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      Caution to ADVERTisERs—Persons advertisiW in ao t 4 papeIS f ** ** they trust their ££ & £ , £ * * ? Vincent , of Lewick , Sussex , advertised a valuable maJ \ Ji \ f " Thomas Orton , of Wapping , Shetland poS Xfc £ ? l £ ' don daily papers , and both of fee gentlemen received ofa ^ ma person giving his address near Manchester . This person affeS to be particular whom he was dealing with , wished to be Seated « \ £ gentleman would treat another , anlmade it a condition of thC that the mare and pomes should be sent down in the care of Ss when , if sound , he would remit back post bills for the amour / oH , ' purchase money . Theywere sent Ln aJ ^ tT &K ^ into his care , the price bargained for being 35 / tv a aeilvered * 15 , « fa the ponief . The mon ^ to ^ toX' £ and the parties made ap ^ cation to Mr . Richard Be « S ° dri § suf enntendent of police , Manchester , who informed them to ihe man was one of those notorious and successful swindlers ( and had beenlr years ) who keep just within the law , and never would paf On in qmry it was found that the Shetland ponies had been S immedil ately on their arrival m Manchester for 40 Z . The mare , wff ht 5 : jsssstir * ~ found in the M ° * ¦¦* £

      Murder AT Crewzerne—TMs town was thrown into the utmost consternation on Tuesday nights by the murder of a wellknown unfortunate woman named Jane Holland , by a young man bearing the ominous name of Savage . We hear that he first attacked the young woman at an inn or beer-house in a fit of jealousy and that ^ . subsequently followed her to her mother ' s bSet inflicted such injury about her head with his fists that she died almost immediately . «*« wiou The Murder at Buckland , near TAVisTOCK . -The greatest possible excitement prevails in the usually quiet village of Buckland Monochorum , near 'JWock , through the barbarous murder of the I ^ fj ^™^ ° * % ™* H £ of Saturday week last

      ^ . At a meeting of the parishioners , it was resolved to raise a subscription for the purpose of defraying the expenses attending the steps that were being taken for the discovery and apprehension of the murderer . A reward of 50 ? . has been offered by the local magistracy , and Mr . J H . GiU , one of the magistrates , has put himself into correspondence with the Secretary of btate for the Home Department with the view of mcreasmg the reward . The unfortunate woman who has been killed , lived alone in a small house , situated in the centre of the village of Milton . All traces of the murderer seem to be very obscure . We , however learn that some information has been received which will be

      strictly followed up . An Enterprising Youth . —A young man , wearing the uniform of an officer of the navy , with the cross of the Legion of Honour glittering on his breast , has for some time past been parading about the streets of Paris , making extensive purchases of goods on credit , and borrowing different sums of money from respectable persons with whom he contrived to become acquainted . For some of his purchases he paid by bills of exchange , signed with false names , his dupes accepting them with singular readiness . He was particularly fond of figuring in the nei ghbourhood of the markets , and of conversing with the market people . He inquired with much interest into the

      circumstances of every one , and kindly offered his influence with the government , which he represented to be very great , to obtain places or favours . He affected great morality , and paid his addresses , with a view to matrimony , to the daughter of a dealer in vegetables in the Marche St . Honore , and at the same tune to the daughter of a fowldealer of the Marche des Blancs-Manteaux . As he felt no doubt that he was conferring a great honour on them , he allowed the proud mothers of the young ladies to make him presents , and even to supply him with money . A few days ago he was invited to dine in a

      respectable family . Whilst waiting for the arrival of other guests , he happened to be left along in the private sitting-room of his host . In order not to waste his time , he broke open the secretary and possessed himself of a considerable sum of money which it contained . After that exploit he of course did not stay for the dinner . But the host , more affected by the loss of his cash than of his society , hastened to the police , and they immediately commenced an active search after the young gentleman . He was captured yesterday . On being taken before a commissary of police , he said his name was Viscounte Anatole

      de Vilfort , then that it was Hector de Sarrey , afterwards that it was Edgar de Seinte Hildegonde , then that it was Jollibois . But at last , seeing that the commissary was not likely to be duped , he gave his real name , confessed that he had formerly been condemned by justice , and that he was one of the chiefs of a . band of malefactors . — Galignani . Conspiracy to Defraud Emigrants . —Liverpool , Monday . — This morning Mr . Mark Marks , a bullion agent , residing in this town , and who for several years has been looked upon as a highly respectable tradesman , was brought before the police court ,

      together with an emigration agent named Henry Fairburn , charged with a conspiracy to defraud a person from Leicestershire , named Eobert Gardner , who was on his way to New York , of between 9 dl . and 100 L It appeared that the prisoners had given the prosecutor a draft on a New York banker for 1 , 025 dols ., in exchange for the sum of 305 Z ., and had succeeded in passing off the draft in consequence of the prosecutor ' s ignorance of American currency . After a lengthened investigation , Mr . Mansfield , the stipendary magistrate , said there was a clear case for a jury ; and the prisoners were fully committed to take their trials at the assizes .

      The double Murder near Stafford . —The two sons , Henry and Thomas Blackburn , continue in custody on suspician of having some knowledge of the barbarous murder of their aged parents , at Ashpitts , near Stafford . The police have obtained a chain of evidence which will go far to bring to justice the guilty parties . The Drypool Murder . —Mrs Robinson , the lodging-house keeper who received Snape and Smith in the twilig ht of the morning after the murder , has been surrendered by her bail , it being suspected she

      was about to proceed to Australia . She and her husband had given up housekeeping , had spld their furniture and packed up their apparel . She gave out that she was going out of town for three weeks , but did not state where to ; she entered a cab and drove towards Beverly , but was discovered in quite a different direction , at Hessle , [ the first station on the railway from Hull to Liverpool . There she was recaptured on Tuesday last . On Wednesday her solicitor offered before the magistrates new bail , or the deposit of 50 ? . Both were refused .

      The Murder of the Baroness de Schimmelpenninck , at the the Chateau of Lomnitz , in Prussian Silesia , was recorded a short tune ago . Her son immediately offered a reward for the discovery of the murderer , and caused two able police officers to be sent down from Berlin , They discovered an old shoe beneath thefwindow through which the murderer had entered , and a piece of unbleached linen , both of which articles they had reason to believe had belonged to a

      man named Belt , who had been employed as gardener ior a long time by the Baroness , though she had more than once been obliged to discharge him for petty thefts . He was arrested , and a large sum of money was found secreted in his chamber . He refused to say where he had obtained it , though , as he had always been in a state of great poverty , it is not likely that he could have come honestly by it . he was placed in secret confinement , and has , it is said , since confessed that it was he who committed the murder .-- (?« % /»

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      dSSL ^ S TALI ^ -A boa ^' ^ med William Abbott , was iSe tl f ma ^ trates at Manchester , on Monday , with eaus-Sm < tvt 1 an -f ?' namedWiUiamWalmSley by kicking Zt t On Tile . sday ^ ™ ek , Abbott , in a stateof intoxication , had waTrbl ??? a * lmber : y ' which Walmdey ™ the private hiS ? w m T . , ™ ^ ° ' Cold and wet from exPosure , watnhr ^ Sfc H t accused the old ^ 11 of having tried to steal his 7 hth 5 r w 7 ! ' d 0 Wnand Mcked him until he had fractured dlf ™ p m Waimsl

      Supposed Incendarism at BuLWELL . -At about one o ' clock on bunday morning last , Mr . John Oldham , of Bulwell , was aroused by an alarm that an oat straw-stack belonging to him was on fire . With tne assistance of neighbours the fire was soon extinguished , but not until damage to the amount of 41 . had been caused . A large stack of barley straw belonging to Mr . Alfred Faulconbrid ge was also about an hour afterwards discovered to be on fire . The engine from Mr Cartleage s works was sent for , but the stack was entirely consumed . Both the tires are supposed to be the work of an incendiary , and a handsome reward has been offered for the apprehension of the offenders . JNo clue has yet been obtained . —Nottingham Journal

      . Murder at Hinton Blewett . —During the last few days an in-Imman murder has been brought to li ght in the neighbourhood of ttinton Blewett , Somersetshire . It seems that on Monday , as a pack 01 harriers were drawing a field for a hare , some of the dogs ' " opened " at the mouth of a well . Thinking it possible that a hare might have tallen down there , some of the party descended ; but instead of a hare , they discovered the dead and mutilated body of a child . It was turned over to the authorities , and the constable set inquiries on foot , and traced out the murderers . A woman named Sophia Payne had been residing some time at Hinton Blewett with her three brothers ,

      and had a child a few weeks ago . The child , however , first disappeared , and immediately afterwards the mother left the place . Thomas Powell , the constable , succeeded in tracing the woman to Bristol , where , on Monday he arrived in search of her . He proceeded to the central station and stated his mission , with a request that the city police would render him assistance . He then left , and took a walk , and during his ramble met the object of his search , who was lodging at Mrs . Davis ' s , in Frogmore-street . He at once took her into custody , and conveyed her to the station , and from thence to Hinton Blewett . When she passed through Chew Magna , on her way to Hinton Blewett , the child was alive . Since that

      period one of the brothers has admitted that he had a hand in throwing the child into the well , and on making the admission he too was taken into custody . The child was about a month old ; but there is a difficulty in ascertaining whether it was dead or alive when thrown into the well by its inhuman relatives . Hinton Blewett is a small village , four miles and a half from Pensi ' ord , and contains only 400 inhabitants . The Monmouthshire Burglary . —Hereford , Tuesday . —The Government having offered £ 50 in addition to the reward offered by Mr . Window for the apprehension of the robbers , the country was

      scoured without effect , until Superintendent Payne , of the Herefordshire police , apprehended the prisoner Murphy on a charge . of passing counterfeit coin , when he found upon him a couple of pistols which have since been identified as those stolen from Mr . Window . Three other companions of the prisoner were followed , and as they entered Hereford the police seized one of them ([ O'Brien ) , who immediately drew a loaded pistol , threatening to shoot ' the officers if they did noi stand back . The policemen , Bennett and Hawkins , of the Hereford police , seized his arm , and in the scuffle the trigger was pulled and the cap exploded , but lucidly did not ignite the charge . The pistol was

      loaded with powder and ball . Higgins was subsequently apprehended at a tavern in Hereford . A second loaded pistol was found on O'Brien . The prisoner O'Brien has since made a confession . He admits his participation in the burglary , and states that for the last six or seven years he has been living by the same species of plunder . He says five others assisted him , and that the other prisoners were part of the gang . On the day after the robbery Murphey gave him ( O'Brien ) £ 6 10 s . as his share of the booty . Evidence having been taken of . the capture of the prisoners , they were remanded , and ordered to be conveyed to Pontypool ( Monmouthshire ) for . examination by the Monmouthshire

      magistrates . Cruelty by a Law Student and his . Wife . —The investigation of the charge against Mr . John Pemberton , of Birkenhead , and his wife , of various acts of cruelty to a girl named Elizabeth Malcolm , aged 18 , from the Liverpool Female Orphan Asylum , was closed on Tuesday night . Several witnesses having corroborated the girl ' s statement of having been beaten upwards of 20 times by the defendants

      with a rope , a constable ' s staff , and a poker , Mr . Harwood Banner , the secretary of the Liverpool Female Orphan Asylum , and a member of the Liverpool Town-council , was next examined , and deposed to the girl having been in the asylum for upwards of eight years . He had every opportunity of judging of her character , which he considered was during that time very satisfactory , both in point of truth and morality . The magistrates said they were unanimously of opinion that there was sufficient evidence to send the case before another tribunal ; and the defendants were committed to take their trials at the next Cheshire Sessions , at Knutsford .

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      Horrible Death of a Sailor . —On Friday morning , shortly before 12 o clock , an accident of a horrible nature occurred to a young man , about 30 years of age , named George Hudson , living at 3 , Tranter ' sbuildings , Roan-street , Greenwich . It appears that the deceased had arrived from Quebec on Monday in the Prince George , and was paid off on Wednesday . Since this time he had been freely indulging

      in drink , and on Friday morning he was in the " Grey Coat Boy " public-house , in the above street , in company with several females , when he suddenly ran out , and by some means , yet unexplained , fell beneath a brewer ' s dray , said to belong to Mr . Huggins , brewer , the wheel of which passed over his head , smashing the forehead in a most frig htful manner . As soon as the accident was observed the dray was stopped , when the unfortunate man ' s brains were found scattered about in all directions , death being of course instantaneous .

      Fatal accident . —Captain James Sargeant , Deputy-Governor of the Defence convict hulk , stationed opposite the Royal Arsenal , Woolwich , while crossing on a plank on the middle-deck of that vessel , with the intention of inspecting some meat bought on board as food for the convicts , fell down to the lower deck , broke his thigh , and sustained other injuries so severe that he died on Saturday last , the accident having taken place on the Wednesday of the same week . Captain Sargeant had served in the 13 th Lig ht Dragoons previous to his appointment to be Deputy-Governor of the Defence convict hulk . Melancholy Occurrence . —On Friday afternoon , while a gentleman , supposed to be from the north , was eating a broiled kidney , in a house in the Flesh-market Close , Edinburgh , a piece of it stuck in his throat and choked him . He was taken to the infirmary , but life was

      extinct . . [ ,,,, The Accident on the London and North Western . —Mr . Sparks , jun ., of Liverpool , the gentleman whose legs were shattered by a railway carriage at the Huyton station of the LondQn . ^ ndjJJort ^ Western Railway recently , died on Friday night rceejk . ^ ^ !^ .: l ,, l ., * ;< vUvi ' i tytul . * t « Mvs ! i '» iili » i ' . j ¦ ¦' : ' iiii { 3

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      Melancholy and Fatal Accident on the Isis . —A distressing and fatal accident occurred on the Isis , on the afternoon of Friday by which a young gentleman , just in the prime of life , met with a watery grave . From the evidence adduced at the inquest , before ( x . V . Ux , Esq ., M . A ., coroner for the University of Oxford von Saturday morning , it appeared that three undergraduate members of Jesus College Oxford , viz ., Messrs . William Llewellyn Howe , R . Kendall

      , and L . Morris , hired a boat called a " dingy , " and rowed down the Isis to Abingdon ; on their return , and just after passing bandtord , the wind began to freshen , when they resolved to hoist the sail , and while in the act of doing this Mr . Howe overbalanced himselt and tell 111 the water ; the sudden movement caused the dingy ttf sink , and his two friends had to swim for their lives . Fortunately - they succeeded in reaching the shore , and were surprised to see their ' companion ( who was considered a good swimmer ^ struwlimr in the

      stream . Mr . Kendall gallantly swam to his assistance , and succeeded in laying hold of his hand , but by some means Mr . Howe clasped him round the body , and both went down together . The former gentleman while under the water released himself from the grasp of the latter , but on coming to the surface he found hhnseif so weak that , to save himself , he swam to the shore . An alarm was immediately given , but before any assistance could be renderedthe streamwhich

      , , was very rapid , took Mr . Howe some little distance , and then the unfortunate gentleman was dashed over the lasher . His body was found in about an hour . afterwards , and conveyed to the public-house at bandtord , where the inquest was held , and in accordance with the evidence a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned . The deceased had been at college about a twelvemonth . He was ' a native of Cardiff , and has left a widowed mother childless , to lament his

      untimely end . Fall of a New Church at Sheffield , —Sunday last witnessed the destruction of an almost completed new church in this town , caused by the falling of the tower . It was in course of erection in a part of the town called Moorfields , in one of the new ecclesiastical districts constituted under the late Sir R . Peel ' s Act , and was styled St Jude ' s Church , Moorfields . When the workmen left off at the close of last week the tower was at its full height and ready for roofing the remainder of the structure being already roofed . On Sunday afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock , the tower fell in one mass , with a fearful crash , destroying the entire building , with the exception of the outer wallsthe arches

      , , the clerestory roof , &c , of the chancel , and its aisles . The fabric was hemmed in closely by buildings mostly inferior cottages . The tower falling longitudinally , rather than transversely , the effect was confined to the new structure , and the neighbouring buildings escaped destruction or damage . Some children who were playing in the vicinity were slightly injured by a few of the stones rolling against their legs , but with that exception no one was in the slightest degree hurt . It was most fortunate that the accident happened on the Sunday , as this ( Monday ) morning there would have been upwards of twenty men employed in fixing the roof of the tower , and plastering the inside of it . The total loss is estimated at present , to be about £ 800 .

      Melancholy and Fatal Accident . —Much concern has been caused in the vicinity of Ware by a most shocking and fatal accident befalling Mr . Edward Chuck , the eminent maltster of that town , and who , perhaps , was one of the largest in the kingdom . Early on Wednesday morning the deceased gentleman was riding in a gig , with a friend , to his farm , in the outskirts of the town , when the vehicle by some means came in contact with a waggon that was passing . The horse stumbledand the unfortunate

      , gentleman was thrown forward with such force as to fracture his knee most frightfully . Every medical service was rendered , and Mr . Solly , the eminent surgeon , of London , was telegraphed for , and arrived . After a consultation , it was agreed to amputate the limb , and the unfortunate sufferer having been put under the effects of chloroform , the operation was performed . He expired the same eveuing . His wealth is stated to be very considerable , ^ u

      Fatal Railway Accident . —On Sunday evening an accident , resulting in the death of two highly respectable persons , took place at the Seaforth station of the Liverpool , Crosby , and Southport Railway Mr . Edward Hamnett , of Islington , Liverpool , principal of an eminent firm in that town , was with his neice , a governess in a school at Sea ? forth , waiting for the arrival of the 8 p . m . train from that station to Liverpool . It was rather stormy at the time , and on the arrival of the train a great many passengers rushed to obtain seats . Mr . Hamnett , who-was upwards of eighty years of age , was also endeavouring to obtain a seat , and was getting into a carriage , when the train began to move off . He let go the handle of the carriage door , and with his

      neice , who had hold of his arm at the time , was dragged under the carriages , and both were instantaneousl y killed . This accident is similar to the one which occurred to Mr Sparkes , of Liverpool , about three weeks since , at the Huyton station of the London and North . Western Railway , anfl which took place a short time ago An inquest on the bodies was held on Tuesday . After hearing a great many witnesses , who deposed to the manner in which the unfortunate accident occurred , the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death , " coupled with the following presentment : — « The jury cannot separate without ifemonstrating with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company against the removal from duty on Sundaysfrom

      , roadside stations , of the porters generally employed when extra traffic generally occurs . " They also suggested to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company that in future a bell should be rung on the Liverpool , Crosby , and South port Railway previous to the starting of every train . Another Railway Accident . —On Sunday morning at about three

      0 ciock , a man was tound on the London and North Western Railway , near Huyton , about six miles from this town , with both his legs cut off . It is supposed that he was crossing the line at 10 o ' clock on Saturday night , when he was run over by the down-train from Manchester . It is reported that this case has ended fatally . We have been unable to learn the name of the unfortunate man , who , however is believed to be a valet of Lord Derby . '

      Gunpowder Explosion . —Whilst some men were employed on Thursday week in blasting the rocks at Richmond-walk , Devonport ail unexpected explosion took place , arising from the want of proper 'fe > caution , and the fire having communicated with a barrel coniMni half a cwt . of powder , that too exploded . The result was that t&m&f named respectively J . Pengelley , Edw . Willis , E . Wel 8 nf fc ^ HiM and William Veale , sustained very severe injuries ,,, their clotnOTeM literally torn off their backs . They were imiqed $ tel y conyeyea ftrthe Devon and Cornwall hospital , and it is hopeMsLt tewiiriveaiuA recover . - ^ ¦ ' [ iilu : > fsfiaf un noil . minjiid

      Death from Suffocation . ^ , / . l ^ y -IfifrMi ^ was received ^ from ^ . 9 ^ M ^ , ^^ £ ^ Inn-fields , ot a child of rfie ngne , pU ,. % r . , j Sfifl tf ftamfltafejfr siding at 10 Clemens-lane ^ f tftrnft , ta 1 ^ fe ., «| 9 l ^ ^ 7 hospital at half-pasi # rm ffcfa& m ^ mM \ mmiW mother miffM ^ M # ;*« J <» J « nfflfflWr tion fbundit ^ W entl y ^ , ^ A ^^ aW % Wa > ag face cold , , but )( the MeriMrf wa | S i ^ a ^ . warmi Tfee , ymmkw ® ° z $ m m mhw ^^ mMt ^ mm ^ H ^ % 4 ? , * u % fe opinion of the medical gentleman , the child ^ u % 6 MTPi ^? ftv 9 f

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 13, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1704/page/5/