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London, England, 1846-02-26 00:00:00

not prepared with all the evidence he intended to submit in order to
make out the case, as one material witness was absent.

Mr. Corritiouau said that it appeared the partie had been living
together as man and wife, although they were not married, and of
late were in the frequent habit of quarrelling; that upon one of these
occasions the female was represented to have taken a dose of arsenic
in his presence, without his haying made any attempt to prevent her.
Now, the question was whether the prisoner was cognizant that it
was poison or not; for if he was, and used the words attributed to
him, he was gully of a most serious offence, and one which, if
proved, would possibly affect his life. The evidence, however, already
adduced did not justify such a belief, for although he admitted hav-
ing seen her take off the powder, he afterwards said to Mrs. Seager
that he did not know what it was at the time.
Mr. Robinson—lt will be remembered she had often threatened to
poison &herself before; and on the last occasion distinctly told the
prisoner what she was about to do, and still he never attempted to
prevent the occurrence.

Mr. Games contended there was no evidence to show the prisoner
was guilty of any offence. It was true he cohabited with the woman,
and that they had quarrels, but he was wholly innocent of having
had any participation in her death.

Mr. aOTTINCIFIAM said that the conduct of the prisoner, to say the
least of it, thrOughout the affair, was of a most extraordinary nature.
The circumstance of his being present when the unfortunate woman
had the folly to swallow the poison, and making no attempt to pre,
vent it, and afterwards allowing her to remain for nearly two hours
writhing in pain, without calling in the aid of a medical man, exem-
plified in an extraordinary degree his utter want of the common
feelings of humanity, and he (She magistrate) must say, the necessity
of the present investigation. It was, as he had before said, a most
grave charge, and one, if proved, that would affect the life of the
accused; and in order that a fell and fair inquiry should be instituted
into the whole of the circumstances, as well on the part of the de-
ceased's friends as on behal, of the accused, he should remand him
until Tues.lay, but would accept of bail, himself in 2001. and two
securities of 1001. c ach, to appear n that day.
The prisoner, not being prepared with the requisite security, was
committed.

LAMENTABLE AND FATAL ACCIDENT.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

DovEa, FEB. 24.—A most lamentable accident, with a fearful loss
of life, has occurred here to-day. It appears that a number of
labourers, employed by the South-Eastern Railway Company, on
their sea-wall, fronting near Abbot's-cliff tunnel, had entered a sort
of cave for the purpose of getting their dinners out of the rain, and
that one or more barrels of gunpowder had been most incautiously
left in this place; that the powder by some sad accident, probably
from a pipe, ignited, and an explosion took place, by which these poor
fellows were blown out of the care in all directions. In the confu-
sion that has ensued it is very difficult to ascertain the number of the
sufferers. It is reported there were sixteen or seventeen in the
cave, and we fear that all are either killed or very severely injured.
Eight bodies have been i rought into the station, but so disfigured by
the gunpowder that only one, of the name of Hatton (a Dover
labourer), has yet been recognised. Five have been brought in
alive, but so mutilated and injured that the greater part of them
will probably die in the course of the evening. Every possible exer-
tion has been made by the officers of the Railway Company and the
authorities for the removal of the sufferers, and several of the medical
men have been in attendance from the moment the accident was
known to afford all the relief that could be administered.

The catastrophe has caused most intense anxiety, and the neigh-
bourhood of the station is crowded with the relatives of the sufferers
in a state of agony and suspense not to be described.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT,

DOVER, FEB. 24.—A dreadful accident took place this morning on
the works connected with• the railway, on the line between Dover
and Folkestone,attended witn a severe loss of life. It appears that
several labourers (upwards of twenty in number) who are constantly
employed on the embankment, &c., having partaken of their dinner
at their usual hour, retired (in consequence of a shower of rain
coming on) to a cave at the back, about half way between Shakes-
peare and Abbott's Cliff tunnels, and in which, unfortunately, a quan-
tity (some say two casks) of damaged powder, the remains of that
which was used in blasting down the chalk hills for the formation of
the railway, was deposited, and, lamentable to relate, one of the la-
bourers having incautiously been smoking his pipe therein, it Is sup-
posed that some fragments of the ig,ited ashes must have fallen Into
the powder. A most tremendous explosion was the consequence,
and a great many of the poor men were thrown to an iroredible dis-
tance, and when taken up their dead mutilated bodies scarcely bore
the vestiges of humanity, the bones of many protruding through the
flesh and skin, and the rest black and disfigured corpses. As soon
as the catastrophe was known to have taken place special engines
were dispatched, accompanied by several medical gentlemen, to the
spot, to alleviate, if possible, the sufferings of the survivors. Four-
teen human beings have thus suffered, ten of whom are already dead,
and four more most dreadfully wounded and burnt.
FIVE O'CLOCK, P.211.—1t is not expected that more than two of the
four wounded men will recover, the nature of their injuries being
such as almost to preclude the possibility of their surviving.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. A. Hensman, bill broker, Margate—first and final div.
of 7s. 9d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr.
Green, Aldermanbury.
J. W. Bellis—first div. of 3s. in the pound, on any Satur-
day, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
W. H. Hoggarth—first div. of Is. 6d. in the pound, on any
Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
J. S. Clark, scrivener, Angel-tout t, Throgmorton-gtreet—
first div. of 4id. in the pound, on Saturday, Feb. 21, and
three following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
church-lane, City.
J. Knowles, H. Rodwell, G. R. Parker, and J. T. King,
silk brokers, Throgmorton-street—first div. of ls. in the
pound, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, and two following Wed-
nesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry, City.
J. Knowles, silk broker, Throgmorton-street—second div.
of 7s. 9d. in the pound, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, and. two fol-
lowing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old
Jewry, City.
G. Hardy, grocer, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire—first and
final div. of 20s. in the pound, on Wednesday, Feb. 25, and
two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand,
Old Jewry, City.
W. Doxford, shipbuilder, ' Bishopwearmouth, Durham—
second and final div. of 2d. and one-fifth part of a penny in
the pound (in addition to ls. in the pound previously de-
clare I), on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, New-
cat tle-u pon-Tyne.
J. Oldham, silk warehouseman, Wood-street, City—a div.
of 6d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Fol-
lett, Sambrook-court, Basingliall- street.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Marriage, jun., miller, Moulsham, Essex, March 20, at
two—A. Emerson and Co., distillers, Enniskillen, Ireland,
March 17, at one—T. Tripp, distiller, Enniskillen, Ireland,
March 17, at one—J. Hollingsworth, butcher, Paddington-
street, St. Marylebone, March 19, at half-past eleven—H.
Pettit, livery stable-keeper, Exning, Suffolk, March 19, at
twelve—J. -Woollams, builder, Charles-street, Manchester-
square, March 19, at eleven—J. and G. Hardy, -grocers.
Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, March 19, at half-past
twelve—C. Blackmore, tailor, Cork-street, March 17, at two
—J. Sisley, builder, Margate, March 17, at two.
In the Country.
W. Drinkwater, woollen cord manufacturer, Salford, Lan-
cashire, March 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court—G. Smith, bill broker, Manchester, March, .17, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court—W. Blinkhorn,
chemist, Little Bolton, Lancashire, March 18, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court—E. Heron, butcher, Haitle-
pool, Durham, March 17, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court—W. B. Briddick, iron dealer,
Durham, March 17, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne
District Court—S. Brothers, currier, Newcastle-under-Lyme,
March 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—T.
Wenman, merchant, Birmingham, March 24, at eleven, at
the Birmingham District Court—G. Carruthers, draper,
Coventry, March 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court—R. Gough, grocer, Stourbridge, Worcestershire,
March 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—
W. Gibb, soap-manufacturer, Liverpool, March 24, at twelve,
at the Liverpool District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
J. Miller, cordwainer, Southampton, March 20—J. Parr,
coal-dealer, South Wharf-road, Paddington, March 17—C.
Wadhams, carpenter, Charlotte-street, Portland-place, New-
road, March 17—J. Newburn, joiner,Oxton, Cheshire, March
17—H. J. Andrews, apothecary, Plymouth, March 18—A.
Talley, grocer, Hackney, March 17—J. Collins, brewer, Sal-
ford, Lancashire, March 17—II. P. Gray, horse dealer,
Caroline-street, Eaton-square, March 17—G. H. Bush, up-
holsterer, Edgeware-road, March 17—W, Gill, poulterer,
Leadenhall-market, City, March 17.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Featherstone and R. Kirkpatrick, founders, Manchester
—R. Wallwork, J. Wallwork, T. Barnes, and R. Nightingale,
colliers, Heath Charnock, Lancashire (so far as regards R.
Wallwork)—B. Hagen, H. Clark, and H. Jones, gimp ma-
nufacturers, Derby—W. Ebbern, J. Ebbern, and G. Ebbern,
carriers, London (so far as regards G. Ebbern)—J. Barker
and W. C. Brown, merchants, Manchester—J. Hardcastle and
S. Hill, brick makers, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire—D.
Cockburn and J. Bennett, tailors, Maddox-street, Hanover-
square—W. Milner and J. P. Morley, silk manufacturers,
Leek, Staffordshire—W. Stubs and J. Stubs, Warrington,
Lancashire—E. H. Darden, J. Lasham, and J. Randall,
naptha distillers, Pitchcombe Mill,, Stroud, Gloucestershire
—W. Ray and G. Spencer, merchants, Portsea, Hampshire
—J. Sutcliffe and S. Roberts, sharebrokers, Leeds—W. Sut-
cliffe and E. Binns, stuff dyers, Bradfora, Yorkshire—J. Par-
kyn and G. P. Parkyn, drapers, Bodmin, Cornwall—R.
White and J. Wilson, cotton manufacturers, Noble-street,
Falcon-square, Beynon, C. N. Broom, and S. Bevan,
timber merchants, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire--J. Gunning
and G. Gunning, drapers, Crosby row, Walworth—C. Marley
and T. Dobson, quilting printers, Bow Churchyard, Cheap-
side—W. Mabson and J. T. Smith, ironmasters, Stanton-by-
Dale, Derbyshire—J. Grace and J. C. Grace, painters, Liver-
p -o!—P. Jeyes and J. Jeyes, seedsmen, Northampton—T.
Wilson, jun., J. H. Wilson, and G. Wilson, bakers, Norwich
—T. Wilson, jun., J. H. Wilson, G. Wilson, and W. R. Mark,
dealers in foreign confectionary, Philpot-lane, Fenchurch-
street, City—P. Murray and J. Flesher, contractors, King-
ston, Sussex—J. Orme and M. Taylor; trimming manufactu-
rers, Macclesfield, Cheshire—J. M'Dougald and J. Rowe,
carpenters, Peckham, Surrey—D. Nisbett, jun., and J.
Oxley, iron masters, Chapel-town Ironworks, Sheffield—J.
Roose and G. P. Hill,wmught-iron tube manufacturers, Mona
Works, Dudley-port, Staffordshire—H. S. Coleman and F. W.
S. Coleman, wine merchants, Crown-court, Old Broad-street,
City—W. Freek and J.W. Beall, millers, Leeds—J. Flamank
and J. W. Flamank, nlercers, Tavistock, Devonshire—J.
Rowe and W. Rowe, apothecari.2e, Morice-Town, Devonshire.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
Thomas Wilkie, grocer, Edinburgh, Feb. 27 and March 19,
at two, at Stephenson's Rooms, Edinburgh.