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Apbil 26, 1851. THE NORTHERN STAR. *
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¦ v in -v in w ° e months from their imprisonment , ler Vier tne tenigu superintendence of the ^ arrGnarfiaTis of thepoor r \ Vhci - \ Yhcn this hornble revelation was urged on , at t « atten tion of the Prime Mikister , jnst be-¦ e tl % e tlie recess , he coolly replied , that there is no js no remedy for it ! If so if so , we really must be pardoned for berino-gvin / that there are worse "isms" in tbe irlcUorld ' than Red Republicanism .
Apbil 26, 1851. The Northern Star. *
Apbil 26 , 1851 . THE NORTHERN STAR . *
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r rKOTECTioxisT reaction . The The Protectionists have made a couple of mwiemoBstr & twKis Qut of doora during the holi-V 3 , lavs , which rather discompose the Free Trars , lers , and hare an ominous tearing on the turinture . Hitherto tbe borough elections have motfmost invariably gone in favour of the " cheap af . ' oaf . " That county vacancies were filled up r Ijy Protectionist candidates , was of coarse . silyasily accounted for ; but this wreck the tide is thas turned . Boston bas rejected a liberal candaflidate , avowedly on the ground tbat be was it aot a Protectionist , and returned a member i evin every respect less eligible , —even in the estiatimation of the Bostoniaus themselves , because
s iie is a Protectionist . The election was not iscclosed without a riot , the calling in ot the ilimilitaxy , and an imprisonment of tbe success * I ful candidate by the rioters for several hours ; 1 ( all of which are pointed to as indications that Lethe non-electors of Boston are in favour of lelhe "big and cheap loaf , ' * whatever may be letbe feelings of tbe electoral body . Into the ntrnth or falsehood of tins op inion we are not is disposed to inquire . The fact and the infemrences to which it points , are enough for us . lB All the probabilities are in favour of an early is dissolution and a General Election . If that
tal takes place under the present suffrage , it appe pears almost certain that tbe Protectionists wi will return a majority . For the case of Boston is is not an isolated one . It is only one of many bo boroughs , which , standing in the midst of a { agricultural districts , depend upon these dis tr tricts for trade and prosperity . The prices at w which ag ricultural produce are now selling n must react most severely and most injuriously u upon the trade and the means of livelihood v in aU the boronghs so situated , and produce
a an identity of Interest and feeling between t the urban and the rural population , which s all the statistics and abstractions of Free 3 Trade orators and philosophers will not be £ able to contend against . The Free Trade policy bas not only lost ! strength in . Parliament raider the guardian-! Ehip of the "W higs , but out of doors also , ; and now tbe anti-liberal and anti-progressive tactics of that party , with respect to electoral reform , bas p laced tbe commercial policy ofthe late Sir Eobeut Peel in the most imminent danger of speedy reversal .
The other demonstration of the Protectionists to which -we refer took place at Edinburgh , where a numerous and influential meeting assembled at a banquet , under the presidency of the Eael of Egungtox , and the speeches were filled with the most hopeful and confident anticipations of the speedy adrenfc of a SiAXLEr ministry to power . The Free Trade organs vehemently assure ns , however , that notwithstanding all these threatening indications , the people—themasses —are with them . "Well , we shall not dispute the truth of the assertion . For argument' s Bake we will assume its accuracy . And , what
then ! Why , the " poisoned chalice is returned to the lips" of the insincere or feeble and temporizing advocates of franchise reform . If they bad acted npon their professed opinions , and made an honest and a large extension of tbe suffrage , the condition of their support to the Whig Ministry , they would have not only done an act of political justice to the people , but have placed their own darling policy in a far more secure and unassailable position . . If that policy is reversed , and Protection restored , it will be a species of retribution , which , though unexpected by them , can scarcely be grumbled at as being raijust
The Franchise Reformers and Free Traders in Parliament are in a cleft stick—they will not vote for suffrage measures , for fear of damaging ministers , and thus letting in a Protectionist Government . Tbe Whigs will not- propose any suffrage reform on many pretences—but really because they have no stomach for the work—aud a general election will come on when there is every probability that Whiggery and Free Trade will be ousted together ! "Whichever way the thing terminates it seems they must lose . This is
surel y very bad political generalship , and shows tho danger of ever abandoning the straightforward path of principle , to wander in the crooked and miry bye-ways of expediency . But the "Whigs may imagine that , by delaying the production of any suffrage measure this session , and then going to the country with the double cry of Parliamentary Eeform and Free Trade , they may create a popular opinion in their favour . "Let them not lay the flattering unction to their souls . " Unless the people know beforehand , very distinctly , the nature and extent of the measure to which
Lord JoHS Rcsseix will pledge nimself , they will put no trust or confidence in Mm . His recent antecedents are not of a nature to invite either , * and the common belief is , that if there is anything to be got out of him it is far more likely to be had by sending him to the opposition , than retaining him on tbe -Treasury benches . In allprobability , we shall shortly sec theso grave issues fairly tried . "Whatever may be the result , it will be preferable to tbe miserable stagnation and tbe total absence of all lealthy action , which has so long pervaded the political world , under the dreary and barren rule of the present Ministry . Welcome the coming struggle 1 God defend the right . ' -
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DOMESTIC . In the Metropolis , the weather lias been exceedingly unfavourable for holiday folks The ' rain set in on Sunday afternoon , and , -with little Intermission , continued until Wednesday , with a remorseless malignity that no doubt spoiled many a projected excursion and anticipated relaxation , and mouthful of fresh air , on the part of the pent-up and toil-worn Urban pdpulation . But the Coclcnies are a wonderful race in the pursuit of pleasure under difficulties ; and Greenwich Fair had its votaries , despite of draggledpetticoats and paletots ,
saturated -with rain . To the numerous class , however , -who live by ministering to the enjoyment of holiday makers , the bad weather must bave been a serious loss and disappointment . Apropos of sight-seeing and popular shows , the nngracions proposal of the Royal Commission that the Qdeex should open the Crystal Palace , in the presence only of the Court , and a few favoured grandees , has been withdrawn , in consequence of the unanimous co ndemnation , of the Press . Exhibitors and holders of season tickets are to be admitted to witness the ceremony of inaugurating the World ' s Fair by Royalty . Perhaps , looking
at the nature of the materials of which the structure is erected , and other attendant circumstances , this is all that can be expected as a concession to popular feeling on tbe subject —though , of course , & e assemblage will still toe "more select than numerous . " Those "who like to regale themselves with State pageantry and Conrt spectacles , will have to Satisf y their curiosity by the cheaper mode of lining the route of the procession from Buck iogham Palace to Hyde Park . Political -incidents are few in number , tho ugh of some significance . The return of a Protectionist for Boston may be taken as an indication of the manner in which a conside
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rable section of borou ghs would vote at a General Election , under the present Franchise . Ifclooksliopefol for the Protectionist party , who are , of course , in high feather at the result ; while the opposite party as lustily pooh , pooh it , as ainatter of " not the slightest consequence . " Perhaps , however , like Mr . Toots , they attach more importance to it than their words would indicate . Messrs . Gibsox and Bright , the Members for the manufacturing metropolis , took advantage of the recess , te give an account of their stewardship to their constituency . The ostensible object of the meeting was the promotion of Parliamentary Reform on the Htjme basis , to which both Members gave their adhesion ;
but the real purpose seems to have been to sound the Electors , with respect to the adverse vote which both of them gave to the Ministerial measure , relative to Papal Aggression . Mr . Bbighx ' s speech turned almost entirely on that topic , and the result was , an almost unanimous vote of approval . The hon . Members , therefore , return to their places , fortified by the support of a public meeting . It is announced that Mr . Thomas S . Buncombe , the representative of another large constituency , is to move an amendment adverse to the Ministerial measure ; so that assailed as it will be by the Irish Members , Peelites , Puseyifces , Dissenters , and Radicals , it has small chance of passing—at all events , in its present shape .
In the meantime the internal dissensions m the Established Church grow fiercer , and more embittered . In fact it is a p iece of sarcasm to use the word "Established , " with reference to it ; for everything is at " sixes and sevens . " While numbers of the clergy desert altogether for the Romish Church , others , under the guidance of the bellicose Bishon of Exexek , raise the standard of
independence , and fall back upon Diocesan Consistorial action , in the teeth of the Primate and the rest of the Bishops . Churches from which the " superstitious mummeries" of Paseyism , were banished at the earnest entreaty of " C . J . London , ' * again flaunt in all the bedizenments of that bastard Popery ; and , indeed , all over the country the ' state of the Church is " confusion WOtBQ Confounded . "
. While dogmas , doctrines , and rubrical observances , are thus setting one section of the people by the ears , the trade of hangman flourishes . Calcbaft is so busy , that he would require—like Sir Botie Roche ' s bird —to be "in two places at once . " As he is not yet gifted with ubiquity , the High SHEBRiEPof Suffolk was p laced in the embarrasing position of being liable to be called upon to act Jack Ketch himself , at Ipswich ; but Sir G . Gkey stepped in and relieved him , by commuting the capital punishment intended to be inflicted on the criminal , into
transportation for life . We cannot approve of this leniency to snch individuals . If strangulation be the last and highest punishment of the law , why should it not be invested with the greatest solemnity , and there be as much dignity in carrying the sentence into effect as there is in delivering it ? Is the United S fcates they are , at all events consistent , and the Sheriff does execute the behests ofthe law . The shrinking of our officials from the horrid task , is only one ofthe many indications that the gallows and the public conscience are opposed to each other .
By the statements made at a numerousl y attended co-operative Congress at Bury , Lancashire , on Good Friday , it appears that the movement is rapidly spreading in the northern districts . Upwards of eighty delegates were present from various parts of Lancashire , Yorkshire , and Cheshire ; and the various reports were of an encouraging description . London was also represented in the Congress , and a resolution , affirmatory of the necessity of unity of action , and the establishment of a central trading depot for all the associations , was the practical result of the meeting .
On Tuesday a Conference of seamen commenced its sittings in Manchester . The object is to cany to a successful issue the resistance to Mr . Labouchere ' s hill for badging and ticketing British sailors as if they were so many slaves . The utmost determination appears to pervade the proceedings , and a nniversal simultaneous strike is threatened , if the obnoxious law be not repealed . In the Potteries the Chartists have signalised the Easter holidays by returning their candidates for the office of Guardian of the
Poor by overwhelming majorities . This is a forcible , instructive , and encouraging example of the power of organisation , and the use to which existing franchises ought to be put by the Chartists of the United Kingdom . The good men and true of the Potteries have a right to call upon their brethren everywhere to " go and do likewise . " If their example was generally imitated , it would bring an amount of influence to bear on elections for seats iu Parliament such as can scarcely be estimated ; and it certainly is a little inconsistent , to be calling for larger franchises while those in existence are not made available to their fullest extent .
FOREIG 2 T . The Portuguese play of soldiers appears to have ended ludicrously . It is-stated that Saidaniu , not finding the support he anticipated , is in full retreat to the Spanish frontier , leaving Thomar master of the field . As it was a mere fight for office , it did not matter a straw -which way the struggle ended . In France the various factions are bestiring themselves with great earnestness for the approaching crisis . Legitimists , Orleanists , Moderate Republicans , and Republicans " Democratique et Sociale , " are all organising their forces with full consciousness of the
mighty interests at issue . The Press is , in the mean time , the instrument resorted to by the conspirators against the Constitution . . But , as the time for action , according to its enactments , draws nearer , pens will not improbably be exchanged for swords . The Socialist and Republican party have , however , two great advantages on their side . In the first place , they defend the existing Constitution ; and , in the second , though their opponents may unite against them , they are so opposed to each other , that even were they to
triumph , for a short time their intestine divisions and irreconcileable interests would prevent .- them from overthrowing the Republic . If the contest is pushed to actual conflict , which it is confidently anticipated in well-informed quarters it will be , the revolution will spread over the whole ofthe continent as rapidly as it did in 1848 , but it will not be conducted so mercifully on the part ofthe people . As M . Girardts told the reactionmitres long ago , they "have cured the people of their magnanimity . '' Austria , Prussia , and tbe smaller German States are full of
explosive materials , which it but requires the electric spark of another French democratic triumph to ignite . It is admitted , even by the correspondents of the absolutist Times , that the German Governments have drawn the bonds so tight that they are utterly intole rable , and the galling yoke will inevitabl y goad the people into active warfare . In the presence of snch elements of conflict and bloodshed , the talk about Frankfort Diets and Dresden Conferences is worse than
puerile . The fears and guilty consciences of the tyrants exhibit themselves , in nothing more vivibl y than their frenzied attempts to suppress everything like an expression of op inion . Vienna , Berlin , and Paris copy the example of Borne in the rigorousness of their censorship . At the former place , even Shakespeare's Hamlet had to be emasculated as too Democratic and dangerous—at Berlin , Masanieiao is too exciting , and is prohibited ; and at Paris , M . Gounod ' s new operaisfound to be equally provocative of mischief . Poor
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wretches ! one can almost feel pity for a set of men thus seated on such a mass of exposed and explosive materials , liable at every moment to be blown to atoms . But if they will sow the wind , they must expect to reap the whirlwind . Tho Fugitive Slave Bill continues to excite great commotion in the United States , and furnishes the principal topic of political interest in the last arrivals . Judge Lyuch is very active in California , where crimes of the most violent description are but too rife . - -
COLONIAL . The last news from the Cape is by no means encouraging . The rising of the native inhabitants seems to be general . Our troops are cooped up in fortified stations , while the open country is in the possession of the Kaffirs , and communication is nearly cut off between one portion of the British forces and another . Wherever engagements have taken place , of course , discipline and superior weapons have given the British the advantage ; but the numbers and courage of their assailants compel them to act on the defensive . The Colonists hang back , and look upon it entirely as an Imperial war . Pleasant prospect for John Bun , who will have to pay the piper !
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MONIES RECEIVED Fob thb Webb : Eswiro Thcrsdat , ArioxZiTH , 1851 . FOB THE HONESTY FUND . . BECnVED BT W . BIDEB , £ S . d . Monmouth . perE . Elias .. .. 0 3 0 J . Majman , Bamsgate .. .. 010 Messrs . Edwards , Pike , Pearce , Amos , and Pearcy . Bermondsey .. .. 0 3 0 W . Brown , Nottingham .. ; .. 0 0 C . kTT ~ 6 WIW 6-BP OF THE LAM COMPANY . BECEIVED BI W . EIDEE . £ S . d . Norwich , St . Edmunds , per 3 . Burton .. 0 10 W-Brown , Nottingham .. .. 0 0 6 J . Fauldes , Dunfermline .. .. 0 10 _ £ 0 __ 2 C _ . , NATIONAL CHARTER FUND . Keceived by John Abhott . —Mr . Ticars , Tower Hamlets lfr-Chelsea Locality , per G . GUI 3 s—Westminster Locality ( York Street ) , per F . Crump 4 s—Dwmporti J . Rogers 5 s —Westminster and Ifaiylebone District , as balance , from their delegation to the Convection , p ? r John Goodwin £ 1 U —Mr . Majmari , Bamsgate , per Air . Rider is—Total £ Xi 5 s Received by W . RuJEH . —J ; Mayman , ltamsgatels . CONVENTION FUND . Receired by Johs Aknott . —Carlisle , per G . Graham 5 s —Worcester , per J . Harding 10 s . FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . Keceived by Joan AKKorr . —Devonport , per J . Borers Ss 6 d . r ° REFUGEES AT LIVERPOOL . Receired by JOHN ARNOTT . —A few Worlongmen at the Gateshead Railway , per Wm . Montgomery is .
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DREADFUL SHIPWRECK . It is with regret we announce the dreadful shipwreck ofthe Jenny Line " , East India . trader , a now ship of nearly 500 tons burden , with passengers for London from Singapore , oh a reef of coral rocks in tbe Southern Pacific Ocean , 400 miles off the Australian coast , where they endured the utmost suffering and privation fe a . period of thirty-five daysi The ship , it appears , left Singapore oh the 3 rd of August for Melbourne and London , under tbe command of Captain Joseph Taylor , and a crew of sixteen seamen and apprentices . Her passengers were—Mr . and Mrs . Somerset and three children , 3 fr . « . flarper , Mr . * Ifoble , Mrs . Ackerman , Mr . B ' eal , and several others . The weather
seems to have been very variable until the 21 st of September , no observation having been taken for two days previously in consequence ofthe sun being obscured . The chief mate tools charge of the watch at ten minutes past four o ' clock of the morning of the 21 st , and enjoined the wan oh the forecastle to keep a sharp lookout , and at the same time he directed the man at the helm to keep the ship north by west . Immediately afterwards the officer of the watch saw something black a-head , and asked the lookout man what it was , who answered that it was the reflection of a heavy black cloud that was hanging over head . A quick glance over the gangway seems to have shown the mate better , and he immediately had the helm put hard up . and all hands called fore and aft .
The -vessel wore off to the wind ; but before the braces could be touched she struck aft , and immediately afterwards lay broadside on the reef , tbe sea making breaches over her . The masts were cut away as quickly as possible , but the vessel continued to lnrch heavily upon tbe reef , and it was plain that she must soon break up . An attempt was made to launch the pinnace , but this was unsuccessful , and the master got his leg hurt in tbe attempt . After great difficulty the jollyboat was launched , and two hands being placed in her she was taken to a rock a short distance inside the reef , which proved to be the Keens-reef , some 400 miles north Ot Morcton Bay . The safety boat was then launched . When the second boat was launched tbe women and children were first taken off ia her
to the jollyboat , which served as a temporary depot . In this way aU hands were got out in three trips . Some of the sailors jumped overboard from the jollyboat when she was getting over-loaded , the water being shoal near the rock . When all had left the wreck the people were divided into two boats and made for the coral bank , partly covered with sand , which lay about half a mile away . This place they all reached in safety . The islet oh which they landed was about 150 yards long by forty wide . In the course of the afternoon some provisions and a few gallons of water were procured from the wreck , and about half a gill of water was served out to each person . Next day some sails were procured , also some , more provisions and a small keg containing „ limeimco . The master had saved some of his
cha . s and nauticaUn . stvum . ents , and got them away whe the boats left the wreck . A search was made for the mail but it could not be found , as the vessel was completely bilged and fast breaking up . On Monday a boiler and some copper piping , together with a cistern , having- been procured from the Wreck at low water . Mr . Philip Real ( a son , we understand , of the Rew . "W . Beal , of Exeter , and lately surgeon of the ship Rajah ) succeeded in distilling fresh water from the sea water , and half a pint was served to each person that evening , the fuel for the purpose being procured from the wreck . On the next day , after a consultation , it was resolved to attempt the building of a boat large enough to carry all hands in safety to some port , and accordingly three divisions were made of the
men—one portion to assist in saving necessary articles from the wreck , another to assist Mr . Beal in distilling water for their sustenance , and the third in building the boat . An attempt had been made to discover fresh water by digging , but the diggers only came upon the coral , which afforded to them no more relief than they could get by sucking from it the moisture that had exuded from the sand . During their stay at this solitary place some relics of former wrecks were found . A rusty chain was discovered on the reef , together , with some boat boards and planks in other places , and some cinders , as if a fire had been made on one of the banks . By the 25 th of September Mr . Beal had so far improved his machinery by means of articles procured from the
wreck , that he was enabled to produce twentyfive gallons of fresh water that day , and henceforth the supply to the people was more liberal . The provision , however , began to get short , and the allowance was reduced to a half a pound of flour a day , which had to be made up into a pudding with salt water , Tbe little biscuit they had was preserved for sea stock , as was also all the water they could put by . At- length , on the 26 th of October , the boat , upon which all tbe ' ir depended ,-was launched successfully . , ' It was found that she sat well on the water , but leaked considerably , and two days more were occupied in repairing the defect and getting her rigged and stowed . These operations being completed , the adventurers got under weigh in the 29 th of October , twenty-two persons being in the craft tbat bad been built , and six in tbe safety boat . They made for Moreton Bay , but the wind eventuall y in the course of five days drove the
boats towards the entrance of tho Brisbane river , and they reached the town , in safety , where they met with every kindness and attention from its inhabitants ; all of them , including the woman and children , were comparatively well—a circumstance almost incredible after their having been exposed for thirty-seven days and nights on a desolate coral bank in tbe Pacific . The preservation of these people is most remarkable . All appear to have exerted themselves in an extraordinary manner to remedy their condition , but there can be no doubt that to Mr . Beal is due the credit of every life that has been saved ; for if he had not brought science to bear upon their difficulties and supp lied them with water when there was scarcely a hope of it , the hot sun of that latitude and the burning sands on which they were encamped , would have soon put an end to their sufferings by a horrible death . The ill fated vessel was insured -in LWldon to the « xteut , it is reported , of £ & , < M .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . ¦ This Court opened on Tuesday morning before Mr . t > ergeant Adams , Assistant Judge , and a Bench of Magistrates . ° ' ¦ j- 'S-7 f « Ii . Da ? lin ® nt ' aSed twenty-seven , was in-„ It ?! i . "JS S 8 t 0 len m in Sold from tho person of John Thomas . Tho prisoner is n cabman ; ai k ^ W ^ . having arrived at Southampton on boaid the Bentinck Indiaman , was there paid off , receiving £ 21 in sovereigns and half-sovereigns . c ! H ^ ut , bamPton . be journeyed to London by the South-Western Railway , and upon reaching the Waterloo station he went to the Spread Eagle , in GracGChuveh-street , where ho took a cab , of which the prisoner was the driver . Upon nlacine his
luggage oncne cab he found that a favourite parrot had been leu at the station , whereupon he gave directions to be driven back there . Raving regained the bird he desired the prisoner to drive him to Turnersquare , Hoxton , where , on their arrival , he paid ' ¦ j . A 8 tbefare » andout of S fellowship desired to stand a gfoss of grog . " Tho prisoner then drove him to several public-houses , at which they had grog . As they were leaving one of these bouses the prisoner put two women into the cab with him , but ,. as be thought their object was to rob him , he " capsiscd " them out again and closed the door . They then drove on , and the prisoner " brought up" at some winevaults in Hoxton . Here they had some more eros , the prosecutor
standing treat , and as they were quitting this place the prisoner shifted his badge to another man , and , having got into the cab with the prosecutor , called out to the man on the box to drive on . The prisoner took his seat at the " stern" of the cab , while the prosecutor was obliged to sit " for ' ard . " After they had proceeded a little way the prisoner made a " lurch for ' ard , " and before ho could be " righted himself the prosecutor felt his hand on his waistcoat pocket , in which were the £ 21 , composed of sovereigns and half-sovereigns . When they "brought-up " again at Hoxton , be felt in his pocket and found that ten pounds of the money had been taken from him . They both then got out , and tho prisoner demanded tho navment of
a third fare ; for , in addition to the first fare of 7 s . fid ., he had been paid a second demand for fare of 10 s . This third demand the prosecutor refused to comply with , and , a disturbance ensuing , the policeman , when became up , took the number of the cab . The prosecutor stated , that after he had turned the women out he had counted his money and had found it to be all right , but that upon counting it after the cabman had made his " lurch " £ 10 of that money was gone . Eventually the prisoner was given into custody . Cross-examined by Mr . Metcalfe : He was unable to say whether the money he had lost was in sovereigns or half-sovereigns . He should think that the money he had received at Southampton , whioh was all in gold , was paid in
about one-third of half-sovereigns , but he could not swear that in this £ 10 his loss had consisted even of one sovereign and tho remainder in half-sovereigns , or of two half-sovereigns and the rest in sovereigns . —Mr Metcalfe quoted a precedent , and said it had been held that it was necessary for the prosecutor to swear to the identical value of tho coin lost . —The Prosecutor , in answer to questions from the Court , said that however much he had gone to " leeward " in this business , still he should be sorry to swear wrongly , and be had no hesitation in stating that he could not swear quite positively whether his loss had consisted of sovereigns or halfsovereigns alone , or whether it consisted of a certain number of sovereigns and a certain number of
half-sovereigns , or whether one sovereign and the remainder in half-sovereigns , or whether it consisted of any given number of one coin or the other . —The lewned Judge said he regretted tbat such a case as this should arrive at such a termination . He must , nevertheless , be governed by the decision of tho superior court , and he was therefore bound to tell the jury that they must acquit tho prisoner . —The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Acquittal . Robbery . —John Ebright , 53 , a vagrant , pleaded guilty of having stolen a glass globe from the residence of Lord Bfoorben , in South Dudley-street , and was sentenced to four months bard labour , Robbery bt a Mawsb-stobe Keeper . —William Jones , a marine-store dealer in Brick-lane , Spital-Selds , was charged , in two indictments , with
stealing a quantity of horsehair , the property of William Ford , ana also thirty-two pounds of the same irticle , the property of George Bayiey . —The evidence in the case was nearly the same , though upon ? ne of the charges the prisoner was acquitted . Tho aorseliair had been stolen in one case from a cart , md , in the other , from a truck in tbe street , and Jvns traced to his possession , when' he said lie had bought it . three months before , which assertion could hot be true , and he gave the address of the person of whom he alledged he had purchased it , but no such person could be found . Ho was conrioted on one charge . —The Learned Judge said the commission of thefV was greatly encouraged by marine store shops , and he had no doubt that the prisoner was ft regular thief and receiver of stolen property . —Sentence to one year ' s hard labour .
Mistakbn Identity . —Emma Thomas , a respectably dressed young woman , was indicted for stealing from the person of Wilhelmina Wagner , a purse , and the sum of £ 5 as . 6 d . —Mr . Addison appeared for the prisoner . —Mr . Kinloch , a tradesman in Jermyn-street , stated that on the 7 th inst . he was in an omnibus going from the Haytiiarket to the City , and the prosecutrix was also a passenger in the same vehicle . In the Haymarket the prisoner , and two other females entered the omnibus . The prisoner sat next to him , and the other women took seats on the opposite side next to the prosecutrix . One of them had a basket , and he saw her fumbling about the prosecutrix ' s dress . Directly afterwards she gave a significant nod to
the prisoner , who thereupon desired a passenger who sat nearest the door to request the conductor to stop which he did , and the prisoner and the two women with whom she entered tho omnibus got wt . Witness noticed in the hand of the woman who had the basket the end of a scarlet purse , whereupon he spoke to tho prosecutrix , and having ascertained that she had been robbed , he got OUt of the omnibus ; and , accompanied by the prosecutrix , followed the women . The one that had the basket got awaj . When the women got out ,-the omnibus was at the Golden Cross , Charing-cross , and he followed the prisoner and one of her companions round into Trafalgar-square . They crossed over towards . Spring-gardens , when , perceiving
they were followed , they ran towards a court . Tliey parted at tho end of ' Spring-gardens-mews . He followed the prisoner , captured her , and had her taken to Scotland-yard in custody . The other got away . —The prosecutrix , a German lady , proved that , when she entered the omnibus , her purse , which was a scarlet one , and which contained a £ 5 note and 5 s . Cd . in silver , was safe in her pocket , and that when Mr . Kinloch spoke to her it was gone . — : Police constable Budd , 59 D , produced a purse which he found torn in two in Spring-gardens-mews , near the spot passed by the woman who got away . — The prosecutrix identified the purse as hers . — Mr . Addison , in his address to the jury ,, said the prisoner was a respectable woman , the wife of
a carver and gilder , and the mother of a family . Her answer to the charge was , that on the day in question she was proceeding from her home to the Westminster Hospital in reference to the case of one of her children who was Motmed , and that it « vas purely by accident that she got into the omnibus with the two other women spoken of . The reason she got out when they , did was , tbat when the omnibus stopped to let them out s be found that she was going in the wrong direction , and therefore took that opportunity to leave the vehicle . It was entirely by accident that she was mixed up in this transaction , the woman she walked towards Springgardens with having at her ; request undertaken to show her the nearest way to Westminster Hospital ,
which she said was through Spring-gardens , and thence through Storey ' s gate . —Mrs . Gordon , a woman of respectable appearance , said the prisoner was a married woman and the ' mother of a family . She was a person of unquestionable character . , One of her children was deformed , She lived in the Old Kent-road . —The learned judge summed up the case with great minuteness , and remarked that it was unexplained how it was , that whilst the prisoner lived in the Old Kent-road , she took an omnibus in the Haymarket to go to tho Westminster Hospital . —The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty . —Tho prisoner , who had cried bitterly throughout the trial of the case , on hearing the verdict , exclaimed , " . Oh , thank God !"• and she left tho court with a ' number of' persons who appeared to he anxiously awaiting , the result .
Johnluomas Fox , 40 , was indicted for unlawfully publishing , and having for s-ile , a number of obscene and indecent prints and publications . —Mr Clarkson appeared for the prosecution ( which was instituted by the Society for the Suppression of , Vice ) , and Mr . Payne for the prisoner . —The evidence in support of the prosecution was shortly this ' : —Inspector Lewis , of the Thames police , ' who was also an officer under the Board of Customs , and Police Sergeant Chadwick wen t to a shop kept by the prisoner , No . i ,. Holywell . street , aridthero in the prisoner ' s presence , and without any opposition on his part ,, took possession of a large quantity of window tickets , and an immense number , of prints fchicflv French )
and books which were now produced , and which were of a most disgusting ' character . —Mr . Payne , on behalf of tbe prisoner , said he had no defence whatever to offer with respect to the morality or immorality of the prisoner ' s conduct , but he contended that in point of'law the evidence did not render the prisoner liable to conviction , inasmuch as it was not shown that he had the prints and books in his possession ' openly " and " expressly for the purpose" of selling them , as the indictment charged , to her Majesty ' s subjects , or that'he had exposed them in amanner that ihfringed the law . The prisoner was charged simply with having them in his possession , with the intent to publish and sell them , and that he submitted was not
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sufficient . —Tho learned judge , in summing up , told the jury that , in his opinion , if they were satisfied that tho prisoner had tho terrible prints and books produced in his possession with tho intention of publishing and selling them , they would bo perfectly justified in finding him guilty ; intimating , at the same time , that if' the prisoner ' s counsel thought proper to take the point he had raised to the Court of Criminal Appeal , there would bo no objection to his doing so . —The jury found tho prisoner Guilty .
The grand jury , on coming into court to be discharged , begged , through the foreman , to call the attention of che learned judge to tho cases wherein robberies were committed by means of hocussing , and hoped that prisoners against whom such offences wore clearly proved would be punished with severity . The learned judge said ho did not know whether the grand jury alluded to cases wherein it was alleged that chloroform had been used to produce insensibility ; if so , lie had to say that , in consequence of a case of that kind having recently been before the court , he had made extensive inquiry of chemical authorities , and ho lound that chloroform would not produce stupor so instantaneously as had been represented . The foreman said they alluded to cases in which drink was drugged , and the parties who took such drink were afterwards robbed . —Tho grand jury were then lisoharged .
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP UNITED TRADES . T . S . Doscombe , Esq ., M . P .,. President . Established 1845 . " PUT JUSTITIA . " " If it were possible for the working classes , by combining among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it need hardl y be said that this would be a thing not to bo punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at- " Btoakt Mill .
U has always heen the policy of the Executive oi this movement to maintain for it a non-political character , not because they undervalue the high importance of political knowledge and political action to the masses , but because they see , in tbe existing defective state of education amongst the working classes , an insuperable barrier to that unity of action , so indispensable to the successful working of any social , industrial , or political movement . We are quite aware that the soundness of this policy has been questioned by some , but we feel certain that , by the vast majority of those connected with US , 0111 views upon this point are thoroughly understood and appreciated .
We trust to see this policy rigidly maintained . But , although we object to inscribe upon our banners tbe dogmas of any political party , we shall never hesitate to advise and direct the powerful organism of this Association to be applied , upon every available opportunity , to secure and maintain the independence and well-being of its members . It was in strict accordance with this feeling that , during our recent contest with tbe Perrys of Wolverhampton , we entered with heart and soul into a
series of municipal elections . We gave an unexpected , an unexampled , and a truly glorious illustration of the power which the working classes posSSCSS when confederated . We have proved , to complete demonstration , that the representation of the municipal boroughs of England is virtually in the hands of the working classes , and we are at a loss to discover what is to prevent the successful application of the same power to ensure the return to Par liament of men pledged to uphold the ri ghts and interests of labour .
There has been no incident , during our connexion with this movement , upon which we look back with such unalloyed satisfaction , and ( we hope ) with allowable , pride as we do upon the well-fought battles oi St . Paul ' s and St , John ' s wards , Wolverhampton . It is to those glorious victories that we are indebted for the honourable distinction of a prosecution , It is those splendid victories which have called into existence an organised confederacy of capitalists to crush , at all hazards , a movement which has shown its power with such tremendous efficacy .
We trust the remembrance of these splendid labour victories , and all the important consequences which should spring from them , will not be easily effaced from the minds of the men of Wolverhampton and other towns . We think we have been the humble instruments of reading a powerful lesson to capital that will not soon be obliterated . We have said that we attribute the monster indictments as the Perrys' recognition of our services upon that occasion , and we think that those services entitle us to the sympathy and support of our . fellowhoiking . men , to enable us to boldly justify our proceedings at the forthcoming trial . In all these operations we believe we have acted legally and
constitutionally , and we are by no means disposed to beg an acquittal at the hands of any jury , but to demand a verdict which shall confirm and establish the great right of industrial combination . Principles of immense importance to the interests of labour are in issue , and we should be unworthy of the honourable position we hold , were we , from any merely personal consideration , to compromise or endanger those great priaciples . It certainly is not our intention to do so . Our defence must . be a justification , and not an apclogyi We are prepared to re-enact the same scenes in Wolverhamptoa or
any . other town , whenever . a fitting . opportunity presents itself , until it is proved before the highest legal tribunal , that we are in error , and have acted contrary to the statute law of the land . We feel scarcely assured that that immense power , possessed by the working classes , of which they appear quite cognizant , only requires a few such manifestations as the one we are alluding to , to effect a complete revolution in their trade ' s policy . We shall rejoice to he the instruments oi giving to that power so useful , a direction , it would be , indeed , an enviable privilege .
Wc are proud to acknowledge the powerful agencies that are - in operation to aid us in the forthcoming struggle . We allude particularly to the committees which have been formed in London , Manchester , Kidderminster , Birmingham , and other towns , And we trust Sheffield will not be behind , in a generous effort to maintain the independence of labour . She surely will not forget the zealous and successful efforts which were made to rescue her townsmen—Drnry , Ballos , Hall , and Marsden ; from a . vindictive and unmerited punishment , We think we have a claim upon their sympathies .
We have received the most flattering assurances of support from the Engine Drivers of the north . The Stone Masons of Great Britain have also promised to take up the subject with their accustomed spirit and generosity . We eavnestly . solicit- the Trades of London to appoint delegates to thb defence committee , to aid us in visiting the numerous sections of working men in and around the " metropolis . Even those who are unable or indisposed to render us " pecuniary assistance ; may render tho most effective , aid . by their personal co-operation . ' 259 , Tottenham-courfc-road . Wm . Pjsel , Sec .
A meeting of delegates was held at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , on Thursday evening , April 17 th . Mr . French ( Hammerman ) in the chair . The weekly meeting of Trade's delegates was , held , for the . purpose of raising a dofenco fund , and conducting the business connected with tho Perry conspiracy case , at the above bouse , when Mr . Oeorgo Gl'beitslade was unanimously elected secretary to the commit ; tee , and Mr . Gooch , the landlord of the Bell , consented to act as treasurer for the defence fund . Deputations were ' appointed to wait upon thevari- !
ous sections ofthe East and West end Shoemakers , several bodies of Carpenters , Pianoforte Makers , Aio ' ., arid , after the transaction of othor necessary business , tho committee adjourned until Thursday night .- Tho correspondence from the . provinces continue of a highly satisfactory . character , andjnspires us with the convictioii . that tho Perryan ^ persecution will elicit , such a powerfulfeelingof indignation as its ., concoctors had h . qt . "anticipated . There'is nothing like ' persecution ; for . accelerating a movement , and tbe blind policy , taken by . the "Wolverhampton employers will certainly recoil With mortification aud disappointment ' upon its authors .
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Opposition io the . BcoissusTiciL Tims But .-—The Morning Advertiser announces that -Mr-Thomas Buncombe intends to take an opportunity to move the following resolution for the purpose ot defeating the Papal ' Aggression Bill :-. —\' . That whilst this House regrets that greater consjderar tion . was not shown towards the Protestant feelings of the people of this country in the documents relatinff <« < h « vficnnt anoointment of , a ^ m an ba
tholic hierarchy , yet this . House , relying uponthe solemnassuranees that have = boon given , thaV tow ther slight nor insult was thereby intended to the Sovereign or to this nation , will abstainftom further legislative proceedings , u-3 lcss . 1 t shall hereafter be found that those appointments are exercised in-a manner inconsistent with the civil , . rigbts . or -the religious independence of ; asy portion . of her . Mai jesty ' s subjects . " . ! ' ' . ' .. ] . * - ,, V ' . ' . "¦ ., " V Fatal Accruer . —Mr . Todd . a barrister , whilst cruising in a yacht , on Sunday . last , hear the ' Nore , ' was thrown overboard by the boom suddenly ' : jibing , and ' was drowned . ' '
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THE PROVISIONAL -COMMITTEE OF THE AMSCHJ 5 STER TRADES PJtOTEOTIOX SOCIETY TO THE TRADES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . Fkm . ow LinouRRRs , — You who toil to live and live to toil . Ill-paid ' and ill'used workers of Old Emrland hear us and wvic ; li well our words . lVo essay to speak of Labour , that on which your lives depend , and » vo claim , vouv seuous attention to what we shall advance . * The oppression mid prosecution now taking place at Wolverhampton has brought us into existence ; an identity of interest has constrained us to make common cause with our brethren thevo ; tho blow struck at them has awakened us to our duty , and we hope you and the world will have to fay wo have done that duty well , and in a workmanlike manner . Brethren , it is a groat task we have set ourselves to perform , but it must and shall he done .
We propose to unite all the trades of our nation into one solid confederation for their mutual benefit and protection . This is a mighty and important work , big with glorious results to tho poor toiler , and one that will require time , patience , energy ability , and perseverance to accomplish . All theso we bring to our labour of love , together with confidence in human nature , when only rightly operated on , and we will succeed . Our first step is to claim , a hearing , while we plead the cause of labour—J'OUF cause— . your children ' s cause—tbe cause of millanil he in whose image man was made . Brethren , last year the rates for maintaining the poor amounted to more than seven millions of money , and only a small fraction of the poor were relieved . Within the last few years crime has made greater progress than was ever known in any period of onv nation ' s history .
Capita ! , the produce of your industry , is contracting its circle , and getting into fewer hands . Machinery is bursting into existence on every side and supplanting maiual labour . Competition is waging a mad and headlong strife at home and abroad , and aro you to stand listless by on the brink , of ruin and the cdtre of a volcano ? \ ou , the makers of cloth , and the growers of corn—God ' s children and the world's benefactors , —will you never awake to a sense of your own importance , and do yourselves that justice which your mora cunning brethren refuse you ? You must ! You shall !
There is no want in nature's dealings ; no niggardlincss , no pinching ; her table is spread in plenty that all may enjoy the universal banquet . Yet many of you are starving for bread , and dying for the want of food . Many of you perish while using every exertion to supply luxuries for others , and the world drops no tear , nor caves for your fa to . Alas . ' for selfishness , " Man enslaves his brother , and scourges him with a whip of scorpions ; " The poor man forges the chain that binds him , " And tho man of active energy kneels at tho feet of his fellow man imploring leave to toil . " Workers , if you would have future generations read of you as sane men , arise in the dignity of your great and sacred power , and end this strange
" comed y of errors . " Complain no more of bad laws , while you have power to annul them . Complain not of the tryanny of capital , while you , the creators of capital , can turn it to your salvation , if you please . The means to gain your own elevation , and to cmancipnte your brethren from tho slavery under which you have grown , are in your own hands ; for with all your poverty you havo thirty millions of pounds in the Savings Bank ; but you possess the capital of genius and intellect , which is of more value than paper notes or golden guineas , and which , if wisely directed , will lead you to make yourselves masters of your own fortunes . Why should the creator of riches sit in rags and wretchedness , and groan in slavery from birth to death ? Was the world not given for your
enjoyment as well as your masters , and you who toil , as the long and weary years roll on , have you not as strong a claim to the blessings you create as the cunning idler or the haughty aristocrat ? Let tha question sink deep within you , and let your hearts answer . Why should man rule as a tyrant or bend as a slave ? Why should our earth not be made a paradise ? Are there not materials for an eternal Eden around us ? What delusion is it that keeps us from making proper use of our existence ? Brethren of the trades , why should you notmako common cause , when your interests are the same ? Your weakness and your poverty , arise from your want of unity and community . With a well arranged union of trades , you can accomplish all you desire , and you need no longer wait for the " good time , " but work for it , and it will be at your doors .
Your duty lies in throwing the mantle of your protection over you * brethren now under prosecution for the Wolverhampton case . Eally round the Trades Association as a first step in your pilgrimage to the promised land , and in every town in England form your local committees , to gather the representatives of trades together . Send forth apostles of tried worth to speak to your brethren , and persuade them to unite . Do this , and you will havo begun to do your duty , and will deserve tho thanks of your brethren and fellow countrymen . Yours , On behalf of the Comittee , T . DlCKEXSOS ,
Conference Of Seamen. Pursuant To A Publ...
CONFERENCE OF SEAMEN . Pursuant to a public announcement , tho first day ' s sitting ofthe Conference of British Merchant Seamen from different ports in England and Scotland , took plnoo in the large room of the Cotton Tree Inn , Groat Ancoats-streefc Manchester , on Tuesday , April 22 nd 1851 , its objects being to devise the best means of establishing an United and Constitutional Agitation of tho Mercantile Interests against tho obnoxious provisions of an Act of Parliament , introduced by Mr . Laboucheve ; entitled and known by tho name of the Mercantile Marine Act , and also by the diffusion of information , tho presentation of . petitions to tho Legislature , and communicating with influential members of parliament , endeavour to obtain the repeal or all laws detrimental and derogatory to the interests , of British merchant seamen .
Sames oe Delegates is attendance . — Messrs . Oliver and Christie , Hull ; Mr . William Mountain , Middlesbro' , Stockton ; Mr . Robert HolmaU i Hartlepool ; Mr . John Chalk , Sunderland ; Mr T . G , White , North Shields , and Biyth ; Mr . John Smith , South Shields , and Newcastle-on-Tyn © Mr . Isac Bristow , Yarmouth ; Mr . Alexander White , Dundee ; Mr . James Frazer , Aberdeen , and Montrose ; Messrs . James Fildes , and Stoddart , Liverpool seamen on strike . This sitting was occupied in the usual routine business of receiving credentials , and other preliminary rules for theguidanco | of the Conference , after which the Conference adjourned .
On Wednesday resolutions wero passed condom * natory of the Mercantile Marine Act , and that a petition to both Houses of Parliament be presented for the last time , praying for the total abolition of the said act , which is found to be most injurious to the interests of tho British mariner , and also that a manifesto containing the seamen ' s grievances be published in the London and provincial papers be adopted . Resolutions were also passed for the organisation of additional associations of seamen in all tho ports of the kingdom , so that if their prayers were not attended to , they might effect a simultaneous strike at a given time , and also for protecting tho interests of the operative seamen from any injustice , frauds , or cruelties that may bo practised on him by the capitalist , oi * the various
harpies that may bo waiting to plunder " Jack " white on shove . The language used by the delegates proves to demonstration that tho grievances of seamen are not imaginary . The many frauds committed upon this body of men , under the specious pretext of ' protecting their , interest , have been manifold , —inasmuch as the . select committee on the Merchant Seamen ' s Fund have repeatedly admitted that their , lordships could not clearly ascertain the extent of tho [ evils , committed' ; and instead of amending and repealing the said law , they have added others of almost diabolical kind—inasmuch as the Register ' Ticket law compels every seaman to be ticketed off with description of-person , containing name , " when and . where born , colour and
of his hair ,. eyes , complexion ^ handwriting ,, every other particular , . similar to ah American slave , before he can , obtain employment ;; and should ho happen to lose ' or . mislay said , certificate ,, he is convicted ; and Compelled to pay . ten shillings , and , 'in niahy ' cases three , shillings . and .. sixpence costs ' . The fines and penalties , ' as imposed by La ? bouchere ' s Act , is also found to . bo diametrically opposed to ' the wants , wishes , and . welfaro : of the British mar / nor ; . and the continued . opposition , the numerous strikes ,, and the instantaneous , and simultaneous risingv . and protest of the seamen ' ia all the British ports , - proves ' that this " act is a most obnoxious and ' tyrannical ., curse ! ' and a degradation instead of a benefit !' " .
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.-Pat » Accident in Rbgekt Street ^' Oh Thursl }' f" ! T ? ! T ? ! « n were engaged painting the fronts of the houses in the Quadrant , and om of the men ascended the ladder for the purpose of getting one ottos brushes previous to . refnoving the ladder , and had unf istened the ropb : whichhad 1 ) eea » ttaphed ; to : the ^ railings , when , in descending , the adder slipped on one side , and precipitated him to the pavement , killing him on the spot , at the same tune knocking down twoyoung ladies , and breaking iho leg of one of . them , - ¦ •' . . SiUBiBs io Coroners . —By a ¦ bill in the . House Of Commons , which is to be read ;' a" second time after the recess , it is proposed to pay coroners by salaries to he . fixed b y o ^ arter ^ sessions or town , councils , ; instead ofthe present mode of £ 1 6 s . 8 d for every inquesfcj such salaries to commence from Michaelmas next .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 26, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26041851/page/5/
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