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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday , March lb . The house met at four o clock . . The York and JTorth Midland ( Doncaster Extension ) Railway Bill and the York and North Midland ( Harrojate Branch ) Railway BiU , were each read a second f me and ordered to he committed . lord Jja « u . v moved for the aPPointm ™^ es S stn ! . committee to inquire into the present mode of " >«""& leS imlco Uectingthewindow dutiesinGreatB ^ S » report their opinion thereupon to the house . The te : % - Zcontended , very unequal in its pressure , the ST rfdaise diinrishing as the number rf windows £ L * -, thus reducing * , ! ratio m [ Proportion to the facrea-edmeans of the occupants . The Nohlo Lord also urged various sana tory reasons . applicable tolarge towns , toehow the impolicy of excluding light and air by the operation of these taxes . Captain Rons seconded the motion .
The CHANCEiao * of the Exchequer opposed the motion for a committee of mpjiiry , because agreeing to it would be e quivalent to an admission that the tax ought to be immediately repealed—a step which no Hon . Gentleman would , under existing circumstances , think of recommending , when it Is remembered that no less than one million and a half of revenue was involved in the question . The dwellings ofthe humbler classes were altogether exempted from the operation of the tax , and even in lodging-houses , where it might be supposed ii ¦ would indirectly reach them , its repeal would be of little advantage , for the rentals in such houses were governed hy the circumstances of the locality , and the landlords would pocket the full amount of the remission , without making the smallest reduction to their tenants . Captain PecheH , Sir C . Sapier , and Mr . E . Ellice , jun ., supported the motion .
Mr . Home regretted that the house did not appear to attach the same importance to the motion as it related tc the health and social comforts of the labouring classes that he did . As we were now in a time of change , he thought it a proper time for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to turn his attention to the subject , and if he thought there wereany chance that Government wouldhave agreci to the motion , he would have suggested that the com mitt-ee should inquire , whether the amount now levied a : window duty might not be commuted or levied as a housi tax . Mr . F . Baking did not see that , in the present state o the revenue , ihe tax could be given up , and he trouh therefore oppose the motion .
Mr . Wjlklev , seeing Lord Duncan rising to reply , askec whether the bouse was to suppose that this tax was to hi given up ? The Chancellor ofthe Exchequer had madei most lame excuse for it , and nobody else had said a wor < for it Was nothing to he said in behalf of it ? Then , o : course , it was going to he given up . He declared his in . tendon of voting in support of the motion for a Committee If it had been for a repeal of the window duties , he could not have supported it , because tho house had already affirmed Sir It . Peel's budget for the present year . Sir R . Peel was sure that the house would believe Mm when he said that he had not proposed the remission of taxation contained in this budget without reviewing the window tax , ami several other taxes . Be had , however , teen of opinion that the remission of taxes which he had
proposed would he more advantageous to the public than the remission ofthe window tax . Another Gentleman might follow and propose the remission of the soap duties , and so make a strong impression on the public mind . It would be impolitic for any Government , before it resolved to remit any tax , to enter into a denunciation of it "Whenever a Government denounced a tax , it ought to be prepared tofoUowup its denunciation by a repeal of it Sir R . Peel then proceeded to examine Mr . Hume's proposition for imposing a percentage of 9 d . or lOd . in the pound upon every house and cottage in the country , for the purpose of making up the loss which would he occasioned to the revenue by the repeal of the window tax , and said that it would surprise the country very much
indeed if the house should adopt such a proposition in . the same session in which it bad imposed a property tax of 7 d . in the pound , from which it exempted all persons with incomes of less than £ 150 a year . To induce Lord Duncan not to go to a vote on this question , he would not say that he would take this subject under special consideration , hut he would say that it should be tnlffn into consideration with other taxes whenever another remission of taxation was practicable . He could not promise at least a year before any remission of taxation could possibly be made that he would repeal any particular tax , or any portion of a particular tax . This tax had one circumstance in its favour—it was easily collected , and nearly every farthing of it came into the Exchequer .
After a few observations from Mr . ilawes and Colonel Sibthoip , Mr . Ddncohbe hoped that Lord Duncan would follow up his motion by a division , and ou the very ground hud do > vn by the other side , that the motion for a committee was tantamount to a motion for the repeal of tlie tax . Sis constituents wanted no inquiry—they had no doubt ofthe oppressive and unequal nature ofthe tax . After a short reply from Lord Duncan , the Souse divided , when there were for the motion—Ay 6 S *•• •>• ••• ... 47 jiOcS •«• •»• ••• **• * t & Majority against it —i 6
Mr . G . w . Hore then rose , pursuant to notice , to move far papers relative to New Zealand , with a view to the defence of Lord Stanley from the charge of having given instructions to Captain Fitzroy on the eve of his departure to assume the government of that colony , in direct variance with the agreement between the Colonial Office and the New Zealand Company . The hon . Gentleman entered into a lengthened defence of the Noble Lord , drawn almost entirely from official documents and correspondence , tending to establish the fact that his Lordsh p had not committed any deception whatever , though some portion of the correspondence might have been misunderstood or misconstrued .
Mr . C . Bexleb entered into a history of the transactions between the Colonial Office and the New Zealand Company , with a view to make the House , if possible , without reading the correspondence , understand the precise nature of the complaint which the company preferred against Lord Stanley . Under any circumstances the instructions ofthe Noble lord were so . vague and ambiguous , and contained so many very wide aud indefinite qualifications , that the company to this hour had never been able to obtain the execution of the agreement , or to obtain possession of the land to which they were entitled . The
company had laboured under a deception , and that deception sprung from no fault of their own . They had every reason to suppose that the agreement would he carried out in one spirit , whereas itwas carried out in a spirit wholly the reverse of what they expected . They remained in this state of deception for a period of nine months , and all because Lord Stanley had not , according to the ordinary course of business transactions , made the company aware ofthe second series of instructions given to Captain Htzroy . The hon . Member concluded hy moving as an amendment , for tbe production of all the correspondence between Lord Stanley and the New Zealand Company .
Mr . 6 . W , Hope said , the difficulties in Lord Stanley ' s way , arising out of the claims of the natives , had been entirely overlooked by the hon . and Learned Member , and yet it was entirely owing to those claims that the title of the company had not been completed . After a few observations from Capt . Rice Trevo . Mr . Siren , said , that Lord Stanley ' s construction of the agreement ( addressed to Captain Fitzroy ) was marked confidential , and this -word was afterwards carefully erased . He wished to know why such . & word should have heen written on a public document , forming an agreement between two parties ? "Why was one of those parties , the New Zealand Company , kept in ignorance of instructions given oy the other party , Lord Stanley to Captain Fitzroy , who was acting for both ? They might quote the words of one of the New Zealand chiefs , who said to some of the settlers , " speak your words as you mean , but do not speak one thing and mean another , " -words which he ( Mr . Sheil ) said should be written in letters of gold in the Colonial Office .
The Solicitob-Genejui , referred to various portions of the correspondence , in order to prove that there had been no breach of faith whatever on tbe part of Lord
Stanley . After some observations from Mr . Hntt , Captain Sons contended that every step taken with regard to New Zealand was opposed to equity as regarded the rights ofthe natives . Lord Ikoestbe said the whole affair originated in a misunderstanding , which , however , was a fatal one to the company . Mr . A « lionbt professed bis inability to understand the explanation of Mr . Hope . Sir R . Feeii said the impress ! > a left upon his mind by the discussion was , that his Noble Nriend ( Lord Stanley ) had neither deceived the New Zealand Company intentionally nor otherwise . That the House shared in that
impression he inferred from the fact that of the few Members on tile Opposition benches , who staid to listen to the debate , three out of four were members of the New Zealand Company . It should not be forgotten that lord Stanley was placed in a peculiar position as the natural protector of the rights of the natives , which it became his duty to guard against infringement ; and the House would also bear in mind , that after the company was perfectly aware of all that had taken place , they addressed a letter to his Noble Friend , in which they stated that they placed the whole affair under consideration in his hands with the most perfect reliance ; and yet they now said that his breach of faith was so great that it was impossible to hold communication with him .
Mr . Agliohbt explained that the word " confidential , " and its erasure , had given a stronger colour of deception to the fecte previously known . After some observations from Mr . Mangles , Capt . Bice Trevor , Mr . C . Buller , Mr . M . Milnes , and Sir R . Peel , fhe motion was agreed to .
pboxectios or wobks of abt . The Soucttob-Gekekal stated , that he had prepared a bill on this subject the necessity for which had been recently , forced upon them in a very striking manner by & e destruction of the Portland vase at the British Museum . The matter was one of great importance , but he did not propoc * in th » then condition of th » House to do mors than simply move for leave to bring in a bill for the protection of property contained in public museums , gaBeriei , cabinets , libraries , and other public repositories , from maErious injuries . ( Hear , hear . )
The bfllwai read a first time , and the second leading ¦ was appointed-for Thursday . The House Oua adjourned .
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aa ^ s —«^^^^^— i TTedxesdat , March 19 . In replv to a question from Mr . Aldam , Sir R . Feel expressed his regret that the President of the United States should have made the treatment of slaves captured by the English the subject of a messnge to Congress ; but if the President would appoint a commission to inquire into the subject , there existed every disposition to give sdl the requisite information as to the condition of the liberated slaves . The message asserted that the captured negroes were subjected to an apprenticeship in the West Indies for a term of years . This was f t mistake arising from the treaty with Spain in 1835 , which contained provisions by which the captured negro was placed on the same footing as an apprentice ; since then , however , the system of apprenticeship had ceased , and the captured negro , on being landed in the West Indies , was in the same condition as a freeman . With respect to another portion of the message , which alleged that British capital was employed in the slave trade , he must say that he was not prepared to deny the accusation ; but he hoped that Parliament would be able to reach and remedy the evil .
CAPTAIN WABNEB ' s J . ONG BAHGE . In reply to a . question from Mr . Somes , respecting Captain Warner's long range , Lord Lvgestbe read a letter from Capt . Warner , stating that he had no wish for another inquiry , not expecting a favourable result- , but he adhered to his undertaking to blow up , at his own expense , a linc-of-battle ship at a distance of five nriles , restricting the spectators of the details ofthe experiment to the Prime Minister , the Commander in Chief , and certain other official personages . Sir C . Nafiee asked if the Government would not allow Captain Warner to try this experimeot at his own expense I SirR . Feei said he had received a great number of letters from individuals , offering to blow up line-of-battle ships on much more reasonable terms than those proffered by Captain Warner . If , however , Captain Warner was really in earnest , he would advise him to apply to the Master General ofthe Ordnance , from whom his proposition might receive favourable consideration .
THE HEW TABIFF . The House then went into committee on the Customs Acts . Mr . Bbamston moved , that the article of grease be omitted from the remission of duties proposed by the resolutions of Sir It . Peel , and that the old duty be retained . His reason for making this motion was , that butter would be introduced under the title of grease . Sir J . Tyeell seconded the amendment . Sir G . Clerk observed that grease , in the language of the Custom-house , meant butter so damaged that it could not be used as human food . Before it could be landed it must be mixed with tar . It was then used for smearing sheep . The reduction of the duty was absolutely a benefit to the agricultural interest . Mr . Wam > said there was something grand in a comprehensive monopoly , but such paltry , dirty , contemptible monopolies as those which were about to be repealed , were calculated to reduce the bold barons and aristocracy of England to a level with area sneaks .
After some discussion , Mr . Bramston said he would not divide tlie house , and the motion was negatived without a division . Mr . Serjeant Murphy moved , that tanned hides , in the fiist stage of manufacture , should be omitted . He made this motion in consequence of a representation from a numerous body of Ins constituents . Sir K . Feel advocated the retention of this article in the tariff , and gave his testimony to the superiority of English tanned leather over that of every other country . Mr . Serjeant Mdbfht was on the point of withdrawing his motion , when Mr . Long supported it , and expressed his intention of dividing upon it . A division took place ; immediately before it Mr . Serjeaut Murphy quitted the house . The numbers were—For the amendment 27 Against it 73 Majority —is On coining to the article of lard ,
Mr . Gbogan moved that it be omitted from the list , Lard could be produced in foreign countries so cheap and so good , that it must drive all other lard , be it Irish or British , from the home market Colonel Windham regretted to perceive his agricultural friends imitating the members for the manufacturing- districts , by starting up every moment with these claims of exemption from the remission of the protective duties . Tliere were three Parliaments sitting outside the walls of that house—the Conciliation humbug in Dublin , tlie Covent-garden League , and the little House of Commons in Bond-street issuing its edicts to the representatives of the agricultural interest , which was an unwarrantable liberty . He declined , at their dictation , to vote for the motion of Mr . Miles ; nor would he be dictated to while he continued a member of that house by a society where a certain noble duke pulled the strings and moved all the "little goes . " The agriculturists , like Polyphemus , had but one eye , and could see nothing but a turnip field , instead of being able to take a comprehensive view of the general interests ofthe country .
Lord A , Lennox thought that such sentiments would not he very grateful to the hon . gentleman ' s constituents . Mr . Wabd applauded the speech of Colonel Wyndham , and expressed his contempt , in the parliamentary sense of the word , for the paltry , peddling opposition to the measures of Sir R . Feel , offered by the agriculturists . Sir J . Tieeli . said , that the advocates of free trade proceeded on the principle that every man was justified in keeping up the protection for his own pig . The hon . member for Wolverhampton held an office in the Court of Chancery . That office might be a sinecure , and might have alarge salary attached to it and yetif offered foropen competition , people might be found who would perform the duties for £ 500 a year for which he was paid perhaps £ 1000 . Mr . Viiliees could not see what the office he held in the Court of . Chancery had to do with protection to agriculture . Ha worked for what he received from the public , whereas the landholders taxed the people in order to enrich themselves .
Sir R . Feel deprecated such personalities , and maintained that hon . members on his side of the house had a right to bring forward any propositions which they might think calculated to benefit their constituents . Lord J . Rueseu said , if the agriculturists were disposed to act intelligibly , they would at once either surtender the principle of protection altogether , or otherwise resolutely stand by it both in and out of Parliament . Mr . Gladstone * defended the reduction of lard , not because it made a reduction in the price of an article of food , but because it entered largely into consumption as a raw material of trade . Mr . Gkoqan then withdrew his amendment . On coming to the article of rosin , Sir W . James asked the Committee to proceed gradually with the reduction of the duty oh this article , and to retain a shilling duty upon it . Sir G . Clebk contended that the turpentine distillers of Hull had no reason to feel any alarm at the proposed reduction of duty on this article . "
Sir W . James , after a short speech from . Mr . Gladstone , withdrew his amendment . On coming to the article of thrown silk , Mr . T . Egebton objected that the reduction of the duty on this article would be very injurious to the silk throwsters , and would give a bounty to the foreign manufacturer . Sir G . Clerk defended the reduction , on the ground that the silk trade had flourished and increased undr the successive reductions of the duty which had taken place on this article , although the parties engaged in the trade had regularly predicted that each reduction would be its ruin . Since the last reduction of the duty the importation of raw silk had steadily increased . After a few words from Mr . Grimsditch , Mr . Struttgave his support to the proposition of Government , and read a memorial from the silk-throwsters of Derby , in which they declared their readiness to give up the protection which they enjoyed at present . He trusted that their example would be followed by other protected interests .
Mr . Bakkes observed , that whatever might have been tlie beneficial result in other places of reducing the protection given to thrown silk , it had been very prejudicial in Dorsetshire and Somersetshire . Before ihe last reduction , there were two silk-manufactories in Sherborne ; now there was only one , and that must be abandoned if this reduction were carried . There was also a silkmanufactory at Bminster , but , as he understood , it was declining . Sir K . Peel also considered that the alarms felt by some persons engaged in the silk trade were visionary , and read several returns , for the purpose of showing that the quantity of raw silk imported since the reductions made in tho silk duties in 1835 had increased from fifteen millions to thirty-seven millions of pounds , and that the quantity of thrown silk had diminished from 3 , 608 , 000 lb . to 2 , 300 , 000 lb . If the silk trade had failed at Sherborne and elsewhere , it was owing to local causes , over which Goi-ernmcnt had no control .
Mr . Laboucheke said that there was no article of manufacture as to which predictions of ruin from reduction of duties had been so completely falsified as in the ease of site . He believed that the changes now proposed , which met with his support , would be equally beneficial to those engaged in manufactures with the previous ones . The state ofthe silk duties was such as to cry aloud for revision . An alteration eould not but bo beneficial to the revenue itself , for now all the advantage was reaped by the smuggler , to whom some of the duties offered a premium of fifty per cent , although nominaUy of only fifteen percent Mr . Bkockxehubst said , if the smuggler had benefitted by the duties , no seizures had been heard of . The loss to the revenue seemed rather to have been in the Customhouse . They would not , by reducing the duty on thrown silk , obtain all the advantage they expected ; and , so far from the looms in this country being stimulated , they would be in aworse position than they were now , because they would encourage the silk trade abroad .
Mr . Hums said , he had visited the silk establishments of France and Belgium , and also that of the hon . gentleman who had jus t spoken , and he must say , that he had seen none so perfect as the last He was , therefore , surprised to hear the op inion of the hon . gentleman npon the present proposal of the Government He thought that the "Government ought to have removed the duty from manufactured silks altogether . He feared that his hon . friend , being a throwster , was biassed by his profits against the interests of the general manufacturer . ( A laugh . ) Mr . W . Wuxuhs said , that foreign eountneg were making great strides in « anufactures , and unless this country was placed upon . * , » q allty with those countries
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with whom they were entering into competition , he was quite convinced that distress of the most appalling character would visit almost every department of our manufactures . Place his constituents on an equality with regard to the price of provisions with the artisans of other countries , and they would not want protection . Thenindustry was equal , ay , superior to the industry of any people ; but , having to pay half their wages in taxation and for the support of the aristocracy , they could not compete with foreigners . The Government should reduce the taxes not only on bread , but on other articles which were
equally essential for tho comforts of life . He expressed a hope that her Majesty ' s Government would pause before they took into consideration the recommendation ofthe hon . member for Montrose to abolish the duty upon manufactured silk , by which trade , according to the statement of the lion , memberfor Whitehaven , 800 , 000 persons obtained their livelihood . He was a free trader , but not one of those who would take away the bread of 800 , 000 of his fellow-countrymen , women , and children , - and give it to foreigners , for the sake of carrying out any particular scheme .
After a few words from Dr . Bowring and Mr . Brockle hurst , in explanation , the gallery was cleared for a divi
sion . The numbers were , — For the repeal of the duty ... ... 85 Against it 36 Majority —69 The other articles of the tariff were then agreed to . The resolutions were then ordered to be reported to the house . The house resumed , and the report was forthwith agreed to . The house then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply , and in the committee two votes , amounting to £ 140 , 000 , were then granted to the Ordnance Department . The house resumed , and immediately afterwards adjourned .
Thursday , Mabch 20 . The Speaker took the chair at four o ' clock . Mr , Dukcohre gave notice that he should , on the 8 th of April , move for leave to bring in a bill for securing letters from being opened at the Post-office .
HATNeOTH COLLEGE . Mr , Warp said he held in his hand a motion of which he intended to give notice , but before he did go he would wish to ask the right hon . baronet at the head of her Majesty ' s Government a question , namely , whether it was not customary , in moving for a money grant , such as that ofthe proposed grant to Maynooth , to first bring it before a committee of the whole house . Sir It . Feel said the hon . member opposite was correct ; such was the course pursued by the house in all cases of motions for money grants , and such certainly was the course he intended to adopt in reference to his motion for the increased grant to Maynooth . Mr . Wabd then begged to give notice that he would , at the time it was most fitting to do so , move that aU further money grants for the purposes of religion be made out of the funds at present appropriated for the maintenance of the Protestant Episcopal Church . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Dehmstoun wished to know whether it was the intention of the G overnment to support a measure for preventing burial in towns , and whether that was intended to be extended to burghs in Scotland % Sir J . Gbaham was not prepared to prevent interment in towns . Mr . Mobmson , in a speech of some length , in which he contended that the public ought to have the benefit of railway travelling at as cheap a rate as was compatible with the present reduced rate of outlay , moved the following
resolutions : — "That it is the duty of Parliament , in giving its sanction to the establishment of new railways , to render them the means of affording to the public the best and safest communication , and the greatest possible amount of accommodation , at the lowest possible rates . " " That for this purpose every committee on a Railway Bill , in the present or any future session of Parliament , shall report a table of fees and charges , the lowest which they shall judge to bo consistent under the circumstances of each case , with a fair and reasonable return for the capital to be invested . "
Mr . Warbubton seconded the motion , and briefly supported the view taken by the mover . Lord Granville Somerset was opposed to the motion in its present form . He did not , however , object to the principle ofthe resolutions , but thought the object sought to he obtained could be had by an alteration ofthe standing orders of the house with respect to railways . Lord HowicK also supported the motion , and expressed himself in favour of a system by which the railways of tlie country might be made to revert to tho Government for the benefit of the public . Sir Robebt Peei . thought it was not advisable to interfere with railway projects , as proposed to be done by the resolutions . He did not think it would be safe to meddle with the fares of railway companies , further than to compel them to run third-class trains at a low rate on each line , so as to secure ample accommodation for the poorer classes .
Mr . Denmstoun and Mr . S . Wortley having briefly spoken , the motion was , by consent , withdrawn .
POST OFFICE , Mr . Waklet gave notice that on the first supply night after Easter he would move for a copy or copies of any warrant or warrants which had been issued by the Secretary of State , authorising the opening of any letter or letters addressed to Thomas Duncombe , Esq . Some routine business having been gone through , the orders of the day were disposed of , and the house adjourned till Monday , the 31 st . The Fibst Good Act passed this Session . —Parliament adjourned on Thursday for a week . —Punch .
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MANSION HOUSE . Satordat . —Stolen Notes and Bank Post Bills . — William Bay and John Johnson were brought before the Lord Mayor , charged by Mrs . Catherine Maxwell Logan , a lady of fortune ( who was accommodated with a seat on the bench ) , with being in illegal possession of some stolen uotes . The case had been partly heard on Monday , and adjourned to this day . Mrs . Logan stated that on the 14 th ult . she went to the banking-house of Messrs . Smith , Payne , and Smith , and in exchange for an order obtained two Bank Post Bills for £ 100 each , and twenty-five £ 5 Bank of England notes , and on hor arrival home she discovered she had lost them . —Mr . Wm . May , ( an accountant ) deposed , that he went to the house of Mrs . Logan , on the 21 st ult ., and obtained the numbers of the
lost notes ; the two notes produced ore a portion of them . The prisoners , it appeared , had gone to the shop of Mr , Morris , tailor , of 7 G , Cheapside , and purchased a wrapper and vest , for which they paid £ 4 19 s ., tendering a £ 5 note , and receiving one shilling in change . The prisoner Day then asked change for another £ 5 note , which excited the suspicion of Mr , Morris , and he despatched a messenger to the Bank of England . In the meantime the prisoners walked out of the shop , and were again professing to admire the surrounding building ; at length a clerk from the Bank of England arrived , accompanied by Henry Montagan , an officer of the City police force , and the notes having been proved to
be stolen , the prisoners were given into custody . —Mr . Robinson , a solicitor , who appeared on behalf of the accused , said , his clients were highly respectable men . They had come in possession of the notes in the legitimate way of business , namely , by the sale of a horse in Smithfiold market . The officers of the detective force had closely examined the defendants , and admitted that they knew nothing of them . Under these circumstances he appealed to remand the case until Wednesday next , in order that he might have the opportunity of calling witnesses who would place his client ' s innocence beyond doubt . —The prosecutor acquiesced in this arrangement , and the case was remanded accordingly ,
GUILDHALL . Saturday . —The « Heib-at-Law" Society Again . — Mr . Williams , whose name has figured recently before the public in connection with the Hew ^ t-Lam SoeUty , applied to Sir Feter Laurie for a copy ofthe depositions taken in a recent case of a man named Joseph Bridges , who had summoned the secretary of this Society for taking between two and three pounds of his money , on the plea of finding a register of certain names which were required to recover a sum of money that the complainant alleged he was heir to . Mr . Williams also wanted to know the date of the summons , and who had taken it out , as he was given to understand that it had been issued without the consent of the party whose name it bore—Sir Peter Laurie intimated that the
applicant might have a copy of the depositions at auy time he pleased ; but with respect to the summons being issued without the consent of the applicant , ho did not believe it was so . It was never the practice of the court to act in such a manner . Bridges had called upon him mhis private room , before the summons was taken out , and there denounced , in very strong terms , the Hoir-at-Law Society , for the treatment which he had received ^ m ^ f l "" ^ ' In fact ' was » ith the greatest oi & culty that he ( Sir P . Laurie ) had been able to get nd of tho man . With respect to the proceedings of the Society , he had that day issued a fresh summons against it , and another tribunal would have to adjudicate upon the conduct of its managers . He was onl
y sorry that the directors were not known , that they might be brought to account for the charges which had been brought against the Society . Sir Peter Laurie then asked Williams very pointedl y , who the directors were '—Williams : I decline to answer that question , or go into tho subject . They are respectable men , and do notlik » to have their names paraded iu the police report Sir P . Laurie " . "Where is tho Secretary , Ross *—On the appli " . cant refusing to answer this question , Sir Peter Laurie said he believed he knew very well where he was ; in fact , he was in "Surrey , " as they . called it ; or , in plain Ian . guage , In the Queen's Bench . —Williams afterwards withdrew . The fresh summons will come on for hearing either on Monday or Tuesday next
Robbery or Plate —William King and William Todd , who had been remanded from Thursday , were brought up for final examination , on tho charge of stealing fifty ounces of plate from the house of Mr . Thomas , No 8 , Thavies-inn . About twelve o ' clock on last Wednesday the servant girl had gone out on an errand , and left the door ajar . During her absence the prisoners , who were on the look-ont , went in , there being no person in the house , and abstracted the plate . They were subsequently detected trying to sell it , Th « prisoners were fully ommitted to take their trial at the Central Criminal Court .
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MARTLEBOKB . Satuzdav . — Bagging . —William Bofhroyd , a tall powerful man , attired in the garb of an agricultural labourer , was charged before Mr . Long with the atrocious crime of being ina state of destitution and of begging in the public streets . —A policeman in private clothes found the defendant soliciting alms in Berkley-street at ten o'clock this morning . He was going from shop to shop , telling a mournful tale of his distresses . He took him into custody , when the defendant stated that he was driven to that course ftf livelihood by distress . —Iu answer to questions from Mr . Long , he stated that he came up from Mirfield , near Huddersfield , about a month ago . Soon after be came here he became unwell , and was obliged to go into Westminster Hospital , where ho remained for three weeks . He came up to London in tlie expectation of obtaining employment , where a dock is in the course of being made . His intention was to make his way back to his native place as soon as possible . —Mr . Long gave him a shilling to help him on his way . —The defendant thanked him , and withdrew .
Tuesday . —Novel aito Extensive Ststem of Robbery . —A tall , respectable-looking young man , who gave his name John Parish , was placed at the bar before Mr , Rawlinson , upon , the following charges of robbery - . —Henry Flood , a lad in the service of Mr . Giblett , butcher . Bond-street , deposed that on Tuesday ,- tho 11 th inst ., he went out on horseback as usual to deliver meat to his master ' s customers and collect orders , and amongst the houses lie called at was Sir George Murray's , 5 , Belgrave-squarc . On making his egress therefrom , he found that the horse which he had left standing opposite the area gate while he went into the kitchen had disappeared . He ( witness ) returned home as speedily as possible , and made Mr . Giblett acquainted with what had occurred .
The horse had since been restored , but the saddle and bridle had not . —Cheshire , 188 , D , stated that in consequence of information which had been given at the station-house , relative to a person who was supnosed to have committed the aoove and other robberies , he imagined that the prisoner , who was his lodger , at ob , St . John's-place , Lisson-grove , answered the description of the thief , and accordingly on the previous night he ( witness ) took him into custody , on suspicion of being the guilty party . On being told that he was charged with stealing a horse of Mr . Giblett , he said that he knew nothing about any horse , except one which he had bought of a man in the Uxuridge-road , and that soon after the purchase thereof he ( prisoner ) had " swapped" it away to a man named John Monkhouse . —John
Monkhouse stated that he was a butchers carrier , and that on the previous Tuesday ( the day of the robbery ) , as he was proceeding with his horse and cart along tho New-road , he met the prisoner on horseback ; witness had some difficulty in getting his horse along , owing to its not liking the collar , when the prisoner offered to exchange his animal for the other , upon condition that £ 1 should be given to him in the bargain . This having been agreed to and the money paid , the prisoner saddled witness's horse as soon as it was taken from the cart , its place in the vehicle being supplied by that from which he ( prisoner ) had j ust alighted . Sometime after the prisoner was gone , witness fancied that the horse lie had got possession of was one which he had often seen driven
by persons in the employ of Mr . Giblett ; and on his meeting one of his ( Mr . G . ' s ) men on the following Friday , he ascertained from him that the animal was the identical one which had been stolen . Witness had since given it up . —Mr . Rawlinson : Did you know the prisoner prior to your having this dealing with him ?—Witness : I had seen him before . He told me he brought the horse from Bristol , and had ridden it from ten miles below Windsor , on the morning ofthe Tuesday when I met him . —Cheshire , the constable , produced a saddle and bridle , which he found under the prisoner ' s bed . The articles were identified as Being Mr . Giblett ' s property . —Jacocks , 81 D , said that about two years ago the prisoner was tried for stealing a set of harness , and suffered
six months' imprisonment for the offence . —A second charge was then gone into . —Joseph Jackson , in the employ of Mr . James Cover , a butcher , in Southstreet , Berkeley-square , deposed that on Friday , the 28 th Ult ., he went OUt with a horse and cart , and called at the Marquis of Lansdowne ' s in the square ; he was not absent more than five minutes , during which time he was waiting for orders , and on making his egress from the mansion by the area steps , he was surprised to find that both horse and cart were gone . —A man named Walpole identified the prisoner as having been seen by him lurking about in front of
the marquis ' s residence a few minutes before tho robbery was discovered . — Cheshire , the constable , further stated that , in addition to the saddle and bridle before referred to , he found under the prisoner ' s bed a smock-frock and a blue coat , such as were usually worn by butchers . 81 B , said . that on the night after the robbery he found the cart standing in a mews in Copland-street , Lisson-grove , and it was now in the owner ' s possession . Numerous robberies of a similar description have within the last few months taken place , and in order to afford time for further inquiry the prisoner was remanded till Tuesday next .
MARLBOROUGH-STREET . Tuesuat . —A Despekatk Riot . —Francis Nix , Edward Ford , John Shephard , and John Shaw , were put to the bar , charged with having violently assaulted and beaten several persons in the Royal Tar publichouse , Pitt-street , Tottcnhani-court-road . It appeared that about half-past four o ' clock on Monday afternoon Shaw and Shepnard went into the tap-room of the Pitt ' s Head , and interfered rudely with seme persons who were playing at dominoes . This interference was resented , and the result was that Shaw and Shephard began to fight with the persons with whom they had interfered . Shaw and Shephard were put out of the house , but in a very snort time they returned , accompanied by a gang of their comrades ,
and commenced a violent and indiscriminate attack on all persons in the house . —Francis Mozer proved ? hat he was merely drinking a glass of ale at the bar , when the defendants and others rushed into the house , and he was immediately knocked down . The man who assaulted him ran out ofthe house , but he followed him into Cumberland-street , where he was again assaulted by others of the party , and severely beaten . —David York proved that he had been beaten by the defendants and their party . —Henry Thompson , William Thompson , Stephen Silmere , and William Best , also proved that they had received ill usage from the defendant and his party , without cause or provocation . —The landlord , Mr . Carter , said he intorferftd to iroon f . ha n & nna huf Vvo wqc ctvn /» Tr lw & f ww & WA 4 WU 4 CfrthJ 1 UVIh
** v »* v ^ v ** ^ wwr * - w * WJ W » V AAW 'W UV * - * J several of the party . His wife was also knocked down by one of them . —The defence of the parties was ) that they met Shaw and Shephard in tho street , bleeding , and on being told by those defendants that they had been assaulted in the Royal Tar public-house , they offered to accompany them to the house to get the names of the parties who had assaulted them , in order that assault warrants might be procured . When they got to the public-house they were all assaulted , and they merely defended themselves . —Miv Maltby was satisfied that the defendants had acted violently and unjustifiably , and accordingly fined Nix , Ford , and Shephard £ 5 , or two months , and John Shaw £ 2 , er six weeks' imprisonment .
WORSHIP-STREET . Tuesday . — Ferocious Assault . — John Purcell , a powerful journeyman blacksmith , and his wife , Emma Purcell , were charged with violently assaulting and endangering the life of a police-constable of the H division , named William Sparks , at the house of Mr . Stalnbury , a beershop-keeper , in Old Montague-street , Whitechapel . — It appeared from the evidence , that at ten o ' clock on the preceding evening the prisoners , in company with other , disorderly cliaraeters , entered the house in a riotous manner , and proceeded upstairs to the club-room , where they demanded refreshment . While the landlord was considering whether he would execute the order , he heard the fall of some heavy body on the floor of the room above , and on going up found the female prisoner lying on the ground , and the male prisoner
standing over her and ill-treating and kicking her in the most brutal manner . Mr . Stainbury forced the male prisoner away from the woman , whom he assisted on to nor feet ; and in return was instantly assailed by tbe prisoner and his companions with such violent and threatening language , the former declaring that he would dash his brains out , that ho was compelled to retreat down stairs . Thither he was followed by the whole ofthe party , and the male prisoner , seizing a quart pot , dealt him " a blow on the head with it . A struggle ensued , and he succeeded in wresting tho pot out of tho prisoner's hand , but was instantly knocked down by him , and the wife , to whom he had butjust before rendered such signal service , actively assisted her husband , and rushing at him like a
tigress , bit him severely in the arm . His cries for help at length reached tho cars of tho policeman Sparks , who entered the house ; but he had no sooner made his appearance , than he was also knocked down by tho prisoner , two of whose companions kicked him with savage violence and trampled upon his body . One of tlte party , a cabman named Eamett , ; then ran into the road , and , returning with a large granite stone , struck the officer , as he was freeing himself from his assailants and rising from the ground , a terrible blow on the back of tho head with it , which laid open a frightful wound in the skull , covered him with blood , and rendered him totally insensible for more than ten minutes . As he was returning to a state of consciousness , M'Mitchin and several other
constables , who had been sent for , airivcd , and SOcured the two prisoners , after a violent resistance , but the rest of the party succeeded in effecting their escape . The injuries the officer Sparks had sustained were of so senoiui a nature that the divisional surgeon was of opinion he would be for a lone time wholly unfit for duty , and that should erysipelas superve ne , which was veryprobablo , he might lose his Iife .- ~ Tne stone the witness was struck with was produced ia court . It was a large jagged piece of granite , about mne inehes long , five in width , and the game in thickness , and altogether such a formidable instrument that it was wonderful the officer had escaped « eath .--In answer to the charge , the male prisoner said , that having had a quarrel with his
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wife , the landlord had interfered with them in the first instance iu an uncalled-for manner , and that all the subsequent violence complained of had been perpetrated by the oUiev mcu who had escaped , ho himself having had little or nothing to do with it . —Mr . Bingham had very great doubts whether he ought not to remand the prisoner till the other man who had inflicted such serious injuries upon the constable , and for whose apprehension he should order a war . rant to be instantly issued , was in custody , and then send the whole of them for trial at the sessions ; but , aa it had nod been clearly proved that the prisoners had positively incited the man Barnett to the commission of the brutality he had been guilty of , he should , on consideration , deal with the case summarily , and order tho male prisoner to be committed to the House of Correction for one month with hard labour , without the infliction of a fine , and the woman to undergo a fortnight ' s imprisonment .
Thursday . —Attemft to Murder . —Hayward , the warrant officer , made a communication to Mr . Bingham , relative to a poor woman , named Ann Brick , who is now lying in a dangerous state in St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , from a frightful wound in her head , inflicted with a chopper , by her husband , a journeyman bricklayer , now under remand at this court on the charge of attempting to murder her . —The prisoner was placed at the bar on Tuesday evening , just before the rising ofthe court . —Serjeant Ellis stated that he had ascertained from the neighbours that the prisoner had been constantly drunk for'several days , and that on the morning in question he had ordered his wife to take off her wedding ring , that he might pledge it to procure more liquor . On her refusing to do as desired , the prisoner loaded her with abuse , and
endeavoured to break open a box in which she kept her clothes , when a struggle ensued between them , m the course of which the prisoner felled her to the ground with the chopper , and afterwards dragged her down stairs , and flung her into the street , where she was found by the policeman . Mr . Bingham ordered the prisoner to be remanded . The officer , Hayward , now reported to the magistrate that he had seen Mr . Moore , the house-surgeon at the hospital , who had requested him to state that although the woman continued in a highly dangerous condition , he did not consider the case so extremely urgent as to require the attendance ofthe magistrate for the above purpose ; but if any unfavourable change took place , timely notice to that effect should be forwarded to the court .
CLERKENWELL . Wednesday . —The "Burial Ground Nuisance " Again . —A poor woman entered the court in a state of great affliction , and in an earnest manner besought the assistance of the magistrate . She said her name was Harriette Jesse Nelson , that she lived at No . S , Cross-court , Vinegar-yard , Drury-lane ; that she was a widow , and earned her bread by working as a laundress , had three children , and was in very destitute circumstances . Having read an account of the revolting occurrences alleged to have taken place in Spafields burial ground in the newspapers , she became greatly alarmed lest the remains of her poor husband , which had been interred there on the 23 rd of March , 1842 , should have been removed from the
grave in which she had seen them placed . She further learned from the newspapers that Mr . Bird , one of the managers of the graveyard , had publicly offered to open any grave , and show the relatives of deceased persons interred there that the remains had not been disturbed . She accordingly went to the burialground on Monday week , saw Mr . Bird , and asked him to open her husband's grave . He declined , saying , ' That ground had not been opened for fifteen years . " She went over , pointed out the spot , and begged of him to open it , but he replied , " It shall not be opened , " and then walked away . —Mr . Combe : Were you at the funeral ?—The Woman , crying : Oh , yes ; I was at the funeral with my three children . It was a wet wintry day , so I could not see exactly how deep the grave was , nor how the coffin was laid .
1 lingered about the grave on Monday week until one of the grave-diggers came , and I asked him to open the grave for me : lie said he would , but had scarcely begun , when Mr . Bird came up , and said to me , " I told you the ground was not to be opened , " and sent the man away . I followed Mr . Bird down the churchyard , and again entreated of him to show me my husband ' s coffin , but he replied , " You have got teeth to dig a grave yourself . " I went back to the grave again , and having seen three men near the churchyard , and not connected with it , I asked them to dig the grave ; they said they would . The first man had not been more than a minute at work , when the stench became so intolerable that he was obliged to leave off ; the second and third tried consecutively , but the smell became so intolerable , that they were obliged to quit the place . —Mr . Combe : How soon did the stench issue ? — The
Woman ; llic very first shovelful they threw up . A fourth man took up the spade , but he too was driven away by the smell . I asked him what the charge was ? He said a pot of beer , and I gave him my last 3 d . to get it . I went the next day again , and made the same request of Mr . Bird . He took down my name and address , and said he would write to me on the following Friday , but I never since heard from him . I forgot to state that Mr . Bird told me that Superintendent Macey , of the G division , had given directions that no more graves should be opened . —Mr . Macey : I gave no such directions . —The Woman : On the Sunday after my husband was buried , I went to the graveyard with my children , and found the grave in which he had been buried ,
open . I asked the grave-digger to allow me to see the coffin of my husband ; but he said there was another coffin in the way , and that he could not do so . Myself and my children went every Sunday during the summer to see the grave ; at length my children became dangerously ill , which plunged me into such distress , that I have not recovered from it yet . Mr . Wakeling , vestry-clerk , of Clerkcnwell parish , said he attended there on behalf of the parish , knowing the woman was about to make the statement . It appeared that the managers of this graveyard had , by an advertisement in a weekly newspaper , expressed their readiness to open the graves at the request of relatives of persons interred there . They had not complied with this advertisement ,
but had opened a whole batch of graves about ten days ago , which were still open , and from which a steuch issued that was diffusing itself over the whole neighbourhood . Mr . Macey never had given any such directions , and the advertisement was inserted as a means for the defence to the indictment which the parish would assuredly prefer against them at the ensuing sessions . It might be said that the statements in the newspapers regarding this place were of a revolting character , but tacts ten times more revolting relative to this place had come to libs knowledge . He had evidence to show that the corpses were tumbled out of the coffins in heaps , and thrown upon a mound of clay , then beaten and chopped up with the clay , and when compounded together the whole was tlirown to the bottom of a pit dug for the purpose . —Mi * . Superintendent Macey : I went to the
graveyard a few days ago , and the smell was so intolerable that I could not remain more than a few minutes in it . The effluvia was dreadful , and Mr . Bird himself said he could hardly stay in the ground . Sixty graves were open . One man , in looking for the remains of his child , struck his pick-axe into a coffin , and its contents poured out in a thick fluid state , emitting tho most horrible smell . These graves had not been opened at the request of the relatives , but opened on speculation , in order tc pacify the relatives of deceased persons . —Mr . Combe said , the mode adopted by tho managers of the place was most unsatisfactory to the relatives ofthe deceased , as well as most pernicious in its consequences . The magistrate directed that Mr . Vinall should be communicated With forthwith , and humanely directed a small sum from the poor-box to be given to the poor woman , who left the court in the deepest affliction .
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Grbat Westbrn Railwat . —On Friday a poor man , named John Jonathan , a wireworker by trade , proceeded from Bristol to Bath by the third-class ( or cheap ) train ofthe Great Western Railway . The carriages employed in this train , although covered , are exposed at the sides , and in the present inclement state ofthe weather are , if possible , more inconvenient than the notorious second-class vehicles of this line . A coroner ' s inquest was held on the body of the unfortunate man [ at the Full Moon Inn , Bath , on Saturday , when it appeared in evidence that , although the deceased had been for some time labouring under ill health , he left Bristol on Friday morning not worse than usual ; that he was'weu clad , having double his usual quantity of clothes on ; and that the
cough from which he had previously been suffering had been eased by some medicine prescribed for him in Bristol . On his arrival at Bath , however , he was unable to get out of the carnage in which he had been conveyed ; he was removed by one of tho porters , and assisted out of the station , thence transferred to the care of one of the boys who wait about tbe place , and after staggering a few steps he fell down and expired . He was conveyed to the shop of Mr . Bright , a chemist , in the immediate neighbourhood ; two medical gentlemen were immediately sent for , both of whom attended , but their 8 tore
e j ° animation were unavailing . The above facte having been deposed to by various witnesses , the jury returned a verdict that , " The deceased died by the visitation of God . and that his death had been accelerated by his exposure to the inclemency of the weather in one of the third-class carriages ofthe Great Western Railway . " Thejury also appended to their verdict a strong recommenda tion to the Great Western Railway Company to carry into effect the promised alteration of the second and third-class carriages made by the chairman at the last half-yearly meeting , at as early a period as possible .
Death ov William Howell ' s WiPE .-r-This unhappy woman , tho wife of William Howell , who was lately executed in this town , expired yesterday week at Hulver . Report states that she died of a broken heart . — Ipswich Express .
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Shocking . Aram at Whitiinoton On Thursda morning , about ten o ' clock the village of Whittincton two miles from Chesterfield , was the scene of wreat excitement , in consequence ot * tlie rumour tuafc I Mrs . Green , who resides there , had cither been murdered or had committed suicide . It appears that shortly before the hour named , she had been seenhv several neighbours to enter the gate of her own premises leading one of her grand-children by on # hand , and holding the other hand to her throat One of the neighbours going to the place , slicfonnd Mrs . Green reclining upon a stone in the yard and bleeding profusely from a frightful wound in tim throat . She was unable to speak . The alarm wai at once given , and a messenger dispatched 11 Chesterfield for medical aid . Mr . Boddington arrived in a very short timebut life was extinct
, before his arrival . The wound was exceedingly W and . deep , extending from " ear to ear . " ' The eosophagus and jugular vein were partially severed , and the carotid artery was laid bare , although not cut . Arazor marked with bloodwas found lying g the hearth ; the deceased appeared to have bee n cleaning the hearthstone . It is stated that she wag seen to run out of her house , holding her hands te her throat , and to go to the door ofthe Cock and Magpie public-house , and then to a neighbouring house , but it appears that she failed to make an ? person hear her . Her house adjoins that of her son in-law , Joseph Hawskley , and it is stated that hp was the only person about the premises beside ih , deceased at the time ; Mrs . Hawkslcy having gong out beforeand six
shortly , a boy aged years , iiau ] e j Green , a grand-son ofthe deceased , who was stavin » with her , having been sent away from her house thf the same morning . The farm belonged to the dT ceased Mrs . Green , of whom Hawkslcy held it « tenant . Many disputes have arisen between jr » Green and her son-in-law of late , and it is not ion ^ since they appeared before the magistrates , on w ) TI occasion Mrs . Green applied for Hawksley to T bound over to keep the peace . The application w « refused by the magistrates , who repvimand edIboth parties At the same time , a son of tie deceased wt fined for wiltuUy damaging a plough belonging Hawkslcy The origin ot the melancholy affair 5 Ihursday ast is at present a mystery . " DcceaJS was in good health and spirits at eleven on WednT day night ; previous to which hour HawksW at
tempted to force his way into her house , but * , , prevented by Sidney Green , her son . llaiS states , wo learn , that on the Thursday moraine hi immediately went towards his house , thinking that some of his children had set their clothes on lire ^ he approached he saw his mother-in-law run ouu , her house , holding her hands to her throat . In KOiii » to his owndoorhe mether . andunmediatelysenta boy for assistance . The statement of one of the chil flren is very different to this . An inquest was opened before Mr . Hutchinson , coroner for Scarsdalc on Ihursday afternoon , at the Cock and Magpie but immediately adjourned to Friday next , Thccircum stances to which we allude have made a vcrr grtat sensation throughout the district . —fe-iwfo-i Courier .
_ Extensive Fire at a Lunatic Asylum . —At about nine o ' clock on Monday morning the inhabitants of Nottingham were alarmed by a report , that the Lunatic Asylum , which is erected just outside the town , on the Southwell-road , was on fire . On Lastening to the spot the rumour was found to be correct hut happily the conflagration was subdued before any fatal accident occurred , although it has been attended with a considerable destruction of property . It ap pears that at about twenty minutes past ' eight , one ofthe female domestics went into the laundrv , a new and commodious building at the west end of the asylum , to fetch some chips which had been placed near the steam-drying apparatus , and found that they had ignited , and that the room was full of flames .
The alarm being given , a messenger was instantly despatched to the town for assistance ; and in asnoit time the engine of the Nottingham and Derbyshire fire-office arrived on the spot , drawn by two posthorses . It wasunmediately taken up the lawn and commenced playing , and by its means , combined with the energetic exertions of a large body of firemen and the Nottingham police , who were in attendance , the fire ' was got under by ten o ' clock . The scene after the fire was one of extreme desolation ; large heaps of half-burnt rafters ] ay in cheerless contrast with the snow Which lay on the lawn to the thickness of several inches ; and the roofless building , with its blackened walls and windows deprived of their glass , proved that the devouring element had done its worst . The
asylum is an extensive range of building , erected in 1810 , and at the present time contains about 200 patients . The laundry and other buildings whicli have been burned had been recently added from designs furnished by Messrs Hawkslcy and Jalland of this town , architects . They consist of a room 61 feet by 24 , in which is the drying apparatus , and two other apartments , that would make together a room of similar ilimensions . The drying room Js completely gutted , and the other rooms are considerably damaged ; a large quantity of clothes , which were being dried , were also destroyed . These buildings are detached from the patients' wards , so that it was not considered necessary to remove those unfortunate persons ; but had the wind been east , it is thought that the fire would have communicated , in which case the consequences must have been dreadful , as
the part nearest the fire was occupied by the ttiott dangerous of the lunatics . Immediately after the news had become public , a considerable number of the committee assembled on the spot to make inquiries into the circumstances of the case . Amongst those present were Mr . W . Hodgson Barrow , of Southwell ; the High Sheriff ; the Rev . T . Coates Caue , of Southwell , Chaplain to the High Sheriff and magistrate of the county ; Messrs . T . Close , J . Braithwaite , W . Hannay , and Dr . Williams , magistrates ofthe town ; Mr . G . ttawson , clerk to the borough magistrates ; and Dr . Powell , the resident physician . Having examined the buildings and the servants , they came to the conclusion that the occurrence was purely accidental . The damage cannot now be ascertained , but it must amount to several hundred pounds . The building is understood to he uninsured .
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MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . v .. n , . F 0 B TnE EXECUTIVE . £ 6 . i . rrom the Chartists at Moulin-a-Yapenr , per David lleid 1 ST From James Dick , Lille „ " , o 1 i Proui Alex , how , ditto ,. „ " , " '" j ] 3 From James Brown , ditto .. \\ " " 0 1 3 From James Thomson , ditto .. 0 1 3 From Henry Pashley , Hansworth . ! . ' . " 0 1 0 From ltotherham , per George Eskholme .. .. 0 10 0 M'om James Stevenson , Gallon ., 0 1 * From the Chartists of Hamilton .. ' . ' , . ' . ' 0 10 0 irom the Chartists of Coventry .. . 030
THOMAS O 0 OPER , From the Chartists of Moulin-a-Yapcur , per David Reid .. ,, 10 * RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SUBSCRIPTIONS . A , , , * s . d . s . d . Clock-house .. .. 030 Wheatley-lane .. Old Sowerby Longroyd 0 5 6 Bacup .. .. 03 * Kurnley „ .. 0 5 7 $ Camborne .. .. 0 1 t Colne .. .. .. 031 Carlisle .. .. 0 « liashngden .. ,. oi 3 Cuinmersdalc .. 076 Oswaldwhistle .. 0 2 4 J Clitheroe .. .. 049 Haggate .. .. 019 Bamoldswick .. 0 5 ?
Livv . Tonhridge Wells .. 0 10 0 Holmfirth , J . Holmhrth , T . Brad- Quarmby .. .. 004 ky " . , " -010 Ditto , two friends .. 0 1 0 Ditto , IV . Bradley 0 10 Stock port „ „ 1 10 « Ditto , A . Bradley .. 0 10 Klton „ .. „ 0 5 « Ditto , J . France .. 0 10 Hollinwood .. .. 0 lt > 0 Ditto , J . Saudford 0 1 0 South Shields .. 066 DONATIONS . Berry Brow , proceeds oflfr . Doyle ' s lecture .. 0 * 3 Ruffy Ridley ,. .. ,. .. ., n 2 «
. ACCOUNT BOOKS , CARDS , & C . Oswaldwhistle , ac- Holmfirth , ditto .. 0 2 J count book .. 040 Preston , ditto .. 0 0 « Clitheroe , ditto .. 040 Holmfirth , cards .. 0 0 9 Ditto , hand books 0 0 G Oswaldwhistle .. 0 ' 2 6 In last week ' s Ust of Nominations for the Executive , Penzance , Rochdale , CamberwoU , Burnley , and Bromsgrore were omitted , in aU wliich plaees the five members now m office were nominated ; the names of Messrs . Clark and Doyle were also omitted from the Birmingham and Todmorden list . candidates FOB THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . I have received answers from the following persons , declining to stand for the above office , viz ., Messrs . Tat tersall , D « on , Bairstow , and West ; from the majority of the other candidates I have as yet received no answers I shaU , therefore , include them in my printed list . THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER Secretary . '" ^/ WJ / WW / A .. ^^ ^ , ^^ ^
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DEATH . On the 13 th inst ., after a long and severe sickness , Mr . Thomas Marquis , of Burnley , Millwright , aged Zu ?< T ? ' , , ° ^ fi " and consistent su pporter of the People ' s Charter , " and one who whenever his leUow man was wronged would beard the wron ^ -doer , and say , " Thus did ' st thou . " Ee was interred * the Unitarian Chapel , Padiham , on Sunday , the 16 th , his remains being followed to the grave by a long tram ot his Chartist friends and acquaintances . Death of thb Bishop op Ely . —His lordship expired on Thursday , at two o'clock . His death waa tranquil m the extreme , and he was perfectly sensible to the last . Doctor fisher , the Downing Proteesor of Medicine in the University of Cambridge , was in attendance at the palace with his lordship ' s ordinary surgeon when the melancholy event took place .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 22, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22031845/page/8/
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