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London Shoemakers Meetings I** Soti-Out ...
Mav , 1813 . ami which was _attended by 1 SS representatives from the towns of ' _^<^ ** _£ _* _" _*& ¦ Rirmi . i < r ; _nm - "Birkenhead , Sheffield , ' Bolton , _MacdeS Ss Preston , Blackburn , Stockport , _Wii-an . and Bnry ;
David Belmiouse , Esq . in the chair ; The following _declaration was read by Samuel Holme , Esq . of Liverpool : — The master _tradesmen and others who are identified wish _thelnrilding trades , contracts for railways , ami other juolic works , have now for the first time met together , tu consider the position in which they have _bi-cn plaeed hy the combinationsof the workmen throughiiut the country . A deeply-rooted and wide-spread orpwisaiiou of trades now embraces th .: whole of the British _glands , and by a change of _cu _* c « mstaii « s , but particularly * *« _£ _^_ _tfthe coml . inatioa laws , employers are »» _^ J mitted to conduct their business ' _« _bf" _» fi-a „ . ol ] iI „ _euableto _makearrangtmems _™* ' _^ L . iBnora _iions , and but have to submit * , the most _*^ " ° _™^ committee ol the _mostdxtitoriai mandates ofthe
centrathe union of trades . _^ . . affairs Itis no longer V _^ J _^ _TeZ _^ « S With comfort or advanta _g e _^^ _^ . _^ _^ _^^ y _,,. contract with scc " rlt 5 '* _j _^ _ca " _-tectns to have be _* n _dehetween master ami _™ yea ! itv . interest which was stroyed , _andin-tead ot _^ _ _mi ; n _^ _been lirt . j udiceil formerly _recogniseo , _^ j _, _™ have been _tngendtrcd against tbeir ™ _- _^ _*™ ' c 01 lte . plate . _nfimostpanirul nature w »• * 01 „ „„ _len"er a _« il wish their workmen in Employer _^ no "te Theputchaser of iabour can . _SSSSS _^* *»» ha _™ " _- ! *» - ™ _= e of- because another party arrogantly steps in , and ™ i essin"an o rganised power without any recognised _^ snon sibUity , interferes between both parties and dictates conditions which are as inimical to _re-sooaud justice , as they are iu themselves cruel to tbe workmen and insulting to the master . This unjust interference , however , has been acceded tony _theoperativeclasses ( in many _theusaod of cases most unwillingly ) , but their tacit
acquiescence has left them no _lonser free agents , and emplovers have new to deal with men who are bound and ietiercd by tlie general union who support their demands by the weight of a well-organised association , while the employer has only his individual _strength to sustain him in the conflict , where the odds are so fearfully against him . The result has been , that in many places , rather than enter into a conflict with the unions , contractorshavehad to submit to demands the most arbitrary aud humiliating . In some instances , the entire control and management
of their business have been taken out of their hands , inflicting upon them heavy pecuniary losses , and in other cases involving contractors in absolute ruin , and such lias been the extent to which dictation has been carried , that £ rm and unyielding resistance has become a necessary du » y , unless tlie order of things is to he inverted , and the _emplftj er become the slave aud the tool of the workman , directed as the latter is by a secret and irresponsible _tribunal , whidiexisUbyforced contrwutions , which reigns hy terms , and whose principles are repugnant to every notion of British liberty .
The principle is at once conceded that the operative classes have a legal right to combine to raise the price of labour ; it is equally clear that it is also the right of those who have to purchase it , to combine to prevent that price being unjust , or more than they can afford to pay . An imperative _ntce 3 sity now exists for ail employers to enter into au association for mutual support and _protection , because it is dangerous for any man to enter into a large undertaking without having some guarantee that he may he secured against ruin by demands which the te-nis _» f his contract prevent bim from ace ding to .
This _necessity is not of their seeking . It has been forced upon them by " the trades' unions , and by the sevei _» i 5 Ce of those ties irhich formerly existed . In forming fl protective association for employers , its first members _Cc-sire to pkee on record their regret that such a iv solution is necessary ; hut it is their solemn and deliberate opinion , that no other mode exists by which they can _successfully resist the demands of the trade clubs of tin _workmen . They desire to place ou record the fact that no attempt has been made by them to reduce wages , to increase the hours of lahotir , or to abridge the privileges ofthe operative classes . On the contrary , wages have been advanced , the hours of labour have been lessened , ana the workmen have their privile _^ csincreascd , "by the concession of minor points which have only caused a picuninary sacrifice on the part of the masters . But
new features _havs baen exhibited—new iutentions disclosed _, flagrant acts have been deliberately committed ; and , painful as it is , the conclusion is most _reluctantly forcea on the employers , that organisation such as that Trhicb now exists can _onlTbesuccssfully met by counterorganisation , —that individual security can only be found in the association of bodies , because if an individual has to defend himself against 2 _powerful combination , he must be overwhelmed . That tradesmen may continue to conduct their business with safety—that they may contract as usual for works both of a public and private nature—that they may le able to fulfil those engagements into which they are required 10 enter—they have now met for thc purpose of enrolling themselves in an association , wliich it is intended to establish upon abroad and permanent foundation , and where every member may find that protection and security which is so essential for the general welfare cf _socictr , as wtil as for his Individual interest .
The assoeiation is founded lor sell-defence , and if it has to tafce up an aggressive position , it will he forced to do so hy the acts of the operative unions ; and , under such _circuisstances , its _m-.-iubers _^ will be prepared to act in _unuon and with rigour . _Vviiilc the _lra . 3 _es' unions make no unreasonable _ieican-ls , this assoeiation will remain quiescent , but united . When those unions are dissolved , this also will expire ; "but while individual employers are interfered with , or particular localities selected for a strike , this _association will be _raaJy io net with promptness , and to take , such
determined steps as wiii bring stakes to a speedy termination . This association _wiil always be found ready to give en _couragement and protection to those workmen who _dissociate themselves from the trades' unions , or who refuse to join _tlitm _, by nffordine to _tiseni , as much as possible , constant employment , by giving them the means of _hi-ttering their condition , in all cases giving them a pre ferencein the winter season , or in seasons of depression or < r those workmen who are the members aud supporters of clufcs whieh are found iu hostile array against
tlie employers . Ei _' _iry masts ™ , tradesman , or contractor engaged in "building or pauiic works , is therefore invited to join the association , and to give in his adhtrence to its general principles . The rules by which it will be governed , the _deiaUs which it must necessarily embrace , and various other matters connected with it , will probably be better left : to Hie committee of _mansgemant whieh lrill have to ho _appointed . Moved by Mr . 6 . C . Pauling , of Manchester " _screwed bv Kilpin , of Liverpool : —
Tijat she ~ £ da . rr . Uua now read , _bs adopted
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_naaniinously . _Muvzd _l _; y JTr . Toi > : lcin ? on , of Liverpool ; seconded hy Sir . _Girytiicr , of Birmingham _;—Tln-ttl-. e _intcrfcr . nee ofthe trades' unions with the legitimate condnet cf business—their attempts to raise ¦ wr . _scs—to dictate _conditions which cannot be acceded « _to—toc-trcc those of the operative classes who are umvill ' -. ! gtoj ; . ln them , au < : the bad feelings which they have excited between employers and workmen , are all deserving of reprobation ; aud this meeting resolves that it will _discounti-nantra sill attempts -wliich may be mude by any club to interfere _huwcf-ii the buyer anil seller of labour , and which , this _mc-.-thig _asserts , ought to ha attended with perfect fr _^ . _-ilom to _hst _' i parties . —Passed unanimously . _Jlo-td by Mr . _llarsdtn , of Bolton ; seconded by Mr , 33 _" > _-.-tlitnan . of Leeds : —
That the timt : hns now arrived when an _association of tlie master _tradesiae _- _:: is iniji « _-ati-.- el . v requ " red , it being its ihe opiu ' _- > _'i of this meeting the _oi : _ly way iu which the _uujustandumvssor _. _rzblc _demands of the trades' unions can he successfully c « : n * ) atte _£ , aud security be afforded 10 every tt-. _? , _^ in _conducting his _iifTnirs . _—Pussed unanimously . Moved by Mr . " Wylie , of _Li verpool ; seconded hy Hn _Edwards , of _ii-inthe-. U-r : — _Thateveryiaenibsrr now present do sign t ' nc _declaration wlilcli has beenrt _^ _j _* * , and lie hereby _jileoges himself to assist in _can-ying out thc objects ofthe association _, _ilovc-d hy Mr . V _. _' _n'kcr , of Birkenhead ; _seconded by "Mr . Kay , of _iinnchest- r : —
That a committee he now formed , for the _purpose of drawing np rides and _making r . _riangements for the extension and consolidation of the association ; and tbat _sucji committee shall havepowcr to appoint a "Secretary , who shall be a solicitor of stand . _nir in his profession ; and to call in his aid in the formation of the lav _. s by which the association shall be governed . _—Pa-stu unanimously . " Moved by Mr . Holme , of _Livt-rjiool ; seconded by Ilr . John Johnson , oi _iiver _£ , < iel ;—That the following gentemen be _apjioi - . ! cd for the purposes stated in the last resolution , with _pisirer to add to their number : — .
Liverpool—Mr . Tomltinson _, Mr . Samuel Ilohiic _, Mr . Kilpin , Mr . John Johnson . Birkenhead—Mr . John "Walker , _* Mr . John Hogarth . Manchester—Mr . Bellliouse , Mr . Edwards , Mr . Pauling , Mr . Kay . Birmingham—Mr , Briggs , Mr . Gwyther _, Mr . F & shhy Mr . Davies . 1 X _? eds—Mr . Benjamin Russell , Mr . Joseph Wood . ' . Bolion—Mr . James Marsden , Mr . James "Walsh . ' . Preston—Mr . Stephen Pawcett , Mr . Richard Crighton . ' Oldham—Mr . Manuel "Whittakcr , ilr . Tyillsughby
Shepherd , ! Stockport—Mr . Samuel Bann , Mr . Samuel Hunt , i MacclesSeld—Mr . John Evans , Mr . John Bootle . I Sheffield—Mr . _Gtorge Smith , Mr . John Harrop . 1 "Wigan—Mr . Thomas Ellis , Mr . James Fairclough . I Blackburn—Mr . Henry Ibbotson , Mr . "Richard Hacking . 1 _Jfury—Mr . Thomas Barnes , Passed unanimously . Resolved , —That the meeting be adjourned till called [¦ together again by the united committee of the associat tion . —Passed unanimously .
Mored hy Mr . Kilpin , seconded by Mr . Tomkinson ;—That the best thanks of the meeting be given to thc " chairman for tlie able and satisfactory manner in which he has conducted the business brought before _ him'Passed unaninio u
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= i ( From the _^^^ _Jgg _^ _of Lvver-A deputation of ten _^ opt _^ S _^ , v , ete at Newton , pool , Birkenhead , and Manchester , _^ handed to the and during the _PW _^ _Ktireof ' some of their body chairman , expres sing . ° " "jn * _^ ** This was declined , to be admitted to f _^^ J _^ tf . to make any pro . an the ground t _^^ nised ; but it was intimate d position could not be ree c , _^ to offer > and WOuld put that if they had _» W , _^ considcred by those terms m writme , " ¦ . / . _^^ ttTS _^ foe * Lad terminated , a letter , of i .-1 Iii following is a copy , was sent to the eliair-• _J _^ _S . _?& : "N ewton , Legh Hotel , May 1 , JS 4 G" and is in tbe following terms : — _jlr _* . chairman—Sir , —The operative carpenters and joiners of Manchester agree to resume work upon the terms agreed upon by the deputation of employers and emp loyed , in the conference before tbe "Worshipful the Mayor of Manchester , May 1 st , 184 G , provided the document be withdrawn . —In behalf of the same , JAS . LEVENS , Sec . A similar note -was also presented from the work men of Liverpool and Birkenhead .
As the meeting had terminated , the chairman ( Mr . Bellliouse ) could give no answer on its behalf to either of these applications ; but he gave the Liverpool workmen ' s letter to members of the association of masters in that town , to be referred to their committee ; and the Manchester workmen ' s letter was brnuL'ht to this town , and laid before the proper parties here , yesterday ; when it was resolved that the following answer should be returned : —• 1 , Ducie Place , Exchange Buildings , Manchester , May 8 , 184 G . GentlemeB , —Tour note stating that the operative carpenters and joiners were _agreeable to resume work upon the terms agreed upon by the deputation who had a conference before the mayor , on the 1 st May , 1846 , came too late to be considered by the meeting at Ke wton yesterday ; but I am desired by tbe master carpenters and joiners of Manchester to state , that tbey cannot consent to withdraw the declaration . —( By order )
J . B . ROGERSON , Secretary . To the Committee of operative carpenters and joiners , Carpenters' Hall , Manchester . At half-past three o ' clock , nearly 200 gentlemen dined together in the Great Hall , ilr . Tomkinson in the chair . The dinner did not occupy more than an hour , and the gentleman again quitted Newton for their respective towns , at an early hour . _^ The Liverpool Mercury of Friday , in a notice ofthe proceedings , says"It is probable , from the firm and decided tone of the whole proceedings , that the struggle , instead of being near
its termination , is only commencing on an extensive scale , and tbat either the General National Union of the building trade must be dissolved , or the building trade itself throughout Lancashire , Yorkshire , and "Warwickshire will be generally suspended . This is an event much to be deplored , and we think that the operatives would do well to dissolre their connections with any general and national organisation for trade purposes , as we understand that there is not much disinclination on the part of the masters to agree to local associations of workmen , which do not attempt to coerce the employers , or to interfere wilh their freedom to employ men who are nonunionists . "
( From the Manchester Guardian . APPBA 1 OF THE _CUKTHAL COMMITTEE OP TJkITED Bcildi . ng Trades in _Manchester . —A printed document , having this head , and " signed on behalf of the central committee . Richard Jones , secretary . * ' lias just been issHed , which professes to " refute erroneous statements" made in this paper . One of the statements so alleged to be erroneous , is that 300 joiners had signed the declaration . This " appeal" states , in contradiction , " that out of 1 . 700 joiners , only six have signed the infamous document . " All we stated was that we were informed that 300 joiners and carpenters were at _irork , having signed the declaration .
Wc were so informed by employers , who declare that they -will not employ a single man until he signs the declaration ; and wc have no reason to doubt the accuracy of this statement , while we confess we cannot see how "the central committee" can ascertain that only six out of 1 , 700 joiners have signed it . They add that " upwards of SOO of the men are now at work upon the terms we first required , and without signing the document . " The men are at work npon the terms offered by the masters , and , as we are assured , all of them have signed the declaration . This " * appeal" gives the following version of the result ef the conference between the masters and men , before the mayor , on the 1 st instant : —
" The employers would agree to give 2 s . advance , and to equalise the hours of labour ( to be 57 hours per week the year round ) , providing the men would agree to have the three hours on Saturday afternoon distributed throughout the _weelc , in order to avoid the inconvenience of the joiners leaving work sooner than the other trades on Saturdays . To this arrangement of time tbe men agreed , providing the masters would withdraw the document ; to which the masters would not consent , declaring at the same time , that this strike was not for either wages or time ; but that the only point at issue was the General Trades * Union ; and that they ( the employers ) were unanimously determined that all men must sign the declaration on their resuming work—assigning for their reason tbat the protection afforded by General Trades' Unions , to the working-men of any locality , is irresistible , _inpsmueh as the power of the whale union could be brought to bear on any one locality , if required . "
"We do not find that thc men , at this conference , told the masters that they were prnfessing to require the signature ofthe declaration , while in fact they were employing men without such requirement ;—and as they admit that the employers stated their unanimous determination " that all men must sign the declaration on their resuming work , " and as all questions as to hours of labour and wages were substantially settled at this conference , and the signature of the declaration is the only pointof difference remaining , we confess that we cannot reconcile with these facts the statement that "upwards of 500 men are now at work , without signing the declaration . "
Framework Knitters . — At a three counties delegate meeting of the framework knitters , held at Sutton-in-Ashfield on the 4 th inst ., Mr . George Buckley , of Leicester , in thc chair , Mr . Thomas Winters , of Leicester , secretary , the following resolutions were unanimously moved by Mr . Thomas Winters , of Leicester , and seconded by Mr . Felkin , of Mansfield : That a committee of three be appointed to draw up a code ofresolutionsforthe meetings of the business oi the day , the principles of which should be laid before conference . Moved by Mr . Winters , seconded by Mr . Buxton , of Nottingham : —
That this meeting is of opinion it should be for the advantage of the members of the _National Union , for the Executive to appoint as many paid officers from thc various trades in each town , distriet , or riding , as thc _Evecntire may deem meet , to organize the people , keep them together , furnish all information as to the nature and state of trade , probability of the best time for obtaining an increase of wages , or other matters connected therewith , but , in all cases , such paM officer Or officers to be members of the union , and _recammended hy the trade having the largest number in union in the said town , district , or riding . Moved by Mr . Felkin , of Mansfield , seconded by Mr . Ward , of 5 talbi _* oolc :-That the meeting is of opinion that a better system of arbitration is requisite between the employer and the employed in all cases connected with manufactures , and that we recommend the establishment of local boards of trades , composed of masters and men .
Moved by Mr . Commery , of Swinton _, seconded by Mr . Parkcs , Sutton Forest-side : — That this meeting requests every district and locality , belonging to the National Union , having thirty members , to send a delegate to the Trades' Conference to lie held at Manchester on "Whit Monday , and where they have more members to send delegates according to the general law , to advocate such measures as they may deem best for thvir interest and the trades in general . Moved hy Mr . T . Winters , seconded by Mr . Felkin : — That this meeting agrees to the adoption of a bill for thc alteration of the Ticket Act , "Wages Act , and Truck Act , so as to amalgamate the whole into one , as a Framework Knitters General Act , and that thc committee be instructed to draw one up , to be laid before the House of Commons . _MGved by Mr . Felkin , seconded by Mr . Parkcs : —
That the delegates assembled do pledge themselves to use their utmost endeavours in their respective localities , to procure funds to liquidate tlie debt owing to Mr . l ? _rij : ; js , of Leicester , for the _IVame-rent trial , and transmit the same forth with to Mr . Winters , of Leicester . Moved by Mr . Felkin , _seconded by Mr . Buxton : — That live hundred copies of the resolutions be printed for circulation among thc Framework Kuiuers of the three counties . That the next meeting be called at Nottingham . That the committee of Leicester be instructed to call the same . Thomas Wixters , Secretary .
_Tkapes Meeting at _Pemiieutoji . — On tho ith inst . a meeting was called and numerously _attended . The chairman made a Jew remarks on thc necessity ofa union which would embrace tho whole body of the working classes . Ho introduced Mr . _Lanigan _, of Wigan . He advocated the cau _^ c of the _lnimlloom weavers , and made the following statement : — Messrs . licit and Co ., of _Wij-an , check manufacturers , zealous free traders , lately signed an agreement with tho Weavers' Union , that they would restrict their cut-lengths to fifty yards , thoj now make them _lifty-BiKcyaids lung , and have reduced the price sixpence per cut , in consequence ef which their hands have _slru-. _-k . The miners ' business _11-eu commenced , when it was moved by Jlr . Mich . Stcrltfev , seconded hy Mi \ Mai lit w Siiavrock .
That we , the miners of Fcmuerton district , seeing _lliu necessity ofa future reduction in the hours of labour , do hereby agree to restrict our labour and equalize it as far as the delegates " at the _couuty meeting shall sec necessary ,
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This resolution was ably supported by Mr Scot , and carried wthout a dissentient _Y 01 C _6 . - . White Mr . Scot _waTspelking Mr . Dixon arrived and addressed tho meeting in a lengthy and able speech which was warmly applauded . Miners Strike in Staffordshire . —The following Slims have been reeeived , for which the men on strike return their grateful thanks : —Newbury anil Wild ' s book 8 s . Id . Roberts and Clay ' s ditto lis . 3 d . Adams and Boam ' s ditto 14 s . lid ., Butler and Barker ' s ditto Is . 9 Jd . Adams and Pagett _' s ditto 13 s . lOcl . Owen and _Siaall ' _s ditto 16 s . 4 d . Stokes and Corbett ' _s ditto lis . 7 d . Gibson and Horn ' s ditto ~ _. . u _ m » « _-oc \ f
lis . 5 d . Devenport and Reed ' s ditto 9 d . Meek and _Whitehouse's ditto Ss . Id . Simkin and Foster ' s ditto 6 s . l _| d . Duncombe and Glover ' s ditto 10 s . Danks and Harris ' s ditto 16 s . Oid . Harris and Glover ' s ditto 6 s . 4 jd . Joseph Foster ' s ditto Us . Cope ' s ditto 10 s . 2 d . Hallden ' s ditto 6 s . 4 d . Edw . Durnell 6 d . Reynolds ' s book 4 s . 3 d . S . Fairn's book 12 s . 6 _* d . J . Whitehall ' s ditto 5 s . lid . Clark and Rawson ' _s ditto fis . J . Harris , per Dabbs Pit , 16 s . 8 d . W . Gray ' s book 7 s . 6 d . A friend lid . Thomas Fostered . J . Williams ls . W . Baley 7 s . 6 d . A friended . Mrs . Jones 6 d . SruberyPit 8 s . Id . W . Horton Pit 10 s . —Total ... £ 12 12 s . 2 d .
The Strike in tue Building Trades . —We regret to say , that not only does this strike continue , but that at present the prospect of its termination is as remote , if not more remote , than ever . ' The only attempt at accommodation which has been made in the course of the present week has failed . Ten joiners , who formed a deputation from Manchester and Liverpool , attended at Newton on Thursday , and sent in to thc chairman of the masters' meeting a request that they might be permitted to submit a proposition for an adjustment of differences . They were told that if they would put their terras into writing , they would be taken into consideration . The delegates consequently sentin a note , stating that the operative carpenters andioiners of Manchester were willing to
resume work upon the terms agreed upon by the deputations of employers and employed , in the conference before thc mayor , on the 1 st inst ., provided tlie declaration was withdrawn . The declaration wliich the men are required to sign bound them not to belong to any general trades' union . The note of the operatives' delegates came too late to be considered at the great meeting of employers at Newton ; but the committee had since replied to it , and in their answer they distinctly state that they cannot consent to withdraw the declaration . " The masters , as we have before stated , are willing to agree to local unions , but they seem to have an insurmountable objection to a great central or national union . — Manchester Examiner .
Meeting op Master Builders . —A groat meeting of _master-buildei-s was held at the Legh Arms , Newton , on Thursday last , for the purpose of devising the best means of counteracting the proceedings of the trades' union . There were present 188 persons from fourteen towns , namely , from Manchester , 74 ; Liverpool , 39 ; Birkenhead , 7 ; Birmingham , G : Macclesfield , 1 ; Bolton , 10 ; Leeds , 2 ; Preston , 4 ; Blackburn , 4 ; Stockport , 2 ; Wigan , 18 ; Sheffield , 6 ; Bury , 1 ; Oldham , 14 . The deputation met in the great hall . Mr . David Bellliouse , of Manchester , presided . A declaration of the reasons wliich had assembled together so large and extraordinary a
meeting was read , and the document was signed by every person in the room . A series of resolutions were proposed and adopted , in whicli the masters _^ resolved to form themselves into an united association , for the purpose of withstanding that gigantic organisation , the Central Union , which has been formed by the various trades of the kingdom . The Masters ' Central Association is to have local branches in all the towns . The whole of the proceedings of this meeting were characterised by the utmost firmness and unanimity , At four o ' clock in the afternoon the masters dined together in the great hall . Mr . Tomkinson , of Liverpool , presided . — Manchester
Examiner . The Strikes in Birmingham . —There are now about three thousand men out on strike in Birmingham , without the slightest prospect of a speedy and agreeable settlement of differences . The builders appear to be most numerous and determined in their opposition to the terms offered by the masters , and the carpenters having joined with those in strike in Manchester and Bolton , present a very formidable body , and represent themselves as able to hold out for months to come without suffering much loss .
Gross Ttranky of the Liverpool Corporation . — A communication has been received by a member of thc Shoemakers Conference , now sitting in London , which states "that the Corporation of Liverpoo ' have discharged all the men in the building trade recently employed by them , amounting to many hundreds , who refused to sign' The document ; ' notwithstanding that the ' Highway board , ' a portion of the same Corporation , had given a distinct pledge that they would not interfere , but leave Messrs . Tomkinson and Holmes , and the vest ofthe masters in union , to settle their dispute with the men . "
Birkenhead . —From a letter received by Wednesday's post , we are informed that the Building Trade at Birkenhead , in consequence of the strike , is at a complete stand-still , and that working-days and Sunday'sclosely resemble each other in that town . Should this state ot things continue much longer , this greatly promising new city will be completely destroyed , and none but the tyrant capitalists will be te blame for this destruction . Carpenters' Strike in Carmarthen . —The men have resumed their work , the masters , generally , acceding to their demands . Although it is said the amount of work in hand did not justify such an increase ; but some buildings having been required to be completed , the employers were obliged to give increased wages . —Carmarthen Journal .
The Buildino Trade . —Birmingham , Wednesday . —At length there is some prospect of the workmen employed in the above trade , and who have been on strike , resuming work again , and some amicable arrangements being come to with the masters . On Monday last the carpenters waited upon Hy . Smith , Esq ., Mayor , and requested him to take the chair at a public meeting which they intended to hold at the Town Hall . The Mayor , on hearing their case , desired them to have an interview with their masters that evening , and try if they could not effect a reconciliation . The Learned Gentleman also had anintervicw with the masters , and advised them to withdraw the
declaration which they required the men to sign . Accordingly , at the meeting on Monday evening , they withdrew the declaration , but would require of the men to promise not to support the bricklayers in their strike . The following morning a large meeting of the men was held in Iviiig-street , wlien it was resolved not to resume work again unless they received an advance of 4 d . per day . At the meeting the men were advised to go the same afternoon and try and make arrangements with their masters , whicli in some instances was done . It is expected that the masters will accede" to the demand , and that they will shortly resume work again .
_ Manchester Masons . —At a meeting ofthe operative masons of Manchester , it was unanimously resolved that a deputation should meet the master masons , to discuss the proposed advance of wages on tlie 1 st of May . The masters agreed to meet the men , and , after three interviews , the masters agreed to an advance of ls . 6 d . per week . At the last interview , the masters passed a vote of thanks on the men for their good conduct . The master builders have solicited the master masons to join them , but they have refused to do so . Strike of Colliers . —The colliers engaged in the coal-works in the neighbourhood of Swansea turned out to the number of 40 or more , last week , for an advance of wages .
THE CORDWAINERS' CONFERENCE AND THE WEST END MENS' MEN . Six out ofthe eight sections comprised in that por _« tion of thc hoot and shoe makers of London commonly called the West End Men , held a general meeting of their body on Monday evening , the lltli inst ., at which the following resolution was agreed to , there beiug but about ten or twelve votes against it , out of a body numbering between six and seven hundred : — The committee of the several sections of the West End Mens * Men , now connected with the association namely
, Myer ' s , Buim ' s , _Humbj ' s , Bogget ' s _, _Rynu-r ' s , and the second Hoby ' s , being appointed tc arrange the monetary affairs ofthe interests concerned , as also to settle about tho situation of our respected and long tried servant Mr . John Stewart , have agreed ( subject to the _titer-ip proval of a majority ) on both tliC 3 e subjects , the main principle _belnft , tbat all property and monies possessed and all sums indebted , be considered as jointl y _belon- 'ing to these several suctions and as common obligationsthat Mr . Stewart be still continued in his office—and also that all questions to be brought before any of our meetings , be treated and voted on as general questions in _respsctto « ur own interests .
Two ol the above named sections , Rymcr ' s and Myer ' s , have left thc _association during the sittinrr of the present Conference in consequence of their delegates _bs-ins denied the right to take their seats on sucli Conference , and accepting two others in their place , who , as it is asserted , " were not properly elected , nor had the eonlidence of the body , but v _.-ert , merely thc nominees of the General Secretary , by whose contrivance and _inlhieiicc this injustice has been perpetrated . " Through this , tlw West Eud Mens' Men have been in a deep state of excitement for tlio whole of thc last and the beginning ofthe
present week , flic opposition , however , as expressed in the foiegoing resolution , is now definitive ; while new rules and regulations aro to be made , a new system of correspondence to be formed with thc country , and the whole matter in dispute , with all the documents connected therewith , to be printed through the medium of the " Cordwaincrs ' _Companiou- ' for the ensuing month of June , tlrt the trade at large may be put in possession of every fact connected with these _dilnirenccviiul ofthe remedies to be proposed in-the improved form of union contemplated , —J , J ) ,
¦ > . Alarming Fires. Fire On Brixton Hi...
¦ _> . ALARMING FIRES . Fire on Brixton Hill . —On Saturday morning , between twelve and one o ' clock , considerable alarm and excitement prevailed at Brixton , in consequence of a serious fire breaking " out-in the ' residence of J . Milner _. Esq ., stockbroker , of Atkin ' a-road , Bristonhill , which resulted in the destruction of considerable property . It appears that after the family retired to rest , Mrs . Milner was alarmed by hearing a noise and loud groaning , which were speedily followed by a dense volume of smoke . She immediately raised an alarm when the servants forced the door of Mr . Milner's -i _ALARMTNft FTR . RS :
bedroom , from which the flames were rushing with great fury . Some minutes elapsed before any person could enter the apartment , when John Grainger , the footman , succeeded in finding tbe body of Mr . Milner , who was fortunately extricated from a , most fearful death . A large body of police officers were quickly on the spot , who , together with the servants and the neighbours ultimately extinguished the fire . Mr . Milner was very severely burnt over various parts bf his person , and was also much injured by the effect ofthe smoke , which nearly suffocated him . The fire is attributed to Mr . Milner falling asleep whilst reading in bed .
Fires in St . Giles ' s , Cheapside , and Duke-Strbet , London-bbidgk . — On Sunday morning , shortly before one o ' clock , % fire that at one time threatened serious consequences broke out in the house numbered 35 , Cromer-street , St . Giles's . It originated from some unknown cause in the first floor front . The inmates haying been roused , a number of the inhabitants broke open the front door , and endeavoured to extinguish the flames . In the course of a few minutes , three engines arrived , and owing to the exertions ofthe firemen , the flames were subdued , but not before the bed and furniture were consumed , the wearing apparel and other articles in the apartment burned , and the window frames demolished . The hr . use was let out in tenements , and none of the occupiers were insured . About the same
hour , a fire broke out in the upper floor of the premises tenanted by Mr . E M'Crow , pastrycook , No . ¦ 114 , Cheapside . The engines from Watling-street brigade station promptly attended , and the flames were soon extinguished by the firemen , not , however , until a part of the flooring and skirting were burned . Between the hours of two and three the same morning , a messenger arrived at the Southwark-bridgeroad brigade depot with a report that the well-known Queen's Head , High-street , Borough , was on fire . It was soohj however , found that a crate filled with earthenware , and standing in the open yard near , the main premises , had by some means become ignited . After some trouble the fire was extinguished . The same morning , at half . past six , a fire broke out in a house situate in Duke-street , London-bridge , the property of Mr . Alderman Humphries , but tenanted by Mr . Wiggins , a hep-merchant . . It appears that at a
late hour the previous evening the inmates' experienced a strong smell of burning , evidently arising from wood . Thoy endeavoured , but in vain , to find the seat of the fire , but feeling convinced that something was burning , they agreed to go to bed and leave their room doors open , so that in case of an outbreak they might arouse each other . At the time previously stated one of the servant ' s bedrooms became filled with smoke , and without any further delay information was sent to the engine stations . The brigade and West of England firemen and engines quickly attended . It was then ascertained that flames were raging under the floorings of the second floor , and the outside closet . By cutting away the skirting , gold mouldings , and a portion of the flooring , the fire was got out , but not before nearly two hours were lost by the firemen . The fire originated from the overheating of a baker ' s flue iu the next house .
Fire at RoTnEitHnnB . — -The most serious fire that occurred on Sunday broke out at six p . m ., upon the premises in the occupancy of Mr . W . Rous , bread and biscuit baker , No . 6 , Neptune-streefc , Rotherhithe . The discovery was made by Mr . Delaforce , the proprietor of the Neptune Wine Vaults , immediately facing . Some of the neighbours injudiciously forced open the street door , foolishly expecting to be able to extinguish the fire by means of a few buckets of water . The draught thus given to the flames caused ' them to travel with surprising rapidity throughout the entire building . The fire-engines were early at the scene ; but , unfortunately , a lack of water for some time retarded the operations of
the firemen . The inhabitants , fearful that the flames would extend to the surrounding property , commenced pulling the window-frames out of their habitations , and throwing their furniture into the open roadway . Alter the lapse of a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes , a good supply of water was obtained , which was copiously discharged into the burning premises . After two hours' exertion on the part of the firemen they succeeded in getting the fire entirely extinguished , but not before the whole of the stock in trade , furniture , wearing apparel , & c ., were totally consumed . The cause of the fire could not be ascertained , as Mr . Rous and his family were from home at the time of the calamity .
Fire at _Houselydown _* . —On Monday morning , at halt-past four o ' clock , a fire broke out at the Marouis of Wellington , New-street , _Horseiydown . The Tooley-street engine was quickly on the spot , as also the parish engine . It was , however , found unnecessary to put them into operation , the firemen having forced open the door , and , with a plentiful supply of water , extinguished the fire in less than an hour and a half from thc first commencement . The house presents an uncommon appearance inside , as each room is entirely gutted , with the exception of the bar and the first-floor back room . It appears
the fire originated in the kitchen , as the entire woodwook about the fireplace is consumed : the flames then proceeded up stairs . The landlord was awoke with the bed being in one mass of blaze . Ee immediately got up , and threw the bed out of the window , and had he not compelled his wife to leap out , there is every probability she would have been suffocated , as at that time she was getting quite stupified . Strange to say , that although the door of the budroom is barety scorched , everything is entirely' consumed . A picture , valued at 100 guineas , ' is destroyed .
_Destiiuctive Fire at Plymouth . —On Friday morning between one and two o ' clock , a fire was discovered tohave broken out in the house No . 4 , at Lamb-hay Hill , occupied by several tenants . The fire was first discovered by one ofthe inmates smelling it , whereon she awoke her _neighbours , and ongoing downstairs , they found the room on the ground floor , occupied bv a family named Harvey , completely filled with fire ' _, rhe inmates of this and the adjoining houses were immediately aroused ; but the progress of the fire being very rapid , they were compelled to leavo their houses with so much precipitation , that many of them were not able to clothe themselves , but were compelled to rush for safety into thestreet almost in a state
of nudity . Immediately on the spread of the alarm , the Citadel engine , attended by a large body of ' soldiers , directed by several officers , arrived on the spot , and after some delay in obtaining water , commenced playing upon the devouring element . The house , No . 4 , was completely destroyed , and the adjoining houses were seriously damaged . The scene presented was of the most painful and distressing character—there were the whole of the inmates of the houses ( upwards of twenty in number , including infants , and several who have been the subjects of a long continued affliction ) in the streets almost in a state of nakedness , compelled to soo the destruction of all they possessed in the world .
The Late Tragedy At Battersea. On Saturd...
THE LATE TRAGEDY AT BATTERSEA . On Saturday , Mr . Carter and a respectable jury held an inquest , at thc lied House , Battersea , ou the body of William Clark , aged seven years , who was found drowned in the 'I names , on Thursday last . Thejury having viewed the body , which was in an advanced state of decomposition , Thomas Brigas was the first witness . lie said : I am a labourer , and live at Cottage place , Lambeth-butts . On Thursday last , about half-past six , I was going along tbe banks of the river , near the waterworks ; I saw something in tho water I thought waa an eel ; _upen going to look at it I saw it was the head of a child ; I got it ashore ; it is the same body the jury have viewed ; itwasa boy , about seven years of age , and had a pair of new boots on , corduroy jacket and trowsers , and a pinafore . It was near the shore , at thc waterworks . I brought thc body to this house .
William Clark was next examined—He said I am a painter and glazier , and live at No . 7 , Cumberlandrow , _Mnrlborough-road , Chelsea . The body now lying dead is'that of my son William Matthew Clark-. I recognise it by the features , and by tho clothes he had on when found . The cap now produced is ihe one ho used to wear . I saw him last a livcthis dav week , about a quarter past five in the morning . I saw him dead on Thursday _nij-ht _, between ten and eleven o ' clock . Wlien I last saw him alive , he was in bed at my bouse . He was then in good health . My wife was very jealous of my boy , who was mv son by a former wife , and we often had words about him She several times said I should go out some dav , and find them all gone _wlu-n I came homo ; but 1 thought she was joking . Other evidence having been adduced , Mr . Carter then made some remarks , and the inquest was adjourned till Monday afternoon .
ADJOURNED INQUEST . _^ On Monday at four o ' clock , Mr . Carter , ( he Coroner for East Surrey , resumed the inquiry into the oircuinstnnces attending tlio death of William Malthew Clark , aged seven years , one of the unfortunate children thrown over JUattersoa-bridgo by their mother-, on Saturday , ihe 2 d lost . The Coroner , having exainimid all tlio witnesses , summed up the evidence with minuteness and cleurncss , and left it to the Jury to say how the _deceased had come by his ue ; tt _)« , and whether they considered the woni . ui Eliza Clark was the person who had so caused that death .
Tho room was then cleared of strangers , and after tho lapse of ten minutes , it was _nunoum-ed that the Jury bad returned a verdict of" Wilful murder _ngahut Eliza
The Late Tragedy At Battersea. On Saturd...
; _, The inquest , on the body of the infant _^ . Jane , Clark , whose body was " first found , was also resumed on Monday by Mr . Wakley , M . P „ at the Adam and Eve , Chelsea , There wa » , as before , much complaint by Mr . Wakley at the non-production of the person of the accused before him ; also , of the non-production of the letter she had written ., The Coroner spoke of there heing a conspiracy entered into by the magistrates against coroners' juries . ¦ The principal evidence not before given so fully was that , of Mary Inwood , of 7 , Cumberland Street , who said she knew Mrs . Clark by lodging in the same house , with her . She had known her ever since last November . She taught her to bind shoes . She saw her on Saturday the 2 nd instant , at half-past twelve o ' clock . " She then brought a pair of worsted mits _, and said they were for Phoebe . Witness told her they were too large for the child , but she said , keep them for some one . Sim looked rather wild at the time . On the night _previauB to the Saturday ,, Clark came homo at twelve o ' clock , and on her opening the The _inriimat on thu _hnrtw nf thp infant . Jane Clark .
door , she ( theprisoner ) said— "Well , old chap , you are rather late to night . " He replied , "You — , I'll kill you . " She did not speak cross to him . . He also said , "You want to earney ma over , but you shan ' t yeu : — .. " During the night witness beard-a . noise , and Clark said , "You beast , I'll kill you . " She heard a knocking at the door of Clark's room ; she asked what it was . She replied , that her husband waB going to strike her , and that she held up her arms to prerent him , and he then Struck the door and broke it . Witness saw Mrs . Clark at half-past five on the Saturday morning , when she told her she had not been tw bed , as she was afraid lest he should do her some harm . She was a kind _Hiothoiand a sober woman . She has complained of head-ache during the last month . She has seen . a . _difference in her appearance lately . She said to witne _.-s on Saturday morning , "Is not this enough to make me make away with myself , for a man to tell me that he hates me . " She was then crying .
After a long consultation , the Jury returned the following verdict ( two Jurors only dissenting , on the ground that they considered the prisoner insane ) : — "That the deceased met her death from drowning , caused by beiBg wilfully , maliciously , and feloniously thrown into the water by her mother , Elizabeth Clark ; and in returning the verdict tbe Jury express their surprise , and regret , in the first place , that the proceedings should have been commenced and concluded at the police court without allowing them an opportunity of identifying the accused party . In the second place , that an important nrittni document should have been kept back when it was referred to in evidence . And the Jury do hope that a change will soon take place in the law which will facilitate rather than throw impediments in their way . "
Children Poisoned To Obtain Funeral Club...
CHILDREN POISONED TO OBTAIN FUNERAL CLUB MONEY . RUNCORN , Satoedat . An inquiry , which has occupied the attention of Mr . H . Cliurton _, one of the Coroners for the county of Chester , nearly the whole day , has produced a degree of excitemont never before known in this part , of thc country , The inquest was held on Hie bodies of two children of Joseph and Mary piralett , who are in custody charged with the murder , of two of tbeir own offspring , and attempting the murder of a third . Pimlett , it appears , is a ship earpenter , ' and he and his family eame to reside in Euncorn about three months before Christmas . Amongst those who knew bim he was considered a respectable , industrious , sober , and humane man .
Tlie circumstances which led to the disclosure are as follow : —On the Sth of March , James Pimlett , an infant , ten months old , was reported to have been found dead in bed . An inquest was held on the body , and the principal witness examined was the mother , who gave such an account of the illness of the child as to induce the coroner ' s jury to believe thnt death was the result of one of the various diseases incidental to children , and a verdict was returned of "Found dead , " On the _XOth of the same month another child , Richard Pimlett , was taken ill . This child was taken to a medical gentleman , Mr . Edward ; , who administered an aperient medicine . A day or two afterwards the mother called on Mr . Pye , and in consequence - of ner representations , two alterative powders were given to her . Those powders , however , wore afterwards found in the house of the parents , having never been administered .
This child died on the 21 st , and was buried , the father giving orders to the sextan of the church that the body of his former child should betaken out ofthe grave , the grave made deeper , and the new coffin placed under the body previously buried . On Monday , the 27 th of April , the mother took the third ehild , named Thomas , to the surgery of Mr . Pye . This was three years and two months old , and the symptoms produced ne suspicion at the time in the mind of Mr . Pye . Subsequently , Mr . Pye ' s suspicions were excited , and he gave information to the magistrates and also to tbe Coroner for the county , and in the meantime the child having become very sick and ill , Mr . Pye ordered the mother to preserve the ejecta , but she cunningly avoided doing so and frustrated his purpose of obtaining possession of any portion of it . However , being afraid of
the life of tbe child , it was removed from its parent , and both sbo and her husband were taken into custody . Subsequent inquiries prove that arsenic had baen administered to the child . The Coroner then issued his warrant for the disinterment of the bodies of James and Richard , and summoned Mr . Pye to make a post mortem examination of them . On the coffin being opened , both bodies were remarkably fresh , considering the period of time whicli has elapsed since . death , This led to the supposition that arsenic might have been taken by them , as it had the effect of preserving dead bodies . The internal viscera was removed from both and analyzed , a small portion of that of the body of Richard by Mr . Page , who
found arsenic in the brain , kidneys , spleen , liver , and other parts of the body . The rest was analyzed by Dr . Brett , Professor of Chemistry , of Liverpool , who found in 6 _| ox . of the contents of the stomach of Richard Pimlett ao less than 11 grains of white arsenic , or , as he observed , enough to kill several persons . Arsenic was also clearly detected in the abdominal viscera of tbe other body . A great _variuty of circumstantial evidence was given affecting the charge , particularly against the mother ; but there being nothing more than suspicion against the father , he was discharged , and the Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the mother , Mary Pimlett , iu both cases .
The prisoner immediately on hearing the result , burst into tears , and loudly declarod her innocence . The Coroner issued his warrant for the committal of the prisoner to take her trial for the offences at the nest Chester assizes .
The Late Atrocious Outrage In Westminste...
THE LATE ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE IN WESTMINSTER . EXTBAOKDINAKT _DECLABATION OF TIIE IlfJOBED FEMALE . —Since the apprehension of William Luff , alias William Munfield . on the charge of brutally assaulting and throwing a female out of window , the magistrate ( Mr . Durrell ) has , from time to time , inquired after her condition , with a view of ascertain _^ whether she was in a fit state to give any account of the transaction , and on its _baing reported to him that she was competent to give a coherent account , although labouring under erysipelas , Mr . Burrell considering the dangerous nature of this disorder determined to secure her examination , and on Tuesday , accompanied by Mr . W . _Tayjor , the chief clerk at the Westminster Police Court , heproceeded to the Westminster _Hospital , whither the prisoner was conveyed in handcuffs , in order that her evidence might be taken in his presence _.
In consequence of the | unexpected and extraordinary _natui-0 of her statement , wo deem it necessary to refresh the recollection of our readers with the evidence originally given against theprisoner . Three persons residing in the same house spoke to the outrageous violence of the prisoner towards her . The first of these , Margaret Maclean , who lives iu the next room , was attracted by the injured woman's screams , and ongoing to thc spot found the accused holding her by the hair , and striking her on the head with a poker . The ftunale was bleeding profusely from the head , and witness was so friglueued she ran
away . The second witness , Sarah Green , saw the accused beating the female with his lists , and tried to get her out of the room , when prisoner struck her also . As witness was going down stairs she heard the prisoner with a horrid oath say , " I'll throw you out ofthe window , " and she had scared ? got into her room when she saw the female falling by her window . This witness observed a poker wound on her face , and another on the back of the head . A third witness , Thomas Carter , also proved hearing a violent noise , nnd tbe accused told him , while thc female was being removed from the yard into wliich she had fallen . " That il ' slie had behaved lierseli it would not have
occurred . " Add « d to this , several broken articles of crockery ware were found covered wilh blood , a considerable quantity of which was also upon thc floor . Jane I ' ullen examined by Mr . W . Taylor : I am now an in-patient of this hospital . I lived with thc man who now stands before me , whom I know by the name of William Luff . I have cohabited with him tor about twelve months . About eight o ' clock in the evening , this day week , I came home , and found the prisoner in the room lie began to quarrel with me for not being at homo and said , ' This is floe going on for a man come _hoine ' from work and no fiie . " One of the lod gers called me out and the prisoner persuaded me not to go . I said if he would not let me go out ofthe door I would get out of the window . He said you had better set down , and wont to tho cupboard to get something to cat . While ha was at the cupboard 1 jumped out of the window , whieh I had attempted before , but lie pulled me buck ¦
Mr . 3 un-. ll : Bid he not push yon from the window?—Witness : No . Sir , he did not . —Mr . Taylor : Had yoa been drinking ?— Witness : I had had a little drop to drink . —Mr . Hurrell ; Was tho man sober ?—Witness : Yes , quite . —Mr . Taylor : Did the prisoner offer you any violence '—Witness , No ho did not . —Mr . Taylor : Did he not strike you with the poker {—Witness : No , Sir , I had the poker in my own hand . —Mr . Burrell : Did you strike him with the poker ? - \ _Viincss : I was going to but lie took Jt from _nie .-Mr . Taylor - . Did you scream _imii'der ' -Witness : Yes , sir , I did . —Mr . Taylor : Why did you scream _murders-Witness : Because ho would not let . me bo _ouiT-Mr . Taylor : Was there any blood about you _t-W ., „ _,- ( hesitatingly ) : Yes , aUttle , _ Mv . lnylor : 1 ow came blond about you ' -Witness : I fell down and struck my nose , which caused it to bleed _, ll . _u'i-e was no other blood on me before I jumped out of the window-Mr . _Bun-el _, ; ! _)' _< ¦ he not 5 triJ 0 _^ Cmt _ncsa : Hi- ouly gave me a shove on the side of the head -
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Mr . Burrell : Did he not say he would throw you butoi the window ?—Witness : Ho , « h * . he did not _.- _^ -Mr . Burrell ; Are you quite sure of that _** — . "Witness : I am . This being the conclusion of her evidence , the prisoner was asked whether he wished to put any _question to her . He replied , "No ; what she had stated was the whole truth . " As the magistrate and clerk were about leaving her bedsido , she requested permission to speak to the prisoner and appeared very anxious to do so . - Mr . Burrell intimated that when she was better » h * would have an opportunity of speaking to him . The female still carries marks of brutal violence , bnt her condition is much improved , and unless some unfavourable change should take place , her ultimate recovery is not despaired of . Jfr . Burrell : Did he not say he would throwTouont " _.
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Fatal Fall. Fkom A Window. — On Tuesday ...
Fatal Fall . fkom a Window . — On Tuesday Mr . Baker held an inquestat the London Hospital , on the body of Lyons Levy , aged eighty-four , who died in the abave institution from injuries he __ h / , d received by . tailing from a window , eight feet high . The deceased had been formerly a schoolmaster , and had been obliged to retire in consequence of his infirmities . Since then he had received support from one of the Jewish Synagogues ; In consequence of his Hihealth lie was compelled to take apartments in the
house of Mr . Sploman , a clothes-dealer , 24 , Goldsmith-row . Hackney . On Friday evening- he went to bed , and about three o ' clock Mr . Solomah was awoke by a loud noige at the street door . On inquiring at the door , he was told by a police-constable thataman was lying under his window and bleeding profusely He was immediately conveyed inside , and Mr . Soloman identified his lodger . On entering his room the window was found to be open , and it is supposed that be _|» ot out ' of bed , and while looking out of window , overbalanced himself and fell into the street . He was conveyed to the hospital , where he died on Sunday morning . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Suspkcted Infanticide . —On Tuesday morning , about nine o ' clock , the family of J . Rolfe , Esq ., of Walcot House , Ship-lane , St . Mary-square , Lambeth , was thrown into a state of great excitement , in consequence ofthe body of a new-born child being found in the garden by one of the female servants . It wag tied up in a piece of merino , and appeared to have been born but a few hours only . The body was that of a fine full-sized infant , and had no doubt been born alive . It was conveyed to Mr . IVagstaff ! the surgeon , but he could not give any opinion as to the cause of death , without a post mortem examination . Dunn , the beadle of the District , immediately took charge of the body , and removed it in a shell to the deadroom at Lambeth Church , where it awaits an inquest .
Accidents on the Lancaster and Carlisle _RaHway . —On Saturday forenoon an accident took place on Clifton Moor ,. Westmoreland , ' on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway , by which . Richard Gilbert was killed . Deceased was a breaksman , and was conducting five loaded waggons down the incline towards the tip , when the four foremost © f them broke away front the last , on which he was standing ; when the waggons separated , he leaped off , and on running after the foremost lot , he fell on the rails , and the last waggon passed over , his body and crushed him in ashockimr manner . The poor man lingered in the
greatest agony till 4 o ' clock in the afternoon , when he expired . On the same workings on Friday last , Thomas Weaks , a driver , who was sitting on the bumper of a waggon which he was driving , on coming to a gentle curve , it ran off the temporary line of rails , when he fell backwards , and the waggon passed over his legs , and most severely bruised him . He is still alive , and suffering [ the most , _excruciating pain , but not the faintest hope of his recovery ia entertained . Two other men during the la 3 t three days met with most serious accidents on the Clifton portion of . thc line , but they are out of danger .
Mysterious Death op a Youth . — On Tuesday forenoon , Mr . T . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest afc the Perseverance Tavern , William-street , Hampstead-road , on the body of George Brown , aged eighteen years , a labouring boy . The deceased was lodging at No . 11 , William-mews , in the above _neig-hbourhood , and had always enjoyed excellent health up to the period of his death . It was stated that , on Friday last , he took a dose of epsom salts , retiring to rest at ten o'clock , his usual hour , when he seemed I unusually cheerful . At five next morninsr ( Saturday ) he was discovered lying on the bed quite dead—hia face exceedingly discoloured . A surgeon was seon
called in , and the body being quite warm , attempts were made to restore animation , but proved useless , as life was totally extinct . The mother of the deceased youth , _stepping towards the coroner-said , she could not be satisfied unless a post mortem examination was made . The coroner—Why had you not said so before , my good woman ? There appears to be no suspicion against any one , and the body is in such a state now , that itis hardly fair to expect a medical gentleman to perform such a task . The coroner then gave an order for a post mortem examination , discharged the jury , and desired that a fresh one should be empannelled—thus adjourning the inquiry
sine die . Fatal Accide . _-vt on the South Eastern Railway , —On Tuesday an inquest was held at the Angel Tavern , near the railway-station at Tunbridge , before Mr . Dudlow , the coroner for that part , of the county , on the body of John Shaw , a labouring man , who was killed on the South Eastern Railway , under the following most shocking _circumstances . It appears that he lived at- the village of Leigh , which is situate close to the line , and on Saturday night was at Tunbridge , and left at half-past eleven to go home . A pilot engine had been assisting the mail train , which was rather heavy , from town , and left it at
Tunbridge . On proceeding along the np line , over a viaduct , about a mile and _a-half from the town , the engine-driyer felt the engine passing over something on the rails . He stopped it as soon as possible , and on walking back tothe stop where thoy _fsuioied the engine rose , they found the deceased * lying across the right-hand rail quite dead , being nearly cut in two . Their impression was , that he was lying across the rail when the accident occurred ; if he had been walking on thc line the engine-driver would have seen liim , as it wasa moonlight night . There was no pathway across thc line where the bodv was found . Thc jury found that his death was accidental , caused by his own imprudence .
Apprehension op a Gang op Burglars . —A gang of burglars has been apprehended at Bristol . Three men ofthe name of Williams , Michael , and Holborn , and two women are in custody . They are accused of breakimr into . the house of the Rev . Mr . Hayncs , of Court Hay , Somersetshire , and stealing several 100 ? . notes , a quantity of gold coins , & c . They are also supposed to have broken into the church there , but they failed to get hold ofthe Communion plate . In the house of Williams some of the stolen property was _foiiiid , and an instrument ingeniously contrived to cut through doors without any noise . It is expected that a number of burglaries which bave recently been committed in Glouoostorsliiroaml Somersetshire will be brought home' to them .
Ihe Yarmouth Murder . —In consequence of the evidence winch Mrs . Dick and her daughter gave at the last Norwich Assizes against Samuel _Yai-liam for the murder of Mrs . Candler , tbey bave been subjected to considerable annoyance and repeated tin-catsthen * children have been assaulted , and the windows of their residence broken by having stones thrown through them . The Board of Ordnance have , thereloro _. ' vcryjiulicioiisly determined to remove . Sergeant Dick from this station to head quarters at Woolwich . The situation , we understand , is a better and more lucrative one than this . —Yarmouth Chronicle .
Sudden Death at a Funerai _,. —On Wednesday , an inquest was hclrl before Mr . Waklcv M . P ., at the El ephant and Castle , Kin g ' s-road , ' Oamdentown , on the body ot" John _Miiley , a » ed 60 . An elder brother ofthe deceased , who was Tin inmate of St . Pnncras Workhouse , had been for a _li-nutli of time afflicted with dropsy , which terminated in his death on the Tuesday previous . On _Suiiil-iv Jast his funeral took place in the cburolivan ! of Old St . I aneras Church , and he was followed to tho grave py the deceased , who , just at the conclusion of the burial service , fell to the earth as though shot . He was raised up and carried ill an insensible state to the workhouse , where he shortly afterwards expired . A verdict was recorded of "Died by the visitation of _ttod . "
A Boy _Killkd through : Experiment . -. * . Hanging . —On Monday morning Mr . W , Carter held an inquest at the Sen Lion Tavern , Wooton-sll ' ct » _t _, Cornwall-road _, Lambeth , on the body of Charles Copeman _, aged It years . Thomas _. Copenmn , Bates ' sbuildings , Lambeth , deposed that the deceased waa his son . On _Tlmi-.-day last , about noon , witness left home for a short time . Witness returned in an hour afterwards and on opening the door of the room where he left tiie deceased , he found him _liattcino- to the top rail of the bedstead , suspended _l-y I font ? leather strap . _Witnwa called for assistance , when a neighbour came and out _Ui « , deceased down A surfrcoii
was soon , „ attendance , who opened a vein but hie was quite extinct . The deceased was _ol ' a cheerful disposition and ot sound mind . The deceased was continually speaking ot ' public executions . Witness nml bis fami y tomierly resided inEihofs-eourt Old _Biuky wlneh house had n commanding view of the st . cd that while _tm-y were residing in EUiotfs-ceurt Old Bailey the deceased called the children un stairs into the _bed room , and _said . « Now 1 w _* n \ W v 0 ll tbo foot ot Ihc bedstead ami pulled a We white jiightcap over his head , after which be clasped his hands _togotuev _, as . 1 in the act of praying , lie would then bow turoo tunc * , ui ! m > off the h _^ hieud . and
pretend to die . His fatheiMvas repeated ! '' speaking , ? . _n _all 0 ut SUl _" _^ _«« i » _vepev conduct . " Verdict—_ 1 hat the _ilcee-iiei ! did desiroy his own life by hanging himself , but v . li >; tlier it was the result oi * accident ill trying an experlincut or otherwise , they had no _( _"uflicient proof . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 16, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16051846/page/6/
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