Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-26 00:00:00

ced sumfen 'bout dis

'gratulated us,—yu tole us we wha weleum to 'joi oerselbs
in dis happe lan Arter yu luf, mi hart wos soe ful, we
'mouse singing dis gud ole hime,—

"A kuntre I've fonde. war tru jois abonde,
Tu lib, I'm detarmin'd, on dat happe gronde ;
Hollaluga ! hollaluga!! holla-holla, Hollaluga!! !"
De pepel eroded 'roun us, an wen dey hered we rund awae
frum 'Mereke, de lan ub wips an chanes, they hurade like
gud felas.

Juraus : Scip, I'se miti plesed wid yur stori, an wud be
glad tu hab a lon tork wid yu 'bout Yung ' ilfereke, im
famle; praps yus'e noe jexions nex weke tu tel wot yu nee
'bout 'ern— dar kuntre, an 'culiar stations.

SCIPIO : Jules, yu mus •member dat Yung Mereke's mi bef
kustuma ; an of I shud vele de cecrets ub de famle, 'im wil
wi'draw im kustum, an goe to nuda firma, but I'se tink on
it.—Ta tp.

*

Edmund About's pamphlet, the "Question Romaine,'
appeared' in Paris last, week, and 4,000 copies of it were
sold on the first day.

PROOF SPIRT
than the sense

" Is ti

nse of

smelling

more pleasing

e" was the subject up before
_B, club. Skilton was the last to speak upon the
..6ative, and all were anxious to hear him ; when, ringing
the bell, he ordered up a glass of hot whiskey punch, and
drank it off with great' gusto. Then turning to his oppo-
nents, he handed the empty glass to the leading disputant,
and thundered out, "now, sir, smell it !" It is needless to
add, that Skilton " brought down the house," and carried
the decision for the negative.
NAVAL PRIZE MONEY

--Friday's Gazette contains a notice
preparations are now being made for the intended
iistribution of proceeds and tonnage bounty awarded for the
vessel, name unknlwn, captured on the 10th September',
1857, b-y her, Majesty's ship Sappho. Agents and other
persons bolding powers of attorney, prize orders, or assign-
ments, are requested to 'transmit the same to the Prize
Branch of the' Department of the Accountant General of the
Navy, Somerset' House. Notice of the date of distribUtion,
.4'-he amount of each claimant's share, will be given in

future announcements

"PICK UP DE STORE
Washington, Pa., says

—A correspondent, writing from
"Like most other small towns,

have here a' 'ea

church,' whine a g
amusing things are said, exhilarating to the spin

teat many

o _,..,
._ ..r....ts of a feW
who occasionally :visit our ‘ Iliyti '. meeting houses.
' Hayti ',is. the name giVen to that part of the town where
' pussons of color' reside. - One winter. evening, when the
` culleted' preacher was in the midst of his sermon, making
a most violent, if not a most eloquent, appeal to his
hearers, one of the stove legs. fell out, and, as a natural
clusequence, the red-hot stove tipped over at an angle
alarmingly suggestive of fire. - • —The audience of course
commenced crowding out of the door like sheep. But the
preacher was equal to the occasion. Addressing one of his
prominent members, he cried out, ' Pick 'up de stobo,
13rudder Bolah ! pick up de stobe ! De Lor' won't let it
burn you ! Only hab faith !" Poor Brudder Bolah had
Lnt'aicne asi it was ; but
unfortunately too much faith, and immediately seized it, all
dancingwrotnhn no sooner had his fingers come in
exclaimed, with nal foot, blowing
the fervent iron, than he dropped it again, and
his voice —' De debit theenergyis skinless fingers, he
which he could throw into
he won't r
. BeDe debit he won't !"

suggest

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MURDER OF A WIFE

BY HER HUSBAND.
Yesterday morning considerable sensation was created in
the neighbourhood of Walworth, in consequence of the
following diabolical attempt at murder by a man named
William Moore, aged 27 years, a tailor, who resided at No.
23, Trafalgar-Street, Walworth, who, unfortunately, had
not, up to the time of our going to press, been apprehended.
It seems that the delinquent for some time past has been
leading a very dissipated life, and upon his unfortunate
wife, Sophia Moore, aged 25 years, coolly remonstrating
with him on account of his brutality towards her, he became
much exasperated, and told her to make her peace and
prepare to die. She, however, took no notice of what he
said, supposing it to be only an idle threat. Moore deliberated
for about ten minutes, and then went to the cupboard, took
a sharp-pointed table-knife, caught hold of his wife, and
drove the weapon into her breast, just over the heart, up to
the handle, pulled out the knife from her body, threw it
down, and tlitn left the house. The wounded woman called
auirder,. and help, and was found on the floor, lying in a
large pool of blood, with the weapon near her. An alarm
was made by the inmates, and the police were soon in
attendance, as well as medical men, who advised her
immediate removal to Guy's Hospital, where Mr. Cook,
surgeon, rendered every assistance that medical skill could

RICHMOND POISONING
CASE.

Yesterday morning Mr. Carter, coroner for East Surrey,
and the jury previously empanelled, resumed the inquiry
at the Vestry-hall, Richmond, into the circumstances
attending the death of Isabella Bankes, who, it is suspected,
was poisoned by small doses of antimony and arsenic,
administered at frequent intervals. The painful interest
caused by the extraordinary details of this case appears
to increase rather than otherwise. Mr. Ballantine again
appeared for the prosecution, and at the commence-
ment of the proceedings observed that as the whole of
medical evidence had been given before the magis-
trates, he should endeavour as far as possible to facilitate
the present inquiry. He proposed in the first instance
to examine the medical evidence of Dr. Julius, and other
witnesses, as to the symptoms before death, and would then
call Mr. Palmer, and other gentlemen who had conducted
the post mortem examination. He thought the inquiry
might be concluded on that day. The Coroner then read a
letter from the Secretary of State, to the effect that he had
no power to consent to the attendance of Dr. Smethurst on
that occasion, as he had been committed for trial on a charge
of wilful murder by the magistrates. Dr. Julius was then
examined, and repeated his former evidence as to attend-
ing the deceased, and the symptoms under which she
suffered. He also stated that the deceased complained
of a hot sensation in her throat, and was suffering
internally from the throat to the bowels. By Mr.
Ballantine : In consequence of the symptoms I saw, and
the opinion I had formed of the case, I thought it
my duly to communicate with Mr. Penrhyn, one of the
Richmond magistrates. I am quite sure that the pills I
gave could not have produced such symptoms. I did not
see her die. Mr. Bird, my assistant, was nresent. I
frequently conversed with Dr. Smethurst as to the symptoms
of the case. During the whole time of my attendance I
never administered arsenic, antimony, or chlorate of potass.
The mixture which I sent to the deceased on the 14th of
April contained quinine, a sufficient quantity of sulphuric
acid to dissolve it, gentian, &c. The bottle now produced,
and said to contain a mixture of chlorate of potass and
arsenic, was not sent with such a mixture from my surgery.
I never heard of such a mixture before. In my opinion the
cause of death was exhaustion—the result of an irritating
poison taken in small doses. Dr. Smethurst told me that
he was in the habit of using an injection of laudanum for
the pain in the bowels, and this would not have been an,
improper remedy. Dr. Smethurst told me that the de-
ceased had taken all the medicine which I prescribed,
and that he administered it to the deceased himself. By
the Coroner : The motion which came from the deceased
two days prior to her death I placed in a bottle,
which I sealed and numbered, and took to my owr. house.
Serjeant Ballantine: After a consideration of the whole of
the case, and the symptoms which came under your notice
during the illness of the deceased, what is your opinion as to
the cause of death ? Witness : I believe that she died from
the fatal effects of repeated small doses of irritant poison,
such as antimony or arsenic. Serjeant Ballantine : When
you first saw her, how long do you think she had been
labouring from the effects of such poison? Witness: I
believe about five weeks. Other medical evidence, including
that of Mr. Bird, was then adduced, corroborating the
opinion of Dr. Julius as to the cause of death, and the
inquiry was proceeding when our report left,

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND Loss .OF LIFE AT CONSETT
IRON Woaxs.---On Saturday morning, while 70 men were
busily employed in the rail mill, rolling iron, &c., for
railway plates, the fly-wheel suddenly broke, at a quarter-
past twelve o'clock, spreading confusion and destruction
around, but chiefly in an easterly direction. The wheel was
making 70 revolutions per minute at the time, its weight
was about 20 tons, and its diameter 24 feet. The principal
portion of the shattered fragments of this ponderous
machine fell. into the wheel pit; but others flew to the
right and left. One weighing about three and a half tons,
was driven a diStance of 29 yards, and struck against a wall
two feet in thickness, making a breach in it fully four feet
in depth, and two in breadth, passing on other 24
yards. Near to that is another fragment, weighing
one ton and a half deeply imbedded in the ground.
The roof has been shattered some 160 feet in length,
and forty in breadth, and it fell upon four men while
at work cutting iron at the shears, in front of the
fly-wheel. The poor men were, as a matter of course,
instantly buried beneath the ruins. Measures were at
once adopted to extricate the men, a :very difficult task,
from the quantity of heated iron, &e., . lying about. The
first individual discovered was Patrick Marther, aged 23, a
single man, assistant at the shears ; he had been killed
instantareously. Shortly after Daniel Duffy, aged 34, a
si-igle man, was discovered in a similar position to Marther.
He states that-he fell over a hot rail end, and is much
burned about the thigh and injured about the abdomen. '
The fore finger of his left hand was completely blown
off. Matthew Murphy, a married man, was covered
by slates, &c. ; but after some time he was found
bleed:n_; profusely, having a piece of his nose cut off. Tie
also is burned, and suffers much from wounds on the back
of his head and neck, Michael Duffy, at the time of the
accident, was carrying iron from the waggon to the shears.
He was knocked down by the huge piece of iron falling
upon his legs, smashing them in a most fearful manner.
One of his legs had been amputated. For some time this
case was considered dangerous, but on Sunday hopes were
entertained of his recovery, as well as the others. It is
supposed that 140 men will be thrown 'out of work for a
fortnight or three weeks.--Northern Daily Express.

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