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( _ContuiHerffrom our lstpage . ) PERTY QUALIFICATION , and PAYMENT OF MEMBERS : and that our motto is , — ONWARD MD WE CONQUER , BACKWARD AND WE FALL ! THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER , and
NO SURRENDER ! It wonld be impossible to describe the scene that followed the conclusion of Mr . O ' Connor's speech , nnd when the show of hands was demanded , only three in the body ofthe vast hall wore held np for the Whig Minister , while for Mr . O ' Connor , the Shew literally resembled a _foreat of barked oak . A Boon as the tumult had subsided , the sheriff declared Mr . O'Connor duly elected , by a show of hands which Was received with reiterated cheers . Shortly after , Mr . O'Connor roseagain to propose a vote of thanks lo the Sheriff . He addressed them as member for Nottingham , and resigned an honour whieh ho knew the voice of the electors would notallowh . m to preserve , tellinsjSir John C . Hobhouse , tbat that was onlv his gallop before the race that would shortly be tun for the borough stakes , and that then he , Mr . O'Connor , would meet him and fight the battle to
its dose . Amidst much confusion and disturbance , Sir John Hobhouse again rose to address the electors . He said . —Electors of Nottingham , I beg most fully to confirm what Mr . Feargus O'Connor has said ; there did not drop from him one single word of which I have the least right or inclination to complain ; as J certainly , so far as his treatment of my case was concerned a sense of justice compels me to say , that lam obliged to him for his courtesy . With respect to my friend Feargus O'Connor ' s treatment of pnblic matters , of onise that is a differehtthing . I think , however , thatafter the eloquent address that he made to yon , after the speech which I thonght it my duty to address to yon , and also considering that I could
not , without taking np an unwarrantable portion of yonr time , make anything like an adequate answer to Mr . Feargus O'Connor ' s speech , I think I may content myself with saying only these few words . And what I say to him is in the utmost sincerity ; and I really call Heaven to witness the truth of what I speak;—I know something of pnblic life;—something of publie writing and public speeches ; I have to the best of ray humble ability studied the import of words , and their influence upon thoughts , and I take the liberty—and I lope that my friend Feargus O'Connor will not think me improper , —I take the libertv to caution him against the tendency of some of his doctrines . ( Applause and adverse cries . ) I have no interest
"Whatever in speaking anything bnt my sincere con-Tictions , and I am sorry to find tbat a gentleman of lis capacity , —a gentleman of his eminently good intentions , —for I am convinced of them—has _deliftcrafcly , as it appears to me , taken np opinions which I am confident , aa I am of my own existence , if they were carried out to the full extent , as he has shadowed forth to you , would bring _nothing bat confusion and anarchy npon this coantry . ( Groans and great confusion , with much land-clapping on the hustings . ) I will represent in ithe proper quarters that which be has so eloquently introduced tome . _Hissentimentashallbe told ; they shall be fairly told , withont any exaggeration ; they will be made known to those to whom Mr . O'Connor has condesended to say he hopes I will carry his sentiments ; and if there are persons who may come to adifferent conclusion to myself , so much thebettcr for those sentiments . Nothing shall be lost of the
many things he has addressed to me , and I can tell him more than this , tbat in the lesson he has read to me , if I find that a part or the whole of that lesson is such as lean turn to my publicaccount , or your public aeeount , you may depend upon it that it is not because they _ccme from a political opponent that I shall disagree -with them . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Having said thus much , I have only to thank you for the return whieh you have made . Looking round me , tbere is no doubt that the show of hands was greatlv in favour ef Mr . Feargus _O'Connor , but I have the satisfaction in looking round me to see many of those gentlemen whom I had the honour of ranking amongat my supporters when I was first introduced to this constituency . They supported me then , —they are supporters of mine now ; and it is to their conviction , I presume , of my satisfactory conduct , I owe it that I have been entrusted once more to be your representative .
Sir John Hobhouse sat down amidst an exhibition of tbe most hostile symptoms in the crowd , and great waving of hats on the hustings ; but being reminded by his friends , he again rose to second tbe Tote of thanks to the Sheriff which Mr , O'Connor lad proposed . The Shehifp briefly returned thanks , first having announced that as Mr . O'Connor had retired from the contest , le declared Sir John Cam Hobhouse duly elected to represent _the'Borough of Nottingham in Parliament , an announcement that was received with a succession of hearty groans . After whieh "Mr . O'Connor proposed three cheers for tbe People ' s Charter aud No Surrender , and three for Frost , "Williams , and Jones , which were given in a right hearty spirit . He then retired , accompanied by lis proposer and seconder , and Messrs . M'Grath , Clark , and Doyle , amid tbe reiterated cheers of the multitude .
After Sir John Cam _Hobhonsc bad retired with lis friends he declared , that during his whole public career , whether in or out of parliament , he never heard a speech at all comparable to that of Air . O'Connor , for eloquence , matter , or spirit ; and well may behave made the declaration , as it has infused new life into the Chartist body , throughout the whole district . ___ _Wednesday Etekisg . —A public meeting was held in the market-place , for the purpose of considering the proper steps to be taken to ensure the defeat of the two Whig candidates at the next General election . The speakers were Messrs . P . M'Grath and T . Clark . The following resolution was unanimously carried : — "Tbat the under-mentioned persons constitute an election committee , with _power to add to their numbers . Tin . —Messrs . Lawson , "Boonham , Sweet , Wall , Skerrit , Sonter , Carrington , Trece , Blatherwick , Rogers , Rawson . M'Grath , Clark , "Brammer , Mott , Atterbury , "Widdouson , Sqnires .
Th * committee afterwards met , when the following resolutions were proposed and carried : — " That Mr . S . Boonham be the Secretary to the Committee . " That the designation of the committee be ' The Nottingham Electron Committee for promoting the return to Parliament of candidates who will vote for the embodiment of the principles of the People ' s Charter as the law of the land . "That this meeting do adjourn until Sunday morning next , at ten o clock , to be then held in the large room of Mr . Smith's coffee-house . "
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City Of London Election. On Wednesday, T...
CITY OF LONDON ELECTION . On Wednesday , the nomination and re-election or Lord John Russell , for tbe City of London , took place in Guildhall . After the nsual formalities , Mr . Sheriff Chaellv said , that public notice havingbeen given of tbe issue of tbe writ for the city of London , inconsequence ofthe vacation of his seat by Lord J . _Russell who had accepted the office of Prime "Minister ofthe Crown , the Citizens present would now fulfil thc duties of thc election in the gentlemanl y and proper manner which had always distinguished the City of London . ( Cheers . ) Mr . S . G . Loyd proposed , and Mr . J . G . Gurnev Seconded the nomination of Lord Johu Russell .
Mr . Sheriff _Oapus asked if there was any other Candidate to be proposed ?—No answer having been made , the Sheriff demanded a show of hands for Lord J Russell . A forest of h-tnds were held up , followed by great cheering aud waving of hats . The Sheriffs then declared that the election bad Unanimously fallen upon Lord J . Mussel ) , who was accordingly declared duly elested . Lori » John Russell returned thanks in a lengthy and ** Whiggish" speech , unwerthy of publication in our columns . After a vote of thanks to the Sberifls the meeting Separated .
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WORCESTER ELECTION . Shortly before II o ' clock on Tuesday a ght , Sir Denis Le Marchant arrived at . ihe Bell Inn , bringing the startling intelligence of tiie death of Sir N . C . Tindal . and bearing a letter from Lord John Russell to Sir T . Wilde , offering him the vacant place of Lord Chief Justice ofthe _Cft-ntum Pieas . Sir Thomas immediately accepted -he _off-r , and a few leading elecfors being summoiutd . it was determined to nut Sir D . Le Marchant in nomination next morning for the representation uf ihe City . At ten o ' clock on Wednesday morning , the Sheriff held his Court for the _electi-m , at the Guildhall . Sir T . Wilde was very heartily cheered as he came on the platform . __ SirD . La Marchant also was extremely well received . After tbe usual formalities , The Matob ( Mr . Lewis , ) _proposed Sir D . Le Marchant , Bart ., of Chobiiam-piace , in the county of Surrey , as a fit and proper person to represent that city in Parliament . Mr . E . F . Williams _secoinleil the nomination .
No other person being iT .. ,,. srd , the Sheriff then amidst much applause , declared Sir 1 ) . Le Mai-chant duly elected . Sir T . Wilde then addressed ihe electors and took lis final leave of them . Sir D . Lb Makciiant followed , and returned thanks lor his election . A vote of thanks to the Sheriff closed the proceedings .
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HALIFAX ELEOT 1 UJN . represent thkborough _^ _--V j _^^^ S _^ ti _UnderS _^ Pl _^ _tS _? _fe ( mannfaoturer , yproposed the Right Hon . Charles Wood . . .... .. Mr . _IfbBius seconded the nomination . :, Mr . Joseph Hanson , innkeeper , then proposed Mr . George White ( a Chartist wooleomber from Bradford ) , as a fit and proper person to represent them in Parliament . ¦ __ Mr . Smith seconded the nomination .
The returning officer , Charles Norris , Esq ., announced tbat the name of Mr . Smith , who had seconded the nomination of Mr . George White , was not on the register of electors . He therefore declared the Fight Hon . Charles Wood duly elected member for the borough of Halifax . The indenture of the return having been signed in duplicate , the court was declared dissolved , upon which Mr . White commenced an address to the spectators assembled ; but the returnlng-officer , with Mr . "Wood and his committee , left the Piece Hall , and the assembly soon after broke up . —Daily News .
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ELECTION NEWS . Edinburgh , Tuesday , evening . —Mr . Macauiay ' s address youhave already published . On its becoming known here that Sir Robert Peel had resigned , and that he was to be succeeded in the government by Lord John Russell , it was regarded as certain that Mr . Macaulay would possess a seat in the cabinet , and by accepting office would have to : appeal to the constituents . As theright hon . gentleman's views on certain questions affecting Protestantism and the policy of Government regarding the support and recognition of religious truth were well known not to be in harmony with a large portion of the electors belonging both to the Free Church and the Dissenting bodies , itwas considered by them desirable that steps should be taken in order , if possible , to procure a candidate who , while espousing Liberal principles , would in religious matters command tbe confidence both of
Dissenters and Free Churchmen , A committee was formed accordingly , and Mr . Dunlop , advocate , a leading member of the Free Church , was mentioned as the person likely to meet with the support of all the parties interested in this movement . On making inquiries , however , it was found that a large body of the electors of Greenock were unwilling to relinquish their claims upon Mr . Dunlop , who had promised to stand for that place , on the first vacancy occurring . Under these circumstances , the committee at once fixed upon Sir Culling Eardley Smith , whose high character and standing in the religious world , and whose recent movements against Catholic endowment they considered would command the entire confidence of those who were dissatisfied with Mr . Macaulay / This resolution was come to on Friday last , and since then steps have been taken to secure his election . The movement has been carried
on without any bustle . Notwithstanding the attempt that will be made , Mr . Macaulay ' s re-election may however , be regarded as certain ; but there isagrowing impression that in the event of a general election he will fail in securing his seat , should he again offer himself for this city . An answer is expected to-night from Sir Culling Eardley Smith , in reply to the requisition sent to him . Mr . Macaulay is expected in town to-night ; and he is to address his constituents _onThursday , in the Music Hall , the largest public building in Edinburgh . The sheriff has fixed upon Friday next as the day of nomination , # Lkith , Tuesda y Evening . —There is to be no opposition to the return of Mr . Rutherford , now Lord-Advocate . The learned gentleman is to address the electors of Leith to-morrow . The nomination takes place on Thursdav .
Greenwich . —The vacancy created in the representation of tbis borough by the late appointment of Admiral Dundas as one ofthe Lords ofthe Admiralty , seems to create little excitement here , as the unopposed re-election of the gallant admiral will take place next Monday , which is the day of nomination ; A rumour was afloat on Monday * that a gentleman connected ' withthe Chancery bar and of Conservative principles , would offer himself in opposition to the re-election of Admiral Dundas , but it obtained no credit . In the evening a highly respectable and
numerous meeting of the electors was held at the Rising Sun Inn , Blackheath-hill . Capt . Popplewell , R . N ., in the chair , when it was resolved , "That this meeting views with unqualified admiration the conduct of Admiral Dundas whilst member ibr the borough of Greenwich , and resolve to adopt the most effectual means in their power to re-elect him . " The gallant admiral being much occupied , and the day o f election so near , this meeting also considered it unnecesary to call upon him to make a personal canvass .
Yorkshire ( "West Riding ) . —Wakefield , Wedk . esdat . —In consequence of the Yorkshire assizes commencing to-morrow , and being likely to last over next week , the High Sheriff has appointed the election ofa member tor the West Riding , in place of Lord Viscount Morpeth , appointed First Commissioner of "Woods , Forests , < fcc ., on a day not quite so early as it might otherwise have been held . The election is fixed for Saturday , the 18 th instant , at Wakefield , the place appointed by the Reform Act . Lord Morpeth ' s return will , for anything that has hitherto appeared , be unopposed .
South Staffordshire . —Wolverhampton , Wednesdat . —No symptoms of an opposition to the reelection have as yet been manifested ; anything of the kind would be in fact a farce in the present temper of the constituency . The hon . and gallant Colonel has not yet personally addressed the electors . The day of nomination is fixed for Friday , the 17 th inst . , at Lichfield . Halifax . —The returning officer for this borough having appointed Thursday , the 9 th instant , for the election of a burgess , to fill the vacancy occasioned by the appointment of Mr . Charles Wood as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer . The right hon . gentleman arrived here on Tuesday morning , and , having had interviews with the leading members of the Free-trade party , he addressed an aggregate meeting of the electors in the evening . No opposition was made to his return .
Chester , —The following is the address which has been issued by Mr . Jervis to the electors of this city : — Gentlemen , — Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to appoint me to the office of Solicitor-General , my seat becomes vacant , and I again respectfully _effer myself as a candidate for ths honour of representing you in Parliament . The repeated proofs of your confidence aad kindness during the fourteen years of my connection with your city render unnecessary any detailed statement of my political opinions . Tou have watched my course , and have sanctioned it with your approbation . Should I again have the honour to be elected your repre . sentative , I shall pursue the same conduct , and endeavour , by a careful attention to your local interests , to merit a continuance of your good opinion . —I have the honour , & c , John Jebvis . —July 6 ,
Mr . Jervis , even by the admission ofhis political opponents , will not- have the slightest difficulty in securing his re-election . Saturday next is fixed as the day of nomination . South Lancashire . — Maschestsb , Wednesda y Afternoon . —In my communication of yesterday , I informed you thata deputation from Liverpool was to meet Mr . Brown ' s committee at Manchester in the afternoon . They arrived here about four . Mr . Wilson then announced that the canvassing books were in readiness . It was agreed between the committee and deputation that it would be unnecessary for Mr . Brown to go over the whole district of South
Lancashire , and that it would be sufficient to visit the leading towns . The day of election has not been published here , thought it is probable that the proclamation will have reached other parts ofthe country . It would , probably , ba premature to speak of thc movers and seconders of tbg member of South from Lancashire , but it is not unlikely that a gentleman from each of the two leading towns will be selected , aud , in that case , it is probable that Sir Joshua _Wahnslev , on behalf of Liverpool , and Mr . George Wilson , ( as Chairman of the League ) , on behalf ol Manchester , will be appointed , No doubt is entertained of Mr . Brown ' s return ; nor is there hitherto any expectation of an opposition .
Stockport , Weonesday . —With reference to Stockport , as you are aware , Mr . Cobden does not positively resign , but only asks a year ' s release from active duty , and it is not likely that the electors will avail themselves of the option placed in their hands of supplying the vacancy for that period , The gossip is , however , tliat an event may possibly take place before the expiration of this year of absence , which Mr . Cobden had not contemplated , and thata general election will have seated htm as member for thc borough of Manchester , in the place of Mr . M . _Phillips , who has frequently expressed a wish to retire ; and the leading men of Manchester have expressed a strong wish to secure his services , and to elect him in his absence , with the express injunction that he shall take full time for the restoration of his health .
KiKKcuMiniGiiT . —lt is said , but wc believe without any reason , that Mr . Maitland ean be successfully opposed at _liirkcudbrhjht . The people there , agriculturists and all , are too good free-traders , we are assured , not to re-elect the Solicitor-General for Scotland of a free-trade minister . Manchester , Wednesday afternoon . —Mr . Gibson ' s committee met last night to make the arrangements uevessary lo secure his re-election for Manchester _, it was an exceedingly respectable and influential assemblage , ami thc ordinary steps adopted on such occasions were entered upon with an alacrity beyond precedent . Nothing in the shape of an " opposition has been heard of . The precept from "W . _Standish Esq ., sheriff of the county , commanding the return of a member for the borough of Manchester , was only brought to the mayor thia moraine :.
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Monday next , at ten o clock , was then appointed for the election . Mr . Milner Gibson has not yet arrived in town , but is expected this evening , - and-willjprobably be the guest , until the election closes , of John Potter , Esq . He is to address the electors of the borough to-morrow evening , at the Albion Hotel . Tower _Emlhts . —Tho good folks of this locality seem to have something else to think about than the coming election , and Colonel Fox , who continues to be the only candidate for their suffrages , is , to all ap . pearance , perfectly sensible of their desire to be freed irom the excitement of politics . Beyond the issue of an address the gallant colonel has taken no steps which could at all render the electorate less
indifferent to the coming event of his re-election for their borough . A former burgess of Sudbury , now resident in the locality , informs us that in' his opinion a Tower Hamlets election is a very slow affair . A man , he says , like Colonel Fox , who has neither flags nor bludgeon men , placard bearers nor open public houses , not even ( as he declares in desperation , ) 1 not even a committee-room , nor a single canvassing party , " does not deserve to be elected Tor any place _, and at Sudbury , he confidently states , " they would not have had him at any price ! " This gentleman wason Wednesday heard to assure his friends at Mile-end turnpike that" he should write a complaint to the Carlton on the subject . " The . returning officer has appointed Saturday next , at one p . m ., for the election , which will be held as usual on Stepney-green . Northern Star Office , Saturday morning , July 11 .
Lbith . —Mr . Rutherford , the new Lord Advocate , was re-elected on Thursday without opposition . TivkrtO }* . —Yesterday Lord _Palmerston , the new Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , was re-elected without opposition . Taunton . —Yesterday Mr . Labouchere , the new Secretary for Ireland , was re-elected without opposition . Devosport . — Yesterday , Sir George Grey , the new Secretary of State for the Home Department , was re-elected without opposition . .: ' ¦ ¦ Plymouth . —Yesterday the nomination took place , Lord Ebrington was opposed by Mr . Yiuoent . Mr . G . W . Soltan proposed , and Mr . T . W , Foxseconded , tlie nomination « f Lord Ebrington . Mr . Tucker proposed , and Mr . Pethick seconded , the nomination of Mr . Vincent . Both candidates then addressed the meeting . The show of hands was declared to be in favour of Mr : Vincent . A poll was then demanded which was appointed to take place this day .
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HOUSE OF LORDS , Mondat , July 6 . Their lordships met at a quarter to five o'cloek , the Earl of Shaftesdurt on the woolsack . As the peers entered the house they took their places according to the present position of parties , the change of seats seeming ty excite considerable "hilarity . The Opposition benches were filled by Conservative and Protectionist peers , among them Lord Stanley , Lord Lyndhurst , and the Duke of Richmond Lord Brougham took his seat with these noble lords . The attendance of the Ministerialists was much less numerous ; the Marquis of Lahdsdowne , Earl Grey , and the Earl of Clarendon were on the Treasury bench the Duke of Wellington was not present . The Lord Chancellor , preceded by the great seal , entered the house soon alter live o ' clock . On taking his seat on the woolsack he received the congratulations of several peers around him _.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSES . The Marquis of _IjANSdowke said he would take that opportunity of stating that under the merely ordinary circumstances attending a change ofthe Government , it might have been convenient to propose that their lordships should adjourn for a short time , the number of writs that have been moved in the other house of Parliament making it obviously impracticable and inexpedient to proceed with public business as usual till some day in the next week . But it had been suggested that it would be extremely
inconvenient if tne private business were postponed ( hear ); and therefore he proposed that their lordships should continue to sit , with the understanding , however , that no public business shouldbe transacted till the writs which had been issued inconsequence ofthe acceptance of ofiice by members of the other house of Parliament are duly returned . He therefore proposed that tlieir lordships should meet on the usual days of meeting , but merely for the purpose of receiving petitions and of swearing witnesses . This was agreed to , and their lordships adjourned .
HOUSE CF COMMONS , Monday , July 6 The house met at A o ' clock .
NEW WRITS . On the motion of Mr . Tufnell , the Speaker was directed to issue his warrants to the Clerk of the Crown to make out new writs for the election of members to serve for the following places , rendered vacant by the acceptance of office by their late members : — For the City of Chester , in the room of Mr . Jervis , who has accepted the office of Solicitor-General . For the southern division of the county of Stafford , in the room of Mr . G . Anson , who has accepted the office of Clerk of the Ordnance . For the Tower Hamlets , in the room of Mr . C . R . Fox , who had accepted the office of Surveyor of the Ordnance . For the borough of Greenwich , in the room of Admiral D . Dundas . who had accepted the office of one of the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord Hiah Admiral .
For the city of Gloucester , in the room of Mr . F . II . Berkeley , also promoted to be a Lord of the Admiralty . For the borough of Hertford , in the room of Mr . Cowper , also promoted to be a Lord of the Admiralty . For the borough of Evesham , in the room of Lord M . Hill , who had accepted the office of Controller of Her Majesty ' s Household . For the county of Roscommon , in the room of the _O'ConorDon , who had accepted the office of One of the Lords Commissioners fbr executing the office of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain and Vice-Treasurer of Ireland . For the borough of Richmond , in the room of Mr . Rich , who had accepted the office of one of the Lords Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain and Vice-Treasurer of Ireland .
For the borough of Manchester , in the room of Mr . T . M . Gibson , who had accepted the office of Vice-President of the Board of Trade . The motions were agreed to nem , con ,, as was also a motion of Mr . Tiiornelet , directing the issue of a writ for the election of a knight of the ' shire for the southern division of Lancashire , in the room of Lord F . Egerton , now Earl of _Ellesmeve , called to the House of Peers . A great number of railway and private bills were then forwarded a stage .
SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE . Mr . F . Baring moved that the honse meet on Tuesday , at 12 o'clock , for private business . As he understood from the Speaker tbat it would be a convenience if the house were to meet on Thursday and Friday at 12 o ' clock , for private business , he should move to that effect . —Agreed to . The orders of the day were postponed till Monday _, and the house adjourned at ft o ' clock .
HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tuesday , July 7 . The Marquis of Westmeath postponed the second reading ofthe Juvenile Offenders Bill until Thursday , and said , if it should not be convenient to proceed with it on tbat day , he would fix the second reading for Tuesday next . Numerous Railway Bills were advanced a stage , and their Lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Tuksday , July ,. New writs were ordered to be issued for the borough oi Liskeard , in the room of Charles Buller , Esq ., who had accepted the office of Her Majesty ' s Judge Advocate-General ; and for Edinburgh , in the room of W . G . Craig , Esq ., who had accepted the office of one of the Lords of the Treasury . Several Railway Bills were advanced a stage , and the House adjourned .
On Thursday and Friday the two Houses sat for short periods , but tho business transacted was altogether without public interest .
Frightful Accident On The Paris And Brussels Itailway. -Great Loss Nt? Imcw.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE PARIS AND BRUSSELS ItAILWAY . -GREAT LOSS nt ? imcw .
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Brussels , July 9 . —Last night considerable anxiety prevailed amongst numerous families in this city , who _axpectcdrelations or friends by _theordinary train from Paris , which generally arrives about nine o ' clock . Ten , eleven , twelve , and one o'clock struck , and yet no tidings ofthe missing train came . AU night a considerable number of persons remained iu and about the station , and the excitement became intense , wben about four o'clock , a . m ., the
intelligence of a melancholy accdient reached Brussels . It appears that at seven o ' clock yesterday morning the trains left Paris , and about one , p . m ., nearly reach Arras . After passing the village of Roeux , the chain which connected the two locomotives to the train snapped and the foremost carriages were precipitated into a marsh . Eleven bodies , after a short time , were drawn out of thc watcs . It is supposed that many more have been drowned ov suffocated . Many persons are seriously injured . The Aide-dcCamp of General Oudinot was amongst the _vietirns . *
Later intelligence . —Five carriages ( principally of the 3 rd class ) wore thrown into the marsh . I have been informed by aperso ' n who was in the train that the number of victims is _estimswied at forty At the time the travellers for this city _ve-cntered ' tbe train twenty-seven dead bodies had been recovered The wounded amounted to fifty , All kinds uf rumours are current , and even the accounts of parties who were in the train differ , as mm naturally be expeeled , with reference to so sudden a catastrophe ,
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THE POLITICAL ECONOMISTS . _ThO / l ¦¦ _* _3 il - — 10 . THE EDITOR OP THB MORNING POST . Sir—I ventured , in a former letter , to suggest that the Protectionists should cease to cavil wiih their foes , and set themselves to explain their views and principles to the people . . _. _Nothing is more certain than this fact . No party can eventually' succeed , who cannot define , and establish by argument _^ their principles and their objects . - ,: ; The temporary triumph ofthe Free-traders _^ has been accomplished by their unprecedented activity and their unscrupulous measures . They have taken their hearers by surprise ; knowing how few . read volumes on political economy , they have selected _portions from the works of those authors who seem to
favouv their views , and have then used such names as Adam Smith ; Malthus , M'Culloch , and others , as though , the principles of Free Trade had been established by them . The result has been , tliat everybody supposes those authors have thoroughly investigated the question , and clearly demonstrated the folly , wickedness , and disadvantageousness of the principles of Protection , . , _' ,..,- . . . _- _; ¦¦ ¦ - , Such is clearlythe impression in the House of Commons . The above names are ever on thelips of those Members who support Free Trade , and its opponents never attempt to show , that not one ot those supposed apostles of Free Trade has ventured to declare himself satisfied with his own arguments . They , one and all ; leave the question in the same uncertainty that they found it , nor do they hesitate to say so .
Now ,. Sir , if from these , authors' own words , I prove what I have asserted , I shall , I think , have destroyed the effect of their testimony in favour of Free Trade , and we shall no longer have the dreams of Smith ,, Malthus , and M'Culloch enrolled in the speeches of Messrs . Peel , Graham , Ward , Roebuck , Cobden and Bright , as so many demonstrated and established facts and principles . : I .- As to the great authority relied upon by . the Free Traders—Adam Smith , hear him speak for himself . Hesays : — _:- ... ' . . _.. ' " The capital which sends Scotch manufactures to London , and brings back English corn and manufactures to Edinburgh necessarily replaces , by every such operation , two British capitals which had both beeD employed in the agriculture _ormanufactures of Great Britain . . , ¦ ... _, - ¦ . «¦ The capital employed in _Durchasimr foreign goods
for home consumption , when th is purchase is made with the produce of domestic industry , replaces also by every such operation two distinct capitals , but one of them only is employed in _supporting domestic industry . The capital which sends British goods to Portugal , and brings back Portuguese goods to Great Britain , replaces by every such operation only one British capital . The other is a Portuguese one . Though the returns , therefore , ofthe foreign trade of " consumption should be as quick as those ofthe home trade , the capital employed in itwill give but onehalf of the encouragement to the industry or productive labour of the country , " Now , Sir , is it not extraordinary , that even in _Parliament , nay , by Ministers of the Crown , the author of the above should be constantly quoted as the very highest authority in favour of Free Trade ? -Is . it not more astonishing , that the friends of protection should silently listen to such misrepresentation .
Tell me , can the _. English language find words more clearly and positively asserting the superior advantageousness ofthe system of protection to native industry ? . I think not . Afterwards this great man Adam Smith , is driven by his own argument , to attempt the destruction of the protective system , and after all he becomes bewildered and steals out of his difficulty by saying "whether the monopoly ofthe home market tends either to increase the general industry of society or to give it the most advantageous , direction , is not , perhaps , altogether so evident . "
If Adam Smith has on any occasion , since then , demonstrated the truth of the Free Trade policytliose who quote him as an authority , are bound to tell us when and where . If they cannot do that , I have proved from his own words that he has left the question unsettled . But , it it is clear , his leaning is decidedly in favour of ' protection . 2 . Where does Malthus prove the truth of the Free Trade principle ? He asserts , " all the main propositions ofthe science ( Political Economy ) have been examined , and the events which have since occurred , tending either to illustrate or confute them , have been repeatedly discussed . The result of this
examination and discussion seems to be , that on some very important points there are still great differences of opinion " Malthus next enumerates those " differences of opinion , " in doing so , he states , that every essential part of the question is unsettled—he strives to demonstrate , finds himself puzzled , and escapes by exclaiming— " Altogether the state of the commercial world , since the war , clearly shows that something else is necessary to { he continued increase of wealth besides an increase in the means of producing . _' ' What that " something else" is , he nowhere tells his discip les . If I err , let them say where he supplied that deficiency in his argument .
It is clear that the Free Traders cannot rely on Malthus as a guide ; he leaves them in the clouds of uncertainty . 3 . What says M'Culloch ? He surely lias solved the problem . Else , how is it that his name is ever on the lips of the Free Traders ? "We shall see . He labours hard—he praises Adam Smith—and he blames him . M'Culloch says , "Our illustrious countryman , Adam Smith , published the ' Wealth ol Nations , ' a work whieh has done for political economy what the Essay' of Loeke did for _thephilosophv of mind . In this work the science was , for the first time , treated in its fullest extent , and tbe fundamental principles on which the production of wealth depends , established beyond the reach of cavil and dispute . "
So that Adam Smith has , despite his own declaration , in the opinion of M'Culloch , settled the question ! No , Sir , * I mistake . Still there is " cavil and dispute , " and that by M'Culloch himself ! Further on he says— " But however excellent in niany respects , still it cannot be denied tliat there are errors , and those too of no slight importance , in the ' Wealth of Nations . '" Again— " Dr . Smith considered agriculture , " though not the only productive employment , as the most productive of any , the home trade as more productive than the direct foreign trade , and the latter than the carrying trade . It is clear , however , " adds M'Culloch , " that these distinctions are all fundamentally erroneous !" If M'Culloch be an authority , Adam Smith cannot have been a Free-trader ,
• Well , then , has M'Culloch settled the question ? Hear him—he thus speaks : — " 1 shall not imitate the example of most writers ou commerce by entering into a lengthened examination of the question , _tuhetherihe Itome or foreign trade be the most advantageous . It is , indeed , quite obvious tbat it admits of no satisfactory solution . I now ask you , Sir , have I shown cause why Adam Smith _y Malthus , and M'Culloch cannot be quoted as authorities in favour of Free Trade ? I think they themselves have furnished me with materials . If so , my object is gained . Now , if these men , who are so often quoted by Free Traders in Parliament , and who are almost
universally believed to be apostles of Free Trade , out of Parliament , have declared their inability to decide between the Free Trade and the Protection prjnci p ies—we have a rig ht to demand of Sir Robert Peel by what arguments he has been able to untie the Gordian knot ? His speech is barren on that point . Having established , beyond the reach of successful contradiction , the fact that Adam Smith , _M-ilthus , and M'Culloch , have not only failed to _estab wh the prineiplo on which "the increase ot wealth _y is founded ; but have each of them confessed their inability to solve the question , I am warranted in asserting that all who quote their names as authorities in favour of Free Trade , labour under a great
delusion . If , then , Sir Robert Peel cannot prove that the question has since been solved in favour of Free Trade , itis clearly demonstrated , that the revolution jn our commercial code has been planned and adopted without reason , argument , or demonstration . . Thus it is proved that " the great and comprehensive measure , " involving the most serious consequences to the agriculture , manufacture , and commerce of this empire , has been carried without any authority or any defined object . Such being the case , where can words be found to express the folly—the wickedness of that Act ! ... .
Let us inquire—Has Sir Robert Peel informed us of any authority who has settled the question ? The answer is easy—none , save Mr . Cobdea ! lo him . I will soon allude . Sir Robert Peel does not pretend to have discussed the problem—nay , when asked what he thinks will be its results—he is silent—or confesses his utter inability to form any opinion So with every one ofhis coadjutor *' . It has been reserved to this " enlightened" age—to that " sagaemus' * Statesman (!)—to jeopardisa all our national interests on the most loose and uncertain chance ! At length , he has famished the-nation with an excuse— "It is not I—it is not _Lordi John Russell—itis Richard Cobden !"
These are the _Psemier ' s words—words never to be I forgotten—words uttered without a blush in . the pre- _, sence of those for whom he had engaged to oppose this self-same " Richard Cobden ! . _* " with whom he had for five years kept up a sham fight , denounciag him and his agitation in no measured terms ! Ai length , ihc chosen champion of Protection—the selected antagonist of Richard Cobden—unmasks himself , and informs his party that ho has succeeded in betraying their confidence ; that while they were giving him their aid to crush the League , he has betrayed thom into the hands of Richard Cobden and thc Manchester men ! The selected guardian of the Protectionists , the Prime Minister of England , says— " 1 have said before , in proposing these measures , I have no wish to rob others of the credit which is justly due to them ; aud I must say , that it is neither gentlemen on the opposite bench , nor ourselves , who are entitled to the credit of the measures recently " carried by a . new combination of parties . The name which ought
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to be associated with the success of these measures is not that of the noble lord , nor is it mine , but it is the name of a man who _haa been acting , I believe from pure aiid disinterested- motives—who has pursued his object ,, with untiring energy , by appeals io reason , enforced by eloquence , the more to be admired because unaffected and unadorned—the name of Richard Cebden . " . ' As ' though Sir R . Peel had said , V We have not been Me id reason on this subject , we could not demonstrate the truth of the principles we professed , whilst we hayo , by set and polished phrases , been urging our prejudices and proving our ignorance , the enlightened and eloquent " Richard Cobden , ' by his ' unaffected and unadorned appeals to reason'has conquered ! -. He is the victor—I the vanquished !
Into his hands I have delivered the destinies of our Commonwealth—I yield to superior intellect and honesty !" , Beitso . li is then the manifest duty of , Sir Robert Peel to furnish the nation with Mr . Cobden's _arguments—arguments applied to the" reason" of the people , not to their passions . If such arguments exist , where are _thej- ? I have failed to discover them . It is the bounden duty of" Sir Robert Peel to inform the nation where that casket of wisdom is to be found . I think tha '; the Premier ' s faith in Mr . Cobden has no better , foundation than Mr . Cobden ' s faith in Adam Smith . If I mistake , let Sir Robert Peel or any of his supporters point out where and when Mr . Cobden discussed and settled the only
question , as far as free trade is concerned , which is at the root of . the science of -political economy , viz ., whether th _^ . national wealth is increased by an internal of an external exchange ? Nothing is more clear than that Mr . Cobden has ( despite Sir Robert Peel ' s conversion by his " reasoning" ) '' sedulously avoided" argument on the subject , deprecated all discussion on the question , relying entirely on the authority of Adam Smith and Ricardo . . Read , Sir , if you will , every speech that Mr . Cobden , or any of his coadjutors have made , and show me , if you can , one single sentence containing an argument that bears upon the great question— "the increase of wealth . '" I believe that you will search in vain .
It was , as I will prove , the fixed and avowed policy of Mr . Cobden to avoid discussion—to consider the question as settled by Adam Smith and Ricardoand there to leave it . . _'" . ' , Clap-trap declamation—low abuse of Sir Robert Peel and the aristocracy—not " reason ; " statistics , not arguments , were the weapons of Mr . Cobden ' s warfare—and , under the delusion that Adam Smith and Ricardo bad previously settled the " . reasoning " and argumentative part of the question , he addressed himself to the passions aad prejudices of the people ,
under the promise ot a " great loat instead oi a little loaf "—of "liberty and plenty in' the mills , instead of slavery and penury in the field . " Thus did' he raise a mist in _themirids of Sir Robert Peel and the people . In ; . ' that mist , under that delusion , Mr . Cobden has succeeded in revolutionising the commercial code of . the greatest and most powerful commercial nation on which the sun ever shone ! The die is cast—the great venture is made—but if for good or for evil , neither Sir Robert Peel nor any of his supporters will or can tell .
I have said that Mr . Cobden ' s policy was not to " reason , " or to argue , or discuss—he taught bis followers _^ from the beginning , " sedulously to avoid " discussion—to treat the subject as one already " clearly demonstrated . " . Here is my authority for this assertion . ' In the "Anti-Corn Law Circular , No . 1 , of Tuesday , April 23 , 1839 , I find a manifesto , signed , " Richard , Cobden ; " that document seems to be the foundation of the agitation against the Cban Laws ; it was issued when the . League was a few months old , and contains the advice of Mr .- Cobdin to his followers . The following quotation therefrom proves the fact above stated . _*—•
" 'At length , however , the obvious truths which Adam Smith , Ricardo , and others , had so clearly demonstrated , thatthose restrictions and prohibitions upon trade tended , in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred , lo divert the national industry from its naturaland profitable pursuits , into artificial and less productive channels , were recognised hy the Statesmen of this country ; and partly to stimulate industry ( with the view oi meetlngthe heavy charges of the Government and debt of tbe nation ) , and partly , perhaps , from a conviction of the tardy justice of tlie measure to that party whose interest had been , and still is , lost sight of by the advocates of monopoly—the consumer—the principles of Free Trade were adopted and openly avowed by the Liverpool Administration . From that time , the question ofthe justice or injustice of
the Corn L > iws assumes anew shape ; it is no longer one of doubt to the honest inquirer , but presents itself simplified and divested of every difficulty . All attempt to carry us back in our discussion of the subject beyond the period when the princi ple of Free Trade was applied to the manufacturers , commerce and shipping of Great Britain and her colonies , should , therefore , be sedulously avoided as supererrogatory ' and calculated only to mystify what has from that time been a plain and unembarrassed question , " A careful perusal of the speeches of Mr . Cobden will prove that he has acted upon the plan here laid down . He has never attempted to " reason" on the question , * he has not essayed a " demonstration" of the truth of his principles ; he has " sedulously avoided discussion , " believing it to be " obviously true that Adam Smith , and Ricardo , and others had clearly demonstrated" the truth of Free-trade
principles ! The delusion has taken root in the minds of many persons and of the , Legislature ; — in the '' two Houses . " It seems to be universally admitted that the assertion of Mr . Cobden is true , —that Adam Smith , Ricardo , and others have settled the question !—Oh ! that Lords and Members would read and think for themselves , and not , with Sir Robert Peel , pin their faith on Mr . Cobden ' s sleeve ! How unlucky is Mr . Cobden in these two names—Adam Smith and Ricardo ! The former , as I have shown you in this letter , distinctly maintains the principle of internal exchange of the products of native industry—the latter , on the contrary , asserts the advantage of external exchange ! So that Mr . Cobden , ; if he and his friends believe both , has " reasoned" himself and his followers—Sir Robert Peel among the rest—into the belief of a positive contradiction .
Our case , then , is simply this—we have followed blind guides , and have fallen into the ditch ! The steersman of the State vessel has lost his compasshe says "Richard Cobden" has found it ! "No , " says Mr . Cobden , "it is with Adam Smith and Ricardo . " The compass of the former points " homewards , " that of the latter " outwards . " Such is the condition of the State vessel now What should the crew do ? All are involved — Queen , hierarchy , aristocracy , and people , all are in equal danger , what can they do ? I eould answerwill they listen ? I remain , Sir , Yours respectfully , Richard Oastler . P . S . The following extracts from speeches made at the meeting of the Anti-Corn Law League , in Manchester , on the 2 nd instant , will make a good postscript—they are , just now , of deep interest
;" They ( the Protectionists ) must raise a fresh crop of statesmen to carry out their principles , for we have all ( he statesmen now on oar side of tbe question . "—Mr . Cobden . " Lancashire , the cotton district , and the West Biding of Yorkshire , must govern England . " —Mr . Bright . London , July , 1846 . R . 0 .
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A Duel selon lxs Regles . —A letter from Munster states a duel took place close to that town , under the sanction of one of the tribunals of honour now established throughout the Prussian army . It appears that Baron de Denkhaus , a lieutenant of the 11 th regiment of Hussars , having , when playing billiards , used some insulting expressions to Lieut , de Bounhart , of the . 13 th Infantry , the latter brought the matter before the Tribunal of Honour of the place . The court endeavoured to induce' the offending party to retract the expression used ; but finding this to be impossible , it authorised a duel with sabres between- the parties . The meeting took place near the town , at three o'clock in the afternoon , inpresence of at * immense crowd . A stand' was erected ' at one end of the lists for the judges , who took their seats , dressed in full uniform . On the arrival of she
: combatants , a new attempt was made to effect a rej conciliation ,, but , on its- proving unsuccessful , the i opponents were directed ! to choose oat sabres with : their eyes blindfolded , and then , with head bare and in their shi _*» t sleeves to commence the attack . Ihey fought with great determination , Mr . de _Boimhaut receiving two slight cats on the armi ; but sood afterwards giving M . de Denkhaus a _severe wound on the thigh , which prevented his standing , the fight was declared , at an end . After the first medical aid , was given , _fchejudges _reaoeomended the disputants to be reconciled , which they . consented , to , and shook hands amidst the cheering of the multitude , All the parties concerned then -withdrew . _'JShis is the fust duel authorised by any tribunal of honour , reconciliation having been effected in all tJte other . oases , brought beifere them .
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WORSHIP STREET . A _Gebncan Row . —On . Monday , two _Geminns , named Jan Bruuies and llcinvich _Jlohr _, were placed at the bar before Mr , Broughton ,, charged with cutting and wound- _^ ing . 1 w . _'istei- skiudrcssei ' , named lleimieh _Ai-noit , living I at Whiteeliapol , and inflicting numerous wounds on bis head . It appeared from the evidence , that a f « ad bad for some months past subsisted bctweon two High and Low 1 Dutch German skindressers aud sugarbatos _livinc in Wuitccluipel and S pitalfields , and , _notwUhstandiiijr the proverbially peaceful character of that nation , seemed to I Have been pursued amon g them with ns mueh heat and animosity-as any between _noighbouvlwa Irish wovWes On Saturday night , about twelve o ' clock , a s _^ _ouVdK banco , but how originating was not by any means lnctdlv explained by any ot the numerous spluttering and _oxelo eil witnesMB though all earnestly endeavoured to do so , suddenly arose about some cl . ihl .-en of a Gerumn woman nnmod * W « hl between the two prisoners , one Wad I _aenwarta , and . _borw -workmen in Mr . Arnott ' * employ . ' '
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ment , some threats having been uttered against th « life of tin . Prosecutor , who had not at all interfered or heen even pn _* _-sent . but was quietly paying his men at public . house in an adjoining street he , although _apprised that he would be n i « relerca it he . did ,, wit _^ more con _rnL-e than discretion , instantly -vent to the scene of uis . order , called . _Frbsty- _Ciurt , to protect Ins . men , and get them out of the quarrel . The moment he had entered the court , however , and before he had had time to utter a word , he was brought to the g'ound by , a blow on the head from someone behind bim , and upon nsmg was im . mediately set upon by the prisoners and honrad Schwartz , who beat him severely , and one of thein , who had a knife of limes
in his hand , stabbed liim-with it a number , h 8 hend , leaving six wounds , which he now exhibited ; but who it was that inflicted the injuries he could not tell witli any certainty , as the blood was pouring down ) , ' , face , and prevented his seeing ; but . he thought it was Mohr , as he had been most _actiye in the attack , and he also inferred it was he from a knife being found in Mb pocket at the station- How he ultimately escaped i ' rom the encounter it was impossible to mnkeout _, but the police somehow got apprised of the disturbance ,, and on coming up found Arnott and , one of his men covered with blood , and the prisoners being pointed put as tbe most violent , were forth with , secured , and after some resistance , carried ' off * to the station . ¦"'' : '¦ - ; ¦
Engelbrccht Geffkie , the workman just alluded to , a stolid immovable German , whose utter apathy when there was something to be excited about , and vehement warmth When there was = nothing , kept every one but the _magis . trnte , notnithstanding the serious nature of the charge , in ineessnntlau £ hter , very quaintly related the share ha hud in the transaction ; and the substance of . _Instatement -was , that he and his . wife were going home with a can full of porter , When a breathless boy stopped him and entreated he would go back as his . master was beuig mur' _-ered , and was smothered with blood . " Ferry well , said the witness ;* 'but Z shall ko " home mid dis pier , and denlshallkoni ' _seeihtoit _^ ' and home he actually went . He displayed some alacrity , however , in getting back , and on entering the court found four men ,. of . . whom , he could only identify . Mohr , "hammering" his master on the head . With some difficulty lie rescured Mr . Arnott from his assailants , in neither of whose hands did he
notice a knife ; hut he felt convinced that one had been used , as Arnott was bleeding profusely , and while turning to leave he himself received a stab in the neck from somebody , to which he drew the magistrate s attention ; but , with his habitual coolness , although the . wound did not appear a very slight one , it bad not struck him to apply to a surgeon to dress it . Jan Jagers Jacob Jung , police-constable ' 182 K , all deposed to the serious nature of rather melee , in which more than 100 people took part on the side or the other , but though each of the witnesses saw both the prosecutor , and Geffkie with the blood streaming down from their wounds , they were all incapable of thro wing any light upon the orig in of the affray . The prisoners , through a very intelligent mteipretcr , generally denied all tliat was said against them , and endeavoured to prove that it was they who had most cause of complaint , as they had been struck and maltreated in the first instance , and called two _. Gcrnians named Konrad Deer aud Martin Greighand a Belgian named Jorge
, Peinter , as witnesses , who certainly nearly deposed to that much , entirely exculpating Brumes ,- who-was ordered on then evidence to be discharged , and gave it as their opinion that Mohr had not been so criminal as represented , though tbey could not say who it was that had stabbed the prosecutor and Geffkie , if he had not . Mr . "Broughton never recollected a case in which ' there was so much confusion and difficulty at arriving at the truth . It was quite manifest that the two witnesses had been severely injured but it was still a matter of doubt who had caused tlieir wounds , and be should therefore adjourn the . ease till that day week , accepting responsible bail for the prisoner Moor ' s attendance at the next examination * , and in thc meantimethepolicemust exert themselves to procure more positive evidence as to who itwas in reality who had stabbed the prosecutor in the manner described . The bail WHS immediately found , and Mohr , who was very respectably dressed , was ac cordingly liberated .
GUILDHALL . _FxTBAoftniNAM Oiurce . —On Tuesday , Andrew Faze _, kas , a young Hungarian , working as a furrier , and residing at No . 14 , Albion-buildings , Bartholemew ' _s-close , was brought before Sir P . Laurie charged with threatening to cut the throats of two girls whom he had invited to pass the night with him at his lodging , —James Mar . tin , a city-police constable , No . 251 , suid that as he and two other constables were going off duty at six o ' clock that morning , and were crossing Bartholomew-close , they heard a woman crying " murder . " They ran across th » square to the corner whence the alarm proceeded ,. and beheld a young . woman . hanging hy her hands from tlw parapet ' of the house No . 14 , Albion-buildings . It was a three story house , and her feet bad broken the top of the second-floor window . They found the _streetdoor open and rushed _up-staivs , and succeeded , with some trouble , in getting the young woman safely back to the roof , and
in at the attic window . She charged the prisoner with having threatened to cut her throat , and in consequence of what she said " lie look the prisoner into _CUStOdy . Tbere was another young woman there , who had clam _, bered up thereof to escape from the prisoner . — -Thomas Page , another officer , confirmed his statement . —Sir V . Laurie asked with what the prisoner was going to cut their throats ?—He replied tliat the girls said he had opened a razor , and witness found one razor lying on tbe bed and another on the table . The girls were quite ten . rifled , but the prisoner was calm—Sir P . Laurie said they had by their prompt attention saved the life ofa fellow-creature , and they deserved some reward . He asked the prisoner if he wished to put any questions ? Jit was a very serious charge , and he was at liberty to say anything he pleased . —Tbe prisoner said he met with tlie two girls , and after having something to eat and drink , he took them both home with him . He saw one of _tlit-m
hiding his silver spoons , and be found he had also lost a sovereign and some silver . He asked thein for it . They shrieked out aud got out of the window . He told them he should not let them go till they gave up the money , but he did not attempt to cut their throats . —Sir P . Laurie reminded him that the . razor was found on tbe bed . —The prisoner replied that in searching for hii money he put it there . —The two girls were then called in . One of them , Nary Ann Jone .=, lodging on Saffron-hill , was a native of Calcutta , She said they met the prisoner about one o ' clock , and lie treated them with some beor and rum in Farringdon-street . He took thein home , promising to give each of them hntt-a-crown in the morning . At six o ' clock , however , when they asked for their compliment , he said he had lost a sixpence . They said
they had not seen it . He then opened a razor , and said he should have their lives ; and , knowing the door w ;« padlocked by his friend on the outside , and believing him to be in earnest they rushed to the window ond escaped , —Margaret Mitchell confirmed this statement . He caught hold of her hand to prevent her from getting away , but she crawled up the roof . —Sir P . Laurie said , these unfor . tunate women must be protected as well as other persons , The prisoner had menaced the lives of these girls with a murderous weapon , and tbat amounted to an assault . Prom an assault being made wiih a cutting weapon , it was of too serious a character to be dealt with summarily , and he should not only send the prisoner to trial at the sessions , but order the City Solicitor to prosecute him . —lie was committed in default of bail .
THAMES STREET . Brutal Assault . —On Tuesday , Thomas Samuel Tho . mas , a _conl-whipper , of 5 , Duke-street , St . Geovpe-in-tlie . East , was charged with assaulting Johnson Dobcll , a police-constable , 882 K _, and John Putt , 137 K _, in the execution of their duty . The first complainant Dobell wbo bad been very roughly handled , and exhibited marks of severe punishment on his head and face , stated that lie saw the prisoner lying in a cart fast asleep , about three o ' clock iu the morning , iii . Chapel-street . St . George ' s . He woke him up , and the prisouer got out of the cart , and directly he did so , struck him a violent blow on the breast , and knocked him down ; while he was down , he kicked him several times . He managed to get up , and
the prisoner felled him to the ground by a tremendous blow on the head , and kicked him again , as hard as lie was able . The prisoner also tore his hat to pieces , and then ran away . Witness pursued him , but was soon knocked down again , and while be laid prostrate Oil Ihe ground , the . prisoner kicked him in tbehnver partof his person , and completely disabled him . He was forced to go home , and was still in very great pain , putt , 197 K , who had also been severely beaten , described the manner in which he had been attacked . Mr Broderip sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment , being one month for the assault on each policeman ; but as both sentences will commence and terminate together , tbe punishment will in fact be one month ' s imprisonment only .
MARYLEBONE . Extbaobbinahv Dkskbtion of a Cniin . —On Tuesday after the disposal ofthe night charges , Mr . Spurkcs ,. th * assistiintoverseer of St . Marylebone , came to the Court , accompanied by a very decently dressed bov , when both of them were introduced by Mr . Franklin , the chief nshcr , to the sitting magistrate , Mr . Long , and as will be seen from the subjoined statement , the particulars goue into were of a most extraordinary character . Mr . Spark ? , after informing the magistrate that the little boy with him had been , sheltered for some nights at the Refuge for tha Destitute attached to the Marylebone workhouse , called upou the Uttle fellow to tell his own story . He then said —My fit ther was a sergeant in the army , and as I hare understood , belonged to the Sepoys . M y mothei' is dead . About six years ago 1 was placed at a boarding-school near Worcester , and I have not seen my father for thrW years , Ou "Wednesday last my master told me to put oa
my . cap ,, and " wheu I had done so , I wastaken down stairs by him " , followed by tlie tutor . A Qarriage waswaiting on the outside ,, and on the tutor opening the door ,. \ v . e aU got in , and were - driven away ; iu a . quavter of an . houivw so , my master said " Here we arc , " and 1 then ascertained that were at the _Worcestejc station . We alighted , and entered oue " of the railway , carriages , and . nfler travelling some distance , we got ont and rode the rest of the way to London by a _four-hin-so coach . My master , and the tutor were inside , and I . was seated on the roof . When tho coach stopped opposite the Ship Tavern , Charing-cross ,. my . master told me tcbget down , which I did , thinking . Ihat he was going to alight also , hut-he remarked to me that as . Shad no friends , and as _mvschoolag had not been paid for two year * he could not keep . me any longer , _Xha « _oach then dra . ve off with oy master and the tutor ,, and . 1 was left be } _ih \ d in a _nlace unitestrange to me ,, to . do the best I uo . nld as to shifting ** myselt . fci . rjjpl y . tev the magistrate , the bov said that n * could gm . no moae information with respect to the _c-oas _° which brought , _hnu to London than that it was driven if tour Horses ; . _tbft coachman t » iA guard wore red coals _.
and had " V ... IL" on the collans . His master's minis _ivsJ Sal ' s , and . his . tutor ' s _Shares . Mr . Sparks . —How & rom tlie city of Worcestei : was the school i "Bov .- eiin" * _- . exactly say ; itmiglit . _hoainile . Mr . Spa ' _usjss _^ -B _* you know tke name of the ; jplace i Boy . —I new beard i ' called by any particular- name , sir . The _magistrate pu ' _lir . thei- questions , with , the view of _satisfying liim *** * whether , the boy had any knowledge of "French , ns he hi "" told Ma \ Sparks Unit he . had . _processed in that langu » S _* as far as the " aivrfUary verbs , " while ut the school " 1-which lie alleged li _^ had been educated , his replies w «* satisfiictory . The . _aume of ihe little fellow is Willi : ' * Smith , he is a _wnaarkabl y shrewd and ¦ intelligent W apparently not -more than twelve Years of age , ami '" I artless manner- in making his iiarrnti . au , was calcula _'* ; to . leave but Uttle , if _kuy doubt as to the truth thei ** Mr . _Sparki _* said that some good would no doubt ai * . by the proceedings gaming publicity . He should \\ _wf- * . use his best _etidxavours to got further inforinnli *' - and in the mean time the poor deserted little ft * should remain iu the workhouse , aud be > properly ta *' cave of .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 11, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11071846/page/8/
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