The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-08 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

At a late hour on' Saturday Nehemiah Shakspeare sur-
rendered to his bail, to undergo a further examination before
D
alur. Norton,
the
a charge of having wilfully and maliciously
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explosion of a steam-boiler on the extensive pre-
mises of Mr. Robert Johnston, cigar manufacturer, at No.
35, Gloucester-street, Commercial-road East, and severely en-
dangering the lives of nearly eighty persons.
caused
was aware that some large :casks, placed over the boiler for
„plp'hlyeinfig"t
it aitneas, Wm,
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Dought, proved the prisoner
emptywith on Tuesday morning, and
that they ought to have been kept full, and that a few days
before the occurrence there could not have been six inches of
water above the arch of the funnel.
l‘tihry Georgedotm
bu-
riness, stated that he had examined the boiler, and had no
ear
appearance,anengineer enin an extensive way of
that the sole cause of ex-
fits
plosion was a want of a proper supply of water, and the boiler
getting red hot. This witness thlught it must have been
negligence of the person attending the engine not to have dis-
covered the want of water.
üb,
Fennell,ro
Mr. John Adams, a feather merchant, said he had two
engines on his premises, and the boiler to one of them had
burst in the same manner as that on the premises of Mr. John-
ston, and the cause could not be accounted for, though he as-
knowledged Mr. Marshall had assigned as a cause that the
funnel was not quite circular.
Mr. John Marshall, boiler-maker and practical engineer,
gave evidence in corroboration of that given by Mr. Fennell.
The case having lasted beyond the usual Court heur (five
o'clock), the prisoner was remanded, but admitted to bail in
two sureties of 110/. each, and himself in 200/.
Mr. Isaac Mansell, formerly a brewer, in a large way of
business at Homerton, but some time back engaged by Messrs.
Manners and Furze, of the King's Head Brewery, in Castle-
street, Whiteekapel, was placed within the felon's bar on a
charge of embezzling moneys to a considerable amount belong-
ing to that firm.
It appeared that the prisoner was engaged by Messrs. Man-
ners and Furze as an agent, on an agreement that he was to
receive ten per cent. for all moneys received by bins from his
connexion,; and an abatement on certain descriptions of malt
liquor. In April last he left the firm, and was succeeded by
his son, but from information which had reached the fires last
week they caused an investigation into his accounts, and dis-
covered that he had received money to a considerable amount
on account of the firm that he had not accounted for. Proof
being given of one account of 6/. 17s. having been received by
him of which he had not rendered any account, he was re-
manded, but the Magistrates consented to take heavy bail for
his appearance on a future day.

A POLICEMAN SIIOT BY TIIE REY. JAS. BROGDEN.
—At one o'clock en Sunday morning the Rev. Jas. Brogden,
residing at Childwick-hall, near Harpenden-common' St.
Alban's, believing, as he alleges, that some thieves were on
his premises, posted himself at the up-stairs landing window
of his house, with his double-barrelled gun, commandinc, a side
view of the road. Police-constable Wintle, of the Hats con-
stabulary, was making his customary round of the premises,
when he heard the report apparently of two guns from the
house. He immediately came up the Harpenden-road, leading
to the hall, a distance of sixteen yards from the outer gates,
when he received the contents of a gun in his fare, and up-
wards of thirty shots in the scalp of his head, abdomen, and
ether parts of his body. He staggered several yards, and fell
bleeding to the ground from the wounds, exclaiming, " Oh !
Mr. Brogden, lam shot." The Rev. Gentleman immediately
alarmed the inmates, and every assistance was rendered, but
from the serious nature of the wounds, and on the surgeon's
recommendation, lie was removed to the West Herts Infirmary,
where he lies in a very precarious state.
On Saturday an inquest was held before Mr. Baker,
at the Wheat Sheaf or Railway Tavern, Lower Chapman-
street, on the remains of Mr. George West, a stone-mason
and builder, and one of the most respectable inhabitants of the
parish, aged 63. Four witnesses were called, but their
his
usual evi-
dencemerely amounted to the fact of the deceased being in
usual good health at eight o'clock on Thursday evening, his.
going from his own house to the oyster shop of Mr. Arnold,
in
Cannon-street-road, and after eating four or five oysters,h
exclaimed, " Oh ! oh !" and instantly expired.-7-Verdict, died
by the " Visitation of God." The deceased will be ahomserious
loss to many poor persons in his neighbourhood, to w
had been a kind benefactor, and it is asserted that, besides his
contributions to various charities, he had been in the constant
habit of giving away in private charity from 21. to 3/. a week.
he
He was a trustee of Raines 's Hundred Pound School, and a
donor to the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, as well as a liberal
supporter of all the public schools in the neighbourhood.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt
held a quarterly meeting on Saturday, at the Treasury. There
were present Lord Langdale, Master of the Rolls, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of Eng-
land, and the Deputy Governor. Mr. Higham, Secretary and
CORqtroller•Gellerall Yi3.l in attClidailGe.

SHIPWRECKS AND DISASTERS

AT SEA.

On Saturday intelligence of the following disasters
at sea was received at Lloyd's :
The Sir James Colburn, Captain Davis, of London,
was totally lost, together with a valuable cargo of
1,100 barrels of oil, near Muscatt, about the 28th of
October last ; fortunately, the crew were saved.
The Providentia, Captain Patreira, for Batavia,
whilst off the island of Baburga, on the 17th of last
June, was lost, and crew only saved.
The Wales, a fine vessel from Manilla for New
York, was lost about the Ist of August off West
Bucra ; master and crew saved.
' The Margaret Hughes, from Tralee, on her voyage
Ito London, encountered such boisterous weather that
she was obliged on the 2d of this month to put into
the port of Cambletown, having lost her boats and
being seriously damaged.
The schooner Amity, of Bridport, fifteen miles
south of Plymouth, lost a man named Simon Crabbe,
seaman, who overbalanced himself and fell overboard.
The Fame, Captain Buckingham, from Villa Nova,
for the port of London, owing to the state of the
weather, was compelled to put into Brixham, Jan. 5,
having lost foretopmast.
The Maria, for Rotterdam, encountered a dreadful
storm, which completely swept her decks and carried
away her life-boats. She was compelled to put back
to Milford on the 4th instant.

The Owen, a fine Welsh vessel, and the Percy,
were both obliged to put back to the same port, from
a similar cause, the former having lost her sails, and
the latter her topmast and back-stays.