On this page
-
Text (6)
-
726 1Rf)t 3Lt&it$t* [Saturday,
-
CHIMES AND CASUALTIES IN AMERICA. By the...
-
EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT OF CARRIER PIGEONS....
-
MURDERS AND MURDEROUS ASSAULTS. The adjo...
-
INCENDIARISM. An alarming and most destr...
-
MISCELLANEOUS. The Queen and Prince Albe...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Bu R G L Aries And Robb Er I E S O F Th ...
public thoroughfare of the town of Workmgton . The party engaged in this attempt had effected an opening through one of the shutters by means of an auger , which had been worked in various places until the entire width ¦ was removed , the sheet iron with which the shutter was strengthened wrenched , and two squares of glass broken , "whereby a sufficient gap was cleared for him to enter and make a selection from Mr . Walker's valuable stopk . This must have occupied considerable time , and , during the stillness of night , have occasioned no little noise . Nothing , however , was missing , from which it is conjectured that the robber had been alarmed and had abandoned his object . « ... _ _ . ¦»«¦ j •* - * ^ effected at
_ . _ A daring burglary was on Monday night , the rectory house at Pertenhall , near Kimbolton , occupied by the Reverend W . Mudge , which was accomplished by breaking a pane of glass in the larder window , by which they obtained an entrance . The tool-house in the garden had previously been searched for implements to be made use of in the house , and a hammer and an iron peg were brought in and left there , as well as some matches and a piece of stout rope . The thieves appear to have accomplished their object undisturbed , and succeeded in carrying away a considerable quantity of plate , a box containing contributions to the Church Missionary Society , and full of silver and pence . They also took a loaf of bread , a quantity of cold meat , and four or five bottles of wine , with which to refresh themselves after the fatigue they had undergone . One of the rascals also purloined the gardener ' s coat , which was valued at £ 2 .
An extensive robbery took place last Sunday night at the premises of Mr . Travell , pawnbroker and silversmith , Long-row , Nottingham . The thieves effected an entrance through the back of the premises ; the pavement leading to the back-yard was taken up , so as to admit the body of a man ; and after the robbers had arrived in the back yard , with the use of " jemmies " and crowbars , the door leading to the shop was forced open . The value of the stolen property amounts to several hundred pounds . The house of Miss Dumbleton , a lady of fortune , residing at Northampton , was burglariously entered at two o ' clock on Sunday morning last . Access was obtained through the kitchen window , at the back of the premises .
After ransacking the lower rooms , the burglar , disguising himself by putting on a coat and hat which he found in the hall , proceeded up stairs , and entered the bedroom of Mr . William Davis , a young gentleman , who , with his sister was staying in the house . Mr . Davis , suddenly aroused from , sleep , and observing a fellow at his bedside , demanded what business he had there , at the same time endeavouring to free himself from the clothes . On perceiving this , the villain held up a currier ' knife , and swore if he did not lie still he would soon quiet him . In
a moment Mr . Davis sprang from the bed , rushed upon the scoundrel , and by a sudden effort succeeded in getting hold of the knife . A desperate struggle ensued , when Mr . Davis threw the fellow on the floor , and fell heavily upon him . The noise alarmed the ladies , who opened the windows and called for the police . In a short time several came to the spot , but could not be let into the house , as the fellow had put all the keys in his pocket . Eventually they entered by the window forced by the burglar , and took him into custody , Mr . Davis having pinned him to the ground until their arrival .
Marshall and Heeley , two of the men apprehended on the charge of having been concerned in the burglary and attempt to murder at Birmingham , have been committed to take their trial at the next assizes .
726 1rf)T 3lt&It$T* [Saturday,
726 1 Rf ) t 3 Lt & it $ t * [ Saturday ,
Chimes And Casualties In America. By The...
CHIMES AND CASUALTIES IN AMERICA . By the steam-ship Atlantic , which arrived at Liverpool , on Thursday , -we have intelligence from New York to the 12 th instant . Great excitement continues to prevail relative to the operation of the Fugitive Slave Bill . The papers are filled with notices of crimes and accidents : — At Detroit , a reclaimed and fugitive slave was guarded from rescue by the military . At New Bedford a large meeting of citizens was held in opposition to the slave law , which , it was decided " as it suspended the Habeas Corpus , is unconstitutional . " Hundreds have
left Boston , New York , and Albany—and letters from Canada notice the arrival of hundreds of fugitives at Toronto , Montreal , and other cities . At Lawrencevillc , South Carolina , Mrs . Miram was murdered by one of her negro women , and much disaffection is said to exist among the coloured population of the most northern of the slave states . The condition of things in the lower part of Philadelphia is truly dreadful . There were eight cases of incendiarism within a week . In one instance seventeen houses were burned ; in another twelve were partially destroyed ; and several ruffians who had robbed the house of a widow ^ that # was in flames were seen openly dividing their spoil in
the streets , by the light of the conflagration ! In one riot a man named Sipplc was murdered ; in another , Sunday morning was desecrated by a battle between two gangs of rowdies , in which pistols and muskets were used , and seven or eight men wounded , two , it is believed , mortally . On Saturday evening , in a crowded street , Mr . Ilingold was stopped by four desperadoes , and a pistol put to his head , while he was robbed of a gold watch aud chain . Soon after there was a second highway robbery . At one of the fights between two gangs of rioters there were 5000 people looking on at a distance , but not a man interfered to prevent bloodshed ! Indeed arson , robbery , and murder are now so common in the suburb called Moyamcnsing and its vicinity , that these crimes have long ceased to attract attention or to excite horror .
The Manchester Hank , Fninont , was entered lately , and robbed offiOOO dollars in gold . At Samson , North Carolina , Mr . W . G . Alford was shot by an assassin from behind a hedge . Murderer unknown . AtYork-Tillc last week , Mr . Avcns was Inrred and feathered , and
ridden out of town on a rail , because he was suspected of being an abolitionist ! —a pretty specimen this of liberty in South Carolina . A scaffold , with four men on it , fell from a third story to the ground , at Burrilville , on Monday . A man named M'Cabe , from Ireland , was killed , and the three others were dangerously wounded . A horse was also killed . The Eastern and Western mail trains came into collision on the railroad , near Syracuse ; one man killed and seven persons injured .
Extraordinary Flight Of Carrier Pigeons....
EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT OF CARRIER PIGEONS . The Glasgow Mail states that " two of the carrier pigeons taken by Sir John Ross , when he left the Port of Ayr , and some of which were to be despatched home in the event of his either finding Sir John Franklin or being frozen in , arrived at Ayr on Friday week , finding their way at once to the dove-cot which they occupied previous to being taken away . The birds arrived within a short time of each other , but neither of them conveyed anything in the shape of a letter or note of any kind . One of them , indeed , which may have had some document attached , was found to be considerably mutilatedits legs having apparently been shot away . The time they were liberated by Sir John Ross is of course uncertain , but taking into consideration the well-known powers of i it cannot have
flight possessed by the carrier pgeon , been very long since they left our gallant countryman . The arrival of authentic news from the Arctic regions will be looked forward to with additional anxiety , from the probability which has now arisen that some tidings may have been heard of Sir John Franklin . Independent , however , of the interest which otherwise attaches to the extraordinary flight of the pigeons , it will be regarded by naturalists as a most remarkable incident . We do . not recollect of any parallel to it . The distance the creatures must have traversed cannot be far short of 2000 miles , and as they travel by sight and not by scent , the fact is the more extraordinary . Sir John Ross , we believe , took five pigeons with him , which , it may be remembered , were stated , in the last accounts received of him , to have been at that time all alive , so that there are still three to be accounted for . "
Murders And Murderous Assaults. The Adjo...
MURDERS AND MURDEROUS ASSAULTS . The adjourned inquest upon the death of the Reverend Mr . Holiest , incumbent of Frimley Grove , was resumed before Mr . Woods , the coroner , on Tuesday . The evidence adduced has been , for the most part , anticipated by previous reports . The prisoners were not present during the day . The coroner , in resuming the investigation , drew the attention of the jury to the additional evidence furnished by Hiram Smith ' s confession ; and reminded them that , in the present stage of the proceedings , that confession could only be received as proof against Smith himself . Mr . Keene , the governor of the House of Correction at Guildford , was then called , and
repeated the evidence which he gave on Friday last before the magistrates . He added that , on Sunday last , while on his usual visit to Smith ' s cell , he said to him , " Well , Governor , how do you think I shall get on ? " Witness replied , " I really can ' t say ; " and added , " Are you quite positive in the statement you made , that Levi Harwood was the man who fired the pistol ? " He replied , " Yes , I am positive of it . Moreover , on leaving the room , Levi Harwood said he hoped he had not killed Mr . Holiest . " The enquiry was adjourned till Thursday next , in order to attest by every ^ possible means , the accuracy of Hiram Smith ' s confession . Another shocking homicide , at present involved in § reat mystery , has been discovered at Haverfordwest , outh Wales . The deceased , an elderly woman , named
Elizabeth Burnard , was discovered lying in a ditch near the Methodist chapel in that town . She was scarcely sensible , and in a completely helpless state , and , with the consent of the landlady of that house , was carried to the Cornwallis Arms Tavern , where she was put to bed , under the impression that she was tipsy . It was subsequently , however , discovered that her condition was the result of violence to which she had been subjected ; and , notwithstanding that she received every care and attention from Mr . Morris , surgeon , by whom she was attended , she continued to grow worse , and ultimately died . From a post mortem examination , it appears that the cause of death was a violent blow with a blunt instrument . An inquest was held upon the body , when a verdict of wilful murder was returned against some
person or persons unknown . The funeral of Jael Denny took place on Saturday afternoon , in the churchyard of the village of Doddinghurst , distant about two miles and a half from the cottage in which the deceased ' s parents reside . The ceremony was conducted in the most private manner possible . About three o ' clock a one-horse hearse of the commonest description received the pauper coffin in which the body had been deposited , and immediately afterwards moved off towards Doddinghurst , followed by the aged father and mother , a sister of the deceased , and two or three neighbours . The friends of the deceased , especially her sister , as well as most of the bystanders , were painfully affected , and the scene altogether was of a very
melancholy character . The Hebden-bridge murder still remains involved in mystery . The brothers of Helliwell , the man first apprehended , and on whom suspicion was cast by some foolish remark of his wife , having been examined to see if any wounds were on their hands , have been set at liberty , there being nothing to warrant their detention . One of the brothers was in such a state of intoxication , and his answers to the magistrates were so incoherent , that nothing satisfactory could be made of him . Green also , another suspected person , after a further examination before the magistrates , has been set at liberty , and it is said by those who first examined the tollbar-keeper's bed after his murder that there was an appearance in the clothes of some one else having slept by his side , a clear ridge of th , e impressed , bedclothes being observable
between the place where he seemed to have slept and the place where the second person had been . The Government have offered a reward of £ 100 to the discoverer of the murderer , in addition to the £ 20 offered by the trustees of the turnpike , with a free pardon to any accomplice whose hands are not stained with the actual crime . The fellow charged with the extraordinary attack upon the Reverend Lachlan M'Intosh , at Shaw ' s Temperance Hotel , Kendal , was tried at the Kendal Sessions on Friday . He gave his nameJCharles Montgomery , but his real name is Charles Vein , from Carlisle . He stood committed
for trial upon the charge of an assault with intent to rob and of stealing a key belonging to the room where the prosecutor slept , which was found along with the bottle of chloroform in prisoner's carpet-bag . The proprietress of the Temperance Hotel , however , refused to swear to this key before the grand jury , although she had sworn to it before the committing magistrates , and the consequence was that the bill for the larceny of the key fell to the ground . The prisoner pleaded guilty to the attempt to rob , and was sentenced by the bench to eighteen months ' imprisonment with hard labour , including one month ' s solitary confinement .
Robert Meggitt , a labourer , aged 73 , whose drunken and ferocious habits had long made him the terror of Bonby , in Lincolnshire , committed a shocking murder on the 15 th instant , by stabbing a young man named George Sanderson , in a fit of drunken frenzy . It appeared that he had previously threatened to kill somebody that night . He had dreamed , he said , that he must kill somebody that night or next morning . Meggitt has been committed to gaol on a charge of wilful murder . The body of a full-grown female child was discovered near the iron railings of the enclosure in Euston-square on Monday morning , presenting all the appearances of having died from strangulation . The letters " E . P . " were found marked in red cotton on one of the napkins in which the body was enveloped .
Incendiarism. An Alarming And Most Destr...
INCENDIARISM . An alarming and most destructive fire broke out about noon , on the 18 th instant , at Bloxham , and which totally destroyed the farmhouse , ricks , barns , a large quantity of wool , & c , belonging to Mr . Gulliver , an extensive farmer residing there ; also a malthouse and other premises belonging to Mr . Willis ; part of the homestall of Mr . Potter , a large farmer ; and a few cottages . The origin of the fire is unknown , but it is supposed to be the act of an incendiary . Many of the labourers , it is stated , refused to render assistance , and stood looking on with apparent apathy , with their hands in their pockets ; and when the fire was at the highest on Mr . Gulliver ' s premises some of them remarked , " It is of no consequence , he can well afford to lose it . "
Information has been received at the various insurance offices in the City of several repetitions of the savage crime of incendiarism in Ely and its neighbourhood , by which a vast quantity of property has been consumed . The first fire reported to the offices happened late on Wednesday night or early on Thursday morning week . It originated in a long barn filled with grain , belonging to Mr . Abraham Murfitt , at Strctham , near Ely . Owing to the inflammable character of the contents , the flames spread furiously , and very speedily communicated to five small dwelling-houses , which were all burned to the ground . Not the least doubt is entertained but that the fire was the work of some diabolical incendiary .
The second fire returned to the offices happened on the same day as the above , in the premises of Mr . John Wheeler , of Haddenham , in the Isle of Ely . The house in which the fire began was burned down , as well as one adjoining . Both buildings were insured , and thore is strong ground for supposing that both were wilfully fired . Wheeler left his home a short time before the discovery , and whilst at the house of a neighbourthe alarm was given , when he at once cried out , " Then it is at my house . " The next day he got up , saying he was going to see his wife , but shortly afterwards he was found in a pond with his throat cut and dead . There is no doubt that Wheeler was apprehensive of being taken into to
custody for causing the fire , and which induced him destroy his life . Another fire broke out , at a late hour on Thursday night , in the farm premises of Mr . Henry Balls , of Ely . It began in a long bean-stack , which was totally destroyed . This fire was also the work of some vile incendiary . The fourth fire returned took place on the premises of Mr . William Sharpe , shoemaker , of Wilburton , near Ely , but was extinguished without much damage . The circumstances attending this lire are , however , of a very suspicious character . The fifth nrc occurred on a farm belonging to Lord llardwicke , at Great Eversden , which destroyed the farmhouse , a groat number of stacks , the farm premises , and outbuildings . This fire was also the work of an incendiary .
Miscellaneous. The Queen And Prince Albe...
MISCELLANEOUS . The Queen and Prince Albert , with the yotmger branches of the Royal Family , are still at Osbornc-housp , where they will remain in comparative seclusion , with only the usual attendance of the Court , until the end of the present month . The Court will leave Osbornehouco on the 1 st of November for Windsor , where her Majesty will receive a succession of visitors . Mr . Thorburn has been honoured with sittings during the week from his Royal Highness Prince Albert , for his portrait in the pictorial group of himself and his brother , the Duke of Saxe Cobourg Gotha . The grand banquet at York to the Lord Mayor was to fnfcp nlnee last nitzht . Prince Albert was to leave
Osbornchouse at an early hour on Friday morning , and was expected to reach York about five o'clock , the invitations to dinner being for six o ' clock . Prince Albert will be the guest of the Lord Mayor , and . would sleep at me
-
-
Citation
-
Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 26, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26101850/page/6/
-