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      THE STAR OF FREEDOM . ^

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      Ta- The Secretaries Of Trades' Unions An...

      ta- The Secretaries of Trades' Unions and ofha bodies associated to protect and advance tne interesta of Labour , will oblige by forwarding reports of . Trades' Meetings , Strikes , and other information affecting tie social position of the T ^ King Classes .

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      NATIONAL ASSOCUTIONOF UNITED TRADES . 259 , Tottenham-court-road , London . " FIAT JCSTiTIA . " " It it were possible for the working classes , by combining among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages it need hardly be said that this would be a thing not to be paeUhed , bat to he w elcomed and rejoiced at . "—aTCABT iliu .

      The most remarkable and important cases of disputes between lahour and capital that have occurred since the Grand Consolidated Trades' Union of Great Britain in 1831 , have unquestionabl y been the recent ones of tae Wolverhampton Tin-plate Workers , and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers . But there is this remarkahle and important feature which distinguishes these latter cases from the former—that , whereas , the great strike ofthe tailors of that period was a pure act of aggression , without any previously attempted negotiation , or adequate notice , the recent cases were strictly of a defensive and conservative character , and distinguished throughout a long and pains-taking negotiation , by an entire absence of those irritating and repulsive circumstances , which have been heretofore the usual concomitants of

      labour's contentions with capital . In _ both these instances , the concessions sought were indisputabl y just and reasonable : were acknowledged so by influential and impartial judges ; yet , nevertheless , they were claimed less as matters of right than of favour . This novel and improved mode of procedure by working men caused evident surprise and perplexity to tho 'lords of capital' They found themselves placed on the horns of a dilemma , either to refuse claims , which by their self-evident resonableness and justice , they could not with any decency reject , or to surrender upon the altar of equity , usurped powers and advantages to which they had not a shadow of an equitable claim , although long enjoyed by them , to their own aggrandisement , at the expense of the rights , and by the manifest and direct injury of their workmen and their families . That men of

      high standing , of reputed honour and character , who , they would pretend , form the chief elements in that comercial pedestal upon which is raised the proud ihbric of England ' s glory and greatness ; that BUch men should of these two alternatives choose the meanest and the basest , can only be attributed to the lamentable influence which the withering avarice of trade has upon the morals and characters of those within its influence . The aphorism of the camel and the needle ' s eye is strictly and logically true . If we may judge of their philosophy by their actions , we may suppose they adopted the reasoning ofthe noble poet > the hon . member for Colchester , which , to suit the occasion we thus paraphrase : — Let law and right , morals and honour die , But , oh ! preserve to us our class monopoly .

      Yes , when the new and improved tactics of onion placed them in this difficult and unforeseen position , they came to the determination to pitch all the chivalric feeling of their order to the winds , and to adopt the illogical motto of the late Duke of Newcastle , 'I have a right to do as Hike with my own . ' And they followed out their magnanimous policy with a vigour and gallant disregard to all moral results , which led to an ultimate and dearly-bought triumph . In the "Wolverhampton case it was pursued in strict accordance with the mental and moral peculiarities of the prime mover in a spirit of the most intense meanness , by the most unscrupulous disregardof thechara iter of the means or

      agents by which the end desired , cr a conviction could be accomplished . The Union was to be destroyed , per fas aut nefas—by fair means or foul ; and verily , the latter were not wanting . The heroes of Bucklersbury carried their measures in another fashion . Their ' s was the true Napoleonic coup d ' efaf . They considered thafc . desperate diseases required desperate remedies , ^ ahd , like their notorious prototype , believed that the end would , in the estimation of their public , justify the means , however unusual and despotic . The history of these straggles—the despotic use ofthe power which union and capital gave to the employers—the unscrupulous efforts ofthe press , which should be the guardian and champion of

      right and humanity , to mislead public opinion—and the temporary triumph of might over right—are too recent and too widely-known to need further comment ; and we only now allude to these recent occurrences to connect tbem as parts of a systematic policy by which all future attempts by labour , to protect its rights , will be certainly defeated , unless a corresponding change of system and policy is adopted by the working classes . The same spirit , differing only in its mode of manifestation , is to be observed in the recent proceedings of the Silk Trade of Macclesfield , as reported in our last communication . The operatives there , desirous of some more efficient and less obnoxious mode of settling Trades' disputes ,

      than strikes and turnout ? , established a Labour Board , consisting of one-half employers and onehalf employed , with the consent and co-operation of the employers , and with ( we believe ) one of the latter as President . It is difficult to conceive an arrangement more equitable , or better calculated to secure substantial justice to either party that this , if its awards were honestly and honourably carried out . For two or three years it worked with great satisfaction to both masters and workmen . Many old grievances were redressed ; petty encroachmentsthe usual advanced guard of more serious innovaturns—were prevented ; thecompetitiveappetite ofthe employers , which , like jealousy , * grows with what it

      feeds on , ' was kept within reasonable limits j prices and wages were prevented from sudden and unnecessary fluctuations : and the manufacturing operations of the district went on harmoniously , and , consequently satisfactorily , and no doubt beneficially to the history of the town . But there was one thing wanting to complete and crown this greatly improved system—a something which should render the awards of this fairly constituted Trades' jury binding upon the honour and consciences of the respective parties . It has been proved , times out of mind , that principle stands no chance when brought into contact with interest . Piedgrs and promises appear , by the canons of the commercial code of morality , to be things made only to be broken and

      disregarded upon the first favourable emergency . The recent events in Wolverhampton , Oldham , and Macclesfield , prove inconteitibiy that the spoken and even written promises of these satraps of Trade ate like' dicers' oaths' deceptive and worthless . They have been proved to have been made and entered on for the avowed purposes of deception—to amuse and cajole tbe credulous simplicity of unsuspecting delegates . What a dangerous example ! Whit a horrible state of moral anarchy shall we be driven into , if this bad example should prove contagions , and all the arrangements and dealings between labour and capital are in future to depend upon this faithless and rotten foundation . The Messrs . Brocklehurst , to suit their momentary interests ,

      unhesiUtingry ignore the award of the arbitrators they had themselves assisted fa appoint . They also assumed ' the right to do as they liked with their own / irrespective , of rourse , of the rights of others . And the excellent system ol the Macclesfield Board of Trade is broken up , and all the glorious anarchy and immorality of the strike system restored to lull and vigoroui activity , and , as a natural consequence , conspiracies , indictments , convictions and imprisonments of honest and innocent men loom in the distance . This state of thirgs cannot be permitted to continue . Labour most be protected from the dishonest , avarice and immorality of capital . We conjure the working men of all trades to well ponder this matter , to contemplate steadily and unprejudicedly the fnture which awaits tbem .

      The policy we have here pointed to , and which has been so successful , will be the capitalist policy of the futuie , and , as they are , the wotkingm en are powerless for resistance . June 17 , 1852 . William Peel , Secretary .

      Meeting Of Mikehs. At A Meeting Of The L...

      MEETING OF MIKEHS . At a meeting of the Leaton Deleval miners , at which deputations attended from WtstCramlingtonand old Cramungton Collieries , the following resolutions were adopted : — « That to ensure tbe greatest possible amount of s »' ety to the hies ol the miners , the currents of atmospheric air should be ample and sufficient to carry off all the deleterious and noxious gues given ont by the mine ; that to d-pend upon safety limps is fallacious , seeing there has Win more live * lost since their introduction than before . ' ' V 5 ?* * 8 nfficient Nttnber of Inspectors and Sub-Inspectors c got to be ap , , i el to visit and examine the mines ( es-

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      pecially those which mike the most fire-damp ) at !«»* monthly , so that they may he enabled to point out the dingers existing , and thereby prevent such frequent loss ot life by a timely removal of the cause . ' « That in the opinion of rt >;» meeting the efforts made by the Inspector of wines for this district at the various inquests held at Washington , Killingwortb , and Hebburn explosions , have been partial and inadequate , and not calculated to e'icit the truth , notwithstanding the nature of the evidence given by the miners on each of the above cases , which clearly demonstrated negligence on the part of the managers thereof . '—Matthew Richakdson , Chairman . _

      These , or nearly similar resolution ? , have also been agreed to at Old Cramlington Colliery , and are being sent up to the Committee of the House of Commons now sitting to examine into the causes of those sad and fearful disasters which disgrace the page of history of the nineteenth century . . , , A petition is being signed by the Lancashire miners based on resolutions of a like nature . ,, _ Yours , & c , M . Jude . P . S .-An inquest was held on the bodies of the two men who were killed by a boiler explosion at Spittai Tongues Collierv . The evidence went to show that had a whistle heen fixed to indicate danger , & c , the calamity , in all probability , would not have happened . The engineer deposed that there was such an instrument ready on the colliery , but that it never had heen fixed , for which neglect no reason could be given . The verdict was , as usual , ' Accidental death . ' Such is ' Crowner ' s Quest Law .

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      73- We shall be glad to receive Eeports of Progress from Managers or Secretaries of Co-operative Associations and Stores , in Eogland , Ireland , Scotland and Wales .

      Co-Operative Store, Bradford, June 22.—S...

      Co-operative Store , Bradford , June 22 . —Since our last report was published we have held regular monthly meetings , at which we have discussed and revised our rules as satisfactory as possible , considering the obstacles which exist and prevent as from enrolling ourselves under the law ; but new that a Bill has passed the House of Lords" for the better regulating trading societies , " we hope to he amongst those whom it is intended to benefit . We have also had two district meetings , and formed an union called the "NorthernUnion , " at which Messrs . Hole , Green , and Egglestoo , were requested to draw up a "Constitution , " which will be submitted to an adjourned meeting on Sun .

      day next , the object of the Society being to make joint purchases , and have all the advantages of the wholesale markets . We have also engaged a traveller in the stuff trade ( Mr . Job Sutcliffe ) , who will , as soon as possible , visit the different stores with samples and patterns of Bradford goods , and from our peculiar position , we flatter ourselves to be able to supply Alpacas , Lustres , Orleans , Paramattas , Merinoes , & c , at such prices as cannot fail to satisfy all societ ' es who desire to see the principles of Co-operation flourish . Our half yearly meeting will take place at the end of the month , and our balance sheet will show to the world that ourprinciplesarenot only just but practicable . —Joseph Httdsos .

      Co-operative League . —The fifth meeting of this body was held on Tuesday . Mr . Smith read a paper on " Education as the only sure and safe means of introducing the new era , " and concluded b y expressing his conviction that only by establishing schools for the more rational education of youth could substantial socialprogress be ensured . An animated discussion ensued , iu which Messrs . Nicholls , Gnine , Owen , R . Cooper , Lloyd Jones , Nash , and Hart took part , after which the meeting adjourned .

      Mr. W. Newton And The Tower Hamlets Elec...

      MR . W . NEWTON AND THE TOWER HAMLETS ELECTIOA . GREAT MEETJNG IN BONNER'S FIELDS . On Monday evening last an open air meeting of the electors and non-electors was held in Bonner's-fields , to hear the sentiments of Mr . W . Newton . At an early hour crowds assembled , and at about half-past six the proceedings commenced by Mr . W . Davies being called to the chair . Mr . Davis " said , that in this case the interests of the small shopkeepers and the working man were identical , and it was their imperative duty to work boldly together to secure the return of Mr . Newton . ( Cheer / . ) He begged to introduce Mr . Newton to the meeting .

      Mr . W . Newton then stepped forward , and was met with oud cheers . He said , those who were working to secure his return did not seek to carry people with them by noise , bat by argument . The only way in which the working classes can be made powerful is by their continual discussion of questions of social reform , by which they would gain knowledge and power . Political reform is a question affecting the interests of all classes ; and men should speak plainly and say how much tbey were for , so that others might know whom to select . Well , then , he was in favour of Manhood Suffrage , and all those other measures necessary to conserve it when gained . Political reform will remove those evils which maintain a Slate Church which exists without the affection of the people . But we want more than a

      separation of Church and State ; we want great social reform , and political } power and intelligence will bring those refirms . Is it not scandalous that a government should fitter away months in discussing a measure they have not dated to insist upon—the " Papal aggression" act—instead of attending to the wants of the people ? Instead of any such an act being passed , we should have bad an act which would tend to place all religions on an equality . He would now treat of another important question , and one in which he would be found differing from all the other candidatesthe important one of Education . He was in favour of an Unsectarian National Education . Tbe ignorance of society is increasing to an alarming extent , and this was because a system of national education had never been acknowledged

      and put into operation . ^ Ignorance was an evil of a national character—a natTSmBBJjmabfcmnat remove it . Though he favoured , and wou ^ ann national education , it must not be snpposeoJj | $ Hppiivocated centralisation . The system he would » j | pRywas one which could be controlled by the local auttioneesl The system of . W . J . Fox was the most ehlcientj ^ lld' that he would ever advocate . Let us have edacctfon , ' and then England might be truly great , for all notions are great in proportion to their intelligence . ThjDe ^ pne question , however , far , far beyond that , the h | » mn ! one of all . how shall we employ our population ? T ^^ a tesmau who practically solves this question will earn a " high and lofty reputation . All that present governments can , or will do , is to build workhouses .

      Bnt such remedies are fast becoming obsolete , and they must give way to wiser arrangements . The Political Economists tell us that there ia an over population , and that labour cannot be found for all ; but . there is no labour in the country for which a demand cannot be found . While men want food , clothing , shelter , and other necessaries of life , there is the demand fer labour . Let Home Colonies be established , and let the millions of acres of uncultivated land be the ground work for employment , and we should toon get rid of over population theories . The land of tbis kingdom will support 100 , 000 , 000 human beings , and of a population of less than 30 , 000 , 000 we have thousands perishing from want . If government will not , or cannot , introduce great social remedies , let them give place to men

      who can and will . It is assumed that government is always to be what it is ; but tbis is a system ot government usurp , ing power to fatten on corruption , and cannot last . The £ 7 , 000 . 000 expended in poors rates should be saved , and this fund would , rightly employed , find labour for tbe whole of the half a million unemployed able-bodied labourers . ' fit , comfortable , overseers might not believe in this statemeat , hut he could assure those gentlemen that if efficient men had £ 7 , 000 , 000 placed in their hands they could soon abolish pauperism . If the half million of the able-bodied were employed by the rates instead of being kept in idleness , they would produce ( computing their earnings at Is . ' psr day ) as much as would covet the rates , and provide for the aged and infirm paupers . He would support the abolition of the law of settlement and the nationalisation of poor rates .

      This would remove the competition of what is called the surplus Jal o ir , and thus « aMe" the working men , who do not live on the rates , to obtain better wages and relieve them from the necessity of keeping the unemployed . To accomplish such reforms a anion of the well-disposed thinking portion of the middle class with the working class should he effectated . The Parliamentary and financial Reformers have not obtained the confidence of the people and thus they have created no effect on the government ; It was the electors of the Tower Hamlets to decide on the day of election whether these principles were worthy of support . The example would not be lost on other places . Another fortnight would bring on the eve of aJGeneral Election , and no time must he lost in securin ? the triumph of the « e principles of social and political amelioration . Mr Newton then sat down amid tbe most hearty and enthusiastic

      f * Q & £ F 5 Mr . Jons Shaw then rose to move a resolution , pledging the meeting to support Mr . W . Newton ' s election He regretted that the other candidates had not ventured to show themselves to state to that meeting their particular riews He did not see aman there who should not enjoy his politi ical rights ; but while they were ruled by class-legislation they would always find governments engaged inintoKt tis & Jsaiastfje ?« to the «* the ^ s 2 T in bn " efbttt " ceUent ^ . seconded

      The Chaib * is ( Mr . W . Davis ) then spoke eJoQUea «* ^ aZT T £ 5 * ' T - ' 8 c ! alm * ° supporSd S eluded by putting the resolution , which was carried \ withmu a wayfe rfMrenfioifinoneofthe linn * » L # - ii t \ l in these fields . After aa ^ JS & S £ & TJ ^ the meeting separated . J Cheeis for Mr - Aeffton -

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      EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL . COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH .-Monday . THE QUEEN v . NEWMAN . CMMI . VAL IsrOBlfAWOS . This was a criminal information filed by Dr . Giacinti Achilli against John Henry Newman , D . D ., a Roman Ca tholic priest . Tbe information charged the defendant wit ! composing and publishing a libel on the said Giacmt < Achilli . The defendant pleaded first not guilty , upon whicl issue was joined ; secondly , he pleaded certain allegation ; of fact , and said that the libel wastrueinsubstanoe , an . that its publication was for the public benefit . To this thi prosecutor replied that the defendant had published it n his ' own wrong and without the alleged cause . The Attorney-General , the Solicitor-General , and Mr Ellis appeared in support of the prosecution ; and sir A . & Cockburn , Mr . Sergeant WUkins , Mr Bramwell , Q . C . Mr . Addison , and Mr . Baddeley , for the defendant . MrEms having opened the pleadings ,

      . The ArroEKEr-GENEBAL stated the case to the jury . This was a criminal information filed against Dr . J . ew msn'for a libel contained in a pamphlet published m Octobc last year , entitled , " Lectures on the present position o Catholics in England , " by John Henry Newman , D . D . , Th . prosecutor , Dr . Giacinto Achilli , was an Italian by birth He had been a monk of the Dominican order , and a priest o the Koman Catholic Church ; he had since embraced th < Protestant faith , and was now a preacher of the gospel m the Italian Protestant Chapel , in the neighbourhood o Golden-square . Dr . Nowman was formerly in the commu nionofthe Established Church , a very distinguished gra Ihad been converted

      duate ofthe University of Oxford ; he to the Roman Catholic faith , of which he was now , if nol one of the most able , certainly one of the most zealous , preachers . Dr . Achilli , in 1850 , had paid occasional visits to this country , but at the commencement of that year , having recently escaped from the prisons of the inquisition at Kome , in which he was confined for sis months , ho arrived in this country , and had been here ever since . In a pamphlet Dr . Newman undertook that which he considered to be a duty to the faith he had embraced , to destroy the character of Dr . Achilli . In p . 195 he introduced tbe subject in this manner : — .., ,. ! in

      " O the one-sided intellect of Protestantism I appeal evidence of it to a great banquet , where amid great applause , the first judge of the land spoke of trampling Cardinal Wiseman's hat under his feet . I appeal to the last 6 th of November , when jeers against the blessed sacrament and its rites were chalked up in the metropolis with impunity , under the very shadow ofthe court , and before the eyes of the Home office and the police . I appeal to the mock processions to ridicule , and bonfires to burn , what we hold most venerable and sacred , not only Pope , and cardinal , and priest , but tho very mother of our Lord , and the very crucifix itself . I appeal to those ever growing files of newspapers , whose daily task , in the tedious succession of months , has been to cater for the gross palate of their raaders all varieties of disgusting gossip , and of bitter reproach ,

      and of extravagant slander , and ot aflronting , taunting , sneering , irritating , invective against us . And in the midst of outrages such as these , my brothers of the Oratory , wiping its mouth , and clasping its hands , and turning up its eyes , it ; trudges to the Town Hall to hear Dr . Achilli expose the inquisition . Ah ! ; Dr . Achilli , I might have spoken of him last week had time admitted of it . The Protestant world flocks to hear him , because he has something to tell ofthe Catholic Church . He has something to tell it is true ; he has a scandal to rovea ); he has an argument to exhibit . It is a simple one , and a powerful one as far as it goes , and it is one . That one argument is himself . Itis his presence which is the triumph of Protestants . It is the sight of him which is a Catholic ' s confusion . It is , indeed , our sreat confusion that our holy mother could have a

      priest- like him . Ho feels the force of the argument , and he shows himself to the multitude that is gazing on him . ' Mothers of Families , ' he seems to say , ' gentle maidens , innocent children , look at me , for I am worth looking at . You do not see such a sight every day . Can any church live over the imputation of such a production as I am ? ; ; I have been a Catholic and an infidel—I have been a ^ omaK priest and a hypocrite—I have been a profl | ga | pindeip | iS ; cowl . I am that Father Achilli , whoas enrly ^^ 826 ^ Ns deprived of my faculty to lecture fpr an ^ ff ^^^ superiors did their best to conceal : « audlw ^ already earned tbe reputation of a ( Swnda 1 « its ?) ¥ ia ^ VI am that Achilli who , in tho dioqese ^ r ^ ipbo 1 | u Fehruary , 1831 , robbed * of her honoUrvs ^ bjml ^ mBri ^ f eighteen ; in oi

      wno oepcemoer , -io * Ji'Was . ioonQ guiuy a seoouu susu crime , in the case ct ^ a ^ vpersontbTjtWency-ei ght ; and who perpetrated a thirdjn ^ ulyj $ 834 v -in ' ' the case of another aged twenty-four . ^ I ^ a % ^ h . e )^ w . ( io was afterwards found guilty of sins sihYilar ^ t ^ brsey in other towns of the neighbourhood . 1 am that son of St . Dominic who is known to have repeated the offence at Capua , in 1834 or 1835 ; and at Naples again , in 1840 , in the case of a child of fifteen . I am he whorohose the ' sacristy of the church for one of these crimes , ' and ; Good Friday for another . Look on me , jig mothers of England , a confessor against Popery , foral ' ne ' er may look upon my like again . ' I am that vexiaH priest , who , after all this , began to speak against , , p | H 9 tha Catholic faith , but the moral law , and perverJa ^ pPP by my teaching . I am the cavaliere Achilli , wnjjfflgm v werifc

      to Corfu , made the wife of a tailor foithlessjHgnHisband , and lived publicly and travelled about v «| jMMpyJfe of a chorus singer . I am that professor iatettHBWpt ' ant college at Malta , who , with two otheH ^^ HmlBBed from my post for offences which the aj ^^^ p SfiWget themselves to describe . And u <>^^^^^ w ? hi 0 , ' ' such as I am , and yon shall -see what you «|^^^ eabdut the barbarity and profligacy of the iAOW ^^^^^ me You s P eak trulv ' O Achilli , and ; , wec ^ W ^ Pwrer ^ oua word . You are a priest ; you ihaveM ^^^ iar !; you are , it is undeniable , the scandal ; M ^^^^^ f . and the palmary argument of ProtestantBa ^^ ^ « traordinary depravity . You have been , it is « f | jKpp profligate , an unbeliever , and a hypocrite . ^ jtBgfisny years passed of your conventual life , Slav you were never in choir , always

      in private houses , so that the laity observed you . You were deprived of your professorship—we own it ; you were prohibited from preaching and hearing confessions ; you were obliged to give hush-money to tho father of one of your victims , as we learn from the official report of the police of Viterbo . You are reported in an official document of the Neapolitan police to be' known for habitual incontinency ;' your name came before the civil tribunal at Corfu for your crime of adultery . You have put the crown on your offences by , as long as you could , denying them all ; you havo professed to seek after truth , when you were ravening after sin . Yes , you are an incontrovertible proof that priests may fall , and friars break their vows . You are your own witness ; but while you need not go out' of

      yourself for your argument neither are you able , with you the argument begins ; with you too it ends ; the beginning and the ending you are both . When you have shown yourself , you have done your worst and your all ; you are your host argument , and your sole , Your witness against others is utterly invalidated , by yonr witness against yourself . You leave your sting in the wound ; yon cannot lay the golden eggs , for you are already dead , " Dr . Achilli felt that he was obliged to apply to tho law for vindication of his character against these vile slanders , and called on his accusers , in a court of law , to make good tho charges against him , and he is ready to stand or fall on this his day of trial . The rule of court was then read , and the necessary documentary evidence to prove the libel . This was the case for the prosecution .

      Sir E . CocKBcacr for the defence , then rose and proceeded to the justification of the various charges in the libel . The first accusation against Dr . Achilli was that he had robbed of her virtue and character a young woman of eighteen at Viterbo . He would call her before the jury and prove the fact . The libel charges that in the year 1833 Dr . Achilli committed another such crime ; that waa the case of Rosa Allessandris ; and another in July , 1834 . For these crimes he was tried ; he confessed them , and was punished . The libel charges that " in the year 1826 I was deprived of my faculty to lecture for an offence whioh my superiors did their best to conceal . " In that it appeared to be some mistake as to tbe date ; but the fact was that he was so deprived ! It says , " and who in 1827 had already acquired the reputation of a scandalous friar , " There . were

      yet two more of . these oases , which form the subject of the libel . "I am that son of St . Dominic who ia known to have repeated the offence at Capua in 1834 and 1835 , and at Naples—again , in 1840 , In the case of a child of fifteen . " By Mb own confession he admitted that he had committed these offences . The same of tbe girl was Maria Giovanni Principe , now married to a person named Beliaario . I shall prove to you that upon this girl he made several attempts , that he got her in a room of the chapel of a convent , that he got her with child , and that he was obliged to make compensation to the father . The girl is married now , and w a . respectable woman , After this he went to Capua , where he opened what he called an Italian Church , but there beaoon got into a scrape , " and made the wife of a tailor faithless to her husband . " The tailor had sanarated

      from hia wife and had been adjudged to allow her 2 s . a wees : as alimony . But he distrusted the fidelity of his wife , and watched her house at night with the view of clearing up his suspicions , and one night , at half-past eleven o ' clock , he saw a person come there , not m the dress of a priest but in an ordinary dress . He seized hold of the party , and holding up a light , he found that it was Dr . Achilli . The tailor then appealed to the Court , but the affair was compromised * and it was agreed that the husband should pay ? ww m n a that the wife 8 hould b « relieved from £ a b £ ' Afterthl 8 . * " » dalhewenttoZante . At that ffn , m Tu , 1 ua"ltatlC 9 Of a chorus-singer named ^ . wl' a H w , f f of ""? man was a tobid of noterioualy bad character , and combined prostitution as a means of getting money with the profession which her hus-IS ? ™?\{ ° \ ?'• .. 4 ™ *> o k these people 5 o his d [ t " ° '

      dSCJT ^ J \ ^ « *«* . here hTwa desirous of establishing this reformed Italian Church under w , T"on w 4 ? t h he r ^ l in D 00 k of having received from Heaven . He established this church by the help of EcL era ^ n ? ame i ?• ?? ^ Mr . Reynolds happened to knowsomething of this Madame Coriboni . Her character was open and notorious , and yet , to Mr . Reynold ' s astomshment , when he went to tha cbW 0 b 7 be f 3 the wife officiating aapew-openar , and the htu & nSu ^ clerk £ thereupon remonstrated with Dr . A ^ Slhave Mr Rev 5 & ttfasirj ttSf ? s ^? ittsyi ^ MsSS ? s aniw ^ h ^ f ^^^^ jaayS-in ^^^** : Xi ? a ^ a ara ^^ tei

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      always that degree of familiarity betn-een the parties which naturally led to unfavourable conclusions . From what was seen going on between Dr . Achilli and this woman it became necessary to close the blinds of this and the adjoining houses , the ladies in which were much soandaised . Dr . Achilli was seen walking arm-in-arm with this lady , and sitting at table with her , and no doubt was left that a criminal intercourse subsisted between them In the year 1840 , being at Rome , during the time ofthe Revolution , he there married a lady named Holey , according to the rites of the new Roman Catholic Church , "Whether or not that was consistent with his vows of perpetual chastity was a question for himself . At the first house in whioh he Hved in London there was a maid servant named Harriet Harris . He made use of every effort to seduce that

      young woman when she brought him up water , and tried again tho next day , Mrs . Achilli then arrived in London , and he desisted from bis attempts . Though not successful with her ( Harris ) , ho was successful with another , named Legg . Ho took a house at No . 11 , Shaftesbury-terrace , Pimlico . Jane Legg was there , sho yielded to his solicitations , and became with child . But I believe not only Dr . Achilli , but a friend of his also , who was there , had connexion with her . She went away , and had a child , who died of the small-pox , and it appeared that though Dr . Achilli never did anything for her , he never denied that he had had to do with her . He had another servant , Sarah Wood , whoso

      reluctance and resistance he overcame ; and another , named Catherine Gorman , with whom be did not succeed . If these witnesses are to be believed when you sec them in tho box—if when a married man and removed from those demoralising examples which he witnessed when in the convents of the Dominican order—having left that polluted atmosphere for the purer atmosphere of the Protestant Church—if having allied himself in what he believed to be a matrimonial alliance with a young lady who devoted her . self to him , he endeavoured to make erery wom ; m the instrument of his lust , that will throw somo light upon his conduct , and will , I think , lead you to believe that these charges are well founded .

      The following witnesses were then called by the defendant : — Eleasa Giustiki , an Italian woman , married , and about forty years of age , was the first witness called . Sho was examined by Mr . Bramwell , and gave her evidence in a very clear and intelligent manner , without any appearance o ' f hesitation . She answers to the description of a respectable poor person in this country , and though sufficiently plain looking now , was probably a oomoly girl at the time to which her testimony chiefly referred . Her evidence was given in Italian , and translated to the Court and jury by the interpreters engaged on behalf of either party . She said—My husband's name is Tincenzo Guistini , and I was married two years ago ; my maiden name is Valente , nnd I have lived all my life at Viterbo . I know the Dominican convent there , and remember Dr . Achilli , who was one of the monks . I went to the convent , when he called me , about twentythree years ago , more or lea ? . I was then about seventeen or eighteen .

      Mr . Bramwbll . —Did anything happen between Dr . Achilli and yourself ? Witness . —That for which he sent for me . He deflowered me . I was a virgin at the time . It took place in a part of tbe sacristy . I had been alone with Dr . Achilli in other places before while in the service of Signora Gentili , with whom Dr . Achilli was acquainted . She resided in a country house near Viterbo , and Dr . Achilli had been there on a visit during the month of October . He had taken liberties with me previously when I walked out with him alone at his invitation . It is the custom in Italy when any one is in service for visitors to give a present , and Dr . Achilli called me to the convent for that purpose . That was the first occasion on which he bad criminal intercourse with me . I consented to what took place , for I was there alone and was obliged . ( Sensation . ) The aofc took place again some time after and was continued in the convent , and twice besides in a house in Viterbo . I spoke to him on the sin of it . Mr , Bramwell . — What did he say ?

      Witness . —That there was no sin . I told him that it was a hellish matter , but he said not at all ; otherwise hell would be quite full . ( Loud laughter . ) Cross-examined by the Atiohkev . Genekal .--1 arrived in London on Thursday last , and left Viterbo six months ago on the 23 rd ofthe month . In the interval I have been at Paris , Dover , and some other place between Dover and this . A lady named Signora Rosinsi de Berna waa with me and my husband . I can't say what street I lived in at Paris , but I was there for three months , after which I came

      to Dover—I think in May , I lived in Dover close to the sea ; I can't give the address , but the lady who was with me knows all about it . There were other witnesses in the cause in Paris and at Dover , besides myself . Two of them accompanied me from Paris , Joanna Princepo and her mother , They lived in the same house with me at both places . 1 had my instructions from a lawyer , whose name Iknow sot , to come over here , and I had the approval -of rafecurate before I left . g | f | bo Attorney-General . —Did you ask his leave to ffiffiel

      ragpness . —He told me I ought to come here . His name pDr . Guiseppe Ramazzi . I talked with tbe other witnesses p'Paris , 1 told them what had happened to me , and they told me what had happened to them . ( Laughter . ) I did not know them previously . I have seen other witnesses besides those mentioned in London , but not in Paris or Dover . One was an English gentleman , named Reynolds . I have not talked with any priest since my arrival in London . I had only known Dr , Achilli a month before he seduced me , and he was then called Father Achilli . Signora Gentili ' a villa was about two miles from the convent , and Father Achilli went there to remain a month as a visitor . There were two other members of the family , both men , and I was the only maid . Hot more than firo or six days elapsed before he began to take liberties with mo . The villa was in a retired situation , and when he first walked

      out with me he solicited my chastity . He took- me to show me bird shooting at a place where two members of the family were . This I did not see , for I did not reach the spot . He took me to a hut which was not occupied , but there was a shepherd passing near with his flock . I went in with Dr . Achilli , who told me that that was the shooting place , and ho then solicited my chastity , which I denied him , absolutely behoving it to be a sin . I returned home m his company , and said nothing about what had happened to Signora Gentili , but I told it to my confessor when I went to confession some five or six days after . He was not a Dominican , but a priest of the district called Farini . I did not walk again with Father Achilli in the country , but during his stay he repeated his solicitations in the house of my mistress . He told me one night not to go to bed but wait for him and he would come to see me .

      The Aitobney-Gekebal . —Why did he say so ? Witness . —Because ho said be bad to get by heart a panegyric to St . Cecilia , which he had to deliver some days after . I went to bed , and be came and knocked at the door , which I had looked , but I did not answer . He knocked gently . My room was far away from Signora Gentili ' s , which was near that of Dr . Achilli . I said nothing to her m the morning , but showed myself disturbed and wishful to leave the place . The Signora did not ask mo any questions , and I gave her no reason for leaving , as I had only taken the situation

      for a month . Dr . Achilli had left for his convent before me . My father and mother were living at the time in Viterbo , and I went home to them , but I did not mention the subject to them . The affair of tho convent happened some time in November , but I do not remember the day , and I had not seen Dr . Achilli after my return till then . It took place about nine or ten o ' clock in the morning , and he was waiting for me in the sacristy , which is off the chapel , when I arrived . I suppose it was more conve . mentfor him to have me in the sacristy . It is an open room , where the monks put on their vestments . The Atiousky-Grnebai ,. —Did he use foroe ?

      Witness , —No . He led me into another room by some stairs . He took an inkstand and a sheet of paper with him . and said «« Come up , " whereupon I followed . When i arrived in the room I ceased to observe objects . I was frightened , and did not know what was to be done to me . but I did not lose my senses . ' I could not now tell all the ? wS K l , t , 8 i 80 , i ? y year 8 ago but all I know is that at that moment he dishonoured me . I resisted , but do not remember if I cried . I was , however , in a perspiration . After the act he sent me away . Sl *« il ^ " ?? B ^ - he Bto y «> u any presents ? Witness ( charply ) .-He gave me a silk handkerchief , which waji older than himself . ( Great laughter . ) I went home , and the next day went to confession to the same confessor to whom I confessed before . I began to cry , and ISnif ^ ' } knew J , were the hands of a rap * oious wolf in sheep ' s clothing . " ( Sensation )

      mother ? I " "" you 8 ay aB y * hing to your Witness . —No ; because the confessor prohibited me from ! SS T ' v ! anybody , on account of Achilli being an ecclesiastic . ( Sensation . I showed the handkerchief to my confessor Thesecond time the actdidnotSep a e Dr AchTaL hi *™ * 7 ™ *&* itt Viterb ° iSSSfS mu ' d he 8 ent wr me t-bete . The Attobx £ v , 6 bnebal . -How came you to go to him again after his treatment ! B w , ! I ^ e mucb animation . l-I felt I -was dis-S &^" " ^ - ^ Ss torn theSJ ^ V j 8 ? rery much bia g ™ g a W irora tiie place . I do not know the house , but he took mn w " en fwTnt WiS a ain « a ^ Sfi Xr who rL : n t made me Bit aIs 0 > What occurred Sfi ^ aSr nn ° i ? 1 " ° l 0 Dg ainCe > l mu 8 t haTe EThT 2 n 3 r i The next time it happened was and told him M I T a ? erard 3 ^ nt to another confessor custom Ir EftnH S . > teU him wh 0 ik *" , for the custom is to mention the sin , and not the sinner . ' fS-nmu

      eeme" andffiT ^ "V Whcn 7 ™ oanoomo to aotSa 9 Cnmmi ^ - I ^ Could l dld ' The second time tho the fir « t TV tted m thoe n was in the same place as » .. li- ^ for ° 8 was used on that occasion , I suppose it S . ' * ' f * Permitted to the woman to say , « nr . fa « i ; 2 , f 8 lrI as I was I could not ask him . In confessmg myseif j 8 aid m T hfl ( J 8 jnned wUh an eccIe . siastio in the chapel . It may have occurred more than umJI m f ' T . he second time l went to the house of his remu « was because ha sent for me . The ArroB » ET-GBNBBAL .--Did he use force on that occasion 1 Witness . —The first time he forced me , but after that he used the caresses which are usual towards women . ( Laughter . ) The AwoiWBr-GsifBRAL . —Did he give you any other presents besides the silk handkerchief ?

      Witness . —Yes , and beautiful , presents they were—three sausages ! ( Great laughter . ) The sausages were given at the same time as the handkerchief . ( Continued laughter . ) The Atioknet-Gbhbiui ,, —Did ho ever give you any other presents ?

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      2 « K . sSt « "a «^ s " Is it troo that fatherXVii ?*?" ' a c ) , em ^ t , « 2 "V answered , "Who told yJu thafi \>/^ ereu " ou > ; The chemist said A so a ? S J t and > ho said . " & L * ^ ff ^ ^ -a could ^ . fiSSE ^^• in ^^^ ^ --- . ^ ^" « cs ^ s £ ^ 7 ^ Ih . Achilli was professor of PhilosonK . S , *? » a « n . p ^& z ^^^ p si ' l-baugoier . ; All the papers of tie fiidinn ,. ' n ° > 0 Wid is ! % &^^^ ^ i &»* V 4 ^ a ^ aSt ^ married 0 f

      , - """ v wen ciaht voar » on r *» mi' r *> - <\ ^' fxt , and my widen nnmJSaP ^ , ctol W eight years of ago when I married ind ^ fL « t ,, e « ' - at Naples . I ] tneir Dr . Achil 1 SeS" \ , J h „ t ][ M quamted with him vhen aboutthirSn ovfoirtSS Can , e ¦ £ age . I at that time frequented tl O clmvoW nf t ? ,- Vftlf S of prayer , and first saw Dr , Achilli ? n fh « ? bt , 1 > et ^ fo church , who was Prior , when ^ w n to nnkf f } ' , of > ing of money at the images of S ? of tft ^ 'l 10 ff ^ he said nothing , but I welit one dav alone A , At fi"t iTn !* V ' i 8 ty and ' » bra « a » rcio « w heft ^ j ofaa ^ bnt ho prevented it , and dishonour ^ ' £ » p ( Mr . tomxt .-m ho use violence to effect hi , , ' Witness .-YeS . He threw mo ona kind of Poh i »• to get away and struggled hard with Mm . l vL l 1 " * S ^™ » i «!? J *??™ w »? t . & KS " » . j ! uioiner

      . nun ,-. mo went toDr , i « i , i » - "'' however , was not with tbem . I romonsuSed , h t ' : I he time , and said it was a harm and an evil hon , r at but ho replied , that it was nobarm-thuitll ^ ' ' good than an evil . ' ta ™ r a Mr . Babdelkt . —Was this in tho sacristy ? Witness—Yes . I did not return from the chun-i , i , „ same door at which I entered . urch b tbo Mr BADDELEV .-Did he make you any presents ! $ ^ 82 teg ^ X ? SStti scay * " *' my ** * * s , Cross-examined by the Aitouotv-Gesebal . -I w . ,,. m England about two months , and while in him mr ? m the witness Giustini . We are now livin" & and have talked together about tho busing r have not conversed with any prieat S \ n l ing over to give evidence . Whon Invent to Plt ,, ?' under the image ofthe saint I saw Dr . Achilli Mod n ey were other people coming to pay , but of Dominican m , T none except him . The sacrist / was a first 2- tw was a second where the vestments were kept , and tCJ , Z a third where he sat . The door of the sacriS JI ? l ? way , and the entrance to these other rooms i » ' ali f went to the sacristy to put down my name , but the Li was paid at the end of the year , and thisiva , &

      Auh l US ? . t 0 # > at different hours « ben 1 Wd 7 Actum would be engaged on this particular hnsine « li was m the morning , about nine or ten , vhen tie iJ happened , and between Soromber and December J do not remember tho exact date . I went through A ! church to get to the wcriaty , and there were n » nv J « 2 in the church at the time . I went in and presented I little book , which he took and turned over . n 0 LI locked tho door , and I felt some fenr , but lie said "ft quiet , or shame will grow out of it . " 1 kept on sarin * & 1 wanted to go out . I said , « You are a priest , letVecI •" and ho replied "Oh , this is no sin . " ( Laughter . ) jjm not scream . I did not know as much as 1 know now . I did not , however , faint or lose my consciousness , lleked saying to me' « quiet ! " but he did not put his baud on in mouth , and if I had been able to call I could have do ™ J-

      out 1 had not the strength . 1 stood a quarter of an Lout after the act was committed . The Aitobnet-Geseral . —Why ? Witness . —Because he said to me " You are all red in the face now . You had better wait and go out by tho monks ' entrance , and not through the church . " The exit from the sacristy in that way was also locked , but with a son ol latoh , and not a large key . Dr . Achilli showed me the way out , opening the door , and looking if there was anybody about the entrance . I did not at first tell anv bodv of what had happened , but when I had increased so ' much in size

      that I could not conceal the fact I told my mother . Dr . Achilli knew that I was in the family way , but denied that he had anything to do with it . He gave mo sweetmeats both before and after the act happened , aud pv « v ously ho inquired if I had brothers and sisters , Dr , Achilli resided in Naples a year or more after I spoke to mv mother . ( This terminated the coss-examination , and at vast fow o clock the Court rose , reserving the re-examination till the next day . SECO . VD DAY .-TiiBSiur .

      Soma Mabia Balisano was again put into the box and Cross-examined by theATTonsBy-GEsmiL . —I went before the commissary of police before I was confined , when I was four or fivo months gone with child . Dr . Achilli was yet in Naples , It was Dr . Achilli who first applied to tbe police . ^ The question was again put , and the witness said , " Yes . " The affair was repeated seven or eight times , but I can't say how often . Gaetana Priscipb , examined by Sir A . E . Cockburn .-1 am the mother of the last witness . I do not remember the month nor the year when tbis happened . My daughter imj not thon married . She was thirteen or fourteen rears of age . I saw her weep and ill , but I did not know what was

      the matter with her . I inquired of her , and she told me everything , weeping . She told me tho name of the father of the child . Up to that time she had always conducted herself well . I saw Dr . Achilli about this matter . It was about Lent , Dr . Achilli was in a procession . I and my husband took him aside and called him into a house , and told him of the affair . He was angry . He said it was not he , He said , " Observe carefully , I am a priest . " On hearing this matter , he said he had nothing to do with it . [ The interpreter was here changed , aa ho did not appear to understand the witness ' s patois . ] He said he was a priest , and he would apply first to Divine justice , and then to the laws of his country . It was I who said this . He then said ,

      " Go to the deril , if rou like ; to me it matters nothing . " He caused me to be called before tbe commissary of police . 1 wont there . Ho also caused my husband to bo called , and we both of us went . That was a few riavs after . It wag Dr . Achilli who caused us to be called . ' Dr . Achilli was not present before the police when we appeared . Dr . Achilli stated to tne police that a low poor family had ca « lumniated him , and the police sent to know . The commissary , told us to take ouv daughter before him . We did so , beoause he wished to see the age of our daughter . Tbo commissary caused my daughter to confesi everything that had happened . Neither I nor my husband was punished by the police . I don ' t know how soon after Dr . Achilli left Naples . We lost sight of him .

      AST 0 N 10 Rosso , examined by Mr . Sergeant Wilkins . —I am a native of Malta , and a resident at Corfu , I carry on the business of a carpenter . I know one Garamoni , a tailor , at Corfu . I remember walking one night in Member , 1844 , with Marino Tenioe . In the street of Via N 8 " ? we passed the house of the mother-in-law of Garamoni . As wo passed the house Garamoni opened the door . He called me within , and said tome and my friend , " See , here is a Catholic priest , Achilli . " I saw Achilli on the Stairs , near tho apartment of the wife of Garamoni . Tbis was about eleven or half past eleven at night ; I « onI exactly remember . It was dark , without a lamp . IM « held of him , and said , " What are you doing here ? " m trembling , answered , "Me ? nothing . " I knew it «> Achilli because Garamoni called out , and a lamp w « brought , Garamoni was verv antrv . scolding his wife ,

      bis mother-in-law also , and even Achilli . Garamoni cam out for a constable . Achilli then was trembling , but «» nothing . When the light was brought , tbe police not being there , Achilli slipped through and escaped , lie went $ w / like a horse . ( Laughter . ) I and Venice were afterwarw called before the Court , about eight or nine days after , oc positions were taken before the tribunal . Pietro BoccHBCiAMPi and Giovassi Paiiugxaxi g " similar evidence . William Rbtnolos , examined by Sir A . E . Cockburn . - I was employed at Zante for twenty-five years , and a » j now retired on a pension . I assisted Dr . Achilli w establish a chapel there . The first time I went to t ™ chapel I was struck by the appearance of a woman of novu j riously bad character , who was acting as door b eeper * knew her by sight from the circumstance of having »« j her in Cephalonia , whore for three vears she carried c « same kind of life—that of a prostitute . Her ( ireBB l « differant from that of nf . hara whinh mtrnnifld mv attent ™ " *

      She did not dress like the Greek women . I frciuc " lX passed her house when I went to see my friends . She always standing at the door with her breast very mucn e » posed . Her character was notorious . She was a * | .. wonm at Cephulonia . Her husband was a chorus s » V *' He followed Dr . Achilli into the chapel , and acted . «»' clerk , reading the Church of England prayers . My no " was opposite to the gable end of Dr . Achilli ' s . There » a lower house between , but from my bedroom window * could see into a room which was used by this womjn . laundry . The width of the street was about fifteen m > have several times seen Dr . Achilli in that room witn w * . woman , I have seen Dr . Achilli in his shirt sleeves ( I . «>* not see tbe lower part of his dress ) , and tbe woman m Dl open undress , working at her irons . Her shoulders w « . almost bare . She was ironing . I have seen Dr . Acn «« put his hand on her shoulders and her breasts talking »' laughing all the time . I have seen this several time 9 - " used to keen nnr hlinHo j ^ . r thnnoht . it . a verv imP" > l "*

      sight for my daughter to see . I went throug h his bedrooff * There was a bed with two pillows . 1 said , " yo « ' « £ double , or , there is a double bed . " I don't remember -m how he turned it off . In the dining room I obsirved tu ° table was laid with two covers . I apulo ^ ised for b ' r a as I said I thought be was going to have a friend to dinw ; He said I did not intrude : he only had the dinuer !» ' < " " poor Albina ; he made her dine with him . 1 did not fa there again . Rosisa Lavandjjib , a nursery governess , residing at

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26061852/page/6/