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      work , having been in _thehospitid foH _^ Blowing been ascertained that the complainant h > _tv _* conse _ence a patient in the hospital the prisoner _JfiXS _^ _ZZT _™ U W » sg a _FARE .-ThomaS Sparrow , _cXdriveT _^ _m oned for reiusmg a fare on the dav nf * h _* in f' * * SUffii funeral . Mr . ChaSes Steer , of the _'S ya Z _££ _Z ° _^ j _^ found the defendant on the rank ; _aidS _•? i ? T that ne U Islington , he refused as soon as he leamt _Z _' v ° to driTB _vas all that would be paid . Mr . Steer _S that > _? P _fare ] iad been asked three ti mes by as _mandate _^ 1 T _^ _from _theMgeiaslmgton _. _totlieCity / _sTpetoW _^ _^ excuse the cabman for chargins a _littlV II I ie said he C 0 llld _gibuses were charging £ S _^ fSKSfiS _t _^ _^^ Bal penalty was considered sufficient by _comiabt ? _VT "

      and that rather than pay one _faitwTe woufd ™ _? UnjUSt > matter how long the term . The _defendant w _^ the _/ _A ° f ! ° ' ° _mittedto the House of Correction for 14 da _™ * _^ _~ Singular Robbery . —William Weeks and _Pat _^ i , p j _brought up on remand before Sir P SpI _^ _° ? rady _, w _6 re tartythe lod Uou 2 _aud 3

      * _gmg-. e , , BaS _^ , _« _nil _tSr ' making a hole in the ground , and subsequentl y saw him willi _HuSy and SaJor Jem coming upstairs with bottles of wine under their S and m their pockets Sir Peter Laurie orderedHughes into cuiy and said , that in all his experience he had never h ? ard of such a de l termmed mode of entermg a house as that of burrowing underground and witii such a system no person was safe from depredators night or day . The prisoner was then remanded , to be brought up with Hurley , and an order was issued by the magistrate for that purpose . _Grady was admitted to hail . i _p

      Plate EoBBFRY . -Eliza Munns and William Stone were charged with robbing Mr . Duncombe , 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 Policeman Accused or Assault . —Police Constable Eccles , A 8 , appeared by the direction of the Police Commissioners to answer the charge of having exceeded his duty by using insulting language and assaulting Geo . Gnrwood , landlord of the Anchor and Crown , publichouse , King-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 , but there was no evidence of the assault . His worship fined him * 40 s ., or 21 days' imprisonment .

      Fraud by a _Militiajlan . —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 loot , 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 boots ; but I bought them both . " Witness accordingly enlisted him for the 22 d Regiment , and gave him Is . as the enlistment money . In consequence of information which lie 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 manner , 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 no defence to the charge . Mr . Jardine ordered him to be 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 . Smith , Payne , and Co ., of Lombard-street , and lodged at 22 , Bloonisbury-street . He returned home at about half-past 2 in the morning , and having admitted himself 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 followed him into

      the street , calling lustily for the police . Eventually the prisoner was stopped and taken into custody by a policeman , witness never having lost sight of him from 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 of being subsequently removed . Mackrow , 126 E , stated that , on hearing the cry of " Police , " and seeing the prisoner run away , he chased him to Woburn-court , and apprehended him . Field , 165 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 . After he had been at the station some little time he produced three silver spoons from his pocket , and said to witness , " Here , take these ; they are a pest to me . " Mr . Cribb , the occupier of the house , identified the coats as his property . He had seen them safe the previoos night , but the door was left on the latch , The prisoner , who said nothing to the charge , was fully committed for trial

      MARYLEBONE . Assault uhon the PoLiCE .-George Dunn and Ann Ward , a the tar the

      woman who had gained some noteriety among police numerous _burdaries she has committed , were yesterday placed at . lie bar before Mr . Broughton , for final _examunafaon on the diarge of _murderously assaulting police-constable Westcots , 246 D . The _pnsoaeTSenie , said they were very drunk at the _unhand idnot know what they did . Mr . Broughton , after carefully gomg through the evidence , committed them for trial .

      WORSHIP STREET . _Vxxnum ASSAm . T . -4 eremiah Donovan , a tall muscular _MI < w was charged with a murderous assault upon his w , who was _Irin _' _eTtSndon Hospital with several of her nbs iractured , and in AZuof taminent dLger . _B » _ff _^ wkX ? _amTthm course of a domestic quarrel , had knocked Ins _w * ( town , ™ I _» en his attendance would be necessary to receive her deposition .

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      WESTMIN STER . wi _^ _tTif _^ TTAGK _- ~ A _»* named _Higginbottoffi was charged _witli the following very serious assault : _^ -On the ni ght of the 16 th 11 St ., some Light Dragoons , quartered in the vicinity of Knights - bridge , were at the Pakenham Head public-house , when , in consequence of some angry words between one of them ( not complainant ) and a civilian , the military left the place . Shortly after this ; Thomas _™ _lsf P _™^ , _^^ 13 th . Light Dragoons , was standing outside speaking tfriend

      o a , when the prisoner threw a stone at him , which M T _^ 1 < i gl eye and felM hinl t 0 tlle g _™™* _fusible . tw " - \ h 0 In P _° ' _house _^ rgeoii 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 have to leave the regiment . Prisoner , who denied the charge , aitnough most clearly proved , was committed tor trial for feloniously assaulting and wounding . ' Brutal AssAULT . _-Frederick Giles was _chained with the" _following uratal assault : — •• ° £ >

      Susan Preston , a prostitute of the lowest grade , stated that she had been cohabiting with the defendant for the last two years . He occasionall y had some work , but at other times lived upon the wages of Her lntarny . On Monday morning she went home between 3 and 4 alter 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 _ot Her arms , which was in a frightful condition . The police constable wno took the defendant into custody proved that he found the complainant * who had evidently been drinking , literally covered witli blood , and he was obliged to take her to the hosbital .

      Defendant said he merely struck her with the' strap to make her let go his shirt . Mr . Arnold directed the depositions to be taken tor 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 the disposition exhibited by the woman , that he might eventually escape the punishment of his brutality , the worthy magistrate committed him for two montk in default of paying the full peualty of 5 Z . . ¦ . J s

      CLERKENWELL House-Breaking . —John Wright and "William Devenport , notorious housebreakers , were finally examined before Mr . Corrie , eharged with having been concerned in committing numerous burglaries . The prisoners , by the advice of Mr . Wakeliiig , reserved their defence , and were fully committed to Newgate for trial .

      SQUTHWARK . The Fire Annihilator . —In the course of the day Mr . Phillips , the patentee of the fire annihilator , Avaited 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 , -winch 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 mi ght 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 in 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 he would not be expected to use that degree of caution which it was so necessary to observe . Mr . A'Beckett sent Sergeant Baker to request the foreman of the manufactory to attend , and on 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 con pany ; that he did not understand the chemical properties of the fire annihilator , but 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 most . "—Elizabeth Durant , a young woman , nineteen years of age , was chargedj with being drunk and disorderly . The prisoner , when placed at the bar , had nothing on but her chemise and 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 " Here ' s saucy Bet again ! " 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 _Bueaking .- _^ -A Me xican seaman , Juan Isken , was charged with burglariously breaking and entering tlie 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 eighty , the wife of a gas-fitter , residing in London-street , Greenwich , was brought up on remand , charged , on ner own confession , with having caused the death of her female infant , aged ten months , by throwing it into the Thames from the Hungerford Suspension-bridge . The first witness called was Police-constable Osborne , 254 R , who deposed that on

      Tuesday morning , about two o ' clock , his attention was attracted to the prisoner walking about Burney-street , Greenwich . On going up to her and asking her where she was going , she replied that she 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 married , and that her husband was employed as a gas-fitter in the college ; that she had come from Lambeth , and that her name

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      was Burt .. She also said that she had a family of _tiiree children but did not know where they were _> with the exception of her infant , which she said she had given to a boy on Hungerford 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 , and 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 doiie ; and subsequently witness conveyed her to the union . Sergeant Pearson , 15 R , stated that on questioning her closely , she o > lM to having thrown the child from Hnngerfordbridge herself . "O il tke following day he received information that the body of a child had b _&' eii _picked tip from the Thames off Rotherhithe , which was identified as that belon ging to the prisoner . It was stated that Mr . Carter , tbe coroner for Surrey , concluded an inauiry 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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      Eight Tons Of Gold, Sent Down By Diggers...

      Eight tons of gold , sent down by diggers from the mines , lie unclaimed 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 the 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 _bol-ough . 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 Al ps 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 Z . Fish , a glass-cutter by trade , has 6 n 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 ot' tKe late ( Dommander-m-Cme _^ , on the T 8 th ins ' t . —United Service Gazette . The Crown of Greece . —the Morning JMald announces that at " Lord Malmesbury ' s own house * ' on Saturday a convention _waa

      signed on behalf of England , France , Russia , Bavaria , arid Greece ; " The hew treaty ( says the Mrald ) 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 _qf preventing collisions on railroads is exhibited at the fair of the American Institute , by Mr . Seleck , of Greeuwich , Ct . 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 bt 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 Leuchtenburg 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 . The cortege was of great length , and consisted of large bodies of troops the principal functionaries of the Court , the members of the Beaux Arts and other public bodies , the general officers of the army , the

      household of the deceased , heralds with the various orders of the deceased & c . The funeral car was drawn by six horses covered with ' black caparisons , bearing the arms of the house of Leuchtenberg , and led by grooms in mourning cloaks ; two aidee-de-camp of the deceased and two subaltern-olfieers stood on the car beside the coffin ; and the corners of the pall were held by four colonels of the guard , ' the Emperor and his sons followed on horseback , immediatel y behind the funeral car , and were accompanied by a most numerous staff all in mourning . The streets through which the cortege passed we ' re lined with troops ; and when the car arrived at the church , the coiffm -n _^ _c carried inside bthe aidesde

      y --camp of the deceased and other _nersons appointed for the purpose , and was by them placed on a catafalaue prepared to receive it . The coffin was covered with the mortuarv cloth of an imperial prince , being gold brocade trimmed with ermine The decorations of the deceased were placed on stools at each side ! During the time the body had lam m state , persons of all classes were admitted to view the ceremonial , and all the theatres and places oi amusement were shut . In the church , on the arrival of the body were assembled all the persons of the Court whose duty did not caus them to form part of the cortege . At the funeral service , the Archbishop of Mohileff officiated , after which the body was let down int < the vault prepared for it , in the midst of a general salute of fire-arm fron _^ all the troops present . The ceremony then terminated .

      Death of the Bey of Tunis . —A correspondent of the Siecel writing from Genoa on Nov . 17 , says :- « A letter has arrived her . froraCagliari ( Sardinia ) of Nov . 16 with the news of the death o the Bey of Tunis . This letter adds that , on this news being _receive the English squadron sailed towards Tunis where the Frer ic & uadr is cruising . We have not yet received this intelligence at Gelw _^ any other quarter . " * - r - _;>< " * _™

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1852, page 247, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_27111852/page/7/