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_-V-iRLBOROUGII-STREET . _-now to _Dixe for KuT 3 iSG .-John William Molloy , an elderly person , apparently very deaf , who at one period moved in very respectable society , and who reports himself to he a close connexion of a distinguished Irish family , was brought before Mr . Bingham , charged with having enjoyed himself luxuriously at the Cafe de Paris , Havmarket , without having any means or intention of paying his bill . The prisoner for a length of time has been living on _coffee-house _3 andhotel proprietors , aad , thoug h he has frequently been _given into custody on the discovery ofhis true character , yet he has hitherto contrived to evade punishment bv making his frauds mere cases of
debt . Ia this instance ifc appeared that the urisoner had gone a step too far , aud that now there is a possibility of hotel and coffee-house keepers being relieved for some time at least , from the impartial favours of such a customer . —From the evidence of Henry Manning , waiter atthe Cafe de Paris , ifc was proved that , _josfc between the lights , while ifc was _raining , the prisoner rushed into the coffee-room and said , he really was so fatigued and the weather "was so bad , thafc instead of going home to his residence at Barnes he would take a dinner and a bed at the hotel . The waiter , who appeared to be a "very sharp "kind of personage , was thrown off his guard bythis sadden address , and as the darkness avoured the prisoner on an examination of his _Bhabbv _irenteel externals , ho told the nrisoner he
could have dinner , but it was the rule of the house not to let beds to -visitors unprovided with luggage . The prisoner said , he wonld nofc break through the rules ; he would send for his luggage the next morning early , as it was too late to ask the house , porter to go as far as Barnes that ni g ht . The prisoner theu ordered an excellent dinner , with aleparfcicularly cautioning the waiter "to draw it -mild , " some of the best pale sherry , and a plate of nuts , which he got the attentive waiter to crack for Mm , as he had reqently hurt his shoulder . The next morning the prisoner called for asheet of paper and wrote the followingnote : — " Dear Mrs . Harris , —•• Let Harry put himself into a Richmond omnibus with my large portmanteau and travelling bag .
Don't let him be later than twelve o ' clock , as I will give him an early dinner and send him home safe . My arm is still very bad , and I shall follow roar recommendation and get medical assistance . I am in comfortable quarters at the Hotel de Paris , Haymarket— " Tours ever , — " J . M . "—The letter -was directed to "Mrs . Harris , Barnes , Surrey ;" but the waiter , not liking the aspect of affairs , presented his bill , wliich amounted to Ids . 6 d . The prisoner candidly owned he had no ready money about him , bufc he would draw a small check on his hankers , Messrs . Attwood and Co ., and this the waiter could get cashed the next morning . The prisoner accordingly drew a check , in his own name , on Messrs . Attwood and Co ., and handed ifc over to the waiter . The prisoner then ordered
dinner , and ou the strength ofthe check the waiter supplied the viands . The next morning the check -was presented at the hankers ' , and from information which was obtained the prisoner was given into custody on . the return ofthe porter who presented the check . — -Mr . Bingham asked the waiter if he -was induced to give _ . the prisoner additional credit after having received the check?—The waiter said , he let the prisoner have a second dinner and a second night ' s lodging on the faith of the check being a genuine document—Mr . Bingham said , the first dinner and bed must be treated as a debt , but the last dinner and bed had been obtained by fraudulent means , and he should commit the prisoner for trial on that account—The prisoner was then folly committed .
Alleged Sibeet Robbery . —George Williams , a young fellow with about twenty aliases , Julia Fyttcs , and Ann Green , were bronght np in custody , the former charged with having assaulted Mr . Frederick Smith , of 4 S , Mount-street , _Grosvenorstjuare , and stolen a valuable diamond ring from his finger ; also with assaulting Mr . Henry Sparkes , timber merchant , Berr-yard , Blackfriars . The two -women were charged with assaulting them on tbeir way to the police station . —The prosecutor stated that about two o ' clock on Monday morning , he and his friend , Mr . Sparkes , were proceeding up Great
Titchfield-street , when they heard two persons walking behind them . On witness looking round , hesaw the prisoner Williams and another man , who , seeing that they were watched , crossed over to the opposite of the road . "Witness took no notice of this , and he and his friend walked on . They had not proceeded many yards , when the prisoner and the other man , not in custody , crossed over again , and walked in front of them . The prisoner , Williams , all afc once turned round , and struck Mi * . SpSrkes in the face , while the other man followed up the attack . "Williams then came up to witness and struck him a violent hlow behind the ear and
knocked him mto fche road . They ran away , and witness and his friend pursued them , calling out " Police I" The man who was with thc prisoner made his escape , and the prisoner was stopped hy a poUcecoiisfcable in Wells-street , who held him until witness got up , when he gave him in charge . He subsequently , on looking for his ring , found it had been taken from his finger . On their way to the station the two women came up , and as he had previously seen them in company of the prisoner , he _info-rmed the constable . They then became very abusive , and struck him and his friend several times . On their arrival at the station tbey were also taken into custody . —Mr . Sparkes corroborated the evidence of the prosecutor . —Pope , 117 E , deposed
that he was on dufcy in Union-street , when he heard the cries of " Police 1 " proccea from Tichfieldstreefc . On going to the spot be met thc prisoner -running towards him . Witness laid hold of him , and asked him what he was running for *? Prisoner said "he was running after a friend . " At tbat time the prosecutor came up , and gave him in charge . The women then came up , and requested him to let the man go , as he had done nothing . On his refusing to do so they became very abusive , and struck prosecutor and his friend . — . The prisoners , who denied the charge , were remanded . As _Ixhcmjln * Driver . —James Moore , the proprietor of a Hampton-court omnibus , was summoned before Mr . Bingham for cruelty to two horses , his
property . —George Sutton , the defendant ' s driver , was summoned before the magistrate in the first instance , when the following evidence was produced : —Frederick Stewart , the waterman at the Knights"bridge stand , said , on Friday week his attention was attracted to a crowd near Hyde Park , and on going up he found that one of the horses in an omnibus , which the defendant Sutton was driving , had dropped down dead . He examined the animal , and found it in a pitiable condition . Ifc was a small puny horse , utterly unfit for such labour as omnibus work . It was in a wretched condition , seemingly from starvation and overwork . It had wounds on ts shoulders , produced by the collar , which had been painted over with flour of brimstone , and the
holes in thc raw flesh plugged up with fuller ' s earth . One of its legs had also a wound on it . Witness inspected thc other horse , whicli the driver _vfas vainly endeavouring tb make draw the omnibus ; hut tbe animal , which was hardly a shade better in condiiion than its wretched companion , was quite unable to perform the task from weakness . This _horse also had large wounds on tbe shoulders daubed -witli flour of brimstone aud fuller ' s earth .- —Tbe driver said fhe animals had been inspected by the horsekeeper of his master before they were put to the omnibus on the morning in question . — Oth' ** - witnesses having deposed to the shocking condition of the live and dead animal , and to their complete unfitness for the work which they were required to perform , Mr . Bingham said , it would be quite inconsistent to punish the driver in such case—it was clearly the master who ought to be amenable to the law . As the new act gave a power
to magistrates to reach the owners of horses where cruelty was proved , he should discharge the sum-• mons against the defendant , and make the owner the principal . On Wednesday , the owner , James Moore , appeared to the summons . The evidence of the cruelty , in substance the same as had been given on a previous day against the driver , was then gone into . The defendant said , he had not been able to attend to his stable for several days previous to the occurrence , owing to a severe attack of cholera . He was not aware of the bad condition of the horses , otherwise he should not have sent them out , and he hoped for a lenient penalty as hc was in Very poor circumstances . Mr . Bingham said , his first intention was to have inflicted thc full penalty of £ 5 , but taking it into consideration tbat the defendant had lost one horse by death , was very poor , and had been attacked by cholera , he would mitigate the amount to -10 s . including costs .
- SOUTHWARK . _—Sibee ! Kobbe-h-. —Mary Hall , a _mascnline-lookinf female , well-known to the police as a desperate street thief , was brought before Mr . Seeker charged with assaulting Mr . George Kent , a commercial traveller , residing at Deptford , and attempting to steal from his person a valuable diamond pin . —Prosecutor stated that on the previous evening he had been enjoying himself with some friends in the Borough , whom he left a little after twelve o ' clock , and proceeded towards home . While he was passing Bermondsey Old Church the prisoner suddenly pounced upon him , and put both her " arms round Ms-heck . "Sot feeling inclined to such
a rough embrace , he told the prisoner to let him alone , and go about her business ; but she hugged him the closer , and she drew his p in from his stock with her teeth . She then got away from bim , but he seized hold of her hand and wrested the p in from her , when a policeman came up to the spot and took her into custody . —In answer to the magistrate , complainant said ihe came so suddenly upon him , that he was unable to prevent her from embracing him , and the place was extremely dark , being lig hted with only two dim lamps at each corner . —In answer to the charge the prisoner said the charge was trumped up against her by the prosecutor "because she would nofc allow 1 dm to pull her about , and take indecent liberties with her . She
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denied all knowledge ofthe robbery , or committing any assault . —Mr . Seeker inquired whether she had been convicted . —Downc , the gaoler , replied that she was only discharged on tbe previous day for a similar attempt . She had also been in custody lately no less than six times , but the prosecutors not appearing against lier she was discharged . —Mr . Seeker said she was not so . ' lueky that time , and as the evidence was clear against her he should commit her for trial . WORSHIP-STREET . — Vindictive Assault . — Mr . T . Waller , a clothier in High-street , _Sboraditch , and s . Waller , his son , _vero charge with having violentl y assaulted Mr . II . T . Tubbs , a wholesale haberdasher and _trininiinsr manufacturer ,
iu the sanw neighbourhood . —The complainant had obtained judgment in thc Shoreditch County Court upon a debt due to Iiim b y the elder defendant , whom he subsequently met in company of his son , and apprehending that be should be subjected to personal violence , he found it necessary to enter the shop of one of his neighbours for protection . He was followed , however , by both defendants , the elder of whom caught hira , by the collar and shook him violently , and the younger one at the same moment struck bim a heavy blow upon the temple , which knocked him down , and continued beating
him as he lay on the ground , until he was forcibly dragged away by tho by-standers , and given into custody . —The defendants admitted all the material facts of the complainant ' s statement , but said that they had acted under strong feelings of excitement and " provocation . —The magistrate , however , regarded it as a most lawless and unwarrantable outrage , and sentenced the younger defendant to pay a penalty of £ -5 , or two months' imprisonment in the House of Correction ; and the elder to pay a fine of SOs ., or one month ' s imprisonment , in addition to which they were both ordered to put in substantial bail for their future good behaviour .
Highway Robbery . — William Morris , alios Mailer , and William Lambert , two powerful fellows of notorious character , were charged with the following daring hig _hway robbery : —It appeared from | the evidence of a Custom-house officer named George , that while passing the corner of Wentworth-strcet , Whitechapei , at three o clock on the afternoon of the Gfch of August , he observed the prisoners loitering there in the company of three other men , and the moment he passed them he felt a sudden jerk at his coat-pocket . He instantly turned round and seized hold of the man nearest him , when a simultaneous rush was made upon him by the others , one of whom struck him such a violent blow underneath the ear thafc he dropped to the
ground senseless . A considerable time ' elapsed before he was restored * to consciousness , when he found himself under the care of a policeman , who had -witnessed the outrage , but reached the spot too late to capture either ofhis assailants , who had in the interval got clear off with his pooketbook , containing some private documents . He sustained such serious injuries from the savage violence to which he had heen subjected that he had been confined to his bed for a considerable period , and had not yet wholly recovered from its effects . Hehad since been repeatedly on the watchfor his assailants ,
but had _beenunsucccssfulin tracing either of them until the preceding evening , when he recognised fche two prisoners , who were closely following a lady and gentleman iu Commercial-street , with tbe evident intention of robbing them . He immediately obtained fche assistance of a policeman , and having followed them some distance , to observe their operations , at length saw thc prisoner Morris with the skirt of the gentleman ' s coat in his hand , endeavouring to pick his pocket , covered by the other prisoner , but before they had time to complete the offence they were both pounced upon and secured . —Police-constable H 70 corroborated the latter
part of the prosecutor ' s statement , and intimated that both prisoners were members of a desperate gang of thieves who were the terror of Whitechapei , and that Morris had been several times iu custody and repeatedly convicted of similar offences . —The prisoners in general terms denied all facts alleged against them , but were committed for the formal completion ofthe evidence . Cruelty to a Doskbt . —George Ewing , a congreve-light manufacturer , in Wellington-row , Befchnal-green , appeared to a summons before Mr . Hammill , charging him with having wantonly and cruelly tortured a donkey , the property ofa rival trader in thc same business , named Lester . It appeared from the evidence of a lad named Bird , in the
service of the complainant , thafc while driving the animal in question attached to a heavily-laden cart , along the Bethnal-green road , on the morning of the 21 th ult ., the defendant suddenly advanced from the foot pavement , and alter inquiriug whether that was Mr . Lester ' s donkey , to wbich witness replied in the affirmative , instantly snatched his whip out of his hand , and exclaiming " I'll show you how to make a donkey go , " repeatedly drove the end of the handle , which was broken and jagged , with su 2 h force into the under part ofthe animal ' s flank , tbat it sprang forward in great agony , " with the blood pouring from its side , and on witness stopping and examining ifc , he found that the flesh had heen torn away , and a laceration left at least six inches in
length . The poor animal was also suffering from three other serious wounds in the same tender part of its body , and one of thorn was sufficiently deep for ' the admission of the end of a man ' s finger . Several bystanders , who had witnessed the act , expressed their indignation at the brutal behaviour of the defendant , who thereupon threw down the whip , and exclaiming that he knew the best way to cure a donkey , took up several _handfuls of mud , and after rubbing them into the wounds , turned carelessly round and walked off . The poor animal appeared to be enduring tho most acute pain from the cruelty to which it had been subjected , and witness was obliged to lead it all tbe way back to his master ' s premises . His employer
subsequently complained of the injuries his animal had received to Mr . Thomas , the secretary to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals , and by his advice the present proceedings were adopted . —The lad ' s evidence was fully confirmed hy that of two witnesses and Holland and Fitzgerald , thc warrant-officers , and Mr . Hammill , after characterising ifc as a most cruel and wanton outrage , said thafc this was clearly such a case , in his opinion , as was contemplated by the legislature in investing him with a summary power to deal with ifc in an adequate manner , and he had therefore no hesitation in putting in force one of the clauses of the amended act for the punishment of such offences , and should order the defendant to be at once
committed to the House of Correction , and there kept to hard labour for two months . —The defendant , who appeared astounded at tbe decision , was tben removed to the cells . _WESTMINSTER . _—Mtsterious Affair . —Thos . M'Donald , a tall , powerful Irish labourer , out of employment , the keeper of a lowlodgiag house in Bolton gardens , Chelsea , Mary , his wife , and Mary Fox , two women who hawk lace and lucifers about the streets , were charged on suspicion of stealing seventy sovereigns and two watches . —Mi * , ltussell , the superintendent of tbe B division , said thafc 3 n Irish gentleman named M'Gouran or M'Guire , had resided many years at Lyons as a teacher of languages . Upon the disturbances breaking out there he was accused of having taken part in them , had
his effects seized , was arrested , and placed in confinement . He subsequently made Ids way to England , and resided for some time in Chelsea , where hc gained a subsistence by selling _lucifer matches , & c . Hc memorialised Lord Palmerston on the subject of the detention of his property afc Lyons , and in consequence of the interference of thafc noble man the sum of £ 70 , two watches , and other property , were restored to him on the 2-lth September . He was seen in possession of the property afc Chelsea on the evening of the day that hc received ifc ; and hc was heard to complain , after having been last seen under circumstances of a peculiar nature in company with the prisoners , that he had been robbed , and was then in Quest of the female
M'Donald , whom he accused ; and from an hour ot that time , when he was seen m the street ; wringing bis hands and _bewailing bis loss , hc had suddenly and most mysteriously _disappeared . The fact of his being missing was first communicated to fche police ; and when from the result of diligent mquiry ifc was ascertained that he had been robbed , increased exertions were made with a view of discovering the unfortunate gentleman , and although hospitals , workhouses , and every likely place had been inquired at , up to that moment not the slightest information liad been received respecting him . — Several witnesses were examined , who proved thafc the prisoners were in company with M'Gouran under suspicious circumstances on the night of his disappearance . A quantity of new clothing w . -w found on M'Donald when arrested . Mrs . M'Donald made several contradictory statements respecting sums of money which she asserted M'Gouran had
given her , and it was discovered that while m tne lock-up cell she had managed to give a purse containing thirty-five sovereigns to a fellow-prisoner to pass unobserved to her husband . —The prisoners said they were innocent , Mis . 31 'Donald stating that M'Gouran had given her from fifty to sixty sovereigns as recompense for having kept him a great length of time . —Mr . Broderip said ho should remand the prisoners upon this very serious charge for a week , hy which time he hoped something might occur to throw a light upon this most mysterious affair . —The missing gentleman is 55 years of age , about 5 ft . 4 in . high , grey hair , round full face , fair complexion , dressed in a brown over coat with pockets at the sides , black cloth trousers , blue or black waistcoat , black hat , and cloth boots . He was so much endeared to many poor persons at Chelsea , by his extreme kindness of disposition , | that he had acquired for himself in the hour of his I adversity , tho general appellation of "father . "
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HORRIBLE MURDER OF A HUSBAND BY uv HIS WIFE . At inquest was held at _Tolerton , in tho county of Leinster , on the body of a murdered man , the particulars of which throw the atrocious circumstances of that attributed to the Manning , into the shade . We condense tho evidence . Catherine Thompson , an interesting peasant girl , was wedded some time ago to a person in her own class of life , named Patrick Moore , The marriage was nofc a happy one ; the wife ' s prettiness had won hor many admirers , and the result was that a casual separation took place ; the husband went to live with a relative of his named Brennan , while the wife remained with her mother at Tulla , in the Ballickmoyler district . Moore left for America , hut on reaching Liverpool he could nofc divest
himself sufficiently of his feelings for home to prosecute his voyage , so he returned . On Sunday , September 2 nd , Catherine Moore sent a young woman , named Julia King , over to Brennan ' s to her husband , with a message , the substance of wliich was that she wished to see him on that evening . He came punctual to the assignation . Bui-ween ten and eleven o ' clock on that night he _w-6 Been by two men leaning against a ditch at thojbaek of his mother-inlaw ' s house , in company _vjith his wife . After this night he was not seen or _heard oi in fche neighbourhood ; he did not return to Brennan ' s ; but a rumour was set afloat i , hat he bad left for America , and tbe following Sunday . Mrs . Moore left Tulla for
the ostensible purpose of joining him in Liverpool , in order that they might proceed together to New York . After she left , vague reports were circulated through the village , and people surmised strange things and _ai-ked why the wife did not accompany her husband ; These indications of the feelings of the people in the neighbourhood having reached H . B . Warburton , Esq ., the sub-inspector at Ballickmoyley , that gentleman immediately mado particular inquiry into the matter , and had the several coal pits in the district dragged , but without any successful result . While he was thus engaged a letter was received from a brother of Mrs . Moore ' s , who resided at Dundalk . It purported that the writer had seen his sister and her husband off from
[ Dublin , on their way to America ; thafc they were in good health , and seemed perfectly reconciled . Thus matters remained until word was brought him on Wednesday evening that the body of a man was seen in a hole in the centre of the lonely bog of Rossmore , and thafc dogs had been devouring portions of it . He proceeded to the place pointed out , when he perceived a mangled arm protruding from the depths of the bog-hole , as if outstretched to Heaven imploring vengeance . A stick being procured , the body was stirred , when a most revolting spectacle presented itself . A human head started out ofthe water ; the nose and one of the cheeks had been cut off , tlie eyes were gone , and the face otherwise fearfully mutilated . On examination the limbs were found to be very much mangled ,
and the body in a state of putrescence and decomposition . Mr . Warburton drove off to Tulla , it having struck him that the mutilated body must have been that of the missing Patrick Moore . When he reached Moore ' s mother-in-law ' s house , he made fresh inquiry as to where Mrs . Moore and her husband were * , the confusion and prevarication that ensued confirmed him in his idea of there being foul play . He then secured the attendacce of a person who knew Patrick Moor , and could identify the bod y if ifc was his . On returning to Rossmore Bog with this man and a reinforcement of police , they raised the body out of the hole ; while doing so it fell into piecemeal , and the loathsome members had to be placed in bags . The remains were immediatel y identified .
In the morning tho sub-inspector placed the mother-in-law , brother-in-law , and sister-in-law of the deceased man under arrest . The coroner , Thomas Budds , Esq ., held an inquest on Saturday last , at Grave ' s public-house . Several witnesses were examined , and from them were elicited tbe facts just stated . The most remarkable part of this dark tragedy remains to bo told . On the morning of the inquc 3 t who should return home from Liverpool but Catharine Moore-She had come home with a pitiful tale of how her unnatural and brutal husband had deserted her on thc quay of Liverpool , leaving her a lonely and unfortunate woman to beg her way home . Her astonishment—her horror on hearing of thc discovery of the mutilated
remains of her husband , operated so strongly on her feelings that sbe confessed her guilt , and all tbe appalling circumstances connected with it . Ifc seems Moore ' s brains were beaten out on the night he-was last seen with his wife , and that on the next day tbo wretched woman and her mother dislocated the limbs , so as they fitted on an ass ' s car , being concealed by straw . They then proceeded to Rossmore Bog , which was seven miles distant , and in the loneliest part of thafc lonely place they flung their gore-clotted burden into an unclean hole . The Jury , after some brief deliberation , found a verdict of " "Wilful Murder" against Catherine Moor and Bridget Thomson , mother aud daughter . The principal evidence against these wretched women will be supplied b y two persons connected with them by the closest ties of consanguinity .
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_- _—* - «> -. _« . _^¦ " _^¦^ ' /• _' ¦ ' _^/ _w _/^^ iv _vv The _Thuck System . _—During the last few weeks considerable interest has been felt as to the issue of three informations laid against gun-Jock manufacturers , for paying their workmen a portion of their earnings in goods instead of money , in contravention ofthe provisions of what is generally known as the " Truck Act . " They wero to have been brought before Mr . Leigh , the stipendiary magistrate , afc Bilston , upwards of ft fortnight ago , but the bearing of tbem was postponed , in consequence of its having beea stated thafc the witnesses for the prosecution had been drugged and kidnapped , for the purpose of defeating the ends of justice . On Tuesday last , however , the charges were entered into before the
stipendiary magistrates , at Darlaston , when Mr . G . Edmonds , of Birmingham , appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Bolton for thc defence . The case against Mrs . Margery Ridding , of Darlastongrceii , was first taken . Mr . Edmonds detailed thc facts of the case . The statute under which the charge was preferred was undoubtedly one which interfered to a great extent with the fveedom of trade , bufc , whatever opinion might be held as to the general principle , he thought he should be able to show that the case before the bench was one of great hardship and oppression . _. Samuel Wood , the witness he was about to call , had been in tho employment of Mrs . Ridding for fourteen or fifteen years , " and had , during all that time , been receiving
goods instead of money in payment of his wages . Besides , the fact of the goods thus received being sometimes , both in respect to weight and quality , not what tbey ought to bc , thero was this improper feature , that Mrs . Ridding never gavo the witness or thc person whom he sent for the goods any account of what sbe sold them , bufc only marked them down in a book kept by herself . It might be said , why do parties continue to take goods , instead of money , which they have a , right to demand ? The fact was that almost tho whole of the masters in the parish of Darlcstou were truck dealers , and therefore thc only alternative was to submit to the system , or else leave the district . Mr . Edmonds then called the witness Wood , who deposed to the fact that he wont to Mrs . Ridding ' s shop on the 21 sfc of August last
to ask for work , when she gave bim an order for some locks . He received some bacon , butter , and other articles , amounting in all , as he was told , to 4 s . < 5 d „ and upon going on Saturday night to receive payment for the work no had done , this sum was stopped out of his wages . The bench , without any remark , imposed a penalty of £ 5 and costs , amounting in all to £ 0 12 s . Gd . The two other informations , which were against Josophand George Golcher , were adjourned for a fortnight , by private arrangement , bufc ifc is said no further steps will bo taken in respect to them , a sort of compromise having been entered into between the parties . A person named George White laid the information , at the instance , ifc is stated , oftho the society mentioned in ! the course ofthe proceedings . —Wdvev _hamttlon Chronicle .
_-Siscu-un GESEnosnr . —A Mr . Brooks , fruiterer , residing mthe Ed gewiire-road , found on Thursday afternoon , the 27 th ult ., -on his counter a pocketbook containing £ 500 ., and having served a lady with some trifling articles some short timo before , who stated she was going into the countrv , he immediately calledacab and wen t to the Great ' Western Railway and examined all the carriages to endeavour to find her among the passengers that were about starting by the four o ' clock train , butshe was not among them * so he * returned and examined thc book to ascertain if there was any mark by whicli he might trace her , and finding a grocer ' s bill whose residence was in the city , ho took an omnibus and wenfc there , but with no more success than he had at the railway . He returned homo and gave up the search , it being seven p . m ., intending to advertise it in the _yiublic papers the next day
if she did not make inquiries for ifc . The next morniug the lady came and asked tho tradesman if he had found such a book , for she said if he had not she must have lost it in the streets or been robbed of ifc in an omnibus ; Mr . Brooks was very g lad the owner had made her appearance to receive it , so he called in a neighbour to witness his giving it up , and to his surprise saw her take it and walk off without expressing , the least gratitude for its restoration . Mr . Wright , the neighbour , said , " Surely , madam , you will pay Mr . Brooks his expenses in seeking you . " She directl y asked how much it had cost , ho said 2 s . 3 ., sbe laid down 3 s and then waitedfor the 9 d , change . —Observer ** _TnxCiiOM-iu _is-extremely violent at Triest On the 21 st ult . 109 cases occurred , forty-two of wjiich proved fatal . The cholera is also so violent in tho camp ofthe Pasha of Travnik _, who _ilnow befc e _Bibacs , m Bosnia , that ho has been obli _gate £ pose terms to the rehek _«* - _*** _* , vu u , _pio-
The Currency Question. To The Editor. Of...
THE CURRENCY QUESTION . TO THE EDITOR . OF TIIE X 0 RTIIERS STAB . ' _Sib —I beg to suggest , with all due deference , of course , tbat you ought to have inserted my reply to Mr Oilpan , at least at the same time that you inserted a second reply to me from another individual ; however as my _* wt reply to Mr . 0 . will also aSvcr n I great measure for a reply to my second Sent , I think if you will insert that , along with _Eremarks , they will both of them bc pretty Sy answered , at least for the present . were much to he desired , that all disputants would endeavour to understand each other before Sy attempt at replies . It ml be seen that our Send , Mr _Shackleton , has fallen into thesame mistakes with respect to my meaning as Mr . Culpan ! donebut I have pointed out these mistakes
Z , as in my reply to this latter gentleman , I shall say no more at present on tbat head . Mr . Sbackleton wants to know " what part of the present Currency laws I am prepared to defend , as he says , "it is useless to lay down detai sot a new plan until the old one be fairly discussed . I will tell him afc once what I think ought to be done , and what I would do , if I had the power . Supposing the present banknote , Exchequer bill , scrip , fund , and loanmongering thing , called a government , was to" tumble to pieces from the pressure of its financial difficulties—and mind , there will be no change until that is thc case , —and suppose a Democratic government was substituted in its place , fche first thing to be done by such a government , in
my opinion , would be to * issue an " order that no banker , loan , or fund jobber , should leave the country , nor transfer any portion of his estate , ( exactly as was done at the breaking up of the South Sea swindle , ) until a commission would be appointed to settle matters between tlie bank note men and their creditors , on equitable- principles * , their estates being made to pay the debts ofthe bank men as far as they would go , taking into consideration the difference in the value ofthe money , caused by the stoppage of all paper circulation . As the National Debt is , to all intents and purposes , a mortgage on the land , I would settle the business between the land and the funds on thc same principle , taking especial care that none of the fund men
should have any further claim on the general taxation of the country . All the future taxation of the country should be levied on the real property ofthe country , which would be of very trifling amount , and easily collected . Now , under these circumstances , I should like to know what need there would be of either banks or paper money , or what difference it would make to the circumstances of tho people , whether the circulation was abundant or scarce , as ifc is called . When the people are freed from the accursed gripe of the tax-gatherer—for a fixed amount of money—ifc makes no difference to their circumstances whether the sixpence has all the purchasing power of a sovereign , or it remains as it is ; the circumstances of the country ; will soon accommodate themselves to fche quantity of money in circulation , be the amount great or small , and no honest industrious man need suffer
from want , particularly when those other reforms were accomplished , which would naturally present themselves to a government emanating from the people , but which have nothing to do with the present discussion . I have thus , in as brief a manner as I possibly could , stated my plan for bettering the condition of the people . If our friends be of opinion that the abolition of a currency possessing intrinsic value , and a substitution of an inconvertible paper currency , would be an improvement , let them give us the details , in order that we may examine them , but do , for Heaven ' s sake , let us steer clear of all matters and things which bave no connexion with the subject in dispute . I am no Communist , simply because I believe that the principles of Communism ave impracticable , but I am not going to be led into a discussion either on Communism or any other ism at present .
Ill conclusion , lot nie add , that it cannot too frequently bo repeated , that tile question is not what sort of currency ought to exist in the present state of society , _buvtlvsued , as we arc , with an excessive load of taxation , having the fundholder , the parson , and whole swarms of honourable and right honourable pensioners to support in extravagance ; but what sort ofa currency is the best fov a community which is governed on just and equitable principles . Let me beseech my opponents not to lose sight of this , and tho public will sooner have a chance of deciding between us . Yours truly , Huddersfield . Richard Brook .
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loss . Our merchants , manufacturers , _shop-teepers _, and operatives , are blind to their own interests ; they havo had an idol made of gold and set up lor tbeir worship and adoration , and though it is sacrificing its thousands and fcens of thousands of victims annually , they see nothing in it but the very essence of perfection . This is a golden age , and therefore a cruol and cold calculating age ; every noble principle is corrupted afc the shrine of this idol ; every _vestijc of liberty is likely to be crushed beneath its cruel and heartless sway . As money is a conventional institution , ifc ought to be based on such principles as would allow the producer to obtain his legitimate wages , so that hc could afc all times procure with his wages an adequate supply of
the physical necessaries and comforts , and even luxuries of life . Who so deserving of luxuries as the industrious and hard-working producer of every grade ? This can only be effected by destroying the power and influence of gold , which may be effected by applying to it the principles of free trade , it would then be no longer available as money in this country . Substitute tor ifc a national paper , wliich could neither appreciate nor depreciate if issued on produce , and withdrawn as produce went into consumption . The foreigner could not then diminish the quantity of our circulating medium if he sold his goods ; hc would be compelled to take our national paper , which would be of no avail to him in Ids own country ; he would therefore seek to iwrchaso goods whicli he niight require , and thus
leave our money at home . If he purchased gold he would have to give a market price for it ; and gold being a commodity , its price would be governed somewhat by its supply and demand , so that should it advance iii price on the Continent ifc vyould also advance in England ; and if it was dearer thau goods to the foreigner , he , of course , would take goods . As tlie quantity of money in circulation determines the amount of interest payable for its use , when the quantity diminishes , the interest advances , it must therefore be _evidect that the mere usurer will always be scheming to keep the quantity of money in circulation as limited as possible . Were the golden idol to be overthrown , this class of indiduals would have to bend to the injunction of the Great Lawgiver , " Man shall earn his bread by the sweat of his brow . " Your 3 truly , Halifax , Oct . 1 st , John Culpan , Jun .
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TO TIIE EDITOR OF TIIE K 0 UTU _* Bn _* 8 STAR . Sir , —With all due deference to Mv . Brook , and with an assurance to him that mere victory on my part is not the object of my remarks on thc Currency question , —my sole purpose and aim is to arrive at the true and fundamental principles of this question , and to bo a bumble instrument in directing tbe minds of the readers of youv journal to the subject . It does appear to me that Mr . Brook , though having been the first to introduce tbo subject , manifests such a reserve on it in his communications as completely to mystify his ideas . His reratlVkS on " all the other institutions of tho country , & e ., " are completely foreign to the question in hand . Is o doubfc they are not what they should be . Bufc bow to alter them ! We always
find that when an idea suggests itself in the minds of leading men of somewhat modifying our institutions , the first thing that suggests itself is , how to obtain the money . The man with tho idea alone could never modify an institution . He must set the printing press to work ; public lecturers must be sent out into the country to enli ghten the people on the subject ; which cannot be done without an adequate supply of the " needful . " We see then that a modification of any one of our institutions cannot be effected without the necessary instrument—money . Will Mr . Brook point out to your readers any institution which docs not owe its existence to money ; and which would not immediately become inactive were money to be withdrawn from it ? If Mr . Brook
cannot prove positively that the institutions of the country could exist without money , or , in other words , the distributive principle , his position is valuless . Money is tho fundamental principle out of which institutions spring . Ifc is the first institution adopted in the infancy of civilisation . Men ave created with different organisation .- * , giving them particular tastes , which lead tbem to different occupations . And as man can produco of any one article considerably more than hc can consume , —Mid as he has a divesity of wants , —it follows , that tho surplus , over and above what one man can consume ofhis own productions , becomes available for exchange with other parties , who are similarly situated as himself , —hence an
exchange of commodities takes place to thoir mutual advantage . But as exchange conducted on this principle would bc found to be very clumsy and inconvenient , the principle of money is adopted , which represents a given value , thus great convenience and economy of time nnd labour is effected , the surplus commodities being exchanged or sold for a representative of value ; the seller then has the moans of purchasing the commodities which ho may deem necessary fov his comfort or convenience . The great evil of our present monetary principle consists of its being based on a commodity , and that one of the scarcest in the world ; and the quantity of floating capital depends on the quantity of gold in the cotters of the Bank of England . This gold is
liable to be reduced in quantity by its becoming more valuable on the Continent ov in America , When this is the case , the merchants purchase our gold with their produce instead of our goods , and for the best of all reasons , tbat the gold is moro valuable to them than our goods . We cannot , however , part with tho gold without diminishing our circulating medium . Parties may be ready to say , what docs it mean , the American or the Frenchman has left behind him au equivalent in goods . Instead , however , of being an advantage to us ifc tends materially £ o aggravate the evil . Ifc would have been considerably to our advantage had no transaction of such a nature taken place , Examine tho position ; before wo shipped the gold abroad the
quantity of money in circulation allowed a certain price to be given for produce ; a certain rate of wages , & e . Just imagine one million of sovereigns to bo abstracted from thc coffers of the Bank , and sent abroad , and thus withdrawing from circulation its equivalent in five-pound notes ; and supposingthat this million has paid for goods which the foreigner has brought into the country ; we thus find ourselves in the possession of one million worth more of produce , and minus one million in thc amount of our circulating medium . Will any sane man affirm thafc with our augmented stock of produce , and a diminished quantity of money , that the same price can be given either for produce or as wages . Ifc is evident that whenever our gold diminishes in Quantity , it gives a greater power to the usurers ; we generally find them abstracting on such occasions as much as eight per cent , for tho discounting of bills of exchange . The working-man feels who navs
this interest , bufc , alas ! he doe 3 nofc know how he is compelled to pay it ; the nearest party to him who abstracts it is his master , and therefore , from his superficial . view ofthe case , looks upon the master as being the curse ofhis poverty and wretchedness _, lhe legislators on money have nofc been content with basing it on gold , but they have determined that its price shall be £ 3 17 s . 104 ( 1 . per ounce in this country . When its price per ounce advances on the Continent , wo are nofc allowed to adyance it in this country , and consequentl y liave no other means of bringing it back again but bv lowering tho price of our goods until they become -much cheaper than gold ; then an opportunity presents itself to toioign . ' merchants who _purabaso our goods with gold at enormousl y reduced prices , and tako them to uur India and China markets , and sell them at reduced prices , still obtaining . good profits , thus compelling tboso who have shi pped goods to China o India _ markets , purohasod at a legitimate prioo _, _toBellthegood ? they may hayo there at ruinous
Another Feargus O'Connor. Another Martyr...
ANOTHER FEARGUS O'CONNOR . ANOTHER MARTYR TO INGRATITUDE . What we wonder will teetotallers say when they peruse the following illustration of the gratitude of their order , FATHER MATHEW AND HIS PENSION : — _^ Fvom . the Boston Chronotype , ) The following correspondence will throw some light on the subject of Father Mathew ' s obligation to the British government : — ¦* Address of St . Mary ' s Mutual Benevolent Catholic Total Abstinence Society to the Very Rev . Theobald Mathew :
" Rev . and beloved Sir , —We the undersigned , members of the above society , begleave to present to you our sentiment of love , confidence , and gratitude , for your zealous exertions and unequalled success in the glorious cause of total abstinence . We hail with joy your arrival in this free and happy country , and most fervently pray that your labours may be crowned with the most complete triumph . We fully recognise you as the greatest benefactor of the age . You have so loved your fellow man as to devote your whole life and substance to the promotion of his present social and future welfare . We fully sympathise with you in your pecuniary embarrassments , and we beg your acceptance of our
mite ( one hundred and fifty-five dollars ) as a free gift , the voluntary contributions of our members , it being but a very small part of the great debt of gratitude we owe you . " Kev . Sir , —You have our love and confidence , and we shall ever pray that your labours mav have the most glorious consummation , not only ' in the present but in future generations ; that the God of Mercy may prolong your days in this world , to administer the consolations of peace , sobriety , and happiness to all who may stand in need , is the ardent wish , reverend and beloved sir , of vour affectionate and devoted friends . " John Lalor , ) Committee in behalf of " _Joun Cadacau , _^ St . Mary ' s Total
Ab" Andrew _Sproule , J stinence Society . " _"Bosro . v , August 21 , 1349 . —My Dear Friends — I am deeply grateful for this kind and complimentary address , presented on behalf of the St . Mary ' s Society , ' With the fidelity and zeal of its members in the sacred cause of temperance , I have been long acquainted , and I feel justly proud ofthe proof they have given of their appreciation of mv exertions in this great movement . Whilst I beg to present my heartfelt thanks to the members , collectively and individualy , for their generons contribution to extricate me from pecuniary difficulties I would be oppressed by such kindness , 'did I wot feel that the debt for which I am responsible is not , properly speaking , mine ; as I never incurred any on my own account . It is the debt of the temperance societies generall y , for which in mv anxietv
to establish and sustain them , I made myself liable . To secure the creditors from loss , I effected an insurance on my life , and the pension generously granted by the British government is appropriated to the payment of fche annual premium . My acceptance of this pension has been a source of ' dissatisfaction to my fviends , who consider that it has weakened my influence with thc Irish people . It is solely with a view to remove this cause of offence that I consent to become burthensome to you , rather than continue to receive the pension kindly granted by the British government . I a _« ain ' thank you and the other members of St . Mary ' s Societv the remembrance of whose kindness shall be ever gratefully cherished by their obliged and devoted _,, _\ r' „ _., * , , TheobaldMathew . " To the gentlemen ofthe Committee of St . Mary ' s Society , "
The Mixers Op The Tforth. To The Editor ...
THE MIXERS OP THE _tfORTH . TO THE EDITOR OF TUB _NORTHERN * STAR . Sir , —The usual delegate meeting of the Miners-Association of _Northumberland aiid Durham , was held on Saturday last at the houso of Mr . G Corby Is ew Durham , when tho following resolutions were agreed to : — * ' That in order duly to support tboso of our brethren who may be necessitated to cease work and being fully aware ofthe uncertain and partial relief afforded by voluntary subscriptions , it is hereby agreed that in future a levy be made upon all tb ' e members for that purpose ; and that at each
delegate meeting the secretary ascertain the number of unemployed , and also tho number of payin _*** members , and report the same to tho delegates , wlio shall be empowered to fix the amount of thc said levy " "That before any colliery or collieries shall be entitled to relief , they shall have been enrolled and have paid mto the funds of the society one fortnight ' s contributions ; when if obliged to cease work they shall not receive any pay from the general board for the firs t fortnight , ifc bein _« always understood—and is hereby a _<** roed—tha ° t beforo any colliery can legitimatel y clafm support , their case shall have been submitted to the < voneral delegate meeting , and approved of by a maionty of thesame . ' ' That the levy for the unemployed for the ensuing fortnight be 3 d . per member . "
*• That with fche view of giving extensive publicity to ihe Miners grievances , more especially with regard to the injurious effects of the present unhealthy system of ventilation—it is resolved to publish a series of tracts , to be entitled " Tracts for thc Miners ; " and that each colliery having just cause of complaint in this respect , forward a written statement of their case to M . Jude , Barras Bridge , Nowcastlc-on-Tyne , who is appointed to superintend tho publication of the said tracts . " "That JosephPawcett is dul y elected bv ballot to become an agent of the society , and to propagateblectures and addresses
i , y to the miners the views and objects of the society . " ' " That Thomas Weatherl y become the eeneral secretary to the society , and thafc his expenses be paid , when attending the delegate meetinir , in thc same way as the late general secrerary ' s expenses were paid . r "Seeing thafc great . numbers of our industrious brethren arc at present out of employment-and being convinced that ouv wages cannot bo raised while so great a surplus of labourers remain unem . ployed-thereforeit has been decided by ballot , th ? t in luturo no miner exceed in his _earning the sum t 3 s . id . per day , until full em _^ _Ai _£ l _™ _« SS ? ' 1 S * Gd t 0 UU the miners _S this
The following motions will come beforo the next _Sal _^ _^ WUl haV _° b 0 ' _ueciMby I , _« a _f , hafc , a otl agent or lecturer * . lled „ ,. _ . and the following persons are no « ii : ted Z > S _aSSS _?* _* aSt 0 D ' 0 tad » _SisoSI and _^^ o _^ _t _^ Z _^ wV _^ _' will extend the association , J } 2 , _?^ _f not ; -the counties of _iiffiA- fS _" having requested to to * . C m „ _^ . _^ _d Staffordshire poses in _tllafc respect .- " * ° mtentlon s « ' " Pur-8 ? _Ween ' _s _fet day ° _<* ' _™> at _wtiMttSrS * ' nf _* _f In _?> head of _* _e _^ dc , New _ffilSS J '« . 9 _*™ __ xto * _^ nine o ' clock , a . m . ' - . _* _. __§ _^ er ained thafc an addition of _nJrl x tni _*
SS 'T ha * b 6 en enrolled du _»» E the K $ ? nnii P r c _<* dings f «» meeting were ¦ » o \* ig » . t to a close in the usual way . - T , « T . , M . _Jum , Chairman . • _niVs - - _" _^ announced at tho close of the _meota j _., thafc Jlr . T . Dodd , printer , intended to
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bring out the Miners' Almanack , and would f i obliged by having forwarded to him all well _autlio ticated cases of accidents which may have hapneii ii upon their respective collieries . —M " . J , "
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The West-Rimko Delegate Meeting Was Held...
The _West-Rimko delegate meeting was held ¦ „ Bradford , on Sunday , September 3 U , Bekmtll present—Joseph Taylor , _Honlcy ; Jonas _Willi KeigMey * George Webber , Halifax ; James _Cron ? Thomas Wilcock , Bradford . Joseph Taylor iu th chair . The following resolutions were _unanimous adopted : — " That the minutes of the last moetm
be confirmed . " "That Mr . Thomas Wilcock be th _» secretary for the next twelve months , and _BipU _,, Gee be the treasurer . " " That we , th 0 _£ _* Riding delegates , recommend to tho various Cln " tist Associations in the West Riding , the _prom-iM * of still keeping our Charter Association in evk / ence , and never to give up one iota ot the i _«* iiii . ' mi of the People ' s Charter ; bufc at the same tiff _, would recommend all Chartists to give their s _^ port to all political reformers who arc honest ] r _/ vocating any of the points of the People ' s Chario _? »
" xnat tins meeting adjourn till the last SmT in January , 1850 . " All correspondence for v West-Riding secretary , for the future , must to . i dressed , " Thomas Wilcock , care of Thom as r pleby , News-agent , * Manchester-road , Um , \ v _„!* Yorkshire . " ' " """ owl . National Victim Committee . — This com »> - _* met on Thursday evening , September ' > - _, _!!' . _?* Land Office . Mr . John Milne in tho _ch-Vi _. _$° Thomas Clark reported tbat U . T . Atkinsm , * . * ' _"' barrister-at-law , had returned six guineas V * * ' ' Fitch , Esq ., two guineas , from thc amounu fV _^ bills for attendance at the inquests of Wili ; Z me Sharp ; the same to be given for the J „ _? cause . —John Arnott reported that Thoma s ( w Author of fche " Purgatory of Suicides , " had 11 ' _scntedtogtve a course of three lecture * - at 7 u South London Hall , on behalf of the Vict m ) tlS -Thanks having been voted to the _above-naid gentlemen , thc committee adjourned ¦
_UBipputoATB Locality , 28 , Goldex-une , Bar . _?^ f _rr _^ m inec 7 > _- ? flnci _** bers _-t was resolvcj '' That the Two Pounds given by Sir J . _Walnislcv be divided 1 between Mrs . Lacey , Mrs . Cuffy _, anj Mrs . Ritchie , at ls . Cd . per week . It was also re solved , " that a monument should be erected to the memory of tho martyrs , Williams and Sharp bv Mr . Walter Cox , late of _Nottingham . " A committee will be formed , and communications and subscrin . fcions can be sent to the Land Office , or to Thomas Brain , secretary , 28 , Golden-lane .
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Hyde,—The Quarterly Meeting Of This Bran...
Hyde , —The quarterly meeting of this branch was held afc the school-room , Cheapside , on Sunday last September 30 th , when there was a good attendance of the members , * the books of the branch were examined , and was very' satisfactory , on account of the economy thafc bad been used in the local expendifcure . The following resolution was carried _unanimously ;—* " Thafc the members of this branch are determined to assist to carry on tho Company by every means in their power , and the members ' who are m arreaas with their local expenses arc re . _( juested to pay the same as soon as possible . That this meeting adjourn to Saturday , October Gth , at seven o ' clock in the evening , and meet every fortnight afterwards at the School-room , Cheapside at that hour . " '
Salford . —At a paid-up shareholders special meeting held at Mr . Lees , Temperance Hotel , Tawollstreet , Sept . 29 th , for the purpose of rc-organisinf the branch , ifc was resolved " That the _niectiti-- do adjourn until the first Sunday in Oct . 7 th , on _business of great importance , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . "
A Father Shot By His Son Late On Thursda...
A FATHER SHOT BY HIS SON Late on Thursday night the neighbourhood of Chiswick and Hammersmith ivas thrown into a state of excitement by its becoming known that a dreadful attempt at assassination bad been made at the residence of Captain John Farmer Monkliousc , situated on the Mall , fventing the River Thames at Chiswick . Captain Monkhouse himself was the unfortunate victim of this horrible crime , and the perpetrator was his second son , Henry Monkhouse , a sailor , twenty-seven years of ngc , who is now ia custody . The occurrence took place about halfpast ten o ' clock , when a cab drove up to the outer gate of the premises , and the bell was rung by the cabman . It was answered by one of the female servants , whom the cabman told that a gentleman
, in tbe cab wished to see Mr . Monkhouse . 'flic servant went in with the message , and in a minute or two afterwards Captain Monkhouse came to the front door . On seeing him , the son , who was inside the cab , exclaimed— " I sec him ; there hc is ' _** sprang out of the cab , and instantl y discharged fl pistol at his parent , which took effect in his neck . Mr . Monkhouse , sen ., immediately fell , and at tbat moment a second pistol was discharged , which , however , lodged in the ceiling of tbe hail . The son then jumped into the cab , which was driven oft' in tho direction of Acton . Mr . Perfect , surgeon , of Hammersmith-terrace , was sent for , and , ou examination , is was found that a ball had entered the front ofthe neck , and passim ? the windninn _andthft
cartiod artery , had passed oufc under tho right ear , and was found in tbe nape of tho neck . The prisoner was captured the same night , at the Bell public house , Ealing , from which he was removed to the head station , where he arrived before twelve o ' clock . On him were found a pistol , several bullets , percussion caps , anil somo gunpowder . The prisoner was brought up for examination at Hammersmith police court on Friday , and remanded until Wednesday next . Up to a late hour last night the wounded gentleman was still living . The following _pavtiovd-u's , may be relied upon as correct . The grandfather of . Mr . Monkhouse , sen ., realised a very large fortune—upwards of £ 100 , 000 —as an army clothier in Coventry-street . He
_bequeathed the whole of his property to bis two son ? , one of whom died before' his father . The second son was the father of the unfortunate gentleman whose death there is too much reason to believe will soon be recorded , and the great bulk ofthe property was entailed upon the eldest sou of tlus latter gentleman , Mr . John Monkhouse , of Castlebar-hall , Ealing , elder brother ofthe accused . Thc familv for some time past appear to have lived very _unhaiipilv the accused , who is the second son , was sent to sea as midshipman at an early age , but through misconduct , as it is alleged , forfeited his father ' s good opinion , and for the last six or seven vears has " been
engaged as a common seaman in ' the merchant service . He had only landed afc Liverpool from his last voyage on the 20 th ult , , and on Tuesd . iv last he went down to Chiswick to sec bis friends . Mr . ' Monkhouse , sen ., it appears , received him unkindly , and upbraided him for daring to show his face after the insult he had offered to his mother and sisters some twelve months previously , in bringing home to Chiswick an abandoned woman , and introducing her to his family . The young man , irritated by his father ' s conduct , left in a passion , and was nofc again heard of until Thursday morning , -when ho breakfasted with his gr andmother , a respectable lady named Piper , residing afc Shepherd ' s-bush
**¦ » ' — Tiie Bermondsey Murder. The Pr...
_**¦ » ' — TIIE BERMONDSEY MURDER . The proceedings in tlie case of the _Mannings wero 5 resumed on Friday atthe Southwark PolKourt . ¦ _SS _^ _SSffi _* b oth *• F * - *
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Corn. Mabkiase, Monday, Oct. L.-The F-Jv...
CORN . MabkIase , Monday , Oct . l .-The _f-jveiga arrivals la _<* ti _** t weekwere again to a large extent . There was a cool o supply otEnghsbwheat this morning , the market whs ii ii _consequeiicedul , and all but the finest _JuaWof bo h ) Eughsh and foreign were fully Is , cheaper . Tiepricoof o 3 ? & Z , _T _lS-rv _^ _^ unless _ofsufeHor io ' nuiks . t mc-new barley maintained its value , but ¦ -rind-nd * mg and distilling sorts of-foreign went off _slowK * at a ° s a 1 _aV _K _^^ _^ - \ _% " _^ _"S malt ' K _« w _^^ _££ ?« . 1 plM \ trf , i- _' _* * " -- *' ls ' chea P - O . ving to the Uw in , wC _W . oats * the trade was very dull , and tho thi uest _Samples ls . chea _\ iev ; inferior sorts sold at very _ui-i-in-i gular prices . For foreign rye very little demand , bul fine fin us * . / hnghsh scarce and inquired after . Linseed _eakeake w ithout alteration . _Camm-ay seed duller salo . - Wednesday , Oct . 3 . —With moderate supplies _ofgraii _^ rai I smce Monday , we havo a steady trade for everv articles ales . the prices of last day .
Con * - * Exchange , _"Uaiik-lane ,. Friday , October Gtli .-ith . . we have to notice an abundant supply of " Foreign _erair-rai and of English the arrival is good . The market admits flits no alteration from Monday ' s terms but with a dull tradtvai passing ,
CATTLE . _Smithfiixi _* , Oet . 1 . —The supply of foreign beasts aits a calves on offer this morning was but moderate ; that hat sheep extensive , and ot very middling quality . Kotwibtwi standing that the arrivals of home-fed beasts fresh up t up | day were less than those reported on _Jlonday last , Hit , tl were again extensive , even the time of year considerddev The weather being by no means favourable for _slatuslaii _tering , the beef trade ruled exceedingly heavy . The vdie \ primest Scots sold with difficulty at last week ' s _mic pri * viz ., 3 s . 8 d . per 81 bs . In the middling and inferior Mm W of beef only a limited business was transacted at , in soin s < instances , inrtlier depressed rates . At thc close of I of i market a large number of beasts left unsold _•¦»¦• - 1
__ Tt « *» ---- *« _UUOVU _, _bsiiTHFiELD , fen-Jay , October 0 tb . __ Thc supplies w-. es v _moclerate of sheep , hut largo Of beasts . Beef ; veal , aid , mutton , each obtained a rise of 2 d . per stone in price , rice * the tormer was a slow sale , there being few _puvchaseriiasei 2 s IOd to 3 s IOd . Pork was finn at 3 s 2 d to Is .
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iu Printed by WILLIAM KIDEIt , of No . 5 , _Macclesfield-stsld-st
Me Pansn Ot At. Anue, Wastnunster, At Th...
me pansn ot at . Anue , _Wastnunster , at the _Prinl Priri oftce , 16 , Great "Windmill-street , Haymavket , in the l the of West-minster , _forthtPrsprietor _, FEARGUS _O'CONiNCON Esq * M . l \ , and p « blished by the said Wiiaiah RideiRidi n , _r ? S « _VIA * - » t « fit-ind _pariffc-Satui-Satit October 6 th , lWf .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 6, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06101849/page/8/
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