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~" i vECCTl ON OF THE MURDERER HOCKER . B i ' vhrMi"hoittthc vrho \ e of Saturday workmen were wjforniins bamerain front of Newgate , and f f ; n Srcral parts ofthe Old Bailey , the authorities v-tin" that the numberof personswho would flock ^ eX ^ ihcinurderer , Thomas Henry Hocker , executed t 0 t 0 ^ ia be equal , if not larger , than what attended to ** tie notorious Daniel Goodexpiatehisoffeneeupon * v ^ -une scaffold . In order toguard against any aerial i !! nt occurriitg fromthe great pressure , the sheriffs ori \ T * a that , i « addition to the usual precaution , dcr al stron- ' larriers should be placed in the inime-2 jvc neish'jourhood of the Old Bailey . In front of i ! v scaffold was fise ^ ^ ^ ° ^ ***** ' some ^ or * ne feet W ** from *** ° * er' ^ n Ludgate-hill , 5 ^ jmer-itrcct , Newgate-street , and at the ends of J the different courts and other thoroughfares leading l towards the drop , similar protections wer e erected j fthe public . . ..,. „ T . r , „^ n TTnni-i . 'ii
or S csrECTEP CO . VFEDEBJIES OF HoCKEB . —It IS the * peiieral bclief < 'fsoincoftlieonicer 3 ofthemetropoUtan i Vorcc tliat there must have been more than one person en <* zed in the murder , the man Hocker being quite « stripling compared with Delarue . They say that ibis supposition is greatly strengthened from the fact of cries i ' i > r help being heard to proceed from the direction of Helisize-lane a long time before any one vent to 5 i < tertain the cause . What they look upon * itli the most j-uspicion , and what they maintain iemls to prove that a second party at least , must have been encased in thehorriblc crime , is thecircumstancc
of « omeVie having sent a quantity of poison to the convict . They argue that a stranger would have no object in view in poisoning the man , and that they are instiled in concluding that the man who despatched thelcttertoNewgatecontaining the poison , was one who Imd been engaged in the affair ; and , fearingthatthe convict will iiltimately make a confession , and that be will be implicated , he resorted to the dreadful crime of poisoning him , hoping by that means lo escape exposure and punishment . Be this as it mav , thepolirehavebcen actively engaged in trying to nnd the party out , but as yet without success . — Observer , ( Sunday ) . _ .,
The NmuiEBEs ' s Relatives . —On Friday the prisoner ' s brotker visited him for tbe last time . During the interview Mr . Wright , the deputy governor , was seated between the two brothers . The culprit ' s brother was deeply affected , but the criminal showed jio feeling on the occasion . On Saturday , about noon , the-fathcr ofthe prisoner saw his unhappy son for the last time . He was implored by his heartbroken parent to confess the whole truth , but the criminal « as of all the parties present the least moved , displaying moroscness or turpitude of temper , and desiring wfthadictatorialemphasisthatnomorequestions should be put to him . The Coxdemxed Sermon ix Newgate . —On Sunday the Rev . Mr . Bavies , the ordinary of Hie gaol of Newgate , preached what is called the condemned
< ermon in the chapel of the prison . The sheriffs having issued tickets for as many persons as the chapel could , without being crowded to the inconvenience of all , contain , the seats were soon after the admission of the visitors completely occupied . Notvifkstauding the general censure to which female viators upon occasions of the kind have been subjected , there were some » f the sex whose curiosity prevailed over the feelings by which the majority arc influenced . We observed about eight or ten females Mattered through the body and gallery ofthe chapel , and they appeared to us to have nerve enough to attend the execution , for which they saw the preparations before they entered the gates of the prison . Mr . Cope , the governor , nwde veryjudieious
arrangements , bv which confusion and inconvenience were obviated , " aud the reporters for the newspapers were admitted according to a previous regulation at a quarter past ten o ' clock , exactly fifteen minutes before the service commenced . There was no person of any distinction present . Here and there wc observed a member of the corporation . In the sheriffs ' pew sat Sir John Pirie and Under Sheriff Martin , Sheriff Sidney and Alderman Mnsgrove occupied the Ordinary ' s jpw , and Mr . Anderton and three other gentlemen wercacconiinodated with seats in that of the governor . The bell having summoned the prisoners in the various wards of the gaol to Divine service , the divisions of the chapel assigned to them were R « edilvnlied . Assoonastheywereseated , Connor , the
rouuginau who was committed for trial upon tho charge " of the wilful murder of Mary Brothers , in George street , St . Giles ' s , was brought in by the turnkey in whose charge he has been placed since his removal to the prison upon the magistrate ' s warrant . Connor appeared to be improved in health , and was decently attired in black . He was conducted to a chair prepared for him in the body of the chapel , directly opposite to the pulpit , and close to the pew appropriated to tbe use of the family of the Rev . Mr . Davics , aud he seemed to be affected frequently during the service . The turnkey sat on a form next to hun . After a delay of a few seconds Hocker entered , accompanied by die deputy governor of the prison and an assistant turnkey . It might be called a theatrical movement .
'Ihe case and self-possession which the convict exhibited as he advanced to his seat evidently surprised those of the congregation who had never before seen hhu , and he seated himself ou a chair facing the altar , and at tiie end of the chapel opposite to that which . Connor occupied . He was very particular in fixing his chair and the hassock which had been placed for his use , so as to enable him to make a display . He exhibited , in fact , a perfect consciousness that he was '"' the observed of all observers , " and had to ah * appearance niadc up his mind to represent in this the last but one scene of his esistencethc character which he has been performing since his apprcbtaaon . His person did not seem to be in any degree changed since his condemnation . His costume was
precisely the same , and now , as then , he was scrupufashr particular in tbe arrangement of his chair . % rtlv after his entrance he spoke to Mr . Cope , who , at his " request , directed one of the attendants in tiie li-apel to bring in a glass of water . He received the glass from the hand of the man with a bow , and placed it bv his side . At length the service commenced . * The Rev . Robert S . Bower , ik « chaplain of the gaol of the county of Somerset , ascended the reading desk , and the reverend ordinary took his place at the altar . The beautiful liturgy of the Church of Ensland was then read by the formei
clergyman hi an extremely impressive manner . Throughout the service Connor paid the most deep attention to every word that fell from thelips of those engaged in performing it , and manifested extreme though tfulncs and dejection . Hocker joined in the responses in a firm tone . It was , however , obvious to careful observers of his demeanour that he wa ? strug-Shng at times under strong internal emotion to keep np an appearance of calm self-possession ; sometimes his eye wandered from the Prayer-book aud became fixed on vacancy , but he soon roused himself from his abstraction , anil again turned to the page . He deviated in this manner three or four times during the
service , and his apparent unconsciousness was especially marked when he sat during the reading of the lessons of the day . When the reverend reader offered up that invocation contained in the litany for deliverance " from battle , murder , and from sudden death , " it was said by some persons who kept their eyes upon Hocker up " to the moment of his departure from the chapel , that he gave an involuntary shudder , but the action must bjiTcbcen momentary . At other periods he n-sM his head upon his hand in such a manner as wholly to conceal Ids eyes , and then a nervous action of the mouth and lips wai distinctly observable . Prams having been read , the fourti and fifth verses oi" the 39 th Psalm , commencing *• ' Lord , let uie know my term of days , How soon m v life will end , "
were then sung , and Hockerjoiueu with some energy . The Communion portion ofthe service was read in a most admirable manner by tbe rev . ordinary , ami when he pronounced the sacred edict , " Thou shall do no murder , " every eye was directed towards unconvict , who , however , evinced no particular manifestation of feeling . The singing of totu-verses of the 51 st Psami ( the 4 th , Uh . 10 th , and 14 th verses ) followed ; after which the ordinary ascendea the pulpit , and proceeded to deliver an eloquent and impressive discourse , to which , from the beginning to the end . He attention of Hocker seemed to be completely riveted . r lhe rev . gentleman took lor his text the Cth verse of the fltli chapter ofthe book of Genesis , " Whosoever shoiidefh man's blood , by man shall his
"k > od be died , for in the image of God made heman . " Tbercv . nentleman applied the greater part of his discourse to the ca > e and conduct of Hocker , attri-^ feg his crimes and his fate to a want of proper culture m earh- voutb . He was both pointed and impressive , in * conclusion , he prayed fervently that Ahmghtv God would give the culprit grace to employ the few remaining hours he had to pass in flits wor d in meditation ami praver , and that the cflect weuM >* to induce him to make that reparation , not protahlysoiaurh dac to society , but which , by a hill , eandid . and w .. " : ieit statement ofthe truth , was due tothatSavii .,: ;" - : lutni « h whose intercession he can
0 lay look for salvation ? To-inorrow ' s sun would be the last he would see arise—to-morrow's noon would Bcmber him amongst the dead , and might God have { " «¦«• ou M- . > osl . At the conclusion of the sermon jlof-ker *! : «! teais ; he hastily removed them with ts hatiukeitLicLyliichhc at once placed in his hat , a , j ? ruse to Ksr sf the cuapel . He was the first to Wt it , attended as before bv the deputy governor ™ the turnkey especially appointed to take charge oflum . Connor upon whom the eloquent discourse oi the rer . ordu , w-.- had manifestly made a deep impression , followed- " The other prisoners were then removed in % soue order as that in which they iiad lj wnint miUteu amI soon ^ g cmipe i wasemply .
T , TUE EXECUTION . 'ne crowd ambled in the Old Bailey to witness iUe < seinij ' w , HasraT great - Bnmbers had tskcu ] 'f pJaees before twelve o'clock on Sunday uight , ? "a by sjx o ' clock on Mondav morning the open space 10 "Ot t of Newgate was literally crammed , and the numbers gradually increased untilthctimeappointcd lor cxecutioii . ' The culprit occupied the principal part of Sunday , jMyr the inoruins service , in writing ; he retired to wo at twelve o ' clock , and slept rather soundly durum tDe night . He rose at five o'clock in the morning
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and appeared rather composed , but did not exhibit his usual strong nerve . He partook of some breakfast , after which he was visited by Mr . Davies , the Ordinary of Newgate ; he was not at all communicative , but gave to the rev . gentleman a statement he wrote on Sunday , a copy of which will be found below . At half-past seveno ' clock the culprit became very weak , but havingtaken some cold water , he revived . Shortly after tills time the bell of St . Sepulchre ' s church began tolling , when he nearly fainted . The prisoner all alongdidnotdeny beinga guilty participator in the murder , but strongly asserted to the last that his was not the hand that committed the crime . His defence on the trial , however , and some of the statements he has made since , are so much at variance and anneared rather onmnnuwl Knt . t \\ n »\< v + a < ri . ; k : t
with each other that little reliance can be placed upon them ; therefore the last , wliich wc now publish , in . all probability is the most correct . " In a conversation with Mr . Sheriff Sidney , who told him that his statements on the ' trial could not be depended upon , he replied that part of his defence was true , viz ., that Delarue had seduced the girl . Several times since the prisoner ' s trial the sheriffs have kindly told him that if he had anything to urge why the sentence should be delayed , they would wilingly and immediately lay k " before the Home Secretary . He at first seemed doubtful what lie should do on the subject , but when he was visited by Mr . Sheriff Sidney at four o ' clock on Tuesday last , he said that he had come to the conclusion to sav no
more on the subject . Since Tuesday the sheriffs have again asked him if he wished any communication to be made to the Home Secretary , and he replied that he did not : he had determined to say uo more on the subject . At a quarter before eight ox-lock on Mouday luoming the reporters attending tor the oublic press were admitted into the room where the prisoner was ; he was then attended by the ordinary , sheriffs , under sheriffs , and Mr Cope , besides several officers ofthe prison . He was standing with his hat in his band , and conversing with the Rev . Mr . Davies , to which gentleman he expressed great gratitude for his kind and spiritual attention . On the entrance ofthose connected with the press , the reverend gentleman told Hocker that there were several reporters present , and
asked him if he wished to matte any statement ,-if so , it would be taken down and go forth to the world . He replied , very much agitated , "Xo , sir ; if I had known those gentlemen would have been here 1 might have said something , but I am not now sufficiently composed . " Mr . Sheriff Sidney told him , if he wished to make any further communication to the ordinary or sheriffs , it should be given to the public . His reply was the same , that he was not sufficiently composed . The executioner then proceeded to tie the unhappy man ' s hands ; the moment the cord touched them he was agitated iu a dreadful manner , his whole frame trembled , and during the operation he became quite insensible ; he fainted and fell backwards , but was caught in the arms of two ofthe officers . He presented at this moment a lamentable picture of the effects of guilt . He was placed in a chair , and after his temples had been bathed with
cold water he somewhat recovered , and was carried into the chapel-yard , where he remained sitting until the melancholy procession , consisting of the sheriffs , under sheriffs , the ordinary , the governor , and officers ofthe prison , was formed . Whilst sitting in the yard his arms were pinioned , during which every muscle of his frame was violently agitated , and it was supposed that it would be necessary to cany him to the platform ; but- when the prison " clock struck eight , he at once rose from the chair , and , with the assistance of two of the prison officers , feebly walked to the scaffold , the rev . ordinary reading from the burial service ofthe Church , " 1 am the Resurrection and the Life , " & c . On arriving at the scaffold the sheriffs delivered him to the executioner ; he was immediately placed under the gallows , aud in two or three minutes the drop fell , and the mortal career of tliis wretched man ended . He struggled but a very short time .
On his appearing ou the drop there was a considerable noise amongst the vast crowd which had collected , but it soon subsided , and their demeanour , on the whole , was decorous and becoming . Shortly before the time , of execution , the culprit said he wished to speak to Mr . I > . IV . Harvey ; on that gentleman going into the cell , he told him that he ( Hocker ) was a native of Colchester , and that his father was a freeman of that borough . The body , after hanging the usual time , was cut down and placed in a shell , and was buried within the walls ofthe prison the same evening . The dense crowd dispersed immediately after the execution . Fromthe excellent arrangements ofthe police we believe not the slightest accident occurred .
UOCKEUS LAST STATEMENT . The following is a copy of the letter which the culprit wrote on Sunday night , and gave into the hands of the Rev . Mr . Davis yesterday morning . It is in a clear , firm , a » d distinct hand , but evidently by mistake is dated " April 26 th , instead ofthe 27 th : — " Itev . and dear Sir , —Thisis thelast written conununication I shall make to the world . My hours are now so few , that a babe inigh t count them . Whatever may have been my conduct hitherto , I cannot any longer dissemble . Ton are too good and worthy a friend for me to deceive with my last breath . Though I be condemned to die on a scaffold , I have yet one tender chord remaining in my
bosom , which your unceasingly kind attention has kept in continual motion . I would rather be deemed a murderer than a vile ingrate . I thank God that he has endued me with that feeling which has made it impossible for me to be guilty of either . I never did any man a premeditated injury in my life , and God forbid that I should , at such a time as this , forget to make you every acknowledgment iu my power , while I live , for the faithful part you have evinced in my unhappy case during my incarceration ; you have proved yourself to be one of my dearest friends . May your reward here be that happiness which , alas has failed to be my lot , and hereafter that state of bliss which you have so often and so fervently prayed that I might be a partaker of .
" With a quiet and unresentful conscience , and a heart still beating innocence of that which I am unjustly doomed to suffer , I wish to rectify two deviations from truth in the second statement which I read at my trial , or rather I should say , to admit their falsity . The manner in which I accounted for the stains of blood on my clothes was fictitious . It were an easy matter for me to forge another lie , by saying , that in stooping down by t the body of deceased , as he lay dead , I came by such an appearance of guilt . But no' I will not—I cannot die with a falsehood on my lips . In accordance with a spirit of truthfulness , I avow solemnly , in the presence of my God , that
the marks were not occasioned by any contact whatever with the person of deceased . I myself did it after the body was removed by the constables . Can it be that I aw " indulging an infidel temerity at such an awful period as this by asseverating an untruth ? So ! my conviction of a future judgment aud a state of eternal consciousness is so powerful , that I have not wickedness enough to trifle with my Maker and my own soul at its peril , now that the gallows is in the course of erection for my execution . I am digressing . There is one point more to which I would draw your attention . I stated that Kampstead was the place where the guilty parties resided . This was an invention .
"My defence has been Complimented as an 'idle romance' by two individuals whose names I will not do the honour of publishing . If it were a ' romance / it was far from an idle one , for it was begun and finished in twenty minutes , while my solicitor was in waiting . I also beg to assure those penetrating critics that I should not ' issue such a' romance' as a specimen of the fertility of my imagination . But this strain is foreign to my object in writing to you . Excepting the inaccuracies to which I have alluded , both my statements were founded in truth , aud were true throughout . As a dying man , I have uo other motive than that of truth for breaking silence . I only wish you to see that I am not ashamed again and again to declare my innocence io all the world .
That 1 am not guUty of murder , God and lay conscience bear witness , and this I shall be able to shout from my heart on my entrance into eternity . It is the duty of every man to prepare for death . I trust that I am prepared . The very best of men is not of himself worthy a place in Ifeaven . My hopes beyond the grave are not my own deserts , but those of another . My being innocent of the crime of murder will not entitle me to an immortal crown , but a . vjbmission to His will who has permitted me to be brought thus low with an open and sincere confession of all my present and past youthful follies and imperfections , followed by genuine contrition and faith . These I have learned to believe are acceptable to our merciful and gracious Benefactor , whom I have so often offended .
" A man whom I have treated as my friend is the murderer of i > elarue . His own admission of the fact was the only means of extricating me from this unworthy endj He lias not came forward . Had I caused him to be apprehended , he would doubtlessly have denied it . I have been assured that had I not been found guilty of murder , I should have been transported for life for highway robbery . Such an alternative has failed to induce me to divulge what it is my resolution to die with inmy bosom . Let , th « n , tl-. is sentence ring in the murderer ' s tars ;—That be is not only the destroyer of Delarue , but me likewise . I did not lift a hand against deceased . There may even yet be found some harsh enough to brand me as a dying liar ; but , oh ' . if they knew what 1 , alas too well know , they would see tiie wrong they do mc . I have suffered too much , and am , while writing this , too weak and heart-broken to quit this world like an Atheist . Mv sorrows have been more than my
strength ( great as it has been ) could support . I am no longer ihe same young man who heard sentence of death passed without the distortion of a , muscle . My troubles , both sleeping aud awake , have so shaken me , that I find it more easy to weep than to smile . Every rising sun dispels the dark mystery of futurity . Already I see death approa Jiing me with increasing strides . At night when I lay iry poor aching head to rest , ere I can close my eyes , rudi itrnns of shame and infamy attend my pillow , aud , 0 ! what dnams ; one moment and all is passed . I am -. > g : ' . ' m at home ; every one cheering me with eager hands ' md hearts at my return—no longer condemned—nuloi ier unhappy . Then to wake and find i-ysdf stretched on a hard bed . snrm ! i * : Vr - ; - " ~ ' and gloomy wails , that de : iile my anguish and n : ockat my distress . Tl .-s is Vmerm-ss , indeed ! Then talk not to me of the awiu-ne .- - ; oi' dt-atu . ' Death is the only friend that can make : ii > . eiut < tor all my wretchedness ! Forme to continue sucl . as I am . were worse than ten thousand
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deaths . Even death on a scaffold ( that shameful end ) to me is far preferable to none . I am heartily sick of the world that has treated me as though I had always been a criminal in its estimation . No one ever suspected me guilty of any unlawful breach until I came hither , and yet no one would take me by the hand . Because I could spell and write , my poverty was a crime . Think you then my thoughts still lingered behind , and that I wished my days were renewed » My hopes of heaven are worth them all . My home and an isolated friend here and there are my only ottractions , and I trust I shall meet them soon where all is light and joyous—where the love of God is the only mystery—where holiness and pure intellect g J hand in hand ; and the tear of gratitude the only tear May you and I , my dear sir , and all those who arc dear to us , be welcomed there , is the dying prayer of " Your poor unfortunate , but faithful servant , "T . H . Hockeb . "The Rev . Mr . Davis , Ordinary—April 26 , 1845 . " j— ,. , -p .. ** „„ .. « ..,.... . . .. ...
LAST LETTERS OF 110 CKEU . Hocker had previously addressed the following letters to Mr . Sheriff Sidney : — "Sir , —For some time before you left me this morning , I had resolved to remain entirely mute on the subject which so deeply interests my very life . But fearing that I might have made a somewhat rash determination , I was glad of your offer to visit me again this afternoon . 1 have seriously considered your kind proposals again and again , and still the result is that I decline answering affirmatively . Believe me , sir , if I felt disposed to repose confidence in any one , it would be yourself . The female who wrote the letter , which we have all read so attentively over , is the same person to whom I alluded in my statement at my trial . She has already taken a very material step in my favour , and a very welcome one indeed it is to
me . I am now convinced that she will not sutler me to be sacrificed through her silence . It is in her power to clear me , and she will do it . I cannot do anything until she comes forward voluntarily . I am fully aware that bydeferring such an all-important disclosure , I expose myself to the most imminent danger , and this I have felt through the whole of ray misery , since the moment I was apprehended . I do not understand why she should , at such a time as this , have occasion to go to Bristol . I cannot comprehend that part of her letter at all . M y opinion is , that she will either make her appearance here , or write again to-morrow , or Thursday . God grant she may—until she do one or the other , I shall be in the most agitated state of suspense . " I remain , sir , your most grateful and obedient servant , "Thomas H , Hockeb . "Mr . Sheriff Sidney , Ludgate-hill , Tuesday evening . "
" Honoured and dear Sir , —The knowledge of being permitted to address you by letter I did not venture to anticipate , and such that I cannot half convey my sense of obligation to you . My condition is now a painful one indeed . The only prospect which this life at present holds out to me is immediate dissolution , attended by the cruel exultation of an unsyrapathisitig mob , and every species of ignominy . I need not assure you that I feel my unhappy lot keenly—most keenly—though I may try to shut my eyes against the recurrence of former and happier scenes . My dear parents—my unfortunate brother and my friends —who still own me , will force themselves upon my remembrance , rendering my distress well nigh insupportable . I am very far from wishing that any one should look upon my late strength of nerve as constitutional , or
acquired by callousness and obstinacy . No , no , my dear sir , I never boasted the possession of a heart devoid of feeling for another's misfortune , much less for my own . I am condemned to die the death of a malefactor , iu accordance with the deliberate , aud , I trust , conscientious decision of twelve of my countrymen , May they never bars cause to reproach themselves with hastiness in the discharge of so solemn a duty . lam perfectly resigned to my fate : I hope not from stoic principles , but from having seriously contemplated the reaUy awful consequences of quitting this bitter scene unprepared for immortality . I pray that pardon may be ^ awarded me , on deep contrition and prostration of soul , for my pastyouthful imprudence and sinfulness . I am persuaded that unless the natural heart be broken , aud renewed by divine
mercy , however noble and amiable it may be deemed by the world , it can never think of eternity without inwardly shuddering . 0 , that the Hock of Ages may so fix my wavering and roving mind , in his love , compassion , and power , that I may see my own wickedness and depravity , and look upon him with faith and humility as my guide and Saviour . It is time that I draw to a close ; but , before I conclude , suffer me for one moment to dwell on what perhaps ought to have formed the chief subject of this letter . While I was at Clwkenwell the very sound of'Newgate Prison' struck terror into me . I thought that when I should leave it , I might bid farewell to kindness , and honest , good-hearted men for ever . I found the officers there as so many exceptions to their general character . They treated mc with
the greatest consideration and kindness , and I shook hands with them all at parting with a heavy heart , while I listened to their good wishes for my happy success . 1 came hither expecting nothing but harshness , but how was I surprised to find that tho same benevolent feelings which I had so lately met witb were exercised almost more fully , if possible , by every one who had to do with me here ; and now that I think of it , I cannot but mention the brotherly sympathy and attention ofthe man who is appointed my keeper , to whom I owe a heart full of thanks ; when I have been at times melancholy or unwell he has taken it as much to heart as though I were his devoted friend ; indeed , he is the companion and sharer ofall my feelings—may he always have such a friend as he has been to me . But in justice to all connected with this place , I ought not to particularise , yet I must not
forbear the names of Mr . Davies , Mr . Cope , and Mr . Wright . While writing of them every grateful acknowledgment naturally follows . Last of all , though I may truly say the first in my thoughts , is yourself ; how can I speak of you as I feel ? You have interested yourself in my misfortune in a manner that I know of no other title than that of father mat is suited to you . Oh , may you never have the bitter experience of my poor father , but be rewarded with that peace of mind and tranquillity of conscience which ever attend the Christian philanthropist , and may you ultimately come to that crown of glory which fadeth not away , of which I humbly hope to be a partaker . "Believeme , Sir , "Your most grateful and faithful servant , " Mr . Sheriff Sidney . " " T . II . Hockeb .
After Hocker rose on Monday morning he asked for pens , ink , and paper , andsatoown and wrote two letters ; one was handed by him to the ordinary , and the second to the under governor , Mr . Wright . We refrain , from obvious reasons , from giving the names of the females he thus addressed ; but his letters to them were written , almost at the eleventh hour , in the same bold form and elegant handwriting which he had displayed in all his former correspondence . The first was dated on the morning of his execution , and was in these terms : —
Jfy very dear Sarah , —I have not had courage enough to address you since I was last with you . From the first moment of my acquaintance with you until the present , I have cherished the most genuine and respectful affection for you ; and though I made you many misrepresentations of my condition in life , had I lived I should have repaired them all ; but all is past , excepting my love for you , which survives every other feeling . May you be h » . pj , y yet , and may we meet in heaven . Your good friends , Mr . and 3 Irs . E ., will not spurn my dying respects and esteem , nor will our kind friend Miss E , disbelieve that I still feel every sentiment for her that I once professed to feel . I have given this my warmest kiss for you , my sweet love . Heaven bless you . Farewell , farewell . Yours , with ray dying blessing , Monday , 28 th April , 1845 . T . H . Hockeb , The second letter was in these terms : —
My still dearest Olivia , —I cannot quit this scene of heart-rending misery without addressing you a farewell line . My lot is a hard and a painf el one indeed ; and how . often have I thought of you , my first and dearest love , since my incarceration . I have had you in my remembrance both sleeping and awake , and every time my heart has been ready to burst . This is the last epistle I shall write . You arc deserving the best wishes of every one . You have my last blessing . Heaven bless you and make you its own , and oh . ' may we meet in heaven , where is no more separation—no more forgetfulness , but all is love and joy . Yours till the last , T . H . Hockeb . [ The letter alluded to in the first , from Hocker to Mr . Sheriff Sydney , lias not yet been made public . Perhaps , if there was one , the police have it , and are endeavouring to trace the writer . ]
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] May 3 , 1845 . THE NORTHERN STAR . . . . . ¦ - ¦ 5 I I h jtt I t vn i . .. . i ,.
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Attempt to Assassinate the Prussian Minister of War . —A letter from Berlin , of the 21 st ult ., gives the following account of a mad attempt to assassinate the Prussian Minister of War , General Baron de Boyen : — " A young sub-lieutenant of artillery , who had been a pupil at the military academy , introduced himself into the minister ' s cabinet , and , in a wild abrupt manner told him he had come to communicate to him a secret , by means of which he was certain , by one pass of his sword , of sending into the air a whole Russian army . Baron do Boyen , seeing with whom he had to deal , mildly and kindly replied that he was then too much engaged to confer with him on his secret , but would let him know
when he could receive him . The officer insisted upon being heard immediately , and as the minister persevered in bowing him out , he said , in a high tone , ' 1 am here in a house belonging to the state , and I have a right to speak in it as well as any other public functionary . ' After an interchange of a few more words , the * officer drew his sword , and was about to rush on the minjster , when some of the attendants , hearing the altercation , camo in and secured the infuriated man . Of the lunacy of the young officer little doubt can be entertained , although it is saidthat he had never before shown any symptoms of derangement , and , since his arrest , has conducted himself as if he was in the full enjoyment of his intellectual faculties . "
Singular Fatality . —A British soldier accidentally fell into the water at Quebec , Canada , a few days since , when a sentinel walking by attempted to get him out by reaching him the butt of his musket . The drowning man grasped the weapon , and in his str angles , it was discharged ; the content * entered the head of the sentinel and killed him instantlv . —American paper .
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Mnr awKiif TippEiuuv .-On Sunday night , the 20 th ult ., an armed party of ten men broke into the house of John Flanagan , atShallcc , and beat him in a most cruel and savage manner , and endeavoured to put him out , but from the exertions of his wife and himself they were unable to do so . His skull is badlv fractured , having received eight or nine cuts on the heaa « and his body beaten almost to a mummy , fhey beat his wife also in a very savage maimer , aiid then retired . On leaving thev desired him to give up the land , about three or four acres , which he had held for a considerable time . [ Another account savs Flanagan is dead . ] ^ .. „» - ~ . .....
Fiuesear Sudbury , Suffolk . —The cry of fire was raised in Sudbury on Tuesday night , which aroused the inhabitants , who ran in ' all directions The whole town was illuminated . The fire was about six miles off , between Cornard and Bure . « . on the farm in the occupation of Mr . W . Taylor . The house and all the farm buildings , implements , several horses , pigs , and fowls were destroyed : no furniture was saved . The family were just about retiring for the night when the alarm was given . It is supposed to be the act of an incendiary . On Friday last , a fire occurred at , or near Haverhill , in Suffolk , and property to a great amount was destroyed .
The Muhukuln St . Giles ' s . —Adjourned Inquest . —On Wednesday the inquest ; on the body of Mary Brothers was resumed , at the Angel Inn , Bloomsbnry . The jury assembled at ten o ' clock aud entered the inquest-room . The public and the reporters were informed that they could not then be admitted , but that the court would be opened at a more advanced stage of the proceedings . A ftcr the lapse of about a quarter of an hour the doors were opened , and Mr , Wakley rose and said , —Gentlemen , you will remember that at our last meeting in this room , on the 9 th of April , the inquiry then in progresswasadjourned until the present time , under the following circumstances : —I do not think it necessary to recapitulate all the evidence , but you will all of you remember that the last witness then examined was the woman
Bridget ltonaync . That witness said that she had seen a man near the scene of the murder , and had also heard him make use of threats towards the deceased . She did not know the name of that man , but said that she was so well acquainted with his features that she could pick him out from among a thousand , or recognize him twenty years hence . The prisoner then in custody was not produced with a view to his identification , and a bar being thus put to your further proceedings , you adjourned , in order that time might be afforded for his production before this Court , and proper measures taken to insure his attendance . In the same week a man named Joseph Connor , the suspected person , had a true till found against him for the murder . He was arraigned on » i . i « i i i i _ i ( i xi . i it . . 'ii ii nil . maictment ivoi
me , ana pieaaea - utuncy . xnese facts , wliich took place after the inquest was adjourned , had a most important influence on tho case . Immediately after the man was indicted I took the opinion of counsel as to whether an application to the court of Queen's Bench had better be made to order the production ofthe man Joseph Connor before you . The counsel were Mr . Fitzroy Kelly , Queen's counsel ; Mr . Roebuck , Queen ' s counsel ; and Mr . Pctersdorff . All the facts that had come before you were presented to them , and all the circumstances explained ; and those gentlemen were unanimously and strongly of opinion that under the present aspect of affaire the application for . a writ to the Court of Queen ' s Bench should not be made , as the trial of the prisoner was secured by the finding of tho true bill , and that
circumstance rendered it _ not only possible but probable that the application would be refused , and that refusal would injure the cause for which we were contending in the public opinion . To this decision I was compelled to submit , as , having applied for the advice . of counsel , I could not consistently go against it when I had received it . Mr . Kelly , however , entertained so strong a feeling of the justice of our cause that he went so far as to say , that if another case of a similar nature should occur , he would go at once personally , and move for a writ for the production of the prisoner . In tins case , however , you are interrupted in the proper discharge of your duties , and the administration of justice is grossly and openly interfered with , by persons whom I will not name . We are now in the same position as when we
last met , and I now ask you whether you will go on with any further evidence , or at once conclude the case and . return your verdict ?—Mr . Rogers , the foreman of the jury , said : Mr . Coroner , we might have found such a verdict at our last meeting , and , therefore , all our time has been wasted . We were aware in this case there was a strong contest going on between two authorities , and , as honest members of society , we were anxious that the struggle should terminate in favour of law and justice ; but still we felt that any bad feeling and contest between twopublicauthorities was nonprejudicial and indecent . When we adjourned on the 9 th of April it was under the impression that yen intended to apply to the Court of Queen's Bench , in order that the case might be finally settled , but it seems you have
not done so . We wished that it should at once be decided from the head authority in the law , and that authority has not been applied to . The circumstances of the case may be altered , but still the application was necessary , " in order that we might be informed why the usual course of the law was interrupted in this case . The Lord Chief Justice would , even if he had refused the writ , have given some reason for that refusal , aud the jury would then know how to act . I hope that in other cases you may have a jury equally anxious to see the law ' carried into effect—you could not have one who could * e more so than we are . We are stopped in our inquiry by the detention of the prisoner by other authorities , and I therefore submit that we at once give a verdict , as we can have no evidence that will show the identity
of the prisoner , —Mr . Wakley said , it is strange that an application was made at the Old Bailey for the postponement of the trial , on the ground that it was necessary to secure the attendance of some witnesses who could show that the prisoner was not near the murdered woman ' s house when the murder was committed . Ever since I have been coroner I have not known a single instance where a man charged with murder has been committed on the first examination . In this case the accused party has not had time to collect his witnesses , aud the hasty committal had certainly impeded the law . —The Jury then expressed a wish to consider of their verdict , and the room was cleared of strangers . During this absence Mr . Wakley ( as was afterwards stated ) endeavoured to explain the reasons for his not-having applied to the Court of Queen ' s Bench . All the jury , with the exception of Mr . Rogers , expressed their approbation of Mr . Waklcy ' s conduct . Mr . Rogers adhered to the
opinions he expressed . After the lapse of three quarters of an hour , the court was vc-opened , and Mr . Rogers read the following verdict : — " We find that the deceased , Mary Brothers , was wilfully murdered by some person or persons unknown , and the jury think that they have been prevented bv the conduct of the police authorities from pursuing their investigation in a more satisfactory manner . "—Mr . Wakley said , that under the circumstances , the verdict was very moderate . —M ?! Rogers said that the jury did not wish to express all they _ felt on the subject . —The Jury then expressed their pleasure at the strenuous endeavours of Mr . Wakley to get justice done , and remarked that he had put himself to considerable expense to attain that object . —Mr . Wakley said that he regretted that they had not been successful . There would have been no such annoyance to a jury in any other county in England . The magistrates had no right to interfere with the duties of the coroner . The jury then separated .
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Amalgamation of Trades , —Meeting at Bradford . —A public meeting of the Woolcombers , and Trades generally , was held on Monday evening , in front of the Odd Fellows' Hall , to take into consideration the propriety of an amalgamation of the Trades of Bradford with the proposed Association of United Trades of Great Britain ; also the necessity of petitioning Parliament for an inquiry into the sanatory condition of the WooIcomb » rs of Bradford aud neighbourhood . Mr . Joseph Ilaislrick was called to the chair , who opened the proceedings by reading the placard calling the meeting , and briefly referred to the objects ami proposed remedies . ' lie then called George Roberts to move the first resolution , as follows : — " Resolved , that as the sanatory condition
of large towns is at length becoming a subject of consideration with all classes of society , wc feel constrained to express our conviction of ' the great necessity which exists for some regulations on this allimportant matter . And we are further of opinion , that not only the preservation of the health , but the conservation of tho morals of the working classes of this town , calls loudly and imperatively for the establishment of well ventilated siiops for manufacturing purposes ; thus removing the necessity which now compels thousands to horde together in filthy sties unfit for human habitations , ' wliich serve it ' s bed-rooms , workshops , and very often as hospitals , for the unhappy inmates . Such being injurious to health and revolting to common decency , we heartily solicit the co-operation ofthe well-deposed ofall classes to assist in putting a stop to such a crying grievance . " Mr . Spur seconded the resolution , and observed that thirty years' experience had convinced him that each year was worse than the former for
the workmen . He could remember when the master would sit in the workshop and be free with his workpeople ; but they hardly ever saw them now , unless in their gigs or curricles . Tho operative was looked on as part of the machinery left to the care ol an overlooker , who thinks there is nothing but oil wanting to keep him in motion , like the rest of his machinery . Mr . Georcro Flvnn sunported the resolution in an able and eloquent speech . He observed that he was charged bv some of their oppressors with having a little more knowledge than the rest ot his fellow workmen ; and iu the eyes of a nulj-mastor that was a crime of no small degree . Well , how was he situated to be able to acquire that knowledge ? lie lived in . a cellar , nine feet by seven . This dwelling ivas his worlcshop , his bed-room , his kitchen , his study ; and not unfrequenti . y his hospital . Could any man live thus , and not " acquire knowledge ? " Was he to close his eyes to the fact , that while he was obliged to toil in such a position , the fruit of his labour was filched from him . and
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splendid mansions arose in every direction around him , inhabited by those who mocked him with expressions of sympathy . Read the history of Bradford : and there they would find that some fifty years back the workman could enjoy himself in the pure air of heaven after his day's work . He could observe the finny tribe , sporting in the limpid stream that flowed through the town : but now , were he to walk along the banks of the same stream , instead of the pure air of heaven , the chance would be that- he would meet with pestilence or putrid fever . At all events , he would be certain of catching more disease than trout . Mr . Flvnn was loudly cheered . At tiie conclusion of his address the rain fell in torrents , and vet not a man of the vast assembly stirred . Mr .
Robert Cutler moved the second resolution as follows : — " That as the experience of years has proved that the employers oflabour are almost universally opposed to the well-being of the working classes -, and " its remonstrances and supplication has failed to produce the desired effect , the time has at length arrived when all who value their dearest interests should speak out , and with a united and determined resolve , stand forth in the presence of their oppressors , and declare that they will no longer quietly submit whilst their families are plundered of the means of existence . " Mr . John Clarke seconded k , and William Dawson , in a brief speech , supported it . lie road from the Northern Star the Address of the Trades' delegates , and nvaed on the meetinu to take
the question up with spirit ; for to it they must come sooner or later . At this stage of the proceedings an adjournment was proposed to the large room in the Odd Fellows' Hall , as it was impossible for the people to stand in the rain . Accordingly the meeting adjourned to the spacious hall , which ' was crowded , hundreds being unable to obtain admission . On the business being resumed , Mr . Robert Sedgwick , mechanic , a delegate to the Conference , was called on to move the third resolution , as follows : — " That the p lans and propositions brought forward by the National Trades Conference are entitled to the serious consideration ofall good men ; and whilst we are determined to assume that bold front which becomes the producers of the nation's wealth , wc are not
unmindful of those moral and intellectual resources , calculated to emancipate tho toiling millions from their present thraldom ; and we hereby pledge ourselves to co-operate with our suffering ' fellow workmen throughout the united kingdom , in the onward movement proposed by the late Conference . " Mr . Smyth , delegate to the Shoemakers' Conference , seconded it , and Mr . G-. White , delegate to the general Trades Conference , ' supported it . He considered the time had arrived iov the Trades' to stand forward as men . Let them have no more complaints or . bickering ; but let every man go from that meeting determined to act his part . Mr .
Jabez Atkinson also addressed the meeting . The fourth resolution was moved by Robert Mullen , delegate to the Trades Conference : — " That , as the grievances of the Woolcombers of this town have been frequently laid before our employers ; and as our complaints have been met by prevarication and evasion on their part ; and as the indirect encroachments on our wages are not confined to isolated firms , but have now become general ; we , therefore , resolve that the following list of prices fee presented to every manufacturer in the town , by a deputation from this meeting , in order to prove the universal dissatisfaction which exists , and our fixed resolve to be properly remunerated for our labour . Proposed list of
prices-English wools ;—All sorts , under 3 d . per lb ., id . lb . advance . " from ! 3 d . to 5 d . " 1 d . " " " from 5 d . upwards " lid . " " Foreign Wools ;—All sorts , under Is . 2 d . per lb . advance . " from Is . to Is . 3 d . 3 d . " " " from 15 d . to Is . ( id . 4 d . " " " from 18 d . upwards fid . " " this statement , however enormous it mav appear , being in our opinion no more than equivalent to the indirect reduction lately made . " It was seconded by George Wilson , who declared tie was anxious to see God ' s curse carried into effect : for man was doomed to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow ; but they
now compelled him to sweat , while the employers took the bread and consumed it without sweat . Formerly they had only one class of politicians to contend against ^ but now they had blue , with yellow and green into the bargain . The reductions made on them by the indirect mode , was from lid . per lb . on some sorts , and 6 d . on foreign . Would they longer submit to be thus plundered by sympathising philosophers ? Let them unite as one man , and victory was sure to be on their side . —Mr . John CaiT next addressed the meeting on the nature of the reductions , made at a time when trade iva . t never known to 6 c tetter . —Miss llothwell , treasurer to the Power Loom Weavers' Society , was loudly called for ; and on making her appearance , was received with
three rounds of cheers . She hoped the meeting would not view her in the light of one wishing to depart from the usual reserve and modesty of her sex ; and trusted they would excuse in her the want- ot that eloquence which had been so ably displayed by the preceding speakers . In addressing a meeting , composedof hundreds of thinking men , she keenly felt her situation ; and was aware that among the ranks of the middle and upper class , she would obtain the unenviable epithet of a bold and forward girl ; but , should that be the case , they who would thus charge her , should ramembcr that the blame lay at their own door . The persecution of herself and family had caused her to reflect ; and that which was to her a mystery , and buried in obscurity , was
now clear and plain before her mind ' s eye . Hal Mr . Trimble not discharged her brother sisters , and herself , for the high crime of attending a meeting on Good Friday , to take into consideration the means of bettering the condition of the Power Loom Weavers , she should still have been the unreflecting slave of the power loom , without the cause being ascertained why she was a slave . Her father was discharged because her brother was chairman of the meeting alluded to ; and her sister was discharged hecause she ( Miss Rothwell ) had accepted the office of treasurer ; but she was thankful to Mr . Trimble for that circumstance . It had aroused thought and reflection , and she , now plainly discovered that he who was busy in filching
the trade from their homes , was also using every means in his power to assimlatc the wages of this country to that of his German serfs . J ' ut how widely different were the burdens on each ! < * > hile here we groaned under the weight , theirs was comparatively light . The object of the employers was to keep their workpeople in ignorance ; and to this end the most licentious overlookers were placed over them . But the time was approaching when the mind of the Powevloom Weavers would rise above their thraldom ; and she now warned the employers , that the day was fast approaching when the tyranny practised on them would end for ever , and the sun of freedom and virtue rise to shine refulgent- to the end of time . She would never again be the slave of an Enrfish
tyrant : much less would she submit to the thrnhlom of a foreign oppressor , While she . had a totigue to proclaim the wrongs of sisters in slavery ; while a drop of British blood flowed in her veins , she would strive for the emancipation of her class ; and ere long they would find that the female workers in Bradford would be a powerful auxiliary in the onward march to " a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . " Miss Rothwell sat down loudly cheered . Mr . Smyth moved a vote of thanks to Miss Rothwell for the patriotic spirit she had displayed . Mr . George Flynn seconded the motion , which was carried by acclamation . Mr . G . White moved tbe adjournment of the meeting to Monday next , to meet in Peckover-walks , at nine o ' clock in the morning . This was unanimously carried , and the meeting separated .
WooLcoauiERs' Strike—On Friday the Woolcombers in the employ of Mr . Rand turned out for an advance of wages . For a considerable time past this gentleman , a Conservative free-trader , baa been in the habit of altering thenames of his sorts of wool , and thus reducing the wages of his workmen . The name , ov mark , of the highest price sort of wool vanished as if by magic , and a new name , or mark , was adopted , or the mark of the next in price was substituted ; and so on throughout the whole of the sorts , By this process the Woolcomher was reduced from a halfpenny to twopence per pound ; anil the manufacturer enabled to preserve the price in the market , as tiie purchaser was ignorant of any reduction in the wages of the Woolcomher having taken place , while the master ' s profits increased in proportion to the reductions made in wages . Two schools have been opened by the turn-outs for the children working in the mill : and thus they have stopped a great portion of tluftuachinerv .
Bradford . —A public meeting of the Woolcombers will be held in Pcckover-walks , at nine o'clock , on Monday morning . It is expected that 10 , 000 will attend , and form a deputation to the employers to demand an advance of wages . The Members of the Shokmakebs' Society will meet iu the large room of the Boy and Barrel Inn , Westgate , on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock . Public Meeting in Manchester on the Trades Conference . —The meeting was held on Saturday evening last about a quarter past eight , in the Meal House , Nicholas-croft , Shude-hill . William George Chadwick was called to the chair , and called the attention ofthe meeting to the great object of the labourers' struggle . Mr . James GoukVm , tbe secretary of the Association , then read the report and address
from the committee appointed by the Conference , which was very well received . Mr . W . Wilson , the delegate from the Makcrs-up Conference , who strongly urged the necessity of a btucr organisation amongst the working classes , and bore testimony to the honest and just view of the p > oviswnal committee and the delegates from the different parts ot the empire , showing that all men ot ; .-otto unite upon this question without rvpaul to any ; arty views . Air . Thomas Hackney , the debate trcm the Hydraulic Packers to the Conference , regreUd the apathy of the working classes , and sugacstd that no blame could fairk be attached to the employers and the aristocracy while the working cla-jsts were so neglectful of ' their own interest . He spoke much in favour of short hours of labour awl til i possession of tbe land , to place the unemployed manufacturers
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to employment in agriculture , so as to act-reciprocally , lie advocated the establishment of Boards of Trade for the regulation of wages and settlement of differences , maintaining that the wages of the operatives would be better equalised , and kept at a maximum bv such means . He spoke also ot the flimsv manner of manufacturing articles ot wear in general use , and contended that the proposed Boards of Trade would cause a better material to be made . He made remarks upon the increase of commerce and the increase of poverty , caused by the misapplication of chemical and mechanical powers , and deprecated the preference given to female and infant labour , to the prejudice of the male adult . He concluded , amidst loud applause , by recommending all to do their utmost to timet a better union amongst themselves and their employers , and carry out the objects of the Trades Conference . A member of the Smallwarc Weavers' Society approved of the object of Conference in irivine suimort to anv strike ap-... _ .,..
proved ot by the Kxecutivo of the United Trades , and spoke highly of applying their thuds to the laud . He also commented on the aristocratical differences which have existed hitherto amongst the working classes , and urged union amongst all all workers . Mr . Whitworth proposed , aud Mr . MiuTiiicrscromled , thejt ' ollowing . which was earned unanimously : — "That tin ' s meeting approves of the spirit of the Trades Conference lately held in London , and pledges itself , by aU legal means , to carry out tho objects of the same . " Sir . Henry Garstang moved , and Mr . Monks seconded , a vote of thanks , which was carried amidst much applause , to Mr . Richard Wilson and Mr . Thomas Hackney , the delegates for their conduct at the Conference . A vote of thanks was also moved and seconded by the delegates to Conference , Messrs . Wilson and Hackney , to Mr . T . S . Duncombe , for bis conduct at tbe Conference , and bis honourable conduct us " Labour ' s representative in Parliament : " which was carried with much applause , and the meeting then broke up .
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Westminster . — A meeting will be held at the Sun and Thirteen Cantons ( Clock House ) , Caatlcstreet , Leicester-square , on Sunday evening , at eight precisely . Tower Hamlets . —The monthly meeting of the General Councillors will he held at the . Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , Spitalfields , on Sunday evening , . it six o ' clock . —The members of the locality are requested to meet at eight o ' clock , on business of importance , WniTEcitAPEi .. —Mr . Bolwell , of Bath , will lecture at the White Horse , St . Maiy ' s-strcet , on Sunday evening .
Mn . Doyie , of the Executive , will lecture on Situday evening , at Mr . Duddridgc ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridgc-strcct , New-road . Maryleboxe . —A public meeting will take place on Monday evening , at the Coachpainters' Arms , Circusstreet , ' New-road , for the purpose of hearing the report from the delegate from the Conference . Marylebose . —Mr . Thomas Clark will deliver a lecture on Trades Unions , tit the Conch Painters ' Arms , Circus , Marylebone , at eight o ' clock , on Sunday evening . The Victim Fund Committee , appointed by the late Convention , will meet at the Hall , Turnagainlanc , at two o'clock to-morrow ( Sunday ) .
Ihe Localities m the various Metropolitan Boroughs arc requested to call public meetings immediately ( in accordance with Hie instructions of the late Convention ) , to appoint one person from each locality in the Borough , to form , in conjunction with the Executive , a Central Registration and Election Com mittee . Each locality is also requested to elect one person , to form , in conjunction with the Executive , the Exiles' Restoration Committee . —T . M . Wheeler ,
Secretary . City Chartist Hall , 1 , Tuvnagain-lane . —The adjourned discussion will be resumed on Sunday morning next , at half-past ten . The metropolitan district council will meet at three precisely , to consider the measures of the recent Convention . In the evening , at seven , Mr . P . M'Grath will deliver a public lecture . Hammersmith . — A meeting will be held at the Dun Cow , Brook-green-lane , on Tuesday evening , aft eight o ' clock precisely .
Camberwell and Walworth . —A meeting will be held at the Montpclier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening , at eight precisely . Metropolitan District Council , 1 , Turnagaiulane , Sunday , April 27 th ; Mr . Milne in the chair . — Several reports were delivered in . Mr . hinder moved , " That the question of tlm proceedings of the Convention stand adjourned until Sunday next , in order that the matters may be thoroughly digested . " This was seconded by Mr . Simpson , and earned unanimously . Honour to the Champions of Free Thought . —> A soiree of the friends of Mr . G . J . Holyoake , to
take leave of him previous to his departure tor Glasgow , will be held at the Hall of Science , City-road , on Sunday May 11 th . Mr . Julian Harney will take the chair , " aud Mr . Thomas Paterson will be present . Tickets may be had of Mr . Watson , Paufs-alley Paternoster-row ; Mr . Hctherington , Holywell-strcet Mr . Powell , 266 , Strand ; Mr . Stewart , 23 , Johnstreet , Tottenham-court-road ; Social Institution , 5 , Charlotte-street , Blackfriar ' s-road ; Ditto , Highstreet , Whitechapcl ; Ditto , Frederick-place , Go « . well-road ; Hall of Science , City-road ; and at the Parthcnium , 72 , St . Martin's-lane .
Chartist Hall , Blackfriars-road . — 'The Lambeth Chartists will meet at the above hall on Sunday evening , at six o'clock , to take up their cards of membership . Bradford . — The Chartists of the ccn tralloca lity will meet on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , ia the council-room , Buttcrworth-buildings . The members of the council will meet at two o ' clock in the afternoon . A full attendance is expected . Rochdale . —Mr . Ambrose Hurst , of Oldham , will deliver two lectures on Sunday , in the Chartist Association Room , Mill-street . Persons wishing to correspond with the Chartists of Rochdale will please direct to " Mr . Charles Shaw , Church-hill . " North Nottinghamshire . —The council will meet at the New Inn , Carrington , on Sunday afternoon next , at four o ' clock precisely .
Leeds . —Mr . George White will deliver a lecture to-morrow ( Sunday ) evening , iu the Bazaar , at half past six o'clock . A Camp Meeting will be held in the afternoon , at two o ' clock , on Richmond-hill , Bank . Mr . White and other friends will attend . Mr . David Ross will deliver two lectures on Whit-Sunday , in the afternoon and evening , when collections will be made in aid of the Sunday school . Mottham is Losgde . nimle . — Mr . William Dixon , will lecture in the Association Roam , opposite the Bull ' s Head , on Sunday , at two in the afternoon , and six in the evening . N ewcastle-upon-Tyxe . —The Chartists of New * castle and Gateshead will hold their monthly meeting ut Mr . Martin Judo ' s , Sun Inn , Side , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock .
Halifax . —Mr . B . llushton will lecture on Tuesday next , in the large room , Bullclosc-la : ie , at six o ' clock . IIr , M > Es-BniDGE . —A ball and other entertainments will be held in the Democratic Chapel , on Whit Monday , the 12 th of May , at six o ' clock in the evening . Sheffield . —On Sunday a discussion will take place in the Reading-room j 21 , Fig Tree-latie—subject , " Organisation of Land Schemes . " Tho chair to be taken at seven o'clock precisely . On Wednesday , a meeting of the members will be held to pass tlic monthly accounts , and take into consideration the amended plan of organisation as agreed to by the annual Convention .
West Riding Delegate Meeting . —The next West Riding delegate meeting will be hoklen on Sunday , May 11 th , in the Working Man ' s Hall , Bullcloselane , Halifax . To commence attwelve o ' clock .
BIRTH . Christened , at Thornley church , on Sunday , April 27 th , Isabella Roberts No why , daughter of John and Isabella Newby . MARRIED . March 31 , at Washington , Mr . Thomas Newby , widower , draper and tailor , to Miss Bavbary Burlenson . DIED . April 21 , at Thornley , Elizabeth O'Connor Newby , daughter of John and Isabella Newby , merchant tailor , aged four vein's .
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JUST PUBLISHED , PRICE NINEPENCE . ON THE CONNKCT 10 X HETWKEN GEOLOGY AND THE PENTATEUCH , in a Letter to Professor Silli man- lly Thomas Coopkb , M . D . To which is added an Appendix . s . d . TlusFvccTliiokev , by I'ttw Amwtt V ( J Watson Refuted , by Samuel Francis , M . i > . ... 0 8 Moulangcr ' s Life of St . Paul 1 0 Ererot ' s Letter from 'i'lirn ? l > iiHis to Leucippe ... 10 How did England become an Oligarchy ? Addressed to Parliamentary Reformers . To which is added a short treatise on the First Principles of Political Government . By Jonathan Duncan , Esq l n Thompson's Inquiry into the Principles of the Distribution Of Wealth . 1 Vol ., cloth , boa'' ^ 5 o Thompson's Appeal of Woman , 1 Vol . ... ... i 8
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