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^ IJL FIRE JS CITY .-FOUK DS £ * M 7 BSL 0 ST . . 3 , v morning a most calamitous fire oc-Oo = ? ° jire-l « ne , Lower Thames-street , which , itteo W ., noonnce , involved the loas of foar lives e ^ iiniary to a fifth . The Bose and Crown n ^ L , onthe trestside of Love-lane , where ^ -wopbe occurred is scarcely more than two tifixitte fr *" * ¦ 8 ^ neof the Wgitfol acci' ^ hick took p lace in Grawjchnrch-street . 42 toifMt « »'«»>«* Trinder , one of the iI ) 0 Krt was passing up the lane , when he ob-# Soke issuing fom between the shutters * * am apertures on the basement floor of the ^ Before he had time to alarm theinhabitanfa , ^ rreams and P 5 er ^ n 8 c « es for help were heard ^ fin * from the upper part of tha house , and , nAkg up , aman was ^ n at the third floor ? T « stragg ling to escape . He ia supposed to ^ £
^ been a young man wno was Known to have ^ a lied at the house for the ni ght . Thepolice rl Jl directions to procure ladders to preserve r « Hle thelinhaoitauts of the adjoining premises % fOB . their roofs , bat there being do parapet fijg to Ac window the poor fellow could not be rj ; indeed , the flames speedily penetrated t # & * e roof , and so pat a stop to all exertions Via thatdirectiontosave him . Thefireescapes ' the Royal Exchange and Aldgate stations were ^ jitiutisly conveyed to the scene , but , in conse-^ of the narrowness ot the lane , it was impos-^ to worK than . The unfortunate creature clung ^ window for nearly tea minutes , his cries be-Jjjag fainter , and at length he disappeared amidst ., &ase body of smoke that poured from the
Ijolitr . Within a quarter of an hour the entire jiicg was in one general blaze , the heavy stock .-yiiitiantt liquors adding vigour to the flames . 2 engines of the Custom-house first arrived at the $ saA . got into effective operation . Tgvious to this a shocking scene was witnessed : rear of the house , which abntted on another tjni , known as the White Hart , in Botolph-lane , ^ ny Mr . Ravmont . It appears that the residents ¦ fa White Bart were aroused by cries of "Fire—) £ ' and ere they had time scarcely to leave their £ t the flames which were emitted from the rear v ^ ivs of the Rase and Crown burst through those ' tieir apartments , and they were compelled to ;> fa hasty retreat . Calls for assistance still being
^ j . King , the potman of the white Hart , went g ibe taproom , in order to look round at the baek . je flaming premises , when he observed a young . ; in a state of nudity , almost drenched in blood , i fire playing round her , on a kind of outhouse , rclothing was all consumed , and she appeared ! dreadful state of Buffering . Sing courageously . ' a away the sash of the window and the poor girl -ed into his arms , and was so preserved . She ^ ed to be Elizabeth Chambers , about seventeen riol a >; e , servant to Mr . Harvey . She escaped jmpin ; from the window of her bedroom on the ' i floor , and unhappily in her descent fell josh a skylight on the outhouse . She was most ' itfully lacerated , and no time was lost in con *
sOTg ber to the surgery of Mr . Blowfield , in the ^ liboorbood , from whence she was removed to 7 ( i Hospital . Br fi * e o ' clock the destructive element was ef-£ jullr suppressed , but of the Rose and Crown ^ k was left but the blackened walls and the isrtil timbers of the floors . fairies were then instituted as to the fate of yismates , as none of them , with the exception [ is , p < or servant girl , had been seen to escape , fo Harvey , the wife of the landlord , was known -w be ia the house , as she was on a visit to some ssfcatBarking , bnt it was certain that there were lidition to the servant , inmates—Mr . Harvey , ¦ j . Elizabeth Grey , 3 frs . Harvey ' s mother , the
xffl 3 C , known by the name of George , and the cer , Abraham Clark , fears being entertained la they had perished , Air . Braidwood directed some : fe men to proceed by their scaling ladders up to Endows of the upper floors , with a view of &e whether any of the remains of the missing iiiies were there . -Accordingly Bradley and ¦ s ' ii- wo expert firemen , ascended , and beneath inflow of the second floor they discovered the Enred remains of a human being , supposed to be Kg . Grer . Search was then continued to the third p ; , ana there were found the bodies of the three ¦ si ' ining missing inmates , viz . Mr . Harvey , the ¦ oiloid ; George , the potman ; and Clark , the lier- They were all much burnt . With as much Kicras possible the firemen lowered the bodies l : n into the street , and shells being procured , B j were removed to a neighbouring dead boose , to Kt the coroner ' s inquiry .
¦ h tie course of the day the poor girl Chambers IfEaenuj recovered as to afford the authorities tr . information she CGuld in respect to the dewuble occurrence . She stated that she retired to Siabont a quarter past twelve , as did her master ithe rest of the inmates . She was awakened by t dense suffocating smoke that filled her room . -eopeued her bed-room door with a view of making ^ escape down the ttaircase , bnt the smoke and is drove ber back , and finding that the flames a fast approaching her apartment she resolved Slumping from the window as the only means of ox-ing , which she did with the melancholy consessSs stated . She neither heard nor saw any of samaf . es , with the exception of Mrs Grey , who sailing , " Richard Harvey , Richard Harvey , " : landlord , and her son-in-law . She however pan see her . I Vr . Harvey was a very quiet , sober , and careful la , and had only been married eighteen montbj .
I THE IKQCEST . [ fa Tuesday evening Mr . Payne held an inquest , |! te Coal Exchange Tavern , * St . Mary-at-Hill , on p todies of the four unfortunate individualstcord Ilarvey , Abraham Clark , Elizabeth Gray , p George Hare—who perished by the fire at the peand Crown Inn , Love-lane , City , on Sunday tauBglast . The jary having viewed the bodies , IM presented a shockingly charred and mutilated pfsrance , the evidence was almost exclusively a Petition of the facts above mentioned . Trinder , Nl * lice ! aan on duty when the fire was first "sns-Kri , detailed his ineffectual attempts to arouse » inmates of the doomed house , the impractica-% 0 iusing the escapes , and the great progress
we by the fire before the water could be applied . » ge King , of the Wite Mart Inn , stated how &ved the young woman , whom he found faint iV . eeding , by pulling her through the window . — alley of the fire brigade station in Jeffrey-square , i * iitn the engines arrived the house was blazing 2 a ton to bottom . The fire burnt about two 3 He found the bodies shortly after four 4 uek . The first was that of a female , which ^ ed eomervrise on the foot of the bed , as if she 4 teen awoke and endeavoured to escape . On = third floor he found three bodies of men lying
; iieir f . ices in the front room . He knew nothing ¦ jlw cause of the fire , bat it was his opinion that ! * gin in the back room of the first floor , from ^ c £ it had burnt upwards and downwards . The & 'ere entirely consumed on the third floor ; 3 iba man , who was a . lodger , had evidently been r ^ fbed , as he was lying near the window . — ^ eoroner said that the young woman who had *> saved was in St . Thomas ' s Hospital , bnt J&d , be thought , be able to give evidence in about ; *« & , and it would therefore be advisable to ad-~ ni tlie inquiry until she was in a position to ati k-Tlie inquest was accordingly adjourned .
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-tADFUL ACCIDENT AXD LOSS OF LIFE OS THE MIDLAND KAILWAY . I fut Cross . —A most fearful accident occurred l |! is place on Monday night , by -which the lives of f » gentlemen have been sacrificed , and many other FJfis seriously injured . ¦ ft * express train , which starts from London at I ' -SL , leaves Derby at 9 .-5 p . m . About five minutes I * the express left Derby station , it was followed ¦* goods train . The former pnrsned its course I it had passed the Clay Cross tunnel , when , in i ^ utnee of the breaking of the pump-rodthe
, iffie became disabled , and was brought to a stand . ^>* wle the goods train continued its course , 1 iwput ten minutes after the express train had i ^ 'itlie Clay Cross station , it followed at a speed «* nt twenty miles an hour , and directly after-^ rau with tremendous force into the passenger ^» then stationary . A scene of indescribable ^? 9 on ensued—for , amidst the crashing of the ?* ?« and the shrill whistle of the locomotives , . - ^ «* piercing cry of the affrighted passengers ^ JWJ as possible ' attention was directed to the rf » - i . Meynell , Esq ., of Tapton Grove , near ,--Kifie ] d , an active and intelligent madstrate
s \ £ l eatl 1 will be greatly felt , and J . Blake , Esq ., ^ Urni of Bhke and Parkin , merchants , Shefi ^' * ere found to have received fatal injuries ; ^ » osiof the passengers were more or less seri-^ g lared . ° . i- ^ *** the passengers whese bruises were not C f senou 5 character , -were , after a few hours ' ^• 'iwwarded to their respective destinations ; * b , 3 8 w " ose injuries were more dangerous , ^^ mnio dated at the station and in the imine-^ fc Uowiug iS au officj a ] list of the parties , V ?* ' * the nature and extent of their injucCi ^ MevBen , of Tapton , dead ; Mr . Blake ,
WnL IgLtl - '• Mrs- Tennent , United States , « i l ^^; Mr . Allan , of Derby , broken arm ; ' " ' Ih ^ ' Chesterfield , knee and leg injured : * roadbent . of Sheffield , bruised ; Mr . Horn-^ , f Sk'ffield , braised ; Mr . Ashworth , of I ** 'I ? rnised 5 Mr . Ward , United States , head M- ' u ' toxbe , United States , bead in-^ Itef ' BlacWock , Dumfries , head injured ^ ¦ iiractnred ; Mr . John Todhunter , of Dublin , iji , ] ,- ^ . broken ; iSr ' Joshua Todhunter , of i& 2 luiwy to the shoulder blade ; Rev . - i CkVl'Jf'e and leg severely injured ; Mr . Fox , ""wfeM , injured ; Mra . MeynelL eUghtly
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accident , seriously injured SsS ^ -yaiSAB accident HJ ^ hav i ? S Mglacted tosigntlthe accident to the approaching goods train . w ¦ . SDB ISqUEST . and \ T ™ , v ° " of the bodies of Mr . Meynell SJSsJft . l'M S opwd at the Commercial D Inn , Wale ; S % ti f - > aftern 00 - -Mr' H" e ! n ™ . ^ e first wi tness .-1 am a surgeon at Chesterfield I knew the late Mr . Meynell . I was called to the scene of the accident on Monday night about a quarter past eleven . A short distance this side of the clay-cross tunnel I saw the pody of Mr . Meynell , which was pointed out to me ^^^ ; a rn ^^ ortb ~~
oy one ot the porters . The body was lying on the embank ment on the right side of the line , ilo was quite dead . I have since examined the body , and nnd extensive effusion of blood from both " eras , considerable echymosis and discouloratioa of the shoulders extending to the loins , and very severe compound fractures of both legs , that of the right extending to the knee joint . The immediate cause of death was severe concussion of the brain . From the position and appearance of the body he had pitched upon his head . I saw Mr . Blake near where the accident occurred . He was quite consci but had
ous , no power whatever of moving the lower part of his body or legs . He was very much exhausted and depressed , and complained of injury to the spine . We had him removed into a van , but he died on his -way to Chesterfield . The immediate cause of his death was injury to the brain . — Mr . Blake was quite sensible , and gave rational answers to the questions I asked . —Mr . James Blake , of Sheffield , identified the body of his brother , Mr . John Blake , who he stated was 3 i years of age , and was returning home from a journey at the time of the accident . —So otker evidence was called , and the inquiry was adjourned .
A SECOND COLLISION ON THE MIDLAND LINE . DBRBr . —On Tuesday afternoon a second collision took place on the Midland line , at the Long Eaton junction . A passenger train from Nottingham to Codnor Park came into collision with a coal train at the junction , owing to inattention to the signals . The engines were doubled up , but fortunately the passengers escaped with a few bruises only .
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A Frasbaxt Fousialv . ~ Two large casks of Cologne water have arrived by a vessel via Belgium from the continent , on account of the Austrian Commissioners , for the Great Exhibition—the same being intended for the supply of a fountain of Cologne water , which is to be perpetually m play in the Austrian department of the Exhibition , and which , according to the arrangement , will be newly aapplied to the fountain each day during the time .
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Receiving Stown PRnpnnTT e « u tt 40 , described as a iKKtSS wife , were indicted for ' stealingT qnanSy of 4 oo oS Wh Wof » AUenborough . In other counts the prisoners were 23 i 7 ^ £ e ? U 8 y receiving the property , knowing it to have been stolen . The jury found the man Gmlty of receiving , and Acquitted the woman -The Recorder sentenced him to be transported for seven years . Horse StEAMNG .-Thomas Jones , 20 , hot-sodealer , was indicted for stealing one horse and one mare , valued at £ 15 , the property of William Mead . —It appeared that the prosecutora
farmerresid-, , ing in Kent , had seen the horses in question safe on the night of the 25 th of April , and the next morning they were missed . On thatmorning the prisoner was stopped near Charlton by a police-sergeant , having with him the two horses . Not being able to give a satisfactory account of them , he was detained . The account he gave of them was , that he had bought them of a roan he did not know at Dartford . In the course of a few days a description of the horses was sent round , and when the prisoner was seen , he was identified as having been seen hangin " about near the prosecutor ' s premises on the day before the horses were taken . —The jury found him Guilty , and he was transported for seven vears .
Stealixg a Post , Cart , asd Harness . —John Bray , 26 , carpenter , and Charles Chamberlain , were indicted for stealing a pony , cart , and harness , valued at £ 20 , the property of John Court . — The prosecutor lives in Mint-street , Borough , and has stables in Redcross-Street . On the 20 th the property was securely locked up in the stable , and the next morning the stable was found locked , but the pony , cart , and harness gone . The same morning tue prisoners , who live near prosecutor , were seen near Stratfovd with the horse and cart , and Bray offered to sell it for £ 8 . They were subsequently seen at Romford u . Vf ' . ] fheKBrii J ° W the whole affair for £ G but it did not seem that Chamberlain had taken any part in the sale .-The jury Acquitted him , and found Bray Guilty .-The police proved that he had been before convicted , and was a most notorious bad cbaracter . -He was ordered to be transported for ten years . ¦
A RKCRivfiK .-John Russell , 30 , furrier , and Ann Reynolds , 35 , married , were indicted for re-SI ?*? f T el 8 ldD 8 and 400 « U »« wl tails , valued at £ 10 , the property of Frederick Freutei , Knowing them to have been stolen . —The l ury Acquitted the male prisoner , andfound the wo-SSrimt * 8 he was sentenced t 0 nine month 8 ' Felokious AssAutT .-Itobert Roundtvee , 5 G la . bourer , a repulsive-looking old man , was indicted for feloniously assaulting Ellen Pone anrotfV in nocenWooking little girg under ettn ? eSf age " wo e . H C 0 nVlcte , d the fe ! 1 ( W » and ' hewas-S tenced to two years' imprisonment CoscsAma the Birth of a OmtD—Sawli Col-Kb& ^ T ° er > , ^ indicted for concealing the birth of her newly-born female child .-The nrisoner , a pretty-looking young woman , who nin
" lD se naa to be carried Into the dock , and seemed to be in a dreadful state of suffering p leaded Gmlty .-Mr . Gurney sentenced her to U imprisoned m Newgate for one month , and to be taken care of m the infirmary of the prison RoBBERT .-Charles Hughes , 26 , engineer , was indicted for stealing a box , containing four rings , a ft ^ ™ ' of clothing , the property of Sarah Robertson Hughes . -It appeared from the evidence that Miss Hughes , the prosecutrix , started from the Fenchurch station by the quarter to five o clock train on the 2 nd of May , on her way to Gravesend . and she had with her a hat-box and a large deal box , on which was a card , with her name and the address of a friend at Stepney , with whom she had been staying . The deal box was put into tne luggage van , and upon the arrival of the train at Blaekwall it was found to be missing . —Inquiries were speedily made by the raiiwav authoritiesand
, lt t 7 f . ° » that the prisoner got out of the train at the Shadwell station , that he claimed the deal box belonging to Miss Hughes as his property , and took it away with him , and he was proved to have proceeded on an omnibus to Whitechapel , where he hired a cab , in which he went to his own residence at 1 * 0 . 1 , Factory-row , Stepney ; but instead of entering by the front of the house , he was observed to jump over the garden wall , and go in by the back door . On the following morning a constable belonging to the railway went to the prisoner ' s room
ana He there found the box , with the address torn off , but it did not appear to have been opened , and none of the property was disturbed . It appeared that when tke prisoner first got home with the box he toldhiB wife that it belonged to his sister , whom he expected from the country , and he repeated the same statement to the policeman , and added that having discovered he was mistaken , and that the box did not belong to his sister , ho had intended to restore it the same morning . It also appeared that the prisoner was intoxicated on the evenin g after the box was taken away in the manner described from the railway , but there was no evidence to show , he was in that position when he left the
train .--The Recorder , ia summing up the case , said that the counsel for the prisoner had undoubtedly made a most ingenious defence , but it would be for the jury to say whether they considered the facts would justify them in adopting the suggestion that had been made by the learned gentleman . —The jury , without any hesitation , returned a -verdict of Guilty . —It was stated that the prisoner had formerly held an appointment in the Essex constabulary , and that nothing was known against his character . —It appeared that he had latterly addicted himself to drink , and this had led to his being placed in his present position . —The Recorder sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for
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The Cokspiract asd Abduction at Siepset . — William Day surrendered to take his trial for misdemeanour upon an indictment preferred against him under , the statute known as the Bishop of Oxford ' s Act , for conspiring to procure the defilement of Harriet Newman , she being under twentyoue years of age . —The prosecutrix , who is rather a good-looking and quiet-mannered girl , stated that she was just turned nineteen years , and lived with her fa ther and mother in Manning-street , Newman's-field , Limehouse . Having received a letter purporting to come from a young man named Richard Roberts , with whom she had for some time kept company , she went , in accordance with an appointment made in that leiter , at about five
o clock in the evening of the 31 st of March , to the Ben Johnson , at Stepney , where she saw the prisoner , whom she had not before known ; lie came up and asked her if her name was Harriet Newman ; she said it was . He said , " Are you not waiting to see Richard Roberts ? " She said she was . He then said he had come and would take her to him . She asked him why he had not come himself , and prisoner said he was ashamed to come ; aud witness added , " And well ho mi ght . " She then followed him a short way down by the Ben Johnson , when he beckoned a cab , and , taking her by the arm , said she must go with him ; she resisted him , but he told the cabman she was his wife , and , with the cabman , forced her into the cab , jumping in
himself . The man drove on ; prisoner then put a handkerchief over her mouth , and she soon became insensible , and when she recovered she found herself on a sofa , in a large house ; sho did not know where , or had ever been able to find out . A young woman sat opposite to her , and asked her if sho was better . Witness said she did not know Btae was ill . The woman asked her if she knew where she was , she said she did not . The woman told her that if sho was a respectable girl she had better leave the house as soon as sho could , and gave her a knife to defend herself with . An elderly woman then came into the room and said she must atop all night and should be made a lady of . She pressed some drink on her , which she said would make her better , the effects of which dvink
witness immediately felt , and made an attempt to to get away , but the old woman stopped her and made a noise which brought three gentlemen down stairs , and one put his watch and chain round uev neck and made improper overtures to her , and forced her back on to the sofa . She took the watch off and threw it on the floor , and with the knife cut the woman on the arm ; she also threw the tumllersand glasses at them ; she also cut one of the gentlemen in the hand , and finally she dropped the knife and they then tried to force her up stairs ; bnt finding that she still resisted , one of them called Day , and told him to get a cab and take her away . He said if she would go quiet , he would take her home to her father . She felt much
stupefied and got into the cab with Day , and they drove until they came to a dark street , where he got her out and faid they would walk the rest Of the distance . When they got a short wav down the street she felt that the use of her limbs was going , and prisoner left her on the step of a door , with a direction in her hand , and she then became insensible , and the next day found herself in the hospital . She was very ill but recovered , and on the Saturday after she went with a constable to a beer shop in Holy well-street , and there saw the prisoner , who was differently dresaeo . — -Ihe prosecutrix uuderwent a searching cross-examination by Mr . Payne ,
who failed to shake her testimony or elicit anything to her discredit . She positively denied that she had got Mrs , WoodfieW to write the note or the address found in her hand . —Mr . Pajne called a host of witnesses to prove where the prisoner was at the hour the girl said she first met him , but they all disagreed about the time , and not one could account for where he was all the night . —Mr . Payne then called Mrs . Woodfield , the alleged fortuneteller , a dirty gipsy-looking old woman , and the instant she got into the witness-box she without being asked said that she had known the girl Newman from a child , and was twenty-three years of age . inat she had written the letter supposed to come
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CO-OPERATION AND S 0 CIAL PROGRESS iffiS ^^ - ^^ miS and friends of the society , aa well as Co-ODPraHrfl Societies , and friends of Commuity of PropS II f Society ' s Room , LambeH' / yard ! BrSte ^^ iSr A ? t 0 lai * P'e » bes if 5 EeJ sary . on Whit Monday , the 9 th day of June , and following days t , H the business is concluded . The ob ject of this Congress is to obtain a more extended and united effort in favour of pure Community of Property , through the medium of the Redemption Society . The following is from their programme :-J ? n , / f ^ u greafc 8 i «™ ltaneous national propagandism . As the society has branches or iiembers in many cities and towns in the kingdom this plan , with duo exertion , may be made highly
2 nd .-A plan for the more speedy raising of the funds for the erection of the Communal buildings on the society ' s estate , the plans of which will be laid before Congress . 3 rd—A plan for the immediate raising of capital S ; ) he PJ ~ tion of the Shoe , Hat , and other Trades . The successful eatablishment of these trades will benefit the unlocated members to a greater extent than the amount of their subscriptions , while it will greatly increase the capital of memb Ciety ' ^ ° m ™ npidly t 0 lo ^ lt 4 th . —The new law relating to the enrolment of Branches . ^• - " £ he inst . J tution of a Propagandist Fund . ™ m b " *! ? L r the propriety , of appointing . a paid Secretary ( to be supported o ' ufc of the Propagandist Fund ) , who shall conduct the corresponleX communicate with the general press , and
7 th .-To consider the feasibility of uniting , as r £ mm fr ° ff ! l . . exi 9 tin g Co-operative and communistic efforts . into one movement . It is probable that some notice will be taken of a plan of graduated assurance locations Communications for the Central Board in Leeds must be addressed to Mr . David Green , 166 , Brisgate , Leeds . b
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Socm and Political Refokji . -A meeting of delegates from the trades and workshops of Aberdeen , and of others favourable to social and political reform , was held in the committee rooms of the Union Hall , on Monday evening last , May 19 th to take into consideration-Ist , the Programme of Social and Political Rights adopted by the late Xa . tional Convention ; 2 nd , the propriety of forming a local association to carry out the said Programme and a general union of the trades in support of the same ; 3 rd , the Hungarian and Polish Refugees and , 4 th , the arrangements for the visit of Mr G Julian Harney to Aberdeen . Mr . G . Smart ' was called to the shair , and briefly introduced the business of the evening , and called unon Bvnw ifoWa » A
to express his opinion on the Programme . The whole of those in the meeting expressed their entire approval of the Programme , with the exception of Mr . Ord , who did not approve of keeping the move , ment . distinct from every other movement ; and after some conventional discussion on Mr , Ord ' s ob jection the Programme was agreed to .-Mr . G Ord then moved : —• ' That a local association beat once formed ; which was seconded by Mr . D . Thompson and after several parties had expressed their ooinious and promised to render their assistance to carry out the resolution , it was unanimously adopted , and tuenamesof thosepresent were taken down as a provisional committee . It was considered advisable to postpone taking any active stops on behalf of the Hungarian and Polish refugees until thelocal association is propevly organized , when it can be done more effectuall y . It was then unanimously resolved :- " That a public meeting be cofc un on
ino occnsion ot Mr . Barney ' s visit , for the purpose of memorializing the government to interfere for the liberation of the patriot Kossuth . " It was then resolved :- » To adjourn the meeting till Monday , as Mr . Harney bad been requested to postpone his visit till the 9 th and lOtli of June , as ' the date previously fixed fell upon the terra days . and would not suit so well for public meetings as the date now fixed . ' -The meeting will accordingly be held again on Monday ,, when any delegates who may not have received circulars in time for the last meeting , us well as all who take an interest in the movement were strongly invited to be prosent .
PaOIEST OP MAtJCHBSTER CnURCIIWARDESS AGAINST PLiiRAmiEB .-On retiring from an office they , haveheld for the last two years , the churchwardens of Manchester feel it to be a duty which they owo not merely to themselves but to the parishioners atlavge , to record their entire concurrence in and approval of , the protest of their predecessors Messrs . Brooks , Hickson , and Crutenden , against the retention , by the Rev . R . Parkinson , of the presidency and incumbency of St . Bees , with the emoluments arising out of his preferment as one of the canons of Manchester ; and their deep regret that the loud and general expression of public opinion , on the part of the clergy and laity in favour of the sentiments enunciated in that protesthave
, lad no effect upon the apparent determination of the rev . gentleman to retain both those preferments . The churchwardens cannot but regard , with still deeper regret , the announcement that tic example of the Rer . R . Parkinson , although . ' thus condemned , is about to be followed by two of the remaining three clergymen holding canonriea in cathedral of this parish ; the Rev . C . D . Wray has accepted the valuable rectory of South Runcton in the county of Norfolk ; and the Rev . It . 0 . Clifton has expressed his intention to retire from Manchester to the living he holds in the county of Oxford ( the duties of which have hitherto been ' discharged by a curate ); so that this parish , with its vast and rapidly increasing population , its aniritnal
testitution , its need of every means which can be devised of implanting moral and religious principles in the minds of the people and attaching them more closely to our protestant institutions , is to be almost entirely deprived of the personal services of three clergymen holding' high preferments in the church and deriving large emoluments from the revenues of the parish , whose position necessarily invests them with commanding influence for good or evil according as their actions arid line of conduct are m accordance or at variance with the objgations ot their sacred office . Although Mr . Parkinson might have accepted St . Bees undev an impression that the act of 1840 released hini from Ins duties as one of the rectors Of this patwh , and placed the dean and canons of Manohestar in the samo position as most other chapters in the kingdom ample and convincing proof has since been that
given , whatever duties attached to the office of warden and fellows . are still due from the dean and canons ; and that the cure of souls of the parishioners was at the foundation vested in the College of Christ , m Manchester ; ia now placed beyond all reasonable doubt , and is admitted by the Archbishop of Cant erbury , the Bishop of Manchesl f '^ l he 4 " t counsel , Dr . Add&maaml'Mr . Baddeley . But apart from the requirements of the law , and the foundation charter of Charles the First , it might have been expected that the claims of such a community as this , especially in times like the present , would have beenfelt by clergymen of the SMjfrf could not £ w been so lightly discarded . Believing , therefore , that ' the course Pursued by Mr / . Wray ,. Mr . Parkinson , and Mr . Clifton , is in direct violation of the spirit ,, if fwi ^ f £ A ' . tho church ' M . itMiputably is of both the spirit and letter . oM . hn fmm&u
tioncnarter ; tha , t betokens a lamentable indifference to the spiritual wants of the parish ; that it diverts the ecclesiastical property «< Lm the course its original bestower intended it to take : " that it must prove a fruitful source of danger and scandal ll iZt ' t t * mpin 8 the h ° P and Paralysing the efforts of her ^ members-t he churchwardens conceive they would bo guilty of a dereliction of their duty were they to retire from office without entering upon tluvbooks of the parish an expression Of opinion as to the / injurious conseauences which
man inevitably result , from , au < l a formal protest against , such a course of precedure :-Re 8 olved' That a oopy of this memorandvim"be . forwarded to H ^ f i £ " ? ons tbe Bishop of Manchester , and to the Archbishops of Canterbury and Tork . " - tonchtster Guardian .
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PROTESTATION ADDRESSED TO THE SUn LIME PORTE , BY LOUIS ROSSUM / LATE GOVERNOR OF HUNGARY . The undersigned , late Governor of Hungary , js by his prolonged detention reduced to despair of either' justice or generosity . He who is forcod to abandon hope has nothing further to fear from force or violence ; he is beyond all constraint . . The undersigned has reached this point . To-day is the anniversary of our arrival at Kutahja ! Kutabja ' . the tomb , whore the Sublime Porte haa buvied us alive , while speaking to us of hospitality .
Pursue ! by misfortune , we stopped before the threshold of the Mussulman , and asked from him , in tho name of God , in the name of humanity , in ; he name of his religion , a hospitable asylum , or a free passage . The Turkish government had entire liberty to receive us or not . . It . had the right of saying , I will give you shelter m a prison , or in some distant place , where vou will be detained and strictly guarded . This is the hospitality which Turkey offers you . If it does not please you , hasten your departure-rid us of your embarrassing presence . This was not said to us .
sheltering tent ; it entreated us to cross the thresw ° i , 7 \ by - God and its fl"th ^ at it would grant us . hospitality and a safe asylum . We trusted ourselves to the honour of the Turks . We ate of their bread and of their salt—wo reposed under their roof . We pTayed to Goq to blots them , and we ottered them pur courage , our experience matured by vicissitudes and our everlasting gvatitudo . And Hungarians keep their word . Look at Bosnia , where Mussulmans , subjects of the Sublime Porte , are in revolt against it . A handful of Hungarians are in the ranks of its soldiers . It is but a handful , for the Porte would not w £ T \ - ^ ! ave first u P 0 n th « broach ? WhoareflMtin the charge ? Who are they who never retreat , who advance in the midst of fire and grape-shot , bayonet m hand , to victory ? They are this handful of exiles . They die for Turkey . The
nunganan Keeps nis word . They offered us hospitality , and they gave us a prison . They swore to us that we should meet with an . asylum , and we have found banishment . God will judge , and God is just . We have suffered ; but , for the sake of not causing embarrassment , we have been silent . Thev begged us to have confidence . We have shown it . They begjed us to wait . We have waited long . They said to us , it is onl y until Austria shall succeed in re-establishing that which the despots call order ( the order of oppression ) , that which they call
tranquillity ( the tranquillity of the tomb ) . Well , she has re-established this order , this tranquillity , by her executions . She has re-established it 80 far as to dnre to provoke Prussia to * war ; so far as to dare , trusting to the support of her master , the Czar , to encroach upon the nations of Europe , to extend her forces from the Baltic to Rome-r-so far as to threaten Piedmont and Switzerland—so far as to bribe the border provinces of Turkey to revolt ; she has re-established this tranquillity— she has evenj announced its re-establishment to tho Sublime Porte-and wo are still
prisoners , They begged \ is to wait one year , reckoning from the day on which we first placed our foot upon Ottoman soil . We waited . Afterwards we were told to reckon tho year from the day when the sentence for our transportation into the interior was decreed . Again wo waited patiently . At length they seemed to revolt at being any longer the gaolers of Austria , and they permitted us to hope that on the anniversary of our arrival at Kutahja our liberty would be restored to us .
Well ; this anniversary has arrived . Let us see what it has brought us . A poor Hungarian , Major Domotor , preferring as I . do , exile , or even doath to servitude , destitute of all means of subsistence , had come eight months before to ask my advice and some assistance to go to Belgrade , in order to send for his wife thither , who was living at Peterwardein . It was a matter of simple humanity . I gave him some slight assistance , and he departed for Belgrade . When ho arrived there ho had been already anticipated by the accusation of Austria , who sees
everywhere my hand in the well-founded discontent of her oppressed people , nnd who , as her whole life is a conspiracy against . God and humanity , finds conspiracy in everything . Austria then anticipated him , by the lying accusation of being the bearer of proclamations from me to the Hungarian nation . The accusation was false . I affirm it on my honour . Nevertheless , oh the faith of spies without honour or character , Austria caused to be arrested at Semlin his poor wife , on her way to join her exiled husband , and tho imaginary proclamations were demanded as the price of her liberty . Domotor
justified himself beforo the Servian government in so ' striking a manner , that that government , although only a feeble vassal of the powerful Ottoman empire , found sufficient strength in the justice of his cause to protect him . Austria was obliged to loose her hold . Tho poor wifo was permitted to join her husband , but upon condition that Domotor should immediately leave Belgrade . This poor woman is a creditor of Austria . Her entire heritage , the money of the orphan , is in the hand of Austria , not by confiscation , but in trust . Domotor resisted the insolent demands of the Austrian consul until the debt due to his wifo should be paid .
This is his crime He dared to demand the return . of the . poor orphan ' s heritage . The Servian government continued gener 0 U 8 lv to support ' a'rid .. protbct , him for eight months / : But nsthe Austrian consul persisted in his persecution , and as thedragoman of ihe Pachalik of Belgrade ( who is rather an officer of Austria than of the . Sublime Porte , ) made common cause with the consul , the Servian ' government was at length obliged / to rejnovo him . from Belgrade ; but his cause was so just that that government , even tlfen , gave him permission to reside at Kragujevaer , and continued its protection to enable him to follow up his judicial dispute with Austria . / It was under such circumstances that Major
Uomotor ,. seeing the commercial enterprises which he had undertaken in order to support himself and his wife ruined by this removal , and finding ifc impossible to provide for the existence of his wife in the city in which a , residence was offered to him , was obliged to leave her without money , exposed to dieM hunger , to come again to ask my assistance and advice , &c . He came furnished with regular passports . ¦ ¦ . . He was upon the point of departure , when , on the ; annivemry itself of our detention at Kutahja , an i ' order . suddenly arrived from the Grand Vizir that he also should be detained at Kutabja . His passports were regular ; he was neither a subject nor a guest of Turkey ; his wife waa
friendless , and dying of hunger at Kragujevaer , but what of that ? . It seems that the agents of Austria have the power to treat with " , ridicule the rights of nations , arid the personal safety of individuals in Turkey . . One of them caused an-Hungarian ' to be publicly arrested at Smyrna because he was one of my servants , and transported him to an Austrian dungeon , wherpte still languishes ; another caused Turkish houses to be searched even in . tho capital . of the Padishah , in order to possess himself of papers belonging to . the Hungarian emigrants . . Ho inveigled others . into his official residence , ' as in a trap , and there he caused them to be bound and carried , on ^ parti / Austrian vessels , . because , they refused to accept an insulting amnesty from the hands of-thQ i CxetutionDrs . of their country ; ' others
enticedthere , and detained by force , have , been so menaced aud threatened that liey have sought a voluntary death to escape Austrian disgrace . iAt length the Austrian agents drew up a calumnious denunciation against Major Domotor , which the Servian government found upon inquiry to be so totally without foundation , that it not only treated it as such , but eyeri . gave permission to Domotor to reside at Kragujevaer , the Servian capital . And the Sublime Porte ,, upon the faith of this calumnious denunciation , without inquiry , without investigation , arrcBted . my- ' countryman , and ordered his confinement , at .. Kutahja , although . he was only a traveller , provided with regular passports , recognised as innocent by the Servian government , and taken under its protection . It was enough that lie was ari ; Hungarian .. . ..
- There is yet more : in the order which inflicted tbis crowning act of injustice upon Major . Domotor , the phrase which follows is literally to be found : — ' . ' As tip departure of the individuals detained at Kutahja is already , decreed " , it ia ordered that the saidDomotor , who . is by chance amongst them , be arrested arid detained also . " hit , then , to inspire us with confidence in our approaching liberation that these fresh detention ^ have just been ' effected ? / : Behold the consolation which the anniversary of our detention has brought to us !
I most solemnly protest against this act . I appeal from it to the eternal justice of God , and to the judgment of all humanity . . , 1 appeal from it with the more confidence , as this act gives a proof to all foreigners , travellers , one-, sidents in Turkey , that their personal safety cannot be guaranteed , and that no one can be Bure that in consequence of some denunciation he may not be similarly treated . I appeal from it yet more , because tbis act cannot fail to befollowed by disastrous consequences , in destroying all confidence in the belief that therights of nations are reBpected in Turkey ... •; . . I appeal from it , besides , j bepausG . it cannot fail to compromise the dignity , of the Servian government beforeits subjects , ' and to diminish the attachment of Servia . tojtUe . Sublime Torte , and that in a moment when the Milosh ' party , supported by Austria And Russia , is upon the eve of destrovine the tranquillity of Servia , and of proving to Europe
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that amongst all the Slavonian provinces of the Otto So em F ? - ther 0 i 8 not a single one which is not J , Jeo ' £ discontent and to emeutes to the advan , tago of Russia . I flVhnmln ? . , m ? oom P an'On 3 '" misfortune , tlSf iTdtodeolare » boforo God and humanity w » 5 ehln T-, r duced t 0 U' * t Pitch of despair at wrdleSirf ?^ counsel o % of their honour , re-SSsiona l \ & conse < l u <™ 03 or of tho scandal of Xhi ? tlnn S l . ° P <»<* ed . determined to die sunwl SUbnntt 0 a Position of their Kutahja , April 13 , 1851 . L ° KossUTn -
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MONDAY , Mat 19 . HOUSE OP LORDS .-Incojie-Tax Bm .-Mar . quis of Laxsdowne roso and moved . the second reading of the Income-tax Bill , and proceeded to state the reasons why be thought tho house should allow the bill to pass . He had always been aware of the inconveniences attending such a measure , and of the many objections which might be made to it on tho score of tho unequal way in which it pressed on various classes of the community ; but , i of all
n spite those objections , he thought that when the house considered how far , by continuing the income-tax , they would , in the first place , facit litate the importation of raw produce , and in the second , to what an extent they would be enabled to MKO ott other taxes which pressed more heavily on the community , they would find that these objections wore met aud answered . The noble Marquis then mentioned the taxes which the government proposed to repeal and modify as a set-off againat the income-tax , and concluded by moving the second reading of the bill .
. inX , i m agreed with tho Mar ( l 3 of Lans . downe as to he necessity for maintaining the publio cred t , for which reason it was , perhaps , impossible Sn ? T"Si * lth ifc this yeal > > buthe « torly dissented wtttaiaas to the expediency of continuing the income-tax as a moans of exteuding and dovelopmgfvce trade , and of facilitating the importation of foreign produce , which had already brought such distress on the country . The noble lord then enumerated several propositions which had been mado for getting rid of this tax by degrees , and of which the government ought ttkhavo availed itself , but concluded by stating that m the position in which the question stood he should bo very sorry to take upon himself the responsibility of advising the house to reject a bill which they were unable to amend , out the passing of which was necessary for securing the credit of the country .
Lord Burners considered it a duty to endeavour to make the law as littlo objectionablo as possible , and would , therefore , inquire , whether the government contempiatcu any check upon frivolous and vexatious surcharges . Lord Mosieaois had no objection to the incometax on occasions of great emergency , but thouehfi tho country ought not to be led blindfold into a system of perpetuation under the pretext of a peri , odical renewal . Eavl Grey , in reply to Lord Berners , said that ho was afraid , that no further check could bo put
upon surcharges than those employed at present , unless the secrecy whieh it was necessary to throw over the levying of the tax were interfered with . Hq agreed , to a considerable extent , with Lord Monteagle in his objections to the income-tax as a peaca tax , and he had expressed very strongly in 1842 those objections , which he still continued to entertain ; but he was bound to say , experience had convinced him that the immense advantages to the country which had been procured by means of the income-tax were well worth the sacrifice they had made .
After & few words in explanation from Lord Berners , Tho bill waa read a second time ; and their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE Oi OO 31 MOBB .-TnB Ecclesiastic At Titles Assumption Bill . —The house having resolved itself into a committee upon tbis bill , Mr . Reynolds moved that the chairman report progress , observing that this was not the first o * second bill which had been laid upon the table ; that notices had been given of amendments ^ shich did not apply to the bill in its present shape ; and that time should be given for considering its new provisions . Sir G . Grey left the Committee to decide Wao . th . er this proposition was in the spirit of the understand " injr of Friday .
The Earl of Ahundel and Surrey seconded tho motion , which ho thought was not at variance with , tbe understanding . Mr . Roebuck and Mr . Gladstone suggested that one of the law officers of the Crown , or some membev of the government , should explain the legal effect of the bill as it now stood , which appeared to Mr . Gladstone full of perploxities . Lord J . Russell did not think this an unreasonable request when they came to the first clause ; but Mr . Reynolds's motion . ; raust be first dia * posed of . A good deal of discussion followed respecting tha understanding of Friday , and an alleged arrangement betweeu the government and Mr . Walpole ; ultimately , the motion for reporting progress waa negatived on a division by 262 against 46 .
The AiTonsEy-GESEBAi , then explained the legal effect oftho bill as it stood , which he denied to ha a new bill , After an exposition of the preamble ho observed , with respect to the first clause now added to the bill- " that the said brief , &c , and all jurisdiction , authority , or title oonferred thereby was unlawful and void '—that it was declaratory embodying the recital in tho preamble , and he had at first thought it to be superfluous . The second clause , which forbade the assumption of titles to pretended sees or dioceses , &c , ' in the United Kingdom , under a penalty of £ 100 , merely oxtended the . act of 1829 ( 10 . George IV ., e . 7 ); and the simple answer to the objection that it would interfere with charitable bequests and trusts of Roman Catholics was that the act of 1829 had not hud that effect in Ireland .
This explanation was much canvassed , and led to further elucidations of the scope and operation of tho bill . Tho question that tho preamble be postponed underwent a long aebate , or rather conversation , ia the course of which Mr . Remolds moved that tha Chairman reporb progress ,. which was negatived upon a division . The other question was affirmed upon a division . _ Lord AnuNDEL and Surhey then renewed-the motion that the Chairman report progress , which waa supported by Mr , Betkolds , who declared that , no maUer how many divisions took place , " the first clause should not pass that night . Mr . Roebuck and Sir F . Tuesiger recommended the government to concede this delay , the latter observing that after the opinion expressed by tha Solicitor-General , it would be propetto amend the first clause , applying it not only to " he particular brief , but to all similar briefs and rescripts in tho United ; Kingdom . . ,
&ir G . Grbt , on the part of the government , aBsented to the Chairman leaving the chair , to sit again on Friday .. The Hainaulfc Forest Bill , the Sale of Arsenio Regulation Bill , and . the ; Appointments to Offices , < fcc , Bill , were severally committed . The Gunpowder Stores ( Liverpool ) Exemption Repeal : Bill was read a second time ; Lord ' Seymour had lenvo to bring in a bill to extinguish the right of the Crown to deer iu the Now Forest . The house adjourned at a quarter before one o ' clock . TUESDAY , May 20 .
house of LORDS . —Lord 'WHARNCLim asked Lord Grey for an explanation of the mode in which the commission appointed by the government to proceed to tbe Cape had been appointed . " . . Etirl Grey , explained that the commission about to be sent to the Cape was not , strictly ' speaking , one of inquiry . Thetwo gentlemen selected , were to act as Assistant Cpmm \ 8 sioners under Sir Harry Smith , who was invested with a separate authority as High Commissioner for the adjustment of claims
made for land by the border tribes . The gentlemen , appointed wero . intimately acquainted . with the habits of the . colonists and the natives ,: and he , had no doubt would be enabled to-render Sir H . Smith , tho greatest assistance . . ¦¦ ¦ j .: . « .-.,, - -. <¦ ¦ ; \ " . After some . fur . ther discussion tne matter dropped , The report of the select committee on the Regiatrationoi . Assurances Biil , was , brought , up by Loxd Campbell , and ordered to be laid on the table . ; The incomo-Tax Bill , passed through committee ori ' the motion of Lord Lasspowne . . ¦ ., .
Their lordships then adjourned . .... ,. HOUSE OF . CpMMONS . r-Upon . the question tliat ' the houseat its . rising do . ad } ovirn , untu ThuM . day , Mr . Hume engrafted , a short diaousBi ' on oh the ' subject of the recent alterations in Kensington Gar « dens , respecting . which Lord Seimoub offered an «• planattpn . . " ' ¦ . :. ' . . . ¦ -.- , . , . . Transportation of CRiMiKAis . —Sir "W . MoiBSworth moved an addveB 8 : 1 praying .: for .. the l ldiscontuiuanca . of transportation ^ . Van Diemen ' s Land . He , detailed the Subject of petitions fronvthe inland . signed by all classes , in , whicbf the , evils resulting from tlu continued influx of convicts were depicted m the darkest , colours . The . petitioners alto ^
that m , l 84 T , the Lieutenant-Governor , Sir / W . Deanison , announced : that the transportation of convicts to the colony was to be abolished ; they protested against the non-performance of this promise as ^ breach of faith , and claimed ., its . fulfilment by the rescission of the ,. Qrder . in Council . ; which made Van D icmen ' s ; Land . a place for ,. the ; reception of conyiots . Sir William entered at much length into the proofs , derived moBtly from official documents , by which he proposed to establish the allegations ot tho petitioners , especially the frightful . social state Of the colony , owing to the large and f' ? 3 f" * " *[ £ sion of criminals from Europe , who , while tm ue-
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An Ixcorhigible . —Dennis Darkin , who was convicted at the last sessions of a robbery from the person , was now brought up for judgment . Upon the conviction of the prisoner the officers of the House of Correction asked the court to postpone its judgment , to enable them to draw up a paper which should show the number of times the lad , who was seventeen years of age , had been convicted . This morning this paper was handed np to the Court . — The learned Judge then read the statement it contained , from which it appeared that the prisoner , since the year 1841 , had been convicted no fewer than thirty-two times , his offences having been those of vagrancy , illegal possession of property , disorderly conduct , gaming , drunkenness , riot ,
threat-MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The adjourned sessions for the month of May commenced on Tuesday , at "Hiekes ' -hall , Clerkenwell-green . The calendar contains the names of suty-one persons for trial , fifty-six of whom are indicted for the commission of felony . The learned Judge , in the course of his charge to the grand jury , remarked , that it was not a little remarkable that as yet they had scarcely heard of any pocket picking in the Crystal Palace .
emng and using ob 3 cene language , assaulting the police , frequenting public places with intent to commit felony , larceny from the person , and various other offences . —Among his convictions were two at the Central Criminal Court , and one at this court , theother twenty-nineconviction 3 having been what are denominated " summary . " It also appeared that the prisoner had been convicted from nearly every police court in the county . —The prisoner wade a strong effort to cry , and earnestly pleaded for mercy . —Tho learned Judge observed it was quite clear that any future efforts to obtain a livelihood by the prisoner must be exercised in another country , for after his career here it was impossible that he could be allowed to remain in
ftngiand . ine sentence upon him , therefore , was , that he be transported beyond the seas for the period of ten years . Kobbert . —W . Gent , aged 19 , was indicted for having stolen a coat of the value of £ 2 , the property of R . Band . —The case was clearly proved against the prisoner . —Mr . Carter , the counsel for the defence , called a witness , who stated that he had known the prisoner for seven years , during the whole of which he had borne an excellent character . —The learned Judge thereupon told the witness that the prisoner had been twice convicted of felony and sentenced to imprisonment for nine months and sis months . The witness must , therefore , have perjured himself , and consequently he should order
him into enstody . —Tbe prisoner , having been convicted , was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment andhardlabonr . —The witness was taken to the Houseof Correction , Coldbath-fields , witbthe other prisoners . —The witness was brought up the follow , ing day , and , after receiving a caution from the court never again to impose upon a court of justice by stating that which was untrue , he was discharged . Rohbebt . — "W . Adams , 27 , and Thorns Harney , 24 , were indicted for having stolen a sovereign from the person of Fredrick Sinclair . —Mr . Carter conducted the defence . —It appeared that on the loth inst . the proaecatpr was at a public dinner , where he imbibed a considerable oantityof "the rosy , " and on his return found his way into a public-house
in Batcliff-highway , and as a natural consequence called for a further supply . Influenced by the effects of his potations he fell asleep in the parlour , and on awaking discovered that his pockets had been rifled . The prisoners , who were sailors , were observed by another sailor taking liberties with the pockets of the prosecutor who on receiving the information called in a policeman and placed him under his guardianship . —Mr . Carter cross-examined the sailor at length , and was interrupted by Mr . Buchanan , who remarked that if the learned counsel knew anything abont the habits of seafaring
men he would not cross-examine the witness as he had done . —Mr . Carter commented strongly upon this interruption , which he designated as an interference with the discretion of the advocate , who had to sift the evidence , and thus test the credibility of a witness . He would contend that if witnesses were not subjected to a rigid questioning there wonld be no security for any person whatever ; and if such a system was to prevail , the sooner they went to California aud experienced the blessings of Lynch law the better . —The jury having found the prisoners Guilty , they were sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour .
A Thikf Wbu , Cacohi . —John Jones , a young man of respectable appearance , was indicted for attempting to steal a gold watch , value £ 610 s ., the property of Mark Wing . —The prosecutor deposed that he kept a watchmaker ' s shop in Goswellstreet . About nine o ' clock on the night of the 10 th instant the prisoner cameinto bis shop , and inquired the price of a watch in the window . He told him £ 610 s ., and the prisoner requested to be shown it . Prosecutor handed the watch to him , bat having some suspicions of the prisoner , he drew a string which acted upon a secret bolt at the top of the door . This fastened the door without any noise . The prisoner seemed to like the watch , and handed it back to the prosecutor to wind it up . The prosecutor wound the -watch up , nnd placed it again in
his hand . . He had no sooner received the watch the second time , than he turned sharply round , seized the handle of the door , and made violent efforts to get out . The seeretboltj however , effectively resisted his efforts , and the prosecutor got over the counter and collared him . He then threw the watch on the counter , and in assuming a highly indignant tone , threatened to put the law in motion against him ( prosecutor ) for tearing the buttons off his coat . A policeman , however , was sent for , and the prisoner was given in charge . —The prisoner , when called npon for his defence , said that he had no intention of stealing the watch ; that he merely went into the shop to ask tbe price , but made no attempt to get away . —The jury found tbe prisoner Guilty , and the learned judge sentenced him to six months' hard labour .
Assault . —John Mills pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him , with assaulting Win . Powers . The prosecutor and defendant are carriage makers in tbe employ of Mr . Cotton , of Worship-street . The prisoner it appears is a very irritable man , and had been discharged from several shops in consequence of his bad temper and proi . eness to commit violence . In the present instance he had struck the prosecutor with a heavy piece of ash across the head without the least provocation , and , when restrained from further violence , he said he was sorry that he had not killed him . —The learned Assistant Judge ordered him to be imprisoned twenty-one days , in consideration of his having been already t hree weeks in prison ; and , at the termination ot that time , to enter into his own recognisances in £ 40 to keep the peace for twelve months .
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