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      —O—« Mansion-Ho Use. Emigration Fraud,—L...

      tf 0 rk , having been in the hospital for the last fortni < rhf * * I thaving been ascertained that the comSSiSh- * conse ^ encef patient in the ^^^ . Y nmB ^ fy ^^ ' ?? ™ Win * a . Fare . -ThouL Sparrlw SSfc ? S ^ ^ ed for refusing a fare on the day of the Duke of wTT ' r fun 8 ral . Mr . Charles Steer , of the * Bo \ S Exchange ° f ^ ? folU 1 d the defendant on the rank , a ^ Zffiff ? he from Islington , he refused as soon as he learnt thft 1 ° * ? was that would he paid M , SteersaM St ^ SL ^ had been asked three toes by as many cabmen , 10 s fothrive from the ^ 1 , Ishngton , to the City , Sir Peter Larie said ne ouM excu the cabman for charging a little more on such a daf wLS ennnbuses were charging four times their usual fares , and ^ I nond .

      defendant > s and costs . The defendant declared ^ thec irvLmTuni u ^ and that rather than pay one farthing he would go Sm Batter how long the term . The defendantwas then ? LliS com mittedto the House of Correction for 14 days . Singular RoBBERY ^ Williani Weeks and Patrick Grady were brought up on remand before Sir P . Laurie , the former charged Jfth s tealmg 16 dozen of port and other wines , value £ 60 , from the prenS Ses of Mr . Burgh , of 42 , Bartholomew-close , and the latter with recm-mg a portion oi the same , knowing it to have been stolen . Edward Welhng a lad about 14 years of age , said he had been undefdeputy at the lodging-house 2 and 3 , Back-court , running at the rear otMr . Burghs premises , and remembered in August last going ; downstairs towards the kitchen , when he was stopped b"Sailor Jem "

      y ( Hughes ) , who told him to go hack as some men were tossing in the kitchen . Witness afterwards went down , and saw " Billy Weeks " making a hole in the ground , and subsequentl y saw him with Hurley and bailor Jem , coming upstairs with bottles of wine under their arms and m their pockets . Sir Peter Laurie ordered Hughes into custody and said , that in all his experience he had never heard of such a determined mode of entering a house as that of burrowing underground , and with such a system no person was safe from depredators nidit or day . The prisoner was then remanded , to be brought up with ° Hurley , and an order was issued hy the magistrate for that purpose Grady was admitted to hail .

      Plate Robbery . —Eliza Munns and William Stone were charged with robbing Mr . Puncombe , of Holborn-bars , the master of the former , of plate and money to the value of nearly £ 60 . The prisoners were remanded to enable the officers to make further inquiries .

      BOW STREET . . A Policemax Accused or Assault . —Police Constable Eccles , A b \ appeared by the direction , of the Police Commissioners to answer the charge of having exceeded his duty by using insulting language and assaulting Geo . Gurwood , landlord of the Anchor and Crown , publichouse , Bong-street , Westminster . Mr . Jardine was of opinion that the charge of using insulting langaage , in telling a respectable publican that he was drunk , had been proved , hut there was no evidence of the assault . His worship fined him 40 s ., or 21 days' imprisonment .

      Fraud by a Militiajlax . —Cornelius Sheen , a young militiaman , about 20 years of age , was brought before Mr . Jardine upon the following charge : —Henry Liddiard , a sergeant in the 22 d Regiment of Foot , stated that the prisoner came to him , in Charles-street , Westminster , and said that he wanted to enlist as a soldier . Witness asked him if he belonged to the militia , and he replied " No , " at the same time stating that he had never joined any other regiment . Witness

      then said , " What shirt have you got on ? " The defendant replied , "It is a militia shirt , and I have also a pair of hoots ; but I bought them both . " Witness accordingly enlisted him for the 22 d Kegiment , and gave him Is . as the enlistment money . In consequence of information which he had received , witness apprehended him as a deserter from the regiment , upon which the defendant admitted that he belonged to the Royal Westminster and Middlesex Militia , Witness then examined his shirt , and found that his number was 512 . The

      sergeant stated that for some time past he and a brother sergeant , who accompanied him , had been exposed to similar frauds by militiamen . ' Upwards of nine or ten per week had obtained from them the enlistment money in the same maimer , and the practice was becoming ruinous to witness , because in such cases the money was not allowed by the military authorities . He had determined , therefore , to bring the present case before the . magistrate . The defendant made ho defence to the charge . Mr . Jardine ordered him to he committed for three months' hard labonr . The sergeant was informed that he was entitled to a reward of £ 1 under the Mutiny Act , for the apprehension

      of a deserter , but he would have to apply for it at the War-office . Burglary . —Alfred Barrett was place at the bar upon a charge of burglary . Richard Flowers deposed that he was clerk in the bank of Messrs / Sniith , Payne , and Co ., of Lombard-street , and lodged at 22 , Bloomsbury-street . He returned home at about half-past 2 in the morning , and having admittedhimself by means of a latch-key was startled by coming into collision with a man in the hall , who rushed by him , and escaped into the street . Witness , who had made an ineffectual attempt to retain him in the passage , then foiled him into Eventuallthe risoner

      the street , calling lustily for the police . y p was stopped and taken into custody by apoliceman , witness never having lost sio-ht of him irom the first . He was then taken to the sation , and witness returned to the house , where he found some pictures taken down and other things put together , apparently with the view & being subsequently removed . Mackrow , 126 E , stated that , on hearing the cry of " Police , " and seeing the prisoner run away , he chaseu him to Woburn-court , and apprehended him . Field , 16 a E , a constable on duty at the police station , stated that the prisoner had four great coats on , besides a fifth , which he carried across his arm . He said . it was a cold morning , and that was why he had so many coats . Alter MriteZZ f ^ some little ^ X ^ f ^ ZllZ spoons from his pocket , and said to witness , « Here , take > these ^ they are a pest to me . " Mr . Crihb , the occupier of the house , iden ified the coats as his property . He had seen them safe the F ™» ^ but the door was left on the latch , The prisoner , who said nothing to the charge , was fully committed for trial .

      MARYLEBONE . Assault unos the PoLiCE . -Geurge ^ f *^^ woman who had gained some notenefe among th 3 pollw ^ . ™ merousburglarie / she has committed , were yerfeiday pkcedhat the bar before Mr . Broughton , for ^ *™* f TZiTj > The Xmurderousiy assaulting police-constable Westoot , 246 D . ^ P ^ ners , in defence , said they were very drunk ^^ ]^ W what they did . Mr . Broughton , aiter carefully going thiougn the evidence , committed them for trial .

      WORSHIP STREET . Murderous Assault .-Jeremiah Donovan a . f ; - ^^ low , was charged with a "J ^^ g ri * T ctuTd and lying in the London ^^^^^^^ appeared , in the m a state of imminent danger ™* jwm , ^ p ^ course of a domestic quarrel , had UockedUnsim ^ jumped upon her several to ^ J ^ m ^ * S » of w hich her life mulcting other ^ - ^^^^^ p lBiam ^ leie was m great danger . Mr , D W ™* ^ to f oceed to the hosmanded for a week , and J ^^^ J ^ L condition of the pital at an early hour in the morning to asceitam ™ conSidered injured woman from the medical officers , and whe ^ r | ey considered his attendance would fcenecessary to receive her deposition .

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      WESTMINSTER . , Cowarbly Attack .-A fellow named Higginbottom was charged witii the following very serious assault : —On the night of the 16 th inst ., some Light Dragoons , quartered in the vicinity of Knightsbndge , were at the Pakenham Head public-house , when , iii consequence of some angry words between one of tliem ( not complainant ) and a civilian , the military left the place . Shortly after this , Thomas litt , a private of the 13 th Light Dragoons , was standing outside speaking to a friend , when the prisoner threw a stone at himwhich

      , struck him m the ri ght eye , and felled him to the ground insensible . Mr . T . Thompson , house surgeon at St . George ' s Hospital , proved that owing to the injury he had received , the soldier had entirely lost the sight of the right eye . It is almost unnecessary to add that he will nave to leave the regiment . Prisoner , who denied the charge , although most clearly proved , was committed for trial for feloniously assaulting and wounding . Brutal Assault . —Frederick Giles was charged with the followinpbrutal assault : —

      Susan Preston , a prostitute of the lowest grade , stated that she had been cohabiting with the defendant for the last two years . He occasionally had some work , but at other times lived upon the wages of her infamy . On Monday morning she went home between 3 and 4 after walking the street all night for the purposes of prostitution , and had no sooner entered than he struck her a violent blow on the mouth , and then , taking a strap , beat her with the buckle so unmercifully as to lacerate her flesh very shockingly . The poor creature exhibited one of her arms , which was in a frightful condition . The police constable who took the defendant into custody proved that he found the complainant , who had evidently been drinking , ' literally covered with blood , and he was obliged to take her to the hospital .

      Defendant said he merely struck her with the strap to make her let go his shirt . Mr . Arnold directed the depositions to be taken for prisoner ' s committal for trial ; but on their completion , at the repeated and earnest entreaty of the complainant in defendant ' s behalf , and as there was every probability , from tile disposition exhibited by the woman , that he might eventually escape the punishment of his brutality , the worthy magistrate committed him for two months in default of paying the full penalty of 51 .

      CLERKENWELL . _ House-Breaking . —John Wright and William Devenport , notorious housebreakers , were finally examined before Mr . Corrie , charged with having been concerned in committing numerous burglaries . The pr isoners , by tho advice of Mr . Wakeling , reserved their defence , and were fully committed to Newgate for trial .

      SOUTHWARK . The Fire Annihilator . —In the course of the day Mr . Phillips , the patentee of tile fire annihilator , waited upon Mr . A'Beckett for the purpose of soliciting his advice under the following circumstances . The applicant said that within the last few days he had received information that the company formed for the manufacture of the fire annihilators had premises in Great Suffolk-street , in the immediate vicinity of this court ; that the ingredients , which , were of a highly inflammable nature , were permitted to lie about in so neglient a manner that danger was to be apprehended of an explosion , if great

      care was not taken . Acting upon the information he had received , he called at the manufactory that day , with the view of inspecting the place where the materials were deposited , and pointing out to the person in charge the necessity for the utmost caution to be observed , especially in such a crowded thoroughfare ; He , however , was refused admission , and had therefore determined on calling at this court , in order to acquaint his worshp of the circumstance , and to ascertain if proceedings could not be adopted to prevent any casuality that might arise from carrying on such a dangerous process in so populous a neighbourhood . In reply to Mr . A'Beckett , the applicant said that he

      had reason to believe the man m charge of the place of which he complained was totally ignorant of the chemical nature of the materials used ., in the manufacture of the fire annihilator , and that therefore lie would not be expected to use that degree of caution which it wa 6 so necessary to observe . Mr . A'Beckett sent Sergeant Baker to request the foreman of the manufactory to attend , and oh presenting himself , in reply to the questions put to him by the magistrate , he said that he was foreman at the place in Suffolk-street belonging to the

      company ; that he did not understand the chemical properties of the fire annihilator , hut that he was aware of their explosive nature in the event of any fire coming in contact with them in the course of manufacture . Mr . Phillips repeated , in the hearing of the foreman , the great caution necessary to be observed where any portion of the manufacture of , the ingredients composing the fire annihilator were carried on , and Mr . A'Beckett pointed , out the heavy responsibility on the foreman in the event of any accident arising after the caution he had received . The applicant having thanked the magistrate , then

      withdrew

      THAMES . Female Modesty . — " Nature when Unadorned ' s Adorned the host . "—Elizabeth Durant , a young woman , nineteen years of age , was charged ! with being drunk and disorderly . The prisoner , when placed at the bar , had nothing on but her chemise aiid an old petticoat , borrowed from the workhouse , having torn all her clothes to tatters when taken to the station . She had to be brought down in a cab with her hands tied behind , and had all the appearance of a

      maniac When she bounded into the dock she cried "Heres saucy Bet ao-ain ! " and went on to state that she was the daughter of a shopkeeper , who formerly kept a large shoe factory in Farringdon-street . she complained that she had been robbed of two sovereigns at a house where she had three bottles of wine , but she did not care for that . — Mr . Yardley—I must send you to prison for a month . —Prisoner-Why not send me to the House of Detention for a month ? I tell you what , Mr , Yardley , I shall go in the van stark naked , as I shall make ribands of every stitch upon me . She was then locked up .

      House Breaking—A Mexican seaman , Juan Isken , was charged with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr . Benjamin Bellhouse , a grocer , of 19 Queen-street , Tower-hill , and stealing therefrom some property and money . Cutting and Wounding . —Alexander Martin , a seaman , aged 24 , lately belonging to the collier brig Schiedam , lying in the river , was brought up before Mr . Yardley on remand , charged with cutting and wounding three other seamen , named John Reed ,. Edward Hutchison , and Edward Richardson . Mr . Yardley ordered the depositions to be taken , and committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial .

      GREENWICH . Child Murder . —Amelia Elizabeth Burt , aged eig hty , the wife of a . gas-fitter , residing in London-street , Greenwich , was brought up on remand , charged , on her own confession , with having caused the death of her female infant , aged ten months , by thrownig it into the Thames from the Huugerford Suspension-bridge . . 1 he first witness called was Police-constable Osborne , 254 R , who deposed that on Tuesday morning , about two o ' clock , . his attention was attracted to tkTnrisoner walking about Burney-street , Greenwich . Ji going up to her and asking her where she was going , she replied that sue did not know , and on being asked where she came from , she replied London . In answer to further questions the prisoner said that she was toried , and that her husband was emp loyed as a gas-fitter m Scollege ; that M fc » come front Lambethy and . that her name

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      was Burt .. She also said that she had a family of three children , but did not know where they were , with the exception of her infant , which she said she had given to a boy on Huugerford Suspension-bridge , to throw into the river . He asked her why she had given the child to the boy to throw into the river , when she replied ' -That she could not keep it clean . " Witness then took her to the sergeant on the same beat , to whom the prisoner made the same statement . ' Seeing something concealed beneath her shawl , witness inquired what it was , arid then took a child ' s cloak from her , which she said belonged to the baby . The sergeant then ordered the prisoner to be taken to the

      station , which was done ; and subsequently witness conveyed her to the union . Sergeant Pearson , 15 R , stated that on questioning her closely , she owned to having thrown the child from Hungerfordbridge herself . On the following day he received information that the body of a child . had been picked up from the Thames off Rotherhithe , which was identified as that belonging to the prisoner . It was stated that Mr . Carter , tbe coroner for Surrey , concluded an inquiry on Friday afternoon on the body , at the Albion Tavern , Rotherithe , when a verdict , of " Wilful Murder " was returned . The prisoner was committed to take her trial on the capital charge at the Old Bailey Sessions .

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      &Lt; ^«««.M . ' Miscellaneous,

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      Eight Tons Of, Gold, Sent Down By Digger...

      Eight tons of , gold , sent down by diggers , from tho mines , lie un claimed at Melbourne .

      A banquet in honour of art and literature is to be given shortly at Birmingham . Slavery in Brazil and Cuba . —A parliamentary paper proves that only one vessel containing negroes landed in June , 1852 , on tho Brazilian coast , but that the importation of negro slaves into Cuba amounted to 4 , 118 in the period between the 1 st of January and the 9 th of October of the current year . _ . Member for Huntingdon . —We learn by the last mail that Mr . Thomas Baring , the member for Huntingdon , had been seriously indisposed at New York , and was confined to his hotel . Influenza was stated to have been his disease . He was expected to leave for Liverpool in the next steamer ( the Arctic ) .

      Liverpool Election . —The Liverpool Albion states that there is to be a petition against the return of Mr . Forbes Mackenzie and Mr . Turner , for that borough . The allegations are bribery and treating . Railways in Piedmont . —The Council-General of the Municipality of Genoa , in its meeting of the 17 th , declared itself favourable to the construction of a railway from Genoa to Switzerland , and also declared itself ready to increase the sum already voted for the purpose by the municipality . The passage of the Alps will , it is believed be effected at Luckmonier pass . The citizens of Limerick have determined to eract a monument to the memory of the late Daniel O'Connell .

      A Queer Fish . —The Traveller says a man by the name of 2 . Fish , a glass-cutter by trade , has on the front door of his residence , at South Boston , an elaborately finished glass-door plate , bearing the letter Z and the figure of a fish , instead of the word Fish , which attracts much attention . Gratuity to the Troops who Attended the Duke ' s Funeral-—We have much pleasure in being able to announce that the Secre . tary-at-War has consented to allow a gratuity of a shilling each to all the non-commissioned officers and men employed in the procession , or on duty in aid of the civil power , during the funeral of the late Commander-in-Chief , on the I 8 th inst . —United Service Gazette .

      The Crown oi ? Greece . —The Morning Herald announces that at " Lord Malmesbury ' s own house" on Saturday a convention warf signed on behalf of England , France , Russia , Bavaria , and Greece . " The new treaty ( says the Herald ) declares that none but a prince professing the Greek religion shall reign over the Greek people . It will be for the princes of the house of Bavaria to conform in their own persons , or in those of their children , to this condition , It is natural that they should not be inclined to accept it ; but we rejoice for their own sake , as well ss for that of the Greek people , that the wise counsel of their allies has been listened to by them ; for it has probably saved the crown of Greece for their family . "

      Railroad Collisions , —An improved method of preventing collisions on railroads is exhibited at the fair of the American Institute , by Mr . Seleck , of Greenwich ; Gt , The plan consists of a diagonal platform for each car , so arranged that if the cars come into contact , they swing away from each ether upon their centres , thus preventing all dangerous consequences . This peculiar form of platform also acts as a ventilator , the motion of the car drawing the dirt between the diagonals , and freeing the interior from a serious annoyance . Arrangements for look-out' stations for pilots , and secure positions for the brakemen of a train , are also included in the plans put forth by Mr . Seleck . The improvements are in competition for the Ray premiums to be awarded at the present fair . —New York Paper .

      . Another Public Funeral . —The funeral of the Duke de Leuchtenhurg took place on the 4 th at St . Petersburg in the church of St . John of Jerusalem . The Emperor of Russia was present , as were the granddukes his sons ; General de Rochow , Minister of Prussia ; General de Mensdorff , Minister of Austria ; Sir Hamilton Seymour , ' Minister of England ; Count de Reiset , Charge d' Affaires of France ; and the envoys of Holland , Greece , Bavaria , Denmark , & c . Tho cortege was of great length , and consisted of large bodies of troops , the s principal-functionaries of the Court , the members of the Beaux . A its J and other public bodies , the general officers of the army , the house-

      hold of the deceased , heralds with the various orders of the deceased & c . The funeral car was drawn by six horses covered with black I caparisons , bearing the arms of the house of Leuchteuberg , and led ! by grooms in mourning cloaks ; two aidee-de-camp of the deceasedd and two subaltern-officers stood on the car beside the coffin ; and the e corners of the pall were held by four colonels of the guard . The Em- - peror and his sons followed on horseback , immediately behind theie funeral car , and were accompanied by a most numerous staff , all inn mourning . The streets through which the cortege passed were linechdl with troops ; and when the car arrived at the church , the coffin wasiscarried inside by the aides-de-camp of the deceased and other personam for the and btbem

      appointed purpose , was y placed on a catafalques prepared to receive it . The coffin was covered with the mortuanry cloth of an imperial prince , being gold brocade trimmed with ermineie The decorations of the deceased were placed on stools at each sidelei During the time the body had lain in state , persons of all classes werem admitted to view the ceremonial , and all the theatres and places o o > amusement were shut . In the church , on the arrival of the hodx & yi were assembled all the persons of the Court whose duty did not causos ; them to form part of the cortege . At the funeral service , the Archchi bishop of Mohileff officiated , after which the body was let down intntt the vault prepared for it , in the midst of a general salute of fire-arnrm from all the troops present . The ceremony then terminated .

      Death oe the Bey op Tunis . —A correspondent of the Siecieca writing from Genoa on Nov .. 17 , says : — " A letter has arrived hehe v from Cagliari ( Sardinia ) of Nov . 16 with the news of the death h the Bey of Tunis . This letter adds that , on this news being receivaw the English squadron sailed towards Tunis , where the French squadrdrn is cruising . We have not yet received this intelligence at Genoa ffefrec any other quarter . "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27111852/page/7/