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^ fhTe t £ y % Jo «« r . B « o fl ftrta , and Mr jS ^ &tWKfssr ff « SSS = W ! a ^ 3 horeestealing , three with forger ? , and six with burglar } . Their lordships sat at eleven o ' clock . [ Before Mr . Barm Parke . ) Cha » ob op Assault agaikst the Govebxok , Chap-1 HN akd Three of the Officers , of the Bobough CaoI— EdwaraJUynerHishlon , the governor ; tlieHev . Thomas Carter , the chaplain ; Chailes Robinson Bromle . v ,
the principal turnkey ; William Evans , the cook ; and John Jones , the surgeon ' s assistant , of the borough gaol , were indicted for having committed an assault upon John Beid Allies , a schoolmaster . It appeared from the statement of conasel and the evidence of the witnesses tliat JSt . Miles was appointed to the situation of schoolmaster at the Borough Gaol in April , 1311 , asd that he continued to hold it until the latter end of the month of April last . About nine o ' clock on the morning of the 16 th of that month he met Mr . Highton , the governor , outside of the trails of the gaol , and that gentleman accosted him in these terms : — " I am extremely glad , Mr . Miles , that 1 have had the pleasure of meeting you this morning . " Miles replied thatit was a matter of no great joy , as it was a matter of almost daily occurrence . The governor asked him whether he knew Scotch Jemmy , a mason who had
l « en working in the gaol two or three years before , to which he replied in the affirmative . The governor tlien observed that toe wished Iiile 3 to do him a particular favour , to which Miles said that if there was anything he -could do Mr . Higbton might be perfectly satisfied tba < it did not require to be put in the form of a request . Thej then entered the gaol , and went into the turnkey's lodge together . Bromley was present . The governor took out wo papers , one after the other , and asked Miles whether le knew the hand-writing . Miles replied that he was not very sure as to the first , but that he thought he had seen something very like the hand-writing of the first one in the gaol _ before . He also expressed his opinion that both papers were not the production of one hand , but of two different hands . The governor either then , or subsequently , gave Miles to
understand that the papers contained anonymous charges against him ( the governor ); that they had been sent to the Alayor ; that he had admitted to the magistrates that some of the statements contained in the papers were true , and declared tliat some were false ; that the magistrates 3 iad forjjiren him ; that he was instructed to find out -whether the papers were the production of any officer of the prison ; and that if they were , lie was clothed with full power to discharge that officer without giving him a moment ' s notice . He further told Miles that some time before he had turned away Scotch Jemmy ' s son , who had been employed about the gaol ; and that he was particularly anxious that Miles should ascertain , without ¦ delay , what was the nature of Scotch Jemmy ' s feelings towards him ( the governor . ) Miles said that if the modus itpcrandi were left to himself , he would endeavour to lay
hold of Scotch Jemmy in an evening or two after ; and lie had no doubt but that , by means of two or tbree glasses of whisky , he should be able to ascertain from that person what the nature of his feelings was towards the governor . After promising to report the result by the following Saturday at farthest , they parted , the governor labouring at the time under feelings of apparently strong agitation . After dinner on the same day , the Rev . IMr . Carter , the chaplain , entered the school , and toW Miles that he had better go round to the vestry and take awaj somelargeprinted testaments . Miles , after informing him that he had five or six large printed testaments in the school already which were never called for , went sis lie was directed ; and whilst in the restry , Mr . Carter . made some allusion to the anonymous charges against the governor which had been sent to the Mayor ,
And said an inquiry was going to be instituted in the gaol with the view of discovering the author . Miles expressed an opinion that , until he had first seen Scotch Jemniv and ascertained his fetlings towards the governor , it would be premature to enter upon an inquiry in the gaol In a few minutes after , however , Miles was sent for to the governor ' s house , and there he found the governor , tut-3 ter . Mr . Carter , and Mr . Archer , the surgeon of the gaol . There was a table in the centre of the room , and two sets of writing materials on it . Mr . Carter was the first to speak . He said , addressing Miles , " We are about to have the inquiry by calling certain persons in , and we want you to assist us ; if you appear to be assisting us in a friendly manner we shall lull suspicion . " After some discussion , as to how the parties should be placed at the table , Miles sat down and wrote the questions put , and the
answers given by the witnesses , four of whom were examined—namely , the porter of the prison , Bromley , traeof the defendants , Charles Fry , the governor ' s clerk , John Deane , a joini-r . Mr . Carter put the questions , and the examination lasted about an hour and a half . — TVSen it was drawing to a close , Miles heard either thtgovernororMr , Archer say to Mr . Carter— "it ( mesuing ililes ' s writing ) , is not like his—it ' s nut like that . ' " ¦" Oh ! " rejoined Mr . Carter , wait , the paper runs . " Mr . Archer then left . When the examination of the fourth witness had terminated , Mr . Carter pulled out Ms watch and said it was time for him to g > to his dinner . The governor suggested the propriety of first calling in the blacksmith , bat Mr . Carttr dissented , and said the blacksmith could be called the following day , when the inquiry would be resumed .
IMr . Carter then began to gather up his papers . Miles did the same with his papers ; and whilst in the act of patting them in his pocket , Mr . Carter said , "Hand those papers to me . " Miles refused , and said that they -were to guide his mind in the inquiry against Scotch Jemmy , as they contaiued many circumstances relative to the governor's conduct . Mr . Carter asked for them a second and a third time , and said that they had better be given up , as they were his papers . Miles declared that . he would not give them up until he had first taken an exact transcript of them ; that he had heard something while sitting in the room , which led him to infer that nhey had laid a disgraceful trap for Mm , and that he xJeimed it his duty to lay the papers before the chief magistrate along with his own comments . Some wranglin ? followed , and a few huriied words passed between Mr .
Carter and the governor , the former saying to the latter , ""Will you allow . Miles to take papers out of this room affecting your private character ! " Both Mr . Carter and the governor then threatened to send for s magistrate . Miles told them they might send for a dozen magistrates if they pleased , provided they allowed Mm to send a messenger for a legal adviser . The Governor left the room , and returned in the course of two minutes with a card of the visiting justices in his hand . He sat down and wrote something on a slip of paper , which he handed to Mr . Carter . The latter on looking it OTer said , — " It won ' t do , you say too much . " He added , — " If Miles won't give us up those papers , we must use force . " Mr . Carter and the governor then came round to the side of the table at which Miles was standing . Whilst the governor was in the art of moving round the room he
struck the door either with his boot or his knuckles and in came Bromley , the defendant . Mr . Carter said to Bromley , — " Mr . Miles has some papers which we must take from him ; " and when that was said , Maes gave the papers a twist in his hand as if he were going to tear them . In less than the fourth of a minute the three parties fell upon him . The governor took hold of one arm , Mr . Carter and Bromley took hold of the Other . They hauled him about , and pressed his back against a table in the window . He still held the papers : he had a sheet in ach hand . They kept twisting his arms abore his head and behind his hack . Bromley thrust one knee into his -side , anduseditasthefulcrumofalever . Mr . Carter ran to one of the windows , pulled it up , and called for assistance . The defendant , Evans , came in through the window , seized lilies with both arms round the neck , and kept pulling and hauling him about . The papers were then taken from him ; and at this period he ceuld scarcely breathe .
The last thing he recollected was Mr . Carter crying from the lobby far more assistance . When he recovered a little he found himself in a corner against the clock , and the defendant , Jones , holding him . He was then led down to the officer ' s lodge , where Bromley shul the door , and took from him all the letters , papers , and other documents he had on his person , saying that the governor had instructed him to see that he had no papers about him . He succeeded with an effort in getting outside the gate , ¦ William Buckley , task master at the gaol , came up and took him to the Bali ' s Head , were they had a glass of ¦ wliisVj- each , and from thence he proceeded in a cab home , where Dr . Marshall attended Mm for three wedts or a month . There was hlood on his hands from the way in which he had been treated , and Ids brain was in such a state as he once before felt it to be in from a concussion io . a railway traia . His Lordship in summing up left it to the jury to say , in the first place , whether the defendants laid hands on the prosecutor , a matter there did not seem any reason to doubt . Secondly , was the occasion on which this violence was offered one where the prosecutor was acting as clerk or servant , or holding himself ont as their clerk or servant , and writing on their paper , in which case the endeavour to recover the paper would fcejustifiable , unless , thirdly , more force was used than was necessary . Verdict—2 fot Guilty . Masslacghtek at sughdxl . —Thomas Pope , 20 , was acquitted on a charge of having , at Maghull , ieloniously called and slain Henry Tcnnington . Stubbing at Boltos . —David M'Kinley 24 , was convicted of having , at Great Bolton , feloniously stabbed and cut one Michael Kelly , with intent to do him wine gnerous bodily harm . He was sentenced to transportation for fifteen years .
HOBSE-SKAI . I . NG at Woowox .-James Hrrbcrt Ince , 3 i , who had previousl y been transported for seven years , pleaded guilty to a charge of having , at little Woollen , st > len a bay mare , the piopertv of William Winstanley . He was sentenced to transportation for ten 3 tJKS . Stabbixc at Eochdale . —Robert Brierlcy 50 , was convicted of having , at Rochdale , stabbed , cut , and wounded his wife , Jane , while labouring Tindij intox ' cafaon . lie was found ? uiltj of an assault , and sentenced to twelve months * imprisonment . Xeesdat , Decembhe 9 . —Cl-ttixg asd Woexding — Jelra Carrington Was indicted for cutting and woundJnc James Bispham at Manchester , with intent to do him " SS ^" ; The prisoner , it ^ 5 *^ Mo ^ i « « ^ sovemW law , in a puWic-house 5 U VncuauS 77 ce \ M « wn « lcr , kept In- a , > 6 l . of and twelve- o-rfo v ? W ? " " tWCen tlle ll 0 UrS Of c ! ev «» o clock at m-irt . A lier £ oa oftUc . naroe of
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Rigby was also pregeht , who earlier in the night had bought a couple of hookB from a man who was exhibiting th » ni for sale . One of these he sold again to ft person of the name of Taylor , aM a dispute arose between the prisoner and Taylor on the subject , the prisoner alleging that he himself had bought the hook . The prisoner fiually struck Taylor , and a scuffle took place between them , which was with some difficulty put an end toby the landlord and others turning the prisoner out of the house . He resisted very strenuously the efforts made to eject him , and was put out at last by main force . When he got into the street he asked a woman who was there for a knife she had in her pocket . She refused to let him have it , alleging he would be doing some mischief with it , but he struck her , and finally succeeded in obtaining the knife . He then went to the folding-doors of the public-house , and on Mr . Poole opposing his entrance , struck at him through the opening .
Mr . Poole called out " He has drawn a knife and is stabbing at me ; " and ran into the bar parlour . Theprisoner then succeeded in getting into the house , having in his hand a knife , which he was brandishing about , and meeting at the door of the bar parlour the prosecutor , Mr . Bispham , who was running out on the alarm being given , struck at him repeatedly with both hands in a furious manner , piercing through bis bat , and inflicting a wound » . n his arm , from which , on his coat being removed , the blood spouted to a considerable distance . Some of the parties present tripped up the prisoner , and on securing him , a clasp knife , open , was found lying under him on the ground . The jury found the prisoner Guilty . His Lordship postponed passing sentence , but in an alter part of the day theprisoner was put to the bar , and his Lordship remarking on the reckless vio ' euce the prisoni-r had displayed , and on the fact of his having been already convicted offelouy , sentenced him to be transported for stiven sears .
Manslaughter . —William Charnoek was indicted for the manslaughter of John Radcliffe , at Upholland , in this county , by striking Mm with apoker . —The deceased , it appeared , had formerly resided at Upholland , but had lately been resident in Liverpool . While at Upholland he iiad become acquainted with Mary Chamock , the daughter of the prisoner , and an intimacy took place between them , uliicli resulted in the birth of an illegitimate child . The deceased continued to call occasionally at the prisoner's house , a circumstance which gave the latter great annoyance . On the 21 st of September , being Sunday , he was at Upholland , and called at Charnoek ' s house . Us was then somewhat intoxicated . Charnoek put him out , and , in the course of a conversation he afterwards , during the same morning , had with a police officer at tTpholIand , he said , " That fellow" ( meaning Radcliffe ) has been at
mj- house , and if he comes again I will help him out with the poker . " Some time after the deceased again went to the prisoner ' s house . Mary Charnoek was in the parlour , and the prisoner was upstairs . Mary Charnoek requested the deceased to go away , lest her father should see him . He refused , and while this conversation was going on the prisoner came down . He desired the deceased to leave the house , but the latter refused , and dared the prisoner to put him out . The prisoner took up the poker fr ., m the fire-place , and a scuffle took place , in the course of which the deceased was thrown to the ground , but the witness , Mary Charnoek , stated that she did not see the prisoner me the poker . Mary Charnoek called for assistance , and some of the neighbours coming in found both struggling on the floor . They took the deceased away . He did not then complain of being hurt ,
but soon after said he had got injured m his side and leg . One of the witnesses took him to Liverpool the same evening in a car . The next day a surgeon was called in , who found him suffering from a bruise below the knee , which seemed to have arisen from external violence . The surgeon continued to attend him for about a month , duriug which he got worse , and he was finally removed to the Northern Hospital , at Liverpool . By that time a large abscess had formed in the thi gh and about the Knee-joint , which was destroyed . There was also an abscess in , the chest . He died on the 9 th of November . On a post mortem examination it was fouud that one of the ribs in theleft side was broken , and that the afceess which had formed at that spot extended into the chest . He was of a very bad constitution , and it was in consequence of this that the abscesses in question became so extensive . The fracture of the rib must have been caused by external violence , but would probably not have bees fatal but for
the constitutional peculiarity of the deceased . While on his death-bed the deceased made a statement of the transaction , from which it would appear that on his en terisg the prisoner ' s house the latter came downstairs , having at that time a poker in his hand ; that he struck the deceased with it in the chest and on the leg , at the places where the abscesses bad formed , inflicting the injuries which finally produced such serious effects . Mr . Atkinson , for the defence , contended that the prisoner intruded , on . in his own house , as he had been , 1 » y a person whose presence necessarily was so unwelcome , and who obstinately refused to leave , had a right to eject him ; and that allowing for certain exaggerations and mis-statements in the dying declaration of the deceased , it was clear the prisoner had used no more violence than , considering the youth and strength , and the state of intoxication of the deceased , was necessary for that purpose . His Lordship summed up , and thejury returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
Yobk . Monday ., Dec . 8 . —The two learned Judges , Mr . Justice Erie and Mr . Baron Platt , arrived in York on Saturday last ) when the commission was opened . There was but one prisoner committed for trial in the city of York ; but the calendar for the county is very heavy , there being no less than 80 persons in custody or on bail , nearly all of whom are charged with felony , viz ., —3 with murder , 4 with manslaughter , 5 with stabbing and cutting or wounding , 5 with assault and robbery , 1 with robbery with violence , 3 with rape , 1 with arson , 16 with stealing from the person , 5 with a nameless offence , 5 with burglary , G with horse-stealing , 1 with cattle-stealing , 7 with sheepstealing , 1 with offence against the coin ef th « realm , 4 with stealing in a dwelling-htuse , 2 with attempt to commit rape , 1 with feloniously killing- a horse , 1 with receiving stolen property , 1 with forgery , 2 with night poaching , 1 with the same accompanied by assault , 1 with perjury , 1 with obtaining goods by false pretences , and 1 with an offence against the bankruptcy laivs .
[ Before Mr . Baron Platt . ) Charge of Manslaughter . —Edward Lunn , a respectable chemist and druggist , residing in Fossgate , York , and who had been out on bail was arraigned on a coroner ' s inquest , which charged him with the offence of manslaughter in occasioning the death of Anne Sownes , at the parish of St . Cruex , in York , on the 21 st of October last , by dispensing to her a phial of laudanum instead of a cough mixture . The prosecution was abandoned , and a verdict of Not Guilty was recorded . Hobse Spealing . —Thomas Wilkinson , aged fifty-two , was indicted for having , in July last , at Harlow , near Selby , feloniously stolen a horse , the property of James Wilkinson . There were other counts charging the prisoner with killing the horse with intent to steal its skin , with stealing the skin , &c . The jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to be transported for ten years .
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THE CASE OF THE FELIC 1 DADB . We are informed that the judges have declared the conviction invalid on two grounds—first , that it is not piracy for the Brazilians to carry on the slave trade until they have made it to be so by Brazilian municipal law ; and , secondly , that the Feliuidade was Avrongfully taken , not having any slaves on board ; and therefore that she did not become a British ship , and was not accordingly justified in capturing the Echo .
COURT OF COMMON PLEAf CSIM Con . —Clakk v . Ddnsfobb . —This was an action brought by an attorney resident in Bristol against a medical practitioner of the same city for compensation in damages , on the ground of criminal conversation had b y the plaintiff with the defendant ' s wife ; the damages were laid at ten thousand pounds . The case occupied the court the whole of Tuesday and Wednesday . The Attorney-General , Mr , Sergeant Talfourd , Mr . Butt , Q . C ., and another learned gentleman represented the plaintiff ; Sir Thomas "Wilde and Mr . Sergeant Channell were for the defendant .
It appeared that the defendant had been introduced to the plaintiff and his family by his brother , with whom the defendant had been in partnership ! that he had acted occasionally , in slight cases , as a medical adviser , and was always received as a . private friend . He had , accordingly , free and unsuspected access to the house of the plaintiff as a visitor . The husband and wife had livid upon terms of mutual confidence , kindliness , and affection , up to the period of the defendant ' s introduction to her society . The argument in favour of the guilt of the defendant and Mrs . Clark ranged under the three heads of circumstantial evidence : the first relating to the special visits alluded to of the defendant at the plainlifFs house ; the second , to the lady's leaving home on frequent occasions in the absence of her husband at an early hour , such as ten o'clock a . m ., and remaining out until four or
five o clock hi the afternoon ; and the third , to the fact of the defendant having , under a feigned name taken lodgings at Bath , where he was in the , habit , at intervals of time , of receiving a lady , to whom lie described himself as privately married—this lady , as alleged , being the plaintiff ' s wife . The second interview which toak place between the parties at the plaintiff's house , was that which produced the most large and positive evidence . At the iirst , it only appeared the defendant prolonged his stay for several hours , and that Esther Bevan , on going into the drawing-room after his departure , saw that the sofa was much tossed , and that Mrs . Clark looked confused . Between this and the second visit a good many days elapsed , and a change had been made in the furniture of the library . On this occasion , Esther Bevan , ylanted hei'stlf at the door ( it did not appear whether
she did or did not apply either eye or ear to the keyhole ) . But , at all events , she saw nothing . She however heard , she swore , the sound of a kiss , and afterwards the following fragment of a dialogue . The defendant , addressing the lady , said , "If I do love you better than any other noman in the world , what need you speitk of it ? You say to me , be cautious , be cautious , but you yourself say things that must make us iusjiected . " " Why , what did I say I" responded the lady , "i willt « ll you—Iwillttlljou . as I heard it , " quoth the defendant ; but before lie had time to gratify the parlour-maid ' s curiosity by doing so , the hall-door bell rang , and , faithful to her duty , she obeyed the summons and ran down stairs , wfllQUt lingering fOV Q moment to hear more . At a third interview , which , like the two preceding , took place when the plaintiff was out of t-.-ivn , as usual , lasted four hours . The alleged
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criminality between the defendant and the lady at Bath was next entered on . Maria Withers stated she was sister of a Mrs . Needes , the keeper of a lodging-house in Norfolk-street , Bath . Iu July , 1844 , while her sister waa away , and the house In the charge of the witness , a gentleman who gave the name of Lisle called upon her with the view of taking apartments . He stated that he l > ad been privately married , and tbatit wag necessary his wife and he should for the present keep the secret ; and it suited him to take up his quarters somewhere in Bath . She wrote to her sister , and having received her
sanction , got her nephew , a lad named Ktnchen , to write to Mr . Lisle ; at the British and Foreign Hotel , Harioversquare , London , and say his terms were accepted . Afterwards he came to sleep at the house several times , coming at night and staying till the following evening . On each occasion he stated that he expected Mvs . Lisle , aud a lady each time did come , shortly after ten o ' clock , and remained with him till about four , when she departed alone , he leaving at the later hour of half-past tight or nine o ' clock . This occurred four times . Mrs . Needes and Kinchen corroborated the evidence of this witness . All the witnesses had seen Mrs . Clark and Mr . Sunsford
since those transactions , and identified them as the persons she had known in Bath as Mr . and Mrs . Lisle . Hall , a police-officer , had taken these witnesses to the house of Mr . Dunsford for the purpose of identifying him . On mentioning his object to the defendant , he said , " What is done cannot be undone . " The witnesses had also identified Mrs . Clark as the lady they had seen under the name of Lisle . It appeared from the evidence of Mr . H . Clark , that subsequently to the exposure the defendant said it was the story over again Of Jo 3 Opll and Potiphar ' s wife , and that at any time five words from , him
might have won her , meaning the plaintiffs wife . This was the substance of the plaintiff ' s case . No witnesses weve called by Sir Thomas Wilde for the defence . He at once proceeded to address the jury , and contended that , from the evidence before them , there was no -direct or positive proof of adultrey , or of anything even , if they gave entire credence to the witnesses , which wouldestablish more than a case of very grave suspicion . Mr . Justice Cressnell summed up , Thejury retired , and , after half an hour ' s deliberation , returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages , £ 5 , 000 .
Friday . —Holmes a . the Master , Waedens , and Commonalty , of the mystery of Founders . —This was an action to recover compensation in damages , by reason of injuries sustained by the plaintiff , and for costs aud charges , nndfor loss of time and of profits in business , through the acts of the defendant ' s , in having dug a . llole opening into a public footway , and neglecting to cover or secure it , whereby the plantiff , in exercising hh lawful right of using this public footway , fell into the hole . The plaintiff had been an eating-house keeper ; the injuries suffered were severe—a compound fracture of the leg , and a dislocation of the ancle . For ten weelts lie had been confined to his bed , for several months—lie was still "in the hands of the doctor "—he had of course endured grievous pain ; his health and strength had been considerably affected ; and tbe sum he had actually paid for medical attendance amounted to £ 28 . The jury found a verdict , after a few minutes consideration , for the plaintiff , damages £ 150 .
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GUILDHALL . RoBBERr . —George Hanslip , clerk in the service of Messrs . Cash and Co ., of Wpod-street , warehousemen , was brought up for final examination , charged with stealing a quantity of silk waistcoatings , aud other goods . His mother , Olivia , was also charged with receiving a part of the goods , which she had caused her landlady to pludgi The prisoners were committed for trial .
MANSION HOUSE . SATUfiDAT . — Highway Houbei . v . —John Francis yras placed at the bar before the Lord Mayor by policeman 623 . ^ Henry Davis deposed that he kept a small shop in Saint Mary Axe , that about one o'clock to-day lie observed a cart and horse standing in that street , opposite his door . He observed the prisoner pass , and draw something off the horse's back . He immediately came outiutothe street , and shouted out "Stop him . " iTIie prisoner ran up the street at a brisk pace , and as he ran he dropped something , which proved to be the coat now produced . —John Wyatt , carter , deposed that he lived in Brick lane , Snitalfields—that he was employed to drive
a horse and cart , that he had occasion to stop for a short time in Saint Mary Axe , and that he threw the coatacrog * the horse . The coat now produced was the same , it was his own , and of the value of eight shillings . Prisoner , in his defence , said he was a glassblower by trade , and had not been able to obtain any employment . He was consequently in great distress . He had not taken the coat from the horse ' s back , but had picked it up in tbe street . He hoped his lordship would have wercy on him , in consequence of his miserable condition , and deal leniently with him . The Lord Mayor said It was his duty to commit him for trial at the ensuing sessions , Committed accordingly .
WORSHIP-STREET . Satobday .- ~ -Robbery by a Servant . —A tailor , named William Green , was placed at the bar before Mr . Broughton , charged with having stolen two coats from his master , a tailor . —The prosecutor , who stated his name to be James Shea , carrying on business in Castlestreet , WUitecliapel , aaid that the prisoner hud betn ' for some time in his employ as a journeyman , and was boarded and lodged in the house . On Monday last he was at work in the shop , and the two coats , which were just finished , were left hanging on a line . Tbe prosecutor having left the shop , the prisoner absconded , taking the coats with him , and he , the prosecutor , saw no more of him , until he was in the station . —The prisoner oSered no defence , and was sent for trial .
Monday . —A Bbutal Husband . —John Peters , a man of very dissolute appearance , described as a journeyman coach-smith , was charged at tbe instance of the parish authorities of Bethnal-green , with having cruelly ill . treated and neglected his wife and child , whereby they had become ohargcable to that parish . It appeared from the evidence of the wife , a care-worn and delicate-looking woman , that she had been married about three years to the prisoner , who was a very worthless character , and had compelled her to support him in idleness and dissipation , out of tbe scanty pittance she was enabled to earn at her trade of a weaver , During nearly the whole of this period he subjected her to great personal violence , and on her return home on the evening of Thursday week , aud presenting him with half-a-crown , which was all slit had obtained by her day's labour , theprisoner flew into a
terrible rage , and loading her with the most abominable epithets fur bringing home so email a sum , struck her several violent blows , kicked her on the lower part of the person , and forced her into the 3 treet , with an infant only twelve months old in her arms . She succeeded in getting again into the house , and sought protection in tbe apartments of her landlord , but was instantly pursued by the prisoner , who recommenced his ill-usage , when tha lnndlord interposed and compelled him to quit the room . The prisoner then retired to his own apartment , in which , after smashing everything to pieces , he burnt the whole of her wearing apparel , and . nailing up the room door , swore that he would murder any one who attempted to
enter . The police were appealed to to stop this destruction , hut declined to interfere , and the witness in consequence was compelled to take refuge at the house of her father , in which she had been since staying , supported at the expense of the parish . Mr . Broughton severely animadverted upon the prisoner ' s brutal behaviour , and ordered him to pay a penalty to the Queen of 50 s ., or in default , to undergo two months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction ; and expressed a hope that , as soon as he was liberated from prison , the parish authorities would sue him for . the expense they had been put to in Bupporting his fair . ily . The fine was not paid , and the prisoner was removed in tbe van . Tuesday . —Extbaobdinaby Case . —Mr . H . Sproulcs Edwards , a middle-aged man of respectable appearance , described as an ornamental painter , was placed at the bar before Mr . Bingham , charged , in the words of the police sheet , " with having created a disturbance in a crowded congregation assembled at the Free Church in White ' s-rovv , Spitalfields , whereby the lives of individuals has been endangered . " The Rev . George Montgcmiery West , D . D ., stated that he was the minister of the above place of worship , which bad been duly licensed for tbe performance of divine service , although at present not under episcopal jurisdiction . He had known the defendant for some time as a prominent member of professed infidels , orcupying a building in Whitechapel , denominated Hall of Scienee , several of whose members having , some weeks since , intruded into his church ,- and
publicly challenged a discussion upon the comparative merits of Atheism and Chistianity . The witness , at the suggestion of some friends , had accepted the challenge , which ultimately resulted in the withdrawal of the champions of infidelity from the contest . The rer . gentleman thcapvoceedeiltosay that ivt- the information and instruction of the inhabitants of the district , a New- Zealand chief had been lately engaged to deliver a course of lectures on the rise and progress of Christianity through the agency of the missionaries in tlie southern hemisphere , and at the second meeting , which took place on the pre ceding evening , and was attended by at least 2 , 000 respectable auditors , many of whom were ladies , the lecturer had just arrived at a most impressive pare of lijg address , when the defendant , from a conspicuous part of the gallery , suddenly interrupted him with a chain of
oftensive interrogations , and speaking at the top of his voice , charged him with being an impostor , whose sole object was to make money , although in fact no charge whatever for admission had been made to the public . The defendant had no sooner commenced the interruption than , by apparent previous concert , a most extraordinary and discordant combination of hissing , yelling , and screaming suddenly resounded in the church , which continued for at least a quarter of an hour without intermission , and produced such terror nnd excitement in tlie ftinnle portion of the audience , that witness deemed it his duty to dissolve the assembly , but as the uproar still continued without the slightest abatement , and a serious riot appeared to be
in contemplation , lie at length sent out for the assistance of the police , several of whom soon arrived , and the defendant was given into custody . The defendant ' s removal had tlie effect of restoring instant order among the auditory , and the lecturer having bet ? n prevailed upon to resume his discourse , the assembly quietly separated but as tlie third and concluding lecture would shortly be delivered , he must apply for the protection of the magistrate against the recurrence of a similar scene of violence and uproar , which he understood had been threatened by tllf defendant Slid Olhtfl' supporters of the Hall of Science , ill revenge for the discomfiture their party had sustained . The complainant added , that he had swiral witnesses in attendance , but the defendant stated , that on
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entering tne church , a scene of disorder and confusion , which he couid only liken to that usually exhibited in the gallery of a theatre , had commenced among the congregation , who so far from displaying the respectability that had been represented , consisted generally of persons in thR lowest class of society . He made his way with some difficulty up the aisle , and on casting his eye upon the plutonn , lie observed a man fantastically bedizened in the equipments of a savage , who was described in the printed bills ns a certain New Zealand chief named ¦• Pake-a-Range , " or Son of the Clouds , " but whom he ( defendant ) , on closely scrutinising , instantly recognised as an Irishman named Byrne , whom he had known for the last twenty years as tvaveliing about the country exhibit , ing himself at different fairs , booths , and public-houses , in the character he had upon this occasion assumed . As soon as he recovered frgm his surprise , in order to undeceive the audience , he addressed
the lecturer by his real name of Byrne , an < inquired how long he had been in England ; but the only reply the lecturer deigned to give consisted of some strange guttural sounds clvsely resembling the " gobbling" of a turkey , accompanied by a series of rapid gesticulations denoting a determination not to satisfy his curiosity . Feeling quite positive , however , as to tha identify of the lecturer ' s person , he continued to press the question , and the lecturer at length , in very good English , said that he had been two years and seven months in this country ; but being conscious of the falsehood of this statement , he felt it his duty to denounce him to the audience as an impostor , and to give a short detail of his past history and exploits . The previous confusion which had existed was greatly increased by this exposure , and the police having been sent for , he was forthwith dragged out of the edifice , and . conveyed to the station-house . In reference also to the assertion of the
reverend doc-tor that nomoney had been received from the auditors , he felt it rightto state that that gentleman had himself put it to a show of hands wb ether twopence or threepence should be collected from each inoividual present , and the former proposition was carried by acclamation . — Air . Bingham said that the question as to the character of the lecturer was not then before him ; but even supposing him to be an impostor , he entertained great doubt if the defendant had pursued a . strictly legal course in publicly announcing thatfact to a crowdedassemblnge , the probable effect of which would be to produce a scene of discord and
disturbance , which might end in serious consequences . He would give the defendant full credit for a conscientious desire to unmask what he believed to be an imposition , but he should have resorted to a safer course of procedure to accomplish his purpose , and as the complainant was apprehensive of further annoyance , hu felt it necessary to require the defendant to enter into his own recognizance and find sureties for his peaceable behaviour for the next three months . —The required recognizances were immediately put in , and the defendant lett the court with bi « friends .
Wednesday / . — Robdery in a Brothel . — A middleaged woman , named June Clark , the keeper of a house of bad repute , in Gregg's-court ; St . Luke ' s , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Broughton , charged with having been concerned , with two other women , not in custody , in stealing between £ ' 40 and £ 50 in ' bank notes and gold , from the person of a gentleman named Stephens , residing in City-terrace , City . road . It was the old story over again , the complainant had treated his fair but frail friend with wine , gin , stout , and sandwiches ; his share of the drink had been drugged ) and while in a state of semi-insensibility , he had been plundered nnd turned out of the house . ' Theprisoner was remanded for a week .
Thursday . —Disgraceful Ootbage . —Charles Latham and Edward Haycock , two young men of respectable ap . pearance , described in the police sheet as surgeons , the former residing in Church-street , and the latter iu Greenstreet , Bethnal-green , were placed at the bar before Mr . Bingham , charged with having committed a violent and unprovoked assault upon Charles Bailey , a poor labouring man , living in Half Nicholl-3 treet , Shoreditch . The complainant , whose right eye was greatly swollen and discoloured , stated that while proceeding to bis daily labour at five o ' clock ' that nioruir . g , he stopped to procure some- refreshment at a coffee-house , in Shoreditoh , on leaving which the defendants , who were passing at tbe moment , suddenly assailed him without : the slightest provocation , and dashed him violently nguinst the wall .
The defendant Latham then made a cut at him with his cane , and to avoid further ill-usage , he hastily crossed the road , but was Closely followed by the defendants , who began amusing themselves by pushing him about from one to the other , aud ultimately thrust him back with such force , that he fell heavily upon the pavement . On recovering his feet , lie made another , effort to effect his escape , when the defendant Latham , instantly struck him a tremendous blow on the face and ffllcd him to the ground . The defendants then walked rapidly away , but were pursued by a policeman , and taken , into custody The magistrate ordered the defendants to pay a penalty of £ 5 each , or to be committed in default for six weeks to the House of Correction . The fines were soon after paid and the defendants liberated .
MAKYLEBONE . Monday . — Stabbing by a Soldier . — William M 'Carthy , a corporal in the Boyal Marines , stationed at Deptford , and who was for some time a constable in the D division of police , was placed at the bar before Mr . llawlinson , sharged with having stabbed in the eye with Uis bayonet , a young man named John MuggrWge . Prior to any evidence being gone into , Inspector Tednian handed to the magistrate a certificate from one of the surgeons at Middlesex Hospital , which set forth that the sufferer was , owing to a wound inflicted upon him , unable to attaad . . ^ William Hcnright deposed : I live at No . 15 , ilffiW ^ feourt . Between nine and ten o'clock last nightTirttB standing at the corner of Orotto-paseage ( close to this court ) , and two girls were there , one of whom was named Elizabeth Diblev . Prisoner was there , and he spoke to one of the ^ irls , when Dibley said to her , " If you don't go away , aB have nothing to say to him I'll tell your brother . " Upon this the prisoner slapptd Dibley ' s face , and she returned it . Muggridge , the wounded man , came up , and said to thMfrl , " What ' s the matter ! eome home with me , and iflrl follows us we'Jl qnuek him out of the window . " Prisoner said , "Willyou ? " and Muggridge then repeated the threat , tbe girl also saying , " So we will . " The prisoner then put his hand to his side , and drawing forth his bayonet , made a thrust at Muggridge , whom he stabbed somewhere in the head . He then returned his bayonet to its sheath . Other witnesses were heard , and the prisoner was remanded till Monday next .
Tuesday , —Violent Ootbaqe bt a Mihtabt OmcEit . —Lieutenant-Colonel Talbot , residing at No . 5 , Dourocottages , St \ John ' s-wood , attended before Mr . Itawlinson to answer the charge of having violently assaulted a journeyman plasterer , named John Itninos . Complainant stated that on thu evening of the 4 th instant , after he had left his work , ho was proceeding towards his home , accompanied by two other workmen , whom he had occasion to leave for a short period in the ParU-road . They went on without him ; and soon afterwards , as he was about to rejoin them in South-bank , he passed the defendant , who struck him violently with his umbrella , and knocked him down . He got up ns soon as he was able , and was again attacked by him ( defendant ) , who gave him a blow with his fist . Lieut .-Colonel Talbot , on
bting asked what he had to Bay , stated that on the evening alluded to several men passed him in a very disorderly manner , and nmongst thtm was complainant , who after attempting to trip him up by the heels , ran off with the view of effecting his escape . He ( defendant ) pursued him , and on coming up with him complainant attempted to strike him . He then , in his own defence , gave him ( complainant ) a blow . The magistrate decided the case by ordering defendant to pay 40 s ., and an additional 2 s ., the cost of the warant . Complainant here stepped forward and Baid that in consequence of defendant ^ conduct towards him he had lost three day ' s work , and had also been obliged to go to a doctor . Mr . Kawlinson : I can't help it ; the fine goes to tlie Queen , but I had rather that die defendant had made you some satisfaction , The penalty and costs were paid .
CliEUKENWELL . Fkidat . ~ Charge of Mansiacghteh . — Thornae Dorset Pettyman was brought up for final examination on a charge of killing and slaying Thomas Hall a greengrocer , residing in Macclesfield-street North , City-road . From tlie statements made , it appeared that an inquest had been held on the body of the deceased , and a verdict of accidental death was returned . Under these circumstances Mr . Combe decided upon discharging the prisoner , but at the snme time remarked upon the painful circumstances of the case . The deeeased had left a young and helpless family of nine children , of whom he had been the onlysupport . Tlie Messrs . Wilson , the prisoner ' s employers , had given £ 10 to the widow , and a subscription had been set on foot for their relief . The Rev . Mr . Hall attended , and expressed a hope that the public press would aid him in l ; is endeavours to raise some money fov this poor family , who , if benevolent persons that God had blessed with means , did not aid , might be reduced to the most appalling distress .
SOUTHWAUK . ' Saturday . — An Incorrigible . —Ann Grace , an impudent-looking girl , about eighteen years of age , was placed at the bar , charged with stealing a pair of trowsers , two pair of flannel drawers , a silk dress , and a basket , tbe property of Mary Ambrose , a lodging-housekeeper , in New-street , Bermondsey . Complainant said that the prisoner had been in her service about six weeks . On Tuesday morning last , she missed a pair of trowsers from one of her lodgers' rooms , and taxed the prisoner with having taken them . She offered to forgive her if
slie acknowledged thu theft , and gavo hei' the duplicate , so that she could redeem them . The prisoner , however , denied the robber } , and about dinner titnu absconded from the house . Soon after she « as gone Ehe missed the other property , when she gave information to this police , who apprehended Uev in a brothel in the Waterloo road ' . The prisoner acknowledged stealing the things , which she pledged , and said she gave the duplicate to two females on the other side of the water , —Mr . Cottingham remanded her until Monday , -with a view of enabling the officers to trace the property ,
Burglary . — Henry Healey , a respectable-looking young man , was placed at the bar , charged on suspicion of breaking into the shop of Mr . Robert Trowes , carpenter , Denmark-street , Lambeth , and . Stealing a ( lUUl . t ty Of valuable tools , rroseeutor stated that his shop was broken into on the night of the 15 th ultimo , and tools stolen therefrom worth upwards of £ i . As soon as he had dis - covered his loss he gave infovma . tinn to tlie police , but no ciuc could be traced of tlie property until the p ' revious morning , when lie saw the greater portion of the tools lying at the shop-door of a broker in tbeSew-cut . rrom inquiries made gf tile kyw , tlie pi isoacv was taken into
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custody , ht \ having sold the tools to him on the 17 th ult ,, fora sovereign . In answer to the charge the prisoner said , that on the . morning of the 17 th , a man who was in the habit of frequentiuj his brother's suop . int b * Borough , came to his house wiuf > another , and asked him to sell the tools , as he had no use t ? r tllem , being about toleave the country . Believing he wa » an honest man , he sold the tools for him , and handed him f > Ter the money . He did notknowwheretofindhJm , norwas ^ . votIler person a witness to their transaction . —Mr . Cottingl'am said , that the charge would be very serious against the pi'jsoner , unless he could give a better account of himsolf . lie should remand him for a few days , to giva the officer tin opportunity of inquiring into his character , and producing further evidence . He was accordingly remanded .
TnE 3 Dii v .--CiiARGE of VioIiahon . —Louis Uorson . described , as a fraich merchant , was charged with violating the person of Susannah Paine , a girl between fitteen and sixteen years of age . The complainant stated , that she went to live with theprisoner , wiio was a married man , in the capacity of nursery -nwid , on the 18 th ult ., and that a week afterwards , duriug the temporary absence of his wife , he committed the alleged offence . The complainant described the particulars of the assault , which are unfit for publication . That it took place in tne drawing-room , and that she called out as loud as she could , but no one heard her , owing to the position in which she was held during the perpetration of the oftence . She admitted , however , that she did not communicate what had occurred to her to lieu mother until a week afterwards . The complainant was strictly examined by the
magistrate ns to tlie c : > use of her not divulging what had happened to her until a week afterwards , and her reply was that her father was a passionate man , and tlie was afraid on that account . The prisoner , in the most emphatic manner , declared that he was innocent of the offence and that the charge was trumped up by the girl and her mother in order to victimise him . After a lengthened examination , during which a medical certificate was produced , describing the injuries sustained by the complainant , the magistrate said that instead of sending the prisoner for trial on the capital charge , he should hold him to bail for the assault , with the intent , itc , and should call upon him to enter into his own recognizance of JBIUO , and find two sureties of £ 50 each , to answer the charge at the ensuing session . —The prisoner not being prepared with the requisite bail was committed .
THAMES . The aileged Murder on Board the Tort . —On Monday a certificate was forwarded to Mr . Brock-rip , at the Thames police-court , but was not openly read , stating that George . Tohnstone , late master of the Tory , would not be able to attend the proposed examination of the day following , aud the case has been adjourned for another week .
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FALL OF TIIREE HOUSES .-LOSS OF LIFE , On Tuesday night , about eight o ' clock , an occurrence that at the time caused great excitement , and has since spread a gloom over the neighbourhood , took place in Cavendish-place , Wandsworth-road . It appears from the inquiries made by the reporter that Mr . Corrall , a builder , had recently erected four sixroomed houses with shop fronts , in Cavendish-place . They had been covered in , and the lathing and flooring had been completed , but there yet was some plastering , and other matters to be done . On tlie night in question Oliver Carroll , the son of the builder , who was only in his twentieth year , Ins brother , and a labourer , were at work on one of the basement-floors of the houses , laying concrete , when ,
as it is supposed , the end wall oi the house nearest the Cavendish Arms , bulged out , and in less than a minute the three houses separated from the fourth , which waa apparently much more strongly built , and fell witU a loud wash , burying in the ruins the two brothers , the labourer escaping with a few bruises from the falling bricks . An instant alarm was given , and in an incredibly short space of time a large body of men assembled , and commenced removing the bricks and timber with the sanguine hope of preserving the persons buried . In a few minutes one of the CaiTolls was discovered , and brought out ; he was alive , and owed his preservation to two pieces of timber falling crossway , and thus preventing the rubbish suffocating him . lie was carried home by two men ,
suffering from some very severe contusions . In about teu minutes after the accident occurred , Sergeant Emmerson , 1 G V , with a number of constables , arrived , and cleared away the mob that had assembled , so that the men might pursue their work unintcr < rupted . The men laboured unceasingly for threequarters of an hour , when a sufficient opening was made for a man to creep in , who reported that he saw the deceased Oliver Carroll in a sitting position * about three yards distant from where he was . The men redoubled their energies , and in another ten minutes they cleared an enormous mass of timber and brick which were on the deeeased , and Sergeant Etuniertion dragged him out . His head had been driven between his knees , and his back was apparently broken , lie was , to all appearance dead , but ,
nevertheless , waa conveyed with the utmost celerity to the Cavendish Arms , where Mr . Palmer , a surgeon , had been in attendance since the accident , so that he might be of service to the unfortunate sufferers . Air . Palmer resorted to bleeding , the application of stimulants , &c , but although one or two drops of blood came there was no sign of life manifested , and the surgeon gave it as his opinion that the deceased must have been auffocated some time . One or two carpenters were in the act of leaving the building at tbe time of its falling , so that their escape may be considered miraculeus . The materials of tlie houses were evidently of a very common descri ption , the mortar especially seemed to have been made without that great essential , iime , for there was scarcely a brick to which it adhered .
. a . Fatal Accident . —At a quarter-past one on Tuesday , a moat melancholy and fatal occurrence happened close to Aaton ' s Ale and Stout House , Commercial-road , to a poor man , named Isaac South , in the employ of Mr . Humphreys , ot Avely , Essex . The unfortunate fellow had come to town with a load of straw , and was quietly walking by the side of his team , when he suddenly fell down , and the wheels passed over his body and head , crushing the latter in a most frightful manner , Of course , instantaneous death was the consequence . Police constable , II . ISO , conveyed the body to the London Hospital . We understand the poor fellow has left a wife and family .
Dakino Street Kodbert . —At the Surrey Sessions on Tuesdiiy , Ann Callaghan , aged 22 , was found guilty of stealing from the person of Mr . Thomas Walking a va ) u . able silver watch , his property , Tlie complainant had been accosted in tlie Borough-road by the prisoner , who solioited him to accompany her home to her residence , but he refused to do so , and walked away from her . The prisoner , however , followed him to the Surrey Theatre , when she uume iu front of him , and giving a sort of si twitch round close to his person , ran away , ami joined U man who stood about twenty yards off , Her manner , and the fact of her running awiiy , caused his suspicion , and induced him to examine his pocket , ¦ w hen he found that Iris watch was gone . She was immediatel y captured 0 J the police , and the watch found in her bosom . The Chairman sentenced her to ten years' transportation , and she v ,- as removed from the bar bellowing at the top of her voir . e , a ** uttering tne most frigL'tful oaths against tlie cl' airmail , prosecutor , &c »
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GREAT JMEBm'foP TflJSSf ^ MANCHESTER . DEs AT . A meeting of the trades of this town « in the Hall of Scienee , CampfioJd , on 2 e e » ^ - itanday last December 1 st iw the pnrp £ on Blll 8 ( li a lecture upon the necessity of the ffiS 'earil > S 'UmtGd TivuW Association for Sejffil ?* « 4 Industry , and for the Employment of ft ' " « Agriculture and Manufactures . " Themtr l' ' 1 very numerously attended . At eight o'S > Lloyd was called to the chair . andaftt " ? l ¦ r Jlr dress , introduced the lecturer , Mr . David iw ^ was received with loud cheers . The leetuwW Mr . Chairman and Gentlemen , I appear hoLTlU as the wpftsenfotirepf the VmtA ^ S T j ^ tion j rf Great Britain , which association ht > called into eshtence fora two-fold purpose-lfi , !? , < ° r ° ^ ± \ & ? ? Sai ™« the innovations ofra » iiiuacwmimj
., yr , no away vkh the evili wind 1 , ' hitherto manifested themselves in connection - partial strikes . As a people , we are landed n ?' " every other for the still which our operatives diJLi 8 and theenterpme which our capitalists evinroT , - > ( histrial pursuits . In scientific acquirements wm ! "'* distanced every competitor , in industry we ¦ xro equalled , and our perseverance will not adiniUf "" r ival , The question which must firsten <» a ™ om ? tention , is , who have most contributed to ° thn , vationof the country , and who have reaped + i greatest advantages from every improvement in trade ? ; 1 o answer this , we have only to contnst th wealth of the manufacturer on the one hand and th poverty of the operative on the other . . Whilst t rich are making daily additions to their wealth and greatness , the poor are becoming more than ever " iP pendent , and are daily retrograding in the scale nf
society , i o account tor tins , we have only to take -i summary of that vast web of combination which the capitalists are weaving around the country . Out railways . ire a proof of this . The earth will shortlv be belted with an iron zone , embankments made rallies filled up , and mountains overthrown . Our ships traverse every sea , and our merchants congregate at every market . Against this dominion of wealth what have the trades of England to exhibit ? Capital is advancing ; but the value of labour is receding . Tlie united trades' owes its origin tto the exertions of a few noble-minded and intelligent sons of labour , who , with Air . Duncomba at their head , have laid the foundations of an edifice , which , if approved of , and supported by you , will
become a blessing to mankind . Before 1 proceed to read the address , and the rules of the association , I would ask—are you prepared to co-operate with and unite for the good of each other . ( Cries of yes ! yes !! yes ! I !) I am pleased to find that I am an . swered in the affirmative . I will however place the question in a stranger light before you . First , then , is the machanic prepared to unite with the weaver ? ( Loud cheers . ) Are the wealthier trades disposed to co-operate with their poorer brethren ? If they be not , then labour ' s struggle is at an end . Partial strikes only inflame but do not removethe distemper . ( Cheers . ) Cessation from labour is an irreparable injury , since it brings with it no advantage as an equivalent for the money expended . Let us learn to
be wise and profit by the experience of the past ; let us show to the world that the toil-worn operative la not only the possessor of astrong arm , but also of an active mind . Bankruptcies on the one hand , and want of employment on the other , are the precursora of the coming storm , to avert which should be the study of every member of this vast community . If you are insensible to the sufferings of others , how can you justly complain when the bolt that levelled them shall have prostrated you . Speaking , as I now do , to men who have no capital save thci ? labour ! I would ask if you are not anxious to avert this evil ? Even now your labour will scarcely provide you with the means of living . It is your duty , therefore , to create for yourselves tlie
means of erecting manufactories , and stocking them with machinery of your own . As » means of teatins : the experiment , it is proposed to raise a capital of one hundred thousand pounds , by twenty thousand shares of five pounds each . And as a means of relieving the labour market of a portion of ita redundancy , it is intended to locate a given number of the operatives upon the soil of their fatherland . ( Cheers . ) We shall thus create a happy peasantry on the one hand , and an independent class of operatives on the other . Although the association has only been in existence some three months , it can ,
nevertheless , boast of twelve thousand subscribers , all of them men of weight , for they are five pounders . Only think of 12 , 000 five pounders , and eight thousand more are daily expected to give in their adhesion . Mr . Ross then read over the address and the rules of the association , commenting on each paragraph , and explaining each- proposition . lie concluded by inviting disciu-sion in the hope of eliciting in f ormation , and resumed his seat amid the plaudits of the assembly . Mr . Roberts moved the thanks of the meeting to the worthy lectuier , which was seconded by Mr . Pear , the secretary to the dyer's union , and carried by acclamation .
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THE ITALIAN FREE SCHOOL ' . [ From the Examiner ] The Italian Free School , in Greville-street , Leather-lane , whose excellent and benevolent objects we have on former occasions alluded to , has lately celebrated its fourth anniversary . The school room 3 were crowded with above 200 of the pupils ; and among them were seated several ladies and gentlemen of rank who have taken an interest in their welfare . A distribution of pvkes took place amidst much pleasine ; excitement and cheerful applause ; after which the director , Mr . Pistrucci , and the founder , Mr . Mazzini , with two other gentlemen , spoke forcibly and eloquently on the state of the school , its objects and it 3 resources ; and the evening closed with a highly interesting " charity feast , " prepared for the pupils at the expense of the directors .
This Scula Gratu . Ua Italiana was founded in 1841 , and first opened on the 10 th of November ot that year . It was intended for the improvement of all poor Italians , without distinction ; but chiefly for that of those organ boys , and traders in plaster casts , above one thousand of whom are now toiling in the streets of London , and along the thoroughfares in the country . The school is opened for two hours and a half every evening- ( Monday excepted ) , and for three hours and a half on Sundays ; on the ktter day , in addition to the humbler branches of instruction , a lecture on moral , historical , or scientific subjects , being delivered at half-past eight . The pupils are instructed in the Italian and English languages , in reading and writing , arithmetic and mechanics , geography , drawing , « fcc . None of the masters , withi the exception of two , receive any emolument . Writing and drawing materials , books , paper , &c ., are afforded gratuitously to the pupils .
The school was originally supported by the voluntary subscriptions of Italian gentlemen residing in London ; but soon Lady Noel Byron , Mrs . Miliier Gibson Mr . Thomas Carlyle , Sir . James Clarke , Mr . Mill , Mr . Toynbec , and others , offered their co-operation and patronage ; so that English beneficence contributes now a very ample share toward the support of this foreign institution . On the other hand , the school has had also its opponents . The many hundreds of boys crowding i's rooms from evevy ojutttev voused tlie suspicions of the agents of the Italian Government in this country , who apprehended in it a hot-bed of rebellion , ami whose fertile imagination conjured up a legion ot organ boya organized in formidable ranks in Groville-strcct , and marching , under the orders of Mr . Mazzini , to the conquest of Italy . The priests of the Roman Catholic chapels in London also wilfully
misconstrued the school into a seminary of atheism and infidelity , for no other apparent reason than the distribution of New Testaments in the Italian language yearly made amongthe boys . The father Baulacconi , on this ground , openly cried anathema to the school from the pulpit of the Sardinian Chayel . But it * most formidable enemies were the padroni , or masters of the poor Italian mendicants , who , under the pretence of apprenticeship , havo the wretched organplayers under absolute control . These * had cangW the war-cry from the priests ; and by severe floggiijS ami starvation they succeeded , toagvesvt extent . i » thinning the ranks of the school . Many ol tne pupils with tears in their eyes delivered up tiieir books to their kind masters , all intercourse wi » whom had become out of the question ; and such « the effect , even on some of the subscribers , that ay the end of the second year the school was tarcatenco
with imminent ruin . The Irresistible power of £ i really good and iram 8 "' design , however , and the perseverance of tbe school 3 founders and friends , have weathered the storm , !" " though a larger number of permanent subsciw would be a great desideratum , yet we learn with F culiar pleasure that the large amount of occasion * bounties leaves no uneasiness as to the prospcrqu continuance ofthia admirable and most clumtnulo lfl ' stitution . We have thought that this brief statement mjg W interest our readers . If they think it worth wlnit i " inquire further for themselves , they will »«« M J . move to interest them ; and , we-will vemVvivc toau , to engage their active help and sympathy .
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Late Outrage Near Oswestry.
LATE OUTRAGE NEAR OSWESTRY .
Oswestby , Wednesday , December 3 . —It will be recollected that an old woman , named Susannah Rider ( supposed to be a maniac ) , was taken into custody upon a charge of attempting to murder her own daughter , a delicate young woman , who was found in the cottage apparently dead , and mangled in a peculiar manner , which admitted of no description . The poor sufferer , who was placed under medical treatment , had so far recovered as to enable her to give evidence against her wretched mother . The prisoner having been placed at the bar , the daughter was led into the room , and accommodated with a chair near the magistrates' table . Her deposition was to the following efiect : — My name is Elizabeth Rider ; I live at Dyffryd . in
the parish of Hennerly , and am a single woman . I was at home on Friday morning , the 14 th of November . I locked the door , as my mother was for going out , and I could not manage her . My mother's name is Susannah Rider . She is a widow . There was no one else in the house . My brother was at his work , a short distance off . When I took the key out of the lock my mother began at me . She pulled oft'my cap , tore off my hair , and put her hand or my throat and tried to choke me . She did not then get me down . She then picked up the broom hook and struck at me . I laid hold of it , and she pushed me across the room against . a " steam" ( tub ) of water , into which I fell . Before I could get up she got the treacle bottle and " pun'd ( punched ) me about the head . It was an earthen
bottle , and broke . I then became very faint . She pushed me towards the grate , and taking the kettle ofi the fire , poured the scalding water down my back . The pain gave me strength , and I managed to turn away the spout of the tea-kettle , or else she would have poured all the water over me . She next got the maneker ( a wooden instrument for crushing potatoes ) , and began to " pun" ( punch ) me on the head . She slinked that away , and took up the rolling-pin , with which she began to beat me aboutthe head and face till she thought I was almost gone . I became almost insensible , but I recollect my mother kept working at me , though I was nearly choked with the blood which returned into my icouth from the wounds on my head and face .
Mr . Aubrey asked if she had any recollection of being struckwith a bilUiook ? v , , The witness replied—I suppose that , after having heated me with the rolling-pin , she took up the billhook : but by that time 1 was quite insensible . When I came to a little I fouud my mother was lugging me along the floor towards the pantry She had hold ot my arms , my head resting against her stomach . When she got me into the pantry I was sensible . Seeing that I was not dead , she took up an old shoe , which had nails in it , and began beating me about the head . I remember her saying , " Oh , but you are a tough one ; I'll finish you yet . " I had no power ; but I had my senses , so as to know every thing that happened . I saw that she went into the outer room , and having fetched the broom , she turned up my clothes , and began to " pun" me with the " stail " ( handle ) about my legs and thighs , die . The prisoner , who seemed perfectly composed , had nothing to say . She was committed for trial at the next assizes .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 13, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1345/page/8/
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