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8 THE NORTHERN STAR. Aran 17, 1847.
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Mondai, Aran. 12, House Of Commons.—Lord...
Infivonr of the bill ... ... ... * Agauutit ... ... ... ... 11 Majority against ... ... 73 Quakes' ahd Jews' If abbiaces . — Mr Cbbistie moved for leave to bring in a bill to remove donbts as to Quaker * ' and Jews * marriages solemnised before the 2 nd day of March , 1837 . He said that in consequence o what bad occurred on the recent investigation of the question of Presbyterian marriage * in Ireland , doutti had been expretiedby some of the judges In tbis country as to the complete validity ofthe m arriagssof Jewsand Quakers celebrated before the marriage act of 1835 . The bill which he now proposed to introduce merely went to the extent of removing these doubts . , i , « -: » - SirG . Gasr bad been assured by high legal w ™* that no such doubts as those referred to did «»»/«>" . nut a . they appeared to have been * rown ° at by the bench in 4 uta cases , he should offer noobjec t . on to the
introduction of the bill . . Leave was then riven to bring in the Dili . On the motion § Mr Hrr « , various accounts of the gross and nett amount of the custom , at tbe Presidency of Seagal for the lastyear were ordered to be laid on * Jtaviia Bdvls of Costs . — Mr Home moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend an act to establish tbe tax . ation of private bills of costs . He said that the Mil which he wished to introduce would giveto the Speaker ot tbe Houoe of Commons the same powtv with regard to the bills of costs of this bouse which tbe L-rd Chan , cellor had over bills of costs of the Courts of Chancery The Speaker would bave power to appoint an officer to tax all bills of costs whenever the parties who had to pay them desired to submit them to taxation . A difference of opinion existed in tbe committee on tbe
paint whether all bills should be submitted to taxation ,. or only such bills as the parties desired to bave taxed . The committee , however , had agreed that in all cases where corporate bodies brought in bills , tbe costs must lie taxed bafore they were . paid . Since the Reform BUI was passed £ 82 , 000 had been paid by the corporation of Liverpool for various local acts which it bad carried through parliament . Since the year 1836 tbe trustees ofthe Clyde Navigation had paid £ 56 , 000 for law expenses consequent on tbeir different apptications for bills in that bouse—a sum much larger than that which they bad paid during tne same time for improving the navigation of the river . It was therefore quite evident , that if the bouse wished to protect the public from spoliation
and robbery , some strict regulation of this character was absolutely necessary . £ 1 , 985 hsd been paid by the corporation of Newcastle for the Newcastle Coal Act , which only consisted of two clauses , and did not occupy the committee more than a single hour . Tbe Bury Improvement Bill of last session , which was a mere sanitary bill , bad cost £ 3 , 692 . He was sorry to say that all these expenses bad been submitted to by reformed corporations , which , oughtnever to have sanctioned them for a single minute . If any other reason was wanted to justifythe introduction of tbis bill , he bad one which must be decisive , and tbat was , that the preliminary law expenses ofthe London and York Railway amounted to no lets a gam than £ 433 , 600 . Leave was then given to bring in the bill .
Cost of tbt Haw Souses of Pamtambwt . — Mr Home moved for a variety of retarns relative to the cost of erecting the new Houses of Parliament . Mr H . Biittra was very g lad that these returns had been moved for . The original estimate of erecting tbe new Houses of Parliament was £ 800 , 000 ; the expense already incntred was £ 1 , 000 . 000 ; and he understood that it would b « nearly £ 2 , 000 , 000 before they were completed . Mr Home observed , that if when these returns were made , they were not such as to enable the House to ascertain precisely the whole amount of expense to be incurred in these new buildings , he should mave for a Parliamentarj investigation into tbe tubyect . The ExchequerlBUla £ ( 18 , 310 , 700 ) Bill went through committee , and was ordered to be reported to-morrow , ( Wednesday . ) The report on the Prisons ( Ireland ) Bill was brought np and received .
Fevzk ( Ikelasd ) Bill , —On the third reading of this bill being moved , Mr F . Fsehch rose , not to object to tbe bill , but to suggest to Government the propriety of establishing some competent medical superintendence over the various medical establishments in Ireland . He also made some observations on the fever now unfortunately raging in Ireland . It was of two kinds . The first was a low typhus fever , under which the parties generally sank iu two or three days ; The other was a virulent fever raging in the workhouses . He knew ef instances in which whole families had perished by it after a patient bad been removed to his own cabin from the workhouse in whicb it prevailed .
Mr LisoccHEBE was aware of the great importance of the suggestion just offered to him by Mr Frencb . Bnt tbe present was a temporary bill , intended to check the progress of tbat fever which was unfortunately so rife in Ireland at the present moment . With such a bill it wag not expedient to mix up the suggestion of his honourable friend ; but it was a subject to which tbe best attention of the Government must be given hereafter . The bill wa ; then read a third time , and after some clauses bad been added to it by way ofrider * , was pasted . Mr Fox Hiule then gave notice that as it was eip » dient that the House should pronounce upon the principle of limited enlistment , without tbat principle being bordeued with the other provisions ef the Army Service BilL which referred to the Chelsea pensioners , he would oa Thursday , after tbe third reading of the bill , move tbat clauses 3 , * , 5 and 6 be struck ont , intending to bring in another and separate bill , for rendering effective tbe service of Chelsea pensioners .
Tbe other business was then disposed of , and the House adjourned at an early hour .
WEDNESDAY , Aran , 14 . HOUSE OF COMMONS , —The Snakes took the chair at twelve o ' clock . Bohaw Catholic Belief . —On tbe order ofthe day for goby into committee ou the Roman Catholic Relief KIL Sir B . Iitglis rose to oppose the motion . Considering the small majority by which the second reading of the bill had been carried , tbe large majority by which a gimi . lar bill had been defeated during the last session of Par . liament , and tbe intrinsic Importance ofthe subject , the House , be conceived , would not deem him unreasonable in taking tuch a course . The hon . gentleman who bad Introduced the bill bad gives netice of certain alterations , which he was willing to have engrafted upon it , but these alterations affected only its latter clauses , leaving the
main and more important portion of the bill wholly untouched . In bis ( Sir R . Ingb ' s ' s } view , therefore , the bill even if amended as proposed , would be as objectionable a * it wag in its original state . It was a bill which tended to the destruction of the Protestant constitution , church , and character of this country , and which would , in its operation , go tbe length of subverting that great constitutional provision which limited the throne to a Protestant ( accession . It was one of the many measures which bad been brought forward within tbe last fifty years for the purpose , if not of extinguishing , at least of degrading the established religion of the country and the Protestantism of tbe empire . It was big good fortune to be acquainted with many very respectable Roman Catholics , both within and without the house , but tbat would not prevent him from speaking his mind with reference
to the Church of Rome . The boa . gentleman then proceeded to detail to tbe house what his mind was , when it appeared that it was fully impressed with the conviction that that Church was now quite as bad as she used to bs ; tbat she was inveterately and unchangeably opposed to the Protestantism of England ; that she was bent on subverting it , and letting herself up in its stead ; tbat she was as ready as ever to fulminate her bulls over the Continent ; that the has as great an itch for excommunicating individuals and interdicting communities as of yore ; that if she did not now absolve subjects from their allegiance , it was not for want of the wish to do so , bnt because now-a-daya such a course was not quite
convenient ; tbat if she did notnow burn heretics . it was because the dared not , bnt that the would do so to-morrow if she could , and rather like it ; that , in short , she was still as great a monster as she was in tbe sixteenth century , although policy and expediency might have in . dac .-dber in gome instance ! to wear a mask . He then called upon Lord John Rniseli to remember tbe dying wordg of big illustrious ancestor , whose opposition to popery was one of the most conspicuous features of hit career ; and concluded by moving , at an amendment , tbat tbe house go into committee on the bill that day tix month * . Mr Law tecondtd tbe amendment .
The Earl of Aamtsn . and Scu . tr opposed tbe amendment , vindicating the Church of Home from tbe attacks o fSir R . H . Inglls . In tho course of hit speech , big lord , ship made the following obtervationg , whicb const ! - tuted the almost entire subject of the subsequent debate , and were much harped upon by tbe " Protestant" members . Hi * Von . friend who bad jait tat down ( Sir R . H . Inglit ) had t aid tbat tbe church of Rome wat aatagonistieto Protestantism . He perfectly agreed with bit hon . friend ; so it was ; and to it would be at long at the world thould but , or till Protestantism itself should be extinguished . ( Ironical cheers from tbe Opposition . ; Hecoa ( diUustra , tehis vitwsby an incident which had happened tt > himself . He wag once oath * plaint of Marathon , directing hit attention to the mint of a Grecian temple , when an eastern stranger stood by hit side , lost ia reflection whilst contemplating that n jble temple . In the neighbourhood from which the Persian force had been expelled he bad teen the descendant of the con .
qateeig * tin 4 upon the ruins of a mighty empire which remained in poetry alone ; and he asked himself whether tbe Catholic or the Protestantfaith should stand at theltsthunr ; and tbat reflection led hit feeble and ontdstracte'i mind to tbe time remit as history and argument * ad t-rooght tbat of tbe right hon , member for Edinbargb ( Mr Macaulay ) , when , looking through the long vitta of ages , he fancied tome ttranger from New Zealaniarated on a broken arch of London-bridge and coatew [ iiUng the raias of St Paul ' s , whilst the successor of St Peter wat wielding with undiminished force ( he power which bad been to long before conferred npon the Prinireot ApnttUa by the Son of Jehovah and of the Hebrew womin . Wjih theje sentiments , he thould certainly oppose thetmtaiment of hit hon . friend . flswas not inclined to reUnqnith one iota in the struggle for religk . tts freedom , which be maintained would continue , and mn » t continue , until Prete ^ n titm breams extinct . I Hear , be ** . )
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MrPtcxroc said the noble lord had told tbe bouse plainly , and be did not blame bim lor f peaking what he felt to ' he the honest truth , that a contcgt was going on by Pop ery against Protestantism , and that it would goon until Protestantism itself became extinct . ( Hear . ) That wat the noble lord's assertion . At far as hi was concerned , that wag hit intention , and as far at he was a re presentative of the church of Rome that was the intention of tbat church ( hear , hear ); and this bil was only part and parcel of that contest . The noble lord had spoken out very plainly , and he ( Mr Plumptre ) thanked him for it . What tbe Protestants lamented wat that tbey knew not where to find their enemies ; they might heboid to-day , when it suited their purpose , but to-morrow , when it might not be so convenient to
them—when they might be met by a superior power , tbey might hold their peace ; but the noble lord , at an honest man and an open antagonist , had told them plainly what was the purpose of his church ; his language was plain and intelligible , and the Protestantg of this country were prepared to meet it by entirely opposite language . The church of Rome might be carrying on that contest , and might be disposed , when sbe thought it convenient and found that sbe had the power to do so , to become a persecuting sburcb . She might be disposed to give this country and others , in proportion as she regained power , trenble , and such at might lead to
great misery ; but when the noble lord spoke of the result ofthe contest of Protestantism becoming extinct index tbe foot of the cbwrh of Rome , be ( Mr Plumotre ) was not afraid of such a result . He was satisfied tbat Protestantism was founded on a rock . He only shrank from and deprecated the struggle which tbe church of Rome was promoting , and which honourable member * , not of that church , were in their measures promoting by advocating such a bill as tbat now before tbe house ; he took no part in such a measure—it was only parcel of that contest which wat to be carried on against Protestantism unto the end , and on that ground he should oppose it . ( Hear , hear . )
IriirdH . Vikb considered that the objection to this bill , founded on tbe fact of its repealing a statute con . taining the Protestant declaration exacted from tbe Sovereign in conformity with tbe Bill of Rights , might be obviated by adding a few wards to it , stating , that no part of tbe Bill of Rights thould be affected by it . Mr SrooNEa bad no objection to repeal the penalties for introducing Papal bulls into tbis country ; but contended that there was a wide difference between repealing tbote penalties , and rendering tbe introduction of those bulls legal . Adverting to a pernicious dogma of the Roman Catholic Church , that " he who obeyed his Spiritual Director was freed from responsibility to God for what he did , " be denounced it as a doctrine subvertive of tbe liberty of conscience , and ofthe Protestant right of p-lvate judgment . He had consented to the concession of 1629 , bnt he would never have done so bad " the extinction of Protettantlsm" been talked of at that time- In consenting to that act , the Protestants had committed a great mistake .
Mr Shiil , after commenting upon the speech of Mr Spoonet , proceeded to show the necessity of modifying , if not of totally repealing , the laws now on the statute book against theregular orders of the Church of Rome . If there were no other argument in favour of their modification , the fact tbat tbey are almost inoperative would be a sufficient one . They mtrely answered the purposes of contumely , and none ather . Some of the most illustrious divines of Ireland belonged to regular orders—amongst whom he might instance Father Matthew , the apostle of temperancn , and Dr Doyle , who was the first that bad the courage to assert tbat the Irish peasant hat at good a right to his life as the landlord hat to his estate , and to maintain that tbe " prerogatives ef poverty on both sides of the channel were the same . "
And yet , had the laws now in existence been put in force against these two gentlemen , the latter might have been transported for life , and the former would have had tbe opportunity of propagating bit temperance principles in Yan Diemen ' t Land and Australia . Since tbe time of the Popish plot , vague fears had been entertained intbig country of the order of the Jesuits . But , in his opinion , tbeir virtues had overbalanced their faults . At all events the Irish Jesuits were without blame , for tbey had not within the latt thirty years mixed themselves up with political questions , or taken part in national agitations . Why . then , keep laws upon the statute book which rendered them liable to the penalty of transportation f Wonld Mr Spooner , Mr Plumtre , or Sir R .
Inglit advise the Attorney . Geaeral to prosecute such men at Father Matthew or Dr Dojle ! Tbis tbey were unprepared to do ; and " wherefore should intolerance show its teeth , when its teeth were too loose to bite ! " He wat confident that "Protestant security was not to be promoted by Catholic interdiction . " There was one point in reference to which he wished to see a clause introduced into the bill . He could see no reason why the Lord Chancellor of Ireland , who had no church patronage at his disposal , thould not be a Catholic , or rather why Catholicism should debar an Irish barrister from attaining tha post and dignity of Lord Chancellor . He hoped when they went into committee on the bill that a clause Testifying this grievance would be introduced .
MrFinCB made a stout Protestant speech against the
bill . Lord J . Manmebs was not convinced ofthe impolicy of tbis bill by any of the arguments advanced against it . To continue pains and penalties against the professors of a different creed was not the best mode of promoting the interests of the Church of England . He did not apprehend the slightest danger from the remission of the penalties to which members of the rtlLtious orders ofthe Church of Rome were now exposed by their residence in this country . He defendtd the Jesuits from the attacks made upon them by Sir R . Inglit , and threw dirt npon Mlcbelet , Quinet , and other French authort , who bave recently attempted to write tbatorderdewn . He deprecatedtheimpropermeatis which had been unscrupulously used to stir up the Pro * testant feelings of the country against the bill .
Mr Newdecate , Mr Goulburn , Mr Estwmrt , and Mr Law opposed the bill . Sir John Easthope , Mr John Collett , Lord Sandon , and Sir George Grey supported the motion to go into committee . The Home Secretary warmly advocated the principle of relaxing as far as possible tbe penal ttaintet against tbe Roman Catholics , although he entertained many objections to the detail ! of the bill . Mr J . Collec t said he thought if a man conducted himself properly in this world he wat jast as likely to go to heaven at last whether he wat a member of the Church ot England , a Roman Catholic , a Dissenter , a Mahometan , or a Hindoo . ( Laughter . ) He was a member ofthe Church of England himself , but he would he a natty to no
intolerance . ( Crieg of Divide . ") Tht Bishop of Exeter had had the effrontery to denounce from the pulpit a ball , the proceeds of which were to be given to tbe charity funds for relief in Ireland and Scotland , though tbe Queen had attended tbe opera when the performances were for a similar purpose . Great objection seemed to be entertained by the right bon . gentleman who last addressed the house to processions of R > raan Catholics in pontifical robes ; for himself he must say he hoped bis bon , and learned friend who had the conduct of the bill , would content to the introduction of a clause in committee which would prevent tbe bishop * from goia r to the House ofLordt In their episcopal habits , when others went in plain clothes . ( Lono liugbter . )
Mr Watson replied to the objections urged against the bill , and the House divided—For going into committee 119 Against it 158 Majority 39 By this decision tbe bill it lost . The other orders of the day were disposed of , and the house adjourned at C o ' clock . THURSDAY , Apml 15 . HOUSE OF LORDS —The Peers assembled tbis evening for tbe first time in tbe new House of Lords . In antwer to a question from Lord Bt-oghah , Tbe Marquis of LansdoWne stated that it was intended to confine the application of th * Government grant for educational purposes to those schools in which' tbe authorised version ot the Scriptures was used .
Tbe Marquis of westheath brought in a bill to prevent the watte of land in Ireland , which was read a firgttime . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Lord J . Rusoell brought in the Irish Vagrancy Bill , which was read a first time , and ordered to be read a second time on Tu-sday next . Sohdat Tbadino . —Mr Hinolet then moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the state of Sunday Trading in tbe metropolis . After a short discussion , the motion was can led by a majority of 51 to 19 . ' Aawt Sexvicg Bill . —Mr Fox Mao & e moved tbe third reading ofthe Army Service Bill . Sir H . Douglas moved tbat the Bill be read a third time tbat day six montbt . On a division , the amendment wat rejected by a majority of 91 against 42 . The Exchequer Bills , £ 18 . 310 . 700 , was read a third time and patted .
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8 THE NORTHERN STAR . Aran 17 , 1847 .
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Northampton . —A public meeting was held here on Monday evening , at 7 o ' clock , called by the Major , on n requisition signed by forty inhabitant-householders , including several of tbe town councillor * , in the Guildhall . The Mayor being unavoidably nhsut , Mr Joseph Gurney wat called to the chair , who commenced the proceeding ! by calling . n Mr John St . inton , one of the town councillors , to move tbe first resolution , as follows : — " Thar it is the opinion ef tbis meeting , tbat the rate and ttxpay . ' ng clauses in the Reform and Registration Acts
are unjust , vexatious , unnecessary , and oppressive , and opposed to the progressive spirit of the age , and that they thould be repealed forthwith . " Seconded by Mr Wm . Man-lay . Mr George Bast nvwii . that " rent " should be included with tiie rate and taxpaying clauses . Mr John Barker seconded the amendment , whereupon Mr Sun ton included the amendment witli his resolution , which was adopted . The Rev Thomas P . illip moved tbe adoption efttw petition , which w « g seconded by Mr Starmer , and adopted . A vote of thanfcs to the chairman concluded the proceedings .
Russia * Wheat—Correspondence from St . Petersburgh of the 28 th nit . refers to » he perfect glut of wheat in tho markets of the R-issian capital . Thero was on hand a superfluity of supply suifi . cient to load 900 < , r 1 , 000 vessels . No leu than 400 shoemakers are said to have left Dublin dariflf the last month , being out of employment .
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BOW-STREET . — Attempted Rape and Robbery . — Richard Harrison , landlord ofthe Peecock public-house , in Houghton-street , Clare Market , was charged with stealing £ 115 s , tbe property of Charles Turner , landlord of the Tailors * Arms public-house , in . Clemeni's-lane , tod attempting to commit a rape upon big wife under aggravated circumstances . Mrs Turner stated that during the hours of Divine Service on the 4 th instant , her husband being out of town , tbe retired to her bedroom to lie down , and having fell asleep , sbe was suddenly awoke by thepriioner , who forced open the door , and having his person exposed , he threw himself upon her pressing his hand to her mouth , to prevent her making any noise , but by using all her strength tbe threw bim off , and got out of the bed . Sbethen sat on a chair very much exhausted ,
and he again made a second attempt by throwing himself across her lap , which the resisted as well as she could by holding bis ear and scratching his face ; upon whicb he said , "You , is that what you mean V still struggling with her round the room , trying to overpower her , and on passing a wiiting desk he snatched the amount in question , which tbe had brought up from the shop for safety . She kept no servant , and there was no person living in the house except a lodger and her brother , both of whom she thought were gone out . She had been suffering much from the treatment she met with , and awaited tbe arrival of ber husband in town . On the following morning tbe prisoner came again to the house , and said , " Don ' t be making a singing about tbat there money , I'll bring it you at night , " at the same time
holding up a sovereign between bis finger and thumb , which he offered to her if sbe would spend half an hour up stairs with him , upon which sbe threatened to lock him up unless he went away , and when her husband came home he would do what the law allowed . She mentioned the circumstance to no female , and on Friday when her husband returned , she directly informed him of what took place , and they then consulted with a professional man to take proceedings . The witness underwent a long cross-examination without altering ber direct testimony . There being no defence t « t up , the Magistrate ordered the prisoner to enter inte his own recognizances in the sum of £ 80 for each offence , and two sureties in £ 40 , to answer both charges at tbe next session of the Central Criminal Court .
Disorbibly Soldiers . —George Perbyand Edward Aubery , two privates in the 2 nd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards , were charged with riotous and disorderly conduct , and threatening the constables in the execution of their duty . The case occupied the court tome , time , and from the evidence adduced it appeared that 101 F division received information while on duty In Longacre that a person had been robbed of hit hat by two soldiers , but he refused to prefer the charge , and they took it away . About two o ' clock in the morning there was a disturbance in New-str « et , Covent-garden , and the prisoner Ferby was found in hit uniform , drunk , swinging his belt over his head , and threatening to dash out the brains of every constable who dared approach
him . Shortly after the ether prisoner was seen with the hat in his possession , previous to which they knocked a basket of clothes off a poor man ' s head , and , having repeatedly refuted to go to tbeir barracks , tbey were taken into custody , the prisoner Ferby continuing to use the most violent language againtt tbe police . The prisoner Aubrey denitd having stolen the hat , having got it from a young man as a security , with whom he bad been gambling , and the other prisoner declared he never intended injury to the officers , by whom the facts against him were overstated . Mr Henry said they had grossly misconducted themselves , and , as drunkenness could be no excuse they should pay a penalty of £ 5 each , in default of which they thould be imprisoned tor one
LAMBETH . — Wbomsale Swuwmso . —On Monday John Regan , who had been proprietor of tbe Adelphi Shades , and more recently kept the Wine Rooms in the Westminster-road , was placed at the bar , before Mr Elliott , on various charges of gross fraud . Mr Games appeared to prosecute for one of the persons victimised , and Mr Roberts appeared for the prisoner . From the evidence , which was somewhat lengthy , it appeared that a short time since the prisoner took a house in the Broad , way , Westminster , and fitted it up in a very expensive manner for the grocery , provision , and cheesemongery business , but before the day on which ho promised to open for business had arrived , be disposed of the whole of the fixtures . Among his victims was Mr David tewis , a japanner and tea canister maker , in Clerkenwell ; Mr in te
Chas . Burdett , a beam and scale maker , Bishopsga Without ; and Mr Williams , a gas-fitter , in Gray's-Inn . lane ; but tbe strongest case was tbat of a poor man named Youles , who bad been swindled out of a pony and chaise , of the value of £ 18 . From the statement of Mr Games , borne out by the testimony of the complainant , it appeared that about three weeks ago , when wanting money very badly , he agreed to sell a pony and chaise cart to Regan for £ 18 , intending tbat it should be a ready money bargain . On getting possession of the property , however , the prisoner said that he was taken short of cash , and that he had made arrangements with a frwnd of his , named Hordon , to discount his bill . Youles foolishly took a bill drawn by the prisoner for £ 18 , and made payable at the London and Westminster Bank , and the latter observing that the discount would be 18 s , handed him that sum . The bill was carried to Nordon , who at first exhibited a disposition to discount it , but found fault with tbe form in which it was drawn , and a
second bill being written out . the first was detained b y the parties . Nordon then changed his tone , said he could get the bill discounted , but ultimately refused to have anything to do with it . The witness , in reply to a question put by the magistrate , said he had been induced to part with his property solely on the prisoner ' s representation , that his friend Nordon would discount bis bill on the same day that be gave it . The prisoner was remanded for a week . On the application of his attorney , however , he was admitted to bail . At the conclusion of the case , Mr Games , on the part of the prosecution , applied to the magistrate for tbe assistance of Serjeant Guff , as it requi red more than ordinary judgment in getting it up . There could be very little doubt , he said , that the house in Westminster had been taken by the prisoner , who had been formerly mixed up in such transactions , for the purposes of fraud , and on the next examination , he , Mr Games , expected to see present at leas * a hundred ot his victims
MARYLEBONE . —A Maoistbate's Difihition of a " Gent . "—A man , named William Whelan , was charged bv 103 D . who said , "Pleaseyour worship , on Saturday ni R ht I found th prisoner drunk , and with the assistance of two ctrilians , I took him to the ttatton-houie . " —Mr Rawlinsiin : Who do you eall civilians !—Consta Me : They were two "gents . *'—Mr Rawliusnn : Do you mean to say that they were *« gents . !"— Conttable : Yes . your worship—Mr Rawlinson : Don ' t talk of " gents . " again , I pray you . A " gent . " is a blackguard . —The prisoner wasditcbarged . ROBBCBT AT THE LoHDnH AND BlBKlSOHAM RAIlwat Station —On Tuesday Mr Rawlinson was occupied lor nearly two hours m the investigation of a charge against a number of persons who bad been taken into custody for having been concerned in stealing property
to the amount of nearly £ 600 , from a van belonging to Hcssrs Crowley and Co ., whiih firm had , by hand-bille , offered a reward of £ 80 , for such information as would lead to the apprehension and couvloUim of the thieves . — The names of the prisoners were John Freer , William Martin , Henry East . Samuel Freer , John Cbeny , Joseph Taylor , James Taylor , Joel Taylor , Joseph Cooper and William Pullen . A considerable degree of interest wm excited in consequence of the numerous robberies which , from time to time , have been perpetrated at the different stations , and the Court was , therefore , much crowded . — Mr Vann attended fur tha proswution ; Mr Wilk . ns"n , manager to Messrs Crowley's , the well-known railway ( -. ' irrirra , also atten < 1 ^> i . a' did Mr Barker , stiperinteuden- ot ih raiiwav company ' s police , and Inspector
Pa « - « i- . ot the N divistim . A great deal of evidence was <•• i . K « ne into , tr-m » tncliit appeared that several of tow i . i- >« . inershad curri .-it «(! irom the premises a quantity i .. ods in a van , and 'hm th < y had no right whatever to d . -i A porti-m of thr m » 1 good * was ultimately met > vi h y Soge > nt S -inters , it No . 3 Colebrook . place , lt .: X- « w . It was fviviU' -c shown that at the house in qu -ti ., n much of the n- « p ny stolen was discovered . Oilier evniem-e was gun n <> touching the robbery , and those pnsonurk first irutir I were remanded till Tuesday next ; the retniinimr nireo were discharged on their promising to appear on the day named . It igfully expected that on the next examination some facts will be elicited which will have a tendency to exhibit to the puMic a system of robbery carried on upon a very extensive scale .
WORSHIP STREET . —On Tuesday Thomat Bone , a middle-aged man of respeclable appearance , was charged with having obtained , by false pretences , teveral gold watches and articles of jeweller ) , of tbe value of £ 55 , from Mr Charles Madt'H , described as a cabinet-maker and dealer in fancy cooii * , ' resMing in Baltic-Street , St Luke ' s . The prosecutor minted tbat ho had been acquaintcd for about two mouths with the prisoner , and that pursoaot to an appointment between them , he went on Saturday afternoon to the Crawn Tavern , in Clerke well-green , to exhibit to him a quantity of jewellery and watches , for which the pi-uv , uw totd hitn he could find a purchaser . The articles in question consisted of four gold watches two chains ami six pair of earrings , and the prisoner requested his permission to show them to a irentlenian , of whom he said In .- had jus purchased about £ 700 north of timber , mid ivh <> was anxious to make suitable presents to two of ! ns daughters , who were about to be married . On the faitii of tbis statement , witness allowed him to leave the li . une with t ' e articles , and
after about an hour's ab ^ -tiei-, the prisoner returned , aud told him that be had sent tlie goons to tbe Waterloo road , for the inspection ot the intended purchaser , and that they must precetd tlirre together to complete the negotiation . lie accordingly accompanied the prisoner to that locality , where they called at two or three houses without meeting tl , e prrgon of whom tliey were in quest , but at each of wide ) : the prisoner plied him with brandy and water , aad finally contrived to give him the slip , and got clear off with the property . He had since called several times at the prisoner ' s residence , but was unable to meet with bim until the preceding even ! g , when he remained in the neiKlibnurhood with two officers in plain clothes , till the ar . lval of the prisoner , and gave him into custody . —Mr Soliimon , a solicitor , who appeared for the defence , contended that the transaction amounted merely to 8 debt , and could not properly be made the subject of criminal proceedings . —Mr Arnold , however , considered it his duty to remand tho prisoner npon tbe charge , but consented to accept bail for his
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future appearance , himself in £ 200 , and two sureties of £ 100 each . SODIHWARK , —Arthur Haywood , a rougb-looking countryman , was charged with getting the casual ward in St Olave't Workbeuseon fire . The porter ofthe workbouse stated tbat the prisoner , with several others , was admitted into the casual ward to tletp . Soon after their admission an alarm wat given tbat a fire was raging in the casual ward , and on proceeding there it was found the place was all enveloped In a dense smoke , and that a quantity of straw was on fire in the middle of the floor , the boards of which were in flames . Several persons were immediately emtioyedin conveying water from the yard to the ward , with which the fire was at length extinguished . The porter added that had not tbe alarm been given when it wat , tbe house , with its inmates ,
would very likely have been burnt . At all events many lives would have been sacrificed , there being a number of aged people there who were too infirm to be enabled to escape . A youth was then called forward , and be stated that he was lying down in the casual ward , and being awake at the time , saw the prisoner , who was smoking , throw from his pipe some lighted tobacco , which ignited the straw , and it wat boob on fire . The prisoner made no effort to extinguish the flames , but seemed to enjoy it , and witness jumped up and ran out ofthe ward , which wat full of smoke , and gave the alarm of fire , Mr Cottingham said it wat extremely improper to allow persons in the prisoner ' s tituation to smoke tobacco in & place where such a disaster as tbat of a fire might be attended with such fearful consequences to the unfertunate inmates . He then asked the prisoner what be bad to tay in answer to tbe charge f Tbe porter said tbat no smoking wat permitted , but tbat with all their vigilance some of tbe men admitted occasionally oontrlrod to smoke in the ward , but such a practice was
strongly condemned by tbe Board of Guardians . Tbe prisoner taid tbat he admitted smoking a pipe of tobacco in the ward , and that some of the ashes dropping into tbe dry straw , set fire to it all in a moment , and tbat be was nearly overpowered with the smoke or he would bare lent a ban 1 in extinguishing tbe flames . It did not teem possible , be added , that be would bave wilfully committed such an act , for he would have inn the risk of losing hit own life . Mr Cottingham said that was a most fortunate circumstance that the lad witnessed the circumstance of the prisoner dropping tbe tobacco ashes amongst the straw , otherwise a most serious loss of life might have ensued . Tbe magistrate then pointed out to the prisoner the extreme impropriety of hie conduct , in smoking in such a place , and added , that if he was satisfied he tet fire to the straw intentionally , he should unquestionably have sent bim for trial , but as he believed it was the result of accident , he should , therefore , on this occasion , discharge him , and at the tame time trusted that it would operate at an example .
GUILDHALL . —PakCel Fost Compamt . —The affairs of tbit defunct Company on Tuesday were brougbt under the notice of Sir P . Laurie , and the room was crowded with guards and drivers , Mr Ashurst ' s clerk attended as tbe representative of tbe latter body , and Mr Strict , solicitor , appeared on behalf of some of the directors . The matter had been mentioned to Sir Peter tbe previout day , in consequence of one of tbe parcel carts which bad been detained by the men , and deposited at ths stables of Mr Matthews , a dairyman , in the Borough , having been forcibly removed by a gang ) i forty Irishmen , collected in St Giles ' s , and having been retaken by the men in the City . Sir P . Laurie expressed his surprise that this matter had not been settled long ago , at he had been publicly assured by tbe secretary , Mr Gougb , that four of the directors were worth
£ 40 , 000 . Mr Ashley replied there was one director a man of good property . The solicitor employed to wind up tbe company ' s affairs was engaged in disposing of the aasests of the concern , and paying as far as they would go the turns due to the poor men whom Mr Aehurst represented . The carts had been sold , but till they were delivered tbe buyers would not pay for them , and nothing could be paid to the poer men simply because they persisted in withholding the property . Mr As burst ' s clerk ¦ aid they were not satisfied that when tbey gave up tbe carts they would be paid . Tbey were told to Mr Kingwell , tbe builderof the carts . Now he had been paid £ 1 , 200 ; but £ 600 was owing to bim , and if tbe carts were once delivered , wonld be not set them off against hiibilli The men bad aright to be satisfied that Mr Ktngwell was prepared and intended to pay for the carts ,
and next , that the solicitor who received the money was disposed and was duly authorised to divide it . Sir F . Laurie saw no difficulty in fruiting to tbe poor men restoring any property they held , if they were paid . The directors ought to club together , and produce the money . The Hon . Agustus F . Berkeley wat put forth as a director , but he had publicly denied it . Mr Ashley said , that notwithstanding his denial he was a director , and he had bis name in a deed . Sir P . Laurie said tbis was the age of humbug . The public would beguiled with anything . One of the delusions of the day was that want of education was the great source of crime , tbe truth being , tbat the more education had progressed , tbe greater had been theincreaseof crime . With regard to the matter before him , it bad better stand over till tbe next day , when the solicitor for tbe directors would attend .
On the following day , all the parties appeared . Mr Kurd represented Mr Kingwell , who had purchased the carts ; Mr Ashurst's clerk appeared for the drivers ; aad Mr Strict for tbe company . Sir Peter Laurie asked if Mr Strict was the gentleman who said that fonr of the directors were worth £ 40 , 000 , and every shilling owing would be immediately paid Mr Strict said he was not , but there was no want of money , and he had been entrusted to endeavour to arrange the company ' s affairs . In the first place be proposed topsy off the men , about 150 in number . Tbe horses and carts were more than sufficient for the purpose . He bad sold tbe horset , and repaid with that one-half of tbe deposits made by tbe
drivers , & c . He had also sold the carts to tbe makers of them , and upon delivering tbe whole of them he was to n ceive £ 600 , which was more than sufficient to pay tbe rest of the deposits and the wages due , supposing every man to hare a week ' s notice from tbe day the concern was closed ; but the men had possession of several carts , secreted in different places , and prevented him front doing what he intended . One of the drivers said that the company had thirty-six out of the fortj-five carts . When Mr Kingwell resorted to hiring gangs of Irish to forcibly seize property , it did not look like meaning to pay for it , bnt seizing it in reduction of his debt . Sir Peter confessed this seemed as If the cart-bullder was de .
termlned to take care of himself . The directors might deal safely with the men by paying the amount , and re <> celvlng the carts at ths same time and place . Mr Strict thought It wat quite reasonable that the company ' s property should be first collected aud sold before the directors dipped further into tbeir pockets . Sir Peter apprehended tbey had not dipped much yet . Mr Ashurst ' s clerk said the . v were not agreed as to what wat due . By the deposit note given when the men paid their money , it was contradicted that the money should be returned any day tbey left the company ' s service , and the non-paymtnt of tho deposit of itself constituted a continuance ofthe service up to this day . It was fair , because , till they could stake their little capital elsewhere , they could not get employ . Mr Strict said ihey had hindered bim from repaying the deposit by withholding
part of the property . They might continue to d » so for a year , but they could not take advantage of their own wrong , and claim a year ' s wages . Sir Peter replied , certainly net , but recommended a compromise , that , instead of six weeks , which the men claimed , or one week , which Mr Strict offered , they be allowed four weeks . Mr Strict had better consult the directert on this . Every man must expect to pay something for his folly . Mr Ashurst ' s clerk put in a claim for £ 10 more , The men had borrowed £ 40 on depositing five carts , with the condition that they might be gold at the end of a month , if not redeemed with £ 50 , Mr Strict taid he would have nothing to do with it . It was , in effect , a charge of £ 10
for the interest of £ 40 for one month , or a few days , It nt on the security of property worth above £ 100 . Sir Peter Laurie hoped they would arrange all the matters between themselves in a day or two ; or if both sides would submit to bis arbitration , they might appeal to him again He asked what had become of the parcels whicli were in the company ' s hands when it stopped . Mr Aldlmuse said they were all forwarded the same evening . Tlie company had only about half a dozen packages , in respect to which neither the party to whom nor by whom they were sent , could be discovered . Gi cat carriers , 1 ik « tho Birmingham Railway , hsd £ 1 , 000 worth of goods per annum left on their hands . Tbe parties tliatiko ! Sir P « er for giving them a hearing and retired .
LAMBETH . —John Bene , a confidential servant in the employment of Mr Edward Harris Robbits , boot and shoemaker , Walworth-road , was placed at tho bur for final examination , on a charge of plundering his master of property to a considerable amount . On th-. former examination it was shown that the prisoner iur some time past had been in the habit of sending Ms master ' s materials to bit own house as well as to different workmen , to get boots and shoes made up fur himself ; and not content with this , actually carried off the boots and shoes of his employer ready made . Ou bis house being searched a vast quantity of property was found there , and nearly the whole of it bore the
prosecutor ' s private mark . This day Mr Robbits wished to withdraw from tbe prosecution , on tbe ground , as be alleged , that he wat not aware , when he causal the prisoner to be taken into custody , tbat the punishment would exceed three or six months' imprisonment ; but finding that it was likely to be much more serious , and also an account of the prisoner's family and friends , he did not wish to press the charge . Mv Elliott remarked that the case vrns one ot so serious a character , that he could not , consistently with bis duty to tbe public , allow it to be arranged in any way , but must send it before a jury . The prisoner wns accordingly committed for trial .
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Punch ok the Eiiucauok ScuBME . —Ilftving been requested to " pronounce" on tlio s bjectof f ? . e government education scheme , we beg leave to say that we have weighed the vrot and the cons iu those scale * © 'justice which we always carry about with us . We have looked at the project itself , and at the character et the opposition which it has encountered ; and when desired to say ivhethur we think tho remedy proposed or the awful knnrance that prevails is mure reasonable than the hostility with which it is met , we hare nly to observe to the public at lareei- " Your JSaincs and antidote are both before you . " --iV «^ . Thb Sultan and thb Iri 8 h . ~ -vV 8 hear that the Sultan has subscribed munificently to the fund Mm \ m « td of the distressed Irish .
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THE WARRINGTON "CONSPIRATORS . " importanTmeeting . ' FA densely-crowded meeting of mechanics was held last night , Friday , April 0 , in the large Hall of the Phoenix Tavern , Ratcliffe Cross , to take into consideration tho late trial at Liverpool . Mr Robert Swift was unanimously called to the chair , and said the purpose for which they had met was a very straightforward one ; sure ho was that they all sympathised with their persecuted brethren of New . ton . ( Hear , hear . ) Their committee had received a circular from Manchester , which stated that nine of their brethren had been convicted at the Liverpool assizes by a prejudiced jury , and called on the tmechanics throughout the country to aid and assist athat committee in bringing the case , on a writ of error , into tbe Queen ' s Bench , and , in order to raise the necessary means , it recommended that the levy of sixpence per week , per man , should be kept on
for the ensuing six weeks . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Nbwton , the secretary , said that after the enthusiastic meeting held in this place last December , the committee had got up meetings in Lambeth and Greenwich : they had collected from their various shops £ 353 to £ 364 , and he had the satisfaction of telling them they had still , in the hands of the three committees of East London , West London , and Greenwich , the sum of £ 65 ; Mr Roberts had received upwards of £ 900 . He ( Mr Newton ) thought it would be as well if the committee formerly elected were to resign , in order to give that meeting an opportunity of expressing its opinion . ( Cheers . ) Mr Bownb moved , "That the late committee be reappointed , and that the best thanks of this meeting be given them for their past services , " ( Cheers . ) Mr Peoples seconded the motion , which was earned unanimously .
Mr Joseph Mosiosaid he thought they were much indebted to the Manchester committee . The men whom the sapient jury had found guilty were only guilty of such doings as most of them in that meeting would be proud of . ( Hear , hear . ) He therefore appealed to them , by their brethren ' s suffering wives and children , by their desire to prevent the same thing happening to themselves , to be up and doing , and inciting their fellow-men to de likewise . He concluded by moving the following resolution : — " That , in conformity with the reques of the committee at Manchester , we hereby pledge ourselves individually and collectively to the continuation of a subscription of 6 d . per week , per man , for six weeks longer . " Me Wmaer seconded the motion . Mr Newton , in support of the resolution , said they must not be satisfied with holding up of hands , but endeavour to carry out the great object in view . ( Loud cheers . ) They were deeply indebted to the few individuals who had volunteered
their services as collectors . By the circular he held in his hand he perceived that the subscription was not confined te engineers , —the masons of Liverpool had subscribed the liberal sum of £ 120 . The plasterers , sawyers , corn-grinders , and bricklayers of Birkenhead had followed this good example . ( Loud cheers . ) After the very able and impartial summing up of Baron Rolfe they would doubtless be astonished at the finding of the jury . ( Hear , hear . ) A curious feature ofthe trial was , that those who were charged with intimidation were set at liberty , whilst the more quiet ones were convicted ( hear , hear ); however , they must have the men brought before the Judges ofthe Queen ' s Bench , and then , if the other judges coincided with Baron Rolfe , the result must
bean acquittal . ( Loud cheers . ) The Northern Star of Saturday would contain an excellent report ot the trial , extending over four columns and a half , independent of a first rate leading article on the subject . ( Great applause . ) For the appeal to the Bench Mr Roberts had already engaged that great lawyer , Sir Fitzroy Kelly , as well as Mr Peacock ; it was their duty to find the means to pay for this talented aid . To effect this object they must agitate not only publicly but privately , and he hoped the next report that was issued would show all the shops that had contributed their fair quota ; so must they more firmly adhere , and by their strongly-cemented union enjoy all the blessings co-operation can . afford . ( Great applause . ) Mr Hindlbv said he fully agreed with the previous
speakers , "that this was no mere trade question , but a national one . " England had often shown bril iant examples of a nation striving to free herself from the entbralment of serfdom . ( Hear , hear . ) A former period bad witnessed the Kentish smith , raising the tool with which he wrought , and dashing out the brains of the lewd and insolent tax collector—( loud cheers)—but now they had laid aside the club , and taken to club their pence , in order that they might meet their opponents in the courts of law . ( Applause . ) However , he did not tbink they would ever get true justice until such time as the working men formed a part ofthe jury-class—until they were
really tried by their peers . ( Loud applause . ) He hoped , as soon as this business was done with , to find their trade thoroughly organised , with a view to the making of their capital reproductive . Nothing short of co-operation could or would secure the great blessing for which they contended . They had many good examples before them ; for instance , the National Land Company , and tbe National Association for Enfranchising the People . They might be assured that until they had a voice in selecting the juries , and in choosing the legislators , they never would be safe from prosecutions like tho present . ( Vehement cheering . )
Mr Bemmmt said he could not agree with the motion ; he would therefore move that a levy be made in the several club rooms to the amount of three shillings a man . making with the eight shillings already paid , eleven shillings aman . Mr ilcHB seconded tbe amendment . Mr Matthias opposed the amendment , which was ultimately withdrawn . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Mr Matthias moved '' That a vote of thanks be given to the reporter , editors and proprietors of the Northern Star , loj ^ theit talented , persevering and un wearied advocacy of the cause of the oppressed and persecuted and the rights of the industrious millions generally . " Mr Nkwton said they could not be too grateful to the ^ ortnem Star for theservico it had rendered their trade in particular , and the werkinz millions generally . —The resolution was then put and carried unanimously .
A second meeting was announced to be held on Saturday ( this evening ) , at the Temperance Hall , W « terloo-road ; and a third at Greenwich , on , Wednesday evening next . A voteot thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved .
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MEETING AT THE HALL , WATERLOO-ROAD An important meeting of the South London Engineers vas held on Saturday evening , April the 10 th , in the Temperance flail , VVaterloo-road , which was densely crowded on the occasion . Mr IIkpprll was unanimously called fo the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . Mr Milwaru , the district secretary , related the circumstance ofthe conviction of nine of the Newton men , and , by the exertion of Mr W . P . Roberts , the acquittal ofthe remainder . of tbe twenty-six
conspirators . The Manchester committee had recommended that the case should be brought before the Court ot Queen ' s Bench , and that in order to raise the necessary funds for that purpose , the contribution of sixpence per week per man should be continued for six weeks longer , and he ( Mr Milward ) trusted this recommendation would be adopted , and that those members and shops who had not previously subscribed would outvie the most patriotic in their sit feci iptions and exertions for their suffering fellowmen- ( Loud cheers . )
Mr BiKLtsY said be was much gratified at the liberal manner ir > which others than engineers had subset ibed on behalf of their oppressed brethren , audi notileconduct ought to suffuse with shame the cheeks of those degenerate engineers who had been so remiss in tliuir duty as not yet to have subscribed their mi to to uphold the interest and welfare of the trade ? by which they lived . ( Loud citccis . ) lie had muuii pleasure in moving the following resolution : — That eiicliman in the trade be requested to subscribe sixpence per week for the ensuing six weeks in order to briiui the case of our persecuted brethren of IV .-irriagton Ixiove in unprejudiced jury of the Court of Queen ' s Hem-li .
M < - Bbebh seconded the motion , Mr HiNniiKV , in supporting it , said among the many privileges handed down to us by our forefathers w as tluit of the right of public meetings , of which he knew none of more importance —( Hear , hear , ) to meet , to speak , to give utterance to thtir free tlioujihts , cither as regards a Prince Afctteruich , an Empcrori'f Russia , or a tyrant employer . ( Loud chouis . ) lie was glad tbey so highly appreciated this privilege as to attend in such large numbers . When they met in their hall last , it was to protest against rJiej ignorance , arrogance and oppressive conduct of a
beach of magistrates , composed of cotton and iron lords . - ( Hear , hear . ) Now , they bad to complain of the art of a prejudiced jury , a set of men ffho from their station in society might be fairl y presumed to imve an interest in keeping the men down . He t rusted that it would not bo sixpem-o a week that would prevent us taking the case before the Court of Queen ' s Bench . ( Loud ! cheers . ) Somo few raWht think it wrong to spend money in law ; but for " his pun ne dui not know how they ooukl more profitably muA it than by upholding their jiMtricyhtaaod priv . lcges . ( Much applause . ) Mr llimJit-v resumed hi .- scat amidst protracted cheerin «
. Mr Wm . Nb . wio » rose amidst considerable dieerv . J ^ Hnd P J ? * ° » 5 ht « , e Proceeding of Messrs Joneb Md Putto agaiMt twenty-six working men , thwJn *« . tieob J 1 u y a" « « PProbrium that could be taroHnon it . At the time they commenced their piTsteution , they could not have formed any idea that the case would have been taken up by their tel ow-workmen iu tho warm and energetic manner it had been ( hear , hear , ) but thanks to meetings like these , with emhutiasm , such as ho find witnessed this evening they had been enabled to stay the hands of nivju ' <* d jurerB , and the persecution of unjust and
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unprincipled employers . ( Loudcheerg . ) Helooked . n it as tbeir duty to uphold their trade in all its inte ? grity . True , theyhadnoJadypatrones 8 e 8 , ner had thw any foremen to hand round the subscri ption !&« & tnero . bnthad they nottheircommontraaeandcVrn mon interest to uphold . ) ( Great cheering . ) Thevh . J been called the aristocracy of the trades , and thou / hr too proud tojoin with carpenter * , plasterers , stock ingers , and weavers , but he disclaimed the iraDubT tion . ( Lpud cheers . ) They might not have been sufficientl y acquainted with the merits of the asso . ciative principle , and having been able to supnorf themselves alone , it had kept them in a state ofjgo lation , but of this be was sure , that they must stretch out a helping hand to their poorer brethren and elevate them in the social scale , or they would uhi
mately drag the engineers down to their level . ( Great applause . ) The onlv it & y that they would effectually serre their brethren in misfortune , was byjsubacribine freely , and taking their caso into the Court of Queen ' s Bench , and once before an unprejudiced tribunal , he thought an acquittal certain . ( Cheers \ The resolution was unanimously adopted . On the motion of Messrs Pilling and Hanson . a voteof thanks was given to the committee who had conducted the subscription hitherto for the South Lonl don District , and their re-appointment was adopted by acclamation . Mr William Nbwton thought thev had a «^ t- »
, duty to perform . He stood thereinftis social position , a member of a Trades body , and as such was totally disconnected «» ith politics of any description . He felt that the JVorrAern Star had done them great service , not only on the present occasion , although that was large , for in that day ' s paper they had lour columns and a half of the trial matter , a leadine article , and a fair report of their last night ' s meetinl thereon , f Great applause . ) But that journal haa also done them great service on former occasions After paying some high compliments to tho re porter ( Mr Stallwood ) for the great interest he took in their affairs , and for iiis general assiduity , he concluded by moving : —
That the best thanks of this meeting are hereby given to tbe Editors and Beporter of the Northern Star , for the great sendees they have rendered our trade , ( loud cheering . ) Mr Hindlbt , in seconding the motion , said he could not wave politics , for although he felt the service rendered in a social point of view , be thanked that journal equally for its able advocacy of the enfranchisement ofthe millions , a question he thought deepl y interesting to all , for once admit the people to political equality , and they would hear no more of such trials as that ofthe Warrington men . ( Great cheering . ) The resolution was carried amidst tho
acclamation of all , Mr Stallwood rose amid renewed cheering to acknowledge the compliment , and said , as far as bigown humble abilities were concerned , they were always at their service . Ever since the great consolidated union , he had taken a deep and lively interest in trade affairs , and as regarded the editorsof that journal , including its proprietor , sure he was * that they felt but too happy when it was in their power to serve , in tbe smallest way , the interest of the industrious millions . ( Great cheering . ) A Tin-pjate Worker rose in the body of the meeting and said , he should much like to see a resolution some'hing like the following adopted : —
Tbat the attempt to suppress all legal resistance In . defence of labour , by the conviction or , our fellow-work . men , is not only unjust to them , but is also of tbe utmost Importance to every indiridual who lires by bis labour , and we recommend the attention of the several trades bodies throughout the Kingdom be called to this case ; and at tho same time to solicit their support , and enlist their sympathy in behalf of our unfortunate brethren of Newton . After a few words from Messrs Milward , Ilindley ,. and Newton , it was resolved that the resolution be referred to the cemraittee , with a view to the carrying its spirit into operation .
A vote of thanks was then awarded to the chair , man , by acclamation , and ene of the most enthusisatio meetings we ever witnessed quietly dissolved .
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MEETING AT GREENWICH . A rery numerous and highly respectable meeting of engineers was held on Tuesday evening , April 13 th , in the spacious room of the North Pole Tavern , Greenwich , Mr John Holland was unanimously called to the chair , and having read the circular convening the meeting , said other trades had been invited to attend , because they ( the engineers ) wished tbeir sympathy . They did not ask them to sub . cribe . However , if they thought fit to do so , such assistance would be kindly received , iltat present wsre . doubtless , aware of the origin of the dispute between Messrs Jones and Potts , and their men , that it commenced by a breach of the usages of the trade on the part of the employers , and he had no doubt that they had also learned by tbis time , that the dispute had resulted in the conviction of nine of the men . and that , too , evidently in opposition to the summing . up of the judge . He thought it an imperative duty to obtain a fair and impartial trial for their much-wronged brethren . ( Loud cheers . )
The District Secretary ( Hr H . Broderlek ) read a state . ment of tbe receipts and expend'ture ofthe committee , which , on the motion of Messrs Laws and Martin , was de ' dared to be highly satisfactory . Mr BaoDEBicK said , they were aware of the enormouslength of the indictment against the men of Newton . It contained noless than 991 points . Yet the jury trough } in a verdict of guilty against nine of tleir brethren in a quarter of an hour . He thought this , of itself , was quite sufficient to demand further inquiry . He had , therefore , much pleasure in moving the following resolution : — "That this meeting protests against tha unjust verdict of a biassed jury , who have convicted nine of our fellowworkmen on a general charge of conspiracy ; this meeting being of opinion tbe men only exercised a right , at once legal and just . " Mr Waldon seconded the motion , which was catriti unanimously .
Mr CflABtEs Jackson moved the following resolution : — " That in conformity with tbe request ofthe committee at Manchester we hereby pledge ourselves , individually and collectively , to the continuation of a subscription of . sixpence per week , per man , for six weeks to come . " Mr Daniel Clabe seconded the resolution . Mr Rindlev said , he was gratified to fi « id so many u , sembled to enter their solemn protest aitalnst the verdict of what tbey justly deemed a prejudiced jury—and to de . mand , and take the necessary steps to secure a fair trial fortheiroppreesed brethren . ( Cheers . ) Heagreedwitb a former speaker that the masters were the aggressors , uot the men ; he also agreed thatit was a conspiracy on the part of the masters to «• impoverish" th « men . The masters had tbe making and tho enforcing o : the law ,
nevertheless , by clubbing their pence , and acting in the spirit of union , they could and would teach their oppressors such a lesson that they would not easily forget . The men of Newton felt that they had acted strictly rightist ! they were determined to defend them at any cost , ( Great cheering . ) No doubt it was a novel step for working-men to walk into the Court of Queen ' s Bench with Sir Fitzroy Kelly attheirhead , hut this was the age of progression , ( Loudcheers . ) This trial bad set them thinking : it would prepare them for new scenes , cause them to explore new fields for future operation . ( Hear , hear , ; Should this appeal to the Queen ' s Bench fall , there would be yet another door open . an appeal to the twelve Judges . ( Great cheering . ) Let them rally round their brethren , persevere to the last , and victory must ultimately crown their efforts . ( Vehement cheering . ) The resolution was carried unanimously .
Mr William Newton said , this was their third meeting , and all well attended , all exhibiting good feeling and the holiest enthusiasm . Mr N . delivered an excellent speech , and concluded by moving ;—" That this meeting feels called upou to express their warmest thanks to the conductors of the Northern Star , and such other newspapers as have advocated the cause of their persecuted fellow-vf orkmen . " Mr Newton here pointed out the great service the Northern Star in particular had rendered their trade , in the shape of able leaders , reports , & c , & o . He thought it was their Bounden duty to support the paper that supported them , and have the support of others totbose who benefited by them . ( Ltud cheers . ) Mr raossER seconded the motion , whicb was carried unanimousl y amid the loudest applaust ,
Mr Russon , Vice-President ofthe National Association of United Trades for the Employment of Labour rose , and expressed the great pleasure be had oxperlenced in listening to the two aide and eloquent speakers who bad preceded him , and who had so ably advocated the principles ofthe association to which he belonged ; and said , although not connected with their body , he felt a great interest iu the question they had met to ditcuss , as it certainly was a new thing fora judge te say inuoceat , and tbe jury to say guilty . This was decidedly the first of a series of attempts to crush the working men . Mr Robson then entered into a brief but eloquent sketch ofthe principles of the National Trades' Association , and ofthe greatimportnnce and superisrity of a national union of trades " landed ? 0 ' * runlon ' ( "e « atdowu vehemently ap-The committee , hitherto managing the Defence Fund for this district was reappointed , with the thanke of ( he meeting for past services .
Mr Hoie , a millwri ght , and a nine years' subscriber to tkt'Northern Star , said he had read Mr Newton ' s speech , and had taken ihe advice there offered , and he now came forward with fi . e shillings for the fund . Mr Huil then broached a plan of a co-operative sture , by which means some £ & , 000 might be easil y obtained , without the expenditure of a simjle farthing excepting what they usually spent for their own and family ' s consumption . ( Loud cheers . ) Thanks having been duly voted by acclamation to the chairman , the meeting separated ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 17, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17041847/page/8/
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