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July 17, 1852- • - • THE STAR Ot FREEDOM...
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ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES. LOSS OF LIFE A...
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FALL OF A WAREHOUSE IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCH...
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DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Bbrnlbt, July...
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ALARMING OCCURRENCE—A MORMON MIRACLE! Ne...
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Garotte Robbery nr Lkbbs.—Many and darin...
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NORTHERN CIRCUIT. MAINTENANCE OF A BASTA...
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before Mr. Sergeant...
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CRIMES AND OFFENCES. . The ' Murder "by ...
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BIRTHS AND DEATHS-HEALTH OF THE METROPOL...
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July 17, 1852- • - • The Star Ot Freedom...
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Accidents And Casualties. Loss Of Life A...
ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES . LOSS OF LIFE AT BLACKFR 1 ARS BRIDGE . On Snnday evening , a little before nine o ' clock , an accigent occurred on the river close to Blackftiars-hridge , by tshich three persons lost their lives under the eyes of sever al hundred of their fellow-creatures , who could render tbem no effectual assistance . It has been ascertained that in the morning , of the day a patty of nine persons , consisting of Thomas Gtvyune , James Gwynne , George "Williams , Francis "Williams , Alfred Williarns , Mrs . S / WIlliams , and three females whose names at present could not be ascertained , hired a shallop at Hungerford Market for the purpose of enjoying an excursion on the
river . They proceeded in the first instance with the tide as far as Greenwich , and after spending a few hours they took advantage of the flow for the purpose of reaching the original point of embarkation . They proceeded upwards as far as Blackfriars-hridge without harm , hut just as the shallop bad got about midway through the fourth arch of that bridge on the Middlesex side of the river , the Dahlia London-bridge and Vestminster steam-boat appeared in view , going down the river , and against the tide , which was running very strong . The occupants of the shallop on seeing the steamer making way upon them , called out most lustily to the captain to port bis helm , which he gave orders to
have done ; hut unfortunately the females in the smaller -vessel became so much alarmed as to jump up , and so caused the shallop to cant towards the starboard paddle box of the steamer . This , with the heavy swell produced by the steamer , aud the tide running in contrary direction , completely swamped the smaller craft . The men and women were immediately thrown into the river , aud for two or three seconds the whole party could be seen plunging and clinging to each other in the water , whilst the screams of those in the Temple-gardens , the travellers by the different steam-boats , and he vast number of people on Blachfriars and Waterloo-bridges , who saw the terrible catastrophe , were pitiable in the extreme .
Mr . Robert Ware , the pier-roaster of Blackfriars-hridge , hearing the screams , and learning the cause , directed two men , named Bull and Heavy , to pnt off with tbe life-boat and tbe Royal Humane Society ' s drags , to render assistance At the same instant , he despatched parties to go for Mr . Hutchinson , the surgeon , of Farringdon-street , so that he might be ready to render medical aid , in the event of any of the sufferers being taken out alive . The two piermen , on getting along side the steamer , found two men clinging to that portion of the steamer abaft of the paddle box , whilst others were clinging to the clothes of the less fortunate , and were beseeching the spectators to assist them . By
a most strenuous exertion the two piermen succeeded m pulling into their galley the two males , Thomas and James Gwynne . They also made an attempt to seize the wearing apparel of the poor females , who were buoyed ap for a second or . two by tbe atmosphere inflating their clothes . Unfortunately they failed in their , attempt , mainly owing to the parties clasping each other round the waist . The two mote fortunate men were , however , taken into the boat ro ^ ed to Blackfriars-bridgc , and finally carried to the Glazier ' s Arms , "Water-lane , where Mr . Browning , the laudlord , bad a bed got ready , and , owing the attendance of Mr . Hutchinson , the surgeon , both parlies happily recovered .
When this had been done six persona tiers still missing , and it was impossible in the excitement to ascertain whether they bad not , as was feared by most who were present , snnk to rise no more . It was " , however , subsequently discovered that one of the females ( Mrs . "Weston ) , was rescued just as she was sinking for the third time , and , having been pulled into a boat , was conveyed to the Swan , in Upper Thamesstreet . Her husband , however , perished . Mr . George Williams , although much injured , was rescued . The paddle box caught the left side of the face , lacerated the flesh , the wheels of the steamer then seized upon his shirt , lifted him twice or three times out of the water , and in all probability would have drawn him into the flats of the wheel , but he had the presence of mind to tear his shirt away , end in so doing his chest was terribly cut , and at the time this account was written he was obliged to be conveyed to the surgery of Mr . Hutchinson . Bis wife , however , was drowned .
Ann Williams , Thomas "Weston , and Emma Bates , are the names of those who have perished by this melancholy event . The survivors attach great blame to the steam-boat conductors ; whilst , on the other hand , the last-named lay equal blame to those in the small beat , for not taking a more southerly position on the riven On Monday a very searching inquiry was made by the directors of the London and Westminster Steam Boat Company , for the purpose of ascertaining whether the persons in charge of the Dahlia steamer were the cause of the distressing accident . '
Captain Elliott , who was in command , had been indisposed for three or four days , but instead of laying up , he made no complaint , and continued to go with the vessel . On Sunday evening , however , he became worse , and during his temporary absence in the cabin he left the vessel in charge of tbe first mate , who took his position on the paddle-box . The boat had gained the entrance to the fourth arch of the bridge when he espied the shallop . Seeing that there was plenty of room for both vessels to . pass , he waved his hand for those in the smaller craft to steer a little on one side . This request was at oaee complied with , and to all appearance both boats were going perfectly right , bat all of a sudden the steersman of the smeller boat must have palled the wrong string , for tbe nose of the shallop turned completely round and struck the curtain-board of the Dahlia .
Before , however , Ihe two came into collision the mate had time to call out "Drop her * astern" and "Ease her , " but the way upon the steamer was so great that before she could be stopped the women in the shallop made an attempt to stand up , which caused their boat to take a more inward course towards the steamer , and the consequence was that she struck violently against the paddle-box , snd instantly became swamped . On Monday , an elderly man , one of the survivors applied to Alderman Lawrence for assistance . He stated that on Sunday evening he came with his friends in the shallop from Greenwich , when having cleared tha arch , at Blackfriars Bridge , they saw the Dahlia bearing down upon them . He ( applicant ) bailed the steamer , and desired the man in command to stand off . while tbe steersman of the shallop
endeavoured to take a » more southerly direction ; but before they had time to do . so the steamer came in collision with them , and precipitated all , ten in number , instantaneously into the water . Tbe boat sank immediately , and he ( applicant ) beluga swimmer , tried to save his aged father , and in doing so was under water himself for about four minutes , find when he rose to the surface almost exhausted , he caught a hue that had been thrown out from the steamer , aud induced his father to do the same , and they were ultimately rescued from their perilous position by watermen who pnt off to their assistance , and they were taken on board the steamboat , but in the meantime applicant lost his sister , and a female relative and friend . He met with two gentlemen on board , captains of other vessels , who condemned the captain ' s want of caution in not having anyone on the look out .
Alderman Lawrence asked if it was dark at tbe time ? Applicant said—Certainly not ; it wanted twenty minutes to nine o ' clock , and everything on the river could be discerned distinctly . Alderman Lawrence . —Tfeen what do you want of me ? Applicant .- —The coroner ' s inquest will soon take place , and the two gentlemen on board the Dahlia are going out of town . I want to know if I can summon them to attend , as their testimony will be important to prove the negligence on the part of the captain , whose name I came here to ascertain . Alderman Lawrence . —Do you intend to charge the cap . tain with wilful negligence in running you down ? Applicant . — -Yes , sir ; for it was no fault of curs , as we had an experienced steersman with us . Alderman Lawrence . —Have the bodies been foend ? Applicant . —No , sir , not yet .
Alderman Lawrence . —Then the inquest cannot be held until they are found . However , if you write to the directors of the company , they will be sure to famish you with Ihe name of the captain , and then if you will come here we will consider the propriety of granting you a summons against him ; but you can do nothing to detain the two gentlemen , who I should imagine would deem it an impera-* , v £ . 4 ttlyt 0 r ender every assistance in their power . This morning ( Wednesday ) a waterman discovered the D % of Ann Williams floating in the river near Pickle flersrog Stairs , Horselydown , where he conveyed it ashore , and gave it into the charge of Mr . George Meadtbe beadle of
, St . Olave ' s , Sonthwark . Shortly afterwards , information ^ as received by the same officer , of the finding of the third body near Morgan Stairs . Both the deceased were taken i * shells to the dead house of St . John's " Workhouse , Parish-street , Tooley-street , where the relatives soon afterwards identified tbem . In -the course of tbe afternoon an " / quest on the bodies was opened , bntit was adjourned for the purpose of giving the proper notice to the officials of the steamboat company . The inquest room was crowded , fhe mate of the steamer which upset the boat has been gained and remanded on a charge of negligence . The "ooies have not been found . \ \
Fall Of A Warehouse In St. Paul's Church...
FALL OF A WAREHOUSE IN ST . PAUL'S CHURCHYARD . On Monday , shortly before eleven o'clock in the morning , fte establishment of Messrs . J . Morgan and Co ., shawl Merchants , & c , situate immediately opposite to the southern 5 ouico of St . Paul's Cathedral . -wiih the exception of the P ° » t wall , fell with a tremendous crash . The premises adl 91 oed others belonging to Messrs . Cook and Sons , warefl ° !« emen , the whole of which to Carter-lane have been re-
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cently removed , for the purpose of rebuilding , in pursuance of arrangements made by the firm and City of London Improvement Commissioners , the line forming part of tbe new Cannon-street West . A few minutes before the fall severa ' of tbe workmen employed in digging ont the foundations of Messrs . Cook ' s new premises , observed that the party-wall belonging to Messrs . Morgan ' s establishment gave tokens of insecurity . The tottering increasing , they ran away with all speed , and in a few moments the wall fell , dragging with it the roof , floors , and stock in the building , except two beds on the third floor and attic . Jest at the instant the fall took plac % two persons left the building , and a Mr . Baker , carpenter , had a narrow escape . He was engaged to take down tbe beds , but just as the door opened the building fell , and he escaped by flight . Two gentlemen passing narrowly escaped being crushed by the falling bricks , as they passed along tbe churchrard in front of the premises .
Men were at once set to work to prop up the tottering walls , and remove the valuable salvage from the debris , and up to nine o ' clock that night some hundreds of Paislay , Norwich , China crapes , Macclesfield , and Cashmere shawls , had been recovered , but at that hour a great deal of property was still buried in the ruins .
Dreadful Railway Accident. Bbrnlbt, July...
DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT . Bbrnlbt , July 13 . —Yesterday morning several monster excursion trains left Burnley , conveying upwards of 5 , 000 of the teachers , children , and friends of the various Sunday schools of the town to York , Goole , Liverpool , and other places , " - The Goole train , engaged by the Wealeyan Metho dists , consisted of about thirfcy-Sva carriages , containing some 1 , 200 persons , and reached Burnley , on its return , about 11 . 30 p . m ., every one delighted with the day strip to tbe sea , and quite unprepared for the most fearful railin this hbour
way accident which has ever occurred neig - hood . The train had arrived within a few hundred yards of tho station , when it * as brought to a stand for the purpose of detaching the engines ( according to the usual practice ) , and running the train on to the main line , which is not employed at this station for the ordinary passenger traffic ; but before the engines could be disposed of the train , from its weight , was again in motion , and , before the pointsman could attend to his duty , had passed on , down the incline , to the usual passenger-platform , whioh is adapted only for a short train , and terminates in a strong stone wall . Tbe train entered the station with
considerable impetus , and dashed against the buffers protecting the waU , two of the carriages being raised completely on end , and almost shivered to pieces by the concussion . The scene which ensued was most lamentable , and almost baffles description , the screams of mothers for their children being mingled with tbe eries and groans of the wounded . The news of the calamity soon spread through the town , and the confusion was increased by the hundreds of people who crowded into the station . Mr . Superintendent Carswell , with a party oi tho county constabulary , was soon on the spot , and resorted to active measures for the extrication of the injured , four of whom were found to be quite dead , and some twenty or thirty seriously injured . A special engine was despatched to Manchester immedi . ately after the accident for Mr . Hal ] , the passenger superintendent , who arrived at three o'clock this morning . After a careful investigation of the circumstances , Mr . Hall is of opinion , that had the points been properly attended to the accident would not have occurred . We understand that every attention is being paid to the sufferers by the company .
Alarming Occurrence—A Mormon Miracle! Ne...
ALARMING OCCURRENCE—A MORMON MIRACLE ! Newport ( Wales ) , Tuesday . Last evening an alarming accident occurred in this town , which occasioned the most frightful apprehensions as to the safety of nearly four hundred men , women , and children . Ihe Latter-day Saints who form a very large proportion of the population in Wales , have been holding their " conference" here within the past few days . To this gathering have assembled many of the " elders" of the fraternity , some of whom have held rank as " prophets " on the banks of the Salt River . Great preparations were made to celebrate this Conference on an extensive scale ; and , among other means , it is said that promises had been held out , and believed in by the too-credulous Welsh people , that " miracles would be performed I "
Yesterday afternoon , a large building named the Sunderland-hall , in which the body had held their services for a long period past , was filled to overflowing by the members of the sect , and their families , who reside in Newport , together with considerable numbers of the people from the hills , the colliery , ironworks , & c . It is supposed that about four hundred persons were here assembled , about to join in partaking of tea after one of the services of the day . Several Mormon elders had given out the blessing , and some hints were thrown out that even that day might witness some of the great and miraculous powers of the saints . Scarcely had tea been commenced , when , without a moment ' s warning , exactly one-nalf of the lofty and heavy ceiling of the building fell with a sudden crash . For a moment all was blinding and suffocating , dust and confusion , then the most appalling shrieks and tbe
most terrifying clamour ; aud , amidst the din and terrible confusion that ensued , people rushed from all the surrounding houses , apprehending that same great calamity had occurred . Fearful screams were again heard bursting « fortb , presently the windows of the ball were dashed out , and the affrighted creatures within flung themselves through the broken sashes to the ground below ; some were observed clinging with extreme tenacity to the window-frames and sills , apprehending death within , and fearful of mutilated limbs if they fell . The doors were burst open from without as well as the piles of people heaped upon one another inside permitted , and ingress being at length obtained , tbe sight that presented itself was enough to appal the stoutest heart—beams and rafters , whole patches of ceiling , amidst clouds of dust , lying upon scores of people ; while the teatables , affording protection to many , were crowded below with numbers crying aloud for mercy , for protection , and for a miracle to save them . The upper end of the hall , where the elders had been seated , was unhurt—the ceiling
above their heads was unbroken . Immediate exertions wero made , and in the course of an hour the wretched creatures were all extricated from the ruins , and on a minute search being instituted , not one was found missing ; and , what is still more remarkable , although tbe beams and rafters were heavy , and some , with huge pieces of entire ceiling , fell directly upon the tables , and otbers in a direction that appeared to ensure inevitable death , not one single Mormon was injured , though it was intimated that two or three unbelievers , who had gone thither to revile and sneer at the true followers of Joe Smith , received slight injuries , which may serve their consciences as remembrancers . "When the party were already extricated another hall was obtained , and there tbe remainder of the evening was devoted to an ovation to the elders and the prophets who had wrought the anticipated miracle of causing a ceiling to fall upon the beads of the saints without injury . The occurrence has occasioned a remarkable sensation , in the town .
Garotte Robbery Nr Lkbbs.—Many And Darin...
Garotte Robbery nr Lkbbs . —Many and daring as have been the robberies of this character , . perpetrated in this neighbourhood during last winter , they have been exceeded in determination , impudence , and violence , by one committed on a respectable man last Tuesday night in the Eirkgate-market , which is situated in the very heart of Leeds . Mr . John Shaw , of Cawood , near Selby , came to Leeds on Tuesday morning to dispose of some pigs , and in . the evening , after visiting Mr . "Wood , the confectioner , of Commercial-street , who married his sister , he departed for the London Tavern . This would be about half-past ten . He was a comparative stranger to the town , and on arriving near the Eirkgate-market he halted , doubting his way . In this dilemma , a finely-dressed woman and two other women came up to him , and the former , named Mary M'Andrew , proffered to show him the public-house he was
in search of . Shaw , under this woman s guidance , then walked through the market , it being , as she informed him , the " gainest way" to the London Tavern . He saw nothing more of the other women ; but when they had walked halfway across be was rudely seized by a person coming suddenly and silently upon him from the rear , who threw hia arms across his shoulders and gagged him with one hand , and with the other twitched his neckcloth and pressed his knuckles against the throat , and placing his knees against the hollow of Shaw ' s back , succeeded in prostrating him . The ruffian then made a vigorous attempt to hold Show in this position , while the female prisoner succeeded in taking from his waistcoat pocket a purse containing about £ 22 16 s ., composed of £ 5 notes , and gold and silver . Tbe victim vigorously opposed this violence and robb ery : and as the woman was making rato ois
pidlv off with the purse and contents , he managed - en gage himself from the man . He ran after and captured the woman before she had got far . However he was again followed and seized by the male accomplice . Shaw distinctly felt hia parse and money in the woman s pocket ; and a most desperate struggle ensued , in whiohSbaw and the woman were thrown , and he believed in this fighttbey were all on the ground . However , he again obtained possession of the money . The ruffian tried to tear him ^ from the woman , whereupon Shaw cried ont " Murder , and said to his assailants that" he would suffer death before they should have his money , " and again vociferated " Murder . " The alarm brought policeman Sharp up , and the man seeing danger at band made off , and succeeded in escaping . The female prisoner , who had again secured tho prize and money , tore herself from Shaw's exhausted grasp , and was also making a rapid retreat in another direction , when Shaw followed her . He never lost
sight of the woman , and , after a short chase , captured her . The market watchman and policeman then both came np . Mary M'Andrew , finding herself thoroughly beaten , fell upon her knees , and begged , " . for God ' s sake , " that S ! -aw would not give her into custody . He again recovered the purse , hut tho notea were gone ; and the prisoner , who protested that she had not got them , managed , when being privately examined by Mrs . Barrett , the gaoler ' s wife , to drop two notes resembling those lost from the purse . Shaw ' s evidence was most satisfactory , and we are only sorry that the villain was not in the dock the following day to receive , with the woman , the magistrate ' s decision . Prisoner , in defence , said she had nothing to do with the attack , and never had prosecutor ' s money in her possession . She was committed to take her trial at the York assizes . Considering the lime of the year , and also tbe scene of the savage attack , it is quite calculated to cause fear and surprise at the determination , impudence , and violence exhibited . —Leeds Times .
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Northern Circuit. Maintenance Of A Basta...
NORTHERN CIRCUIT . MAINTENANCE OF A BASTARD CHILD , York , July 12 . —Crowhbrst and Wife y . Loverock . — This was an action brought to recover a sum of £ 2 o for the maintenance of a bastard child , of which the defendant was the father and the female plaintiff the mother . It appeared that on the 30 th of December , 1 S 45 , the female plaintiff gave birth to a child , and inconsideration of her abstaining from fathering it upon him , the defendant eritered into an agreement with her in the following March to pay her £ 45 , by instalments , for the child ' s maintenance ,
of which sum he then paid her £ 12 on account Not , however , paying'further instalments , the female plaintiS obtained an order of maintenance of her bastard child from the magistrates , under which the defendant paid £ 8 . Subsequently , the female plaintiff having married , that bastardy order became null and void , and the defendant refusing to pay any more towards the support of the child , this action was brought on his prior agreement to support it . For the defence it was urged that this agreement had been abandoned when the application was made for the bastardy order . His Lordship having summed up . The jury found a verdict for tbe plaintiff . —Damages ,
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HOME CIRCUIT . CHARGE OF . CHILD MURDER . Hertford , July 13 . —Anne -Welsh , 23 , a very goodlooking young woman , was indicted for the wiful murder of her female illegitimate child . The learned counsel for the prosecution , in opening the case to the jury , said it was one of a distressing nature , the prisoner being charged with the wilful destruction of her own offspring . Mrs . Mavy Kite said that she was the mistress of tho Hatfield Union workhouse in March last , and on the 13 th of that month the prisoner was delivered o £ a female child in that establishment . She remained thereiintil the 14 th of April , when she went away , taking the child with her . The infant was perfectly healthy at that time , and had been so from its birth . At the time it' went away , it had
a piece of flannel tied round it belonging to the union . All the flannel furnished to the union was marked in a particular manner , and she had no doubt that the piece of flannel which had since been nhown to her was the unioa flannel , and that it was the same kind that had been tied round the prisoner ' s child .. While the prisoner was in the union She appeared to be very fond of the child . ¦'" ¦ - Mary Anne Marsden said that she lived at Hatfield , and on the 3 rd of May a boy came to her and told ber something which induced her to go to a gravel pit pond not far from her cottage , and she there saw the dead body of an infant floating on the top of the water . She obtained assistance , and got it out , and found that it had on the flannel band which she produced , and whioh had been shown to the last witness , and also a calico shirt .
James Harrod , one of the Herts constabularly , deposed that from information he received , he went on the 15 th of June to the Cock Inn , at Barnefc , where the prisoner waft engaged as a servant . He told her that he wanted to speak to her , and she immediately said that she thought he would have been there before . He said nothing to . her to induce her to make any statement , but upon his asking her whether she had not been confined in Hatfield Union , she replied that she had , and that it was a female babe , but it was stillborn . He then asked her if she was positive that the child was dead , and she said three times that it was dead when it was born . Upon her saying this , he told her that he must take her into custody on suspicion of murdering her child , which she took out of the unien alive , and the prisoner then said , " It is of no use to tell you any lies . I did it , I did it ; I put it into the water . " Upon being cross-examined by Mr . Hawkins , this
witness prevaricated and shuffled so much in the answers he gave , that the learned judge interposed , and threatened to commit him if he did not give a straightforward answer . Upon being thus pressed , he stated that he had committed the statement of the prisoner to writing immediately after she made it , but said that he had since destroyed the paper , and he then gave two or three different versions of the expressions he attributed to the prisoner . Mr . Charles Drage , a surgeon at Hatfield , proved that he saw the body of the deceased at the cottage where it had been taken to , and found that it was very much decomposed—so much so that it was impossible to ascertain whether there were any external marks of injury upon iter not . The body was that of a healthy female child , and he was of opinion . that death had been occasioned by sufiocation , but not by means of drowning , and he had no doubt that the child was dead before ifc was thrown into the water
. , la answer to a question put by the learned judge , the witness said that children were frequently smothered by being wrapped up too close in bed clothes , or by having a thick shawl or anything of that sort placed round their heads . He had no doubt the child ' s death was the result of strangulation by being deprived of air , but it was impossible for him to give an opinion as to the actual mode of death . Mr . Hawkins made a very able address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner , contending that in the first place the identity of the child had not been sufficiently clearly established , and . that supposing ™ this fact to have been proved , there was nothing positive to show that , the prisoner had anything to do with causing the death of the infant . ... , The learned judge baying summed up , ' The jury , without any hesitation , returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
MIDLAND CIRCUIT , BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE . LrxcoMf , July 13 . —Hoff v . Savage . —This was a breach of promise case . The plaintiff , ' who is about forty years of age , keeps a grocer ' s and draper's shop at Holbeach . and tho defendant is a landowner and opulent farmer in the neighbourhood , fifty-five years of age . Damages were laid at £ 2 , 000 . As the defendant and the brother of the plaintiff were travelling together , the family having been intimate for years , an acquaintance was commenced , but shortly after the lady attempted to break it off on the ground that she had mistaken her own feelings—that she did not intend to marry , and felt that she was in a right position . This was at the end of 1848 . Several letters
were exchanged , not particularly overcharged with expressions indicative of the tender passion , aud eventually the defendant was accepted ; and it was arranged that the to be happy pair were to be married at St . George ' s , Hanoversquare , London . The plaintiff ' s brother borrowed £ 300 from the defendant , and the plaintiff gave a note for it , as the brother had advanced her the means of fixing in business . Afterwards the defendant wished for the marriage to be put off for twelve months ( as his brother objected to it ) until the objection of his brother could be overcome . As he had suggested that the business should be sold , and attempts bad been made to dispose of it , the defendant offered to maintain tbe plaintiff until he could marry her . This she refused . After this time the defendant got cool , and as he got cool the lady got proportionably anxious that the engagement should be fulfilled . Ultimately the defendant
commenced his action for the £ 300 and interest / and then the lady commenced her action for breach of promise by way of set off . Mr . Macaulay , in opening the plaintiff ' s case to the jury commented upon the propriety and delicacy of the plaintifl ' s letter , and the coarse vulgarity displayed in those of tho defendant , whom he described as a man of so hot and tyrannical a temper , that he bad acquired the title of * ' King of the Marsh . " He charged the defendant with having stated in an affidavit that the plaintiS had been actuated by mercenary motives ; and he wanted to know what the defendant meant by making such an imputation , when he knew that she had at first declined his addresses on the ground that at that time her affection for him was not sufficiently strong . He challenged the production of that affidavit , and also of tbe letter of the defendant to which the plaintiff ' s first letter was an answer , and which had been returned . "•/ . •••¦ :. '
Mr . Sergeant WHkins objected to his learned friend stating any matter which he was not prepared to prove . J Mr . Macaulay then resumed . 'his address . He knew what the object of his learned friend : was .. If he could avoid the necessity of giving any evidence on the part of . the defendant , be would then , when he made his speech ' , take the opportunity of rioting like a rhinoceros in a jungle —( great laughter)—and what he ( Mr . Macaulay ) -wanted wast to compel him by evidence rather than by comment to explain the grounds upon which he justified the extraordinary conduct of his client . Mr . Sergeant Wilkins addressed the jury for the defendant . He commenced by observing , that those who were not acquainted with his learned friend might almost imagine , from the elegant language which he had used , that his learned friend had conceived some personal pique against
him . He had spoken of his rioting like a rhionceros in a jungle or a bull in a china-shop , and yet his learned friend took upon himself to" be hypercritical as to the language of the defendant's letters . He would not say that his friend reminded him of a rhinoceros in a jungle or a bull in a china-shop , but when he thought of the havoc which he had made with the plaintiff ' s case , he could not help thinking of the old adage , expressing it delicately to suit his learned friend , of a Jerusalem pony dancing among the chickens . ( Great laughter . ) He was certainly not surprised that his learned friend had got it into his head to suggest something about mercenary motives , for any one who read this correspondence must see that the beginning , middle , and end of it was pounds , shillings , and pence . There was certainly no Hibernian warmth about it . The letters generally began -with the freezing monosyllable " Sir , " and ended " yours respectfully . " Once the defendant had gone so far as to begin " Dear Eliza , " but they never got to the superlative ; tbe disappointment of the
and great must have been young ladies and gentlemen who had come there expecting to hear the warm expressions of youthful affection , " light of my soul , " " adorable charmer , " or tbe glowing description of " an eye which would ' tice a cat from a herring . ( Laughter . ) It was abundantly clear that from the early part et 1819 , the intercourse between the plaintiff and defendant had wholly ceased ; and it was not until the defendant insisted upon the payment of the money which he had lent , that the present action was dreamt of . The ptamttihcrsett had said that she had not that affection for the defendant which could induce her to marry him , and what was there since to' alter that intention ? According to the account which his learned friend had given of the defendant what was there in this " King of the Marsh , " this coarse vulgar tyrant , who chewed tobacco , to win her affection ? What evidence was there that he had done so ? Where was the delicacy of the lady , who pointedly refused to pay her debts
Northern Circuit. Maintenance Of A Basta...
until a man for whom she had no affection would fulfil a promise to marry her ? She would , in his judgment , have exhibited more true religion by the honest payment of her debts , than by arrogant application of scriptural quotations to her own pretended wrongs ; But an appeal was made to the sympathies of the jury on behalf of this pooy injured " orphan ;"—an orphan of forty years of age ! It reminded him of a story current on this circuit of one of ita former members , the late Mr . Clarke , who happened , when he was nearly eighty , to be opposed to Mr . Sergeant Goulboum , who made a similar appeal on behalf of his client , a lady of the age of forty-two . When it came to Mr . Clark ' s turn to address the jury , he said , — " Gentlemen , an attempt has been made to excite your sympathies fin the part of thn
plaintiff , on tbe ground that she is an orphan ; but fathers and mothers cannot live for ever . Gentlemen , I am myself an orphan . " ( Laughter . ) Altogether , the present case was one in which he was satisfied that the smallest amount of damages was sufficient to compensate the p laintiff for any loss which she had sustained . The learned Judge summed up the evidence , and , The jury , having retired for a short time , returned a verdict for the plaintiff . —Damages £ 600 . In tho cross action upon the promissory note , a verdict was taken by consent for £ 345 , principal and interest , and an order was made that the damages and costs in the one action should be setoff against the damages and costs in the otherand that the balance only should be paid .
, A FiiHG at thb Judge . — In the Crown Court this morning , before Mr . Justice Coleridge , a prisoner named James Smith , only eighteen years old , was convicted of burglary , after having been previously convicted , and his Lordship was about to pronounce a sentence of transportation , when the prisoner , with great violence , threw his cap at the learned judge , using at the same time a coarse expression . Fortunately , his Lordship succeeded in avoiding the blow , which might otherwise have proved a severe one . The prisoner was immediately removed from the bar , and his sentence deferred .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . ( Before Mr . Sergeant Adams , Assistant Judge . ) Jew 13 . —Robbery—Effects of the "Scarlet Fever . " —John Reeman , 30 , a private in the Coldstream Guards , and Mary Ann Bacon , 21 , were indicted—Mary Ann Bacon for stealing a eashbox , containing two banknotes for the payment and of the value of £ 10 each , and other notes and moneys , the property and moneys of Robert Townsend ; and John Reeman for feleniousl y receiving the same , well knowing them to have been stolen . —The jury retired for about an hour , and returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners—Bacon of stealing , and Reeman of receiving . —The Assistant Judge said it was the impression on his mind , although perhaps he bad not enough proof to enable him to act on it . that Bacon had been the complete
dupe of the male prisoner , —A juryman also observed that that also was the impression of the jury . — Mr . Doyle remarked that the girl had had two or three situations , but had lost them all through an acquaintance with soldiers . — Mr . Parry said that the girl was of a very respectable family . The father was a farmer in the country , and was greatly distressed at the circumstances connected with the case , for she seemed to have been perfectly infatuated with this man . —The Assistant Judge sentenced Bacon to six months ' imprisonment with bard labour , and Reeman to be transported for fourteen years . A Beastly Ruffian . —John Brown , 30 , was convicted of unlawfully assaulting Eliza Webb , a child under twelve years of age . The case was a most disgusting one , and the details unfit for publication . —He was sentenced to ten months' imprisonment with hard labour .
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CRIMES AND OFFENCES . . The ' Murder " by Policemen at LivERPOOL . —On Monday evening the coroners jury , after a protracted inquiry into the circumstances attending tbe death of Margaret Baines , a married woman , in an advanced state of pregnancy , who had been killed by a blow from a policeman ' s stick while quietly standing in her own apartment , returned a verdict of" Wilful Murder against John Slaney , " the policeman ( 175 ) , who was sworn to by five or six witnesses as the man who had inflicted the fatal blow . Another policeman named Dome suddenly , absconded after the occurrence , and bas not yet . been apprehended . . In the course of the investigation three persons were committed by order ef the coroner for writing notes to the jury , with a view of tampering with their judgment on the question before them . The conduct of the police on the occasion has been proved to have been most brutal , wanton , and unprovoked . " Accident
Dangers of the Serpentine . —On Tuesday an inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , at tbe Malpas Arms , Charlesstreet , Grosvenor-square , on' the body of Timothy Conner aged thirtyrfour , an excellent swimmer , who was drowned on Sunday morning in the Serpentine . The testimony of the witnesses went to prove that he had swam halfway across and suddenly called for help , when . he turned over head first and went down into the deep mud beneath . It was nearly twenty minutes before . he could be got up by the Royal Humane Society ' s men after the time he went down . Mr . Williams tbe superintendent of the Society , stated that observing the . drags were out he instantly got a
hot bath in readiness , and when the body was brought in it was black with the mud over the head to the waste where he had been fixed . He was quite dead , but still every means were used to restore him , and Dr . WooIIey attended . —The Coroner : The Serpentine , I have understood , is a most dangerous place to bathe in , —Mr . Williams replied it was the most dangerous place in the world . There were holes thirty feet deep , and then twelve feet of mud , out of ¦ which the best swimmer could never get . There were cold springs too in all parts . —The Coroner observed that it had been suggested in consequence , as he understood , that the bed of tbe river should be levelled . As this had not been done
there is no alternative hut to prevent bathing altogether there . —The jury returned a verdict of " Accidentally Drowned . " Dbath prom Coup de Soleii / . —On Monday evening , Mr . W . Carter , coroner for East Surrey , held an inquest at the County . Arms Tavern , Wandswortb-eommon , upon tbe body of Matthew Kerley , aged seventy-five , a labourer , who died under the following circumstances . On Friday last the deceased , -who worked for Mr . Robert Male , a nurseryman on Wandsworth-common , was hoeing some ground between twelve and one o ' clock , the sua being shining with an
intense heat , when he suddenly dropped to the ground , and was found by a labourer named John Young lying on his back , with his eyes wide open and senseless . This man got assistance , and the deceased was conveyed to a shady part of the ground . Mr . Wilkinson , the resident surgeon of tbe New Prison , was apprised of the circumstance , and quickly attended the deceased , whose head he found to be very hot , and the pulse beating fast . He bled him in the temples , and adopted other remedies , but he gradually sunk , and died in about , twohours . There was no doubt of the power-Miays of the sun being the primary agent . The jury returned a verdict of "Died by the visitation of God . "
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BIRTHS AND DEATHS-HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS . ( From the Registrar-General ' s Return . ) The official report says .- —Last week the births of 679 boys and 638 girls , in all . 1 , 814 children , were registered in London . The average number in seven corresponding weeks of 1845-51 was 1 , 244 . Tbe week that ended last Saturday brought considerable accession to the mortality of London , which rose higher than it had been in the eleven weeks preceding . In the week ending July 3 , with a mean temperature of 59 . 7 degrees , the deaths registered were 987 ; in last week , ending July 10 , with a mean temperature of 70 . 9 degrees , they were 1 , 080 , showing an increase of nearly 100 . In the ten corresponding weeks of
the years 1842-51 the average number of deaths was 889 , whioh , with a correction for increase of population , will he 978 . The present return therefore shows a mortality greater than the estimated amount by 102 . The average temperature of the corresponding weeks was 62 degrees . From these facts it seems reasonable to draw the inference that a'sudden increase of heat above the average , to the amount of 9 degrees , has shortened the lives of more than a hundred persons A comparison of the returns of the last two week appears to show that extreme heat has been un . favourable to the young and the old , while with regard to the middle-aged its tendency has been beneficial , except to such of these as were labouring under consumption .
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, ^ A . ^ fn ?^ '" 5 P " s' 'ssistants are getting from £ 100 to £ 200 ^ yew at present hi Sydney . London Rats—Tjheve are , upon a laoderate calculation , upwards of a thousand persons in London living directly or indirectly , by means of rats . Closiso of Newgate-street fob Repairs . —This great thoroughfare to ana from the city and west-end of the torn has been closed for . repairs , , Carriage of Books to Australia . —Arrangements aro in progress to extend the privilege of sending books , & C , at low rates to Australia .. . The Zoological . £ ociett of London have received an addition to their menagerie in the arrival of a fine and lively example of the Chimpanzee .
Eaitohatiox from Bitisior , ahd ins Wbst . —The emigra « tion movement has set in with fall force in the West of England and South "Wales . - Acts op Parliament . — In the five months but one day ? L the ! a * session of parliament , eighty-eight public ana 188 local acts were passed . A " Free asd Independent" Voter . — Wm . M'Vitie , a weaver , died last week , at Carlisle , in consequence of drinking to excess free drink , given by the Tory canvassers . b - . De ^ aricrb of Mademoiselle Wagner . —Tho " Stanoard announces that Mdlle . Wagner has left England , tha intention of her appearing in London this season having been abandoned .
Emigration via Liverpool . —The number of personasent to the United States during tbe past month was 20 , 847 ; a falling off , as compared with the month of June , of upwards of 6 . 00 . 0 . Mad Dogs . —On Saturday a notice was issued by tha Commissioners of Police , "Whiteball . place , calling upon all owners of dogs which showed any rabid symptoms to keep them within their houses . Death or Sir G . H . Smyth , Bart . —We have td an « nounce tbe death of Sir George Henry Smyth , Bart ., of Berechurch Hall , Colchester , whioh took place on Sunday last . Death op " Jobs Doe and Richard Roe . "—On the 24 th of October next these celebrated characters will legally cease to exist , in consequence of an act passed in tho lata session .
Metropolitan Improvements . —Under a recent act , improvements will be made in Pimlico and near Buckingham Palace . The Thames Embankment , under another . net ; ifl now being formed . The Tories and . the . Elbctioss .: —Of the seats which the Tories have gained , the following will , we understand , be petitioned against with every prospect of success :- * Derby , Cockermouth , Barnstaple , and Canterbury . Gunnery Experiments are going on at Shooburyness " , under the directions of a committee of naval and artillery officers , with eccentric shell with a 10-inch long gun of 116 owt . A Present tor a Kino . —Whilst the King of Prussia and the Empress of Russia were at Coblenti , a butcher pre seated them with a sausage thirteen feet long containing all sorts of sausage meat , and terminated with a pig ' a head .
" Gaglmani" announces the death of M . Reoamier , tha celebrated physician at Paris , in his seventy-eighth year On the previous day he had visited several patients , and appeared quite well on going to bed . He died " without a struggle or a groan . " "Value o * Gold Coin . —The " Wanderer" of Vienna states that the English government bas proposed that an European congress shall be held at London to deliberate on measures to be taken in common , relative to gold pieces , whioh are constantly losing their value . Official Emoluments . —It being considered expedient that a record should be kept of the emoluments derived by the collectors and controllers , and other officers of Customs , Ac , they have been called upon to make a return , showing the amount they receive .
Royal Societj tor the PRRVEsnoy of Crueltt to Animals . — This society has recommended that watertronghs be placed in suitable localities for the purpose of supplying dogs and other animals with water in sultry weather . ... Assault op . Arms— On Wednesday night the extraordinary feat of cutting through two whole sheep at one cut was to have been performed by Mr . Hand , the well known swordsman , at Seville House . However he only succeeded in cutting one through , and the other half way . Atrocious Murder in the Count ? Cavan . —A young
man , named Pat Reily , who lived at a place called Muff , was observed by some parties to have some money ; and in the evening , he was set upon by five or six . ruffians , who killed and robbed him in the space of a few minutes . Se « veral parties have been arrested . The Dogs of Constantinople . —Tbe number of does in Constantinople was so great a short time ago that 3 , 000 were conveyed to an isle of the Bosphorus , with provision sufficient to last three days , On the fourth day the Imauma ascended the minarets , and exhorted them to patience and resignation , —Globe . ¦
Shoal of Herrings off the Isle op Man , —On Tue ?« day week an . immense bottle-nosed whale , drove in towards tbe shore a -very large shoal of herrings . When the monster found himself ia shallow water , he made hastily for sea , but the petrified herrings were not so fortunate , thou * sands of them being caught . Overcrowding Steamboats . — -On Sunday determined measures were adopted to prevent the overcrowding of steamboats on the Thames by the City and metropolitan authorities , who had placed at the different piers , and scattered over the river in boats , bodies of the Thames police , who took good care that none beyond the number limited by law travelled'by that mode of conveyance . Gales ' on the American Lakes . —The numerous gales on the lakes , within the past few months—particularly ou Lake Erie—have destroyed an immense amount of property . The steamer Caspian , during a late gate , was wrenched from ber moorings at Cleveland , and dashed to piecea against tbe pier . The schooner St . Mary was capsized during the same gale , near Toledo , and it is supposed that all on
board were drowned . Fires in America . —A large foundry , and several adjoining dwelling-houses in Troy , were lately destroyed by fire . The loss , it is supposed , will reach one hundred aud fifty thousand dollars , aud , what makes the matter worse , some two hundred workmen have been thrown out of situa : turns by the calamity . In Hudson , stores and dwellings to tbe value of about forty thousand dollars hare been con * sumed , ' The Egg-throwing Case . —It will be recollected that a very disgraceful occurrence took place at the " Derhy " last year , in which two Cavalry gentish officers were mixed up . Every impediment bas been thrown in the way of the insulted parties obtaining reparation , but wo are now abla to ' state that a compromise has taken place , by tha " gents" paying a considerable sum of money to escape the punishment they bo richly deserved . —United Service Gazette .
Gold Diggings . — On Monday night a lecture was delivered in the London Mechanics' Institution , Southamptonbuildings , by Mr . Judge , on the subject of emigration to Australia . As the lecture was chiefly designed for tho benefit of intending emigrants—and more especially for those who intend to proceed to the gold districts-it was altogether of a practical character , giving information as to what the emigrant should do and what he should avoid . Sudden Death sroh the Heat of the Weather . —On Monday an inquest was held by Mr . W . Baker , at tha Royal Crown , St . George ' s-street , Ratcliffe-highway , on the body of John Peter Bruneck , aged fifty-six years . Oa the previous Friday morning the deceased was at his usual occupation when he complained of the excessive heat , and exclaimed to Mr . Moggeridge , another officer , " Oh , my head is very bad . " He then asked the men around him to procure medical assistance , but before the surgeon could get to the deceased he was quite dead . Tbe jury returned a verdict of " Natural Death . "
A Voice for the Dog . —A correspondent of the " Times /' writing under this head , says : — "The English muzzle is a most painful and oppressive instrument , but _ I am most anxious to suggest the use of the French design in its place . This does not in the least degree fetter the animal in opening its mouth and receiving a proper quantity of air , and is a most simple contrivance . It consists of a small wire frame-work , made to fit under the lower jaw of tbe animal , and its safety consists in its projecting a couple of inches beyond the point of the lower jaw , thus preventing the animal from reaching anything with its mouth , excepting water , by just the distance of the projection . "
Shocking Suicide with Oxalic Acid . —On Saturday a young woman named Frances Skilton , aged twenty , com > mitted suicide under the following circumstances : —The deceased resided at No . 16 , Thrawl-street , Spitalfields , and at eight o ' clock she was discovered lying in bed in a state of excruciating agony . A surgeon was called in , and it was soon found that she had swallowed a large quantity of oxalic acid , which she had purchased at a chemist ' s shop ia Brick-lane . The stomach pump was u ? ed , and every means were resorted to to counteract the effects of the powerful acid , but the deceased expired shortly afterwards . The cause of the rash act is not known .
Frightful Storm asd Loss of Life . — Alnwick town was visited on Monday afternoon by a thunderstorm of unprecedented violence . For several hours the fhshes and reports followed each other without intermission , the rain poured in torrents , and the grandeur of the storm , which resembled a West Indian one , was fearful . The lightning was of a most dangerous description , and the thunder terrible , At the new schools now building for the use of tho corporation , eight men were standing under the shelter of the scaffolding , when the electric fluid struck one of the poles , which it rent from top to bottom ; it then knocked down the eight men , two of whom wero > killed and another hurt , and then rent part of the wall in its passage . —Met ' ivick Warder .
Ameiiica . v Challesgb to English Ship Builders . —The American Navigation Club-challenges tho sh : pbuilders of Great Britain to a ship race , with cargo on hoard , from a port in England to a port in China , and back . One ship to be entered by each party , and to bo named within a week of the start . The ships to be modelled , commanded , and officered entirely by citizens of tho United States and Great Britain respectively . To be entitled to rank A 1 , either at the American offices or at Lloyd ' s . The stakes to be £ 10 , 000 a side , satisfactorily secured by both parties , ibe paid without regard to accidents , or to any excoptior the whole amount forfeited by either party not appea Judges to be mutually chosen . Reasonable time to b ' after notice of acceptance to build the ships , if r and also for discharging and loading cargo in Cb ' challenged party may name : the size of the sb der 800 nor over 1 , 200 American register weight and measurement which shall be car the allowance for short weight or over-sir
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 17, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17071852/page/7/
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