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July 31, 1852, The Star Of Freedom. 7
July 31 , 1852 , THE STAR OF FREEDOM . 7
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ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES . TB E FATAL BAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BURNLEY
At the resumed inquest on Saturday the jury returned { he felloe s verdict : — ' « We find that the four deceased lost their lives at the Burnley Station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway accidentally , in consequence of the return of the Goole excursion train running into the siding instead of the main line connected with the East LancasSire Railway , and coming in contact with the buffers fixed in the masonry of the abutment of the bridge at the terrai nus of the said siding , thereby causing a violent concussion te those carriages at the head of the train , and the total Demolition of the body of the carriage in which the deceased was found . The cause of > he train being thus run oa the siding the jury attribute to the points on ths wooden
bridge being clesed when the train passed , which should otherwise have been opened to shunt the train on to the main line . It appears to the jury , from the evidence produced , that there were only two guards , each working a brake , for this train tonsuring oi thirty-five carriages , and containing upwards of 1 , 000 passengers , which they consider quite inadequate to check the impetus of such a train descending ao incline ; and that had more guards accompanied the train to work the brakes , or had the engines not been detached from the train , but their action had be ? n reversed in descending the incline , the jury are decidf dry of opinion this accident would have been , " if not entirely prevented , very much less fatal in its consequences . The jury are unanimously agreed that the sole cause of this
accident was awing fo the deficiency of guards and pointsm-n to let the train safel y down ihe incline into the station , and to the employment of incompetent and irresponsible men , and to the want of order and discipline amongst the company ' s servants generally , and the total absence of any responsible person to direct and superintend- the safe arrival and unloading of the train ; and they feel bound testate thaUhe greatest negligence was displayed by the executive officials of the railway company oa this occasion . It is the opinion of the jury there is great blame to be attached to the selection of carriages for this rain—more particularly oa
account of their inequality in size and difference in the height above the rails to the centre of the buffers , as given in evidence . At the same time the jury wish to record that they had no opportunity of forming an opinion of their condition and construction , as the whole were removed before they were called upon to visit the station . In conclusion the jury beg to submit to the directors of this railway that ia their opinion the siding into which the ordinary arrival trains ran is fraught with danger , in consequence of being situated at the bottom of an incline and terminating against a strong , dead buffer . " —The Coroners Then the verdict as to death is " accidental . "—Foreman : Yes .
SERIOUS COLLISION NEAR LIVERPOOL . At half-past nine on Monday morning the passenger train which left Manchester two hours previously , was stopping at the Bottle-lane station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , about two miles from Liverpool , and while the tickets were being collected an alarm was raised that another train was approaching , at a rapid rate , on the same rails . A panic seized the passengers , who jumped from their seats , aud were rushing out of the carriages , when the approaching train , which proved to be a luggage-train from fjolne , ran into the passenger train with tremendous violence , throwing out several persons from the carriages altogether , and causing innumerable bruises and contusions among all who remained . It appears that there were two
engines to the luggage train—one at the head , and the other behind ; the "danger signals" were all up , and the driver of the front engine says that he endeavoured to stop the train in time , and would have succeeded , had it not been for the engine at the tail . Information was imroediatriy forwarded to the office of the company in Tithtbarnstreet , whence every available assistance was promptly despatched , and the passengers who bad sustained the severest injuries were conveyed to the Northern Hospital , and the others taken to their own homes . Superintendent Clough and Inspector Penny , of the Liverpool police , repaired to the spot to make inquiries , and the result was that the
drivers of both engines , Robert Whitehead and John Jackson , were taken into custody and conveyed to the sessionshouse , where they underwent an examination before Mr . Mansfield , the stipendiary magistrate , on the charge of gross neglect of duty in running into a standing train while the danger signals were up . After a long investigation , Mr . Mansfield decided that the accident appeared to have arisen from the defective regulations of the company , and discharged the prisoners , with an understanding that they were to came up again if wanted . Among the most seriously injured were some females who had started from Manchester in the morning to . take a fare well leave of their relatives , who left oa Monday in an Australian emigrant ship .
ERIGHTFUL ACCIDENT . At Ilkeston , an- Fr iday- morning , last , a person of . the name of Lacy , working at the colliery of Mr . Potter as "banks nan" at the mouth- of the shaft , fell to the bottom , a depth of 400 feet , and was killed on the spot , and frightfully mutilated . Although several other men were at work with him and assisted him , they did not perceive him fa'l Mo the pit , and therefore the cause ef his fall is not known , but it U attributed to his own carelessness .
THE STORM OF SUNDAY . Several serious casualties , occurred during the severe storm on Sunday afternoon . About six o'clock a vivid flash , followed instantly by a tremendous peal of thunder , threw down a stack of chimneys , No . 7 , Port-street , Walworthcommon , occupied by Mr . Bacon . After tearing away the mantelpiece , partially destroying the stove and injuring various articles of furniture , the electric fluid struck the bed upon which lay Mrs . Bacon , who is about sixty years of age , and has been bed-ridden for six years . The poor woman received , however , no other injury than being thrown violently on the floor , by which she was rather severely bruised . From thence the fluid passed into the lower room , and was equally destructive to the wall , pictures , furniture , stove ,
etc , white the clock was stopped , and the floor strewed profusely with the deZris . Each of the rooms for several seconds appeared filled with blue fUrae and smoke , which gave rise to the supposition that the premises were in flames , and resulted in the arrival of the Newington parish and some other fire engines . A similar accident happened to t ? o adjoining houses situate at the corner of Peter and Waterloo streets , also at Walworth-common . These homes ate in the occupation of Mr . Hards and Mr . Green , a greengrocer . Mre . Hards , who , with her husband and family , was sitting in the room was struck violently in the face , and for several minutes was deprived of sight and rendered wholly unconscious . On partially recovering , she found that she was bereft of hearing by the right ear , and felt an acute tingling and vibration in the head , and from the general effects of the shock she remains seriou > Jy affected . Mrs . Green also sustained some injury , and one of her children ,
a girl about six years of age , was affected with blindness for several minutes . Both , however , are in a fair way of recovery . Mr . Cooper , of Mary Anne Cottage , Hill-street , Walwortht sustained a severe injury to his right eye , and many , persons in the neighbourhood were hurt . At Stepney the electric fluid entered the back window of the house No . 26 , King-street , occupied hy Mrs . Hussy , and after destroying a portion of the bedding and bedstead , and tearing the paper from the walls , it descended through the flooring into the lower room , where it destroyed the window-blinds , forced open the shutters , which were shattered , and escaped into the yard . The two hack rooms were a complete ruin . About the same time the lightning struck a house in Newbyplaee , Poplar , opposite the police-station , and reduced it to a complete wreck . A large stack of chimuevs was thrown down , the roof torn off , and one of the windows shattered . A woman ia one of the lower rooms was knocked down , and was rendered insensible far some time afterwards . At
Greenwich and Woolwich the damage done by the flooding was very great . At the barracks of the Royal Sappers and Miners at the latter place a drain burst under the main building , acd in a few minutes the water was upwards of two feet deep in the quarters of the quarter-master-sergeant , the master tailor , and other non-commissioned officers , who occupy the lower story of the barracks . Fortunately one of ' be persons present at the time had the presence of mind * a throw a bed upon the opening iu the drain , or the consequences might have been serious , the rush of water being J !> great that it would have been difficult to save the
childrfi n- At the bottom of John-street , the bakers' underground places for working were so full of water that on Mouday jltev had to obtain the loan of one of the fire engines be « n ? ing to the dockyard to pump the water out . A man * askilled while standing under a pear tree at Snaresbook , 30 & sex , and several minor accidents occurred while the s "tm was raging . Oa Sunday lastbetween six and seven o ' clock in the everi" ?• a violent thunder storm broke over the town of Bar" g , Esses . A considerable portion of the church of St . jyargarefc was flouded with water , and one of the large Pipes of the organ was struck down by the lightningf
or-, -uaatel y without any one sustaining any seroius injury by t i * ^ ' ° ^ ^ sln S » a Klr ^ between eleven and twelve years of age , of the name of Louisa Firmin ( who * as in front of the organ ) , was also struck by the lightn'"? . A blanket was procured immediately , in which she as wrapped and conveyed home to her residence , No . 4 , - 'laria ' s-cottagcs , Axe-strcet , where she was promptly attended by Mr . Payer . What is very remarkable , the « ectric fluid does not appear to have scorched or singed her clothes ; they seem as it they had been torn through with a hook . Her back and left side are seriouslv iwuvedand wirn ed .
SHOCKING- COLLIERY ACCIDENT . An atcident £ oceurred on Tuesday morning , at the pits of " > rd Middleton , at Old Radford , about two miles from -Nottingham ; the particulars of which are as follows — About half-past nine o ' clock four of the coll'era who had been working in the pit as usual , named William Bonder William Banner , John Husbands , and William llouin'on ' entered the cage ( a sort of hamper u-ed for the purpose of siawirg np and letting down the men J , to- be taken ta the
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top of the pit . Everything appeared secure . When , however , they bad reached a height of between forty and fifty feet , the rope to which the cage was attached suddenly snapped , and the whole of the unfortunate men were hurled to the bottom of the pit . Assistance was immediately rendered by those at work in the pit , and a message was instantly despatched to Dr . Williams of Nottingham . It was however , an hour before all the unfortunate fellows could be got out . William Robinson was removed to the village of Wollaton , close by , in a rao-t precarious state , having received severe bruises all over his person . Banner was also shockingly bruised , and was taken to tho Nottingham General Infirmary . Husbands and Bonsev were taken to their homes near the pit . All the men wero married , and have familes .
RAILWAY ACCIDENT . On Wednesday evening ( 21 « t ) , the train duo from Ferrybill at Stockton at six o ' clock was run into by the L » c ( ls Northern luggage train , at the place where the Leeds Northern line joins the Cl- > rence , near Stockton , and a number of passengers and others were thrown into the utmost consternation and alarm—several of them getting severely injured . DEATH FROM ELECTRICITY . As Mr . W illiam King , of the Commons Navan , was returning from divine service on Sunday last , ahout three o ' clock , he was struck uy lightning , and lifted from the place where ho was walking over a ditch and hedge full eight feet high , where he lay in the most excruciating agony for about an half hour , when death put an end to his sufferings . An inquest was held by Mr . Martin , the coroner , and a respectable jury , when a verdict in accordance with the above was recorded . —Droghsda Conservative .
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CRIMES AND OFFENCES . EXTESSIVE RoBBERT By A SERVANT GlBL . — -A yOUOg servant girl , named Mary Ann Jordan , has just been committed at Glomter County Gaol for trial at the n-xi assizes on the charge of stealing between i" 100 and £ 200 in gold , silver , notes , and checks , the property of a former mistress . It appears that the prosf-cu'rix , who is a grocer living at Lydbrook , in the Forest of Dean , had brought , her ca ^ hbox down stairs for the purpose of Riving change to a customer , and had left it in her window . The prisoner came to the house the same evening , and waited in the shop some hours , during which it is clfar that she contrived to carry off the box , which was subsequenily found in a ' fi-dd near , rifl-d of its contents—gold , silver , and notes , to lhe value of i > 100 , and two checks for larce amounts . W / ien
apprehended at the King ' s Head Ian , at Littledean , a bag containing £ 21 Ioj . lOd . was in her possession , besides £ 12 10 s . in her pocket , and £ 2 lO . i . which she had given to the landlord to keep for her . Among the money so traced to her possession was en old half-guin ? a , a marked shilli f , and other money , which Mrs . Gurney identified as belonging to her . She is also committed on a second charge of robbing another mistress of clothes . The Homicide at Baxwbli . —The inquest on the body of J » bn Godding was brought to a conclusion on Monday , at the Bristol Royal Infirmary , by the coroner , Mr . J . B . Grindon . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased , who died from tetanus , had been stabbed with a pitchfork in the groin and arm on the 5 th of July last , in the course , not ofari election riot , as first stated , but of a quarrel between
him and George Hemroings , while haymaking , about one of the women assisting : The jury returned a verdict of" Manslaughter" against George Hemmings , who is already in custody at Banwell Suspected Murder . —A good deal of excitement has been occasioned in Sherborne by the mysterious death of a man named George Higgins , who was found in the river , at Scott ' s Bay , on Friday se ' nnight . An inquest was held on the body before Mr . J . A . Withers , deputy coroner , at the Black Horse Inn . A post mortem examination of the body having been made by N . Highmore , Esq ., assisted by Mr . Carson , it was discovered that ihe neck was broken , and the cartilages which attach the larynx to the root of the tongue were torn asunder , the appearances being exactly those that are observed in : a person who had died from sttangulation ;
Attempted Fratricide and Supposed Suicide . — -Between one and two o ' clock on Sunday morning the inhabitants of the neighbourhood of the Wyndham-road , Camberwell , were aroused from their beds by loud and alarming cries of ** Murder , " which were found to issue from a house in Mayo ' s-tmildings , Thomas street . Shortly afterwards a man , almost in a state of nudity ( being without shoes or stockings , and only wearing a shirt ) , rushed from ( he house and ran rapidly towards the Camber * ell-road , closely followed (> y some of the neighbours and police , whom , however , he succeeded in eluding . Upon the police returning . to the house they discovered a young man named J . Ivendrick , aged twenty-one , lyina upon the floor of the lower room perfectly insensible , and surrounded by a pool of blood , which was then flowing profusely from his head . Mr . J . S . Flower , surgeon to the P division of police , was immediately sent for , and he discovered that the left ear was nearly
severed from the head , and that there was a corresponding wound oa the scalp of the head , by which that portion of the skull was completely laid bare , and several of the bloodvessels divided . The entire wound , which had evidently been inflicted by some sharp pointed instrument , such as a Spanish clasp knife , was no less than four inches in length . The injured man resided with his parents as above , and : a few days since a brother , Richard Kendrick , aged only nineteen , returned from Hobart Town , where he bad been sent about twelve months since as a pauper emigrant . On Saturday night , shortly before twelve ' o ' clock the latter upbraided his brother with living on his parents ; a violent quarrel arose , and Richard suddenly drawing a knife inflicted the injury above described and immediately fled . From information given to the police , he was seen on the banks of the Surrey Canal , and from all further trace being lost he is supposed to have committed suicide .
Serious Garotte Robbert at Leeds . —On Monday four men named George Wood , John B ' . me , John Hudson , and Robert Turner , were brought up before the Leeds sitting justices , charged with violently assaulting and robbing Mielieal Coleman , a carver and gilder , residing at Huddersficld . Police officer Pcet stated that about one o ' clock on Sunday morning , while on duty at the west-end of the town , he heard a loud cry of " Murder , " and on going to the place from whence it proceeded , he found Michael Coleman in Corporation street , standing with his hat oif , and bleeding profusely about the head and face . He complained of having been knocked down by some men , who , he said , had robbed and nearly killed him . After endeavouring , but in vain , to trace out the parties , he—the policemanreturned to Coleman and set him off towards Woodhousr , where he said his mother resided . About an hour later on , he —the policeman—heard another call of "Watch . " This was
on the Kirkstall road , not far from Corporation-street , and on going to the place he met a man named John Broadbent , who complained of three or four men having assaulted and robbed him , and he further stated that the men who had assailed him had walked off towards a haystack , which he pointed out . He—Peet—Bradbent , and another policeofficer went up to the haystacK , and behind it they found the four prisoners covered over with hay . On two of theuv was found a hat , a shirt front , two tobacco boxes , and other articles belonging to Coleman , the man who was first robbed . Mi " . W . N . Price , surgeon , informed the justices that be was in attendance upon Coleman , who had been very illused about the ears , throat and face , and that he was at present unable to attend to give evidence against , the prisoners . The prosecutor ' s sister was present and identified the articles produced as the property of her brother ; after which the justices remanded all the prisoners .
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MARYLEBONE TESTKY . —ALLEGED INHUMANITY . On Saturday , at the meeting of the Marylebone vestry , held at the court-house , Alfred Daniel ] , Esq ., in the chair , Mr . Row begged to call the attention of the guardians of the poor to a circumstance which be considered a great hardship , if not a case of inhumanity , practiced at the workhouse . In the neighbourhood where he resided , the parents had absconded leaving two children , girls , one thirteen and the other eleven years of age , wholly destitute . He made inquiries on the previous afternoon as to the course he ought to pursue to prevent them from straving , and ha was told if any housekeeper took them to the workhouse , they would be admitted . He started from his house with the two children at ten minutes before ten o ' clock last night , and on arriving at the workhouse , it was with great difficulty ho even got them to open the door . The conduct then pursued was only worthy of the period of Henry VIII ., and unworthy of any Christian country . He could neither see the
master nor matron , but they sent down sixpence for the two children to go to get themselves a night's lodging . [ Great sensation in the vestry . ] He remonstrated , and the man at the gate said thev had even done wrong in opening the doors at all . He asked where were girls of that tender a » e to « o and seek at that time for a lodging . However , all he could get was the sixpence . lie had brought the matter forward before tho vestry and directors and guardians present , in order that it might be ascertained whether the master and matron had not broken the laws , and if they had not , then to denounce such an infamous law being in existence . The poor children were left destitute and houseless and vet they were refused admission into the workhou se because it was after ten o ' clock . It was monstrous that the ratepayers were taxed in that parish £ 47 , 000 per vear for the support of the poor ; and yet when a ratepayer wwit with two legitimate cases like that he had mentioned ,
relief was refuseu . In answer to a question as to what became of the children during the . nieht , Mr Eon statwJ that Mr . Thomas Potter , of Crawfordstreet ( formerly for many years a director and guardian of the noor ) . had most humanely taken them m at his own house and fed them , and given them a night s lodging . f E S SAmax begged to asrare Mr . Ron that a most rigid inquiry would be instituted by tbo board of Eectors and guardians , and that if the officers of the workhouse had acted improperly punishment should be visited upon them . Knowing the present const . tution of the board , be could state that such would he the case . [ Hear , hear . I . , , The subject then dropped .
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Death of W . Scivre , Esq .-William Scope-author of two good bo ^ , "Days of Deer Stalking , " and "Day * iv- iZ rt « Jil ' on FUhina — -died on Tuesday week , at hthSfB ^ * W » ° the eighty-nrst y w ofhis age .
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ELECTION RIOTS IN IRELAND . LOSS OP LIFE . The "Limerick Reporter" of the 22 nd inst ., gives the following particulars of an election riot in Clare : We deplore to state that blood was this day shed at Sismile-bridge , ono of the polling places in Clare for tho election now being carried on for that county , and within ahout seven miles of this city . It apppars that so early as eleven a . m . to day , a company of the Slot Regiment of Foot , under the command of Captain . , and accompanied by Mr . Christopher Delincge , jun ., J . P ., was proceeding through tho village a >< ove mentioned , escorting voters on the properly of the Marquis of Conyngham . As they were parsing throuuh
t ! ie village , the court-house was occupied by a great number of persons , including sover . il magistrates of tho county , several clergymen , and several freeholders . The people in the village hissed and h-ioted Lord Conyngham ' s voters , and some state that stone- * were thrown " , but wo have not heard the fact on sufficient authority to render it positive . Others allege hat it was not until a second attempt was nude to rescue tho voters , mid the un of one of t e soldiers smashed with a stone , that the officer gave orders to fire . It would appeal' that a murderous fire was at onco opened on the people and that tho volley was discharged in two directions—one towards the chapel , the other down the street of the village , where a large police force , consisting of forty men , were stationed at tho time .
The noise of the firing caused the occupants of the courthouse to rush into the street , and , to their inexpressible horror , they found five ot their fellow-countrymen shot dead , and several others wounded . Wo have heard that the number of deid exceeds eight , and the number of wounded had not been ascortatne i when our informant 1 ft . The m . 'rjoiity of these were voters ; and nearly alt were men in comfortable circumstances as farmers . The rumour , as we hive stated , in Six mile-bridge was , that the order to fire had been j . iven by tho officer . Is is impossible to describe the excitement which prevailed . The people were unarmed ; in fact , it is believed that in the entire barony there are not two stand of arms . The state of the poll , just before this revolting occurrence , was : —
Sir J . P . Fitzgerald 92 Cornelius O'Bren 76 Colonel Vaideleur 40 Mr . James Frost , of Bunker ' s Hill , presided in the court-house , and he was peremptorily called upon to stop the polling while so many of the people lav dead in the street . There was no polling up to one p . m . . After this frightful deedof blood , a special messenger was despatched to this garrison for more troops , when Horse Artillery , and two companies of the 31 st Regiment , were sent out . Mr . Cronin , R . M ., was present , and stated he gave no orders to fire , nor wero ths muskets of the soldiery and police under his com uand loaded . The Rev . Mr . C une , P . P ., was hit in the hat with a spent hall . , Several of tho clergy of the district were present , and did what they could to a lay tho excitement .
TUeve was a . party o !' the 3 rd Dragoon Guards present , but they did not interfere . At six o ' clock , p . m ., the Rev . Garret O'Siillivan , of Partecn . drove into Limerick with some of the voters , and has confirmed tho above . The following additional particulars of the unfortunate arlair at Six-milo-bridge in Clare , are from the " Limerick Reporter : — ' Late in the evening a young nwn named Michael Glynn was c-weyvd hy his father , mother , and sister , on a car , from Six-mile-bridge to Barringtou ' s Hospital , labouring under a severe hullot wound in tho groin . The ball passed clear through the fleshy part of the thigh , without affecting the bone ; hopes are entertained of his " recovery , though his condition is not free from danger . The agonised stato of his parents and family could not bo described . It appears that he was standing at a distance from the crowd and soldiers when th : fintii ; took place , and ho alleges that the only cause given for tho firing was some stones thrown by a few women who had been
weeding potatoes near the « vccri of Six-milc-bridge , when they saw the voters escorted by Mr . Delmoge and a party of the 31 st . All iras quietness and good order up to the moment . A m-, » n of the name of > Ibmeen died of his wounds about six o ' clock p . m . The lives of others are despaired of . Another man , whose name wo have not ascertained , with a compound fracture of the shoulder bone , was conveyed to iho Chre Infirmary at Ennis . It appears certain on all hands that there would be no firing —at least no sudden murderous firing—were it not for the order to prime and load given in the early part of tho morning at Tbomond-gatc . ' If s-uch an order is usual remains to be seen . T = 7 o of tho soldiery are said to have b « en hit with stones , and the musket oi * ono of them splintered ; but , in addition to this , there was no cause
whatever afforded for the firing , and this was done by stones thrown by women . Twelve shots were discharged in all , each of which took effect—nearly all deadly effect . Mr . M ' . Canny , of Clonmont-y , coroner , impanelled a jury about five o'clock p . m ., to hold an inquest on the-bodies of tho dead . The inquest was a Jjourned till to-morrow ( Saturday ) when several witnesses will he examined . Sir Lucius O'Rriea , lieutenant of the county , and Sir E . Fitzgerald , nephew of Sir John F . Fitzgerald , one of the candidates , were , present soon after the battue , and' expressed themselves in indignant terms at the outrage . Sir Lucius declared that there was no cause given for the firing as far as he could ascertain , and called upon the magistrates
present to state who gave the Older . All the magistrates declared that they gave no order . The officer in command stated that he gave no order .. The licentious soldiers fired at a considerable distance from the women , who threw the . stones after them , and at the top of the street . They fired , as wo have above stated , in two directions ; in each direction there was a wall , which completely enclosed tho people , so that there was no escape whatever , one way or the other , from the murderous fire . —Michael Mahoney was brought into Harrington ' s Hospital this ' day labouring under the effect of a gunshot wound over the hip joint . The ball has not been extracted . This morning Mr . " Delmege ' s milk was all upset at the milk market , and the utmost excitement prevailed among tho people . "
Almost all tho provincial papers teem with details of vio lenco of some kind employed by the contending parties at the elections . The "Kilkenny Moderator" has some columns occupied with accounts of outrages of this nature b . ut as the politics of the paper aro strong , these accounts must he taken cum grano saMs . Tho " Moderator" says : — " The most dastardly attacks were made on Lord James Butler on several occasions ; on one in particular , whilst driving from the court-house , with Sir John Blanden . As they were about turning into King-street , thoy were ,
asfailed with showers of dirt , stones , and sticks , the horse ' s head was caught , and every effort was made to break tlie car upon which they sat ; his lordship carried a stout stick with which he defended himself gallantly , knocking over one rascal who struck him a coward blow on the back of tho neck . However , Colunel Goldie and the dragoons soon rescued Lord James from the mob , riding them down in every direction , and wc are happy to state that his lordship received no serious hurt . Several voters returning home from the poll wero also waylaid ia the suburbs , and beaten most dis » racefullv .
" The excitement and violence in Thomastown were far greater than in Kilkenny . From an early hour thousands of ferocious-looking fellows commenced pouring into the town from the surrounding country and from New Ross , and soon the streets became densely crowded with a yelling mob of non-electors , who kept their position during the whole day . Tho foVce of military and police was scarcely sufficient to cope with so dense and daring a body of rioters , who could only be properly kept in check by completely clearing the streets , and keeping them out of the town . In the morning a largo mob proceeded from the town towards Kilfane to meet the voters of the Hon . Mr . Agar Ellis , on their way to the poll . The voters were accompanied by Sir John Power ana Father Doyle , of Graigue , who in spite of all the remonstrances of his clerical confreres , remained firm in support of the Clifden
f & YftViy . The attacking party here caught a tartar , for they were beaten back and driven into Thamastown ; but being there reinforced , they commenced another onslaught before the cavalcade entered the town , in which we regret to learn that Sir John Power was covered with filth and Father Doyle received a severe blow from , a stone on the head . The most unfortunate occurrence , however , which we have to record was an accident of a very serious nature to tbo Rev . Jeremiah M'Cheano , of Kilmoganny . That gentleman was in tho midst of a ferocious mob , who were beating him and covering him with mud , when some soldiers , of the company of the 57 th Regiment , who arrived that morning from Callan , rushed to his assistance . One of the soldiers was thrusting back a ruffian with tho muzzle of his musket , when it unfortunately exploded , and a ball passed through the shoulder , of the Rev . Mr . M'Cheane . "
A letter dated Limerick Monday night gives an account of some further disturbances : — " Last night—says the writer—there was considerable fxcitcmenf and rioting in the old town , where a , few soldiers of the 3 lst regiment were attacked by a mob , and beaten in a violent manner . The cry in every direction was the Six-mile-bridge murderers ! ' and I need scarcely add thatthis was sufficient to arouse the populace to join in an onslaught on tho military , who wero not , possessed of even a bayonet to defend themsulves . The mob having increased in numbers , proceeded through the streets , every soldier of the 3 M they met falling a prey to their vengeance ; indeed , two were so badly injured as to leave but little hope of their recovery . Somo respectable civilians who interposed were also roughly handled and maltreated . Subsequently tho rioters ' attacked the military barracks at
John ' s-square , where tho guard turned out , but were repulsed by their assailants , who hurled volleys of stones at the soldiery . There being no officer on duty at tho time , tho sergeant in command was reluctant to have recourse to violent measures , and therefore tho men endured the wanton attack with patience . The alarm having spread , the city was in a state of exilement , and the picket at tho Castle Barrack , under Capt . Attrny and Lieut . Smith , had turned out to quell the disturbance , but , not before the civilians had also attacked the guard at the Castle and Strand Barracks . The streets being dense ly thronged tho military had to charge with fixed bayonets , and two boys were stabbed . On passing through tho several thoroughfares the soldiers wero hooted and pelted with stones , their o rbincs broken , and their bayonets knocked off . Captain Attrey was stvvwk in the head and cut severely ; Lieutenant Smith was-also injured . This day the same feeling
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of revenga . waa- evinced , and in consequence the 31 st regiment have been transferred from the Castle and John's-square Barracks—in the old town—to the new barracks , to be replaced by the Hth regiment . "
The Emigration Swindle. On Saturday At T...
THE EMIGRATION SWINDLE . On Saturday at the Mansion House , Sir R , W . Garden sat five hours in the invoftigation concerning a company called in one prospectus the " Australian Gold and Emigration Company , " capital £ 100 , 000 , in shares of M each , to bo paid up without further call or liabilit y . There was another prospectus which designated tho company as " The Australian General Mining and Emigration Company . " The former prospectus gave a list of high names , with that of Lord Kilworth nt the head of it ; the latter gave no names at all . Tho investigation had been commenced in the early part of the week , upon tho representation of Captain Lean , the government emigration agent , who appeared before Sir Robert W . Garden for the purpose of stating that a number of poor men , who wero about to emigrate to Australia , had been defrauded hy certain persons who had offices at & o . 6 , Austin-friars , of money advanced as passage money in tho Camilla and other vessels
. , , .,, ., The justice room was crowded with gentlemen connected with tho Stock Exchange , and others who wero interested in the proceedings . Lord Kil worth and some of the other gentlemen whoso names were mentioned m one of the printed humbug lists , and who , as it afterwards appeared , knew nothiii " whatever of the company were m attendance . Anion" them " were Mr . Ruston Reed , Major Hawkes , and Mr . Dlwson . These gentlemen had been , summoned to attend in consequence of the issue of the prospectus which
mentioned their names . Subsequently Henry Graham Montague , who appeared to bo the acting manager of the concern , and C . J . Tripe , a young man who seemed to have acted under tho control of Mr . Monta » uef were put to the bar upon the charge of having cheated and defrauded the emigrants . Captain Lean , having stated the particulars of tho accusation , called the following witnesses : — . _ ..., John Jones , of Dalston , lately a fireman in Chingfterd , in Essex , said—About the 23 rd of June , as I was passing along Austin-friars , I saw a board at No . 6 , relative to the Australian Mining and Emigration Company . I went in and saw Mr . Tripe , and two gentlemen and two boys , fhey were all seated as if they belonged to the oflko . I said I wanted places for three or four in the second-class cabin for Port Philip . Mr . Tripe said they would take £ 3 or £ 4 off if there were four or five of us ; and he told me the ship in which wo could go was called the Camilla , and was lying in the West India Docks , and a friend'of mine and I went
down to look at her . We were to pay £ 22 instead of £ 2 o each , and I said 1 thought I could produce six passengers , including myself . Wo saw the first mate of the vessel , who said to our inquiries' , " Yes , I believe the ship has been looked at by the Australian Gold Company . " On the 20 th we went again to the office , and saw Mr . Tripe * who said he would take the £ 4 off- the charge at any rate . We wero then handed in to Mr . Montague and a stoutgentleman , who said to Mr . Montague , " It ' s too much to take off . " Mr . Tripe then carao in and we agreed to pay for four ' of us £ 11 each down , and a balance of £ 11 each upon our embarkation . I paid Mr . Montague £ ll who signed tbis receipt in my presence and aave it to me . Mr . Tripo counted the money , and put it in the drawer . I said to them that I hoped the company was all right . "Oh , yes" said they , " no fear of that ; the directors are all rewhich handed to
spectable gentlemen . " The bill was me stated that the passengers should have a pint of porter a day and a bottle of wine a week . I aftewards called several times at the office , but I only saw a couple of boys ; and when I asked them about the business , they said , " Well , there is a company , nnd they sit upon Tuesdays and Fridays . " I was told , upon further inquiry , that Mr . Montague was at Bristol , but I was informed by a friend that Mr . Montague , to whom I had- paid the money , was in prison , j ascertained that such was tho case . I had been informed by Tripo that the vessal was to sail between the loth and 20 th ol July , and I was prepared to pay tho remainder of the passage money . I have since demanded a berth on board the Camilla , and have been refused'it . Some minerals « ere shown to me by Montague and Tripe . James Abraham Thorne , of Camborwell—I am 10 S years old , and was engaged by Mr . Tripe asa clerk at No . 6 , Austin-friars , tho Australian Gold Mining an- ) Emigrntion
Society . There were two other boys engaged as clerks . There was no books kept there except a call book , in which the names of people who called were put down . There were bills inside and outside the office , in which tho mines of ships for Australia were entered ; 1 have seen Captain Smith three or four times in tho office . Montague and Tripe sat in a private room called the board room . I never wrote circulars calling a meeting of the directors together , nor do I believe that anything of the kind was done . I have seen a good many gentlemen go in and out . ( Tho witness could not speak to the identity of any particular person except Montague and Tripe , ) - I was in the office six weeks , but I received payment for no more than two weeks . Mr . Tripe , in answer to my application for my salary , said I must wait . ( Liughter . ) I have seen one or two of the gentlemen who are bore at the office . The office is removed from 6 , Austin-friars , to Harp-lane . I believe I was engaged for Mr . Tripe . I never went to the bankers .
Now it was . stated that , although the proprietors said the company banked at the Commercial Bank , they were not at , all known there . The list of proprietors of the- Australian Gold Biggins Company , to which was attached the name of Mr . Montague , as mineralogist , < fcc & c , was handed up to Sir . R . Garden , who said : I have ascertained- that the namos of the gentlemen put forward in this list have been every one used without their knowledge of the concern , or any one connected with it , and there are several other impositions of the kind passing before tho eyes of the public daily . Mr . A . J . Brunfcon , stockbroker—I belong to the Stock Exchange . My name has been used in this prospectus" Tho Australian Gold Mining and Emigration Company , " without my authority . I know nothing directly or indirectly , of any of the parties concerned or named in it .
J , L . Durham ( a boy)—I was engaged in the service of Mr . Montague at tho offices in Austin-friars , about the 27 th of January last . There was then carried on there a company called the " Gold Diggings Company . " That company was hrolien up in February , and between May and June the " ¦ Australian and Gold Mining and Emigration Company " was set up . Tripe came there to see Montague about a situation there . I have seen Capt . Smith there . Ho was understood to be secretary of the company , at the time , I believe . I never was paid any wages , with the exception of 2 s . Cd . They owe me £ 17 or £ 18 . There was no banker ' s for me to go to , as far as I can recollect . I have seen passengers come to the office and pay down their money to Mr . Montague and Mr . Tripe . I have seen £ 30 or M 0 paid by persons . Many have been clamouring about their money , and havngofcifc back . I do not think any of the gentlemen who called were aware that anything of the kind was done .
Mr . Shaw , clerk to Messrs . Willis and Co ., ship-brokers , said—The firm Ave ship brokers to the Camilla , which is destined to sail to Port Philip . I heard of the Australian Company in question , and called at Austin-friars in consequence of a letter I received from Mr . Tripo , ani saw Mr . Montague there . Overtures were made to charter the Camilla , but were never carried into effect . Neither Tripo nov Montague was ever authorised to engage passengers on board tho vessel . The prisoner Montague cross-examined the witness , but the answers confirmed all the statements made by him . Mr . James Gowland , of King ' s-cvoss , was then called by Captain Lean . He said that on the 2 Glh of June he called at Lime-street , No . 8 , where he saw Tripo , who engaged to S hip his nephew on board the ship called tho Medicis , for Port Philip , and received from him £ 9 , tho half of the passage-money . Re did not see Montague at all , for if ho had seen the party he would have walked away , as he knew something about him . '
The ship broker to the Medicis proved that Tripe was not authorised to ship any one on board that vessel . Alderman Garden said he deeply regretted that tho gentlemen whoso names had been put down in the prospectus without their sanction should have boon subjected to the annoyance to which they must have been exposed , by the mere supposition that they were mixed up with such a concern . It gave him , however , the greatest satisfaction to stato publicly that there was not the slightest imputation against any of them , and he was convinced thoy would see that the course he had taken was calculated , not only to bring to justice those who had been guilty of fraud , but to free from all suspicion those whose respectable names had been used to give facilities to this system of plunder . With respect to the two prisoners it was his intention on a future day to commit them for trial , and ho hoped tho public would exercise the utmost vigilance in dealing with mining and emigration companies , particularly at such a time .
Montague , who was brought by habeas from the Queen s Bench prison , was then delivered into the custody of the sheriff ' s officer and taken back with a magisterial detainer to that place of security , aud Tripo wasV conveyed to tho Compter .
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Arrival of M .-Kossuth in England . —Among the passengers by tho British and North American Mail ' steamship Africa , arrived at Liverpool on Sunday morning , were tho ex-Governor of Hungary and his lady . Before taking a passage on board the Africa , M . Kossuth had signified his intention of . sailing in the Washington , which was advertised to leavoNew York three days after the steamer . Instead of doing so , however , he secured berths in the Africa , for himself and Madame Kossuth , under the name of A . Smith ami lady . lie threw off his incognito before the passage had been completed . Nothing of interest connected with the Magyar occurred during tho voyage . On landing he looked exceedingly careworn . He was accompanied by Count Colonel Blethen and Colonel Ihaz , who also secured passages in assumed names—a step taken in all probability , in order that they might have a quiet embarkation . The party left Liverpool by the . nine o ' clock train the same morning .
A Card Sharper . —James , the man who was convicted last JFeek at tho Lewes Assizes for cheating at cards at Brighton , used to ' travel regularly in the Southampton and Alexandrian mail packets as a first-class passenger and paid his fare , and got a handsome living by card playing with the passengers on board . Tub Freehold Land Movement . —A soiree on a grand scale took place at Wolverhampton on Monday niaht , the occasion being , to celebrate tho taking possession of a new estate purchased by the members of tho Freehold Land Society .
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HOME CIRCUIT . RAPE . —EXTRAORDINARY CASE . Lhwes . — -Isaac Wheatley , 22 , a good-looking young countryman , was indicted for a felonious assault upon Sarah Boniface . Mr . Cobbett prosecuted ; Mr . Johnson was counsel ^ for the prisoner . Tho cirenmstancas cminccted " itli this enso wore of rather a peculiar nature , fhu prosecutrix , who described herself as a widow and fifty-two years old , but who , from the loss of her teeth and her very deoropid general appearance , might very well have passed for being at least twenty years older , it appeared resided at the villnao of Slaughnm , in this county , an / I about eight o ' clock in tho evening of Sunday , the 18 th of April , sho was on her way borne when she enmo up to the pn ' smcr , who was very much intoxicated . He and his moi her resided in the satno villas with her , and the prisoner , as shewas passing himaccosted herand said" Ia that you ,
, , , Bonny ? " She , in reply , said that ho was a bad hoy , and he then told her n was going homo , and said that they wou . d walk together . Thev walked along for a > hovt distance when the prisoner put his arm round her ne * k . Sho asked him to remove his arm , but he would not , acd thev walked along for some distance in this position , and as they were passing the National School , Mr . Martm , the master , opened his door , aud she told the prisoner ng * - 'n to remove ^ hisarm , and said , " Hero ' s Mr . Martin . a > . u he'll see us . " The prisoner still refused to take his arm away , and , in spite of her resistance , he succeeded in bisung her . They then walked on , and after a short time the pri-oner became very rough , and , according to the statement of the prosecutrix , he at . length threw her down into a ditch and with great violence committed tho act imputed to him by the indictment .
Upon being cross-examined ( ho prosecutrix said tbat ^ ho passed several houses , bur , did not give any alarm r call for assistant , because sho could net for a moment cl ove that the pris > ner meditated such an outrage up n her . Sho also said that sho had been for some time " keeping company" with a man named I-ted , who , it aj'pe ired was thirty years old , , -nm th . it a brother of this person came up after the transaction had taken p ! .-ic \ Shi denied having said to tho prisoner that if he was anything of a chap lie would offer her his arm and see her homo , or that she had said upon any other occasion that if Istcd had not compelled her sho should never have brought the matter forward .
Mr . Johnson , at tho close of the case for tho prosecution , addressed tbejury for the prisoner , and said , that but ' ' or tho very serious nature of the charge , ho should almost have been inclined to ridicule the idea that a young man like the prisoner could have committed such an act upon a toothless decrepit ! old woman , who might very well be his grandmother , so far as age , ho was sure , was concerned . He said he was not in a position to deny that something had really happened between the parties , ' but he submitted that it was clear from all the facts that had transpired , that the old woman had consented to it , and that upon I .-sted , tho brother of the man with whom she had , as ^ 10 said , b 2 on keeping company , cominjj up , she had , in order to escape the scandal of tho village , preferred tho present chirge .
Mr . G . Martin , tho master of the National School at Slaughnm , was then called as a witness for the prisoner , and bo said be was standing at the door of his house on the evening in question , and saw tho prisoner ami the prosecutrix scing in tbo direction toward * tho residence of tho latter . He opened his door suddenly before they saw him , and ho observed that the prisoner bad one arm round the neck of the old woman and the other in front of her person , and it appeared to him that sho rather encouraged than resisted his embraces . The prisoner had his face towirds tho face of the prosecutrix , as though in the ant of kissing her , while they were passing , aq-l wliei' ho moved his i ., coaiiil she saw him , she exclaimed , " There , be quiet , Mr . Martin will see u * . '_ ' Thoy then walked on , and ilu > prisoner appealed to kiss the prosecutrix several times , ami there ap « pearcd to be no complaint or resistance on her part . The prisoner appeared to be so tipsy that he wa of op nou the prosecutrix could easily have got away from him if she had desired to do so .
By Mr . Cobbett . —Ho was-not exnminrd Worn the magistrate on behalf of the prisoner . He was not summoned , but a iness .-igu was sent to him from the magistrate requesting bis . attendance , but- ho could not go without die permission of the rector , and when ho applied to him fur his permission ho refused it . The Lord Chief Justice . —Then ho most sof . n- 'lalonsly neglected his duty . What right had ho to prevent you trout going before the magistrate and giving your evidence , and thus set himself abovo the law 1 Such conduct is highly indecent and improper , and-if this gentleman had been here I should have made some observations upon it which would not have been at all agreeable to him .
Ilis Lordship , in summing up , said that whatever view was taken of that case , it was impossible not lo lament most deeply tho state of debasement and ignorance , and want of all proper feeling , that could permit a young man to commit such an act as this upon the parson of an unfortunate decrcpid old woman , such as the prosecutrix appeared to be , Tho prisoner had now been in gaol three months , and ho did not say this in any way to influence the jury in the -verdict thoy wero about to pronounce , but to found this further observation upon it , thatitappcircd thatthe gentleman who filled tho position of rector of this and the adjoining parish , and who had tbo care and instruction of the ' inhabitants , had thought fit in defianccof tho request of the law , to say that a man who was under his control , and who , was , he thought , very improperly so , should not obey the request of the magistrate , and go and give ,
evidence before him . If Mr . Martin had been summoned , itwas possible that the magistrate might not have committed the prisoner , or at all events would have admitted him to bail , and thus have prevented him from suffering for three months the contamination of a gaol , but the rector had chosen to set . his dignity against his duty , and had refused to perform a . common act of charity to his neighbour , by allowing him to go and give his evidence on behalf of the prisoner . If the gentleman had been present , he should have made use of stronger language with regard to his conduct , and , setting up m that bench , ho felt it to bo his duty to make such observations upon any man , whatever might be his station , who dared to set himself abovo the law . He would never allow any man to do so , and ho hoped that w , hat had taken place on the present occasion would be a warning to the reverend gentleman himself , and others , in future .
The jury retired to consider their verdict , and in about ap hour they , returned into court , aud s-a * ul they were not likely to agree , and they wished to know whether they could find the prisoner guilty of a common assault ? The Chief Justice ' told them thoy could not do so . They must either find him guilty of the felony or acquit him altogether . 1 They then again retired , and shortly afterwards came back with a verdict of Guilty , but recommended the prisoner to mercy . The learned ' Judge sentenced him to bo imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one year .
' ' HIGHWAY ROBBERY , John Mepham , 28 , was charged' wkh a highway robbery with violence upon Thomas Martin . Mr . Waller prosecuted ; Mr . Creasy defended thn prisoner . It appeared that the prosecutor was a firmpr , living at Horated Keynes , in the neighbourhood of Forest-row , and on the Gih of April he had been to a sort of sheep fair at ; that place , and dined at the Swan Inn , where ho received I a sum of money from the owner of some sheep ho . had taken l in to graz * . Having enjoyed himself during the evening ,, he set out at about ten o ' clock atnght , in company with i a farmer who resided in the satno neighbourhood , to walkx home , and when thoy had got to within a short distan ' cee of thtir home the prosecutor had occasion to stay behindd for a few minutes , and while he was in the act of walkings
on to rejoin his friend he received a tremendous blow on , n , the head from a . bludgeon from some one behind liim . i , whicl ) foiled him to tho ground , and rendered him insen-isible , and while he was in this stato his pockets weu-o rifled , ] , and two £ o notes of the Ryo bank and some silver stolen . I . The charge was clearly brought home to the prisoner by y circumstantial evidence . It was shown that bo was at the e Swan while the prosecutor was there , and saw the money y in his possession , that he followed him soon after he left the a house , and that his footmarks wero distinctly traced fromn the spot whore the robbery was committed to the prisoner ' s s cottage . In addition to these facts both tho stolen notes s were , traced to the possession of tho prisoner , and when lip p was taken into custody the sleeve of his coat nnd also his is shirt wave bloody .
The jury without any hesitation returned a verdict of if Guilty , and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported for ir fifteen years . MIDLAND CIRCUIT . ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A WIFE . Warwick . —John Mitchell , 39 , was hid c : ed for shootingig Sarah Mitchell , his wife , with intent to minder her , and id also with intent to do her grievous bodi y harm , —It ap . p .. pearcd that on Sunday , tho 18 th of April , the prisoner , uy who lived at Winson- ^ rccn , near Birmingham , after diningng ; at homo , wont out to a neighbouring publiv-h use , whereire > ho had some ajo . In tho course of the afternoon he wntnt ; home several times ; and tho Lvt time he went , luingtheuettL in liquor , he took a loaded gun from tho i-heif , and dhwscharged it at his wife . The shot entered her cheok ^ k ,, making one largo wound and several small ones . She fellelll in
down , the wound bled profusely , and she wa ^ dangeigett for some time . The prisoner immediately left homo ' ah din dd returned to the public-house , where he had a f < vw mmutestess before invited a policeman to have a glass of ale . Thalhall policeman , hearing the report of a » un , went towards thcth ' cc prisoner ' s house , and met the prisoner , whosaid to him , " 1 " 11 have shot the drunken hitch . " T '' o policeman went 00 , 00 , 1 , and finding what had occurred , returned to tho public-lie- ! - house , whore ho found the prisoner standing with his baekicks to the fireplace . Ho apprehended him , and the prisoner , a ? , asii ho was going to tho station , asked if sho was de ul ; anennce also said that he had loaded tho gun with the intention 01 O ) doing it three weeks before , but his courage filled himjimi To another constable he said , " I wish her h ; ad waiwam in hell ; '' and tho constable replying , "Not so ; sho is no noa dead , " he answered , "I wish sho was ; sho hai been m 11 torment to mo ; sho is a drunkard and a dirty woman An . ' . ' The prisoner was in a stato of great excitement at thi Mini
time . . The prosecutrix , in giving her evidence , said that bt 11 had alwajs be . n a good husband to her , aud that when bn li loaded the gun , three weeks bsfore , she lo'ievei that ht hh did it for the purpose of shooting pigeons . A . considerable number of witnesses gave the prisoner [ ier : good character as a quiet , hum uio man . Mr . O'Brien , on behalf of tho prisoner , uvsO ' l upon . In . 1 . 1 jury that they could not find it guilty of lhe first and mo moo
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 31, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31071852/page/7/
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