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THE FIELD. 
was undergoing some alteration ; amongst other tliiugs, the 
wall was considerably reduced in one part The young 
lady having heard tho voice of the Freemasons, and 
prompted by the curiosity, natural to all, to see this mystery, 
so long and so secretly locked up from public view, she had 
the courage to pick a brick from the wall, with her scisso -s. 
and witnessed tho ceremony. Curiosity satisfied, fear at once 
took possession of her mind. There was no mode of escape 
except through the very room in which the ceremony was 
being enacted, and that beiug at the far end, and the room a 
very largo one, she had resolution sufficient to attempt her 
escape that way, and, with light but trembling step, gliding 
along unobserved, laid her hand on the handle of the door, 
and, gently opening it, before her stood, to her dismay, the 
Tyler with his drawn sword. A shriek that pierced through 
the apartment alarmed the members of the lodge, who 
rushed to the door, and finding Miss St. Leger had witnessed 
the ceremony, their rage was excessive. A consultation was 
held, and it was deemed advisable to iuitiate her, in pre- 
ference to binding her by any ordinary oath — the obligation 
being so peculiarly impressive to a right and well-disposed 
mind. She consented, and became a member of that noble 
and aucieut order ; but little did they think that tho 
member so strangely received into the craft would afterwards 
reflect the greatest lustre on the annals of Masonry. 
and looked over the curtain of the window as he passed. I 
saw him from the ground on which I was sitting bound, aud 
a great many persons passed aud repassed at the time. I 
was bleediug from the side of my head aud nose. My little 
girl, who is here with me, was tho first that gave the alarm. 
, e *' ul y who lodges m my house up stairs had been gone out 
only ton minutes, aud rnysolf aud my child were the only 
persous m the house. Some further evidence having been 
given as to subsequent f.itets, aud Mr. J. II. Cooke, surgeon, 
having deposed to the violent character of the assault, which 
may even yet prove fatal, Sir R. W. Carden committed the 
prisoner lor trial, stating that the act was one of the most 
outrageous which had been committed in the City for many 
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THE TRIBUNALS. 
Judkins v. Field.— This action was tried in the Queen’s 
Bench ; the plaintiff was the Rev. T. J. Judkins, the offici- 
ating minister ofSoinera Chapel; aud he sued the defendant, 
A. G. Field, a surgeon, residing in Great Mnrlborough-street, 
to recover damages for an assault. The defendant pleaded 
only the general issue. It appeared, from the evidence given 
by the plaintitf, that he had some years since married the 
widow of the late Alderman Laiuson, a lady having a jointure 
of £700 a-yeur, and four daughters with fortunes of £6,000 
each. The defendant had married one of these youug ladies. 
The plaintiffs marriage with the widow did not appear to 
be a very happy one. His four daughters took part with 
the mother, and, iu consequence, he had thought it uecessary 
to forbid the defendant’s wife to come to his house. On the 
10th of June last, while the plaintiff was sitting iu his study’, 
he heard the defeudant’6 wife going up stairs. He went out 
aud ordered her to leave his house, and threatened to send 
for a policeman. The youug lady refused to do this, and 
declared she would come and see her mother. The plaintiff re- 
tired to his study, aud was then locked iu by some member 
of the family’. After some time he got out, aud went into 
the dining-room. Here a “scene" took place, iu the midst 
of which Mrs. Judkins fainted, or, as her husband said, made 
a “ feint" — a performance which, he said, she had enacted on 
more than one occasion. He declared that his daughter had 
called him a “bear, with shaggy eyebrows," aud he admitted 
that he retorted by calling her, in reference to her temper, 
a “ nasty creature,” and directing attention to a defect in 
her nose, said that she was “no beauty." The next day, 
which was Sunday, on returning from doing duty at 
church, the plaintiff received a letter from the defendant, 
demanding an apology for calling his (the defendant's) 
wife a “ nasty creature.” No answer was sent, but the 
next morning, at about ten o'clock, the defendant, armed 
with a riding-whip, aud with his hat on, forced his way into 
the plaintiff’s study, aud deuiauded an apology. He then, 
almost immediately, gave the plaintiff two blows on the 
breast with his fist, aud afterwards repeatedly struck him 
with the riding-whip, which he drew out of his pocket. 
The plaintiff was cross-examined at some length, with a view 
to show that he had charged the defendant with felony in eon 
nection with a picture-frame which had on one occasion been 
removed from the plaintiff's dining-room during his illness. 
The plain till’ denied that he had ever made such a charge 
against the defendant, though he confessed that he had said 
the frame had been taken away feloniously by some one. 
Mr. Leahy, an artist, who was present during the assault, 
confirmed the evidence given by the plaintiff on that part of 
the case, and said he had not heard the plaintiff make such 
a charge as that suggested. On the other hand, the de 
feudaut's wife deposed that on the 10th of June her step 
father, without provocation on her part, insulted her on ac- 
count of her want of beauty, by directing attention to her 
She stated that one of the ladies called the plaintiff a 
,Thf. Murder in Warren-street. — Iu our second edition 
of lust week we gave a full account of this dreadful affair. It 
will be uu uecessary to recapitulate the facts further than is 
incidentally detailed iu the following. Tho second victim, 
Charles Collard, who attempted to arrest the murderer of 
Mr. Moore, died on Saturday last. Tho desperate character 
of the assassin may be gathered from the following articles 
found upon him : — A pair of pistols (the barrels about six 
iuebes long), twenty-four cartridges, some percussion caps, 
aud a dagger, having a blade uiue inches in length. Oue of 
the pistols was fouud on tho ground near tho spot where the 
assassin was stopped by Mr. Maddreu. Barthi51^my is the 
same man who attracted so much attention iu 1852 iu respect 
“ devil,” aud that his own wife told him that he was " no 
beauty, with his shaggy eyebrows." The defendant also was 
called', and declared that he had not struck the plaintiff until 
he had been greatly provoked by being charged with felony 
aud called a blackguard, though lie was constrained to admit 
that he had taken the whip with him iu order to demand an 
apology. Lord Campbell summed up the cose to the jury, 
aud they found a verdict for the plaintiff, with £50 damages. 
Murderous Assault. — At the Mansion-house, on Tuesday, 
Charles Mallett was charged with the offence detailed in the 
following evidence : — Louisa Harrisou, a delicate-looking 
young woman, wife of a master carpenter, said : — On Monday 
evening, I was sitting in my parlour, my two children being 
asleep on the sofa, when I heard a knock at the street-door. 
I opened it, aud saw the prisoner, who said he had brought 
me some work from his sister. I am a dress-maker, aud I 
asked him iuto the parlour to see what it was. He had a 
bundle in his hand, and the moment he came in he closed 
the door aud blew out the light which was buruiug ou the 
table. He then said, “ Now, I want your money." I told 
him I had none, and he then hit me ou the side of my dress, 
aud thfc money I hail in my pocket chincked. I had in it 
£1. Os. 4d. in silver, and ho immediately tore away my 
pocket through the pocket-hule of my dress, aud, throwing 
some coppers I had upon the floor, lie put the silver in his 
pocket. He then hit me ou the nose with his fist, aud i 
bled profusely and fell to the ground, and cut my head. 
He then dragged me along the floor to the other end of the 
room, across which was a clothes-line, which he cut with a 
chisel he hud about him. He theu struck me while I lay on the 
ground with my husband’s large walking-stick, which was hang 
iug ou the line. I was stunned by the blow, but I got better, 
He then went to the other end of the room, and pulled two 
pistols out of his pocket aud laid them ou the table. Imme- 
diately afterwards he put the pistols iu his pocket again, and 
he took the chisel out, aud with it ho cut the other end o: 
the Hue, aud theu he tied my hands with tho cord .while 
was on the ground. I tried to scream, but he put his ban 
over my mouth, and said, if I called out he would kill my 
baby. Ho then jammed me in between two chairs, left the 
room, shut the door, and went up stairs. I distinctly heard 
biiu, but was not able to spoak at the time. Both my chil- 
dren, us he was leaving the room, woke up and screamed, 
aud he ' ' eu came down stairs aud went out of the house, 
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. 
«>vo tnrao ot their men into custody 
foi stealing oil. Ouo of the men made statements involving 
, . Gilbert, who, it was represented, had personally, and by 
hiSiforoinau. de'dt with the prosecutor’s oil cooper for oils 
to a duel which he fought, under extraordinary circumstances, 
with a French naval officer, Frederick Couruet, a 
- - , at Eghain. 
M. Corn-net was shot fatally. On the examination iuto this 
affair, the coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder ; 
but on the trial, though the same verdict was returned, Mr. 
Justice Coleridge, in consideration of the prisoners being 
foreigners, aud probably unaware of our severe laws agaiust 
duelling, merely senteuoed them to two mouths’ imprison- 
ment. — The prisoner was examined at Marlborough-street, on 
Saturday, by Messrs. Hardwicke aud Bingham. Charlotte 
Bennett, Mr. Moore's servant, deposed, that on Friday night 
the prisoner called aud asked for her master : he was accom- 
panied by a female. She soon afterwards heard a scuffle, aud 
subsequeutly heard tho discharge of a pistol, and saw Mr. 
Moore fall, whereupon the prisoner attempted to escape. — 
Mr. It. S. Carter, surgeon, deposed to the surgical part of the 
case, proving that Mr. Moore’s death was thus caused. — Mr. 
H. Kiallmark, house-surgeon at University College Hospital, 
gave evidence as to the death of Collard, deposiug that when 
the prisoner was brought into the presence of the dying man, 
he exclaimed, “ That is the man.” Collard’s dying testimony 
was read, testifying as to his own attempt to prevent the 
murderer's escape, aud to the shot fired by him. — The 
prisoner made no remark ou this deposition being read to 
him. Some other evidence of an unimportant character was 
given, and the examination was adjourned till Thursday. — 
Ou Monday Mr. Wakley held an inquest ou the bodies of Mr. 
G. Moore, aged sixty, aud of Charles i ollurd, thirty-six. 
The jury having viewed the bodies, Mr. J. Ericson, surgeon, 
of University College Hospital, deposed that he was called ou 
Friday night to see Collard, who had received a bullet wound 
iu the abdomen. He saw that the wound was mortal, and 
had no doubt that it was the only cause of his death. — Tho 
coroner remarked upon the inconvenience of the prisoner's 
absence from the inquest ; aud the jury concurring, it was 
resolved that a deputatiou should wait on Lord Palmerston, 
requesting that the prisoner should be brought before them 
at the adjourned inquest ou the following Thursday. Sus- 
picions were entertained that the person accompanying Bar- 
thiSldmy to Mr. Moore’s house was a man in female attire, 
but this supposition has, it seems, proved to be erroneous. A 
subscriptiou has been set on foot for the widow and family 
of Mr. Collard. It is going ou favourably, and a consider- 
able sum is likely to be obtained. — The adjourned inquest 
on Mr. Moore and Mr. Collard was held by Mr. Wakley on 
Thursday. Lord Palmerston declined to interfere as to tho 
prisoner's presence at the inquest : he was not therefore 
brought up. Charlotte Beuuett gave similar evidence to 
that given at Marlborough-street police-office, adding that 
she could not identify the party who accompanied Bartlid- 
lduiy. Inspector Checkley, however, said that the woman 
was known to them. The identity of Barthdldmy having 
been proved, aud a Mr. Moseley, painter, having testified to 
the circumstances of the prisoner's capture. Inspector 
Checkley stated that they had found out the residence of the 
accused at Chelsea, but it would tend to frustrate justice if 
more were said about it. He added that an impression 
had gone abroad that there had been another man concerned 
in the murder, and that the supposed woman was a man in 
woman’s clothes. Such was not the case ; the accused had 
gone to Mr. Moore's with two cloaks and two hats, and the 
woman hud made her escape the back way in oue of the 
cloaks aud hats. Oue of tho hats had beeu fouud at tho 
accused's lodgings. He further stated that there seemed an 
absence of any motive for tho act. The coroner summed 
up, aud the jury returned a verdict of “Wilful murder" 
agaiust Emanuel Barthdldmy. — On the same day, at Murl- 
borough-street, Barthdldmy was re-examined. He presented 
a most dejected appearance. Inspector Checkley having 
stilted that he had a clue to the apprehension of the woman 
accompanying the prisoner, applied for a remand, which 
was acceded to. 
Singular Recovery of a Dead Body. — On Monday 
afternoon, as a man named Pocock was fishing iu the Medway, 
near Strood, ho felt his net unusually heavy, and on dragging 
it to the surface brought up the body of his own son, who 
was drowned iu the river about a month ago, since which 
time several persons had repeatedly tried to recover tho 
body by hooks and drags, but without success. 
Suicide at Ninety Years ok Age. — A widow woman 
named Scott, ninety years ofage, committed suicide in Brechin 
on Saturday. A thin piece of rope fastened to a nail at no 
great height enabled the deceased to commit the rash act ; 
and her determination is indicated by the fact that heiMoet 
more than reached the floor. Deceased had of late suffered 
occasionally from mental derangement. 
Burglary in Lambeth. — On Saturday last some thieves 
eutered the premises of Messrs. Anderson aud Co., linen- 
drapers, West minster-road. They cut away the skylight, 
aud lowered themselves iuto a room, whence they passed 
into the warehouse, carrying off velvets, silks, and ribbons 
worth between five and six hundred pounds. The robbers 
have not yet been discovered. 
Charge of Felony against a Merchant.— On Wednes- 
day, Mr. J. Gilbert, juu., an oil merchant iu Bristol, was 
arrested on a charge of having conspired with oertoiu work- 
stolen from his masters premises, paying only half the value. 
It was stated also that ou one cask boiug purchased of the 
Messrs. Ayres in tho regular way by defendant, there was 
an arrangement between tho latter and tho oil cooper that 
three casks should be delivered, and this had been doue 
several times. Davoy, tho prisoner’s foreman, has absconded, 
but the junior clerk in Mr. Gilbert's warehouse deposed at 
the examination botore the magistrates to having beeu seat 
by lus master to purchase oil of Messrs. Ayres, oil cooper, 
at i s. the four aud-a-half gallon can. He further stated that 
Davoy s flight was arranged with tho prisoner. Officers have 
started in search of Davey, aud Mr. Uilbort lias beeu re- 
mauded till Mouday uext. 
Warehouses destroyed ry Fire at Manchester.— On 
Thursday morning a warehouse filled with cotton waste, 
m Newton-street, Mauchoster, belonging to Mr. Adams, was 
almost totally destroyed by fire as early as two o'clock. The 
fire was discovered before midnight, by a watchman on duty, 
who gave notice to tho fire brigade, and Mr. Rose, the 
superintendent, was soon in attendance, with the fire engines. 
Cotton waste, however, which consists of the sweepings of 
factories to a great extent, and is always more or less 
saturated with oil, from having como in contact with tho 
joints aud drippings of tho inoohiuery, is exceedingly 
infla m m a ble, and ou the preseut occasion the flames spread 
with more than ordinary fury. Portions of the lower story 
o dy of the building were saved, and tho damage is estimated 
at about £6,000. The owners are insured. 
Extensive Fires 
morning a fire of 
with a considerable 
in the Metropolis. — On Tuesday 
fearful character, and attended 
destruction of property, broke out 
in the promises of Mr. J. W. Thomas, a builder, Upper 
King-stroet, Bloomsbury. The flames soon shot into the air 
a distance of at least twenty feet ; on the engines rcuching(the 
scene, the whole of the carpenters' and joiners' shops were 
enveloped iu flame, and tho fire was attacking the timber in 
the yard behind tho dwelling-house. A plentiful supply of 
water having been procured, a number of engines wore net 
into operation ; but notwithstanding the exortions of the 
firemen and the many hired auxiliaries, the fire could not bo 
extinguished until the workshops and all they contained 
were nearly destroyed, including tho ineu’u working tools. 
The premises of Mr. J. Evans, gold refiner, No. 12, in the 
same street, and those of Mr. T. Moore, bootmaker, No. 15, 
are also damaged. A short timo before the above fire, 
another, equally large, happened iu tiie promises belonging 
to Mr. W. A. Gale, corn-dealer, King's-road, lloxton. Owing 
to the inflammable nature of the stock, iu less than five 
minutes after the alarm the whole building presented a 
huge sheet of fire, aud the flames were forcing their way into 
the premises of Mr. J. Helson, cabinet-maker, No. 96, High- 
street, IToxton. Some time was lost before the engines 
could be brought into full play, aud speedily the building 
in which the conflagration commenced, with its contents, 
were destroyed ; and the promises belonging to Mr. Holson, 
cabinet-maker, were considerably damaged. The total loss 
is very serious. A fire has also destroyed a private residence 
in Albert-road, Mile-ond ; aud another broke out at Messrs. 
Ellerby's, cutlers, Ave M aria-lane. It was extinguished by 
cutting away the ceiling. Fires have also very lately taken 
place in Deuinork-etroet, St. George's East ; Bush-lane, Uppc 
fhames-street ; and Castle-street, Oxford -street. 
Railway Accident. — Tho body of a gentleman was dis- 
covered on Saturday in tho Olivo Mount cutting of tho North- 
Western line. It was found to bo a Mr. Throlfall, formerly 
an ironmonger, but lately a commercial traveller, belonging 
to St. Helens, who, it is supposed, had fallen out of t! a train 
ou his return homewards from Liverpool. The body was so 
frightfully mangled that ho could only be identified by the 
articles fouud upon him. 
Fearful Railway Accident and Loss of I|:fe. — O u 
Wednesday morning, a frightful accident occurred mi the 
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Pemberton, near Wigan. 
The ten o’clock train from Liverpool to Manchester, just 
before its arrival at Pemberton, about two miles from 
Wigan, ran violently iuto a loaded coal-train, which was 
passing from a siding on it to the main Hue. The engine ot 
the passenger traiu was thrown off tho line on to the einbauk- 
meut by the concussion- -the wheels and lower part ot the 
engine blocking up the main line. Tho tonder was also 
overturned, and the carriage adjoining it, fortunately empty, 
was smashed to atoms, as also the uext carriage. Eight 
other carriages were thrown off the line, and both lines were 
blocked up during the greater part of the day. Tho stoker 
of the passenger train jumped off just before the collision ; 
but before lie could clear the tender, tho engine fell upon 
him and killed him. Tho engine-driver's ribs were broken. 
How the passengers escaped serious injury is considered a 
miracle. 
A serious collision took place on the 8th, at the Dideott 
Junction of the South Staffordshire line. A passenger train 
containing about seventy persona caught a projecting waggon 
which had beeu imperfectly shunted. The waggon swung 
round and smashed two or three carriages, injuring several 
others. Fifteen or twenty of tho passengers were more or 
less injured, one poor fellow, a hawker, having Ills log broken 
in two places aud two ribs fractured. An inquiry iuto th<- 
cause of the accident has led to sumo blame being attached 
to a policeman at the station. 
Shipwreck and Loss of Life. — News was received at 
Rotterdam ou the 7th of tho total loss of the Dutch barquo. 
Il'ndrika. She had a valuable general cargo, forty two pas- 
sengers, and a complement of forty men, bound lor Java, 
Iu the terrific gale which blew off the coast last Mouday she 
was disabled, and struck upon the New Sandbank, to which 
place it was impossible to convey any assistance. She has 
been beaten to pieces by the fury of the storm, aud not a 
soul has escaped. The passengers were for the greatest part 
connected with some of the first families m the country. A 
father and mother, with their seven children and servants, 
were among them. 
Fatal Accident in the Channel.— As tho Clyde steam 
shii» was coming up Channel, on Tuesday, for 1 ortsmouth. 
oue of her boilers hurst, by which two men were killed and 
seven others seriously wounded. The wounded men were 
sent ou shore, anil conveyed to the Royal Portsmouth 
Ports ea, aud Gosport Hospital, where they are receiving 
every attention and the best treatment. 
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