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8 THE NORTHERN STAR. December 5, 184fi
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Ireland. The Accounts From This Unhappy ...
Kst-y , was prepared to show to any member of the association , who might desire such information , all the old accounts from the very beginning . lie ( Mr . O'C-mnell ) felt convinced that there was nit a mercantile house in the kingdom that had its book in better order—he even doubted if the Bank of Ireland were more accurate . It had been maliciously circulated that when the previous audit hid been finished all the vouchers were destroyed . The contrary was the fact . They had preserved tbe vouchers for every sum expended , down even to three halfpence . ( Cheers . ) The vouchers showed an expenditure of £ 73 . 000 , and every one of them could be produced . So great indeed was the care taken to preserve them thai they were all pasted in a book and each marked by a particular number , so that thete could be no difficulty whatever in finding one that might be required . ( Hear , hear . ) That was all he ( Mr . O'C-mneli ) had to say with regard to the accounts - he need not say more / he did m > t think he co-dd say less . ( Hearhear . ) .
, , , The remainder of the proceeding consisted of abuse of 0 Brien . the Xtiion and Young Ireland the relit for the week was £ 46 Us 5 d " Small by degrees and beautifully less ! " . „ Rum * CoMmiiEE ^ .-GovswwtBvr *«¦—¦» £ an imp-rant con csp ^ dence between the Earl oflt oss e and Sir Randolph R mth , it has been elicited that the Conunis ^ ary-Gsneral will not sanction donations from "overnment to such relief corn inn tees as distribute food gratuitously , or dispose of it at reduced prices to the poor . State of the Couxrr or Clarb . — The subjoined list of outrages appears in the Clare Journal : —
' ' On Friday night , at about 10 © clock , 10 armed ruffians , having their faces blackened , entered the house of Mr . Cornelius O'Loughlen . at Moyrisk . whom they found sitting in his parlour with two others ; they beat the three most unmercifully with the butt-end of a blunderbuss . They went up stairs in search of fire-arms ; he followed , thinking that they were about to molest his wife , an English lady , to whom he has been but recently married . Here the work of blood was resumed , and the miscreants did not depart until they left him , as they thought , for dead . Mr . O'Lotighlen ' s back is dreadfully injured , and , we regret to add , his skull fractured . Surgeon Greene was in attendance next day , and administered the necessary remedies . We should have aided that the ruffians did not decamp without taking with them aguu and a blunderbuss . The only reason assignable for this barbarity is , that heii .-u asteward on the public works he refused employ
merit to some of comparatively independent circumstances to the exclusion of their more desiituteneighbonrs . We tdways knew him t « be a . person of kind and inoffensive habits , and one of the la-1 men In the country capable by any misconduct of pro-Tokirc such barbarous treatment . Some days since a p ' irty of men entered the house of Mr . James Martin , of Kilduff . in Upper Tulla , and took away several stands of arms . They also broke his furniture . In that part of the country , on the day the arms were taken from Mr . Martin , we arc assured that there were 25 outrages committed during 24 Lours , We regret to have to state that the labourers around the village of Clare made another attempton Friday last to obstruct the course of trade , by pre-Tent'eg the Messrs . B-. innatyne from shipping some grain to Limerick . A number of the labuurers lef ; the public works for that purpose . A warrant has bees issued against four of the party ; one of whom has h- * en arrested and committed to gaol . "
Dhsadfcl Murdeb . —The country papers are filled vUh . uccoauts of outrages of every kind upon person and property , of which the following from the Longford Journal is one ot the worst samples : — " On Sunday evening last , the 22 ml instant , between seven and eight o ' clock , an armed hotly of men , amounting to between thirty and fony , supposed to be from , the county of Westmeath , traversed the neighbourhood of Casrle Wilder , Foxhall , & c , in the south of this county , and visited set-eral farmers ' houses , inquiring uf them it they had paid their real , —and oa being told 'Ko , ' ordered them not to do so , on pain of being again visited and punished for it . On coming « n toward ? the residence of John Fiood , of Ardondra , he being alarmed by the barkin ? of his dog , went and opened his door , and demanded what the ruffians wanted , —when three or four of them came over to hiin . and attempting to force in through the door , he defended himself , and with the shovel parried with a nrui with a long gun ,
but who , finding he could not foice an entrance , discharged the contents , consisting of slugs and shots , Into poor Flood ' s hip , who dropped down and died in half an hour . Flood was a married man , in middling circumstances , and has left a wife aud eight children to deplore tbe loss of a father and husband . Re -dealt in horses , wa- well known in Muliingar and all the fairs in this neighb'iurhood . and , as our informant told us , the like of him was i-arely to be found , for he never foild a lie or cursed an oat ; ., and vras an axtrenielv honest man . ' It is a melancholy reflection to think that so useful a member of society should be go suddenly cut off by a body of heartless , murdering ruffians , but wc fear its origin was in that oi a deep-laid conspiracy against the payment of rent ? , in some cases urged on by farmers well able to pay , which ought to be put down at all hazards by the strong arm of the law . We regret that we cannot add . as vet , that the perpetrators have been arrested . "
Foreclosure of Mortgages . —A correspondent of the Freeman ' s Journal supplies the following rather startiinf piece of information : — " 1 understand that , within the last few months , and « jp to the present time , there have been about 1 , 20 ' ' notices lodged in the proper office at the Four Courts , to foreclose mortgages on Irish elates . It has been stated that the mortgages have ivso ! ved on this step , fearing tha * landlords whose properties are involved , and paying heavy interest on outstandliiibiluies , will not be able to meet the demands for interest in consequence of the present state of the country . " This , if true , is the "beginning of the end" with the vengeance .
Dublin , Dec . 1 . —The northern sentry have taken Kti the question of encouragement to Irish fisheries , after a sensible and practical fashion , uiiuely , by forming themselves into a joint-stock Company , for the purpose of working the various fisheries on the north * , rn coast . With this view , a meeting was held at i yirkcubbin on Friday last . Colonel Ward in the c-.-ajr , which was determined to proceed under the Joint-stock Company Bill . Tlie capital of the Company is to be £ -5 , 000 to be raised in shares of £ 5 ea ? h , with a deposit of 2 s . 6 d . on each share , on
application , and 7 s 64 . on their being allocated . A Committee of noblemen aud gentlemen was appointed to manage the affairs of the company . It is intended torigand equip lour deep sea boats forthwith , and application vril ) he made io government for the construction of suitable harbours , piers , quays , and landing slips alon * r the coast . Of the result there can be no doubt whatever—the nnrthem coast is literally teaming with fish ; but , like the vestern and south- western coasts , there is no means ci making the supply available .
- Tkezisg of tub ConpoHATio . v . —The Corporation of Dublin met this darat the Citr Assemblv-house . William-street , when Mr . Alderman Staunt-m , proprietor of the Weekly Register , was elected Lord Meyorfor the ensuing year . Mr . O'Connell gave notice of his motion for reviving the Repeal discussion . Hgbldt , Dec . 22 . —Letters from the country ancounce several deaths occasioned by starvation . Accounts lro . * n 'J'ipperary represent the existence of a fearful state of things in that county : the people are tarnishing to death . In King ' s county , particular ' y in the mountain districts , the people are reduced to a horrible condition . " To augment their manifold misfortunes , fever has broken out amongst them in several places ; and the burning visitation of a pestilential disease is hurrying thousands to their graves .
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8 THE NORTHERN STAR . December 5 , 184 fi
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The Late Forgeries by the Postmaster at Bari ket . —Some time since John Pearce Morse , a chymi ist and druggist at Barnct , where he was also posti master , absconded irom tbat town . having committed i foratries of Post-office orders to between £ 2 , 000 and ; £ 3 , 000 . From the inquiries instituted it wasffound 1 tiiat he had gone off to the continent ; one of the j P ' . ist-office officers was sent to Bruges , but found on j his arrival there that Morse had left that city for ' . Brussels . Peak followed him to Brussels , and thence 1 to Ostend , where he was discovered under the name < of Morton , living in the house of a hair dresser in a i Tcrv reduced state , having squandered away all the i money he took with him , which is believed to have 1 been a considerable sum . He was immediately taken i into custody by the Belgian authorities for travelling under a false mme , but it is not at present 1 known whether he will be brought over to thi * < country to be punished for the crime he has comi niitted .
Collier Tubx-odt . —The colliery masters atBaven-< den gave notice to their men a fortnight ago , that it i was their intention to reduce their wages by taking i from them their yardage , or to cea-e working the pit . . Saturday last the notice expired . The great body of 1 the men remain out . If they stand a few days , there i is not the slightest doubt but tbe masters will yield . The United Smallwakb Weavers —The following s sums which have been received by their Committee i in Manchester on behalf of their country brethren , t tamed out on account ofjoining the National A * soe ciation : —From Burnley painters aud plasterers , per 1 Mr . Henderson , £ 1 ., from Rochdale joiners , per Mr .
1 Nicholson , £ 1 ., from Wolverhampton tin-plate v workers , per Mr . Brodie , £ 1 ., from the bleachers a and finishers of Stockport district , £ 2 ., from the t twist bleachers of Salford , No . 1 Lodge , Goer-street , p per Mr . Bolton . £ 110 s ., from the paper makers oi CCarshalton mill , near Croydon , Surrey , per Mr . I Foresight , 13 a ., from Middleton black silk weavers , p per Mr . Mather , £ 2 9 s . 2 d ., total , £ 912 s . 2 d . The C Committee return their sincere thanks to the above ti trades for the sums above named , and beg to call won other trades . for assistance . Any donation will b < be thankfully received , and duly acknowledged , by John Pullen .
General Secretary , No . 8 , Bell-street , Chwltoa-upon-Medlock , Mao ctchester .
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MONDAY . WESTMINSTER . Disobacefol Condoct of a PolilCEJUK .-Wm . Smith , W 1 V , was charged w . th the following gross milCOIlJUCt . -Mr . Anthony Maggs of 28 Yeoman ' s-row . Brompton , stated that about half-past twelve , on Saturday , ho w <« walking along Grove place , Brompton , when he was suddenly accosted by defendant , who said , " What have you got aboutyou 1 " Complainant was surprised at the inquiry , and asked what he meant , upon which tbe defendant said , "I know you very well ; vou're one of the swell mob . " Complainant inquired how he dared to make such au accusation against him , and gave him his name and address , and also that of his father in the same neighbourhood , in order that defendant might satisfy himself of his respectability , at the
same time tarnishing him with a pencil that he might pat the address down . As it was in the middle of the day , and in a great thoroughfare , a crowd of persons soon collected . Complainant felt very much butt at the conduct of defendant , and requested him to satisfy himself by inquiries of some of those around thorn who knew him , whether he was not the person he represented himself to be . Defendant , however , did not avail himself of this opportunity of setting himself right , but upon the entreaty of the complainant accompanied him to the residence of his father , at 7 , Lloyd ' s-place . Defendant was introduced to complainant ' s parents , when he said , in reply to inquiries put by them , that a gentleman in a gig , " whom he did not know , " had pointed complainant oat as a member of the swell mob . Complainant's father
recommended him to accompany the constable , and relieve himself at thestatioaof theaspersion upon his character , and he accordingly went with defendant toEburystreet , Pimlico , where Serjeant Forstev , the acting inspector , said that there was nothing to justify complainant ' s detention , and discharged him . Complainant was determined not to let the matter drop in this way , and as the station in Ebury-street belonged to the B divi . sion he requested to know where he could find the superior officers of the V division iu order that they might be acquainted with defendant ' s misconduct , and Sergeant Forster immediately sent a man with him to the nearest station of the V ' s , where , for the first time , the defendant said that the charge against the complaint was for taking a purse from a lady . The
defendant further observed at the T station , tbat Colonel Rowan was the person who gave the complainant into his charge . The defendant was then asked whether he knew Colonel Rowan , and said he did not , bat described his appearance . After some further proceedings . Defendant , in answer to the charge , said that a gentleman in a gig pointed Mr . Maggs out to him as a member of the sw ? II mob , and the gentleman stated himself to be Col . Rowan . Mr . Burrell observed that the case was clearly made out against defendant , who had conducted himself in a most unreasonable w ay . In his opinion , the story about Col . Rowan was a mere fiction , defendant having , from some inexplicable motive , taken the complainant into custody ,. , He should fine defendant £ 3 . and , in default , commit kirn fur a month .
A K 0 H 4 KCE of Real Life . —At the Thames police office on Saturday last , Mr . Richard Mitchell , the chief mate of the ship Elaa , from Birbadoes , appeared , to answer a charge of assaulting James Pomara , a New Zealand boy , whose history is a very extraordinary one . The case was opened by Mr . Hinde , solicitor , who » aid the boy was 15 years old , and grandson of the celebrated Sew . Zealand chief TomarB . His father was killed and eaten in a native fight , and his mother died when he was very young . He reached Sydney iu an English ship , after a variety of adventures , and was educated by his guardians . He arrived in England last March , and was taken great notice of by some of the leading persons in this country , and was introduced to Royalty itself , in Buckingham Palace . His proteetor was Mr . Celeb
Angus a merchant and shopowner in the city . The lad expressed a wish to go to sea , and was placed on board the Caleb Angus , a ship named after his protector , the captain being instructed to take very great care of him , and see that he was properly attended and provided for . The Celeb Angus was wrecked at Barbadoes , and Poinara narrowly escaped with his life , and was thrown ashore with nothing but his shirt and browsers on . The lad , after visiting Grenada ml St . Vincent , where he wag taken into the service of the harbour master , and after undergoing many hardships aud adventures , which had more the appearance of a romance than the occurrences or actual life , was shipped on toard the Eilza , for England . The lad was exposed to much ill-us . ige on board theE . iza , was frequently assaulted , and his unprotected
state created no sympathy , as it ought to have done , the la 4 was then introduced into the witness box . He was attired in a midshipman ' s uniform , purchased tor hira by Mr . Angus , and his intelligent open countenance prepossessed every one in his favour . The particular assault complained ot was committed while the vessel was nt sea . The lad , who suffered much from rheumatism and pain , was treated very roughly , and one day he wa . directed by tlie mate to take a marling spike on to the maiu -yard . The lad was directed to tvait a minute by the man on the yard , and the mate called him down again , and after abusing the lad , said he would give him a rope ' s end , and gave him a severe flogging with the bight of a thick rope . The lad threatened to complain to the master of the ship , on which the mate said he would prevent him doing that , and , after striking him with his fists about the head and face , kicked him
severely , Pormira said he would make the mate suffer for his ill-treatment when he reached England , and the mate beat him again , and can led the blood to flow from his nose and mouth . Pomaru was disabled for some time afterwards . The lad ' s statement having been con . firmed by a seaman , llr . Pelham , after cross-examining the witnesses , addressed the magistrate for the defendant , and submitted tiiat tlie boy was insolent , and that the punishment » as not excessive , Mr . Ballantine said the law did not give any power to m ites of the ships to correct any one , and he considered the defendant had been guilty of a very cruel and atrocious assault on a friendless lad . It was not surprising that mutinies were sometimes heard of , when such cruelties as those complained of were practised . He fined the mate £ 3 , which was instantly paid . The lad Pomarawill return to his native land with Mr . Eyre , the new Lieutenant-Governor ol New Zealand .
MARI / BOROUGH-STREET . —Attempted Rape and Robbekt , —Joseph Toney , an Italian organ-player , was brought up for final examination , charged with . having feloniously assaulted a married woman in Hyde-park . The charge which at first assumed the character of an attempt to commit a capital offence , on further investigation turned out to he or a more serious complexion , and tbe committal of the prisoner was delayed for the purpose of inquiring into tlie character of the complainant . Police-ctinstablcNorman now reported that the complainant tore a very excellent character , and that she lived with her husband , in St . Ann-street , Westminster . Elizabeth Edwards , the complainant , said she was the wife of a turner . On Wednesday last , about six o ' clock in the evening , she was passing tlirou-. ii Hyde-park ,
when the prisoner came up to her , and laid hold ot her in an indecent manner . She pushed him away , upen which he said if she did not submit to his wishes , and also give him her money , he wonld murder her . The prisoner then seised her , tore her bonnet and cap from her head , and laying hold of her hair , dragged her four or five yards from tbe footpath , and knocked her down . She resisted with all her strength , aud called murder loudly . The prison ! r unfastened his trowsers , but several persons coming up al the moment , who hud been attracted by her cries , the prisoner let her go , nnd she was enabled to regain her legs . She told a constable of the treatment she had obtained at the hands of tbe prisoner ,
and she gave the prisoner into custody , and went to the station-home to make the charge . Park-keeper Ilembrvy sai-l be was in the park on Wednesday evening , and iiearing screams of murder he ran to the place , and found the complainant and ihe prisoner together , some distance from the footpath . The complainant ' s hair was about her ears , and she appeared to have suffered considerable vioh-nce . She said the prisoner had attempted to rob and munkr htr . Policc-ccnstablu Norman , N 148 , said he followed after the last witness , and found the complainant in the situation described . Her bonnet and cap were on the ground very much torn . The prisoner wasfully committed to the Old Baily for trial .
TUESDAY . MANSIOJf-HOUSE . —A Forgiving IIusbahd . —John Johnson , a man employed on the Ipswich Railroad , was charged with having robbed a fellow-labourer , in whose house he lodged , of clothes and money . The prosucutor charged the prisoner and his own wife at the station . bouse with having robbed him , and absconded from his house . He was surprised , upon returning home one day from work , to find that his wife and two youngest children bad departed by the Orwell steam vessel for London . As no time was to be lost , he took to the railroad , and arrived in town to catch tbe party with tlit addition of the prisoner , who bad evidently taken his place in his wife ' s affections . lie did not exactly know what money his wife wasposscssed of when she eloped , but he was in
the habit of supplying her with money weekly , and when he apprehended her she had not a farthing about her . The prisoner had betu etn £ 1 and £ 9 about him . The Lord Mayor . H « iw long did the prisoner live in the house with you ?—The prosecutor : Upwards of two years , and we always worked together . But I am ready to fonnve her ail , if she will come back with me . The wife of the prosecutor declared that she merely came to -London to see her sister , and the prisoner accompanied her as her husband ' s presence was necessary at home to support the two elder children , and keep things straight and comfortable in her absence . The prisoner never induced her to come away to London , and her husband ' s clothes were merely borrowed for a time . The Lord Mayor : Then you are willing to go back with your husband ?—The prosecutor ' * wife : Certainly I am ; I never intended to
stop away from him . My sister ii married to a miller somewhere in Lond « n , an * l I wanted to have a little conversation with her . Theprosrcutor : I'll think nothing of what has taken place if she'll only comeback . I'll forgive both of ' ein . The Lord Mayor : . Then you den ' t wish to prosecute the man any further ? The prosecutor : No , I won'thurt cither of them at all . The prisoner : 1 did ' ut take any things of his , I only took care of them for bis wife , and I ' m sure we are as innocent as the two children she has with her . The Lord Mayor ( to the prosecutor ) : Well , as you seem to think that no harm has been done , I don ' t wish ; to disturb your tranquillity . As for you ( to the prisoner " ) , if the charge , has been pressed against you , the probability is tbat under such circumstances transportation would be the penalty you would h » v » paid for [ your bueneis . Tbe injured but
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f-. rglving hunband then took his clothes an-J hii wife and children , and a sovereign , which it appeared his wife had handed to the prisoner upon their departure , and Johnson , to wbom the wwrnan said all the rest of the money belonged pocketed the rest , and the whole party walked off to settle tbe affair more completely in a public-bouse . It was stated by a gentleman who hud experience in rail * road matters , that the anicent British system a ' , ctmmunity of wives was fast re-appeav ' tng with tbe railroad system , ( and that such scenes as the above described were frequent upon the various lines .
MARYLEB 0 NE . — An Intruder in the Kitchen . — A geutlomanlj-looklng young man , was charged under Somewhat curious circumstances . Complaiilant , Mr . Pitchard Canterbury Tillas , Edgeware-road , said he had . no ' . wish to give any evidence , as he and defendant had arranged the matter between them . Mr . Rawlin son—Very likely , Sir , but I must insht upon knowing why you have caused this person to be locked up . The complainant was then sworn , and his evidence went to show , that on the previous night , as he was about to retir-.- to bed , he heard the voice of a man below stairs , when , in order to ascertain who was tho intruder , he went into the kitchen , from whence the sound proceeded , and there found defendant with the maid servants . He
seemed excited , probably from having partaken too freely of wine , and as he could not , or would not , explain his reason for being where he was , he was denired to quit the place . Complainant at length succeeded in getting him up fltairr , and on putting him out at the front door he exclaimed , " Now come on , old gentleman , " at the same time striking him ( complainant ) on the back , He was then given into custody . Mr . Raw ! in son—Now tell me , if youjplease , the nature of the arrangement to which you havecome f Complainant—The gentleman is willing to give £ 2 for the relief of the poor Irish , and taking all the other circumstances into consideration , I will upon his doing so , with your permission , withdraw the churge . The magistrate consented , and the money was bunded to complainant , to be appropriated to the purpose named .
WEDNESDAY . LAMBETH . —ExFiitT Robbery by Drao 8 Mbi ' . — Henry Jones , who described himself as a brush maker , and William Evans , a cab-driver , were charged before Mr . Elliott with having stolen a valuable bale of goods from the waggon of Mr . King , a carrier , at Croydon . It appeared that oh the evening before the wapgoner of Mr , King pulled up in front of the White Horse public house , Brixton Hill , to give his horses some water , and immediately after a young man came up and invited him to have a glass of ale . He accepted the invitation , and after leaving his vehicle two other young men came up , took a bale of goods from the waggon , and carried it to a cab a short distance off " . The driver , on returning to his waggon , fortunately missed the property , gave
information to the police , and police constable 345 P , proceeded on horseback after the cib , which he overtook , and placed in the care of a dismounted constable . He tben Tnt in pursuit of the three men , whose description tbe cabmen had given him , Jnd ultimately secured the prisoner Jones . On examining the cab , of which the prisoner Evans was the driver , tl . e hale of goods was found , and also a "life preserver , " Tiie prisoner , Evan ? , in reply to the charge , said that on the evening before a man engaged his cab at St . George's church in the Borough , aud desired him to drive him along ( swards Kenninpton Cross . At the corner of New-street , tbe man
called out to him to pull up , and having done so , the man got out of his cab nnd joined two others , who appeared to have been waiting for him . He asked the man for his fare , and he replied that he had not done with him yet , and desired him to drive along after him . He did so until he g « t near to the Whiti H--rse on Brixton Hill , when he wag told to stop , and In a few minutes two of tho men brought a large bale and put it into the cab . They then desired him to drive to the Elephant and Castle , where they would meet hirr , and he was doing so when the policeman stopped him . The other prisoner denied knowing anything about tbe robbery , and both were remanded until Tuesdey next .
WORSHIP-STREET . — Violent Assault John Philips Weston , who described himself as a gentleman , residing at Primley , In Surrey , was charged with having committed an unprovoked and violent assault upon a respectable young woman , named Mary M-Intosh , residing with her married sister , in BuckVrow , White chapel . It appeared from the statement of the complainant , a delicate-looking person , whose eye was much swollen and discoloured , that between three and four o ' clock that morning , she was hastening to procure the attendance of the family surgeon for her sister , who had been suddenly taken in the pains of labour , but had scarcely gone twenty yards from the door , when she was met by the defendant , who , without uttering a word , seized her by the shoulders , and , shaking her violentl y .
flung h < r heavily on the pavement . lie then commenced kicking her in a savage manner , and when she attomyted to rise , struck her a violent blow in the face , which again knocked her do ' -rn , and rendered her insensible . On recovering her consciousness , she fnund the defendant in the custody of a constable , who appeared to have witnessed tne transaction , and by whom he was at once conveyed to the station-house . On being called upon ta answer the charge , the defendant , with great coolness , declared that the occurrence originated in a misapprehension on his part as he had mistaken the complainant for a woman who bad just before left his company , after robbing him of his ring
and purse , but he was quite ready to make her any pecuniary recompense the magistrate might suggest , for the treatment she had received . Sergeant Graves informed the bench that there was no foundation whatever for the defendant's insinuation against tbe character of the complainant , whom he had ascertained to be a person of unblemished reputation , anil that she resided , as she had stated , with her brother-in-law , a man of property and respectability . Mr . Bingham said tbat he regretted his powers were far too limited to deal nil ' - quat ly with such a case , but he should c 4 rry tliem out to tho utmost extent , and order the defendant to pay a penalty of £ 5 , or be committed , in default , for two months to the House of Correction ,
CaocKFOED ' s Revived . —A foreign gentleman came into Court , and , addressing Mr . Hardwick , the sitting magistrate , in French , begged f-ir adviceund * r the fob lowing , to him , very serious circumstances : —He had recently become the lessee of the celebrated Crockfurd ' n Club House for three years , at a yearly rent of £ 3 . 000 . His object in taking the premises was to convert tliem into concert and assembl y rooms of the most s-.-lict character . He had , however , unfortunately , signed the agreement to b .-come lessee , without being aware that it was necessary to have a license for music and dancing , and that such license could only be granted by :. magistrate . He wished to know whotlier the magistrate could
put him in the way of obtaining such a license Mr . Hardwick said that such a license ns that sought for by the complainant could only be granted by magistrates in petty sessions . Tlio sessions were held in October lust , and unless there was an adjourned session , he did not know how the applicant was to get a license until the next year . If the applicant opened bis rooms without such a licens" , he would be at tbe mercy of every common informer , and would subject himself to a penalty of £ 50 each night , and also render his visitors liable , without previous warning , to be taken into custody on a warrant by the police , and sent before a magistrate , tliciv "to be detlt with according to law . " Tbe applicant thanked tl . e magistrate and then withdrew .
Af ANSION HOUSE . —SrsrEM or Flvsozr . — Hugh Roberts and William Marshall wore placed at the bar , the former charged with having robbed bis employer , Mr . Erans , of No . 131 , Cheapside , of bandanas and other handkerchiefs to a very considerable amount , and the latter with having received the goods , well knowing that they had been stolen . Mr . Humphrey appeared for the prosecution , nnd Mr . Hobler attended for the prisoner Marshall . George Todd , City policeman 709 , st ted that ou Wednesday evening he took a man nemud Upson , whom he found drunk in the street , to the station-house in Bow-lane , nnd found the black handkerchief with white spots produced upon him . Upson was subsequently admitted as evidence against the two prisoners at the bar . Mr . D . Evans , warehouseman , stated , that the
prisoner Roberts was in his service . On Thursday last Everett , a policeman , called upon him . and in eon sequence of a communication which took place between them , he went to speak to Roberts , who was then in the warehouse . Having shown to Roberts the handkerchief alluded to , and said that a man was in custody about it , thatprisoncr said , •« I may as well confess to you that 1 have taken a piece of handkerchiefs . You may as well prosecute me , for I am tired of my life . I have not had a moment ' s peace for some years . " In reply to a question , he said that he had taken nothing else . John Upson , stated , that he had been in tho warehouse of Messrs . Swain and Pearce , of St . Paul ' s Churchyard , as porter , for thirteen orfjurtten years . He had known Roberts for several years . The handkerchief produced had been taken from him by a policeman . ( Here three
other handkerchiefs were produced . ) He bought the whole of these handkerchiefs from Roberts about two months ago , for 3 s 9 deach , and a shawl handkerchief had been also bought by him from the same prisoner about 12 months ago . Mr . John Marston , clerk to the prosecutor , stated that after Roberts was in custody he went to the Bull's Head Inn In Wood-street , where Roberts lodged , and having heard the name of Marshall , tho other piisoner , mentioned , he went to the house of Mr , Slater , in whose service Marshall was . He there saw Marshall , who . in answer to questions , said that ha knew Hugh Roberts , and had purchased goods of hiin , for which he bad bills of parcels and receipts . On being told to produce the papers , he appeared to be going to do so , but he halted and said he had net got them . He stated that he had purchased of Roberts to the amount of £ 100 in black silk handkerchiefs . Witnens took Marshall to the
station house , but before he went away he said be considered it a privilege he had to buy or sell goods . At the station house he Wars starched , a * d amongst other papers found upon him was a small label with the names of "James and Ferdinand Jackson" upon it , who were persons fur whom Mr . Evans sold on commission . The Lord Mayor committed both prisoners for trial .
THURSDAY . SOUTHWARK , —Chaeoe or attempting to commit Fel . ont .- ~ William Bearde , alias Donovan , a young man , with a cut over his right eye , was brought before Mr . Seeker , charged with entering the Dun Cow publichouse , High-street , with three other men , for the pur . pose of committing felony . —The prisoner , who it suspected of belonging to a gang of thieves who plunder public-houses , walked into the Dun Cow that morning about half-past eight o ' clock . They went into the taproom and called for a quartern of rum , and while the
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bar-maid was serving them the prisoner took on opportunity of slipping unperceived out of the room . In about five minutes afterwards ho was seeing ^ coming do wn stairs , and endeavoured te make a bolt" out of the house , but was prevented . On examination of the rooms upstairs it was discovered that three coats belonging to the landlord had been taken out of his bed-room , , and were found ly ing on the staircase , dropped , no doubt , by the prisoner , in Ms anxiety to escape detection . His three companions escaped during the confusion of the ' moment . When before the magistrate the prisoner asseverated his innocence of having any lelnniom intention ; said it was all spite , and that he obtained hit living by honest moans . Committed to the House of Correction for three months .
BOW-STREET . —Stealing a Watcd . —John Orchard , a drummer in the Coldstream Guards , was charged with stealing a watch and a sovereign , the property of Captain Charles Grimstead . It appeared that on the 2 Gth of November the prosecutor left his gold watch and a sovereign on the table in bis own room , adjoining the guard room , to which no one but the prisom-r and » corporal had access , at ei g ht o ' clock in the evening , When he wont to mess . At eleven o ' clock he returned and missed the watch and sovereign . Nobody but the prisoner and the captain ' s servant had been iu
the room . The prisoner was apprehended on Tuesday Iastby policeman It 17 , at a public house in Whitechnpel . He said that he had taken the watch and sovereign , and had taken a cab toRatcliSe highway , where he git a man whom he knew to pawn it for £ 3 . The policeman , after leaving the prisoner at the station , went to the lodg ing of the man mentioned by the prisoner , but failed iu apprehending him . He afterwards made inquiries at the pawnbroker ' s , and found the watch which he now produced , and which wks Identified by the captain . Mr . Jardine remanded the prisoner to Saturday week .
CLERKENWELL . —Assablt . —James Brookes was charged with violently assaulting police constable 141 G , under the following circumstances : —Tbe policeman stated , that last night he saw the prisoner iu the New Road , in company with a drunken female , whom he knocked down and brutally assaulted , nnd when he ( constable ) interfered for her protection , the prisoner struck him three times in the face , and attempted to trip bin . up . When he was taken into custndy he resisted violently , and it required several constables to take hiin to the station house , Mr , Combe said he would not , in tho present case , inflict a fine ; he would take the more effectual remedy of ordering the prisoner to find good bail to keep the peace . Not being provided with sureties , the prisoner was locked up .
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FRIDAY . MARYLEI'ONE . — Shoplifting . — A respectably dressed female , ivho gave her name Sarah Littlejohn , was charged with the following robbery : —On the same afternoon the prisoner , who lives in the Edgeware-road , went to the shop of Mr . Howitt , a linendruper , ic , near her own residence , and asked to look at some ribbon , to match a pattern which she had with her . A box full of ribbons was placed before her on the counter , and ' while turning over several pieces she was observed to take out one of them nnd secret it under her shawl . As she was
about to leave the place she was taxed with the theft , when she produced the piece alluded to , and laid it down by tbe box . She was told by tbe foreman tbat he should not be satisfied unless she was searched , and she then took Irom her dress two other pieces of ribbon , at the same time crying and begging that her offence might be forg ' ven , for tbe sake of her family , G lenister , 174 D , was called in , and she was conveyed to the station house , where nothing more was fonnd upon her than a few of tape and other trifling articles . Tbe whole of the ribbon was identified as being the property of Mr , Howitt , and the prisoner was committed for trial .
THAMES-STREET . —Ch & bqe of Crueity aoatsst the Captain of a Ship . —Mr . Johnson , a shipowner of Fenchur . eh-street , accompanied by Mr . Pelham , the solicitor , came before Mr . Ballantine , for the purpose of renewing the application made by the latter gentleman on Thursday , against Captain Thomas Malmgrew , the mas . ter of the barque Favourite , now lying in the West India dock , for cruelty towards Henry Johnson , the second mate of the vessel , who . it was alleged , had been goaded into madness by the inhumanity of the captain , who subsequently treated tbe unfortunate lunatic with merci ! e . » s severity on the voya ; e from the Mauritius to London . Mr . Johnson said he came forward on public grounds to charge the eaplain of tha Favourite , of which he ( Mr . Johnson ) was owner , with various acts of cruelty , and he
thought it was a duty he owed society , and to the merchant marine , to expose the tyranny which had been practised towards a number of British seamen . His ship left this port in June , 1844 , and nine or ten deaths had occurred , some of them under very extraordinary and suspicious circumstances , and nine crews had been shipped during a voyage whicli had been procrastinated by the acts of the Captain to a most unusual length . The barque Favourite , after being fitted out at an expense of upwards of £ 1 , 500 , left London on the 19 th of June , 1844 , under tbe command of Thomas Malmgrew ; called at Madeira , where the master ' s bad conduct was first developed ; arrived at Madras on the 13 th uf October , 1844 ; proceeded thence to Fenang and Singapora to hind g ^ ods shipped on board from London ,
from there to Madras , Arracan , aud back again to Singapore ; from that place to Hong Kong , afterwards to Mnulmcin , Mauritius , St . Helena , and London , where she arrived on the 20 th of November . Mr . Johnson went over many transactions connected with the voyage . Atone place the captain kept the ship unemployed for 4 months , at another plac » he incurred debts to the amount of £ 300 . and during his last stay in the Mauritius , he incurred expenses to the amount of £ 1 , 300 , for which the ship was bottomried . Mr . Johnson also charged the Captain nitli various other irregularities ; with trading on bis own account , and with staying three days at St . Helena for his own pleasure . The Captain had declared that he would keep tbe ship out as long as she could float , and it was only by a ruse he was prevailed upon to bring tbe
ship home again . Mr ., llallaiitinu said ho could have nothing to do with the matters referred to by tbe owners . —Mr . Johnson snid , he would enter into a narrative of tbe Captain ' s cruelty nnd harshness to the crews , Tbe Captain had had nine crews from first to lasl ^ and seven chief officers . Only two men who went out in the ship returned with her , and one of them was now insane . — Mr , Ballcnline wished to confine himself moia especially to the case of the lunatic mentioned by Mr . Pelham on Thursday . Aftri a long discussion , and the hearing of two witnesses who generally confirmed the statement made by Mr . Pelham on Thursday . Mj . Biillitntine said , there was no pretence for saving the Captain ' s conduct bad driven the second mate to madness . The next question was whether the lunatic had
been coerced more than the necessities of the case required . It might seem harsh on shore to chain a lunatieto a post , or to make him fast to a table , as was represented to bare been done in this case , but the peculiarities of tbesea service ought to be considered , The servici-sof every man were renjiirod in the navigation of the vessel . There was no one on board ship who understood the care of insane people , and if a seaman became deranged it might be necessary to chain him to prevent him throwing himself overboard , injuring his shipmates , or getting at the spirits . He saw nothing to call for his interference , but at the same time he must add , that Mr . Johnson , the owner , had done what w « is right and proper , and he wished all shipowners would take as much interest in the welfare of thvlr crews as be had done . The parties then retired .
MARLBOROUGII-STREET—RoBBEnv uv a Seuvant . —Ann Richards , a servant in the employ of Mr , John Gurtou , landlord of the Red Horse public llouie . Bond-street , was charged with hiving stolen at various times a large quantity of property from lu-r master . The complainant said he had suspicion of the prisoner , and on Thursday morning he went up stairs and found her coming out of her bedroom with a bottle of port wine in her hand . The prisoner said she had had tbe wine for some time . Complainant searched her room , and . in a drawer he found a stone bottle full of gin , nhich the prisoner said her uncle bad given her . A police constable was sent for , and the prisoner ' s bedroom was thoroughly Searched , Between the bi-d and mattrass were found six bottles of wine , nine bottles of . brandy , three bottles of gin , three bottles and one stone bottle full of rum , one bottle of whiskey , about two pounds weight of cigars , and a quantity of loaf-sugar , all of which coinplntnant had no doubt was His properly . The prisoner declined to say anything , and was committed .
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MrmPEfiur a Wipb . —An inquest , which commenced on the 24 th instant , was terminated on Friday last , upon the body of John Foster , an inhabitant of Sudbury , in Suffolk , who died under suspicious circumstances on tho ISfcli . The evidence produced on tlie first day of the inquest led to directions being given for a post mortem examination of the body , and the proceedings were adjourned to allow time for the completion of the analysis . When the inquiry was resumed witnesses were examined who deposed to the deceased having returned from work on the evening of the 17 th , apparently in perfect health ; but after partaking of supper , which hail been prepared by his wife , to whom lie had heen only three weeks married , he was seiaed with violent sickness , and remained in great suffering t ll the lollowing morning , when he died . The medical witnesses stated that
they had detected arsenic in the intestines , and other appearances of the body led to the -conclusion that death had heen occasioned by some virulent , poison . The jury ultimately returned a verdietof wilfulmurder against the wile , Catherine Foster , who was committed to the county gaol at Bury St . Edmund ' s for trial at the ensuing assizes . Mystkrious Dkatii or a Laut , —An inquiry respecting the death of Mrs . Mary Summers , aged 48 years , lately residing at No . 10 , Holland-p l ace , Denmark-street , was concluded on Monday . The deceased , who was highly connected , had been in the
enjoyment ot excellent health for several years . On Wednesday ( last week ) she retired to her dressing room , and having remained for a considerable time some alarm was manifested by tlie other membeas of tho family , and altera few minutes search , ono of the servants discovered the deceased lying on the floor by the bedside , in an insensible slate . A surgeon was called'in who pronounced life to be extinct . Mr . Burridge , surgeon , and achemioat lecturer said , they were unable to detect anything of a deleterious nature , but death had clearly resulted from the rupture of a blood vessel on the brain . Verdict "Death from natural causes . "
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IHE LATE DEATH FROM DESTITUTION IN MARYLEBONE . On Monday the board of directors and guardians of the poor of St . Marylebone assembled for the purpose of investigating the charges made against th * officers of the workhouse by the verdiet of the coroner ' s jury in the ease of Louisa Mordaunt . Mr . Messer , the relieving officer , presented a report to the board concerning tlie facts elicited at the recent inquest . He said the case of the mother of the deceased female , Mrs . Mordaunt , was well known to him , she having been on the books as a pensioner for the last ten years . With respect to the young woman , the deceased , and bersister , they applied for relief in the mnnth of August last , and he gave them some bread , and offered the house . He again did so in the latter end of October , and told them that he could do no more , but that there was an order of admission to the workhouse made out for them .
Mr . WalpoleEyre—Did that order apply to the old woman , who 1 believe is upwards of 70 , and imbecile ? Mr . Messer—Yes , it applied to all . Sir James Hamilton-When these poor creatures applied to you for out-relief , and said tliey were starving , do you think you acted riyhtly in telling thetn they must come into the workhouse ? Mr . Messer—I offered the workhouse as a test o ( their destitution . Mr . Galley—Now , is it true , Mr . Messer , when Mary Anne Mordaunt applied to you for relief , you gave her a loaf of bread , and said , " Now I have done with you , there is no more relief for you ? " Mr . Messer—1 said , I can give you no more relief , you must come into the house . Mr . Galley—It seems monstrous to me that every person , however respectable , when they apply here for relief , should be offered the house . Do you not allow circumstances to alter casts ? In this case it
is quite clear that the deceased woinun and her sister were in deep distress , and yet you did not think it a case requiring instant relief . Mr . Messer—I did not feel justified in offering other relief than bread and an order of admission to the workhouse . Mr Potter—Are you aware , Mr . Messer , that of all persons-likely to become destitute from the precarious nature of their work , it is needlewomen , and that , therefore , you would be justified in going in such cases out of the ordinary rule ? Mr . Me .-ser—I considered this case one coming under the ordinary rule ; in fact , a pauperised case . - Mr . Potter begued to toll Mr . Messer that the board had recently ^ iven hira extensive powers and a large increase of salary , and they were by no means satisfied with the manner in which he or the other officers had done their duty . Indeed , with one or two exceptions , they were unworthy of their situations .
Mr . Lan < jley , the poor inspector , was called in , and admitted that he did not give the ticket to thesioter of the deceased , but to a lodger in tho house . He also admitted that it was his ditty to have inspected the case , but he had been up and down so many stairs during the day lie did not do so . He «« ked no questions as to the state of the parties , nor did lie hear that the deceased was ill . Mary Anne Mordaunt ( sister of the deceased ) was hero called , and repeated the statement she made before the coroner and jury . In answer to further questions by the board , she said tho ticket wag ( riven by tho inspector to a lodger . If the Inspector had made any inquiry he would have known her sister was ill . She had been receiving medicine from the dispensary for the last six months . Mr . Messer expressed his ignorance that such was the case .
Mr . Potter—Here is a pretty state of things , this poor creature had been receiving advice for six months , and the fact was not known to one of our officers . Now , I ask Mr . Messer , if he had known the deceased had been under medical treatment would he have given the same answer when she ap . plied to him that he has done' Mr . Messer—Certainly not . Mr . Potter said it was quite clear that the overseer had grossly neglected his duty in allowing the woman to die of want , when it was considered that he had power uncontrolled of giving her relief or food to any amount .
Sir Jiunea Hamilton regretted tho obloquy thrown on the boi'rd by this occurrence . The inspector , Langley , upon his own showing had proved his ne . ^ - lij-ence . Had he inspected the case , as he ought to have done , this catastrophe could not have happened . He should , therefore , at once move that officer ' s dismissal . Mr . Potter thought the board ought not to stop r-hort at tho dismissal of one particular officer . Mr-Me-iscr had been to blame , and there had been altogether a scene of such gross mismanagement , that it involved the question of whether all the officers were not deserving of dismissal . If , therefore , Sir James Hamilton would withdraw his motion , he would move that a special investigation into the mode of performing their duties by the whole of the relieving officers and inspectors be gone in . o .
Sir James Hamilton having assented to this pro posal , Mr . Potter ' s resolution was adopted unani mously .
Murder Of A Husband By His Wife. The Dis...
MURDER OF A HUSBAND BY HIS WIFE . The discovery of a mysterious case of poisoning iu the village of Anion , a short distance from Sudbury , wit ' . iin the last few . days , has created the greatest sensation in this part of the county of Suffolk . The circumstances connected with it are of a very complicated character ;—About a roonth ago , a healthy looking young man , named John Foster , 21 years ot age , was married to Catherine Mnrley , aged IS , the daughter of a widow residing in the village . Foi three weeks they lived with the mother apparently on gocd terms , when , on the afternoon of the 17 th inst ,, he complained uf heartburn and sickness , and in less than . twenty-four hours expired . The sudden nature of the death having been communicated to Mr . Harry Waymau , the Coroner for the county , an inquest was opened at the Crown Inn in the village , un Saturday , the 2 Ut ult .
> There being no suspicion entertained at this period that the death of the deceased was produced by poison , the young widow , Catherine Foster , was called in and examined as to the circumstances attending her husband ' s demise . She stated that > he had been married to tlie deceased exactly three weeks on the day of his death . He bad been complaining of pains in his head ever since tiieir marriage . He told her that , about a fortnight after their wedding he had slipped off a load of hay , and had hurt himself very much in the back .
very important disclosures , it appear- * , were made to the Coroner by the surgeon at the close of her examination to the effect that the deceased had died from the effects of poison , and he accordingly adjourned ; the inquiry till the 21 th instant , so " as to enable a post mortem examination of the body , and an analysis ot the contents of the stomach to be made . On the resumption of the investigation , the coroner having been apprised of the probability of the deceased's death being found to have resulted from arsenic , ho desired the widow to be called in , and after cautioning her in the usual way , read ihe evidence whicli she had previously - ; iven , to which she put iicr mark as being correct ,
Other evidence was then given , from which it appeared that the poison had been mixed with a dumpling , of which the deceased partook , and was seized immediately afterwards with heartburn and vomiting , tlie usual indication of poisoning by arsenic . Tne surgeons who made the post mortem examination deposed to finding a considerable quantity in the stomach , and-gave it as thoir decided opinion that the death was owing to that cause . The Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder " against Catherine Foster , the wife of the deceased , wiio was then committed to the County Gaol at Bury St . Edmunds for trial at the ensuing assize . * . The jury having met on Monday , pursuant to acljournment j to siyn their verdict , the following additional evidence was taken *
Mary Ann Ginnery sworn : I live with my grandfather William Pawsey at Acton , and am a single woman . My grandfather lives next door to Mrs . Mcrley ' s , where John Pouter died . On the day after his death , when the surgeons were opening his body , Catherine Foster , deceased's wife , came and sat in our house . When she came in she said the doctors where going to open John ' s body , and she could not bear the thoughts of being within , and she asked if she might sit there the time they were doing it . She then sat down by the fire . After some time she said , "If I had went te Bury before I married , I would not have married him at all . The above was confirmed by a younger sister of this witness .
In consequence of information communicated to the coroner by Mr . Richard Holmes , a pupil of tho Reverend Mr . Otley ' s , the little boy Morlcy ( brother of the accu > eil ) was sent for , and being subjected to a very close examination by the coroner , the following evidence was elicited from him ;— " My sister made two dumplings on the day when John was taken ill . She made them before he cauio in . The dumplings were both the same size . My sister gave John one of the dumplings . My sister and myself had the other dumpling between us . Theaecond dumpling was made of the rubbings of the pan , aud was a little one ; this is the one my sister and 1 had . John had none of this one . My sister and I had *
nearly done our supper when John came in . We had a few potatoes and a little dumpling . On the Tuesday night , when John was ill in bed , and when Catherine was in bid , she told mc to say that I ate the same victuals that John did . I had been in 'bed ever so long . She told me again on the day 1 first came up before the jury to say tho same , and also that there was only one , dumpling ; this is the reason why I said so . We neither of us had anv ot the dumpling that John had . John asked me to have a piece . Catherine said I sheuld not , and I had not . " It was evident that the boy had heen tampered with , and it was with difficulty that the above evidence could be obtained . By the direction of the coroner , he was taken charge of by Mr . Superintendent Ray . . ¦ ¦*¦ "
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' V An inquiry , adjourned from Friday 'last , » as suraed on Monday respecting the dea ' th of JosoV Woodward , aged | 23 months , whose death , it « alleged was hastened by wai . t of food . ^ Mr . Ceultard , one of the relieving officers of St Paneras , and other persons officially connected * ui it were present . tt The mother of the child gave evidence to the fni lowing effect : —She resides at No . 90 , Albany street * The deceased child died after about a week ' s illness during which Mr Lambert , a ' surgeon , prescribed for it . It died unexpectedly . Her husband had been in prison for some time respecting some monev transactions , and was released on the day of the child ' s death . During his confinement she wag in great want ,. with two other childrenbesides de
, - ceased . She applied for relief in the first instance on the } 15 th of October last , at the St . Paneras Workhouse . She received an order for two loaves of bread , but ! represented that being without fire or proper nourishment for the deceased child , always a Bickly ono , bread would bo of no uso to her , whereas one shilling would purchase food and a few little nourishing things more appropriate for the condition ot her tamily than bread . Money was refused , but the asylum of the workhouse was offered to her . I hat she rejected , because the acceptance of it would cause her to lose a little occasional work she had . She went a second time to the workhouse on tlie 2 nd of November , and was again relieved with bread , but with nothing else . She received similar
relief subsequently , but never received any money . Two of her children could eat bread , but deceased could not . She had not represented to tlie parish authorities that her child was ill . She only spoke of the destitution of the family . In . order that her children might have a little food , she had herself during the-Iast seven weeks gone two days without any . Her chief nourishment was a little tea and dry bread . Her landlady had given her arrowroot for the deceased , and she had procured biscuits for it . but it had lost its appetite for a few days prece ding death . Before , and at the time death took place , deceased had more food than it could eat . llet
other children had not , but they were heaithy . Mr . Lambert , surgeon , of Albany Street , had never seen the deceased child alive , but had prescribed for it according to the symptoms described to hira by the mother . Since death he had examined the b » dy internally and externally . The child was a very small one for 'its age , much emaciated and crook-backed , and otherwise deformed . Lie had found extensive disease cf some of the internal organs—the right lung adhering to the plura , and disease of the pericardium . The stomach was healthy , but he found no food in it , and very little in the intestines .
Mrs . Woodward , the mother , havine been recalled " stated that when she went to the workhouse she was kept waiting some times from nine a . m . to nearly five p . m . before she obtained the relief of a leaf or loaves . The place was crowded with applicants kept waiting as long as she was kept , more or less . On Friday evening last , after tbe inquest , a prrson from the workhouse called , and inquired into her condition . He gave her 2 s . and an order for two loaves , and told her when that relief was exhausted to apply to the workhouse .
Mr . Coultard , assistant relieving officer , here stated that lie reco'iected the woman calling ou the 25 th of October and having been relieved with bread . She made no statement , to his recollection , that her case was an urgent one . If she had applied snonr-r , and repeatedly , and urgently , tlie condition of herself and family would have been inquired into , although that would have been going beyond what the law permitted . She and her family belonged to St . Marylebone , strictly speaking " , entitled to noout-door relief in St . Paneras .
The Jury having deliberated within closed doors for a long time , returned this verdict , ¦ ' Died from effusion into the cavity of the cheat , produced by natural causes ; " and in returning that verdict the Jury unanimously express their opinion , founded on the evidence , " 'that certain of the relieving officers of tho parish of St . Paneras have been crossly apathetic and negligent respecting the family of which the deceased child was a member , when the direful wants of * the family were made known to them on two or more occusUms by the mother . Tho Jury further say that proper attemps were not made by the said officers to distinguish between the necessitous or truly deserving poor in St . Pamras , and those of persons who are not so deeply in need of food , firing , or clothing as wore Mrs . Wood ward and her family , living at home , during the last seven weeks . They fear that
a meek and orderly manner of application disarms the said officers ol all apprehension that distress is real and emergent . They condemn most strongly the wanton and cruel custom of keeping large numbers of persons waiting for relief , when early and prompt attention might , by other arrangements , be given , and they consider that in the winter season this practice is especially wicked and injurious . Finally , the Jury hope that immediate steps will be taken in the parish . Unit the errors which have become manifest a : this inquest , and the system of relief to the poor , maybe removed , in order both to render the system more humane , and prevent the necessity in the approaching winter of the summoning them and their brothtr inhabitants to inquire into causes of death , produced by the want of the common necessaries of life . "
Taking The Veil—Two Foolish Ladies, The ...
Taking the Veil—Two foolish ladies , the Hon , Miss Middleton , and Miss Byrn , " on Wednesday , at the C > -nvent , Parkers-row , Bermondsoy .
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Corn Exchange, November 30. Our Arrivals...
CORN EXCHANGE , November 30 . Our arrivals of English wheat during the past week hnve been large from Lincolnshire , which went mostly direct to our millers At this ray ' s market there iiasa moderate supply , which met a steady sale at the currency of this day week . In free Foreign the transactions are not extensive , but there is a yootl inquiry- t \> r Irish , at late rates . "horoiS less demand for bonded , as the French markets generally come lower ,
Provincial Markets. Richmond (Yorksiiirk...
PROVINCIAL MARKETS . Richmond ( Yorksiiirk ) Coit . v Market , Satukdav . — We only had a thin supply of grain iu our market to day , which was soon brought up , at au advance on last week ' prices . Wheat sold from 7 s to 10 s ; oats , > s 3 d to 4 s U ; barley , 5 s to Ds ' i'd ; beans , 6 s to Gs 3 d per bushel . Wakefield Cokn- II auk ex . —The arrivals of all grain hut moderate . The wheat trade not over brisk but sold ou fully as good terms as on this day lm-li . Wauiungtox Corn- Market . —There was a fair attendance at the market , and our supply of wheat fi-jin the farmer * was good , while the millers bought it with more spirit , at about last week's prices . Hull Cons Market . —Since our last we hnva had but little passing in the corn trade . At this day ' s market wo had a short supply of wheat from the farmers which was taken oil' freely at last week's prices . Liverpool Cor . v . Market . —Considerable transactions have occurred in wheat and iti'tir since Tuesday , chiefly for shipment to Ireland , and for local consumption , and an advance obtained , of "id to 3 d per bushel on wheat , and fully Is per barrel on Hour .
Manchester Corn Market . —Holders of wheat , at our market this mornin ; r , generally required an adraleo ot Id to 2 d per bushel ; but at this enhancement the transactions were limited . In the value of sack flour no material iniin-oveiiient could be established , bin at the full currency ot ' tiiis day se ' niiiglit a tolerably fieesale for the article was experienced . BiiiMiscHAM Cons Exciiangk . — During- tbe present week the English wheat offering has sold readily at an advance of Is to Is G'd per quiti'tei . Newcastle Corn- Market . — Our market was fairly supplied with wheat to-day from the growers as well as coastwise , and having a good attendance of buyers , the demand proved brisk for all descriptions of quaiit ,, at prices tho turn dearer than on Saturday last .
State Of Trade. Leeds.—There Was Scarcel...
STATE OF TRADE . Leeds . —There was scarcely anything doing at the Cloth Halls , except assorting to positive orders , either on Saturday or Tuesday . The trade is as usual at this period , fa'f ?¦{ , ' off as respects the home demand , and there is . n-1 but little doing in market goods for shipping . The same dull state of business obtained in the warehouses . Manchesteii , Friday Evening . —We have still nothing favourable to report of our cloth market , and a further decline iu prices would not , it is thought , induce large purchasers to appear ; and the market closes very heavily . Bradford , Thursday . —There , is a better demand f " wool than hist neck , but still the demand is an extremely dull one , even for the season . The supply of nool is fully an average one . Priess , to the surprise of every one in Bradford , do not give way . Clothing wools are not in good sale . For heavy piece goods there is considerable inquiry . IIudoeusheld , Tuosda . v . —There ha * been but little activity again to day . In tho f iney department cassincts and cashmeretts were mostly in demand . The wool market is lanauUl , hut prices remain firm .
Halifax , Satuudat . —There has been rather niort doing in the piece trade to-day , but no better prices . The yarn department seems in a very awkward position , spinners having to encounter a rather firmer feeling uv the wool market , at the same being unable to support recent quotations for yarn . ¦ , , „ Rochdale Fi . axnel Market , Monday . —TV e W « had less business done to-day than on the previous Monday , but no change in prices . . 3 ARNSLET . — The linen trade during the last fortnight lias been rather better than lor some months previous . Nottingham . —The condition of the cotton hosiery trade in any of its branches , whether wrought , cut-tip , or fancv stockings , has not mended . The- drawer and pantaloon bvuneli , too , is « xtremely dull , the silk « " >« trade is in much the same state . The lace trade , hot " bobbin and warp , continues in a very depressed state .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 5, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05121846/page/8/
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