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2 THE NORTHERN STAR . ^ ..,. . _ . , ,, _^_ - - _ June 24 ^ 1848 . ^_
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THE BeI ? MEDICINE IN THE WORLD . n , - - * medicine has been before the British public only JS ^ perhaps in the annals of the worl d wa T »> vP ? tKn success equsl to their progress ; the virtues < : Sedicme were at once acknowledged wherever mec and recommendation followed recommendation ; hur dreds had soon to acknowledge that Pass's Lite Pills ha Bared them , and were loud in their praise . The startl'B actsthat were continually brought before the puJ'hca » nC o removed any preju lice which some may have felt ; th continual good which resulted from their use spread tbei ame far and wide , at this moment there is scarcely i country on the face of the globs which has not heard c their benefits , and have sought for supplies , whateve raiffht be the cost of transmission . The United htaf . s Canada , India , and even China , have had immense quan tities shipped to their respective countri-s , and with thj fame resu lt as in England—Umteesal . Good . of
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ST .- * ir-ixr .. -: iiyS >^ epS 5 extensive practice of f * 2 ? .-. W B h . s = f | r 61 i * j Messrs R . and L . PEKRY and fcfl /* « H . * . ^ SS L & jyUkfl Co ., the continued demand for silks i rKiisiiv
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Boiler Explosion- at Prestos . —Two wke Lite * Lo-t . —On Sunday last two more of the unfortunate persons so severely scalded by the explosion of the bailer of the Sovereign Mill , Preston , died in tne House of Recvvery- Tiidr names were E . 2 ibeta Lowe and Ev ^ n Evans . An inquest was held on ihu badiei on Moaday last , at Preston , before 11 . Palmer , Esq , when J . Stevenson , engineer , and o ' . her parties were examined , and their opinion being that the accident had arisen from the insuffisient supply of water , a verdict was returned of ' Accidental death , '
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BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS . —Co of a letter from A £ r J . J . Wilson , Chemist , Monk bar , York . * To Mr Thomas Front , « Hth June , 1847 . ' Sir , —HarJng suffered most dreadfully for tbe last six years from repeated attacks of tho goat , and receiving no benefit from tbe best medical advice I could obtain , I was induced , about six weeks ago , to try a box of Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pil ' s . Whea I commenced taking them , which was in the afternoon , my feet and elbows were very muchswollen and inflamed ; I was suffering the most intense agony , I bad that night soun d and refreshing sleep , aud awoke in tho morning comp aratively free from pain ; and before I had finished the box , I never waa better in mj lifa . They have not only entirely removed the gout , but have also very much improved mj general health . I have since recommended them to four individuals , who hare suffered much from gout and rheumatism ; and they all speak highly of tho benefit they have received from them . If sou think my case wor * by of insertion amongst the many cures effected by your won . derful meiicine , you are at perfect liberty to publish it . — I am sir , yours respectfully , J . J- Wilson . '
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FAMED THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE . JJOLLOWATS PILLS . A CASE OP DROPSY . Extract of a Letter from Mr William Gardner , of Hanging Haughton , Northamptonshire , dated September 14 th . 1 S 47 . To Professor Holleway . Sis , —I before informed yeu that my wife had been tapped three times for the dropsy , but by the blessing of God upon your pills , and her perseverance in taking them , the water has now been kept off eighteen months by their iieans , which is a jreat mercy , ( Signed ) William Qakdnee .
Perilous Balloon Abcknt From Brussels.—On The Ilth Instant, Mr Iienry Coxwell, Tho English
Perilous Balloon Abcknt from Brussels . —On the Ilth instant , Mr Iienry Coxwell , tho English
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aeronaut , was announced to commence a series of balloon experiments on the Continent , the first of whieh was to have taken place at the Prado gardens in Brussels . Some difficulty having arisen , however , as to the gas for inflation , which was refused to be supplied by the English Centinental Gas Company , n otwithstanding the wishes of a large number of the consumers , Mr Coxwell was obliged to fill his balloon at another gas establishment , which is about two miles from the place of ascent . Unfortunately the weather was extremely unoropitioas for the removing of the balloon in an kflited state ; but as a postponement bad taken place on tbe previous
Sunday . Mr Coxwell was inclined to make the attempt , and in proceeding to do so , he and his gigantic balloon were driven back with fury , and the huge aerial monster was for a time secured in a field awaiting a lull of the wind . That wayward element , however , increased in violence , and the balloon was thrown about with such frightful force that the safely of the balloon and aeronaut were frequently perilled . Mr Coxwell , with great coolness and presence of mind , assured the affrighted spectators that he did not feel the least fear , and as it is was impossible for him to remove his balloon , and the authorities having intimated that the collecting of the mob was objectionab ' e , he was resolved to take one step that would at once set the matter at rest . Every person round the
balloon then begged that the gas might be let of , but Mr Coxwell declined doing eo , and stated , that aa it was his first attempt in Belgium , he was determined , if possible , to perform that whieh he had promised , and as a British aeronaut he declined hauliog down his colours , and would stand by them nntil they were blown from the mast head , or honourably lost . He then requested a friend , of the same of Washington , to take his seat in the car , and the balloon was admirably prepared for flight with as much coolness as if it had been for a calm voyage . At the vrords' let go' being given , it dashed before the wind with surprising rapidity , and sailed along for more than fifty miles , passing nearly over Malices , and then going to the Probivel D'Auvers , where a very rough but safe descent ^ w as effected with preatakill on
a common at Oolen , near Ilerenthals . The { distance travelled being about fifty-five miles , " -which was performed in twenty minutes . - Collision between the police akd t ^ k Populace at NoRwicH . ~ On Friday wetk a ratheKjjarious encounter took place in this city between a par ^ of the police and a numerous mob , who , with atones and broken bottles , kept np a furious attack on the former during their passage through several streets from the police office to the gaol , as an escort to some paupers who had refused ( after a former imprisonment for a similar refusal ! to be separated in tbe workhouse from their wives . The police were compellf d at length to turn in their own defence , and having made several charges with their staves , effectually dispersed this rioters , but not until numbers were severely hurt on both sides . The tumult was not quelled till about ore o ' clock the following
morning . Charles L'onb , being once inconsiderately invited to a party where there were a numbsr of teasing children assembled , and being called upon at supper for a toast , gave the ' m-m-much cvea lumniated g-sood King Herod . '
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . A POLICPMAN KILLED WITH HI 3 OWN SlATF . — -P < Coakley , 25 , and J . Coakley , 24 , brothers , were indii-ted fur the manslaughter of Daniel Barker Monk , 3 p . ilice-constable . On the 30 th of April the deceased was on duty in George-street , St Giles ' s , when be had occasion to apprehend a street beggar , and wa * taking him to the police-station when the prisoner Jerome interfered ; a struggle ensued , during which both Coakley and the officer fell , and while they were in that position the other prisoner took the constable ' s staff from him and struck him a violent blow on tbe head . Although the injury was severe it appeared that at that time no serious
consequences were expected , and Jerome was committed summarily for a month , and Patrick was sent for trial for the assault . But soon afterwards tbe deceased became much worse , and died on the 28 th of May , the coroner ' s jury returning a verdict of manslaughter against both brothers . Mr Justice Patteson having expressed an opinion that the charge could not be supported against Jerome , as he did not appear to have had anything to do with or to be even aware of the blow with the staff being struck by bis brother until after the affray , the jury acquitted him , and returned a verdict of guilty against Patrick . — His lordship sentenced him to be transported for
seven years . Riot and Robbert— Joseph Crane , aged 20 , was indicted foe assaulting Thomas Woodward , and taking from his person the sum of five shillings , his monies . The prosecutor stated that he was a watchmaker , living in Jewin-creecent . On the afternoon of Thursday wetk , be and his brother were passing through Virginia-row , Hackney-road , when they were met by a crowd of persons , who were raturnin g from the Chartist meeting that had been held that day in Bonner ' s-fields . One of the persons , on _ seeing them , called out there go two government spiesthey are b— -y specials— -upon which an attack was made on them by a mob of more than twenty persons , who knocked them down and kicked them . They got into a house for shelter , but the mob followed them . Witness was knocked down in the room . ? while he was on the ground , the prisoner put his
hands in his pockets , and stole all the money he had . The mob outside threatened to pull the house down , if the people did not turn the witness out , and they were turned out accordingly , and again ill-treated , but eventually some persons rescued them . On the following evening , witness aad his brotber saw the piisone ? in Shoraditcb , who , on seeing that they were following him , suddenly bolted into the Standard Theatre , followed by witness and his brother , who , with the assistance of the police , took him into custody at the close of the performance . Frederick Woodward , the prosecutor ' s brother , swore positively to the identity of the prisoner . Mr Payne addressed thejsryon his behalf , and called T . Wiidasb . and two of his sister ? , for the purpose of proving that the prisoner was at their houaeat the time of the robbery . The jury beins satisfied with the evidence proving the alibi , Acquitted the prisoner .
THE RIOTS IN BISHOP BONNER'S FIELDS . George Couling . Dennis Callaghan , Thomas Jones , Henry Illman , Wm . Moston , Henry Whitehead , Gaorge Blackburn , John Kingston , Thomas Hayes , and Charles Bailey , were indicted for unlawfully , with others , riotous ! v assembling together to disturb the peace , and assaulting divers constables and police in the execution of their duty , in Bonner s-fields on Sunday , the 4 th June . Mr Bodkin and Mr Clarkson appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr Ballantine , Mr Payne , and Mr Parry appeared for several of the
prisoners-Inspector Shackeli . stated that he was in Bonnarfl * fields on Sunday , the 4 th of the present month . Tha nrisonersat the bar were present on the occasion , and assisted in pelting and ill-using the police when they broke up the meeting . Witness was very much hurt himself . He saw the prisoners throw stones at the windows of the church , of which about 35 or 36 panes were broken . T « o meetings took place on-tho Sunday , at which several thousand persons were present . There were about sixty police stationed iu the church , who were called out when the windows of the church were pelted and broken : they were then under the direction of Inspector Waller . Inspector Shackeli could speak positively to seeing tha prisoners Bailey and Callaghan throw stones at the church , and tbe other prisoners were amogjg , the mob . I > f ; Inspector Waller was at the meeting on S & nday , the 4 th of June , and had charge of the police W the occasion . As witness was returning frota the . church .
cries were raised of ' There goes the K inspector ; down with him . ' Witness was then attacked ^ stones thrown at him , which hurt him in several parts of the body , but not seriously . He succeeded in getting into the church , and immediately he beard the windows crash . Upon an intimation from Inspector Shackeli , Witness came out of the church with fortyone policemen , who ba < 3 no other arms but their staves . Witness requested the mob to disperse , and up ^ n his doin g so another volley of stones was thrown at them ; one serjeant and seven men were wounded ; there were several cut in tha hesd . Witness then directed the men to disperse the mob ; they attempted do so , and were resisted by the mob most obstinately , bat ultimately the police tucceeded . Tbe oolico were again attacked by the mob before the City of Paris public house ; stones were thrown , but the police succeeded , after a great deal Of trouble , in dispersing them .
Cross-examined by Mr PABHY—Tbe police were in the church during the afternoon service . A portion of them marched into the church while the service was being performed . Tbe police had nothing to drink , or any refreshment whatever . Saw none of the police drinking in the City of Paris public house . The mounted police came up afterwards with cavalry swords . Could not say whether they were drawn or not . Could not tell how many police were at Bonner ' s-fields on Sunday . 4 th of June . Did not see the mounted police riding about the field with their drawn cutlasses . Wm . Charles Potibb , one of the police of the K division , saw the prisoner Couling take stones and throw at the windows of the church .
David Kilgour , another policeman of the K divisi » n , corroborated tha statement of Inspector Waller . Witness was struck by the prisoner Illman with a bar of iron . He took him into custody with the assistance of a special constable . Fbancis Loader , another policeman , corroborated the evidence of Kilgour . Cross-examined by Mr Pabbi—Could not tell how many heads , legs , or arms were broken by the police or Sunday , the 4 th of June . Did not know whether the London Hospital was crowded with patients in consequence of wounds from the police . Saw the mounted police riding round the field with their drawn cutlasses , and the mob flying before them . When the police got to the City of Paris public bouse , they saw several persons sitting outside the house drUking . and they drove them all away .
Frederick Shaw , another policeman of the K division , identified Whitehead as one of the persons who threw stones at the police , and took him into custody . Crpss-examined by Mr Ballantine—Witness want to Bishop Bonner ' s fields by order of Inspector Shackeli , in plain clothes , in order to see what was going on . Westby , K , deposed to takingtvro persons prisoners and hearing Blackburn call upon the mob to rescue them . Another policeman deposed to Kingston ' s exciting the mob to fall on the police , on taking him into custody . Heard cries of' Shame . ' Cross-examined by Mr Parry—Kingston was put into tbe vault of the Church , with several others .
Several other policemen deposed to seeing the other prisoners either exciting the mob or throwing stones , and several persons who had been sworn as special constables , corroborated tho statements made by the different policemen that had been examined . They alse deposed to the fact of a great numberof the police being severely wounded . Several of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood of Bonner ' s fields deposed to the terror caused to the peaceful inhabitants of that neighbourhood by the meetings that took place on Sunday , the 4 th of June , the . riotous conduct of the mob , and the forbearance on the part of tbe police , who had in several instances been violently used by the mob .
Mr Patne first addressed the jury , and he commenced by exprjsaing an opinion that the proceedings eut of which the prosecution arose was in reality a very contemptible affair , and that much more importance had been given to it than it deserved . He did not care a straw for either Whig , Tory , or Chartist , but he did npt believe that the disturbances in question had anything whatever to do with any political party ; . and was of opinion that the police had in a great measure brought what occurred upon themselves , by their unnecessary violence . He could not also help thinking that if something was done to ameliorate the wretched condition of the lower classes , it would have much more effect in preventing the demonstrations that had been so much talked about , and would do a great deal more good than
would ever be effected by Colonel Rowan . Mr Mayne , the police , and special constables , or the Duke of Wellingt ra and the whole armed force of the country . It was ridiculous to suppose that peraons like the prisoners , many of whom were mere boys , could have had any serious intention of upsetting the government ; and he believed that notwithstanding the misery they endured , the poorer classes of England were sound at heart , and were attached to the throne and their country . The learned counsel then preceeded to comment upon the evidence , and urged upon the jury that even supposing they should consider they had taken a part in this ridiou ' ous affray , he trusted they would think the injuries they had received and the incarceration they had already suffered a sufficient punishment .
During the address ot Mr Payne one of tho defendants , who had received a blow on the head from a staff , fainted , and appeared almost in a state of stupefaction during the remainder of the proceedings . Mr Ballantine next addressed the jury for Whit ? , head , who , he said , was no patriot ; he koew nothing of the Charter ; had no sympathy with Mr
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Mitchel , whom his learned friend had thought fit to introduce into his speech , and was unaware of the existence of such a being . He was a bricklayer , and unfortunately tor himself he happened to he at BonnerVfields when these meetings were held , and he had thus unfortunately become mixed up with the transaction . It was stated tha '* he had been seen te throw atones , but there was not the slightest proof that he struck any one , or that he had done any mischief whatever ; and he considered that the police were the most to blame in the matter . He would
not enter into the discussion of any political subject , but he did not think that the right of Englishmen to meet for discussion ought to be lightly interfered with , A prejudice was said to be created in the minds of men who had a stake in the country , by being told that the meeting was of a character to create disturbance and violence , and the meeting was bo described ; but according to his view of the case , the whole affair had been most grossly exaggerated , and that the police had improperly interfered , and by their own violence occasioned the disturbance that took place .
Mr Parry took the same line of defence . He did not believe , he said , that this meeting had any connexion with those which had preceded it , and that the whole affair arose from the police being placed in the church . Everything had been done to swell the importance of the proceeding , and to have heard his learned frisnd ' s opening it mi ght have been supposed that the offence amounted almost to treason . Everything was done to prejudice parties in the position of the defendants , upon this and every other occasion , for it appeared by the papers , that his learned friend , Mr Bodkin , upon some application with regard to the trial of a prisoner being made in the other court , had said that robbery formed generally a ) portion of those Chartist Eaeetings .
Mr Bobki . y begged to be allowed to exp ' ain that he had been misunderstood upon that occasion . What he said was that , as tbe case referred to was a charge of robbery arising out of a Chartist meeting , it had better be taken with the other cases that were connected with tbe same transaction . Mr Parry said he was glad this explanation had been given , because it certainly waa an expression calculated to create a great deal ef prejudice . Mr Parry then went en to denounce tbe conduct of the police as most unconstitutional , and asserted that , in ibis instance , a mere street row had been magnified into an important affray , but he trusted the jury would not give effect to such an attempt . Several witnesses wera then called to apeak to the character of the defendants , and according to their testimony they were all industrious well-conducted
young men . The Common Serjeant having summed up , the jury , altera short deliberation , returned a verdict of guilty against all the defendants . Sentence was postponed . On Monday the prisoners were ordered to be placed at the bar , when the Common Serjeant said they had been convicted , after a very long and patient inquiry of more than nine hours , of the offence of riotously assembling together and assaulting tho police in theexeeution of their duty . An attempt had been made to show that the police had exceeded 'heir duty ; but it had failed entirely , for the evidence clearly showed that they had used no more violence than was necessary for the preservation of the
public peace . They might with perfect propriety have prevented the meetings in question from taking place 0 the Sunday ; but they did nit do ao , and remained perfectly quietly , and committed no act of aggression until Shackeli , the inspector , was attacked , and severely injured . If men would ooramit these acts of violence , they must take the consequences ; and it was impossible to measure with nicety the amount of force that might be used to repel thenu It waa laid down by Lord Hale , that officirs were justified at common lawinreiistinstothe last extremity for their own protection and the preservation of the Dublic peace ; and it seemed to him that , in the present instance , the police had done no more than their duty . He saw no mitigating circumstaHcea in the
case . The prisoners all appeared to be in work , and to have ample means of subsistence , and they had no excuse for mixing themselves up with such lawless proceedings . If there was to be a government , and if men were to live as heretofore , in peace and quietness , such acts as these must be repressed , and but for the recommendation fo mercy of the jury , he should certainly have inflicted the full punishment fixed by the law for tbe offence of which they had been convicted . He had most carefully considered all the circumstances of the case , and the sentence that ought to be passed , and the result was that the
court adjudged Couling , Callaghan , Jones , Moston , Whitehead , Blackburn , and Page to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one year , andauch of them as were of full see , in addition , to enter into a recognisance in £ 100 to keep the peace for two years , and those who were not of age to do the same upon pain of imprisonment . The prisoner Kingston was sentenced to six months' hard labour . Bingley to three , and Illman , who it will be recollected struck one of the constables with an iron bar , waa sentenced to two years' hard labw . These three prisoners were also ordered to enter into their own recognisances in £ 100 to keep the peace for two years .
The Court , on Monday morning , proceeded to dispose of the remaining charges ef aaaaulta committed upon the police , on the occasion of the Chartist meeting at Bonner ' s Fields , on the 4 th of June . Mr Bodkin and Mr Clark again appeared to prosecute for the Treasury , instructed by Mr Hayward . Jeremiah Connelly , 20 , was convicted of assaulting a police ! constable , named Bartholomew Hagger . The defendant , it appeared , formed part of the mob . and after they were driven out ot the field they congregated in the streets , in the neighbourhood . He was ordered to move on , but instead of doing so , he resisted , and kicked tho constable in the groin . Sentenced to six months' hard labour . Isaac Mallandine , 26 , wearer , was charged with assaulting James Harrington , a police constable , in the execution of his duty . ¦
la this case , it appeared that the prosecutor and several other constables were ordered to clear the streets adjoining Nova Scotia Gardens , where there was au assemblage of several thousand persons . The prisoner was proved to have formed part of the mob ; and he was heard to call out , ' Down with the police ; down with the specials ; ' and on the constable ordering him to move on , he deliberately took a clasp-knife from his pocket , and opened it , and threatened that he would stab any constable who touched him . The constable went towards him , upon which the prisoner made a thrust at him with his knife , but he was fortunately knocked down at the same moment by another officer , and thus prevented from doing the mischief which he evidently intended . The jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he waa sentenced to eighteen months' hard labour .
Richard Hall , 38 , and Robert Margrie , 29 , were also charged with riot , and assaulting the poliee . In this case tho prisoners were proved te h & ve thrown stones , and it also appeared that one of them , while the ri © t was going on , called for three cheers for the Charter . Thejury returned a verdict of Guilty , when they were sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour , and at the expiration of their sentence they were ordered to enter into their own recognisances in the sum of £ 100 to keep the peace for one year . Henry Payne , 22 , and Richard Tattou , 22 , were also charged with an assault . In this case , also , the jury returned a verdict of Guilty ; Payne was sentenced to twelve months ' hard labour , and Yatton to six months . Samuel Strapps was convicted of a similar offence . and sentenced to nine months' bard labour .
George Stretford , 34 , wai also charged with an assault . Mr Bodkin said that in this case he should decline to offer any evidence , and The Jury , therefore , returned a verdiot of Not Guilty . John Wedge , 18 , was indicted for an ' assault , but tbe evidence not being very conclusive , the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty . 7 HB CBARTIS 3 LEADERS . Mr Ballantine applied to the Court to reduce the am ount of tbe recognisances that wera required to
be entered into by Joseph Williams , one of the persons charged with sedition , upon an affidavit which was put in . The affidavit stated that the defendant was a journeyman baker , and that he had been for several weeks out of employment , and while in service his wages did not average more than 18 j , per week . The present amount of recognisances waa himself in £ 200 , and two euretiea in £ 100 each : and the affidavit stated that from his position in life he was unable to obtain securities te such an amount , and he , therefore , applied to the Court to reduce the amount for his sureties from £ 100 to £ 50 .
Mr Robinson made a similar application on behalf of Fussell and Sharpe . They both stated in their affidavits that they had been out of employment , and the former represented himself to be a working jeweller , and that bis wages when in employment were 6 % . per week . The present amount required from them was for Fussell himself in £ 300 and two sureties in £ 150 each ; and for the other the same as in the last case ; and both defendant * stated that they were unable to obtain bail to that amount . Mr Bodkin , who appeared for tho Crown , said , that vvithregard to Williams and Sharpe , as they had in their aftdanta stated that op account of their position in life , they were unable to obtain sureties to the amount required and as there was every reason to believe that the statement so made was correct he should not offer any opposition to ? he Snffi tno amount 01
oaii . with respoot to the other prisoner , FuKe , he thought that his casestoo I upona different footing to the others ; and he invited his lordship ' s attention to the depositions in that c ^ Xd , < hih lf lw h- riurald ti th « &* *& as he dittos lordship would probably consider that his recognisances ought not to be reduced . ¦ a n A . 0 RDER > * ? avLng referred to the depositions , said that there certainly appeared to bQ a great distinction between the case of Fussell and the other defendants ; and he considered the magistrates had exorcised a very sound distinction in Ssiag the
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amount of rocognisanses which he was required to enter into , and also in all the other cases . Ah however , the defendant had made an affidavit that he could not provide sureties to the amount rtquired , he suggested that the amount of bail for the defendant Fussell should be reduced from £ 150 to £ 100 ; that instead of two sureties for that amount that he should find four in £ 50 each . Mr Bodkih said he would willingly accede to the suggestion of the Court . An order waa accordingly made that Sharpe and Williams should each enter into their own recognisances in £ 200 , with two sureties in £ 50 each , and that Fussell should enter into his own recognisance in £ 309 , with four sureties in £ 50 each .
Tuesday . —Alfred Canton was indicted for an assault . This case arose out of the tumultuous meeting held on Clerkenwell Green on the 6 th of June , but it appeared that the prosecution was not carried on by the Treasury . Mr Brierly held the depositions , and examined the witnesses for the prosecution , at the request of the Court . Mr Metcalfe was for the defence . The evidence for the prosecution went to ehow that the defendant was among the mob , and that he was
seen to throw stones at the police ; but on the part of the defence , witnesses were called who showed dearl y that the witnesses for the prosecution were mistaken as to the identity of the defendant , and the Jury stopped the case and returned a verdict of Not Guilty . Charles Manchee , 22 , and James Hayward , 19 , were then charged with riot and assault , but they retracted their plea of not guilty and pleaded Guilty . Michael M'Manus , 24 , surveyor , was also placed at tbe bar . He was charged with assaulting a police constable in the execution of his duty .
Mr Bodkin said that his learned friends who were instructed for the defendants Manchee and Hayward , having intimated to him the course which they intended to adopt , he had considered their cases , and believed that the purposes of justice would be sufficiently answered by taking the recognisances of Hayward and Manchee in £ 100 each , to appear and receive the judgment of the Cenrt when called upon , and as to the third prisoner , M'Ma nus , he did not wish to press the present charge against him .
The defendants Hayward and Manchee having entered into the recognisances requited of them were discharged from custody , and M'Manue was at once set at liberty .
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THE SPITALFIELDS HANDLOOM WEAVERS . Late on Saturday evening a numerously attended meeting of the members of the broad-silk hondloom weavers , residing in tho Betbnal-green district , was held at tbe Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Water loo Town , Mr Gurnell presided . The Cuaibuam said , that as allusion had been made in tbe minutes to the conduct of the police in Bonner ' sfields and other places , on tbe 4 th of June , be did hope that the meeting would , upon that occasion , give expression to their opinions , and that tho press would give circulation to them , that the world might see there were parties who saw the outrages committed by tha police , of which it was right that the government should possess the knowledge , that a full Inquiry might be Instituted Into all the facts of the case .
Mr I . J . Fesdinando said , a great deal of mlsrepresentation had gone abroad with refereace to tho matter spoken of . Tha holding of meetings in the open-air , at Bonner ' s-fields and Nova Scotia-gardens , was not a new ' move' on the part of the Chartiats . Such meetings for conversational purposes bad , as the police well knew , been held for several succeeding Sundays , and tha parties who assembled htxi alwajs broken op peaceably and dispersed quietly . As to the evening meeting in Bonner'a-fields , there were fevual speeches delivered upon that occasion , but that meeting was decidedly of amoral character . There were no physical force arguments used there on that day , and tbe poople were sepsratirg when the police attacked them . At this moment some stones were thrown at the windows of the church by some boya , by which some of the panes were broken , where * upon a determined and indiscriminate attack was made by tUo police upon the people , many of whom wtre ln » jured . He did hope that the whole truth would jet come out , and that tbosa constables wbo bad exceeded their duty would meet with the punishment .
Mr Fox , after Baring deprecated tbe onslaught made by tho police on the people , assembled in Bishop Bin . ner's-nelds , on Sunday , the 4 th of June last , and having stated that he , with others , as a deputation , waited on SirO . drey with a memorial said that Sir George Ore ; having read the memorial , sold , ' From tbe evidence I have received , the caee in quite different from that represented by yaa . ' Sir William Clay observed , that perhaps , the right honourable gentleman had obtained bis statements from the evidence of the police , and urged that an inquiry should be granted . Ono of tbe deputation said that one man was severely injured , ana several others had been much maltreated , and that there was not a Chartist amongst them . Mr Cox , a butcher , of Sebright-street , told Sir George Grey that he ( Sir Gaorge ) was p l aced in a false position , while be relied
upon the ex parte statements furnished by tho police . The depntatien undertook to pledge themselves to show that the information iaraUhei to Sir George Grey was a tissue of falsehood . Instead of its belpg the fact , as statedb ; the Home Secretary , that ' nearly the whole of the wlo > dows in the church were broken , ' wo said we were pre . pared to ehoD that not more than thirty panes were demolished , some of which panes had been broken for a considerable period . ( A voice— . Seventeen have been broken for months . ' ) Sir George further said , ' Do you mean to say you can boar out all that li stated in this memorial ! Remember , a radius of one mile from the church is a great way , ' We replied that we eould prove it . He then said , ' Tou don't mean to say that the police broke into bouses V We said , ' Yes , Sir George . ' ' What a mile distant V That , it was
replied , 1 b one thing of which we complain . Sir Ge orgs was then reminded of tbe fact that the park was made for the accommodation of the people , and that a large body ef the poHce came up and shut to the gate . Cons ! , durable cambers of the people thronged the entrance , and demanded admission into the park , and bence arose bad feeling among the crowl , wbo were opposed they knm not why . Io further elucidation of this , Sir George said , ' Do you mean to say that the police went into the parki' Mr Cox replied that tbe censtable j etoo « t at the gate , which they closed upon the poople , and that this conduct caused angry feeling , which might have proved very aerious . After some little fur . ther ' cross fire' with the Home Secretary , one of the deputation informed Sir George that one of the constables struck a man and broke bis arm ,
when the hon . gentleman said , in evident surprise , 1 Br . ke his arm ! do you say that f I will inquire into this . ' ( Hear , hear . ) It was replied , that if he would be good enough to Institute a full inquiry be would nod about one hundred cases equally deserving of his notice . Another case was then told—that was tbe esse of a man whoie arm was broken while he was standing at hit own door . Sir George appeared increasingly surprised—and from his manner , I believe , ( said , Mr Fox ) , we shall get an Inqairy into this outrage . ( Hear , hear , J Upon the whole , therefore , he ( Mr Fox ) was glad that they had taken such steps as they had done ; ha believed that It would end well ; and that tho really blameabto parties would , ere long , be called upon
to answer for their conduct . ( Hear , bear . ) In conclusion , as to tho interview , he should say , that before thoy left tho Home Secretary , they informed tho honourable gentleman that they came to him as men who nere willing to support the constitution of the country , as thoy were men of peace and order ; but that they ro . garded the attack upon the people as most outrageous , and therefore they demanded inquiry . Thoy wore then bowed out of the room . ( Hear , hear . ) Since then they had betn working in order to obtain another hearing of the case in tbe House of Commons , They had prepared two petitions to that bouse which would be presented by Mr Thompson , and it was expected that that gentleman would call the attention of tbe bouse to their
prayer . Messrs Watts and De la Fobcs having addressed the room , Mr I . T . Febdinando moved , and Mr Bcck seconded , the following resolution : ' - ' That in the opinion of this meeting of silk weavers , the conduct of tbe police force , on Sunday , the 4 th of June last , was a wanton and cruel outrage upon tho rights and liberties of a harmless and defenceless people , and that it ia tha duty of tbe government to grant a Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry , in order to ascertain tha real facts of the case , tor tbe satisfaction of tbe public mind . ' The motion upon being put , was unaalmously car . tied , and the meeting separated .
Preston.—Boilkr Explosion At Prhhion.—Fi...
Preston . —Boilkr Explosion at Prhhion . —Fits Lives Lost . —On Saturday week last , at a few mi . nut < JB before nine o ' clock , aa the workpeople were about to re-commence work after breakfast , at the Sovereign Mill , in London-road , the property of Mr Hollins , the boiler buret , and , overthrowing the brick wall on one side of it , scattered the materials , as well as steam and hot water , for a considerable distance , severely injuring several parties who had breakfasted in the engine-house , five dying from their injuries the same day . The plates in the flue that gave way from the undue pressure of steam were at the further end of the boiler , and the immense
volume of steam set at liberty , burst through the ceiling , and scattered bricks in the room above . The steam was also forced through the windows of the warehouse , at a distance of twenty yarda , and the windows of each story were completely shattered . Immediately on the disaster occurring , Mr Harrison , Mr Haldan , and Mr Spencer , surgeons , were on tho spot , and rendered prompt assistance to the sufferers , several of whom were remsved to the House of Recovery aa soon as their bruises had been dressed . The engine ( which was a high-pressure one ) is of twenty-six horse power . The cause of the accident is not known , but an investigation is being made into the circumstances .
An auctioneer advertised on the walls , for public sale , lately , sundry silk dresses , merinoes , « fcc , mad , ing up with ¦ one bottle of rum , one bottle of whisV ^ and several other articles suitable for ladies , * * *' A trout , filbs . weight , two feet four inc ' ^ ia in length , waa taken b v Mr William Jones of Br * Qtirion MenAi-hridge , in Mellog river , Angles . ^ . '
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' Wecu lithe ohoieeit . ' LONDON BBFOltH ? H b NORMAN CONQUEST . ( From . Sir E . B . Ly tt ^ u ' * ' Harold , the last of the Saxon & ing « , ' ) The whole suburb before en ering Southwark w rich in orchards and gardens , lying round the de . tached houses of the wealthier -nerohants gnd citi . Zens . ^ Approaching the river aid . to the left , tha eye ^ might see the two circular spac « set apart , tha one for bear , the other for bnll-baitin s To the rieht
upon a green mound of waste , within sight of tha populous bridge , the gleeraen were ex 'rcising their art . Here one dexterous juggler threw three balk and three knives alternately in the air catchinj them one by one as they fell . There , an ' ¦¦ iher ^ 5 gravely leading a great bear to dance on > ' -fl hind legs , while his coadjutor kept time with a ' sorfc ct flute or flageolet . The lazy bystanders , ia great con . course , stared and laughed ; but the laugh was hushed at the tramp of the Norman ateeda ; and raa famous Count by the King ' aaide , aa , with a smilin ^ hp , but observant eye , he rode along , drew all alien ' . tion from the bear .
On now approaching that bridge which , not many Kn » n / h e ,, 1 - ad ^ nt ^ 8 cenQ of terrible conteat SWf m e , nvad , ng DaDes and Ethelred ' a ally 2 n ^ rD ^ 0 rwa V . 'S still tee , though negl lected 1 and already , decay , the double fortifioatieni that had wise 7 guarded that vista into the city . QQ both sides of the bridge , which was of wood , were forts , partly of timber , partly of stone , and breast , works , and by the forts a little chapel . The brid ge broad enough to admit two vehicles abreast , was crowded with passengers , and lively with stalls and booths . Here was the favourite spot of the popular ballad-singer . Here too might be seen the swarthy Saracen with wares from Spain and Afric . Here , the German merchant from tbe Steel-yard swept along on his way to his suburban home . Here , on some holy office , went quick the muffled monk . Here the city gallant paused to lauch with the count ™
girl , her basket full of M & y . boughs and cowslips . In short , all bespoke that activity , whether in business or pastime , which was destined to render that city the mart ofthe world , and which had already knit the trade of the Anglo-Saxon to the remoter corners of commercial Europe . * * * « t Thus talking , they entered London , a rude dark city , built mainly of timbered houses ; streets narrow and winding ; windows rarely glazed , but protected chiefly by linen blindg ; vistas opening , how . ever , at times into broad spaces , round the varioui convents , where green tree * crew up behind low na .
Usados . fall roods , and holy images , to which » e owe the names of existing thoroughfares ( Rood-lane and Lady . lane ) , where the waya crosaed , attracted the curious , and detained the pious . Spires there were not then , but blunt cone headed turrets , pyrami . dal , denoting the Houses of God , rose often from tha low , thatched , aad reeded roofs . But every now and then , a scholar ' s , if not an ordinary , eye could be * hold the relics of Roman splendour , traces of that elder city which now lies buried under our thoroughfares , and of which , year by year , are dug up tha stately skeletons .
Along the Thames still rose , though much muti . lated , the wall of Constantino . Round the humble and barbarous church of St . Paul ' s ( wherein lay tho dust of Sebba , that king of the East Saxons who quitted his throne for the sake of Christ , and of Edward ' s feeble and luckless , father , Ethelred ) , might be seen , still gigantic in decay , the ruins of the vast temple of Diana . Many a church , and many a con . , vent , pieced their mingled brick and timberwork with Roman capital and shaft . Still by the tower , to which was afterwards given the Saracen name of Barbican , were the wrecks of the Roman station , where cohorts watched night and day , in case of fire within or foe without .
In a niche , near the Aldersgate , stood the headless statue of Fortitude , which monks and pilgrim deemed some unknawn saint in the o \ d time , and baited to honour , And in the midst of Bishopsgatestreet sate on hip desecrated throne a mangled Jupiter , his eagle at his feet . Many a half-converted Dane there lingered , and mistook the Thunderer and the bird for Odin and his hawk . By Leod-gate ( the people ' s gate ) still too were seen the arches of one of those mighty aqueducts which the Roman learned from the Etrurian . And close by the Sdll-yard , occupied b y ' the Emperor ' s cheap men' ( the German
merchants ) , stood , almost entire , the Roman temple , extant in the time of Geoffrey of Monmouth . With , out the wall ? , the old Roman vineyards still put forth their green leaves and crude clusters in the plains of East Smithfield , in tbe fields of St Giles ' s , and on the site where now stands Hatton Garden . Still massere and cbeapmen chaffored and bargained , at booth and stall , in Mark lane , where the Romans had bartered ; before them . With every encroach , ment on new soil , within the walls and without , urn , vase , weapon , human bones , were shrovelled out , and lay disregarded amidst heaps of rubbish .
Not on such evidences of the past civilisation looked the practical eye of the Norman Count ; not on things , but on men , looked he ; and as silently he rode on from street to street , out of those men , stalwart and tall , busy , active , toiling , the Man-Ruler saw the Civilisation that was to come . So , gravely through the small city , and ever the bridge that spanned the little river of the Fleet , rode the train along the Strand ; to the left , smooth sands ; to the right , fair pastures below greea holts ' , thinly studded with houses ; over numerous cuts and inlets running into the river , rode they on . Tha hour and the season were those in which youth en > joyed its holiday , and gay groups resorted to the then fashionable haunts of the Fountain of Holywell , 1
streaming forth amongst glistening pebbles . ' . So they gained at length the village of Charing , which Edward had lately bestowed on his Abbey o £ Westminster , and which was now filled with work , men , native and foreign , employed on that edifice and the contiguous palace . Here they loitered awhile at the Mews ( where the hawks are kept ) , passed by the rude palace of stone and rubble , appropriated t 8 the tributary kings of Scotland—a gift from Edgar to Kenneth—and finally , reaching the inlet of tha river , which , winding round the Isle of Thorney ( now Westminster ; , separated the rising church , abbey , and palace of the Saint-king from the main land , dismounted—and were ferried across the narrow stream to the broad space round the royal residence .
THE SHOWJfAN TO THE KING OF NAPLES ( Oa the latter ' s recent massacre of his subjects . ]
When a swift ship for burning Troja bore The brave iBaeai Io a foreign shore , A verdant laurel on the beach he fousd . He plucked—and blood came rushing o ' er the ground . A prodigy as great still mortals see , Accursed Bourbon , in thy family tree ! Age after age , still bloody it appears . Rooted in dirt , and watered by man ' s tears . Gould not the lovely climate of thy land Melt thy hard heart , or stay thy cruel hand ? Can ne soft influence tby wrath restrain ? Must Nature lavish all ber sweets in vain !—A hundred perfumes uselessly appeal To hearts that cruelty forbids to feel . And nowhere does the sun mere brightly smile , Than where he warms tbe reptiles of the Nile .
Nature , too kind te tby unworthy race . To hide their mischief , made them fools lu face ; ] Thy subjects , trusting te that outward show , O ' arlooked the cunning that lay hid below . — And now let thousand bloody corpses tell , How weals a hand may ring a funeral kn « U ! Let Europe , shuddering at thy actions , sea A Bourbon ' s notions of a people free ! But e & y , prottd France—thou who bast , once again , Spurned the damned splendour of a regal chain-Must poor Italians still lo tyrants trust , Fettered by links of hundred ages' rust , And weeping o ' er their murdered brothers' dust ! No ! send tby arras triumphant o ' er the flood , Drown the dark tvrant In big victims' blood . F ar from the world It staintd , as flies his soul . Let curses chase it te its burning goal , Wbilo joyous fiends with hearty welcome bring , To join Tiberius—Nero—Claudius—one more king ,
On the fierce Roman ' s tomb some flowers wera thrown , But thine , dark Bourbon , - tbalt have weeds alene : Weeds emblematic of tby Ill-played part , Foul as thy lips , and rotten as thy heart . Yes , It is cheering to the poor to know , That kings , like beggars , to tbe tomb mutt go ; Little It softens the great strobe of Fate , To die la purple , and to stink in state . ( How bitter Royal death , fat Qaorga coald tell His Brunswick brothers—were he back from—— !) And se , farewell , thou vilest of tho train , Who feed like ravens on the people ' s grain ; Who treat the subject , whom to lore they raw , As treats the Abyssinian his cow—Wbo drives the creature in that sultry clime , And eat » . and beaU her on , from time t » time , Fvpptt Snow .
A OSSAT PACT , The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied . Space for his lake , his parks extended bound *; Space for his horses , equipage and hounda . Tne robe that wraps hit limbn in silken iloth . Has robbed the neighboring fields oi half their growth . —OoldimUb . Poison » r Ssurs . —Aa old lady ill l 0 W » , Whifc recently in tbe woods , was bitten on the end of her nose by a rattlesnake , the old ladj recovered , but , tM snake died . Coroner's verdict—poisoned by snuff . The Welshman ' s Lkek .-A Welshman on board of aahip which happened to spring a leak , exclaimed * ' Oh ! I ' m glad I shall have a leek , for I ' ve not ha d one these three months'
. . . ' A fine gohitidy ' s breast pin' is advertised ^ as low in an American paper . A bachelor makes the inquiry if she is a s \ ngle " gold lady , ' and is , willing , tQ M
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 24, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24061848/page/2/
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