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The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1865-01-28 (London, England)

THE TERRIBLE MISTAKE.—Gaston do Mowbray ground his hair in powder, and tore his teeth out in handfulls his breath gushed forth with icy coldness as to crozzle up the table before which he sat into a cinder; he paces the room to such an extent, that the past hung in pennY cakes all over the apartment. Suddenly, shrieking an awful bound, he leaped a wild yell at a rat that was dancing a minuet at the other end of the crozzled table. The rat chopped his fortunate (in other words, cut his lucky), impressed with the idea that should he annol Gaston a minute longer, he would be annoyalated. lA4 us describe Gaston de Mowbray: his hair was swarthYl complexion, slightly bald ; a sweetly pouting eye, an ° bright, but soft gray lips; a flushed high nose, and a turn-up cheek-bone; merry, little dimpled teeth, and a thin white and regular; he was pale—almost bucketi a splendid fall in the chest; with a wide, broad, an,: fully developed waist. This was the man who, on night of the 47th of September, 1418, sat with his Ilan deeply buried in reflection, as the melodious bell-rope ° Notre Dame tolled forth five and sixty minutes past el hour. What is that disturbs his angelical brow? I his wife committed suicide by swallowinc, the brush'', No; suroZy he would not grieve at that. swallowing he lesto five-pound note? No; worse, much worse than that. wonder Gaston de Mowbray spurned the voluptuoll_ pickled pawn-tickets that were placed before hina devour. No wonder Gaston de Mowbray cursed his sister's grandmother's great grandfather's brother-in no He had—oh, horror! he had gowt ad put tollft NnOg of his vim in his mouth I  This Priday, dent, J O'clock.  The total ge  A rep troveml oard (  cost of the Cor hi corm by setti au the 6,060/., that so( of 'Sewe the are] Work. Mr. f. after soi  After tributie half of by the don in street:a /rated Pen(leml bibutic the cit. .of this  2. 11 'nne-hal 'out by 'setting 'the reE street, professi paid to 3. T tribute, back 1 Chelsea the prManag the set clifferer  At t] 15, Jo] Churel Ann R: Was de: on rent pocket:  Mr. eious tee tea Inade for trii pearan renutm  Poor il Partril violeni Old T( Tho house, at one  being the b( he we:. by Mr the ea! extend in the vested eleven the rei  Mr. .author The ni (vim Cl to hav the ho  A' Marke the ba " May tflako FIR thy m
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1865-01-07 (London, England)

CAPTAIN AND RATE SUFFOCATED AT GRIMSBY.—The captain and mate of a Russian merchant ship now lying in the Royal DO& at Grimsby, were on Saturday morning 'found dead in their berths. On Friday evening, the captain "turned in" to his berth, and was subsequently followed by the mate, who, before getting into his bed, according to custom, put a cap over the funnel connected with the fireplace of the cabin. There was a charcoal fire burning; and, on some of the crew entering the cabin in the morning, they found both men dead. It is supposed they were suffocated by the fumes of the charcoal.  FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE ON THE GREAT EASTERN RAHMAN: —An inquest was held on Monday, at the Nag's head, 'Viralthomstow, on the body of George Revel, aged 60, of :Stoke Newington. Evidence was given to show that the 'deceased, whose body was identified, was addicted to habits of intemperance, and when intoxicated was in a state bordering on frenzy. It was said that he had been discharged from his situation for being drunk on the previous Wednesday, He had also received notice to leave his lodgings. Walter Wilcox a boy of 13, deposed to having seen the deceased on Friday morning on the line near his father's cottage at the Castle Bridge, in the marshes. He saw him throw himself down in front of the train. James -Money, an engine driver, who drove the train from Cambridge on Friday morning, said that when he arrived at a point about halfway between Tottenham and Lea Bridge stations he saw a man coming up the bank from the marshes on to the railway. Observing that he was a strange; he sounded his Whistle. The tram was then goingat from 30 to 25 miles an hour. The (incased stopped 'on the down line until the train was from 50 to 60 yards distant, when he took two or three rhort steps on the six-foot way,. and went down on his hands and knees, Iplacing himself In front of the engine on the right-hand up-rail. The driver shut off 'the steam, and told a plate-layer of the occurrence, stopping also at Lea Bridge station and gave inferInation there. The deceased was afterwards found on the railway, his head being battered in, and the brains 'scattered about. The jury returned a -verdict that the 'deceased did kill and murder himself, but that -there Was no evidence to show in what state,ef mind he was at 'the time.
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1865-01-07 (London, England)

THE ATTEMPTED MURDER NEAR PRESTEIGN.-0/1 Saturday at noon, the man Joseph Morris, who had been apprehended on the charge of shooting his wife at Kingsham, near Presteign, was brought up before the magistrates at Kington. The prisoner, who attempted to commit suicide in Presteign gaol immediately after his apprehension, appeared in a very weak state, congestion of the brain having been produced by strangulation, and was allowed to sit down. The first witness called was his wife, Elizabeth Morris, who underwent a long examination, and said—On the 13th of October last the prisoner, who is my husband, asked me to leave my home. I was then residing with my father, where he said he had not much comfort. I refused to do so because my mother was ill. On the following day he took a shilling from my father's pocket, and I followed him across a field, and asked him to give it me back. He came over the edge to me, and I then saw he had a gun. He said to me, "I will end all disputes ;" and fearing he would do something, I laid bold of the weapon with both hands, and exclaimed, "If you mean that I will soon have further assistance." He replied, " I ain't going to shoot thee, dear." I thereupon loosed the gun, and walked across the road, and stooped down to wash my hands at a spring of water. I had not been many minutes in that position before the gun went off, and I felt that I was shot in the head. I becanie senseless, and when I came to myself the prisoner was standing in the road with the gun in his hand. He said, "Go and fetch the policeman." Mr. Tearne and George Brown came up and assisted me home. Prisoner then absconded, but returned in the course of the night and asked to see me; but my sister told him he had better go away. Prisoner went away, but returned on the Sunday, and she asked him what he did it for, and he replied that he did not intend to shoot, but thought to frighten me. He said he was sorry for what he had done, and cried very much. Last Tuesday prisoner returned to my father's house, and while he was there Superintendent Massey entered and took him into custody. When I followed the prisoner through the field on the 14th October I told him if he did not give me the shilling he had taken out of ray father's pocket I would fetch a policeman. The bonnet (produced) is that which I had on when I was shot. Other evidence having been given, the prisoner was asked if he desired to ask the witnesses any questions, and he faiktly said "No." On the charge being read over to him he said, "I have nothing to say here at all." He was then fully committed for trial at the next Herefordshire assizes on the charge of having attempted to murder his wife, Elizabeth Morris.  A
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1865-02-25 (London, England)

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. To the Editor.  SlR,—Other towns appear awake to the importance of not allowing Parliament to meet, and perhaps dissolve, without an expression of opinion upon the important question of Reform. There is a tradition that Birmingham's place in this cause is in the fore front of the struggle for Parliamentary Reform. Are we degenerate sons of the great men who led the moral power of England to a great and glorious, because bloodless, victory in 1832?  By a moderate a amount of agitation now, the Whigs (they, like us, are content with their fathers' fame) may, perhaps be induced to bring out a measure of reform to go to the country upon, and if they think themselves strong enough to get back to Downing-street without some such bill, why then Mr. Bright might be called upon and supported in again presenting his "little bill" for the acceptance of the gentlemen of St. Stephen's; in that case the independent and Radical members wonld rally round him, and neither Whig nor Tory would be able to form a working Government till some substantial measure of Reform was passed. There was a "Reformer's Union" once, but it was said to be dead and buried; somebody said it committed suicide; after that there 6 was "The Reform League." • Has that passed into the limbo of abortions, of things born untimely, or it is dead and decently buried along with its older but less pretentious brother the " Union." If it is, I wish some wizard would come with magic wand to resuscitate their dry bones. "Earth, render back from out thy breast A remnant of the Spartan dead; Of tho three hundred, grant but three, We'll make a new Thermopylec." Mr. Editor, you have a desperate gift of stirring people up. Do, for goodness' sake, try your hand now. lam quite convinced that a good measure of reform may be obtained with half the trouble that it will require when one of the two aristocratic parties have safely reached the national saddle again years' ride.—l am, sir, yours foobrediaeuenttlyh,er seven A
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1865-05-20 (London, England)

EXTENSIVE EMBY • 4LEME.NT AND bUICID.E. Great excitement was created on Monday by the news that Mr. William Whelon, of Lancaster, a gentleman of high position and reputation, had committed suicide in consequence of financial embarrassment, and through fear of being apprehended on the charge of having embezzled or forged scrip, cheques, &c., to a serious amount. Mr. Whelon, who originally was an office boy, about fifteen rare ago obtained the secretaryship of the Little North Western Railway; afterwards he was successful as a shipowner and trader; subsequently he joined a manufacturing firm at Preston; later he became a member of ,the Lancaster town Council, and then the mayor of the borough. Whilst chief magistrate of Lancaster he characterised his position by great liberality and hospititaity.. Subsequently he was appointed a member of the borough bench. In addition he was chairman of one of the literary societies of the town, vice-chairman of the now Wagon Company, churchwarden, and not only one of the head Conservatives in the town, but an able and en-. terprising leader in all public movements in the locality.. On Friday he was at Preston on business, and afterwards returned to his home af West Place, Lancaster. On Saturday it oozed out that he had been embezzling and forging-- and one rumour had it he was involved to the extent of £B,OOO or £12,000. Another report fixed the sum far higher—ao,ooo. On Saturday night . the police went to Mr. Whelon's house with a warrant for. his apprehension on the charge of stealing scrip to the amount of £lOO belonging to the Little North-Western Railway Company; but on reaching his residence it was stated that he was not at home. Next morning a police officer preceded to Preston, where some relatives of Mr. Whelon reside, but the officer could neither see nor bear anything of him. In the afternoon a telegram reached the policeman stating that Mr. Whelon was drowned. On Monday an inquest was held on the body of Mr. Whelon, at Fleetwood, before Mr. Myres, of Preston.. Frem the evidence given it seems that the deceased gentleman left home on Saturday evening, about seven o'clock. Ho stated tbat he was going up the street. Nothing peculiar was observed in his manner. He was apparently in his usual health and spirits. After leaving home he appears to have gone on the water 4ide, past Giessen Dock, and along the coast towards Fleetwood. On reaching a place called Knott End, opposite Fleetwood and 16 .or 18 miles from Lancaster, he got a boat, rowed out at midnight—for it was abbut that time when he got to the place named—and juraped into the water. He was somewhat in liquor, it is said, when at Knott End. Early on Sunday morning his dead body was observed floating in the water, off Fleetwood, by a seaman belonging to one of the steamers in the harbour, and it was picked up and brought ashore. The jury found a verdict of "Found Drowned." The deceased has left a widow and seven children. He was-about 43, ,yea.rs of age.
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-12-10 (London, England)

DREADFUL, TBAGEDY AT SEX.  The following dreadful- story is told by the Cork Eferald "Captain Walker,- of the brig Alciope, which has arrived at Queenstown, reports the commission of a dreadful; double murder and suicide on board that vessel, . while on her voyage from Demerara to Liverpool: Two Frenchmen members of the drew, murdered the mate and carpenter, and attempted the life of the captain, but fortunately did not succeed in their design on the latter. The carpenter's skull was beaten in with a hammer, while the mate had his head nearly severed from his body by means of a razor or other-sharp instrument. The captain was attacked in the cabin,-but escaped upon deckto which he was pursued by one of the murderers,. ' armed with a hammer. He evaded his attacks for some time, and ultimately reached his cabin again, where he locked himself in. His pursuer then returned on deckand the captain having provided himself with a -pistolf followed him.- The rest of the crew, four in number,' ioined him, and thus remained under arms- all night. At six o'clock next morning search was instituted, and the two Frenchmen were discovered in the forecastle. They were immediately secured and placed in irons, but both died within tyro days afteythe tragical occurrence,— me from the effects of injuries inflicted on himself by besting his head against the side of the vessel until the brains protruded, and the other, it is believed, fr.ers,the effects of poison, self-administered." The following account of this tragic -affair, differs It will be seen, in some particulars Irom the version given byl our Cork contemporary:— "It appears that on the night of the 2nd November, • it-half-past nine o'clock, two of the crew (Frenchmen) attacked the chief mate and the carpenter, and brutally murdered them. The ca2tain, who was in his cabin asleep at thelime, was aroused by the noise outside, but before he could get out of his-cabin he was attacked by one of the murderers, who struck him-a desperate blow on the head with a hammer. A scuffle then ensued, during which the captain managed to get to the forecastle, when he called, upon the crew- for help. On mustering the men he at once proceeded to the afterpart of his shiprwhere he found the dead bodies of his chief officer and- carpenter, dreadfully. mutilated. A search was then made for the murderers,. who were dis,covered in the rigging. Seeing that escape on their part was hopeless,-one of them deliberately jumped into the sea and was, drowned; whilst the otherrdetermined on doing as much damage as possible- before he submitted to be put in irons, had a desperate fight with the remainder of the crew. He was eventually necured, but such were the nature of the injuries he sustained in the tight that he died shortly afterwards. The cause of this tragedy is at present unknown, but no doubt an inquiry will take place into the affair.r
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-06-11 (London, England)

ATTEMPTED MURDER AT BRIGHTON.:—At the Brighton Police-court, on Friday, Caroline Boyd, aged- twentyone, a stylishly-dressed young woman, was charged with -cutting aryl wounding her husband, Michael Boyd, with a razor. From the evidence adduced, it appears that the parties have been married about eight months, and have occupied apartments at 21, Richmond street, Brighton. About two o'clock on Friday morning tho landlord of the house was roused by a noise in the bedroom occupied by the prisoner. He at onco went to see the cause, valet) he found Boyd laid on the bed weltering in blood. He asked the prisoner what was the matter, and she said that her husband had put his razor under his pillow, " to do for her" in the night; that he quarrelled with her, and struck' her ; and that, in self-defence, she cut him with the razor; oddity-, that she meant to murder him and then commit suicide. Dr. Barratt was sort for, and found that the man was suffering from an incised wound over the left ear, and in a precarious state through exhaustion from loss of blood. Ho was in BO dangerous a condition that he was unable to attend the police-court, and the prisoner was remanded. In answer to the charge, the prisoner told the magistrates that she had had cause to be jealous of her husband ' • and when she went home the previous evening she toldhim so and that she should leave him the next day. Ho said if sho attempted to leave him, or say she would again, he would murder her, and put his razor under his pillow. She then undressed and got into bed, and spoke to him again of his inconstancy, and he commenced beating her. She thereupon took the razor from under the pillow, and used it in her owi defence.
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-05-07 (London, England)

BRETON TRAGEDY.—The Courrier de Bretagne pub. lishes details of a murder, accompanied by suicide, corn. mitted at Toulquoet (Morbihan), for a cause so singulat and futile, as to show in a remarkable manner the semi. barbaroas state of the peasantry in the remote parts of Brittany. A beggar, named Laniel, aged 67, was accus. tomed to wander through the rural districts, obtaining food and lodging of the country people, and, in return for their hospitality, telling stories, of which he possessed a large fund. Last week he called on a small farmer named Le Turnier, and asked for shelter, which was accorded. After supper, the vagrant related to his host tho story of a son who, after killing his father, burned him in a limekiln. This tale so disgusted the farmer, that he fell upon his guest with the intention of beating him, and a struggle took place between them. They were, however, separated, and the beggar shortly after went to the stable to sleep for the night. Le Tux, nier remained in his house drinking cider until about two in the morning, when the took his gun, loaded it with ball, and proceeded with his wife to the stable. He ad. dressed the beggar, saying, "I mean to kill you! Will you be strangled or shot I" Then giving the candle to his wife, and telling her to hold it up in order that he should see better, he took aim at Laniel, and discharged the contents into his body, killing him on the spot. The farmer next took the body on his shoulder, and wont and threw it into the river Claye, which ran at 150 yards' distance from the house. He then returned home, ate a slice of bread and butter, drank another can of cider, and then nroceed2d to inform the Mayor of the commune- of what he had done. The farmer was, of course, taken into custody, but he succeeded in strangling. himself with a handkerchief while in prison.—Galienant.
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-08-20 (London, England)

LADY SHOT BY A GAMEKEEPER.— A serious gun tccident has oecured in the woods over Cawsand, by which a lady and her infant very nearly lost their lives. tt appears that the lady, with her baby in her arms, was proceeding by a path through the wood to witness some Dorn being cut by machinery, end that a dog belonging lo one of the shermen of the place preceded her untotieed, and entered the field first. Directly the dog was firithin the Reid he was fired at by a gamekeeper. The !hot passed right through the hedge and struck the lady In the neck, wounding her severely; the baby was also struck. Fortunately, a gentleman from the Convict Prisons, Dartmoor, was passing through the wood at the time, and hearing the report of a gun and a scream, hastened to the spot, and found the poor lady on the ground bleeding, and the unfortunate man who had caused the accident entirely powerless with extreme grief on witnessing what he had done. The sufferer was immediately conveyed to the nearest house, and attended ty a surgeon, who, after dressing hen wounds stated that elle had had indeed. a very narrow escape from death.— Western Morning Nema. DESPERATE ASSACLT BY A TRADES Unionisr.—On Saturday morning, two men named Edward Bagnall and WillianaeLee, were brought before the Magistrates, at ' Manchester, under the following, circumstances?—There had been a ttirn-out of horse shoers, and other men had been obtained- in their •places. The , turn-outs had reBorted to intimidation, and in consequence of this Ine specters Bateman and Buckley went to Rochdale-roal? and took Bagnall; who was one of the offenders, into eastody. Lee saw them take Bagnall, and accompanied , thew. On nearing the Folic-office he made a rush from behind at Buckley and then at Bateman with RR open sleep knife, inflicting deep and rather dangerous wounds on the .officers. He then sprang away. Ile was chased and captured by Bateman, with the assistance of people k the street, but not before he had stabbed two °thee nen (civilians) aiding in his capture. It was found that Buckley had sustained a stab near the carotid artery, more than half an inch deep, anda severe flesh wound in the hand. Bateman had one of the arteries of the arm nit, and lost a good deal of blood. The officers were mot in a fit state to appear in court to go into the ca.se, end the prisoners were remanded. SUPPOSED SUICIDE IN EE/i'
The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-10-29 (London, England)

SUICIDE THROUGH ?POVERTY. —On Tuesday. evening Mr. Humplireys•hehl an inquest at the iLondon Hospital, respecting the death of James Watoon, aged 62 years, a carpenter, ,who.committed suicide under the following eireumstancee : It appeared from the evidence that the decease-1, some time since, met with .an accident to his hand. He, consequently, .was unable to work, fe,ll into great pecuniary difficul6es. On Saturday last.the deceased was seu. in the icing of Prussia public:honze, Gower's-walk, White•cilapel. He was in great distress, and used to cornplain to his neighbours of not being able to get ,stiffi .eleiat food. The only means of subsistence was by what his wife earned by •walling. She returned liome on Saturday evening, and found deceased halloing hy a rope fastened to abeam in his room. IPr. Samuel Wildbore was called brit life was extinct. Verdict "Suicide while of unsound mind." DEATIS FROM FinE.--Two -inquiies were held on Tuesday by Mr. Humphreys, respecting the deaths from fire of Catherine Howard, aged 60 years, and gusannah Ferry, aged 18 years. In The case of the you.ng woman Perry, it appeared that she was a lalioarer at Mr. Bridge's briekfield, Plaistow. On Wednesday, while in the act of cooking a herring on the top of a trick-kiln, the red-hot bricks set her on fire. She rushed about in a mass of flames, and before her fellow-labourers could put out the fire she was fearfully burnt over the whole of her 'body, and she died on Saturd.ay last. Verdict, "Accidental death by fire."--In the other case, it appeared that Catherine Howard was the wife of a mechanic, and she was ordered by a doctor to smoke, as a remedy for paralysis. While so engaged last Wednesday a righted match fell on her dress, and set her in a blaze. Being unable to assist herself, she was so fearfully burnt that she .died at once at the London Hospital, whither she was conveyed. Verdict, "Death by misfortune."