At the Aylesbury Sessions. on Tuesday, it was stated by
the counsel for Eton College, that the indictment against Mr. Jesse, for mutilating the statue of Henry the Sixth could nut be sustained ; and Mr. Jesse's reeognizances were discharged.
Oa Friday last, two mei' began to bargain for a horse, the one in joke and the other in earliest ; and it wria agreed Joy the owner, who wits only in joke, to take lit for the ultimo', andt h
- r_e purchm:er WAS to pay live shillings for drink. It came unit whilst 'he/ VI aro drinking
together, that the owner of the horse was not in ; but the mats who had agreed to pay 5/. for the holm., rind who bud thus been doped Pot of five shillings, was determined to make the other aliitle by the bargiin. A short titne after, the ow..er of the {wise went out of that public-house in which they were drinking., and rode away with the milieu,' • which the other !ming- told of, he took o leoNe mud i lllll leditstely follosve'd, and overtook him at Mold (heett, having previously expressed Isis determination to kill him. When lie came tip to Idol a battle en. sued ; and the owner of the horse felling. the other immediately pro- ceeded to do the woi k of vengeance. It is said that he took his un- fortunate victim by the head mid broke his neck of which he instantly died.—Halifax Guardian.
A terrible calamity, occasioned by an explosion of gas, occurred on Saturday last, at the Blaine Iron-works of Messrs. Russell and Brown, in ',Monmouthshire. About ten o'clock in the forenoon, there was a loud noise, and then a cloud of smoke was seen iesuing from one of the pits-
" These two signals attracted the notice of the men who were at work on the coke-yard adjoining the pit, and also of the persons on the opposite side of the valley. It was immediately discovered that an explosion of gas, commonly called flue damp, had taken place in the underground workines; and the first impression on the minds of those present was, that all the workmen in the headings and stalls were either burnt to death or suffactited.One man. named Daniel Davis, descended the pit ; the overlooker of the colliery, Richard But- tery, hastened to the spot, and instantly followed Daniel Davis, and by their united exertions soon brought tip to the surface of the pit three men in a com- plete state of exhaustion. No one could be prevailed upon to descend the pit, exeepting Buttery and Davis; who, notwithstanding their exhaustion, occa- sioned by the noxious vapour, again returned, and continued their exertions is sending up the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers. By this time a great number of workmen had collected froin all parts of the works ; and front the noble example set them by the above-named individuals, several 'dims fed- lovred with the greatest alacrity to render their assistance in g (ring the men up, which they did very rapidly. They had to contend with great difficulties; so dense was the smoke and the sulphurous vapour, that they could scarcely breathe, or derive any light from the candles, being obliged to grope in the datk for the bodies that were lying dead, or in a state of insensibility, in the headings and stalls. By twelve o'clock, thirty-five individuals were brought to die surface, eleven of whom were dead, and the others in a state of exhaus- tion and stupefaction. About half-past two o'clock two more were brought up, one of them dead, and the other quite senseless; however, the latter WAS AO far recovered as to be able to give a clear accouut of the catastrophe before the Coroner."
It appears from the evidence of this man, and others, that, in spite of the positive and repeated injunctions of their masters never to go into the pits without Davy's safety-lamp, some men did go with lighted candle into a passage known not to be safe; and hence the explosion and its terrible consequences. Most of the men who were killed were unmarried. The Coroner's Jury returned a verdict unani- mously of "accidental death ;" adding that " no blame whatever is attributable to the masters or their agents; nor is there any fault to be found with the construction of the works or with the mode of working them."
A circumstance illustrative of the brotherly affection of two of the sufferers, is given in die account of this sad affair- " On Sunday evening, another death was added to the list, making a total of thirteen. This unfortunate man was John, the brother of Walter William% one of the first brought up. Upon his (Walter's) recovery from the effect* of the vapour, his first inquiry was for his brother John's safety; understanding be was still in the pit, he instantly descended io search of him ; John, equally anxious for the preservation of his brother, was groping in the pit for Walter. Thom these two men were in a state of mind bordering on distraction, seeking each other in this living grave. John was ultimately brought up alive; but, in consequence of the great quantity of fool air inhaled by him during his search hr Walter, nature was too far spent to rally ; and he, no doubt, fell a macs Ss his brotherly affection."
A short time ago, a female from York, who was on a visit to a family in Wakefield, broke a needle, while sewing, and part of it lodged in her eye. A surgeon was immediately sent for ; but before his arrival a young man in the room, with great presence of mind, suggested the application of a magnet. The experiment was made, and the particle immediately dislodged. —Halifax Express.
A fetal accident occurred on Sunday morning last, about half-past Iwo o'clock, at Calderone, near Biggleswade. The up and down Hull mile came in contact; when the former was overthrown, and the coachman was so mtich injured, as to cause his death within a few boors after. The guard was hurt, hut not so as to prevent him con- tinuing his journey. Fortunately there were no- passengers either in. side or out.—Ilerrfard
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