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« And I wDl war , at least in words , Ltjad— should my chance so happi-n—deeds , ) \ Vith all who war with Thought !" aftbinlc I hear a little bird , who singg jte people hy and by will be the stronger . "—Btkox , REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA . HO . VI . So little is known of the Greek Church , in this count ry , that a few extracts from the chapter iJIustratrre ofthe history , dogmas , and organization , of this most numerous but one of all the Christian sects , will interest onr readers .
THB CKJECORUSSIIX CHURCH . The national faith of Russia is well known to he that cf flie Greek church of the eastern empire . By the con-Jfint Of the Greek patriarchs—too much occupied , after the fall of Constantinople , with their own safety to feel amb itious—it was allowed to detach itself in 15 SS , and jaf : to i : s own government . At this time , the patriarch of Constantinople , having travelled for the purpose to Moscow , anointed its inetropolitan Job , as the first Russian patriarch , giving him thus tho supreme authority over all the faithful in the MuseoTiteEmpure . The separa -
tton was thus r «? acaab ! e and amicable , and It is only in a iew forms and ceremonies , tut not in any of its dogmas , that the Russian church has since differed from the mother establishment . Few readers are not aware that the < 5 reek church bears the closest resemblance to the Roman-catholic , both iu its tenets and its rites 5 the differences which exist are Indeed so insignificant , that the Greeks and Romans term each other reciprocally only schismatics , reserving the epithet of "heretics" to a mora determined departure from the fold , such as that of all -the sects which hare sprung from the Reforms of Luther -and of Calvin .
The Greek church Is said by theologians to difipr in fw : y-onepoints from the Roman-catholic ; but some of -these distinctions are so subtle as to escape altogether -the preemption of an unsabtHizing inquirer . The most -imj-ortant is bat trivial , with the exception of what relates to church discipline , and the independence of papal authority . It acknowledges , as the only rule of it & -faith , the Holy Scriptures and the authority of the seven -first general councils ; but the interpretation of the declarations ofthe one and the dechtion of the other is only allowed io Its patrkwhs , which , in the Russian ihureh . are represented by the "Holy Synod . " It acknowledges the creeds of Nice and of St . Athanasius , and holds the doctrine of the Trinity , but differs from the Roman catholics iu believing the Holy Ghost to proceed from the Father alone , and not from the rather and the Son .
The Greek church denies the existence of purgatory , but permits prayers for the dead . It inculcates a profound veneration for relics , repudiates carved images ofthe virgin , saints , & c . ; but command * painted representations . Predestination is one of the chief do ^ mns ofthe Greek Church . The secular priests are not only allowed , but compelled , to
sunny . FAST AXD PSESWT STATE OF IBS KUSStt * MIESTHOOD . After the creation of a patriarchal sea in Russia , th < patriarchs , in a few years , acquired in Muscovy as much temporal authority as the popes in the middle ages exercised over the rest of Europe . They took the first sea ' after the tsar , who on certain occasions was forced to bold their stirrup ; neither war nor peace could be undertaken without their blessing , aad they hnd a power oi life aad death over all his subjects ; even the united tsar and Ooyars were always oMJ ^ e-J to jield to the patriarcV and his clergy . One of the first steps of Peter the Great was to destroy this iiapernwi in mperio , turning the vice * and ignorance of the clergy against themselves . B ; means of fii-masss , cruelly , and ridicule , he succeeded in -utterly subverting the hierarchial power ; the faith itself he ' eft standing as a usefulinstrument , but wrenched iti direction from the bands ofthe priests .
On the death of the r & triarch Adrian , in 1700 , Peter utterly abolished the patriarchal office , and declared him self head of the church . He appointed an exarch , witl . very limited authority , immediately to preside over al : spiritual afialrs ; but , twenty years after , he abolishee -the exarchy also , and instituted the " Holy Legislate Synod , " which still continues to this day ' to govern them -under the immediate cognizance of the emperor , who besides appointing the members of synod , chosen from ththigher elergy . is always represented iu this assembly bj the ober-procurator , a layman , who can oppose all then resolutions till submitted to the decision of the emperor "When Peter began his reign , one-half of th e land ? flfthe empire are said to have been possessed by thi priesthood . The most hideous crimes are chargec against the priests , monks , and nuns of that time : and strange orgies , and fearful crimes , even at tht present day , are said to occasionally disgrace the Russian ( Greek 1 convents and monasteries .
The Russian clergy are divided into three classes—thr arciiies , the black clergy , and the white . The archire ara the superior authorities of the church , and compris * the m-tropolitins , the archbishops , and the bishop .-TheKaciclergy , ortchornoidzliovenslto . is the monastf " UOrtiOaofit , frOTl which the former must be chosen ; i comprises the archimandrites , or ahhots ; the heguHjm * . abbots of the smaller houses of recension ; the ieromo mens and ieradeacens , who perform divine service in the monastries , and , lastly , the monks . Both the blacl clergy and those who have risen from it are obliged t < lead assiere and rigid lives ; they are forbidden the usiof aaiaial food , and ara not permitted to marry after the } have entered this order . They are Tery wealthy , but wealth can bave hut few attractions for them , unless in
the case of those who feel a satisfaction in the conscious se 5 = ofthe possession of gold , although they cannot apply "it to any of those purposes which makeit coveted by men ; and oa the whole , at the present day , those bestacqwjiatsa with the suhj * ct laud both their learning and "their piety . As much cannot be said for the secalai priests , the blalce dakorxmto , or white clergy , who officiate in the cities and parishes , and appear the plebeianoi this body . They are divided into protopopes , popes , -deacons , sacristans , and readers , and are too oftei dranJcen , profligate , and grasping characters , extortinj ; greedily every farthing they can from the superstition o -their floclt , aud neglecting no means of working on it . 1 -is common to see them intoxicated , and very uncommor -to meet with one who has not got a pack ofcards . or . tw
aboat him , which he produces directly they are in request Sine-tenths of the remuneration attached to their offict arises from voluntary contributions , which they practise -every method unscrupulous ingenuity can devise to wrest from tiie fears and hopes of their Sock , who usually look upon the pri'Stas the chosen of Heaven , in whom many thinjs areallowable which would not be so in the layman ; juntas they see the man who wears the Imperial battoa pilfer and rob with impunity , whilst the retribute o !» ielftih awaits the mouj'ik who should venture on tie same course . On the other hand , the duties which the Russian secular priest ought to perform are so arduous and exorbitant that the church ceremonial aloa ? would fi = 'l up alibis time , anu leave him none to de--vote to study or to acts of charity .
The longmonastic service of the church must be performed three times a day ; he must attend to the administration of baptism , marriage , aad theburial of ; he dead , with al ! the complication of their numerous and interminable ceremonies ; he is enjoined to visit the sick , to comfort and instruct his Bock , and he has , besides all this , fe > look to his awn pecuniary interests—the onlj part of all this catalogue which he never neglec' 8 . unless when other duties happen to go hand-in-hand with it .
the rtjsshlS citcrches . These buiWinjs are usually large , built ellhtr of wood or brick , in the form of a squire , a quadrangle , but especially in the figure of a cross . There is a peculiar and -picturesque aspect about their semi-Asiatic architecture , and the well-known enormous mosque-like domes , either blizis :. - in one sheet of gilding or silver leaf , or painted creen or blue and studded with gold nnd silver stars . JBssidi-s the larger , tln-re aregenerallyfour smaller domes , ¦ which lira apt io assume too much of a pepper-castor ap . pes . ra . nce . The bslfry is comnwnly seperatc from ths -eiurch ; it often ri-esin a column-like steeple , from the midst of the churchyard which surrounds the house of Tf iitshzp . TheRa == iaa foible lor enormous bells , WC have Ion ? since read of in every elementary book 01 geography .
Tiie interior ofthe churches is more striking than impo ? :: ^ . Decked out with a pompous magnificence , -wilier , ren ders it ganay and glittering , the Russian clergy bave not had the art of investing it with that character of soU-maity and grandeur which , in tho Roman-catholic cathedrals , involuntarily fills the oreastofthebeholdor with an » and veneration . In tho true spirit of a barb irk people , they have sought in a mass of paint aud gliding , in rich stuffs , and in a display of gold , silver , and jeivel-• Vft to produce the effect which the intellectual Italians soazht in the ideal conceptions of architecture , of sculp , tors , aufi of painting , embellishin ! . 'indeed at ti .-nes with Vj 3 much Saery , but never depending on the mere gorg 33 u ; ne ? s of decoration .
The- church is divided into three parts . The inner aad siostholy division , contains the alter , on which is raised a massive cross of goH or silver , aud on it a Tidilyb-. und copy of the Scriptures is placed , clasped with bands of silver or gold , often richly set with precious stones . The second division , intended to contain the consrrgauon , is the name ofthe church ; it is separated from the altar par thy the JlOaostoS , a kind 01 BCTCOn . on which are pictures of our Sarioar , of the Virgin , of the apostles aud saints , and containing in the middle what are called the royal doors , which are shut or opened to admit the view of the congregation into the sanctuary , at < I : 2 erentp bases of the service . These pictures , always wretched daubs , shew very often enly the face , hands , and feet of tiie holy personages they are intended to rejrwent , all the body and garroauts being formed by one raised and embossed sheet of gold or saver , and often stulded with precious stones of incalculable value * the pious offerings of the faithful during many ages . ME SCnrWDBIS . Tie Russians make no use of a complete copy of th
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Bibhijn their churches ; retrenching certain books which they consider too immodest to be brought into a house oworship . Kyeu their clergy very . seldom possess an entire copy ofthe Scriptures . Their church books are all written in the old Scalvonic , in which' language the set vieeis also performed , aad which resembles tho modern Russ about as nearly as the English tongue of tho reign of King Henry the First assimilates to thoSsgi ^ «*« .. praseatday , a " The , " fasts" of the Russian Church are long and severe , and occupy , on the whole , more Jfem half tht year ! All the peasantry and lower order of the J in f ;* nrinml ... . a ^ .-l . < _ .. - - =-.-
Russians are profoundly devout , and blindly superstitious . The landed aristocracy , most of the employes , and many of the mercantile class , have no faithin the popular belief . Ornamented pictures of the saints , & c ., are in great request . These pictures are in every house , aud usually in every room of the house ; and before them the Russian is almost ever lastingly crossing himself . " Even under the piazzas ofthe market-place these pictures , richly chased in silver , and illutniuated by lights , gratify the piety of buyers and sellers , and draw from the passer by the sign of the cross , and a nve-hopeekpieee "
The Russian Church , like most other churches , has been guilty of many cruel persecutions towards schismatics of its own creed ; hundreds of tho sect whose principal distinction was , that they signed the cross with three fin ^ era instead of with two were burned alive by the last patriarch and Peter the Great I The Russian Church has , however , never persecuted otherconwaanwasaltogetlierdistinctfrom its own , such as the Catholics , Lutherass , Jews , < tc . Yet the Chapter from which we have taken the above extracts , treats of religious persecution in Russia . Catholics , Jews , and Lutherans have been , and are being persecuted ; but not by the Russian Church .
Thepersecuting party is the Tsar . The Greek Church has never been a proselyting church , and therefore , has wanted the motive which usually stimulates reli . giouspersecutors . The members ofthe Greek Church , like the Jews and the Scotch Covenanters , believe themselves the " elect ; " a comfortable belief , because it gratifiea their own vanity , and at the same tim . saves them from engaging in the useless task of attempting to convert the non-elect . Nicholas is not so liberal , he would have all his subjects and slaves ol One belief in a't things ; hence , his persecution of tht Jews , and United Greeks , and Catholics in Poland and the Lutherans in the Baltic provinces .
The journals have teemed for a long time past with accounts of these persecutions , and some columns of this paper have at different times been occupied with the frightful details of the tyrant ' s atrocities . It is , therefore , not imperative thai we should follow our author in his sketch of these persecutions contained in the chapter before us . No one need suppose that Nicholas is himself the dupe of a fanaticism which prompts him to these persecutions , proofs in abur . dance exist that he hold in perfect contempt the creed he makes use of for the promotion of his own selfish ends : here is an illustration : —
A certain monastery in the government of Minsk boasted of possessing the very cross on whirh the Redeemer ot the worid was crucified , whereby thi * fortunate community had succeeded in accumulating untold treasures . The emperor unceremoniously borrowed th ? greater part of th-iir funds , and brought the cross with him ( on a pious speculation ) to be exposed in Moscow to the veneration ofthe faithful . This relic , whole and intact , ( notwithstanding the number of authentic p ieces scattered through the churches in the very city to which it was brought , to say nothing of the rest ofthe empire ,
ind which Collected together might have sufficed to build \ shed for the entire one , ) when it had done duty in Moscow , was brought to St . Petersburgh , aud exposed in the £ azan church , which was besieged day and night by an -mceasin ? stream of devotees . But piety at St , Petersburgh differed in this respect from piety at Moscow , that though it prostrated itself in as humble adoration , and seat its breast with as much compunction and ferrour , it did not open its purse-strings . Only some fifteen thousand pounds' worth of offerings repaid the imperial ingenuity , whereas Moscow jielded tea times that amount . This took place about the beginning of 1 S 42 .
The emperor has further enacted the farce of canonsing some holy man whose body was discovered in a jerfect condition , but this miraculous relic falling to places by exposure to the air , after an ukase had given kim place in the hierachy of heaven , and being recognized a the earthly coil of a very disreputable personage , Nicholas by another ukase degraded him from his saintship v . id banished his bones and dust to Siberia , So much for the rapacity and hypocrisy , as well as jruelty of the tyrant , Nicholas—Victoria ' s honoured juest—the pet of Ascot-racing blackguards and base sycophantic English aristocrats . [ Towards the conclusion ef the article in last Saturday ' s Star , there appeared the following lines"The following extract describes—THE KXOCT AXD IHE PUTT . '
The reader no doubt rubbed his eyes to find the "' estract , " for no such extract was there . Although : he passage in the book was plainly marked for extract , the compositor had neglected to " set it up ;" we observed this in the " proof , " but finding it would then be inconvenient to transfer the extract to our columns we directed that it should stand over ; at the same lime directing that the two lines above quoted should be removed . To our mortification we liscovored , when the paper was printed , that the lines had not been removed ; but had been left to jpoil the artie ' e and mystify the reader . The following is the extract which should have . accompanied the two incomnrehensiblelines : —]
TitS aSOUT ASD THE PLIIT . The kHOUt is a Ions ; , thick , and strongly-plaited whip , at the end of which is a tongue of leather , something the ihape of an arrow-head , but hard and heavy . It is principally the skill of the executioner which renders the instrument so formidable . He is always himself a con-¦ Unused felon , who is pardoned on condition of exercising this calling for twdve successive years . During this dmehs is incessantly practising , and can generally use his knout with such effect as to smash a brick-bat to po wler at the first hlow . He has two ways of killing his
victim when required : one is by binding a eord round th- > n « ck in such a manner , that by his own efforts the sufferer dislocates the vertebra ; the next is , by cutting into the intestines , which he can generally do at once . This , however , excepting in political cases , or to execute the vengeance of some oScial , he is uover permitted to do , and it is of rare occurrence that death is the oonaoquenCt : of this punishment ; excepting , indeed , subsequently , on the two years'journey to Siberia , whither convicts are marched , chained together , and upon which a large proportion of them parish , whether they have received the knout or not .
The only difference between the punishment of the knont and of theptfftis , that the latter , instead of being administered in public , is given within the walls of a Afge , with an instrument a little less heavy than th :-knout , and from the strokes of which it is very questionable whether the culprit suffers one iota less . A further account of these instruments of torture is given in the chapter from which we have taken tho extracts contained in the above article : — The piitt Is a sort of knout , and in experience ! hands Is no less formidable ; and bulb are not , as it is vulgarly imagined , mere whips or scourges , but the most
formidable instruments of torture and of execution ev * r dtvised , By the plitt , as well as by the knout , the executioner c ; in at every stroke tear out from the muscles on each side of the spine , pieces of flesh the size of a walnur . With a fiend-like dexterity , the little horny tongua oi boikd leathiv , which is fastened on a brass or iron ring at the extremity of the heavy thong , isjnstsomucii softened , by dipping it in milk , as to enable it , after bruis-• iij tiie flesh , to draw out the piece by the power of sue t : « n , K 3 v . eaee schoolboys with a piece Of WCt ItatllBl and a string , lift up a brickbat . A few more strokes of the plitt than are required from the heavier knout will suffice to inflict a mortal injury , or to take life on tinspot .
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COKOXEns' INQUESTS HELD LAST MoNDAT . —By Ml ' .
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Bedford , at tho Ginnae , Garcy-strcet , on tne docij of Mr . George Buckley , aged 3 i , a paper-stainer , of 329 , Strand . On the 2 Cth oflast June , his daughter fell dfewn stairs , and cut her forehead . Upon seeing the c ' -iild bleeding , his wife called OUt to the deccssed—" Father . ' Father ! " At that time hewas upon the steps leading to a loft at the back of the hous ? , and . in hurrying down , he slipped and fell on the stone flags in the vard and broke his leg . Deceased tras removed to the hospital . Previous to the accident , the deceased had been very umve'I . and exceedingly depressed in his mind , and he had frequentlv said that he thought some heavy troublwas banding over his head . The log was set b y one
ofthe dressers of the hospital , and Mr . Partridge , one of the professors , saw him t ' e same evening , and the lmbs went on very favourably for three weeks , when delirium came on , and mortification followed . Mr . Fergusson performd amputation of the \ e % on Tuesday week , but deceased died on Fridav nishfc . Verdict , "Accidental death . "—At the Wellington , Samuel-street , St . George in the East , before Mr . "W . Baker , jun ., en John Maclean , aged 44 , a seaman , on board the Victor , lying in the London Docks . Ou Saturday afternoon , deceased waa standing on the upper decks , engaged in removing some wool , with his back towards the hatchwav , wlaen he suddenly fell down to the bottom of the sha- ' a hold , a distance of seventeen feet , fracbrrin" ha skull \' ejdist J " A « ideaW 4 catIu " °
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THE INSURRECTION AT COLOGNE . 1 _^_ ( From the Times . ) ' ; ^ - ^ The foll » wing extract from a private letter , whieh has teen kindly handed to us for publication , gives a vivid account of a very serious outbreak at Cologne : *— COLOGNE , Aug . 9 th . My dear*— - > , I reserved your kind letter on Tuesday last , for whieh many thanks , and reply to it in haste , * ooner than I intended , fearing you might all be alarmed and anxious by the newspaper reports ofthe disturbances in Cologne . We have indeed very narrowl y escaped a serious revolution , and although very great excitement still exists , still I trust , by the Government not Having , reooum to violent measures , that all will end well . I must now give you some account of the affair . It all arose from one of the kirmess's , or Saint ' s-day . T ^
feasts , and had no political grounds whatever , last Sunday was St . Martin ' s kirmess , which is held in that pari of the town , near the Rhine , and where tho market place is . On the third day of the kirmess , ( Tuesday , ) some boys wanted to let off rome fire-works , which is not allowed here . The police interfered , and the people , who were already much displeased by finding that piquets of soldiers had been placed about the market , began to murmer . The soldiers were ordered to clear the market place . This was of course resisted , as no cause had been given for such a proceeding , and in the fray a gendarme out down and killed a man , literally hacking him to death . This was Ihe signal for battle . 1 have heard from an eyewitness that it was something quite awful to witness the dread silence that prevailed , white
tha priest administered the last sacrament to the poor dying creature . Hundreds stood silent thero with faces whiU with passion and clenched fists . The battle then began between the soldiery and the people . The foroicr behaved most shamefully , using their bayonets and » words upon every one they could reach . At last the people began to throw down stones from tho tops of tho houses . At eleven o ' clock the Dragoons came over from Deuts , dashing in amongst the people , and cutting them down without discrimination , shouting out , " Cut the Cologne canaille down , " "Down with tho dogs , " & c . This ( hamaful conduct enraged the townspeople still more , but the military being too strong for them , they dispersed , and the streets were quiet by two in the morning , but not , I am sorry to say , without bloodshed .
Six were mortally wounded , ( four are since dead , ) and a very great number wounded more or less . Amongst the latter were several of the princi pal townspeople who where returning home from the Casino , ie ., and knew nothing of the riot until they were attacked and cut down by parties of soldiery , who came dashing up the streets as if they were mad . Clergymen , bankers , merchants , all shored the aams fate . They made twenty two prisoners , mostly people who had nothing to do with the affair . You may imagine the excitement that prerailed the next day . The heads of the town called on the Burgomaster to call a meeting . This he did , at which all tha first citizens were present , thus making it no longer an affair of the rabble , to assert their rights •» s citizens of Cologne . The presence of the commanding
central , Von do Lundt , was required ( I forgot to say it was by his orders that the troops fell on the people , and a severe remonstrance was made to him and the president of the town The prisoners were required to be set at liberty , and also a promise demanded that th * troops shottld all be consigned to their barracks , that neither the police or the soldiery should patrol the town , and that citizen ? , tiv : heads of the town , should be permitted to form a guard of themselves to patrol the streets , in which case they would ensure the peace of the town . But they told the military authorities in plain terms , that if this was refused and the military or police acted , they would not answer for the consequences .
\ ou have seen enough of Cologne , to know that the people must be in a divadfol state of excitement to dare to ask so much . There was no use in striving with ths people , so at 3 in the afternoon the answer was returned from Berlin by telegraph that the terms were to be conceded , Upon this 600 ofthe chief citizens formed themselves into companies , and the town remained quiet , although thousands assembled at the market ; yet by means of a few well-timed remarks and gentle persuasion , the peace was not again broken . It is impossible to describe the anxiety that prevailed until the favourable answer was giveu , and well it was for us all that the Government was wise enough to give way ; had it been otherwise , Heaven knows what m ght have happened .
It has since been ascertained that the working classes had taken their measures secretly , to act in a most decided manner in case the citizens were not allowed to take charge of the town . All the workmen and boatmen at the Riiine had provided themselves with lone , knives , and intended to cut off the bridje and sent it floating down the river , so as to prevent the Dragoons from coming near . The common market people had provided themselves with sithes . Other workmen , armed With thtfir working tools , were to attack aud storm the arsenals , so as to provide themselves with arms and ammunition ; another party were to attack and hum the barracks , drive the military out , and take possession of the town in short , a most fearful revolution was plan , ned , and would have been executed most surely , if the Government had not given way . The citizen guard were unarmed , and yet they kept the rabble quiet by telling tham they must now commit any excesses , for the honour of the town . So much for Wednesday .
On Thursday , the cooper , fheman who was firstkilled , was buried , and the citizens determined to follow him to the grave , not so much on account ofthe man , as for the purpose of making a demonstration to the Government ef tha real feelings of the people . I never saw such a aight . Hot as it was ( 95 deg . in the shade , Bast fn'h ' an heat , ) everybody was in the streets . Every window on the line of road was filled with women . The procession was mm than half an hour passing tne house I was in . Generally , the processions here are headed by the police to clear the way , but this time there was nothing of the kiad . Not a g host of a police officer , soldier , or officer was to be seen in the town . The way was cleared by the church vergers , then followed two fine bands of music ( not military , ) then one of the singing societies , then a
great number of priests , with candles , crosses , & c , then the hearse , decorated with festoons and ever ^ eens , nnd wreaths of immortelles , then another cross . The hearse was immediately followed by the friends and fellowworkmen . After them , came the "Manner Gesangverein , " singing as they only can sing , and they were followed by at least 0 , 090 citizens of Cologne , in a triple line , with uncovered heads , and in perfect silence , among whom 3 . 000 were of the most respectable class of the people , as no great house was unrepresented either by the principal hvmsslt ' or some one for him . Those whoformeil tho citizen guard wore a white ribbon in the button-hole Vou may judge what this guard is , when I tell you that Engel , the first merchant here , is one of them , besides bankers , < fcc . Not a word was spoken amongst the dense crowds of people while the funeral passed , every head was uncovered , and you might have beard a pin drop . After
it was over , they all returned quietly to their homes . But in the evening there had nearly been an uproar again , through the folly of the commandant , who had ordered th- » guard to be doubled at the chief guard-house . The people found this out and began to assemble in great numbers , threatening to storm it , aud getting stones together for that purpose , but the citizen guard came and persuaded them to disperse , which they promised to do if they would let them sing one song . This they were obliged to do , so they sang a sari of revolutionary sons ; and went off . 1 should tell you that the mayor and the citizens sent to tho commandant , and remonstrated with him for having doubled the guard , thereby exciting the people to riot . After much ado he was Obliged to withdraw it , and all went off quietly . Friday nii-iit everything was quiet . Knots of the people met here and there , but nothing further .
Yesterday ( Saturday ) , the citizens held a meeting ( which by the bye they had done every day for the purpose of receiving the reports of all those who had bet-n attacked by the military . The Chief Justice , a sort of little Lord Chancellor here , is as o . 'iger as any of them in the cause , although he Is a Government officer . We were all put in a fright yesterday , in consequence of a proclamation from the Government having been sent to be inserted in the papsr for to-day , in which tho guard of the citizens were ordered to dissolve , and the military were to keep the streets clear . It contained al-o observations 011 the Tutsday's massacre , tending to rekindle the anger of the people . Tlve editor of the paper laid it before the committee of citizens , and it was immediately resolved to protest against tills proclamation . A deputation waited on the President and General Van de Lundt , and told them what they thought , advising the withdrawal ofthe
obnoxious proclamation , and ottering to sive up their Sununj- * pleasure ( a great thing for a Colognois to do ) , provided they would give them a promise in writing that neither p . '; liee or military should interfere with the people to-day ( Sunday ) , but leave tin citizen guard to keep order and quiet . If they were refused , and the military allowed to act , then they said the Guvernment must be answerable for any excesses committed by the people , as today there is what they call an after-hirmesa in the same parish . After obstinately refusing for some time , the heads j { the Governmental la .= t gave way , the permission for the ? uard of citizens to continue their functions was granted , and the proclamation withdrawn , so it h to he hoped that to-night will pass off quietly , though some Btill entertain fears lest the lower ordr-rs , in their cups , which they always indulge in at these liirn-. esss , should forget themselves . 1 shall not t-lose my lt-lter till to-morrow , in case there should be anything to communicite .
Monday , August 10 . —1 hank God , the night has passed over quietly . The streets were of course lull of people , excited enough , but more with }» y at having for the second time got the mastery than anything else , and I trust uuw that everything will subside into its usual quiet . We are now all v-ondering what the King will say and io . At the present he is as still as a mouse , possibly waiting tiil the flame has burned out . The principal citizans are drawing up a protocol which is to he presented to the King in person by a deputation of the first people in thttiown , giving a fair statemtnt of tha aftair ,
and also it Is said thiiy intend complaining of the exces- ' sivo de -. raf . ss 01 eve rj-thing here , begging for a diminution of the tax cs with which Cologne is burdened , on account of being-Sl fortress . I hope and trust that all will end well , fo r though an absolute monarch , he has certainly show , himself to be a good King , audit is to be hoped tha ? ' be will ahow his modi-ration now . Next Sunday is KtP . nC 5 S in o ur parish , and I assure you n-e look forward io it with some anxiety , as the St . Giles' of Co ' ogne is * ituated in our parish , and if any disturbance was to break oat , it would be no juke in such a low neighbour-I n 00 d , but , there is yet a whole week to that , and in that
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office ? JSSW ^ ^ iib « e have subsided . Ihe S alUo Co : SSffi' ? ™ is a * ' *¦** When I thinrX . mi ^^ ro , n l thein out of the Casino . iftheGoTernmSfld „„^ ; bBen ^ ^ ^^ ' der In En * K 1 , ' way ' i { ma ' ies one sbuCheads SSRS ^ Jfif WOuld ~» ** foken soldier and stinT , ' Ut here eTery man nai » ° '» ofb ' lthev * 'J , ** * the miHt , a ttU a certain * S ° < thfirbloodr 68 ' and *•» . Oology . peopl . « " «« ' their blood is up are perfect furies . There U but onopinion on thesubject in allparts of-ftie country , viz that the conduct ofthe military was shameful in tha extreme , and that » he citizens of Cologne have behaved most nobly in doing their best to preserve the peace ot the city , and In having left the laws of the land to punish the offenders , two or three travelling Englishmen got beaten by the military , being accidentally in the crowd I iorgot to say that there were also some disturbances on
Thursday , the 3 rd , which gave rise to the scenes of Tuesday . We have alio had a shock of an earthquake here but very sli ght . We did not know it . Itseemsthatthis year M to be an eventful one . Business is stiil very bad , and no wonder , with the hot weather and this state of confusion . Adieu .
What Will The Protectionists Do?
WHAT WILL THE PROTECTIONISTS DO ?
To The Editor Op The Morning Post. . Sm-...
TO THE EDITOR OP THE MORNING POST . . Sm-Ono word more , and I have done . Do the "Protectionists" intend to yield to the Freetraders ? Or , do they hope to triumph over their foes ? Shall the hoix that has been so successfully played upon them prove to be a , reality ? Or will the '' Protectionists" expose the . trick , and assert the truth ? So far , the Free-traders have the game in their hands ! Is it the wall of "thecountr y party ' that the Free-traders shall win ? If so . Je ' t the " Protectionists" sound the retreat , give up the came , and , like men , acknowledge that they are beaten .
Be it remembered , however , that the same onco lost , can never be regained ! Free Trade in commodities , implies Free Trade in institutions ! The levcUin-4 spirit will not stop at corn or cattle , or go-ds . or labour . It will , if not resisted , ride rou jbshod over crowns and mitres , and coronets —aye , and funds ! The spirit of the Constitution being once broken , we shall be governed hereafter by the sordid spirit ol commerce , upon the principle of "buy at the cheapest market . " Gain will change place with honour—the high and noble spirit of chivalry will yield to the sordid trickster ' s grasping resolution to obtain wealth ! The Crown may still glitter , but it will be held in subjectlon by the mean ! The coronet mav shrine , but not on the brow of the Noble !
\\ ell , well , if it must he so , the glory of England is faded , and her most sordid sons will be her proper xalers . If her nobles consent , they deserve their doom ! If they dare not resist , they prove that they are not true sons of their reputed sires ! How often have I warned the aristoeracv of England— " that when , in an evil day , thev consented to disinherit the poor—b y the enactment of an unchristian and unconstitutional law—they were selfshorn of their locks—and reduced to feebleness !" How feeble they now are , Mr . Cobden can tell .
Still , if justice has a place in the hearts of British Peers — there is hope . Let them jrive back tht : p aup e rs ' right—and thus deserve their own ! It not , they are justly doomed ! lam . Sir , Yours respectfully , RlCH . VRn OiSTLTHt . _ P . S . Take my word , Sir , if the Nobles intend justice for the people—thejjeople « ill very soon set the League right . R . O . Lon d on , AugustJ 4 , 1810 ,
To The Editor Of Tiie Times. Sis,—The St...
TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE TIMES . Sis , —The state of moral degradation which is daily being brought to light by the proceedings of the Andover Committee , will not , I hope , be without salutary effect . We have been accustomed to view the New Poor Law as an engine of oppression , to drive the poor from national relief . We knew that it was a most dangerous innovation , an utterly unconstitutional and unsocial institution . We now find tliat its internal machinery ( irrespective of its baneful influence
externally ) is demoralmng to a degree that could not have been anticipated—reducing' its chie f o icer . * . nay , even the Home Secretary , commissioners , and assistant-commissioners , in no other light than that of plotters , contriving and working out ( under the cover of a false report ) the means to siJence a member of Parliament ! Nay , we know that the dishonest scheme ( although unsuccessful with reference to the lion , member for Knaresborough ) has placed the House of Commons in a most- humiliating positionthat of a party in a foul conspiracy against one of its own members '
My present object is not to inquire what punishment awaits the delinquents . It is to ask , will the House of Commons allow Its present session to expire without rescinding the resolution which was intended to whitewash Sir James Graham , and to " blackball , " the noble-hearted Ferrand ? Surely , after the exposures now daily takisg place , my friend will be vindicated , and his traducer condemned ! Else , the House of Commons will become a willing party to one of the meanest anil most deg rading crimes . . - '<¦ - In due time we must inquire , what punishment the constitution awards to the concoctors of such a scheme as the New Poor Law ; and to the perpetrators of such crimes , as the late Home Secretary and the New Poor Law officials have committed ? Let what may befal them , I do hope there is honesty enough in the House of Commons to shake off all connexion with such degrading proceedings .
I think , Sir , the time is not far distant when wc shall be gratified by witnessing the total repeal sf the hated New Poor Law . I remain , Sir , your meat obliged servant , Riciunu Oasti . it , ' London , August 13 . P . S . —How humiliating is the reflection—these self-convicting persons arc those who , forsomany years , have held in their disposal the rates and tie poor of England ! making Jaws , and b « iieving in their own infallibility ! How are the mighty fallen ' .
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Materials For Thinking. To The Editor Of...
MATERIALS FOR THINKING . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOUTIlEItN STAB . Deab Sin , —I have great pleasure in forwarding you the Sum of nine shillings , —for that sterling old democrat " Daddy Richards , " Some of my constituents have suggested the propriety of purchasing him a four-acre allotment , while others think , if he bad a cow he might 1 ) 8 enabled to get a living , and he in no fenr of finishing bis days in the horrid Poor Law BasJile . Under any cireumitances , It would be an eternal disgrace to the Chartists of England to allow him to want . 'We are willing to act in any way whieh may bo deemed best to rentier assistance to our aged Patriots .
It is our Intention to commence a fund forthwith , to assist Messrs . Williams and Jones , which we hope the people generally will respond to . The memorials In bohalf of the TTdsli Exiles should te proceeded with at the earliest opportunity , backed up by Petitions numerously signed from all parts of the country : this would pave the Wliy for the great Ifational Petition for the People ' s Charter , to be presented ear / y in the next uession of Wirliameni , which Petition is to be nccompnnied to tho House by thousands of th » people mid their delegates to the next Convention . When b . 'ul men conspire , ( food men ought to combine , let our mottos bo " Organize , Organize , Organize , " " Onward ami we Conquer , " * ' The People ' s Charter , " and "No Surrender . " I am , dear Sir , Your' . - * truly , Jajies Sweet .
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Westebx Railway.—On Monday Night, Upon T...
Westebx Railway . —On Monday night , upon the arrival ofthe nine o ' clock train from Bristol , the engine , as usual , was stopped within hnlf-a-mtle ofthe Paddington terminus , for tho purpose of affording-aa opportunity of collecting of tickets ; wheu Mr . George Grant , a ? ed fifty-six , of Anne-street , Staple-struet , Bermondscy , feeling somewhat unwell , took the opportunity of opening the door of the carriage he was in , being disposed to vomit ; unfortunately , at the moment of his doing so , the train went on , and hy
the sudden jerk thereby occasioned , Mr . Grant was precipitated worn tho carriage on to tho line , when the wheels oH ' several carriages passed over him . He was picked up as speedily as possiblo , and carried te-St . George ' s Hospital , where upon examination it was discovered that one of his legs wevo broken in two p / aces , ami that ne wns otherwise injured i » it > rnally . Everv attention was paid to htm by the surgeons at tho inhtitution , but their efforts unhappily proved fruitless , as the patient expired in a few "hours after his admission .
SiNouun RonnitRT . —On I ucsday , Mr . Inspector Henderson , belonging to the New Cross station , Kent-road , gave information to Mr . Superintcndont Mallalicu , at the station of the 11 " division of the Metropolitan Police , in the Blackhcath-road , that the ealvanic apparatus used for the elcctrio telegraph had been stolen . Ho had no clue to the robbery , but it was suspected that a party of low follows frequenting the vicinity of the spot where the apparatus had been fixed were the thieves . It waa used lately for the purpose of trying experiments on the cutting through the inclined plane between the Kcnt-rond station ind Sydenham . It had been placed at considerable expense , and wonlikif sold as old metal to dealers in nnrino stores , fetoh very little , It could , bowever , be made no other uso of . Mr . Ecnderar . n left , an engraved plan of tho apparatus , for tho purpose of assisting the police jn their exertions to , 'trace tlis ( properly ,
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A BILL To provide for removing the Charge of-the Constabulary Force in Ireland from the Counties , and fer ' enlarging the Reserve Forc »; and to make further Provision for the Regulation and Disposition of tho said constabulary Fwce . B « it therefore Enacted , by The QUEEN ' s toosf Excellent Majesty , by and with the Advic » and Consent ofthe Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and Commons ; in this present Parliament assembled , and ' by the Authority of the same , THAT from and after the passing of this Act , so much of tho sai- ! reoifcd Acts , or any of them , or of any other Act or Aets as provides that One Moiety of the monies advasce ' d nut of the Consolidated Fund for the navment of an v
ofthecosts and expenses of the said Constabulary eorce or the said Reserve Force , or of any part thereof , shall be defrayed by any count y , conntv of a city , or county o f a to wn , barony , half-barony or place in Ireland , or by presentment of any Grand Jury in Ireland , or as provides that any part of the costs , charges or expenses ofthe said Constabulary Force or the said Reserve Force shall be borne or phid by or raised or levied by any such county , count y of a city , county of a town , barony , ha ! f-barony , or place , save and except as hereinafter mentioned , shall be and is hereby repealed , save and except as to any matter or thing heretofore dono , or any sum or sums of money hertofore become due and payable and now remaining in arrear and unpaid .
And be it Enacted , That from and after , the passing of this Act , all mvam duly payable , and all necessary and reasonable costs , charges and expenses for and in respect of the said Constabulary Force and the said Reserve Force respectively , under the provisions of the said recited Acts or any of them , or any Act amending the Biimo , or of this Act , and also for or in respect of the addition to the said Reserved Force hereinafter provided , shall , s < ive as hereinafter mentioned , be charged upon and paid from time ft time out of the produce of the Cons :-.-iidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; fliid it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of > Her Majesty ' s Treasury , or any Three or more of them to order that all such sun
or sums , of money as they shall think necessary t < r the purposes aforesaid shall frora time to time be advanced and paid out of the produce of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland arising in Ireland . AND whereas by the said first-recited Act it i > amongst other things enacted , that it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland , by the adviceot ' the Privy Council of Ireland , todeolare by proclamation , that any county , county afa city or county of a town in Ireland , or any barony or baronies , halfbarony or half-baronies in any county at large , or any district of less extent than any barony or half-barony to be therein specified , is or are in a state of
disturbance , and requires or require an additional Establishment of Police ; jind thereupon it shall and may bo lawful to and for the Lord Lieuktinnt , or othe > Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland , to appoin * such and so many Chief Constables , Constables ami Sub-Constables as he or they shall think proper , not exceeding Ok such Chief Constable , Two Head Constables , and Fifty such Conttahlc * of Siib . Covstabks for any one barony or half-barony , or for any county of a city or county of a town or district of less extent than any barony or half-barony which may have been so declared to be iu . a state of disturbance : And whereas it is expedient that in any case such as last aforesaid the said restriction as to the number of such Chief ant ! other Constables so to be appointed should -e removed ; BE it therefore Enacted , That in any such ease as in the said recited provision mentioned , it shall be
lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland , ts appoint , or cause to be placed , for or in any barony or half-barony , or for or in any county of a city or county of a town or district of less extent than any barony or half-barony which may have been so declared to " be in a state ol disturbance , and also ( if lie or they shall so think 6 t , ) for -Jr in any barony or half-barony , or county ol a city or county of a town , or district of le ? s extent than any barony or half-barony adj < -iuiug to a barony or half-barony or county of a city cr county of a town or district which may have been so declared to be in a state of disturbance such aiid so many additional Sub-Inspectors , Head Constables , Constat ' s and Sub-ConsPxbles , exceeding the numbers aforesaid , as he or they shall think proper , and to remove such Sad-Inspectors , Iliad Constables , Constables and Sul-ConsUtbles , or any of than , from time to time .
And where ; is it is expedient that the said deserve Constabulary Force provided and appointed under the said recited Act ofthe second and third years of the reigvi of ller present Majesty should be increased in number : BE it therefore Enacted , Th-tt in addition to the number of Sub Inspectors ,. Head Constables , Constables and Sub-Constables , ' which by the lass-recited Act the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors is or are empowered to appoint as and for a Reserve Force , it shall b * wful for the said Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor
or Governors to appoint Two additional Sub-Inspectors , Foui' additional Head Constables and any number not exceeding Two hundred additional ConViables and Sub-Constables , who shall constitute an shall be deemed to be a part ofthe said Reserve Fori o , and shall be subject to all and every the piovisic us and regulations applicable to the said Reserve Force under tho said Act of the second and third years ot the reign of Her present Majesty , or any Act amending the same , save so far as such provisions may be altered bv this Act .
Provided always , and be it Enacted , That in an ; case in which , under the provi . sions of the said firstrecited Act , Seven er more Magistrates of any country at large , at nny General or Special Sessions held as therein mentioned , in manner therein for » h , shall certify or shall have certified to the said Lw ' Lieutenant , or other Chief Governor or Governor . " , that the number of Chief of ot '» er ConstabU » ov Sub-Constables -appointed for any such comity Is in adequate to the due execution of the law within the same , and the said Lord Lieutenant , or other Giiio : Governor or Governors , shall-by reason thereof ap point or shall hare appointed a further number ot Sub-Inspectors , Head Conetables , Constable * or Sub-Constables in or tor such county as so certified to be
m cessary , or in any case in which any part , of tho Reserve Force aforesaid shall have boon or shall lie removed to or employed in any county , county of a city or county of a town , barony , half barony or district , by virtue of any such order o f tho Inspectorgeneral as aforesaid ; or in case the number of the Constabulary Force in or for any barony , half barony , or unty of a city , county of a town or district of less t-xtcnt than any barony or half barony , shall be increased by the Lord Lieutenant ^ or other Chief Governor or Governors stationing or appointing therein or therefore addditional Sub-Inspectors , Head Constables . . Constables or Sub-Constables as aforesaid or otherwise , then and in any of such cases , nothing in this act shall extend to be
construed to extend to relieve any such county , countt of a city or county of a town , barony half ban-ay or district from the payment ' of One moiety ofthe costs nnd exDenses of such fur'her or avgumented ntiinfer of the Constabulary Force or of sm-h Reserve F » ri : u as aforesaid , but in either or any of sush cases such moiety shall be payable nnd shall be raised in like manner as n moiety of the expenses of such further number of the Constabulary Force , or as any such part of the Reserve Force , while remaining in that county , county of a city or county of a town to which they may he ' removed by virtue of such order a < i . ereinbetbre lvc'ited is now payable , or inny now be wised under the said recited Acts respectively , or either of them .
And bi it Enacted . That from and alter the po « - ing of this Act , the officers hsretofore underlie provisions of the said Act ofthe second and third years of Her present Majesty ' s-reign , styled *¦ Provincial Inspect ' . rs , " shall henceforth be ssiyled " Assistant Deputy Inspectors General . "
National Association Ov United Trades, For. The Protection Of Intyttstr.Y.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OV UNITED TRADES , FOR . THE PROTECTION OF INTYTTSTR . Y .
The Central Committee Rue ; As Ttioir Oa...
The Central Committee rue ; as ttioir oaice , ^ , Ilvdc-strcet , Bloomskiry , on Tuwi ! a > , Artist the IS tli , Mr . iKiiidl in rite Chair . After the- mul ' ma of Correspondence , which occupied a considerable time , it was announced that the Nail makers- oi Liverpool had sent in their adhesion , and with it their first month ' s coatributicu . " That the wcclsly levies , towards the . aO . Ofl ) funds , must b « remitted mwitlily , or eftenw , in order to . 011-titio tho trades to tha support of the Association . '"
Mr . Jacobs ( Bristol ) having been appointed Missionary , vice Mr . Robswi , who ., inconsequences ! bis engagements iu the Jaana-sexaent cf tho 'Workmwis ' own shotf , cannot leave the metropolis at » re « oni , will Moeecd on his mission to the ioliowwjj placesin tho order as t ' aey ' stand;— . ' iidinbur . ih , oi > Monday ncxi where las-will attend the trades in the Scotch ' oapital , anil surrounding towns immediately , andnrocew ! thence io Ilolytown . UJas ^ -w , Paisley , and thence make his v : sy to Carlide , visiting thr manufacturing towns on route , from thence ho will pass thrnush Cumberland and Westmoreland , " nit * : Lancashire , Cheshire , Staffordshire , Warwickshire . Northamptonshire , to London , visiting all the traita in tho districts throueh which he will pass .
Mr . Robsmj , sit the request of the frame worh knitters , is . deputed to attend the three counties meetings r & Nottingham , on Monday next , Angus ' the 24 tlu After the transaction of much voutim business , tho Committed adjouruod until Monda } August the 24 th .
Ivo Fall Of Turkr Houses.—Yesterday Thrco Snwl:
ivo Fall of Turkr Houses . —Yesterday thrco snwl :
Houses In Tho Mint, Soutiiwark, «Mcn N.I...
houses in tho Mint , SoutiiwarK , « mcn n . wen built upwards of 500 vears tumbled down in otif mass of ruin . Thev had been for some time condemned . as unfit to bo inhabited ; but , nevertheless , eig ht families wore housed in them . Fortunatcl . ! the greater part of the members wero absent at tht i'ttme { jthosewho were in the house wore warned , nut I escaped without receiving any injury .
Houses In Tho Mint, Soutiiwark, «Mcn N.I...
\ THE MARTYR . L-liQST . . . ' ...- ' Contiamntonof Subscri ptions in aid of Mr . ' John Frost , ., . . «>« 'Exile of England . ' Amount nroTiousl y inserted in , «« r ' £ 46 11 jS Per Mr . Ross . Dunterlie Mill , Barrhead , per John Campball -n , i ' -v . Andrew Loudon' * ' * . 1 , " GAtoiub , Prmtftcld . per John TW 0 1 r ' Balance of Victim Pund , Barrhead , perAndrew Loudon , Treasurer ' 03 2 Book No . 8 , ' per James Clarkson ... ' 1 ! 5 < J Alloa , " jiei-James C Laing ... 3 2 / - . " ' " ' - 5 7 i ) P . rilr . Motr . A-Tradesman . ... 0 1 o Robert Perry ... 0 1 o H . A . ... 0 I 0
' From Paisley , per Thomas Brown , Per W . Park and Robert Cochrane . 2 8 0 Scedhill factory , per J . Sutherland 0 7 7 ( rarthhuid factory , per V . Muir 0 i t ) Caledonia factory , per J . Duncan . 05 7 A number of Friends , per A . Gwinncll 0 7 4 J Ditto ditto per A . Wright 0 6 0 DVtta ditto per J . Gilmour 0 12 J . Mother well 0 2 0 A number of l ? ri « nds , per John Pinkstona ¦ Q p > c Ditto ditto per T , Brown 0 5 Oi Sundry small sums ... 0 I 4- '
£ 5 i i Deduct , previously announced from ] John Stutt , G rccnock , having been ' . intended for the monument to < ° ° Hardieand Baird . j
4 9 4 £ oG 8 7 Suhscriptions received by Mr . Geo .-kib Rogers , acting-Treasurer to the Fund , up to August the 20 th , 1840 . Alroady acknowledjipd ... 2 CG 18 ( Collections per T . M . Wheeler , third payment 3 D It £ ¦ 27 0 i 1
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Greenwich. On Monday A Very Respectably ...
GREENWICH . On Monday a very respectably attired middle-aged iwan , described in the police sheet as floury Lee , of ITa ^ erstoiie , Kingslaiid . road , London , linondrnpir , was brought before Mr . Traill , charged with indecently exposing his person , three distinct tituos , tonurserrniaids , having ; thi care of children , in Greenwich Park , under the following c-ircu ; ::--Stances : —( Mr lludsnn . ot'Oounncrcial-roitdE ' . vst , solieitw , attended for the prisoner . ) 3 . Long , a very pretty jfirl , » £ ed I "> , deposed that she is . nurserymaid in 11 r . It . StedaU ' s family , ironinorij ; or , Nolson-str ' eet , Greenwieh . On Saturday afternoon , betiveen half-past 4 and 3 o ' clock , she was walking with tha children on the lawn fronting the Asylum wall m the ptw-k . 1 'lw prisoner stood near the wall itud deliberately ^ exposed his person . Witnvss walked awny , and the prisoner proceeded in the same direction near soma tree . " , und again exposed hiiiij .- elf . Had no doubt that he didst ) intentionally . He turned round to see if
any person observed him before tltu second offence . Witnoss then mnde her w . \ y up the park , and toid a fruit woman whom she met whathadtuken place , andsho went iu seareli of a police constable . James Jdi ' ries , axed 12 , deposed that his mother sells fruit in the park . He was with her on Saturday afternoon . iritne . "s was on Fhmsted-hill , and saw the prisoner by the side of the Royal Observatory next Ma :-ze-l ) i ! I . The prisoner had his back to n tree , and was exposing his person to two ladies with , children , and was lunching nt them . Witness ran awny and r « ld a poliee couslablo , who apprehended tile pvi . soner , but the ladies had gone away . A girl told v . itv . esi ' s mother that the prisoner had been guilty ol simil *> r con . duct about 20 minutes previously . Braddick , It « 4 , deposed that he apprehended the prisoner , who was quite sober at thethue . The witness Jeffries nointud the iii-isoiier out , and told him distinctly what he had seen . The prisoner " did not deny it , but said lie was sorry to have such an
nccus-itinn a ' . tains t him . Witness took prisoner to Mr . StedaU ' s house , and while there licretnnrkid that hi ) should like to palliate the offence , or some such word . Mr . Hubert Stednll , of Nclson-street , Greenwich , deposed that Jane Long is his servant , nnd has the caruof his children . Tltey wero directed to take a walk in tlse park on Saturday last . Witness was in his counting honsa whew the prisoner was brought into the shop hy the puiice constable . The nature of the case having been cdnunuuiwiteil to witness by the poiice-eomtnble in the prisoner ' s presence , he turned and said he was very sorry for what had happened ; that he did not attempt to palliate the matter , and continued to apologize ; but , on beinif told that he must go to the station house , replied , "Oh , l don ' t mean to .- ! C-ki )> . m-lcd ; fe anything ; tho nttati' was merely an accident . " The witnesses were subjected to a long cross-examination by Mr . Hudson , but their testimony was not only unshaken , but more fully satisfied the magistrate of its correctness . The Charge was denied , < llld n dcfciH-c set uv that the m-Isonei . '
was labouring under auinu-ard complaint , and was in a corner by the asylum wall , when some boys threw stones vhiie so engaged , which caused him suddenly to turn , not thinking for a moment of exposing his person to any one . Mr , Traill said that three separate and distinct charges had been proved against the prisoner . He was sorry to see a person apparently so reapectnble in life iu sueh a disgraceful situation . If be was a person of high rank , or ix near relative , it would be his imperii live duty to convict , let the consequences ! be ever so distressing A clearer case of guilt lie din not i-er . n-roWr . Tho pri-oner said lis had been brought to the station house through a heavy rain , and kept in a miserable cell it ! hours in th .-tt state . Mr . Traill said the prisoner Wits liable , foi-su serious un offence , to bo imprisoned in tho House ot * Correction iind kept to hard lab-. ur for " tlnvo months . He v . uttlci , however , co ; r sideving tluit Ive'hud already received some puuishmeut , initigatt ! the sentence to 10 weeks'imprisonment and hard labour in the county gaol . The priso : er left the bar exclaiming that it would be his total ruin .
Death Fr O M E A Ting P O Isonou S Berllies.
DEATH FR O M E A TING P O ISONOU S BERllIES .
An Inquest Was Held On Wednesday, At The...
An inquest was held on Wednesday , at the London Hospital , before Mr . W . Baker , jun , an the bodv ot'TllOS . Parks , lato proprietor ofthe Veteran hoorshop , in the Whitechapel-road ,. who died in the - . \ bove institution on Monday last , from the effects of eating poisonous berries , suspected to be those of tha deadly nig htshade . A child named Samuel Jones , a » od three years , died in the anmv hospital on Tuesday , from a ' similar cause . There are three other persons in n dangerous state in the hospital , who have partaken of the poisonous berries . On Sunday afternoon the wife of tho deceased purchased a puic ot berries , for which she paid Sd ., ol a man in tiie garb of a citintryiuen , who h .-id two baskcis on his ; i nil , one containing herbs , tho other berries , described as being about the size of a small she . The man said thev wore nettle berries , and superior t »
black currants ' in the manufacture of home-made wines , tarts , pics uud puddings . Mrs . Parker xiid that Sunditr was the anniversary of her ivedding-daj . Sue formed the berries into a pie , oi' which her bus * bund and herself partook . About one o ' clock on Sunday , while they were eating the pic , the ehiid of » customer ( tlve deceased Jones } oatnu iu , and looked very anxiously at tho pie . She gave him some . About , two hours » ttor oating the pie , the - . v-ipess , her husband , aud the child , were violently affected with pains iu their limb . " , drowsiness , and convulsions . A medical genticmatt was called in who attempted to administer emetic * to the sufferers , bufc Parker was unable to swallow it and he became quite delivieua . The unfortunate man died on tne foliowirt £ morning , after enduring great anoiiy . The child expired twe ' tity-fmtrhours afterwards . After a lone ; discussion theinquiry was ndjourm-d , to afford the police an o , iyQL'tuuity of . finding the man who s- > ld the berries .
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two privates ot the o ^ d itiianiry . > <> u irtmrd a * the barracks , Brecon , dt-Sv-ried ftom their posts , tahisj with them their accouu-ements ,. firearms , and ten pounds of nmuu'iiinoii each . They first <> r nW proceeded tn ft cottace r . i-av fin con , caikd Turnpike Bach , and demanded luimey and victuals , whieh they succeeded in jditait iii « . ' , pivMttiiiig their ! oadod Miuskuts ut tho tcrriikd iumaus . The villains then went to two or tlv . t-c farm-houses , aim sot .
beer , liquor , and money in the same manner , stv . tmg thai thirty more of their comrades were iiilinwiug tin-m . Portunniely , however . \\ wn > earau ' was IIU 5 of shavt duration , for the serj « .-nit of ihe guardt - upon , tjui-mj his roujvis , missed the men i" ten minutes " ifter their desertion , amlsnon went , in pursuit ; they vvereibund i » an intuxie . iteil statu ill Wcrn Wood , near Trdadwharn , about thieetoi ' . es IVcw Brecon . Upon the snanl coming up , oise of them levelled Iii 9 piece and threatened t' > lire , when they surrendered . The men wero brought bctora tho magistrates on Wednesday , and tliocasoafijoiinied , to m-taldcnll the parties upon which contvUv ' . t uv . is wore levied t . o coma forward to prosecute tho oftVnders . — Cumbrian . Tub Ch . imj-io .-vs . > 7 ; r r-i- mik Timmiis . —This great aquatic contest , which has created so much sensation , and been the ihotuu of eonversatio i fur sonic tini '' ,
between Charles Ctuiudiell and Robert Cw . n-. hes , tor H 100 a side ami the Championship of the Thumbs , came off on Wednesday afternoon , and terminated in Oomnbes ' arriving at- the wiuninti boat sn-. e . minuia ami three-quarters before hh opponent , perlormii ' . g the distune . } in iwentv-re ' vutt ininu res . 1 ho a-tc l " mice was vcrv great . " tho shore beim ? thronged witn spectators , and an immense number of cutlets , steamers , & c , wore en ifte river . Incendiarism z » Kimi > a 1 b GaOI . -Oi . \ t e * ijp ay forenoon , a prisoner in Kirkdale Gaol o the , . « £ c ol Samuel Grcathead was brought ^ "j a son , Esq ., one of tho county ma-Btrot ^ on a t . ^ rge ofh-Ylng wiirullynndma - ic ^ in * to , Vt of the ol Unowrt h > . n . » - oKj » WMtcrn-lodge , in whn h he vw J « , lillB | 1 [ 0 uwalysleep . , ihe pii *» £ J ¦ mine & 0 wit-^ TIS- T ^ t ^ wffteUltt ^^ ta 1 ' . low being held .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 22, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22081846/page/7/
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