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      January 6, 184*. The Northern Star. »

      January 6 , 184 * . THE NORTHERN STAR . »

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      FRANCE . DIF 1 AT 67 THI NSW MI 5 ISTBT . " The government of the new President have alreacy begun to experience thadifficultiea of office . The chief odium which bore down the republic was its increase of * taxation . The ministers-of Leuis Napoleon are obliged to came forward with a demand for the maintenance of this taxation , and of the salt duty , which is the asost ostarota upon the peor . M . Pasty begged that it might be allowed te vsmain six months longer . Bnt the Chambers were inexorable . Amotion being made to reduee the salt dmty to lOf . the 100 kilos . Isunediately , the ministry opposed it , but were defeated by 403 votes against 360 . The Barrot ministry has thus allewsd itself to ba defeated by their adversaries in the Chamber , and on a question whioh plaeas their adversaries on the popular lida . The second part of the amendment , for the total suppression ot the tax , on and after the 1 st of April , was rejected withaut division .

      BMIOHATIOSSM . Leon de Malleville , Minister of the Interior , and M . Bixlo , Minister nf Commerte , hays resigned , The MoNiTEDaef Saturday published three decrees , appointing M . Leon Faucher , Minister of the Interior , in place of M . Leonde Malleville ; M . Lacrosse , Minister of Puttie Works , in place of M . Leon Faucber ; and M . Buffet , one of the representative * of tha penplaMiaister of Agriculture and Commerce , in place of M . Bizio .

      THE AMSE 6 TT . We extract the following from the correspondence of the Morhisg Herald : — ' I understand that t ^ e amnesty is ready . It will apply to all those insurgents who were taken with arms in their hands , atd on simple identification were transported without trial ; bnt those who were tried before councils of war and condemned after fall examination , are to be exempted frem the benefit of this gracious measure . The prisoners at Yincennes are to be tried forthwith . JOUB DB Ii ' irT .

      Pabh , Monday Evening . —The whole of this day bas been occupied by the Parisians in the usual New Teart-day visits , and the aew President of the Repnblio bas bad more than his share of the compliments of the season . From an early hour this morning , deputation after deputation bas been wending its way towards the Palaeeof theElysee Bourbon , and the same'process will continue till alateheur this evening , when the corps diplomatique will attend . Among the deputations whieh went to the Palace of the Elysee to-day , was one consisting of several hundred of the soldiers of the Emperor Napoleon ' s celebrated Vielle Garde . They were dressed in the uniform of the time of the Emperor , and carried an enormous bouquet monstre , which they presented to the nephew of the Emperor . They attracted great notice as they passed along the streets on their way to { he Palace .

      To-day the President of the Republic , by way of etrenne , presented the Prince de Moskowa , the ton of the unfortunate Marshal Ney , with the deorer , signed this morning , appointing him Minister of the Republic at Berlin , in tbe p ' aco of M . Emanuel Arago : and to Count Waleski ( who ia a natural son of the Emperor ) the decree appointing him Minister of the Republic at Turin , in the place of M . Bois ! e Cunte . M . Jerome Bonaparte was yesterday installed in the Governorship of the Invalideg .

      THB USE KLtCHOM FOB PBSSrBENT . We lave waited until the whole of the returns , including Algtria and Corsica , were made up , to give a correct list of the votes in the different departments . Ihe total aumberof votes given io each of the candidates was aa fallows : — Louts Napoleon Bonaparte ... 6 , 048 , 872 General Cavaignac ... ... 1 , 479 , 121 LedruRollin 355 , 515 Raspail 40 , 069 Xjamartine — — - ¦• li , oo 4 mmGalignani .

      GERMANY . AUSTRIA . —The Alio . Ober Zbiiuno ( Breslau ) publishes a letter from the well-known Dr Schutte ( lata of Vienna ) , narrating the cruel conduct of the Austrian authorities towards Herr Hafner , formerly the editor of the suppressed Viejjjia Cdkshtuhok . It appears that the latter was arrested , near the Austrian capital , on the 12 th of October , consequently before the Diet was prorogued by the Emperor , or the proclamations of Windisobgratz were issued . The only charge against him wan , that he b & d written in the Cossthtjtioh . He has been confined since thatperiod in the fortress of Josephstadt . and there appears to be no intention to bring him

      to trial . The Austrians have obtained military assistasos from the Turkish empire , some hundreds of Bu' - garian cavalry ( according to the Journal of Aus--tbiah Lioin ' s ) having passed over the frontiers and taken np a position along' with a portion of the imperial army , at Thomasovacz , against which place the Magyars were preparing to act . Three chiefs of districts of the National Guard have been condemned to death , as being implicated in the affairs of October . The sentence of the council of war has been communicated to Prince Windischgratz , with a prayer to commute the sentence . The condemned are MM , BrauK and Plattensteiner , and Dr Sattner .

      PRUSSIA . —The National Zhtuvg states that Herr Schubert , a gunmaker of Berlin , in easy Circumstances , has been arrested en the charge of having armed savers ! of his warkmin with rifiX ' on the day after the proclamation of the state of siege , and told them to sheet certain high personages , whom be named to them .

      THE WAR IN HUNGARY . After the capture of Presburg the Hungarians fell back upon Wieselburg , where a sanguinary conflict ensued between them and the Croatian ! . The Ban himself headed two charges , aud at one time was in great danger . The Magyars were obliged to retire from Wieselburg , a portion of which was reduced to ashes , and a still larger portion plundered by the Croatian ! . Numbers of the inhabitants of Wieselburg . as well as of Raab and Komern , carry on an immense corn trade , and are enormously rich , so that the Croatians no doubt found good booty , unless the Wieaelburgers had packed off their valuables before the arrival of their rapacious visitors . It ia said that tbe imperialists lost at Wieselburg two generals , four staff officers , and fifty'Seven sub-efiicers . On tht other hand , the Magyars lost , in prisoners alone , 792 , who were forwarded to Qlmii'z .

      Meantime the Magyars claim a complete victory over the troops of the well-known Pastor Urban , who has been taken prisoner . On the 16 th ult . the defile of Jablunka , which leads from Moravia into Hungary , was entirely in the hands of the Magyars , who bad rendered it impassable even for smugglers . According to the latest intelligence General Schlick was advancing towards Pestb from the Galician side . It is thought , however , that the Hungarian army on the frontiers of S : ebenburgen will contrive to hold him in check . Letters from Warsaw of the 10 th ult . announce ths confiscation of the property of General Bern , who commanded a portion of the insurgents in Vienna , and who is now in the Hungarian service . The Bbejlau Zbiiuhg contains the following : — HOREIBLB ATROCITIES !

      The army of the south , under the command ol General Dahlen , is within a few miles of Buda-Pesth , waiting the arrival of the main army from the west , to march against the sister cities . As we have said before , Schlick , coming from thenorth , has prostrated aa far as M ckoltz . on the route to Pestb . The war in the Bannat and Transylvania is more fearful than can be conceived . The leaders and principal clergy are put to death in the most revolting manner ; one of the Romaic chiefs was flayed alive , another crucified , his eyes put oat , his arms and lege broken . Eiik Gsorgio and Ke & sor , bead quarters of the Szeklers , offered to ^ surrender , but on conditions which General Puchnar refused . He demands complete and unconditional surrender , tbe delivery of the shiei , and the reitoratioa of all gooda which bad been seized .

      The combined attacks of the Hungarians upon tbe Servian camp have proved unsuccessful . They were everywhere repelled with loss . At Tomosoral , and tho entrenchments of St Thomas especially , their losses were very considerable ; but they have gained a splendid victory at Yeraee , where Maurice Perizel took the commandant of Peter Warsdin , and carried ihe two Austrian commanders of that fortress prisoners to Oten . TheNiw Rhzhish Gazsub of the 30 th nit ., says , it was reported at Vienna on the 24 th , that the Imperial troops bad been beaten by the Magyars . At all events , the bulletins of the Austrian army were very obscure . It is believed a great check has been experienced between Raab aad Comoro .

      The ATfeTKiAS Lloyd contains a correspondence from Presburg , nnder the date of the 21 st nit , whicb says : — ' Arad , which is daily surrounded by twelve aai eighteen pounders , baa not yet surrendered Peace baa been concluded with the Servians of St Thomas . General Bern commanded the army near Transylvania . ' A bulletin from the seat of war in Hungary is pablished in the Vienna journals of the 28 th ult . It annonnoaa the capture , by the Austrians , under the command of Marshal Berger , of the strong fortress of Arad , with a loss on their part ol fifteen killed , and forty wounded . CAPXGBX OF BAAB .

      Raab also has been taken . Early on the morning « f the 27 ibHlt . Prince Windisehgrata directed two olumns te cross tbe Danube at two points , above Se town and below it . Tho latter crossing was effected at the juncture of the river Raab with the Danube , and the whole of the mateenvre was intended to out off the retreat of the Hungarian army . The oommander-in-chief advanced meanwbue vntn tbe reserve corpito the bank of the Rahmtz , oyer * hicb he throw a bridge , the conBtraetion of ^ which was scarcely completed when he was ^ rmtd of the retreat of the Bulgarians , who bad abandoned their fortifications and fallen backiito two columns , or a taking ttie road to the foxtrenof Comoro , aad the

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      thw proceeding in the directisn of Ofenj On his way to tha town of Raab , Prince Windisohgratz was met by a- deputation of- cituens ,-who presented him with tbe keys of tbe town . In Pestb the greatest exoitetient prevails : old and yens ? , high and low , the noble lady and the meanest beggar , are working on the fortifications . Private bouses which are considered to be in a favourable locality , are converted into a sort of citadels ; everywhere and in every case private property-rights are sacrificed , either voluntarily or compulsorily , to carry out the one grand idea of defence .

      ITALY . ROME , Deo . 21 . —The ministry has been reconstructed . It aonsists of Steihini , Mariani , Campeilo , and another . The Galletti ministry is no more . DIPLOMATIC SELATI 0 N 3 BlTWEHf THB POPE ANP

      AESTHIA . The following is an extract from the Wiekeb Zmtuhg of this day , relative to the state ef affairs between the Pope and Austria : — ' The Pope , driven to the last extremities by the shameful ingratitude of those whom he wanted te load with benefits , and whom they had shortl y before lauded to the skies , was compelled to avoid their violence by flight . Arrived at Gaeta be protested solemnly in the face of tha world against the attempts of the 16 th of Nov ., and declared all the acts resulting therefrom to be null and void . This protest was communicated officially to the Imperial Court of Austria . As it

      appears clearly from this document that the Holy Father has escaped from the hands of his oppressors , and has recovered the liberty necessary for the discharge of his apostolic tfBce , his Majesty the Emperor , following the dictates of hia heart , will renew with the Sovereign Head of the Church those diplomatic relations which are so important to the religious interests of his people , and will express to him those sympathies of which the virtues , the misfortunes , and the exalted position of Pius IX . are worthy . ' . . .... The Opiniom of Tnrin announces from Milan , 22 nd ult ., that Radetsky has been created Prince of Custoas .

      The PiEDMONiBSK Gazbiis quotes correspondence from Pavia , 23 rd ult ., stating that , on the preceding day , the whole garrison of the place was under arms , intelligence being received from Milan that a oonsi * derable body of Hungarians had deserted to Piedmont : Among the deserters were also many individuals of the regiment Einsky , hitherto considered a paragon of fidelity .

      SPAIN . The official accounts of the civil war show that the Queen's troops were worsted in their recent encounter with the Catalan insurgents at Albana , and that the advantages gained by them are little better than nominal . Cabrera , with 2 200 men , very nearly took Gerona by a coup de main , on the 17 tb , and was only prevented by the arrival of reinforcements from various quarters . The persecution of the Progresistas continues , and hundreds have been ordered to the penal settlements without any ferm of trial .

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      Rzvbhzb of the Pbbsbnt Quarter . —There is still a week to run before the tabular returns of the quarter ' s revenue ean be published . A whole week ' s receipts have yet to be added to the present quarter —to be published on Saturday nest—before a Strictly accurate estimate can be made of the comparison of the present quarter and year with the corresponding periods ending the 5 th January , 1848-There is enough known , however , to allow us to make a close approximation to the probable result , and to institute a comparison , whieh , we are happy to say , will be a favourable one . It is satisfactory in the highest degree to find that tbe falling off in the revenue of the country , which was observable at tbe close of 1847 and the commencement of 1848 , has at

      length received a wholesome check , and that our ordinary resources begin to show a buoyant and upward tendency . The Customs revenue is expected to exhibit an increase over the corresponding quarter of last year little short of half a million . v 7 e are sorry to add that the other most important Judication ot the state of trade and of employment , the excise , will not answer so favourably to the wishes of the public . In this important item , the receipts will vary little from those of the last January quarter . The only * other item from which a * increase is expected is that classed under the head of * Miscellaneous , ' which is expected to yield more than £ 200 , 000 in this quarter ; £ 80 , 000 of whioh , however , is the last payment on account of the

      Chinese ransom , which was referred to in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's estimate last session . The other items , stamps , taxes , preperty-tax , dso „ will ba scarcely as good as last year . The most considerable falling off is apprehended in the stamps , whioh is expected to be about . £ 200 . 000 , a great part of which is accounted for by the transfer of the carriage duties from the stamps to the excise . In noticing the excise revenue as one of the great teats of the condition of the people , we may remirk that the duties on malt—the largest in amount as well as the most important in marking the ability to purchase on the part ef tbe labouring population—are in a much more favourable state than they were at this time last year . The Post Office shows little

      difference . The amount of falling off in the property-tax in the quarter is not much of a criterion , since that impost is collected with mere or less uncertainty in tbe different quarters of the year , by much the larger portions being received in the April and Octobar quarters . The gross revenue for the year will also show favourably in comparisen with the corresponding period , ending 5 th January , 1848 . But a still more correct criterion of returning prosperity is to be found in tbe fact that the nine months , counting from 5 th April , 1848 , to the present time , exhibit a considerable advance over the corresponding nine months , counted from 5 th April , 1847 , to 5 th January , 1848 . From this , and from the activity of

      trade , still so happily observable , it is fairly assumed that the conclusion of tha financial year on the 5 th April next will find us in a much more satisfactory and prosperous condition than we were on the 5 th April last , and will folly bear out the anticipations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the olose of the session , on which , with the knowledge he then had . he was justified in the calculations which he made for the year that was to come . These calculations , it is now fonnd , will be completely borne out , and upon a review ef our entire finaneisl and commercial prospects , we are able to congratulate the country upon a steady and progressive improvement . — Observer .

      Lola Mohibs . —The Countess of Lansfeld , so well known by tbe ' aame of Lola Monies , has arrived in London . This celebrated individual , who has achieved an European notoriety by the eveata which have taken place in the Bavarian dominions and elsewhere , and which are too fresh in the memory oi the public to require especial mention , attended on Saturday at one of the wharfs in the neighbourhood of London Bridge the examination of her luggage aad effects , which had arrived by a steamer from Boulogne a day or two before , and made a declaration before the authorities in the Long Room of the Custom House respecting them , which she attested with her signature , as ' Marie , Countess of Lansfield . ' The Countess had previously arrived from Boulogne , we believe , via Dover or Folkestone .

      Dailv Naws . —The Daily News ia to ba raised in price and enlarged ; the Reform party intending to make it their ergan , have thrown £ 25 , 000 into the treasury , it being understood that the speeches of all the Parliamentary men connected with the Hume and Cobden section of the House shall be fully reported . Fbxkch Vegetables . —A vessel lately arrived in the Thames , from S t Nalery-sur-Somme . has brought —in addition to sixty tons weight in bulk of potatoes —the extraordinary large quantity of forty , tons weight of carrots , the produce of France . This is , we believe , an unprecedented large arrival of this description of vegetables from foreign countries . Ibis , in common with every other description of raw vegetable , is now free of duty on importation into this country in a direct and regular manner .

      Pboobess op Cholkbaai Glasgow . —It is painful to report that the disease has as yet shown no symptoms of abatement in this city , on the contrary , since onr last its ravages have been ai fearful as daring the previous week . Many estimable citizens have fallen victims to this scourge . We have heard that several medical gentlemen are not in the habit of reporting cases which occur in their private practice , so that the published returns must not be held as exhibiting the full extent of tbe epidemic . Since our last , till yesterday inclusive , there have been 679 new cases . 327 deaths , viz ., on Saturday , 93 eases and 36 deaths : on Sunday , 95 cases and 46 death *; on Monday , 87 cases and 48 deaths ; on Tuesday , 84 cases and 45 deaths ; on Wednesday , 118 cases and 64 deaths ; on Thursday , 78 cases and 37 deaths ; and Friday , 115 cases and 51 deaths . We are thankful to learn that a more extended medical

      machinery ia now in operation , and we earnestly trust that it may , under Providence , be instrumental in checking the malady . The medical staff in attendance on tbe poor has been greatly enlarged by calling in the aid of advanced medical students ; and on Thursday a new hospital was opeied fer the treatment of cholera patients at the corner ef North Woodside , opposite Phillip's Quarry . Additional dispensaries have also been opened in various districts of the city . Arrangements have a ' so been made , by which every house in the various districts —especially those in poor and wretched localitieswiii be visited , at least once daily , and inquiries made into the state of health of all the residents . A vast number of cases have already been discovered acd treated in this way , which , undoubtedly would have been allowed formerly to take their ^ course without any medical aid being asked . —Scottish Times .

      IjtroBTATioira or Poultry . — Large importations of poultry are taking place from the continent . The quality of the turkeys imported from Franco is reported to be excellent , although , generally speaking , not bo large ana fine as those produced in EngJtoL

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      THE KIRKDALB CHARTIST PRISONERS . * . t T p . ' / j ( CeMhtdedfrom wr last . ) .. The scandalous and humiliating position in which Ball ' s evidence placed the Crown prosecutors was the eeieral topi * of conversation through the court , and ene featara of tbe proceedings seems to have been overlooked by the press . It was a laughable scene . When Ball was ordered to the dock to identify Chadwick , M'D » B » u « h , Rankin , and Grooott , he stared about him like ai idiot . When he failed there , he was ordered «• areteed to the table where West , White , Lemh , Deoovan , Cropper , and Nixon were seated , aisd a lea * red plated in his right hasd to lay

      on the itftttdemV heads as he proneuised their bamo * . Let your readers fancy the picture thii cadaverous baking wretch appeared , whilst with a vacant store he passed his eyes from one to the ether , whilst th * ontortions of his countenance and trees . , tiling of his limbs , at once proclaimed the guilty , cowardly perjurer . He knew nt > ne of them , asd skulked like a whipred dog back to the witness box , whieh is etae to the judge , where he was welcomed by ene of Baron Alderson's most bitter seowls . TheiBBperatestateoftbeAtterneyGeuerareoaBemay be judged from the fact that , on White putting two Jnesii ois te Ball concerning bis connexion with the hartistbsdy , and Indignantly denying that anch a scoundrel was in any way identified with the Chartists , he shented : 'Do yen know that voicet can

      you swear to it V Ball said , He could ; ' bnt VfW ordered away by the Judge in a tone ef contempt . All parties aow considered that the prosecution would be given np , as the evidence of the police was of such a disjointed , contradictory , and doubtful nttore . Or else tbat some other witnesses weuld be brought forward ; but , contrary te expectation , the Attorney General suddenly closed the case , and asserted that there was sufficient evidence to insure a conviction , independent of that of Ball , whose evidence he withdrew . Mr Atkinson then addressed the jury on behalf of Rankin and Grocott , and Mr James spoke in defence of Chad wick and M'Donough . The other defendants were called on by the Judge as their names appeared in the indictment . The first called was that

      of—Eswabd Clare Crofpbr . Tie commenced by complaining of the mode in which the prosecution bad been got up , as he had no chance cf rebutting the evidence given against birn , not having received a copy of the depositions ; for , if time were allowed him , he could prove the evidence of Cooksoa and Cottenham to be false . The latter hsd sworn that he was present at a meeting on Blackstone Edge , whereas he could prove that he did not leave Man . cheater on that day . He had been a teetotaller for eight years , and had advised others to de likewise , and hs trusted that the fact of his being a Chartist would not cause the jury to convict him innocently on the evidence they had heard , as he sought the attainment of the Charter by peaceable means .

      Dawbl Dohovaii next addressed the jury . / He cemmenced by entering into a lengthened defence of Chartist principles , and boldly avowed his adhesion to these principles . He denied all connexion witb riotous proceedings , and had even risked his life to preserve the peace . He concluded by stating that he could scarcely expect an acquittal at the hands of the jury , they being : men of property , whilst he was represented by the Crown prosecutor as one who had conspired to destroy property . Johw Wbbt next addressed the jury , and after apologising for appearing in person , proceeded to defend Chartism frem the attacks of the Attorney General , who had asserted that the Chartists wished to take the property ef the rich and divide it amongst the poor . [ The Attorney General denied the statement . ] West then proceeded at length to expound the views

      of tbe Chartists on the social question , and the rights of Labour , when be was interrupted by the Judge , who to'd him' that they were not there te discuss these matters , and that it would be best for him to confine himself to his own ease . * West replied , that as the intentions of the Chartists had been misre - presented , he felt it his duty to disabuse the minds of the jury and the country on those matters . After proceeding for some time the Judge again interfered , telling him , 'that be conld not sit there to hear a discussion on the merits of the Charter . Thbrb WAS HOTHIffd ILLEGAL IN TSS CHARTER , NOR Iff ADVOCATING IT I !» A PROPER MANNER . ' The Judge added— ' If I bad yoa in private I think I could convince you that the Charter would not meet your

      expectation , and then we would beef one opinion . It you conld convince me I would agree with you . ' West answered— 'I think I could , my lord . ' The Judge— ' I don't think so . ' West then proceeded to analyse the evidence , and made a strong appeal to the jury not to stultify the sreat privilege which they exercised , and whioh British subjects so highly prized , by finding a verdict for the Crown on such evidence ashad been adduced . Could they reconcile it with their oaths , that the evidence of Cbokson oeuld be believed ? That witness had admitted the meetings he ( West ) attended , were peaceable , and that hia ( Cookeou ' s ) reports only contained such

      extracts as were likely to serve the interests ef his employers . Such extracts could not be fairly entertained by the jury without the context , whieh would give them an entirely different meaning from that which had been attempted to be put upan them . Why did notthe government , with all their resources , put an accredited reporter in the box ? Why not bring even one newspaper reporter ? Because they knew their case wag rotten . As both the Court and the Attorney General had admitted tbe legality of Chartism , and the constitutional right to agitate for the Charter , he was perfectly satisfied and confident , that if justice ruled , he would get an acquittal . He would leave his case in the hands of the jury .

      George White next arose to address the Court . He said it waa not through any vain glorious feeling that he was induced to conduct his own defence , nor with a desire to depreciate the talent of the gentlemen of the bar ; but feeling that he was guilty of no crime he was resolved not to avail himself of the quibbles of law , nor would he take shelter behind the gowa of a lawyer . He felt that he was the af grieved party , as he was placed on his trial without a chance of defending himself ; and , consequently , whatever might be the result , heshould not have had a fair trial . He had not received a copy of the depositions , nor had he any knowledge of the parties that . were to be brought against him ; therefore it was evidently ihe determination of tha Crown that they should not

      have a chance of acquittal . ( The Judge here interrupted , stating tbat the law had been complied with . ) My lord , it may be law , but still it does not alter the position of which Icsmplain , He then proceeded to remark , that on a former occasion ho bad been supplied with a copy ef the depositions , and could not understand why it was not done on the present occasion . ( The Judge explained that the finding of a true bill by tbe Grand Jury debarred tee defend-& ats from that claim . ) The defendant proceeded . He pointed oat to the Jury the discrepancies in the evidence of the police—the glib manner in whioh they read their notes—and pointed out the fact of one of them not being able to find ont the pages of his own notes without the assistance of the Attorney

      General , as proof presumptive that they were not made by him , bat concoeted by other persons . The Jury would also bear in mind the character of theindividuals who have sworn against them . Cottenham , the policeman , had been discharged by Bea wick , the superintendent , for robbery ; and he must have been an infamous character when Beswick felt bound to dispense with his services . Then there was Ball , than whom a greater villain never appeared in a witness-box , ( Attorney General : His evidence is withdrawn ; you have ne need to refer to it . ) He would refer to it ; for it was clear that he was brought forward for the purpose of procuring their condemnation , and the fact of having done so exposed the whole animus of the prosecution . He asked the Jury if

      they could reconcile it to their consciences as fathers of families , to separate him and the other defen * dants from their wives and children on such evidence ? The indictment charged him with conspiracy . He denied it , and the evidence had failed to prove it . He resided fifty miles from Manchester , and how could he be drawn into a conspiracy there , or be made accountable for the folly of the unemployed workmen spoken to by Ball ? The whole of the evidence was of a ridiculous character , and was only used as a pretext te bring them within the trammels of the law , Their real crime was that they were Chartists , and , as far as he was concerned he in * sisted on his right of private judgment . He had as good a right to be a Chartist as any other person

      had to be a Whig or Tory , and he would never resign to any man the power of thinking for birn , considering the mind of man' the noblest gift of God . He then stated tbat if time could be allowed to bring forward witnesses , he could bring some of the most respectable inhabitants of Bradford to rebut the evidence for the crown . How was it that no shopkeeper , manufacturer , or honest workman was produced as a witness against them ? If they were such desperate eharaeters as the Attorney General wished _ to represent them , surely some persons besides police spies and perjurers could be brought forward ? He then took up a copy of the Lancaster trial , 'The Queen against O'Connor and others / in order to show that Baron Rolfe did not consider such evidence sufficient te cause conviction : but before proceeding to do so , ! he informed

      his lordship that it was dedicated to Baron Kolfe . [ Baron Alderson : It could not be dedicated to a better man . l Defendant proceeded : My Lord , he is here addressed as a just judge , and I hops we shall not find you unjust . ( Laughter . ) He then stated that if the proceedings were adjourned that evening , they would produce witnesses on tbe following morning to contradict ihe evidence of the police . Hi ' bLoedship declared his intention of adjourning tho court at the conclusion of the defendant ' s ad dress , npon whioh Whim made a final appeal to the jury , calling on them to discbarge from their minds the prejudices ef class , and to remember that although the Attorney General in his final reply would use those abilities , which he possessed , in addition to the tact of his holding a high position as first law officer if the Crown , they should not allow that to influence thsjrL but that they would take the case on Us own

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      me / . and by doing so , he had no donbt they should irobtyeatt honourable acquittal . .- ^ ¥ bb . L bach next addressed the court . He said he was not - * winrdri » y evidence' wbicfc bad been brought forward calculated to inculpate him , or fix any crime upon him , he should , therefore , be very brier in the remarks he had to make , and warned Iu Jir / - \ ? D 8 t convicting men on such evidence as that whieh had been produced ; for although Ball bad been withdrawn , still the fact of such a base aharaoter having been relied on by the Crown , revealed the animus of the whole aroceeding . He denied having had anything whatever t » do with saipiracies « rtQnapitNtors , or having any intention toinjare the persen or property of any one . He had

      resided in Manchester over twenty years , during whieh time he had brought up a large familv by his ewn labour , aad he defied any person te lay any crime to his charge . He had been through life a peaceable man , and he should produce rejf estable evidenee of the fact . He again warned the j « y against giving credence to the evidence of the police detectives , and concluded by declaring his eonsciouaness of innocence and his expectation of a verdict of aquiital . Wiilum Nixon next addressed the jury from the prisoner ' s dock . He said that if the evidence of the police who bad sworn aaaiast him was correct , instead of the present jury having to try him , there would have been mora need for a jury of physicians to inquire into his sanity , He admitted having made some foolish and violent speechesaad if they were

      , calculated to produce disturbance , tbey ought to have stepped him before . He acknowledged having attended meetings where Ball was present , but thwe meetings ha-i no connexion with Chartism , b * icg solely meetings of the unsmploved . He had been removed from the National Charter Association , for the part he had taken in the meetings , where Ball was present , and had he taken the advice of the Chartist council , he should not be there under the present charge . He was working at his trade , glass making , on the nights that Ball sw « re he was at committee meetings . If he had broken the Jaw , he had endured four months' s ? litary tonEnsnwnt , and he trusted that from his youth and inexperience , that weuld be considered a sufficient gatonement for any error he might have committed . The Court then adjourned .

      On Wednesday morning the Court resumed at nifie o ' elosk , when aeveral ^ witnesees f rom Mar . cheet . er attended to give evidence en behalf of the defendants .- Among the rest , Mr Hibbert , a town councillor from Manchester , attended to speak to tha character of James Leash . They were severely cross-examined by the Attorney General , whs endeavoured to destroy the itflnence of their testimony by making them admit holding Chartist principles . At length the case fer the defence was closed , many witnesses residing at such a distance , that it was

      impossible to get them to Liverpool in time . The Aiiornbt General then stood up te deliver his final reply . He said the painful duty devolved on Km of showing how far the defendants were guilty oi tho charges laid against tbsm , but before doing so , he wished on the ! part of the government , to state that they had nothing to do with ori ginating the present prosecution , but that ' it was got up by the Manchester ( Corporation ; ' and as for himself , though he had to conduct it , he confessed he felt some misgivings in consequence of the discrepancy

      which he observed in the depositions . With regard to the witness Ball , though he had sworn that Leach and Donovan were present on the 11 th of April , he was himself aware that such was not the fact . He knew they were several miles from Man . Chester at the time . He knew they were in London , for he had kept aoloae eye on them , and had watched the proceedings of the treasonable assembly of which they were members . The defendants objected that the police ware not competen t persons to report the speeches in question in a proper manner ; but it was a notorious fact that at several meetings which had been held by those parties , even when government reporters were set at their elbows , they did not hesitate to make use of

      language of a treasonable character . It had also been objected that the police reports , being from memory , were not to be relied upon . But he was aware that persons who reported mechanically , were often usable to read their notes accurately , and he was thus led to believe that reporting from memory was preferable in such cases as the present , As regards the evidence of Ball , notwithstanding that he discarded it , and that he did not wish them to allow it to operate on their minds , yet it was clear , from it , that there was soma under current at work , of such a character as had been described by him , although the defendants might not be aware of it . He then went through the evidence of the police , dwelling tn fie particular points that affected the several

      defendants . He wanted to know what business West had in Manchester . He was sot a resident of that place , aud it was clear that he must have been there for an unlawful purpose . Then , there was White at Blackstone Edge , who , although it was admitted that he saved the life of a policeman , yet it should be remembered tbat it was through the violent speeches ef such as White that the people were urged to such conduct . One thing , however , was ch > arthat it was an unlawful assembly , and that Wbite was there , and from the general tenor of the evidence , he should not feel disposed to press the charge of coaspiraoy against West or White . He then referred to the fact of Leach , Donovan , and others , being also present at the Blackstone Edge meeting , and also alluded to the fact of Donovan and Leach being delegates to London , and cited that fact as a

      proof that they were guilty of conspiracy . He then delivered a clap-trap harangue , concerning the revolutions on the continent , and the bloodshed resulting therefrom , and painted the insurrectionary attempts in Ireland in the most horrifying colours . He alluded to the excitement and insubordination whioh existed in England , and said it was perfectly clear that there was a secret understanding between tho disaffected in both countries Be held np thewho ' eol the defendants as being at the bottom of the riotous proceedings whioh occurred in various parts ; and as the fomenters ef sedition , and from the free-and . easy manner in which , he pointed out the duty of the jury , it was easy te perceive that he knew his men , and had no doubt of the result . He wound up with an exordium concerning the sacredness of property , and the necessity of convicting the defendants .

      The Judge summed up briefly and fairly , and tbe jury then retired and returned in a quarter of an hour . On the question being put by the clerk , the foreman declared West guilty of unlawful assembling ; and on the question being put regarding White , the foreman declared him guilty of unlawful assembling , conspiracy , and treason . Both Attorney General and Judge stared at the ignorant bigot in astonishment , and they were ordered to reconsider their verdict . They thrust their heads together , and in a few minutes Mr Ignoramus again appeared , and found White guilty of unlawful assembling only . AH the other defendants were found guilty of the

      general charge . The defendants were then ordered into the dock , and the sentences , whioh have already beta published , were passed upon them ; . West applied to be sent to Lancaster , and was told that no person was allowed there but wemen . White then made an application to be placed as a first class misdemeanant ; he referred Baron Alderson to the fact of having received similar treatment when tried before him on a former occasion at Warwick . Tbe Attorney General made no objection , and the Judge ordered tbat the whole of the defendants should be treated as first class misdemeanants . They were then removed into the cells under the court , in custody of the gaoler .

      Remarks . —Your readers will see a prime specimen of Whiggery in the Attorney General persisting in the examination of Ball , after he had sworn against Leach and Donovan , although'he subsequently declared that he knew Ball was committing perjury at the time . Let the working man ponder on this great fact , openly admitted by the first law officer of the crown , and then say wheiher any man ' s liberty , or life , is safe under such a government . Let them also look at the conduct of the foreman of the jury , whose malignity was only exceeded by his ignorance , in finding White guilty of a crime of which he was not charged . It is bow ascertained that the jury who tried the case , were the same who found a verdict against the Ashton men , but it was not known in time .

      Upon the whole , it is the deliberate opinion of the Chartists confined in Kirirdale gaol , that they are the victims of a foul conspiracy on the part of the authorities , by being deprived of the means of knowing the evidence against them . That the witnesses for the Crown signally failed in establishing the charges laid in the indictment , and that they are now in prison through the malignant prejudice of a middle class jury . They also wish to direct the public attention to the fact , that not a single acquittal occurred during the late Chartist trials , and are of opinion that trial by jury is a mere farce in political matters .

      Thb Palack-Wobrhoush, — The Darhhoton Ti...

      Thb Palack-Wobrhoush , — The Darhhoton Times states that the present workhouse was ' onee a pretty palace in the town , ' and the resting-place of Margaret , daughter of Hoary VII .. when on her road to Scotland to marry James IV . The Sixth James , when travelling southward to fill the English throne , was ungrateful enough to repay the hospitality shown to his great-grandmother by christening the town , * Darnton in the Dirt !' Milk as ax Article of Diet . —It is common to regard milk as little else than mere drink . Bat this is an error . Milk ia really an article of solid food , being coagulated soon after reaching the stomach . New milk contains thirteen per cent , of digestible solids , and skimmed milk ten per cent . ; that is , the former fully one half , and the latter above a third o ' the nutriment contained , in the lean part of . beef ati mutton .

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      Clerkenwbll.—Henry Philip Pierce , Alias...

      CLERKENWBLL . —Henry Philip Pierce , alias Phil , lips , was charged wish having committed two forgeries , also with bigamy , and with desertion from the Grenadier Guards , The p ? lson » r , on Tuesday morning week , accosted n polloe-constsble in SI Jofcn Street , Cl » rk * n . veil , aud informed him that he forged a bank post bill for £ 37 on Mr Ssntael Gtrdinsr , a gentleman residing at Brentford ; that he had got cash for it , which he had spent iu profligacy , and that he was so miserable In his mind he had ditermined oa delivering himself np to justice . He wae token to the ilatloa-houie in Bngnigg * Walls Road , where b * adhered to his skatcjaent , and he was locked up , and enbasqaontly brought before Mr Combe at this court , and remsaded , Se then said be picked up In the street a letter eontainiag the benkpost bill for £ 37 , irbiob be took te Ibe bask , aad , after

      re-Cllpllng , got ito & shrd . Prora what he iatiktt Staled . Iaspectar Julian , & , instituted inquiries , and ascertained bis statement to be tru « , and a dark from tha Issus . office in the Bank ef England attended and eonfirmed the statement . He alio discovered that the pri . socer bud formerly been a corporal in the Grenadier o aorde , from whieh be bad deserted , He iunnsr traced him io have formed a ) c * nBexlon with the lerrant-matd of Mr Singer , a gontWman rssiain ; at Wandsrronh , to whom he paid his addresses , end ultimately aartlsd her ; and tbat he had also saarried two other women , who were now Hriog , and two of whom were pregnant . He was in the habit of TitMig at Mr Singer ' s house , and regaling himself with tha servant , without that gentleman ' s sanation or knowledge , when be sought an opportunity to steal soma checks from his check-book ,

      which were missed . Mr Singer banked at Coatts and ex ' s , where the prisoner obteinid the banh post order , which he taofe to the Bank , end escaped , niter csmmilling the forgery , & o . He was afterwards traced to have goae to P » rtamou ; b , where he was lodging at tbe Fountain Hotel , and whilst there he wrote to Coutts ' s , and obtained a bank post orier for £ 15 ., through the medium of another forgery , which , it was said , could be brought home to him . —Inspector Julian ssid that be bad two certificates of tho prisoner ' s marriages , and he was using efforts to produce a third one , and he had no doubt of success . —A sergeant and a corporal of the Grenadier Qaards identified the prisoner an being a deserter , and clerks from Coutts and Co . ' s were also la attendance , and identified the prisoner . He was remanded for a week .

      HAMMERSMITH . — Robbbbt . ov BiNK . KotBS , Jewkllebt , akd Coins , to inx Yalbe of £ 500 at Kehbihoton . — Thomas Chilcoti , a sweet , living at 25 , High Row , Knlghtsbrldge , wag charged before Mr B » ado & on suspicion of having been concerned , with other persons not in custody , in breaking into the residence of Count Carlo P . pelto , 11 , St George ' s Terrace , Gloucester Road , Keneingtoa , on the evening of Monday week , and stealing theroin bank-notes , gold coins , aad jewellery , & C ., to the v » lue of upwards of £ 500 . The Count Pepclio , wbo is stated to be a relative of thoei . Kmg of the French , was present at the examination , and was the first witness called . He deposed that on the evening of Monday , the 35 th ult ., ( Christmaa . da )) , about half-past eight o ' clock , la conjt quince of an alarm given by one of his serrants , he went up to one of

      tho attics , the door of which hs found locked on the In . side . An entrance was immsdiatily effected , and on goiogln he found inside two dressing-cases , whioh had been taken from his own and his countess ' s dressing rooms , where they were always kept . On examining thera , be found the ; bad been opened by false k » js , and their contents , wbich consisted of diamond ear-rings , brooches , rings , several gold bracelets studded with pre . cions stones , two representing the likenesses cf the members of the Bonaparte family , ssvtr & l massive and heavy gold chains , numerous ether rings , and other jewellery ; three gold watches , one having on the bsck a miniature of tho Holy Virgin and child , hsd all been take : * away . Witness also found In the attic a desk be longing to himself , which had been broktn optn , and about £ 180 In Bank of England notes , together with a

      cumber of gold and silver medals , and French and Italian rold and silver coins of Napoleon , Charles Si , Louis XVf ., Gregory XVI ., Fins IS , & c , stolen thire . from . Among the notes were two for £ 10 each , nnd eighteen for £ 5 , numbered 93 , 117 to 90 , 134 , and dated the 2 nd of October , 1848 . He likewise saw mnddy and sooty footmarks , wbl « a ° ext » nded from tbe attic be bad epohea of to the bed-rooms and dros & in j-rooms and back again . Inspector Havill , T division , deposed that he had subsequently carefully and minutely examined the premises , nnd found that theie was an empty house in tbe same terrace , No . 19 , which he had alao examined , and found therein similar footmarks to thoee tbe Count had described In his evidence , Jwhloh also extended over the leads of the eight intervening houses between the empty house and the Count ' s residence . He hsd also ascertained that the prisoner had been employed st the empty house on tbe day of the robbery to remove some coals , and hsd the possession of the key of that

      house for that purpose . He was also seen in the neighbourhood of the Count ' s house from time t-o time between five o ' clock in the afternoen and about eight o ' clock in the evening , the robbery being presumed to have been committed between seven and tight o ' clock , He bad , however , no donbt , from the information he had ri . ceived , that if the prisoner was remanded for a few days , be sbould , at the next examination , be able to produce other and important evidence against him . The prisoner tflid he was quite innocent of the robbery . He could prove that he gave up tbe key of the empty house when he had removed the oosle , and he oouldalso prove tbat he was at a relative ' s , at Knlghtsbrldge , all tbe evening . Mr Beadon said the evidence at present against the prisoner was slight , and he would remand him for further inquiry until tbat dsy week ; bnt if in the meantime the police , from their inquiries , were satisfied that he had nothing to do with the Mbbery , he should be discharged before ( hat time . The prisoner was consequently remanded for a week .

      SOUTHWARK . — Revolt in ths Wobkhousb Batws « r TH * Pafm *; ins , —On Saturday , Sarah Fob . ter , Eliza Donovav , Ellen Mejrlck , Margaret Bsnnet , Catherine M Denald , Mary Ball , Eliza Taylor , and Emma Stewart , eight stout young women , inmates of Bermondsey workhouse , wer * charged with a furious attack en the master , the schoolmaster , and yardsman , and also with having broken upwards of thirty panes c < glass . In consequence ef tbe vioUnt conduct of the defendants , all of them being ' window breakers , ' three policemen were stationed near them at the bar to prevent them from smashing the windows of the court . —It appeared that on the previons evening , when aU the in . mates of tbe workhouse were assembled in tbe hall , at supper , the defendants commenced larking with one an * other , and making a great noise . The yardsman , who

      was presmt , endeavoured in vain to make them quiet by threatening to report their conduct , but he had no sooner made use of the threat than a general attack was made upon him by tho defendants , They first threw the contents ef their tin pannikins of mUk-and-water over the man , and then began to beat him about tho head and face with the empty tins , until his cries brought the master and the eeboolmaster to his help . 0 : h & r tvl . denes was given of . the violence of the conduct of the prisoners , who were committed for trial at the sessions . Thbeatenino Lsttbbs . —Joseph Henry KellM-by , a young man , was placed at the bar before Mr . Gettingbam , charged with threatening tbe life ofMUs Ward , who keeps a ladles' seminary at Camberwell , Previously to entering iaro the evidence adduced against the prisoner , It may bo necessary to advert to some

      ciroumstnnoes connected with the case , and which occurred ab"ut two years ago . Upon tbat occasion the prisoner was taken into custody for sending threatening letters , some of thorn containing poison , to Mrs Humble , ths wife of a hop merchant in the Borough , te a Mise Clsutor , an 1 also to a Miss Spriggs , the latter of whom at the period in question was a pupil of Miss Ward , tbe lady at whose Instance the prisoner was now taken Inio custody , The letters , all of which were anonymous , were couched in language ef the most threatening description , and as the writer had expressed his intention to lay wait for and assassinate'some of the parties , considerable terror was inspired in their minds , until he was at length apprehended and brought to justice . Oa the first occasion that ( he prisoner was committed for trial from this court . be was sentenced to twelve months '

      imprisonment . After the expiration of bis sentence , he had not been Jong at largo when be again commenced writing anonymous letters to Miss Spriggs , at Miss Ward ' s school , threatening to murder her , and upon thia charge he was apprehended , and , having been tried a second time at the Old Bailey , he was again sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment , and to be publicly whippsd ; In the month of August last , having undergone bis punithmont , tbe prisoner was liberated , and in tbe month of November u »\ be again cemmenced similar praetlces , and continued them up to his eppre . henslon on the preceding night , whtn he was taken into custody with A long and sharp pointed anitt concealed on his person , lurking about and watching at tbe residence ofjhe complainant In Trinity Square . Sor . geant Kendall , of tbe detective force , stated that ho wes

      the officer who apprehended the prisoner en tbe two former occasion !; and that , having been present on each of bis trials at the Central Criminal Court , he knew his handwriting well , Seon afttr the prisoner ' s last sentence of imprisonment expired / witness received Information that anonymous letters of a threatening nature had been transmitted to Miss Ward , and those letters be ( witness ) having examined , he had no doubt they were in tho prlsontr ' s baud flitting . The letters were put in and read by the magistrate . Tbe sergeant said that on the previous night he vent , accompanled'by Wild and Burton , two constables of tbe M division , to Trinity Square , and saw the prisoner waiting abont in tho yioinity of No . 22 , apparently watching for the arrival o ( Mlsa Ward , who , with another Jedy , was expected home from chapsl . Shortly afterthe two

      ^ ards ladles came up , and on their approach viie prisoner took his stand at the entrance ef the house when he ( the sergeant ) and the two constables took hin > into custody . The prisoner on being seleed Attempted to draw something from underneath bis coat , but he was prevented , and it was then discovered that he bad the knife produced bidden thera . He was very violent , and made strong and repeated efforts to get away , and la the oburae of It kicked and fought in such a manner that It was found necessary to place handcuffs upon him , and he was then conveyed to the station-house . Miss Ward being sworn , stated that she was present on tbe prisoner ' s trial at the Old Bailey . The letters alluded to were exhibited to her , asd she said that she tad ho doubt they were la bis hand writing ; that Miss Spriggs was formerly be * pupil , ui that while that

      Clerkenwbll.—Henry Philip Pierce , Alias...

      jeuoglady was at her school the prisoner was constantly la the habit of writing anonyaeous letters to her some tafth- f' ^ Pohon ; that Miss Sprigga had since n ? nf , nW ? v iBhm 9 nt ' P ^ ncl P » "y ° * to « t <» » he dread Inspired by he prisoner ' s conduct j and that since then ^ l ? , 1 ? u fonymous letters produced that da , ifc « ?' ? ltM 8 , J- aaatha ' abeappr « btndod ft « her some of th . lemrs were 8 eDt throneh the post , but dropptd into the area of her hou 90 .-Mr CotiinXm tJ > the prison ,: I am ready to listen to an , Jartanw / n ? you ma , think proper to give in answ . r Jo ™ IZ charge .-Frisoaer : A . pressnt I shall decline SJ . an , thlr , * . Mr OoUln h 8 m : Then you atand reuuuded laiil Monday .

      MARTLBBONB .-Ai » IavacATiojr .-Matlida Cronla ai Irish girl , was charged by a Mr George Marsh a re ' sldent at Wo . 14 , Dndley SrreH , Partdington , under tbe fallowing slrcnatstances ;—Mr Marsh stated that be was sleep in his bed when he was aroused from tho arms of Morpheas by a serenade , the burthen of which was something in tbe following style : — 'Come 4 own , come dowa , you sonrv , George Marsh , and I'll tell you some . thing that will astonish your weak nerves , and no mistake I * Hs got out of bid , opiaed tha door , aad there te his astonlshmeat , beheld the lovely Matilda , who be ! stowed upon bis sinister ohesk a blow tbat pave him a singing in his ear ever since . Maria bolted , hi pur » ued , she doubled , and got t » his domicile before him ; upon his arrival thera he found her panning tha active occupation of mashing his winiewi . lie gave lur into ens . tody for so ising . Oa being cross . qaestloned , ho admitted that he and Miss CronU bad lived up n tho most affectionate terms , but ha said thst was a lsng time ago . —Defendant was ordered to pay for aU tho damage she had done .

      • All b Will tB * T E « ds Vtith -Miss Mary Biggs referred a charge against Mr Gwrge Artuthnot for having wilfall y and maliciously mach Injured her person b , inserting a quantity of holl y between her sheets on the night of the 26 th ult . Mr OaorRe Arbuthnot preferred a counter charge against Miss B g ^ s , forhavlnfj , by eondnot which wasanyttiisg bntladyiikeon bor part , destroyed a ver , nice French velvet hat of the value of lis . It appeared that there was a large party of counter-Jumpers and bustle-makers enjoying themselves on B Xinff night ia Ilsson Grove . Miss Biggs observed Mr Arbuthnot fumbling about her t » d , ( the soiree wai held in tbe bedroom , ) and suspecting he had some sinister motive , determined to be even with him . She out off a

      large slice ef psdd ' . ng , and safel y deposited it In tbe crown of Mr Arbuthnot ' s tile ; The party broke up aud went t » their respective homes . Between the fa * of Mr Arbarthnoi ' s head and tbe suet ef tho puddirg , his hat was quite destroyed , and he sought reparation . Miss EUg * said that on getting into her bed it turned out to be one of thorns instead of rost-s , and that she was considerably lacerated by the insidious deposit Mr Arbuthnot had placed therein . She woald show the marks to the magistrate if be wished . —Tbe worthy magistrate declined . —Mr Arlnrtbnot , on b « lng s » orn , was obliged to admit that ho paid but 5 s . 8 d . for bis hat when new —The worth y magistrate recommended a reconciliation , whicb , after sundry and divers simperings and sly looks , was acoedid to by tht parties .

      WESTMINSTER . - A Hhaitut 8 ixnATioK .-. Mr Burrell gave judgment in a case of very considerable Importance to a number of poor person ? , which hud been exhibited nnder the Nuisancw Removal and Dise » se Preventive Aot by the authorities of St Luke ' s , Chelsea . Nine occupWs of small tenements In Ball ' s Gardens , Chelsea , bad been summoned a few davs ago , end the evUence produced b , the parish authorities went to show that tha nuisance complained of sraie from the defendants' keeping a number of pigs in tha yard in front of their dwelliags , wbbh were in a very dirty state , and from wh ' oh a very powerful stench arose , as described by one ef the witnesses , but partially negatived by tha other , who admitted that the pigs were pretty clean , and also the houses , aud ascribed the t ffonslve smtll to the food glvrj to the animals , whioh , however .

      he believed to be such as pigs are ordinarily fed upon . In the eourse of a very lengthened cross-examination by Mr Gllbam , who conducted tho ease for the defendants , It was admitted by tbe two witnesses ( both of whom held situations in the parish ) that pigs had been kept ba Bull ' s Gardens for a great number of years ; that although there were 150 persons living thtre , they ( tha witnesses ) bad never heard of their belcg visited with illness ; tbat no person in Ball ' s ^ Gardens , although many did not keep pigs , bad ever made any complaint ef anlsanee ; that there was no person in attendance who resided in tbe neighbourhood to complain before the magistrates , althsugh some pemnsln Jure Street bad complained of its being a nuisance , and tbat the two p * raon « who had signed tbe formal notice to that effect , as requ i red b , the statate , both lived more than a furlong

      off . It was further elicited tbat there was an open sewer , from which night soil and o ? ht > r matter discharged itself , running 1 b front of the whole of tho houses is Bull ' s Gardens , close to the piggeries , and that it sometimes smelt very cffenslvrl y , and both witnesses admit , ted that no steps had bern taken to remedy that . For the defence a vast number of the pig dealers and others W * re called , who declared tbat the Btics were washed oat three or four times a day—that there was not th « slightest offensive smell canted by tbe pigs , but the ditch or aewsr should have been tha subject of complaint . Themselves and families , they declared , enjnyed capital health ; informed the magistrate that keeping pigs was their sole means of existence , and added , that , if not permitted to do this , they must wl » h their fcmllics go into the workhouse . —Mr Burrell said he had paid a

      personal visit to the place In order to judge fer himself , the complaint was one under the Sanitary Aot , which required , to justify tbe Interference of a magistrate , that a public nuisance should exist , so great a nnisacca as to be injuries * to health . In the opinion of Lord Ellen * borough , a nuisance must be something that would cause the life of others to » e uncomfortable , but ho ( onldflnd nothing in tbe case which came within tbat denomination . It was not , certainly , such a place as those aoenstcmed to the Juxqri « s of life would sehct , but Ma Inspection of the buildings afforded him ths opportunity of stating tbat they exhibited the utmost cleanliness ; thsre was no smell from the pig sties at two yards dls . tance , nor was tho effluvia such as could be deimod in . jurious to health . The persoss and their families oppearsd In good health , and those towsrls ih * end ol tha

      buildings , who did not keep pigs , made no crmplaint whatever of being inconvenienced or annoyed by them . It never could have been the Intention of tho L gMature , indeed It would be a very extensive application of the Act if it were mate to apply to such a case as this . His opinion , from the result of personal Inspection , waa clearly that It was not a nulianoe , nor was there any * thing improper in it , and he therefore dismi . ised the whole of the complaints . The decision was bei ' ed with a burst ef applause from a crowded auditory . —Mr Btrrrell then called the attention of the district surveyor to the open sewer In front of these bouses , and , having observed that ho had heard the effluvia from it was very offensive , said that some proceedings ought to be taken with respect to It . —Mr Pattison , the district surveyor , said that the magistrate's observations should meet with proper attontien .

      WORSHIP STREET . —Yiomst Assault . —Sarah Perry , Hrnry Lecomto , James Snrayno , and James Lough were charged with assaulting and wounding the husband ef the first named prisoner , a middle-aged n-mn , named Henry Perry , residing in Boston Street , Hneknej Road . —The prosecutor , who upon applying fer the warrant exhibited several wounds in bis head , tnd whose dreia was completely saturated with blood which bad poured from thsm , stated that , while in his btdroom en tha evenUg of the 26 : h ult ., dressing for a party to which he had been invited , be was alarmed by a loud knocking at his street door , and before he had time to reach it it was forcibly burst open , and his wife , from whom he had been for some time separated in consequence ef her violent temper , rushed Into tho passage , followed by the three male defendants and a stcond woman . It was

      evident thty bad made up their minds for some serious mischief , and observing that his wife was braDdUbingn ehort heavy poker , be endeavoured to avoid her , and tried to induce his assfilants to quit the house peace , ably ; but tbe female defendant instantly flew at him , * ni exclaiming that she baa got an instrument with her witb which she had determined to kill him if ehe could , struck him a blow with it upon tho forehead with all her force . The prisoner L « comto at the same time com * menced a furious attack upon him , beating him about the head and face with his flats , and forced him back into the kitchen , where bis wife renewed the & tt » ck , and struck him upen the head , arms , and tody with the poksr till he was alaest senseless , assisted by Svrajne and Lough , who likewise struck him and actively Incited tha others to ill-use bita , They at length left the bouse , and

      he contrived to get to the door and ssenre Is against them ; but ho had no sooner dose so than tbey all returned and made another attempt to break in , exclaim * ing' Give it the —/ and' Let ' s have another try at him ; * but being foiled in their efforts to burst in at tho door , they comnuneed pelting showers of stones and other missiles at the windows , until near ) , the whole of tbe glass in the front of tho house was demollthed , when they proceeded to the back through some adjoining premises , and smashed eleven mere panes , when , having satisfied their vengeance , they leit all together . The prosecutor produced tbe poker , which was bent from the force « f tho blows inflicted upon his person , and had been hurled through one of the first-floor windows after all tbe glasa in It had been smashed , and added , that euch was thfa outrageous nature of tbe violence the defendant bad « x . hlbited , that tho street in front of lis house waa completely blocked up by the crowd of ptople their conduct had collected , and the whole neighborhood was

      kept in a state of extreme excitement for nearly two hours , during wbich time the attack lasted . — To show tbe vlndletiveness which aetuatod ths defen * dants , Mr Heritage , who appeared for the prosecution , stated , that Lecomte had come from Poplar , Lough from Hoxton , and client ' s wife from Walworth to take part iu the affray , and called Holland , the warrant officer , who deposed to the spectacle the prosecutor presenttel when h » first saw him ; end that npon going to nisi house , he found tbat his account of the destruction the assailants had there committed had not been at all overrated . —Mr Morgan , from the office of Mr Hum * phreys , severely cross-examined the prisscutor , wlth » view to show that the misconduct attributed to the de . feadants was nothing more than what , In their estimation , was a Jnst retaliation fer his own misconduct , ia having , as they supposed , entleed a young woman , tta daughter of the defendant longb , from her , father- * house , without his knowledge , for the purpose of fom . uw aa immoral iaUmaoj with her } but , notwittatandtag

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 6, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06011849/page/7/