May 8] THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 308 
the stolen. property. After a long investigation, the aye to a labourer rae Ba in se part of the | is described as about 30 y f age, of gentl ly 
prisoners, mho Poh | denied the charge, Were committed | li ine. d ay , and suffering considerably from low- 
to take thei f spirits, had arrived Ork h ious Ti 
i Stoke dj Sale —An inquest has been taken at this toa pleok with the as when he was jerked hed day, and had been attended by Dr. Hend until 
place, before the coroner for ee northern division of Thursday, when that gentleman was obliged to leave for 
Bucks, on Samuel Cowley, aged one year and a half, who | such injuries that it became necessary to take petig to a Edinburgh. Medicines, as di ns for their use, 
came by his death from drinking laudanum by mistake. | Sussex Pagel, inate where he lies in a very precarious een left with the stranger, and it would r that 
d ther of deceased had purchased a| state. T accident is attributable to the manner of such had been partially made use of. It would seem that 
pennyworth of landanum, for the purpose of applying to | effecting a 1 his bed-room about 1 or 2 o’clock 
his gums to relieve the toothache; that when he went to | to assist in dragging up the load, te slightest 4 jerk of the} in the f rayesg: and as s there was no appearance of his 
bed he placed the — by the side sin is bed, and on ime rope being sufficient to throw the labour er o _plank. quitting it at 5 in the afternoon, » though } Mrs. Leith had 
P his be 
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wife and dager, it appeared, did tad observe ik iuat Railvo; ary at the sacrifice of many lives ; bsg on the above to open it, re it was found to be locked inside. On 
phi a n Cig st the daughter and deceased were up- | railroad most of the contractors have mopied Uy pedecunl obtaining entrance, deceased was found extended on the 
tairs, the latter et what remained in the cup, which mode of having t the earth drawn up in skids.—Another | floor, with his throat cut, and a razor in itdaherendaedl: 
was § rapposed to be about half a cocpeiatet: Antid i i 1 Both arms, at the bends of the elbows, were also cut, and 
were in , but'to no purpose—he survived about | Surrey, to two young men, about 18 years of age, who lay streti by his side. On the examination of the body, 
isan ti sy The jury a a verdict” ‘* Poisoned | were run over by one of seul trains laden with earth, Pa a sur; stated that the death of deceased was occasioned 
by —— laudanum by mistake,” a -p2 the family were appears they were standing inca utiously near by the wounds inflicted on his arms and throat, and he 
admonished by the coroner for their carelessness in the | rails, and were knocked down: I Kila four | before hi ival 
use of so ge ho a pate the spot, and the other had Kesesl of ne feet severed, and | A note was found in room :—'* Write my 
Chippenham.—An to poison has been d 8 accident occurred on | Mrs. Sheppard, Sible, ne near Halstead, Esser,”” "The s pi 
tected at psn on tate the seat of roa he Neel, Monday morning, a’ 7 Weise ion Bassett station of the orities have seen that care is taken of his property and 
It appears that some wine shad bee 7. Western Rail Peay to rs ‘engine-stoker, who sus- | money; of the latter, there was about 402. _It is stated 
been ned great injury in the head by b ig ji that he had b ident fo kney, and 
partaken of by Mr. Neeld, his ppt: a _another the buffers of two © engines which met before he had time | intended to have proceeded 
Reading by frioahttee tenner: soars td as on Grant, manager 
sq, 
decanted ay : ch 
Cpe The reueerier of the wii f the way. He was conveyed to 
t the din nner-table ; but it had bean such an alter. the luggage-tr ain, and immediately taken to the Royal | newcotton-mill, was in the wheel-house, prer-pher 
d taste, that at suspicions were at Gers Hospital, h is daily expected. of gentlemen from Glasgow the water-wheel 1 employed in 
cited. lyse Se the machinery of the mill, f stone 
< a linge aunty of ‘Poison, which must have been mixed IRELAND. ay at their feet, Mr. Grant stooped down and picked up 
between the ti’ nch and dinner, The circumstance] Dudlin.—A general meeting of the committee of the ! u gentleman being alarmed, ran 
occasion ae excitement in the neighbour-| Repeal Association has been nei, and the following ex- the west side of the wheel, and in a moment 
Bow-street officer was immediately sent for. | traordinary resolution, which is to be brought ater for the east side of wheel-house gave d fell 
It is not yet known by whom it was done, or whose life'| adoption at the next meeting, ith acclamation: | great crash, and Mr. Grant and a: another man, a mason, 
was intended v acri —** That manner in which the Union was ori- named M‘Leod, were buried in the ruins. As it was known 
Great Coggeshall.—A very earyct aceident has hap- | ginally carried by Castlereagh, nor | Opinion of Lor ying 
pened to Mr. and Mrs. Jackson and , of Horrell’s Plunkett and of ‘Lord Chief Justice Bushe, that it is ly tak t Tn 
Farm, near this place, Mr. Jackson, it Seems, Was re. binding upon Ireland, nor the coercion bill, nor the : of Para yee bourers and a clerk were 
turning from Highfields, driving a four-wheeled chaise, | pion bill, nor Lord tr ae ae contemptible menace m out alive; but it was about 2 o’clock 
and had not proceeded more than a hundred yards when corrupt, influence, nor all of these put together, produ be of Mr. ¢ and Mr. M‘Leod were dug out, when 
the pony became unmanageable. On arriving at the turn- ity of tl on | they were both dead. The cause of the accident is under- 
ing into the high-road to Braintree, such ee ag speed | of our domestic legislature than the vote on the amend- a. | stoo h isen from the i pressure of fire- 
of the animal that in spite of the pacer of Jackson ment of Lord Howick, for the following reason—that his | proof brick arched vaults for cotton stores which rested 
it ran against the shafts penetrated se the wall I against the wall of the wheel-house. A deal of rubbish 
of a cottage neatly opposite the snd The inmates akira House of Commons to his amendment, and ob- | and soil had been deposited on the roof of the arches for 
who had retired to rest, were alarmed at the shock, but | tained it, by tentati t | affording them protection from the weather, and the weight 
made uti to yonder assistance The eat were thrown | of knowledge of Ireland.” —On Monday th the usual meek | | had thereby become greater than the wall could support. 
from aise. 4 2.5 E 
chairman. A sum of 84/. was ir 
sides other injuries. Mr. Jackson a fiat. mere fr the past week, and a long letter from Mr. O'Co fiemel , Serbacell carom, 
ned | and bruised, but as read by the secretary; after which the meeting sepa- ty Antiquities —The workmen in excavating for 
in —The following are said to be the heads of a plan of by site of ig new Exchange have found several ie. 
Bri one ‘on.—On Gorveaey evening 3 Ta tomar’ than three | for the construction of railways in Ireland, to be proposed a large pond, 50 feet long, 
infants were left at different parts of this t town. i t a| to the House of Commons by Lord Morpeth ;—1. A body ~ fest wil and 13 feet deep. Amongst these : 
Martin, | of capitalists, providing funds for the intended lines of a Roman wall and pedestal, articles of pottery. ware, 
North, street, with pe Bes ket in his hand, which he said was | railw. ay, receiving an interest of four per cent. thereon 7 d tablets for 
for Mr, _ Martin, but there was nothing to pay.. The | from the net reyenue, and dividing any surplus beyond 
servant girl wen it to her gma and on her return | that with the counties through which the lines shall pass. 
the peshee Wert the passage, but the boy had left. On 2. A guarantee for that interest from the. counties per- 
the parcel, they found a boy, about six weeks old, | vaded and benefited, they taking in return half the sur- 
in flannel, and neatly clothed. He was taken plus profits, 3. A G mission to execute and | . 
to the waitin. where he is doing well. we others the rail 4. A board of control, consisting of 
were » brought into the poor rho ouse the same night, which men of rank, station, _and influence - e respective 
tel, i0 control out- 
on Sund ar pierecd ,» by the i ie GA ees 3 
5, r 4 
ni was 
the ee and had “sent ri Bg on shore ote a pee ee 
boat. Expressions of gratification were heard on all \ Edinburgh.—A short time since George Mark, a la- 
and it soon got known that a bag of letters letters “per —_ bourer, yal Infirmary, ill of fever, of 
dent’’ had reached the em onong Inquiries were which. he died next morning. Mark lodged with a la- Pie : 
anxiously made, when the report wi rtained to h in the Cowgate, named M‘Dermid, who had the | verbatim et aes copy, the Pesos of the petitioner is 
been founded on error, and, to a disappointment of op his chest, in which was a deposit receipt from the spelt in three different ways. ‘The petition cer — 
every one who had been indulging in hope, = was an- | Savings Bank for upwards of 25/. This receipt M‘Der- | writte 
nounced that the letters were received through her Majes- | ™ presented at the Bank on the Monday aiternoon as of the thieves who returned from transportation by some 
ty’s ship President, which was coming round ae d pretending e able to write, pr Stee Pe oe eee ee ae 
forei; station,—Her rt Majesty’s Ra; been - mark to if as a : other d r 2 | man himself : ‘° ee ee) Lord Mayor a 
ted oe - ondipen oe: ive ¢ ‘k ‘arrived eland, an led « ourt of Aldermen,—The humble 10f Jonathan 
French fishermen are continually breaking the eon- - | M‘Dermid, assured 
vention and La pe within our limits. The Rapid his friend, and that he 
£ he £r3 
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The inhabitants of this town were taken by sur- | ver, Was not satisfied 
Prise last week by this ‘indieation of her presence. to the Savings Bank discovered 
Bristol,—At the t in this city, on Saturday, | mid was appre! 
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