Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

I REVOLTING ATTACKS ON LADIES IN A RAIL WAY TRAIN. At Marylebone Police Court, on Tuesday, a tall powerful, well-dressed man, named William Whitehead, aged 36, and who gave the address Wexham Rectory, Buckinghamshire, gentleman," was brought up by Mr Durdle, superintendent of the Great Western Railway Company's police, charged with indecently assaulting Charlotte Richardson, in a carriage on the Great Wes. tern Railway, between Langley and West Drayton and Paddington. he (prisoner) being drunk at the time. The prisoner when placed at the bar did not seem to have sufficiently recovered from his drunken bouts of the previous day. Mrs Richardson, a married lady, resiaing at 7 Hope- terrace, Notting-hill, slud-Myself and my sister-in-law started from Slough by the 20 minutes past seven o'clock train to come to London. A third lady got into the carriage with me. When we stopped at Langley the prisoner and another man, whom I now see at the back of the court, got into the carriage where we were. They were both very much intoxicated, and the man not in custody was so drunk that he had to crawl into the car- riage on his hands and knees. Directly the train started the prisoner waived his stick about in a most threaten- ing manner over our heads, and I was very much frigh- tened The man who is now behind tried to stop him ourisbmg his stick, and the more he did so the more the prisoner called upon him to insult us. He (prison- er) caught hold of my legs and pulled me down, and called out, Now, then, half-a-sovereign—nothing less than half a sovereign." The ether man said, '-I don't want her; I would sooner have my own servant." I was terribly frightened. Fortunately our journey was not far from London; but I think if we had been in an express with the two men the three of us would have been torn to pieces. The prisoner used very indecent language. He put his hand upon my thigh, above my dress. I got out at West Drayton. Prisoner-What coloured gloves did I wear ? Prosecutrix I do not know, for I was so terrified by his flourishing- his stick and his language that I was afraid to look at him. He spoke to me whilst we were in the train, and ask me if I was going to Paddingten. Through fear I told him I was. There were five in all in the carriage. Prosecutrix added that when she got out of the train she spoke to the guard, and he placed her and the other ladies in another compartment. Fatniy Richardson, sister-in-law to last witness, gave corroborative evidence. Benjamin Denning, guard to the train from Windsor, said-I saw the prisoner and the man who now stands behind him in the body of the court get into the same compartment of the train which the ladies were in, at Langley. I did not notice anything amiss with them, or I would not have allowed them,to have gone. I was busy a'ir> other passengers. When I got to West Drayton the iirst witness got out of the carriage, in which she had been, crying, and said that herself, her friend, and another lady had been most grossly insulted by two men, and their conduct had been most unfamous. They asked me to place them in another compartment. I did so, and then went back to the compartment, in which the prisoners were, and told them that the three ladies who had just got out had lodged a complaint with me that thuy had been insulted by them- I told them if I heard of such conduct again I should take other means to stop it. After this other passengers got into the train, and we proceeded as far as Southhall, where the train stopped. Here he got out and said to me that himself and some females had been most grossly insult- ed, and threatened by the prisoner and his friend. He gave me his card, and said there was then a lady in the carriage in hysterics. I carried the lady out, and cleared the compartment of the other ladies, anl locked the prisoner and his friend in till we got to Paddington, where both the prisoner and the friend of his who stands behind now were given into custody. It was explained that the other mm was not in the dock because the prosecutrix had declined to proceed against him. Mr Knox remanded the prisoner for a week. The prisoner was then removed to the cells. Afterwards Mr Durdle applied for and got granted summonses against several, as he stated, important witnesses," and also against the prisoner's friend for being drunk in one of their carriages. This last appli- cation was under the company's by-laws. It was granted.

COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT MAESTEG. FOURTEEN LIVES LOST. I Between the hours of seven and eight o clock on the mornin of Saturday last, a fearful explosion took place at the Gin Coalpit, the property of the Llynvi Vale Iron Company, when from 13 to 14 persons lost their lives by fire-damp. The following is a list of the bodies already brought up when our report left, namely—William Isaac, carpenter, left a wife and seven children William Elias, lately married John Bevan, left a wife and three children; David Williams (and son), a married man; David Rees, married Morgan Thomas, single William Davies single; Benjamin Rees. single; William Jones, single; and David Jones, single. Cambria Daily Leader.

THE BIRMINGHAM BURGLARY.—The man John O'Hara, for some time in custody on the charge of hav- ing, in company with two others, committed a burglary at the house of Mr Cliivers, who so ably attacked the trio, was on Friday last brought up for re-examination at the Birmingham Police-office. The question was simply one of identification. Mr Chivers had at first not been quite positive that the prisoner on Friday pro- duced witnesses who clearly accounted for his having a wound on his head, which Mr Chivers thought he had given him. They were certain he had not received the wound until two days after the burglary had been com- mitted, and he adhered to his statement that he was struck in a row he was mixed up with in Sheepcote- street. Such a disturbance had taken place to the knowledge < f the police. In conclusion Mr Kinnerslcy, the magistrate, said the case amounted to just this: Either Mr Cliivers was mistaken, and the prisoner would therefore be discharged.

Tho Daily News of May 20th, in its description of Benson's Great Clock, says The entire finish is of the highest cast." Benson's new Show Rooms contain clocks designed by the first artists of the day, and in- clude clocks for the drawin g room, dining room, Led room. library, hall, staircase, bracket, carriage, church, turret, railways, warehouse, counting house, with musi- cal, astronomical, and every description of clock, front the plainest to the highest quitlity of which the art is at present capable. Church and turret clock specially esti- inated for. Benson's illustrated pamphlet 011 clocks and watches (free by post for two stamps) contains a short history of clock and watchmaking, with descriptions and prices it acts as a guide in the purchase of a clock or watch, and enables those who live in Scotland, Ireland Wales the Colonies, India, or any part of the world to select a clock. Also a short pamphlet on Cathedral and public clocks, free for one stamp. J.W. B enson received a Prize Medal and honourable mention in classes 33 aad 15. 33 and 34, Ludgate Hill, London. Branch Establishments, 46, 47, and C3, Cornhill. Established 1749. Watch and Clock Maker by Special Warrant of App- ,ciftl WMLnt Of App- ointment.to H.R.H. ThePrince of Wales.

I THE HEAVY GALES OF THE 2ND AND 3BD j DECEMBER, 1863. At no recent period have the disastrous effects of storms been more severely experienced thin during the hurricane ot the 2nd and 3rd December last. Its results were felt, more or less, in all parts of the country. About 11 a.m. on the 3rd, the anemoneter at the Royal Exchange, London, registered a pressure of 30lbs. to the square foot. During the gales of October last, a similar instrument at Greenwich registered 291 lbs., whilst the one at the Royal Exchange only showed a pressure of 18 lbs. But in order to realize, comparatively, the destruc- tive character of the storm, we must turn our attention to the coasts of the British Isles, where it blew with un- exampled fury for forty-eight hours; and where it con- signed to the deep many a goodly ship and her crew, causing destruction of property and loss of life to a truly appaling extent. It is not our purpose to harrow up the feelings of the reader; nor is it our intention to dwell on the sad scenes of desolation, of bereaved women and children rendered widows and orphans by this truly calamitous visitation of the storm of the 2nd and 3rd of December. We shall, therefore, only remind the reader of the few simple statements of the services of the life-boats during the recent gales, as they reached the National Life-boat Institution from its honorary secretaries on the coast, feeling assured that those facts have appealed with irre- sistible force to the sence of duty on the part of many of our countrymen who have hitherto withheld from the Life-boat cause their support. It is supposed that upwards of two hundred and fifty vessels were wrecked during these two disasterous days, and that the loss of life was proportionately great, It is, however, very gratifying to find that, owing to the gallant and persevering exertions of the crews of the life-boats, two hundred and forty-six persons" were happily snatched, under God, from the numerous ship- wrecks on various parts of our coast. The life-boat is but a little vessel to contend with a cauldron of sea on a stormy night, like that which was recently experienced at Hoiyhead and Bude Haven, bat her rowers are stalwart, weather-beaten men, whose sacred object is to preserve human life, and who im- peril their own in that noble enterprise. The thiag is altogether characteristic of our country—the build of the life-boat, her hardy crew, and her system of maintenance by voluntary contributions. Well may foreigners shipwrecked on our coast re- capitulate, on their return home, the great efforts made on the shores of the United Kingdom to succour them in the hour of their deep distress and well may Eng- lishmen in all parts of the world testify their high ap- reciation and thankfulness for the exiiiteikee amongst us of an Institution simply and grandly designed for the preservation of life from shipwreck, as its founders forty years ago described it. The Institution, we feel assured, does possess, and cannot fail to possess, the sympathies of the public, as long as it can publish re- cords of deeds so valiant as those that marked the ser- vices of its life-boats on the 2nd and 3rd of Dec. list. We may add that during the year which has just closed 378 lives have been saved by the boats of the National Life-boat Institution. When we remember that every life saved by life-boats has been rescued under perilous circumstances, it will at once be seen what great benefit has been conferred by the Life-boat Institution, not omly on the poor men themselves, but also on their wives and children who would otherwise be widows and orphans. Again, 301 lives have been rescued in the same period by shore boats, to the crews of which the Insti- tution has granted rewards. Thus making a total of 679 persons saved from Ship- wreck during the year, through the instrumentality of this great and valuable Institution. Since the beginning of the (1863), the Institution has also expended about 213,000 on its various life-boat establishments, on the coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved either hy the life-boats of the Society, or by special exertions, for which it has granted rewards since its formation, is 13,330. How inadequately can words express the aggregate amount of misery which the saving of so many thousand of lives must have prevented. It can only have been fully appreciated by the parties themselves, and by their relatives and friends, whose expressions of gratitude for such important benefits are often of the most feeling character. Since the establishment of the Institution it has granted 82 Gold Medals, 733 Silver Medals, and £ 17,730 in cash, for saving life from shipwreck, in addition to Y,80,000 expended by the Society on its Life-boat Es- tablishments. We will only add, that contributions are received for the Life-boat Institution by all the London and Country Bankers, and by its Secretary, Mr Richard Lewis, at 14, John Street, Adelphi, London. THE LIFE-BOAT. Man the life-boat; man the life-boat! Hearts of oak, the tempest brave See, the shatter'd vessel staggers Round her, billows foam and rave. See the ark of refuge launching; See her hardy crew prepare For the dangerous work of mercy Gallant British hearts are there. Now the fragile boat is hanging On the bililow's feathery height; Now 'midst fearful depths descending, While we shudder at the sight. Courage; courage, she's in safety! See again her buoyant form, By His gracious hand uplifted Who controls the raging storm. With her precious cargo freighted, Now the life-boat nears the shore; Parents, brethren, friends embracing Those they thought to see no more. Blessings on the dauntless spirits, Dangers thus who nobly brave, Ocean's terrors, death defying, So they may a brother ilaye. Christian pause, and deeply ponder, Is there nothing you can do ? Sinking ship. and storm, and life-boat, Have they not a voice for you ? Canada, Oct., labJ. AN OLD SAILOR.

Turner, the policeman, going upstairs, a dreadful sight was presented; and Clitheroe, who WHS almost dead from loss of blood, waved his hand in the direction of the other side of the bed. Turner went round the bed and lifted up the bed clothes, and there found the dead body of the deceased, Mary Woods. Her head was al- most severed from her body. Dr. Blundell was imme- diately sent for, and he, in company with Dr. Rigg, shortly afterwards arrived, but it was found that the un- fortunate woman was quite dead. The ceiling of the room and the walls were bespattered with blood, and on the wall over the head of the bed were finger marks of blood. On Dr. Rigg pr< ssing the wound ia his throat, together, he was enabled to say a few words. He said, We made it up to cut our throats, and we did it about three o'cloi k this morning." There is at present no motive assigned why the supposed murderer should have taken the life of the unfortunate woman; but there is scarcely any doubt that he first took her life and afterwards atteryipte(I to t;ke his own. The bedclothes were in a very disturbed state, as if a struggle had taken place; :ind it is staged that it would have been almost impossible for tin; deceased to have placed the bedclothes over her her head after she had received the fearful wound which deprived her of her life. The fact of the back-door of the house being fastened, and Clithcroe's slioes b. ins found at the bottom of the stairs, leads to the supposition that he entered the house of the de- ceased without her knowledge, and that some quarrel led to the commission of the crime. He is at present in custody of two police officers, but will not be removed to the lockups until lie is sufficiently recovered. At a little after six o'clock on Monday eveni.ig he was in a very precarious state, and there were but slight hopes entertained of hia recovery.

A Bradford mill manager has been fined £ 5 for as- saulting a girl. Because he suspected the girl of theft he tied her fast to a gas pipe, so that she could only rest on one leg, and left her in that position for three hours. He also kicked and struck her, and tied her hands together so tightly that they berort e red and swollen.

WRECK IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.—Particulars of the loss of the barque Victory, 300 tons burthen, laden with steam-coal, have been received at Newport. The vessel sprung a leak when of Milford, during the severe gales in the early part of the present month. In conse- quence of this she put into Milford to repair and having been refitted, sailed again last Thursday. She, how- ever, again encountered a severe squall, and for the second time sprung a leak. The captain, finding that the water was gaining upon the pumps, resolved to run back to Newport; however, when some fomr miles off Il- fracombe, he found that the Victory was in a sinking state, and he and the crew took te the boat, having only just time to escape before the vessel went down. As she sank she blew up. it is supposed from the pressure of gas which had been generated by the coal in her hold. She was split into sections, and a portion of the stern was found of Ilfracombe on Friday. The crew of the Victory were shortly after picked up by a smack, and taken to Newport. THE MELANCHOLY DEATH OF CAPTAIN BUTTERWICK. -On Tuesday last an inquiry was held by Mr Hum- phreys, Middlesex coroner, touching the death of Cap- tain Matthias Butterwick, dockmaster of the East and West India Docks. Mr Mills stated that on Christmas- day, at half-past twelve o'clock, the deceased was super- intending the entry of a vessel named the Ladv Octavia into the East India Dock. He appeared to become some- what excited and cried out, "Heave away, my men, heave her there are only two inches of water under her." He caught hold of a bar, and then seemed to get suddenly ill. Young, a dock-constable, stated that de- ceased fell suddenly to the ground, and was picked up insensible. He was carried to his office, and thence to his residence, where a doctor pronounced him dead. Dr W. P. Bain said that the immediate cause of the de- ceased's death was disease of the heart. The jury re- turned a verdict of Death from disease of the heart." DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.—The premises of Mr Lane, beersliop keeper, in Gloucester-place, Larkhall-lane, Clapham, were discovered to be on fire early on Tues- day morning. Before any appliance for combatting the conflagration arrived on the spot, the building was en- veloped in flames, and two other houses, one occupied by a haberdasher and the other by a glass and china dealer, were set fire to. In spite of the subsequent ex- ertions of the fireman, the house of Mr Lane and its contents were burnt down, and very serious damage was done to the other two buildings and their contents, It is not known how the fire originated.—Shortly before seven o'clock on Tuesday morning a fire broke out on the premises of a grocer, No. 77, High-street, Notting- hill. The shop, fixtures, and stock-in-trade were seri- ously damaged before the flames could be overcome. —Another fire took place, at 48, William-street, Hamp- stea 1-road, on Tuesday. The conflagration commenced on the ground floor, and for a time it was fea.ed that a woman and two children would perish in the lfames. The arrival of a fire escape, however, prevented such a catastrophe. The fire was not extinguished until seri- ous damage had been done. A', tlCDOTE OP A SHARK.—In the United Service Muse- um i Whitehall-vard) are exhibited the jaws of a shark wide open and enclosing a tin box. The his tory of this I strange exhibition is as follows :—A King's ship, on her I wax to the West Indies, fell in with and chased a suspicious-looking craft, which had all the appearance of a slaver. During the pursuit the chase threw some- 1 thin g oveboard. She was subsequently captured, and tnken in Port Royal to be tried as a slaver. In absence of the ship's papers and other proofs, the slaver was not only in a fair way to escnpe condemnation, but her captain was anticipating the recovery of pecuniary damages against his captor for illegal detention. While the suhjoct was under discussion, a vessel came into port, which had closely followed in the track of the chase above described. She had caught a shark and in its stomach was found a tin box which contained the slaver's papers. Upon the strength of this evidence the slaver w is condemned. The written account is attached to the box. The" Illustrated London News," November 8, speak- ing of TV-nson's Watches in the Exhibition, says—" Rail ed around the base of the clock were the Watchcs which :\11'- Benson exhibited, and which have been uni- versally admire I for the beauty and elegance of the de- signs engraved upon them. The lllomelllents are of the 11 iiest quality which the art of horology is at present f producing," Chronometer, duplex, lever, I horizontal, repeaters, centre seconds, keyless, split second", and every description of watch, adapted to all c lima ten Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet O:t e \lOll on Wat'-hfs (free by post for two stamps) contains a short history of watchmaking, with descriptions ;md s 1OJ' l:S (JI'.Y cts as It O'ui<1e prices, from 3 to 200 guineas each. It acts as a guide in the paveha.se of a watch, and enables those who live in Scotland, Ireland Wales, the Colonies, India, or any In oco ,I n" d h 't t f part of the world to select a watch, an d have it sent free and safe by post. H bl ?J ?V?.?n Prize Medallist, Class 33, Honourable Mention, Class '¡b 33 and 34 Ludgate-hm, London. en lon" d 63 C h'll Branch Establishments, 46, 47, an d 63, Cornhill. Established 1749. Watch and Clock Maker by Special Warrant of App- ointment to H. R. H. The Prince of Wales.

The 11 Morning Herald," October 23, 1962, speaking the Plate in the Exhibition, says, "Mr Benson, who has a medai for plate, exhibits some beautiful things." Benson's Argentina is a splendid material composed of various metals, with a heavy deposit of pure Silver, forming one hard compact body, possessinl- all the beauty richness of colour, and durability of Silver at a fraction of its cost When the Argentine and the real Silver are placed I side by side, the most skilful judge cannot distinguish between them, while its dural>il:tv is so great tnat after many years wear its appearance remains unaltered During the last seventeen years it has been so well re- ceive(I by the Public, th:tt its manufacture has I)een ex- tended to all those articles usually made in Siver. viz., Spoous, Forks, Dinner, Tea and Coffee Services, Waiters Bread and Cake Baskets, Candelbra. Dishrs of all kinds Kpergnes, Claret Jugs, X'c., <fcc., itc. A Sample Spoon will be sent post-free to any part of the United Kingdom on receipt of 30 stamps and an Illustrated Catalogue containing 300 Engravings and full Price-list of the various manufactures both In Argentine and solid Silver will be sent to any address on receipt of 6 stamps. A Prize Medal was awarded to J. W. Benson for Excell- ence of manufacture, Argentine and Electro Plate." Post-office Gr(lers and Cheques should be made payable to James W. Benson. Branch Establishments, 46, 47 and 63, Cornhill. All communications should be ad- dressed to the Principal Establishment, 33, and 34, Lud- gate Hill, London. Established 1749. Watch and clsck Maker by Special Warrant of Appoi- ntment to H. R. H. The Prince of Wales.

■P I PICKINGS F- "PUNCH." I THOUGHTS ON THE NEW YEAR. I BY WILLIAM BARLOW. Lo another year hath ended, Numbered with the changeless past. Will my clothes, if they are mended, Through another twelvemonths last ? Since when last I sought a tailor Longer 'tis than I can say Yet these garments must grow staler Ere for fresh I'll choose to pay. Faded c!oth will hold together, Due repairs preserve old suits But, though skill will clout shoe-leather, Oh, how soon we wear out Boots Ah what art avails to cobble Uppers, cracked and full of holes, Though we may contrive to hobble On and on by cure of soles ? Here's a hat, which hath exuded Pinguid ooze by length of wear; Of its nap 'tis all denuded Hats as well as heads grow bare Onr corporeal forms, obeying Not our own, but Nature's will, Year by year go on decaying, But our clothes go faster still! Good for years, yet this old raiment May outlast this mortal clay, May I so have no more payment To provide for new array They must spare, whose means are slender, What they best without can go That which grieves me to surrender, Least of all, is outward show. Food and liquor cheer and cherish Us in passing through this vale, Yield us pleasure whilst they perish, As, for instance, beef and ale. Unconsumed apparel shield us Best against sharp atmosphere; Its consumption no good yields us, Only costs so much a-year. AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT.—Somebody says, tha judging from appearances, the National Shakspeard Committee seems to think that the most appropriate tribute to the author of the grandest of Scotch tragedies is a Great Mull. THE GLASS OF FASHION."—Our Theatrical Mana- gers, who adapt Messrs Pepper and Dirckes' patent to dramatic purposes, find their best authority in the great- est of Dramatists himself, who distinctly states that the first object of the Stage is to Hold the Mirror up to Nature." NAVAL NEws.-The great advance which our Ad- miralty has made in the art of navigation is not thoroughly known to the tax-paying public. In the hope of mak- ing people more ready to receive the tax-gatherer, we subjoin a line which we have just cut from the Edin- burgh Courant"- We understand that the British Fleet is going to Madrid."

I ?-?" 0 ?? YORKSHIRE ?.T RÅTIO}!l:S. 1Twee gathering of the Meth- M 'bere Tow. Hall, the ob- i4 n » the Leeds Tow. Hall, the ob-  discus8 the general qnes- ??t? ??'.constituted ora18at1on, Association, and j. j 1""rlltlfe th t f ??f ?-?XCt??? ??? Seron the termination of the r,; lis' Lttlateea Hi -trict The chair was occu- ^^Sephenson, of Rothwell, who, in ..¡'- I ThoUlas N _I A ? Tho? ?'tha Nation? Association, pro- L: :V ainers w-?ra to unite themselves r,? "? the ii"? rs ??H.lc? this country.  persons  ¡lp °fnZt county ''? for a great number ?t?'??? ?? pn?ious. It wasonlywihm ?,???' ?tP''? ? ba?t was generally c.ncede? that ,r ente0 smI1e protection given to them m .r?esolneprotection given to them in f; 1..VJ Their grievances had been ?'?.ccup?  but the labours V: P <entory committees, but the labours i>onflittehail not been productive of any ad- ^V^-Cflt'iTe miners until recently, in con- ?-- -??"? d b t' I ^tnce ?ercised by cert?n lords and  ^f:: #ial l lar-ely in mining property. But ?'? 'k I ???bii?P'?niou?s un.ni?ke..bly manifested, r- ,pal'lll 'd 1 bli„ed to do something in the mat- ^Z 1 of thG mining community »v'.ii-01"1'1 ■ctonwho 0 le mmmg cOI.munity ? í\u:')Î in':l'"ctors who, would, really be of benefit po) :J-1leIl' If good mspectlOn were really de- > 111 have a dass of sub-inspectors of Ó' ¡¡J J '{rORt the intelligent men of their own r ?" ?oiut four subspectoi-s to every ,a these four should be selected from '? ?"?Ie class of working miners. These fr'nrPf? trebl the work at present performed, 'j of the cost. Mr Andrew Halliday, of ?-?,r M?chester, was the next speaker. He fb :lr this Tesolution ???°!??ereeivin? the present condition of ?-?? Kd Kingdom, think that a general iei^arv. and it pledges itself to use its g.s»"Br"' hrine about a general amalgamation r>0° ,i aistricta of the kingdom. e c n of Hunslet, seconded the resolution '?3??HJay,aedonit3 being unanimously r?? came to a close.

I C0BI P QCCURRENCE IN A POLICE OFFICE. -,NTews- Letter" tates-" On Monday ,;r^ s l-natifclove in the skull of a man about 70 ,-? ) ifcioTe in the the police oiffce, bout 70 ??;j\f'Grtth,in the police omce.with a .< t The details are briefly these — :J5 r d. h W'II' ""G ?-" Xkon Sun RY night, William M'Gar-  D k? ..te'! voun man, a labourer, aged about 45 ^brought to the policfl cour t c h arge d with r. broulTht to t e po lCQ cour c arge WIt 1J:'¡'cllt'a  brother, at their house, Ewart's- r« CsJv froaJ and with bein? a dangerous lunatic. T'.l'i ? handcuffed and put into a cell. About r::j1:k he either feigned illness, and complained :7: atin" with hunger. He was apparently ¡: ad ras assisted to the guard bed- a large '? .? (?here the handcuffs were taken off him, {hretA was given him. He then lay down 6??. ??t this time the old man M'Grath was fc ^'rjn* &bout May's Fields. He was some-  *°?r th? inthence of drink and was almost db the roM, He was not absolutely drunk, fL!;e 'har.!e M?=t him was not entered, and he J\:a.alo h fi l'h' 1 f ?'?atttthe nre, which is only a foot or fl!IJO t b d .]' d d h r^ ? ,[,o? bed, and is guarded with iron IrJ ro 'b I If I ?n???aag about half-past one. In the mean- ??* .g?fhaJreTiTed, and was talking quietly to nftbec,;n.;t!bles, At the time just mentioned he oH'fo the old man. kissed him apparently with f?,)nM?. and threw his hands about him. A ?\). Mutely made him resume his place. ?'Mt)T yielded, hnt in a moment he rose ? ",k 1 rtik and went playfully across the raised ?[i?fr the fire to a constable who sat drinking .?'cftM.'nthm two or three feet of where the old WV.. Wben s?picion was thus completely dis- p»j ihf lunatic, with almost inconceivable rapidity, JljoS i damper (a flat piece of iron about 101b. pi:: from the chimney, and, raising it above his j—ci M'Grath, who was apparently asleep, a fcitpw across the head. He was about repeating it èn > constable caught his arm. The old man, ri^ipoan. fell fonvard, on the iron bars, reeeiv- v. y, oilier wonnds. The blow caused wound ia; tJree and four inches broad. The sharp iron LatEt cleanly cut the skull and penetrated far bt- Mi Dr. Aickin was instantly in attendance. He J lie wounds and had the unfortunate man re- p,r the General Hospital. The injury inflicted r:> if artful blow will, there can scarcely be a doubt, tsi fatally. 11-Grath recently kept a hay stora S £ >"ppositethe grain market. Latterly he has been off. He was a very quiet, industrious old cr

RAIL OF AS INDIAN OFFICER.—The Times of hi" in its impressien of the 29th ultimo, savs 'iisosr painful dntv to announce the untimely death fkrarafflt F. D. Faber, officiating assistant com- laicin.Ritpnre. The unfortunate gentleman coni- liSri fflcde at his own residence on the 12th instant. Tl'itsyt heempIoyed against his life was a pistol, ad the it'J-'isSicted wound, though mortal, was not ncmrdiatelyfan!, for he lingered in grest agony until Ife oa iiich day he died. 1\' J[, fHiCKERAY AND CHARLES DiCKINS.At a MAaifir dinner, the late Mr Thackeray once nar- fuDonins anecdote of himself I can re- ~•u -p1:«rT::en Mr Dickens was a very young man. and fBKeaaeeil delighting the world with some charm- -aorans works, which were coloured lisjht green, otice a mouth, that this young man wan'ed to illustrate his writings, and I recollect walk- is-.Shis chambers with two or three drawings in which, strange to say, he did not find suit- t But for that unfortunate blight which came over a It wonld have been my pride and -isnre to have endeavoured one day to find a place õt walls for one of TIV performances." ?NaLE CHILD MURDER AT LEAMINGTON,-On ??m..m?? g shocking murder was perpetrated lDgt"n, Warwickshire, by a servant girl, named ?''?-?o has be"n living at the AJhorpe Arms, u, street, in the service of Mrs Wri?hton, since j^ma, la5t. It appears that abont six weeks ago of hein? unwell, when her mistress ae- ^filmed of heincr unwell, when her mistress ac- ?? ?' ?'"? Mtccmtf. bnt s he stron?)y denied 'II" 1I'a. th H' h t ??.?tht case. Her m1stress, however, not )h ilisti-ii(-ted a washerwoman, named fRI", ID m' k 81 d'd d r? "'? ?"? inquiry. She did so, and ??f./ ?"?'Mde hv the girl came to the conclusion Le u",ic;1 n f. 1.:1 0 T .3 i^Vt !!C0n "as unf°nnded. On Tuesday mom- ^iu.*tvt'e ? ?'? into her bedroom about nine fc'.rj 'J b I I .Jh f iclr^ li ,remained ??s an unusua l length of t, t t.l< t t I th tt ifr5 '?? "P to see w ¡at was the matter. ?C(-Bp' .?''P?ms. and was supplied with brandy.  d .:J fejjj'j.rT?r'^5 ^"ited auain when more brandy was t" a" 1 t"Io, )?i:.f '? ?'? explained of s pasms. About a  1 7 i ? FrRncl, the washerwoman be- -.f/fd t' h 1  "? ?Dt mto the ?ir!'s room. whetsht Ili '1; ? ?? that she had been connnea. The ?; cl"imber ntensil, and on lift- ?1?. -? across the chomher utensi), tndonlift- L 1 i tLr ^I'10rr'^e^ that, though still ^>eln Cu^' f? l>lood was Howin? nii d 'ablo-knife st?nfd with blood was ???c'j t''? utensil. Mr Marri?tt.snrgeon, i jTiesiJ 0 lie uteTlsil, M r )f arr1 t, snrgpon, ?'? at once called in, but the ?'? frn "'i"?s innicted. The wretched ?"Oii, [¡¡ I 'f ^■oaatr'i W■ e '? ?rs Ratrliffc, who was at  ??"n'fK. "Good !!m('iou, Ann, the iSi,.Sf Wt. replied, Yes. I know I have I (?Pliecl, Ye, I know I have I t' S ^ir"a^- The nnliappy girl, who is r*? 1??"? W, is the dt??hter of respect- ?' .? ''?"le at Shipton o?r Under Wv- ? ? 'íiIl Hi fil ?currcnce has created the greatest ^st. S .1. Si T t?I ?T'? ?Hn.K IN CnAn?E OF A VESSEL.  ?? ^"bitingliy seamen which have  ?, '?''n'I of late occurred on board a C'?in <t '?'?"" ?"?'?? ni!!ht. It appear 1, ana 11 t '1' th ? '? ?? ? '"?'"t:t arrived !n the river on jt ar^ "'auu's Henry I?ne. pilot, of t, ¡'J:!JlJat :tlll('S enry Irvmc, pI 0 () 'i?t '?'?"- at '?'' Wellington-road, re( °11]11)" tit 1" D ?c k it 1 ??r? "?"'??- the K!n.?-s D.ck. it buin^ JI'r "t h' 1 t'l 'I tl ??.i?? ? ?'? l( e. ill e in the river ?'?rf.,1 ?"J'?"f rc.tnc?-dt.hccoftk of the ??S, ;I'O, !t M??. ? !Jrmg him to I)rin,r Iiiiii ?'?,. ?' ?''? ?"' '?? the coo k evince d o,n. II II I  ?" ?."t(-th!"?w!n'-h could not ?-- :??? '"?"?-' 1 t t-ot,) 1, I 1 .1 t. V". sWt ,1 >' r' f"s' to ('01!!P Y vnt I t 1C]11 (I S ?s)?.?"" ?t-nvin-ds I?-nt. repeated tJw -?  th ..?.'?""  tcn. d im un.nt<- H !g b c 'S J 'rvlff.'tl|d"n an unintelligible 1TJI' lJw" ",lvw t' slight l'nh, »: ?v 1 '"?"?' itflerwards Irvine Mt some- \11 f'!I( f ] -tHl, *'Ilr* 1'^ ""? look in" ??' "I' <It 'I 111 t1 '1,' 11 and that blond was ''1,»uslvI'' Ule w The coo k went to  IÆ till)" W'lIln'. f]tC ('410': WI'IIt 0 ?.??t?-.)"P ? I'-v. ?, was ? a ?h.t- „ ? la- 1. "? ??< L:? h..fn anc]wred i:ta sr«|T, J13 e VrS" h:id been anchored ? ??t, ,? "? ""? "'? mformatlOn of the "H'('on't 11' T .?.r .? I?Ii'cf., '?M.Ic ?n,?.x.. 7. This .? ?p?.  t l1"l.Lt I.n L!)})lie'I,ol1st;¡hles ?C6 and M;}, Tl ? 'fTt t(,n 41't..VCf'se1 and asked for the "•.Uv*1 tailed »„. Was ill the forecastle, and .? ?.1 fn ? ?''? ? the forecastle, and tallt,ii to bill, ?- <?'" -? dec k They hi,¡ u/tt h'- iVd.,q ? 'it.J st.D.ng Irvine, when '? ''?'P? M"! that Irvine fell ""?. OnL. ?? ???1 "y the police-oSicers Le ^i £ i polioe-offi oers .'?-?j?"- W?. ?? &, !°vlfe glIe.v and Producetl ?<'?"?'"K "^tnunent, with a ??t"- ?ehbaL?? was covered with blood.

MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT ST. HELENS. On Monday morning, a dreadful murder was com- mitted in a street leading out of Duke-street, in St. Helens, followed by the attempted suicide of the mur- derer. The victim is Mary Woods, aged 33, a single woman and a cripple, who kept an infant school. The name of the supposed murderer is James Clitheroe, a glass polisher, aged 55, a married man, with a wife and five children, who resides near to the residence of the deceased. It appears that about nine o'clock on Mon- day morning, several of the children, on arriving at the house of deceased, found the front door fastened. They knocked, but not gaining admittance, called the atten- tion of a man named John Monsdell, to the fact. He went round to the back yard door, whicn he found fastened got over the yard wall, and afterwards opened the kitchen door. At the bottom of the stairs he saw a pair of shoes, and on proceeding upstairs, and into a small back bedroom, he saw, on the bed, which was saturated with blood, the man Clitheroe, undressed, and bleeding from a fearful gash in his throat, Mons- dell called the police, who went to the bedroom. On

i REPORTED LOSS OF H.M. SHIP LIVELY. I l SEVERAL VESSELS LOST WITH ALL HANDS. I The Dutch mail, which arrived on Tuesday, brought j intelligence of a most fearful gale from the N. W. with 1 hail and snow at intervals, having been raging along the whole of the Dutch, Danish, and adjacent range of coast causing much damage amongst the shipping. The wea- ther had been very tempestuous the last week or so, but j on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday the wind gradually increased in violence until it blew with the force of hur- ricauce. Foremost amongst the disasters is the report- ed loss of her Majesty's gunboat Lively, Lieutenant Welch, which had been despatched in search of the miss- ing trawling smacks from the Hamber. It is stated that the Lively had been driven ashore at Texel, and that Mr Hearne, the engineer was drowned-the rest of the crew being saved. On the receipt of the news the Lords iof the Admirality directed her Majesty's steamer Me- dusa, lying at Sheerness, to proceed with all despatch to the month of the Texel with the hope of getting the gunboat off. No satisfactory tidings had been gleaned of the seven or eight missing trawling smacks, except that the sterns of the small boats bearing the names of two of the vessels Richard and Harry, of Hull, and Kingston, of Hull, have been washed ashore near Texel, giving rise to the worst fears as to their fate. Two steamers are reported to have been blown ashore. One was the Auguste Louise, screw steamship, which was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rotterdam. Like the Wilhelmsberg, emigrant ship, she was cast upon the Terschelling some three or four miles out from the is- land. A large Swedish ship, called the Sumatra, Cap- tain Brundin, which was on a voyage from London to Gothenberg, was lost near the land, and with the ex- ception of two or three, the whole of her crew perished. The John Margrieta, bound to Zwolle, from the Tyne stranded and then sank off Harlingen, and of those on board only the pilot and a boy are stated to have been saved. A long list of vessel wrecked has been posted, and in several instances the crews are reported to be missing.

THE NEW STREET IN SOUTHWARK, LONDON. I ) Londoners will receive a great boon by the opening of the new thoroughfare, which is to unite the borough of Southwark with the Blackfriars-road, thus leading, by the continuation of Stamford-street, in an almost direct line to the Waterloo Station. The first day of the new year has been well chosen for the ceremony of inaugurating so important a metropolitan improvement. The street is, at present, a bare roadway, with broken laud, rough timber fences, and mounds of earth and bricks on either side. For a time we must be content to accept it as a large instalment in aid of the equal distribution, f traffic through London. Many months he ce, perhaps, an avenue of street architecture, worthy the broad and handsome opening thus afforded, may spring up. There has never yet been such an oppor- tunity of making the additiou to the City of a whole neighbourhood, and of commencing the plans de novo. All, however, must de end on the sound sense, good taste, and energy of liberal expenditure which may be brought to the work by those persons who will respond to the invitations of the Metropolitan Board of Works, and send in their tenders for ground leases. For some time the new street has been open as far as the narrow turning a little past Southwark Bridge. Here barri- cades of paving-stones and scaffold-poles bring the traveller to a halt, and compel him to diverge north- ward. All these obstacles were removed yesterday (Friday), when the ceremony of proclaiming the street open was performed by Mr. Thwaites, chairman of the Metropolitan Board. The gentlemen composing -bat body assembled at their offices in Spring-garders. and, with a select party of guests whom they had invited, proceeded to inspect the works connected with the now thoroughfare. These include a very useful provision against future requirements of gas and waler supply. There is a subway extending the whole length of ihe street, and enabling workmen to get at all the pipes drains, and sewers, without disturbing the road. London is just now suffering so much from the period- ical affliction of being pulled up and rendered impassable, that the plan we have mentioned will be tegarded with something like envy by other districts than that in which it has been carried into practice. The last brick of this subterrane ous passage was laid a short time ago, and it i only on the surface above that some little amount of labour remains to be gone through. I

DARING CAPTURE OF A FEDERAL STEAMER. For some time past a number of strangers had been noticed at an hotel in Jersey City arrivals from Nas- sau." They kept themselves together, had communica- tion with no one, but appeared to be curious about, and observant of all things. On the morning of Saturday, December 5th, some hours before the sailing of the Che- sapeake, eight of these men purchased tickets for Port- land. Their appearance was that of persons in very mo- derate circumstances, and they aided the impression by carrying their own trunks, each one of which, it was ob- served, two could hardly get aleng with. The result shows that they were filled with firearms and ammuni- tion. After the first batch had secured their tickets and taken on board their luggage, eight more made their ap- pearance and secured tickets meantime the Chesapeake had left her dock, and these last had to row into the stream to join her. They had not shown themselves before, and it was arranged that they should delay until all probabilities of suspicion or interference were at an end. When they reached the vessel they neither recog- nised nor were recognised by their comrades. The steamer soon after started on her trip, and the sixteen devoted themselves singly to a most inquisitive examin- ation of the vessel; they were cautious about it, it is true, but thorough. They were especially curious as to the number of the crew and in regard to the chief engin- eer, and were very conversational with the firemen. On the Sunday evening, after the officers and crew, save those on duty, had retired and all was quiet, and every- body unsuspecting, the night dark, and the time propiti- ous tiie pirates avowed their true character. They had so disposed their numbers that there was no hope of overpowering them. They were posted, armed, at the doors of each state-room of the officers and rooms of the crew. They all had six-barrelled revolvers. The watchman on the upper deck had been previously silen- ced by a blow on the head, and secured so that he could ive no alarm. They now declared the Chesapeake their own, and threatened to shoot any one who dare question their authority. The steamer was at this time tl)oiit off Cape Cod. They had acted simultaneously, and had most of the men on board not of their own party at the mercy of their revolvers. They had man- acles ready for those whom they overpowered, which they used whenever there was occasion. Opposition to them appeared entirely, futile, and but little was attempt- ed. They expressed their decided concurrence in the idea of killing all the Northern men on board, and at a word of command from their leader appeared ready to enter upon the work. Of a sudden the vessel stopped its movement. It was found that the second engineer had refused to run the steamer. He was met coming from his post by one of the rebels, and accosted fiercely as to his refusal to do his work as before. He refused to have anything to do with the v. irking of the vessel while pirates had command. Thereupon he was attack- ed, and was pursued to the deck by several men, who fired at him with pistols repeatedly. He was entirely de- fencless, and finally, being wounded in a number of places, he received a fatal shot, and fell dead to the deck amid the shouts of his pursuers. He was shortly afterwards flung overboard. Captain Willet next ap- peared upon deck, and on being surrounded and interr- ogated as to his willingness to heJp ihem to work the steaemt- or to surrender the vessel to them quietly, he refused to do so. They then fired several shots, all of which however providentially failed to hit him. Over half-a-dozen shot were aimed at him, after which they finally locked him in the wheelhouse. He was entirely unarmed. A number of the crew were also attacked, but all escaped without mach injury. The chief engi- neer, the assistant engineer, and three firemen, were kept by the rebels to work the vessel. They asked some of the bona fide passengers if they were from Portland, declaring that they'd be-if they would't kill any Portland man on board. After this assurance they, of course, were very anxious to make themselves known as citizens of some other place, and most of them stated they hailed from New York. Tracy, one of the three firemen retained on board the Chesapeake, kept off his assailants for some time, but was finally put in irons with the rest of the crew. The chief engineer was shot in the chin, and the second mate was shot twice in the chiI, and the second mate was shot twice in the leg. The captain, subordinate officers, and most of the crew, with six of the passengers, were sent ashore in the morning, being placed on board an English pilot boat for that purpose. They were ttken by this boat to Part- uck Island, whence they reached Portland. It has been reported that other plots are in contemplation to seize vessels, but it is likely that another attempt of the same character will be met with a much more forceable resi- steance.

MR. THACKERAY IN PARIs.-The Paris correspondent of the orning Post" says: I Mr. Thackeray had many friends here, and from the translation of some of his works he was known to a wide circle of readers. Paris was always a favourite haunt of that genial soul. In early life he lived in Paris over the water,' and it is not long since, in strolling about the Latin Quarter with the best of companions, that we visited his lodgings, Thackeray icquiring after those who were already for- gotten unknown. Those who may wish to learn his early Parisian life and associations should turn to the story of Philip on his Way Through the World.' Many incidents in that narrative are reminiscences of his own youthful literary s'higgles whilst liv ng modestly in this city. Latterly, fortune and fame enabled the author of Vanity Fair to visit imperial Paris in imperial style, and W. M. Thackeray put up generally at the Hotel de Bristol, in the Place Vendome. Never was increase of fortune more gracefully worn or more generously em- ployed. The struggling artist and small man of letters, whom he was sure to find at home or abroad, was pretty I safe to be assisted if he learned their wants. I know of many a kind act. One morning, on entering Mr, Thackeray's bedroom in Paris, I found him placing some Napoleons in a pill box, on the lid of which was written, One to be taken occasionally." hat are you doing ?' said I. Well.' he replied, there is an old person here who says she is very ill and in distress, and I strongly suspect that this is the sort of medicine she wants. Dr. Thackeray intends to leave it on her himself. Let us walk out together.' Thackeray used to say that he came to Paris for a holiday and to revive his recollections of French cooking. But he generally worked, especially when editing the Cornhill Magazine." ALLEGED III TREATMENT OF A YOUNG WOMAN, NEAR ROTHEBHAM.—The magistrates at Rotherham was occupied on Tuesday in inquiring into the alleged ill-treatment of Mary Ann Bonnett, aged 28 years, by her father and stepmother, the former of whom is the foreman of extensive ironworks at Parkgate. Mrs Mus- croft, a neighbour, stated that on the 19th inst. a young woman ran to liei house for protection. Her clothing was in a most filthy state, her hair was matted, her legs bruised and bloody, her eyes and arms discoloured, and her lips swollen. She said, the old lass" (her mother) had done it, adding that her mother had struck her on the face with the coil rake, and had frequently beaten her with other weapons during the preceding week. Police-sergeant Horne, who visited the house where the parents resided, said that the place where the young woman was kept was a small recess in the stair- case, and that it was in a most filthy condition. Horne asked when she had been washed, and the stepmother said she had orders from the young woman's father never to clean or do anything for her. Dr Hard wick, the union surgeon, who had been instructed to examine the young woman as to her sanity, some days after she had been seen by Horne, denied that she was bruised, or that there was a filthy room in her father's house. The young woman, he said, was evidently a person of small intellect, but he was unable to say from one inter- view whether or not she was insane. He thought she was not. After hearing this evidence the bench decided to grant summonses against the father and stepmother. They then asked the young woman whether she would return to her father's house. She said, N0) my mo- ther has threatened to knock my brains out." She was therefore taken to the workhouse.

EXTRACTS FROM" FUN." I FUN'S SONG FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY. Come, bring out the old china bowl, dear, And let's have a capital brew; For when we've drowned in it the old year, 'Twill serve us to christen the new. Here's a blessing to all of our friends, thent And forgiveness to enemies too: Clear scores wheu the old year it ends, then Begin fresh accounts for the new! Good-bye to the year that is finished: Its course has been gallantly run, For e'en if our care's not diminished, We have added to earth's stock of Fun So pledge we a bumper to mirth, then, The year that ha? bid us adieu Has sent some fresh laughter to earth, them6 And there's lots more to come in the new. I LAY OF THE CAUTIOUS SKIPPER. There is a gallant admiral, A wery knowin' boy In matters meter-logical, Whose name it is Fitzroy. Whenever it's going to blow On ocean or on land, He always sends and tells you so He's such a knowin' hand. Whenever there's to be a stir, And sun or moon looks glum, Then down goes his barometer, And up he hoists a drum. And when I sees by this here drum TO sail I should'nt oughter, On land I drinks my glass of rum, And never thinks of water. "Top-gallants down," I tells my men, When gales is adwertised; I only fits my royals when Fitzroy-ally ad wised. There's some as say these signals ar'nt No use. Let these old hums Blow their own trumpets, but they can't Beat one of Fitzroy's drums. So when this artful Admiral Foretells a tempest shock, Just stay on shore with Poll and Sail, And keep your ship in dock. About marine insurance, too, Your mind will be at ease You won t, though Polly looks at you, Remember policies. Then here's a'ealth to bold Fitzroy I never wish the man ill As keeps a schooner, brig, or hoy From sinking in the Channel. And here's a 'ealth to lifeboat men As follow his commands, And many a good life win from death Upon the Goodwin Sands. 'Tis better far, your ship in dock, A sittia' making rhymes, Than running slap upon a rock In these here stormy times. YANKEE NOTIONS." The Yankees are the coolest nation on airth! Butwhe would suppose they would so readily listen to the specula- tor who cries. I'll warm you r" A curious idea has been broached in America, namely, to supply heat, that is, hot water, to all parts of a city gas same as cold water or gas is now supplied." Fancy having a company that could cut off your caloric if you were not warm" enough to pay your rate However, the notion is not a bad one; but surely the Yankees hava got into hot water enough already, without "laying itoa" any thicker. POPULAR AIRS.—Moustachios. A MERRY hoy.-Play Bill. A SHEEPISH PROCEEDING.—Seizing Messrs Laird's rams. A NEW FABRIC.—Cobden's "Muslin de Laine," ill Bright colours. UN TIMID ANGLAIS.—John liussell. A DUCK OF DIAMONDS.—L.e Due de Brunswick. COMIC PHYSIOGNOMY.—Heenan's face after the mill. A "SIGN" OF THE TIMES.-A. publican in Yorkshire has adopted the sign of the Tom King Arms. This Î8 ) ttriking. i 

I FROM "COMIC NEWS." I A PRESCRIPTION. I (AFTER DR. GOLDSMITH.) TTT1 I -I #11- wnen mcKiess we men stuup tu iimy, And find too late the supper-tray Has brought dyspepsia's melancholy, Whitt art can drive our pangs away ? The only plan ease to recover, The thing to make the tortures flyt That in the diaphragm will hover, And wring the bosom, is—tod-dy. Our Irish correspondent wishes to know whether libel ia a newspaper may be called columniation. WHEN Fomm MAKE A Nori; of.-Why should not an opera-singer pitch his voice at the Crystal Palace 1- Because he throws (s) tones in a glass house. CONUNDRUM BY A RADIC.,kI.. WIIV is the celebrated musical composition I- Judas Maccabeus" unlike a cer- tain noble Wlii(r ?-Because its a horrid-tory-oh. THE SPIHIT OF THE TDIES" "—Mr Delane. THE POLICEMAN'S FAVOUIUTE BOOK. Cook, Voyages. LITEHATUUE OF THE IIEAI:T!I.—The last semi-reli- gious organ announced is Our Own Fireside." We understand the same publishers intend shortly to favour us with the "Holy Poker," the Shovel Hat," and "'rl 1 I T "A t 1 Theological Ton;j;s. A grate demand is anticipated for the whole series. 0 An eminent physician declares the complaint under which the American Constitution is now suffering to be tick-dollar-rue. [We presume the authority aforesaid to be a -)LIatIDoctor.ED. C-N.]

Her Majesty and the Princess of Wales have just he- come patronesses of a society in Dublin for the training and employment of educated women. Its name for the future will be the Queen's Institute." Her MaidstT has subscribed J650, and the Princess of Woes flo, tl its fimds.