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~ i i •— r i" • i- _ accidents asb eX ' sulimipH TflE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BURNLEY . A t the resumed inquest on Sa'nrday the jary returned the following terd . ct :- ««\ v e find thV the f or deceasscl jortihur lives at the Burnley Sation of the Lancashire and foifcshire Railwa ) accidentall y , in congeque ce of tie return of the Gool * rxcursion train running into the siding instead of » ne main line connected wiih ' ihe East L * nca . jhire Railway , and c-imins ; in contact with » he 1 n . ff-r » fixnl i n the tnupnrv q { the ahutmentoF the brid g e ai the terra - jius of the . said siding , thereby ' cauiit'g a violent concussion 19 those carnages at -the- head til the train , and th < - total
£ emnuiura o « the body oi the carriage in which the def eated was found . The cause of he train being th » s run , on the sidiag th * jury attribute to the puirts on th- wooden blithe betnt clesed when the train passed , which should . otherwise have b ? en opened to shunt the train on to the niiialine . I ' appears tp tha jury , from the evid-nce produced , that there were only two guards , . each -working a biak ' , for this train consisting of thirty . fi « e carriages , and . containing , upwards of 1 , 000 passengers , which . they con . 3 id < r quite inadequate to check the impetus of such a train descending an incline ; and that had mure . guards accompanied the Irani to work tie brakes , or had fie engines not ¦ been d ' tachrd from fie train , but their actwn had heen
revrned in desc-ndmz the incline , the jary are dpc'd'd !" of opinion this accident would have been , if not * ntirrly pr ^ venf-d , very p-uch less fa'ai in its conseqnencs . T = ie jury are unanimously agreed that the sole cause of this accidt-nt was owing to the d-ficieney of guards and pointsman to lei tte train saM y down lie i-icline into the station , and ti . tNe employment of incompetent and irrespnnsib ' e men , and to the want of ord > r and discipline amongst the company ' s servants ge . n ' erallv , and th- t-tal ahs * -tice of any res-P'i n > ib ! e pSrs-.-n to direct , and sujierintend l "> e faf * arrival and unloading of the train ; and thpy feel bound to state that the greatest negligence vas displayed by the executive officials of fie railway company on this occasion . It is the
opinion of the jury there is great tlame to he attached to tbe ael'ction of carnages for this rain—more particularly on acoont of their inrquality in size and diff rence in the heijht abor ; the rails to the centre of the buffers , as given . in evidence . At toe same lime the jury wish t > record that they had no opportunity of forming ao opinion of their condition and cons'nictioD , as the whole were removed before tt f y . t « c ?! 'ed npon to . visit the station . In c inclusion thejury beg ' to submit to the directors of this railway i hat in their opinion the siding into which t e ordinary arrival trains ma is fraught with danger , in consequence of . being tiluated at the bottom of an incline and terminal ing against atlron ? , d » -ad buff-r . "— . The Owner : Thrn the verdict as 10 death is " accdemal . "—Foreman : Yes .
SERIOUS COLLISION NEAR LIVERPOOL . At half-past nine on Monday n . oicing the passenger train ' ubich left . Manchester iv ™ hours previously , was stopping » t the Bottle-Iane station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire B » il « ay , about two miles from Liverpool , and while the tickets were being collected an alarm was raised that another train « as approaching , at a rapid rale , on the same r » ' ! s . A panic seized ^ the " passengers , who jumped from their s * ats , and were rashing out of the carriages , when the approaching train , which proved to be a loig ' age-irain fro . r ' C'ln e , ran into trie passenger " train with . ' tremendons •¦ . leacf , throwing oiit several persons from the carriage / j t 0 " gsther , and causing innuaerahla bruises and cor ' ,,..:, " j ali who " remained"
-nong . It apprars that there Veretwo engines to the luggage train—one at : the bead , V , . , " behind ; the -dangersignal , " were all w ^ todSS of fee front eng . ne says that he endeg- ^ "J , " ™' the tram in time , and would bare sucr , eded ha ( J ; . \ b * u for the engine at the tail . Into- , J *™ ' >^ f *«* forwarded to the office oHheV ^^ SS en ? whence ever ,. avai , » l , ! e assist- 4 ace ^ af prom , ly de ^ patchd , and the passengers who K ^ ^ JJ the P se y ppr ^ ~ nw ^ Srtj 2 sK&s
t * £ S , - ' **** Wnitehead and John Jack-ZC L tlh IDt 0 ^ " ^ od y and conveyed ( o the Se 8 s = ons-S ^ jT ^' NB-SPt an esaminaiion hefor . Mr S £ ot 5 nTV ^ nS . g = s , r ^ e , on . the char ^ e .-l gro . s a giec . oi auiv m inning Inl 0 a s ! atlding train tth 5 ] e , SS . 5 ? " ^ WPre VP ' A ? rer a loa ? ^ "" ^ iga-ion . Mr . fr ifc - ' " " lhe accent appeared to have arisen "J- defective tei-ulations of th- company , a » d dw-« ar S ?' i the prisoners , with an understanding that they were w f « me up a « aia if wauted . Among tli « most s-npusly ^ jured were some females who had sfarted ttorc Ma < iehesler in . rt , e mo-nia ^ to tak « a arewell leave « f their reia-. hes . wno left 01 Monday in an Australian emi ^ raat ship .
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT . At l-kMtoM . on Friday won . ing la ? t , a person of the name ot L « y . wo / kin at the colliery of Mr . Potter as "banks " f * 'Inn" " ' ° mh of Xh" bhaft « fe ! l l 0 lhe ho" »« n , a depth OJ 4 U 0 , erft , aad was killed on the spot , andfrinhitully mutilated . J ^ Uhouah several other men were at . w-rk vsvM bim and ^ sj , sted him , they d : d " n « t p « c « ve him ( ali . ' iiito the pit ^ a ^ oa therefore ihe cause ef his Jail is not known , but it 15 a ttributed to his o « n cu > le $ 8 ness - . . -
THE STORM OF SUNDAY : Several seriuus casualties occurred d'mng the severe gtorin on Sunday afternoon . About six o ' clock a vivid fl » sh , followed instantl y by a tremendous pe 2 l of thunrier . ' thre !? ' dowd a stack of chinmevs , No . 1 A Port-street , Wahvorthcomman , occupied * fay Mr . Bacon . After tearing atf * y , he maBtdpiece , partially destroying the stove and injuring varidaj articles ' of furnitar ^ , the ' electnc fluid s ? ftick tfce feed uppn which lay Sirs . Bacon , who is ahout sixty years of age , and has been bed-ridd « n for six years . Th ? poor woman tecetved . however , no other injury than b < ing thriwn vi . k jentl y on the floor , by which she was rather severely iiruispd . iFmm thence the fluid passrd into the lower roomand was
, equally destructive to the wall , pictures , " furnii ore , * tove , &c , while the dork was stopped , and the floor attewed prolojely with the debris . Each of the rooms for several tecondsappeared fill-d with bue flme and smoke , which pve rise to the supposition that the p-emtes were m flames " , aid resulted in the arrival of the Newin ; ton parish and ! 'ime other fire engines . A similar accident happened to tjo adjomi « g houses senate at the corner of Peter and watsiloostreet .. , also at Walworth-common . These hotit-es we in the occupation of Mr . Hards and Mr . Green , a greengrocer . Mrs . Hards . w ! , , with her husband and famil y , was sitting m the room was struck violently in the face , and for several
, minutes was d * prmd of sigh t- and rende ^ d wholly unconscious . Oa partially recovering , she fonnd that she was . bereft of hearing by the righi e , r , and felt an acutettn » ling and vibration in the head , and frora . the seneral effects ot the shock she remains sersou ly affecteiU Mr % Green also sustained some injury , and one " of lief cMldren ' egtrl about six years of ag .- . wss af . c ;« d with b ' . indness for several minu : es . Both , however , are in a fair way of tecoyery . Mr . Cooper , of Mary Anne Cottage , Hill street , Walwrirtht sustained a severe it-juty to his rght eye , ar . d many persons in the nei ghbourhood were hurt . At Stepney the flfcric fluid entered the hack window of the l . ouse Xo . 26 . Kins-streef , orcupitd hv Mrs . Hussv , and after destr . v-
«? 5 » portion of the bedding and bedstead , and tesring the japer from the walls , it descendrd through the flouting luto the lower room , where it destroyed the window-blinds , forced open the shutters , which were shattered , and escaped into the yard . The two back rooms were a complete ruin . About the same time the li ghtning struck a house in Newby-? l » ce , Poplar , opposite the paHce i station , and reduced it to a complete wreck . -A large stack of chimneys was thrown dwn , the roof tarn tiff , and one of-the windows shattered . A woman in one of the lower rooms was knocked down , * ad was rendered insensible for some time afterwards . At Green wich and Woulwich : ibe : damace done by the flood'tm
*»» wry great . At the barracks of the Royal Sappers and » mers at the latter place a drain burst under the main wilding , and . in a few minutes tbe water was upwards of * o feet deep in the quarters of the quarter-master-sergeantj e taster tailor , and other non-coiMinssione i officers , who wenpy the lower story of the barracks . Fortunately one of ifc pTians present at the time had-the prest-oce of " mind _ > tt , raw . a bed upon-the opening in the drain , or tbe conse-9 "fcces mi ght have been seriousthe rushof water heing
, ^ 2 eat that it would have been * difficult to ' saveihecli « ld-, ° ^ ^ l lhe bottom ol John-street , the baker * ' underground tt * for working were to full of waier that on Monday j ^ v-W ^^ O-ab ' . ain th § Joa 1 i of one of the " fire engines he . ^ 8 "ng to the-dockyard to- pomp the water ant . A man = * Kill-d whiie standing under a pear trre a » - Snareshook . fc ses and several minor accidents occurred while the ; 1 ullOdav last tipfWfpn sit anif coron r » Vlni > fc In llio unm . br of
lil V" Ut ^ . ^ * tortn oke over the town Barjj t ^ sex . A considerable portion of the church of St . P ' Pes *? k " " ded with" water , and ono of the large ttj ^ . , lhe orEan was struck down bythe lightntng , foriiS j tjy without any one ' su ^ taiiiing at y seroius ii | . ry by t » e | v " " ne of the Bingors , a girl between -leven and is : * }**** of age . of the name of Louisa Firmm ( who iii V ^ ^ the organ ) , was also struck by the lightn-*» s * t , " was P " 0001 " " immedtatfly , in wbii-h she ilari aV and conTl'ycd home * ° residence , So . 4 , tfc o > ied i ^ f # - ^ s ^ treet where she was ' promptly at- ' f Wfl J -j . F ^> er Wliat is very reinarkable , the Al lies I doesnot a PP ear to have scorched " or hinged her » boi , b ' n 5 Kem a » i 1 they had been torn throi . gh with ^ nied ' ** ^ ° ' ^ s ' are 6 e " U 8 ' y i' -jared aud ij , ^ HOCKING COLLIERY . ACCIDEST . lo rd mJi i ' 0 Ct : urre 4 on , T-e * tay moniing , at the pits of Sl Uin » i etou « at old R ^ oford . ab-. uttwo wiles from cuiars oi wnica
"Ontt ve * F «» - are-as loiiuwg ;— . l ^ " «« ; vastniiie o ' clock four " of tnecoll < efs who had ^ "liain n * In the Pi ' as aatial , named William B » n « r , ^ d » fc er i ( "a > fln « bands , and WjliiatH Robinson , & ™|*<* - « P *<* bamper ; uedfortlie pnrppsebf ^ ¦ ? l * B ^ ei ttng domjtiienrsit to b ^ tafeea totha
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top of the pit . Evemhine . appearedrsecure . When , however they had resched a heipht of ' l < etw > en forty at . d fifty leet , the rope to which the cage was attached suddenly Btiapiied . an < l the whialfe of the unfortunate men were hurled to the bottom of the pit . As > i « tnhce was immediately rendered b y those at work in thf pit , and a message was instantly despatched to Dr . Williams of Sottmeham . It was however , an hour before all the ntifortunate fellows could be got out . William Rohinsnn was removed to the vilhj ; e of Wollato'i , clo-e by , in a rao-t precarious state , Having received severe hruises all .. ver his p-rstm . Burner wasjil-o shocftiiicly bruised , and was taken to tha Kot"tichani General Infirmary . Husbands and Bo ^ er were 111 I . "" ° l i ' ' "« ° . "' near the VK . AH the men were marned , and have famil e * .
n Tt- , RAILWAY ACCIDENT . har «^ i y ev "" - ' )' Irain due from Ferry-Nor , h » l i " at SI ? ° clock Wli > run int « h ' t " L-e- « 3 32 ?\ Z ;! f ! ? ,, t at lhe P ' ace WIiere the Leeil !( N » rof oa « se r S f ^ ' rence ' < Jap ^"' 'kton , and a number gsttzxtt&iss ^ 0 c ™;? CZ £ JS ,, T ' , ° l NwH . w ,, tthree s ? sF 5 rf ¦ : « "sa arjs a wgnt ieet hich , where he lay mtha tn ^ t ^ nr ^ iut ;„„ , „„„„
frriST X . l ° r ' " ^ *» " •>« »« -tolta ?« fc oontance with fee « ftoTC was twam ^ -Dngheda Omur .
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CRIMES AND OFFENCES . SXTENSIVE R'BIIERY BV A SERVANT GlRt .-A young L n fr , n < rar : i « yA « " > 'dan , has just heen qoi £ mf-fid at Gluc-ster County G * nl % trial at the ¦ ' n-it as , Z's on the charge ot stPalin ^ between dBlOO and ^ 200 in gold . , silver , notes , and checks , the property of a form-r ttnstress . It , ppP ars that the -provemni , who is a grow ? hving at Lydhrook , in , be Forest of Dean / ha . i brought he came to the h-mse the same evenin , and waiter ! in . h e shop ! rf » ¦ *•"»» ch ifc » d-ff - tbtt sh : Ccntrved 5
^ ^ e . , 5 -f / , \*; which «« ««'^ u . n . ly found in a fi : ld 2 ' ^ » t » wmenta- « old , 8 i . ver . andnntes . to t , It Z 1 ! ° ' \ T ° , hepk 8 for larce araoun ^ . W-en apprehended at the K'ng » Head inn , at Littledean , a bag S"g ? 15 ' - , 10 < L «• " «» ¦ iwpo-f-lbn . beside ! ^ . 12 10 s . m her pocket , and j £ 2 10 i . whichsiie hsd given to the landlord to keep for her . Among the money n traced L rt " "" " 81011 W " I" " 1 d ha ' f-g « in ' "fi . ama , k , d shiili . > , and other « otiey , wh cb Mrs . Gumey identified as belonging ' o ner . She is also wmmitud . on a second charge of robbtre another mis ' ., ess of clothe . ¦ .,. » 5 " * . 9 = at BANWELL-The inquest on the bodv
-, t ii , "" n !? 1 r brou S hll » a coi . clu-. ion on Mo .. dav , j « tnp Brutui Royal Infirmary , by th « cor . mer , Mr . J . J }! wirjon . fcrom the evidence it appeared that the deceased , "r . o died from tetanus , had been stabbed with a pitrhfork in 1 de groin and arm on the 5 ih of July last , in the course , not of an elecnon riot , as fiwt s'ated , but of a quarrel beiween him and George Hemmings . while haymaking , about one of the women a « Rtsung : The jaTy returned a verdict oF" Manslaughter against George Uemmings , who is already in cus ' ody at Banwell ¦ Sospected Mitbobr . —A good deal of excitempnt has oeeii ticcasioned in Sherborne by the mysterious dea'h of a man named George Higeins , who was fonnd in the river , at fccott s Bay . < m Friday se ' nniebt . An inquest wa * held on m , $ f Vrf ° J ? Mr , J .-A Wi here , deputy coroner , ar the K'acU Horse Inn . A jxw £ -Mo »{ em eKarai « atibiv « f ihe body having been made by N . lligamore , Esq ., a-sisted"by Mr . Ca-son , it was discovered that ihe neck was broken , and tbe cartnages whicfi attach the larynx to ihe root of the tnneue
were torn asur . drr , the . appearances" brine exactly those that are observed in a person who had died ~ hom strangulation . / ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ AtTEMPXEO EaiTRICIDB AND SUPPOSED SciCIDE . —Be twrenoiiea . "d iwio ' cloi ' k on Sunday hniniing tht- inhabitai . ts <> f the neiahbiiiiriiood of the VV yn . lham niad . Camberwell , wer ^ aroused from their beds by loud and alarming cries i . f 'JVIufd ^ r , " wh : ch were found to issue from a h-use in Mayp sJ-ui'ditiga ; Thoma 3 ^ reet . Shortly af : erwards a man , almost in a state of nii » itv ( beit . g ni-hout shoes or Bt-ckuigs . and o « ly wearingaVfru ) , ru ^ hedTroMi 'he house aidran rapidh tuwards the Camber" ell-rbad . do-ely " i ol-L . wect = y j . ome of the neighbours and police , whom " , how : ever , he succteded iii eluding . Upon the police " returning to tne-b-n < e th-y di ^ overed !« you « a mnn n » in ^ d'J . Kendrick , aged ttfenty o . ie . lyi . i . upon the floor of the lowrr mom
t-erfectlv in « ens « ble , and su rounded uy a iioul of blood , which was then flowing pro « u * ely from hi * hed . Mr . J . S Fiowt-r . surgeon to the P division of poli e , was im > nediately st-nt fpr , . an « l he discovered that the left ear Vas nearly > everedfnim tbe head , and thv there was a corresponding wound mi the s . calp of the head , by which that p , ir im of . he sRull was completely laid l-cre , and several of the b ' ondve ^ se ! 3 divided . The entire w-und , which had evidently brenitinic-vdbysnme shnrp pointed instrument , guch ag a jspan sh cla-p Knife , was no less than four inches in leiigih . The injured < s an resided wilihW par . nts as above and a few clays s-iuce ; i brother , Ri .-hard Ket-dr ' nk , aned only nmei . en , returned from Hubart Town , where-he bad been sent ahout i weWe mon'bs since as a pauper emigrant . On Saturday night , shortly . before twelve o ' cl » ck the la « ter upbraided his brother with living on his naren a : a vi-. l-m
quarrel ar se , at . d Richa » d suddenly drawing a knife inflicted the injury above de ^ ribed and imnvdiaiely fled irominlonha-i .-n given to the p-lire , he was seen on the banks ot the Surrey Canal , and from bN further trace being lost lie is supposed io have committed suicide . SEMOT 33 GiaotiB Robbery at LEKDs . —On Monday four men natm-d George Wood , John B-ne , John Tlud-on , and Robert Turner , were brought up before the Leeds > itting justices , , charged with violently assaulting and robbing Micheil Coleman , a carver and gilder , residing ot Huddersfi- Id . Police tifBcer Peet stated tffat about one o ' clock on Sunday tnorniriB , while on duty at the west-end of the ti > wn , ho heard a loud cry of " Murder , " and oh goi « g to the p ^ ace from whence it proceeded , he found M « chael Coleman in Corp ration streetstanding with his hat offand
, . bleeding profusely ahout the head and f > ce . He complained of havinij been knock- d down by some men , who , be said , ha > I robbed and nearly killed him . After endpavpurin ? , but in vain , to trace out the parties , he—the policemanreturned to Coleman and set him off towards Woodhou .-r . where he said his mother resided . About an hour later on . h ^ —thepoliceman—heard another call of" Watch . " This was on the Kirkstall road , not far from Corporation-street , and on jjoi nii to the place he met a man named John Broadbent . who complained of three or four men bavin * assaulted and robbed him , and- he further stated tbit the men who ' had assailed him had walked off towards a haystack , which he Vftted
»> out . Ue ^ -Ppct-Br adbent , and another policeofficer went up to the haystack , an
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MARYLEBONE VESTkY . —ALLEGED INHU MAS 1 TT . On Saturday , at the meeting of the Marylebone vestrv held at the court-house , Alfred Dat . iell , Esq ., in the chair , Mr . Row besrged to call tbe attention of the guardians of the poor to a circumstance which be considered a creat hardship , if not a case of inhumanity , practi .-ed at the workbouse . In t he neighbourhood where ho resided , the parents .. ad absconded leaving two children , girls , one thirteen and the other eleTen years of age , wholly destitute . He made inquiries on the previous afternoon as to the course he u » ht to pursue to prevent them from straving , and ha was told if any housekeeper took them to tow workhouse , they would be admitted . He started from his house with the two children at ten minutes before ten o ' clock last nioht and on
. arriving at the workhouse , it was with great difficulty he evpi ! got them to open the door . The conduct then pursued was oi . ly worthy of the period of Henry yiil ,, and nnwortbyofany Christian country . He could n > "th r > eethe master nor matron , but they sent down sixpence for tbe two children to uo to get themselves a night ' s lo gum . [ G » eat sensation in the vestry . ] He remonstrated , and the u : an at the gate said they had men done wrong in opening the doors at all . lie askrd where were girls of that tender age to so and seek at that time for a lodging . However , ail he could get was the sixpence . lie had brought the matter forward before , the vestry and directors atid pnardirn * present , in order that it might be ' ascerta i ned whether the master and matron had not broken the laws , arid if the *
bad not , then to denounce such an infamous law heiti ^ in existence . The poor children were leit destitute and hou'ele-s , and yet they were re ! used admission into the workhou-e , because ir . was after ten o ' clock . It w , v monstrous tl-at the ratepayers were taxed in that parish £ 47 . 000 per year for tl > e Mipport of the poor ; and yet when a ratepayer went with tw-i legitimate cases like that he had inentium-d , relief was refuse-. In answer to a question as to what became of the children during the night , Mr . R » w stated that Mr . Thomas Potter , of
Crawfordstrei t ( formerly for many years a dneet- r and guardian of the poor ) , had most humanely taken them in at his o » n house and f » d them , and given them a night ' s lodging . [ Hear , hear ] Tha Chairman- bpsged to assure Mr . Row that a most rigid inquiry would be instituted t > j ve Ward of directors and guardians , and that if the officers ol the workhouse Uad acl < - < l improperly punishment shou'd he visited upon them . Knowing t'ie present constitutii-n of ( he board , he could state that such would be the case . [ Hear , hear . ] The subject then dropped .
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Death of W . Scbpb , . E ^ . —William Scrope—author of two good books ,- "D'yupt l ) eer Stalking , " . « nd ^ Y ' D » 7 J and Sisshtp of ? al" on FUhiiig "—died . on Tuesriay , week , at tisiouw is BelgraTe-tqiiare , in thfi eightj-fireji ' few <> ihw
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; LOSS OP LIFE . ' ' The "Limerick Keporter" of the 22 nd inst ., gives the following particulars of an election riot in Clare : — We deplore to state that blood * as this day shed at i 3 ixniile-hri . ige , ono of' the . pol . ing places in Clare for the election now heing carried on for thai county , and within about seven milt's of this city . ¦ - ' ¦ ' ii app < -nrs thnt so ea- ly as p | e ? en a . m . to day , a company or the 31-jt Raiment of Foor , under tlio ' co-nmand of Captain -r ^ - —— . and accompanied by Mr . Chrtstbpbev Dehuege , j m ., J . P ., was pyoceed'tig throU Ii tlio v . illiae a ove itienti « ne ' il , < -auort , ing voters on the property of the Marquis of Cunynshdm . As they were jia-jsing thnuaii t ie village , the court h . iuso was occupied by a great nuiiiher of per « anV including ' sever ; . ! magistrates ' of tho
county , several clergynien , and several freehnliers . Tlie people in Ure villaL'o hissed and h .. oted Lord Conyugham ' s voter !" , and some sutothat srnne- wcio thrown > but we have not heard the fact on suffiiiifint authority to render it positive . Others allege . h » . t it was not until a secon'l attemptwas made to rescuo the voters , and the um \ of one oft e solders ^ mi ^ shed With a sto ' iie , that the ofllcer gave orders to fire . It would appear that a murderous firo was at onqo opened on . the peopK arid / that ' the volley \ yas discnirc .-d in two directions—ono toward * the chapol , the other down tho street o" tho village , where a large police J » r < -e . consisting ot forty men , were stationed at the time . I ne noise of the 6 ring caused the . occupants of the courtto
U'mse rush into tbe utreet , and , ' to their inexpressible horror , they found fivo ot their fellnw-rountrymen f ' } Jfw , and several others wounded- . W-have heard that the iiumtie , f of doid exeeedB eight , and tho nuraher of fj " m "" d ^ not been ascertaine > when our infovnvmt H . Them : ijo ity of these were voters ; and nearly all were nien in comfortahle circuuistancps as farmers . The ruinour , as we h ive staled , in Six mile-hridge was , that the order to firo had been dven by tho officer . It is impps-Bipte to describe the . excitement which prevailed . The people were unarmed . ; in fact , it is believed . hat in trie entire haronyxhere arc not two stand of ' arms . ' The staie of the poll , just befpro this " . revolting occurrence , ' * ' -- ————j
WflS '* " Sir J . F . F . tzserald ... . 92 Cornelius O'Ur ' en ... . '" "' " 70 Uolonel "W deleur ... . . „ "' . '" io J ' . ? 11 " V ™< of Bunker's Hill , prodded in tlio court-house , and he was peremptorily called upon to stop stree ? g ' ° ° ™ of - he pcopl ° ky d £ ad in -W rf JJ «? m" J p 0 lling up t 0 one P ' After this frightful de §« l ot blood , a special messenger was despateiied to this garrison for moro troops , when Horse Artillery , and two C 0 S n eS 0 f *? 81 « - ^« iuient . | were " « hf 6 ut Jr « i ^ T"' ^ - ttas Pvesent , nnd stated he gave no Sif , ^ h- "Or " ^ ^ ? n * ket $ of the » oldtary and police under his com i . and loaded . spenuS "" * ° ' P <> waS hit in tUe hat with a
wftl" * ° * w ' ^ ° - . the di 8 tv " l 0 t w ^ Presont » and did what they could to a by the excitement . - , There was a party of the 3 rd Dragoon Guards present , but they did not interfere . At six o ' clock , p . ii . ; , the ttev . Gavreb O'Sullivan , of larteen . drovo into Limerick with somu of the voters , and has coufirmed tho above . ' . The following additional particulars of the unfortunate attair at Six-nnle-bridge in Clare , are from the " Limerick Keporter . - Late in the evening a young m n named Michael Glynn was 0 nvey .-d b y bis father , mother , and sister , on a car , from Six-mile bridgo to Barriripton ' s Uoi-PJ'al , iabQuring under a severe bullet wound in the groin ,, t P r assed clear tnrou S the fleshy part of thetlii » li , without iinyctiiig the hone ; hopes are . entertained . of his
recovery , though his condition is not fr . ee from danger . ' The agonised stato of his parents » nd family ' could noV be described . It appears that he was standing at a distance trom the crowd and soldiers when th firm < took place , and he alleges that the only cause given for the . firliitj was some stones thrown by a few wouieii' wHo hud been weeding pot . toes near the areen of Six-inUe-brKlge . wlien they saw tho voters escorted by Mr . Ijelmejid ami a party ot thedlst . A'l wa » quietness and good order up to the moment . A m m of the name of ' - — II . ne ' eu died of his wo nds ahnut six o ' clock p . m . the lives of others are despaired of . Another mail , whose name we hav ,. not ascertained , with . 1 compound fracture of tho shoulder Done , was convoyed to the CWc Infirmary at Eihis It appeais certain on all hands that there would be no firitig —at least no * udiJcn iiiunlerous fir i'g— were it not for the order to prime and Uiad givoii in the early P « rt ot the tiioriiiii « at I ' lioaiond-sate .: Ifmch an order is usual
reuiain-tohesfpn . T . 70 of the soldiery are said t-lnvo b ° en hit yvh stones , and / the musket of ono 0 ! thi'tn splinteri'il ; but , m H d . ( . tion to t !) is , tiiere was no cause whatever . itf .. r < lfd for the filing , and this was done by st-uies thiown h y w om ^ n . Twelve shots were discharg .-d iii ail each « , f wlii « li took effect—pearly all deadly effect . Mr '' M . t . inny of Cluiimon-y , coroiier , impaneiji-d a iury about tiv .- p clo . k p . tii . , t .. bold an inque-fpn the hodi-s pf ttie d-M-J . l ie > nq ies wis a'j luru-. d t . i I w-mof ow ( S ' lturdiyV when sever . 1 wttmwse . will he exuni ed . Kir Lucius O Bften , lieu . enant of tho county , and S . r E . Fuz-erald ' nephew of S r John F . FitZiorald , 0 .. 0 of the" caudidatte were present > oor , :. fier the battue , and expressed themselves m ii . diu't . ant terms at th ¦ outraee . Sir Lucius declaied
that there was no cause j-ivon for th .- firing as far as he could asc-rtai " , and called upon th « majrist-raios pre . sent to state who g . va tho 0 der . Al the nia ^ strates decl . red that they pavo no order . The .. ffivi'f in command stated thar ho gave n 0 order . The Hcpntwus soldiers fired at a considerable distance from the women , who threw the stones after then . , and ! lt thu top of the street . They brail as we have above st tod , in two directions ; in eac h . uwetwra there w .-ib a will , which completely enclosed the ? h « nil' "" "'' 1 th , ™ n ( i ot wound over the hip ji . int . lhe ball has not been extracted . This morning'Mr . DelmeHe s m , lk was all upset at the milk tnatket . aud the ut most excitement prevailed among the people . "
Almost all the provincial papers teem with details of viq lenceof some kind employed b y the contending parties at the elections . Tho "Kilkenny Moderator" has some columns occupied with accounts of outrages of this natuvo but as the politics of the paper are strong , these accounts must he taken cunt grdno sa is . Th > " Moderator" " says — 1 hetnoi . t dastardly ' attacks were made on Lonl jVmea Butler on several occasions ; on » ne in particular whilst drivinsr from the court-hoase , wth ' Sir . I-itan Bl > n 1-n Ag th ey were about turnins into King-streetthey with of
, were as-^ a . W showers dirt , stones , and ati . cks , the horse ' s head was caught , anrf ev ery effort was made to break t ' -e car upon which th ^ y sat ; his l prd » hip carried a stout stnk with which he defended himself galUi . tl y , kiioi-kme over one nseal who struck him a coward hlow on the hack of the neek However . Col nel ( Jol . iip and tho dragoons soon rescued Lord J . mes from the » oh , ridina them down in every dir ^ -t-. n , and we are happy to state tb » t his lord , ship received no serious hurt . Several voters returninir hon-e from the poll were also waylaid in tbe suburbs and beaten most disgracefully .
" Tbe excitement and violence in Thqmastown were far greater than in Kilkenny . From an early hour thousands of teiocious looking fellows commenceit pouring into the town from the surrounding " country and from Now R . and soon the street * became densely crowded with a yell ' , lag mo '» of non-electors , who kept their position durine the whole day . The force pf military and police was scarcely suffi-ient to cope with so dense and daritiga bodv of rio t ers who could only l . e properly kept in check by completely clearing the Creels , and keep-pg them out ( if tSt o " ' . ' . " omiiig a large mo . b oroceeded from it ^^ T- 3 Kllfai'otomeet the voters of tho lion ^ A * " ^ " ' W th « r way to the poll . The voters were "
accompanied by Sir . John Power ano Father Doyle of « 2 \ Z' r ' ? 8 PH ? ot' a 11 ^ roihon « tranee » of his ' clo-SSh ^ Th 0 eS a , eir £ ilied fir ? " in ? a | ' ? rt Pf - thoiOUfden family . Tho attacking pany here c 11 jjht a tartar fop Bein / tfe ^ - ? " ^ d ' ^ " ° Thamasiown ^ but SS ^« -s
. tr ; rsri' ° i " •¦— --- » ^ s ^ s-s -t ^ fet ^ i Six-mile br .. l Be murderers ! ' and I need » c-arpX Ja > i ? this was . ufficetit . toarous ' e ^ 511 . ^ 51 ^ on-l =. ught on we nnhwry , who were not possess -d of " ve " a bayonet to defend thems lves . The mol , tavUig ! , £ aKS m w * i . proceeded throuph the streets , evlry soldier ofthp Sl-t they met falling a urey t « lhw TOKince .
, indeed , two were so badly ii . j ., red as So leave but little hoi . e of tho r recovery . Some if > pectahle civilians w 0 inti-rposed « e-ea ! so roughl y . handled and m . ltrea > ed . Sub ! i-equently thu rioters attacked tho ' militarv barracks at John s-quare , where tho guard turned out , but were rei-ulsed by their awailai . ts . who hurled volleys of stones at the soldiery . There being i , p officer on duty at the tune , the berceant 111 command w . reluo ant to have recourse to violent measures , and therefore the " men emiured the wanton attack with patience . The alarm having spread the city was in a state of exitoment , and the nieket at ti . M
Castle B « rr . ick , under Cap ' . Aitr . y and Lieut . Smith , ha < i turned out co quell the disturbance , but not befme ilw oivi-Hans had al-o attacked the guard at th- C ; Mle and S ra ' n . i Birracks . The streets heing densel y thronged the miliiary had to chaigc w . th fixed hajonrts , : iiid two boys were stabbed . On p ^ ins ' through U » 6 several thoroi > s !> f » re " th « soldiers were hooted and pelti- ' d with suim-s . their 0 rbme 3 broken , and their li ' ajohjsVk ' no-itfd uff . Captain 4 !* R »'" 3 ls ! j ^ pek / w W * $£ ¦ '& $ ; cut m $$ r i fc « utenant Smith * ri » 8 also injured . " " Thisclay : ihe 6 amefe § ling
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of revenge-was evinced , . ind in ' consequent !* the ¦ $ [ & regiment have'been transferred from the Cas-lo and John ' s ? ou « re B racks—in -the old town—to the new barraolis , to be rep laced . b y . the 14 th reg iment . . "
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THE EMIGRATION SWINDLE . On Saturday at the Mansion House , Sir R . W . Garden sat fivo hours in the'investigation concei-nimr a < ompany riiilled m < mo " pv . ospeo . tus . thi > » Australian Gold BtidE-niirration Company , " capital 4100 000 . in shares of £ 4 each . to . be paiJ up « ithout furthur will or liability . tiiw ewa < fttiother pVo ' spectii 8 whicli dt-simiiitert the compary as " The * Austnilian Gi-neral ¦ Miiiin !» and Emigi-atKin ¦ C b . i . pany . " TUe fovi » PV prospectus Kavo a hst of high names , with that of Lord Kilworthntthehea-i of Ii ; the latter pave no names > . t all . The mvesiigation had been onin ' merici'd ii . the early part of the week , upon tha r « pn . sen ' tation of Captain Lean , the government emigration agent , whr . nppeaied'before Sir Robert W . Garden for the pm-imso of statinir that a linmberof poo .-mi-n , who were about to emigrate to Au « rralia ; bad been d .-lraiuled by certain persons who had offices at Ho 0 . Austin-friars , oi money advanced ' as ¦ passage money in tho Camilla and other vpsai'la
. The justice room wasorow . led with gentlemen connected with the Stock ExchHhke . ' and others who were interested in the proceedings . L-ird KiUprth and some of the " other Kentlemen whose names were mentioned in one of the primed humbug lists , suid who , as it aft , evwanl « appeared , knew nothing whatever of the company were in attendance . " Ainont ; them * ere Mr . Rus ' ton Ueeil ; Major Hawkey Hnd Mr . ihwson . these gent leiiiOii hail been aurtituosied touttend in conspquenco of , the issue of tho prospeutus which mentioned their names . . . Subsequently Henry Graham . Montague , who appeared to be the ao ing manager of the concern , anrt C . ' J . Tripe , a young man who seemed to have auted , under the toutrol of Mr . Montague , ' . were P"t to the har upon the charge of having chewed and defrauded the emigrants . Captain l > an , h ' avinjt stated the particulars of the aocusation , e > lled the following witnesses
:--John Jones , of Dalatpn , lately w fireman in Chingferd , in E « sex ,. said—About the 23 rd of June , as I was yaasing aloi . ^ Austin-friars , I saw * t . biiard | at No . 6 , relative to the Australian Mining and Emigration Company . I went in and saw Mr . Tripe , iimi t «? o gentlemen and two boya . They were all suited as if they b . elon 7 e » i to the offije . I said I wanted places fur three or four in the secpnd'class cabin fir Port Philip , Mr . Tripe ' said ' they would take £ 3 or £ i ott if there were four or five of us ; and he t « ld me the shi p in which we could , go was called the Catui la , mid was lying in the West India Docks , and a frieiiu o ' miue and I , wp » t . down to look at her ... We were to ; pay £ 22 instead of £ 25 each , and I said 1 thought I could produce six pasaeupera , including myself . We saw the first unite of the vessel , who said to our inquiries " Yes , I believe the ship baa
b (> en looked at by the Australian Gold Company . " On the 26 th we went again to the office , and saw Mr . Tripe , who said he would take the £ 4 off the charge at any rate . We were then handed m " 0 . Mr . M . ) iit = > gue and a stout gentleman , who said to Mr . Montague , " . It ' s too much 10 take off . " Mr . tripe then came in and we agreed to pay for four of us £ 11 eiicb them that I hoped the company w ;\ s all riaht . ¦ ' Oh , ye < , " aaid they , " to fear of thai ; the directors are all re : spectable gentlemen . " The bill which was handed to me Mated that the passengers shuu'ld have a ' pint of pm-ter a day and a bottle of wine a week . 1 aftewards . called st'Verai
times at the office , but I only saw a couple of hoys ; and when 1 ashed tnetn about the business , they said , Well , there is a company , and they Oi . t upon Tuesduys and Fridays . " I was told , upon further inquiry , that Mr . Mpntague was at Bristol , but I was informed by u friend that Mr . Montague , to whom I had paid t e money , was in prison . I astteriaitii'tl ttv . it such was . the case . 1 had been informed by'trip ' * that the vassal " was to sail between the 15 th ami 20 ih oi July , and . I . w » s prepared to pay the reiiminderof the passage money . 1 have since demanded a bi-rth on board the Camilla , and jiaye been refused it . S > "ie minerals ere slio » n to me by Montague an > i Tripe . Jiitnes Abraham Thbrne , of Caniherwell- ^ I am 16 $ years old , and was engaged by Mr . Tripe as a clerk » i No 6 , Austin-friars , the Australian Gold Milling an . Emigration S'loiety . There were two other hoys euiiiiged as cleiks . There was no b ' opk » kept there except a call bonk , in which
the names of people w . ^ o calleii were put down . There were bills injiiite and outside the offise , in which the n mes of ships for ! Australia ' were entered ; 1 have * ee . i \ Captiiir Smith -. three or lour tunes in the office . Montague a' > d Ti-i jib sat in a private room called the board room . 1 never wrote circulars calling a meeting iil" the directors together ,, nor do I"iielieye that anything of the kind > vas done . I havi- ' sHcn ' a good many ucntlemeu ao in and out . ( The witness could not speak to the identity of any purticultr person exui-pt , Mniiiasjue and Tripe . ) I was in the ufflce six wee . lt . -i , b t I received piiymeut for no more than two weeks . Mr . T . i pe , in answer to my application for my salary , eaiit I mu-it wait . ( L'Uiiluer . ) I have seen one or two of t | ie gpritleinHii who are liere » t the effice . The nffi « o i ^ removed from 6 , A'lstin-fnars , to Ilarp-Ui : e . I believe I was engaged for Mr . Tripe . I never went to the banUers .
No-v it was stated that , . ilthpugh tho proprietors said the cni ' npwy btnknd at the Cainmeiviiil Bank , they were not at all known there ! Tne list of proprietors of tho Australian G tlr ] Di < rgins Company , to which was attachud inn naiueuf Mr . M <> n'• iiruo , as iniuur . iloiri . st . & 1 . & « , was hanled up to Sr R . Cirdun , who said : I mive nMcertai'ied th » t the names of the tientleiiien put foi-w > vd in this list have linen e « . 'ery one . used witnbut their kuowledijo of the cohceni , or any oiie cohneeteil " with it . sind therVi are several other impn ' sitioni of tlie kind passinj ; before tho eye 3 of tUe public daily . " Mr . A . J . Hruntpn ; stockbroker—I belong to the Stock Exchange . My name has " been used in this prospectus"Tue Australian Golil Mining and ' Einigratiou Compaiiy , " without iiiy authority . ' I know nothing directly or indirectly , of any of the p . irties concerned or named in it .
J . L . Durham ( a boy)—I was engaged in the wrvicfiof Mr . Montague at the pffioes in Austuirfriars , about the 27 th of Jitiuary last . There was ' the . rcamHd on there ii cumpany oulleil the " Gold Dittginjs OoVnpaiiv . " That rom ' patiy was broken up in February , and between May ant June the " Australian and Gold Mining and GinigraMnu Cumpiny " was set up . Tripe came there to see Montague about a situation there . I have seen C « Ht . Sitiiin . there , llew . s understood to be secretary of the company , at the time , I believe . . I never was i » . < i < i any wages , with the exception of 2 s . Gil They owe me £ 17 or £ 181 There was "| ju " bankt ! r'd for me to go to , as far as I can recollect , I ha e seen passHimers come 10 th ¦ office and pay down their money to Mr . Montague : and Mr . Tripe . I haye ' i-een 4330 or £ 40 paiil by porsiuis . Mirny have been clamouring about tiieir ijitmey , ami h ! ivi ;' got ' it tjaok , " I" do ^ iintthitikVaiw ' ufthe geiiilmi-n who called were awure that anything of tlie kind was done . ¦¦ '¦¦¦ . \ ¦ ' ¦' ' . .
Mr . Siiaw , clerk to Messrs . Willis and Co ., ship-brokers , said—The fiim are ship brokers to the Ctmilla , wh'ch is destined to sail to Purt Pinlip . I heard of the Australian Company inquestinn , and c . lle . d at Austin-friars iii eDn . -ie . qttenbe ' of a letter !' received from Mr . Tripe , an aa ' w ' Mr ; MuiiUjnio th ' ei'e . Overtures were uiaiie to chirter ' tlie Camilliv , "but . were never carried into effact . Nsiiher . Tripe nor Montague was ever authorised to engage passenge rs on board tho vessel . The prisoner Montague crossesiminecj the witness , but the answers confirmed ' all the statements in » dH i » y him ; Mr . J . irnes Go ^ liind . of Kuig ' s-cvoss , " was then called by C < ptain Lnaii . He siid that on the 26 h of June he called at Lime-street , No 8 , where he saw Tiipe , ' . whq engaged to shi |) hix nephew pn hoard the ship died the MeOicis , for Port Philiii , and received from him £ 0 , the half of dm paa ,-sage-tuptiey . He did not see MontHgue ' at ' ail , for if he had seen ' the parry lie' would have' walked away , as he knew 8 omethine about him . ' ' . '
The ship broker to the Medicig proved that . Tripe was not authorised tp ship any . one on board that ye-sel . Aliieriiian Garden said he deeply ' regretted ' that . the gentlemen whose names had been put down in th « prospectus without their sanction slioulliiave been subjected to the annoyance t > i which they must have been exposed , by tlio mi r-d supposition hat they were mixed up with ouch a concern . Ii { jaye hiii ., however , the ¦ greatest uatistactioti to state publicly that there was not the ' slightest imputation aitairist ' Mtiy of tiieiti , ' ai-ii he was' convinced they woulil see that the course he had taken was calculated , not only to bring'to justice thb * e wh ;> had been guilty of fraud , but 10 free from n \[ suspiuiou those whose respectable names liaii been iised to cive facilities to this syst- m n . f plunder . . With respect to the two prisoners it was '' is iiitetition i > n a future 'lay to ' commit ' B ! iem '" fp ' r trial , and lie hoped tiie ' public would exercise tlie utmost vigilance in deajing ' with mining and piiiiuVatibn companies , particularly at ' gu Ii a t-im ' .
Montague , who was brouubt by-habeas from the Queen ' s HeHt-h pi-son , was then tielivere > into tUe ou » to -j of the sheriff ' s officer anil taken back with a magisterial detaiiie . r t'Vth » t place of security , aud Tripe was conveyed to the Compte ' r . ' ¦ ' ¦¦"¦ " '¦ ¦ ' ' . ,--,. ¦
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Ariuvalof M . Kossum in England . —Among the pas-Bengers by the Brftisli and Nui-th A . meric * n ' Miil steamship Africa , arrived at Li verpool on ' Sunday morning , weru the ex-Governor of Hungary and his lady . Befco taltiii " a pa ^ ane on board the Airiu'i , M . Kn-suth i . ad ' * ignified his intention of sa'litig . in the Wasbingum , which w . is advertised to loive Np . w York three days after the steamer . Instead ot doing so , however , be secured berths in fie A . lnca . tor himself and Aladame K . ssutn , utnler thn name of A . bmi'h . an , lady . He threw « . ff | , » incogilito before ihe passage Imd been completed . Kothinjt ot nitere ^ t cnneetfii with ih * Magyar occurred during the v .. y ( W . Oc lainlmg he looked exceedingly careworn . He wasaocm anied b \ Count Colonel Blethen and Colonel [ baz . who also secure-i passages in assumed ¦ namea—a step taken in nil " probability , in order that they miaht have a quiet embarkation . The party left Livu-rp . uoLby the nine o ' clock train tUeaume inurnitisf . . ..
A Card SnABPKR .--James , the man who was convicted n u eHk at t ' Levve !( Ass ( z » 8 for cheating ; at c . rds at Brighton , ustd to . travel regularly in the Southampton ami Alexandrian mail packets as a -first-duns pa » t < en (; er aim paid hs faie , and e nt a banrl > ome . living by card p | ayni {> with the passengers on board . . - ; The Ehebhold Land M » vbJtRNT . —A . soiree on a praml scale took , place at Wulvt-r ampnm on . M . unlay nuht , th < " ' oi'Cii ^ ioii being to celebrate the taking po ^ psaion of irueu estate purohaBed by the menjbers of the Freehold Lanu Sbowtyio , ' «;; - : a ^ ¦^ - .: ^ r : ' ^ r , r :, ^ . ^ .- : ^~^ -. { r ;^ -
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nOME CIRCUIT . RAPE .-EXTRAORP 1 NARY CASH . Lbwes . —Is-iao Whe-iiley , 22 . a pood-lonkin ? yountj O . oUntrjm in , was indicted fur n felonious jisaault up » n S rail Boniface . Mr . Cobhett pro .-ecuted : Mr . Jot'ii--on was Counsel for the prisoner ; Tue cirenmswnctts ciimiertpd wit'this case were of rather : i peculiar nature . Tin * progenitrix , who described herself sis a willow and fifty-two years old , but who . from ihe loss of her teeth ami her very lenrepiil general appearance , miKlit vpry well -havo passed for be-ng at least twenty years nldi * r , it apyeart'tt n > sii ) eil » fc thn villiue of Sliuirham , in th's county , mid a » cut e-fihfc o clock in the evening pfSund-iy , the lS'h of Ai-ril . she was on her way l « otne when she came up to the p s . hit , who was very much int'ixcited . He and bis urn her resided in ' tlie Bittne villag'V with her , and tUe prUrmev »» fh «
was passin > : him , accosted her , aii < l said , " Is th ' ityon , Bonny ? " Sho , in reply , said that he was a hud imy . : > iu \ lie then toll her he was going home , and s-iid that they would walk together . They walked alon ? for a short « fistiitnie wlien the prisoner put his arm round her nsi-k . Slio asked liim 10 remove his anh , 'but ' he wuu'ld not , ; u d t hey walked along for some ' distance in this position , and na they were passing the National 'School , Mr . Martn , tho master , opened his door , and che tol'l the prisoner "gi n 'ci remove Iii ? artrij and said ,. " Here ' s Mr . Martin , a u he'll see us . " Tbe prisoner .- > till refused 10 take his arm away , aud , in spite of her resistance , he « u « c-e <| pil in kis < i » i « liev . They then walked on , and after ; i short time t'ie pri oner berame veiy . rouab , and , according to tl ; e st- tceuentof the prosecutrix . ho ' ai | enj ; ili threw her < lowfr iiito a ditch and with great violence coiiJiuiued the act imputed to him b . y the indictment .
Upon being cross-examined th nrosecutrix said M at 'he passed several h ( iuiP 8 . but . did not it ' . ' "' ya'irm r ! l'l for a-jsistani ! , because she could nut for » moment 1 el eve th-t'the pris-ner meditated such an outrage u l '" her # She also said that wii *> J . /» . i been . for some Hum " Ping cqnipapy' ' with a man na-npd i < tei ); who , it appe « r « T . ^ was thirty " years old , an , iu . a a brother of this p > 'rsoii u .-uno up after the . transaction had takfl ' n pi ic . Sh ' o rfe ' nied havnsr oaiil to the prisoner ' that if lie was anytlrnsr of a chap he would offer her his arm and see her homo , or that she had said upon any other pcoasipn that if lsted had not compelled her she should never have brought tho matter forward . ¦ . .. . . " <
Mr . Johnson , at the close of the c . iaa for the prosecution , * r dressed Hip jury for the prisoner , and eaid . Hint bur , or the very serious nature of the charge , h « slmuld almosfe have been inclined to ridicule the idea that a yonnu S ; dn like the prisoner could have comtni'ted such an . 101 upon a toothless decrepid old woman , who miirht very well be his grandmother ; so far as ago , he was sure , was concerned , lie said he wad not in a position to tlefty that soi / ii-Unng had re . lly happened between lhe parlies , but he Humnitied that it was clear from ali the facts that had transpired , that tji eolii woman had consented tint , ' and that upon I-tid , the brother of the man with whom she had , as . he sat « l , b'en keHping company , com-nu up , she had , in order to e-cape the scandal of the village , preferred the present ;
Mr . G . Martin , the master of the National School at fciaugham , was then called as a witness f . T the pri .-on ' r , and be said he was standing at the door of his house on tha evening in question , and saw the prisoner ami the pro-Secutrix uclig in the direction toward- the residence ot the latter . He opened his door suddenly before they s-a « himV and he observed that the prisoner had one arm round ihs heck of the old woman arid theri'her in front of her peri-on , au < l it appeared to him 'hat she rather encouiaged than re ' , sifted his embraces . The prisoner had his face towards tho face of the prosecutrix , as 'though in the a"t of Id-sing her , while they were passing , an 1 whep be moved his f . iceaud slio saw him . s ie pxa ' ntmeil , "There , be quiet , Mr . Martin will se 8 u-. " They then walked on , and the pri .-ouer ap-P' -a'ed to Riss the prosecutrix several times , and there » p '« p ' eared to be hncomp ' Uiint or rGsistince on her part . Tho prisoner appeared to lie so tipsy that he . wa of op n on 'be prosecutrix coul < l easily have ' got away from him if she had desired to do so .
Bv Mr . Cobhett —He was not exnmih'd be f ore thp ma » EWtrate on behalf of the prisoner . He was not .. fjenynoned ,, hut a inessagH « as sent to him from the ' magistrate requesting hi * attendance , but he could not go witimut he pei mission of the rector , and when he applied to bim fur his per ' ° uiisxion he refused it , Th « Lord Chief Justice . —Then he most scin't alously in g-Iected bis ' duty ^ What right had ho ( it prevent . you ( tu ^ going be ' orc tho magistrate and giving your evidence , » i !» cf thus set himself above the l : i « ? S » ch ui . niluct . is liiyh y indecent and improper , kikI if this jrentu-man bat been l-ero I should have maile « .. me ohsi'i-vations upon it which would not have been at all agree ihlo to him .
Dis Lorduhip , iu summing up , a ^ ul that whaiever view was tken of that c : ise , 'it was imuoss ble not m laueut mo < t deeply the utriteof debaseinpnt and ignorni ce , and wan ' of all pntp .-r fr «* Un mi'Vi ^ tunate . decrepid 1 . I 1 I woman , such as the prosi-cutrix appenrtsd to be . The pri > on * -r had now been in jranl three pi niitliH , and he did not say this in any w y to infliiei . cu 'he jury in the verdi t they wr « about to pronounce , but 10 found 1 his further observation upon it , thaiitiipiMMiW thatj the gprnleman who tilled the position of rector of tt > i- iiiidi the aiijotiiinjr parish , mid who hail the care nli'l ill-tructioil of the . iniiabitants , had thought fit in deti iiici'of the retjui' « u of the law , to say thit it iniiu who was under hi * cofitfnfy and who was , he tliou ' i ; lit , very improperly i-o , « ho ' ild not obey the request of tbn m ' lgi . stfiiti ' , and go ami yive evj .
deuce before , htm . II" Mr . Martin had been BtiuniiOtieii , it w : i 3 possible that tht > magistrate mitrot hot hate committeil tu < 3 prisoner , or at all events wuul ' have . admiUt-d him 10 hail ; aud thus have prevented h'm from Buff'rinir . for three m nths the c » niamination of a- gaol , but the rector had cbusen to set his dignity iigi } n > t his duty , and had refu s ed to perform a common act of chari'y ib his neisbbnur , by . allowing him to go and j » ive his ovuience on bi-hall' of Uic prisoner . If the gentleman had been prcxent ., ho sliould have made us < - pf titronger language with regard to his conduct , and , netting up . n that , bench , be felt it to be his rimy to make such observations upon any man , whatever mL'lig ho bis station , who dared to set himself above tin ; law . He would never allow any man to do so , and he bop' -d that what had taken place on the present occasion wmld l > ' a w » riiinj , 't o the reverend gentleman himse f , and otLers , in future , . . .
' Ttie jury rptiied to consider their verHjct , and in about an hour they returned into couit , and > -aid they were not likeU to agree , and tliey wished to fcnoW whwher they co'ild find the prisoner guilty of acommnn assault ? The pitief Justice toW th « rn they coul < l not tin so . They mu-t either fiud him guilty of the lelony or acquit him altogeihe ' r ' . ' ' . ' . ' . ' .. ' . ' tiiey . then again retirftd , and shortly ' afterwards came back with a ' verdiot of Guilty , but recommended the prisoner to mercy . .. -... = Th « Ieayiied JtirJce gentenofld him to be imprisoned and kept to hurd labour for . 01 m year . ¦ : ¦¦ ¦ '; ' HIGHWAY ROHBERY . John Mepham , ^ 8 , was cliarj"ii wi it a highway robbpry with violence upon Tiomas"Mirtin . Mr . Waller prose = cuted ; Mr . Creasy defeiided the prisoner
. It appeared that , the prosecutor w .. s a f rmpr , livins at tlorste . ! Keyties , in the heiubboiirbond o Pore-t-row , » nd on the C b of April he had been to n sort of sheep f . iir at tha * . planp , and uined ' at the Swan Inn . where hu reo « iveA a sum ' cjf money from the owner of « oriie sheep lie h .-i'l tnkea in to ar . iz . Having m . joye . ii himself during tiie eveiiini ' , ' h « set out at about ten o ' clock at n gh' , in ' company " with a farmer who resi . ied in the sune neitrhhouibood , to wjiIIc home , and wlien they had got to wiihin 11 short distance of th ir hojiiR the prosecutor had oi-casion to tttay behind for a few minutes , and while he was in the act of vV-ilking 00 to r « ji > in his friend lie rece ved a tremendous blbvf ' b ' n the head from a bludgeon frnm' KOme one behind . hivrf ;
w hich fell-d him to the gronnrt , and rendpred him iri « "nsible ; and while he w ' as in thin state his pockets were rifl-d , ' atid two JE 5 notes of the Rye bank -ind some silver stolen * The charge was clearly ( irotsgl . t home to the prisoner by " piii-ums ' tiiitiat evidence . ' Ic was shown that he was at the Swan while tbe " prosecutor was there , and saw the iin'ney in his possession , that h » followed him soon after he left the house , and thit his footmarks were distinctly traceii from the . spot where thp robbery was commit ted to the prisoner ' s cotU ' ge . In' addition to these facts both the stolen notes * ere tnc-d to the pos ' seBs ' on of tiie ' prisoner , ' and . whi-h he was taken into custody the sleeve of his coat and also his shirt ^ ere bloody . , ' ' ¦ '¦
The jury without any hesitation returned a vp ' rHlpt of Guilty , and the prisoner was sentenced to be ' transudrteti for fifteen" years . ' ' : ; ' ' ¦ ' '
MIDLAND CIRCUIT . ATTEMPTED MURDER OP A WTFE . Wabwick .- ^ JoIiii Mitniiell . 39 , w « ind c ed for shobMns ? Sirab Mitch 11 . bis wife , with intent to mister her auf also with intent t < lo her grievous boili y harm . —It ap . pe . red that" on Sund-y , the 18 th of Apu > . tbe ini-oner who lived at Wii ^ ou-jroen , near Birmiii » h » m , « ftnr riii , in « at homH . went out to a tieijjhtiouniig publi -h us » . wi . eru he had some ale . In the ' course of the iifiemomi ' be wnt home several times ; ai > d the la t time he w < -nt . being men in liquor , he took a'oiitled gun Irom the ^ hrflf , ami dischai ' g <) il it at bis ' wife . Tne shot , enwed her ch- . -ek , making nne large wound- mid several mnall ones , ' Slio f « ll down , tlie wound bled profusel * -, and s e wa * in lianger * for some lime . The prisoner immedi . iHv I ft home mi 1
returned 10 the public-housp , whero be had a f w m-nu-ps before iuviteil -. i polxeman to li-iva a gUi ** of ale . That uoliceman , hearing th « renmt of iv ^ un , went tWnvds ti » v prisoner ' - h ' U-e , and met ih" ti'" snnei , « ' 0 saiil to h in , * . ' I nave slmt ll 6 iiruiiken biiih , " . 'Die ( ml cn'im-i went on , an-i fin tin what . i > a < l oeeun-eil , rHmrred to tb <> imlrtis' . hiiusi * , wbe e he found the prison-r stand ng « ir , h h' - < i' : n-k to the lirep ao -, He apprehi-nde'l bi" > ntid the p -is nor , as > he wa 3 !? i > ii . jr to the staton , ask"d if > -he wi- dm-i ; and iiiaosaid 1 hat he bad ioail-d the aun wiih th in'Vi . iion of lomg it tirr ' ue weeks tiofore , bu ¦ his courage f . i | . « l h m . To another constiible be wiiil , ' ¦ 'I wish I . er—— nen'l w s ' iu h' -ll ;' ' and t , tu' . ' couat Ule replyiua , ' - - -S »> t so * , « l wi < w >\> - ile . ad " he . anjwere ' d , " I wi-h hh » ' '«' as ; jiie ia < tn en a orinent to me ; she- i . s a ilrunkanl iu , d . 1 dir y womim . ' '' The prisoner was in a state of groat ' t-xciti'tin-ni at this '
tune . The proapfiutrix , in givitiir her «> vilence , snTthV h > had always be 11 a goo'ilnisban I't'i her . , arid th . v . * li n uej loaded the gun , three wii Us before- , ibe ie ievo .. t . li ; it ! iM M itfor th- purpose ot shootiii ' i ; p igeons . ' ¦ . : :. rot A coMsi . i ' i'i ' ibl . t iiumber of witu '> n >« - < i » av- ' tho pris 6 ) ioi " a i « Oil charautei- as a qu'et . bum-nu «» au . . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ a ^ :: ! Mr . O ' -Brlaii , on brhalf of me prisuiiar , ur . el ; up'wsjifc jury that they could not find it guilty of- thetiroti and m ' of £
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 31, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1689/page/7/
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