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Northern Star (1837-1852), 28th August 1852, Edition 1 of 2, Page 5, Untitled Article

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      ¦ — ¦ 7-TT at half-past eight in the evening , and he had left his post at a quarter to nine on this occasion , putting out the lidit at the signal on this as an other occasions , although it is alleged tint he had received instructions that there would he extra or S cursion teams on this occasion , and that he must remain until they had all passed . The line from Bolton to Bullfield coiS of a curve-not of a very severe character-extending undei a series of eight or ten short tunnels and bridges , and the five trains , jammed up m this dark and gloomy spaCe , were t \ Z utterly without ^ protection . The night was exceedingly daS and when the sixth tram ( which is not an excursion ot special tram , hut the regular late passenger train from Liverpool to Manchester ) came up , the driver would not come hi d JS == s ===== ^

      of the proceeding one , owing to the curve , until he reached the p lace where the signal post is placed , a distance of 125 varcte Whether the driver was not on the look-out , or whether it was impossible for him to stop m so short a space with a train of « i v teen carnages going at a high speed , we could not learn , but the result was that he ran into the luggage train with great force and the collision was so fearful that the three first carriapS ( third class ) , were smashed very badly , the second one bS turned up on its fore-end between the other two , with the ten passengers in it feet upwards , and almost on their heads TIip terror of the passengers was beyond description . It is said their scveamswere heard at a distance of wore than a mile from the spot . The confusion which followed % vas of course maafc ^ S

      bat lew persons neing present on this part of the line it ™ some tune before the passengers were rescued . The ' utmost assistance was rendered to all the injured which was possible Mr Crowshaw , the clerk m charge of the station at Bolton went to the house of the pointsman Lee Bancroft , at Bullffeia ' after the accident about ten o ' clock , but did not see theman till about 11 . Mr a- owshaw then asked him how it was he had not the signal lighted Bancroft replied that he did not know ; he had put the light out at a quarter before nine 11 usual , and then went home ; he did not think he was required to remain after a quarter to nine o ' clock , which was the usual time for leaving . Mr . Crowshaw , however , told him he was to blame for leaving the signals when excursion trains were expected .

      About half-past 12 o ' clock the same night the unfortunate man was found by his wife and a friend suspended by his neck erehief from a large nail which he had driven into the ton of his wooden sentry box at Bullfield . Life was then quite extinct . A

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      Axotheu Garotte Robbery in Hull . —One night last week another daring garotte robbery was committed in Hull A man named John Henry Bunnington , a fisherman , came np from Grimsby that night , and , in company with another man was drinking at one or two public-houses . About eleven o ' clock he came out of the American Tavern , on the Old Dock side with the man with whom he had been drinking and another !

      These two persuaded him to go with them up a dark street hard by called Duke-street , and as he was walking along one of them seized him by the throat , holding him so that he could neither cry out nor help himself , and nearly strangling him , while the other cut away his pocket , in which was £ 1 Us ! With this they decamped , leaving the poor fellow nearly insensible . AYhcn he recovered his self possession he gave inform - ation to the police , and shortly afterwards one of the men was

      apprehended . L . e was brought up at the Hull police court on the following morning and evidence was heard against him . His name is John Morgan , and he is dressed as a sailor . The prosecutor identified him as the man with whom he had been drinking and who had cut away his pocket . The other man the police had not been able to find , and the case was remanded . Charge of Forgery against a Solicitor . —On Saturday a painful interest was excited in the commercial circles of Hull by the arrest of Mr . William Cooper Eobinson , an attorney of hitherto highly respectable repute , pursuing his profession in that town , on a charge of having forged an 1 . 0 . U . for £ 1 , 000 . He was examined before the May ox and a full bench on Saturdav , and remanded .

      Conviction of the Noke Wreckers . —An investigation into the recent attack of the Southern ! boatmen upon the wreck of the Renown , has just been brought to a close , after a duration of three days . Their names are Henry Childs , master of the 3 fewBart ; John Jemson , master of the William , of Southend ; William Frost , master of the Assistance ; Abraham Eobinson , master of the Hamburg ; George Myall , of the New Dart ; William Eobinson , master of the Susannah ; and William liobinson , master of the Four Brothers , and they were severally charged with committing the double offence of " Wrongfully

      carrying away certain large quantities of stores and property fr om a stranded ship , called the Eenown , then lying wrecked on the Kore Sand ; " and " forcibly entering on board the vessel Renown , without leave or consent of the person in charge thereof . " Evidence having been adduced in support of the information the defendants were acquitted of the first chargethat they had wrongfully carried away cargo . On the second complaint , however , the bench were unanimously of opinion that it had been proved , and that they had entered on board the vessel without the leave or permission of the person in charge . They took the position of the river into consideration

      in imposing the amount of penalty , and they therefore sentenced each of them to pay a fine of £ 5 , or be imprisoned one luonth . Extraordinary Bobbery . —A boy about 14 years of age , named Charles Boadle Singleton , was brought up before the magistrates at Whitehaven on Monday , charged with having robbed the Wliitehaven Junction Eailway Company under the

      following extraordinary circumstances : —It appeared that the company keep the money taken for tickets in a drawer iu the office , which is in charge of a clerk , who has two keys ^ to this drawer . Some time ago one of the keys was missing , and latterly the drawer has heen frequently plundered of a considerable portion of its contents—in the whole , ^ fc understand , to the extent of between £ 80 and £ 100 . The late clerk repeatedly found his cash deficient , and . conseauentlv

      Jt is said , began to falsify his accounts in order to keep flutters straight , rather than mention the circumstances to the secretary . This clerk was discharged , and another person appointed to take charge of the ticket money . On his successor taking office the deficiencies still continued in a most unaccountable manner , notwithstanding that the drawer was always locked . This circumstance left no doubt on the mind of the secretary that some one about the premises had a false i ? *^ money-drawerj co nsequently , at the instance of tho secretary , a quantity of silves ? was marked and put in «« i drawer , ' and a person appointed to watch . Accordingly , & « e officer took his station in the attic above tho ofilee , arid C'iuQftjiieti hlmsolf , ' There ? was i \ Ww \\\ the eclH » g , through .

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      ZSoh ^ ; o a ?? , view of the ( lrawer ' He commenced his rihP tf 8 ° , . the momin& and a * out 5 o ' clock LriJS I ™ ' ftUi ; inS the temP ° rai < y ^ sence of the bookan % Sl ? , the prisoner ' ° becm employed as cl , S n i \ Cam W for tlie lasfc twelve months , S > vp \ w i ® CC ai ! d open the mon 8 Hrawer with a key . flWpV i CVCr > thc nsone eainem and opened another anMcK- wllen 1 S 0 " ono came into the office , and tiro prisoner SSf wJ fl f lier back bdlind the counter to conceal iimibtir . \\ hen the prironer opened the money-drawer the cot " ^ i P ] » ri ^ ^ mto the howl wS the wropei was kept , and the left hand into the bowl where the shiiwf ? ? etooka liaildM of half-crowns , then some lockTfC ? FUtthe mon ? y V 1 his P ° cket * The P risoner then office tL T ' ' Ptf the ^ int 0 llis Pocket , and left the He I i fil - ! ? owed Wm and took him int ° custody , and it 11 1 lt ° tlie s T etai' ^ office and there searched , ~« &Z ^^^ * " * **"*"' He

      thP Sv t v- i ° FoBOBaT BY A CLERGYMAM .-On Monday , the SPf V - VaS agam bl ' 0 Ught up b ? Mr - ^ bottom the stipendiary mgwtratrate of Worcester , when he was fdlly committed , to take his trial at the next assizes for WyS SmoSr LghS aiKl lltter ^ tliebiU Of « W&r iJtSl ™ SpvAaT .--. At the Middlesex Sessions Mivabeth 39

      , Weaver , , was convicted of having stolen three mims , amounting to £ 1 2 s . 2 R , the monies of James Haver , ner master , and sentenced to seven years transportation Gapturkd Agaln ! -0 n Thursday , Captain Mepheard , was brought up before Mr . Hardwick , charged with bcin « J drunk and with assaulting a policc-constable .-Mr . Hardwick ordered him to find two sureties of £ 25 each , and himself in x > dl ) to keep the peace .

      Infanticide at Leeds . —On Monday last an adjourned inquest was held at the Court House , on view of the body of a male infant child , found on the 26 th of July amongst some t ? i es , Mi , pl 1 a P e named " tlle helical evidence was decisive . i lie ciiild had been born alive , and afterwards murdered The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against some person or persons unknown . r Garotte Robbery . —At the Marylebpne police-court , Jolm bneen and John Palmer were brought up for

      re-exammation and placed at the bar before Mr . Bincham charged with having been concerned in attacking and robbin g under the garotte" system , a man named James Wiltiam Dowse , residing at No . 3 , Paul-street , Lissongrove . The prosecutor , who had been to the Marylebone Iheatre , on the night of Wednesday , the 18 th instant went to a public-house with the prisoner and another

      ueison and at that late hour of the night . After leaving them and while proceeding quietly towards his home , tie was seized hold of by the prisoner sheen , who grasped him tightly ^ by the throat , and threw him down , while the other rifled his pockets of his purse and money , and ran off . They were , however ultimately captured , and being old offenders were committed for trial .

      Melancholy asd Fatal Accident . —On Saturday last as liichard Fleming , Esq ., was returnin g from Schiill Petty bessions m a small sailing boat , the little craft , missed stays and immediately sank , taking with her a boy who accompanied Mr . Fleming . Attempt to Escape from appleby Gaol . — On Thursday morning at the usual hour ( 6 o ' clock , ) Isaac Bird , the turnkey ot Appleby Gaol , proceeded to unlock the sleeping-cells of the prisoners . He had opened the cells of two of the prisoners , ihomas Moor , who was under sentence of 12 months imprisonment for felony , and John Thexton , who had been sentenced

      to seven years' transportation for a similar offence , when Moore piomoned him , and both prissoners required nim to give up the keys , threatening murder him if he refused to surrender them A strugle ensued , and the cry ' s of the turnkey for assistance were iortunately heard by the governor , who at once proceeded to his aid , and Moor and Thexton were secured .

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      Extensive Fire . —Shortly after three o ' clock on Thursday morning , a fire , attended with the destruction of some thousand pounds worth of property , broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . Phillipps , licensed victualler , and proprietor of the King ' s Arms Tavern and Assembly-rooms , Mile-end-road , near Bow . The fire

      commenced in the ball-room , behind the tavern , and before the owners of the property could be made aware of the disaster , the flames shot through the roof in an immense body . In a very brief period the engines were on the spot , and in lull operation ; but the flames still spread , and the Jubileeroom and the Assembly-rooms became enveloped in fire . The flames were , after the lapse of some hours , extinguished .

      Destruction op a Cotton Factory by Fire . — On Wednesday evening an alarming conflagration occurred in Preston , which resulted in the destruction of a factory belonging to Messrs . John Ellis and Son . Extensive Fire in Wiiitechapel . —Yesterday ( Friday ) morning , at a few minutes past one o ' clock , a fire broke out in the extensive premises in the occupancy of Mr . Walker , wholesale ironmonger and general furnisher , No . 34 , Whitechapel-road . The discovery was made by police constable

      No . 211 , H . division , who perceived smoke issuing through the window shutters . He sprang his rattle and immediately sent for the fire escape and engines . After the lapse of a few minutes Mr . Walker and two females , who were sleeping on the premises , ^ ero m ade sensible of the outbreak , and they forthwith made an attempt to escape by the stairs , but the moment they did so the flames shot forth in such a body as to drive them back . Having luckily gained one of the front windows they besought the spectators to procure a ladder and

      save them . Fortunately the Royal Society ' s fire-escape drove up in front of the premises , When Wood , the conductor , placed the machine against the building , and with the aid of the ladder , succeeded in rescuing three persons , viz ., Mr . Walker , his wife , and another female . These parties had barely left the house , when the flames , as if by magic , seized upon every floor in the structure , and having penetrated tho different windows , they rose bo high as to bo distinctly porqeptjblQ from every part of Loudow , Th « mvfcm towpej

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      incessantly , and before three o ' clock they succeeded in getting the command over the fearful element . The whole of Mr . Walker ' s premises and their contents are destroyed , and serious damage is done to those adjoinincr . The origin of the iire is unknown .

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      A Romax Catholic Catheuual in Stockpokt . —It is currently reported that the Roman Catholics indignant at the 2 S ? « ' ? kce 8 ° worshi P hl this boi' ^ S > <™ contemplating the erection of a magnificent cathedral . lxELic of Buk ^ The Glasgow Citizen mentions that an ii teiesting relic of Kobert Burns , the poet , is at present for sale at a bookseller ' s in that city . It is a manuscript of the poet , a tasciculus ot ten leaves , written on both sides , containing " The \ isioiV' as originally composed , "The Lass of Bullochmyle , " My Nanme O , " and others of his most popular soncs The manuscript was sent by Bums to Mrs . General Stewart , of fetair , when he expected to have to go to the West Indies Ihe huasu * EiiBA 88 Y .-The seat of the Russian embassy is about to be removed from Ashburnhani House to Gheshamplace , the lease of the former having expired .

      The New Terminus Hotel at Paddingtok .-TIic extensive building which has been erected by the Great Western Railway Company , at the place intended for their new grand terminus is situated on so elevated a spot that the ornamental towers and lolty roof can be distinctly discerned for miles round . Baden-Baden .--A letter from this far-famed resort , dated tlie 13 th , states that notwithstanding the continuance of bad weather , visitors were arriving at the rate of between 200 and 300 a day .

      MuNciuusEx REDivivus . ~ The Stamford Mercury relates that , while George Harrison was shooting deer in Blatherwycke-park , on firing at one fine buck , another , equally good , also h appened to be in a line . The bullet passed obliquely through the head of both , and two deer lay dead close together irom the efiects of one shot . Smuggling on Boakd the Royal Squadkon at Portsmouth . ~ JNo little commotion has been caused at Portsmouth and Cowes by the result of a search of the Queen ' s yachts , and other of Her Majesty ' s ships forming the late Koyal squadron to Antwerp , by the Customs' officers , whereby sinugcliiiff to a considerable extent has been detected .

      Moke Woman-Flogging . —We read in the Vienna Gazette of the 17 th instant :- " The court-martial sitting in Vienna has sentenced Maria Swobada , clothes-maker , to fifteen blows with rods and fourteen days confinement in irons for verbal and actual injury of the officers of public security , "

      Ihe ] Sew Cattle Market .-TIic anticipations of the intended new cattle market becoming intramural are already being realised . Lines of buildings are already marked out in the beautnul fields between Fortess-terrace , Kentish-town , and the Highgate Cemetery , in such a manner that , in continuation ot the new town along Maiden-lane , north of the Copenhagen-fields and the Brecknock Arms , brick walls will soon cover one of the most delightful spots near London .

      An Unwelcome Passenger .-The Radiant , Captain Parkin , arrived here on Tuesday afternoon from Moulmein , in the East Indies . About three weeks ago , while drawing near to the English land , a great snake serpent , of the most venomous kind , made his unexpected appearance in the cabin during the night watch . Those on board who were asleep were immediately roused , all more or less terrified . A light was procured , while the captain armed himself with a sharp instrument , and after following him for some time and watching his movements they at last succeeded in cutting him right through the middle and chopping off his head .

      Extension oi ? tub Electiuc Telesiupu . —The agents of the London Electric Telegraph Company have obtained leave to break the ground in the Devonport Streets , for the purpose of laying the wires of the telegraph to the Admiral ' s Office on Mount Wise , so as to complete the communication from London to that point . The Holmpirth Deluge . —At a meeting held at Huddersfield , it has been resolved to raise a fund for re-establishing the industry of the Holme Valley by rebuilding the reservoir , The French Govbrnmeitt and the Fishermen . —Shields , Aug . ^ S . —Le Corse , a large and handsome war-steamer

      belonging to the French Government , is at present in our harbour She has two tenders cruising off the coast . It appears that a number of French boats are engaged in the herring fishery , and that they are paid a premium b y the Government upon what they catch . As they fish outside our boats , the men very frequently act in concert with our men and purchase fish of them instead of engaging themselves in fishing . Hence the watch set upon them . Playfulnss or Animals . —Erdi , who has bestowed great attention on the habits of the Crustacea , says that he has seen the Cancer Moenas play with little round stones , and

      empty shells , as cats do with a cork or small ball . Dogs , particularly young ones , are carried away with the impulse , rolling over and chasing each other in circles , seizing and shaking objects as if in anger , and enticing even thehynasters to join in their games . Horses , in freedom , gallop hither and thither , snort and paw the air , advance to their grooms , stop suddenly short , and again dash off at speed . A horse belonging to one of the large brewing establishments in London , at which a great number of pigs were kept , used frequently to scatter the grains on the ground with his

      mouth , and as soon as a pig came within his reach , he would seize it without injury and plunge it into the water-trough . The hare will gambol round in circles , tumble over , and fly here and there . Brelm witnessed one which played the most singular antics with twelve other ? , coursing round them feigning death , and again springing i ; . , > , seemed to illustrate the old saying of " mad as a March hare . " The same thing occurs with rabbits , and many others of the rodentia and on warm days fish may he seen gambolling about in shoal water

      . Carp m early morning , whilst the mist still hangs on the water , wallow in the shallows , exposing their broad backs above the surface . Whales , as described by Scoresby , are extremely frolicsome , and in their play leap twenty feet out of the water . Small birds chase each other about in play , but perhaps the conduct of the crane and trumpeter { Posphia erepitans ) is the most extraordinary . The latter stands on one leg , hops about in the most eccentric manner , and throws summersets . The Americans call it the mad bird .

      on account of these singularities . Thu crane expands its wings ^ runs round m circles , leaps , and throwing stones , and pieces of wood in the W , ejuleavom to e&tbh tliom again , or pretends to avoid thorn ns if aiVaiiW / w fttwma of AnimaU , ..... . , »

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1693/page/5/