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Potts sent a request to other places tbat the men flis ' - barged by there should not be employed . My business was to take down the time . I took it four times a day . I Linked at the people on the highway by the direction of my employers ; I had noticed them before the 16 th of Ncvcmber ; I never saw them molest any one . I have teen Joseph Smith stop people , This was before the 16 th of November . I have seen them all do so at one time or ether . I have seen them together from tbe number of nine to two . When I saw the two they were walking about or standing .
Cross-examined by Mr Wation . —Wilkinson was at the foundry , he left on November 14 tb , he gore notice . Saw him on the 19 th close to the works , towards Newton common . I saw him once . Csnnot say the time of the day , he was standing with Blemairs and Firth . I have not got Firth down . It was Ramsden who was with him . Cannot say when i t was Joseph Smith stopped the people . Person * " who seemed to bo mechanics were coming to the works ; he went and spoke to them , and tbey went back . It was in September . Eusineera have generally dresses pretty much alike . The principal part of tbe men dressin moleskin . Toes , notkuow what misconduct Smith was discharged lor .
Joseph Shadwell . —I am aa engine fitter . On the 16 th of November last I went to Newton in search of work . Had not heard of any dispute ; did lot get work tbat day ; was to come again on the following Tuesday . When near the works , about 300 yards off , was met by '¦ wo men ; Joseph Piatt was one of those men . Saw an . > --her man with Piatt , saw the same man before the justices at Warrington , he was called WiUon . They wci * leaning against a lence , they came up to me , one spoke , asked where I was going ! Said I was going to seek a job . They said I had better not go there , that I should not stop long , as I would be told of it when I went anywhere else . They said there was a disturbance between masters and men ; I 'aid I was ont of work and must get a job ; they said . " You'll not stop there long . "
They offered to give me something to eat and drink . I went on to the works and was told to come back after breakfast . While going away , saw Piatt about 100 yards from the works walking backwards and forwards . He joined me again , and asked if I bad got a job ? Said I d-d feot know , was going to get a glass of ale ; he said if 1 came to work there I would repent it before tbe winter was over ; that I should not go into that h— hole , and that I should have something to go on the road with if I was hard up . After breakfast I went to tbe foundry and was employed there . I have seen persons patrolling ( he roads since that time . I have seen Flatt and Wilson amoug them at different distances from the works . Tliey bad me taken up as a deserter on the 21 th . Was taken to Newton before tbe magistrates . Had to send for my d scharge . Have been jostled by them .
Cross-examined by Hr Baines . —I was taken np on the evidence of Piatt . I mentioned what had taken place the day after I was released . Mentioned it to my employers . 1 was not frightened at what they taid . Would not hare mentioned it if I had not been taken up as a deserter . Peter Taylor . —I am an engine fitter . November 24 th t ti ent to Jones and Potts ' . When I got near the works I saw Quarry . There was no one near bim at that time . He -isked where I was going ! I said I was going to the works , is a friend had sent for me . Quarry said I had bet r ^ r not go , as they were standing out , because they were- taking in old apprentices from 18 to ' 2 i years of age . Bonsaeld and Cheeseborough then came up . Bimsfield aske . i Quarry what I was after ? Qasrry said I was going to Jones and Potts' works . Boutfieldsaid it would be n bad job for me if I went . They asked if I would po back ! I said , I would rather go on and see a friend I had in the works . Bonsfield said , if I wmt there , in a month ' time I would not work there or anywhere elfe .
Cross-examined by Mr Knowles . —Has been in the trade 10 years . Is now 24 . Served his time with Helling and Son , at Ruinhill , for seven years , bat was not bound . The words used by Bonsfield might be , "You'll not be able to work there nor anywhere else . " Joseph . Hilt , millwright , was engaged to work at Jones and Potts ' s , on the 6 th cf November . As he was goirg to the works on that day , B jusfield and Firth came up to fcita . Had since seen the former before the magistrates at Warrington . Tbey asked him if he wanted a job . He answered , saying that "he did and he did not ; " and then . 'hey wanted him to give them '' a meaning ; " on which be replied , that he was"in a joband out of a job ;' with which tbey wero still not satisfied , and lie then said that be had work to go to , and work to come to .
Thereupon Bousfield asked him to go and have a glass of ale , which he declined doing . Bonsfield , on his refusing , said that if he would not go , he ( witness ) must take the consequences , and tbat he would not be a month in tbe shop before he would be turned out , and he Kent onto call witness a d—d rascal , and to tell him he deserved to have his throat cut . Witness had before that told Boasfield : ! . Jthe ( witness } had ii right to sell his own hand buVor to tbe best advantage . Had often seen those two men . as well as others , standing about near the works during tbe period referred to . On the 6 th of November , told h : m ( witness , ) in Firth ' s hearing , that if he would go into the works they would waylay him tbat night , and in consequence of that be ( witness ) took some per *"' . s with bim , "both male and female , " as he went homo .
C-o-j-eiamlned by Hr Knowles . —Witness answered Bousfeldashe did , at he bad come from Mr Melting ' s , at Hamuli ! , and if tbe work did not suit bim he could go back t j Hr Melting ' s , who would know nothing about it . Is working at Mr Potts' still . Has not been injured . Is in tiie : r employ this moment . Is talking for them now . Wa ; once a member of the Machine-makers and Millwrights * Friendly Society , many years ago . John Oates . —I have been in the employment of Messrs Jones : md Potts since the 16 th of February , 1846 . About five weeks before the 2 d of December I saw Dawson about 50 yards from the works . A man called Williams was with ! iim . Dawson asked if I wanted to be a holly t I oskcO if hat he meant ! He said , ** Do yon mean to remain ^ t Jones's or come ont ? We have sent to you several
times to come to our meetings , but you bare never been . " 1 said 1 was quite satisfied where I was , and did not intend to come ont . They said , if I would come ont tbey wotil 1 allow me 30 s . a-week , and wanted me to ge on pic ' :-. -: witti them , to prevent other people coming to work , and then they would win the day . They said if I did not come out it would be wonefur me , and 1 would be put down on the black list and prevented getting work aoywht t -. else . They said if I would go out they would find me an ther shop and pay my expenses of shifting . Saw Grcnaj' on the 9 th of November close to the works . He 6 toi > p- d me , aad said " Oates , I understand you have
con e to live here—would it not be as well foryon to come ont » " I said " No . " He asked me for a reason to take to i :.-o-mmittee . I told them if they did not behave theuiV-Ives I would have them put where I could find them . Before that time I had been applied to by Wilson to at ' -jiid the committee meeting on tbe Cth of November . I a & Ueo him what the meeting was for T He said it was on ii- . ' rawing-out system . I saw him tbe following mor : i -j ; . ' » nd he said , " Well , Oates , you are to give in your ; , . ice to-day to have on Saturday . " I told him 1 shruMi . oi . I know Murgatroyd . I saw him about a mo : ; ti < iefore . He asked me to go to a meeting . I did not « . at : siy him whether I would go or not .
Cro . *; examined . —I made no note oi my conversation with Par . fon . 1 never met with any violence . J .. s ? f » h Baker . —I am an engine fitter . I remember goii . ;^ m the 2 nd of November to Jones and Potts ' . 1 met r-. ejs-borough , Gray , Dawson , and Quarry . They were : ojjetber . It was 300 or 400 yards from the works . Cht-- ^ rt . ; T ' . ugh asked where I was going ! I said to Jone- .. ' !•> Potts' works to se ; k a job . He asked me if I was Kv .. >; e there was a grievance between tbe masters and ti .- men » I replied , " No . " I asked them if it was agtt" . -., ; strike or not ! Cbeescborongh said " It is not-, we < .-. ! y wish it were so , but we cans ot get all the men ont . " i disked them what their grievance was S and
Che * » hor iugh said , "Jones and Potts were taking a number n .. b apprentices , from twenty to thirty years of age « nd upwards ; and if they would submit to tbat they w <> ul * . i soon be brought like cotton wearers . " He said i might get work at the Vulcan fonadry . They offered m < s a glass of ale . I went to the Vulcan , but did -tot ji-t . work . Cheeseborough gave me a note ai a rcc' -muicndation to a master in Warrington , 1 asked bim bow long the strike was to last ? He said it was sot likely to last above a fortnight before Messrs Jones ami l ' .. tts wiuld be obliged to submit to the' * - demands , as the 5 " . i"i > was running to ruin . I went to Warrington , and ctuic back two days after to Messrs Jones and Pons . "
Croi . s-eX : imined . —Made no memorandum ef the conversation . Witness bad been in the trade since fifteen $ ear > id : > 2 e . Henry Sbipaan , a fitter , on the 2 nd of November was in company with last witaess . Met Dawson , Gray , and Qu & rrj near the foundry . Cheeseborough asked where they wcr < - t'oingt and on theirsajiag "to Jones and Potts'for work , " he asked whether they were aware of the grievance . Witness corroborated last witness ' s evidence . M < -t Dawson afterwards , who asked whether he was going to remain at Jones and Potts' ! Witness replied " Y < js ;*' when Dawson replied , " What would you say if you got your bead brokeV Cross-examined by Mr Knowles : No violence was ever Offered .
Richard rtrown , in the employ of the prosecutors . Stated ih . it . be knew defendant Peter Grundy . On the 12 th of September last Grundy came to witness and told him tha - he ( witness ) was requested to " give a noJce " Witness said he thought tbat he ( Grundy ) had " taken tbe things in the wrong light . " Grundy replied that be aid not think it was exactly right , bnt tbat they would gee about it , Witntas then gave a week ' s notice to hit masters t- leave . On the 14 th bad an inierriew with Mr Jones . ;> r . d after that wit drew the notice . Peter Grund y came to him again on tbe 2 1 h 0 ' October , in tbe shop , and t <; id witness that it would be advisable for him to m « B « ti « - ajata , and witness did again give notice . Saw Mr J- nc * vain . Had attended at two meetings—one at
a p 'li-iouse , near tbe Vulcan foundry , and the other attlVii . k in Newton . The people at those meetings were of ! . h own trade . Bowman , Grundy , and Smith were there . Knew that Smith had worked for Jones and Potts , s , „ i uowman also . The last of those meetings was he ! 1 :, t uboat three weeks before he gave the first aottce . ); ,, 1-aan took the most active part at both meetings , an d the second meeting was about three weeks after the ., ih . r . The dispute with Jones aud PotU was mentim .-rt , Vat" put down again , " to settle other matters lis . * .. They were settling about apprentices , and if tluj were legal , andhow theplckets should be put on , at what time , and when they should come off-pickets at tbe foundry of Jones and Potts
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Cross-examined by Mr Watson . —Legal apprentices are seven years' apprentices , bound at 14 , Does not know of apprentices at these works being taken for four or five years between twenty and thirty years of age . Thomas Davis , millwright , stated that in November he was suing to the foundry , and about two hundred yards off met some men . and in consequence of what they said , did not go to work . Was afterwards engaged at tbe works . On the 21 st of November mat Read , who told Mm he thought witness would have been the last man in the world to look for work at such a place , and said be was a two-faced fellow and had defrauded the club , having got half-a-crown for turning back and not going to work . Witness had not received half-a-crown . He said witness deserved punishing . Witness said he would detend himself . Head called him a "knobstick . " Some words ensued , and as witness was turning into his lodgings , Read stood in a fighting attitude and struck wit . ues * several times . They had a scuffle .
Cross-examined . —Had known Read before and worked with him in Wales . Never had any quarrel with bim . Met Read three or four hundred yards from the lodg . ings . Can't say whether t' . ey did not both begin striking at the satce time . Charles Holt , a turner , in tho employ of the prosecutors , into whose service be had entered on the 16 th of November . Had gone there earlier in the month , and ' . ben saw some persons about . John Mason , machine-maker and proprietor of some works at Rochdale , was a & ked if there was a turn-out at his works .
[ Tbe evidence of Holt was not further pursued ; and a discussion arose here as to the admissibility of that of Mr Mason , who it was understood was to speak of the employment of some of the turn-outs at Rochdale . His lordship was of opinion that though the name t > f Mr Mason of Rochdale had occurred in the correspondence of the society , what referred to that place would properly be no more than evidence to support a distinct charge of conspiracy , not preferred among those in the present indictment . ] Richard Jones , in the employ of the prosecutors , ( had the handbill before produced shown to him , ) stated
that he had seen that handbill some time before last Christmas , about September , and several of the men at Jones and Potts ' were looking at it . Saw several copies of it , aud witness received one copy from defendant Grundy . He and others were reading it to one another . Witness left a copy of it in the office . In Octob « r defendant Bousfield gave witness a letter . ( The ninth resolution of the committee , dated 28 th of Sep . tember , among the documentary evidence was here referred to , which stated that defendant Bousfield was to leave a copy of a letter in the office ] Bousfield told witness that be was afraid to deliver the letter to the master himself , and asked witness to do it , which he
did . In cross-examination the witness said he did not know of tha masters having sent to Glasgow to prevent tbe men getting employment there . Knew that the handbill was to the same effect as that produced . James Appleton stated that a man named Hasledine once worked for Jones and Potts , Knew that from the book kept of the persons who come in and go out of work . Such a person went out of work , according to tbe book in which witness made the entry of the fact , he ( witness ) being informed of it by Enoch Marks . [ Marks was here recalled , and stated that be had so informed witness Appleton . ] By the book produced , Hasledine left on the 17 tb of October ; Jones , Grey , and Morgan left on the 19 th of September , and Walker on the 26 th ; David Thomas on the loth of October , and Mocdonald on the same day ; William Bruce on the 3 rd , Stephen Zairs , Grundy , and Ellis on the 10 th also . Greenough gave a notice to leave , and left on the 24 th of October . Griffiths left on the
14 th of November . [ The object of this evidence was to show that the resolutions of the committee , as recorded iu the book found in Cheeseborougb ' s possession , had been carried ont . Similar evidence was given as to other wo . kmen in the employment of Messrs Jones and Potts . ] James Pemberton , a special constable at Warrington , stated that Selsby remained with witness , after his being apprehended at Warrington , for three days . They bad some conversation about their both being Sunday-school teachers . Selsby wrote several times whilst so in witness ' s company . [ Letters here handed to witness . ] Believed those letters to be in defendant , Selsby ' s , handwriting . He told witness that he , Selsby , was secretary to the executive council of tbe trades' union , and he wrote a great deal while with witness . Mr Sergeant Wilkins said tbat this was the case for the prosecution .
The Attorney-General , in addressing tbe jury for Selsby and the others , his clients , teg in by saying , that although he had not much to complain of as to the way in which the case had been brought b 'fore them , he could not help remarking upon the somen hat theatrical style of impressiveuess with which the learned sergeant had exhibited the documents put in evidence . Nor could he but imagine that Mr . Sergeant Wilkins must have intended a sarcasm upon the indictment itself—one of about thirty-seven yards in lrngtli—when he speculated upon tbe number of these defendants who , by means of the evidence , might be brought within the " length and breadth" of its dimensions . But wis ' itfair to perplex a man by putting him on his trial and n quiring bim to comprehend no less than twenty-six different charges
set forth at such a length as tht-1 Certainly , in times before the flood , when men were said to live for a good many hundred years—and thirty or forty years , either one way or other , made no great difference—such a document as this indictment might have been very light and pleasant wading ; bat now , in these , days of railways , the time cou ? d not be afforded . And jet it was rain that be had asked the learned sergeant's aid , and to have hi * own attention directed to those parts of the document wherein the precise charge relied upon might bv found , and therefore he should at once have done with it , and proceed to tha facts proved , for fear of having to make a speech too much resembling tbe record lying on the table , and preventing the pos ibility of any interral between this trial and the next assises . Tbe
learned couasel in opening the cafe had spoken of men like tbe defendants writing and speaking about poll-Ucal freedom , for tbe purpose ol suggesting that these acts of the defendants had som * thin ; to do with parti , cular political opinions . From the b ginning to the end of tbe evidence not even a hint had appeared of any political purpose . So far as the charge coald be uudersiood , was any charge made out ! Every count , except three , charged , in one form or other , a conspiracy to injure or impoverish Messrs Jones and Potts . But had the defendants , or any of them , in ihis evidence , any such object in view ! A combination no doubt there was , but a combination was not necessarily illegal . Men might com . bine , masters might combine . In the olden time some doubt was entertained on that point -, snd though masters
might meet and agree not to employ men except at certain wages , a similar combination on the part of workmen to keep up the price of their labour was supposed to be illegal . But that was not now the law , and mt-n might lawfully and reasonably combine by legal means to keep up their wages . Had these men any other object t They had never exceeded the limits of the law . They had offered no violence , molested na man , but endeavoured only to induce others to join them in a cause they believed would be beneficial to their trade , and any injury to Messrs Jones and Potts was an obje-.-t they never contemplated . Against some of the prisoners there was no evidence whatever . Selsby , as the secretary of this society , had been put in front of tbe battle . In fairness , the rules of the society should have been put
in , but enough appeared to show that this society was of a most beneficial kind , and that at the same time not a penny of its funds could by its constitution be applied to the purposes charged , the subscription was one « f individual members , not of the society , a » d for a purpose with which the society had nothing to do . Sehby bad issued this circular , no doubt ; but that contained nothing illegal—advocated no illegal course—pointed to no illegal end . He was never seen with any of the other parties ; he was no member of any picket . The learned counsel then went through the evidence agaii . st each of the defendant * , and urged , as to many of them ,
tbat there was no evidence of a participation in any common purpose . As to all , he urged tliuir object was a perfectly legal one . They considered it desirab e tha ; persons going to such occupations should be pos ^ e 88 . d of a competent skill , that they should serve a regular apprenticeship , and not be employed at inadequate wages . This was their object , and not the impoverishment of Measrs Jones and Potts ; and though inconvenienc , to those gentlemen might bo the result , th » t would no more be the offence charged in the indictment than the case where a man ttts up a shop in another person ' s neighbourhood in the hope of drawing the custom to himself .
Mr Baines hoped that this was tbe last occasion on which an indictment of the present description would ever be bronght into an English court of justice , and he quoted by way of sanction for such a hope , the word- of the present Lord Chief Justice upon the voluminous charges contained in the indictment against Mr O'Couueil and others , tried in Ireland . He trusted he might never again see the table of a court of justice loaded—he might even say disgraced—by such an indictment as this . Ii < - had , while Mr Knowles addressed the jury , made a cal . eolation touching the probability of any one ever being able , during this trial , to comprehend the contents o ! the document . The result was , first , that , there beiog 26 distinct counts , and 2 C defendants on the record , there were , in that view alone , 676 questions for tbe consideration of tbe jury . But then , again , the 26 counts involved no less than 189 separate overt-acts , and those , multiplied by the number of persons to be tried , would give tbe jury just 4 , 914 points of difficulty for solution . He had never
known an important case of the kind , in which the prosecutor himself did not appear in the box , and it was fanto infer , tbat the true reason why Messrs Jones and Potts had never been culled as witness . > -. vhs , that they could not contradict those allegations which the defendaut Selsby , in what he had written , preferred against them . Mr Baines spoke at considerable length upon tho present state of the law as to conspiracy , and particularly as affecting combinations of men and masters . He said that there had been statutes upon the subject from the timo of Edward I . until that of George IV . In the fith oi G . orgc-IV . was contained all the present law upon the subject , and according to the latent of the third section of lhat act ( c . 129 ) these men , if they had done anything wrong , ought to have been proceeded against in a very different way , and not by an indictment for a conspiracy , the statute having provided for such a case expressl y , and prescribed the punishment for the offence . As to the policy of enforcing apprenticeship , it was to be observed that for & period of 250 jea , w—from the tune , of , EhxaMa
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down to the year 1814 , when Mr HusklsSon caused an alteration in the law—it was unlawful for any pert on to practise any trade unless duly apprenticed , and tbey incurred penalties for doing so . The same thing still applied to the learned professions , in every one of which some kind of probation was at this day required by law . And therefore it was not to be rashly determined that these men were uureasenable in protesting as they had against the competition by others , who , as they thought , were competing with them , without having the same right to employ , Their views on this point they had a right to urge upon their neighbours , and if they did this without violence aud without intimidation they had a right to do o as earnestly and as zealously as they pleased . He conended , that as against the defendants for whom ho appeared there was no evidence of any illegal act whatever , or of their having done more than walked about on the roads in the neighbourhood of the works . He then proceeded to examine the evidence against each .
Mr Watson said tbat at the end of the address of the learned serjeant in opening the case , ho was totally at a loss to know what was the charge against the defendants ; and now , when all the evidence had been adduced , it was almost as difficult to discover . This was a charge of conspiracy ; not whether particular individuals had been guilty of isolated acts , but whether these acts bad been done with a common purpose , and for that common purpose , or one of thsm , alleged in the indictment 1 It was the most indefinite crime known to the law , and one of peculiar hardship in this , that by such a form of indictment it was sought to make men liable for the acts
of a great many others , at various places and over a great extent of time . It wa * a singular illustration ol this , tbat the onl y act of violence deposed to as having been committed by any of these persons , was that by Read , with respect to whom there was not a particle of evidence to show that be had any common purpose with the others , or any connexion with a combination for any purpose , legal or illegal . He contended , that in this case there was no evidence whatever against some of the defendants -, and that as to all , none of them had been proved to have been combined to do an illegal act , or to attain an illeg >! object by any illegalmeans .
His Lordship in summing up , said that tbe case had been one of some difficulty , from the enormous mass of charge to bs dealt with . The meaning of tha law wan , that the charge should be presented in such aform , that , when read to tbe defendant , he might be able so to understand as to plead it . It would be absurd to suppose tbat that could have been done now ; but the indictment having been removed , the defendants had thereby had time . His lordship quite concurred In some of the observations iriade respecting indictments of this shape But he would tell them , the jury , that they , might confine their attention to two or three of the counts . To state them briefly , the charges were these : —first , that the twenty-slx defendants , unlawfully intending to impoverish the prosecutors , had conspired to effect that
object , and towards effecting the object , had committed the overt acts described ; secondly , that the fame persons had conspired in a similar way , and by similar means , ta impoverish or injure the workpeople referred to in tho indictment . The very essence of tbe offence was the conspiring to do the act , and the act was only material as evidence in prsof of the conspiracy . As to the question of "intenttoimpoverlsh / 'ic ., hit lordship thought that if the defendants really conspired to prevent Jones and Potti from carrying on their trade , it might be fairly laid as an intent to impoverish , as the one thing would naturally result from the other . When he ( Mr Baron Rolfe ) first became a member of the legal profession , it used to be considered that the masters might meet and combine , but their men not . That was then held , and it had always struck people as a most unjust distinction . So It appeared to himself . It ought rather
to have been tbe other way . But there was a good deal of difficulty to make up one ' s mind up < m the point of how far there should be restrictions in this particular . His lordship , referring to the statute of George IV ., went onto say tbat , notwithstanding the provisions of that act , the common law would still step in , and it would say , tbat if persons conspired to do such illegal acts tbey might be indicted . That was the law , and . bo need not step out of tbe path to enter upon speculations ; although to his own mind , it was certainly a more satisfactory mode of proceeding , when persons were supposed to have violated the law , to charge them with it directly , rather than indirectly . The learned judge having das . slfied tbe evidence , distinguishing the application of documents produced from the acts sworn to , as bearing against the several defendants , stated it to be his opinion that if the defendants could be taken to have intended
no more than t » persuade others not to go to the works in question , they had done nothing illegal . If , on the contrary , they had intended to convey any threat , to intimidate , or to molest the persons with whom they held communication upon the subject upon the turn-out , that would be evidence to bring them within the pre . sent cba'ge . The jury went but of court for about a quarter of an hour , and on their return acquitted 17 of the . defendants , finding the remaining nine—viz ., Selsby , Bousfield , Cheeseborough , Dawson , Piatt , Quarry , Wilson , Ramsden , and Smith—all guilty . The defendants will be called up for judgment in the Court of Queen ' s Bench ,
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MANSION HOUSE . —Juvenile Thieves . —On Monday two boys , neither of whom was more than twelve years ol age , were brought before the Lord Mayor charged with having made several attempts to pick the pockets of ladies who were passing through the streets . The prisoners , although of such tender years , were well known to several of the City police . They had some time ago begun their predatory career by stealing any trifling property exposed at shop d « ors ; they then aimed at silk handkerchiefs in the p . ickets of gentlemen , and they ascended from that practice to the more difficult one of cribbing the purses of ladies . After having made many attempts without success , one of them received a severe slap in the face from a lady whose pocket he turned
inside out . They were then taken into custody , but the lady seemed to think tbe chastisement she had inflicted quite enough , and refused to attend tho justice room . An empty purse was found in the pocket of one of them . The prisoners said the police were mistaken . An officer who had upon a former occasion apprehended one of the boys , said , upon seeing him in tbe cage , '' What , is it you again ! " "Ay , ay , old fellow , " replied the boy , "I ' m in for a ' skin . '" ( a purse . ) The boy ' s father , upon being spoken to on the subject said , " There ' s not a greater thief in London than ray son , and I hope he'll be transported for life . " The mother of the boy said that unlil within the last seven or eight months her son was as good a child as ever lived , but he happened to getinto bad company , and was charged with robbery , after which he was placed amongst the most depraved thieves .
From that moment he became quite careless , and would only become worse by being sent for punishment amongst experienced persons . One of the policeman said tbe boy certainly exhibited a total Insensibility to disgrace , for when in tbe cage , and questioned about bis conduct , be began to dance , and gave what was called the double shuffle . The Lord Mayor considered the case was one which showed the necessity of increasing the responsibility of parents with respect to the dishonest conduct of their children . He hoped that her Majesty ' s Government would , amongst their other great efforts for the benefit of society , include the deplorable state of the thousands of poor children in the metropolis , whose condition appeared at present to be iuevitable . The wretched boys were remanded , and both swaggered out of the justice-room .
SOUIHWARK . —To Persons about to MiaaT . — Elizabeth Mary Maslon , who described herself as the widow of the late messenger of the Ordnance Office , ? u \ l Mall , applied lo Hr Cuttingham , on Monday , for his advice and assistance under thefollowing circumstances : —The applicant stated , that since tbe deceased of her husband she had kept a eriiool in Westminster , and about two months ago » as introduced to a young man , risked Osborne , a jeweller , who after some time solicited her hand in marriage . As she saw no objection to kits , he appearing to ba a very steady , industrious young man , she consented to be his wife , end a day was appointed tor the solemnization of their marriage . Previously , however , her intended husband recommended her to go down to Gravesend , as well for the purpose of
having the advantage of the country air nnd exercise , as to procure a license fur their msrrifcge to take place at the Old Church . Tuesday last was the day sho was to proceed to the latter place , accompanied by her bridesmaid , and O borne promised to join them by the three o ' clock afternoon boat . Before they quitted town , O-buroe expressed a desire that she ( applicant might leave the keys of her house in Little George-street , Westminster , in his hands , saying that as there were thieves about in every direction be was naturally anxious about her property , aud that he should take care and see that she was not robbed . Having every dependence on his honour and integrity she entrusted him with the keys of the- house , which contained a quantity of furniture of different descriptions , besides bed liueu and other articles
including the whole of her wardrobe , and she left town perfectly satisfied that she would be soon joined by the nian in whom sbe placed such confidence . He , however , fdiled in his promise but tbe following day he came to her at Gravesend , apologising for not being there on the preceding day , and then requested her to give him her late husband ' s wedding ring in order that he might have some alterations made in it for their forthcoming nup . tials . Shu at once complied , and gave him the ring off her finger , on which occasion she informed him that a license could not be obtained at Gravesend , but in town at Docturs ' -commons , and she hinted the necessity for her speedy departure from the former place . He opposed her wishes iu this respect , saying that he would soon set the matter all rfcht by calling at the church
himself , and getting the necessary document from the rector , in order that the marriage might be performed on the Thursday ( the 1 st lost . ) He then left her , saying he should return to dinner , but , not making his appearance the following-day , sho returned to town , and to her mortification , found that her "faithless lover" bad stripped her house of all the property It contained , not even leaving her a bed to lie upon . In tho course of her inquiries , subsequently to the above discovery , sbe ascertained that he had disposed of her furniture to a brok r in the New Cut , where she had seen it since exhibited for sale ; aud the latter admitted to her that he had purchased it of a mm answering the description ol tho person of whom she complained , Her application was for a twofold , object —&« first , l { possible to have
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Osborne apprehended ; and the other , to prevent the broker from disposing of her goods . Mr Cottlngham inquired whether Osborne was of her own age ? and she replied that he was much younger ; that she had since the robbery called at his lodgings , and was there informed Hint he had left the place , and no one knew whither he was gone ; that , on the strength of her marriage to him , she had given up her scholastic establishment , upon the fruits of which she lived , and that now sho , was plundered of everything sho had in tho world she saw no other alternative left than her becoming the Inmate of o workhouse . ' Mr Cottingliam said , that from the applicant's account it appeared to be a most heartless robbery on the part of tho man by whom she had been deceived under a a promise of marriage . It was a great pity a woman -of her year * , instead of thinking of
changing her position Mid marrying a young man , had not rather attended to her scholastic business and gone on comfortably . However , sbe had been plundered in a most heartless manner , and directions should be issued for the police to adopt speedy measures to take the plunderer into custody . With respect to the property that had been sold in the New Cut , the magistrate directed one of the officers of the court to call upon the broker and to warn him not to dispose of a single article sold to him under such circumstances ; and in the event of tbe man who had stolen them not being taken into custody the broker should be made to deliver them up to the owner in a week . The applicant , who seemed exceedingly depressed in spirits , expressed her thanks for the Interest taken by ihe magistrate in her case , aud then quitted the court with the officer to stop the sale of her goods at the broker ' s shop . (
Assiuit mo Robbebt . —J . Speckwood and A . Duckett were charged with assaulting and robbing Elizabeth Hunt of a gold brooch . The complainant accompanied a female friend to the Surrey Theatre on the preceding evening , they afterwards went into the Equestrian Coffeehouse . Having remained a short time in the parlour they came out together . Before she got to ihe door Speckwood made a rush towards her . seized a goldbrooch out of a handkerchief which she had round htr neck , and immediately ran away . She followed him , crying , " Stop thief , " and in a short time he ^ jps taken into custody . A crowd of persons collecting , Speckwood was rescued for a time , but eventually recaptured and taken to tbe station-house with the other prisoner . Mrs E . Gatelas said she distinctly saw Speckwood snatch at the
complainant ' s brooch . Policeman 83 M said that Speck , wooi ) ran , by a curious accident , into his arms . Speckwood made strong efforts to disengage himself , urging his innocence of any crime . The policeman howerer brought him along towards the "Equestrian , " and while the complainant was relating the attack made upon her by him , Speckwood was rescued , but was again taken into custody in the Blackfriars-road . The prisoner ' s defence was , that aiming a blow at bis wife he missed her and struck the complainant on the breast ; that be knew nothing of the brooch . He had no acquaintance with the other prisoner . Duckett , in answer to the part he took in the transaction , denied tbat he had been in the Equestrian Coffee-house on the night in question ; that he was walking along the Borough-road , and he saw a
mob collected , and went over , when he was immediately charged with being concerned in tbe robbery , and taken Into custody . Both prisoners were committed for trial . MABYLEBONE . —Ootbaoes orsn the Police . — Michael Manning and Bridget Manning , his sister , were chargod with the following assault . Mr Duncombe attended for defendants . Serjeant Nipton , 17 D , deposed that on Saturday night , the 20 th of February , at about twelve o ' clock , he was accosted by a man named Callahan , from whose face blood was running , aud who told him that he bad just been struck . He pointed out Michael Manning as being the man who bad assaulted him , and witness then went up to bim and told him he must go to the station-house , when he exclaimed , " ! shan ' t go , " and at the same time made a bolt towards
his own door . He ( witness ) ran after him , and just as he had reached the end of tbe shop-front , Manning caught up a board , with which he made a blow at the head of witness . On being collared an 4 told that he had better go quietly , he resisted and tbey fell down together , and as soon as witness had regained his legs Bridget Mannins laid hold of him by the collar of his coat , sayinc , ''You shan ' t take my brother . " At this moment he received a violent blow on the head , but from whom he could not tell . Bridget then cried out , "Hit bim , Mike ; kick him ; " and Manning instantly gave him a kick with such force in the lower part of his stomach as to compel him , from the pain which he suffered , to loose his hold . Other constables came to tbe spot , and Manning was secured . On the way to the
station-house the police were pelted right and left with stones by a large mob which had assembled , Bridget all the time urging them on ; and when they h-. id got as far as Christ Church , some persons in the crowd shouted"Now , men of Ireland , do your duty ! " upon which a general rush was made , and Manning escaped . The Serjeant added that , owing to the injury which he received , he had ever since been incapable of doing duty . Por the defence Mary Ann Broderick , servant to Mr Manning , was examined and deposed tbat at half-past eleven on the night of the 20 th February there was a number of persons round the door , in consequence of some words which hud taken place . She saw her master and another person ; and Callahan , who was one of the party , was looking in at the door . He was naked what he wanted , wlvn Ik used a very vulgar expression . Her master pushed him away with his hand . I think his nose bled . In a quarter of an hour afterwards , she saw Csllahan talking > oa policeman , who said he couldn't take the charge , and
advised an application for a warrant . They went away , and after the lapse of a little time the officer returned , aud kid hold ef her master , as he was standing ontiie step of his door . He anked whst he was wanted for ; when the officer who bad collared him said , "Come along with me , I'll let you know presently , " and dragged him along from the place . She followed and saw both of tiiem fall , and saw the officer draw his staff and strike her master on tbe shoulder ; some more policeman came up , and one o f them said , " Oh , you ' re the barber Pre been waiting for , Pllbreak your b— neck . " Tha erow-i called out to the police , " You'll murder the man , " a « they were dragging him along . The officers seemed to be hitting him with their staves , Mr Rawlinann remarked that Nipton , who had sustained such severe injury , had not in the first instance acted wisely , and the warrants were therefore dismissed ; the complnininu parties could go to the sessions , should they think fit to do so .
MAKLBOBOUOnSTBEET . —Abistocratic virtues . The following case attracted attention . At an early hour on Sunday morning , Superintendent Beresford , oi the C division , armed with authority from the Commissioners of Police , proceeded lo 7 , Bennott-street St James ' s , suspected to be a common gaming-house , in the occupation of a person named Oldfield and other- ., accompanied by a large party of constables . After break ing open several doors strongly barricaded , the officers took seventeen persons into custody , and conveyed them to St James ' s station , where bail was taken for their appearance at this court on Monday morning . Many of tbe persons captured gave false names at the station , some
of tbepanies were well known to the officers , and their real names were placed upon the charge-sheet . On the magistrate ( Mr Bingham ) taking his seat th » court whs immediately crowded by the accused and their friends The officers of the court commenced calling tho names of the accused aloud , when Mr Humphreys , counsel lor the defendants , hoped that as this was a charge which the magistrate might feel it his duty to dismiss , he would dispense with the form of having the names called out , as their publication might wound tho feelings of tin ir families . Mr Bingham refused to depart from the general rule , and the names were then called over , as follow : —
Henry Oldfield , William Johnson , John Sowden ( for having the care and management of the establishment ) EarlMunster , Lord Clifden ( afterwards stated to be Lord Clifton ) , Lord Stralhroore , Lord Alexander Lennox , William Bromley , John Frederick Franks , Frann-s Barclay , John Jones , Henry Meyers , David Charlton . Thomas Leslie , Peter Forbes , John Smith , and Frederick Chadwell , for being in the house for an unlawful purpo « e . Mr Henry Beresford produced the order of the Commis . sionors of Police to enter tbe house , and stated that in obedience with it he went to No . 1 , Bennett-street , St James s , at about half-past one on Sunday morning , in company with other constables . He rang the bell at tinfront door , which was immediately opened by Johnson , whom he immediately ordered to be taken into
custody . Witness then proceeded along the hall until 1 m arrived at an iron door , which was fastened . Superintendent Beresford continucd .--On arriving at the iron door he could not find any bell , and ordered the door to be struck with a sledge hammer , which was done , when some person from within called out " Who ' s there V io which he replied "Police . " The person from within said he could not open the door , as it was injured by th . sledge-hammer ; but , after a lapse of six or seven minutes , it was opened by defendant Sotrden , Witness then proceeded up stairs , when his progress was impedeo by another iron door . He directed the same course to be pursued as at the former door , and after several blows had been struck with a sledge hammer , defendant Oldfield opened a small wicket in the door , and said the
latter was so injured by tha force that had been used that he could not open it . Finding he could gain no admis sion nt this door , he turned his attention to a side door which had been bricked » p , and after about ten minutes ' labour , a hole was made sufficiently large to admit the constable . He then found fourteen pr fifteen persons ( the gentlemen defendants ) in a room , and gave each in charge of a constable . Superintendent Beresford—They were about the room differently engaged . Some round a suppcr-table , some were drinking wine , and others smoking cigars . Mr Humphreys . - Were any implements of gaming found 1 Superintendent Beresford
I searched the house carefully , as also the defendants , and found none . Mr B ' . ngh .-im said , that tr . eSMi sec tion of the 8 th and Sth Tie , c . 108 , estabiioh ^ U a new rule of evidence , that where any instruments of gaming should be found lu any house or place suspected to be a common gaming-house , that tho findingsuch Instruments should be conclusive of tbe fact . If it had been thought that the circumstance of fastening a house up in this way was tobave the same effect , It would have be-in mentioned . The iastcniug as described led to iho presump tUn that something was going on which the parties wished to conceal . There was no evidence lhat womd support the charge , and he must dismiss the complaint .
THAMES . ILI-TBEATMENT IN A LUNATIC AsvLt'U . — James Downs and Samuel Oarrett , two keepers belonging to Grove-hall Lunatic Asylum , at Bow , wero brought before Mr Yardley , charged with having caused . tb , e , \ Je . B , t « ofapa « per lunatic Mv . ed Rank ,
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Mr law , solicitor to the Commissioners of Lunacy , appeared to conduct the prosecution , and MrPelham defended the prisoners . William Pride , ft keeper in tho same establishment , deposed that he had been an assist , ant in the asylum during the lost three months , and wag keeper of Ward No . 3 . On Saturday , the 27 th of March , about eight o ' clock in the morning , hearing a scuffle in Ward No . 1 , he ran in , and saw the deceased standing in the middle of the room , on the floor in a state of nudity , and thetwo prisoners wore ordering him to put his clothes on . Rank appeared to refuse doing so , when Garrett put a handkerchief round his neck and pulled him oa the bed . Ho then placed his knee on deceased s chest , and forced the whole weight of his body
on him , and struck him ten or twelve very violent blows In his side , at the same time using the most abusive language . Down was standing b y encouraging Garrett in his brutal attack , and also struck the deceased several blows . Witness was compelled to interfere . The do ceased could not make a noise , the handkerchief was placed so tightly round his neck , and the blood ran out of ench side of his mouth ; his face was all over covered with blood . Witness assisted them to put a straight jacket on Rank ; on doing which Garrett again gave deceased a violent push in the belly with his knee , and struck bim several blows on the shoulder . Blood came from him at every blow . Tho prisoners were remanded till Tuesday next .
HAMMERSMITH . — Oo'TRSOEOPS ASSAULT DrON Females . — Benjamin Shelley w „ s charged with the following outrageous conduct to females , Sarah Weaving went to the residence of hersister at Shepherd ' s Bush , and as she was returning home with an infant child in her arms , about half past 10 o ' clock on Monday night , the defendant ran violently against her , knocked her down , and trampled over her . Sbe screamed out loudly to him to mind the child , but he paid no heed to her , but kept going en . Bentinck , T , 59 , found the first witness in a stateof great alarm and excitement , followed the defendant and took him into custody . He had subsequently ascertained that the screams he heard as hs hastened to the spot proceeded from a young woman whom the defendant had also run down after the first witness . He had also heard that defendant had at
Shepherd ' s Bush likewise knocked down three other women one of whom is seventy years of age . The defendant , in answer to the charge , said he knew nothing whatever about it . He had been visiting a friend , and had been dtinking . The policeman said the defendant appeared at first rather excited ; but he soon became sensible and collected , and threatened to bring an action against complainant if she had him locked up . Mrs Weaving offered not to press the charge if he would make an apology ; but he would not do so until It was too late . Mr Paynter told the defendant that he had b en guilty of a most gross outrage , and had made himself liable to several other proceedings of the same kind , if the other parties pressed it against Mm . Under these circumstances he should not inflict the fall penalty of £ 5 , but he should fine him £ 3 , or a month ' s Imprisonment . The defendant paid the flneafter being locked up a short time .
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THE BOILER MAKERS' UNION . Thursday evenin ? , April 1 , an enthusiastic meeting of the Boiler Makers oi the East end of London was held in the capacious hall of the Victoria Tavern , Three Colt-street , Limehouse , for the better promotion of union and co-operation in that body , also with the National Association of United Trades . Mr Alexander Fletcher was unanimously called to the chair , —and , having briefly stated the objects of the meeting , called on Mr J . Roberts , the corresponding secretary from Manchester , to address tho meeting , who roseamidst considerable applause , and said , this meeting was called for the purpose of establishing a better feeling amongst working men , and cementing the cause of unity , —thus enabling them I
to possess all the advantages a well-directed cooperation could afford . ( Hear . ) The desire of the conveners of this meeting was , that every man who lived b y the trade , should stand forth and support the interests of the trade ; and sure lie was if that was done , they would occupy a much higher position in society . It was division amongst the working classes that kept them where they were ; if they united , and acted on tho great principles of co-operation , tueir own prosperity and happiness was in their own hands ( cheers ) they were generally acquainted with the principles of the Operative Boiler Makers' Union ; and if there should happen to be any individual in the meeting who thought he could convince an audience that it was
not " man ' s inhumanity to man that made countless thousands mourn , " and consequently that union was useless to them , he was sure they would give that man a good hearing , and be most happy to lie convinced of tbe truth of that doctrine . ( Oheers . ) There , wero , perhaps , some unprincipled employers , but it generally was found that tho men were their own enemies . ( Hear . ) Mr R . then proved to demonstration , the evils of piecework and its oppressive tendence in general ; in fact , excessive competition had always a bad tendency ; it invariably enriched the few and impoverished the many ( hear . ) He contended that those who took a portion in the labours of production should have an equitable share in such products , aud which could only be effected by co-operation , ( Loud tracers ) There was undoubtedly much ability in the trade , and by exercising that ability the iron trade would occupy a
front rank in the mighty phalanx of trades , ( applause . ) He wished to see the aristocratic feeling ef trades' bodies abolished , and the man who stood on an eminence looked down with compassion on the men beneath , and with true philanthropy stretch out his hands and raise his brethren to tho same eminence , ( cheers . ) They had heard of the United Trades—he was most happy to say that forty lodges out of forty-three in their order , had resolved to cooperate with that association . Their annual conference would soon assemble , and then he had no doubt they wouldjo ' -nina body , one and all , ( cheering . ) Mr Roberts eloquently and forcibly appealed to his audience , to unite to annihilate tyranny and oppression , and on its site establish permanent peace , prospurity , and happiness , ( great applause . ) Mr E . Stallwood , amidst much cheering , read the address to working men , by Feargus O'Connor , from the April number of the Labourer .
Mr w . Rousos , one ot the deputation from the National Trades' office , rose , and asked why did they complain ? Why , because they were not thorou'jhly united ; and surely , if it was good for hundreds to unite , it must be far better still for thousands ; then might they soon realiie a million of money , and effectually obtain the grand object in view . If they wished a proof of what the united efforts of thousands could do , he would point out the ca-e ol the factory slaves , headed by their respective leaders , Sadler , Oastler , Ashley , and Fielden , who , by oint ol unconquerable perseverance , had got in he thin edge of tho wedsje , and w . mld now go on to a triumphant and speedy termination . Sir R . Peel had said that shortening the hours of labour would
lower wages , but lie ( Mr Rolison ) looked at it as a mathematician , and asked , if it took a " . Wen quantity of men to complete a certain quantity of work in a particular time , how many men would it takato do the same quantity ot work with two hours a day less devoted to it ? ( loud cheers ) It is quite evident such a plan must employ more , and consequently lessen the amount of surplus hands in the market . and wages must rise . Co-operation had been mentioned , ice what it has done for the middle classes ; behold the splendid railways , and other great undertakings . Mr Roberts had alluded to the aristocracy of trades , and also to the distinctions in their own body ; but what were these as compared with the difference of tneir worst-paid men and tho best-paid men of the
framework knitters of the three Midland counties , who worked for fifteen or sixteen hours per day , tor the miserable pittance of some ten or twelve shillings per week ; and this was not all—for the abominable truck system was in force , and thus the men had a ticket given to them , for which they obtained adulterated 1 , 'oods of very inferior quality at a much higher price tnan elsewhere ; thus reducing their pittance still lower , even to seven or eight shillings per week only . True , there was an Act of Parliament against this truck system ; but it had been nearly inoperative , tint 1 recently , in consequence of the masters starving the men into compliance ; but the . National Association of United Trades had found out a remedy , namely that of giving tho men who
informed against tho truck system employment , and the fines going one-half to the informer , served to buy a loom with and start him in business on hia own account . They started a man thus only the other day , and they now had some stockings of his make at the efh ' ce , Tottenham Court-road , and would bo happy to supply the whole body of boiler makers , should they be passing that way . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Robson next alluded to the caae of ( he oppressed Warrington file-cutters , and said , through the instrumentality of the people ' s attorneygeneral ( Mr Roberts ) , the facts of the caae bad « ot into Mr Buncombe ' s hands . A petition had been presented , and the hon . member for Finsbury had aivt n notice that he would ask tho Secretary for the
Horn * Department a lew questions relative thereto ; tho consequence of which was that tlie men were discliarued the very night previous to the one on which Mr D . had given nwtice of bringing on his motion . This was the advantage of having a menibero' Parliament to be our head , & c . lLoud cheers . ) In the beautiful address which Mr Stallwood had read , tlie following passages occurred : — " To make competition a spirit of honourable and remunerative . emulation , instead of a creator of inequality , denendenco , and subserviency ; to raako every man love God , assist his neighbour , and ( ear ; o do wrong . " This waa a verv proper wav of
putti . . ' the matter by his friend , O'Connor ; and , ifthc correct principles of co-operation wero acted on , bad . unprincipled employers would be destroyed , while the good and just employers would be . upheld in all their integrity . ( Cheers . ) lie knew a master who , « ome eight months a < jn , induced his hands to admit of abatement of waees under the plea that he could buy looms in tho wholesale market cheaper than his hands could in the retail , and thus shouM ho effect a saving for them . When applied to for the renewal of wages he refused , and yet wanted the hands to find their own looms , notwithstanding . However , the National Association of United Trades had , iita the matter up , and had obtained , the .
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support o tlie fan- trades in the vicinity a ^ T thro put down ttala dishonourable schemer i nS , lla < J Mr Robson adduced several instances i ' l | ,, ? , M of the importance and efficiency of the ! N \ f ,, Trades Association , urging his hearers to in H time in joining tho Association , and concU , ° vigorous speech amid much applause . e < 1 Mr Green-, another delegate , said that meet ;* was called together tor an excellent purpose it * of g-eat importance that working men should i ? to their own interests ; if they did not , therZMf expect the other class to look to it for S ' ( Cheers . ) Wealth could not be produced wiflf 11 " labour ; true , some six millions of persons labour !!? but vast numbers lived without labour , but he I , ij the maxim , " He who will not labour , neitherH he eat . " There were about ei ght hundred and fih millions of wealth produced annually , thecreat ' tion of which wm consumed hv . Towa ink £ „ ' *
lators and drones . ( Cheers . ) Ho did not WjR raise his plan , or rather that which he was tfi humble advocate , nt the expense of others he * . " <> bigot , and therefore he wished well J » Lh f I , " 8 of a 8 imilap natura . m »»« b ! which stood foremost the National Land Com pany ( cheers ) -the Co-operative League , ( cheers J the Lee * Redemption Fund- ( renewed cheers ^ £ La ! follow , n K " J same good object , while hn hoped to see the National Association of United I rades carry out the sane grand object , the protection and employment of labour , to its fullest practi . cal extent . ( Cheering . ) He had great pleasure j » acquainting them that they were just about to open premises in Tottenham Court-road , tor the tin-plate workers , in addition to those who wero alread y en ,, ployed . Mr Green then made an eloquent appeal on h ..
nait ot tlie men ot Warrington , and resumed his sea * amidst much applause . Mr MACtfiMARA , London secretary to the boi ! er . makers , here said he bad pleasure in stating that a full report of that night ' s meeting would appearin the forthcoming number of the A ' ortnern Sior . ( Much applause . ) Mr Roherts said , with respect to the men of Warrington , whose trial was coming on , he hoped men of all trades would subscribe—all should unite for the purpose of convincing masters that they should not play the tyrant with impunity . ( Applause . ) Of
course , much expense would necessarily be incurred and great subscriptions necessarily wanted to tarty the matter to a glorious issue . ( Cheering . ) All had with pleasure heard the extract read by his friend Stallwnod , from the April Number of the Labourer He trusted the boiler makers would read the work ! ing man ' s weekly Bible and the monthly Labourer and sure he was they would rise from their studies wiser and better men . ( Cheers . ) They had present delegates from Lambeth , and h « hoped soon to hear that they had held a meeting in that borough , and
he was satisfied if they got np the meeting that the deputation from the trades' office and Mr Stallwood would attend . ( Hear . ) He hoped , one and all would unite in carrying out the great and good objects of the boiler makers ' onion . ( Muds applause ) . Mr Macnamaim made an eloquent appeal to his brethren , not in union , to rally and lend a helping hand . Votes of thanks were then severally awarded to the president , the deputation , the chairman , and the editors of the Northern Star , & s . 4 c . for their service in the cause of the people-, nnd the meeting separated .
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DEPARTURE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS , STRANGE PROCEEDINGS OF THE DIREC TORS OF THE AMERICAN STEAM-SHIP " CAMBRIA . " Brown ' s Temperance HoteP , Clayton ' s-square , Liverpool , April 5 , 1817 Mr Editor , —I take up my pen to lay before you a few facta respecting an unjostproscription to which I find myself subjected on board the steam-ship Cambria , to sail from this port at ten o ' clock to-morrow morning for Boston . United States .
On the 4 th of March last , in company with George Moxlay , Esq ., of the Hall of Commerce , London , I called upon Mr Ford ' , the London agent of the Co . . nard line of steamers , for the pnroose of securing a passage on board th-e steam-ship Cambria , to Boston , U . S . On inquiring tbe amount of the passage I was told £ 4019 s , I inquired further , if a second class passage could be obtai ned ? He answered , No ; there was but one fare , all distinction- having been abolished . I then gave him £ 4 fl' 19 s ., and reoeived from him in return a ticket entitling me to berth No . ft , on board the ateam-ship Candma , at the same time asking him , if my colour would prove any barrier to my enjoying all the rights and privileges enjoyed by other passengers t He said , No . I
thenleft the offic ? , supposing all well , and thoueht nothing more of the matter until th 4 s morning , when in company with a few friends , agreeably to r-ublic notice , I went on board the € amhria > with my luggage , and on inquiring for my berth , found to my surprise and moitinoation that it had : been given to > another passenger , and was told that th « agent in London had acted without authority in selling ma the ticket . I expressed roy surprise and disappointment to the Captain , and inquired what I had better do in the matter . He suggested my accompanying him to the office of the agent in Water-street , Lirerpool , for tbe purpose of ascertaining what could be done . On stating the fact of my havinir purchased the ticket of the- London agent , Mr M'lver , ( the Liverpool agentk an ^ were ^ that the London ai > ent ,
lnsellvngrae tbe ticket , had actei without authority , and lhat 1 should not go on board the ship " unless I agreed to take my meals alone , and noi to . mix i > ith the Sateen Company , and give np the berth for which 1 had paid . " Being without legal remedy , and anxious to return to the United ' States , I havefelt it due to my own rights as a man , as well asto the honour and dignity of the British public , to lay thesefacts before them , well knowing that the British public will pronounce a just verdict on such proceedings ! I have travelled in this country nineteen motvtlis , and have always enjoyed equal rights and privileges with other passengers , and it waa not until I turned my f ace towards America , that I met with anything like proscription on account of my colour . Yours respectfully , Frederick Douglass .
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( From the Gosette of Tuesday , April 6 . ) Frederick George Wilson , of Pangbourn * , Berkshire , draper—William Henry Mackey , of Southampton , alternoy—Mary Deacon , of Norwich , carrier—Thomas Symes , of Bridgwater , scrivener—John Cartwright . of Shrews , bury , iront ' ounder—James Bryan Ward , of Uirminghaiii , cheese factor .
Bibtu. A Few Days Ago, Mrs Holder, Of 16...
BIBTU . A few days ago , Mrs Holder , of 166 , Blackfrie-rs roaiK . was confined with four children , two boys and two girls , all of them living . She is , w « believe , " doing : well . " DIED , On tho 20 ' . h ult ., at Macclesfield , aged forty-six , V * - Josiah Leicester , editor of the Ma & r ' ttfifld Courier , aad formerly of tlie Manchester Cfnomcteanilof Vfattuig . Uin . Lately , at Kilmaurs , aged eighty-three , Mr Oahriel Young , huut < . r , one of those individuals introduced among the graphic portraitures of the late Sir Walter Scott . Deceased is understood to have been tbeeha- ractcr mentioned in" Guy Mannerta * " as " Todd . & ibMe , or Hunter Gibble , " " a Ml fox-hunter , down the coun . . try somewhere on the Dumfries side , " Recently , at Shelley , aged , ninety-two , Mr 3 . Smttu . . Deceased had ten chi . dren ,. sixty . three grandchildren , , 153 great-grundchildren , and aix grest-greaberandcbil- idren ; making a total of i 3 i . He live J to seo eight gene ! rations ; namely , his great grandfather , grandfather , r , father , self , his children , grandchildren , great-grand-1-children , and great-crrat-children .
UE 1 TU ov A FEJULK Patriot . —At Ciftriestown , nearir Ashton . undor-Lyne , April 3 , 1817 , aged 23 , Nancy Clay * Iton , who , for nearly half a century , has . been one of tfie- le most consistent and persevering frieads-of the 1 ' eople ' s- i ' s rights . She was a steict admirer of the political workstof ol Thomas Paino , especially " The Rights of Man . " She wis « an enthusiastic disciple of the immortal Hunt , whwu . shall ) attended on the lleto of blood at Juerloo , on the ju- 'ver-w to-be-forgiven and nevcr-to-he-lbrgottea fatal H > Mi » f » August , 1819 , whore she received a very severe sabre in wound . Her Mask gown was to cut and damaged tuatia she converted \ Unto a black flu # , a „ d ever after exbibitodtei it , along with the cap of Liberty , every liitli of August . isl until the yew 1839 , when ttUa •' sacred month . " should * have been carried out , and , the authorities of the town . vn fearful of owil commotion , sent twenty . five specials , and ad ;
f tle ot the-. 6 th dragoons , to seize tlie black na * , in wmcnic they succeeded ; but the , cap of liberty was secured fromor tho haaos of those rascals . It ought not to be forgotteiuei that iu the years 183041 , at the formation ot thegre *^« NortlionijUnion , and for several years afterwards , that sh « sli aviis a centurion woman , Sho was a warm-hearted «*«' nvivw , » r well as a strenuous subscribe ? and regular s « $ «« porter , of the political works of Messrs Cobbeti , Sher « iw , vii Woolicr and Hunt , ami aU the Radicals of tho old ssvWoo having uclebvaieu tha birth of the immortal Hunt fear » P » wards of twuuty years successivel y at her own house . TW 1 female portion of the Chartists of this ueig hbourhoo ' ioi have sustained a very severe lass in the death of thi" th amiable woman . She was borno to her last long homm by eurht of tho oldest Radicals in tho town , and her nw m mory will long ho revered by all who had ttw honour qr her acquaintance .
Umi I Ie Sanio Street Printed By Dougal M'Gowan, Of 16, Great Wiiulmiumi Street, Huyuinrkot, In The City Of Westminster, Al '¦« (
umi i ie sanio street Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 16 , Great WiiulmiUmi street , Huyuinrkot , in the City of Westminster , al ' ¦«
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-u , n « and Parish for the l n l ' prietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., ' ami publislwisli by William Hewitt , of No . 18 , Chiu-les-stre « t , Mm *" don-street , Walworth , in tho parish of St , Wary , N <» N < ington , in tho County of Surrey , at tl . o Office , ' - l " - Great Windmill-street , Hayuiitrkct , in the City of uWc minster , Saturday April 10 th , 18 * 7 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 10, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10041847/page/8/
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