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£ -==== —¦ — ¦¦ - candling by a Ship ^ sCapxain . —The police of Paris am ^ f ^ Jder the following circumstances : In March last the ShakS St the port of Canton having on board an American . This A frican ^ very badty off , and had no goods ; but he and the captain ^ jSea a scheme for commmng a frau d on a grand scale On driving at the Cape o Good Hope , the captain presented the Ameri fan to a coramercia firm with whom he was acquainted , and Presented to thenv that he had on board his slnVabout £ finnn of wnicn CANDLING BY A SHIP ' S CaPXAIN . —The police Of Paris nrw J few iN dw « „ . _ .- . nf an T ? n < r i ; i , _^ 5 "" T . ., ra s arrested
^ orth goods , ne was conveying to England Healso iro Iduced vouchers , which seemed to confirm the statement Thl U to oblige the American who was m want of money , agreed to purchase about one-third of the cargo , and paid at once £ 900 on Account , giving a draught on their agent in London for theremaindeT The American then insured the rest of the cargo for about £$ 00 Shortly after this the Shakspeare set Sail ; but the American re mained at the Cape , on the pretext of having to conclude some business on arriving at ^ H ^ e ^ the captain . aid would give u ^ d of hisvessel to the mate
comman , as the health of Ms wife , X ^ with him , rendered lt necessary that she * should proceed to Eng land by steamer being unable to bear the fatigue of the voyage in die Shakspeare . Buthe had previousl y come to an understand * i th the mate hat on leaving the port of St . Helena he should s nk 01 se , 1 A l S "P > "V ?* , destroy a 11 P ™** of ithe fraud Which had been , committed , and also to cheat the insurance company . A . liberal recompense was promised to the mate for bxs complicity The mate promised to fulfil his share of the contract , and saUel from St . Helena . ,. A few days after the East teamer touched at the
India s island , and the captain and his wife vrcnt on board . There they met the American , as had previously been arranged . As soon as the steamer arrived in London the Amedean and the captain went to the agent of the merchants of the Cape and received from him £ 1 , 535 , the balance due on the cargo . They then waited for news of the loss of the Shakspeare , in order to apply to the insurance office for the amount of the insurance . A short time back , to their profound astonishment , they learned that the Shakspeare had entered the mouth of the Thames : the mate king an honest man , as it turned outhaving brought her safe hom
, e instead of making any attempt to destroy her . The two men thereupon deemed it prudent to fly . The American embarked on board a vessel which Avasjibout to proceed to the East Indies , whilst the captain and his wife came to Paris , and took up their residence in the Champs Elysees . The agent of the St . Helena merchants , having learned the fraud that had been committed , and having ascertained that the captain had come to Paris , immediately came over here , and obtained , by the interference of the English embassy , the assistance of the police . In a very short time the residence of the captain was discovered , and he was secured .
Diabolical Malice . —The following case of almost unparalleled atrocity occurred at the lace factory of Messrs . Cropper and Redgate at Nottingham , on the 22 nd inst .: It appears that there is upon the premises a large boiler , the steam from which works the machinery . The tap connected with this boiler some miscreants had contrived unobserved to turn , thereby rendering that portion of the machinery dry . Fortunately the boiler was discovered in this state ere any cold water was put in , otherwise an explosion would have been the consequence , and the lives of the workpeople placed in extreme jeopardy . A reward has been offered by the firm for the " discovery of the parties implicated . ^'
The Attempt to . Murder a Female . " Burking . '"—The investigation before the magistrates into the revolting case of attempted murder of a woman on the North Denes , a secluded portion of the beach to the north of Yarmouth , by placing a pitch-plaster over her face , and inflicting dreadful injuries upon her person , was resumed at the Town Hall on Tuesday . It was proved that the substance on the plaster corresponded precisely with the contents of an iron pitch kettle which was found by the police after the prisoner ' s apprehension in the cellar of the house where he was living , on the
morning after the outrage . A woman s glove , besmeared with tar and pitch , and a man ' s trowsers brace , were discovered by the artilleryman near the spot where the woman was found lying . The glove was ascertained to belong to her . When Howth was arrested only one brace was attached to his trowsers , which , however , did not correspond with that picked up on the sands . Two witnesses , fellowworkmen of the accused , were called , . who spoke of having seen him wear old braces , and when called upon to describe them , both gave a
description answering in every particular to those in coarU more especially the one found on the beach , which had been broken and sewn together by some coarse thread . On the braces being procured , however , the witnesses declined saying whether the one picked up on the sands was like the one which the prisoner wore or not , and , indeed , the men so much prevaricated , as to lead to an impression that they had been tampered -with . The evidence having closed , the prisoner was committed to Norwich Castle for trial at the next assizes . .
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Fall of Houses at Bayswater . —On Sunday morning , at an early hour , between three and four o ' clock , the inhabitants of Su therland-place , Bayswater , near the bottom of Westbourne-grove , ^ ere alarmed by a noise like thunder , which turned out to be the downfal of nearly the whole of two houses which were in the course
of erection in that place . The houses in question had been " run up" by contract , and had reached their full height , but the roof had not yet been put on , the scaffolding was consequently still standing . They certainly were not built very substantially ( as is the case to a great extent in that neighbourhood ) , and it is supposed that the accident was caused by the great wet which has prevailed lately , and has affected the foundations , which are laid on a clay
soil . The family in the adjoining house , which belongs to the Rev . Dr . Magee , were very much alarmed by the sudden crash and the shock which followed ; but fortunately no personal injury was sustained . Had the accident happened when the labourers were at "work , some six or more men would in all human probability have heen buried alive in the ruins . The damage done is estimated at above £ 200 . A further portion of the outer wall came down with a
tremendous crash at two o ' clock on Sunday afternoon , when a boy "who was passing from out of the vestry of the adjoining church into the house of the Rev . Dr . Magee , had a narrow escape of his life : ferge portions of the brickwork falling down just behind him as he entered the door . A further portion fell on Monday morning , between twelve and one o ' clock-, including a large portion of the third house , and almost all the timber-work of the interior . ;
The late Lifeboat Accident at Lytham . —On Sunday last , the bod y of John Whiteside , one of the Lytham boatmen lost through the upsetting of a lifeboat , was picked up near Heskethbank ,-and brought to Lytham on Monday for interment . On . Tuesday af ternoon the bodv of a man was seen floating in the surf oOlack-P ° ol . A young man of the name of Wilkinson , seeing itjin the J'ater , jumped in and . brought it ashore , not , however ; without navm g undergone some risk to his own life . It was recognised as the body of William Swann , the ill-fated captain of the" lifeboat , ine subscri ptions for the relief of the widows and families / of the unfortunate boatmen amounted , on Wednesday last , to £ 1 , 050 .- — Preston Chronicle . .
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AKOTHHK FALL OF toCKWOKI £ -6 ? & ^ * Offlli S fit " Whart , East Greenwich , being built b y Mr . Rutledge , the walls which were twenty feet high ,, suddenly gave way Two men who J piin Kitson , who was at work inside , was buried in the ruins . The ? _ VLsevml men was K ™? Proc ^ ed , and in a short time the unfortunate
man was rescued from his perilous situation in a senseless state . He was at once conveyed to Morden Cottage , adioinine , and medical aid procured , and is now fast recovering Awfully Sudden Death .-Oh Saturday last , as John Briggs , of Shelf , near Halifax , was returning to his work , from his dinner , he fell dead m a field leading from home to the place of his employment , where he was found by some persons who were travelling that M ' ay . The unfortunate man has left a wife and a number of children
to lament his loss . Narrow EscArE .-One of the most extraordinary escapes upon record occurred upon the Bristol and Exeter Railway during the past T vV , i A Sentleman was awaiting the arrival of the up night mail at the Collumpton station , and to pass away the time he commenced smokiDg , whereupon he was requested to go outside the company ' s premises . This he did . At length the train arrived , and , there being very little to do , it started rather sooner than usual . The guard ' s whistle , indicating to tlie engine-driver that all was right , aroused the unfortunate gentleman from the reverie which he was
enjoying over his pipe . Rushing across the platform , he made a leap into the space between the mail-box and the adjoining passengercarriage , imagining , as it is supposed , that he could ride to the next station on the connecting ' chains . Some gentlemen on the down platform as well as the porter saw the imminent danger in which he was placed , and while the former shouted to the driver at the top of their voices , the latter ran forward , and , between them , the driver was induced to stop the . train : 'the station-master and other officials
at . once removed the man Mm his fearful position . The shock produced' by the fright ;" was tremendous . Although when pacing the platform he presented an exceedingly ruddy and jolly appearance , all colour had left his face when he was extricated , and the dreadful tremor / which was visible m his whole frame bespoke the effects of the accident . No bones , however , were broken , and he was placed in ' a carriage and proceeded on his journey . We hope this will act as a caution to those persons who are in the habit of entering and leaving . railway carriages while ; they are in motion .
; Balloon Accident . —An incident , which was near being attended with fatal consequences , marked the descent of M . Mayer , in his balloon at Marseilles , a few days since ; The balloon came down in a field near the railway terminus , . but just as M . Mayer was stepping out of the car it again rose , arid , losing his balance , he was thrown down , his feet becoming entangled in the cords of the car . Three municipal guards ran to his assistance , but they also were lifted several feet from the ground and carried for some distance , until , from the escape of the gas , ' the balloon came again to the ground , when they were all released from their perilous position without any injury .
Collision on the Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhampton Railway . —Worcester , Tuesday . —An accident occurred last night to the up mail traiivfrom Bristol to Birmingham , near to the goods station of the Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhampton Railway Company at Worcester , arising from gross negligence on the ^ art of the officials . By a recent arrangement paxt of the Bristol and Birmingham trains leave the Midland line at Abbot ' s Wood , and traverse the loop line of the Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhampton Company to Worcester , joining the Midland line again at Stoke .
The mail tram due at Worcester at ten o ' clock arrived at its proper time last night , but on leaving the station , at about 200 yards beyond it , while going at the rate often or twelve miles an hour , ran into two trucks which had been left upon the line . The trucks were thrown off the line by the concussion , and one of them embedded in the sand ; the fore part of the engine was also damaged , but riot so much as to prevent it proceeding on its journey ill ten minutes after the accident occurred . There was but one carriage to the train , and this contained but few passengers , who luckily escaped
unhurt . Two men , named John Nash and John Done , porters in the employ of tfre Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhampton Company , were brought before the ' magistrates of this city this morning , and charged with having negligently placed the two trucks on the main line , which caused the accident , and it appeared from the evidence of the goods clerk , that at half-past eight o ' clock last night he desired the defendants to fetch two waggons laden with hops from a siding to the goods station to be unloaded , and that they did so , but he gave them , no instructions to move any empty trucks
upon the main , nor was he " aware that any were there until after the accident . ' It appeared that in removing the waggons the men had shunted the twb trucks ' upon the main line , and then went home to supper and : forgot ; them . The men in their defe ' nee said thatthey'had'been tolid to ' pui the trucks theie , and that they did not know anything abourtheline ^ Nash was fined in the penalty of £ 1 , arid 5 s ; costs ; or fourteen days to hard labour ; and Done in 10 s . arid 5 s . ' costs , or seven days' hard labour . The money was paid . Fatal Accident' in Pall Mall .--Oii Wednesday - morning ,
about half-past eight o ' clock , an individual , respectably dressed , believed to be Mr . William Laurence , butcher , of Croydon , ; expired in the ¦ Charing-crbss Hospital from the injuries which he received ontheprevious ! night ' about nine o ' clock , opposite the University Clnb-housef Pall Mali East . * ' He was in a light chaise cart , and wli ^^ M 8 ing ' ' 1 ) y '' ffite pIub-hbu 8 e | as is supposed , on his way home to Croydon , ' he ' came' in Wife something by the side of the 1
road , and was pitched with great force on his head . Few persons seem to have Witnessed the occurrence , but a gentleman who is connected with / thW University Club-house immediately went to his assistance , ' arid finding him wholly insensible , accompanied him in a cab to Charing-crbss'Hospital , where the house surgeon , and other medical officers tif the institution , paid him every attention , but the base of : the skull was so dreadfully fractured that his recovery was hopeless , and he died yesterday morning .
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A very extraordinary accident occurred a week ago , on board the Swedish steamer , the Lennart , as it was proceeding from Stockholm to Ystad . In the night a violent tempest arose , and a large vessel Z ^? S sul P F 1 acid ' P laced on the deck , was broken . A porn ? & l nn f " ?? , passed throu& ] l the crevices of the plauks , EricLpV . J " ° nH b p , abin beneathIn thisbed tIie Co ^ N : i ^ il ^^ l ° n J in ^ hamb , eriain to the King of Sweden and Th id turnt
fndllIcZ < l T ?* ' , f Soon throu 8 h two blankets , EL fl 7 fimv T ^ abdOrae J J the unfor tunate gentleman , burning it frvfo hein 15 S TX ^ ^ f made " impossible for him to cryior nelp , and he became senseless . The next mornin"" his servant on going into the cabin , found that he had theTowe pa of ^ s tZt ^ T ^ t £ 7 ' llnf 0 / lUnate gen tleman was unable o speak a word . The steamer immediately put back to the port of Ulmar , and the count was conveyed to the hospital . Every possible snlr ?„? H ? t « I ""; ; eXpired after some hours of horrible suflermg . He was only twenty-six years of age .
u ! t u R ^ ILWA ! f « DENT .--Ou Wednesday morningMr . Wakley held an inquest m the board-room of the Royal Free KoZtilu on John Strong aged 19 , a porter at the Great fflTT 3 £ Kings-cross The body was very much mutilated . It appeared from the evidence that , as the morning mail train entered the station , and while it earned xts full momentum , deceased leaped from the P latform upon the step of one of the carriages . In s 0 doing he missed his footing and fell under the train , three of the carriages passing over his body ; the right leg , from the hip to the foot was crushed and broken ; the whole scalp was torn from the back of his head , and his left arm and hand were crushed . He lingered fifteen hours , when he expired . —Verdict , Accidental death .
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SHIPWRECKS AND ACCIDENTS AT SEA . : Wreck of the Kincaedineshire . —A few days since intelligence was received in Banff of the total loss < 6 f the brig Kincardine - slure , of Aberdeen . The vessel was bound from Archangel , laden with a mixed cargo of seed , oats , and wheat , and the wreck took J lace on the 26 th of September , on a reef of rocks on the coast of V ° v I ; tT , lhe following is tlle narrative of the master , Captain John ML'Kenzie , who writes from the Shetland Islands to the managing owner of the vessel , Mr . T . Adam , banker , % nff by whose kind permission we are enabled to publish the letter : — " For a week after I left Archangel we had fine weather and variable winds , until I got as far as Reagel Island ; It then came to blow a
dreadful gale of wind from N . W ., attended with a very hio-h sea We could show no sail but a close-reefed maintopsail ; our ship laboured very hard , and began to make a good deal of water but nothing to prevent us keeping her free with the pumps . By the working of the beams in the after part of the ship the cabin bulkheads gave way , and she shifted her cargo a good deal . Under these circumstances , I put in to S weetnoes-bay , and got the bulkheads and cargo secured the best way I could . In the course of fortyeight hours I left Sweetnoes , with the wind at S . W .: but in the of the
course day it came round to the E . N . E ., and blew a dreadful gale , with a very heavy sea . I ran under the close-reefed foretopsail as far as the North Keain , from which I took my departure , the wind continuing with little variation until I reached the lat . 64 deg . 28 min . N . } and long . 3 deg . 7 min . E . This day at noon I was in lat . 64 deg . 58 min . N ., and long . 6 deg . 20 E ., by dead reckoning , for I had not seen the sun or stars for some days . I was quite aware that my ship was fast drifting on the coast of Norway , and used overy means that was in my power to keep her off the land ; but all to no purpose , for towards night it came on to blow harder
and the wind veered to the N . W ., which was right on to the shore . I was well aware of my dreadful situation , and used every exertion that was in the power of man to keep my ship off the rocks ; but all to no purpose , for at eleven p . rn , on the 26 th of September the ship struck the ground on a reef of sunken rocks about sixteen English miles off the mainland of Norway . There had been flying showers of snow for twenty-four hours , which
still continued , so that we could see nothing . —In this dreadful situation , the first thing that we attempted to do was to get the longboat ouf , to save our lives ; but unfortunately she sank alongside . The jolly-boat was fastened on deck , so we attempted to get her out , which we fortunately accomplished , for in our case there was no time to be lost . The hands then got into her the best way they could—some without stockings or shoes , or hat or cap , some with no covering but drawers and trousers . The manner in which we saved
our lives was a complete miracle . Such a ; thing is hardly to be found in the annals of the most disastrous shipwrecks . We had only a small boat to convey eight men , in a dreadful gale of wind , in a dark night , through sunken rocks and dreadful breakers , witli nothing to direct us but God Almighty ; for we had neither chart nor compass , nor a bit of bread , nor water , nor anything that Avas lit for the use of man . At ten , a . m . we landed on a small island in a very exhausted state , especially the cook , who was an old man . He was quite delirious , and if he had been in the boat one half-hour longer he would have died . We wrung our wet clothes , and exercised our limbs , for we were almost frozen . At eleven , a . m ., we lauded on a large-island , where we found a few natives , who used us very kindly , as far as their circumstances would allow . On the 28 lh of
• September I employed a boat and seven men , with what part of my crew were able , and went off to an island that was near the place "where the ship had struck , to see if I could find anything belonging to her ; but found nothing either of ship or cargo , and not a vestige ofhertobe seen . I overhauled some of the adjacent islands , and found some broken casks and the head boards , but nothing of any value , not so much as one stitch of clothes of any kind . Perhaps the vessels may be sunk in 100 fathoms water . I have done all that I could do—I could do no more . ' The Kincardineshire was a vessel of 193 tons burden .
Wreck of the Thomas King , and Murder of the Crew . — The Sydney Morning Herald publishes a long account of the loss of the Thomas King , and the sufferings and murder of its crew . The vessel struck on Cato ' s Reef early on the morning of the 17 th of April , and soon went to pieces . The crew and passengers , however , succeeded in reaching the shore , but were afterwards attacked by the natives , stripped naked , and the greater part of them killed , Only the master , Mr . Walker , and another man succeeded in reaching New South Wales .
Loss of the Enchantress . —By the arrival of the brig Richard , from Pemambuco , we have received intelligence of the loss of the Enchantress , Captain Buckland , of Yarmouth , on her passage from Pemambuco for Falmouth . The Enchantress struck on a sunken reef , three days after leaving that port , and immediatel y went to pieces . The captain , two mates one man , and a boy , were washed off the reef and drowned . The remainder of the crew , six in number , succeeded in constructing a raft out of the bowsprit of the wrecked vessel , and another which they found
on the reef , by which means they reached a small uninhabited island , some distance off , called Lass Island , where they remained for twenty-five years , enduring the worst of privation , the only thing they had to subsist upon being the eggs of sea birds There seeming to be no hopes of iheir being taken off the island they again , put to sea on the raft , where they were fortunately fallei in with by the Richard , and were taken on board , most of them in ( dying state . Every attention was paid to them by Captain Wh . itg and they are now in a tolerably healthy condition .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1702/page/5/
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