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      iiASSios iiousS . eATCBniT . -Sntw-siMSG . -Mvs . Oumpis , « mkcntUe looking mi-Mk-ag ed woman , was brou S ht before the Lord Haver * charged by Mr . KoseiMoom , a Jew flop seller , whodq < ostdll » at he had given her out the materials for making a dozen shirts , which she had neglected to return . She did the same thing twelve months ago . —The poor woman pleaded tiiat she had no dishonest intention—she had the materials all safe in court . —She was committed Jo Bridewell for one month . A SnoEMiWB is Tuornir . —TViiisain Young , a youth , was charged with retaining the materials for making two pair of boots . John Spode deposed that he had given out the materials to the young man , and he had failed to make them up . —The prisoner made no defence , and was committed to Uridewell for two mon . lis .

      Dxsriicnos . —Eliza Smithwich , a miserable-looking female , was brought up in custody of policeman 470 , who -deposed tliat he was on duty at six o ' clock this morning , when the prisoner came up to him on his bent in the Poultry , and said she had just broken a window , lie Trent with her to the Jlausiun-hoase , tvlicre she puimed < fflt to llhn a broken pane of yhiie , appareally very recently fractured , aud which was of the value of Ts . ; he then took her into custody . The prisoner said she had jme from Cxbtidge ; she could get no employment ; she had nothing to eat , nor had $ ln any home to go to ; she had therefore committed the misdemeanour m order tiiat she might be committed to prison . His Lordshiji lined her 40 s . or two months imprisonment iu Uridewell , with which she appeared well pleased .

      MOSDAV . —CltABGE OF llESEKTlNC A ChILO . — A VOUllg tvoman , named Margaret Shauncssy , was brought up , charged with baring deserted her child . —Mr . James Thome , who stated tliat he was a wine merchant , and rc-« ded jtt 1 , Chapel-court Poultry , in the parish of St . 3 Iildred , deposed that on Saturday last , at about haltyast three o ' clock , the prisoner came to his couiiting-hoiisc uith sa infant iu her anus , lie went up stairs , and about five minutes afterwards was called down , when he fmnd that a female infant hfd been left at his door . He put the child into the care of a noliceman . —Mr . Charles Lewis , a merchant ' s clerk , stated * that at the time inentione-1 he went up Chapel-court , ands : iw two women , one < t whom was tlie prisoner , in the court Immediately ; afterwards he saw the prisoner put down a baby at -Mr . Tlmnits door and walk awar . He told the pcEceniaii ot tiie circum-Manceand followed the prisoner V > fiiisbury-paveinent ,

      , » htre she was taken into custodv .- -The Lord Mayor : "Wai , prisoner , what can vou si v juansif . ™ i r ' Charge ' -The Prisoner- Please vour vviWJ ' , Mr . lhorue is the father of tlie child . I had a summons v » st , 11 ! 1 io oblige him to support it , but he denied that he " , V father , and the summons was discharged , because hi . lie * . I put down the child because 1 k :: e » that 1 was sedi , aud I wanted to be brought before your lordship , and t » £ i t Support f « r it . —Ihe Lord Mayor : You deserted the chad . —The Prisoner : So , nvybr-J , I never meant to do anything of the kind . I wanted protection for it , for I have no wav of supjiorting it myself . —Mr . Thome most p ositivel y denied that he was tlie father of the child , or " that the voung woman had any claim whatever upon him . —A person of verv resiiectable appearance- state ! that she the

      resided in Great Winchestcr-strcct , and that prisoner lad lived with her as servant ; and a better servant could notbefound . She ( the lady ) had the highest opinion ot the poor creature ' s integrity , aud would tsffst willingly , if the child were provided for , again oini &>? her . —Hie Lord . Mayor : It is a case iu which I have no alternative but to commit for trial for the desertion of the child . If it had not been for this voung man ( Lewis ) she would have left it . there wholly unprotected . —The Prisoner : I knew it was ttea , my lo rd ; I kuew the police saw it , and I had no Other way , for the parish would doaething : nohody would do anything fur mc—The Lord itayor : For flic sake of Miv infant it is indispensable that I should commit the prisoner . The case trill I * taken into consMk-n ^ ion oy the court , and the child wfll be protected . —The prisoner -tpfis then committed .

      TOESDAY . -wASSAClT AKD KaltBEHt . —tllOfflSS Cap-Juun , a cab-driver , and John Harris , his companion , were charged before IBC Lord -Uayor under the fblloniiigcircumstances ^ -H . Ferguson , timekeeiier on the lilackwau Railway , stated that on Saturday night , at half-past ten O ' clock , he was in the Minories giving a direction to a person , when Capham , who was driving a cab , struck him on ihe head with a whip and knocked off his hat , after which the cabman got off the box and grappled with him , and lore off Ms stuck , in which was fastened a diamond breast fin which cost £ 2 . Harris drove off tiie cab , leaving Cap . ham engaged with witness , who believed that CajihamV . n the row took the diamond pin as well as tlie stock . Witness also believed that his hat was taken away in tr . e cah , and the whole transaction took place without ^ . y provocation upon the part of the witness , who merely struggled to defend himself . Capham , after the outra ge made his escape . In his cross-examination by Ifr . Kobinson for Hams , the witness said he both felt r , nd saw Capham drag at his stock aud diamond pnu ^ le grasped the whip assailed

      with which he had been , a . nd wrested it from his assailant—George J . Ferguses brother to the prosecutor , stated that he was in the company of tiie last witness when Capham struck the hat oft " . Witness went to take the Sumberjof the cab , and Hsrris struck him , and they had a ^ trusgle together , aud Karris made his nose Weed . Harass then drove eS tht ' cab , aud Capuam disappeared , and afterwards witness ' s brother complained of having lost lis stock and diamond pin . —James Marihi stated tliat he saw tiie prosecutor aud Capham struggling together , and tiie former said , " Do you see what heis at f" and called ont for the malice , aad said he had lost his stock and ] en directly afterwards . — The Lord Mayor : 1 have looked anost scrupulously into this case , and 1 am come to this decision , —I sentence Capham , for his flagrant conduct as a cab-driver , td imprisonment in Bride-veil for twouwuths and his license shall be cancelled : aud I adjudge Harris to be his own surety in tlie sum of £ Si ) , and to find two sureties to the amount of £ 40 each , to appear at the next quarter sessions to answer any charge which Mr . Ferguson may bring against him .

      GUILDHALL . Fsiendlt Societies take Cabe !—Mr . Pylc . landlord of the Coopers' Arms , Fish-street Hill , was summoned by jlir . Samuel Edwards , secretary to the Loyal St . Pauls lodge of the Order of Old Friends , for retaining possession of two desks , of the value of eight pouuds , tlie property of the trustees of the Gift Fund belonging to the said lodge . Mr . Hobler attended for the complainant , and stated that the defendant was the treasurer of the society . The defendant not having given the required securities , the majority of the members desired to remove , and came to a resolution to that effect , but the defendant , who was a member of the Lodge , refused to give up tlie desks containing the books and papers of tiie society . — Jlr . Alderman Wood etoiiped the case on the ground that

      defendant , being a member of the society , it not being enrolled , could not be sued by tlie other members . Mr . Phelon , who ajipeared for the defendant , said that had the case not been stopped on the grounds set forth , he should have opposed the summons on the ground that it was an illegal society , possessing all the regalia , signs , j > ass-words , aud oilier formula ; of a secret society . In fact , every member of it was liable to be prosecuted . Mr . " Wood remarked , if that was the case , then there waa no security foi the great mass of benefit societies iu existence , as most of them were secret orders . Mr . l'helen : Precisely so . He would remark , with regard to tiie defendant , lhatit was only a minority who brought the present action , tlie majority being in favour of staying at his house . The summons was then dismissed .

      Tc £ jdat . —A Parson ' s Hog . —The Law ' s Jcstice . — TheKev . Dr . IVatkius , «> f Turuwhcel-laiie , Cannon street , attended upon summons before Mr . Alderman Ciiallis , to answer the comjuaint of Mr . Wilkinson , a tallow-chandler , in Hounusditch , for suffering t <> be at large unmuzzled a ierocious dog , whcrcLy Nathaniel Wilkinson , his son , was bitten . ThevK-y stated thai he went <•« Sunday afternoon , thetSnd ult , " Grasewood's livery a"d bait stables , inFinsbury , and saw the clergyman ' s coach dog there . Jle attempted to read the inscription on the dog ' s collar , and the dog immediately turned round and bit him in ihc race . His father took him to a surgeon , who deemed it proper to cut out and cauterize tlie part bitten . Tiie father handed in the surgeon ' s hill of £ 1 Is ., and s-iid he had requested payment of the rev . gentleman , who refused io pay it The rev . gentleman cross-examined the buy , who -admitted that the affair occurred titTtv yards from ihe

      common highway ; that he was warned uot to touch ihe dog , aud tliat after that he touched the dug ' s colhr for the purpose ofrcading the inscription , lie entered the stableyard on business . Mr . Alderman Challis said the stat te which imposed a penalty on sufiering dogs accustomed to bite to go at large unmuzzled applied only to thoroughfares , aud not to the interior of houses or yards . He had , therefore , n . ptmer to inflict a fine ; but the caution that the boy was i .-ot to ii-crh the d . 'g implied that he was accustomed J-. , bile , and slfuld lie taken care of ; aud he should recommend Dr . Watkius to pay the surgeon's bill . T ! = e Jlev . Jir- U ' askius said I : e wutuil , if the Alderman Ordered it : if Hoi , lie would give the lather only half a = >« - rcrdgu , lest lit- siiotiitl provoke 50 . pic to tease his dog and put it 011 its st-h-defciicc . in the hope of being bitten , and extracting money from the owner ' s pocket . Mr . Alderman Challis couies-id he could not wake any order ; and the fart . tr accepted the half sovereign as a compensation .

      lloVT STREET . Satcedat . —Assai-li . — JIary Ann Eccles , a young woniau , who lives iu Hi'kc-street , was brought up on the charge of having violently assaulted Emma Smith , a resident iu the same suvet . The complainant deposed that she was coming home earl y in the morning , and in goipg along Maiden-lane she found the defendant lying ou the pavement Having some slight knowledge of her , she attempted to raise her , with tlieobjcci of taking her home , when she started up , struck her « u the face a severe blow , then seized upon her bonnet , which she tore into shreds . The complainant being thus assailed , called out for the

      pohcCjOn which the defendant , perceiving a constable approaching , seized the umbrella of the complainant , aud ran off . Shortly after the complainant met tlie defendant with the umbrella iu her hand . She desired her to re-Store it quietly , which she rei ' used . Complainant then sought for a police-officer , a ! , d had her taken into custody . In the interim the defendant had got rid of the umbrella . The prisoner deaied all knowledge of tlie umln-dla , Ulid contended shat the complainant had assaulted her first Mr . Jardine ordered m-r to joy -3 s . o " d . ; ; is . foi the umbrella , and i ' s . < M . i ' , r the bonnet . In default of payment , to be imprisoned iu the House of Correction for ourteen davs .

      ttARLlSOPiOUGH STltEET . SATraiur . —A xusejcv Swell—Monsieur lebnen , a dandified Frenchman , with a pair of immense mnstachios and a formidable imperial , was charged before Mr . Hard-Kick , tliis morning , with being found druufc and disorderly in the Quadrant , and with threatening to tight the policeman on duty . The defendant was found about otic o ' clock that morning in the Quadrant , in a yery intoxicated state , surrounded by a number of the prostitutes that frequent that part of the metropolis , who were teasing him , while he was swearing at the right aud left in a most barbarous dialect of broken English . On the police constable on the beat interfering with him , and desiring him to go home , tho defendant refused , and threatened to " chastiz de polish vagabond . " He was , however , captured before be could put his threat into effect , and safely placed under lock and key . This morning he apologised with many salaams for what he had done . He had just come into town , and having got intoone of the hotels in the Haymarket , white Jie wet uith some countrymen

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      Me had drunk too freely , and did not know what he was about " ' n tilkcn U P- —Mr . Hardwick , in consideration 0 ] i ; S ^ e ' mg a ftranser , fined Wm in themUigatvii psnaKv of five smlimss , ^ ,, icU «' as « "K >« tf » H P < h TrE 5 D . iT . —Felost . —Robert Perceval Berks was brought before Mr . Maltby for final examination on a charge of felony . The prisoner was originally taken into custody for stealing a gold watch , the property of a lady , living at 12 . Great Uider-street , St . James's . The prisoner , it appeared , had contrived to make the acquaintance of Mr . Hoskins ( late of the London magistracy ) in the s . Vrect , and Mr . Hoskius , imyosedupoa by the prisoner ' s specious manner , and his Msumption of rehuioiiahip to the Earl of Egrcmont , after walking abaut from place to place with the prisoner , took him i home to dine with him at his apartments , No . 12 , Great I Kider-street . Mr . Hoskins being about to proceed to

      Somersetshire the same evening to take part in a public ceremony , tlie prisoner proposed to go down by the same train , which proposal was accepted ; while engaged in getting ready the luggage , the prisoner contrived to possess himself of a lady ' s gold watch , which stood on the mantelpiece . The watcli was not missed until the prisoner and Mr . Hoskins had left to go by the railway train , but measures being promptly taken to go in pursuit of the prisoner , he was captured , and lodged in the station-house . The watch was nowhere to be found , but a number of duplicates were found ou the prisoner ' s person , which led to the discovery of a second robbbcry . Two of the duplicates related to a watch-key and seal , and two silk handkerchiefs . These were identified by Mr . Hoskins as his property . Tliislatttrcascbeiiig completeinthccvideiice ,

      was selected as the one most likely to ensure conviction , aim consequently the evidence respecting the robbery of the gold watch was not entered upon . The assistants to Mr . Ashman and Mr . Bassett , pawnbrokers , proved that the prisoner pledged tlie above articles with them , in assumed names , on the day of the robbery . Mr . Hoskins , in explanation of the case , said , he had been completely imposed upon by the prisoner's plausible story and manners ; so much so indeed , as to iuduceliim to throw the prisoner a £ 10 note while in company together , telling the prisoner to give him an I . 0 . U . if he liked , but if he objected , not to mind . He really believed the prisoner was a young man of good connexions , but reduced by g iving way too freely to the follies of town . The prisoner , who is stated to be an aimmitice to a surgical instrument

      ; maker in the Strand , was fully committed . Tiicbsdav . —Charge of Forgekt . —George Hickmott , butler , iu the service of A . W . Kobarts , Esq ., banker , Hill-street , was brought More Mr . Maltby for final cxa . mination , charged with embezzlement and forgery . — Charlotte Ann ltobarts , the wife of Abraham YTilday Robarts , Esq ., of 26 , Hill-street , Berkeley-square , said tlie prisoner had been in the service of her husband , as but-. " . for about a year . Ou the 4 th of April witness gave f " - -isouer a cheque for £ i 17 s . Cd ., to pay some tradesie |* -ounts , and among them a bill for £ 114 s ., owing mciisati h nrsi laiiip-inanufacturer , New Bond-street to

      Mr- . - me ^ -. uglit the bill the next day , receipted , in iepns 11 * « pj un—Thomas Finn said he ma-T ! n \ iJSs " ot ' Mr . Smethurst , in Rond-street nosed the business . 01 ..,,. „ . . ,. , , The receipt at the bottom ^ <*« I " 11 «« Mt ™ * '" 1 ' «» d ' writing . Theiuoucyhadaere / ^ enpaid -Mrs . Robar . s next deposed , that ou the 20 th ot June &* V ™** ? " - soner a second cheque for £ 7 life , t ° PS ?^ ^{ J * The prisoner brought her two bills puiport Jug ° * " ceipted , one from Mr . Thornhill , cutler , of BoBa-ill'Dei , for £ 3 7 s ., and the other from JTessrs . Rippou and Burton , of Oxford-street , for £ 3 7 s . —Mr . Thornhill said the name Charles Williamson , at the foot of the biU , was a forgery . —The prisoner wade no defence , and was nuij committed .

      WORSHIP STREET , SAroibAt .-RoiiBisGLoDGiScs .-Eli ' . ' Bj ^ cy ^ -as placed at the bar on the cliarge of steali ng a quantity of articles from furnished lodgings , w + Jch sne occupied , at -No . 3 , Torfcstrcef , Kingsland . place . Mrs . Rairn , Wre'coniphtinant , doused that t ' ie prisoner , with her husband , took the lodgings of h ^ v ahout a month ago , and left them last Thursday . . On their leaving , in looking over the rooms , she m'iseda pair of blankets , sheets , and * number of other articles . A search was made for theut , and it was •' . ' iscovered that they had been pledged with Mr . Javcrly , a pawnbroker in Cliiswell-street . The prisoner was then taken into custody . The prisoner adndttcd having taken the articles , but with no desire of malangaway with them , as it was her intention to redeem tlicm and return them on the earliest opportunity . If the charge was not pressed she would endeavour towdeem them tint very evening . —Mr . Bingham consented to remand the case in order to admit of au arrangement being come to .

      McSBAV . — -SiVACE AXD IsFAMOPS ASSAULT . — Two young men named Richard Slade and Thomas Whiting , described as engineers , were placed at the bar before Mr . Broughtou , charged with having committed a scandalous eatrajre "l" ™ respectable j-onn ^ married woman oiamed Ellen Dobls . and also with havius assaulted and wounded her brother-in-law , a farrier , iu Castle-strtst , Shoreditch , who had interfered for her protection . It appeared from the evidence that between ten and eleven o ' clock 011 the preceding night , the compkinants , who had been taking tea at tiie house of a female friend , were passing on . their way home through Old-street-road , when the two prisoners approached them in a disorderly manner , and while endeavouring to pass them , the prisoner Slade seized hold of the prosecutrix with scandalous indecency , at the same time addressing her in terms too gross to be repeated . On being remonstrated with by her brother-in-law upon tlieir

      disgraceful conduct they both assailed liim with the most threatening language , and the prisoner Slade instantly struck him a violent blow under tlie eye , while the other prisoner seized him by the hair , aud repeatedly dashed his head against some iron railings until the back part of it was cut open , and the upper part of his dress saturated with blood . He at length succeeded in extricating himself from the grasp of Whiting , but bad uo sooner done so than he was again attacked by the other prisoner , who knocked him down several times m rapid succession , aud was proceeding to further acts of violence when two policemen , who had been attracted by the cries of his relative , opportunely arrived , aud the prisoners were eventually secured and conveyed to the station-house llr . William Ridley , a gentleman residing iu St . Georgc ' s-square , Uoxton , who was accidentally passing at the time , fully corroborated the evidence of the parties , and after describing the

      transaction as the most wanton and brutal outrage he had ever witnessed , expressed his decided opinion that the prosecutor would certainly have been murdered , but for the timely arrival of the police . —On being called upon for their ' defence , the prisoners iu vague and general terms denied the charge , and declared that the prosecutor attacked them in the first instance and bit sue of them in the leg , without the slightest provocation . —Mr . Broughtou said that from the evidence he had heard , he could come to 110 other conclusion than that the prisoners had been guilty of a most brutal and unprovoked outrage upon two unoffending persons who were proceeding quietly to their homes ; and , although he always felt extremely reluctant to impose such si penalty uuon working men as would have the effect of consigning them to prison , he felt bound , iu the present case , to order each of them to pay a fine of 40 s ., or be committed iu default for six weeks to

      the House of Correction . The prisoners begged hard for a mitigation of tiie fine , but the magistrate said he feared the sentence was already far too lenient , and lie could not listen to the application . [ Often as the doctrine of proportion between the offenceand the amount of punishment is set at nought by our police magistrates , wc have seldom seen an instance iu which that rule has been more grossly violated , than iu that recorded in our columns this day , iu our report of the proceedings at Worship-street Two powerful young men are shown , not merely by the testimony of the aggrieved parties , hut also by that of an iniliuTOiit witness , a gentleman casually passing by , to have first attacked a young married woman with scandalous indecency , and then , because her brother-in-law remonstrated with them , to have assailed him with such ferocious violence that the opportune arrival of two policemen alone saved the life of tilth- victim . For such " a most

      brutal and unprovoked outrage upon two unoffending persons who were proceeding quietly to their homes , " as Mr . Broughtou justly characterises this attack , what punishment will it be ' imagined the worthy magistrate imposes * He has before him , and he appears to appreciate the infamy of the prisoners' conduct , —their assault upon a womaiC their un-English behaviour in attacking list ' protector two to one , the falsehood of their defence : and , from the terms iu which he denounces the ruffians , we should have made certain that he was about to mark his sense of their behaviour by a sentence that should operate as a salutary lesson to themselves and a warning to others , if we had uot before now learned that police

      magistrates do sometimes make their censures and sentences bear an inverse ratio , as though the objurgation were considered by them as part of the punishment . Mr . Brousliton imposed a fine 4 Us ., or six wecks'liupi-isonmeut in default of payment It is true , lie llimscU" afterwards expresses a fear that this WilS "fur 100 lenient . " Ill this fear we concur . The reason Mr . Ilroughtuu gives for Ills leniency is his reluctance to consign working men to prison ; , in this excuse wc do not concur . The offenders were before Mr . Broughtou not in tlieir capacity of working men , but iu the character of insolent and ferocious breakers of the peace ; and the mercy which the magistrate showed to them was no mercy to the community , whom it is his duty to protect—Times , Tuesda y . ]

      SOUTIIWARK . MoxoaT . —Assaclt . —Thomas llcnsell was brought up for reexamination , charged with committing a violent assault on Hannah , his wife , by wounding her on the head with a large piece of granite stone . The prisoner was brought up on Friday last to answer the charge , and was remanded until this day , but his wife failing iu making her appearance , the magistrate sent au officer after her , and , much against her inclination , sits was brought to the count . Mr . Traill expressed his displeasure that the complainant did not attend , and asked her ihu reason , and her excuse was , that since the defendant was iu gaol their business had been declining , and that if he remained there longer it would end iu their ruin . On that account , she added , she did not wish to press the charge against him . -Mr . Traill said that he had made up his mind to have committed the prisoner to the sessions for trial , but in consideration of what had just been stated by his wife , instead of adopting that course he should inflict the full penalty of £ > 011 him , with a caution tliat if he again assaulted his wife lie should certainly be sent for trial .

      Tcesdav . — Tocket Picking . — Samuel Wallis , a smartly dressed youth , was brought before Mr . Trail , charged with picking a gentleman ' s pocket of a silk handkerchief , under the portico of the Victoria Theatre . The complainant stated that , on the preceding night , as he was quitting the Victoria Theatre , he felt a sudden twitch at his coat pocket , aud on looking round , saw the prisoner walking away at a quick pace . The prisoner was followed and taken ititc custody , on the complainant missing his handkerchief . A witness stated that he was standing under the portico of the theatre as some of the audience were leaving the house , and had his attention

      directed towards the prisoner on seeing him lift up the tails of a gentleman ' s coat with one hand , while with the other he pulled a silk handkerchief out of his pocket , aud ' quickly passed it into the hands of another lad , who was standing iu a position to cover his associate from observation . The hid to whom tlte handkerchief was passed immediately disappeared in the crowd , ami the prisoner crossed from the portico over the road , when witness having given notice of what he had seen , the prisoner was followed and taken into custody . The handkerchief , however , was not recovered again . Mr . Trail said that had the handkerchief been found , he should have com-

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      mitted the prisoner for trial , offences' of this description being so prevalent , particularly in tlie "icinity of * ne theatres . He , however , should not let the prisoner « cnp » iiuuUlimeiit , and tlie seutence was . that he be committed for six weeks to the treadmill .

      T JlAsflBS . Tcesdat . —IIokri ^ e AssACLT .-=-Thomas Tuckfidd , a very powerful man . thief mate of the ship Westmoreland , was charged W'A ' n assaulting George Eecleston , second mate of tho same vessel . The complainant , who had lost the hse of his left eye , and was in every other respect no match for the prisoner , stated that on the 13 th ol December , as the vessel was beating down the Red Sea for Aden to Bombay , with variable winds , he told the mate tint if the weather continued so they would have to put the ship about . He then turned in for a short time , but imag ining that he heard himself called , lie ran upon deck . Tlie mate , who was lying in the hen-coop , hearing his voice as be spoke to the boy , jumped up and said , " What the d is the matter with you . Have you so . much 011 your mind that you can ' t lie quiet ? " To this he added other abuse , calling the complainant a d d infernal b r , and accused him of having told sometlf ng to the master . This tbc complainant denied , upon which the

      prisoner ran down aft the poop ladder , felled him with a heavy Wow , and throwing himself upon him attempted to gouge the remaining eye out with his finger . Complainant screamed out from the intense agony , whilst he felt the prisoner ' s fingers in the socket of the eye , and grnsping the eye-ball as if with a forceps . Xotivithstandiiig the distance of time the eye was still bloodshot and angry . Henry I ' ooley , a mariner , corroborated the complainant , whom he heard cry cut , "For God's sake come and save me . " Witness found the mate trying to scoop the man ' s eye out , and at once handed him off . The complainant ' s eye was all bloody . Mr . Brodorip said the offence was too serious a one to be summarily dealt with , and it was aggravated by the circumstance of the complainant having only the use of the single eye , of whicli it would appear the prisoner tried to deprive him , Under such circumstances he felt it to be his duty to send the case for the consideration of a jury . The prisoner was accordingly committed for trial .

      GREENWICH . MosDAT . —Shocking Destitction\—On Sunday afternoon , as Colonel Angerstein , of the Guards , accompanied by his father , John Angerstein , Esq ., ot the Woodlands , lil .-icWie . ith , were riding on horseback towards the river , they observed the figure of a human being in a state of nudity behind a hedge in a field belonging to tha latter gentleman . They proceeded down a lone lime and opened a irate , when , to their great surpr ise , they discovered a wretched female with only a small piece of ragged garment covering her shoulders . The gallant colonel threw halr-a-crown to the unhappy creature , and immediately proceeded down the Woolwich road to the Greenwich union workhouse and gave information to the master , by whom they were informed that it was not the province of

      the parishes to interfere . Tlie police should take the party into custody , and then the magistrate would deal with the case formally . They then informed the policeman on duty , and he , after seeing the object of inquiry , applied to the union-house fur some kind of apparel before he could legally remove her . Having procured at the workhouse a worn-out covering and bonnet , he returned to the field and caused her to dress herself as best she could ; and then marched her off to the station-house and gave her in charge of the inspecter on duty . The poor woman , who stated she was about forty years of age , was brought before Mr . Grove , at the Greenwich police court , when she stated , in answer to the magistrate , that , being destitute , -he vandered about the fields for the last two days and * r . lief plotliing was worn to rags , and had dropped ¦ " ^ I ' i .. " ... ' -bad beenseen in the stated" -- •' off tat irtviilt uaiu wv „ . oU ... ooo . OU Kt ' o » Ul USIU euv —ovi-mml .

      Site said tliat she fobjiiged to the IfctlCl Iiemijsled Union , and fisd been some time in that workhouso , until the overseer , Mr . Smith , of King's tangley , HcrtS ) had ordered her to be tamed out . The reason assigned for so doing was , tiiat she had no cnUuren , and ought to seek her own living . She is a married woman , and Went & way after her husband , thinking that- sb e might find him out She had been a long time Wandering about without success , and having a great ^ antipathy to bug , she had refrained from so doing . She had been a day or two in Mr . Angei-stein ' s park . Mr .-Grove said an indictment could be preferred against fhc-cftficer who had caused her to be turned out of the union-house . He then gave orders to the police to take her to the Greenwich union , with a statement of facts , and he doubted not but that ' the guardians would take the necessary and legal steps to pass her to her paiish . He ( Mr . Grove ) considered thanks were due to the geictlemen who had taken so much pains in the unhappy woman ' s behalf . lie had never before heard of such a-case of destitution . The poor-creature was then taken to tike union .

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      HOUSE OF LOR 3 ? S , 1-ridat , Ju . ve 27 . The Report on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill gave occasion to a protest fi-orii the Bishop of Salisbury , who thought such au iiaportp . nt bill should proceed fi-ts-m . her Majesty ' s Ministers , instead of from au individual member of the house . ( The bill was introduced by Lord Cottenham . ) The report was ultimately agreed to , and their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF LORDS , Moxdat , June 30 . The Scotch Banking Bill was read a third time and passed on a division- tlte Charitable Trusts Kill was also read a third time and passed ; and , after a short conversation on railroads , their lordships adjourned . Tuesda y , Juxy 1 . The Public Museums Bill was read a third time and passed . Several bills were also forwarded a stige , and their lotdships then adjourned .

      Thursday , Joly 3 . gaming and wager bill lord Whabscliffe moved the second reading of this bill . lie said its object was to put a stop to the qui ( am actions which had been brought against several persons , some of whom were members of their lordships' house , nn « l to amend the law relating to the suppression of common gambling-houses , and to amend the law-relating to wagers . The present plan , which required that two householders should sign an information before a house in which gambling was suspected to be carried on could be entered would be abolished and placed In the hands of a superintendent of police , who would have to make a statement to the commissioners to that effect , who would use their discretion as to whether the house should be entered or not by the police , and that ( vhererer dice and other implements of

      gambling were found , ' they should be take ' n as u sufficient evidence that gambling was carried on , though the persons found in the house might not be actually engaged in " play ; " and that billiard-rooms , in which gambling was frequently carried on , should be licensed by the magistrates in the same way as other places of entertainment . With respect to wagers , by the law , as it now stood wagers were recoverable by law except in certain instances . If the bet did not exceed £ 10 it was a legal wager , but if it exceeded that amount it was illegal . The 1 Jill proposed that no bet whatever should be recoverable before any court of law—putting bets entirely out of the protection of the law . Iu cases where money was lost by cheating , the party guilty of the cheating should be an object of punishment . These were the chief provisions of the Bill . After a few words from Lord Campbell , Lord Brougham , and the Lord Chancellor , The Bill was read a second tune .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fiiiday , Juxe 27 . Mr . T . Dunccmbe , on the reading of the order of the day for a committee of supply , moved that returns of Kos . 72 and IMS , made by the General Post-office , be referred to a select committee , with a view of inquiring into the accuracy of those returns ; also , into the present mode of remunerating by fees and perquisites certain officers of the General 1 ' ost-office , and how far the duties of that establishment may be rendered more satisfactory to the public ar . d less unequal and oppressive to the persons en . gaged therein . The hou . gentleman enlarged upon the abuse of allowing certain officers of the Post-olfice to fling all the labour of compiling the addresses for the Post-office Directory on the postmen , who were frequently dismissed from the Post-office for errors in doing that which formed no partof tlieir business for the Crown , whose servants they were . Captain Peciiul seconded the motion .

      Sir . Oahdwell opposed tlieinotion , on tlie ground tliat it was not an efficient mode of proceeding . If such abuses as those complained of reall y existed , on complaint to the Postmaster-General they would be quickly remedied . After some observations from Dr . Bowriiig , Mr . Williams , Mr . F . Baring , and Mr . Cartels , the house divided , and the motion was negatived by a majority of 10 C to 30 . Mr . Wvse then moved that an humble address be pre seated to her Majesty , praying that she will be graciously pleased to give directions for the establishment and maintenance of a Museum of Xatiounl Antiquities , in conjunction with a commission for the conservation of National Monuments . The house then went into committee on the Estimates , the discussion of which occupied the remainder of the evening .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Moro . tr , Jcxb 30 . COLLEGES ( IRELAND ) KILL . On the motion that the Speaker leave the chair , for the purpose of enabling the house to go into committee on the Colleges ( Ireland ) Bill , Mr . Smith 0 'Mkie . y observed , that if he entertained any hope of being able to amend this bill , he would propose a scries of amendments for that object ; hut IIS lie llilll 118 hopes of succeeding in any attempt to modify the bill , he wouldstate his objections to it in detail , " it made no provision for the religious instruction of any class either lloman Catholic or Protestant . It had , therefore , been declared by the Roman Catholic hierarchy to be drnverous to faith and morals . It was also calculated to produce a large field for the exercise of corrupt influence for party purposes , and was , therefore , particularl y objectionable to the friends of free institutions in Ireland

      Sir J . GiunAM said that he should consider it a waste of time to enter into a defence of the general outlines of the bill , after the ample discussion which had tnken place upon them on several former occasions . The diffusion of general intelligence was the best guardian against the exercise of any corrupt influence on tho public mind iu Ireland . Mr , O'Connell said tliat he should not attempt to debar the house from going into committee . The ri"ht lion , baronet was perfectly just in assuming that fife house should not bedictated to by any persons , however respectable or venerable ; but then it was worth while for the Government to consider how far the measure they were putting before the house was likel y to be successful . What signified the expenditure of money , if they did not succeed in their object ? But they cc-itid not succeed if they did not attend to the adviaf of tUosi " persons Tin-

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      right hon . baronet said the bill had been much altered since the Roman CntlioJic prelates had declared theie opinion noon it . Ho believed he was in possession of evidence t 0 sIl ? , ,, ilt tUose alterations were no ; \ iwia satisfactory t > , { hose nrelatet . \ ] tiMr > dated the 2 « tli of . Imic , from t > :- . M'll ale , Roman Catholic Archbishop of t ' llain , stated that their opinion of the measnre , notwithstanding those alterations , remained unaltered . They considered it to be a bad scheme of education , and the bill a penal and revolting measure . [ Sir J . Graham" renal ?"] Yes , they considered it penal , because they were deprived of doing the duty they owed to the principles of their religion . If the word was considered too strong , it was evident that it was not stronger than the feeling to which this measure had given rise . The object of the Government was to be successful , butthcy could not be so if they met with the decided opposition of the clergy

      and of two-thirds of the Irish people . His opinion was , jhat it was an irreligious bill , and thatit had not been improved by the alterations . Much was talked of the jealousies avid differences of opinion of the different religious persuasions which would be excited by the introduction of religious instruction 5 why , they existed already ; and , as the right lion , baronet said , darkness was calculated to encourage them . They would prevent light from being diffused by excluding religious education from the Prolestiint , the Roman Catholic , and the Presbyterian . To promote the charities of their common Christianity they should give all a religious education ; but , instead of doing that , they left them in darkness . He did not mean to divide the house then , but he should take a division on one of the early clauses , not with any hope of success , but by way of protest . He protested against the bill as being utterly irreligious , and as giving a kind of left-handed permission to the inculcation of that which was the best

      friend of education , —religion . Lord J . Russell considered the declaration just made to the house by Mr . O'Conncll , very important . He feared that , unless this bill were made acceptable to the Itom .-in Catholic prelates , it w-Duld not be of much use to Ireland . The Speaker then left the chair , and tlte house resolved itself into the proposed committee . In the committee considerable discussion took place on the first clause , empowering the Commissioners of the Treasury to pay from the Consolidated Fund such sum of money as shall be needed for purchasing lands , ^ tenements , and hereditaments , for the use of these new colleges , "and for the necessary buildings with theappurteiutnees thereof , " and for establishing-and furnishing the same , not exceeding fSS . ou'J Cs . 83 . for each such college , and not exceeding i' 100 , 000 in the whole . Lord John Russell proposed as an amendment , to add after the words which we have enclosed in inverted

      commas , the words "including the building of the halls here , inafter mentioned for the reception of students . " He likewise proposed to omit the words which ' divided the grant of £ 100 , 000 equally between the three proposed new colleges , in order to enable Government to expend on anyone of them a sum proportionate to its wants be it more or less than , £ 83 , 333 Cs . 8 d . Sit- James Giuhah , on the part of the Government , declared that it could not assent to either of these imiendments . Upon the issue thus joined between the two pat'fies In the house , the question of separate or mixed religious or secular education was again raised and strenuously debated . The committee divided , when there appear ,

      cd—5 «™ i ) TOwament ils m ... « Against it — ttf Majority ... ... " 5 So it was carried in the negative , The first clause was then agreed to . Some Blight amendments were made in the intermediate clauses , but nothing of any importance occurred until the committee arrived at the 10 th clause , which makes her Majesty the visitor of the new colleges , and gives her the power of appointing the professors until the end of the year 1848 , an-J afterwards leaves the appointment to be provided for by Parliament , or vests it in her Majesty , her heirs tuid successors . ' in default of any provision to the contrary .

      Mr . Wvse objected to the latter part of thiswlause , and movent that it be left out of the bill . He proposed instead of it that words -should be substituted to tlrts effect , —that on any future vacancy occurring in the professorships , such vacancy-should be filled up by such candidates as , after due public examination before competent examiners , should be declared by them Ibe ' mg -otherwise qualified by character wnd conduct ) to be the most competent to discharge the duties of such professorships . Considerable discussion followed j but the committee at last divided , and the amendment was negatived by 141 over 47 .

      Sir H , W . Barroh then moved that the following proviso be added to the clause : — " Provided always , that previous to the first appointment of any rector , president , Iiend of college , or professor under this act , the Board of Education in Ireland shall have power to present three names to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , who must select one of the said persons to fill such office . " If the Goverlnent acceded to this proviso it would take away all religious and political bias from these appointments , and would destroy the objections urged against this bill on the score of Ministerial patronage . Sir J . GiiAiuM observed , thatif he were merely seeking the convenience of the Government , he would willingly deprive it of this patronage , but as the committee had decided that the responsibility of these appointments ought to vest on the Government , he must resist the amendment of Sir II . Barron . He objected also to vesting tliispatronage in the parties on whom Sir II . Barron had east the duty of dispensing it . It would dimiuisb the efficiency of the Board of Education and destroy the harmony with which it had hitherto acted in concert with the

      Government . After a short discussion the amendment was negatived . Mr . O'Conxell then moved that the clause be struck out of the bill , On this question the committee divided ; but the amendment was negatived by 129 over 24 voices . The clause was then agreed to , as were also clauses 11 , 12 , and 13 . The CiumMAN then reported progress , and asked leave to sit again to-morrow ( Tuesday . ) The Dog Stealing Bill was read a third time and passed . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned .

      TO'ESDAV , JVLYl . Captain Lavard called the attention of the house to the necessity of limiting the duration of service in the army , and moved that tui humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that she will bo graciously pleased to dinet inquiry to be made how far the reduction of the period of service in the army , from the present unlimited term to ten years , would tend to procure a better class of recruits , diminish desertion , and thus add to the efficiency of thv service . Mr . S . IIE 11 BF . 11 T said that great improvements had been effected in the army within the last few years , to an extent which had caused the service to become now popular with the community . The attention paid to the feelings , comfort , and respectability of the men , rendered the service superior to the military service of other nations . Such being the case he thought the motion altogether unnecessary .

      After some observations from Mr . Hume , Sir H . Douglas , and Mr . Williams , the motion was eventually negatived without a division . Mr . M . Milnes then brought forward amotion relative to the evil effects of public executions , his object being to obtain leave to bring in a bill to give power to the judges to direct executions to take place within the precincts of the prison whenever it should seem proper to them to do so . While the lion , gentleman , however , was still addressing the house , An hon . member moved that it be counted , and There not being a sufficient number of members present , the house forthwith adjourned .

      ived . nesiuv , Juiy 2 . On the motion of Mr . W . Cowi > e « , the Pick ! Gardens IS : II went into committee ; but on the very first clause which came under consideration , Mr . Roebuck moved that the cliaii'imni leave the chair . Upon this amendment a discussion took place on the general merits of the bill . It terminated in a division , wherein nineteen voted for the amendment and forty-two against it . The consideration of the bill was in consequence proceeded with . Several amendments were proposed , discussed , aud adopted . The house then resumed . Ou the motion of Lord Asiilet , the house then went into committee on the Lunatic Asylums and Pauper Lunatics Bills . The remainder of the evening was consumed in discussing several clauses of the bill . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned .

      IllURSDAY , Jt'LY 3 . Mr . T . S . Dc . vco . miie presented a petition from Capt . Bigby , of the lloyal Navy , complaining of being forcibl y taken out of his house , and taken to a lunatic asylum , where he was deprived of all communication with his friends , and kept in confinement sixteen weeks . The petitioner prayed that , before the Lunacy Bill passed , a committee might be appointed to inquire into the man . net- in which persons were used that were charged with bc-injj lunatics . The hon . member presented Several other petitions from different individuals to tile Same effect . The petitions were ordered to be printed with the votes , the hon . member giving notice of his intention to found a motion upon them .

      THE P'JOIl LAW AMENDMENT ( SCOTLAND ) BILL , Mr . T . S . Duscombe presented a petition from Dundeed complaining of the New Poor Law Bill for Scotland , and especially that no provision had been made in it for the able-bodied poor . The lion , member also presented a petition from Edinburgh , which prayed also that a clause might be added to tlie bill , declaring that the able-bodied poor 111 Scotland were as much entitled to relief as in England . The lion , member also presented a similar petition from Aberdeen . Sir James Graham moved the order of the day for going into committee on the Poor Law for Scotland -Mr . A . Oswald moved that the bill be committed that day six months . He was decidedl y against its provisions and he believed the feeling of the people of Scotland was generally against the bill .

      Mr . SiuRMAN Cbawfobd seconded the motion The condition of the poor of Scotland was deplorable in to extreme , and required a much more efficient measure than the-one before the house . IIe objected moreTpe . cully to the machinery of tho bill that proX for t ( e raising of the funds and the administration " r lef " \ l considered the mapaffciueiit of the poor could not be

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      placed in worse Jlalids than the present Kirk Se ^ loi "; yet it was proposed to perpetuate thoir functions , lie would onlv refer to the north of Scotland to shew how the poor had been treated , " by , one county had been almost depopulated , bavins been converted into a vast shecp-w . ilk . Mr . Crawford here read extracts from the evidence of the Scteh Poor haw Commissioners , abd also from the articles that have recently appeared in the Times newspaper , showing the deplorable state of the poor in Sutherland . Much had been said of the improvements i » Sutherland , and that £ 00 , 009 more than the rental of the county had been 1 to the

      expended on those improvements since SU present time . The benefits , however , had not yet been discovered , for it came out that the rental ot tlte county was iu 18 U above £ 33 , 000 , whereas iu im it was not more than £ 35 , 000 . This did not look much like improvement , or that the system pursued had been productive of any benefits either to the landlords or tenants . There were no manufactures , no trade , no business of any kind going forward , even the fisheries had gone into decay under the system of improvement that had been going forward , lie instanced the village of Helmsdale as a proof of the last particular .

      Mr . Locn replied to the statements and charges whicli flic lion , member for Rochdale had brousilit against f lie management of the Sutherland estates . He read a number of extracts from documents which he hold in his hand , to the effect that great improvements 1 ml taken place in the condition , habits , and character of tlie population of that part of the country . Mr . Sheil and Mr . Newdeg ate objected to that portion of the bill which prevented Englishmen and Irishmen from gaining a settlement in Scotland . They considered that industrious residence should command relief in any part of the United Kingdom .

      Mr . Edward Elice said he had had great difficulty m making up his mind as to the course lie should pursue . He believed that the Government had attempted to grapple with the subject of pauperism in Scotland iu mi honest spirit . Still , there was so much in the bill that was objectionable—so much to favour the landlords and depress the poor—that he felt compelled to support the amendment . He objected especially to the constitution of the Board of Supervision , and also to the mode in which the relief was to be administered . Mr . P . M . Stewart contended that the general feeling of the people of Scotland was against the bill , and urged the postponement of it till another session . Mr . Escott supj . oi-ted the amendment . He considered that after the facts which had been laid before the house , they ought not to proceed any further .

      Mr . Dukdas at some length defended Mr . Loch and the Buke of Sutherland , and said that though Sutherland had not yet shown so much improvement as might have been expected , yet that it was every year getting better . The system of relief he admitted was very inadequate in Scotland , but that should not be taken as evidence of the extreme destitution of the poor of Scotland ; to their great honour , tho poor of that comity supported each other even under the most adverse circumstances . Sir James Giuiiaji generally defended the bill . He maintained that it was the test that , under the circumstances , could be introduced into the management of the poor of Scotland . The house then divided , when there appeared

      For theamendment ... ... 33 Against it » , ' Majority against the amendment u The house then went into comn ^^ ~ £ . „ ana the consideration of the cl ^^ s < JWt «» i ' ed the remainder of the evening , 3 ^ = sg = g = r *^— . < _ ' - 1 ¦

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      ANOTHER GLQIU 05 TS TRIUMPH ACHIEVED BY MEASS OF THE LAW . Judges' Chambers , Saturday , Juxe 2 S . —On this day four young men , under twenty-one years ot * ngc , one a mere boy , were brought up before Mr . Justice Pattcson , by writ of habeas corpus , through the indefatigablocxcrtions of the Miners' Attorney-General , Wm . Prouting Roberts , Esq ., upon an application to have tiiem discharged from tho House of Correction at Pr eston , Lancashire , to which they had been committed to hard labour on tlio 19 th of June by Messrs . Wm . Henry Hornby and llcmy Brock llollinshead , Esqrs ., two of the magistrates of the county , on the prosecution of Messrs . Simpson , L'ng-/ Jnn nn / l VnniKT nf fleivnl / ltwi . uH / j l .. > in /> nshiiv > rnn \

      merchants , under the Masters and Servants Act , tlie i Geo . iV ., c . 34 . The magistrates and prosecutors ' proceedings were supported by three learned counsel , Messrs . Keating , Compton . and Charnoek , and Messrs . Bodkin and Iluddlcstonc were retained for the men ; but in consequence of Mr . Bodkin ' s Parliamentary duties requiring his attendance at the House of Commons this day , he was unable to give his assistance ., The application for-tlie men ' s discharge was supported , therefore , alone by Mr . Iluddlcstonc against the three opposing counsel ; when , after a long argument , Mr . Justice'Pattcson ordered the immediate discharge of the poor fellows , who were present , and were not a little delighted to hear that they were released from the care of tho gaoler , and to return home to their friends . The grounds upon which the application was made were unusual—a prominent one , the infancy of the parties ; and the whole

      of the objections were against the validity and legality of * the convictions and commitments ; one of which atone tlte judge decided to be good . Tims again has tlie cause of Labour triumphed over might and wealth by the aid alone of the law . Wc understand that the Coal-King Magistrates arc now acting on the system of making tlieir illegal commitments of the men for a fortnight only ; flattering themselves that they will he allowed to pursue their course of vexations annoyances unchecked , as they fancy tlte men will not be at the expense of going to law to save their brethren from a mere fortnight ' s imprisonment . They , however , will find themselves mistaken . If they commit the men for only a day , their tyrannical and illegal acts will be resisted . The men will appeal to tlio law ' s protection , and the Coal-King Magistrates will , as heretofore , find themselves foiled and overthrown by tlieir superiors , the judges ; and by their master , tlie law .

      Framework Kxuters' Movements . —Fellow Workmen , — At no time of your trades' history did there exist in your trade more anxiety than what lias been manifested of late , and still continues , and must ever continue , until justice is done you . You have been waiting patientl y for the last two years in full expectation of receiving from Government a measure of protection against the many evils under which you have been , and arc still , labouring . Your sufferings have been proved by the late commissioner ' s report , yet you see the session fast passing away , and the Government—whom we had every reason " to expect , from the facts shown by the evidence taker , would have deemed it their duty to have rendered you assistance—doing nothing , nor showinu anv signs of

      doing , let there arc slight hopes left ; for WC ill'C illformed that , although Government do not intend to bring in any bill themselves , they will support a bill if brought forward by others , and founded on suggestions thrown out by them : and though those suggestions do not embrace all that we could wish , vet much relief would be aflbrdcd by a measure founded thereon . Fellow workmen , the frame-rent question is not yet brought to a close , but its settlement must come , and not long first . Fellow workmen , your present situation requires your most serious consideration : first , with respect to a bill to be drawn up to meet tlie wishes of the Framework Knitters , and the concurrence of tlie Government ; yoti are , therefore , requested to appoint in each branch town , village , or hamlet , a deputy or deputies to attend a three counties' meeting of delegates , to be held at tlie sign of the King George on Horseback , Nottingham , on Monda

      y , 14 th day oi July , 1815 , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , for the purpose of adopting such measures as shall appear best calculated to promote tho interests of the workmen . A great portion of vou are aware that there still exists an outstanding debt incurred by the central committee , to procure for vou a better means to live . Will you allow such to con tinue , when the sum of one penny from each Framework Knitter would ,. in a great " measure , discharge that , and what has been incurred since ? Is there not one man in every shop in each town , village , or hamlet , who will take this case to himself , aiiil ask his shopmatcs , that if it was their situation would they not think it hard to be left for months without being settled with for labour performed ? The petition now in course of signature will be forwarded to Parliament without loss of time , and those parties who have not sent in their sheets arc requested to do so without delay . —B . Humphries , Gen . Sec .

      Wicax Mixers . —On Saturday evening last , the workmen employed at Mv . Peat-son ' s colliery , Inee , near Wigan , assembled at the George Inn , in Warrington-lanc , and proceeded from thc . ice in procession , accompanied by a band of music ( the musicians being chiefly composed of miners in the cinplov ) to the " Crow Orchard , " near the collici-v , to celebrate the marriage of Mr . George Pearson , of Preston ; a cart . bavins gone before with a plentiful simply of good old English fore , roast beef , plum pudilin * , bread and cheese , and several barrels of beer On . arriving at the ground the band took up their station at a table in the centre , and the workmen , amounting to 200 , seated themselves on the grass . Mr John bony was then called to the chair , who opened the business by giving the first toast ,- " The health of George Pearson , Esq ., and his bride . " Tlie toast

      was responded to enthusiasticall y with three times three , and one cheer more , whicli having subsided the baud played " God save the Queen . " The whol " company then commenced discussing the good thinas set before them ; having done full justice to which , the chairnian said the next toast upon the list was the Health ot our worthy employer , Thomas Pearbon , Lsq and his family . " The sentiment was responded to with loud cheers . After a abort respite the chairman observed , that it would probably be as well to get through the proceeding that thev might enjoy themselves at their case , lie therefore would give the next i-entiment— " The health of Mr . and Mrs . Hull , their worthy host and hostess ;" which was drunk with the usual honours . Tiie following resolution was then agreed to : — " Tiiat wc , the working men of Inee colliery , db hereby return our heartfelt thanks to our young and honoured employer , for this and otfier- acts of kindness that we

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      his workmen have received at his hands . " < n . t hanks of his fellow-workmen were then given to \ i ' John Berry , who acknowledged tlio compliment . U , ' was much applauded . The festivities cotiuViil until a late hour , when tho company separitoi highly d elighted with the entertainment . * ' ' Lanx-asiiire Miners . —The next General l ) cle <» \ , . Meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held al (^ Vitriol Makers' Anus , Dixon-grcen , Fai-invoi-ilf near Bolton , on Monday the 14 th of July ; chair , ' be t .-iken at eleven o clock in the forenoon , 'flie-v will also be a public meeting on the same d .-. v , w ] , ;' i will be addressed by "VY . P . Roberts , Esq ., and ot | .. i gentlemen . The levy for the fortnight , in cludi ' ,,, general contribution , is Is . Stl . per member . ' s

      Tjie Qqai Mixeks of Drnmniih—Wc ux , \ stand that tiie miners , late in the employ of Mi > . " Swire and Lees , Dukinfield , have succeeded in sc on !' ing a hut on the Newton Race-course , where tiuv win be glad to accommodate such of their friends wlm in . "' . attend the races . Proper notice will be given < . f < r [ name by which the hut is to lie designated , ami ' of whole of the profits will be faithfull y applied tow- ar ' i assisting 200 men to continue a strucslc which | , ! jt already lasted nineteen irec-lcg . Wo iTcar { h » t = ; f also tho intention of the men to take a hut on ' iri Liverpool race-course . A Pur . uc Meeting op Tire Mineiis or ])( ,, t was held on-Monday , June # 0 th , to hear addr . 1 . from Messrs . L ' mbieton and Kamsay . Mr . C . iw 2 presided on the occasion .

      Tub xext Delegate _ Mektixo of tiik ? , „ .. SrAi- 'f onnsiiiRK Mixkiis will be held on Mondav . i ,. i ,. Mth , at the house of Mr . John Griftiths , '] ' . ^ Tavern , Walsall . Chair to be taken at teii ' oVloU in the morning . A public meeting will be heM iC same day , the chair to be taken at two o ' clock . . \ £ Ramsay will address a meeting of the llloxu-U Miners , on Monday , July fth , at ten o ' clock in [ L morning . Belfast . —On Monday a public meeting of (] ,, shoemakers of Belfast was held in the Trades' \{ ,-J ing-lloom , to fake into consideration the rules iif "'^ English Mutual Assistance Association . Tlie im * . ing " was called for ten o ' clock in the moi-nip--, , , '•"; long before the time appointed the roo ^ t w ' f' jf' ] with shoemakers of the town and rr ,, 1 , \ ,,, ' ' ' -,- '¦ \ countiy }

      „ . „ . „ . j .... * „ c * i . „ „„„ , „*„ „„„ .,.,:. - . , president of the society occulta chnir , a 1 opened the meeting by rc . wi ;„ the placard briefly explaining the reasons to-, en ;„ ., .. ' .. f introducing Mr . Smyth , fro--. vwiiml Mr * , inJ read the rules and c > - . . ^ Wfi , IT ?"' addressed the meetir „ ± « J , ' * ; /? *« , unions tnd the r A V , mtmc ot WW I i n / nnln , L . ?• V * Moil of tllC Cllip OVCd Slid ! n ,, i ? tfT >*<* f » c present system , fin as ' « , ' " : > " »» " *« tion ' * " * pouring a uutt (; r s . vstcm ot wganhnon , u , ^ . ^ ^ . jjjg h noti , ing could be accnmpiis || v , i jtirw ike working man's condition . After the rfiidrcss 'Several questions were put from the limit respecting the details of the plan , whicli were answered to the satisfaction of the meeting . One ef

      the members of the trade moved that every mar , whether a member or not , be allowed to vote . Th 1 was agreed to . A motion was then unanimously catvied that the Belfast Society of Shoemakers do Won e members of the union . A vote of thanks w :, g tendered to Mr . Smyth and the chairman , and tl e meeting ^ separated . Several applications were made for the laws for the surrounding town ? , and arrangements made for a meeting to io held at Lisburn on Tuesday . Accordingly , Mr , Smyth attended at the time appointed , " when the Shoemakers of Lisburn joined the union . On Wednesday morning a meeting of the trade was held at lYcwry , when the rules were void and explained by Mr . Smyth , and the Shoemakers 01 the town unanimously adopted them , and made arrangements for organising the district .

      Doxcomke Testimonial . —Central Committee oi Trades , < tc ., 72 , St . Martan's-lane , Wednesday evening , July 2 nd , Mr . James Grassby , Carpenter , in the chair . The following sums were received : — Mr . N . Burt , Bristol , per E . Stallwood , 4 s . U . ; Curriers at Mr . ltlieams ' s shop , per Mr . J . Rose , vs . ; Mr . Mitchelson , Feathers , Warren-street , per Mr . T . Farrer , 9 s . 8 d . ; Mr . Derrick , book , 2 s . Od .

      IMPORTANT TO WEAVERS . TO TIIE EDITOIl OF TIIE X 0 RTIIER . V STAR . Respected Sm , —I am instructed by the Broad Silk Ilandlcom Weavers of Spit . ilfields , to request that you will bo so kind ng to allow them , IIh-oul-K the medium of your valuable journal , to call the attention of the whole of the Silk Weavers to a bill which has been introduced into the llousc of Lords by Lord Lilford , intituled , " An Act to make further regulations respecting the tickets of work to he delivered to Silk Weavers in certain cases . " Tliis bill has been well discussed by a committee appointed for that purpose , and after going through it clause by clause , they came to the resolution that the bill , instead of benefitting the Weavers , would ( bv its

      close connect ion with other Acts of a very injurious character to the workmen ) prove a very great injury , The first clause of this Act requires that the inanuta ' cturer shall deliver a ticket of work to the Weaver , specifying the count or richness of the warp or lane : the number of shoots , or picks required in each inch ; the number of threads of weft to be used in each shoot ; the number of days allowed for weaving any specified length of fabric ; the name of the manufacturer , or the style of tlie firm under which lie carries on business ; the weaver ' s name , with the date of ihe engagement : and tlie pi ice in sterling money am-ccd on for executing each yard , imperial standard ' measure of thirty-six inches of such work , in a workmanlike maimer . This appears very plausible ; but if a

      manufacturer gives out a ticket of work which requires the weaver to bring home his cut at a certain hire mentioned on the said ticket , may he not keep him afterwards waiting for his shoot , and thus prevent him from taking homo his cut at the time set : forth on the ticket ? Should this be the case tliere ; are other Acts which may be connected with this Act ,, which will allow the manufacturer to stop a portion t of the man's wages , or to send him to prison for auyr term not exceeding three calendar months . Thiss bill is also considered by tho Weavers' Committees extremely defective , because it makes no alien- - - ance for illness , accidents , or anv other casualty } which may unfortunately arise . ' There are alsoo several other clauses in it equally as objectionable , audi

      even more detrimental to the interest of tlicnwki man than the one described above . The committedi also resolved , " That wc consider the ticket sys-s tern a bad one , and are therefore entirely opposed toti it . " We , the weavers of London , having thus bricllyr explained the nature and heaving of the said liill . ll sincerely hope that our country brethren will du tlieiei duty in opposing it , or procuring its amendment ; low it they do not , this bill , with the other Acts witlit which it is connected , will place them entirely at tlidi mercy of the manufacturer , to do with them as lull pleases ; and should they dare to complain , thev vili-i be consigned to a prison . There is also another 'i *'

      jeet to which the weavers of Spitallields would 1 * 1 * most earnestly to call the attention of all tradeste namely , a notice of motion , by Sir If . Alford , i » flifli House oi Commons , respecting the , 5 th of ( iconic 1 VIV relating to masters and servants . Wc hope tliat lii ' lii is not a sly method of introducing a Masters' anaii Servants' Dill . —Hoping that you will oblige thti Weavers ot Sprtalficlds , bv inserting this letter , r , remain , sir , yours respectfully , J . S . SiiHuiuim , . Siwcr tavy to the Hoard of Si ' . k Hand-Loom Weavers cs Spitallields ; and London Secretary to the Wenvcivc ot Leigh , Wigan , Middlcton , Carlisle , Norwich , a-, a : barnsley . —London , July 2 nd , 1 S-15—3 , Abbev-strea-ct Uctlmal-Grccn-voiul ,

      Loss Of Iikr Majesty's Tnoor-Smp Apomaia...

      Loss of IIkr Majesty ' s Tnoor-Smp Apomaia icsterduy ( Friday ) evening a very painful intemer . pervaded the Artillery Darracksat ' Woohvieh , iii « li « sequence of a private letter having been rcii-iv-i-iv from Greenock ( announced in the " Shippiinr l . i-l . iof last evening ) , describing the loss of her Aiaiesijesi troop-ship Apollo on the coast of Newfoundland . X 'I letter was received by the packet-ship which rcaehael Liverpool in the early part of the week , addressetM Messrs . Bainc aml'Johnson , merchants , in the a'na'ii town , from tlieir agents at St . John ' s , Ncwfonmilauila : ft bears the date of Friday , the Gth of June . fc . J briefly announces the melancholy fact that the Al * Ar < troop-ship with troops for Canada , had bccnM srts place called St . Shots , near St . John ' s , and Ul 1 eighty ot those on board had perished . The A ] ' A ]> sailed from Shcerncss in the early part of April lii ! 1 having on board from the Woolwich garrison two cvo < s panics of the Arlillery . viz . of the 1 st and ilth batlal tlal

      , ihc ship arrived at Portsmouth on the 10 th of lot ' month and took her departure on the 10 th , bin , \> tor tork , Halifax , and Quebec , taking on boanoai tllC former port portions of u regiment of the Ihc ido last advices received by the authorities bciirwi ilaiilax , the 28 th of May , announcing her safcsal rival in that port , and the satisfaction of those "i ; e ft Al , l " ' - V thafc tllc tl'o <> P which had cnibainb ; at Cork had been landed there . She was to ti from Halifax on the following dav for her deside tion , Quebec . It appears from " other accountum that date that a succession of very fearful gales tie ; place off the banks of Newfoundland , there beinbci that time a vast accumulation of ice . Several sral had been lost , and amongst them was the has b Jupiter , from Liverpool , bound to St . John's . i ' s . had been crushed by the floating ice , and so I s ( denly , that eight of the ship ' s company perished-, hei her .

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowjin , Of 17, Great Wimtih Street, Haymarket. In The Citv Of Ivcstminstnr. Iter.

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWJiN , of 17 , Great WimTih street , Haymarket . in the Citv of IVcstminstnr . iter .

      Office in the same Street and Parish , for the- th prietor , i- 'EAKGUS O'CONNOIl , Esq ., and publislnblis WiLtUH Hewitt , of Ho . 18 , Charles-strnet , Bra ; Br ; street , Walworth , in the Parish of St . Mary , J > V y , X ton , in the County ot ' Surrey , at the Oilicc , Nic , J Strand , in the Parish 0 St . Mary-Jc-Strand , ind , City of Westminster Saturday , July 6 , ing .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 5, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05071845/page/8/