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MANCHESTER , The Lasd Resolutioxs . —I am directed by the committee to write to you , requesting that you will order the following words to be corrected , which appeared iu the resolutions passed at a meeting of the shareholders , held on last Sunday week . viz .: — Where the first resolution says , that theJElolGs . Sd . be placed at the'disposal of the directors for the purpose of cultivation , purchasing of seed , Ac ., it says Land in the Star , which is wrong ; and where the word sub-secretary should be , it reads sub-treasurer .
BRADFORD . On Monday evening the Shoemakers' Society held their annual feast on the anniversary of St . Crispin , at the Boy and Barrel Inn , Westgate . At six o ' clock the company sat down to a plentiful and substantial supper , which reflected , the greatest credit on the worthy hostess . Having partook of the good things set before them , the company devoted the remainder of the evening to dancing , which afforded all present much enjoyment .
Church-Rate Mkrtisg At Rotstos, Sear Bar...
Church-rate Mkrtisg at Rotstos , sear Barsseet . —A meeting was held in tho vestry of the Parish Church , on the 23 rd of October , for the purpose of levying a Church-rate . The vicar opened the proceedings by stating the object for which the meeting was called , and then called upon the Churchwarden , who mumbled over theitems in such a manner that not half of the persons present could hear a word that he said . As he finished reading , he moved that a Church-rate be granted for the ensuing vear . when a rate-payer in the meeting moved as an
amendment , that theconBiderationoflayingaChurch rate be adjourned to that day twelvemonths . The vicar refused to put the amendment , and immediately left the meeting , when a working man was unanimously called to the chair . The amendment and the original motion were put to the meeting , and only one solitary hand was held for a rate . It was then moved and carried that a copy of the proceedings of the meeting be presented to the vicar , which was accordingly carried to him by a deputation from the meeting . This is the third year that we have defeated the church party .
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MAxcuEsiim . —Two lectures will be delivered in the Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday ( to-moiTow ) , by Mr . Dorniau , of Nottingham ; first lecture to commence at two o clock in the afternoon , and the other at halfpast six in the evening . Oldham . —A lecture will be delivered in the Working Men ' s Hal ! , on Sunday next , by Mr . William Dixon ; chair to be taken at half-past six in the evening . IIekki Hunt ' s Birthday . —Democratic Suffer . —The United Chartists' Sick and Burial Society have great pleasure in infoi-uiing the democrats of Oldham , that a Public Supper , to commemorate the birthday of Henry . Hunt , the champion of Universal Suffrage , will be holden on Thursday evening , November ( Jib , at the Working Man ' s Hall , Horsedgestrcct . Supper on the tabic at half-past eight o ' clock precisely . Persons wishing to partake of the above , will please give in their names on or before Monday evening next , to the Committee .
Me . M'Ghatu will lecture at Edinburgh , on Monday and Tuesday ; I . citli , Wednesday ; and at Campsie on Saturday . Bradford . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , a meeting of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will be held in the large room , Bnttcrworth-buildings , at six o ' clock in the evening . A full meeting is requested , as business of importance will be brought forward . Derby . —All members holding shares in the Derby District Chartist Co-operative Land Society , arc requested to meet at Chester ' s Temperance-house , Osmaston-road , on Sunday cvcningnext / athalf-past six o ' clock .
Motiram . —A meeting of the Chartists of this locality will be held on Sunday next , at two o ' clock , in the lecture room opposite the Bnll ' s-head . —Also , the monthly meeting of the Shareholders in the Cooperative Land Society will be holden , for the receipt of contributions , and the enrolment of persons desirous of taking up shares . Cakusle . —A public meeting of the Shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will be held in their meeting room , 6 , John-street , Caldewgatc , on Sundav afternoon next , at two o ' clock , when
business of importance will belaid before them . —The Committee ia ^ this locality meet every Sunday aftsrnoon , at two o ' clock , for the purpose of enrolling members and receiving subscriptions . Boltox . — Henry Huxi ' s Biriuday . —A Tea Partv will be held in the Chartist Association room , Mawdslcy-strcct , in honour of Henry Hunt's birth-day , on Thursday evening , the Gth inst . Tea on the tabic at eight o ' clock . —Tickets may be had at the Association , on any evening from seven till nine o ' clock .
Rochdale . — A friend oi democracy will lecture on Sunday evening next , at six o'clock , in the Associaroom , Mill-street . —On Thursday , the Gth inst ., there will be a Tea Party in the above room , to honour the birth of the immortal Henry Hunt . Nkwcasile-cpox-Tyse . —The Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead will hold their monthly meeting in the house oi Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , at seven o ' clock . — 'The members of this branch of the Land Society are requested to meet at the above place , on Monday eveningnext , at seven o'clock , for the purpose of appointing auditors to audit the books , and to settle other matters . Brighton . —The democrats of this town and its vicinity are respectfully informed , that a Democratic Supper will bclield at the Cap of Liberty ,
Portlandstreet , on Tuesday evening next , at ban-past seven o ' clock , to commemorate the birthday of Mr . Hunt , and the formation of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . —Tickets Is . 6 d . each ; to be had of any of the Committee , or at the bar of the said house . —N . B . It is earnestly requested that all persons holding tickets will return them on or before Monday the 3 rd inst ., and account for those that are sold , or their tickets will be refused . Tab Next General Meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held at the Bull ' s Head , Lamberthcad-grcen , Pemberton , near Wigan , on Monday next , the 3 rd inst . ; chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . —There will also be a public meeting on the same day and at the same place , which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and several other gentlemen . The levy for the fortnight , including
general contribution , is Is . 4 d . per member . Leeds . —Mr . Thomas Tattersall , of Burnley , will deliver a lecture to-morrow ( Sunday ) evening , at half-past six , in the Bazaar , Briggate . West Riding op Yorkshire . — -Co-operative Lasd Society . —The members of this society in the West Biding of Yorkshire ; intend holding a general meeting on Sunday the 9 th inst ., at 11 o'clock in the forenoon , at the Co-operative Store Room , Dewsbury . The principal object of this meeting is to promote a friendly feeling and good understanding amongst the several localities , to consider what alterations are necessary in the rules , and whether they should be enrolled . Who are proper persons for Trustees and Directors , and to take preparatory steps with regard to sending Delegates' to Manchester in February next . - ¦ ¦ -. ¦ ""
India And China. Arrival Of The Overland...
INDIA AND CHINA . Arrival of the Overland Mail . —London , Friday , Oct . 31 . —Accounts were this morning received from Bombay of the 1 st of October , and from Calcutta of the 20 th of September . The present des patch is one of an exceedingly uninteresting nature , scarcely a particle of information of any material consequence ^ political , military , or commercial , having transpired since the departure of the last overland mail The Scinde , Punjaub , and Cabool news , with the dry details of which the papers are filled , may be summed up in a very few wosda . The first named place is enjoying feanquillity , which is saying much ; and . the troops stationed ; there are almost wholly . free from sickness , which is perhaps saying more . The " wing of the 18 th Bombay Native infantry , which was sent np to Kusmore , on the frontier , for the purpose , as it
was rumoured , of inveigling our neighbours of the Five Rivers into a quarrel with us , has returned to Hyderabad , and it is said that this retrograde movement was' occasioned by the receipt of imnerative ordersfrom the ; Governor-General ; - who Had disapproved , as he well might , of the impolitic and jnachievoHs expedition . The intelligence'from the Punjaub comprises'few incidents of moment . The Ranee , or Queen Mother , as she is termed , has patched np the quarrel with Prince Peshora Sing , and that chief has laid down his arms , and proceeded to Lahore on her special invitation . It ia said that Kanee offered Mm a jagheer worth ten thousand DOnnds , and a valuable appointment as compensation Tor his submission . By the last accounts he had not reached Lahore , and there were rumours afloat that be lad been assassinated on the way . Cholera has oiappearedfrom the city , but still commits serious wages in Peshawar .
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MANSION HOUSE . - ' ' Saturday . —Tebkific Smashing of Plate Glass at the Gbousd Entrance of the City Palace ; by a GrEL . —During the temporary absence of the Lord Mayor from the bench , an interesting looking brunette , about eighteen years of age , stepped up to the witness bos with the view of making an application to the lord Mayor for some money to convey her home , she having undergone a sentence of imprisonment in the Compter , to which prison she had been committed by the Mayor , and from whence it would appear she was just discharged . She appeared to think it the duty of the mayor to supply her with the means of returning home . Iu consequence of the temporary absence of the Mayor , she applied to the chief clerk , who said her request could not be complied
with , and requested an officer to see her out of court . In about ten minutes afterwards the Lord Mayor resumed liis seat and the court was astounded by the smashing of glass in the Grand Entrance Hall , the floor of which was covered with the fragments . The officers of the court rushed out and secured the prisoner in the act of breaking two magnificent squares of plate glass of great thickness and value . On being placed at the bar , her hands were literaUy streaming with blood , and she exclaimed " now . I suppose you will let me see the Lord Mayor f On being asked her name she pertly replied , Mrs . Comeagain , and refused to give any other . Well then , said the Mayor , if you won ' t give your name we will call you Mary Smith ; " You may call me what you like you old , if I had you here I would serve you out" exclaimed the prisonar . She was remanded until Monday , in order that the extent of damage might be ascertained ,
Toxsdav . —A Female Chaeced with Attempting to Shoot » Scoundbel . — A female of respectable appearance , named Ann Fox , aged between thirty-four and thirty-five years , was broupht before the Lord Mayor , in the custody of Inspector 'WaUer , charged with having fired , a pistol at and wounded a young man of the name of Thomas Morris with small shot . The prisoner , upon being placed at the bar , appeared to be agitated in the extreme . She was defended by Mr . Pelham , and did not utter a word during the examination . The prosecutor , said he accused the prisoner of having shot him in the thigh on thepreceding ' evening . He was coming out of a chemist ' s warehouse , in Laurence r " ountney-Iane , in which he was assistant , and the moment the prisoner , who was
opposite to the warehouse , got sight of hira . she fired at him . About twenty shots penetrated the skin , and most of them dropped out of themselves . ' When she fired she was atthedistance of two varus , or two yards and a half , from him . He immediately erased the door , and went into the warehouse to examine the wound he felt she had in . fiicted . : The pistol produced was a small one , and had been purchased by the prisoner a short time , before she used it , at the shop of a pawnbroker in Oxford-street , The prosecutor was severely cross-examined by Mr . ^ Pelbam , who elicited from him that he became acquainted with the prisoner some years ago , and had hadcrimiual intercourse with her , the blame of which he threw on her . He admitted that he'was a married man . The Lord Mayor committed the prisoner for trial .
GUILDHALL . Fbiday . —Railway Robberies . —Daniel Garrett , who stands charged with committing nine robberies from railway stations , was brought before Mr . Alderman Hughes Hughes for final examination . The prisoner looked pale and less at ease than before . He had been already committed on seven charges of felony . Mr . Clarkson said he had a little evidence to add in one case , that of stealing a black portmanteau with its contents , value £ 20 , the property of Dr . Daniel , of Bath , who was a passenger on the Great Western Eailway , on the 29 th of July . Collard , the officer employed to superintend the railway police , produced a pair of Wellington boots , which he took from the prisoner's feet at the last examination . Dr . Daniel identified them as part of the contents of his portmanteau . A further portion was found at the prisoner ' s lodging . The depositions were read and signed , and the prisoner was committed on this charge . ..
BOW-STREET . Satcbdas . —Jack Ashobe . —A tar of the old school who said his name was Philip Barlow , was charged with being drunk and incapable . An officer found him in the Strand , clinging to a lamp post , and swearing that it was the rudder , and that he -was steering the ship . When the officer came up to him he literally roared out , " Avast there , mate , I see a strange craft a-head , showing strange colours . " The policeman told him he was quite right , there was a strange craft a-head in the shape of a prostitute , out if he would put himself under his convoy he would pilot him safely into port . Jack readily
assented , but inquired with some amazement where that port was , for certainly they were on a strange shore . " Where away is that , mate , " he asked , "for I never was higher up that Wapping ! " The officer told him to never fear , for he would undertake to get him a safe berth , and straightway conducted him to the station-house . Jack had no great mind to his berth at first , hut upon being told that they would make him as comfortable as possible , and give him a glass of grog iu the morning , he gently laid himself down , and feU fast asleep . Mr . Tivyford discharged him , with a caution to be more steady in future .
TUESDAT . —CHABOE OF FOBGERT AND SWINDLING . —A young man of fashionable appearance , named Richard Martin , was brought before Mr . Twyford for re-examination , charged with forging and uttering a check for £ 12 12 s ., with intent to defraud Mr . James Taylor , a hosier , carrying on business at 13 , Cornhill . and also with swindling several tradesmen of then * goods . The particularsjof this charge were published in the Star of Saturday last . Additional charges were now brought against the prisoner . A bootmaker carrying on business iu Oxford-street , said that in the month of June last the prisoner caUedupon him , and having tried on a dress pair of boots , he desired that a person would be sent after him to his chambers iu the Albany , and bring some French polish with him , which was accordingly done ; but on making his appearance he told the messenger he should wait , as his servant was then out of the way . The messenger waited outside such a length of time that the porter
inquired what his business might be , and on relating the nature of his business , he told him that he was " done , " and that the prisoner had a facility of getting away by a private nassage , and which subsequently turned out to be the case . Mr . Twyford observed , as other charges might be brought forward , he would have the prisoner remanded for a week . The constable said that there were about- twenty tradesmen in attendance , who were prepared to prove that they had been swindled by the prisoner in a similar manner . A bootmaker and a hairdresser , from Burlington Arcade , said tliat they had sent home goods to the prisoner ' s chambers , in Chelsea , for which they never received the amount , and upon making enquiry for Mr . Pembroke , their customer , they discovered that he had fled . It was stated that the prisoner had been in the service of Lord Sayc and Sele , when he occupied chambers la the Albany . He was ordered to be remanded .
WORSHIP-STREET . Monday . —Singula * Application . — The Convict ' s Welcome Home . —A sun-burnt , weather-beaten man , about thirty years of age , applied to Mr . Broughton for his advice and assistance uuder the following circumstances : —The applicant said , that in the early part of the year 1638 he had the misfortune to be convicted at the Old Bailey on a charge of felony , for which he was sentenced to seven years' transportation . He had formerly been in very comfortable circumstances , and at the time of his apprehension was in possession of an eight-roomed house weU stocked with furniture , which he left in charge of his wife until such a favourable turn occurred in his affairs as would enable him to reclaim it . After an affecting interview with his wife , who appeared almost heartbroken at his misfortunes , he was transferred to his place of destination , where he served out his sentence , and although
greatly surprised at not receiving any communication from home during the whole period , he was somewhat consoled upon hearine indirectly that his spouse was in most prosperous circumstances , and he therefore cheered himself with the anticipation of being able on his return home to resume an honest course of life , and spend the rest of his days in respectability andjconifort . On reaching this country , about a week since , he proceeded direct to his wife's residence , but was astounded at finding her living under the protection of another man , and instead of the fond welcome he had expected , she told him tartly that she considered nis conviction had entirely absolved her firom the marriage contract , and was resolved that she would have nothing more to say to him . Having failed in all his efforts to work upon her feelings , he requested that she would at least restore him the goods he had left in her care , and the greater part of which he recognised in the room , but she positively refused to do so ; and her paramour at the same time stepped forward , and after claiming every thing there as his own property ,
ordered him instantly out of the house ; The apphcant concluded by saying that he had entirely depended upon the recovery of the property to restore him to something like a decent position in society ; and having been defrauded in such a cruel and unjust manner , he wished to know , whether the magistrate could afford . him any assistance to procure its restoration . Mr . Broughton informed the applicant , that according to the strict letter of the law everything he possessed at the . time of his conviction had become forfeit to the Crown , but as the sequestration did not appear to have been enforced , and his future prospects of an honest existence depended upon the recovery of the property , he would direct one of the officers to see his wife upon the subject , and endeavour to effect an amicable arrangement . . Sergeant Brannan afterwards repaired with the applicant to the house of his wife , and succeeded in inducing her to give him a sum of £ 15 , as an equivalent for the furniture , on the express condition that he should relinquish every claim upon her property , and never again come near her , to which the husband reluctantly acceded . -- ¦ " . ;• : ¦;
W £ DHisDAT . —Chabge of FELONr . —Thomas Giles , a middle-aged man , of respectable appearance , was placed at the bar for final examination , charged with having stolen a large quantity of household furniture , the property of Mr . James Tann Sommer , of Stamford-hill , the secretary of the Stock Exchange . Several pawnbrokers were now in attendance , who produced a considerable quantity of the stolen property , which was identified by the prosecutor ' s servants and the greater part of which had been pledged by the prisoner . The depositions were'then taken , and the prisoner ( who reserved his defence ) was committed for trial .
THAMES . MOSDAT . —EXTEAOKDINABT CHABOE OF ROBBEET AND Cant Con . —Mr . Robert Augustus Barnett , surgeon , was brought before Mr . BaUantine , charged with felony . — Mr . Pelham appearedfor the prosecution , and Mr . BaUantine , jun ., the barrister , and Mr . Fearnley , a uolicitor , for the defence . —The case excited great interest . The prisoner , a tall weU-uressed man , of gentlemanly appearance and good address , ii the son of Dr . . Barnett-, of Forestreet , Limehouse , and his brother , Mr . Adolphus Barnett , is the registrar of births , deaths , and marriages , ind keeps the Postofiice receiving-houseand Money , order office / m Three Colt ^ tecat , Limehouse ; where the prisoner , who has been some time sought after , was apprehended on Saturday ' night—Mr . Pelham said the prolecutor in this case was Mr . Af thur Atherley Newman , a retired saddler , now living in Nelson-street , Commercialroad , and he charged the prisoner not only with robbing him of his property , but robbing him of hit wife . —The
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magistrate said he was not ih ' a condition to , ; try . acase of criinVCori , —Mr . Pelham . was aware . of that . < He meant to ; confine himself to the charge of stealing-the * prosecutor ' s goods . ; Mr . Newman was residing in Bower-street , Com ; mercial-road , in December last ; he had " , been married , to , his wife several years , ' and . she had borne him three children , Mrs . Newman was confined " with her , third child in the second or third ' week of November last , and in consequence of the want of , accommodation in the house , Mr . Newman was obliged to take - lodgings , at the Angel , in Fenchurch-street , during his wife ' s confinement . " The prisoner , who had been on ' intimate terms with Mr . Newman , took advantage . of his friend ' s iibscnce from home , and seduced his wife , whom he prevailed on to leave her home , and take
hergoods with her . He was instructed that the-prisoner had stolen the goods as well as the wife . The magistrate : I don ' t know which is the greater loss of the . two . How do you shape your charge ! Mr .-Pelham :: Why , sir , I think I can prove the prisoner ' pawne d and sold some of the prosecutor's property . Mi * . Barnett absconded with the wife on the 16 th of last December , just a mouth . after the birth of her child . The prosecutor was unable to meet with the prisoner till late on Saturday , having traced him from place to place ,, when he gave him iu charge . If these two persons were living ' iu adultery , and he took her away and the furniture also , I apprehend that would be felony on the part of the prisoner . There is the case of Tolfrce . Mr . BaUantine , jun .: The late case of Rosenberg has over-ruled that . There is no case of felony at all . The Magistrate : I will hear the
witnesses at any rate . Mr . Newman , who appeared much affected , was then sworn , and he stated that he occupied two rooms at the house ,-No . 25 , Bower-street , where his wife was confined , and he gave one of them up to a female servant , and hired lodgings at the Angel . After his wife had been confined a month she complained of the weak state of her health , and expressed a wish to go into the country and visit her father . He gave her permission to do so , and she left home as he thought for that purpose . Three days afterwards he wrote to her father to ascertaiu if she had arrived safe , and was thunderstruck at the repl y ; he received , that she had not visited her father at all . On going home he found the place stripped of all the furniture , and ascertained that theprisoner had eloped with his wife . He subsequently' traced his furniture to Shcpperton Cottages ,
Islington , to which place the prisoner had first removed Mrs . Newman , afterwards to the house of a person named Erick , in Cambridge-heath , Hackney-road ,, to Marlborough-place , East Greenwich , " and , lastly to Upper-Yorkstreet , Rotherhitbe . —The magistrate : What was their object in moving from place to place . —Mr . Newman said it was done to prevent him recoverisg his furniture . -He had ascertained' that his wife , panned a pianoforte , and that the prisoner had pawned a bolster and blanket belonging to him . —Charlotte Laddins , a young , woman , said she was servant to the ' prosecutor in November and December last , and recollected the visits of the prisoner to her mistress durinc her confinement . The witness ,
who seemed to treat tho affair with much levity , and appeared' anxious to screen the prisoner , entered into a detail of the intrigues of her . mistress and Barnett , which created much 'disgust ! She , said her . master did not sleep at home , in consequence of ; the want of accommodation , and that . she assisted her mistress in packing up the furniture " and-valuables ., The prisoner lent a hand in packing the goods , which were removed in vans , after sunset . She recollected a buskenet being taken away one Saturday morning by Mr . Barnett . Mrs . Newman left home at ten o ' clock , the same morning , and the linen went with her ..- ; Witness accompanied one van-full of goods to Brick's , house . I left the house in Bower-street while Mr . Barnett was in
bed . —Mr . BaUantine , jun .: The buskenet is . a small cradle , and was necessary for the infant , was it not ?—Witness : Yes , it was , sir . —The magistrate said it was impossible to carry this case any farther . The charge of felony could not be sustained , and the prisoner must be discharged . If the prosecutor could obtain any further evidence , he might go before the grand jury and indict the fellow . —Mr . Pelham : My . client has lost the whole of his property . —The Magistrate : That is the greatest loss —much greater than the loss , of such a woman as his wife . —The prisoner was then liberated , and was imme-. diately joined by the prosecutor ' s wife , an . impudent ' little woman , who laughed , and seemed to derive much amusement from the proceedings ., ¦ :.. - . ¦ ,
Tuesday . —Chaeoe of Attempting to Shoot . —John Palmer Smith , soHcitor , a person of gentlemanly appear- anco and good address , who was extremely agitated whilst in the dock , was brought up in custody of ponce constable 400 K , charged ' with . attempting to shoot Mr ., William Evans , umbrella manufacturer , Cripplegate- buildings , City . It appeared that an old gentleman named Smith , uncle to the prisoner , and residing at Ma ' unders-placc , Stepney , died a short time since somewhat suddenly , arid , amongst others , left some property to the prisoner , who for the most part resided with him . The complainant was one of the executors to the will of the late Mr . Smith , and on Monday night , during some conversation which occurred atthe house of the deceased , in Mauuders-place , amongst the parties most interested in the distribution of the property , the prisoner suddenly drew a pistol from his breast pocket , and threatened to shoot complainant , but his hand was arrested by a friend , who happened to be near . His conduct for the last fortnight had been very extraordinary , and it was complainant's belief thatho was not of sound mind . Mr . James Roberts , surveyor , 15 ,
Durham-place , Notting-hill , was present at the time , and saw the prisoner draw the pistol from his pocket , and attempt to cock it . Witness prevented him from using the pistol , bnt suffered him to put it iu his pocket again , Whilst he did so he exclaimed , "If anyone dares to put his hand on my papers I'll blow his brains out . " When the complainant , who was witness ' s brother-in-law , left the room , the prisoner drew the-pistol on-witness ; who , however , threw him on his back , and wrested it from him ; Witness subsequently fired the pistol in the air from the back of the premises , and the sound of the explosion satisfied him that it was loaded with a bullet , slugs , or shot . The object of the present proceeding was not with a view to the punishment of the prisoner , but that his own friends should be protected from his violence . There was a percussion cap upon the pistol . —Mr . BaUantine ordered the prisoner to find sureties to keep the peace / himself hi £ 200 , and two sureties in £ 100 each . The prisoner was then locked up ^ and after some conversation with the prosecutor and the witnesses , who exhibited groat anxiety on his account , h appeared to calm down considerably .
SOUTHWARK . Saturday . —The Paeish Apprentice . —James Weston , a poor emaciated looking young man , was placed at the bar before Mr . Traill , charged with running away from his master , the captain of a collier , to whom he was bound apprenticed by the parish authorities of Saint Olaves , Southwark . The prisoner was clothed in filthy rags , and seemed in such a weak condition , as hardl y to be able to stand . A City policeman said , that on the previous day he observed the prisoner lying on the pavement in Cheapside . He had written in chalk , " I am starving , and destitute . " Finding a mob collecting round him he told him to go away , but the prisoner said that he could not walk . He , however , helped him up , and assisted him to the station-house , where he was supplied with coffee and bread and butter . On further inquiry it was
ascertained that the prisoner was wanted by the parish-officers of St . Olave ' s , Southwark , he being a runaway apprentice . The Lord Mayor accordingly ordered him to be brought to this court , —Mr . Traill asked whether any of the parish-officers were in attendance . —One of the relieving officers stepped forward , and said that there had been looking after the prisoner some time . He wag apprenticed , two years ago , to Captain Gibson , the master of a collier trading to South Shields , and about four months ago , while the vessel was lying at the latter place / he made bis escape , The officer produced a copy of the prisoner ' s indentures , and his register from the Custom-house , The parish had given £ 5 with him , and it was very hard that the parish should be robbed by lads whom they apprenticed . He had also to inform the magistrate that Captain Gibson would prosecute him if he was remanded for
a week , when he would he in London . Mr . Traill said that he should not like to send the prisoner to gaol on the ex-parte evidence now produced , He might have been induced to have left his vessel owing to acts of violence committed by his master . He asked the prisoner what version he could give of the affair . The prisoner said , that about six months ago a new mate came on board the vessel , and grossly ill-used him , so much so , that he asked the captain for leave to quit the vessel . The latter gave his consent , and told him he would burn the inden : ture ,-when nothing more would be said , about him ; . He then quitted the vessel at Shields , but Captain Gibson refused to give him either clothes or money . He made bis way up to London in search of employment , but was
unsuccessful , whereby he became so reduced as to be in a state of starvation and disease , in which he was found by the officer . - The parish officer said that he had received a letter from Captain Gibson , which expressly , said that the prisoner had . run away from the vessel without the consent of any person onboard . Mr . Traill said that he could not take the latter as evidence , and under those circumstances he should not send the poor fellow to prison . He appeared in a very weak state , and he considered that the best thing he could do , would be to send him to the workhouse , where he could remain until the return of the captain . The' prisonei seemed very grateful at the worthy magistrate ' s decision , ' and left the court in company with the hard-heirted relieving officer .
Wednesday . —Juvenile Depeavitt . —liary . Benson ; a girl only 13 years of age , ' was yesterday brought before Mr . Traill , charged with robbing her father" on several occasions and absconding from home , ; The prisoner ' s mother , who was in a state of great affliction while giving her evidence , said that her daughter , although so young , was a girl of the most vicious propensities ; that when only 12 yearsofageshehadabscondedfromhomeanda 8 goci & ted with a number of girls about her own age , with ' whom she was in tho habit of frequenting the streets ; that a short time since , after having absented , herself from home for nearly three months , during which period she was leading a most dissolute life , she was at length found by her parents and brought home . She , however ; had not been long in the house when she contrived to break ' open her father ' s box ,
when he was out at work , and absconded with all * his Sunday clothes . She was , however , again discovered and restored to her friends , and was finaUy admitted into an asylum , with a view that the restraint imposed upon her in such a place mighthave the effect , of producing a reformation in her character . In this hope , however her family were again doomed to disappointment , for the girl had not been many days in the asylum when she ' enticed some of the other juvenile inmates to quit the place , which they effected by her proposition to scale ! the wall whichsurrounded the premises . The prisoner finding herself at liberty , once , more joined' her former , vicious companioni , andhad recourso toalifeofinfamyinthi streets . She was again rescued from ' such a career of destruction and taken home , and for the purpose of preventing her from leaving her father ' s roof her cloths * were locked up ,
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... i l - — j . ' ' ^ J — , ^ . y . i-. J tit * ' f * s-1 ' ¦ ' outbroke open the ' box , and Mori quitting > ok the last shillinglier motliei ; had in the , hquse . , On the preceding night her mother being out in quest of her found her at one of the common lodging-houses in the Mint , and gave her into-custody . The poor woman shod tears , and added that neither she nor her husband really knew what to do with such a child , and that if she was again admitted into an-asylum she would contrive by some means or another ' to get out again . The prisoner stood' quite unmoved at the recital of her vicious course of life , and when asked by . Mr . Traill what she had to say in answer to the charge of stealing the shilling , and absconding from home , her reply was that she could not deny it . The prisoner was committed for trial .
WANDSWORTH . "WKDNESDiv . — Charge of Assaclt and Furious Driving—Mr . John Thomas Taylor , described in the charge-sheet as an engineer , living at East Sheen , but who is manager of a portion of the works of the Richmond Railway , was placed in tho dock , before' Mr . Paynter , charged with being drunk , assaulting the police , and with violent conduct in the " station-house . ¦ Police constable , W . Tompkins , 110 V , stated that on the previous evening , about six o ' clock , he was on duty in the Claphain-road , when , in consequence of some information be received , he went up the road as fur as St . John ' s Church , when he saw two vehicles , one a four-wheel chaise and the other a gig . The prisoner and agreat number of persons were standing round the vehicles , which were both much
injured . The prisoner owned the chaise , and another person , who had been thrown out and greatly injured , claimed the gig . The prisoner , was drunk , and witness having received information that lie was tho person who had caused the accident , he took him into custody , and he had no sooner done so than the prisoner struck him a violent blow on tho mouth . He-made great resistance whilst being taken to the station-house , and kicked and plunged the entire distance . On the way to the stationhouse , another party attempted to rescue the prisoner , and would have succeeded in doing so , had not a constable of the P division come to witness ' s assistance , and taken him inti custody . It took witness and other constables an hour to convey the prisoner the distance of three-quarters of a mile , and when in the station-house his conduct was equally violent . Mr . Paynter ; Is there any one here to speak to that act ? Sergeant Emmerson
said there would be ' a charge of furious driving against the prisoner and his companion , but the party who would prefer the charge was too much injured to attend that day . The person alluded to was Mr ' . Baker , the landlord of-the George , East Harding-street , Fleet-street . The prisoner said , with respect to the coUision , it was purely ah accident ; they were on the right side of the road , and he was not driving . lie admitted having struck the . policeman , and being violent in the stationhouse , which was owing to his being intoxicated . Mr . Paynter : I am very strongly inclined to send you for a month ; but as you are concerned in a far graver charge , we shall want you , I shall fine you £ 5 for this assault on the police , aud ' 40 s , for riotous conduct in the " station-house ; and if those fines are hot paid you will-be imprisoned two months . Tho prisoner was then put back . .- --.. . - _
John Elldngton , described as an agent , living at Movtlakc , but who is the son of the sub-contractor for that part of the Richmond Railway extending from Putney to Richmond , was next placed in the dock , charged with obstructing the police in their duty , and attempting to rescue the last mentioned prisoner ; Police constable Tompkins ¦ proved ' that whilst conveying Mr . Taylor-to the station-house tlic prisoner caught bold " of his arm and said , " Don't you go . " He continued to excite the prisoner Taylor to got away , until he was himself taken by a constable of thc'P division . The prisoner was the driver of the chaise . ' Mr . Paynter then told the prisoner he should have sent him for a month along with his ; companion , if it had not been for a ' more serious charge they had to ansuer . The prisoner would pay £ 4 , or . be committed for a [ montb . The fines were paid and the prisoners discharged .
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . The October sessions at tins court commenced on Mon : day before the Lord Mayor , the Recorder , Alderman Hunter , Alderman Moon , ths sheriffs , under-sheriffs , & c . Hoese-steaiwg . —Henry Bradley was charged upon two indictments , first for stealing a gelding of the value of £ 12 , the property of Stephen Strbcher , and secondly ior stealing two saddles , value £ 1 , the property of J . Saville . The prisoner pleaded not guilty . Mr . Strechcr stated that he is a butcher , and Uves at Barking side of Epping Forest , and on the 9 th of September his horse was safe in the forest , near * Chigwoll , but it was missed shortly afterwards . In consegucne- of information , ho came . to town , and went to the clerk of Smithfield-markot , who referred him to the Greyhound Inn , and there he found his horse , which he understood had been sold by the prisoner , for £ 4 . The prisoner resided iu the same neighbourhood . ' Sergeant Lambert , of the City police ,
proved the sale of the horse by the prisoner for the sum named . Mr . Doane ( for the prisoner ) submitted that there was no evidence that the prisoner had stolen the horse . He mighthave purchased it , as he said he had . — Verdict , not guilty . The prisoner was then charged with stealing two saddles . Mr . Huddlestone examined the witnesses in this case , by , whom it was shown that the stolen articles were found in a chaise on the prisoner ' s premises . Mr , Anderson , the governor of Ilford Gaol , was . called to prove that the prisoner was in his custody ; ho said , " I am not guilty of stealing tho chaise , but I am of stealing the saddle and harness . " Mr . Doahe again addressed the jury , in thecoufident expectation of another favourable verdict . The leanicd judge summed up , who remarked on the property being found on the premises , and the subsequent acknowledgment of the prisoner . The jury pronounced him guilty on this charge , and The court sentenced him to hard labour in the goal of Ilford
for six calendar months . Tuesday . — ^ Chauge of Robbery . — A Heahtless Pbtest . —Anne Croft , a . respectable-looking young woman , was placed at the . bar , charged with having stolen various articles of sheeting , < Ssc , the property of the Rev . F . Reeves , her master . From the evidence of the reverend prosecutor , it appeared that in August last his family left their home in Mortlakc to proceed to Brighton . The prisoner proceedsd there the day previous . On the 25 th of September , from some information which the prosecutor received , he . went , ' to the house of Thomas Neeve , a labourer , residing near his house at Mortlake , where he discovered that the prisoner , before going to Brighton , had left a box in tho custody of Neeve ' s wife , This box , the prosecutor identified as belonging to him .
Having some suspicions that all was not right , he took the box with him to Brighton , and wont with it to the prisoner , who was then living at the Lord Nelson public-house , having left the prosecutor ' s service some time previously . When the box was opened the prosecutor found several articles of sheeting , & c , which he identified as his propcrty . Theprisoner asserted that she had bought the articles in Shoreditch , and that her mother could prove it . Immediately after this she was given into custody . It also appeared that there was another box wluch ths prisonsr had locked up in the prosecutor ' s store-room at home , which , on being examined , was found to contain a few articles of the most insignificant value , but which the prosecutor swore to as his property . The rev . prosecutor underwent a long and severe
cross-examination by Mr . Clarkaon . The sheets and napkins alleged to have been stolen were produced in court , and were the subject of much merriment , it having appeared that the rev , prosecutor , had put a high price on articles of the most trifling value , the sheets being all holed through , and of the coarsest quality , while ' the napkins were even in a- more dilapidated condition . The rev . gentleman was able to put his hand through the heel of both the socks which he had valued at two shillings and sixpence ; and , in short , the impression in the court seemed to be that , so far from stealing the articles , ho sane person would think of picking them off the gutter . —Mr . Clarkson addressed the jury for the defence . He commented in severe terms on the unchristian spirit of persecution which the rev . gentleman had manifested in urging this
prosecution , The articles , which it was alleged the prisoner had stolen , were of the most trashy description ; and even admitting that the persecuted girl at the bar had made away with the miserable refuse in question , would it not have been more in the Christian spirit of the religion of which the rev . gentleman was a professor and a minister , rather to tell her to go and sin no more , than thus make her the unfortunate subject of his persecution , and alleging for his excuse , that he did so from a duty he owed to society . The rev . prosecutor ' s wife , who in the witness-box had displayed the greatest acrimony against the prisoner , and a seeming determination to
convict her at all hazards , had contradicted her husband in several important particulars , while he had also contradicted her evidence . So muth for the veracity , of each , and the amount of trust to be placed in their testimony . The rev . prosecutor , with his invariable spirit of charity , had also calumniated the prisoner '* character , by accusing her of drunkenness ; but not a . single witness had been called to prove this unfounded and slanderous assertion . All the articles alleged to have been stolen were , in short , a parcel of rags and such stuff as servants were always in thehabiibf supposing were their perquisites , after they had been worn to tatters in the servic * of the housed He implored the jury to show their abhorrence of all malice
and persecution by acquitting the unfortunate girl who had been made the subject of the present prosecution ! During the speech of the learned counsel , the poor girl was in a wretched oonditioh ~ weeping most bitterlyand going from one hysteric fit to another . Her appearance seemed to create a great feeling of commiseration and sympathy ; throughout the court . Several witnesses gavettnr prisoner a most excellent character' and after the learned Recorder had summed up the evidence the jury retire'd , ' and , after a short absence , returned ' into court with a verdict of guilty , but with a strong recom : mendation to mercy . This extraordinary verdict-extraordmary from the nature of the eridencc brodnPPrt ^ . iin nnn . « « .. » ii .. ! yt . wviai , prOQUCea , and ll from
s « more so thcimpartiaUty of the charge dt hvercd by the learned judge-eXcited the grea ^ st at tonUhment m the court , the onl y parties UuSvSehS the reverend prosecutor and * h £ wa - ~ ™ AJ 2 Judge , in passing sentence , adveWd t"the SLmS tionpfmercyreturnedb ythe juryfK ^ tion ho . understood the reveronS «« .. — . i , Mr . «» , . ¦¦ Dte 4 ErS . 2 S 2 ?~ T ^ - sswsftasfeiS ^ s ss * , ^^^
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carried away in a fainting state , and her wretched condition seemed to inspire ' a ; g » neral feeling of-sympathy in ' the court , -which was inore than usually crowded . ' . -. ; Wednesday . —The 'Member of the Socieii for the Suppression : ' of Vice and his- Ladte-love . —Rebecca Coleman , a well dressed and good-looking inympli of the Strand pave , was indicted for stealing , on the 0 th instant , a watch and gold appendages , of the value of 20 guineas , two sovereigns and a half sovereign , the property of Alfred Gadsby , from his person . Mr . Charnouk stated the case for the prosecution ; and Mr . Payne defended theprisoner .
It appeared from " the evidence that the prosecutor , who is a builder , living in Lambeth-walk , having previously been diuiug with a friend at a tavern , met the girl in the neighbourhood of the Strand , and after treating her to liquor , accompanied her to a house of ill-fame , where , after staying some time , he missed his property , which was afterwards found on the prisoner . The prosecutor , who stated that he went with the girl for the purpose of reforming her ( A laugh ) , underwent a severe cross-examination at the hands of Mr . Payne . Mr . Payne was interrupted in his address for the defence by the jury , who pronounced a verdict of acquittal .
The State ; Of Germany.
THE STATE OF GERMANY .
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Leiiek 1 . to the editor ok the northern star . Dear Sir , —In compliance with your wish , I commence by this letter a series of articles on the present state of my native country . In order to make my opinions on the subject plainly understood , and to justify the same as being well founded , I shah have to trace with a few words the history of Germany from the event which shook modern society to its very foundation—I mean to say , from the French . Revolution . Old Germany was at that time known by tho name ef The Holy Iloman Empire , and consisted of God knows how many little states , kingdoms , electorates , dukedoms , arch and grand dukedoms , principalities ,
counties , baronies , and free Imperial cities—every one independent of the other , and only subjected to the power ( if there was any , which however , for hundreds of years , had not been the case ) of the Emperor and Diet . The independence of these . little st & tes went so far , that in every war with "the archenemy" ( France , of course ) , there was a part of them allied to the-French king , and in open war with their own Emperor . The Diet , consisting of the deputations from all these little states ; under the presidency of the Imperial one , being intended to check the power of the Emperor , was ; always assembled without ever coming to any , even the most insignificant , results ; They killed their time with the most futile questions of ceremony , whether the embassy of Baron
so-and : so ( consisting , perhaps , of the tutor of his son and an old livery-servant , or worn-out game-keeper ) ought to have precedency before the embassy of Baron ; so-and-so—or whether the deputy from one Imperial city ought to " salute the deputy of another without waiting for his salute , & c . - Then there were so . many hundreds of thousands of little privileges , mostly burthensome to the privileged themselves , but which were considered as points of honour , and , therefore ; quarrelled about with the utmost obstinacy ; This and similar important things took up so much of the time of the wise Diet , that this honourable assembly had not a minute to spare for discussing the weal of the empire .- In consequence of this , the greatest possible ' disorder and confusion was the
order of the day . The empire , divided within itscli in time of war as well as peace—passed through a series of internal wars from the time of the Reformation down to 1780 , iu every one o . which Prance was allied to the party opposed to the weak and easily vanquished party of the Emperor , and took , of ' course , . ' its lion ' s share in the plunder—first , Burgundy ; then the three bishoprics , Metz , Toul , and Verdun ; then the rest of Lorraine "; then parts of Flanderaand AlsaUe—were in this mariner separated from the HolyRoman Empire and united to France . Thus Switzerland was allowed to become independent from the empire ; thus Belgium was made , over to the Spaniards by legacy of Charles V . ; and all these countries fared better after their
separation from Germany . -To this progressive external ruin of the empire , was joined the greatest possible internal confusion . ; Every little prince was a bloodsucking , arbitrary despot to his subjects . The empire never cared about the internal concerns of any states except by forming a court of law ( Imperial Court Chamber at Wetzlar ) for attending to suits of subjects against their superiors , but that precious court attended so well to these actions , that not one of them has ever been heard of as having been settled . It is almost incredible what cruelties and arbitrary acts were committed by the haughty princes towards their subjects . These princes , living for pleasure and debauchery only , allowed every despotic power to their ministers and government officers , who were
thus permitted , without any risk of punishment , to trample into the dust the unfortunate people , on this condition only , that they filled their master ' s treasury and procured him an inexhaustible supply of femakr beauty for his harem . The nobility , too , such as > wcrc not independent but under the dominion of some king , bishop , or prince , used to treat the people with greater , contempt than they bestowed upon dogs , and squeezed as much money as they possibly could out of thelabouT of thou-serfs—for servitude was quite a common thing , then , in Germany . Nor was there any sign of liberty , in those emphatically , so called , free . Imperial cities ; for here a burgomaster and self-elected senate , offices which , in the course of centuries , had become as hereditary as the
Imperial crown , ruled with greater tyranny still . Nothing can equal the infamous conduct of these petty bourgeois aristocrats of the towns , and , indeed , it would not be believed that such was the state of Germany fifty years ago , if it was not in the memory st- 'J tof many who remember that time , and if it was not confirmed by a hundred authorities . And the people ! What did they say to this state of things ? What did they do ? Why , the middle classes , the money-loving bourgeois , found , in this continued confusion , a source of wealth ; they knew that they could catch the ' most fish in the troubled waters ; they suffered themselves to be oppressed and insulted because they could take a revenge upon their enemies worthy of themselves ; they avenged their ivronqs by
cheating their oppressors . United to the people , they might have overthrown the old dominions and refounded the empire , just as the English middle classes had partly done from 1640 to 1 C 88 , and as the French bourgeois were then about to do . But , no , the German middle classes * had not that energy , never pretended to that courage ; they knew . Germany to be nothing but a dunghill , but they were comfortable in the dung because they were dung themselves , and were kept warm by the dung about them . And the working people were not worse off than theyare now , except the peasantry , who were mostly serfs , and could do nothing without the assistance of the towns , hired armies being always quartered . on them , who threatened to stifle in blood
every attempt at revolt . Such was the state of Germany towards the end of the last century . It was all over one living mass of putrefaction and repulsive decay . Nobody felt himself at ease . The trade , commerce , industry , and agriculture of the country were reduced to almort nothing ; peasantry , tradesmen , and manufacturers felt the . double pressure of a blood-sucking government and bad trade ; the nobility and princes found that their incomes , in spite of the squeezing of their inferiors , could not be made to keep pace with their increasing expenditure ; everything was wrong , and a general uneasiness prevailed throughout the country . No education , no means of operating upon the minds of the masses , no free press , no public spirit ,
not even an extended commerce with other countries—nothing but meanness and selfishness—a mean , sneaking , miserable shopkeeping spirit pervading the whole people . . Everything worn out , crumbling down , going fast to ruin , and not even the slightest hope of a beneficial change , not even so much strength in the nation as mighthave sufficed for carrying away the putrid corpses of dead institutions . The only hope for the better was seen in the country ' s uterature . This shameful political and social age was at the same time the great age of German literature . About 1750 all the master-spirits of Germany were born , the poets Goeihb and ScntthKR , the philosophers Kant and Fichie , and , hardly twenty years . later , the last creat German mrt *
physician , Heoel . Every remarkable work of this time breathes a spirit Lof defiance , and rebellion against the . whole ot . German society as it then existed . Goethe wrote Goetz von B & rUcJugen , a dramatic homage to the ' memory ^ a . ' rebel . Schiller , ttie Jobbers , celebrating a generous young man , who declares opea . war ' against all society . But these were the , x juvenile . productions ; when they grew oiderihey lost all hope ; ;; Goethx restrained himself to satire ot . tho keeheatrorder , and Schiller would ¦ W " , paired , $ M bad not been for the refuge which science , and " particularly the great history of ancient Greece and Rome , afforded to him . These too , may be taken as examples of the rest . ' Even the best ^ strongest minds of the nation gave up aU hope as to the future of their country . ^ f All at once , like a thunderbolt , the French rero * lution struck into this chaos , called Germany . The effect was . tremendous . The people , too little to structed , too much absorbed in the ancient habit of being
% tyrarauzed over , remained unmoved . But all the middle cksses , and the better part of the nobilitv gavei pne . shoutpf joyful assent to the national assembly and the people of France . Notoneoi atthe hundreds of thousands of exiatine German ' nnpta ailed to aing the glory of the ^ Sh S bS this enthusiaam was of the German . S * it was merely metephysfc-al , it was only Sttoi yto the theories of the French molutionfets ? As Son SfficSfe ^^ SSt ^ Pte ggthei m ^^ ° . V August . and when , moreover' theorv . was suM-m ^ erman j ma cwrrerted ! info a fwiatio hatred against the ; revolution ; : Of course Wei IM the night of the 4 th oi A « giwt , im when - tho
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nobility resigned their privileges , but the con , i ^ mans never thought of such actions bavin * ! - quencesin practice widely differing from k £ *& teraices which benevolent theorists mH f - * IliOjGermans never meant to approve of " tW ^" - sequences , which were rather serious and unnll **' to many parties ; as we all know well .- So tl 1 '» ' " ? - mass who in the beginning had boon cntWi ' ;* Incnds to the revolution , now become its ft « opponents , and getting , ot course , the most dl ^ ' news from Paris- by the servile German prc « T ° J erred their old quiet holy Roman dunghiirtc , ^ i * tmncndousactmtyofapeople who threwoftYmnl'f the chains ol slavery , and flung deliance to & ^ of all despots , aristocrats , and priests :,, eaj But the days of the Holy Roman Em , i te v _ numbered . ' 1 he French rcvolationiuyarmicV-I- ^ straight uito the very heart-of Germany , made a Rlunethe frontier ot France , and . preaVhed \\\ J ? and equality everywhere . They droveawavbv . O noblemen , bishops , and abbots , and all tlioselvm kttlc princes that for so long a time had nlnv , history the part of dolls . They effected aclearip ? as if they were settlers advancing in the back-Jot
<¦ T ni ?• £ T > e . . « lcante-diluvinn fo « 3 Of V Chnstiun-Gcvmanic" society disappeared h ft J their victorious course , like clouds before the v \ Zl sun . And when the energetic Napoleon took tfc revolutionary work into his own hand , when he iden tifaed the revolution with himself ; that same revo ! " tion which after the ninth Thermidor 179-1 , had upm stifled by the money-loving middle-classes , when !»» the democracy with " a single head , " as a FrCM , ' author termed him , poured his armies a ^ ain md again over Germany , " Christian-Geimanic" socio 2 was finally destroyed .- Napoleon was not that . ii-b ; trary despot to Germany which he is said to have been by his enemies ; Napoleon . was in Germanv the representative of the revolution , thenroDoeatornf if ,
principles , the destroyer of old feudal society . Of course he proceeded despotically / but not even half as despotically as the deputies from the Convention , would have done , and really did , wherever they came ; not half so much so as the princes and nobles used to do whom he sent a begging . . Napoleon applied the reign of terror , which had done its work-in France , to other countries , in the shape ofwar—and this . " reign of terror" was sadly wanted in Germany . Napoleon dissolved the Holy Roman Empire , and reduced the number of little states in Germany by forming large ones . He brought his code of law ' s with himself into the conquered countries , a code infinitely superior to all existing ones , and recognising equality in prin . ciple . He forced the Germans , who had lived hitherto
tovpnvate interests only , to work at the carrying out of a greatidea ' oi some overwhelming public interests . But that was just what aroused the Germans against him . He offended the peasantry by-the veryaauie measures that relieved- them from the oppression of feudalism , because he struck at the roots of their prejudices and ancient habits . He offended the middle classes by the very means that laid the founds , tion of German manufacturing industry : the pro . hibition of all English goods and tlic war with Em ** . land was the cause of their beginning to manufacture for themselves , but , at the same time , it made coffee and sugar , tobacco and snuff , very dear ; and this , of course , was sufficient to arouse the indignation ot the German' patriotic shopkeepers . Besides , tiiev
were not the people to understand any of the great plans of Napoleon . They cursed him because he led their children' away ' into wars , got up by the mousy of the English aristocracy and middle ' classes ; anii hailed as friends those same classes of Englishmen ' who were the real cause of the wars , who profuii by those wars , and who duped their German instrumenfc not only during , but also after the war . They cursed him , because they' desired toremain ' confined to their old ,. miserable sort of life , where they had ' no . thing but their own little interest to attend to , " because they desired to have nothing to do with great ideas arid public interest . And at last , whenKapoleon's army had been . destroyed in Russia , thev took that opportunity of shaking off the iron yoke of the great conqueror .
The " glorious liberation war" of 1818-11 and 15 , the "most glorious period of German history , " < ic ., as it has been called , was a piece of : insanity such a ? will drive the blood into the cheeks of every honest and intelligent German for sometime to come . True , there was great enthusiasm then , but who were these enthusiasts ? Firstly , the peasantry , the most stupid set of people in existence , who , clinging to feudal prejudices , burst forth in masses , ready to die rather than cease to obey those whom they , their fathers and grandfathers , had called their masters , ; and sub < mitted to be trampled on and horse-whipped by . Then the students and young men generally , who considered this war as a war of principle , nay , as a war of religion ; because not only they believed themselves called upon to fight for the principle of legitimacy , called their nationality , but-also for the Holy
Trinity and existence of God ; in all poems , pamphlets , and addresses of that time , the French are held up as the representatives of atheism , infidelity , and wickedness , and the Germans as those of rcligion 8 piety , and righteousness . Thirdly , some more enlightened men , who mixed up with these ideas some notions about "liberty , " " constitutions , " and a "freepress ; " but these were by far the minority . And fourthly , the sons of tradesmen , merchants , speculators , & c ., who fought for the right of buying in the cheapest market , and of drinking coffee with , out the admixture of chicory ; of course , disguising their aims under the expressions of the enthusiasm of the day , "liberty , " " great German people , " " national independence , " and so forth . These were
the men , who , with the assistance of the Russians , English , and Spaniards , beat Napoleon . In my next letter I shall proceed to the history oi Germany since the fall of Napoleon . Let me only add , in qualification of the opinion above given of tlii ' s extraordinary man , that the longer he reigned , the more he deserved his ultimate fate . His ascending the throne I will not reproach him with ; the power of the middle classes in France , who never caved about public interests ,, provided their private onea went on favourably , arid the apathy of the people , who saw no ultimate benefit themselves from tho revolution , and were only to be roused to tho enthusiasm of war , permitted no other course ; but that
he associated with the old anti-revolutionary dynasties by marrying the Austrian Emperor ' s daughter , that he , instead of destroying every vestige of Old Europe , rather sought to compromise with itthat he aimed at the honour of being the first among the European monarchs , and therefore ass imilated his court as much as possible to theirs—that vfaahia great fault . He descended to the level of other monarchs—he sought the honour of being their equal —he bowed to the principle of legitimacy—and rt was a matter of course , then , that the legitimists kicked the usurper out of their company . I am , sir , yours respectfully , i our German Correspondent . October 15 th , 1845 .
Ventriloquism In Leeds.—Mr. Macmillan St...
Ventriloquism in Leeds . —Mr . Macmillan still continues his most interesting lectures and illustrations oa the above subject , at the Commercial Buildings , Leeds . His imitation of a bond of musicians is very effectual , and the farm-yard is excellent . We would advise all who have not yet seen him to pay him a visit this evening , They will be entertained ;
Melancholy Occurrence. —• Two Liybs Lost...
Melancholy Occurrence . —• Two Liybs LOST .-On Tuesday forenoon , between ten . and eleven o ' clock , two men , in the employment of Messrs . Taylor , Walker , and Co ., brewers ; limehouse , of the naraw of John Pen-in and William Spicer , were un « fortunately suffocated in a vat , the melancholy cirounistancesconnected with which , as they-we ' re detailed to our informant by a person in the establishmenti were as follows :--Feran who was one of the cellarmen , was about to clean a vat , No . 15 , and for that Eur pose asked Spicer , who was a drayman , to assist im . Previous to entering the vat , it is the custoffi to lower a candle , in order to prove whether it e free from the gas which , when the norter is drawfc
off , usually collects from the grounds . Pen-in WJ into the counting-house for a candle , expecting that the other man would wait till his return , but , instead ol doing so , he put the ladder in vat No . 14 . r cover of which had only been removed about nine o ' clock that morning , when it is supposed thata * immediately fell into the vat , being over powered by the effect of the foul air ; "When Perrin returned , p immediately proposed to enter the vat , and te ^ g out the unfortunate man . Against the advice ot some of the men who had collected upon hearing W alarm , he went down the ladder without the precaution of having a rope tied round his body . delE
consepenee met with a similar fate . An atteral ) , t * then made to extricate them with grappliag lM" 8 , but without effect , - a large hole was then cut at tne bottom of the vat , when they were dragged eat , lw > yithoutany siga of life . Mr , Bailey , a surgeon J the neighbourhood , who had been in attendance sow tune , tried to restore the vital functions . *& e"fforU . however , were unavailing . The vat in question ir » about 16 feet deep , and had contained about W gallons of pale ale . ; The other vat had been WO " three days open , Both were steady men , ano »» been in the service of . the firm many years . * w * . was thirty years of age , and a smgV nKUi ; au Spicer fifty years , ' and a widower .
Bankrupts. [Jivflm The Gazette Of Friday...
BANKRUPTS . [ JiVflm the Gazette of Friday , OetoUr IU d . William Faryon , of 56 , Farringdon-street , City , been victualler-John Gurney , of the Union Brewm to- *^ walk ,. Surrey , brewer-George Hardy , of St . Ivcs i-f . of tmgdonshire , innkeeper-Albaay * 'Featlwrstonhiuig " - ^ Great Bolton , Lancashire , butcher—Francis 6 s 3 > S lirBe , Chester , dealer in hardware-Amos Jones , of w * Gloucestershire , innkeeper—Richard Casflc'of w ^ i Gloucestershire , grocer-James Sykes , of » m ' hosier . ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 1, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01111845/page/8/
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