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L Mav 3, 1815. THE NORTHERN STAR. 5
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L Mav 3, 1815. The Northern Star. 5
L Mav 3 , 1815 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 5
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IEXE _EXECUTION OFTHE MURDERER HOCKER . Thi Throug hout the whole of Saturday workmen were . « ninl (» ninlove 3 formmgbamersin front of Newgate , aud _Zsoe _t _lectin" that the number of persons who wonldflock Hose , -msec themurderer , Thomas Henrv Hocker , executed wool would beequaJ , if not larger , than what attended to gsee tl gee the notorious Daniel Good expiatehis offence upon _Ithes thesam e scaffold . In order toguard against any acciident _aentocciuriugfromthegreatpressiire , thesheriffsori dere dered that , iu addition to the usual precaution , ! sere several strong barriers should be placed in'the immc' _ _\ x _^{ neighbourhood of the Old Bailer . In front of the i the scaffold was fixed three lines of bars , some six or nini nine feet apart from each , other . In ludgate-hill ,
Skii Skinner-street , _JNewgate-street , and at thc ends of the the different courts and other thoroughfares leading tow towa ** _ds tbe _droP similar protections were erected for forthe public . { _SjTspECTEn CONFEDERATES OF HOCKER . —it IS the gei generibeliefofsomeoftheoliicersofthttraetropolita for force that there must have been mere than onc person en « _eniiaecd in thc murder , the tua * a Hocker being quite as _astriplhiS compared with Delarne . They say that thi this supposition is greatly strengthened from the fact of of cries for help being heard to proceed from the _dii direction of _Bellsizc-lane a long time before any one w < went to ascertain the cause , what they look upon wi with the most suspicion , and what they maintain
te tends to prove that a second party at least must have bf been engaged in the horrible crime , is thccircurostance oi of some one having sent a quantity of poison tothe o convict . They argue that a stranger would have no _0 object in view ia poisoning the man , and that they a are justified in concluding that the man who d _dejpatchedthelcttertoNewgatecontainingthepoison , - « was one who had been engaged in the affair ; and , fi _fearingtuattheeonvirtwiUuU « natelymakeaconfes-8 sion , and that he will be implicated , he resorted to the i dreadful crime of poisoning him , hoping by that means t to escape exposure and punishment Be this as it _i mav , the police have been actively engaged in trying 1 to find the party out , but as yet without success . — Observer , ( Sunday ) .
The Murderer ' s Relatives . —On Friday the prisoner ' s brother visited him for the last time . During tiie interview Mr . Wright , the deputy governor , was seated between thc two brothers . The culprit's brother was deeply affected , bat the criminal showed no feeling ontheoccasion . On Saturday , about noon , the father of the prisoner saw his unhappy son for the last time . He was implored by his heartbroken parent to confess the whole truth , but thc criminal was of all the parties present the least moved , _dispkring woroseness or turpitude of temper , and desiring with a dictatorial emphasis that no more questions should be put to Mm . Tns Condemned Sermon * is _JSewgate . —On Sunday thc Rev . Mr . Davies , the ordinary of the gaol of Newgate , preached what is called thc condemned
sermon in the chapel of the prison . The sheriffs having issued tickets for as many persons as the chapel could , without being crowded to thc inconvenience of all , contain , the seats were soon after thc admission of thc visitors completely occupied . Notwithstanding thc general censure to which female visitors upon occasions of the kind have been subjected , there were some rf the sex whose curiosity prevailed over the feelings by which the majority are influenced . We observed about ei g ht or ten females scattered through the body and gallery of tbe chapel , and they appeared to us to have nerve enough to attend the execution , for . vhich they saw the preparations before they entered the gates of thc prison . Mr . Cope , the governor , made veryjudiciousarrangc
menis , by winch confusion and inconvenience werc obviated , and the reporters for the newspapers were admitted according to a previous regulation at a quarter past ten o ' clock , exactly fifteen minutes before tbe service commenced . There was no person of anv distinction present . Here and there we _pliscrved a member of the corporation . In the sheriffs ' pew sat Sir John Pirie and "Under Sheriff Martin , Sheriff Sidney and Alderman Mnsgrovc occupied thc _Ordinary ' s ; pew , and Mr . Anderton andthree other gentlemen woreaccommodated withseatsinthat ofthe governor . The bell having summoned the prisoners rathe various wards of the gaol to Divine service , thc divisions of the chapel assigned to them were speedilvfilled . _Assoonastheywereseated , Connor , thc
youngman who was committedfor trial Hpon fbecbarge of thc wilful murder of Mary Brothers , in George street , St . Giles ' s , was brought in by tiie turnkey in whose charge he has been placed since his removal to the prison upon the magistrate ' s warrant . Connor appeared to be improved in health , and was dccently attired in black . He was conducted to a chair prepared for him iu the body of tbe chapel , directly opposite to the pulpit , and close to the pew appropriated to thc use of the family of the Rev . Mr . Davies , and beseemed to be affected frequently during tbe service . The turnkey sat on a form next to liim . After a delay of a few seconds Hocker entered , accompanied by the deputv governor ofthe prison and an assistant turnkey . It Blight be called a theatrical movement .
The ease and self-possession whicli ine convict exhibited as he advauced to his seat evidently surprised those of the congregation who had never before seen liim , and he seated himself on a chair , facing the altar , aud at the end of the chapel opposite to that wSch Connor occupied . He was very particular in fixSug his chair and the hassock which had been placed for his use , so as to enable him to make a displav . He exhibited , in fact , a perfect consciousness ihat he was ,: the observed of all observers , " and had to all appearance made up Ms mind to represent in this the last but one scene of Ms existence the character wMch he has been performing since Ms apprehension . His person did not seem to be in any degree changed since his eondemnatioB . His costume was
precisely the same , and now , as then , he was senrpu-IohsIv particular iu the arrangement of Ms chair . Sliortly after his entrance he spoke to Mr . Cope , who , at his request , directed onc of thc attendants in the chapel to bring in a glass of water . He received the ghm from the hand of tiie man with a bow , and placed it bv Ms side . At length the service commenced . " The Rev . Robert S . Bower , the diapUvin of the gaol of tiie county of Somerset , ascended the rcadiugdesk , and the reverend ( ordinary took Ms _pW-e atthe altar . The beautiful liturgy of the Church of England was then read by the former
clergyman in au extremely impressive manner . Throughout thc service Connor paid thc most deep attention to every word that fell from thelips of those engaged in perfuming it , and _ruanitfested extreme tlwughtfulness and dejection . Hocker joined in the _responsesin a firm tone . It was , howcver , obviousto careful observers of his demeanour that he waistruggling at times under strong internal emotion to keep up an appearance of calm _self- _^ ssession ; sometimes his eve wandered from the Prayer-book and _becsune feed oa vacancy , but he soon roused Mmself from his abstraction , and again turned to the page . He de-Tiated in this _manucr three or four times during tne
service , and his apparent unconsciousness was _espcciallv marked when he sat during the reading of the lessons of thc day . When the reverend -reader offered up that invocation contained in the litany for deliverance "from battle , murder , and from sudden death , " ' it was said bv some persons who kept then eyes upon Hocker up to the moment of hfc departure from the chapel , thathe eave au involuntary shudder , but thc action must have _' been _inonientary . At other periods he rested his head upon hte band iu such a nianncr as whollv to conceal his eyes , and then a nervous action of the mouth and lips was distinctly observable . Pravers having been read , thc fourth and fifth verses ofthe 39 th Psalm , commencing
" lord , let ine "know my term of days , How soon my life will end , " were then sung , and Hockerjoined with some energy . The Communion portion ofthe service was read in a most admirable manner by thc rev . ordinary , aim whenhepronouu eedthe sacred edict , "Thou Khail do no murder , " every eye was directed towards the convict , who . however , evinced no particular lnanifestation of feeling . The singing of iourverscsof the 51 st Psalm ( the 4 th , 9 th , 10 th , and Mth verses ) i followed ; after wluch thc ordinary ascendeu the pulpit , and proceeded to deliver an eloquent . md impressive discourse , to whicli , from thc beginning to the end , the attention of Hocker seemed tohecompletely r _ivrfo , ! Tlm rev . _srentlenian took for his text the
• Gth verse of thc JUh chapter of the book of _Genesis , " _AVhosoever sheddeth man ' s blood , by man shall his blood be shed , for in the image of God made he man . Tbe rev . gentleman applied the greater part of his diM » uise io the case and conduct of Hocker , attri-• _luting histrhncs andhis fate to a wantof proper culture in carlvvouth . He was both pointed _aud"" - _Prcsive . in " conclusion , he prayed fervently that Almiclitv God would g ive the culprit gracetoeroplov tbe few remaining hours he bad to pass in this wor . d m meditation and prayer , and that the effect wsuki be to induce him to make that reparation , not probably a , much due lo society , but which , by a lull , candid , and explicit statement ofthe train , was cut to intercession he
that Saviour _ihiougk whose can only look for salvation . To-morrow ' s sun would be the hit he wWi ] d see arise—to-morrow ' s noon would number Mm amonest the dead , and might God have _-wrcy onkissour At the conclusion of"the sermon _Hoi-ha * shed fears ; he hastily removed them with his handkerchief , which he at once p laced in his hat , - * ** rose to leave the chapel . He was the first fo * 1 « K it . attended as before by the deputy governor a » d the turukev _espcciallv appointed to take charge _-rfkini . Connor , upon whom thc eloquent discourse « the rev . ordinary had manifestly made a deep _impression , followed The other prisoners were then removed in the sameorder as that in -which tlicy hail been introduced and soon the chapel wasenipty .
__ THE _-BXECCIION . The crowd _assembled in the Old Bailey to wuncsthe execution w _^ _rcrv oreat ; n umbers had _taia-n their places before tw ' clve o clock on Sunday night , ?« _d b y six o clock on Mondav morningthe open space in wort of _Newgate was literollv crammed , anil the numbers gradually increased untilthetimeappomte s ! for execution . The culprit occupied the principal part of Sunday , after the morning service , in writing ; he retired to _bedattwdvc o ' clock , and slept rather soundly during tbe night . He rose at five o ' clock in the morning ,
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and appeared rather composed , bat did not exliibit Ms usualstrong nerve . He partook of some breakfast , after "which be was visited by Mr . Davies , the Ordinary of Newgate ; he was not at all communicative , but gave to the rev . gentleman a statement he wrote on Sunday , a copy of which will be found below . At half-past seven o ' clock the culprit became very weak , but bavingtaken some cold water , he rewed . Shortly after this time the bell of St . Sepulchre ' s church began tolling , when he nearly fainted . The prisonerall along didnotdenybeinga guilty participatorin the murder , butstrongly asserted to the last that his was not thc hand that committed thc crime . His defence on the trial , however , and some of the statementshe has made since , are so much at variance
with each other tliat little reliance can be placed upon them ; therefore the last , which wc now publish , in all probability is the most correct . In a conversation with Mr . Sheriff Sidney , who told him that his statements on the trial could not be depended upon , he replied that part of his defence was true , viz ., that Delarue had seduced the girl . Several times since the -prisoner ' s trial the sheriffs have kindly told Mm that if he had anything to urge why the sentence should be delayed , they would willingly and immediately lay it before tlle Home Secretary . He at first seemed doubtful what he should do on the subject , but when he was visited by Mr . Sheriff Sidney at four o ' clock on Tuesday last , he said that he had come to the conclusion to say no
more on the subject , since luesday the sheriffs have again asked him if he wished any communication to be made to the Home Secretary , and he replied that he _i'id not : he had determined to say no more on the subject . At a quarter before eight o ' clock on Monday morning the reporters attending for the public press werc admitted into thc room where the prisoner was ; he was then attended by the ordinary , sheriffs , under sheriffs , and Mr Cope , besides several officers ofthe prison . He was standing with bis hat in his hand , and conversing with the Rev . Mr . Davies , to which gentleman he expressed great gratitude for his kind and spiritual attention . On the entrance of those connected with the press , the reverend gentleman told 1 locker that there were several reporters present , and
asked him if he wished to make any statement ; if so , it would be taken down and go forth to the world . He replied , very much agitated , "No , sir ; if I haa known those gentlemen would have been here I might have said something , but I am not now sufficiently composed . " Mr . Sheriff Sidney told Mm , if he wished to make any further communication to the _o- rttinary or sheriffs , it _snc-v-M be given to the public . His reply was the same , that he was not sufficiently composed . The executioner then proceeded to tic the unhappy man ' s hands ; the moment the cord touched them he was agitated in a dreadful manner , his whole frame trembled , and during the operation he became quite insensible ; he fainted and fell backwards , but was caught in the arms of two of the officers . He presented at this moment a lamentable picture oi the effects of guilt . He was placed in a chair , and after his temples had been bathed with
cold water he somewhat recovered , and was carried into the chapel-yard , where he remained sitting until the melancholy procession , consisting of thc sheriff ' s , under sherifls , the ordinary , the governor , and officers ofthe prison , was formed . Whilst sitting in the yard his arms were pinioned , during which every muscle of his frame was violently agitated , and it was supposed that it would be necessary to carry him to the platform ; but when the prison clock struck ei g ht , he at once rose from the chair , and , with the assistance of two of the prison officers , feebly walked to the scaffold , the rev . ordinary reading from the burial service ofthe Church , " 1 am the Resurrection and the Life , " & c . On arriving at the scaffold the sheriffs delivered Mm to the executioner , * he was immediately placed under the gallows , and in two or three minutes the drop fell , and the mortal career of this wretched man ended . He struggled but a very short time .
On his appearing on the drop there was a considerable noise amongst the vast crowd wMch had col lected , but it soon subsided , and their demeanour , on thc whole , was decorous and becoming . Shortly before the time of execution , the culprit said he wished to speak to Mr . D . W . Harvey ; on that gentleman going into the cell , he told him that he ( Hocker ) was a native of Colchester , and that his father was a freeman of tbat borough . The body , after hanging the usual time , was cut down and placed in a shell , and was buried witMn thc walk ofthe prison the same evening . Thc dense crowd dispersed immediately after the execution . From the excellent arrangements ofthe police we believe not the slightest accident occurred . hockee ' s last statement .
The following is a copy of the letter which the culprit wrote on Sunday night , and gave into the hands of the Rev . Mr . Davis yesterday morning . It is in a clear , firm , and distinct band , but evidently by mistake is dated April 26 th , instead ofthe 27 th : — "Rev . and aear Sir , —This is the last written communication I Shall make to the world . My hours art- now so few , that a babe might count tliem . Whatever may have been my conduct hitherto , I cannot any longer dissemble . You are too good and worthy a friend for me to deceive with my last breath . Though I be condemned to die on a scaffold , I hare yet one tender chord remaining in my bosom , which your unceasingly kind attention has kept in
continual motion . I would rather be ueemed a murderer than a vile ingrate . I thank God that he has endued me with that fetling wliich has made it impossible for me to be guilty of either . I never did any man a premeditated injury in my life , and God forbid tbat I should , at such a time as this , forget to make you every acknowledgment in my power , while 1 live , for the faithful part you have evinced in my unhappy case during my incarceration ; you have proved yourself to be one of my dearest friends . May yonr reward here be that happiness which , alas has failed to be my lot , and hereafter that state of bliss wliich you have so often and so fervently prayed that I _infelit be a partaker of .
" With a quiet and unresentfol conscience , and a heart still beating innoceuce of that which I am unjustly doomed to suffer , I wish to rectify two deviations from truth in the second statement which I read at my trial , or rather I should say , to admit their falsity . The manner in which I accounted for the stains of Wood on my clothes was fictitious . It were an easy matter for me to forge another lie , by saying , that in stooping down by the "body of deceased , as he lay dead , I came by such an appearance of guilt . But no ! I will not—I cannot die with a falsehood on my lips . In accordance with a spirit of truth _, fulness , I avow solemnly , in the presence of my God , that
the marks were not occasioned by any contact whatever with the person of deceased . I myself did it after the body was removed by the constables . Can it be that I am indulging an infidel temerity at such an awfiil period as this by asseverating an untruth \ "No ! my conviction of a future judgment and a state of eternal consciousness is so powerful , tbat I have wot «* , _* icke * lness enough to trifle nitti my Maker and my own soul at its peril , now that the gallows is in the course of erection for my execution . 1 am digressing . There is one point more to which I would draw yonr attention . I stated that Hampstead was the place where the guilty parties resided . This was an
invention . "lly defence has been complimented as an ' idle romance' by two individuals whose names I will not do the honour of publishing . If it were a ' romance , ' it was far from an idle one , for it was begun and finished in twenty minutes , wlile my solicitor was in waiting . I also beg to assure those penetrating critics that I should not issue such a ' romance' as a specimen ofthe fertility of my imagination . But this strain is foreign to my object in writiug to you . Excepting the inaccuracies to which 1 hare alluded , both my statements were founded in truth , and were true throughout . As a dying man , I have no other motive than that of truth for breaking silence . I only wish you to see that I am not ashamed _airain and again to declare my innocence to all the world .
That lain not guilty of murder , God and my conscience hear witness , and tliis I shall be able to shout from my heart on my entrance into eternity , lt is the duty of _t-very man to prepare for death . I trust that I am prepared . The very best of men is not of himself worthy a place iu Heaven . My hopes beyond the grave are not my own deserts , but those of another . My being innocent of the crime cf murder will not entitle me to an immortal crown , but a submission to His will who lias permitted iuc to he brought thus low with an open and sincere confession of all my present and past youthful follies and imperfections , followed by genuine contrition and faith . These 1 have learned to believe are acceptable to our merciful and gracious _Henefactor , whom I have so often offended .
" A man whom I have treated as my friend is the murderer of I ' clarue . His own admission of the fact was the only means of extricating me from this unworthy end ] If c has uot came forward . Had I caused him to be apprehended , he would doubtlessly have denied it . I have betn assured that had I not been found guilty of murder , I should have been transported for life for highway robbery . Such an alternative has failed to induce me to divulge what itis my resolution to die with in my bosom . Let , thin , this sentence ring in the murderer ' s t ., rs ;_ That he is not only the destroyer of Delarue , but mc likewise . I did not lift a hand against deceased . There may even yet be found some harsh enough to brand me as a dying liar ; but , oh . ' if they knew what I , alas . ' too well know , they would see thc wrong tliey do me . I have suffered too much , and am , while writing this , too weak and heart-broken to quit this world like an Atheist . My sorrows have been more than my
strength ( great as it has been ) could support . I am no longer the same young man who beard sentence of death passed without the distortion of a muscle . My troubles , both sleeping and awake , have so shaken mc , that I find it more easy to weep than to smile . Every rising sun dispels thc dark mystery of futurity . Already I see death _appioacliing me-with increasing strides . At night when I lay my poor aching head to rest , ere I can close my eyes , rude forms of shame and infamy attend my pillow , and , 0 ! what dreams ; one moment and all is passed . I am again at home ; every one cheering me with eager hands and hearts at my return—no longer condemned—nolonger unhappy . Then to wake and find _myself stretched ou a hard bed , surrounded _ryzTtr " _*• and gloomy walls , tliat deride my anguish and mock at my distress . This is bitterness , indeed ! Then talk not tome ofthe awfulness of death ! Death is the only friend that can make amends for all my wretchedness ! For me to continue such as I am were worse thau ten thousand
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deaths . Even death on a scaffold ( that shameful end ) to me is far preferable to none . I am heartily sick of thc world that has treated me as though I had always been a criminal in its estimation . No one ever suspected me guilty of any unlawful breach until l came hither , and yet no onc would take me b y the hand . Because 1 could spell and write , my poverty was a crime . Think you then my thoughts still lingered behind , and that I wished my days were renewed ? My hopes of heaven are worth them all . My home and an isolated friend here and there are my only _sJttraetions , and I trust I shall meet them soon where all is light and joyous—where the love of God is the only mystery—where holiness and pure intellect go hand in hand ; and the tear of gratitude the only tear May you aud I , my dear sir , and all those who are dear to us , be welcomed there , is the dying prayer of "Your poor unfortunate , but faithful servant , " T . H . HocKEfi . " The Rev . Mr . Davis , Ordinary—April 20 , 1815 . "
LAST LEITEBS OF HOCKER . Hoeker had previously addressed thc following letters to Mr . Sheriff Sidney : — " Sir , —For sonic time before you left me this morning , 1 had resolved to remain entirely mute on the subject which so deeply interests my very life . But fearing that 1 might have made a somewhat rash determination , I was glad of your offer to visit ine again this afternoon . I have seriously considered your kind proposals again and again , and still the result is that I decline answering affirmatively . Believe mc , sir , if I felt disposed to repose confidence in any one , it would be yourself . The female who wrote the letter , which we have all read so attentively over , is the same person to whom I alluded in my statement at my trial . She has already taken a very material
step in my favour , and a very welcome one indeed it is to me . I am now convinced that she will not suffer mc to be sacrificed through her silence . It is in her power to clear ine , and she will do it . I cannot do . anything until she comes forward voluntarily . I am fully aware that by deferring such an all-important disclosure , I expose myself to the most imminent danger , and this I have felt through the whole of my misery , since the moment I was apprehended . I do not understand why she should , at such a time as this , have occasion to go to Bristol . I cannot comprehend that part of her letter at all . My opinion is , that she will either make her appearance here , or write again to-morrow , or Thursday . God grant she may—until she do onc or the other , I shall be in the most agitated state of suspense .
" I remam , sir , your most grateful and obedient servant , " Tao « _is H . Hockeb . "Mr . Sheriff Sidney , Ludgate-hill , Tuesday evening . " " Honoured and dear Sir , —The knowledge ofbeing permitted to address you by letter I did not venture to anticipate , and such that I cannot half convey my sense of obligation to you . My condition is now a painful one indeed . The only prospect which this life at present holds out to me is immediate dissolution , attended by the cruel exultation of an unsympathisiug mob , aud every species of ignominy . I need not assure you that I feel my unhappy lot keenly—most keenly—though I may try to shut my eyes against thc recurrence of former and happier scenes . My dear parents—my unfortunate brother and my friends —who still own me , will force themselves upon my
remembrance , rendering my distress well nigh insupportable . I am very far from wishing that any one should look upon my late strength of nerve as constitutional , or acquired by callousuesa and obstinacy . No , no , my dear sir , I never boasted the possession of a heart devoid of feeling for . another's misfortune , much less for my own , I am condemned to die the death of a malefactor , in accordance with the deliberate , and , I trust , conscientious decision of twelve of my countrymen . May they never have cause to reproach themselves witli hastiness in the discharge of so solemn a duty . I am perfectly resigned to my fate : I hope not from stoic principles , but from having seriously contemplated the really awful consequences of quitting this bitter scene unprepared for immortality . I pray that pardon may be ' awarded me , on
deep _csntrition and prostration of soul , for my past youthful imprudence and sinfulness . I am persuaded that unless the natural heart be broken , and renewed by divine mercy , however noble and amiable it may be deemed by the world , it can never think of eternity without inwardly shuddering . 0 , that the Bock of Ages may so fix my wavering and roving mind , in his love , compassion , and power , that I may see my own wickedness and depravity , and look upon him with faitli and humility as my guide and Saviour . It is time that I draw to a close ; but , before I conclude , suffer mc for one moment to dwell on what perhaps ought to have formed fhe chief subject of this letter . "While I was at Clerkenwell thc very sound of ' Newgate Prison' struck terror into me . I thought that when I should leave it , I
might bid farewell to kindness , and honest , good . heartcd men for ever . I found the officers tliere as so many exceptions to their general character . They treated me with the greatest consideration and kindness , and I shook hands with them all at parting with a heavy heart , wliile I listened to their good wishes for my happy success . I came hither expecting nothing but harshness , but how was I surprised to find that the same benevolent feelings which I had so lately met with were exercised almost more fully , if possible , by every one who had to do with me here ; and now that I tliink of it , I cannot but mention the brotherly sympathy and attention of the man who is appointed my keeper , to whom I owe a heart full of thanks ; when I have been at times melancholy or unwell he has taken it as much to heart as though I were his devoted friend ; indeed , he is the companion and sharer of all my feelings—may he always have such a friend as
he has been to me . But in justice to all connected with this place , I ought not to particularise , yet I must not forbear fhe names of Mi" . Davies , Mr . Cope , and Mr . Wright . ¦ While writing of them every grateful acknowledgment naturally follows . Last of all , though I may truly say the first in my thoughts , is yourself ; how can I speak of you as I feel ? You have interested yourself in my misfortune in a manner that I know of no other title than that of father that is suited to you . Oh , may you never have the bitter experience of my poor father , but be rewarded with tbat peace of mind and tranquillity of conscience which ever attend the Christian philanthropist , and may you ultimately come to that crown of glory which fadcth not away , of which 1 humbly hope to be a partaker . " Believe iae , Sir , " Your most grateful and faithful servant , ' « Mr . Sheriff Sidnev . " " T . H . Hocker .
After Hocker rose on Monday morning he asked for pens , ink , and paper , and sat down and wrote two letters ; one was handed by him to the ordinary , and the second to the under governor , Mv . Wright . We refrain , from obvious reasons , from giving the names of the females he thus addressed ; but Ms letters to them were written , almost at the eleventh hour , in the same bold form and elegant handwriting which he had displayed in all his former correspondence . The first was dated on the morning of Ms execution , and was in these terms : —
My very dear Sarah , —I have not had courage enough to address you since I was last with you . From the first moment of iny acquaintance with you until the present , I have cherished the most genuine and respectful affection for you ; and though I made you many misrepresentations of my condition in life , had I lived I should have repaired tliem all ; but all is past , excepting my love forycu , which survives every other feeling . May you be happy yet , and may wc meet in heaven . Your good friends , Mr . and Mrs . E ,, will not spurn my dying respects and esteem , nor will our kind friend Miss E . disbelieve that I still feel every sentiment for her that I once professed to feel . I have given this my warmest kiss for you , my sweet love . Heaven bless you . Farewell , farewell . Yours , with my dying blessing , Monday , 28 th April , 1815 . T . II . Hocker . The second letter was in these terms : —
My still dearest Olivia , —I cannot quit this scene of heart-rending misery without addressing you a farewell line . My lot is a hard and apainful one indeed ; and how often have I thought of you , my first and dearest love , since my incarceration . I have had you in my remembrance both sleeping and awake , and every tune my heart lias been ready to burst . This is the last epistle I shall write . You are deserving the best wishes of every one . You have my last blessing . Heaven bless you and make you its own , and oh ! may we meet in heaven , where is no more separation—no move fovgetfulncss , but all is love aud joy . Yours till thc last , T . H . Hockeb . | Thc letter alluded to in the first , from Hocker to Mr . Sheriff Sydney , has not yet been made public . Perhaps , if there was one , the police have it , and arc endeavouring to trace the writer . ]
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Attempt to Assassixate the Prussian Minister of War , —A letter from Berlin , of the 21 st ult ., gives the following account of a mad attempt to assassinate thc Prussian Minister of War , General Baron de Boyen : — " A young sub-lieutenant of artillery , who had been a pupil at the military academy , introduced himself into thc ministers caliinet , and , in a wild abrupt manner told him he had conic to communicate to him a secret , by means of which he was certain , by one pass of his sword , of sending into thc air a whole Russian army . Baron de Boyen , seeing with whom ho had to deal , mildly and kindly replied that he was then too much engaged to confer with him on his secret , but would let hiin know
when he could receive him . The officer insisted upon being heard immediately , and as the minister persevered in bowing him out , he said , in a high tone , ' I am here in a house belonging to the state , and I have a right to speak in it as well as any other public functionary . ' After an interchange of a few more words , the officer drew his sword , anil was about to rush on the minister , when some ofthe attendants , hearing the altercation , came in and secured the infuriated man . Of the lunacy of the young officer little doubt can be entertained , although it is said that he had never before shown any symptoms of deraugeiueui , and , since his arrest , has conducted himself as if he was in the full enjoyment oi his intellectual faculties . "
Singular Fatality . —A British soldier accidentally fell into the water at Quebec , Canada , a few days since , when a sentinel walking by attempted to get him out by reaching him thc ' butt of his musket . The drowning man grasped the weapon , and in his _strosrgles _, it was discharged the contents entered the head of the sentinel and killed him instantly . —American paper _.
Murder is _TippERAnt . —On Sunday night , the 20 th ult ., an armed party of ten men broke into the house ot John Flanagan , atSkallee _, and beat him iu a most cruel and savage manner , and endeavoured to put hun out , but from the exertions of his wife and himself they were unable to do so . His skull is badly fractured , liaving received eight or nine cuts on the j > ' _™> and his body beaten almost to a mummy . They beat his wife also in a very savage manner , aiid then retired . On leaving they desired him to give up the land , about three or four acres , which he hail held for a considerable time . [ Another account savs Flanagan is dead , ]
Fire near _Suddury _, Suffolk . —The crv of fire was raised in Sudbury on Tuesday niglit , which aroused the inhabitants , who ran u { all directions . The whole town was illuminated . The fire was about six miles off , between Cornanl and Burcs , on the farm in the occupation of Mr . W . Tavlor . The house and all the farm buildings , implements , several horses , pigs , and fowls werc destroyed : no furniture was saved . The family were just about retiring for the night when the alarm was given . It is supposed to be thc act of an incendiary . On Friday last , a lire occurred at , or near Haverhill , in Suffolk , and property to a great amount was destroyed .
The Murder in St . Giles ' s . —Adjourned Inquest . —On Wednesday the inquest on ihe body of Mary Brothers was resumed , at the Angel Inn , Bloomsburv . Thejury assembled at ten o ' clock and entered tiie inquest-room . Thc public and the reporters were informed that they could not then be admitted , but that the court would be opened at a more advanced stage of the proceedings . After thc lapse of about a quarter of an hour tiie doors werc opened , and Mr . Wakley rose and said , —Gentlemen , you will remember that at our last meeting in this room , on thc 9 th of April , the inquiry thenin progress wasatljourncil until the present time , under the following circumstances : —I do not think it necessary to recapitulate all the evidence , but you will all of you remember
that the last witness then examined was the woman Bridget Ronaync . That witness said thatshe had seen a man near the scene of the murder , and had also heard him make use of threats towards the deceased . She did not know the name of tliat man , but said that she was so well acquainted with his features that she could p ick him out from among a thousand , or recognize him twenty years hence . The prisoner then in custody was not produced with a view to his identification , and a bar being thus put to your further proceedings , you adjourned , in order that time might be afforded for his production before this Court , and proper measures taken to insure his attendance . In the same week a man named Joseph Connor , the suspected person , had a true till found
against him for thc murder . He was arraigned on the indictment , and pleaded "Not Guilty . " These facts , which tookplaceaftertlieinquestwasadjourned , had a most important influence on the case . Immediately after the man was indicted I took thc opinion of counsel as to whether an application to the court of Queen ' s Bench had better be made to order the production ofthe man Joseph Connor before you . The counsel were Mi * . Fitzroy Kelly , Queen ' s counsel ; Mr . Roebuck , Queen ' s counsel ; and Mr . Petersdorff . All the facts that had come before you were presented to them , and all the circumstances explained ; and those gentlemen were unanimously and strongly of opinion that under the present aspect of affaire the application for a writ to the Court of Queen ' s Bench
should not be made , as the trial ot the prisoner was secured by the finding of the true bill , and that circumstance rendered it not only possible but probable that the application would be _-u efused , and that refusal would injure the cause for which we were contending in the public opinion . To this decision I was compelled to submit , as , having applied for the advice of counsel , I could not consistently go against it when I had received it . Mr . Kelly , however , entertained so strong a feeling of the justice of our cause that he went so far as to say , that if another case of a similar nature should occur , he would go at once personally , and move for a writ for the production of the prisoner . Iii this case , however , you are interrupted in the proper discharge of your duties , and the administration of justice is grossly and ODenlv interfered with , by persons whom I will not
name . We are now in the game position as when we last met , and I now ask you whether you will go ou with any further evidence , or at once conclude the case and return your verdict ?—Mr . Rogers , the foreman of thc jury , said : Mr . Coroner , ivo might have found such a verdict at our last meeting , and , therefore , all our time has been wasted . We were aware in this case there was a strong contest going on between two authorities , and , as honest members of society , we were anxious that the struggle should terminate in favour of law and justice j but still we felt that any bad feeling and contest between twopublicauthoritics was both prejudicial and indecent . When we adjourned on the 0 th of April it was under the impression that you intended to apply to the Court of Queen ' s Bench , in order that the _caae might be finally settled , but it seems you have not clone so . We wished that it should at once be
decided from the head authority m the law , and that authority has not been applied to . The circumstances of the case may be altered , but still the application was necessary , in order tliat we might bo informed why the usual course of the law ivas interrupted in this case . The Lord Chief Justice would , even if he had refused the writ , have given some reason for that refusal , and the jury would then know how to act . I hope'that in other cases you may have a jury equally anxious to see the law carried into effect—you could not have one who could be more so than we arc . We are stopped in our inquiry by the detention of the prisoner by other authorities , and I therefore submit that wc at once give a verdict , as we can have no evidence that will show the identity
of the prisoner . —Mr . Wakley said , it is strange that an application was made at the Old Bailey for thc postponement of the trial , on the ground that it was necessaiy to secure tho attendance of some witnesses who could show that the prisoner was not near the murdered woman ' s house when the murder was committed . Ever since I have been coroner I have not known a single instance where a man charged with murder has been committed on the first examination . In this case thc accused party has not had time to collect his witnesses , and thc hasty committal had certainly impeded the law . —The Jury then expressed a wish to consider of their verdict , and the room was cleared of strangers . During this absence Mr . Wakley ( as was afterwards stated ) endeavoured to explain the reasons for his not having applied to the Court of Queen ' s Bench . All thejury , with the exception of Mr . Rogers , expressed tlieir approbation of Mr . Wakley ' s conduct ; Mr . Rogers adhered to the
opinions he expressed . After the lapse of three quarters of an hour , the court was re-opened , and Mr . Rogers read the following verdict : — " We find that the deceased , Mary Brothers , ivas wilfully murdered by some person or persons unknown , and thejury think that they have been prevented bv the conduct of the police authorities from pursuing their investigation m a more satisfactory manner . "—Mr . Wakley said , tliat under the circumstances , the verdict was very moderate . —Mr . Rogers said that thc jury did not wish to express all they felt on thc subject . —The Jury then expressed their pleasure at the strenuous endeavours of Mr . Wakley to get justice done , and remarked that he had put himself to _considerable expense to attain that object . —Mr , Wakley said that he regretted that they had not been successful . There would have been no such annoyance to a jury in any other county in England . The magistrates had no right to interfere with the duties of the coroner . Thejury then separated .
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Am algamation- of Trades . —Meeting at Bradford . — A public meeting of thc Woolcombers , and Trades generally , was held on Monday evening , in front of the Odd Fellows' Hall , to take into consideration the propriety of an amalgamation of the Trades of Bradford with thc proposed Association oi United Trades of Great Britain ; also the necessity of petitioning Parliament for an inquiry into the sanatory condition of the Woolcombers of Bradford and neighbourhood . Mr . Joseph ltaistrick was called to the chair , who opened the proceedings by reading the placard calling thc meeting , and briefly referred to "the objects and proposed remedies . lie then called _Georce Roberts to move the first resolution , as
follows : — " Resolved , that as the sanatory condition of large towns is at length becoming a subject of consideration with all classes of society , we feel constrained to express our conviction of " the great necessity whieh exists f or some regulations on tliis allimportant matter . And we are further of opinion , that not only the preservation of the health , but thc conservation of tho morals of the working classes of this town , calls loudly and imperatively for the establishment of well ventilated shops for manufacturing purposes ; thus removing the necessity which now compels thousands to horde together in filthy sties unfit for human habitations , which serve as bed-rooms , workshops , and very often as hospitals , for thc unhannr inmates . Sueh _beine injurious to
health and revolting to common decency , we heartily solicit the co-operation ofthe well-disposed of all classes to assist in putting a stop to such a crying grievance . " Mr . Spur seconded the resolution , and _observed tbat thirty years' experience had convinced hiin that each year was worse than the former for thc workmen . He could remember when the master would sit in the workshop and be free with his workpeople ; but tlicy hardly ever saw thau now , unless in their gigs or curricles . The operative was looked on as part of the machinery left to the care of an overlooker , who thinks there is nothing but oil wanting io keep him in motion , like
the re & t of his machinery . Mr . George Flynn supported the resolution in an able and eloquent speech . He observed that hewas charged by some oi" their oppressors with having a little more knowledge than the rest of his fellow workmen ; and in the eyes of a mill-master that was a crime of no small degree . Well , how was he situated to be able to acquire tliat knowledge ? He lived in a cellar , nine feet by seven . This dwellixxg was his workshop , his bed-room , his kitchen , his stud y ; ash sot _i _* _m-reque . nti . v iiis _iioiiriTAt . ' Gould any man live thus , and not " acquire knowledge ? " Was lie to close his eyes to the fact _, that while be was obliged to toil in such a position , the fruit of his labour was filched from him , and
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splendid mansions arose in every direction around him , inhabited by those who mocked him with expressions of sympathy . Read the history of Bradford : and there they would find that some fifty years back the workman could enjoy himself in the pure air of heaven after his day ' s work . He could observe the finny tribe , sporting in thc limpid stream that flowed through thc town * , but now , were he to walk along the banks of the same stream , instead of the pure air of heaven , the chance would be that he would meet with pestilence or putrid fever . At all events , he would be certain of catching more disease than trout . Mr . I'Jvnn was loudl y cheered . At thc conclusion of his address the rain fell in torrents , and yet not a man of the vast assembly stirred . Mr .
Robert Cutler moved thc second resolution as follows : — " That as the experience of years has proved that the employers of labour are almost universall y opposed to the well-being of the working classes ; anil as remonstrances and supplication bus liu'Jeil to produce thc desired eft ' ect , the time bus at length arrived when all who value their dearest interests should speak out , and with a united and determined resolve , stand forth in the presence of their oppressors , ami declare that thoy will no longer quietly submit whilst tlieir families are plundered of the means of existence . " Mr . John Clarke seconded it , and William Dawson , in a brief speech , supported it . He read from the A _oriV-er _** Star the Address of the Trades' delegates , and urged on tho mcetiinr to take
the question up with spirit ; for to it they must conic sooner or later . At this stage of the proceedings an adjournment was proposed to the large room in the Odd Fellows' Hall , as it was impossible for the people to stand in thc rain . Accordingly the meeting adjourned to the spacious hall , which was crowded , hundreds being unable to obtain admission . On the business being resumed , Mr . Robert Sedgwick , mechanic , a delegate to the Conference , was called on to move the third resolution , as follows * . — " That the plans and propositions brought forward by the National Trades Conference are entitled to thc serious consideration of all good men ; and whilst wc are determined to assume that bold front which becomes the producers of the nation ' s wealthwe are not
, unmindful of those moral and intellectual resources , calculated to emancipate the toiling millions from their present thraldom ; and we hereby pledge ourselves to co-operate with our suffering fellow workmen throughout the united kingdom , iu the onward movement proposed by thc late Conference . " Mr . Smyth , delegate to the Shoemakers' Conference , seconded it , and Mr . G . White , delegate tothe general Trades Conference ) supported it . He considered thc time had arrived for the Trades' to stand forward as men . Let them have no more complaints or bickering ; but let every man go from that meeting determined to act his part . Mr .
Jabez Atkinson also addressed the meeting . The fourth resolution was moved by Robert Mullen , delegate to the Trades Conference : — " That , as the grievances of the Woolcombers of this town have been frequently laid before our employers , * and _a-s our complaints have been met by prevarication and evasion on their part ; and as the indirect encroachments on our wages are not confined to isolated firms , but have now become general ; wc , therefore , resolve that the following list of prices be presented to every manufacturer in thc town , by a deputation from this meeting , in order to prove thc universal dissatisfaction which exists , and our fixed resolve to be properly remunerated fbr our labour . Proposed list of
prices-English wooJs . _*—All sorts , under 3 d . per lb ., id . lb . advance . ' from 3 d . to 5 d . " 1 d . " " " from od . upwards " lid . " " Foreign Wools : — All sorts , under ls . 2 d . per lb . advance . " from ls . tols . 3 d . 3 d . " " " _fromlSd . tols . Cd . 'id . ' " " " from 18 d . upwards Cd . " " this statement , however enormous it may appear , being in our opinion no more than equivalent to the indirect reduction lately made . " It was seconded by George Wilson , who declared lie was anxious to see God ' s curse carried into effect : for man was doomed to cam his bread by the sweat of his brow * _, but thev
now compelled him to sweat , while the employers took the bread and consumed it without sweat . Formerly tlicy had only one class of politicians to contend against ; but now thoy had blue , wiih yellow and green into the bargain . The reductions made on them by the indirect mode , was from lid . per lb . on some sorts , and 6 d . on foreign . Would tliey longer submit to be thus plundered by sympathising philosophers ? Let them unite as one man , and victory was sure to be on tlieir side . —Mr . John Caw ncxt __ addressed the meeting on the nature of the reductions , made at a time when trade was never known to be better . —Miss Rothwell , treasurer to the Power Loom Weavers' Society , was loudly called for ; and on making her appearance , was received with
three rounds of cheers . She hoped the meeting would not view her in the light of one wishing to depart from the usual reserve and modesty of her sex ; and trusted they would excuse in her the want ot that eloquence which had been so ably displayed by the preceding speakers . In addressing a meeting , composed of hundreds of thinking men , she keenly felt her situation ; and was aware that among the ranks of the middle and upper class , she would obtain the unenviable epithet of a bold and forward girl : but , should that be the case , they who would thus charge her , should remember that the blame lay at their own door . The persecution of herself and family had caused her to reflect ; and that whicli was to her a mystery , and buried in obscurity , was
now clear and plain before her mind ' s eye . Had Mr . Trimble not discharged her brother , sisters , and herself , fbr the high crime of attending a meeting on Good Friday , to take into consideration the means of bettering the condition of the Power Loom Weavers , she should still have been tlic unreflecting slave of the power loom , without thc cause being ascertained why she was a slave . Her father was discharged because her brother was chairman of the meeting alluded to ; and her sister was discharged because she ( Miss Rothwell ) had accepted thc office of treasurer : but she was thankful to Mr . Trimble for that circumstance . It had aroused thought and reflection , and she now plainly discovered that lie who was busy in filching
the trade from their homes , was also using every means in his power to assimlate the wages of this country to that of his German serfs . But how widely different ivere the burdens on each ' . While here wc groaned under thc weight , theirs was comparativel y light . The object of the employers was to keep tlieir workpeople in ignorance ; and to this end the most licentious overlookers were placed over them . But thc time was approaching when the mind of the Powerloom Weavers would rise above their thraldom ; and she now warned thc employers , that thc day was fast approaching when the tyranny practised on them would end for ever , and the sun of freedom and virtue rise to- shine refulgent to the end of time . She would never again be thc slave of an English
tyrant : much less would she submit to thc thraldom of a foreign oppressor . Wliile she had a tongue to proclaim the wrongs of sisters in slavery ; while a drop of British blood flowed in her veins , she would strive for tlic emancipation of her class ; and ere long tlicy would find that the female workers in Bradford would be a powerful auxiliary in the onward march to " a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . " Miss Rothwell sat down loudly cheered . Mr . Smyth moved a vote of thanks to Miss Rothwell for the patriotic spirit she had displayed . Mr . George PJynn seconded the motion , which was earned by acclamation . Mr . G . White moved the adjournment of the meeting to Monday next , to meet in Pcckovcr-walks , at nine o ' clock in the morning . This was unanimously carried , and thc meeting separated . _WootcoMURns' Stuvkv .. — On hriday the Woolcombers in the employ of Mr . Rand turned out for
au advance oi wages . 1 'or a considerable time past this gentleman , a Conservative free-trader , has been in the habit of altering the names of his sorts of wool , and thus reducing thc wages of his workmen . The name , or mark , of the highest price sort of wool vanished as if by magic , and a new name , or mark , was adopted , or the mark of the next in price was substituted ; and so on throughout the whole of thc sorts . By this process the Woolcomber was reduced from a halfpenny to twopence per pound ; and the manufacturer enabled to preserve thc price in the market , as the purchaser was ignorant of any reduction in the wages of the Woolcomber having taken place , while the master ' s profits increased in proportion to the reductions made in wages . Two schools have been opened by thc turn-outs for the children working in the mill : and thus they have stopped a great portion of the machincrv .
_BnAoronn . —A public meeting of the Woolcombers will be held in Peckover-walks , at nine o ' clock , on Monday morning . It is expected that 10 , 000 will attend , and form a . deputation to thc employers to demand an advance ef wages . Tub _Memj-j-rs of the Shoemakers' Society will meet in the large room of the Boy and Barrel Inn , Westgatc , ou Monday evening , at seven o'clock . Public Meeting i . v Manchester os the Trades Conference . —The meeting was held on Saturday evening last about a quarter past eight , in the Meal House , Nicholas-croft , Sluide-hiJl . William George Chadwick was called to thc chair , and called thc attention of the meeting to thc great object of thc labourers' struggle . Mr . James Gouldin , the secretary of * the _Assocfation , then read thc report aud address from tho committee appointed by the Conference ,
which was very well received . Mr . W . Wilson , the delegate from thc Makcrs-up Conference , who strongly urged thc necessity of a better organisation amongst the working classes , and bore testimony to thc honest and just view of the pi © visional committee and the delegates from the different parts oi the empire , showing that all men ought to unite upon this question without re gard to any party views . Mr . Thomas Hackncv , the delegate from the Hydraulic Packers io the Conference , regretted the apathy oi the working classes , and suggested that no blame could fairly be attached to the employers and the aristocracy ' white the working classes were so neglectful of their own interest . lie spoke much in favour of short hours bf labour and the possession of the land , to place the unemployed manufacturers
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to cmnlovment in agriculture , so as to act reciprocally _, lie advocated the establishment ot Boards of Trade for thc regulation of wages and settlement of cliftcrencfs , maintaining that the wages of the operatives would be better equalised , and kept at a maximum bv such means . He spoke also ot the flimsv manner of manufacturing articles ot wear in general use , and contended that the proposed Boards of Trade would cause a better material to be made . He made remarks upon the increase of commerce and the increase of poverty , caused by the misapplication of chemical and mechanical powers , and deprecated the preference given to female and infant labour , to the prejudice of the male adult , lie concluded , amidst loud applause , by recommending all
to do their utmost to effect a better union amongst themselves and tlieir emplovcrs , and carry out the objects of tlic Trades Conference . A member ofthe Sinallwiire Weavers' Society approved of the object of Conference in giving support to any strike approved of by the Executive of tho United Trades , and spoke highly of applying tlieir funds to the land _, fie also commented on the aristocratical differences which have existed hitherto amongst thc working classes , ami urged union amongst all all workers ' . Mr . Whitworth proposed , and Mr . _Muiiiuersecoiided , _tlicltbllowing . which was earned unanimously : — "That this meeting approves of the spirit of the Trades
Conference lately held m London , aud pledges itself , by all _le'xal means , to carry out tho objects of the same . " Mr . Henry Gavstang moved , and Mr . Moults seconded , a vote of thanks , which was carried amidst much applause , to Mr . Richard Wilson aud Mr . Thomas Hackney , the delegates , for their conduct at thc Conference . A vote of thanks was also moved and seconded by the delegates to Conference , Messrs . Wilson and Hackney , to Mr . T . S . Duncombe , for his conduct at the Conference , and his honouiabJc conduct as " Labour's representative iu Parliament ; " which was carried withmuch applause , and the meeting then broke up .
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_NEwcASTLE-t-Fos-TvNB . —Tlic Cluirtists of New castle and Gateshead will hold tlieir monthly meeting at Mr . Martin Jude ' s , Sun Inn , Side , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . Halifax . —Mr . B . Rushton will lecture on Tuesday next , in the large room , BuJJcfose-iane , at six o ' clock . Hebden-bridge . —A ball and other entertainments will bo held in the Democratic Chapel , on Whit Monday , thc 12 th of May , at six o ' clock in the evening .
Sheffield . —On Sunday a discussion will take place in the Reading-room , 21 , Fig Tree-lane—subject , " Organisation of Land Schemes . " The chair to be taken at seven o ' cloek precisely . On Wednesday , a meeting of the members will be held to pass the monthly accounts , and take into consideration the amended plan of organisation as agreed to by thc annual Convention . _Dbrbv . —• The Chartists of Derby will hold a public tea festival and soiree , in the Mechanics' Lecture Hall , Wardwick , Derby , onWhitMonday , Mayi 2 th . Tea on table at five o ' clock precisely . Nottingham . —Mr . Dorman will make his report of the proceedings of Conference , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock , _" iii the Democratic Chapel . ' The St . Ass ' s Ward Co-operative Society will meet every Sunday , at two o ' clock , to admit members , and transact other business .
North _NoimoiMMSHin _** . —fhe council will meet at the New Inn , Carrington , on Sunday afternoon next , at four o ' clock precisely . Leeds . —Mr . George White will deliver a lecture to-morrow ( Sunday ) evening , in thc Bazaar , at half past six o ' clock . A Camp Meeting will be held in the afternoon , at two o ' clock , on Richmond-hill , Bank . Mr . White and other friends will attend . Mr , David Ross-will deliver two lectures on Whit-Sunday , iu the afternoon and evening , when collections will be made in aid of the Sunday school . Hkvwooo . —On Sunday , two lectures will be delivered in thc Chartist Association Room , Hartley street : at two o ' clock in the afternoon , by Mr . Ambrose Hurst , of Oldham—subject , "Education ; " and in the evening , by Mr . W . Bell , of Heywood—subject , " the State Church : its cost to the labouring millions . "
Mottram is _Longdendale . —Mr . William Dixon will lecture in the Association Roam , opposite the Bull's Head , on Sunday , at two in the afternoon , and six in the evening . Oldham . —On Sunday , Mr . F . A . Taylor will lecture in the Working Man ' s HaU ,. Horsedge-street , at six in the evening . West Riding Deleoate Meeting . — -The next West Hiding uelegiite meeting will be holden on Sunday , May llth , in the Working Man ' s Hall , _Bullcloselane , llalitiix . To commence at twelve o ' clock . Halifax . —The Chartists arc requested to meet in their Room , ou Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock , on business of importance . Bradford . — Thc Chartists of the central locality will meet on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , in the council-voom , _Buttevworth-buiWingB . The members of the council will meet at two o ' clock in the afternoon . A full attendance ia expected .
Rochdale , —Mr . Ambrose Hurst , of Oldham , will deliver two lectures on Sunday , in thc Chartist Association Room , Mill-street . Persons wisMng to correspond with the Chartists of Rochdale will please direct to "Mr . Charles Shaw , Church-hill . "
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Tin : Pussy Duke of Buckingham . —At the Buckingham Sessions—as wo learn from the Aylesbury A eiys—the chivalrous , the magnificent , the battueloving Buckingham , _prosecutedone Caleb _Blackwell , for "having damaged a fence , to the amount of one penny . '" Blackwell , it appears , was a poacher , and had twice before been summarily convicted . Whereupon , for this third offence , he was sentenced to " four months" imprisonment , with hard labour , and to be once privately whipped . '" And yet there are falsifying people , who avouch that the Duke of Buckingham is not beloved by the peasantry ! Scandalous malignity ! He is beloved ! and henceforth , let his reputation , like the name of Whittington , go down to posterity , for ever associated with a cat . —Punch .
Musical Treat . —We have attended one of Mr . Henry Smith's vocal entertainments at the Western Literary and Scientific Institution , Leicester-square , and have been highly plcnsnd with thc performance . It is no easy task for a singer to entertain an audience for a couple of hours , unvaried by anything save his own pattering on the piano : but Mr . Smith succeeds admirably . His songs arc well selected to show the power of an excellent baritone voice . '' The Old Aim Chair" and the ' Gambler ' s Wife" teU most effectively on the audience . The whole of his songs arc well sung , and the accompaniments on tho pianoforte judiciously played .
Liabilities of an Editor . —Lord Denman has laid down the law recently , that an Editor has no right to insert any paragraph before he has ascertained "that the assertion made in it is absolutely truc _.- 'So then , in thc case of the lute discoveries made by the Earl of Ross ' s telescope , an editor ought to have proceeded to the different planets mentioned before lie inserted any statement respecting them . According to Lord Denman , tiie Man in tlic Moon and Orion would both recover swingeing damages from almost overy editor in the United K ingdom for thc reflections cast by the carl ' s telescope on their characters as planets . — - /''' fie /* .
Ancient Order of _Drvwh . — Presentations .- — Last week thc members of thc Manchester district of tin ' s philanthropic society presented P . A . and P . E . R . A . William Buttevworth with a handsome patent lever watch , as a token of esteem , and a reward for tlic very valuable senices he has rendered to thc district during a servitude of five years as district master . Latterly , also , the members of the Il . A . C . Degree , No . 13 ofthe above order , held atthe Peacock Inn , Dale-street , Manchester , presented P . E . R _. A , Richard Smith with a splendid silver medal , value £ 2 10 s ., in consideration of his efficient services whilst holding the office of E . R . A .
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BIRTH . Christened , at _Tliomley church , on Sunday , April 2 fth , Isabella Roberts Newby , daughter of John and Isabella Newby . MARRIED . March 31 , at Washington , Mr . Thomas Newby , widower , draper and tailor , to Miss Barbary Burlenson . DIED . April 24 , at Thornley _, Elizabeth O'Connor > ' cwby _, daughter of John anil Isabella Newby , merchant tailor , aged four years .
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ON TUE CO . ViVECTrON BETWEEN * _GEOLOGST AND THE PENTATEUCH , in a letter to Professor _Silliniaii . lly Thomas _Cooi-eii , M . D . To whicli is nailed an Appendix . s . ( 1 The Free Thinker , by Peter Annctt 10 Watson Refuted , by Samuel Francis , M . _l ) . ... 0 8 Boulungcr ' _s Life of St . Paul 1 0 Frwel ' s Letter from Tliriishnlus to Leucippe ... 1 0 How did England become an Oligarchy * Addressed to Parliamentary Reformers . To which js added n short treatise on the First Principles of Political Government . By Jonathan Duncan , Esq * . _\ q Thompson ' s Inquiry into the Principles of the Distribution of Wealth . 1 Vol ., doth , boards
* „ Thompson's Appeal of Woman , 1 Vol . ... . „ i _g Ditto Labour _llcwarQetl , lYol . . „ " , ' . ' i q Practical Grammar . By G . J , Holyoake ,, ' . i e Value of Biography . ditto ... "' o 2 Letter-Opening at thc Post-office ... ' . " o 4 London : Watson , 5 , Paul ' _s-alloy , Paternoster-row , and all Bookseller- ; .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 3, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03051845/page/5/
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