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LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES lxvih . " K ? "" 1- ?^ a S man dr « P of hik -a ^ atTBSffscB ^ BtBOX . FRANCE , GERMANY , AND POLAND . Brother Proleiariaxs , „ ,, . Circumstances prevented me addressing ^ in the last SaLa ^ S ™ IOU may remember that in letter of date
, my the lotU * f NovemW , I anticipated that the sentence of , transportatknfor life , passed upon the accused of the 13 th of June " who were ¦ a & tisx arrest , would also he passed upon those Ww were absent . It was so . Within twenty-»« r hours of my fetter being written the intelligence arrived , that on the very day that letter ^ as penned-ti te loth of Noresiber-Ledru JfoUin , and thirty-five other Patriots , were also sentenced to the doom of life-long banishment from their native land .
Prance most , and will , reverse that sentence . To believe otherwise would be to fceW m her eternal slavery , and everlasting Theband of traitors , robbers , and intriguers ¦ who , by fraud and force have usurped the master ) - of the Kepublic , are evidently ill at ease , notwithstanding that almost the entire list of leaders , teachers , and defenders of the "people are in chains , or exile . They know ¦ fiat they are hated by the people , and—not-¦ withstanding their unscrupulous terrorismtfeey are in constant dread of a popular explosion . Of this the conclusion of the late trials afforded a si gnal proof . A foolish custom
consumes in France of exposing the names of those who are condemned as contumaciousthat is , absent when found guilty and sentenced—upon gosts , erected upon a scafibld . This was dooe after the trials at Bourgee , when thenaisesof Louis Blanc , Caussidere , and others were so exposed in the court of the Palace of Jasticc . On the occasion of the conclusion of the Versailles trials , the Times correspondent—who is always on fee look-out for something to p lease his worthy employers —announced with greatglee , thatthe names of Ledru Eollin and his friends were to he exposed , as Louis Blanc ' s had been . The
exposure sfcould have taken place within three days of Re passing of the sentence ; but the three days passed and no exposition took place . Then came announcements thai there was di-Tisions-iu the Government on the question of the exposition— . some of tlietTuata being apprelensive that if the names were exposed , it would lead to an ovation in honour of the " condemned , " and a manifestation anything but agreeable So the ruling tyrants . The President and lvis Mmsters bad more than one " serious deliberation"" _ on the question . At length , on the 20 th , the m-yerity of the Ministers plucked up courage , aad determined on the exposition-of the names , to tafic
place the next day . "" Tho clerks at the Prefccterc of roiice received " orders to prepare the placards , and'wiitc , in enormously large letters , the names of tbe absconded . The clerks were busilv at wort , and had nearly completed it , when , aboiit half-past twelve o ' clock , an -order was received from the Home Office countermanding the order previously given . " It appears that this-sudden reversal of the resolution previously come to , was brought about in consequence of the recei pt of certain mformntion that the inhabitants-of the JFaabourgs intended to make a field day in the event of the exposition faking place . JXest- day , the Times eorresnondem ,
announced that the exposure had been " tindefimtcly postponed . " It may be remembered that-when the names of Louis Slanc , Caussidiere , and others were exposed , the people-showered wreaths of Sowers upon the scaffold . A like demonstration -would have taken : place , had an exposure been made o ? the names ofihose condemned at Versailles . She cowardly tyrants knew -that , and , therefore , shrunk from carrying out the full sentence pronounced by their judicial tools . As Louis Blanc observed—two months ago— - " even "—for the persecutors of the Republicans— " the resource of Piiori is lost ; the people have buried it -under ^ wreaths of flowers . "
Simultaneous with the sentences passed upon the patriots condemned at Versailles , President ¦ Buonaparte set at liberty seven hundred of the -victims transported for participatuiguitkeinsurrec- ' ticHi of June , ' 4 £ . Ifo thanks to him for his pretended geuerositj- Many hundreds of the-eomfcatauts of June yet " linger in tha . gallics and dungeons of their conqueror , notwithstanding , ihat previous to his election , he led the people ofFrance to expect a general . amnesty to = takc place immediately on his elevation to the post of chief magistrate ; instead of wfcSch , his " reiga" from the fflth oflDecember last , has been marked by the unceasing persecution . and savage proscription of the faithful defenders of the ' Republic . She liberation of the seven hundred combatants of June , is uaerely a sop iJo the people ,
to induce them to beer with the prossription of the victims just condemned . "While I . « rite , the trial of-a number of workmen is going « cn before the Farls Court of Assize ,-on the charge cf belonging to a -secret society , forded , as alleged , for the purpose-of uiaking " a neWirevolution ; and diardly a day passes , but new victims are dragged 1 c prison , and new . prosecutions instituted against the press . Of late , however , some « cf the persecuted patriots brougthbeforethejurieehavebeenacqufeited . Several of the Democratic journals hare also experienced the same good fortune . In one instance , * £ hat of tbe Tribunal de la Gironde , a . Republican journal , published in Bordeaux , tbe Attorney-General instituted iaree prosecutions against the Editor , for laving asserted that the -expedition to lome was a violaiecn of the constitution . The jury ceturned three verdicts of acquittaL
It is evident that the " special constable , ** is at this vers f time plotting desperately hard to get himself made ISmperor , or President for life . Tbe Paris correspondent of the Emeu , *? ho has evidently received his instructions , and , either Ms pay , ar the promise thereof , has been writing , day by daj , for a week past , with a view of preparing the public mind of Efer-ope foranothereigsteentu of Braniaire . " All men , * says he , " believe -in the coup oV &< ik ; few of the masses speak of it with affright . Tbe
coup d'etat is everywhere ; it is in the earth , ia the sky , and the very air you ichale is full of it All presage , sU expect it , and few seem to be dismaved at its approach ; aud however men may differ as to the period , all appear convinced that the period is not far off . " . I shall take as early opportunity of returning to French politics , which bid fair to , ers long , assume an aspect of more than ordinary gravity . For the present I must revert to other topics . the of
The recent commemoration of martyrdom Sobert Blum , testifie d to the unbroken spirit of German Democracy . At Leipsie upwards of six thousand persons assembled in mourning to hoar the requiem performed in honour of his memory . At Mayence , even the steamers hoisted their colours half-mast high . At Cologne , and fifty other - places on the Rhine , meetings were held under the black flags . At Brcslaw , it was proposed to establish aiJium conimcmoi-aiicn festival . At Berlin , more than a dozen Democraticclubs assembled in their balls , which were decorated with black banners , mourning garlands , ic . Throughout Prussia the meetings were dispersed by the police ,
who , in some instances , used their swords , and wsunded the people ; besides arresting a number . "At one of these meetings , " says the correspondent of the Momma Chronicle , " one of the orators designated EIuui as a holy martyr , " and added , " Return each of you to your homes , cast yourselves upon your knees , offer up prayers for firmness and courage ; swear , swear , a binding oath , by the blood of this holy martyr , who died for the people , as Christ died for men ' s liberties , that you will Ike onlv for the people ' s freedom , and die for it . if required , as they , the sacred toumvirate , Slum , Christ , and Huss , have died . " This the Claonidc ' s correspondent calls " blasphemy . 1 sia happy to see that , notwithstanding the military terrorism which has reigned for some time
pact in Baden , the people are as wax * iiincd as ever in the cause of Democracy . I read in one ct thw ?? ' ??* FV" ? ' J" * -J "The pastors in some districts have attempted to txkorfc the peop le to good order aud Sace from the pulpit ; but if a sermon Eas this Reactionary' tendency the preacher ffhissed and hooted d-wo ; they do not allow Ue praver for the Sovereign to be read , and sing the Jfeckerlid instead of the appointed psalms , in another paper I read that great fears . are enter ! Uuned of a new ' outbreak at Vienna an d that th eorps of Bombardiers has been ordered to OUmutz , it having been discovered that they , in common with almost the whole of the Austrian a rtiUery , are ^ JMcans , and would , in case of an emcute , be inclined rather to ioin the people than act against them . The revolutionary sp iot is nuquenched , and
unouench able ; and yet that idiot , Louis aapo . eon , dreams that he can seize upon a crown ! TMs dav Is the ttmirersary of the memorable PoS Insurrection of 1 S 30 Since first 1 employed tongue and pe" to plead Poland ' s cause-and I have done so for Sany years pst-I have been forced to
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witness many new oppressions of that unhappy land ; and new acts of treason to Humanity on the part of those who might have atoned for their share in the crimes of the past , by taking a course consonant with justice , and necessary for the lasting welfare , not of Poland only , but all nations . Xeyertbeless , I despair not of the Future . Ifc is not necessary to repeat the oft-told Story of Poland s wrong ; nor to waste words in renewed denunciations of that country ' s spoliators . Those purple-clad bri gands are damned to everlasting infamy . But it may be well to remind the British and French nations , that "those who permit oppression share the crime ; " and that the original partitions of Poland were connived at by the English and French Governments , and , subsequently , received the sanction of those Governments when all Europe was partitioned bv the great rob--bers who constituted the Congress of Vienna .
When Poland rose on the 29 th of November , 1830 , to protest against her enslavement , and , sword in hand , attempted—alas , in vain—to rid herself of the iron despotism of Nicholas , England and France looked On , but gave no aid to the people who besought their assistance . Again England and France permitted the perpetration of a great atrocity , and , so permitting , shared the crime . So also in 1846 , when the last relic of Polish nationalit y was annihilated , by tbe annexation of Cracow to Austria , the governments of England and France permitted , and . therefore , shared that
crime . True , those Governments affected , to " protest ; * ' but what cared the tyrants for the wastepaper pellets of Palmerston and Guizot ? Moreover , they knew that those state-jugglers were not in earnest : that their " protests " were not . intended to serve Poland , but merely to throw dust into the eyes of the English and French peoples . Our brethren across the channel have even more reason than ourselves to curse the liberticidal policy of their rulers . Napoleon committed not the least- of his crimes , and one of the greatest of his blunders , when herefused to reconstitute the independence of
' roland ! o ' er which the avenging angel past , But left her as he found her . still a waste , Forgetting all her still-enduring claim , Her lotted people and extinguiih'd name , Rer sigh for freedom , her long-flowing tear , That sauna that crasliesin a tyrant ' sear Kosciusko !" The abandonment of Poland was oiie of tbe . -first of the treasons of Louis Philippe . Blacker still the infamy which attaches to—no not to the Republic of France—but to those unrepentant wretches , who by force and fraud have
assassinated tbe veritable Republic ; and slain , chained , and exiled those true sons of Fiance who desired to redeem the pledges their country had given to Poland . It was not enough that that political weathercock and word-mongering juggler , LaSiar-¦ nxE , tirst betrayed and then insulted and calumniated the Poles ; more shame must needs be heaped upoa poor France by that despicable adventurer , and "Special Constable" of the Royalist conspiracy , President Buonaparte , who has banished from tbe French soil , every leading and kuown member of the Democratic Polish emigration .
3 Jnt the Poles wiK not forget that Barbes , Alb ; rt , Slanqui , Raspail , and the Other victims of the "' loth of May , " are suffering in dungeons principally because of tbeir devotion for Poland . Xor will they forget that-amongst the entire host of the incarcerated , banished , audproscribed Republicans , there is not one but awaits with impatience the day when the standards-of France and Poland shall be seen together on the same battle-field , contending for the overthrow of Russian supreasney , and the salvation of Eastern Europe . A great future-is in store for these men ; tliCTC ' fo re , let Poland ho . pe ! England , too , has her " Men of the future" men free from : the poison of national selfishness , and uncontaminated by the deleterioes doctrines of the miserable peacemongers ; men who weary for the day when deeds shall take the # lace of words , and sympathy ifor Poland be no more a sentiment merely , but a practical verity .
Courage , then , ye Polish exiles—dear friends and brothers—theinofe dear to us because of your misfortunes . Despair not . Hope , trust , and believe 1
Though Poland mourns , She shall not die ; Her watch-fire burns , . And help is nigh . ' Her raffled Eagle speeds from sl > . o ? a to shore , -Till-nations rise to bid Iter weep no more . " L'AHI DU PEUPLE November Mih . 1649 .
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the geemas social democrats axd the " times :- " ' TO THE SICTOn OF THE . \ 0 RIB 3 KX STAB . Ski , —The Tunes of Friday last-eontains a letter -signed "Anti-Socialist , " denouncing to the English . public , and to the English llome-Sscretary , some of ¦ the- " hellish doctrines" developed in the London German Xetusjxfpor , by a certain Mr . Charles" Heinsen , described as a " shining light of tlie German Social Remocraii : party . " These "hellish doctrines " consist chiefly of a benevolent proposal for Icilling , in the next continental revolution , "a couple of milliousof reactionaries : " Wc may safely ; leave it with you to qualify the conduct of the editors of the Timec , iin allowing their columns to be made the receptacle -of direct police information and denunciation in pclitical matters . We are , however , 'ratber astonished > to see , in the " thzdhig journdl'Of Europe" Horr JTeinzen decribedas " ashining light of the ? German Social
~ Democratic party : " The leading journal of Europe , " certainly might have known that Herr Heinzen , so far from serving as a shining light to theparty in question , has , on the contrary , ever sines 1 S 42 , strenaDusly , though -unsuccessfully , opposed ererythingijikc Socialism aadrCoumiuiiisoi . "The German Social Democratic party , " therefore , nevor took , nor is it likely ever to ^ ake , the respcnsibility of anything said or waitten by Mr . Charles Heinzen . As 4 o the danger likely to result from the " helKsh doctrines "' . aforesaid , the Himes might have known that Mr . Seinzen , far from trying to put these doctrines into practice during the last eighteen months of sevolutionary -convulsions in Germany , hardl y ever during that time put his foot upon German soil , andjdayed no part whatever in any of those revolutions .
The idea , Sir , of a man who never did as ? damage even to the most dimiqativc of German . princes , being able to do harm to ihe gigantic British empire , would be , in our eyes , -an insult to the English nation . "Wc , therefore , bog leave to move that the whole matter be wound up by the Times giving a vote of thaaks to Mr . Charles Heinzen , for the courage maUmircux with which he combated Socialism and Communism . I ass , Mr . Editor , Tours , very obediently , A Gekmas . Social Democeas . London , TSov . 28 th , 1819 .
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Meeting ox Capital Pcxisumssis . —On the 22 nd ult ., a public meeting , numerously attended , was held in tbe Leeiur-e-rocm , Jfelson-sSreet , Newcastle , to consider the subject of "hanging by law . " Mi-. James Gilmore haviaj been called to the chair , intwduced the subject of the meeting . Mr . Thomas "Tragic then moved , and Mr . Cooper seconded , a resolution to the efieetthat the gallows , as a moral example or a preventative of crime , is inefficient and useless . The resolution was put and carried unanimously and enthusiastically . Mr . Joseph CoffCB , jun ., moved , and Sir . Richardson seconded a resolution , that all moral means be taken to abolish the punishment of death , which was also carried with great unanimity . Meetisc at Paisley . —On Tuesday , Sir Joshua
Walmsley , M . P ., and Mr . George Thompson , M . P ., made their appearance in the town of Paisley , as a deputation from the Parliamentary and Financial Reformers of London . They were received by all classes with the liveliest expressions of approbation and respect ; indeed , so much was public feeling in this quarter excited by the event , that from an early hour in the morning until a late hour at night the inhabitants were quite on the qui vive id expectation of seeing and hearing these two advocates of the new movement for reform . Tub Pitmexs' Sihike in Dubham . —On Wednesday
last eleven p itmen employed at Ludworth Colliery , about six miles from Durham , were brought before tbe magistrates charged with riot , aud with an aggravated assault on William Trenholm , whom they had beat in the most cruel manner because he had accepted work ma pit which the men on strike had left . A medical witness said the only surprise he felt , on examining ihe prosecutor , was , that concussion of the brain had not ensued from the injuries on the head , which had apparently been inflicted by some edged instrument , such as a coal rake or the edge of a poker . The prisoners were all fully committed for trial .
Fcicurrtx Accidext at the Rotai . Mist . — On Wednesday moruiug an accident of a most distressing character took p lace at the Royal Mint , Tower-hill , whereby a man named John Volas , . -i ^ ed furty-niue years , a mechanic , received some fearful injuries . The unfortunate mau was emp loyed in the department where the coin is washed with boiling liquid , consisting of vitriol and other powerful acids , and whilst walking along the plank over the copper he , by some means , slipped and fell into it . His screams brought several of the workmen to his aid , but the poor fellow had crawled out ot tbe hot liquid to the top of the copper . He was conveyed with all possible speed to the accident ward of Guy ' s Hospital , where he is suflering severely and in a very precarious state . _
Afflebt , says the Carlisle Journal , with a population of about 800 , has twenty-four public houses , licensed to sell spirituous liquors—being one public house to every thirty-three inhabitants I There are no beer-houses .
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POSTPONEMENT OF THE METROPOLITAN CONFERENCE . The Provisional Committee have decided upon the postponement of the Metropolitan Conference from Monday 3 rd , to Monday 10 th of December , upon the evening of which latter day the Conference will commence its sittings . This alteration in the original programme of the committee , has been made in order to meet the convenience of two of the districts , who cannot make their elections until late in the ensuing week . The committee , in the meantime , solicit tho advice of those friends in the country who are anxious for the re-organisation of the Chartist body .
The prorogation of the Conference will afford time to the men of Lancashire , Yorkshire , Nottinghamshire , Leicestershire , Derbyshire , Cheshire , Birmingham , Merthyr Tydvil , Bristol , Carlisle , Newcastle , Dundee , Edinburgh , Glasgow , and the other large towns of England , Scotland , and Wales , to forward to the Conference such suggestions as they may deem advisable , and likel y to aid in consolidating a strong and powerful movement for the Charter . —All communications to be made to the Secretary , at 144 , High Holborn , London . The time and place of meeting of Conference , will be published in tho Northern Star , and Reynolds ' s Political Instructor , of next week . William Dixon , Feargus O'Co . won , Philip M'Grath , Samuel Boomiam , ( J . W . M .. "REvuoLns , Tnos . Clakk , Sec .
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THE FUND FOR THE WIDOWS OF SHARPS AND WILLIAMS . The following sucscriptions have been already received : — £ s . A . Baron Rothschild ... , „ 3 5 0 Mr . € 1 . W .-M . Reynolds 5 5 0 Mr . Luke James Hansard ... ... 5 0 0 The proceeds of a Concert in Edinburgh 5 0 0 The proprietors of the lf cc % Dispatch 3 3 0 Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P . 2 0 0 Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart ... ... 2 2 0 Mr . William Williams 110 Mr . Prout 110 Mr . W . J . Hall 110 Digby Arms Locality 10 0 Public meetinc at Derbv 0 17 0
Proceeds of Bail in the Tower Hamlets 0 10 0 The persons in Mr . fi . W . M . Reynold ' s emplovmcnt 010 0 J . W ., " 2 s . < 5 d . ; per Mr . Illingworth , Is . ; Mrs . and Miss Eagle , Is . ; Anonymous Correspondent of Reynold ' s Mscellany , Od . ; Ditto , 6 d . ; G . W . 6 d . ; a Youth , 3 d . ; J . H . ( Shoreditch ) 2 s . 6 d . ; Mr . Ruffcy , 5 s . ; E . H . 2 s . 6 d . ; one of Mr . Reynold ' s Wood Engravers , 2 s . Gd . ; William Prowsdute , Is . ; a Shoemaker , ( Liverpool , ) Is . ; J . J . Manbj , Is , ; a Labourer , ( Leek , ) Is . ; M . D . Forsyth , 5 s . ; Mr . Demiss , ( Pickering , ) Is . ; 11 . B . and J . A ., 2 s . ; Harmonic Meeting in Foley-street , 5 s . ; C . H . R . ; ( CardiS , ) 5 s . William Davis , Chairman . G . W . M . Reynolds , Treasurer . Jons J , Fekdinaxdo , Secretaru . Nov . 28 th , 1 S 49 .
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TRADES . EnaMhsJied 1845 . She Central Committee have the satisfaction of reporting the continued success of Mr-. Green , in Birmingham and its neighbourhood . He has hud numerous meetings with tlie Pearl Button Makers , Fender Makers , G an Stock aud Locksmiths , Bellows Makers , Small Ware Weavers , & c , -etc ., with the greatest promises of success ; and in reference to ch useful efforts in tlie case of the Wire Weavers , ( reported in the Star ., of XovenvSer 17 th ,. ) the Committee have the pleasure in presentingthe following corroborations of the effective and valuable services rendered by this association ( through its agents , ) ; to the cause of labour : — Birmingham , Xovcmhor 14 th , 1810 .
Sib , —A determination having been . comedo onthejiart of tlie Operative Wive Weavers of Bit'iuingham to mist the encroachments open the just and reasonable . price of labour , iu the shape ofdiscouut taken . from -our wages -sit tlie time of payment , ¦ which has now reached as much as fifty per cent ; an-entire cessation'from wor-U was the consequence , which . commcnced on tlie 13 th of'October , by . the -men who had fiuislisd their work , which continued until all l \ ad finislied anvtcome out . Dut as wc previously-had ¦ no society ibrtliCfprotection of the rights of labour , welmd no fuiuls sufficient Jo subsist on for cue week ; and in the . course of our applieatioiis to kindred trades for assistance , •• we came across 3 Ir . Holmes , of the "Wire Drawers Society , < tvho referred us io . grour excellent representative , Mr .. Green , for counsel , advice , and mediation ; and it affords us the greatest pleasure to state that liC'COiumciiced kis exertions on our account en tlie 6 th instant , and has been , ae opportunity offeredciuce , unremitting . in . his endeavours to
. obtain for us our rights . We occupied . the whole of his . attention one dayiroin daylight till dark . ; ivudhis frequent . addresses to ourmeir . has been attended -vatH the greatest ' -success , for they -have produced a perfect unanimity of ! . purpose and action , £ 0 that his kuowledgesimpartcd to us , " as well as his interviews with our employers , has elicited ] iimivei'sal approbation ; and tlie plan we . are at present , . adopting is quite in accordance with his . recommendation . He has left us a copy , of the rules of your . association , and ' we told him to consider as as prospective ^ members of the ! Mational Association . of United Trades . 1 should have : jested to you before , but I had a reasonable-lwpe every day -of being able to have reported to you an . account of his ' signal success . Eleven-out of thirteen of < Qur employers have advanced the wages of their men to the net price , and ¦ we are quite satisfied that his talents . ind . exGEiions deserve -iha other two , and as -wesiiall follow his advice we are sure tcibave tlie net price-of them also .
. Birmingham has bsciiifor a long time in . a Aid state of apathy , but his talents being tor a time devoted to their interests will no doubt renovate their exertions . ; and , if so , firesides will have to Eacood many of their comforts to the sending of your agent at Birmingham . I remain , yours , In the hope of a speedy amalgamation of ihe Trades of Uii-mingham with your general body , To Mr , "Win . Peel , Geokse Osseoax . Secretary to the National Association of Suited Trades . Birmingham , November 15 th . 1819 .
SOf-ia is with feelings of gratitude that . tlie Wire Workers of Birmingham return jou their thanks ( for the kind attention which your agent pays to us , and for the information we recived from faitu , we have much to ilianb him for . £ can tell yon that " before an agent came tons we did not know that such a society was iu being , Such was the feeing produced uponoarmembers by Mr . Gtocen ' s information that they said they would join your association Will jou plesse to let me know whether we shall be entered members from the 1 st of this monfii if we remit you ihe money on Tuesday nest . "Sou will please to excuse this
short note—3 have not had time , for we only met last night On behalf of the club I return their thanks to year agent , and wc arc glad that such a man has come to us . If he eonthllWS his labours he will raise the working class to that state I hope to see them before long . I must conclude by returning our most humble thanks that such a society is in beiiig . Please to write , tfeat I may let the members know on meeting night next I remain , for the Wire Workers , S . Cube , Secretary . To Mr . Wm . Tcel , Secretary , < tc .
The Central Committee have deemed it their duty to publish these letters as the best answer to tiose who would desfce to depreciate tlii * movement by affecting to throw doubts upon its efficacy ov capability in confeving benefits upon its members . They believe the working men of England , and the Metropolis in particular , have committed a grievous error to themselves , and to the interests of their less fortanate fellow-men , in so long withholding their support from the National Association of United Trades . Its claims upon tho working men arc based upon its ^ racrtcaZ utility . The great advantages it offers are sunswxmi , practical , and immediate . It does not interfere or supersede anyother movement , but supplies that invaluable aid to Trades when in difficulties , which no other society
is capable of affording . The secret of its power is the justness and reasonableness of its principles , and the steadfastness and integrity with which they have been maintained , through evil report and good report . It may not be as shoivy as some of its contemporaneous rivals for public favour , but it carries with ifcareality and stability which time and experience can alone confer upon any movement . The Central Committee are as satisfied of its ultimate success as they are of the soundness of its principles , which have been proved and tested through the ordeal of six Conferences of Delegates in various parts of England , and five years of practical working . These are its claims for the support of the worfcing men ; " Let them , then , judge of the tree by Us fruits . "
The Central Committee beg further to report , that the letters received from Mr . Robson , ( who is now in the centre of the silk nianufectunj in Cheshire , ) are equally cheering and satisfactory . In Congleton there is every prospect of a thorough reorganisation of tbe "Weavers and Throwsters ; and the Ribbon Weavers ( a well-organised body , ) appear also favourable to the movement , as the means ot adding to their present organised power . In Macclesfield , Miv Robson met with a sincere welcome from several old members and friends of the movement ,-which received much obstruction frcinaloeiil society—the "Rig hts of Industry "—about two years ago ; hut that powerful society no longer
, exists , nor has any other organisation been maintained ; but a local board of trade has been established , consisting of twelve master manufacturers and twelve working men , to whom all trade disputes are submitted . This excellent arrangement worked admirably for a time , or so long as there was an organised body at the back of the workmen s delegates , but with the apathy and gradual secession of the members from the society , the power of tho delegates was diminished ; the masters began little by little to encroach , until , at- the time of Mr . Robson s arrival , a consultation was being held upon the altered and unfavourable position of the Labour Board . Mr . Robson at once pointed to the true
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causei of the master's encroachments , —the want of moral power behind , to give weig ht and support to their representatives upon the board . These views ¦ were considered important , and it was resolved to call a meeting to take the whole subject into consideration . ~ V 7 « Peel , Secretary .
Metropolitan Trades' Conference. Oh Wedn...
METROPOLITAN TRADES' CONFERENCE . Oh Wednesday night an adjourned meeting of the Conference of Metropolitan Trades' Delegates was held in the . Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Pitzroy-square , to discuss the propriety of establishing local boards of trade for the regulation of w ages from time to time in tlioir respective trades and districts , Mr . Seagrave , tailor , iu the chair . Mr . J . L . Ferdixando said the reason why he brought forward the question was , that the Association had put forward two plans for the amelioration of . tho condition of the working classesnamel y , home colonisation and local boards . The Conference had attended to the first object , but had so far neglected the other . Without
under-_ valuing the importance of home colonisation , he was prepared to say that the metropolitan trades were deeply interested in the question of local boards of trade , and fully approved of them . Local boards of trade were in themselves utterly opposed to the philosoph y of the Manchester school of economists , and , indeed , he believed that Conference had no sympath y with the views of that party . He contended that to bringthc working classes—the productive classes , whether manufacturing , or agricultural , or handicraft , into competition with the comparativel y untaxed labour of other countries , was gross injustice . ( Hear , hear . ) While the people of this country were burdened with a such excessive taxation , it was impossible for them to contend against the cheaper labour of other countries . He
said this without fear of being called a Tory . In the silk trade this season there had been a very large increased demand , but tho working weavers had reaped very little benefit from it . In some cases an advance of threepence a yard had been made , making perhaps an increase of Is . 3 d . a week to the weaver . The masters had the lion ' s share of the benefit . ( Hear , hear . ) This system of unrestricted competition had not always existed in this country . In the old times—the good old times they had been not untruly called—under a protective policy the working classes could enjoy such substantive things as beef , bread , and beer , instead of the unsubstantivo slops they had now to exist upon . . He held that the government were bound—not to employ all who might want work , bub at least—to provide facilities
by which all willing and able to labour might secure a fair subsistence . He did not mean to say that local boards of trade would do everything , but they would do a great deal . Perhaps the best thing lie could do would be to read them a few extracts from a Bill which had been prepared for the Spitalfields silk trade . With a little alteration it might be adapted to every trade in the country . It empowered the Board of Trade to issue orders , directing the master manufacturers and operative handloom -weavers to meet in their several districts , within fourteen days from the date of the order , and provided that at such meetings six employers shall be elected by master manufacturers only , and six operative weavers by the workmen only . Each party to be elected by show of hands at the
respective meetings . When the boards thus elected are duly constituted , they shall meet quarterly , and consider the wages to be paid to the operative hand-loom weavers for the various descriptions of silk weaving within their respective districts , due regard being Ua < i ( 0 tlie competition of foreign nations , and also to the present and future permanent benefit of masters and workpeople . At every quarterly meeting the uniform rate of wages shall fie renewed , and , if found necessary , determined afresh , either partklly or entirely in each district . That when , and from time to time , the maximum rate of wages shall have been determined by any such local board , the said board shall forthwith report the -same to the Board of Trade , within fourteen days from the date of the-quarterly meeting
at which the rate is fixed ; and if the Board of Trade , upon receipt of such lists of prices , shall find any variations of descriptive terms in the wowks so to berated , ataipriceor widely different proposed rates of wages , bctwi-wi any of the local boards , « ot rcconcileablo with any peculiar advantages , applying the districts wherein suclulif & raico of a minimum rate of wages lias been determir . ed , the Board of Trade shall put themselves into correspondence with the local board so differing , in order to reconcile aud adjust the difference . The board are also empowered and instructed , from time 'to time , to give their authority to the rates fixed by the locol boards , and with such authorisation ^ hesaid rates shall be ratified as a legal authority-in the respective districts from which such
rates are fixed . Incase of the masters of workmen in any district neglecting or refusing to elect their . representatives to . the local boftrd , it shall be lawful for the party duly elected , whether masters-or workmen , to enter . upon the duties and functions of such 'boards , and all the preceding provisions shall apply-to their acts . The Lords of tho Privy 'Council of Tirade are -also empowered to make such rules and regulations in relation to Joed boards or-othcrwise as , not being specified in the Bill , may bo needful for -cm-ying out effectually the present indention of . the legislation and spirit of the Act , andithe provisions of the Act-shall be deemed and taken to be the law of the land by the judges in the courts of law and equity , and by all officers in superior courts of judicature . The
Bill also enacts that , m ( there shall be any default of the payment of-such minimum rate of wages prcseribed under the authority of the boards so constituted and sanetionedby tho Board of Trade , it & hall be lawful for a justice . of the peace , on complaint being made , to summon ( the defaulting party , and that two or more justices shall hear aad determine thecomplaint , and order such payment as shall he due , together with the costs for loss of time and recovering the same . The said justices shall . also fine the defaulting party £ 5 for the first offence , £ 1 © for the secoad , and for every subsequent -offenos £ 5 extra , and in default of the payment of wages , costs , and fines , so adjudged and awarded , the justices shall issue within forty-eight hours their warrant to levy the same by distress and sale of the
goods aad chattels of the defaulting party , and the proceeds of such sale shall , after paying the wage * lines , aad costs , be paid over to the person bo convicted . The fines to be paid to the Sheriffs , and returned to the Court of Quarter Sessions , and applied according to the provisions of the Act 3 rd George IV . "for the more speedy return and levying of fines ; penalties , and forfeitures , and recognisances estreated . " The preparation of that Bill had cost the silk-weavers of Spitalfields much time and labour , aad if the Conference thought proper to adopt his proposition , and to take it as a model for a Bill , he for one should not regret the time and labour he had bestowed upon it . As he had already said , he believed if it was referred to a committee of delegates , it might
be adapted to every trade in the country . In his own trade he found very many masters manufacturers favourable to the principle of local boards ; they felt that it wouid abate one ovil at least , to which they as well ao the men were liable , namely , home competition . Without such a regular power , no stop could be put to the injurious conduct of those unprincipled manufactures who cut down prices by their reckless speculations and forced sales , lie was sorry to have heard some of the delegatees say that local boards were a piece of humbug , ( Hear , hear . ) He could assure the delegates who called " [{ ear , hear , " that the subject had not been considered "humbug" by a numerous Conference of Delegates in 1845 , from all parts of the country—what was called tho "Buncombe Conference , "—although this question was then a new one it was only lost by two or three votes , nearly forty delegates having voted for it . Since that time the trades had mere fully considered it . and ho
believed a strong opinion now existed in its favour . De begged to move that a sub-committee of five delegates be appointed to draw up a Bill for the establishment of local boards of trade . Mr . Read ( baker ) said the question brought before the meeting by Mr . Fcrdinando , was , in his mind , second to none that could come before them . Do had , therefore groat pleasure in supporting the motion , and thanked the mover for having directed their attention to such an important subject . Mr . Leslie moved , as an amendment * that the decision be adjourned till the next meeting , in order to give their trades time to consider a question of so much importance . Mr . Wilsos , earnestly advised that tho further consideration of boards of trade had better be deferred until the bill for home colonies was fairly brought before Parliament . Mv . Wilson concluded by moving an amendment to that effect . Mr . EssKnt seconded tho amendment .
Mr . Read did not sec that the preparation of a Bill for local boards by » committee , would interfere with the progress of the Bill for Home Colonies .-Mr . Campbell did not think it advisable now to alter their arrangements . At the same time , he cMifcidcred they wind ;! only be doing justice to the mover , and to the Conference itself , by declaring their conviction that protection to trade was a jnst and beneficial principle . Mr . Leeme withdrew his amendment in favour of Mr . Wilson , and
Mr . Feudikando briefly replied . The CiiAinMAN put the motion and amendment to the meeting , and declared the amendment to be carried by a majority of four . The meeting then adjourned to December 23 rd .
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The first session oi this court for the present mayoralty commenced on Monday . At ten o clock the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , the Recorder Alderman Hunter , Alderman Salomons , and Alderman Garden , accompanied by Mr . Sheriff Aicoll , Under-Sheriffs Millard and Wive , and the other civic authorities , entered the court . The Recorder , in delivering his charge to the grand jury , said that the calendar contained the names of 18 i prisoners for trial at tbe present session , and that number would probably be increased to some extent b y fresh committals during the performance of their duties .
Indictmest against a Bankrupt . —C . Bishop surrendered to take his trial for misdemeanour , in having wilfully and corruptly made a false statement upon his examination before one of the bankruptcy commissioners upon an adjudication of bankruptcy against a person named Hugh Swan . — Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Huddlestonc prosecuted . Mi * . Ballantine and Mr . Robinson appeared for the defendant . —It appeared that the defendant had been in the service of Mr . Swan , and at the time of the bankruptcy , he was found to be in the
occupation , as lessee , of a small house at Mortlake , called Park Farm , and from some information that was received by the assignees , it appeared that they were induced to come to the opinion that this possession was merely a colourable one , and that the property in question belonged to the bankrupt . —In consequence of a reward offered by tho assignees , a person named Hoking gave information , and Bishop was summoned to give evidence at the Bankruptcy Court on the loth of June last , when ho swore that the farm was his own property , and that ho had purchased the lease for £ 209 . —A number of witnessses
were examined , the effect of their testimony being to show that tho defendant was engaged as a gardener , and that ho appeared to bo in poor circumstances , and that he had stated upon several occasions that the farm was not his , and that he was paid 20 s . a week for taking care of it for Mr . Swan . It appeared , however , in tho course of the case , that the defendant had always strenuously insisted upon his ri g ht to tho property , in tho course of the legal proceedings taken by the assignees , and upon a messenger from the Court of Bankruptcy being put in possession , he resisted the attempt to take that" step , and brought an action of trespass , and recovered a verdict with £ 25 damages , a rule , however , having since been obtained for a new
trial . —The witnesses who spoke to the declarations alleged to have been made by the defendant with regard to the ownership of the property were subjected to a very rigorous cross-examination by Mr . Ballantine , and two of thorn admitted that they had each been guaranteed five per cent upon the amount of the properly , if it should be recovered by the assignees and sold . —Mr . Ballantine then made an energetic address to the jury on behalf of the defendant , and the Recorder having summed up , tho jury , after a very short deliberation , returned a verdict of " Not guilty . " Receiving Stolen Goods . —Jacob Vandcnbcrg ) 30 , a dealer , who surrendered in court , was indicted for receiving a quantity of property , know
ing it to have been stolen , —It appeared that on the morning of the 22 nd of September a portion of the premises , belonging to Mr . Barbar , wharfinger , of Lower Thames-street , were broken into , and a quantity of metal screws , and about ^ cwt . of white lead was stolen . Suspicion falling upon a man named Jones who had been m their employment , he was taken into custody by one of the city police , who mot him on the evening of the same day near Aldgate Church . Some information having then been given , the constable went to the house of Vandcnbcrg , who keeps a marine store dealers in Rosemary-lane , and there found behind the weighing-machine , the cask of lead covered with
an old sack , Vandenberg then said to the officer ( ' I have been looking for you . I have sent down to the station for Serjeant Ilolly ; do you take me for a witness ? " The officer said , "No - , as a receiver . " Vandenberg then said , " " I have let a man have < 5 s . on it , but told him that I would not buy it . " The prisoner ' s house was then searched , and the metal screws were found hidden under the counter . —The prisoner Jones , who was arraigned upon the charge last session and pleaded guilty , was admitted evidence , and he stated that the prisoner "Vandenberg , after buying the screws Oil the Friday previously to the robtery , and knowing Mm to be at Mr . Barber ' s , asked him if he could not get some white lead , and that
ho would stand 9 s . a cwt . for it , and told him that if he should not find his front door open , he could come round to the side one . lie , Jones , however , could not get it that night , but did during the early part of the morning , and at seven o cloak took it to the prisoner ' s shop , who , at a later period in the day , advanced him 6 s . on it — Several police-constables of the district where Vandenberg lived , gave him a good character , and said that ho had been upon many instances the means •«( their obtaining convictions against thieves who had' brought stolon goods to his shop . —Tho jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " and he , together with Jones was sentenced to twelve months ' imprisonment and hard labour .
Uttesi . vo Bad Coi . v . —The greater portion of Tuesday was occupied in trying prisoners for passing bad mono , and the charges were of the ordinary character . The principal utterings were to licensed victuallers , and in several instances the prisoners had gone together in gangs , ono of the party remaining outside with the base coin in bulk , whilst the others went into several shops , and successive utterings were effected . In one or two instances the prisoners wore sentenced to six months' imprisonment , but the remaining portion were ordered to be imprisoned for various terms upwards to twelve months .
Charge op Robbery . —William Warlters was indicted for stealing a handkerchief , a pair of gloves , and a measure , the property of Henry Parry . Mr . Pavvy defended the prisoner . The prosecutor stated that on the morning of the 7 th November , between one and two o ' clock , ho went into the White Hart public-house , at Greenwich , to take some refreshment , and while ho was there a dispute arose between him and one of the persons present about paying for some punch , and there was a scuffle , and shortly afterwards he looked for his great coat , which he had thrown off on going into the room but could not find it , and on his making inquiries for ifc the coat was brought to him , and he put it on and was about to leave the house , when
the prisoner followed him , and threw some flour over him . He immediately called a policeman , and fave the prisoner into custody for the assault , and e was taken to the station-house , where he was searched , and the gloves , measure , and handkerchief , which he found had been taken from tho pocket of his coat , were found in his possession ; and , upon this , he charged the prisoner with felony in stealing these articles . The prosecutor , in answer to a question put by Mr . Parry , said that he was an attorney . —Mr . Parry : An attorney ? Why , where do you practise ?—At Deptford . —Mr . Parry : And have you taken out your certificate ?—I have . — In answer to other ( juostions , tho prosecutor denied that he was drunk when he went into the
publichouse , or that he took off his coat to fight . He said , however , that he was insulted , and he beat one of the parties with his cane . —The constable who took the prisoner into custody stated that , upon his taking the measure from his pocket y he said that lie had picked it up ; but be said ho did not hear him give any explanation with regard to the other articles . —Several witnesses were then examined , from whose evidence it appeared that the prosecutor was drunk when he went into the public-house , and that he quarrelled with an old man named Moore , and took off his coat to fight , and at last beat Moore with his cane . —The Recorder summed up , and tho jury immediately returned a verdict of " ' Sot Guilty , " Robbeut in a Public-House , —James May 30
, , was indicted for stealing a bottle and four quarts of brandy , the property of John Thomas . The prosecutor is the landlord of the Coach and Horses public-house , Broadway , Lambeth , and it appeared that on the afternoon of the Othof November tho prisoner and another man went into tho taproom , and shortly afterwards the daughter of the prosecutor hearing a great noise went to tho door of the taproom , and observed that a hole bad been made through tho floor large enough to admit of access to the spirit cellar underneath , and in the course of a few minutes the prisoner came out of the hole , having in his possession a stone bottle which contained nearly a gallon of brandy . He was about to walk off with his booty when Mr . Thomas came up
and secured him . —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " and he was sentenced to be transported for ten years . Tub Attempted Parricide at Ciijswick . —Henry Bathurst Monkhouse , 27 , mariner , who was indicted for feloniously shooting at John Farmer Monkhouse , his father , with vr . tef tt to lawuev him , was then p laced at the bar . Mr . Huddlestonc said that in this case he was instructed to move upon an affidavit made by Mr . Wontner , the solicitor for the prisoner , that the trial should be postponed to the next session . The affidavit was to the effect that it . ivould be licecj-t'aj' ) - to make some inquiries with
vcavd to the gvisouev s state of muid , and that further time was required for that purpose . —Mr . Bodkin said , that on tho part of the prosecution , he had no objection to the postponement of the trial . — Mr . Baron AlWerson said that as they were both agreed tho Court had no difficulty in granting the application . RoBBRK ? m k Bask Clc tk . —G . B . Walker , 20 , a clerk in the London and County Bank , pleaded guilty to tho charge of stealing a £ 10 note , the property of his employers . —Testimonials of the prisoner ' s former good character having been produced , and on his being ; recommended to mercy by the prosecuting counsel , Baron Aldcrson sentenced him to six months' imprisonment in Newgate ,
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Passixo Base Coin , —Mary Anno Hughes , lb . and Elizabeth Eomen , 23 , two notorious utterers of base coin , were convicted of that offence , after a previous conviction of the same character , and they were sentenced to be transported for seven years . Robber y by a Confibential Clerk . — Benjamin Hopkins Bond , 29 , a person of gentlemanly appearance , waslndicted for stealing £ 70 , the monies of Messrs . Currc and Co ., bankers , his employers . The money stolen , in different counts , was alleged to have consisted of sovereigns , half-sovereigns , crowns , half-crowns , florins , shillings , and sixpences . —It appeared that the prisoner , who had been ei"h t years in the service of Messrs . Currie and Co ? , filled the confidential position of ono of
the cashiers , and on the 10 th of October , the clerK of Mr . Ellev , a stockbroker , paid to him a sum of £ 2 , 000 5 s . 7 d ., which was made up of cheques , and a sum of £ 145 in notes of the Bank of England . It was of course the duty of the prisoner to have placed this amount to the credit of Mr . Elley ; but it would appear that although he did so nominally , vet by a very artful contrivance ho succeeded in applying £ 70 of the sum to himself . The robbery appeared to have been committed in the following manner . The prisoner duly entered all the cheques and other securities , but instead of placing the sum £ 145 of that had been paid in notes to Air . Elley ' s credit , he only gave him credit for £ 75 , and represented that the remainder was made up by a draft upon Messrs . Hiwn and Co ., who are hankers at
Leeds . According to the custom of the bank , tho prisoner placed a sort of memorandum referring to this draft in a drawer appropriated to that purpose , and thus of course the balance appeared correct when the books were made up , at the close of the day . It then appeared that the notes forming the remainder of tho £ 145 were changed by tho prisoneras he represented for customers of the bank , so that the identical notes paid in by Mr . Elley still remained in the possession of the bank , but of course there was no evidence what precise description of coin had been taken in exchange . It turned out that there was no such draft in existence as tho ono represented to be upon Messrs . Brown and Co ., and , from the inquiries that was set on foot , suspicion fell upon the prisoner , and the present charge was eventually preferred against him . '
The Murder in the Millbank Prison . —John Francis , 38 , watch finisher , was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Hall . Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Clerk conducted the prosecution . The prisoner was defended by Mr . Ballantine and Mr . Robinson . Mr . Bodkin briefly opened the case , from which it appeared that the prisoner was a convict confined in that pris on , on the 7 th of November . On that day the deceased had the charge of the ward in which the prisoner was confined , and about half-past three o ' clock in the afternoon , the prisoner struck tho deceased on the head with his chamber utensil , and kicked him until he died . Witnesses were called , whoproved that some of the prisoner ' s family had been afflicted with insanity , and that the prisoner himself had g iven proofs of suffering from that malady . Tho jury returned a verdict of " 3 < ot Guilty , " on the ground of insanity .
The Game Laws.—We Have Received What Pur...
The Game Laws . —We have received what purports to be a report of a meeting of " Agriculture and other labourers at Tisbury , Wilts , " which is of so extraordinary a nature that we would fain hope it may prove to be an attempt at a hoax ; but if what is described as having occurred really did take place , it is dcsivablc that the Attorney-General ' s attention should be directed to the subject as speedily as possible , and to that end wc slmllbriefly make known what transpired on the occasion referred to . Tho meeting , it appears , was summoned by the " Rural Supporting Club established at Fisherton , Salisbury , " and for this purpose the country was placarded for miles round . The "Rural Supporting Club " , cannot boast a very intelligible name , but its objects is plainly enough avowed—it is that of seducing poor men into the
commission of crime , There ivero only two speakers at the meeting—the ono a Mr . Bevan , and the secretary to the club , whose name is not given , but it may furnish some clue to him to state that ho described himself as the agent of " John Collett , Esq ., of Lako house Cheltenham . ; ' This agent for John Collett , Esq ., informs the world that I'The only object of the Rural Supporting Club is that want and misery may not suffer to protect the rich in their pleasures ; that any of you ( his hearers ) may not be left unprotected and not caved for , if your poverty tempts you to violate an unnecessary and unjust law of man ! " The law in question was avowed to be the Came Law , and the bait held out to tempt poor labourers to violate the
law is that they shall be paid as much money whilst undergoing imprisonment for poaching as they would have obtained by tho exorcise of honest industry . "The entrance is 2 s . 6 d „ the weekly contributions Is ., tho allowance the same as the captured and convicted earned when in work !" Ifc muse be admitted that this is methodical and business-like , whatever opinion may prevail as to the legality or morality of the proceedings . —Times . Dreadful Mill Accident and Loss of Lisb ™ i Pkeston . —On Thursday an accident occurred at tho extensive manufactory of Messrs . Swainson , Birloy , and Co ., cotton spinners , Fish wick fin the suburbs of Preston ) , by which one man was killed on the spot , and another so dreadfully mutilated that he is
not expected to recover . It appears that on Wednesday morning , Mr . Oddy , the manager of the mill , fancied he perceived an escape of gas , and gave orders for an examination of the pipes . On Thursday morning a labourer , named Lawson , proceeded to search for the leakage ; it being dark , he procured a lamp , when the gas from the main pipe immediately ignited at the mouth of the sewer . The consequence was that the whole of the lights in the north-east portion of the mill were extinguished , upon which the weavers instantly threw their looms out of gear . The engine being thus relieved of a great proportion of its weight , became ungovernable , and ran wild , acquiring such a velocity from the impetus which was thus given to it , that the fly-wheel was splintered to pieces , ono of the columns of the large engine was broken off and the fragments scattered in various directions —some to one end and some to the other end of the
engine , which is eighty feet long . A partition wall , two feet thick , dividing the engine room , was levelled with tho ground by the force of the shock , and part of the floor in the beam chamber in the largo engine house was displaced . John Cooko , engine tenter , was dreadfully injured whilst endeavouring as was supposed , to stop his engine : his right arm was torn off near to the shoulder joint . He was struck by a fragment of the fly wheel , and fell a depth often feet through a hole which had been made in the floor . The stop valve and chest of the engine , which was of forty horse power , having been broken off , caused it to stop . Shortly after the accident , II . Kirkham , manager in tho throstle room was found lying behind tho door otthe south entrance to the engine house . He was quite dead , having been struck on the head hy a fragment of the wheel , and his legs also being broken . The engine sustained comparatively little dnmagc . The windows at each end of the engine house were shattered
to pieces . Remarkable Coincidence . — The Yorkshire Gazette publishes the following particulars of an execution at York , the facts of which bear a remarkable coincidence with the Bermondsey murder . — " Execution at York . —On Tuesday , April 13 , A . n . 1649 , George P . Merrington and Mariii Morrington , his wife , were executed at the gallowa of St . Leonard ' s Green Dykes , without Walmgato Bar , for the wilful murder of William Rex , Esq ., Dunningtori , near York . This dreadful murder was committed in their house at Fulford , in the evening , just before dinner , on the 9 th day of March . Mr . Rex ' s body was found b y a piece of cord that led to his grave in tho kitchen , where they buried his body near the fire-place , on the 13 th of March , by Thomas Radge , constable of the village . Their bodies after the execution were given to the surgeons for dissection . . .-.
% Axcie . vt Coixs . —An important discovery of ancient coins has lately been made near the village Of Hahnwweiler , in tho district of St Wendel . A ° peasant found an earthen jar filled with 82 silver coins , in excellent preservation , and to the weight of 241 b . ; 28 of these coins are of the size of the old Brabant dollar . There are among them 19 Saxiah and Thuringian coins , of from . 1574 to 1008 ; 3 Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel coins , of from 1594 to 1615 ; 2 struck by the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and Count of the Tyrol , without date ; 2 of Rudol ph II ., of the years 1603 and 1605 ; 1 of the Emperor Maximilian , of the year 1568 ; and 1 of Albert and Elizabeth , "Archiduc , Austria , Due . Biirgund et Brabant . " 54 coins are of the reign of i ' mlip II .. King of Spain and of the Netherlands . — IColner Zeitima ,
ExTnAoiiniNART Suicide . —On Thursday morning a respectable female , named Elizabeth Baker , aged iifty-six years , committed suicide under the following circumstances . The deceased ladv occupied apartments at Xo . 30 , Hampton-street , ' Walworthroad , and was considered to be . of a very reli « ious disposition . Foi-.-ome tiuiii past ? oinc poeiiliantiej of manner attracted the attention of her friends , ! - '"t not the slightest suspicion was apprehended ox hev committing any act of violence upon herself . On Wednesday night her son called to see li . e t ' e-
ceaseu , when she conversed as usual , at the same time asking him to read several passages from the Bible . On Thursday morning when he called to see her by appointment , he found the room door fastened . He knocked several times , but subsequently the door was forced open , when the deceased was discovered l ying on her back , with a small wound in the front of her neck , and near her was a penknife besmeared with blood . The furniture seemed undisturbed , as if she had sat down on the floor and deliberately bled herself to death . A surgeon was called in when the discovery was made , but the deceased had been dead some hours .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 1, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01121849/page/5/
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