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. » , - - _ - -. ( Co ) itinued from the First Page . ) iTdspftaTat Kottingham , and who had great opportnnities-ofobsesving the effect that that description of employment had upon the health of children engaged ill it , stated , that in many cases it brought on dyspepsia , as well as affections of the brain , and that in many instances a rapid development of consumption was the consequence of such employment . All that he { Mr . Duncombe ) would ask of the house was , to protect the life of the working man , and all that he required them to do was to put a restriction upon night labour , and to protect them from being obliged to work before six o ' clock , in the morning , or after ten o cloek at night ; as surely , he said , sixteen hours a , day vras quite enough to require , those factories to be kept working , and , in fact , children of so
early an age should not be allowed so to work- *» an . He hoped the right hon . gentleman would see no objection to the reading of this bill a second time , more especialW as the princi p le of interference with labour in factories had been recognised by the Legislature . He asked the consent of the house to the second readinu with the concurrence of four-hfths ot the proprietors of fece & c toriesr-with the full assent ot even- operative whether engaSecl . in . a P ? 0 " 0 , . " private factorv-and withrthe approbation of all the peonle of Nottingham . . Under these circumstances , hetsust ' d the Legislature wonld not disappoint the ¦ wishes and feelings of so large and useful a branch ol the community . The < i : iestion having been put , Sir J . Gbabui said , that though Parliament had
now been legislating for 40 years with respect to other factories , it had hitherto felt that the difficulties of " introducing into the lace manufacture any restrictions of the nature now proposed were insuperable . Before the house reversed all its former legislation on this subject , it ought to consider that by far ihe greater part of all the lace manufactured was produced by hand-loom machinery and not , as cotton , by machinery worked by steam power . Moreover , the lace manufacture was nut in general conducted in factories , but principally in small workshops adjacent to the dwelling-houECa of the weavers , or in many cases in the dwellinghouses themselves . If , therefore , the legislature dealt with this manufacture by inspection , the inspectors must have access both night and day to the
houses ot those employed . Moreover , children were not competent , as in the cotton manufacture , to attend to the working of four looms at a time ; on the contrary , in the lace trade , there must be one adult male to every power loom , and two i f it were employed for 20 nours . He then showed that the lane trade was dependent to more than half ite extent npon foreign demand , and upon' the successful competition of our manufacturers with foreigners . Owing to the removal of certain disadvantages , which he hoped was now certain to take . place , the competition of the foreigner would no longer be formidable , if new restrictions , equally galling and fatal were not placed on the trade . He trusted that the house would pause before it interfered , E'jt only with the labour of young children ,
but also with adult male labour , wherever that industry might be applied , no matter whether it was in the factory or in the private dwelling house . He denied that in any case the lace machinery ran continuously from the Monday morning till the Saturday night , and insisted that with respect to children the labour was remarkable light and not continuous . He did not believe that the moral and physical condition of the working classes could be improved by any legislation -which should permantly diminish the demand for their labour , and leave tbeia in a state of hopeless destitution , instead oi full employment . If Parliament interferred in the lace m . 'uiufactare , it must also interfere in the case of the pin-makers , the nail-makers , the fustian cutters , and various other trades : and if it did so
it could not , injustice to the workmen , stop short of the establishment of a minimum of wages . The commencement of such a career would be the downfal of our manufacturing prosperity , and its termination would be the loss of our position among the nations of the earth . He then glanced at various other oh jections which might he made to this hill , and concluded by proposing that it be reada second time that day six months . Colonel Roetcstox gave his most cordial support te the bill , and trusted that , if the house should not he prepared to pass it as the whole , it would at least pass such parts of it as ^ would extend relief to the children engaged in this trade . Nine-tenths of the
machine holders of Nottingham had strongly expressed their approbation of some such measure as the present . He referred to a speech made by Lord Althorp in 1833 , for the purpose of showing that the lace trade had been excluded from the operation of the Factories Bilk solely on the ground that the measure would not include one more than a fifth of the trade . The present system of non-interference with the face trade was most injurious to the morals of the children engaged in it . As chairman of the quatier sessions for the district of Notts , he informed the bouse that a quarter sessions scarcely ever passed without some of these children being brought to the bar as criminals .
Mr . Sibutt was of opinion that Sir J . Gkabam had made out a sufficient case for rejecting this bill Sir J . C . Uqbhousk was of opinion that it would he impossible to carry this hill into effect , as its object was to stop all night labour in the manufacture of lace , and thereby interfere with the night labour of adults as well as of children . If Mr . Ubkcombe would introduce a bill to subject children in lace factories to some such regulations as those to which the children in other factories were subject , he should give such a bill his most strenuous support . He declared at the same time the willingness of the master manufacturers to assent to a bill which should prohibit infant labour in lace factories after ten o'clock at night .
Lord Jobs Masxebs , in supporting the second reading of the bill , contrasted the petition which the HightHon . Gentleman who had just sat down presented to the House , signed by 25 master manufacturers , against the measure , with one signed by 475 of those gentlemen in favour of it ; so that if the opinion of the master manufacturers was to be taken as conclusive upon this matter , he thought that fact was a sufficient reason why the bill should be passed . The Noble Lord contended that the crime of Nottingham was attributable to the night work ; and , as the principle of interference had been over and over again sanctioned by the House , he gave his hearty support to the second reading of the bill , without at all pledging himself to its details . Mr . Mvjxiz considered interference most necessary , hut could not support this bill . Mr . Gisborse admitted that the great majority of the working people were favourable to the passing of the bUl , but nevertheless he should oppose it .
Mr . Waklet denounced the disregard of the people ' s wishes , merely because they ran counter to some dogmas of political economy , as a fatal error of the times . He would not go to the extent to which the Bill in its printed shape would lead— that is , an interference with adult labour—hut he would vote for the second reading , with the intention of having it altered in committee . The real question was , whether they should or should not interfere with the labour of infants for ten or sixteen hours' labour ? It was said that the work was not fatiguing . But the attention itself was fatiguing . He would appeal to honorable members whether the mere fact of attending in this house for six or eight hours , listening to ihe dull debates , was not in itself extremely fatiguing ? He never left the house without some hon .
member saying to him , "I am heartily sick of this life , and I think I shall resign my seat . " ( Laughter . ) If this was so with hon . members , what mast be the position of infants eight years of age , who were compelled to attend to this species of duty , for from 10 to IB hours a day out of 24 ; was not that a curse on these children from which they ought to be rescued ? The other day he met some children who , having preferred the mill to the poor house , were comiug home from their work . He questioned them as to how they were employed . It appeared that they were up at 5 , at the mill at 6 , till dinner at 12 , then at 1 they returned to the mill , where they remained till
1 in the evening . And what did they do on Sundays ? "Wh y , it appeared that immediately after breakfast they went to school , from there to church , and after church , back to dinner , then to school , and as soon as that was over back to church again . ( Hear , hear . ) " God bless my soul ! " said the hon . member , " what is the meaning of all this ? " ( Hear . ) Those children it seemed had no holiday at all , except a little on Saturday evening . Upon the whole , he implored the hsuse to agree to the second reading , that the bill might be altered in committee , and this he called on them to do for the sake of the infant labourerrs in these factories .
Sir R . Peel contended , that the Bill , as it stood , proclaimed the principle of interference with adult labour , which it would be absurd in the house to sanction , unless they * -were prepared to establish a minimum of wages . The immediate consequence of such prohibition of night-labour in factories as the Bill provided would be a direct premium to increased labour in private cottages , shops , and houses . Mr . Ferraxd said , it was a melancholy fact , that whenever an hon . member in this house proposed to legislate for the welfare of the working population , he was met by the most strenuous opposition . The working population had now for several years been appealing to this house , to take the peculiar circumstances of their labour into consideration , and they
had always appealed m vain . At last they had commenced legislating for themselves ; and he would ask the right hon . gentleman , as well as hon . gentlemen on both sides of the house , to look at the present condition of the manufacturing population in the north of England . They were entering at the present moment into . the most alarming combinations to protect themselves against what they called the tyranny and oppression of their masters . Let the house look at the fearful strikes for wages which were now taking place in Manchester , Liverpool , and other large towns in the north of England ; and he thought the house would there see sufficient to induce them to consider that it was high time for Parliament to take notice of and deliberately to consider tbs queationswhich were now taking place between
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masters and servants . He bad [ bo - *««*¦» " » *„ £ of this bul , it would b n \ £ fn 0 d ° would drive them to SSr ^ SlSSB ^ J * themsel ves and to entTinto combinations , murder to compel their " ^ s ^ t ^^ SSS i ^ m ^^ defects in this Mil , but he took up the principle that the chilien were overworked , and that it was the dutrof the house to interfere , and , therefore , he should support the second readinguf this bill . Mr . Bright stated , that the strike to which the hon . member for Knaresborough ' had referred , existed only among the trades with whom there was
no interference whatever . Lord J . Russell did not hold the bill objectionable on the ground that it limited the labour of children ; but he regarded it as a violation of every right principle of legislation on th e subject , because it interfered with the adult labour ^ and would subject private houses to domiciliary visits . Mr . Brothbrion , although favourable to the restriction of infantine labour , would not vote for the bill in its present shape . Mr . W . Cowper also should feel much difficulty in giving his support to the bill . Mr . T . Duncombe said he should take the sense of the house upon the question . ( Hear , hear , bear . ) The case before the house was . whether they would
interfere or not in the lace manufactures . He was the representative of four-fifths of the capital employed in the lace manufactories , as well as of the workmen , and he was there representing their sentiments . It had been stated that the masters did not work children in the extreme manner it was said they did , but he would take upon himself to deny this completely , and to contend that the mode adopted , both towards adult and infant labour , rendered necessary an enactment such as the present . ( Hear , hear . ) Objection had been made to the parts of the bill , which authorised the visit of an inspector to the private dwelling of the weaver , armed with
compulsory power to prevent the labour of children after a cer tain , hour . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) It would , however , he remembered that the same power existed under the general legislation of the house with regard to the working of factories , and that every building in which manufacture was carried on was considered " a factory , " and subject to all the regulations oi a factory under the law that might apply to the labour of a factory . In reply to a question from Mr . Stafford O'Bmen , Mr . Doscombb declared his readiness to give up that part of the hill which interfered with adult labour . _ .. . ...
After a few words from Mr . Fielden the house divided , and the numbers were—For the amendment 151 Against it 66 Majority against the second reading 85
CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES AND LECTURE ROOMS BILL . This Bill went through Comcmaittee , THE WHITSUN HOLIDAYS . In answer to a question by Mr . R . Yoeke , Sir R . Feel said , he intended to move that the house at its rising on Friday , the 29 th inst ., do adjourn until the Thursday following ( 4 th of June . ) The house then adjourned at lire o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Thursday , Mat 21 . Along discussion took place on the second reading of the Metropolis Sewage and Manure Bill ; the debate was finally postponed . Mr . Shaw gave notice that as soon as the committee in Group II ., that on which Mr . Smith O'Brien had been selected te serve , should close its labours , he would move the discharge of Mr . O'Brien from custody .
BINGLEY POOR-HOUSE , Mr . Ferraxd put several questions to Sir R . Peel relating to the present state of the Bingley poorliouse , and Sir R , Peel gave to each of them a distinct reply . The result was , that notwithstanding the remonstrances of Mr . Ferrand , Sir R . Peel refused to retract the charges which he had preferred in June 1842 against the board of guardians of the Keighley union .
MR . SMITH O'BRIEN . The Speaker then read to the house a letter addressed to himself from Mr . S . O'Brien , dated that morning , from the prison of the House of Commons . The substance of it was , that the committee of selection had not been formally appointed this session —that its ' order enjoining him to attend as a member of a certain committee , and his imprisonment for non-compliance with that order , were both informal and illegal , and that he was therefore entitled to his immediate dis < Large . On the motion of Mr . O'Connell , it was ordered that Mr . S . O'Brien ' s letter be printed and circulated with the votes , and taken into consideration .
viscount Ebiungton was proceeding to move an address for the re-appointment of the Real . Property Commission , but an hon . member having moved that the house be counted , it was found that only 27 members were present , and the house rose at half-past seven o clock .
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A BLOW-UP IN CONCILIATION-HALL . The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association to-day was distinguished by a regular row between the two sections into which the Repeal Association is now notoriously split . The Nation of Saturday last had fairly drawn the sword—denounced by implication the old leader—and unfurled the flat in favour of Smith O'Brien and Young Ireland From this position the party cannot recede—and with this impression abroad , the public were fully prepared for the outbreak of the smouldering ember * of discord which took place this day . Amongst the members of the committee present were , Mr . Henry Grattan , M . P ., Mr . Nicholas Ma her , M . P ., Mr . Timothy O'Brien , M . P ., and Mr . Daniel O'Connell , jun . At one o ' clock , Mr . i . O'Dowd , barrister , was called to the chair .
Mr . Ray read a long letter from Mr . 0 'Conneli , upon the subject of the second reading of tbe Coercion Bill , which is fixed by Sir R . Peel for M onday , the 25 th , ( the Queen ' s birthday . ) Air . DorrivXT handed in 211 ., the weekly subscription of the Repealers of Liverpool , also 201 , from Clonmel . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Doheny -was in the act ol reading a passage in the letter of the Rev . Mr . Burke , parish priest of Clonmel , giving unqualified graise to Air . S . O'Brien , when Jie was interrupted by
Mr . Clemexts , who said that vt was a rule invariably acted upon by the association , not to read any letter that had not first been inspected by the committee , lest the writer , in his enthusiasm , might propound any doctrine that might possibly involve the association . With respect to the present letter , he would say , that he considered some matters in it had better not he read . ( Confusion , and cries of "Go on with the letter . " ) The CimiaiaN thought that every gentleman was aware of the existence of the rule , and he was sure that his learned friend , Mr . Doheny , would not transgress it . Mr . Dohekt . —The truth is , I got the letter but two minutes ago , and I must say for myself , that I am not aware ef any such rule ; and if I were , I would break it . ( Hear , hear . ) But I ask this , is it in this hall it is to be stated the opinions of men Mr . Clements . —I must rise to order . ( Great confusion and hisses . )
The Chairman . —The secretary states that such a rule is invariably acted upon ; but I am sure that if there is anything objectionable in the letter he will not read it . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Dohest . —Certainly not . There is nothing , 2 think , either unsafe or indiscreet in stating in this hall that the letter gives unqualified approbation to Smith O'Brien . ( Deafening applause . ) The Chairman . —If the letter does not go further than that , there is no gentleman that will not applaud it . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Rav . —When any question is likely to arise , all letters are first submitted to the committee . Mr . Doheny . —Here is the letter . ( Cheers . ) And I submit , Sir , that no question can arise in this hall upon unqualified praise of Smith O'Brien . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . Ray . —Undoubtedly not , but ( Groans and cries of " Read the letter . " ) But , Sir , let me—( Renewed hisses . ) A Member of the Association . —I rise to order . Mr . Ray . — Just let me . ( Groans . ) A scene of indescribable confusion here ensued , short in duration , but indicative of a very strong desire that the letter from Clonmel should be perused to its close Mr . Ray , having at length obtained a hearing , said , there could not possibly be a difference of opinion in that hall , with respect to the unqualified praises of that great man , Mr . O'Brien . ( Cheers . ) What he ( Mr . Ray ) meant to say when interrupted , was , that in all questions that involved legal matter , or difference of opinion on questions of political expediency , it was invariably the practice to refer all letters tu the committee . (** Hear , hear , " and cries of " Go on with the letter . " )
Mr . Doheny . —I trust I am sufficiently known in my country ( cheers ) , and I have worked for that country at least unselfishly , (* ' Hear , " and cheers . ) The letter , in speaking of Mr . O'Brien , says " he dared to stand forth as the defender of Ireland ' s rights , and the redresser of her wrongs . " Is there anything objectionable in that ? ( Cheers , and cries of "No , no . " ) Now , ol * course I did not visit Mr . O'Brien in his prison on tho part of the association , but I did visit him as one of the ' 82 club . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . E . W . O'Mahont rose to order . ( Confusion . )
The Cdaieuan . —I am bound to discharge my duty ai chairman of this association , and in performance of that duty I would submit to Mr , Doheny that it is
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irregular to touch upon what has been done by the ' 82 Club . ( " Hear , hear , " hisses and confusion . ) ; Mr . Doheny . —Will you permit me to say that 1 saw the prisoner in his cell ? ( Cheers . ) Vfill you permit me to tell the people of Ireland that he is there acting the king ( vehementapplause ); proud ofhis principles as when he stood here and received the homage of Ireland ? ( Cheers . ) Will you permit ine to tell the meeting , and Ireland also , that he will not desert his post , and that this battle will he fought to the last ? ( Cheers . ) In conclusion Mr . Doheny moved the insertion on the minutes of the letter from Clonmel . It was subsequently arranged that the letter should be referred to the committee , and thanks voted to the Temewi writer . . Mr . H . GnAirAif then addressed the meeting , alter which , o ia The week's rent was announced to be £ 143 18 s . la .
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Ibelam )—Fatai , Conflict . —( From the correspondent of the Evening Packet . )— " A serious affray , attended by loss of life , took place at Bird Hill on Saturday last , in consequence of opposition given by a person named Maunsell to tbe sheriff of the county ( Tipperary ) , who came with a large party of police to deliver possession ( under a writ of habere ) of a farm from which Maunsell had been ejected for non-payment of rent . Dr . Twiss attended in his magisterial capacity , and assisted the under-sheriff in remonstrating with Maunsell against the preposterous course which he had adopted , but without effect . He had filled the house with peasantry , and fortified it in such a way as to render it almost impregnable . The party within were , furnished with large stones and boiling water , intended to be showered on the heads of those who should approach the building . Some of those missiles were flung at the bailiffs . The
doctor and sub-sheriff offered Maunsell , who was on the outside of the building , to allow him a week , or more if necessary , to keep possession , as a caretaker , provided he would give quiet possession , but the offer was rejected . While this parley was going en , the crowd was accumulating at a rapid rate , and it became necessary to command them to disperse by reading the Riot Act , which was done , but proved alike ineffectual . The police were ordered to fire blank cartridges in the direction of the house , but this experiment also failed . Ultimately the police were ordered to use balls which struck a man and a woman in one of the windows , whereupon Maunsell ordered the people inside to open the doors . The sheriff then delivered possession , and arrested five of the leaders of the opposing party , who have been duly committed for trial . The persons shot wero servants to Maunsell . They have died of their wounds .
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THE POLISH MARTYRS . A public meeting took place at the National Hall , Holborn , on Wednesday evening . May 20 , for the purpose of commemorating the Polish martyrs sacrificed in the recent | outbreak . A banner suspended from the rostrum excited universal attention , the names of the following martyrs being inscribed thereon : — POTOLSKI . ZARSKI . KOCHISHEVSKI . ( The first hung at Siedlec , the other two at Warsaw . J SOLARSKI . ( A priest of Cracow , who , after animating his congregation by an eloquent and affecting speech ,, marched at their head , and was shot by the Austrians . )
. KRULEWDY . ZAWATZSKI . ( Flogged to death . ) Madame KROSNOWSKA . ( A young widow , 26 years of age , flogged to death for corresponding with the Polish exiles in Paris . ) Under these names was the word
TARNOW , surrounded by a deep black border , intended to represent the multitude of victims massacred in the circle of Tarnow by the agents of the Austrian government . . , i , j Mr . Hesry Hmhemkgtoh was unanimously called to the chair , and' said , no one would attempt to deny the great claims the gallant Poles had on the sympathies of Englishmen . He knew there were some few who would ask what have you to do with Poland ; but he treated such queries as so many subterfuges for the non-performance of a sacred duty—( loud cheers)—and in the language of the bill convening this meeting , he proclaimed that"He who permits oppression , shares the crlme . " ^
( Immense applause . ) Mr . T . Clark moved the first resolution . He trusted there was no Englishman > ho would or could feel himself justified in withholding his sympathy from the people of Poland in their recent noble struggle to shake off the horrible and cruel tyranny under which they had languished for nearly a century . It had been said that that was not the proper time to rise ; but , surely , they who were on the spot were the best judges of the fitting time . It was always the fitting time to destroy tyranny when the people imagined they had sufficient power to do so . He concluded by moving the first resolution .
Resolved , —That the right of Poland to exist as a free and independent state being incontrovertible , this meeting recognises the recent outbreaks in Cracow and other parts of Poland as acts of an oppressed people worthy of the admiration and sympathy of all nations ; and tliis meeting , while it deplores the failure of those outbreaks , cherishes the memories of ths heroes and martyrs who perished in the unequal strife—whether on the field of battle , under the hands of the executioner , or victims of organised asssassination and imperial massacre—as worthy of our grateful honour , and the everlasting remembrance of the people of all lands , Mr . T . M . Wheeler seconded the resolution .
Mr . Ernest Jones , who was received wilh a hearty welcome , supported the resolution . He said the Poles were worthy of our gratitude for more reasons than one , they had demonstrated that a secret communion of sentiment existed between all the despots of the earth—( loud cheers)—and pointed oat to us the great necessity that exists for a fraternal feeling of amity between men of all nations , and which meetings , like this , were well calculated to produce . ( Great applause . ) In the recent outbreak , even the aristocracy of Poland had rose in favour of the people , ready to abolish vassalage and serfdom . ( Hear , hear . ) True , the insurrection had for a time been suppressed ,, but let it not be supnosed that the roar of the cannon , or the thunder ol
musketry , could silence the cry of Liberty , no , the blood of the martyrs had hallowed the cause , their sons would arise and avenge the deaths of their worthy sires—crumble tyranny in tbe dust—and erect the Democratic Temple on its ruins . ( Great cheering . ) He entreated of the brave Poles never to despair , he did not wish them to rely tor aid on foreign governments , but thought they might safely lean on their democratic brethren of other nations for sympathy and support —( loud cheers )—despotism was a " mildew and a blight , " and if nothing but thunder showers could wash it away , why , the sooner they came the better . ( Immense applause . ) Mr . Cakl Schamek ( German ) said , the last throes of the heroes who fell in the last struggle had scarce passed away , when the atrocious royal butchers of Russia , Austria , and Prussia , commenced their
dastardly cruelty to those who unfortunately fell into their hands . The recent struggle had been designated " ill-timed . " He would like to know when a strugg le for freedom would be well-timed for despots . ( Loud cheers . ) Although their friends had suffered temporary defeat , they would not despair—they were not conquered . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Schapper described the horrible massacres in the circle of Tarnow . He commented in strong terms on the execution of Potetski and his brave brother martyrs , and eloquently denounced the horrible murder of Madame Krosnowska , who was flogged to death for writing to her friends at Paris . He concluded by saying , Poland was not conquered ; her sons would continue to struggle for freedom and equality , until their efforts were crowned with success . ( Tremendous cheering . ) The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . Jefpeby moved the second resolution : —
Eesolved , —That the struggles of the Poles to recover their freedom from the Triad of Despots being identical with the interests of humanity in every country , this meeting invokes the aid of the British people in suppon of all future struggles of their Polish brethren ; this meeting believing that the restoration of Poland would be followed by the emancipation of the entire Slavonian race , and would greatly accelerate the progress of civilization and liberty throughout the werid . He said the purpose for which this meeting had assembled did not admit of controversy . No person would at least openly defend the conduct of the continental despots , but there was something like " damning with faint praise" and that was the mode in which Poland was treated by the press , they
professed to look on Poland as a nation whose fate was sealed and settled , but he could not agree with that . ( Hear , hear . ) Much as he valued peace and detested war and bloodshed , he thought honour and liberty were more sacred than oven human life . ( Great cheering . ) After commenting eloquently on the character of the tyrant Nicholas , Mr . Jcffery added , —he was a moral force man , but nevertheless he believed there were times and circumstances that justified , nay , demanded , a resort to arms . ( Great cheering . ) This was tho case in Poland . Temporary defeat was not failure . The Poles must and would triumph , and then , — " Down to the dust oppression will be hurled , Her name , h « r nature , wither'd from the world . "
( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . Doyle seconded the motion in a very power ful and effective speech , which was much applauded
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1 i ' i . . 1 l IT - RifTrtTT »» rt «» The resolution was sup-ported by . M . Micheloi and Mr . Patsbson , and unanimously adopted . Mr . G . Julian Harnbt proposed the adoption ol the following address : — TO TIIEPOLES ; ** . 411 Men are Brethren . " Poms 1—Hbroic Fmends add Buothebs , Assembled to pay a solemn homage to the memories of the distinguished Martyrs of your Fatherland , we deem this a fitting occasion to address you iu the language of fraternal sympathy and hope , — Sympathy for the past and present sufferings of your greatly-wronged country , and hope of that future which shall see Poland's wrongs redressed , and her children reaping the fruits of the seed sown by their martyred fathers .
On the 25 th ofjfarch last , at a great meeting holden in this Metropolis , we expressed our unqualified abhorrence of the several acts of wrong and robbery known in history as the partitions of Poland , we vindicated your right to resist and overthrow , by every , means at your command , tho despotisms which oppress you . Lastly , we petitioned the British Parliament to exercise its power and influence to stay the progress of Poland ' s executioners , and enforce that establishment of Polish rights which we regard as indispensible for the happiness of the Polish nation , the security of the neighbouring states , and the consolidation of the peace of Europe .
The professing friends of Poland belonging to the " privileged orders " refused to join us in our endeavours to move the British Government in your behalf , under the pretext that it was not the fitting time ; and we regret to say that our appeal was unheeded . We are of " the people , " and the voice of those wh » belong to "the people" ig not always respected b y the British Parliament . We have witnessed with profound emotion the heroic acts on the part of your brethren engaged in the recent outbreak , and our sympathies have been powerfull y excited b y the martyrdom of so many pure and noble
patriots . The holiest struggles , even when crowned with vietory , are too often accompanied by the loss of the good and the brave , struck down by the bolts of tyranny . Alas ! Poland has to number the loss of warrior-martyrs to a greater extent than any other nation of modern times . If acts of bravery and devotion , rivalling those of the immortal heroes of Marathon and Thermopylae could have secured victory to the friends of right , Poland would long before this have achieved her freedom , but overwhelming brute force , and other unfavourable circumstances , have hitherto been sufficiently powerful to prevent the triumph of
" The noblest cause that pen or sword ; Of mortal ever lost or gained . " Recent events have added to the long H » t of warrior-martyrs who have fallen sabre or scythe in hand , pouring out their heart ' s blood for Poland and Liberty . The fate of these however , is " rather to be imitated than mourned over . " Future generations of Poland's children happy in the freedom which will assuredly he theirs , will honour the names of their brave sires , and exultingly cry — " as they died to win liberty so if need be will we die to maintain it . " But other victims claim our sympathy , not slain in
battle-broil , but pitilessly slaughtered by assassin hands ; we allude to the dreadful massacres in the circle of Tar . now . All Europe has been horrified by the accounts of the murders so savagely perpetrated in tliat portion of unhappy Poland , and tho horror naturally excited by these shocking atrocities has been greatly augmented by the alleged fact that these assassinations were the work of the Polish peasantry , the victims being their own countrymen , the Polish nobles . It has been also stated that the peasants were influenced by a desire to uphold the Austrian despotism and prevent there-establishment of their own country ' s freedom .
Gould we believe these assertions , we might indeed despair of Poland ; but happily we know these statements te be calumnies invented by the organisers of the massacres , to cover their own infamy . We have authentic information that these massacres were excited by the agents of the Austrian government , who seeing that the insurrection was about to burst forth U ; ed the most perfidious means to excite the peasantry against the nobles . Austrian emissaries were seat into the villages of Oallicia , to represent to the peasantry that the nobles had no other object in view than their own aggrandisement and the more complete enslavement of the peasants , and that the Austrian government was the "paternal" head whom the peasants should support as their protector . The Austrian authorities promised a pecuniary reward for every Polish
gentleman who should be delivered into their hands dead- or alive . Spirituous liquors were abundantly supplied to stimulate the work of murder . The peasants who were-induced to engage in these atrocities were for the most part sorts Of the Crown who had been in the military service of Austria , added to which , Austrian soldiers and other emissaries were disguised as peasants and sent amongst the people , and these were the assassins who commenced the murders . To make sure of this atrocious scheme producing the desired destruction of the patriotic nobles , the Austrian authorities , while offering twenty florins for a living Polish noble , offered double the sum , if the victim was brought to them dead . These horrible means were but too successful , and one of the darkest pages in the history of Poland now records the slaughter of the victims of Austrian perfidy .
Of course it is not necsssary to inform you of these deplorable facts , but we repeat them for the information of our own countrymen , and injustice to the Polish aristocracy and the Polish peasantry , calumniated by the enslaved Austrian press . We are no admirers of aristocracies , and the Polish nobility are open to heavy charges , which wiU for ever live in history . By tho abasement of the great body of their countrymen , and tho corrupt intrigues , and factious divisions in their own ranks , they caused the ruin of their country ; but bitttrly has succeeding generations suffered for the sins of their fathers , and many of the nobility have gloriously Striven to redeem the errors of their class . Some of the chief of Poland ' s sons , great not only as heroes and martyrs , but also as champions of equal justice , struggling and suffering for the freedom of all classes , have belonged to the Polish nobility . The im .
mortal Kosciusko is an illustrious example of these true patriots , who though a noble himself , fought in the garb of a peasant , as a symbol that his valorous deeds had for iheir object the liberty of the entire Polish people . The agents of the usurping despotisms have industriously pro . pngated the idea that the Polish nobles are still opposed to the emancipation of the serfs , but that is not true . In 1818 the nobility of Lithuania , petitioned the Emperor Alexander for leave to emancipate their peasants , which petition was insultingly rejected . In 1811 the GaDician Diet petitioned the Austrian EinperOl ' for the Same pur * pose , but the prayer was refused and the petitioners reprimanded ; in less than two years afterwards , the men who had nobly endeavoured to liberate the serfi were pitilessly murdered , the Austrian government representing to the deluded peasantry , that the nobles were their enemies . Was ever crime more horrible ? WaB ever
treachery more perfidious 1 The peasantry are not as has been represented , the willing supporters of the usurpations which oppress them in common with the rest of their countrymen . In the revolution of 1830-31 , they flocked in thousands to the national standard , in four days the republic of Cracow alone furnished a force of sixty thousand men armed with scythes . These soldiers of the people displayed the most heroic courage and had their efforts beun properly seconded by the Provisional Government , Poland Mould then , in all probability , have achieved her freedom . The Gallician assassinations will for ever remain a monument of the perfidy and cruelty of the Austrian despotism , That despotism affects to be the chief
conservator of existing compacts and institutions , the champion of all present usurpations , privileges , and abuses , and yet it has laboured by the most atrocious means to excite one class of the community to exterminate the other . But this is in accordance with its abominable maxim : — " Divide and conquer . " In Italy , Hungary , and Poland , it has ever ruled by provoking discord between different classes , and the massacres of Tarnow form the crowning infamy , of this atrocious system . Such a government merits and must have the execration of the human race . If it has to contend with eonspirators within , it may be assured that it has enemies without , who are to be numbered by millions afid are ranged under every national banner in Europe ,
Brethren , with you we mourn the martyrs sacrificed by the ruthless llussian autocrat . In vain has the Russian tyrant sought to cover with infamy the victims ofhis fury by consigning them to the gallows , —the names of Po-: totski , Zauski , and KocmsuEvsKi , will be worthily associated with Votiywicu the brave , Zavisha tho "true , " Vinnitski the daring , and Konarskj theimmortal , Even while penning this address new horrors crowd upon us : we hear of the viciims Kiiulewdt and Zawatzskv dying under the strokes of the barbarous knout ; and still more horrible , we hear of the martyred lady Kbosnowska
flogged to death for having dared to write to the Polish exiles iu Paris . Brethren , words cannot express our emotions , uor describe your wrongs . Shame , eternal shame on the governments of England and Prance , who having "the power to punish and prevent these enormities do not use that power . Prom tho govern , nients w « turn to the people , and appeal to you , O Englishmen and Frenchmen ; wo appeal to you men of all nations , women of all nations , against the woman-flogging tyrant Nicholas , We pronounce him the enemy of the human race , and we appeal to you to confirm our verdict .
The Prussian government if less sanguinary , is more hypocritical . The Prussian king , pretending to liberalism , has shown himself the enemy alike of German and of Polish freedom , content to fill the ignominious office of "jailer and jackal to the Tsar . " The hundreds of victims now confined in tho dungeons of Posen attest too well the claim of the Prussian king to this hateful distinction . Brcthern , a great future is before you , in which will he realised those visions of freedom aud glory which have cheered so many of your brothers in the hour of trial . The day of your triumph , whether near or far , may
undoubtedly be accelerated by union among yourselves . That union , to be effective , must be based upon broad and unwristakeablo principles . A union founded on the agvet ! - ment to establish an hereditary monarchy in a certain family could not be lasting , for it would be -unjust aud opposed to the ideas of Polish freedom . It would be unjust , because a few hundreds or thousanda of exiles have no right to legislate for the Polish nation , more particularl y such legislation as would bind future generations . It would be opposed to Polish ideas , because the genius of Polish liberty is essentially Republican . Again , a union founded on
The Polish Martyrs. A Public Meeting Too...
ffca ftrtfaomanf tn /> ora )) lic ) i a nAm ) nnl * R <» r » nVk 1 i /» + V » a * : id « the agreement to establish a nominal Republic , that is a government without a king , but in the election of which the majority of the people had no voice , would be unjust for the reasons above gtatedj and because no n . an , or body of men has a right to vote away the rights of any other man or men . The bond of agreement , we suggpest , should be the recognition of the equal rights of all Poles , leaving it to the nation in Jthe exercise of its sovereignty to declare what form ef government it will establish . But this is not all that is necessary , experience has proved that mere political rights when accompanied with social inequality are illusory . In nominally free countries where all Classes are said to be " equal in the eye of the law , "
the most monstrous inequality nevertheless exists , —the poor , though called freemen , being still really slaves to the rich . The land in every nation is clearly the property of the entire people , and whatever unjust appro-Prlatiois may hare exiited under worn-out systems of lociety , mankind will expect that a nation ro . commescing existence will set an example of equal justice in the appropriation of tbe soil . In short , the Cracow Hanifesto of the 22 nd of February fully expresses our ideas on this qmiBtion . We might desire a better defined document than the Cracow Manifesto on which to see based a union of Poland ' s sons , but the principles of that manifesto are unexceptionable , and have our hearty
concurrence . Poles ! Let the principles of justice be your guide and the equal rights of all your aim , and you must succeed . They will be the true patriots who , abjuring their own pretensions , and abandoning their own predelictions , shall devote themselves to the service of humanity , labouring to establish the equal rights and happiness of all . Let the waverers remember , that in the Revolution of 1830-31 they fell , because they "did not believe in the nation , " they withheld liberty from the peasants ; 8 different result in any future struggle can only be gecured by making the entire Polish nation participate in the struggle . , To create such a force the popular instincts of justice must be gratified ; the equal rights of all must be held up as the reward of sacrifice , and the sure result of victory .
Poles ! We offer you our sympathy , we express our ardent hope for the restoration of your country ' s independence and freedom , and in the spirit of Fraternity we salute you aa Brethren . Mr . Harmet addressed the meeting at considerable length , detailing the martyrdom of a number of eminent Polish patriots , including Sctgbnnt , Lsnxovx and Koxabski . Eh description of the infernal tortures inflicted on the martyrs excited a thrill of honor through the meeting . Mr . H . ' s speech was warmly applauded . Mr . G . J . Homoake seconded the address , which unanimously adopted . Colonel Obobbki ( Polish exile ) , expressed his grateful thanks to the meeting ; he recognised the chairman as having been the president of the great meeting held during the visit of the miscreant Nicholas to this country . Poland would always aspire to be worthy of the sympathies of the friends of justice , humanity , liberty , and equality . ( Great cheering . )
A vote of thanks was given by acclamation to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved giving three cheers for Poland .
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS . The news from SPAIN is unimportant . The CWetfe " publishes dispatches from the Political Chief of Malaga , and from the Captain-General of Grenada , with an official account of the murder of the colonel of the regiment of Grenada , who was shot on the 2 nd in one of the streets of Malaga , whilst passing with several other officers by a group of persons , who dispersed after having fired . The assassins had not been discovered . The brig of war Nervion arrived at Gibraltar on the 3 rd instant , with a number of persons implicated in the Gallician revolt . The vessel was immediately cMmed by fhe Spanish
authorities , and delivered , by order of the Governor , into the hands of the Commissioners sent for the purpose from Algesiras . Previous , however , to her surrender , the Governor had directed the captain of an English steamer guarding the vessel to repair on hoard and offer protection to those who should wish to remain at Gibraltar . Commander Jorgones , the other officers of the brig , the two first pilots , several seamen , and four officers of the column of insurgents defeated at Santiago , accepted the offer , and landed with their baggage . The remainder , consisting of two marine guards , the purser , chaplain , surgeon , and 50 men , remained in the Nervion , which sailed on the 5 th for Algesiras .
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INDIA reached London on Thursday , Lord Hardinge has quitted the Punjaub , The British garrison remains in a state of peace and inactivity at Lahore ; and , although from the disbanding of the Sikh troops , some turbulent parties are roving up and down the country , matters are gradually subsiding into a state of tranquillity . The hot season had commenced , and the armies had taken up their permanent stations until the season for compaigning opens again in October . Great scarcity of water existed in different places , and the cholera was raging in others . PORTUGAL continues in a disturbed state . Several arrests of influential persons have taken place in Lisbon , and the troops are nightly kept under arms . On Sunday last , the 3 rd , a flame oCthe revolt which is raging in the Minho , manifested itself in the city of Oporto , when a conflict took place between the people and the military . Many persons were killed . Disaffection universally prevails . A letter from
POLAND , dated Posen the tth inst . says , " The excitement not only continues in the Grand Duchy ( of Posen , ) but is assuming even a more grave and alarming character . Hitherto , the nobles and clergy alone have taken part in the revolutionary proceedings , but now symptoms of rebellion appear among the peasantry . The people have been much excited by the arrest of several of their priests , and in some places sanguinary conflicts have ensued . At Wreschen , the Kamorniks have assembled and demanded a partition of the lands Gesen is said to have been a theatre of great disorders , and a battalion is about to be marched to the environs of this town . " The Great Western steamer arrived at Liverpool from the
UNITED STATES on Thursday evening , bringing special messengers from the American Government to-Mr , M'Lane . and from Canada to the Home Administration . It is stated , and confidently so , that the former brings the Oregon notice to Mr . M'Lane , with instructions for its due delivery to the British Government . Relations with MEXICO had assumed a more threatening aspect . The latest accounts from Rio Grande state that Matamoras was blockaded by General Taylor . Lieutenant Porter and three men had been shot by the Mexicans . Further desertions from the American army had taken place , several of the deserters were shot in the act of crossing over to the Mexicans . Fears for the safety of the American force prevailed at Washington .
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MANSION HOUSE . ClIABGE OF ESTRAOBDINAbv ^ Tbeachert . —A girl , of interesting appearance , linint'd Margaret Glynn , was brought before Alderman Gibus , on Saturday , on a charge to which she gave an answer , which , upon subsequent inquiry , was found to be correct . Upon being put to the bar lier face was bathed in tears . —Prancis liennet , who Stated himself to be a builder , residing at No . 7 , Oxfordcourt , Cannon-street , stated that he charged the prisoner with many robberies . Shu hud been a visitor at bis house , and his daughter had lost several dresses since the 10 th ot * April . These dresses aud other articles had been stolen by the girl at the bar . lie had seen some of the property at tho Shop of a pawnbroker , and could swear to the robberies , mid his daughter and- his nephew could confirm the truth of the accusation against the prisoner . —The daughter and the nephew here stepped forward and manifested great anxiety to gut the prisoner committed to New . gate . The daughter said , she cuuld positively swear that of
the girl had stolen not only dresses but trinkets hers , and tlio nephew betrayed a still greater desire to save the public from such a depredator . The prisoner , who hud been extremely attentive to the statements made against her , upon hearing the observations of the nephew , appeared to be much more exasperated against him than against either ot" the others , ami declared that lie was guilty of the vilest treachery towards her . —Alderman Gibbs ( to the prisoner ) : You seemed to be in great distress of mind when put to that bar . What was the cause of it ? —The prisoner said the wretches who accused her had combined to destr -y her , particularly as the nephew of tllO man WhO Caused her to Oo apprehended wanted to get rid of hor , and thought the easiest way of doing that effectually would be to charge her with robbery , which they all well knew she had never any idea of committing . — Alderman Gibbs asked the prisoner what reason she had for upprehiMidiugill-treatnioiit trom the young man more than from . either of the others ?—The prisoner said the person to whom the Alderman alluded had , when she was sixteen yeais of age , seduced her , and it was by him she had been introduced to the prosecutor and his daughter , who joined him iu fabricating those robberies of which
they all spoke . Not one worn had any one of them uttered against her as thief until the moment before shewn * taken into custody . —Alderman Gibbs [ to the nepliew ) Is it true that you have been living with ; this girl ?—The nephew -. Why , yes , I have been living with her , but that ' s no e xcuse for her robbing me . — The prisoner : The wretch knows , my lord , that the clothes he says I robbed him of were my own elotlies , which , like a fool , I pawned to supp ly him with money . They have sent me to pawn things that they might have charges to bring against me by t'iilling pawnbrokers to give evidence against me , ami by such means transport me . —Alderman Gibbs—How did you happen to become acquainted with him 1—The prisoner : xNhout two years ago lie constantl y came after me when I was at service , and at last he prevailed upon me to get leave to go with him to the Surrey Theatre , and he afterwards gave me some drink that was drugged , for , upon coming to my senses , I found myself with him in an infamous house . —Alderman Gibbs : Aud you remained with him since' —The prisoner : Yes , my lord ; suid he now wants to get rid of me through the Old Bailey . He is sometimes called Thomas Slv . irpe , and sometimes 1 hennas Spencer ; n ) Kl he and his imcle are connected with a gang of swindlers , who have been long cheating the
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*< r \ wn Viw -fnlca rbfavannns k t ' j I — ' '/*•« . « _ * '« J ; ?* » town by false referenccs . ~ . Alderman Gibbs : Weil Mi . Bennet , you hear what she says ' -The prosecutor nodZl his head . —Alderman Gibbs : And what do you MnhJi it '—The prosecutor : It ' s not the fact , my Lord —Th prisoner ; Not the fact 1 Can you deny tliat you keen i , p where an infamous house yourself ? You know you can't and that your daughter attends to it ?—Alderman Gibbs Is that the case , Mr . Bennet?—The prosecutor : N 0 „ , : Lord . I can assure your Lordship that the prisoner has committed these robberies . What she says about us has nothing to do with the robbery . —Alderman Gibbs : I shall take care to inquire into the matter . What she says about you has a good deal to do with-the charges . —The pw soner : He can't deny , my Lord , that two of his and his nephew ' s " pals , " who have been engaged with them j » swindling transactiong , in giving false references and false characters , have been lately discharged from prison His nephew , there , who charges me with robbing him ' lias a pair of my earrings . —Alderman Gibbs desired tcj see the earrings—Tho nephew : They are not lier ' s ; be . sides , I have not got them . —The prisoner : lie has got them in his pocket now , my Lord . —Alderman
Gibbs-Come , come ; if you don't produce them I shall cause voti to be searched . The nephew then produced what was * re , quired , and said he really did not know that he had them about him . The prisoner : My Lord , this person who has come forward so treacherously against me , was himself before your Lordship , six months ago , under the name of Thomas Ryder Walker . —Alderman Gibbs ( to the nephew ) : Is that the ease ?—The nephew : I know nothing about it , my Lord . —Mr . Goodman , the chief clerk , on referring to a former boob of the date named by the prisoner , said the name appeared in that hook —Alderman Gibbs said he could not think of keeping the prisoner one moment upon such evidence , and ordered that her property and the duplicates which she claimed as her own , should be given up to her , and that care should be taken of her in the Compter for a few days , until inquiry should be made as to the best means of restoring her to her mother , a very poor woman , to whom she was most anxious to " go once more . On Monday a policeman , who was directed by Alderman Gibbs to make the necessary investigation , informed Mr . Goodman that he had already ascertained that the most important parts of the poor girl ' s statement were correct .
WORSHIP STREET . Cbueltt to a Child .- On Monday , Ellen Riley was charged with having cruelly treated and otherwise ill . treated her Stepdaughter , Elizabeth Riley , 11 years of age . On entering the Witness-box , thewretched . appeat'ance of the child excited general commiseration , her whole appa . rel consisting of a tattered cotton frock , the upper part of which was saturated with blood proceeding from a severe wound in the side of her head , and she had neither shoes , stockings , nor a vestige of under clothing . It appeared from the child ' s statement , that the prisoner had for along time been in the habit of ill-treating and almost starving her . Police-constable H 70 stated , that after taking the prisoner into custody , they were followed to the station , house by several hundred persons , who displayed such a determination to execute summary vengeance upon the woman , that his hat was several times knocked oft in his efforts to protect her from violence . Mr , Bingham said he should order the prisoner to pay afoenalty of 51 ., or undergo two months' imprisonment , and at the expiration of that term , she must find two sureties for her good behaviour , for a further period of six months .
SOUTHWAKK . A Leap from Watebloo Bbidgk . —On Tuesday , Charles Smith was charged with making a very determined at . tempt upon his life by throwing himself off the centre arch of Waterloo-bridge into tho river . Inspector Everest , of the Thames Police , stated that on Sunday night , the 3 rd inst ., about twelve o ' clock , while on duty in a boat on the river , on passing one of the arches of Waterloo-bridge , the tide running down at the time , his attention was called on hearing a heavy splash in the water , He immediately rowed to the spot from whence he heard the noise , and after some little time saw a man floating on the surface i and succeeded in dragging him into the boat . He was perfectly insensible , and finding him in that condition lie lost no time in conveying him , with assistance , to tho Feathers , in the Waterloo-road ; and Mr . Handy , a surgeon residing in the neighbourhood , having been immedi . ately called in , the usualremedies for producing resuseita .
tion were adopted with success . It was , however , observed the patient hud received such serious injuries in pre . eipitating himself from such a height off the bridge , that it was deemed necessary to have him afterwards taken to Charing-eross Hospital , in which institution he remained until the present occasion . Mr . Cottingham questioned the defendant as to his . situation in life , and the cause of his having made such a determined attempt at suicide . In reply , the young man stated that he was in tho employ of Mr . Maudsley , a cutler , and that on the Sunday in question he spent the evening with some friends at Wal . worth , and that he had no recollection of the circumstance above described until subsequently to liis removal to tho hospital , and could now assure the magistrate that he deeply regretted the attempt he had made upon his life . Mr . Cottingham having addressed some useful advice to the young roan , permitted him to be delivered into the care ofhis parent .
BOW STREET . Serious Robbery . —A young man , in the garb of a sailor , was charged with stealing a valuable collection of drawings by Wilkie , and a number of books , in all worth about 800 guineas , the property of his recent employer , Mr . Stewart , bookseller , of King William-street , West Strand . The prisoner had been in tlie service of Mr , Stewart as an errand boy , having abscondrd about tea weeks ago . The book of drawings , estimated at 209 guineas value , with other property , was missed from the premises , and constable Thompion , learning that the prisoner had gone to Sheerness , and enlisted as a sailor in her Majesty ' s ship Ocean , went in pursuit of him with a
warrant and took him into custody . The officer found that the prisoner had given the name of John Wilson , The captain of the vessel put some questions to the pri « soner , in the presence of Thompson , which led to his con . fession that he had stolen the property , but had not par . ticipated in the whole of it , others , he said , having been concerned in tbe robbery . It appeared that he had parted with the drawings for an old sword , but they had since been recovered . The prisoner now repeated the above statements , and said that if Mr . Stewart , the prosecutor , would furnish him with his catalogue of books , he would point out those which he had stolen from time to time , and which he had sold at different periods . Mr . II enry re . manded him for a fortnight .
GUILDHALL . Caution to Matiiijioniai , Speculators . —On Tuesday , an Irishman , of rather repulsive countenance , but well dressed , named Joseph Mortimer , was charged , before Alderman FarnconVbe , with robbing a buxom dame , ai about forty , named Eliza Lawyer , of £ 24 in gold , besides a large quantity of wearing apparel , under the following curious circumstances ^—Complainant stated , that about three months since , she adver tised in the Times for a situ , ation as cook or housekeeper to a single gentleman . She received an answer from the prisoner , saying , that if she felt an inclination to change her situation in life , he should be happy to communicate with her on the suuject . A day was appointed , and she met him at a friend ' s house in South-street , Grosvenor-square . He represented himself as a gentleman and a merchant , of good property , from New York , and a widower , ; with but one daughter ; and concluded by asking her if she was willing to alter her
station in life . She replied , that she had no objection . A meeting was then appointed for the next day at her ( com . plainant ' s lodgings , No . 1 , North-terrace , South-street ^ Grosveuor-square , when he asked her if she had any ob . jection to go to New York , and she said she had not ; she would go anywhere if she could be happy , as she had no ties to keep her iu England at all . —Alderman Fanieombe ; At the first meeting , did he inquire if you had any property ?—Complainant : No , he did not . The complainant proceeded to state that after a few more interviews it was agreed that they should be married . On this being known to some of her creditors , she was arrested by one of them in the hope that the prisoner would pay ; but rinding that would not be the case the party liberated her again . Ill consequence of the arrest the marriage was postponed , and eventually it was agreed that as soon as she could settle her affairs they should proceed to Munchest r , and there be united . Being annoyed by her creditors , she re . moved to a coffee-shop in the Commercial-road , he coming to live with her as her husband until they were married . They moved about to various places , nnd at lust went to Trance , where she had to receive about £ 40 , left her by
her late husband ' s father . After staying there about a fortnight , they returned , and went to a coffee-shop called the Rainbow . —Alderman Fanieombe : During all this period who found nil the money ?—Complainant : I did . lie said that he bad plenty of money at Liverpool , and that as they were eventually to be married it was little difference who found the cash . During the time they stayed at the Rainbow she was enabled to arrange hec affairs , and on the Good Friday they were to start for Liverpool ; but on the previous day , about ten o ' cloek , he left the house , saying he would return at twelve o ' clock , but she had not seen him since until he was taken into custody . She gave the prisoner the money to take eafe of , but never consented to his making use of it . On ths Wednesday previous to his leaving her , she gave him a number of duplicates of clothes , which he was to get out of pledge , some of which he did , and took with him , besides a box of clothes . —Alderman Parnconibe : How did you meet with him again ?—Complainant i I again advertised for a similar situation , and receiving the following letter , a friend proceeded to the address , and the prisoner being recognised was given into custodv .
Mr . league ( the chief clerk ) then read the letter , o « which tbe following is a literal copy , amidst much laughter' . — " Chelsea , May 15 . " Madam , —I read your advertisement , and I du want a companion , and iff you wish to change your life again , I am the chap . 1 do belong to the city of New York , and I ani ' a merchant there and have been for seventeen years . 1 am a widower , and have n uawteif nine years ot" age . S am thirty-seven years ol age . I have brout over newer from New-York , COO barrels . I have not sold it yet . I have a inncomo ef 700 a yenre . I will give my wne liberty to bring a friend or a ' servant out , I will pay the pnsagc . I was ma red to a Kenthuly in the city of York , and iff du get n wife , and von be the \ von , you may depen on love and Itines furm me and no mistake , iff you da think well of this and rite me , i will a tend to it . direct to J . M ., post office , King ' s-roail , opisit the man in the moon , yours truly , hu nos I may be jour husband , It L T Tl it "J . MOBTiaiEB . "to L . E ., No . 34 , Gough-street , Mount Pleasant , __ Gray ' s inn road .
Prisoner to complainant - . When we were in Vavis , did I not come home one night and find another man in bed with you ?— Complainant : I heard vou say there was one , hut l was riot conscious of it , Inning taken a Uttle champagne , which rendered me rather stupid , not being UCCUS 4 toined to it . The prisoner then accused her oi' having a child brought home , which she had by a nobleman , and also to the fact ofhis having turned three men out of her room when in Paris , both of which accusations she denied most positively . Alderman Fanieombe remarkedthattha questions the prisoner was asking had nothing to do with his absconding with the complainant ' s niouev . —Prisoner .: Thcu tilt I say is , that I am not guilty . Sarah Smith ,, of
the Commercial-road East , - was called to prove that aw prisoner passed himself off as coinplairiflut ' s husband , aud that h « v > m' « introduce her as Mrs . Mortimer , and also to the fact of his taking the box awav < She had also , W « to the parties iu the City whom lie represented as , 113 * agents , and they said that there was a Mr . Mortimer , w Cheltenham-square , New York , aud that if the prisoner was the party , he was highly respectable , but that thejf could not identify him . The prisoner declined saying anything more than that he was not guilty oi ! the charge , was remanded , in order to make further inquiries respecting him , as it is supposed that he has been carry ing on this trade to some extent .
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