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      course with the Merapi at about a quarter of a mile's distance , until the boat could near the strand , and the wrecked men by means of their raft could be taken on board . Thanks to the cool exertions of the officers entrusted with this dangerous service , before ten o clock all those still alive , to the number of 16 persons , were brought on board , amongst whom was the captain , L . van Geelkerken , who made the following declaration to me . He , with ship Johan Jacob belonging to Rotterdam , owners , H . H . Bonke and Co ., on the 19 th of July , having made good observations , at

      sunset , and that probably misled by the strength of the eastern streams , struck at about midnight on the Kisaaris-reef of Prinsen Island . The surf suddenly increased to such a degree that all efforts to save the ship or even to get the boats out were fruitless , and the crew were obliged to cling to the iron elects , & c . on the starboard side , and there await their fate . After stricking fast for half an hour , the ship broke right in two , and all were obliged to get aft , in trying to do which several men were washed away . At last the whole of the stern floated on the surface , and most of those

      who were rescued owe their safety to the p intals and gudgens of the rudder , by which they held on . However , the after part of the ship began to sink so quickly , that their only hope was now to reach the fore part of the vessel , which , having been thrown athwart the reef , was in some measure protected by the stern . Now one after another had recourse to this last means of salvation , but on this occasion some more were swallowed by the waves .

      Day now breaking , and the remainder of the crew belter able to discern their situation , proceeded upon a raft through the surf towards the shore , and having discovered a passage through these dangerous reefs , were enabled to try to obtain some provisions , during which attempt they became aware of our arrival . Their only food during these five awful days consisted of raw salt beef and pork , a little bad water which they obtained from a hole in the sand , which they ; accidentally discovered /'

      A Fish-laden Vessel for Dundee Ashore . —On the coast of Morayshire , on Wednesday ( says the Elgin Courant ) , the wind blew fiercely from the north-east , and the . rain came pelting down in dense and heavy showers . About noon a vessel was observed labouring in the sea , and at length was driven with great force on the sands , about two miles east of the old harbour at Lossie . There the sea beat over her so fiercely that the crew sought safety in the rigging . An attempt was made to get a boat out to take

      them off , but , from the strength with which the sea broke upon the shore , it was found impossible to do so . The men clung by the vessel until the tide receded , when they were taken off . The vessel proved to be the Dolphin , from Kirkwall , laden with dried fish for Dundee . One of the crew , a young man named Richard Scott , was , before the vessel struck , washed overboard by the sea and drowned . The remainder of the crew when taken from the rigging were much exhausted .

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      Imperial Parliament.

      IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT .

      House Op Loptds. —Thursday, Oct. 21. Par...

      HOUSE OP LOPtDS . —Thursday , Oct . 21 . Parliament was this day further prorogued until the 4 th of November , in pursuance of the official notice published in the Gazette last week . The proceedings , which were purel y formal , did not occupy many minutes .

      Appalling Murder In The King's County Ir...

      Appalling Murder in the King ' s County Ireland . —The " King ' s County Chronicle" contains the following dreadful narrative : •— " William R . Manifold , of Annaghmore , near Frankford , in this county , was returning home from TuIIamore last evening ( Tuesday ) , where he had been on business accompanied by Mr . John Dyas , of Frankford—a cowardly and fiendish assassin got

      stealthily behind the gi g and discharged the contents of a pistol loaded with slugs into the back of Mr . Manifold ' s head ; the entire charge entered and passed out at the top of his skull , causing instant death ; this took place about half-past 6 o ' clock . The scene of this horrible and villanous assassination is about half a mile distant from the Blue Ball police-station . Mr . Dyas , seeing the fate of his companion , jumped out of the gig and ran towards the station : but

      on his arrival there only one man of the party was in the barracks , the others being out on patrol So soon as the party returned they proceeded towards the place where the murder had been committed , and on their way thither they met the horse and gig goin * slowly along the road with the body of the ill-fated gentleman in it , still seated , but leaning backwards . His murdered remains were conveyed to the Blue Ball police barracks . Efe has been but two

      years married , and has left a young widow and one child , thus sadl y and cruelly bereaved . Conjecture have been made as to what possible offence he could have given to a single human being . The only one we have heard assigned is that he had been lately appointed agent over a property recently purchased b

      y Capt . Mornss , in the Encumbered Estates Court : and some of the tenants were refractory , and had refused to attorn to the recent purchaser . Legal proceedings at the quarter sessions had , m consequence , been taken against seven of them to compel even a recognition of the landlord ; and it was to instruct the attorney that Mr . Manifold had been to TuIIamore .

      Emjgbation from Waterfobd . —Two steamers left the port oM \ aterford this week , having on board , between them , no less tnan ; 450 emigrants , bound either for the States or the gold regions of Australia . The latter has now become the more favoured destination . The Kecent Collision ok the South-eastern Railway - A JL J . V . - ^ vw j . ix- ajaox JjjE \ ii JLtoJiXLt WA i ™ —

      Tnomas K C SGSS T Kent ' held on Wednesday , EaS n ^ tl'Jc enSme"d ^ er in the service of the South ' Eastern Railway Company , was arraigned for havine wilfullv maheiously , and negligently driven an engine attached ™ L « pre £ tram , whereby two serious collisions took olaee 1 mA ih * 2 f her Majesty ' s subjects had been c ^« 5 ^* tl , e £ ^ fonnd guilty . The sentence of the Court was thatItmisfnex bt imprisoned for six calendar months , without hard labour Z ™ f StaS * " State ° *** **** * SUCh "SStaE " he

      land accompanied by several of her relatives g " Pmoht ^ Dbath opaMait U ^ xo ^ . ~ On Wefcwday mondn- Mr W Carter , coroner for East Surrey , held along inquiry at the a / orgTlnn li ^ - ' saa £ r c , amp of heated bricks - The ** >— - ** hM ?™ '~? < I ? esday evenin & Mr . W \ Carter , coroner for East Saner held an inquest at St . George ' s Tavern , Coleman-street CamberNven , on the S KSSsasrra ^ sirS

      Appalling Murder In The King's County Ir...

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Infamous Extortion . —Richard Burnett , aged sixty-eight , was indicted for fraudulently obtaining by false pretences from Ann Edwards one sovereign , her money , with intent to cheat and defraud her of the same . This case was postponed from last session . —Ann Edwards ( the prosecutrix ) was called , and stated that she resided at No . 17 , Montpellier-road , Brompton , and that on the 20 th of June last the prisoner came to her honse , and said that he wished to hire a room to lodge in . She replied that she had a room , but

      did not take in gentlemen . He replied , " Oh , you only take in women , " and demanded the rent . She told him twice as much as she should have asked anybody else , notliking his looks , and he then went away , saying he should call again . On the 30 th of June he did so , and told her that he was an agent to the Society for the Protection of Females at Westminster , and that he had an indictment against her for keeping a disorderly house . She replied that she did not keep such a house as he described , and that her brother was the tenant , but that he was out of town for a few days . He replied , that that made no difference , for she was a party concerned ,

      and that he could put her in prison for two years , turn her out of the house , and she would be exposed in all the newspapers . He had three papers tied up , and told her that one of them was an indictment headed by Mr . Harness , the clergyman of the district , and she saw on it her brother ' s name , her own , and her husband ' s . She ( the witness ) said she would go to Mr . Harness , for he knew there was nothing wrong about the house . He assured her that it would be of no use , for her neighbours had been before her , the parochial authorities had taken the matter up , and she would not be heard a single word , but he also added , " I am the principal agent ,

      everything goes through my hands , and I can either stop the proceedings or let them go on . " Being alone , she did not know what to do , and offered him a sovereign if he would stop the proceedings , and said she would give him a little more in the course of the week . He replied , " That will do . " She then gave him a sovereign , which he took , and he told her that he would call in about a week again . He said , " You have young women in the house . " She replied , she certainly had two female lodgers , but they were still and quiet young women , and interfered with nobody ; one of them went to a laundress to work , and the other worked at her

      needle . He , however , replied , " It all comes under the act for harbouring women in the house ; " and he then took out a written paper , which he said was the act of Parliament , and read it to her , in order to show that she could be punished for this . She ( witness ) hardly knew what it was about , she was so frightened , and replied she knew nothing about the law . He soon after left , and she directly gave notice to her female lodgers to quit , and they left in a day or two—as soon as they got other places to go to . One had been with her nearly three years , and the other about twelve months . There was not the slightest pretence for saying that they were improper

      characters . He called again on the 6 th of July , and said that he had come for what she had promised him . She told him that she had got rid of her lodgers , and gave him a half-sovereign , which she had been enabled to raise by pawning her watch . The prisoner said that he did not mean her to turn her lodgers out , and asked whether she could not get them back again , She replied that she dared say she could , but added , "You told me that I had an enemy not far off—a bad neighbour , and I thought that I had better not have them . " He said , " Oh 1 they can do nothing without the society moves , and I can take care of that . " He also said that he would send her some women as

      lodgers , and if there was any 'disturbance she must send and fetch him ; he would soon set it all to rights . She declined , and he went away ; but about a fortnight afterwards he returned , and asked her if she could do anything for him that morning , for he was rather short of money . She said she was so too , and he looked round the place , and inquired whether she could not let him have some money between then and Saturday . She replied that she had been to the pawnbroker ' s once for him , and she was not going there again . On several other occasions he called and asked for money , saying that

      he wanted it for some of the rest of the society , who were watching her house . She , in the meantime , had been to her neighbours to ascertain whether it was true that there was any complaint against her , and found that it was not the case ; and subsequently , by the advice of her brother , as the prisoner became such a nuisance , she went before a magistrate and got a warrant against him . The representations of the prisoner entirely induced her to part with her money on the two occasions mentioned . —Other evidence was adduced , and the jury found him Guilty . He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour .

      Stealing Type .- —William Harrington , thirty-eight , was indicted for stealing 1471 bs . . weight of type , value £ 15 , " the property of Ann Ryle , his employer , and Joseph Waters , a marine store dealer , was indicted for having feloniously received the same , knowing it to be stolen . The prosecutrix carries on the business of a printer in Monmouth-court , Seven-dials , and for some considerable time the prisoner Harrington was in her employ . On the 16 th of September Waters , went to a person who described himself as an old metal collector , and sold about two cwt . of broken type , and stereo plates , stating that he had bought it of " the governor . " When first asked by the

      police about it , Waters denied that he had either had the type or had sold it , but when he tound himself in custody , he said he could clear himself by telling who it was that sold it to him , and he pointed out Harrington . Harrington said he had purchased it of a person who had absconded—one Bradley . Mr . Paul , who was formerly in partnership with Mrs . Ryle , identified some portions of the type as her property . He selected a piece of stereotype plate , and said it was part of the ballad of " Young Johnson , the handsome butcher of Maidstone , " and another , which formed part of a ditty called " The

      Nut Girl . ' Originally part of the property belonged to the late Mr . Catnach . —The jury found the prisoners Guilty . —The Assistant-judge said , as far as Waters was concerned , the case was a very serious one . —Mr . Paul said Harrington had a very large family , and his wife was dead . He had been in Mr . Ryle ' s employ some time , and nothing was known against his character up to the present matter , and Mrs . Ryle was anxious to recommend him to mercy . —The Assistant-Judge sentenced Harrington to six months' hard labour , and Waters to seven years' transportation .

      Lilw Courts.

      LiLW COURTS .

      Marylebone County Court. Saturday, Octob...

      MARYLEBONE COUNTY COURT . Saturday , October 16 th , 1852 . B ^ c ^ iiw * " ** Arnott v . ' Jones . —This was an action brought to recover the sum of three pounds lent by the plaintiff ( Mr . John Arnott ) to the defendant ( Mr . Ernest Jones ) on the 2 nd of July , 1851 . Both parties having been sworn , the plaintiff stated that on the above date the defendant came to him and said that he was in great distress , that he dared not go home unless he by some means could

      raise three pounds to pay his rent , and if he was not able to pay that amount on the following morning , he and his family would be turned out of house and home . 1 ( continued the plaintiff ) said , Really , sir , I have not the money you require , but if I can find a friend who will consent to become surety for a five pound loan , I have no objection to be the borrower . In the same evening I found a friend , who went with me to a loan office , where I obtained the money , and at once took the same , and handed over the three pounds to Mr . Jones , in the presence of witnesses , every farthing of Avhich

      Marylebone County Court. Saturday, Octob...

      I have had to pay . —The Judge ( to the plahuiffpjT " ^^ then made any application for the money ? The dU , v ? ^ si /' Honour , on the 23 rd of last month , and received a " ,, ! Y , v ' which the defendant stated that he did not owe me a V 11 , % judge then asked Mr . Jones what he had to say in rc ' j'J \ ' ^ H ? ment made by the plaintiff . —Mr . Jones commenced { Ci % he was proprietor of a weekly newspaper called T ? yi , H ' Paper , that there was a conspiracy existing to crush 1 % paper . —The Judge , interrupting ^ . Jones : What have v * £ to do with the present proceedings' ! Mr . Jones * Iv ? rei H

      your Honour the animus of these ^ parties , who are doinir'S ? ! ° ^ your Honour the animus ot tliese . parties , who are oW in ° ^ by issuing circulars and attending public meetings to rim- * That man ( pointing to plaintiff ) is one of the most w ? S me . —The Judge : Do you wish to ask the plaintiff a « v ^ Mr . Jones : Yes , your Honour . Has the plaintiff b ' cen ^ The question being answered m the affirmative , Mr . Jones 0 * examined Mr . Arnott as follows : —Mr . Jones : Was there % scription got up at this time on my behalf in order to navT i * Mr . Arnott : Yes , but that was subsequent to mvohi *; , ' ; . , S Mr . Arnott : Yes , but that was subsequent to my obiainiLi ^

      , —Mr . Jones : When you obtained the loan , was there not \ ^ standing that it was to be paid from the subscriptions which * Mr . Arnott : No I certainly not , there was nothing 0 f the l ? " ! ' ^ mated . —Mr . Jones : Did I not publish a letter in tlu > ^ Jj llu | 1 !!|; - and other journals , stopping the subscription ? Mr . Arnott '' " —Mr . Jones here handed to Mr . Arnott a copy 0 f t | lc N 0 ftj V - of July 12 th , 1851 , and asked him if that was not the letu ^ ' v ' Arnott ( having looked at the paper ) : Yes , that is tfo ' b —Mr . Jones : Did you not receive money on my behalf r ' Messrs . Whitfield , Sheppard , and others ? air . Arnoit- \ every fraction of which I solemnly swear I handed to ' Mr . Jones : Where did you obtain this loan ? Mr \ n At the St . Ann ' s Loan office . —MrJones : You sav the

      , ™ was five pounds ; 1 wish to know what you did with the rcmaJ ? Mr . Arnott ( handing to Mr . Jones the receipt-book for the loin ' ' I handed over the balance of the five pounds in your presence ' t ,. friend who alreadanswerable for loan

      was y a on your behalf J this you know as well as I do . —Mr . Jones : Did you circulate rt * 10 , 000 handbills against me connected with the John-street meeting Mr . Arnott ( addressing the Judge ) : Your Honour , I consider J " question altogether irrelevant . —The Judge : You can answer it J not , as you think proper—Mr . Arnott ( to Mr . Jones ); Well ft *

      I did circulate some of the bills to which you allude . —Mr . Jones ' ! Who paid you for that ? Mr . Arnott : No one ; I did it voluntatis —Mr . Jones : Will you swear that ? Mr . Arnott : Yes . —Mr Jones : Where has the money come from to pay the expenseso { these proceedings against me ? Mr . Arnoit : Out of my on ? , pocket . —Mr . Jones : Will you swear that ? Mr . Arnott : Yes !^ Mr . Jones : Who suggested to you the idea of commencing (| 5 present action ? Mr . Arnott : I had seen your boast in the Peqfa Paper that you had expended in that speculation one hnndnj

      pounds of your own money , aud I concluded that , as you were abb , you ought to have paid me . —Mr . Jones ( to the Judge ) : Yoi ; r Honour , I have no more questions to ask the plaintiff , —Mr . km then , called Mr . John Milne as a witness , who proceeded to stats that on the 2 nd of July , 1851 , he was waiting with Mr . Jones while Mr . Arnott went and procured the money : that Mr . Arnott came td where they were staying , accompanied by Mr . Howard , the boot

      maker , of Windmill-street , who , he understood , had become tlie surety for the loan ; that Mr . Arnott handed to Mr . Jones in their presence three pounds , and the balance of the loan he gave to 31 r . James Grassby , who was a surety for a loan of twenty-five pounds , the weekly instalments of which Mr . Grassby was at that time pay . ing for Mr . Jones , and also that Mr . Jones expressed his heartfelt gratitude for what had been done on his behalf . —Mr . Milne lira ; given his evidence , as directed by the bailiff of the court , leftilie witness-box , but Mr . Jones said : Stay , Mr . Milne . I wish to ask

      you a few questions . You have been sworn on the New iestanieut ; I desire to know whether you are a Christian . Mr . Milne : Yes .-Mr . Jones : Have I not heard you say that you did not bJieveiua God ? Mr . Milne ; I might have said so when 1 have seen the conduct of those who profess that belief . —Mr . Jones : Are you an Atheist ? Mr . Milne : No . - Mr . Jones : Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God ? Mr . Milne : Yes , the same as jw are . —Mr . Jones ( the question dictated by the Judge ) : Do yw believe in future rewards and punishments ? Mr . Milne : les .-

      Mr . Jones : Have you said that you would follow mo wherever I went , in order to expose me ? Mr . Milne : Yes , Ihavc-Mr . Jonc » . What made von say that ? Mr . Milne : Because of your melon ) , and robbing working men . ' -Mr . Jones : Whom have I robbed , Mr . Milne : Me ! I signed a £ 5 bill for you , for which you never Jia the hones ty to pay . I had to get a loan from the same ofhee as flli . a fair to get the monejo u

      nott to pay it . You can make very promises , when you have got it you forget all that you have promised .- Jones : Did you not attend the meeting at the South London iw to put me down ? Mr . Milne : I certainly attended the me ij which vou have mentioned , but not for the object stated , i there to support the cause of truth , which you did uot .-Mr . jo Did you not attend the meeting at John-street to hiss and noo Mr . Milne : I also attended that meeting , but not to luss atilaiw . i ]

      that is what I never do , being a practice which I allogethei diate .-Mr . Jones ( to the . Judge ) : This man's animus agam ^ has been caused through my breaking up a committee to ^ belonged . Your Honour , this committee * consisted ot men * robbing and plundering working men , and because I brou ukx that is the reason they are so spiteful against me . —Mr . m ^ great energy ) : As to the committee , which you say you ^ being robbers and plunderers , I must say there was not a « ^ that committee but what was more respectable ana no ^ yourself .-Mr . Jones : How do you know that , \ r 2 L- B » pay the loan from the subscriptions he received ? JM . » j » ¥

      cause I feel confident that he did not . I have frequent > , m has been short , lent him money to make up the au J 0 UlU ' . Havc . vc ! has repaid me , and he has'done the same by me . —Mr . . ' ybfa you not heard it said that Mr . Arnott has received iuxias IulV o . vee he has not accounted ? Mr . Milne : Yes , I have ; but w ^ , challenged those who have said this to meet Mr . Arnott ra l & m coward-like , they have declined to do so . —Mr . Jones nav b ^^ that he had no wish to question the witness any furthei , Wl ( ( asked Mr . Milne if he could state from his own knowie % * ^ plaintiff had paid the amount claimed ? Mr . Milnes ^ , Honour , I can safely say that he has , for I have bocu , ^^ 1 .-several occasions to pay the money—This was the plain ^ .. ^ Mr . Jones , in his defence , entered into a long tirade oi ei ^^ levant matter , again calling the attention of the Judgemi % mi spiracy " to destroy him , of which he said the pres > en ^ only a part . He handed to the Judge several printca bv [„ lllu stating that they were circulars which had be en su ^ enemies , with his replies thereto ; and , although his rioi ^^ could not allow him to make a speech , but if he haft ^ nvelltO | too to offer he should be most happy to listen to it , he lio «¦ W [ Coko ^ to state the particulars relative to " the villains who i a . ^ | , tu nected with him on the People's Paper . He also swi . 1 ) . ; tlw plaintiff had a full understanding when the loan was oj ^ tW the weekly payments were to be made good outonnj ___ ^^^

      __ - ^ - ^ — ~ ~ T ., wever , *^' * Meaning , we presume , the Chartist Executive I 1 VJ ^ WfiW known that Mr . Milne declined being re-elected on vw > December last .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 23, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23101852/page/6/