On this page
-
Text (3)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
Andrew , Holjborn , to show cause why they refused to pay the composition tithe rates accruing and arising in the said district of JEColy Trinity . The court was crowded to excess on . Tuesday , and considerable interest was manifested . Mr . Hawkins , the barrister , instructed by Mr . Curwood , attended for the prosecution ; and Mr . Stammers , instructed by Mr . Clarke , for the defence . The Rev . Dr . Worthington was also in attendance . The first summons heard was . that issued against Mr . Henry Mack , of Wo . 8 , High Holborn . Mr . Hawkins in opening the proceedings , said , the defendant was sued by the Rev . Dr . Worthington , for a claim of two tithe-rates amounting to 8 s ., due on the 25 th of March , andjn a lengthened speech explained the law upon the subject . For the last hundred years the tithe had been paid in the parish , and he could prove Dr .
Worthington a title with respect to them from ancient houses similar to the defendant ' s . He called William Beckley , deputy rate-collector , who produced a plan of Holy Trinity Chapelry from the registry of the Bishop of London , also two deeds between the Hey . Mr . Bobinson and others of the 6 th of February , 1850 , to the curate of Holy Trinity . Mr . Mogoni said he saw the two deeds ( now produced ) executed by the Eevs . Mr . Kobinson and I > r . Worthington , on the one part , and the Rev . Mr . Pizey and the Rev . Mr . Toogood on the other . Shortly after , the deeds were executed by the Duke of Buccleuch , the patron of the living , and the Bishop of London . He was present at the induction . Frederick Nichols saw the deeds executed by the Duke of Buccleuch . Mr . Buckle , estate agent , of Wilmingtonsquare , Clerkenwell , said he had collected tithes from the year 1839 to 1845 , and claimed the rates annually . The defendant had refused to pay twice .
Charles Foster made a demand of defendant for 4 s . 7 d ., in 1851 or 1852 , as the tithe due to the Rev . Dr . Worthington , and he declined to pay it . He said , that Dr . Worthington had a warm berth , and he should like to make him ( witness ) and the doctor " hotter . " ( Laughter . ) Dr . Worthington ( rising from his seat ) : That is Mr . Mack . Mr . Stammers : Pray what are you ?—Witness : I am sexton . Mr . Stammers : Pray , is not the Church of Holy Trinity in the parish of St . Pancras ?—Witness : No . Mr . Stammers : Who told you so?—Witness : Why , Mother Church . ( A laugh . ) Mr . Stammers : Well , tell us what Mother Church told you ?—Witness : The collector told me , and that ' s the same as Mother Church .
In answer to further questions , he said when they were seated inside Holy Trinity they were in St . Andrew's parish , but when they got outside on the kerbstone they were in St . Pancras . The Rev . Dr . Worthington having been sworn , said that he waa perpetual curate of Holy Trinity . The Rev . Mr . Robinson ceased to be rector . He is dead . He ( Dr . Worthington ) and the Rev . Mr . Toogood were present at the induction . By Mr . Stammers : Holy Trinity was not in the parish
of St . Pancras . The ground was consecrated . Mr . Stammers contended that the production of the copy of the plan , &c ., from the Bishop of London ' s Registry was not legal evidence—the originals ought to have been brought before the bench . He also urged that the locality of Holy Trinity was in St . Pancraa , and not in St . Andrew's parish . The learned gentleman addressed tho bench at considerable length , submitting that his objection ought to bo considered , and that the subject of tithes called loudly for reform .
Mr . Corrio said ho would take time to consider the subject , and look attentively pver the law which had been referred to , and he would g ive his decision a week honce . Mr . Aahby , of 9 , High Holborn , was tho next case heard . Mr . Clarke adopted a similar line of defenco to that in Mr . Mack ' s case . Mr . Corrio then said ho would postpono tho further hearing of the cases , and give his judgment in Mr . Mack ' s case in a week . Tho parties then loft tho court .
Untitled Article
JOURNAL OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . Railway accidents arc not a marked " fcaturo" in th ° history of tho week ; but thoro has been somo busincs 8 dono in that " lino . " At tho Liverpool assizes , Mr . Higham , a farmer , obtained 371 . 10 s . ( id . damages , for injury dono to his crops and turf by tho sparks emitted from an engine passing at unusual speed . Mr . Baron Martin said ho was of opinion that tho ongino was run at great speed , and so damage was dono to tho property joining tho railroad , and that those who caused tho engineer to run at such a speed Avoro liable to all damage arising from it . Thoro wore two accidents on Friday wook . On the Preatatyn branch of tho Chester and Holy head lino , a mail
train , which was'" most providentially , " sailh tho reporter , without , cither passengers or bugs ( owing to a galo which blow briskly thoprovioua nig ht , and which delayed tho mail boat on its passage from Ireland ) , eaino into violent collision with a number of trucks standing on tho lino at ProHtatyn . During tho galo those trucks , which woro empty , " had been blown from their siding , nnd tho train came at full speed upon them . Tho engine wan broken and rendered usoIosh , tho first carriage smashed , and the others much damagod . Tho driyor , fireman , nnd guard , escaped without material injury . A delay of moro than throe hours occurrod in conooquonco of tho accident in tho delivery of tho down mail between 1 ' rostatyn and II olyhoad . On tho Manchester , Shofliehl , and Lincolnshire Railway ,
a heavy goods train , going full speed , caino into collision with a cattle truck that waH standing croBBwiso on tho main lino , within 200 yards of tho Worksop station , on tho BhofHold side . Ho great was tho shook that seven of tho foremost trucks wore- thrown oil" tho lino , and two of thorn , with tho ongino and tondor , woro precipitated violently down a very stoop embankment , n depth of thirty feet Tho drivor arid firomau , not having hud timo to leup off
were hurled down the steep descent , and had a narrow escape of being crushed to death by the ponderous engine and tender that accompanied them in the fall . The cattletruck that caused the obstruction was shivered into fragments , and two of the goods waggons were smashed to almost the same extent . It is said that the " wind , " which was very strong , propelled the truck from a siding upon the main line , but one of the company ' s servants states that on the previous evening he secured it on the siding by blocking the wheels . Therefore cither the servant states what is not true , or he did his work badly , or somebody removed the blocking .
Dawlish was the scene of a real " accident" on Monday . Tho scene was near Breeches Rock , where the landslips took place some timo since . A temporary siding had been made , and rails laid down to enable men to remove tho earth which they were cutting from the cliffs ; but when any train was due they were removed . The superintendence of this siding was given to a man named John Munk , whose duty ifc was to see to tho duo removal of the temporary rails : and for that purpose time bills were hung up
on the walls of a small hulk near where he was working . This system had been going on for a month , and nothing had happened ; but on Monday morning , when the 7 . 30 a . m . train passed down , the temporary rails had not been removed . The consequence was that the engine ran off the line into the rubbish adjoining , and when stopped by the co urage of the driver , was only within a few feet of the edge of the sea wall . Munk was apprehended , taken before the magistrates , charged with neglect of duty , and fined 51 .
Untitled Article
SHIPWRECK—SHAMEFUL CARELESSNESSDEATH . Englattd is acquiring an unenviable position , as the nation which is constantly warned and never prepared . For culpable neglect and a rash disregard of precautions we are as remarkable as for our pluck in moments of extremity , and self-sacrifice when the evil is almost past redress . In illustration , take the two latest disasters at sea : — The first case is that of the Minerva steamer , which , sailing on the night of Tuesday week from Liverpool to Belfast , ran down a schooner . The circumstances of the case are reported differently by different witnesses . The account of three independent witnesses is as follows : — Tuesday nig ht was clear , hazy at a distance ; but there was sufficient brightness to see for two miles . At a quarter to eleven the Minerva was half way between the Calf of Man and the South Rock lighthouse , and going at the rate of twelve knots an hour . Neither captain nor mate was on deck ; a " look-out" was stationed on the bridge . Captain Lyall was the captain of the steamer ; but Captain Duncan , a seaman , was on board and on deck . Me suddenly called out , "Do you see that vessel there ? " and he had scarcely spoken when a schooner , with lights , was seen close to the steamer , on its path , ; and in a few minutes more a crash was heard , as the steamer struck tho schooner right abaft the fure rigging . Captain Duncan rushed forward ; he saw the schooner sinking ; and ran to get ropes and boxes to fling overboard to the crew . He distinctly saw men swimming hard towards tho
paddlebox of the steamer ; a lowered boat could have saved them ; but the Minerva boats were fast , and the Minerva crew slow ; the swimmers sank . Tho mast of the schooner fell against tho side of the steamer . Some of the crew of the schooner clinging to the mast strove to climb up the sides of the steamer . A passenger leant over tho bulwark , stretching- out his hand to help them up ; but . at that moment the Minerva backed ( tho engines having been reversed after tho collision ) , and tho poor wretches , who had been within a hand ' s breadth of safety , were drowned . The captain of the stoamor gives a brief official account . He docs not state that ho was on deck ; " all that ho observed was that tho schoonor had two masts , and that no light was shown until immediately before tho accident took to all tlio wit ¦
place . " Captain Duncan , who , according ; nesses , saw tho schooner first , states positively that hIio had tho proper number of lights . But a chief circumstance was the impracticable situation of tho steamer's boats . According to one witnewa " it occupied twenty minutes before tho boats could bo lowered . " Twenty minutes ! while men woro swimming for their lives , and struggling with death before their eyes ! "Tho bouts wcro ho securely locked that one could Hail round Capo Jlorn with them . ' A knife was wanting to cut tho lashings of the boats ; none could bo had for Homo timo ; when ifc was procured tho ropofl were so stifl' in tho pulleys at one sido that one boat foremostt tho risk ot
was suddenly lowered stern , a near flinging its occupants into tho soa . According to the testimony of ono of tho witnoHSos examined at a Bolfust investigation of tho affair , this is tho usual way in which bouts are fastened in all tho Channel steamers ; accidents being apparently tho only thing not provided for on board those well-appointed ships . Tho Minerva wont on its way , not having sustained the slightest dainago , and canio into Belfast at half-past four on Wednesday morning . The Hohooner , unknown , wna novor hoard of moro ; and its crow , equally obsouro , perished , as wo have- boon told , within sight of their follow-inen , and within roach of boats so woll secured that thoy could not ho lined . Tho captain of tho Miiurrva , tho mate , and tho look-out man , aro to Uo tried for thoir conduct , and at proBonfc aro out ; on bail . Tho second catastrophe occurred on yesterday ( Friday ) week . AlKH-deen harbour has long boon accounted unsafe . Owing to tho northerly direction of tlio Channel , vessels coming from tho south havo to turn sharp round in coining in , elso thoy would go ashore on tho pier-head . Tho difficulty of entrance was increased on Friday by tho southerly wind and tho mountain flood of tho rivor .
At half-past five the Dulce ofSutlierland steamer , from London , hove in sight , and made for the harbour . It was a bleak and rainy evening , and the wind blew hard , still some people were on the pier to meet their friends . The sea rolled high , but the grand ship battled bravely with it , and came majestically in—mastering the swelling waves as she rounded the headland . But ere one could count ten a single wave carried her to leeward , and a . second dashed her against the rocks at the head of the pier . Her bow stuck fast : the sea moved her stern , into deep sea ; and then turning her broadside-lo the waves she lay a helpless log upon the water . In a few minutes the news spread through the town ; and the beach was soon crowded with people . They saw the fine ship lying helpless within
a few yards of the head of the pier ; its crew in the forecastle endeavouring to lower the life boat ; the passengers on the poop , clinging to the netting of the rails and tho stancheons as the ship rolled from side to side . Tho captain stood on the bridge giving orders . Round tho ship raged a boiling sea—wave after wave washing tho decks and dashing over the pier-head—while a seething surf separated it from the shore . The seamen of the ship first lowered the starboard life-boat , and manned it themselves ; the boat was capsized , but the people on shore dashed out to the rescue—and by a chain of linked hands all of that party were saved . Deeper sank the stern of tho ship , the sea rapidly breaking up tho fore part . Wave after wave washed away somo one of the passengers .
From the shore the sight was terribly painful . The ship was so near that one could easily discern the pale faces of tho men and women , who held on by every rail , or stanchcon—¦ and some of the townspeople recognised their friends and relatives amongst those on board . A life-boat , manned by twelve hardy seamen , now put off from tho shore ; it worked its way through the surf , but it could not come close to the wreck , as the sea would have dashed it to pieces against the iron sides of the ship . The passengers had therefore to leap into the sea towards the boat ; some failed to reach it , others succeeded , and with a fulL cargo the boat reached the shore in safety . Again and again did she endeavour to make a second voyage to the ship , but failed . Dr . Sutherland , who witnessed the wreck , says : —
"At this time the quarter-deck of the ship was completely deserted , with the exception of one female , who clung tenaciously to a fragment of the rail . My heart sickens when I contemplate her lifeless form entangled in the stancheons , while the waves often hid her from our eyes which we dared not turn away . " The ship now broke in two ; the bow was torn sheer from the waist , and was drifted up the harbour , while the main part remained hard and fast upon the rocks- A fishing boat with six men , ono of whom was a mate , saved a moment before , attempted to reach the wreck ; but when she neared tho steamer , and was thus exposed to tho full fury of the wind and current , she was whirled away in little more than a minute . Two passengers leaped towards her , one was
taken up ; the boat attempted to return , but a heavy wavo completely swamped her ; she sank , amid the shrieks of the crowd , and of the gallant fellows who manned her but ono was saved . The ship was now he ing rapidly broken up . The masts had . gone . early ; the bow followed ; in about half an hour afterwards the stern and quarter-deck were swept away . Nothing remained but the middle part of the ship with the starboard paddle-box , on Avhich tho survivors of the crew , reduced to some dozen persons or so , were gathered ; their persons could be distinctly recognised from tho shore , and their screams rose above the noise ol the sea . An attempt to effect communication with tho ship by means of a rope was now made . Captain Manby ' s
apparatus was used ; after many failures , the blazing rocket rose high in tho air and Hew past the ship , having a line attached which ifc flung right across tho funnel . Some passengers — ladies among them —having been fastened to the rope by means of small lines , were towed across in safety . At an early period of tho catastrophe , many persons were observed rushing to tho life-buoys and other apparatus for saving life that woro to bo found on hoard . One person excited a considerable interest . I To was observed three different times to put a life-buoy round his waist , and go ( o tho ship-side us if with tho intention of leaping over , and as often to divest himself of the apparatus , ns if at the critical moment , his resolution failed him . On tho last occasion
ho disappeared from view . Wo do not know if it was tho same individual who was seen somo time afterwards apparently clinging to tho stakes of a net that was fixed in the sea , thoroughly exhausted and incapablo of making further exertion . J I is situation excited general sympathy ; but , a seaman belonging to her Majesty ' s ship Archer ( now lying in tho harbour ) , who was standing on tho pier ,. with extraordinary bravery leaped right oil" into the surf , and made his way to tho man . His gallantry was fruitless , beyond tho universal admiration its brilliancy excited ; tho man was found to bo dead , and not dinging to , but entangled by tho not . There wore-fifty persons on board ; of these , ' sixteen perished , whilo live of tho crew of tho fishing-boat were lost .
It bus boon said that tho captain , tho crow , nn < l tho main passengers behaved badly . Tim mate and a portion of I ho crow used tlio first boat that lel ' l , tho ship . I ho euptnin was one of ( lie first fo aUoirifW . to reach shorn by thei ropo , while many remained on board ; hut Homo bear testimony to his coolness in giving orders . And ( lie malo passengers preceded the females in taking advantage of tho means of safety . Duncan Christie , the steward , is tho only person reported as having shown consideration for others , lie was of use in preserving order and in saving the women , and bo was tho hint , to leavo tho ship . The ready way in which tho population of tlio loculity beciinio " wreckers , " is noticed . The goods washed in wcro made away with at once . Tho cargo was worth 20 , 000 / ., and was uninsured . Hut Hut worst eireiinisfuneo of this event is tho fact , that there wan neither proper accessaries nor proper agenta for tho
Untitled Article
April 9 , 1853 . ] THE LEADER , 345
-
-
Citation
-
Leader (1850-1860), April 9, 1853, page 345, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1981/page/9/
-