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prisoners severally if they had anything to say ? James Smith answered , "I have nothing to say . Joseph Carter said he was not guilty . John Smith said he was innocent of what he had been brought there for . Thomas Morgan said he had bought the goods and paid the full value for . them . William Hillyer said he knew nothing about it , which occasioned a burst of laughter in the court . James Hamilton had nothing to say ; and Elizabeth Olliver said she had found the articles at the Leech-pit pond , and the money found upon her ( fifteen sovereigns ) was her own . The six prisoners were then fully committed to Lewes Assizes for the burglary and robbery , and the woman Olliver for receiving a portion of the stolen property .
_ , The Misses Farncombe -were bound over in the sum of £ 40 each to prosecute , and were permitted to withdraw from the court . They expressed great anxiety to get away early as they had a journey of iifteen miles , and a wide common to cross . The property hitherto found is of a very trifling value , the plate , valuable gold watches , diamond rings , &c , not having been discovered , although ,, calculating the time that had elapsed between the commission of the burglary and the apprehension of the prisoners , the police are of opinion that it has not been sold , but lies concealed in the neighbourhood . That the whole of the gang are not yet in custody is inferred from the circumstance of Mrs . Morton , the wife of
the constable , overhearing a conversation between three of the prisoners in their cells , in which one of them expressed a hope that " they would send counsel , " and another replied that " they might do so at all events . " On Monday morning , at half-past nine , the constables proceeded to Lewes with the prisoners , Smiths , Hamilton , Hillyer , Carter , Brouks , Olliver , and Morgan . During the first part of the journey the fellows behaved very quietly ; but the van in which they were conveyed had scarcely passed Crowborough before they became exceedingly violent , and most grossly insulted every one that passed , declaring that they anticipated a " rescue . " Brooks raised his hat of Dadson
heavily iron' d hands , knocked off the , one of the officers , and entreated the other prisoners to throw themselves out of the vehicle . Hillyer immediately dashed his handcuffs against the side of the van , apparently with the intention of snapping them ; but not succeeding in that he attempted to throw himself into the road . By this time , however , the officers , seeing how the case stood , became most determined in their manner , and having presented their firearms , threatened to shoot the first man that moved , which had the effect of quieting them . Before their arrival at Uckfield , the prisoners raised such an intolerable noise by hooting and yelling , that a horse which was being led by a boy took friglit , and started away at a most terrific rate .
It appears that a burglary was committed on the night of the 31 st of December , only twenty-four hours previously to the Uckfield burglary , in which all the prisoners except Carter were implicated . The offence was committed at Hartfield , in the White Hart public house , of which Elizabeth Kennard is the landlady . The property is not of any great value , but portions of it were traced to the possession of the prisoners . Another case , which is only yet in its preliminary stage , is the finding of several boxes of linrndrapery , Sec , in a lonely cottage not far from TJckfield , in which the undo and aunt of the prisoner , Elizabeth Olliver , reside . These persons are at present iu custody , and the whole are likely to turn out mcmberH of the same gang , one portion plundering , and the other secreting and disposing of tho booty .
George Stin £ ? le and Hunnah Collins , who stood remanded from Friday on a charge of assault and intended robbery on the person of Mr . Adam LefHer , the musician and public Hinder , were brought up at Lambeth , on Monday , for final examination . The case was remanded to give the constable ; an opportunity of enquiring into the characters of the prisoners , and particularly that of the male prisoner , who described himself as a cab-driver . The constable made the lieeossary enquiry , and discovered that Stinglp ia a common thief , and had been tried for felony at the Clcrkenwr . il JSessions . While at the bar he cried and blubbered like a boy . He admitted having assaulted the gentleman , but denied all intention to rol > him . Both piisonem were fully committed for trial .
Henry Jackson anrl Henry Claydon were brought up at Clerkenwt 11 on Monday , charged with having stolen , in the dwHling-hou . se of Mrs . Miller , Ch . irrjngf . on-street , Homer . storvn , aix table-npooiiN , six < lcK « ert- « poons , and other plate , her properly . . Jitcknon wiih once transported , nnd him Mince been twelve times in charge for felony . The prisoners were both remanded . Mr . John Viuley , tailor and diaper , Tot . tenham-courtroad , went to l )( d on Friday evening about , eleven o ' clock ,
having firnt Keen that nil tho doors and wiihIowh were properly fastened , as every prudent housekeeper should do . About four o'clock next , morning he wan arointed by th <* constable ringing the boll , and on going down Ht . uim he found the chuin of the . door unhooked and the bolt removed . In tin ; piumagc he found a large bag full of cloth , and dose by hcvpi-hI pieced of cloth . Notwithstanding all his wutchrulncBH the thieves had been too many for him . Homo one it iu nuupectcd hud secreted himself
in the shop about the hour of closing , and , when all was quiet , had let his comrades in . A policeman had , tottunately , been watching them , and , having given the alarm , two of the burglars were secured on the spot , and the other three in the course of the morning . Ine whole five John Williams , alias Greenfield , almsShallow Jack ; James Colter , alias Young Dutch Sam ; William Johnson , alias The Irish Barber ; Charles Gosling , altos Little Charley ; and J ohn Moran , all well-known bar * glars , were brought up at Marlborough-streeton Saturday , but the evidence against them not being complete , they were remanded till Wednesday , when they were final !/ committed for trial .
Two boys , named Thomas Sheehan and John Lee , each aged seventeen , were brought up at Thames-street , on Monday , the former charged with stealing fifty-five gross of steel pens the property of Mr . Joseph Gillott , his master , of No . 37 , Gracechurch-street and Birmingham ; the other with receiving them knowing them to be stolen . A Jew , named Asher Barnard , gave evidence against the prisoner Lee . This JeW , it seems , purchased largely of the boy , to the amount of several gross of Gillott ' s pens , and afterwards gave notice to the police . On examination , he gave but a very poor account of himself , and was warned by the magistrate that he would share the same fate as his dishonest co-religionist , Barnett , and be transported for ten years , unless he discontinued such practices . The prisoners were Committed for trial .
Mr . James C . Wheeler , of Northgate-street , Gloucester , when on his way home to Longford , at seven o ' clock on Saturday evening last , in a road much frequented , was attacked by a couple of fellows , at a short distance from the New Inn , and within a few hundred yards of several houses , anl had his gold watch , and chain forcibly taken from him , fortunately , he was able to describe one of the robbers so accurately as to lead to the detection of the ruffians , who are committed for trial . Two men have been apprehended in Swansea , one a soldier belonging to the 77 th Regiment , now stationed in that town ; the other a shoemaker from Bristol , both charged with breaking into a watchmaker ' s shop in Swanseaon the morning of Thursday week .
, Two men , named Henry Davis and William Davis , alias Ledbury , have been apprehended and examined on a charge of burglary * t the house of a widow named Elsmore , residing acElwalt , EastDean , Gloucestershire . It seems three fellows knocked at her door and represented themselves , as neighbours wanting some cider . The woman suspected they were robbers , and refused to go down to them , on which they broke into the house . They were armed with a pickaxe and hatchet , and wore canvass masks . They demanded money , and during a short parley a young girl named Jones made an attempt to leave the house , but a hatchet was held over her by one of the men , who swore he would murder her if she dared to move . Two of the men went up stairs , while
the one armed with the hatchet stayed to keep guard over Mrs . Elsmore and her niece . Having ordered them to turn their backs to him , and not stir , he said they only wanted money . Mrs . Elsmore said , "Spare our lives , and I will give you all I have , " which is up stairs . He then ordered them both to go up stairs , and followed them . Mrs . Elsmore gave them her money , fifteen sovereigns , and from 8 s . to 10 s . in silver ; they sealched several boxes and found three old gold wedding rings and one silver one , which they took ; and after telling Mrs . Elsmore and her niece to remain up stairB until they were gone , they went down and ransacked the kitchen cupboards , and found six silver tea spoons , and part of a gammon of bacon , which they took , and then left the premises .
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DEPORT A TION O F PAUPER CHILD REN T O BERMUDA . At the usual meeting of the Marylebone board of guardians , last week , an application was made by a Captain Burrows , of the brig James , for a number of boys and girla between the ages of twelve and fourteen , from the workhouse , to be conveyed by him to Bermuda as emigrants . His object in taking them out , he said , was to apprentice them aa domestic servants until they were eighteen . His charge for taking them was £ 6 per head , the parish providing their outfits . In reply to a question from one of the guardians , Captain Burrows said there were no funds provided to assist them in getting other situations on returning home at tho end of their apprenticeship , but they could easily get other situations . He had already taken sixty children from St . Paneras workhouBe ; he would sail on the 25 th instant , and would take any number of children . The board considered tho matter too grave to be hastily decided upon ; they would not , however , send any children on the 26 th . The report of the affair having appeared in the Morning Chronicle of Saturday , the attention of the Poor-law Board Wft 8 called to it , and the result was a letter to tho St . Pancras board , risking whether it was Iruo that they hud been Bonding children to Bermuda , and if « o under what circumstances ?
Tin ; St .. Puucras board met on Tuesday , when the letter from the Poor-law Commissioners was road . The Chairman ul « o read an article from the Chronicle of Monday , condemning the conduct of the guardians , lie wan sorry that tho editor had not enquired into that matter before , he wrote thnt nrtiele . Had he done ho he would have found that tho guardians took the utmost euro of tho children sent out , both on board the vesHel nnd after their arrival at Bermuda .. It was i \ mistake to suppose that a wealthy , oxtennivo parish like St . Pancras cared nothing about its children provided it was relieved of their maintenance . He corrocted the
statement that sixty children had been seftt oat { only forty children had gone with five ftdtalts , i&akini altogether forty-five . He had instructed Mf , Stewart , a surgeon , who lately left for Bermuda , to Viait the children , enquire into their condition , and reward the well-conducted with 2 * . 6 d . each . He had received letters from three of the children in which they spoke in the highest terms of their situations and their comforts : — " Mr . Godden said that wheft the first children were sent out , he went down atld examined the Vessel , and the place fitted up for them . As he was & nautical man , he was well versed in everything connected with shipping , and , therefore , could not be deceived . Everything Was admirably arranged . There was * complete separation
made between the bojs and the girls' apartments . The latter had the side cabin , and were Superintended by women : while the boy » were placed under the care of men . But he should remark that Captain Borrows was then only mate of the vessel * The food , bed and beddin g were unexceptionable . In fact , he would have willingly sent his son by the vessel , for whose voyage he had paid sixty guineas , or his two nephews , who lately went abroad . ( Hear , hear . ) Everything was done to protect the children from contamination . One girl , aged nine * teen , said she would take care of those with whom she went . Their outfits consisted of six pairs of stockingB , two pairs of shoes , two suits of clothes , and every other article of dress requisite for the voyage . The captain bore a most excellent character , and every arrangement was made for the comfort and safety of the children . "
In the course of the discussion it was stated that none of the childron had been sent out without their own consent and that of their parents having been obtained . One of the guardians said they might not have acted in a strictly legal manner , as the act of Parliament requires that they should go before a magistrate , but everything in their power had been done to secure the comfort of the children .
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MR . COBDEN ON NATIONAL EDUCATION . The National School Association held its first annual meeting , at Manchester , on Thursday . Mr . Alexander Henry , M . P ., took the chair , and , after some preliminary business , called upon Mr . Cobden to move the first resolution , which was" That the present aspect of the educational question gives high testimony to the value of the efforts of this association , and promises a complete and speedy triumph . "
Mr . Cobden said they were indebted , in some degree , for this meeting to a recent movement in Manchester by gentlemen who had hitherto not taken a prominent part in the cause of national education . He congratulated the meeting on the fact that those gentlemen had adopted the principle of local rating , and had also given their adhesion to the principle of secular education . But the plan by which they sought to accomplish their object was nor new . It was merely the transfer to Manchester of the contest which has been going on in the House of Commons and the Government .
" It was , in fact , a proposal whereby everybody should be called upon to pay for the religious teachers of everybody else . " The scheme could never work . The very men who had devised it would chat out before they had taken a twentieth part of the trouble which the Lancashire Association had taken in grappling with the real difficulties of the question . We had precisely the same difficulties to contend with which the people of America and of Holland had before they could establish proper systems of education . " We must follow the same principle as they had done , and there never was a more favourable period for trying to obtain a national secular system of education . There wns more religious discord prevailing and impending than he had ever known , and at the same time a more
general feeling of the importance of secular education . " Where was our boasted Superiority over Frenchmen , Germans , Danes , and Italians , when the American Minister could come to our Town-hall , and taunt us with the ignorance of our people , no one daring to rise up and say we had done aa much as they had in America ? He agreed with Mr . Lawrence that there was danger in such a state of things , and that not a day should be lost till it was remedied . The honourable gentleman advised the association to pursue its own course steadily , showing no opposition to anybody , but inviting the concurrence of every one ; and if he could be of service on any deputation , even to the new body who had come forward in this town , to aid in removing any difficulties to unity of effort , he should be most happy to give hi * nervices . H " ant down amid great cheering .
Mr . Milner Gibson afterwards addressed tho meeting in seconding tho resolution , and it was carried unanimously .
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MANSLAUGHTER AT THE PECKHAM LUNATIU ASYLUM . The investigation into tho cause of the death of Moses James Barnn , a pauper inmate of Pockham Lunatic Asylum , was brought to a clorte on Saturday . At the inquest held on the body it had been e \ o » tiy established that Barns had had his left arm and four of his ribs on his left side broken on the 28 rd of I > 0-oember , and thnt , Although it was the duty ot HU 1 » the keeper in tho inflrmnry , to report the slightest
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 25, 1851, page 76, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1867/page/4/
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