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THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . _Jfeetinp for the purpose of enrolling members , sad transacting-other business connected therewith gee held every -week on the following days and In / IOC * —
The Swell Mob Vs Teouble.—.Appbehession Of
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"Fifteen Pickpockets at Chestek Races . —On Monday the police of London and Middlesex received information that the -undermentioned individuals had been apprehended near the Grand Stand during fhe Chester races , and among the number some , no doubt , forming part of London gangs : —Elizabeth Phillips . 23 years of age , dressmaker , of 31 , Pitt-Street , " Bethnal-green ; Frederick David James Edwards , 20 , of 9 , Pitt-street , Bethnal-green ; and had in his possession a bag with _^ sovereigns and silver ; Alfred Simpson , 19 , possessing a large quantity of cash , living at 20 , Old Thomas-street , Birmingham ; -George Thompson , 23 , of the Rum Puncheon . Longalley , Moor-fields , London j George Lebow , 22 , described as an engineer , of 17 , Jung Edward-street , "Mile-end-road , London ; James Reed , 19 , blockmaker , of 33 , Chickanne-street , Osborn-street ,
Whitechapel , London ; William Smith , 22 , of 64 , Webberstreet , Waterloo-road , London ; George Hudson , alias Jepson , alias Stone , alias Chumley , alias Ginger , 27 , described as a gentleman , of 2 , _Horsley-street , Camberwell-gate , London , and had in his possession a bag containing 40 sovereigns ; Thomas Johnson , 28 , living in Bethnal-green , London , and was seen in the betting-ring , -where a gentleman was robbed of 200 " ; ., Frederick Mole , 27 , of 22 , Buckingham-gate , Birmingham , had in bis possession a handsome gold watch , gold curb <* hain , maker ' s name , " John _Dixson , Manchester , 12 , 428 , " aad a gold breast-pin , with eagle ' s claw , charged also with robbing a gentleman at Manchester , of 45001 ; James Sntclife , 30 , of 1 , Mill-street , _Maneheiter ; John Butterworth , 22 , _ofsaneplace ; Richard Powell , 2 i , of Liverpool _Stomas _Hagaa , 18 , of _DaMin John fcnnon , 18 , of "Dublin .
Exxraobmkabt Losgevot . —Died at Bed Hill , Heigate _, Surrey , on Wednesday last , Elizabeth Denman , in the lOftb . year of her age . Although she attained so great an age , her sufferings for years in tiie earlier part of her life , from affection of the liver , -were extreme . She ascertained from her medical attendant that one half of her liver -was ulcerated , and that she would continue to suffer nntil tiie whole part so affected was entirely decayed . Atthetarnof . 50 she began to recover _^ and afterwards enjoyed general good health , until within a "very recent period of her death . There is an interesting narrative connected with , the history of the old lady ' s life . When -very yonng , it was her misfortune to be seduced by the son of a wealthy farmer , in "whose
service she was living . The young man , to conceal what he considered his disgrace , had the villainy to hire two ruffians to take her life , and she had a very narrow escape from their hands . Returning home late one dark evening from a neighbouring village , across some lonely fields , she heard some person engaged in alow tone of conversation , near to her on the other side of ihe hedge . All that she could dis iingnish was , " Surely she is gone another way . " This greatly alarmed her , as she imagined herself to be the object of then-conversation , and so itwas after--wards found te be , for a short time after a man in the neighbourhood , of a very bad character , was taken ill and died . While on his death bed , being stung with remorse , he made a full confession of the -whole murderous design . He confessed that he and another were to have bad ten pounds for the poor
girls destruction ; and that tney intended to have carried their design into execution the very night alluded to , had they have met with her ; and that they bad a hole dug in a wood just by , wherein to conceal ihe body . The wood was afterwards searched , and a _Mefonnd _eMresponding with the one described by the dying man . Fatal _Scactocd _Accnnssi . —On Monday evening an inquest was held by Mr . Bedford , at the Crown * _abIic-house , Green-street , Leicester-square , on the oody of John Morgan , aged forty , who was killed by a fall from a scaffold in _PaU-mah , ninety feet high . The Jnry strongly deprecated the conduct of the authorities of Charing-cross Hospital , who , baring drawn a " screen" in front of deceased bed , positively refused to allow Ms widow to be present at Mb dying moments . The Coroner fully concurred in the opinion of dissatisfaction expressed by the Jury , who wtumed a verdict of " Accidental death . "
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RECEIPTS OF THB _CHaRfisfCOTOEERATITJE ' LAND SOCIETT ; V - " ** '' * SECTION Noil . . PEB MB . O'CONSOB . _SHAftM . - ' £ _' . _- - „ Blackburn , per W . Sutcliff .. .. 7 , 1 * Alva , per John Bobertson .. •' . " " _™ , _** , _£ Leigh , per John _i : owarth .. * " * 19 *? Huddersfield , per J . Stead .. . . * - " f * ¦* Borrowash , per W . "West .. " iH ° DorkhUT , perW . Warren .. " " _i 2 S Bury , per IT . Ireland .. " " i _, l Articioke Inn locality , Brightoner WFlower 4 l 2
, p . Stockton , perThos . Patter 7 . ' * . . " J , _i " . 1 _Birinmshani _. per -Vv _* . Thorn .. ... " " \ a S _iewcastle-npon-Tyne , peril . Jude ... 25 6 "N ottingham , per J . Sweet „ 7 0 8 Heywood , per B . Wrigley .. „ . ' 11 7 2 I Oldham , perW . _HameS .. - " . " f 0 2 _Dodsworth near Burnley , per T . Croft . ' . 5 0 0 City of London Locality , per J . Dunn .. 2 6 0 Leicester , per Z . _AsteU _ " 1 0 ¦ > _Ashton-nnde _^ Lyne , perE . Hobson " ' . ' . 2 8 6 Dundee , per R . Edd .. „ ' * 116 4 _Toribnage "Wells , per H . Launce .. " .. 2 3 9 Hamilton , per W . Weir .. .. .. 2 0 0 Stockport , per Thos . _Woodhouse .. .. 4 0 0 Bradford , per J . Alderson 5 0 0
_ £ 77 12 7 _£ __ SECTION No . 2 . Ely , per H " . M . Aungier .. .. .. 2 0 0 Alva , per John Bobertson 0 10 Leigh , per John Howarth ., .. 2 ? ° Borroirash , per W . West .. .. .. 0 4 0 Dorking , per W . Warren 0 10 Burv . per W . Ireland .. .. ~ 0 610 Artichoke Inn LocaHtv , Brighton , per W . Flower 12 4 5 tohe-sub-Haindon , perC . Kunaie .. .. o s > o Lacester i per H . Barrow .. .. ISO
Cheltenham , per T . "Olett .. .. " . .. 0 18 6 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. ..... ... 3 0 0 Oldham , perW . Hamer ... : .. .. 2 0 0 Leicester , per Z . _AstiU - .. ; .. 2 2 7 Stockport , per J . Woodhouse „ .. l o 0 Bradford , per J . Alderson „ „ „ - 5 0 0 £ 19 14 3
PEE GENEEAI . _SECRETAKT . SECTION NO . 1 . SHAMS . £ _s . d _* . £ s . d , Hanley - - 418 0 Westminster ' Boulogne - - 0 16 0 ( Wheeler ) 2 12 fl Truro- - - 119 4 JohnBoscroft - 5 3 2 York- - - 10 6 Greenwich- - 1 5 ( Lambeth - - 3 0 4 Hull - . - 1 7 ( Westminster - 0 6 6 Finneston - - 17 1 W . HodgMss - 0 0 3 AThroath - - 0 1 ! J . Smith - - 8 2 6 Camberwell - 8 0 1 Burnley - - 116 6 _EoTlSll SECTION NO . 2 . _"""™"" Hathew "Wyse - 010 0 Westminster . o 2 ( D . Colhurst - 0 10 0 P . Caperen - 0 1 ( Barnsley - - 5 0 0 York - ' - - 012 ( Hanley - - 111 0 J . Lock - - 0 1 ( Boulogne - - 0 2 0 Bilston - - 117 ( "W . Cuin - - 0 3 0 Burnley - - 3 3 { J-Pococb . - 2 7 0 Benny - 0 9 ( Mantes - - 5 4 4 PattesonJ . - 0 2 t SfcGermains . 0 8 4 PattesonC . - 0 14 Chelsea , per Bush 0 12 0 John Regan - 0 1 ( Do ., per Frith 0 6 7 Chelsea - . 012 ( Do ., per "Vincent 0 4 19 Greenwich- - " 1 5 ( £ 2 o 6 S Mr . O'Connor , Section 1 ... "ft 12 73 Mr . Wheeler „ „ ... 33 16 11 £ 111 _9 6 § Mr . O'Connor , Section 2 ... 19 14 3 Mr . Wheeler , „ „ ... 25 6 5 "• • _** £ 45 0 8 CARDS ASD BOLES . PEE MB . O ' CQNHOB . Blackburn .. .. .. .. .. 0 0 8 Alva .. .. ., .. „ „ 0 0 4 Dorking .. .. .. .. ,. 0 0 2 Stockton .. ,. .. ,. „ 0 14 Stoke-sub-Hamdon .. .. .. .. 0 14 "Leicester „ „ .. .. .. 0 10 City of London Locality , 0 0 4 Plymouth .. 0 3 4 IEVS FOE _DIBECTOaS . ¦ _AivA •¦ «• ¦¦ «• „ , « s 0 1 71 Carrington , per J . Ley 0 6 1 Stoke-sub-Hamdon .. .. .. .. 0011 Burnley , per J . Thornber .. .. .. oil 0 Basford , per J . Sweet 0 4 14 Heywood .. .. 0 2 91 Oldham 0 6 2 City of London Locality .. „ .. 0 0 8 _Baenp 0 6 8 IEVT EOR CONFEBENCE . Basford , per J . Sweet ,. .. „ - 0 0 C City of London .. .. .. .. 0 0 9 Bacup 0 0 3 NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . * ' ° > FEB HE . O _' CONKOK . EXECUTIVE , Plymouth , per 3 . _Bodgers „ .. .. 0 10 0 NATIONAL ANTI-MILITIA ASSOCIATION . Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. .. 0 3 0 The sum announced from Nottingham last week should have been £ 5 05 . 6 d _., not £ 5 .
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SOMERS TOWN . At a fall meeting of the members of this locality held on Sunday evening last , at the Bricklayers ' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , the following resolution was moved by Mr . John Arnott , seconded by Mr John Hornby : — 'Resolved . —That we , the members of the National Charter Association forming the Somers Town locality , having duly considered the resolution adopted by tbe Metropolitan Complete Suffrage Association , at the Crown and Anchor meeting , and also the suggestion of our City brethren in favour of calling an aggregate meeting of the Chartists of London to take the same into consideration , do hereby express onr conviction that we have invariably , honestly , consistently , and zealously advocated and ( according to the best of our abilities ) energetically
struggled by peaceful , constitutional , and moral means for fhe enactment of our principles ; and while it would afford us the greatest possible satisfaction and pleasure to -witness a concentration of the energies of all sincere Chartists , past differences buried in forgetfulness , and an indissoluble union formed , yet we cannot consent to be any parry to calling the proposed meeting . But in order to effect this most . desirable amalgamation , we advise that the members of the Complete Suffrage Association forthwith elect delegates to the ensuing Chartist Convention , where we are convinced that the spirit of cordiality and brotherhood evinced by them would be reciprocated by our delegates , and there such an union might be formed tbat would eventuate in causing the People ' s Charter to be- placed on the statute book of thi * realm . "
Carried . On the motion of Messrs . Cockain and Child , it was agreed that a society be now formed to be called the Somers Town Chartist Philanthropic Emergency Society , and a committee having "been appointed to draw up rules for its guidance the meeting separated . Mr . Boston presided . At a meeting ofthe Somers Town district of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , the following resolutions were passed unanimously : — "That the members of this locality have every confidence in the discretion of the directors , as regards the district for the purchase of land , and this meeting is of opinion that it wonld be advisable to take the next ballot upon the estate at Herringsgate . " , THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND
SOCIETY HAMMERSMITH DISTRICT , The members of tbis highly flourishing distriet met at tbe Temperance Hall , Bridge-road , on Wednesday evening , June 3 rd , when for the better convenience of the members and friends of the soeiieiy . It was resolved— " That a district office be opened at 2 , Little Vale Place , Hammersmith Road—that such office be opened at eight o ' clock every morning , and continue open every day during the week , and that all future weekly meetings be held at the above office on Sunday mornings at ten o'clock . " Notwithstanding it being holiday week , the sum of twentj-eight sMllings was received as instalments on shares , & c .
NORTHAMPTON . Tea Pamt . —On "Whit-Tuesday the members of this branch of the Land Society , held a grand tea party and ball , in one of the largest rooms ofthe town , which was well attended . After the good things had been done ample justice to , ilr . Munday addressed the company , in one of his telling speeches , for one hour and a half ; when lie sat down , the whole company stood up , and gave three cheers for the Laud . Dancing then commenced , and was kept up with great spirit the whole night . Chartists ef Coventry _. to "be sentto Mr . Hosier , Coach and Horses Yard , Much Park Street , Coventry .
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XX _PEKRIft Ghas now on sale a new , elegant , and pxtensive Assortment of VELVET HATS , of superfine qualities , of the most fashionable shapes at 9 s . 6 d . each ; superior Beaver , at 14 s . and 16 s . ; the best that can be made ditto , at 21 s . ; Gossamer Hats , finished in tha first M _' r , _^ : * . _^ _ih ' s Hats , 5 St w TdTOt _^^ 8 s . 6 d , . Ladies'Bjdmg Hats , 6 s . 6 d . to 12 s . ; Livery Hats , 10 * . to 16 s . ; Youths'Hats and Caps of every description , from 2 s ., 6 a \; Geatiemea ' s Trarehmg and other Caps , trom Is . ; patent velvet flexible ventilating Hats , 13 b . ; patftnt ventilating _Boaver Hats . 1 G 9 ., 18 a ., and 31 s 85 , STRAND , and 251 , REGENT-STREET 6 , 000 oftte Flexible Velvet Hats , 13 s .. ware sold _Jaat year , su _<*« & eu « v « _rssacaU for ttem . *
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BooKBiraERS .-At a general meeting , held at the Assembly Rooms , Theobalds Road , on Fridav last Tim trade resolved on _eatabMing _^ _tJ £ C ub ! l " . PP ° rfc of . : workman ' s own shop , " also that their general secretary ( Mr . Dunning , ) do issue circulars to the > several sections of the trade , calling on tiism to adopt the same course . London Paper STAraj _* R 3 .--There are " now about two hundred paper stamers idle in the streets of London . And why are these men not at work 2 Why is the public deprived of the benefit which might result from their labour—the shopkeepera deprived' of the profits which might accrue from their earnings—and the wives and children ofthe men robbed of the ' comforts which their husbands and fathers ought to be able to provide for them _« The simple facts are these : Sir Robert Peel has not yet reduced but talked of reducing , h yeand bye , the import duty upon foreign paper _haneines . "What
may be the actual eflect upon the trade of this measure when it shall become law , it is net easy , perhaps , at present , to calculate . Many master paperhangers _« e of opmmn that it will not affect the trade at all ; that itwiU . be no disadvantage , either to masters or men . But nine of the principal Lon _if _^ a v _l ? rmined that it shall make a _E _™ _£ w TH * to _Meters and men ; for they have taken advantage ofthe expected reduction of duty to make a present and certain reduction of wages to the amount , as the men say , "in some cases two-thirds , and on a general average of the rest , of one half . " * We have heard of few proceedings calculated to awaken stronger _feelings of condemnation than those of the nine master paper _, hangers of London . The men have now been out nearly 3 months , and we sincerely trust that other trades will not allow them to be starved . —Labour ' s Advocate .
The SmAiFrenns Weavkrs . —On Saturday night , at eight o ' clock , a numerous meeting of the Broad Silk Loom Weavers' Union of Spitalfields was held at the Crown and Anchor , Waterlc © . town , Bethnalgreen . fo take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the House of Lords , to allow the wearers to be heard by counsel at the bar of the House , in support of tlieir opposition to the proposed reduction of the duties on foreign wrought silks , as contemplated by the Customs _Buties Act , Mr . Gurnell , president of the Union , in the chair , who briefly
aliuded to the objects that were about to come before the meeting , and urged the necessity of some immediate steps being taken . M . Bradley moved— - '' That we , the members of the Broad-silk Hand-loom Weavers' Union , do petition the Honourable the House of Lords to allow counsel to be heard ~ at the bar of their Honourable House , in defence ' of the silk question , feeling that the new tariff will have a ruinous effect on their trade . " Mr . Snow observed that he would second the resolution , as he believed it would te their last resource . The chairman put the resolution , which was agreed to unanimously .
Op-erativb Tailors' Joini Stock Company . —The Certifying Barrister has declined to enrol the rules of this society , as the following letter addressed to the Committee will show : — " London , 4 th of May , 1846 . " Sir . —I am sorry to be obliged to return you the enclosed Rules , Mr . Justice Wightman , in a late case , having decided that the Friendly Societies Act do not apply to . a Society established for the purposes mentioned in your Rules . Please to send me the name and address ofthe party whom I shall return the fee . ' "Tour ' s faithfully , "J . Tidd Pratt . "
Tdbn-out of Carpenters in France . —The working carpenters of Havre have recently addressed a circular letter to the Mayor , and to the masters and contractors , in which they declare that after the 1 st of June they will insist upon their wages being raised from three francs to three francs and a half per day . From this circular we extract the following information , which may be useful , as showing the prices of labour with this description of artisans in various parts of France . The carpenters ef Havre are paid three feancs per day , and furnish theiy tools ,
estimated at twenty-five centimes per day ; those of Rouen have three francs per day also , but they have their tools furnished , and have the use ofthe refuse weod , upon which they work ; those of Paris have five francs per day , and furnish no tools . Ship-carpenters gain five to six francs per day , have the refuse wood , work from six to six , every quarter of an hour over is paid at forty centimes , half hour at one franc , an hour and a half at one franc twenty-five centimes . The working day at Rouen is from six to six : that at Havre from five to seven o ' clock .
The London Strong Trade of Boot asd Shoemakers held another en masse meeting on the evening of Wednesday last , when the proposition was again brought forward , as mentioned in our paper a fortnight ago , ot leaving the Cordwainers' General Association , and which was now almost unanimously carried . It will be recollected it was stated in a former notice , that a much cheaper and altogether more effective plan of mutual assistance was in a state of preparation by the West-end Society of Men's Men ; and although this is not yet completed , the members , of the Strong Trade have that
eonhdence in the beneficial tendencies of the proposed alterations , that the present secession from the association has been mainly the result of this confidence . Manchester Carpenters Strike . —On Tuesday last , at the Manchester Trades Conference , Mr . Bonell , of London , paid £ 10 as two week's levy in part from the PJmlico Society bi Carpenters £ 20 from the London and Westminister ditto , and £ 3 from the "Windsor Castle ditto , second subscription . Mr . John Bush , secretary of the London lodge ofthe General Union , paid in £ 75 . making upwards of £ 600 from the carpenters of London to Manchester , besides the other towns tbat have been on strike .
Wigan Coshers . —On Monday last the miners of Wigan held their anniversary- The members of the various lodges assembled at nine o ' clock in the morning , and , preceded by an excellent band of music , walked in procession down Scholes to the railway statioB , there to await the arrival of W . P . Roberts , Esq . The day was beautifully fine , and the splendid silk banners waving majestically along the whole line of ' the procession , gave it a most imposing appearance . Mr . Roberts having unfortunately been thrown out of his gig before leaving Manchester , did not arrive in time . The procession then moved on te Amberswood common . On arriving there , Mr . John Berry was called on to preside . After briefly
addressing the meeting , he introduced Mr . James Price , who delivered a most excellent speech , which was loudly applauded . Mr . Roberts having been seen approaching the meeting , there was a pause , and then aloud burst of enthusiastic cheering , which made the welkin ring . On his reaching the platform , the cheering was again renewed , and lasted several minuses . Mr . R . addressed the meeting , and spoke nearly three quarters of an hour upon a variety of topics connected with trades unions . The meeting then broke up , and the members of the Miners' Association retired to their respective lodges , where they dined together , spending the evening in the greatest harmoney with each other _. The miners of Bolton and its vicinity are still
out . "Labour ' s ADV 0 CATE . "~ This is the title ofa new weekly Trade ' s Register ( price two-pence ) , the first number of which was issued last Saturday , and contains a good deal of interesting matter connected with Trades' Movements . In the Editor ' s opening address , he says : — " The laboruers—the working people—have no press at their command . Among the shoals of periodicals which are issuing continually , we do not know of one which is fully and solely devoted to the cause of Labour . "Very few public prints profess any direct advocacy ofthe eause of Labour ; and those which do , connect with it some political or other partizanship , -which cramps their energies and binds them to a particular course of action . " We
beg in self-defence to demur to this . We venture to assert tbat there is at least one journal which is "fttHyand solely devoted to the cause of Labour , " and that journal is the Northern Star , No other cause but that oflabour is advocated by as , and certainly Labour ' s rights , both social and political , have ever been advocated by us in no temporising spirit . If this is a political journal itis , nevertheless , open to all sections of the working classes , without regard to their politics . "When a strike takes place , or any body of the working men are subjected to oppression , we never ask are the men Chartists before ranging ourselves on their side . It is enough for us that those oppressed are
oppressed , we ask no more to induce us to _championise their cause . "We endeavour to convince the working men of the necessity of acquiring political power as a means to accomplish social changes , but this has never hindered , nor ever will hinder us from aiding all rational attempts made by the working men to better tbeir condition by other means . New Advocates of Labour ' s Rights have plenty ot room without depreciating the efforts of those who bave struggled in the good cause for years past . We hope to see many such Advocates in the field as the one before ns ; tbe contest is a severe one , and , hitherto , the advocates of the working men have been bat too few .
Manchester—The _Con _-pbrence . —The Conference ofthe National Associated Trades commenced its sittings in the Hall of Science , Manchester , on Mondafi last , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., the President of the Association in the chair . Against this association the masters have waged the most deadly war . All their former objections have one by one been abandoned , but the requirement that the trades should not belong to this association bas been clung to with the utmost pertinacity . The conference , by holding its meetings ia Manchester , the centre of that district in which the contest has been going on for upwards of three months , have fairly bearded t he lion of capital in its own den , and thrown down the gage of battle . It has proclaimed its determination calmly and coolly to measure its _strength against those _whe make use of capital as an instrument for oppressing the labourer ; and _defrwding bin of Ilia
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just rights . And ifc _. has taught the preaa and the masters of this _district that there aresurely gathering together talent ; elements of wealth , intelligence ; and numbers , which will inthe long run achieve a mighty and beneficial change Jn the position of _inv _^ & reat un 0 Btentfttious , but firm manner ' ¦ ¦ which the meeting has been convened , and the cool ma 8 r in _,, which its business has been condncted _. are worthy of i notice and commendation . ' Without parade , feasting , or bluster of any kind . it has maintained its own ground , enunciated its own principles , explained its own objects , and shown by its whole demeanour that it is determined to carry them .
Great interest has been manifested in its deliberations by the working classes generally ; and the tone of the debates has been characterised by the high intelligence , searching investigation into causes , and intimate practical knowledge of _-ietails , which peculiarly distinguish assemblies of the people's real representatives . The Northern Star denominated the first Conference ofthe Trades held in London , " . The People ' s Parliamest ; " with even more propriety may the present Conference be so denominated . It has all the none and sinew ofthe most manly qualities of the people about it . ,
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UNITED SOCIETIES OP CARPENTERS AND JOINERS . This truly democratic body held its twenty . fourth anniversary meeting atthe "White Conduit House Tavern , Pentonville , on Monday , June the 1 st . The dinner was served up in Mr . Rouse ' s best style , and the . assemblyroom was tastefully ornamented .. On one side was arranged the busts of poets , authors , iic ., and on tbe other naval and military heroes . An excellent band played many popular tunes during the day . > , On the cloth being cleared , Mr . Bbaiibt was unanimously called to the chair , and , said that Thomas "Wakley , Esq . . M . P ., had been invited .. to attend * , and had declared his great approbation of Trades . Societies , and
stated that he thought that society in general was under great obligation to the working classes , and that he should have much pleasure in attending tlieir festival , and would make it a point ta do SO , if nothing Of an extraordinary nature to prevent happened . - He ( the Chairman ) had been connected with , the union for a quarter of a century , and had great pleasure in presiding on tbis tbeir twenty . fourth anniversary . He was happy to find that unanimity of feeling pervaded their union , ( Cheers . ) They lived in stirring times , and it was necessary that they should be ready to display the energy which such times required . He trusted that the younger members of the trade would leel it to be their duty to join
the society , for it was only by combined action they could really advance their interests . ( Hear . ) He had much pleasure in giving the first toast— " The Union Societies of Carpenters and Joiners of Great Britain and Irelandmay they obtain a just remuneration for their labour and endeavours to restrict their hours of labour while any members ofthe trade remain unemployed . " Mr . Bambeb responded to the toast , and said they could do nothing from mere individual exertion . It was only by co-operation that any real good was tobe effected . The importance of this principle was now well understood by the working men . That very day a meeting was to take place in Manchester , which would be of great value
as regards the principle to whieh he had alluded , for it would be a movement uot merely of numbers but of intelligence , whicli was the true representation of labour , by which they all lived . ( Hear . ) The trades bad got that within themselves which , if properly exercised , would quickly relieve them from the thraldom of capital . ( Hear . ) What was cap ital but the result of the labour of the working men ? And the object was to see how it COUld be brought into use for the advantage of all . ( Hear , hear . ) A movement was going forward which could not but be advantageous for the working classes , if these classes were but true to themselves , and the way to be so was to act in unity upon aU matters in whieh their interests were concerned , ( llear , )
Ths Chaiehan then gave— "The people—the only source of legitimate power ; and may they speedily obtain their social and political rights . " Mr . Pkouse responded to the toast , and said that tbe people had been used heretofore to advance party purposes . They had begun , however , to feel the value they were in the social scale , and it was not easy now to make tools of them to carry out selfish or interested objects . ( Hear . ) The speaker then enforced the value of union . and said that tbey could only insure beneficial legislation in respect to their interests by acting for themselves . ( Hear . ) Mr . Coopeb , ' the Chartist poet , then sang—" Arise Labour ' s sons , arise > . " and "Spread the Charter . " Beth were loudly applauded , The Chairman gave— "May the tree of liberty be planted in the centre ofthe globe , and its branches extend from Pole to Pole .
The Chaibmak next gave— " The Press—may it ever oppose the bands of tyranny and oppression , and support the cause of the working classes ge nerally . " Mr . T . Coopeb said we are often invited to follow the example of tho" Ieague"inpropagatingouropinions , butit should be remembered that the league was backed by a large fund , which we lacked ; but then the trades have hearts nave industry , have talent , and now begin to possess the will to be free , and consequently must and would soon command success . ( Loud cheers . ) He had said the working men possessed talent , and had they not his friend Thom , the " weaver poet of Inverury ; " ( Loud cheers ;) the " Norwich weaver boy , '' George Thompson tho Leicester joiner , and Henry Vincent the compositor . With such writers and orators continuously springing from their ranks , labour ' s cause must and would succeed . ( Loud cheers . ) After some comments on the press , Mr . Cooper concluded by saying that if they only possessed brotherhood they would find that the press would attend to their interests , and advocate their cause . ( Loud cheers . )
The Chaibman gave " The Ladies—may they see the necessity of instilling into the mind of the rising generation , the searching spirit of inquiry . " Mr . Thom , the Poet of Inverury ( who on his rising was hailed with great applause ) responded , and saidhe understood they were carpenters and joiners , but he did not think they were very good joiners , as if they were , they would have had more ladies with them . ( Loud laughter and applause . ) Mr . Thom concluded b y singing with great taste and exquisite feeling , Robert Burns "Dear Lassie , " which was rapturously applauded . The Chairman gave " Health and happiness to our Chartist Poet , Thomas Cooper . " Drank with three times three . Mr . Coopeb responded , and declared that he esteemed the honour done him much higher than any that could be bestowed from mitred heads or sceptered hands , ( Loud cheers . ) The next sentiment was "Health and happiness te our guest William Thom , the Poet of Inverury . "
Mr . Thom briefly expressed his acknowledgements ; in the course of which he said that he was well acquainted with the wants and wishes of the working classes . From the time he waa _tenysars of age , and for 35 additional years , he was an operative in a factory , and well could he speak ofthe oppression and injuries to which the working classes were exposed . ( Hear , hear . ) He trusted to be able through the medium of his pen , tod o some good for those with whom his first aud warmest wishes were identified . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Chambebs proposed in an eulogistic speech , "Our Chairman—and many thanks for the able manner in which he has presided . " Drank with three times three , and one cheer more . The band playing "He ' s a Jolly Good Pellow . "
Mr . _Bbailm , in a neat and appropriate speech , responded . The pleasures of the day were much enhanced by the excellent singing of Messrs . Thompson , Roe , and others . The grounds were thrown open to the visitors , and formed a delightful promenade . In the evening the assembly rooms were opened for the ball , and was crowded with carpenters and their wives and sweethearts , until alate hour .
Boat Has Proved Fatal Than Was At First Reported. Tub Accident On Boabd The Finn Mccoull Steam *Da.-.!...« «Ma.«≪1 M.Mni'nl.1 Limn Waa Nt.Fit'flt. Rftnnrtcd.
Boat has proved fatal than was at first reported . Tub Accident on boabd the Finn McCoull Steam * da .-. _! ... « _« _MA _. _«< 1 _M . Mni'nl _. 1 limn waa nt . _fit'flt . rftnnrtcd .
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more In addition to the three deaths already recorded , it may be briefly added , that a fourth and fifth sufferer , after enduring excruciating pain , breathed their last , within a few hoursof each other , before the close ol the day on which the accident occurred . The last , however , lingered until the forenoon ofthe following day , when he too died . At the moment of tho explosion , the whole six unfortunates were blown , it appears , with groat force to the farther end of the engine room . la distance of several yards .
Suicide and Attempted Murdeb . — The town of Newnham about twelve miles from Gloucester , was thrown into consternation on Wednesday last , by a most extraordinary suicide and attempt to murder committed by Mr . John Knowles , of the above town . On Wednesday afternoon Mr . Knowles went into the shop of Mr . Morse , the postmaster ; Mrs . Morse put out her hand for Mr . Knowles to shake , but instead of doing so , he took up a mallet used for breaking sugar , and struck her a blow on the forehead , which felled her to the ground . The shopman seized him by the arms behind , and , while in this position , Knowles contrived to open a razor , which he had concealed in his breast , and drawing itacross his throat , he fell to the ground , and died shortly afterwards . Tiie deceased Was a respectable shopkeeper at Newnham , and no motive is assigned for his extraordinary conduct . The general opinion is that he was labouring under insanity . Mrs . Morse is recovering .
Good Government . — What is the object of all government ? The object of all government is roast mutten , potatoes , a stout constable , an honest justice , a clear highway , a free school . What trash to be bawling in the streets about thc Green Isle , the Isle of the Ocean ! Tho bold anthem of _Gringo Bragh ! A better anthem would be Erin go bread and cheese , Erin go cabins that keep out the rain , Erin go pantaloons without holes in them . —Sydney Smith . To make Water Cold i ? or Summbr . — The following is a simple mode of rendering water almost as cold as ice : —Let the jar , pitcher , or vessel used for water be surrounded with one or more folds of coarse cotton , to be constantly wet . The evaporation of tbe water will carry off the heat from the inside , | and reduce H to a freezing point . In India , and other tropical regions , where ice cannot be procured , this is wnuaoa ,
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_JJQRJtlBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE . The " neighbourhood of Widegate-street , Bishops' _, gate-street ; was thrown into a state of great consternation on Wednesday evening , by the rumour tbat a man named _Tewny residing at No , 13 , in the above street , had committed suicide , having first murdered his wife . It appeared that tlie deceased and his wretched partner were the parents of three children , theeldestof whom , a girl about 13 years of . / age , * went to the lodgings occupied by her parents , a second pair back in the house in question , abont 4 o ' clock yesterday afternoon . She knocked at the door , but receiving no answer , the girl looked through tho keyhole and saw her father in a position which led her to believe he was in a fit . Having given the alarm , the door , which was locked was
burst open , and Towny was found quite dead , suspended from the bedstead . A paper was found pinned to his coat , which contained a statement of the motives that induced the unhappy man to commit the rash act , viz ., the dread of approaching starvation . Towny carried on the business of a jobbing tailor , or " slobberer , " as it is technically called , and bad been out of work for a considerable period . About three quarters of an hour after the discovery of his dead body , in pushing the bedstead nearer the wall the body of his wife was discovered on the floor under the bed . The- poor woman was also quite dead , and from the appearances presented it was quite- evident she had been inhumanly strangled . Her hands were tied together , and were tightly and convulsively clasped . It is said she -was given to
drinking , and it is supposed that her husband on going home about 2 o ' clock , found her lying on the bed intoxicated , and he thereupon proceeded to tie her hands . The act of strangling her was not accompJi ' slied without a scuffling noise , which excited the notice ofthe neighbours . They called out , _snpposing them to be fighting , and the noise ceased / the woman being unable to otter much resistance , either from the effects of the li quor she had drunk , or , as is conjeetured , from tho operation of some drug which had been administered , with or without her own consent , by her husband . The ill-fated woman was at the time of her death in daily expectation of her accouchment , and it is considered remarkable that the manner of her untimely death did not bring on the pains of premature parturition . It Is rumoured that Towny or his wife made application to the parochial authorities for temporary relief duri _*)' , - the period of her confinement , and that relief was
refused them unless they , went into the workhouse , with which condition Towny could not bring himself to comply . The truth of this , and the various other rumours in connection with this most lamentable affair , will undergo full investigation at the inquest , which is expected to be held this day ( Thursday ) . According tosome reports , tbe wretelied husband took the life of his wife with her own consent , but this is scarcely consistent with another statement which appears entitled to credit—that he has repeatedly been heard to threaten her life , and that he has on previous occasions proceeded to various acts of ill-usage . Three children are made orphans by this lamentable occurrence , which , from the circumstance of the woman ' s condition , the alleged refusal to give her temporary " relief , " and the misery which they were known to have endured during the period ofthe husband being out of work , has created the greatest sympathy in thc neighbourhood .
On Friday evening Mr . W , Payne held an inquest in the board-room of the East London Union , Devonshire-street , Bishopsgate-street , for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances connected with the death of John Toomey , aged tliirty-seren , and Mary , his wife , aged thirty-six , who were disco . _vered on the afternoon of Wednesday last , the former hanging to the bedstead , and the latter under the bed quite dead . The Jury returned a verdict , " that John Toomey destroyed the life of his wife , and afterwards his own , he being at the time in a state of temporary insanity . "
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THE MURDERS BY POISONING IN NORFOLK . ( Continued from our Gth page . ) _IIappisburgii , Wednesday Morning . —The inquiry was resumed yesterday morning at the Harbro' Hill House of this village , before the same coroner and jury . According to the instructions ofthe coroner the remains of Maria Lacey were exhumed , but the body was quite decayed . The body of the child , Hannah Peggs , was disinterred on the previous evening at Hingham . The skeleton only remained . Thejury being duly impannelled to inquire into the cause ot the death of Maria Lacey and Hannah Peggs , tbe following evidence was taken : — Elizabeth Peggs . daughter of the late Jonathan Balls , deposed , that she had seen the coffins and knew one lo be her diseased sister ' s and the other
her child's . The latter had been buried about seven years . It was first taken ill at her house . It was in the habit of going to its grandfather ' s house all daylong , while she was out at work . On Saturday the 7 th of June , 1 S 30 , the child came home unwell and died on the following Friday . Itwas sick just before it died . The old man ( Balls ) only came to witness ' s house once before the child died , at least , after being attacked , and that was on thc day it died . It expired about five minutes after he arrived . Witness was with him all the time . She had no reason to suppose it died from any other than natural causes . She thought it had the small-pox . An inquest was held on the body . Mr . Clowes , the surgeon , attended , and witness considered it died ofthe small-pox . The investigation was adjourned with a view of hearing the result of the medical examination ofthe remains of tlie deceased .
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THE COLLISION ON THE MERSEY . ( Continued from our Gth page . ) On Tuesday the inquest was commenced at the Magazines , before Mr . Chuiton , ihc Chester coroner , upon the thirteen persons killed by tho late collision between the Sea Nymph and Rambler , and whose bodies lie buried in Liseard Chapel-yard . Only six of the bodies were identified—namely , James Lally , an old man seventy years of age : Bridget Fury , and her infant son , Owen Fury ; Martin Ford , and his daughter , Bridget Ford ; and Patrick Charles O'Malley , a lad . The seven other bodies were sodrcadtully mangled that identification was rendered impossible . After the six had been identified , the coroner adjourned the court until ten o ' clock on Tuesday next , to afford time ior the inquest now holding at Liverpool to be concluded , and to enable the witnesses and medical gentlemen there engaged to attend before him at the Magazines . —Liverpool Paper of Wednesday .
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[ From . the _Catette of lnaay , June o . \ Edward Clark , Mortimer - road , Kiiigsland - road , builder—Charles Gordon Matthew John Hopkins , _Tovtman-street , _Portman-squnro , tailor — William " alitchall _, Finsbuvy-place South , and Upper Fitzroy-street _, _Fitzroysquare , and Kent-street , Southwark , furniture dealer—Willoughby Marshall Smithson , Canterbury , printer-John _Bohbington , Manchester , corn dealer—Robert Shoel , _1 Vilsted . street , Soincrs-town , grocer—John Davis Paine , Untenant , Surrey , publisher—Paul Shawson and Thomas Beeston Young , Louth , Lincolnshire , chyniists—Hodgson _Stellinff , Well , Yorkshire , woolcotnber—William Nortclift ' e , Halifax and Manchester , dyer nnd stuff-mer . chant—John Beethaiu _, Richmond , Yorkshire , _gunmakei-—Robert Bleakley , Liverpool , bricklayer—James Conlen , Cheltenham , Woolendruper — John Solomon , Exeter , outfitter .
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MARYLEBONE . _Ex-rnAoiVDiNARY Outrage bv a _MitiTAar Ruffian—Lieutenant Gun Mnhon _, of the Royal Marines , who resides at No , 31 , Cambridge-place , _Edgware-road _, wns charged with having assaulted John Busliley Simmons , under tbe following extraordinary circumstances . —Complainant stated that he was shopman to his brother , 2 y , Upper York-street , and that on the previous Monday morning , agreeably to orders , he was taking home a pair of boots for defendant to try on , when lie ( defendant ) me } lum on the road , and having ascertained from him thnt tho boots were his , desired him to carry them to his dwell _, ing , at the same telling him that upon his culling for the money in the evening he would be paid . Not liking to leave the boots without the sanction of his employer , he returned with them to the shop , and at seven in the evening again repaired with them to the house , when thu servant by whom he was admitted told him he must wait a
little while as defendant was then with another gentleman . In the course ot five minutes he was sent _forjo-j defendant , and , on going into the apartment in which tho two gentlemen were , he ( defendant ) told him , thsJ _* y " for his master ' s inselence , he should neither have money nor boots . The bell was rung , and on a carving-knife being brought in by direction of defendant , he cat the leg _jimt ofthe boots into several pieces , having done which ,, he threw the feet or slippers towards complainant , wlism he threatened to kick out of tllQ plllCO iu tllO _CYCUt of " _sfeUOt leaving speedily . Complainant added , that he ai length quitted the house , but not before defendant had rushed upon him and knocked him down upon the sofa * , threatening that he would give him a d d good lieSting _, if it cost him £ 5 , —Defendant ' s answer to the _oViai-ge was ,. the
that _complsnv . iVft ' - _ita _^ ud & utly wiillcod into _udoiu while he was at dinner with his friend , Captain Triagham , nnd seating himself , expressed his intention of : _remaining in the comfortable position he was occupying ,, as he _feltnery tired , and refused to leave on beiug told , to call in the morning . H e ( defendant ) admitted having cut off the top parts Of thc boots , but denied having ; laid hands upon complainant at all . —lieut . Million was ; ordered to enter into liis own recognizance for his appearance " to . answer the charge at the sessions , iu the event oi an indictment being preferred against him . —Mr . Wontner : What am I to do , your Worship , about _getting paid foa' the boots which have been destroyed _T—1 can't get tho money for you , I think you havo been used very badly , and you know the course which I have left open to you .
GUILDHALL . The _Mawivino Sham . —Joseph Mortimer , the pretended American Merchant , who . obtained nearly £ 76 from Eliza Loyer , under the pretence that ho was a widower and intended to marry her , was on Saturday again brought up , when the following additional evidence was given : —A blind man named Benjamin France , stated that the prisoner had written to a woman at Liverpool , who advertised for a situation , and had succeeded in inducing her to come up to London , when after marrying nor and getting _posBesBion , oi her property , he deserted her , Mr .
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Al'ds / mrinMhsgrove _' then rend alette ' - ' which he h ' adicv ceivediiromli *' . Hart , of " 81 . _Loi'd-sti-cct , _LivtTfttol . Ho there got _asuuainted with a young lady who kept s respeetable _settmiary for young Indie * , and he told the ss > me story of being a great man at "Sew York , and expecting ' . fk remittance in _flcar _' - He induced her to become his wife , Tliey were marrieu' by license , wliich Mr . Hart saw , and he sold them the _we'rfrlirig ' _rihg-. The consequence was , she broke up her _estabtohment , and went with him to America . Believing th _« prisoner to be a _verj dangerous fellow , Mr . Hart thought > H his _du-y to slate the matters within his knowledge . Mr * , Musgrove then read another letter lie had received from Mr , Dawson , a- solicitor , in Bloomslury street , ' . Bedford-square . It sfated that Mortimer became acquainted with a Mrs . _L'Thghofne- 'fc June , 1829 , and proposed to maivy her , ugreeifrjjftliiit sirs should settle her property ( about _JSi _. iiOO ) upou liei'" twe * children hy her former marriage . With his concurrence
the deed ot Settlement was _enprcssud ,- but at t * Ue last moment he refused to sign it , and _uMtuvtely he married the lady , and got hold of her _propcrtf-iV It was _sM-s ? - quently discovered that he had a wife _li' / ing in Irel & id } undone ov two wives in America , and' a _< cleric ' of Mr .-Dawson followed the prisoner to Liverpool ' , and made _hhtv give up some merchandise purchased wi ? . ! - Mrs .. Langhome ' s money , _Notwithstanding the _exjjojr . «< i * , tbe poof woman accompanied bim l (> _~ S li \ V Yoi'k . TllCT _3 11 ! treated her in the most cruel manner , even heatirt-fher _, and finally deserted her . Shcis now supported there 3 y ins mother and brother . The writer concluded " The- prisoner will remember my name and address , and also feenanie Of my client ' s mother , Mrs , Colonel _THnd . " Mrs .-Brown , of _Westmoi-elanO _^ lace , City-road , also sent _aletter slatting that in answer to an advertisement for a housekeepers place , she received m call from the prisoner , and sh" 5 * a ; lso received the following : letter : ¦—"Birmingham , _August H , _isi S _" :- __
"My dear Madam—I read yoiw advertisement , nn * iff you hare any thouts of changing _>*> ur life into y . i m ; u _« _Sdstate agime , I ' raly ' ani the chap . 3 du waiita wife . I iv . fi anotifoflnglan , and I have livecD over twenty years _ift America , I have been a merchant at New York , and 5 ? bisness at 191 Chatini square . I ' earn over to _purchis _* _gOOHi , I have brought over _clieestnta sold them in lever--pool .. 1 have been inured to an £ ng $ » h lady , ; the only ' dotor a _neris . She has deyed in the States laving me with wone child 8 years old . I ainriffis 5 > ered , riermind oh bringing a notlier " wife owt with me , Tou may be the ' loalty won , Merises is made ia _havens so sade . Your and menemay be fixt , Ho nos and _iffynu Grant an interview I shall be abell to ceep a wj , ' er ; u »< l I . will make herhapeyand coinfordauu _*' , I will have-So goto Manchester in a few days to purchas satin _goodff , 1 rayley ami . with some thousents and I made it myself .. 1 willbc abell to _sho you dockments to satisfy yini of the _ffuukes . Yours by return of post to the post ofi * _eceKi . _i-mingh » nn to pe cold for . I remain yours truly , nnd it will be _yoinrfolt iff I du notforlife . Ho nose but I amttie right wor and if so you _willnot want _foi-hapenesfor life , "J , w " JSB * BlJfA . V . " '
The prisoner was remanded for a week . THAMES . Assault ur as Am £ Kica . v with- x Bowie lim _& E . —On Monday , a man of gigantic proportions , named John Webster , alias Crowtber , an American _s-eania's _, was brought before Mr . Broderip , charged with committing a murderous assault on Edward Connor , alamenian , and attempting to stab lum _y . _itlt a knife . The American * seamen , in the port of London , _ai-o in the habit oi > _Weaving largc knives in a sheath , and they bave , on many" occasions , used them . This practice is attended with very great danger , and in this case it will be seen that _thc-prosccntor had a very narrow escape of his life—The eoaiplainant stated that he was at the _I'lioinis public-house in Upper East Smithfieid _, near the St . Katharine DoeJr . The prisoner was there swaggering and bullying , andsaid he weighed Bst . 41 b ., and would tight anybody oB ' _thafe weight "Witness observed that the prisoner- was- tlio
biggest man he had seen for a long time , and he must weigha good deal more than he had stated . The prisoner _fltiift ; struck an old man in the tap room , and wanted to quarrel * with him . Witness remonstrated with the prisoner ,, whoasked him to take up the quarrel and fight . He told lihhs he was a cripple , and had lost the use of both _legs , _iand > could not tight . The prisoner said he would take tlieshine out of any one—that he WAS going to _spni" at 0110 of ' the booths iu Stepney fair , and wanted to get his hand i _* v At last the brother of witness agreed _tofisiht the prisoner , and they went wilt and had one round outside _the-publichouse floor . The prisoner got the worst of it . and came into the _tnp-room again , and called t ' -r some _bsir . After the prisoner hud drunk it ho threatened to do for him . After some further abuse from thu prisoner he left theroom . The prisoner was absent about an hour , and on entering the room lie advanced directly towards iritness ,.
and drew a knife from his sheath , which' was made fast ? to his waist , and made u most determined and deliberate attempt to plunge it into his body . Witness parried theblow , and the point of the knife grazed liis jacket ,, which _, was loose , just under the arm-pits , on the left side , cutting . - tlie jacket as it slid along . The prisoner was about tomake another attempt to stab him , when the people iu . the room pinioned his arms , _i _/ nd secured bim until a policeman arrived . The witness added , that if thc stab made at him had taken eflect , he should have been w deads man . —Gray , a police-constable , No . 2 _iit II , produced the knife , a weapon of formidable description , with a very sharp point , and said thu prisoner threw it away opposite . Eutler ' s . buildhigs , on ilis way to the station house . —The prisoner said he was very drunk on Saturday nUht , andhis head had been affected by a wound . —Mr . Broderip committed the prisoner iu default of bail for trial .
Charge of Muuder . —On Tuesday ., lieivjaimn Gibbins ,-a _nuld-lookiug man , a labourer , was bmught before Air . BrodcriPi charged with the wilful murder of a woman named Jane . Soman , otherwise Gibblus , with whom hehas lived for some time . The ease excited great interest , from a rumour that was spread that the life- of deceasedwas sacrificed by some parties engaged in carrying on illicit distillation in the house where she met with her * death , inconsequence of her having , threatened to give information to the Excise . It _nppeiuts there was u still at work in the building for some time , aud that it was-hastily removed on Monday night about the time the woman met : with her death . —Edward Wanderer _Towiison , policesergeant , No . S K , stated , that at half-past eight that _, morning , he was sent for to the house . No . ( i _, Labour-in-Voin-Street , _Shaclwell-markct _, tlie residence oE the prisoner . On nrmving thtre he went up stub's ,, and found , il woman in the front room a corpse ,, and Dr . Ross
examining the , body . Dv . Ross called , his utteutinu to a wound on the back part of the head * and also to three wounds on the right side of the face . Shortly afterwards the prisoner came in . lie asked him , in preseuee of Dr . KoSS , What time lie Came home . The prisoner replied _, that he returned to his home about seven o ' clock , and found the deceased lying dead in the passage at the foot _, of the stairs , with her head towards the door . W _itnessthen observed a mat folded up in the form of a pillow _,, which Dr . Uoss said , in the presence of the prisoner , wasin the same state , and under the deceased's head , when he was called into tho house . There was a large stain , o £ blood on it . Dr . Boss also called thc attention of witness to some blood spattered upon the walliu _tlioxjassage .. There were also scratches on the wall as if the nails ofc some human hand had been scratching the wall .. Witness also observed a spot of blood on the second stair
from the passage in the form oS a , semLcolon ,. whieh appeared to have been smeared with the linger . Witness asked the prisoner if he had touthed the body , and he replied that he had merely lifted the feet . Witness then-observed some marks of blood on the prisoner ' _s hands , and asked liim how he accounted for it ? The prisoner « iid he had cut his hand on Monday , and it bieil a good deal , t observed large spots of blood on the left arm of bis-jacket , and I askfd him how he accounted for that- lie said , he did not know . I also observed several other marks oC blood about the _iitside of the jacket , near the pocket , and . also several spots of blood on his . waistcoat . 1 atleuwards told him I should take liim to the stntion . house _, and he said thc blood on his clothes was caused by . his lifting , the head of the deceased . I searched the house , but did not find any instrument likely to have caused tbe wound on ; the back part of the head . I should say tiiere was a large Spot of blood on the thigh ot" the trousers the- man now
has on . Mr . Daniel Ross , Surgeon ,, of High-street , Shadwelb , was called to the deceased a little after seven . o ' _L-loi-k that morning . lie found her lying in the passage of her dwelling , with her head supported by a roll of matting converted into a sort of pUlow . The head was towards the street door , and the feet at tllQ foot lit _thCSt-lil'S ,. AbOUt two ov three feet above Uie body there were some patches _, of coagulated blood on the wall facing the staircase . After describing some other marks , which was merely a repetition of _'l ' ownson ' s evidence , he said lie bad the body very carefully removed isp stairs into , the front room . His attention was first called to a wound at the back of the head , and afterwards to the five marks or discolouration of tlte skin ou the ri _^ Jit side >> i the & ee .. The wound , was inflicted by a blunt instrument or by her (" tilling agaiust some blunt instrument or projectingsuHa . ee .. _Tbs bone was laid bave , aud . I couid iniss my finger adore (
heupper part of it about au inch . I carefully examined . the * skirting board in the passage to _ascertan if . there was any blood or hair there , bat was unable to , _di-Uct either . 1 subsequently examined the room uu . stairs , where the bodyis now lying- There had evidently been some one vomitting there on the floor , and the uttjuvia of rum was very powerful . I thmi entered a small room on the ground floor , the door of whieh opened close to the head of the deceased , where she was fir s * seen . Thu etlluvia _j-oiu liquor was very powerful tiiere .. lie should . say it was . whiskey , nnd the door ofthe apartment "was flooded with it . He then passed through a small back room whose ho discovered the lrem _.-iijis of' a still , _.-lur ! _Ihetifloi- 'd' thut apartment vas- also flooded with strong Spirits likv whiskey . The still was gene , but a auanti ' ty ot » _rnriig wash _, in tubs , und _tha _uiensils « ei : e _ l , _yuig a . b _« , ut tin ; brickwork . iii which sua still had been , imbedded-, was 'iwAe hot , _He-Inu ' iiv 4 o"bt the still _ha'd been hastily removed , and
_thelifjuor _allflwstl to be wasted , over ihe floor . The window of _tlic-sfitt-Bflom was down but unfastened ,. " Umiglit very easily have been throvoi up from tho outside .. He had . bee * : _wilened . by the coroner , Mr . B :, ker , to make a post . _mOKie ' _ii _ewuuiinitiim of Uie body , and until he had lioimsii _. lie could not suite positively the cause of death . The prisoner , on being _eiiUsiLou for his . defence , madea very long statement ,, and said he . left home at six o ' clock _, on . Monday morning , and did not enter his dwelling again till sis o ' clock next _iiioniinir _^ whetihe ellectedan entrance ? by menus of a laddiT raised as ai « s t the _oack of his _hiiiae , uud obtained admission , by" the fiijst floor window . Ha was-engaged during tlie whole of Monday in fitting out au up _.-aniUlown near WombweU'Smeuagerie , In Stepney faiiv and turning the crank .. The deceased and her mother visited , the fair during the day „ and he nu 4 them into ones of the boats , uf tlie _up-nnd-dowu he _was-attending . At five o ' clock the same afternoon , he saw Jane Sluman in
the fciir again , and she was thou the worse for liquor . He begged Iter to gahouie , and nut distract his attention from the w . orichu was upon , as be was fearful of receiving an injury from the crank he was turning . The prisoner then went on . to- state very elvcutnftautially thai ho ijnisheiAbis work ut twelve oil-luck on Monday night , and that , after , _obtaiuuif * some -refreshments , he went home andkuoc _" ( _ttdutthedoov » _unduooneiiuswe :-ed . He made several iuci & etual attempts , to _euter the house , and the neighbours saw hi . \ u and heard him kuoehiug at th . door . The- iivst time he knocked at the Auov was between one and two o ' clock , and th * neighbours ! said ¦ ' Who ' s there V y \ l « tcld , them ho was _vtvj- tived _., awd should obtain a lode- ing _elswhere _, uud as he wus leaving the spot , the neiir * , ' , bows exclaimed , "My God , she has fallen down _stah s . »
Attev vM . tiii < r several coft ' ee-sliops and public-houses , . " he ibnlly got iu at the window by means cf ; i ladder . ' _J _/ e went down stairs , and saw the body lying at the f Jf _, t of staircase . He opem-d the door , and the twig' . _lhuurs entered . At the desire of the neighbours he ra . sed her head , and i osted it . in his lap , aud the bystanders sr . id sha was ( lead , lie immediately proceeded to the uccvused's mother , and informed her that her daughter . W 1 S dead , Tho prisoner , although very minute and circv . nisti ) iitial in detailing the places he had called at , and the . refreshments he had swallowed , did not account very _satisfactorily for his time , between twelve and halt-past _<> y , 6 , the time ho first reached home , nor did he give any _explanation of the circumstances he mentioned , that tin ? neighbours told him that the woman hud fallen down Stairs , of which ae . cording to Ms own showing , he toQ _& _no notice _.
Jlr . Broderip , on the conclusion of the prijumer ' s statement , said it was his duty to remand ¦ biiu till Thursday , and ho was forthwith _svftVftW itt tll « van to _"Wostmlnatcr l _& uWlU
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 6, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06061846/page/5/
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