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August 28,1852. THE STAR OF FREEDOM. 37
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t halt half-past eight , in the evening , and lie had left his post at a nartmarter to nine on this occasion , putting out the light at the ignalgnal on this as on other occassions , although it is alleged that c hac had received instructions that there would be extra or exurskursion trains on this occasion , and that he must remain until hey hey had all passed . The line from Bolton to Bullfleld consists f a « f a curve—not of a very severe character—extending under a erieieries of eight or ten short tunnels and bridges , and the five rainmns , jammed up in this dark and gloomy space , were thus ittentterly without protection . The night was exceedingly dark , md md when the sixth train ( which is not an excursion or special
rainrain , but the regular late passenger train from Liverpool to ¦ fcuitfaiichester ) came up , the driver would not come in sight f tl > f the proceeding one , owing to the curve , until he reached the lacplace where the signal post is placed , a distance of 125 yards . VhAVhether the driver was not on the look-out , or whether it was mpimpossible for him to stop in so short a space with a train of sixeeiteen carnages going at a high speed , we could not learn , but the esiresult was , that he ran into the luggage train with great force , mdand the collision was so fearful that the three first carriages smashed
( tluYthird class ) , were very badly , the second one being turturned up on its fore-end between the other two , with the ten ¦ pa & passengers in it feet upwards , and almost on their heads . The terterror of the passengers was beyond description . It is said their scrscreams were heard at a distance of more than a mile from the * p < spot . The confusion which followed was of course great , and b « but few persons hsing present on this part of the line , it was so some time before the passengers were rescued . The utmost as assistance was rendered to all the injured which was possible .
Mr . Crowshaw , the clerk in charge of the . station at Bolton , w went to the house of the pointsman Lee Bancroft , at Bullfiekl sA After the accident , about ten o ' clock , but did not see the man ti till about 11 . Mr . Crowshaw then asked him how it was he h had not the signal lighted . Bancroft replied that he did not k know ; he had put the "light out at a quarter before nine as v usual , and then went home ; he did not think he was required t to remain after a quarter to nine o ' clock , ' which was the usual f time for leaving . Mr . Crowshaw , however , told him he was to 1 blame for leaving the signals when excursion trains were
< expected . About half-past 12 o ' clock the same night the unfortunate man was found by his wife aud a friend suspended by his neckerchief from a large nail which he had driven into the top of his wooden sentry box at Bullfield . . Life was then quits extinct .
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August 28 , 1852 . THE STAR OF FREEDOM . 37
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Another Garotte Robbery Ix Hull.—One Nig...
Another Garotte Robbery ix Hull . —One night last week another daring garotte robbery was committed in Hull . A man named John Henry Bunnington , a fisherman , came up from Grimsby that night , and , in company with another man , was drinking at one or two public-houses . About eleven o ' clock he came out of the American Tavern , on the Old Dock side , with the man with whom he had been drinking and another . These two persuaded him to go with them up a dark street hard by called I ) uke-street , and as he was walking along one of them seized him by the throat , holding him so that he could neither cry out nor help himself , and nearly strangling him ,
while the other cut away his pocket , in which was £ 1 lis . With this they decamped , leaving the poor fellow nearly insensible . When he recovered his self possession he gave information to the police , and shortly afterwards one of the men was apprehended . He was brought up at the Hull police court on the follollowing morning and evidence was heard against him . His name is John Morgan , and he is dressed as a sailor . The prosecutor identified him as the man with whom he had been drinking and who had cut away his pocket . The other man the police had not been able to find , and the case was remanded . Charge of Forgery against a Solicitor . —On Saturday a
painful interest was excited in the commercial circles of Hull by the arrest of Mr . William Cooper Robinson , an attorney of hitherto highly respectable repute , pursuing his profession in that town , on a charge of having forged an 1 . 0 . V . for £ 1 , 000 . He was examined before the Mayor and a full bench on Saturday , and remanded . ... Conviction of the Nore Wreckers . —An investigation into the recent attack of the Southend hoatmen upon the wreck of the Renown , has just been brought to a close , after a duration of three days . Their names are Henry Childs , master of the
Sew Dart ; John Jemson , master of the William , of Southend ; William Frost , master of the Assistance ; Abraham Robinson , master of the Hamburg ; George Myall , of the New Dart ; William Robinson , master of the Susannah ; and William Robinson , master of the Four Brothers , and they were severally charged with committing the double offence of " Wrongfully carrying awav certain large quantities of stores and vionevty from a stranded ship , called the Renown , then lying wrecked on the Nore Sand ; " and " forcibly entering on board the vessel
Renown , without leave or consent of the person in charge thereof . " Evidence having been adduced in support of the information the defendants were acquitted of the first chargethat they had wrongfully carried away cargo . On the second complaint , however , the bench were unanimously of opinion that it had been proved , and that they had entered on board tlie vessel without the leave or permission of the versonm charge . They took the position of the river into consideration in imposing the amount of penalty , and they therefore sentenced each of them to pay a fine of £ 5 , or be imprisoned one
month . Extraordinary Robbery . —A boy about 14 years of age , named Charles Boadle Singleton , was brought up before the magistrates at Whitehaven on Monday , charged with having robbed the Whitehaven Junction Railway Company under the following extraordinary circumstances : —It appeared that the company keep the money taken for tickets in a drawer in the office , which is in charge of a clerk , who has two keys to this drawer . Some time ago one of the keys was missing , and latterly the drawer has been frequently plundered of a considerable portion of its contents—in the whole , we understand , to the extent of between £ 80 and £ 100- ike late clerk reneatedlv found his cash deficient , and , consequently
it is said , began to falsify his accounts in order to Keep matters straight , rather than mention the circumstances to the secretary . This clerk was discharged , aud another person appointed to take charge of the ticket money . On his successor taking office the deficiencies still continued m a most unaccountable manner , notwithstanding that the drawer was always locked . This circumstance left no doubt on the mind of the secretary that some one abofit the premises had a false hev to the money-drawer ; consequently , at tbe instance of the secretary , a quantity of silver was marked and put m the drawer , and a person appointed to watch . According ly , the officer took his station in the attic above the office , and concealed himself . There was a hole m the ceiling , through
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which he had a full view of the drawer . He commenced his watch about 8 o ' clock in the morning , and about 5 o ' clock in the afternoon , during the temporary absence of the booking clerk , he saw the prisoner , who has been employed as an errand-boy by tha camp-any for the last twelve months , come into the office and open the money-drawer with a key . Before this , however , the prisoner came in and opened another drawer , when sonic one came into the office , and the prisoner quickly moved further back behind the counter to conceal
himself . When the prironer opened the money-drawer , tlie officer saw him put his right hand into the bowl where the eppper was kept , and the left hand into the bowl where the silver was kept . He took a handful of half-crowns , then some shillings , and put the money in his pocket . The prisoner then locked the drawer , put the key into his pocket , and left the office . The officer followed him and look him into custody . He wa ? taken into the secretary ' s office and there searched , and the key and the marked money found upon him . He was fully committed for trial .
The Charge of Forgery by a Clergyman . —On Monday , the Rev . J . iNisbett was again brought up by Mr . Sidebottom , the stipendiary mgistratrate of Worcester , when he was fdlly committed to take his trial at the next assizes for the city of Worcester , for forging and uttering tlie bill of exchange for £ 300 to Mr . Hughes . Robbery by a Servant . —At the Middlesex Sessions , Elivabeth Weaver , 39 , was convicted of having stolen three sums amounting to £ 1 2 s . 2 £ d ., the monies of James Hayer , her master , and sentenced to seven years transportation .
Captured Again!—On Thursday , Captain Shepheard , was brought up before Mr . Hardwick , charged with , being drunk and with assaulting a police-constable . —Mr . Hardwick ordered him to find two sureties of £ 25 ' each , and himself in £ 50 to keep the peace . Infanticide at Leeds . —On Monday last an adjourned inquest was held at the Court House , on view of the body of a male infant child , found on the 26 th of July amongst some ashes in a place named " the medical evidence was decisive . The child had been born alive , and afterwards murdered . The
jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against some person or persons unknown . Garotte Robbrry . —At the Marylebone police-court , John Sheen and John Palmer were brought up for re-examination and placed at the bar before Mr . Bingham , charged with having been concerned in attacking ancl robbing , under the " garotte" system , a man named James Wiltiam Dowse , residing at No . 3 , Paul-street ,
Lissongrove . The prosecutor , who had been to the Marylebone Theatre , on the night of Wednesday , the " 18 th instant , went to a public-house with the prisoner and another pe . ison and at that late hour of the night . After leaving them , and while proceeding quietly towards his home , he was seized hold of by the prisoner sheen , who grasped him tightly by the throat , and threw hiui down , while the other ri ' -led his pockets of his purse and money , and ran off . They were , however ultimately captured , and being old offenders were committed for trial .
Melancholy axci Fatal Accident . —On Saturday last as Richard Fleming , Esq ., was returning from Schull Petty Sessions in a small sailing boat , the little craft , missed stays and immediately sank , taking with her a boy who accompanied Mr . Fleming . .- >> - ¦ Attempt to Escape prom appleuy 'Gaol / — On Thursday morning , at the usual hour ( 6 o ' clock , ) Isaac Bird , the turnkey of Appleby Gaol , proceeded to unlock the sleeping-cells of the
prisoners . He had opened the ceils of two of the prisoners , Thomas Moor , who was under sentence of 12 months imprisonment for felony , and John Thexton , who had been sentenced to seven years' transportation for a similar offence , when Moor 6 pionioned him , and both prissoners required liim to give up the keys , threatening murder him if he refused to surrender them . A strugle ensued , and the cry ' s of the turnkey for assistance were fortunately hoard by the governor , who at once proceeded to his aid , and Moor and Thexton were secured .
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Extensive Fire.—Shortly After Three O'Cl...
Extensive Fire . —Shortly after three o ' clock on Thursday morning , a fire , attended with the destruction of some thousand pounds worth of property , -broke out in the premises belongimg to Mr . Phillipps , licensed victualler , and proprietor of the King ' s Arms Tavern and
Assembly-rooms , Mile-end-road , near Bow . The fire commenced in the ball-room , behind the tavern , and before the owners of the property could be made aware of the disaster , the flames shot through the roof in an immense body . In a very brief period the engines were on the spot , and in lull operation ; but the flames still spread , and the Jubileeroom and the Assembly-rooms became enveloped . in Are .
The flames were , after the lapse of some hours , extinguished . Destruction of a Cotton Factory by Fire .- — On Wednesday evening an alarming conflagration occurred in Preston , which resulted in tlie destruction of a factory belonging to Messrs . John Ellis and Son . Fxtesive Fire in Whitechapel . —Yesterday ( Friday )
morning , at a few minutes past one o ' clock , a foe broAC out in tho extensive premises in the occupancy of Mr . Walker , wholesale ironmonger and general furnisher , No . 34 , Whitechapcl-roacl . The discovery was made by police constable No . 211 , H . division , who perceived smoke issuing through the window shutters . He sprang his rattle and immediately sent for the lire escape and engines . After the lapse of a few minutes Mr . Walker and two females , who were sleeping on the premises , were made sensible of the outbreak , and they forthwith made an attempt to escape by the stairs , but the moment they did so the names ' shot forth in such a body as
to drive them back . Having luckily gained one of the front windows they besought the spectators to procure a ladder and save them . Fortunately the Royal Society ' s fire-escape drove up in front of the premises , when Wood , the conductor , p laced the machine against the building , and with the aid of the ladder , succeeded in- rescuing three persons , viz ., Mr . Walker , his wife , and another female . These parties had barely left the house , when the flames , . as if by magic , seized upon every floor in . the structure , and haying penetrated the different windows , they rose so high as to lie distinctly perceptible from every part of London . The engines laboured
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incessantly , and before three o ' clock they succeeded in getting the command over the fearful element . The whole of Mr . Walkers premises and their contents are destroyed , and serious damage is done to those adjoining . The origin of tlie tire is unknown .
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A Ivomax Catholic Cathedral Ix Stockport...
A Ivomax Catholic Cathedral ix Stockport . —It is currently reported that the Roman Catholics indignant at tlie destruction of their places of worship in this borough , arc contemplating the erection of a magnificent cathedral . ' > Relic of Burks . —The Glasgow Citizen mentions that an interesting relic of Kobert Burns , the poet , is at present for sale , at a bookseller ' s in that city . It is a manuscript of the poet , a fasciculus of ten leaves , written on both sides , containing " The Vision , " as originally composed , " The Lass of Balloehmyle , " " My Nannie O , " and others of his most popular songs . ' The manuscript was sent by Burns to Mrs . General Stewart , of Stair , when he expected to have to go to the West Indies .
Ins Russian Embassy . —The seat of the Russian embassy is about to be removed from Ashburnham House to Cheshamplace , the lease of the former having expired . . The New Terminus Hotel at Paouixgtox . —The extensive building which has been erected by the Great Western Railway Company , at the place intended for their new grand terminus , is situated on so elevated a spot that the ornamental towers and lofty roof can be distinctly discerned for miles round . Baden-Baden . —A letter from this far-famed resort , dated the 13 th , states that notwithstanding the continuance of bad weather , visitors were arriving at the rate of between 200 and 300 a day .
Munchausen Redivtvus . —The Stamford Mercury relates that , while George Harrison was shooting deer in Blatherwycke-park , on firing at one fine buck , another , equally good , also happened to be in a line . The bullet passed obliquely through the head of both , and two deer lay dead close together from the effects of one shot . Smugglin g on Board the Royal Squadron at Portsmouth . —No little commotion has been caused at Portsmouth and Cowes by the result of a search of the Queen ' s yachts , and other of Her Majesty ' s ships forming the late Royal squadron to Antwerp , by the Customs' officers , whereby smuggling to a considerable extent has been detected .
More Woman-Flogging . —We read in the Vienna Gazette of the 17 th instant : — " The court-martial sitting in Vienna has sentenced Maria Swobada , clothes-maker , to fifteen blows with rods and fourteen days confinement in irons for verbal and actual injury of the officers of public security . " The New Cattle Market . —The anticipations of the intended new cattle market becoming intramural are already being realised . Lines of buildings arc already marked out in the beautiful fields between Fortess-terrace , Kentish-town , and the Highgate Cemetery , in such a manner that , in continuation of the new town along Maiden-lane , north of the Copenhagen-fields and the Brecknock Arms , brick walls will soon cover one of the most delightful spots near London .
Ax Unwelcome Passenoer . —The Radiant , Captain Parkin , arrived here on Tuesday afternoon from Moulmein , in the East Indies . About three weeks ago , while drawing near to the English land , a great snake serpent , of tlie most venomous kind , made his unexpected appearance in the cabin during the night watch . Those on board who were asleep were immediately roused , all more or less terrified . A light was procured , while the captain armed himself with a sharp instrument , and after following him for some time and watching his movements they at last succeeded in cutting him right through the middle and chopping off his head .
Extension op the Llectrio Telesraph . —The agents of tlie London Electric Telegraph Company have obtained leave to break the ground in tlie Devonport Streets , for the purpose of laying the wires of the telegraph to the Admiral ' s Office on Mount Wise , so as to complete the communication from London to that point . The Holmfirth Deluge .- —At a meeting held at Huddersfield , it has been resolved to raise a fund for re-establishing the industry of the Holme Valley by rebuilding the reservoir ,
The French Government and the Fishermen . —Shields , Aug . 23 . —Le Corse , a large and handsome war-steamer belonging to the French Government , is at present in our harbour . She has two tenders cruising off tho coast . It appears that a number of French boats are engaged in the herring fishery , and that they are paid a premium by the Government upon what they catch . As they fish outside our boats , the men very frequently act in concert with our men , and purchase fish of them instead of engaging themselves in fishing . Hence the watch set upon them .
Playfunnss of Animals . —Ertli , who has bestowed great attention on the habits of the Crustacea , says that he has seen the Cancer Moenas play with little round stones , and empty shells , as cats do with a cork or small ball . Dogs , particularly young ones , are carried away with the impulse , rolling over and chasing each other in circles , seizing and shaking objects as if in anger , and enticing even theuynasters te join in their games . Horses , in freedom , gallop hither and thither , snort and paw the air , advance to their grooms , stop suddenly short , and again dash off at speed . A horse
belonging to one of the large brewing establishments in t London , at which a great number of pigs were kept , used I frequently to scatter the grains on the ground with his s mouth , and as soon as a pig came within his reach , he would d seize it without injury and plunge it into the water-trough , u The hare will gambol round in circles , tumble over , and fly y here and there . ^ Brehn witnessed one which played the le most singular antics with twelve others , coursing round- themy iv , feigning death , and again springin g n > , seemed to-illustrate te the old saying of " mad as a March hire . " The same thing ig
occurs with rabbits , and many others of the rodentia ; and on on warm days fish may be seen gambolling about in shoal water , er . Carp in early morning , whilst the mist still hangs on the the ¦ . water , wallow in the-shallows , exposing their broad backs ) ks , above the surface . Whales , as described by Scoresby , are are * extremely frolicsome , and in their play leap twenty feet out out ; of the water . ' Small birds chase each other about in play , lay ,, but perhaps the conduct of the crane and trumpeter ( Posphiaihmi crepitans ) is the most extraordinary . The latter stands on oni one leg , hops about in the most eccentric manner , andandi throws summersets . The Americans call it the mad birdpird , l
on account of these singularities . The crane expands its its s win gs ^ runs rou nd in circles , leaps , and throwing stonesmes . s and pieces of wood in the air , endeavours to catch , theraherau again , or pretends to avoid them as if afraid . —The Passions < ms on Animals . ' ' ' " ...... x . x .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28081852/page/5/
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