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    • CEIMES AND OFFENCES.
    • — ¦ ¦— -—¦—p- . —.—. SUICIDES AND INOTE3TS.
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      Si w S ^ At Tr' ? a ] gar s r m-pensioners Chebe ^ C ^ „ ¦ JJJete drawn up m front oH \ elson s Monument , under the command 5 5 Cap tain Davern and Captam Evans . The officers and men had all !; ^ tr ed in many campaigns , as well as m the Peninsular and Waterloo f the men were all dressed in full regimentals , and many of the vete--, -is wore from two to three medals , and some as many as 10 bars . J J f he immense area in front of the Rational Gallery and St . Marliterall r ^ -TCl A TVafalorar-smiarp .. ™ ~~~~ : r-,, \ —

      ti fin s Church were y studded with human beings , whilst the top & of the facade of the church contained several hundred n ersons the " Processsion approached the end of Pall Mall precisely at half-« ui ^ nine o ' clock , the band of the first battalion of the Rifle brigade a and the hand of the first battalion of the Royal Marines from Chati jam- p toy ^ S tue " ^ ea ( 1 ^ arcn iu Saul . " The procession on reaching the front of Nelson ' s Column , at Traf falgar-square , halted for a considerably period , which led many to 5 scnpose that the car had broke down . *

      it 15 minutes past 10 o ' clock the crowd was much excited , owingto a gentleman being carried past Trafalgar-square , on a shutter . Upon inquiry it turned out tnat the unfortunate person had fallen off the top of ' one of the houses at Charing-cross . He was forthwith removed to Charing-cross Hospital . Owing to the great distance he fell , re-CCYCrywas impossible , and he died immediately after reaching the ho spital . it -2 Q minutes to 11 her Majesty ' s State Band approached the end 0 f the Strand , playing the «• Dead March in Saul . " On the arrival of the Speaker ' s State Carriage at Trafal gar-square , the troops saluted the carriage , thinking it contained Prince Albert Upon the arrival of the royal carriages the mistake was discovered for the first time , and the troops then paid their respects to the Prince .

      Precisely at 11 o clock the Car , on which were placed the remains 4 his Grace , approached the end of the Haymarket , the bells of St . Martin ' s Church ringing a muffled peal . Exeter Hall , Strand , was hung with black drapery , and two galleries were formed over the entrance in the Strand , on which was inscribed , in silver letters , "Non sibi sed Patriot . " The front of Burgess ' s sance warehouse , in the Strand , was hung witli black drapery , and presented tho following inscription : — " To "Wellington the Great . " Somerset House was fitted up with three galleries , and contained several hundred persons , and when the procession passed that establishment the bells of St . Mary-le-Strand and St . Clement Danes

      ranir muffled peals . That portion of the scene nearest Temple Bar was densely crowded , kit owing to the services rendered by Superintendent Mallilieu and Inspector Marks of the R . division , a space sufficient for the procession to pass along was kept . The moment after the imposing spectacle had gone uuder the gate , the crowd broke through , and it required the assistance of several mounted men to again clear the road .

      Temple Bab .. —Long before six o ' clock in the morning , numbers of persons began to assemble on the east side of Temple-bar , and from thence to St . Paul' s , along the entire line of procession . By seven o ' clock , the foot pavement on either side of Fleet-street and Ludgate-hill , within the barriers which had been erected by order of the City authorities , were completely thronged , and the best order was preserved . Before that hour , a strong body of the City police , under their various inspectors , took their stations . In a short time they

      were followed by the 19 th Regiment of Infantry , under the command of Col . Hay , and which was formed in line on either side of Fleetstreet and Ludgate-hill , about half-way down the former thoroughfare . A battalion of the Grenadier Guards , commanded by Colonel Wood , took up the remaining space in Fleet-Street to Temple-bar . By half-past six o ' clock a body of the R . division of police arrived on the west side of Temple-bar , and extended their line about 180 yards down the Strand towards St . Clements Church .

      Between 8 and 9 o clock a battalion of the Coldstream Guards passed through the bar to do duty in St . Paul ' s Church-yard and they were followed by detachments of the Boyal Life Guards and the Blues . Several of the houses in Fleet-street were hung with black cloth , and some in the Strand , adjoining Temple-bar were similarly decorated . At one house was an inscription in white letters on a black ground , " Best in peace . " On another house were the words , « Britannia mourns . " Throughout the morning the bells of St . Clement Danes and St . Dunstan ' s Churches were tolling . At-every window of each house there were individuals , and it is stated that those who had seats to let made a rich harvest .

      Temple Bar presented an extraordinary and novel appearance in consequence of the extreme decorations with which it had been arrayed , under the directions of Mr . Bunning , the City architect , with the assistante of of Mr . F . Fenton and Mr . Jackson of Rathboneplace . ^ The whole front , both on the City and Westminster sides was dressed in black velvet , arrayed with Roman cornices and freise in imitation of sUrer . There were four large Roman urns on the top , from which was emitted a constant lig ht . There was also a larger urn in the centre with twelve funeral torches , or flambeaus . A

      drapery was suspended from the top cornice . On the velvet were several monograms , with the initials " W . A . " in the centre of each adjoining which were several Roman trophies , with the shields and flags of the various nations , of which the illustrious deceased was marshal ! . There were also various orders suspended from the monograms , representations of those which had been g iven to the late Duke . In the centre ^ as adoth of gold , with the flags of various nations . TheCity arms ** rc on the City side , suspended in the centre ; on the Westminster side , were the coat of arms of the city of Westminster .

      By 9 o ' clock the last carriage that had to go to St . Pauls had passed throWhthe Bar . About II o ' clock the Rig ht Hon . the Lord Mayor , attended by his usual officers , arrived at the end of Fetter-lane in his rtate carriage , carrying the City sword . The aldermen and Recorder <* London , with a deputation consisting of 4 carriages , arnvea at the ^ TlieyTea-hed Temple Bar about eleven o ' clock amidst the most pefbuna silence , and entered the City in the greatest order . At Temple Bar the Rig ht Hon . the Lord Mayor oi London , attended by the Recorder and a Deputation from the Aldermen by the Sheriffs , and a Deputation from the Common Council , received the Procession . _ „ . „ , •>/ - < the

      Tlie ' three carriages containing the Deputation from Common CoimciliuiXS % University of Oxford . The six Carriages of the ^ nffsand Aldermen fell into the Procassion between tnc f rmges ° t the High Sheriff of the County of Southampton and that of the Companions of the Bath . , , , . , . St . PAUL ' s .-The doors of the Cathedral were besieged as early as tix o ' clock by the fortunate holders of tickets ; and by hat-past eight it was completely filled . It then presented a magnificent spectaclethe scaSf the military , the habiliments o the civffians and t ^ black drapery of the edifice having a fine effect . Trom that hour till a quarter ^ t eleven the assem bled multitude were kept m patient suspense . Then the head of the procession arrived . It took two hoars to form The funeral ceremony was proceeded with according

      ^ S ^^ S-a ^ s 17 , 000 persons engagedin it St ^ ul ' s was in itself a sp lendid and extraordinary spectacle , but xhat Part of the funeral ceremony which was performed m the Cathed ral * as singularly deficient in interest-so much so tnat one-third oi tne

      Si W S^ At Tr'?A]Gar ; S Fa R ^ M-Pensio...

      TO ^^ i T * T ^ faI 1 of the curtaiii which S ^ nT ? 1 ? * ? S acroSS the vesfc § ate - TI rotten black Cloth could not stand a good puff from the west , and came tumbling buUdiT Ut that GXCited aU ii : rev > lt lau S k toe sacred Kni ghts of the several Orders wore their Collars . Iiie Members of the House op CoMKONs . -The Members of lire Ilouse oi Commons met in the Lower House of Parliament in the New Palace , shortly before 10 o ' clock in the morning , and embarked on board five steamers , which were waiting for them in front of the nZ i fce 1 Westmiuster , and proceeded to take their seats in the Cathedral . They disembarked at Paul ' s Wharf .

      The Ri ght Honourablethe Lord Mayor , bearing the City Sword was placed between the carriages oi his Royal Highness Prince Albert and . hat of the Archbishop of Canterbury . Upon arrival at St . Paul ' s Cathedral the Marshal ' s men and Conductors divided and ranged themselver on each side at the foot of the steps without the Great West Door ; the Chelsea and Enrolled Pensioners , together with one soldier from every Regiment in Her

      Majesty s Service , the Royal Marines , and six soldiers of the East India Company ' s armies of Bengal , Madras , and Bombay ( two officers from ^ every regiment having been previously provided with seats in the Nave behind the place assigned to the soldiers ) proceeding into the nave filed off right and left ; the rest of the procession having alighted , moved forward in order to the West Door of the Church ; on entering which they proceeded up the nave .

      The procession reached St . Paul ' s in a short time after leavino-Temple Bar , as there were no obstructions to its progress . The Car * containing the mortal remains of the deceased , reached the Cathedral about twelve o ' clock . Paul ' s Wham . —According to the arrangements previously made , and probably the most judicious one , five boats belonging to the iron Steam-boat Company were engaged for the conveyance of the members of both Houses of Parliament . About ten o ' clock a boat belonging to the Admiraily , with her Majesty ' s watermen , arrived at the stairs

      with some of the gentlemen connected with that department , to signify to the steam boat authorities at the stairs that the boats were on their way , followed by a party of Thames police , under the very able management of superintendent Evans , inspector Lewis , and numerous officers , who with the assistance of the land authorities , kept the landing place clear for the arrival of the boats engaged . By this judicious precaution on the part of the river police , every difficulty in landing was prevented , and the City horse patrol with foot constables kept the remainder of the road for the purpose of facilitating the arrival of the honourable gentlemen at the Cathedral . Passing up

      Bennetts ' -hill , St . Paul ' s Churchyard , to the Cathedral , the procession proceeded to the places arranged for them—the Peers to the South-Eastern entrance , and the members of the House of Commons to the North-Eastern entrance , the military bands stationed in St . Paul ' s Churchyard playing the " Dead March in Saul . " The Tower op Loudon . —In the morning , at an early hour , the bell of the ancient church in the Tower of London was tolling , and the union jack was placed half-mast high on the flagstaff on the battlements . The gates of the garrison were closed , and the enrolled Pensioners were on duty , wite their arms reversed .

      The Return . —While the service was proceeding in the cathedral , the funeral ear was driven off in the direction Whence it came . On the conclusion of the service , at a quarter before 3 o ' clock , Prince Albert left the cathedral , aud was escorted home by a party of Guards . The rest of the assemblage then took their . departure . The streets were much crowded for a while , but the length of time that the people had been out tended soon to lessen the numbers .

      A Railway Bridge Over The Bolton And Bla...

      A railway bridge over the Bolton and Blackburn section of the Lancashire and Yorkshire fines fell about 20 . minutes to four o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon . The Belgian Press . —The nembers of the Second Bel gium Chambers assembled in their several sections on the 16 th , to consider the proposed new law on the press and on the redress to be afforded to foreign sovereigns complaining of personal attacks by word or writing . In four of the six sections the law was approved , with the exception of the clause which proposes to render Belgian subjects liable for discours , cris , ou menaces . Political Arrest . —Count Alphonse de Thieffries and his servants have been arrested at Valenciennes for distributing seditious

      writings . Died the Right Hon . the Earl of Shrewsbury , at Naples on the 9 th inst ., after a short illness . Faxi . o £ a Railway Bridge . —On Wednesday afternoon , about 20 minutes to 4 o ' clock , a bridge over the Bolton and Blackburn section of the Lancashire and Yorkshire lines of railway fell in . A manservant of Mr . H . Ashworth had just passed over with 16 head of cattle , and a luggage-train was within sight , so that a minute earlier

      or a minute later and the accidennt might have been more serious , but as it was no lives were lost . The man with the cattle had got 30 yards from the bridge , The luggage-train was approachiug from Blackburn , and was about 300 or 400 yards distant . The Oaks Railway station-house was between it and the bridge , and the clerk in charge hearing and seeing the bridge fall , put on the signal , and the train was stopped 50 or 60 yards short of the ruins on which it must otherwise have been dashed to pieces .

      Mr . Secretary Walpole ' s Electors . —The South Eastern Gazette says that in the neighbourhood of Margate but little progress is making towards furnishing the required number to the militia . Three of those who have enlisted have since been committed for trial . The Curfew . —The South Eastern Gazette states that the old curfew bell at Sandwich , which has been rung daily since the time of William the Conqueror , is to be discontinued . The French Army . —The Moniteur of Thursday announces that the Army , which on the 1 st of January amounted to 400 , 594 men is to be reduced , on the 1 st of December next , to 370 , 177 men , comprising the armies of Africa and Rome . Likely ?

      Sli p on the Great Northern Railway . —On Wednesday , considerable alarm was felt at the Great Northern Railway , between Grantham and London , in consequence of the early trains arriving some two hours after the usual time . This delay was occasioned by the giving way of an embankment , rendering the line impassable in the immediate locality of Grantham . Several slips have already occurred at this place ; the present one was occasioned , by the late heavy rains , which , although the water did not reach the line so as to impede the traffic , entirely inundated many portions of the surrounding country . " Fortunately , through the timely working of the telegraph , no serious accident occurred . The passengers , on arriving at the point where the line becsme ruptured , were obliged to be conveyed a considerable distance in omnibuses .

      A Valued Office . —The office of executioner for the " free city " of Hamburgh having become vacant on the 1 st of November , the Senate advertised for a person to fill it ; on the 11 th the authorities had received no less than 604 applications from candidates for the post , though the competition was limited to " citizens" only . It should be stated , however , in extenuation , that in the German cities the executioner has also the monopoly of that kind of business known in London as the " knackers , " in German , the schinderch ; it is not a pleasant one , but " profits do accrue , " and executions are excessively rare .

      Baron Hothschth ) , M . P . —On November 4 th , Baron Lionel de Rothschild attended in his place and voted for . the Speaker ; It is rumoured that the Baron intends , when an occasion offers , to speak arid vols , braving the penalties for . so Mng ^ JcwWt Chronicle ,

      Ceimes And Offences.

      CEIMES AND OFFENCES .

      Eptensive Robbery Of Bank Notes At Liver...

      Eptensive Robbery of Bank Notes at Liverpool . —Oh Saturday , about one o ' clock , a serious robbery was effected at the Liverpool branch of the Bank of England . £ young man from the firm of Messrs . Brown , Shipley , and Co ., agents for the United-Statais Transatlantic Steam Company , proceeded to the bank with bank notes to the amount of £ 3 , 000 . This sum was composed of five £ 500 and five £ 100 notes . On arriving at the bank the youth inconsiderately placed the roll of notes on the counter , covering them with his left arm . At that moment a gentleman tapped him on the shoulder , and civilly asked him where he should be able to get change for a £ 5 note . Thrown off his guard , he raised his arm , and , pointing to a particular counter , said " there . " During this brief period the notes disappeared from the counter . The simpleton immediately perceived his loss , and , in considerable alarm , he told the agreeable looking person at his side that some one had stolen his notes . " Indeed , " was the reply , " then it was the man I saw go out just now . Here , come to the door , and I will show you which way he went . " He accompanied his " friend " into the street . " See , that ' s the man : he ' s just turned down Cokestreet . " The youth pursued the imaginary thief down Coke-street , while the real rascal walked briskly away in an opposite direction .

      Incendiary Fire in East Kent , —On Friday night a most der structive fire broke out on the premises of Mr . George Kelcey , Woollage Farm , Womenswould , about two miles from Barham . The farm is the property of Mr . J . P . Plumtree , of ' Fredville , the late representative for the county , and consists of 400 acres , mostly arable . Two wheat stacks , two oat stacks , and one each of barley , sanfoin , clover hay , and peas , were entirely consumed , with two large barns , stables ,

      and outhouses , as well as the farming implements and grain on . the premises . The dwelling-house and two barns were fortunately saved but , had not the wind been favourable , nothing could have prevented their destruction . There can be no doubt but that the fire was caused by some vile incendiary , as when first noticed the flames were pro- , ceeding from the furthest stack in the yard , the position of which and the direction of the wind , rendered the sacrifice of the entire number

      next to a positive certainty . No reasons can be assigned for the proceeding . The amount of property destroyed is not known , but it is considered that the loss will not amount to much less than 2 , 0 OO £ The farming stock was insured in the Sun , and the premises in the Kent-office . An investigation into the origin of the fire was opened on Saturday , but nothing satisfactory has as yet been elicitad . A reward of 100 Z . is offered by Mr . Plumtree for the apprehension of the person or persons concerned . The fire has created a sensation among the farmers of the neighbourhood , especially those who have many stacks about their premises , as it is evident the incendiary spirit is on the increase , at least in Kent .

      The Pope ' s Soldiers . —A horrible affair took place some time ago near Spoleto . A farmer was returning from a fair where he had sold some produce , and opened his purse at an osteria , where he stopped to refresh himself with three gendarmes . He then set out again with his cart , but soon fell in with a poor man on the road-side , shivering in a violent fit of ague . The farmer put him into the cart and covered him with his cloak and other cloths . Presently he was overtaken by the gendarmes , who had seen his gold and resolved to rob him . The poor farmer , horror-struck at such treachery , gave up his property , and was then murdered by the wretches in uniform , who put his head under

      the wheel , as if he had been accidentally crushed . The gendarmes then returned back , and the horse and cart continued towards Rome , and soon met a detachment of Roman dragoons going to Bologna , to whom the man under the cloak , who had been an affrighted spectator of the murder , related the whole scene . The dragoons galloped after the gendarmes , captured them , and took them on to Bologna ; where the Austrians , in garrison in that town , made an immediate example by shooting them . It is given out by the government that these gendarmes were brigands in disguise ; but it is well known that the police corps has lately been augmented by all sorts of characters .

      Daring Garotte Robbery . —On Friday night , about 20 minutes to , 11 o ' clock , a young man , by trade a watchmaker , was invei gled into a close in jail-square , which he had no sooner entered than he was seized upon by two men who grasped his throat , threw him to the ground , and then robbed him of a gold watch , his hat , and 5 s . in silver money . The person assaulted was held by the throat until quite insensible , and blood issued from his mouth . —North British Mail . Daring Escape of a Convict . —On Saturday information was received that John Barrow , a convict under sentence of ten years ' transportation , in Dartmoor prison , had succeeded in breaking out of his cell , aud effecting an entry into the room of Mr . C . Male , one of the warders of the prieon , where he attired himself in a full suit of

      that officer ' s wearing apparel , taking in addition a number of valuables belonging to him . The fellow then coolly walked out of the prison , the gatekeepers , conceiving it was Mr . Male , giving him ready egress , and he got clear off with his booty .

      — ¦ ¦— -—¦—P- . —.—. Suicides And Inote3ts.

      — ¦ ¦— - —¦—p- . — . — . SUICIDES AND INOTE 3 TS .

      Singular And Fatal Gun Accident.—On Tues...

      Singular and Fatal Gun Accident . —On Tuesday week last an i inquest was held by Mr , Thomas Badger , at the Elephant Inn Tingle- - bridge , near Wombwell , on the body of John White , aged 30 , landlord l of the above inn . About four o ' clock in the afternoon of Sunday the " e deceased asked John Hall , of Elsecar , inkeeper , and William Cooper , ' , bookkeeper to Earl Fitzwilliam , to accompany him to Wombwell-wood . I . White had a double-barrelled'gun loaded and capped . Hedetatchedd the stock , and put the barrels into his left-hand pocket , and gave the . e

      stock to Cooper , who put it into his pocket . They left Tingle-brido-ere about half-past four o ' clock , and proceeded to Wombwell-wood . Asis they were passing along the highway which runs through Wombwell-1-wood and leads to Barnsley , White was walking on the left side ofof Cooper , with Hall on the right side of the latter , when the gurun . accidentally went off , and White immediately cried out" Oh ! I ' m shot ; t ; run for a doctor . " Hall took the barrels out of his pocket , but befo ' rere a surgeon could be got White had bled to death . The jury , afterter hearing the details of the unfortunate calamity , at once returned al ai verdict of " Accidental death . "

      Horrible Death . —On Saturday afternoon last an inquest waaras held at the Greyhound , Spurriergate , York , to decide as to the caus ( us « of death of Thomas Stephenson . The deceased was 43 years of age , 8 , e married man with four children , and was in the service of Mr Isaaaa « Taylor , wholesale druggist of Church-lane , Spurriergate . Ou Saturur day morning the deceased and two of his fellow-workmen , nametneii Palfreeman and Pashley , were employed at a steam-engine which wawa . crushing oil cake , the deceased acting as the driver of the engineine While engaged in greasing the shaft during the time the machine wawai

      in motion the deceased was caught by the right arm by one of tli tin wheels , and instantly dragged over the shaft and drawn among tb ; thi machinery . Palfreeman got hold of the deceased ' s legs , and Pashlehle stopped the engine immediately . They endeavoured to extricate tl tl deceased , but his body was so firmly wedged among the wheels of tlf tli engine that some millwrightt had to be sent fbr , and about an hoihon elapsed before the mutilated remains of the unfortunate man could lid I taken out . When released , the body of . the . deceased was crushed £ d pieces , and both the arms were cut off A Of course , life was quite e ; e « : tinct > The jury returned a verdict ef ^ Accidentally killed . "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20111852/page/5/