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PROi OSAL" _> : FOB . --THE- - _'BBLIEP OF THE UNEMPLOYED POOR . . . _Bt sm JAMES MPRRAT . _..- _„ : ,: __ Merrion-square , Feb ., 1845 . "X" _-t following observations and extracts were suh-* mit _& ,--l to several noblemen and gentlemen of different political opinions . The princip les of this paper were i _* econanenaed by Mr . O'Connor to the consideration- of . the manufacturing emp loyment meeting ; at theHoyal Exchange on fhe 13 th inst . That gentle-Bian has several comfortable families located upon bis Own estate on the allotment system . < Although it is not expected that an acre of ground added to . each poor man ' s present resources , would
wmove every evil—yet , such supplemental aid would aertainl v better enable Mm "to bear tbe ills be has , " and might greatly tend to prevent the temptation "toMy to others that he knows not of . " This _conadmtion , with the general approval of those who IBad the annexed suggestions , encouraged me to sibnjit fjiem to the rulers and people of Ireland , in the "hope that some modification of a simultaneous national _plMi may be adopted . This hope is _strengthenediby - fie feeling now prevailing " that it is high time to do something effectual for this country , " or at all events to enable the countr y to do soniethhur effectual for itself . - ¦ - ¦ ,- .
The aLotment system is not a novel or untried proposal—nor is it pretended to be a panacea for every grievance . It -will , if general all over the countiy , alleviate some Wa , and prevent others ; and it will facilitate all the educational remedies thai have been loudly recommended in theorv , but very limited'in practice . It will enable millions of human beings'to profit by the invaluable examples presented hy the model farms of Glassnevin , Lame , and Deny , and by the precepts of Blacker , Johnston , and _Leibig . Mj * desire ot calling attention to the allotment system is more ardently excited b y late opportunities' of observing Hie unspeakable advantages which the poor experience in health , eomfort , conduct , and complexion , by air , exercise , recreation , and domestic
enjoyment , upon pieces of laud of their own cultivation . This ' is particularly the ease on the continent , and is _becoming-common in England . "With these proofs recently in -view , it cannot surely be thought obtrusive to recommend the nation in which we live to cflcct a desirable improvement which no individuals can _po- _^ ibly accomplish in a complete and efficient manner . Itis the duty of every observer' to _encourage ihe - _pi-eyjailiiig sentiment , that it is time to puir _! ... sc peace at any price , to terminate cabal , _lifjjsiric-j .. _und - contention between landlords and cottii ? -i-u'v . as , and to remove the cause of real or _impurc-i oppression on the one hand , or of violence _ai . d revcEge ou thc other . - ' - It is iWw toaiate to wait for the partial benefits ; of _in-fai-iiod voluntary allotments in afew places , or to trast _rJi jgetlicr to the slow ameliorating progress' of
tune . Some _-general and entire improvement is imperative- at this moment , particularly when we _conteinnhxie il . * . * . forlorn _iiopc of the excellent land _comniissfo-.-- _* ' _•* . who " deeply deplore , the difficulty which _csisis si j suggesting any direct means of ameliorating the e-iuukloii ofthe cottiers and labourers , " and end that- _s-jc-TJon of their " report" by the following consolation : — " Wc have , therefore , felt ourselves unable to _Kx-eaasicnd any direct measure for that purpose , viz ., u , compel landlords to keep cottiers' cabins in ic-iianiab ' e repair . " The commissioners terminate _-Uiisse-nl ' ju by saying , " "Wc trust the exposure of such a _s-l-iie of ihings may lead to lis remedy . " This rcme .: y of ' _closure" is rci ? old , but it is also very _USL-iih-s . - I
_b-meu'Acdly , it should be the object of this empire to reuidvc-fjic causes of contention between rich and poor , _f .-sd to rescue both classes from mutual distn & t , _emuity , and revenge . __' _Thn-: , _c-laca & on , model-schools , humanity , and- patkii _' _A « _vo all very good things , and will confer invaluable _J- _* _enenr-i on future _gcncraiiofis ; but the existing niUIions want food , air , exercise , shelter , clothes , ahd _cmplomnf-. ii — want tliem now — cannot wait — will not wait , and should not uv . it . "• • Lei v . s consider the justice and expediency of a vast
and ma _* . _'iiunimous effort at this momentous period ; the old routine- will do no good the industrial education of tiw present race of paupers , and of their an * - ccsfors , was prevented hy uncommon circumstances ; _tinconunoii causes prodnced their ruin and degradation , and , therefore , uncommon means must be employed to recover or to save them . Their states is the result of unnatural ahd extraordinary operations , and no natural or ordinary processes of time or patience are adequate to remedy their untoward condition .
. rmscaxh causes of misu misery . When we consider the following causes , to wliich destitution has been generally attributed , we may better understand how far some modification of the principle hereafter proposed would be calculated to remedy ihe consequences : — _IXTEMrEKAXCE . Tliis _tear-eml source of many sorrows formerly reduced ihe eountry to sueh a state that good men became hopeless of improvement , and abandoned the people in despair ; but now under the glorious Apostle of Teiaperance , the steadfast conduct of Irishmen prepares this nation for that social and moral advancement whieh is so richly merited by a sober _populatk-n .
COMBIXAT 10 X . However justified men may be in regulating their trade ** , yel the history of all ages and nations proves tiie impolicy of intefering in fhe market of wages , or of fixing hounds to the terms or number of apprentices . Trade and manufactures should , at all times , be free , and enjoy , like the subjects of a good Sovereign , _snivei-sal and unbounded liberty . Now , above times , _ih' jre ought to be no force of restrictions when so many facilities exist which enable people to deal in other places where no compulsory thuons can interfere _, if the State will aid the nation in allowing every henest poor family land , one of the conditions should be ihat fhe occupier does not belong to any club or union to dictate prices , wages , or strikes from work . A man may be an idler himself , but he has ho right to iwxe others to be idle also . WAST OF JLGniCULTURAL SKILL .
Tiiis gcneial _j-oarcc of poverty arose from want of fixed io . * ae , want of implements , and want of wilL Give Pat - . _* . long lease , and he will soon leam _, and rapidly _-ser a good example to others . Agriculture is now becoming on art , a science . Hitherto it was only a blind chance kind of hereditary blundering . _';
WAST OF CAPITAL . Farmc-rs oa a large scale require capital , and cannot pay Their workmen without it ; but labour itself is capital , and a poor man , with every member of his family , can apply that species of capital if blessed with a spot of land ; therefore , every fit being ought to be put in a condition to work , and b y that means to make _rJl his capital available to himself and to socictv .
WAST OF _-fiMFlOTMEXT . "When all depend upon precarious wages alone , all are contending in the market of wages ; but let the wife mid children raise some domestic food at home , and the Lnsband can then save part of his pay . If _evertakea hy illness his family need not be torn from their Huh homes , as now to be ruined by being plunged into a workhouse . WAST OF DRAINAGE . x This is an awful source of infertility in Ireland . The cost of effectual drainage is too much for poor farmers , already impoverished by high rents and short leases . But give every labourer an acre , and he will soon drain and fence it , in an effectual and permanent style , when his tenure is _| jennancnt . This is one reason why this plan should lie a national One , "bee & nsa small and insulated experiments cannot be improved on a grand scale or scientific system .
V . AXT Of MEASS OF EMIGRATIOX . Emigration may be very well for those in circumstances to profit by it : but , as a measure of relief for the abject poor , it would cost four times more to transport and locate poor families abroad than would be requisite to open up comfortable it-sources forthem at home . - * _SURl'LUS _r-OPGLATlOX . This is ciiumeratcd as one of the most extensive causes of Irish poverty . If there were no surplus lands we -might listen to the cry of '' surplus population . - " Burtwhilst millions of acres remain , in "dog and ¦ manger' state , idle , useless to the owners and io the nation , there is abundant room for all our people , and for millions more . ABST . XTEE 1 SM . Make the poor content , give them reason to be grateful and happy , and then the rich need not run away .
• CXCERTAlS _TESURE , Lease national lots of land at 20 s . each , and yoii rescue the tenants from idleness or vice , there will then be no business for " Val . M'Clutchy" or " Captain Rock . " So lease , no improvement . A long tenure creates comforts and keeps them .
_"DfUTIUTr OF HALF MEASEBBS . To abate existing misery and prevent the further growth of poverty in Ireland , require some out-andotrf measure , at least as effectual as that which was applieii io emancipate the slaves ofthe West Indies . " _fixperieiK-e has proved that temporary alms , cha-¦ _rlty _sermoto- , poor-houses ,. and prisons do not cure or prevent pauperism . Itis a growing opinion that the _presentpwr-houses furnish no prospect for ihe future amelioration of -fi e r _inniak-s , owing to the want of trades or Industrial irform . i--. iiin- " *' .. _..
It is , _tjci-c-wre , the interest and duty of _Governinattoeffw-. a complete change in the moral and Social habits , resources , and happiness of the people , » becomes _ali _^ lutely necessary to abandon all useless tea teinporiang expedients , and " since the poor s _^ _-never cease out of the land , " to apply a portion _rfaeuxD itself to sustain the indigent , and to _emgo / t hem in working for their own support at all _Sfc _^ _^ i _^ : Can ? ° t oht Sn _en _& oymeni from _^ _me _^ pe _^ on in _-ffllrades ahcl _maniifectnres is - _»^ bmi _^ _J _; raaers are such" as to make doubt-fid , _- pf totanfrtbe nope of _Stnmg iqms _^ _fectMes in
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this _' eouhtiyr where ' a vast number of artisans arc already unemployed , or working so frequently under great . _Advantages . _, But there is in every district of Ireland '' ample scope and verge enough" for one general makcfacturb , the products of , which glut no market , compete with no superiorcapital , entail no infirmiti . e 5 of body or mind , always obtain a ready market , and contribute to the support , health , peace , and comfort of old and young . _.- - ' _.., j Tliis universal and primitive manufacture is thc manipulation of an allotment of las » by every poor
man for liis own use and benefit , and that ot his wile and children . It is too true that in the present state of things , half-starved labourers , hired for half wages , and that commonlv for only half the year , g ive but halt work in return * to their employers , and the laud is consequc-ntVv only half cultivated . ' On wet days , and during slack _^ seasons , when labourers can obtain ho work near home , they _winder forth to seek it abroad , or become the dupes ! or instruments of idleness and vice , whilst then ; families are deprived of any means of applying their minds and hands to useful purposes . '
Onthe contrary , itis well-known , that poor men enjoying the blessings derivable from a patch of ground , however useless and barren -hitherto , Can soon turn into a garden the * spot which they may call their own , make it produce ten times the quantity of nourishment it had formerly yielded , spend in its effectual culture those days in which they cannot earn wages elsewhere , and thus furnish to their fahii-L ' es employment , recreation , air , exercise ,, health , and comfortable erops , the grateful fruits of tlieir own labours .
"When the spade is wielded by thc owner himself , it becomes a wand of enchantment , changing the aspect , and even the nature of the allotment , railing up a succession of ihe necessaries of life , as if by magic , from a soil so thoroughly improved . The millions of industrious _Clunapi-oclaimthis truth for ages . The patient and enduring exertions of thc zealous proprietors and their children overcome all obstacle ' s ; surpassing the powers attributed to music , they hot only " soften rocks and bend the _Jpiotted oak , " Bit they convert the acorn into the oak itself , when now , at last , their long lease leads than to hope that their childrens' children may yet enjoy the trees planted bv their _humbleancestoi's . '
As all other trades and manufactures are _alroiidy overstocked by numerous workmen , it become _^ a matter of vast importance to that class to advance the condition of the rural labourers , so that tlicy may lie able to afford to purchase those comforts ! of life of wliich thev arc now almost entirely deprived .
_altekatioxs essentially- xecessaiu _* . To effect objects so essential to the peace and hippiness ofthe people , it is proposed that the present poor-houses shall be ncw-modcllcd , and converted into asylums and hospitals for lame , blind , aged , a ' nd infirm , and for all persons deprived of mental or physical capacity , and that au area of at least twenty acres shall be procured convenient to those establishments , so that the _inmateirmay enjoy some useful exercise and uueontaminated air—for want of which the persons now so closely confined become pale , exhausted _, and indolent . " '
'Hie present ill-chosen sites and clustered confinement of many workhouses seem more intended ais a tcst ' of the tenacity of life than a" test of poverty . " It is further proposed that no children : shall be sufterod to remain in contact with the . veteran , illconducted inmates of poor-houses ; but that the young of both sexes shall be placed , at fair rates , with honest families in thc country to learn some useful calling or industry . . . * . ., ' ... To accomplish a magnificent improvement ,. a magnanimous effort , worthy of a great nation ought to be made , and made in a manner suitable to the
occasion . Our enlightened empire bought frem the planters of the West Indies a number of slaves , who were considered to be the property of those planters , and paid twenty millions in a lump forthem . , Those twenty millions were paid away without any prospect of pecuniaryrctmii , rental , income , or repayment . .- . . It will not be denied—for it has been proved by a long and patient inquiry—that two millions and a half of human beings suffer more privations—cold , hunger , and anguish—in this island than our black fellow-creatures endured in the islands of the West Indies .
Let , therefore , the rulers of this great empire make another munificent effort , and as they purchased slaves from the ' planters , let them purchase acres from the landlords . Let these acres , purchased by national nwans become national property , to be subdivided into suitable allotments , and granted hy proper commissioners , in each -district ,-to- indigent labourers and workmen ' ata moderate rent ; on long leases , and subject to such conditions of goodbehaviourand other considerations as may be thought necessary . It appears by the last census and valuation of Ireland , that it contains , in round numbers , above twenty ' and a half-millions of acres ; that about _thii-teen and a half millions of these are arable , ahd six and a half millions uncultivated ; that the annual Value of all arable and uncultivated land amounts [ to thirteen and a half millions pounds sterling , which'is an average of about thirteen sliillings per acre . '
Ordinaiy districts valued at 10 s . per acre , and twenty years' purchase , would bo £ 10 , price paid for the fine or cost of each acre , or _£ 1 , 000 for every allotment of 100 acres , which would be sufficient for ea * Mi single location of poor , because it is more economical to spread these humble plantations at convenient distances , so that thc men might be near farmers , * to work for tliem when it can be obtained , and when work is scarce to have their own small holding near at hand to employ their time . j
Ihe thousand pounds thus obtained by landowners for 100 acres on some remote border of their estates would relieve them from incumbrances to that amount , so that they would the better enjoy the remainder of their property , which they could call their own , when released from mortgages or debts . No rational objections have been urged against the principle of this proposition ,, except thc Malthusian idea that allotments would increase paupers , and make them multiply in the country ; biitthat rcasohine is founded in error .
First—Because idle creatures increase more thari pereons busily and profitably employed . Second—Because it is unnatural " to refuse relief to existing beings , through the fear of some remote or contingent disadvantages .
PROPOSITIONS . Although no price would be __ too high to secure the peace of Ireland , yet we do not ask for any pecuniary gift—we only seek a yearly loan for five years , which can be undoubtedly repaid within ten years after-tleaving a valuable national property , or rental avail able for ever , to sustain the lame , blind , and infirm , who arc unable to work for themselves . If ore _^ inary land be _pi-ocured at twenty years' purchase of 10 s . per acre , and be improved by the labour of ihe tenants themselves to pay 20 s . yearly for ever , such investment would be profitable even to individuals and capitalists , but infinitely more so to the state , hy many other public benefits , ' direct and indirect . ¦
One million expended in the year 1816 , would purchase 3 , 000 acres in each of our thirty-two counties , and leave four thousand pounds to procure gardens for as _numy artisans near towns . This would organise 100 , 000 allotments , and return £ 100 , 000 into the treasury , in 1847 , when a second million would be borrowed for a second similar allotment for that year , and so on for five years ; or until all tiie _Iaboiu-mg and manufacturing poor would enjoy a garden of one acre for each family . When the yearly rental pays off thc principal and even interest , if demanded , then the future rents to be applied to the support of the institutions for those helpless poor , who can do nothing to assist themselves .
This would relieve farmers and all other classes from the heavy burthens they now sustain—burthens wluch are already almost insupportable . ( To be concluded in our next . )
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The Hampstead Murueu.—Adjourned Inquest....
The Hampstead _Murueu . —Adjourned Inquest . — The adjourned inquest on the body of Mr . James Delarue was resumed on Monday morning before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., and the same jury as assembled on former inquiries . The rush to gain admittance into thc room was "terrific ; so dense was the crowd , that some of the jurymen could not obtain admission until positive orders were given by the coroner to thc police to clear the passages . Thc prisoners , Thomas llenry Hocker and James Hocker , were brought into thc room in custody immediately after the coroner had taken his seat . Thomas Henry Hocker appeared very composed , aud nodded to several persons iu tlic room . James Hocker looked pale and distressed . Inspector Shaekcll , of the detective police , was first
called , and said—I am stationed at Scotland-yard ; I have seen two uersons in custody on-the charge of being concerted in the niurder of James Delarue ; I first saw them on Wednesday morning . I heard of the murder having been committed , and examined the place , when I was convinced that a murder _awd robbery had been committed . I afterwards went to No . 63 , - _Whitth-buiy-stiect , -Euston-squarc , I examined the different drawers , having heard that the deceased had a watch in hispOcket at two o ' clock on the day of the murder . I found in one of the drawers of the deceased ' s room a great number of obsceiie
prints arid a bundle of " papers , which I now produce . One of the papers related to the description of ii certain watch , its number , Ac . I have seen the watch since . After obtaining possession of these papers , proceeded with Inspector Partridge to No . -11 , Victoria-terrace , Portland Town . Wc examihed a back bed-room occupied by the two prisoners . On searching the room which was in a dirty state , we found a number of papers and two obscene prints . Inspector Partridge found a shirt sleeve , which was saturated with blood , and also a silk button . The rooin was then locked , and _Ip-rbceeded -um iiediately to the _fettft- r _- a _resident' Hba' was ahmit _thjee o ' clock in
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the'day The said his ' sotf"Jam _^ for the clothes his son had left there , at the same time , picking up a " macintosh . I asked if . it belonged to . liis son Thomas , and he said that it , did . The macintosh was stained with blood . I now produce . ' . it . I asked the prisoner ' s father when liis son last wore it , ahd he . said ' that - he ! went out with , it on about seven _olciockoii Friday night . The macintosh was here " ; niihutcly inspected by the coroner and jury . There were two large blotches of blood , beside smaller , spots . _~ Examiiiatioii resumed : I then asked to see the prisoner ' s linen ; his father and mother were both present , when I asked to look at the linon wliich he nulled off oh Saturday morning . His mother gave me the shirt , wliich Inow produce .
ihe wristband and part ot the sleeve were tornott , aud it was in the same state as . now .. ' I examined i *» and found on the left wristband , blood .,. \ ' I _afjtenyards found the part of si shirt , sleeve whicli , on comparing it with the shirt , I found exactly corresponded with it . I also found some _stocldngsbelonging to the ; prir soner ,. Thomas Hocker ,. which were stained with blood . T told the father thatT _. _must take tiie things away , and he said , " That is what I expected . " Prisoner's father then told mc , that his son Thomas had informed him that he had borrowed £ 12 of Mrs : Edwards , of Bath-place , New-road , which-. he . ' was afraid was . not true , and . wished me to ascertain whether it was true or not ; he further said , the prisoner had given him a sovereign , but if his tale was
not true , he would immediately give it . _-iip to mc . I asked if his soil had taken out a stick with him on the night of thc murder , and he replied that he did , and he gave it to mo , which I now , produce . ( The stick is a black ebony cane—not a very formidable instrument . ) Mrs . Edwards informed mo that she had not lent the prisoner any money , but that she had received two letters from him , which she gave to me . On comparing the . writing , it exactly corresponded with the letter sent to the deceased signed "Caroline . " On searching the prisoner ' s room , I found an answer from Mrs . Edwards to one of his letters . —In answer to the coroner , the prisoners both said that they had no questions to ask . this witness . — _Insuector Partridec _reneated the evidence he gave at
the police-office .. He added—on , Wednesday , the 26 th , I took Inspectors Shackell and-Haynes with me , first to Victoria-terrace ; . we searched tho room : there were two cupboards in that room ; in one ol them I found a wristband with a portion of a sleeve of a shirt attached to it . I have fitted the part of the sleeve which I found with the prisoner ' s shirt , and it matches exactly . In another cupboard Ifound a pair of shoemaker ' s pincers , which 1 now produce ; they werc lying in the prisoners' room ; they were not concealed , and do not appear to have any marks of blood upon them . From Victoria-terrace wc went to
No . IS , Charles-street , Portland Town , and searched the room occupied by . the prisoners' father ; , wc found a pair of irouscrs which had spots of blood on . the bottom of the legs and on the knees , * the .-trousers were lying on the bed ; they . were . not concealed ! Prisoners'father told , me that the trousers marked with blood were worn by his sou Thomas ou the Friday evening of thc murder . I also produce , a waistcoat belonging to tiie prisoner Thomas , which I understood , from liis father : and mother was worn by Thomas ou the Friday evening . There are small spots of Wood on the loft side , The waistcoat is much torn . — ihe Coroner : _*—Who found the
coat?—Inspector Shackell : The coat was taken off the prisoner ' s back after - he was in custody . ¦ —Inspector llayhes examined : I live at No . ' 11 , Peter-street , Westminster . I attended the examination of the prisoner Thomas Hocker' at Marylebonestreet Police-office on Wednesday Ja ' st . I afterwards , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , accompanied Lispectors Shackell and Partridge to No . 11 , Victoriaterrace , the prisoner Thomas 'Hooker ' s lodgings . I assisted in 'searching the room , and ' oh the sideboard I found a button , wliich I now produce . It is a silk button : I afterwards accompanied the two prisoners _to-tke father ' s lodgings , and from what I then heard I was induced to goto Clerkenwell 'Prison , to see the prisoner . Mr . Kilsby , thc governor , at my request , sent for the prisoner , and 1 desired -hini to pull off
Ins body-coat , whicli he dhVahd I nowproducc it . I also desired him to take off his trousers and drawers ; which I also produce . On the coat , trousers , and drawers there is a considerable / quantity of blood . The knees ofthe _trousersiand 'drawers had a q " uantity of blood on them . I examined the prisoner ' s person , but found no wound whatever to cause blood . I should say that the marks of-blood on the knees were _yery likely to be caused by the head of deceased falling against the knees of ' the accused party . Tiie right hand cuff of the coat was also stained with blood , ' and it appeared as if a bloody hand had been put into one of his pockets . It app _' ears as if ! the cuff ofthe coat had been washed . I have not the least doubt ' but that the button which Inow produce belongs to the
coat which I took off the prisoner s back .--The prisoner declined asking this witness any question . — Inspector Grey , and police constable James Thomas , were next examined , but merely repeated the evidence they had fomierly given . —Mi _* s . Edwards examined : I am a ' married ' woman . - My husband at present is out of business . I live- at Bath-place , New-road . I know the prisoner Thomas Henry Hocker . I have not lent the prisoner any money within the last fortnight . He has not applied to me to borrow any . I know the handwriting' of'the prisoner Thomas Hocker . The three letters now produced avo in "his handwriting . I saw the prisoner the Monday night after the murder . He had then the watch now produced ; I never saw him with a
watch before , ihe prisoner also had a ring on his finger , but I cannot identify that . I never saw thc prisoner wear a ring until after the murder ; he represented it to me as being a brilliant . Thc watch cither had a gold chain or : an imitation gold chain attached to it . I have known the prisoner Thomas about ten weeks . I tliink that I saw him the Tuesday previous to the murder .- I say positively that I have never lent him any money . —Inspector Shackell said there was a young woman present , but she could only depose to the same facts as Mrs .- Edwards , and she was particularly anxious that she might not be allowed to see the prisoner . —Tho prisoner Thomas here showed evident marks of anxiety and mental suffering . —Sarah Jane Philp . _fWhcn this witness
entered she requested that she might riot be allowed to see the prisoner , and several persons Stood up to screen her from him ]; I reside with the last witness - in Bath-place , New-road , St . Pancras . I have no profession or occupation , lite . Edwards is not related to me , but 1 live ' with , her . * I saw Thomas Henry Hocker the last time on Monday last , about eleven o ' clock at night . T went with him to No . 15 , Portland-place . [ The-witness here nearly fainted ; she wept bitterly . ] Sir Oswald Moseley resides at 15 , Portland-place . Prisoner left me at Sir O . Moseley ' s , and I slept there : he then went away . I saw the prisoner before on the Tuesday previous . Thomas Hocker showed me a watch on the evening I last saw him . Ho told me he had bought it ; he told
mc where he bought it , but L do not remember . It had a chain , but I cannot say w hether it was gold or silver ; it was , I believe , the colour of gold . [ Four watches were here produced , and the witness identified the brie wliich was given up by the prisoner to the police as the same which he had shownlier on the Monday night . Thomas Hocker , who had previously remained unmoved , here covered his face and shed tears . ] The prisoner also had a ring on Monday night . ' I have seen the prisoner with a watch and ring before . —Mi's . Edwards : Then I am deceived . — Thc coroner here requested Mrs . Edwards to retire , and thc examination was resumed . —Witness : I saw the prisoner Thomas Hocker on Friday week , about ten minutes past nine o ' clock : he was then in
Portland-place , at Sir Oswald Moseley ' s ; he was in the housekeeper ' s room . Mrs . Maria Edwards was present at the time ; she is sister-in-law tothe last witness . I expected the prisoner to meet me that evening . I cannot exactly 3 ay how long he was with mc , but he did not leave until half-past eleven . He left the house in Portland-place alone . During the time he was there he showed mc a . watch and a ring . I believe they are the same as produced . The prisoner remarked that the ring was too large for his finger . He told me that he had bought thc watch that day , but did not say when he : had become possessed of the ring . The prisoner on the occasion that I have been speaking of had on a black coat and trousers and a macintosh . I did not notice that he had
on any new clothes . I cannot state what colour the macintosh was ; it was a dark : colour , I should know it again if I was to see it . I did not notice any blood on his clothes ; but he told me there was some blood on his shirt-front , caused by his master having cut Ma nose in play . I understood him to mean that the prisoner ' s employer in the City had made his nose bleed ; there was no wound . [ The macintosh was here produced , which the witness immediately identified as the one worn by the prisoner in Portlandplace on the night of the murder . ] I did not see any blood on the prisoner ' s clothes ; there was dirt on them , He told me that he had'just come from Grafton-street . He had no stick or weapon with him . Prisoner had never mentioned either the name of Cooper or Delarue to me . The- letter now produced is very much like the prisoner ' s handwriting . He did not mention the name of any person thathe bad been with on the Friday evening before he came to me . On recollection , prisoner said
something about his brother James and a young lady with whom lie was acquainted . He did not say anything about his brother being with him oh thc Friday night ; he did not say anything about his leaving London for a short time . I think he told mc that he was going to _Dulwich on the following Tuesday . Prisoner' did not appear at all flurrlca or excited on the Friday night . I had never seen him with a jya ' tch before that night . Prisoner never called me Caroline . I never heard him mention the name of Caroline either in connection with himself or his brother . I do not recollect that the _^ prisoner ever called on me so late as on ihe Friday evening . ' I have known him about ten or eleven weeks . Inever saw theprisoner with a large stick m his hand at any time - The prisoner declined asking this witness any questions . —Mr . Wm . Watson ' examined ; I am a baker residing at Windmill-place , _Turnham-green ,- * ; _conducting a business for Mr . Drew . ' I knew the prisoner Thomas Henry Hocker ; -he is a _teacher-in' a school ? - His parents at _prefieat lodge _mtifme'jiii _CMrles-stVeet
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_PortlantfToWrmy _-famU _^ see the prisoner on Friday evening ;; -I , sawh _M _^ J ; Saturdav : evening . My wife told me that . the prisoner s father wished me , to go up stairs ; this was about eleven O ' clock . I _dicl _. go _upstau-sinthe _^ room ; there Was the prisoner Thomas , and . hu father and nibther . "Thomas _' showed mc . a pair of boots and whilst I waiftiikinga cup of coffee , I _aDudedto the Hampst 6 ad ihurder . Prisoner ' s father said " It . was a cold-blooded ' Hiurder ; I wonder , who could do it . . The prisoner said ,, _"M _, don't let us talk _aboutthis _, ' . ahd be gan to singa song . , 1 afterwards had ; a glass of ale and a glass of rum , whicli Thomas gave monev to his mother : to pay fbr , ; pbsorvmg , "We dp , not
always do it in tins way . " , l remariiea tnat i v . _«» _lian py to sec the family so united ,, after a quarrel which hail taken place . Prisoner afterwards showed me part bf the sleeve of a shirt , which had some blood on it . He accounted for it by saying that he had been romping with some girls . His . father said he : did not . know what Thomas had been up to . i Whilst il was up stairs , the prisoner came in , and he said , " Oh dear ! what a talk there is about a gentleman having been murdered near Hampstead , and a lovelctter found irihis pocket ' .: _' . When I heard who the murdered man was , 1 believed , from what had occurred , that Thomas Hocker was the murderer . The deceased and Thomas Hooker were on most intimate terms . ¦ Havine * stroner suspicions from what
I read 'in the newspapers ; - and what I had-heard , that Thomas Hocker was concerned in the murder , I gave- information to _Polico-serjeant Scotncy , which led to his apprehension . - The two prisoners for the-hist-four weeks have been in the habit of taking then * food at my house . I was only at home , however , . on Saturday nights . ' My wife was at home on the _nig ht of the murder . I never saw any ring or watch in the possession of Thomas Hocker beforcthe murder . He had for a length of time been : in _the'habit of carrying about with him a heavy yellow coloured stick . I never saw the deceased at my house . ; I have seen him two or three times . I have sccnthe prisoner frequently of late . 1 have strong suspicions aeainst Thomas Hocker . but I believe
James Hocker is as innocent as the child unborn . None of the Hookers ever : asked me to . conceal any clothes , or not'to give information to the police . — Thomas Hocker ( father ofthe prisoners ) , of _Clmrlcsstreetj Portland Town , sworn : I am a ladies' shoemaker . I never saw Delarue , but have heard hia name mentioned b y my son Thomas perhaps fifty times . I had a misgiving of the person who . had caused the murder _whcnhiy son told mc tliat he had taken a watch but of pledge . '* lie told me so on Saturday evening , while we were walking from oui house to Marylebone-lane . I saw the . watch again oil _Sundayi when he said he had taken it out of pledge . I was present when my son came to get a pair of boots ,
on the morning when he ' - was taken into custoily . ( The trousers and waiqtcoat wore shown to the witness . ) To thc best of my belief those are my son ' s . This ring I found on Friday last , and gave to thc officers . I found it amongst the cuttings ofthe leather for- burning . I was taking a- handful to burn ; when I found the ring amongst them . The cuttings were rolled together on tli e floor beneath one of the windows . I had never seen the ring before . I never had heard of ; the ring before . Thomas left his homo at halfpast six or a- quarter to seven o ' clock on the Friday week . He had dined and taken tea'at homo , with lus > mothc ' r , myself ,. ahd brother . 'We took ton about four ' , and after that he was occupied in reading and a conversation with us . I do not recollect tliat lie
took anything with him . It must'have'been fully half-past six when he left . James was working until twenty minutes after eight that night ; then he changed his clothes and washed himself before he left the house . That would take him twenty minutes longer . The brothers' hardly ever went together . Thomas wasin the habit of using a very large stick , which he said ho had lost three weeks ago . He- had brought it from Sheffield sonie two years before that time . _. My son had rib watch or ring before last week . He had mot' worn a ring before I found that among the- cuttings , lie represented to me for some time back that some kind friend was going to lend him some money , and he told mc thathe had received a note from Mis . Edwards , stating that she would lend him
some money on Sunday night , but ho said ho should go on _Friflay night ; and hoped he should get it . I saidshe must : be a great friend to lend a stranger £ 10 . I never knew Mi * . Edwards before this affair . * Before he went out he said that if he were successful in getting the money ho would return home earlier . I saw him again on Saturday morning at ten o ' clock . That was his usual hour of coming to breakfast ; lie seemed , as usual , cheerful ,, and after he came into the room he pulled money out of his pocket . I understood he had got twelve guineas _. and I congratulated him , and said , "I hope you'll be _caveful-withit . " On that night going to Marylchone-lane , he said he had got a watch out of pledge . I said , " Better keep _yc-m * money in your pockets , or it will slip through itviiv * * R * _rtrpft * wi " _T _wanri \ i /\ _s \ _i- -flirt _-fi-ri _*»«\ _TVo-t- ' _- _'a-m - _» i _**«» e- -J-It Aim Mill J . *¦ _VVUAJVVU Uliw _WAAimbr ?¦ It
J . _l' _+ _*^\ JM . _tJ * . _--. _U- _'ll _> TIW _!**» _ViWj _and-he told us of the murder , and dwelt on it some time . My son , Thomas ,: said , "Don't talk more about that . It ' s a gloomy subject . " He showed his shirt sleeve to Watson and us , but I saw no blood . Thomas was very intimate with Delarue , but I never sawhimin my life . ( Thc letters so often mentioned were exhibited to witness . ) I know writing greatly like this ( then bursting into tears ) . —I believe it to be my son Thomas ' s writing . I never saw Letters addressed ' to " James Cooper , Esq ., Hampsteadrbad . " , Mrs . Watson was at home nearly the whole of the Friday evening . I have heard my son call Delarue , Cooper , ' and afterwards he has told me that his name was Delarue , and not Cooper . I expressed my suspicion that any respectable man should deny
his name , or use another ; and he accounted for it by saying he was somewhat eccentric . I believe my son was acquainted with him for three years . —The Coroner ( to prisoner ) : Is there any question you wish * mc to ask your father ?—The Prisoner : Everything my father has said is _c _^ uite true , I have nothing to add . —Daniel Delarue identified the watch and ring as his late brother ' s property . . He was not aware why lie should bo called Cooper or Curteis . —The brother , James Hocker , was discharged from custody , and then examined as a witness : Tiie prisoner is my brother , audi sleep at 11 , Victoria-terrace , but have iny meals at Yi , Charles-street . I took tea at home on Friday evening , and my brother then handed nie a slate , on which was written " Jem , I received a
note from Mrs . Edwards this morning , stating that ten sovereigns will be at my disposal this evening ;" and he then added that he would be at home in tolerable time . He left not later than seven . It was quite dark . I did not see tliat he took anv stick with him . He came home between two and three o ' clock , and thc noise he made on coming into the room awoke me . He said , "Well , Jem , I ' ve been successful ; I ' ve got the money that I so long expected . " He then took off his coat and waistcoat , and showed me tho right sleeve of his shirt , and said , " I ' ve been skylarking , Jem , as you see , I ' ve had thc sleeve of my shirt torn off . " I said , " How comes that about ? " He said , "I ' ve been to Sarah Cock ' s , " a young girl I had heard him sneak of before . I
forgot to say that he showed me s ' ome money , and said , '' Horc are twelve sovereigns , that ' s two more than I expected . " I rose in the morning , and went off , and he came over to _Charles-street , and began to dispose of his money by giving father some and mother some . He was in their debt , as he had been out of work . That day passed over without any allusion to Mr . Delarue . At night Mr . Watson was invited up . We were all in high spirits at the idea of having so kind' a friend , who had enabled us to liquidate a few debts . Mr . Watson ' s statementIs perfectly correct , with tliis trifling difference , that I said also , "That murder was a gloomy subject , and out bf place then . " I saw , when going to bed , the watch that has been identified as the property of Delarue . He said ,
"You see it ' s going . " He some time ago pledged a watch for £ 3 , and I thought it was it . I read in thc newspapers oii Sunday of the murder , and then thought it was Delarue . I could not sleep that night , for I was so excited ; and my brother said to me , "What ' s the matter ? " But I did not tell him then . At four in thc morning I told him , and he said , "Who is it v I told him I thought it was Delarue , and he turned very pale , and said ; "I must get up ; but you must get mis a pair of old boots . " I went over to Charles-street , a , nd when I returned I could see that he had been crying , as I was myself . We then went over to Charjcs-strect , and my mother said the body litis been owned by his ' brother ! Thomas then said , there would be no utility in his going to see the body
, as he could give no clue to _, tho murderers . The lettors were shown to witness , and he said that it might be thc handwriting of his brother , but it was not his usual style of writing . I have , heard him speak of " Caroline , " and say the poor devil , meaning Delarue , was embarrassed , I know , of no one going with him . on Friday night to Mrs . Edwards ' s . I do not know the Cocks ' s _, or where they live . My brother often met Delarue at the corner of Henry-street , Portland Town , usually of a morniHg . About seven months ago he gave . , my brother £ 5 . I heard from my brother that Delarue had . been robbed of a gold watch-chain , and ten sovereigns . —The prisoner bad
nothing to ask . ol witness . —James Hooker ' s examination continued ; My brother and Delarue ' s usual place of meeting was on thc side of Primrose-hill , just opposite to Henry-street . He first became acquainted with the deceased b y meeting him there . —Geov < m Levendge _. m thescrvice of Mr . WiudgIoss , rif twsvender High-street , Portland Town * . On Friday night , at or about half-past seven , hewas at the bar of the Swiss Cottege , and saw the prisoner come in , scemuv- % much agitated ; and ask for the parlour .,. He ( Leveridge ) thenieft the house . —The coroner then briefly summedirp ; and _theory , without retiring , returned a verdict , of—Wilful Murder against Tlwmas Henry Hocker . —Ihe witnesses were bound over to appear at the Old Badey , and the inquest-room was cleared .
Copy of the letter so frequently referred to / and signed "Caroline : "— . ; ¦ _- . _- _,. : ¦ ' " My Dearest James , —I have -st often resigned myself to your will andembrace " that I find myself in a situation which makes it necessary-for me toleave home shortly . I wohld rather die than doubt " either _ybur word or ' yoiir honour * . yet' do not ; oh " do not he ' ashamed to * 6 wn me _. Tf youcahnot at _pi-esehtgive mei ' thfe ' titleof _Wfe , coifceal Me . from _tlici cruel fifiger of ' scorrt . ' Heaven ha 3 been my
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_wttueBB-t _hatrrhave-lovefcyeu _^ butto _^ happy in the conviction that you . will one day restore" nie to your arms for ever . Ease my suspense by meeting mc to-morrow ' at the place wflere _, alas ! you have always made me happy ; yet not so if it will put one smile of hope aud comfort on ray countenance . You can render me for ever light-hearted and happy , or for ever heart-broken and d onsc icnce-stvicken . Oh , that a bended Unce might _wrocuve me the former lot . — "Ever yours , 1 _ByMissF . : _'*' . ' " * , _* ; " Gasoline . " James Cooper , Hampstead-aoad . '
Further _Examwatiox of Thomas Hockek , at Marylebone _Folice-court . -- Tuesday being the day to wliich the prisoner Thomas Henry Hocker . stood remanded , on the charge of murdering James Delarue , the court and its approaches were crowded to excess bv persons anxious to catch a glimpse ot him . He was ' brought from the New Prison , at half-past ei « ht o ' clock , and placed in one of the cells m the rear . of the court . Ho shortly , afterwards requested to-be supplied with pen , ink , and paper , ior thc purpose , as was stated , of writing his defence , and lie was so occupied up to the time -of , his heing , brought before the magistrate . ¦' . At a quarter past twelve o ' clock , thc prisoner , Thomas Hocker ,: w _*^ brought in and placed at the bar . Mr . Rawlinson ( addressing
the prisoner ) , said—Before any tresii cviaence De taken the evidence taken against you on "ft edncsday _ilast will be read over to the witnesses . Do you wish to say anvthing ? I thought you appeared about to speak . _—Prisoner ( in a cool and indifferent _^ manner ) : No ; sir , I do not wish to say anything . I beg to say , however , that I should wish you . to see the waiter at the Swiss Cottage _tavern . He was present yesterday atthe Coroner ' s Court . —Mr . Rawlinson ( to the Inspector ) : What can he prove _n-Inspector Gray : He is a witness the prisoner wished to have called to speak in his favour , but he cannot prove any thing of advantage to him . —Is hehere ?—No , sir , he is not , but wc can have him here if" you think proper . The witnesses before examined were then re-sworn , and then *
evidence read over to them by Mr . Fell , the chief cleric . _InspectorShackeUwasthefirstfreshwitnesscaUet l _. _wlio repeated the evidence which he gav e before . the coroner and j iny at Hampstead . —Inspector Haynes was next called , who also repeated the evidence he gave at the inquest . —Mr . Rawlinson : During the time ihe prisoner was taking off his clothes at youi * request , did vou make any remark to him , or ho to vou?—Inspector Haynes * No , sir . —Mr . llawluison : ' What , did vou say nothing about thc blood o « the clothes 1-lhspcctor Havnes : No , sir . The evidence of inspector Partridge and the other witnesses , given before the inquest , was then proceeded with . Inspector Grav and Constable Thomas liaving also given their ' evidence _» 3 already reported , the prisoners
father , Thomas Hocker , was sworn . Thc prisoner , who had up to this time maintained thc most apathetic composure , seemed to lose all his indifference atthe sight of his ¦ father , and was onthe eve of fainting , when a chair was placed in thc dock , and he fell rather than sat upon it . The feeling was only momentary , for almost immediately he rose , and stood again erect and calm as before . The poor father suffered more than he , and he was humanely accommodated by the chief usher with a chair , placed in such a position that lie could not sec his son . He added nothing new to the evidence given befo ' ve the coroner . —Mrs . Edwards was called in . __ She stated tliat she had never lent and never . promised the prisoner any money . —Sarah Ann Philps : I have known Thomas ' _Hnf-ker for about ton weeks . —Mr .
Rawlinson : How did you become acquainted with him i—Witness : Am I obliged to answer tiiese questions?—Mr . Rawlinson : Yes , certainly . —( The question , however , was not pressed . )—The witness then stated that she had met the prisoner on the night ofthe murder , and he showed her a watch and ring . Thc watch he stated he had bought , but he did . not account for the possession ofthe ring . The watcli was that nowpro-• duced , but the guard was not the same . Thc letter signed " . Caroline" is like his handwriting . The remainder ofher evidence was exactly similar to tbat given before the coroner . _—^ Villiam Watson recapitulated his evidence of the conversation which had taken place in thc elder Hockev ' s house on tlic Saturday evening , in the presence of the brothers . During
the whole period of . this witness ' s examination the prisoner was busily engaged taking notes of tlic proceedings . At . that part of his evidence . where he stated that thc prisoner said , in reference to the " happy meeting" that evening , " Wc don't do it always in this style , " the prisoner smiled , and again when the witness referred to the torn sleeve which the prisoner had shown him that night . —James Hocker did not add anything material to the facts already detailed by him . One slight difference : was in the words used by witness to his brother at thc time of his being taken into custody . When thc duplicates were being given to thc policeman , witness observed one for a watch among them , and said , " Why , 'Tom . I thought youhad taken the watch from
pledge ? ' ! He replied , " Ko : the fact is , Jem , Delarue gave me the watcli at ten o ' clock on Friday morning . " . His brother , when he could get an engagement , taught writing and music in private families . —George Leveridge , newsman , sworn : He _siiw'theprisoner on thenight of Friday , February 21 st , at the Swiss Cottage . He pushed up to the bar , but witness saw him sufficiently longto knowhim again . — Mi * . Rawlinson said that he had determined to adjourn the further examination of witnesses till the Tucsday fbllowing ., The prisoner might , if ho wished , say anything ; " but . he . cautioned him , that his words would be , taken down and used elsewhere . —The Prisoner : I will say nothing to-day , then . —At this niomentthc . waiter from the Swiss Cottage arrived , and being sworn , said : A man came into the parlour and asked for a glass of mm and water , * he paid me
out of a shilling * , and I noticed that he wore a sort of dark cloak . I have looked at the prisoner , and he is not the man . —Prisoner ( with a very peculiar smile ) I am the man . —Mi * . Rawlinson ( astonished ) : Why , this is the witness you called for . —Prisoner : I have no witness . I wank the thing to be correct . I am ¦ the man . —Mr . Rawlinson ' : ' Very well . The case is remanded till Tuesday next . —The prisoner , in the event of this being his last examination , was prepared with a roll of manuscript , but whether a defence or confession none could know . He has reserved it , however , till the next examination . He was uncommonly cheerful , with the slight exception mentioned above , smiled frequently , and gave snuff out of hia box to those around him who wero _inclincdto try a pinch , and strange though it be , his box was often in requisition . The . prisoner was then removed to Clerkenwell prison . .
Strange Cokdvct of the Prisoner . After the termination of the coroner ' s inquest on Mondayj and the return of the verdict of Wilful Murder , the prisoner withdrew to a private room with Willoughby and Jackson , the warders ofthe prison , and Serjeant Gray , G 12 . - He appeared there totally unconcerned . Hia father and . brother , James Hocker , werc allowed to sec him . In the course of the interview , his father ( who was deeply affected ) remarked to him that the evidence was very strong against him , and trusted that he- would be able to prove his innocence ; but urged him to prepare for tbe worst . He replied that he was fully prepared for the result , whatever it might be His father then alluded to the disgrace that had been brought upon the familv . Hercmarked
that he was sorry on lus father ' s account , and that he was indifferent what became of himself . His father shed , tears , and every person present was affected but the prisoner . Hocker subsequently stated that if twenty policemen had seen him commit the act of whichhe was alleged to be guilty , he would not move a muscle of liis countenance ; and said that he should conduct his owndefence , for that he had not money to pay counsel . In thc course of his conversation Hocker familiarly handed about his snuff-box , and partook of some half-and-half . , At the termination of the inquiry , Hocker was conveyed privately , in the custody ot Willoughby and Jackson , with Serjeant Gray and two policemen ofthe G division , into an omnibus hired for the occasion , by which he was
taken to the New Prison . Upon hearing that he was not to be led through the immense crowd which was in front of the Yorkshire Grey , he expressed his thanks to the seijeant of police . On his way to town he entered into conversation about the different lo calitios in the neighbourhood of Hampstead , and , in reference to his absence from chapel at the New Prison that day , remarked that he supposed thc chaplain would be able to do without liim . The omnibus reached the New Prison about a quarter before six o ' clock , when Hocker was immediately delivered into the custody of Mi * . Kilsby , the governor . He was taken to the room where prisoners are usually placed on admission , when he warmed _^ his hands by the fire and smiled . He then took some snuff , and
offered his sniiff-box to a person present , after which he was conveyed to the infirmary . After thc prisoner left the aflmission-room , the head clerk observed to Serjeant Redmaync , of the G division , "I don't know what murders will come to now : here is a man brought in on a verdict of Wilful Murder , and he has come smiling . " -Destructive Fire at Greenwich . —Shortly before eighto ' clock oh Sunday evening a fire , involving the destruction of property to the amount of from £ 40 , 000 to £ 30 , 000 , occurred on the extensive premises belonging to Messrs . _Fj . H . and G . Enderley , patent rope , twine , and canvas manfacturers , East Greenwich . The fire was first found burning in the ropcwalk at the rear of the factory . An alarm , was soon spread , and notwithstanding the secluded situation of the premises , assistance in a very short time arrived .
_xne lactory was a strong brick building of about 140 feet long by . forty feet deep , facing the river , nearly opposite Blackwall-stairs . This range included the dwelling-house of Mi * . C . Enderley at the east end , the contents of which were nearly all destroyed . The entire ofthe range of premises forming the manufactory , including the dwelling-house and the greater portion of the rope-walk sheds " at the rear , are all down . — Of the main factory , which was a noble _buildingOverlooking the Thames , in fact the most prominent object on that side of the river between Greenwich Hospital and Woolwich , nothing remained but its lofty walls , which in _; the course of the day were blown down with tremendous force by the wind . Tue machinery it contained was most extensive- , and iteimmense valuocan be bette r judged ; from the fact that its completion has occupied a space / of _tenyoara . The-firemen weat into the ruins atan earlyhour ,
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_ascerto _wMkr au _^ the whole _^ -wasfound"to- _Ocdestroycd-r-Tge-Iosspve are assured , exceeds £ 40 , 009 .. It is clearly proved that flames werc first seen raging in the store-room ia thc _rope-manufactorv , wliich was detached . from the main building , where there has not been . a light or several weeks . There was a considerable quantity of manufactured goods deposited there , . which . were seen perfectly safe a few hours before the outbreak . Thc supposition is , therefore , that the fire either arose from spontaneous combustion , or was wilfully raised / by some incendiary . In ihe course of Monday the ruins were inspected by the surveyor of the district and those connected with the Imperial and Royal Exchange Fire-offices ,. and from their report we leam the exact damage done to the propert y . The factory , or waterside premises , containingjoiners' workshops , spinning , card , and loom-rooms , is totally destroved . The hemp and . spinning rooms over the engine and boiler-house are burned out , and the iron roof has ..,,,. ; .. _ . f ! l ! i . J «»„ . _- _ii , d :, i , i „ 1 .. .
fallen in . Ihe engine-room beneath is considerably damaged . The weaving workshops , fronting the factory , are greatly damaged ; the - roof has been partly demolished by tho falling of the opposite walla . They contained twelve weaving looms , worked by machinery , which are all damaged . The " dwellinghouse of Mr . Enderley , jun ., on the north side of the factory , is partly damaged by fire , and most part of tho furniture and its contents destroyed . The stores at the back , where , the fire commenced , with part of the rope manufactory , are destroyed . The former building was about 10 feet in length . The . rope gallery , adjoining thc manufactory , is a quarter of a mile in length ; about 100 feet is gone , and but for the firemen cutting off the communication , the whole would have been levelled to the ground . The amount of insurances-effected on thc property does not we understand , exceed £ 0 , 000 , while tlic total loss is between £ 40 , 000 and £ 50 , 000 . Upwards of 2-511 workmen are thrown out of employment by Wds calamitous event .
Shocking Death of Miss Jask Ch ester . —An inquest was held on Saturday upon thc remains of this lad )* , who was in her 84 th year , at the _maissio'i of her brother , Sir ft . Chester , near Hertford .. it appears that the deceased , on the previous Tuesday , about three o ' clock / had gone into the kitchen , ' where she directed one of the servants to go up stairs . While left alone the saucepan on the fire boiled over , and the deceased endeavoured to remove it , when hot shawl caught fire , and she was immediately en . veloped in flames . Her cries for assistance wore heard by the servants , who endeavoured by evenmeans to extinguish the flames , but could nbt do so until the unfortunate lady had been mostdangerousi _* - burne'd about the arms , face , chest , and lower part of the body . The deceased continued in the _sreat _tst agony till twelve o clock at night , when she expired ' liaving been perfectly sensible to the last . Tho jury returned a verdict of—Accidental Death . ' '
Extensive Fire- —On Sunday afternoon , a some _, what serious fire . took place in a range of buildings in the occupation of Mr . Evans , bookbinder and fancy stationer , and Mr . W . Leader , coaehmakcr , ia Berwick-street and Noel-street , Oxford-street . The accident was occasioned by two children _nlayintz with a lucifer match in Mr . Evans ' s _worksl ' iop ! having ignited it thoy threw it among a mm tit paper shavings and ran off . The place was soon e ; i velop ' ed in flames , and although the _engines of thc London Brigade , tho County , and West of _Kn-daml offices , were promptly on " tho spot , the _eoimaai-Iition was not got under until _ Mr . Evans ' s workshop and stock wore destroyed ; his warehouse and the goods in it . had been much damaged , and consider able damage was also done by fire and water to live eon . tiguous houses in the two streets _abovemDiitiontd . Most of the property was insured . '
Strange Appreiiexsio . w—A . theft was committed . at the farm of Struthers , near this _^ town , on the 5 th of December , of a man ' s grey body coat ; unci Alexander Fletcher , rural police-officer , residing at Ri . carton , having ascertained that the party who war-. ' -wanted" on this occasion was William Le ' _uter , labourer , formerly farm-servant at 'Struthers , procecded in search of this individual , when he learned that he was just about to enter into the interesting stale of matrimony . As the officer was not aware of Leister ' s place of residence , he could find no more fitting opportunity of reaching him than by repairing to the place where the marriage ceremony was about
to proceed onthe evening of Friday , the 7 th ra . Hcstepped In just a few minutes before the minister , and most effectually forbade the banns , by abstracting the principal party concerned , who , instead of being carried before the altar of Ilynich , was brought before the Procurator-fiscal , Mr . Andrews . Thc _coiiiternation of . Leister and the marriage party can neither be pictured nor described . On the 10 th a precognition of the case was taken . The pawnbroker with whom thc coat had been pledged identified Leister as the person who had pawned it ; and lie was ultimately committed , on Tuesday last , to Ayr gaol , till liberated in the course of law . —Kilmarnock Journal .
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_BAKKRDTTS , ( From Friday ' s Gazette , Feb . 28 . ) James "Welch , Ring-cross , Holloway , licensed _vi-tualler —J . and C . Green , Borough-road , S _' outhwark , covn-dealers—James BrocQ ' _a . _Oordon end Robert Gordon , Poplar , coopers—William and James Bees and James Hogg , _Xew . _castle-upon-Tyne , builders—Mary and Francis John Raw . lings , Cheltenham , cabinet-makers—John lln \ \ , _Batli , innkeeper—James Dalton , ' Salford , Lancashire , joiner—Edward Bayley , Cheswanline , Shropshire , apothecary . BANKRUPTS . ( From Tuesday ' s Gazette , March Ult , 1345 . ; Lewis John Kicolay _, Woolwich , Kent , draper— _Thorv . a * . Metcher , Southampton , plumber—James Havt , Greenwich , builder — William Hardwick , Holborn , draper — Robert Clark , jui | ., Paradise-row , _Rotherliithe , _wharfinger—Ely Walker Crowther _, _Scammoadeiij Yorkshire , _woollen-clota . _m-iiiiiFaot'irpr .
DECT .. \ _BATIONS OF DIVIDENDS . It . Robinson , Strand , coal-merchant , first dividend of 2 s . in the pound , on Saturday next , and three following : Saturdays , at the Office of ifr . Groom , _Abchureh-fone , City . J . Langhorn , Berwick-upon-Tweed , banker , first dividend of 10 s . in the pound , any Saturday , at the officeof Jlr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . T . Dunn , _Kewcastlo-upon-Tyno . grocer , _Sret and Sna ! dividend of Bs . 5 | d . in . the _nound , any Saturday , at 'he office of Mr . Baker , _Newcastle-upon-Tvne . W . Cock , Bungay , Suffolk , grocer , fifth diyidendot W . ux the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . I _' ollatt , Sambrook-court , Basinghtill-street . ' J . II . Denfson , Nelson-square , Blackfriars-road , first dividend of 6 s . in the pound , 'any Saturday , at the o & cot Mr . Green , Aldermanburr . ' .. M . W . Vardy ,, Newbury , Berkshire , bookseller , first dividend of 8 s in the pound ou uew proofs , and second dividend of 3 d in the pouud on all proofs , any Wednesday , at tho office of . Mr . GrahamColeman-street .
, S . Ecclcs , Manchester , cotton-manufacturer , first dni ' dead of 8 s 4 _^ d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the omca of Alt * . Pott , Manchester . C . Ridings , Manchester , cotton-manufacturer , first dmdend of ls 4 _Jd in the pound , any Wednesday , at the o »< _n of Mr . Pott , Manchester . * , i . Coles , "Kew Bond-street , jeweller , first _divitoo « 8 s Id in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of llr . Graham , Coleman-street . . S . Eccles and C , Ridings , Manchester , cotton-m _anututturers _, first dividend of 3 s 6 d in the pound , any Wednesday , at the office of Mr . Pott , Manchester . . M . Martin , Bristol , upholsterer , first dividend of 9 U ia the pound , any Monday , at the office of Mr . Miller , Sr f _\ R . B . Palmer , Bath , watchmaker , first dividend o as w in the pound , anv Mondav , at thc office of Mr . Juuer , Bristol . ' W . aud P . Charters , 'Merthyr Tydvil , Glamorganshire _, tea-dealers , first dividend of 2 s 10 d in the pound , any houdayat the office of Mr . MillerBristol .
, , ,. ., „ T . Parr , Liverpool , painter , first dividend of ls Cd _« _itJ « pound , any Thursday , at the office of Mr . Cazenove , u . _«" pool . - ,. W . A . Mearns , Acre-lane , Clapliam , ale-brewer , first ai * vidend of ls 3 d in the pound , en Saturday next , and twee following Saturdays , at the office of Mr . Groom , Abchumilane , City . , . . W . L . Dore , Egham , Surrey , innkeeper , first aad _» dividend of 4 s 2 _^ d iu the pound , any Saturday , at the omu of Mr . Green , Aldermanbury .
DIVIDENDS . „ „ ¦ March 25 , R . Graves , Edward-street , _Portman-square . saddler—March 28 , T . ' -H . Ford , Kochford _, E _^ Y _^ _aT _^ -March . 25 , W 7 Wood , T . and K . Smith , aod J . _»« i " i Workington , Cumberland , _baukei-s-April 8 , VI , _^ ? . , ' S juii ., _Farsley _, Yorkshire , merchant—March 29 , «• 5 iS ' field , Oldham , Lancashire , machine-maker—April a , " Walker , Birmingham , hatter—April 5 , J . Wilson , 3 en " W . Newton , J . Wilson , jun ., II . Newton , and G . Wilson , Derby , colour-manufacturers—April 5 , 6 . Harvey , lianas * acre , Staffordshire , spirit-merchant—April 5 , M . Cop ley , Spalding , Lincolnshire , tailor—April , 5 , R . R . Timings , Riv * a \ v _* _Agha * . _\\ , gYoee _* c—Mai * e \ - i 15 ; 11 . _TheVwen , _Mancte > - « i silversmith-March 25 , C . D . Broughton and J . J . Garne . t , Nantwich _* , Cheshire , bankers . CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED , UNLESS CACSE BE SHOWS TO
THE C 0 STRART ON * THE DAV OP MEETING . March 25 , A . N . Armini , Scott ' s-yavd , _Bush-lane _, UtS < merchant-March 28 , H . D . Williams , _Southampton plumber—March 2 S , J . Martin , High-street , Shorediten . tallow-chandler—April 1 , A . Brideson , Clare-street , Clare * market , cheesemonger—March 25 , W . Vallancc , Liverpool _, merchant— "March 25 , T . G-. Martin , Cold _Harbour-Va" * _- * - Camberwell , wine-merchant—March 25 , W . Oliver , . Dailington , Durham , printer—March 25 , H . D . Watkins a ? J . limes , Manchester lead-merchants—March 25 , T . HoOn _* sou , Manchester , calico-printer—March 23 , T . Sed _gwi _0 _*' Leeds , grocer—March 25 , T . Wright , Tunstall , _S m _» _tashire , earthenware-manufacturer—March , 25 , T . S » ifta » J . A . llensman , Copthall-court , Throgmorton-street , _ombrokers .
_PiRTSERSUIPS DISSOLVED . . , . J . Bath and W . Estwick _, Chavles-street , PF _p ' fi h paper-stainers—J . Orniston and T . Backhouse , Shef tewi harness-makers—J . Silcock and N _* . Lowe , Biriniugna _* " . _pliine-manufactuvei's—T . and II . Taylor , Liverpool , -ooov sellers—C . Ironside and J . Napier , Bahia—w " . Moore a ™ J . Gatliff , Huddersfield ; sliare-brokers _^ S . Brabner aiw J . Atkinson , Liverpool , attorneys—J . Ingo , W . Doeff _., _™ Pratt , and W . S . Has well , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , swp * brokers—C . and W . J . Cross , Manchester , commissionagents-G . Wilson and J . T . Nottle , Hartlepool , _» " _* _"" ironmongers—T . C Gibson and G-. Burnett , Newcastle- ' *' Tyne , _coal-fittere-Or . Glanvile and _' _-fr _* . Hummer , ¦ he * "' linendrapers-T . M . and II , Q . Sutton , Liverpool , insurance-brokers-J . Maxey and- W ; . Doughty , MaidenM ** . Berkshire , cabinet-makers—R . Leach and _^* . * Vf _* _- : „ _j Bury , Lancashire , cotton-waste-dealers—E . P . Turner a E . . P . Turner , jun ., Bhmingham , eoal-m c ants _w Crips and . H . Kemp , Leicester , drapeis " -J . Walker au « W . E _^ tfoddingto n ; Chesterfield , Derbyshire / surgeons W . Rawlins and R * Adkin ' s , Leighton Buzzard , - _cpaf" _* makers—W . Thomas-and D . Rees , Swansea , _Glamorgan shire , Um ' _e-humers—3 . Passman and J . Storey , SWC _£ ton-upon-Tees _,, . curriers— "W .. Bagshaw and T , Rog « ; Liverpool , _' timber-dealers . '"'" _" ' ' '" . ' ! . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 8, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08031845/page/6/
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