On this page
- Departments (4)
-
Text (10)
-
exfs were arrested and condemned ad..t^t...
-
fMW iHobements*
-
i ( ^Rh«» warvrithThoug btl» , ^*! 0 vll...
-
%i T— a er.i v eaKons* of Auttria,"by M....
-
4fom ' fitt intellipwe*
-
FRANCE, DEARTH ilm DISrOBBAJfCE. The sca...
-
&ome $etos.
-
ENGLAND. Dreadful Powder Mill Explosion....
-
police rmtelifgenm
-
MON-AY GuiLDBAtt.—Ciiaeoe of FoBOiBT.—On...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Exfs Were Arrested And Condemned Ad..T^T...
.. t ^ tta rt ^ , 1847 . ^ ^ THE NORTHERN STAR . 7
Fmw Ihobements*
fMW iHobements *
I ( ^Rh«» Warvriththoug Btl» , ^*! 0 Vll...
i ( ^ Rh «» warvrithThoug btl » , ^*! 0 vlliearalitUe % ira , whosio 5 S ISSUm ***** t-e ^ ger . - ' -Biio .,
REVELATIONS OF AUSTRIA . * A ^ t TrreUhed ^ S oSh if exists ia i * fc-n a « e » ber of the Austrian governi cent , I aadaa oppor ^ ^ ^^ ^ . ^^ fte I jothentic docmoenu ^ ^ „„„ , „ , muc h greater » bCTig in » lpopo" ^ nstrilin inTafi 0 n , 1772 . than in 1839 , itt theyeiv 01 w , „„ , 0 f tke conscription , selects The 8 OT £ rD ^ eh ! n dsomest ana most robust of the •" rwaUis f « « nUita , 7 » ervice * ' ^ e n » hles are T to cruelly ill-treat a portion of them , a great T erm' » Uowed to perish from want and inanition , *? lr those are sn & ved to live in the country viho ate JLJtatelr necessary for thc cultivation of the land .
fi « llici » after seventy-ftree year * of the paternal ad-• initiation of Austria , is found at this moment to be in infinitely inferior state , with regard to national ^ 1 , 1 , than it was in the seventeenth century , af . er the « res of the Tartars , Turks , and Swedes . ** * habITATIOSS AW > CLOTHIKG OF THE POHSH ' FEASANTBT . Darinethe moathsof April , May , June , and July , ark all the Polish peasantry , without exception , live e * ' S and herbs—it is only those amount the pea ^ jjtrv wlo ore termed rich who can afford to eat bread nude of back-wheat , oatmeal , barley , and sometimes The poorer people live upon potatoes without any
Giulcia exports annually more than two millions of hectolitres of wheat , but does sot know anything of ¦ ieaten tread . The proprietor * themselves , without eiKf tJon , eat rye bread . The cakes and small wheaten roi which are made in the more considerable town ? , »« highly taxed , looked upon as articles of luxury , and ts sach not submitted to the tariff regulations as to price . On the other hand , the surplus of exports over imports , * hich constitutes a clear revenue to the Kaiser , is facflitited and allowed erea doling a period of famine . Scarcity is thus the normal state of Gallieia . Ta battalions ol the Polish peasantry « no are under & e pa ternal Austrian government since 1772 , are cotta ges thatched with straw , sometimes constructed vrith a few deals , or trumks of trees placed one on the other tad b ound at the corners with oisers ; atother times they are made of wattles plastered inside and out with mad . L : ; ht is admitted into their cottages through a hole furnished with green glass , from three to six iaehes ia
diameter . Generally speaking there are no chimneys , but in the centre ofthe room there is an oven or hearth , on which the fire is lit to warm tha room in winter , and to cook the family victuals all the year round . The saoke escapes through the interstices of the door . Tbe locks of the cottage , barn , and all other rustic buildings are of wood ; iron is very dear , and is only sold by confiltntial Germans . Permission to sell iron goods , or establish a magaziae or shop for the sale of tools or any iron instruments , mart be asked from the Aulic Chancery at Vienna , and as j precautionary measure these establi ? hmenU are only allowed in the chief places of the circles and towns wlere there is always a garrison and well organized police . In winter , the swine , calves , fowls , andmen , live together , and sleep on the ground promiscuously .
The peasantry , and in general all servants , even those of noblemen , and all workmen , have neither beds , coverings , nor pillows . Tbey cover themselves at night with the clothes which thtj wear in the day time , a little straw serves them as a mattress . Austrian Poland doea not want either weol , cloth or lather ; tat the paternal government forces the inhabitants to wcrk for exportation , and not for their own necessities or benefit . The costume of a Poli-h peasant consists in summer of a shirt and trowsers of coarse wavass , completed by a peculiar hat of weaten or rye striw . In winter , the peasants wear above the shirt a brown , woollen , felt , seamless wrapper , a sheepskin cap , an 1 thin , cow-hide boots . The wealthiest arrary themselves in sheep-kins in this season . The kitchen utensils consists of two or three pots in naked clay , one or two ear then pans , a tripod , and a few spoons in common ( rood .
This is the state of three millions , five hundred thousand Austrian Polish peasants , who are without question —more uafortunate than the Prussian or Russian peasants , more miserable than the negroes brought up or sold in Attica . Yet there exists in Paris an association of generous Frenchmen for tha emancipation of the negroes , but none for the emancipation of the Polish peasantry , white slaves of the paternal Austrian gsvernmint . These white Polish slaves who exist only on roots j » d herbs give to the Kaiser a clear revenue of from seven . 0 ten millions of florins a year . I coll a clear revenue what remains to tbe Kaiser after deducting all expenses for the administration of Gal-IicUi . Misses iKVuresn « w to * womusg clusss .
K * ither tailors , shoemakers , nor carpenters , & c , are sliowed to establish a workshop or to work , either pub liciy or privately , for others , without first obtaining the permission , and paying tbe tax to the Emperor . The iwktnen who transgress this order , are punished with the conScatiori of their tools and blows with ths cane . All : he police soldier * and all the proviacial dragoons , are pro-Tided for this purpose with canes , which they always carry about them . The servants of both sexes , workmenand workwomen , saiin general all persons who have no tangible property , or establishment , or workshop , are liable , for any uurikgiinest of the police regulations , i © corporeal puai » as , enJ , the men to blows with canes , the women to whipp n » en their bare backs . The burgomasters , the polica agents , those of their district , and all nobility , and their agents have the powtr of aiminitteriBg this punishment without any inquiry , or wit !» ut any written decision .
exiGBsnosr . Xo Austrim subject is allowed to emigrate withoat tbe permission of government , aad this permission is osly granted on a hi gh ransom being paid to the Emperor—ths ransom being regulated according to tbe rsnk of thc party . The Austrian frontier is guarded by foresters , provided day and night with a loaded gun , and tiey are authorised to shoot upon the spot any individual attempting to emigrate or even to pass the frontier , without having paid this ransom to the Emperar . CSCEL TBEATXE . ST OF THE ? EA 3 AJH » T . The peasants of Podkamien , in the circle of Zloczow , refused to work a greater number of days than was ordered by the befehl . Their lord , Mr . jCetner , an Austrianf Count , caused Mr , C aarleJ Sacher , Commissary of the Circle , to be sent fur , who presented himself with a squadron of dragoons .
sir . Sscher called before him the depaties , who are always the elders of the village , and advised them jo tbey their lord without comment , and to execute his CMers without delay . The peasants remarked that the demands of their lord were unjust aud contrary to the befea ! of his Majesty . " Ton have a right to complain t 5 y « f lori , " rejoined the Commissary . " We have complained for the last thirty years , " an-» e rtd thc piasant deputies , " we pray to be allowed to lit oar village with our families , and be allowed to seek ano ther muter . " The CoGraissary thereupon ordered the depaties to ' stretched one after the other on the ground , and beat * i & the stock by two corporals . Xo tnithstanding the advanced age of the deputies , &* youngest of whom was seventy years of age , they sna red patiently and with resignation the first six rounds atftce .
During On execution , the peasants , hook in hand , tliaunted litanies . The second round of twenty strokes each , by two corporals they could no longer endure , but declared tliemseWei guilty , and submitted to the arbitrary will of their lorl The observation was made to them in cruel jdgc , " Yoa see that yon must notin future trust to your saints , « ain te 3 = es , and Virgin Mothers . " ThUinstauceisoneof a bandred thousand which I could hare cited , because one I happen to remember as baring taken place beneath my own eyes . * SKMiSCHI 5 EMEKT OF THE FEASSST & T fOKBlSDEX . Iris strictly forbidden the lords to free their peasants w a bsiy from forcea j abonr .
If is however allowed to enfranchise any individual ps & sant , but then the permission must be obtained of * j « au thorities of the Circle of " the Gubernium , and of "t tribunal of justice . Enormous taxes must be paid to stamps , and the travelling expenses of Commissaries , ?< 7 * etc ., ; dtfrayed . So that since the occupation of voiatsa by the Austrian * in 1772 up to the present day a ** Sle instance of enfranchisement has perhaps aot occurred . M towas , burgs and villages which at the period of J ^ Austrian invasion were free , that is to say had no **»» , fell a prey to the Kaiser , who declared them to be "if of his property and domains . 'he Kaiser sold by degrees to private persons these » * t burgs , nad villages , including the lands and
inhaj 1 J 25 or lS 27 jon extraordinary instance occurred . ^ the first time since the establishment of the Aus-« RV ° jTernment m ^ ° ' d , an entire village , the name v . f ° I id not recollect , being put up to auction hy the r ' ^ offiredhim tbe price at which it was valued , and Wv ** ' * Pttmission to purchase itself , Prince Letts ; " GyY er £ r of Gallieia , sumbitted this extraordinary Uw ; i , tile Jc «« on of the Kaiser Francis , who answered , j , ^ ' * impossible to gran t any parish the right ef * e « r " ? . 8 itsei £ - Tbe village was , therefore , put up to * h-o b " * '" maBJ fctnets « an ( 1 wU w a pvwate individual , ffi 5 iu ior
Ti ? P « P « e . Ill * , b proprietor . s j ! , iib ni / lleii , Vincent Zabolicki , Leon Zalewski 0 i 4 E * 'ho , in 1834 and 1835 , emancipated of thei 1 > ^' «> rd the peasantry , their own countrymen anr
I ( ^Rh«» Warvriththoug Btl» , ^*! 0 Vll...
exfs were arrested and condemned ad eareerem . rf « r « rf *» m , as guilty of rebellion . ^ ""***" ofSStoJ . " ** ' * " ¦ mUdeneanor iD the *«*•• Oar author gWes a deplorable account of the tho wretchedness and ill-treatment of the Jem rfr , i refer the reader to the work itself .
%I T— A Er.I V Eakons* Of Auttria,"By M....
% i T— a er . i v eaKons * of Auttria , "by M . Koubrakiewicx , H 3 6 trias ' functionary . London : T . C . Kewby , 72 , "aer-itr ^ Cavendish-square .
4fom ' Fitt Intellipwe*
4 fom ' fitt intellipwe *
France, Dearth Ilm Disrobbajfce. The Sca...
FRANCE , DEARTH ilm DISrOBBAJfCE . The scarcity and high price of provisions threaten seriously the public peace in France . In the west and middle of France the price of grain has within the last few days been rapidly rising , and in several places serious riots have taken place in consequence . Ia the department of the Indte the disturbances have been very serious . In some places farmers were attacked on their way to market , their grain was pillaged , and themselves maltreated . In others the people attacked those having grain in the markets , and forced them to sell whatever price they ( the mob ) chose to set upon the commodity . In one place , the
name of which is not given , hut which is stated to be ia the department ofthe Indre , a proprietor who was carrying a large quantity of corn to market having been attacked by a crowd of peasans who attempted to pillage his waggons , fired upon the people , but he'was immediately seized upon by the infuriated mob and massacred upon the spot . At Rennes the disorders have been suppressed , and for the present the town is quiet , but the price of wheat in that market is greatly increased . At Nantes grain of all kinds has risen 5 f . per hectolitre . ^ At I dgnieres a serious riot took place on the 11 th inst ., which was market day . The people put the police
to flight , but were in turn repulsed by a party of dragoons ; and number wer « taken prisoners . The hospitals of Paris are crowded to excess with patients chiefly tbe victims of starvation . The bank of France is in a state of serious difficulty , and has been compelled to borrow from certain London houses 20 , 000 , 000 francs for three months , and at the same time has raised its rate of discount from four to five per cent . On Saturday the Paris Bourse was in a complete panic , and the fall , both in the funds and the price of railway shares , was almost unprecedented . The debate on the " Address" commenced in the Chamber of Peers on Monday .
PROGRESS 0 ? IHE DISTERBA 5 CES . A letter from Chateauroux ofthe lfth says : — Notwiths tanding that the attempt at riot which was commenced ia this place has been put down , matins appears to be getting worse in several-arrondissements . Alarming intelligence has arrived from Cbatillioo , Blanc , Metier , Vendouvre , Palluan , and Buzancais . Properties have been entered and pillaged by bands of insurgents . The riot of Buzangais has spread to the arrondissement of Blanc ; repulsive-looking men scour the country , forcing the farmers and landowners to sign an engagement to sell their corn at less than half the current price , that is , for S francs , in place of 7 francs .
SPAIN . The Spanish government shrink from the conflict , , they challenged M . Olozaga to by arresting him . Orders were sent from Madrid to the military authorities at Pampelnna to conduct M . Ohzngo to the frontiers of France under an armed guard . This order has been pat in execution . M . Olozaga arrived at Bayonne on the 13 th . He was to leave that town on the following day for Paris . The Girona journal , of the 5 th , informs us that two Carlists , named Caballe and Camera , who had been condemned to death by a court martial , were executed on the 4 th . They displayed great firmness , and at the place of execution shouted " Long live Carlos V . !"
PORTUGAL . IBS CIVIL WAS . The accounts from Lisbon , of tbe list instant , bring no news of military movements save the evacuation of Coimbra by Das Antas , for the purpose of joining bis friends in Oporto . It was expected that some effort would be made by the Queen ' s forces to make him give battle on the way ; but as the signs of energy on their part were not very risible , it was thought most likely that he would reach Oporto uninterrupted , and thus strengthen very materially the insurgent garrison in that town .
SWITZERLAND . I 530 LENT 1 RTJRVENTIO . V QV THE ABSOLUTS P 0 WBR 5 . The ministers of Prussia , Austria , and Russia , have addressed notes to the Swiss Vorort , which , though not collective , are drawn up in terms so nearly identical , as to show that they were written in concert . The following is a translation of the note ofthe Russian Envoy ; the two others contain exactly the same sentiments : — " 10 IBB POI 8 IDBNI A . \ D EXECUTIVE C 0 U 5 CIL OF IHK CANTOS Or BEBKE FfcDERAL DIRECTOR ! .
" The undersigned , envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russiasto the Swiss Confederation , has received from the government of the Canton of Zurich , at that time federal directory , the usual notification announcing that from the 1 st January ofthe present year the direetorai functions with which it was invested ^ wculdjbe placed in the hatidsof the Canton Berne . ' According to the orders with which he is provided , tbe undersigned is under the necessity of having the honour of announcing to thenew directory of the Swiss Confederation that , seeing in it the
authority which , in virtue of the 10 th article ofthe compact concluded the 7 th of August , 1 S 15 , is called on to conduct the general affairs of the Confederation . Russia will maintain with it her accustomed friendly relations through the organs of the present directory , as long as the basis upon which its powers reposes shall not be disturbed in its essence or vitiated in its spirit . This basis is the federal compact of 1815 , and the spirit of that act is only maintained in its integrity as long as the sovereignty of the cantons guaranteed by the compact , and limited only for certain specific ends , which the federal constitution indicates , shall be scrupulously respected .
" Tbe more i ; rave the circumstances under which the canton of Berne assumes the high functions which are imposed upon it , the more the Imperial Court considers itself obliged not to leave any doubt as toils sentiments , and as to the consequences which will naturally follow . "In tbos acquitting himself of the orders of hu government , the undersigned -seizes upon this occasion to offer to his Excellency the President and tbe members ofthe Executive Council of Berne , federal directory , the assurance of his highest consideration . " Zurich , Dec . 29 , 1846-Jan . 10 , 184 T . ( Signed ) " Krudkseb . "
GERMANY . The accounts from all p arts of the interior of Germany relative to the high price of bread , and the general scarcity of food are truly alarming . Some of the accounts repressnt the state of the poorer inhabitants as little better than in the worst districts of Ireland . A letter from Bielefeld informs u « that extreme misery prevails in that district , which is one of the m . st celebrated in Prussia for the manufacture of cloth . Inconsequence of this state of things , there is an immense increase of crime , nay , numbers of poor persons have had recourse to robbery , in order that they might thus procure breada nd an asylum in prison . Letters from Festh state , that the distress is so great in Hungary that the people are grinding nutshells to make into bread .
POLAND . News has been received at Barlio , that by an order ofthe Russian government . Poland has really ceased to exist , and is to be incorporated with the Russian empire . Warsaw is in a state of consternation . A commission has been appointed to settle the affairs of finance , and . as soon as it shall have completed its labours , the public announcement of the incorporation will be made . It is said that the disturbances created by the discontented peasantry of Gallieia bare recommenced , and threaten to extend more widely . We learn from St . Petersburg that tbe Emperor of Russia has ordered an increase of one-half in the land tax paid by the free peasants in every part of Russia .
UNITED STATES . AN AMERICAN "PEOPLE'S CHARTER . " From Young America of December 19 th , we extract the following most interesting and important document : — AN ACT To establish the equal right to the use ofthe Land and its natural products ; to afford a refuge to the landless population ofthe United States ; to secure Homesteads to individuals , families , and associations ; to provide for the increase of population ; to make Labour the master instead ofthe slave of Capital ; and to perpetuate the . Republtc . 1 . Be it enacted , & c ., That the Lamps or the United States shall no lokoer be Sold .
2 . That the Public Lands shall henceforth be surveyed into townships of six square miles , subdivided into farm lots of a quarter section of 1 C 0 acres each , except oae section iu each township , which shall be surveyed into village lots in sufficient quantities for the farms , and a Public Pork for Town Ilall , groves , and other public buildings or ornaments . 3 . That where there may be no natural obstruction the village shall be laid out in the centre section of tbe township , unless there be natural advantages in some other location to warrant a departure from the general ? ule .
4 . That there shall be Public Roods between the ton Whips six rods wide , and also roads of equal width diagonally through each township , except when the villaje location or natural obstructions may render partial variations necessary .
France, Dearth Ilm Disrobbajfce. The Sca...
5 . That any landless native of tbe United States , mala or female , or any other adult landless person who will legally testify that he or she has taken the necessary steps to become a citizen , and intends to be so as soon as possible , may , on payment ef five dollars to cover expanses of surrey and registration , at the land office of the district , enter one farm or village lot , of any surveyed and not previously entered , except such as may be settled atthe time this act shall become a law , and possess the same by actual residence ; provided , that in case of mar riage , where both parties may be in possession of pubic lots , the settlement of one or other must be disposed of within a year or forfeited to the United States ; and Provided further , that the purchase or possession of land shall be a forfeiture of thc right ot possessio public lot to the United States .
S . That each legal settler on a public lot shall have a right at all times to dispose of his or her right of possession , but if a married male only with the consent of his wife , hy deed legally executed , to any landless person qualified as hereinbefore provided , who shall then stand in the same relation to the United States as the previous settler . 7 . That the right of possession of a public lot may ba beired or willed as may other property under the laws of the Stat * or Territory , in which the lot may be situated ; Excepting always , that it can pass into the hands of none but a landless person . 8 . That any number of persons qualifi id as aforesaid may hold their portions of land in common ; Provided the Association shall have no power to eject a member except iu accordance with a written agreement , duly authenticated previous to his or her settlement .
9 . That any settler proved guilty of destroying trees , either in person or by proxy , on any public lot other than his or her own possession , shall forfeit the possession to the to on in which such offence may have been committed if settled , or to the nearest settled township , which shall then as soon as possibls dispose of the same to a person holding no other land . 10 . That as soon as forty lots in a township may be legally settled , the people of the township , in their corporate capacity , shall have power to regulate or take possession of water mill , cities , or other natural facilities for the use of water power , on compensating the sattltrsofthe lots containing such advantages for their improvements thereof , as may be agreed upon by arbitrators mutually chosen , or by a jury selected out of the township .
11 . That mines discovsred on public lots may be worked by the settlers , the town , the county , or the state , the superior organization always having the right to take passession on paying for tt e uncompensated iraprov . ments at a valuation agreed upon mutually , by arbitration , or by an impartial jury . 12 . That as soon as any State or Territory containing public lands shall provide by law that no one shall thereafter acquire over 160 acres of farm land , or one city or village lot within its borders , thatSfate or Territory shall be entitled to the jurisdiction of all unsurveyed public lands within its limits , to survey aud settl- the same under -the regulations herein provided , or such other regulations for the security of an individual right to the soil and its natural products as Congress may from time to time make .
12 . That all actual settlers with pre-omption rights at the time this act shall become a law , if possessed of no other land , shall be entitled to the possession of tho lots upon which they have settled , on making proof of set-Clement at the land office . 14 . That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be hereby repealed .
&Ome $Etos.
& ome $ etos .
England. Dreadful Powder Mill Explosion....
ENGLAND . Dreadful Powder Mill Explosion . —Exeter , Saturday Night . —A tremendous explosion , involving melancholy consequences , took place on Thursday morning last , at the Kenna Vale Powder-mills , the property of Messrs . Sameson and Lanyon , at Kennal , in the parish of Stithian ' s . The explosion took place in the stamping mill , which was almost a new building , and was blown to atoms . Two > uen were working in the ' mill , named Martin andDunstan , and these unfortunate individuals were shockingly mutilated by the force of the explosion . A number of
persons on hearing the report congregated around the spot from the neighbouring village of Ponsworth , and great was the lamentation among them , it not being known what family had been bereaved of its members . The bodies of the two men were soon known- Part of Dunstan's body was blown into the river , his arms and and one of his leg * were rent from his body , his face frightfully disfigured , and the whole remains in such a mangled condition tbatthey were obliged to be taken up in a sheet . Martin ' s body also presented a shocking appearance , the skull being blown entirely off . Both men were married but have left no children .
Birmisohah . —Paiklkss ScBOHRr . —Ethcrtal vapour , as an antidote to pain , was tried at the Queen ' s Hospital , Birmingham . The subject of the operation was Mary Ann Chambers . She was suffering from scrofulous ulceration of the foot , implicating some of the most important of its bones . The disease had existed above two years , nine months of which she had passed in the hospital , under the care of Mr . Kuowles . Before entering therein , various remedies had been used , but without avail , and alter her admission , other plans having proved ineffectual , amputation was determined upon . Professor Parker kindly lent his inhaling apparatus ( a modification of Robinson ' s . The patient easily imbibed the ether , when the knife of the operator , Professor Knowles ,
made a sweep through the integuments of the anterior part of the le ?; a sudden but transient frown was all the change that passed over the features . The knife was next passed through the leg , close behind the bones , whence it was directed backwards , slantingly , cutting all before it . During this part of the operation the patient uttered an audible moan , but it was evident to those who heard it , that it was very different to the cry or shriek of an individual in a state of consciousness . There was no bandage over her eyes , and it was quite clear that she was in no degree apprehensive of what was passing around her . Directly that intelligence returned , she asked if tho foot was off ? On her being told in the affirmative , she seemed to doubt the truth of it , and asked to be raised that she might look . In a short while , when the effects of theinhalation had further passed away , she complained ot the pain she suffered from the exployed stump , trough , of course , at this time the
pain was incomparably less severe than it hud been a few minutes previously . She was now asked , consciousness having fully returned , whether she felt the operation , or was in any wise apprehensive ot it ; when she unhesitatingly said , "No . Twoorckree times was she requestioned as to whether she had felt any pain during * he amputation , and she invariably answered in the negative . To further try , however , the other , the patient was again put under its influence , prior to the sutures being placed in the flaps of the stump . This operation is often a very painful one , it the needle be passed through the skin from without inwards ( as was intentionally done in this case ) , yet the patient gave no proof whatever of being affected by it , and on recovering herself was totally unconscious of what had been done . She was very comfortable after the completion of the operation , and we understand is doing remarkably well .
Manchester . —State op Trade . —Tuesday , Jan . 10 , Half-past Tiro o'Clock . —Our market to-day presents features of unusual dulness and stagnation ; and a disposition is evinced by some parties to accept slightly lower prices than they were inclined to take last week . Reduction of Wages . —Notwithstanding the high price of provisions , some of the farmers of Bicester have recently reduced the wages of their labourers from 9 s . to 8 i . per we . k , and married men but 7 s . per week . Bread SJd . the 4 lb . loaf , and wages 7 s . per week , ill accord . We believe that many persons around us are on the verge of starvation . — Buds Advertiser cind Aytesbnry News .
The Poisosisos at Claverixg . —The woman Chesbam , who , as our readers will recollect , was committed to prison some time since en the charge of having poisoned a child at Clavering , has , since her incarceration , led to the apprehension of Thomas Newport , the supposed father of the infant . Newport was examined before the magistrates on Monday last , and ultimately remanded for the attendance of witnesses . Stockport . —Murder and Suicide . —On Thursday a coroner ' s inquest was held at Ileaton Norris , a parish a short distance from this town , concerning tbe death of Amy Cjkely and her infant daughter ,
aged eight months . It appeared in evidence that the unfortunate parent committed suicide by throwing herself into the river Mersey , with the infant in her arms , which perished with the mother . The unhappy creature cohabited with a man named Barlow , and lived in Shcppard ' s-buildings . The jury returned the following verdict , there being no conclusive evidence of the deceased bavins thrown herself in the river : — ' * That the deceased were found drowned in the river Mersey , with diver > injuries upon their bodies , but how those wounds were occasioned there was no satisfactory evidence to show . " The coroner severely censured Barlow for his conduct to the deceased .
Wakefield . —A . \ ti-Slav * ry Meetixc—On hriday evening a very large meeting was held in this town to receive a deputation from the Anti-Slavery League , consisting of Frederick Douglass , Wm . II . Smith , and Mr . Wright . Thc Rev . J . Kilby occupied the chair . Frederick Douglass , who was received with loud cheers , commenced by stating that the enslavement of our portion ofthe human family cannot exist without affecting thc whole human race , therefore , it is the duty ot * alUo do all they canto excuse their brethren from the horrors of slavery , the gag , the thumb screw , the whip , the rifle , and cat-o ' -nine-tails . We said that there were three millions of men in a state of slavery , in the nineteenth century , iu civilised , enlightened , Christian , and Republican America , men who possess minds capable of receiving instruction , and developing some of the highest and noblest attributes that men can possess . We denounce the slavebolding parsons of America as murderers , thieves , and robbers . After aufraadYertising in strong terms on the
England. Dreadful Powder Mill Explosion....
conduct of members forming the conference , lately held in London , to form an " Evangelical Allianc e /' for receiving as members of that conference , and joining with slaveholders , and upholders of slavery , and separating without expressing their abhorence of the awful traffic in human beings . He concluded a long and powerful speech by describing some of tbe horrors and cruelties of slavery , which he had undergone himself , and which he had seen inflicted on others . He resumed his seat amidst loud cheers . Tho meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr . Smith , Mr . Wright , and others . The resolutions were adopted .
Charge op Fhaud aoaisst a Major ' s Daughter , —On Wednesday , Miss Matilda Brew , twenty-six years of age , tho daughter of Major Brew , residing on Ux' -sridge Moor , was finally examined before Messrs . T . Dagnalland R . H . Cox , the sitting magistrates at Uxbridge , on the following charge of obtaining goods under fraudulen t pretences . The first case gme into was for having obtained two cap fronts from the shop of Mr . G . G . Western , milliner , at Uellengdon End . It appeared that , on the 2 nd instant , the prisoner went to the above shop and asked to see some cap fronts , saying tbey were for Mrs . Bcdborough , the wife of a large grocer in Uxbridge , and that one of them must be a pink satin one , as that was for a young lady who was staying at Mrs . Bedborough ' s , who had a fair complexion , and
had fixed on one of that colour . She selected two fronts ofthe description she wished , and Miss Western lent her a bax to take them iu- After she ha d lett with them , another cap front , made up ofthe blue satin ribbon , was missed from the shop , which led to inquiries being made at Mrs . Bcdborough , and the discovery of tho fraud . On tho 4 th instant , Beachey , a policeman of the T division , executed a distress warrant at the house of Major Brew , and there found in a cupboard two pieces of the two ca ? fronts , and the blue satin oae , which had been stolen . Tho prisoner was not at that time at home , but tho policeman traced her to the house of Mr . Lovcjoy , at lver , Bucks , and from there to tho house of another friend , in Andrew ' s-buildings , City-road , where he took her into custody . In the second case the evidence proved that tbe prisoner , on the 8 th ol
October last , went to the shop of Mr . Jesss Jones , draper of Uxbridge , saying that sh » was Miss Homing , of Ilillingdon , and upon that representation obtained a shawl , for which she did not pay , which shawl was found at her father ' s house when searched by policeman Beachey . In tho third case , it appeared that , on the 30 th of October , the prisoner also went to the shop of Mr . George Lane , draper of Uxbridge , and askid to see some dresses for her sister , saying that her name was Western , and that she was the daughter of the prosecutor in the first case , and upon that representation , obtained three dresses to show , which had never been reeurne *! . The prisoner was committed for trial , ou each of the three charges , but on the application of Major Brew , who attended the examination , she was admitted to bail , herself in £ 50 , and two sureties of £ 25 each , in each
case . Fatal Accident on the Eastern Counties Railway — Cambridge , Wednesday night . — Yesterday evening about half-past seven o ' clock , an accident of a deplorable character occurred on this line , at the Whettlestord station , by which the daughter of a respectable yeoman , named Coleman , of Duckworth , a neighbouring village , met with a frightful death . The unfortunate female , who was about 24 years of age , it appears , accompanied by her sistei , went to the Whittlesford station to see a Mrs . Martin , of Saffron Walden , off by the three o ' clock train from Yarmouth , she having been on a visit at the residence of the parents of the unfortunate girl . The train was due at Whittlesford at 21 minutes past
seven o clock , but from some unexplained circumstance it was ten minutes behind time in its arrival ( so the reporter was informed ) , and but for that circumstance the melancholy occurrence would probably not have happened . Mrs . Martin having paid her fare the sisters went on to the platform and saw her into the carriage , when the train proceeded on its route to town . Before it , however , had cleared the front of th « station , the deceased replied to her sister , ' Now , my dear , let ' s cross , " and as the last carriage of that train passed them they jumped on to tbe permanent way , and made an attempt to cross over to the opposite platform , where the gate was situated through which they had to pass on their return home , the road ( Losdou aud Newmarke . ' (
crossing the line on a level- At that moment ttio six o ' clock evening express train from London was coming up at the usual speed of 30 to 35 miles per hour . The station-master , Mr . Jackson , and the porter , seeing the periiious position of the two females shouted to them to return . The porter , who was on the line at the same moment , springing forward and seizing the clothes of one ot them pulled her back , thus saved her lite . Unhappily , however , such was not the ca e with her sister , she was caught by the engine and met with an instantaneous death . Search was made for the body , when the first thing that attracted attention was a bonnet , aud on the porter ' s lifting it the head of the poor girl fell out ; a few yards higher up the line was found the trunk of the body shockingly mutilated , one ot the arms severed and part of the right leg . As quickly as possible they were gathered together , aud removed te the
Red Lion Inn , adjacent to the atathn . At 1 o ' clock to-day a coroner ' s inquest was held at the Red Lion , Mr . Richardson , the superintendent of the traffic department , was present to watch the inquiry ou the part of the Company ; The evidence adduced continued the facts previously mentioned . The regulations of the Company were produced to the J ury , which showed that necessary precautions were taken where the line crosssed roada on a level . In aecordance > fth the regulations at the time ofthe accident a porter was standing between the two line of rails to prevent persons passing over the line , but the sisters were so rapid in tu » ir movements , lhat it was impossible to save theon-3 who peri ? hed . The Jury were satisfied that no blame was to be attributed to the Company , and by the regulation they were of opinion that the directors had adopted every precaution for the security of the public . They found a verdict of" Accidental death . "
IRELAND . TBE LANDLORDS MANIFESTO . The resolutions announced in our last as having been provisionally adopted by the Reproductive Committee , were submitted to tho general meeting ol landowners on Thursday , held at the Dublin Rotunda . All parties were represented , and apparent unanimity characterised the proceedings . The attendance was very numerous , comprising noblemen , members of Parliament , and country gentlemen . The Earl ol Orraond preside , ! .
REPEAL ASSOCIATION . The usual meeting was held on Monday . Mr . Soiners , the member forSligo , was called to the chair , and took the opportunity to renew his pledges of iealty to the Old Ireland saction of ropealers . Mr . Costello adverted to the great meeting on Thursday , expressed his sympathy with this new and propitious combination of Irishmen , commended the Earl of Ormonde as one of the best of Irish landlords and raoit benevolent of men , and finally spoke of Mr . Holmes ' s pamphlet " On the State of Ireland . " lie now claimed Mr . Holmes as a repealer , whose accession was particularly valuable alter fortyseven years of political silence . He had indulged , however , in two "flings , " one at the Catholic religion , the other at Mr . O'Connell . These he ( Mr . Costello ) , of course , thought to be unwise and ungenerous .
Mr . O'Connell was glad that Mr . Holmes had awoke at all after his sleep of forty-seven years . ( Lmghter . ) The gentleman was a very excellent lawyer , and of liberal opinions ; but it was an odd circumstance that on the only two occasions when prosecutions were instituted against him , ( Mr . O'Connell ) , Mr . Holmes was found to bo among tho counsel for thc prosecution . Adverting to the Young Irelanders , be said they were " as eloquent and as silly a set as he ever knew . " ( Laughter . ) After a little of the usual abuse of the Young Irelanders by Tom Steele ,
Mr . O'Connell said he was going to Parliament , but not to support either Whigs or Tories ; he would support either Peel or Lord John Russell , if they would give food to the people . He had beer , delighted at the noble convention of Irishmen , held in the Rotunda last week ; and it was their principle , as well as his , to oppose any Government that would not give food to the Irish paople . ( Cheers . ) He would bo in Parliament this day week , and would then and there insist on adequate measures bein » taken to save the people . In the deanry of Cloyne and Ross alone , five thousand persons had perished
of famine , twice that number were rapidly approximating to the same late . He advised the Young Irelanders that their proposed " council" would he an illegal body , and liable to a prosecution under the Convention Act . He read part of a speech of Mr . Mitchell to show the dangerous language indulged in by the Young Irelanders . With regard to the famine in Ireland , nothing less than an expenditure of forty or fatty millions would be efficient to meet it . There would be a great rally for Inland by Irishmen now united as one man—a long puil , a strong pull , and a pall altogether . ( Cheers . )
Mr . J . O'Connell echoed the sentiments of his father on the subject of not supporting Lord John Russell in the event of his disappointing the hopes of the Irish people . The proceedingswero protruded to a late hour . The rent for the week was £ 123 6 s . 7 d .
SON-CULTIVATION OF THE SOIL . This alleged evil is exciting tho greatest apprehensions . The danger as thc season advances is , to course , becoming more imminent . Cil'TAIX STARLIGHT .- — EXTRAORDINARY SCENE . A presentment sessions for the barony of Coronire , county of Clare , was held last week , and while thc proceedings were pending Captain Francis Macnamara handed to the chairman a threatening letter , which had been given into Captain Wynne ' s hand by somo person in the court , as he was passing among ihe crowd assembled in the body ofthe meeiing . The letter bore the representation of a coffin , with
England. Dreadful Powder Mill Explosion....
a death ' s head and crossbones on the top , and tvas written with red ink , or probably with blood . The following is an exact copy : — Captain Wynne , —Captan Starlight sends you notice to lave thes parts or if yon dont i give you the end of Mesters . Carrig blood and co ., they say your a undantcd man but I have forty rifel m » n ft ) kind as ever puled a thnkerso goen with the works at ruan and milt the ceuntryifyoudontWi . htogollometQ tha mlttMi a Zll , t V ? " niortali "'«> d jou if you come to ™?« J ^* u » t ethi 8 Warnin oryo ' , 1 »»« dead man in no time vl wach jou . Tour obedient servant , rr > u . ni _ -: l . , . Oaptain STARLIGHT . The Chairman
strongly denounced the author of the aoove , and ssid he was ready to offer £ 20 reward for informat , on that might lead ' to his £ J & 31 ™ Captain Francis Macnamara . —I will riv * M „ I will imet the villain , if he choose , at iJSfoA to-night , armed , and will pledge myself to m , alone . b Captain Wynne then said , —Gentlemen , you will excuse my making a few observations on the document that has been handed to me . If Captain Starlight thinks that ho will in this . vay intimidate me , or turn me aside from tho path of my duty , he little knows the individual with wh-tn be has to de . It has been my wish to relieve the poor , and oppose the employment of the rich man , and in this course I shall persevere . I now hold a poor man ' s petition in
my hand , which shall receive immediate attention , but if I did not hope Captain Starlight ' s communication would lead to the discovery of the writer I would tear it in pieces , and trample it under my feet ; and , as he is now present , I beg leave to inform him that I shall be on the road to-nigl-. t , and happy to m « et hira , when he will find me well prepared : but if through any of the causes which shake the assassin ' s hand , he should fail to execute life purpose , or do it ineffectually , I pledge myself to him that that moment shall be his last . Captain Wynne , accompanied by the officers of police , proceeded afterwards down through tho body of the meeting , but could find no clue to the discovery of the person who served him with the letter .
After some further remarks , a resolution was passed a reward for the discovery of " Captain Starlight , " and a sum of £ 127 was subscribed for that purpose on the spot , Tipperary is described as beinjj in a state of anarchy . The Tipperary Constiiiution says : — " The Bobermore ' Fencibles' have commenced hostilities . Armed—trained—disciplined—they hesitate n'it to rush into collision iviih the authorities , and in the mid-day fire upon the police . "
PBOOUBSS OF FAMINE AND D . 'JATH . The last accounts from the Queen ' s County and midland districts generally , are extremely unfavourable . On Monday last a conference of the relief committee of tho Queen ' s County was held in the Court-house , Maryborough , "for the pnrposo ti making the most impressive representations of the extreme destitution existing in the county , asui earnestly soliciting the immediate application of more effectual remedies than those at present in operation . " The meeting was attended by all the leading proprietors of the district , and , after considerable discussion , a "declaration , " setting forth the present
posture of affairs , was unanimously adopted . The deolarationists sa-, — " The humbler classes in this country now present an aspect of physical want and mental distress hitherto unknown amongst our people , already unfortunately too notorious for an habitual absence of the comforts and decencies of life ; their energies of mind and body are rapidly declining ; and it cannot be otherwise—a large number being kept alive only by a scanty allowance of unwholesome food * , many families subsist solely on turnips , in small quantities , and these , in too many instances , they are unable to obtain by any other means than theft .
" Tbe committees witness with dismay tho con * tinned transmission of provisions in large quantities from amongst a famine stricken people , while they unhappily cannot observe the introduction of even coarser articles of food in return . " The committees feel called upon to express their firm conviction , that on the Prime Minister of England rests the responsibility ofjhc perishing of thousands from want of food throughout Ireland . "An immediate supply of food , to be sold to the poor at reasonable prices , and also acceisible to t ! . e totally destitute , oppaars to be the present remedy required , —a remedy the application of which cannot with safety bo delayed .
"The committees deem it proper to declare their strong conviction , that the Labour Act has proved eminently injurious in its operation . Icing faulty and unjust in principle , inefficient as a means of affording relief to the poor , demoralizing to the labourers , prejudicial to the public works , and but too strongly calculated to corrupt the officers employed in its administration . "One ofthe most disheartening facts to be laid before the public of the British empire is—that urgent distress and ooignant want have driven the
working class to seek means of sustaining life , by the scanty wages to bo obtained upon public works , as tinholders of small farms are no longer able to employ inem ; the soil is uncultivated , the crops unsown ; the seed , which should have been deposited in the land , has been devoured by the hungry , or sold to obtain means to meet the most irresistible of their necessities ; the obvious consequence , unless a vigorous remedy be promptly applied , must be—misery tenfold increased during the approaching seaswn , and extending to persons whose impoverishment must involve the general solvency of the country .
A letter addressed to the Cork Examiner , dated Ballydehob , Jan . 1 , 0 th , and bearing the signature ol " Jeremiah O'Callaghan , ' * says , — Since my last report , deaths are fearfully on the inmast in this locality . Vonr have died in the immediate vicinity of this village within the last fsw days . In the mountain districts they die unknown , uapiticd , and , -n moit instances , unburied for weeks . Yesterday a man was discovered half concealed in a pigstye , in such a revolting condition that humanity would shink at a description of the body . It was rapidly decomposing ; bat no neighbour has yet offered his services to cover she loathsome remains . Death has taken forcible possession of every cabin , Poor Coughlan , of the board of work-j ,
was crawling home a fewuights ago , when hunger aud exhaustion seined him within a few yards of Lis house , where he was found the following morning a frightful example of road mortality . If the present system of roadmaking be obstinately persevered in , West Gurbery mny be properly designated an universal grave-yard . 1 have just learned that in the neighbourhood of Crookhaven they are buried within tha walls of their huts . Tbey have in most cases forgotten the usuiil ccreroory of interment . The living are so consumed by famine they are unable to remove the dead . The Examiner could scarcely contain thc names of all who have perished fur the last month . I shall trouble jou wixh no more parti , culars ; but send you the gross number of victims when I write again .
VERDICT OP WILFUL MURDER AGAINST LORD JOHN KUSSELL ! At an inquest held at Galway , on a person wan had died from want , the jury found a verdict of wilful murder against Lord John Russell and Sir Randolph Itoutli ! but the Coroner refused to receive the verdict . The jury weie iinally obliged to content themselves with the " verdict that " deceased died from want and the inclemency of tho weather . "
SCOTLAND . Edinburgh—Extrordinary Trial on the charok of kmbkzzlement a . nb TiiKFT —On Wednesday Itonald Gordon , lute secretary and accountant to the Exchange Bank of Scotland , was charged with the following acts of breach of trust , embezzlement or theft , viz ., by obtaining , as secretary of the said bmk on the 7 th of May last , the sum of £ 130 , in payment of certain calls on railway shares , which he appropriated to his own use ; also , a sum of £ 350 , paid to him on the loih of May ; also , a bank check for £ 280 , delivered to him on the 9 ih of May ; also , a bank check for £ 100 , paid on the loth of June ; also , a bank check ( or £ 283 . Is ., paid him on the 12 th of May ; and , also , a bank cheek for £ 020 , paid
on the 19 thol June . Ihe prisoner having pleaded "Not guilty , " a number of witnesses gave evidence , from which , with the admissions of the prisoner , it appeared that , having embarked in railway speculations , he became embarrassed , and in order to meet his liabilities retained certain sums of money which ho ought to have paid over to the cashier of the bank , and that he obtained the manager ' s signature to -i check for £ 050 , on pretence of paying it to a party in Dingwall on account of certain railway shares . These facts were clearly brought out in evidence , and the jury , after a short deliberation , returned a v « rdict of—Guity ol theft on all the charges . " On Thursday the prisoner was sentenced to fifteen years transportation . The trial excited very great
interest . The Representation of Glasgow . —A paragraph appeared in tho Scotch Refoi-mers' Grzelte of Saturday , stating that Mr . Macgregor , of the Boml of Trade , and Mr . Lumsden , the lute Lord Provost , were spoken of as candidates for the representation of Gl & sgow at the ensuing election . The Glwjow Argus says , it is quite true that tho name of ' tinformer gentleman has been mentioned as the probable successor of one of tho present members , in tinevent of a vacancy—but we imvo the authority ot Mr . Lumsden for stating that a most unwarrantable use has been made of his name . Risk in the Trice of Bread in Glasgow . —The incorporation of bakers will this day raise tho prieu ofthe 4 'b . loaf—fine loaf , to Hd ., household bread , 10 d . —Glasgmv Argus ot Monday .
Berwick— Ekfects of Ether . —On Monday the influence of the inhalation of the vapour of " ether in a dental case was tested in this town . The patient who submitted himself to tiie operation of having a tooth extracted was Mr . Jonathan Pricittuaii , juii ., who , being placed in b chair , inhaled the ether from a temporary apparatus fitted up , by Mr . B . Gilpin , and in a few minutes was so completely overcome by the effects of tbe narcotic , that Mr . Nightingale extracted one cf his double teeth without , as Mr . Priestnian afterwards declared , tho least pain ov inconvenience .
Police Rmtelifgenm
police rmtelifgenm
Mon-Ay Guildbatt.—Ciiaeoe Of Foboibt.—On...
MON-AY GuiLDBAtt . —Ciiaeoe of FoBOiBT . —On Monday two fuahionabJy . dresfed young men , nnrotd William John Lain son and Samuel Gnodenough , resiilln ^ at No . 7 , John ' i-rond , Himmi-rsmith , were placed at the h ; ir , be . fore Alderronn F . irebrother , charged with ohtaiiiiiiK silks , satins , < tc , to the amount of £ 52 18 f „ from the firm of Juhu fnlaiww t « wi Pivwsmi , UwtttiiT . vpm St . Paul ' s Churchyard , byjineans of a forged order , under the following circumstances : —William Stanley , sup riutendent ofthe packing department at Messrs . PaivsonV , stated that on the 9 th of January , his employi rs received a letter by post purporting to come from a ee . sromer of theirs named Mr . Jacksjn . of Debenlmm , in Suffolk ,
requesting that they would send him , by Die Eastern Coun . ties Railway , three o'clock train , the following iirticles to be left until called for at the Noruich station : —Fifty yards of Satinette , at 2- > . 3 a ; 80 yards ditto nt 'Js . 9 d . ; 50 yards ditto at S- ? . 4 d . ; four lemrths ^ f fancy cheek urns , about 28 or 30 yards , at 2 s . Cd . or 2 « . 8 d : one down gentlemeo'n collars at 6 * . ; one dozen coloured kid gloves , so * . ; three black satin sc rfn nt IOs . each ; six black ns inch satin kerchit-f * ; three black satin sliauls nt 12 s . Cl . three ditto at 15 < . C . l . ; and two pieces of frtiicy India rubber corahs at 24 a . Gd . The letter was signed " W . Maberl y for Mr . Ju ^ kson . " The order was executed and duly sent on tho . same day , which was a Saturday , and the invoiro sent per post on the following Wednesday to Mr . J ,. cksim , when they received a cm . munication from him renu . Miin an e * plimnilim , jas he had never sent for any goods ,
nuthorised « nv one in kh „ i * Vi „ i . t . _ 1 .... 1 i _ . tnonseu « ny one to send for him , nor had ho received any . In c ;> nscqi \ -nce in ( luiri < -s had bem made , and it was ascertained that tlio box duly arrived at the Ipwich station , was duly culled for , directly alter th 9 train had arrived , by a part ) answering the ' dc 8 trip ' . ion of Lainson , and taken nway . It was tr . icud to a public house iu ihe ntiglibourhooA , in thn possession , as it « a 3 supplied , of bnth thu prison' -rs , and from tlieiii !« the next morulas ( Sundaj ) by tr-jin to Lmitlon ; afiev wliica it ivas lost s ght of . Information was th < n given to the police , which resulted in the apprehension of the pri . amier * that rsoriiii ' is , while nt breakfast atthe hcuso of Goortr-noujh ' a mother . Mrs . Clark , the wife of Mr . ( 3 . Clark , Draper , Great Dover-street , Borough , stnt . d uiat tniiijon had been in their e-. nploy an assistant , fur ab „ ut
pittht years , and idvntinod the letter signed Malvrly as in that prisoner ' s bund writing . G Vrcw deposed to taking them into custody , and finding in Luinsoffs box two pieces of silk , a pirce of satin , tno Rutin h : \ nduerchiut ' s , five pair of kid gloves , besides shin collar-, and other articles in fome draw < r « , in : Alderm .-i !! F .-iir . brother observed lhat it wa * a most snrious charge against the prisoners , and advised them , in this stage of the procee <" in % !< , to say nothinc . as they ini ^ ht let fall some expression which might licrvtii ' u-r be used against them ; which advice they took , and they r . cre remanded Cor a few days to get all the parties connected with the ruse , both in Jpan-jch and london . as well as at tho railway stations , to come forward s : iid give their evidence . They w . re then rematnled .
Bcittsiso Societies Janus U » bert MArtliu- wag summoned before the Lord Maycrand AtiU-nnan Gihb'to answer tbe complaint of John Gi ' es , Hubert Piizjohii , and George yiiiler , the trustee of a friendly society called tho Second Temperance Benefit Building Association , for that h-, being the secretary to tho society , did receive and take into his possession on tin- 23 d of October , 1845 . tin-, sum of £ 13 belonging to tha society , and h iving it in his possession did unlawfully and ft-audultni'ly withhold it from , tbe society against the statute , ic , whereby be becanio lbble to pay double the amount of tli « nioi » -y so withhi-W . A certificate copy of the ru ' eshavini , ' been put in , Mr . L . Bentley , of Brentwood , Esses , was cal ! -d as a wiuiess . He said , I am a shareholder in thc society , and on th .-23 d of October , 1815 , \ paid the defendant £ 15 ou account of 'lie sharea I held . He gave me the nu-mornntium
I produce . I bought the s !> aresof Mr . Catlm . I asked the defendant what amount was due , and he said he would look over the account , and let m » know ; and he afterwards gave me a paper with the figures £ G 18 j . !•' .. upon it , and said that amount was due , and I paid him that sum , Mr . G . R . Holmcuun stated that be was a dim-to-- of tho society of which the defendant was secretary , iu October , 1343 , and it was the duty of the defendant to receive uiouey for the society , and pay it over on the monthl y nights , having first entered it in the book , and then to reenter it in another book . Hu had been looking ' through the books , and could find no entry of the sura of £ 15 received from Mr , Bentley . in due course it would
have been entered in the November account . The books were have produced . Mr . Sof-ieant Jones , ofter having made some leg ^ l objections t » the ease , said that his client had all alon ^ expressed a wish to submit tha mat . ter to arbitration , and was still desirous to that mode of settlement which was likeiy to be more nattsfuetory , in eimstqueace of the complexity of accounts . The Lcril Mayor and Alderman Gibbs said the case appeared to them to be very clearly made out , and tbe defendant bad , made no answer to it . They should therefore order him to pay tbe sum of £ 30 to the treasurer of the Society , and 24 . costs , in one calendar month , or to be imprisoned for three calendar months .
WESTMINSTER . — John Alder , a chimneysweep , living at 33 , Coburg-row , Westminster , was charged with having compelled a poor boy to go up a chimney to the imminent ptril of his life . William James Moors , a boy between 9 and 10 years of age , who was evidently suffering from ttie effects of a recent fright , said , that the defendant , who is his master , took hiin that morning to . 1 home in Warwick-street , Vauxhuil-bridge-road , and told him to go up a kitchen chimney there . Complainant said he could not as there was a lot of mortar about , but defendant insisted that ha should , and declared that unless he did ho Weuld beat him severely when hegot him homo . Complainant then weu « up and swept the chimney , but as he was comingdown the machine broke , and , fulling , caught him near the breast , and jammed iiitn tight ia the chimney , where
he was fortunately cxrricvited by a hole being cut ia tha wall . St-phen Rumsbottoin , a master siveip , proved having been sent for to fhe home , when he found tho buyjarumed up tha chimney . At the time the poor MJotv wn * g » it out he was nearly suffocated , and both knees wero hurc by the skin being off . Dif . udant , in answer to the charge , said th .-re was soma mortar in the chimney , and the lady of tbe house wished to have it got down , is con . sequence of which he sent the boy up , but as it was his first time of ascending a chimney he broke the machine ; Mi . Uroderipsaid the case came clearly within the meaning of the statute , and in consideration of the peril towhich the boy had been txposed fined defendant £ 7 . As it was perfectly useless to issue a distress warrant against the goods o ! defendant he was committed to prison for six wetks .
TUESDAY , WORSHIP STREET . —Forioos Dbivimg . —Yester . day , Mr . John Spencer , a surgeon , resident at Nelson , terrace , Stoke Newington , was charged bef . re Mr , Bingham , the sitting magistrate , Kith furiously driving n horse and chaise , and injuring a boy named Henry Einnirrton . Mr . Hill , of Bruce Casile , Tottenham , in . epectorof postage stamps , and brother of Mr , Rowland Hill , of the General Post Office , proved , that on Monday evening ho was proceeding horns in a phaeton , diiren by his son , when the defendant passed them in a chaise at a furious rate ; and presently they heard an outcry soma distance ahead , and found that a boy , and u donkey he was upon , had been run down by tbe chaise , an . ! .-ippareutly seriously hurt . The defendant , instead of stopping , or relaxing his speed , drove on at the same iurious
rate , and rite witness and his sou drove utter him as fatas Stamford Hill Gate where they found the chaise , stopped to pay toll , and the defendant and a fiieinl with him were then standing by the side ofthe horse . Witness then told him about the injury done to the . boy and thc donkey , but after some impudent reply , the defendant ami tiie other jumped into the chaiss again , and drovo off us before , followed again by the phaeton ns far as Tottenham Cross , The witness then alighted , but his son having obtained the assistance of a polk-cnum , Cviicontinuediu pursuit as far as the Angel inn , at Kdmua . ton , where they found the chaise put up , and the defenda nt and his friend ituho house , 'i ' lie d . iVndant , who
then denied all knowledge of any mischief di . n <\ nas taken in charge . In the meantime the lad had been tiken to a surgeon , and was found to be niui-h cut and contused about tbe head and face . The boy E'l . mei tan , a baker ' s son , was present , and envu evidence ot ih « injuries be hud sustained ; and the owner of tiie Hhimal ho was riding at the time , ssid it was : < -. ' . ihi . tblo mih-n ass , and had been so much injured that it would not n » s » r . viceable for some time to come . Tfe dvftidant was fined 40 s for furious drlviuir , and m-. ' erivt to pay besiiics , £ 2 fur the injury to th > .-lu > y , nod £ ? , v . tiw »\ vn-v »> f tha ass . The money was iiiiimdiiiely p-. iid , and the d « fendant , who had also tn pay toe gueituii-i ( Xpiiises for his hi rse and chaise , wa » then dvch ; : r £ i-ii .
LAMBETH . — Sr . M-. ' . i Csiamie aoainsi a Hckfian . —Alexander M-L-i & h . a juaueuu-iu Im . ww , vli . i lias been iu custody much i ; i , ii .-tma 3 . was p . 'iieei ! : i f . the bar before Mr . Elliott for rir ,., i ui .-miiiunion , on a t-har ^ nof savagely assaulting Mr * . Alalia Wood , 1-V . ; :: th- ei-ideneeit appeared that ' on b'l & iug-Uiy , or i-. iilui-oii the evening of the 2 dih 01 1 , st month , the pr . somr returned to his lodgings in a state of intoxication am : : i tit if bad temper , imd his \ u : e having i ' ru | aeii : ly expevunec . l the t ffocts of his brutality while in that stati-, wnit out of th-. i way to nvoiii him and v : q . i- st- d the c »! i . p ! ni »»» t to attend on him . I ' l . u vmiipla-. uuiu was t-littring tl . 0 . -oou ) for ihe purpo .-e , wluu : lie pis-mi v 111 ben ring her nppiDHi-h , ,-irii >! - ( l hiutfeli with n icki-r , ' : tr ! under tbo
impression that it was \ , U wile gave hi-r 11 ili-s ; crate blow with the weapon ou the he . v 4 . Tiie poor woman instantly dropped , aiil wa * i-oon eoveri-. lwith blood from a d . op winind iidllcu-. l with the poker . So msvIuU * was the effects of Use injury mat Mr . King , the medical gentl-man who attended her . felt it nct-essaiy to have her i .-vidi'itco taken , and Mr . Noitoii atteii'ied « : her bedside for that pnrpnse . At Unit time it was thought iuipossi . b ! e she could have survived many boms , as she was seiz-.-d with i-iysiptlas , but her ofcease took : i favourable tur . i , and yesterday she was enabled to atttistt ami give her evidence against the priMiusf though she is still in a very weak state . The oSdenco having been committed to writing , the prism-. r wrs committed te take his trial .
THAMES . — " CnnuTuN Msucr Illustrated bt a Cuni'TU * 1 ' iUEsT . —J .-ma Koalas , aged 24 , was brought before 3 ir . "Xnrdley on rein . iml , charged with stealing various small articles , the property of the Itiv . Robert Franklin Spencer , L . L . D ., the curato of St , Uarj ' a
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 23, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23011847/page/7/
-