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death : tor keep house for the widower ; and whatever might fee the nature of the connexion that sprang np between them , became the uncontioUed mistress of the family . According to the evidence at the trial , Hook ' s cottage was well supplied with the necessaries , and even some of the comforts of life . His wages were good for his station , and the bill of the village shopkeeper showed that there was a pretty abundant suppl y of provi-«» th tok «» hotw ^
sions weekly consumed by the famil y . The neighbours , however , soon obserred a marked difference between the appearance of Hook ' s children and the boys of Bubb . Previous to their mother ' s death they were health y , but after that fame they were evidently systematically neglected and illtreated—the youngest and most helpless at that time only twelve months old , suffering of course most severely from such treatment .
If umerotw witnesses deposed that the infant was continually wandering about , begging in the most earnest manner for a mouthfnl of victuals , which , when obtained , it used to devour voraciously , and that its attenuated appearance full y proved the slow , but deadly process of starvation , whichit was deliberately undergoing . " The young Bubbs enjoyed every comfort , " said Emma Jackson , a lodger to the house , for twelve months before the
• child ' s death , "Hook ' s children were ill-fed aad ill-dad , especially the deceased . " " Has *« en prisoner and her children setting at ¦ breakfast and eating buttered toast , whilst "the deceased was on the floor , picking up 'the crumbs , and eating them withjtbe greatest greediness ! " As might be expected "the « hild gradually wasted away , and became so weak that it crept about on all fours ; " but € ven in this state , its agony and ita helplessness excited no remorse in the breast of the
monster . Bubb , the witness , "had seen her catch the chUd with one hand and beat it with the other , within three weeks of its death , and when it was little better than skin and bonea , mere living skeleton . About two months before it died , saw her -washing the child in a tub , and saw her take it out and push it across the room , and say : ' D thee , thee wilt never die , and nothing will
ever kill thee f " Here , however , the barbarous wretch was wrong , the victim of her almost incredible and demoniacal cruelt y did , at last , sink under the tortures inflicted upon her . She died at last of actual starvation ; and when her bod y was weighed , together ¦ with the cloths in whichit was wrapped , it was only 61 b ., or 21 b . less than the weight of the body of many healthy children at the moment of birth !
Our only regret is , that the jury did not T » rand this most foul , unnatural , and horrible deed , with its true name—Mcedee , They -ought , we think , also to have accompanied the verdict with a condemnation of the shocking aud unjustifiable remissnessof the people , who saw this murder being deliberately perpetrated on a helpless little creature of three years of age , and yet , never interfered between the
murderess and her victim—the clergyman , the board ot guardians , the relieving officer , every body knew of it , and yet nobody stirred , until the slow , lingering , and agonising process of hunger had done its work . Surely , instead of sending Missionaries abroad to convert savages , there is need for then : ministrations in the district which lies under the shadow of the cathedral towers of Gloucester I
For one thing let us be thankful . Crimes such as these cannot be committed with impunity . Mrs , Bird's escape from the scaffold or the penal colony , which she so richly deserved , is not to be the rule , but the exception . The consignment of the monster Bubb to transportation for life , is a timely and necessary warning to those who feel disposed to wreck their transcendant inhumanity upon helpless Children . But it would be far better if Legislators would set about the taBk of removing the depravity of mind and heart , out of which such shocking crimes are generated—the lowcondi"tion of the people is their disgrace , in the eyes of the world ? J
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STEIKE OF ENGINE DRIVERS . The Engine Drivers and firemen on the Eastern Counties Railway have given not ice , thaton Monday next , they will strike , as a body , against the tyrannical and unjust regulations that have been recently introduced on that line , by Mr . Gooch , the new superintendent . From the facts stated at the meeting of the Drivers , held this week , it is evident that the treatment they have received is part of a systemat ic plan to pull down the earnings of that most important and useful body of men , with the view of thereby in some measure adding to
the dividends of the capitalist . "We recentl y stowed the effect of a similar policy on the Edinburgh line , where the inexperience of ihenew drivers not only destroyed property to a large amount , but inflicted severe wounds and endangered life . We say , that having obtained by act of Parliament , and by the command of large capitals subscribed under that authority , a monopoly of the passenger traffic of the County , Railway Boards ought to be restrained by the Government , from taking a course which so directly tends to endanger the lives and property of the public We shall watch the issue of this straggle "With deep interest
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Mstross ' rea ^ to' thrfew ^ members of both Houses , who had not escaped to the moors , the Ministry enumerate the measure * they consider of the greatest ! importance , which have been passed duringthe session , and for which they take credit . . These are , the . Australian ponies Act , the Acts for the Improvement of the Merchant Service , for the gradual discontinuance of Intem-ents within the limits of the Metropolis , for the Extension of the Elective Franchise in Ireland , and the measures for improving the Administration of Justice in
various Departments . The catalogue is soon exhausted , and our readers know too well the petty and defective nature of the measures themselves , to require that we should now detain them by any comments . The whole session has been wasted in a series of debates on subjects , the most important of which have been withdrawn . Of the shoal of bUkthathaTeBtruggled through , notmore than a score , at the utmost , can lay claim to the character of being generally useful . One point of the Speech ought not to be forgotten . It is seldom , indeed , that these documents contain anything either new or startling ; but the
paragraph respecting finance and taxation is so truly novel that we were startled with it . Her Ma jest ? congratulated the Commons on having "been enabled to relievo Her subjects from some of the burdens of taxation . " Who has been shamefully practising upon the credulity of the Queen ? When ? Where 1 In what shape has that relief been given ? Who feels himself one penny the better for it ? With the exception of , the remission of the duties on bricks , we positively know of no reduction whatever . The wooden Chancellor makes mistakes enough on his own account , and ought to be content , without seeking to drag the Queen into the mire along with him .
As to the proceedings of the Houses since our last , they have been of an unusually humdrum kind , even for them . "Palavers " have been got up on Cephalonia and other matters , but it was quite evident that everybody was heartily wearied of the sisyphean task in which they had been so long engaged . Their hearts were not their tongues , and the motions were got up merely to save appearances . The real object was to hurry over the business that it had been determined to push through , and thenjturn ther backs , as speedily as possible , upon a place where then * , seven months ' labours had been of so unprofitable and discreditable a character . . Next -week
we shall endeavour to point out the leading characteristics . of the sessions of 1850 , of which we are heartily glad we have at length seen the end , and pray that we may never see such another .
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MONIES RECEIVED Fob ihe Week Ending Thursday , August , 15 th 1850 . job ihb . WfflDffiGBPOF TEELABB COHPAM . Received dj W . Baa-Messrs . Bookless , Median , and M'NeU , 6 eorgie Mills Is 6 a-E . Teales , Bristol ls-J . B ., Exeter 2 s—Northampton , per J . Stanner 19 s—W . Howels , Garadiffeth 6 d—Messrs . D . and D . Holmes , Sutton-bridge 2 s—Droylsden Branch 3 s 6 d—Os waldtwistle Branch 112 s-J . Hamilton , Dairy 6 d—Hyde , per A . Henderson U—Nottingham , per J . Sweet 9 s 7 d—S . Widdop , Addingham , near Leeds 6 d—Messrs . Sanderson . Nash , and Taylor , Norwich 3 s-Messrs . Finlay , Walker , Wood , Barrett , Bnngay , and Topp , allottees Great Dodford 3 s—J . Twaites , Lynn 6 d . £ s . d . Received by W . Rider .. .. 487
THE HONESTY FUHD . Received at Lmn Office—From Leicester , per Newton—T . Sewton 2 s 6 d—W . Lapworth 2 s 6 d—W . Kitcheman 2 s—J . Beer 53 « -W . Holyoake Ss 4 d-J . Neal 5 s 4 d-F . Neal 5 » 4 d-W . Dan 2 b 6 d—W . Green 2 s 8 d—W . Pox 6 d—T . Collinls-W . White 6 d-J . Robinson 6 d-R . Holyoake Ss 4 d-R , Blmnfield 2 s 6 d-W . Miner 2 s-T , Shannan&k-H . Low 2 s 6 d—C . E . low 2 s 6 d-E . Low 2 s 6 d— W . Pridmore ls-E . Birdls-W . Johnson 8 d-J . Bailey 33 6 d . Received by W . Rtoee . —Bagnley-bffl , Mossley 10 s . Beceived at Land Office .. .. -219 10 BeeewedbyW . Bider .. .. 010 0 Total .. .. .. .. ~ £ 3 9 10
AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received by Jobs Aexott . —Falkirk , per D . Sinclair . 15 s 9 d-HarjIebone per J . Goodwin 5 s-Collectlons and Cards at John-street U 8 s OH—Wat Tyler Brigade , Greenwich , per C . Jeffery 4 g—Exeter per T . Scott 5 s—Yarmouth , per J . Eojall 6 d—Mr . Denny Is-Mr . Clow is—WorHne Man , Stepney Is—Total , 416 s 9 £ d . DEBT DUE TO PRINTER . Todmorden , perBichard Barker 5 s . TRACT FUND . Received by John Abhott—Mr . Winn , bookseller 3 s—Mr . Piper , bookseller Is 6 d—Mr . Bell , Sonthwark 2 s 6 d-Exeter , per T . Scott 5 s—Lynn , per J . Twaits ls-Stalybndge , per W . Hill Is—Hr . G . Gill 6 d—Mr . Moring 6 d . FOR MRS . LACY . . Received by W . Rider . —James WeUs 6 d—B . Elliott , Clapham Ifew Park 2 s 6 i Received at LAND OniCE . — G . J . 6 d—G . W . 6 d . Received by Johs Abnott . —Mr . BeD , Southwark 2 s 6 d—Whittington and Cat , per H . Bloomfield 2 s 2 d—Collected at John-street , Aug . 6 th 4 » 0 | d Mr . Nosbocaj Is—Mr . Shute Is—Whittington and Cat , per H . Bloomfield ( second subscription ) 13 s—T . O . D ., Hoxton New Town 2 a 6 d-Two Working Men , Stepney Is . . ¦ -
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Hetwood . — . At a meeting of members the following resolutions were adopted : — "That each member shall pay sixpence towards raising the fond to enable Mr . O'Connor to windnp the Company . " " That the levy shall he paid at the secretary's residence , 63 , Bridgestreet , any Monday evening , until the 23 rd of September , 1850 . " "That JameB Evemson shall be president ; Thomas Wrigley treasurer Jamea Scott , secretary ; and that Thomas Slater and Robert Howarth be added , to form the committee . "
Northampton . —At a meeting held at Dychurch-lane Chapel , on the 8 th of August , the following resolution was agreed to : —* "That in order to defray the expehces of winding-up the National Land Company , that each paid-up member be called upon for a levy of sixpence , to be paid by Old Michaelmas Day , aud any shareholder neglecting to do so shall forfeit all claims upon the Company . That T . Mebew , Chalk-lane , ; secretary , be empowered to take monies at any time , for the convenience of members . " Nineteen shillings was contributed for the same at the close of the meeting . MBaTHTO . _ A . meeting-waslieW on Monday , Aug . Uta , at the Chandler's Arms , Georgetown , to sub * scribe towards defraying the exDenBea of the
winding up of the Land Company , when it was proposed by Mr . Henry Wilsen , of the So . 1 branch , and seconded by Mr . Jacob Jonea , and carried unanimously , — " That every member-paid-up or otherwise—shall subscribe sixpence ; and that every member or shareholder not complying with the above resolution in one month from this date , shall forfeit his or her claim on the Company . " Mossiar . —A meeting of shareholders was held on Sunday morning last , to take into consideration the be 3 t means of assisting the winding up of the afiairs of fte Company , when it was resolved , — " That the sum of sixpence be levied on each member for the above purpose . " Six shillings were paid in by twelve members , after which it was resolved to adjourn the meeting to the first Sunday in September , tor the members to pay the above levy .
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- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION' OF . . - . ! UNITED TRADES . m T . S . Dotcokbb , Es * , M . P ., Prudent . "¦ . , Zrtnhli $ hti 1845 . . ' : ¦ " fiat juBiiru , " When the Central Committee found all their endeavours fruitless , to induce the Wolverhampton employers to do that justice to their hands to which , had they been honourable men , they would have needed no prompting ; and , in consequence , felt it their duty at once - TgA > . -- .. ~ fvrT ,- TTniT ^ .. --
to appeal to the various trades in connexion , to support the Tin Plate Workers i » their legal attempts to obtain that justice which , up to this period , has been most pertinaciously refused , they were well aware that time would necessarily be required for the trades to meet , discuss , and give to their resolves "the name of action . ' They never doubted what those resolves would be , but were scarcely prepared for the prompt—and nearly
unanimous—response which has been given to their appeal . Bat there are still a few bodies of the members who have not yet responded . It is confidently hoped that these will at once see the necessity for ah immediate performance of that duty , so clearly implied in the obligations they mutually engage in , when they join this Association , obligations which they would naturally expect to be fulfilled on their behalf , if placed in similar circumstances with the Wolverhamp ton men .
During this unavoidable delay , the busy activity of Mr . Perry , and the excusable impatience of the men , have somewhat precipitated affairs , to a degree neither desired nor contemplated by the Central Committee . Mr . E . Perry , when he discovered that . lie would no longer be permitted to continue his unreasonable exactions , at once proceeded to put into operation a variety of schemes , quite characteristic of the man , to secure to himself a continuation of his present disproportionate profits .
There was first the usual advertisement , "A quantity of Tin Plate Workera wanted , to whom will be given constant employment , and the same wages as have been given for the last seven years . Liberal advances made where required . " We need scarcely say , that what those wages were are so well known to every Tinman in Great Britain , that that advertisement was not likely to he ] very effective . To this the hands put out a rejoinder , short , terse , and effective ; stating , that Mr . Perry could have as many hands as he re . quired , upon the only condition that he would pay the market value for his labour . The
Committee perfectly agree with that re ply , and would not advise any man to leave his employment , except upon the specific refusal of his employer to pay the market price for his labour , which is the price which ' the men have themselves determined on , and which ib now and has for a long period been paid by the most extensive , and by very far the most respectable establishments in the town of Wolverhampton . But these gentlemen appear to have been even more impatient than their men , and adopted another scheme which will , we expect , turn out eventually equally abortive .
The most , tempting offers have been made to induce the men to enter into written engagements for a term of years ; and , as an additional bait , offers of pecuniary advances have been liberally made , and we regrettoadd , in some few instances successfully . Now , yre know not which of the two characters excites in us the most supreme disgust : the man who would take an advantage of the poverty , the ignorance , or the vicious propensities of another , to induce him to contract a debt which he can have scarcely any proapecta of repaying , in order that he may be made the slave and instrument , to enable him ( the employer ) to perpetuate the wrongs he has so
long inflicted upon his workpeople ; or the wretched tool , who , devoid of all honour , principle and virtue , is base enough to enter into so disgraceful an arrangement . None but the meanest and most depraved of his species would act so unworthily ; and we suspect that Mr . E . Perry has , by this time , discovered the truth of this position , as we are informed that four or five of these fellows , to whom he had advanced various sums , amounting in the aggregate to about £ 25 , have taken to their heels , and gone on a summer tour to the Lakes of Killarney , or to roam , perhaps , amongst the wild scenery of the land of the mountain and the mist . -
• However we may deprecate tho conduct of these men , if our information be correct we heartily and Bincerely rejoice in Mr . Perry ' s discomfiture . If he will condescend to enter into such questionable arrangements with such disreputable characters , he need not be surprised to find himself outwitted . Such men and such proceedings we utterly deprecate and repudiate . We have no alliance with them ; to Mr . E . P . aud his friends ,
belong the undivided honour of such coadjutors , The men and their acts are the necessary aud usual consequences of the strike system , which weso strenuously strive to avert , and in no case have we strove more unremittingly than in the present . But as long as injustice exists and wrongs are inflicted upon the working men , for which the laws of his country gives him no remedy , there must be , there will be , and there ought to be , strikes .
The Times says : — "The history of the manufacturing class is to be found in the history of strikes ; it is by the frequent recurrence of these that the vicious state of our labouring population makes itself felt moBt effectually . Strikes ^ are but an organised expression of some ignorance , some restiveness , some jealousy , some dislike—so much everybody knows . " Let us here pause to complete this descriptive catalogue of the existences which strikes are said to express . Do they not expresstheexistence of some deep injury inflicted , some grievous wrong long suffered , but no
longer to be endured , but for which the imperfections of our laws gives the injured party no remedy , except by the uncertain and unsatisfactory one of a strike ? If the system of strikes be so objectionable , why do not the government constitute a board by which all disputes between capital and labour might be arbitrated upon and adjusted ? Why not adopt the system we have so long recommended—boards of trade in every manufacturing town , composed of equal numbers of masters and workmen , presided over by some perfectly
independent party sworn to act justly , and the decisions of a board so constituted , to have the effect of law ? The answer to the why , is , because capital assumes to itself , ' or rather usurps , a power , above either law , reason , or equity . The Times , quoting , we bu > pose , from Mr . Tremenhere ' slast report on the state of the mining districts , states , that "The great strike of the colliers and miners in 1844 , extended over a period of four months , and involved a loss to the coal owners as a body , calculated at £ 200 , 000 , and a loss to the pitmen in wages of £ 300 , 000 . "
This fact—if it be a fact , for it appears to us too monstrous for unadorned truth—sufficiently accounts , for and amply justifies tho strike in question . Here we have a very important admission , that the proportion between profits and wages in tho coal trade , is two to kree , or 66 f per cent ; that is , for every pound paid by a pit owner in wages he reaps a profit of thirteen shillings and fourpence ;
and for this monstrous robbery upon the labour of the poor miner , tho law provides no remedy , and he is abused and vilified if he resists this great injustice , by the only means within Wb reach—a strike . We are from principle averse to strikes , and never sanction or countenance them , - while any means remain of obtaining juBtice ; but until the law , or the employers themselves , from a sense of justice , recognise some more rational means for the
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redreg S of grievances , or . adjustment of 4 isputes- tnke s-rwith aU their concomitant evilsjtnd : wasteful loss ;" never will , oan , or Wt to be , discarded by the working men , being the only means they have left of making y grievances understood or their power . While > riting this report information has just reached us P ^ a cunningl y devised—but a w > o transparent- rtrap , to inveigle the Wolvernampton men , and , perhaps , this Committee , " ™/ ! ' which would at once bring them within the law of conspiracy . Two men in the employment of Mr . E . Perry , of the respective names of McNaughton andBriggs , were diapawned to Birmingham upon the very honourable errand of engaging , men to hire themselves "for a consideration , " to that gentleman . One Underbill , and three others , gladly , we suppose , accepted the tempting but filthy pait .. . Shortly after their arrival in Birmin * V ...
nani , and after , having signed and sealed their odious bargain , and pocketed the wages of * w f y , they sought out the secretary of the trade in Wolverhampton , under the lying pretence that they had been deceived under false pretences , into the engagement they ' h&A entered into , and requesting to know , under the circumstances , what they should do . The answer was / the onl y and proper one which could , or will be given to such scoundrels—11 back to Mr . Perry , and fulfil your agreement . " .. ' ; a . : Now , these four vagabonds from Birmingham , were thoroughly ignorant of the beginning , progress , and exact position of , the dispute , and their application to the secretary was a trap to lead him into an illegal act , coined in the brain of some one more cunning , but scarcely wiser than their own— " A weak
invention of the enemy . "—YeB , truly , very weak . We are further informed , that these fellows were paid . 20 a . to spend amongst them on the evening they executed the bond , and £ 5 each , on the following morning . There is another case of a local preacher of the name of Glover , who has been trying on a similar " artful dodge , " with similar non success . The . Central Committee have no hesitation in giving the widest publicity to these cases , believing that auch hellish expedients have only to be exposed to be rendered innoxiouB We assure the Tin Plate Workers , that even the complaints we made at the commencement of this article , of the non arrival of the decision ef some few bodies of our members , has while we are writing , come to hand , and the
determination of the National Association to support them through this struggle is now unanimously resolved on . Let them then be of good cheer , let them avoid these bondmen as they would basalisks— " whom to look upon is to die . M Let them" but be true and faithful to each other , and we have no fear for the result . Their case has hitherto been conducted with patience and moderation , let it still be SO conducted . Let no man commit an illegal or dishonourable act in connection with this affair . > Bei sober , / be vi gilant , for the tempters are abroad , prowling like wolves to see whom they may devour . We must quietly and steadily pursue the even tenor of our way , relying upon the justice of our cause , and the omnipotency of that public opinion , before which the greatest tyrants quail . :
We again : this week insert two letters we have received from our correspondents in Birmingham and Kidderminster ; and . as they may be taken as the expression of the feelings elicited by this Wolverhampton case , in the breast of numerous and powerful sections of our organisation , they assume an importance which will , we hope , be a sufficient apology for their insertion . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ T , Kiadermini » ter , August 13 » h . DEAB SIB , —I feel obliged to you for the insertion of my letter of last week , expressive of th « feelings andsjmpa , thiesentertainedb ythemen of Kidderminister on behalf of their Wolverhampton brethren . I trouble you , Sir , with another , to assure you that those 8 vmnathetScft > eHnya i 8
¦ £ ^ diminished . but very much on the inoreaie and nave been greatly promoted bj jour excellent arrangements to rive , such general publicity to yoOT proceedings tnrougn the Northern Star , 1 assure you the Carpet Weavers are deeply impressed with the immense importance of this case , calculated as it is , unless conducted with great talent and circumspection , to involve the Central Committee in difficulties , and , TKirhaps , endanger the Association . But we hare that unlimited commence in your judgment , evinced in so many important cuses , that we are determined to give you all the support you require , and to rall y round the atandard or tnat one great and extensive union of unions , and never fail m supporting our fellow men in contending for that we ourselves . love so well— ' A . fair day ' s pay for a fair day ' s worK *
I would wish to remind men of other trades , how , in time ! past , men have been compelled , through the monstrous tyranny of capital , to leave their homes and families , and go tramping through the country in search of ompioyroent ; ana , when lifter a long and tedious search , they have been compelled to return to their once happy hemes . but now dismembered and made destitute by their forced absence , when thiy have been again compelled to bow their necks to the yoke of oppression ; and why ? for the want of such an intelligentl y devised and conducted union as we are now connected with t ¦ And i would now , wish to ask the men of my own trade , whether , during the last twelve months , and their connexion with the National Association , they hare been subjected to so many annoyine attemnts to reduce thoiv « . »
or to deprive them of some long enjoyed privilege ? and , whether the few attempts which have been offered have not been promptly and successiully frustrated by the rational proceedings of the Central Committee ? Letusthen , for the time to come , each and every one of US , rally round the National Assoemtlcn , that wo may secure for ourselves the inestimable blessings it confers , and , at the same time , bethemeansof tecm-ing the like . advantugea for the Tin Plate Workers , and every other trade who evince a similar desire to protect themselves and us . I hvro the pleasuve of informing you that a meeting of delegate * from each of the firms in this town is convened for Monday next , to make arrangements for the punctual collection and remittance of the Wolverhampton lew . Wishing y « u Bpeedy and complete succe&s , I remain , yours faithfully , Hknbt Baebeb , General Secretary to Kidderminister Carpet Trade .
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Shopman . -William Joyce was chawed with having Young , cheesmonger , 45 , Silver-street , Goldensqaare . The prosecutor stated that on Saturday he opened a new shop in theaboveline at 4 gi Silverstreet , Golden-aquare , and on the Friday previous the prisoner came and solicited employment S a ahepman . About one o ' clock the same day the nri soner called again , and as witness was busy in we paring to open on the'Saturday , he accepted the prisoner ' s services to assist him . On Saturday afternoon the shop was opened , and prisoner and witneas wero the only two persons behind thp
oounter weighing out goods and taking the money In the course of the evening witness put seven sovereigns in a paper , and placed them in a drawer next the till , to which no one but the prisoner and himself had access ; A short time afterwards prosecutor had occasion to put some more gold into tho drawer , when he missed the packet containing the E ^ ° - eI ? ns ' Ho < l ue 9 ti <> n l the prisoner about the missing money , and on his giving an un . SShS ? 'f ' Witn ofu sent for * « onst ! ble and EJ ^ i *^ -.. ? 118 Fhoner . wiu searched , but only 5 s . 4 d . found upon him . A witness proved I }* \ u Pr « u ^'» shop on Saturday night and saw the prisoner at the Srawer in question The prisoner took something from the drawer and lelt the shop , and was absent about ten minutes 2 f " t -T' deniedth 0 cbarge » was
comrnit-_ As TJknaiurai , PABBM . -Hector Hume , a working jeweller , living at No . 20 , Peter-street , was charged with having criminall y assaulted his two daughters , one aged tenyears , and the other nine years . The mother of the children it appeared had been dead some time . The children ' and their unnatural parent occupied a back attic , all slept togetherinonebed . The eldest girl was assaulted about a month ago . She did not tell what had happened , as her father threatened to beat her She did tell a Mrs . Jackson some days afterwards , and this , added to what had occurred to her younger sister ' s case , led to the prisoner being given into custody . Mr . Tothill , surgeon , 8 , Charles-street , considered that an assault had been recently committed on the eldest of the two children . The prisoner denied the chargo . He admitted that when drunk he might have exposed himself more than was proper to his ohildren . Fully committed .
MAEYLEBONE ,-DKSiB 0 TIlf 0 A LlSI OF Voters . —Elizabeth Dickman , a very decently-dressed woman , was charged by police-constable 97 D , who deposed that at two o ' clock on Sunday afternoon he saw the prisoner go up to the church of St . Mary ' s Wyndham-place , Bryanston-squSre , and pulldown four Bheets from a list of voters which was poBted up at the door ; she was making off with the papers when witness took her into custody . The prisoner on being asked what she had to say , replied that she was not aware that she was doing anything wrong , imaging that the lists were put at the door for any one to help themselves to a portion of them if they thought fit . She was fined in the mitigated penalty of 5 s . for the offence .
MAKSI 0 N - HOUSE .-Jweniie Crimb add Parbniai , Neglect . —Thomas Ellis , a diminutive fellow , 12 years of age , was charged with haviB / r stolen a blanket , in which a sleeping infant was wrapped . —James Upon ( G 64 City Police ) : At two o ' clock on Friday afternoon I saw . the prisoner running along a street near HoHndsditch , and endcavounng to conceal a blanket under his frock . I suspected , when I perceived that he went towards Petticoat-lane , the place of salo for plunder , that he was going to he a customer there , and I asked him what he had got . He said he had his mother ' s blanket , and was going to sell it for her . " Then , " said I , " you must come with me to your mother . " Rather than go to his mother he said he would
admit that he stole the thing , but ho would leave it to the police to find out where , as he would not take any further trouble about it . I afterwards found that tho owner of the blanket was a woman in very humble circumstances , who heard bier child cry and upon going into her roem to see what wns the ' matter , found the poor child she had left comfortably wrapped up in . the blanket , and asleep in the cradle , lying naked on the ground . She immediately identified tho blanket , which was found in the possession of the boy , -who confessed at the station-house that he had rolled the baby out of it and that he meant to get all he could for it in the Lane . —Alderman Gibbs : This is a very bad affair L ° y' W > t h aye 7 u t ?«! y ? l > oiit M : pril
. :. . soner : Yes , I took the blanket off the child , and I waa agoing to sell it . Isaw nobody in the room , or I woulcVhave cuta-way . —Alderman Gibbs : Have you no home ? Tho Prisoner : Yes . —Alderman Gibbs ; And father and mother ? The Prisoner Yes , in Spitalfields . —Alderman Gibbs : Why don't you live at home with them ? Do you not get enough to eat there ? The Prisoner : Yes , I get enough when I am there , but I like to be with other boys , and so I don't go there . —Noon : I have often had my eye upon him when ho has been with a gang of thieves with which the whole place is infested . —Scott , the Mansion-house officer , said the prisoner ' s mother came to the court this morning with a child in her armsand said the boy was
, so incorrigible that neither father nor mother could turn him to any account , and that he had an excellent home to go to , but could not be kept in , and she hoped the magistrate would take care of the young rascal . —Alderman Gibbs : "When a home is already provided for a child a prison is a very improper place to send it to . The parents are bound by law to protect their children , and I shall not be instrumental in removing this boy from the natural and legal care to which ; he is entitled , to lock him up m n gaol in which there can be no chance of a change except for tho ; worse . I am determined never to sanction . the practice of filling prisons with children of such tender age , convinced as I am
tnat tne association which is there inevitably brings all the bad qualities of those who are confined into play . I shall therefore , instead of relieving the parents of their proper responsibility by separating him from them for a time , order the boy to be whipped in tho Mansion House in such a manner as will act upon his memory , and also operate as a warning to bis companions , and then direofc the officer to take him home . —The Prisoner Whipped ! Oh no . Don't whip me .-Aluerman Gibbs : He shall be well whipped , and the officer shall intimate to his parents that if he be found wandering about in a destitute or depraved condition again I shall seo to what extent the law can punish them for their negleot .
Thomas Austin , a boy in his 13 th year , was the next prisoner brought up . He was charged with having stolen a leg of mutton near Dake ' s-place , in the same neighbourhood , and was seen wending his way to Petticoat-lane . Upon being taken into custody he said ho would neither give any account of himself or the mutton , but that he could not see why he should not havo a joint for his Sunday ' s dinner us well as anybody else . It was soon ascertained that tho meat had been stolen from a noiglibouring butcher , and it was stated that very small children are now much used in whipping away meat from stalls higher than themselves , under tho direction of experienced thieves . —Alderman Gibbs learned , upon questioning the prisoner , that he too
Had . a Dome to go to and parents to protect him , and that of course the proper means of preventing him from associating with thieves , had not at all > oen resorted to . The sentence of the court upon him , was , that he . should be well whipped and taken to his parents , with the assurance that any other such evidence of parental negligence snould bo followed by an investigation of the most serious kind to those who were bound to take care of him . Pickpockets in toe River Steaiihrs . —Jane Skiff and Samuel Skiff were charged with having robbed a lady of her purse containing five or six shillings . —Spittle , tho officer who has known the prisoners for some time as pickpookets , saw them
on Sunday evening get into a steamboat at the Old Shades Pier . He followed them into the boat , which went to Hungerford-stairs , and saw them make experiments upon the pockets of several ladies and gentlemen , but without effect . At llungerferd-stairs they got into a steamer whUsb . was going to the old Shades Pier , and when the boat reached the landing-plaoo the man slipped a purse out of a lady ' s pocket , gave it to his companion , and finding that he was observed by the officer , contrived to escape . The officer Beized the female prisoner with five shillingB in her hand , and next morning apprehended the male prisoner close to tho station-house in which she was confined , —The prisoners were committed for trial .
BOW-STREET . —A ssaultino A Constabk . — John Walker , a stableman , was charged under the following oircumstances . Another man was placed in the dock along with him , for attempting to rescue him . —Police-constable 82 deposed that he was on duty in Shire-court , Temple-bar , on Sunday morning , and was going in search of the prisoner Walkers mother . Ho found Walker and tne other prisoner smoking and drinking together . Witness took no notice of them , and was passing on to enter the house , when the prisoner rushed before him , and prevented him from passing , Witness pushed him out of the way , when he ( prisoner ) ran back , and drawing a spring clasp-knife , swore that if he dared to touoh him he would rip him up . Suiting tho action to the word , he made a thrust at the oreaat of witness , " but fortunately be missed
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ws Wow , Assistance was procured , and both prisoners taken into custody . ' -Inspector Dodd drew the attention of the magistrate to the knife-a most formidable looking weapon .-Mr . Hall remarked * m wa f / ortunate he had not touched the conhim lA fc for "w'ftwats he had used he would fino nim 60 s ; , or ; a month ' s imprisonment , and the other prisoner 80 s . . , or days .-They were locked up . wm ^ JLh -lL jAMl * ' s-mK .-Mary Tregony ll \ tj ' ith , - tackin Mr - ¦ - ¦ ' » . Wenham , I Btock-broker a clerk , m the Mall , St . James ' s-park . -The prosecutor stated that about ten o ' clock oB Monday night he was walking along the Mall of St . James ' s-park , towards his home , when he saw the prisoner and two other females sitting ZSl seat . As he passed them , they quickly roJ . anA
the prisoner addressed him . Witness desired her to leave him , which she refused ; and he heard tha other two females walking behind him . Tho prisoner walked by his side , still speaking to witness , who again told her to go away , when she suddenl y oaught him by his neck and said , with an © atb , " Kill him . " The two otherfemalas then Bprung upon him behind , and he was forced to the ground . He called out " Police , " and the prisoner continued increasing her hold of his neck . He found himself becoming quite exhausted , when a police constable avrived and took the prisoner into cus . tody . The other women escaped . —The inspector said the prisoner was quite a stranger to him . ~ Th 8 prisoner , in defencesaid she was a married
wo-, man , and was returning home last night through the park , when the prosecutor struck her with a u a - S 5 e « . not know tho other females , and she domed that she had ever sat down with them . — The prosecutor was recalled , and said theywere all Bitting together , and appeared to be waiting his arrival . —The inspector said numerous robberies were committed in that nark , and no respeotaDle person was safe after dark . Extra constables had been placed there . —Mr . Henry had no doubt itwas the prisoner ' s intention to commit a robbery , and he should commit her for the assault . Hefined her the full penalty of £ 5 , or two months' imprisonment . —The prisoner waslockedupin default Attempt at Suicide . — A respectably-dressed
young woman , named Sarah Simms , who described herself as a laundress , was charged with attempting to commit self-destruction . —W . Windsor , piernian attached to the floating pier at Westminster-bridge , said , on Monday afternoou he was upon one of tho barges belonging to the pier . Tho prisoner ap « preached him , and endeavoured to pass upon the " dummy . " Witness asked her if she was coin * on board the steam boat , and she replied that 3 he ° wag not . Witness told her she could not remain on the p , and the prisoner immediately threw off her bonnet and shawl , and then plunged head foremost into the river . He was not a very good swimmer , butr he jumped in after her . With great difficulty he succeeded in obtaining a firm hold of her bv her
dress . He called for assistance , and both ¦ their lives would certainly havo been lost , but for tho timely assistance of a waterman , who rowed to them . The prisoner was quite insensible , but she subsequently rallied , and was removed to the station . —Mr . Henry said the pierman had behaved exceedingly well in placing his own life in danger to sayethat of a fellow being—The prisoner in defence said distress was the cause of her attempting her life . She was a servant , and had been out of place since Christmas last . She had applied to the W 01 'k « house , but they would not admit her . She had not slept in any bed for the last three or four ni ghts , and had been compelled to wander about the streets . She had only had a piece of bread since
Friday last , and had been sitting in the park all Monday morning , and was drenched with the rain . She had a sister and brother who were well off in , London , but she did not know where to find them . She had been seduced by a gentleman , who promised her marriage , but had deserted her . She was inow quite willing to enter a workhouse . —Mr . Henry directed her to be taken to the Strand union workhouse , with a request that the relieving officer should take care of her . She was 'then removed , and the magistrate awarded the pierman ten shillings from the poor box . WORSHIP-STREET . —IsnMoos Assault . —Mr . Henry Davies , a middle-aged man of very respectable appearance , describing himself as a general agent in St . Mary-street , Whitechapel , was charged
before Mr . Arnold with the following infamoua assault upon Mrs . Eliza Boyes , the wife of a licensed victualler in the Old-street-road . —The complainant who was much agitated while detailing the particulars of the outrage , stated , that during the temporary absence of her husband , at eleven o ' clock on tho morning of the 2 nd inst ., she was alone behind her bnr , when the defendant , -whom she bad seen at the bouse on previous occasions , entered , and called for a glass of ale . She served him with the' ale , which he drank , and then held out his hand with some halfpence in it to pay for it ; but , upon her attempting to' take the money , he grasped' her firmly by the wrist , and pulled her head and snoulders forcibly over to the other side of the counter
, and in the most infamous manner , exposed his person . It could not by any possibility have been accidental , and , indignantly reproaching him with his unmanly conduct , she struggled to extricate herself from hiB hold , but could not for some time do so , until the defendant , still pulling at her wrist , offered , if she would consent to take a walk with him , to present her with a satin dress . She , however , scornfully rejected his overtures , and having at length succeeded , by a violent effort , in wresting herself out of his grasp , the defendant precipitately quitted the house . There was no one in the house at the time but herself and the female servant , who waa in one of the upper rooms , but her husband returned home shortly afterwards , and upon ,
acquaintieg him with the particulars of the insulting conduct to which she had been subjected , he made application to this court for a warrant for the defendant ' s apprehension , and it was put into execution about four days afterwards . The defendant denied , most positively , that there were the slightest grounds ior charging him -with such an offence , and assured the magistrate , If he would grant him time to do so , he should be able to produce several highly respectable witnesses who would prove , in the most satisfactory manner , that he was in a totally different part of the metropolis when tho alleged outrage was asserted to have taken place . —Mr . Arnold therefore consented to adjourn the proceedings for a week , and ordered the defendant to enter into his
own recognisances in £ 40 and put in substantial bail for his appearance to answer the charge ; ' but upon the case being called on on Wednesday , before Mr . Hammill , the defendant was not in attendance , and , as he still failed to make his appearance after the lapse of another hour , the magistrate ordered him to . be called three times in the usual form by the chief usher . This having been done with a similar result , the bail was about to bo estreated , when Mr . John Gavnett , a glass manufacturer in St . Luke ' s , who was one of the sureties , stoon forward , and entreated the magistrate to grant a somewhat longer interval , to afford the defendant an opportunity of releasing him from his responsibility . As the defendant had deceived him in a very scandalous manner ; ho had every anxiety to surrender him , if possible , and it would be a manifest hardship if the amount of the bail were levied upon him . He
had met the defendant at twelve o ' clock that day with a horse and chaiso cart , and , on cautioning him to be in attendance , he promised to be so at two o ' clock ; but , had he had the slightest idea that he would failed in his engagement he would have forcibly pulled him out of the cbaise , and handed him over to tho police . —Mr . Vann , who appeared to conduct tho prosecution , had no wish to act oppressively towards the bail , and would assent to the indulgence requested , to give Mr , Garnett a chance of finding the defendant in the interval , if he could . —Just before the close of the court , however , the bail returned , accompanied by several friends , but without the accused , who it-was intimated had left town , and Mr . Hammill , notwithstanding another appeal had been made on the bail ' s behalf , ordered the recognisance to be estreated , and gave directions for the defendant ' s apprehension as soon as it could be effected .
SOTITHWAUK . —Mrb . Cobbtstt . —Mrs . Cobbett attended for the purpose of soliciting the magistrate ' s advice with respect te an alleged complaint ob tho part of her husband against the governor of the Queen ' s Bench Prison , and to apply for a warrant against that officer . —The applicant said that she attended on the behalf of her husband , who was prevented from being present himself owing to bis being an tamato ot the Queen ' s Bench Prison ; that the object of her application to the magistrate was , that ho might i&ue his warrant against Capt . Hudson , for altering certain documents having reference to proceedings in the Court of Chancery , and the imprisonment of her husband . She then , produced an act of parliament , and , handing it to
tho magistrate , said that if he examined . it , he would perceive that tne clause relating to tho altoration of doouments such as that she complained of mado it one of felony , and she therefore trusted the magistrate would grant a warrant against tho person of whom she complained . She adverted to the circumstance of her having attended the assizes at Guildford last week , with a view to plead her husband ' s cause , but tho judge declined to hear her in the capacity of counsel for him , otherwise she would have established her case . Sho added ttut if the warrant was granted he would be enabled to attend this court to prove the charge , and that a that
habeas would bo procured for purpose . —Mr . Norton , in reply to the application , advised Mrs . Cobbett , as the sessions commenced on Monday next , to go before the grand jury at the Central Criminal Court , and make her complaint there , and that it would savo the troublei and expenseto ^ procuring a haleas for her husband ' s attendance at tna courtf—The applicant said that as she ^ determined notto let the ^^ r r « t , her huso ^ a being a persecuted man , she should adopt tho ma . cistrate's advice , and not fail in presenting hersett Before the grand jury , and seeking that lusbcost their hands to which her husband was entiflfli She then thanked too magistrate and withdrew
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THE SABBATARIANS DEFEATED . On "Wednesday , the Commission appointed to inquire iqto the practical operation of the Ashlehxb postal regulations , reported against their farther continuance . The Post Office Trill , therefore , be immediately placed in the same position as it was previous to an emtargo being laid on the whole correspondence of the country once every seven days , to please a set of bigottedintolerauts , and plausible hypocrites . Perhaps , 4 he inconvenience which the temporary enforcement of the crotchets of this fanatical crew , has inflicted npon all
classes , will be the best guarantee against their taking Parliament by surprise on any future occasion . The taste the nation has had of their stile of legislation is quite sufficient . "We want no more from the same source . Meanwhile , let the Mawworms console themselves with the reflection that they need not take or send for their letters on Sundays unless they choose ; and that if the act of reading or writing them on that day be really sinful , -and calculated to add to the population of a place not to be named to ears polite , they will lave all the more room , in what is styled , in Parliamentary phraseology , " another place . "
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P ARLIAMENTARY EEVIEW . On Thursday , the Queen , with the usual pomp and ceremony , proceeded to the " new Palaw at Westminster , " and released "My Lords and GentW' from ^ at ahe wi pleased to call "the duties of a laborious 8 eason . " The members collected to - ^ tness the royal pageantry ware rather greater than usual npon guch occasions , and there w as no lack of loyal respect towards the first magistrate of aereaHm ^ progressfow ardsfte Legislative ChambersThe soverei
. gn should , not therefore , draw the inference that the people are satisfied with the working of our inBtitu tions at present Towards herself , personall y , \ re believe there is but one feeling of respect throughout the country ; but a very different sent iment pervades the masses with regard to her present advisers ; where they are not despiEed , they are detested ; and it is to be hoped Her Majesty will speedily be able to secure the assistance of advisers more competent for the position , and possessing more of the confidence of her liegea . In the Speech which ftey mads ( heir Royal
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^ — - . A VOICE FROM THE LAND . TO THB IDIIOK OF IHE NOBIHBRN 8 IAB . Dsab Sm , —Having been a located member upon Dodford , more than twelve months , I tender my thanka to the noble founder , Feargus O'Connor , for placing me upon the land of my birth . I am aware that we hara had difficulties to contend with , and still have ; nevertheless , I have a confident hope that a little more time and exertion will bring us
through . And , I think , ours is a proud position to occupy , when we contrast it with the day labourer , who has only about seven shillings a week after harvest , and often no work , while I shall have the necessaries of life , and a comfortable home , and can bid defiance to stern winter . Hoping our champion may live to realise his : ondest wishes , and those of his friends , and when he dies a glorious immortality , is the deBire of a contented four-acre occupant at Dodford . John Woosim .
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The Democratic Befuoees . —We leant that some portion of this patriotic body are about to visit the ^?' mc ?' , ? tmfc that our provincial brethren ^ i , ? i 4 V yextend t 1 > e hand of fraternity . We are S ?™ «» fc our East End friends intend EUofe house 8 for tUo b 9 Mfit of tlw »
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NortUm Star of Saturday last , relative to the affair nt Wolverhampton , it appeared as though the men of our trade had received some freah impulse , for the reading thereof was received with the mo « t unmistakeable marks ot approbation , and at the conclusion , an unanimous vote was passea , approving of tho policy pursued in theWol-YerhamptoD case . . ¦ I only wish Mr . E . Perry had bsen there to have been an eye witness of the scene ; I think it ; would have taught him a very important aad useful lesson-viz ., that it is better to accede , to the lawful and honest requirements of the men mlus employ—that it is no trifling matter to rouse the latent energies of the working community ; that the capital of his worktag-viz ., their labour is held wde ' ar , and shall De guarded with as much care , and watched with as much interest and . attention as though it consisted m bricks and inortevor-take to itself the name of
„ . _ „ . Birmingham , August 13 th . Dear Sib , —In forwarding you a Post-office wdcrfor the sum of two pounds ten shillings per extra levy , I beg to say that never was money sent under any circumstances or for any purpose , more freely er-willingl y than is this . Intention this to show ( that whatever may be said to the contrary ) working men are beginning to see their trua position , and tnat it is their privilege—nay , duty—to aid each other when suffering from tyranny ana oppression . And that this is equall y uocessary , whether they be men of own trade , in their own locality , or men at a distance . Sir , when 1 road your very excellent article in thn
, I ' . - ~ —•• . »«•• WB * V ******* H V » Dear Sir , I believe that the Wolverhampton case ¦ will prove to be an absolute good to the National Association of United Trades . And that the best thanks of the members thereof areidue to Mr . Perry , for having called into active operation the principles of the National Association . W » were going on so calmly and quietly , that I am fearful , that ™ 1 « . •?• ** $ *' or 8 orao e uaUy honourable gentle , man aroused us , ttiat we might have gone Into the sleep of self security , until we had become so enfebled for the want of exercise , that at some unguarde ' d moment we might Have become an easy prey to some of his devouring and con « uming species . Thanks , then , to Mr . Perry ; I trust his « Zfti ; nterference wiU be the means of collecting move firmly together tho united forces of the National Associaturn , ana that an increase ofBome thousands of new re
. crultB to its already numerous ranks will bo added , whe shall raUy ^ ound the peaceful standard of union , and whose watchword is "Equal justice to employed aud em . plover . " That this will be the caso I am assured , from the laettnatsmce tno cnae at TTolverhampton lias occurred , and the report thereof has found its way into the columns of the Northern Star , it has creatod an amount of inquiry hitherto unparallelled in my experience ; and many , to my certain knowledge , have asked where the Northern Star may be obtained , in order that they may have one , and thus be enabled to watch the progress and final issue of this affair . And here , sir , I would say , that I think the best the best thanks ef the working classes are uue to the editor of the Northern Star , for giving publicity to ' ouv movements in his widely circulated paper .
Believing we shall como off victorious in the present struggle , and that it will be for onr good , , _ ' ' I remain , yours tvuly , Mr . William Peel . JohnHoimks . To these excellent letters , we can only say , the Central Conimittee are rejoiced , and justly proud , that their general policy is so much appreciated and approved by their member ' s . They will persist , through ovil report and good report ,. in tho same policy , from a conviction that it is sound , just , and humane , and the only one by which strikes and their consequences may be avoided . We have the mos t confident hopes of a speedy ( settlement of . the Wolrerbampton case ,
None but character ! essraen will accept the ignominious terms of Mr . E . Perry ; we do not think enough can be found in the United Kingdom for his purpose ; and when found , they are not to be depended upon , and that in a short time no one will be more glad to get rid of them than Mr . Perry himself . William Peel , General Secretary .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1587/page/5/
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