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Northern Star (1837-1852), 23rd October 1852, Edition 1 of 2, Page 6, Untitled Article

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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      m ^ mmt flaiB ^ M MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Infamous Extortion . —Richard Burnett , aged sixty-eight , was indicted for fraudulentl y obtaining by false pretences from Ann Edwards one sovereign , her money , with intent to cheat and defraud her of the same , This case was postponed from last session . —Ann Edwards ( the prosecutrix ) was called , and slated that she resided at Ho . 17 , Montpellier-road , Brompton , and that on the 20 th of June last the prisoner came to her house , and said that he wished to hire a loom to lodge in . She replied . that she had a room , but did not take in gentlemen . He replied , "Oh , you only take in women , " and demanded the rent . She told him twice as much as

      she should have asked anybody else , not liking his looks , and he then went away , saying he . should call again . On the 30 th of June he did so , and told her that he was an agent to the Society for the Protection of Females at Westminster , and that he had an indictment against her for keeping a disorderly house . She replied that she did not keep such a house as he described , and that her brother was the tenant , but that he was out of town for a few days . He replied , that that made no difference , for she was a party concerned , and that he could put her in prison for two years , turn her out of the house , and she would be exposed in all the newspapers . He

      had three papers tied up , and told her that one of them was an indictment headed b y Mr . Harness , the clergyman of the district , and she sa ^ y on it her br other ' s name , her own , and her husband ' She ( the witness ) said she would go to Mr . Harness , for he knew there was nothing wrong about the house . , He assured her that it would be of no use , for her neighbours had been before her , the parochial authorities had taken the matter up , and she would not be heard a single word , but he also added , " I am the principal agent , everything goes through my hands , and I can either stop the proceedings or let them go on . " Being aloneshe did not know

      , what to do , and offered him a sovereign if he would stop the proceedings , and said she would give him a little more in the course of the week . He replied , « That will do . " She then gave him a sovereign , which he took , and he told her that he would call in about a week again . He said , " You have young women in the house . " She-replied , she certainly had two female lodgers , but they were still and quiet young women , and interfered with nobody ; one of them went to a laundress to work , and the other worked at her needle . He , however , replied , "It all comes under the act for harbouring women in the house ; " and he then took out a written

      paper , which he said was the act of Parliament , and read it to her , in order to show that she could be punished for this . She ( witness ) hardly knew what it was about , she was so frightened , and replied she knew nothing about the law . He soon after left , and she directly gave notice to her female lodgers to quit , and they left in a day or two—as soon as they got other places to go to . One had been with her nearly three years , and the other about twelve months . There was not the slightest pretence for saying that they were improper characters . He called again on the 6 th of July , and said that he had come for what she had promised him . She told him that she

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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      I have had to pay . —The Judge ( to the plaintiflVrF—^^ then made any application for the money ? nP h . av ° you .: e Honour , on the 23 rd of last month , and received a : Y < 4 ' which the defendant stated that he did not owe me ' ^ re P lvj judge then asked Mr . Jones what he had to sav in iv / 'T ^ M ' li ment made by the plaintiff . ~ Mr . Jones commence d ! ° V * C he was proprietor of a weekly newspaper called ? 'a ayill e iW Paper , that there was a conspiracy existing to crush v * % * paper . —The Judge , interrupting'M r . Jones : What havl atl ( l Hie to do with the present proceedings' ! Mr . J ones * T , T reniil ^ your Honour the animus of these ^ parties , who are dob n lo s ! by issuing circulars and attending public meeting to V * tlle - n That man ( pointing to plaintiff ) is one of the most nnr d % « ' me . —The Judge : Do you wish to ask the plaintiff Cv ^ Mr . Jones : Yes , your Honour . Has the plaintiff W < 1 Ueslion s ? The question being answered in the affirmative , Mr . Jonm ?* 01111 ^ examined Mr . Arnott as follows : —Mr . Jones : Was ther rn ^

      acription got np at this time on my behalf in order to n , !!?' ^ acription got np at this time on my behalf in order to niv l ub Mr . Arnott : Yes , "but that was subsequent to my obuinin i ' —Mr . Jones : When you obtained the loan , was there not - ' ° il 11 ' standing that it was to be paid from the subscri ptions which " * * ' Mr . Arnott : No ! certainly not , there was nothing of ih ,. v ? ' " mated . —Mr . Jones : Did I not publish a letter in the North " ' and other journals , stopping the subscription ? Mr . Am u v '" ' —Mr . Jones here handed to Mr . Arnott a copy of the ' AW ' ¦ of July 12 th , 1851 , and asked him if that was not the letto ? a '" ' Arnott ( having looked at the paper ) : Yes , that is the l » . ' —Mr . Jones :, Did you not receive money on my belnlf r Messrs . Whitfield , Sheppard , and others ? Mr . Arnott v every fraction of which I solemnly swear I handed to Y ' Mr . Jones : Where did you obtain this loan ? Mr \ U ' ~ " At the St . Ann's Loan office . —Mr . Jones : Yon say the a was five pounds ; 1 wish to know what you did with the remain ?" Mr . Arnott ( handing to Mr . Jones the recei pt-book for the lonn '

      I handed over the balance of the five pounds in your presence t friend who was already answerable for a loan on your behalf J this you know as well as I do . —Mr . Jones : Did you circulate ' 10 , 000 handbills against me connected with the John-street meetijl ? Mr . Arnott ( addressing the Judge ) : Your Honour , I consider tf question altogether irrelevant . —The Judge : You can answer it ! Arnott to

      not , as you think proper— . Mr . ( Mr . Jones ) : Well , tlu .,, I did circulate some of the bills to which you allude . —Mr . Jones ' Who paid you for that ? Mr . Arnott : No one : I did it voluniarilv " —Mr . Jones : Will you swear that ? Mr . Arnott : Yes , —j [ ' ' Jones : Where has the money , come from to pay the expenseso ( these proceedings against me ? Mr . Arnott : Out of my own pocket . —Mr . Jones : Will you swear that ? Mr . Arnott : Yesu

      Mr . Jones : Who suggested to you the idea of commencing the present action ?• Mr . Arnott : I had seen your boast in the Penpk ' Paper that you had expended in that speculation one hundred pounds of your own money , and I concluded that , as you were able you ought to have paid me . —Mr . Jones ( to the Judge ) : Your Honour , I have no more questions to ask the plaintiff .-4 lr . AmoU then called Mr . John Milne as a witness , who proceeded to slate that on the ' 2 nd of July , 1851 , lie was waiting with Mr . Jones while Mr . Arnott went and procured the money ; that Mr . Arnott came to

      where ' they were staying , accompanied by Mr . Howard , the bootmaker , of Windmili-street , who , he understood , had become the surety for the loan ; that Mr . Arnott handed to Mr . Jones in their presence three pounds , and the balance of the loan he gave to Mr . James Grassby , who was a surety for a loan of twenty-five pounds , the weekly instalments of which Mr . Grassby was at that time paying for Mr . Jones , and also that Mr . Jones expressed his heartfelt gratitude for what had been done on his behalf . —Mr . Milne having

      given his evidence , as directed by the bailift of the court , left the witness-box , but Mr . Jones said : Stay , Mr . Milne , I wish to ask you- ' a few questions . You have been sworn on the New Testament ; I desire to know whether you are a Christian . Mr . Milne : Yes .-Mr . Jones : Have I not heard you say that you did not believe in a God ? Mr . Milne : I might have said so when I have seen the conduct of those who profess that belief . —Mr . Jones : Are you ai : Atheist ? Mr . Milne : No . — Mr . Jones : Do you believe thai

      Jesus Christ is the Son of God ? Mr . Milne : Yes , the same as you are . —Mr . Jones ( the question dictated by the Judpe ) : Do you believe in future rewards and punishments ? Mr . Milne : Yes . — Mr . Jones : Have you said that yovi would follow me wherever I went , in order to expose me ? Mr . Milne : Yes , I have . —Mr . Jones : What made you say that ? Mr . Milne : Because of your trickery , and robbing . working men!—Mr . Jones : Whom have I robbed ? had

      Mr . Milne : Me ! I signed a £ 5 bill for you , for which you never the honesty to pay . I had to get a loan from the same office as Mr . Arnott to pay it . You can make very fair promises to get the money , but when you have sot it you forget all that you have promised . —Mr . Jones : Did you not attend the meeting at the South London Hail to put me down ? Mr . Milne : I certainly attended the meeting which you have mentioned , but not for the object stated I went there to support the cause of truth , which you did not .-Mr . Jones : hoot mat

      Did you not attend the meeting at John-street to hiss and Mr . Milne : I also attended that meeting , but not to hiss and Hoot ; that is what I never do , being a practice which I altogether repudiate . —Mr . Jones ( to the Judge ) : This man s animus agains me has been caused through my breaking up a committee to wlncii n < belonged . Your Honour , this committee * consisted of meinvlio ^ n robbing and plundering working men , and because 1 broke ™™ V that is the reason they axe so spiteful against me . -Mr . Mime ^ u great energy ) : As to the committee , which you say you broKtui being robbers and must there was not a man

      plunderers , I say that committee but what was more respectable and hones ui « yourself .-Mr . Jones : How do you know that Mr . Arnott aw pay the loan from the subscriptions he received ? Mr . Mime , cause I feel confident that he did not . I have frequently , wnen has been short , lent him money to make up the amount , wau . has repaid me , and he has done the sam e by me . -Mr . Jones . < you not heard it said that Mr . Arnolt has received funds w he has not accounted ? Mr . Milne : Yes , I have ; but wiieiu challenged those who have said this to meet Mr . Arnott lace ™ uuuucu gcu muse who navu saiu nus iu mtuu * . " . sa | ei &

      ^ coward-like , they have declined to do so . —Mr . Jones n avu that he had no wish to question the witness any further , int ih asked Mr . Milne if he could state from his own knowle dge uu plaintiff had paid the amount claimed ? Mr . Milne : xe * j q Honour , I can safely say that he has , for I have been v , m ^ _ several occasions to pay the money . —This was the piamuu ^ Mr . Jones , in his defence , entered into a long tirade or en ^ levant matter , again calling the attention of the Judge io ^ spiracy to destroy him , of which he said the present a . ^ only a part . He handed to the Judge several pnnteu hj stating that they were circulars which ha vfr \ f ^ our said h enemies , with his replies thereto ; and , althoug h Jus ao evidenC could not allow him to make a speech , but if he naa -1 ^ ^ to offer he should be most happy to listen to it , j ^ f . d j , een cou to state the particulars relative to " the villains wbo w ¦ ^ nected with him on the People ' s Paper . He also sw . ^ plaintiff had a full understanding when the loan subscrip t " the weekly payments were to be made good ^ Urtnt ^ ~~ ~— : — : ~~ r ~ T ~ vtk ' however , ^ e ¦ * Meaning , we presume , the Chartist Executive ! it , »» m \ iW } known that Mr , $ Xito 9 foglfoea being re verted onR * " - ¦ Peoejubw last ,

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      Appalling Milder in the King ' s County Ireland . —The " King ' s County Chronicle" contains the followin g dreadful narrative :-- " William E . Manifold , of Annaghmore , near Frankford , m this county , was returning home from Tullamore last evening ( Tuesday ) , where he had been on business accompained by Mr

      John Dyas , of Frankford--a cowardly and fiendish assassin « ot stealthily behind the gig and discharged the contents of a pistol loaded with slugs into the bade of Mr . Manifold ' s head ; the entire charge entered and passed out at the top of his skull , causing instant death ; this took place about half-past 6 o ' clock . The scene of this

      horrible and villanous assassination is about half a mile distant from the Blue Ball police-station . Mr . Dyas , seeing the fate of his companion , jumped out of the gig and ran towards the station ; but on Ms arrival there only one man of the party was in the barracks , the others being out on patrol . So soon as the party returned

      they proceeded towards the place where the murder had been committed , and on their way thither they met tbe horse and si * Voinaslowly along the road with the body of the ill-fated gentlemanln it still seated , but leaning backwards . His murdered remains * were conveyed to the Blue Ball police barracks . He has been but two

      years married and has left a young widow and one child , thus sadly and cruelly bereaved . Conjecture have been mad * as to what possible offence he could have given to a single human being The only one we have heard assigned is that he had been lately appointed agent over a property recently purchased by Capt . Mornss , in the Encumbered Estates Court : and some of the tenants were refractory , and had refused to attorn to the

      recent purchaser . Legal proceedings at the quarter sessions had , m consequence been taken against seven of them to compel even I TTT r u 1 ! f ? dlord ; and lt vvas t 0 ilJslruct the attorney that Mr . Manifold had been to Tullamore nf W ? f *?? £ * ° I ^ ATERFORD .-Two steamers left the port of Waterfordthis week , having on board , between them , no less than 4 oO emigrants , bound either for the States or the gold regions desttS on The kUer haS n ° become lhe *•« Paired

      The Kecent Collision on the South-eastern Railway ~ torn , thereby two serious , collision Tooftface ™ a < f f ^ tar Majesty ' s subjects had been coUderabW p ' erMed h ""* ° found gmlty . The sentence of the Court was £ II ¦ e T imprisoned for six vtotemo ^^^^ V ™* " . Se" StSte ° hea " *"">* * -n ' at ^ ft '"- £ S ^ 5 £ S ^ 2 T 5 - y *» * ¦ * - lana accented by severaUf her reSs lmmetatey ^ out te B , g-Frightful Death ov a UjnrxnnAi n ™ -nr i W . Carter , coroner for East Surrey , b ^ u ^^ J ^^ ™ ™ Mr ' ss ^^ t : ^^ 5 ? S £ «? fit <* £# 4 ' AcCidental Dea ** The jury returneda verdict ^ te ^^^ \ v ^^ " \ J Taj * ] t ** jF ^ 1 §

      Imperial Parliament.

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 23, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1701/page/6/