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j^tj ary 17, 1846, THE NORTHERN STAR. 7
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THE LORD MAYOR AND BABY THIEVES. It has ...
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Fatal Accident is' Woolwich Dock-takd.—O...
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DREADFUL MURDER IN JERSEY. Another dread...
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SIXTEEN PERSONS OF ONE FAMILY BLED TO DE...
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The Coxfesskw of John Tawell.—At the las...
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THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORFOLK R...
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n n , . FIRES. On Sunday morning, betwee...
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FEMALE CONVICTS IN VAN DIEMAN'S LAND. Th...
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B -rfiE GREAT PRUSSIAN' REVOLUTION | PROJECTOR , ij from the articles which have of late appeared in i- paper on German affairs , our readers will hare Z ^ ! iKpared to regard with no ordinary interest the Ins ** of tuat st ™ 2 S ^ n"Siia between the peoitS and despotism , which daily assuming a more Idrtatening aspect , evidently is hastening to a crisis , £ which the democratic principle wilt be beaten TL cr kingly despotism be overthrown . The f ^ gsiau king seems determined to bring on that ^ without further delay , and , however much we £ gT question his wisdom , weninstadmitnis boldness pr ovoking a combat in whisk it is morally certain ivwu be vanquished . But kings are fools—the IPjjns of history are written in vain for them ; and j & fintsuLn king-ship is just now exhibiting another gyration of the " great fact , " that "those g ^ n the gods devote to destruction they first drive
lYcgcctors of various schemes have latelv asto-¦ jjt-dthe world with their magnificent designs as p-arfc railways , balloons , life-assurance societies . pjj dfath-assurance inventions , but of all the prol ^ m of the present day , thegrcat Prussian Revolu-$ > Projector bids fair to take the lead . Even 0 « Hcnsox will have no chance against Kim jjrpEEicR . Month by month , week by week , we 5 l > een assured by the German , French , and r e lish papers that the I & erul ally of Queen Vicsri was about to gladden the hearts of his people , ml redeem his father ' s honour , pledged in 1613 , r giving to Prussia a constitution which the " . tal wisdom had devised , and whieh onlv the royal isJom could have manufactured . One newspaper-SWW" »* " - __ ,. ~___ n _ , % _ .-vx . _ ^ x _ . V uc ijcw ^
pdjicr-[ miter vouched for the fact , that the government jrtefe were employed day and night in perfecting the ipastitution , and arranging for its working ; another equally veracious journalist declared that the consti [ jnuon was folly perfected , and , though locked up in | hf King's writing-desk , would be forthcoming at ghe proper time , which proper time was at hand . Europe stood open-mouthed , gaping to behold the lipgcted prodigy ; when , lol instead of the promised Prostitution , bursting like Pallas from the head of ihe Prussian Jove , we have the birth of an ugly m onster , which Sin and Death might have manujtjfxared between them in the depths of Miltos ' s Hen . In our Summary of the week ' s news ( page 5 ) pill be found a statement ef ten demands which had feen made by the Diet cf the provinces of Prussia
to the government ; and the answers . Amongst fckeir other demands the Diet require the [ ¦ ' meeting of the states general , and proclamation of a constitution for the whole kingdom . " The King answers : — "The Diet , in their " address of March _ . <) , 1 S 4-5 , having expressed their confidence in the promise which we made in 1813 relative tothede-I elopment of their constitution , we do not see why bey make mention of the petitions addressed to lieia on this subject . We thank the minority for nviug shown the inutility of such a proceeding . " t is difficult to determine whether folly or insolence Teponderates in this precious reply . The IT » i « well * ays , — "This language evinces such childish ignorinee of the first rights of the people , of the verv
nature of petitions , and of the relative position of a jsujority and a minority , that tee trmiUc at tlie idea | fc « the men icto talk to the provincial estate ? of Prussia % itnrh phrases as this , may en long have to render an Recount to tlie rfpresentatives of an incensed nation . " She Diet demanded "publicity of the discussions of pie Diet , within certain limits . " The answer of pe King is , — " Wi refuse to comply with the flayer of this petition- " The Diet requests the government "to communicate to the Diets at least us . weeks before the opening of the session the pro" positkras which the government wishes to bring for-! wanl . "' The King answers , " We shall communicate fc the Diets such propositions as we please , and when | K tliink it advisable . " The Diet request the go-TCrnmeut " to reduce the amount of ten years of
territorial possession , required as one of the coniifitious of eligibility for the representatives of towns in the Diets , and in general to increase the circle of eligibility ia towns . " The King ' s answer is , " Pe Tjempteru refusal . " All these demands are moderate enough in all conscience , and the replies to them are Choice specimens of monarchical insolence . Ths ])' et nest ask for a little more liberty for the press—Hey do not venture to ask for the real , unfettered , | asliackled freedom of the press , the most sacred priplede of civilised and educated nations ; all they feklor is the " Reform of the legislation relative to fhe press , and less severity in the censorship . " The ting answers , the press certainly does need some otlioration , but in a contrary sense to that of the
petitioners , the intention of the government being to tfill further restrict its rights and crush its power = jBere is the answer of the Prussian revolution projector : — | ^ The complaints of the petitioners are anything but well 'Sounded . The press , in met , needs an amelioration , but iSd ? to prevent in a more efficient manner the transgres'• jaon oz the limits which are imposed on it , in the interest J « f pnt'lic order and of the reputation of private indif ^* 'duals . TkePrussianpeople say to the Kinjr , " Thy father Sade our yoke grievous ; now , therefore , make thon __ e grievous service of thy lather , acd the heav . : i joke whieh he put upon us , lighter , and we will serve yBiee . " But behold the Prussian Rehobohau angers— - 'My father made your yoke heavy , and J JtHl aM to your poJce : my father also chastised you sSith whips , but 1 will chastise you with scorpions . ' " | Jft needs no prophet ' s mantle to enable us to predict ; fbe rejoinder ef the Prussian people , whieh will ere ll-ns ring thronsh Eurone— " What nortion have we
in the house of Hoheszolixh ? Neither have we in-1-riianee in the sou of Frederick , ' the pledgebreaker . ' To your Tents , 0 Germany . ' " The Prussian despot ' s answers * above set forth lave excited no little sensation in this country . The warrmg Chronicle , the representative of the Whigs gnd other liberal humbugs , depletes , we dare say incerely too , the king's answers , and predicts serious iinsequences therefrom . " The King of Prussia and J'sadvisers , " says the Chronicle , " are engaged in a j ' eious system—heavy loss to themselves , and dis-. - &* amongst the people must be the result of their frtsnt policy . " f The Timet , the great "leading jdnrnal" of Europe , still more emphatically denounces the Prussian ^ King's answers as " rash , " " irritatins , " " unwise , " f unjust , " •" ridicnloBS , " and "insolent" Thefol-> win" extract from the Times article will be read pith deep interest by our readers , both in Britain fend Gnthe continent : —
i It signifies little whether Prussia has or has not a confitntion at this moment ; but it is certain that thcpeople fcf Prussia form a nation conscious of their strength , and [ r their rights , aud more attached to the throne by the tdjeof constitutional liberty under the auspices of an ^ taSrirtentd rrin-e , than by the traditions of passive ttalience to his progenitors . To replj to such a people ia such language as that which we borrow from the Stale p < K ; tti . of Berlin , is to dash that hope to the ground , and p $ te the sign . 1 for very different modes of popular suprfi . fAm or remonstrance . We heartily trust that the temper id forbearance of the Germans may preserve them from ;!! : % dreadful calamity of intestine convulsions -, but a | >» at Which can reply in such a strain as this to the just Ni united claims of the people it governs , gices tlie signal
? a tisfeiit reaction , and ly delaying reform it accelerates "M-tion . The meeting of the States of Prussia would *«* been three or four years ago au event of little more San ordinary importance : but after the resistance which lasbecn offered to it by the Court , and tlie suspicions now failing iu the public mind . He wsttiug of suclt a l * rfy in ^ - Vf ita l of Prussia movld he sca rcely less portentous than kFjutowii'M Of the Flats Giniraux ofFraitee * al" 89 . li ^ a l » e confessed that the historical parallels which art " jested to the mind bv the present aspect ofsnairsin ^ sjia , belong to the gloomiest }> eriods of the history ol - ^ ope , and to tbe lives of theino . t rash and unfortunate fees , whose first fault was to have forfeited tbe confi-Jssce of their subjects by disappointing the hopes which l = ' shed a brilliant lustre on tbe commencement of their
r ^ jvcUve reigns . Ions Philippe , who was raised to the throne of Jiince by a revolution , and placed at the head of Jf * French nation as the representative of revoluucaary principles , bv clever treachery , not only de-^ l uM France out of the legitimate fruits of the wee dajs" victorv , and placed a yoke upon his *« Mitrvmen more galling than that which in the *«?• revolution they cast from them ; he also , by * successful opposition to democratic principles , jaide himself the grand conservator of all the throm s M turope , and his death , whenever it takes place , ul cause fear and trembling in every cabinet On " e other hand , FnEDEiacK Willum IV ., raised i ^ Uie ! Prussian throne as the successor of his father , |* aw the natural representative of legitimacy , is , by ^ e » v Sane ^"" S ' hastening the explosion which the rv ^ ess of Lons Philippe alone has staved off [{ r ^ rt o . The Prussian King must not suppose , - aat because Locis Philippe has been successful in
^ a ^ gtbeFrencb , that , therefore , he will beequaliy JOessful in keeping do « -n the Germans . Fue-Ik ? " u-lum is anything but an Ulysses , and in > s struggle against revolutionarv principles he is much more likek to imitate the fate of the elder "an the younger Bourtxm-fJiuHLEs X . than Locis J aiuiTE . It a not at all improbable that , even before the death of Loos PbWpe , the * S of ^ -hT * p - * ^ "SS ' > " commence , and if so , it will be the Prussian lvinc who will cive tlni signal of conflict . 6 c We are not at all sorry at the course taken bv the . •» russian King , on the contrary , we are very glad " ana we would advise the friends of democracy * * JTon ? bout Europe to express to the Revolution w-jedor their delight at the eonrse he is pursuing . 1-et him jtersevere , and not oidy will the Germans JSsiit upon Laying a full and real reform—a very dif-
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ferent sort of reform to that just refused—bat all Europe will speedily be engaged in the struggle—the struggle of the people against class-despotism . No doubt the Prussian King relies upon Austrian and Russian help to aid him , if need' be , against his people ; but he will find these but broken reeds to lean upon . The rising of Germany against the Prussian despotism , and the consequent interference of the Austrian and Russian tyrannies , would be the signal for a general uprising . Italy , Hungary , and the many other countries trunipled upon by Austria
would give that leaden despotism plenty of work to do . The Russian Autocrat would , not only have Poland in arms against him , and ScuAMTLand his Circassians retaliating the blows struck at them ; even in Russia itself smothered disaffection would burst out and involve the Russian empire in conflagration . Nor is this all ; if the war of principles had commenced tn Germany , and extended to Italy and Poland , what state would France be in ? and how far would England be off the Charter—or some thing more *
The Journeys Of The Czar. [From The Char...
THE JOURNEYS OF THE CZAR . [ From the Charivari . ] Fewmen travel—few men have travelled—few men will travellike him . __ He wishes to run a race against whirlwinds , hurricanes , locomotives , and cabriolets . His greatest happiness is to arrive , bo matter where , before—no matter whom . He is the inventor of a new mode of travelling . Have you ever seen a sovereign travelling ? What a magnificent spectacle J Carriages drawn by sight steeds ; files of carriages , generals glittering at the coach-doors , lancers before , cuirassiers behind , carabiners and chasseurs on each side , and pikemen on all . The cortege stops every mint-te , sometimes to lounge beneath a triumphal arch , sometimes to chat with a countv mayor , like a worthy cortege as it is .
If you are in want of him to lay here and there two or three first-stones , oh forheaven ' ssake , do not trouble yourself ! The cortcoe is in no hurry ; it willwiJlinglygooutofits way . Come , gentlemen , get ready the mallet and the trowel , look over your speeches , the cortege has quite enough time to listen to you . Aud then , if there is any good old woman in the district , the victim of some act of injustice , or an old soldier refused a pension , must they not be allowed to come and throw themselves at the feet of the King , by whom they will be graciously received Beneficence brings happiness on a journey .
This is the way in which Kings formerly travelled by short stages , alighting to take refreshments before the door of the notabilities ; breakfasting with the seneschal ; accepting a basket of fruit from the fair hands of the bailiff's niece ; accepting the offer of supper and a bed beneath the roof of some great lord of the country ; and at length arriving , when they had nothing better to do , at the chief town of the province . Patriarchal manners are beginning to decline most strangely in France and in Europe ; the Czar of Russia has just given them the coup de grdte . We would say , however , that it is the Emperor Nicholas who has placed himself at the head of this revolution ! The Autocrat does not travel ; he passes ; he does not stop ; he encamps : he has visited Naples in three days , Rome in twenty-four hours , and one day hassufb' ced him to admire the chtfs-d'auvres of Florence .
. It is true that the Emperor travels in military fashion . " Ah , my jolly King of Naples , have you prepared for me a palace ? Have yon hung silk curtains before my windows , and laid down soft carpets upon the Boor I 1 am about to takeyon in finely . Orloff ' order three trasses of straw to be prepared ; I mean to make that my bed . To-morrow at my great levee , I shall receive all the grandees of the Neapolitan kingdom . The autocrat leaves for Rome ; the old Pope places at his disposal a superb suite of apartments in the Vatican ; Nicholas is conducted thither . " Orloff , what sort of weather is it ?"
" Too bad , Sire , to turn even a Pole out of doors It snows , it blows , it rains , it whirlwinds , it hurricanes , it waterspouts—it does everything 1 " " Very good , I shall pass the night upon the breech ot a cannon ; follow rae to the ramparts . " Nicholas sometimes deigns to sleep in a bed , but then he always keeps his boots on . " Where , Sire , will you be pleased to sleep tonight ?" " On the battle-field of Pultowa—no ! on second thought * , I prefer the bivouac of Austerlitz . " That means , that , instead of stretchinghimself upon the floor , and sleeping in ids cloak , like the King of Sweden , Nicholas will sleep astraddle upon a chair before a store , like Napoleon .
One of the manias of this good Czar is to surprise his people . lie will always arrive unexpectedly , and fall like an aerolite upon the noses of his friends . He was expected three months ago at Florence the Grand Duke of Tuscany was apprised , a grand banquet was prepared , and the authorities were mar dialled at the gates of the city . The amiable Gzar—his boots begrimed with mud , dis beard an inch long , and his hair dishevelledpresents himself to the Grand Duke as he is in the act of curling his old wig . Good morning , dear cousin , how does that do ; not badly ? And you ? Did you not expect me ? Eh !—what a surprise ! I do come to ask yon to supper without any ceremony : take pot-luck , everything is good to a soldier . "
ibis is how Nicholas arrives . When he departs it is a very different affair . He fulminates eight or ten carriages along different roads ; and clever is he who can guess in which of them the Czar isseated . Frem surprises we fall into mystery , He wants to make his little noise in Europe , and to imitate the rapidity of Casar , Frederick , and Napoleon . - Instead of playing tbe great captain on the high roads , we think it would be far better for the Czar to place himself at the head of his armies , and give Schlamyl and the Circassians a few startling surprises .
The Lord Mayor And Baby Thieves. It Has ...
THE LORD MAYOR AND BABY THIEVES . It has not for some time been our good fortune to be called upon to eulogise a lord major . Wehave now exceeding pleasure in acknowledging the wisdom and philanthropy of his present lordship ( the late never gave us a chance ) . A few days since , three boys—mere children—were brought to the Mansion llouse , charged with stealing a few peas , whereupon his lordship eloquently bemoaned the condition of the helpless creatures , who , Hung in want and idleness upon the streets of London , became , of course , the vilest thieves . It is their natural growth . They are as ranch reared for Newgate as many of the beautiful babies , taken their mornin ; airings in the parks , are
reared for hereditary legislators . Some are born for the House of Lords , and some for the House of Correction : and a wise , paternal Government , looks p lacidly on the infant starveling of the street , seeing it grow into a thief , and then with a most virtuous wrath visiting upon the offender imprisonment and final slavery . We are quite ready to hear all this called Quixotism—a foolish attempt to make the world better than it is . We only ask , what would society have been , had there been no men with pens in their hands , to put down the manifold wrongs committed by society—that society might be shamed into amendment ? Hear the Lord Mayor of London on this theme : —
" Society became responsible for the contamination to which poor children were subjected . There was a total absence of restraint or good example , and the very ingenuity displayed in the little acts of dishonesty perpetrated by those of tender years , was encouraged by the laughter , and in some cases by tbe approbation , of the lookers on . There was no calamity in bis mind comparable to that which sprang from the bringing up of youth in habits ani practices of idleness and rice , The Legislature spent hours and dayt in discussing tic principle of education . Could tlie minds of the representatives of the people be more admirably , more benevolently empl 05 ed tton inderisingthe means of correcting the awful evil which was always before the eyes of tbe magistrate , and was almost as frequently encountered by men concerned in the ordinary transactions of town life . "
Quite true , yonr Lordship . The Legislature has talked so long about the principle of education—has so Jong debated on the theory—that it has quite overlooked the practice . To be sure , Parliament has voted money for the schoolmaster . On one occasion it absolutely gave £ 10 , 000 for the education of the people ; yes , the magnificent sum of £ 10 , 000 in the very session , if we remember truly , it voted £ 70 , 000 for Windsor siaWes . Ten Thousand versus Seventy ' People versus Horses' How much better would it have fared with the three destitute children brought before the Lord Mayor , had they only had the good luck to have come into this world as ' Windsor colts ! I ' llKcL
Fatal Accident Is' Woolwich Dock-Takd.—O...
Fatal Accident is' Woolwich Dock-takd . —On Saturday night Mr . Payne held an inquest at Guy ' s Uo > pital , on the body of Fitzhenry Parsons , aged 22 , whose death was caused by falling into one of the dry docks in Woolwich Dockyard . It appeared from the evidence , that the deceased , who was a policeman , was on duty on the morning of Christmas-day in Woolwich Dockyard , and that they were suddenly alarmed by hearing cries for help proceed from one of the dry docks . They went towards the sound , when they found the deceased at the bottom of the dock , a depth of about ten feet . He was picked up and conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , where he died on
Thursday last from the effect of the injuries . Deceased stated that he missed his way , the morning being so foggy , and when he fell he thought he was going in the direction of the bridge . In answer to the Coroner tbe witnesses said that there were many dangerous places in the dock which were unprotected " , and near which there was no light , while the police were not allowed to carry lanterns . The Coroner directed the policeman to inform the superintendent that it was desirable that something should be done to prevent accidents in future , as far as was consistent with the regulations of tiie dockvard . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death
Dreadful Murder In Jersey. Another Dread...
DREADFUL MURDER IN JERSEY . Another dreadful murder was perpetrated at Seward ' s cafe , Royal-square , on Friday morning at a quarter past two . The victim of this fearful need is Mr . Abraham , optician , known for many years in the Channel Islands , which he visited occasionally In the course of Thursday night , Mr . Nicolle , hatter , of Kinc-street , visited Mr . Seward ' s cafe , and shortly after a dispute arose between them respecting two bottles of wine charged to Mr . Nicolle , but which he refused to pay , using veiy high language towards Seward , and challenged to light him then in the square ; but Mr . Seward returned and joined the company in doors , which consisted of Mr . Jeffery , Mr . Bowdidgcjun ., Mr . C . Du Pont , and Miss Cook '
Mr . Seward's housekeeper . Only a few minutes had elapsed when a report of fire-arms was heard , the contents of which had entered the cafe , and in another moment its effect was visible by the almost instant death of Mr- Abraham he having been struck in the back by three pistol bullets , one of which passed through his body coming out about the centre of his breast . Miss ' Cook who stood near the table , was shot through the left hand and hip , the ball having passed between Mr Seward ' s breast and Mr . Bowdldge ' s head ; fortul nately the young lady's life is not considered in danger . Mr . Seward and Bowdidge , on hearing the report , instantly ran out as far as "SicolWs house , when they heard a door slam ; they then tried the door , but found it fastened on the inside .
Ihe police were immediately on the alert , anfl made diligent search for the assaisin , but to no purpose , not considering it ( prudent to search his house till daylight . Several of the police keut a strict guard around the housetill half-pasA seven , when a watchman entered Mr , Nicolle ' s room , and found him with his child in lis arms ; he immediately surrendered himself . In the room was found a short piece , which had evidently net long been discharged . A pott mortem examination took place , when it was ascertained tint one « f the bullets had penetrated the heart , and the other two had entered the right side of the back , and fractured two ribs . # The name of the unhappy ccntle «« in deprived of life is Samuel Levi , he having assumed the name of Abraham from a firm with which he was connected at Liverpool . All these facts were deposed to at the inquest , which was held the same day , and on Saturday the jury reassembled to consider their \ erdict , which was unanimously *"' Wilful Murder . "
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SIXTEEN PERSONS OF ONE FAMILY BLED TO DEATH . An inquest was held on Wednesday week , at Bilston , before T . i £ . Phillips , Esq ., coroner ,. on the body ot Joseph Revell Pitt , a child about two years and two months old , who had died from loss of blood under the circumstances detailed in titufollowing evidence : —Mary Ann Pitt deposed that she is the wife of Joseph Pitt , a tin-plate worker , residing in Templestreet , in that town , and the mother of the deceased child , who had been in perfect health up to Saturday last . About one o ' clock on that afternoon he was playing about a chair , and began to climb up the back of it ; the chair overbalanced , and fell with the child to the ground . She raised him up , butcould notperceive that he was hurt anywhere , except on the lower lip and the lower gum , both of which were bruised a
little . He did not appeal' to be in much pain , and soon began to play again . About six o ' clock in the evening she had her tea , and gave her child some , upon whieh she perceived that the upper gum bled a little . She and her mother took the child to Mr . Dickenson , surgeon , who dressed the gum , and the Weeding ceased for about an hour ; but about eight o'clock it commenced again , and continued to blcffd all night . A bout eleven the next morning she again took the child to Mr . Dickenson , who applied something to the gum , and then bound it up with tape- Mr . Dickenson appliedsomethingmore on Sunday evening , but the bleeding did not cease . The gum continued to bleed till Monday forenoon , about eleven o ' clock . when she took the child to Mr . Hancox , another surgeon , at whose suggestion she washed the mouth with alum water two or three times a day . She continued to do
so until the death of the child , which took place about six o ' clock on Tuesday morning . The bleeding did not cease from the time it commenced until the death of tlie deceased , except for about an hour on the Sunday evening , Hannah Phillips , grandmother of the deceased , stated that she had lost four children from bleeding to death , and in the family twelve other persons , ( making all together sixteen ) had bled to death , not one of them having been seriously injured ; the injuries were slight cuts or falls . Some of them had bled to death from teeth being drawn . Medical aid had always been procured , but without effect . Mr . T . W . Dickenson , corroborated the evidence of Mary Ann Pitt , as to his attendance upon the deceased . In his opinion the deceased died from loss of blood , arising from a slight contusion of the upper gum , and from relaxation of the system and the watery state of the blood .
The Coxfesskw Of John Tawell.—At The Las...
The Coxfesskw of John Tawell . —At the last quarter sessions for the county of Bucks , the confession of this criminal was for the third time brought before the consideration of the bench , presided over by Sir T . D . Aubrey , Bart ., and it w ? s hoped would have been finally settled one way or the other . Dr . Lee , the magistrate who gave notice of the motion , did not attend ; and on the question being brought forward , J . P . Deering , Esq ., said he had been desired by Dr . Lee to withdraw the motion , and give notice for him , "Thatthcchaplainbercquiredtolay on the table of the next quarter sessions the confession made by John Tawell . " Upon this , a lengthened discussion ensued , and Mr . Carrington moved , "That the magistrates disapprove of the question
being any longer agitated . This was seconded by the Rev * Mr . Harrison . Another long discussion ensued , several of the magistrates contending that nothing could be gained by the production of the confession , and that the proceeding was most unjust to the Rev . Mr . Cox , the chaplain . Sir H . Verncy moved , "That the notice on the paper he withdrawn ; " which having been seconded , Lord Nugent moved an amendment to the effect , " That it appeared to the court that John Tawell was convicted at the Spring assizes of 1 S 45 , by a juiy of his countrymen , of murder , and suffered the punishment of death accordingly , and that nothing can be gained for the ends of public justice by any- confession made by Tawell for the relief of his conscience to the chaplain
being made public ; which was carried , and the subject dropped . The Dead Auve . —On Friday evening a woman named Kinnate , occupying a kitchen at No . 23 , Great Barlow-street , who had been out for a short time , returned home , aud found her husband , a man eightytwo years of age , and who had been for some time in ill-health , in bed , apparently asleep . She approached and spoke to him , but on his not moving after she had vainly endeavoured to arouse him for several minutes , she came to the conclusion that he had , during her brief absence , expired . In a state of great anguish of mind she called down other female lodgers , who were of the same opinion as herself with regard to dissolution having taken place . The certmow of "larinff out" was then commenced , when .
immediately after the jaws were tied up , the supposed defunct suddenly raised his right arm , and , opening his eyes , demanded to know what was the matter . His " better half and the rest of the women , terrified almost to death , rushed out of the apartment , calling loudly for assistance , and in their hurry to get into the street , ran violently against Mr . Newson , an undertaker , who had been sent for to take measure of the coffin . Petty . Tviussies . — In this country , ignorant purse-proud men , who have risen themselves from the lowest ranks , ave frequently great tyrants over their men : shouting , swearing , bawling at them ; treating them with contempt , and degrading them in the sight of others . The tyranny exercised h \
" shop-walkers over the " young men" in drapers ' shops , particularly in London , is well known . There are nouses in which , if a " young man" fail to sell something to a customer , and this latter leaves without purchasing some article , the " young man" is instantly " slopped "—that is , discharged ! It may be that the non-sale is no fault of the " young man ;" he may do his utmost to sell ; but he has got hold of an " awkward customer , " who , not approving of the articles she or he may have seen , or thinking thu price too high , or tbe quality not good enough , has made up his or her mind not to purchase anything . No matter : if the party leave the shop without purchasing , tbe "young man" who attended ou him knows his own doom the moment the bark of the
customer is turned . He is " slopped" and turned on tha wide world . This is not so muck the practice In country towns , though it is sometimes done even in them ; but in a country town the petty tyranny is apt to be noised about ; the employer may find his trade affected by it ; and this makes liim more cautious . In domestic affairs , there is much petty tyranny exercised over servants not so much by persons of education , knowledge , and experience , as by upstarts . A lady , in the best sense of the word , never rates or scolds her servants ; she treats them with mildness and kindness , but she does not expect to have to repeat her orders . But women who have perhaps been servants themselves , having married a small tradesman , or perhaps a mechanic , keeps for the first time in her life a " girl "—a servant , at a shilling a week and her board . There are no greater
tyrants in a small way than these missusses ; nor is there a greater slave upon earth than these poor servants of " all work . " Shut up in an underground kitchen ; begrimed with dirt from the soles of their feet to the crown of their head ; constantly scolded , and constantly at work from or before daylight till late at night ; first up in the morning and the last to bed at night , they are , of all classes in England , perhaps the mostmiserable . A kind word is often never spoken to them ; they are treated in every respect as an inferior race of beings ; they become degraded iu their own estimatiok . ; aud in desperation they often quit their service and swell the ranks of those unhappy beings who swarm in our streets . Their petty tvrants have much to answer for , and perhaps the tyranny they hare exercised over their miserable little slaves will fall on their own children , and , we believe , often does . — Brighton Herald .
The Late Fatal Accident On The Norfolk R...
THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORFOLK RAILWAY . ^ Tkrtfoed , Tubsday Night . —The coroner ' s investigation respecting the death of William Pickering , engine-driver , andRiehard Hedger , stoker , who were killed by the recent accident on the Norfolk Railway , was resumed this morning , for the fourth time , at the Guildhall , before Mr . Robert Eagle Clarke , the borough coroner , and the jury previously empannelled . It having been known that General Pasley would attend the inquiry , in order to give the result of his official examination into the cause of the catastrophe , more than usual interest was excited by the proceedings . It was remarked as somewhat strange that none of the officials of the Norfolk Railway Company attended to watch the investigation . Major-General Charles William Pasley was then sworn .
Coroner : The jury have been infornfed , sir , that the accident , the subject of the inquiry , was caused by the excessive speed of the train , and the sudden shutting off the steam . Will you have the goodness to give us your opinion '—General Pasley : My opinion IS that the Shutting off the steam suddenly cannot possibly produce an accident to an engine . Coroner ; Would it cause it to jump ?—General Pasley : No , I do not think It would cause it to jump , providing the road was in good order . Coroner ; Then to what do you attribute the accident _ ?— ¦ jreneral Pasley : To the engine driver proceeding ai an imprudent and eseessive speed on a descending gradient . Coroner : Did you examine the engine ?—General Pasley : 1 did , and I could net find any apparent injury tfcat could have caused the accident . From what I « iw of it , it appeared to be of the best workmanship , and in a perfect state-of repair .
Coroner : I am told that these large engines are not generally adapted to tlie narrow gauge . — General Pasley . My opinion is , that owing to the peculiar construction of the -engines , like the -one that met with the accident on the Norfolk line , they « re not the most suitable to the narrow gauge , as they do not admits great speed without danger . Ceroner : But the engines-on the Norfolk Railway —do they incur any danger at the rate described in the time-bills ? :-General Pasley : Oh , no , tliey aro perfectly secure on the narrow gauge at a certainrate . For instance , the distance from the Dariing-road station to Thetford is eight miles , and 26 minutes is allowed to accomplish that distance .
Coroner : Then the distance and time noted in the Norfolk Railway Company ' stime-billcan be travelled without any excessive speed?—General Pasley : Certainly , Coroner : Can you accountfor the broken chair ?—General Pasley : I should say that the chair was broken by the motion of the engine . If it was defective before , the motion might contribute to its breakhag entirely . Coroner : What description of engine was it that met with the accident ?—General Pasley : One of the most extraordinaay length—of such a length as was
never used on the narrow or any other gauge before . I will mention a circumstance respecting this peculiar class of engines . Some months ago there existed doubts as to the safety of express trains , and knowing that the oscillation of the carriages was a measure of danger , I determined torideupon the engines , with a view of more easily detecting their unsteadiness . The only , engine I found having such an oscillation , was one of the South Eastern Railway , of the same peculiar construction as the one that run off the rails on the Norfolk line . I went on that engine at the rate of forty-four or forty-five niiieB ail hour , and at that speed she rolled something like a ship
at sea . Coroner : And what does the oscillating movement indicate ?—General Pasley . The oscillation when the train is going at such a rate , implies running oft the rail . I told the engine-drivers and other authorities that if they ran fifty miles an hour , like the express trains on the Great Western Railway , there was great likelihood of the engine rolling over . I have repeated that opinion to the gauge commissioners .
Coroner : What is the differencee between the engines you have alluded to and those employed on the Great Western ? General Pasley : The narrow guage not offering so great a diameter of boiler as those on the broad . Mr . Stephenson constructed the long boiler engines to equal them in power , being four or five feet longer than those of original construction . The smoke box overhangs the fore wheels , and the fire box and dome the hind wheels , which will cause them to oscillate .
Coroner : Do you tliink it safe for such an engine to travel at thirty or thirty-five miles an hour ? General Pasley : I think such an engine as the one in question can go at thirty or thirty-five miles an hour , and I think I have gone at forty-five miles upon them ; but when they approach fifty 1 tliink they are unsafe , and that is an opinion not hastily formed . Coroner : Then you think these long boiler engines if they are going at a rate exceeding forty miles an hour , are liable to oscillate , and run over the line ?—General Pasley : Yes , 1 do think so .
Coroner : And what is the cause , the defect in the formation ?—General Pasley : Itis the wheels huddled together , or the axles under the boiler that give so much overhanging dead-weight at each end , which 1 have not found with any other engines . Ceroner : Did you ever mention your opinion to Mr . Stephenson relative to his long boiler engines ?—General Pasley : No , I don't think I have . I have not seen him , but I have mentioned it to several persons employed by him , as well as his pupils . Coroner : And to the Board of Trade ?—General Pasley : Yes and to the Board of Trade .
Coroner : Did you ever anticipate an engine of this description meeting with such an accident f—General Pasley : The fact is that I did not expect such an accident could hare taken place . I did not think that such an engine could have gone at the speed it did in running off the line . It is a rule with engine drivers to shut off the steam on a descending gradient , and in all my journeys in railway travelling I never found them neglect doing so . I have frequently informed the engine drivers of these engines of the danger they were incurring when driving them at a rate verging upon fifty miles per hour . In the north of England , however , I remember being on one of Mr . Stephenson ' s long-boiler engines , and two pair of the wheels were coupled together , and in riding upon it 1 felt more secure than I would upon the other ones , as the coupling produces steadiness , and consequently safety .
... Coroner : Then you perfectlyattributetheaccident to the speed of the engine ?—General Pasley : Yes ; to the rate of descending a gradient at forty miles per hour , beingsnch a rate that no prudent engine-driver would travel down an incline . I never contemplated such an accident occurring . Coroner : Have you got anything further to add , sir?—General Pasley . : Yes . I wish to explain why I consider that the sudden shutting off the steam could not have led to the accident ; the grounds upon which I differ with other opinions . When a railway train is in motion the engine always exceeds the weight of the tender , and double that of the carriages . When the steam is ihut off suddenly , more especially on a descending gradient , its movement
will drag the tender and carriages for a considerable distance , and presuming that the engine should become detache from the tender , its impetus would carry it far in advance , so much so , that the train would fail in overtaking it . The engine , having a greater momentum , would proceed faster than the carriages . In order to ! show you the effect of suddenly shutting off the steam—1 was lately on an engine on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway with Mr . Connell , the locomotive superintendent , the gauge commissioners being in the train , when I desired a great speed to be put on , and then requested the * team to bo turned off suddenly . It was done so , and
not the slightest effect was produced . Again , on the Great Western Railway 1 was on an engine with Mr . Brunei , two tenders attached , and agoods train of two hundred tons , with a speed of thirty miles an hour . I desired Mr . Brunei , when they had to stop at a station , to shut off the steam suddenly a minute before the breaks were applied . It was done frequently , and not the least effect felt . The tender did not crowd upon the engine , and neither did ' the waggons crowd upon the tender . In short , shutting off the steam produces no effect , unless the breaks are applied , more especially in descending an incline of one in two hundred .
Coroner : Do you think it probable thai the accident could have resulted from some other cause to that you have mentioned . General Pasley ; If there had not been any excessive speed to have caused the engine to have left the rail , it would not have produced such fcavlul effects . The foreman : Then , sir , can you attribute tho accident to the engine driver or engine ? General Pasley : I attribute it to the engine driver descending an inclination at an unnecessary rate , and particularly to the peculiar construction of the engine . I considerit very doubtful whether a similar accident would have happened to an engine of any other construction . - . i - There being no other witnesses to examine , the learned Coroner proceeded to sum up the evidence .
The court was then cleared of strangers , and the jury after being some time in consultation , sent lor the ' coroner , when the foreman informed him thai they had not unanimously arrived at a verdict , and he feared there were little hopes of their agreeing . The coroner then inquired how many of the jury were unanimous ? The foreman answered , twelve . The coroner said , if the twelve jurors were unanimous , he could receive their verdict , and asked the foreman what was their return . The foreman observed , that their verdict was Accidental Death , caused by the imprudent conduct of the engine-driveriu going at an excessive speed . '
, The dissenting jury ( three in num ber ) r emarked that the verdict they " were desirous of agreeing to was " Accidental Death , caused by the misconduct of the
The Late Fatal Accident On The Norfolk R...
engine'driver , and the defective-construction of the engine , " and inflicted a deodand of £ 500 on the engine . The coroner accordingly took the verdict of the twelve . The foreman then rose , and said that the jury earnestly recommended the Board of Trade to adopt immediate steps for discontinuing the running of the engines , similar to the one the subject of inquiry on the Norfolk Railway , until such measures were adopted as would render them safe for tho con veyance of passenger trains ; The court was then dissolved
N N , . Fires. On Sunday Morning, Betwee...
n n , . FIRES . On Sunday morning , between the hours of three and four , a fire broke out in the Castle Tavern , Bull Inn-court , Strand , the property of Mr , Thos . Parker , licensed victualler . The premises , which were threo stories high , were flanked on either side by numerous dwelling-houses , and were adjoined at the rear by the Adclphi Theatre . An alarm having been raised a considerable period elapsed before the proprietor aad the different lodgers could be aroused , by which Urne the whole of the back of the building , composed principally of timber , were completely wrapped in Sames . WM such impetuosity was the fire then burning , thai ) it was with the greatest difficulty tbe inmates could effect a safe retreat . As it was , the waiter , a tntu named James Cranor , together with
a lodger , were obliged to leap from ono of tbe upper windows into the court , with ( nothing on but their night-clothes . The waiter , upon jumping out of window , started off in the state he was to the CJiandos-street "Brigade Station , to £ ive intelligence . The engines from that depOfc were quickly got out and taken tothe scene ; these were followed by others of the London establishment , with Mr . Braidwood , tho superintendent , and also those belonging . to the West of England and County Insurance Companies . By the time , however , that they arrived , theflames had broken ithrough the roof , and ascended so high into the air , as to illuminate a great portion of the metropolis . There being only a lath-and-plaster partition between the burning premises and the house
No . 7 in the same court , a tew seconds only elapsed beforethe latter also became ignited . The hose of the engines having been attached , the branches were taken down tho court , but no water could at that time be obtained from the plugs . For sometime it was feared that the Adclphi theatre would have been consumed , the sky-light and trap-doors on the roof being several times in flames . A number of persons , however , having mounted the roof , a quantity of water , kept there in a tank provided in case of such a disaster , was scattered about , and by that means the theatre was preserved . As soon as water could be procured from the mains , the engines were set at work , under the direction of Mr . Praidwood . After labouring for some time , the firemen at length got
the fire completely extinguished . The damage done is very considerable , the whole of the stock belonging to Mr . Parker , together with his furniture and wearing apparel , is totally lost . The furniture of the lodgers in tho building , and that belonging to five families in the adjoining house , is likewise destroyed . The scene at one period was truly distressing , the residents of at least twenty houses in the court were to be seen running to and fro almost in a stato of frenzy , carrying along their children , and what little property they could lay hold of . The origin of the fire could not be accounted for . The only party out of the number of sufferers who was insured was Mr . Parker ; eight or nine families are therefore deprived of everything they once possessed .
Destructive Fme in the Walworth-road . — On Sunday afternoon , the premises belonging to Mr . Aldous , a corn chandler and seed merchant , situate at No . 9 , Crown-row , IValworth-road , were discovered to be on fire . The names , it is presumed , originated at the back of the shop amongst the stock , and passed from thence up the staircase , and communicated to the first and second floors . The intelligence was without delay furnished to the engine stations , and forthwith the brigade engines , from Southwark and Waterloo Bridge-roads , arrived on the spot . By the period , however , that the firemen
could get to work , the flames had obtained so strong a hold as to threaten with destruction the numerous contiguous buildings . Fortunately the mains of the Lambeth works afforded a plentiful supply of water , and alter labouring for nearly an hour , the firemen succeeded in subduing the flames , not , however , until the back part of the shop , together with the stock in tr « de therein , and the staircase , with the first and second Hoot's , were nearly destroyed . The adjoining premises of Mr . Marshal ' , No . 10 , are also damaged by water and fire . The origin of the fire is unknown . The building was insured in the Alliance-office , but Mrs . Aldous was uninsured .
Destructive Fire in Clerkenwell . — Saturday morning a fire broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr . W . Fanner , an engineer , carrying on business at 33 , Great Sutton-street , Clerkenwell . It originated from some unknown ciwae in the factory at the rear of the dwelling . Fortunately the building , a large one , about forty or fifty feet long , was detached , or the most disastrous consequences might have been expected . The engines of the London Brigade , parish , West of England , and County companies promptly attended , and there being an abundant stream of water supplied by the New River Company , the engines were set to work , and the firemen , after labouring for some time , at length succeeded in extinguishing the flames , not , however ,
until the premises in which the fire began were , together with the contents , nearly consumed . Mr . Freeman is insured in the Sun Fire-office . Fire on Board a Ship . —On Saturday morning about twelve o ' clock , the barque Thomas Henry , of Exeter , Captain Jewry , lying in Messrs . Curling and Young ' s dock , LiniehouBc , was discovered to be on fire . The issue of a dense mass of smoke from the after deck made the watchman aware of the fact . An instant alarm was spread , and intelligence was dispatched to tho different engine stations . Upon entering the after cabin the flooring was found to be ' on fire , and was blazing most furiously , threatening destruction to the entire ship , The crews of several vessels instantly set to work , but so firm a held had the flames obtained , that they defied the utmost exertions of the parties present . The parish engine was the first to arrive , and was speedily set
to work . This was followed by the brigade engines from Schoolnouse-lane , Jeffrey andWellclose-squares , Watling-street , and the West of England stations . Owing to the combined exertions of all parties the fire was eventually extinguished , but not before considerable damage was done . The origin of the fire has been traced to a defect in the stove . Fire at the London and Birminoham Railway Stores . —A fire , caused by the explosion of some fog signal lights , occurred in the above stores , situate near Chalk Farm . There being a quantity of cotton wipings in the place , the same became ignited , and for some time considerable alarm prevailed lest tho entire building should fall a prey to the / ury of the flames . The fire-engine belonging to the company was quickly got out and soon at work , and by judiciously distributing the water the flames were extinguished , but not until the floor of the building was much burned and the contents damaged by fire and
water . Destruction of a Cotton-spinning Mill by Fire . —The most destruotive fire which has occurred in this city or its vicinity for several years past , with the exception of that which consumed tho city Theatre about two months ago , took place on Friday morning in Savoy-street , Bridgeton . The alleged cause of tho conflagration is , that a quantity of loose . cotton ignited in the arms of a girl , as she was passing one of the gas lights . The mill , that of Messrs . Gemmell and Co ., is four stories high , and 230 feet in length , and it is estimated that theloss on the building and machinery will amount to upwards of £ 5 , 000 .
Fire in Bermondsey . —A fire broke out on Monday evening in the ropo works of Mr . G . Baker , originating in the accidental fall of a lighted candle into a vessel of boiling tar . Tho conflagration extended rapidly , and was not got under without much difficulty ; and after having consumed tho greater portion of the tar house , and a considerable part of the rigging house . - Finn at Woolwich . —About half-past one on Monday morning , a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . Williams , bootmaker , Wellington-street , Woolwich , and an alarm being given , the drums were beat and strong parties of the military and police constables from the dock-yard were promptly on the spot with engines . Great difficulty was experienced at first from want of water ; but , _ fortunately , the tanks at the rear of tho Star public-house were made available . The house in which the fire originated was
completely gutted . The property saved was placed under ths charge of a guard of soldiers . A marine was conveyed to the hospital , haying had both his legs run over by one of the fire engines . Destructive Conflagration an Tarlooie , nkar Tain . —On Monday night last , the corn-yard of Mr . Fergus Ferguson , farmer , Tarlogie , was discovered to be on fire . Mr . Ferguson was at the time absent , and no less than twenty-six sacks of corn and a large stack of hay were totally consumed . No trace of the cause of this lamentable affair has been found ; but from the circumstance that the corn-yard was a little distant from the square , and near no house where there was any fire , and the wind blowing from tho west and the fire having commenced in the west part of the yard , there is fear the fire has been the act of an incendiary . —Rosshire Advertiser ,
The Governor-Generalship Of Canada. —It ...
The Governor-Generalship of Canada . —It is said that the governor-generalship of Canada has been offered to Sir Henry Pottinger and refused by him . IIollowat ' s Pills and Ointment . —St . George ' s Hospital . —Mrs . Sullivan , residing at No 2 , Thompson ' s-buildings , Hammersmith-cross , Hammersmith , had an ulcer on the instep , one on the shin , and another on the ankle , for which she was admitted as out-door patient , for three months , at the above hospital , but obtained no relief . She also consulted several eminent surgeons , but to no purpose : at times her sufferings were so great as to prevent her putting Iter foot to the ground for several days together . She has , however , just been cured by the use alone of these invaluable medicines .
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& LA-OMING FIRE .-ATTEMPT TO BURN . FOUR HOUSES . On Tuesday evening , shortly after nine o ' clock , the immediate vicinity of Camden-town was thrown into % state of excitement by the simultaneous outbreak of no fewer than four separate fires , which , there is every ground to conclude , were the work of some vile incendiary , From inquiries instituted on the spot , the reporter learned that , at the time just stated , three policeconstables of the S division were goins their rounds past Hawley-fields , Camden-town , when one of them had his attention suddenly directed towards the western corner of a pile of four newly-erected houses , situate in the fields , by an unusual light therein . At first the officer imagined that the light was caused
by some of the workmen diying tho building , but the same increasing in strength he hastened across the fields to examine t ! . e place , whea he found immense bodies of smoke pouring tr , tm from tho roof and windows . Without delay the clgyai was raised in the usual way , and an attempt was wade to extinguish the names by pouring , buckets of water upon them . Whilst the constables , however , were passing the three other houses , they discovered to their no small amazement that the other corner house was also on fire at the back , and in the course of a few seconds afterwards they found that the remaining two houses were likewise in flames . A messenger was despatched in a cab to tbe several stations of the fire bri gade , and also tothe
West of England office , with intelligence of the circumstance . In the meantime the police exerted themselves most manfully in endeavouring to stop the further ravages of the flames . The flames , however , travelled with such fury as speedily to bring down the roof of the house in which the fire was first observed . Mr . Staples , the foreman of the London brigade , arrived with several engines of the establishment , aud totheircxertionsmay . beattributedthe saving of a deal of property . The West of England engine , from Waterloo-road , with the comyany ' s firemen , and Mr . Connorton , were brought to the scene with all possible expedition . The firemen upon arriving had to encounter great difficulties to get an engine near the burning houses . They having plenty of fire buckets at hand , a line was formed by the men , and by passing the water from one another , a vast stream
was discharged at the buildings , which had the I desired effect of getting the flames extinguished . | That however was not accomplished until the fire had travelled through the first named house , and severely burnt the remaining three , more especially the staircases and parlour floorings . From the fact of the four houses being on fir « at the same time , not the least doubt remains that the fire was wilfully caused , but by whom is at present wrapped in mystery . The firemen , upon examining the premises after the fire was got out , found that the flames could not by any possibility have reached from one house to the other without the aid df some one . They also found that the fire had commenced in every place about the staircases . The houses are said to be the property of Mr . Marshall , of Hentwick-place , and it is at present unknown whether or not they are insured .
Female Convicts In Van Dieman's Land. Th...
FEMALE CONVICTS IN VAN DIEMAN'S LAND . The circumstances under which Van Dieman ' s Land is now placed have attracted the attention of the press , but scarcely any one is aware of the intensity of the evil . The numbers of convicts which are poured forth upon that unhappy land are rapidly destroying all sound public opinion , and substituting a code of convict morals in its place . A few years ago Lord Stanley felt the mischief thus produced , and strongly ; expressed in a despatch hissense of it , more especially his attention was drawa to the wretched state of female transports when they arrive in that island .
Their first home and their place of return when out of service was and is a barrack called the Brickfield Factory , an abode of horrors not to be described . As much more dreadful than the Black Hole at Calcutta , as moral depravity is worse than physical suffering . It was determined to make a change , and five hundred female convicts were sent out in the ship Anson , under tho conduct of Mrs . Bowden , the intelligent and exemplary matron of the lunatic asylum at Hanwell . Another vessel was to be despatched before the Anson , with male convicts , who , according to the intention of Lord Stanley , would have arrived in Van Dieman's Land and been cleared from the vessel by the time the Anson had made the island .
This second vessel was not , however , despatched until long after the Anson had sailed , and matters were so thoroughly mismanaged , that when the last accounts came away , viz ., three years after the convicts had been put on board the Anson , Mrs . Bowden and such of the females as had not been placed out to service were still remaining in that vessel . With regard to those who had obtained a service , if for any reason or accident they could not remain with the particular employers with whom they had been placed , tliey were , sent , not to the Anson , to be again under the superintendence ^ of Mrs . Bowden , but to this pandemonium , the Brickfield Factory , to mingle with the most abandoned of their sex .
On a visit of inspection made by Mrs . Bowden to this wretched place , the poor creatures who had been under her care implored her , with tears and passionate entreaties , to take them again to the Anson ; but this was beyond her power . Mrs . Bowden's difficulties with regard to the females who remained with her were very great , and would have paralysed the efforts of any person of inferior zeal and fewer resources . Like all others nho have effected any good in their attempts at reforming prisoners , Mrs . Bowden depends very much on being able to command a supply of useful labour for them . She desired to employ them in making their clothes , but the local government chose to supply her with clothes already made . She then made application to the shopkeepers in the island who sell ready .
made linen to employ her prisoners in making shirts , which they were willing to do , but could only afford to pay sevonpence per shirt . This price she gladly accepted , but the regulations of tne government again presented an obstacle . Local wisdom had determined that the I rue price for making a shirt was half-a-crown , and that Mrs . Bowden was responsible for as many half-crowns as the Anson produced shirts , and she was actually surcharged for the difference between sevenpence and half-a-crown as to every shirt made under her superintendence . It is true that after many protocols , much diplomacy , and great misgivings on the part of the local government , Mrs Bowden obtained forgiveness for the past , but she was obliged to turn her attention to some other pursuit for the future .
In this perplexity it occurred to her that the island furnished plenty of straw of an appropriate species for the manufacture of hats and bonnets , and there being no makers of those articles on the island , the local Solons had left the regulation of the manufacture out of their code . It is true neither Mrs . Bowden nor her prisoners had ever learned to plait straw , but the difficulty of acquiring this art was little or nothing compared with that of a conflict against the legislation of the southern hemisphere , so they set about their work and soon accomplished a hat , which was presented to the governor .
Since that time they have made hats and bonnets in considerable quantities ; nevertheless , as this task is not suited to all , Mrs . Bowden is still suffering under want of employment for many of her prisoners . We believe this slight sketch of convict management , as regards one particular class , will furnish no unfair specimen of the state of our convict population in Australia . — Morning C / tvom ' c ' e .
Accident At Messrs. Cubitt's.—Mr. Wakley...
Accident at Messrs . Cubitt ' s . —Mr . Wakley held an inquest on Monday , at the Royal Free Hospital , Gray ' s-inn-road , on the body of Michael Cusick , aged fifty-four . Deceased was a labourer in the employ of Messrs . Cubitt , and on Friday last was engaged in removing some timber , when a beam , supported by what is called " sheer legs , " giving way , it fell upon his neck , injuring him so much that lie died on the following morning . Verdict—Acoir dental Death . To Young Ladies . —Some time ago we published a caution against certain advertisers who offered great inducements to young ladies desirous of some employment . Wo now repeat our caution , and if such advertisements seem to demand any inquiry , we advise ladies not to inquire personally or alone . — Times .
Middle-Class Honesty . —At the Clerkenwell Police office on Monday , Alfred Leonard was charged with stealing a saucepan , value 4 * d ., the property of Mr . James Bingley , an ironmonger , residing at 3 , Pleasant-row , Pentonville . The offence was fully proved , the prisoner himself admitting his guilt . The article had been exhibited for sale at the prosecutor's door , with the label on it . The saucepan and label were found on the prisoner . Mr . Greenwood ( to the prosecutor)—Read that label . The prosecutor did so aloud . Mr . Greenwood—You have not read it all . Goon . The prosecutor read a part of the label describing the article as made of block tin . Mr . Greenwood—That is untrue and you knovmt . Prosecutor—Yes , that is untrue . Mr .
Greenwood-Then why do you represent an article to be what it is not ? Prosecutor—We are obliged to tell the public so . Mv . Greenwood—Indeed you ave not obliged to do anything of the sort , and it is not the part of a respectable tradesman . Prosecutor—We tell our customers so , but if they aik us whether the article really ia what it is labelled as , we tell them the truth . Mr . Greenwood observed that it was not surprising tradesmen were plundered , when they exposed their property for sale in such a manner outside their shops . The prisoner was committed for trial . —[ Which moat deserved to be committed for t rial , the poor wretch who stole a fourpence-halfpenny saucepan , or the " respectable" swindler , who , in all probability , has been cheating the public for years , by selling his rubbish under false pretences ?]
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 17, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17011846/page/7/
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