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February 10 , 1849 . ' ; ^ JTHE NORTHSRN : ;^ TAfi ' : ^ -
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LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . XXX 1 T . " Words are things , and a small drop of ink Falling—like dew- ^ upon a thoug ht , produces Tut which makes thousand ? , perhaps muuoiw think . " bxbos .
THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SESSION . ItaQTSEBL TROis . ikm . vss , Blessed are those who expect nothing , for rerilv thev shall not be disappointed . Innumerable newspaper-writers predicted the vast importance of the Session which has just commenced ; but judging by present appearances , It seems likely that the rerdict of six months' Jhence will be . " Great cry and little wool . " It has been remarked by old politicians , that whenever Eoyal Speeches have been more than ordinarilv rich inpioua phrases , gome new I
attack was meditated on the public purse ; and It has been wisely said , that whenever " Divine Providence" is introduced into a " speech from the throne , " Jobs Bull should forthwith button up bis T > reeches-pocket . As " retrenchment" is the order of the day , and as , consequently , cant is altogether unnecessary It is a pity that the "Wh ig Ministry dealt in religious allusions -when concocting the late Royal address ; more especially , seeing that the mention of " Almighty God" is made in con-Bexion with the strange assertion , that " the Constitution" is " founded" " upon the principles of Freedom and Justice . "
Taking into consideration the sex and position of the reader of the " Speech , " I abstain from characterising the above assertion as I would Lave done nad it been directly uttered by any one ofthe "Whig Ministers . In entering my protest against the assertion , that England enjoys a free and just constitution , I reject all consideration of the theory of the Constitution . It is the Constitution in practical operation that we have to deal -with , and that Constitution—if the system we are plagued with may be allowed snch a title—I pronounce to have no relationship to either freedom or
justice . Is that system founded in freedom and justice which dooms six-sevenths of the adult male population to political vassalage and social slavery , and invests the minority ol oneseventh with the power of life or death over the rest of the community ? Is the Gagging Bill ( passed in the Session of 1848 ) to be regarded as a proof of our "freedom ? " —or is the employment of spies to first entrap and then betray the despairing victims of class legislation , to be taken as evidence of the "justice" of the system ?
Then there is Ireland , in which for centuries Justice has been unknown ; and since the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act , even the mockery of Freedom has departed . Yet the " protection" of "Almighty God " is invoked for this precious system , assertedjudge ye with what truth—to be founded upon " the principles of freedom and of justice . " Laws exist against blasphemy , and parsons preach against lying ; all in vain , it seemsat least , so far as some persons are concerned . The most noticeable subjects yet discussed in the House of Commons , have been those relatins to Ireland . The Government has
demanded a renewal of the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act for a further term of six mouths . This demand is grounded principally upon a commuiiicatjon from the Lohd-Liedtekaxt of Ireland to the Secretary of the Ho jib Department , describing the present state of popular feeling in Ireland . Lord Ciabesdcoc avows that "the feeling which gave rise to , and encouraged the late movement , still remains unchanged , and would again become active upon any occasion that appeared to offer even a distant prospect of success . "
It is confessed , then , that while Coercion has cowed the people , it has not restored popularity to the Government . English rule exists in Ireland on the same foundation that Austrian rule exists in Lombardy—force . The English viceroy is constrained to admit that the Government he represents is hated by the Irish people . Yet these blind rulers persevere in a course which must perpetuate the liatred of that people , until some favourable opportunity arrives for giving to that feeling the expression of deeds . The " wild justice of revenge" will assuredly—sooner or
laterpunish the iniquity of English rule in Ireland . Only eighteen members voted against the prolongation of ClaRENDos ' s dictatorship . I have been looking through the division lists to ascertain how many of the Financial Reformers voted against the longer continuance of unmitigated despotism in Ireland . I find in the list of the minority , Muntz and Scholefield , the members for Birmingham ; J . Williams , the member for Macclesfield ; and George Thompson , the member for the Tower Hamlets . Two of these are Financial Reformers and something more 1 Sharmajt
Cbaw-TOiu > "was in the minority , but he is a great deal morethana mere " FinancialReformer . " Of course , I need not specify the politics of the Chartist member for Nottingham . On the other side of the question , that is in iavour of unbridled despotism , I find the names of the pro-Polish advocate , Lord Dudley Stuakt , and the two newly-elected Liberal members for Derby—Bass , of " pale ale" notoriety , and the roaring Radical , Lawbexce Heywobth !!! In the same list is the name of Joseph Beothekion , M . P . tor Salford , and the gallant member for Bradford , Colonel Thompson ' The Colonel has
learned nothing from the drubbing he got the other day at Bradford . He appears to be incorrigible . Very well "Wait a little longer !" Cobden and Bright did not vote for the Government measure , but neither did they vote against it . They absented themselves from the division , no doubt deeming discretion the better part of valour , But tried hy the just and good old rule—" Those who are not for us are against us ; " there can be no difficulty in coming' to a decision as to the real value of the much-vaunted patriotism of Messrs . Cobdex and Bright .
But the prolongation of Clarendon's dictatorship is to be accompanied by a sop of Fiftv Thousand Founds ; and a Conunittee of Inquiry into the working of the Irish Poor Lw system . Seeing that all parties and classes in Ireland are agreed in condemning the Poor Law , the appointment of a Committee < rf Inquiry can only be regarded as a " move " to till time , and throw dust in the eyes of the Public . The appointment of such a committee , considered in the most charitable point of view ,
*? i at least , evidence of the miserable incapacity of the Government . But the incapacity of the Whiga iS ) to say theleast , equalled by their Unwillingness to attempt any measure of real Reform , xhe Whig administration is the * "ght-mare of these kingdoms . The new alterations of the Queen's palace * t Phnlico will , I expect , be found to have cost * krger sum than that proposed to he voted f ,, r the relief of Irish p auperism ! But that is B'Jt the worst . The Whigs seem to be as far « ffas ever from having any notion of using t ! l & t , or any larger sum , in furnishing re-Producti ve employment to the peop le , Jusf * not charity , is the cry of the Irish people , ?» justice is withheld , and charity is turned i ? bj aa instrument for prolonging the
degrada-B and misery of that unhappy race . * nd this state of things will continue , until ?' 'K Brother Proletarians , take your affairs J * ' your own hands , and by winning the rfter , acquire the power to say to your rulers ^ legislators : " Get ye gone I Mate way for Mer men !" L'AMi i ) V Yevple . f 8 th , 1849 .
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M . EETKG AT MAXCHESTER OX THE VIOLATIOX OF . TILE TEX HOUflS ACT BY TEE MASTERS . A public meeting was held at the Corn Exchange , Hanging Ditch , on Thursday evening , 1 st inst ., " for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means to he adopted to suppress the present system of working hy relays ; also , to devise the best means of insuring a uniform working often hours per day for adult factory workers . " The large room was filled , the audience being composed chiefly of operatires . On the platform were Mr . Richard Oastler the Rev . J . R , Stephens , Mr . W . ? , -R oberts , & c . ' TiioMAsMAWDESMr
Mr was unanimousl y called to the chair , and having opened the proceedings in an appropriate speech , Mr . Peteb Clark moved the first resolution which was as follows : — " That the factory operatives composing this meeting , after mature deliberation , and some experience in the working of short hours , affirm their unalterable determination to mamtam inviolate the provisions of the Ten Hours Act , as It DOW affects the working of females and young persons in factories , as by law established . " Mr . Joss Bkabso . v seconded the resolution . The Rev . J . R . Stephens , of Ashton-under-Lyne , in a long , eloquent , and energetic address , supported the resolution , which was carried unanimously .
Mr . G . H . Smith proposed the second resolution , which was as follows : — " That we deeply regret the necessity of reviving the agitation of this most important and long sought for measure ; but as the provisions of the Ten . Hours Act have been grossly violated by many masters , and as these violations of the law have been sanctioned by magistrates , who had solemnly declared , upon their oath , their determination to administer justice without affection or favour to any one , we are resolved to assist , by every means * in our power , to maintain , in all its integrity , the provisions of the present factory law ; and we pledge ourselves to give our most hearty support to the officers of the government , appointed to carry the Factories' Regulation Act into effect . "
Sir . Hesbt Green * seconded the resolution . Mr . Richabd Oastleb was received with , vehement cheering , which was continued for some time . When it had subsided he said -. —Before I begin to address this meeting I hope I may be permitted to ask a question or two . ( Hear , hear . ) Is this a public meeting of factory operatives ? ( "Yes . " ) Xo tickets of admission or anything of the kind ? ( "No" ) The meeting has been advertised by placard ? ( "Yes . " ) Then I ask you , in public meeting assembled , the factory operatives of Manchester , are you or are you not in favour of the Ten Hours Bill ?—{ Loud cries of " Yes , " " yes , " and vehement cheering . ) That ' s a very great shout , but we must have no mistake , let me see your hands
calmly . ( The entire company immediately held up ! their hands . ) Well then , there ' s an answer for the government—there ' s an answer for the Home Secretary—there's an answer for the Queen , who did herself the honour to sign the Ten Hours Bill , notwithstanding the lies that were told her . ( Cheers . ) My business with you as operatives is now ended , the Ten Hours BUI is the law of the land , and you are satisfied . But there are other parties to whom I wish to address myself —( hear , hear)—parties who are deeply interested in the solemnity of that short word called "law "—parties who if that word had no signification had no possessions themselves—no rights themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) And I have to ask these persons , from the highest personage in
the kingdom , whom no man honours or reveres more than I do , to those cotton-lord magistrates who , I am prepared to say , have laid the foundation of rebellion in this country . Are we , or are we not , henceforth to live under the authority and protection of the law ? ( Cheers . ) After mentioning the names of several advocates of the Ten Hours BUI , Mr Oastler said : We demand of the Attorney-General and of the Solicitor-General that they should communicate , as they have no doubt done , their opinion to the government upon the law—and we demand of those magistrates , those officers to whom has been intrusted the execution of the law—we demand of them , there is no petition at all . it is the law of the land , and we demand of those
officers that they see to it that the law of the land is executed . And if , in defiance of the opinion of the Attorney-General and the opinion of the Solicitor-General , —if , in defiance of the op niou of the only law officer upon the bench , the paid officer of the crown—if , in defiance of the opinion of every clerk to the magistrates , for I speak advisedly when I say every clerk of the cotton lord magistrates * has told his masters that the law is as their chairman said it was , —then we ask no favour , but we demand of those cotton-lords , or their relations and neighbours and friends , who sympathise more with them than with the law , if those cotton lords are determined against lisht and knowledge , asainst the opinion of every
law adviser below them , or law adviser on a level with them , or law adviser above them , if they are determined to make themselves not the judges of the law , but the violators of the law , then we demand the exclusion of every man connected with factories , either by marriage or birth , that they shall no longer sit upon the bench to adjudicate on this law . ( Loud cheers . ) These are times when more than ever the sacredness of the law should be respected —( hear , bear , )—and especially the sacredness of that law which was given at the earnest an-l long-continued petitions of the working classes , —which was received as an act of mercy , and which is now doted upon as the birthriffht of the factory labourer . ( Hear , hear . ) If I
could transport the factory masters that despise the Ten Hours Bill and resolve that it should not have dominion over them—if I could transport them to scenes which have been described to me by an active participator in the streets of Paris during the late revolution—but I have not the eloquence of the tongue that related them , nor have I the imagination to describe , in such language , the history of those days . My author is Louis Blnnc . ( Cheers . ) He called upon * me when I was in London . And what do you think that man told me when he came to see me ? During the hottest three days of the revolution in Pans , whenever he had to address the assembled , and dissatisfied , and disaffected masses—the maddened and enraged masses of Paris
—what do you think was their cry I He said : " You have not heard the report truly in England . The universal cry was not 'Down with Louis Philippe ; ' the universal cry was not ' Vive la Bepxibliiv . e ; ' hut the universal cry during the most maddened period of the rebellion in Paris was * Ten hours a day labour . '" ( Loud cheers . ) Let the mag istrates in Manchester hear that . ( Hear . ) I speak it not to excite to rebellion against the law , but to excite in their rebellious hearts reverence for the law . After a letter from Mr . Bull had been . read , Mr . Oastler quoted the following from a letter of Mr . Cobden to Mr . Gladstone : — " Finally , I contend that we must endeavour to act at home , more in accordance with the good old constitutional
principles of governing by the civil and not by the military power . We are , I fear , tending towards too great reliance on soldiers , and too little" —now mark this— " on measures calculated to ensure the contentment of the groat body of the people . " Xow , these are words of warning from Mr . Cobden ' s pen to the men of Manchester , who trust in him . ( Hear , hear . ) Xow , here we have an act of Parliament which was passed for this express purpose—to ensure the contentment of the great body of the people—and the business of our meeting has been caused by Mr . Cobden ' s own followers determining to resist this beneficent measure . ( Hear . ) They , therefore , upon his own showing , are sowing the seeds of discontent —( hear , hear)—and are marring
the very purpose for which , they are subscribing , coalescing , and agitating —( cheers)—what will be the state of the cotton districts if the Ten Hours Act be declared a nullitv from the bench—what will be the condition , supposing air . Cobden's views were carried out , and there was to be no more trust in soldiers , supposing the soldiers were entirely withdrawn , the law a dead letter , the people dissatisfied , the magistrates rebellious and undefended , what would be the consequence ? : Nbt rebellion against thelaw , butrebellion against unjustjudges . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Oastler then alluded to an Eleven Hours Bill * which Mr . Stephens had said that the imllowners of Manchester were about to get their men to sign , and bavin " warned the workmen to resist such a
measure by demanding an Eight Hours BiU , he advised there should he a clause , " that the rich man , when he breaks the law , should go upon the treadmill . Mr . Oastler concluded a very lengthy and excellent speech by saying— " They ( the manufacturers ) were not horn into the world that their whole and sole obiect should he the worship of Manunon-that they should hold themselves responsible to nobody but make their £ 10 , 000 into £ 20 , 000 , their £ 20 , 000 into SSooKd their £ 40 , 000 £ to £ 400 000 and then die like dogs , and leave their nches behind . J thank you for tho kind attention you have shown m listening to me . ( Continued cheering . ) The resolution was earned unammously . Mr . Thokas Smith moved the third resolufaon - : " That the factory operatives of this city who have « n « P ; Dn , « 1 tbfi advantage of working ten hours a
day since the first of May last , are fully convinced o the great advantages that may result to themi , botJ , in amoral and physical point of view , fromus ^ uniform adoption , firmly resolve to wto " ; $ « $ «* [ deavours to insure the uniform working of that period per day ; and that , as the legislature refuse to pass laws to regulate adult labour , we now take our affairs into our own hands , and endeavour to elfect by combination , an abridgment , of our time to ten hours a day ; and that , therefore , all adult factory operatives be invited to join the association now formed for that purpose . " Jfr . Sjatvst . Hiix seconded the resolution , wnictt was c £ 9 ried « em . eo « . . Mr r Habobeaves moved the fourth resolution _« That the best thanks of this meeting are due , nnd ire hereby given , to Lord Ashley , M . P ., John ifeMfrfir Vm J Brotherton , Esq ., M . P ., C . Hind-SvJS , &; « 2 Hon . W . Cowper , M . P ., W . B .
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'Srtt- ;? ^ ? E 1 Iesmere ; Lord Fom " wSer Eso T VI u ^ % J' Wood ' * ' - Bull rt . p ** £ Fleldl « g > Esq ., the Rev . G . S . who ' W ; tn / - - Can , on WraJr » and « " other friends Mr ?^ v 0 ( iUAmobtaln 5 n ^ he Ten Hours Act . " Mr tvd Es seconoed the resolution . vc ^ H , fioBE OTs supported the resolution , Th W n , lS" carried unanimously .. „~> j Showing resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — .. R Tn the best thanks of this meeting be given to huif ' ^ 1- > f ° his continued exertions on our oenaif , aud especially for attending this meeting ; also to the Hev . J . a . Stephens . " ° „ Thatthe thanks of the meeting be g iven to the Chairman , for the able manner with which he has conducted the proceedings . " " That this meetinsr cannot separate without
expressing its best thanks to Daniel Maude , Esq ., for the honest part he has taken on this question , in opposition to his fellows on the bench . " The meeting lasted till after eleven o ' clock .
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GREAT PUBLIC MEETING OF THE IXHABITANTS OF ST . PANCRAS , TO PETITION PARLIAMENT FOR AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE LATE TRAGEDY AT TOOTING , AND THE "WORKINGS OF THE NEW POOR-LAW GENERALLY . A public meeting of the inhabitants of St . Paneras , to take the above subject into consideration , assembled on Tuesday evening last , February 6 th , in the Literary and Scientific Institution , Johnstreet , Fitzroy-square . On the motion of Mr . Stallwood , Mr . William Dixon was unanimously called upon to preside . Mr . Dixox , on coming forward , said , he at all times considered it an honour to take part in the public business of his fellow townsmen , and never
more so than on the present occasion . He believed they had been called together in order that they might make known their unmistakable opinions to the Legislature on the recent disgraceful tragedy at the Pauper Asylum at Tooting , ( on the mention of that establishment the meeting gave vent to its pent-up indignation . ) After the popular feeling of disgust had subsided , Mr . Dixon proceeded to say , that they not only had the Tooting case to consider , but the whole question of the present Poor Law . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Dixon then entered into an examination of the Poor Laws and their effects upon the people , politically , morally , and socially ; and concluded by introducing Mr . P . M'Grath to move the following resolution — " That we have read , with feelings of horror
and regret , the accounts published in the newspapers of the sudden deaths of children at the Tooting Infant Pauper Asylum , under the management of Mr . Drouet , and iudg . ng from the evidence adduced before Mr . Wakley , at the inquest on the bodies of the deceased children sent from the Holborn Union , we cannot doubt but the disease of cholera was engendered and aggravated by over-crowding , inefficient ventilation , clothing , and food , and we declare such treatment of defenceless children to be disgraceful , inhuman , and brutal . We are further of opinion , that the New Poor Law has been ruinously expensive to the ratepayers , and not beneficial for the interests of the poor of this country , and recommend the legislature to take under their consideration the
propriety of endeavouring to find profitable employment for the able-bodied but unwilling idlers on the uncultivated lands of England , and also to afford such relief to the aged and infirm , from the national resources , as their necessities may demand . " Mr . M'Grath said this resolution condemned in strong terms the treatment experienced by the children m the Tooting slaughter-house , and proposed a plan , which , if adopted by the legislature , would remove for ever the curse of pauperism from the land . ( Hear . ) It behoved every man to speak his sentiments upon the late appalling catastrophe , and his impression was , that the detestable Poor Law system had murdered upwards of 130 helpless , friendless children . ( Hear , hear . ) Such institutions as Mr . Drouet ' s were a reproach to the
humanity and Christianity of the land . The happiness and lives of the children of the poor should not bo placed at the mercy of mercenary avarice . The system of farming out children adopted by the London unions , was in every point ot view reprehensible . If the union houses be insufficient to afford accommodation , why not engage other premises and place thOhl under the control of responsible persons ? It appears from the evidence given before the corouor ' sjury , that Mr . Drouet received for the support of these children 4 s . 6 d . a-week each . It also appears that they were each fed , lodged , and clothed for about 2 s . 6 d . each . Now this child farmer had in his establishment 1 , 400 children , he was therefore deriving a profit from his trade of £ 140 weekly ! If this sum , which was wrung from the
ratepayers , was expended In nutritious diet and warm clothing for the children , the feelings of the community would not be horrified by the Tooting tragedy . ( Hear , hear . ) He felt assured that if justice were done the people , there would be no need of poor laws in England . ( Cheers . ) They were told that "the poor should never cease out of the land . " Such will be the lamentable fact as long as society is cursed with the blasting influence of Whig and Tory rule . ( Cheers . ) There ought not to be in Britain , such a being as an unwilling idler . They did not meet merely to express their horror at the Tooting atrocity , or their disapproval of the Whig Poor Law Bill . They would be unworthy the name of reformers , if they could not propose a substitute
for the system they condemned . An excellent substitute was pointed out in the resolution , which was that the poor should be employed upon their native fields , instead of being degraded as paupers , within the walls of the hateful bastile . ( Cheers . ) Some of the best lands in England had been , under tho sanction of law , stolen from the people ; let them , if none other can be found , be restored to the poor , and then , instead of being a reproach to our civilisation , and an onerous burden upon the resources of the ratepayers , they will become happy and industrious husbandmen , an honour ana a stay to their country . Mr . M'Grath after having elucidated at some length the practicability of locating the poor upan the land , and the advantages which such a course would secure , not only to the poor , but to the state itself .
The resolution was seconded by Mr . T . Clark and carried unanimously . Several other speakers having addressed the meeting the following petition was then adopted , and the meeting separated . TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OP CHEAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND , IS rAMJAMEKT ASSEMBLED , The petition of the inhabitants of the parish of St . Pancras , in the borough of Marylebone , at the Literary and Scientist Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-square , in public meeting assembled , on Tuesday the 6 th inst . Sheweth , —That your petitioners have read , with alarm and horror , the reports \> f the sudden , death of numbers of pauper children , under the management of Mr . Drouet , at Tooting , in the Comity of Surrey . From the evidence of Mr . Grainger ,- member of the College of Surgeons , and others , as riven bv them at the inquest , held at the Royal
Free Hospital , before Mr . Wakley , coroner for the County of Middlesex , on Friday , January 12 th , it is evident to your petitioners that the principal causes of the deaths of the deceased children were overcrowding in room and beds , inefficient ventilation , and insufficient medical and nurse attendants . Your petitioners submit that those were removable causes , and remembering that the Board of Health , but a few months preivous , issuod reoommondiitions to the people , calling on them to be watchful over all symptoms of cholera , and , so far as possible , to live on wholesome and nutritious food , to be well housed and clothed , and to be carefid as to cleanliness and ventilation . Your petitioners are of opinion that the total disregard of these -wise and precautionary steps , on tile part of Mr .
Drouet and those whoso duty it was to guard over the health of the children under their management and care , was highly reprehensible and ought to be stringently guarded against for the future . Your petitioners are strengthened in the opinion just expressed from the statement of Mr . Grainger , to nit : — In the month of December , out of four hundred children in the Mile-end workhouse sixty were seized with violent purging and vomiting , but medical treatment was immediately adopted by the surgeon and not one of the children passed through cholera . " Symptoms of cholera were manifested among the pauper children at Tooting , fourteen days before the malady proved so generally fatal . It is but fair , therefore , to infer that caution and proper medical treatment would have alleviated the disease , and saved the lives of many ot tnc
deceased children . ... .. „ i .: i Your petitioners consider the system of forming out children as practised by the parishes , sending the pauper and defenceless hifaats to such establishments as Mr . Drouet ' s , toKSus in principle . It cannot be reasonably no-MsedSapers n deriving profit a » the proprietor of a S r asylum , can feel any great interest in the 1 «* * and morals of those whom he looks " ]«**»» » « ofpecuainry grain . Your petitioners therefore recommend the total abolition of such asylums ; suggestuig SSfte monies paid for the maintenance of the inmates i 2 T &! 'SF ? tt S ££ 5 ? tf ^ hp ^^ M ^^^ Y ^ p wasnassedwithavlewto the prevention of fraud , when Sbedbyfte applicants for relief , or to " depauperise EnclMd by the termor of the workhouse , " relieve the boWera of property from the burdens of poor rates , it has Srovedto Deasignalfaaure . A reference to the increasmg noor rates of every parish , the spread of vagrancy and vaeabondismon thehighwavB , and the every-day miseries ofetreet beeeaw . must convince the most sceptical that the present system admits of improvement ; aud calls loudly for the attention of the Legislature .
Your Petitioners know that there are vast masses of in- 1 dusteioUJ and sober handicraf tsmen , m every branch of - € Si ^ eti «^^ = « S ^^ feife ^ -aaffc ^ JSSSS ^ K * ex isting * nd increasing are to H ^^ ftiontSfa ware that there are some millions r l 0 OT ^ f « nrSted lands spread over the surface of ofactesof untuJUxatea w 1 in almost Eng ^^ w ^ commit of jour honourable House f ^ tS * if cultivated ; your petitioners STrf ^ ttK 5 ™ « " « be demised to insure
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tile SSS ^ SS ^ ^ poor m * **«*«*¦« even atVcZM ™& 'C l ? raHo 11 rf ' ? I ? "ds ' step would be taken „ , ?! . ¦ ^ , Iw , - ot »!> Ze *< an initiative proved system of IWt "Stotoc-uon .: towards w \ imder ably - nsduSta ? Tif LHS lllflustria W , «> nsipaupervsm . "' " not entirely suppressing , able-bodied outX orS fortl ' r ' ^ th a Judfcious scheme of ana iS ^ S & S ^ ^ ° ^^ theP aCe lour petitioners , therefore , pray your honourable hou <«> to amend the esisti ^ Poor La „ -Jtfl ^ Mish the unnatural and inhuman practice of farming ouUnfcuU ~ i dSl dren-to endeavour to find profitable emnlovmpnt rL ! i able-boded poor , on the LmZti ^ T ^^ And yonr petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray ,
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MURDER AXD HIGHWAY ROBBERY $ E \ R BRIGHTON . . In our provincial intelli gence will be found an account of tho murder of Mr . George Stonehouse Griffiths , principal of the firm of Griffith and Co ., brewers and coal merchants , Brighton . On Wednesday afternoon at four o ' clock , an inquest was held by F . ll . Gell , Esq ., the coroner , on the remains of the unfortunate man . The jury having been sworn , Mr . Harry Miu . s Blakeb deposed—I am a surgeon residing at 7 , Pavilion Parade , Brighton . 1 have known Mr . Griffith between three and four years , and have been his medical attendant . He was about -12 years of age . I have this day
T T 3 bod r- Th e only mark on tho surface of tho body was a wound in the centre of the breasthone , exactly m the centre . It was a round wound , evidently caused by a bullet . I afterwards made a post-mortem examination of the chest , heart , and lungs , and tracing the external wound , I found it to go through the breast-bone , through the fore part of the bag of tho heart , then penetrating through the heart itself , aud the bullet finally lodged in the back of the heart . It was a leaden bullet . The lungs were not wounded . It was ft slug . ( Mr . Flaxaohav , inspector of the East Sussex constabularly , produced the bullet , which was flattened . )
This bullet was extracted by me from the back of the heart . Such a wound -would produce almost instantaneous death . I should say the bullet had not changed materially in passing through the different substances . No other parts were wounded . The pistol was evidently fired close to Mr . Griffith ' s breast . When I say tho pistol , I mean the fire arms . The clothes wore singed , and tho flesh scorched , and a portion of the wadding was also found iu the wound . ( The wadding , composed of paper , was produced . It appeared to be a portion of a newspaper , and it was put aside to be dried . ) I have no doubt of his death having been caused by the wound that I have described .
A JuRon . — -Do you suppose that he would have groaned after the shot ? Mr . Blakeb . —He might have uttered one groan or shriek and no more , for his death would have been almost instantaneous . Foreman . —Could he have done it himself ? Mr . Blaker . —Xo , I believe not ; he could not have done it himself . I don't think he could . The wound does not appear to have been inflicted by the party himself in a scuffle . A Junon . —From tho moment such a wound was inflicted do you think he had the power to move ? Mr . Blaker . —No ; I believe he fell down directly . Mr . Somers Clarke , who attended to watch the case for the friends of the deceased , inquired whether the body could be removed ?
The Coroner said , that as the body had been identified there could be no objection to give an order for its removal . Foreman * . —Is it , then , probable that he was shot standing ? Mr . Blaker . —Yes . Mr . James Hodson examined . —I am a miller , and reside at the mill on the Dyke Road , near Brighton . About two o ' clock this morning , as I was returning from Mr . Smith ' s , at Woodmancoat , in company with my brother Charles and Mr . Kirton , in a light cart , I saw something lying on the off-side of the road ; and , as I approached the object , I saw a hat lying beyond it . I stopped and told my brother to get down and see what it was . He got down and spoke to the object ; but received no answer It nroved tobetbebodv of a & 1 ll \^ llsnui Lb II 1 UIVU fcV V \* WllUWUJ vi t
. VUUVUU * . . . * man . He examined the body , took hold of it , and said , "Get up , " or something of that sort , but still received no answer . Charles Kirton then got out , and looking in his face said direetly . it was Mr . Griffith . I turned round , got out of the cart , and saw a pistol lying by our off-wheel . ( The pistol was here produced . ) I saw some reins lying by the hat , and thought it was a snafflo bridle , and that some one had fallen from his horse . The pistol appeared to have been discharged ; the pan was open . ( Three pistol balls were here taken from a case . ) I found a knife near the horse's head . ( Mr . Harper , one of the inspectors , produced the . knife . ) It was a buck horn-handle . The names of James Green and Co . were on the handle , I
found , on the other side of the cart , a piece of black crape ( produced ) , attached to tho frame of a pair © f spectacles ; a purse with one ring off—a steel bead purse . There was not anything in the purse , I found a right-handed glove on the off-side of the road . ( All these articles were produced . ) It was a very light night , but the moon was not shining at the time . The body was lying with the head rather inclined to the bank and the feet towards the road . The logs appeared in a cramped position ; the right leg was rather raised . He was quite dead . My brother and Mr . Kirton placed him in the cart , and we took him to the Plough . I noticed the wound in the bosom when we laid him down in the Plough room . The shirt was very much
singed . I saw no marks of blood . The body was lying on its back . I saw Mr . Kirton pick up a whip . I saw the loaded pistol now produced , a book , and a seal taken from his pocket by Mr . Kirton—a memorandum book . The whip was broken , but it did not appear as if it had oeen broken by the wheels . The ri g ht hand breeches pocket of deceased was turned inside out . The whi p appeared to have been wrenched asunder . The pistol was about ft couple or three yards from the body . The crape was very near the hind wheel . It was a hired horse and gig , belonging to Mr . Roberts . The reins found in the road were fitted to those found upon the horse , and they exactly WYrespouded . The veins were evidently cut at one stroke . The road was very rough , and I could not trace any footsteps . We made a mark at the spot where wo found the
body . W . S . Mautih stated that he is manager of the Rock brewery , at Bri g hton , of which the deceased was the proprietor , witness had been in the habit of going the Horsham round himself during the last twelvemonths to collect money . This time Mr . Griffith took the journey himself in consequence of having some business at Horsham which witness could not do . The deceased , he stated , was lying on his back when they found him . Thelegs were rather in a cramped position , and one of them was rather raised . They placed the hody in the cart and brought it to the Plough . They did not discover the wound until they brought him to the house ; they then saw the wound in the breast . The deceased generally wore a gold watch and chain . The knife produced was not- deceased ' s property . —The inquest was adjourned .
Losdon.—Robberies In The City.—On Wednes...
Losdon . —Robberies in the City . —On Wednesday at the Guildhall , W . and Elizabeth Burt , C . Witcher , J . Lee , and D . Barker were finally examined charged , the three last with stealing , and Burt and his wife with receiving , a . large amount of propertv . In October last a person named Young , a porter in the service of Messsrs . Wood , Red Lioncourt , Watling-strcet , was tried at the Old Bailey for robbing his employer , and found guilty , when . 'he was sentenced to he transported for seven years . He shortly afterwards made such a communication to Messrs . Wood , that Lee , who was a porter , and had tho sweeping of the rooms containing the table covers , and Witcher , who had a like duty to perform in the flannel department , were
taken into custody . Goods were then traced to the possession of the Burts , who kept a shop in Elmstreet , but lived in Gough-street , and not giving a satisfactory account , they were also conveyed to the station-house . The greater portion of the goods were identified as the property of Messrs . Wood , and forming a portion of their stock . When Young was brought up , he swore that he was aware that both Lee and Witcher were in the habit of daily robbing Messrs . Wood and Co ., and that he himself , in conjunction with them , began , about sit months after he entered the service of his employers , to rob them . He was employed in the capacity of carman , and had taken goods to Burt ' s shop , and received monev , which he gave to another servant of Messrs . Wood ' , named Albert , ( who was tried at the last
sessions , and { convicted , judgment being respited ) . The new feature in the case was that of the evidence against Barker , when Young was brought from Newgate to give further evidence . It was proved that Young and Witcher went to dine at the Rod Lion public-house , Basing-lane , when they met Barker , wlio was in the service of Mr . Caldicott , warehouseman in Cheapside . Barker took out a piece of print from underneath his waistcoat , and gave it to Young , and said he would call for it in the evening . He did not call , and the next day Young was in custody , and the piece of print , which was identified by the * private mark , in the hands of the police . The prisoners were committed . Bail was refused in all the cases . A little boy has died from hydrophobia , at Jesmond , near Newcastle , a month after having been bitten iu the nose and cheek by a dog .
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CLERICEXWELL . —Fonup . Tm-isft . —A woman nauied Rose , was charged with being found in the d \ relling-house of Mr . Withers , of 41 , Eigli-stveat , Camden-town , for an unlawful purpose . —Mr . Withers stated that having recently hoard that an elderly female had for three months past been in the habit of visiting his abode at an early hour in the morning , he watched and saw her leave it on the previous day while he was dressing , but she disappeared before he could get down stairs . He was up a little earlier on that day , and , finding her in his parlour with his servant-girl , he questioned the latter , who , after some hesitation , confessed that the accused had visited her as a fortune-teller , and , under that pretence , had obtained from her on several occasions
various sums of money , and also induced her to part with her best gown and shawl to raise money upon in pledge , to supply her , as she said , with the means to " cast her nativity , and show her the man destined to become her husband , " The prisoner not deny ing the admission of the credulous girl , he thought it his duty to hand her over for punishment . —The unfortunate dupe , in reply to the magistrate , blushed , and reluctantly admitted that the prisoner promised to show her this week the man she was to marry . —The prisoner , in her defence , said that she had merely gone to ask the » in to recommend her some work . —The magistrate said she was a fit subject for the treadmill , and sentenced her to two months' imprisonment in the House ot Correction .
The Factory Act . —Mr . John Plummor , of Golden-lane , St . Luke ' s , proprietor of an extensive cotton factory , appeared on summons before Mr . Hammill , the sitting magistrate , charged with an infraction of a clause in thestatute for the regulation of factories , which requires , under a heavy penalty , that in the event of any accident occasioning personal injury , the proprietor or his agent shall send written notice thereof to the surgeon appointed to grant certificates of age , Ac , for the district in which the factory is situate . —Mr . James Bury , subinspector of factories , who had taken out the ' summons , stated , that on visiting the defendant ' s factory a few days back , he ascertained that one of the workmen named Robert Dyer had , on the 13 th ult . lost his right hand , by incautiously nuttimr it
amongst the machinery , and he had been taken to St . _ Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where he still remained , but no notice of any such occ urrence had been given to him or to the appointed surgeon , as the act required , and it therefore became his duty to summon the defendant for the penalty to which he had by that neglect rendered himself liable . — The district surgeon proved that he had not received the required notice . —The defendant at once admitted all the facts as stated , and expressed his deep regret at the occurrence of the accident , and he added that he had done all in his power to mitigate the calamity , and was maintaining tho man ' s family
while he was in the hospital . It had not occui-red to him to send the written notice to the factory surgeon . —Mr Bury , the inspector , admitted that the defendant had done all he could , with the exception of sending the written notice , which the act made imperative . —The magistrate convicted the defendant , but , inconsequence of the circmstances stated in his favour , mitigated the penalty from £ 5 to 40 s . and costs , which the defendant paid . —The inspector , in answer to a question as to the appropriation of the penalty , said that all moneys so received went , as directed by tho act , towards a fund for educating the factory children .
SOUTHWARD—Charge op Assault ox * » a Child . —D . Thomas was charged with assaulting Phoebe Hyde , aged 12 , who said she lived in Shore ' - ditch , and that on Saturday she was sent by her mother on an errand with a bundle , when she met the prisoner , who asked her where she was going . She told him , " and he then took the bundle out of her hand , and said he would carry it for her as it was heavv . She refused at first , and he then said if she did not let him carry it he would throw it into the canal . She allowed him to take it . He then said that he wanted her to come into town with him , saying that he would buy her a new frock and a pair of new shoes . They walked on together and ho took her into a public-house and they had some beer , and he wanted her to drink some arm and
water , which she refused . He afterwards took her into two or three other public-houses . When they came out of the last house she wanted him to give her the bundle , but he refused , and 8 flC IlCgiin tO C 1 J , but still kept walking by his side . Two women who passed asked her what she was crying about , when she told them she wanted her bundle ; upon which the prisoner said that he was her father , and that they had no business to interfere . The prisoner brought her over London-bridge , and they went on until they got to Deptford , and when there , he went down a by-street , and with a key he had with him he opened the door of a house , into which he desired her to follow him , adding that he would get her the frock and nair of shoes he had promised her . She entered , and lound no person within , and when
he got her into the parlour , he took out a penknite , and said he would kill her with it if she made any noise . The complainant here described an assault committed on her by the prisoner . After keeping her there for some time , they left the house together , and , as they were returning the same way as they came , he took her into another public house , in the tap-room of which , no persons being present but themselves , he again repeated the assault , and while he was doing so the potboy came into the room , and he must have seen the state of disorder in which her clothes were on his sudden entrance . She was afraid he would kill her if she cried out ; she therefore made no noise . After they had left the house she began to cry again , and a policeman came up . She informed him of what had
happened , and he took tho prisoner into custody . — The prisoner was remanded for the attendance of the pot-boy of the last public-house they were in . WORSHIP-STREET . —Mrs . Emma Yarnold , the well-known actress and lessee of the Pavilion Theatre , presented herself before Mr . Hammill , to solicit advice and assistance , under the following peculiar circumstances : —From the statement ofthe applicant , and from a professional gentleman who accompanied her to the court , it appeared that the lady had for some time been subjected to great annoyance by a gentleman who professed himself to be passionately devoted to her , and was not only in the habit of pestering her with letters of an amatory tendency , but of frequently obtruding himself upon her for the purpose of impressing in person his unwelcome importunities . On-a recent occasion he contrived to obtain admittance at a late hour of the night into tho house of her father , where she was now residing — had even , after she was denied to
him , the audacity to invade the privacy of her chamber , before his expulsion could be effected . A tew days after her tormentor assailed her at the private entrance ofthe theatre , and grasping her by the arm , declared , with an air of startling wildness , that she should never have a moment ' s rest until she lent a favourable ear to his suit . Every attempt to convince him of the utter hopelessness of such a course had been wholly unavailing , and she therefore trusted the magistrate had the power to interpose his authority to afford her protection against further persecution . — Several of the epistles Mrs . Yarnold had received from the gentleman having been handed to Mr . Hammill , ho said that , although the letters showed ample evidence of a distempered imagination , the writer had not by any threats brought himself within the scope of the law , to justify a magistrate to interfere in the case . —The applicant thanked the magistrate and withdrew .
Fatal Affray . —H . Hunt and J . Ilunton were charged with having caused the death of E . Bumball in a pugilistic encounter . It appeared from tho evidence of J . Stubby and several other witnesses that the deceased anil a number of other workmen were assembled on the preceding evening in the taproom of the Anchor public-house , adjoining the Imperial Gas Factory at Haggerstonc , when an altercation arose between two . of tho party , which led to a general challenge on the part of Hunt to fight any one present . Tho deceased accepted the challenge , and after a short contest , in the course of which hard blows were exchanged on both sides , they fell together against an iron fender in front of the grate , but got up apparently uninjured and resumed their seats , as if nothing of an unpleasant
nature had occurred between them . Almost immediately afterwards the deceased commenced quarrelling with another man , whom he struck and challenged , and ' the prisoner Hunton having interfered to restore order , the deceased suddenly started up , and insisted upon fighting him also . The deceased then pulled off his frock and was in the act of adjusting his belt when Hunton struck him a slight blow on the side of the head , and he staggered back into his seat , hut rose almost immcdiiitely , and , falling forward on his face , rem ined perfectly stilt , and never spoke or moved afterwards . Medical assistance was procured as speedily as possible , and three surgeons were shortly in attendance , but they pronounced the unfortunate man to be quite dead . —Mr . J . R . Morgan , a surgeon at Hackney , who had been called in upon tho
occasion , deposed that he found the deceased hathsustaiiied an extensive contusion ofthe occiput , apparently produced by a heavy blow or fall , but he was unable to state the immediate cause of death until he had made a post mortem examination . —The prisoners , in defence , said that the disaster resulted from the ' violent conduct of deceased ; they had merely acted in self-defence . —The prisoners were remanded . Attempted Murder and Suicide . —Anno Mullandine was charged with having attempted to murder her son , a boy seven years of age , by throwing him into tho Regent ' s Canal , and also with having attempted to destroy herself . —Mr . J . Stoddari stated that he was standing outside his employer's counting-house , at Haggerstouo , within a few yards of the canal , at four o ' clock on the preceding after-| noon , when he observed the p risoner grasping her boy tightly hy the hand and forcing him across the
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fcff w ! th in the di «* tion of tho water . The little ¦ a ^^ i . XudafiK tz ^ ziz n ^ L ^ i 'vS soner then rapidly divested herself of he . : shawl Snd was in the act ol untying her bonnet , when witness rushed forward and seized her , and a friend coming up at the moment , he consi gned her to Ma enavwe He then hastened to the side of the canal , and find ing that the hoy was completely exhausted with his struggles , which had carried him some distance trom the bank , witness plunged in , reached him as he was on the point of sinking , and succeeded in getting him out , and he speedily recovered . On
being questioned , the prisoner said that her son and herselt were both starving , and they had not broken their fast since the preceding morning . Mr . Hammill ordered the prisoner to be committed to Newgate for trial , LAMBETH . —Life ix tub Workhouse . —James Mastcrman and John Burton , inmates of Lambeth workhouse , were placed at the bar , before tho Hon . Q . C . Norton , charged with disorderly conduct in that institution by playing at cards . — Brookes , the taskmaster of Lambeth workhouse , " deposed that a short time before ho had occasion to leave the yard in which the prisoners were engaged n working a pump , aud . on his return he found them m a shed playing at cards . He endeavoured to get _ the cards away from them , but thev
managed to pass them awav , and lie felt it to be ins duty to give them into custody , —The prisoner Mastcrman was described as a person who could obtain an excellent living as a barge-builder or waterman , but sueli was his indolence that he preferred to lend a life of idleness in the workhouse , atui be a burthen to the rate-pavers , to living by his own energy and industry . —Mr . Norton : Well , Alasterman , what have you got to sav to this charge ot playing at cards in tho workhouse , contrary to the regulations in such institutions ? -Masterm : m : l did no more , sir , than others ; card-playine "Oes on the whole day . It commences immediately after breakfast , and is kept up all dav ; but when is
urooKos coming , the office is given , and then those playing manage to stow away the books . On tho present occasion Brookes did , certainly , manage to come on us unawares , but he was not clever enough to bone the flats . —Mr . Norton : What do they play for ?—Mastcrman : For pence and halfpence . —Mr . Norton : I hope the board of guardians will be made acquainted with this matter , and that card-playmg will be put a stop to . I think it rather too much of a good thing that those persons should be enjoving card-plaving at the expense of the industrious rate-p lyers o ' f the parish . He then committed the prisoners to the House of Correction for ten days .
Advertising for Country Proucde . — Mr . Hugh Owen , of Albion-grove , Islington , called the magistrate ' s attention to the following fact ^ - . —A few days ago he received from a brother in Wales a circular , which had been forwarded to a resident in the same neighbourhood by a person in the London-road , Southwark . His brother had requested him to make inquiries respecting the writer of the circular , and he had found it to be an imposition . It stated that tho writer was a wholesale and retail poulterer , and dealer in Welsh and Dartmoor mutton , & c . in the London-road , and that his shop was patronised by the nobility ; advertisements to the same effect had appeared in the Welsh newspapers , the object being to induce neonle in tho
country to send up goods to the shop . He ( Mr . Owen ) had visited the shop , and foun « l that it contained no property of any value , but that packages were delivered there daily , nnd carried away almost immediately . He did not succeed in seeing the person named in the circular and advertisements ; but he was informed by a man in charge of the shop that the articles received there were forwarded by his master to Newgate and Leadenhallmarkets for sale . Thfr man , however , did not refer him to any salesman in either of those markets who might be able to verify his statement . From what he ( Mr . Owen ) had seen and heard , he believed the intention of the party to be to impose upon the public , and he wished to caution simple country
people against allowing themselves to be deluded by his representations . —Mr . Elliot said if people were so indiscreet as to send their property to shopkeepers without makimr the necessary ' inquiries ! they had nobody but themselves to blame . —Mr . Owen then withdrew . MARLBOROUGH-STREET . —Alleged Murder of A Woman by her Husband . —J . Manley , a plasterer , residing in Phoenix-street . St . Giles ' s , was charged with having murdered his wife , Elizabeth . Elizabeth Gurden said—I know the prisoner and his wife . About one o ' clock this ( Wednesday ) morning I was in bed with my daughter , when I was awoke by a knock at the room door . I asked who was therafc The deceased said , "It is Mrs . Manley ; my old
man has turned me out of doors without bonnet or shawl . " I let the deceased in . She was without cap or shoes . She came to the bed , which was on the floor ,, and laid down by my side and went to sleep . About hnlf-past seven this morning the prisoner came and knocked violently at the door . I called out , " Who is there ? " The prisoner replied . " You have got somebody belonging to me here , Open tho door . " I said I could not open the door to any man till I was dressed . He said , " I will not wait . " He then forced open the door , and came into the room , and dragged his wife out of bed by her heels to the window . He then took hold of her and dashed her head on the iloor ; and while she was lying there , he kicked her about the head , and said " I will be the death of you . " He then gave her a dreadful kick , and she dropped her
head and never spoke again . The prisoner then stooped over his wife and pulled something from her pocket , and ran out ofthe room . I saw him again about ten minutes after , and told him that his wifb was dead . He said , " I am going up to see her . " I then went for a constable , and gave the prisoner in charge . The prisoner ' s wife was perfectly sober . In answer to Mr . Hardwick the witness said the prisoner was quite sober . He was in the habit of ill using his wife . About a fortnight ago he struck her , aud blackened both her eyes . He told her on Saturday last that he would be the death of her . The prisoner did not express the least regret for what he had done—Agnes May lived in the same house as prisoner and his wife . Was awoke about
half-past twelve last night hy hearing the prisoner and his wife quarreling in the back yard . Heard the prisoner call to his wile to come in doors . She said she would not . The prisoner and his wife , when they first came to lodge in Phoenix-street , appeared to be ahappy couple . Deceased was a teetotaler then , but latterly she had taken to drinking , and the result has been repeated quarreling between them . A constable said , about a quarter-past eight o ' clock this morning , I was called by the first witness to go to 74 , Dudley-street , where a man had murdered his wife . I went there , and on going into the front attick , I found a woman lying on the floor on her back quite head . I examined the body , but I did not see any blood . I sent for a surgeon , and took
the prisoner into custody . I told him lie was charged with killing his wife . He replied , ** Yes , I have done it by kicking her on the side of the head and neck , because she robbed me of two shillings . "—Mr . W . Simpson , surgeon , said , there were no marks « £ violence or blood upon deceased . Her face wasbloated , and had more the appearance of a person having died from a fit or a fall than from a kick . — The prisoner said his wife was given to drink . He had gone with a companion to have a pot of beer , and Iiis wife and the first witness followed him into the public-house . He took his wife homo twice that night , and found she had enotmeu to steal two shil « lings from him to spend in drink . —Remanded until Saturday . in the Strand Theatre
JBOW-STREET . —A Row . —J , Randall , F . Harrington , and D . Carroll , were charged with aiding and abetting in a row at the Strand Theatre , and with throw ' ng a considerable number of the gallery seats over into the pit , to the imminent danger of the persons there . —J . Ilarlcy , one of the servants ofthe theatre , said that at eleven on Monday nig ht there was a disturbance in the gallery of the theatre , in consequence of some disappointment having been felt because , while four pieces were announced , three only were performed . To allay the disapprobation , Miss Terry kindly sang two or three songs , and danced a medley , but the gods were inexorable , and commenced to tear up the seats , which they hurled over into the pit , making the people there scamper io all directions . Randall was particularly conspicuous , and Harriug * on threw over the seats . On taking them iato custody Carroll assaulted him . —Mr . Jardine ; Haa
any person been injured ?—Witness : I believe so , your worship—one of the fiddles has been smashed to pieces . —Harrington , in defence , said the row commenced because Mr . T . I / m > , who was Jo play Iago , did not come forward , but Mr . Sharp said he would try to please as well as he could , upan which be sang a song in bis black face as he then was * . The play was about to about to commence but tho curtain could not be drawn up , and ttey were not able to go on . Then there was a great disturbance , and Miss Terry sang and danced , upan which some boys laughed m the gallery , and Mr . Lewis said : he would not have her insulted , afte » which some ona else tried to dance , but ho coultj not , and Vhentho music would not play to him . Mr . Saville- did not come forward in the third pirn . —The two first prisoners were ordered to find bail in £ 20 , and Carroll was fined 10 s .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 10, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10021849/page/5/
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