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3 THE NORTHERN STAR. March 2?71847,
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Tt«„«„ Monday, Makch 22. House Op Lords ...
rooa Relief ( Iselakd ) Bill , —Cousiittcb . —On the notion of Lord J . Rcssell , the heme then resolved itself into a committee on the PjorBelirf ( Ireland ) Bill . In the committee some discussion took place on the 9 th clause , which was , however , ultimately ( agreed to . On the proportion of the 10 th clause , which provides that " whenever the expenses chargeable to an electoral division of a union in one-half year shaU exceed Is . 3 d . in the pound on the net annual value of such a division , tbe Is . 3 J . is to be charged to the electoral division , and
the remainder to the union at large , " Mr M . J . O Con . nell proposed , ss an amendment , to omit the whole bony , He himself belonged to a particular portion of the community . which did not admit her Msjrttyto beattheheaa ofthe church ; but they admitted the duty was one sanctioned by holy writ . There had been repeated instances Of national humiliation . The povernment would sustain no detriment by having acceded to »• Jhe bisnrps of his owachurch had so far sanctioned , although they dtd not think it ordained by legally spiritual authority , as to recommend to tkeir clergy andpeople the observationof the
lhat as appointed . ofthe clause , aud to insert certain words which would give it this effect : —that *« all expenses to be henceforth incurred for the relief of destitute poor persons in Ireland , whether under the provisions of this act or of the act of the 1 st and Had Victoria , c . 20 , shall be charged to the union at large . " His object was to prevent the rural districts from throwing their population for support on the town districts . The amendment was vigorously resisted by the government , and en a division the numbers for the amendment were—Ayes ... ... 55 Ifoe * ... ... 120 Majority against it — 95 Mr StavioM ) O'BaiSN then moved tbe omission of the 10 th clause , on the grounds , that in union-divisions tbe area of taxation was too large , and it would be more
advisable to make it commensurate with town land divisions . He declined , however , to move his own scheme of rating , as he did not wish to embarrass the government . MrLABOccHiBE defended the clause on the ground that it was a safe and equi'able medium berween the cxtravagant claims made by the representatives of towns for union rating and the equally extravagant claims ofthe agricultural members for town land * rating . He , therefore , trusted that thehouse wouloreject the
amendneat . Considerable debate took place on this amendment , which was denounced by one party as an undisguised landlord ' s job , and defended by the other as absolutely necessary to the salvation ofthe rural proprietors of Ireland . Oa the division the numbers were for the amendment—Ayes •¦ ... ., ... 57 Noel ... ... ... ... H 8 Majority against the amendment ... 61 The clause , therefore , stands as part ofthe bill . The Chairman then rt ported progress , and obtained leave to sit again on Thursday . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , nad the house adjourned at twelve o ' clock , THURSDAY , March 25 .
HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Drainage of Land BUI was read a third Urns , under protest , from the Earl of EUenborough . Lord Stasliv , in an explanatory speech , moved for copies of the correspondence between the Colonial-office and the governor of TanDieman ' s Land , respecting the personal condnct of Sir Ear . Uey Wilmot , which , under the peculiar circumstances of the case , Earl Grey consented to the production of . The Marquis of LosnoHDsa & T gave notice of his intention to ask , on Monday next , whether the bill for limiting the period of enlistment in the army bad been introduced under the sanction of thecommander-im-chief . Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OP COMHOSS . —The house met at twelve o ' clock .
Lord J . Russell , in answer to Mr J . Collett , said he should bring in the bill for amending the constitution of the ecclesiastical commission immediately after the Easter recess , but that the proposition of creating four new bishoprics , or even one , would form no part of tbat
BMIVSl Dismissals kok Public Wosks ( laEUKn . )—On the question of going into committee on the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill , Mr S . O'Cossell called th ; attention of the government -to the dep lorable consequences that were anticipated t » arise from the government order reducing the number of persons em . ployed upon the public works by one-fifth , unless due consideration be paid to the peculiar circumstances of each locality . It was impossible tbat the passive and peaceable conduct of the people could continue if reduced to a state of positive starvation , and he implored the government either to withdraw the Older of discontinuance , or direct depots t * be optned for tbe distribution of food io those who are thus to be deprived of tke meant of subsistence .
Mr Smith O'Beieh oncurred in this appeal to the government , hoping the order would be recalled , or that committees would be appointed to afford out-door relief . Mr . Libotjchbwe had only to repeat his former statemeat—that the order of the government was , that on a certain day a reduction of 20 per cent , should take place upon the aggregate number of persons employed on the public works , bnt not irrespective of localities ; leaving it to the discretion of the Irish government to make the reduction more than 20 per cent ., where it could be safely done , but less where the particular ciacumstancesof the locality would render it dangerous or inadvisable to go to that extent . He felt the deepest gratification in being able to state tbat immense supplies of provisions were pouring into Ireland by means of the ordinary operations of trade , a prediction which he had formerly ventured to hazard , and the realisation of which would effect more good for that country than any direct interference on the part of the government .
Mr Shaw concurred iu the propriety of reducing the number of persons employed on tbe public works , but thought no fixed rule ought to be adopted , unless where relief committees were established . Lord < J . Bextikce . coademned the course taken by the garerantent with retptct to the supply of seed for Ireland , considering himself justified in the assertion that in this respec : they had exercised a pernicious influence as regarded the future cultivation of the soil of that country . Ag * in , with reference to Mr Labouchete ' s seifgratulation as to the abundant supply of food which was deluging Ireland , he would only say that had the govern , aent displayed but a tithe of the sympathy shown by the people ofthe United States , the period of its arrival would have been anticipated by six months at least . He thought the right honourable gentleman had little cause to congratulate himself when he reflected upon the hundreds of thousands of persons who had died under his administration of the affairs of Ireland .
A . desultory debate ensued : 3 » the one side criminatory ofthe government , on the other defensive and palpatory . Pooa Belie ? ( TattiSD ) Bill The house went into committee on the b 11 , Mr J . 0 'Consim . l moving that tha clause proposing an extension ofthe number of ex-oJScio guardians be struck out . After some discussion the committee divided , when the amendment was negatived by a majority of 128 ; as was a further amendment proposed on the same authority , extending the provisions of < he clsu-e to borough as weU as county magistrates , the proposition being rejected by a majority of 112 . Ev ntually the committee got through the bill , but not without threatened amendments and proposed new clauses , to be moved on the bringing op of the report . Thehouse adjourned at a quarter pist seven ,
( From oar Tldrd Edition of last week . } FRIDAY , Masch 19 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The business was limited to the presentation of petitions , and a declaration from the Marquis of Conyngham , that tkough his name was appended to the protest of the " Irish psrty , " presented to Lord J . Russell , against out-door relief , it was done without his knowledge or consent , ha being in favour of that proposition ; Lord Monteagle admitting that his noble friend ' s name had been inserted by mistake . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Window Tax . —Lord MexPETB , in answer to Lord Duncan , said that although the subject of windows was involved in the sanitary question as regarded the health of towns , he was not aware tbat it was the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , in the forthcoming bill , to propose any change of a financial character with respect to the window-tax , Pooa Relief ( Ieeiand . — The House then went into Committee ou the Poor Relief ( Ireland ) Bill .
La the committee considerable wrangling took place on certain amendments proposed on the fir * t and second clauses , but not pressed by their movers to a division . The chief discussion , however , took placs at the close of the evening , when Mr Shaw proposed to expunge the whole of the second clause , irbich aufhtriws the Poor Law Commissioners under their seal to administer in certain special cases , relief out of the workhouse to destitute poor persons not permanently disabled , for any time not exceeding two calendar months from tbe time of their order , provided always tbat all relief given out ef the workhouses to such persons shall be given in food only , save in cases of sudden and urgent necessity .
Lord J . Rcssell said that Mr . Shaw had argued throug hout as if the present state of things in Ireland was to be permanent , and drew the infer-nce that therefore out-door reHef would be found impracticable . * That , it was to be hoped , would not be the case ; and all that the clause proposed to do was , to afford some relief when , either from a temporary increase of distress , the prevalence of fevers , or infections diseases in the workhouses . it became necessary to prevent the people from s'arviug . The experience we had bad iu this cwwtry proved that out-door relief was not incompatible with prosperity ,
and the successful pursuits of trade , commerce , and manufactures . Indeed , he was to some extent incUned to think the two coincident , and he hoped that the introduction of this principle into the law would lay the foundation of a better system in Ireland , by furnishing a strong inducement to ' better cultivation on the part of landlords and farmers , and more industrious habits on the part of the labourer . A division took place , when the numbers were , Par Mr Shaw ' s amendment ... .. < ... 36 *&*** U -242 H # jority against it „ . 206
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" "" t ~ 3 " -v- ~~ . ^ w Vforshif-STREET . — CatnsL RobbsbT . — George Brown , alias William Jones was charged with robbing a poor sailor , named William Kilshaw . The com plainant bad served for 17 years in tbe royal navy , and having worked his way back to this country , after his discharge in the West Indies , entered himself for a voyage to North America . in . barque called the "Kate , " which was to muI on last Monday three weeks , and while looking about for temporary lodging * ou the Saturday ni ght preceding , be- accidentally met the pri . oner , who offered to accommodatebim
m Ins apartment . On getting up at five h ^^ f tm 0 rmn / " ever ' hefoundth » tt » epri . oner had gone away , and carried off what little money he ( complainant ) had , his register ticket , and the whole of his clothing , including even his shoes and stockings . He was compelled , ij , congequence | toUe in bed fQp tfaree ^ and , to complete his distress , when the clothing he then wore was at length furnished him by the people of the house , he found that his ship had sailed for her destination with his chest and every article he possessed on board . He had been ever since wandering about in a state of utter destitution , and so ill from the ague , that he could scarcely stand , but was unable to meet with the
prisoner until Saturday night last , when he encountered him with the greater part of tbs stolen clothing upon his person , at the Refuge fortheDestltute . iu Playhouse-yard , and gave him into custody . T he City constable . No . 618 , stated that he should bo able to substantiate another charge of a similar description against tbe prisoner , who was an old offender , and bad already been convicted ot felony on two previous occasions . The prisoner , who declined offering any defence , was fully committed on the above case , but ordered to be brought up again for the production of other charges .
AssAOLT . _ 0 n Tuesday , George Walker , a toll collecttrr in the Cityroad , was charged with committing a murderous assault upon Zachariah Longman , aged 70 , and also with attempting self-destruction . Ann Longman said the prisoner lived at No . 110 , Britannia-street . City-road , in which she and her husband resided . About twelve o ' clock on Monday night , the prisoner came into the room on the ground-floor , and asked if they bad seen his dog . We replied that we had not . He then asked my husband if he would call him in tho morning . My husband said he would do so , if ho woke early enough . My husband , at tbe request of the prisoner , went for gome ale , of which each partook . The ale was paid for by the prisoner . Tne latter afterwards went out for something for the dog . He soon returned , and took
another glass of ale . He now appeared the worse for what he had taken . He requested my husband to light him up stairs , which he did . In a few seconds the prisoner returned , and I put my husband , who was very ill , into the front room . The prisoner came into the hack room , and having made another inquiry about his dog , left the room , and went into tbe street . He quickly returned , and arriving in the passage opposite he called out lustily three times " fire ! " I then went out to him and entreated him to go up stairs , but he caught me by the throat . I called out murder , and my husband came to my assistance . I then saw the prisoner stretchout his arms towards my husband , and instantly after I perceived that he was bleeding profusely from several gashes in his face . I rushed to tbe doar and screamed
murder . The prisoner rushed up stairs . The police constable quickly arrived , and my husband was conveyed to St . Bartholomew ' sHospital . Ipointedouttheprisoner ' sroom . Police-constable 51 N stated that he was on duty in Britannia-street , City-road , whcnheheardcries of " murder , " and on arriving at the residence of the last witness , he perceived her husband on the outside of the door , Supported by two men . He was bleeding profusely from several cuts in his face and head . Witness directed his immediate removal to the above hospital . Witness then proceeded up stairs to the prisoner ' s room , and found him lying upon tbe bed , with his face downwards , and perceived that he was bleeding from an incision in his throat , about three inches in length . He procured the assistance of Mr Coward , tbe district surgeon , who sewed up tbe
wound , and convoyed the prisoner to the station house . There was much blood upon the passage on the ground floor , stairs , and landing , and upon tbe bed and flooring ofthe room , Therazor produced was picked up upon the first floor landing by the last witness . It was then covered with blood . The prisoner expressed his sorrow for the old man , but said he was fearful he had not completed tbe job for himself , wbicb , however , be would do as soon as an opportunity presented itself . The above evidence was corroborated by other witnesses , and ic was stated that the unfortunate old man was considered in imminent danger . The prisoner was so weak as to be unable to stand , and was accommodated with a seat in the dock . He said nothing , and was remanded for a week . The prisoner has for some years , it appears , been a tollcollector at the gate in the City-road .
MARLBOROUGH-STREET . —Bosclabx . —On Mon . day W . Ogle and W . Saunders were charged with having committed a burglary at the Quern's Head public-house , Little Windmill-street . The two prisoners were seen by the police constable on duty to come out of the house about three o ' clock ihat morning . The constable suspected tbat something was wrong , and he went to the door of the public house , and , finding it open , he gave an alarm , and instantly commenced a pursuit of the prisoners , who were endeavouring to effect their escape . The prisoners were ultimately secured by two other police constables , and when they were searched a quantity ef papers of tobacco , copper money , and a sixpence , were
found on their persons . It is conjectured tbat tbe prisoners must have secreted themselves in the yard at the back of the premises before the family went to bed , and that t * soon as they found the coast clear , they effected an entrance into the house by breaking a square of glass in the v ^ indow ofthe back door and by undoing the fastenings . They had conducted tlieir felonious operations with great deliberation , as there was a bottle of whisky opened and consumed , a portion ofthe neck of the bottle being afterwardsfound in Sherrard-street , through which one ofthe prisoner * attempted to make his escape . Mr Udal ) , the landlord , said he had lost a great quantity of cigars frem his bar similar to those found on the person of the prisoner . The prisoners were fully committed .
Sesious Charge . —On Tuesday , Mr Edward Bonuey , the landlord of tbe Fiizroy Arms , Clipstoue-street , was brought before Mr Bingham , charged with having endangered the life of Bennett Endeau , by striking him a blow on the head , with a mallet . Police-constable E 105 ¦ aid he was called upon to go into the prisoner ' s house , in consequence of something that had occurred thereon Wednesday , the 10 th instant . He found the potman before the bar , bleeding profusely from a wound on the head . A surgeon was sent for , who attempted to drew the wounded man ' s head , bat the potman tore off the bandages , and he was eventually removed to the hospital . Police-constable Simon , E IU , said he took the prisoner into custody . The prisoner said he had struck the potman , and he was sorry for it . A certificate was
produced from the hospital , which described the patient as in great danger , Mr Bingham immediately proceeded to the hospital with Mr Bishop , one ofthe clerks , and took tbe wounded roan ' s deposition . It was as follows : — " I am potman at the Fitzroy Arms , Ciipstoae-street . Last Wednesday I had done my work , and there were two or three men left in the tap-room , and I took a share of two or three pots of beer with them , I was called in , and my master said he thought I was drinking . I said 1 was net going to drink to hurt myself , and that if he did not like it he could pay me my wages a week forward , as I was there a weekly servant . My master said he would
not pay me neither back or forward a week's wages . I then said I would stop tbe week out , and would insist ou his paying me . I then went into the parlour , and was again called at tbe bar , when my mistress began at me-I told her I did not want to speak to her , as master was my master , and he was under petticoat government . I said I should not trouble myself to speak to mistress at all . Then master took a mallet from a little cupboard , and be smashed my head with it . I was senseless . I don't know ii he gave me more than one blow . 1 did not see the mallet on tbe counter before I received the blow . " Mr Bingham refused to accept bail , but remanded the prisoner for a week .
THAMES . — Improvident Mabiiaoi . —On Monday , Henry Keats , a young man , twenty-two years of age . residing at i , Princess-street , St . Gco .-ge ' s-in-the-East , was charged with assaulting Harriet Bennett , a coffeehousekeeper iu Gable-street , WeUclose-squ & re . It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutrix that the prisoner was her daughter's husband . He had been separated from bis wife for some time , and had been leading a dissipated life . He was the father of three children by his wife , and two of them were under the care of tbe witness , and were maintained by her . She had often made application to the prisoner to maintain bis children , but he almost invariably refused anything . On Saturday last he came into the complainant ' s shop , while she was sitting in a chair within the bar . He said he had some money , and wished her to share it with him . The complainant rather angrily told him she did not want bis company or his money , and
that he bad better take both to his piostitutes . The prisoner instantly struck the complainant a violent blow with bis clenched fist , and beat her in a most savage manner , of which she exhibited proofs , for her eyes were blackened and her head was bruised . He was proceeding to further violence , when the cries of the woman brought a constable into the house , who took the prisoner into custody . The prisoner , in defence , said that when he was only sixteen years of age he was inveigled into a marriage with tbe complainants daughter of tbe same age . Tbe complainant was so exceedingly anxious to get ber daughter off her hands that , after the courtstup had lasted a few days , she paid the wedding expenses and provided the marriage feast . His wife ' s mother afterwards promoted dissensions between him and his wife , who absconded from her heme , and he did not know where she had gone to . Previous to her leaving him the mother fomented repeated quarrels between them , and made his home miserable . He could assure the
magistrate he had been greatly provoked , and that his life was rendered miserable by tbe complainant who was in the practice of taunting him , and boasting that his wife lived with his late master . After a scene of crimination and recrimination , Mr Tardley said tbe complainant had acted very wrongly injpromoting such a raai riagf , and be was not surprised at tbe misery which ensued . She must , hoivever , be protected lrom violence , and it was his duty to hold the defendant to bail to keep tbe peice , himself iu £ 10 , and one surety in £ 20 . Homicide . —Oa Tuesday C . Prankish was charged with killing and slaying Samuel Salter . When the prisoner was first brought up on the charge , Salter Wat still alive at the London Hospital , but without any hopes ot recovery . On Monday , about two o ' clock , he expired . As the death arete out of a struggle ia the dark t » tween
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tbe deceased and the prisoner , there was no direct erf . dence , but Richard Suiter , undo to the deceased , stated that on Sunday morning the prisoner came to him and told him tbat bis nephew was lying ill at the London Hospital , They had a fight together on Friday night . The deceased had struck him first , without reason , and a fight had ensued on the stairs . After this tbey set to again in the parlour , and afterwards d » wn stairs , where they had four or five rounds in tbe dark . The prisoner then went up to bed , whilst Salter kept crying out and challenging tbe prisoner to fight . Tbe latter then came down again , and a couple more rounds were fought in the kitchen , it being dirk all the time . After that they betb rrent to bid . In the morning the deceased came down and said to Prankish that he bad dene for him , but that he would not hurt a hair of his head , Mr Day , bouse
surgeon at the hospital , stated that when he saw the deceased he had several severe contusions over the head , arms , and upper parts of tbe body . The injuries inflicted could not be produced by blows of the naked band , but must have been inflicted by a cudgel . The body wns fearfully injured , and witness was sure that death was occasioned by the injuries from the marks of violence exhibited . The prisoner , who seemed to have sustained no injury , cross-examined Mr Day , with a view to elicit tbat death might have been occasioned or mainly accelerated by the intemperate habits of the deceased - , but Mr Day adbtred to his original opinion . The case i < a < remanded until Monday next , in which interval a pos t motlem examination will be held ; the prisoner expressing himself determined , on the next hearing , to have medical witnesses ready for his defence .
Extensive Svstem of Robbery . —On Tuesday Geo . Hempt , an elderly man , was brought before Mr Yurdley , charged with stealing seven candles and one pound three ounces of sugar , the property of bis employers . Conrad Minab , a sugar baker , in tbe service of Messrs Bowman aud Co , Alie-street aud Duncan-street , Whitechapel , sugar-refiners , stated tbat tbe prisoner was also in their employ . About ten or twelve days ago he saw tbe prisoner put his hand into a hogshead of Muscovado sugar in the warehouse , and take some out . After he had done so he went to another part of the building . This was repeated several times . On Monday morning he observed the prisoner take more sugar out of another hogshead , which he deposited in some paper , wrapped it up , and placed it on one side . About an hour
afterwards the witness looked for tbe sugar in the place where it had been secreted , and found it was gone . On further search he discovered the same parcel of sugar wrapped up in theprisoaer's apron , uudar his bench . There were two other parcels , each containing candles , in the same apron . Some time afterwards , on looking under the bench , he ascertained the things were gone . Samuel Cotton , a police constable . No . H H , in consequence of instructions he received , stopped tbe prisoner as he was leaving Messrs Bowman ' s sugar refining yard , on Monday afternoon , and told him that he was suspected of robbing his employers . He took him into the office on the premises , and the prisoner said be was sorry for what he had done , but he could not help it . The prisoner was then searched , and two packages of sugar , and a parcel containing seven candles , were found in his hat and pockets . Witness afterwards proceeded to
the prisoner ' s lodgings , at IS , John . street , Cambndgeroad , where be found in a box under the bed smnty . eight candles , one bed-tick , three blankets , three towels , a cotton filter bag , fire pieces of soap , four knives , three pounds of loaf sugar , fourteen pounds of raw sugar , a ball of string , and various other articles . He brought the whole of the property away , and conveyed it to the station-bouse . On mentioning to the prisoner what he bad discovered at bis lodgings , he made a reserved admission that the sugar and other articles belonged to his employers , and said he could not help it . Mr James William Bowman said he was in partnership with his father , and tbat the prisoner had been iu tlieir service for twelve years . He had no doubt all the property which the policeman found in the prisoner ' s box , as well as that found in his possession , was the property of the firm . Tbe prisoner made no defence , and he was com . mitted to Newgate for trial ,
CLERKENWELL , —Dreadful Outrage . —On Tues day ChrisiopherGaton , a gold chaser , and ilary Sholard , were charged before Mr Greenwood with being drunk , and having most dreadfully assaulted two police constables . Mr John Greigg , of No . 7 , Albemarle-street , Cletkeawell , book gilder , said the male prisoner had been a lodger in his bouse , as Ja single man , and was entrusted with a latch key of the street door . About halfpast two o clock on tbat morning , bearing him come home with a ftmale , witness got up and proceeded to the defendant's , who was in the bedroom , and told tbe male prisoner that he would not allow a female to remain with him in his house who was not his wife , and be ordered him to turn her out . He objected , and refused to open tbe bedroom door . The woman wished to leave , and
endeavoured to come from fhe apartment , but the man prevented her , and iu struggling with her he split the panelling of the door . They struggled together for some time , and fearing they might injure themselves , he requested the interference of Alfred King , police-constable 154 G , at which time the woman hadjc ommenced crying out "murder . " The officer accompanied witness to the room where the prisoners were , and thecriesof "murder , " by tha woman becoming more alarming , the officer forcd open the door , and was immediately felled by Guton with a dumb belt , Witness , in the utmost terror , rushed down stairs , and met with Plumb , 5 G S , who had been attracted to tbe spot by the uproar , and on that officer entering the room to the assistance of King he was instantly struck on the head by Gaton with the dumb-bell .
He ( the officer ) , bad power enough to spring his rattle and other assistance arrived , and tbe prisoners were secured . Plumb , 50 G , said when be first saw the prisoners they were both lying on the last witness and beating himthe woman with her hands and the man with tbe dumb bell . He attempted to beat them off , when the man gave him a terrible blow near the temple , over the left eye , and laid it bare to the bone : by a strong effort be got back , and by the sound of his rattle he brought another officer oh the spot . Police . constable _ 221 G said , that with the help of Plumb and Mr Greigg both prisoners were secured , but not until he had received several blows about the arms and right band from Guton , with the dumb-bell , and he was obliged to use his truncheon in return . His brother officer , King , was then lying bleeding on the floor , and to all atpearance dead : he was removed with all possible speed to the station house .
and attended by the surgeon , who dressed his wounds , and also those of Plumb , Mr Sbee , assistant to Mr Taylor , the police surgeon , said that he did not consider the two policemen out of danger , especially Plumb , 56 G , who already exhibited symptoms of erysipelas . Mr Greenwood told the prisoners that the charge was of so serious a nature that be considered it to be his duty to send them for trial ; with the usual caution he said they were at liberty to make any remark tbey thought proper , Gaton said he did not intend to have kept the woman in the house all night with him , he had merely brought her home to pay ber some money be owed her . The woman made a similar statement , Mr Greenwood decided on committing tbem for trial , but as the surgeon ' s opinion was that the officers were not out of danger , he directed that they should be properly attended to , and that the prisoners should be again brought up in a week , when the state of the officers would be made known .
WESTMINSTER . — Stabvatioit , — On Tuesday Elizabeth Rayban , a sickly emaciated looking woman , was charged with having robbed ber ready-furnished apartments . Prisoner has occupied a room in Orchardstreet , belong to a person named Woodman , since Christmas last . This morning the landlady discovered that a blanket , a sheet , a frying-pan , and various other articles , were missing from the room . Prisoner admitted having gold the frying-pan , and that the othtr things had been disposed of , but ceuld not tell the owner where they were , and it was proved by a pawnbroker ' s assistant
that a portion of the property bad been pledged at his shop by a man . Prisoner said she would endeavour to restore the property . She was remanded until Monday . Two miserable squalid-looking childreu , one apparently four and tbe other seveu years of age , were introduced to tbe magistrate ' s notice . It was represented that they were the prisoner ' s children , and had not tasted food of any description sinceMonday morning . The poor things having declared , with tears ia their eyes , that they were very hungry , Mr Broderip immediately ordered that they should be supplied with proper food , as aisotheir unfortunate parent .
GREENWICH—Concealing Birth . — Millcent Fleming was charged with secretly making away with a child which she had given birth to at her master ' s house in Lewiaham , on the 19 ult . Randall , 18 R , deposed that he went to the Highland beer-shop , in the village of Lee , kept by the fatbtr of the prisoner , and apprehended her . She had been there from Feb , 19 , but under the surveillance of tbe police , in consequence of her illness . He told her what he wanted her for , and she made no reply . —William Carr , surgeon , deposed that he was sent for by the prisoner ' s mother to attend her . He went accordingly , and after a conversation , ascertained that the prisoner hao given birth to a child . The prisoner said that she had borne a child . After pressing more closely she confessed . He then asked her what had become of
the infant , and she said its body would be found at Mr Goodman ' s , a grocer at Lewisham , whose service she had just left . Witness told prisoner ' s mother not to distress her mind , nor permit any person to talk to her , and proceeded to see Mr Goodman on the subject—saw Mr Goodman , and explained , when they went together into the yard and searched the water-closet , where they found the body of a newly-born male child , immersed " some depth in the soil . — Mr Traill asked if the infant could have sunk so deep in the soil lrom its own weight . —Mr Carr replied that the soil was so dense ho thought it must have been pushed down , He had subsequently made a postmortem examination of tbe body . It was a full grown healthy male child , and must have been born alive . —H . P . Goodman , deposed tbat the prisoner
slept in the same room with her . Prisoner was taken ill on the 19 th of February , and remained in bed . Witness got up to attend to the breakfast , 4 c . This was at seven o ' clock . After breakfast , the prisoner ' s mother was sent for , und came . During the interim the prisoner came down stairs aud went into the yard , and whilst her mother was waiting in the kitchen , tbe prisoner came in again .-J . M . Goodman , prisoner ' s mistress , deposed that she was sitting in the parlour , about ten o ' clock on the day in question , when she saw the prisouw pass from the yard to the kitchen with a pail in her hand . —Mr Carr , surgeon , in answer to Mr Traill , said that tha infant must have been born shortly before discovery—an hour or two , perhaps . — Mr Traill said , under the circumstances , be would rut asd tie final hearing of the case for a / ortnight , aud would take good bail , in £ 49 , for her Pjjuranee or that day ,
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HAMMERSMITH . —Oa Thursday J . Chandler (» 2 ) , son of a boat builder near the High Bridge , Hammer , smith , was charged with having violated E . S . Psrriam , a g irl of weak intellect , aged 17 .- Mr Pelham attended on behalf of the prisoner . The evidence of the girl and other witnesses was conclusive as to the commission of the offence , the witnesses all stating that the evidence of tbe girl was precisely to them what she had stated at the court , Th » prisoner , who declined siylng anything , was committed to Newgate for trial on the capital charge , FOBFEIttTBE OF A WlFE ' s ClAIM UPON HBB HUSBAND . —Ou Friday , J . Ellridge was charged with having unlawfully refused to support his wife Mary Ann , who had become chargeable to the parish of Hackney . The defendant alleged as his reason , that last Tuesday fortright , when he went home , he found a man rolled up in a sheet under the bed ; after this proof of his wife ' s
Infidelity he separated from her , Thsir son , he said , saw the man as well as himself . The wife , in explanation , said tbat the man spoken of came into tbe room and sat down upon the chair , but without attempting to touch her . Hearing a knock , however , she said , " Here's my husband . " aud was going to let him in when the man said , "Don ' t be a fool , " and got under the bed , bo * wag pointed out to her husband by her little hoy , and then came from under the bed ; he was a str * ngir to her , but a friend of her husband , who , she had no doubt , sent him there hr order to "have apull " upon her , and an excuse for getting rid of her . The defendant indignantly denied the imputed collusion . The man was his fellow workman , but no friend , and had never been in his place with his consent , Thecase Wfli suspended until the son , a little boy , was sent for , and his evidence was found to be so conclusive , that Mr Bingham discharged the defendant without making any order upon him , and tbe wife returned to the workhouse .
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AN IRISH ROW IN AMERICA . Riots on the Link of the New Yore and Ems Railroad . —Some serious disturbances have recently occurred among the workmen engaged on the portion of this road lying between Otisville and Port Jervis , the particulars of which , as far as we have been able to gather them , areas follow . - —That portion of the labourers known as Shamrock men , or Fardowns , and who were the most numerous on the line , it seems , had determined to drive the Corkonians and all others from the ground , and thus monopolize for themselves the labour on these sections . About three weeks since , these Fardowns made an assault , on Saturday nieht , upon the Corkonians engaged on
Carmichaeland Stranahan ' s section , at Shin Hollow , beating them severely , and compelling them to promise to quit the line immediately . On Monday morning they proceeded to another portion of the sec tion , fired guns over tho heads ofthe workmen , and told them if they dir ! not quit work they would fire into them . Theydrove the men up to the contractor , and compelled them to settle and leave the work . Many were knocked down and beaten in a shameful manner . They then traversed the whole line , compelling the proscribed labourers to quit work , beating and abusing them with much severity . In this riot one man is supposed to have been killed . Dnrinjr this outbreak the rioters attacked a party of Dutch engaged en this same section . The Dutch gave them a little better than they sent , and the assailants were « lad to retreat . Work was pretty much suspended
on the road , but no farther outbreak occurred until Wednesday of last week . During the evening of that day , repeated discharges of fire-arms were heard along the line , which was probably the signal for the gathering of the rioters . About midnight one of the two shanties situated in Shin Hollow , and occu p ied by Irish labourers , was assailed . The windows were dashed in , guns fired into the building , and soon the insurgents had possession ofthe lower part ofthe tenement . The assanlt was made by about one hundred men . There were about fifty men in the shanty all in the loft . The rioters cut away the Oi'ams , and let them all down into the lower room . Many of the assailed were then severely beaten , and made to promise to leave the work . One man was thrust into the oven with the comforting assurance that he should be baked when they had time to attend to him .
After the " regulators" had disarmed the men and settled things to their satisfaction at this shanty , they proceedetlto the other building occupied by the Irish , and which was but a few rods distant . Here they enacted much the same savage feats as they had done at the first . They had stolen several kegs of powder from the officeof the contractor , and threatened to blow up the shanty if the men did not come down from the loft . The men were frightened and finally came down . The rioters drove all these men into one end of the room , and taking one ofthe num . ber compelled him to go down on his knees , and then presenting muskets at his breast , threatened him with instant death if he did not give up his pistols and take an oath to leave immediately . Having
finished their fiendish work at this shanty , they set out for an assault on tbe Dutch , whose quarters were about fifty rods off . The Dutch had heard what was going on at the other shanties , and were prepared for the attack . They had fire arms , but unfortunately had nothing butsmallahot to discharge them with . Their principal leader , Whistler , hadmustered them in two platoons , on the outside of the shanty , ordering the first division to give their assailants their fire as they approached , and the second fo rush upon them , firing when inclose contact The Irish approached , and having fired a few shots , the Dutch opened upon them in a style that put all their bravery to flight , and themselves with it as fast as legs could carry them . The Dutch peppered tlie wrong side of their valour in fine style , and the impulse of the shot quickened their pace wonderfalty . They took two prisoners . One of these they
discovered clambering up a rock on his hands and knees , and they brought him to a surrender , after greeting him with a full charse of fine shot upon that part of his corporality which , in that attitude , presented tho fairest mark . These prisoners were taken into the shanty , and bound together , and Whistler had some difficulty in restraining his excited countrymen from taking summary vengeance upon them . They are now in Newburgh awaiting their trial . On Friday , Sheriff Welling repaired to the scene of disturbance , and on Monday was again on the ground accompanied by a large posse . Some fifteen or twenty were arrested , wh » are now under examination in this village . Every precaution has been taken to prevent a repetition of these scenes . The Dutch are now well armed , and able to defend the mountains against any similar assaults . —New York Sun .
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FALL OF PART OF THE LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY . Liverpool , Wedmbsdat . —Yesterday , twenty-one arches ot the Liverpool viaduct of the Liverpool and Bury Railway fell tothe ground , one after the other , in rapid succession , with a tremendous crash , the noise of which resembled the quick discharge of as many small pieces of artillery , and was heard for more than a mile off . The site of this disastrous destruction of property is about two miles from the Liverpool Exchange , and the arches , the six northern * most of which were so far completed as to allow of the centrings being withdrawn a few days ago , the others having been completed three months ago , were built entirely of brick . It is not yet known how it
was that thehrst arch which fell gave way , but it is certain that each buttress afterwards , incapable of bearing the weight of the arch reared upon it when that on the other side had fallen , was forced outwards immediately , the entire destruction ofthe whole being completed in about the snace of a minute and a half from the fall ofthe first . Symptoms of its detectiveuess were first manifested on Saturday last ; but whether proceeding from any sinking in the foundation of either buttress , or from defective work nianship or materials in the arch itself , was not known . It had been condemned , and means were about to be taken to shore it up and secure the buttress in order tbat it might be rebuilt . Itis possible that this work would have been so far performed yesterday as to have prevented the accident , had it not been for a heavy fall of rain driving all the men away from their work . This was so far fortunate , that no
person whatever has sustained the least personal injury , though we regret to say that the loss of property cannot be less than £ 5 , 000 or £ 6 , 000 . Tho sjian of tlie arch which first gave way was , we are informed , about 35 feet—that ofthe others was 80 . They were constructed for Mr M'Cormick , tho contractor for this portion of the line , by Messrs Bullock and Evans , and all that was wanting to their completion was the erection of a portion of the parapets Another viaduct , near that which has fallen , is being erected bv Messrs Holme , after the same plan , < ind as these gent ' emen & n so eminent in their business it is a proof that the plan for the viaducts cannot be insufficient . It is not improbable that the fall of those arches might have resulted from the sinking of tho foundation of one of Hie buttresses , in consequence of the severe winter , or that the mortar in the defective arch had been prevented from sotting sufficiently by the late heavy rains .
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LOSS OF LIFE ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . An accident of a frightful nature , involving loss of life , took place on Tuesday afternoon , at the Camden station ot the London and North-western Railway , on the premise s in the occupation of Messrs Pickford , the railway carriers . It appears that for some months past a number of workmen in the employ of Messrs Piper and Co ., builders , of Bishopsgate , have been engaged in erecting additional warehouses for Mewsrs Picklord ., the basement of which is supported by arches { owning a capacious stabling . On Tuesday aftcrnow . the men were employed in finishing tho stables ,, when four o the arches suddenly gave way with a , frightful crush burying tbe poor Allows who weire at work in the ruins . As soon as the consternation created b y the occurrence had subsided , a large number of men emp loyed at the station set to work to remove the rubbjfib , and 4 frightful scene presented itself , Four of
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the unfortunate men were so deeply buried , that a considerable time elapsed before they could be extricated , and they were got out frightfully mutilated , and apparently lifeless , but they were at once conveyed on shutters to University College Hosp ital , where they were promptly attended to by Mr Alfred Williams , the house surgeon , and subsequently by Mr Liston . Every one of the poor fellows were in a state of insensibility on their arrival , and one of them died in about half an hour after admission . On inquiry at the hospital it was ascertained that the other sufferers are still in a dangerous condition .
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FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT—MURDER IN A CHURCH . An accident occurred at St Michael ' s church , Angel-street , Manchester , on Sundiiy evening ; no less than the falling in of a great portion ol the ceiling , hut a few minutes previous to the time of divine service . About five minutes past six o ' clock on Sunday evening , a very few minutes after the bell had begun tolling for divine service a boy , who blows the organ bellows , was in the choir gallery when lie observed the centre piece in the ceiling bulge downwards for a moment , then rise up again , and the next moment , that portion of the ceiling , joists , & o ., between the centre principals fell in , f o llowed
in immediate succession by those parts between the two next principals . The reading desk was completely smashed , and the door broken fourteen of the pews , seven on each side the centre ' aisle , were more or less damaged by the weight of the failing materials , whiob , including wood , plaster , nails , Ac , is probably upwards of two tons . The whole extent ofthe space from which tbe ceiling has fallen is about twelve yards by four , and the accident most probably arese from the joists having been cut in their first admeasurement rather too short , or from the decay ofthe material , or both these causes combined . Had the accident occurred but a few minu t es later , as the service would have commenced at half-past six , there is little doubt but that many
lives would have been sacrificed . As it was , the escape of three persons with their lives appears little short of miraculous . An aged woman , grandmother ofthe organ blower , had already entered the church , and was very near the pulpit , when the boy shouted to her to take care , as the ceiling was falling , but the alarm came too late to enable her to escape before it fell ; she was knocked down , and completely covered with the materials of which the ceiling was composed , but most fortunately , it seems , was not struck by the joists , a blow from any one of which might have killed her instantly . She was so little injured , however , as to be able immediately to creep on her hands and knees from her perilous situation to a place of safety . Two other persons were
also in the aisle at the time the accident occurred . — Richard Ashworth was much bruised and cut , and on being taken to the Royal Infirmary , it « as found that one of his ribs was broken . He is now , however , so far recovered as to be expected to be quite restored in a few days . His wife was more fortunate : she accompanied her husband to the door , but sauntered leisurely up the aisle , looking in at the pews , and was about six f « et distance from hsr husband when she heard a crack , saw him covered with the materials ofthe ceiling , and stepping backwards herself , escaped without injury . The Rev . W . Jones , the curate , had been officiating in the reading desk at a funeral onl y an hour previous
to the occurrence ; and from the damage sustained by the desk , it does not appear that his life could have been saved had the accident happened then . The interior of the church , which has been built about fifty-eight years , presents a singular spectacle . Of the two portions of the ceiling yet remaining , the western part does not seem likely to fall , but the eastern portion is expected to give way ; precautions have consequently been taken to preserve the pulpit in case of such an event . The church wardens are taking erery necessary preca « - tion under * the circumstances , and have taken the opinion of two experienced and skilful builders , both as to the cause ofthe accident , aud the present state ofthe fabric .
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Munry-R m a Cnoacu . — Last Saturday rjght , the young Count de Liederkeke , the representative of one of the noblest families of France , entered a small chapel contiguous to bis chateau , in the neighbourhood of Namur , and without any notice fired at his two sisters , who were engaged in their devotions . The eldest sister fell dead on the spot . The Count then fired twice at the survivor , and the second time wounded her mortally . The miserable perpetrator of this double deed then hurried a > vay , vowing vengeance against othtr member . , of his family . It is feared that he has destroyed himself , as he has not yet been found , and as hi s dog returned late at night to the chateau without him . The bodies of the young Countesses wire conveyed by the peasants to the chateau . It is asserted that the Count was subject to fits of insanity , which had become more violent since the recent death of his parents .
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Detection of Fkioned Diseases nr Ether Vapotju . — ¦ M . Baudcns has employed ether vapour in two cases in which the individuals were suspected of feigning disease for the purpose of avoiding conscription . In the first there was apparent deformity of the spine ' and projecting ofthe back . The young recruit , who was suspected to be an impostor , had been subjected to various experiments , but without success . He was finally made to inhale ether vapour ; in a few minutes there was complete relaxation of the limbs , and the supposed deformity entirely disappeared . Thus convicted , the man no longer denied chat he had feigaed the deformity for the purpose of avoiding service . In the second ease the person was believed to feign anchylosis of the hip joint . When the ether had been inhaled , the same relaxation of the muscular system was produced ; but , on examination , the anchylosis remained as strongly marked as before the experiment ; thus proving that the disease was real .
Extinction op Slavebv . —Mr Robert Owen publishes in the " Washington National Era , " this plan for the abolition of slavery , viz .: that all slaves born after the 1 st January , 1850 , shall bo educated by the State governments and prepared to become good and useful cit ' zens , and after serving an apprenticeship equal to tlieir assumed value to their owners , they shall be colonized in some territory set apart for them by the government . Rome . —A letter from Rome , of the 0 th , says" The Pope has determined on creating an order of knighthood for rewarding persons distinguished for virtue or merit , without regard to creed or nation .
It will be divided intetwo classes , one of which is to confer on the members hereditary nobility , and the other personal nobility . Ilis ^ Holiness has permitted the theatres to continue their performances during Lent , so as not to deprive tho persons connected with them of their means of living during this time of scarcity . It is the first occasion on which such a thing has been allowed . The promulgation of a law according rational liberty to the press is shortly expected . The differences that had arisen between the Holy See and the Abbe de Lammenais are about to be arranged , tho Abb 6 having already taken the necessary steps to bring about that conclusion . "
BKKwicK ^ mnE . —A correspondent states that the Hon . F . Scott is not to stand for Roxburghshire at the next election , hia intention being to ' offtr his services , as a Protectionist , to the constituency of Berwickshire . Naval Service ov Bots . —Mr Ward ' s bill " for extending the period of service of boys in her Majesty ' s navy , " is tar the purpose of enacting that boys who " ei . ter the navy when undtr 16 years of age may be detained seven years , and tor a further period , in ease ofmergcncj - . Tbey arc to be entitled to the same privileges on discharge itswther seamen ( with a few exceptions ) , and re-entering , and receiving bounty at tho expiration of so veil years , shall serve a further period of five years . A boy ' s statement of his
age is to be considered conclusive ; and this bill is not proposed to control the authority ofthe Admiralty to . dischargo any seaman or boy from the service . Poor and Highways Rates Exemption Bill . —This bill of Mr Poulett Scrope ' s is " to exempt occupiers of small tenements from the payment ot" Poor and Highway Rates . " By it , tenements under sixpounds annual value are proposed to be exempted from the rates for the poor or highways . The exemption , however , is to be forfeited by any occupiers of tenements that may be certified by the medical officer of the district to be in an unhealthy state from want of due drainage or ventilation . Tho act ( to extend only to England ) is not proposed to apply to parishes where rates are assessable under Local Acts .
Determined Suicipe . —On Thursday , Mr Wm , Payne , the City Coroner , held an inquest in the Cogcrs' Hall , Bride-lane , on the body of Joseph Parkes , aged 32 , manager and clerk to Messrs Derling and Thomas , ol the Dudley Foundry , Ti pton , Staffordshire , and also at Dudley , who committed suicido at Mr Merrywether ' s , Albion Coffee-house , Bridge-street , BlacKfriars , by cutting his throat with a 8 iuall , ' penknif ' e , literall y from ear to ear . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased had been labouring under defiriwni tremens . —Verdict , " Temporary insanity . " A Man and Woman FoundDrownkd . —On Tuesday the body of a young man , apparently about 24 years of age , was found in tho River Thames , off Erith , The deceased , who had neither hat nor waistcoat , had on a brown Chesterfield tweed coat , cord trousers , cotton
stockings , and Wellington boots . Ue was about 5 feet 10 inches high , fair complexion , and light hair . The body lies in Erith dead-house to bo owned . About the same time tho body of a young female , about twenty years of age , was also found in the River Thames . Sho was fivofeet one iiioh high , fair complexion , ami brown hair , which was exceedingly short . She wore a cotton print gown , black stock " - ings , and cloth boots , but nothing to lead to hev identity , The body is left in the tare of tho Thames police to be owned . FmE NBitt Ubbdkn-Bridoe . — On Monday morntne , afire broke out in the l < rge woollen mill of Messrs AslvwoUha , of Chavieatown . After two hr . nr 4 ' exertions the fire was completely got under . The damage ia estimated at £ i , m to £ 5 M 0 . It was . partly ia-* sured io the West of England ,
South London Public Meeting. A Numerousl...
SOUTH LONDON PUBLIC MEETING . A numerously attendeTJublic meeting was hBu ? ^„ I ^? dott C- ^ lUll , « uMUS eFi ing , March 22 nd . ' evon " Mr John Arnoit was unanimously called to th . chatr , and said , he thought the issuing of anr « i , mation tor a General Fast at such a time was a sun ! proof that governments were retrogading rather th- »« advancing . The distress in Ireland was not to u attributed to Providerce , but to the improvidence ^ misgovernment . ( Cheers . ) ot Mr Charles Keen rose and submitted the follow ing resolution : — " That in the opinion of this meet ing , the * General Fast , ' as proposed by h er Majesty ' , proclamation , is adding insult upon the BurTeriniu f the people , who are at the present time compelled b »
Qtl lin ^ tiof Ui > c ? f * irvi fn oltlitwir T <\ iwiunl ' m . 3 an unjust system , to submit to privations unparal leled in the annals uf modern history , " fj 0 8 au the people are called on to fast , and humble them selves , but he much wished to know if the bishop clergy , commoners , aristocracy , or Royal ty , ffj . ' propounded this strange doctrine , would tak ' e one meal , or one comse the less . ( Hear , hear . ) IhAu not brieve they ivould . ( Hear , hear . ) TJ , e ] r " ? produced a large quantity of pork , butter , flJ , & c , w . iich they scarce even tasted , but sent them away to feed rapacious bishops , aristocrats , and royal idlers . He tli ught before any of those took tun bible in their hands , and , with hyp o criti c al prayers attributed their own diabolical doinns to the UeuV they should let the Irish have the Land fur them !
selves . ( Loud cheers ) Mr John Skelton , in seconding the motion , said he did so with miiii'led emotions of regret and pi ca sure—regret that those who had been placed at the head of * State affairs should have been so hypocritical and deceitful , as to attempt to impose on tha people the belief that the present distress was a visitation from God ; on the other hand , he r ejoiced that a few men were found bold enough to stand for . ward and denounce this precious piece of humbug mockery , and delusion . ( Cheers . ) Was it not aa awful thing to reflect that misgovernment left thousands in tnat situation , that when they laid down their heads they did not know where to h » k for a morning meal , and ye . were mocked , by being told by crafty priests it was a scourge from God to punish them for their manifold sins and transgressions ? ( Loud cheers . ) It was no such thing ; it was man ' a injustice io man . ( Hear , hear . ) Look at the mass
of uncultivated land in the United Kingdom . True , the Irish people had not been taught to look to this , but it was the business and duty ofthe Chartists , who had so well begun it , to let them know it . ( Cheers . ) The Church , the Commons , the Aristocracy , and Royalty , lirst by their acts starve the people , and then labour in their vocation to make the people believe their scourge is a visitation from God . ( Loud cheers . ) Most accursed mockery , —most accursed delusion , —most accursed fraud . ( Great applause . ) Heknew bespoke strongly , but he also felt strongly , and he liked to give vent to the feelings of his mind . ( Hear , hear . ) He repeated it was the duty of the Chartists who had thecase now fully in their hands , and the bail at their feet- (! oud cheers)—to carry it on to a triumphant conclusion . The true and sure remedy for want was not fustingor prayer , but a new—a just—an equitable distribution of wealth . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was tben put and carried
unanimously . Mr John Mor moved the following resolution . — That this meeting is of opinion that the present system of f-overument i * unjust and impolitic to the people of Ireland , unjust as it deprives them of menandotciti-ens , nnd impolitic as it stultifies their productive energies , thus causing a lamentable destruction of human life by starvation , _ He said had the people of Ireland taken tho advice given by La ' . ouche , at the Freemasons' Tavern , they would have saved themselves from death by helping themselves , —( hear , hear , ) -tho miseries of Ireland « ere caused by the landlords ; ( he aristocracy , and moneyocracy , it was not the Deity , but , in the words of Robert Burns , — " linn ' s inhumanity to man ,
That made countless thousands mourn . "—( Cheers . ) The earth was nature ' s tree gift to man , and none had a right to monopolize it . ( Hear , hear . ) He knew not what the Fast could be for , except it was to keep the rich from becoming poor , as tbe poor themselves seemed especially marked for fasting . What could they call the system but murder , when the people , surrounded by wealth , were yet perishing of hunger . ( Loud cheers . ) Did they not hear that meal was imported into Ireland at the rate of * 8 per barrel , und yet the moneyocracy refused to sell it under £ 20 per barrel , thus standing out for
enormous profits , whilst the people perished from want . ( Hear , hear . ) But who was to blame ? He ( Air May ) asserted that the Government was to blame . Government appeared to think that the producers of wealth would not be the consumers , that the potato only was for the people , and the potato having tailed of course they must die . He was no advo < cate of death punishments ; but if he had any so punished , it should 6 a the trai ' ors to their countrythe laud stealers who took the land , kept it and left the people , born on that soil to perish—to die of starvation . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr Johs Gatuakb said he believed it was not the Deity of Heaven , but the God of the moneyociacy-Mammonthat caused , the famine . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman aud the meeting was dissolved .
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LONDON . " PaiDAV . —At this day ' s market there was agooddemand for Eng-Iish wheat by French buyers , ivlio free | y oflored the full prices of Monday last , but factors generally requiring an advance of Is to 2 s per quarter checked business , foreign moves off at previous currency . Tliere are large orders from France , Belgium , and Holland , but the limits are too low to execute them .
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iwJITLp PROVINCIAL MARKETS . Richmond ( Yorkshire ) , Saturday . —We only had a thin supply of grain this morning , and the prices rather lower than last week . —Wheat sold from lus to lis ; oats , 3 s b"d to 4 s 6 d ; barley , Us Cd to 7 s ; beans , € s » d to 7 s 3 d per bushel . l Wakefield , Friday . —We had a good arrival of wheat , for which the trade is slow , at a reduction of is to 2 s nor quarter . Barley is iu retail demand at rather less money . Beans are iu moderate request at last week's prices . Oats are a turn dearer . Manciiesteu , Saturday . —At our market this morning there was very little busine ^ passing in wheat , at a decline of id to 3 d per TO lbs . on the currency of this day se ' iinight . FJour must also be noted Is per sack Lwer , with a slow sale , Hull ,, Tuesday . — There has been much firmness iu every branch of tho trade during the past week j with small arrivals and stocks in so narrow a compass , business is necessarily limited , but on the sales made full prices are obtained . Spring corn has attracted more attention than of late , Birmingham , Wednesday . —During : tha present weed the few s . les reported in wheat were at last week ' s prices . At Wolverhampton , this day , oiving to the unexpected decline in Liverpool yesterday , wheat could not be sold without submittiii ^ to som e reduction , and a general indisposition on the part of millers to increase their stocks .
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STATE OF TRADE . Leeds . —The markets at the Cloth Halls have been very dull . There continues to be a complete absence of specu lution for the spring trade . On the whole , however , tliere has been a little improvement in business in the ware houses this week . ti ascubsteb , —The drop in the price of cotton in Liverpoal has had a corresponding effect in this market , aud almost all descriptions of goods have fallen iu pi-ice . The state of the discount market in London and rumours of failure here have caused u : to have a very gloomy week . Bradford . —The purchases of combing wool were more extensive , and prices ( except for particular sorts ) a little higher ou account of the supply being scant . The spinners purchase more freely . Huduersfield . —Tlicro has been a fair attendance ef buyers in the town during tho week , and trade to the warehouses has been about an average of tho season . If alifax . —Our market to-day has worn a duller aspect than for many weeks past , whether we regard wool or manufactured goods , in both of which prices show a tendency downwards . KociiuAtK Flannel Market . —The demand . for SBmnels still continues limited , but prices are much the same as they have been for some weeks past . Iu wool there has been little doing , avui no change in prices . The Lace Trade . —Tho demand for plain nets has . been less than usual . On the whole the trades not good . Working short time being on the increase , prices are maintained . Leicester . —We have no improvement to report in business . The demand for spring gloves has not been so small for the last five years , and many men are out of employment . W ools and varus remain at present without alterations ; but manufacturers are afraid of laying by any more stock . Glasgow . —Cotton Tarn : Our markets remain very inactive , » n 4 prices have given way a shade , manufacturers onl y supplying their immediate wants . Cotton Goods : The market continues very flat for goods generally , and there is no appearance of any immediate im « piovcnwut .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 27, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27031847/page/8/
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