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Mmcii 81.1849 _ THE NORTHERN STAR.
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L'AMI DU PEUPLE.
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NATIONAL LAND COMPANY. NOTICE TO OCCUPAN...
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NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK. EASTER HO...
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RECEIPTS OF THE RATIONAL LAND COMPANY Fo...
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DE. M'DOUALL'S WBYS OP EHROIt. It was st...
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Smuhfield Market.—A public meeting ofthe...
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PUBLIC MEETINGS. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. A...
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FISAXCIaL HEPOItM.—MEETING AT SHEFFIELD....
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MR. OASTLER'S EXPOSURE OF THE LA.WBREAKI...
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molice.
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SOUTHWARK.—Attempted Suicide.—A very pre...
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It is stated that a new table-p;lant, te...
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Mmcii 81.1849 _ The Northern Star.
Mmcii 81 . 1849 _ THE NORTHERN STAR .
L'Ami Du Peuple.
L'AMI DU PEUPLE .
Ill-health is a too-sufficient apology for the non-appearance ofthe usual Letter of L'Ami DU PEUPiE .
National Land Company. Notice To Occupan...
NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS . It having come to the knowledge of the Directors , that upon some ofthe estates ofthe Company there are persons who act asgelfconstituted " agents , " in negotiating sales ofthe right of occupancy , and who advise a total disregard of liabilities due to the Company , I am instructed to repeat a caution which has been more than once made public , to the effect ;— " That in all cases of sale , the sums due by the out-going tenants to the Company , must be paid at this office before any real transfer of the propert y can he made
and that all such persons as may have purchased under other conditions , will be summarily ejected . " It will be of no avail to plead ignorance , as no man purchasing is so thoroughly devoid of information , as not to know that the Company has its Directors , who are the proper—and , in fact , only persons with whom to settle the conditions of sale . Purchasers would do well to he aware of these " agents , " as a contrary conduct will most assuredly he visited most heavily upon them at the proper time . By order of the Directors , Thomas Clark , Cor . Sec . Office , 144 , High Holborn , London , March 27 th , 1849 .
National Land And Labour Bank. Easter Ho...
NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . EASTER HOLIDAYS ? . —NOTICE . This Bank -will he closed to the Public from Thvursuay , the 5 th inst ., four , P . M ., nntil ten , a . m ., onTucsday , 10 thof April . All letters reaching the Bank on the Saturday after Good priday , and on the following Monday , will be answered on the Tuesday . By Order * , Thos . Trice , Manager . 493 , New Oxford-street London , March 29 th , 1849 .
Receipts Of The Rational Land Company Fo...
RECEIPTS OF THE RATIONAL LAND COMPANY Fob ihe Week Exdixg Thubsdat , Maech 29 , 1849 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s . d Cvlchcster .. 1 11 O Stafford .. 14 6 auuevlluw .. 0 14 10 Ashton .. 17 2 Wottrani .. 2 9 4 Ilanley .. 3 S 0 ftwton , Avr .. 115 0 Salford .. 317 0 IVjgton " .. 0 7 0 Berraouasey .. 0 5 0 Afcerdeea .. 013 0 Westminster .. 0 5 ti Jiosky .. 113 0 W . Eden -. 0 5 0 Cbelteiiliani .. 3 13 11 E . Hancock -. 0 G 0 Walsall .. 0 7 0 J . Bailey .. 6 10
Oinralduhistle 1 16 6 J . hems .. 0 2 0 "Wiolaton .. O 16 6 3 . Arthur .. 0 10 Korflianipton .. 0 10 0 A WaUis .. 0 10 O Wisbeaeh , Cutman 0 12 0 J . II . Chatwin .. O 2 C lonston .. 19 6 J . Gillam .. 0 3 0 Stourbridge .. 2 3 10 JolinWaUis .. 0 13 Koitingliani , James Yfallis .. 0 13 Sweet ... 14 6 3 . Vigors .. 0 2 6 Newport ( Salop ) 0 4 6 C . Vigurs .. 0 10 Manchester .. 2 13 O ¦ - Eland .. 1 14 O £ 39 2 1 A . AYallis .. 010 0 ¦»
EXPENSE FUND . Mottram .. 0 2 0 Nottingham .. 0 9 6 KewtyiiAvr .. 0 16 Ellaud .. 0 2 0 Chdtenliam .. 12 0 Stafford .. 0 16 © swaldtwirtle .. 0 3 6 Lambeth .. 0 2 0 Northampton .. 0 5 0 Westminster .- 0 16 Xongton .. 0 5 0 SU'iiruriuse .. 0 'J 0 JC 3 4 C
TOTALS . land Fund 39 2 1 Exjionse ditto ... ... ... 3 4 6 Uouus ditto ... ... ... 57 5 0 loan ditto ... ... ... 0 8 6 Transfers ... ... ... » . 10 0 0 Rules 0 0 4 £ 100 0 5 Tv " . Dixo . v , C . Dovle , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Ghath , Fin . Sec . EXECUTIVE FUNDReceived by S . Kym > . —Oldham , surplus of lecture by Mr . Kydd , 15 s . ; Royston , ditto , 10 s .: Huddersfield , per Erven Svkes , Si ; Honley , 2 s . ; High Burton , 2 s . ; Toner Hamlets , llall locality , per Jolm Allen , as . M ' DOUALl / S CASE—FOR WRIT OF ERROR , ( OB OTHERWISE . ) Received by TV . Hidebl—Sunderland , per TV . Ovington , £ 1 ; Worcester , ner J . Harding , 2 s . fid . ; Preston' , per V . Boyd , 15 s . ed . ; Oolne Cliartists , per J . Watson , 10 s . G < L * , Kotttii { , liam , per J . Sweet , Is . ( id . ; Chartists , Ocfcbrook , Derbyshire , per J . Ufton , 4 s . 2 d . ; Coventry , per G . Freeman , -3 s . Received hy S . Kydd . —Per Mr . Clough , from Lecture HaD , Pbilpot-strcet , "Js . Id . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rider . —Falkirk , proceeds of a Raffle for Michel ' s portrait , in carved stone frame , per Stewart M-Walters , £ 1 Cs . ; Mansfield , per S . Dobson , 5 s . 2 d . ; Nottingham . j > er J . Sweet , 7 s . 4 d . ; A Few Friends , llarlingttffl , perl " . Snaith , 3 s . 3 d . ; Derby , per W . Short , lOs . ; Holmfirth , proceeds of Lecture _ by Mr . Barker , per H . Marsdcn , £ " . ' . NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUNDReceived by J . Abvott . —Chartists of Sutton-in-Ashfield , per Thos . >" ay ! or , 10 s . ; Elderslie , per G . Dobbin , 10 s . ; 23 , I ' olden-lane , per Thus . Brown , Is . * , Dewsbury , perlLKit-« ra , t * 5 . ; Sheffield , balance of proceeds of llr . llarker ' s Lecture , per G . CaviU , £ 19 s . ; Henry l ' ashley , sen ., per ditto , Gd . ; l ' ortsea , per J . Stroud , lis . 2 d . JLSrfghton , per Vf . Flower , los , ; Oldham , proceeds of Mr . Kydd ' s Lecture , jlfcr J . Cooper , £ 1 7 s . 5 J . ; Mr . Rider , as per «« r , £ i Us . fld . ; ilrs . Xewley , Is . ; Mrs . M'Gee , Is . ; Miss Simmons . Is . ; Mrs . Brown , Is . ; Enoch Firth , per Stallwood , 3 s . Cd . ; T ., per ditto , 2 s . Gd . ; 2 S , Golden Jane , per Thos . Brown , 3 s . ( id . ; Westminster , pel * J . Grassby , 2 s . Gd . ; P . V . II ., per Mr . M'Gralh , Gd . ; Crown and Anchor , per Mr . Petteret , 5 s . ; Globe and Friends , per Mr . Clough , 3 s . 6 'd . ; Lecture Hall , j « r ditto , 5 s . lid . ; Ernest Jones Locality , per Mr . Giles , Ss . Cd . VICTIM FUND . Received by S . Ktdd . —Delpb , a Few Friends , 3 s . Cd . : Hectmondwike , per Enoch Firth , 3 s . 6 d . ; T-, perE . Stallwood , 2 s . Cd . DEFENCE FUND . r . eceived at Laxp Office . —Hartlepool , 10 « . Received hy W . Hides . —A Constant Reader , 3 d . ; Xottingh-un , per J . Sweet , 10 d . FOR MRS- M ' DOUALLReceived by S . Ktdd . —Per Enoch Firth , 10 s . 2 d . VERNONS DEFENCE , FOR MR . NIXON . Received by W . Rroa-Staly bridge , per W . Swift , 5 s . TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FKOM OAKUM PICKING . . Received by W . Rideb . —Coventry , per G . Freeman , 5 s .
De. M'Douall's Wbys Op Ehroit. It Was St...
DE . M'DOUALL'S WBYS OP EHROIt . It was stated a few weeks ago , that the sum of 20 / . was required h y it " . CoBBETTj to defray the expenses in this application : — Up to the week ending March 24 th , I £ s . d . had received ( as see Northern Star ) , the sum of 10 10 10 This Week 2 19 4 Total £ 13 10 2 At Dr . M'Douall ' s request I sent him , on Saturday last , 10 s . lOd , in postage stamps , aud 10 / . ( less orders ) , to Mr . Cobbett , who has not yet acknowledged receipt , though reguested to send hy return of post . Dr . M'Douall wishes me to announce that Mr . Cobbett cannot undertake to keep an account of sums , and that they should he either paid to the local cxinunittees , or sent to this Office . W . Rideb .
Smuhfield Market.—A Public Meeting Ofthe...
Smuhfield Market . —A public meeting ofthe inhabitants ofthe city of London and the suburbs is about to be held , at an early period , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to take into their serious consideration tbe removal of Smithfield Cattle-market , as an intolerable nu isance , and attended with most dangerous consequences to the safety , health , and business of the metropolis . On Monday a prehm inary meeting -was held , at tv « o o ' clock , in the london Tavern , when a committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements for tbe object w view .
Release of the Chartists at Edwborgh .--On Joesday the Chartist leaders , H . Rankine and R . Hamilton , were liberated from their four months ' ^ prisoiunent f or sedition . In honour of their liberation , the Chartists of E < hnburgh treated their maids to an entertainment in the Waterloo Booms . . UawicK . _ s acrii , ; e . —On the afternoon of Sab-JSf h kst , and during divine service , the East Bank ^ uurch vestry was entered bv means of false keys , "id nearl vaUthecollection intended to defray sacra"fcfcl expenses carried off .
Public Meetings. Parliamentary Reform. A...
PUBLIC MEETINGS . PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . A crowded meeting was held in the South London Hall , Blaekfriars-road , on Wednesday evening , March 2 Sth , for the renewed and peaceful agitation for the People ' s Charter . At eight o ' clock the Hall -was densely thronged . Mr . James Grassby , on being called to the chair , read a letter from Mr . G . J . Harney , stating " that it was impossible for Kim to attend that meeting , without neglecting his duties in connexion with the "Northern Star , " but that he hoped to have other opportunities afforded him of taking part in meetings south of the Thames , for the promulgation and advancement ofthe new petition for the Charter . " The Chairman said that Charles Pearson , M . P .
had that evening done him the honour to wait on him personally , and stated " his acquiescence in the prayer of the Petition , and his determination to support it when submitted to the House . ( Loudcheers . ) That the South London Hall being m Southwark , and he having so much to perform , as member for a large metropolitan constituency , should heat anytime from pressure of business , be compelled to decline attendance at a meeting convened in the borough which he had the honour to represent ( Lambeth ) , his constituents might then have cause to complain that he had attended a meeting in Southwark , whilst he declined attending a meeting of theirs ; but , as he agreed in the prayer of their petition , and would support its prayer , he apprehended , he should fulfil the wish ofthe
meeting . ( Loud cheers . ) From the other members invited , no answers had been received . ( Hisses . ) The Chairman said , they were doubtless all aware ofthe importance of that meeting . He was an elector , simply because he happened to bo possessed of a certain quantity of bricks and mortar ; he could not understand this , because were he dispossessed ofthe bricks and mortar to-morrow , although he retained his faculties yet he would be deprived of his vote . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought it would be far better to give the franchise to men because they had heads vdth brains in them , —( loud cheers)—and here he said , let the franchise be extended to all men . Air . CtAnK , amidst loud cheers , came forward to move the first resolution as follows : — " That
this meeting is of opinion , that , the present so-called representation ofthe people is a monstrous injustice on the nation at large , and a violation of the constitution , embracing as it does only one out of every seven of the adult population of these Islands , thus leaving the other six-sevenths to be taxed without their will or consent , this meeting is therefore of opinion that such a parliamentary reform should immediately take place as will embrace the whole male adult population , who are of sound mind , and not under conviction for crime ; that the property qualification should be abolished ; that parliaments should be annual that the electoral districts should be equalised ; that elections should be taken by way of ballot , and that members of parliament should be remunerated for their services . He said , the resolution embraced the six points of the " People ' s Charter , " and the principles contained therein , were now very generally
held to be just , and it remained for them to consider what course they should pursue to carry them into practice . The ' resolution very properly said , it was a monstrous injustice that only one in seven ofthe male adult population of these Islands was represented , that one man exercised control over the other six-sevenths of his nei g hbours . The Chairman had said , his electoral qualification consisted of a certain quantity of brick and mortar ; he did not think this said much for the intelligence of those who created such a qualification . The constitution admitted thejgreafc theory laid down in the resolution , but parliament refused to carry out the principle on the ground of our alleged ignorance : surely this was a heavy censure on its legislatorial ability . It would appear , that intelligence and morality were by no means necessary ingredients for the exercise ofthe franchise in Britain , as the proprietors of houses of ill-fame were not excluded from the
exercise of the elective franchise . He thought the government should be proud of ruling men who possessed so much self-esteem as to demand to be elevated to the rank of freemen . After making some further remarks , Mr . Clark sat down amid rapturous applause . Air . Dixox seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . 311 ' . SiAixwoon moved the adoption of the Chartist petition , and also that , when signed , it be forwarded to Sir AY . Molesworth , for presentation , and that Mderman Humphrey be requested to support its prayer . Mr . Emor seconded , and Mr . S . Leweixyj ? supported the motion , which was unanimously adopted . A vast number of signatures was obtained . A vote of thanks having been given to the chairman the meeting dissolved .
Fisaxcial Hepoitm.—Meeting At Sheffield....
FISAXCIaL HEPOItM . —MEETING AT SHEFFIELD . A public meeting of the Sheffield Financial Reform Society was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening , in support of Mr . Cohden's efforts to obtain a reduction of the national expenditure . It . Solly , Esq ., in the chair . Air . Councillor J . Krrcmxo moved : — " That the expenditure of our government has progressively increased until it has greatly exceeded what is necessary or reasonable ; that it fosters abuses and corruption in every department of the public service , and is employed to sustain systems of policy which are ruinous and absurd . That to provide for that
expenditure taxes are perpetuated which are unjust , burdensome , vexatious , and impolitic ; that various powerful interests are opposed to such a change as would give to the country any effectual relief ; and it is therefore necessary that the people should unite to secure , by a diffusion of knowledge and the * extension of their own rig htful political power , an honest and wise administration of the national finances . "—In 1831 , according to the census then taken , the population of this country was about 24 , 000 , 000 , including 7 , 000 , 000 or 8 , 000 , 000 as the population of Ireland . At the present time , the population might fairly be taken at 30 , 000 , 000 . If , then . £ 1 C , 000 , 000 would govern 24000 , 000
people , how much money would it take to govern 30 , 000 , 000 ? The expenditure had increased £ 8 , 000 , 000 . and the population about 5 , 500 , 000 , which was little more than one-fourth more than the population in 1831 , £ 24 , 000 , 000 was to £ 16 , 000 , 000 as three to two ; so that whilst the population had increased only from 24 , 000 , 000 to 30 , 000 , 000 , whieh was as four to five . thcexpenditurehad increased from £ 16 , 000 , 000 to £ 24 , 000 , 000 , which was as two to three . Whilst the population had increased twenty-five per cent ., the expenditure had increased fifty per cent . Now , allowing that the expenditure might increase in
proportion to tbe population , 30 , 000 , 000 people might possiblv , according to that argument , take £ 20 , 000 ^ 000 to govern them . Thus there was a margin still of £ 4 , 000 , 000 . "Why did the government require £ 4 ,-000 , 000 morethan theproportionate increase of population would allow them ? Some said , again , that our colonies had increased , and that they required larger and more extensive establishments to govern them . It was true our colonies had increased . He hoped they would all cordially support the resolution he had just read , and which embodied , in a short and terse form , the substance of all he had said . ( Cheers . ) Mr . T . P . Ptixr , of Leeds , seconded the motion .
Mr . Counculor InoxsroE said the expenditure incurred near Sheffield by the new barracks was both monstrous and uncalled-for . During all the excitement of last year , in Sheffield—radical Sheffield—the ratepayers were not put to the cost of an additional sixpence for the preservation of the peace . ( Applause . ) The motion was carried unanimously . Mr . It . Lbabeh , jun ., moved the adoption of a petition , praying for Financial Reform . Mr . Councillor Isaac Schofif . ld , in seconding the motion said : I will tell you what has been
awarded as compensation to four parties connected with the two manorial courts of Sheffield , who lost their offices in consequence of the passing of the County Courts Act . Mr . Maude has had compensation awarded to him to the amount of £ 259 5 s . 2 d . annually ; Mi * . Greenwood , a subordinate officer , £ 110 8 s . 2 d . ; Mr . John Parker , M . P ., £ 1 , 230 4 s . ; Mr . Barker , a subordinate in the same court , £ 106 13 s . 4 d . ; making together tbe annual sum of £ 1775 10 s . . 8 d . ( Shame . ) I should be accused of injustice if I did not say that Mr . John Parker is so disinterested that he does not intend to pecket a penny of that compensation so long as he retains his office in connexion with the Treasury , which brings him in £ 2500 a year .
, . A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings . _ Repeal of the Mam Tax . — On Friday week a meeting of the landowners and tenant farmers of the hundred of Samford , and others interested in agriculture , was held at Copdeck , Suffolk , for the purpose of taking into consideration the depressed state and prospects of agriculture , with a view of pctitioning ' parhanient for a total repeal of the malt tax , and the revision of the general and local taxation . The meeting comprised the principal tenant larmevs oi
the hundred of Samford , amongst whom were several landlords . C . LiUingston , Esq ., was called to the chair . —Among other resolutions , it was agreed , " That in order in some degree to avert the rum which now threatens to overwhelm the landed interest , it becomes our duty to urge upon the legislature by every constitutional means , the necessity and justice of the repeal of the malt tax , and the more equal distribution of all imposts , whether local or general , which press exclusively upon land . " Coukit Meeting in Sussex . —On Tuesday a meeting of freeholders and other inhabitants of the county of Sussex , convened by the Hi gh Sheriff , was held at Lewes . The meeting first assembled in
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the Corn and Hop Exchange , but adiourned from ftEfi -V front of tlle County ' 1 Ia 11 - Fl ' < i , "W to 4 , 000 persons wore assembled . —Major Cm * - teis moved the first resolution , lie drew a strong picture of the distress existing among the agriculturists of East Sussex . From tho information he had obtained from country bankers and others , ho believed half the farmers must stop payment at Michaelmas . He attributed this distress partly to the bad harvest and hop duties , He repudiated protection , and concluded by moving a resolution condemnatory of the malt and hop duties . —Mr . S . Selmes seconded the resolution . —Mr . J . Ellman agreed with the last speaker as to the evil effects of the malt and hop duties , but contended that the
distress of farmers was chiefly attributable to the loss of protection : and he moved , by way of addition to the resolution , the following words : *¦ but this meeting is of opinion that if foreign barley be allowed to be imported at the mere nominal duty of Is . per quarter , the benefit which the British farmer would otherwise receive from the repeal of the malt tax would bo principally enjoyed by the foreign grower . "—Mr . E . "VVyatt , of Chidham , seconded the amendment . —Sir II . Shiffner supported the amendment . —J . V . Shelley , Esq ., spoke in support of the original motion . —The Earl of Chichester spoke against both motion and amendment . —The rider and motion were then put to a show of hands , amidst great confusion ; but the Sheriff
declared the result to be the adoption of the amendment . —Major Curteis and Mr . Shelley loudly protested against the unfairness of this decision , and the uproar became so great that the Sheriff dissolved the meeting shortly after four o ' clock . Leeos . —Separation or Church axd State . —On Tuesday evening a meeting was held , at the Musichall , . Leeds , to hear a deputation from the Anti-State Church Association , and to pass resolutions in favour of the separation of Church and State , The chair was taken by the Rev . T . Scales . —The Rev . Mr . Gilbert proposed the following resolution : — " That in the deliberate judgment of this meeting the union of the Church with the State is not only an injustice to Dissenters , but an injury to Churchmen ; and that its dissolution , effected by peaceful means , and with a proper regard to existing interests , would prove an advantage to religion , a relief
to the government , and a blessing to the whole community . "—The resolution having been adopted by acclamation , the Rev . A . M . Stalker proposed : — " That this meeting , deeming the separation of the Church from the State to be an object of the deepest interest to Churchmen and Dissenters , and regarding the progress of public events , and especially those of an ecclesiastical character , as highly favourable for the agitation of this question , is desirous of affording the Anti-State Church Association such an amount of support as will enable it to strengthen and also to extend its operations . "This resolution was seconded by the Rev . B . Grant , of Birmingham , and supported by the Rev . 0 . Williams . —It was adopted by acclamation . —A . Prentice , Esq ., proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman . —E . Smith , Esq ., having briefly seconded ; the vote , it was adopted ; and tbe meeting broke up , a handsome subscription being made at the doors .
Laws fob iriiE Protection op Women . —On Tuesday evening a very respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Leeds , at which there were about fifty females present , was held at the Court-house , for the furtherance of tbe objects of the Associate Institution for Improving and Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of Women . J . H . Shaw , Esq ., the mayor , presided , and told them that the promoters of the meeting were desirous that the bill introduced into the Bouse of Lords by the Bishop of Oxford should become the law of the land , as there was no law on the statute-book for the punishment of a class of persons who are termed " procurers aud procuresses . " A petition to parliament in favour ofthe Bishop of Oxford ' s bill was signed by the chairman on behalf of the meeting .
Mr. Oastler's Exposure Of The La.Wbreaki...
MR . OASTLER'S EXPOSURE OF THE LA . WBREAKING MILLOCRATS . We take the following from the Morning Post : — FACTORIES . TO THE EDITOR O * THE MORNING POST . Sir , —Will you allow me space for a few words on a subject of national interest , at this time one ot the greatest importance ? I allude to the strange condition of the people engaged in those hives of industry—our factories . You are aware that , after thirty years of patient never-tiring supplication , the factory workers obtained the Ten Hours Act , that bill , which had experienced the opposition of several Governments , was at last ( after the . most deliberate , varied , at > d diligent investigations and discussions in the factory districts , in the House of Commons , and the House of Lords ) passed by very large majorities in the two houses— - that bill , which was gained by the poor factory operatives and their friends , notwithstanding the
fierce opposition of their rich oppressors , having become the law of the land , is broken with impunity by a small band of rich factory masters , backed by some magistrates , who , being interested in factories , or related to factory masters , despite the oath which qualifies them to sit upon the bench , trample upon the law which they have sworn to administer . There can be no mistake in this matter . Her Majesty's Attorney and Solicitor General have stated their opinions on the law , as have also two Hpme Secretaries and three factory inspectors ; still a few magistrates ( who , from their connexion with factories and their relationship with the delinquents , would , if they < vere just , abstain from interference ) have dared , in spite of the authorities quoted , to give their sanction to their friends' violation of that law !
Now , Sir , when poor men ( writhing under grievances caused by the injustice , cruelty , and fraud of these same law-breakers and their abettors on the bench ) are driven to acts of insubordination , the Government are applied to for aid from the army to put down the rioters . Such applications are not treated with contempi ; the required force is instantly sent into the disturbed districts ; prosecutions , transportations , and imprisonments / ouW , and the power of the law is asserted . We now see how the poor are treated , how their applications to Government , for aid in support of the law , are disregarded , when they earnestly but respectfully ask the Government to enforce the law , which was obtained at so great a sacrifice , for their protection against cruelty and robbery . such as was never heard of , save under tbe iron rule of tbe unregulated factory system .
I shall write only of what I know . It is due to those kind friends of the factory workers , the majorities in the House of Commons and the House of Lords , who voted for the Ten Hours Act—it Is due to her Majesty -the Queen , who so heartily ' willed ' that act , and who afterwards deigned most graciously to accept from the factory workers of Yorkshire and Lancashire a gold medal commemorative of that event ) presented to the Sovereign as a token of their
gratitude and loyalty—it is , I say , due to those noble and illustrious persons that they should now be informed that a small band of rich and proud freebooters , dignified by the title of magistrates and factory masters , have dared to rebel against that law ; and that when the Government is appealed to for aid in support of that law for the poor , no step is taken—the law remains powerless—tbe lawbreakers continue their rebellion , and the offending magistrates are allowed still to disgrace tbe bench .
When all other pleas against tbe Ten Hours Bib were silenced , it was by its opponents urged , in and out of Parliament , ' If you give the factory operatives that law , they will be the first to complain ; they will , the very next session , throng the Heuses of Parliament with petitions for its repeal . ' Seeing , however , that the factory operatives cling to the Ten Hours Act as their birthright and the charter of their present comfort and future hopes , the self same party whose prophecy is falsified , prefer rebellion to submission , and DOW defy the power of that law which by fraud and falsehood tbey endeavoured to prevent And , strange to say , the Government are deaf to the entreaties of those who would uphold the law—are inactive against tbe rebellious , though some of those rebels are commissioned by the Queen to administer the law !
Should the Government continue thus to abet the violatiou of the poor man ' s law , no prophet is required to foretell the future history of the manufacturing districts—anarchy must be inscribed on every page . These remarks will prepare you and your readers for a plain recital of the following interesting facts , not told from hearsay , but gathered hom inspection . It is now about two months since , at the request of my old friend , Mr . Charles Hindley , M . P . for tbe cotton
Asbtoa-under-Lyne , I leftFulham to rsit factory districts . During that time I have been m communication with the factory masters and the factory operatives , as well as the clergy , schoolmasters , and others . I have attended public meetings at Manchester , Ashton , and Stalybridge , called for the purpose of aiding tbe Government in the enforcement of the law ; and have been invited to attend many others , having declined , because I thought it better , afterthese demonstrations , teitrust to the Government for th e vindication of the law .
I have spent some weeks in the enjoyment of the hospitality of my kind friends , Mr . John Kelden , at Centre Vale , Todmoiden , and Mr . wm , Wa'kw , at
Mr. Oastler's Exposure Of The La.Wbreaki...
his place ; those gentlemen are two of the most extensive factory masters and manufacturers in the ™ \ ™ ! i , S 10 . COUon ' tl ) e ] a" <* in worsted . Hoursi Act . ard 6 nt SUpp ° rters o £ the TeQ lullXJX I * . ' Uie Wmwere availing themselves of the leisure afforded them by the Ten KhlttaX 'ST tbe % reli S ious ' ™ ra- * roaU K . S ? tArt J "' W Noting the time thus gamed to the duties of religion , others are engaged id attending schools and lectures , many in cninyjting smaii plots 0 f iand , while the females are devoting themselves to the duiies of home-learning the domestic arts so necessary to make poor men ' s homes comfortable . I have also found that the ministers of religion are making necessary arrange . raents to enable them to secure the benefitof religious instruction to the factory operatives during the time gain : d by the Ten Hours Act .
I have likewise learned that tbe vast majority of the factory masters are lending their aid to the well working of the new system . I have been glad to ascertain that numbers of those who formerly opposed the Ten Hours Bill now rejoice that it is the law of the land-So far all fa well , But , Sir , there is a dark spot on this bright page of factory history-a blot that threatens to obliterate all this light ! A small baud of cruel and despotic , mercenary and selfish masten , aided by brother rebels on the heath of Wtfce , have resolved to break the law ! Of those traffickers in human sufferings , they say , the Government is afraid . ' if those transgressors are not restrained and punished , it is feared the disease will spreadthat disaffection will ensue , and strife , revenge , and anarehv will follow 1
To prevent these dreadful events , the factory overlookers in Manchester have had a meeting , and have memorialised the Government , expressing their gratitude for the Ten Hours Act , and praying the Executive to enforce it , and to remove from the bench such magistrates as are interested in violating the law . The short time committees of Lancashire have sent a deputation of factory workers to implore the Government to interfere , assuring them that tbe Ten Hours Act works well , and is approved wherever it is observed and obeyed . Mr . Charles Hindley , M . P ., has questioned the Home Secretary
in the House of Commons on the same subject , who promised in a few days to bring in a bill to settle the question ( no bill being necessary , tbe present law being as explicit as the English language can make it ) many weeks since that promise was made have elapsed ; but still the Government is inactive , and it is now understood that her Majesty ' s Ministers , iting afraid ot the law breakers , dare not act , and have resolved to feaue the question to take its course . The consequence is , the rebels are audacious ; the factory masters who keep the law are uneasy mi discontented ; while the factory operatives ( under the conviction that there is no law for them—that the law which was obtained for their relief at so
much cost , and was accepted with so much gratitude , is a dead letter ) , are becoming justly enraged , and are losing their reverence for the laws . It must be so when they see the laws for the protection of property duly enfoiced , while this one law for their protection is broken with impunity with the knowledge of the Government ; the only reason being ( that reason is given by members of Parliament who are known to be in communication with the Home Secretary ) , her Majesty ' s Ministers are fearful of the opposition of a small but very wealthy cliq'ieof
vulgar , arrogant , and ignorant mill-masters , whose influence they hope for in carrying the repeal of the Navigation Laws and other ruinous Free-trade Measures * Tbe Government is said to quail before a league of turbulent conspirators ! To curry favour with them ( this report being true ) , the large body of factory masters and the immense number of factory workers who desire to keep the law are treated with contempt—the law itself is divested ot its sanctity , to enable Ministers to make still greater havoc with our institutions 1
Is there a Chartist , Radical , Whig , Conservative , or Tory , whose cheek does not redden at the contemplation of such Ministerial degradation ? Prom the inhabitants of tbe Royal Palace to those of the Union Bastile , all must grieve to see such cowardice , such meanness , such wickedness in high places . If the Ministers are misrepresented by those who protess to know them , it is high time that they removed the impression naturally made in the minds of the people , who now believe those reporls . Great mischief is brewing . It is certain that the well-disposed have adopted the best plans to inform the Government ; still the law is openly and regularly violated , while no single measure is brought forward by the Government in vindication of the law .
As a Yorkshireman , I rejoice that , except on the Lancashire border , the magistrates of this county have enforced the law . I rejoice , also , that , both in Lancashire and Yorkshire , the vast majority of the mill-owners , and almost every mill-worker , are anxious to give the Ten Hows Act a fair trial . Under these circumstances , it is not to be wondered that the short-time committees should ask for my opinion and advice . They have known me long ; they believe I shall not mislead them . Their trust is my boast .
Having already seen Lord Ashley , and pressed upon his solemn attention the duty of Government in the present state of those engaged in factory work and of their employers , and having been assured by his lordship that he would see the Home Secretary , and urge upon him the necessity of adopting some plan to put an end to the present very unsatisfactory state of things in the factory districts , and finding no result , I have advised that Mr . John . Fielding should be requested to wait upon the Government and to explain every circumstance of this most interesting and important case , and make a last effort to induce tbe Government to enforce the Ten Hours Act . I have advised this last private effort , because 1 foresee the danger of publicly agitating this question in the present temper of the people .
But much as I deprecate agitation—dangerous as I know that agitation may be—still more do I deprecate the unbridled lawlessness of tyrant law breakers ; far more danger do I apprehend from the proof that Government are now giving , that there is no law for the poor ! If , unhappily , Mr . Fielden ' s exertions should be unsuccessful , I have then recommended an agitation throughout the factory districts of England , Scotland , and Ireland—that public
meetings should be held in every factory town , to address the Queen—to lay at the foot of the throne the dutiful homage of her grateful and loyal factory people , both employers and employed , and imploring her most gracious Majesty to require her Ministers to enforce the poor man ' s lata—to restrain cruelty and oppression , and to punish those despicable and dishonourable law breakers who now ride roughshod over the very law that was passed for the express purpose of destroying their tyrannical
power . I ielieve that the Queen will listen to the prayers of her Majesty ' s loyal and grateful subjects . I Mow that our beloved Monarch has been assured of the loyalty and gratitude of the factory workers , and that a nobleman who enjoys the friendship of royalty has told the Queen , " it was owing to the passing of the Ten Hours Act that the manufacturing districts were so little disturbed during the never-tobe-forgotten year , 1848 . ' It will be the fault of the Government if that peacefubess ( tbe result of loyalty and gratitude ) should hereafter be disturbed !
If agitation we must have , we will strive that it shall be peaceable , but , in the present state and circumstances of the people—the shopkeepers rapidly declining—the agricultural population on the brink of ruin—and the manufacturing * hands , justly enraged—none can tell where the agitation may end Our motto will be The Law , and yo Surrender 1 Our object is , security , by removing oppression ; the triumph of justice over tyranny , of law over rebellion . If there should be cause for blame , it will rest with that Government which refuses to enforce the law . '
The Ten Hours Act is too precious a treasure to be sacrificed by the wrench of tyrants , or to be frittered away by the apathy or cowardice of Ministers I It is worth struggling for—in that struggle , weak , as I am ; I will be foremost : if exhaustion should hasten my dissolution , I thank God there are others stronger and more talented than myself—in their hands I will cheerfully leave the contest , never doubting of final success . The whole empire is deeply interested in this question . That is why I wish the public to know why the Ten Hours Bill men of the north are again summoned to the field of action . ^ Ve never have had—we never will have—secrets ; we would be known and read of all men . We are invincible , because we are just ! God will defend the right !
I remain , Sir , your obliged servant , Richard Oast-leu Boiling Hall , Bradford , Yorkshire .
Molice.
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SOUTHWARK . —Attempted Suicide . —A very pretty-looking , dcccntly-attircd young woman , who gave her name Ellen Pridhoe , was brought before Mr . Seeker , charged with making an attempt on her life in tho public streets . —A constable of the M division said that a little after throe o ' clock that morning he was passing Surrey Chapel , in the Blackfriars-road , when he perceived the prisoner l y ing under the pump used uythc moil who water the roads . On his nearer approach he discovered that she was hinging by the neck by her shawl , one end of which was fixed to the spout of tho pump . Her face was quite black , and she was nearly suffocated , when he cut her down and took hor to the police station . The usual remedies wove applied , and she was shortly restored to consciousness . Prom her manner since she had been in custody
, he believed she was not in her right senses . —The prisoner , on being quastioned by the magistrate , made a very rambling and incoherent statement , which clearl y indicated that she was of unsound nund . She said she had just been discharged from Maidstone gaol , but she forgot what she was committed for , but she believed she was sent there by the magistrates at Rochester . She also said she was married , and that her husband was a shipwright employed in Deptford Dockyard , but she had not seen him for some time . —The constable here informed the magistrate that he did not think sho had come out of prison , as he found some calico on her partly made up into under garments . —Prisoner hero exclaimed , " Oh ! my husband sent that to
me in prison , but the place was so cold I could not work . "—Mr . Seeker asked her why she attempted to commit suicide , as she could have gone to her husband at Deptford ?—Sho replied that sho would not go to him , as she knew he would send her to prison again . She did not like to go there again , as the place was so cold . They locked her in a dark colli room , chained her to ' the wall , and left her with nothing to lie on except a small mat . She was determined to destroy herself , as she could not boar to be sent to prison any more—Mr . Seeker told the officer that he believed she had escaped from some lunatic asylum , for she was certainl y insane , and her expressions confirmed his opinion . She had stated that hor husband was . a shipwright at Deptford Dockyard , and he considered it advisable for him ( the constable ) to proceed at once to that place and ascertain whether her statement was correct . He should , therefore , order her to be kept
in safe custody until some proper person came forward to take care of her . The prisoner was then led away by the gaoler , and the officer was despatched to make inquiries . MANSION-HOUSE . —Infamous Robbert . —John Bell was charged with having picked the pocket of Mrs . Banim of a purse containing £ 3 16 s . —Haydoil , tho officer , saw the prisoner put his hand into the prosecutrix ' s pocket , and whip out a purse . The robbery took place on London-bridge , and the prisoner , upon being pursued by the officer , who SOOn Overtook him , lung the purse into the river , It contained all tho money the poor woman had in the world . She had , on the day before , arrived in town from Southampton , and was walking to Greenwich to see her little boy at school , when tho rascally pickpocket stripped her of her little fortune . Ilaydon informed his lordship of these facts , and they were not represented in vain . The prisoner was committed for trial .
Obtaining Goods Fhaudulently by a Literary Club . — Mi * . Goddard , solicitor to several respectable tradesmen in the city and in AYcstminster , appeared before Alderman Wilson for the purpose of applying for a summons for certain persons connected with a literary and scientific club , for having obtained goods under false and fraudulent pretences . —The applicant stated that the club had the recommendation of the highest literary and scientific names , and numbered amongst its directors and members the most eminent authors in tho country . One portion or department of the club bad been originally situate in the heart of the City and another near Temple-bar , but it was considered necessary , in consequence of an accident which happened
to the former , to remove the club to the Strand , where it was at present carried on , and was to all appearance in a flourishing condition . The prospectus here produced detailed the advantages to he derived from a , connexion with a society of such unquestionable claims , and contained the names of a number of gentlemen , the mere mention of which would be quite sufficient to secure multitudes of impatient candidates for admission . Armed with such authority , tho-persons against whom the summonses were sought to be obtained applied to the complainants , and obtained from them , upon the representation that the club consisted already of 2 , 000 members , and possessed an income amounting to £ 5 , 000 a vcar , credit for goods of various kinds , exceeding
in value the sum of £ 1 , 000 . The complainants , however , found to their great surprise that the respectability of the directors was as nothing when payment of the debts of the club was demanded . Two reasons were assigned for refusing to liquidate the claims—the one , that the club now established west of Temple-bar had no funds ; and the other , that it was not the same club . Now , the denial that the one club was identical with , the other vfas no insignificant test ofthe intention ofthe parties who were responsible for the debts incurred . That they were one and the same association was acknowledged by every one who knew anything at all about the matter , and particularly by those who observed what care had been taken to show their inseparable
character . Mr . Goddard thought he could show that his clients were entitled to the protection of a criminal court in such a case , and was ready to call the witnesses necessary to establish their claims . — Alderman Wilson said , it appeared to him that the course most advisable to bo pursued was to proceed in a court of law against the secretary . He said it was very improbable that a club of such a character should have no funds . —Mi * . Goddard thought he could fully establish a case of fraud . In answer to questions from Alderman Wilson , Mr . Goddard said , that the club had offered upon its removal a composition of 4 s . 6 d . iu the pound , and that his clients had , by attaching the funds in a house in the City , obtained , some of them 10 s . and others os . in the
pound . —Alderman Wilson considered the fact just stated , as well as some other admissions by ' Mr . Goddard , to bo decidedly fatal to any criminal proceeding . At the same time he could not help declaring his opinion that there was a very strong manifestation of fraudulent intention upon the part of those with whom the complainants had treated . —A gentleman came forward to the table and said that he had accidentally heard of the intention to make an application to the magistrate on the subject , and lie thought the most manly course ho could pursue was to attend and explain all he knew on the subject . He had been secretary to the old club , and he was a member ofthe committee of the new club , and he most solemnly assured the Alderman that the latter had nothing to do with the former in
any other way than in having been put to an expense of upwards of £ 400 on its account ; that ho was himself a loser by the old society , and that the statement that the funds of tho club had been transferred to the new one was entirely without foundation . —Alderman Wilson : I cannot , as a magistrate , grant a speculative summons to those parties , hut I can see that tlic gentlemen whom Mr . Goddard represents have been cheated of their money , and I certainly think that the eminent and highly-gifted men upon the strength of whose names the credit was given , arc bound to make an investigation into the atfair , not only for the satisfaction of the applicants , but to prevent any future liberty being taken with their own characters . The complainants , who were all present and expressed their anxiety to give
evidence then thanked the Alderman for the kindness of his suggestion and retired . GUILDHALL . —EMBEZZLEMEXT .--A tall , respectable looking young man , named John George Beckett , was charged with embezzling various sums of money , to the amount of £ 140 . —Mr . Samuel Watson , of Bouveric-strcct , Fleet-street , solicitor , said that the prisoner had been iu his office for some time as a clerk , and had the collecting of rents and other monies ; but in consequence of having some suspicions as to his integrity , witness gave him notice in March , 1848 , to leave on the following Saturday , at the same time making up his mind to put up with whatever defalcations he might discover . However , the prisoner did not remain until the
Saturday , but left on the previous Thursday , on which day , having destroyed some documents , he proceeded to a Mrs . Brown , Upper Berkeley-street , and obtained half a year ' s rent , amounting to £ 33 8 s ., after which he received £ 17 10 s . from a Messrs . Ryder and Son , ofthe borough , under a trusteeship , since which period he had not been met with until apprehended . —The Alderman asked if there were witnesses ?—Mr . Watson replied that he had not had time to get them , as the prisoner was only brought up that morning from the depot at Maidstone , where he had enlisted in the 16 th Hussars . He therefore wished for a remand . —The Alderman asked the prisoner if he had any objection to be remanded ?—Beckett replied that he had none whatever ; and he was accordingly remanded until Saturday next . , , John Collins
MARLBOROUGH-STREET . — , an eUerly man who refused to g ive bis address , and George Farrant , an errand boy , were brought from the Park under circumstances which induced the magistrate to committhemboth toNewgato for trial . Pickino Pockets . — Ellen Smith , Mary West , and Eliza Jones , were brought before Mr . Bingham , charged with having attempted to pick the pockets of several ladies in Oxford-street , _ and Regentstreet . The police had recently received mtormation of numerous street robberies effected by women who go about . in gangs and commit then * depredations on the pockets of promenaders in quite a systematic manner . Their most common practice is to look out for a lady stopping before a shop window and then by surrounding her to cover tho lightfino-ered proceedings of the most dexterous of their gang . On Saturday police-constables Hardwick and Bird , two of the detective , saw the three pri-
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soners in Oxford-street , busily plying their vocation , llardwick saw the three close round ' aladv , who was nothing , n the pocket tO RUSWOV \^ " . ^ prisoners then went away , and attacked two or hrec ladies ma similar manner . The * wen * ioincd hy a fourth , with n large basket , which W evidently boon brought out to facilitate their oncvatinne Tho four went into ltegent-strcct aZpicked out a lady standing at a shop window . The woman with the basket kept pushing the basket
against the lady , and this manamvi ' o having served to take off the lady ' s attention from what was o-oinoon at the other side of her , the other thrcuwere enabled to sound her pockets , without the likelihood of being detected . Suddenly all four ran off , someone having evidently given the " office" to them that they were -watched . The constables , however , in about an hour afterwards , met with the S . IUIO pai'tios engaged in the same business , and this time they secured three of them . —The prisoners all declared their innocence of anything like an attempt to- pick pockets . They admitted that they stopped before several shop windows , where ladies had also stopped , but this they conceived to bo no offence . —Mr . Bingham sent them to prison for one month each .
LAMBETH . — Quack Doctors . — A poor man , whose face was nearly covered with a thick shawl , and who appeared to be labouring under the most intense suffering , applied to Mr . Norton for his advice anil assistance under the following circumstances : —Tho applicant stated that some months since he became afflicted with a cancer on his upper hp and had at the time applied for advice to the meaical gentlemen practising in the neighbourhood ot his residence . His attention was ultimately attracted to a printed bill , setting forth the alleged " extraordinary cures" performed bv Doctor the Baron , ofthe Ulackfriars-road and believing them to be genuine , ho made up his mind to place himself under the Baron ' s care . On calline
at the house he was told that the Baron occupied two rooms there , and . that a fee of 5 s . must he paid before he could be admitted to an interview with the doctor . He accordingly paid the 5 s „ and the Baron , on examining him , said he should not only cure him in a short time , but effect such a cure as would astonish those medical men who had before seen him , and all his friends , and that his terms un doing so , would be £ 10 , one half to be paid at once , and the remainder at five shillings a week . He ( the applicant ) consented to those terms , but after paying £ 7 10 s ., and attending closely to his advice , ho found that , instead of getting better , that he was becoming considerabl y worse ; and the object ofhig present application was to know how he could
nroceed to recover back the money which had been obtained from him by a false promise by the Baron , of making a perfect cure of him . In reply to the questions ot the magistrate as to what the doctor's mode of treatment had been , the poor fellow said that pills and poultices were the only thing prescribed ; and added , that to one poultice the Baron recommended the addition of bark , and this , on the application to tho diseased lip , nearly set him mad . —Mr . Norton here read the printed bill handed to him by the applicant , of tho " extraordinary cures " alleged to have been performed by Dr . Baron
, who is described as "M . D ., M . R . C . S .. A . M ., K . O . M . T ., and C . L . D . D ., , fec , & c ., & e , " during his brief residence in London . The magistrate remarked that no respectable practitioner would print and issue such gross puffs as those set forth in the printed bill before him . He had no doubt whatever that if a summons was taken out against the Baron , the county court would compel him to refund the £ 7 10 s . Tho applicant thanked his worship for his kind advice , and the patience with which he had heard him , and declared he should apply to the county court for a summons against the Baron .
CLEltKENWELL . — Steal ™ * a Barker ' s Parcel . — Jane Mathews , alias Mary Watt , was placed at tho bar before Mr . Combe , for final examination , charged with stealing a banker's parcel , containing £ 300 in gold and " suver monies . — Mr . Bush attended for . the prosecution , and a Mr . Hare for the prisoner , and the court was excessively crowded . The particulars of the case have already been fully detailed in tho newspapers . — Mr . Bush now said he had no further evidence to offer against the prisoner . —Mr . Combo inquired of the prisoner ' s solicitor whether tho prisoner still persisted in giving the name of Mary " Watt ?—Mi * . Hare : lam instructed to defend hor hy that name . — Prisoner ( smiling ) : My name is Jane Mathews . — Mr .
Mould inserted that name in the depositions . — Mr . Combe : Then the prisoner stands fully committed to take her trial at the Central Criminal 0 * - ,--- ' - next sessions . —Mr . Hare now applied to the bench for the restoration of six sovereigns and some silver which wore found on the prisoner after her apprehension . —Mr . Combe said he would not make any order about it . — Mr . Hare ; Then I apply to your worship for the resioration oi" the key of the door to the apartments ofthe prisoner , which contain Uev clothes and furniture , tic , as there could be no pretence to say that they were dishonestly conic by . —Mr . Combe : I have no authority to make such order . You can consult with the police officer ( Sergeant Archer ) , who is an old experienced
officer , and will do everything that is reasonable and right in the matter . — Prisoner ( laughing cheerfully ) : Well , I suppose if they decline giving up my key they will have the kindness to pay my rent . ( Laughter . ')—Mi-. Hare said that magistrates frequently ordered the officers to deliver up property found on prisoners when there was no proof of its being the produce of theft . — Mr . Combe declined making any order on the subject . —Prisoner ,- Then what am Ito do'J 1 have not had a change of apparel since I was first brought here . — Mr . Have : We must apply to a judge . —Lockerby , S division , said lie could give his reasons why the bench should refuse to make any order in reference to tho restoration of the property . — Mr . Hare said it was very hard to detain the prisoner ' s key , as tho rent ofthe
lodgings was going on , and her furniture might ultimately he seized for rent . — Mr . Combe repeated that he had no authority to make any order , and referred him to the officers in the case . —The prisoner was then taken from the bar laughing , aud when in the gaoler ' s room , Archer , Lockerby , and her solicitor had an interview with her , but neither the key nor tho property found upon her were delivered up to her , and in the course of the day she was conveyed to Xewgate in the police-van . Since the last examination the officers have used the most active exertions in order to trace tfic retreat of the man who had acted in conjunction with the prisoner at the Cross Keys , but ' without success . A full description of his person lias been
sent all over the country , and ifc is probable that he may be in custody pr ior to the sessions . The officers are also making every inquiry in reference to the prisoner ' s suspected connexion with the robbery at St . Pancras workhouse . HAMMERSMITH . —Obtaining Mosey uxder False Pretences . —John Wilson , of JNo . 'l , Princesstreet , London-road , Southwark , tallow-chandler , and James Frederick Randall , of 4 G , White Horsestreet , Lambeth , were charged with having obtained from William Evans , Esq ., M . P ., of Kensingtongore , the sum of £ 15 , under fraudulent pretences . —William Horsford , one of tho officers of the Mendicity Society , deposed that on the morning of Friday last he saw Mi * . Evans , at his residence in
Ken-1 sington-gorc , and from the information which he received from that gentleman , he went to the residence of the prisoner Wilson , in Princes-street , London-road , Southwark , where he apprehended him on the present charge . On telling him why he was taken into custody , he said , " This is Mi * . Challis ' s business . " Witness having placed him in safe custody , proceeded to No . 40 , White Horsestreet , Lambeth , where he saw the other prisoner , Randall , and told him that ho wanted him for obtaining money under fraudulent pretences from Mr . Evans , when he replied , "I know nothing about it . "—William Evans , Esq ., M . P ., of Kensingtongore , deposed that about three weeks or a month since , the prisoners came to his house , and said they
were tradesmen who were known to a nephew of Mrs . Evans , a Mr . Gibbons , and asked for assistance for a widow with four children , who were on the point of going out from this country as settlers in Australia . After putting some questions to them on the subject , he gave them , £ 5 to give to the family , to assist them in their outfit , and they went away . Last Wednesday both prisoners came again to witness ' s house , and said that they had given the woman and her children £ 20 each , and that she and her family were then lying at Plymouth , ready to sail , but they had not raised money sufficient to enable them to do so , when , in consequence of what they told him , he then gave them £ 10 moro for
them . Tho next morning Horsford called on witness . The prisoners told witness that their namea were Wood and Cooper . —The wives of the two prisoners here came forward and declared that Randall was not one of the parties , but a man named Challis , whom they charged Horsford with having let off . —Mr . Evans , however , said he had no doubt that Randall was one of the men . He had some conversation with them on both occasions . —Mr . Beadon then remanded both prisoners for a week on the charge of fraud . —An application was subsequently made by Randall ' s wife for her husband to be admitted to bail , which was acceded to , and he was ordered to enter into his own recognisance of £ 40 , and two respectable housekeepers of £ 20 each for his appearance .
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It is stated that a new table-p ; lant , termed the apios tuberosa , is being cultivated in Belgium , in the hope that it will partly supply the place of potatoes , as , h \ proportion , it produces twice the quantity of nutritive farinaceous matter . How ro Keep Apples , Pears , and other Pbuit .- » Lock them up in a dry cellar , and hide the key .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 31, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31031849/page/5/
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