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~— : — roCllT Or' QU £ E- >" S bench . t _« V Ogees v . Hes » t Xeebdhah _Sceope SB _^ r- s _^ - l _^ nis c tiicu / , p ] eaded _^^ w -renter of _» e j _^ _g j _^^ _g f the directors of _S _^ _r _^ U _agaiusthim under the « Geo m _ffr having written _lemrs to divers persons , General _^ ffloVk . General Robertson , and others , having , _asdirertorTpatronage of offices in India , to obtain from them some situation in the Indian Government , by means of » romkin » to ihe said persons certain rewardsfor exerting their influenc e in his favour . Therehad also been letters written to the wives ofthe directors in question , offering them to pW certain sums of money when the defendant should obtain an appointment through the influence or act of tlieir husband ? . —The defendant was now trought up for judgment . He put in affidavits to the effect , that at the time the letters were written he was labouring
under acuU mental distress and excitement , arising from the loss of his father , and the derangemcat of his affairs by the dishonesty of other parties , for whom he had incurred liabilities ; that while he was in this state he was induced , in the desperate hope of retrieving his amiirs , < o write those letters to the ladies mentioned in the informations , but when he did so he was not aware that he was committing any indictable offence , the parties written to not bavins in _themselves any power of appointment That he had no idea that a cadetship was an office within the statute ; that in writing these letters , his object was not to obtain the cadetship from any person not qualified , but to procure an introduction to the directors , to whom lis claims and qualifications might be submitted . He expressed his sincere regret for what he had thus improperly but j guorantly done , and he referred to his sufferings and distresses , while he threw himself on the mercy _ofiheprosecutorsandthe court . —Mr . Justice Williams sentenced the prisoner to four months imprisonment in
the prison of this court . FamAT . —The Duke or Bkcsswick v . _Psabson . — The Duke of Brunswick conducted his own case . —Mr . - € ockburn and Mr . Hugh Hill appeared for tbe defendant . This was an action against the present proprietor of the Satirist newspaper , for two alleged libels on the plaintiff . —The Duke of Brunswick said that ever since bis arrival in this country , for ten years past , he had been held up to odium iu the Satirist . The object was to induce him to purchase a remission of these attacks in money . He would not do so ; but at length the imputations became g raver and more serious than ever , and he preferred an indictment in 1812 at the Central Criminal Court . —A discussion here arose on the question whether the plaintiff was entitled to go into statements respecting previous libd =, published , too , by other persons , and not
by the defendant . The Bake of Brunswick said that 5 ie referred to them , because the present defendant had stated that all that the former proprietor of the paper had said of him ( the Duke of Brunswick ) -nas true . [ As the present declaration contained an allegation of the formor libels , and as the plaintiff said he wished to refer to them , Lord Denman thought that they might be referred to . ] The plaintiff therefore proceeded . Thefirit indictment was in 1812 . The defendant in these various libels charged him ( the plaintiff ) -with murder , with infamous crimes , and matters of that sort . He had been charged with having murdered Eliza _Greenwood . He was ready to met that aud any other charge . Mr . Cockburn objected to the plaintiff going into these previous matters . The declaration began -with setting out something published by Bernard Gregory . To the
_extent ofthe matters thus set out the plaintiff might enter * i pon the st-tement of previous matters , but not further . The plaintiff wanted all the case to be known to the jury . The subject of the present action was a libel contained in - "Notices to Correspondents . " It was published In tbe papa : of the 3 rd of November , ISM . lord Denman read it . It spoke of the former defendant , Gregory , being better than might have been expected after the persecutions he endured , and of his being about to give to the world an account of his persecutions , and of the _Judicial tyranny practised on him . It went on to say , that the defendant Gregory had throughout exhibited great stre igth of mind , and tbat he had been enabled to do so , because his conduct had , from the eommc-ne .-inent , been sustained in strong truth . jThis seemed to be the paragraph which the plaintiff thought amounted
to a declaration , that all that Gregory had written of him -was , in fact , true . ] Another paragraph referred to the proceedings iu tbe Court of Queen ' s Bench [ in reading this Lord Denman said , "I thiuk I ought to have beeu tbe plaintiff in this part of thelibsl" ] , and spoke ofthe plaintiff as a _foreigner despoiled for his vices of home and country . The writer took credit for gentleness of spirit , in noticing the follies of the duke , but described him as a wanderer ou the world , with no country in Europe but England tbat would receive him ; tbat he was shutout from court , the clubs , and society . The declaration went < m to _allege other writings of the defendant to the same « ffect . It seemed to him ( Lord Denman ] tbat the plaintiff complained that this defendant had stated that all that Gregory had represented was the truth . The Duke of Brunswick : That is co _, my lord 5 and I have brought this civil action to enable him to pro .-e the truth x > f it , ifhe thinks he can . ne has not _trit-d to do that . —
The plaintiff continued : There was a whole series of libels , and he could not separate the one from the other . The plaintiff _proceeded io comment on the unceasing inalice with which he had been pursued by the Satirist newspaper , and expressed his hope and belief that the jury would treat this first paragraph as a libel . The sccoud libel of which be complained was inserted in the paper ofthe yth of March , IS _15 , and sought by the most shameful insinuations , to connect his ( ihe plaintiff's ) name with the murder of De la Hue and ihe crimes of Iiock < r . —Mr . Cockburn proceeded to address the court at great length in behalf of the defendant . He justified The paragraphs iu the Satirist , and was extremely severe « u the conduct ofthe duke , who ; he asserted , was actuated Ly motives the most vindictive and mean . After a reply from the plaintiff , Lord Denman summed up , the jurors retired for about half an hour , and then brought in a verdictforthe plaintiff . Damages—One farthing .
BANKRUPTCY COURT . _IVEDXESSiT , SOY . - 20 . E . V . _TB . _iO liDIX _. iKr _DfJIXCS IN tee Wise Tkade . —Is be Heat _jixd Heat , _Baskjtcrrs . —The bankrupts in this case had carried on _business most extensively as wine merchants in Mark-lane , City . Their debts and liabilities together amounted to £ 219 , 003 , aad theirassets to betweeu £ 36 , 01 ) 0 aud £ 33 , 000 . The estate is expected to pay a dividend ofbetween three and four shillings in the pound . The bankrupts came up to-da . v for their certificates . The firm consisted of John Rtay , sen ., aud John Robert Rcay , his nephew . In the cast of the latter no opposition was offered , and consequently hi-certificate was granted at once . The _certihcaieof John Rcay , the priucipal in the eoueoru was _opposed by Mr . Bovill , for the assignees , the bankrupt -was _defended by Mr . Edwin James . Mr . Bovill staled that
the assignees opposed the granting of the certificate , on the grounds of an improper system of ballaueing the hooks , which had been pursued by the bankrupt , a reekless system of giving credit , and extensive dealing in accommodation bills . It appeared from the books that between January , 1 S 39 , and February 1 S 45 , upwards of £ 14 S ODD in bad debts had accumulated , while the bankrupt set down his profits during that period at £ 5 , 000 _a-vear . Another complaint against the bankrupt was , that he had practised a system of pledging the property of his creditors by raising money on dock warrants to the _ainowit 01 £ 70 , 000 , thus placing sueh property beyond the jeach ofthe assignees . Ilis stock of wines in dock had _bei-ii sold _umlc-r the fiat for £ S , 000 , out of which the claims of the dock company amounted to £ 7 , 800 . He ( Mr . Jiouvill ) wis surprised that the dock company should
trust a man who had so traded to such an amount . The bankrupt had even at the last moment , in February , 1 SI 5 , purchased _vrlues to the amount o ! £ 30 , 00 y , a fact of which the foreign cr-ditors heavily complained , aud they were anxiously awaiting the judgment of the Court . With respect to the bad debts , it appeared that the bankrupt bad credited a person named Wright formerly dealing in jlark-kme , but latterly the proprietor of the Turk ' s Head Hotel , in the Strand , at one time to the enormous amount of £ 34 , 000 . In 1 S 39 Wright owed the bankrupt £ 7 , 800 : in 1 SJ 1 , £ S , 30 ' J : and in 1 S 12 . £ 31 . 000 . This amount was subsequently _reduced to £ 11 , 000 , by _Keaj _' s taking _-.-. mortgage oii the Turk ' s Hi-ad for £ 21 , 000 . This _mortgage , however , had turned out valueless , the property _having been previously encumbered ; and although the mortgage was effected in a registered countv the
bankrupt had ueglected to make any previous inquiries of ihe register of Middlesex , The next c » se of reckless credit _occurredintliecaseof aperson named Blumeuthal , formerly tradingin Birmingham , and who had been bankrapt there . It « _ay had trusted this man to the amount of £ 47 , 000 for wines for which the only security he had received was the acceptances of the Baron de Bode , to the amount of £ 37 , 0 « 0 . The Court would judge whether sueh acceptances could be looked upon as good and sufficient security . The next uiau whom the bankrupt had taken largely into hu < oufi . i « ncewas _Jarvis , whose case hadbeen _-soreceutlybefore that Court . This man had originally been clerk to Messrs . Allnutt and Arbouin , and in less than _eleven months the baukrupt had trusted him to the amount of £ 13 . 000 . It might he as well bere to mention tbat there was not a _cliance of a shilling in the pound for the creditors to Janis ' s estate . These were the three _principal cases which the assignees wished to bring nnder the notice of the Court , to mart how reckless hadbeen ihe bankrupt ' s conduct as a trader . It appeared that in
2 S 41 the bankrupt had married a lad y of large fortune , and , although it did not appear dear that he was solvent _* tihe time , had made a settlement ou her to theamount -of £ 17 , 000 . He was _now-living in luxury , on the produce of that settlement , at Wanstead . It appeared , _furtker _, that for a series of years the baukrupt had drawn _aacootooB bills on the ponies with whom he had ¦ _dealings , and as long as he could get them discounted his srade Kent on flaurisliingly , but the moment bankers and brokers became cautious , the bubble burst , and he was _-abjiged to come to that Court . On all these grounds Hies , antoproper system of balancing his books , a _reck-Iej * system of giving credit , and an extensive dealing in _aeeosioda _& M bills , he ( Mr . Bovill ) railed upon the _Covn either to refuse the certificate altogether or at Ie « i to _suspend it for a number of years . After Mr E _Sanies had heea heard in behalf of the bankrupt his Honour said that , as the case was one of great importance to the mercantile community , and as there were several documents he wished to look over , he should _postoone _Swinga judgment till to-morrow . V
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The first session _ih'lhYpresintT _^ on Monday last . .:- . ; .: _/ . _; _^ _-ii _i-- _----SnopLirriNo . — _-Carsline Bayi aged 24 , and Jane Scott , aged 18 , were indicted for stealing seven handkerchiefs otherwise seven yards of silk , value 80 s . * the property of Susannah Eliza Crisp . It appeared by the evidence that the prisoners , according to custom , went to purchase a trifling article , and , while one was making the bargain , the other employed herself in abstracting the articles named . _. They escaped at first without being detected , but in the course of the day a policeman brought the silk , which he had taken from the prisoners . The jury , after a long consultation , returned a verdict of acquittal in favour of Scott , supposing her to have been the tool of the move experienced thief . Bay was declared guilty . It was then proved upon a second indictment that Bay was convicted of "lifting" last year in this court , and sen . tenced to six months' hard labour . The court
nonsentenced her to transportation for seven years . There was a dreadful wailing among some females in the gallery when they heard the sentence of banishment passed . Tuesday . _—BcsctAax Paul Cooper , aged 20 , described as a French polisher , pleaded guilty to an indictment , for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of James Poulton _, and stealing therein a quantity of wearing apparel , and other articles , his property . A former conviction of the prisoner , for a similar offence , was proved , and the Recorder sentenced him to be transported for the tend of ten years .
Bigami . —Thomas Kibble , aged 82 , a shoemaker , was indicted for feloniously intermarrying with Caroline _HaswellJones , on the 15 th August , 1841 , his wife , Hannah Dudley , being then and still alive . The facts of this case lie in a very narrow compass . It appeared that on the 4 th of January , 1 S 36 , the prisoner was married at Whitchurch , in the county of Buckingham , to Hannah Dudley , who was proved to be still alive and in attendance . On the loth of August , 1811 , he went ' through the ceremony of a marriage , under the assumed name of Thomas Thorne , at the pariah church of St . Leonard ' s , Shoreditcb , with Caroline Haswell Jones , who had borne him one child and was enceinte of second . The prosecution was at the
instance of the wife , and the real sufferer , Jones , appeared in the witness-box , and stated that the prisoner had made her a good husband , and had been an excellent father to her child . The jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdict of Guilty . The Recorder , in passing sentence , remarked upon the circumstance oftbe prisoner _bavi-. g contracted the second marriage under the assumed name of Thorne , as indicative of a perfect knowledge tbat his wife was alive , and also of a concocted fraud . LooKng at the whole of tbe case , the sentence of the court was , tbat the prisoner be imprisoned in tbe House of Correction for rix calendar months , but without hard labour .
Stealing a Pic—Jehn Coleman was indicted for stealing apig , value £ 1 5 s . 6 d ., the property of Alexander Brown . The facts of the larceny , which was a most daring one , are shortly these . The prosecutor is a butcher dealing at _Newgate Market for meat . He had bought the pig in question and sent it down to his cart , which was standing at the corner of the Old Bailey and Newgate-street . . Two more pigs were subsequently bought , and whilst they were being brought to the cart , the prisoner was found making off with the pig which had been left in it a few minutes before . The jury having found him guilty , the Recorder said the only hesitation with the court was , whether it would be safe to leave such a character in the country , but as nothing had been known of him before tbe court would not go so far . The sentence ofthe court was that he be imprisoned and kept at hard labour in the House of Correction for one year .
Edward Chandler , a sedate looking young man , 21 years of age , was indicted for stealing a shawl scarf , a wedding ringj and a purse containing gold and silver coin , the property of Caroline Amelia Robins , his sweetheart , and a hat , value 10 s ., the property of G . Robins , her brother . There were other indictments against the prisoner for felony and fraud . The prosecutrix , a smart little dress-maker , stated tbat she lately lived at Kensington . Has known the prisoner , who is a baker , for some time . Ha wooed and won her , and , as she supposed , they were on the eve of marriage when the robbery was committed by him . ne told her he had published the banns in Paddington church ; but it proved otherwise . On the day he robbed and abondoned her he took her to Paddington , as he said to be married . He took her to a beer shop
near the church , and told her to wait tiU he fetched her brother to witness the ceremony , and give her away . He took her parse away , and obtained possession 01 her wedding ring , which she had purchased herself . He never came back to her , and his story about putting up the banns was fudge . ( A laugh . ) The purse and scarf which were found on the prisoner were here produced , and sworn' to by Miss Robins . The hat she believed to belong to her brother . The police constable who apprehended the prisoner at the Jew's Harp public-house , some time after the elopement , said he found the hat on his head , the scarf round his neck , and the purse in his pocket . The prisoner cross-examined the prosecutrix with a great deal of pertinacity . He asked her if she had not lived with him as his wife . She denied it , or that any such intimacy ever existed . Common Sergeant : Supposing it
were true your offence would be aggravated . The prisoner made a long statement to the jury , and said that he had not published the banns , nor did he ever intend to marry his accuser . He declared that she lent him the purse of money and the scarf , and bought him a new hat , in order that they should go out respectable on a day ' s pleasure . —Common Sergeant : Yes , she thought the day ' s pleasure was to get married . What say you to taking away her wedding ring and the shawl!—The prisoner made a very lame attempt to explain this part of the transaction , which , however , he did not deny . The Common Sergeant told the jury that the case was clearly made out , supposing the young woman's statement were true , but they had heard the ' counter-statement of the prisoner . The jury consulted for ten minutes , and then returned a vernict of not guilty , to the evident surprise of many in the court .
Second Isdictjiest . —The prisoner was then charged with stealing a diamond breast pin , the property of a gentleman in whose house he lodged . The facts here were clearly proved , and the jury immediately found him guilty . —Common Sergeant ( to the Clerk of Arraigns ) : Go on with another case . Thibd Ihdictmest . —The prisoner was again indicted for secreting 14 s . Sd \ , and two other sums of money , which he bad received by virtue of his employment , for and on account of Mr . Black , his master . The prosecutor stated
that he is a baker , living in Lambeth , and the prisoner was formerly in his service . It was his duty to pay in daily all the money he had received on his account , but he had failed to do so in several instances , three of -which he was about to prove . Three females were then caUed , to prove payment of the sums in question . Other cases were abcut to be entered upon ; but the foreman said they were satisfied , and pronounced a verdict of guilty . —Common Sergeant : Gentlemen , I have been satisfied a good while . You have now discovered what the prisoner is . Sentence , transportation for seven years .
Pocket Picking . —John Murphy , aged twelve , a very expert fellow , was indicted for stealing a silk handkerchief , the property of J . MurreU , from his person . This case oniy occupied a few minutes , and a verdict of guilty was returned . The Common Sergeant said the county could no longer bear the expense of prosecuting the prisoner , hence he must be put under the care of Government , who would probably teach him a trade . Sentence —transportation for ten years . John Smith , a more diminutive urchin , was convicted of a similar offence : being the first conviction , the sentence was six months' hard labour .
_Weusesdat . —The _PosT-orFicE Robbekies . —Francis Cope was placed at the bar and pleaded guilty to an indictment charging bim with stealing two post letters , one containing a sovereign , the property of her Majesty ' s Postmaster-General . Several witnesses were called , who gave the prisoner a very good character previous to the present charge . The learned Judge sentenced him to be transported for ten years . John Gord , a letter-carrier in the branch Post-office at Charing-cross , was indicted for stealing : a post letter , containing a half sovereign aud a valuable security— -to
wit , a deed of transfer of shares of the Somerset , Wiltshire , and Weymouth Railway , the property of her Majesty's Postmaster-General . The particulars of this case appeared in our police intelligence last week . The jury acquitied the prisoner , A second indictment was then entered into . This charged the prisoner with having stolen , on the 3 rd of . November , a post letter containing a sixpenny and a fourpenny piece . On this charge the jury returned a verdict of guilty . Lord Denman , after a feeling address , sentenced him to be transported for ten years .
Robbekt . — Isaac Jessop and Thomas Ticer , both smart lads , nineteen years of age , were indicted for stealing at Cbingford , in Essex , on the 1 st of November instant , five Bank of England notes of the value of £ 5 each , six sovereigns , and ISO pieces of silver coin , the property of the Reverend Robert Boothby Heathcote . The reverend prosecutor deposed that he is the rector of the parish of Chingford . Has known the prisoners before . Jessop was once a servant in hie household . On Saturday , the 1 st of this month , witness had five £ 5 notes and six sovereigns locked in a desk in a room at the rectory . There was beyond these 180 pieces of silver coin of every
denomination , from the groat to the crown , The prisoner Jessop knew where the key was usually deposited that belonged to the desk . The jury returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners , but recommended Ticer to the clemency of the court , under the belief thathe bad acted under tbe tutorage of Jessop . The Common Sergeant told Ticer that he quite concurred in the view taken by the jury ; the sentence therefore was , tbat he be kept to hard labour for one year . As to Jessop , he had committed an extensive robbery , and , as an example to others , the judgment was transportation beyond the sea 6 for ten years .
Robbing Fubnisheo Lodgings . —John Brown , 22 , and Mary Ann , his alleged wife , 18 , were indicted for stealing a great quantity of household furniture , utensils , linen , & . _C ., the property of James Sampson . The prosecutor , who lives in Gravel-lane , Southwark , stated tbat the prisoners lodged at his house , and he supposed them to be a married couple , or he should not have taken them in . They left together without notice , and the room had been almost stripped , The jury acquitted theraboth . They were then _charged with _sttaliug book 6 and other articles , the property of the same person . The evidence in this case was less ambiguous , as the female was stopped with a box iu her hand , containing the stolen
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property . The famale said at _firit " Forgive me , as this is the firsttime ; " and theni |" . It _Joa'Hllet me ! gbirilireV store . aU _thetbings . I ve » . taken , away . i „ . ! i ; he . jury , found them both guilty . Evidence was then given ' that the female was'convicted-in this _' eburt on the first day of last year / and sentenced to three months' imprisonment . The young woman was _questionedas to whether they were married 1 She said they were , at Larhbethj nine months and a fortnight ago . The sentence oh theomah was six months' hard labour , and-on the woman eighteen calendar months . The female prisoner became frantic and clung to the bar , exclaiming , " Oh , my lord ; don't give me eighteen monfhB , send me for seven years instead , I don't like eighteen months hard labour , " Sho was removed by force .
_Trcksday . —Suashisg . —Edward Powal , son ofthe clerk to the Solicitor of the Mint , and who had _been-employed in a confidential character by that officer for a considerable period , was charged with having uttered a sovereign , knowing it to be counterfeit . There were other counts iu the indictment , charging him with having hi his possession a number of counterfeit coins , and tendering the same . The jury found the _^ prisoner Not Guilty , and lie _w-as _' at once discharged . ' ..... Thift . —James Lowe , 18 , pleaded guilty to an indictment charging bim with stealing from the person . The Recorder said that there was proof that he had been convicted on the 12 th of May , in the present year , of stealiug lead , and sentenced to four months ' imprisonment , that would bring him out in September , and yet he was again taken on the 19 th of November in the act of picking a gentleman ' s pocket . There was no hope that he could do any good in this country , and the sentence therefore was , that he be transported beyond the seas for the term of ten years .
Fmda v , —RArE , —William Edward Beard , aged 82 / aud described hs a labourer , was indicted for a rape on the person of his own daughter , a little girl of eleven years of age . Mr . Clarkson conducted the prusecution . The prisoner was undefended . The evidence was of a most _disgusting nature , and quite unfit lor publication . After having beeu _lockad up for som ? time , the jury ultimately returned a verdict of guilty . Mr . Justice Coltman sentenced him to be transported for life . RoBKEitv . —George Gamble , aged-31 , and described as a watchmaker , was charged with having stolen sixty watches , teu chains , and other articles , value £ 500 , the property of John French , his master , in his dwellinghouse ; and Adolphus William Bodill _, with having feloniously received the same , well knowing them'to have been stolen . The jury returned a verdictrof guilty against both prisoners .- Mr . Justice Coltman sentenced the prisoner Gamble to be transported for the term of ten years , and Bodill to be transported for the _tei-m of fourteen years .
Uttebing Base Coin . —The undernamed were charged with uttering base coin of every denomination below a sovereign , viz .: —Patrick Bryan , Eliza Russell , Catherine Ilockclls _, Robert Poolan _, Caroline Williams , Mary Baker , B . White , alias Whitcman , alias Blackmail , and John Vials , alias Jefferies , alias Jeft ' eries Doolan . The following were convicted and sentenced : —To three months ' imprisonment , Eliza Russell ; for one year , : Catherine Hoekells . The other cases were postponed to give time for a Crown prosecution of another description . It appeared , in the course of the inquiry , that the police disguise themselves in various ways in order to dodge and capture smashers . One Avas attired as a cobler , and another as a _eostcrmongci-, 01 ' green-grocer . The Recorder _inquired ( for the information of the public , he said ) whether the commissioners always aUowed of such disguise ? The reply was in the affirmative They were not attached to the " detective force , " but placed on the " plain clothes list , " and they were allowed to wear such as they judged most likely to effect their object . It would seem that by resorting to stratagem a great number of persons are captured .
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MANSION HOUSE . Wedsesday . —The Notorious Joseph Adt again . — Sir Peter Laurie came to the justice-room yesterday , for the purpose of stating to the Lord Mayor that the notorious Joseph Ady had resumed all his former activity , and had lately written a host of letters , ottering his " advantageous intelligence'' upon the receipt of twenty shillings , and , in the most audacious maimer , not . only claiming personal acquaintance with each ofthe aldermen , but actually referring to him ( Sir Peter Laurie ) in the following manner : — " Voluntary referee , the Right Honourable Sir Peter Laurie , Deputy Lord Mayor , at the Mansionhouse , every day before eleven o'clock , who will see justice done you free of expense , except postages , which you must pay both ways . " The Lord Mayor said he had scarcely beeu seated iu the chair of the chief magistrate when he received letters from gentlemen inclosing Adv ' s offers of
intelligence , which they had inclosed 111 the belief that the writer was imposing in a very extensive manner upon the public , and that of course it was necessary to give him a check similar to tbat whichhc had received some years ago from the court of Aldermen . The check alluded to by the Lord Mayor was the following advertisement , which was published iu all the morning aud evening newspapers for a considerable period— " Caution . —Whereas it hath been represented to this court that a person calling Win . self Joseph Ady , hath for some time past been in the practice of sending letters to various persons in all parts of the kingdom , stating himself to be in possession of information for their pecuniary advantage , aud offering to afford the same on payment to him of twenty shillings , and in some instances of five shillings , and referring falsely in such letters for his character , integrity , and responsibility to Sir Wm . Heygate , Bart ., Wm . T _.-iylor Copeland , Esq ., aud other members of the court of Aldermen ,
and to Mr . Francis Hobler , the chief clerk at the Mansion-house , without having any authority for such references ; aud also falsely adding to some of the said letters that the said William Taylor Copeland _, Esq ., would be security for him to the amount of £ 1 , 000 : this court do hereby caution the public against paying any attention to such references to either the character , integrity , or responsibility of the said Joseph Ady . ( Signed ) _WooD-rnoitPB . " Sir Peter Laurie said that if any person had paid Ady under the belief that Ady was authorised to refer to Sir Peter Laurie , as a valuntary referee , it was only necessary to prefer an indictment at the next Old Bailey Sessions , for obtaining money under false pretences , and full justice would be done ; and any one might recover back the money paid without trouble or expense , by applying to the Whitcchapel Court of Requests . Sir Peter Laurie then produced , about fifty letters from different parts of the Continent , Ireland , England , _anfi Scotland .
TuuKsnAV .. — _Exthaoedinaky Case . — A seaman of very intelligent appearance , named John Potter , who stated his age to be about thirty years , presented himself at the bar in the custody of Bradley , one of the principal officers of the Mansion-house , a voluntary prisoner . The following evidence was given on the occasion : — James Bradley said : This day the prisoner voluntarily delivered himself into my custody as an escaped convict . He stated to me that he escaped in December , 1839 , from Sydney , since which time he had been at sea , That he was tried aud convicted at Shrewsbury , in the month of August , 1832 , was transported for life , and received ne pardon for his offence , and was actuated by a sense of duty to his God in giving himself up to justice . I have procured from John Bellamy , Esq ., the clerk of assize of tile Oxford Circuit , the certificate of his conviction at the assizes holden at Shrewsbury , in and for the county of
Salop , on the 1 st day of August , in the third year ot the reign of his late Majesty King William the 4 th , by ' the name of John Potter ; and the prisoner confessed to me that he is the person referred to as John Potter in the certificate I produce , and which I saw signed by Mr . Bellamy . Sir John Pirie : What have you to say to this statement made by the officer , prisoner 1 The prisoner : I admit that his evidence is in every respect correct . The prisoner then said he had escaped from Sidney about four years ago ; tbat he there witnessed the miserably immoral condition of his fellow convicts , whom , as he was now a reformed man himself , he should earnestly wish to assist as much as lay in his small power , in reforming ; that he had been earning an honest living as a sailor , firstin an American vessel , and thathe afterwards was employed in the Hudson ' s Bay Company ' s service , and sent to Africa . He said that , after a laborious
service in foreign -ports , he became a seaman on board the ship John Grey , trading from Greenock to Bombay _. andon the outward voyage he was induced by a special providence to turn over the pages of the Holy Bible , which wrought such changes in his mind , affecting the good of his fellow creatures , tbat he was at once seized with the desire to do something for their advantage ; and he considered himself competent , from the experience he had had of a convict ' s pains and penalties , to read thers a strong lesson upon the nature and effects of their crimes and errors . There was one thing , however , to , be got over before he could think of making the attempt upon which his mind and heart were fixed . He had been guilty of a further violationof the laws of the country , by making his escape from his place of punishment , and he could not satisfy his conscience without delivering himself up to justice . He had , therefore , come to the
determination to confess his escape , notwithstanding the horror inseparable from the idea of a convict ' s life , and the great probability that he never should be discovered in the character which he had performed so long without having escited the least suspicion . After looking over the subject with the seriousness which belonged to it , he applied , through the recommendation of a clergyman at Calcutta , to whom he had mentioned the cause of his uneasiness , to Sir John Pirie , who attended to him with the most benevolent interest , and declared the utmost willingness to give him employment by which he could earn a most respectable livelihood , but considered , as a magistrate ofthe city of London , that an effort to shield him could not be consistently made without the sanction of the Secretary of State . The prisoner was committed to Newgate for the escape , and a true bill was , yesterday eveulng , about an hour after his committal for trial , found against him by the grand jury ,
BOW STREET . Monday . —Gextieme . v _Blaceguahds Three young men of respectable oppearance , named Belius , _DeCoBta , and Felling , were charged with creating a disturbance at the promenade concerts in _Covent-gardeh Theatre , and with obstructing and assaulting the officers in the execution of their duty . The conduct of the prisoners was proved to have been of the most riotous and disgraceful character . ' Felling and De Costa were _ordered to pay a fine of £ 5 each , or go to prison for fifteen daj-s , and the other defendant to be sent to the House of Correction'for fourteen days . Richard Jone and Archibald Hamilton were next put to the bar , charged with talcing part in the riot ; and similar evidence being given as iu tlie last case , they were fined £ 5 each , or fifteen days imprison- - ment . *
MARLBOROUGH STREET . Tur / R 60 AT . —The becent Robbery or _Jewehebt in New Covektet-stbeet . Solomon Goldsmi th was brought up for another examination on a charge of having robbed , or connived at robbing the shop of his master , Mr . HusseU , in New Coventry-street , ofbetween £ 700 and £ 800 worth of jewellery and plate . The robbery occurred on Friday , Nov . 14 th , between the hours of five and seven o ' clock in the evening . It was discovered by the prisoner , who made known the circumstance to Mr . Russell at his other shop , in _King-street , but in consequence of the adroitness with which the robbery had been accomplished , and the selection of the valuable from the inferior part
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of the stock , it was presumed that the thief was some one well acquainted with , tlie stock and premises , and as thep risoner-had only been-a few weeks _in-Mr . . 'Ru 8 sell ' 6 employ , and was not able to give a very satisfactory account of his movements _, ohthe _^ evemnt of . the robbery , he was suspected , and given into custody . Mr . Russell sta ted to the magistrate that although ho had ueed the utmost exertioiis ' to gain a clue to ' any part of his property , and had even offered a reward of £ 100 to effect that object , he had hot been able to obtain any information , and he was consequently notin a ' pbsition to bring further evidence against the prisoner . The prisoner was then discharged . The p risoner on being told tbat he was discharged , declared before God that he was as innocent as the baby unborn of the robbery . Ho would give all the assistance in his power to Mr . Russell to trace out the thieves .
QUEEN SQUARE . _Totsdat . —Stabvation and Theft . —John Bedsted _, a poor miserable attenuated being , was charged with felony . He had been observed on the previous evening by the waiter at the Pine Apple , Williain-street , PimUco , carry . ing a quart pot partially concealed in a bag , and on being stopped , the pot was found to belong to the proprietor of the Phoenix , in the same neig hbourhood . It was . further proved that he had been seen in possession of another pot a night or two previously . Prisoner , upon being called upon to make Ms defence , said , " I am afraid I have not done enough . " Mr . Bond : What answer have you to the
charge ?—Prisoner : I am afraid I have not done enough . I wish to be transported . —Mr . Bond : I am afraid you know but little ofthe condition of a transport . —Prisoner : Any condition , sir , is better -than mine , I wander about the streets without a single friend to help me or a roof to shelter me . I am starving . I have scarcely a rag to cover me , and I have no food to eat . It is not true that I stole the pot ; I found it in the street , and took it to get a little milk in . But I am tired of ray existence , and pray transport me if you can . —Mr . Bond committed him for a month . Prisoner : I am very much obliged to you even for that : but I was in hopes you would have done more .
WORSHIP STREET . Feidat . —Deeadful Case of Stabbing . —Benjamin _I ' veeman , a fellowship porter , was placed at the bar before Mi ' . Bingham , charged with having stabbed a young woman named Mary Ann Webb with a clasp-knife , whereby her life was placed in imminent danger . It appeared from the evidence that at nine o ' clock on the preceding evening _police-constable Long , B 77 , wus on duty in Coventry-street , Bothnel-greeu , when he was abruptly accosted by twe boys , who requested him to hasten immediately to the house No . 3 in tbat street , where a wohian had just been murdered by her husband . On reaching the house in question , and entering an apartment on the first floor , he found a woman lying upon the bed in a state of extreme suffering and exhaustion , and attended by a surgeon , and in answer to his inquiries he was informed that the prisoner , with whom the woman had cohabited for several years , and borne him three children , had returned home in a state of partial intoxication , and sat down to supper , which he invited her to partake of , and
on her declining to do so the prisoner instantly exclaimed , " then , take that , " and plunged the knife he was using into her left side . She immediately fled for assistance to the house of a neighbour , and the prisoner , apparently struck with remorse at the act he had committed , hastened himself to procure the attendance of the Mirgoon who was then present . Upon hearing this statement the constable hurried down stairs to secure the prisoner , who was pacing about in a state of excessive agitation in the room below , and he at once surrendered himself into custody . The injured woman , by direction of the surgeon . Was removed as speedily as possible to the London Hospital . In answer to the charge , the prisoner , who appeard to be greatly affected , declared that he had _inifictsd the wound in a moment of sudden psssion , but that he had not the slightest intention to do the woman any serious harm , and deeply lamented tho unhappy consequences that had resulted from his rash conduct . The prisoner was ordered to be remanded .
SOUTHWARK . MotJDAT . —LOVE AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE . — James . Morris , a young man , the son of a machine-maker in Newington-causeway , was placed at the bav before Mr . Cottmgham _, charged with attempting to commit suicide , It appeared that on Saturday night the assistance of a policeman was required at the house of Mr . Gardener , an estate agent , in firidge-housc-place '; and when the former arrived there he found the defendant , whom he was informed had taken poison . The policemen lost no time in conveying defendant to Guy ' s Hospital , and the stomach-pump having been used a quantity of laudanum was brought away . After some time the patient recovered sufficiently to leave the institution , but he was detained by the police . The defendant ' s mother was called , and said that the prisoner was clerk to Mr . Gardner , the house and estate agent . That gentleman had a daughter , with whom prisoner fell desperately in love ,
and the passion not being reciprocal , was the cause , she ( the witness ) had every reason to believe of the young man attempting to deprive himself of life . She ( the witness ) understood that the parties were to have been marriedthat the wedding ring was purchased , and the banns were put up , but their intimacy having been suddenly broken off , in a fit of despair ho tried to terminate his existence . The defendant endeavoured to induce a belief that he had taken the laudanum while under the influence of intoxication , and at a time that lie was unconscious of what he was about ; but his assertions were contradicted by the inspector on duty , who gave evidence of his sobriety . Mr . Cottingham said it was dangerous to allow the defendant , while in such a state of mind , to go at large , and that hefore he was discharged he must enter into his own recognizance for £ 10 , and find two sureties of £ 20 each . The defendant , not being prepared with the bail , was locked up .
SOUTHWARK . _Fhidat , —John "Watson and John Samuels , two welldressed men , the former about 45 , and the latter 30 , years of age , were placed at the bar before Mr . Traill , charged with stealing upwards of £ 50 in sovereigns and silver , and basides watches , iu a public-house called the Old Justice , in Beraondsey-wall , and slso with committing violent assaults , with a Ufe-presefver , " _on policeman 237 M division , and a young man , maned Samuel Brown , on taken them into custody . They were remanded ,
THAMES . Monday . —The Chaege of Muedee on boaed the Toey . —This day Mr . Broderip received a certificate from the surgeon of the Westminster Bridewell to the effect , that Captaiii Johnstone was not sufficiently recovered from his attack of erysipelas to attend his examination on Tuesday . Mr . Broderip consequently further remanded the prisoner to Tuesday _. _'indDecember , and desircdnotice to be given to the parties concerned . On the latter afternoon , at two o ' clock , if the prisoner should be sufficiently well , the investigation will be proceeded with . In addition to three charges of murder , several cases of cutting and wounding the seamen who were falsely charged with mutiny , will be gone into . The sailors have been directed to attend and give evidence against their former captain . Wednesday . _—Dbeadfel Crueltt to a Sailor Box .
—Alexander Gordon , the master , and John Cummings _, the chief mate of the ship Mathesis _, from Brazil , now lying in the London Dock , were brought before Mr . Broderip , charged with assaulting William Seott , an apprentice belonging to the same vessel , on the high seas , within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England . Mr . Pelham defended the prisoners . William Scott , a youth aged 1 C years , stated that on the outward voyage , the day after crossing the line , he was rather late in turning out of his berth , and the mate came down with the end of the fore bowline ( a thick rope ) , and flogged him with it as hard as he was able . He was then driven on deck , and sent up aloft with nothing on but his shirt to take the rigging down . The mate followed him up , and while he was upon the fore-yard again beat him with a rope . After he had received three or four lashes he ran further upon the yard-arm to save himself from the blows , and was
followed by the mate , who continued striking at him . He then jumped off the yard-arm , and made an attempt to cateh the backstay , which he missed , and fell into the sea . The ship was going at the rate of seven knots an hour , and she was put about , and he was picked up in an almost insensible state , He had scarcely recovered his breath before the mate recommenced flogging him with the same rope . The captain then dragged him to the after part ofthe ship , and exhibited a heavy cat , and said that was made for him , and gave him a lash with it . The mate sent him up aloft with the tar-bucket again , directly he had put on a dry shirt , and he accidently dropped some of the tar on the top gallant sail , in consequence of the rolling of ths ship . He was called by a boy to go to the wheel , and as he was about to do so , the mate seized him , and made him fast to the mizen rigging , and after he had
let down his clothes , and hauled his shirt over his head , the captain gave him two dozen lashes with the cat , on his bare back . After he was released , and while his back was bleeding profusely , the captain ordered him to go on his bended knees and implore his mercy . When he bad done so the mate seized him up to the mizen rigging a second time , and said he should give him another dozen . The captain , however , would not allow him to do so , but called one of the boys , who was ordered to give him a dozen lashes , and they were inflicted in the presence of the captain aud mate . He was not ill used any more that night , but on the following night the master said he intended to put some vitriol on his back , and called upon the mate to pour it over him , saying , that he was afraid of burning his fingers . The mate said he was also afraid of burning his fingers , and ordered him to go down on his hands and knees . When he had done so he was
stripped , and the mate poured a quantity of vitriol out of a p hial over his back . The pain was excruciating , and he sung out for mercy . That night it was his watch on deck , and the mate compelled him to walk about on the poop with a handspike over each 6 houlder , and also made him count the number of tails ofthe cat , and how many knots there were there . The cat aud eight tails and was very heavy . His back was sore and inflamed for some time , and he could not bear any thing to touch it . Joseph Morris , a seaman , who was discharged from the ship in South America , confirmed the evidence of Scott in every particular and said there were three _over-handed knots in each tail of the cat . The lad ' s back was dreadfully lacerated . He rubbed the vitriol off his back with a flannel , but the lad could not bear it to be touched , and BhrieUed aloud with pain . The boy was very badly used all the outward voyage by the master and mate , Two lads belonging to the Mathesis were also examined , and corroborated the whole of Scott ' s evidence . The prisoners , by the advice of their solicitor , said they should reserve
their defence ; but Captain Gordon said he should be obliged if tho magistrate would prevent either of the apprentices who had been examined from going on board ship again . Mr . Broderip said he could give no such order , and asked the captaiii his reasons for making such a request . Mr . Pelham said that Captain Gordon charged the boys with theft , and was really afraid , if they went 0 n board , they would commit further depredations . Mr . _Broderip asked how long the ship had been in this port ? John" Judge , inspector of Thames police , who apprel _hendt'd the prisoners , replied a week . Mr . Broderip Has th e captain made any charge of theft against either of the l > ys ?—Judge : None whatever . Mr . Broderip said the / act should be recorded in the depositions , and then ordered the prisoners to find bail , each in his own _recognizniiL'eof _^ OO , and two good and sufficient sure . ties of £ 100 e . _wl ' i to appear and tako their trials at the present sessio n of the Central Criminal Court . The prisoners were then removed in the custody of the gaoler .
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LONDON . Someks Town . —At a meeting of this branch ofthe Co-operative Land Society , ' on Sunday evening , November 23 rd , the following resolutions were passed : — " That Mr . Pettit be nominated as delegate to the forthcoming Conference ; " also , " that the Somers Town committee recommend the committees of the other districts to be at Turnagain-lane halfan-hour previous to the election , for the purpose of arranging the business . "—A . Pettit , Secretary . Lambeth , — The Land and the Charter , — Mr , Ross ( late of Leeds ) , lectured on the above important subjects , on Sunday evening last , at the South London Chartist-hall , to a numerous and evidently delighted audience .. At the conclusion of the lecture , the district secretary handed Mr ; _Rosss a note , announcing that since May 26 th there had been collected for shares £ 146 3 s . 2 d . Fourteen new shareholders were added to this important branch .
Whitechapel . —On Sunday last there was delivered an oration at this locality , on the death of VV . H . Bain , bv . Mr . Drake , which was followed by addresses from Messrs , Shaw , Docksey , and . others . A committee was formed to get up a benefit for his widow and fatherless children . Chartibt Funebai _., —Oh Sunday last the mortal remains of the late W . H . Bain were interred in a deep grave at the North-east Cemetery . . In the course of the week the conduct ofthe parson , at Hackney , excited some surprise , by attempting to compel the widow to bury her husband on a particular day , which he named , and , on her non-compliance , declared that he should not be buried at all . The Chartists of the Tower Hamlets , however , to their honour b _» it spoken , were determined
that the poor creature should not be coerced by the " man of God , " and resolved to bury their deceased brother at their own expense , at a suitable time and place . It was , therefore , arranged to assemble at the Green Dragon , Hackney , where the procession was formed , and moved in the following order : —The undertaker and two mutes preceded the coffin , carried by eight men , supported by six pall . bsar « s and eight pages , followed by the widow and children , and a number of friends who had known the deceased a long time as a zealous , honest Chartist , It was very gratifying to witness bo much respect manifested on this occasion towards our deceased Brother Bain . At the conclusion , the company
adjourntd to Mr . Drake ' s , and there formed a society called the "Philanthropic Emergency Society , " whose object is to provide for all future cases of this kind independent of parson or guardian . The proceedings of the day were very ably superintended by Mr . John Shaw , the " Chartist Undertaker , " whose arrangements gave the utmost satisfaction . The committee , in order to testify their sympathy for the destitute widow and orphans , intend to give them a benefit on Wednesday , Dec . 10 th , at the Royal Standard Theatre , Shoreditck , and earnestly request the co-operation of all" good men and true . " Messrs . Drake , Shaw , and Black would be happy to receive any subscriptions for the relief of the family _.
STALETBRIDGE . The following rasolutions were passed at a meeting of the shareholders , held at their meeting room , Chapel-street , on November 25 th : —1 st . "That an addenda be placed at the end ofthe resolution intended to be proposed to the Conference , by Mr . O'Connor , to the following effect : — " That the time allowed for members who may be dissatisfied with the rules shall be _limited to fourteen days after the district secretary has received the amended rules ; and tbat after that time no member shall be allowed to withdraw his money . " 2 nd . " That the thanks of
the meeting be given to the Board of Directors for their unswerving conduct in managing the affairs of thesociety and think they are perfectly justified in appropriating the profits ariging from tho sale of cards and rules to the management of the society . " 3 rd . "That the Board of Directors be chosen by the Conference ; and that the delegate who represents this district in the forthcoming Conference be instructed to support the re-election of the present Board of Directors , with additions to their number if necessary . " 4 th . "That the society be enrolled , providing the objects are not altered in consequence of enrolment . "
CHOItLEY . The following resolutions were agreed to by the shareholders of this locality at a meeting held on Monday , the 23 rd inst .: — " That this society be enrolled . " "That the members of this society be located on the principle of priority . " "That a preparatory fund begot up , through the members , to serve such of those who may be a great distance from their places of location with the necessary means of removing thither if not prepared of themselves . " " That in the opinion of this branch , that the suggestion made by Mr . O'Connor in one of his letters , relative to the prohibition of all who should attempt to deal , or in any way connected with the sale of intoxicating liquors , or anything that may tend to damage this society , should be strictly enforced as a rule in this society . "
HALIFAX . The _Lasd . —A public meeting of the shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society was held in the Long Room , Bullclose-lane . Members were present from the following places : —Hebdenbridge , bowerby , Longroyd , Lower "Wartcy , Stainland , Ovenden , Mountain , and Haliax . Mr . Hirst was appointed to preside , and the correspondence was read , when the meeting became very stormy , and much angry feeling prevailed in consequence of not having received the printed lists from the general secretary , and thus being deprived ( by some unfair play as they thought ) ofthe privilege of putting a candidate in nomination , the 22 nd being the last day when the nomination of a candidate could be received . It appeared that not one of the above localities had got the printed list attended to , with the exception of Halifax , and they had written _expresslv for one . After
much discussion , it was resolved to write to Mr . Wheeler , asking for an explanation , < fcc ., and requesting further time for the exercise of their privilege . It appears , from the district secretary ' s notice to the secretary , that Mr . Hobson had been put in nomination by Huddersfield , and Mr . Crossland by Halifax . The following instructions were agreed to for the delegate from this district : — " That the society be enrolled under the Benefits and Buildings' Socities Acts . " " That the present name be retained if possible . " " That no person be allowed to hold more than two acres . " ' * That the association be divided into districts , and priority ot the society ' s operations be ballotted for from those districts , and the occupants be ballotted from the members residing in the fortunate district . " "That each member shall
execute an instrument , & c , previous to entering on his farm , not to cease his connection with the society until all his brother members are provided with a farm similar to himself , and to pay any levy that may be found necessary to accomplish that purpose . " " That any occupant be allowed to make any extra improvement in the erection of Itis dwelling he may think proper at his own cost . " "That the first section of this society close when it reaches 5 , 000 . " " That the present provincial directors be re-elected . " " That the number of trustees be three , and they be selected from the following gentlemen : —Messrs . Duncombe , Weatherhead , Thornton , Linton , and Scholefield . " "That the thanks of the meeting be given to the present directors for their noble exertions in promoting the extension of the society , & c . " Thanks having been given to the chairman the meeting separated . [ The general secretary has sent to the several localities an explanation of the above circumstances . —Ed . A . &]
ASHTON-UNDEll-LYNE . O . v Monday the 24 th inst . the committee and directors of the Philanthropic Land Society laid the first stone of a college they have commenced building on four acres of land they have leased for the term of twenty-one years . Previous to tbe stone being laid , Mr . Broadbent made a most excellent speech on "the Land and its capabilities , " which gave great satisfaction to all present . After the ceremony was over , and the party had taken a walk round the estate , they retired to the house of Mr . J . Garforth , sign of the Halfway house , who is the lessee
ol the Land , and partook of some good English cheer . In the course of the evening ' s entertainments , " Mr . O'Connor and the Northern Star" was drunk and responded to very enthusiastically . On the health of the directors being drunk , Mr . Broadbent rose and presented them with a tape measure and case , measuring _fifty-two feet . Mr . Thomas Booth , a director , and chairman for the evening , returned thanks . After several other toasts had been drunk and responded to by Messrs . Barber , Wilde , Hall , and others , the party separated to their own homes highly delighted at being the first in this neighbourhood to set an example to the rest of their fellow operatives .
m T OLDHAM . The Land . —On Sunday last the weekly meeting of the shareholders of the Land Association took place in the school-room of the Working Man ' s Hall , _^ p _, n 1 ][ owin _g . resolutions were agreed to :-Aflat it is the opinion of this meeting the Directors rwl i Association should be elected by the Conference . ' _' ' « That this meeting have great _plea-«™ fK T nBtheir satisfaction with the course _SS- _» by 5 . pre 8 e . nt _"Actors , in promoting the prosperity of tho society with such untiring perseverance m tbe workof agitation , and we still rely with £ l _% y _^ _Sf nce , their future i » te g"ty and _assiumty . We therefore recommend them as fit and p roper persons for re-election for the ensuing twelve months to the forthcoming Conference . " Mr . E . Clark delivered a very energetic lecture in the
even-Oi . DHAM .-On Sunday next Mr . 'A . Hurst will lecture m the school-room of the Workin « - Man's Hall at six 0 clock in the evening : subject- " Thf mS of the decline and fall of the Ro 2 Lpife . "
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . _iS _% m ? mbers of , the fo _« _owing branches of the Land Society , namel y _.-Radforu , Basford , Huknell the _Nerinn _rarX t nd a _golden' meeting at _eardsof _mem _& rS p 7 ' m _* their
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SADLER'S WELLS . _^ - _-v The tragedy , of King Lear has bv some bpon „„ . the noblest effort of Shakspeare ; _TRtr l 0 _^ 11 _^ _wil always continue , popular , for the passion , _^ J ""* embraces is one that takes iu strongest hi , " ' * i t human heart . Lear ' s affection for his _daLftL _« ° 5 t , ll ! upon the elements of our nature , presents a _Sfj _^ ternallove that engages the deepest i nterest- w of P * - we discover that this affection has for its return . 1 w ,, e n ingratitude aud behold the unhappy king _rirev » n _^ passions which convulse Ids frame , he calls _fm-ri , _? » emotions of our pity . We follow him in hi , PL aU misfortune , and whilst we are moved often bv « .,.. r of imbued with great tenderness , our feellnKS are im ' _* by an exaltation 01 mind which breathes forth l " _**^ eloquent and philosophic language of the _noet i n ll e been said , that although this play abounds with ? has tions of passion ; from the most tender into tho !••» si fury of madness , it is not well calculated for _thect-m ! "" actor being capable of conveying b y tone , look , , D (> ture , those terrible reproaches , and those am , o , \ e ° sbeaveu itself , which amidst the conflict of feeliim ? to gives expression to . It Is In the closet , thereto ™ m " perhaps , the mighty genius of Shakspere can , in _thic _rT » be best appreciated . " While we read it , " savs _, , » brated writer , " we see notZear , but we are Lear _weights mind , and are sustained b y a grandeur which iiim _" the malice of daughters and-storms . " Hbtwitustii , !• the disadvantages attending the tragedy of _KhigZr ,,,.. £ acting play , it has nevertheless always in its rcwewn ? tion excited popular attention , and of late Ins h u
uruugni iorwaru oy me management of Sadler " , w ,, I with great splendour . On Tuesday eveniug we wit „« , it performed there to a crowded audience , when the _,,,,. » the old King was ably sustained by Mr . Phelps . Itis nom , the scene where Lear fulminates his curses against thn gratitude of Goneril and Regan that an opportunity mi " sents itself for the display of tragic excellence , and ccr tainly we have seldom witnessed a more chaste and bet J " conceived piece of acting . The character , throughout all its trying positions , was delineated with a taste which in dicated the talent and judgment of the actor , _and-which * surpassed , in our estimation , the performance of Edmund Kcan , who , in Lear , gave way to a whirlwind of passio n not consonant with the true modesty of . nature . Kenn ' s forte , however , lay in pourtraying the darker emotions Uf the soul , and hence may be attributed the cause of his _faUure . Miss Cooper , as Cordelia , was in her demeanour and tone of voice the prototype of candour and affection Upon hearing the pompous and extravagant expressions of her sisters , in their love and respect for their father she exclaims— '
" What shall Cordelia do ? Love and be silent . " This was repeated by Miss Cooper with so much pathos as at once showed shciras well fitted for the task alloted to her , —in truth , she ably and feelingly gave us , in all the scenes of misfortune through which the youngest daughter of Lear has to pass , a correct representation ofthe amiable hut unfortunate Cordelia . The true character of the two elder sisters , by Mrs . H . Marston and Miss Iluddart wast sustained with a good deal of interest . The faithful Kent was in the hands of Mr . A . Younge , and the ablo manner in which he expressed the noble simplicity which brings forth the displeasure of Lear , excited general applause ; the fiedelity . with winch Kent throughout adheres to the _'
fallen fortunes of the poor old King was very finely pour _, trayed , Edmund , the bastard , by Mr . G , Bennett , and Edgar , his brother , by Mr . H _. Marston , deserve ths highest praise . The scene of combat , where _Ikt gar triumphs , was conducted with much spirit and ability . The costumes are in goodtaste , and the scenery splendid * The " thuuder storm" produced an eft ' ect approaching to sublimity-never did we witness in any theatre sueh an impressive display ; it truly accorded with the humane apostrophe that Lear , amidst the conflicting passions of his soul repeats , and which was given by Mr . _l'hclps in a strain of pathos and feeling which commanded universal attention : —
" Poor naked wretches , where e'er you are , That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm , How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides , Your looped and windowed raggeduess , defend you From seaons such as these ? O , I have taken Too little care of this . Take physic , Pomp , Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel , That thou may _' st shake the superflux to them , And show the heaven ' s more just !" Shakspeare knew well how to appeal to tho sympathies of our nature , his genius soaring far beyond the prejudices of the great bulk of mankind , he spoke the language of justice and humanity , and will continue to elevate and instruct future generations . " He was not of an age , but for all time . "
ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE . The indefatagiblo lessee has this week revived tho drama of Martin _Chuzzleviit , which is most excellently played , Mr . 1 ) . Lewis taking the character of the Pecksn iff ; and although we have seen this gentleman in characters more suited to his general abilities , yet he sustained the part very respectably . Mr . Emery , son of the celebrated John Emery , who is under a short engagement here , personated the villain Jonas _Chuszlewit , to admiration . The Mr _. Montaguc Tiggoi that very clever actor , Joseph Rayner , was unexceptionable . Honest Tom Pinch was well sustained by Mr . Neville . The little character of NudyM was sustained by Mr . Philips in the way he doeB every thing entrusted to his care , with very great ability and truthfulness . Miss L . Pearce made a very smart , clever , nnd highly amusing Master Bailey . Mr . T . Lee ' s _Sainy
Gamp was equal to his great prototype Mr . U . Hall—the tea-drinking scene between him and Smithcrs , th _« Betsy Prig , was inimitable , and drew down shouts of laughter and bursts of applause . Mrs . Campbell sustained the character of Mary Graham with very great ability , frequently eliciting the applause of the whole house . Tho piece was well put on the stage and was eminently successful , Mr , Cnnfield , the American Sampson—who lias been a source of attraction in the East and South of London for some time past , and who appears equally successful in the " Far TVest "—went through his feats of strength and agility much to the surprise Mid gratification of the audience . The evening ' s entertainment concluded with the successful grand spectacle , produced last week , entitled the " Red Lance , " which continues to excite the highest interest , The house was exceedingly well attended .
ROYAL STANDARD THEATRE ( _SHOREDITCH ) . This elegant little theatre was built about a year ago , by Messrs . Johnson and Kelson Lee , the present spirited proprietors , and fitted up in a very splendid manner . The interior decorations are of a light and pleasing character _,, and cannot fail to gratify the spectator . There appears to be a good company here , amongst whom we recognised our old East-end friends , H . Rignold , Banister , and Rogers , the latter quite as funny as ever . A new and " original" drama is being performed , in which Mr . Howard plays very ably . We were particularly pleased with the scene between him and his unprincipled bankrupt master . The virtuous indignation he displays on
scornfully rejecting the Iatter's temptation to commit forgery , the many democratic sentiments he utters in reply to the expression , " He ' s but a servant , " was much to be admired , and elicited hearty rounds of applause , Rogers and Bignold played their respective parts excellently . Mulready Moonshine ' s { Itignold ) description of the formation of Loan Societies and Railway Companies waa capital . Wewould advise ourfriends , who may wish to pass a few hours pleasantly , to visit this house . We perceive the Chartists take a benefit here on Wednesday , Dec . 10 th , to assist the widow and helpless children of poor Bain , who was buried last Sunday . Our sincere prayer ismay it be a bumper , Tickets may bo had of ilvssn , Shaw , Drake , and the committee .
Cork's Econ-Omic Firin-G.—A New Descript...
Cork's _Econ-omic _Firin-g . —A new description of paten fuel , bearing- the above title , has been exhibited during the week at No . 3 , Trafalgar-square , in the presence of several scientific and practical men , who , one aud all , duly appreciated the numerous merits it possesses , It consists vf blocks of various sizes , which ignite immediately they aro touched with a lighted match or candle , and burn with a pure and brilliant flame , giving out an intense heat , and is entirely free from smell or dirt . A block five inches square , having a square hole in . the centre , burnt forty minutes , with sufficient heat to boil four quarts of water . This property will render it of great value to the poorer classes , who 111 warm weather make use of little fuel , unless tor
the purpose of cooking , and by its instantaneous ignition will entirely supercede the use of wood , which , in itself , will be a considerable saving . It will slso be 0 : ' immense advantage to steam navigation , by it bursting in a few minutes into a mass of flame , consequently , steam can be got up in a very short space of time , infinitely less than the present fuel , It may be also-immersed in water for months without making more than a few moments difterence than that which has been kept perfectlv drv . It will he of great service to those who live in chandlers _tr lodgings , both as a comfort and saving , and we _conclude by advising ouv readers to make some enquiries for themselves into its merits to their patronage _.
Royal _roLTTEcnsic Institution . —It is not generally known that Mr . Beard has succeeded in constructing an apparatus for copying Photographic Portraits _aal Daguerreotypes . This is , probably , the most impor tant invention connected with this wonderful art since its first introduction into this country . After obtaining a view or portrait in perfection , the same opportunity is afforded for multiplying the picture at the termination of a _lonj period of time , and even after the death of the sitter , as when actually sitting for the first time . Thus a _portrait of a deceased or absent friend may be renewed and _copied as often as we like . It is also a curious circumstance , that the copies are more soft in their tone , and _mor _* faithfully like than the originals themselves . This _is well known to depend upon the circumstance of all the features being reversed or negative in the first _portrait but in the copy they are reduced to their natural _position Another important feature is that the copies arc not only taken of the same size as the original , hut can he _tatO much larger with equal fidelity .
BANKRUPTS . [ _Fronx the _Guzcttt of Friday , November - ? S . J Lucy Long and Ann Bayley Smith , of 33 , _Cliartertiousesquare , and 11 , _Charterhouse-street , priv * t « boarding _housekeeper—Thomas _M'Laren Forester , of S , Grahamstreet , lately called Lad . lauo , City _. woollen _factor-Amlre _* Palmer , of Feltwell , Norfolk , druggist-Henrv _Uobinson _, pt 2 , Copthill-ehainbers , CoptkalLeourt , City , share broker-George Bond , of Epsom , licensed victualler-Thouiaj Ellis , of "VVisbeach , St . Peters , Cambridgeshire , hoot a «» shoe maker—Thomas Snaith and George Snaith , of Bis _« P Auckland , Durham , ironmongers—Mark Cook , of _Dei * - ton , Lancashire , joiner—George Atkins , of Li verpool , brewer .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 29, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_29111845/page/8/
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