The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-18 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL

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ADMIRER TO BOROUOHB ABOUT TO ELECT THEIR
RIPPAMITATIVII.—The National Confederation of Liver-
pool, at their general meeting on Tuesday evening, erne
unanimously to the resolution of forwarding adorers to
Eloise boroughs who are about to elect their represcuLtivie,
sum/noir of the viscosity of electing only those candidates
who express desires of introducing reforms int* the present
system of government, more especially a change in the pre-
sent way of raising the revenue of the country. Thor who
will favor the principle of direct taxation an regarded by
the embalmed= r moot eligible.
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ACCIDENT PROM MAMUMRI Y.—An inquest mut held
on Thursday, at Sheffield, on • boy, 14 years old, named
John Hague, who on the previous day lost his life by a
frightful accident at the Cyclops Works, at which establish-
ment he was employed. The room is which the deceased
worked is the eagusahouse, in which the operations of
spring.rolliag and steal-cutting are dirtied on. Tne steal-
cutting machine is a very pt.werful piece of mechanism,
capable of clipping in pieces lengths of steel five-eighths of
an inch thick and four inches in breadth. The
great power requisite for the operation is gained
y means of a multiplicity of cog-wheels. To •
person unused to such machinery it presents, when in
motion, a very formidable aspect. It was by this machine
that the unfortunate boy came to his death Oa Wednesday.
the deceased and some other boys , taking advantage of the
absence of the foreman, gave way to a youthful love of frolic,
and in the course of their gambols repeatedly put out the
gsalight of one of the workmen named Hawcroft. The man
bore the annoyance for a length of time with patience. He
was unable to ascertain exactly which of the boys was at
fault, but about three o'clock he was informed that llmue,
the deceased, was the offender. Hewett* was empl iyed
at • punching cambia', which stands opposite to the fatal
cutting machine. While sitting on a low seat at the ma-
chine Hague walked up to him to clear himself from the
accusation, and stood between the two machines. Haw-
croft, b.lieviog H 'gulp to be the delinquent, suddenly
sprung up and made a dart at the boy, probab.y is.
tending to chastise him. Hague, in his haste to iscaps,
stepped backwards, and ran with his heels against some
long bars of steel that were lying on the floor in front of the
cutting machine. He was tripped up, and fell backwards
with his head against the cog-wheels, one of which was re-
volving at the rate of 120 revolutions in a minute. His head
and the upper part of his person were instantly drawn in
amongst the cog-wheels. and ground throush a space not
more than three or four inches in width. His death must
have been instantaneous, for he was not heard to utter the
slightest sound. Toe body became so firmly wedged between
the wheels, that the whole machine was stopped, and the
mangled limbs could not be extricated till the machine was
taken to pieces. Several of the workmen were to shocked
by the sight as to be unable to render any assistanee.—The
jury agreed to a verdict of " Accidental death."
I _ _ _ STAITORDSHIRL .

THE VACANCY IN THE REPRESENTATION.—Up to
last evening no candidate had been announced to succeed
Lord Ingest►e in the representation of this county.
WARWICKSHIRE.

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EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY AT But-
UlSOKAY.—Teaterday, at the public also at Birmingham,
two men, named 'sync Jacobs, a hawker, and Thos. Beech,
were brought no under the following circumstances • Mr. F.
Webb, jeweller, of Hockley, stated that on the 10th insL he
sent his sbopboy, named John Horton, with a case of j. wel-
lery,
consistine. of Feld brooches, shirt-pins, studs, and brace-
lets, of the value of between 601. and 601, to take to his (Mr
Webb's) house, but on arriving home he found the ease had
not been delivered.—John Horton, the prosecutor's shopboy,
was called, and stated that he had received, on the night in
question, a parcel from his muter to take to his house. As
he was going aloes the street he was met by a young man
near St. Paul's square. The man asked him if
he was out of work, and where he worked. He
told the man he worked for Mr. Webb, on which
the man said, " I know him very well" The man then
asked witness he w muck he got from Mr. Webb, and he
espied, "Two shillings a week," when the man said. " All
the boys at my shop nave 4.. 6d. a week • my shop is in
Great Charles street. and if you have a Mind to work for
me, I will give you fle. a week, and a pair of shoes every two
months for ruooieg errands." Witness asked the man what
he worked and he answered that it was guard chain
making for watches. and that he would come to witness's
mother on the following Sunday, and ask her if she
would let him work for him. The man then wished witness
to go with him and see the kind of work he bad for
hint to do, when they went up an entry, and a. they
were going up, the man said to him, " They will he after
asking you all m-ans rof questions about the parcel," on
which witness asked him if he would take care of the parcel
while he went up to see the work in the shop. The man
said be would do so, and that he would stay at the bottom
of the entry. Witness then gave him the parer!, and he
said he would stay there till he came back again. The man
told him to ask for a certain pencils in the shop, but when
he went to inquire for the person, he was told there was no
such person. He then came back, and found the man was
gone. The witness identified the prisoner Beech.—Polica•
man Tandy, after producing a number of brooches and two
pair of bracelvta,stated that on Friday night he apprehended
the prisoner Jacobs at the Half-moon Inn, Dudley street.
and, on searching him, found upon him a pair of bracelets
and a large brooch in a case, those now produced.—The pri-
soners were committed for trial.