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btut ^ -duat -after great delay in the attempt to procure Beach itsttch a charter , to pay upwards of . £ 1 , 000 for lit lit Many enterprises for similar objects were t 8 tat © Stated to have been prevented by the same c cause cause . If the power ought to be vested in the ( Crov Crowu at all , it should be , as the Committee j recoi recommend , exercised at » far more reason i able able cost . , . , 0 One of the greatest and gravest ^ complaints mad snade before this committee , was that arising out out of the obstacles presented bj ourpartner-- ! . » A - A ^ . - _„* j „ - „ ^ . * . „ . »« tn w > n
ahii chip laws to any body <* fforlaD S « & J SaL ^ comb ine their money an 1 lahour fad fadustrH undertakings . Thereportstates :-E ? £ 2 S 3 riS ^ W » i *«» ** choose , the goods ire , £ eSU * moi ^ tte contributors of cental and labour , in © in cartam proDordons agreed to . Al At present the law affords no ef & etaal remedy against tte : fiie flandrfanywie dishonest eontntrator or partner -and nos «> smim »» xyino < leof « nfevct ^ aier « les « gree 4
tOforniUfo & l foal government J All who know anything of the working of Co- co-operative societies will recall numerous iu-Bta Stances in which they have failed , solely from lie fiie want of such powers to enforce their rules , aw and to punish fraudulent officers . In manv ca : cases , we nave no doubt that the temptation fcd fceld out by the defective state of the law was th < the originating cause of these frauds , and that m « men who would have been " reasonably " ho lionest , when they knew the law could he invo yoked to punish defalcation , felt little hesitafit fion in acting unjustl y when they knew they co could do so with impunity . It is not only in ft these trading co-operative associations thatihe tn mischief caused by such a state of the law has
si arisen , it baa been fatal to some of the most p . -promising movements for the emanci pation of X labour during the last fifteen years . It was owing principally to the want of a i legal position that the Harmony Hall experi-» went of the Socialists , in Hampshire , was 1 f »* oken up . It is the same want which has ( prevented the National Land Company from I ieing carried on . If tie Directors of that I Company had had legal power vested in them j to compel shareholders to pay up their calls i regularly , or to declare the shares forfeited , i and thus to have procured a stead y aud defii Bite suppl y of funds for the regular operations i of the Company , the result would have been
¦ widel y different from that we now see . There would have been no necessity for an act to ¦ wind-up the Company ; on the contrary , it vrovld . have laid the foundation for What is the great want of England—an independent selfsumcwg Yeomanry . The committee justly remark , that "the difficulties which affect the law of partnership operate with increased severity , in proportion to the amallness of the sum subscribed , and the number of persons included in the Association ; " and they thus conclude a report which deserves to be commended for its tone and temper , when dealing with the interests of the producing classes , as a rare , but grati-. ¦ ty ing specimen of what a Parliamentary report should be ;— "
Tour committee cannot bat express their strong ; opinion of the prtsang « cessi ^ - of the subject now referred to ttem being speedily attended to by the Legislature . The rapid increase in population and in wealth of the middle and industrious classes within the last half century renders this of swat consequence . The great change in the social position of multitudes , from the growth of large towns and crowded districts , tenders it more necessary that corresponding changes in
the lair should take place , both to improve their condition and contentment , and to give additional facilities to investments of capital which their industry and enterprise are constsattj cratm ; andaBgmentinj . It is the conviction of your committee that if such measures were carried into effect a stimulus would be siren to the industry of the country , likely to cause additional emplonnent and contentment without injury to any class , and with added security to the Welfare Of all
We hope that Mr . SiAXEY will , next session , make this report the basis of measures conceived in the spirit , and designed to effect the objects so admirably stated in these paragraphs . It will afford us the greatest pleasure to aid any movement for such a purpose , in or ont of Parliament ^ to utmost extent of onr power .
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The death of the late Duke of Cambridge has given Lord John and the Whig Cabinet fiie opportunity of making themselves agreeable at Court , at the cost of the tax-payers . "When in office they never lose an opportunity of that land ; and , if it tcerepossible , the Royal Family should always retain them in office as being certain to " shell out" liberally—Hot to say extravagantly , whenever an opportunity presented . It was the Whigs who voted the late Qceek Dowageb the
preposterously large income of £ 100 , 000 a year . She same loyal party , u $ e » in ejice , proposed to give Pbisce Albert £ 50 , 000 a year ; and it was only after a hard fight , in which the Tories joined Joseph Hume , that it was reduced to thirty thousand—heing still , iff our opinion , three times what it should have Jbeen . After the lapse of a few years , time Tolls round , and finding them in office gives them another chance of playing PonMagnifico at the expense of the people . Prince George of Cambridge may he a very fine young man , but he has , so far , "by no means brought his
Kares to a had market . His military position and emoluments are pretty considerable for Ills age and standing , and no doubt ranger-Ships and snag sinecures in abundance are destined for one who is laefcy enough to he first Cousin to the Quees . Bat apart from the income derived or derivable from these sources , as his father ' s heir he might have been expected to have his nest tolerabl y well feathered . For many years the late Duke was Viceroy of Hanover , and , of course , was supported by the revenue of that country . During all these years he
drew at least £ 27 , 000 yearly from the Con-1 aolidated Fund of Great Britain , besides Tarious other pickings . He has , all his life , been believed to be a saving , money-making man , and the few scores or hundreds of pounds that he may have annually bestowed upon charities can have had but little effect upon bis large income . Even if he had given more , and thereby reduced it considerably , that forms no argument why his son and daughter should be quartered on the public for high pensions . We would apply to Royal fathers and mothers the same rale as to other fathers
andot & ers , namely : "to be just before they are generous , " and to provide for their own offspring before " making ducks and drakes of their money" in any other direction . On the p lea , however , of the poverty of the late Duke , Lord John proposed to give the present Duke the enormous sum of £ 12 , 000 a year . To the Duchess-Dowager £ 6 , 000 a year is to be paid . By a former resolution , £ 3 , 000 a year is paid to the eldest daughter , Princess Augusta ; and now the youngest , the Princess Mary , is to be quartered upon us for
a like amount , besides taking the third of her late father's fortune , whatever that may be . We confess we have our suspicions about the correctness of the poverty plea , because we observe that , though the morning papers announce -that the will has been administered to , and the proportions in which tbe property is i » be divided , they carefully abstain from giving any idea as to its amount . Was it deemed too barefaced to gire the lie to Lord -Johs ' s statement a few days after H was made ?
But let as only flunk of the possible consequences of this monstrous and extravagant ¦ waste of the public money . By and bye , the new Duke will be looking ont for a wife . He ¦ will then , of course , come to that most patient of all calves , Jons Bull , for an additional "dotation , " as the French call it . Then there is a goodly host ot Royal sprouts springing up in the direct line , all of whom , as they arrive at manhood and womanhood , will require " dotations" also . Of course , it will be impossible to give the fions and daughters of the Queen less than tke sons and daughters tf ber uncle . They must , ia order to Keep
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up their conventional di gnity , have a Huh more ! A feasant prof pect fo / the * ooor h " % ™*?> «* ^ P ^ ta ^ yeS , S 4 E £ ^^ divisumsi the S ? of" ££% * % •?** * , „ m . \ « - f , ru 8 J ot course , passed it item . % R ™« Sr ^ ^ P ° ' ^ bearitlike t ^^ W *^ ¦**¦ * * loyalty Sr ? 3 W f » **» wise , however , they 2 S * 2 f ? mttthe 8 e ** ¦ ^ ¦»* « 3 anger SH 3 B ? 1 upoa national patience and TO eir CO * aV 8 Qtiona ] dirmU .. i _ .
The other business has been of a very miscellaiiwus descri ption , and disposed of in that random and reckless manner which characterises the dog-days and the near approach of the partrid ge season . Lord John has thrown his ill-used colleague in the representation of the City overboard once more ; and , from all wo can see , Baron Rothschild ' s M . P . will be a meaningless tag to the end of his name white the present Parliament lasts . * At all events , if it depends on Lord John , the next General Election will find the question in precisely the same position as it occupies now . A long discussion on the purchase of some
Danish forts on the Gold Coast of Africa , leads to the fear that we are about to perpetuate and extend the costly and mischievous policy in which we have so insanely persisted on that coast in reference to the slave trade . It will he recollected that the Mihister onl y saved himself from defeat on this question b y the threat of resi gnation . If he has since taken advantage of a vote , extorted by such means , to Involve us in plans which will require us to prosecute the Quixotic enterprise by land as well as sea , we earnestly hope that one act will lead to his being driven from office with ignominy and execration .
Mr . Htolie endeavoured , hut ineffectually , to obtain the sense of Parliament with respect to the worse than-Austrian atrocities perpetratedon the Cephalonians , by Haynau-Ward . A case more clearly calling for recall , if not impeachment , never was presented to its notice . The Colonial office knew its weakness and its danger , and contrived to nave the House "Whipped out" soon after nine o ' clock . It remains to be seen whether this contemptible trick will save it and its "
liberal" protege . Colonel Sibthohp made an effort to get the tenant-fanners relieved from paying Income Tax . It was a feeble , heartless , spiritless mockery of a debate , and ended—as was expected by everybody—in a defeat . We want no exemptions from that most iniquitous and oppressive tax , until it is re-considered altogether , which it must be next year . We earnestly hope that the country will then speak ont , and either compel its abolition , or that it shall he so adjusted as to fall equally upon all who are liable to be assessed to it .
The Irish landlords tried to repeal or neutralise the Poor Law , and were beaten in the attempt , while the Sabbatarians have made another hypocritical attack on public liberty , with their usual success . TVe are , however , not without hope that in committee the Sunday Trading Bill will yet be rendered comparatively innocuous , or thrown out . Voting the Supplies goes steadily on , and , we presume that , as soon as that business is fairly closed , the session will terminate . Rumour states , that the Ministerial White Bait Dinner , at Blackwall , is fixed for Saturday next , August 3 rd . If it takes place then , we may look for the rising of both Houses in the following week .
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MONIES RECEIVED Fob tee VfsEK Esomo ThubsdAT , Jtot Sots , 185 *) . son 1 KB WIBMHJP OF THE LAND COMPANY . Received at Laud Oehce . —Ashton , per Mr . Tajlor £ 5 —C . Kinvin 6 d—S . Worthington 6 d—J . Moss 6 d—Jf . WaJkwla—A . M'P ! a « 6 d—3 . S * ae \ mafiie 6—J-Barlow 6 d—W . Whitehonse Cd—E . Whifehouse Sd—JL Bennett Is—M . Moorerofrls—M . Exley 6 d—Vf . Boardman is—3 . TOWl 18 _ J _ Wolsteneroft Is—G . Sykes ls-a Friend 6 d—W . Mawson Is—W , Thompson 6 d—W . Foster Is—J . Sutton Is—J . Mcocfc US . Berry ls-G . Wallace Is—J . TurnbuU Is—W . Mason ls-J . Hodeson 6 d-J ; Haxdine 6 d— If . Messenger
6 d—J . Davidson 6 d-J . Wilsoa fid—W . Tickers fid—R , Tickers 6 d-T . "Roper ii-i . Iriffin Cd-3 . CorkTiill 6 d—T . Bell fid—P . Higgins 6 d—W . Grenoldls-G . Walker Is . Received t > y W Eideb . —T . "Willey , Cheltenham Is Id—D . Frost , Setter Haugh , near Rothcrham la id—3 . Mayman , Hamsgate is—J . J . C , 6 d—Stourbridge , per W . Morris H 13 s 6 a—A . Cainjibdl , Inverness Is—3 . Player , Shoenil MI , near Dartford 5 s-J . Poxley , Todwicfc 2 s—Lancaster , perT . Baines 3 s 9 d-Kottinghani , per J . Sweet 3 s 3 d—J . and J . Wells , London , ls-CarlisIe , per J . Gilbertson 10 s-BadcIiffe Bridge , per R . flamer -ts-R . Kitchen , I > gremont Cd-MessTs . Jones , Bull , and Pot ? ell , Merthyr Tydvil Is fid—C . Seagrate / Diss 3 s fid . ' £ a . d . Received at Land Office .. .. 6 8 G Keceived by W . Rider .. 3 12 *
Total . W 0 10 THE HOSESTY FUND . Received hy "Vf . Rtobb . —W . Stokes , Grettonls-J . Maymaa , Ramsgate Is—Fire Shareholders , Heywood , per J . t . Dawson 2 s fid . AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received by W . Ri » sb . — Radclifie Bridge , per R . Hamer , from *! . B . 6 d—Kdderminster , perG . Holloway Is . TRACT FOND . Received by W . Rum—J . Mayman , Ramsgate Is .
FOR MR . E . JONES . Received by W . Rnwa . —Radcliffe Bridge , per R . Hamer 2 s fid . Received by John Abnott . —Swindon , per John Bryson 1 / Is 9 d—Mr . John Arkell , per John Brysonls . FOR OR . M ' DOUALL . Received by Jons Absott . — Portsea , per James Stroud lllsCd . FOR MR . HOOPER . Received by W . Rider . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet 2 s 6 d .
FOR MRS- LACYReceived by * W . Rhieb . — Nottingham , per J . Sweet 2 s fid . FOR THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . Received by "W . Rider , —Kidderminster , per G . Holloway Is . The monies received by John Arnott for the National Charter Association and the Tract Fund will be acfcnowledged next week .
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CAMBRIDGE . Brutal Assabxt . —Thomas Dirkin , Michael G ' roty , Thomas Dirkin , jun ., and Martin Dowling , ( all Irishmen ) , were charged with , having , on the 2 Gth of May last , at Chatteris , violenty wounded Edward Jones with a large wooden scoop , with intent to do him grievous bodily harm . —Mr . C . Mills appeared for the . prosecution , and Mr . Naylorfor the defence . —The prosecutor is a navvy , and employed on the drainage works now in progress at Chatteris . On the 26 th of June , Jones was employed to sit up all night to watch the tools used by his fellow workmen . About one o ' clock in tho
morning a party of a dozen Irishmen ( reapers ) came up to him , and one , having a large wooden scoop , struck him a violent blow on the head . He fell ; and several of the party commenced kicking him till he was insensible . Be was then robbed of his cap and 5 s . "When he came to his senses he gave an alarm , and the party proceeded to the farm of a Mr . Jones , where , in a barn , were found eight or ten Irishmen . One had the prosecutor s cap , and another a couple of half-crowns . One ran off , and was overtaken . The prosecutor then identified the four men who had been most prominent in the affair . To three he distinctly swore . The
other , though certain about , he would not swear to . He was afterwards confined to his bed for a fort- j night . —The extent of the injuries was proved by Mr . Dean , a surgeon , of Chatteris . There was a dangerous wound of tho scalp , and for seven or eight days the prosecutor ' s life was in danger . —The jury Acquitted Dirkin , the elder , and found the others Guilty of a common assault . —Sentence deferred Arsok . —The jury Acquitted Wing , charged with setting fire to premises at Dry Drayton . And in the case of John Hayward , charged with setting fire to outbuildings at Cottenham , by which a fourth of the village was burned down , the grand jury ignored the bill . WORCESTER . Pehjoht . —Thomas Somerton , aged 26 , baker , * Since this was written a meeting has been held in the city , at which it was resolved , that Baron Rothschild should attend in person on Friday night , and claim bis seat . The result of this bold and decided measure we shall give in our Saturday ' s edition .
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was indicted for wilful and corrupt . periury .-Mr . Seife conducted the prosecution ; Mr . W . H . Cooke appeared for the defendant—This case excited much local interest , and occupied the court for upwJLS ^ ur J" u" - The defendant and prosecutor resided « i the small village of White Ladies Aston , of which Mr . Berkeley , of Spetchley , is the proprietor , a gentleman who takes particular inter rest in the preservation of his game . The defendant had been fined for trespassing in pursuit of pheasants in January , 1849 , on the information of Thomas Petford , son of the prosecutor , and by way of retaliation gave notice to the surveyor of taxes that Joseph Petford , the father , had , on the 1 st January , 18 ® , shot a brace of partrid ges without having a license to do so . A notice of surchar «» wj » r there .
fore given to old Petford , against which he ap : pealed to the commissioners . On the . hearing of this appeal the defendant attended as witness in support of the charge , and swore to having seen Joseph Petford discharge a gun and kill two partridges between ten and eleven o ' clock on the morning of Monday , the 1 st of January , on tho farm ofa person named Patrick . The prosecutor called witnesses to prove that on this identical day he had gone to Birmingham , and was actually in that town at the time deposed to by Somerton . On this contradictory testimony the commissioners , ' having adjourned the inquiry for further evidence ,, decided on the 3 rd May in favour of the appellant , ' who at the summer assizes following obtained a billi of indictment against Somerton for perjury . —On toe part of the prosecution , seven members of the ! Petfora family were examined , as to the fact of old ' . Petford being in Birminirham on the 1 st of JanuarvJ
—On the part of the defendant , four persons unconnected with him by any ties of relationship or intimacy , deposed with similar pertinacity that they had seen old Petford in White Ladies Aston between the hours of eight and eleven on the morning of that day , and ono of them , Mrs . Horn , who resided near tha prosecutor , declared she had seen bmmib . a gun in his hand , between ten and eleven of thatday .-Lord Campbell , in summing up , left the jury to determine to which , set of witnesses credit was due , and in the event of their believing those for the prosecution , then to determine whether the defendant had sworn falsely by mistake , or from wilful and malicious motives . —After twenty minutes' deliberation , the defendant was' found " Guilty , " on which the Lord Chief Justice sentenced him to seven years' transportation , and . he retired in custody , declaring himself to be unjustlv vmaish-jd . -,..-- ,.
Assaum with Intesi io Rob . —Thomas Groves , aged 25 , was indicted for assaulting , with intent to rob , Thomas Hadwell , a shoemaker , at Kidderminster , on the 1 st of June last . —Mr . Best prosecuted , and Mr . Powell defended the prisoner . —On the day above mentioned the prosecutor went to a public-house called the Weary Traveller , about seven o ' clock in the evening , and stayed there " refreshing" himself until abcit half-past eleven , when he was fetched away by his wife and his OKI " ther-in-law . On arriving home he found ' his house locked up , and accordingly he went alone to the house of a workman named Newbury for the key . At Newbury ' s door he found two young women , the prisoner , and two other young men , who were
seeking admittance , and one of the young women , who had been there before that evening / stated that she had left some pence there . The prosecutor said that on the door being opened , there was a rush into the passage , and at the same moment he was struck twice by the prisoner ; that he thereupon went a few hundred yards towards a place called Prospect-hill for a policeman , and that as he was going along the prisoner , who bad followed him on his hand and knees , rose up suddenly by his side and knocked him down , put his hand into his pocket , saying with an oath that if he had any money ho would have it , and called to his companions to " come on , " but that they replied "it would not do , " and recommended him to " punch the prosecutor ' s r ibs in . " The prisoner was proceeding to do so , when his wife and brother-in-law came to his
assistance , and the prisoner returned on his hands and knees to his companions . The prosecutor also swore that he was quite sober , and that although he did not know his name , he was perfectly familiar with the prisoner ' s person . On cross-examination he admitted that he heard the young . woman say she was come for her money , he said to her that he did not believe she had had any , and that it was thereupon he was first struck , and that , although he had money in the pock / et in Which the prisoner put his hand , he had net lost any . His workman , Newbury , deposed that the blows struck at the door were struck by the prisoner . —After a very impartial summing up , the jury convicted the prisoner of a common assault , but strongly recommended him to mercy ; and he was sentenced to a week's imprisonment in the Penitentiary .
Burglary . —Thomas Buffeon was indicted for a burglary committed on the premises of Richard Hardwick , at Mathon . —Mr . E . V . Richards con ducted the prosecution , and Mr . Powell appeared for the prisoner . —from the evidence adduced , it appeared that about three o ' clock on the afternoon of Friday , the 5 th of April , the prisoner called at the house of the prosecutor , who was a poor man , and asked him for a glass of water . The prosecutor went to fetch him a cup of cider , and on returning found the prisoner standing in the doorway , ID a position where he could command a view of the interior of the prosecutor ' s cottage , and could see two flitches of bacon hanging up there . About ten at night prosecutor went to bed , having made his house fast . On awakening at half-past five the next morning he found a hole in the window large enough to admit a man's body , and discovered that
his two flitches of bacon , together with a hag , had disappeared . About the same hour tho prisoner , heavily laden , was overtaken by a man in a cart on the road from Mathon to Worcester . The man gave prisoner a lift as far as Worcester , and on their way the prisoner said that he was carrying bacon to his brother at the Spetchley station . About ten o ' clock prisoner offered the bacon lor sale at a shop in Worcester , and received for it £ 103 . He told the woman who bought it that he had been disappointed by the person who was to have' sold it . The bacon was produced by a police constable and identified by the prosecutor , who produced a piece from home which corresponded exactly with that which had been stolen . —Mr . Powell addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner , who was found " Guilty , " and having been previously convicted was sentenced to transportation for ten years .
LUXCOIS . Ward v . the Yorkshikb Fire Insurance Cosipaks . —This was an action to recover the sum of £ 104 , the value of property destroyed by a fire at Rupham , in this county , on the 12 th of November last . The plaintiff had taken out a policy in the Yorkshire Company for £ 400 , and immediately after the fire he put in a claim of £ 200 for damage done to his corn stacks . In consequence of some suspicion that this was an exaggerated claim , a coroner ' s inquest was held to inquire into the origin of the fire , and the result of that inquiry was a refusal on the part of the company to pay for any damage whatever . Mr . Miller , for the defendants , contended that the plaintiff himself had set fire to the
stacks . In support of this defence , he called the maid servant who had lived with the plaintiff , and she stated that at nine o ' clock at night , when she was in the brewhouse , she saw her master pass stealthily , and that shortly after she heard an alarm of fire , and on looking out she saw two stacks in a blaze . Other witnesses deposed that when the alarm was given the plaintiff , instead of going at once to the stacks and throwing water upon them , he went to his cowhouse and set some calves at liberty , and afterwards drew some waggons from a shed -, the inference being that this delay in going to the Stacks was to allow the fire to gain an
ascendency . In summing . up , the Chief Justice commented on the practice of holding inquests on fires . He said there was no law to warrant it , and that coroners were not at all justified iu swearing witnesses to give evidence on such events . He mentioned that Mr Payne , one of the London coroners , had introduced the practice by reviving what was alleged to bo an old custon ; but how far it was useful to revive ancient jurisdictions , and sit on royal fishes and sturgeons " for the benefit of the public " did not enter into the case at hand . The iury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed .
STAFFORD . HlOBWAT ROBBBBT AND ATTEMPT AT MuRDBR . — John Smith was indicted for assaulting and wounding Thomas Gillaghan , on the 6 th of June , at Cresswell , putting him in bodily fear , and steahtg from his person a bottle of whiskey , and other articles , his property . — The prosecutor , an Irishman , stated that he and the prisoner travelled together from Ireland , and had journeyed from Liverpool to Stone , near Stafford , where they slept together on the night of the 5 th of June . The following morning they pursued their journey together towards Stafford , and when they had passed the turnpike gate the prisoner struck him a violent blow on the back of the head with his walkmg-stwk , which felled him to the ground . When upon the ground , the prisoner kicked and beat him with the stick and murderous
upon the head in a most ferocious manner , inflicting several severe wounds , one Oi which severed the upper lip . A bundle which he had under his arm dropped on the ground when he was first struck . The prisoner then took hold ot his legs , and dragged him towards a pool Of water on tho side of the road , but was prevented from throwing him in , in consequence of his grasping a post dose to tho water's edge . After again beating and kicking him , the prisoner took up the bundle , containing a small bottle of whiskey , a shirt , knifo , razor , and other articles , aud proceeded towards Stafford . Upon recovering consciousness , ho returned to the turnpike gate , and gave information to the keeper of the gate , His head and hair wore then literall y soaked with blood , and the wounds , were washed and bound up . After recovering himself a little , he went ia company with the parish
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, NOTTINGHAM . m } J , T Z ? * i 7- Ge r Tom 9 * indicted for manslaughter .-Mr . W . H . Adams appeared for he &„ A ° T ] ^ Pra d thAt 'to prisoner , on li ! if ;? J * P l ^ ' M been eng aged in a fight wJ £° ^ cea 8 ed Henry Flowers , in the Nottingham meadows , and that Flowers had boon killed fy a wow given by the prisoner . On the part of the WW 11 bad been conducted with fairness , ana he had been greatly provoked by tho deceased , Doth before the fight commenced and during its continuance . Until the last round the deceased appeared to have had the advantage , and was actually taunting the prisoner , and singing " Meet mo by moonlight alone , " when he received the blow which immediately knocked him down , and on tho Thursday following occasioned his death . —The jury found the prisoner "Guilty , " but recommended him to mercy . He had been in" custody about a month , and the learned judge sentenced him to a further imprisonment of three days .
YORK . His Lordship passed sehtence on a number of prisoners . Among them was Augustus Holman , of Leeds , merchant , who pleaded " Guilty" to four distinct charges of forgery at . Leeds ; was sentenced to be transported for fifteen ' years . . Embezzlement at Bridlington . —John Mercer was charged with embezzling certain sums of money , at Bridlington , on the 22 nd of May last . — The prosecutors in this case were the directors of the York and North Midland Railway Company , in whose service the prisoner acted in the capacity of clerk at the Bridlington Station , — Verdict , ''Guilty . "—There were other charges of a similar description against the prisoner , but they were not proceeded with . Be was sentenced to be impri * soned and kept at hard labour for fifteen months .
LEWES . Melancholy Case . —Mary Hardwick , a taisevaWe looking creature was indicted for feloniousl y casting her child into the sea at Brighton , with intent to murder it . —It appeared from the testimony of two witnesses that on Saturday last the prisoner was seen by a man named March standing with a child in her arms , near the Custom-house at Brighton , and she suddenly ran down to the sea and threw the child into the water , and then jumped in herself . March immediately ran into the water , and having fortunately succeeded in laying hold of the child , he brought it to the shore , and then went a second time into the water and brought out the woman . The child , it appeared , very soon
recovered , but the prisoner was insensible , and it was a considerable time before she was restored to consciousness . A man was upon tho spot who was represented to be the husband of the prisoner , and according to the testimony of the witnesses , after tho melancholy transaction had taken place ; he was very violent and abased her , and expressed a desire that she should have destroyed herself . The poor woman during the trial appeared hardly to be aware of the character of the offence she was charged with , and she was evidently suffering most acutely . —When she was called upon for her de . fence , she expressed herself ignorant of what had happened . —The jury found her " Guilty , " but recommended her to mercy , and judgment was deferred .
DORCHESTER . Charles Swyer was indicted for having set fire to a hayrick , the property of Edward Head , at Turnworth . —Jamcs "Williams deposed : 1 am at present a prisoner , having been confined ia the county gaol , to give evidence against the prisoner at the bar . On the 18 th of March last I met tho prisoner at Blandford , and the next day I proceeded with him along the road to Dorchester . We went across the downs to a hay rick , and the prisoner took a match from his pocket , lighted a piece of paper , and set fire to the rick . I asked him what he did that for , nnd he replied " for fun . " He walked away from mo as fast as he could , and I at once went to a boy who was working near , and told him to tell his
master of the occurrence . When I got to the village I informed tho constable . —William Head : The rick which was burnt was my property . It was worth £ 8 , and my boy camo and told mo that the rick had been set on fire . —James Wells : Tho witness Williams came to me as I was working in the field , and made a communication to me which caused me to tell my master that his rick was on fire . —The witness Williams was examined by tho judge as to his calling , and what he was about when ho entered into company with the prisoner . He said he was a plasterer at Gloucester , and was working his way to Plymouth when he fell in with Swyer . —The prisoner , having nothing to say for himself , was found guilty , and sentenced to be transported for seven years .
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INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT . IS TUK MATTER OF WILLUM GR 1 MSTONB . This insolvent , the well-known eye-snuff manufacturer , applied to be discharged . He was opposed by Mr . Nichols for a mortgage creditor named Revett , and two other creditors named White and Willes , appeared in person . Mr . Cook and Mv . Sargood supported the application . —The inquiry in this case , which seemed to create a good deal of interest , occupied some hours on Monday , and was not concluded till five o ' clock . It appeared that the insolvent , who had carried on business for thirtynine years , had never failed before or compounded with his creditors , and his insolvency was the result of heavy expenses by crown prosecutions and the
injury done to his business . His debts exceeded £ 6 , 060 , running over a long period . In 1824 the prosecutions ' commenced on account of his snuff . Re satisfied the excise that it was made of British herbs , and consequently not an excisable commodity , and the prosecution was ended by a nominal veVdict and payment of the costs , which he found were considerable . In 1827 he was prosecuted by the Stamp-office , and in 1835 all his agents , amounting to more than 1 , 000 , were fined for selling snuff without a stamp , as the government considered it a patent medicine . In one day " ninety" complaints were issued from the Stamp-office . The agents brought back the goods , he returned the money , paid the expenses , and soon afterwards found his means crippled . Ho was then paying £ 5 , 000 a year in advertisements . The expenses of the
prosecutions , and the losses consequent thereon , cost him £ 11 , 000 . He had invented a liquid called " Regenerator , " for the growth of the human hair . He had a place at Highgate , where he grow his herbs , and for which he gave 4 l , 050 , and which he had mortgaged to Mr . Revettfor £ 200 . There was a prior mortgage of £ 800 , which Revolt had paid off , and after professing great friendship for him , had , since bis imprisonment , brought an action of ejectment , to recover possession of the premises at Highgato . Tho insolvent had laid out £ 2 , 000 on the property , and expected to pay his creditors out of the growth of his herbs .. He had a place of business in Oxford-street , ' out of which he had , since his imprisonment , been ejected . A Mr . Howe held a security on it to £ 1 , 000 , but had gained little or nothing from it . —Mr . White , a stationer , in Shoreditch , complained that he had discounted a
few bills for the insolvent : and Mr . Willes , the other opposing creditor , who was a creditor for a balance , complained of the security given to Mr . Howe . —Mr . Nichols asked for possession o ! the premises at Highgate before the insolvent was discharged . —Mr . Cook resisted the application , as one of . an unusual character , and made some sarcastic remarks on the conduct of Mr . Revett , the opposing creditor . —In the course of the case the insolvent alleged that he had offered the attorney of Mr , White £ 20 , besides costs on the bill held by him , but tho offer was refused . On the other hand , it was denied that the money bad been offered , but the attorney was not in court to give evidence . — The Chief Commissioner required the attendance of tho attorney for Mr . White ; and on the next occasion the court would hear any application for the appointment of an assignee with reference to the premises at Highgate . —The case was adjourned .
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GUILDHALL . —Cb-arob of Stbaiihg Books . — Charles Hamilton , William Harley , and William Montague were charged with stealing a quantity of books , the property of Thomas Blackwopd , a bookseller and publisher , in Paternoster-row . The prosecutor had entertained suspicions for some time past that Harley and Montague , who were in his employ , had been robbing him to a considerable extent , both in money and goods , and accordingly on Saturday last he marked three shillings and the same number of sixpences , and garo tbem to a nend , with instructions to lay tho money out in books at his ( prosecutor ' s ) shop . Prosecutor left home in the morning , and on returning about five ciccw in
o tne same atternoon , he examined the till , and found the three marked shillings and two of the sixpences there , the third having been abstracted , and a penny put in . its place . Ho then gave both of * them into custody , when Montague stated that Hamilton had called during prosecutor ' s absence and entered the warehouse , from whence he took five 6 s . books , and gave Harley os . —Several second hand booksellers appeared , and produced various volumes of " Bunyan s Pilgrim's Progress , " " Chever's Wanderings , " " Dick ' s Future State , " and other works , having bought them for about half their publishing price of the prisoners , Hamilton and Harley . —Hamilton said he had heeu led to believe from Harley that Mr . Blackwood was in tiie
habit of sending him out with volumes of works , the sale of which had fallen off , leaving the prosecutor with a large stock in hand , to sell for any pnee he could get for them , and that on several occasions he ( Hamilton ) had taken some from Harley , and disposed of them in the way mentioned by the booksellers present , whereby he had been ena-• j u u e a ^ sn"Rmgs from time to time . He said he had never been in the warehouse of the prosecutor , either with or without his knowledge , and Montague ' s statement that he took five books away on Saturday was a mere fabrication , as he was not m Paternoster-row on Saturday . — The officer , Webb , stated that ho searched Harley before taking mm to the station , and found tlie marked sixpence
that was missing from the till , and a great number of duplicates , chiefly relating to books , were given up before leaving the warehouse . —Alderman Chains said that he shduld remand the case for a week , for the purpose of making further inquiries . ¦ •»• • • MANSION-HOUSE .-DisaRXcETul , Assault . ^ A tailor named John Hanagnn and his wif £ , and a young fellow named John Long , were charged with having desperately assaulted William Rawley , one of the same trade . —The complainant went out at rather an unseasonable hour on Saturday night last to get some beer , and me & ting with the defendants , asked John Hanagan for the amount of a debt which ought to have been paid long ago . He received an answer from each of the three , viz ., a scratch from Mrs . Hanacan . a blow from Lonfir . and
from John Hanagan a bite , which actually made a mouthful of his ear . —The biter stated that tho complainant provoked him by the most dreadful language to stand up to * fight , and , at the commencement of the conflict , seized him by the ear and endeavoured to drag it off his head , that the row became general , and every one in it got the worst ot it , till the whole business was finished by an interview with the inspector at the stationhouse . —The woman said she only had done what any woman ought to do when her husband was attacked—defended him when the complainant and two other persons attacked him . —The ear-biter was sentenced to imprisonment for one month , his wife to imprisonment for fourteen days , and Long to imprisonment for fourteen days ,
BOW-STREET—Gross Cbobltx to HORSES . — A . Pother , the driver of an omnibus , was charged , under the new act of parliament , with working two horses unfit to be " used . —A police-constable said that , on Monday , in Parliament-street , he saw the defendant driving an omnibus . He noticed a large wound upon the side of one of the horses , and the traces were constantly rubbing it aa the horse was running . Witness stopped the omnibus , and told the driver he could not allow the horse to be worked in that state . On examining the wound , he found it very much swollen , and the horse must have suffered great pain . The prisoner said he met with an accident that morning , and had run against a cart in Gray ' s Inn-lane . Witness then
lifted the collar , and found five or six wounds under the neck , each about the size of a shilling . They all appeared to be fresh wounds , and on taking the horses and omnibus to tho greenyard , he found another large wound upon the back of the other horse , which was being rubbed by the harness . At the station , the prisoner said the wound upon the side of the horse was an old one , and had been healed . The horses were quite sound when he brought them out , and he only intended to run them that journey . —The proprietor of . the omnibus said he had 600 horses ; and he never allowed any animal to be worked that was not sound . The horses in question , were quite well when they left tho stable , and it was the heat of the morning that
had caused the places to appear . They were only small pimples under the neck , which' would be caused by perspiration . —Mr . Hall said he . ceuld I \ Ot believe that the heat could cause such wounds as described by the officer , iurunningsuchash 6 rt )' ournoy . The horses must have suffered great '¦ paija ,. and by the now act of parliament any person driving horses that were unsound was liable to thefirie-of £ 5 , and the owners were equally liable . He hoped the horses would not be worked again ; and as a cau . tion to tho driver in future he fined him the niiligated penalty of 30 s ., or fifteen days' imprisonment . —The proprietor assured his worship that the horses would not be worked again until perfectly recovered .
SOUTHWARK — Chaboe or Arson . — George Arnott , the son of an extensive hair manufacturer in the Grove , Southwark , and David Welsh , one of his workmen , were charged with setting fire to the premises of Mr . John Jeffreys , ironfounder , and proprietor of the Grove iron foundry , in the Grove , Great Guildford-strcet , Southwark . —Mr . Jeffreys stated that he left his premises perfectly safe about ten o ' clock oa the previous night . There was at that time no fire lighted in the foundry . . Wheu he arrived on the following morning , he discovered a quantity of charred wood , and burnt shavings in the model room ; and from the position in which they were placed , he was astonished that the whole of the warehouse was not burnt down . The property
in the warehouse consisted of models , tools ,, and other property , valued at nearly £ 20 , 000 . Ho afterwards heard that the prisoners had been on the premises at the time tke fire was discovered , and from these circumstances he gave them into custody . —Elizabeth Higgott was called by the prosecutor , and stated that a little after eleven o ' clock on the previous night she went into the yard at the rear of Mr . Jeffeiy s premises , when she saw flames in the model house . She instantly called her master , when the flames were rushing out of the factory windows . —Mr . A'Beckett : Did you see either of the prisoners in tho place where the fire took place ? Witness : Yes , I saw Arnott enter tho niodel-room and throw pieces of wood on the fire near the
foundry . She then saw the other there , when Arnott took the wood from the pile and threw it about the room . —Other evidence having been heard , Arnott said that they had been to the theatre , and , after they came home , they saw afire in Mr . Jcffery ' s foundry . They immediately jumped through the fence and put the fire out . —Mr . A'Beckett said he had heard sufficient to warrant his remanding them . Violemi Attack upon the Magistrate bt Two Females . —Mavy Grogan and Ann M'Cartby were charged with using improper language in the public streets , and assaulting the officer in the i execution Of his duty . —Mr . Ingham after hearing the evidence , ordered each to be imprisoned for one month . —Before tho sentence had been' distinctly
pronounced , each of them suddenly took off their heavy shoes and threw them with great . violence at the magistrate ' s head , accompanied with ' dreadful oaths and imprecations . ¦ fortunately . ' . for Mr . Ingham the missiles escaped his head , and merely grazed his right shoulder . Finding they had not succeeded in injuring the magistrate ,- -they attempted to break down the front of the . dock , but several officers being in the body of the court they were prevented , but it required the united s ' trengn often constables to drag thom to the cells , ! and in doing so their clothes were torn from their backs . Their violence was so great when in the latter place that the magistrate ordered their instant removal to Brixton .
MARYLEBOSB . —CnAROBS of Wilful Damage and Assault . nv an Officer . — "Frederick Mundell , a member of the United Servico Clubj arid who resides at No , 101 , Milton-street , Dorset-square ( he refused to give his address when taken to the station-house , ) was charged with the following extraordinary conduct : —Mr . Johnson , proprietor of a highly respectable boarding house , situate at No . 4 , Cavendish-square , deposed , that on the 2 nd of December last , defendant , who represented himself as a lieutenant in the army , and said that he belonged to the United Servico Club , made application to him to bo admitted as an inmate of the establishment , and after he had given in the name of a nartv by way of reference , complainant
consented to the proposal , but he subsequently mentioned to two ladies who were boarding with him , the agreement which he had come to , and ftoul what lie heard with regard to defendant having been in Hoiaemongor-lane gaol for an assault upon , a gentleman , he ( complavu & ut ) wvote to him to . tho effect that he could not be admitted j 'ho sent to know the reason why he had come to this detominatioii , upon which he went to : Poole ' s Coffee-house , and having copied from a . paper . tho particulars of his committal to prison ,, forwarded it to him ; he afterwards called upon complainant , telling him it was all wrong , and that if ho fvould go to the Duke of Wellington with him everything could bo explained , On the Uth of December dei feudality addressed a feyr lines to cojuPlaioaut . The
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note was here put in and read . It set forth that | we writer - sonsidered that a great insult had been I L l - h , m ' and of which he could not help takim ? ^ ' . nc , e . Complainant added that since his refusal „ T „ Mi - t ll , danta n « m » er of panesof glass , prin . £ " fche . drawing-rooms , had been broken by KhW ^ ? ' ? ntl with thc view of causing , ff KShi * nl eCtIOn 0 f the g » iUy V ^ y , whom he ffimES « 3 « P ° : the ladies by whom iie ^ ompUmant ) was induced to come to the deciaion which-he did had given him to «»•!»¦? ™ a % 5 they should quit if h ! ( defeiS ^ SSit mate ; he bad been persecuting one of X lades ( the younger ) with his attentions , and had caiES ?«
order to see her , but he was peremptorily told that she would not grant him an interview —Mr Broughton « Do you know where the young Jady first became acquainted with him ? Complainant : I believe in Harley-street , at my house , with her mother , and , had I received defendant they would both have left me . —It further appeared that Superintendent Hughes , of the D division , had directed police constable Hawker , 271 , to station himself in such a position in the square , as would enable him to have a complete view of Mr . Johnson ' s dwelling ; he accordingly did so , ' and at length saw tho defenaant pick up from the road some stones , which he threw towards the house ; upon his going away after tne last throw made by him at one o'clock in the
morn w , foltowed him and took hlm ^ fi «« MYV . , he sMion house a large stono . was K t \ n ^' coat P ° oke' - Wtnws went back nf £ < , ™? Usre , sidenee ' fffleHhe called up one HaSp ^ i tl « «« lU < m house yiwlent , y assaulted Hawker , and two other conatabloa who camo to his assistance-Inspector Jackson said that he asked the defendant his name andaddress when the charra was taken by him , bpt he refused to rive Sef he was subsequently bailed , and thc required inforl mation was then obtained .-The solicitor said there was no proof whatever as to his client having broken any windows . —To the constable : Did you hear th «
smashing of glass ? Constable : I did not , but I saw stones thrown , and they rebounded from the buildr f ~?! r i ^ Let nie 8 P - sir » if you please . I heard that policemen had been making inquiries about me in a very improper way , and in consequence of their conduct I wrote to Sir George GreV , hoping that he would look to the matter , but'Xliave not yet seen him . J know nothing about the breaking of any glass , neither did I fling a single stone . " I was pounced upon by three men , and dragged along by them ; and if I had struck either of them , I should certainly have made a mark . In trying to free myself from them 1 might have kicked out , but nothing more . —Mr . Broughton after carefully reviewing the whole of
, the evidence adduced , inflicted upon defendant a penalty of 40 s and two of 20 s . for assaulting the police , and , m addition thereto , called upon him to enter his own recognisances in £ 100 , with two sureties ( with notice , in' order that due inquiry might be instituted as to their fitness to be accepted as bail ) in £ 50 each , for his keeping the peace towards complainant and all his house for the next three months . The magistrate remarked that i t had been intimated to him that he ( defendant ) had also used threats towards thc young lady who was not inclined to listen to or pay any regard to his attentions ; that , however , would not now ba entered upon . —Defendant : She had agreed to accept my hand before she went to Mr , Johnson ' s-
had it been otherwise , I should not have been in any way troublesome to her . —He vas then locked up , WESTMrySTER .-CiunGE of Robbebt .-LouIs Konarzewski , a Pole , was charged with felony . — Elizabeth Fisher , servant in the establishment of Mr . H . F . Chorley , 15 , Victoria-square , Pimlico , stated that on last Friday afternoon she heard a knock at the street door , and upon opening it the prisoner walked into the hall without saying anything . She inquired if he wanted Mr . Chorley , and he replied " Yes , " and in broken English asked for pen , ink , and paper . She went , into the diningroom to procure them , and there found herself followed by the prisoner , who , although provided with , the means , did not attempt to write , but Sauntered about the room , and having made some casual inquiry about a picture in the room , coolly sat
himself down . Witness finding he made no use of the pen nnd ink , and considering his conduct very strange , became alarmed , and requested him to leave the house , which was unheeded . Hearing a ring at the street door bell , she was obliged to leave the prisoner in the room for four or five minutes , during which time she thought it pi'Udent to send for Mr . Felton , a neighbour , and upon her going with him to the dining-room they met the prisoner at the door , who said he would go . Witness for some time requested him to write his name , which he refused to do , but , after a great deal of persuasion , wrote something resembling a name upon a niece of paper , and said ho wanted to see Mr . Chorley at Verey ' s , in Regent-street , that evening—Mr .
Chorley s valet proved that a £ 5 note and seven or eight sovereigns were seen safe by him in an enve « lope upon the dining-room table half an hour before the prisoner ' s visit and were missed shortly after his departure . —The prisoner denied the charge , and was remanded till Saturday . WORSHIP-STREET . -A Gaso of Juvenilis BuBGLARs . —Twelre ragged and abandoned-looking young urchins , the youngest of whom was only eight years of age , were charge ! with having burglariously broken mto the premises of Mr Myers , a wholesale general merchant , in Wentworih-street Whitechapel , and stolen a mahogany writing ^ desk , a quantity of sheeting and wearing apparel , and various other miscellaneous articles . At seven
o ' clock on Monday evening the doors and windows of tho warehouse were properly secured by one of the prosecutor ' s servants , named Dickman , who was left in charge of the premises , on reaching which at six o'clock next morning it was discovered by one of the workmen that a portion of the glass and framework ofa first-floor window communicating with one of the store-rooms , had been shattered to pieces , leaving a sufficient aperture for the ad « mittance of the thieves , who had completely ransacked the place , and carried off a considerabl quantity of property . Information of the robbery was immediately communicated to Sergeant Wake * ford , of the H . division , who in the course of his inquiries , received information which induced him
to proceed to a notorious haunt for young thieves in Plough-street , Whitechapel , on entering which he found in a lower room the prisoners Dudley , Evans , and Shipley , stooping over a strong fire , on which was placed a large iron pot containing a quantity of pewter , which they were n the act of melting down . One of the prosecutor ' s servants who accompanied the sergeants at once identified the contents of the pot , which were only partially fused , as his master ' s property ; and upon searching the room a quantity of sheeting and brass work was discovered , which was also recognised as a further portion of the plunder . The articles in question were secured by the sergeant , and conveyed with the prisoners to the station , and he afterwards
proceeded to another receptacle of the same description in Lower Keate-strcet , Spitalfields , where hd apprehended four more of the prisoners , and found a further quantity of the stolen property in their possession . On asking what they had done with the rest of the property they denied all knowledge of it ; but the owner of the house , who was standing by , immediately' delivered up the prosecutor * a writing-desk , and three coats * belonging to him , wb . ich . hc said thc prisoners had given him to taka care of . The remainder of the prisoners were subsequently discovered secreted under some arches in Commercial-street , and , upon the persons of each
of them , with only one exception , other portions of the booty were found . Tho prisoners listened to tho evidence against them with the ;; . most imperturbable hardihood . —Mr . Hammill said that if * was lamentable to witness such an exhibition of depravity by persons of- such an age , but , as the case had been clearly established against them , b » should order the whole of them to be committed until that day week , with the exception of the boy whom ho was reluctant to send to prison on a «* count of his extreme youth , and the- prisoner Scriven , against whom the evidence was not of SB conclusive a character .
Attempts to Commit Suicide . —Eliza . Amos , wai charged before Mr . Hammill with attempting to commit suicide in tbe Regent ' s Canal . —Policemaa N 215 stated that about one o ' clock on Tuesday morning he was in Hoggerstone , when he was informed that a female had thrown herself into tie Regent's Canal . Ho went to the towing path and saw the prisoner sinking in the water . He got a pole , with which ho succeeded ; in dragging hee ashore . She stated that she had no place of refuga to go to , and that she was without friends or money . — The prisoner , in answer to . Mvv Hammili , sail that she had been in service , and that she had speat all her money . She applied- for assistance to Aa parochial authorities of Bethnal-green , by whoa she was refused relief . She was remanded far a week .
Emma Hawkins was , charged with a similar offence . —The officer to the Regent ' s Canal Company said that about twelve o ' clock he saw he ? jump from the parapet of ! the Bcgent's Canal bridge . Whea ho got her out she said that he should not prevent her from drowning herself , and she would try again the first opportunity . She lived with her mother , who was a laundress , and was in trouble ^ Mr . Hammill directed Sergeant NdivisM * to take tho prisoner , who age , to her mother .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 27, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27071850/page/5/
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