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ORIGINAL MUSICAL EVESISQS, With the Ueautii'ul Songs of TIIE CELEBRATED ELIZA COOK.
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" * _GUlLl'IIALL . -, V »* _> _s' 3 i > iT . — Chiksui _Felosi . —Benjamin Brooks , a _ijoMc-brcaker , was broug ht before Sir W . Ma-nay , _ilart "or final _i-saaiiiintion _, _chained with _stealing a horse and « Jg , value £ 59 , which ha hired from a livery _stablsiecper , and s ° ! _d for -13 , _s- _»!* ject to redemption before a certain day . Sir " " _" . Mjgnay gave it as his opinion that the prisoner originally contemplated _stealing the chaise , and therefore he felt it to be his duty to let a jury _Sa-ve _tSe opportunity of determining whether the hiring was oona fi de or not . The prisoner was committed fur ial .
BOW STREET . _T'JSSDiT . _—IlOSBEBT AT _UCCSISGHAM _TJI . ACE . —A young woman , named Caroline Evans , employed as a _nousi-maid -it _I'ucUing ' -iain Pa . are _, was placed at the bailor _liaalcJainiaation , charged with stealing a _quactify of _wearing apparel belonging to the cUxk of ttie kitchen in tlie establishment . —It appeared at thu last examination that a great coat _being missed by Edmund _Ifcalo , clerk of the kitchen , from his bed-rom , he inquired of ihe prisone r if she had observed any person in the apartment , and being answered in the negative , he communicated the circumstance to Inspector Steed , who is constantly * bn duty at tlie Palace , and who , being directed to _rc-. _ikt search for ilie property , found in the prisoner ' s tiunk a hag containing forty-two duplicates relating to a quantity of wearing apparel , among w _. ii . 'h wns ona relating to th- ?
article ia question , and other property u * _-lo _* . igiag to the prosecutor . The prisoner was shortly after questioned at Windsor Castle ahout the matter , hut she gave no other account than Hut tlie _entire of the duplicates did not _belong to her . and being taken into custody , the entire of tlie artk-les were found at different pawnbrokers iu riinlico and Westminster , where they were pledged iu the name of Anne Brown a few days previous . —Sir . "IVontucr said , tliat it was useless for Lim lo attempt combating against the evidence , as he was certain the prisoner would b <* coinnitted for trial on ths _charge , but _thi-re were two _othi-r _c-ises against thc prisoner entirely unconnected with the paters , and as they were very doubtful lis submitted that tae court ought not to entertain tlicm . —Mr . Twyford said that he was given to understand bv thi ; i _* krk that the other cases were ofa much
more * serious nature if poss . i ' oU > , for it could be proved that on a laie occasion , the prisoner paid a visit to her sister , living in the service of a medical gentleman _residing In I ' sntonville , and during her temporary absence from the apartment she contrived to steal two silver table-spoons , for which the unoffending party hadbeen discharged from her situation without a character ; and not content , with _eonmiiffinij sneh a heartless robbery , she paid another _vliit to ll second sister , living as servant in the family of a gentleman residing iu the neighbourhood of the _I ! _egaitV-yavk , where she _niso contrived to steal two oilier silver _table-spoons , and as tlie property , which could he traced to tlie prisoner , could he _identified , he considered tliat ihe ought to be remanded for that purpose . —The prisoner , who said nothing in her defence , was ordered to ba remanded for a week .
"V . " EI .. N- £$ » . \ T . —A MeJIBEB OF THE " iOClSTV _FOT . _ _Tfl £ _Scwa-sssios of Vice" _Hojiskd ix a J . r . oT . 'iKL _I—Kcbecca Coleman was charged with robbing Mr . A . Casby ofa watch , with gold _cli-tiu and seals , airl about £ -1 10 s . 5 a niDney , at a house in Shire-lane . The prosicutor stated that lie was a imildei _* , _residing in _Uet-eut-streel , lamiietii-v . _- alk . lie met wilh the prisoner outside lhe bar of a public-house ( he did xoi know where ) , on Tuesday evening between nine and tea o ' clock , a _:. d entered into conversation with her . _____ _dng himself a _me-iiber of a " Society for the Suppression of Vice , " to which he had subscribed for thirteen cr fourteen years , Le asked tlic woinau " if she would like to reclaim hcv character , " upon which she asked him to go home wilh her , aud ha consented . On reaching liar room she requested him to treat her to some drink , and he _Sflll out for a pint of wine .
They drank it together , and he then sent for more ; he shortly afterwards left thc liouse to seek for a cab , but found that both his money and his watch had been stolen from liim . He apprised a constable of tlie fact , and the prisoner was iu the course of a few hours taken into custody . The value of the pir _. peity was about £ - ' 5 . In tbe course of a long cross-examination the prosecutor admitted that he was not sober at the time , hut indignantly denied that lie was the sort of man to go into a brothel _, if he knew it . lie could not swear that he did not drink with the prisoner at the publie-hanse where they met . Bis only object iu speaking to the woman was to induce lier to abandon a life of _prostitution for a better state . The members of lhe Society for the Suppression of Vice usually endeavoured , on meeting with unfortunate women like these , to convince them of tlie iniquity of their
mode of living ; and whenever they were disposed to alter their coarse , thc society gave them a character , and tried to gel situations for them . He remained with the prisoner _ahoui half an liouv . lis did wot give her a _* . iy MOnsy , nor did lie pay _anyi ' _i ' sg A > r the room . Constable x Iii , and another ofiiecr , deposed to having gone to the prisoner ' s lodgings in Shire-lane , after apprehending her in the street , and discovered the watch , chain , aud seals concealed between the two niattre ___ . es in the bed-room , and the _proscratornausinre identified the room aswtdl as ths stolen p- _* o ; v- __ _-ly . TLo keeper of the brothel , a woman named _IVnite . stated that the _jirosecutor sent out for a bottle a :: _ ! two pints ef wine on the night in question _, and t " : _ar wirn hele ;' : with the prisoner they were both -vary _i . p ? y- lie hua _rcpreseutea himself as a " lord in di _^ _ulio _. ™ T ___ e _prisoner was _rcniandt-J till l'A 4 & 7 .
Tl ! r _ . _ - _ > - * . T . _—HuBBEST BV A _PoLICEJUX . — A _pollCCcojiswfclc of tlie 1 " division , name'I John Guy , was charged wilh hr . ring absconded _fr-jin the force with £ 23 , received by him in his o £ ic : al capacity . The prison * - was on duty la tbe Slr . _ i _ .-i early on ths _morning of t :: e 3 _ol : _i inst . Atahout four _Vclock lie a * . ipre : ii ? .-ie _. I a woman ou _susp ; _s _; m of robbing a seaman , named David Evans , and took her to th-: station-house in _How-street , where he handed to Mr . _L-ig . v . _i , the _inspector on duty , firaXo Hank of England notes , two sovereigns , and 215 . in silver , i . hkh he fomid in hi-r p ; . s .= t-Sri = _ . ; i . This money was given hack
io tho prisoner when he brought the _charge before tne langislyatc . He was ordered to give up one of the notes to the seaman ( who was daily expected to leave Plymouth _, oa board the Catatonia ) , and it was his duty to _Telm-il ! : _ f c r & _inaiadsr to _Inspector Logan _, who was responsible for its safe custody . This v .- ; s not done , and on the f-jlU _' -. _vi-ig _evening he was reported as " not on du . ' y . " The _suspicious of his superior oflice _ _- __ s were couseg « e :: tly un . viT . _si , stud it was soon ascertained that lie hi _. d _ahseousirdirom his lodgings In private clothes , leaving hb v .. i - . - " _ ..-:-. i sK : h : * .: d him . Ou Thursday morning
Inspector IJ _.-uck , who had Ken apprised ofhis retreat , proccded to a liouse in _>" eiv-stree * , Y . * ebbc" -strect , Lambeth _, where he found the prisoner in bed with ai ' irostitutc . lie _searcl . dl _tiis he :., and found £ -0 7 s . wrapped up in paper under the _j .: l : or . -. Oa _beins ii . i ' ornsed oi * the charge , and duly _cauih-ued , he admitted his guil . * . and stated that he hid cl .: ; r . ge ; _i one of lha notes for gold . The prisoner said nothing tc . ths charge . Mr . Tv . -yford committed him for trial at the Q !
_walkinj arm-in-arm _tict-iiicr would be onused to separaic to pass by tliem . As the pro : _ecutor and liis brother were doing so * the _priunicr a _* . _* . _* l her coiife _. _leratc pushed in a violent and insulting manner against than , and directly afterwards tiic latter closed v . ith Mr . J _^ iTci-po _.-l _' sbrother , -no doubt wilh the intention of riflius his packets , bat Mr . Davenport beat off his _assailant , and compelled him to take to his keels . In the meanwhile the prisoner forcibly thrust her arms tinder thc prosecutor ' s coat , and iUan _abruptly left hiia . _Meai-ly directly _afterwards he _inlsseu his watch irom his waistcoat packet , and found tliat his silver guard chain had be _? a torn asunder . The _jirif-c . ser was then running away as fast as she could , but he _{ -. _ri-raesF ) j _, ar _ _= ued lier , rai-iug a cry of * ' Stop thief !" whieh she j . _» _iiied iu as _slie ran . She was , however , secured b y a _jiulicc-voiistaV _. c cf the t- division , hut on bfiu ; _searcJ _* . ed at thu _stalion-house . the watch was uot found on her . Mr . Ihavliviek said il was a case to go to a jury , bat in order to allow time for the apprehension of tbss-prisoner ' s confederate , he should remanl her for a -few days .
Tuesday . —Hi & _mi'AV l ! o ___ > £ _U ¥ . _—iVUKamMenzieswas brought before 3 . 1 r . lfardirick , charged with _highway iv . hl > _rfy . Mr . _VTiiKasn ? dii * . c ' i : in , _Xo . 7 , Denmark-street , an dd _^ _riy _gent _' . _^ iiav ., stated , that he was about to cuter his ! : o _* i ? e _hift night between twelve and one , when the prisoner _cai _. ie _-ais to _Jaiia aud presented a letter . He went to _fhs . _ffflsJ'inip to look at it , when the prisoner put bis baud : i " sinst his _waistcoat , and gave bin : a sudden push , whicli threw hiin on the ground , and then van off . Prosecutor _cot up imincdiately . and discovered that his watch _i . nd chain had b en _ftJisa . lie gave the alarm immediately , anil the _jirfewier v . _-a _? shortly afterwards taken into _custodybya constable . The prisoner , who denied that he was tlie per . - -. m who liad given the k-itc-r to thc prosecutor , or wiiohad i _* . u ; _lttil him down , was fully committed .
_TarnssiY . —A I _' . _noarTos BLACKcnAr . n " alias Gsxti . _sjisx . " '—lltniy _ihvjki-i Onslow , gentleman , of _Qusen _' stow , _15 ro : np : r .: i , was brought before Mr . Hardwick , charged with iwvln . - , -. vi . _ile in a state of intoxication , committed a series vf ou . _- _r-agcons assaults on the police and others . _I'olice- _^ o-. _vstable Godfrey , C UT , who appeared to have suti _' ered great injury , said about twelve o ' clock , the previous night he _lu- . ird a cry of " police , " and ou going into Suite-street he saw the defendant , who , without speaking a word , rushed at him aud knocked him loivn . "Witness rose and was again knocked down , and kaeit upon hy the defendant , who kept heating him while oa the _jji'iiini Complainant regained Ins legs at last , but was a third time knocked down , and Iho defendant
then forced his _snscrs into _nts month , seized Ms tongue , and raadc an attempt to tear it oat of his _mouih . The _crov . - il called out during the attack for witness to use his truncheon , and witness did draw his truncheon and strike his enraged nssailant a slight blow . The defendant _theit attacked every oue right and left , and / was not _overj-oweri-d until he had made a very great resistance . The prkoiier was _also charged wilh having knocked dawn ar . 1 _otk ; rw _: se bruta'ly assaulted _Xv . li . ¦ _sjniflu Mi-. jlal . Dvt " _pton , _surv ' _. vi . r , Stanford _YK _* - > , an _ s ST 2 _!^ * - ' s _> S 2 » K « _aaiU ? . 3 Ir . Has _dw-el- s _^ _-icm-ed - ' ¦ _ _!«« _-F - ' . ' :, ! i" to 1 _' - _wipri-soned for one month in the _fe , _?^ Bfcr ' aMaBlt c " _il'e' _^ _lice-coDsta _a . _; ,,,.-.- . " . : ,. _^ - _'"' _^ " " - ' ° - 5- - ' _dri , ult of _vavrapnt . two ' -- t _ .., t ..: i > . ,: _... _utfv -i _.::.. _! ..
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who appeared astounded at tliepuuishment , was removed from the bar . WOIlSIliP-STREBT . _TcEsn . iY . _—IIoasiiiLE _Ort- £ NC _£ . — Edmund Adolphus llughes , 1 (> or 17 , an api _> rcntice from the Orphan Asylum , was fully committed to stand his trial upon the capital charge of violating thc person of a . little _gli-1 named Emma Life , seven years of age , thc daughter of a master hootmaker , in _ilanur-pliice _, Huggcrstonc . Fiuday . —Another " Gestieman" BLACKGUAr . D . — Mr . George _Gui-ncy , described as a wine merchant , in Mount-street , "Walworth , was _chargedbefora Mr . Broughton , with having coinuiittcd the following aggravated assault , iu one of the carriages of the Eastern Counties Kailway , upon Jlrs . Annie Kimbrel , a married lady , residing ia Triuity-strect , Cambridge . The complainant stated that she left C . _imhiidge in a second-class carriage , at four o'clock on tbe preceding afternoon , and on reaching the station at Bislmp ' s Stortford , tins defendant and two other gentlemen got iuto the fame carriage . Immediately he had entered the defendant placed himself by her side , and after pressing offensively against her , laid
his head upon her shoulder and pretended to be asleep . She instantly removed to the extreme end of the scat ia order to avoid him , but was followed up by tiie defendant , who placed his arm round her neck , and addressing her by the appellation of " Jty dear , " asked her if she intended to travel all the nay to London . She remonstrated with him upon his insulting behaviour to no purpose , and us he stiil persevered in his offensive familiarities , she called loudly to the guard for assistance , but without receiving any attention . On the stoppage of the train at the next Station , she got out upon the platform and informed the guard of tbe insulting behaviour she had experienced from tlie _defendant , whose name she demanded , but her coinplaint was treated with indifference . On reaching the terminus in Shoreditch she gave the defendant into custody . After the hearing of other evidence , Sir . BvouglitOtt sentenced the blackguard wiue-nuTcliant to pay a penalty of 10 s ., or undergo seven days' imprisonment (!) . " The fine was immediately paid , " and the defendant liberated .
QUEEN SQUA 11 E . "Wedsesdat . —Conspiracy . —Tim ll'iTAL _Belciiave Lying . in Institution . —Maria lotto , the wife of thc manager , surgeon , accoucheur , & c , of the lloyal Belgrave Lying-in Institution , 25 , James-street , Buckingham-gate , and Edwiu and James Loeke _. _' lier sons , were placed at the bur for final examination , charged with _dafrauding Jlr . Gawthorp . of 73 , Tuthiil-strcut , of several pairs of boots . Mr . Bond said , that although the case had been _ailjourned , quite sufficient had been made out to call upon bim to send the accused before another aiuiinitl fur that purpose . The witnesses were then bouud over to indict the prisoners at the Central Crhniu . il Court for conspiracy . After some discussion about bail , the prisoners were ultimately required to find two sureties in £ 40 each . The accused were sen t to prison .
HAMMERSMITH . Monday . _—McitDEnocs Outback on a Woman . — A labouring man , named John Leydon , was brought up in the custody of the police hefore it : * . G . Clive , tha sitting _magistrate , charged on the police sheet with having committed a most murderous and outrageous assault upon a woman named Anne Wheeler , who is now lying in St . George ' s Hospital , without any _hopesjof her surviving . Inspector Smith , T division , stated that the case was a most serious one , tha unfortunate woman being covered with bruises from bead to foot , and several of her ribs were fractured . He had sent that morning to the hospital to k _. iMr tbe state of tbe wounded female , and had learned that she was as bad as she well could be . The following certificate had also been sent : — " St . George ' s Hospital . October 13 , 1 S 45 .
" Tins is to certif y that Anne _AVhcekT is an in-patient , and is at this time afflicted with severe contusions of thc head aud face , and fractured ribs . " G . Cockucbn Hide , for A . Johnson , " House Surgeon . *' George Langston deposed that he lived at Holmes Cottage , in the brick-fields , _Oloiiccstsr-raatl , _Kensington . Ou Saturday night , after paying his men their wages at the Coach and Horses public-lumse , James's-stveet , Kc * . _isiiigton-siiiiare , he saw his daughter standing outside with Anne Wheeler , who had a child in her arms . Tbey both ultimately went home -with him _. and sat and liad someljeer . Tiie prisoner came in while tbey were doing SO , nnd Quarrelled with Anne Wheeler and struck her several times , after which lis left . Anne Wheeler remained and laid with hcv clothes on outside the bed . About three o ' clock on Sunday morning he was awoke by hearing the front window smashed in , and saw tbe prisoner iu the room , and saw him drag Anne Wheeler oft * the bed , aud after knocking her down and healing her dreadfully , jump on her as
hard as lie could , first on _theiower part of her person , and then on her face and head . Witness thinking she was killed , laid hold of a large pistol he kept in the room , nnd _tlihikinij it was loaded , threatened to shoot him if he did not desist : hut the pistol was not loaded , nnd the prisoner after kicking the woman out of doers , left her quite insensible . Witness being unable to as . _'ist Anno Wheeler by himself , did not at first know what to do , but _eventlUillyweiitintothc Fulhani-road , antlat-the Admiral Kcppel _pubiic-iioiise hired a cab , and with the assistance of two iioHcemen , conveyed hcv to St . _George ' s Hospital , The prisoner was not apprehended until Sunday afternoon . The prisoner , in answer to the charge , said he bad been living with Anna Wheeler as man and wife for the last seven years , andhad had three children by her . For some days previous to Saturday she had been away from him , anil he suspected that she was cohabiting with the witness Luilgsloil . Ho further explained tbat ii was In a lit of jealousy and rage at her refusing to go home with him that he committed the assault . He was remanded for a
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SOUTHWARK . _TrEssiT . —A Tkeat roa an Actgh . —Jeremiah Clark , -l young mail , seventeen years of age , described as a sailor , was placed at the bur before Mr . Jeremy , _charged with throwing an earthen g ir . ger . beer bottle _irc-ui the gallery of tbe Victoria Theatre at Mr . rawc . _ttt Savjik-, while he _was _pcrturtain _^ on the stage . Mr . 5 a-.: _' _:-j stated that on the preceding night , near the conclusion of the piece called _-lUc . ' c Shcppard , and while tlie performance was going forward , he at the time being the only person or . the stage , was as r . vav as possible being struck on tbe head with a ginger-beer bottle . He was standing at tlie moment a short distance from the footlights , and the bottle , which was thrown from the back part oftlic gallery , came so close io the side ofhis head that some ofthe linuid from the hotLle went over his face .
He added that the audience expressed their disapprobation of such n wanton act , and a general shout being raised against thu _oifendcr , in a short _liinonftei'ivatds the dc ' _eiid' _-nt was taken out of the gallery and given into _v-islony . The bottle was here produced unbroken _, llavid Blake , a youth , was then called , and he stated that on the preceding night he was in the gallery cf the _Vh'torla Theatre to witness the play of Jack Shenpard , that while tlie _ji _^ rfovmaneo was going forward he heard the defendant , who was sitting within two seats of him , frequently hiss , especially when Mr . Savillc ( Ibe Jack Shcppunl ) made his appearance on ihe stage . At length , when the pices , had nearly concluded , and the _hc-vo of tbe drama was about to meet thu fate wliich awaited him , lie ( witness ) distinctly heard tbe defendant hiss with all bis might , aud then saw hi si snatch up a ginger-beer bottle ,
which appeared to be at his feet , and standing up , threw it with all his force straight at Mr . Savillc on the stage . Atthe moment he Hung the bottle the defendant made _usa of an indecent _cxpi-cssian , and then resumed his scat amidst the execrations of those who witnessed the transaction , and who called out i ' or lhe police . The constable who attended the theatre , slated that on being apprised of what had taken place , he went up into the _gilliei'V , and the defendant was pointed out to him as the man who had thrown the ginger-beer bottle on the stage . He desired the defendant to accompany hiin , but he refused with an oath , and when he { the constable ) went to take him out by force , he saw hiin drop two other gingcrheer botth'S , . simihii ' to the one thrown on the st _?^ e , on the _iteor of thc gallery . The constable added that the defendant made a very determined resistance , although _pi'i-j _' cetly sober , and continued throughout to assert his innocence of the alleged act—Mr , Jeremy ( to thc defendant ! : This is a very serious charge . What have you
to say ; the witnesses speak positively as to tbe fact of your being tlic man ?—Defendant said a man sitting next to him _liai thrown the bottle , and ha was mistaken for that person . _—ilr . Jeremy asked the defendant what he was , and where he lived ?—Tbe answer was , that he had been an apprentice on hoard the Spring , _belonging to North Shields , hut that vessel having sailed without him , he had been about London living with Ids friends at Oumdeu Town , until she returned . He added , that he wanted to see Jack Sheppard , and that wa _^ thu reason he came to this side of the water , hut he did not go there with the intention of doing any person au injury . —Mr . Jeremy said that an assault of the very worst kind had been proved against the defendant . He ( the magistrate ) did not think he woiuil bs doing his duty ill pi'OtCCtilu ; the _public from sneh acts , if he did not _hiilict the full penalty the law allowed , namely , io , on the defendant , and that in default of paying it , he sliould sentence him to two months ' imprisonment . The defendant , not having the means of paying the line , was accordingly sent to gaol . 7 $
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THE rOOR LAW C 0 MMISSI 02 sERS AGAIN . THE CONTRAST TO THE _AXDOVEU CASE . Contemporaneously almost witli thc inquiry at Andover into the conduct of the master of the workhouse there , Mr . Parker was engaged in prosecuting charges against the master of the Ilungerford Union . 15 ut the two cases appear to differ exceedingly , the one being accuttd of starring and iVAreaiing the puupers ,: m < X tiieotueu of OVER FEEDING them , and treating themicilh ( oomiic .. j _ i ; : _ 7 _; _es _~ . It appears that Mr . Ayres , who had been master from the formation of the union , upwards of ten years , during which time no complaints were ever made of his conduct in any respect hy any person , to his utter astonishment on the 29 : h of July last received the following letter and enclosure : — llighgatc , July 28 , 1845 .
Sir , —In transmitting to you a copy of certain charges against you , 1 desire to acquaint you that I have received instructions from the Poor Law * Commissioners to make inquiry concerning the matters referred to , aud to report t _<> them the result . In obedience to such instructions , I liavcmr . de arrangements to commence lhe inquiry at tlic workhouse at I / . nnbonrnc at ten o'clock in the forenoon of Thursday , the 7 th of August . I am , Sir , yum * obedient servant , II , \ V . 1 _' AHKKit _, Assistant Poor Lav . * Commissioner . "Mr . Ayres . ( Enclosure . ) _cii _- iu _^ KS , . Ire .
l . Thc f _. iofl c _.-..: iiv : i . . 'd in the workhouse , and the » ccount _rcndciv _. l ii' that consumption , to be satisfactorily explained . The contractors fo bc examined , and tlieir bills ami books produced . The same as regards the clothing of tbe pail ] _. ers . -. The _niaiii-brin whi .-h tho . " . _ccimils ave kept hy all the . ' ¦ -17 . ™ .. » f tiic __ iii ; o : i . _theirs-sbrie ; : ami otlier _payments , _paviieuhirly _tl . _oi . * to _ilu- _master > . > : _ _:. e _ny :. ' . house ior con-
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veyance of prisoners , and the number of days occupied therein . 3 . As to the management of the distributions of the daily rations to thc inmates of Iho workhouse . How their own clothes are taken care of , and witat returned to them when they leave the house . Who attends at the hours of meals . 4 . The number of children belonging to the master and matron of tbe house that have been and are residents'in the house , the state of such residence , and how supported . a . The general conduct of the master andother servants of the union to tbe inmates of the house . When Mr , Parker was at Andover , lie made great complaints about the vagueness of tbe charges brought _Ugliiust his client , _M'Dougs _. l ; tbe above document is a line specimen of legal perspicuity . He seems to havo been sensible of this , for he did not attempt to go further into the charges than to " ascertain" that the master had given away too much bread , and was generally loo liberal ill his distribution of tbe rations . Ic will be recollected
that one of the witnesses examined at Andover bore testimony to the kind treatment sho received when at _lluugerford , as contrasted with tli . it she experienced under M'Dougal . Ou the 7 th and 14 th of August Mr . Parker attended and examined iho chaplain , tbe mcdiciil officer , the nurses , and some of the inmates ; indeed , all such witnesses as he thought proper ; and , as far as I have been able to learn , no act of cruelty , neglect , or immorality wis proved against thi master , 01 * attempted to be proved by any of the witnesses . Indeed , I ma told , iu answer to ques ions put by M _° _* . Halconib , the chairman , and other guardians , Mi * . Parker stated tbat the fault with which the charged Mr . Ayres was giving the paupers too much bread , thus giving away propert y which did not belong to him . The board of guardians not hearing anything from Mr . Parker in the mean time , on the 3 rd of September last passed the following resolutions : —
That , in future , on the muster leaving the workhouse to transact any business for the union , he be required to return as sooh as he shall have trinsacted such business . It appearing by Mr . Ayrcs ' s " Provision Check _Iteeeipt and Consumption Book , " that 4 __* 7 gallons of bread had been consumed in the workhouse in excess of the legally authorised consumption of bread during tic quarter ending aist of Dcccmbfi _' , lm . it was resolved that a special meeting of the guardians of this uubm be held on Monday , the 15 th of September , at eleven o ' clock , at tbe boardroom , and that Mr . _Ayvts be required to attend 011 that day to explain the excess . Mr . J . A . Williams , liaring imide a statement to the board that Mr . Ayres had used threatening and abusive language towards Mr . Palmer , a ratepayer of J . ainbouni , aud Mr . Ayres having admitted the fact , but urged some extenuating circumstances , ordered , ' that ho be renuived to prove such circumstances at the special _niecliiitf on the 15 th inst ., and that Mi * . Palmer be requested to attend at the same time to substantiate his charge .
Mr . Ayres had ingeniously admitted tbat ho had been liberal to the paupers with the bread , but denied that ho was guilty cf any improper conduct . He also stated that the excess of bread was overrated , there _baiag upwards of 150 gallons to his credit not allowed for . The guardians , at tlieir special meeting on the 15 th cf September , passed the following- resolutions : — That this hoard is of opiniou tho governor of the workhouse be reprimanded for his carelessness in the consumption of bread , and that he bo ordered to bo more vigilant and careful in future . That Mr . Palmer not attending as requested , the board having heard Mr . Ayrcs ' s statement and his witnesses , fill ! / excuse ths language Ml * . Ayres admitted having used to Mr . Palmer , and altogether reject the charges Mr . Palmer made against Mr . Ayres . "
It was now supposed that the matter was settled , nothing of a serious nature having been proved against the master ; but on the ITth of September Mv . Ayres received from Somerset-house a formal letter of dismissal , signed "George Nicholls" and "Edmund W . Head , " giving no other reason than that they " deemed him unfit for the ofiiee ; " a communication which was as astounding to the majority of tilt * ho _. _'ll'd its it WHS to tlio master himself . At a subsequent board meeting Mr . Parker was present , and was asked if any charge of dishonesty was proved against the master ? " So , " he replied , " but be has not conformed to the dietary regulations ; bo has given away to thc paupers the property of the union , which did _nqt belong to him . " The chairman and most of the guardians ( all , except four persons , I believe , ) voted in favour of Mr . Ayres being retained , and ' exx'ressed their surprise ut his dismissal and the alleged grounds for It .
Mr . Pat Iter asked Mr . Ayres if he would g _.-i-e in his wife ' s resignation of the oliieo of matron , which he refused to do . He then said that he would give her notice to leave . Mr . Ayres inquired why ? Was she unfit to bc matron ? Mr . Parker replied , — " No ; but I shall not keep her here . Mi * . Ayres then pointed out to Mr . Parker how many years he had held the office of master without a complaint being made against him ; tli . it the provision-book had been examined and signed every week by the clerk ; tbat the committee of accounts had passed it every quarter ; that a quarterly sheet was sent to the commissioners ; that tho auditor had passed the aecounts , and that Mr . Parl-qr himself ought to have chocked him because he was doing wrong ; but tho _& et wus he had uot visited the liouse or inspected the accounts and books . Ml * . Parker was very angry at all this , aad told Mr . Ayres that he _ought not to try to get other people into trouble . He said , however , that he should have dismissed the auditor had he not _rssigued .
Mr . _Ayi-cs has been invited by some of the ratepayers at Andover to put up for the vacant ollice there . He mentioned this to Mr . Parker , who told him the Poor Law Commissioners would not sanction bis appointment ; besides , it was < f no use to try , as there was a great favourite in the Ik-Id already . Up to the day 011 which Mi * . Ayres received tlie first letter from Mi * . Parker , dated thc 2 Sth of July , be was totally unaware that there was any charge against him ; but it appears that the Kev . J . Sloper , curate of West Woodhav , whose name was familiar with the public a few years ago in connexion with some very peculiar circumstances , had been holding a private correspondence with the commissioners , upon tlic authority of whieh Mi * . Parker was directed to act . In justice to Mr . Ayres , the board and himself applied for a copy of that secret correspondence by which lie was assailed , but it was refused , as was also any statement oi" the specific grounds of bis dismissal .
I understand that the inmates exceedingly regret it , and were nearly ali in tears on tho day ha left . On this most shameful exercise of authority , for being too good to the poor , the Tuna ; well observes : — We know not whether it may be considered as a compliment cr otherwise , but it seems to bc the fact , that the Poor haw _Commisioiicrs , when they have any unusually dirty work on hand , select Mr . Parker as the assistant best qualifio d for doing it . This person seems to be _engaged as a sort , of _Mi-phistopheks in oviliiuwy to the infernal powers at Somerset-house , and he is apparently regarded as the confidential agent for earning out the evil principle of the Poor Law in all its most atrocious severity . He seems to have had two black jobs on hand for his masters almost at the same time ; for he hiss scarcely concluded the affair in whicli he has been
engaged at Andover , when we find him mixed up in another very disgraceful business at _Iliiugai'fuvil . The particulars of the former case have already nauseated the public , and it is not necessary to refer to thorn just now , except for the purpose of showing that Parle , i * at Hungerford has been a creature perfectly consistent with the Parker who rendered himself notorious nt Andover . In the latter place he was employed as the tool ' of the Commissioners to stifle inquiry into the atrocities of the Poor Law , and to defend to the utmost the miserable delinquent to whom the system had attbrded opportunities for peculation and depravity . Thc _matter of the _Auclovi-f Union had earned his right to the patronagcof 80 merscthou . su by pushing the starvation principle to its utmost limits . A man who could succeed in getting something for himself out of the stinted dietary of the paupers was a
treasure to lhe Poor Law Commissioners , who roeogniaed in M'Dougal a parochial genius , who might almost have got blood out of a stone , and who certainly achieved the analogous task of extracting sympathy from the hearts ofthe Commissioners . It was only when thoy found their own unpopularity , if possible , on the increase through their identification with their protege , that , with the selfishness which is the grand essence o . ' ' the principle they represent , they uncerimoniously threw him overboard . Tbe _Commissioners are li !; e tho bruto who takes _affectionate care of its young till in want of 11 meal , w hen it does not scruple to devour them . M _* _Dougi » . was defended as lon g as it served the purpose of the Commissioners to befriend him , but when it was no longer their interest to espouse his cause he was unhesitatingly saerifiei'd .
lhe HuugDi'fovd case , in which Mr . Parker has lately beeu engaged , though in some degree affording a contrast to the Andover affair , presents the Assistant-Commissioner in the same light in which ho has always been seitinamely , as tho active and energetic supporter of the Poor Law in all its most revolting features , At _Andoi'LT ho became the advocate of the master ofthe union , who had robbed the paupers of part of their scanty allowance of food ; and at _Hungei-ford he oppresses the master of the union , who had exceeded the quantity of provisions prescribed for the inmates of the workhouse . In tlie latter ease the officer has been summarily dismissed from his situation by the authorities at Somerset-house , after an inquiry by the guardiaus , who acquitted him of every charge brought against him , except that of having acted with too much kindness to the paupers , in giving thoni occasionally more food than the Poor Law allowed them . _Hobbing the inmates of the Andover Union of their allowance was only doing the work of tlic Commissioners
at a somewhat quicker rate than they would have done it . themselves , and the offence was regarded . it Somersethouse as an excess of zeal , which merited applause rather than punishment ; and Jlr . Parker certainly did all he could to let M'Dougal fuel that his conduct had been appreciated at bead quarters . I ' or thc master of the Hungei-ford Union , who gnve the paupers more food than the law strictly allowed , nothing short of summary disnfissnl has been considered adequate punishment . It has been found necessary to impress on bis mind , as well as on the minds of others who might be betrayed into acts of humanity by his dangerous example , tba ' t a Poor Law Union is not tho place in which persons in authority arc to give way to benevolent impulses . A few ounces more bread than thc regulation dietary prescribes may , it is feared , pamper pauperism to an alarming extent , and is certainl y calculated to interfere wilh the principle nsscutert to h y two of the bishops , lb . it if a labourer out oi" the workhoufiff is in a condition just ahove starvation , the nattper ; :. -he _woi-kln'ir _.-, ' _Uiyiild bf reduced 0
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starvation . point , in order to make the position of the hitter worse thiin that of tho former . It seems that bread is , after all , the only article of which , the master of the _Hungev _lbi'd Union has been prodigal , and yet thc distribution of 11 few additional gallons of this _iirst necessary of life has been made the ground for depriving him of his employment . Little acts of oppression _ugdjnsv paupers have before now been made the ground of mere warning * _, and reprimands to the guilty parties ; but a piece of humanity is thought so utterly out of character in a master of a workhouse under tho present Poor Law , that he is di > in _ 3 sed , lest he infect the wbolo class with his _dangerous tendency to _bunuvohmoa . Mi . Ayres , the late inasler _, and iiiled ids Munition for upwards of ten years , and declares himself ready to bring forward " a host of influential gentlemen to spaak to his character . "
M'Dougal , whose crime was alleged to be that of robbing the poor , had at least the opportunity of vindicating himself frmn ' the charge ; but the master ofthe _Hungerford Union _Ivas uo mLvey sliowu luu \ . Peculation may be . excused , and minimizing tlie food of tho poor may bs _patronised , bui the oil'encu of adding to the legal _alloivanccis so rank in the eyes of the Commissioner . * , that tlicy will hear no defence from lhe oilicial who is suspected of having committed it . Even a mere proneuess to err on the side of humanity is at or . ee regarded as a disqualification to the master of a Poor Law union , lie might Well from the provisions , pursuo tho female paupers with licentious advances , give way to habits of intoxication , and yet be worthy of the confidence ' of the guardians ; but the man who could distribute more than the legal quantity of bread is at once disqualified for holding office uuder the present Poor Law .
STILL _MOUE OF THE _ANDOYER UXION . DISMISSAL OS TIIE SEW ilASTEB . _Andovi-k , Oct . 11 . This being board-day , every body was anxious to know what the guardians would do with respect to Pi-ice , the new master , recommended to them by Mr . Assistant-Commissioner Parker , _afier the disclosures which had come to their knowledge _oi'his previous conduct and character in similar situations . Thc chair wns taken _posi- _^ ssion of by the Rev . G . IV . Smythe , who appears to be most desirous of becoming the successor in that seat of his rev . colleague , Mr . Dodson .
The clerk read a letter from the Poor Law Commissioner . ' , in which tbey stated that tbey were not aware of the previous conduct and character of Price , or they would not bave sanctioned his recommendation . They admitted that one of their assistant-commissioners . Air . Austin , was sent down to Oxford some time ago to inquire into the conduct ofthe master there , and that he had forwarded to tlicm an official report , ' which they had not examined until the present time , having understood , at the period of Mr . Austin's inquiry , that as soon as it commenced the master resigned , and that therefore tho charges against him wero not investigated , and required no further notice . Mr . Assistant-Commissioner Parker had written a similar explanation , saying he had heard that Trice had resigned because he wished to leave his situation nt Oxford , and not because ot any charges being brought against him connected with his conduct in his situation there .
I give the purport of the explanatory passages of these litters , as I bave been able to collect it from good authority ; but I should have preferred publishing the letters at length . A majority of the guardians , lion-over , persist in excluding reporters , and endeavour by all means they can use , and even by _thi-cuts oi'biutu force , to prevent thc disclostise of thu most trivial circumstances . For this conduct their board has been aptly designated by one of tlie ratepayers , " The _Andovei-iau inquisition . " Mr . Lamb , tbe clerk to the union , is prohibited from giving copies of documents , or allowing thein to be" taken , it' not by a fonruil order , at luust hy _demoiistKiiious of opinion , which are equally significant and _cltcctive . In this instance it would have been but an act of justice to publish the letters of the commissioners in extenso ; and they have to thank their Audoverian friends _tV _ i- being deprived of that act of justice ,
Lul I cannot suffer tho extraordinary explanations , of whieh I give you the substance , to _p-. iss without a remark or two . The fact , which they admit , that they hud deemed it necessary to send down Mr . Austin to _iiuiuire into certain charges _a-ainsttliispei-SOIl , although . III entire investigation of tliem might havo been evaded by a resignation , ought ut least to hare induced tliem to consult thc report sent up by their oilicial investigator before they recommended him , or sanctioned Ids recommends * tion as master of the Andover Union . Hut do the commissioners never read the public newspapers ? Nearly all the facts in that case were brought out at first by thc Oxford board of guardians , and _published in the local papers . Besides whicli , it was in consequence of the official report of tlie board of thc evidence taken bv tliem
111 the case being sent to thc commissioners , that they sent down Mr . Austin to institute au iuquiry ; which inquiry he carried on for some days , examining several witnesses , and stopping only iu consequence ofa coroner ' s jury having passed a severe censure upon Price for neglecting a pauper who was found dead in the house , This serious censure induced Mr . Austin to pause for the purpose of making a special report to tbe Poor Law Commissioners , While ihe guardians were waiting to know what Ihe commissioners ivould do , Price prudently resigned . Is it possible to reconcile these circumstances ivitli their professed ignorance ofthe man ' s former career at Oxford 1 Can they afiirm that they never heard of bis doings at
I- nvringdon , and how he was burnt in effigy there ? Did tbey never hear of the workhouse at Liiinbourne , and the reputation that individual earned there ? Was that individual right or wrong in saying that he liad been "jobbing about for lhe commissioners ? "' Lastly , was he not at Southampton before he was transferred to Andover ' And what was he doing there ? His own statement to the guardians this day , when endeavouring to show them that bis coming to Andover was a great misfortune , WUS this - . —he suid that he was engaged in organising a _district union school I ' or the boys belonging to thc various unions ; for this purpose a hulk was to be sent down and moored oif somewhere between Portsmouth ami
Southampton , on board which all the union boys were to be shipped , and there thoy were to be kept and educated . Since the inquiry at Andover , however , Sir James Graham , whose plan be understood it was , bud altered bis minii , and "knocked it all on the head ; " so that now he had lost both masterships _. Price ' s statement of lhe effect with regard toAndovcv is undoubtedly true , for in their letter received this morning the Pour Law Commissioners _recommended that he sliould bc forthwith dismissed . Mr , 11 . Mundv proposed
a resolution in accordance with that recommendation , but it was opposed by a majority of the guardians , on thoground that the election of a new master would take place next Saturday , and Price would be retained only . week ; and also because tbey " would not be dictated * to by the commissioners . " _llcally the behaviour of these guardians is most consistent in one respect . They are not to bc beaten out ofa wrong course cither by tho expression of public opinion or the mandates of the commissioners . The majority are as sensible , and therefore as obstinate , as the pigs they rear .
Priee , therefoie , will remain until next Saturday , when a new master will bc elected . There are _upwill'dsof thirty candidates for tlio ofiiee . Tbe affairs between the union and M'Dougal arc not yet closed . Priday is tbe day appointed for winding up the accounts . I _vmdersiand tbat another letter from the commissioners wa 3 read yesterday , stating that they had consulted their solicitor , who were of opinion that as far as the evidence has gone no charge of embezzlement could be legally proved before a jury . This is nothing new : it was pointed out to Mr . Westiake by his friends when the trap wns laid to make liim prosecute an indictment . Tho usual technicalities mid requirements of a trial before a judge and jury could not be complied with under the circumstances . MOUE OP TIIK r . _OTSr _.-C'NA . _WlXG _AP . _OMIXATIOX . I havo tiiken the following additional evidence with respect to tho bone-crushing : —
Peter Alder , aged sixty three . —I am a labouring man . I came out of the workhouse about March last . 1 was three months there tiiat time , and four months during the winter before . I was employed in bone-crushing nearly the whole time 1 was there . There wcrcall sorts of bones mixed together . I have seen the men gnaw off the flesh and gristle . I bave also seen them pick the marrow out and eat it . I have done ibe same . The bones generally were stale and hail ; they stank very muoli ; wo could hardly bear the smell sometimes . We smoked tobacco to keep oli . u .. stench . The offal and marrow were so bad that a _pnsou out of the house would not eat them . I didn't mean that if he had a bellyful , but if be had half n bellyful . Hunger was too sharp for the people ; they liad not food enough , Wc could not sleep at night for hunger . I did not get half enough to cat . I have seen the men quarrel about the possession of tho bones . 1 remember
Samuel Green and John Wells fighting for a bone . I and others complained of not having victuals enough to some of the visiting guardians , but got no redress . Mr . Pjor told us we had skilly in the mornings , which wc did not get until he became a guardian . I consider bonebreaking very hard work , as hard as thrashing ; ay , harder than thrashing . I have seen human bones among the cattlcbones , such asleg bones aiid others . I remember Cole dying in the place which used to be called the "dead-house , " next the bone-crushing room . Mr . Parker _didnotsendfovmcto examine me about the bones , but I was one of the men who were called out about them by Mi _* . Hugh Mundy and others who visited the house sonic time back . I was entitled to beer and tea b y my age , but never had any , —except half-a-pint when I was loading bone-dust away . This witness confirmed the statement about the withholding of the beef allowances on the day hefore Christmas-day last .
Charles Archer . —I am a hawker . I i _, aVe collected bones and sold them to the late master of the union workbouse several time ? . I go about collecting bones of all kinds , and then sell them , two or three hundred weight at _: i time ; sometimes half a hundred weight . I have had 5 s . Gd ., us ., 4 s . Sd ., and 4 s . cd . per cwt . I have had human bones brought to me by children , but I did not buy them . I have sold horse bones to thc workhouse . When I have delivered bones I have seen the men coinc and crave for marrowbones , and take tlicm away . The bones were generally m a bnd state , and smelt so that IcOUld hardly bear it myself . As soon as I got home I washed my cart out . I did not think soma of tliem fit for a " Christian " to break-, much less to cat . Hannah Mason has come to my house at _diiicreiit times , and lodged there sis months . _Slw said often that she was all but starved to ( loath in fill ! nous " , and she would ba very sorry to see my children _tJicre . She aaid she would be clad if \ or anv one
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would talso her out of the house . She would do anything sooner than ho there . William Walter , aged C 2 . —I left the _workhomfa on the 7 th of November last , having boen there just two years to a day . I went in through distress , having bean out of work a Ions time . While I was iu the house I worked at bone-erusiiing a good doal . I have seen tho men gnaw tbe bonus , and pick thc marrow out of them , I bave done so myself . Some were fresher than others , some stank very badly . I remember the horse bones which came from Jlr . _Kortheast . They were very nasty , and stank " miserable" after the stuff came to be heated . I picked the bones for want of enough victuals . Tlicy
were not fit for food , but we were glad to pick tliem . We had not half enough to eat ; the men were always complaining of it . _llone-ci'ushitig I consider vory bard work . I saw some human bones among thu rest at one time . They powdered as soon as they were touched . Wo could almost squeeze them to dust with our fingers . It was said tlicy came from thc churchy aid . Some ofthe men used to complain that the victuals they had were not enough to support them . The master said he knuw it , but could not go beyond his orders . Cole and Ashton died in the dead-house , next to the bone-house . I was over GO before I left the liouse , but did not get my allowauco of beer , which I ought to havo had .
The last named makes twenty-four persons whom I have examined . respecting tho abominations ofthe bonecrushing business , and 1 have a list of thirty-four others who ean give similar testimony . The practice is still carried on , and , as the winter is _nvpioauliiug , and there will be less demand for labourers , many who have been out of the _woi'khftusu for a few months will be compelled to return to this disgusting occupation : and most probably must have recourse to the same disgusting means of mitigating the pangs of hunger .
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U . _N' _iTitn Trades _Association . —A meeting of the central committee ofthe above body was held at their ofliee , 3 ( 1 , ilydo-strcct , Bloomsbury , on Monday , October _iSth _, _> . Thomas Slinjjsby Duncombe , M . l ' ., in the chair ; every member of the committee was at his post . Letters wore road of a highly flattering licf'cripfcion from tlio trades of Norwich ; from the _buikliiiK trades of _EirkenJicad ; from the Coal Miners of Kcwcastlc ; . from the Hydraulic Vressciv . and the Mnkers-up of Manchester ; from the Plasterers of Beptford ; and from tbe Paper _Staincrs and Bricklayers of London . The following trades also sent hi then * adhesion , to the _association by letter : — the Joiners of Birkenhead ; -thc llopemakers of Liverpool ; the Shoemaker . - ! of Derby ; tho I ' rainework Knitters of Leicestershire , anil the Bricklayers of Liverpool . A delegate from the
Shoemakers of Chcsham , Bucks , was present at the meeting , who stated that tho truck system prevailed to a considerable extent in that town ; that tha Shoemakers had held a public _meetii . j ; , and that lie was deputed to gain information with a view to their joining the great Trades movement . A communication was made from Manchester to the eii ' cct that a district of ihe United Trades Association was formed in that town , and that others were in the course of formation in its suburbs . A letter frora the city o ! Bath was read , stating ihat the Cabinet Makers _. _' Upliol . stei _* CTs , and Gilders , had resolved upon calling a public meeting of the trades of that city , and that the co-operation ofthe trades ot Bristol wits expected by delegation . The committee resolved that Mr , John _Sirelton _, the lecturer , should _leaTC London for bis torn * in the north , on Tuesday next , October the 22 nd .
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Mi . _ANCiroj . vE Death of Mn . Baseti ; the Ancnitkct . —It gives us great pain to have to-record the death of George Basovi , Esq ., the eminent architect , wliich happened on Thursday morning , at Kly , under tlic following circumstances ;—It appears that tlio Dean of Ely ( Dr . Peacock ) , and one of the Minor Canons ofthe Cathedral , were inspecting , the restora tions now being made in the interior of the great western tower , attended by Mr . Basovi , when the last named and ill-fa ; od "entleman , in stepping back the better to-make an observation , fell through an opening of the floor of the _bell-chamiici' into tlic story next below , a distance of about forty fret , and was killed on the spot . The hotly was removed to tho Deanery , where an influest was hold in tho _eoiirsa of the day before Wm . Marshall , Esq ., when a verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned ..
Death of Jackson * , tiik Pugilist . — This cclcbivttctl character died , in his 77 th year , on Tuesday , at his residence , 4 , Lower _Gi'osvraor-st . _'ccfc West . An attack of paralysis was the immediate cause of hi » death . Mr . Jackson was born in London , and was the son of the eminent builder hy whom the arch was thrown over the old Fleet ditch . Air . Jackson , soon after defeating _Mcmloza , established a school . it 13 , Bond-street , not only forgiving lessons to Ill ' s numerous pupils , but for the introduction of such men as had cither distinguished themselves in combat or were desirous of seeking fame in the pugilistic arena , lie received the encouragement of the Dukes ofYorkai . d Clarence ( William JV . ) , tho Duke of Quecnsbcrry , liar ' s Albemarle and Scfton , Mariiuis
of Worcester ( tiie present Duke of Beaufort ) , Marquis of Twccdalc , Lords Byron , Graven , Sommille , Barrymoro , Pomiret , and . Fife , Sir W . _"W- . Wynn , Colonel Bcrkclcv ( now Earl Fitxhardingo ) . Mi * . Harvey Combe , itc . After the coronation of George IV ., nt which Mr . Jackson and seventeen of thc most distinguished prizefighter . - of the day . * vei _* u employed , dressed as pages , to giuiril the entrance of Westminster Hall nnd Abbey , which they did most effectively , he retired from public life , remaining still , however , the frequent companion of noblemen ami gentlemen who felt desirous of maintaining the old national sport of boxing , and who , through him , distributed those rewards which the eomhip .-, of tlie e __ liibit _ iut _ t deserved . As a . private
associate and " noon companion" Ins company was courted by nien of distinction . Mr . Jackson was a man or' great benevolence , proved by his charitable acts . In manners- he was unassuming , and in language and demeanour a gentleman . He lived and ( lied ill easy circumstances , anil his property will be inherited by his niece , his constant attendant . —Globe . Halifax . —Odd Fellows' Dixxi . n . —On Saturday _lastf , October 11 th , at the house of Mr . Joseph Ibbcrson _, the Golden Lion Inn , Cheapside , Halifax , Lodge No . 103 ( the "Widows' llepose ) , of the Bolton United Ancient O' _- _'k-v of Odd Fellows , twenty-eight brothers sat down to dinner . Alter transacting the usual business , the evening was spent in social conviviality , and the comnanv broke nn in good order ..
THE STEAM TIMES AM ? HAIL WAY GLOBE ( size ofthe Double Times ) , price tid . stamped , is published every Taesday , Thursday , awl Saturday mornimr , at six o ' clock , in time for the curly Mails . Very valuable and exclusive channels of Kailway information are open to this Journal , which contains , the closing pviecs . _r-. l' tlie _ywsvioYis iky ' s _Bl'iiwc . Market in all the great Commercial Towns of England , with the latest Reports of Railway Meetings , A _* c . No . I , of Saturday next , October 18 th , will contain a Supplement . Office for Advertisements , ___&* , Strand , London .
Original Musical Evesisqs, With The Ueautii'ul Songs Of Tiie Celebrated Eliza Cook.
ORIGINAL MUSICAL _EVESISQS , With the Ueautii ' ul Songs of TIIE CELEBRATED ELIZA COOK .
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* _l , f it . and the HISSES FKAZER , the Scottish Vocall _? iL ists , and original Illustrators of Scottish Song , will give Evenings with thc beautiful and instructive Lyrics ot the above popular writer , on Eriday , the 17 th ; Saturday , the 18 t ' u ; and Tuesday , the ' 21 st hist ., in the City of I _ ondon lecture . Theatre , Milton-street ( now beautifully fitted up for their use ); in the City of Westminster Literary Institute , on Wednesday , thc' 2-. _' iid ; aud in the National Hall , High llolborn , on Thursday , the 23 rd inst . Admission 2 s „ 1 _s ., and 0 'd .
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ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE . Lessee , Mr . Jons Douglas . I & E-EXGAGEME . vr of Mr . and Mrs . It . Homier for * b three nights more . In consequence of thc crowded state « _-f tho Theatre , and the immense applause bestowed on the drama of OLIVER TWIST , it will be repeated on Monday , Tuesday , and Thursday , at half price , _l- ' agan , Mr . 11 . Homier ; Oliver Twist , Mrs . It . Ilonucr ; their original _chai'iictevs . Mr . John Douglas will appear on Wednesday , Priday , and Saturday , in the drama of the DEATH Willi * . Mrs . Caudle ' s Last Curtain Lecture on Tuesday , and return of her thanks for the liberal patronage bestowed upon her during her stay at the Marylebone Theatre . Mr . T . Lee in an Irish Farce
Oi Revived Theatre Royal, Marylebone. On Monday Evening Last The Favourite Nautical Drama
oi revived _THEATRE ROYAL , MARYLEBONE . On Monday evening last the favourite nautical drama
Mc Jjeaui Amp Was , Ior Tne Nist Appeara...
mc jjeaui amp was , ior tne nist appearance this season of Mr . John Douglass , the enterprising manager and lessee , who was greeted on liis entree by a crowded house with every demonstration of heart y _Eng - lish welcome . Mr . Douglass sustained to perfection the character of the gallant coxswain , Dich Drake . In the course of the piece he introduced his celebrated pantomimic hornpipe , and a better piece of pantomime we have never witnessed , lhe performance elicited thunders of applause . Mr . Douglass is a worthy successor to T . p . Cooke , and , since the retirement of that gentleman , decidedly mo best representative of the honest and gallant Jack inr on thc English stage . He was very ably supported by _Mi-. _Tvayner , as the p _* . rate " j /( s «* ftHi _* -t ; Mr . Kevi . _le , as jinoch Sly , a Yankee pedlar ; Mr . T . Leo , as Peter JhM ; Mrs . Neville as the persecuted 'Edith . * Mrs . Campbell , as _tranclm ; and Miss I .. _Vsiwce _, _asiiio J ... v . _re 5—nil
Played Admirably. The Piece Was Well Put...
played _admirably . The piece was well put oil tbn et the dresses were appropriate , and thescenerv really ,, i ' At tiie _conclusion , _MMJouglass announced ' tiie _vioc-f rendition amidst retiealed Dlaudits . " . " * _HRINCBSS'S THEATRE . re . a _ teaiuj . c _! or Mr . " Mackeady . —There _v- _> terrific crush on Monday night to obtain _calr _,-,,, _™ " _; _' ,, ' ' 1 thc _Fi-incuss ' s Theatre to welcome Jlr . Macreadv i before the doors were opened an eager crowd ' _b-sj ' " ? them and .-. ben tlte portala were thrown back people f , _^ literally to _hgbt their way up tlie long , narrow , iind _; , convenient lane which forms the common parage to ton " boxes and j . it from thc en franco in Oxford-street VVI _o half-way up this defile , many to * frigl . t , and d _. ' _spaM-i ' n ' of citecting an ingress , _turned bads , and strucgk ' df , ' » _tiely to retrucB their steps , a procedure whicli caused _ V most admired disorder . The whole theatre wns _enn-m . i by tbe first ru _. h , and crowds went away dU uppob ' _it
u Certain it is that every nook and cranny » g tlie hou « ,- _' filled from which the most distant hope _CoiUU V nourished of obtaining intermittent glim _* j SCS Z the stage . The piny produced , was Jlir _,,, ' _^ tI _° _] first scene of whicli was acted nearly ii , dumb show tt hen , however , the scene withdrew , and d iscovered Mr ' Macrcady , thc whole audience _wse with one _comsuu' t welcome their favourite tragedian . Tiie ladies _u--ivH their bouquets and _haudla-ret _..,- _!' _* , and the , „«„ .. f content with the usual demonstration of _ulappin .. i ' ril raised repeated fires of those rigbt hear :-,- _unii- . _\ _ui , l '' cheers of welcome which the English so well know Um to 5 . T ' 7 vrtli ,: U are so inspiriting to hear and must : he ' - . gratifying to the reci pient . For several minutes tli _.-sj sounds continued uninterruptedly , and then after a pi " tial lull had induced the bedel" that silence and atteiitirtM were about to assume their sway , rencwen ' thunders toht that the audience had only paused to gather strength f 0 ,. fresh display .
To enlarge upon a performance so well known to _ovm playgoer as Air . Alacready _' s impersonation ofthe mdau _eholy and philosophic Prince of Denmark , Would be a tedious superfluity . Enough for us to state that he neve ' played Hawk ' , with more tire , with a display of more iiiox . _liaustiblc resources , with more art covered b y tlic SQUU blance of perfect spontaneity . A very _L-llicieiit company has been formed to _stinport Mr . Mai-ready . Mrs . Ternan , late Miss Jaruiau , ] ii , _., i Gertrude , aud abl y acted up to Macrcady ill tha _( i , scene in tho third act . Cooper was tlie _CJIlOSt ; li \ _-. l . was the King ; . G , Fisher , a young mnn of good _ji g . _^ and a very judicious speaker , was Horatio ; _ComptonV-iil Oxl : erry ( both excellent ) were the gravediggers ; Craiibv ivas 1 ' olonius ;¦ and Miss Emma Stanley was 0 _ . lieii ; , . \ beautiful scene hits been painted by ih > . _Ikverley , rq , rj .. seining the castle and the moon-lit sea by Klsinore Altogether , Mr . Maddo . v has spared no pains to honour ' . Mr . MacreaOVs return to thc metropolis in the best man . ner possible .
Wednesday evening was the second of Mr . Macreadv ' performance , and another crowded audience was asse . ii . bled to witness it . _"W'hen lw first appeared there iras a repetition of that hearty cheering . . hiehgvvi-ti . il _lijSl J . turn to the stage oh Monday . The play ivas Kim , / . _-. „ . " acted according to Shakspeare ' s version , as _ivvii- . , i _bi _* . \! _n Mac-ready , at Covc-ut-gariU . il , iu the season oV 18 U 7-8 , when Nullum Tate ' s modification wus abolished , Mr . Macrcady ' s Lear is one of his most iiii iirusiiv * delineations . The means whereb y he _]> _ri- _]> _ari-s his effects , and unfolds the groundwork ofthe character , are _notL-ss commendable than those more obvious _ilispUivs of passion with whicli he draws down thunders of a _,., plause . Th . air of imbecile fondness with whivli lie toUwfS down the steps of his throne to meei ' liis most beloved daughter Cordelia , after hv lias more formally give _:, the two portions to his eider children , accounts , as it were , for the indi gnation wliich her apparent coldness creates ! The querulous old man is in a sensitive afieCtioKiltS mooil that will not bear checking ; lie receives a check , and is
first shocked , then enraged . Ifis greeting ofthe fool , after the iirst suspicion of _Uoaeril ' s neglect , is another preparation . The all ' _L-ctioii with wliich he caresses him , the readiness with which ho laughs at his pleasantries , without seeming _precisely to understand tliem . appeared lo proceed from _jiii uneasy notion tbat he is clinging to _tAii only being that remains faithful to hiin . When the ingratitude of Gondii is fully revealed be is entranccd _. liis mind can scarcely receiru what his senses have admitted ,, and it is a lino touch that he now docs not even hear the Fool , to whom , a few minutes before , he _listcnud with such forced eagerness . The curse upon Coi _. oril took the house by storm . Ic was a masterly picture of the struggle of a strong "ill to overcome the obstacles produced by physical iti . irmitv , liu seemed afraid lest _b-s force should leave hill ) before he had spoken the last words of-wrath—to eke out bis strength by a preternatural _i-tt ' ort—that he might utter one curse moi e . After the behaviour of Ooueril , the jests of the _l- ' oot cease to please him altogether , and he passu tliem iii mournful silence . The vnoimt ouuufmiauci
which in the third act he wears for some moments _adnii . rably prepares the transition from the toi rent of rage aud grief wilh wbich he enters upm the heath to the state of insanity , and this is further elaborated by tin * clinging earnests ! .:... with wliioli he attaches himself to ll . e feigned maniac , _Edjjnr , evincing a _lliysttTiOUS sympathy . Ullt ill the whole performance there was not amove subtle touch than the miiuncr in whicli the words "Dnn . it abuse mc" were given after the recognition of Conltlia . Waking for a moment from his insanity , he _emln-aral her with a burst of Hlfeeiioii . Then it _a'cmi'd as _tliotiiih
the brain had no- longer - power to retain the images presented , all the scene before him _siKnied to fadeaway , ami the wuvdsjust quoted marked the return to helpless imbecility . The agony of grief with which atthe end he _brought ou the dead Cordelia , the anxiety with whieh lie fiw . _tlxaslj watched for sonic sign of _lviiirniiig life , and the despair with which iic reclined on thc ground by her body , formed a worthy conclusion to this highly wrought and affecting representation . The applause of tbe audience at the conclusion was unbounded , and Mr . Mac-ready was called before the curtain amid thcloudest acclamation , ' ! ,
1 he play ivas respectably tilled . Mrs . Sterling _phye-. _l Cordelia with a great deal of feeling , and assumed the appearance of death ( _notii matter of course ) witli excellent effect . Edgar and Kent were acted wilh fpirit by Messrs . Wallack and Cooper .. Jlr . C . Fisher looked we'd ns Edmund . ' ' Tho fool , the faithful fool , was . excel-Icnily well _' playod by Miss Marshall . The talent sinevinced wus well appreciated , and bas given us the hopes of this young lady one day huldiii _^ a very distinguished position in the profession . Oil 1 ' _l'iday evening , Mr . Macrcady repeated bis performance or JJamlct to another crowded and eoaaliy enthusiastic audience . Ou tlic alternate nights W ' allack has been playing i " Am C'a * s «!* lie ! _ju .: an and thc ftrigand- to- crowded audiences . _IJOYAl , _I'AVII . IOy TIIEATIM-:
On Thursday evening wc paid n visit to riio !; "yal i ' aviliou Theatre * . The house was crowded . /•; .. _ _-.. _ilohixs , a " domestic drama , " appears to be a great card here , it ' wc may judge by the vast number of persons who nightl * crowd to witness its performance . The piece is from the pen of _V . v . 1 ' rederiek Ne _.-ile , am ! is put upon thc stage remarkably v . - -.- !) . The . scenery , machinery , dresses , . Vc . _'' *" excellent . It must be highly gratifying lo tins -. _wtlmr to know of the immense applause with which thu ' pi-re was hailed throughout . The first-rate acting of Miss Adelai . ie Cook , and the rich droll humour of Miss L ' uttifur . _i-lieiteil _wariiia [ _ipl ! ui ¥ ttt _Jfessi'S . l ) ale , _Giii'tuii . ami _lluttiii'il al'Oadmirably sustained their respective _ci ' _iarai'tei's . Air . O ' . _nifield , the American ! _. ampson , shows some-wonderful _fi-al _.-of strength : dut our space will not permit us to criticis . his astonishing performances .-
_ltovAi . Adei . mi > _ _3 UAI . _1 . KBY . — On Friday eveni _;; " we visited tliis de . igltti ' ul place of cntci'ti _. _imiiej _. t , !_ . _ _. _ _' \ veii happy to find ; i numerous nml vxiwclmgly respectable audience present , who testified their approbation of the several cntcrtainnwnts by freiuiout l _. mv . ts of hearty _avplause . On entering , the establishment presents lo thview of the visitor a _vcniarkably _lijilit and neat _apposr unci ); and in addition to the fountains , scientific model . - . paintings , steam engines , fie ., there is the _atniospheri--railway , the electric eels , the weighing machine , promenade concerts , & c . _> lv . A , _Sedgwick ably presided dvci the musical arrangements : his handling of thi * aceovdi : _* _. !' exhibited great professional skill ; in fact , he all but asa '! . ' the instrument speak . A Miss _l'alscr _' s dancing was beyond all praise : " and Sig . A . C ' uibelei delighted tbe c : _> a _:-pany with the songs , " Rucked in the _cradln _' of the _d-.-. ? . '' and * " Would I- were a boy again . " Our gallantry wiil ; _i ' _- ! permit us to be silent as to Miss Veavce , n lady wh _i _ein-ayuu-cd us by Ucv _fivst-vatc execution of lbs ' ' ¦ Echo si _*'(>_•¦"
and also tne " Hunter of Tyrol , " in each of _ivliifh silt' " . " vociferously encored . Thc " New / . calami Chief " wa _? i ' 1 * trodticcd by a gentleman , who gave a _topngraitliind ' ]'• scriptif . ui of the islands , and a most int ' ercsiiiig ' _' _" - tory of the country ; in the course of which b _>* - ' - ' , " much on the fertility of the soil , its produce—Slid , _aslhuj , itc . ; its minerals—lend , iron , copper , ores , _.- _' ¦¦• ••'!'' ' " . ave found there in abundance ; gave a brief _ac'oun * - j Captain Cook ' s visit , as well as other navigate _« _"h ' _- ''" . ' , visited and traded there ; and indul ged in ijincKiwiiiliiuon the great blessings conferred on the _nai- ' _- ' _- _'i'S ' 0 'I ' " _roligious instruction" imparted to tlie * ' savages" i _>> ' *¦'"' missionaries ; and concluded by avowing as !>! s .. ; _-. ir . !; ' ! _1-that it was tlio very best speculation for ths cntei -prisiiii English emigrant , and decidedly the safest investment Ii . " labour , capital , and skill , of anv part of the globe . T '' _- ' * Chief" is certainly an extraordinary . nan ; aud if ' _¦ ' « _, *¦ ' half of what he says is true , ho has experienced _liamifw- ' perils and "hair-breadth escapes , " lis _Jf UVl ! il _Ifi'S' _** . _* '
account ot his residence amongst thc natives ; his " ' _- ment by tlicm , and ludicrous description of their laas ' _-- : _' " manners , customs , d * c . ; exhibited their weapons of _«»¦ . ' - fare , a number of dresses worn bv them , sang several songs iu their language , danced , & e . " lie then _eain-i a * * - '* the gallery to enable thc company to closelv _mr-iwct uu . person , which was curiously tattooed . He lias _piioH'l" _" _* a narrative of bis life , which may be had in the galk _' _? for sixpence . But the gem of tlic evening's entertainment * * was tho incomparable " dissolving views " a * j . 1 " _ehruiaatrepe , " which must be seen to tic appreciated . _'' ' " ' _**•' , " rniljjemcilts appeal' excellent , the _attendants civil a'' - obliging , and altogether we know no place i" l . oadi > ii where a moro intellectual treat can be enjoyed for * " _*' shilling ; we therefore _curncstly recommend ouv readers tv go and judge for themselves * We should state that aa explanatory lecture on thc " atmospheric railway l' _* _'j" _- ciple" is delivered , at nine O ' clock . Tbe w hole vo _' _-icliw * - - about eleven .
Bankrupts. [From Ihe Gazelle Of Friday, ...
BANKRUPTS . [ From ihe Gazelle of Friday , October I •! . Joh Elliott , of _ISeer-lanc , Great Tower street . City , _»» _-. _smith-Joseph Farrar ami John Farrar , of _l-uc-u . ' . ' _¦ ' » Halifax , woolstaplers-Jolvu Lilly , of _Ibmbury . " _o- _^* " tershiro , farmer-Elizabeth Gloivr , of Slid ton . _* _>' ; ' ' *» ' shire , publican—William Brown and Thomas 11 _' t ' _- 'W _*' Manchester , cotton spinners . _^_ - _«« t « _FPWWHL . m-l » _lP _. _W . w _. llJ _1 II _.. J _.. in . mil . ¦¦¦« ..- _ n- <« _g _.- _*»*?___ —
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* prietor , JL' _-JKAllliUS _O'COAiS'Uli , _iSI _"' 1 _" " * _ivindos _. Waj . tAMlI _ . wiTi-, of No . 13 , C harles-street , _-K _^ .... . _strict , Walworth , in the Parish oi ' S" _?„ ¦;'• "j- : ;*•) , ton , in the County of Surrey , a _* _" _« e _^"'' d ' . 1 the Strand , in tho Parish 0 St . M > ry .. _* e- _""' ' _'" '" ' Oity <> i _We _.- _^ _minstar . j Salty-lay , _October 1-3 , 1 _?'*'
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 18, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18101845/page/8/
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