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CBARTISH v. PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL ...
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BIRTHS AND DEATHS-HEALTH OF THE METROPOL...
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UTERARr ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF PO...
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GREAT FIRES. ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE "" FIRE...
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CRIMES AND OFFENCES. HORRIBLE MUBDBrTn B...
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SHOCKING MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND...
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6 The Star Of Freedom. Mat A ] Sto
6 THE STAR OF FREEDOM . Mat a ] Sto
Cbartish V. Parliamentary And Financial ...
CBARTISH v . PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL JJEFOItXI . A public meeting , convened by the " Lambeth Branch of the Xational Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association , " was held on Wednesday evening , May 5 th , in the spacious new Hall , said to be capable of holding a thousand persons , Canterbury Arms , Upper Marsh , Lambeth , for the purpose of taking into consideration the " present important political crisis , to enrol members of the Association , and the Extension of the Suffrage to Non-Electors . " The bill of announcement invited tbe people to " attend the meeting and test who are your true friends . "
At half-past eight o ' clock Jons M'Leod , Esq ., took the chair , vbo said he had been an advocate of Reform , for nearly twenty years . Mr . Webber moved the first resolution , as follows : — "That this meeting , being fully impressed with the necessity under the present aspect of political parties in the House of Commons , for firmness and unanimity to prevai among all classes of Reformers , calls upon the Liberal eleol tors of Lambeth to resist , by every constitutional meansany attempt to reimpose a bread tax , and , at the same time , urges the return to Parliament at the nest election of note let tried and experienced men . " , Br . Evass , ia seconding the motion , declared himself a GO & verted Tory and a political compromiser , anxious to obtain something ; asserted tbat the soil of England was not capable of maintainmg her people , which assertion was met by an emphatic negative by the audience . After a few words from Mr . Dixon , the resolution was carried . S 3
J . P . M'McBKoroa , Esq ., moved the second resolution , embracing tbe well-known five propositions of the Parlia mentary and Financial Reform Association , and declared tbat all who would be left unenfranchised , after the legali sation of their residental clause , would be ' like the gypsies —tie sleepers on doorsilla in winter , and on the Carpathian mountains in gammer "—and urged the usual topics pat forth by the advocates of the same cause in general , in fevour of the motion . Air . Fjubchuvd seconded tbe resolution . Mr . Snaos said he was a Chartist , but did not think he was compromising his principles by supporting the resolution . Mr . Hoboes said , he believed no good would ever be done for the cause of industry until labour was represented in Parliament ; and he could not see how this was to be accomplished , unless members were to be paid for tbeir services .
After a few words iu opposition to the resolution from Mr . Amery , Mr . Gkast moved an amendment to the effect— " That so measures short of those principles contained in the People ' s Charter , viz ., Universal suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Electoral Districts , No Property Qualification , and Payment of Members , will ever permanently and politically benefit tho whole people , " and said it was no factitious motive tdat induced him to stand on that platform ; but he did believe that , were the Political aud Fnancial Reformers to unite cordially with tbe Chartists , and add the enthusiasm of tbe latter to their other appliances , they could carry the Charter in a much less tune than it would take them to carrv the lesser measure .
He trusted the meeting would show its good sense ia adopting the amendment he had proposed . Mr . Fjkles and tho Rev . Mr . Towssexd rose together to second the amendment . The Chairman gave the preference to the rev . gentleman , who said—Eleven years ago he read and admired tbe principles of the People ' s Charter , and since then his veneration for it had increased , and be wished to make all that were not Chartists become bo , and bo would make the numerous public meetings held So many teaching schools , and did not despair of seeing the principles of the Charter become the law of the land . " The rev . gentleman then condemned the manner in which tbe Charter was advocated , strongly censured what he designated obstructives , and was reminded , amidst shouts of laughter , that at that moment he was an obstructive . Bis allusion to the sacrifices he had made for the cause was met by a peculiar whistle , and the rev . gentleman resumed his seat after seconding the amendment .
Mr . J . Fisi . es then rose to support the amendment . They had heard it seconded—such seconding forcibly recalled to his mind the opposite aphorism of "Oh save me from my friends . " ( Cheers . ) Ifc would appear they had arrived at a now phase in the agitation for their rights ere now . Men hud spoken Chartism , and voted against it ; now men professedly seconded the object , and stabbed while they supported . ( Loud cheers . ) Ho stood there to oppose expediency—to advocate justice—to support the People's Charter , which would confer , legitimately , the rights of all . ^ Loud cheers . ) What was required to benefit the masses was , that Labour should be represented on the floor of tbe House of Commons ; and one gentleman , belonging to the Parliamentary Reform Association , had well observed this could never take place
until members of Parliament were paid for their services . ( Applause . ) The representatives returned under any lesser measure than the Charter , would always he men who had made colossal fortunes ont of the sweat and blood of tho eons and daughters of Industry , and who never could , or Would , represent the interest of Labonr . ( Much applause . ) A gentleman had observed , that the advocacy of the Charter had brought too many of its disciples to prison ? , pjnal settlements , and death . Yes ; they had loved principle even better than liberty or life itself . { Laud cheers . ) But who were the jurors whoso verdicts had sacrificed those heroic men ? Why , those rery middle class men who now hypocritically asked the despised Chartists to join them . ( Loud cheers . ) True , very true , men had been
thrown into the darkest dungeons , had been placed at the felon bar , « tn & foptnal settlements , and some , like the martyrs of old , had sanctified tbe glorious principles of humanity with their blood . The seeds of Democracy had , indeed , been sown in this rich soil , and had fructified ; and Chartists , like the Phoenix , had arisen from tho ashes of the martyrs' funeral pile , and would carry on tbe struggle until victory crowned their efforts ; the principle was immortal , and could never die . ( . Immense cheering , again and again repeated . ) The Chairman then distinctly put the amendment and motion , when not one single baud was raised for the motion , and the Chairman declared tbe amendment carried , amidst the most vociferous cheering . A vote of thanks was given by acclamation to the Chairman , and the meeting was dissolved .
Births And Deaths-Health Of The Metropol...
BIRTHS AND DEATHS-HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS . ( From the Report of the Registrar-General . } Last week the births of SOG boys and 730 girls , in all 1 , 53 children were registered in London . In the seven corresponding weeks of the years 1 S 45-51 the average number was 1 , 433 . s In the week that ended last Saturday the number of deaths registered in London was 1 , 026 , which is nearly the same as in the previous week . In the ten corresponding ¦ weeks of the years 1 S £ 2 51 the average was 903 , which if raised in proportion to increase of population , becomes 993 . Compare !! with the calculated amount , the mortality of last -week exhibits an excess of 83 ; and henco it appears that though , as was shown in last return , tho public health has improved since March , it is not yet in so favourable a state as might be expected at this period of the year .
THE MARRIAGES , BIRTHS , AND DEATHS IN EXGIAKD . The quarterly return of marriage ? , births , and deaths , ¦ was issued on Saturday . The general results of the return are satisfactory ; the marriages exceed the average number the births are above , the deaths are below the average of the kingdom . ° 90 , 986 persons were married in the last quarter of tbe year ending December 31 st , 1 S 51 . In England the greatest proportion of marriages i « always celebrated in the months of September , October , November , after harvest ; and the numbers in the last season not only exceed the marriages in the previous quarters of 1851 , but those in the corresponding quarters of previous years . Allowing for increase of population , the proportion of marriages -was slightly less than in the antums of 1315 and 1 S 50 , but greater thau ia any other auttmn since 1342 .
The births of 1 GI , 776 children , born alive , were registered in toe months of January , February , and March , 1852 . The number greatly exceeds the average of the season , which 23 generally the most prolific of the year , go manv births ivere never registered before in the earac lime . London , ™«„« f ^ l counties , Yorkshire , and tbe Northern avenge . sreatest eScess 0 Ter theh * ordicar - iuldlSl ^ ^ w ^ Ml . nHJ , the deaths 10 G . C 32 , Ke t ^^ SSBSfiSSlSfif - % —— ftomihe 40 ? i 0 ror ^ £ i ° r ?»* da «« J 5 ^ e three months was f i =-n ' ? ' h , £ be f tljaa 3 t was w the last three months of ltol , when more wheat was sold . nionn-s
The mortality of England is highest in the winter « uarf er Notwithstanding the peculiarities of the 3 < £ ' $ * %£ HetSMS JT' * " beeacoa 8 iteb * **» * In London 14 , 592 deaths were registered in the three months of January , February , and March 11 i'l h , the thirteen weeks ending March 27 . ' "
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Middlesex Sessions. (Before Ifr. Sergean...
MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . ( Before Ifr . Sergeant Adams , Assistant Judge . ) SINGULAR AlvT ) INTERESTING CASE . Thomas Henry Stone , 40 , was indicted for having , by means of false and fraudulent pretences , obtained from Richard Foster , a post-office order for tbo payment of £ 319 s . Gd ., with intent to defraud him thereof . —Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Poland appeared for the prosecution , which was instituted by the Mendicity Society . The prisoner , after Ue was placed at the bar , retained Mr . TV . Cooper , to defend him . —The learned counsel , in opening the case , Said the offence with which the prisoner was charged , was one of a most mischievous character , being that of a person who , by artful and plausible representations , and ficticious talcs of distress , imposed upon and plundered the charitable and the affluent , and by the produce of this system of fraud , carried on a career of dissipation and immorality . —From the evidence of the -witnesses examined , it appeared that tbe
prisoner , who was a cripple , having but one leg , aud whose countenance presented remarkable expressions of hypocrisy and deceit , was a begging-letter impostor with great success , as may readily be inferred from the fact , that he , with the aid of a young woman , named Merton , alias Stanley , whom he used as an instrument in these frauds , obtained not long ago a sum amounting in the aggregate to £ 450 from his Grace tbe Dnke of Wellington , the young woman Stanley having represented herself in numerous applications to the Duke as the daughter , penniless and destitute , of officers slain in battles fought under his command . In the months of March the prisoner addressed a letter to Mr . Samuel Whitbread , one of the partners in the extensive brewery firm , applying for pecuniary aid , in tho usual manner , and that gentleman sent it to the Mendicity Society for investigation . In the
course of the inquiries made by the officers of that society , the fraud upon the present prosecutor was brought to light , and Mr . Witbread of course having been put upon his guard , Horsford , one of the officers watched a post-office in Cromer-street , Gray ' s Inn-road , and on the loth of April the prisoner was apprehended as he was leaving it , the Post-office order he was now charged with having obtained being found on him . The prosecutor was an architect in Ormand-street , Queen-square , and in consequence of an . advertisement ia the " Times , " on the 2 < kh of Match , addressed " To the Charitable and Affluent , " and which , in effect , was an appeal for pecuniary aid by " a young and most unfortunate lady , an almost helpless being—friendless , and reduced to the last extremity . " Mr . Foster put tbe
half of a £ o note in an envelope and forwarded it as the advertisement requested , to the Post-office , in Great Randolph-street , Camden New Town , and on the receipt of that being acknowledged he sent the other half . The letter he received described the writer who used the initials T . C M ., in the advertisement , bnt the name Frances Jferton , inthe letter , as tho daughter of a merchant , who died suddenly , two years ago , in a railway carriage—stated that she bad been seduced aud brought to ruin , and that she was at tbat time struggling with tbe deepest misfortunes and adversity ; bat Mr . Foster destroyed that lettefi though he could undertake to say that it was in the same hand-writing as one he subsequently received , and which was produced . It was as follows : — Friday , April 2 nd , 1 S 52 .
Sjb , —I again offer yon my grfltitnde for your charitable kindness . I am quite unable to speak the promptings of my heart for your exeat goodness to me , an entire stranger , but you may believe , 8 ir , I am very sincerely thankful . You wi 1 , 1 am sure , be happy to hear I have paid the few triflinf demands upon me , a » d also obtained sufficient of my wearing apparel to make a decent appearance , but it has swallowed up the whole of your generous bounty , orl should this day have removed to tho Hampstead-road , where nfarmore comfortable lodging has been offered tome , and where , sir , if you would condescend to call , I would cheerfully and with pleasure relate the circumstances of my past history , and I hope yon might then consider me worthy your further notice ; but it is my earnest desire to support myself and dearest child by by own industry . As I mentioned before , I have youth and health , and hare received a good education , but , alas ! Ifearl shall have great difficulty in obtaining employment such as I desire , for I have
fallen —! am a mother , and my poor dear boy the chud of my sm ; but I was deceived , Mr . Foster , cruelly deceived by a base and heartless villain ; a licence was even purchased for our marriage . I believed all—my heart knew no guile . The deceptions of the world I had scarcely ever heard of , hut too soon 1 found myself destroyed and lost , and myself rendered infamous and degraded—but I did not continue to live in sin . Oh , no . I despised and loathed the villain who had so deceived me ; neither have I received , uor would ! , one shilling from hira . I think I stated in my first letter I was the daughter of a deceased merchant , —such In the truth ; and had I some friends to interest themselves for me , I do think it would bafound lam entitled to some little property . However , it wonld be first necessary to explain personally every circumstance , and toyou , sir , I would unreservedly explain all ; and , oh , I do earnestly hope you would , after hearingmy sad tale , think there was some little palliation of my guilt . In answer to the advertisement I bad inserted , I received many offers of assistance , but they
contained overtures of such a nature that I could not allow myself to reply to one of them . You , sir , have been my best friend , and may God bless yon for your sympathy and kindness . I am very desirous to r . move , but cannot do so without a little money in my pocket . Your charity has enabled me to provide all I required , and pay that which I owed , which is a great relief to my mind . I hope and trust you will not think me covetous , or encroaching upon your goodness , in asking you to assist me with a email sum further , for the purpose named . Should you , however , decline doing so , believe me I should be equally grateful ; and it U most painful and repugnant to my ftelings to agk , hut I Unow not to whom else to apply . Entreating yonr early reply , however it may result , and with every good wish and the sincerest and warmest acknowledgments of my heart . believeme , sir , always your moEt thankful and humble servant , Fbasces . FIcbss direct T , C . M ., Post-office , Croaier-street , Gray ' s-innrond .
It was proved that tho manuscript of the advertisement was in the prisoner ' s hand-writing , and a witness stated tbat to the best of bis belief the above letter was also written by him in a disguised female hand . That witness was Mr . Enuth , a tailor , in King-street , Borough , who identified a number cf documents produced , as in prisoner ' s hand-writing , but it was with wry great difficulty that a direct answer could be obtained from him . In answer to tha letter given above , Mr . Foster sent a note enclosing a sovereign to tbe post-office , and afterwards sent a Postoffice order for £ 4 , less the cost of the order , and it was as he was leaving tho office with the letter containing tbat order , that the prisoner was apprehended by Horsford . The prosecutor sent this letter in consequence of a further appeal being made by " Miss Merton , " who , as a reason for soliciting further aid , represented that she had
obtained a . silnation to educate some young Indies , and had to meet some preliminary expenses in putting her ovra child out to nurse . The prisoner received all the letters from the post-office , the envelope of ono in which one of the halves of the £ 5 note was sent , was found upon him , and Mr . Bodkin caused considerable mirth in court by stating that the charge against him was that he was the Frances Merton who had been so cruelly seduced , and was the mother of the child of sin . and whose heart knew no guile , or tbe ways of the world , & c . Tho representations were all untrue ' \ Vhen in the House of Detention he wrote a letter in his very best style , full of cant and hypocrisy , to Mr . Foster , and mentioned the names of individuals , who knew , he said , a person named Frances Merton . Inquiries were made , but no such person could be found . One of the witnesses stated that ono of the
persons Earned had heard of a young woman named , Merton , thirteen years ago , upon which the prisoner ' s countenance , which throughout the case had been dismal in the extreme , suddenly brightened up , but it lasted for a moment only , for the Christian name of that person was proved to have been Harriet , and not Frances . A number of letters in which the same story was told , the name given being varied—sometimes Fanny Hamilton , or Mary Whitraore , at others Mary Manvers or Fanny Lyons—were produced and proved to be written by the prisoner . They had been sent to various parties during the last two years , and bad found their way to tbe Mendicity Society . —Mr . Cooper addressed the jury , urging that the evidence was not conpleie , and the assistant Judge having summed up , the jury found the prisoner Guilty on the first count in theindictment , and he was sentenced to soven years' transportation .
Uterarr Association Of The Friends Of Po...
UTERARr ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF POLAND . On Monday the twentieth anniversary of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland , took place at the rooms of the Society , and was very fully attended . Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., the President of the Association , occupied tbe chair . w . l . BrnKBBCK , Esq ., the Honorary Secretary , read the report of the committee for the past year , of which the following is an abstract :- » The report commenced by expressing sati-faclion at the vitality aud vigour evinced by the association , under somewhat discouraging circumstances , and when one a"d twenty years had elapsed since Poland was deprived of the fragment of her rights , stipulated by tbe most solemn treaty , but her claims on the justice , the humanity , aud the policy of England , have , through tfee eXetUOUB of this society , never heen allowed to sink entirely into oblivion , and thesoftVrings of her children , driven to seek a * refuge among us hy the tyranny of her oppressors , hare never been permitted to remain , wholly unmitigated by sympathy or succour . The sword
of the late General Bern , lying on the table , was noticed as one of the preciousrelics of Polish heroes . The report then referred to the estraordinary genius displayed by the sons of Poland , notwithstanding the obstacles in their way , and it was peculiarly remarked , tuat of the sis refugees who exhibited , five received prize medals . In reference to the oppressors of Poland , the report said that Prussia hadmadefurther attempts to denationalise the Grand Jluchy ef Posen . The report stated that the income of the association during the pa = t year was SlJSiGs . Cd ., of which above £ SQ 0 w . iscoatributed by the Polts . The expenditure was , ior relief in distre-s , ^ 271 ISs . . in sickness , £ 210 7 s . ; to leave the country . . ± ' 311 Is . lid . ; lor education , £ > 0 ; for funerals , £ 1215 s ., & c , Ac , The number of the refugees now in England is about 82 <» . Of these 200 receive assistance irom the British Government . 160 refugees left the country , of whom ninety-two proceeded to America , and thirteen were reamed by death . There is an increase of tixty refugees over the numb r of last year , and during the year there were nearly 1 , 000 reflates in England . The report concluded with an energetic appeal to Europe in general , and JEnsland hi particular , on ihe policy and meessitj of preserving inviolate aud sacred the rights of individuals and of nations .
The report was adopted , and the meeting was addressed by several speakers including : the Earl of Harrington , Mr . Jtoncktoa Milnes , M . P ., Lord Grosvenor , M . P ., and Lord Dailey binart , M . P ., who was re-elected President of the Association for the ensumgr vear .
Tins Ckisial Pauce-Is Is Rumoured Tbat T...
Tins Ckisial Pauce-Is is rumoured tbat the purchasers of the Crystal Palace have also purchased a site for its ie-crectionia the immediate raar of Princes-place , the inhabitants oi which locahts wore tho most determined opponents or its retention in its present position . Should this prove true , the offending building will be much closer to the aristocratic villas than at present , while the principal entrance will be at Rutland-gate , thus exposing their inhabitants to to ail the bustle of cabs , omnibusses , and pedestrians , the projpectof which has been their great ground Of resistance to the retention of the Palace in U yde-paife .
Great Fires. Another Destructive "" Fire...
GREAT FIRES . ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE "" FIRE IN THE FENS OF HUNTINGDONSHIRE . Since the great fire a few days since in Holme Fen , another of a similar nature , and nearly as disastrous , has taken place through the same careless way of setting fire to the sedge , re ed , and other coarse grass , which grows so long and rank in the fenny districts . This was on the farm of Mr . Gifford , of Wood Walton Fen , not more than three miles from where the destruction was caused in Connoughton and Holm Fens a few days previous . ¥ rom what we could gather on the spot , it appears that Mr . Gifford was cleaning and preparing some land to fit it for receiving cole seed , sown at this season of tbe year , and which grows to a large
esculent plant , on which sheep and other slock are fed in the winter . The paring and burning progressed favourably for several days , until Friday last , when it was perceived by the men that the fire had ignited the upper and under atratas of the earth , spreading in the most alarming manner in all directions , and so rapid was its progress , that the united efforts of a great number of men , who had flocked from all quarters to assist in staying the destruction , was of but little avail , chiefly through the great scarcity of water , the drains and ditches being quite dry . The fire spread for more than a mile , although many hands were set to work to dig entrenchments to arrest its progress , and it was not till Saturday afternoon that a mastery was effected .
The following ( acts were gathered : —On the land belong , ing to Earl Filzwilliam , 237 acres has been burnt , destroying everything lhat had been growing thereon ; yet , fortunately , the farm buildings , stacks of corn , and stock were saved . — Mr . Thomas Baker ' s farm had 164 acres of fine productive land burnt to ashes , in some places to three or four feet in depth ; stock saved . —Mr . Bailey ' s farm of March—there tbe destruction was not confined to tbe land—a large water mill , three haystacks , and immense piles of turf for fuel were burnt to the ground ; partly insured , but not to ball the injury done . —The farm in the occupation of Mr . Thos . Gifford Wood , Walton Feu , has for this season at least been rendered valueless ; all his growing crops destroyed . —Mr . Goodliffe suffered greatly , most of his young wheals burnt ; besides many smaller occupiers of land , who are by this dire calamity reduced to beggary . The injury at present it is impossible to calculate with certainty , the lowest computation puts it at more than £ 5 , 000 .
THREE VILLAGES NEARLY DESTROYED BY FIRE . A fearfully destructive fire occurred on Saturday at the village of Stoke Lyne , near Bicester , which , in a short space of time , consumed nearly thirty houses—the dwellings of no fewer than one-hundred and twenty-seven families , it broke out about noen , on some premises in the occupation of a party named Robert Hickman . Owing to the difficulty in obtaining water at the moment , little or no attempts could be made to check the career of the flames , the consequence was tbat tbe conflagration obtained considerable ascendancy . Besides Hickman ' s house , some half-a-dozen adjoining became involved in the general blaze , and tbe scene of excitement and consternation tbat ensued amongst the inhabitants of the village was of a most agonising
description . Men on horseback were instantly despatched in every direction for the aid of fire-engines , but ere there wss time for any to gain the spot , the destructive element had effected frightful havoc . Extending across tbe road , sevenl houses on the opposite side caught , and tbe wind which wss blowing rather strong , scattered the flames over tbe surrounding neighbaurhood . Homesteads , granaries , barn » , workshops , and other buildings took fire , one after another , and tbe whole of them fell a sacrifice . By the time the engines came up , between twenty-five and thirty dwellings , besides the farming property just enumerated , had bean levelled to the ground . Fortunately , it was then prevented extending further . A subscription is being raised to relieve the wants of the families burned out , and who are iu
the greatest distress—none of them were insured . Anotler dreadful fire , nearly as destructive as the above , took plice the previous day , at Freshwater , in Hampshire , It occurred in a bakehouse , adjoining the premises of Mr . Wells , baker , near the church , and from thence communicated to tbe Red Lion Inn , and numerous tradespeople ' s shops . The whole of that property , together with a large mumher of buildings , workshops , & c , forming a large part of the tillage , were consumed . The total loss is said to amount to £ 6 . 000 . The other village was East Dean , near Chichester ; the disastrous event happened on Saturday , and was not got under till nearly twenty buildings , consisting of houses , & c , were totally destroyed . No lives were lost .
An Oil Warehouse on Fire . —Oh Sunday morning , about seven o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Davis , a wholesale oil and Italian warehouseman , carrying on business at No . 35 , Houndsditch . Mr . Davis and household were asleep at the time , hu > fortunately escaped from the devouring element . The engines of the London Brigade promptly attended , and a plentiful supply of water having been procured the firemen set to work , and happily succeeded in confining the flames to the store house on the basement floor . A considerable deal of damage , however , was done . The sufferers were insured in the Sun Fire Office .
Fire at the Rose and Crown , Knightsbridge . — Shortly before three o ' clock on Sunday morning a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Kenneday , licensed victualler , and proprietor of the Rose and Crown Tavern i Knightsbridge , which was also nearly attended with a loss of life . Shortly after the inmates bad retired to rest , they were awoke by an alarm being given that tbe premises were on fire . Upon getting out of their beds , they found the fire extending from the ground floor so high as to seize upon tbe roof , at the same time every room in the tavern was filled
with smoke , of such a suffocating character , that it is quite astonishing the inmates were able to leave the premises alive . The Royal Society ' s escapes and several engines of the London brigade and parish were quickly on the spot , and the machines having been set to work , the fire was eventually extinguished , bat not until a serious destruction of property bad taken place . The only portions of the premises tbat escaped were tha bar and cellars . Unfortunately , the sufferers were not insured for a single penny . The origin of the fire is unknown .
DestructwR CO 1 SFI . A . GRATI 0 X AT KENTISH TOWN . — A fire , resulting in the total destruction of a newly-erected eight roomed house , and some damage lo two others , occurred on Saturday afternoon , in the premises belonging to Mr , Feme , a builder , situate at No . 15 , Torriano grove , Kentish-town , making the second fire that has taken place in the same neighbourhood within the past four days . The moment tbe discovery was made information was despatched in sundry directions to tbe engine stations , and in a very brief period tbe parish , London Brigade , and West of England attended
engines , but during tbe interval the flames had made fearful progress , for the building became fired from tbe bottom to the top , and owing to the great distance the flames were ascending beyond the houses adjoining , strong fears were entertained tbat every building near would have been levelled with theground . The firemen having set their engines to work , some tons weight ot water was thrown upon and into the blazing mass , but the fire could not be got under until the building in which it began was burned down , and the two adjoining on either side damaged . The loss will fall on the Defender Fire Office .
Fire at the Ship , Ratcuff . —At a quarter before three o ' clock on Sunday morning a fire took place at tb « Ship Tavern , Ratcliffe-cross , but owing to timely assistance , the damage done was not very considerable . Fire at BiACKWAtt . —Late on Saturday night the roo ( of the goods station of the Preston-road , East and West India Docks , and Birmingham Junction Railway Company was discovered to be on fire . Fortunately the fire was got out Without much damage being done . Great Fire in BERMONDSKY .--ShortI y before five o ' clock on Tuesday morning a fire broke out in the extensive premises of Messrs . Davis and Rains , known as the Bermondssy Steam Paper Mills , at Bermondsey-wall , and such wss the rapid progress of the flames that a great part of tbe buildings were in a short time destroyed , and the warehouses en the bank of the Thames and the adioinina property considerably damaged . The engines of the London and
Brigade the West of England Insurance office were speedily on tbe spot , but the supply of water from the mains of the Souihwark Company was , unfortunately , short . The upper and lower floating engines were then brought into operation . and were very efficacious in preventing the spreading of the flames and saving a vast deal of property . The cause of the fire has not been ascertained . The building on the land side , of timber construction , was burned out ; the warehouses on water side very seriously damaged . Mr . 1 homas Burton , granary-keeper , land side windows burned out , stock considerably damaged by water ; the water side premises , front windows burned out , rest of building and contents seriously damaged by fire aud water ; Mr . W . Reid , warehouseman , in Mill-street , front burned , and rest of ho lding and contents damaged by fire , water , and removal ; Ut . James Baker , licensed victualler , in Mill-street , roof seriously burned , first-floor similarly damaged , atld rest of building and contents damaged by removal .
Tooriisce Os' Bairoimt Sdvcation.-Lt Is ...
toORiiscE os' BAiroiMt sDVCATion .-lt is gratify in » to observe the beneficial effects that education has uponVociety in preventing crime . The returns from tho various Metropolitan Police Courts , show that out of 72 307 persons brought before the sitting magistrates , 13 , 1-12 could neither read nor write , 55 , 733 could only read , or read and wri every imperfectly , 2 , 974 could read ana write well while only olS wereof superior instruction . Of those sural « £ & ? M ^\ ) 8 i 2 could neitber read ™ ' wito . 2 i , 077 could read only , or read and write imperfectly . 1 315 could read and write well , and 201 were of superior nstruc tion . Of those tried and convicted , 609 could neither read nor write , 2 , 847 could only read , or read and write imnpr fectly , 202 could read and write well , and only 23 ^ weTo superior insi'tuciion . ' " B °
Accidents At Sea. Merchantman Ashore Off...
ACCIDENTS AT SEA . MERCHANTMAN ASHORE OFF DUNGENESSMELANCHOLY LOSS OF LIFE . Dmi . —The Coast Guard authorities , stationed here , have been informed oi a deplorable occurrence having happened off Dungeness , which terminated in the loss of several daring boatmen connected with the Revenue service . It appears that the ship Alice Maude , which has made a re . markably quick passage from Algoa Bay , was coming up the Channel with a strong south westerly breeze , the weather being rather foggy , when she unfortunately went ashore , and all efforts at the time failed in getting her off . A boat from the Coast Guard stationed at "Ridge , manned by seven of tbe most expert bands , put off to the ship ' s
assistance . ! fhey were joined by the chief mate of the Alice M » ude , and one of the sailors . It was then proposed to send on a kedge anchor , in the hope ot hauling the vessel off , and as the boat was bearing it out , the ship took a sudden cant on one side , and the strain on the cable at . tached to the kedge caused the boat to capsize , throwing the vibole oi its uniortunate occupants into the sea . The state of the surf almost prevented any efforts being made in time lo preserve tbe whole of the unfortunate fellows , and we regret to announce that six of them perished , four Coastguard men and the chief officer and seamen belonging to the vessel . The names of the revenue boatmen who were drowned were-Philip Light , Thomas Fletcher , Thomas Noble , and Samuel Eddy . Those who were saved are Peter Smith . Thomas Rivers , and Charles Seaward .
Frightful Collision and Loss of Life . —A large American vessel , called the Jane , from Boston , laden with flour , and bound to London , while beating up the Channel was run into by a large ship , name at present not ascertained . She directly began to fill , and in less than twenty minutes went down in deep water , with , unhappily to relate , seven of her bands . The master , Mr . Skiers , and ? the remainder of the crew , succeeded in getting away in the boat . They were picked up by the Ontario , from Glasgow , which afterwards transferred them to the John and Wolf , and landed them in the Mersey . The loss oi the Jane is estimated as very considerable .
Crimes And Offences. Horrible Mubdbrtn B...
CRIMES AND OFFENCES . HORRIBLE MUBDBrTn BRURY-LANE BY BURNING . Monday evening Mr . Higgs held an inquest at the Three Horse Shoes , Milford-lane , Strand , on the body of a newly born female child , who was murdered under the following appalling circumstances : — John Mahoney , an Irish labourer , stated that while going a ' ong the passage of 5 , Bennett ' s-place , Drury-lane , last Saturday night , his foot struck against a bundle , which upon examining proved to be the bo dy of deceased . He instantly gave the alarm , and tbe body was conveyed to tbe surgery of Mr . Richards , Newcastle-street . The body was wrapped in an old black stuff petticoat .
Mr . Richards , surgeon , made a post mortem examination of the body . Deceased was a fine healthy child , that had lived twenty-four hours , and had been , in his opinion , five days dead . The body appeared to have been doubled up with violence . The nose was broken in , and tha head , legs , and arras had been burned . He was inclined to think that the child had been held over a fire and slowly burned to death . Police-constable Thomas Price , 73 S , slated tbat although every effort was made to trace the inhuman parents , no clue could be obtained to the perpetrators of the horrid murder .
The Coroner declared that it was one of the most inhuman murders that had ever come under his cognisance , and expressed a fervent hope that every publicity would be given it , and that neither expense nor trouble would be spared in endeavouring to find out the inhuman murderers In his opinion more than one was concerned in it , He suggested that the petticoat shonld be exposed in some public place , as such exposure would be calculated to lead to the detection of the guilty party . Verdict , " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . "
Case of Murder . —Sentence ob Death . —At the Perth Assizes , Charles Fancoat , from Dunfermline , was charged with the murder of Michael Harrigan , in Dunfermline , in February last , by stabbing him in the breast . The prisoner pleaded " Not Guilty , " and the case went to trial . Evidence was then read , which showed that the parties had been drinking and quarrellisg in a public-house in Dunfermline , and that the deceased having struck Fancoat , the latter soon afterwards met him in the street and stabbed him with a knife , which be bad got form a butcher ' s stall . After nearly half an hour's absence the jury returned a verdict , finding the panel guilty of murder , but strongly recommending him to mercy , owing to the extreme provocation he received . Lord Cockburn passed sentence of death upon the prisoner , that he be executed on the 25 th of may , in Dunfermline ; and staled that the recommendation of the jury would be transmitted to the proper quarter .
Fatal Colliery Explosion Near Wi6an. Tha...
FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR WI 6 AN . Tha adjourned Inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate colliers killed on the 24 th ult ., at the Norley-hall Colliery , near Wigan , was held on Tuesday , before Mr . Driffield , of Prescot , coroner for tbe West Derby hundred of Lancashire . The number of parsons who have died in consequence of injuries from the explosion to this time was twelve . Peter Greenall said he was a collier , and worked in the lowest drill but one of the mine on the 24 th ult ., which was the part of the workings that the explosion occurred in . Had worked there a month , and sometimes worked with a Davy lamp and sometimes with a candle . James Atherton worked in the lowest drift of the old workings , below witness ; John Atherton next above witness ; and James Hitcbm next above him . Wintess worked in the mine till three
o'clock in the afternoon , when be left his drawers to get Out the coal , and ascended the shaft . He met his drawers on his way out , and noticed that they had their Davy lamps closed . Left John Atherton and James Kitchen at work . He did not pass James Atherton when he left , but saw him still at work a little time previously . Witnsss worked that day both with a lamp and a naked candle . When he used the lamp it was with , the top off . Cuerton , theunderlooker , and the firemen , had seen him work in tbat way , and never forbade him , though he had seen Cnerton lock the lamps of the men who worked on the opposite side of tbe pony road .
Had never bad reason to believe there was any rule against using the candle ot the open lamp . Between the place where witness worked and that where John Atherton worked , there was a " cut through" to let air from the main drift into their drift . The " cut through" having no stopping would prevent the air going round to where James Atherton worked , to soma extent ; but when he was last in James Atherton ' s place , there seemed to be a good air , Where witness worked there was good air , but the draught did not blow out his candle or particularly disturb tbe flame . Had seen Thomas Mellings work with a caudle , and Mellings had seen hwa viork viivb a candle .
i-, Roger Bannisier , a boy aged fourteen , drawer to John Atherton , said he was working in the mine when the explosion took place . He was in John Atherton's place , and near Hitchen , riddling coal . The fire came up from towards James Atherton ' s place . It came from towards the sink in the old workings . His master told him the fire was coming , and he lay down . He had just time to turn and see the fire before he lay down . Felt the fire pass over bim . It did not turnback , bnt went forward , Jeawngsulphur'behind verv bad . He saw the fire after it had passed . Witness had a lamp with the top screwed on , but the top of his master ' s lamp was off . Was nndressed and naked to the waist and so was his brother who was also there , and helping Sm to riddle coals irhen the fir < i came . All their lights were put nlft T ' ift , ? ! hlCh ™ 80 8 t ™« *• could hardly ? rSl iohn At " . ran wt Mu left them , bat be and bis
III half ™ nf tS W ^ ' lhence » ^ out injury , to Alkrn , In , ' ? " ? ' Hiama 8 ter al ** ys worked with weeks oaS ? Att T ? *" , ° theffi use candI « *>* ™ d nnof <™ tvT «„ i tac , colher > one for bis own use 11 Til * f ° / , drawers - Never heard the fire-S SJS eriookers hl ™» his master for using his lamp ottsideorth ? ° - Hadsee * ^ *» P £ * on S 2 Si th P ° » y « ad locked , and the underlookers ttevouUhLlfJ snuffea ^ eir lamps by a wire which 1 cauVe it w " ; i ° , have unfasleaed «¦ o « lamp , mcToVVl " u l 0 C , ked - [ This boy confirmed the state-Xrbth . Tft- there *"*> brattice or stopping om I S ? ? aster worked ° *» « " » ' ™ t through " ! w «» t ^ e air for venti ! ati ° » « ould take through Srf ' ? - r flS tbe s ! l 0 rtest **> " ^ tead of the J & X 5 £ T ™ supposed t 0 have bcen lhe
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r-flOFmrjt , E Jocgliso . —Some time ago , a professor of legerdemain entertained an audience in a village , which was principally compesed of colliers . After " astonishing the „ oil t Wl 5 " various tricks-mefcuraorphostnfi wine into water , fie . —he asked the loan of a halfpenny from any of nis aumirers , A . collier , with a little hesitation , handed out the coin , which the juggler speedily exhibited , as he said , transformed into a guinea . " An' is that my bawbee ? " exclaimed the collier . "Undoubtedly , " answered the juggler . " Let / s see ' t" said the collier : and turning it round and round in examlnatfon , with an ecstacy of delight , thanked the juggler for his kindness , and , putting it into his pocket , said , " I ' se warn ' t ye'U no tura ' t into a bawbee again .
Alleged Murder At A Brojgg 1 On Monday, ...
ALLEGED MURDER AT A BRoJgg On Monday , at the Bow . street police-emm Belasco , a powerfully . built young man , Mary rj i Dav wife , who carried an infant in her arms , 'and a e a co his lins , their tenant , were placed at the bar , chare *! ) a c » lfully causing the death of Robert Clark , of No ] u * ' !• street , Marylebone , by violently assaulting and k ' icv iell »* in a house kept by thera in Hart-street , Lontj % K first witness called was the constable 95 P Jri ^ T | ie stated that on Sunday morning he was a . , " ' * «« before two o ' clock , in Hart-street , when he t 2 " ty lying on the pavement , at the corner of BanhunJ a ""i posite a house of assignation , with his head leanto " ' " ?• , Jhe wall , upon which he spoke to him , but , ree - ^ answer , he shook him , his impression being th at h ^^ same person he h ad seen , in company with ton r llle enter tbe house , 31 , Hart-street , which is a nn ? alei ' resort . Seeing no person near , and bearing ttv " , ^ i in a front room , he called out to know if tbev u Voice «
thing about him , and the answer was , " We know P ' of him . '' On his repeating the question some perso !; ? said , « Don't answer him . " The sergeant came !» . " ^ moment , and being desired to turn on his \\ SJ ^ ™« mined the man ' s pulse and found that he was qbUmV upon which they conveyed him to tbe station JS , thence to the King ' s College Hospital on a « treI 2 ,. W , tt Sergeant Adams , 15 F , said that on coming llp to » J , witness and inquiring in the usual way if all wasriart k drew his attention to the man on the pavement and » a short delay , they took him to tbe hospital , when w 1 quite dead—Alice Tillett said , 1 live at lo y V *** place , BJackfriara-road , and am an unfortunate girj r in company with another girl when we met the decwll in Trafalgar-square , about one o ' clock on Sunday mor much intoxicated , in consequence of which we we ™ " ^' allowed to remain in a house in Hop-gardens , St . Marty ' lane , where we first went , but proceeded to the house k *
oy me prisoners , wnere we saw tnem , and havini ? arm up-stairs to the first floor , they demanded the nmj J The deceased said he had no money . He then u « ^ ty . ' sofa , saying he would not come out , as he meant to eet sleep ; upon which Collins laid hold of him by the eoLil drag him out , while the other female prisoner called him " Irish , " which seemed to exasperate him tostich a desw that he commenced putting himself in a fighting attitude t strike them . Tbe male prisoner then made his appearing and , as tbe deceased was going out with me quietly he pushed him violently down stairs , which caused him tofafl forward upon his head to the bottom , there being nothing in the passage to break the fall , and he bled from tbe nose . The prisoner then commenced beatine and strikinl
him on the face and under the ear with his fist . The de ceased never spoke , nor did I heat him breathe again , ui I said " it was too bad to treat him in such a manner ; " up on which the male prisoner said , " you are a woman of tha world , and ought to know better . " The other prisoneii then pulled bim into the court along the passage , and placed him against the opposite wall in a sitting posture , I and my friend were then invited by the male prisoner to ' remain and take a glass of gin , which we did , and on om
leaving we heard a policeman call out , ' « there ' s a rata lying dead at yonr door whom I saw enter your house with two females , and you'll have to answer for it . " The male prisoner replied that he had not been in bis house , and he therefore , could not see any such thing , and auteequentlj he desired me and my friend to say , if there was anything about it , that the man had fallen down stairs . We then left , and seeing a policeman in New-street , told him that we would be forthcoming if our evidence was required . — Elizabeth Hayes , tbe companion referred to by the ( ormtl witness , said , when we met the man , we took him to Hop . gardens , where there was no objection to receive us , except that there was no room for us , but no observation waa
made about his being too much intoxicated . We thea went to tbe bouse in question , where he was usable to pay 2 s . ; and as he sat on the sofa , the female Collins desired , him to leave tbe room . The roan then got up to have a hit at one of them , and when on the landing , some person gushed him with such force ss to cause him to fall upon his head to the bottom , and then the male prisoner took him up by the shoulders , and commenced striking him on the head and neck , and kicking him on the back , He was
then dragged out by the female prisoner and another woman , who set bis bead up against the opposite wall , at which time his nose was bleeding . Witness at some length fully confirmed the account given by the last witness , — Inspector Dodd , F , said that when the man was brought to the station be bad him taken to the hospital , when he was pronounced to be dead . Having gone to the prisoners ' house and questioned them if any disturbance took place ia tbe court , they denied that there had , and pretended tliej kaew nothing about the deceased . The prisoners were remanded .
Shocking Murder Of A Wife By Her Husband...
SHOCKING MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND . Oxford , May 4 . —Scarcely has the excitement attendant on the murder of old Mr . Kalabergo , and the execution oi his nephew , subsided in this city , fire it is again aroused , bj the information , wbich soon spread throughout Oxford thrt a woman bad died on Monday morning from a wound given by her husband on the night of Saturday . The ualortumti victim is a person named Charlotte Noon , a clean , industrious , and quiet woman , the mother of five young children , varying from fourteen years old to seven months , the young * est not having left the breast . The murderer , her husband , is a man of industrious , and before this sad occurrence of
sober habits , by trade a mason , who has worker ! in that capacity for his brother , Mr . Thomas Noon , a builder ol this city , for many years . The sad crime , there is no doubt , was committed in a passion , and while the perpetrator ms under the influence ol drink ; but at the very moment of its committal there was something so deliberate , that fully justified the jury in returning a verdict of wilful murder What adds much painful interest to this deplorable event is , that the only person who could give any account of itii the daughter of the prisoner and the poor murdered woman , between twelve and thirteen years of age , who was the only
person present when the mortal wound was given . A Coroner's inquest was held by W . Brunner , Esq ., » three o ' clock in the afternoon of yesterday , vfhen the daughter gave her evidence in a very plain aud int elligent manner , the substance of which was : —That on Saturday night , about twelve o ' clock , her mother went to loot m her father , and that in a few minutes they returned together , the latter being rather tipsy . They had not been home long , before Mrs . Noon called him a nasty drunken vi ! l » " > for stopping out so late . He then went into the garden without saying a word , and came in again and sat by tufl
fire , and began to unlace bis boots ; she was at the sm time speaking angrily and was very cross to him . He arose from his seat , and pulled out a bag containing his montf ( the earnings of the week ) , and was going to pay he »» sovereign , which he always did on Saturday wen « igi "J shillings being returned to him on Monday morning . » fl 1 ' 6 he was doing this , her mother said that he would go aDr where else and treat other people , but would not treat ner . Her father then seemed in a passion , but said not a flora . He went to a shelf and reached down a smru , ffbicb" »» belonged to his father , who had formerly been a serges in the militia , and was in a sheath ; her mother got » P ™ ' » »»«• u » im » a , uuu naa iu u oucum , u « """» " ¦» ' j-j .
of the chair , and tried to go out at the front door , w » j she ( the daughter ) had locked , and her father took •«» sword out of the sheath , throwing down the latter , struck her mother across her back with the flat part oi : < She then unlocked the door , and laid hold oi her »»«« arm , but could not get her out . Her father stood a . o » y and then ran the sword into her side , and her ro ° fl 0 j , i , down on the street steps screaming , and saying , ' dear ! " No other blows were struck . Her father p « ' f > ; sword into the sheatb , and into its proper place on " ^ Her mother was , with the assistance of her and ben ^ j carried un stairsand the latter sent for some brtttldf- ,. ¦
, mother said , " Pray lay hold of my band , or else l die . " He did so , and said , "Oh , dear ! oh , dear . « snail l do ? " Her mother got worse , and died aW * « , o'clock on Monday morning . A post mortem ex «&»™ ^ t of the body was made , from which it appeared t ' ' g ( sword entered between the seventh and eighth ribs , on ^ left side , and penetrated , in a sloping direction , j " st ° , m , , the heart , through the pleura , and slightly ' at £ > . nUred e lung ; it then passed through the diaphragm , " , nr 0 . ., into the small caviture of the stomach , wounding tbe eo nary artery , and then quite through the stomach , and a ¦" have penetrated ten or eleven inches . Thera wa f " . fa , any blood to be seen outwardly ; but a good oea i hrcaiorrage was found internally ; this was the » " \ , death . A neighbour , who was called up by theoW ^ J stated that on going into the room , she asked Mf 3- l J She had the spasms , her reply was , " No , look at the « which my husband has given me with the sword , w Sundav th * „ ,. ;*„„„ , J ? . ;„ * nA n ,, t n ( his wife ' s bedrop w ro
and the latter , in the presence of the last witness , m i ,, « . before her death , told him that she freely forgave m ¦«» and hoped the Lord would forgive her , adding « w « hoped he would avoid passion . The jury , after three q ^ . ^ ^ of an hour ' s consultation , returned a verdict ol „ s . Murder , " and the prisoner , who had been taken un ^ t tody by the orders of the superintendent of P " ^' * ' t ' Lucas , as soon as he beard of the affair , which * ^ : until Monday morning about seven o ' clock , wi » if fi . * trial for the offence at the next Summer Assizes . t « ^ » soner is well known in Oxford , and very much W . V and has for many years heen a successful breeder ol » 6 » . birds .
Thk "Preston Chronicle" Immortalw Af » J...
Thk " Preston Chronicle" immortalw af » JJJtjog e » ^ goose , as old as the nineteenth century , nw hor eggs , "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08051852/page/6/
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