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5 5 The Northern Star. April 17, Mr
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isqi-Esra . 55 mci 5 rJiciDs wrra a Cobbler ' s Awl . —Before Mr Beddd . atd . atthe Griffin , Villicrs-street , Strand , on the Hy ofly of G . Barker , fiftj-six , ostler , late in the crony oby of Mr Newman , tbe post-horse proprietor ot tfgentgent-stteet . G . Brown stated tbat be knew ueaasedased , and on the 3 rd of fast m onth he saw Jam " < d atd at his lodgings in William-street , Golden -square , eercie remained with him daring the night , >* «* " - wenwence of his having been seiied with illness tne > pn .-! i ! din ding Any . His health had previously been good , nd wid witness vra not aware that he was £ » cn to mumpemperancc . Durine that nig ht the *» " ** **" ua £ tm *\» , and from the state he was in bejas left thathechWoftwomen W . ^ reneestoUdjfcu
u . e « e » at up with the deceased on thenUht of Friday nontmnth , and ou the follow ing ™™ f a , ff ffi VlmVlmlr heeot no and witness then saw the bed iSSu & JiS S * w «* ri * ° ? tfcc w If ttf the deceased , into which he placed one of his ineenger ? . A cobblnr ' fl awl was subsequently found at tbe be bedside , with which deceased used to mend his fchoeAoes ; it was covered with blood . The widow stated taathat deceased had enjoyed excellent healfh until one lay * y last month , wlien he fell down in the yard ia a it . t . He had since ken so violent that it required wo wo men t * hold him down in bed . She had no doubt tbatbat deceased had obtained possession of the awl
herhen he had been lifted out of bed , and that he bad lfterfter * ardj plunged it into his throat . Mr Staghill , me me of the house surgeons , said that deceased was irourouvht ta Charing-croes Hospital shortly after eomnittiitting the act , < here was a hole in the throat , and ihe he larynx was penetrated . The wound was strapped p , p , and deceased rallied , and went en well till the th th inst ., when an abscess formed oa the injured arUrt , and he died on the 7 th , from an effusion oi iilualirad into the larynx , which prevented the admisiionion of air , arising from inflammation caused by the ifooround in the throat . Verdict . " Thatdeceased desroiroyed himself whilst in a state of temporary initantanity . "
S Suicide through Bodily Amicnos . —On Tues-: lay ] ay evening , by Mr W . Payne , the City coroner , at IGuGuy ' s Hospital , on the body of Richard Fi ' se , aged IS 7 J 57 . a hat dyer , lately linnc at No . 31 , Martin-street , IBIiBIachfriars-road . The evidence proved that the idedeeeased had for a considerable period been confined l to to bis bed with dropsy , a disease of the heart , and a icoeomplica'ion of other complaints . It was the gegenera ! opinion that the deceased ' s mind had become iunimpaired by , reason of his bidily suffering . On the minimal of Monday last he took advantage of the tempoporary abseace <> f bis wife , and with a razor he ininflicted a terrible wound in his throat . He was reremored to the above hospital , where he died on MMonday morning from the effects of the injuries iofoflicted . Verdict . "Temporary Insanity . " 1 Soddht Dkath of as Olo Pbksm . veb . —On Tuesl $ i « x , by Mr W . Carter , at tbe Waterman ' s Arms rffarernBelvedf re-roadtouching the death of Joseph
, , StSoJen , aged sixty years , a veteran drayman , in the ieservice of Messrs Coding , of the Lion Brewery , Lambebeth . From the evidence , it appeared that the deceeeased had been employed in Messrs Coding ' s e » ta * blblishment for many years past—that he had lost a leiegin the service ; and that , in accordance with Mr GGoding ' s invarible custom with his servants , though niunable to perform any active duty , he had been retrained at a liberal weekly pension . On Friday morniiifig , while engaged in some minor duty about the bbrewbouse . he was stricken with an epileptic fit , fifronj the effects of which , although immediate mediccal assistance w s called in , he never rallied . The cease presenting nothing beyond the ordi < ary features c of " Natural death , " a verdict t > that effect was ret turned , the iury expressing themselves in terms I highly complimentary of the attention and liberality t shown towards the men in their employ by Messrs < Coding .
Mysterious Case op DROWKrso . —On Tuesday , by adjournment , at the Queen ' s Head , High-street , Poplar , by Mr W . Baker , respecting the death of Deedrich Kendrap , who was found floating in the Black wal Basin of the West India Docks . It appeared that the deceased was a native of Bremen , in Germany , and bad lately arrived in London , on a pleasure excursion . Hetooklodringsat the Castle public-house , Whitechapel , where he remained until Tuesday morning last , when he left the house , and at twelve o ' clock the same morning his body was discovered floating in the Blackwall Basin , quite dead . lie was searched by one of the dock constables , who found on him a small bjok , in which was written his name and address , and a watch guard .
but the watch was missing . The constable said it was very unusual for bodies to float when they had only teen in tbe water such a short time . The deceased , soon after his arrival in London , was knocked down in tbe streets , and robbed of £ 13 . Since that period he had been principally supported by the landlord of the Castle , and the master of thebrL Dorothea . In tbe absence o \ awy conclusive evidence , a verdict of "Found drowned , " was returned . Fatal Scaffold Accident —On Monday Mr Wakley , M . P ., Coroner , received information of the death of a labourer named Patrick Donovan , aged 30 , living in Upper Ogle-street , under the follow ng
frightful circumstances : —It appears that betwten eleven and twelve o ' c ' oclc on Saturday morning last , deceased was engaged at a house in Cleveland-street , Mary lebone ( now under repair ) , and having ascended tbe scaffold erected in front of the premises , he missed his footing , and was precipitated over on to sonJe leads from a height of upwards of 33 feet , and where two or three other workmen miraculously escaped being struck by him in his descent . It is needless to add that the poor fellow met with an in stantaneoos death , having fractured the base of the skull . The body was taken to tho Middlesex Hospital , to await the coroner ' s ineaest .
Scddes Death at aLuxakc Asylum . —On Monday , by Mr Baker , at tbe Lunatic Asylum , Bethnnlgreen . onview of the body of Barbara Greenfield , aged forty-two , an inmate . It appeared that the deceased belong-d to the parish of Ringmere . Surrey , in which county there is no lunatic asylum . Insaaitywas hereditary in her family , and she was first attacked when she was . seventeen years of age . She had been four times in the above asylum . She was admitted on the 5 th instant , and she slept iu a room by herself , as she was dangerous to < tber persons . Ln Sunday morning , between six and seven o ' clock , she was found dead in bed from a fit of apoplexy . Verdict , "Visitation of God . "
Scbpkctkd 15 FAKIICIDB . —On Monday information was forwarded to Mr Wakley , M . P ., of the discovery of the body of a newly-born female infant under the following suspicious circumstances , ;—It appears tbat between seven and eight o ' clock ' on Sunday morning a labourer « as passing along the Regent ' s Canal , sear Camden-town , when bis attention was suddenly drawn to the appearance of something floating on the surface of the water , which proved to be the body of deceased wrapped np in a piece of white cloth . It was secured and taken to the St Pancras Workhouse , when , upon examination , the sureeoo pronounced it to have been born alive . Inquiry has been made with a view to obtain some clue to the parents , but without success .
Deteruiseo Suicide . —On Monday morning information was forwarded to Mr Lewis , Coroner , respecting tbe death of Alexander M'Dougal , of No . 3 , Grattou-street , Bethnairgreen , who was found dead with his throat cut under the following very extraordinary circumstance * . It appears tbat on Saturday morning last , a police constable was passing along Churchlane , Leytonstone , when he discovered the body of a man lying on his face quite dead . By big side was a razor covered with blood , and also a raz ir-case . The police constable immediately raised an alarm , and tbe body was carried to tbe Rose and Crown publichouse , where it was examined by a surgeon , who found a large cut under the throat and the jugular vein divided . It is supposed , from the position in which tbe deceased was discovered , that he placed his back a jainst a tree , and deliberately cut his throat with a razor .
Sonne * Dkath m ar Ouhibds .- —On Tuesday morning , by Mr Wakley , at tbe Middlesex Hospital , on the body of Samuel Allen , aged 65 , for many yean theprinciial clerk ia the banking-house ofCoutts and &> .. wu » suddenly expired in an omnibus . From tbe evidence it appeared that tpon hut Saturday morning tbe deceased , who resided at Bayswater , was walking towards town , when oi . e of the Bayswater omnibuses overcook him , into which he got After asliort time deceased changed his seat by going to the far end , when suddenly his head dropped forward . The conductor was desired to drive up to a surgeon ' s- The first that was come to was Mr Bannister , who instantly attended , when be declared tbat the unfortunate gentleman was dead . A post mortem examination has since taken place , wfeen it was discovered that thekidneysof the deceased had been in » very disceased state for a very lengthened period , and which was the cause ot death . The jury returned aterdictot " Natural death . "
AllkoedMcbdbbis Sikpset . —On Tuesday , Mr William Baker , coroner , received information from Webb , the constable of Whitechapel , of the death of William Brige . aged sixty-two years , a painter , of No . 3 , Mor gan-street . St George-in-the-East . who died in the London Hospital on M « nday last , from the injuries he had received from a female named Ranee , who kee ps a beer-shop in Jubilee-place , Stepney . It appears that on Thursday evening , the l « t instant , the deceased and evcral other men were tinging in the tap-room of Ranee ' s house , when she rushed into the rom with a poker in her hand , and
threatened to strike them if they did not leave off iinging . She was very much intoxicated , and the deceased endeavoured to quiet her , bnt instead of doing to , she struck him a violent blow on the abdomen , « hieh tendered him insepjible . While npon the ground she commenced jumping upon him in a most Violent manner . Tbe deceased bled most profusely from toe mouth , and he was with great difficulty resen ? ? . i - "" P * 1150 ™ . The poor fellow was 5 m-5 S $ * if £ . wS ? *? j ^ on Ifospital , where he "Cf m a ^ I £ 'I lbe wJ "" es he bad neeired Mr Baker directed that » poitujorteitexar ^ S'S ? •* ^ e' » dit » r « SdSt bp will boW aD inquest on the body . * lvsawn
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YORKSHIRE . ShKFFIMJK — AprREKKNHOS Q * TOR MrjIUHBBRS of thk late Mr Jouh Rilry . — This unfortunate eentleman . it will be remembered , was murdered on c ifi u f * . * 7 , 8 st > while on his road from Sheffield to Gnmeslhorpe-lane . On getting into hw house he exclaimed , " Mary , they have almost murdered me . " Th , s was said to his wife , but he could not identif y bis murderers . The deceased was attacked on the Monday , and died on the Saturday morning following . Early the next day his watch was found wrapped np in some cloth , in Mr Riley ' s 2 aroen , where it bad been placed during the night .
From information received by Mr Raynor , superintendent of police , he caused two men , named William Challiner and James Bradley , of Grimesthorpe , : o be apprehended on Saturday morning . It appears that the grounds of suspicion were , that a Sheffield man had been discovered , who had purchased Mr Riley ' s watch of the prisoners , and who on hearing of the murder had gone and placed the watch in Mr Riley ' s garden , * s before described . This man , it seems , had kept the secret until Friday last , when he admitted having purchased the watch and placed it in Mr Riley ' s garden . The prisoners were taken before the mayor , and remanded to complete the evi . dence . It seems at present that Medley is suspected of having been the most guilty party in the horrible transaction .
SOOTnWELl . Iscekdury Fire —A little before midni ght on Saturday last an incendiary fire was discovered on the farm of Mr Hill , at Murlon , three miles from Southwell , in the county of Nottingham , which destroyed a stack containing upwards of seventy quarters of wheat . The flames were first observed by Miss Uill , who saw a red glare through her bedroom window , and on giving an alarm her father proceeded to the stackyard , but the fire had gained too great a power to leave any hope cf saving any portion of the stack . An engine from Southwell , and a crowd of people from the villages around flocked to assist , and by great exertions prevented the flames from communicating with the other stacks and the farm buildings . The owner , who is universally respected , is fully insured in the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Fire Office , and the damage is estimated at £ 260 .
STAFFOBDSniBI . Accide . vt os the GtusD Juscnos Railway . —The express down-train from London was proceeding at its usual rapid rate , when tho passengers , about thrre miles north of Crewe , perceived a peculiar shaking and oscillation , as well as an occasional jerking of the carriages . At last a violent concussion was experienced , throwing the passengers off their scats , followed by several jerks and bumpings , after which the train came to a . dead stop ; and on looking from the windows of the carriages they perceived that the engine wes lying across the right or up line
oi rails , much shattered , and the fire scattered about the road , while tbe two carriages nearest the engine and tender were overturned m the opposite direction or left side . The line there is in a cutting , tbe slopes rising 14 or 15 yards , otherwise the consequences might have been still more fearful . None of the passengers were more seriously injured than by the reception of cuts and bruises , and the shock by the concussion . The engineer and stoker were lying on the road near the engine , the former so much injured that there is no hope of his recovery . The stoker , though much hurt , it is hoped will recover . The cause of the accident is unknown .
STAFFORD . Desperate Case of Stabbing—One of those dis ' graceful cases of using the knife against a fellowcreature was investigated before the borough magistrates on Wednesday last . The accused is named William Ilolliushead , by trade a shoemaker , but has been in the Artillery service , and lives in St Cliad ' splace . His vic ; im is John Woolri'lge , a bailiff , living also in Stafford . The prosecutor ' s life is in g : eat danger , and he was therefore , unable to attend the examination . The first witness examined was James Walthoe , who stated that the prosecutor and prisoner were drinking at the Maid ' s Il ^ ad Inn . » n the previous evening , between nine and Uu o ' clock , when an altercation took place . After thi-y had been
quarrelling some time , ilollinsb ad mad * use ol a foul expression to Woolridge , and * aid , I will have my revenge of you . " lie left the house , and returned in about a quarter of an hour , birring ha <) .-imple time to go and return from his own house . On his retu > n , Woolridge commenced annoying him . and Ilolliushead drew a shoemaker ' s knife out of his pocket and struck at him , but missed . They then bad a scuffle , and Woolridge fell . Some more angry words passed , and the prisoner exclaimed , "My name is William llollinsbead , and I'll have my reven-e . " Woolridge went towards him , and prisoner drew nut the knife and thrust it into hisston ^ ch . lie exclaimed , " Oh , he has stabled me . " The biuod immediately poured from the wound . Ilullinsliead then subbed him
a ? am on the side of his face , and the wound bled profusely . The witness swore to 1 lie knite . and said the prisoner was in a state of great exi-iieruent . II . Dawson , hairdresser , and other witnesses , cirreborated Walthoe ' s stattmonts . Mary England <' q . osed that she lodged at the prisoner ' s , and tiiatnn tin- previous evening the prisoner was from hme . but returned between nine and ten o ' cloch , and to « k a candle and went into a room , in which were his nboemakerV tools , stayed there abnut a minute and then left the bouse . Thomas Wooilaston , who apprehended the prisoner , produced the knife , wHeh he receivid from one of the witnesses , who tu ^ fc it from the prisoner .
The prisoner had told him that it bt-lungrd to him . Mr Henry Lomax , surgeon , stated tbat be was called in to attend the prosecutor , wlm was bhetfin . profusely from the mouth . Ilefuund a pnncured wound on the pit of the stomach , and another large incised wound on the lower Jip , in an oblique direction , to the lower part of the chin , which wtaan inch or an inch and a half in length . Also a i > tab over the left wrist joint . He bled as though * -one large artery had been cut . He believed the wounds had been inflicted by the knife produced , and that his li'e was iu great danger . It would be dimerous to him to take his statement at present . Tbe prisoner was remanded .
CffiTLTK . Vir . lJf Death at a Ball . —On f uisday evening last , a festive party given by Lieutunan' -Cohmel Fitzmaurice . at his residence , in Berkeb-y-s-quare , was shocked by the awfully sudden death ot « ne of the gue-te , a young lad y , named Quinrlar , who had formerly been a governess in tln < tamily . Ike deceased had after supper ilanwd a q » adriuV , anu had just partaken of an ic > .- , when she was . suddenl y taken ill , became insensible , and though a nuiiical gentleman was present as one « f tbe » . » rty , she expired within a lew minutes . D < 'ath wa- caused , it is presumed , by « ffusi « n of bio « d on tfie hra ? ft . Aii inquest was held on the body on Thursday < tveiiiny by the deputy-coroner , wh '? n the jury vetumej a verdictgof " Died by the visitation id God . "
MIDDLESEX . Twickenhah . —Fkigutfil Accidbnt . — A man , named John Macklewruht . in the employ of Sir W . Clay , M . P ., was killed ou Thur > d * y last by the machinery of a tbre-hing milt belonging to his toaster , at Twickenham Common . iiis head was completely severed from his b >> dy , and bis heart , lungs , & c ., torn out . A verdict of Accidental Death was returned .
KENT . Fali , dows a Well . —A man named H-rnry Basing , aged 22 , proceeded to he residence oi Mr Cooper , at Greenwich , for tbe purpose of bricking up a deep well in that gentleman ' s garden , at tne rear of his dwelling house . Tbe well was up « arrfaflf fnrty feet deep , and quite clear of v > aier . i'he men commented their labours , and after they had lowered a quantity of bricks and mortar the man Bnsiiw attempted to be lowered down by a rope from ihcpiudle at the top . He had proceeded about th < e < : yards when the rope suddenly snapped and precipitau-d bim to ibv bottom of the well , lie was in * a d eadtul condition , when brought to the surf-tee , bleeding from the nose and mouth , the left collar bone fractured , dislocation of tbe shoulder joint , fracture ot the ltdt leg . together with contusions and lacerations of the face and body . He is lying in a very precarious state .
fiOCHKSTBKExtbaobdisart Case . —On Saturday , Mr Lewis , Coroner for Rochester , applied to'he magistrate * for a warrant for the apprehension « f £ l zabe h Mitchell , a servant in the family of Captaiu Jenkins , of Mansion-row , Brompton , who had delivered herself of a male child on Thursday morning hist , » n < l concealed the body in a box in her bedroom On Monday a jury assembled in the council chamber of tbe Guildhall to investigate the case , when Captain Jenkins and Susannah Arman . cook in tho « mploy of that gentleman , were osarained . jaftcr which the inquiry was adjourned for the purpose of obtaining tbe evidence of the surgeon and other witnesses . The most
extraordinary feature in the cai-e appears to be , that when the medical man had elicited from tbe woman that she had been delivered ot a child , ami the place of concealment had been poinded out to him . the conclusion come to was that the child was dead . Some time afterwards , on the arrival of a police olticcr , the box was unlocked , and an apparently fine healthy child was found wrapped in an old dress , and alive . It was then given to Susannah Arman , who washed and dressed it , and it lived f .. r tw > days alterwards , but refused to take any kind ol sustenance . The woman hwmg betn removed to th .-house of a relation in Rochester , the rsathe has thou come under tbe jurisdiction of the coroner for that . city .
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Dxath ofCouht Doumehc—Lieut -General Count Douraere , died . ; at Paris on the 30 th uit . Jean-Pierre Daumerc was born at Montauban in 1767 . Owing to the protection of a rel » tiv « who was coinl missioner-general of stores of L ui « XVI , at the age of fifteen he accompanied tbe escort appointed to accompany the envoys of Tippmi-Saib back to India . This was the commencement o- his military career which closed with the French cimpain of 1814 .
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THS mtJLtt 0 * CWB L'K « ftUftlOH . ~ UTOAslB . The " famine" in the land has increased the spirit flitigation , lawprocesses of every description are the order of the day . But this may perhaps arise from the necessity of the case ; people don ' t pay their debts—perhaps cannot—and then the law is resorted to . For the last Quarter Sessions of Kilkenny , tho enormous number of 8 , 800 civil bills were served ; 2 , 300 were entered for trial . Law made Criminals . —Housebreaking and sheepstealing have now become most ordinary offences . Cases beyond counting are daily supplied to us . Pao p ehs . —A great foray was made this week by the discharged of the public works on the bread shops
of Youghal . The onslaught was tremendous , and the enemy had to be dispersed by a strong body of military and police . . . . Thb Last Rbsotjrcb . —The following is a fair instance of tbe startling change which famine and its consequent destitution have wrrught in the moralsof the people . A man named M'Carthy , from Inno * shannon , was arrested with four others by Constable O'Neill , for breaking windows in the North Mainstreet . He was brought up at the police office and discharged . On leaving the office , he turned to O'Neill and said . "They won't put me in gaol for this , but they shall for something else . " Subsequently the constable saw him stealing apiece of flannel from Miss Beale ' s shop , in the South Main-street , and again arrested him . He was a second time brought
before the bench next morning ; but Miss Beale declined to prosecute , and he was discharged once more . On leaving the office he met O'Neill , to whom be said— "So they won ' t put me in gaol for breaking glass or stealing flannel ; I'll do something now that I'll force them to put me in . 1 bave not eaten a bit since you took me on Tuesday , and I will not starve to death . " Emigration . —The quays of Dublin are literally impassiblefrom the number of persons departing , either direct for America or to Liverpool , from whence they proceed to the new world . The same scene presents itself at every port in Ireland ; in almost every instance the parties leaving our shores appear to be of a comparative ' y wealthy class . They are ail
comfortably clad , and seem to have considerable quantities of baggage . The Harmony sailed on Thursday from Watertord for New York , with passengers . On Tuesday the William Penn steamer was literally crowded and crammed with people , going to Liverpool to emigrate . A thousand people , we may compute , went in these two vessels . They were of the respectable class . Their lamentations were indeed afflicting to hear as they left all they held dear on earth . On Wednesday 130 individuals left the villageond immediate vicinity of Cathcomer ( county Kilkenny ) , on their way for the Far West . The above paragraphs tell their own tale—misgovernment has made the litigant , the criminal , the pauper and the emigrant .
CORK . Another government inspecting officer , Captain Drury , R . N ., has died at Kinsale , from the contagion now raging in every district of this county and city . Tbe accounts we receive from the West Riding describe increased mortality and spread ot disease among the people . A private note from Dunmanway says : " When coming from the workhouse , at half-past six o ' clock this evening ( Wednesday ) . I saw a man dying alongside a ditch , and by directions of some of the guardians be was taken into the workhouse . Another was similarly circumstanced a short distance from him . As an example of the wholesale rapidity with which the hand of death is cutting down the population , we may give the following fact : —On Tuesday three children of Morty Kelleher , a poor man residing in Pharisee ' s-alley , off Barrack-street , died of fever within an hour ot each other . Kelleher and his wife , the remnants of this wretched family , are hoth ill of tbe same disease , from which they are not expected
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MATO . Baluwa . —Every day presents fresh scenes of horror produced by starvation . In Erris , destitution exists to a most fearful and horrifying extent . Fever and dysentery are making rapid and fatal strides amongst the people . In the workhouse there are upwards of 700 persons sick , 300 of whom are afflicted with fever . In the rural districts , too , fever is committing serious ravages ; and although it has hitherto been rather partial iu its attacks in the town , it is now commencing a more general and a more dangerous outbreak .
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Distressing Suicide from Reverse of Fortusk . — On Tuesday , by Mr Charles Lewis , Coroner , at the Red Lion public-house , Leytonstone , respecting the death of Mr Alexander M'Dougal , aged forty years , of No . 3 , Gratton-street , Bethnal Green , who committed suicide under the following very distressing circumstances . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was formerly in possession of very large estates in Scotland , but in consequence of his intemperate habits he was compelled to mortgage them , lie became very much reduced and embarrassed , and his wife and children were on several occasions unable to procure the common necessaries ot life .
He was considered very bibecile , and for some time past had been very low and desponding . On Saturday morning last he left home , apparently in his usual state of mind , and on the afternoon of the same day he was discovered lying on his face in a ditch , in Church-lane , Leytonstone , with his throat cat aud quite dead . He was immediately removed to tbe above public-house , where he was examined by Mr Mackenzie , a surgeon , who found three ver > extensive cuts on the throat , the head alrmat being severed from the body . On tbe ground where the deceased was discovered was found a raior covered with bio ; d , aud also a razor case . The jury returned a verdict oP'Temporary Insanity , "
The Cosr of Vkhiikg a Cask . —Tuesday afternoon , about half-past four o ' clock , aa two drays , loaded with beer , belonging to Messrs . Charrington ' s brewery , was coming up Farringdon-street , towards Bridge-street , Blackfriars , one of the butts suddenly made an extraordinary noise , similar to that of a steam-boat engine when discharging its steam . The driver of the dray being informed of it , very promptly stopped the horses , and , with great presence of mind , got on to the dray , and quickly made a vent
( or the beer to escape , which ascended with such velocity as to reach at least twenty feet high . Had not the carman immediately attended to it , no doubt tUe butt would have burst , and thereby have caused an accident . The drayman said the beer that escaped would be h s lots , though no fault could be attached to hiw . Instead of the carman being at a lo-s he ought to be rewarded for his promptness and courage in stopping the horses , and endeavouring , to the best of his ability , to prevent accident to any one . Dreadful Accident in the Bbltedehe-road . —
On Tuesday auemoon , between four and five , an accident of a most deplorable character , and which it is expected will be attended with fatal consequences , occurred in the Belvedere-road to a young roan about twenty , named Joseph Cox , who was e . gaged for the Wow ! Carvins Company , in the abs > ve road , where some workshops are being constructed . The unfortunate man had ascended a ladder , to the height of upwards of forty feet , when suddenly losing his hold he fell to the bottom , and was picked up and conveyed to the Charing-cross Hospital in a frightfully mutilated state . Mr Steghall , the house-surgeon , said that he had received , besides a broken leg , a severe fracture of the skull and other injuries , that rendered his recovery almost hopeless . He remains in a dreadful state of suffering at the above institution .
Robberies . —On Tuesday the police received information of the following robberies : —Stolen from the house of Mrs . Somes , Grove-place , Brompton , a gold curb chain with locket attached , a bunch of roses « n it , and the words " Forget me not ; " a gold pin set with turquoise , and 5 s . in silver . On the 8 th , from the house ot Mr Shepherd , Forest-gate , E *> ex , five silver dessert forks , a silver butter knife , a fisb fork , and a silver Oesscrt spoon . On the 7 th , from 66 , Poland street , the property of Mr Wilson , a lodger , a gold ring set with pearls , a mourning ring , a valuable gold ring set with blue stone resembling a baboon ' s bead ; a gold ring set with paste and garnets , gold snake brooch with turquoise eyes , and a variety of wearing apparel and linen . On the Oth , from the person of Mr Levy , in Sise-lane , Bucklersbury , a gold lever watch aud a steel purse containing £ 110 s . in . raid .
Sbrioos Injori from a Vicious Hobsk . —J . Rainey , groom to Captain Clapperton , ot Great Marjlebonestreet , was attending bis duties in the stables , aud was in the act of placing the bridle on a restive horse , when tbe animal suddenly seized him by the right wrist with his mouth , crushing bim at the same time between his body and the stall-board . Iiis cries brought assistance and the furious animal was beaten off , not before several of the groom ' s ribs were broken , also his right arm . Sa serious are the injuries that no hopes are entertained of his
recovery . Extraordinary Attempt at Suicide in Clerke . vwklt . Statiok-housb . —J . Gopeland , contiued in C'ierkenweii station-house , on a charge ef felony , attempted suicide by cutting his right arm . The wound is of a very dangerous nature . Attkmpied ^ klf-dbstructioh . —Mr R . Winston attempted to commit suicide , at Ne 6 , George ' s-terrace , Commercial-road , where he was residing . About tbat time a noise was heard in the first floor , by a person in the house , when on going there it was found that he had cut his throat with a razor , and tliat the blood was flowing from the wound into a
basin . Mr Henry , a surgeon Imng in the terrace , was sent for , who sewed up the wound , aud he was put to bed , but there was little hope of his recovery . A short time ago be entered into business in King David-lane , Ratcliffe , in which he was unsuccessful , and since his failure he has frequently appeared in a very desponding state . Vbrt Right . —The Queen has directed that ten shillings a week be paid to the widow ot-James Blake , the workman killed a short time ago by an accident at Osborne-house , and that her two children be placed in a school in London , where they will be fed , clothed , and educated .
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THE PEOPLE'S CHARfER . important DISCUSSION BETWEEN " aM * HEB GURNEY AW ERNEST JONES , Es « rs ., BARIUSTERS-AT-LAW .
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The South London Chartist Hall , Blflckfrlars-road , was crowded by a most enthusiastic audience , on Moil day evening , April 12 th , to hear the discussion on the abo « subject . Messrs Gurney and Jones wete received with loud cheers as they passed up the capacious Hall , which was renewed on their ascending the platform at eiebt o clock . Mr Brown , of Walworth , was called to the chair , and briefly introdaced the subject of the di-. cus . slon It was then arranged tbat each speaker should occupy twenty minutes , that Mr Gurney should com . mence and Mr Jones conefcoe . and
Mr Gdbnet rose , loudly applauded , and said - . Sir eentlemen , about a fortnight ago I attended at this Hall to hear a lecture on Chartism from my eloquent friend , Mr Ernest Jones j With the principles he advanced I disaureed-and rising , with the chairman ' s permission , to o ppose bis views , after a short discussion , several gentlemen rose in the body of the meeting and proposed my meeting Mr Jones on a night set apart for that purpose . I acceded to the request , and am here to meet my opponent . I con tend that democracy would be injurious to the best interests of the people-and that liberty and prosperity can only be maintained by a division of power into classes . All men are Uable to be deceived , and nations are as liable to decei » e themselves as individuals . Now , it might happen , tbat some very injurious idea got possession of the public mind—and , were the people all-Butwhere
powerful , it would be made law at once . , there is a division of power , as here , all lejrislatfon is delayed—no measures are rashly hurried , and time is gained to deliberate , —Our present system is perfectmonarchy alone would be bad ; aristocracy alone would be bad ; both together ke . peach other in check , and preserve the balance of power . An instance of this is furnished by Fox ' s Indian Bill . The Gammons passed it—the people supported that injurious measure—the lords put in their veto , and saved the country . Thus » ve h & ve a wholesome system of checks and counterchecks . Thus you have three courts of appeal—and , should all these fail , you have public opinion—you have your influwice—wMeb is as mviofe as the -vote . You become the last court of appeal , and what more do you want ! You ought to be represented ; as you are . The voie alone U not everything ! You aie represented by the voice of public opinion ; by petitions , speeches , public
meetings , and the press . Thus you are virtually represented ; while the admirable system of check and countercheck saves you from rath , despotic legislation . Under the Chatter the majority of the movement would always rule . Under the Charter , it is impossible a wholesome system of counterchecks could exist . ( Cheers . ) Crown and Lords must be swept away—( Immense cheering )—since , being but few in number , they would not have sufficient physical force to resist you . ( Cheers . ) Those cheers confirm my opinion . Chartism is socialism—( no ! no 1)—» hyf you say it is equality ! hiery man to bave an equal amount of land and wealth—( no ! no !) what is that but socialism ! I say it is despotism—if you vest all power in one class . I agree with you , that tho people should enjoy a large s ! are of power—but such they have now . ( No ! no !) Why , they can express their opinion stronif / y on every point , they bava influenceequal to the vote , and , therefore , I see no use for Universal
Suffrage . Mr Ebnist Jokes rose loudly cheered and said : Before I answer tbe arguments of my honourable opponent , 1 must put him right as to the principles of the Charter ! They involve socialism no more than despotism—they propound liberty and equality . Liberty!—hut uot licence;—equality ! of political and religious rights—but not of property t let every man by his industry earn as much as he can—bnt tbe laiy man shall not live on thv indastrious one . That is what jour system does , nut ours , sir ! My hon . fiiend has slated that a divhionoi power is necessary for liberty—but that , if every man possessed an tqaal share of political power , there would be a despotism—and , therefore , he advocates tho division of power between Crown , Lords an ! Commons , Now , where is despotism most likely to exist?—Where power
is divided among classes—a combination between any two of whom may npset the balance of power of my h < . n . friend ' s complicated machine—or where tbe equality of power for every man renders such conspiracy impossible . You say , Crown , Lords and Commons have each equal power . Suppose Crown and Lords combine against the Commons , where is your balance of power then ! ( Loud cheers . ) I thought tbe more simply laws were framed the better it was . My hon . friend praises our present laws because they are complicated . How easily bis machine may get outof order ! If two or three old women in the House of Lords happen to have the gout , thi-y may vofcs the wrong way and upset it quit * . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Or if the Queen has not well digested a ragout , she may chance to sign a death-warrant instead of a pardo * . ( Immense applause . ) My hon . Mead suys , men
and nations are liable to be deceived . So thoy are—but when are they most likely to be deceived—by deceiving themselves , or when two or three classes are perpetually trying to deceive them ? My hou . friend has mentioned Fox ' s India Bill , That proves my case—the people were with the Commons—because the Commons bad been de . ceividg the people ( as they did with the Reform Bill ) , to carry a Whig measure against the Tories , ( Cheers . ) But my hon . friend has made out a case against him . self;—I suppose he has brought some of his universityrecollections with him . In Latin , two negatives make a positive—I beg leave to tell hia ? they don ' t do so in English : — -lie has said monarchy alone Is bad ; and aristoeiacy nlone is bad;—therefore , he wishes us to have fco-. hl ( Loud laughter . ) Ialwaj-s thought two " bads . " made a " worse . " ( Great applause ) My hon . friend
is afraid of rash legislation—and says , his sjstem of checks and counterchecks will prevent that . He is afraid we should be too rash . The majority of the moment would always rule . Does he want the minority of the moment to rule ! He says this system of checks and counterchecks works capitally . No doubt it does . ( Laughter . ) I will tell you how . If a good measure emanates from tho people , it gats first to the Commonsami gets thrown out there {—that ' s " check " If by any chance it survives the Commons , and g ts to th > : Lords , bo sura it won ' tescape them—that ' s " co « n ( er «/( ec . t" And should it miraculousJysurvirethem and get to the Cr » wn , then say good-bye to it , for be sure it will get— ' checkmate . " ( Immense applause , ) And as to rash legislation—we can deliberate too . The very object of Universal Suffrage is to elect a People ' s Parliament , for the
express purpose of deliberating in tho people ' s interest . My hon , friend now proceeds to the second great division ot his arguments . After having told us that power mast be divided—he proceeds to tell us , that we have power enough—in fact , equal power with other clusses . We haven ' t the vote , it is true—but then we ' ve " influence , " which is just as good . We ' ll consider how this influence works . Johnny Bright has the vote and a seat Into the bargain—his working-man has theblessed boon of ? 'influence ! " Strong in his influence , the man goes to his master and says : "lam for the Charter—ami I want you to vote for it . "— " What is tbat ! fellow !"— ( He's exerting his infiuence , you know . ) " Why , sir , 1 am a Chartist , and I wish the Charter to become the law ot theland ! " "Get out , you scoundrel ! how dare you jain these rascally Chartists V is the reply—the workman is chased from the mill , ( but It's all right , he has the " influence , " you know ) no master will employ him
agaiu—and he is consigned to starve in the accursed Bastile , or die a lawmnde criminal in jail , ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) We havo the Press too , to represent us . Where are they « They're not here ! Where's thereporter of the Times and Post ? I don ' t s » a our represcutativts ofthe Press ! Yes ! There is one—the reporter of the A ' ortamt Star . ( Immense applause . ) Mr Gurney has said the people were the last Court of Appeal : he said right . They are tho last court tho government ever troubles its bead e . bowt . So much the * ' last" that tbey do not come into the banquet-hall of Monopoly , uwtil all good things havo been devoured by their tyrants . ( Loud cheers . ) I will now ask my hon . friend a few questions . Which does he think best—the vote , or the "influence '—the direct power , or the imlirect power ! Which wouldh « prefer Hmsel /?—and by whatrighthas the one only the influence , while the other has the vote f ( Mr Jones resumed bis seat amidst long continued cheers . 1
Mr Gbrnes : My hou . ([ friend has said if the people were to raise their voices for the Charter , their employers would dismiss them . If this is the case , and all Chartists arc discharged from work , I want to ask where on earth do the masters get their workmen from 1 ( Cheers . ) But I have been in the manufacturing districts and heart ! the ptopla express their opinions freely in favour of Chartism , in the very teeth of their employers . How then can you say they have no influence or power % They can meet when they like , —where they like , and express their opinions as they like . Through the Press—public speeches—addresses and petitions . With regard to tho vote , who will say my vote would have a greater effect than tho speech of Mr J «> nes ! Public op inion carried the Eeforro Bill—public opinion got rid of rotten boroughs—public opinion carried tbe Ten Hours' Bill , and public opinion will carry myre and greater reforms . ( Cheers . } Wh « then will say that public influence is nought ? Inequality is the law of nature—therefore it must he the law of government . A *
long as one man is born sirens , and another weak , it must exist . Equality would be despotism . My hon . friend maintains despotism , when he opposes tho division of power . He is in fatour of a simple system of governmen t , ( Heat ! hear !) The simple system is a despotic monarchy—as in Austria , and , in fact , the peo . pie of Austria are much better off than the people of England . ( Hear ! hear !) Now , their social condition iubettcrthan ours , yet they have less political liberty than we have . This justifies me in opposing the Charter by sajiug , that your grievances arc social and not political ;—if , tber . fore , the Charter was gained , you would not be better off than you are now , ( loud laughter , ) and if you w * re better fed and cl-thed , you would not caroto have tl \ p Charter . ( Laughter . ) The Charter would not put one farthing into your pockets—but it would put all pon er into the hands ofthe working classes . That i « what I am endeavouring to guard against . ( Shouts of " We are aware of that ! " ) I repeat , the division of power can alone secure joar liberties , —and power , undivided , would be despotism .
Mr Ebhsst Johis ; Sir ! I rise to protest , in the name ofthe working classes , against the inference my ben , friend has deduced . He says if tbe people were better clothed and fed , tbey would not care for their political rights . I think better ot the people , sir I Were you to make them as fat as Prince Albert ' s prize pigs , tbey
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uld not wallow in the pig-stye of the Protectionists , as willing slaves ! ( Cheers . ) Tbey have an idea of their own rights , and a heart to feel for them-and the English people will spurn chains , even if you made them ofthe gold you have taken from them . ( Ii"ud cheers . ) But , sir t they have the sense as well to know , tbat social amelioretlons cannot be obtained without polltical power . We have waited long enough for others to givtw that which we find tbat we must take at last . We have not the political power—you have—where is social amelioration ! but to the argument . Mr Gurney has said it cannot be true that men dare not expren
their opinions , as I have slated , Why , if there be , as is said , as many Chartists , where do the masters get their men from t That was a clever lawyeMike bit I I can answer him by a fact : I attend to the law depart , ment of the " Northern Star , " and every week receive doiena of letters from working-men , requiring private answers , or to be answered nnder initials , stating , if their masters knew they had anything to do with Chartism , they would be discarded , and hunted into the Baftile and gaol . My hon . friend can read this fact in black and white , as I bave piles of suck letters at home . So much for "influence . " Mr
Gurney say »; Working-men can express their opinions as they like , and meet when , where , and how they like . Does he know that hundreds upon hundreds have been imprisoned , ajl and executed , for daring to express their opinions—to say nothing of meeting , when , where , and bow they like , ay !—and our exiles are suffering now in Australia ! So much forinfluence . ( Immense applause . ) Mr Gurney illus . trates his position by instancing the Reform Bill . Least said about tbat the soonest mended , it did away with some rotten boroughi , ~ -the most rotten borough of all it never touched ; tbe House of Commons . The Reform Bill was a delusion , a mockiry . aad' a smre . The people were roused into violence by the WhfRS , that they might be able to frighten the Tories , and then punished
for the crimes of Whiggery . So much for influence . ( Loudchem . ) And as tor the Ten Hours'Bill - . —public influence ftad some wei ght there—because it was near tbe end of a Parliament ! Had it been tbe beginning of tbe seven years instead of the close—we mt .-ht be waiting for the Ten Hours' Bill at this very moment . ( Cheers . ) There ' s an argument for annual parliaments . My hon . friend says we can speak through the press and pe . titious . Why should we ask any one to speak for us , when Ood has given as tongues to speak for ourselves ! ( Applause . ) Why should we petition , where we ought to legislate * But , says my hon . friend , you must do this—for inequality ts the law of nature . The law of Nature Sir!—not till gold comes out of the mine ready-shaped into coronets '
The law of Nature ! not till spurs grow on the heels of the noble I The law of Hatur-e t We all know that a certain aim unt of wisdom can only be contained in a certain amount of brain ; and a certain amount of brain « iihin a certain amount of skull-bone . Had Nature intended tbat one man should legislate over six , she Would have sent ar . stoerats Into the world , with heads six times as l .-irge as those of working men . ( Vehement applause . ) How can my hon . friend say I maintain deipotism in advocating a simple orm of government ? He says a despotic monarchy is the simplest ferm of government ; he forgets one : asoverefca people 1 ( Clieera . ) Powtr at tint hand is simpler than when delegated to a tyrant . Heroes to Austria , and actually admits that tbe people there are better off than here J So they are ; and why ?
Because there is lest division of newer thors than here . There is only one rascal , the Crown , whereas here there Lords and Commons too ! ( Loud cheers ) But I begin to hav * hopes ot my friend < He must be coming round , for he is growinu facetious . He actuall y said the Char , ter would nut put one farthing into the pockets ofthe working classes . You meant thatby wayof a joke , didn't you ? No ! my friends ! the hon . gen ' . lctnan really was serious ! ( Laughter . ) Not put a farthing into their pockets' Had they the Charter , would they give ten niililjns per annum toa statechurch ! Would they groan under taxes to fatten monopoly ? Would they subsidise foreign tyrants 1 Would they pension pauper princes ! Would they starve to swell the pension list < Or would n » t the civil list eoir . e rather short ? There would be
constemauun among the Lords , Grand Chamberlain and Chamtkrlaik , Lords of the Bedchamber and Ladies of tbe Beiicliambr-r , Groom of the Stole and Women of the Bedchamber , gentlemen ushers and yoewen ushers , and mistresses of the robes , and yeoman prickers and gold sticks and silver sticks , and terrible sticks as they are ! ( Loud luughur and che < ring . ) Mr Gurney has adduced one tuoi e ai Kuinent . He still says the Charter would be despotism , because the aristocracy would lose their pow . r . Lords and Crown would not have sufficient physical force to control us . That ' sjustit ! Wedon ' t want to be governt-d by physical force , but by justice , peace un-. i rta > en , ( Chews . ) The aristocracy would lose no just power ; we don ' t say working . elatt suffrage , but « ni » ! wol . Each member of the aristocracy would
btiil gave his vute , and ihiny . eight thousand votes are juv . » s n . u . l > as thirty-eight thousand men ought to possess , ( Cheers . ) N < iw , I Hill ask my friend a few questions . He tmvs we should gain uothlng by tbe Charti-r . 1 ask him , Can tbecountry support its inhabitants f Are not the millions starving ! Is it because working nu u are l » z . ., weak or di-solute ! He cannot say that ! Have they misgoverned the country ? No ! aristocracy h * e g-oi trued—a clear proof that where nature is boantif ul workinj- men are inoustrious j while aristocracy alone has ruled , ctiss government has been the cause of all this evil . Now tell me—tor you have not answered me —have you a right to deprive me of the vote ? Refute this if you can , if not join me in struggling for the Cliarter . ( Rapturous aim tauae . )
MiCiUKNtr : My hon . opponent has asked so many questions » nd answer'd so few , that I really do not think the short ( -pace of time remaining will admit ofmy answering them . Howner , my hon . friend has pointed to . he circumstance of those who possess the franchise , and to ttie unfavourable circumstances of these who are deprived oi it , and he usked mc to say , is it not owing to the want .. f universal sutlrag * ? Now , my hon . friend has answered himself , for he 1 ms admitted that the people of Austria are better i , ff than we are here . ( Hear , hear . ) Thus admitting that tlie evil * are social , and not polltical . If , however , hegesto Russia , he will find the people less prosperous than in Austria—and there there u still less uivisionof power—for there the Tsar Is allpowerful . { nave also asserted that nothing like na- ]
tloiul equality exists—for some possess more tntrgy , some tiioie tuleut , and some more courage than others . But now to the main question : what right has one man to a vote any more thin another f ( Hear . ) I do not say he has ; but ihe teason why one man bat the vote , aud ( tie other man not , is , because it would be injurious to give ui : tin vote , ( Liugffter , and crie * of Try it !) Trj it ! Wiiy u uus been tried in France , and led to the dc > poti > m whieh I have predicted as the inevitable result of unuivideil power . Did not Napoleon become Emperor t auu was he uot electee by the spontaneous votes of three millions of Frenchmen ! Popular feeling , as in tbis uumorat-lc instance , is likely to he ltd a « tray , —had there been ; , imlanee of power , a division Of power there , this wiiuid not have be- n the ease—hence the necessity
for a .. ms ' wu of p- > wev among classes . Hence the necessity lot tlivse count rchtcke , like Crown , Lords , Com . mous which should step in and say—pause ! when any rash measure was abnut to be carried . The vote is not ulLpovuvfu ! . Ueuioi-utatiouyou are entitled to ; but not ah u ! the same kind . Some have it by the voteothers by tut force oi public opinion , as 1 have already stated . My conviction is , that the evils we endure are caused by the political economists stepping in and pre . venting the legislature standing betwven the people and their oppressors I ilo not think any clasa has an interest opposed to that of the working classes , I will not bulterw that it can be to tbe interest of thv employers to injure their worknirn . No ! the great social evil you suffer undur , is the Poor Law—the accursed Poor Law .
( Coeers . ) 'thatoiu-e removed , you would be in a far different condition . Aud remember , almost all tbe obnoxious Iums under which you suffer emanate from the Whigs . The Tories opposed them—and will oppose thrui . I do not ' see what great political grievance * you labour under . You labour uuder no vexatious restrictions—tia-. ru is a fair field fur talent , industry and en . terprise . The working man may become rich aud tilled —aiuU-iiroiit smul tttlesare but , or , at least , were ori . giitaily Ijuc , th « badges ut ' vourage , wisdom , and honour . Mr Ernest Joneb t I felt convinced , Sir , my hon , friend could not stand here to oppose Chai tistn , if be knew anything about the stale of the country . He has proved he Knows but little of tbe condition of tbe English people , when he snjs , it is not to the interest of tbe
mast , ri to treat their men badly . 01 : ! it is what they get rich on , Sir ! They heap a surplus in their labour markets ! Hundred * of hungry men , women , and ctiildit-n , starving at their factory doors—competing for wotk and underbidding each other ; while they let them starve to keep their wa-es down , aud pocket their lifeblood in t ! . o -haye of goM . ( Vehement cheering . ) M y friend ins been equally unfortunate in his other observation . ( Laughter . ) 11 .- uujs we must not bave the vote , iiewuse dernecraty always becomes tyranny—and instuiim ; hu election "t Napoleon to tbe throne . It was not by tin- spontaneous > uti-of thtee million Frenchmen , The grenadiers of Lucien marching into the senate saved the hopes ot t ' ie amb ; tious soldier , lie stood iu France at the liead of his Victorious armies , and tbu bayonet
canvass , d fims-. three million voters , Mr Gurney has proved he knows but little oi England—why , I find he knowsas little t-f Russia . ( Laughtei . ) He u taking me far away . I h « ve no d'Ubt he finds it difficult to get fcood arguments iu favour ot monopoly at home . He took me to Austria : I fallowed i . ira . He now takes me to Rus-ni * " . I'll follow bim . lie » ajs the working-classes are worse off there than in Austria . So th . y are . Not because , thure is a less division of power—but because there is a ortatir . la Austria , the crown ( ur it * favourite minister ) is oninipotent—the aristocracy are slaves , In Russia , the aristocraey are more rich and powerful—and thus the double opuriiisiyn falls upon the serf . ( Cheirs . ) My hon .
friittil baa » aid we have little to c-mplain of . ( Laughter . ) Destroying the Poor Law would cure us all . That is not enough ! You must take away the ncu uw as trell , befm « i we can be prosperous . ( Loud cheers . ) But my hon . friend gets confused . ( L mghter . ) He has contradieted himself . At first he said , universal Auffrage would throw " . ill power into tho hands of the working classes . Why ! now he says ; tho vote doesn ' t Involve power ! Why then make such an outcry about giving it to us I ( Loud auulauee . ) Does it not enable theoi , as my hon . friend facetiously observes , to say "Pause ! pause !" whenever they get scent of a good measure iu the Lords and Commons—a blessed system of delay , no doubt I ( Laughter . ) But recollect , what delays the patting of a
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bad law , delays the passing of a good one or the rtttt rid of a worse ! The vote has made you what you to - il ' s what has made the people what you see them it "T cheers . ) My friend says there are no restrictions ' wi , „ no Property Qualification , Game Law , Poor Law ? stricting a man to one Bastile and his wife to auotL , n No restrictions ! Whentbapoor ate iestrivted fromfn a and the rich wallowing in plenty ! No restrictions ! Wi , ' the pauper mustnotUaye his parish ; but the landlord ** beggared bim , may cull the cream ofthe wideworid f }«/ menie applause . ) But then he tells us , Tories didn ' t d the mischief ! Oh no ! by no means ! It was the Whim rp coarse ! Do to the Whigs , and they'll tell you the ' ofthe Tories . ( Laughter . ) Now I , as a Chartist , tel ! you , just believe them both , and you won't be far onl ( Cheers . ) Mr Gurney cannot get out of his jesting vein He says titles and coronets are tbe badge of wisdom * virtue , and honour ! No ; I beg his pardon . Thatwai too strong even for a jest— he only says , they wire ori ! ginally so ! What ? Where was the honour &{ the Norl
men robbers , who murdered the Saxon freemen t Whet was the honour of the meaner thieves , who stole tbe poor * lands under Henry ' s grant ! Why , even Lord John Rmi sell has told you . quotlng ChancellorMore ; ' * Tbey got their lands by violence , fraud , and crime . " ( Continued cheers ) My hon . friend , however , claims for bis system tbat it gives a fair field for talent , honour , and industry ! He made a mistake ; he meant to « ay .- bricks monej bags , and acres ! ( Loud cheers , ) That fair ' field the Charter gives , wbere all start equal in the race 1 Let industry amass wealth—let honour challenge praUe-. and tallent admiration—but that , ia no reason tbat ths man possessed of such should be my tyrant ! Qur friend has admitted that most geod measures have emu natod from theveopie— then ought not the ' paople to hav « power to ensct that wbi ; h tbey are wise enough to eon . ceive ! ( Continued cheers . ) I find no other arguments my hon . friend has advanced , His division of power is but a bouse divided against Itself—and that cannot stand ! ( Loud cheers . ) Despite tbis "influence , " a work .
ingman dare not avow his opinions , —aud despite the wealth of England , bis children are starving . We appeal against the system that causes tbis , and , therefore , Sir , we rally for tbe Charter , since it would make every man a freeman ; and where there is not a slave , rest assured there cannot be a tyrant ! Mr Jones resumed his seat amidst tho most rapturous applause , after which Mr Vim . Hewitt came forward and moved the following resolution : — "That ills the opinion of this meeting tbat tbe enact , mentof the principles enunciated by the People ' s Charter are the only means by which the working class of this or any other country will be enabled to free them , selves from the despotism under which tbey at present labour . " Which was seconded and carried without a single diesentient amidst a perfect storm of applause .
Mr James Knight moved a vote of thanks to Messrs Gurney and Jones for the good tempered , able , andta . lentcd manner in which they bad conducted the discus , sion , which was seconded by Mr Gathatd and earned unanimously , and briefly acknowledjed by . Messrs Gurney and Jones , who , in conclusion , mured and seconded a rote of thanks to the chairman , vibieb was adopted by acclamation , and the audience departed , eriden'ly elated with the proceedings of the evening . We understand that before Mr Gurney left the building he promised to deliver a course of three lectures therein , to be commenced at an early day .
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IRELAND , O'CONNELL AND THE POPE . TO THB £ Diro 8 OP THE KOHTBEKH STAB , Sia , —Now that Ireland is laid prostrate by the famine , I think it behoves all lovers of true liberty to watch most minutely the actions of Mr O'Connell , as far as regards his visit to the Holy City . Can it be believed that tbis is the time tbat be avails himself of the opportunity to hand Ireland over te the tender mercies of the bloody and brutal Whigs , and desert her shores when his services are most required ? That he has done so is most true . For what purpose has he gone to Rome t That he has been afflicted with serious illness is a mere ruse—that he may be somewhat debilitated by age is what is to be expected at his time of life , but nothing more . Now a few words in regard to his journey to tbe Holy City . It has been the wish of tbe English govern , ment , ever since the carrying of the Emancipation Act , to have a nuncio from Rome residing at the British Court ,
and that tbey should have a representative at the Court of Rome And the arch-traitor has gone to do the disgraceful bidding of the Whigs . What is Ireland to re . ueive in return , should this despicable mission be achieved ? Lord John Russell has stated in the most distant terms , tbat it is not the intention of the government to increase the number ofthe Irish representatives , or extend her franchise in the present session . What i » then to be the quidproquo ! It is to be tbe Endowment of the Catholij Priesthood of that country- if so—God help Ireland , ' The government , in that event , will not then have to resort to the point of the bayonet , or to state prosecutions , to put down agitation , a papal bull will be the instrument of coercion . Whether Ireland will submit to the authority of the Pope in temporal affairs , time alone will show . I am , yours , < Scc , An Ex-Londoh Repkal Wabden . Bridgcstreet , Westminster , April 14 th , 1847 .
Destructive Fires, Rkmarrablr Fire In Sn...
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES , Rkmarrablr Fire in SnoitKMTcn . —An accident of a very singular character took place in fligistreet , Shoreditch , nearly facing the Eastern Counties Railway terminus . It appears that a number of men were engaged in unloading a waggon filled with puncheons of turpentine . One of the immense casks had been attached to a crane belonging to Messrs Gabey and Wells , wholesale oilmen , and drawn up sonic distance , when the heatl of the puncheon came out , and the whole of its contents fell to the ground .
A lad , who was standing by , was in the act of lighting a cigar with s Inciter match , and the vapour of the turps coming in contact with the light , the whole of tho 129 gallons of spirits became ignited , and the flames rose in one immense sheet upwards of twenty feet , setting on fire tbe shop front and side doors of tlie defunct Parcels lVt depot . At the same time the sheet of flame was drawn under the archway at tbe side of Messrs Gabey ' s oil stores , and for same time it was feared that those premises would have been destroyed . Considerable damage was done to the premises , and the whole of the turpentiee destroyed .
FitiaiiTFux Death op a FiMAtB—Tub Emcrs os Imempbkascs . —Belore Mr J . Payne , the deputy-coroiicr , on the body of Elizabeth Maxwell , aged 44 , whose death occurred under the following frightful circumstances : —The deceased , who was the wile of a respectable tailor , living at No . 5 , Broadway , had been very much addicted to drinking , so great was her propensity that she would borrow money ftom any one that she knew to purchase dri ; ik \ vith , andon Saturday last she obtained Cd ,
from her landlord , and sent a little girl to fetch some spirits . Having been drinking previously , she became quite inebriated , and , while in the act of removing it sheet from tbe fireplace , which was banting to air , fell down , > lieu her dress became ignited ftom a red-hot cinder , " Before assistance came forward she was completely burnt to death ; her features being so frightfully distorted that it was difficult to conceive that the bod y was the remains of a human creature . After lawn CTWence , a verdict of" Accidental death " was recorded .
At tub New Smaix Debts Court , Edowarbroad , a fire broke out , which continued to burn with such violence as to destroy the whole of the upper portion of the building , and the lower part nearly burnt out . The premises in the occupation oi Messrs Howitt and Co ., drapers and silk-merccrs , bave also sustained some damn ^ e ; and so have those bcloi ! i , ing to Mr Hedges , harness-maker , in the same thoroughfare . The whole ot the parties are insured . The oiigiu of the disaster could not be ascertained .
Enormous Rekts Oi» London.— Dess."—Pro- ...
Enormous Rekts oi » London . — Dess . "—Pro- - bul ' iy few ot the general public are aware of the enor- - mous rentals regularly paid by tlie inmates of the i horrible dens of which , on the occasion of this in- - quiiy , it was our duty to ere more than was pleasing j to us . We will mention one case iu point . At the e ru-ir of the house ( in St . Giles ' s ) , made notorious by f t ' ue murder for which the wretched young man , i , Connor , was executed a year or two since , is a yard d ovfci'llo . uiig with stench and pestilence . The house ie itself is a common brothel , and , in the dreadful yard d wo Ititvo mentioned , there are four or five hideous is sheds , in which rain , cold , heat , and vermin strueele le
for preponderance , according to the state of the 1 c wcailii-r . The depth ot one ot * these abominations , is , into which we prevailed on ourselves te enter , was as efcvtai iily not more than five feet . Its appearance ee wh w i U nut attempt to describe . We woulu not have ve credited , if we had not taken measures to assure our- irtelvea of the fact , that this fri ghtful filth-pit pays ft j a much higher rent than many a large house in a stir- ; irrinii neighbourhood , The aggregate amounts to to nearly iti'J a year , and ( leaving the locality out of the ; he qucitiun for the moment ) the space occupied by the the wlioltN is not equal to that of two ordinary rooms . — . — From the Spirit of the Times .
FuxKHAh of tub wtc WiixiiM Lemax Redb — I — On Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock , the remains of s ol this lamented gentleman , whose sudden demise was wat recorded in this journal of the 10 b inst ,, were dep 0- ? po-* itetl in the family grave at St . Jamw ' s Church , rch Ck'rkemvell . The funeral was intended to bepri-pri vate , but a fireat number of professional and otbertbei friends of the deceased , including many conuectedctet with the drama , music , and the press , were absembledblet on the ground to pay the last tribute of respect . Okksk AioNDMcwr io BvHow . —A monument tot t Lord Byron , at Missolonghi , is spoken of , to hei Ik orccted on the site of the now demolished house inie ii whicli the ehampion-bard diwl . The proprietor has ha dfored the ground for the purpose , and a handsomejom subscription towards the work has been commencednce The post Wordsworth is making a short sojourOour iu llatli .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 17, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17041847/page/6/
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