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      Mansion House. Alleged Felonious Assault...

      prisoner immediately snatched the handkerchief contaminate money out of his pocket , and , before he could recover from his surprise , darted out of the room , and was soon out of sio-ht . ge saw no more of the prisoner until Monday , when he met 1 dm in the vicinity of the Docks . The prisoner stopped and ctared very hard at him and said "I think 1 know you- " to which he replied , " Yes ; " and I know you , too . You are the fellow who robbed me of three sovereigns a year ago . " The prisoner said he knew nothing of them ; hut witness , being Satisfied that he had fallen m with the right man , seized him and g ^* e him into custody . Committed for trial .

      September 25,1852. The. Star Of Fbeedom....

      September 25 , 1852 . THE . STAR OF FBEEDOM . - 103

      Puttlumms.

      Puttlumms .

      >;Ew Coxviot Bettlement.—The Government ...

      >; ew Coxviot bETTLEMENT . —The Government have resolved to make Freemantle , in Western Australia , a convict settlement , and the first batch , consisting of 250 , will be despatched early jn the ensuing month of October . Pbolific Wheat . —A gentleman at Moate has favoured us with a sample of wheat grown upon his farm , a single grain of xrhich produced 72 full grown stems , containing 2 , 862 grains . In addition to the above there were 13 stems which had not come to maturity . — Westmeatli Independent .

      The Nottingham LaceTiiade . —The trade , says the "Nottingham Review , '' " has been somewhat startled by the production of a lace wrought in very fine wire , which will create an entirely new branch of business . On the bobbin-net machine , wire for blinds , bonnets , bed-curtains for hot climates , shades , safes , and a thousand other things , may be wrought almost with the same facility as cotton thread , and be made to present every variety of pattern . A Case op Extremity . —Two maiden ladies were last week

      removed to the Marylebone union , under distressing circumstances . They had furaierly been in good circumstances , but having become reduced and unable to obtain employment , they had determined to starve together , rather than apply for parochial relief . When discovered , they were almost dead from want of food . Fl ogging in the Arsiy . —A correspondent states , that secret flogging takes place in the interior of the Fort Clarence prison at " Chatham .

      Alleged Swindling . —At the Mansion House police court a few days since , Hugh Cavendish Coleman , was remanded on a charge of obtaining money on false pretences , by endeavouring to obtain money on property he had already assigned for the payment of an annuity . Norwich Musical Festival . —The 10 th anniversary of the Norfolk and Norwich Musical Festival , was inaugurated on Tuesday night , by a grand concert of vocal and instrumental music at St . Andrew ' s Hall .

      The Cuban Insurrection . —Among the prisoners brought from Puerto Principe is aSeuorita Griovra . She is but 18 , and veiy beautiful . She is sister to a young man who was shot last year for being concerned in the attempted insurrection in that part of the island , which ended so fatally to those who were engaged in it . Miss Guovra ' s crime is that she had embroidered the lone star flag of Cuban independence , and was in correspondence with some of her expatriated relatives in Kew York . She , too , like the rest of her countrywomen , had been advocating too warmly the blessings of independence : and

      when asked if she was not sorry for what she had done , and willing to abandon her pernicious ideas of freedom for Cuba , she declared that she had done nothing for which she should be ashamed , and that her feelings towards the oppressors of her country could never change . This young lady , from her great beauty and many amiable qualities , had much influence over the minds of the young men of the district in which she resided , aiul therefore it was considered advisable to bring her to Ha vanuah , where , since her arrival , she has been confined in a separate cell , and other women have been arrested .

      The Excavations on Westox-hill — The excavations at Weston-super-Mare have been actively resumed under the superintendence of the Rev . F . Warre . Two skulls , bearing marks of great violence , a considerable quantity of coarse ware , two iron spear heads , glass beads , and a very large quantity of hrokeu pottery , apparently of Roman date , among which no less than 200 brass coins of Constantine , Caransius , & c , were discoveEed .

      " The Shottisham Case ( says the Ipswich Express ) is going on as actively as ever . On Monday week the bed was thoroughly examined in the presence of Mr . Matcham , everything , as is alleged , being removed from it . It was then carefully made up , and the girl placed upon it , the bedstead being removed 15 inches from the wall . At noon on the same day the watch commenced in the presence of Matcham , sundry nurses , the official watchers , and many visitors . We hear that it has gone on up to the period at which we write—a period of seven days—without any discovery being made bv the watchers , who declare that the girl has taken neither food nor drink during the whole term , and that she is as cheerful as ever .

      . . Discoverv of the Resiains of Wabriobs . —On Thursday last as some workmen , in the employ of Mr . Naylor , builder , were engaged in excavating a cellar at the house now in course of erection on Star-hill , Rochester , they suddenly came upon a number of skeletons , which were buried about five feet below the surface of the ground . The skeletons , which were eight m number , appeared to have been buried with great care , though perhaps hurriedly , as the remains of their coats of mail were clearly discernibleproving they fell in combat . "

      , Conscience Money . —As Mr . Christopher Rainibrth , of Ramton , was leaving Ripon market on Thursday , the 2 nd inst ., a female delivered to him a small parcel directed for himself . On reaching home he opened it , and to his astonishment found it to containhalf-a-sovereignand the following note : — " This is for a rill which I took from your garden hedge seven and twenty years since . —Conscience . " Brazilian Kidnapping . —A correspondent writes from Rio : —

      "Ashorttiineagoa great number of boys were shipped at Liverpool for Rio , ancVhave now been landed for some timeshort , indeed , but sufficient for them to have received most scandalous treatment . They are principally kept in a small fort in the centre of the harbour , known by the name of ' Yilganhon ' at winch they are made to break stones , are sent to the beach to collect shells for lime , badly fed , and their pay retained for tear of their desertion . No letters are allowed to be written by them to their friends , and they would be a thousand times better off in of our convict htdks . "

      any Peterborough Election . —Mr . Whalley , has , it is stated , determined upon a personal canvass of the electoral body , and is » ow at Peterborough for that purpose . The Pedestrian Feat at the Borough Gardens , Salfokd . — lames Jones , the man who has undertaken to accomplish the & at of walking 1 , 500 miles in WOO hours , commencing in the &* st quarter in ° each hour , still continues his exertions at the gard ens , Salford , with unabated hope ofwiiming the £ 100 which IS & hepaia ^ im-m that event .

      >;Ew Coxviot Bettlement.—The Government ...

      Claimants for Brougham Hall . —The persons named Bird , wno about some eight or nine years ago made a forcible entry on Brougham Hall , under an impression that they were the rigluiul owners , and Lord Brougham had no title to the estate , are again beginning to make a stir . Death of an Attendant on Napoleon . —John Stokoe , one of the medical attendants on Napoleon , during his residence at St . Helena , died suddenly at the railway station station at York on Monday week . . ^ J" ^ Workshops are now in course of rapid construction in the Southampton Dock for the General Screw Steam Navigation Company , to whom they are to be leased for a term of H years .

      Monster Mail to India . —On . Monday , the largest known mail to India via Southampton , Greece , the Ionian Islands , & c . from the General Post-office , was despatched from the Waterloo terminus of the South-Western Railway . It consisted of 173 boxes of letters , four portmanteaus , and 16 bags of newspapers . Remarkable Trees . —On the Duke of Athol ' s property near Dunkeld , there was , and may be still , a tree which had in its course split the rock above , and grown through it . —From Notes and Queries .

      Scarcity of Labourers . —A farmer living at a farm near Braughing , in Hertfordshire , was compelled to apply to the union at Bishop ' s Storfcford for men to enable him to get in his harvest , there being no labourers out of employment in his parish . He was obliged to take seven men , whose ages averaged 73 years each , and he employed them three weeks . A Line Of Screw Steamers is about to commence running between Southampton and Bordeaux . A Tanner , recently deceased , at Manchester , is said to have left a fortune of 250 , 000 ? ., which he had accumulated in that trade .

      Last Cumberland Agricultural Association . —The Annual Meeting of the East Cumberland Agricultural Association , was held in Carlisle , on Saturday last . The exhibition of stock and implements of husbandry took place in a commodious spot in the vicinity of the old castle . Rumoured Indian Appointment . —The Madras United Service Journal , says that a report is current at the club , that Lord Stanley is likely to succeed Sir Henry Pottingeras Governor of Madras .

      Suspicious Proceeding in Jersey . — -The Lieutenant- Governor of Jersey has issued circulars t ' o the island constables to furnish a census of all foreigners and refugees in the island . This census must contain the names , residences , professions , and status of such persons , whether they are married or single : whether they hold passports , and if so , the date of them , and whether they are from their own countries ; whether the

      fereigners are in the employ of any family , and whether such families are British subjects ; and also whether the foreigners or refugees are in lodgings or occupy houses . These circulars have caused a great sensation and disapprobation , both in Jersey and Guernsey . The vice-consuls for France in the islands who have always been natives or Englishmen , have been turned out , and Frenchmen have been appointed to succeed them .

      Curious Law Proceedings. The French Cour...

      CURIOUS LAW PROCEEDINGS . The French courts of law have been occupied several times of late with proceedings in which Mr . Weble an English gentleman of property , and a Spaniard named Loussada , his wife , and her mother , have figured . Part of these proceedings consisted , it may be remembered , in the trial and condemnation of Loussada , by the Court of Assizes , for having from ( as he represented ) jealousy caused sulphuric acid to be thrown into Mr . Weble s face , whereby he was frightfully burned .

      The Civil Tribunal was on Thursday again occupied with a case in which these persons were concerned . Mr . Jules Favre , advocate of Mr . Weble , made a statement to the following effect : Mr . Weble is a young Englishman of good family , and very rich . In the course of his travels in different parts of Europe he became acquainted with M . and Mad . de Loussada , and the latter ' s mother , Mad . Davaisore . De Loussada was a Spaniard , but naturalised an Englishman , and he lived by scheming and play . His wife who is of considerable beauty and great intelligence , and is besides possessed of musical talent of a high order , was destined for the theatre . Mr . Weble met them at Hombourg , and became their intimate friend .

      Being very easy and good-natured , he gave money freely to Loussada , to his wife , and to the mother . Their exactions at last became so excessive that he was threatened with ruin , and he checked them . Thereupon De Loussada pretended to be jealous of the attentions which Weble had paid to his wife , and a challenge was the result . Weble accepted it , and it was settled that they should meet at Venice to fight . Mr . Weble at that time deposited 7 , 000 fr . in gold in the hands of Madame Devaisore , as a reserve for her and her daughter in case any misfortune should happen to him . At the decisive moment , M . de Loussada observed that it was foolish to fight for such a trifle , and the idea of the duel was abandoned . Mr . Weble demanded

      and obtained his 7 , 000 fr . from Madame Devaisore ; but she and her daughter were very much irritated at his so doing . In 1851 Mr . Weble returned to France , and the two females did the same . It was shortly after that De Loussada threw the sulphuric acid in Mr . Weble ' s face . In October , 1851 , that gentleman resolved to establish himself at Paris , and as he feared that , as a foreigner , he might be imposed on , he got the two females to purchase a quantity of furniture for him . He supplied the money for that purpose . The two females had not the means of doing so ; Mme . Devaisore , though living in costly style , had only an income of l , 500 f . a year ; Mme . de Loussada had nothing at

      all ; and when in Italy , both had lived on the liberality of Mr . Weble . The furniture selected was of great beauty , and cost 60 , 000 f . It was conveyed to the apartment occupied by the ladies , No . 3 G , Rue de la Chaussee d'Antin ; but that place being too small , another was taken at No . 25 , in the same street . There the furniture was deposited , but not arranged in order , and a number of pictures and other ' works of art , worth 22 , 000 francs purchased by Mr . Weble in Italy , were also deposited there . The two females subsequently pretended that the furniture was theirs , and their claim to it " led to a rupture between them and Mr . Weble . That gentleman subsequently went to

      London , on business , and on his return hired an apartment for the furniture . Madame de Loussada then wrote to him , to ask him to provide for her ; and the provision siie required was 12 , 000 francs a year , well secured . Mr . Weble refused to accede to her demand , " and it was then that she and her mother took measures for retaining possession of tlie furniture . Mr . Weble had consequently been obliged to bring an action before the tribunal , to get it out of their hands . In support of his demand he produced the bills he had paid fbr the furniture , and for the works of art from Italy .

      -. r T . 1 _ . 1 J . K - . 7 ; . Jl . 1 i ? i „ HJT-rii ¦ . -1 T ;__^_» J „ «< , J Ti / T « M-. Laehaud thejrpleaded for Madame de Loussada and Ma ,-damVi & yaisore . He ( S & fl 4 ffiefi 86 d % & # mg that he hat that

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      morning received a most insulting letter from Mr . Weble , which contained a challenge , or something resembling one ; but that he treated it with contempt . It ; he added , he were so brave , which was something new to him , he might wait until Count de Loussada , whom he had robbed of his wife , should be released from Gaol . During two years M . de Loussada had followed him to France , Italy , and to England to obtain satisfaction , but Mr . Weble had refused to give it , because , he said , some gentleman of his acquaintance had declared him unworthy of it . He then went on to contend that Madame Deviasore had purchased and paid for the furniture ; and that as it was in her

      possession it was legally hers . He alleged that Weble only claimed it because Madame de Loussada had refused to havo anything more to do with him , also that his liberality to her had not been so great as represented , he having contented himself by making wills in her favour , After making some sharp comments on the conduct of the plaintiff in laying such an action after having seduced Madame Loussada , the learned gentleman produced two documents dated Bologna , 16 th August , 1851 , and Paris 5 th May , 1852 ; the former being a will by which Mr . Weble left part of his property , consisting of money , rentes , railway shares , & c , to Madame Loussada ; the other promising to pay 120 , 000 ff . on her demand .

      Mr . Jules Favre , in reply , maintained that the furniture and other tilings were undoubtedly the property of his client . He then charged Mine . Deviasore with having encouraged and profitted by the immorality of her daughter . The substitute of the Procureur of the Republic said that it appeared to him that the husband of Madame de Loussada had obtained money from Mr . Weble , and that , after him , her mother still more shameful , had lived on her prostitution . As to the furniture , there was nothing whatever he said , to prove that it was the property of Madame Deviasore . The Tribunal decided that Madame Deviasore should give up the furniture , or in default pay 40 , OOOfr .

      Loss Of An Emigrant-Ship. Wexford, Sept....

      LOSS OF AN EMIGRANT-SHIP . Wexford , Sept . 18 , 10 a . m . The oyster-boat Teetotaller has just arrived at our quay , having in tow two boats containing about sixty male and female passengers , and part of the crew of the ship Bhurtpore , of Liverpool , Bambridge master , bound to New Orleans , which vessel struck on the north end of the Long Bank , about four miles eastward of the Forth , at three o ' clock this morning . As well as I can ascertain from the passengers , the following is an account of the disaster-. —This vessel was about 1 , 500 tons burden , having a crew of 85 hands and 485 souls ( men , women , and children ) as passengers , the latter , with the exception of 56 , being all Irish , and generally young people of the peasant class

      of life . She left Liverpool on Thursday morning in tow of a steamer , which left her off Ormsby Point . During Thursday night she rather lost ground than gained , but on Friday morning she had fair wind . The coast of Wales was seen by the passengers before nightfall last evening . All the passengers were , at the time she struck , iu their berths , and whether any blame is to be attached to the captain or officers is yet to be ascertained . The description given by some of the sufferers of the scene which followed is horrifying . When the two boats here alluded to left the wreck there were still two other boats left , and Captain Deveveux , the master pilot , was using all exertion to get to the assistance of those on Board .

      On the calamity being known in town , the merchants , together with Mr . Devcreux , M . P ., and his worship the Mayor , Mr . Walsh , assembled in the Chamber of Commerce to devise the best means to send to the assistance of the sufferers , and several oyster-boats have been despatched , properly manned , to the scene of disaster . A spirited and humane townsman , Captain Crosbie , has accompanied them , to afford the benefit of his assistance . Half-past 3 p . m . A pilot-boat has just reached our quay , bringing about 100 more off the wreck . Others have been landed at the Forth .

      When the last boat left , 100 still remained on the wreck , but it was expected , with the assistance of the oyster and other boats , most of the people would be saved . The Mayor was in attendance on the arrival of the pilot-boat , and had the unfortunate sufferers conveyed to the poorhouse for shelter , where no doubt every attention will be given them . Later accounts since received state that the ill-fated ship had gone to pieces , and that the remainder of the passengers and crew , with the exception of five persons , who were unfortunately drowned , had been got ashore and landed at Wexford . The Bhurtpore was a fine ship , of about the register before stated , and was only on her second voyage .

      Eruption Of Etna. Catania, Sept. 1. Zaff...

      ERUPTION OF ETNA . Catania , Sept . 1 . Zaffarana has been and still is inconsiderable danger—by last accounts the lava was at a very short ' disfemcofroniit . The soil , on the sides of Etna generally , is full of undulations , in some places mere hillocks , in other places hills , caused by lava , or scoria , from previous eruptions . The lava , as it flows on its downward course , is naturally turned aside by these undulations or irregularities , and some hill or obstacle , may possibly turn aside the lava ere it reach Zaffarana . I may here mention that it is calculated that the course of the lava since the eruption first broke out , is , owing to its devious . course , caused by the

      undulation alluded to above , full sixteen miles , while the distance , in a straight line does not exceed three miles . The first stream of lava after nearly reaching Zaffarana , suddenly ceased , as if the eruption were at an end . It is a second stream , flowing on the first , which causes so much alarm . Great damage has already been done to the vineyards and chestnut woods on the slope of the mountain , and it is to be feared that the damage will be very considerable , even if Zaffarana escape . This village and Ballo , a suburb thereof , have been deserted by the inhabi tants , and several houses higher up than it have already been destroyed .

      Aesterday evening and the whole of to-day , Catania has been visited by a heavy shower of black ashes from tlie mountain , to such an extent that it is perfectly disagreeable to be in the streets . ^ Owing to this cloud of ashes the mountain has been nearly invisible to us , but we are warned by the continuous heavy explosions that it is still in a very active state . Curiosity has carried , and is still carrying , a large number of Catanese

      to Zaffarana ; there , however , little more than the stream of lava is visible . I made a trip on Saturday afternoon to Tre Castagne , three hours drive distant from Catania , thence on mule and on foot through the Bosco , and over the lava of 1819 , to the summit of Ponte Pumiciaro , a trip of four hours and a half . From its summit we had a glorious sight of the two newly formed craters , casting up enormous red hot jnass $ s u £ de , r our feet , and we . could trace the rthbh course ofthe . diferenUfrepi ? rjf laVaft $ t & the ^ ure ' efb gafarana ... ' - . . . ; . . ;• ; .- " . ;'

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25091852/page/7/