of LoWer Harrington-street , who was at the same time on the river in a small boat , a little distance from them counted fitteen persons , tbouah from the strictest inquiries made from the relatives of those who were saved , they can o nly remember the above-named parties . Ihe man Deane states that he was about 150 yards behind , and his account of the accident is that the boat in question was carrying too much sail and from the main-sheet being fast , with the great weight of canvas * the boat was carrying , caused her to duck , by which a large quantity of water was shipped , and the boat immediately swamped .
From Mr . Superintendent Ride , of the Liverpool police force , who chanced to be on board the Eastham ferry boat at the time of the catastrophe , we have gathered the particulars as follows : —At a few minutes after eight onSundny evening as the ferryboat was about leaving the Eastham slip , there was considerable alarm created on board by a cry raised that a number of persons were struggling in the water . Mr . Ride , with several others , ran forward and found snch to be the fact , and it wa * remarked that a sailing boat , which but for a few momenta previously had been seen to have the Cheshire shore , at the distance of about one hundred or one . hundred and fifty yards m a-ivance of the packet , was not observable on the water . A fnend of Mr . Ride ' s , Captain Stebbington , of the Moultan , who was also on board the packet , and witnessed the strueeles of the unfortnnatB nor
sons in tbe water , took off his coat and said . " Here , Hide , hold my coat , and here ' s my watch ; I can swim for an hour together , and I'll gave some of these people if possible . " A boat at this moment was seen at abont one hundred and fifty yards distance from th ? place of accident , making in the direction of the sufferers , and active preparations were being made to tawer the packet boat , the very anxiety of doing which proved an obstacle to the accomplishment of tbe obiects-mght to be effected , and it unfortunately happened that the boat in the hurry and confusion of lowenns her into the water , received considerable damage—not so much so , however , as to render her incapable of being floated , and as soon as she was flaced on the water , she was manned . b y the mate and several other hands from on board the steamer
but it so happened , thai just as " they were about to leave the packet one of the rowers let slip his oar , which was carried away by the water , and this greatly impeded the boat ' s progress . The packet ' s boat sueceedid in picking up two old mea , a young woman , and a boy . The steamer at this time was proceeding m the direction to meet the boat , and having received the pers-ns « ho had been taken from the water on i ? I \ turned to the slip in order to put them on shore . Animation in one of the old men appeared te be completely suspended , but the moment the others were placed on the steamer , active exertions were adopted to restore vitality . The persons so rescued were at once conveyed to the public house connected with the hotel where every attention was afforded to them , and every available measure used whichthe circumstances of the case required .
Theboatinstantly , upon placing the persons on board the packet , returned to the scene of the disaster . Two persons were then seen near , struggling with ihe waves . Capiain Stebbington , who had not resumed his vestments , and believing he could render them assistance , jumped overboard , swam to tbe boat , directed the attention of the crew to the two men in the water , and he has now the satisfaction of knowing that he was the means of saving them from a fearful death . Tbe persons thus saved were John Duncan , of Lower Harrington-street , and John Gerard , of Cr'stan-street .
At the time the accident occurred there was a fishing boat lying in the bay , near to the shore , and immediately the casualty was observed she put out with tbe "latest alacrity , crowded all sail , and was fortunate enwgh to rescue two or three persons . A yacht was lying at anchor , and a man , who had been one ofthe persons in the boat , and who manifested that he was a strong swimmer , made towards her , a rone ar buoy was thrown to him , and he was taken on board . ' 1 be names of the persons who were drowned are-William Blackie , James and William Spencer , John Youd , Bell-street ; Eliza Walker and Nancy M'Fall , John Duncan John Gerrard . and Thomas Gerrard , Bell-street ; and two men must have been taken into the boat at Eastham , not being ofthe party from Liverpool . The following are the names of tbe persons saved—Mr . Blackie and bis son Joseph , Richard Ash-worth , Fbher-street ; and Willie Cooper , Bell-street .
The nia ^ t of the unfortunate boat was above water on Monday , in as nearly as could be the precise situation in which she was allowed to go down . A tug boat , the Prince Albert , was on the spot , with two or three other boats , for the purpose of raising her . Chains were got under her , both fore and aft , and with great exertions she was at length hauled up alongside the slip , so far that her side and deck could be seen . The tide flowing , however , it was found impracticable to get her high and dry , so that her forecastle could be examined , and she was . therefore , secured iu her pasition to wait the ebb of the tide . I he scene during these operations was a painful one . the owner of the boat , who had lost one son , being present , with the fathers of the twins ( Gerrard ) and of the two children ( Spencer ) . The relatives of the other lost parties were also present .
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¦ g » Escape axd BnuncBE of Fukxch Convicts . — Last week as the forcate ofthe bagne of Brest were at work in the interior , a band of twelve , who were under the direction of two gardes-chiourmes , suddenly rushed on and bound them , and possessed themselves of their arras . At the beginning of the attack one of the formats slipped on the coat of one of the officers , and pretended to be keeping guard until tbe officers had completely bound them . Eleven ofthe convicts then escaped over the high wall ; . the twelfth had got nearly to the top ofthe wall when be was seen by an officer , who presented his musket at him , and threatened to shoot him if he did not descend . The man threw a carabine he bad to his eleven comrades , and descended . He was secured .
but it was not then known that the other eleven had got off . These eleven convicts slipped along the hedges and through the corn to the ramparts which suriound the town . They knocked a 'large nail in the wall , and let themselves down by a cord into the ditcb . Being now in the open country , they thought themselves safe . But a ' peasant b ' appened to see them , and he immediately gave an alarm at the bagne . A lieutenant of the 1 st regiment , who -vas on duty at the guard-bouse , immediately called out his men , and hastened to some distance beyond the spot at which the peasant had seen the convicts , no then deployed his men in such a way as to drive them up to the fortifications . At the same moment the cannon of tbe baime was discharged thirfcv-tlirpn
times to indicate that an escape bad been effected . On bearing this , the peasants , gardes-chiourmes , and gendarmes turned out in arms , and beat the country ia tbe rear ofthe soldiers . After advancing some time , one of the soldiers , on leaping over a hedge , sudden ] y ' found himself in the midst of a group of nine convicts . Five of them were secured . The soldier then continued his pursuits and u taking a leap stuck fast in a bog . ; To his astonishment he found that a convict was also stuck fast , and that he was armed with a carabine . ; -The soldier was about to call out , but the forcat
presented Ins weapon , and swore , he would fire if he did not remain silent . . The musket of the soldier was not loaded , and he was too far off to reach the convict with his bayonet . By a .. vigourous effort , however , he partially extricated himself from the hog , and advanced sufficiently near to tbe forcat to strike aside his carabine with" bis musket , : ; nd to plunge hi » bayonet in his breast . Ihe forcat fell . Some other soldiers hastened to the spot . The first soldier , named Lcclcrc / called on t \\ a forcat to give up his carabine . The convict refused , whereupon the soldier presented his bayonet at bis throat aud declared * lie fwbuid " kill him . On this the convict
said he had plunged his weapon into tlie bog , and it was there found . The six forcals were conveyed to the bagne , arid the wounded man died an hour after his arrival . lie walked to the bagne , leaning on the soldier who had wounded hini . Another for * cat was captured by a soldier and a gendarme at the top of a tree . Two others were secured by the peasants and the gardes-clnourmcs . The other two were not captured . ; . , . : . The ueeu Tiude —^ y an acj ; of parliament which was passed last week , a duty of Is . 4 d . per cwt . has been imposed on suearused in the brewing p " ^ f ' to commence fronYthe 5 th of July nexi . spU m th pf October nest , brewers are not to n » mi « Other place lkin their licensed brewing nurnn ^ ' °£ on P « niises licensed for the express sale nf V Brewers may take put a license ior the brewnV- ^ f ^ ^ other P lace as well as their KrSn ^ ST ^ Takin g orders for the sal e of ^^ ttsa * !" any ° tuer
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LIVERPOOL . Question of LEGiTWAov . -This fa an issue from geC uurt of Chancery The plaintiff was Thomas Wright , an infant ; the defendant Jonas Holgate , a catile-tlealer , in the neighbourhood of Halifax ; and the . question to determine was , whether tlie plaintiff was the hgitimate oftspring of Susannah flolgate by her husband , Thomai Wright . Som .-property js pi-nding on the n-sult . Thomas Wright the putative father , is a butcher and cattle dealer in a low condition of life , In 1836 or 1837 he became acquainted with Susannah flolsate , who wbb the daughter of a person named Jonas Holgate , also a cattle dealer in the same neighbourhood , and in 1 S 37 they were married , l'hey liven together for some time and had t » vo children . She appeared to be a woman of a violent temper and profligate disposiliou , and in 1840 tuey parted . She went to her father aud mother ' s house , but afterwards l ' emuveu to Halifax , where sue lived till her death , which took
p lace in 1818 After the separation Thomas Wright lived f .. r a few months in the same house in which He formerly lived . He afterwards went into the service of Jonas Uolgate , his wife ' s brother , who was also a cattle deader at the same place , and continued to live in his service for two years , be then went into the employ of a person named Wilkinson , in the neighbourhood of Hochdale , and continued to live iwith him for five yeare . In 1846 , when the plaintiff was begotten , he was in the service of a person named Mills , who lived in the same place , and he was employed in the same capacity . Halifax was about twelve or fourteen mile * distant . In March 1847 , the child was born ; and in July 1848 , the mother died . From the moment of their parting hos ,
Wright , the husband , was in the hibit o < attending the market at Halifax , and thus had opportunity of intercourse with his wife . Witnesses were called who proved that on these occasions they had frequently been seen together , from the moment » f its birth , the child was called by its putative father ' s name . A person named Mary Kenyon was employed to nurse and take . care of it . She did so for three or four months , aud in J une Susannah Wright , removed from her own house to the house of her brotner , Jonas Holgate , and there made a will , whereby she professed-to ghre the property which she had to her brother , upon some trust or othir . After her death , the nurse applied for a portion of her wages , and was instructed by Jonas Holgate to take the child to the workhouse . She did so , and it was received as the child of Thomas
Wright . Wright was applied to by the parish , and paid some 18 s . for its maintenance , also giving the nurse lUs . balance of the account which she claimed . The child was still living there . The property in dispute arose irorc the will of Jonas Holgate its grandfather . It was contended that thechild , and it alone , was interested in the present action : Thomas Wright had no interest , direct , or indirect , in the matter . — For the defence it was shown that , after the separation , the plaintiff ' s father had t * o illegitimate children besides the child whose illegitimacy was in dispute , and proof presumptive was offered that a Mr . Kershaw was its father . —Verdict for the defendant . Manslaughtbr . —Robert Reed , who had been convicted of the manslaughter of his wife , in Bridport-street , Liverpool , was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to bard labour tor fifteen months .
Shooting with Iktknt . —Samuel Smelter was indicted for having , on the 25 th of July , at Rusholme near Manchester , feloniously discharged and shot off a certain musket , loaded with powder and shot , with intent to maim and disfigure James Farr , and divers others of her Majesty ' s subjects . There were also counts charging an intent to disable one Foster , a police constable . Mr . Pollock and Mr . A . Cross were for the prosecution ; Mr . Sergeant "Wilkins and Mr . Wheeler were for the prisoner . It appeared that on the night ofthe 25 th of July , soon after ten o ' clock , a police constable came to the residence of Farr , who is a brickmaker , near Flatt Chapel , Rusholme , in the neighbourhood of Manchester , and warned him that an attaek was being made on
his property m the adjoiniug brickfields . It was nearly dark at the time ' , but the witnesses for tbe prosecution agreed in stating that there were a large number of men , from three to four hundred , present , and that they began to firo from different quarters on the prosecutor , and the party who were with him . There were nearly sixty shots fired . One ofthe constables said that he felt the shot about his legs , and others stated that they bad heard the shots strike the bushes . No person was wounded , and no bullets or shots were discovered , except a small quantity of shot in a paper lying on a stone , which evidently had never been discharged . Foster
the constable , stated that he encountered a party of five men one of whom presented a pistol at him , and threatened to blow his brains out , and two or three witnesses swore that they had seen the prisoner taking part in the crowd . When ho was apprehended at home his boots were wet , and marked with clay . Damage to the amount of £ 45 was done to Favr ' s property by throwing down and breaking bricks , and the motive supposed to have influenced the parties committing the outrage was , the fact that Farr had employed a workman not belonging to the " Union . "—Mr . Sergeant Wilkins reminded the jury , of the definite charge which the prisoner had to answer—that he had shot at Farr and Foster
with intent to do them grievous bodily harm , and the learned counsel contended that there was no evidence to sustain such a charge . It had been stated by the police , that the shots came all round from different quarters . This circumstance proved that the guns were loaded with powder only , and contained no shot , for if they had been loaded with shot , the assailants must have wounded each Other . No person receivod the sli ghtest injury , and there was no traces of any bullets or shots having been fired . It was quite evident that tbe men who
had assembled that ni ght never intended to do more than frighten Farr ; but such conduct , illegal as it was , could not justify tbe felonious charge laid in the indictment —His lordship , in summing up the evidence , remarked that this was not an indictmeiil for riot or conspiracy , and it was for the jury to say , under the circumstances , whether they were satisfied that the inteut to mairo , disable , and do grievious bodily harm had been made out . —The jury at once returned a verdict of " ¦ " Not Guilty , " and the prisoner was liberated . - ' ¦¦¦
Alleged Manslaughter fiiom Impbopeii Medical TnuATMESi . —Robert Lee was indicted with having caused the death of a child , aged seven months , named Margaret . Corry , by having caused a dangerous medicine to be administered to the deceased , he not beintr a duly qualified medical practitioner . From the statement of the case by Mr . Blair , who appeared on behalf of the prosecution , tbe circumstances were as follow : —On the 4 th of August the mother of the deceased child met the prisoner at a public house , in Dale-street .. She had at the time the deceased child with her , which was labouring under severe bowel com plaint . The prisoner ofieied to prescribe for thechild , and ultimately a bottle of mediciue , made up from a prescription written out
by the prisoner , was procured from Mr . lirittaiu , a druggist . The mixture contained a large quantity of opium , and by the prisoner ' s dircotions ; two teaspooustulB was given to the deceased . It fell sink soon afterwards . The day following a second dose was given to it , and in a short time after the second do 8 ehad been administered the child fell asleep ; and in consequence of its remaining in that state an unusually long time , the mother became alarmed , and ultimatel y took the child to Mr . Foulkes , at Islington , who pronounced it to be narcotised , and in a very dangerous state . He applied a mustard plaster to the child ' s stomach , and took other menus to counteract the , influence of the' narcotic , but the child died on the 12 th instant . —Several
witnesses were called in support of the prosecution , amongst others Mr . . Brittni ' n , the druggist , from whom , the medicine was obtained , who stilted that the dose , which ' . -was administered to the child , according to the directions of the prisoner ! contained fourteen drops of laudanum . —Mr . Foullibs , surgeon , was also examined , and lie stated that when tlie child was brought to him it was labouring under-thc influence of asiroiig narcotic . Fourteen drops of laudanum was . too ' much to give a child , but not quite enough for ' an adult . "TJenth from narcotism general l y took place in twenty ^ fonr hours ; but he recollected reading of sin instance where three days elapsed before death ensued . That was an extreme case . —The prisoner , who conducted bis own defence , cross-examined , the several- witnesses at some length , and stated that the druggist s apprentice had ' made a mistake in dispensing the mixture . The apprentice wrote out a
prescription at his ( priEoner ' s ) diotation , but he had written down " tincture of opium , " when lie ( prisoner ) had told him to -write " tincture of rhubarb . " : Iu prescribing for the child he had no other motive than that of alleviating : its suffering . —His lordship , in summing , up , dwelt with much force upon the statement made by llv . Foulkes , the surgeon , that narcotism generally caused death in twenty-four hours , lie said that-he-had read of am instance where three days elapsed , but that was evidently an extreme case . ' In this instance , however , death did not take place until seven days after medicine was administered , being four days longer than the extreme case referred to by Mr . Foulkes . It was , therefore , a question whether the medicine administeved . was the cause ofdeath at all ; and he-was bound to tell the jury that if they lind any doubt . on that head they ought to give the prisoner the benefit of it . —After a few minutes' consultation the jury Acquitted the prisoner . y ..... . .
. Howard v . Peacock . —Alleged Infringement of A Patekt . —This ; caso , an alleged infringement of an improved node of manufacturing silk plush , was resumed this morning , and terminated in a verdict for the defendants , upon tlie ground that the invention was not novel . , . ' : ,- , '¦' ' Holt u . Flemiso . —Cnm . Cos . —This was an action for criminal conversation with the plaintiffs wife . , The court was much crowded . On tho pry being sworn , Mr . Attorney-General Knowles , "who was for the defendant , rose and said : My lord , in
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Lfrned fLn ? PUbH 0 SOandal ' * have ° S ™* » J br iaomKir ^ 'V ™ ^ damages , and he •! i ? Fh i *" r-Jk Martin said he nad on ' y to ? K , 5 eJ # of th <> Plaintiff , that he wasexceedh ! annovtgSat " V ^ fami | y «« ould have hSroconlt 5 publ ° investigation . He had il / nrlv nT \ i t 0 the PWPOMI made , by Mr . 4 ked wlfate Kn r --M" . Justice . Crenwell To « , » v amilges ? -Mr - Kiiowlos : £ 750 . E " -J - -B « EACnOFPROMISEOPMARmAGE . fo r teaoh of 2 - al ^ 6 a 8 e - II wa 8 an acfcio » ? LdS 3 MS mise of marrla S e bro » ght ae » inst nr « hi l h ll 6 man wo 11 known " > Liverpool . The J u . !^ . summoned for that morning , but Z , } ? hTS MIOn oi , patent case . m ™* i b « 1 nt 7 ° not ba "quired . Thus .... - „ , .. ^ .
f th wiifT » KB -Ann Ball , 30 , was indicted ? Sn ! , rhn !^ m T V of ber newly born m"k child , dW 2 i i n July IaSt ' by bu « 7 » g-it-alive and also neglecting and refusing to give it proper nourishment—Mr . Pollock stated the case , and in 8 i SL f ° - ed out the difflculty whi ° a might a n ? W nnST 8 the char S ' ' in order to clear up UK Point , he proposed to call the surgeon as thenrst . wrtnoss . -. Mr . Banon , surgeon , of Southport , was then called , and from his evidonce it aprt ?! h ^ - bild mi « ^ e lived , noiwithstanding the burying , had it had proper nourish-™ T" 1 .. lon argument here took place between Ins lordship and the karned cowi ' sel , the learned judge being of opinion that , after the evidence
ij ~ een lven by the surgeon , tho oharge could not be sustained . At the close of the argumi-nt , his Lordsui p retired to consult Mr . Justice Cress-yell ; and on liis return , said that his brother Cresswoll was , -with him , inclined to the opinion that unless it appeared that death was either-caused or accelerated by thp burying , the jury could not , under toe circumstances ot the case , be warranted in finding a verdict of wilful murder , bcoause the surgeon was of opinion that if proper nourishment had been attorded to tho child , it would have lived notwithstanding the burying . Now , if the prisoner had been a free agent , she might have been held responsible for the death of the child , but they made a prisoner of her , and therefore sho could not
have afforded that mother ' s nourishment which thu child required , and there was nothing to show that when the child was brought to her she refused to nourish it . On the contrary , she seemed rather pleased that she had an opportunity of doing so , but the child was then in too weak a state to receive it , therefore the act of the prisoner could not , under the circumstances , render her responsible for the wilful murder of the child . —The jury then acquitted the prisoner . The TnBKLFALL FoiWEniKs . —William Threlfall was indicted for having forged an acceptance to a bill of exchange for £ 1000 , with intent to defraud Charles Tyson . There was another indictment charging-the prisoner with having forged thu acceptance of Joseph Byland , manager of tho Hull
Flax-mills , to a bill ot exchange for £ 2000 , and for having afterwards uttered and put off the same with intent to defraud Thomas Whittakcr and others . There was a third indictment charging a forgery of the acceptance to another bill of exchange for £ 1000 , ' with intent to defraud the same parties . An application was made on the part of the prisoner , for the postponement of the trial on the first indictment till the next assizes . The prisoner was prepared to answer the second and third indictments , but affidavits were made by the prisoner and his attorney , that they were not ready for trial on the first charge . The prisoner had no
intimation of that charge till the first day of the assizes , and he now was i gnorant of the particulars of the case . The transaction connected with these bills rendered inquiry necessary in various parts of the kingdom , and it would require a considerable time to investigate them . His lordshi p said that this was a very serious charge , and thought tho prisoner ' s application reasonable . The other charges might be proceeded with , unless the counsel for the prosecution desired tho whole to bo postponed in order that they might be disposed of all at the same time . The whole of the indictments were ultimately allowed to stand over , the prisoner bein ordered to be kept in custody . .
George lleece , for maliciousl y cutting and maiming , with : intent , &c , was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment . An acquittal was taken in the case of Henry Divott , charged with tho manslaughter of Anthony Swift on tlie coroner ' s inquisition , the . grand jury having thrown out tho bills of indictment against him ; and this terminated tho criminal business of the assizes .
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was alleged that upon then attuiripting to make the istress they found' the house barricaded , and the defendant , who was in the farm yard , ordered them off , and , without any provocation , . threw two bricks at Hitchcock , and he was knocked down , and after this the defendant took up a bill-hook , and threatened to cut them with it , at the same time using very bud language ; if they did not leave the place . The bill-hook was taken from him , and the witnesses stated that the defendant then took up a large hedge stake , and struck Hitchcock a violent blow with it , and Harris said that the defendant also struck him with the stick , and broke one of his little fingers . — 1 he defendant received a very good character for quiet habits and general conduct . —The iury returned a verdict of Guilty , and the Common Sergeant said he would considor what sentence oujrht to be pronounced . °
CiiAnou op Robbery . —Georpe Lovejoy , 42 labourer , was indicted for stealing a quantity of * hay clover , and barley , the property of Messrs . Smith ; uid another . —Mr . Ballantine prosecuted , and Mr Clarkson defended . —The prisoner is a greengrocer aud fruiterer it \ a large way of business in' Copenhagen-street . Islington , and having stabling in Barnsbury Mews , and the prosecutors , Messrs . Smith and Morgan , are cornclmndk-rs in White , Lion-street , Pentonville , and had in their employment as carman a man named Perkin 3 . Having received some information , they were induced to set a watch on tho proceedings of him and tho prisoner ,. who was also pointed out to thorn , and about half-past seven on the morning of the 8 ih of April , Mr . Smith , who was en the watch , saw the prisoner drive up to the door of thuir shop , and having had some conversation with Perkins , the latter went up into the loft and
gave prisoner a truss of hay , and a truss of clover , with which ho drove off . . Perkins , who was allowed to sell in the absence of his employers , not mving accounted for the sale of the hay or clover he was given into custod y , and upon his second examination at tho police court the prisoner was present , but after that absconded , and after the trial of Perkins , a warrant was issued from this court He wa ? , about the middle of last month , apprehended by Police-constnblo Barker at Tlenlev-on-Thames , where he had been keoping outt ) f the wav . Tho prisoner had been a customer of theirs , and had paid them the balance of an accountof a long standing a short time before the present affair took place . When the prisoner was taken ho said ho should never have kept out of tho way but for the advice of his solicitor , and . that his friends had got him out of some other troubles , and would out of this . —The ury Acquitted the prisoner .
Charge op Murder . —J . E . Percival , 44 , labourer , was indicted for feloniously casting and throwing Alexander Shirreff into the East County-dock , at Itotherhithc , with intent to murder him . It appeared that this prosecution was instituted by the above company , Mr . Skirreff being their secretary , under tho following circumstances t—The prisoner , it appeared from the evidence , had been employed as a labourer in tVie docks , but on the morning of the 25 th June last he was discharged by order of Mr . Shirreff , and there was no doubt that this had created a strong revengeful feeling in his mind . About a quarter-past three in the afternoon of the same day the pvoseeuter , who , though apparently a strong , powerful man , it appears is seventy-five
years . ot age , was walking along the side of the dock basin when ho met the prisoner , who came up to him and said that he bad been discharged from his work that morning , arid he wanted to know the reason , Mr . Shirreff replied that he was not bound to give him any explanation upon the subject , and at the same time ordered him to go about his business . Tho prosecutor then walked on his way , and when he had got a short distance he received a tremendous push from behind , the effect of which was to thrust him into the canal , at a place where there was a fall of seven feet , and the water eighteen feet deep . He was fortunately enabled to swim a little , and to keep himself afloat until some of the labourors came'to his assistance , and he was got out by means of a man being lowered , whoso leg he laid hold of , and they were then both
drugged up ; but the escape of the prosecutor appeared to have been nio 3 t providential . The prisoner ran away immediately after committing the act , and he was not apprehended until the 13 th Jul y , when he was found at Birmingham , and it was proved that on the morning-ho committed the outrage he was heard to say to several of his fellow-labourers , that if Mr . Shimiff camo out that day he should go in the the dock , if he went in with him , —Mr . Payne , in addressing tho jury for the defence , endeavoured to show that the intention of the prisoner was merely to give the prosecutor a ducking , and that he did not intend to destroy his life . —Mr . Baron Platt having summed up , the jury , after deliberating for half an hour , found the prisoner Guilty of the whole charge . Tlie prisoner was sentenced to be transported for life . \
Charge of Robbery , —Thomas William Turner Dowers , 30 , described as a law-stationer , was placed at ihe bar , and the jury were sworn to t-rv whether he was in a fit state of minil to plead to ail indictment charging him with stealing two silver spoony the property of Jane Argent . — Mr . M'Murdo , the surgeon of Newgate , and his assistant , deposed that from the opportunities they had had of observing the prisoner , they were of opinion that he was in an unsound state of mind and incompetent to understand the nature of the proceedings against him . —The jury returned a verdict to that effect . — The prisoner who did not seem at all satisfied with , tb ' o decision of tho jury , exclaimed , as he was leaving the bar , " I am in a perfectly sound state of mind , and have been so for two years . "
itETUBNI . NG FROJt TRANSPORTATION , — CONDITIONAL Pardons . —Charles Banihenl , 57 , a German , described as a merchant , was indicted for feloniously being at large in this country without lawful excuse before the expiration of a period of transportation to which he had boon sentenced for felony . —Mr . Barker and Mr . Clark appeared for the prosecution . —The learned counso ] , on opening the case said that the prisoner wns convicted of ' felony in 1848 , and was sentenced to be transported for seven years ) and was in due course removed to tho hulks . Sonm
circumstances wero , however , aftewards made known to the Secretary of State , which induced him to recommend that the prisoner should receive a pardon , and her Majesty subsequently did grant the prisoner a pardon , upon the condition that ho should not return to this country , until the period of his sentence had expired . The prisoner was sent to his own country , but he returned to England very soon afterwards , and the charge was therefore preferred against him , as although he had in point of fact received a pardon , vet it was
only a conditional one , and tho prisoner having broken that condition , he was equally as amenable to the charge now preferred as though no pardon whatever . had beccn granted . The learned counsel then explained that , in strictness the prisoner would have been required to prove tho fact of any pardon having lieen-granted ; but as it was possible that tho prisoner mi ght , in some respects , be considered an object for commiseration , it was thought ri ght that the whole ofthe facts should bo laid before the jury . —The jury found , the prisoner guilty , and lie was sentenced to seven years' transportation .
Manslaughter . —Frederick Bothell surrendered to take his trial for ' manslaughter ; Mr . J . Payne appeared ' , fur'the . prosecution . Tho evidence established the facts that the prisoner and the deceased , a man . named Thomas Osborn , and several other persons , were . drinking at the Island Queen public house , City-road , on the 8 th July , and at twelve o ' clock at night thoy all ciimo out ' together ; the prisoner and deceased being at- that time partially intoxicated . Wlienthoy got outside tho house tho deceased insisted . upon fighting with tlio prisoner , and squared at him , and it appeared that the latter was at length obliged , in bis own defence , to stand up and fij ; lit , and ho struck tlu > deceased si blow which knoclu'd him down , and in the Call liis head
c . imo against tho kerb stone , and he received thereby an injury upon the skull which resulted in his dentUa few days aftcvwavils . —Tlioiirisonev . whon called upon for liis defence , said he was very sorry for what had happened . Ilo had no intention to hurt the deceased , and he should" not havo fought with him , if lie wmild have let . him go nway without doing , so . —The jury returned a verdict : of Guilty , but strongly recommended tho prisoner to mercy , on , account of the provocation he bail recBived . Tho learned Judge , on passing sentence said he tliougbt .-ithat , under . all . the circumstances , tho justice ot ; the case would be satisfied by ; ordering that tlie prisoner should bo discharged upon paying a fine of one shilling . \ _ ... . .. ; , ,
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™ E DRIVERS' STRIKE ON TOE EASTERN thepSr RAIriWAY ' ~ R : EMISSI 0 N ° tf ° " ?' ^ ' twely 7 ~ o ' clock , a large meeting v ^ Tc T l fl rcmen in t ^ ° mPl oy of the SS ? r * Th "" Railwa y Company took place . at £ f t „ y W thea » w « nWyroo ! nof the George Tavern , which wa croWu / d to excess ; teJri Pr ° 5 T 1 ° r ablet 0 ? ain admission . There were . delegates and deputations of drivers from almost every railway in the kingdom Mr . Hope , a driver , was called to the chair He opened the proceedings by observing that they had been called together for tho purpose of bein <» informed of what had transpired since they ha-it de * livered their notice to tho Eastern Counties
Company . It was his duty , in the first place to toll them that the directors had pronounced these charges agaiast Mr . Gooch , as stated in their memorial , to be false He regretted that the directors ) had not instituted an inquiry , in justice to Mr . Gooch , tho men , and the company , before they gave bo prema « ture and positive a denial . It might he urged that they ( tho men ) had acted prematurely in demanding the dismissal of Mr . Goocb , but as he had before stated , they had been driven to that step by hia tyrannical and oppressive treatment , and they did not now lament the course they had taken . The men had doubtless scon in tho papers that thirty or forty new hands had been taken down on Thursday by Mr . Gooch , to show them the road . It was said
they were sorno of the best drivers from the South Western . This ho denied most positively on tho authority ofthe locomotive superintendent of that line . Ho would read to the meeting one of the most remarkable instructions over emanating from a railway board , issued by the Eastern Counties on Thursday last . "General Order : The station masters are informed that in consequence of the employment of a number of new drivers , the strictest attention is to be given to the working of the signals , and each station master ia himself to be on the platform on the arrival of all the trains , and to communicato to the enginemen the description and time the preceding train passed , and any other matter requiring his special notice of attention
between that and the succeeding station . The head guard to each train will , during the ensuing week , ride on the engine , and a porter will be appointed to the , charge of the break . — Signed George Richardson . " He would ask why were these great precautions adopted if the men taken on were really what had been represented by the company ? The inference was clear . They knew scarcely any of the duties , and to make up for their great deficiency the services of the station masters , guards , and porters , were brought to their aid . Bo regretted the company had resorted to the expedient of sending detective officers to watch tho actions ofthe old hands . If tho company imagined they intended to molest the new hands in their duties , they were very greatly mistaken . The men intended to act , and had , up to that moment , acted peaceably , and
would obtain , if possible , their just rights in a legitimate way . Several drivovs having addressed the meeting , it was adjourned to a later period of the day . On tho body again assembling , a representation -was made that one ofthe superintendents of the company , Mr , Ashcroft , had undertaken tho office of mediator between the men and the directors . A number of resolutions were passed , expressing the sentiments contained in the memorial that had been presented to the board , and that the men were determined in adhering to the whole that had been set forth . The resolutions were forwarded immediately to Mr . Ashcroft , who lost no tim ? in laying them before the directors , who were sitting at the Bishopsgate terminus . The dismissal of Mr . Goocb , and the abolition of the fines , were the conditions set forth . They were at once rejected by the directors , and consequently all chance of an amicable adjustment
is at an end . At a subsequent period ofthe day , Mr . ' Hope , the chairman , and . Mr . Grant met Mr . Ashcroft and Mr . Roney on the platform at Shoreditch , and at the request of Mr . Ashcroft they had an intervitftv -with , Mr . Roney in the office of Mr . Atkinson , when that gentleman stated that the directors could not consent to the dismissal of Mr . Gooch from the service ofthe company , but he hoped that" he ( Mr . Hope ) would use his influence with the men to induce them to return to their employment . " This he informed them he could not do under present circumstancos , and Mr . Itoney then asked him to pledge himself that the company ' s property should not bo injured ; or the new men insulted by the old
hands . He at once gave the pledge , and immediately afterwards sent word to all the stations that ho had given such a pledge , feeling assured that it would be kept . ( Cheers . ) He ( the chairman ) , however , regretted to say that the company ' s property had already been considerably damaged , though not by the old hands . On Saturday the first down train to Norwich , leaving London at ( 5 a . m ., and which ought to have arrived at Norwich at 12 . 45 , did not arrive until 2 . 45 , the driver having © a the journey move than once to unhook his engine to get water . The boiler was considerably damaged , and on arriving at Norwich , in taking the engine round the train to push it into tho station , the driver run it against a pilot engine , stove in the side of his tender , broke the buffer plank of tho pilot , and otherwise damaged it . After a little delay the engine was disengaged , and the train
pushed into the station with such force as to bring the carriages into contact with the station buffersand cutting the faces of several of the passengers , and knocking out tlie teeth of others . The up-mail train on Sunday , which ought to have arrived at a quarter past four , did not do so until six , boin * twice overtaken by a goods train of twenty-six waggons , which must have run into it but for the caution of the driver , Richard Hallows , one of the old hands . . On Sunday , the first down train , which , ought to have arrived at Norwich at half-past twelve , had not arrived at ten mirutes past three , it being at that time standing on tho line between Thetford and Harling , about twenty-five miles from Norwich , with , it was believed , tho engine burnt . The express train from "Wisbcichto London , with only four carriages , had to telegraph from Broxbourne for a pilot engine to bring it ou to ita
destination , A long discussion took place , in which the names and former occupations of the new men were freely canvassed , it appearing , according to the statements made by those who professed to know them , that the great majority of them had been firemen . on other lines , discharged for various acts of miscon * duct—some for drunkenness . Tho meeting separated between ten and eleven o ' clock .
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Death of as Imposter . —The Essex Herald , says jlost of our readers will remember the history ( . fan extraordinary imposition practised by a young woman of Chelmsford , who excited the commiseration ofthe charitable , and , on her removal from hospital to hospital , fairly puzzled the faculty as to the nature of her complaint , her case being regarded in the professional journals of the metropolises . i phenomenon in medical practice , until at Brighton it was discovered that all these hideous wounds were produced , and this torture inflicted , by hydrochloric acid or spirit of salt , artfully applied by her own Lands . Ifrr name will no doubt hereafter find record amongst some future history of extraordinary
impositions ; and we have now to add , as the moral of such foul celebrity , the last sad chapter in her deceptive career . Consigned to the union house , after her detection and expulsion from Brighton Hospital , she only emerged from it on Tuesday , and sbunned by her neighbours , and those of ber own class , and half-maddened , it would seem by their insults , she perished on Thursday , closing , there is little doubt , a life of imposture with suicide , havin " on that day been found drowned in the river , near Bishops Hall Mill . On Friday an inquest wes held on the body , before C . C . Lewis , Esq ., at the Kin ? ^ illi 3 m , in Sew-street , to which house the body bad been carried when taken from the water .
Elizabeth Ginn said , the deceased was her dnushter— a single woman , aged twenty-three last February . She hst saw her alive on Thursday morning , when she left the house after kissing her and bidoing her sood-byo , saying that she was going to Halstead to 3 ud employment at the silk factoryT Witness gave for Js and some bread . She had never worked at the silk factory before , but she bad met two girls « i the union , where she went on being brought from Brighton Hospital , and they told her that if she f ent to them at Halstead she would get work . She sad been in the union ten weeks and came out last
, lut'sday to witness ' s bouse . On Wednesdav she started for Ilalstead about half-past twelve , but she took a wrong road , and went five miles out of her way , and therefore came back at night , when a party of boys came and played rough music , which unset Jier , and that , said her mother , was the cause of her death . —The Coroner : Wh y did the hoys come and play the rough music ? TOtncss : Th ' eir mothers set them on to do it , because of what sho bad dow . She would have left me that night , but I persuaded her to stop wit ! : lue . —Maria Giun , a younger sister , deposed : Since the deceased came out of the union
she stated there were two young women who persuaded her to go to Hahtead , aiul they would ask tilth- master to employ ber . Sue did not know how tiios ^ e « irls came to be in the Cnclmsford Union . One of them was named Susan Garden . OnWedci'sday she started to go there , but returned at fight , having lost her way . She said having lost cer way sbe sat down to " chaii « e her shoes , and a gentleman coming up she asked ~ him if he was goiu « ro Chchnstord , and if he would let her ride there . « m . in ! fi Ta' ^ put her d 0 VVIi at thc Plough at ^ pnngneld She said before that she saw some S ™ , ?* 1 great mind to jump in , but she « te " , & _ ° ^ r s ™« " -beifshe parted , "beagoodgiri Md -- ™ 1 ' --.
^ cr , the boys came with tbe rou « rh n , S " aid » It " SSS |^ = » ing the remaindp roi the c ^ Jn 3 Ury , ' - after ^ 'arprincipally to the dbecven otlZ ?{!^\ tcUf verdict of "Found drowned % £ "ft returne ! 1 a of the abdomen , the bodv ™ , coTere ? Jp Celltl 0 n son , of them as large asthe liand ^ < T SC " , ' ^ eedbyttedecawdinto c ^ ftT " mmm assignments of sunerarxmS li nencefo « "all ho wholly void t 0 P aTC ? , ° * *" <"* " " shall shall notbeenforcdlb ^ Sag&F" * ** -. *«* This act prohibits the fagSSfhS S ? ffi Tungdom of any extract * , essences , or 2 w" £ ? xuiraiions
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was indicted lor stealing £ 50 in notesand gold , the property of Robert Cotton . Mr . Cookie prosecuted ; and Mr . O'Brien defended . The case , which lias appeared within the last few days , aroso out of a skirtlc transaction , and the facts were very similar to the numerous ones that have already been the subject matter of several investi gations . It appeared that the prosecutor a would-be - wide awake countryman , a draper s assistant out of place , was on the morning of thu 10 th of April , passing along tlie Westmiiister-brid « -e-road ; when two men came up and spoke to him , and as they were walking along saw the prisoner , who was in front , drop his purse . Prosecutor picked it . up and gave it to him , upon which prisoner thanked him , and aaid he would not
The Court resumed its sitting on Monday , before the Right Hon . tho Lord Mayor , the Common Sergeant , Alderman Sir J . Pirie and Gibbs , the sheriffs , under Sheriffs , &c . Tho calendar contains tho names of 221 prisoners . Chahgb of . Attempting to "Defraud . —Charles Pound and William Longford Jeiikins , two persons of respectable appeai ; anoo -and the latter a very young man , surrendered . to .. take their trial" for a misdemeanour , in having unlawfully obtained a large sum of money from William Newton byfalse pretences . Tlie jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty' ¦ . . ¦ .. Skittle Shauhng . —Joseph Jones , 34 , labourer ,
have lost it for £ 100 , and begged that prosecutor and the two that were with him would come and take some wine , upon which they adjourned to a pnhlie-house , where tlie parties began betting upon throwing wei ghts , and finally the game of skittles was introduced , and up to this time prosecutor had lost £ 8 at betting . ; prisoner then offered to bet him £ 50 that he could not get tho skittles in . nine throws , upon which prosecutor , who had been plied with -wine , went and borrowed tho money of his landlord ; When'he camp back , ho staked the money in the hands of another of the party named Chick . They then proceeded to the ckittlc ground , when it was proposed they should . ' play ' -for a bottle of wine first , and whilst they were soongaged prisoner went
out . Prosecutor then went up to Chick , who said that he had ' given the money to prisoner . Prosecutor went out after him , and when he came back they were all gone . Some of the par ties so engaged had been- ¦ taken fov a similar offenco upon other parties , and amongst tliemwas a hairdresser nniried Anderson , who received eighteen months' imprisonment in this court , but prisoner was riot taken until the 4 th of August , - when Brett , an active officer of the City police , took him in the Old-street-rond , and prisoner then said the officer was not obliged to sec him unless he liked . Mr . Gurney having summed up , the jury , after some deliberation ' , returned ft .-verdict 'Of Guilt }'; He was then sentenced- to twelvemonths'imprisonment and'hard labour ' : '
Assaults and Fohchilb Entry . —Robert'Hitchcock peorgo Han-is , William Graham , Joseph Bucks , and Charles Mil ton surrendered to take their trial for a forcible entry ¦ and assaulting "Villiiim Cook . ; This caso and another which succeeded it , arising out ofthe same transaction , occupied the attention of the court the whole day , but tho facts wero ih a very small compass . It appeared that the prosecutor occupied a farm called- Clav-nill fiinn , at Plumstoiul , the property of n Imly nlimed Lidgburg , and it seemed that on the 5 th of .- Juno the defendant Graham , who is a : broker , went to the f ; irm , acc 5 mpanipd by the other men , for tho purpose . of . di 8 tv » ining for an arrear of rout amount-in * to itto ISs . Od . : Thoy found tho prosecutor outside tho house , and it appeared that upon his letting two pigs looso from thc stye in order that they niMit run away * scuffle took place between the parties during-which tho prosecutor -received sl r-itli « i
severe blow on the head with a stick from the detcndant Hitchcock . ' . A good' deal of •• discussion ' arose with regard to tho terms upon which the vivosccutov had taken possession- ofthe farm , and he asserted that there was no positive ngrcemcmt made as to the , amount of rait ; but that it was understood tliat hewas to got . tho land into order and that he was then to have the option of taking tho fnrm upon loaselor seven , fourteen , or twonty-onoyears . The proscoutoiyin cross-examination admitted that' be-: tore the assault Wiis committed upon ' -him ho hud thrown two bricks , one of which struck Hitchcock . ; but ho asserted that ho throw the bricks at the pigs , tortlie purpose of stopping them , and not with-a viow to injure tho man . The defendants eventuall y it appeared , mnde their seizure and retained possession of tho promises ' . The Common Serjeant having summed ' up , tlip . jury deliberated formore than half an honr . ' and ' . tben returned a verdict of Kot Guilty tor .. ill the . defendants ' . : ' •• ' . ;
William Cook , tho prosecutor in tho formov oasc , was then charged with assaulting Robert Hitchcock , one of tho defendants who had just been acquitted . —In this case the prosecutor , and the four ' other men included with him in tho former indictmoiity were oxaminedas witnesses , and , according to their evidence , Graham , tho broker , went to tho house oh tho . day in question for the pwrposo of levying the distress , ; and , in consequence of somo former ' violence that had . taken . placo on a former occasion , lie took . Bucks , ' . Harris ^ and ^ Hitchcock with hijn , in , ovdor to prevent a breaoh . of tho peace , and meeting Milton by tho way , ho accompanied thorn also . It
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Another meeting of the late drivers and firemen on this lino took place at the George , Stratford , on Monday evening ; Mr . Hope again * presiding . The Ciuiuman said : Fellow workmen , it must bo a 8 ouvcu of the highest gratification to all of you that tho completion of our resignations , the notice of which expired this morning , was attended with a circumstance w liioh at once corroborated the statement . we have made in reference to the cause which led to tho differences between Mr . Gooch and ourselves , and will , i am suro , be viewed by all ivlio have taken an interest in our unfortunate dispute as the strongest possible condemnation of that gentleman towards us . I allude to the fact , which is not known to nil of you , that upon attending at the offices of the company to receive our pay , all fchoso men who had been fined by Mr . Gooch for accidents over which thoy neither had nor could have any control , had the amount of the fines returned to them , and those -who wero unjustly suspended were paid their wages for the whole period of such suspension . I see , fellow-workmen , that one of tho
nowspapers asserts , in contradiction to , what we have put forth , that the company have ; a sufficient staff of new experienced eiiginomen and firemen to work tho line—perhaps tho best possible inferential refutation of this is to lie found in tlie fact that tho company havo to-day discontinued running no fewer than thirty passenger . trains , and haye altogether closed the Maldon and Hraintveo branches . A fe . w facts , however , relative to tho running of tho trains still ivt wovk upon the line will leave , no uoubfc in the mind of every person as to tho-stated efficiency .. of tho now hands , though it yet remains to ho seen what detentions the . night will occasion . The speaker then detailed certain detentions and irregularities which lie stated had occurred with respect to the arrival . of trains at several ; of the stations and which he attributed to tUc ijiuovaneo and iiu'ompetonee of the now hands employed , ilo ebnelmliMl by exhorting tho men to pevsovero in . . their present course of steady and peaceful conduct .
Several of tho men having , addressed the meeting in confirmation of the- statements of the chairman , - - ' : Mr . Grant at > nin called attention ' to tho . fact of the fines having been rsmitted , to show-to thepublio- that the men ' were not responsible fov tlio disputes which have tnkon place , and moved the following resolution :- " That while as . working men wo deeply regret , the necessity , that has been :-forced upon us by tho unwarrantable proceedings ofthe now . superintendent , Mr . Good ) , of withuWm iKonvour respective employments as eneinemen un 3 firemen
upon the "Enstevn Counties liue . of railway , we deem it prudent to call public atention to tho faot timt tho inics imposed" by Mr . Goooh , of which ivo complained , ' ¦ ' nnd tho levying of which without notice led to' cur resignations , Invq all- been returned this morning ' to tho parties who were-lined , and those who were unjustly suspended have''been paid the wages thoy wero " entitled to during : the poriod of such suspension , a circumstance which this meeting respectfully submits is a full acknowled gment of the injustice wo havo suff ' ercilat tho hands ofthe new superintenden t Mr . Gooch . ' - ;
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tins ' wheat weve drawn * up , and-some of the grains were in a . good state'of preservation , although generally it was black and * rotten .. Immediately abovo thislajev ^ aportioa- of a'comb \ yns discovered ,, its length boing ' about three inches and a half . Fifteen of the teeth arc' iiv excellent prdev , nnd are fastened into two pieces of . horn -with , four golden rivets They appear to have been out after beiii « fixed between the two pieces of horn , as tlicvo two * marks of a sharp instrument on tho latter . Tho whole av e ; in the possession , of Mr . "Wilson . -i ;^ Intelli gencer . *• ¦ ¦ ¦ ' The BuoAKl ) rmK 8 . -ThoeXoisb dutv on wmv Srtf"ffi r f 7 ^' , ^ - 7 , toww reduS ^^ ffJ ? Wfta »* - ^» ^«»
. : . . i ^ aan , ; ¦ Curious Discoveries at New Youk . —In eonse" juonco of what arc considered tlio oxorbitant deumnds of tho Waterworks" Company fov supplying water , - Mrs ; - 'Wilson and Son , geniTal'dealers , of Poter-lane , 'determined / on supplying theiiiselve ? , uid during tho present Week have'sunk a well for that , purpose . On reaching the doptlrof about fifteen-lcet , the workmen , mot witlv a liivge . quantityof . 'iitiininl- bones , including ii pair of horns . The soil was c ' oni'i ' oscd of tho-remains of ; straw ; moss , acorns , pieces of oak and hazel , and ¦ other . vegetable productions . At the' depth of eighteea feet a stratum of wheat was encountered , about a foot in thickness , and extending not only over tho area of the well , but beyond its limits . . Several bushels of
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