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_. ,, rHE HATIOMAL LAUD GOMPANK , I . ob i- » _IlkK - Bhwho _Thdbsdat ; JlOTABT 10 i 1850 . - - v SHARES . '•_ ¦ J _ s . d . £ s . a . _Oswaldtwistla ..- 1 _« * _Nottingham--. - . - v 0 _ 3 _ 6 _XeigHej .- « l _« o _~ ' j £ - ~ 7 l 0 I _^ Sester . . .... .. 0- « , » _...- . .... ¦ ** a lu EXPENSE FUNOi ? _Eefchfey . / .. _» 1 ° Nottingham .. _JK 2 0 0 3 0 TOTALS land _* und ... ••• . * t 510 jjxpense ditto _«•• , ¦ . ' .. •*• . « 3 0 £ 8 10 W . Dixov , C . Dbas , T . Class , Cor . Sec . P . M'Graih . Fin . Sec . FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA ' S ACTION . Beceh-ed by W . BmsB . —W . Coates . Stokeslej , Is . ; Geo . nollijwav . -Bad _ r _ nitister , 2 s , 6 d . ; W , _Masters and Friend , iaaa er __ -ster 6 _ _.- ; B . Collinge , Oldham , ls . ; w . Town f __& Oldham , Is . ; W . _Lavesay , Oldham , Is . ; Chester , per THoberts . 5 s . 6 _ L ; llixenden Stones , near _HaH-ax , per J . _Bancroft , 5 s . lOd . ; Retford , per T . Denne , 2 s . 2 d . ; _Allot-^ GrektlJ-aford , per J . T . Topp , 2 s . -d . ; Hugh Brice , _S- rfeen , 6 d . ; Andrew Rannie , Aberdeen , 6 d . ; a few Democrat-. Ashton and _Dntenfield , per J . TaTlor _, K . ; a few Friends Coventry , per W . Hosier . 4 s . 2 d . ; Nottingham ,
, ner J Sweet , Ss . ; B . B ., 2 s fid . ; Friends at the Leigh Horseman Inn , Norwich , per J . Hun-ell , lis . ; Cheltenham , _rerJ H-mmin , 5 s . 4 d . ; fl . Fink , Bristol _. per C . Clark , 4 s . ; Br istol , per W * . Byke , 2 s . ; S . Auckland , Feterhorough , Is . ; a few Chartists , Ha worth , near Keighley , per W . Greenwood , las . ; Warwick , per C .-Tristram , 2 s . 6 d . ; a few _FWenas , __ _SHarwich , per T . Fox , 4 s . ; Mr . Ellison , perE . Sedhwd , Is . ; . Con _^ eton , per . T . Kckford , £ 2 . Received at _Lasd Office . — A Female Democrat , Buiy , Is . € _ . * Henry Hatt , Bnry , Is . ; a Friend , tothe end . Bury , Ts John _Jimes , Bnry , Is . Smith _. 'Bnry , 4 d . ; S . Fletcher , Sail-Total £ 7 9 s . lOd .
, ** The 7 s stated , on-be __ nclo _ t , as from Ci > v _ nby , should have been from Warwick , per C Tristram . Ebbob _. — The total announced last week should have _ieen £ 16 Ss . 7 d . instead of £ 1618 s 7 d . FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . . _ Uee _ vea hy W . BnflB . —Bristol per C . Clark , 2 s _
DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Received by W . Rider . —Hugh Brice , Aberdeen ; 3 d . «> R WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . Receive , by W . Rides . —Cation , Glasgow , per H . Caniek _lLlS-JJll . TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received by W . Rides . —Bradshaw , near Halifax , per 3 . Chappd . 6 d . ; Calton , Glasgow , per H . Crarick , It ls . 7 _JtL Rexeired by Johs Absott . —Mr . Rider , as per Star , l _ . 2 _ -. lJd . _M'SOUA'LL'S TESTIMONIAL . Received by W . R _ os _ .--StalyM _ gE , per W . Hill , IL FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . _Received by W . Rises . —A few Friends , Bradshaw , near Halifax , per W . Riley , 5 s , 9 d . ; part proceeds of raffle for Prize Brogne , by Westend Boot and Shoemakers , per Messrs . Dickens , and M'Veigh , It ; Cheltenham , per J . Hemmin , 5 s . 3 d .
NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received _byJoHSt Absott , Secretary . —H . Roach , JIac " -clesfied , Is . ; G . Chaloner . Macclesfield , Is . 6 d . W . Smith . Maeclesfield _. ls . 2 d . ; J . Shaw , Edge , 5 s . * J . Tinnock , 6 d . ' Philip Elliott , per S . Boonham , Is . ; 3 _* r . Kidcr , as per Star . Ulls .
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MIDDLESEX _SESSIONS _Bobbebybt-i Gravkdigger . —William Wells was indicted for stealing twenty-seven pounds of coals , ihe property of the churchwardens of the parish of St . Dnnstan , Stepney . The prisoner , it appeared , had been employe-, as _gravedigger at St . Dunstan ' s -churchyard . He -was apprehended with the coal in his possession as he was leaving- the church , and he _admitted that he had taken it from the stoke-hole -of the heating furnace underneath the church , to take home . — -The jury found the prisoner " Guilty . " —Sentenced to six -week- ' hard labour .
Robbery at Madame Tussaud s _Exhibition . — Thomas Daldy , a .-respectably dressed man , formerly a publican in Charles-street , Drury-lane , and -subsequently the keeper of the beer-shop , a wellknown rendesvous of thieves , in the neighbourhood -of Clare-market , was indicted for , and convicted of , robbings widow lady , named Stanley , of a purse and £ 15 s , 10 d ., in the interior of Madame Tussaud _' s exhibition . —The prisoner -was shown to have heen for some Hone a regular associate of swell mobsmen , and the court sentenced him io be transported for seven years . * -. '¦?' . ' idiotic
Curious Cask . —Henry Dingley , a lad of appearance , was indicted for _stealing a watch , tbe property of his father , Robert Dingley . —The prisoner pleaded guilty . —The learned judge , haying perused the _deposi tions , said he would not tako tbe lad ' s plea of guilty . He had a strong belief that he was prosecuted for the mere purpose of the pawnbroker being compelled to deliver up the watch without payment of the sum advanced _Tipen it . There was no evidence npon which the boy could be convicted . —The prisoner then pleaded not guilty , and from the evidence given it appeared that the prisoner took the watch to -i pawnbroker ' s , and said he had been sent by Ma father to pledge it , but the pawnbroker would not advance any money upon it without an authority from his father , and the prisoner
-thereupon went away , returning shortly after , when ¦ he stated that his father was too ill either to attend himself or to wr ite a note . The pawnbroker then advanced him 21 s . upon it The prisoner ' - father had since died , and his mother-was at the present -time confined to . her bed through illness . The only witnesses examined were the pawnbroker and a 'little girl to prove the identity of the watch . —The learned judge said there was nothing to show tbat the father had not sent the prisoner to pledge the -watch , besides , the father was now dead , and in this indictment the property was laid , as his . The prisoner conld not therefore be convicted . —A verdict of "Acquittal" -was then returned . —The learned judge said , he had no doubt but that the lad ' s relations had prosecuted him in order tb get . back the watch without paying the pawnbroker , and that he had , through ignorance , pleaded guilty to a charge of which he was innocent . .
Stbest _RoBBsnr . _—Amuiest _Sen-xestce . —Caroline De Blair , a woman of colour , convicted last _session of a robbery from the person , was brought up for judgment . —It was shown * that the prisoner had borne a good character up to the commission ofthis offence , and the Court sentenced ber to two days ' imprisonment . She had already been in prison six weeks . —The cases in which parties were ont on bail were postponed until next session , and the court adjourned . * -
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Fire A- Fd _. Sarbow Escape . —On Wednesday night , shortly _before ten o ' clock , a fire ofa very alarming character , and nearly attended with a loss of human life , broke out in tbe premises belonging io Mr . Marsh , No . 21 , Great May ' s-buildings , St . Martin ' s-lane . Whilst some of the inmates were sitting in a lower room their attention was suddenly directed by an unusual noise proceeding from the first floor . The servant went to ascertain the cause , when , on opening the door of one of therooms _ m the first floor , in the occupation of a gentleman named "Walter , a huge mass of flames shot forth , which completely prostrated her . She , however , succeeded in making her way down again , and bavins given an alarm in the usual way , a gentleman
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WHIG _SS ? 2 S _^ > -WHAT NEXT ? FOREIGN _APPAIRSP S ? _lSI B A _ARTE AUDTilEoilbER iS _^ _SrJ _. HE KnfG OF PRUSSIA AND . _™ _CONSTITUTION-TURKEY . RUSSIA , AND THE HUNGARIAN KEFUGEES .. , . * _™~' BROTHEB PROiBTARIAlSfS , , ? _'¦> " When the sides faU ,-we shall catch larks . " Judging from ; certain prognostications on the part ofthe Ministerial Press , that auspicious , occasion would seem to Ue nigh at The
hand . . Weelcly Chronicle , formerl y ( and perhaps still ) the property of Ward , the English Haynau of the Ionian Isles , and which enjoys the reputation (?) of being one of the journalist hacks of the Whi g Ministry , gave publicity on Saturday last to a report , strongly savouring ofthe fabulous , being no other than that the Whigs were about to re-appear ( positively for the last time !) in their old character of " Reformers . " If this be true the descent of the skies , and the consequent bagging of _AxjRORA- ' s winged choristers , may bei safely anticipated .
¦ The Weekly Chronicle has great" pleasure ( . being enabled to announce that amongst the earliest measures to be submitted to Parliament by the Government in the ensuing Session , will be bills to provide an extension of the suffrage both in England and Ireland . " Tho favoured journalist modestly adds : — "We axe not in ? possession of the details , but we have reason to hope that the scope of the proposed measures will meet the views " of a large section of the reall y liberal members . It is not improbable that a reform of such importance will he recommended in tho Speech from the Throne . " . , The Times of Monday repeated the above report in conspicuous type ; and on Tuesday , in the course of a " leader" on the
Parliamentary Reform Meeting at the London Tavern , alluded to the subject in a manner evidently intended to induce belief on the part of the public . So , then , the Whigs are squeezable ! Notwithstanding their . Gagging Bills— their " special" array of . shopocratical brute force —their military terrorism—their State pro ' _secutions ;—notwithstanding that Cuffay aiid his fellow unfortunates have been exiled -.. rose
the seas—WiiUAMg and Shabp done to death , and that our gallant Ernest Jones and many others are yet bound in prison-hells ; —notwithstanding the Law's persecutions and the Press ' s lies , the Whigs are succumbing to the unextinguished , inextinguishable , ? allconquering power of Democracy . Truly , "they never fail who fall in a great cause ! " Mark ! J 3 rother Proletharians , I take the Weekly Chronicle ' s report , supposing it to be well founded , for what it is worth ; no more .
It is worth thus much : —If the Whigs are abont to propose any measure of Parliamentary Reform—though ever bo dwarfed and Whiggish—that very concession is-proof of popular progress , and should encourage yoRto press on with reihvigorated ardour , ahdrenewed determination , tb seek ihe full measure of your ' __ ghts ; short of Whieh y ou ought-never to be contented *—ought never to give your rulers a moment ' s peace . Only—as Jeremy Bentham said—only by making the ruling few uneasy , can the many hope to obtain justice .
Assuming ihe correctness of the Weekly Chronicle ' s announcement , a nice question arises as to the extent and character of the suffrage-extension contemplated by the Whigs . Here it would be well to bear in mind the re : ceipt of the celebrated Mrs . Giass ' : — - " First catch your hare , and thenj & c , -Sic . " It may be that the Downing-street hare when caught will be found to be worthless . , It-may be that instead of hare-catching at all , the Whigs intend only to lead the sportsmen on a red-herring scent . Thnewilltell . One thing may be safely prophesied—that the Whigs purpose no
measure of reform sufficient to satisfy year claims , or do you justice . It is " easier for a camel to pass through the eye--of a needle , " than for Whig aristocrats—or aristocrats of any other denomination—to recognise the rights of labour , and put an end to the political ( to say nothing ofthe social ) _mequalityVnrider which you suffer , despair , and perish . The Spectator gives currency to a rumourwhich , as put in that paper , wears the appearance efmere club _gossip—^ that Ministers will propose an extension of the franchise _^ based on " a householder rating , " However ? Imperfect
and unjust any description of " household suffrage" might be , such a " stride" in the " right _directieni" is not at aU likely to be taken by Russell and Co . A better idea of the intended measure —( if any measure really is intended)—may be gathered from the vague , but nevertheless significant * phrases of the Weekly Chronicle . " We have reason to hope " says the Whig _journalist , "that the scope of the proposed measures will meet the views of a large section of the really Liberal _^ members . ' ' These words , if they have anymeaning , signify thata miserable modicum of reform will he
proposed b y Ministers , not so extensive as to endanger aristocratic supremacy , but sufficient to " afford the shoy-hoys of " Liberalism * ' an excuse for breaking from the more earnest advocates of reform . Of course the Press-gang , under the influence ofthe Treasury , will be commissioned to support the Ministers and the aforesaid shoy-hoys , in ? their " politic , " " rational , " and " constitutional , " course ; and at the same time denounce those , who rejecting " safe reform , " persist in ' seeking " foolish , " " violent , " and •« . dangerous " changes .
It is also , no doubt calculated , that the new Whig dodge will divert from the Reform Movement that—by no means contemptibIe--number ofthe Bourgeoisie in whom-the ? spirit of class ascendancy reigns paramount ; and who , though they desire "Reform" ( for their own benefit ) , would rather welcome Despotism , than lend a Helping hand to the triumph : of Democracy . ; Further speculation on the nn-hatched scheme of the Whigs would be _. premature . The "Speecli from the-Throne" must be waited for . One word , more of caution . Remember , Brother Proletarians , that blessed are those who expect nothing , for verily they shall not be disappointed ! _.-..-. „ ¦ : ¦
The Tiroes and Chronicle , while agreeing in casting ridicule on the Parliamentary . Reform Meeting held on Monday last , also agree in something more important . that any sham reform of tiie representation will but postpone the " evilday , " when real concessions must be made to the millions . . The Times , exhibits a degree of candour very unusual for it , in confessing that the present flush of " prosperity " cannot endure for . more than three . or four years to come ; by that time , if not sooner , the revulsion will come , and then the demand for
Suffrage Reform—if not previousl y checkedwill , probably , assume a power dangerous . to our institutions ! _Toprovideagainst such an eventuality , the Times would have the ruling powers graduall y extend the suffrage , so as ultimately to include all " who have something to Jose ; " which , as the Times rightly believes , would _establish the strongest barrier against those who have nothing—thosewho , b y vicious institutions , have been fleeced of their alltbe weakest , the-most _miserable-i-those who , truly , "have nothingto . lose . Mid everything to gain " by the' _tjriump h of ? absolute
Democracy . _..: _' 7 _- =... » ,.- ! .- - _.-. ,., - : And _thia * ri 11 _i _ ini-l , _i _ _fe _.: the Times is developed in all schemes of _^ " Parliamentary Reform " short of the Charter ; Itis broadly evident in Cobden's Freehold Land _^ Scheme ; and it taints even the much more liberal
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_progr _^ me _^ s _^ _^ _p _^ W _-iM _« - _ d :-iis _fo _^ s .. _yJmag E -. ten 8 __^ is __ s , _F-eefaol _^ Land . Llber _^/ . - ; -ffld i _!^ P- _» li entaCT > Refornler _^ all agreoia the principle of leaving a- _Pai-ak _^ _3 _% > ut " _^ portals of the _Cohstitu tion , . ? R sounds ' very ? plausible ibri M : fespectaWe friends to _teU , us , that if . wewill go with them as far . as they go , and help them to get that which they seek , we can afterwards do our own work by going for the entire Charter . But wiU ? they ? _Mc »? g 6 with us ? It so , why not go foi- the Charter , or at any rate its principles _,, now , and so make one agitation do once for all ? _Butj . if after we have helped
them to ; win their "four points , " they willhot go with us when we attempt to- obtain the . full complement of popular rights ; will they _^ under those circumstances , be content to be quiescent ; or will they oppose , ' instead of aiding UB I Wi 1 _^ ey _Enounce us' as "factious fellows , " and coerce ahd persecute ns as in days not ? very remote ? If the "Parliamentary Reformers " wish for the hearty and enthusiastic support of the masses ; they will do well to take a course calculated to put an end to these misgivings , which I can assure them are entertained b y ? thousands of the Prole ; tarian order . , .,
Ihaveus _edthelanguageof the T . m _« in speaking of the present as a seaaon bf " prosperity , " but , Brother Proletarians , you very well know that whatever comparative " . prosperity" may at . this moment be the lot of certain sections of your , order , thousands upon thousands have no share in the sunshine of comfort ; nay , see not even a gleam of hope for the future . Without , then ,, waiting for the according to tie Times , must come . wi . hin three
or four years , _andiwhieh is very likely to overtake us much earlier ; to the tens of thousands at this time suffering / the obfcainment of their political franchises , ; with the _viewlof usingthose franchises to save ' themselves from misery and death , is a matter of primary importance . Need I ; _say more-in 'justification of those who appeal to the people to make _another , a general , and , ' it is to be hoped , a successful struggle for the Charter .
. In *( for the present ); parting from this subject , I must call the * attention of my metropolitan : readers—and I am happy in knowing that they are not few—to the intended meeting convened ; for ; Monday . evening next , at the London Tavern , for the purpose of giving effect to the work . of the late Metropolitan Conference . I anticipate that—in playhouse phraseology— -Monday ' s meeting will he a " bumper . ' * Certainly , every . Chartist in London not in prison , or on a bed of sickness ; will do his best to set aside all other engagements , to attend that meeting ; When the hurricane of persecution raged , our flag , ';'
, " Sfream'd like the _thunderstorm against the wind . " And surely now that "Fortune ' s favouring gale" fills pur sails , that flag will be as bravely stood b y , and be borne onward , conquering and to conquer . . ? ., Brother Proletarians , a notice of the division in' the ranks . of the French Ordermongers , on the question of voting thV urgency of the . Government bill for placing the primary instructors at the mercy of . ' Prefects of _departments , concluded my last week ' s letter . It appears that
next . dayj the secretaries discovered ( or pretended to discover ) that some mistakes had occurred in taking the ballot , the " rectification " of which , gave the Government a majority of one . -A stormy debate ended in _^ the annulling of the previous day ' s vote . ' A new ballot was then taken on the question of urgency , when their appeared : —for the urgency , 329 ; against it , 300 ;—majority for the Government , 29 . The - " urgency" was accordingl y declared . ? Oh Tuesday , " January thc 8 th , the bill was introduced , founded on the following motion : — , -f , , '¦¦' _. < .: ¦
Until the promulgation of . the organic law- oh education ; primary instruction is placed under the immediate care _(_ urti-i «_ j ! -- J of tbeprefets . The primary teachers will be chosen and appointed by the prefet of each 'department , either amongst the laity or members of religious societies under vows to teach , and so recognised by the state . The option to be on ( he advice of the municipal ' council ofthe commune . ¦ :- ¦•¦ ¦ ' ' ¦•'; . The general discussion closed with a majority of 352 in favour of the bill , 280 against it . These numbers leave no , room for doubt that the bill will be adopted . A more infamous'and tyrannical scheme to crush the
freedom ; of instruction , was never devised even by Russian despotism . Need I add , that a measure so villanous finds special favour with the truculent Times ? That journal , however , is forced to acknowledge the tremendous advance of Red Republicanism throughout the rural districts of France ; and adds " men may well look with extreme alarm to the results of the next general appeal to universal suffrage . " The Times admits , too , and mourns over ; the divisions in " what is termed , a little
derisively , 'the great party of order . ' " . The wholesale dismissals of the suspected schoolmasters , which will now take place , will have tMs good effect ? : ~ those who have merely cherished the proscribed principles , will henceforth become propagandists ; those , who have heretofore , been propagandists merel y , will henceforth be . revolutionists . Persecution will but advance the glorious cause already sanctified by the blood and sufferings of so ' many martyrs . ? .
, TfliEits and Co ., having by assassinating the Roman Republic , reduced France to the lowest _depthsof shame , wonld now send troops and . ships to seek "the bubble reputation" on the shores of the Rio de la Plata . ; Faiigh ! The subject is not worthy of further notice . ; Let me bring under your notice , a few specimens of one week _^ s work of persecution , directed . ; - . by " special" Buonaparte , * and the _ORnEBMONGEBSj , ' against the defenders ofthe Republic : _?? - '_ i ; _, ; - _jThei . _Prefectiof the Gironde has ' suspended from " their- functions , serveral Mayors and deputy Mayors suspected of—Republicanism !
The National Guard of Fontaine les Dijon have been di-barided . Their fidelity to the Republic being their offence . One of the editors of La Reforme , a native of Russia , but a naturalised Swiss , and who has resided in France for many years , has been expelled from the country . With difficulty he obtained forty-eight hours grace , to enable him to make arrangements-for his departure . The Prefect of the department of the North , hiEs published a proclamation , dissolving the Association of Spinners , at Lille . [ There were fools who believed that President _Buonaparte was an advocate for the organisation of labour . ]
General _Gemeatdt has , published a proclamation , forbidding the sale of the Almanac du Peuple , the Almanac de VAmi du Peuple , 8 fC . : ¦ - ¦ The police of Lyons have been committing robbery on a grand sale , having seized 20 , 000 volumes of Socialist tracts in the dwelling of a tailor of Ithat city , who w'as employed by the Socialist propaganda to . distribute them amongst the operatives . The Prefect of the Mouths of the ; Rhone , has "issued an ukase , commanding that all public reunions , having for their object the discussion of political , questions , are to cease forthwith ; _fi-iiing in obeying this command , the meetings are to be suppressed by military force .
This day ' s papers report the _seizure _y that is , ; ROBBERY- —of a number of Democratic Almanacks from the shops ofthe Booksellers , in the town of Cahors . The same papers add , that at Lyons , on the 2 nd inst ., all the Democratic . Journals received from Paris had been seized in the coffee-houses , and shops of the _news-yenders of that city . General Gemeau has / moreover , directed that they should not be distributed in Lyons until further orders / ; . [ God sav _^ Emperor Nicholas !' — _ . ' liberal ruler , compared with _Preaidw-t _Buonaparie . ] '
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i q ___ W of the glorious _' iiasurgents of Juno , - . _^? ' . i u _* m'a ti Hibreut , . was ? tried by .-. courtm - _?'_; S P « _ri-- _iohlMonday , and sentenced to _wansp qi _^ ation -br - ife _^ . _^ :, . , _;_ _:, ! i < k ¦„ . i _> '¦ ' Order rei gns in France ! _^ Behold the _' work of the Ordermongers . ! ' ! K ' ?; ? ' _" ? : _? _" '' ' I must how nbte _^ one or two _cu'cumstances on tlfe other side . ; .. ¦' .. _- . "¦>' : ¦ ¦ ' _^ > T e . _niiiitary despot T who commands at Lyons- _^ _-General Gemeau— in presenting his ? _T ; _Xi _^' congratulations to his _^ friends , _W _fiWi v _^ the ? necessit y _^ promptitude in repressing jpopular discontent . Mark , him
_!—, At the _hrsti-signal _, of ; revolt rush into the streets , you _wUlihave to deal with 3 , 000 rebels . ; waittill th _* _neajt _' _-day' aihd you _wilfrhave to _^? _d ; with ? 3 ( ); 00 d ; _i-V ? _H _^ is _;^ _confession ! Wh y _^ accordi _ng _^ . _Satrap"GE-iEAu _^; tw «! ntyfour _hours-of _^ _ccessful ; _-nsuirection _; -would rally _allFrance against the _traitorsin power ! _: The RediRepublicans of Dole , ' who have been tried for _participating in the affair ? bf the l 3 th :. of [ , June , have .. been acquitted by a jury . This ..-, makes the ; twenty-sixth acquittal of differe-it parties charged' with * the same " offence . " Well may the usurpers tremble . ;
" Several / new Red 'Republicari Journals bave beeh . started . The ? pen shallr vanquish the sword . .. -, ? . ¦;? ¦ .. ' ..-. '¦ . : ¦ . - ;¦ ¦ . ' . ' ¦'''¦ . _- , ¦ ¦ _- The f _' Special Constable ' s' _^ own organ— - the Napoleon- —just commenced - , announces that ' * _the President has : aibaJadpned ; &\] idea ; of gmnting an amnesty to . tlie political prisoners condemned by the court ' s , . lis he / feels that the present is a period for repression , and that the periodfor pardon has not ' -arrived . '' 'The wretch ! He will _^ yet him self need an amnesty . ' When' that hour comes , niay the ? hearts . of . the people . be steeled against pardon to ; him . , ; .- There has been ) a ministerial crisis i in
Prussia ; TheKiNG , not intending to _abidejby the new Constitution , hesitates to . _sweiir' to its acceptance . ; , The Ministers / who have as . sented to iHe , _Constitution find themselves in a fix , and threaten resignation . It is not very clear whether the -crisis ? has ; yet terminated , or what course'FREDERick ' William ' 'intends to pursue . " I raarvel . at his Kingship ' s qualms of . cohscience . Why , object to , swallow ihe oath ? .. He can break it as easily ashebroke his former ? oaths . To pretend to turn conkcientious now is-past' a joke ; From his own history , Frederick . W-illiam ; should . know that- _^ -for' kiugs- _^ there is ,. ' ex ceptirig ? . lying , nothing so easy as oath-breaking . _*;
According' to the Times / the ' refugee question , between-Turkey 'and Russia , ; has ; been brought to a conclusion .., ? . ' . ' But _^ _tKiS' ; ,, _stateiWent must . be ? received . ' -subject . '' to !? confirmation . Like the return , of the Pope to Rome , ! a settlement of the difference between the Sul-, tan and _; the Tsar has been so often announced without ' having any foundation in truth / that , in the present ! instance , scepticism is allow able . ' For the sake ; of the refugees , and the , honour of Turkey and England , I trust that the present report will prove to be as unfounded as previous rumours of the like
character . According ? to theTtWs _' , Dembinski and the other _ ? oles ( excepting , those who , have adopted the Mahomedan faith ) , are tobe expelled ; and Kossuth and the Hungarians are to ? be confined ! in a fortified town in the interior / Some town in the ? midst of Asia Mihbr . will b _, e _^^ S-Iected _^ _,, for . their abode . It is further stated , that the ambassadors of France and England have approved of this settlement . The Times , ' _correspondent adds , " The Polish and _^ Hungarian refugees begin already to cry out against this arrangement . This looks like ingratitude . " . . What next ?
; if . any _suph arrangement has been come to , it- is disgraceful- to England . I will not say to Turkey also -for undoubtedly the Turkish Government would have taken a nobler course , had it been assured ; of , the support of the English Government . Erelong , the truth or falsehood of the' Times ' s , statement will- be known ; the ? Briti-hpeople will thenbequalified to ' applaud or condemn the conduct of , Lord Palmerston and his colleagues . In the meantime ,, the fervent good wishes of Britain ' s sons are with Kossuth and his glorious compatriots / - _^ ¦ L'AMIDU PEUPLE . January 10 , 1850 .
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, --. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE '¦! _^ ' _^ UNITED STATES . ' " New York , Dec . 26 .-Up to , the 22 nd ult . the struggle between , the contending sections of the representatives continued _vflth little indignation of either a victory or a compromise on the part of any ; and ultimately a choice of a speaker was effected simply by a general agreement to accept a plurality of votes instead of a clear majority of the whole house . Accordingly , the 63 rd ballot held since the opening of the , House produced / a decisive result , Mr . Cobb , " of jGeorgia , being . ' . ' elected by a vote of 102 against 100 for , Mr . Wintlirpp , of _Massachusets and 20 for all other candidates . On the
evening of Saturday , tbe 22 nd ult , therefore , Mr . Cobb took the appopriate oaths , and on the subsequent Monday both branches of Congress being then fully organised , the ' President delivered his first annual message . The Secretary to the Treasury rficcbmtnended several _^ modifications ih ' the existing tariff ,- — -1 . A moderate iricre .. e of duties on articles , sueb ' _ss cotton , woolen , and hempen , goods ,, sugar , salt , and cod ; 2 . A return to the system : of _specific duties- on . articles on which they can be ; conveniently laid j 3 . ? vVhere the -advalorem duty is retained , the duties to be levied on the market value in our own country at the time of arrival ; 4 . Non-enumerated articles to be ? subject to a higher duly tban others /' ' - ? ,
The President has addressed the following note , addressed to , therecent refugees ; from Hungary : — . _/ '; Washington , Dec . 20 , 18 . 9 .. Sir , —I have duly received your letter of _Kovember 2 nd , from London / announcing the determination cf yourself and comrades to seek an asylum in America . .. - The people of this Republic have deeply : sympathised with the Hungarians in their recent struggle for : constitutional freedom , and in the calamities
which haye befallen their : unhappy > land ; and I am sure that I but speak the universal sentiments of my countrymen ; in , bidding you and your associates a cordial welcome to oiir soil , and , natural asylum of the oppressed jfrom every clime . \ Te offer _. you protection and a . free participation in tho benefits of our institutions and our laws , and trust that you' may find in America a second heme . ¦¦ _- _. ' = 1 am , with high respect , your sincere friend , , _Ladislaus _. _Ujhazjyliite Governor Z . Tatlor . ? _. .:. ; Of Comorn , in Hungary . ' 1
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE . .. On Monday , the 24 lh bf December , both _branches of the Legislature being at length organised , General Taylor delivered his message . : We give the following extracts—all that can interest the general reader : — ' ; . •' ¦ ' ¦ Ffllow Citizens of the Senate and _Housb of
Representatives , --Sixty years have elapsed since the establishment of this Government , and the Congress of the United States again assembles to legislatefor an empire of freemen . ¦¦ , The ; predictions of evil ? prophet who formerly pretended to . foretell the downfall of our institutions are now remembered only tobe derided _, and the . United States of America at this moment ? present to the world the most stable and p ermanent Government oil earth . ?; * ; Such is the _rraiilt of the labours ' of those who ; have gone before lis ., . Upon . Congress will eminently depend , the _futnre maintenance of our system of free government , and the transmission of it unimpaired to posterity . , ; ,
Our relations with _Gieat Britain are of the most friendly character . In consequence of the recent alteration of the British Navigation Acts , ' British vessels from British and _qther foreign ports will , under existing laws / after the , 1 st of January next , be admitted to . entry in our ports , v . ith cargoes ol the growth , manufacture , or production of Any part of the world on the same terms as to duties , imposts , and charges as : vessels of the United States with their cargoes , and our vessels will be admitted to th > same advantages in British ports , " " entering therein on the same terms as British vessels .
' During the late conflict between , Austria and Hungary there seemed to be a prospect that the latter . might become an independent nation . ; _However faint that prospect / at ; the time _appeared , I thought it my duty , in accvrd _» _Dce with the general
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sentiments -of tne American _^ _rople , w _^ _deipiy sympathised with the Magyar patriots , to " stand _prepared i upon the contingency of the _Mfablishmeht by her of a permaBentl ? _gbjeriira to ? be the / first to welcome' independent _A Hun _^ nations ., ? For . this purpose I invested an agent , ; then iri ! Eiir _^ p _^ With _^^ power , to _^ .. declare ; our ., willingness prorapt ) y . to recognise her independencein the event of her ability to sustain if . The powerful _intervene tion of Russia in the contest extinguished the hopes of the struggling' Magyar ? . The ' United States did not , at any time , inter / ere in the contest ; but the feelings of the / nation were strongly enlisted in the cause , and' by ; the suffering of , a ; bra . ve ; . people , who bad made a gallant ; though unsuccessful effort ! _obe free . _^ . _-..-.,-. , ¦ " . ; ¦ ' : !• ¦¦ ¦ _-: ¦ . hi ??!"
. Your attention is ' earncstiy invited to an amendment of our existing _ laws ' relating to the African slave trade , with a view , to'tho effectual suppression of that , barbarous traffic . Itis- not to be-denied that " this trade is still in part carried on by means oi vessels built in the United States , and owned ; oi navigated by-some of our . citizens . . _?* ., ' . ; . - .,: A contract having been concluded with the State of Nicaragua , by a company composed of American citizens ,-for the purpose of constructing a ship canal through the territory of that State ; -to
conneotthe Atlantic and , Pacific oceans _^ Iihavo directed the , negotiation , ofa treaty with Nicaragua , pledging both governments te . protect those who shall engage in and perfect the work . All other nations are ; invited : by the State : of Nicaragua to enter into the same treaty stipulations with her ; and the benefit to be derived from such an arrangement will be the _protectioniOf this great inter-oceanic communication against any , power which might seek tb obstruct it , or ? to monopolise its advantages . All States entering into such a : treaty - will . enjoy the right of passage ; through the cnnal , on payment -of . the same tolls ...- ,... ' ,.-. : __;;•; . _,,..,,,,. . ¦ ,,-,.,. !
Thework , if constructed under these guarantees , will become a . bond of peace , instead ofa subject of contention and strife , between the nations" of ? the earth .,, Should tho great maritimeiState _ of Europe consent to this arrangement . ( and we have no reason to suppose that ai proposition so fair and honourable , willbe opposed by . any ) , the energies of trTeir poople _. and , ours will co-operate , in promoting _jthe succfess of the new enterprise . -. ••¦ ¦ ¦ / Should such a work : be constructed , under _jthe common protection of all nations , for equal benefits to _^ all , it . would be neither just nor expedient that any great maritime State should command the communication . _ . The , territory , through , which the canal
may be opened ought to befreed from the claims of any foreign power . No such power ; shall occupy a position that would enable it hereafter to . exercise _socontrolling-an influence .. over ; the , commerce of the ? world , or ? to obstruct a highway ? which , ought to be dedicated to the common uses of mankind ; ' , ! The receipts in , the Treasury for the fiscal year ending on the , 30 th of June ? , last were , , in _cash , 48 , 830 , 097 dpls . 50 o ., ; andr in Treasury notes funded 10 , 833 , 000 dols .,, making . ,,: an . < iaggregate ¦ of 59 , 663 , 097 dols ., 59 c ., ; and the expenditures for the sanie timewere , in cash ; 46 , 798 , 667 dols . .. 82 c . . nd in . the . Treasury . notes funded 10 , 833 , 000 .. dols ., making an aggregate of 57 , 631 , 6 G 7 dols . 820 . -
Theaccounts and estimates : which will be submitted to . Congress in the report of the . Secretary of the ? Treasury , show that there probablywill be a deficit , occasioned by the expenses of the . Mexican war and treaty , ? on tho 1 st day of July :. next ; of 5 , 828 , _121-doU . 66 c , and on the 1 st day of July , 1851 , of 10 , 5-7 , 092 dols . 72 c , making , in the wholpa probable deficit , to be provided for , of 16 , 375 , 214 dols . 39 c . Tho extraordinary expenses of war with . Mexico , and the purchase of California and New Mexico , exceed in amount , this deficit , together the loans heretofore made for these objects . ; I , therefore , recommend that authority ; he . given to borrbw whatever sum may be necessary to cover that deficit . I recommend the observance of strict
economy in the - appropriation and expenditure of public money . . I recommend , a revision ofthe existing tariff , and its adjustment on a basis which may augment the revenue . I donbt doubt the right or duty of Congress to encourage domestic industry , which is the great source ' . of . national : as well , as ¦; individual wealth and prosperity .. I look to the wisdom , and patriotism bf Congress for _^ the . adoption . of a system which may place home labour at last on a sure , and permanent footing , and , by ( duo encouragement of manufactures , give a . new and increased stimulus to agriculture , arid promote . the developement ' of oiir vast resources , and the extension . , ' ot our commorco ! Believing that to the attainment of th . se
ends ( as well as the necessary augmentation ot the revenue and the prevention of frauds ) the system of specific duties is best adapted , I strongly , recommend to Congress , the . adoption of that system , fixing theduties -at fates hig h , etiough ' tb afford substantial and sufficient encouragement . io our own industry , and at the same time so . adjusted as to insure stability ; ? ? . ?" ¦'•' . " . The President recommends a further reduction in postage charges , and concludes his Message in the following terms : —Attachment to the Union of the States snould'be habitually fostered in every American heart . For more than half ; a , century , during which kingdoms and empires have fallen , this Union has stood unshaken . The patriots who formed it
have long since descended to the grave ; yet still it remains , the proudest monument to their' memory , and the object of affection and admiration with _everyone worthy , to-bear the American name . In my _ju'dgmen t' _^ its'dissolutibnwould _bW- ' the _" 'greatest of calamities , arid to avert tbat should tie the study of- every American . Upon its' preservation must depend our own happiness , arid that of countless generations to come . Whatever dangers may threaten it , I shall stand by it ? and maintain it in its integrity , ' ¦ to the full extent ' of the obligations imposed , and the power conferred upon me bv tho Constitution . •' ¦ ¦ , ; ' : 2 . -Taylor . -
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APPAIXIKO CIRCUMSTANCE IN COURT . _—BEATU 01 * THE PROSECUTOR . Brutal Assault . —Samuel _. Grivcs Harvey , n tall powerful man , was indicted for assaulting James Dodsley Tawney . —Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Bodkin prosecuted , and Mr . Ballantine appeared for the defendant . —Mr . Clarkson , in opening the case , said that the defendant was accused of one of the most dastardly and cruel ' attacks that he ever , remembered in the course of his experience . It was committed by .. man of powerful stature upon another not half his size , and who he know , at the time was labouring under a deadly and dangerous disease , an affection of the heart , and rnust have been aware that such an attack was calculated . to endanger his
life . The learned courisel then proceeded to narrate the circumstances of the case , which will - be found detailbdin the subjoined evideiicel _^ -Mi * . J . D . Titw .-riey , the prosecutor , whose arm , was in a sling , and who appeared to he suffering severely , was then examined . He deposed that / he was an attorney , and he knew the defendant , ' who -was a horsede ' aler at Rugby , and frequently , ' _si . w him at the stables of Messrs . Osborne arid Co ., in Gray ' s-inn-lane , where witness was in the habit of putting up-his horses . In June last Messrs . Tattersalf gave him ? instructions to proceed against the defendant to recover a sum of £ 8 13 s .- - He at first denied owing the money , but afterwards promised to pay it , and made ap . pointments to do so , but never-kept them , and
witness was compelled to issue a writ against him , but at the request of the defendant he forbore to serve itupon him at Rugby , in order to save expense , and he nt this time offered ¦ to take the amount of tho debt without any costs . The defendant did not pay the money , and judgment whs obtained on Aug . 2 nd , and shortly afterwards the defendant gave notice of his intention to apply to the Insolvent Court , and witness was instructed to oppose him on behalf of several creditors . On the 3 ril of November witness was at Messrs , Osborne ' s stables , and ho saw tho defendant ! in the countinghouse , and he challenged him with getting up the opposition to his discharge . Witness replied that other creditors _oeside those for whom he appeared
intended to opposo him , and the defendant then inquired the names of the creditors who instructed liim to oppose , but he declined to give them . The defendant then wont out and returned in a short timo with two hunting-whips , one of which was loaded at the end with iron , and the other a plain . cane one . The "defendant offered him the . latter , saying ,: ' ' Take , that . !' . " Ho declined doing so , and the defendant went out , and witness waited a short time ,, thinking lie would go away . -He . then went towards his gig , which , had , been . waiting : for him , aiid he . observed . , tl \ o defendant . standing with the heavy , hunting whip in his . hand , aiid as he was about to get into his : gig , he attacked him behind arid beat him on the back and shoulders in the most violent manner . He then , tried to beat him on ! the head , but witness h ' eld ' up his hands , arid warded off the blows . Mr . Banks , one of the partners , cairie and laid hold of the defendant and said to hitn _,
" Good God , Harvey , are you mad . ? 'but defendant threw' him away from him ; and continued his violence . ; He had . just succeeded in gettingintb the gig when the defendant struck him , on the ' baok . of thc head , and the blow stunned him for a moment , and his horse ran off , but was , stopped by some , cabmen in tho King ' s-road . The witness was " taken very ill the same night , and was still _suffering from the injuries he received . The prosecutor added that the defendant was well aware at the tin . e he made the attaok upon him that he was suffering from disoase of the heart , as they had frequently conversed upon the subject . —The prosecutor , who had given his _evidehcia with great difficulty , and _whe was _Mderitly in a ' state of great excitement andsiiffering _| having replied to one or two questions , that \ yere put to hinr by Mr . Ballantine , was . aboutto , retiro from the witness box , when he 8 eemed"in an in-tarit to lose all power , and fell senseless in the anas of
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some persons who-stood near him . He was laid upon the 'floor of the court , arid Mr . Clayton , the surgeon , who examined his injuries after the occurrence , and another medical ? gentleman who was accidentally present , immediately attended upon him , and used tneir utmost . exertions to restore- him . — - Mr . Ballantine , addressing the court , said , that he did not ; require the - evidence bf the surgeon , ft was impossible for him to deny that an assault hail peon-committed by the defendant , or to attempt to justify it under such circumstances . The' learned counsel added that he had felt it his duty to pnt one ori two , questions _^ to the prosecutor , but to should have refrained from doing so if he had been _¦ _•**¦!¦• a _ t i __;_ j _ . . o . . ; of his _Eecbrder
___ aware dangerous condition . —Tbe then briefly addressed the jury ; ahd after observftg that the learned counsel for the defendant , hadV-3 it appeared to him , behaved with the utmost propriety in the course - he had adopted _^ having admitted that the conduct of the defendant could not be justified , the jury would only have to say-that _tbu charj » e of assault had been proved . —The jury ascordingly returned a verdict of guilty . —Duri ' _mr these proceedings the unfortunate prosecutor continued under the charge of the medical gentlemen , and an intimation-was given that he was in a dangerous condition . —The Recorder , addressing the defendant , said he . had been con . icted of what he felt compelled from the bench to describe . is a mo 9 t aggravated and brutal assault . Atpresent he should not pass sentence upon him , because in the condition of the prosecutor it was uncertain what the result would
bo , and if his death were to take place and it was found . to have been accelerated by the violence he had made _. use of towards him , he would undoubtedly , be called upon to answer a much higher charge . — Just as the learned judge "had concluded , a sensation of horror . was excited in the court by the announcement by one ' of tho medical _gentlemen " that tho unfortunate prosecutor had expired . _TheeiJ citeinent had been too much for him , and he lay a lifeless corpse at . the foot of the witness-box , where a few ; moments previously he had been giving his evidence . —The Itecorder then gave directions that the prisoner . should be detained / to ' answer' any charge that might be preferred _agMn 9 t : him , ; ari __ _off out of the death _. ofthe unfortunate prosecutor , and the body of the" deceased was placed in a cab , to be conveyed to his residence , the solicitor for the prosecution , accompanying it , to convey the sad intelligence to his relatives .
Charge , of _Conspiracv . — Israel Alexander , Frederick William Allen , and George Manning , surrendered to take their trial for misdemeanour A fourth defendant named Markham , was included in . the indictment , but . hedid not surrender , and his recognisances were ordered to bo estreated . —Mr . Clarkson and Mr . Parry , prosecuted ,. Mr . _Prendergast and Mr . Huddlestone defended Alexander , and Mr . Ballantine appeared for the defendant-Allen ; Manning , had no counsel . —Mr . Clarkson ; _Ibriefly stated . the circumstances under which the charge was preferred against the defendants ; it appeared that the prosecutor was a person named , Lawrence and ho charged the defendants ? with having unlawfully arid maliciously . conspired . ' together , and by
means of false , affidavits caused him to be _impii- * soned . It seamed that the defendant : Allen was a _riding-master , living in Seymour . place , Bryanstonesquare , and he had had some transactions with the prosecutor , who at the time carried on the . business pf . a horse dealer ; and in January , 1849 , he , held a bill of £ 25 , of which Lawrence was the drawer _^ and in the course of this , month Manning _. one of the other defendants , made an affidavit . tO ; the effect that Lawrenco was about to leave the country , and upon Allen making an affidavit of his being indebted to him in the above sum , a writ of capias issued , upon which Lawrence w _« b taken ino . custody and detained until he had executed a bail bond for
the amount . The prosecutor . subsequently , niade a counter affidavit , denying that he had any intention to leave the country , and the manner in which the other defendants ,, Alexander and Manning , ; were sought to be connected with the . transaction w . as , by showing " that . when the prosecutor had _madfr his affidavit , they each also made one to the effect'that they would riot believe him upon his oath , and upon these . facts the whole of the parties were indicted for a ? conspiracy . to cause tho prosecutoi to be wrorigfully iinprisoned . —Several witnesses having been called , the Recorder briefly summed _upland the jury immediately returned a verdict of " J _? oS Guilty . " ' - , . , . ;;
. Robbery . —Wm . Blackburn , 24 , surveyor , pleaded guilty to stealing a theodolite , value £ 20 . j the _j _» roperty of John Simmons Marrat . —Kot any evidence was given , and the prisoner ' was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment , ¦ ' " - _* _,-Robbbbv of Plate . — Edward ' . Burgess ; 31 , servant , pleaded guilty to an indictment for stealing a silver coffee-pot arid other plate ' , ' valued ' lit £ 50 , the property of Eliza Lau ' rey , ' his mistress . '' — In answer to the court , Mrs . Tjaurey said that ' piisoner had been about eight months in her service . She had a < -good character with him .- —Inspector Cummins said that , the prisoner had hitherto borne an excellent character , and that drink had been the cause of his conduct . The plate , which" was worth at least £ 60 , had been sold for £ 10 , and melted down . —Mr . Bullock said the case was a very bad one , and sentenced him to seven years * transportation .
Pot Stealing . — Two men named Whittle and Johnson wore convicted of pot stealing , and sentenced to four months' imprisonment ,-with hard labour . —It appeared that they were watched by tbe police at Woolwich , and the pots , ¦ ' which _belongeft to a-Mf .-Jaggers and-a Mr .. Shepherd , both . publicans of that town , were found on them . This _cIa-3 of offence , which is now on the increase , has moro mischief in it than the loss to the licensed victuallers , for it is generally committed by the confederates of " coiners , and the property is generally stolen for the purpose of being converted into base coin . _Mcrdeu . —TnE Case of Sabah Drake . —Sarah Dra . e , aged 36 , described as a spinster , was placed in the dock , charged with the wilful miiiuer oS
lew ' s Drake , her own son . —Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Clarke conducted the prosecution on the part of the Crown ; and Mr . Collier , of the Western Circuit , and Mr . Parry , defended the prisoner . —The prisoner was very feeble and unwell . — -The Court wm somewhat more crowded than usual , but the trial didi not appear to excite much interest . —Evidence having been given , similar : to that which hasalre ? 4 _f appeared in this paper , on the examination of the prisoner before the magistrates , Mr . Justice Pattison summed up , and the jury returned a verdict t _> f "Not guilty" on the ground of temporary insanity . A Retcrnko CoNVicr .- _—Danit-1 Fitzgerald , a powerful-looking young ; man , pleaded guilty to a charge of feloniously being at large in this country
before the period : for which he had been sentenced to be transported had : expired . —The police constable who apprehended , the prisoner produced a certificate of his having been convicted in tha court in April ,, 1844 , and his sentence to be _transpor'ed for ten years . —The Recorder sentenced the pus'ner to be confined in Newgate for one month , and then transported for life . Post-office Robbery . —Tapley Eggar , a person in the service of the keeper of one of the post-office receiving houses , pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a post letter , the property of the Postmaster-General . ** -Mr . Ballantine called several witnesses , who gave the prisoner an excellent character . —Judg _» ment was deferred .
Impubent Robbert . —Thomas Smith , 27 , sailoi ; was convicted of stealing two : watches , . valued at £ 0 , the property of John Walker and another , in his dwelling-house . —The . facts of the case were , thai tho prisoner went into the shop of the prosecutor , a silversmith , in . Whitephapel , and asked to look at . some silver watches , find upon some being shown to him , he took up two and ran out of the shop , followed by the shopman , who captured the prisoner before he had got , rid of the property . — It ' was proved that prisoner had been before _transportefi . in 1844 for ten years , being then a known thief . — The Recorder asked how it was that the prisoner was now at large before tbe expiration of liis sentence . —An ofBcer of the It division said that _evexy
inquiry had been made , but ifc could not be ascertained . Just previously to his being apprehended on this charge he . was in custody atthe Lambeth Police Court for n highway robbery with violence , but tho case was not clear enough to send to a jury , —The prisoner' was sentenced to fourteen years ' transportation . . . , . FonoxBY . — Alexander Waddilove , 42 , painter * who was convicted in the Old Court , on Tuesday , of feloniously forging a promissory note for the sum cf £ 5 with intent to defraud James Nixon and other _^ , was brought up . for sentence . —The sentence hail been deferred to inquire into _; the character of the prisoner , and it having . , been satisfactorily proved that he belonged , to a . gang of swindlers , the Recorder ordered him tobe transported for . seven
V __* ll * S ! . ' * . <) _Robbebt by A DBArKB's _roRT-R . —William Allen , 18 , porter , and James Pearcey , 17 , draper , were indicted for stealing four yards of cloth , _n handkerchief , and other articles , the property of-Henry Nathan , their master . There were three other indictments against the prisoners ' , who pleaded <» uilty . —Mr . Robinson appeared for _. Pearey ; and , after addressing the court in mitigation of _piinish mcn _^ called several witnesses'to character , who stated that he was a strict attendant at chapel and Sundayschool , whenever he was away from his master , with whom he boarded . —The'Recorder , in passin
g-sentence , said , that but for the youth of the prisoner , Pearcey , ho should have transported him for a lengthened period ; but in _consequence of that alone would he pass the sentence he was about to do , S _~ he , the loarned Recorder , thought the _character that Pearey had received for piety ' was an-aggravation , and only proved him to oe a most artftn a ™ _designing young man , and hia religion _wasa were mask . It was no wonder that with this ay 8 ** " **? robbery by servants , that trade-men's names _fiwnw their way into the Gazette . Pearey was then amtenoed to be imprisoned arid kept to hard l » W » riw twolve months , and AUeu to six .
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