The Press. — London, England, 1853-08-06 00:00:00

gittibtnts in* Orleans. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE has occurred at a patent cocoa nut-fibre matting and bnish manufactory belonging to Messrs. Watley in the Blackfriars-road. The contents being exceedingly inflammable, much da mage was done before the engines could make any impression on the flames; and a number of small tenements in the vicinity were saved only by stre nuous exertion, and after the inhabitants had suffered extreme alarm and some loss by water and remove . NINE MEN WERE OYERSET in a boat in the Sound of Mull, near the village of Lochaline, on Monday week. They had hoisted a lugsail, which is supposed to have been too large for the boat, as a gust of wind blew her over while barely ten yards from the shore. One of the men swam to land, and three gained the keel of the boat, to which they clung till assist ance arrived from the village, but their five compa nions instantly went down and perished. A CLERGYMAN WAS GAROTTED at Worcester last week, an event which has caused no small conster nation in that city. The Rev. George St. John was returning home from a party, and, having reached his own door, was in the act of raising his hand to the bell, when he was assailed by two men, who throttle(' him so that he became insensible. lie is still very ill. The thieves robbed him of a gold watch, a purse containing a 5/. note and four sove reigns, a gold key, seal, eyeglass, and other articles. Two OFFICERS AND FIVE SEAMEN belonging to her Majesty's ship Daring have been drowned at Tam pico by the upsetting of a boat on the bar at the entrance of the river. The names of the officers are Lieutenant Smith and Mr. Trevelian, midshipman. Seamen--James Cooke (coxswain), John Macarty, William Bennett, George Dunn, and Henry Robinson. THE STRIKE AT MANCHESTER has led a length to riot and outrage, which commenced on Tuesday even ing at. the works of Messrs. Crompton, dyers, in Pendleton. These wore broken into by seventy or eighty operatives, who beat all the hands found at work, and maltreated Mr. Crompton, the senior partner of the firm, a gentleman upwards of sixty years old, to such an extent that his life was placed in considerable danger. The attack was so sudden that the workmen could offer but little resistance to their assailants, by whom they were most violently and cruelly beaten. The mob of turnouts remained on the premises from twenty to thirty minutes, and then made off. Mr. Robert Crompton, nephew of Mr. James Crompton, was on the premises at the time, and attempted to escape over the roofs of some of the buildings. He was, however, discovered, pelted with bricks and stones, and, when he descended to the ground, surrounded by a number of men, who beat him severely. He was much cut and bruised, but not dangerously hurt. One of the workmen, named Henry Trelford, escaped through a window into the garden, but there he was surrounded and beaten by a number of men. Nine other men were more or less severely injured, some having received severe cuts on the head, while others were a good deal bruised about the arms and shoulders. The only object of the assailants appeared to be to inflict personal chastisement upon Messrs. Crompton and their men ; for they made no attempt to damage any property. Two police constables came to help, but could do little against the numbers of assailants. One of the ringleaders, a man named Royle, was, however, captured, and, alter examination before the °eel magistrates, went to prison on remand. THE MURDER OF A CHILD by a Jewess was dis covered on Saturday, and has occasioned extraordinary excitement in the neighbourhood of St. George's-in the -East. Sarah Lipman, a widow, is supposed to be the perpetrator of the act. She resided in Castle street, Wellelose-square, occupying a shop used for the sale of secondhand clothing. A servant of the house entering the hack room of the shop, where Lipman had remained alone for the preceding hour or more, was horrified at finding a quantity of blood on the floor. The fire had just gone out, but the stove and coals were still heated, and when she stooped to rake out the cinders she discovered the hand of a child blackened and burnt to a charred m MR. Lipman jumped from a chair, and seizing her by the arm told her that what she had seen she must keep to herself, and never disclose what had taken place. She also told her that she would make her a present of half a sovereign if she would clean the place up, and keep the secret. The servant, how ever, ran into the street, where she made known the facts of the horrible affair, when a policeman entered the house, and upon going into the back room dis covered the woman Lipman seated in a chair, with her dress saturated with blood. He made a search, and found the head of an infant quite warm, with a portion of the neck attached, and bleeding. He raked about, but could not discover any other por tions of the body. A knife was found in the room in a drawer, and, from its appearance, there was no doubt of the body having been cut up before it was placed on the fire. An inquest has been commenced on the relics, and stands adjourned. Meanwhile the supposed culprit remains is custody. THE FREss. THE OCCURRENCE OF A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT to English travellers in Savoy is reported in the Journal de Geneve of the 26th ult. :—" Two young English men, MM. B— and 0— made an excursion the day before yesterday on the mountain of Saleve. They had started on their return to this city, when one of them perceived that he had left a book behind him. They returned to seek it, but missing the road they both fell into one of the gorges of the Grand Saleve. Mr. B—, who after falling had uttered loud cries for assistance, was yesterday brought here on a car, having one of his thighs broken, and his body very much bruised, but Mr. G— has not yet been. found, and it ii but too probable that he was killed in the fall." A Sentot s FIRE, breaking out early on Thursday morning at a bonnet-shop in Newington causeway, placed six of the inmates in a situation of great peril. The policeman who discovered the fire experienced much difficulty in arousing the sleeping inhabitants of the house, and when aware of their danger the flames had attained such ascendancy that the stair case was impassable. Some of them managed to got upon the roof, and remained there until one of the Royal Society's escapes arrived, down which, one by one, the affrighted persons contrived to descend. The house was nearly gutted before the conflagration could he subdued. Foes CONVICTS are at this moment lying under sentence of death, although upon one the extreme penalty of the law will not be actually executed. Sarah Baker, convicted at the last Stafford Assizes for the murder of her child, and who, on account of the deplorable and pitiable circumstances of her case and condition, was strongly recommended to mercy by the jury, has been respited during her Majesty's pleasure, with a view to a commutation of the capital punishment to transportation for life.—On Saturday morning the governor of Lewes gaol received a war rant for the execution of Caroline Sherwood, who was convicted at the late assizes for the murder of her child. The execution is ordered to take place on the 9th inst.—John Roberta, who was sentenced to death for the murder of a youth on a mountain near Con way, has made a confession of his guilt. He de clares that he had no previous determination to de stroy the lad, and that the murderous idea only came into his head when they reached the mountain. The execution is fixed for Wednesday, the 10th inst.—The last penalty of the law is to be carried into effect on the 13th inst. on William Flack, for the murder of Maria Steggles, the aged housekeeper of Becton rec tory. The convict is only eighteen years of age. A Faunireur. OCCURRENCE took place last we7k at the New-cross station on the Brighton Railway, which should act as a warning to those who are in the habit of rashly getting out of a train before it stops. A gentleman named Whiteombe, a solicitor, residing at Cheam, was returning home by a night train from London-bridge. At New-cross, wishing to change his Seat, he was descending from the carriage, and un fortunately stepped out while the train was in motion. He was instantly thrown down between the carriages and the platform, and received such frightful injuries that he expired after a few hours' suffering. A WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD in a field near Little port, Isle of Ely, under very suspicious circumstances. Her name is supposed to be Mary Ann Dann, who had come from Cambridge to the feast at Littleport. She was seen the night before at a dancing booth, in the company of a young man, a stranger, who has not been heard of since. The woman was extremely well dressed, with a gold watch and chain. Traces of prussic acid, more than sufficient to cause death, were detected, upon analysis, in the stomach. The inquest commenced on Monday, and is adjourned for purposes of identification, and that the supposed. companionkof the deceased might be traced, i possible. A COLLISION took place on the South Devon line on Monday, when the express train which leaves Ply mouth at 10.25 ran into a luggage train at a point called the Battery Junction, between Brent and Tot nes. Fortunately no one received any very serious injury, though eight persons were more or less cut about the face, and received several contusions about the body. THE THREE PRISONERS in custody on charges arising out of the horrible treatment of a poor old woman at Barnet, of which she afterwards died, were on Monday again placed at the bar before the local magistrates. No progress has been made in the dis covery of the other offenders. In the course of the examination Magennis and Farley were set at liberty, and the evidence of the latter was taken against Cunningham. A Meenra AND SLICIDE ON THE HIGH SEAS WM on Saturday reported at Lloyd's. The British ship Countess of Winton, Cringle master, on a voyage to Liverpool from Shanghai, left the latter place on the 27th of April, and on the 17th of May the captain gave some order to the mate. For some reason or other he thought fit to disobey the order, and, high words ensuing, the mate armed himself with a cutlass and rushed at the captain, whom he mur %sered with the weapon. The crew then endeavoured PLTVRI)4I, to seize the murderer, but he immediately jumped overboard and was never seen afterwards. ONE OF THE MOST APPALLING SUICIDES ever reported occurred on Sunday morning at the house of Mrs. Barnes, fruiterer, London-street, Greenwich. The unfortunate deceased, Lavinia Mary Cuthbert, was a married woman, who, with her husband, for some time past, had been in the employ of Mr. John Shove, corn-dealer, but had been lately discharged. It appears that on the morning in question deceased went to her bedroom, and after a short time was dis covered to have ripped open her stomach with her humlif,ne.'s razor, and before medical assistance could be brought to her aid she had expired. At the con sequent inquest a verdict of " Temporary deiange ment" was returned. A CASE OF INFANTICIDE has been investigated by the Liverpool magistrates, which resulted in the committal of the mother, an unmarried woman named Poole, on a charge of wilful murder. The prisoner was in the employ of a confectioner ; and, suspicion being excited, the body of an infant was found concealed in her box. THE NUMBER OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN IS thus summarised in the recently-presented report of a parliamentary committee : "It appears that the following is the proportion of the acci dents to passenger trains which have occurred during the last four years : " Mileage open 1849, 0,031 ; 1850, 6,621; 1851, 6,890; 1852, 7,336 ; first six months of 1858, 7,512. "Number of passengers carried 1849, 63,841,539; 1850, 72,854,422. 1851, 85,391,085; 1852, 89,135,729. " Number of accidents to passenger trains 1849, 44 ; 1850, GO; 1851, *10; 1852, 66; first six months of 1853, 40. " Number of passengers killed and injured by causes beyond their own control by the above acc.dents 1849, 78; 1850, 175 1861, 868; 1852, 881 ; first six months of 1853, 128. " Number of servants of railway companies killed and wounded by the above accidents 11-49, 34; 1850, 81; 1851, 20; 1852, 51; first six months of 1853, 29." FIFTY LASHES were administered, under sentence of court-martial, to a soldier of the Grenadier Guards named Lancaster on Saturday last. He had been reported and ordered for punishment on account of insolence to his corporal, and having, after his first condemnation, knocked down the complainant in a fit of anger, was again tried, and sentenced to a flogging, with four months' imprisonment to boot. He stood the punishment without flinching. A MUTINY OCCURRED ON BOARD THE SHIP Rock land, bound from New York to Australia with 200 emigrants, on the 18th of May last. The disturbance commenced amongst some English and Irish sailors, who answered the captain insolently. A man named Bolt refused to do duty, and, when the captain or dered him in irons, the rest of the crew went forward and armed themselves with belaying-pins. A Colt's revolver brought them to their senses, and six of the ringleaders, all English and Irish, were put in irons until the vessel arrived at Rio Janeiro, when they were delivered over to the authorities. The obiect of the mutineers was to induce the captain to dis charge them at Australia. A FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURRED at the Dew HOUSES of Parliament last Saturday afternoon to a lady named Sadler, residing in Ebury-street.. Accom panied by two other ladies, she was inspecting the edifice when a door, incautiously allowed to fall back, struck down some steps upon the marble pave ment. When taken up it was found that she was already dead. THE CRIME OF Stamm has been perpetrated at Carmarthen by Mr. W. S. Harris, son of a former member for Leicester, and himself belonging to the town council, and largely engaged in manufacture in that borough. He left home on Tuesday w , :ek, and went to Carmarthen, whence he despatched letters showing a degree of despondency, arising out of pecuniary circumstances, which alarmed his friends. They telegraphed and searched for him, but he had swallowed prussic acid after retiring for the night at the inn, and was found dead in the morning. ptlanb. IT is now confidently stated the Queen's visit to Dublin will take place on Monday, the 29th instant, and that her Majesty will remain during the entire of that week. The committee of the Exhibition are making preparations to give her Majesty a suitable reception. Da. WHATELEY, Archbishop of Dublin, is engaged in preparing a statement, to be submitted to his clergy, containing a detailed account of the circum stances connected with his withdrawal from the National Board of Education, of which he had been a commissioner since the establishment of the board in 11+33. It is rumoured that Dr. Higgin, Bishop of Limerick, is to be appointed commissioner in the room of the archbishop. THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF THE ENCUMBERED ESTATES COVET, Baron Richards, has, by the advice of his physician, left Ireland for a visit to the Py renees. The laborious duties of his court have made serious inroads on the learned baron's consti tution. r