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- April 21,1849. THE N0RTHERN STAR • §
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LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES. XL. " Wo...
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- April 21,1849. The N0rthern Star • §
- April 21 , 1849 . THE N 0 RTHERN STAR §
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LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . XL . " Words are things , and a smaU drop of ink railing—like dew—upon a thought , products That Which makes thousands , perhaps minions , think . " BiBo-v . A GLANCE ATHOME AFFAIRS .
F 0 BE 1 GN POSTSCRIPT . Brother Proletarians , The "writer of the " Parliamentary lleview ^ 'inihisjournal , gave you , on Saturday last , an account of the " Nine Weeks' "Work " of the " noble , " " honourable , " and "right honourable" legislators , who assembled in the "Westminstertalk-and-tax-trap , for the "despatch of business , " on the 1 st of February last . After reading the reviewer's account of their high . mightinesses' proceedings , it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that Parliamentary "despatch of business" closely approximates , in its results , to the shearing of a hog" Great cry and little wool . "
Wall , after more tha » a week ' s holiday our hard-working legislators re-assembled on Monday last , tut still so jaded were they , so little refreshed by then * eleven days ' relaxation , that during Mr . Scott ' s speech in support of his motion for a select committee to ( inquirc into the political and financial relations between Great Britain and her dependencies , scarcely forty Members could be kept together to constitute " a House . " It is true that when the moment for a division came , the number of Members present suddenly increased to one hundred and fifteen . The cause of so considerable an influx of industrious
legislators -will be understood when I add , that Mr . Scott's motion was negatived hy 81 to 3 ± ! Tuesday evening brought a Still more " beggarly account of empt y hoses . " A discussion of questions in connexion withttoe subject of the sale of landed property in Ireland , was suddenly brought to a close by " an Honourable Gentleman " suggesting that the House be counted , which being done , it was found that only thirty-ono Members were present ; thereupon " theHonse" adjourned . The " no-Honse" dodge was workedfor thepurposeof preventingMr . GEORGETHOMPSOKbring mz on his motion on the War in the Punjaub .
At the commencement of the sitting , both Hobhouse and Goulburx entreated the Member for the Tower Hamlets to postpone his motion , which that gentleman refused to do . The burking process was then had recourse to . The " Honourable Members " slunk away , and before Mr . Thompson could bring on his motion , the House was " counted out" and adjourned . Why do not their high-mightinesses adjourn once and for ever ? Why do they meet at all ?
What good do they do ? Wh y should they assemble for no other purpose , that I can see , than to rob the people by " votingthe supplies , '' and render " night hideous" by their eternal mouthings ? Would to Heaven thcy would shut up shop and leave us to the rule of unveiled despotism J But they are too cunning for that . Oppression and plunder are never so safely carried on as when masked with the hypocritical forms of "Constitutionalism . "
It is acknowledged by all parties that the only novel production of the " Nine Weeks ' Work" of our legislatorshas been the speeches of Sir Robert Peel on " the Irish difficulty . " Mark you , speeches only ! Not a motion " for leave to bring in a bill , " or for the appointment of a commission to carry out his professed views ; not a hearty , and , therefore , honest attempt to efface the miseries of the Irish people by immediate legislative action , but mere speeches—that is , a bid for power I But " Peel has renounced the very idea of resuming office . " Fudge ! " Well , then , " says another admirer of the " great statesman / ' " Peel is too sound a politician to risk
a defeat hy proposing his Irish regeneration scheme under present circumstances , and , therefore , * bides his time , ' until , as Prime Minister once more , he fiuds himself in command of a working and obedient majority in the House of Commons . " But is- this the course a lover of Justice , and true friend to humanit y would pursue ? No . An honest legislator , seeing the misery of a nation , aud believing himself possessed of a remedy for that misery , would at once propose his scheme in legislative form ; and if he failed on the first attempt , -would propose his plan again , and—if need be—again and again , until finally successful .
Peel has been a " statesman longer than I have lived years , and what has his statesmanship done for you ? When were you benefitted by liis measuses ? What advantage have you derived Iroin his free-trade schemes ? "Will he even now admit Labour to at least a share of representation in the Legislature ? Sot he , indeed . With all his pbusibuitics he is but a great stat--juggler ; a trickster who prevents real progress by his "• ' timely concessions , and ihimblerig measures of "judicious reform . "
But it may be urged , that " it is unfair to judge of Peel ' s Irish lleform Scheme by the antecedents of its author ; it should be judged on it own merits . " Be it so . Tiie ex-Premier sTygests the appointment of a commission to—1 st . —take possession " on equitable terms "—of the lands at present uncultivated bv the insolvent landlords ; the said lands , divided into estates of 1 , 000 , 1 , 500 , and 2 , 000 acres each , with a clear parliamentary title , to be disposed of to private capitalists , public companies , &« V , possessing the means of cultivating the soil and ' giving employment to the peasantry ; 2 nd . To free the Laud JFrom its burden of redundant labour , by ' -a properly-organised scheme of emigration ; 3 rd : To
administer the grants for the encouragement of the fisheries , < fcc , and to employ labour in road-makimr and other public works ; 4 th . To better organise the poor-law management and re-establish the workhouse test of destitution . As regards legal forms the Commission to have the power to set aside and dispense with the legal swindling which at present accompanies every transfer of Land . I admit that , contrasted with the miserable measures of the Whigs—the " sixpenny Rate in Aid , " the £ 50 , 000 grant , and the continuation of the Habeas Corpus Suspension , Peel's scheme tools vast and comprehensive . But a slight examination will suffice to show that the scheme is wondrouslv
insignificant , compared with the noise made about it . Some parts of the scheme even demand condemnation - , such as'the "Oiojected OTgnnkntion of emigration , aud re-estabhshnient of the workhouse test . The suggested clipping of the claws of those foul birds of prey , the Lawyers , is very well in its way .. But the grand part of the scheme—the colonising , or , rather , I should say , the re-landlordising of the West of Ireland , is open to the most serious objections . Landlords , -under all circumstances , must be a curse to the community . It may be that ihe present set of Irish landlords is the worst possible on the face of this earth , and that Sir Robert Peel ' s landlords would be the best
possible set , —say as good as our English landlords ! Will any man pretend to show that such chopping and changing will banish misery from Ireland ? I grant that to supersede the " existing bankrupt , broken-down lords of the soil , by a set of vigorous , full-blooded capitalists , win , in all probabilitv , be a means of restoring a large breadth of land to cultivation , and giving at least temporary employment to a large number of the pauperised population . Good , as a measure of relief ; and anything that affords relief to the suffering should he taken for what it is worth ; no more . But such a scheme of " reform" does not call for any extravagant demonstrations of joy . It will not cure the ills of Ireland . It will , at best , bring about such a happy state of things as exists in " Merry England . " Labourers of Dorsetshire and Wiltshire , you can « testify to the 5 oi uie aominiun oi
' . "V 7 *"« miugunaer weaiuiy , independent landlords ! I can understand why Peel ' s scheme should be regarded with favour by English capitalists . "Let us have Free Trade " in Land , " says Mr . Bright ;—" let the traffic in land be as free as traffic in cotton . " I dare say the hon . member for Manchester speaks feeling ly . Capitaliststroubled ^ Uh a p lethora of wealth , would be only too glad * o dispose of their superfluous cash by purchasing and iu the " cheapest market . " Imagine , too , the ? t « p in advance for our millocrats—factory kings in England , and landlords in Ireland ; their feet planted on the necks of the wealth-producers of both countries . A " consummation devoutly to be wished "—by Jons Bright and his order ! There is a certain " philosopher" named Car-1 TLE , who has acquired a reputation by writing some & mart things , and many stupid things , but
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which stupid things his admirers imagine must mean something very profound , seeing that they are expressed in a mystery-mongering jargon utterly opposed to " plain English . * This queer genius is " a great "hero-worshipper . " William the Conqueror , " or , as he pedantically calls him , . " Wilhelmus Conqucstors , " CROMWFXL , DaXTON , and such characters , are the gods of his idolatry ! 1 have for some time past expected to see him coming out with a panegyric on Wixdisciigbatz , jELLAcmcii , and Rabetzsry ! But no , he appears to have taken a peaceable turn , and , behold , has
exalted Peel for us poor mortals to fall down and worship . [ That will not I . There is no greater " sham" on the face of this earth than plausible Peel . ] Last Saturday ' s Spectator contains two weary columns of Carltle ' s choicest bedlambalderdash in laudation of Peel ' s " beneficent " " prophecy ; " and the Editor "bangs Bannagher " by adding;— "England and Ireland , Ulster and Munstcr , O'Connell and Cromwell , the House of Commons and the Hero-worshipper , are in conjunction in the House of Peel . ' Is it an omen ? Does the member for Tamworth act under a spell ?"
I could have understood and joined in these raptures had the ex-Premier proposed—for instanceto commence a series of veritable reforms , hy taking possession of the misused and uncultivated estates as national properiu ; and instead cf disposing of them in 1 , 000 , 1 , 500 ; and 2 , 000 acres , to speculators and money-gorgers , to have let them in lots of 5 , 10 , 15 , and 20 acres , on long leases , at a corn rent , the rent payable into the national treasury . He might have suggested , in addition , the letting of large tracts of land to co-operative associations , similar to the Chartist Land Company . " But the capital for these small farmers ? " Surely our " strong government , " with the sanction of our '' omnipotent Parliament , " could raise a loan , the interest on
which , and finally the principal , would be provided for from the rents paid into the national treasury . Such a scheme—which I have merely indicatedwould free the Irish tillers of the soil from the exactions of the land-robbers for ever ; would raise miserable paupers to the rank of independent yeomen ; change a wilderness of woe into a paradise of felicity ; and give to the legislator who should effect such a reform ( as the commencement , be it understood , of other regenerating measures ) , ' an unquestionable title to the eternal gratitude of the Irish people . But Sir Robert Peel is no such legislator . Such a course would be denounced by the plunderers of Labour as " a violation of the rights of property . " Mark Peel ' s words ;— "Iwish for no violation of
the rights of property . Nothing can be more easy than to suggest remedies , if we choose to disregard the rights of property , which it is the first duty of a British Legislature to uphold . " How comes that to pass ? Because the British Legislature represents Capital in hostility to Labour ; capital in Land , produce , manufactures , shipping , railroads , houses , money , Ac , « fec . Peel confesses that" if we choose to disregard the rights of property" remedies maybe easily suggested . And why not disregard those " rights , " if necessary to protect the more sacred right of life , menaced by " famine , disease , and death , by starvation V Why not ? Because , says Peel , it is the first duty of the British Legislature to uphold the rights of " property . The first : duty—a ,
more imperative duty than to " uphold" the Labourer ' s right to live ! We knew this before the oracle spoke , but it is as well to take notice of the importantfactthatourgreatregoneratorwillsanction no reform which will interfere with the " rights of property" as at present acknowledged . I tell you that the " rights of property , " as at present recognised , are the right cfroblery . The " rights of property" must be re-cast , and made to include the Rights of Labour . The " statesman" who opposes or shrinks from such a reform , may be a clever cobbler of worn-out constitutions , and a political tinker of the highest order , but he is not tue max to regenerate society , and lay the foundation of a people ' s greatness .
But , brother-proletarians , you might as well expect grapes from thorns , or figs from thistles , as that men who live in palaces and enjoy princely revenues drawn from your toil , should feel any real anxiety for your welfare , or exhibit anything like ardour in the work of social reformation . " Put not your trust in princes" said one of old—one of the tribe who knew his class well ; and I say , put not your trust in rich men , for it is impossible for them to do you justice . If ever your political and social emancipation is effected it must bo by yourselves , through the instrumentality of men of your own class . From the hut , the cellar , and the garret must come the saviours of your order . It is " easier for a camel to pass through the eye
of a needle" than for legislators of the Peel class to legislate for your welfare , or make laws in accordance with the dictates of simple justice . The lialf-confcssions of the Free Trade leaders at the Wakefield banquet , and the Leeds meeting , of their despair of achieving " financial reform , ' so long as the House of Commons is unreformed , is an important admission for us . When agitating for Corn Law Bepeal , Cobdejt , Brioiit , and Hume did not so readily abandon the hope of victory because once defeated . Then- cry raised upon every defeat was "Hurrah for total and immediate repeal . ' " Xot so , now . They have suffered but one defeat , and already they arc beginning to acknowledge their hopelessness of victory without a previous " extension of the Suffrage . " But how far will they extend ? There ' s the rub ! Some
weeks ago I was speaking to a person fully informed of the views , hopes , and intentions of the Financial Reformers , when he assured me that nearly all the men of influence in that party were secretly in favour of Universal Suffrage , but could not go so far at present . I asked , "How far will your friends go ? " The answer was , " That depends on circumstances . If financial reform cannot be obtained from the present House of Commons , then the party will go for a large extension of the Suffrage . " " How large ? " I again asked . The reply ivas , ' * That depends upon the opposition . If violently opposed , a demand will be made for such an extension of the Suffrage as will leave you Chartists nothing to ask for . " My rejoinder was , " Then God
send you may be bitterly and violently opposed , if that will drive you into doing justice to my order . " I say so now : and I call upon you , brother proletarians , to shake off your apathy , and prepare to take a becoming part in the struggle which cannot be much longer delayed . Remember that your only ark of political salvation is THE CHARTER , I have not space for comment on the trial and acquittal of Drovxt , tho Tooting child-farmer ; his acquittal will not much surprise you . And I dare say you will be as little astonished at the conduct of the judge as at the verdict of the jury . I will not trust myself with the free expression of my own feelings , but , will quote what the Morning Chronicle ( no very warm friend of the poor ) says . — " The conduct of Mr . Baron Platt was , as it has been too
often—at Exeter , at Abingdon , and m the Central Criminal Court—most discreditable to the judicial bench , throughout the trial his object appears to have been to browbeat the counsel for the prosecution , and to insult and embarrass their witnesses . " This just judge (!) told the jury there was no case , and that the prisoner was entitled to an acquittal . Xo sooner said than done . The jury , witli as little hesitation as they would have felt at findings Clisa list guilty of " sedition , " immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty ! More than this—the verdict was hailed by the audience with cheers and clapping of hands , and Mister Dkouet left the court receiving the congratulations of his friends and admirers ! T ! Xo case ! Xot Guilty ! and shouts of applause ! Of
course"Laws grind the poor and rich men rule the laws !" And what care judges and jurors , commissioners and guardians , for your lives ' , or the lives of VOW children ? Those who applauded the acquittal of Drouet , doubtless looked upon the death of so many surp lus brats as something to be rejoiced Over . Of eOUl'SO thoy will Subscribe for a " Dkouet Testimonial . " But " the dead as well as the living demand their homage . That much-iujured saint and holy martyr , Mother Bbowxbigg , who was hanged for merel y starving and flogging her i \ ppi'Cu « tice girls to death , deserves a memorial of Malthusian gratitude . Doubtless Mr . Baron Platt will come down handsomely both for the " Drouet testimonial" and the " Browxrigg monument !"
Poor , down-trodden , spiritless people : when do vou mean to bring this horrible syst cm to an end ? " The liberation of Mr . Dcfft , the proprietor and editor of the once famous Nation , is a matter to rejoice over . On his fourth trial , the jury again disaoreed , and failed to return a verdict . Seven of the twelve were in favotir of a verdict of Not Guilty . Mr . Dcffv has been discharged on bail . It is ' not likely that any further attempt will be made upon his liberty—at least , for past" offences . " If Mr . Duffy is the earnest man I suppose him to be ( I say this with but small admiration for Mr . D . ' s politics ) , he must be a very unhappy man , when he contrasts the realities of the present with the dreams of the past . Twelve months ago , Mr . Ditft went to prison , believing that his countrymen were about to engage in a death-struggle for the restoration of their nationality and freedom . The hour struck
, but the men were wanting . On emerging from prison , Mr . Dcffv finds his countrymen-if the newspapers are to be credited-uttcriy ^ differentto "Repeal" and "Independence , " looking toPEEL ? f their saviour , and payimrdown their cash maid ? f " His Holiness" the Pope . This "Papal Rate-m-Aid" ia a di to ^ land . Some weeks ago , I saw it reported that one t / unisand pounds nau been collected in the diocese of a Bishop , appropriately named CautweU 1 It is now stated that the "Papal Rate-: n-Aid" will amount to from 425 , 000 to £ 30 , 000 . Oh ! miserable , priest-led people of Ireland , you have not the virtue to even attempt your own redemption , yet you will basely assist tyrants to enslave those who have broken their chains 3 # Is it not enough that Emmett ' s tomb still remains uuinscribed , that Mitchel languishes in a felon ' s exile , and that your
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best and bravest are in prisons or in banishment ; nrt i , adatlon not sufficient , but that you must auu tne shame of wringing from your rags and misery the means to restore Tyrannv in a land winch is at this moment free ? By Heavens , you atb ° , yourscIvcs ue . vond ^ C pale of human sym-. „ . , Oh . ' Erin , how low Wert thou sunk , by misfortune and tyrannv , till lliy succour of tyrants hath plunged thee below ttie depth of thy deep , in a deeper gulf still .
I can but direct your attention to the important—though generall y melancholy intelligence from the continent , in this number of the Star . I must defer comment till next week . You will see that after a courageous defence Genoa has succumbed to the arms of the treacherous government of Piedmpnt ; that the counter-revolution is victorious in Florence—at least , so says the French telegraph—and that the Roman Republic is menaced with instant destruction by the arms of Republican ' France ! The intervention to restore tho Pors will render Franco the most infamous and hated nation in Europe , unless the French people put down and signally punish their present villanous rulers . I commend to your special attention
the account of the progress of the war in Sicily . Read , mark , learn , and inwardly digest , the hellish atrocities perpetrated by King Febw . vaxd ' s butchers . Read and remember that " statesmen " in the British Parliament hare dared to applaud the Neapolitan miscreant , and that nearly all the daily journals published in this metropolis have abetted that monster , and excited him to wade through those torrents of blood which , by the hands of his infernal instruments , ho is now shedding in his attempt to ve-cstablish his accursed dominion over Sicily . There ; is one—and only one—gleam of sunshine
piercing through the dark cloud which " at present envelopes , the continent like a funeral pall ; I allude to the glorious victories of the Hungarians . According to the latest accounts , the Magyars having gained a bloody victory over Windisciigratz and Jhllacihcii at Waitzen , had , under their glorious General Bem , re-taken their capital and entered Pesth in triumph . But the straggle is not ended ; the Muscovite tyrant is sendin g entire armies into Hungary , numbering some 30 , 000 each . Brother proletarians let your hearts' aspirations be poured forth for the final victory of the bravo Hungarians , who have sworn to live free or die ! I / AMI DTJ PEUPLE . April 19 , 1849 .
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PUBLIC MEETINGS . CONDUCT OF MR . D'EYNCOURT , M . P ., ON MR . COBDEN'S MOTION . A meeting of the Lambeth Electoral Association took place on Tuesday evening , at the Horns Tavern , Kennington Common , " To take into consideration the reasons assigned by the Right Hon . C . T . D'Eyncourt , for the absence of his name from the division list upon Mr . Cobden's motion for Financial Reform , and upon the general business of the association . " There was rather a numerous attendance .
Mr . Charles Joses was unanimously called on to preside . Mr . P . Douxto . v , after referring to the previous meeting on this subject , and reading the letter of Mr . D'Eyncourt , explanatory of the course he had pursued , said the committee had no other course than to call this meeting . Since doing so , they had received another letter Trom Mr . D'Eyncourt . After reading this letter , Mr . Doulton moved the following resolution : — " That the reasons assigned by the Right Hon . 0 . T . D'Eyncourt , in his letter of the 19 th of March , for the absence of his name from the division list , upon the important question of Financial Reform brought forward by Mr . Cobden , on the 26 th February , are deemed by this meeting roost unsatisfactory . " Mr . Leggixs seconded the resolution .
The Rev . S . Grt . en moved , and Mr . F . Hardy seconded , an amendment , respectfully requesting Mr . D'Eyncourt to sustain by his votes the largest measures of retrenchment consistent with the maintenance of national credit . Several gentlemen having spoken for and against the motion , the amendment was put and negatived by a large ma ] ority , and the original motion was carried amidst loud cheering . Mr . Avpimiosmoved : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , no member of the House of Commons deserves the confidence of the people who fails to record his vote in favour of such a measure as that brought forward by Mr . Cobden ; and that Mr . D'Eyncowt has , by his conduct on that occasion , forfeited his claim to the support of the electors of this borough . " Mr . Barber seconded the motion . Agreed to . Thanks were then voted to the chairman , and the meeting separated a little before eleven o ' clock .
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The Navigation Laws . —A meeting was held at Hull on Monday to consider the propriety of petitioning the House of Lords to reject the ministerial measure for the repeal of the navigation laws . The meeting was called by the mayor , who presided . — Mr . S . T . Ilassell , merchant , moved the first resolution , which affirmed that the bill now before parliament would materially damage tho interests of shipowners and others connected with British shipping . Mi-. Hassell would ultimately consent to some alteration in the navigation laws , but he contended that it should be preceded by remedial measures for the purpose of removing the peculiar burthens under which the shipowners laboured . lie
had no doubt that the country would have free trade , for a time ; but there ought to be no free trade , unless accompanied by a reduction of taxation and expenditure . —Mr . T . Ward , shipowner , seconded the motion . —Mr . W . II . Holdswovth moved an amendment , asserting the soundness of the principle of free trade , and the justice and wisdom of its application to the shipping interest . He exposed the fallacies advanced in support of protection , and told the shipowners that their opposition would be as futile as that of the landlords was on the question of tho com laws . —Mr . Alderman Jones seconded the amendment . — Mr . J . Foster ( Belgian consul , and vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce ) , supported the amendment . His objection to the ministerial measure
was that it did not go far enough . It declared that the British shipowner might build his ships where he liked ; but he ( Mr . Foster ) would not be content until the shipowner could build where he liked , man where he liked , and provision where he liked . It was absurd to attempt to protect the interests of a small class at the cost of the whole people . —Mr . Richardson remarked upon the small number of Shipowners present , as a proof of their indifference to the question . —Mr . French , shipowner , said he was a thorough-going ^ free-trader , but he thought that free trade should be preceded by retrenchment and financial reform . —After several other speeches on both sides of the question , the amendment was put to the meeting and rejected . The original motion was then carried , and a petition to parliament resolved upon .
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SILK KNOTTED BRANCH . Here follows a specimen , of Liberal ' s liberalism . When , we wonder , will the eyes of those who live by then- labour be opened to the doings of those who live upon the proceeds of unprotected labour ? Mr . Sweet , of Nottingham , the agent for the " Northern Star , " has Mr . O' GOXNOII' Sinsti'uctionstopay ten shillings in aid of the Branch -whose sufferings are so graphically depicted in the following narrative , and wo sincerely trust that this example will be followed by a long list of subscriptions in next week ' s " Star , " as the industrious classes may rely upon it , that support and defence of their own order will go farthest in checking the tyranny of their oppressors ; but we regret to say , that the infernal system under which we live so vitiates the mind of man that few feel
for the woes aud sufferings of their fellows , while if one hundredth part of the amount that is spent in brutal anddebasingdissipation were applied to the cause of labour , the regeneration of man would be speedily effected . It is only from the disunion of the many that the supremacy and t y ranny o £ the few ia established ; and why is it that that hideous monster , disunion based upon jealousy , does not vanish ? Simply because the labouring classes are the greatest oppressors of their own order . Again we appeal on behalf of those struggling sufferers . TO THE FRAMEWORK - KNITTERS OF ALL BRANCHES , AND THE PUBLIC IN
GENERAL . Friends and Feuow Workmen—The hands emploved in the above branch have for some time past been thrown into confusion in consequence of their requiring a regulation or statement in the number ot courses in all hose made below Maids' or small Women ' s in size . This small request being granted , one manufacturer being apprised of the exorbitant profits of the second-hand masters offered to the said masters a scale of profit , for their future o-uidance ; this they agreed to abide by . The workmen and masters emp loyed by this firm , are thus mutually agreed . ? . This being the case with the mostimportanthouse in the manufacture of silk knotted hose , the workmen employed by other firms deemed it imperative , in self-defence , to adopt the same system , to accomplish which application was made to one master to
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adopt the above scale / rst , who refused to comply worfSTet of ^ " , « k fi ££ 2 ? to woiw . mis act of the workmen alarmed the other ccond-hand masters in Nottingham , X i apJcS have entered into a bond Or agl-eement , to . ^ st to the uttermost m their power the honest demands of their workmen . Those masters having for vears n ? f nZtfr V ^ ^ ^ S exorbitant prohts , ( brought on dunngthe depression in trade ) feel reluctant to be reduced to a moderate scale of profit . ° ? . ( ? J l se ! ec . ond- »™ d masters , a Mr . Bush , insulted his hands in the grossest manner , by taking from them their spare feet and silk , at a time when the . men were from the shop ; and when ono of them went to his work , this worth y stated , " he required the feet and silk to work up himself , that the orders were all done ;; » but mark how soon this man « vf ^ f ,, ! StaIe ' ~ th ? n extd « ' , yhe *«<* they might flork , if they required nothimr morn than iL reffuout
ave been Sf *! ^ ™ ' *««<> « 'e Se men «^ ir + ^ K ^ COd of cm Pl ° y in self-defence , or SaWpS « 2 ! fchis HttIeman ' and t 0 work Under R , ? h - than the ma i orit . V of the trade . Under such circumstances as those , where , we X wonEi 1 th ! 6 mdeP ^ nt-minded working man ™ n TS £ 0 t hVe ? ° acted ? Wha * "ill the workmen in other branches and the public think , when S ?\ l 0 rmcd that theso & eookWed tJZ « f ™ . in T ' nt , £ wo shiIHn S <™ d sixi > ence out of one dozen hose ?_ the first hand or warehouse price be ng fifteen shillings for windimr and taking in
, tor tne niasing of which , the hand at this time receives seven s hillings and ei ghtpence for tho scammg , two shilling ! and sixpence ; and frame rent two shillings and fourpencc ; and if we allow cightponcc for needles , tallow , shop , and other expenses , it reduces the workman ' s share to seven shillings . Thus if a man holds ten frames , and the produce from those frames be one dozen each , this holder of frames will receivo fov his trouble , for bringing out the silk and taking in the work the sum of one pound , leaving five shillings for winding the silk ; and the man who makes twelve pairs oi silk knotted hose , the sum of seven shillings .
We , the workmen in the silk knotted branch , have determined to use our uttermost power to put a stop to such an unjust system of taxation ; but being few in number in Nottingham , and ours being a local grievance ( the other portions of the branch not suffering in like proportion ) are necessitated to appeal to our fellow workmen in other branches , and the public , for assistance to enable us to defeat the resistors of justice . Any donations or subscriptions will be thankfully received by the committee , which will sit at the " Cricket Player / Barker-gate , Nottingham , on Saturday next , from five until nine o'clock in the evening . A deputation , having waited upon two manufacturers , to state the grievances under which the workmen were labouring , received for answer , that " they should not interfere between workmen and masters . "
The following is a statement of the required alterations : — Amount of Charges at present . Required Alteration . TheMst , 2 nd , and 3 rd size 2 s Gd—to Is 9 d 4 th and oth ... ... ... 2 s 6 d— -to 2 s Od 6 th 2 s Cd—to 2 s 3 d N . B . —We are sorry to have to inform our fellow workmen , that we have two opponents ( journeymen ) in this struggle , whose names are ' William Russell and Edward Gilbert ; the first refused to act with his shopmates , and the other took one of the turnout ' s frames . These men are now working to Mr . Bullock , while his shop is struck by the trade . Committee—John Baggem-ey , Jomw C-amjiekt , Jim ., Thomas Shaw , Adam Barber , William Tomlisson , George Scorr . Secretary — Francis Beardsall .
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MARYLEBONE —A Queer , ( LARK . "_ Edwavd Woodall was placed at tho bar before Mr . Broughton , charged with having stolen a silk handkerchief , the property of Mr . George Peach , a clerk , residing at No . 21 , Wcstbourne-grove , Bayswatcr , —The prisoner was attired in a moussclin-dc-laine dress , a slate-coloured polka , and a straw bonnet and bl . iek veil ; his appearance was altogether feminine in the extreme—Mr . Broughton ( to the prisoner ) : What are you . —Prisoner : lam a ballot dancer , and am known at several theatres . I am non- engaged at the St . James ' s . —Mr . Brouffhton : And does the manager know that you are" going about in this way , in the disguise of a woman ?—Prisoner : It was only done for a lark , Sir , and I have my OWllclothes underneath . ( He here pulled
up his female apparel , and exhibited a pair of black trousers and boots . —Sergeant Walker , 5 D , deposed that ou the previous morning , between one and two o ' clock , he was spoken to by Mr . Peach , who , pointing to the prisoner , said— " That girl has stolen my handkerchief from my great-coat pocket . " Witeess went -up to the prisoner and told him" what be was charged with , when lie said' Don't take me to tlie station-house , I want to speak to you , and will give you something to drink ; I am no girl , but am a young man , living- in Pickering-place . " He ( prisoner ) was , at the time , with two other persons . —Mr . Broughton : Did the person who lost the handkerchief say anything more to you ?—Witness : He told me that he had been in
the company of the prisoner for nearly an hour , and that he ( prisoner ) had put his arms round him many times ; his belief was then that the prisoner was a g irl . —Mr . Holt , a tradesman , said he had no otlier idea with regard to tho affair than that it was a mere lark on the part of the prisoner . Witness did not believe that he ( prisoner ) had ever had the handkerchief in his possession . —Sergeant Walker produced the handkerchief , which , after the prisoner was locked up , he found within 200 yards of the spot where he ( prisoner ) was captured . —Mr . Broughton : Is the owner of the handkerchief here ? —Witness . —He is not , Sir ; but he was desired to attend , and he promised to do so . —Mr . Broughton ( to the prisoner ) : What is your answer to tliis ?—
Prisoner . —I was not aware of the risk I was running in this freak , and if I had intended anything wrong by putting on female apparel I should not havs had my own things on underneath . —The person who said he had lost his handkerchief was much the worse for drink when he met me . He said , " Arc you going homo alone , Miss ? " and I said , Yes . " He would not let me go , or I should have been glad to have got rid of him . I never put women ' s clothes on before , and am sorry that I should have acted so foolishly now , but I diil not dream of any harm arising out of it . —Mr . Broughton looked upon the affair in a serious light ; to say the least of it , the assumption of women ' s attoe ' by a man in the public streets was an offence from which
great abominations mi ght possibly arise . —The prisoner was bailed , himself in £ 40 , and two sureties in £ 30 each , for his being again forthcoming at the court ,- and it was directed that a summons should be issued against Mr . Peach , whoso evidence is material in the case . The prisoner was again placed at the bar on Tuesday , when Mr . Peach was present , a summons having been served upon him by order of Mr . Broughton , who was resolved upon sifting the matter to the bottom , as he considered that it was an affair of too serious a nature to be lightly passed over . A solicitor attended for the prisoner . . Some new facts were elicited , and tho prosecutor alleged that , while in conversation with the prisoner , he
( the latter ) committed an act of the grossest indecency upon him . He ( prosecutor ) entered into many other particulars as to the various places along which lie and prisoner walked , and the nature of the discourse which took place . He unhesitatingly-asserted that his firm impression was that he had been talking to a young woman , and was not undeceived until after he ( prisoner ) had been searched at tho station-house . —The solicitor , who had cross-examined witnesses with much tnct on behalf of his client , said that the act of nutting on female apparel was a frolic of a very foolish nature . He ( prisoner ) had certainly been guilty of great indiscretion , and which he would regret to his latest hour . Ho was a young man rospectahlv connected .
and good bail could be put in for his better behaviour in future . He ( the solicitor ) did not think that the prosecutor stood in a very favourable light in the transaction , according to his own version of the matter , —Mr . Broughton considered that tho solicitor had , in his zeal for his client , thrown out an allusion against the prosecutor which was not called for . How the handkerchief had been abstracted , and by whom , was a mystery ; but he ( the magistrate ) had no hesitation at all in condemning the conduct of a young man dressing himself up in woman ' s clothes . That of itself was an offence contra longs mores ; but a more grave offence had been preferred , viz ., that of an indecent assault upon the prosecutor . Mr . Broughton added , that
he should not as yet decide as to whether he should send the prisoner to trial or not ; he should take time to consider fully the case in all its bearings , and give his decision on Tuesday next . Good bail was tendered and accepted for the future appearance of the accused . The case excited an unusual degree of interest . WORSHIP-STREET . —A Hei . pma . tk . —A littt woman named Martha Jones , who has been several times before in custody for similar outrageous acts , was brought before Mr . Hammill , charged with cutting and wounding her husband , a foreman in the St . Katherine Docks , and also with threatenin " i
ms me . —ne nusoanu , wno appeared to be as peaceable as his partner wasfwrious , stated that he hadbeen married for twenty years to the prisoner , by whom he had had a family of seven children , but that for a long time past she had given herself up to such vicious and profligate habits that his life had been rendered perfectly miserable . She had imbibed such an insatiable thirst for gin , that she was wholly reckless as to the means she adopted to gratify it , and neither he nor his children were able to keep a second article of wearing apparel , or any other article of property that could be converted into money without its being seized by the prisoner
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and carried off to the pawnbrokers , whose shops she was in the daily habit of visiting , and when lie ventured to remonstrate with hev upon the ruinous course she was pursuing , lie was constantly subjected to such furious attacks with the first weapon she could lay her hands on that his life was always in danger . He had been obliged to bring her before the magistrate for such conduct , and she had been several times committed to prison , but she only became more callous and desperate , and while sitting at tea with his children on the preceding Friday the prisoner , who had been incessantly drunk tho whole of that week , suddenly began abusing him with the most foul-mouthed expressions , and then , grasping one of the table-knives , brandished it in his face with the most terrible throats and
imprecations . It was evidently her intention to inflict upon him some serious injury , and he tried to wrest the knife out of her hand , but failed in doing so ; and , after getting one of his fingers nearly severed from his hand , was obliged to rush into the street , or he was satisfied he should have been murdered . Notwithstanding all this , however , he did not Wish to press the charge vindictively against her ; and if the magistrate would make her find sufficient bail to secure the safety of himself and children , whose lives were in constant danger from her violence , he should be perfectly satisfied . —Rowland , the warrant-officer , said , that upon calling at the house the complainant , in illustration of his wife's desperate character , drew his attention to the state of the wainscot in the parlour , which was marked in innumerable places with deep indentations , left by heavy missiles she had hurled at his head ; and
he produced a pile of duplicates for his own and the children ' s clothing , which the prisoner had pledged to satisfy her propensity for drink . —Mr . IJammill said that it was certainly a most lamentable case , but , as the husband , had abandoned the more serious part of the charge , he was determined he and his family should have tho protection from violence he sought , and he should therefore order the prisoner to procure two substantial householders to be answerable for her peaceable behaviour for tho next month . —The instant she heard this decision , the prisoner turned fiercely upon hev unfortunate husband , and bitterly exclaiming , " May my curses rest upon your head , you murdering villain , to the last day of your life , " was removed by the gaoler , and , not being able at the close of the court to find any one who would be a guarantee for her future good conduct , was ultimately carried off in the van fov the time specified .
WESTMINSTER . —Alleged Murder of a Wife bt her Husbasd . — John Wardley , aged 49 , described as a labourer , was , charged before Mr . Broderip , on suspicion of having caused the dcatli of Anne , his wife , by assaulting her . —Caroline Donclly , a woman in humble circumstances , stated that the prisoner and his wife occupied an apartment immediately over her , at No . 3 , Leg-court , Petev-strcet , Westminster . On Saturday evening , about tea time , she heard the prisoner and his wife quarrelling in their room , shortly after which the latter left him , and as she came down stairs made use of angry words . She then passed along by witness ' s door , and went out . In about fifteen or twenty minutes more , she again heard them quarrelling in their room , and on listening she hoard what
she thought to be a tremendous combat between them . The deceased made use of very low language to her husband , immediately after which there was a heavy fall which shook the place . As witness was going out shortly afterwards she heard something like a heavy sigh , which she thought proceeded from the prisoner ' s apartment . She paid no particular attention to this and went to market , but upon her return in two hours found that prisoners wife was dead . —Mr . Taylor ( the chief clerk ) : Had you any opportunity of observing whether she was sober on Saturday evening ?—Witness : I could hardly say whether she was sober or drunk . I had but little acquaintance with her . I should say she had had a drop . —Mr . Taylor : Is what you have described all you heard or know upon
the subject ? — Witness : It is . I paid but little attention , not thinking that anything like this would come of it , having heard similar quarrels between them before . —Mr . George Burton Payne , of 10 , Tachbrook-stt'OOt , Mid 4 , Greycoat-place , surgeon , said , that at half-past eight on Saturday night he was called to attend the prisoner's wife , at 1 , Leg-court , and found tho prisoner and two females engaged in lifting her Into the bed . Witness , who at the first supposed she was in a fit , inquired whether she was subject to them , when the prisoner replied that she had not lately , and added , that he would not deceive him ( witness ); he had struck his wife on the chest , and knocked her down . Tho women then informed witness , in a whisper , that it had had the effect upon the wife of producing fl mrOrtii'Mio / r / i Wifn / ipo 4-hnn aIio / ihim / I 4-Jm 4- ttfimex ¦ iinwwiAinttl / i i XLUlVdw LlUKb \> 1
v UllULL UUoVil S ^ U Q"U Wood had been wiped off the floor , and on examining tho woman , who appeared much exhausted , he found some appearances which seemed to denote that the circumstance Stated by the females had occurred ; but he could not say positively that it had . She was insensible , and almost pulseless , and witness requested the prisoner to accompany him to his shop for a stimulant , which he immediately did , and on witness again going to the house almost immediately he found her dead . Witness then thought it was his duty to give the necessary information to the proper authorities with respect to what had occurred , and intimated that such was his intention to the prisoner , who did not throughout exhibit the slightest disposition to conceal anything , but was open and straightforward . — Mr . Broderip : Have
you any notion of what caused death ?—Witness : I have not . I cannot tell the cause of death until I make a post mortem examination , for which I have received the coroner ' s warrant . —William Nolan , o 6 B , stated that he went to prisoner's room at ten on Saturday night , and told him that he must accompany him to the station-house ; he immediately replied that he would . On his way thither he said he had earned 18 s . and given his wife 16 s ., keeping the Other 2 s . to buy a shovel to go to work with on Monday morning . He asked her for 2 d ., and she would not give it him . She had been drinking , and abusing him for some time , and told him that she would go to the public house and spend all the money ho had given her . She further aggravated him , and ho struck her in the side and knocked her
down , but he little thought it would come to what it had . He was perfectly sober . — Mr . Broderip having inquired whether the accused wished to say anything to the charge , the prisoner , who has tho appearance of a sober , quiet man , replied , in a subdued tone , " Nothing . " - —Mr . Broderip said it was his duty to remand him upon this very serious charge for a week . — Tho prisoner , before his removal from the court , made an application to the magistrate on behalf of his four children , who were unprotected . —Mr . Broderip observed that they should bo properly taken care of ; and Mr . Collis , one of the relieving officers of St . Margaret and St . John's , stepped forward , and said they should be admitted into the workhouse , and properly provided for .
BOW-STREET . —The Robherv or Ooixs at the British Museum . —Timoleon Vlasto , who stands accused of stealing a quantity of coins and medals from the British Museum , and from the collections of several persons of distinction , was placed at the bar before Mr . Jardine , on remand from Thursday week . Mr . Bodkin conducted the prosecution ; Mr . Chirkson attended for tbe defence . On the bench were General Tox , Sir Henry Ellis , and the Earl of Enniskillcn . —Mr . Doubleday , one of the curators of the antiquities , swore positively to two coins , now produced , as having been stolon from the collection in tho museum under his care . He could not be mistaken about them , for he had taken , previously to tho theft , a cast from each of them in a sulphur mould , which was of the most perfect kind
that could be made , and gave the minutest flaw and pecHliavity of the original with great exactness . He could , therefore , swear without any doubt to the identity of those two coins . Ho had taken no cast siuce the vobhevy . The coins had been in the possession of the police since the arrest of tho prisoner , and they were found by Inspector Field , of the A division of police , concealed in a secret draweV ill the prisoner ' s writing desk . The Inspector , in the course of his evidence , now produced in addition seventy-one valuable coins , which he also found at the prisoner's lodgings , No . 15 , St . James's-square . —General Fox identified the greater part of those as having been stolen from his cabinet , to which the prisoner had access . Of the remainder he could not be 80 positive , although , as they were all rare
and valuable , and similar at least to those which were missing from his collection with the other more certainly identified ones , he could have no doubt they were the same . The value of these coins as old metal mig ht not be above ten pounds in the whole ; but their value as antiquities was not so easily determined . There was none of them that was not worth at least three or four pounds , and he had paid at a greater rate for most of them . The fallant general took occasion further to say that he ad been informed by persons of the highest respectability that not only was the prisoner's family highly connected , but his own conduct had been irreproachable up to the time when those charges arose . —Mr . Jardine said , that such testimony might be of some service to the prisoner elsewhere , but
could not avail him at present . He was remanded for another week . The prisoner ' s father , the late Count Vlasto , was connected with the Turkish diplomatic corps about twenty-three years ago . MANSION-HOUSE . —On Tuesday , Patrick Moore was charged by an officer of the City of London Union , under the new act of parliament , intituled " An Act to alter the Provisions relating to the Charges for the Relief of the Poor in Unions . " The act enables any person employed by the guardians of the poor to search any individual applying for relief , and to hand over any money found upon him of which ho shall not give a complete disclosure to the guardians , and it enables the magistrate to inflict upon him tho punishment of a rogue and vagabond . —Pound , one of the officers of the City of London Union , attending in Northumberland-alley , stated tha £ the prisoner had called at the union and
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f Sl ^ i nsslsta " . ' declaring that he was serving and had not a friend in the world , lie also app lied to be passed home to the countr of Cork . Jehad a bundle under his coat , and upon being asfcod what it contained he replied ' a few ouM „ iim of clothes that had been given to him b y a countryman of his own Witness suspected that he w : u an impostor , and the examination of the bundle ' infinned tho impression , for it disclosed n quantity of bread sufficient for a couple of davs . His poekots were tlien searched , and although he had stated that he had no more than twopence-halfpenny in his possession , the officer found , stitched up in a bag and concealed in his trousers , lis . 4 d . ; and upon his back were found two excellent clean shirts .
When ho was asked how he happened to bo starving when he had so much bread in his possession , he said , " Oh , faith , because I hadn ' t time to eat it . " He added that lie had put the money together to go home to Ireland , but ho was told it was not enough , so he thought he would put it out of people's way and get a pass . He had been in England about three months , but if lie could get home he did not want to come back . —Alderman Gibbs : I see that the case is one of complete imposture , and I am glad that we have an act which authorises th » searching and punisliine : of such persons . You are sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for one month as a rogue and vagabond , and tho money found upon you will be handed over to the board of
guardians .. As for your application to be passed home we shall consider that when vouv time of imprisonment shall hare ceased . —It appeared from a subsequent conversation between the prisoner and the officer , that Moore had never worked an hour since his arrival in England , but had contrived to live comfortably upon the benevolence of his countrymen here . CLERKENWELL . - Cmmikai Abbavlt . - M . Kelly was charged , by Mrs . Elizabeth Waters , with having criminally assaulted her . —The prosecutrix deposed that on Monday night Inst , at twenty minutes to twelve o ' clock she was returning home , and on her arrival in Church-road , Islington , she was accosted by the prisoner , who asked her the way to the Liverpool-road . She replied that < he
was a stranger , and could not inform him . He followed her until she came opposite a dead w . ill , when he seized hold of her waist , threw her down on the pavement , and conducted himself in a most brutal and cowardly manner . She resisted him , and called out " murder" and " police , " when he placed his hand on her face to prevent her making an alarm . The prisoner used every effort to accomplish his design , hut he failed in consequence of hop efforts to prevent him . At length her cries brought several policemen to the spot , when he was taken into custody , after a desperate resistance . Witness repeatedly begged of him to have mercy upon her and let her g o , as she was a . married woman with a family of children ; but he refused to do so * aud she
nearly became insensible . —Michael Monahan , a polico-censtable , confirmed the evidence of the prosecutrix as to her cries and entreaties for " mercy . " When he took the prisoner into custody , he " exclaimed , " It ' s all right , policeman ; she ismy wife . " This the prosecutrix strongly denied ; and the prisoner said ho could not allow himself to bo taken . He then tried to run away , but witness secured turn with the assistance of another constable . —The prisoner in his defence , attributed the blame to the prosecutrix ; and he was fully committed for trial . Extensive Robbery by Boys . — Two boys named Daniel Pellat and George Vincent the eldest of whom was not more than sixteen years of age , were placed at the bar for final examination , charged with having been concerned in robbing Messrs .
Vivian and Hixey , ladies' shoemakers , in Churchstreet , Edgevf are-road , of property to a considerable amount . It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner Pellat was errand boy to the prosecutor , and that on the 10 th inst . he was sent with a bill of £ 2 13 s . to Mr . Angell , a gentleman living in Groveend-road , St . John ' s-wood , and he had 7 s . given to him in order that he might give change in the event of three sovereigns being offered to him . Miss Angell not having three sovereigns by her gave the prisoner a £ 10 note , desiring him to bring- back the change , but he neglected to return , and in consequence thereof a communication was made to Mr . Vivian , who , from information which he had
received , went down to Greenwich and found Pellat in the fair . He asked h ) m what he had done with the £ 10 note , when he delivered it up , saying , "Here it is . " The other prisoner was with him , and they were both given into custody . —Newman , 340 R , produced twenty-three duplicates , which he found upon Pellat . lie ( the latter ) and the other prisoner admitted that they had pawned the articles to which the duplicates referred . —Many pawnbrokers ' were in attendance , bringing with them the property pledged . —Mr . Vivian identified all that was brought forward , and said that during tho time the prisoner was with him he had missed ninety or a hundred pairs of shoes . —The prisoners were both committed fov trial .
SOUTHWARK .-Donovan and Powell , the two men charged with two other men ( not in custody ) , in criminally assaulting and robbing Mrs . Eliza Seal , the wife of a commercial traveller , in Colemanstreet , were brought before Mr . Cottingham for reexamination on the charge . A solicitor handed in a certificate of the complainant's illness , arising from the outrageous nature of the assaulfs committed on her , and said that he received the document from the medical man , and that such was her : bad health at present , that she was quite incapacitated from attending the present examination . —An inspector of the City police said that in consequence of having observed an account of the examination of the prisoners in tho newspapers , he considered it his
duty to attend for the purpose of communicating that ov \ Ust Sunday night week ( the night it was alleged she was turned out by her husband ) , she was taken into custody by a policeman , who found het at a late hour of the night in a state of intoxication in the street , and she was confined in the Haw-lane station-house until the morning . The inspector added that the woman gave the name of Eliza Seal , and that if he saw her he should be enabled to say whether she was the female upon whom tho alleged outrage had been perpetrated . —The policeman said , that the complainant had already stated that after having been turned out of her house by her husband she went over to Walworth , and slept at the
house of her laundress . The latter had also confirmed the fact . —Mr . Cottinghum s' - . id that even admitting the complainant was intoxicated on the night in question , there was no doubt that advantage was taken of ber situation , and that most brutal outrages were committed upon her . The certificate that had been produced described that the unfovUw \ ate woman was uaable to attend , therefore he should remand the prisoners ; b"t upon this occasion he would huve no objection to admit them , to bail , to appear on Monday next , themeslves in £ 40 , and two . sureties of .- £ 20 each . The prisoners , however , not being in a condition to find the required sureties , were sent to gaol .
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SHIPWRECKS IN THE BLACK SEA . Co . vsrAMixoPLE , March 30 . —Several disasters have occurred in the Black Sea : a Turkish vessel was totally lost on the ISth , just outside the Bosphorus , on the Asiatic coast . On the 20 til another Turkish vessel was lost at Kilice . A Russian brig , from Odessa to England , with grain , was lost ihe same day , on the coast of Karabournou . The English brig Expert , Capt , Jameson , from Odessa , and the Greek brig Alcibiado , Capt . Saktouri , came in collision ; the Greek brig foundered , but the crew got on board the Express . The G ' opi . t , Capt . Page , of Liverpool , is lost at Soulillil ; the Shalcspearc , of London , Captain Lhidson is also lost near port . Another English brig , name unknown , w reported lost . All the crews have been saved . It is hoped that tho Black Soa gales are at last over .
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Fatal Accidext . —A most melancholy accident , which terminated fatally , occurred on the Leabridge station of the North-Eastern Railway , on Tuesday evening , about six o ' clock . A middle-aged woman * named Fletcher , wife of a small grocer at Loyton , Essex , returning from town , stepped out of the carriage before the train had finally stopped . It is presumed she lost balance , and her foot caught in the step of the carriage -, she was thrown under the train , and when taken up was found to have her arm and her thigh bone broken , one log nearly cut off at the ankle , and her body much lacerated . The poor woman continued in great agony , but retained perfect consciousness until twenty minutes before nine o ' clock , when death put an end to her sufferings . Mr . T . S . DuseosiBE , M . P . —The health of this
hon . gentleman has so far improved that it is his intention to resume his Parliamentary duties shortlyafter the termination of the Easter recess . The disease under which Mr . Buncombe has suffered so severely for a protracted period , has yielded to the skill and unremitting care of his medical attendants , who are , we understand , of opinion that , with proper precautions , , the hon . member for Finsbury has yet many years of public usefulness before him . —Globe . Loss or Life at Bayswateh . —On Saturday morning last a fire broke out at No . 10 , Park-place , Bayswater . The premises were in the occupation of Mrs . Mary Forester , a Swiss lady , who , it is to bo regretted , was burnt almost to a cinder . It
appears that about eight o ' clock in the morning somo persons living opposite- discovered the unfortunate female making to the front window with the whole of her wearing apparel in flames . Before the poor woman had time to reach the window she fell from exhaustion . The neighbours having apprised the inmates of tho house of what they nad witnessed from the outside , they made to the room occupied by the deceased . Owing to the exertions of the residents in the place , the fire was extinguished , but not until Mrs . Forester was burned to death , and some considerable damage done to the furniture , Ac . Fortunately the property destroyed was insured in the Sun Fire-office .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 21, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21041849/page/5/
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