Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-17 00:00:00

FURTHER PARTICULARS

Brusly', Thursday Morning.—Additional information
has been received in this city of this melancholy occurrence.
It was supposed on Tuesday that twelve or fourteen persons
were missing, and had perished, but it is now ascertained
that six persons have lost their The ill-fated boat
was about half a mile from the shore, when suddenly a
heavy swell took her broadside, and in an instant she
capsized, turned bottom up, and men, women, and children
were seen clutching, tossing, and gasping in a strugging
group, amid the dancing and foaming tide, which was then
coming in very strong. Strong and quick did the niei in
the second boat pull towards them, but one by one of
the heads disappeared below the surface of the sea, and
when at last the boat reached the-spot almost all of them
had sunk One of the men in the boat, however, managed
to seize a woman by the hair of her head, just as she was
sinking, and she is now in a fair way of recovery. The
bodies of two men, apparently wate
dragged into the boat, but all efforts to restore animation
in either proved ineffectual. A second respectably
dressed female was rescued, and has shown signs
of consciousness, but is still in a lingering state, and fears
are entertained of her recovery. Just as one of the men in
the boat leaned forward, within a yard of another sinking
woman, to catch her by the hair of her head, she flung up
her arms and sank. The passengers in the sinking boat
included a young'woman with an infant in her arms. When
the boat capsized, she was seen floating, upheld by her
clothing, with the child clasped to her breast, and as she
was carried away by the tide she raised up the baby in her
arms, as if to implore help on its behalf. No help reached
her, though it is said a sailor on board the Neath Abbey
plunged into the waves to save her, but was not successful.
The following parties have been saved : Messrs. Wedlake,
Larkham Short, E. Edwards, Greenslade, and the Misses
Mogg and Case. Lost,: Mr. Lewis and wife, Messrs. Saml.
Venn, Henry Larkham, jun., and George Mogg, and Miss
Sarah Seymour. It should be mentioned that the steamer
was hired for the excursion, and did not run on account of
the owners. Sarah Seymour arid Henry Larkham were
engaged to each other. Mr. Ashford, the coroner for West
Somerset, would hold the inquest on the bodies.

men, were als

THE RICHMOND MURDER.

-CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
BEFORE MR. JUSTICE CROMPTON AND MR. BARON BRAMWELL

At' the sitting of the court, yesterday, the prisoner,
Thomas Smethurst, was placed at the bar and pleaded Not
Guilty, both to the indictment and the coroner's inquisition.
which charged him with the wilful murder of Isabella
Bankes. Serjeant Ballantine renewed the application he
had made on the previous day for the postponement of the
trial, on the ground that the solicitor for the prosecutiOn,
Mr. Teesdale; had not been able to perfect the cases and
that the interests of justice could not he properly carried out
if the trial were to take place at the present session. He
put in an affidavit to-that effect. Serjeant Parry, who
appeared for the prisoner, opposed the application. He
said that the prisoner was most anxious to be tricd, and
he had a right to be tried at the present session,
.and be
hoped the Court would not grant the application for a post-
ponement. The prisoner had been committed for trial since
the 20th of May by the magistrates, and since the 31st of May
upon the coroner's inquisition, and lie submitted that
there had been ample time to prepare the case for the
prosecution, and that the trial ought not to be postponed.
Serjeant Ballantine urged that the delay of a fortnight,
which was the period that would elapse between this and
the next session, could not operate prejudicially to the
prisoner, and he had no hesitation in saying that the
trial could not be satisfactorily disposed of at the present
session, and that there might be a failure of justice if
the case were tried at present. It was unnecessary for
him to say a word as to the serious character of the
inquiry in a public point of view, and he expressed his
opinion that unreasonable grounhs had been put forward
to show why the postponement should not take place.
Mr. Justice Crompton, after conferring for, some time with
Mr. Baron Bramwell, said the Court was of opinion that
the trial must, at all events, be Postponed for some days;
and under these circumstances it appeared to him that it
might as well be postponed to the next session, as it
would only make a difference of a very few days. Some
further conversation took place, and it was at length
arranged that the case should stand over to the next
session, and that if it could conveniently be so arranged,
that it should come on on the first day of the session.

•
THE

MURDER. AT ST. PANCRAS.

Yesterday morning Mr. Wakley, the coroner for West
Middlesex, opened an inquiry into the circumstances
attending the deaths of Elizabeth Cruft and her two
children, the children having been murdered by their
mother, who afterwards committed suicide. The inquiry
took place at the King's Head Hotel, Swinton-street, and
created great interest. A jury having been sworn, pro-
ceeded to view the bodies, which presentd a very distressing
appearance. The Coroner said he thought it very essential
that the head of Mts. Cruft should be carefully examined
by a competent person, before they proceeded with their
inquiry into this distressing case. By that means they
would probably be able to ascertain the state of mind of the
unfortunate woman when she committed the dreadful deed.
The jury at once assented to the suc•aestion of the coroner,
and a post anortein examination was ordered. The inquiry
was then adjourned until to-morrow (Saturday).

A SPARTAN MASTER.--A Spartan youth complained that
his sword was too short. Lengthen it," rejoined his fenc-
ing master, " by going a step nearer to your antagonist."-
" NOTHING LIKE A Goon TITLE."—Some very pious
young women have established an association, which they
style " The Young Woman's Anti-Young-Man-Waiting-at-
the7Church-Doors-with;Ulterior-Objects Society."

A VICTIM or HOMCEOPATHY.—c regret to say that the
Viscount de Ourem has fallen a victim to a mistake of his
apothecary, to whom was entrusted the compounding of a
homoeopathic prescription, and who, instead of twelve
globules of belladona, dispensed twelve grains of that deadly
ingredient. The viscount was universally known and
respected, and his death has caused a profound sensation.—
Daily Hews.
MARRIAGE CUSTOMS IN THE PYRENEES.--The lover
proceeds in a very singular manner to bring his courting to
a climax ; he pinches the fair object of his affections, who,
instead of boxing his ears, as English maidens would pro-
bably do, sits on his knees if, willing to become his wife, but
turns away if resolved not to marry him —The Pyrenees,
West and East. By Charles Richard Weld.
Conic TREES.—But the beauty of the landscape is much
marred by groves of cork trees, whose blasted-like holes are
sadly picturesque ; venerable trees, for the most part, and.
therefore, frequently barked, for it is a curious property of
the cork tree that it flourishes all the better for being
periodically stripped of its coat. The operation is per-
formed every eight or ten years, and continued until the
tree is about two centuries old, when signs of decay appear.
—Tile .Pyre.nat.