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      Member I3.J The 8ta1.0e Eeeed Q M. 213.

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      Crimes And Offences.

      CRIMES AND OFFENCES .

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      —QCactios to Advertisers . —Persons advertising in the London oners should be careful how they trust their correspondents . Mr E Scent , of Lewick , Sussex , advertised a valuable mare , and Mr ' Thomas Orton , of Wapping two 'Shetland ponies for sale , in the Lon-L da ily papers , aud both of these gentlemen received offers from a Ir ^ on g iving his ess near Manchester . This person affected to I particular whom he was dealing with , wished to be treated as one F enian would treat another , and made it a condition of the bargain fhat the mare and ponies should be sent down in the care of grooms ^ CBj if sound , he would remit back post bills for the amount of the purchase money . They were sent down accordinglyand delivered

      , into his care , the price bargained for being 35 Z . for the mare , and 33 / 15 s . Gd . for the ponies . The money was not forthcoming , and and the parties made application to Mr . Richard Beswick , chief superin tendent of police , Manchester , who informed them that the man ^ as one of those notorious and successful swindlers ( and had been for years ) who keep just within the law , and never would pay . On innu ' irv it was found that the Shetland ponies had been sold immediately on their arrival in Manchester for 402 . The mare , which has been recovered for Mr . Vincent , was found in the field of a gentleman ffho had lent III . upon her .

      Murder at Crewkerne . —This town was thrown into the utmost consternation on Tuesday night last by the murder of a wellloiown unfortunate woman , named Jane Holland , by a young man bearing the ominous name of Savage . We hear that he first attacked tllC yoimg woman at an inn or beer-house in a fit of jealousy , and that he subsequently followed her to her mother ' s house , where he inflicted such injury about her head with his fists that she died almost immediately .

      The Murder at Buckland , near Tavistock . —The greatest possible excitement prevails in the usually quiet village of Buckland 3 Ionochorum , near Tavistock , through the barbarous murder of the poor Woman , Mary White , on the morning of Saturday week last . At a meeting of the parishioners , it was resolved to raise a subscription for the purpose of defraying the expenses attending the steps that vcre being taken for the discovery and apprehension of the murderer . A reward of 501 . has been offered by the local magistracy , aud Mr . J . H . Gill , one of the magistrates , has put himself into correspondence Tith the Secretary of State for the Home Department with the view of increasing the reward . The unfortunate woman who has been

      tilled , lived alone in a small house , situated in the centre of the village of ililton . All traces of the murderer seem to be very obscure . We , however learn that some information has been receivedwhichwiU . be strictly followed up . As Enterprisin g Touts . —A young man , wearing the uniform of an officer of the navy , with the cross of the Legion of Honour glittering on his breast , has for some time past been parading about the streets of Paris , making extensive purchases of goods on credit , and borrowing different sums of money from respectable persons with vhom he contrived to become acquainted . For some of his purchases

      he paid by bills of exchange , signed with false names , his dupes accepting them with singular readiness . He was particularly fond of figuring in the neighbourhood of the markets , and of conversing with the market people . He inquired with much interest into the circumstances of every one , and kindly offered his influence with the government , which he represented to be very great , to obtain places or favours . He affected great morality , and paid his addresses , with a view to matrimony , to the daughter of a dealer in vegetables in the Marehe St . Honore , and at the same time to the daughter of a fowldealer of the Marehe des Blancs-Mantcaux . As he felt no doubt

      that he was conferring a great honour on them , he allowed the proud mothers of the young ladies to make him presents , and even to supply him with money . A few days ago he was invited to dine in a respectable family . Whilst waiting for the arrival of other guests , he happened to be left along in the private sitting-room of his host . In order not to waste his time , he broke open the secretary and possessed himself of a considerable sum of money which it contained . After that exploit he of course did not stay for the dinner . But the host ,

      more affected by the loss of his cash than of his society , hastened to the police , and they immediately commenced an active search after the young gentleman . He was captured yesterday . On being taken before a commissary of police , he said his name was Viscounte Anatole de Vilfort , then that it was Hector de Sarrey , afterwards that it was Edgar de Seinte Hildegonde , then that it was Jolhbois . But at last , seeing that the commissary was not likely to be duped , he gave his real name , confessed that he had formerly been condemned by justice , aud that he was one of the chiefs of a band of malefactors . —

      GolignanL Conspiracy to Defraud Emigrants . —Liverpool , Moxdat . — This morning Mr . Mark Marks , a bullion agent , residing in . this town , and who for several years has been looked upon as a highly respectable tradesman , was brought before the police court , together with an emigration agent named Henry Fairburn , charged with a conspiracy to defraud a person from Leicestershire , named Kobert Gardner , who was on his way to Aew York , of between 901 . and 100 L It appeared that the prisoners had g iven the prosecutor a draft on a Ifew York banker for 1 , 025 dels ., in exchange for the sum of 305 * ., aud had succeeded in passing off the draft in consequence of the prosecutor ' s ignorance of American currency . After a lengthened investigation , Mr . Mansfield , the stipendary magistrate , said there * as a clear case for a jury ; and the prisoners were fully committed

      to take their trials at the assizes . The double Murder NEAit Stafford . —The two sons , Henry and Thomas Blackburn , continue in custody on suspician of having some knowledge of the barbarous murder of their aged parents , at Ashpitts , near Stafford . The police have obtained a chain of evidence which will go far to bring to justice the guilty parties . The Duypool Murder . —Mrs Robinson , the lodging-house keeper vho received Snape aud Smith in the twilight of the morning alter the murder , has been surrendered by her bail , it being suspected die her

      ^ vas about to proceed to Australia . She and husband had given up housekeeping had sold their furniture and packed up their apparel . She gave out that she was going out of town for three weeks , but did m state where to ; she entered a cab and drove towards Beverly , but was discovered in quite a different direction , at Hessle , . the first station on the railway from Hull to Liverpool . There she was recaptured « n Tuesday last . On Wednesday her solicitor offered before the magistrates new bail , or the deposit of 501 . Both were refused . The Murder of the Baroness de Schmmelpenninck , at the the Chateau of Lomnitz , m Prussian Silesia , was recorded a short time ago . Her son immediately offered a reward for the discovery ot be sent down from

      the murderer , and caused two able police officers to Berlin , They discovered an old shoe beneath ihefwindow through which the murderer had entered , and a piece of unbleached linen , both of which articles they had reasou to believe had belonged to a man named Belt , who had been employed as gardener for a long time % the Baroness , though she had more than once been obliged to discharge him for petty thefts . He was arrested , and a large sum ot money was found secreted in his chamber . He refused to say where fcehad obtained it though , as he had always been in a state ot great Poverty , it is not likely that he could have come honestly by it . lie * as placed in secret confinement , and has , it is said , since confessed & at it was he who committed the murder . —GaUgmmi ,

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      Shocking Brutality . —A boatman , named William Abbott , was cuarged before the magistrates at Manchester , on Monday , with causing the death of an old man , named William Walmsley , by kicking him . Un Tuesday night week , Abbott , in a state of intoxication , had gone to sleep m a timber-yard , of which Walmsley was the private watchman , and next morning was awoke , cold and wet from exposure , by Walmsley . He accused the old man of having tried to steal his watch , and threw him down and kicked him until he had fractured three nbs . _ Walmsley was carried to the Royal Infirmary , where he died on Friday morning , one of the fractured ribs having penetrated the lungs . The magistrates committed the prisoner to the Liverpool assizes to take his trial for manslaughter .

      Supposed Incendarism at Bulwell . —At about one o ' clock on Sunday morning last , Mr . John Oldham , of Bulwell , was aroused by an alarm that an oat straw-stack belonging to Mm was on fire . With the assistance of nei ghbours the fire was soon extinguished , but not until damage to the amount of 41 . had been caused . A large stack of barley straw belonging to Mr . Alfred Faulconbridge was also about an hour afterwards discovered to be on fire . The engine from Mr Cartledge ' s works was sent for , but the stack was entirely consumed . Both the fires are supposed to be the work of an incendiary , and a handsome reward has been offered for the apprehension of the offenders . No clue has yet been obtained . —Nottinaham Journal .

      Murder at Hinton Blewett . —During the last few days an inhuman murder has been brought to light in the neighbourhood of Hinton Blewett , Somersetshire . It seems that on Monday , as a pack of harriers were drawing a field for a hare , some of the dog £ " opened " at the mouth of a well . Thinking it possible that a hare might have fallen down there , some of the party descended ; but instead of a hare , they discovered the dead and mutilated body of a child . It was turned over to the authorities , and the constable set inquiries on foot , and traced out the murderers . A woman named Sophia Payne had been residing some time at Hiuton Blewett with her three brothers ,

      and had a child a few weeks ago . The child , however , first disappeared , aud immediately afterwards the mother left the place . Thomas Powell , the constable , succeeded in tracing the woman to Bristol , where , on Monday he arrived in search of her . He proceeded to the central station and stated his mission , with a request that the city police would render him assistance . He then left , and took a walk , and during his ramble met the object of his search , who was lodging at Mrs . Davis ' s , in Frogmore-street . He at once took her into custody , aud conveyed her to the station , and from

      thence to Hinton Blewett . When she passed through Chew Magna , on her way to Hinton Blewett , the child was alive . Since that period one of the brothers has admitted that he had a hand in throwing the child into the well , and on making the admission he too was taken into custody . The child was about a month old ; but there is a difficulty in ascertaining whether it was dead or alive when thrown into the well by its inhuman relatives . Hinton Blewett is a small village , four miles and a half from Pensford , and contains only 400 inhabitants .

      The Monmouthshire Burglary . —Hereford , Tuesday . —The Government having offered £ 50 in addition to the reward offered by Mr . Window for the apprehension of the robbers , the country was scoured without effect , until Superintendent Payne , of the Herefordshire police , apprehended the prisoner Murphy on a charge of passing counterfeit coin , when he found upon him a couple of pistols which have since been identified as those stolen from Mr . Window . Three other companions of the prisoner were followed , and as they entered Hereford the xwlice seized one of them ( O'Brien ) , who immediately drew a loaded pistol , threatening to shoot the officers if they did not stand back . The policemen , Bennett and Hawkins , of the Hereford

      police , seized his arm , and in the scuffle the trigger was pulled and the cap exploded , but luckily did not ignite the charge . The pistol was loaded with powder and ball . Higg ins was subsequently apprehended at a tavern in Hereford . A second loaded pistol was found on O'Brien . The prisoner O'Brien has since made a confession . He admits his participation in the burglary , and states that for the last six or seven years he has been living by the same species of plunder . He says five others assisted him , and that the other prisoners were part of the gang . On the day after the robbery Murphey gave him ( O'Brien ) £ 6 lus . as his share of the booty . Evidence having been taken of the capture of the prisoners , they were remanded , and ordered to be conveyed to Pontypool ( Monmouthshire ) for examination by the Monmouthshire

      magistrates . Cruelty by a Law Student and his Wife . —The investigation of the charge against Mr .-John Pemberton , of Birkenhead , and his wife , of various acts of cruelty to a girl named Elizabeth Malcolm , aged 18 , from the Liverpool Female Orphan Asylum , was closed on Tuesday night . Several witnesses having corroborated the girl ' s statement of having been beaten upwards of 20 times by the defendants with a rope , a constable ' s staff , and a poker , Mr . Harwood Banner , lumand ber

      the secretary of the Liverpool Female Orphan Asy , a mem of the Liverpool Town-council , was next examined , and deposed to the girl having been in the asylum for upwards of eig ht years . He had every opportunity of judging of her character , which he considered was during that time very satisfactory , ' both in point of truth and morality . The magistrates said they were unanimously of opinion that there was sufficient evidence to send the case before another tribunal ; and the defendants were committed to take their trials at the next Cheshire Sessions , at Knutsford .

      Accidents And Casualties.

      ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES .

      Horrible Death Of A Sailor.—On Friday Mo...

      Horrible Death of a Sailor . —On Friday morning , shortly before 12 o clock , an accident of a horrible nature occurred to a young man , about 30 years of age , named George Hudson , living at 3 , Tranter ' sbuildings Boan-street , Greenwich . It appears that the deceased had arrived from Quebec on Monday in the Prince George , aud was paid off on Wednesday . Since this time he had been freely indulging in drink , and on Friday morning he was in the " Grey Coat Boy public-house , in the above street , in company with several females , when he suddenly ran out , and by some means , yet unexplained , tell beneath a brewer ' s dray , said to belong to Mx . Huggms , brewer , the wheel of which passed over his head , smashing the forehead m a most frightful manner . As soon as the accident was observed the dray was stopped , when the unfortunate man ' s brains were found scattered abut in all directionsdeath being of course instantaneous .

      o , Fatal accident . —Captain James Sargeant , Deputy-Governor of the Defence convict hulk , stationed opposite the Royal Arsenal , Woolwich , while crossing on a plank on the middle-deck of that vessel with the intention of inspecting some meat bought on board as food for the convicts , fell down to the lower deck , broke his thigh , and sustained other injuries so severe that he died on Saturday last , the accident having taken place on the Wednesday of the same week . Cantam Saraeaat had served in the 13 th Light Dragoons previous to his appointment to he Deputy-Governor of the Defence convict hulk . Oii afternoon while gentle

      Melancholy Occuekence .- Friday , a - man , supposed to be from the north , was eating a broiled kidney , in a house in the Flesh-market Close , Edinburgh , a piece of it stuck in bis throat and choked him . He was taken to the infirmary , but life was CX ' Accident on the London and North Western . —Mr . Sparks , inn ., of Liverpool , the gentleman whose legs were shattered by a railway carriage at the Huyton station of the London and jNortn Western Railway recently , died on Friday night week .

      Horrible Death Of A Sailor.—On Friday Mo...

      Melancholy and Fatal Accident on the Isis . —A distressing and fatal accident occurred on the Isis , on the afternoou of Friday , by which a young gentleman , just in the prime of life , met with a watery grave . From the evidence adduced at the inquest , before G . Y . Cox , Esq ., M . A ., coroner for the University of Oxford , on Saturday morning , it appeared that three undergraduate members of Jesus College Oxford , viz ., Messrs . William Llewellyn Howe , It . Kendall , and L . Morris , hired a boat called a " dingy , " and rowed down the Isis to Abingdon ; on their return , and just after passing Sandford , the wind began to freshenwhen they resolved to hoist the

      , sail , and while in the act of doing this Mr . Howe overbalanced himself and fell in the water ; the sudden movement caused the dingy to sink , and his two friends had to swim for their lives . Fortunately they succeeded in reaching the shore , and were surprised to see their companion ( who was considered a good swimmer ) struggling in the stream . Mr . Kendall gallantly swam to his assistance , and succeeded iu laying hold of his hand , but by some moans Mr . Howe clasped him round the body , and both went down together . The former

      gentleman while under the water released himself from the grasp of the latter , but on coming to the surface he found himseif so weak that , to save himself , he swam to the shore . An alarm was immediately given , but before any assistance could be rendered , the stream , which was very rapid , took Mr . Howe some little distance , and then the unfortunate gentleman was dashed over the lasher . His body was found in about an hour afterwards , and conveyed to the public-house at Sandford , where the inquest was held , and in accordance with the evidence a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned . The

      deceased had been at college about a twelvemonth . He was a native of Cardiff , and has left a widowed mother childless , to lament his untimely end . Fall op a New Church at Sheffield , —Sunday last witnessed the destruction of an almost completed new church in this town , caused by the falling of the tower . It was in course of erection in a part of the town called Moorfields , in one of the new ecclesiastical districts constituted under the late Sir R . Peel ' s Act , and was styled St . Jude ' s Church , Mooriields . When the workmen left off at the close

      of last week the tower was at its full height and ready for roofing , the remainder of the structure being already roofed . On Sunday afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock , the tower fell in one mass , with a fearful crash , destroying the entire building , with the exception of the outer walls , the arches , the clerestory roof , & c , of the chancel , and its aisles . The fabric was hemmed iu closely by buildings mostly inferior cottages . The tower falling longitudinally , rather than transversely , the effect was confined to the nevr structure , and the

      neighbouring buildings escaped destruction or damage . Some children who were playing in the vicinity were slightly injured by a few of the stones rolling against their legs , but with that exception no one was iu the slightest degree hurt . It was most fortunate that the accident happened on the Sunday , as this ( Monday ) morning there would have been upwards of twenty men employed in fixing the roof of the tower , and plastering the inside of it . The total loss is estimated at present , to be about £ 1100 . '

      Melancholy and Jatal Accident . —Much concern has been caused in the vicinity of Ware by a most shocking and fatal accident befalling Mr . Edward Chuck , the eminent maltster of that town , mid who , perhaps , was one of the largest in the kingdom . Early ou Wednesday morning the deceased gentleman was riding in a gig , with a friend , to his farm , in the outskirts of the town , when the vehicle by some means came in contact with a waggon that was passing . The

      horse stumbled , and the unfortunate gentleman was thrown forward with such force as to fracture his knee most fri ghtfully . Every medical service was rendered , and Mr . Solly , the eminent surgeon , of London , was telegraphed for , and arrived . After a consultation , it was agreed to amputate the limb , and the unfortunate sufferer having been put under the effects of chloroform , the operation was performed . He expired the same evening . His wealth is stated to be very considerable .

      Fatal Railway Accident . —On Sunday evening an accident , resulting in the death of two highly respectable persons , took place at the Seaforfch station of the Liverpool , Crosby , and Southport Railway . Mr . Edward Hamnett , of Islington , Liverpool , principal of an eminent firm in that town , was with his neice , a governess in a school at Sea , * forth , waiting for the arrival of the u p . m . train from that station to Liverpool . It was rather stormy at the time , and on the arrival of the train a great many passengers rushed to obtain seats . Mr . Hamnett , who was upwards of eighty years of age , was also endeavouring to obtain a seat , aud was getting into a carriage , when the train began

      to move off . He let go the handle of the carriage door , and with his neice , who had hold of his arm at the time , was dragged under the carriages , and both were instantaneously killed . This accident is similar to the one which occurred to Mr Sparkes , of Liverpool , about three weeks since , at the Huyton station of the London and North Western Railway , anfl which took place a short time aou . An inquest on the bodies was held on Tuesday . After hearing a , great many witnesses , who deposed to the manner in which the uu- fortunate accident occurred , the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental L Death , " coupled with the following presentment : — " The jury cannot i separate without remonstrating with the Lancashire and Yorkshire 3 Railway Company against the removal from duty on Sundays , from i

      roadside stations , of the porters generally employed when extra traffic c generally occurs . " They also suggested to the Lancashire and York--shire Railway Company that in future a bell should be rung on thee Liverpool , Crosb } r , and Southport Railway previous to the starting of ) f every train . Another Railway Accident . —On Sunday morning at about thretse o ' clock , a man was found on the London and North Western Railway , } - , near Huyton , about six miles from this town , with both his legs cutut off . It is supposed that he was crossing the line at 10 o ' clock on Sa-aturday night , when he was run over by the down-train fromMan-nchester . It is reported that this case has ended fatally . We havevt been unable to learn the name of the unfortunate man , who , howeverer is believed to be a valet of Lord Derby .

      Gunpowder Explosion . —Whilst some men were employed oion Thursday week iu blasting the rocks at Richmond-walk , Devonport , aian unexpected explosion took place , arising from the want of proper prerei caution , and the fire having communicated with a barrel containimini half a cwt . of powder , that too exploded . The result was that the menen named respectively J . Pengclley , Edw . Willis , E . Welch , J . Selliclicll and William Yeale , sustained very severe injuries , their clothes beimim literally torn off their backs . They were immediately conveyed to tl ti : Devon and Cornwall hospital , and it is hoped that they will eventualialj ] recover . _ ^ Death from Suffocation . —On Tuesday afternoon mformatiatkc was received from King ' s College Hospital , Carey-street , Iincobolm Inn-fields , of a child , of the name of J . Barr , son of a carpenter , n , m siding at 10 , Clement ' s-lane , Strand , being brought dead to the aboibor hospital at half-past eleven o ' clock on Monday night . It appears t ] s tl mother was awakened by the coldness of * the child , and on examinaina : tion found it apparently dead . Dr . Macnamara found the hands as & v face cold , but the lower part was rather warm . There were no bruisuis ! or other external marks on the body to account for the death . In tn tt opinion of the medical gentleman , the child must have died cd asphyxia . Three Men Buried Alive . —An earth-slip took place on FrkFridl week at Sheffield , overwhelming three men , they were taken out all alii but expired immediately .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 13, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13111852/page/5/