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.J 4 THE STAR OF FREEDOM. September 18 \...
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lavage Assault.—Th " at the Fenton polic...
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Kite Consumed by Lightning.—On the eveni...
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Accident in the Fleet Ditch.—On Saturday...
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.J 4 The Star Of Freedom. September 18 \...
. J THE STAR OF FREEDOM . September 18 \ m . ^ 1 ' ™*
Lavage Assault.—Th " At The Fenton Polic...
lavage Assault . —Th " at the Fenton police- . e Stafordshire Adoertiter states that the following offer o 0 urt , Mark Hemmings was charged with previous Satur /* tCe : _ The complainant deposed that on the that the defp av evening they had met in Vauxhall , Longton ; several tf ~ ^ nt pushed him off the footpath , struck him seizinr ines and knocked him down , knelt upon him , and in r him by the throat attempted to strangle him ; and when , onleauenee of the strangulation , his ( complainant ' s ) tongue ^ traded out of his mouth , the defendant deliberately stooped dowTand bit a piece out of it . Mr . John Hayes , surgeon , stated that the complainant had been under his care smce bunday morning , and stated , amidst much sensation 111 the court , that when the complainant came to him he found that lie fThaekeri had lost from an inch to an inch and a halt ot ins
tongue . The wound was an incised one , ragged at the edges , and he could distinctly trace upon it the marks of two incised teeth . From the size ' of the wound and the fact ot its being concave , he considered it impossible that the comp lainant could have bitten the piece off himself . The prisoner was ^ conmiitted for trial , hut was subsequently bailed . The Chesterfield Cour ™ relates a similar occurrence . An Irishman having enticed one of his countrymen down the Derby-road about three quarters of a mile from Chesterfield , commenced a furious attack on him with the intention of robbing him . In the struggle , howe . ei , the intended victim managed to bite out the tongue of his
assailant , who immediately released him and ran ^ away The other made his complaint to the police , hut fflf ^ ° J ^ cover the would-be robberproving unsuccessful , he left Chesteifield , and cannot now be found , but it has since been discovered that the tongueless man was admitted as an accident patient into the Derby Infirmary , on his representing that he had been attacked hy three Irishmen , who had bitten out his organ of speech and rifled his pockets of £ 3 8 s .
Attempted Murder of a Soldier .-Oh Wednesday a private soldier of the 62 nd Regt . was stabbed by a boatman from the county of Clare under the following circumstances : —the boatman , with two companions , had been drinking 111 a publichouse kept by a Mr . Murphy , in the Main-street , where some observations * in reference to the Six-mile bridge not raised a dispute between the parties ; the soldier unfortunately entering
at the time was assailed by the boatman , who , without provocation , and declaring that he hated the sight of a soldier , stabbed the unfortunate man in the breast with a knife . Fortunately the blade struck the ribs of the man , and although he lies in a dangerous state in the military infirmary , hopes are entertained of his recovery . The boatman made off immediately and has not been arrested : his two companions , however ,
are in custody . . Extraordinary Case of Dki-kavity . —1 ne following statement appears in the Paris Droit;— " The tribunals will without doubt soon be called upon to try a case which , from the rank of the accused person , will excite great sensation . The Countess f "belonging to a princely house of one ot the small states of the Germanic confederation , ' manifested warm passions at an early period , and to prevent their producing disgraceful results , her family hastened to get her married . Marriage did not subdue her passionsand , after a few stormy years , she became a
, widow . Her misconduct now knew no limit . I orgetting her education , her rank , and all respect for propriety , she had a succession of lovers , and gradually descended in the social scale until she went off with the traveller of a commercial house , whose character was bad , and who had been attracted as much by her large fortune as hy her beauty . After an absence of some time they returned to Paris , aud took up their abode in a splenid hotel of the Chaussee dAntin , where the clerk caused her to put her signature to bills which he got discounted , and Th unt of b
paid his debts with the proceeds . e Co , eing informed of the degrading life that the countess was leading in Paris , endeavoured to effect a change by causing her separation from the man with whom she was living , but this did not suffice . She took one lover after another , until at last the man chosen was a low Jew , who treated her with cruelty , and robbed her of her property , and then abandoned her in a state of destitution , when in an advanced state of pregnancy . Soon after this the external signs of pregnancy had disappeared , and rumour was current that she had been secretly delivered , and
had destroyed her infant . This rumour having reached the ears of justice , an inquiry was established , and it was ascertained that the child had been born aliye , and immediately strangled and thrown down a water closet . The Countess has been arrested , and is now in the prison of St . Lazare . " Horse Dealtxg Extraordinary . —A highly-respectable corn-miller and farmer , residing in the vicinity of Ripon , and well known for his sagacity , while attending the fair at Ripley , on Thursday , the 26 th ult ., was attracted by two
respectablelooking and well-dressed persons , who apparently were quarrelling over the purchase of a horse . At the close of their colloquy , the would-be purchaser turned round to our friend and two or three others , and informed them that he was exceedingly anxious to have the animal for his brother ; that he agreed as to the price , but that the seller had refused the money offered , on account of the notes being too distant , at the same time exhibiting a roll of bank notes ; and as he was tearful of missing the animal , he would present any gentleman with a sovereign who would purchase the horse for him while he endeavoured to to exchange his notes . Under these peculiar circumstances , and no doubt prompted hy a feeling of humanity , the worthy
miller kindly undertook the task , and a bargain was speedily effected for 32 guineas , cash down . Immediately after the purchase the animal was taken to an inn , but on the good , natured miller looking out for his friend and his sovereignneither he nor the disposer of the horse could be found ; and on further inquiry it was ascertained that the parties had taken their departure together per rail . The horse , though a fine-looking animal , on examination was found to be swung in the hack , and broken-winded , and not worth 30 s . It is a matter of much surprise that so stale a trick should have succeeded with any respectable man , especially after the repeated warnings given by the public press . —Yorkshire Gazette .
Kite Consumed By Lightning.—On The Eveni...
Kite Consumed by Lightning . —On the evening of Monday week , two I ' ttle boys were flying a kite on Glasgow Green ; the kite had obtainQd a very considerable elevation , when a vivid fl ih of the electric fluid struck the kite , and in the twinkling of an eye , the , kite , tail , and paper appended thereto , and the greater part of cord , were consumed ; leaving the poor littte fellows staring in utter amazment at the disappearance of their favorite . —JEedivburgh Advertiser . Capture op Whales at Lerwick . —There was a considerable capture of whales , on Wednesday last , at Laxavoe , in Lunasting . There were between two and three hundred of them , and the blubber sold next day at an average of thirteen pounds per ton ; there were also some whales seen off Quendale on Sunday , the 22 d ult .
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Accident In The Fleet Ditch.—On Saturday...
Accident in the Fleet Ditch . —On Saturday a fatal accident occurred , about half-past three o ' clock , in the open sewer of the Fleet ditch , at the back of St . Peter ' s Church , in Saffronhill . A little boy , six years old , named Wm . Martin , whose parents reside in the vicinity , was playing in the open space .
when he climbed on the pailings , and , his danger being per ¦ _ ceived by a little girl about ten years of age , she held to r ds clothes , and was also pulled over , and both feel into the strep „ . A number of persons who witnessed the accident at once so aled the pailings , and succeeded in saving the little girl , bu . t the little boy was swept away by the flood , and carried towaiv j s the Thames . Several men subsequently searched the sewer i hut , unhappily , without effect .
Lamentable Accident on the River . — On Sunday about one o ' clock in the morning , four young men were proc ceding in a lighterman ' s skiff off Greenwich , when they werf > upset by the swell from an Irish vessel leaving London . Thre' > out of the four were drowned . The names of two that wer .-e drowned were William Hutt and Henry Hutt ; the names o'f the others unknown . Fatal Colliery Accident through the breakij '/ g op a Chain . —A young man named Thomas Abbotts , 21 ye ars of age , lost his life at Mr . Brindley ' s colliery , Sneyd-gree n , on Saturday ,
the 4 th inst . The deceased was one of a set of men who were engaged in working a pit from which the water was being drawn in an iron ringe or tub by a single link char a connected with an engine 250 yards from the pit , and to maintain the tension of the chain during its descent about 5 cwt . of iron was attached to it , besides the ringe , which might be 5 c wt . more , making with the water , a total of about 15 cwt . On . Thursday a link of the chain broke , but no person was injured , and the blacksmith having repaired it , the work went on as u ?; ual . On Friday the bow of the ringe broke , and a large old wooden ringe , double the weight of the iron one , was substituted for it , without taking off the weights attached to the chain . The pit is about
37 yards deep . At half-past four on Saturday morning the deceased signalled to be drawn up , and got on the tub for that purpose ; but when he had accomplished nearly half the ascent the chain broke , and by the fall he sustained such injuries that he died shortly after his removal to the North Staffordshire Infirmary . The inquest was held on Monday , and the jury , after a short deliberation , returned a . verdict of " Accidental death , " coupling therewith a recommendation that the chain should not be used again ; and that not only Mr . Brindley , but coaimasters generally , should have their rules printed and posted about collieries , and read over to every man whom they engaged , punishing disobedience by fine or dismissal .
Collision on the London and North Western Railway . — A collision of a most alarming character , and involving a large destruction of property , and a serious inconvenience to the public , took place on Monday morning , shortly before eight o ' clock on the line of the London and North Western Railway , near Leighton Station , 41 ^ miles from London . It appears that from between 200 yards north of the Leighton Station to within
about 100 yards north of the 41 J mile post of the line , a relay of the np-line of rails is taking place . Various precautions are stated to have been dictated to the engine drivers of the line . A cross line had also been laid down , and signalmen had also been appointed to remind the drivers of the necessity of caution . In addition to this a pilot engine had been stationed near the relaying , tinder the conduct of which all trains were to make the
transit . The 6 * 30 down train , which was a very heavy one , with a powerful engine , numbered 110 , driven by James Pattison , left the Euston terminus at its usual time , being due at Leighton at 7-48 , where it arrived in due course , carrying a large number of second and third-class passengers . The pilot engine came up to the Leighton Station , and having been attached to the down train , proceeded with it over the single line to that point where the relaying of the up line terminated . The pilot was then unhooked from the engine of the 6 . 30 a . m . down train , proceeded with at a rapid speed on to the crossing in
order to pass on to the up-liue to allow the train to pass . The pilot-engine had nearly reached the crossing , and was partially crossing on to the up-line , when the down train , the engine of which had been kept by Pattison , the driver followin g at too fast a speed , caught the left hand hind buffer of the tender dashing it across the line down the embankment , and throwing the pilot engine round across the up-line . The shock was so tremendous that the engine of the passenger down train had its front complely stove in , and was also , together with its tender , thrown over across the down-line , and four or five of the
carriages of the down tram also being thrown off the down-line the entire road up and down was perfectly blocked . The excitement amongst the passengers , and the alarm depicted on the face of every one , may be conceived , and for some time the greatest fears were entertained that loss of life , or at least frightful mutilation , would be discovered ; but , with the exception of who had hi
one gentleman , s face severely cut with the glass of one of the carriage windows , and injury to one of the heels of a policeman who was on the pilot engine , it could not be ascertained if any one had received serious injury . The escape of the engine-drivers and stokers to the down train is truly marvellous . Those in the former , it is stated , rolled out of the tender down the embankment , whilst the driver and
stoker of the down tram engine escaped on to the line . Serious Coach Accidents . —While the Skye mail was on its way from Jeantown to Dingwall , a few days ago , it met with a serious accident . Near Achnasheen , where the road is narrowone of the horses started , and in a moment the heavy machine was off the road , and rolled down a rapid declivity on the south side . The passengers and driver were all more or less ii-nmwl
The seats , pole , & c ., were smashed to pieces ; but , considering the place in which the accident happened , it is cause of surprise that we have not to report a gloomier tale . —On Wednesdiiy afternoon , a very serious accident happened to the passengers by the coach leaving Dunfermline at four o ' clock , p . m . The vehicle had reached the rising ground near Queensferrv and
and was turning down the lull , when one of the leaders became restive , and manifested a disposition to bolt . In pulling hard on the reins to check the animal , they unfortunately gave way and the mettlesome leader , finding itself at liberty , spran ^ forward at a tremendous pace down the hill . The passengerswho were on the outside , saw the fearful alternative presented either of being dragged along with the coach over the rocks into the tide that rolled beneath or at jumping off at the hazard of their lives . The pace at which the vehicle was rattling down the hill proved too much , however , for its equilibrium , and before reaching the bottom , it was upset on the road , throwing off the passengers with tearful violence . It is a miracle that no lives T ! u i l } ^} . ™ ftal injuries were sustained , some of the unfortunate individuals have been so severely hurt that their situation is somewhat critical .
Accident In The Fleet Ditch.—On Saturday...
T' ue Fatal Railway Accident near Sheffield cor oner ' s inquest , relative to this frightful accident ter he la ce on Saturday night , when the jury returned the M ^ 7 erdict : — " We are unanimously of opinion that thP S ln S Samuel Wright and Charles Tuckwood have come h ^ deaths in consequence of No . 12 , Great Northe rn ?* with engine No . 26 , running off the rails , near Wnnrli 1 l ' junction , on the night of the 8 th inst . ; but as to what r ? ° US 5 the train to run off the rails no satisfactory evident i , „ ? se shown to this ' jury . " llas bf *»
Deaths from Eating Poisonous Fungi . — -A very 1 choly accident occurred last week at Crooss-y-Ceiloo- w i ? . ?" the lives of two persons were sacrificed , owing to their 3 ing of some poisonous fungi which by mischance had ir 0 t J A up with some mushrooms . It appears that on ThuWivti servant of Mr . Jenkins , shopkeeper , Cross y-Celoq s-tt 1 with the son and daughter of her master to a supper of mi rooms , and amongst them must have been some fun ^ , highly deleterious character , for the next morning both ?» daughter of Mr . Jenkins and the servant girl were seized 1 symptoms resembling English cholera , and they subseqiJSi expired in great agony . H U 1 . Fatal Accident on Board a Woolwich Stbamfr n Tuesday afternoon , between three and four o ' clock , as tl iT 1 Woolwich company ' s steam vessel , the Niobe , was proceed " on her passage from Woolwich to Hnngerford market and 11 arrived off Billingsgate , a fishing smack swung out of the tT at the fish market , to proceed down the river , and a } ^ gust of wind catching the main sail as the Niobe crossed J "
stern , the boom swept over the steamer ' s deck , knocking tl passengers down and striking the funnel , which fell a-noi .-the passengers . The Niobe was instantl y stopped , whcn il was found that three females were lying crushed beneath tl funnel . They were immediately extricated and removed with out loss of time to Guy ' s Hospital , when it was found that one named Jackson , residing at 30 , Paris-street , Lambeth ' ^ dead , and the two others severely injured . '
Fatal Accident . —On Saturday evening last a distressing occurrence took place at a house in Pool ' s-buildings , Mount Pleasant . A little girl , eleven years of age , named Maiy Davies , had been set to do the usutd Soturdoy ' s cleaning , while her mother was absent from home , and while in the act of cleaning one of the windows she by some means overbalanced herself , and fell headlong to the pavement beneath her , a fall of some thirty feet or more . Immediate assistance was given to the poor little creature , and she was conveyed at once to the Royal Free Hospital , where it was discovered that a compound fracture ef the thigh had been sustained , in addition to a
severe concussion of the brain , from the effects of which she expired on Sunday evening , totally insensible . The Accident on the Bristol and Exeter Railway .-A second fatal result has ensued from the accident to the express train on Wednesday last , at Creech , near Taunton . The
engine-driver , Eaton , who had sustained severe injury ot the wrist , died on Monday morning in the Taunton Hospital . His arm was amputated on Friday , and mortification set in on Sunday . His deposition has been taken , but it throws no light on the cause of the engine running oif the line . He was 34 years of age , and has left a wife , but no family .
Death from Swallowing an Embrocation . —On Wednesday Mr . W . Baker held an inquest respecting the death of Mr . Cort Henry Marquard , late Superintendant of the K Division of Police , which took place under the following circumstances : The deceased had been under proper medical treatment from his professional adviser , and had with his medicine an embrocation , which the deceased was in the habit of applying daily , and on Sunday morning last he by some unfortunate means
took up the wrong bottle , pouring a portion of the poisonous mixture into a wine glass , which he drank before his attendant discovered the fatal mistake . His surgeon and other medical gentlemen were immedianely called to the assistance of the deceased , who lingered and died in a few hours at his private residence near the Thames Police Court , Arbour-squaw , Stepney , notwithstand every skill that medical science could suggest . The jury returned a verdict in accordance irith these facts .
The Railway accident at Standon Bridge . —After an adjournment of a month , the coroner and jury empaimeled to investigate the circumstances attendant upon the accident which occurred near this place on the 5 th ultimo , re-assembled , when after hearing some additional evidence , the jury returned the following verdict : " We find that the deceased Thomas
Reynolds met his death from the collision between the express train which he was driving and the pirot engine , driven by J ohn Grace . This collision was owing to the deceased ' s having neglected to slacken his speed before coming to Whitmore , and to his paying no attention to the red flag which was shown him between Whitmore and Standon . That we do not think
that any blame is to be attributod to John Grace , under all the circumstances of the case . That we would suggest to the railway company the propriety of reducing to a printed regulation the existing understanding between the driver of an assisted engine and the driver of the pilot engine who assists him ; and we are also of opinion that in no case should the driver of the train assisted be allowed to pass Whitmore un [ e * s he has been signalled from that place that the engine which had assisted him was safely out of the way . "
A Narrow Escape at Niagara Falls . —The following « an extract from au American paper of the 2 nd instant : '' heard from one of the guides that a young English lady w * narrow escape on Friday morning . " Perfectly enchanted w » l the scene , and anxious to possess some memento of her visit , she , assisted by the guide , stepped on the ridge on Goat IsUm lamiliarl y known as the l Hog ' s Back , from rock to rocs . until she reached the large slab which divides the Amer ^" sheet of water , and in the crevices of which grew a small tree .
* rom this , gathering a branch , she proceeded on her pei ' ; return journey , the boiling waters at her feet within two yaij of taking their mad leap , and the spray flying around her . * the second step , the rock being wet and slippery , she tell , J fortunatel y the water here was shallow , and formed an e < | The guide stood firm , and she retained her grasp of Ins "J " and thus escaped with ' an awful fright , ' and a thorough 1 w tism 111 Niagara stream , obtained , perhaps , nearer the cxti ledge of the falls than was ever previously managed w loss of life . She neither screamed nor fainted when reached terra firma , but , like a sensibel woman , felt """ ^ for her deliverance , and proud of her trophy , which su e retained all the time "
. Great Pike in Russia . —A letter from St . Petersburg , <* k 31 st ult ., states that the greatest paat of the town of &» ' { i has been burnt to the ground . Several churches ana oon have been consumed .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18091852/page/4/
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