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viivily behind him.—Before he could look round the
Pendant came in front of him and spat in hi face,
had asked him (witness) " how he dared to spit on a
gentleman r Complainant replied that he was not
that he had spat upon any one, and if had done
11,° )he would most readily apologise. The defendant
then taunted him to spit upon him, saying, "Why do
°u not spit—spit at me again." Complainant, after
I.'"lft' taunted in that manner for some time, did spit
at defendant, who took a heavy stick which he carried
and struck witness several severe blows on the head
bd face. Complainant, from the violence of the
enws) screamed out for assistance, and a constable
then
up to see what was the matter. Complainant
en gave the defendant into custody.
ralitir.ePl.s" to the charge, the defendant made a most
1. mg statement, to the effect that a conspiracy
tlaed been existing against him for three years past for.
ttt Purpose of driving him from the streets. Ile could
khdlval.k in any public street without being insulted
to spit upon. His path was beset with girls of the
town,' men, and boys, who incited others to join them
tne purpose of annoying and assaulting him. The
ivrrnstplainant in this case spit upon him (defendanhti),
tit Ile went up to remonstrate with him upon -
fob conduct, when he was assailed by the abuse of a
11efnift People who he (complainant) had collected.
annoyed, and certainly did act as the com-
plainant had described.
peahen BINGUAM said it was a very filthy and nasty
; for if people will spit, they should always
tieetabout them before they
did so. In this case, the
ti,lldant could not be justified in spitting in the face
tt'°Tplainant, nor could the latter person be justi-
44aIn acting in the same manner. The defendant
(the._ rather too far in striking complainant and he
the ealagistrate) thought it would meet the justice. of
Inal,,,aac if he allowed the defendant to retire, and
The flee
compensation to the complainant for the
sale
The had received.
thi„endant said he should decline doing any-
iigrcii,the kind. He never compromised anything.
Ing llNGuasi said, that if defendant declined ac.t-
-1)4t111113" his suggestion, he had no other alternative
eelfin.°l,d him to bail in one suretyhim-
- t°ol.) to attend at the next Middlesex Sessions. 5
S :Pir,AMEs....._(THIS DAY.)
aln-e'u
hRe ff was charged with the following out-
tittincLs assault on three ladies named Howard, re-
Itg in
the East India-road, Poplar.
IjoaPPeared from the evidence of the two Misses
intedald (their mother having been so severely
that
on sat b3' the prisoner as to be unable to attend),
son of evening, about six o'clock, they caught
Tben of the prisoner in their garden, stealing pears.
,f,lll detained the lad and sent for a policeman,b
tssal3, shortly afterwards, the mother of the oy
been and demanded her son, but as their gardenhad
hsvinrePeatedly robbed, they refused to give him up,
pear caught him in the fact, with his pockets full
Atia—o4s. The woman went away and fetched
de-
-40 tos4"., her husband, who came cursing and -
40,1/7 his son. He broke open the door, knocked
4111 Y at and down, and then kicked her so dread-
Nv;,."a,t it would be' some days before she would be
thl4. He then seized the elder Miss Howard
about
of her head, dragged her along the gravel
11stn ,I,'"inut fourteen yards, inflicting sundry kicks
I,Pers°n and, dragging her back to the door
excliaimed, "Now I will kill you," and
Ivh,)`" her head twice against the step. His wife,
„i''''.laus Standing by, said, "Don't murder her, or
yes have to suffer for it ;" to which he replied,
tiler:l4,4nd I will have to suffer for her, too." He
4ttive,rick her again, when the policeman fortunately
130114 and he was given into custody.
hich bore
K 239 having produced the gowns,
Itlijol *ere evidence of the outrageous treatment to
41..tvile wearers had been subjected,
L'lllse,:"Aarlntr observed, that were it not for the
-4ellee of the ladies, who had already suffered
teal,ll'll, 11
a, e should certainly have committed him for
llLleclaat he did not consider he had power sufficient
t
11411,:l to punish so enormous an offence. But
ta
tlsgtOus S must be taught that conduct so out-
onld ; RS
not be allowed with impunity, and he
tent ti;,,ll4l,ict on the prisoner the very highest punish-
Pa law allowed him. He should sentence him
"'ne of ,5 1 , or be imprisoned, with hard
tie 1,?"°1' the space of two calendar months.
1,41, its locked up in default.
-E4

-ECENT FATAL STEAM-
The EXPLOSION.—(TIIIS DAY.)
n.
'11114:1:T14Y into the cause of the death of the uent
elp108" Persons who lost their lives in the rec
°f the Cricket, was resumed this morningd
toorti 'el' o'clock, before Mr. Bedford, in the boar
A of th
As 0, e St. Martin's workhouse.
bAtrteetci:eet!hce
jaillayst occasion, the various parties con-
and otherwise with the boats were
rltted by their solicitors.
Napa' n"\-• Chambers, Q.C., attended on behalf of the
1141114 s t°eeedings having been opened, and on the
.44,11" R Called over,
dad.r. Fry said he declined to sit on the jury to-
The en
'47 dZ)Nte. inquired the cause of so extraordi-
ptrlrnloation.
4thett4644414 'somebody took his place last Monday,
The Person was sworn for him.
name
P ""Ea inquired if he answered to his
I.a
v4ti- tre vier
rY
said be did, but he was not swern, and
'draw e sixteen without him he wished to
The Co •
u,kr. jl°NElt said he swore seventeen.
tT),ltt_kr7,l7ll/I,e.sns(the foorfemthane) reminded the Coroner
jurymen, withdrew on
3srsrt....o,easZn one
Vry
bav 4 d therefore, allowed to withdraw.
Cub
then aid—Gentlemen, I shall not
tPet4B
htio-:4oiic'tnheto, detain you long to-day, as an in-
bsieo boat, on the part of the Government,
Arc, IY put made. After the last meeting I imme-
e olyself into communication with the
, gorities
the 17 !104,e _`• I wrote to the Secretary of State

tilitteeltolul:nittet.urieePoafrtthilise Department,
occurrence,calling
ahisndattenti.on importto-
ilt‘ti%a i instituting a full and thorough inses-
poiPeritthatnttne ther, whole of the circumstances. in the
, Government would think proper toap•

l'4.`ilir)atir; °lle on their part, to make the. requisite
'eived 1.,' A reply to that letter was immediately
ill; 4,444, "Y rule, stating that the Government would.
L'4°4 Wit-hall inquiry, andg I was put into commumea-
-4e it •stillit view, with the department whhoeserepsruol;
4-, he, et; ki view,
such examinations, and t
til ‘ ttobZt. at 011 Saturday Mr. Thomas Lloyd and
of tilt Nike _ were
Nt° t 1111811" • nominated by the Govern.

r ‘an investigation
high reputation o
those alnains of the boat. The
for me to say
ralynlientlemen . of the
, make it unnecessary
.r
machinery, and
meet i, -caPeeting them,
that the
host ,i,,,- a aUfficient- assurance to the public1 made into
be
except that the].
the eat," awl scientific inquiry will be
aopf p
go irne ta-t
Pileti use °f the disaster. They are
will im-
tilediaZ4,' inowledge and experience. They .
course
helie,,e'v'tii Proceed to make an investigation T—indeed I
irly,st.e37 have commenced it to-day.
Nll4l„,lgation which I felt myself pledged to re-
acquiesced in,
nknel,'"q at the previous meeting was din the
Pret,o3re' that the inspection should be
atio of !,°1 the engineer and proprietors of :the
jboo,aete,
llin,seic'Llt engineer of Mr. Joyce, and
virinivtehitici"ne'llie"and
se
this
lII.' If
ht
thinks it necessary toefbeirp.
will insure a thorough
The evidence which I will trouble you
I te the
medical aY will cnero ence
in present.
sefjanitr.
ient to comp-e. of
yourtestimony
cornY be su
.e. en
the last occasion
_.
Ecard liat:eling, and as solnunercinke in the chain with, r_e_ss
tulPitab -_,.,Lie removal ofinoenelof the bodies to thewneeok ,
ttvciettle;td srheasltlrathinen adjourn the inquiry
ant e
na,ltutir,nntioned,
unatlliif3u,rotnhaesrseemvibdleenacgea,in7fcnerpdta,tihnatthle
h best
cottrtieT:, I shall consider what will be
it shall b 4dopt with regard to the manner in which
most
dUetino. nciduced. For the more convernent con-
convenl:if the inquiry I wish to say that the
witness
make
that
course to adopt will be to let each
question to
hirn statement, and then to put any
to awit3' 0 u May think proper. Putting questionses in-
terrn,t.nesk 'whist making his statement causes
tta,,r
think
and, besides, interferes with any questions
deal o'lf7.lick at to put to him. It will save "
at inr„'Ple, and is, besides, the proper course adopteda
1„,-1ies
of this kind.
47
„.,rat wituess examined was
had illtioattrtin Yung, house-surgeon, stated that hoe,.
td,he de de a post mortem examination of the head_er
~'nnd stated Thomas Shade on Monday last. H
4rtietic.,at the deceased had sustained a compounnd,
lohLtre of the skull and a laceration of the brain,
,zit'lliltivie.re the causes of death.
No
P"i mGeorge
hate .41.1.°11 had been made of the body of _ .
IZas There„hi' r°ril all the appearances of the deceased it
°Pinion that death was caused by drowning.
hhee:4lv,ialisariattlt;popfeztnhc;
nionfeocnosn,gest.ion about the
filling
we, nos Partially open, and the pupils dilatthde. mi`ohlietrie
llt'odueePearance of external wounds calculateda to
(46 death,
that 0 rRe Selby,
the e h Priday, the 27th of August, the
~e.c 0 f
policeman, 138 F division,
morning stated
s
the Ple'aion, he was standing about ten o_ceiosalw n_
,wlttter at
~ the Pox-under-the-hill, when b
of
dregs,a
the 4:1-',11 Pull out of the water; by means
~..d-4`.4 body of a man. He did not knoNvthe de-
tie d..; Ile assisted in taking him to the
3hospital.ngi the
dr„ :11. not know tle persons who
cn'tlC ' t43' were in a boat, and the were
ey
the
Cri4f the water by them near the spot
where
Islret steam-boat 'w&- lying.
using
taken
stated that he
gAve the,,h,,triao Was then called, and
alb 'int' to Policeman 138, the last witness.
a 8
hemß ill' tom))oliceman, also identified Chapman
''
8 on
from Whom he received the body.

John Nathan Bainbridge, surgeon, of St. Martin's,
here stated, that en Tuesday last he made a post
mortem examination cf the body of Littleton, aged
33. He found that putrefaction had made consider-
able progress in the body, the face and head were
quite livid, and much swollen. He examined the
wound on the right temple, and found that it was
about one inch and a half in length ; and he found it
extended quite down to the bone. It was not a
mortal wound. lie found on opening the head, that
there was no fracture of the skull ; neither was there
any injury to the brain sufficient to account for
death. I rom the appearances of the body, the
suffused state of the countenance, the livid state of
the lips. and the rapid decomposition of the body, he
thought that the deceased had died by drowning.
He had not examined the lungs, he had made an in
cision in the chest, but the friends of the deceased
were very clamorous, and he did not proceed further
with the inquiry, apprehensive that some " row"
would have ensued, there being present several Irish
women, whose conduct was very violent. He was
satisfied however, from the inquiries he had made, of
the cause of the death of deceased. The effect of the
blow on the head would, no doubt, have been to
cause insensibility, and thereby prevent any exertion
on the part of the deceased to avoid drowning. He
had also made a post murtent examination of the body of
John Buckley, aged 18. There was a fracture of the
right thigh, about the middle of the bone which was
comminuted, there being two loose pieces, and the
lower portion was drawn up about three inches by
the action of the muscles. On examining the head,
there was a large patch of dark extrayasated blood
towards the left side of the forehead under the scalp ;
there was no fracture of the skull in any part; there
was a little bloody fluid in both ventricles of the
brain. In the chest there were proofs of his having
suffered from previous pericarditis, as the membrane
covering the heart was adherent in almost every part.
There was no blood in the heart. There was redness
of the lining membrane of the air-tubes passing into
the lungs, but neither fluid nor froth. I believe that
neither the injuries of the head or thigh were suffi-
cient to account for his death, but that he was drowned
as in the other case), having been stunned, and con-
equently unable to assist himself.
George Henderson, beadle of St. John's, Lambeth,
stated that the body of a man was removed by him
on Sunday evening, about nine o'clock, from the
vaults of St. John's Church, 'Waterloo-road, to this
workhouse, and was delivered into the hands of the
master.
The CORONER then stated that it was his intention
to adjourn the inquest, in order to allow time for the
production of the other evidence.
Mr. M. Chambers said that he wished to make an
application to the coroner on the part of the pro-
prietors of the Cricket. The machinery of the vessel
was now occasionally subject to the action of the
water. Every person was aware that the action of
that element would tend materially to depreciate the
value of the property. The proprietors were anxious
that they should not be laid open to the suspicion
that they had allowed their pecuniary interests at all
to interfere with the course of public justice or to the
fullest and most ample investigation into this subject.
They had desired him to ask the coroner to give per-
mission, so soon as those eminent gentlemen who had
been named by the coroner to inspect the vessel
should have made their examination, to take pos-
session of the machinery when it would be of no
further use. He would suggest that a certificate
should be given by the engineers when they had con-
cluded their examination authorising the proprietors
to take such possession.
The CORONER said that as soon as the examination
was concluded of course there could be no wish to
keep possession of the vessel or machinery. He could
not see any possible objection to the proprietors
taking it under their charge, when the necessary
examination was completed.
A Juror stated that he wished to call the atten-
tion of the Coroner to certain reports which had been
circulated in several of the journals, purporting to
be written by Mr. Galloway, the engineer. The
Illustrated London News contained a very severe
article on the subject.
The CORONER said that he hoped they would all
dismiss from their minds any reports which might
appear upon the subject. They were chosen from an
excited public, and it was their duty calmly and dis-
passionately to deliberate upon the matter.
Mr. M. Chaters said the article in the Illustrated
London News was a very strong one.
A Juror—lt is so strong that the more frequently
it is read, the less meaning can be found in it. In fact,
there was no meaning at all in it.
The inquest was then adjourned till Tuesday
week.

FATAL ACCIDENT IN A SEWER.
For Lome time past the South Shields Commissioners
have had men employed cleaning out one of the prin-
cipal sewers of the town, running along what is called
the Mill Dam, and draining a very large extent of
property. In length it is 732 feet, and in breadth
3} feet by 2 feet 2 inches. To escape the water that
came from St. Hilda's pit, and the drainings from
Messrs. Swineburne's gas works, the men had, up to
Monday, worked at night with comparative comfort.
On Monday, without consulting the authorities, they
changed their system, and commenced working
during the day. A draught of air coming in from
the end and wafting their candles, they had boarded
it up, and stopped the means of thorough ventilation.
Working in the sewer were James Orr and John
Park; and at bank were George Heron and Thomas
Coll. About twelve o'clock Park's voice was heard
to fail him, and he was heard to fall across the
bottom of the tub. Alarmed by the circumstance,
Coll lowered himself down with the rope, but no
sooner had he got to the bottom than he fell down
choked by the horrid atmosphere. Heron, seeing
the imminent peril of his companions, had presence of
mind to pull the boards down at the end and run for
assistance. He met a man of the name of John
Dodds, a cartman with Messrs. Allan, soap-boilers,
who, in the most gallant manner, rushed to the spot,
pulled of his jacket, lowered himself down the shaft,
and, at the risk of his life, got Coll safely to the bank.
Another man, a mason, whose name we have not as-
certained, went down and got Park up. Dodds then
went down again, and armed with a rake, was enabled
to get Orr under the shaft, and bring him up. As
the men were got to bank, medical aid was procured,
and by great exertions Coll and Park were restored
to consciousness. Poor Orr was dead when brought
up. Coll has recovered, but Park is lying in a pre-
carious condition. Orr has left a widow and seven
unfortunate children to lament the deplorable death
of an industrious father. The blame lies with the
unfortunate deceased, who was manager of the gang.
The Commissioners, very properly, intend doing
something for Dodd, but for whose exertions there
is no doubt the other two men would have been suf-
focated.—Durham Chronicle.

FIRE IN WHITECHATEL.—Yesterday morning,
about two o'clock, flames were discovered issuing from
the first floor of the premises belonging to Mr. Hugh
M‘Leod, carpenter, 36, William-street, New-road,
Whitechapel. An alarm was given, but the occupiers of
the top part of the house were fast asleep, and it was
with much difficulty they could be roused. They were,
however, got out in safety, but had not left the place
above five minutes before the top floor and roof were
completely wrapped in flames. The engines quickly
attended, and by carrying the hose up the stairs the
firemen were enabled to prevent the further spread of
the flames. The upper part of the building is burned
out, the furniture consumed, and the remainder of the
premises severely damaged. A spark from a lighted
candle, it is understood, was the cause of the misfortune.
REFUSAL OF AN ALDERMAN TO OBEY AN ACT
OF PARLIAMENT.—At the city police committee on Sa-
turday, Mr. Gill, the pass master to the city of London,
attended with several Irish families betore Mr. Alderman
Farebrother for the purpose of passing them home. One
of the persons, a woman with five children, informed the
Alderman that she was sent home against her will, for
she had no person in Ireland living to whom she was
related. The family had, like many others, come to
England through want, and were landed at Liverpool,
from whence, although they were ill, they were sent to
London, where her husband died the next day. They
had since been in the City of London Union, but the
guardians had now determined to pass them back to
Ireland. Mr. Alderman Farebrother said he should
certainly not sign the order of removal, and directed
Mr. Russell the clerk to the board of guardians, to be
sent for. The officer subsequently attended, and said it
was the wish of the woman to go back ; besides it was
necessary to send back the casual paupers. Mr. Alder-
man Farebrother said, she had, with tears in her eyes,
told him a very different story, and although it was ne-
cessary to send some of them back, he certainly would
not sign a pass to send back a poor woman who declares
that she has not got a single relative left, and thus force
her and her five children to die for want of food. lie
certainly would not be a party to such proceedings. Mr.
Russell submitted that he was compelled by the Act of
Parliament to carry out the law; but the worthy Alder-
man maintained that he would not carry
.out an Act of
Parliament that, for aught he knew, might cause the
poor creatures to die from want as soon as they arrived
in Ireland or on their passage.
ROBBERIES AT 'THE DEAN OF CHICHESTER'S.—On
Saturday information was given, that on Friday evening
a Russia leather writing-case was stolen from No. 36,
Mortimer-street, Cavendish square, the Dean of Chi-
chester's. It had been delivered from a tradesman of
whom it had been ordered, but shortly afterwards a
young man called, stating thr.t he had been sent to take
it back as it was not of the proper size, and it was ac-
cordinglya given to him by a servant. He is described as
dressed 17
and r'eedd years of age, fiEd five feet three inches high,
innecakbelrucehife•rio,cakn-cdo,,a.taalknidn trroautsheerrs,laanmdevs..ith black
pipes of the Electrilic.—Telengrs
ELECTRIC TELEGRAP Og Saturday
open-
ing the communication between theP
ducting pipes h
e ntral
Company,tshtae t
ioopne ion-rin
Lothbury, now
1:
es
at rt
ieoent
King William-street and Lifri is, were being laid do en in
approaching completion, and all
places south of tepidly
will open direct lines of communication froTmhitshicsosmtaptaira
to fifty of the principal
`enemas
three menthe. towns in England during the