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MATtca 29, 1845. THE NORTHERN STAR. ___^...
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Rial Pboeertt.—A return has been obtained by ordorof Parliament, on the motion of Mr. Villiers,
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DEATH *ipn On the 15th inst., Mrs. Clave...
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Hales Owen , the grand-children are worth thousands a year . JBnd , fclIow-countrymen 1 wedonotnndfeultwith the men who made these fortunes ; so long as the system lasted they had a right to make the best of St , and had not they done so some other persons would , so that to you the event would have been the same . But what we do blame these hjn foe is , IBEIB IXCESSAJtr EFFORTS TO EFFECT A TEWoKAiY BESTOW of tbe execrable systeh ; we say a temporary return , for it is not in the nature of things , that a state of society which directly tends to lower the condition of the gnat hulk of the population below that of brute beasts , can he other than transient . Jr Attwood ' s paper tckeme succeed , you tcM find a sudden impulse given to pro
duction , the face of the country icuX experience a heche flush of prosper ity , tout the Sash will be like that of a consumptive man , indicating not health , but the rapid progress of decay . The workmen of Birmingham would , doubtless , oe more generally employed than they are now ; but , besides that their wages would not keep pace icith the rapid rise qf prices , A f AB GBEATEB EVIL WOULD AWAIT THEM BEREAiTER- That evil -mould be the incubus of anew aristocracy , « hich would spring up , like funguses , out of Attwood ' s & ACS . — { James Bronterrc O'Brien , in the Poor Man ' s Guardian , Nov . 10 ft , 1832 , before he became ( he advocate for tfie perpetuation and great " expansion" of thai " execrable system , " winch laid "Hie foundation of tears and slavery for fht nation at large . " )
Come , now ilr . Schoolmaster , we get along with our proofs pretty well—don't we ? We do not yet find much evidence of your having " never advocated a metallic in preference to a paper currency pince you were born . " This is not very apparent , as yet' If it had been your intention to uphold the paper system , and decry the nictaWic one , you have been singularly unfortunate . 2 fevcr poor author more so ! We have sought for evidence of the assertion , that "ilr . O'Bmes has always professed and advocated the Currency doctrine of Bobekt Owen ; " and we have been unable to find it . Wliere does it
exist f 2 \ ot in the Poor Man ' s Guardian ; not in the Twopenny Dispatch ; not in any of Mr . O'Brien ' s publications of the time when that Currency doctrine ' etas openly advocated " by ifr . Owen , and attempted in practice . Nowhere have we been able to lay hands on any such " profession , " on such " advocacy : " but we havefound much to the contrary . Thej > roo / sthatwehave " adduced bear date , as will be observed , 1832 . We shall next give one of 1837 . So late as that year , our "friend" "INFINITELY PREFERRED " a metallic to a paper currency . At all events , if he didnot , there is no meaning in words . In reference to the life-and-death struggle of the American Democracy against their "PAPERMONEY MONSTER , " and in favour of " metallic money , " the present advocate of a " Government * legaHender-Paper Money" said : —
In proportion to the food produced in any country -will be the power of that country to employ manufacturing and even non-productive labourers , and thereby to surround itself with those luxuries and artistical products which distinguish the civilised from the savage man , and which , utst to good moral and intellectual training , constitute the grand charm of existence . It is not gold and alver , sor yet bask soies , as the paper-money schemers KOtddftacc usbdiece , that hare given the prodigious impulse we have witnessed , to improvements in America . It is the abundance of food produced by its agricultural population , that enables so great a number to be employed ij constructing canals , bridges , railroads , & C . The
surplus of agricultural produce is the real capital which sets the artisans and handicraftsmen to -work , and covers the States -with those embellishments and stupendous works of art which astound the European traveller . An th . it the bank-uote scbesebs do , ts to suck together and concentrate tlie means of subsistence for non-agr icultural labourers in particular districts , and Uien execute TOE THEIE OWN pcrposes those mrks alluded to , whieh the people ( if initlligent aud united ) could do better and more profitahly for themselves . With dteir FICTITIOUS PAPER CAPITAL lltey contrive to woeesee the farmer out of his produce , which they re-distribute again ( at large profits ) in ' . heir respective localities ; aud had it not been for General Jackson , they would have , ere this , got hold of all the land as well as of its produce . They had gone a great
way in buying up tlie demesnes of the republic with their RAG MOSEY ; they were buying , or rather swindling it in lots of a million , and half a million of acres at a time ; but tlie veteran president interfered and told the scoundrels iliat they should have no more laud WITHOUT PAYIXG HARD CASH 3 !! This circumstance , together with the removal of the Government deposits from the "United States Bank , lias probably saved America ( for the present at least ); but there will be no real security for the Americans , more than for us , till the MONEY MOBSTER is effectually felled in the state governments , as well as in the general government , and placed for ever under the feet of the productive and democratic interests . —yomes Sroxoerre O'Brien , in the Xational Reformer , Jan . 7 tft , 1837 , before Re tool ; pay for " advocating" a "fictitious paper capital ?}
There ! that is pretty good fi-om a man that has always opposed metallic money , and always pleaded for paper The demand of President Jacksos , that the purchasers of the public lands should pay in BARD CASH , saved America ! Aye , and so it did But this is a strange fact to be told by a man who was always against sard cash 2 If HARD CASH PAYMENTS " saved ? ' America fimn the evils and dangers brought on that people by the bank-note Echeniers , pray how does it happen that WE are to be " saved ? ' by the most " expansive" system of bank-note scheming that the world ever saw ? Pray how does this come about ? If bank-notes are good for « s—why not for the Americans ? Do they not perform the same function here as there ? The truth
is , they do . The truth is , also , thatPAPEa-MOSEv had nearly upset tic Rbpeblic op the "West ; that General Jackson " saved" the States from utter rttinbyhis choking offthe "MOXEY-3 fONSTERf that America has recovered the shock that the ailure of the hank-note issuers inflicted on all the productive interests of the country ; that the people have had more than enough of paper-money and the paper-money schemers that they have returned President Polk in the teeth of the efforts—the influence , the intimidations , and the purcJtasings of the RAG-MONET
dealers ; that he goes into office holding General Jackson ' s views on the question of money ; and that he is determined to carry them into full practice , his Message , just arrived in England , sufficiently bespeaks . The portion of itwo give in another place , under tbe head "Banks and Debts , " ought to make every European blush to the ears at the contrast he new Republic affords to their systems of Government and finance . Let the reader look well at that portion of { he Pbesidext ' s Message ; and then let him say what he thinks of the effects of paying in haro cash ! ~
And now our task is just ended—our proofs are complete . "We have more than proved that the " schoolmaster" formerly "taught" directly the opposite to what he is teaching now 1 We have done this by adducing facts . We have not indulged in abuse . We have not heaped together a mass of filthy vituperation . We hare not cooked up old epitaphs . We have gone to " the book and the testimony , " and " out of thine own mouth we Itavc coxdemxed thee !" This article is intended to answer a double purpose . It is , intended not only as an expose of the ' ' teacher" who figures so unenviably in it , but also nan answer io the party who are endeavouring to enlist the support of the working-peop le in aid of an infernal paper scheme . The effects of an . Expansive Currency , such as is now desired , are herein fully detailed : and those who are ambitious to
experience the devastating and ruinous effects , had better seek to " establish" the cause . For ourselves , We are inclined to say " we have had enough of that & ose ; " and , with our "former friend , " "INFIMTELY PREFER Cobbett ' s scheme , " because " it is beyond tdl comparison the best for the working classes . "
Mattca 29, 1845. The Northern Star. ___^...
MATtca 29 , 1845 . THE NORTHERN STAR . ___^^ _^ ¦ ¦ - ¦ - * £
Rial Pboeertt.—A Return Has Been Obtained By Ordorof Parliament, On The Motion Of Mr. Villiers,
Rial Pboeertt . —A return has been obtained by ordorof Parliament , on the motion of Mr . Villiers ,
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snowing the total annual value of real property in « ach county of England and Wales assessed to the lasa ^ ^ Moome-tasforthe year ending April , ***» . distinguishing that on land , houses , tithes , "Mors , fines , * quarries , mines , ironworks , fisheries , ^ ^ . railways , & e . It lence appears that in England and Wales alone the grand total annual value of real assessed property amounts to the enormous sum of £ S 5 , S 02 , 7 a 5 , thus subdivided—viz ., lands , £ 40167038
,, ( or nearJvhalf ); houses , £ 35 , 556 , 399 ; titbes } £ l < m , miiaa ^ 0 rs , £ l 5 S , 2 ie ; Ene 3 , £ 319 , 140 ; T % ? £ k fP- ^ i mines , £ 1 , 903 , 794 '; ironworks , * 412 , U 22 ; fisheries , £ 31 , 104 : ; canals , £ 1 , 229 , 202 ; and railways , £ 2 , 417 , 609 : other property , not comprised m US foregoing , ^ 1 , ^ 815 . A siniilarretHra as to Seotiand gives a grand total of £ 9 , 481 , 762 , _ viz ., lands , £ 3 , 586 , 527 ; houses , £ 2 , 919 , 338 ; fines , £ 901 ; ^ Tf ^ £ 33 , 474 ; mines , £ 177 , 592 ; ironworks , £ 147 , 412 ; fisheries , jEi 7 , 809 ; canals , £ 77 , 802 ; and railways , £ 181 , 333 . The other property not included io the foregoing details amounts to £ 309 , 480 .
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B . Huhphbies , JTc-TTniGHAH , desires us to say that the - £ A was from the Framework-knitters of Harwich ; and that he begs to return thanks on behalf of the Framework-knitters generaUy . Benjamin Southwobth , Burnley . —Thanks for his kind note . The line of conduct towards the apostate advocate of the " execrable system of paper-money" which he shadows forth , we had fully determined to pursue . No provocation shaU induce us to lose sight of the real question , and indulge either in giving or replying to mere personal abuse . The question itself is all-important . If our side of it cannot be maintained by argument and fact , we will give up the controversy . Those who hare neither will seek to cover their weakness by a dust on personal matters . But even this course wiU
fail . George Booth , Htbe . —The " reports" in question were long printed documents . Our space is valuable . We saw that the reports could easily be sent to each colliery , and thus let each man know that his money was duly appUed to tnepurpose for which he had subscribed it—while we could fiU the Star with matter more interesting to the Trades generally . Vfn . Thompson , Gateshead , writes as follows : —I have a a brother , whose name is Daniel Thompson , that neither me nor any of the famil y have heard of this year and a half . We believe he is somewhere in the southern part ' of the county of Durham ; and I know he teas a reader of the Star , and I think he wUl be a reader yet . If you will , be so good as to let him know in your notices to correspondents , that if he wants to know anything ' of his friends , he must correspond with me at Primrose , terrace , Gateshead Low FeU .
Parties sending post-oihee orders , or cash , to this office , ought to be careful to write something in then- letters , so that we can teU who sends them , and what they intend us to do with the money . "We have four or five agents who never write a werd more than the address of this office on the outside of the orders . We are partial to short letters , when on matters of business ; but these are rather too short . If those who send will only sign their names , it is all we ask ; and , if they wiU not do that , they must expect that the cash will sometimes be credited to the wrong agents . To correct such errors afterwards takes much time in writing
for . flB part iculars , besides the risk of the person sending the money losing it altogether . From a recent alteration in the post-office order department , it is impossible to ascertain the name of the person sending , without wilting to the post-office where the order was first obtained , or to the general office . Several of our agents are still determined not to send their orders payable at 180 , Strand . TV " e have this week received orders payable at the General Post-office from BTalton , Preston ; Arthur , Carlisle ; and Clark , Birmingham . If they would but ask to have their orders made payable at 180 , Strand , they would oblige .
MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . FOE THE EXECUTIVE . £ S . d . From Oldham , by collection in Hall 3 13 fi By a friend on the platform o 0 6 From Rochdale 2 0 0 Levy , from Filldngton 0 10 0 Bolton 0 13 0 From the Association , Bolton o 10 0 Abram Fanlkncr 0 10
UBS . ELLIS . From Pilkington .. 030 THOMAS COOFER , From two subscribers to the Star in London .. 020 From Abram Faulkner 0 16 RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SCBSCB 1 PTION 6 . S . d . S . d . City of London .. .. 2 10 Northampton , new SaflVon-hili .. .. 2 0 locale „ „ ¦¦ 3 7 IBVT . Camberwell .. .. 4 0 Newport , Isle of "Wadsworth-row .. 6 0 "Wight 6 0 DONATIONS . Mr . Dale , Merton .. 2 0 Idle , per Mr . Sugden 5 0 Mr . Leghbond , ditto 2 O
CABDS . Xodmctrden .. 13 THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Secretary .
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brought up accordingly at the Borough Court , before E . G . Maynardand John Meynell , Esgrs . The examination was private . Mr . G . Cressy Hall , of Alfreton , conducted the case against the prisoner , who was undefended . A number of witnesses were examined , whose testimony made out a ease of grave suspicion against the prisoner . After a hearing ( which lasted four hours ) the prisoner was remanded till Monday last , to afford time for further inquiries . We now supply full particulars , so far as they have transpired in evidence . —The deceased , a Mrs . Elizabeth Green , was a widow , aged 48 , who resided in a farm-house , situated about the centre of the straggling village of Whittington , and close to the separation of the old roads leading from Chesterfield to
Eckington and Sheffield respectively . About twelve months age the son-in-law of the deceased , Joseph Hawksley , came to live in a part of the house which was partitioned off . Hawksley having neglected to pay his rent , quarrels arose between him and the deceased . The former was heard to threaten her , and she was subsequently found with her throat cut , aoi died of the w > wd , whiehhad tea inflicted by a razor . —From an examination of the premises it appears that the deceased had been cleaning the hearth , as a pancheon full of dirty water was standing on the right side of the fire-place . The front of the hearth was clean , and one of the stones of the floor was wet , a rubbing stone lying upon it . Between these and a earnpt . tht > rt > mm several lanre droos of blood , and a
razor lying close beside them . The false curb worn by the deceased lay at some little distance , and a piece of ribbon , spotted with blood , and similar to that upon her cap , was also found on the floor . Blood was traced to the back door , on which there were a number of spots of blood , and also marks of five bloody fingers . The key and the bolts were also marked in a like manner . The drops of blood were traced down the causeway , across the grass-plot to the gate , on which there is a mark as though a bloody hand had been laid upon it . Mr . Boddington , surgeon , arrived at jhe spot about a quarter-past ten o ' clock on the morning in question ; but Mrs . Green had ceased to exist some time before hisfcrri val . At the close ofa long hearing before the magistrates , the nrisoner was committed to take his
trial for murder . The examination terminated at four o ' clock , shortly after which the prisoner was taken back to the prison . At six o ' clock he was seen alive , and as usual , by the wife of the keeper , but at a quarter to seven , on Mr . Hollingworth ( the keeper ) entering the cell , he found him hanging by his neckcloth to one of the hinges of the door . He was immediately cut down , but life proved to be extinct . An inquest is to beheld on his body to-day ( Wednesday ) . At the close of the examination the prisoner had ' declined to make any defence , but requested the magistrates to come down to the prison on the follow ing evening , when , said he , " I mil tell you all about it , and prove that I am innocent . " It is now orident that this request was a mere feint to divert attention from his purpose .
Serious Fire sear Maxchester-square . —On Wednesday afternoon , shortly before four o'clock , a fire , attended with very serious consequences , broke out at No . 20 , Henrietta-street , Manchester-square , occupied by seven or eight families . The flames originated in the first floor front , tenanted by Mr . Charles Cross . It appears that the discovery was made by a female who was in an adjoining room through hearing a loud cracking noise , evidently proceeding from burning wood . An alarm having been raised , some parties rushed up stairs and burst open the room door , the most imprudent course that could have been adopted . The fire engines soon arrived . Whilst the firemen were working with the hose of the enaine up the staircase , a cry was raised
that an elderly female , named Phillips , was in the second floor front . After considerable trouble Mr . Fogo forced his way up stairs , and upon entering the apartment in question he found the place filled with smoke , and upon the bed an aged female , who was lying quite insensible . He immediately took her up in his arms , and with assistance carried her down stairs , and having placed her in a cab , had her conveyed to St . George ' s Hospital , where she was attended to by several surgeons , and it is hoped that she may eventually recover . The building , from the first floor upwards , with the contents , was consumed . Disgusting Stort . — The Constituiionncl relates the following horrible instance of delusion : — " A young girl of the department of the Cliarente-Infe . rieure , being subject to epileptic fits , was some time
back taken by some of her friends-to a quack doctor , who , after liaving examined her condition , ordered her to take for forty-eight days , morning and evening , a dose of a Christian's head . The same evening the brother-in-law of the girl repaired to the gravedigger of the place , and b y means of a sum of money gained him over to his side . They proceeded to the churchyard with a lantern and pickaxe , and opened the grave of a young woman who had been buried five days before . They cut offthe head , which , with its long hair , they placed in a basket , The brotherin-law took it with him home , where a fresh operation was proceeded to . The oven was heated , and near the bread was introduced a dish , on which was placed the head . It was left there until it became carbonized . It was then reduced to powder , and for forty-eight days the epileptic patient was forced to wallow graduated doses of this horrible matter . "
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Jealousy and Suicide . —On Wednesday morning James , alias Jem Crow , aged 28 years , terminated his existence by hanging himself , It appears that the deceased , who had kept a cheesemonger ' s shop in Walworth-street , Camberwell , had latterly become very jealous of his wife , and , in consequence , very unhappy in his mind . He had spoken of letting his shop , and intended to have proceeded to town on Tuesday for the purpose of advertising ' it in one or more papers . He came down stairs at seven o ' clock , and was seen in his shop about twenty minutes after j but at eight o ' clock he was discovered in the watercloset suspended by a cord , when he was Instantly cut down and medical aid called in , but it was too late , the vital spark had fled . Besides his wife , he has left an infant not many months old .
Fatal Coal Pit Exn . osios .--An inquest was held on Friday , 22 nd March , on the body of James Elwood , at Castle Eden Colliery Inn , who it appears lost his life in the pit by an explosion . The following evidence was given : —Mr . Henry Barrass , the under-viewer , deposed : I was down the Button Seam-pit , at Castle Eden Colliery , on Monday , 10 th March , aud while in the discbarge of my duty , I was examining a distant portion of the pit to that in which the explosion took place . I was apprised of the explosion by a sudden gust of wind , coming in the direction I was in . I instantly made my way into tbe part where the explosion occurred , and met the four poor creatures , who were almost scorched to death by the fire . I wished to learn from them where it had occurred , but
could not , for they wanted to be at bank . After getting them to bank , I went to the place where they had been at work , and saw the effects of an explosion , but could not ascertain the cause , unless it had proceeded from a fissure in the roof which existed in that part of the mine .- —At this stage of the proceedings , the coroner observed that any person of the jury who had any questions to ask the witness , was at liberty to do so ; whereupon Mr . Pratt , one of the jury , cross-examined him . —Mr . Pratt :. " Was there no falls _ in the main-air course , to prevent the air getting into that part of the mine where the explosion occurred ?"—Witness : " There was a great fall in tlie main-air passage , but there was plenty of air going into that part to keep it safe . "—Mi . Piatt : " Can you tell
the space there was left for the air to pass into , where those men were working ? " — -Witness : " That i » impossible , butthere wasplenty of air going to keep them safe . "—Mr . Pratt : "You state there was plenty of air going over the fall in the crevice ; how comes it , then , that they have got burned , and this man lost Ms life for want of air ? " —Witness : " I cannot tell , it appeal's strange to me . "—The Coroner said they had better adjourn to the houses of the two unfortunate men , who were at the place of the explosion , who , although severely burnt , were yet capable of giving evidence . The coroner and jury then went to the houses of the two men , who stated that at the place where the explosion did occur there was a sufficiency of air to keep them safe under ordinary circumstances . After receiving the evidence of these two men , the court removed to the inn again , when a brother of the deceased made his appearance before
the court in a very agitated state . He said that his brother had been murdered , and that he ( the deceased ) had told the doctor so , and that it was the fall in the air course , which had been there nine days , that prevented the air getting into them , so that tlie gas had generated , and come in contact with a candle , and ignited . The coroner desiredhunto bringevidence to support this . John Daily ,: jaid : there was- a fall in the air-passage about eighteehrfeet in ' height ; and ten yards in length , when I went with others to remove it . I went to see if I could get over it , but I could not , there could nothing pass over it . It was quite close ; there was air passing through the fall . The jury , after deliberating , returned a verdict of "AccidentalDeath . " ^
Determined Suicide?—On Wednesday morning considerable excitement was caused in the neighbourhood of Islington by the discovery , at an early hour , that a finely-proportioned , and apparently middleaged man , most respectably ' attired , was weltering in his blood in Bridle-lane , a comparativel y secluded spot on the north side of the Britannia-fields , close by the Shepherdess public-house , and near a small brook which flows by that locality into the adjacent Kegent Canal basin . The party had evidently met with his death ironi a wound produced by firearms , by which the interior of the head was frightfully shattered . The man employed to extinguish the lamps in that neighbourhood was the person who made the discovery . The body was then warm , but life
was quite extinct . From a variety of inquiries made by the reporter upon the spot during Wednesday it appears that the case was one of determined suicide , although for several hours it was apprehended that the death of deceased had been caused by violence from the hands of another party . Upon searching the body , however , several documents were found , aud their genuineness having been tested In the course of the day , the following facts may be relied upon : —From a bill-head , it appeared that the name ot deceased is Meyer De Gauge , and that he resided at 80 , Church-lane , Whitechapcl . Formerly he had been iu the employ ( it is supposed as a commission traveller ) of the firm of Messrs . Joseph and Percy Procktcr , tobacco manufacturers , 197 ,
Bishopgatestreet-Without . A note from the firm was also in the pocket of deceased , calling upon him , without delay , to hand over a balame of about £ 12 due to them . There was also a letter written in the German language , of which the following is a literal translation : — " Unhappy Wife , —Receive this my last letter as a thank for you , my partner in my misfortune . Farewell to the world . I could no longer remain here without making you and my dear sweet children tstill more unhappy . I am now resolved to make an end to my miserable life ; but for the sake of our children do not follow my example ; and be aware that there is a God Almighty , One more farewell in this sad world . Touder we each other shall see again , no doubt . There is a God . and here once
more be confident in Him who has created us ; and bring our children up as Jews , that is , as Israelites ; for our belief , and especially the Jewish belief , is the true one . There is a God , and that is the . God of the Jews . Dear wife , as a mother , do impress truth on the minds of my dear children , that they may persevere in the Jewish belief . You may tell them that their father died before his time ; he was a Jew , and wanted to see them live and die as Jews . Farewell for ever . Meyer dbGanoe . " Attached to this letter was the following postscript : — "let the Hymanbesaidfor me , as I have died a Jew . M . de G . " The body was conveyed to the bonehouse of Islington church , where It awaits the inquisition of a coroner ' s jury .
Frightful Occurrence at Stepjjet Fair . — Shortly before the close of this fair on Monday night a very appalling faccidentd happened to a man of colour named Morris , whilst engaged in turning one of the ponderous circular swings , and which , we regret to add , teraiinated in his , instant death . The unfortunate man was on a kind ofa platform at work at a large fly-wheel , which moved the machine , full thirty feet from the ground , when the handle suddenly moved round , overbalancing him , and before he could recover himself , he was precipitated over tbe platform on to the ground , falling on his head with much violence , He was instantly picked upi and removed to the surgery of Mr . Faulkner , wnen it was found that he was quite dead , the heavy fall having apparently broken his neck . On Tuesday morning , about twelve o ' clock , another shocking accident occurred to the same swing , and whieh , it is stronslv feared , will end with fatal consequences
also . A labouring man of the name of Charles Bell , who was engaged to turn the machine in the place of the poor fellow who was killed on the previous night , had been at the work but a very short time , when , from the sudden moving of one of the cars , the handle flew round and struck him with terrific force on the upper part of the head , the blood from which flowed copiously down the wooden uprights of the machine , causing , as may be easily imagined , the deepest sensation throughout the fair . Several persons promptly ran up to his assistance , and , having brought him down , he was forthwith conveyed to the London Hospital , where he now lies in a very bad way , the injury being of much extent . The machine belongs to a man known by the name of Adams , who , despite these shocking affairs , desired to continue working it . It was , however , very properly put a stop to until it had undergone an examination by some engineer .
Melaxcholt Case op Accidental Death from Prussic Acid . —On Thursday forenoon an inquest , which was commenced on Monday last at tbe Weymouth Arms , Weymouth-street , New Kent-road , was resumed at the Flying Horse , before Mr . Carter and a respectable jury , on view of the body of Hannah Levy , aged 22 , the daughter of highly-respectable Jewish parents , who was accidentally poisoned by prussic acid under the following melancholy circumstances . It appears from the evidence of Samuel Levy , the uncle of the deceased , which was corroborated by other witnesses , that she was living with her father , a tailor , at No . 38 , Weymouth-street , and that she assisted him in his business . On Friday last , between twelve and one o ' clock , the female servant brought into the room , where he and the deceased were , two bottles , which she stated bad been given to her by a lad who had come from Mr . Birch , a medical gentleman . On one of these ,
which contained a fluid of a white colour , it was labelled thata fourth part was to be taken twice a-day . The deceased took the quantity prescribed , upon which she immediately rose and went towards the fireplace ; she returned , whenher head immediately dropped and her limbs became contracted . She wasp laced upon a bed , and in a few minutes after froth issued from her mouth . Mr . Watts and Mr . Hicks , surgeons of the neighbourhood , were sent for , who prescribed for the deceased , but she died in twenty minutes after taking the medicine . Mr . George H . Watson , surgeon , No . 14 , Brighton-place , New Kentroad , said that he found deceased lying on a bed , dressed . Mr . Hicks came in' almost immediately after . She appeared in a fit ; but upon being shown f t phial , which lie thought contained prussic acid , he treated her accordingly . She breathed laboriously ; her face was swollen and congested ; the pup ils of her eyes were dilated and of a glossy appearance , and the
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heart 8 action was rapidly sinking . He administered brandy and ammonia , as much as he could give , as the power of deglutition was very feeble . She died in ten minutes after his attendance . On opening the chest there was a strong smell of prussic acid , which was observed by Mr . Hicks and Mr . Wantle , who assisted him professionall y ; and from the conclusion of the examination he was convinced that tlie deceased had died from the effects of prussic acid . There appearing no doubt that the labels on the bottles had been misplaced , the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death .
Suicide of a Soldibr at Swansea ( Wales ) . —On Tuesday an inquiry took place at the Wheat Sheaf public-house , before Charles Collins , Esq ., coroner concerning-the death of William Clifton , a private in the 75 th Regiment of foot , stationed in that town , who , it appeared from the evidence , on the night previous shot himself in his bed-room in tho barrack . He had shot Mmself in bed by placing the muzzle of his musket in his mouth , and ( as is supposed ) pressing the trigger with his toe . His head was completely shattered , and he died in a few minutes after the commission of the dreadful act . The deceased was a native of Leicester , of very passionate temperament , and subject to fits . No reason could be assigned by his comrades for the rash act . The jury returned a verdict , that deceased destroyed himself while in a state of insanity .
Fatal Colliery Accident near FoxTyroc-L . —On Tuesday morning last , as six men and three lads were being . let down a pit ( known as Abiathan Jones ' s pit ) ninety yards deep , at the New British Iron Company ' s works , at Abersychan , near Pontypool , for the purpose of going to their work , when about halfway down , the chain ( a patent flat one ) slipped off the pulley wheel , and , by the surge , broke near the top , and the poor fellows were dashed to the bottom , a portion of the chain , about three tons weight , falling upon them . As soon as the consternation produced by the dreadful event had in some degree subsided ,
workmen in the pit went to the assistance of the sufferers , when they found two of the men , Wm . Watkins and John Jacob , dead , and the rest dreadfully mangled ; some with legs and thighs broken , ribs and arms smashed ; in fact , not one has escaped the awful calamity without injuries ofa most serious character . On Wednesday last , Thomas Hughes , Esq ., coroner , held inquests on the bodies of three of the deceased ( one having died since the accident)—namely , John Watkins , aged 16 ; George Hurley , aged 21 ; and John Jacob , aged 21 ; and , ' after alengthened inquiry , the jury came to a verdict of Accidental Death .
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MANSION HOUSE . Stealing Tea . —Thomas Sharwood was charged with stealing two parcel's of tea , from a truck in the public streets . —Wm . Lancaster deposed , that he was a porter in the employ of Messrs . Russell and Co ., grocers , Union-street , Borough ; that lie was sent on Thursday last to deliver goods to some coffee-house keepers in the neighbourhood of Houndsditch ; and that the prisoner proffered his services to mind the truck whilst he delivered a parcel . Joseph Dunster , a clerk , deposed to witnessing the prisoner take the two parcels of tea from the truck , but took no notice of it , thinking theywere his own . —Policeman 651 , deposedto ; seeing . tiie prisoner w aking up Houndsditch , . Hill . 41 l / l' 4 aW . V . ^ fctlA ^ tlfe t \ P inn .. ^ . IfM . ' l . Sn nw » llnnnmn . wi 1 l niu u , teaunuci iuo
. u . > ne ^ raJM . auu . XlCiUillg the cry of " Stop thief , " he went iii pursuit , and when he got within six yards of the prisoner , he dropped the tea , and was stopped by a man and given into his custody ; the parcels weighed six pounds each . -.. Mr . Russell wished the Mayor to deal summarily with the case- ; but his Lordship refused compliance , and remanded the prisoner until Wednesday next . Miseries 6 i ? tub Poor . —A poor miserablDlooking old man was charged with being in illegal possession of a pah' of fire tongs . Policeman 530 , said he was on duty in the Mmories on Thursday last , and saw the old man conic along with the tonga partly concealed beneath his coat . He asked him where he had got them , when the prisoner said , " at
home—he had been possessed of them a great many years . " Not being satisfied witli his statement , he took him into custody . On searching him he found a small tin box full of pawnbrokers' duplicates , relating to wearing apparel , flat irons , & e . ; some things pledged for sums as low as 4 Jd . The whole tickets amounted to 31 s . —Michael Putney , an intelligent boy , said lie lived iu Railway-place , Fenchurch-strcet ; and that ' on the day in question he was left in charge of the counting-house belonging to Mr . Gashing . He recognised tho tongs now produced as the property ot his employer . He had seen the' prisoner
just before he crossed the street on an errand . —The old man , in his defence , said , he was a shoemaker by trade ; he had worked in London for thirty years past ; had long been out of employ ; his poor wife had been laid up ill a long time ; he was nearly driven to distraction , having parted with everything he possessed ; he had never been in trouble before £ could not . for the life and soul of him tell how he became possessed of the tongs , and hoped his lordship would have mercy on a poor , distracted , helpless old man . — The case excited the greatest commiseration in the Court . —The Lord Mayor remanded him until Wednesday next .
Pichino Pockets on London-Bridge . —Two lads , of the respective ages of sixteen and eighteen years , were charged by . 'Isaac Newton with picking a gentleman ' s pocket of a silk handkerchief . James Lagg said that he was going over London-bridge about two o ' clock on Thursday last , when he saw the younger prisoner take the handkerchief out of the pocket of the gentleman , and pass it to the elder prisoner . —Christopher M'Oarthy gaye evidence to the like effect , —Policeman 531 assisted in taking tlie prisoners into custody , and on the elder one he found the handkerchief stolen from the gentleman , and another silk handkerchief . The younger prisoner made a most ingenious defence , casting doubt and suspicion on the evidence given by the two witnesses . They were nevertheless committed for trial ,
BOW-STREET . Wednesday . — Attempting to Commit Suicioe . — An elderly man named John Knight , who seemed in a weakly state of health , wasplaced at the bar before Mr . Twyford , charged with attempting to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river . Capt . Reynolds , of the steam-boat Laurel , stated that on Friday last he picked up the defendant between the Surrey-stairs and Strand-lane , in a state of insensibility , and , having called a policeman , he was conveyed to the Spotted Dog public-house , in the Strand . There were several persons who witnessed the occurrence , by whom he was informed that he had jumped overboard from one of the barges moored alongside . The defendant said he was very sony , and expressed a wish , as he felt very ill , to be sent back to the hospital . Mr . Twyford directed him to be conveyed to the Strand union workhouse , where he could remain until he was perfectly recovered .
WORSHIP-STREET . Thursday . —Attempt to Murder . —Hayward , the warrant officer , made a communication to Mr . Bingham , relative to a poor woman , named Ann Brick , who is now lying in a dangerous state in St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , from afrightful wound in her head , inflicted with a chopper , by her husband , a journeyman bricklayer , now under remand at this court on the charge of attempting to murder her . —The prisoner was placed at the bar on Tuesday evening , just before the rising of the court . —Serjeant Ellis stated that he had ascertained from the neighbours that the prisoner had been constantly drunk for several days , and that on the morning in question he had ordered his wife to take off her wedding ring , that he might nledce it to procure more liquor . On her refusing to
do as desired , the prisoner loaded her with abuse , and endeavoured to break open a box in which she kept her clothes , when a straggle ensued between them , in the course of which the prisoner felled her to the ground with the chopper , and afterwards dragged her down stairs , and flung her into the street , where she was found by the policeman . Mr . Bingham ordered the prisoner to be remanded . The officer , Hayward , now reported to the magistrate that he had seen Mr . Moore , the house-surgeon at the hospital , who had requested him to state that although the woman continued in a highly dangerous condition , he did not consider the case so extremely urgent as to require the attendance of the magistrate for the above purpose ; but if any unfavourable change took place , timely notice to that effect should be forwarded to the court .
Wednesday . —Ruffianly Assault . —David Herbert and William Carter , two ill-looking young fellows , were placed at the bar , before Mr . Broughton , the sitting magistrate , upon a charge of assaulting Mr . Samuel Phillips , a young man who is a clerk in the Bank of England . The complainant appeared before the magistrate with his head bandaged and his face much contused and swollen . The evidence was to the effect , that after leaving the Bank on Tuesday afternoon , he was crossing the Shepherdess field , on his way home , when he saw the prisoners and another pulling about in a very indecent manner some young females , who threatened to give them in charge to the pahc ^ The complaint spoke to the ruinaus aesisteu
, wuo men irom their molestation of the females , but began pelting him with stones , one laid hold of one of the prisoners , and a violent struggle took place hut he was surrounded by the whole party , . and in the course of the struggle received the injuries now apparent upon his person . One of the Witnesses , Who wont to his assistance , was also knocked down and kicked . Mr . Broughton , after commenting severely upon the ruffianism exhibited % l . Prisoners and their . companions , sentenced ff Wt in ^ or six weeks ' imprisonment ; and Herbert to 10 s ., or 14 days , and being unable to pay the nnes they were conveyed to prison to undergo the discipline of the tread-mill .
SOUTHWARK . Saturday . —Precocious Criminality . — A little Urchin not more than ten years of age , was charged with attempting to steal a pair of boots from a shoe-
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maker ' s shop in Spaiiclds . The boy was one of a regular gang of juvenile thieves , and had been loitering about the shop window on Thursday evening , before he attempted the felony . At last , when he thought no one was looking , he thrust his fist through a broken pane of glass and seized a pair of ooots . The proprietor immediately recognised it , ran out , and took hold of bimjustashe had managed to extricate the boots . The boy , in answer to a question from the magistrate , stated / that a bigger boy than himself , of the name of Reid , who lived in Hunter-street , bad Instigated him to steal the boots . Mr . Cottenham said it was evident tlie boy had been inveigled by % a set of thieves older than himself , and was in the course of being ruined . The case was then remanded , to allow of inquiry being made about the parents of the boy ; and also that the other boy , who instigated him , might be taken into custody .
Monday . — Robbery . — William Engkss , a welldressed man , was brought before Mr . Trail charged with being concerned with others , not in custody , in committing several robberies in the district of this court . The whole of the property , alleged to have been stolen by the p risoner , on this side of the water , was produced and identified by the different owners , and evidence having been also adduced that the prisoner had , for some length of time , connected himself with a very daring gang of thieves , he was committed .
Tuesday . — The Swell Mod . —John Clarke , a fashionably dressed young man , but who was described as belonging to the swell mob , was brought before Mr . Trail , charged with a robbery , attended wiUi violence , on the person of Mr . William Cressford , an oflicor inthe natty . The complainant stated that on the preceding day he went to visit some of his friends on the Southwark side of the water , and that on his return in the evening , between eight and nine o ' clock , he went into a tavern near the Borough-market He had some spirits and water , aud when ho quitted the house he was followed by one of the three men who were at the bar drinking , in tho direction of Winchester-street , who invited him to return back to the tavern and take some wine with him and his
friends . The complainant , however , had scarcely time to give an answer , when he received a blow on the breast , and on falling Ills assailant snatched his watch from his pocket , the guard chain of which was broken in the act . The complainant got up and ran after the robber , at the same time calling out , "Stop thief , " but the latter got out of sight . In a few minutes , however , the prisoner was brought up to him by a policeman , and he immediately identified him as tho man by whom he had boon assaulted and robbed . —Police Serjeant Moor , of the M division , stated that he heard the cry of " Stop thief , " and saw the prisoner running down Winchester-street .
He stopped him , and took his prisoner back to the complainant . The prisoner submitted to be searched , declaring his innocence , and nothing was found in his possession but some money belonging to himself . — E 1 . 2 a Madder stated that she saw the prisoner in the custod y of the police-serjeant , and as she walked after him she distinctly saw the prisoner in passing some rubbish move one of his arms , as if throwing something fvc-m hiwv . Upon seeing ibis the witness returned to tlie spot , and discovered a , valuable watch and guard-chain . She proceeded at once to the station-house , where they were immediately identified by the owner . The prisoner was then committed .
MARYLEBONE . Thursday . — Extensive Robbery , by a Lady ' s Maid . —Ann Turner was placed at tho bar before Mr . Long for re-examination , charged with having stolen notes and other property to a considerable amount , belonging to the Hon , Col . Finch , 0 , Hyde Parkgardens , in whose family she had lived as lady ' s maid . None of the notes have yet been traced , and in order to afford time'for the constable to endeavour to get evidence respecting thorn the prisoner was remanded again for a week .
MARLBOROUGH STREET . Thursday . —Immense Plate Robbery by a Butler . —William dagger , butler , in the service of a maiden lady , Miss Fanny Watk ' m Wynn , of No . 104 , Piccadilly , was brought before Mr . Hardwiek " , intUc custody of tlie police , on suspicion of liaving robbed his mistress ofa quantity of silver plate of the value of £ 1000 . —Mr . U . Wynn stated the ground ofsuspicion against the prisoner , which had led to his apprehension . Miss Wynn had a large dinner party on Wednesday , and in consequence of some of tiie plate beingmissed , and the absence of the butler , suspicion was created that the butler was implicated in the abstraction of the missing plate , and information of the affair was sent to tho statJon-hon . se at Vine-street . It appeared that the information was given to Inspector Plume , who immediately proceeded to look after the prisoner . About nine o'clock on Wednesday night the inspector found the
prisoner at a public-house at the corner of Dowustrect , Piccadilly , with a glass of gin and water before him . The inspector told the prisoner that he must take him into custody for stealing plate . The prisoner replied that he did not steal it , ho had only pawned it . On searching the prisoner at the stationhouse , forty-six duplicates were found upon him , all of them relating to valuable property which he had pawned , and which he had taken from the plate-chest . The property consisted of large quantities of spoons , forks , candlesticks tureens , dishes , teapots , & c , upon whieh the different , ' pawnbrokers had lent upwards of £ 260 . On looking over tbe duplicates , it appeared that some of tlie pawnbrokers had taken in valuable articles several times during the same day , and in more than one instance the prisoner had got , in various sums on the same day from the same pawnbroker , between £ 50 and £ 60 . —At the request of the police , the prisoner was remanded for a week , in order to make full inquiry ,
LAMBETH . Monday . —The Late Poisoning Case at Cambekwell . —After the other charges had been disposed of , George May , the shopman and confidential servant of the late Mr . Montague , grocer , at Camberwell , who , as well as his wife , had been poisoned on the 11 th of last month , surrendered to his bail to undergo his final examination before Mr . Henry on a charge of embezzlement and forgery . The evidence of two or three witnesses was heard , " after which Mr . Henry said , he should leave the case to be submitted to the grand jury , if the prosecuting party should think proper to
send a bill of indictment before them . For his own part , he did not think the case sufficiently made out or strong to send it before a petty jury . It was his duty not to send a ease for trial unless he saw some reasonable grounds for a conviction ; and as he did not see any chance of a conviction in the present case , and as it was , in fact , doubtful whether a judge would have let the ease go to a jury at all , he should discharge the prisoner . The prisoner , on leaving the dock , was joined by a number of friends who had previously thronged the court , and , who upon ; learning the determination of the magistrate , gave way to some exultation .
CLERKENWELL . Monday . —Daring Act of Shoplifting . —Thomas May , who described himself as a milkman , was charged with shoplifting and a violent assault . It appeared from the evidence that Mr . Stanbury , a tobacconist , residing in Goswcll-street , was sitting in a parlour adjoining his shop , on Sunday evening , when , on hearing a noise , he saw the prisoner deliberately filling his pockets with cigars from the window . Mr . Stanbury went into tbe shop and said to the prisoner , " You are helping yourself . " Tlie prisoner , who still continued cramming the capacious
pockets of his velvet shooting coat , coolly replied , " Yes , I am helping myself , as I can find no one else to help me . " Tlie prosecutor seized him . The prisoner offered a sum of money for his liberation , which the prosecutor declined ; upon which the prisoner , a robust , powerful young man , attacked Mr . Stanbury with great violence , and had not Serjeant Areher , S Or , attracted by the noise of the straggle , rushed in , he would have escaped . The prisoner , who lias been heretofore convicted , on this occasion left his milkcan outside the door as a " blind , " which Areher said was an old trick . Committed for trial .
THAMES . Tuesday . — Daring Robbsrt . —William Copsey , described as a labourer , of 36 , Brook-street , Ratclitf , was brought before Mr . Bvoderip , on a charge of assaulting George Bradshaw , an engineer , on the Queen ' s highway , putting him in fear , and stealing from his person twenty-five sovereigns . —The prosecutor , who is a powerful man , stated that he re & ided at 31 , George-street , Stepney ; and on Monday night went into the Queen Caroline , Brook-street , when he first saw the prisoner , who claimed acquaintance with him . Witness paid for two-pennyworth of gin with a sovereign , which he took from a purse containing thirty-seven , and the silver he received in change he put in his pocket and then walked towards his home , close bv . The nrisoner followed him
into George-street , and as they were passing under one of the arches of the railway the prisoner suddenly laid hold of him by the collar and struck him several blows on the head , and threw him down . They then had a desperate fight , when the prisoner broke loose , > nd ran about 200 or 800 yards . He missed his purse containing his gold , and then pursued the prisoner , and on catching him he had the puree in Ins hmd . Another fierce contest took place , the prisoner striking him in the face , and witness frequently throwing the prisoner on his back . At length , when down , witness took the purse trom the prisoner , believing at the time that it contained all he found
his money ; but when he reached home that twenty-five sovereigns had been c ? tracte ^ jj , r a he had also missed his handkerchief . He was struggling with the prisoner for fifteen minutes , calling for the police all the time , but none came A number ot persons came out of a pubke-hquse ui Brookstreet and rescued the p risoner , inflicting several blows on him in the act . -Remanded lor a week . Sday ! -a " uNorateful Toono Thief .-0 ii Thursday J . Bichards , aged 13 years , in the garb of the freeschool at Poplar , was brought before Mr . Ballantine on a charge of stealing a gold keeper from the residence Of Mrs . Duff , a lady residing at Manor House , East Indiaroad . The prisoner was employed in the house for a 1 ' eW hours daily as errand-boy , and he was fostered and treated with the very greatest Mndnesss by Mrs , Puff and her
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ftimiJv , out of respect to the memory of hi , . ..... r , who was for nineteen years a domestic in thc \ -s .. ioJisIiniQnt In return for the care and kindness shown to the boy , h « had been for some time robbing his benefactress and her daughters . The case having been made out against tht ungrateful urchin , Mrs . Howard ( a daug hter of lira , Dnff ) was called upon to sign her ^ -position . She did so with great reluctance . —Mr . B :::. ; v : itinc committed the prisoner for trial , I
WANDSWORTH . Friday , —TTnotESAJ-E RoiHtrw . —On Thursday Ed « ward Naughton , a bricklayer's labourer , was charged , before Mr . Clive , with stealing a cart load of timber , the property of several builders who are erecting ho spsnat Battersea . Tlie prisoner was seen , on Saturday usorninp last , to go into an unfinished house in the Bridge-road , with an empty basket , and come out with it filled with chips and a piece of uuartering under bis avm . Inthfl course of the ensuing Week the prisoner ' s master , a Mr Heather , a builder , was made acquainted vi : h the circumstance , and taxed the prisoner with the theft . The latter denied it , and demanded what wages were due . to him , declaring he would stay no longer where his character was suspected . The master refused to pay him , and the prisoner had the effrontery to come to this
court on Wednesday last and obtain a summons for the non-payment . of his wages . Mr . Heather , who was sub-contractor to Mr . Peatherstone , a builder in the Borough , informed tlie owner of the property » f what had occurred , and he ordered the prisoner into custody for stealing the quartering . The * iwiscmer , when apprehended , declared the charge had been got up to do him out of his wages , and at the first blush such an accusation was colourable . The prosecutor , however , put in bail to answer for his proving his charge ; and police-constable Daly , I'll V , was sent to search the prisoner ' s room in Blackland-street , Chelsea , for the piece of quartering . This room , in which tho
prisoner professed to live , was found to be literally piled with wood and building materials of every description . The quantity discovered completely filled a cart , and required a powerful horse to draw it , Thero was old and new wood , hoards , skirting , hand-rails , bundles of laths , packets of lath noils , an iron bar , a gate , and many other articles of builders' property , Nearly the whole of these articles were identified by Mr , Feaihevstone and Mr . VJllathorac , another builder . Tim prisoner made no defence with respect to the property found in his room , but said he did not take the quartering on Saturday morning . Mr . Clive committed him to take his trial at the ensuing assizes at Kingston ,
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( To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle . J Sib , —In addressing to you a few remarks upon the explanations given by Lord Aberdeen on the 27 th , in answer to a question put by Lord licaumont , I feel all the disadvantages of my position . I stand here , afoveignev , personaUy unknown , proscribed , not by , but from my native country , in the suspicious character of an agitator , insisting on an accusation against the British Government for having helped , thougli certainly unintentionally , through a shameful violation of private correspondences , a foreign despotic government in the foulest transaction that has ever taken place since the entrapping Of tWCUtJone noble , brave-hearted patriots , and the subsequent death of nine of them . The vindicators of the
Government are prime ministers , secretaries of state , men enjoying a widely-spread reputation of honesty and sincerity , supported by large Parliamentary majorities , ready to listen favourably , who easily believe in the correctness of their statements . Nevertheless , I feel bound In duly—« duty towards my slain countrymen—towards justice and truth—towards myself , whose honour , certainly not less precious than that of any secretary of state , begins to be involved in the question — to keep my ground firmly ; a ground , let it be remembered , which is simply this : That the twenty-one IUdian exiles have been allured to Calabria by dark , snake-like proceedings of the Austrian and Neapolitan governments , and thai these governments tvere enabled to do so by their attention liaving been awakened to the subject by the secret communications extracted from my correspondence by the British government . I believe that Lord Aberdeen did never drcain that such evil
consequences might possibly arise fvom his communications ; but I believe at tlie same lime , and with equal sincerity , that should Lord Aberdeen have earnestly , impartially , and by himself have examined tlie facts , instead of huplicity relying upon diplomatic informations and reports of agents at Naples , evidently grounded upon statements of the Neapolitan government , be would have said to the House— " I fed safe and untouched by remorse ill my Own conscience , for I could never suspect tbat such base and treacherous proceedings could be adopted by any established government , " The proof against the use of such a power as has .. been claimed by secretaries of state would remain unanswered , ami help you all to the solution of the problem ; but Lord Aberdeen ' s character would stand up , in the eyes of his llritish countrymen , unimpeachable as before . Now to the explanations .
The warrant for the opening of my letters was not issued by Lord Aberdeen , nor « t his desire . Let the declaration he recorded as a corrective to the defence so often set up , during the last debates iu the House of Commons , for Sir James Ma-rtyr Graham . " I determined that no agent of any foreign Government should see a single syllable of the contents of those letters I consequently felt myself entitled last year to say that no syllable of those letters had been submitted to the inspection of any foreign government . " The see and the inspection are new features in the case , worth being recorded , together with the we ' tAtn and the ioitftout of the right honourable baronet . There is no inspection to be found , if reports be correct , in the declaration of last year . " Not a syllable of tho correspondence
had ever been submitted to any foreign government . " And this was uttered in answer to a question by Lord Norinanby , who certainly did not dream of inquiring whether foreign powers had ever been gratified with aittograpfcs of my correspondents .. But this , as well as the silencefaithtully kept about the sources of the information , and the regard to the personal safety of all individuals who might be compromised by it , is now quite irrelevant matter to me . Letters were opened ; communications derived from their contents were forwarded to foreign despotic governments ; and exiles , though liable to be entrapped , hail then no personal fears to entertain from Naples or Austria ,
These broad , undeniable , undented facts are quite sufficient for my case . The truly important part of the explanations is this : — Lord Aberdeen declares , that" he neve * had the most distant conception of any attempt being about to be made from Corfu upon the Italian states , at one time or' another ; " that " it was impossible that lie could have such a conception , for the whole of the expedition was planned and executed in a single week ; " that the Bandieras " arrived at Corfu on the 5 th of June , and on the 12 th of June the expedition took place ; " that " this is decisive , and pVODSS that it was impossible for any information to have been given to any quarter by the British Government . "
Decisive enough , ^ ndeed , if true ; but owing , no doubt , not to Lord Aberdeen himself , but to incorrectness of the reports on which his explanations are grounded , it is not true . It was and still is rather difficult for me to reconcile Lord Aberdeen ' s absolute ignorance of any intended at , tempt to be made from Corfu upon the Italian states with the fact of the opened and inspected letters addressed to me from Corfu containing little else than debates on such schemes . I would quote especially from a letter of the 10 th of May , written by Attilio Bandiera , aud unfolding two dUTerent landing schemes to me . Lord Aberdeen ' s assertion is , however , by far too explicit to admit of a single doubt on my part . But as to the assertions derived , as it seems , from reports of Lord Seaton or others , I feel entirely at liberty to state what follows : — It is ) Wt true that the Bandieras arrived at Corfu on
the uth of Juno . Attilio Bandieka arrived at Corfu on the 28 rn or April : Ehilio Bandiera long before that time . Somewhat before the 22 nd of April , tha mother of the Bandieras was herself at Corfu , endeavouring to get back Emilio , with a promise of pardon from the Viceroy of the Lombard-Venetian provinces . On the 22 nd , Emilio wrote to me a long , deeply-affecting letter , which is now printed ( the autograph being , of course , in my possession ) , about the trial he was then undergoing at Corfu . On the 19 th of May , the two brothers wrote at
Corfu their threatening answer to the sumraoniugs issued against them , on the 4 th of May , by tbe Austrian government ; this answer was printed ani published in the MedU terrancan , a Maltese Gazette , with the date of Corfu , May 19 th , and both their names appended to it . -From Corfu they wrote to me again on the 10 th , and on the 21 st of May . All these letters are lying here before me whilst I am writing , and I leave the honest English reader to judge what , by this long-unintermptcd sojourn of tho Bandieras at Corfu , both the belief of Lord Aberdeen and the main ground of his explanations are reduced to .
It is , once more , not true that there were no troops iu Calabria . Plenty of troops had nocked there from all points of the kingdom , since the open insurrectionary movement that had taken place many months before the expedition , at Cosenza . A few months before , a royal , decree had put the two Calabrias under martial tao . The decree must have found its way , at the time , into your columns . It is once more not true that the exiles were attacked ; andoverwhrown merely by inhabitants and not by troops * They were suddenly attacked at San Giovanni , where , let it be remembered , a single soldier is never to be found , by civic guards , gensdarmes , and tkoops belonging to the 2 d battalion of Chasseubs . ThePaooF lies in the Rotal Decree of tue 18 th July , containing a list of rewards to those who had distinguished themselves during the action . The fact . of there not having been troops at the landing point , means nothing , How could the Neapolitan government know beforehand the landing point . | which had to be so suddenly decided , perhaps in I the very boat in which the Bandieras left Corfu , and which , moreover , could be every moment Changed bj winds and tides ? To have a traitor amongst them , entrusted with , tho mission of leavingthem as soon ae they had landed , and of going to apprise of the direction they had taken , wa g the followed , and accordingly it was , ' ' I remain sir , your most obliged 1 * High Holborn Feb , ' ^ " : ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 29, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29031845/page/5/
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