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proenusmade in the accnmokfaon ofmoaey and mem . tenTand as I finditis deternunedtJiat a Conference of dele g ates is to be held on tha 1 st < of December next , I be * permission , through yon , to ofiir afew remarks for ttia consideration of roy toother members , prior to the delegates being dispatched from their respective localities . Manj opinions bare been expressed upon the quantity of Land necessary to be allotted to each occupant , to ensure a sufficient maintenance to him and bis family ; some hare asserted that two acres is amply sufficient ; to those gentlemen I reply yes , if you can supply each shareholder with tiro acres near a large town where he can find a ready market for such pro . dace as he may think proper to grow , and also obtaia plenty of manure as backcaniage to feed bis land for succeeding crops . But , sir , there are two evident reasons why this cannot be done . Pint , Land near a large
town « iU fetch more money than our society will ba filling to give ; Land near 1 Mb town cannot be purchased at vervlitde less than £ 100 per acre . Can our society find means at that price ! I fear not . Secondly , as we have every reason toliope and expect that our numbers idll bt very great in a few sears , if each ana all of us were to grow such things as now sellbest in large towns tvc should soon find the markets more glutted than ever did the manufacturers , and our produce insufficient to purchase the requisite manure for succeeding crops . Therefore , to the rural districts wo must go , and there produce all avc need for our own consumption , awl ^ vhatwe sell must be such as will meet aready market , and at the same time provide manure for future crops . HarS lines tbeseJ " keep aU-nre -want for OUT own consumption and sell the surplus . " YTho , theu , will weave iu a cellar with potatoes and stirabout ? Sir
considering these circumstances , I am of opinion it tvonld be much better to have four acres ; believe me I aai thoroughly sick of aie stinted means which has too long been my lit , and if ever I reach my hoped for farm I should like to show the world ahappy family , earnui--what they enjoy , and enjoying what they " earn . I aai persuaded two acres will not produce wheat , ¦ barlev , potatoes , turnips , flax , and the many other tMngs requisite for a family , with cattle sufficient to mate manure to ensure- a succession of crops : and if the laud is not fed , it cannot long feed its occupier . Slaving said thus much upon the necessity of having four acres , now for a w ord upon the means of obtaining it . . There are two wars ; first , —the contributions alread y agreed upon will provide it , bat it will be slow , as little niure than half the allotments can be purchased with the same amount of money . Secondly . —Suppose the shares advanced from £ 312 s . to £ i , this would meet the question as quick as the former smn would the two acre allottment , and as four acres would require more cattle
and stowage than two , suppose £ 10 were added to the £ 30 pound for buildings , the property would be there , and would only require the rent regulated accordingl y . ATiin , : t = it is requisite that each dairy be famished Bith a good cojijkjt , each kitchen with an oven , I recommend that they be erected and sold with the building . I fear , 3 Ir . Editor , that too many of my class , like myself , will have little to spare for the purchase of such indis . pcnable articles ; therefore , everything that can be added io the building , to increase its permanent value ana convenience , -will-materially decrease the difficulties which poverty will compel us to grapple with . With respect to the suggestions of counsel upon the mode of selecting occupants as the farms are got read y , I think it would prove the strongest stimulant possible ; onethat would wage war with beer , tobacco , and many other unnecessary stimulants ; still I consider this but a minor point ; the Land we want , and by some means or other let ' s have it , and that in sufficient quantity , to ensure our retaining it—Samuui , Goat , Norwich , If or . 5 , 1815 .
Ms . Posiet , Leeds , must send his order by an earlier post ; i : cannot be attended to when not here before I ' liflay . 3 Ir . Booker got the usual number . . 3 . FisDLrtj Edinburgh , too late . James Hxlxs , Dundee , will please procure bis orders payable at Cbaring-cross . £ , 3 L , Mimhesboso * , must apply to Kichard Norman , Esq ., 2 , Sew Broad-street , London , for the particulars he requires relative to the emigration plan published in the Star of lost year . A Siiekt ScsscaiBEs . —It would not stand good in law to marry during the life iime of his wife , however abandoned or profligate she may be . . 3 , H ., Hsfk » st aw . —The churchwardens are authorised , without the assistance of the police , to discharge the duties referred to . The C&lico Fkixteks bodkd Pebth . —We shall procure
the Acts referred to , if possible , and satisfy our worthy correspondent's enquiries . A . B . C—If A . B . C . will communicate with us at the time he receives the notice to quit , if he should receive one , we will then inform him as to whether it is legal or not ; at present we abstain from further noticing the application , lest it mL ; ht equally serve as instruction to the landlord , who would , no doubt , take advantage of it , and io whom , there is no doubt , it would be coinmunicated . We would strongly recommend A . B . C . to keep his mind to himself , as the best protection he can have for the present . - TTiGAjf . —The Lakd . — "We cannot " deny ourselves the pleasure of giving the short gratifying letter -which accompanied this week ' s remittance from Wigan : — " What think you , now , of old sooty ' Wigan ! We lave sixty-two members , twenty-seven of them have taken
two shares each , making » total of eighty-nine shares , iu this town . Why , man alive , if you were here for only one night , and would deliver a lecture on the Land , ire would have 350 members the next morning . Hoping yon will not forget to pay us a visit soon , I remain , dear Feargus , with all respect , Nicholas Cankisg . " 4 i Bear Canning ,- ^ - ! thank you for your letter , and its enclosure ; and in return trill pay you a-visit while the Conference is sitting at Manchester . I re . main , dear Nicholas , with all respect to yon and your order , Feabchs O'Coskos . " - J ^ Shatp . — ¦• Erin go Bragh" was wrote by Thomas Campbell . K ' cbdievc "MvPoorVog Tray" was the product ion of the same poet , but we do not state this as pusi . tii e , not having Campbell ' s works at hand to satisfy our doubts . -A Weil-wishee of the Mechamcs' Iustitote ,
MaccLisnztD . —Before -we notice the subject of Ms complaint against the editor of the Macelesfiel 4 Chronicle and ildidiif . cld Courier , it would be well that he should address his complaint to them . " ThoKASOS , THE "FOREIGS POLICI" HCHBCQ , AS » Ht 8 CituMsious Charges against He . Kobests jljcd the Hikeis Association . —To the Editor of the Xortitern Star . —Sir , —1 thank you for noticing my correspondence with Ifoj ^ fs WceMg LondonKeaspaper , relative to certain erroneous statements set forth in a previous number of that journal , of monies received by Mr Koberts from the Miners of Northumberland and Durham . It has since transpired that that false statement waa furnished by Mr . Wm . Thomason , late a leeturer in the iliaera * Association , but expelled because of inattention to the duties of his office . The last number of the above paper contains a letter from Thomasoa ,
¦ calling in question the accuracy , of my reply to his tormer falsehoods . Sir , I reiterate my former averment , that the sums paid by me to Mr . Roberts are exactly as per statement ; and that the sums in the - detail , and the aggregate , furnished by Mr . Thomason , - and Viat there is not one particle of trufh in the kJi' Ac of hU letter , and Thomason must be as much a fool as he is a knave , to give publicity to such glaring falsehoods . -But , sir , it is well known in this part of the country that Thomason's real " grievance" is , that he rras not permitted to live upon the Miners , as he had formerly lived ¦ upon the Chartist body , and like others of his stamp , too lazy to earn a living by any honourable vocation , he takes to slandering and ^ a ^ mniafinff those who have happily succeeded in thwarting his ignoble designs . This same weather-cock politician , Thomason , would not go io h : s appointment when in the pay of the
Miners ' Association , because he believed that the Miners' Executive had appointed him to Wales at the instigation of Mr . O'Connor , knowing that he being a Chartist would , iu all probability , get transported , and thus he would be got rid of I ! " X « w , I put it not only to Mr . O'Connor , but to any person acquainted with the business of the Miners' Association , whether Mr . O'Connor did , at any time- or place , give one sentence of advice relative to the appointment of lecturers or officials ? I can safely say , and I have been present at all awi every appointment made since the Association commenced , that nothing of the kind ever took place . Thomason says— " He will not be robbed in our Association as he was in the Chartist ; but during the whole time he was at Newcastle he titter paid a penny to the Miners' Association , and which , in the Cliarfist movement , Tie teas a recipient and not a pager
When he , in connection with an impostor named Mr . Bean , " lost hvaself on Alnwick Moor , and the Newcastle Chartists had to remit" the needful" to " loose " him , be and his chum had previously given to them £ 18 , which they never acccountedfor : he was a double reeeiv « r . The Joint-Stock Frovisi-jn Company , established as Newcastle , could tell a tale of misappropriation of Certain monies received by him . These arc only samples of his low , mean , dirty tricks . He dares ilr . Eobirts or myself to meet him . I forte met him , and siaB not fan to do so again at the fint opportunity Perhaps he will come to Newcastle again , and I fear not to substantiate all tuatlhave stated-with resp vx to Mr . Roberts ami the Miners'Association . But , Mr . Editor , I shall , before concluding , give you thefoundaof Thomason ' s exaggerations . Mr . Stohoe , one of the
executive members , states that he -was waylaid night and morning by Thomason , who importuned him to give him a copy of Mr . Roberts ' s expenses . At length , to get rid of him , he gave a list of items handed in by Mr . Roberts / or a fatnre engagement , and the fool has taken this to be money already paid ! Farewell to the Chaiihljorei gnpoiicv . Xae mote—Slurgite—andinde pendeat Chartist politician—and if he writes a thousand tioiss more false than he has done , he may do so , seeing that that it is the ouly means he has at present of getting a living amongst the enemies of the working classes . —I remain , your obedient servant , Maktik Jupe . —P . S . Mr . Stohoe let ThomaEon have tho pancr , on a solemn promise by him that he would never divulge it . *
The Addssss of the Bolto . v Cockteepase Weavem we are c .-aipelled to postpone till next week . T . II . Smast . —Pres 3 of matter compels us to withhold his letter on the potatoe disease till nest week . > Ir . Oastler ' s address is " care of Mrs . Cadmas , Sheep ^ -ar , Leeds . " 3 Ib . Teghas Cooper is advised that many persons iu Manchester desire to know whcthe » -he iuteuds to publish 15 = - "'lectures . " &s * At nve ! ve o'clock on Friday morning we received a number of notices and for thcoming Meetings in the country , a notice of a tea party in Rochdale , it , which it was ' slterlv impossible for us to insert . All these notices jai s hfand should bavc been at this offlee several davs zzo .
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^^^^^^^^ WWjWM RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST C 0-0 F £ RATI ¥ E LAND SOCIETxV - . PEB JCB . O ' COHKOB , Keighley , per J . Vicars .. .. .. ,. 4 13 3 Wigton , per Thos . Bell .. 2 11 6 MissBlytu .. - .. 2 13 4 aolbeck , perWm . Sykes .. .. .. .. 210 0 Dldham tperWm . Hamer „ „ „ ( ( 9 Wigan , per N . Canning -. 14 0 2 Bolton , perE . Hodgkinson .. .. .. 10 0 0 Barnsley , per J . Ward „ 2 0 0 Yeovilper J . G . Abbott 6 10 0
, Worcester , per Wm . Griffiths .. .. ., 154 Stockport , per Thomas Wobdhtuse .. .. 2 o 8 Mottram , perR . Wild .. 4 19 Sheffield , per G . CaviU „ „ .. .. 468 Manchester , per 3 . Murray .. .. .. 25 0 0 Pershore . per Wm . Conn .. 15 o 0 Wakefield . per Thomas Lazenby .. .. .. 7 12 0 Sowerby Helm locality , per TV . Woodhouss .. 200 Bradford , per J . Aluerson 2 o 0 SaIford , perB . Bamsden 113 6 John Dades , Leicester .. ., .. .. 010 . 0 Hucknall Torkard , per J . Sweet 0 12 0 Bolton , per E . Hodgkmson .. .. .. 500 -Artichoke inn locality , Brighton , ner Wiliiam
Flower 4 14 4 Giles Gregory , * Lamberhead-green .. .. 2 12 0 Ashton-uader-Lvne , per E . Hobson .. .. 11 15 9
SHAKE 3 . PEB GENERAL SECBETAar . £ s . d . £ s . d . Mr . B . Fox ( City ) 1 12 0 Heywood .. .. 4 15 0 Burnley .. .. S 0 0 Tiverton .. -. 149 wiieatlej-lane ,. 111 2 Todmordon .. .. 014 Dudley .. .. 1 12 0 Hanley .. .. 1 11 9 Westminster .. 198 Reading .. .. 417 G SomersTown .. 189 Monmouth .. 2 12 4 Sudburv .. .. 200 Dodworth -. .. 0 11 0 Bacup 4 3 3 Prestou , O'Connor Clitheroe .. .. 200 Brigade .. ' .. 814 Sunderland .. ,, 330
CAED 3 AND RULES . Dudley .. .. 050 Neiv Itadford .. 010 LETT FOE THE USD CONFERENCE . PEa MB , O ' CONNOB . Keighley , per J . Ticars .. ., ,. ., 069 Holbeck , per Wm . Sykcs .. 050 Oldham , par Wm . Hamer .. .. .. 0 13 3 Yeovil , per J . G . Abbott .. 0 3 0 Worcester , per Wm . Griffiths „ .. o 4 3 Mottram , per E . Wild 0 3 9 Wakefield , per T . Lazenby o 4 C Salford , per E . Ramsden .. .. .. .. 066 Artichoke Inn locality , Brighton , per William Flower o 5 9 Lamberhead-green , per B . Stocklj * .. ... 026
IEB . GENEU&X SEC&ETAa * , Ardsley .. .. 026 Todraorden .. 003 Mountain .. .. 029 Hanley .. .. 08-3 Addingham .. .. 010 Huddersfield .. 0 18 6 Wheatley-lane .. 023 Dodworth .. .. 040 Westminster .. 010 Bristol .. .. 0 C 0 Somera Town .. 0 6 0 Arbroath .. .. 026 Cheltenham .. .. 069 Cohie , per Holgate 0 Io 3 Birmingham .. 076 Chorley .. .. 019 Heywood .. .. 080 Greenford , Smith Tiverton .. .. 039 and Baldwin .. 010 Sheffield .. .. 010 9 Preston , O'Connor Newcastle - under- Brigade .. .. 020 Lvne .. .. 020
Bythis period each sub-secretary will be hi possession of a printed circular of instructions relative to the ensuing Conference , to which strict and immediate attention must be paid . Many places have neglected to pay up their levy ; this must be immediately attended to . Persons who have sent then * money to Mr . * O'Connor , myself , or who living in the country are members of the Lambeth branch , aro requested to immediately furnish , me with their levy in postage stamps . Bach district is requested to give particular instructions to their delegates on the question , whether the ensuing Board of Directors shall be elected by the Conference or by the whole of the shareholders by Thomas Maetin Wheeleb , Secretary .
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* The £ 212 s . paid by Gregory for the Land Fund , as well as the 2 s . 6 d . from Lamberhead-green for levy , was sent direct 1 b Mr . Roberts , which has given us and him considerable trouble , many cross letters passing from one to the other—not angry letters , but what is called cross fire in letter-writing . Now , again we must protest against this adbitiouol unneeessary trouble being imposed noon us .
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Another Death from Hydrophobia . —A melancholy case of death from hydrophobia took place on Sunday last , in the family of Mr . Gallen , pictureframe dealer , No . 5 .-Wellington-place , Goswell 8 treet-road , St . Luke ' s , whese son , Charles Callen , died on that day , from the effects of that frightful malady . About four mouths ago lie was bitten on the lip by a dog of the black-tan species , and which belonged to a man who keeps a green-grocer ' s stall inithat . nelgbfaourhood . As it was thought . tliat the dog might bite some other person , and as it was partial to the unfortunate youth , who was in the habit of playing with it , the owner killed it , he not haying any suspicions at the time that it was in a rabid state . The wound , which bled a little , healed up , and there were no subsequent symptoms of any ill effects of the bite till a lew davs before his death .
On Tuesday night he was with a' party of triends in the company of his family . On the ' following day he complained of an unpleasant sensation in Ma throat , which got worse on Thursday , when it was deemed advisable to send for the family medical adviser , Mr . World , City-road . After having prescribed some medicine , his fears were excited that the young man was labouring under an attack of hydrophobia , lie , inconsequence , applied to Mr . Colson , physician , Old Jewry , who inquired whether the patient had at any time been bitten by a dog . Upon being informed that he had , he at once stated that the complaint he was suffering from was hydrophobia . The deceased for several hours afterwards endured the most dreadful paroxysms of its attacks , and on Sunday morning , after being reduced by their violence to a state of the greatest exhaustion , he gradually sunk and died , lie was about 17 vears of age and an only son .
Distressing Case . —On Tuesday morning a lad who gave his name James Clements , nine years of age , was brought into St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital in consequence of his having sustained the fracture of both , his legs . From the statement of one of the draynen belonging to the firm of Messrs . Reid , it appeared thai he had for several weeks past been observed lurking about the dray-yard , and although he had been repeatedly driven away , he nevertheless persisted In making their establishment his principal alode ; and he has been frequently found in the morning fast asleep at the bottom , of the carts and waggons . lie was at length questioned as to the residence of his parents , when he replied that he had ne father ; that his mother who resided at No . 32 ,
Frederick-street , Bagnigge-wells-road , about six weeks since sold all the furniture , and , taking him out at night , left him in the street , and he had not since seen or heard anything whatever of her . lie ( the drayman ) had several times caused the lad to be taken to the workhonse , bat as he was invariably discharged therefrom the following morning , he was sure to pay his usual visit to the brewery , where he received from the men scraps of victuals , upon which he had managed chiefly to subsist . Yesterday , however , somo otlier boyscontrived to obtain an entrance into the dray-yard , " and whilst the boy Clements was assisting then ! to raise the shafte of oiie ef the drays , the others suddenlyran away , and the raised shafts , falling upon the unfortunate lad , iiiflicted upon him the serious injury above mentioned . The youthful
patient is doing as well as can be expected . FniGniFnL Accidkxi . —A distressing accident happened to a young man , aged 19 , named Blin , at Tauuton , on Wednesday . He is apprenticed to a plumber and glazier , and was returning from work about eight o ' clock in the evening of ' Wednesday . While passing the arcade he saw a cannon on the ground about to be let off , and cautiousl y turned awav to avoid it ; but scarcely had he moved a s-tep when " the j » kc € exploded and he fell , having received a wound in the back part of his thigh , which the poor feliow believed had entirely carried away the limb , so groat was the shock . After some little delay he was removed to the hospital , and here the extent of the injury was found to bs mot serious . A foreign body was lelt . "it the upper and inner side of the thigh , lylag iiumeiiiaieiy ur .= lc-r and dhicndir . g the skin ;
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0 a being cut down and removed ,, it waa found to be a ragged portion of a brass cannon , upwards of two inches long and One inch broad . Thisdreadfulmisslle had entered the outer part of th » thigh , opposite the point whence it was removed , causing a fearful wound ; it traversed ( carrying with it in its course several portions of linen ) the whole thickness of the limb , grazing and partially fracturing the thighbone ; and , having most providentially avoided the large bloodvessel , waa arrested in its career of destruction by the skin as before noticed , at a point opposite to that it had entered by . The unfortunate sufferer , although in a most precarious condition , is , we are happy to state , going on as favourahly as could be expected .
^ Collision- ox the Eastern Cousties Railway . — Waltham-Cboss , Monday Aftbbnoon . — Shortly before five o ' clock on Sunday ^ morning last , a train of luggage cariages drew up in front of the Waltliaui station , having been some time detained on their journey by the failure of one of the wheels of a goods , truck . When the injury was fully examined , it waa discovered that some time mu 9 t elapsa , necessarily , before the damage could be repaired , and there being no means of removing the heavily laden waggons from the up-line of rails , and the mail train being nearly due , it was considered necessary to send down the line one of the servants of the company to telegraph the engine driver , by means of a red signal light . To this precaution , however , no attention appears to have been paid by Young , the driver , inasmuch as
the tram rushed forward with full speed and ran into the luggage waggons with fearful violence . The consequences were fearful . The engine Young was driving ( a new locomotive of great value ) , which had only been sent for the purpose of the line two days , was doubled up , < and the funnel , fire-box , and woodwork literally torn to pieces , while the pistons and minor machinery connected with the driving wheels were wrenched from their rivets , and the iron axles of the wheels were bent considerably . One of the secondclass carriages , fortunately an empty one , was hurled from the line , and it now lies a wreck near a ditch by the side of the line . Another carriage , in which were seated , Captain Laurence , ll . N ., and Mr . Fisher , a drovt-r , from Norfolk , was broken up , and unfortunately both of these Dasseneers were ininrad .
The engine-driver and stoker were hurled from the engine , but falling into the water and soft mud of the ditch they escane'd uninjured . A truck , filled withsheepandl&mbs , was muchsmashed , and partial set on fire , and not less than twenty of the animals were killed , and others of them so injured that it was found necessary soon afterwards to slaughter them . Tho confusion and alarm which prevailed is described as being fearful , and the violence of the shock was so much felt throughout the whole train that all the passengers were more or less shaken . The rails were torn out of their places by the violence of the shock , and the line was literally strewed with the mangled remains of the sheep , and the corn , &c , the contents of the broken luggage waggons . Some little degree of order being restoredthe attendants ,
, with lights , examined the wreck ; fortunately bo one was found killed by the collision , but the above named persons were so much injured that they were unable to proceed to town , so they were conveyed to Mr . n ildbore ' s , of the New Inn , who most hospitably and humanely attended to them whilst medical assist anoe , by special train , was procured from London . Dr . Jaeffeson , having seen the patients , declared the aim of one to be dislocated , and the other to be severely injured by the violence of the shock ; he , however , in neither case apprehended any seriously alarming consequences . As soon as the confusion had subsided a despatch was instantly forwarded to Broxbourne ( the depot of the pilot engine ) for assistance , and as it is the practice to keep the locomotives ready there at all houte for immediate service ,
out little tune was lost ; . the uamaged wheel was repaired , and the mail set forward on its journey to the Slipreditch terminus , all the passengers , except the two previously named , being able to travel the remaining distance ( 14 $ miles . ) As soon as daylight dawned , a Strong . body of men set to work by Mr . Kennaird and other directors' orders , proceeded to clear and repair the rails ; but no carriages were allowed to pass along the up-line during the whole of Sunday , the whole of the trains" up" running on the down-line from Broxbourne . Upon inquiry this afternoon ( Monday ) , the reporter was informed at the New Inn that both the injured parties , though , seriously hurt , are in a fair way of recover }' . The engine driver states , by way of justification , that he did not see the signal light ; the guard , however , says he saw it two miles from the station .
Destructive Fire at Lewisham . —On Monday afternoon , between three and four o ' clock , a destructive fire broke out in the farm-yard belenging to Mr . John Duncan , licensed victualler and farmer , situate on Russia-green , Lewisham . It originated in the centre of a large stack of rowing , whence it extended to a couple of rieks of hay . The alarm having been promptly given , not many minutes elapsed before the parish engines from Levrisham and Greenwich arrived . These were quickly set to work , but owing to the very inflammable nature of the stock / the fire travelled with great rapidity , and two stacks of clover standing on the ground , also beceme ignited . The fire still progressing , a messenger was despatched to London , requesting the aid of the brigade engines ,
and Mr . Henderson , the ioreman of the district , despatched the Southwark-bridge-road engine to . the spot ; and as soon as Mr . Connorton became aware of the outbreak , he also started to the scene with the West of England engine and firemen . The-neighbours and police exerted themselves most manfully , and by throwing buckets of water upon , and by covering a rick standing under a long range of buildings , the same were preserved from destruction . The firemen labouring until past six o ' clock , when they at length obtained the mastery over the flames . The damage done is very considerable , the stock of rowing being consumed . Two ricks of hay are partly destroyed , and two stacks of cloter are extensively injured . The fire , it is supposed , arose from spontaneous ignition .
Murder . —The Government Police Gazette contain the following information : — " That a man named Patrick M'Intyre . oH the morning of the 9 th instant , committed an atrocious and wilful murder upon the body of his wife , at Hull , Yorkshire , and had succeeded in effecting his escape . He is described as being a bricklayer , a native of Ireland , from 30 to 35 years of age , about five feet five inches high , fairish complexion , hair inclined to be sandy and curly , face slightly freckled , dark eyes , small sandy whiskers , and round made , dressed in a round fustian , jacket , supposed fustian vest and trousers , and cloth-cap . " Fire in Liverpool . —About a quarter after eleven
o clock on Saturday forenoon an alarm was given that a fire had broken out in the cellar of a warehouse belonging to Messrs . Grreen and Taylor , situated about half-way down Gibraltar-row , on the left-hand side . The street called by this name leads from that part of Great Howard-street , lying contiguous to the New Northern Hospital to the Prince's Dock . A pile of new , substancially-built , and fire-proof wave houses occupies the whole length of the left-hand side of the street : and it is said that on Saturday tho merchandise in those warehouses amounted to about £ 1 , 000 , 000 in value . The opposite side of tho row is filled with a number of small houses and narrow
courts , inhabited by the lower classes , ihe warehouse in the cellar of which the fire was discovered , is called "Murray's" ( 313 ) , and some idea of the extent of danger to the surrounding property which this fire was likely to cause may be gathered from the fact , that the cellar contained about thirty casks of turpentine , 275 casks of tallow , and 200 casks of olive oil . Labourers were employed during the morning in removing some of the barrels of turpentine from the cellar , and it is supposed that the fire was caused through some carelessness on their parts in carrying lanterns about the place , and fixing thorn
in certain positions to afford light . A dense jnass ot smoke from the cellar entrance was the first intimation the inhabitants had of the breaking out of tho fire . An alarm was instantly conveyed to the station , and in a very short space of time Mr . Hewitt was on the spot with three engines and two water-carts . He was speedily followed by Mr . Dowling , Lieutenant Maxwell , H . N ., inspector of salvage , and a largo detachment of the fire-brigade . In tlus case , singular to say , there was a sufficient quantity of water procurable from the mains , so that the engines were got into play almost immediately after their arrival . The firo was extinguished in about an hour and a
half . Death teom Falliko isto a Pas of Boiling Liquor . —Between the hours of three and four o ' clock on Friday afternoon week , the death of a man named Patrick Whealari , was produced in this dreadful manner at the chemical manufactory of Mr . Hudson Lutwyche , Vauxhallroad , Liverpool . The deceased , wh . was between fifty and sixty years of age , was engaged at the time in cleaning out one of the pans used in the manufactory and at a distance of from three to four feet of where he was standing there was another pan containing a quantity of potash liquor in a boiling state . The workmen who were employed about a dozen yards off heard a sudden plunge , and , on running to where the deceased had been working a minute before , they discovered him in the pan , containing the boUihg liquor . One of them a labourer , named Michael Wafer , jumped to the top of the boiler , seized hold of the deceased , and
succeeded , with the help of the others , in dragging him OUt as quickly as possible . He was Immediately conveyed to the Northern Hospital , where it was fouud that he had been scalded all over his body . He died iu six hours after . An inquest was held upon the body on Saturday , and a verdict of " Accidental death" returned . It was stated by the witnesses from tke chemical works that there ' was no cover to the pan 6 t bailing liquor , and that , if there was a cover to it , the process of working the contents coukl not lx properly accomplished . The probable way in which the deceased happened to fall fn was thus oxplained : —He was using a ladle to get the dirt out oi ' the other pan ; anu , after the accident " occurred , the handle of the ladle . • as found broken , and it is-supposed that the snapping of it caused him ' to fivli back and tumbic into the pan ot Ijjiiin < r liquor . His agonies were most excruciating duriug the brief period Ihn . t be survived the scs-ldhig .
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Death ofx Rkmabkabw Chabacteb!—On Wedhesaayan inquiry was held before W . Carter . Esq ., the S V or Su py' at the Raven an ( 1 s » n » K ^ sellstreet , Bermondsey , as to the death of a woman un-Known , aged about 70 , who was generally supposed to have passed her earlier life as a sailor . The following marks were on her person . On the right arm \ V . B ., with two hearts under in blue ink , and on the left a large anchor , with a sailoriiupportingit on each side , bhe had on alight-coloured gown , two dark stuff petticoats , ared plaid worsted shawl , an old chip bonnet , low shoes , and black stockings . It appears that as police constable Eady , 16 O , waa on duty in
Prospect-place , Bermondsoy , on Sunday night , about eleven o ' clock , he observed the deceased sitting on some stone steps , and she said she was tired , and complained of shortness of breath ; she had , she said , to go to Greenwich , and she hoped a little vest would enable her to do it . The policeman went his round , but subsequently found her in Jamaica-row , a little lower down , and she then appeared in a dying state . A stretcher % vas sent for , but site was ( lead before its amval , and was conveyed to the Rotherhithe stationhouse . In the pockets of the deceased was found a small bottle , labelled "laudanum , poison . " Verdict " Natural death . " The body lies at Benuwulser workhouse to be identified .
Alarming Fire . — -On Sunday morning , a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . T . Field , wax and tallow chandler , No , 12 , Wigmorc-street , Cavendish-square . The alarm having spread , the parish engine from Maiylebone-lanewasquickl y onthe spot , and Bridges , the nreninn , proceeded to the room to see in what way it would be best to extinguish the fire , when an explosion took place within a closet , which was so violent as to throw him on his back . By that time several of the brigade engines , with the county , had arrived , but were not called into requisition , the fire being subdued in the course of half an hour by water copiously supplied in hand buckets . The whole of the furniture in the parlour , and some valuable paintings therein , were entirely destroyed , and the damage altogether is estimated at £ 200 .
Horrible Case of Infanticide . —On Monday an inquest was held by Mr . Wakley , at Marylebone workhouse , on . the body of a newly-born female infant , found dead , and horribly mutilated , under the circumstances subjoined . Richard Gladwell , a woodcutter , living at 21 , Park-lane , Regent ' s-park , stated that , on tho previous lfriday morning , he went into a passage leading out of Park-lane , and in which were only two houses , for tho purpose of getting some water from a pump situate at the end thereof . On his return , in about three minutes , he saw a parcel lying on the ground in a blue wrapper , which he picked up and placed under his arm : but findine
the contents soft , he laid it down again , suspecting something wrong , and called a man named Naish , an inhabitant of one of the houses who , with his wife , coming out , the _ wrapper was undone , when there was exposed to view the body of the deceased infant , with a mark of violence on its forehead . Mr . Boyle , surgeon , deposed that hie had examined the deceased child , which he was of opinion had been born alive . In its forehead there was a hole , which had been occasioned by fire ; besides which , its arms , kneejoints , and breasts were burnt , and the fingers of its right hand burned completely off . The jury returned & verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persona unknown . "
Awful Coach Accident . — -One of the most dreadful coach accidents which we ever remember to have happened , occurred on Saturday last , by the upsetting of the Bird-in-hand coach , belonging to Mr . Henry Whalley . of Blackburn , and running between that town and Preston . The accident took place on the Preston New-road , near to the toll-bar at the bottom of Brockhole ' a Brow , and several persons , we regret to state , were seriously injured , and most of the passengers ' more or less hurt , those in the inside escaping with the least injury . It appears that the coach , which was driven by a man named James HhII , left this town ab half-past fire on Saturdny evening , having thirteen passengers outside , including three females , and five inside . The driver , it was
considered , by some of the passengers , was "fresh" at starting , and on reaching the public-house opposite tho Hou ^ e of Correction he pulled up , and went inside the house for some minutes . At starting again , it is said , he drove fast and carelessly , and on coming to Brockhole ' s Brow , the horses became unmanageable , and the break , it is supposed , not being used , started off at full gallop down the hill . The coach rocked to and fro in a frightful manner , and the females shrieked loudly for help . The coachman , seeing the coach must turn over , let go the reins , and threw himself off , and the coach proceeded at tlus desperate speed for about thirty yards further , when it fell over-with a tremendous crash , scattering the unfortunate passengers in all directions , and
throwing some of them to a considerable distance . The horses instantly freed themselves from the traces and dashed over the bridge , and were not stopped till they arrived at the Five-barred-gate in Sanilesbury . The coach having turned over about a dozen yards from the toll-bar , adjoining the wooden bridge across the Ribble , and there being persons passing at the time , assistance was quickly rendered , when the passengers were mostly found lying about the road , stunned with the effect of the fall , and as if dead . One man , named John Hacking ,. a cow-jobber , living in the Branch-road , Blackburn , and who was an outside passenger , was picked up with his leg dreadfully fractured , and his bod otherwise seriously cut and bruised . Another outside passenger , named Samuel
Latus , living in oaltord , Blackburn , was found with hisvteg broken in" three places , and other parts of his person much cut and bruised . A third named Elskin , who is now lying at the Bird-in-hand publichouse , Blackburn , and who resides at Bolton , was so terribly hurt in the back and elsewhere , that doubts were entertained of his recovery . The coachman , who had thrown himself from his seat , was seriously injured about the head , and is now lying at the Oldhall , on the Preston-road , in , a very bad state . Mr . Thomas Ainswbrth , bookseller , of Blackburn , was pitched upon his head , and much hurt . The Invincible coach passing shortly after the accident , room was made in it for two of the sufferers , and they were conveyed to Blackburn . Two of the females were taken
back to Preston , viz . Ann Seed , sister of Henry Seed ,, ihe policeman , who waa dreadfully crushed and bruised , and Mary Robinson , who was also much injured . A man named Robert Wilding , residing in Marsh-lane , likewise sustained some injury on hia arm . The accident occurring when it was quite dark added to the confusion and suffering which prevailed ; and though a Vehicle was seat "from Blackburn by the proprietor of the coach which had been upset , the parties , who had charge of it lingered oh the road , and were found drinking at the Yew-Tree public-house , a mileanda-halfoutof Blackburn , by the passengers who were enabled to walk so far , a distance of about five miles , on their road to Blackburn ! The upset ceach was nearly knocked ^ to pieces , but the horses escaped with very little injury . —Preston Chronicle .
Murder is Longford . —The Longford Journal gives the following particulars of a brutal murder committed in that county on Saturday week : —On Saturday last three brothers , young men , named William , John , and Henry Bergin , were attending the market of this town , and left about five o ' clock for the purpose of returning home to their residence at Lyneen , between Killashee and Kenagh , about five milea distant ; on their reaching the towniand of Gowlan , about three luikte from this , and one-anda-half from Killasliee , they were attacked by a party of fourteen or fifteen villains , who had been lying in wait for them armed with bludgeons and loy handles , and without any provocation , struck and beat them in a most brutal manner . William Bergin was the first struck , with a loy handle on the head , which severely fractured his skull in two places ; both Henry and John were also dreadfully beaten , and ou finishing the boating , they took the latter and
threw him into a deep bog drain on the road side . Having satisfied themselves with boating William Bergin . before they ran off , his friends , and some of those who came up , assisted him upon a car , which was procured for the purpose , but on reaching within half a mile of home it was discovered that he was quite dead . The other two brothers were brought into the county imfirmary , were they now lie in a dangerous state" An . inquest was held on the body on Sunday , 'evening , when Surgeon Hyde deposed that on a post mortem examination of the body , he found three large wounds in the head , an extensive fracture of the skull , the upper part broken into several pieces , some of which were driven into the substance of the brain . The verdict returned was wilful murder against several persons then unknown . Two of the party named John Buchanan and . Philip Farreil , have been arrested , identified , and committed to our countv gaol for trial next assizes .
• r r ?? FEMALB . —0 n Monday afternoon , the wife of Mr . R . Croft , jim ., residing at Aclifte , near Darlington , committed suicide by suspending herself from one of the spars in an out-building near her house . Fire at the Norwood Ikdcstbial Schools . — About two o ' clock on Wednesday morning , tlijs establishment was thrown iutothe greatest consternation by the alarm of fire being given in different parts of the building . . It appears that u pon the members of the establishment retiring to rest everythii'g'seemcd perfectly safe , and about two o ' clock several of tllD boys , who were in bed , awoke , and found themselves surrounded with smoke and almost suffocated . ' They
immediately left their beds , and began to-search for the cause of the annoyance , when they " found that it proceeded from the gallery in the boys ' " school , wlueh was enveloped in flames , and that they were last anproaclung the ceiling of the dormitory room , where the bovs were sleeping . The alarm was immediately given , every member of the " establishment was called up , and every means employed to extricate the chil ilreu from their beds , where many of them lav in a state of . stupor . . " A " , good suppl y of Water behi" - on the prc-mises , the-fire was &uon extinguished . " Fortunate !; - there is not- o : ie life lo > t , im- anv ore seriously iur . t . Several of tho children received slight burns in passing from their roou ; : j to IU ? yards , init fcetking of iiapnrtnnce ,
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HE will be required to devote the whole of his time and attention to the cause , and rauat be qualified , to engross and write petitions , also to keep accounts , and , when required , to go into tho districts and attend public meetings on the subject . All applications must be matl 9 in the handwriting . of the applicant , addressed to tha " Chairman of the Lancashire Central Short Time Committee , Bed Lion Inn , London Road , Manchester . " on or before Monday , the 24 th November instant , on which day the appointment will be made . H . Gbekn , Hon . See Committee Room , Nov . llth , 1845
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RocnDALE . —The members of the working man ' s hall are requested to meet in the Association-room , Mill-street , on Sunday , the 23 rd inst ., at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . Sheffield . —The - members of the Chartist Cooperative Laud Society are requested to attend a meeting on Monday Nov . 17 th , in the Democratic reading-room , Fig-tree-lane , on business of the utmost importance . Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Mr . "William Dixon will lecture in the Echool-rooni of the working man ' s hall , at six o ' clock in the evening . ToDJioiiDEM . —Mr . Thomas Tatersalls , of Burnley , will lecture on Sunday next , the 16 th inst ., in tne Odd Fellows' hall , at halt-past six in the evening . Mr . T . Clark will visit Tiverton , on Monday ; Yeovil , Tuesday ; Bristol ; Wednesday ; and Worcoater , -ThuKdar .
The Bristol branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will meet every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , for the purpose of enrolling members , at Mr . Francomb ' s , No . 102 , Temple-strcet . Newcasile-upok-Ttse . — The members of this branch of the Ghartist Co-operative Land Society , are requested to meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , on Monday ' even ing next , Nov . 17 th , at seven o ' clock , for the purpose of discussing ther rules , and making provision for tho forthcoming Conference .
. Siockport . —Mr . James Williams , of Preston , whowas sentenced to two years'imprisonment in Kirkdale House of Correction , will lecture here next Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . —All communications for him must be addressed to No . 9 , Lowe-street , Stockport . —The singeva will meet every Sunday , at two o'clock in the afternoon . Bacup . —A meeting of the shareholders of the Cooperative Land Society will be held on Sunday evening , Nov . 16 th , at six o ' clock , in the Chartist room , Rochdale-road , and every succeeding Sunday evening , to enroll members and receive subscriptions for the Land . Halifax . —A public meeting of the shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will be held on SuEday next , November ICth , at two o ' clock
p . m ., for tlie purpose of nominating a delegate for the forthcoming Conference , to take place on tb . 9 8 th of December , and to transact other business appertaining to the society . It is expected that every shareholder will be present . Mn . Jons West , of Macclesfield , will lecture in the Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at half-past six in the evening . The South Lancashire D ? . leoate Mjketiko will be held on Sunday , November 24 th , in the large anti-room of Carpenters ' , Hall , Garratt-road , ' Manchester , at ten o ' clock in the morning . Colxe . —A meeting will be held in a large room in Chapel-square , West-end , Colne , on Monday next , November 17 th , at six o ' clock in the evening , when
all members of the No . 1 Branch of the Co-operative Land Society are requested to attend . Liveiu'ool . —A discussion will take place in the Association Room , 52 , Rose-place , near St . Anne'a Church , on Monday evening , November 17 , between Mr . Thomas Jones and Mr . Davis , on " The Practicability of the Chartist Co-operative Land Plan . " Mr . Jones will maintain the affirmative , and Mr . Davies the negative . Chair to be taken at half-past seven . The members of the Land Society are requested to meet on Sunday evening , November 1 $ , at the house of Mr . Farreil , Temperance Hotel , 4 , Cuzanean-street , Rose-place , to pay their levies for tlie forthcoming Conference . The Land Society will most every Sunday evening , at Mr . Farrell ' s , to receive contributions and dispose of sha . ies .
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Shocking Case of Seduction . —A shocking caseof Seduction has been brought to light this week at Iluaslet , in this parish . The young lady is of a most respectable and well known family in that place ; and the supposed seducer is the assistant curate of Hunsict chapel ,, the Rev . Mr . Sweet , a young married _ man with four children . The gentleman denies his guilt ; but a correspondence has come to light which proves it beyond all doubt ; and suck is the popular indignation that when , on Thursday evening , Mr . Sweet went to the house of the lady ,-the house was surrounded by women and others threatening to pull him to pieces . Application being made to Ue police-ofnce , a strong body of poiice were sent to rescue the culprit from his besiegers ; and he was brought on m a coacli to Leeds , having nanwly eseajtctt with his life . The crime ' is the . more horrible as the scuuetion ap . nciu-s to kive been planned whea cue setttccr was attending the young lady ' s mother ^ . . crilcatU bcd . —tcfCiSiVcvci-nj .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECCMVK . FIR OESEB 4 I , BECSZTABT . Glasgow , per Wm . Carnerou .. .. ., fl 10 0 Newport , Isle of Wight .. .. .. .. 050 Preston , O'Connor Brigade 0 7 8 Marylebone ., 030 VICTIM FUND . Sewport , Isle of Wight .. .. .. .. 031 HB . UXWEMK . Mr . Livesev ( City ) .. ., „ ., 006
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE 1 JlSI > SOCIETY . Friends , —From the numerous applications that ire bare received , especially from the most distant districts , we are compelled , by a sense of the duty we owe you , to postpone the holding of the Conference until Monday , the 3 th of December . The communications wliich must inevitably pass between those districts that must combine in the election of a delegate , could not , we are informed , be completed within the prescribed tune , and , therefore , to insure a perfectly satisfactory adjustment of ourrules , and a calm consideration of our wtiole business , we do
hereby determine that the Land Conference shall be held at Manchester , on Monday , the 8 th , instead of Monday the 1 st of December . Meantime , before this is read , the several district secretaries will hare receired a printed circular , containing full instructions fur their guidance from our secretary . In conclusion , we have to remind the several shareholders that the payment of the levy is an indispensable preliminary to the election of a delegate . 1 ' HltIP M'GbATH , TsAnava O'Conkoe , Chbwtopbeb DortK , Thomas Clakk . ^ . f Thohas MabtinSWheelsb ? Secretary .
The shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative land Society , residing in the London district , are hereby informed that the shareholders of the Lambeth , Cambertrell , and Greenwich localities , and the members paying to Mr .. TTheeler , are united together for the purpoge . of electing a delegate to the Manchester Conference . The nomination mill take place at the several localities on Sunday . Nor . 30 th , and the election will be held on Sunday , Dec . 7 th , at the South . London Chartist Hall . The shareholders residing in Westminster , City of London , Somers Town , Marylebone , Emmett Brigade , and Tower Hamlets , are also united for the purpose of electing one delegate . The nomination will take place on Sunday , Not . 30 th , at the several localities . The day and place of election will be announced next week . Thomas Mabtin Wueeleb , Secretary .
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MURDER AND MUTINY ON THE HIGH SEAS . . HORRIBLE DISCLOSURES . . Franklin Tucker , Julian Cardoviallo ( an Italian ) , William Burton , David Johnson , William Beresford , William Dunu , Thomas Gair , John Allison , Thomas Lee , Andrew Nelson , Barry Yelverton ( said to be grandson to the celebrated Lord Avomnore ) , Stephen Cone , Richnrd Rrench , Peter Curtis , James Blaedon ( a German ) , and Robert Thompson , sixteen ofthe crew of the Tory , belonging to Mr . Duncan Gibb , of Lirerpool , were brought to the Thames Police-office , and placed , some in th « dock , and others in front of it , charged with murder and piracy on board the above-named ship , on the high seas , within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England . Mr . Clarkson with Mr . Hawley , clerk to Messrs , Ciwder and Uaynard , conducted the prosecution .
The prisoner Gair , the right side of whoso face appeared to be dreadfully injured , and who had his head bound up , was acooinodated with a chair ; and several OtherB Of the prisoners , Who looked miserable , were more or less wounded in various parts of their bodies . Mr . Clarkson said , that besidesthe hoary charge of conspiriug to seize the ship and kill the captain , he feared it would be his painful duty to charge some of tho prisoners with the murder of a man named Mars , but he would for the preaeut confine himself to the charge of piracy , George Johnstone , the master of the Tory , who gave liis evidence in a very confused manner , which Mr .
Clarkson attributed to the state of excitement in which he had been kept by tlie mutineers during the voyage , stated that during the months of October and September the Tory , a free-trader of 608 tons burden , was on her way from Hong-boug to England . There was no difficulty until tlie vessel was off Ascension Island , when the crew entered into a conspiracy , in Tvhicu they were juined by William Itambei't and Wiliiam liars , the first and second mates . The plot was discovered , and Rambert , apprehending the consequences , jumped overboard on tbt > 24 th of September , which circumstance was recorded by one of the apprentices in the log . Subsequently , the lad Yelvei'tOll told witness that the men intended to take his
life , and that they had sharpened theu- knives for that purpose . He was also told by the prisoner French that tUa men intended to take his life , and that the first mate and Mars had dragged the men out of their berths in the farecaatle to come and kill him . Before the mate jumped overboard French and the carpenter found all the men aft , armed with bars aud bolts , in a mutinous state , aud rushing towards the cabin . All the men were there , except Lee , Reason ( who is since dead ) , and Cone . These three were in irons . They rushed forward with bolts and bars , and witness , with two men , namely , Johnson and Thompson , who were armed with guns and bayonets , were in the companion . He asked the men what they came to kill him for , and challenged them to say he ever treated them unkindly . When the first mate jumped overboard he suns : out three times , and witness
put tne helm down to save him , but the crew said it was of nn use . Ths vessel aud cargo were worth £ 80 , 000 . The men afterwards went to their duty for twenty-five days , until they made the island of Javal , when tlity again exhibited a mutinous disposition . He went ashore , where he saw the British consul ; and on his return French told him that Mars , who is since dead , and who had been acting as chief officer , had had a private conference with the crew , and that they refused to obey him ( French ) , who was boatswain at the time . Witness lectured the men , and sent for Mars to hia cabin , who a ? soon as he entered seized him by the throat , and tore a piece out of hU hand , the mark of which still remained . Witness seized a cutlass which was at hand , and struck him with the hilt of it , subsequently ordering him into irons , French then , in the preseuce of Mars , accused
that person of fomenting a mutiny , which Mars admitted . After that , as well as could be collected from the very confused statement of the captain , the crew appeared to have been quiet until reaching the Channel , when they again broke out into mutiny . . At ten minutes past twelve o ' clock , whilst French had the watch , a boy named Slack gave witness the alarm . lie ran on deck , and called to the carpenter for his cutlass , when , lie saw-French and Dunn , the cook , securing Coua and Gair , and the witness was not present at his death . He had no doubt he was strangled . It was said he was strangled by Cordoviallo , Burton , and Yelverton , after he was put in irons . Witness heard some of the men say they murdered him . Gair was . wounded in the face when they were off Plymouth , after a pilot had been . taken on board . The crew then made another attempt to possess themselves of the ship , and rushed down to the cabin . French sung out , " Mutiny ; " the light . was put out , and witness received a wound , he believed from a bayctoebin
the calf of the leg , and another , as if from a knile , above the jugular . One of the boys , or French , fired % pistol , which was ouly charged with powder , in the melee and that inflicted the injury on Gair . Mr . Brodcrip . —From all you say of French he seems to have assisted you . Why then is he charged ! Witness . —I don't under , stand . I thought so . He told the people in the cutter when we came to Deal that he fired the pistol . Besides , he pilfered some articles on board and told the people it was the captain did it . Mr . Broderip . —Why , you say he was the first . to call out mutiny 1 Witness . —I think he and the cook were at the foundation of it all . The men from the revenue cutter were placed in guard over the crew , and other hands were procured to manage the vessel , Mr , Clarkson said his object nas merely to givo . au oat . line of the case , as lie was uot as yet in a position to arrange the evidence properly . Mr . Broderip ^ asked whether tlie captain , after the statement he had made , intended to charge all the men with piracy ?
The captain , in a confused manner , said he would exempt Cordoviallo , who , he believed , had been forced to join , under threats of death . Neither was there much evidence as to Burton . Cordariallo was then removed from the dock as regarded the charge of mutiny , but as the captain ' s statement implicated him in the desth of Mars , Inspector Evans was directed to took to him . The prisoners Burton , Dunn , Lee , Gair , Yelverton , and Cone , made very long statements of a most appalling nature , describing scenes . of bloodshed and cruelty almost unparalleled . . Tucker merely denied tbc charge , and appealed to that Power which knowi the secrets of all hearts , to vouch his innocence . . Dunn said that the statements in the log were almost all false , and every row that took place commenced with tha captain , whft \ vu . & in a constant stale o ? intoxication , as two female passengers could prove .
Lee said they had been on short allowance of water , until they fell in with the French ship . After that the eaptain ordered all the larboard watch aft , after having been drinking with the mate all day . They , came from their berths without waiting to put on their clothes , and found the captain with a sword , and the two mates , Rambert and Mars , . with bayonets . The captain said , " l ' ou rascals , you have sharpened your knives to take my life , " and he began to cut with the sword at him ( Lee ) , Cone , and a niRn named Reason , who was afterwards killed . He ordered the carpenter to put the three of them in irons .
and whilst they were fettered , he came every two or three hours nnd cut away at them . This was on the 23 rd of September . On the 25 th , whilst yet in irons , the captain got the shackles of the best bower anchors , and put them round their necks . He theu sent him ( Lee ) and Reason , still in irons , to the main-top aud Cone to the mizen , where they were lashed down . About four o ' clock on the morning of the 2 Gth the captain was cutting away at the chief mato , who rau aft and jumped over the larboard quarter . They shook the ship a . little out in the wind and then kept her in her eourse .
Gair s statement was a most extraordinary one . He said the captain sent for him when he was in irons in the lower forecastle and orderad him on his knees , saying he would hare bis life . . The captain then cut at him about the head and body inflicting various wounds with the cutlass , and then ordered French to load the pistol and fire on him , threatening if it was not done as quickly aj possible he would take French ' s life . ¦ To save hia own life , French fired in his ( Gair ' s ) face several times with the pistol . After cutting at him some time he was allowed to go up , on the carpenter calling out to pump tlie ship . He ( Gair ) was then callei down again aud subjected to the same treatment , after which he wa 9 again put in irons almost in a state of insensibility . :
Yelverton , whose statement in various passages thrilled tha whole court with horror by the terrible details , went at length through the wholo matter . We will give the substance of what he said and the fearfully revolting circumstances which he stated , in the first person : " I deny that I ever " told tlie captam that thu men . sharpened their kniTes , I'll tell the truth , but I can't speak as to datos . I told him Reason said to Cone , that when the ship reached Ascension Island he would put out a blue 8 lurtou the foie-yard , so as that some of her Majesty's men would come on board and see how they were treated . The captain abused the mate ( Rambert ) " on his return from tho French vessel for injuring the boat . The mate said , " By G— , if I had not a wife and family , I'd jump overboard . " After that the captain and the mate were
drinkingm the cabin all the aftornoon . and the captain said several times to the mate , " By G— I'll kill you . " The captsiin , about eight o ' clock iit night , asked me if I was afraid of the mate , and I said no ; some of the other apprentices said they did fear for their lives , but I told the eaptain to give the mate another trial , The captain then pardoned him , and giving htm a loartod pistol , told him to follow him upon deck . The captain then asked tlie crew if they knew of nn intention to takeiiis life , wliich they denied , ltsnaon ( who has since died ) , Cone , and Lee were then in irons . The captain threatened if they did not tell what they knew to take their lives . I think Curtis and Burton said that Mars hauled them out of tbeirberths to secure the captain . On that the captain had Mars put in irons , and went down every half hour , and cut an inch off of him . ( Frightful sensation . )
Mr . Broderip ( with great emotion ) . —Do you mean what you say ? Do you mind what you say ? You are on your oath . Yflvcrton . Yes , he said that was what 1 . 8 would do to him . Mr . Bonk'i'ip . —But you say he did it . That he cut an inch off oi' him every half hour . Yelverton . —I can't be exact as to an inch , but he said that ho would cut him so . Mr . liroilerip . —But you did not sae him ? Yelverton . —Yes , I s : iw one piece cutoff about the sir . e of mv hand . It was cut off of the man ' s head , and ail
the hai ' . ' was on it . This reply , which v ,-as made w'tu grsst nppcifent sincerity ami sharUi-i *} . made tho whole courc shsid' . k-r .
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. Yelrcrton . —The eaptain then took Mars to the inner cabin , wliich was his bed-room , taking with Mm a strand and a heaver . I don ' t know what was done there ,-but we heard Mars sing out as if he was choking . He brought him back again in the presence of Julian and the ^ otherboys , and set him against the cabin door , whilst he him . self sat on the lockerhend , and whilst there kept pitching the cutjass at him , sometimes sticking it in his- head , and sometimes in his breast . ( Sensation . ) The next morning the captain said to me and Spence , "You boys must spend all your time writing , f » r this is a serious job . " The captain said to Prench and niyself , " Now , boys , we'll convict all these fellows as prisoners , and if
you mind your eyes you'll get all clenr of of this . These fellows , when they are made prisoners , will not be allowed to speak for themselves any more than to say ' guilt } ' , ' or ' not guilty . ' Be you . my witnesses and we'll get clear of this . " Wo said we would , and lie was contriving ' hbw to get them all implicated . He then told the cook to send the crew aft , and when they came he said , " What do you want here ? Mutiny , mutiny ! Tire away ftu French , " and theu they snapped off the pistols . There was no charge against me in the log before the officers eame on board at Deal out of the cutter . When they questioned me I told tlie truth , and that is the reason I am here .
This statement , which excited the liveliest and at the same time the most painful interest , rivetted the attention , of the whole Court so deeply that but for some shuddering exclamations , one might almost hear a feather fall . Cone said the Captain accused him of intending to take his lif < . ' , and gave him a blow of a cutlass on tlie head , of which he still bore the marks . He was then put in irons , and the captain took several spells of tiio cutlass at him . this was ou the night of the i-tth of September . He ( Cone ) was all day , all night , and all tlie next day in . irons ou the main hutches . lie was then hoisted up to tha mizentop , and tivoothers to tlie maintop , when tho shackles were put round theiv nscks . In the night ttie chief officer Hambert came up to the mizentop all ovor blood , and showed where his head had been cut open in several places . He went down again , and in an hour after the
captain came to the mizentop anu commenced beating and . stabbing at him ( Cone ) with his cutlass . The marks of the wounds were still visible on his head , body , and hands . The captain told him to make his peace with his Maker as quickly as he could , for "he'd take his Ufa before twelve hours elapsed . " After that he beat him again with the cutlass and then went down . The pain and loss of blood rendered him ( Cone ) for some time insensible , for lie did not know how long . When lie recovered , about four o'clock in the morning , he ' saw the captain with the sabre pursuing the chief mate , who jumped over the larboard quarter into the sea . The ship luffed to a little , t'ut no sail was taken off her . He ( Cone ) was subsequently unfettered ; his wounds were dressed , and , for about thirty-one days , there was quietness on board . The other prisoners reserved their defence .
Mr . Broderip , addressing Mr . Clarkson ,. said he thought the learned gentleman would agree in thinking with him that the present was a most extraordinary case . After tho long investigation which it had undergone- it was still involved in the deepest mystery , and a question was raised , whether the conduct of the captain was the consequence of excitement caused by the mutiny , or whether by habitual intoxication lie had himself brought the crew into the state in which they had been ? It had been sworn ( which would make j > W& >< t fade in favour of the first assumption ) that the excitement of the captain did not exhibit itself uutil after the vessel had passed Ascension Island ; but it was also evident that there wa * something in the defence wliich deserved consideration . The case certainly called for a remand ; but Inspector Evans should take care that the captain was forthcoming . Mr . Clarkson could not'deny that the circumstanceselicited during the inquiry well warranted his worship ' s remarks .
Mr . Broderip directed that the wounded man Gair should be particularly recommended to the attention of the surgeon . Ho also directed that the men who bad complained of being wounded should be examined , and that it should likewise be seen whether the captain had marks of the wounds which ho had stated himself to have received in the calf of the leg and over the juguiar . The prisoners were about to be remanded , when * woman , who sat behind the solicitor ' s table watching tha proceedings with intense interest , and half sobbing as sotne of the bloodiest scenes were recounted , rose and stated that she had been a passenger on board the Tory , and was ready to confirm the statement of Yelverton . Mr . Broderip , however , declined to hear her evidence at that stage of the proceedings .
Mr . Clarkson said he was prepared for this from certain motions of parties whom he saw in the court . . He would not suppress any evidence , nnd ho would say , on the part of the owner , that their only object was to elicit ; the truth , and to court the fullest investigation . The prisoners were then remanded until Wednesday next .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 15, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1341/page/5/
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