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Summary Of News For October.
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOE OCTOBER .
The month , with the exception of the accident at the Surrey Gardens and the attempted murder in Parliament-street , has been somewhat barren of news for the lovers of excitement . Her Majesty has returned to Windsor from Balmoral , and her subjects have generally quitted the seaside and returned to their homes . A large number of members of Parliament have been during the month starring
before their constituents , and giving an account of their Parliamentary stewardship . Narvaez has supplanted O'Donnell as minister in Spain , but appears to be by no means firm in the stirrups ; and the English and French legations have been recalled from Naples . In America the presidential election is still engrossing the attention of the rival parties—opinions appearing now to incline to the conclusion that Buchanan will be the winner , in which case the advocates
of slavery in its worst form will obtain a victory which may hereafter be most injurious to the Union .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . On the 1 st , Mrs . Hopkinson , the wife of a chemist in Broad-street , Bateliff , was charged with attempting to destroy her life by taking a large quantity of laudanum . It appeared that her husband was generally drunk , and the business was left to the management of the wife , a young and inexperienced woman . After some strong remarks relative to such a person being left to dispense drugs , Mr . Yardley , the magistrate , discharged her . On the evening of the same day the husband ruptured a blood-vessel , which caused his death on the 6 th .
William James Bobson , who is charged with having forged and stolen various shares of the Crystal Palace Company to the value of 50 , 000 ? ., was arrested at Copenhagen on the 7 th . He was brought to London and committed for trial on the simple charge of stealing eight shares . A most frightful accident occurred in the music-hall of the Surrey Gardens on the evening of the 19 th , when Mr . Spurgeon , a Baptist minister of some
considerable fame , was about to preach . The hall being densely crowded , an alarm was given , which caused a cry of fire to be raised , and in their attempts at retreat , a large portion of the congregation got jammed on the staircase , and a portion of the balustrade gave way . Seven persons lost their lives , principally by suffocation or being trampled upon , and a large number were injured . We never entered the hall but once , and we then told one of the managers that if ever an alarm from
any cause was given , there would be an accident , the means of egress being very deficient . Circular staircases are altogether unfitted to such buildings . A murderous assault was committed on the evening of the 20 tb , the victim being Mr . Iiichard Cope , a shopman to Mr . Berry , a jeweller in Parliamentstreet , and the ruffian a ticket-of-leave man named Bobert Marley . The asssult was commited with a view to plunder , but a young man named Lerig passing at the time , the miscreant was foiled and attempted to escape , but was taken at the corner of the street . He gave his name as John Jenkins . Mr . Cope is not expected to recover .
COMMERCIAL . The affairs of the Boyal British Bank being now in the hands both of the Court of Chancery and the Court of Bankruptcy , there appears very little prospect of the customers obtaining a speedy settlement of their claims . Several of the depositors have sold their accounts by public auction , tho prices realized being from 96 * . to 13 . ? . 6 d . in the pound . The London and Pith Banking Company have agreed to wind up , in consequence of disappointments in the original expectations .
The half-yearly meeting of the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company was held on tho 16 th , and a dividend at tho rate of 4 per cent , per annum declared . A bonus would have been also declared for the insurance fund but for the loss of the Tag in the Gulf oft Mexico , news of which was received just before the meeting .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Summary Of News For October.
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOE OCTOBER .
The month , with the exception of the accident at the Surrey Gardens and the attempted murder in Parliament-street , has been somewhat barren of news for the lovers of excitement . Her Majesty has returned to Windsor from Balmoral , and her subjects have generally quitted the seaside and returned to their homes . A large number of members of Parliament have been during the month starring
before their constituents , and giving an account of their Parliamentary stewardship . Narvaez has supplanted O'Donnell as minister in Spain , but appears to be by no means firm in the stirrups ; and the English and French legations have been recalled from Naples . In America the presidential election is still engrossing the attention of the rival parties—opinions appearing now to incline to the conclusion that Buchanan will be the winner , in which case the advocates
of slavery in its worst form will obtain a victory which may hereafter be most injurious to the Union .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . On the 1 st , Mrs . Hopkinson , the wife of a chemist in Broad-street , Bateliff , was charged with attempting to destroy her life by taking a large quantity of laudanum . It appeared that her husband was generally drunk , and the business was left to the management of the wife , a young and inexperienced woman . After some strong remarks relative to such a person being left to dispense drugs , Mr . Yardley , the magistrate , discharged her . On the evening of the same day the husband ruptured a blood-vessel , which caused his death on the 6 th .
William James Bobson , who is charged with having forged and stolen various shares of the Crystal Palace Company to the value of 50 , 000 ? ., was arrested at Copenhagen on the 7 th . He was brought to London and committed for trial on the simple charge of stealing eight shares . A most frightful accident occurred in the music-hall of the Surrey Gardens on the evening of the 19 th , when Mr . Spurgeon , a Baptist minister of some
considerable fame , was about to preach . The hall being densely crowded , an alarm was given , which caused a cry of fire to be raised , and in their attempts at retreat , a large portion of the congregation got jammed on the staircase , and a portion of the balustrade gave way . Seven persons lost their lives , principally by suffocation or being trampled upon , and a large number were injured . We never entered the hall but once , and we then told one of the managers that if ever an alarm from
any cause was given , there would be an accident , the means of egress being very deficient . Circular staircases are altogether unfitted to such buildings . A murderous assault was committed on the evening of the 20 tb , the victim being Mr . Iiichard Cope , a shopman to Mr . Berry , a jeweller in Parliamentstreet , and the ruffian a ticket-of-leave man named Bobert Marley . The asssult was commited with a view to plunder , but a young man named Lerig passing at the time , the miscreant was foiled and attempted to escape , but was taken at the corner of the street . He gave his name as John Jenkins . Mr . Cope is not expected to recover .
COMMERCIAL . The affairs of the Boyal British Bank being now in the hands both of the Court of Chancery and the Court of Bankruptcy , there appears very little prospect of the customers obtaining a speedy settlement of their claims . Several of the depositors have sold their accounts by public auction , tho prices realized being from 96 * . to 13 . ? . 6 d . in the pound . The London and Pith Banking Company have agreed to wind up , in consequence of disappointments in the original expectations .
The half-yearly meeting of the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company was held on tho 16 th , and a dividend at tho rate of 4 per cent , per annum declared . A bonus would have been also declared for the insurance fund but for the loss of the Tag in the Gulf oft Mexico , news of which was received just before the meeting .