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6 THE NORTHERN STAR April 1 ^184^
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6 The Northern Star April 1 ^184^
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Tacsion , FXIVJlX . ATTEiiri to MrtDER . —Jamc » ISailey , aged fifty-four , was isJicied for maliciously wounding Ann , his wile , ¦ Willi intent to nm rdcr her , at Butli , on the 17 th of Feb . On another count the prisoner was charged with assaulting Ann Bailey , with intent to do bet some grievous IhhH y liann . It appeared from the evidence of Emma Bailev , the prisoner ' s daughter , and « woman naimd V ary Buck , that the P " , 1 ,: r had for a lung time been seioVated from his w > fe , and Uiat on the 17 th of February last he went to her apartments , to riqucst h * r again to live with him . She refused , * sj « iisr « hat he had $ r «* ted her so id she would not return to him . A quarrel toek place , and iu the heat of his passion the prisoner struck his wife on the head nidi the nob-end of a pair of tongs . The woman fell do > vn from the violence ol the U «« v , aud her daughter calhus for assistance , Mis . Duck came into the room , and at that racsn « , t Mrs- Bailey was Sjiug < m the floorher face covered with blood , aud the prisoner
, standiugorerher with the tongs in his hand . Ou seeing the witness , he observed , looking towarde his wife * ;« See . Ehe ' sdeadr "Mrs- Duck replied , " Then you'll he hung . " and he said , "Shall IS" The woman then fetched a policeman , and the prisoner was taken into custody . Bis unfortunate wile was conveyed « t one * to the hospital , aud the surgeons found that she had received » compound fracture of the skull , which rendered an operation necessary . She was ia considerable danger fur upwards of a mouth , but was now doing very well , although quite unable to attend at the trial . The prisoner , when called upon for his defence , appeared quite stupified , and his limbs trembled convulsively . Looking first at the witness-bos , then at the jailor , aud afterwards at the judge , he exclaimed , " I did it in the heat of passion . " The jury found a verdict of Guilty , with intent to murder , and the prisma : was called upen to say why judgment of death should not be recorded . His answer was , ' He didn ' t mean to hurt his wife , he struck her iuhis
passiou . " Mr . Karon Bolfe said the prisoner ' * life was forfeited to the laws of his country , but this was a case in which the sentence of death would net be carried into effect . A recommendation would , however , be made to her Majesty , that the prisoner be transported for the term of his natural life . He bad been guilty of a savage and brutal assault upon his unoffending wife , and it was a great meicv that her life was not destroyed . There was reason to believe from his conduct and demeanour that he was not at all times in the full possession of his senses , and it was this consideration alone which would induce Km to present hi * case to her Majesty with a favourable rtceimnendation . The prisoner was then taken from the bar , and his looks expressed the greatest
bewilderment . Savage Assault . —Benjamin Oxenham was indicted for assaulting Sydenham Oxenham , at Bath , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . The prosecutor was a private in the 65 th Regiment of Foot , and thc prisoner was his nephew . The former remonstrated with the latter for living at home at his mother ' s expense instead of going out to earn his own livelihood . The prisoner became enraged , and seizing a hatchet , he struck at the head of the prosecutor , who avoided the blow by putting np his arm . The jury returned a verdict of Cuilty , and the prisoner was sentenced to fifteen years bansportation . Tackton , Mo . vdat , Afkiz , 6 . Sesterce . —Caleb Emery , who was convicted on Saturday of maliciously wounding John Townsend Vfest , was this morning sentenced to fifteen years' transportation .
Kape . — -Thomas Bull was indicted for ravishing Sarah Corner , on the 31 st of January ; and James Bull and James Emery were charged with aiding and abetting Thomas Ball . * —Sarah Cornsr stated , that on the evening of the Slst of January she was at a public house with John Wells , who had been keeping company with her . The prisoners were also in the public-house . They left about ten o ' clock , ani , as it rained , they stood for shelter under a door-way . The prisoners and four other men were standing near ; it was in a villags . After it lad ceased raining she took John Wells ' s arm , and proceeded on their way home . When they had got about a quarter of a mile beyond the houses , the seven men who had been fallowing them came up , and Thomas hull then
laid hold of her ; and the other men assisted in dragging her away ; and then all seven of them effected their purpose , one of them holding a knife to her . She then went home ; but her family having gone to bed , she went into an outhouse , and there remained till the following night , till she was nearly starved with the cold . She did not come ont of the outhouse before because she was ashamed . John Wells tried to help her , hut the parties were too many for him , and he stood by aud saw the whole transaction . The jury found tbeprisoners Guilty . Sir . Baron Rolfe , in passing sentence , observed , that this was such a case that almost made one doubt the policy of the law in abolishing capital punishment for such an offence . They would all he transported for their lives .
Aomi . vj 5 tebi . vg Poisos . —Sarah Hughes , aged IS , was indicted for administering poison to her infant child , with intent to murder it , Mr . Fhinn prosecuted . The prisoner was undefended . Eliza Gregory stated that she -was an inmate of the Shepton ilallet workhouse on the 20 ih of October ; and that she had previously purchased a bottle of blue-stone water . She was placed in the sick ward , and was ia thc habit of seeing the prisoner ( who was an inmate of the workhouse ) several times a day . The prisoner saw the bottle , and witness told her it contained poison . Brfore the witness left the sick ward , she put the bottle ofpntsou into a pan , and placed it in a cupboard . The prisoner went one day to thc board of guardians , and witness nursed the child during her absence , and it seemed in good health . When the prisoner came back , she took the child and said it did not
appear well . A few minutes afterwards the child vomited a dark-coloured liquid . In eonsequ- nee of something that wat said to her , the witness went to look for the pan in which she had deposited the battle containing the poi- > on , and she found that it had been taken away . Witness cat up with ihe prisoner that night , and she ashed her why she gave the baby the stuff—that she ought to be ashamed of it . She said she did not know ; and if the baby had died , her friends couldn't blame her for it , because they had frowned on her so . —Mary Ann Kerse was in the Shepton Mallet workhouse on Monday , the 3 rd "November , and she saw the prisoner put a teaspoon into the child's mouth . She had a little gallipot by her side which contained something . The prisoner afterwards threw the contents into the fire , and then left the room . The child at that time appeared sick . Witness
went to the prisoner ' s bed , and under the pillow sbe fouml a bottle , which she gave to Edith White . She saw the prisoner about an hour afterwards , and one of the women said she had been giving the child poison . She said she had not , and witness told her that she saw her give the child something . The prisoner replied that she had n- » t given it anything . The jury returned a verdict of Gailtj- , and recommended the prisoner to mercy . Mr . l'hinn said he was also instructed by the hoard of guardians to recommend the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the court . The prisoner had hitherto borne an irreproachable character . Mr . Baron ltolfc said he would forward these recommendations to the proper quarter , but he had only one course to pursue—viz ., to order that judgment of death berecorded against the prisoner . The poor girl was taken down from the bar , crying bitterlv , aud her case seemed to excite much
commiseration . Ixcendurisu . —Benjamini Leslie was indicted for maliciously setting fire to a barn in the occupation of KicUard Singer . It appeared that Mr . Siuger rented a farm of the Iter . Mr . Horner , at Mells , and that , on the 2 nd March , 1815 , a barn , a stable , and cattle-shed on the premises were destroyed by fire . So suspicions were eutei nined agaiust any one , and the only evidence to prove that the oftenee was committed by the prisoner consisted of conversations previous to the fire , and at subsequent periods . 0 « one occasion the prisoner stated that , on the 'Jay of the fire , lie and a man named Adam Ilud-< l--cfc made- a lot of tinder aud matches—that they well d . ttihed the matches with brimstone and afterwards
covered them with rags and tiuler ; that tbey set fire to the tinder , and then threw the whole preparation into the barn among some straw or reeds . As the prisoner , ri > b ^ ing taken to gaol , his friend said to him , " Well , thee be ' est go ! ,,: ? , l « in ; when be'est tliee coming back ?" an ' . he said " I don ' t know . I expect this job will send ac to Botany Bay . " The evidence relating to a statement made by the prisoner antecedent to the fire , was to ! £ : » effect : —Ou the i' -5 th February , 1 S 1-5 , the prisoner , and a man , named James Smith , his cousin , were walking through Wells , about ten o ' clock at night , when the former paid he was going to sleep in a liice kilu , where lie bad slept on pr evious occasions . Hehad been turned out of kis lodgings , and he appeared to be in great distress . Smith endeavoured to console him , and offered Mm a bed at his house . The prisoner said he blamed
Sir . Horner aud the policeman , Biggs , and he snore he -would have his revenge before many days were over . He afterwards went ou to say , " Ye =, there will be a d d " ood flare up in the village before I am many days older . aa d sight bigger fire than there was atTwaddlcjjjev" ( speaking of a place iu the sain ^ neighbourhood where a fire had previously taken place . ) It was , moreover , proved by Biggs , the policeman , that the prisoner made a similar statement to him about three weeks before the fire , on which occasion , he ( li gjs ) had £ » to distribute amongst those who had assisted iu putting out the fire at T waddle-alky . The witness said his name was vo ^ on the list , aud the prisoner replied that there would
be another good flare up iu the parish before long and be \ rotud not help to put it cut . The witness also proved that at the time of the fire he saw the heads of two persons in a field about thirty yards off . They were laughing , ami seemed to be glorifying in the fire . The prisoner was one of those men . On the part of the prisoner , thc man Ruddock was called , aud heuiost positively denied that he ( Ruddock ) had ever been engaged jGaii ' v such proceedi ngs as it was alleged that Leslie had l , iias--irconfessed to . He had not seen the prissmerou the day in question , and he never knew anything about the lire until after it occurred . The jury returned a verdict of Guilt-. - , and the prisoner was sentenced to Ve
transported for life Cksstzii , Satcsday . Aj > w-tzs : sg Poison . —Mary Evsn ? , 22 , was indicted for aVav £ s : ir » i £ two drachms of red oxide of mercury to h- r I-rial male child , wilh intent to murder it , on the Sr-I oi * li . ewshvr . The Attorney-Genera ! statid lbs sasc t .. tht ..-f , '; ct that the prisoner was charged -. r . ' " i _ « " ' -: -.-f lusicurj Vi uu- male child With intent w kill au ; i i ^ -xrCer
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it . It would appear that the prisonsr ha . d abastard child in September last , which she gave to a person mustee " Mary Cheetham to nurse for her . On the 3 rd of Decernber she called upen Cheetham to s « the child , and told her if sit * would go out with her she would give her some gin , and a little of something for tliechild . Th « y went , aud when they were together at the housa where prisoner lived , the prisoner said she would give the child a little new milk . She took the child out , and Cheetham saw her administer something which sbe thought was milk , but she called out , " Don't give the child cold milk . " The prisoner replied , "A little cold milk would do it no
harm . " Cheetham then took the child home , but it soon began to vomit , and became very ill . It was then taken to a druggist , who immediately perceived that poif on had been given to it , and sent for a constable . The vomit was subsequently examined , and red oxide of mercury was found in the vomit . She had also been seen concealing something when apprehended by the constable , which proved to be poison . Under these circumstances it would be for them to say , whether the poison had not been given with the intent stated in the indictment . The jury found the prisoner G uilty . Judgment of death was then ordered to be recorded against her .
Highway Robbert—Michael Burns , 33 , was indicted for n high way robbery with violence upon the person of Thomas Peacop , at Higher Bebbington . The Attorney-General stated the case to the effect , that the prisoner was charged with highway robbery upon the person of Mr . Thomas Feacop , on the Slst day of December , 1844 . This was a case which had excited much notority in the county , the original offence against the prisoner , with several other parties , being that of wilful murder , the grand jury however had thrown out the bill for murder against thrse of the prisoner ' s companions , and he had determined upon proceeding against the priioner for the highway robbery only with violence . It would be remembered that Mr . Peacop was murdered at Bebbington , and that a number of persons were concerned in it . The question
for them would be whether he was one of the party consenting to Mr . Peacop ' s robbery , the murder as he before stated not being charged . Mr . Peacop was a respectable flour dealer at Rock Ferry , He kept a shop and had a considerable trade , and was in the daily habit of receiving large sums of money . He lodged about three-quarters of a mile from his shop , and used to take his money home with him at night . On the Slst o December he left his shop about nine o ' clock , and he had not gone above 200 yards before he was attacked , knocked down , aud beaten most unmercifully . A gee tU man , named Keytar , heatimr cries went up to him , and found Mr . Peacop , on thr ground , and four or fire men beating him . He called out immediately , "Do not murder the man , " and was immediately knocked down and became insensible . On
recovery he got up , and went a few yards , where he met a constable named Newton . They went back and found Mr . Feacop in a dreadful state . Mr . Feacop was taken care of until the following Saturday , when he d < ed . When the robbery was committed , Mr . Peacop had some sovereigns and some sUver upon him , the gUver only being taken . For a long time afterwards no information was obtained as to the offenders , but at length the pri soner went over to Dublin . Information was then obtained respecting his connexion with the robbery , and a constable went over to the city of Dublin , and apprehended him . The prisoner then made a statement implicating himself ; and upon that statement , corroborated as it would be by other evidence , he thought they would have no doubt he had been a parry to the highway robbery .
Mr , Keyzar : I am a commercial traveller , and lived nearly opposite Mr . Peacop . On the 31 st of December I came over the river from Liverpool by the last boat to Birkenhead . When I got in the direction of tht New Ferry , I heard a cry of murder . It was loud at first , but grew faint towards the last . The night was very foggy and dark . When I got to the spot from whence I heard the cries , I saw a person on the ground and two men leaning over him ; one was stifling his crier , the other rifling his pockets . I laid hold of one of the men by the collar , and told him not to murder the person on the ground . I immediately received & blow from a third man who stood on the footpath , which rendered me insensible . When I recovered I found myself walking homeward , and I then went to the house of Mr . Buller
aud gave information of what I had seen . Mr . Peacop was soon after brought there , aud appeared much injured . Mary Sparks : On the Slst of December I came from Liverpool by the nine o'clock boat When I landed I walked up Rock Ferry-lane . I had just got out of the lane , when I heard cries of " Spare my life , don't murder me . " I stood a short time , and saw the figures of two people run across the road . I turned back and soon after met Mr . Newton the constable , whom I informed of what I had seen . John Newton : I am one of thc county constabulary , and on the night of the Slst December , was on the road towards the Sew Ferry , when I heard some one call ont" Don ' t kill me . " I made haste to the place from whence I heard the sound proceed , and met the last witness , who told me that some person was being abused
in the lane . I went on , and saw a man leaning on the side of the road . 1 thought at first he was tipsy , but afterwards found blood coming from him . I helped him on as well as I could , until I met Mr . Butler and several other parties . I sent them to look out but tbey found nobody . Mr . Jackson Townsend : I am a clerk to the magistrates at Birkenhead , and was present when Mr . Keyzar and other witnesses were sworn . The prisoner was'then ' m custody with three other men on a charge of murdering Mr . Peacop . After the examination of the witnesses their evidence was read over to him ; and I told hinVhe was not obliged to say anything , he might do so if he liked , but if he did it might be used against him when he was tried for the offence . I now produce a copy of the prisoner ' s statement . The statement was here put in and read . It was a long document , and was in effect that
he ( the prisoner ) and Lynch , Newlan , audTallant ( the three men committed on his evidence for the murder of Mr . Peacop ) were the men who planned and executed the robbery , the violence of which resulted in Mr . Peacop ' s death . This closed the case for the prosecution . The Judge : Prisoner , if you have anything to say ; now is the time to say it . Prisoner : I have said all I had to say before ; it ' was paid no attention to , and I have now no more to say . His Lordship then summed up , and the jury , after being out of Court a quarter of an hour , found the prisoner Guiity . The learned Judge told the prisoner that his was a very bad case , as there was no doubt but he was guilty of violence and robbery , of which violence Mr . Peacop had died . He therefore sentenced the prisoner to be transported for life , Prisoner ; Thank you , my Lord , I deserve it all .
LtVEBFOOr , , FatDAT . JIARKLIND V , SISGLETON . Breach of Promise op M . uuiuge . —This was an action for breach of promise of marriage . Drought by Sarah Markland against George Singleton . The defendant pleaded a denial of the promise . Mr . Serjeant Wilkins and Mr . Segar appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr . Atherton for the defendant . It appeared from the statement of counsel , and the evidence of the witnesses , that the mother of the plaintiff kept a public-house at Fishwick , near Preston , and that the defendant was a journeyman miller in the same neighbourhood . He , along with m ? . ny other young men , had been in the habit of frequenting the house lor the purpose of drinking , and as the plaintiff , who was 26 , acted as bar maid , he , in the course
of a little time , became smitten with her attractions . A mutual attachment sprung up between them ; and after a lengthened courtship , marriage was several times proposed and accepted , and a day was fixed for the we 4-ding . He made her a present of some china and pots ; but when the time arrived for the fulfilment of the promise , he declined to make his appearance , and thc plaintiff went to Standish and spent a twelvemonth there with a relation . In the mean time , the defendant occasionallj visited the public-bouse , and when the plaintiff returned home he renewed his acquaintance with her upon the same footing as before . The plaintiff then went on a short visit to an aunt of hers at Samlesbury . The defendant fetched her home in a gig ; on the way home the gig was upset ; and in some time after the plaintiff
became pregnant . Her mother spoke to the defendant on the subject . He again promised to marry , but although the plaintiff remained at home for two years after the child was born , aud he continued to visit and to be received in the family as her intended husband , he never fulfilled the promise . He stated that he was possessed of some money—he did not say how much , aud the Hoop and Crown public-house was taken in Preston for himself and his intended wife to commence business in . The plaintiff came over to Liverpool about three years ago , and remained ever since at Mrs . Fold ' s public house i » Marybone . Last Easter , however she paid a visit to Fishwick , and then again the defendant made another promise to marry her . Since then he had married an old widow , about C 6 , who kept a shop aud was possessed of some money . The defendant was only 22 , aud earns about 25 s . a-wcek . Mr . Atherton informed the jury that he attended therefor the purpose of abating the damages . The promise to marry had been proved , and the defendant
in this case , as defendants in all similar cases of the kind , had been signalised for a perpetual itching to go about and tell all the old women in the country that he was about to marry . The only question in the case was , what damages was the plaintiff entitled to receive ? li must be recollected that neither of the parties occupied ' any very respectable position iu life . The plaintiff wan a barmaid , the defendant a journeyman miller , able to earn 23 s . a-week ; audit was for the jury to Say , measuring the damages in money , how much this barmaid , still iu the prime ot'Iife , and sustaining no very severe grief b . \ the loss of a husband , was entitled to receive at the hands of the defendant , who really was sufficiently punished already , by having fallen into the arms of an antique widow . ( Laughter . ) He concluded by calling on them not to deprive the widow of her husband—not to send that husband to gaol , and not to give the plaintiff more than reasonable compensation under the circumstances . The jury , after a few minutes' deliberation , returned a verdict fur thc plaintiff—Damages , £ 73 .
Cbabge or WiiFDt MuuDEit . — -Sarah Swift , aged 10 was indicted for the wilful murder of Elizabeth 3 l'GU ] . Harriet Robinson , who said she was a single woman , lived in Shaw ' s-allcy , and knew the decc-ased , who was a girl of ill-fame . The prisoner is also one of that character , llec-olleeis being in Barber ' s public-bouse , where the declared , the prisoner , mid several other girls were . There were sailors iu the daueiug-room . Eliza , beth SI'Gill af ked , " what do you want tin re j why don ' t you go to your own bouse '" when the prisoner replied that so she could , and left ihe house with Ann liclly . Witness wc-utour , and when she returned the beer . boii . se tvas cluss . l , . . bjulri-j . c-u oV ' oek . Jlef lafxabith ii'tiiU near Sp : f--Ji : ig . snvc ' - ; ? * ia v . » s cryhig , i at i :-t diiin ; :. Jiiizabeth ii'GiU stinvk Sarah Swh > , who ; -jid wc ami
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better go home before we get into the coal-hole . The prisoner , who held a knife , ran at her . Sarah Swift said to Saucy Allen , who was present , that she would serve witness in the name way . Gave prisoner in charge to a policeman , who brought the prisoner and Nancy Allen to the house . Knew thc knife , and pointed out the place where the knife was thrown away after the perpetration of the act . The knife wan open , and covered with blood , never saw the knife before . —Sarah Munro : Witness refused to kiss the book , but the judge threatened to send her to prison direct . She then complied , and was then admonished by his lordship to tell the truth . She spoke to some of the facts on fke case , and then fainted , and it was deemed necessary to remove her . —Ann Power : Lives in Shaw ' s-alley , and remembers the 13 LU December . She heard prisoner say she " would serve out" deceased
iu some dark corner . It was about ten minutes past twelve when she met deceased in Mason-street . There were two foreigners with her , and shortly after she heard the deceased cry out" Murder ! " She ( witness ) ran up , and the foreigners , who held up deceased , went away . At this moment she did not perceive anything was the matter with her . At the time deceased was wounded there were several men and women near , besides the policeman . Witness would swear that she had before stated that prisoner used the words " she would serve her out in a dark corner . " Has been leading her present life for two years , and has been often drunk , even as late as yesterday . M'Gill was in the dancingroom at Barber ' s on the 19 th of December , when she left , but could not say whether Joseph Walsh was there . Munro was also in the dancing-room , and while
she ( witness ) stood at the bar , prisoner came in . Other female witnesses were called , but their testimony was a mere repetition of that already detailed . A policeman deposed that on the night of the 19 th December , about twelve o ' clock , while stationed at Wapping , he beard a scream . He immediately ran and saw Elizabeth M'Gill between two females , with her head leaning backwards , and bleeding profusely . He made inquiries about two foreigners , a long time after , at a beer-house , a ship , and a boarding-house , and learned that they had sailed . On the night of the murder did not take notice of any persons having the appearance of foreign sailors , Ano . ther policeman ( Glcavin ) who was called at an early stage of the trial , was again produced , and deposed that
he , in pursuance of information received from Harriet Robinson , arrested the prisoner . Saw the knife , which was just in the same state , except that it was covered with blood when he got it . There were some persons ( women ) holding deceased when he came up , aud amongst thera were two foreigners . The jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter . His lordship proceeded to pass sentence on the prisoner , and expressed his belief that she was quite ready , when the provocation was given , to inflict the wound which terminated fatally . Thc jury took a merciful view of the case ; but it was his duty to past on her such a sentence as would deter others engaged in such a course of life as that which she followed . The sentence of the court was , that she be transported during the term of her natural life .
Pehjdbt . — James Shackleton was charged with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury at Todmorden , on Tuesday , January 13 . It appeared from the statement and evidence for the prosecution , that the prisoner was residing on the day in question at Swinehead , near Todmorden , and that he went before ihe magistrate , and made a charge of felony against two persons and others of having robbed him . He stated that he bad been to the Wesleyan Association meeting-house , and that on his way home he had been assaulted and robbed . This was not true ; prisoner was never at the meeting-house ; he was at another placo at
the tune , and his whole statement was a tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end . His statement bearing on its face some inconsistency , the magistrate remanded the persons charged , and required the prisoner to find corroborative evidence . He then went to a man named Butterworth , and persuaded him to come forward and swear that he saw prisoner at the Wesleyan meetinghouse , but , notwithstanding this , the falsehood was detected , and the prisoner was committed for perjury , having twice sworn to the truth of his charge . The prisoner was found Guilty , and his Lordship sentenced him to two years' imprisonment in Lancaster Castle , remarking at the same time that he deserved transportation .
ALLEGES CBBELTV AND OPPRESSION BY AN AFRICAN CAPT . Hindson v . Ward , —This was an action of trespass and false imprisonment . Mr . Knowles and Mr , James appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr . Martin and Mr . Crompton for the defence . The defendant , in November , 1843 , was in command of a ship called the Bounty Hall , and the plaintiff was a mariner on board that ship , then lying in the river Bonny , on the coast of Africa . The trespass and false imprisonment complained of consisted in . flogging the plaintiff and keeping him in irons for a period of ninety days . The statements of the witnesses were exceedingly contradictory . According to the evidence of two of the crew , the plaintiff had been engaged in cooper , ing up some barrels on deck , and had in his hands a hammer and driver , with which he was employed in fastening the hoops . Some angry words took place between him
and some of the other coopers , and the mate , a . person named Wliittington , came upon deck to settle the disturbance . The witnesses stated that the mate coming up to Hindson , took hold of the sleeve of his shirt when the hammer with which Hindson was working came in contact with the mate ' s ear and inflicted a slight wound . The mate s « nt for the captain , who was then on shore , and on his coming on deck he called Hindson aft . Hindion went towards him with the hammer and driver in his hand . The defendant asked him what he was doing with them , and he said he was working . On this the captain struck him over the eye with a gun-baml plugged with wood , which he u-ed as a walking-stick , and directed him to be immediately tied up . The captain Save him eleven lashes , and the second and third mates then took the cat and gave him
very severe punishment . He was then chained down to the tiller , in such a position that he could neither stand up or He down . He remained there all night , and the following day a court-martial , as it was named , was called , consisting of all the captains then in ths river . The plaintiff was tied up , and while he was in that position , with his back to the parties , a discussion took place as to his punishment , when they all , with one exception , agreed he should be flogged again . The captain called the crew aft , and told them it was at his option to Hog the plaintiff , that he would not do so , but would put him in irons . He had accordingly the handcuffs again put on him , and was chained with a bight of a topsail close to a small locker about seven feet long and five feet high , which had been used for paints , which were cleared out for the occasion . This was for him to
go into when it rained , but he could move backwards and forwards about six yards on the deck . He remained in this custody ninety days , and was finally sent home by another ship . It was stated that his back was in a , frightful state , and the smell was so offensive that the man whose duty it was to wash him once a-week was scarcely able to endure it . For the defence it was stated by the testimony of the mate and some of the captains of the other vessels that the plaintiff , on the mate coming on deck , felled him by a blow of the hammer , which in-Dieted a sevore wouud on his ear , which had produced
symptoms of lockjaw . On the captain coming on board with two other captains , and calling the plaintiff aft , he refused to lay down the hammer and driver , and on the captain attempting to take them from him , he attempted to strike him . The captaiu then struck him with his fist , and they struggled together until the captains present took the hammer out of his hands . It was for this he was flogged and put in irons ; and it was alleged that his condition , as detailed by the witnessess , was very much exaggerated . The case occupied the Court the greater part of the day , and the jury were still shut up in consultation when our report came away .
The Game Laws . —Henry Ycnbury , aged 18 , was indicted for shooting at James Biggs , with inten t to murd « r him ; John Watts , Charles Holton , Thomas Aiding , Geo . loung , James MiddUton , aged 19 , John White , and John Rabbits , were charged with being present , aiding and abetting him . Mr . Hodgo , and Mr . Fitzherbert conducted the prosecution ; Mr . l'hinn , in the absence of Mr . Stone , defended the prisoners—Watts , Holton , Aiding , Young , aud White . It appeared from the statement of Mr . Hodges that the offense with which the prisontrs were charged was committed in a wood on the estate of the Rev . Mr . Horner , the owner of the property proved to have been destroyed in the last cas » . Tha learned counsel , however , said that , although the propirty was iu the possession of the rev . gentleman , tho game was not preserved by him , but by bis uncle , Sir John HippesUy . The
affair in question took place on the 12 th of December , in a conflict with gamekeepers , and the following was the evidence against the prisoners . Samuel James , gamekeeper to the Iter . Mr . Horner , at Mells , said that , early in the morning of the 12 th December , he was on his duty in Melcotub * Wood , with Biggs , Chamberlain , «„ d Ashman , other gamekeepers . They heard the reports of fifteen guns In less than two hours . He stationed his me » t < a gateway , and he afterwards heard one of them hall- „ . He went towards the spot , and he saw fourteen men , four of them armed with guns , and the rest with sticks . He could distinguish the men , and lie weut up to tkem and said it was a shame to go into tha wood and
shoot pheasants . They left tha field and went into the road , saying that they were then in the publio highway , and they dared not interrupt them . If they were followed they would blow the keepers' brains out . The men afterwards went into another field ( in the occupation of Mrs . Moore ) , and lie there saw one of the men shoot at James Biggs . Witness and the other men then went to Fromc , and gave information to the police . ( J . Biggs stated that when he was within three or four yards of Yenlmry , he jsiiiii , " Stand back , or else I'll shoot you . " Ycnbury then fired at him , aud he was wounded in the head . On the following morning he saw Ycnbury , and he then declared that he was the man who shot him .
Ilia prisoner Yenbury called his mother , and a man named French , with whom the cohabited to prove an alibi . The witnesses stated that the prisoner was in bed at eight o ' clock on the evening in questiou , and that ho did not leave tiie house during the ni ght . There was , however , some variance in their satcments , mid then evidence was such as to produce considerable doubt , The jury returned a verdict of Guilty . The prisoners were then indicted for unlawfully entering certain enclosed lands by night , for the purpose ol"destroying game . All the prisoners except Yenbury pleaded guilty to the charge , and against him no evidence was offered . Mr . Baron Ktili ' e . sentenced Walts , Holton , Aiding , Young , White , and Habbits to seven years' transportation mid Miildliton ( win * Has much younger than the others ) to twelve months' imprisonment . His lordship fetnleiic . d . h .-i : i upon thesae-iiul iiiiiiciment . Wiih mieet to Yeub . iry , the learned judge defeircd his sentence .
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STRIKES AND TURN-OUTS IN LANCASHIRE . GBEAT MEETING OF THE TRADES IN LIVERPOOL . A public-meeting of the trades of Liverpool and Birkenhead , composed chiefly , of those engaged iu the various branches ot building , was held on luesday eveni . iK , in the Commercial-hall , Gloucesterstreet , for the purpose , as stated by the placard callinu it of " taking into consideration the resolution come to by the Master Builders'Association on the 23 rd ult ., and to adopt the best means ot protecting those workmen who have been turned out of their
employment for being members of the various trado societies . " The large room was crowded to excess , and throughout the whole proceedings the utmost enthusiuun and determination was evinced . Mr . William Lmokw , joiner , was voted to the chair , and took his seat amid loud applause . Having read the placard calling the meeting , he said—Ilia words would , he thought , be too weak to express the feeuVs which he had on the present occasion , in being ° elected chairman over sueh a vast body ot mechanics , met together in defence ot their commen ri'dits and to take into consideration the best means Ofsupporting those who had left their employment , or had been turned from it , for reiusing to sign a . document so unjust as that which the masters ol Liveruool had been p leased to request of them , as
workmen , to sign . ( Applause ) . Mr John Tanseh , plasterer , proposed the hrst resolution , lie s aid—If the working clauses had a right at all , that right consisted in meeting together and discussing those grievances which were the natural result when there was a tyrannical employer over thera . ( Cheers . ) It was all well enough for them to say that the document was " only a piece of paper , " —as one master had said to his workmen that day— ' " sign it to-night and I will burn it to-morrow ; it is only to save my honour amongst the employers . " ( Loud laughing ) . Bearing in mind the old adage of drowning men catching at _ straws , such statements none but an idiot would give ear to . Some of the mastets had told them personally that there was a combination of workmen in Manchester , who
concocted rules so tyrannical in their nature , as not to admit one-half masters and one-half journeymen on their committee , but which required that they should all be journeymen , and that every contract should be submitted to them before the masters undertook it . ( Loud laughter ) . Why , the statement was a most absurd and ridiculous one . If the workmen were so enlightened as to make arrangements of that kind they would need no masters at all—they might go and take tho work , and enjoy the benefits of iheir own labour . ( Applause ) . Mr . Tanner then referred to an incident , causing the imprisonment of an individual connected with his own trade , and continued—There was ono great error which seemed to prevail , whioh was this : In Manchester there was a strike
tor an advance of 2 s . or 3 s . a-week amongst the joiners — in Birkenhead there is also a strike amongst some branches of workmen ; butin Liverpool there was no strike at all . ( Hear , hear ) . So that let no one present , nor any who might read tho account of that meeting , labour under the idea that the men of Liverpool were seeking a reduction iii their hours of labour , or an advance in their rate of wages . They were agreeable to work under present regulations . ( Hear , hear , and applause ) . But the placards which they saw on the walls , emanating from their employers , stated that the men had struck—that there was a strike in the ; town . Now , lie should like every individual to distinguish between a strike and a turn-out . -The strike simply meant that of the few individuals in Manchester—the turn-out was en the part of the masters , of men who would not agree to sign their deatlr . warrant . ( Loud cheering ) . The resolution which he had to propose was : —'
That this meeting views with indignation the measures adopted by the master builders of Liverpool and vicinity , to cause their workmen to abaudon their societies , and it is also our opinion , that the document they require them to sign is as unjust us it is obnoxious , and wc pledge ourselves , both individually and collectively , to render all the support in our power , as long as they remain out of employment , He thought there was not one individual present who had the feeling of a man in his bosom , but would sympathise in the resolution just read ; for what could there be better in human nature than for one
individual to contribute to the support of another who was unable to support himself ? Ho trusted tlierc was no man iu the meeting so base , so lost to everything just and good , as to say he would go and put his hand to that document which the masters had drawn out . ( A voice— "Read it . " ) Alter a few further remarks , Mr . Tanner read the document alluded to , which exacted a pledge from the workmen that they would not belong to any trade society wJiick had for its object any interference with the masters ; avid concluded : —We have justice on our side which will always overcome tyranny when rightly directed .
Mr . Richard Buck , jomer and house carpenter , seconded the resolution . ^ In such a population as this there must be a diversity of opinion upon the subject of strikes . This was illustrated in one case , where out of 150 men only twenty-five had signed that infamous document , and the rest had come out like men ; and it was the duty of the meeting to assist those noblo men who wished to be free , in spite of those who would enslave them . The speaker then entered into a dissertation upon " lumpers" and "jerry-building , " and the imperfect state of buildings so constructed ; and further quoted : — ' * In making these remarks , however , I admit that the working men have a perfect right to combine , and that associations in many respects may be
advantageous , if properly conducted . " ( Loud cheers . ) Improvements in machinery were going on , and it the working-classes gained a concession one week , thoy lost it the next . If a number of individuals were engaged in trade , and the demand required that they should work fourteen hours a day , but improvements were invented by which the same quantity ot work could be done in eleven hours , shou . d not they reap the benefit of it ? Mr . John Sefion , shoemaker , proposed the next resolution . He would endeavour to show the meeting as tradesmen of Liverpool the position in which they stood in regard to the building trade . Ten years ago the masters would have said that such a meeting' as the present could not havo assembled ;
but the fact was that the trades of the town had become enlightened to a greater extent than their masters hud . ( Applause . ) Here considerable uproar arose from the crowded state ot the room . The chairman interposed , and order having been restored , Mr . Seftom proceeded . He would be proud if the masters were present at that meeting , to see the spirit that prevailed amongst the working classes of Liverpool . It was not in Liverpool or Manchester alone that masters were wishing their workmen to sign the obnoxious document in question . It would be presented in other towns as well ; and it bocanic the duty of workmen in every branch to offer it their resistance , and contribute to the support of those who refused to sign it . Trade societies were increasing to such an extent throughout the country , and gathering so muck power , that , if peaceably
conducted nothing could resist them . ( Applause . ) The masters , to put a stop to tried unions ; but the only thing they could lny to the charge of their members was a desire to support their fellow-men . Let the masters who had met at the Grecian Hotel come to that meeting , and they would find that as many clever men could be put before them out of the " swinish multitude , " as had graced their own assembly . The meeting of the masters were hole-andcorncr meetings ; while the workmen at the present meeting invited any one to come forward to prove il they were acting otherwise than honestl y , and seeking their just rights . ( Applause . ) Large as that meeting was , however , it was only a fool to a larger meeting which could yet be held in Liverpool . ( Loud applause . ) Mr .- Sel ' ton concluded by au energetic appeal to all workmen to come forward and assist those who had been turned from their employment for refuisng to sign the document .
The CiiAiniUN then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously , amid loud cheering . Mr . John Carlisle , mason , proposed the second resolution in a somewhat lengthy speech . He said he rose at thc present time to give his decided dissent against a document which he believed had for its object the utter annihilation of the moral , tho mental , and physical energies of mankind . The employers of Liverpool knew full well that in the last nine or ten years thc working classes had greatly improved in the moral as well as in the intellectual scale . ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) They knew that the working classes of this country were becoming fully alive to their own interests , and determined to do away with all one-sidedness , they had determined that class legislation should no longer exist . ( Applause . ) Thc masters found that as their workmen got wise , their moral condition would be improved ; and ho was sorry to say that nothing
delighted them so much , nothing gave them so great a handle , as to see their workmen immoral . ( Applause . ) He really thought froii the manner in which the turn-outs had been used by their employers , that the public , the mass , were bound to give them their warmest sympathy and cordial support ( applause ) . According to ( ho document , if any oi tiicni , ueluu » ed to a sick or a benefit society , they were not to bo allowed to appropriate a farthing of its funds towards a tnni-ottt ; it * they belonged to the Oddfellows ' Society , and saw the turn-outs walking about for a month ( fur thoy were determined never to submit)—if they saw them walking about for eight or nine weeks , with hunger in their fates , they durst not vote m . as a relief out of llieir funds , lie exhorted all who were not already connected with the union to throw oil' their leihar » y , become once at honorable men , and try and occupy that pioud and enviable | iosiiion , which nature and nature ' s Uod intended tliHi they should occupy ( loud applause ) . He concluded by
moving : — 2 nd . —That it is the opinion of this meeting , that w * ll regulaleil trail" suck-lies are liutli just aud necessary , as mil lor regulating the price of labour , as to keep In
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check avaricious and tyrannic *! employers ; and are also of opinion that those men wbo hare been discharged from their employment for rafusing to sign a document that they weuld abandon those societies , are deserving of both public sympathy and support . Mr . R . Davies , printer , was called upon to second the resolution . He said , he came forward in a twofold capacity . In the first place , to respond to the call which the committee had made upon him , to render what little assistance was in his power ; aud , on the other hand , ho came forward voluntarily to vindicate his own position , as a member of an associated body , from tho charges alleged by a self-constituted tribunal of public censors , and to sympathise with an oppressed class of working men , in his native
town , comprising liiigltfii , Irish and Scotch men ( applause ) . He had never read a more tyrannical declaration than the document alluded to , emanating from persons who wished to bo considered intelligent master tradesmen ;' and he was happy to congratulate the chairman , and his working friends generally , on the assurance that Wisdom had not heaped all her store of riches on their crapleyers—the gentlemen assembled at the Grecian hotel —( laughter and applause)—in truth , they were not sages of Greece , after all . In respect to the document which had been so extensively circulated through the town and vicinity , and its claims so rigidly enforced , he could form but one opinion of it , and that was , that il proceeded upon the assumption of the workman being
the employer ' s personal property , —a mental slave ; for it was evident , from the tenor of the language embodied in that document , that something else is looked for beyond the product of his hands and the ingenuity of his brain , services for which lie alone bartered . Exactions sucli as those required reduced the moral standard of man , and lessened their selfrespect . The proposal has gone forth to bind tlicm in mental degradation for the term of their natural lire . On the other hand , freedom and emancipation from thraldom was open before them . It was seldom thought of , but nevertheless a fact , that , in this country , society generally from the humblest to the highest rank was constituted of clubs , alliances ,
associations— unions . Some , in London , for notoriously corrupting the people by buying up their suffrages . What were the clergy ?—a union . What were the gentlemen of the bar ?—a union . What were the East and West Indian Associations , among the mercantile classes in this town!—unions . What the China Association ?—a union . What the Shipowners' Association ?—a union . He could go on enumerating many classes of that description ; yet it never occurred to any person to censure those as obnoxious bodies , and ridicule their proceedings ( hear , hear ) . He concluded by exhorting those present to be peaceable ,, sober , and united , and he ventured to predict that in a few days hence they would see the termination of their great moral struggle .
Mr . John M'Connell , bricklayer , spoke to the resolution . The employers told them in one of their resolutions , that if they did not sign that infernal document , they would not employ them . If thev did not , what would they do ? He supposed they intended to build the docks , and warehouses , and other houses themselves—they intended to construct all the tunnels now in course ef erection under the earth . He would like to see them there for some time . ( Loud laughter . ) He supposed they had come to the determination for the good of the public , to take the hod upon their shoulders , and climb up ladders six stories high . ( Continued laughter and applause . ) But would that stop the wheels of industry , or were thoy able to do it ? No . But there was one means
which he believed they were going to have resort to , and this he thought should go forth to thc public the masters said they had all the stuff—the brick and Hrae—in their own hands ; they could retain it ; and the gentlemen of Liverpool could not get on without them . That was monopoly any way . But the workmen could produce stuff of their own—they had capital , and could make bricks and lime , and could live if their employers were swept down the Mersey ( Applause . ) There was another of their grovelling bits of machinery to crush men at the present crisis which he would mention : they were actually stooping so low as going round to the loan societies , telling them not to lend money to working men at present , and that they would compensate them for any
loss of interest that might by this means be sustained . Such were the masters of Liverpool . The Chairman then put the resolution , which was enthusiastically carried . Mr . William Wilsox , bricklayer , of Birkenhead , proposed tho third resolution . Ho said that the general impression was , that the workmen at Birkenhead were on strike . On the 17 th of March they had struck for an advance of wages , and , with one exception , the masters granted it ; but when they went to work on the following morning , they presented the document already alluded to . The workmen , of course , refused to sign it , and this was tho way that they were out at Birkenhead . It was a compound-of strike and turn-out , the latter being entirely the fault of the masters . He
moved—3 rd . —That a meeting of delegates from the various trades of Liverpool and Birkenhead take place at the George the IV ,, tlood-street , on Friday evening next , and on every succeeding Friday evening , until the present dispute between the master builders and workmen be settled . Mr . Richard Shepherd , brass-founder , briefly seconded the resolution . He thought all other trades should co-operate with those of the building departments—come forward and assist them in their struggle , give a long pull , a strong pull , and seo if they could not pull them through their difficulties . Mr . Jones addressed the meeting in a very fluent speech . In this question he said was involved , not only the present but the future best interests of
working men , and if they allowed the present opportunity to pass through their fingers , it would be another proof of the oft-repeated declaration that tho mass were incompetent to conduct their own affairs . When he looked at the placard issued by themasters , he could only compare it to some of the ukases recently issued by the Emperor of Russia . ( Loud applause . ) He had himself long since lost all hope in union ; and had he not seen that infamous placard on the walls , he would not have been induced once more to raise his voice in their defence . Why had ho been disgusted with unions ? Not because in unions there was no salvation for man , but simply because they were imperfectly carried out . From the apathy of the working classes they had allowed
the best means of projection to slip from them , and permitted the masters to ride rough-shod over their interests . They had allowed dissensions te take place in their unions , upon other matters than the real quest / on , which was , should capital triumph over labour ? The middle classes generally objected to unions that they interfered with the natural progression of thinga , with the rights of capital and labour . How were they to test the true position which capital and labour should occupy ? Political economists said the only test was supply and demand . But at the present tinre there was evidence that the demand for labour was great—national prosperity existed , but the working classes were not to participate in it . When they asked for an
advance of wages , their masters told them that they could not afford it . Union tested thc truth of this " . Convinced of the fact being the contrary , a strike must take place among thc men—because there was no other means of . testing supply and demand , inasmuch as the avaricious disposition of capitalists was of such a character that it was never prepared to make concessions to the working classes . One political economist had said that strikes always left them worse than they found thera ; and stated the fact that it stimulated inventions of machinery ; yet that writer ( Maculloch ) in the same page tol ' d tho world that machinery , and it alone , had elevated man . How
could it be at once the source of degradation and prosperity . Another reason against the working classes uniting was said to be that it created a bad feeling between the employer and the employed . Why , it was not within his recollection when that spirit did not exist . There had always , he was sorry to say , been a disposition on the part of employers to oppress those employed ; and at present capital was opposed to thc best interests of labour . After some extended remarks , Mr . Jones concluded—Be true to your anion , and , if it fail , remember that nothing but the possession of your political rights can remedv the various evils which now trample down the human family . ( Cheers . )
The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously . Mr . John Gibson , mason , proposed the next resolution . He thought the proceedings of that night would show that they were not like the meeting at the Grecian Hotel , where they had to infuse into the brains of those present strong alcoholic drinks before they could get them to sign the placard . ( Loud applause . ) It was well known too , that instead of being the secret convalve which they had been stated to be , the trades' unions had on all occasions invited the press to take cognizance of their proceedings , but at the Grecian Hotel reporters were refused admittance . ( Laughter . ) Within the last seven or nine years the working classes of Great Britain and Ireland had become a thinking people . Mr . Gibson continued to address the meeting in a strain of some humour , repudiating several of the statements in the pamphlet already mentioned , and concluded by proposing : —
4 th . —That this meeting express its grateful sense of the advocacy of one portion of the press of this town , for its untiring advocacy of the interests of the operative classes , and record its confidence in the iiccrpool ¦ foiiriitti . Mr .. I . urns Wilso . v , joiner , seconded the resolution in a somewhat lengthy aud very effective speech , taking up in a great measure the remark * of thc preceding speaker , lie exhorted the working classes generally to aid m the present movement , and to commence collections iu their several workshops on Saturday night .
The Oimii . ma . n- then put thc resolution , which was carried amid considerable applause . A volcot thanks was Hum moved ' to the Chairman , who returned thanks ; and announced that all who mid tunictl out un . | refused to sign the document , whether . lie . v helnn ^ d to itaues' unions or not , if they applied tu thc committee , would be relieved as well it li . usc who wore in socielies .
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J . HUME . Esq ,, M . P ., AND THE FACTORIES BILL TO TU * EDITOR OF TUE MONTROSE STAMDAHD . Sit , —A letter has appeartd from the able pen of Joseph Hume , Esu ., M . L * ., to a mill-owner in Kiikaldy , condemnatory of Lord Ashley ' s factory bill . It is certainly considered a very mtritorious and able production , from the publieity it has received , and the greut cara which has hakii taken that it should fall into the hands of all cliisse * . As 1 am of an opposite opinion , and consider it a clumsy piece of sophistry , and a crouching , time-serving letter to the class to which it is directed for a continuance of their support , I wish to make a few observations un it .
Mr . Hume commences by telling us he . has opposed nil legislative interference , since the combination laws were repealed iu 1824 , between master and servant , for this special reason , that by the act of 1824 , every m-ister ani servant is allowed to make what bargain they choose as to woges and hours of labour . Really Mr . 11 . is above all praise in administering instruction , to the ignorant . There was a time when master and servant could make no bargain as to irages and hour * of labour . I know ol no such law that ever existed , and I question much if Mr , Hume could point me to vhapter and verso where such a law is to be found . One thing , I know , it never was practically acted upon in this part of the country . So much for Mr , il . ' s great principle that has actuated him in opposb-g all legislative interference in shortening the hours of labour . '
The uextpoiut Mr . Hume refers to is , that the millmasters have uot taken / heir stand upon principle in op . posing all such bills as jord Ashley ' s , but have violated the principles of tradehnder tiie plea of a mawkish humanity . Is it a princifle in trade to confine youths in unwholesome factoriesuntil their physical constitutions aro destroyed , and tiey are brought to a premature grave ? Is it a principle in trade to work poor creatures to the neglect of thci moral and intellectual instruction ? Is it a sound principle in trade to entail upon future generations physicaliebility aud a moral and intellectual stupidity which ajes cannot efface ? If such ate Mr . Il . ' s sound principles r / trade which he considers the millmasters to have oimpromised , the loss he a ? . d his principles are known ti the British nation the better . But it is mawkish huinuiity for men to vindicate the rights of the oppressed , aid tor Cfuvernaient to correct commercial and natioud abuses , which are fraught with " evil consequences to the whole population . It is mawto to
kish humanl ^ for men endeavour check avarice and personal ambition at the expense of the blood ft'd sinews ot * their fellow-creatures . I am sure any "person of a sane mind , and who has not arrived at ai'tage of dotage , will pronounce this true humanity . 1 man that would say otherwise is destitute of moral feelug . If Mr , H , had directed his attention and the enemies of his mind to such noble principles in the correlting of abuses , rather than to his mawkish economy in paving a few paltry thousands at a national sacrifice and inconvenience , to tho dishonour of the nation , his ilforts would have been crowned with more success , and he would not have been the laughingstock of the ^ ritish na tion so long . I never heard nor read of Mr .. H . aud his economy , but it reminds me of Judas who pad some control over the bag . When the woman brolght an alabaster box of ointment and anointed thj head ot * Christ , Judas cried out , Why all this waste , pould it not have been sold and given to the poer . From tbis you will observe , that Judas was a mawkish vicims economist , something like Mr . H .
Mr . Hume goes on to deprecate the mill-owners i » submitting t" such bills as Lord Ashley's , as every such bill is a ^ acit acknowledgment that the mill-owners are cruel an ^ inconsiderate , and that workmen are imbecile , and ininpable of making bargains , Now , let us see if there is any truth in this . It will be in the recollection of nany that , prior to any legislative enactment in regulatng the hours of labour , the mills would have goue fifteen and even sixteen hours a-day . I ha \ e known then to commence at half-past tour o ' clock morning aud coltiuue their operations uutil half-past eight at night . At country mills things were still worse . The pool worn-out creatures were hardly laid down to rest till thay were up again—scarce were they warm in their beoi when they were summoned up by
the toll of the belli or the blast of the horn , to the duties of another day ; Where a spirit of competition exists , along with an ambitious and avaricious spirit , men will be found cruel 4 nd unjust , let alone inconsiderate , These are matters » t fact , that cannot be denied , that have happened in ahiost every locality . I leave Mr . H . and his admirers t ) say whether sueh conduct was cruel and inhuman . It was high time for legislative interference ; and it * only shows thc unfeeling and callous heart and stupidity of mind in Mr . II . in not giving these measures his sapport . But it is also alleged that such bills show that workmen are imbecile and incapable of making barrains . It shows no sueh thing , It depends more upon the condition and chcuimtunces that surround men that enables them to make an
advantageous bargain , than their wisdom and capability to do * o . What would it avail a man , suppose ho had the wisdom of Solomon , to make a bargain if there were a surplus of hands in the market of labour , lie never could make ouc to bis advantage , because he is uot placed ia a condition to do so . All the circumstances that surround him militata against him from doing any such thing . Lord Ashley ' s bill would have the tendency to empty the market of surplus hands , and would place men in a better condition to make a food bargain as to wages and hours of labour , which otherwise cannot be done . I am almost led to believe that Mr . II . is as bad and vicious an inferential drawer as he is an economist , From his years and experience he certainly knows that a workman is not on a proper level to make a good bargain with a master in the prtsent state of society .
Mr , Hume sajre , the manufacturers are a powerful and well-informed class—truly they are powerful and far above the poor and the helpless , and them that have no might . Well-ihformed ! Yes , in everything which pro . motes their own interest without considering that of their neighbours and dependents , whatever is their confidencg in their integrity and principles . If they act not on just and conscientious principles , they will have insult and obloquy cast upon them . All their efforts and exertions to stop legislative interference will prove abortive , as the evils have been long seen aud ftilt , and attended with direful consequences .
Mr . Hume is angry at ihe submission of the millowners to the erroneous dictates of humauitymiongcrs . It is an easy matter to throw opprobrious epithets upon men ' s honest endeavours , aud to villify their names aud to hold them up to ridicule , but at the same time thc envenomed arrows of Mr . II . will start back with a mighty vengeance from the ihield of Lord Ashley andliis adherents , and that shield is true humanity . Mr . H . should show that their dictates are erroneous , before he belches out opprobrious aud sarcastic names . He will give opposition to the present bill as it is not iu accordance with Sir II , Peel's great comprehensive measure now before tha house . Well , many are led by the nose and not by the understanding , as appear * to be the case with Mr . Hume . I am , sir , yours respectfully , Arbroath . Atm ,
Extraoumxarr Death.—In The Course Of Sat...
ExTRAOumxARr Death . —In the course of Saturday information was received by the authorities at the East India House of the death of Captain Hannibal Tucker , a pensioner in the Company ' s service , at hig residence in the village of Gwinean , in Cornwall , who was found frightfully mutilated in his dwelling which was in flames at the time of discovery , between 3 and 4 o ' clock ou the morning of Wednesday . At the coroner ' s inquest on the body of the unfortunate gentleman , Richard Murby , a farmer , said that between 3 and 4 o ' clock ou the morning of the 1 st
instant , as he was returning home , he saw fire issuing from the roof of Captain Tucker ' s house , and knocked at the door , but received no answer . The court-yard gate was wide open ; he then knocked up the next-door neighbour , named Ingrain . After exerting themselves , in the course of an hour the fire was extinguished , and they then commenced searching the ruins . At- 5 o ' clock they found the body of tho deceased under the rubbish . The left arm was under the body , mid in the right hand was a pistol , which had been discharged . There was n
loaded ono lying under the deceased . It further appeared that the deceased was dressed , aud one of his pockets burnt , through which lis . had fallen . He was in the habit of keeping- pistols in the house to protect himself , and they were secured by a chain to his bed , and near the window . He was very eccentric in Ins habits , and , although a married man , h £ i ' . f | : r a r ilU 8 * Iter ' livcd ia tlle h ° « sc by umsclf . Mr . Gurney a surgeon , then described the tnghtiu wounds which had caused the death of the deceased , ihe whole of the skull was fractured . On the right side of the head , just above tho ear , was the mark ot the entrance of a bullet . He believed the deceased had shot himself . The other parts oi his body were dreadfull y mutilated . Many ot his hnibs were broken by the falling rubbish h i Ir £ ,, ? , itcr a Jp' ^ tJieued inquiry , returned a verdict , I hat the deceased shot himself whilst in a state ol temporary insanity . "
KEYOLUTIOSAttY SYMPTOMS IS FlUXCK — TllP National of Wednesday says :- « 'There have been spine very serious disturbances at St . Etiennr the cause and particulars of which have not been made known in Paris the only information bein " the ( ollowing telegraphtc despatch , which was circufatcd ... he Chambers , but was not published in tho \ Hmstenal cventng journal : - ' The Proeureur-Gcnc-• alot Lyons to the Keeper of the Seals : 1 am set tang out for St . Ktienne . A collision hits taken place between the working men aud the armed force Several ot thc workmen have been killed . Yoii shall havo my report to-morrow . '" There still pre vails in Paris a great disposition amongst the lower classes to withdraw their deposits from tho SswhW ;' , ""! . * :, , lh 0 tlc l' ? ! s of lil * t week amounted to OlO . tfil trtine ? , aud the sum withdrawn was 017 , 572 Irancs . '
DiscimtuKs vhom the Aumv .. —Several privates , to the number of nearly twuntv , belonging to the * Jrd oattalibit ul Grenadier ( j * nurds , who have been iilcsjally attested , having been enlisted in one district and sworn in before a magistrate acting for a different- division of thc county , left Windsor , where the regiment is in jiiii-rison , on Monday morning , for l . oiuloii , to appear bu ' m'u tho board at tho llm-ac Guards , hiviii ; : i-xpcHeruied more than enough of Uio joy ; j ofsoliiicriny .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 11, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11041846/page/6/
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