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Suspectkd Child Murder.—On Wednesday Aft...
th e window . After doing something else at the _cnp-Tjoard Anderson opened the door and left th © house without _netting anv tea . As soon as he was gone , Mrs Anderson again Tentured in , and made some tea , _« reetemn < it with brown Sugar , which she noticed was neckled with white spot * , but did not suspect any _iano . Up on tasting the tea , _however , she was much anrnrised at itsnauseous taste , which was accompanied _witernuig of the mouth . She had remarked to her son that the " sugar was covered with white spots . She Sen made some more t « a , which she sweetened with su gar from the same basin as before , and finding that the tea had the same burning unpleasant taste , she went for a nei g hbour , named Cooper , who likewise tasted the mixture . They then made % little
coffee , _fwcetemng it with sugar which _wasAVrapped up in the cupboard , and found it entirely free from any offensive taite . Upon examining aome flour and meal which were also in the cupboard , they were found to contain a plentiful admixture of the same _gort of _ingredient which had been found in the sugar . After consulting with Mrs . Cooper , Mrs . Anderson look the white powder off the sugar to a druggist . Mr . Turner , druggist , after a slight inspection , at once stated that sugar of lead had been mixed with it . Information was then _giren to the police , and the _huiband was apprehended and brought before D . Maude , Esq . The prisoner was remanded until Thnrssuay , when the flour , meal , and sugar will he gubjectedto an analysis , and the properineani taken to secure tho attendance of the witnesses .
_PCBXHER _~ ExAKViAXlOS OF THE PfilSOXEH . On Thursday the prisoner was again examined before Mr . Maude , stipendiary magistrate , when amass of evidence was produced relative to the finding of the sugar of lead in different articles of food . The portion bearing most directly on the prisoner was that _siven by his son , -who deposed , that _-wMleloeked ontuTtlie house with Mi mother , he saw his father with the sugar basin in his hand , holding it towards tiie window . The police , too , deposed , that when the prisoner was informed that he was apprehended on a charge of attempting to poison his wife , he
_esrpressed a regret that it had not been done . The case was remanded to Tuesday next , to give the police an opportunity of ascertaining , if possible , where the poison had been purchased , and by whom . Distressing Accident at Woolwich . —On Wednesday afternoon , while a bricklayer ' s labourer , of the name of _Mahoney , was engaged in carrying slates on his head to the top of the new Marine Barracks now building at Woolwich , the ladder on which the poor man was ascending broke , precipitating him from a height of about forty feet , with frightful velocity , tothe earth . His back is supposed tobe broken , and no doubt exists thatthe accidentwill prove fatal .
Death op Beat Burke , —On Wednesday afternoon this celebrated bruiser , Ion * well known in the pugilistic circles , died at his lodgings in Francisstreet _, Waterloo-road , Lambeth . However rough he might have appeared in his manners , there were good traits in his character not observable among many others bolongmjjto the almost defunct " ring . " Deaf Burke in several instances has been known to hazard his life for the preservation of others , especially during . the destruction of _Astley ' s Theatre , when he was one of the foremost in endeavouring to arrest the progress of the fire . Burke had long been labouring under bad health .
Fire at Clekkexweli .. —On Thursday morning , shortly before one o ' clock , a fire of unusual fierceness was discovered by police-constable Nicholas upon the extensive premises known as the Princess Royal , in St . John ' s-street-Toad , at the corner of Corporation-row . When first perceived , the flames had * obtained a strong hold of the bar and parlour , and were bursting through the fanlight . Fortunately , one of the fire-escapes , whieh was stationed in the vicinity , ¦ was taken in front of the flaming premises , and two females and a male were rescued . Several engines toon arrived , the supply of water wa 3 ample , and the firemen made great exertions ; hut their efforts were in vain . The interior of the building wa 3 entirely destroyed . At one time it was reported that a young man nad perished , but it was subsequently believed { hat he had not returned home when the fire commenced . The origin of the calamity is unknown .
Committal of a Fooe Law Guardian _ron _Manslauqhteb . —An inquest was held by Mr . Evans , the coroner , on Friday last , at the union workhouse at Ross , on the body of an old woman , named Mary Jones , 82 years of age , whose death , it was alleged , had been occasioned by ill-usage and exposure to cold , through being improperly removed as a pauper tothe above-mentioned union . The evidence taken was _exceedingly Toluminous , but the facts may be briefly told . The deceased was in the receipt of out-door relief from the Ross Union , and on the 2 nd of last month she walked from the parish of Llangarrcn , where she resided , to Ross , in order to apply tothe Board of Guardians for an increased allowance _, which was eranted her . On her return home ,
being exceedingly infirm , owing to her great age , she became so lame and exhausted on the road as to be quite unable to proceed , and one of the board coming up , and fiiidin £ her in that helpless condition , she was removed home in a cart . She then became so ill as to keep her bed , and a day or two afterwards , her state being made known to the guardians , one of them _persuaded her to go into the workhouse , where she would betaken care of and properly attended to ; she refused , saying she had a great objection to the workhouse ! Her condition becoming worse , the parish surgeon attended her , and by his treatment she somewhat recovered . On the 14 th , however , Mr . Garncss , one of the guardiamaccompanied by his son ? nd Thomas Lewis and
_, Edward _Tournev _, _TrentandforciolyreiuoTed her to the workhouse , without the visual medical ccrtihcate tor the removaL The deceased having an extreme dread of the Union-house , and fearing that she would be forced to enter it , locked all the doors m the cottage , _» _astopreventtheniremovmg her They . however , broke in , _ard one laying hold of her head and the other of her legs , they carried her out and placed her in a cart on some straw with a blanket put round her , she at the same time violently exclaiming that she would not go . " The workhouse was reached about four o ' clock , where the master admitted her , not _rn obedience to the order of the guardian who came with her . as it was informal , but owing tothe critical conwho suff most
dition of the poor creature , was ering severely from the cold , the frost being very intense during * the day . A few days afterwards she was attacked with illne = s , which terminated fatally . Mr . " ones , one of the medical officers of the union , gave it as Mi opinion that the dcecaseoYs death was tie result of a diseasedheart , wMchmigaihavebeen hastened hy the sudden exposure to cold . The jury , after a most careful and deliberate consideration , returned a Terdict of Manslaughter against Samuel Garness , the guardian ; Thomas Garness ( his son ) , Thomas Lewis , and Edward Tourney , who were forthwith committed to gaol for trial . The case has produced the greatest sensation throughout the whole county .
Th * Ceo * u Poacbixg Apfbat . —Vkrdict of _Wilytlh MrKDEB AGAT 5 ST TWO OF THE POACHERS . — _Worcestxb , Jas . _f . —The jury , impanelled before the coroner of this citv ( J . B . Hyde , Esq . ) to inquire into the cause of the death of Thomas Staite , who died in the Worcester Infirmary on the 24 th ult ., met this day by appointment to resume their inquiry . In the meantime , as has already been stated , several parties have been apprehended on suspicion of having been concerned in this murderous outrage ; and two of them ( Francis Dinglcy and Joseph Turvey ) arc now in Worcester conntv prison . When the whole of the witnesses had been " examined , the coroner commented _waudewlauicd * tlie evidence , and after a short deliberation thev returned a verdict oi Wilful Murder against Joseph Turvey and Francis _Dingley , and some other persons unknown . At the termination of to the
_tbeinquirv one of the jmors addressed coroner and Ms brother jurymen some observations on the subject of tlm pr eservation of life , which is so intimatclyS . connccted with this inquiry . He observed that the horrid spectacle which they had witnessed at the commencement of their proceedings , in the mancled corpse of the murdered gamekeeper , and the horrifying picture which must have been drawn before their mm Js' eyes from the details of the several witnesses , could not fail to have exerted in them feelings of sorrow and disgust ; and although he was _awar « that , strictly , then- duties as jurors were limited _trf an inquiry as to how the _g-fated man , Thom as Staiie , had come to his death still thev could not overlook the cause which had .. ed to bo dreadful a result ; and he thought that an expression of their feelings on that subject would not be out of Place . He . therefore , proposed that they should _aptlieirseniimeins
pend to their vcidict a declaration ol _athe following terms- : " That the jury cannot but deplore the continuance of laws so unmoral in their _tendencv , so fruitful in crime , audio destructive to human " life aithe Game Lawshaveprovedafter-long experience , throughout the length and breadth of ttecountrv ; and that they strong * recommend their _abrogation . " Severaljiirynien expressed their _conjure in these sentiments . The coroner said that _whatever might he his feelings , on the _subject he « ° ald not _arfcTch such a declaration as _*^ above to _tfe verdict , for that such a step would mostpro-!* b ! _yleadto a reprim and on him from the judge tor introducing extraneous matter . He _would however _, if ih _. h _. rvwhmedit , _foi-ward theirdeclaration
*» the Secretary of State . The suggestion was _«** W , and the whole of the jurors _agpe & ibB P » Per , one of them at the same tune remarking tint 5 » Pols were half filled with offenders against the _'" _BieLaws . _<> 1 I 0 ER . BL _* _ScEi _^ -Th e prison of _VerauBaoB _* P * _* ibis moment two men , named Dclton and _*** U _S _emned to dealK _^ _hoso appeals 5 , " * _Ocurt of Cessation have been _KjecM but | _J * waitingthe result of petitions to _tteKmg wL *» amelioration of their sentences . They had J ? " _^ _tSSSSe cells until the severe cold came _^^ th e ? S removed into one roomi , wr _& a _^ f in n _^^ _JrrheavD y ironed , both by feet _stetionea
_r _^ _andaWtinel v _^ _constanfly m tte _laaaj * dose to the door- The day before P _^^ _TtsSquarrel arose betweenthem , _^ d fe _*** , oa mcfrm- some gross apostrop he from _^ J _^ _rushed _nJon him held foremost , and being _anaMc to use his hands from their being fettered ,
Suspectkd Child Murder.—On Wednesday Aft...
seized him with his teeth in the abdominable region , and tore him in the most horrible manner . Delton , rendered furious by the pain , contrived to use his nails upon tho face of Grassct , and disfigured him terribly . The noise of their struggle aud savage cries brought in the sentinel and keepers , but it was not without violence that these two beings , both on the verge of an ignominous death , could be separated . —Galianani ' s Messenger . The _Saithill Suspected Murder . — Additional Particulars . —On the prisoner being taken to the house of Perkins , at Eton , the superintendent of the Eton pclice , at the conclusion of the proceedings before the coroner ' s jury , on Saturday afternoon , he appeared considerably more depressed in spirits than
on the former occasion . His sighs and moans , his quivering lip , and restless eye clearly indicated that he was suffering the moat intense mental anguish , although there was not only an apparent but very manifest effort on his part to appear to treat the matter with stoical _^ difference . He maintai ns an almost total silence , and has never once alluded to the mysterious and painful circumstances connected with the death of his former servant , Sarah Hart . Some years ago the prisoner was tried and found guilty of forgery , and sentenced to be transported for twenty-oue years . The forgery was committed on a relative of Mr . Smith , one of the partners in _theTJx bridge Bank , to the amount of £ 1 , 000 . His good conduct while in the colony obtained for him a ticket
of leave after having served seven years of his time . He then set up in business at Sydney as a chemist and druggist , and embarked generally in the shipping trade , in which he was exceedingly successful . As soon as the crime of forgery had been established against him , he was discarded by the Society of Friends ; on his return to England between six and seven years ago , he applied to he again admitted , but was peremptorily refused , his former crime being an insuperable barrier . About four years ago he married , much against the wishes of her family and connexions , a highly respectable widow , a Quakeress , named Cutfortk . He had two sons and a daughter hy his first wife . Both the sons have died within the last five years . The daughter , an interesting girl ,
about seventeen years of age , resided with her father and step-mother , at Berkhampstead . A child is the fruit of his last marriage , which is now about eighteen months old . The distressing intelligence of the apprehension of her husband was communicated to Mrs . Tawcll through the medium of the London papers of Friday last , which contained a report of the proeeedings _' before the coroner and jury of the preceding day . Mrs . Tawell , in a state of mind it were impossible adequately to describe , left her home and proceeded to London by the Birmingham Railway , and fromPaddington to Slough , by the _Great Western . The interview which took place between the afflicted wife and her unfortunate husband , was of the most harrowing and heartrending description . It has been stated tliat the eldest child of the unfortunate deceased , Sarah Hart , a boy about five years of age , bears a close resemblance to the prisoner . From circumstances whieh have transpired since the
first examination of the prisoner before the coroner s jury , there is very little doubt that he is the father of both the children of his former servant . Ho was known at the different lodgings occupied by the deceased as Mr . Talbot . There is not the least doubt that all the representations made by the deceased to her female acquaintances ( with whom she became intimate at the different lodgings she occupied during the past four years ) as to her being the wife of Mr . Tawell ' s son , who was , as she said , abroad , and also as to Mr . Talbot _( ps she always called him , and not Mr . Tawell ) bringing her her husband ' s quarterly allowance , are entirely without foundation . We have stated that both the prisoner ' s sons , b y his first wife , are dead . She also stated to another of her acquaintances that she was the wife of a servant of Mr . Tawell , jun ., who was abroad with his master , and that a part of his wages was paid to her quarterly by his master ' s father ; but this statement is equally devoid of truth .
The Salt-hill Case . —Tint _Aojourxed _Bluest . _—Veedict or "Wilful Murder . —The inquiry was renewed en _Y'edncsday , at ten o ' clock , at the Three Tons , Salt-hill , before the coroner ( Mr . John Charsley ) and jurv . Theprisoner , John Tawell , was brought from Eton m a tij , in the custody of Mr . Perkins , the superintendent of the Eton police , and placed in "an apartment contiguous to the room in which the jury were assembled . He appeared to be in a state of considerable nervous excitement , and keenly felt ( although he made every attempt to suppress the emotion under which he laooured ) the hazardous situation in which he was placed . Mr . Edward Weston _Norblad , surgeon , of Slough , deposed : —1 have , in conjunction with Mr . _Champneys , since the last
examination , analysed the contents of the bottle found on the table in the room of the deceased . They contain no poison of any descrip tisn . I also analysed the contents of the tumbler , but could not detect the presence of any poison . The results of those aualysations I have preserved , and they are now in the possession of Mr . Champneys . Mr . Henry-Montague Champneys , surgeon , of Slough , corroborated the evidence of the preceding witness . Mr . Norblad was again examined , touching a portion of a hua found on the table of the deceased . The witness stated that this piece of a bun ( produced by Mr . Champneys ) had been analysed , and that the result proved that it contained no poison , It was subjected to the same tests
as the Hquids . That concluded the evidence on the part of the Crown . The Coroner next addressed the jury , reading over the depositions of the witnesses , and commenting at great length . He concluded by calling on the jury to ponder well on the evidence , and to return a verdict which would satisfy public justice and their own consciences . The room was then cleared , and the jury , after being some minutes in consideration , returned the following verdict : — _; * Wilful murder against John Ta-well lor poisoning Sarah Hart with prussie acid . " The prisoner was committed to Aylesbury gaol , to take his trial at the next assizes for the county of Bucks , and the witnesses bound over to attend to give evidence .
Awfully Sudden Death of Wm . Brebren , Governor of Glasgow Bridewell , and Inspector of Prisons for the western division of Scotland . Mr . Brebren rose on Monday morning last , 6 th inst- at six o ' clock , and was engaged till eight in preparing certain reports which he was to lay before the prison board at Edinburgh in the course of the day . " He left Glasgow for _Edjphui'gh by the eight ' o ' clock morning train , in his usual health , hut while engaged in the committee room he fell down and expired almost instantaneously .
Falmouth . —On Wednesday a most awful fire took place here , by which four houses were totally burnt down , and several otliers damaged . It originated in the house of Mr . Brewer , grocer , and communicated on the lower side to Mr . Clarke ' s , draper ; and on the higher to Mrs . Trathan ' s , bookseller ; to-Mrs . Snell ' s , spirit merchant ; and to Mrs . Philp's , and the tenements adjoining ; the whole being now a , heap of ruins . It is not known how the fire originated . Wales —Dreadful _Colltert Explosion . — On Saturday last an explosion of fire damp , occurred at the Eagle ' s Bush colliery , belonging to G . Penroes , Esq ., bv which nine men were so dreadfully burned , that very little hope is entertained of their recovery . —Swansea Journal .
_ExiEssrvE Fire rx the Strand . —On Friday night , about ten o ' clock , a most destructive fire broke out upon the extensive premises occupied by Mr . Soyer , boot and shoe maker , 126 , Strand , next door to the GZooc-offc' ce . Flames were first perceived through the fanlight over the shop-door by police-constable Sadler , 58 F , and almost immediately afterwards the fire rushed towards the front shop , which was well stored with stock both of French and English manufacture _. Directly afterwards the fire , with fierceness seldom witnessed , burst forth from the shop window , consuming the closely packed goods , and forcing its way through the shutter with terrific violence . Thence it progressed _vfith unmitigated fury to the first floor , and in a short time afterwards the whole building , five stories in height , with a proportionate frontage
and of uncommon dep th on the river side , exhibited one mass of flame . Three women , in then- nightclothes , were taken from the burning building by the street-door , with the greatest difficulty , in consequence of the rapidity of the fire , and the remaining part of them were eventually rescued , and taken into the Savoy Palace public-house , in Savoy-street , where they were safely lodged . Notwithstanding the great efforts of the fire brigade it was nearly twelve o ' clock before the flames were at all mastered . At length the labours of the firemen were crowned with _suceess , but the house is gutted , and the Globe newspaper , as well as the shop of Messrs . Reynolds , Richards , and Co ., must , in consequence of their proximity , have sustained considerable damage by fire , water , and removal .
Alleged Murders bt Poisox . —The quiet village of Shapwiek , Somevsetshire , in the neighbourhood of _Bridgwater , has been thrown into a state of the ntmost consternation by the apprehension at Bridgewater of a woman of the name of Sarah Freeman , upon the charge of having murdered , by poison , her brother , Charles Dimond , of Shapwiek , who died suddenly , and was interred a few days ago ; and whose own illegitimate child , husband , mother , and four other members of her family , are supposed to have also met their deaths by similar means , although at different periods . It a ppears that the brother was Inst _wwh taken suddenly ill with vomiting _ and the
other svniptoms which are attendant upon the administration of poison , _froniwhk-hattaek he died ; alter which his sister ( the accused ) , having taken the furniture , removed suddenly to Bridgewater . Ihcse alarming facts being rumoured , the magistrate ordered the exhumation of the body . The intestines and stomachhaving beenexamined bv Mr . Eerapath a " considerable qmmtityofarsenichasbeen a _^ scovered The woman has been a pprehended . An inqu est was held on "Wednesday , and adjourned to Saturday _( tms dav ); in the meantime the bodies of the other suspected victims have been ordered to be exhumed , in the first ease avcrdict of "Wilful Murder was returned , and the woman has been committed to prison .
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Adj _ourhed Coroner ' s IsQUEST . —On Friday night Mr . _Higgs resumed , at the Star and Garter , Great Peter-street , TVestniinster , the adjourned inquiry concerning the death of Mary Cotton , alias Brown , who , it was alleged , had died from the effects of injuries received at the hands of a man named Harman , with whom she cohabited . The evidence taken at the two preceding inquiries went to show that the deceased hadresided for a fortnight at No . 22 , Peterstreet . On Sunday morning , about two o ' clock , the man Harman came home drunk , and threatened to " serve out" the deceased for not opening the door sooner . Shortly after that , a strange " wheezing " noise was heard , as if caused by the deceased being so closely pressed as to be unable to speak . This was
accompanied by a bumping upon the floor , which lasted nearly half an hour , at the expiration of which time Harman , who had since been given into the custody of the police , called out and said his wife was taken very ill . Upon one of the lodgers going into her apartment , she was found lying on the floor , with her hair scattered over her shoulders , and quite speechless . Mr . Hanley , a surgeon , was sent for , but deceased had died before he had time to reach the house . That gentleman stated that , upon examining the body , he found the right side injured , apparently by a fall , or from being pushed . Her brain was congested , which was the immediate cause of death . The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter against Isaac Harman , and the coroner made out his wan-ant for his committal to Newgate .
_Mtsieiuous Death op a Swtawields Silk Manufacturer . —On Friday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the City of Paris , Bishop Bonner _' s-ficlds , Betlmalgreen , on the bod y of Mr . Wm . May , aged M , silkmanufacturer , of King-street , Old Ford-lane . The evidence condensed showed that deceased had been missing since _tllC 9 th of last December , and his body was not found until Thursday night hist , when it was discovered in the Regent ' s Canal , between Bonnerhall Bridge and the new union workhouse . When deceased was seen last alive , he had in his possession several sovereigns ; when found but one . The body was found a mile distant from his house , and in an opposite direction , and his hat and handkerchief more than a mile from the canal , and some bills belonging to him at a quarter of a mile from his
home . He usually carried a snuff-box and spectacles in his pockets , but they were not found in them after death . Mr . J . Salter , a silk-manufacturer , who parted with deceased at the Job's Castle , Nortonfolgate , on the night of the 9 th ult ., at eleven o'clock , left him in good spirits and of sound intellect , and was of opinion that his death was caused by some unfair means or other . Mt . Storey , surgeon , of the Mile-end-road , who had examined tho body , found the tongue protruding , several cuts on the forehead , on the right eyebrow , and beneath the eye ; several of the upper teeth were forced from their sockets , and were found loose in tbemouth , and there were cuts inside each lip . The left arm was fractured , and so were several of the ribs . The witness thought , both from external and internal appearances , that
deceased had been immersed in the water during life , but that the severest of the injuries-described had been caused after death , probably by the bottoms of the barges . He considered it rather a case of suicide than of death from violence on the part of others . It having been proved that the deceased was a sober , sensible man , in prosperous circumstances , the foreman and jury intimated that they could not come to a conscientious conclusion without further evidence , and were of opinion that , by due diligence , som _» of an important character may be yet discovered . They proposed the adjournment of the inquest for a week . Adjourned accordingly . Fatal Effects of Drink . —Singular Verdict . — On Friday Mr . Higgs held an inquest at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Tavern , Broad-street , Goldensquare , on the body of Thomas Meiking _, aged S 3 , a tin-plate worker , of No . 9 , Cambridge-street , St .
James ' s . William Woriey , of Little Windmill-street , said that on Tuesday last he accompanied deceased to the Crown public-house , in Park-street , Grosvenor-squaro , where he met his brother-in-law They remained drinking together about four hours . Witness , the deceased , and two or three others , left the Crown at eight o ' clock in the evening for the purpose of returning home . On getting into Grosvenor-square the deceased proposed to have a race with witness , and whilst they were preparing for the start , the deceased's brother laid hold of his coat , and also grasped the coat of witness , which caused him to stumble and fall to the ground . Whilst witness was down , the deceased fell into his lap . Witness did not think he was hurt , but he thought he was shamming to be asleep . He was the worse for drink at the time ; a cab was called , into which deceased was placed and conveyed home . About an hour afterwards witness heard that deceased was dead .
William Randall , the deceased ' s brother-in-law , said he thought the deceased was asleep , in consequence of which he assisted to cany him up stairs and put him to bed . Mi * . W . Wadsworth , surgeon , said he was sent for to attend the deceased on Tuesday night ; he found him on the bed , and after breathing seven or eight times he died . The most probable cause of death was , that the back- bone had received some injury , which might produce concussion of the brain . After a consultation , the jury returned a' verdict of Died by the visitation of God ; one of the jury remarking at the time , that that verdict would include everything . Case or Poisoning at _Sheemess . — _Sheernsss , Thursday Evening . —Considerable , excitement exists here at present in consequence of the sudden death of a young and handsome Jewess , daughter of Samuel Russell , a general dealer of Mile Town , under circumstances of a very suspicious nature . An inquest was held on Wednesday afternoon , at the Bell and
Lion Tavern , before Mr . Hinde _, the coroner for East Kent , and a respectable jury , and adjourned to Monday , the 13 th inst ., to allow time for a . post mortem examination of the body , and a thorough analysis of the contents of the stomach . From the evidence of the mother and father of the deceased , it " appears that on the morning of the 7 th inst . the deceased gave birth to a child , which the _fitnesses found dead on being called to he- _^^^^ _Tliey asserted that thoj- nad no previous knowledge ol the deceased being pregnant . The father , shocked at seeing his daughter in her unhappy state , asked her whv she did not communicate her state to him , when she replied , " 0 father , you have had enough to trouble you without this . 0 the villain that deceived me ! " A doctor was fetched , but the deceased died before his arrival . The father stated he had reason to suspect that his daughter had poisoned herself ; and to ascertain by post mortem examination if this were the case , the inquest was adjourned . „
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TO JOURNEYMEN TAILORS . Fellow Workmen , —In a former letter addressed to you , through the medium of the Northern Star , it was stated that we would endeavour to point out the way whereby the trade could be brought to a state of organisation necessary to its welfare . The first step recommended to be adopted is , in reference to our sanatory condition , brought about by the present system of out-door labour—that petitions to Parliament be got up , showing its demoralising effects on public health and morals , and the sufferings consequent thereon to the trade generally ;• and in order to render the said petitions more effectual than those of last vcar , it is further recommended that every locality adopt a petition , get it well signed , and place it in the hands of the member of the p lace for presentation . By this means the petitions will be well distributed through Parliament . Also petitions to the same fit feet to the House of Lords . Last year petitions
were placed in the hands of Lord Ashley and T . S . Buncombe , Esq ., M . P . ; but in consequence ot the _excitement on tho Factory and other questions they were lost sight of . Both the Noble Lord and Mr . Duncombe stated that the matter required to be more fully brought before the public . In order to cany out their advice , the trade cannot have a better mode than the proposed petitions . Those towns , cities , and boroughs , who approve of thisplan , can have a printed copy of a petition , by enclosing three postage stamps . Further suggestions will be submitted to tha consideration of the trade , for their approval or rejection , previous to the forthcoming delegation to be held at Manchester in April next . On behalf of the Executive Committee , T . Eames , President . J . W . Parker , Secretary . Tailors' Protection Society , 55 , Old Bailey ,
London . _MrsKRs' Meetings . —Apublic meeting of the _Colliersof W _' est Wymess Colliery was held on Monday the 30 th ult ., Robert Faerfull in the chair , ine meeting was addressed by D . Swallow at considerable length , on the advantages to be derived from a ceneral reitriction of the hours of labour A puoJie meeting of the colliers of the West of Fife was held in the Masons' Hall , atLochgelly , on Thursday , the 2 nd inst . ; James Muir , a working collier , was callea to the chair , when resolutions , approving of
therestrictioi of the hours of labour , were adopted ; ana that they would not earn more than 2 s . 6 d . per day after the New Year ' s holidays ; also resolutions disapproving of the butty system , as well as the employment of men and boys to draw coals who are not colliers , nor the sons of colliers ; and against the employment of women in the pits . The agent wasmstructcd to institute prosecutions against those masters who are employing women . The meeting was addressca by Alexander Brown , John Wilkinson , Wm . Lowe . ? , Richard Penman , Wm . Penman , D . Swallow , * nu
several others . , Mm „ _Tna BastoK Mikirs dined together on flew Year ' s Day , at the Sampson and Lion , Green Croit , Bilston . The meeting was a happy one , cementing closer the bonds of union , and affording the greatest satisfaction to all present . Hull Tailors . —The members of the Tailors ' Protection Society held their anniversary on New _aeara Eve , at the Ship Inn , Church-lane . They sat dgn to a splendid supper ; and after doing amp le justice to the good things set before them , the remamder of the evening was occupied with , toa _^ s songs _* nd recitation * . The best feehng animated all present .
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Barnslbt Weavers . —Tho members of the Linen Weavers' Union held their quarterly meeting in Pickering ' s room , on Monday the 8 th inst ., when general officers were chosen , and two members appointed to audit the books . Notice vras given of a motion for the admission of Bobbin Winders into the Society . A branch lodge is about being opened at Smithy Mills . Mr , Pcckctt ' _a strike , has now se & n . its second Christmas-day , and in all probability will Bee its third . So much for the power of union . Northampton Boot and Shoemakers' Mutual Assistance Association , No . 2 , Suction . —At a special meeting of this section , called for the purpose of
hearing tho decision of the Executive on the Bradford Strike , the Mowing resolutions were passed unanimously : —That the conduct of the Executive in closing the Bradford Strike , without first consulting the various sections of the Union , where the interests of so many of our fellow shopmates were at stake , proves their unfitness to hold so important an office ; and aro therefore no longer worthy of our confidence . That the thanks of this meeting are due , and hereby given to the Bradford Committee , for the able manner in which they have discharged their duties during the Strike . The correspondence between Mr , J ) rmj , of Sheffield , and T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., was then read from the Star , and gavomuchsatisfaction .
Hurst Brook Miners . —The Co . il Miners o this place gave a public dinner to their indomitable friend and advocate , IV . P . Koberts , Esq ., on Friday last , when upwards of eighty hardy sons of the mine sat down to an excellent _recast , _pvovidcu \ sy the host and hostess of the Colliers' Arms Inn . Mr . Roberts , the principal guest , sat at the head of the table , and was supported on the right by Mr . William Dixon , of Manchester , and on the left by Mr . VVilliam Aitkin , Of _AsntunAWdev-Lyne . The large and spacious room was . tastefully decorated . After the company had done ample justice to the good things set before them , in the shape of roast beef , plum pudding , & c , a public meeting was held , which was addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and Messrs . Parkinson and Dixon ; after which the meeting broke up , and the company returned to the large room , where they spent the remainder of the evening in a very happy and comfortable manner .
Bradbury ; Mixers . — At the close of the above meeting Mr . Roberts and Mr . Dixon left for I 3 radbury ,. in Oheslure , tho miners of which district were having a public dinner at the Greyhound Inn , Highlane , Bradbury . The dinner was one of the John Bull kind . After the cloth was removed , the company was addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and Mr . William Dixon , of Manchester . The evening was then spent in a comfortable manner , and the company broke up at a seasonable hour , highly delighted with the proceedings . St . Helen Miners . —On the second anniversary of the Miners ofNo . l Lodge , St . Helen's district , about
140 of the hardy sons of the mine sat down to an excellent dinner of roast beef and pudding . Dinner being over , toasts and sentiments followed , with a grand variety of singing , together with an eloquent and impressive discourse from Mr . James Price , one of the agents of the Miners' Association . About ten o ' clock the meeting broke up , highly gratified with the evening ' s proceedings . Nkwcastle-on-Tyne Shoemakers . —At the usual monthly meeting of the _Newcastle-on-Tyne section of the Cordwainers' Mutual Assistance Association , it was unanimously carried that we still continue our levy for the Bradford Shoemakers , in aid of their present straggle .
Associated Trades op London . —This influential body met on Thursday evening , January tho 9 th , at the well-known Trades House , the Bell , Old Bailey ; Mr . Thompson ( compositor ) in the chair . The secretary read to the meeting the correspondence between the united trades of Sheffield and T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., relative to a general conference of delegates from the various trades throughout Great Britain ( the correspondence appeared in our journal of Saturday last ); and spoko warmly in _suppjrt of the projected conference . Mr . Robertson , bookbinder , moved the following resolution : — "That this Association is of opinion , that it is highly desirable that a general conference of delegates of the various trades of the United Kingdom be held , in accordance with Mr \ Duncombe ' s suggestion . " The resolution was carried unanimously . Considerable
discussion then ensued as to the best means of carrying the resolution into operation ; after which , Mr . Ching , tin-plate worker , moved— " That this meeting assemble again on Thursday evening next , Jan . 16 th , to devise the best means of carrying out the proposed conference . " The motion was seconded by Mr . Bush , carpenter , and carried _unnaimously . The secretary was then authorised to summon the absent delegates for the occasion ; and the meeting adjourned . Bradforo Shoemakers . — On Monday evening a special meeting of the Shoemakers' Society was held at the Boy and Barrel Inn , Westgate . Several letters were read from various parts of the country expressing regret at the sudden termination of tha strike . The masters were sick of the strike , and could not possibly have held out much longer , had the strike committee had the power to continue the struggle .
Duncombe Testimonial . —Central Committee of Trades , Saville House , Leicester-square—Wednesday Evening , January the 8 th ; Mr . _Grassby in the chair . Messrs . Josiall Bushby and John Dowling- attended , aud handed in £ 5 , the second subscription from Chelsea and . Pimlico . —Mr . E . Higgins attended from the United Members of the Silver Trade , and handed in £ . 5 , voted by that body to the "Testimonial . " Messrs . Grassby and Synios wore deputed to wait on the Associated Trades of London . Mr . T . M . Wheeler handed in , on behalf of Mr . J . Simpson , _Cambenvell , two books aud seven _sliU-s lings ; aud on behalf of Mr . J . _£ naw , Gloucesterstreet , _Commercial-road , _Ohc book and £ 2 10 s . 6 d . _FoniBcoMjKa _Buncombe Testimonial . —The Central Committee will meet at Saville House , Leicester--square _,, on Wednesday evening next , January _?? th ; when the propriety of getting up a Soiree to Mr . Duncombe on the eve ot * the ensuing Session of Parliament , will be considered .
Borough op Flnsbury . —A meeting of the general committee of this borough for raising a testimonial to T . S . Duncombe , its highly esteemed representative , was held at the White Conduit Tavern on Thursday evening , January the 9 th . William Hewitt , Esq ., was called to the chair . A number of collectors and sub-treasurers attended to pay in the sums collected by them . Mr . R . Moore , secretary , announced the sum total as £ 73 19 s . On the motion of Mr . W . Balls , seconded by Mr , Guennigault , it was unanimously resolved that the general committee should re-assemble on Wednesday evening , January tho 23 rd . It was-whispered in the room that it was the intention ofthe electors to get up a soiree , the evening before the assembling of Parliament , in honour to their distinguished representative .
Miners' _Meetings _ in Yorkshire , —Mr , Septimus Davis has held meetings at the following places : — On Wednesday night , Jan . 1 st , the Colliers of Churwelihad a supper " , at the Shoulder of Mutton publichouse , Churwell : supper over , a meeting was held , when Mr . Davis delivered a lengthy discourse on the necessity ' of the colliers keeping the union good , and watching the movements of the coal kings . At a late hour the meeting separated , highly pleased with tho proceedings of the evening . —On Thursday night , Jan . 2 nd , at _Bceston . There were many present who had not paid to the Union , or attended any meeting for some weeks back , but who promised to attend and pay regular . The speaker was much applauded while speaking .
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LONDON . Sajfron Hmr . Locality . —According to announcement , a public meeting was held at Hopkinson ' s Coffee-house , on Tuesday evening-wh . cn it was » resolved that the Saffron-hill locality be reorganized , and that they meet on Sunday morning for the dispatch of business . Several new members were enrolled ; and the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — " That this meeting having heard from Sir . Wm . Balls , that it is his intention to propose , on the Duncombe Testimonial Committee , that a public tea-party be got up at White Conduit-house , on the meeting of Parliament , in honour of T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., this meeting highly approves ofthe proposal , and resolves to use their utmost exertions to make the demonstration one worthy of the noble patriot and the great cause he so honestly advocates . ' All good Chartists are requested to attend on Sunday morning at ten o ' clock , to assist in electing the council .
Somers Town . — A public meeting was held on Sunday evening last , at Mr . Duddridge ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tollbridge-street , New-road ; Mr . John Arnott was called to the chair . The chairman explained to the meeting the cause of the unavoidable absence of our talented Mend , Mr . M'Grath , and read from the Northern Star the _correspondence between Mr . John Drury , of Sheffield , aud Mr . T . S . Duncombe ; and also the able and spirited remarks ofthe Editor thereon , which was received with every mark of approbationby a full and respectable audience . Mr . Thomas Laurie then rose and moTed— " That the best thanks of this meeting arc due , and are
hereby given , to Mr . John Drury , of Sheffield , for his talented and manly letter ; and to that indomitable patriot , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., for his noble reply thereto , and for his consistent , untiring , and powerful advocacy ofthe rights ofthe working classes on all occasions . " Seconded by Mr . George Cooper , and carried unanimously . Mr . George Humphries proposed the following resolution— " That this meeting recommend that the tea-party proposed to be held at the Crown and Anchor , Strand , on Monday , the 3 rd of February , bo deferred until the expected National TradeB Conference . " Seconded by Mr . Thomas Edwards , and unanimously agreed to . The meeting then separated .
Tower Hamlets . —Whittington and Cat , Churchrow , Bethnaj-green Mr . John Sewell lec _' _Mvod on Sunday evening last to a numerous and attentive audience . At the close of his discourse the talented
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lecturer received th _« thanks of the meeting . Several new members joined , The Council of the above locality met on Tuesday evening ; Mr . Harris in the chair . The case of Mrs . Ellis and Mr . Preston was brought before the meeting . Mr . Mills also brought the case of the Executive forward . It was moved , seconded , and carried , that the funds in hand should be at once sent , and that a concert and ball take place on Tuesday , Jan . 21 st , in aid of the Executive . The Council of this locality hope their Chartist brethren throughout the country will awake from their apathy , and set about raising funds ; for if wo cannot raise the small sum required for the support of the Executive , it is a mere faree to call our Movement a national one . It would bo well to state , as a proof what can be done if men will but persevere , that this society started with but six members about four months back , and they now have upwards of fifty paying members on their books , in thepoorest district in this " great metropolis . "
Turxaoaix-Laxe , Jan . _T . —The members of this locality held their usual meeting , which was very numerously attended . Mr . Wm . Rowland was called to the chair . The sub-secretary brought forward his monthly report , from which itappcared . that the subscriptions had considerably increased during the past month , and which we attribute to the stir the removal of the Northern Shir to London has caused amongst us . _"WiiiiEcnAPJBi .. —Mr . Dowling delivered a most
instructive lecture on Sunday evening , at . the White Horse , Mary-street , Whitechapel . _^ Metropolitan District Council , 1 , _Turnagainhue , January 5 th ; Mr . _^ Luke King in the chair . — Reports were delivered in respecting Mr . Duncombe and the Trades . The letter of" Mr . Duncombe , in reply to Mr . Drury of Sheffield , appeared to five great satisfaction . Reports were also received respecting the cases of Mrs . Ellis and Mr . T . Preston ; also respecting the late Soiree held in John-street Institution , and the Council adjourned ,
KENT . Lewisuam . —At the weekly meeting held at the Carpenters' Arms , Hanover-street , _Lewisham—Mr . Sawyer in the chair—the following resolution was unanimously adopted— " Thatthe best thanks of this meeting arc due , and are hereby given , to Mr . John West , for his untiring advocacy of the people ' s rights , and more particularly for refuting the fallacious doctrines of Mi ' . Falvey . " _Gueukwioh . —A public meeting of the Chartists of Deptford , Greenwich , and Lewisham , was held this week , at the George and Dragon , Blackheath . The subject of discussion was the Land scheme . The most cheering accounts were received of the p rogie « of the good work of " getting on to the land . " The land committee meet every Thursday evening ,
OLDHAM . Tea Party and Ball . —On Friday , January 3 rd , a Tea Party , Conceit , and Ball took place in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street , when upwards oi' one hundred aud fifty sat down to tea . After the repast , Mr . Lawless was called on to preside . The evening's amusement consisted of dancing , interspersed with patriotic songs , recitations , and other recreating sports , which were kept up to a late hour , when the company separated highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainment . On Sunday evening Mr . O'Connor ' s Dialogue was read from the Star , which was listened to with great attention .
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Death of Hon . Thomas Morbis . —By the Cincin nati Herald , we learn that the Hon . Thomas Morris died suddenly , at his residence near Bethel , Glennont county , on Saturday morning ; week . Mr . Morris was the Liberty candidate for the Vice Presidency , at the late election . lie was for many years a highly influential member of the Ohio Legislature—ha * been one of the judges of the Supreme Court , and for six years was a member of the United States Senate .
Ancient Shepherds , —The members ofthe Noah ' s Ark Lodge , No . 18 , of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds , Ashton Unity , assembled at LTost Allen ' s , Royal Oak Inn , Stalybridgc , on Friday , January 3 rd , to celebrate their fifteenth anniversary , when upwards of 130 sat down to a most excellent dinner . Mr . Edward Hayne , secretary to the district , was called to the chair , and opened the meeting with a brief address . Tho band of the Order was iu attendance in full uniform ; and although the room is one of the largest club rooms in Cheshire , it was crowded to excess at an early hour of the evening .
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SATURDAY ' S NEWS , POLICE , LEGAL AND GENERAL . MANSION-HOUSE . Bueglart . — Thomas Howell , Frederick Smith , _anu Rohert Franklin ( amulatto ) , alllhshionahly attired , were brought before the Lord Mayor , charged with burglary at the George and Vulture Tavern , Cornhiil , —Eliza Ann Hughes , housemaid at the above tavern , deposed that ou Friday night she went up stairs to light a fire , when , on arriving at the chamber door , she found it shut , but not fastened ; on pushing it open she discovered two of the persons at the bar , Howell and Smith , in the room . She asked them what business they had there , upon whieh
t & ey rushed past her down stairs . She then alarmed the household . Mr . G . _Vavveu _, proprietor of the tavern , who appeared with his arm in a sling , deposed that hearing the screams of the preceding witness , he went to her aid , and met the two prisoners , Howell and Smifh , _oonuri > downstairs ; in capturing them ' ms am _^^ much sprained . A U mspCctoi . deposed that the two prisoners , Howell and Smith , were given into his custody at < ne _Station-l'C _' _u'e . Having secured them , he proceeded to the George and Vulture Tavern , and iii the yard ho found a cab waiting . He elicited from the cabman that he had been engaged by three gentlemen _. aud that he was waiting for them . He then took ' Franklin ( the Mulatto ) , who was waiting in tho cab , into custody , and took the cabman to the station-house .
Henry Taylor , a cabman , deposed . that he was called off St . Paul ' s cab-stand by theprisoner Franklin , about nine o ' clock the previous evening . Three persons got into the cab . He was ordered to drive to George-yard , Lombardstreet . When the cab arrived in the yawl , two of the gentlemen got out—the man of colour remained in the cab for a considerable time , he then got out of the cab and went away , but shortly returned , when he snid , "they are keeping us a long time , but I will see that you are paid , " The inspector at length came and took liim to the station _, house . He would swear to Franklin . Tho prisoners were asked what they had to say , when Howell replied that he was walking through the city when , seeing the George and Vulture was a coffeehouse , ho went hi to obtain some refreshment . Hearing a scream , he went up stairs , when he was seized , and dreadfully maltreated .
He did not know either of the other _defendants . Smith said he was very tipsy , and did uot recollect anything that tnok place last night . Franklin said he was also tipsy , and had no recollection of any circumstance that took place . At this stage of the proceedings Mr . John Finch , of 29 , King-street , Golden-square , stepped forward and said he was last night robbed of every thing he was possessed of in the world . The prisoner Franklin's father some timo ago took a coffee-shop of him . The prisoner Franklin at that time held a situation from which he was discharged . On tho previous evening his house had been broken open , and a money-box , a quantity oi silk scarfs and other property , had been taken away . Ho believed the prisoner Franklin to be connected with a gang of thieves , to whom he imputed the robbery , The prisoners were remanded .
Robbery by a Servant . —Mary TValeroft , a very respectably attired middle aged woman , was charged with robbing her employer , 3 fr . _Jfyer . The case was not gone into at length , the prisoner being remanded tUl Wednesday next .
BOW STREET . _Satdkdjt . — Stbeet Begging . —Thomas Glavk , for being- found by the police _^ begging in the Strand , was sentenced to eight days' imprisonment . Tha prisoner , in his defence , said he had not broken his fast for nearly tWO days , being OUt of WOVk ; that he was soliciting a hit of bread to keep him from starving , when the constable took him into custody . Picking Pockets . —Two youths , named Matthews and Grays , were brought up on the suspicion of having picked a gentleman ' s pocket the previous evening in Exeterstreet , Strand . The charge was proved by a police constable who had watched the prisoners take an orangecoloured handkerchief from the gentleman ' s pocket . They were severally sentenced to three months' imprisonment .
Smashing . — Charles Coding was charged with attempting to pass a counterfeit shilling on Friday evening , in a tobacconist ' s shop in New Turnstile . He had gone into the shop and asked for a quarter of an ounce of tobacco , for which he offered a half-crown piece . The female in attendance at the shop not having change , he said he would go out and get it . He immediately afterwards returned , and tendered a bad shilling for payment . A policeman was called , who took the prisoner into custody . The prisoner denied all knowledge of the shilling being a bad one , and said he gotit in change for tho half crown in an adjoining public house . He described himself as a coach painter , residing in Chapel-Street , Oxford-street , and working at Red Lion-yard , Mount Pleasant . The further hearing was adjourned iu order to make
inquiries . Outrageous _Vrocbedihos , — John Hawkes , cabinetmaker , was brought up at the instance of Mr . Chamberlain , a master cabinet maker , with refusing to give up a large amount of property which he had in his possession , and with acting in a violent and outrageous manner . — Mr . Chamberlain stated that he had been in tho practice for several years of giving out work to the prisoner , especially picture framing , having to alter and repair ; latterly , however , he had acted in such an extraordinary manner that he was obliged to . seek the protection of the court . At present he held in his possession articles he had given him to do , of the value of nearly a hundred pounds . Finding that he did not send them home as usual , he ( Mr , Chamberlain ) went to see the defendant about it , when the prisoner assailed him in a most violent manner . A day or two after this the prisoner sent to the prosecutor ' s warehouse a large picture frame , smashed into small fragments , so as to be not worth a farthing . The previous evening the prisoner attempted to throw a glue-
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pot into his show-room , filled with night soil . A . gentleman was called as witness to tho latter fact , and stated that lie was passing Mr . Ch . imberlin's premases the previous night , about seven o'clock , when ho saw the prisoner throw an iron pot into the shop . He was opposite the door at the time and received it on his breast . It was filled in the manner described . Tho prisoner was remanded till Wednesday . Conviction . —John Rhodes was fined JE 1 , for attempting to force a way through that part of the Strand where the fire engines were playiug , on Friday evening , during the progress of the fire .
GUIhDHALi . The lite Suicide , and Attempted Murder . — Wil . Ham Flood , a travelling hawker , was charged before Mr . Fariiconibe under the following singular circumstances ; Police Constable Scott , 148 City force , said , that about four o ' clock on the preceding afternoon ( Friday ) hia wife came to him in the Poultry and sfa ted that the brother of a deceased friend of the name of Noah Flood had entered the late residence of the deceased , and was carrying oft'the whole of the property therein . AVitness immediately went tothe house , but before he could get there the party had sueceeded in getting away with £ 1115 s . 4 d ., n silver watch , and a couple of gold rings , the property of Catherine Flood , the only child of his friend , who , it will be recolletted , committed suicide this day fortnight , after having to murder his
attempted daughter . The matter , tho officer continued , had on a former occasion been brought before Sir James Duke , Who ordered Mr . Ilaker , tho ward beadle , t » keep charge wf the keys , and allow no person to go into the house without his being present . It was also arranged that letters of admiiiistratiou should he taken out by the child , through her grandfather , which had sinee been done . The money , _i'll 9 s ., was left by the deceased in rt drawer , £ _' » lg . _' _iu a till , £ i 10 s . id . iu the back parlour , and 5 s . in a purse , making a total of £ ' 18 13 s . Id . The household goods had been valued at £ 11 ; plate , < fce ., at £ 3 6 ' s , 6 d . ; wearing apparel at £ 0 2 s . ; and the stock in trade ( a circulating library ) , £ 30 2 s . 4 d ., making in the whole £ 72 9 s . l 0 d . After waiting in the house for a quarter of an hour the prisoner returned , when he was arrested and taken
to the station house . A portion of the missing- property was found on his person . Mr . Baylis , the vestry clerk of Cripplegate , attended on behalf of the prisoner , and told the alderman he was much surprised at the charge preferred by the officer . The prom ises ill ( "ICStion were situated in Whitucross-strcet , and Baker , the constable of the ward , had charge of thorn . Soon after the deceased poisoned himself , Scott came to him , and it was agreed lhat the matter should rest until some of the deceased ' s friends came forward . The brother , who was the next of kin , had since arrived in town , ami _Supposing ho was the proper party to JliU'e possession Of the property , he directed linker to allow him to go into the premises to receive the cash , which had since been given up to him for safe custody . The prisoner intended to take out letters
ot administration on behalf of his niece , who was only nine years of age , but Scott would net allow him , to have access to her , ami without her signature to a particular document the Prerogative Court would not allow the prisoner to administer . Mr . Alderman Farncombe : I have no doubt whatever , the officer is doing what lie thinks is best for the poor child of the deceased ; but if some amicable arrangement was not come to , the lawyers would get all the " money aud the poor child none . I would therefore recommend that the property should be . sold , and placed in the hands of disinterested persons for the child ' s benefit . The custody ofthe child might be left for after consideration . Both parties agreeing to this , Alderman Challis and Mr . llaylis were umnud as trustees , and the case was dismissed .
_LAMBETn . Attempted Suicide at Wateiuoo-bridce . — Jane Wood , an unfortunate female , was brought into the magistrate's room , charged with attempting to commit suicide by throwing herself off Waterloo-brid ge . The prisoner has been cohabiting with a man , by whom she has had a child , and he has recently deserted her . —The prisoner , who cried bitterly , said she was very unhappy in her mind , and the loss of her child had preyed greatly on her spirits . — The friends of the prisoner stated that she was at present living iu llerbert _' s-buildings , "Waterloo-road , aud her father said he was a very poor man , but could do nothing for her . Mr . Norton directed inquiries to be made into the character of the father , and if he was found deserving ' , assistance should be given him , ou the condition of taking his daughter home , Ou the girl solemnly promising she would not again attempt self-destruction she was discharged .
CLERKENWELL . Saturday . —A " Brotiieb" fob the _Xonce , —John Keinpson , ulwi Shirley , was charged with numerous robberies on housekeepers . He refused to give his real name and address . Eliza Sick deposed that on the previous night the prisoner called at the house of Mr . Gregory , ofthe firm of Gregory and Faulkner , No . 1 , Bedfordrow , and gave her a parcel of books and a note for the cook , The cook knew nothing about either , and when she returned the prisoner was gone , and so was a barometer which hung in the hall . Lucy
Anne Martin , cook at the house of Mr . Faulkcner , solicitor , No . 41 , Bedford-square , deposed that the prisoner called at her master ' s house with a parcel of books , and a note for her . The note began "My dear Jane , " and ended " Your affectionate brother , James . " Immediately suspecting a ruse , she prevented a robbery . The prisoner had stolen a cloak , the property of the Archdeacon of Van Diemen ' s Laud , in a similar manner , There were no less thau twenty eases of this , nature against the prisoner , and Sergeant Hod- ' - _^ _{ nformation _haamslwathe _poYiceof _^ unlG , ous o ers .-Mr . Greenwood tolutlie * Jlrge & ni to select tIu . eeof the strongest to sft'i ' , i mo prisoner to trial upon .
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RETIREMENT OF THE LORD CHANCELLOlt AND THE ATTORNEY-GENEltAL . The Globe of this evening contains an announcement of changes affecting the law officers of the Crown , as under ;—The following has been received by us , from a source likely to be well informed , as arrangements which have been made for important changes in the present law officers of the Crown . We present them to our readers as we have received them , without pledging- ourselves to the accuracy Of the entire list . We have reason to believe , however ,
that a few days , perhaps hours , will show that the event will verify the greater part of the statement . Lord Chancellor , Mr . Pembcrton Leigh ( with a Peerage ) vice- Lord Lyndhurst . Sir Frederick Thesiger , Chief Justice of the Common Pleas , vice Sir N . Tyndall , who retires . Mr . Fitzroy Kelly , Attorney-General , vice Sir W . Follctt _, whose impaired health forbids the hope of his being able to resume his official or professional avocations . The Hon . Mr . Wortley , Solicitor-General , in the place of Sir F . Thesiger , elevated to the bench , as Chief of the Common Pleas . "
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LATEST SHIPPING NEWS . Deal , Jax . 10 . —A Russian ship from the north , coals laden , got on the Goodwin Sands this morning , but was assisted off by a llanisgate boat , with loss of anchor , and at five p . m . was riding in the Gull Sti'eain Nino p . m .: blue lights have been burning and guns _firing in the direction of the Goodwin Sands for some time past—it is supposed a ship is ashore . Several boats luivc gone to ascertain the cause . A vessel , apparently ashore on tho Bunthead , is burning a tar barrel , the Gull Light lias firud several guns and rockets , and the boats have goue to her assistance .
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Coroner ' s Inquest . —Sudden Death . —Mr . Higgs held an inquest at the Red Lion , Strand , on the body of Robert Suteliffe _, aged 43 , n bricklayer , of No . . 14 , Catherine-street , Strand . It appeared that the deceased went to his usual employment , when he was seized with an apoplectic fit . Medical aid was sent for , but deceased died in the course of an hour . Verdict—Natural Death , from apoplexy . New Voon Law . —The inhabitants of Rochdale held a meeting on Thursday to oppose the introduction of the Poor-law into that borough . The observations of the speakers were spirited , and the most determined hostility against the measure was expressed .
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VICTORIA THEATRE . We have nothing new to report of tliis theatre , r no new drama , the CMW of Charity , continues its successful career , and is nightly hailed with shouts of applause . The pantomime is not less successful , ami overflowing housis have , during the present as well as the preceding week , rewarded the manager and compauy tor their exertions to entertain and gratify .
THE OLYMPIC . The performances at this theatre have , during the week , commenced with the classical play oi Horatio , - or , The Soman Father , in which Miss Davenport most admirably sustains the principal character . Her development of the varied passions of the human breast is truly masterly . Her tone of expression is clear and distinct , and her whole deportment strictly appropriate . i . o _» e in t / i « Dark , Old Boyie , together with the laughter-exciting vagaries of the mirth-making personages of the pantomime , followed , and kept the house in one continued roar of laughter ; furnishing , as they do , many telling "hits" oa the mode in whicli matters and men are done in town . The machinery and transformations reflect the greatest credit on the management . Indeed it is evident that Miss _Davtuport is sparing neither trouble uor expense to gl'ttttfy hQl' patrons i and we ardently hope that the public eil . _couiasjement _imy be commensurate to her exertions , us caterer to the public taste and amusement .
The New Advocate Of The Rights Of Labour,
THE NEW ADVOCATE OF THE RIGHTS OF LABOUR ,
Ok 5atpbbat, January 18,1845, Will Be Pu...
OK 5 ATPBBAT , January 18 , 1845 , will be pubUshed , Ho . 1 , price 2 d . ( to be continued weekly ) , of the TRIBUNE , and JOBlttiAL ' of the H 1 _GHTS of THDUSTRT ; containing a FuU Examination and Discussion of the Tarious plans before the Public for the Itemoval Of _National Distress the Proceedings of Trade Societies and Bodies for tho purpose of cll ' _ectiig Social Improvements ; the Employment of the People upon the Land ; Emigration , with Expositions of the best Localities to select , and Plans on which to proceed , and Reports of the Proceedings of the various Societies throughout the country , _estabUshed to forward this object ; details of all Social , Moral , and Educational Movements having in view the elevation of tho Working Classes ; in addition ii > Original and Select Articles of a general character , calculated ithcr to aiibnl rational entertainment or instruction . Office , 40 , HolyweU-street , Strand . London ; to w . _itohaa 1 Orders for the paper and communications for tl . fl 3 £ _&> r \ must be addvessed .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_11011845/page/5/
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