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      Guildhall. 1 The Man Who Captured Thistl...

      mrsir ^ ing from terror , together with other causes . Mr . Lewis , tfwhivho appe ared for the defendants , cross-examined the witnesses ftfor for an hour . Sergeant Unclerhill said he witnessed the descent oon on Wimbledon Common . The horse was exceedingly hot when aatiatallig bted , and perspiration was rolling down its shoulders , bbuibut it stood quiet . A gentleman jumped on it and galloped aawa wav . H- knew little of tile 01 " & nai'y habit of horses . After iihtthe hearing of this evidence , Mr . Lewis addressed the court , c coicoivtending that no cruelty had been proved or practised . M . IPopoi tevm having been cautioned by the magistrate that bv the Ua ^ law of this country he was liable to three months imprisonment iif if conno ted upon this charge , and need not answer any

      ques-1 fiction that might criminate himseh , said he had had one horse 1 th three y ears , and the other four or five . One had gone up one : In hundred , and the other one hundred and fifty times . He had : iaaae altogether between five hundred and forty and five Imuih died and fifty ascents . The horse started quietly on the 23 rd u ! nit ., merely moving its legs once or twice as living animals v ; would do . ' When it came down it always fed heartily . The h horsj was fed when suspended for trial b y the authorities , at T Paris , between fifteen and twenty hours . In his opinion it did n not suffer any pain hy the' ascents . Witness had commnnic cated to Mr . Simpson that he had had the permission of foreign T cowers to ascend , and that the proprietor of another esfcablishi ment in London had written to him word that the Eoval

      i gocietv for Prevention of Cruelty had given their sanction . 3 fr . Thomas denied that any permission had been given by i them . Mr . Thomas wanted to know whether , on one occasion . a horse of his had not bled at the nostrils after , an ascent ? Mr . Poitevin said he did slightly , but was uninjured , and ate directly afterwards ; "but this was owing to the altitude of the b alloon . In answer to an inquiry from Mr . Arnold , M . Poitevin said that it depended upon the rapidity of the descent as to the heat or coolness of the body . Mr . Arnold . —If you are cool on ascending , when you have descended have you found yourself in a violent perspiration ? Mr . Poitcven . —No .

      lir . Arnold directed the officer to examine the ponies , which had now been standing four or five hours in the court-yard , in order to ascertain whether it was the bandages and slings that heated them . Sergeant Underbill returned and said they were very cool and comfortable . Madame Poitevin confirmed her husband ' s account . A number of other witnesses were called tor the defence , including veterinary surgeons , whose evidence went to show that slinging for a period of years was a common nractice with horses , and attended with beneficial results . The

      general testimony m other respects was exculpatory of the defendants . Mr . Arnold said he should reserve his decision in this case sine die , hut would communicate with the parties when he had gone through the evidence . That although the evidence had been to show physical pain on the one side , and to rebut it on the other , another question arose to which Mr . Lewis , he thought , might have addressed himself—that of a horse being placed in a situation of risk , and deprived by his position of the means of assisting himself in difficulty . It was a different matter if a rational being pleased to do it . If a man

      were to place a child in such a position that m the moment of darker it could not assist itself , it was a question whether it would not be cruelty ; and the question arose whether an animal strapped up in case of anything going wrong it would not he dashed to pieces . The court then adjourned .

      September 11,1852. The Gtae Of Freedom, ...

      September 11 , 1852 . THE gTAE OF FREEDOM , . 71 .

      Halifax, Yorkshire. A Ii Pot-Houss , ' P...

      HALIFAX , YORKSHIRE . A PoT-Houss ' Patkiot a : ni > iiis Ladve-love !—On Thursday , the 2 nd instant , Mary M'Cloud ( or M'Lcoc !) an Irish woman , was brought before the Mayor and Borough Magistrates of Halifax , on the following charge . It appeared that Mr . Cockroft , better known as " Lord Dolloper" ) the commander-in-chief of the Halifax " Smashers , " together with

      another person , was drinking at the Cmspix Inn , the evening previous , along with the prisoner ana some other " nymphs of the pave . " After they had sung love and patriotic songs , and poured out their libations' to the jolly god , until outraged reason laid down her sceptre and abdicated her throne , the werthv patriot engaged in amorous intercourse with the lady from the Emerald Isle . The reader must draw upon his imagination for the particulars ; we can only record that suddenly Mr . Cockroft . discovered that his " own true love" had been

      ex-ra-fraternal , having vvalked off with Ins purse , containing £ 5 4 s . " His lordship" gave chaee , and succeeded in capturing the lady , at the same tune bawling lustily for the aid of a po liceman . A policeman named Crook came to his help , and the patriot and Peeler between them walked off their prize to tiie police-station , where she was searched , but no money found . A lucky thought suggested itself to the beer-bemuzed patriot She misrht have drooped the purse while being pursued . He of the

      immediatel y went in search of it in the company policeman , and to his great joy , Crook " hooked" it . Having heard the evidence , the magistrates committed the prisoner to the Wakefield House of Correction to await her trial at tne ensuing Quarter Sessions . Some of " his . lordship ' s" followers are beginning to look rather blue , aud are asking each other how long they are to be led b y such men ; and whether it is not high time to begin to think and act for themselves V So be it . " Lord , open the eyes of the blind ! "

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      Death From Jumping Off Shakespeabe's Cli...

      Death from Jumping Off Shakespeabe ' s Cliff . —An inquest was held on Monday at Dover , on the body of a soldier named Dunn , who met his death by jumping from Shakespeare ' s Girl , the preceding evening . Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . " Supposed Hydkophosia . —A man was seized with illness at Heading last week . When a la d he had been bitten by a mad dog , and as he now had a perfect horror of water , it was supposed he had been attaekeo . with Hydrophobia . It was not so , however , and he has since recovered .

      Bartholomew Faiii . —Bartholomew- Fair closed on Monday . The Lord Mayor and some City Officers attended on Friday according to ancient custom , but its glories have for ever departed . A Curious Weddesg took place at New Church , Isle of Wight , last week . The bride was 75 years of age , and the bridegroom 40 , and very deformed . The old lady shuffled to church on crutches , and was desired by her intended benedict to " look up

      and not he ashamed , " and to . " never mind being laughed at . " On his return to Kyde . the husband made himself so conspicuous that the police locked him up for the night in the station . Ax East Ixmamax . —A part of the rudder of the East India ship Hindostan has been taken into Whitstable by the diving cutter Mandamus , Garni . The ship lies sunk in the Queen ' s Channel , and was lost in a heavy gale , January 11 , 1803 , consequently has been under water nearl y 50 years .

      Death From Jumping Off Shakespeabe's Cli...

      escape or a Convict—Last week Wm . Rccu \ a man under sentence of transportation , made his escape from Sprintrfield \ jO \ mty Gaol , and has not since been heard of . ° Extkaoudikaky Marmaoe . —On Wednesday , the 1 st inst . at tlie parish church of Holy Trinity , in this town , there were unuedm matrimony a pair of ardent lovers , the bride being axready the wife of a third party , who was present at the cere

      inoay ^ and had previously given his consent . The first marriage took place , we are told , thirteen years ago , the bridegroom onUvii occasion being only fourteen years of age . Cuaious Death op a Pony .- A pony , which had been missing for several days from Stamford , was found at length , standing quite dead , at the bottom of a deep ditch , which was entirely overgrownjyith herbage , so that it could not be seen by persons passing . ^ It is believed the pony was frightened by the lightning , and , in its terror , bolted through , or over the hea > e lading into the ditch on the other side , where it was buried alive .

      A > jfEACH of Promise op Marriage . —An action was tried on Monday , at the Salford Court of Record , before the Judge , J . K . i 3 kir , Esq ., for a breach of promise of marriage . It was a case Brierly v . Farrow . —Mr . Monk , who appeared for the piamtui , stated that she was 21 years of age , and was the oaugiiter of a farmer near Rochdale , who had died since the action was commenced . The defendant , who was 27 , was also in business at Eochdale as a currier and leather dresser . The defendant had now married another lady , having deserted the plaintiff , who was enciente . The alleged promise of marriage

      was proved by the plaintiff ' s brother , and by other evidence-Mr . Collett addressed the jury for the defendant . The mry found a verdict for the plaintiff-damages 502 . New IvEiiEDY for The Cholera . —The Posen correspondent of tiie Cologne Gazette writes on the 2 nd inst .: — " The local committee of health has unanimously agreed to combat the cholera with gunpowder . Application has been made to General Tietzen , the commander of the fortress , who has just had the misfortune to lose his consort by cholera , to make an attcmnt to purity the air by discharge of artillery , and he has declared his readiness to comply with the request , ' if the permission of the civil government cm be obtained .

      lan-ORTATEOX of Rattlesnakes . —Among the extraordinary arrivals with which we have been lately favoured from America , none perhaps has excited more sensation than the importation into Liverpool of thirty-six rattle-snakes , which came over in two large cases , accompanied by their owner , Mr . Van Gordon , who caught them on the Alleghany mountains . Some difficulty existed on board in keeping the cases from being " broached /' as the ship ran short of water , and the sailors hearing a fizzing noise inside the cases thought they contained bottled porter .

      Austrian Fear of the Bible . —A Breslau journal announces the arrival there of a freight of bibles , ail under seal , which had been seized by the Austrian government at the Missionary Society ' s depot , and sent out of the country . The ^ ew Battebsea Park Bridge . —The piers , foundations , and fastenings of the suspension bridge are now nearly completed . Heavy Thuxder Storm . —On Tuesday afternoon the metropolis was visited by a heavy storm of thunder and lightning , accompanied hy a ver y copious fall of rain .

      Qualms of Conscience . —About a twelvemonth ago , a lady residing in the Chapelside , Dundee , was robbed of a gold watch , chain , and trinkets . All the inquiries made through the police and otherwise proved ineffectual , and they were given up as lost . At a late hour on Monday night , a knock was heard at the door , which was partially opened to the extent of the night-chain , and enquiry made as to who knocked . ' The reply was a small box handed in without a word , or any one been seen , which was found to contain the above articles in every respect as when they mysteriously disappeared a year ago .

      The Great Britain . —This noble vessel was spoken at 8 o ' clock in the morning of the 25 th ult ., in lat . 42 , 87 , Ion . 12 , by the brig Lisbon , from Lisbon . The Great Britain was crowded with sail , and going at the rate of 13 knots an hour . An estimate of time and distance gives her , so far , 10 knots an hour . —Limrpool Standard . YiutDicx of Felo de S & . —An inquest was held at Thurston , on Wednesday week , on the body of a young soldier , named Cock who hanged himself on the preceding evening . The jury returned a verdict of felo dese and the body was accordingly burbd the same night .

      The Cholera . —Two of the superintendent medical inspectors of the General Board of Health have been directed to watch the progress and threatening !* of cholera , as was done on its former progress—Dr . Sutherland and Mr . Grainger . The Crops in South Wales . —The weather , with the exception of a few thunder-storms , has been extremely fine for the harvest . The principal bulk of the wheat is now housed , and ( he crops are acknowledged by three-fourths of the farmers to ho a full average .

      German Emigrants in south America . —The German emigration newspaper , called the Auswanderer Zeiimg , says , '' One item of intelligence in . tiie last South American mail is rather startling , German emigrants to Peru are articles of sale , and are advertised in the papers as merchandise . They are the remains of a band of emigrants who sometime since was induced , by the representations of an agent , named Kodolfo , to sail for Lima ; the enterprise totally failed , ana sixty of the men took service in the army . General Flores had purchased 120 for the Ecuador expedition ; a landed proprietor had bought eighty for his estate ; forty were working on the guano islands ; 100 had died , and fifty , left in the hands of the agent , were advertised in the paper as ' for sale . '"

      A Rival to Jenny Lind . —A Swedish lady , of the name of Westerstrand , is like to rival , if not to eclipse , the fame of Jenny Lind herself , if the report in the Musical Gazette be true . In a late number of that journal there is a letter from Hen * Bellstab , of Berlin , who says that ' '• she possesses the an of singing in perfection ; her organ is peerless , as to quality , and as to charm , in its compass rising to F . Altissimo . " This young lad y is to commence , her German career in the Opera House , Berlin . ' London Laboui ; . —A writer in the Daily News asserts that a sable riding boa , " from tub to finish , " costs in labour 9 UI : its selling price is £ ' d . 8 s . !

      A Piulanthkopist . —An anonymous individual has assisted the Chancellor of the Exchequer to " make both ends meet , " b y sending him 440 postage stamps . ' '' Civilization" jx Ixma . —The Madras Circulator reports pr osress on the introduction of gas : — " We sec lamp-post ^ in course of erection in almost ever } - direction ; and for lighting them , they are , we understand , classified into divisions , corvesponding with the police-stations . In the same journal , native m erchants advertize their wares . Thus , C . Mooneapah , Moodelly recommends his English bottled ale , & c , and Rajah-* -.-opaiu \ Yencataehella , Chetty & Co ., announce , the particulars of " sale by auction of their " superior long cloths . "

      The New Vice-Chancellor.—Tiie Appointmen...

      The New Vice-Chancellor . —Tiie appointment of Mr . Johu Stuart , Q . C ., to the Yice-Chancclloiship , vacant by the death of Sir James Parker , Iws been confirmed . Mr . Stuart is chiefly known as a violent Tory , who has made himself especially prominent by his strong opposition to Chancery Beform . , . Legacy to tsl Queen . —It appears that the late Mr . Neild has bequeathed to the Queen nearly the whole of his property . It consists chiefly of land , scattered in various counties , and is valued at £ 500 , 000 .

      Death of Mr . G . R . Porter . —A valuable appointment has become vacant by the death of Mr . G . li Porter , of the Board of Trade . The deceased gentleman died at Tollbridge Wells . His disease was brought on by not taking sufficient exercise , or Allowing himself sufficient relaxation from the duties of his oificj . The Moiluoxs .- —The Latter-day Saints arc prosecuting the nrona ? ration of their neculiar notions w ' uh phawf > . tP . i' \ Rt \ a mrln « .. propagation of their peculiar notions with characteristic

      industry , and , it would seem , with no want of success . Among us in Wales they have obtained not a few converts . We observe that they are now labouring energetically in spreading ti . eir doctrines in Norway and Sweden ; that they have prepared an edition , in German , of the Book of Mormon ; anil that they have established a weekly paper in Hamburg , for tho better advocacy of Latter-day Sahitism among the dreamy Germans . Letters from their settlement in the Salt Lake district of

      Western America , report tnat the worldly affairs of the Saints are promising . Their corps were abundant , * woollen factories have been erected ; new settlements are being made ; sugar manufacturing iiom beet-roots was about to be commenced ; and the raising of cotton for home manufacturers was about to be tried . Whatever may be justly said of this fanatic body in other respects , it must be said , and with truth , that the great energy and determination they have shown in forming their plans has been equalled by their industry in carrying " them out . —Moamoicfc / i liwaid .

      The Potato Disease . —At the last sitting of the Academy of Sciences several communications were read on the potato malady and the means of prevention . M . Brierre of fcsaint-Miehel-en l'lierm informs the Academy that having perceived that the disease prevailed to a greater extent in lands which had not been at any time covered by the sea than in those which wer-j known 10 have been formerly overflowed , imagined that by the addition of salt he could prevent the malady . He therefore prepared a strong mixture of salt and water , in which he placed his cuttings for several hours before

      planting them , and when the crop was gathered in all the potatoes were sound . —M . Bayard , of Chaseau Gonthier , states that he had come to a conclusion that the disease was caused by an excess of vitality in . the seed . He therefore in traduced a pea into each cutting . The peas vegetated quickly , but without injuriously retarding the growth of the potato , and when the potatoes were gathered they were all perfectly sound , whilst from the cuttings -without peas which he had planted in a portion of the ground nearly all the crop had the malady . He supposes that the earlier vegetation of the peas had carried off the excess of humidity , and thus saved the potato .

      A Lesson . —Since Viscount ue Cormenin , the veteran publicist , accepted the lucrative post of Councillor of State from the Government of Louis Napoleon , his wife , it is said , will not condescend to speak to him . Capture of a Monster Whale . —A . whale , twenty-one feet long , and fifteen feet in girth , was recently caught near Harwich harbour . The captors towed it to Ipswich , where the whale was exhibited till the effluvia became so offensive that the authorities ordered its eemoval .

      Fearful Thunder Storm and Deluge .- —I he county of Worcester was visited during Saturday night and Sunday morning by one of the most awful thun . erstorms within the memory of man , and this has been followed by an enormous destruction of property , to an extent Which might almost bear comparison with the recent destruction at Hoimfirth . Upwards of 2 , 000 sheep were drowned . Emigration of Mary Ann Hicks . —Mary Ann Hicks , who , it will be recollected , was expelled from Hyde Park by the Commissioners of Woods and forests , is about to emigra e to Australia , Mr . . Mark Lemon , the Editor of Punch , and a few other gentlemen , having paid iter passage out .

      Monster Executions are iar from infrequent m China . A writer in the Bong Kong Gazdte witnessed in Canton , on May 1 , the beheading of no less than fifty three criminals , chiefly rebels . Fatal Fire . —A married woman aud her two young children have perished at Plymouth b y the bed-clothes having caught fire from a candle which had been incautiously left burning .

      Remuneration of Art . —Sir Edwui Lawuseer is said to have received from Lord Londesbrough , the munificent sum of three thousand pounds for his splendid picture of " Monarch of the Glen . Flying- Fish . —A few days ago , Mr . John Pollard , of Bacup , and others , captured at Blockpooi a flying fish , with four wings , and two feet , and measuring in length 54 inches , and in breadth i 27 inches . Mii . AfcEXAXDisa Sosierville , well known by his writings 5 under the signature of" One who has Whistled at the Plough , " " is about to sail for Australia . Oats . —A Glasgow paper describes a stalk of oats bearing the e extraordinary number of 455 grains .

      A Defence por the Derbyites . —ihe Ministers have post-1-poned tho meeting of Parliament to the remotest period . As Is ; implausible reason has been offered for this pioeeeuing , we begjg f to suggest that the Government , in postponing the assembly of of I Parliament , may be actuated by the fueling , that , as the liar-irvest has been rati . er late , the thrashing—winch is inevitable—tmay as well be put off as long as possible . —Punch . Caution for the Counting-House . —It is peculiarly unadvi-. vi-isable for the partners of any mercantile firm to travel all to-too gether by railway , as in that case the whole house runs ar am imminent risk of being smashed . — Ibid .

      Musuem of Practical axd Ornamental Art . —A colleetioi ; ioLi : of works of decorative art , formed under the auspices of tlntluu Board of Trade , and now permanently arranged in a suite oe oo : rooms , at Marlborough-house , was opened to the public or onr Monday , and Villi continue open on Mondays and Tuesdays t < s tttt all persons not students .

      Plate Hobv . kuy . —the further examination of Thomas fecotfcoitt ( an American ) , butler to Mr . Matthew Forster , M . P ., for iieiiier : r wiok-upon-Twued , who was charged with having plundered irii hid master of plate to the value of between £ 200 and ' £ 300 , tootoobl place at Marvlebono Police-court last Saturday . The prisonconec will be brought up again to-day , when the whole of the deposbosisi tions will be read over , and he will then be GOi ^ Oiitted toy vMta $

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11091852/page/7/