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/ THE NORTHERN SI An April 13 , 1845 . -W . ¦ . — - g == ¦ " ~~ ' ~ " " 7 xi i I t to I
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, oy stating that he was Major Herries , just arrived from India , that Mr . Williams actoaUy went to the hanlringhonse , in which he was known , and stated that he had seen the major sign the cheque , which was for a gold watch procured from Mr . Sent , watchmaker , in the Strand . —The prisoner was committed upon the charge of forgery upon the house of Herries and Co ., and upon the separate charges of fraud committed upon Mr . Gowland , Mr . Stammers , SIr . Robson , and Mr . Howard . It was considered unnecessary to take the depositions in any other case , hut it -was stated tha ^ since the 19 th of last month , upwards of fifty oilier cases could be established . ExTEKSra roKGEHiES . —A young man named Clare Hunt , who had beenlnthe service of Mr . Reynolds , merchant , of Ho . K , Austinfriars , was brought iip for final examination , charged with haviug committed forgery . — G . M . Passenger , a person in the service of Mr . T . Tierce , of Lndgate-hiUdealerin cut glass , stated that on the lflth
, of Pebraarv the prlsonerbroug ht an order tothe following purport : — " Mrs . ltevnolds would feel obliged by Mr . Piercesending her hv the hearer two pairs of handsome quart decanters . " Witness directed the goods mentioned in the order . to he packed np and delivered to the prisoner . —Mr . Remolds stated that the prisoner had left his service previously to the date of the order . The order was notin the handwriting of the witness ' s wife , nor was the prisoner authorised to applv for the goods , either on hehaR of the witness or his wife . —^ A clerk in Mr . lteynolds ' s house proved that . the order was in . the handwriting of the prisoner . —Three similar charges of forgery—one upon the prosecution oOIr . Bailey , of the firm ofBailey and Walker , ironmongers . ; . another upon that of Messrs . Davenport and Co ., of Fleet-street , china and glass manufacturers ; and a third on * hat of Mr . Mechi , of leadenhaR-street , cutler , were also Drought forward , and the prisoner was committed for . trial .
THAMES . Mosvat . —Tassr . —Sarah Hall was brought before Mr . Broderip for final examination on a charge of steaRug plate , Rnen , and . wearhig apparel , of . the value of £ 80 , from jhedwelImgJtauseofMr . I * enny ,. aRghterman , of So . 72 , lucas-street , Coinmerdal-road East—Mr . Broderip committed the prisoner . to Xewgate for trial . Tobsg Horse SieaXZBS . —Two diminutive lads , each no more than twelve jears old , named Alfred Callin aud George Thomas MonQoy , were charged with steaRug a mare , the properly of Thomas Dyer , a carpenter and builder , residing at porest-gate , ^ YestHam , i » ' Essex . It appeared that Dyer . turned out the horse to " graze in the Forest at eight o'clock on Saturday morning . He saw it safe at two o ' clock , but , not coming home at the . usual time , he went io look for the animal , but found she was gone . About half-past len the same night he beard she was at the Bow station-house , wherehe found her .
—RoRceconstahle Diver , 358 K , saw the prisoners about half-past seven o ' clock , on the road , about . a mile . and a half oh the -way to tone One was riding a mare , ond . the other leading her . She had no bridle , hut a sort of halter , made out of an old red . comforter , and apieceof twine . They were stopped at the bar by the toH-keeper , when Callin stated that he had no money , and Montjoy said " stop till we return . " The constable , suspecting that the animal had been stolen , questioned CaUin , who said the mare belonged to Mr . Dennis , an ironmonger at Stratford , who sent him for it to Mr . Mayne's fieldsatLeytonstone . The constable said there was no sack person at Leytonstone , and took the prisoners into custody . TWien they bad gone a Rttle way Callin turned very pale , and said , " you may take me if you Rke , " but it's all right" "When asked again from whom he brought the mare , he said from Mr . lingard ' s fields . Montjoy told lhe constable that he met Callin accidentaRy ; that he asked him to go with him , and that they
got the horse from a boy . He afterwards cried and said , "TJlteRnomoreRes ^ ibout it . Thafs my comforter . on bis neck , and Callin nut it on . " The constable then took them . to the station-house on the charge of horse stealing . He found two keys on Calfin , who be found resided At 22 , Blackznore-street , Drury-lane ; and at the residence of Honljov , 15 , Hollis-street , Clare-market , he found an iron « hisel , - * r liicu the prisoner ' s mother told him had been stolen from a coachboilder in long-acre . The boys bore . bad characters : and he understood Montioy was in the ifianit of pitting on an apron and going to tradesmen ' s ^ h qpsto ask if they wanted a boy , taking the opportunity ¦ of appropriating anything he could lay his hands on . — Xont ioy , iniis defence , said he was playing in the Forest , when a bov , jvho was on the horse , asked him if he would
Jwvearide . jHe said yes ; upon which the boy put hun on the horse * and he rode np and down the main road . The boy then stated he wanted to go home , as one of the cows had calved , but he ( Montjoy ) said , "Let me have another ride ^ to cwhich the boy replied , " What wfll yon give me I" He gave lhe hoy the thong of a whip , and then the boy-said , "You may take the horse and do as you Rke with Inm- ^ -rCaHin . made no defence . —Mr . Broderip ( to Byer ) : Do you purpose to prosecute these children for the felony?—Dyer : Cer tainly . —Mr . Broderip : OnenatnraUy feels hesitation at ' sehding children of such tender age for trial ; but , Jhongnyocng in years , I fear they are old in iniquity . As you : are xesolved to prosecute , there is no other course left . —The prisoners , who appeared to take the matter with great unconcern , were then fuRy committed to Neweate .
Tuesday . —Dasgebocs Amusement . —Shootisg a 3 Iaw . — Isaac J . Barrett , ahoy , a ^ edfif teen years , theson of a master baker , carrying on business in Artichoke-row , fronting JDle-ena-rnad , was brought before Mr . Broderip vesterday , on a charge of shooting , a man , named Richard JSwayne , foreman to Mr . Samuel Scarier , a rope-maker , of 5 To . l , 'Wade ' s-place , whose grounds adjoin the garden in the rear of the premises belonging to the prisoner ' s father . A . certificate -was put in , statirg that Richard Swaynewas admitted into the London Hospital that afternoon , with a gun-shot wound in his back , and -that he - was in danger therefrom . It appeared from the evidence that about two o ' clock in the afternoon . the prisoner was an his father's garden firing the contents of a loaded pistol at a tin kettle , and whatever it contamed perforated the
paBngs separating Mr . Schrier ' s grounds from thegarden , and the wounded man , who was in the rope-ground , was shot in the back and feu . He was raised from the ground by Sie -workmen and conveyed to the houseof Mr . WaRis , a surgeon , in the MRe-end-road , who advised bis immediate removal to the London Hospital . The prisoner was soon afterwards taken into custody . He admitted that he fired the pistol , * whicb nis brother deUTered to a ponceman named Hurler , Xo . 163 K . Mr . Schrier said his foreman bad received a wound " on the blade-bone ofthe shoulder . "' Itwasajagged wound , and he did not think it -was inade by a gun-shot The prisoner , who cried loudly , said he loaded the pistol witji a piece of lead , and fired at a tin kettle , but the lead went through the paRngs , and he couldn't help it . Mr , Broderip remanded the priwaer .
CLERKENWELL . Thbbsdat . —Thmaxesisg to Poison . —Ann Murphy , a big , ferocious looking woman , was charged with threatening to poison her husband . The husband , a quiet , poffirfeHovTlivrng at So . 9 . Peter ' s-lane , St , Sepulchres , swore that he was in continual fear of his Me from W wife's violence . A month ago she threatened to stab him , and he brought her before this court . She was sent to TOsoafor a fortnight mdemult of baR . At the expiration ofthe sentence she returned home , but had not been long in the house when she attempted to burn it by pouring a quantity of turpentine on the fire . He extinguished the fire , and she , without any provocation , threw a bottle at ms liead , and swore she would poison nun and their eldest daughter , so that they were in continual fear ot iheirHves . On Tuesday last she renewed bet threat oi scjsoning , and he feared she would carry it into effect , ^ - ^ rTGreenwood : What have you to say to this , preoner ? —Prisoner : 0 , & e wicked wretched SWear anything . — The daughter , a modest , decent-looking girl , was called , and she , with tears in her eyes , corroborated her father ' s testimony . —Prisoner ( to the daughter ) : O , yon are a nice youth , ain't you 1—In default of baR she was committed sbrtcn days .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Wednesday , Apbil 9 . Mr . Febkasd gave notice that he would , on Friday nest , present a petition from the Protestant Operative Association of Dublin , signed by 2 , 000 persons against the grant to Maynooth , and praying for the impeachment of Sir Robert Peel for the coirnmswon of high crimes aud misdemeanours . Mr . Cowpee moved the second reading of the Field gardens Bfll , which was opposed by Mr . Escort , who moved thatit shonldbe read a second time that day six xaonilis . Sir J . Gbahak approved of the bill , though it had some defects , which might , however , be remedied in committee . After a short discussion , the second reading was carried by a majority of 92 to 18 .
The Museum of Arts B 21 was opened by Mr . Buck , who moved that it should be committed that day six months . Sir J . Gbahak hoped that Mr . Buck would not persevere in his motion . The Government were prepared to support the principle of the bfll , although its provisions -went rather beyond the understanding which had been come to . He would recommend the postponement of the committee for a week , and in the interim he would devote attention to the subject , and take an opportunity of privately explaining to the hon . member the objections entertained to the bRl in its present shape . This proposition was assented to , and the committee -was accordingly postponed until Wednesday next The remaining business on the paper was then disposed of , and the house adjourned . Thursday , Aran . 10 .
Mr . Christie rose to make the motion of which he bad g iven notice— " That an humble address be presented , to her Majesty , praying that she wffl be graciously pleased to appoint a commission , to inquire into and report upon aR matters relating to the prmleges , revenues , trusts , and to the state of education , learning , and relig ion , in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge , and the coueges of these Universities . ' Sir . Swart seconded the motion , and expressed his entire concurrence in the views of the mover . Sir Robert Inglis , in an exceedingly long and prosy speech , opposed the motion , and supported the present constitution of the Universities . Messrs . 'Wyseaud Hume and Lord Palmerston having ^ P ° ko » in support of the motion , and the Chanceuor of ™*™^ mer against it , the house drriued , when there
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BARSst-Y Linen Weavers . —A great and important meeting ofthe Hand-loom Weavers of this town was held on Wednesday night , at the Union Inn ; Jlr . James Crabtrec in the chair . After the objects of the meeting had been stated , Mr . R . Taylor read a long and able letter from Mr . Sherrard , the secretary to the Broad Silk Weavers of SpitaMelds , calling on the linen Weavers of Barnsley to join with them in an endeavour to procure from Parliament Local Boards of Trade . The suggestions of Mr , Sherrard were well received .
TJxited Tailors' Protection Society . —Bradford . —A large and influential meeting of the Trade was held on Friday , the 28 th of March , in the Temperance Room , Victoria-buildings , Kirkgate , for the purpose of considering their present depressed condition ; Mr . J . 0 . Hustler was called to the chair . Messrs . Midgley , Steward , Tasker , Nicholson , and J . W . Parker , of London , severally addressed the meeting with much ability . A petition to Parliament , praying for an inquiry into the sanatory state of the trade , was adopted unanimously , and a resolution that the member for the borough be requested to present it . A vote of thanks having been passed to Mr . Parker and the Chairnian , the meeting
separated . Huddersfield . —A meeting of the Trade of the town and neighbourhood was held at the Dog Inn , Kirkgate , which was crowded to excess . Mr . Parker , of London , entered at full length into the objects of the society , of which he is an agent . A petition to Parliament was unanimously adopted ; likewise resolutions approbatory ofthe Tailors' Protection Society expressive of a determination to support the same . On the following evening , a meeting was held at Wakefield , with similar results ; and on Wednesday evening at Sheffield , at the Old Hen and Chickens , Deansgate , at which meetings Mr . Parker attended . Delegates were alsoappointed to attend the Conference to be held in Manchester on the l _ thof thismonth .
Great Meeting at Leeds . —A meeting of the Tailoring trade , and the public at large , called by placard , was held on Friday evening , in the Bazaar , Briggate , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to inquire into the sanatory condition of the trade . Upwards of fifteen hundred persons attended , many having to go away , not being able to gain admission . Mr . Brownless was called to the chair , who opened the proceedings in a very clear and concise manner . Several speakers addressed the vast assemblage ; likewise Mr . J . W . Parker , of London , who was listened to with much attention and applause during a very lengthened address . The resolution and petition were
unanimouslyadopted , and votes ofthankspassed to thePress , Mi « . Parker , and the chairman . Hull . —A numer ous meeting of the trade was held in this town on Saturday evening , the 5 th inst ., at the Freemasons ' Lodge , Mytongate , Mr . Allen in the chair . Mr . Parker , of London , attended to explain the principles of the Tailors' Protection Society , which were unanimously approved of . The petition to Parliament , praying an inquiry into the sanatory condition of the trade , and its effect upon public health , was adopted . Votes of thanks were passed to Mr . Parker and to the chairman , and another meeting was announced to be held at the Ship Inn , Church-lane , on Monday evening . The meeting then separated .
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Great Chess Match by Electric Telegraph . — On Thursday , a long and intensely-interesting game of chess was played by Mr . Staunton , who was at : Gosport , and Air . Walker , who was in London , by means of the electric telegraph on the London ana -South-Westem Railway line , by which the moves of the players , who were a distance of eighty miles from each other , were communicated in less than a quarter of a minute , and with as much facility as if they were in the same room . The game was commenced by Mr . Walker , the first move being < 53 to 77 , indicating that the knight ' s pawn was moved two squares forward . This was the plan adopted throughout for communicating the result of each more . The game was commenced about noon , and lasted , without intermission , for nearly nine hours , when the contest was . at length given up , both parties agreeing that it was a . drawn game . Not the least interesting part of the matter is , the new development which it anurds of the powers and uses of the electro-magnetic telegraph .
The Northern Star. Saturday, April 12, 1845.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY APRIL 12 , 1845 .
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MAYNOOTH . ANOTHER STATE CHURCH . From the moment of Sir Robert Peel ' s accession to power , down to the present time , we have reviewed his measures with almost appalling apprehension . We have been irresistibly led to entertain but one fear : —the fear that premature death or organised faction should arrest the career of " the man of the times "—the only man who was capable of compellkg a . vermin Aristocracy to commit suicide . ' While we have despised the subserviency of those through whose agency he has worked salutary
innovations , we have admired the courage with which he has usedthepliantfactionforself-destruction . His Tariff his Canada Corn Bill ; his Income and Property Tax ; his Bank Charter Bill ; his Railway Bill ; his mitigation ofthe Damnable Act ; his sturdy defiance ofthe " High Protestantparty , " both in England and Ireland ; his appointment of political opponents to offices of trust , and even to the judgment seat his appointment ofthe Devon Grand Inquisition , so to convict the Irish landlords as to justify Ministerial interference with "the rights of property , " where its possessors had failed in the performance of their
duties ; his own way of carrying his own measures of Free Trade , without the co-operation of a faction , who bawled for " cheap bread" that cheap labour and increased dependancy might follow ; his dignified silence upon all questions connected with mere trafficking agitation in Ireland : in short , his throwing off " the old man " and " putting oh the new " when the times called for the change , induced us to look , —if net to the man , —at least to his measures , as those calculated , when practically felt , to establish order out of that chaos which the disruption of faction and the disappointment of long-cherished interests is sooner or later sure to create ,
To his first step towards the establishment of a rival State Church in Ireland , however , we attach much greater importance than to those measures requiringtime formaturity . And while our preference for the voluntary principle of religion compels us to denounce the proposed grant to Maynooth as unjust , —though politic , —we can nevertheless appreciate the courage of the former high-priest of Protestantism for the infusion of young and vigorous blood into the exhausted venisef the consumptive State
Establishment . What in those professing preference ior" uie voluntary system would be treason , in Sir R . Peei may be placed to the account of liberalism ; and , therefore , while we denounce the measure , we are justifiedinlaudingitsproposer . Butthen , asouvpreference has ei'or been forjneasures overmen , and much as wemay have desired topreserve the executioner of a lewd Aristocracy in power until he had completed his good work of extirpation , our regard for him is lessened by the conviction that the grant to Maynooth ,
if carried , will give another clerical arm io the State , to be wielded in conjunction with Protestantism for the suppression of civil liberty . And , in truth , if we are to give credence to the declarations of the Belfast Vindicator , and other Catholic newspapers , or if we are to place reliance on the boastings of Mi * . O'Coy-> -eix himself , we can come to no other conclusion than that the Catholic Establishment , if once endowed , would be stretched even beyond its crippled neighbour , against the march of civil liberty .
The whole question presents a most striking anomaly . The proposal of Sir R . Peel is based upon expediency , to the forfeiture of those principles for which , until recently , he had contended ; and for the change we honour him . But what must we say ol Mr . O'Coxnell , —the "rcpudiator of State patronage" —the '' stickler for the voluntary principle "the " cxpoimder of those evils which must come upon his own Church , if inocidated with State corruption and Government protection" ? What must we say of the Irish priesthood , who have attributed their power over then- flocks to "the purity of their calling" ? And , above all , what must we say to the
Catholic people of Ireland , who boast of having " preserved then- faith for centuries , pure and unsullied , through the ministration of their voluntary teachers" ? We heed not the rabid yelping of the Exeter Hall bloodhounds ; we value not the brawling vituperation ofthe saints and hypocrites ; we attach slight importance to the ravings of M'Neile and the Liverpool fanatics ; and as little to the bigotted outpourings of the Irish . Protestant operatives : but we do attach importance to , and place reliance in , the several sects of Dissenters , as well as the advocates of the voluntary system ; and to tlienl we look with confidence to arrest this proposed augmentation of State Church power . It is not so much tothe revenues ofthe Cflnrch as to the political use made of preferments , that we
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object . It matters little whether a bishop or arch , bishop shall hold by " right divine" a portion of that land which landlords hold by brute force ; it matters but little whether £ 1 , 000 a-year or £ 5 , 000 a-ycar shaR foUow the presentation of a booby nobleman to a Church-living—believing , as we do , that if the pastor lack the living the flock would reap no benefit for the amount under the present system would be distributed , between the lords and the squires ofthe parish : but we do object to any portion of patronage being placed at the power of the State , to enable a Government to hold office in opposition to the will . ..
of the people . Had twenty-six thousand , or twentysix hundred thousand , or the whole " surplus revenue , " been applied to general education in Ireland , without clerical interference of any sort , we should have thought the sum well bestowed : but we object to the proposed grant to Maynooth , because it is in reality a bribe to the Catholic priesthood . We object to it , because as long as the distinction existed of paying the priesthood of one Church , while the priesthood ofthe other lived upon voluntary contributions , we could rely on the co-operation of the latter to aid us in our struggle for the destruction of the former .
What guarantee will the nation have for the "incoiTuptibility" of professors , whose hostility is neutralised , and whose State co-operation is purchased by an augmentation of salary ? What protection will the future students of Maynooth have against the blasting interference ofthe State funds ? Suppose that , having tasted the first fruits of Ministerial expediency , the professors and students should contrast the small amount of £ 26 , 000 with the large amount of £ 1 , 436 . 587 , paid in the shape of tithes and other
Church fees to the rival Church ! Having once acknowledged the principle of PERMANENT endowmenf , what feasible opposition can the Government offer to a demand for equal distribution between the two rival Churches ? Indeed it has been well contended , that if a Church establishment is to exist in Ireland , the Church of the Majority should constitute that establishment ; and therefore , when fitting opportunity presents itself , the College of Maynooth will become the centre of that strife which Sir Robert Peel
vainly hopes to allay by a mere expedient , for the purpose of preparing the way for a Royal visit to Ireland . It would he a disgusting task to recapitulate Mr . O'Conxell's thousand-and-one reasons against any State support whatever being given to the Roman Catholic Church : but it is still more disgusting to witness the manner in which ho has received the proffered bribe ! Indeed , lest we should do the advocate of the " voluntary" principle injustice , we give his speech ;—
Mr . O'Connell thought that now he might expect that the union would he repealed , and that Sir R . Peel would be the man to bring in the bill which would effect that object . When they called to mind the manner in which Sir R . Peel had acted respecting Catholic Emancipation , their conviction of the approach of repeal would be strengthened . Hurrah ! then , for Peel and Repeal ! ( Cheers . ) On the last day of meeting he did not hazard any opinion with respect to the proposed Maynooth grant , and he had intended to be cautious this day , but having just read the bill , he had no hesitation in pronouncing it to be most excellent , and the speech by which it was accompanied was as fair and manly as the plan itself was
admirable . The sum of £ 30 , 000 was to be at once granted for building additions to the eoRege and otherwise Improving , and that without any restriction or Rmitation whatever . The sum of £ 0 , 000 was to be given to the ' president and professors , to enable them to remain in the coflege , instead of going away to country parishes ; and the students were likewise liberally provided for .. It was done in a noble and generous manner , and he was grateful for it . He repeated that the bill was exceRent in all its details , and quite satisfactory and unobjectionable . The increased grant was to be given without reitriction of any kind ; but would that make them give up their agitation for repeal 1 ( Cries of "No , " and loud cheers . ) He firmly believed that for that very grant he ought to say , " Thank you , Agitation ; and ConcRiation-hall , I am
obliged to you ; and Repeal Association , Maynooth ought to pray for you . " ( Laughter and cheers . ) Sir R . Peel was well aware ofthe favourable impression which the biR would produce on the minds of the people of this country , and accordingly the evening after bringing it in he set the Americans at defiance . ( Hear , hear . ) If he persevered in his present Rne of conduct towards this country , Ireland would set them at defiance too . If justice were done to Ireland , America would not dare to attack England . ( Hear , hear . ) He wanted Sir R . Peel to buy the Irish people from him . He had done some good by the Maynooth grant , let him give them an adequate representation , and an extension ofthe franchise in the House of Commons , and see how many more mouths he should stop by that . ( Laughter and cheers . )
What now , we ask , will the American people , who have been liberal in maintaining the agitation to which Mr . O'Consell attributes the grant , say to the " Liberator ? " Pebi bids defiance to America , by a tender of the paltry sum of £ 20 , 000 a-year to the Catholics of Ireland : and the « LimmAtoR , " for the mess , joins Peel in his boast of defiance ! Not long since the important question of Repeal w «* s said to hang on the public spirit of the free people of America ! Upon this branch of the subject we can only say , that the first shot fired in a war with our American brethren would lead to an expression of English opinion which Mr . O'Connell and his" 500 , 000 fighting men" would be unable to subdue .
The corae pursued by Mr . Buncombe on the question of the Maynooth grant , although deprecated by the voluntary-principle-supporting "Dispatch , "^ was the only honourable , just , and prudent course that , under the circumstances , an independent member could take . Unbiassed by fanatical opposition , and unawed by Whig co-operation , Duncomde assigned good and cogent reasons for voting against the measure : reasons which we trust will influence the free
constituencies , and especially the , Cathob : cportions , throughout the empire to demand the co-operation of their representatives in the rejection of this Ministerial plot , ' concocted for the mere purpose of silencing the demands of Irishmen for their just rights , and of preparing the way for a Royal visit , to be followed by the conferring ; of titles , honours , distinctions , and perhaps emoluments , upon Catholics who arc prepared to receive them , and to sell their country ' s liberty for a " mess of pottage . "
No doubt the pliant mind of Ireland will acquiesce in this or any other similar proposition , ^ o doubt the poor creatures would arm themselves to fight against then * American sons and brothers with equal ardour as they tendered their services to put down the English Chartists : but , thank God , we have an English mind now , which no sophistry can warp , no expediency can coax , and no Minister ean crush . No importance can be attached to the amount of the grant : the thing to object to is the recognition of the principle . If we have attached greater importance to free representation upon any one question above another , it has been to the justifiable anticipation
that the separation of Church from State must follow on the representation of the public will . Their union has been the source of woe and of difficulty ; nor can we possibly see how woe and difficulty can be removed , or even diminished , by calling in the aid of another Church to assist the State for political purposes—the object , the sole , the only object that the Prime Minister had in view in proposing the measure . As to Mr . O'Connell ' s acceptance of the boon , it does not test his opinion , but merely proves his subserviency . He dare not do other than accept it ; and Iiis best and most politic course was to persuade the recipients that to his agitation , rather than to Ministerial bounty , they were indebted for the bribe .
When a large military force preserved the peace of Ireland , he ascribed tranquillity to his pacificating powers : and at length he has sweated down fat Repeal to the lean skeleton of £ 26 , 000 a year , to bo applied to the prostitution of the teachers of his country ' s religion ! -But yet there are great things in store . The Tory Porter has become a member of " Conciliation Hall , " and teRs us that many of his class and order have been heretofore
prevented from joining by the fact that no balancesheet was presented to the country . The Whig Lord Cloncurry " wanted a new coat , " and has adopted the uniform of the ' 82 olub . So what has Ireland to fear ? From the present time to the moment of the visit of the Head of tho Protestant Church , a new Irish vocabulary will be adopted ; new pacific remedies will be proposed ; national rejoicings will follow ; slaves will bend the knee , and hypocrites will throw up their greasy caps , and shout
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" All hail to the granter df £ 26 , 000 a year tothe Catholic priesthood of Ireland I " Ireland once had a visit from " the first gentleman in England , " and the biggest blackguard of Europe . The " Liberator" prostrated himself before tho monarch , and tendered the olive branch . Peace was to follow . Lord Fingal was created a Knight of St . Patrick ; a few lickspittles were dignified with titles and distinctions , that they neither merited or under-. ... , ., r _ . - „ j * cnn «„« x . n ...
stood : and there the matter ended . And Peel will find that the visit of Victoria will be but a nine days' wonder ; that her presence will inspire hopes which he cannot realise by any amount of corruption at his disposal ; that a servile peace can only be purchased for the tenure of an old and fickle life ; and that Ireland will one day arise in the majesty of a newly-created mind , and demand something more than the corruption of her priesthood as the terms of her union with England .
The Lord's Son And The Collier. In Our E...
THE LORD'S SON AND THE COLLIER . In our eighth page will be found a report ofthe trial of William Leigh against the Hon . Colin Lindsay , son of Lord Baloarras , one of the most extensive coalowners in Lancashire : and the reader will learn from the perusal of that report that the humble collier , through the perseverance and boldness of Mr . Roberts , has succeeded in making the tyrant Dogberry pay £ 30 damages , together xvith all the costs of the action , for any amusement he derived from his temporary triumph over lus victim and the law . Often as we have urged the necessity of
organisation and union among the Working Classes , we have been seldom able to exhibit prominent practical results from combination , except those furnished to us by Mr . Roberts . The denunciation of acts of oppression is at all times received with indignation , accompanied with loud applause : but what avails the mere publication of the tyranny of the rich oppressor ? It does not operate as an example to others who are banded ^ together as an inexorable class , and who can only be dealt mth individually . One such flagellation as that received by the son of Lord Baloarras from a jury of his own neighbours , is worth years of mere denunciation .
In truth , in these days of class ascendancy , it is something more than striking to find a professional gentleman , sprung from the ranks ofthe aristocracy , and of high literary attainments , standing out from his order as the avenger of the poor man's wrongs . It is no answer that Mr . Roberts is well remunerated for his services in that direction , inasmuch as the success of those services would render him , if purchaseable , of unspeakable value to the grinding capitalists . The cross-examination of Mr . Roberts presents a wholesome lesson to his class . He does not only not appear to be ashamed of the sources from whence he draws his revenue , but proudly declares the value of working-class union by stating that the prospect of indemnity from loss is to come
from the source of combination . Dealing , as Mr . Roberts was with the question of Labour and Capital , and subject > s the decision was to the judgment of a jury of Capitalists , we should , if we preferred expediency to principle , have doubted the policy of his course , while we admired the frankness of his declaration . Tho man must have a good case who thus expounds it to a jury of masters : " I am solicitor in this action . My client ia a humble man without a farthing to aid him in procuring legal satisfaction for wrongs done . The defendant is the son of a Peer of the realm , and a
magistrate ; the son of a Peer who draws the principal portion of his wealth from Ms power over my client ' s labour . You are the jury , placed in a very similar situation to the noble lord . I have organised a union of my client ' s class , in order to procure that justice which , as individuals , none would be able ever to look for . By your verdict this day you have it in your power to shew the inefficacy of union—the inutility of combination—and the control of capital , if it is for the defendant ; while , on the other hand , should your verdict be for my client , it at once establishes the value of combination !"
Such is critically the proper view ofthe case ; and Mr . Roberts , knowing the justice of his client ' s claim , had no objection to place the result on that issue . He got a verdict , by which the lord ' s son is compelled to pay the poor Collier . 6 . 30 , together with all the costs of the action . That was the legal bearing of the verdict : but the moral was more valuable , because it proclaimed the value of combination . Counsel for the defendant has reserved some legal points , which must be argued before the fifteen judges . What
a glorious spectacle ! A humble Collier dragged from the bowels ofthe earth before the highest legal tribunal in the country , with a lord ' s son , a justice , for ' . his opponent ! We mention [ this threatened after-clap , for the purpose of inspiring every Collier throughout the kingdom with the proper sense of his duty : the duty of sustaining their advocate in his battle of "right against might . " . It is not Leigh ' s case , nor the case ofthe Miners of Lancashire—it is the case of the whole national body .
Like a good general , Mr . Roberts has not rested satisfied with this experiment for justice . He has served notices of similar actions upon a large number of similar wrong-doers : and in each and every one he must be supported and sustained . Were the Trades of England as well organised as the Colliers , the legal knowledge , the unpurchaseable integrity , and the indomitable energy of Mr . Roberts , would enable them , hi a very shori time ,
to apply their millions , continually expended in . fruitless warfare with capitalists , to the more profitable purpose of social improvement . His very name is a host ; a terror to their legions : and a few more examples such as the Honourable Mi * . Colin Lindsay would teach the capitalists the value ofthe law ; would give tho magistrates some little knowledge of justice ; and impart to the working classes a taste of the power of union .
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To Agents.—If Our Agents Would Attend To...
To Agents . —If our agents would attend to their husiness a little better they would greatly facilitate ours . We . generally get more letters from them on the Friday than on the Thursday , Those agents who do not post their letters so as to arrive here on tlie Thursday must take all consequences of delay or wrong numbers being sent . This is particularly the case with our Scotch . agents ' orders , most of which arrive after their papers have left the office , and then , the following week we receive a host of letters from them about not attending to their orders , while the neglect is their own—and letters from subscribers , disappointed at not being able to receive their papers in proper time . ALIi LET .
TE 11 S , TO ENSURE ATTENTION , MUST BE HERE ON THURSDAY . Parties sending postoffice orders , or cash , to this office , ought to be careful to write something in their letters , so that we can tell who sends them , and what they intend us to do with the money , We have four or five agents Who never write a word more than the address of this office on the outside of the orders . We are partial to short letters , when on matters of business ; but these are rather too short . If those who send will only sign their names , it is all we ask ; and if they wiR not do that , they must expect that the cash will sometimes be credited tothe wrong agents . To correct such errors afterwards takes much time in writing for aR particulars , besides the risk of the person sending the
money losing it altogether . From a recent alteration in the post-office order department , it is impossible to ascertain the name of the person sending , without writing to the post-office where the order was first obtained , or to the general office . Several of our agents are still determined not to send their orders payable at 180 , Strand . We have this week re ceived orders payable at the General Post-office from Sykes , of Aldcrmondbury ; and Young , of Gateshead If they would but ask to have their orders made mv able at 180 Strand , they would obli ge . SeveSof £ agents address their orders to Mr . Hobson . Thev would save us much time and themselves disappoint mentif they addressed them to the proper person . My Saundersof Newark '
Henry , , mxi 8 t take this asan answer to his complaint of neglect : his letter went to to the publishing office in the Strand W . HEYWOOo STREATHAH .-Not only hag a pri « m « « om-^ tiitf r charffe ° mur « a At to eoZ u with h , legal adviser in V riwte , hut all other prisoners u T ££ * trial ° n ™* cha , * e > "wever tvS ? v R r 1 , H «?«™ ° « .--We have not room . n-tanl !' ~? «¦ lmpossible t 0 e * Pect that Mr . 0 Connor can at all interfere with the rules and regulationsofthe Rechabitos . The case of W . B maybe very clear , whrtc Mr . O'Connor ' s interference would be impertinent and unjustifiable
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The Polish Revolution . —We some weeks ago received a copy of a pamphlet entitled " Report of the Fourteenth Anniversary ofthe Polish Revolution , celebrated at the Crown and Anchor , Strand , on the 29 th of November , 1844 . " The receipt of the pamphlet would have been acknowledged before this , but that unfortu-• nately a letter accompanying it , which will be found below , was by some accident mislaid . This week we have recovered the letter , a copy of which we here , with great pleasure , lay before our readers : — _ .. _ ~ > ., .... ,
To tU Mitor of tftc Aoracni Slav . Sin , —The editors of the subjoined pamphlet beg to caR your attention to its contents , which display views upon the Polish cause , in its connection with the cause of general liberty and progress , more true than those promulgated by certain aristocratical associations . The hostility manifested bv Sir Robert Peel against continental progress , to check which he believed himself justified even in the clandestine opening and rcsealing of letters intrusted to the sacred guardianship of public faith , seems to render the present moment the most
appropriate for bringing before tho public a justification of a cause , which in common with all continental causes of a similar nature he has thus outlawed . The names of two ofthe undersigned parties have been denounced to the public as those of suspected conspirators . May it be allowed to them to state here that the only conspiracy to which they belong in common with the whole of their nation , is that publicly avowed by 296 Poles in the 4 th resolution of the meeting ofthe oth of June ( see page 9 ofthe subjoined report)—and this conspiracy they will never abandon or deny .
We have the honour to be , with much regard , Sir , your obedient servants , the editors , TlIADDiEUS Wbempowiocki , Louis Oboiiski , John Krvnski , Charles Stolzman , Stanislaus Wobcell . The " Report" itself we will examine at a future period , in some one of our future articles under the head of " Foreign Movements . " The cause of Poland has ever been a cause dear to us ; and we promise the above named gentlemen that their righteous exertions to restore the nationality and freedom of their fatherland shall not lack our sympathetic co-operation . We must however add one remark , Exiles from other nations , proscribed and expatriated from their native soil for their devotion to democratic principles , should , when they seek refuge in this country , know nothing of the
differences or the sects which divide the party of the English movement . They appeal to the sympathies of all the friends of liberty : they should therefore be careful not to ally themselves with any one section to the exclusion of all other sections . This was done at the meeting of which the pamphlet received is a " Report . " At that meeting ona section of the English friends of progress were present—a section anything but the majority , or even representing the majority of the English democrats—all other sections were unrepresented . It is not to the advantage of the Polish cause that this should have been so . It is not the Poles , however , that we blame , but their too assuming " friends "—the " exclusives , " We now mention this , because if the Polish cause can be benefitted by the sympathy ofthe English friends of equal rights , they must be appealed to in the mass , not seetionally . We hope better things on future "anniversaries . "
3 fK . Pbflow ' s address is : —William Peplow , Ladies' Shoemaker , Browning-street , Stafford , Mb . T . Tattebsall ' s Condition after his Release from PaisoN , —Mr , H , Holland , the District Secretary for tforth Lancashire , writes us as foUows : — " I am sorry to state that Mr . Tattersall is confined to his bed with a severe affliction , the result , no doubt , of his long confinement in Lancaster gaol . I believe his complaint is what is termed psoas abscess . He receives invitations from various places to attend and lecture , which he is wholly incapable of acceding to . Indeed , sir , he is not able to write in reply ; and he has wished me to request you to insert in next Saturday ' s Star a notice of his situation , so that it will be a general answer to all places who have invited him . " A Regular Subscriber , YoRK .--Not if the occupation is merely permissive . John Moss , Tusstall . —If he inhabits , he is liable to a rate the moment it is laid , unless the house he occupies is a new one and has not stood a . sufficient time to be
assessed . Sam Sly , Ashto . v , has been too sly in copying verbatim the artiele " Liberty in Limbo , " from the " works of Tim . Bobbin , Esq ., " and palming It on us as his o > yn , The article shall appear in our "Tit Bit" column some day ; but the honour of the authorship shall be given to the proper party : and that will not be Sam Sly , sly as he may deem himself . Tuos . Webb , Stockport . —The " evidence" he wants is contained in a volume of evidence taken before a committee of the House of Lords on the Catholic Claims , in the year 1823 . It can be had of Hansard , the Parliamentary publisher ; and the price is 5 s ., we believe . E . Cavill . —The Guardians have the . power they claim . They can " stop the allowance , " and offer the old lady the workhouse . If she refuses to enter the accursed
place , she can compel no other mode of relief . John Kemp , Folkstoxe . — The "Manual of Field Gardening , " by Mr , Jfowell , is published by Simpkin and Marshall , London ; and by Mr . T . Kemp , Huddersfield . The price ofthe little volume is Is . Od . James Helluveli , Hepionstall . —Ifthepartyhenames thinks the master is not performing to the full his covenant with his apprentice , let them summon Mm before the magistrates to answer such complaint . The Wahrington Workhouse again . —Can any of our readers inform us whether it be true that a " free and independent" English " pauper , " named Peter Leather , hung himself in a room which a publican had allowed him to sleep in , sooner than he would return to the Wagery Moss Bastile , of which he had been an inmate ; and whether , if such be the fact , it is not the third case
of suicide that has occurred connected with the JJew Poor Law and its administration in Warrington ? Was there not also a poor woman named Rebecca Ashton found dead in her house a few wedks since , without meat or drink of any description in her miserable abode ? and had not she too been an inmate of the workhouse ? If the Roard of Guardians , through their clever clerk , will but communicate accurate information on these matters to the public , they will render a pubRc service ; but we suggest to them that they do not do as they did in a former case we mentioneddecide it to he untrue , and tife . v talk ot instituting an inquiry . Let them , in these instances , inquire first , and decide afterwards . We should be glad to hear from our friend the "Clerk to the Union , " on the above
points . The information he could communicate would be of use , if it were only to settle some strange rumours connected with the Poor Law at Warrington . John M'Anna , Girvan . —Let him embody in a memorial to Sir James Graham the fasti ofthe cases he mentions to us . Let him give names , dates , and places where the law has been violated , and by whom . Then let him detail the efforts he lias made to obtain justice on the law-breakers , and the bandyings-about he has exporienced ; and let him , in conclusion , ask Sir James what he is next to do . But , in thus memorialising the Government through the Home Secretary , let him be careful to state nothingbut what he can prove—nothing but what he has evidence to sustain . Let him pursue this course , and then let us see what Sir James does in the matter .
The Letter-Press Printers and Mr . LiVESEY OF Preston . —We have received a mass of matter respecting the conduct of the gentleman named above towards the trade in which he has lately become a " master . " It seems , from the documents furnished us , that with endless professions of " friendship for the working man" on his lips , Mr . Livesey has taken on himself to upset the regulations of the trade , and to employ in his establishment double the number of apprentices allowed . As might uatuvaRy be expected , the Unionmen he had have left him , and their places have been supplied by parties known to the " profession" as rats . This conduct , on the part of Mr . Livesey , has created considerable attention ; so much so , that even members of the League are calling on the Anti-Corn Law Committee to interfere , to prevent the pubhe drawing the inference from the proceedings of one of their PAID advocates , that " free trade is wanted to reduce wages , " and that "the Anti-Corn Law agitation is a selfish one . " We shall bo curious to hear what "the Committec" make of the case . Meanwhile we shall take
occasion to say a word or two as to our own practice in relation to the workmen employed on the Northern Star . While the paper was in Leeds , and while the printing-office was our own , not a man was in it but who was a member ofthe Union ; and we never had a word of misunderstanding with the men from the first hour of its opening to the last hour of its closing . The wages paid in the Star office were , for years , higher than those paid at any other office in Leeds ; and now the universal acknowledgment in the trade is , that there never was a better office in Yorkshire than the Star office was . At present the paper
is not printed in an office of our own . It is printed by a printer , who conducts his own establishment ; and over whom , on these matters , we have no sort of control . In his office , however , there is not a man employed that is not a member ofthe Typographical Union , We mention this—because , to our great surprise , we team that the costrart has been most industriously whispered by some kind friend of ours , who thereby hoped to poison the minds of the delegates to the late Trades' Conferences , aud , through them , tho minds of the members of Trades' Unions generally . Let the above simple statement of facts put such friend to the blush—and induce all who have listened to his
suggestions to act as uecomes men . When Mr . Livesey , of Preston , acts towards those employed by him as the Northern Star people have acted towards their "hands , " the trade will not war with him , but look upon him as a real f riend , W . Daniels . —If the agent had paid his account , the Stars would not have been stopped . Mubb , DusDiiE , —The plates can be had . E . Thomas . —The procession with the national petition took place on Monday , May 2 nd , 1842 ; Regent-street formed a portion of the line of route . Jose ph Poster , Morley . —Ills statement shall not be lost sight of : but he should remember , that if an Earl even has done injury and injustice at one time ( assuming his repreaentntion of facts to be correct ) , there is all the more necessity for his endeavouring to do good afterwards : and the establishment of land allotments and selfsupporting schools are both of them good things , for which the Earl of Dartmo uth deserves credit . 1 ) . K ., Retford . —The present holder [ of the " freehold " can will it .
To Agents.—If Our Agents Would Attend To...
Bolton . —Mr . O'Connor proposes visiting Lancashire and other districts after the Convention , and will give his Bolton friends a week ' s notice of his coming . Ma . O'Connor axb acricpltobal Pcrsoits , —It would more than occupy Mr . O'Connor's whole time if he was to answer the several questions contained In long letters put to him by parties who have taken plots of ground . Ho has laid down rules for practice in his work upon small farms , which may be acted upon with perfect security . The work can be had of Mr . Ilcywood , of Manchester , and through all news-agents . In reply to T . Caunt , Carrinffton , Mr . O'Connor begs to observe , that all changes of food to cows or horses Boi . tos .-Mv . O'Connor nroposes visiting Lancashire and
should be made gradually . Mr . O'Connor lias not recommended ram potatoes for cattle , because they generally produce scouring ; nor has he recommended boiled potatoes as the only food , except for fatt » ning beasts and horses , where it is judicious to use them . He has used them for both , without one single case of loss or danger . In all cases persons having one or many milch cows should vary their food as much as possible , which is very easily effected by growing winter and spring tares , a succession of cabbage crops , rape , mauge ) . wurzel , turnips , lucerne , Italian rye grass , and potatoes . Cabbages furnish perhaps the best , and may be used as the most constant food for milch cattle , taking care to give them while they are fresh .
Monies Received By .Mr. O'Connor. For Th...
MONIES RECEIVED BY . MR . O'CONNOR . FOR THE EXECUTIVE . £ s % J From Thomas Smith , Cirencester 0 2 0 RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY .
SUBSCRIPTIONS . £ S . d . £ s , , ( , Crown and Anchor .. 2 0 Haggate i a . SomersTown .. .. 3 0 Barnoldswick .. ,. I o " Merthyr TydvR .. 5 0 Wheatley-lane ,. o y Edinburgh .. .. 3 0 Oswaldtwistle .. .. l u ITasIiiigden , per Jas . Bilston 7 a " Leach 7 0 Wootten-under-Edgc r > 0 PHto ,. .. .. 011 Leeds J . » 0 Mnrsdcn id LEW . Mr . J . Warrener , Ilighgatc 0 0 « Mr . J . Lunn , Ilampstead 0 1 e Ashton-undcr-Lyne 1 0 0 Hammersmith , 2 nd instalment 0 ? « Merthvr Tydvil , ditto 0 4 6 Oswaldtwistle ( 15 members ) , 1 st instalment .. 0 15 t Clock-house , Westminster I 1 8
This morning ( Thursday ) I have , received notice from Messrs . Moir and Ross declining to stand the election for the Executive , on the ground of otker engagements precluding them from properly attending to its duties ; their names must , consequently , be erased from the list in al ) places where the elections are not concluded . THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Secrelnrv .
Royal Polytechnic Institute .
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
We Uniformly Feel A Pleasure, And Derive...
We uniformly feel a pleasure , and derive a portion 01 useful information on each successive visit to the abovenamed institute . Genius , if not the world , is evidently progressing at what is familiarly termed a railwav speed , and the proprietors of this very useful establishment seem desirous to run neck to neck with the untiring . ¦ s kill and ingenuity of the day . We trust the support rendered by the pubUc will be commensurate at least with the exertions and expense unquestionably incurred in maintaining this school of art and science . Since we last noticed this institute in our columns , Dr . John Ryan has been engaged
m delivering a series of lectures on mechanical power , in the course of winch the learned gentleman adverted to a recent invention latel y exhibited in the French metropolis , whereby a person deprived of both arms was enabled to perform a variety of offices . It appears we are not to be outstripped by our ingenious neighbours in inventions for the alleviation of misfortune . The Doctor in his lectures exhibited an Invention , the offspring of the ingenuity of Sir George Cayley , Ban ., chairman of the institution , which , in a great measure , compensates for the loss of that necessary appendage to tho animal machine—the hand . The Doctor introduced
to his auditory a man whose arm had been amputated a little below the elbow—to the stump he affixed the apparatus , consisting of springs and other mechanical contrivances , which terminated in an artificial hand . By the aid of tills the man performed various functions , such as laying hold of the articles around him , writing his name , and , in fact , almost using the hand at his own will and pleasure . The weight of the apparatus altogether is trifling ; it is not complex , but rather unsightly when cicely examined , but no doubt improvements will be suggested This approximation of art to nature is , of itself , weU worthy the visit of the scientific and the curious ; bat ,, combined with the multi p licity of the products of art contained In that spacious building—the pleasing and inarniclive lectures on chemistry by Dr . Ryan—the interesting
lectures on experimental philosophy by Professor Baeli . homier—and the admirable arrangements made to facilitate the communication of knowledge to those who have a zeal for the studyof the chemical and mechanical sciences must insure the institution the patronage of a thinking public . However praiseworth y may have been the motives of the inventors and improvers of most of our modern machines or mechanical contrivances ; and however desirous such persons may have been to lessen the load of human toil ; yet it is unfortunately "ower true " that such inventions have been grossly abused 1 hitherto , they have mostly been converted into the pickpockets and ptckstomachs of honest industry ; they have tended only to make the rich more rich , and the poor more poor . But we have no fear of such being the case with the invention by Sir George Cayley .
Murder In The Co. Armagh.—On Saturday La...
Murder in the Co . Armagh . —On Saturday lass an inquest was held at Tieferum , co . Armagh , on the body of a maa named Christopher Jordan , which was found in a bog-hole , and a verdict of "Wilful Murder" returned against Peter Macgill , and other nersons unknown .
Horrible Murder In St. Giles's. Apprehen...
HORRIBLE MURDER IN ST . GILES'S . APPREHENSION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE MURDERER . Saturday Morning . —The apprehension of the murderer of the unfortunate female , Mary Brother alias Tape , was effected shortly after five o'clock last evening , by Mr . Superintendent Pierce , of the F division , and his identity fully established . The
individual in question , who , on being taken into custody , gave his name as James Connor , aged 21 , is an Irishman , and , with one exception , fully answers the last description which . was circulated as the correct description of the murderer ;—He is 21 years of age , five feet five inches high , very pale sallow complexion , thin face , long nose , very dark hair , no whiskers , or very little ^ black eyes , sometimes dresses in a . fustian jacket , dark trousers , black hator cap with peak . At other times in dark velveteen shooting jacket and dark check trousers . Has the appearance of a costcrmonger . " The exception is his age , as it is stated that lie will not be twenty years of age until next November . From information received by Mr . Superintendent Pierce , he has for the last two days had strong suspicion that the
perpetrator ofthe murder had secreted himselt at no great distance from the vicinity of the spot where the crime was committed ; and acting upon this impression , and some peculiar facts which hadprivatcly come to his knowledge , he , shortly before six o ' clocklast evening , proceeded to the house No . 15 , Beltpnstreet , and inquired if there was a person residing there answering the murderer ' s description , but , being answered in the negative , he saidhe had strong reasons for searching the place , and , accompanied by some of his men , the inspector proceeded to effect this , and in a back apartment found the man Connor , who , the instant he saw the police , gave himself up , and he V ? ft 3 at once conveyed to the station-house in Bow-street . As soon as possible after Connor ' s apprehension information was despatched to the E division , and Mr , Inspector Rawley , accompanied by Mr . Oldham , the cutler , of High-street , and his daughter , and the two females wholive in the house , No . 11 , George-street , as also the woman with whom the murderer spoke
after purchasing the carving-knife , known as "Irish Biddy , " proceeded to the station-house in Bow-street for tlie purpose of speaking to the prisoner ' s identity . Mr . Oldham and his daughter were first show } the accused , and the instant the child , who is exceedingly intelligent , caught a glimpse of the prisoner , she exclaimed , "Oh , father , that is theman , I ' m sure . " Mr . Oldham was of a similar opinion , and he was the more convinced that he was right as the man Connor had on a fustian and not a velveteen coat , and which he had previously declared his belief was the case . Mrs . Hall , who stated at the inquest that it was too dark for her tofeee him , could not speak positively , but the womatfPalmcr and Irish Biddy identified him without hesitation . The prisoner , who was exceedingly taciturn , was then locked up , the charge having been entered on the police sheet . It is said that he resided with his father at the house where he was apprehended , and that he was a porter at a silversmith ' s in Long-acre , but nothing definite on this point has transpired .
Examination of the Supposed Murderer ax Bow-Stbeet 1 ' olice Court . —The examination of the young man suspected of being the murderer of Mary Bro thers in George-street , St . Giles ' s , tsok place this morning at Bow-street . It having been generall y known that a person who gave his name James Connor , had been apprehended 'as night on suspicion of being the assassin , the neighbourhood of Bow-street was crowded to excess at an eavly hour ; but the majority of those assembled were disap ' pointed , as the prisoner was removed from thecell at the police-station to a lock-up room , adjoining the court , as early as half-past eight o ' clock .
„ The prisoner has a large bloated face , with a complexion rather marked by the mere absence of eolovtf than sallowness , as described by some of the witnesses st the inquest ; his nose , the most remarkable feature of his face , is unusually large , and corresponds , in this respect , with the description given by all the witnesses . His general appearance , with regard to age , size , and dress , corresponds very closely with what Mr . Oldham said at the iwraest . He stated that his clothes were very dirty , and that he had the appearance of being one of tho persons living in the back streets of St . Giles ' s . As he oat in the ante-room awaiting the period of his examination , he appeared to be in a state of some excitement , and bis breaBt was observed frequently to heave , as if trom mental anxiety . In answer to a question by Mr . Barnaby , the prisoner said liis nnme was James Connor .
Bridget Iloman was the first witness caUed . —I have known the prisoner for twelve months . He called upon mc generally once a week . I saw him on Saturday nigh * in George-street , St . Giles ' s . I asked him how lie was , and he said that he w . s getting better ; and he did no ' wish lus sister to know that anything had been tUe ma ' -
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