Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-17 00:00:00

Ting CITY OF OLAZVOW •BA1,18.•

The head of of the City of Glasgow-iiank presentefilt Teturit‘ of
ale ordinary bustle to—day, the d :ors being opened for the receipt of
deposits, and the transaction of other banking business.. The brands
offices are also, we understand, in a elate of activity, and-though the,
bank does not yet announce itself to pay-deposits at call, yet deposit,
accounts may he drawn upon to a moderate amount, and in a vex?
short while the bazek will be ful y ahreast of all demands upon it.-
There are two points which we oonceive ittche a duty,. ln announcing...
this gratifying resurn ion of business by the City, to impress on the
public. The first i that depositors in this bent:ill/we the good sense-
to.let the money remain where it is, if they,,do not absolntelTneedite;
fur business purpos a. The second is, that ,the citizens of Glasgow
and others woo ten the folly of distrust, and ripprociate the importance
of re- taring this bank to its former credit. imd• position, subscribe-
withont delay to tae S,:ecial Deposit Fund. Already .e.10),000 have
been placed at the service of th 3 bank in this way, but this amount
may, and should be largely increased in Glaigovir alone, if those who-
have disposable funds only look at the matter in a true and proper
Alter an investigation into its atfairs,by men of the highest
standing and integrity in the city, we cannot conceive that aay one-
who has the po t er will delay to give the bank a When of his confideuosa
and support.—Yorth lrtish Alai! of Tuesday.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT NEAB.. HOWDEL

SEVEN PERSONS KILLED..

A terrible accident took place on Saturday evening at the Otvir.
chemical works (belonging to George Anderson, junr , Ftg ~Cleckh-
eatoa), Uowden Dyke, near Ho wden Thi large coimney, 129 feet -
high, cane down with a tremendous crash,. Oast half-pan seven:
o'c.ock, falling upon the vitriol c'hinfoer, in witch ten or a dozen
men ware at work at the time. Up to half•past ten o'c eight•
persons had been taken from the ruini. rive we-e quite dead;. two
seriously injured; and t .e other, a boy of n..wat 14. years of age, had
one lee; Draken. Tan oodles of two others -eora•recovered on Sunday,
making seven dead. The saano near the. works was of the most

appalling description. The whole of the man had left work, except.
the Plamoers and th?ir assistants, who ware worata overtimo, to
finish tue chamber, that busi less might be c ,masericed on Monday
morning. The lo.s of pro ;erty will be innerase, as the :Ere iter pert
of the works are a complete wreck. :soma, estimate the damage, at
£4,000 to £5,000. Most of the men were,,we. understand, married,
and some have ieft families. The lotto wiog.la a list of the killed an&
wounded:

Birterw:ck, lab ,tuvr, gowden t. George Coal— -
tard, labourer, Howden Dyke ; Johan ll'aylor, plumber, ,London:
Joseph Pearson, plumber, Armley, near _Lee lel ..,es.rAtt 13roadb3nt.
plumber, Bradford; Joseph Barer, lab)urer, aaradlay, near klowden .
James Ward, labourer, Drift, near Selby.
WOUNDED.—Geode Wardle, plam-Aer, Manchester, leg broken;
ocholleld, plumber, Manchester, severely crashed; .foseph,
t lough, pl Amber, 13rairord, inte.nal injuries, from wh ch there is
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I.ttle-niCpe of recovery; Newton, -laticurer;floirden, leg broken.
and other injuries.
'lhe scene f the disaster WAS vlsiVitoaSanday by many hundreds -
of persons. From the Stit:Cl3l3llt3 of the injured men, it appays,that
they heard a crack, aid supposing that
.khe chimney was about to
fall, were all endeavouring to make their escape: waen the. plae3
came down upon them and buried them Is the mine. It is atkalumet
nrracaloas event that any should have escaped. The boy injured
has been removed home to his father's house at . Howden, aad it is
hoped will reeorer. Our correspoadent visited,/11e inju ed men oat
Honda; afternoon, and found them progressing favourably. 'rho
exertions of the medical gentlemen during Satuaday right were most
praiseworthy, and the sufferers hove $i tee had.:every attention paid
to them. The inqnest commenced on Mordiey afternoon, bat the
coroner, R. B. Porter, Esq , rettiseel to adm t oar earreepmdsnt, as
well as the reprosent/ttves of: other newspapers A highly
respectable ja. y was summoned to the tted Lion Inn, an I proceeded
to tiewden Dyke to view the bodhte Mach .dissatisfaction has beats
expressed that the Coroner did not hold the inq,hast on Sunday:as it
woali have prevented the bolted realaini tong. oa the rains of
the vit iul chamber.

MURDER OF A CHELD BY ITS ,MOTHER;, AT

BILSTON.:

Ann Plant, an unmarried fern 41e, 22 nears' of age, was tried on
Tu,sday for the wilful murder of Joon neat, her illegitlinate male
child, on the 22nd of October, at Wolverhanapt.m. The prosecution
was colducted by Mr. Spo. ner. The r o:sower was tindakended. On
the 20th October the prisoner called at, the house
,of her mother's
neighbour, at Bilston, and, asked be allowed to remain there tor a
dy or two,h. which was groute 1. she had her child, wci. her. On
the second day she wished to go to Freghall, thirty miles,.off, with the
child. She w.is allowed: to go, and took ,some provisions with her.
She returned to the house the same evening without:; her child, and.
told a long story about a. lady and geatlem en at Wave,-.hadapton hav-
ing taken a fancy to ' the chfirt, and her, leaviug it with:
them. This statement was believed for, time ; bat . the
prisoner was afterwards pressel, upon the sid4l;ct and con.
teised having drewned it in the canal, saying that want
had driven her to the act. Toe bed/ was found within
a hundred yards. of the spot she indicated.. The vvidence of the--
medical witness was to the effeAthat the deceased diei from suffoca-
tion, the mica of prolonged imir,e,rsion in the water.. The prisoner's_
statement before:the magistrate was also pat in, audread as follows:
" I did it from want;. L had no: home to go to. 'Jae4 not been con-
fined a month letfore I was ob.:gad to sleep in p,,,t.rewliouse all night.'''
The identity a, the child was Droved by Mt's. Nie,krean. In reply tor-
his lordship, the prisoner said shq had uo watnesseato call, nor any-
thing to say ta.tloejury. The learned judgesemi:lW no the evidence,.
and tha jury returned a verdict of " guilty." bist strongly Tecate-
mended her to mercy in co nsideration of bile,di;treissing circumstances.
which had prompted her to.commit the rash act. The learned }edge,.
who was deeply affected oda Ist sentencing the pl.,coner, said he sheabl.
take advar.tage of the discret on allowed by sod, in consequetlea
of the strong recommendation of the jury. ordered sentence of dtath.
to be recorded against liar.