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      GUILW 11 ALI .. TT- ^ srsDAT . —Cbabce or PstoST . —Benjamin Brooks , jh 67 ec-hTe & cr . was brought before Sir Yv . Magnny , liar' for final examination , charged with stealing a horse aud " "K value £ 50 , which he hired from a livery stableieep = rT ' -iud sold for £ 15 , subject to redemption before a certain day . Sir W . Mjgnar save it as his opinion that the prisoner originally contemplated stealing ilia chaise , and tkerc & rd he felt it to he his duty to let a jury have the opportunity of determining whether the hiring -was bona fide or not . Tho iiritoner was committed for rial .

      3 IASSION HOUSE . TcrsaiT . —Two " JUn *» vs . "—The following curious case occurred before the Lord Mayor : —On Tuesday , a lad named William Young , was brought up , charged trithTia viaj stolen s » > Mr of shoes . The prosecutor , a shoemaker , stated that the prisoner » valketl into his sliop , looted at a pair of shoes , and suddenly disappeared . The shoes disappeared at the same time . The prisonsr said his character was without blemish , and nothing could exceed the soundness of his integrity , as his employer could testify . The Lord Mayor : Very well ; -ire shall send for your employer , and make further inquiries about you . A policeman , who subsequently made inquiries about the prisoner , said the young man was in the habit of associating with thieves , and had been in custody on previous occasions

      for robbing . —The Lord Mayor : Let his employer step ibrward . —Here * very odd-looWng person , who said his name was John Brightwell , appeared in the witness-box . —The Lord Mayor : Pray what sort of character is the prisoner t— -Brightwell : Characterl why he is in my service , and he is a good character emnigh . —Tho lord ilayor : Do younuan to say that you never knew him to ha imprisoned for robbery ?—Brightwell : I b « liove he might have been charged . —The lord Mayor : Don't you hnow that he was!—Brightwell : Why , yes , he was in trouble , I believe . That if , I think ho was locked up for a while . —The lord Mayor : And how can you say that he is a proper character!—Bright--irell : I am willing to take him hark , if your lordship will discharge hie . —The Lord Mayor : There is quite eaoughagainst him to justify ine in committing him

      as a rogae and vagabond ; and I shall do so . What do you think ofa little correction !—Brightwell : I believe * little confinement will do him good , my lord . It will be a lesson to him how he meddles with other people ' s property in future . —The Prisoner : Oh , do you say so , old fL-How ! Well I ' m Mesiif thatan'ca good un . Ifow won ' t I open upon you . Please you , my lord , I confess I stole tlie shoes , and shis old thief kuowed it . and took theia to the shop ofa woman of the name of Sharps , and tried to sell them toher . What do you think now , old fellow ?—The Lord Mayor : What do you say to that wit-HeSs »_ BrightweU looked quite blank upon hearing the accusation ; hut declared that he had himself never done anything dishonest , however it might appear .

      —Subsequently Mrs . Shai-pe appeared , and stated that the man had certainly offered a pair of shoes for sale , hut , as sht -did not want them , she refused to make tho purchase . She , however , lent him Is . Sd . upon them , and he aftcrwards released them . —Tho prosecutor said there was a singular circumstance connected with the robbery . Th < very shoes which were stolen had been made by the man , and been actually brought home by the ho ; who had jus ! acknowledged that he had stolen them . — -The Prisoner : Yes ; hs kuowMhis own work . —The Lord Mayor : Why , you must just step from the witness-bos to tho har . —The Uoy : Ay , this is just the place for hint ( hughter ) . —The prisoners were then remanded , aud tho Lsrd Major di . reeled the police to make further inquiry .

      Fbidai . —The Two "Bad ess" Agaik . —Upon bemg broug ht up again for examination the boy and his master were placed at the bar together , and the inquiry was regularly gone into . There was . however , nothing further stated iu confirmation of tho charge as to tlie connivance , hut it was distinctly proved that the boy was what the police called a "badun . " Tho Lord Mayor then committed the boy for three months as a rogue and vagabond , and discharged the man , regretting that such testimony as -would hare legally proved lus guilt , the moral evidence of which nobody could doubt , could not be brought fin-ward .

      Satcbdat . —Robbing Banoy ers . —Wm . Ladd andW . ¦ Milley , two respectably-dressed young men , were brought before the Lord Mayor iu custody of policeman George Scott , A ' o . 560 , charged with robbing their employers , 3 dc 33 rs . Moses , Levi , and Co ., wholesale slop-sellers , of Nos . 2 and 3 , AlSgate . Itiehard Kelly deposed that he was in the employ of the firm of Moses , Levi , and Co . From information his employers had received , they suspected they were robbed by persons hi their employ , and They consequently sent to Tower-street station for the assistance ofa policeman iu private clothes , which having obtained , they last night proceeded to search the men as they were leaving their employ for the night . In so doing , he distinctly saw the prisoner Milley , who was employed as a cutter in tho establishment , with n piece of moleskin uuder his coat . He immediately took

      it from him . Benjamin Painesaid he was in the employ ofMoses , LeviandCo . ; helastnight assisted in searching tlie men ; he distinctly saw the prisoner Ladd deliberately drop one of the pieces of Holland now produced , from his parson , he ( Paine ) immediately collared him , and pushed him into the counting house . On his way to tlie counting-house , he said , I did not drop it . With respect to the other prisoner Milley , he saw the witness Ttclly take the piece of moleskin from under his coat ; was standing about four yards from Millyat tbe time . — Policemun 580 , deposed that he had been employed to assist in the search of the men in private clothes ; that as soon as he conveyed the prisoners to the station-house he searched them , and , wrapped round the body of Ladd , ¦ beneath his shirt , he found a third piece of -Holland , nowproduced . The three pieces of Holland were of the

      vaiueof 5 s . —The prisoners were fully committedfor trial . Leavixg Empiot without Notice . —George Tabron was summoned to show cause why he lift the employ of BenJH -min Bateman , a . brass-founder of Abchurch-lane , without previous notice . Mr . Bateman deposed , that he had engaged defendant , and that he had loft his employ on Saturday last without any notice , and that he had left some work unfinished . It was the custom of their trade to give notice of leaving employ . He paid wages by the week . He gave defendant 28 s . per week . Tabron said , when he engaged with Mr . Bateman he did not stipulate to give any notice ; and he had also told him that his wa"es were to be thirty-three shillings per week . He went to work on a Wednesday , and worked

      until Saturday , at the rate of ten hours per day , when Mr . Bateman only paid him at the rate of 2 Ss . per week ; he again s tated that his wages were 33 s . per week ; he a"ain went to work on theMonday morning and continued until Saturday night , when Mr . Thtteinan again only paid him 28 s ., and he left ; he should have finished the piece of work ho had commenced had not Mr . Bateman set him about other work , llis lordship said defendant had rendered himself liable to three months'imprisonment and hard labour , hut under the circumstances he should determine that the defendant should return to his employ and that Mr . Bateman should give him 33 s . per week , These terms being accepted , the parties lett the court together .

      BOW STREET . Satcbdat . —Eight of Passing tiieodgh the Lowtheb-Abcade . —A prostitute , named Barrington , was charged with creating a disturbance in the Lowtherarcade . The beadle of the arcade proved the charge , and added that the arcade was infested with such characters , and tho inhabitants were , therefore , desirous of ascertaining his worship ' s opinion upon the right of the inhabitants to excluda parties from the building . They contended that it wasnot a public thoroughfare , and that they had , therefore , tlie perfect right of exc ! uding whomsoever they thought proper . Mr . Hal ? said , the arcade had been open uninterruptedly to the public , and he doubted very much whether the inhabitants had the right they appeared to claim ; at all events , whosoever stopped parties in the arcade , would do so at then- own peril . In his opinion , it was a question which could only he decided by an action at law . He discharged the prisoner with a reprimand .

      Tuesday . —Eobbeut at Buckingham Fauce . — -A young woman , named Caroline Evans , employed as a housemaid at Buckingham Palace , was placed at the har for finalexamination , charged with stealing a quaotlty of wearing apparel belonging to the clerk of the kitchen in the establishment . —It appeared at tlic last examination that a great coat being missed by Edmund llealc , clerk of the kitchen , from bis bed-rovn , he inquired of the prisoner if she had observed any person in the apartment , and being answered in the negative , he communicated the drcumstance to Inspector Steed , who is constantly on duty at the Palace , aud who , being directed to make searchVor the property , found in the prisoner ' s trunk a bag contaiaing forty-two duplicates relating to a quantity of wearing apparel , among which was one relating to the article in question , and other property belonging to the

      prosecutor . The prisoner was shortly after questioned at AVindsor . Castle about the matter , but she gave no other account than that the entire of the duplicates did not belong to her , and being taken into custody , the entire of the articles were found at difierent pawnbrokers iu l'imlico and Westminster , where they were pledged in the name of Anne Brown a fjw days previous . —Mr . Woutner said , that it was useless for him to attempt combating against the evidence , as he was certain the prisoner would he committed for trial on the charge , but there were two other cases agaiast the prisoner entirely unconnected with the palace , aud as they were very doubtful he submitted that tho court ought not to eatertain them . —Mr . Twyford said that he was given to understand by the clerk that the other cases were of a much

      more serious nature if possible , forit could be proved that on a late occasion , the prisoner paid a visit to her sister , Bring in the service of a medical gentleman residing iu Pentonville , aud during her temporary absence from tllC apartment she contrived to steal two silver table-spoons , for which the unoffending party had been discharged from her situation without a character ; and not content with Committing- such a heartless robbery , she paid another visit to a second sister , living as servant in the family of a gentleman residing- in the neighbourhood Of the Itegeat ' s-park , where she also contrived to steal two other silver table-spoons , and as the property , which could be traced to the prisoner , could be identified , he considered that the ought to be remanded for that purpose—The Prisoner , who said notliing in her defence , was ordered to ** remanded for a week .

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      in money , at a house in Shire Jane . The prosecutor stated that he was a builder , residing in Regent-street , Lambeth-walk . He met with the prisoner outside the bar of a public-house ( he did not know where ) , on Tuesday evening between nine and ten o ' clock , and entered intii conversation with her . Being himself a member of a " Society for the Suppression of Vice , " to which he had subscribed for thirteen or fourteen years , he asked the woman "if she would like to reclaim her character , " upon which she asked him to go home with her , aud ho consented . On reaching her room she requested him to treat her to some drink , and he sen t out for a pint of wine . They drank it together , and he then sent for more ; he shortly afterwards left the house to seek for a cab , but found that both his money and his watch had been stolen from hiin . Ho apprised a constable of the fact , and the

      prisoner was in the course of a few hours taken into custody . The value of the property was about £ 25 . In the course of a long cross-examination the prosecutor admitted that he was not sober at the time , but indignantly denied that he was the sort of man to go into a brothel , if he knew it . He could not swear that he did not drink with the prisoner , at the public-house where they met . His only object in speaking to the woman was to induce her to abandon a life of prostitution for a better slate . The members of the Society for the Suppression of Vice usually endeavoured , on meeting with unfortunate women like these , to convince them of the iniquity of their mode of living ; and whenever they were disposed to alter their course , the society gave them a character , and tried

      to get situations for them , lie remained with tho prisoner abOUt half an hour . He did not give her nny money , nor did he pay anything for the room . Constable F 10 , and another officer , deposed to baring gone to the prisoner ' s lodgings in Shire-lane , after apprehending her in the street , and discovered the watch , chain , and seals concealed between tho two mattresses in the bed-room , and the prosecutor had since identified the room as well as the stolen property . The keeper of the brotbul , a woman named White , stated that the prosecutor sent out for a bottle and two pints of wine on the night in question , and that when he left with the prisoner they were both vary tipsy . Ho had represented himself as a " lord in disguise . " Tho prisoner was remanded till Friday .

      MARLBOROUGH STREET . SAinnDAT . — Hiouwat Robbery . — Emil y Well * , a good-lookingyoung woman , respectably dressed in mourning , was charged with highway robbery under the following circumstances : —Between one and two o ' clock this morning , as Mr . Henry Davenport was proceeding along Oxford-street , accompanied by his brother , they came up to the prisoner , who was standing conversing with a powerful young man . They had placed themselves in the middle cf the footway pavement , so that any persons walking arm-in-arm together would be obliged to separate to pass by them . As the prosecutor and his brother were doing so , the pritoncr and her confederate pushed in a violent and insulting manner against them , and directly afterwards the latter closed with Mr . Davenport ' s brother ,

      no doubt with the intention of rifling his pockets , but Mr . Davenport beat off his assailant , and compelled him to take to his heels . In the meanwhile the prisoner forcibly thrust her arms under the prosecutor ' s coat , and then abruptly left him . Nearly directly afterwards he missed his watch from his waistcoat pocket , and found that his silver guard chain had been torn asunder . The prisoner was then running away as fast as she could , but he ( witness ) pursued her , raising a cry of - 'Stop thief !" which she joined in as she ran . She was , however , secured by a police-constable of the C division , hut on being searched at thc station-house , the watch was not found on her . Mr . Hurdwick said it was a case to go to a jury , but in order to allow time for the apprehension of the prisoner ' s confederate , he should reman J her for a few days .

      Tuesday . —Highway Robbert . —William Menzies was brought before Mr . Hardwick , charged with highway robbery . Mr . WUUa . ni Minchwi , No . 7 , Denmark-street , an elderly gentleman , stated , that ho was about to enter his house last night between twelve and one , when the prisoner came up to hhn and presented a letter . He went tu the gas-lamp to look at it , when thc prisoner put his hand against his waistcoat , and gave him a sudden push , which threw him on the ground , mid then van off . Prosecutor got up immediately , and discovered that Ids watch and chain had been stolen . Ho gave the alarm immediately , and the prisoner was shortly afterwards taken into custody by a constable . The prisoner , who denied that he was the person who had given thc letter to theprosccutor , or who had pushed him down , was fully committed .

      WORSHIP-STREET . Satcbdat . —Ciiakge or Kobbebt . —Mary Smith , aged twenty-three , was placed at tho bar , before Mr . Broughton , charged by John Wilkinson with stealing a wateli from his person , in a house of ill-fame in Wentworthstrect . The prosecutor is lodging at thc house called the Horse and Groom , near this office . The prisoner accosted the prosecutor , and solicited his company . He refused , but ultimately consented , and accompanied her to some house , but didn ' t know where . While in the company of the prisoner , she took the watch from his person , and instantly ran from the room like a greyhound . Jle asked tha proprietor of the house where she had gone to , but could not learn . A bill was ultimately printed , describing the property ; and upon the prosecutor afterwards meeting the prisoner , she ran away from him again . The prisoner was remanded .

      Tuesda y , —HonitiBlE Owence . —Edmund Adolplms Hughes , 10 or 17 , an apprentice from the Orphan Asylum , was fully committed to stand his trial upon the capital charge of violating the person ofa little girl named Emma Life , seven years of age , the daughter of a master bojt . maker , in Manor-place , Haggcrstoiie .

      QUEEK SQUARE . Wednesday . —Consfhucv . —The R-iTAt Belcbave Ltino-in Institution . —Maria Locke , the wife of the manager , surgeon , accoucheur , & c , of the lloyal Belgrave Lying-in Institution , 25 , James-street , Bucking , ham-gate , and Edwin and James Locke , her sons , were placed at the har for final examination , charged with defrauding Mr . Gawthorp . of 79 , Tothill-strcet , of several pairs of boots . Mr . Bond said , that although the case had been adjourned , quite sufficient had been made out to call upon him to Bead the accused hefore another tribunal for that purpose . The witnesses were then bound over to indict the prisoners at the Central Criminal Court for conspiracy . After some discussion about bail , the prisoners were ultimately required to find two sure , ties in £ 40 each . The accused were sent to prison .

      HAMMERSMITH . Monday . —Mubdebous Outrage ox a Woman . —A labouring man , named John Leydon , was brought up in the Custody of the police bfefore Mr . G . dive , the sitting magistrate , charged on the police sheet with having committed a most murderous and outrageous assault upon a woman named Anne Wheeler , who is now lying in St . George ' s Hospital , without any hopes ! of her surviving . Inspector Smith , T division , stated that the case was a most serious one , the unfortunate woman being covered with bruises from head to foot , and several of her ribs were fractured . He had sent that morning to tho hospital to know the state of the wounded female , and had learned that shewas as bad as she well could be . Tho following certificate had also been sent : — " St . George ' s Hospital , October 13 , 1815 . " This is to certify that Anne Wheeler is an in-patient , and is at this time afflicted with severe contusions of the head and face , and fractured ribs . " G . CocKBmtK Hyde , for A . Johnson , " House Surgeon . "

      George Langston deposed that he lived at Holmes Cottage , in the brick-fields , Gloucester-road , Kensington . On Saturday night , after paying his men their wages at the Coach and Horses public-house , Jaiues ' s-street , Kensington-square , he saw his daughter standing outside with Anne " Wheeler , who had a child in her arms . They both ultimately went home with hini . and sat and hud some beer . The prisoner came in while thoy were doing so , and quarrelled with Anne Wheeler and struck her several times , after which he left . Anne Wheeler remained and laid with her clothes on outside the bed . About three o ' clock on Sunday morning he was awoke by hearing the front window smashed in , and saw theprisoner in the room , and saw hiin drag Anne Wheeler off the bed , and after knocking her down and healing her dreadfully , jump on her as hard as he could , first on the lower part of her person , and then on her face and head . Witness thinking she was killed , laid hold ofa large pistol he kept in the room , and

      thinking it was loaded , threatened to shoot him if he did not desist : but the pistol was not loaded , and the prisoner after kicking the woman out of doors , loft her quite insensible . Witness being unable to assist Anne Wheeler by himself , did not at first know what to do , but eventually went into the Fulham-road , aud at the Admiral Keppel public-house hired a cub , and with the assistance of two policemen , conveyed her to St . George ' s Hospital . The prisoner was not apprehended until Sunday afternoon , The prisoner , in answer to the charge , said he had been living with Anne . Wheeler as man and wife for the last seven years , andhad had three children by her . For some days previous to Saturday she bad been away from him , and he suspected that she was cohabiting with the witness Langston . He further explained that it was in a lit of jealousy and rage at her refusing to go home with him that he committed the assault . He was remanded for a week .

      SOUTHWARK . Tdesdat . —A Tbeat fob an Actor . —Jeremiah Clark , a young man , seventeen years of age , described as a sailor , was placed at the bar before Mr . Jeremy , charged with throwing an earthen ginger-beer bottle from the gallery of the Victoria Theatre at Mr . Fawcett Saville , while he was performing on the stage . Mr , Saville stated that on thc preceding night , near the conclusion of the piece called Jack Sheppanl , and while the performance was going forward , he at the time being thc only person on tlie stage , was as near as possible being struck on the head with a ginger-beer bottle . He was standing at the moment a short distance from the foot * lights , and the bottle , which was thrown from . the back part of the gallery , came so close to the side of his head that some of the liquid from the bottle went over his face . He added that the audience expressed their disapprobation of such a wanton act , and a general shout being raised against thc offender , in a short time afterwards tbe defendant was taken out of the gallery and given into

      custody . The bottle was here produced unbroken . David Blake , a youth , was then called , and he stated that on the preceding night he was in the gallery of the Victoria Theatre to witness the play of Jack Sheppara , that while the performance was going forward he heard the defendant , who was sitting within two seats of him , frequently hiss , especially- * hen Mr . Saville ( the Jack Sheppara ] made his appearance on the stage . At length , when the piece had nearly concluded , and the hero of the drama was about to meet the fate which awaited him , he ( witness ) distinctly heard tlie defendant hiss with all his might , aud then saw him snatch up a g inger-beer bottle , which appeared to he at his feet , and standing up , threw it with all his force straight at Mr . Saville on the stage . At the moment he flung the bottle tho defendant made use of an indecent expression , and then resumed his seat amidst the execrations of those who witnessed tlie transaction , and who called out for the police . The constable who attended the theatre , stated that on being apprised of what had taken phce , he went up into the

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      gallery , and the defendant was pointed out to him as the man who had thrown the ginger-beer bottle on the stage , lie desired the defendant to accompany him , but he refused with an oath , and when he ( the constable ) WCIlt to take him out by force , he saw him drop two other giilgerbeer bottles , similar to the one thrown on the stfige , on the lloor of the gallery . The constable added that the defendant made a very determined resistance , although perfectly sober , and continued throughout to assert his innocence of the alleged act—Sir . Jeremy ( to the defendant ) : This is a very serious charge . Wl : at hare you to say , tha witnesses speak positively as t ) the fact oi your being tbe man ?—Defendant said a it a i sitting next to him had thrown the bottle , and he was mistaken for that person . —Mr . Jeremy asked tho de . ' enduiit what he

      was , and where he lived t—The answer was , that he had been an apprentice on board the Spring , bvlonging to North Shields , but that vessel having sailed without him , he had becu about London livingj'with his friends at Camden Town , until she returned . He added ,- that he wanted to see Jack Slieppard , and that was tho reason he came to this side of tho water , but he did not go there with the intention of doing any person an injury . —Mr , Jeremy said that an assault of the very worst kind had been proved against tha defendant . He ( the magistrate ) did not think he would be doing his duty in protecting the public from such acts , if he did not inflict the full peualty the law allowed , namely , £ 5 , on tho defendant , and that in default of paying it , he should sentence him to two months' imprisonment . The defendant , not having tho means of paving the flue , was accordingly sent to gaol .

      WANDSWORTH . Friday . —Bone Crushing at the Kingston Union . —William Bell , a miserable-looking man , about 50 years of age , was charged before Mr . Paynter with wilfullj destroying fifteen squares of glass in tho Kingston union . Robert Hogg , the porter , said tbe prisoner was admitted on tho previous night as a casual pauper . On that morning ho was allotted 151 b . weight of bones to crush , but instead of completing his task , he went to another part of the building , and broke fifteen panes of glass . When asked why he committed such an act , he said it would be a job for the glaziers . Mr , Paynter then asked the prisoner what answer he had to make to the charge . Prisoner : It . is more easy to break glass than bones . —

      Mr . l ' ayntor asked how the bones were crushed . Was a mill used ?—Tho porter said that they were crushed by a pestle and mortar . —Mr . Paynter : Do you have any complaints made by the paupers . Bo they object to crushing these bones t—The porter said there was no objection raised if the bones were dry aud fr & e from smell , and they had been so this year . Mr . Paynter- observed , that the prisoner did not appear to have made any complaint at the time of the nature of the work he was set to do , and , however ho felt himself aggrieved , he hud not gone tho right way to remedy the evil , He saw nothing in the case to induce him to do otherwise than severely punish the prisoner , and he , therefore , should send him to prison for a mouth , with hard labour .

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      Lancashire Weavers . —A general delegate meeting of the operative Hand-loom Weavers of Wigan and the surrounding districts was holdcn on the 12 th inst ., at the Railway Tavern , Chapel-lane , Wigan , in order to receive thc reports of the two delegates who had been sent out to organise the weaving districts of Cheshire and Derbyshire . Tho delegates reported highly favourable accounts of the eagerness manifested in all thc places they had visited lor the adoption of union . A voto of thanks was given to bath delegates for thoir faithful discharge of their duties .

      U . mted Tuadbs Association . —A . meeting of the central committee of the above body was held at their oflice , 30 , Hyde-street , ' Bioomsbury , on Monday , October IStli , jThomas Slingsby Duncombe , M . P ., in the chair ; every member of tho committee was at his post . Letters were read of a highly flatterins description from the trades of Norwich ; f rom thc building trades of Birkenhead , ; from the Coal Miners of Newcastle ; from the Hydraulic Pressors and the Makers-up of Manchester ; from the Plasterers of Deptford ; and from the Paper Staincrs and Bricklayers of London . The following trades also sent in their adhesion to the association by letter : —the Joiners of Birkenhead ; the Ropemakers of Liverpool ; the Shoemakers of Derby ; the Framework Knitters of Leicestershire , and tho Bricklayers of Liverpool . A delegate from the

      Shoemakers of Chesham , Bucks , was present at tho meetin ? , who stated that the truck system prevailed to a considerable extent in that town ; that the Shoemakers had held a public meeting , and that he was deputed to gain information vyith a view to their joining the great Trades movement . A communication was made from Manchester to the effect that a district of the United Trades Association was formed in that town , and that others were in the course of formation in its suburbs . A letter from the city ol Bath was read , stating that the Cabinet Makers , Upholsterers , ami Gilders , had resolved upon calling a public meeting of the trades of that city , and that the co-operation of tho trades of Bristol was expected by delegation . The committee resolved that Mr . John Skelton , the lecturer , should leave London for his tour in the north , on Tuesday next , October tho 22 nd .

      Lancashire Misers . —A public meeting of the Lancashire Miners was held on Monday , Oct . 6 th , at the house of James Lomas , Bull ' s-Eye-lanc ; Mr . Joseph Holford in thc chair . Spirited addresses were delivered by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and Harris . Mr . Welsby , one of the " coal kings" of the neighbourhood , issued a decree that if any of his men attended they would be immediately discharged . This honourable gentleman is one of tho Society of Friends , and has lately sat upon the Short Time Committee , at the same time that he is compelling his men to go to work at four in the morning and work till seven at night !

      Strike of the Shoemakers at Bromsouote , — We much regret that the employers , Messrs . Green , Darlcy , and Reid , still continue to oppose the just and reasonable demands of their workmen , and have adopted the mean practice of supplying their customers with slop work for bespoke , They have also been to other towns to engage workmen under the pretence of good wages , & c . We therefore trust that no one will be entrapped by them , so that they may see the necessity of speedily settling the differences existing , which are SO injurious to tho interests of both masters and men .

      Barsslet Weavers . —Important Punnc Meeting . —A public meeting of the Linen Weavers was held , according to announcement , in Mr . John Pickering ' s yard , on Monday last . Octolier 13 th , to take steps to arrest the progress Richardson awd GcWen are making in their nefarious' attempts ' at . reducing the miserable pittance the Weavers arc receiving for their toil . Mr . John Fairclough was unanimously called to the . chair , and opened the meeting by reading the placard , and stating that all parties should have a fair and impartial hearing ^ A Ions ; letter was read from Mr . Thomas Lee , one of Mr . Richardson ' s "travellers , " the s-ibstance of which was , that he rccretted that he could not attend thc meeting , which was his full intention , could 1 ) 0

      have been at , home at the time , and that there was no necessity for bring wages any lower , as it would be detrimental to all connected with the trade , and that there ought to be a wage tariff , that no manufuacturcr could violate with impunity , lie added that the great fault lay with the weavers themselves , in allowing tlm small manufacturers to break through the list price , and that the opposition to Mr . Rieliardson was unfair , as lie did not desire to lower wages , hut only to stand on an equal footing with those he had to compete with . Mr , Frank Mirfield , the well-known foe to oppression , and fearless defender of the rights of industry , in a speech of sterling eloquence , went through the whole history of wages , and the relation that workmen and

      maiiufacturersstandtoeachothcr . aml to thc workmen . Mr . William Alexander followed . The speeches of these two gentlemen ought to be circulated through the whole nation . Thc following resolutions _ were unanimously agreed to by all the Weavers in the town and neighbourhood—for , although they were not all present at the meeting , yet steps hail kcil previously taken to ascertain the opinion of every individual : — " That it is thc opinion of the Linen Weavers of Barnsley , in public meeting assembled , that any further reduction in our wages is uncalledfor , and absolutely unjust at the present time , when the trado ia acknowledged to he in a flourishing condition . " Moved by Alfred Haughton , seconded by William Urick Smart , and supported by Frank

      Mirfield . — ' That this meeting pledges itself individually ond collectively to work for nothing less than the August Jist , which was made bn the manufacturers themselves ; and further , we arc determined that we will strike against any employer that attempts to violate the said August list . " Moved by Thomas White , seconded by John Wood , and supported by Messrs . Alexander and Vallance . — ' That as the manufacturers have heretofore agreed to a uniformity of wages , and as Mr . Gelder has so frequently violated hisword . it is the opinion of the meeting that wc demand of him in writing to pledge himself to the committee of the trade to par to tho

      August list ; and in the event of him refusing , that we resolve to strike his weavers for the January list , " Moved by iEneas Daley , seconded hv llobt . Woods , and supported hy Frank Mirfield . —" ' That tl . esc resolutions be printed , and a copy sent'to each manufacturer . " Moved by Frank Mirfield , and seconded by the meeting . —* ' That a report of this meeting be sent to the i \ ort / icm Star , National Reformen and the three Leeds papers , with a request from this meeting that the report sent together with the resolution be published whole and entire . " Moved by James Sykes , seconded by John Vallance—Jons Ward , Sec , pro . tern .

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      Halifax . —Odd Fellows' DisxEn . —On Saturday Jasir , October 11 th , at the house of Mr . Joseph lbbcr-^" 'Ho £ old , , "f , > Clicapsida , Halifax , Lodge Iso . 1 G 3 ( the Widows' lleiiosc ) , of the Bolton United Ancient Order of Odd Fellows , twenty-eight brothers sat down to dinner . After transacting tlie usual business , the evening was spent in social conviviality , and the company broke up in good order .

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      THE F 00 R LAW COMMISSIONERS AGAIN . THE CONTRAST TO THE ANDOVER CASE . Contemporaneously almost with tho inajiiiy at Andover into the conduct of thc master of the workhouse there , Mr . Parker was engaged in prosecuting charges against the master of the Hungerford Union . But the two cases appear to differ exceedingly , the one being ac eiised of starving and ill-treating the paupers , and th e other of OVER FEEDING tueai , and treating them with toomuch kindness . It appears that Mr . Ayres , who had been master from the formation of the union , upwards of ten years , during which time no complaints were ever made of his conduct in any respect by any person , to his utter astonishment on thts 29 th of July last received the following letter and . _ . .

      enclosure : — Highgate , July 28 , lSla . Sir , —In transmitting to you a copy of certain charges ajf . -iinst you , I desire to acquaint you that I have received instructions from the Poor Law Commissioners to make inquiry concerninjf the matters referred to , and to report to them the result . -In obedience to such instructions , I have made arrangements to commence the inquiry at the workhouse at hambourne at ten o ' clock in the forenoon of Thursday , the 7 th of August . 1 a « V , Sh' , your obedient servant , H . IV . I ' AUKEn , Assistant Poor Law Commissioner . Mr . Ayres . ( Enclosure . ) CHARGES , & C .

      1 , The food consumed jn the workhouse , and tho account rendered of that consumption , to be satisfactorily explained . The contractors to be examined , and their bills and books produced . The same as regards the clothing of the paupers . I . The manner in which the accounts are kept by all the sorvants of the union , their salaries and other payments , particularly those to the master of the workhouse lor conveyance of prisoners , and the number of days occupied therein . 3 . As to the management of the distributions of the daily rations to the inmates of the workhouse . How their own clothes ai' 6 taken care of , and what returned to them when they leave tho house . Who attends at the hours of meals . 4 . The number of children belonging to the master and matron of the house that have been and are residsnts in the house , the state of such residence , and how supported . 5 . The general conduct of the master and other servants of thc union to tiie inmates of the house .

      When Mr . Parker was at Andover , he made great complaints about tho vagueness of the charges brought against his client , M'Dougsil ; the above document is a fine specimen of legal perspicuity . Ha seems to have been sensible of this , for he did not attempt to go further into tho charges than to " ascertain" that the master had given away too much broad , and was generally too liberal iu his distribution of the rations . It will be recollected that one of tho witnesses examined at Andover bore testimony to the kind treatment she received when at Hungerford , as contrasted with that she experienced under M'Dougal .

      On the 7 th and Hth of August Mr . Parker attended and examined the chaplain , the medical officer , the nurses , and some of the inmates ; indeed , all such witnesses as he thought proper ; and , as far as I hare been able to learn , no act of cruelty , neglect , or immoralit } w » s proved against the master , or attempted to be proved by any of the witnesses . Indeed , I am told , in answer to questions put by Mr . Halcomb , the chairman , and other guardians , Mr . Parker stated that the fault with which the charged Mr . Ayres was giving the paupers too much bread , thus giving away property which did not belong to him . Tho board of guardians not hearing anything from Mr . Parker in the mean time , on the 3 rd of September last passed the following resolutions : —

      That , in future , on thc master leaving the workhouse to transact any business for the union , he be required to return as soon us he shall have transacted such business . it appearing by Mr . Ayres ' s ¦¦ Provision Check Receipt and Consumption llook , " that 4 J 7 gallons of bread had been consumed in the workhouse in excess of the legally authorised consumption of bread during the quarter ending 21 st of December , 1844 , it was resolved that a special meeting of the guardians of this union be held on Monday , the 15 th of September , at eleven o ' clock , at the boardroom , and that Mr , Ayres bo required to attend on that day to explain the excess . Mr . J . A . Williams , having made a statement to the board that Mr . Ayres had used threatening and abusive language towards Mr . Palmer , a ratepayer of Lambourn , and Mr . Ayres having admitted the fact , but urged some extenuating circumstances , ordered , ' that ho ba required to prove such circumstances at the special meeting on the 15 th inst ., and that Mr . Palmer be requested to attend at the same time to substantiate his charge .

      Mr , Ayres had ingeniously admitted that he had been liberal to the paupers with the bread , but denied that he was guilty of any improper conduct . He also stated that the excess of bread was overrated , there being upwards of 150 gallons to his credit not allowed for . The guardians , at their special meeting on the 15 th of September , passed tho following resolutions : — That this hoard is of opinion the governor of the workhouse be reprimanded for his carelessness in the consumption of bread , and that he bo ordered to be more vigilant and careful in future . . That Mr . Palmer not attending as requested , tho hoard having heard Mr . Ayres ' s statement and lint witnesses , fully excuse the language Mr . Ayres admitted having used to Mr . Palmer , and altogether reject the charges Mr . Palmer made against Mr . Ayres . "

      It was now supposed that the matter was settled , nothing of a serious nature having been proved against tho muster j but on the Hth of September Mr . Ayres received from Somerset-house a formal letter of dismissal , signed "George fiicholls" and "Edmund W . Head , " giving no other reason than that they "deemed him unfit for the office ; " a communication which was as astounding to thc majority of the board as it was to the master himself . At a subsequent board meeting Mr . Parker was present , and was asked if any charge of dishonesty was proved against the master ? " No , " he replied , " but he has not conformed to the dietary regulations ; lie has given away to thc paupers the property of the union , which did not belong to him . " The chairman and most of the guardians ( all , except four persons , I believe , ) voted in favour of Mr . Ayres being retained , aud expressed their surprise at his dismissal and the alleged grounds for it .

      Mr . Parker asked Mr . Ayres if he would give in his Wife's resignation of the ollice of matron , which he refused to do . He then said that he would give her notice to leave . Mr . Ayres inquired why ? Was she unfit to be matron Mr . Parker replied , — " No ; hut I shall not keep her here . Mr . Ayres then pointed out to Mr . Parker how many years he had held the office of master without a complaint being made against him ; that the provision-book had been examined and signed every week hy the clerk ; that the committee of accounts had passed it every quarter ; that a quarterly sheet was sent to the commissioners ; that the auditor hud passed the accounts , and that Mr . Parker himself ought to have checked him because he was doing wrong ; but the fact was he had not visited the house or inspected the accounts and books . Mr . Parker was very angry at all this , and told Mr . Ajrts that he ought not to try to get other paople into trouble . He said , however , that he should have dismissed the auditor had he not resigned .

      Mr . Ayres has been invited by some of the ratepayers at Andover to put up for the vacant office there . He mentioned this to Mr . Parker , who told him the Poor Law Commissioners would not sanction his appointment ; besides , it was of no use to try , as there was a great favourite in the field already . Up to the day on which Mr . Ayres received the first letter from Mr . Parker , dated the ' 28 th ot July , ho was totally unaware that there was any charge against him ; but it appears that the Itev . J . Sloper , curate of West IVoodhay , whose name was familiar with the public a few years ago in connexion with some very peculiar circumstances , had been holding a private correspondence with the commissioners , upon the authority of which Mr . Parker was directed to act . In justice to Mr . Ayres , the board and himself applied for a copy of that secret correspondence by which he was assailed , but it was refused , as was also any statement of the specific grounds of his dismissal .

      I understand that the inmates exceedingly regret it , aud were nearly all in tears on the day ho . left . On this most shameful exercise of authority , for being too good to the poor , the 2 ' / mcs well observes : — Wc know not whether it may be considered as a compliment or otherwise , but it seems to be the fact , that the Poor Law Commisioners , when they have any unusually dirty work on hand , select Mr . Parker as the assistant best qualilie d for doing it . This person seems to be engaged as a sort of Mephistopheles in ordinary to the infernal powers at Somerset-house , and lie is apparently regarded as the confidential agent for carrying out the evil principle of the Poor Law iu all its most atrocious severity . He seems to have had two black jobs on hand for his masters almost at the same time ; for he has scarcely concluded the affair in which he has been

      otv'aged at Andover , when we find him mixed up in another very disgraceful business at Hungerford . The particulars of the former ease have already nauseated the public , and it is not necessary to refer to them just now , except for tlie purpose of showing that Parker at Hungerford has been a creature perfectly consistent with the Parker who rendered himself notorious at Andover . In the latter place ho was employed as the tool of the Commissiouers to stifle inquiry into the atrocities of the Poor Law , and to defend to the utmost tho miserable delinquent to whom the system had afforded opportunities for peculation and depravity . The roaster of the Andovpr Union had earned his right to the patronage of Somerset-house by pushing the starvation principle to its utmost limits . A man who could succeed in getting something for himself out of the stinted dietary of the paupers was a

      treasure to the Poor Law Commissioners , who recognized in M'Dougal a parochial genius , who mi ght almost have got blood out of a stone , and who certainly achieved the analogous task of extracting sympath y from the hearts of the Commissioners . It was only " when they found their own unpopularity , if possible , on the increase through their identification with their protege , that , with the selfishness which is the grand essence of the principle they represent , they uncerimoniousl y threw him overboard . The Commissioners are like the brute who takes affectionate care of its young till in want of a meal , when it does not scruple to devour them . M'Dougal was defended as long as it served the purpose of the Com . missioners to befriend him , but when it was no longer their interest to espouse his cause he was unhesitatingly sacrificed .

      The Hungerford case , in which Mr . Parker has lately been engaged , though in som e dsgree affording a contrast to the Andover affair , presents thc Assistant-Commissioner

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      in the same light in which he has ' always been seennamely , as tho active and energetic supporter of tlie Poor Law ill all its most revolting features . At Andover he . hceame the . ' advocate of the muster of tha union , who had robbed the paupers ' of part of their scanty allowance of food ; and at Hungerford he oppresses the master of the union , who had exceeded the quantity of provisions prescribed for the inmates of the workhouse . In the latter case the officer has been summarily dismissed from his situation by the authorities at Somerset-housu , after an inquiry by the guardians , who acquitted him of every charge brought against hiin , exevpt that of having acted with too much kindness to the paupers , in giving them occasionally more food than the Poor Law allowed thorn . Itobbing the inmates of the Andover Union of their .. ..... „ .. ;_ . . „ . „« -.. ... „ .. „ t * , *„« c , *™

      allowance : was only doing the work of the Commissioners at a somewhat quicker rate than they would have done it themselves , and the offence was regarded at Somersethouse as an excess of zeal , which merited applause rather than punishment ; ' and Mr . Pa * ker certainly did till he could to let M'Dougal fuel that his conduct had been appreciated at bead quarters , i ' or the master of tho Hungerford Union , who gave tho paupers more food than the law strictly allowed , nothing short of summary disroisaal has ' aeeiieouddured tutaauiite punishment . It has been found necessary to impress on his mind , as well as on the minds of others who might be betrayed into acts of humanity by ids dangerous example , that a Poor Law Union Is not the place in which persons in authority arc to give way to benevolent inipulsps , A ftW

      ounces more bread than the regulation dietary prescribes may , it is feared , pamper pauperism to an alarming extent , and is certainly calculated to interfere with the principle assented to by two of the bishops , that if a labourer out of the workhouse is in a condition just above starvation , the pauper in tlie workhouse should be reduced to starvation point , in order to make the position of the latter worse than that of the former , It seems that bread is , after all , the only article of which the master of the Hungerford Union has been prodigal , aud yet tho distribution of a few additional gallons of this first necessary of life has been made the ground for depriving him of his employment . Little acts of oppression against paupers have , before now been made the ground of mere warnings and reprimands to the guilty parties ; but a puico of humanity is thought so utterly out of character iu a master ofa workhouse under tho press , nt Poor Law , that he is dismissed , lest he infect tho whole class with his dangerous tendency to benevolence . Mr . Ayres , tho lato

      master , aud filled his situation for upwards of ten years , and declares himself ready to bring forward " tt host of influential gentlemen to speak to his character , " M'Dougal , whose crime was alleged to be that of robbing thc poor , had at least the opportunity of vindicating himself from the charge ; but the master of the Hungerford Union has no mercy shown him . Peculation may be- excused , and minimizing the food of thi ) poor may he patronized , buj the offence of adding to the legal alio nance is so rank in the eyes of the Commissioners , that they will hear no defence from the official who is suspected of having committed it . Eren a mere proncuefis to err on the aids of humanity is at once regarded as a disqualification to the master of a Poor Law union . He might filch from the provisions , pursue tha female paupers with licentious advances , give way to habits of intoxication , and yet be worthy of the confidence of the guardians ; but the mull who could diitributt * mure than tbe legal quantity of bread is at once disqualified for holding office under the presunt Poor Law .

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      SIlLh MOBB OF THiJ AJTDOVBR JJX 10 S . dismissal o ? t 3 e sew jiasteit . Andoveb , Oct . 11 . This being board-day , every body was anxious to know what the guardians would do . with respect to Price , the new master , recommended to them by Mr . Assistant-Commissioner Parker , after the disclosures which had como to their knowledge of his previous conduct and character ill similar situations . The chair was taken possession of by the Itev . G . IV . Smythe , who appears to be most desirous of becoming the successor iu that seat ' of his rev , colleague , Mr . Bodson .

      The clerk read a loiter from tho Poor law Commissioners , in which they stated that they were not aware of the previous conduct and character of Trice , or they would not hare sanctioned his recommendation . They admitted that one ot' their aasiataiit . coinmissioners . Mr . Austin , was sent dowu to Osl ' ord some time ago to inquire into the conduct of the master there , aud that he had forwarded to them an official report , which they had not examined until the present time , having understood , at the period of Mr . Austin ' s inquiry , that as soon as it commenced the master resigned , and that therefore the charges against him were not investigated , and required no further notice . Mr . Assistant-Commissioner Parker had written a similar explanation , saving he had heard that Price had resigned because he wished to leave his situation at Oxford , and not because of any charges being brought against him connected with his conduct in his situation there .

      I give the purport of the explanatory passages of these letters , as 1 have been , able to collect it from good authority ; but I should have preferred publishing the letters at length . A majority of the guardians , however , persist in excluding reporters , aud endeavour by all means they can use , and even by throats of bruto force , to prevent the disclosuse of the most trivial circumstances , I ' or this conduct their board lias been aptly designated by one of the ratepayers , " The Andoverian inquisition . " Mr . Lamb , the clerk to the union , is prohibited from giving copies of documents , or allowing them to be taken , it" not hy a formal order , at least by demonstrations of opinion , which are equally significant aud effective . In this instance it would have been but an act of justice to publish the letters of the commissioners in ealeiuo ; aud thuy have to thank their Andoverian friends for being deprived of that act of justice .

      liut I cannot suffer the extraordinary explanations , of which I give you the substance , to pass without a remark or two . The fact , which they admit , that they hud deemed it necessary to send down Mr . Austin to inquire iuto certain charges against thisperson , although ; m entire investigation of them might have be « n evaded by a resignation , ought at least to have induced tiiem to consult the report sent up by their official investigator before they recommended him , or sanctioned his recommendation as master of the Andover Union , liut do the commissioners nevur read the public newspapers ? Nearly an the facts in that case were brought out at first by the Oxford board of guardians , and published iu the local papers . Uesidcs which , it was in consequence of the official report of the board of the evidence taken by them

      in the case being sent to the commissioners , that they sent down Mr . Austin to institute an inquiry ; which inquiry he carried on for some days , examining several witnesses , and stopping only inconsequence ofa coroner ' s jury having passed a severe censure upon Price for neglecting a pauper who was found dead in tho house . This serious censure induced Mr . Austin to pause for the purpose of malang a special report to the Poor Law Commissioners . While tlie guardians were waiting to know what the commissioners would do , Price prudently resigned . Is it possible to reconcile these circumstances with their professed ignorance of the man ' s former career ut Oxford 1 Can they affirm that they never heard of his doings at

      Parringdon , and how ho was burnt in effigy there ? Hid they never hear of the workhouse at Lambourne , and the reputation that individual earned there ! lVas that individual right or wrong in saying that he had been " jobbinjt about for the commissioners ? " Lastly , was he not at Southampton before he was transferred to Andover ? And what was he doing there ? His own statement to tho guardians this day , when endeavouring to show them that his coming to Andover was a great misfortune , was this : —he said that he was engaged in organising a district union school i ' or the boys belonging to the various unions ; for this purpose a hulk was to be sent down and moored off somewhere between Portsmouth and

      Southampton , on board which all the union boys were to be shipped , and there they were to be kept and educated . Since the inquiry at Andover , however , Sir James Graham , whose plan he understood it was , had altered his mind , and " knocked it all on the head j" so that now he had lost both masterships . Price ' s statement of the effect with regard to Andover is undoubtedly true , for in their letter received this morning the Poor Law Commissioners recommended that he should be forthwith dismissed . Mr . II . Mundy proposed

      a resolution in accordance with that recommendation , but it was opposed by a majority of the guardians , on the ground that the election of a new master would take place next Saturday , and Price would be retained only a week ; and also because they "would not be dictated ' to by the commissioners . " Heally the behaviour of these guardians is most consistent in one respect . They are not to be beaten out Ofa wrong course either hy the expression of public opinion or the mandates of the commissioners . The majority are as sensible , and therefore as obstinate , as the pigs they rear .

      Price , therefore , will remain until next Saturday , when anew master will bo elected . There are upwards of thirty candidates for the oflice . The affairs between the union and M'Dougal are not jet closed , tfriuay is the day appointed for winding up the accounts . I understand that another letter from the commissioners was read yesterday , stilting that they had consulted their solicitor , who were 01 opinion that as far as the evidence has gone no charge of embezzlement could be legally proved before a jury . This is nothiii " new ; it was pointed out to Mr . YVestlake by his friends when the trap was laid to make him prosecute an indictment . The usual technicalities and requirements of a trial before a judge aud jury could not be complied with under the circumstances .

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      MORE OF THE BONE-GNAWING ABOMINATION . I have taken the following additional evidence with respect to tho honc-erushiiig .: — Peter Alder , aged sixty three . —I au \ a labouring man I came out of the workhouse about March last ° I wis three months there that time , and four months durit >» the winter before . I was employed in bone-crushing nearly the whole hme I was there . There wereall sorts of bones SEfifTi T scen the men 8 naw ° ™ ^ and gris le . I have also scen them pick the marrow out wl ^ lf' VH *" * * , n , n * Tbo hones genLalK were stale and bad ; they stank very much- we could bad Jt a person P . J & ^^ J ^ M vn T , * " ° hiUl a Wul , but if he hadhalfa Xl ™ f ? v ° * *»• P ™ V * l t 1 " * Had Id . 11 fn It \ , We could not deep at night for hunger . LtteUhf ?« mmsh toeat ' J lla ™ «* n « * »« quwrelaboMtthe possession of the honc-s . i r « nonbe

      D .. 0 . MAI fii-nnii nflil . To / 111 Wfills fip-lltifi * <* Aw . 1 Samuel Green and John n ells figlitirig- ' for n ( , and othei-scomphiiiieilof not having victuals enou ,., ' some of the visiting guardians , but got no ft $ rm , ' Pjor told us we had skilly in the mornings , whfoli we il ' not get until he became a guardian . I consider boi ! breaking very hard work-, as hard as thrashing . ' * harder than thrashing , lhave seen human bones uvna ^' thc cattlebones , such asleg bones ami others . I . j ° ber Cole dying in the place which used to be calicj n ?" "dead-house , " next the bone-crushing room . Mr . pnrl [ did not send for me to examine me about the bo ^ g w I was one of the men ' who were called out about tbtm b - Mr . Hugh Mundy and others who visited the house « , ]> , " time back , I mis entitled to beer and tea by my age ' JJ never had any , —except half-a-pint wheal was h ^ " . bone-dust away . This witness confirmed the statement about the withholding of the beef allowances on n , j ., before Christmas-day last . J

      Charles Archer . —I am a hanker . I have collect > bones and sold them to the late master of the union work house several timci > . I go nbovst collecting bones of . ii kinds , and then sell them , two or three hundred wei ght ' a time ; sometimes half a hundred weight . I have had 5 s ' . cd ., 5 s ., 4 s . » d ., and is . Cd , per ewtr I huve hud l , , ! bones brought to me by children , but I did not buy than I have sold horso bones to the workhouse , - Vfhen 1 | , ' delivered bones I have seen the men come and crave f marrowbones , and t-ike them away . The hones w » , generally in a . bad state , and smelt so that I ' cbll )(] ] ,,. _ T ]> llOItt' it myself . As soon as I got home I WRsiictl my ' " out . I did not think some of them fit for n"Christj a , ' . to break , much less to oat . Hannah Mason S « s come t my house at different times , and lodged there six month-She said often that she was alt but starved tcdeatb / the house , and she would be very sorry to see my thftdr " there . She said she would be glad if I or any oi , would take her out of the house . She would do aiu'i . : ' ! sooner than be there . ' ' 3

      William Walter , aged 62 . —I left thc workhouso ouil * 7 th of November last , having been thero just two vei » ' to a day . I went in through distress , having been toot' work a long time . While I was in the house I Wot )( t ! at bone-crushing a good deal . I have seen the men gnaw the bones , and pick the marrow out ot " theni t have done so myself . Some were fresher than other ? : some stank very badly . I remember the horse bone ' which came from Mr . Northeast , They were very nash and stank " miserable" after the stuff came to be heated ! I picked tho hones for want of enough victuals , TV , WCl'U not fit for food , but we were glad to pick them . ) U

      had not half enough to oat j the men were always com . plaining of it . 13 onc . crushing I consider very hard lrori I saw some human bones among the rest ut onuiai ' They powdered as soon as they were touched , w ^ t . u almost squeeze them to dust with our fingers . nW 3 i said they came from thc churchyard . Some of tin used to complain that the victuals they had were not enough to support them . The master said he kins * it but could not go bejond his orders . Colo ami Asl . ton dfcij in the dead-house , next to the boncJioiuu . I was OTer < 8 before I left the house , but did not get my allowance of beer , which I ought to bars had .

      The last named makes twenty . four persons w ] m j have examined respecting the abominations of the Lone crushing business , and I have a list of thirty-four otlien * who can giro similar testimony . Tho practice u siui carried on , aud , as the winter is approaching , and there will be less demand for labourers , many who have been out of the workhtuse for a few mouths will be compel ^ to return to this disgusting occupation ; and most pre . bably must have recourse to tho same disgusting means ot mitigating thc pangs of hunser .

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      Dbatii of Jackso . v , tub 1 ' uoiust . — Thfs cek brated character died , in his 77 th year , on Tuesday , at his residence , 4 , Lower Grosvcuor-street fl ' est , An attack of paralysis was the immediate cause of his death . Mr . Jackson was horn in London , and was the son of the eminent builder by whom the arch was thrown over the old Fleet ditch . Mr . Jackson , soon after defeating Mcndoza , established a ic / iool at 13 , Bond-street , not only forgiving lessons to his numerous pupils , but for the introuuetion of such men as had either distinguUlicd themselves in combat or were desirous of seeking funic in tho puamslie arena . He received the encouragement of the Dukes of York and Clarence ( William IV , ) , the Duke of Quecnsborrr , Karls Albemarle and Sefton , Maruuh of Worcester ( tho present Duke of Beaufort ) , Marquis of Tweedale , Lords Byron , Craven , Sotumille , Barrymore , Pomfret , and Fife , Sir W . W . Wvim , Colonel Berkeley ( now Earl Fitzhurdrnge ) , Mr . Harvey Combo , itc . After the coronation of George IV ., at which Mr . Jackson and seventeen of the

      most distinguished' prizefighters of tho day , * sre employed , dressed as pages , to guard tho entrance of Westminster Hall and Abbey , which they did most effectively , he retired from public life , remaining still , however , the frequent companion of noblemen and gentlemen wholelt desirous of maintaining the old national sport of boxing ,, and who , through him , distributed those rewards which the conduct of the exhibitants deserved . As a private associate and "boon companion" Ms company was courted by men of distinction . Air . Jackson was a man of great benevolence , proved by his charitable acts . In manners he was unassuming , and in language and demeanour a gentleman . He lived and died in easy circumstances , and his properly will be inherited by his niece , his constant attendant . —Wok .

      As TJxcoitFORTABLB Posixios . —A young man named Porter , who resides within a mile of Keeth , in Swaledale ,. was out the other day with his do »; for the purpose of hunting rabbits . The dog having run two rabbits into a hole amongst some stones , Porter made an etfort to widen thc place , aud had thrust his hand and arm into tho hole , and just got hold of a rabbit , when the stones gave way and closed him iu so fast that he could not stir his head or arms or body —only his legs were uncovered . In this extraordinary position ho was ] discovered , ' after being buried for ninety hours . lie was _ taken home in a wretched condition , but still retaining his consciousness , ami is now gradually recovering , His discovery was quite accidental , although the whole neighbourhood turned out to find him . —Lancaster Guardian *

      Theatiie Hoy At, Maitylhhonk. On Monthly Evening Last Tho Favourite Mimical Drami

      THEATIIE HOY At , MAItYLHHONK . On Monthly evening last tho favourite mimical drami

      of the Death Ship was revived , for Hie first appearance this season of Mr . John Douglass , the enterprising "Wnager and lessee , who was greeted on his ciifi-rt by a crowded house with every demonstration of hearty English welcome . Mr . Douglass sustained to perfection the character of tho gallant coxswain , Dfck IlnxU . lutU couise of the piece he introduced his celebrated pantomimic hornpipe , and a better piece of pantomime we have never witnessed . The performance elicited thunihri u !

      applause . Mr . Douglass is a worthy successor to T . l ' i Cooke , and , since the retirement of that gentleman , decidedly the best representative of the honest ami gallant Jack Tar on the English stage . He was- very ably sni' - ported by Mr . Kayncr , as the p ' rate Ifaiekhint ; Mr . Seville , as £ 110 . 5 /! Sly , a Yankee pedlar ; Mr . T . Leu , as t ' elet Bull ; Mrs . Neville as the persecuted Edith ; Mrs . Campbell , as . Francisco ; anil Miss L . Peurce , as Lucy laurel— $ played admirably . The piece was well put on the stage , the dresses were appropriate , and the scenery really sou '' - At the conclusion . Mr . Douglass announced the niece K *

      rendition amidst l'uuo . ttod plaudits . Uoyai . Advxmuk Gai . lv . iw . —On Vriday . evening OT visited this de . iglitful place of entertainment , and Whappy to find a numerous and exceedingly respcctali ^ audience present , who testified their approbation of tin : several entertaiiimvuts by frequent bursts of hearty , i ;> plausr . On entering , the uUablkluueut presents t » uV view of the visitor a remarkably light awl neat appearance ; and in addition to tlie fountains , scientific inude ! .-. paintings , steam engines , Ac , there is the atmosp here ' railway , tlie electric eels , the weighing machine , proiwnade concerts , & c . Mr . A , Sedgwick ably presided » ' *' the musical arrangements : his handling of the act -imli : " exhibited great professional skill ; in fact , he all bu t m < u tlieiiistrument speak . A Miss l ' alser ' s dancing was li * - yoml all praise ; and SL ' . A . Guibclei delighted the com ;

      pany with the songs , '' Hocked in the cradlejjf the "' ''T ' aud " Would I were a boy again . " Our gallantry will ««'• permit us to be silent as to Miss Pearce , a lady who enraptured us by her tirst . rate execution of tha ' Echo su « = ' and also the " Hunter of Tyrol , " in each of which she »;» = vociferously encored . The * " New Zealand Chief"" " ' "J * troduced by a gentleman , who gave a topograph" ™ , . scription of the islands , and a most interesting history of the country ; in the course of which lie " « ' much on thc fertility of the soil , its protlueo—such as « : »! l < & c . ; Its minerals—lead , iron , copper , ores , * ' - , ,, " arc found there in abundance ; gave a brief a ccount o > Captain Cook ' s visit , as well as other navigators whoi ' " visited and traded there ; and indulged in in" < I ' lffil ,,

      on the great blessings conferred on the ihiuvm !•> w " religious instruction" imparted to the '' s ; iv : l r a's • • missionaries ; and concluded by avowing as * P "f ' ; that it was the very best speculation for the eut « l , ris ' !' j English emigrant , and decidedly thc safest im-estmentw ' labour , capital , and skill , of any part of the g lobe . i » ' Chief" is certainly an extraordinary man ; : >« 'l « . " { . "j-j half of what he says is true , he has cxperiwifCil ni !" ' ' perils and " hair-breadth escapes . " He gave 11 W account of his residence amongst the natives ; l »» ' , ; ment by them , and ludicrous description of thi-ir lailii " * manners , customs , & c . ; exhibited their weapons ot «* fare , a number of dresses worn by them , sang s «'' songs in their language , danced , & c . He then came . * " >¦ ' the gallery to enable the nnmnaiiv to clusilv iiis »>} . '' ,

      person , which was curiously tattooed , He has 1 "' j , % tV 11 narrative of his life , which maybe had in « ' *!> ' "' ,,, ' j for sixpence . But the gem of the evening ' s en tcrwinm *' was ihj incomparable " dissolving views " an d elm * trope , " which must be seen to he appreciate" . . •»« '< raugements appear excellent , the atte ndants ^ w 1 ' ^ obliging , and altogether we knoir no p lace in f _ , .: where a more intellectual treat can be eujoycu w « (| shilling ; we therefore earnestly recommend * ««* . ., ,, go and judge for themselves . We should state tn . explanatory lecture on tho " atmospheric raim : ij i-Cipltt" is dttlivwed at uW o ' clock . Ite vsUotecoat "" . about eleven .

      Bankrupts. {Front Thc Gazette Of Friday,...

      BANKRUPTS . { Front thc Gazette of Friday , Octo ber 10 . 1 ^ Job Elliott , of Beer-lane , Great Tower street , tit \ , - ^ smith-Joseph Parrar and John Parrar , oi I . e « u > ., Halifax , woolstaplers-Johu Lilly , of Ilanbury , »^ tershire , farmer-Elizabeth Glover , of Sheltoii . .. ' • y shire , publican—YViUium L ' rown and Thomas rr < -= > Manchester , cotton spinners . ^

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan, Of 17, «R !F ,Lt " ..'V518 Street. Havmarket. In The Citv Of Westim ." S * N^.

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 17 , « r ! f " .. 'V 518 street . Havmarket . in the Citv of Westim . " s * n ^ .

      Office In The Same Street And Parish, To...

      Office in the same Street and Parish , tor '" sty prietor , FEA 11 GUS O'CONNOK , Esq ., and l > u » " ilt » . Wiliiax Hewitt , of No . 13 , Charles-s treet ., f > . ^ street , Wabverta , in the Parish of St . M . ar > ' t , $ t ! l . ten , in the County of Surrev , at the oum n , Strand , in the Parish 0 St . Mury Je-btfiii " , City nt Westminster . Saturday , Ootobor W , 1915 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 18, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18101845/page/8/