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

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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.