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5 IANS 10 S UOCSE . 3 ATt » DAT . —SHiaT-suKixc—Mrs . Dumpis , a miserable I looking middle-aged woman , was brought before the Lord I Mayor , charged by Mr . UoEenUoom , a Jew slop-seller , toho dtposedtfcat he had given her out the materials for maJdng-a doien shirts , which she hadneglected to return . She did < he same tiling twelve months ago . —The poor ] woman pleaded that she had no dishonest intention—she bad the materials all safe in court . —She was committed to Brtdewell for one month . AShoemakes is TaorBLE . —William Young , a youth , was charged with retaining the materials for making two jair of boots . John Spode deposed that he had given out the materials to the young man , and he had failed to ' make them up . —The prisoner made no defence , and was committed to Bridewell for two months .
SEtmunosv—Eliza Smithwick , a miserable-looking female , was brought uy in custody ef policeman 470 , who deposed that he was on duty at six o ' clock this morning , T * m the ^ prisoner came up to liim on his beat in Use Poultt ^ -asd said she had just broken a window . He went wiifc her to the Mansiwi-house , where she pointed « at to lam a broken pane of glass , apparent ]] - very recentJy&actHred , and which was of the value of 7 s . ; he then tock her into custody . The prisoner said she had C 3 me&om Cxbridge ; she could get no employment ; she had nothing to eat , nor Jiad she any home to go to ; she lad ' therefore committed the misdemeanour in order That-she might he oemmitted to prison . His Lordship : fined her 40 s . or twe months imprisonment iu Urideuell , Ariih which she aimcared well pleased .
Monday . —Ciusce of Pbsekixg a Child . —A young woman , named Margaret Shaunessy , was brought up , charged -with having deserted her child . —Mr . James Thome , who stated that he was a wine merchant , and resided at 1 , Chapel-court . Poultry , in the parish of St . Hildred , deposed that on Saturday last , at about half-past three o ' clock , the prisoner came to his counting-house with an infant in her arms . He went up stairs , and about five minutes afterwards was called down , when he found that a female intact had been left at his door . He put the child into thecare vf a . policeman . —Mr . Charles Lewis , a merchant ' s clerk , stated that at the time mentioned he went up Chaprl-court , and saw two women , one of whom was the prisoner , in the court . Immcdiatelyaftcrwardshe saw the prisoner put down a baby at Mr . * Thome ' s door and walk awe ? . He told the policeman of the circumstance , and followed the prisoner to Finsbury-pavcmeut ,
where she was taken into custody . —The Lord Mayor : "Well , prisoner , what can you say in answer to this serious charge?—The Prisoner : Please your worship , Mr . Thorne is the father of the child . I had * a summons against him Jo oblige hint to support it , bat he denied that he was tlic lather , and the summons waE discharged , because he told lie * . I put down the childhecause I knew that I was seen , and I wanted to be brought before your lordship , and to get support for it—The Lord Mayor : You deserted the chili—The Prisoner : Xo , my lord , I never meant to do anything of the kind . I wanted protection for it , for I have no way of supporting it mvself . —Mr . Thome most positively denied that he was the father of the child , or that the youug woman had any claim whatever upon him . —A person of very respectable appearance state ! that she
resided in Great Wim-hestcr-street , and that the prisoner had lived with her as servant ; and a better servant could not be found . She ( the lady ) had the highest opinion of ¦ the poor creature ' s integrity , and would most willingly , if the child were provided for , again employ her . — . The Lord Major ; It is a case iu which 1 have no alternative but to commit for irial for the desertion of the child . If it had not been for this young man ( Lewis ) she would have left it there wholly unprotected . —The Prisoner : 1 knew it was Men , my ted ; I knew the police saw it , and I had no other way , for the parish would do nothing : nobodv would do anything for me . —The Lord Mayor : For the " sake of the infant it is indis ] tensable that I should commit the prisoner . The case will be taken into consideration bv the court , and the child will be protected . —The prisoner was then committed .
Tcibdat . —Assault asd Robbery . —Thomas Capham , a cab-driver , and John Harris , his companion , were charged before the Lord Mayor under the following circumstances : —H . Ferguson , timekeeper on the Blackwall Bailway , stated that on Saturday night , at half-past ten o ' clock , he was in the Minories giving a direction to a person , when Caphain , who was driving a cab , struck him en the head with a whip and knocked off his hat , after which the cabman got « ff the box and grappled with him , and tore off his stock , in which was fastened a diamond breast pin which cost £ 2 . Harris drove off the cab , leaving C » i > - ham engaged with witness , who believed that Capham in the row took the diamond pin as well as the stuck . Witness also believed that his hat was taken away in the cab , and the whole transaction took place without any provocation upou the part of the witness , who merely struggled to defend himself . Capimin , after the outrage , made bis escape , in Ms cross-examination by Jir . Kobinson for Harris , the witness said he both felt and saw Capham drag at his stock and diamond pin . He grasped the whip
with which he had been assailed , and wrested it from his assailant—George J . Ferguson , brother to the prosecutor , stated that he was iu the company of the last witness when Capham struck the hat off . Witness went to take the sumber ' of the cab , and Harris struck him , and they had a struggle together , and Harris made his nose bleed , liarsis then drove off the cab , and Capham disappeared , aud afterwards witness ' s brother complained of having lost Ms stock aud diamond pin . —James Martin stated that he saw the prosecutor aud Capham struggling together , and the former said , "Do you see what he is at ? " and called oat for the police , and said he had lost his stock and pin directly afterwards . — The Lord Mayor : 1 have looked most scrupulously into this case , and I am come to this decision , —I sentence Capham , for his flagrant conduct as a cab-driver , to imprisonment in Brideu-ell for two months and Ilk license shall be cancelled ; and 1 adjudge Harris to be his own surety in the sum of iS'J . aud to find two sureties to the amount of £ 40 each , to appear at the next < niarter sessions to answer any charge which Mr . Fergu-Eoa may bring against him .
GUILDHALL Tbiesblt Societies take Case !—Mr . Pyle , landlord of the Coopers * Arms , fish-street Hill , was summoned by 3 Ir . Samuel Edwards , secretary to the Loyal St . Paul ' s Lodge of the Order of Old Friends , for retaining possession of two desks , of the value of eight pounds , the property of the trustees of the Gift Fund belonging to the eaid Lodge . Mr . nobler attended for the complainant , . and stated that the defendant was the treasurer of the society . The defendant not having given the required securities , the majority of the members desired to remove , and came to a resolution to that effect , but the defendant , wliowas a member of tlje Lodge , refused to give up the desks containing the books and papers of the socieiy . - * Jlr . Alderman Wood stopped the ease on the ground that
defendant , being a member of the society , it not being enrolled , could not be sued by the other members . Mr . Phelou , who appeared for the defendant , said that bad the case not been stopped on the grounds set forth , he should have opposed the summons on the ground that Jt was an iilegal society , possessing all the regalia , signs , yass-words , aud other formuliu of a secret society . In feet , every member of it was liable to be prosecuted * . " Mr . "KWd remarked , if tint was the case , then there was no security for the great mass of benefit societies iu existence as most of them were secret orders , llr . Phelen : Tre-« Ny so . Ht ! would remark , with regard io the < lefendaat , that it was only a minority who brought the present action , the majority being in favour of staying at his house . The summons was then dismissed .
Tceidai , —A Tabsos ' s Doc . —The Law ' s Jcstice . — The Uev . Dr . Watkins , of Turn wheel-lane , Cannon street , attended upou summons before Mr . Alderman Challis , to answer the complaint of Mr . Wilkinson , a tallow-chandler , inHuundsditcli , forsufteriiijjte beat large unmuzzled a ferocious dog , whereby Xathaniti Wilkinson , his sou , was hitten . The boystated that he i « n * «» Sundayafttrnowi , the 22 nd ult , iuto Orascwood ' s Hsery and bait stablos , in Finsbury , and saw the cleriry / uaii's coach dog there . He attem pted to read the inscription' <> u the dog ' s collar , and the dog hnme Jiatelv turned r < m . ' » d . f . ud bit him in the fece . His father took him to a surge . ?" * » iu ueemn * -. proper tv cut cut and cav * - ^ -. jfce p «* t hht- s , -fr latter uliM - - « e r .- ~ - ^ S > ' sf iS- % * " .. e had requc ££ * ar ~ .- r ^ Jii ** ' V& " - said he topaflt T » . . »^ t onnt rt < - aIljwuorefus « l wlw . adV" , r : V' > iwj tt ' j aii eross-t-xainhied the bov , cou >~ n V- '•* % * ttlc ° " occurred fiftv yards from the •? "" - " JShw ^ that he- vas warned not to touch the
. «„ ,. y ; , «» fc , uad th-j \ af tcr Uiat . " ne touched the dog ' s collar for tin tti ? *' " '" - reading the inscription . 11 c eutercd the stable-SJ ? ' ^ ' n business . Mr . Alderman ChalUs said tlio stat to w - »« & imposed a-jjeuuhy v \ i suiferiii ; . * dogs accustomed u * > iie to g »> at la ^ -e uumiuuleJ ajo . HtJ only to thorough fares , aud not t ^ . the interior of liuusts cr yards . He had therefore , no } U' \ vtr to intlict a fine : but the caution tliai the boy was n-. « t to touch the dugimplital that he was ac custouied toiiiite , and .-JwuW k' l . iken ore of ; . 'iiitl hi should recuKuaend Dr . Watkins to pay the surgeon ' s bill The Kcv . l > x . Watkiiis said he would , if the Aldennai ordered it ; , if not , he would give the father only half a so Tereign , Jsst he should provoke pe iple to tease his dog am put it ok its self-defence , iu the hope of being bitten , atu extraciiu ^ money from the owner ' s pocket . Mr . Aldenna : ChalUs confessed he could nut make . any order ; andtli father accepted the half sovereign as a compensation .
BOW STKEET . Satdsdat . —Assault . —Mary Ann Jecles , a you woman , who lives in Duke-street , was brought , up .-on 1 charge of having violently assaulted Emma Smith , a i sident iu the siiine street . The complainant deposcd . tl she was coming home early in the lUurning , and iu goi along Maiden-lane she found the defendant lyiug on : 1 pavement . Having some slight knowledge of . her , s attempted to raise her , with thcuhject of taking her io « -when she started up , struck her on the face asevereiic then seized upon her bonne :, which she tore into slue The complainant beitig thus assailed , called out for 1
police , on which the defendant , perceiving a constable proacliiug , seized the unilu'ella of the complainant , s ran on " . Shortly after the complainant met the defend ; with the umbrella in her hand . She desired her to store it quietly , which she refused . Complainant tl sought for a police-officer , aud had her taken into c tody . Iu the interim the defendant had got rid of : umbrella . The prisoner denied all knowledge of tiie c Ireila , und contended that thecomplainauthad assaul her first . Mr . Jardine ordered her to pay 5 s . Od . ; 3 s . the umbrella , and is . 6 d . for the bonnet . In defaull payment , to be imprisoned iu the House of Correction ourtecn days .
MARLBOROUGn STREET . Satpedat . —A Foeeigx Swell . —Monsieur Lebaei dandined Frenchman , with a pair of immense mustacli aud a formidable imperial , was charged before Mr . Ha wick , this morning , with being found druukaud disordt in the Quadrant , and with threatening to fight the poli man on duty . The defendant was found about < o ' clock that morning in the Quadrant , in a very int < cated state , surrounded by a number of the prostitu that frequent that part of the metropolis , who were te ing him , while he was swearing at the right and left ii most btrbarous dialect of broken EnglWi . On the po ! constable on the beat interfering with him , and desir him to go home , the defendant refused , and threatened " chastiz de polish vagabond . " He was , however , c iURd before he could put his threat into effect , and sal placed under Iotk and key - This mon » n B Re apologi with many salaamsfW "tat he had done He had j come into town , and having g «? mto one of the hoteh the Havmarket , where he met witii fOUK countryn
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he bad drunk too fnely , and did not kuow what he was about when taken up . —Mr . Hardwick , in consideration of his being a stranger , fined him in the mitigated penalty of five shillings , which was immediately paid . Tpesdat . —Felost . —Robert Tcrceval toerks was brought before Mr . Maltby for final examination on a charge of felony . The pri soner was ori . ginally taken into custody for stealing a gOid watch , the property of a lady , living at 12 , Gr ^ Uiuer * slreet , St . James ' s . The prisoner , it app < - ^ ai had contrived to i make the acquaintance of Mr . Joskins ( late of the London magistracy ) in the street , an j ^ r . Hoskins , imposed upon by the pr isoner ' s sjieclou ^ manner , and his aKuhiption of relationship to the ^ ari of Egremont , after walking about from place to , piace with the prisoner , took him home to dine with mm at his apartments , No . 12 , Great Rider-street . Mr . Hoskins being about to proceed to
Somersetshire the same evening to take part in a public ceremony , the prisoner proposed to go down by the same train , which proposal was accepted ; while engaged in getting ready the luggage , the prisoner contrived to possess himself of a lady ' s gold watch , which stood on the mantelpiece . The watch was not missed until the prisoner ana Mr . Hoskins hadleft to go by the railway train , but measures being promptly taken to go in pursuit of the prisoner , he was captured , and lodged in the station-house . The watch was nowhere to be found , but a number of duplicates were found on the prisoner's person , which led to the discovery of a second robbbery . Two of the duplicates related to a watch-key and seal , and two silk handkerchiefs . These were identified by Mr . Hoskins as his property . Thislatter case being complete in the evidence ,
was selected as the one most likely to ensure conviction , and consequently the evidence respecting the robbery of the gold watch was not entered upon . The assistants to Mr . Ashman and Mr . Bassett , pawnbrokers , proved that the prisoner pledged the above articles with them , in assumed names , on the day of the robbery . Mr . Hopkins , in explanation of the case , said , he had been completely imposed upon by the prisoner ' s plausible story and manners ; so much so indeed , as to induce him to throw the prisoner a £ 10 note while in company together , telling the prisoner 16 givfi hint an L 0 . U . if he liked , but if he objected , not to mind . He really believed the prisoner was a young man of good connexions , but reduced by giving way too freely to the follies of town . The prisoner , who is stated to be an apprentice to a surgical instrument maker in the Strand , was fully committed .
WORSHIP STREET . Thursday . — Attempted Mcbdek and Suicide . — William Warren , a journeyman shoemaker , was placed at the bar before Mr . Dingham , charged upon his own confession with having attempted to murder his wife , by cutting her throat ; and also with having made an attempt at self-destruction . The prisoner , a young man of very decent appearance , had been brought to the court in a cab from the London Hospital , aud seemed in such a state of exhaustion that he was allowed to be seated during the proceedings . The affair took place on the ni ght of the 16 th inst ., in Hethnal Grecn-road . The prisoner , on being asked ifhehad any answer tomake to the charge , saidin afaint voice , thathe had been prompted to the commission of the act by the exasperating conduct
of his wife , who had repeatedly declared that she Uad received overtures from another man to abandon her home and two children . On the morning in question , while he was at work with a knife in hie hand , she again expressed ber determination to leave her home and family , and his feelings were in consequence wrought up to such a pitch of phrenzy , that he instantly seized her by the shoulders , and drew the knifeacross her throat . She straggled violently , and escaped out of the room , and he then made the attempt upon his own life , and staggering into the passage , fell down in a state of insensibility . Mr . Biugham said it was a very deplorable case , but it was his duty to remand the prisoner until that day week , by which time the fate of his unfortunate wife would most probably be decided .
Satgkoat .-Robbijjg Lodgixgs . -Euz . Baker was placed at the bar on the charge of stealing a quantity of articles from furnished lodgings , which she occupied , at No . 3 , York-street , Kingsland-place . Mrs . Bairn , the complainant , deposed that the prisoner , with her husband , took the lodgings of her about a month ago , and left them last Thursday . On their leaving , in looking over the rooms , she missed a pair of blaukets , sheets , and a number of other articles . A search was made for them , and it was discovered that they had been pledged with Mr . Javerly , a pawnbroker in Chiswell-street . The prisoner was then taken into custody . The prisoner admitted having taken the articles , but with no desire of makingaway with them , asit was her intention to redeem them and return them on the earliest opportunity . If the charge was not pressed she would endeavour to redeem them that very evening . —Mr . Bingham consented to remand the case in order to admit of an arrangement being come to .
Mosdat . — Savage and Isfamocs Assabit . — Two young men named Richard Slade and Thomas Whitinh lescribed as engineers , were placed at the bar before Mr . Broughton , charged with baring committed a scandalous outrage upon a respectable young married-woman named s . ilen Dobbs , and also with having assaulted and wounded her brother-in-law , a farrier , in Castle-strcct , Shorcditeli , who had interfered for hcrprotection . It appeared from the evidence that between ten and eleven o ' clock on the preceding night , the complainants , who had been taking tea at the house of a female friend , were passing on their way home through OlJ-street-road , when the two prisoners approached them in a disorderly manner , and while endeavouring to pass them , the prisoner Slade seized hold of the prosecutrix with scandalous indecencyat the same
, tune addressing her in terms too gross to be repeated . On being remonstrated with by her brother-in-law upon their disgraceful conduct they both assailed him with the most threatening language , and the prisoner Slade instantly struck him a violent blow under the eye , while the other prisoner seized him by the hair , and repeatedly dashed his head against some iron railings until the back part of it was cut open and the upper part of his dress saturated with blood . He at length succeeded in extricating himself from the grasp of Whiting , but had no sooner done so than lie was again attacked by the other prisoner , who knocked hun down several times in rapid succession , and was proceeding to further acts of violence when two policemen , who uad-been attracted hv the cries of his relative , opportunely arrived , au . 4 the prisoners were eventually secured
and conveyed to tlie station-house . Mr , William . Ridley , a gentleman residing in St . George s-squa ?? - Hoxton , who was accidentally passing at the time , fully coiTobor . " ^ t te evidence of tte parties , and after describing the transaction as the most wanton and brutal outrage he had ever witnessed , expressed his decided opinion that the prosecutor would certainly have been murdered , but for the toady arrival of the police . —On being called upon for their defence , the prisoners in vague and general tevms denied the charge , and declared that the prosecutor at . tacked them in the first instance and bit « ne of them in the leg , without the slightestprovocation . —Mr . Brouchton said that , from the evidence he had heard , he could come to no other conclusion than that the prisoners had been guilty of a most brutal aud unprovoked outrage upon twounofieudhig persons who were proceeding quietly to Heir homes ; and , although he always felt extremely remctant to unpose snch a penalty upon working men as would have the effect of consigning them to prison , he felt boundin the
, present case , to order each of them to pav li ii ' or be committed iii default for six weeks to the House of Correction . The prisoners begged hard for a mitigation of the fine , but the magistrate said he feared the sentence was already far too lenient , and he could not listen to the application . [ Oftf u as the doctrine of proportion between the offence and the a ? uount of punishment is set at nought by our police magistrates , we have seldom ieen an instance in which that rule bn , i , --n more grossly ^ S ^' St ^ fc . ""^ powerful young incn are shoS-- > . oflstap-strtei . -tiuiony of ti . « - ..,.., jjoi tqerely by tho te .. ' *'" ag ! CnBT « l narfe , uut alsp by that of au iu""tejSnt wHu « s > , £ gentleman casually passing by , to have . Vst attacked a \ oung married wog&n with s « &ndalous kalKeeocy , and then , because her brother-in-lay i-emonstreted with them , to have assailed him with such ferocioos violence that the opportune arrival of two poliMSieu al ?« e saved the life of their vhtim . For such " a most
brutal aud unprovoked outrage upon two unoneiuling persons who were proceeding quietly to their homes , " as Mr . Broughton justly characterises this attack , what jtuiushmeut will it be imagined the worthy magistrate impusfs I He has before him , aud he appeal's to appreciate dteiufauiy oi the prisoners * conduct , —their assault upoii ii KOiuan , their un-English behaviour in attacking liar protector two to one , the falsehood of their defence ; and , frwn the terms iu which lie denounces the ruffians , we should have made certain that he was about to mark bis sense of their behaviour by a sentence that should operate as a salutary lesson to themselves and a warning to others , if we had not before now learned that police
magistrates do sometimes make their censures and sentences bear an inverse ratio , as though the objurgation were considered by them as part of the punishment . Mr . Broughton imposed a fine 40 s ., or six weeks'imprisonment in default of payment . It is true , he himself afterwards expresses a fear that this was "far too lenient . " In this fear we concur . The reason Mr . Broughton gives for his leniency is his reluctance to cousign working men to prison : iu this excuse we do not concur . The offenders were before Mr . Broughton not in their capacity of work , ing men , bui in the character of insolent aud ferocious breakers of the peace : and the mercy which the magistrate showed to them was no mercyto the community , whom it is his duty to protect . —Tows Tucsdav . l
SOUTIIWARK . Mosdat . —Assault . —Thomas Hcnsell was brought up tor re-csainhiation , charged with committing a violent assault on Hannah , his wife , by wounding her on the heruUvitli a large piece of grauite stone . The prisoner was brought up on Friday last to answer the charge , and nas rein ? . uded until this day , but his wife failing in makiugher . ajjnearanee . the magistrate sent an officer after her , nnd , mych against her inclination , shs was brought to the court . Mr . Traill expressed his displeasure that the couiplainact did not attend , and asked her the reason , and her . excuse was , that fiuce the defendant was in gaol their busiijiess had been declining , and that if he remained there longer it would end in their ruin . On that account , she-added , she : did not wish to press the charge against him . Mr . Trail ! said that he Ijad made up his mind to have committed ihe prisoner to the sessions for trial , but iu consideration of what Uad just been stated by his wife , instead of adopting that course lie should inflict the full penalty of . £ -5 on him , with a caution that if he agaiu assaulted his wife be should certainly be sent for trial .
Tcesdat . — Pocket Pickiko . — Samuel Wallis , a smartly dressed youth , was brought before Mr . Trail , charged with picking a gentleman ' s pocket of a silk handkerchief , under the portico of the Victoria Theatre . The complainant stated that , on the preceding night , as he was quitting the Victoria Theatre , he felt a sudden twitch at his coat poeket , and on looking round , saw the prisoner walking away at a quick pace . The prisoner was followed and taken into custody , on the complainant missing his handkerchief . A witness stated that he was standing under the portico of the theatre as some of the audunce were leaving the house , and had his attention directed towards the prisoner on seeing him lift up the tails of a gentleman's coat with one hand , while with the ofuerhe pulled a silk handkerchief out of his pocket , and quickly passed it into the hands of another lad , who was standing in a position to cover his associate from observation . The lad to whom the handkerchief was passed immediately disappeared in the crowd , and the prisoner tfossed frojn the portico over the road , when viU
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neishcving given notice of what 1- n .-cftnpr ^•^ yt ^^ - ^^ - ^ j-ss ^ TT ' ir ^ J tered * S ™ - Mr . T rail said that i n ' t " f becn f 0 Ulld ' he sh ° « ' < 1 teve coromi . IuepnF -onerfor trial , offences of this description being so Prevalent , particularly in the vicinity of the theatres . He > however , should not let the prisoner escape punishment , and the sentence was , that he be committed for bu ; weeks to the treadmill . ^
THAMES . Toesdat . —Hobbibix Assaclt Thomas Tuckfield , a very powerful man , chief mate of the ship Westmoreland , was charged with assaulting George Eccleston , wcond mate of the same vessel . Hie complainant , who had lost the use of his left eye , and was in every other respect no matoh for the prisoner , stated that on the 13 th or December , as the vessel was beating down the Red Sea for Aden to Bombay , with variable winds , ho told the mate that if the weather continued so they would have to put the ship about . He then turned in for a short time , but imagining thathe heard himself called , he ran upon deck . The mate , who was lying in the hen-coop , hearing his voice as he spoke to the boy , jumped up and said , " What the d is the matter with you . Have you so much on your mind that you can ' t lie quiet V To this he added other abuse , calling the complainant a d d infernal b r , and accused him of having told something to the master . This the complainant denied , upon which the
prisoner ran down aft the poop ladder , felled him with a heavy blow , and throwing himself upon him attempted to gouge the remaining eye out with his finger . Complainant screamed out from the intense agony , whilst he felt the prisoner ' s fingers in the socket of the eye , and grusping the eye-ball as if with a forceps . Notwithstanding the distance of time the eye was still bloodshot and angry . Henry Pooley , a mariner , corroborated the complainant , whom he heard cry out , " For God ' s sake come and save me . " Witness found the mate trying to scoop the man ' s eye out , and at once handed him off . The complainant ' s eye was all bloody . Mr . Broderip said the offence was too serious a one to be summarily dealt with , and it was aggravated by the circumstance of the complainant baring only the use of the single eye , of which it would appear the prisoner tried to deprive him . Under such circumstances he felt it to be his duty to send the case for the consideration of a jury . The prisoner was accordingly committed for trial .
GREENWICH . Mosdat . —Shocking Destitution . —On Sunday afternoon , as Colonel Angerstein , of the Guards , accompanied by his father , Johi / Angerstein , Esq ., of the Woodlands , Blackheath , were riding on horseback towards the river , they observed the figure of a human being in a state of nudity behind a hedge in a field belonging to the latter gentleman . They proceeded down a lone lane and opened a cate , when , to their great surprise , they discovered a wretched female with ouly a small piece of ragged garment covering her shoulders . The gallant colonel threw half-a-crown to the unhappy creature , and immediately proceeded down the Woolwich road to the Greenwich union workhouse and gave information to the master , by whom they were informed that it was not the province of the parishes to interfere . The police should take the party into custody , and then the magistrate would deal with the
case formally . They then informed the policeman on duty , aud he , after seeing the object of inquiry , applied to the union-house for tome kind of apparel before he could legally remove her . Having procured at tho workhouse a worn-out covering and bonnet , he returned to the field and caused her to dress herself as best she could ; andthen marched her off to the station-house and gave her iu charge of the inspector on duty . The poor woman , who stated she was about forty years of age , was brought before Mr . Grove , at the Greenwich police court , when she stated , in answer to the magistrate , that , being destitute , she wandered about the fields for the last two days and nights . Her clothing was worn to rags , aud had dropped off bit by bit until she had been seen in the state described . She said that she belonged to the Hemel Hempsted union , and had been some time in that workhouso , until the overseer , Mr . Smith , of King ' s Langley , Herts , had ordered
her to be turned out . The reason assigned for so doing was , that she had no children , and ought to seek her own living . She is a married woman , and went away after her husband , thinking that she might find him out . She had been a long time wandering about without success , and having a great antipathy to beg , she had refrained from so doing . She had been a day or two in Mr . Angerstein ' s park . Mr . Grove said an indictment could be preferred against the officer who had caused her to be turned out of the union-house . He then gave orders to the police to take her to the Greenwich union , with a statement of facts , and he doubted not but that the guardians would take the necessary and legal steps to pass her to her parish . He ( Mr . Grove ) considered thanks were due to tiie gentlemen who had taken 60 much pains in the unhappy woman ' s behalf . lie had never before heard of such a . case of destitution . The poor creature was then taken to the union .
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HOUSE OF LORDS , Fiuday , June 27 . The Report on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill gave occasion to a protest from the Bishop of Salisbury , who thought such an important bill should proceed from her Majesty's Ministers , instead of from au individual member of the house . ( The bill was introduced by Lord Cottenhara . ) The report was ultimately agreed to , and their lordships adjourned .
HOUSE OF LORDS Monday , Jura 30 . The Scotch Banking Bill was read a third time and passed on a division ; the Charitable Trusts Bill was also read a third time and passed ; and , after a short conversa . tion on railroads , their lordships adjourned . Tuesday , July 1 . The Public Museums Bill was read a third time and passed . Several bills were also forwarded a stage , and their lordships then adjourned .
Thursday , Jdly 3 . GAMING AND WAGE ! BltL Lord Wiurncliffe moved the second reading of this bill . He said its object was to put a stop to the qui tarn actions which had been brought against several persons , some of whom were members of their lordships' house , and to amend the law relating to the suppression of comnjpngamWingr-houses , and to amend the law relating to wagers . The present plan , ! wh required that two Museliolders should sign an information before a house in which gathblih ^ was suspected to be carried on could be entered would be abolished and placed in the hands of a superintendent of police , who would have to make a statement to the commissioners to that effect , who would use their discretion as to whether the house should be eutered or not by the police , and that wherever dice and other implements of gam .
bling were found , ( they should be taken its a sufficient evidence that gambling was carried on , though the persons found in the house might not be actually engaged in " play , " and that billiard-rooms , in which gambling was frequently carried on , should be licensed by the magistrates in the same way as other places of entertainment . With respect to wagers , fcy the law , as it now stood wagers were recoverable by law except in certain instances . If the bet did not exceed £ 10 it was a legal wager , but if it exceeded that amount it was illegal . The Bill proposed that no bet whatever should he recoverable before any court of law-putting bets entirely out of the protection of the law . Iu cases where money was lost by che-itinK the party guilty . of the cheating should be an object of punishment . These were the chief provision * of the Bill After a few words from Lord Campbell , L » rd Broucham , and the Lord Chancellor , The Bill was read a second time .
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House p ? Commons , Friday , Me 21 . Mr . T . DesooanE , on the reading of the order of the day for a committee of supply , moved that returns of Nos . 72 and 248 , made by the General Post-office , be referred to a select committee , with a view of inquiring into the accuracy of those returns ; also , into the present mode of remunerating by fees and perquisites certain officers of the General Post-office , and how far the duties of that establishment may be rendered more satisfactory to the public and less unequal and oppressive to the persons en . gaged therein . The lion , gentleman enlarged upon the abuse of allowing certain officers of the Post-office to fling all the labour of compiling the addresses for the Post-ojjice Directory on the postmen , who were frequently dismissed from the lost-office for errors in doing that which formed no part of their business for the Crown , whose servants they were . Captain Pechul seconded the motion .
Mr . Cardwell opposed themotion , on the ground thatit was not au efficient mode of proceeding . If such abuses as those complained of really existed , on complaint to the Postmaster-General they would be quickly remedied . After some observations from Dr . Bowring , Mr . Williams , Mr . F . Baring , and Mr . Curteis , the house divided , and the motion was negatived by a majority of IOC to 30 . Mr Wise then moved that an humble address bepre . Muted to her Majesty , praying that she will be graciously pleased to give directions for the establishment and mainenancc of a Museum of National Antiquities , iu conjunction with a commission for the conservation of National Monuments . The house then went into committee on the Estimates , the discussion of which occupied the remainder of the evening .
HOUSE OF COMMONS , Monday , Joss 30 . COLLEGES ( 1 RELASD ) HILL . On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair , for the purpose of enabling the house to go into committee on the Colleges ( Ireland ) Bill , Mr . Smith O'Bbibx observed , that if he entertained any hope of being able to amend this bill , he would propose a series of amendments for that object ; but as he had no hopes of succeeding in any attempt to modify the bill , lie would state his objections to it in detail . It made no provision for the religious instruction of any class , either Roman Catholic or Protestant . It had , therefore , been declared by the Roman Catholic hierarch y to be dangerous to faith and morals . It was also calculated to produce a large field for the exercise of corrupt influence for party purposes , and was , therefore , particularl y objectionable to the friends of free institutions in Ireland
Sir J . Gkaham said that he should consider it a waste of time to enter into a defence of the general outlines of the bill , after the ample discussion which had taken place upon them on several former occasions . The diffusion Of general intelligence was the h est guardian against the exerc . se of any corrupt influence on the public mind iu Ireland . Mr , O'Connell said thathe should not attempt to debar the house from going into committee . The right lion , baronet was perfectly jast in assuming that the house should not be dictated to b y any persons , however respectable or venerable ; but then" it was worth while for the Government to consider how far the measure they were
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putting before the house was likely to be successful . What signified the expenditure of money , if they did not succeed in their object ! But they could not succeed if they did not attend to the advice of those persons . The right hon . baronet said tho bill had becn much altered since the Roman Catholic prelates had declared their opinion upon it . He believed he was in possession of evidence to show that those alterations were not considered satisfactory by those prelates . A letter , dated the 26 th of June , from Dr . M'Hale , Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tunm , Btated that their opinion of the measnre , notwithstanding those alterations , remained unaltered . They considered it to be a bad scheme of education , and the bill a penal and revolting measure . [ Sir J . Graham"Penal ? " ] Yes , they considered it penal , because they
were deprived of doing the duty they owed to the principles of their religion . If the word was considered too strong , it was evident that it was not stronger than the feeling to which this measure had given rise . The object of the Government was to be successful , butthey could not be so if they met with the decided opposition of the clergy and of two-thirds of the Irish people . His opinion was , that it was an irreligious bill , and that it had not becn improved by the alterations . Much was talked ofthejealousies and differences of opinion of tho different religious persuasions which would be excited by the introduction of religious instruction ; irhv , they existed already ; and ,
ns the right lion , baronet said , darkness was calculated to encourage them . They would prevent light from being diffused by excluding religious education from the Protestant , the Roman Catholic , and the Presbyterian . To promote the charities of their common Christianity they should give all a religious education ; but , instead of doing that , they left them in darkness . He did not mean to divide the house thea , but he should take a division on one of the early clauses , not with any hope of success , but by way of protest . He protested against the bill as being utterly irreligious , and as giving a kind of left-handed permission to the inculcation of that which was the beat friend of education , —religion .
Lord J . Rubeell considered the declaration just mnde to the honse by Mr . O'Connell , very important . He foarod that , unless this bill were made acceptable to the Roman Catholic prelatee , it w Juld not be of much use to Ireland . The Speaker then left the chair , and the house resolved itself into the proposed committee . In the committee considerable discussion took place on the first clause , empowering the Commissioners of the Treasury to pay from the Consolidated Fund such sum of money as shall be needed for purchasing lands , tenements , and hereditaments , for the use of these new colloges , " and for the necessary buildings with the appurtenances thereof , " and for establishing and furnishing : the same , not exceeding £ 33 , 333 6 s . 8 d . for each such college , and not exceeding £ 100 . 000 in the whole .
Lord John Russell proposed as an amendment , to add after the words which we have enclosed in inverted commas , the words "including the building ofthe halls hereinafter mentioned for the reception of students . " He likewise proposed to omit the words which divided the grant of £ 100 , 000 equally between the three proposed new colleges , in order to enable Government to expend on any one of them a sum proportionate to its wants be it more or less than £ 33 , 333 6 s . 8 d . Sir James Graham , on tho part of the Government , declared that it could not assent to either of these amendments . Upon the issue thus joined between the two parties in the . house , the question of separate or mixed religious or secular education was again raised and strenuously debated . The committee divided , when there appear ,
ed—For the amendment 42 Against it 117 Majority 75 So it was carried in the negative . The first clause was then agreed to . Some slight amendments were made in the intermediate clauses , but nothing of any importance occurred until the committee arrived at the 10 th clause , > hich makes her Majesty the visitor ofthe new colleges , and gives her the power of appointing the professors until the end of the year 1848 , and afterwards leaves the appointment to be provided for by Parliament , or vests it in her Majesty , her heirs and sue cessors , in default of any provision to the contrary .
Mr . Wise objected to the latter part of this clause , and moved that it be left out of the bill . He proposed instead of it that words should he substituted to this effect , —that on any future vacancy occurring in the professorihips , such vacancy should be filled up by such candidates as , utter due public examination before competent examiners , should be declared by them ( being otherwise qualified bycharacter and conduct ) to be the most competent to discharge the duties of such professorships . Considerable discussion followed ; but the committee at last divided , and the amendment was negatived by 141 over 47 .
• Sir n . W . Bakbon then moved that the following proviso be added to the clause : — " Provided always , that previous to the first appointment of any rector , president , head of college , or professor under this act , the Board of Education in Ireland shall have power to present three names to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , who must select one of the said persons to fill such office . " If the G overment acceded to this proviso it would take away all religious and political bias from these appointments , and would destroy the objections urged against this bill on the score of Ministerial patronage .
Sir J . Cbaham observed , thatif he were merely seeking the convenience of tho Government , he would willingly deprive it of this patronage ; but as the committee had decided that the responsibility of these appointments ought to rest on the Government , he must resist the amendment of Sir II . Barron . He objected also to vesting this patronage in the parties on whom Sir H . Barron had cast the duty of dispensing it . It would diminish the efficiency ofthe Board of Education and destroy the harmony with which it had hitherto acted in concert with the Government , After a short discussion the amendmcut was negatived . Mr . O'Cohhjll then moved that the clause be struck out ofthe bill . On this question the committee divided ; but tho amendment was negatived by 120 over 24 voices Tho clause was then agreed to , as were also clauses 11 , 12 and 13 .
The Cuairman then reported progress , and asked leave to sit again to-morrow ( Tuesday . ) The Dog Stealing Bill was read a third time and passed . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned .
Tuesday , July 1 . Captain Layabd called the attention of the house to the necessity of limiting the duration of service in the army , and moved Ihat an humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that she will be graciously pleased to dirict inquiry to be made how far the reduction of the period of service in the army , from the present unlimited term to ten years , would tend to procure a better class of recruits , dimiaish . desertion , and thus add to the efficiency of the servicoi Mr . S , tttiiBERT said that great improvements had been effected in the army within the last few years , to an extent which had caused the service to become n 6 w po . puiar with the community . The attention paid to the teemigs , c ^ mfortj aml respectability of the men , rendered Service superior to the military service of other nations . Such being the case he thought the motion altogether unnecessary .
After some observations from Mr . Hume , Sir H . Douglas , and Mr . Williams , the motion was eventually negatived without a division . Mr . M . Milnes then brought forward a motion rclative to the evil effects of public executions , his object being to obtain leave to bring in a bill to give power to the judges to direct executions to take place within the precincts of the prison whenever it should seem proper to them to do so . While the hon . gentleman , however , was still address , ing the house , An hon . member moved that it be counted , and There not being a sufficient number of members present , the house forthwith adjoui ned .
Wednesday , July 2 . On the motion of Mr . W . Cowrm , the Field Gardens Bill went into committee ; but on the very first clause which came under consideration , Mr . Roebuck moved that the chairman leave the chair . Upon this amendment a discussion took place on the general merits of the bill . It terminated in ii division , wherein nineteen voted tor the amendment and forty-two against it . The con . sideration of the bill was in consequence proceeded with . Several amendments were proposed , discussed , and adopted . The house then resumed . On the motion of Lord Ashley , the house then went into committee on the Lunatic Asylums and Pauper Lunatics Bill ? , The remainder of the evening was consumed in discussing several clauses of the bill . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned . Thursday , July 3 ,
Mr . T . S . DO . NC 0 MBE presented a petition from Capt . Uigby , of the Royal Navy , complaining of being forciblv Jkcn out of Ins house , and taken to a lunatic asylum , here he was deprived of all communication witti hi fuends , and kept in confinement sixteen weeks . The petitioner prayed that , before the Lunacy Bill passed , a onnmttce might be appointed to inquire into the man ncr m which persons were used that were charged with Jang luna ics . The hon . member presented sever " Set T r \ r ° diffCrent individuals t 0 *» « 2 effect . The petitions were ordered to be printed with Sa . "S £ St £ * - —"" 22 i
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than the one before the house . He objected more espe * dally to the machinery of the bill-that provided foi * the raising of the funds aud the administration of relief He considered the management of the poor could not be placed in worse hands than the present Kirk Sessions ; yet it was proposed to perpetuate their functions . He would only refer to the north of Scotland to shew how the poor had been treated . Why , one county had been almost depopulated , having been converted into a vast sheep-walk . Mr . Crawford here read extracts from the evidence of theScttch Poor Law Commissioners , nbd also from tho articles that have recently appeared in the Times newspaper , showing the deplorable state . of the poor in Sutherland , Much hr , ( j
becn | said of the improvements in Sutherland , an < \ that £ 60 , 000 more than the rental of the county lud been expended on those improvements since , lSll to the present time . The benefits , however , had not yet been discovered , for it c&me out that the rental of the county was in 1811 above . £ 33 , 000 , whereas in 1 S 33 it was not more' than £ 35 , 000 . This did not look much like improvement , or that the system pursued had becn productive of any benefits either to the landlords or tenants . There were no manufactures , no trade , no business of any kind going forward , even the fisheries had gone into decay under the system of improvement that had been going forward . He instanced this village of Helmsdale as a proof of the last particular .
Mr . Loch replied to the statements and charges which the hon . member for Rochdale had brought against the management of tho Sutherland estates , lie read a number of extracts from documents which he held in his hand , to the effect that great improvements had taken place in the condition , habits , and character of the population of that part of the country . Mr . Sheil and Mr . Newdeoate objected to that portion of the bill which prevented Englishmen and Irishmen from gaining a settlement in Scotland . They considered that industrious residence should command relief in any part of the United Kingdom .
Mr . Edward Elice said ho had had great difficulty in making up his mind as to the course he should pursue . He believed that the Government had attempted to grapple with the subject of pauperism in Scotland in an honest spirit . Still , there was so much in the bill that was objectionable—so much to favour the landlords and depress the poor—that he felt compelled to support the amendment . He objected especially to the constitution of the Board of Supervision , and also to the mode in which the relief was to be administered . Mr . P . M . Stewart contended that tho general feeling of the people of Scotland was against the bill , and urged the postponement of it till another session . Mr . Escott supported the amendment . He considered that nfter the facts which had been laid before the house , they ought not to proceed any further .
Mr . Dundas at some length defended Mr . Loch and the Duke of Sutherland , and said that though Sutherland had not yet shown so much improvement as might have been expected , yet that it was every year getting better . The system of relief he admitted was very inadequate in Scotland , but that should not be taken as evidence of the extreme destitution of the poor of Scotland ; to their great honour , the poor of that county supported each other even under the most adverse circumstances . Sir Jimes Graham generally defended the bill . He maintained that it was the test that , under the circumstances , could bo introduGed into the management of the poor of Scotland . The house then divided , when there appeared
For the ' amendmmit 33 Against it 7 G Majority against the amendment ... —43 The house then went into committee on the bill , and the consideration of the clauses occupied the remainder of the evening .
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Appalling Murder . —A murder was committed at Giilashicls on the evening of Thursday week , uml er most distressing circumstancos . The deed was committed on Mrs . Lees , an old woman of S 2 years « t ' age , by her daughter , Euphemia Lees , who for , number of years had been residing with her ; and at no former period had she ever exhibited the least ^ verity ' or hardship towards hor aged parent , but i ) a ( j always been esteemed for her kindness and d evotion to her mother ' s wants . From inquiries which w have made , we have ascertained that tho dandiler was subject to fits of melancholy and lowncss i , f spirits ; and also that she was periodically afflicted with paroxysms of vagc , at which periods she became violent in her temper and manners . On the . Sunday previous , a , neighbour observed her countenance and manners to wear a different aspect , and on the ever ing of Thursday she became violent and ontrn * ci > us " In fact , her whole conduct , previous and subse'liuent to the tragic event , leaves not a doubt but that she was insane at the time she committed the deed
From what she admitted—and the post mortem m initiation of the body confirms the statement— slm had pounced on hor mother while the latter was " in bed , and thrust her hand into her mouth and th ' ro-it producing death by suffocation . When some of the persons who live in the same house obtained admission , the body of the old woman lay on the middle of the floor , steeped in blood—a blood-vessel bavin * been ruptured in the death-struggle—and in the btil sat the insane murderer , with Tier hands and anus recking with blood , singing at the top of her voi «> " Highland Laddie . " On feeing asked what induced ' her to kill her mother , she answered , " I have killed the devil ; had I not done so , I would have beun in h—11 to-morrow , " words which at once indicate her insanitv .
A Russian Count , his Cocxtess , and Cmi . nnr . x burst alive iiy TiiKiu Sr . nFs . — Wo have reeci vi ' il trom Southern Russia the news of the tragical end llt Count Apraxin , well known for his divorce from } f first wife . This gentleman , who treated his sei ^ with unheard-of cruelty , lias , together with his st'coiiil wife and children , fallen a victim to their vengeance The infuriated people at midnight surrounded liij castle , and having gutted it , of its contents , bound the inmates , and set fire to it . The Count , who had
freed himself , attempted to c ? eape , tut was overpowered and beaten to death by this savage horde . The first wife of the Count Apraxin had married an Hungarian nobleman , but the Pope would not i / ive his consent to the marriage , which besides was ' not recognized by law , her first husband being still alive . " The catastrophe which has taken place has now however , removed this obstacle , and the union liavimr becn sanctioned by the Iloly Sec , the Countess ha been received at the Court of Vienna , and by lVnicc Mctterniclu— Dcbats ,
Loss of IJek Majjjstf ' s Tnoor-Sjur Arou . f > . — Yesterday ( Friday ) evening a very painful interest pervaded the Artillery Barracksat Woolwich , in consequence of a private letter having been received from Greenock ( announced in the " Shipping List " of last evening ) , describing the loss of her Majesty ' s troop-ship Apollo on the coast of Newfoundland . The letter was received by the packet-ship which reached Liverpool in the early part of the week , addressed to Messrs . Baine andjJohnson , merchants , in the above town , from their agents at St . John ' s , Newfoundland . It bears the date of Friday , the Gth of June , and briefly announces the melancholy fact that the Apollo troop-ship , with troops for Canada , had becn lost at a place called St . Shots , near St . John ' s , and that eighty of those on board had perished . The Apollo sailed from Sheerncss in the early part of April last . having on board from the Woolwich garrison two com . panics ofthe Artillery , viz ., of the 1 st and 9 th battalion .
Ihe ship arrived at Portsmouth on the lOthol" tliat month , and took her departure on the Nth , bound for Cork , Halifax , and ( Jueb- 'c , taking on board at the former port portions of a regiment of the line . 1 he last advices received by the authorities bear date Halifax , the 28 th of May , announcing her safe arrival in that port , and the satisfaction of those of tho Royal Artillery that the troop which had embarked at Cork had been landed there . She was to sail from Halifax on the following day for her destination , Quebec . It appears from other accounts of that date that a succession of very fearful gales took place off the banks of Newfoundland , there buinsr as that time a vast accumulation of ice . Several shit . s bad been lost , and amongst them was the barque Jupiiei-, from Liverpool , bound to St . John ' s , . she had been crushed by tho ftoatina iC 0 ) and so sudjlcn ly , that eight ofthe shi p ' s company perished with
Alaiimixg State of Cavax . —The following statemciit , dated Dublin , June 24 , appeared in the Times ot Friday morning . A hostile collision between flic enraged Protestant and Roman Catholic population of this country cannot be long deferred . Mailers have nearly reached a crisis , —when , on the one hand , thc remains of a murdered gentleman arc carried to their last resting place , under an escort of nearlv 3 , 000 1 rotestants armed in self defence : and , on the other , when a Roman Catholic priest—a popular and respected man-is compelled to fl y to the shelter 1 . 1 : 1 police barrack , to escape the vengeance of those l ' ictcstants vvhohavc come to the fearful resolution « i making the clergyman pay the penalty ofthe crimes committed by 11 s flock . Such is , unhappily , tliecwe ot the Rev . Mr . Brad y , whose name is referred to in the subjoined letter : —
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d £ \ l , ^ ' IC ! T 0 , u-& ™« .. -The vacant i »! a « « Solic tor-Geucral occasioned by thc elevation « f * thi * iiy m tllC Att ? ''ncy-Gencralsliip , lias . up » : this cn enmg ( 1 luusday ) , not yet been supplied . Dartmouth Eu : cT , oN . - ] Xu miouTH , Jew 2 , 1 * '' 7 V ; ° mUilltlOU took I ' ** 1 'cic this dav . Tv Moft iT H " ^ edt 0 Ibc elector * , Mr ' . G <^ 1 , 1 Si ?? f f * Md tWf nuler , who was «*»• took place about mx months since ; and . Mr . 1 M luhhcp , a gentleman of Conservative opinions , * hlaU-TT ' " ' hftd hcld o ( 1 ' in India , wh «**; a show of hands was then called for . bv the maU *) after repeating , t , the numbers being so eu-n , * dared it in favour of Mr Pi-insen \ i .,. iu-i ^ manded on behalf of Mr . MoffatT ^ l <
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uuist be disappointed . From the play wo m tin . ) to the players , all of whom perform ^ H parts admirabl y . Mr . H . Hall , as Mrs . Gaj ^ ' - 'Ji cited roars ot laughter . The part of Julhu CW * i was well payed by Mr . Laws , as was that « i' (; : ' Jflammgo by Mr . II . Lee . The part of thc licflfM latty Buder , was also admirably sustained by W& U Boyce ( from the Theatre Royal Edinburah- ' !! first appearance in London ) , this lady ' s law ^ hgure seemed to have been moulded on purnot < - ' v | the sweet and gentle Patty , The after-nieces 3 Sites mine for a £ 1000 , and Mr . AVebb ' s draw f Secret Memoirs . The company at this theatre is i excellent one ; it is , therefore , to be regretted ' their talents should be misapplied in the perform 1111 ' of pieces below mediocrity . 3
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ANOTHER GLORIOUS TRIUMPH ACHIEVED BY MEANS OF TIIE LAW . Judges' Chambers , Saturday , June 28 . —On this day four young men , under twenty-one years of age , one a mere boy , were brought up before Mr . Justice Pattcson , by writ of habeas corpus , through the indefatigable exertions of the Miners'Attorney-General , Win . Prouting Roberts , Esq ., upon an application to have thorn discharged from tho House of Correction at Preston , Lancashire , to which they had been committed to hard labour on thc 10 th of June by Messrs . Wm . Henry Hornby and Henry Brock Hollinshcad , Esqrs ., two of the magistrates of thc county , on thc prosecution of Messrs . Simpson , L"ngdon , and Young , of Oswaldtwistle , Lancashire , coal
merchants , under the Masters and Servants Act , thc i Geo . IV ., c . 34 . The magistrates and prosecutors ' proceedings were sup - ortcd by three learned counsel , Messrs . Keating , Coinpton . and Charnock , and Messrs . Bodkin and Iluddlestone were retained for the men ; but in consequence of Mr . Bodkin ' s Parliamentary duties requiring his attendance at the House of Commons this day , he was unable to give his assistance . The application for the men ' s discharge was supported , therefore , alone by Mr . Iluddlestone against the three opposing counsel ; when , after a long argument , Mr . Justice Patteson ordered thc immediate discharge of the poor fellows , who were present , and were not a little delighted to hear that they were released from the care of the gaoler , and to
return home to their friends . The grounds upon winch the application was made were unusual—a prominent one , the infancy of the parties ; and the whole ofthe objections were against thc validity and legality of the convictions and commitments ; one of which alone the judge decided to be good . Thus again has the cause of Labour triumphed over might and wealth by the aid alone of the law . We understand that thc Coal-King Magistrates are now acting on tiie system of making their illegal commitments of the rac . n for a fortnight only ; flattering themselves that thev will be allowed to pursue their course of vexatious annoyances unchecked , as they fancy the meri will not . be at the expense of going to law to save their br ^ ltfW from a mere fortni < rht ' s
imimsonment . They however , will find themselves mistaken . If they ct ^ nmit tlie mcn for only a day , their tyrannical and illeg ^ ac ts Wl 11 bc "Misted . The men will appeal to tho la . ^ protection , and tlie Coal-King Magistrates will , aJ heretofore , find themselves foiled and overthrown by tlu" ^ ' superiors , the judges ; and by their master , the law . Framework Kxhters' Movemen —Fellow Workmen , —At no time of your trades' iJstory did there exist in your trade more anxiety than w"J » at has becn manifested of late , aud still continues , and must over continue , until justice is done you . You have been waiting r-atiently for the last two years in lull expectation of receiving from Government a measure of protection against thc many evils under which you
nave been and are still , labouring . Your sufferings I have been proved b y the Jate commissioner ' s report yet you see the session fast passing away , ami the government—whom we had every reason to expect ii-om thc facts shown by the evidence taker , would have deemed it tliei y duty to have rendered you assistance—doing nothing , nor showing any signs of doing . Yet there are slight hopes left ; for we are injormed * at , although Government do not intend to bring in any bill themselves , they will support a , bill it brought forward by others , and founded on suggestions thrown out by them ; and though thoso suggestions do not embrace all that wo could wish , yet much relief would be afforded by a measure founded thereon . Fellow workmen , the frame-rent question is not yet brought to a close , but its settlement must come , and not long first . Fellow workmen , your present situation requires your most serious
consideration : first , with respect to a bill to be drawn up to meet the wishes ofthe Framework Knitters , and the concurrence of the Government ; you arc , therefore requested to appoint in each brancli town , village or hamlet , a deputy or dcpulies to attend a three counties meeting of delegates , to be held at thc sign of the King George on Horseback , Nottingham , on Monday , Hth day of July , 1845 , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , for the purpose of ; . dopting such measures as shall appear best calculated to promote the interests of thc workmen . A great portion of you are aware that there still exists an outstanding debfincurred by the central committee , to procure for you a better means to live . Will you allow such to continue , when the sum of one penny from each Framework Knitter would , in a great measure , discharge that , and what has been incurred since ? Is there not one man in every shop in each town , villas , m-
namiet , who will take this case to himself , and ask us shopmatns , tliatif it was their situation would they not flunk rt hard to be left for months without being settled with for labour performed ? The petition now in course of signature will bc forwarded to Parliament without loss of time , and those parties who have not sent in their sheets are requested to do so without delay .-B . Humphries , Gen . Sec . Wican Mixers . —On Saturday evening last , the workmen employed at Mr . Pearson ' s colliery , Inco near Wigan , assembled at the George Inn , in War ! nngton-lane , and proceeded from thcacc in procession , accompanied by a band of music ( the musicians being chiefly composed of miners in the einplovHo he Crow Orcnard" near the colliery , to ccleb ' ra e the marriage of Mr . George Pearson , of Preston ; a cart having gone before with a plentiful sum . lvM
gooa old English fare , roast beef , plum puddinbread and cheese , and several barrels of beer . (?„ arrivin g . at the ground the band took up their station to * 0 m SV TS * ? tllc wu-k ™" ' ~ - t ! I ' SC ^ thcnBelvw on the grass . Mr John Berry was then called to tho chair , ° wl , o opened the business b y giving the first toast ,-. ' The hea of George Pearson Esq ., and his bride . " The toast wlnT led t 0 . enthusiasticall y with three tin three , and one cheer move , which bavin * subsided i ™ aml f )' Cd " G 0 d save the Queen . " The wl 2 ! nffi i comraenced discussing tho good tilings Ct betoi'O thorn ; having done M jU 5 f 1 Cc to which , tl , n ? UT iA i lul the next toast "Pon the list was the Health of our worth y employer , Tlv . mas Pearf > ¥ fy and lus family . " The sentiment was responded to with loud cheers . After a short respite the chairman observed , ' that it would pro l ably be as well to get through the Droccedinos ths t thev
might enjoy themselves at their ease . He therefore would give the next . « entiment— " Tlie hen'th of Mr . and Mrs . Hull , their worthy host and hostess ;" which was drunk with the usual honours . The fol .
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— ^* n lowing resolution was then agreed to : — " That we the working men of luce colliery , do hereby return our heartfelt thanks to our young and honoured employer , for this and other acts of kindness that we his workmen have received at his hands . " The thanks of his fellow-workmen were'then given to Mr John ilerry , who acknowledged the compliment , and ' was much applauded . The festivities continued until a late hour , when the company separated highly delighted with the entertainment . ^>
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 5, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1322/page/8/
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