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f rete 36 THE STAR OF FREEDOM. August 28,1852.
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' T Threatened Prosecution op Sharman Cr...
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F Rete 36 The Star Of Freedom. August 28,1852.
f rete 36 THE STAR OF FREEDOM . August 28 , 1852 .
' T Threatened Prosecution Op Sharman Cr...
' T Threatened Prosecution op Sharman Crawford for iibiibel . —The Belfast W % has the following announcement : — We 7 e understand that proceedings have been taken by the landn > rd > rds of the County Down to bring an action for libel against EEr . Er . Crawford for certain comments on their conduct , which pppppeared in his recent letter respecting the Down election . In aayaying " an action for libel , " we make a mistake - we should aatather have said twenty-five separate and distinct actions ^ a m & retty large host for one unaided man to meet . But the disiinin < n » shed defendant is by no means alarmed . It is stated that
tteteps have been taken to secure the services of the ablest Irish Kjotounsel on his behalf ; and it is confidently believed that such mm expose will be made on the trial ( should a trial overcome off ) lis is Will astonish her Majesty ' s liege subjects . ' The Six Mile Bridge ' Tragedy . —A correspondent of the WFreeman , writing from Ennis , on Saturday afternoon , gives the 55 U 5 ubjoined account of the committal of Mr . Delmege , and of the o opuiar feeling manifested on the occasion :--Jolm C . Delmege , lE-Esq ., J . P ., against whom a verdict o f wilful murder was found Ib by the coroner ' s jur y at Six mile-bridge , on Wednesaay last , Ihdias this moment arrived , under a strong escort of tho 3 rd L > ralo-Lo-nnn Guards , and been lodged in the county gaol . Though tlie
saiannouncement of his expected coming had been made but bait jaian hour previously , immense crowds assembled to get a glance iaiat one against whom so much of popular feeling has been caroused , and whose name , whatever be the final issue of the pproceedmgs instituted , will remain for ever linked with the ddeplorable tragedy of the 22 hd of July . Old and young-men , women , and children—were to he seen rushing with head-long impetuosity in the direction of the prison , and some more aanxious than others to behold a justice of the peace a prisoner runder a charge of wilful murder on poor and helpless peasantry t proceeded a considerable distance on the Clare road to await this arrival . On approaching Ennis , the walls at either side ro the road were crowded ; the outer walls and gates of the
rprison , as well as all the approacnes thereto , were comipletely filled and blocked up , and as the cortege passed the j groaning and hooting were loud and continuous . Mr . Deliinege , with the police officer in charge , was in a covered car , i and on emerging therefrom in the outer yard the groaning ^ was renewed with increased vigour , and mixed up with such ( epithets as " a speedy uprise to you from the ground to the igallows " — "high hanging to the Six mile-bridge murderer , " ' & c . Mr . Delmege , who looked very pale and downcast , was then received by the officer of the prison ; and the crowds separated with' marked manifestations of joy at the event they had just witnessed .
Suicide by a Milita ry Officer . —An inquest was held on Monday at Kingstown on the body of Captain Edward Pratt , 99 th Regiment who committed suicide under peculiar circumstances . It would appear that the deceased proceeded about 6 o ' clock on Monday morning to the western pier of Kingstown Harbour , and , having partly undressed himself , succeeded in fastening his head and feet together by means of
a piece of strong cord , in which , he made a noose . In that position he threw himself into the water , when it was imnossible for him to make the slightest struggle , and it was the opinion of those who saw the body that he must have been partially strangled as well as drowned . Verdict " Tern porary insanity . " Another of those shot by the military at Six mile-bridge , a man named Malony has died , and a new inquest has begun . . The inquest on the woman shot by Mr . Bible m one of the election rows at Cork , and which has been' proceeding for some eight or ten days past , has terminated by the jury returning a verdict of "Manslaughter" against Mr . Henry Bible and a policeman named Campbell , who was aiding him in the defence of the house .
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METROPOLITAN POLICE . ( From the Edinbura Review ) . A policeman ' s evidence generally begins thus , " Prom information I received , " and the very essence of the system lies hid under these words ; the mode hy which this information was procured being kept secret with much care . Almost ail such information is obtained from the criminal population , aiid we must explain how it happens that criminals are willing to assist their natural foes , the policemen , in accomplishing the destruction of their own colleagues . That "there is honour amon g thieves" is one , of the falsest of all false proverbs .
Thieves , living in habitual violation of the rights of others , are necessarily of all persons least swayed by consideration of what is due to their neighbours , and of " all classes of men they form the single exception of having no community of interest among themselves ; in fact they are quite as ready to snatch plunder from thieves as from honest men . They live , therefore , in a state of constant hatred , jealousy , and fear of each other . In general also they lead a life of excitement , gambling , drinking , and vacious indulgence : their daily life is that of a gambler
staking his liberty in every successive act : they are almost invariably living with female associates , the partners of their profligacy , generally then- accomplices in crime , almost always the victims of their brutality ; for from the habitual indulgence of their evil passions , they have no idea of self-control , and are capricious , irritable , quarrelsome , and revengeful . Hence from jealousy ox anger these women are perpetually tempted to turn upon their tyrants , and , by a hint to a policeman , secure a certain , secret , and sweet revenge . But this course is full of
danger , for the vengeance wreaked against an informer is occasionally of a character truly awful . However desirous she may be to give information , she dare not do it indiscriminately . She must have sufficient ' knowledge of the police officer to satisfy her that he will not betray her , nor even by a-clumsy mode of proceeding throw suspicion upon her ; if a reward is stipulated , she must feel confidence that she will not be cheated of it—in short , if there , is no honour among . thieves , there must be among policemen , or the sources of their information would be dried up .
Another motive which weighs strongly with criminals is the hope of propitiating the police officer . The habitual state of mind towards the police of those who live by crime is not so much dislike , as unmitigated , slavish terror . From childhood the thief has felt that the policeman is his foe , against whom he cannot contend , from whom he cannot escape but by fli ght , and hy . whom he must ultimately be overcome . This feeling being constantly excited , grows stronger and stronger ; being shared by all his associates , it reacts on his mind through theirs , until it becomes an instinct which he cannot control . Conscious of a thousand offences , he feels safe only so long as he is unknown . When this defence is gone , a ruffian will drop his usual tone of
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bullying audacity , and follow every look of the police officer , like a beaten hound creeping to lick his master ' s feet . We see in higher grades of life the servile running after the powerful , and doing dirty work , not- for any definite reward , but from a vague hope of favour , and we cannot wonder if thieves imitate their betters , though they get as little by it . They also take a professional view of the policeman ' s duty , knowing that in pursuing them he is only acting in his vocation . The relations between a policemen and the . regular London thief who follows his business as a profession , are very like
thosebetween the soldiers of regular armies—there is no personal animosity ; the thief expects he is not to he worried for nothing , that the policeman , f or instance , is not to step out of his way to get him imprisoned for a month instead of fourteen days—as one sentinel does not expect to be shot by another , an event , which however disagreeable to him , cannot influence the result of the campaign . But when anything serious has occurred , and the thief has been fairly hunted down , he bears no malice ; the battle has been fought and lost , he yields to his fate , and his anger is not directed against the policeman , but
towards some accomplice whose treachery he suspects . A skilful police-officer therefore regulates his conduct according to the feelings of the class with whom he has to deal . His first object is to know them by sight—their names , haunts , connexions , and associates ; he is inviolably secret as to any information given him , and will take as much trouble to shelter an informer as to lay hold of a delinquent ; persons . have even been arrested and apparently pursued with determined perseverance merely to blind their associates . He presumes to an incredible extent upon the known cowardice of
the thieves ; he will not associate with them , for that would lower his ascendancy over them , besides exposing him to the risk of losing his own situation , but he never permits himself to treat them with contempt or incivility ; for their irritable , uncontrollable tempers would resent this , and lead them in retaliation to conceal anything ho might wish to learn . From one or other of these motives—jealousy , revenge , the desire to propitiate the policeman , and more than all , the hope of reward —almost any amount of information may be obtained , provided only that the right man applies in the right quarter . It vided only that the right man applies in the right quarter . It
might be supposed that a thief , knowing that any one of his companions would betray him for ten pounds , would endeavour to conceal his movements even from them . But again , the necessary conditions of a criminal life make this impossible . A thief has no home ; solitude is unendurable ; he cannot , if he would , associate with honest people ; so that it is a necessity with him to frequent those places where such as himself are permitted to assemble . He knows that in those houses the policeman expects to find him , but even that risk will not keep him away . The public-house is his place of amusement , and also his place o f business ; for here he meets his associates , gains information , and arranges schemes of plunder . Living thus as
it were in public , and amidst persons whose whole conversation is on their daily business , everything connected with him is perfectly well known to the peculiar circles- in which he moves . There is another curious characteristic of this community . They divide themselves into classes according to the particular branch of crime which they , practice . The burger never picks pockets , nor associates with the pick-pocket ; the thimble-rigger is equally separate f rom the bludgeon-man ; and in a great degree they frequent different houses . This system is of infinite advantage to the police ; for when a crime has been committed , the detectives of each division , instead of making their inquiries at random in all directions , know precisely in what class , and sometimes in what house to look for the offenders .
We would farther remark that frequently when a crime has been committed , it is found impossible to identify the parties ; in these cases the exertions of the police , however successful in detecting and apprehending the criminals , come to nothing in the end , because no conviction can take place ; there is a failure in justice , though none in the police system . The case of Mr . Cureton , which occurred the year before last , is an example of this , as well as of the real danger which actually exists , and which nothing but the constant guard of an effectual police system prevents from breaking out into frightful magnitude . Three
men in a booad day-light knocked at the door of his lodgings , in Aldersgate-street , in the City of London ; it was opened by the landlady , and they went up stairs to his room . One of them asked him for a particular coin , and on his turning round to look for it in his cabinet , he was stunned by a blow on the head with a life-preserver , and , to prevent an alarm being given , the flexible handle of the murderous instrument was twisted round his neck . The robbers then ransacked the drawers , and in a few minutes left the house- It is probable that in less than half an hour the coins were passed to a receiver of stolen goods , and melted down in a crucible . When Mr . Cureton was restored to his senses , all remembrances of the appearance of the men had passed from
his mind , and the landlady ' s memory was equally treacherous . In these circumstances a conviction was impossible , because the stolen property had assumed a cifferent form , and there was no one able to recognise the offenders . In fact , if the police had brought the three men into court with the melted gold in their hands they must necessarily have been discharged . Something of this sort did indeed occur ; for one of the real offenders ( at least the police who followed up the slight clue with extraordinary care , had little doubt that he was one of them ) , was arrested , but the case did not admit of proof and he was set at liberty by the magistrate ,
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The New Free Library at Manchester . — The people of Manchester have subscribed about 12 , 000 Z ., wherewith they have purchased a good substantial building , and filled it with two libraries—one a library of reference , containing 16 , 000 volumes ; and the other a free lending library of 5 , 000 volumes . The greater part of the money was subscribed by the rich , but the interest of the working classes was manifested by 8001 of the amount being raised by them , in small subscriptions , nearly 20 , 000 in number . This library has been presented to the town-council , but , in order to enable this corporate body to act as trustees , it has been necessary to put in force the Public
Libraries Act of 1850 , entitled "An Act for enabling Town-Councils to establish Public Libraries and Museums , " and yesterday was the day appointed for an appeal to the burgesses under that act , to sanction its application to Manchester . It sanctions the levying of a rate not exceeding one halfpenny in the pound , and this will raise an ample fund for defraying the expenses of keeping librarians , & c . The burgesses exhibited much interest in the affair , and at the close of the poll , at 4 o ' clock , 3 , 962 burgesses had personally recorded their votes in faxour of thus taxing themselves , while the number opposing was only 40 .
"I have lost my-appetite , " said a gigantic Irish gentleman , and an eminent performer on the trencher , to Mark Supple . « ' I hope , " said Supple , " no poor man has found it , for it would ruin him in a week . "
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Dreadful Accidents . —On Wednesday week , James Hi i the once celebrated runner met with a frightful accidenti Hazzle Hirst stone quarry , near Halifax . He was working ' the capacity of a barer , and had stopped to chan ge barrow ? " one of the huge pillars which supports the scaffolding 0 v !! which they have to wheel . As he was proceeding toretim with the empty barrow , it accidentally hooked on to the full * , " which he had just set down , which gave him a sudden chM and there being only just room to pass , he was precipitated im „ the bottom , a distance of over 20 feet , on a bed of huo-0 i ' angular stones . The whole of his ribs on the left skle \ S stove m , and his hip and collar-bones were broken . He lv apparently dead for some time . On consciousness beine » stored he was conveyed to the Infirmany where lie lingered niifil the Monday following and then died . ' b m
Almost simultaneously with the above accident there occurred another at a neighbouring quarry , situated about a quarter of-i mile from the Hazzle Hirst , whereby two men narrowly ewm , vi instant death . l Shocking and Fatal Accident at Mess ks . Crossley ' s Mnt Halifax . —On Monday last , as a young man was dobm- some glazing work on the top of Messrs . Crossley ' s carpet factory Z accidentall y fell through into the factory , ancl in his descent was caught in the huge cogg-wheels connected with the shaft rug , and torn to pieces . Instant death was the consequence His remains were gathered into a sheet and carried away Iiouk " Melancholy Accident . —About eighteen months « o a dein
quarry liole was excavated in the bed of the Kelvin n < 4 Greenock , a little below the bridge on the Great Western W 3 After the stones were taken out the hole was left open ami the stank being removed f rom around it , the water flowed in and , except to those who know it , the treacherous depth remains unseen and unprotected . About 16 months ago , the child o f a poor widow was drowned in it ; and last Saturday an interesting little boy , aged 5 years , the son of Mr . Lylc the engineer , was also drowned in it while wading iu the stream m search of little fish .
lira Late Accident near Shrewsbury . —The adjourned inquest was resumed and concluded on Wednesday , " when the following unmeaning verdict was returned : — " We are unanimously of opinion that the death of John Thomas BeddhMon was caused in consequence of the ashpan having been severed from the engine , but the cause of such severance is not in evidence before the iurv . "
Gun Accident . —On Sunday morning last , Charles Attewcll . a labourer , in the employment of Mr . William Shaw , farmer , of Newbury , Berks , was walking through the fields with a loaded gun , when he incautiously used it in endeavouring- to obtain some nuts from one of the hedges . The trigger having become entangled in the branches , the gun exploded , and the charge was lodged in the poor fellow ' s arm . -Although greatly enfeebled by the excessive hemorrhage he succeeded in reaching his home , when he immediately received medical assistance which was ,- however , unavailing , and he expired within an hour . The deceased was 23 years of age , and has left a wife and two children .
Fatal Railway Accident . —When the express train wiiicli left this on Saturday morning 8 . 45 had reached Carnegie-park , about a mile above Port Glasgow , the driver observed a maii who was accompanied by a little girl open a gate on the level crossing , with the view of passing from the public road on one side of the line to a garden on the other . Tlie girl at once ran
across ; but the man stood looking for a moment at the coming train , as if hesitating whether he too should cross . The driver put his hand on the whistle and sounded a warning ; suddenlv the man resolved to make the attempt , and had all but succeeded in his venture ( having cleared the engine save a single \\\ d \\ when the extreme edge of the buffer struck him and dashed hmt off the line . The whole was the work of a little more than an
instant , during which it was impossible to stav in the slightest degree the progress of the train , although the engine was at once reversed . . Seeing the accident , the train was stopped , anil the servants of the company and a medical gentleman , Dr . Hattrick , of Glasgow , proceeded to where the man lay , when it was found that the blow had killed him . The only mark of injury visible on his person was a cut on the brow . The deceased was an old pensioner , named John Robertson , a huxtcrov fruit dealer in Port Glasgow . The Accident on boahd the Ravensbourne . —John Castle , the seaman who had his arm blown off on board the
Ravensbourne steamer , whilst she was saluting the Queen at Antwerp , has been taken to the Portsmouth Hospital . . The Queen has sent £ 25 for him , and H . M . steamer Retribution ' s crew have subscribed £ 6 . A seaman of the Retribution , on board wliiclt vessel Castle was sent , in unloading the foremost guns , in order that Castle might not be disturbed , also had one of ' his arms blown off .
Boiler Explosion at Burnley . —On Friday afternoon , about 2 o ' clock , as the workpeople of Messrs . G . Holgate , cottonspinners , were returning from dinner ; one of the flues of a boiler exploded with a loud report , driving steam , lime , and brickwork among the people passing through the yard , and badlv scalding not less than eleven of them , of whom it was reported o » Saturday not less than four had since died . The accident arose from the collapse of a flue about eight or nine feet from the front of . the fireplace .
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DISASTROUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT .-SUICIDE OF THE POINTSMAN . We regret to state that a shoking accident occurred on fa Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , on Monday night , ucf Bolton , by which about fifteen persons were injured . The tra " to which the accident occurred was the one leaving Liverpool . via Bolton , to Manchester , at 6 . 57 in the evening , and due * Bolton at 8 . 45 p . m . This train , however , had lost time so ^* siderably , as to be nearly an hour late . When it arrived vnW a mile of Bolton , the station and all the intermediate distant
were blocked up with trains which had arrived before it . Th ** trams probably numbered upwards of 150 carriages , ^ s retched over nearly a mile of the line , to a place called W - --- - ~>~* . ^ .. vaxj a inuo ui tue mm , iu a , jjj . « ua » < - « . , i .
held , where a pointsman is placed , having charge of two sm upon a hi gh post in the form of discs . The pointsman ' s ca is close to his points , but the signals are 250 yards beyon fl l further from Bolton ) , and are worked by means of a leva <' a wire about six yards from the cabin . Beyond this cab " hue of trains stretched about 125 yards , or half way v ,, signal . The signal would have been seen for upwards ot a ^ in the Liverpool and Preston direction , had it been lig Wefl » ^ it appears that the day ' s duty of the pointsman ordinary
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28081852/page/4/
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