The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-30 00:00:00

ATT6IPTED AIbRhER iN LUDLOW.

At Ludlow, on Saturday evening, a murderous attack
was made upon a man named Joseph Phillips. It
appears that PhillipS cohabited with one Caroline
Breakwell, their place of abode being in St. Mary's-
lane, Cloire•sttetit: Abed tWelfe o;clotit oti Satifday
night, a *aim named Preece, a neighbour, heard
cries of murder issuing froth the Cottage occupied by
sh'e sajr tbe girl
lireakiVell and a mail nathed John Gittins through
the doorway, and hastily decamp. Preece entered the
premises, observed Phillips lying in a pool of blood by
the fire-place, and at once,raised an alarm. :Medical
assistance being obtained, it was found that the poor
fellOw had received several severe wounds on his face
and neck, presenting a frightful spectacle. There was
a tretnelidntls gash attoss his cheek; ari incision just
beneath Eliefelt ej,e, a eerioila cut Veto* thb jaW, and
other minor injuries. The police were communicated
with, and they commenced an active search for Break-
well and Gittins. The former they speedily captured,
but the latter is still at large, notwithstanding that
every effort has been made to discover his retreat. The
woman was taken before the borough magistrates on
Mon4ay, dtid,teniatidedi iio etideride then being Uttered.
Phillip§ lies it a precarious Ake, hilt, iheie are hopes
of his ultimate recovery. At present he has not been
able to give any, account of the matter ; but the female
in custody asserts that he struck her directly he entered
the house, and that that was the cause of the attack
which was made upon 'him. Throughout Sunday
crowds of people tisityd the place where, the rounded
man lay, antioits to glean particUlars of the fa affair.

THE RECENT OUTBREAK BY CONVICTS
AT *CHATHAM.

Since thb investk;ktipti. held lid Captain Gtimbier, at
the Chatham Convict Prison, and the punishment and
removal from that establishment to .111illbank and Pen-
tonville of several of the ringleaders in the late mutinous
'outbreak, not the slightest symptom of any fresh dis-
turbance by the convicts has presented itself, the severe
punishment inflicted on the leaders in the late mutinous
dornittet, having had the effect of tilting the inmates of
the establishment into order ntid oliedienee: • Thb Pre-
taiitieti of hating the guards doubled day and night,
which was taken by Captain Powell, the governor,
is no longer required, and last Sunday, instead of the
whole of the warders and guards being required to
be on duty; as on the previous Sunday, a certain
number were permitted to have their accumstomed
holiday. In. addition to the three notorious eon,
viets, noyle, 'Durant, and White, who *pit last
Week reeleed. td relitoraiil6 and Milbank by other
of Captain Gambier, 14 other convicts • were also
sent. from Chatham to London last Week. The punish-
ment to which the leaders in the late disgraceful out-
breaks will be subjected will be most severe. Each
convict before being sent to Chatham has to gd through
a certain probation, varying in time, at either Penton-
vine or Milbank. At both these establishments the
discipline :,is most rittd, tire ititaeSt sit'e'ae being
nkaletained, and the human voice 'Scarcely ever heard
by the convicts, excepting during Divine service. The
separate system. is also carried out in all its- inte-
grity. This punishment bas been found to be the one
most dreaded by the convicts; many of there having
been heard to deiilate tlie,ttheir 47Otild gtsidl firef'er
death itseit to their term of probation at Pentonville
and Millbank. The convicts ordered to be sent
back to • those establishments • will be required
to go through their probation once more, in addition
to which they will be reduced to the lowest class and
forfeit all their privileges. There aro still several other
notorious characters who were mixed tip iti the lath dis-
orders waiting- the order to ttitik ip.tittattO iibstitiation
and •PhtiiThiKe4, Aftlithigh the disturbances by the
.deinVicts have altogether ceased, yet individual attacks
on the warders still occasionally occur. On Sunday
Morning last, just before the time for attending divine
service; a eonviet named Ledger made a murderous
assault on one of the warders named Haylar. The
warder in the course of his duty had to speak to Ledger
respecting something, when the latter turned upon him
.a4d....dealt. him a formidable blow in, the. face; -which
irlstantlY. bionglit hitil to the ground. He then Con,
tinned Ills attaek by savagely kicking him about the
hdad and body with his heavy boots. Two or three
warders were, immediately on the spot, when the con-
vict was seized and placed in irons. It is a remarkable
circumstance, as showing the change which has taken
place in the demeanour of the convicts, that although
there were about 900 walking About taking their exer-
cise at the time, net do Of thein participated in the
outrage _

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SERIOS AMDF,NT ON THE LONDON
AND 'SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY:

'On gotiday evening an accident of an alarming
character, resulting in the death of one passenger and
frightful injuries to others, occurred on the London and
South-Western Railway between Wimbledon and Malden
Stations. It appears that the train leaving Waterloo-
bridge \ Station at 6.10 on the Pirebt rottsdio'dth started
at its usual time t ill bieVen carriages, first and second
elats, and after passing the Waterloo Station and
before arriving at Malden, the tender and four car-
riages suddenly an off the lino and went down the em-
bankment, which is there about nine feet high. The
carriage.of course were a complete Wreck, the upper
parts being knocked off the wheels, and one totripletely
upset. Assistance having been *eared, the passengers
whose shrieks and consternation were most harrowing,
were attended to, and upon one of the carriages' being
removed, the body of a passenger was found underneath.
The poor fellow was quite dead, and from his counten-
ance it seemed that death was doubtless instantaneous.
Information was at once telegraphed to the Waterloo
station, and Mr. Liddell, assistant traffic utanager, at once
proceeded to the scene of the catastrophe, with labourers
and the necessary appliances for removing the debris.
Three of the passengers were found to be so much
injured that they were at once forwarded to London and
attended by Mr. Solinson, surgeon, of 88, York-road,
Lambeth, and other medical gentlemen ; but the inju-
ries were found to be of so serious a character that they
were quickly removed to' St. Bartholomew's Hospital;
where every attention was paid' to them._ One of the
injured persons is a clerk in the employ of the company.
The down line, of course,.was blocked up for some time,
and the traffic had to pass on the up-line, but all was
clear about half-past nine, at which time the traffic was
resumed. The most careful examination has failed, as
yet, to elucidate the cause of this disaster. The rails
are in perfect gauge. The other' injured persons in the
train received the most careful attention, and those at
the hospital are progressing favourably.

INTERESTING ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERY.—The exca-
vations now in progress in the streets of Malton for
drainage, have exposed a section of the Roman road
leading from Derventio to Ehoracum (Molten to York).
The road has been traced a distance of 150 yards, and is
at an uniform depth of three feet below the present
surface, and lies close upon the oolite rock. It does not
appear to have been paved, but seems more like the
modern system of Macadam, and is formed of water-
rounded gravel or shingle of the secondary rocks, appa-
rently obtained at some point of the coast. Except a
small fragment resembling the Samian ware, no pottery
has yet been found. At two feet below the present
surface an upper and more recent road was also cut
through. On this the soil was nearly black, and some
beds of ashes were found, and the stones bore traces of
fire. It is supposed that this marks the level of the
street previous to destruction of the town by the Scots,
in Archbishop Thurston's time, when it was burnt 'down.
As the excavations progress it is thought other evidences
of the past may be met with.

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