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FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA ' S ACTION * . Received hy \ V _ Rims . —W . Coates , Stokesley , Is . ; Geo . HbUoway , Kidderminster ,-2 s . Gd .: W . Masters and Friend , Kidderminster Cd . ; 11 . Collinge , Oldham , Is . ; W . Town send , Ohlhaia , Is . ; W . Livesay . Oldham , Is . ; _Cliesier , per J . Roberts , as . 6 'L * MixciidenStoiies , near Halifax , per J . JIancrofi , Ss . 10 « L ; llctford , -perT . Derme , is . 2 d . _; Allottees , Great Douford , per J . T . _Topp , 2 s . id . ; Hugh Uiiee . Aberdeen , Cd . ; Andrew Rannie . Aberdeen , Gtl . ; a _^ few Democrats , Ashton and DnhenSeld , per J . Taylor , 1 * L ; a few Friends , Covenlrv , per "VV . Hosier , 4 s . 2 d . _-TSot & igham ,
per J . Sweet , Ss .-. It . 1 $ ., 2 s Gd . ; Friends at the Leigh Horseman Inn , Xorwich , i » r J . Hun-ell , lis . ; Cheltenham , per J . nenimin , 55 . 4 a . ; II . Finlt , . Bristol , per C . Clark , 4 s .: Bristol , per W . _Dyhc _, 2 s . - S . Auckland , _Peterhoroujjh _, Is . ; a few Chartists , _iiaworth . near Keighley , per W . Greenwood , los . ; Warwick , per C . Tristram , 2 s . Gd . ; a few Priends . _Xornicli . perT . Fox , 4 s . ; Mr . Ellison , perE . Stallwood , Is . ; _Congleton , per T . Pickford , _i- _' . _lleceived at Lasd Office . — A FemaleDeuiocrat . 1 _'urv , 3 s . CO . -i Ucnrc Matt . Buiy , Is . ; a Friend , to tbe end . Eery , Is JolmJe » _es , r » urv , IE . Smith , llury , 4 < L ; S . Fletcher , 2 cL—Total , £ 7 9 s . lOd * . The 7 s stated , on the 22 nd nlt _„ as from Coventry , should liave been irom Warwick , per C . _"; Tristranu
Ebeos . —The total announced last week should have teen £ 16 Ss- _TtLifiStesd of £ . 16 ISs Id .
FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Beceived by 11 * . IUdes . —Bristol , per a Clark , 2 s . DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Received by \ _T . Bideh- —Hugh Erice , Aberdeen , 3 d . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . Received by TV . Emm . —Gallon , Glasgow , per _H . Carricl ; ll . ls . 7 id . TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received bv TV . Rideh . —! Bradshaw , near Halifax , per J . ChappeL Cd . " * Gallon , Glasgow , per II . CraricU , IL Is . 74 tL Kerclved by Jons _Absott . — Mr . Eider , as per Star , 1 * . 2 S . 1 _J < L M ' DOUALL'S TESTIMONIAL . Received bv W . Ridec—Staly bridge , per N . Hill , IL
FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received bv AY . Rideb . —A few Friends , Bradshaw . near _Dalflax , per tt " . _Ilfley , Us- 3 d . ; part proceeds of rattle fur _I'riae Biwme , bv W ** tend Boot _anl Shoemakers , per Messrs . Dickens " and MTdgh , U . ; Cheltenham , per J . llemn : in , 5 s . od . NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received _bvJonji Assart , Secretary— -IL Roach , 3 _Isc " clesfied . Is . ; G . Chaloner , Macclesfield , Is . 6 d . TV " , Smith . _31 _acclesfieia , ls . 20 . - J . Shaw , : E < kje , vs . - J . Tinnock , OS . ' _- Philip Elliott , per S . Boonham , Is- ; Mr . Rider , as i > cr Stan 11 . lis .
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_——^ T . j _3 ILDDLESEX SESSIONS . _Bohbeut et a Gratedicger . — "William "Wells was indicted for stealing twenty-seven pounds of coals , tlie property of thc churchwardens of the parish of St . _Danstin , Stepney . The prisoner , it appeared , had been employed as _gravedigiicr at St . Dunstan ' s churchyard . Be was apprehended with the coal in lis possession as he was leaving the church , and he admitted that he had taken it from the stoke-hole of the _heatinsr furnace underneath the church , to tafce home . —The jury _fornid the prisoner " Guilty . " _Switaneod tn sis weeks' hard labour .
Robbery at Madame _Tcssacd s Exhibition . — Thomas Daldy , a respectably dressed man , formerly a publican in _Charlcs-su-cet , Drury-lane , and subseauentlv the keeper of the beer-shop , a wellinown rendesvous of thieves , in the neighbourhood of Clare-market , -was indicted for , and convicted of , robbinga widowlady , named Stanley , of a purse and £ 15 s , 10 d ., in the interior of _3 ladamc Tussaua ' s exhibition . —The prisoner was shown to have been for s _& mc time a regular associate of swell mobsmen , and tho eouvt sentenced him to be transported for seven years . Ccmocs Case . —Henry Dingley , a lad of idiotic appearance , was indicted for stealing a watch , the property of his father , Robert Dingley . —The
prisoner pleaded guilty . —Thc learned judge , having perused the depositions , said he would not take thc lad ' s plea of guilty . He had a strong belief that le was prosecuted for the mere purpose of the pawnbroker being compelled to deliver up the _irateh without , payment of the sum advanced upon it . _Theie was no evidence _epe-a which , the boy could be convicted . —The prisoner iLeii pleaded not guilty , and from the evidence given it apreared that the prisoner took the watch to a pawnbroker ' s , and said lie had been sent by lis father to pledge it , hut- the pawnbroker would not adv . ince any money upon it without an authority from his father , and the prisoner iherenpon went away , returning shortly after , when le stated that his father \ _ras too ill either to attend
himself or to write a note . The pawnbroker then advanced bim 21 s . _ujjon it . The prisoner ' s father had since died , and Ids mother was at the present time confined to her bed through illness . The only witnesses examined were the pawnbroker and a little girl to prove the identity of the watch . —The learned judge said there was nothing to show that ihe father h .-id not sent ths prisoner to _pledge thc watch , besides , thefather was now dead , and in this indictment the property was laid as his . The prisoner could not therefore be convicted . —A verdict of * Acquittal" was then returned . —The learned judge said , he had no doubt but that the lad's relations had _prosecuted him in order to get back the -watch without paying the pawnbroker , and that he had , through ignorance , pleaded guilty to a charge of which he was innocent .
Street _Robbem" . —A _iekiest Sentesce . —Caroline Be Blair , a woman of colour , convicted last session of a robbery from the pen-on , was brought up for judgment . —It was shown that the prisoner had borne a good character up to the commission of this offence , and the Coart sentenced her to two days ' imprisonment . She had already been in prison six weeks . —The case 3 in which parties were ont on bail -were postponed until next session , and the court adjourned .
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Tike _atd _"Sarkow Escape . —On "Wednesday night , shortly before ten o ' clock , a fire ofa Tery alarming character , and nearly attended with aloss of human life , broke out in the premises belonging to Mr . "Marsh , No . 21 , Great May _' s-buildings , St . ALirtin ' s-lane . Whilst some of the inmates were sitting in a lower room their attention was suddenly directed by-an unusual noise proceeding from thc iirsi floor . The servant went to ascertain the cause , when , on opening the door of one of the rooms on the first floor , in thc occupation ofa ! gentleman named "Walter , a huge mass of flames shot forth , which completely _proslratcd her . She , however , succeeded in making her way down again , and laving given an alarm in the usual way , a gentleman named Phillips , living on the second floor , made an
attempt to descend the staircase ; but so fiercely did the fire extend , and so dense was thc smoke , that he was obliged to make to one of- the attics , and , by getting out of the window , succeeded in escaping a lorrible death . Two valuable dogs in the top of the premises were suffoeateed by the smoke and neat . Owing to thc exertions of the firemen , the flames were extinguished by eleven o clock , but not until considerable damage was done by fire and water , that portiou of the premises in which the disaster conimeneei being burned out , and the rest of the house seriously injured by heat and water . A spark from a li g hted candle falling upon some bedding , it is believed was tbe ' cause of the accident .
Tiie _Suddes Death of a Witness ij * the Cestral Crimixai . Court . —On Thursday morning a jury assembled at the Builders-arms , Compton-street , St . Pancras , before Mr . T . Wakley , ALP ., to _inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Mr . James TJodslcy Tawney , an attorney ; aged fiftythree , who died shortly after he had given evidence in tbe Central Criminal Court , against Samuel Grieves Harvey , a horse dealer , for having most brutally assaulted hira . Evidence having been given proving the assault , the principal witness _. Ah * . Clayton , surgeon , said he was called to attend the deceased on the 4 th of- "November last . He ound fourteen contusions on his back , which was generally swollen , accompanied by pain and _stiShess . The arms were much bruised , and the right laud , which wasalso considerably swollen , was in a
Sling . There was a huge contusion on the right side of the Lead . _Witness continued to attend him " ap to the day of his death . Witness had since made a post mortem examination of the body , . and attributed death to congestion of the brain , which had resulted from the fatted condition of the heart —The Coroner : lias thc violence the deceased " *« ceiTed _anything to do wiih his death ? "Witness : Certainly not—The Coroner said it was useless to proceed any further with the case , and the jury _^ _immediately returned the following verdict : —" That •¦ lie said James Dodsley Tawney died from congesfconof blood on the brain , produced bv disease of _Jte l-eart ; and that on the 3 rd of November last , r _""™ , the said James Dodsley Tawney was cruelly "" M hratell y assaulted by one Samuel Grieves _Har-Jj-J _" , at the parish of St . Andrew , Holborn , in the _^ DJity Of Middlesex . " .
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LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . _., , lxxiv . ;;;; _, ; ... \; _- _•* _Vor _^ sare ; thmgs ; aua a smaU drsp ofink - - . ' _* ¦ - ' Fallmg-hke dew-upon a thought , produces lhat , _!™ _J . makes thousands , perhaps millions , think . ' . _-...-. - - _urnoN . _TTfTWDo .
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WHia REFOR"M (!)_* WHAT M 3 XT ? - . FOREIGN AFiFAIRSPRESIDEXT BUOXAPARTE AXD TnE _ORDERMOXGERS-i-ROGRESS OP ItED REPUBLIC _AXISM-TJIE KIXG OP PRUSSIA AND THE CONSTITUTION—TURKEY , RUSSIA , AND TIIE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES . Brother _Proletarians , " " \ Then the skies fall , we shall catch larks . " Judging from certain prognostications oh the part of the Ministerial Press , that ausp icious occasion would Seem to . be-ni gh at
hand . The Weekly Chronicle , formerl y ( and perhaps still ) the property of "Ward , the English Haynauo f the Ionian Isles , and which enjoys the reputation (?) of being , oiie of the journalist hacks of the "Whig Ministry , gave publicity on Saturday last to a report , strongl y savouring ofthe fabulous , "being no other than that the Whigs were aoont to re-appear ( posi _tivoly for the last timo !) in their old eliaracter of ¦ ' Keformers . ' If this he true the descent of the skies , and the consequent bagging of Aurora ' s -winged , choristers , may be safely anticipated .
The Weekly Chronicle has great pleasure * ' in being enabled to announce that amongst _, the earliest measures to be submitted to Par"htn ient b y the Government in the ensuing Session , -. vill be bills to provide an extension of tlie suffrage hota in England and Ireland . ' The favoured journalist-. modestly adds : — "We are not in possession of the details , but ¦ we have reason to hope that tho scope of the
proposed measures will meet the views of a large section ofthe really liberal members . It is not improbable that a reform of such importance will he recommended in the Speech from the Throne . " Tlie Times of Monday repeated tlie above report in consp icuous type ; and on Tuesday , in the course of a''leader" on thc
Parliamentary Eeform "Meet ing at the London Tavern alluded to the subject in a manner evidently intended . to induce belief on the part of the public . So , then , the "Whigs are squeezable ! Notwithstanding their C 4 agging Bills — their " special" array of shopocratical brute force —their military terrorism—their State prosecutions : —notwithstanding that Cuffax and
his fellow unfortunates have been exiled across the seas — _"Wiluams and Sharp done to death , and that our gallant Ersest _Joses and many others are yet bound in p rison-hells ; — 'notwithstanding the Law ' s persecutions and the Press s lies , the Whigs are succumbing to the unextinguished , inextinguishable , _allconijnering power of Democracy , Trul y , "they never fail who fall in a groat cause ! " "Mark ! Brother Proletarians , I take the
Weekly Chronicle ' s report , supposing it to be trell founded , for what it is worth ; no more . It is worth thus much ;—If the "Whi gs are ahout to propose any measure of Parliamentary Eeform—though ever so dwarfed and Whigg ish—that very concession is proof of popular progress , and should encourage you to press on with re-invigorated ardour , and renewed determination , to seek the full measure of your ri g hts ; short ofAvhich you ought never to he contented—ought never to give your rulers a moment ' s peace . Only—as Jereuy _Bexthaji said—only by making the ruling few uneasy , can the many hope to obtain justice . _Assuming the correctness of the Weekly
Chronicle ' s announcement , a nice question arises as to the extent and character of the suffrage-extension contemplated by the Whigs . Here it would be well to bear in mind the receipt of the celebrated Mrs . G lass :-- " First catch your Jiare , and then , & e ., & e . " It may be that the Downing-street hare when caught will be found to he worthless . It may he that instead of hare-catching at all , the Whigs intend only to lead the sportsmen on a red-herring
scent . Timewilltell . One thing may be safel y prophesied—that the Whigs purpose no measure of reform sufficient to satisfy your claims , or do you justice . It is " easier for a camel to pass through the eye ofa needle , " than for Whig aristocrats—or aristocrats of any other denomination—to recognise the ri ghts of labour , and put an end to the political ( to say nothing ofthe social ) inequality under which tou sufferdespairand perish .
, , The Spectator gives currency to a rumourwhich , as put in that paper , wears the appearance of mere club gossi p—ihat Ministers will propose aii extension ot the franchise , based on "' a , householder rating . ' " However imperfect and unjust any descri p tion of - ' household suffrage" might be , such a stride" in the " rig ht direction , " is not at all likel y to be taken by Russell and Co . A better idea of
the intended measure —( if any measure really is intended )—may he gathered from the vague , but nevertheless , significant p hrases of the Weekli / ChronicU . " "We have reason to hope " says the Whig jounnlist , " thatthe scope of the proposed measures will meet the views of a large section of the reall y Liberal _nieinbers . 'l These words , if they have anymeaning , signify thata miserable modicum of reform will be
proposed by Ministers , not so extensive as to en danger aristocratic supremacy , but sufficient to afford the _shoy-Tioys of " Liberalism '' an excuse for breaking from the more earnest advocates of reform . Of course the Press-gang , under the influence of the Treasury , will be commissioned to support tho Ministers and tho aforesaid shoy-Iioys , in their " politic , ' " " rational , " and "constitutional , " course , ; and at the same time denounce those , who rejecting " safe reform , " persist in seeking " foolish , " " violent , " and . •; ' dangerous " changes . . _.
It is also , no doubt calculated , that the new Whig dodge will divert from theEeform Movement that—by no means contemptible- _^ number of the Bourgeoisie in whom the spirit of class ascendancy reigns paramount ; and who , though they desire "Eeform" ( for their own benefit ) , would lather vrelcome Despotism j than lend a helping hand to . the triumph of Democracy . Further speculation on the un-hatched scheme of the Whigs would be premature . The " Speech from the Throne" must be waited for . One word more of caution . ' Remember , Brother Proletarians , that blessed are those who expect nothing , for verily they shall net be disappointed !
The Times aud Cnronicfe , while agreeing in casting ridicule on the Parliamentary Reform Meeting held on Monday last , also agree in somethin g more important . that any shamrefonn ofthe representation will but postpone the " evil day , " when real concessions must be made to tho millions . The Times exhibits a degree of candour very unusual for it , in confessing that the present flush of " prosperity " _, cannot endure for more than three or" four
years to come ; b y that time , if not sooner , the revulsion will come , and then the demand for Suffrage Reform—if not previously checkedwill , probabl y , assume a power dangerous to our institutions ! To provide against such , an eventuality _* the Times would have the ruling powers graduall y extend the _suffrage , so as ultimately to include all " have something to Jose ; " which , as the 7 ' imes ri ghtly believes , would establish the strongest , barrier against those who have nothing—those who , by vicious institutions , have been fleeced of their allthe weakest , the most miserable _^—those who , trul "have nothing to lose and everything to gain " by the triumph of , absolute Democracy . . ' _ ¦ ¦ ¦
, -And this _viUanous . idea of the Tims is developed in all . schemes of " Parliamentary Reform " short of the Charter . It is broadl y evident in _Cobden ' s _Freehold Land Scheme ; and it taints even the much more liberal
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programme of Sir Joshua WalmsleV ' and his friends . —Whig _Extensiorrists , Freehold- "Land Liberals , ; ., and , ' / . Parliamentary - Reformers , '' all agree iii the princi ple of leaving a Pariah class without : •' the portals of the ; Oonstitiition . ' '' ; . it ' sounds-very plausible for ' our respectable friends to tell ns , that if we will go with _tliein as fai' as _, they go , and hel p them to get . that which they seek , - we eau afterwards do our own work ; b y going for the- ' entire Charter . But will they then go with us ? If so , why not go for the Charter ,, or at any rate its principles , now , and so make one agitation do oncefor all ? . But , . if after . wo _^ have helped . ¦ .. -.. _~^~ : - •;¦ _s * * « _i' ri t . _^
them , to wm their ' - four points , " they will not go with us when we attempt to obtain the full complement of popular rights , will they , mider those circumstances , be content to be quiescent ; or will ' they ., oppose , instead of aiding us ? Will they denounce us as ''factious fellows , " and coerce and persecute us as in days not very remote ? If the '* Pa ' _rliamentaryEeforniers "' wish for the heart y and enthusiastic support of the masses , they -will" do well to . take a course calculated to put an end to these misgivings , which I can assure , theiii are entertained b y thousands ' of tho Proletarian order . .
Ihavousedtlielanguage of the Times ' m speaking of the present as a season of ' ' prosperity , but , Brothei * Proletarians , you very well knowthat whatever comparative " prosperity ' ' may at this moment be the lot of . certain -sections of your order , thousands upon thousands have no share in . - the sunshine of comfort ; nay , see not even a gleam of hope for the future . Without , then , waiting for the _IWUlsioil AVlllCll , according to the Times , must come -within' three
or four years , and which is very likely-to ' overtake us much earlier ; to the tens of thousands at this time suffering , the _obt-iinment of : their political franchises , with the view of using those franchises to save themselves from misery and death , is a matter of primary importance . Need I say more in justification of .: thosc who appeal to the people to make another , a general , and , it is to be hoped , a Successful struggle for the ' Charter . ' . V
In ( for the ' present ) parting from this subject , I must call , the attention of my metropolitan readers—and I am happy in knowing that they are not few—to the intended meeting convened for Monday eyening next , at the London Tavern , for the purpose of giving effect to . 'tho work of the late Metropolitan Conference . I anticipate that—in playhouse phraseology—Monday ' s meeting will be a , _¦* bumper . "_ Certainly every Chartist in London not in prison , or on , a lied of sickness , -will do his best to set aside all . other engagements , to attend that meeting , When the hurricane of persecution raged , our flag
" _Sfrcam'd like tlie tliunder-storm against the wind . " . And surely-.-now that "Fortune ' s favouring gale" fills our sails , that flag will be as bravel y stood by , and be borne onward , conquering and to conquer . ..-Brother , Proletarians , a notice of the division in the ranks of the French 0 iiDERii 0 _J"GEns _,.-on the question of . voting the urgency of the Government bill for placing the primary instructors at the mercy of Prefects of Departments , concluded my last week ' s _: letter . It appears that
next day , the secretaries discovered ( or pretended to discover ) that some mistakes had occurred iu taking the ballot , the " rectification" of wliich , gave the Government a majority of one .. A stormy debate ended in the annulling of the previous day ' s vote . A new ballot was then taken on the question of urgency , Avhen there appeared : —for the urgency , 329 ; against it , 800 •—majority for -the Goveriimont _, 29 . The " urgency" w _^ as accordingl y declared . On Tuesday , January the 8 th , the bill . was introduced , founded on the following motion : —
Until thc promulgation of the organic law on edacttion , primavj _insti-uetion is placed under tiie immediate care _liurteillaiiee ) of tlie _/> _j' efs ' .. The . primary , teachers will he chosensiud appointeii hy _the . prefet of each department , either _amongst tlie laity or members of religious societies under vows to teachj and so recognised by the state . Tlie option to he on the advice of thc municipal council of thc < HW 1 UJUU !« . . ... , ' _-.. -.. ¦ ¦¦ . . ''• ¦¦ The general discussion closed with a majority of 352 in favour ofthe bill , 280 against it . These numbers leave no room foi- doubt
that the bill , will bo adopted . ' A move infamous and tyrannical scheme to crush the freedom of instruction , was never devised even b y Russian despotism . Need I add , that a measure so yillanousiiuds special favour with the truculent Times ? That journal , however , is forced to acknowledge the tremendous advance of "Red Republicanism throughout the rural districts of France ; and adds " men may well look with extreme alarm to the results of the next general appeal to universal suffrage . " The Times admits ; too , and mourns over the divisions in " what is termed , a Tittle / derisively , ' the great party of order . ' . "
The wholesale dismissals of the suspected schoolmasters , which will now take place , -will have this good effect : thoso who have merel y cherished the proscribed princi ples , will henceforth become propagandists ; those who have heretofore been : propagandists merely , will henceforth be revolutionists . Persecution will but advance the glorious cause alread y sanctified by the blood and sufferings of so ' many martyrs . ' Thiers and Co ., having by assassinating the , Roman "Republic , reduced France to the lowest depths of shame , would now send troops and ships to seek " the bubble reputation " on the shores of the Rio de la Plata .. Faugh The subject is not worthy ' of further _^ notice .
Let _nie bring under your notice , a few ; specimens of piie week ' s work of persecution , directed by-V special - ' Buonaparte _^ and the _Ordersiongers , against the defenders of the Republic : — The Prefect of the Gironde has suspended from , their functions ,, serveral Mayors and deputy Mayors suspected of— Republicanism ! . ¦ -The National Guard of Fontaine les Dijon have been ! _discarded . ; Tlieir fidelity to the _Republic'being tlieir offence .
. ' One of the editors of La Reforme , a native of Russia , but a naturalised Swiss , and who has resided _^ in -France for many years , has been expelled from the ' country . With difficulty he obtained forty-eight hours grace , to enable him to make arrangements for his de-. parture . _.-- ¦ - . _- = ' . ¦ ¦ _viThe Prefect of the department of the North , has _published a "proclamation , dissolving the Association of Sp inners _^' at Lille . [ There were fools who believed that President BiroiVAi'ARTE was an advocate for the organisation of _Lobour , l ' : : '
. General Gemeau has published a i _> roclamationj forbidding the sale of the Almanac du Peupie , tlie Almanac de VAmi du Peupie , < yc . . The police of Lyons have been committing robbery on a grand sale , having seized 20 , 000 volumes of- Socialist tracts in the _dwelling of a tailor of- that city , who was employed by the Socialist propaganda - to distribute them amongst the operatives . _-..- _¦ , The Prefect of the Mouths of the Rhone , _haJs ; issued- an ukase , commanding tliat all public reunions , having for their object , the discussion of . political ; questions , are to cease forthwith ; failing in : obeying : this cpramaud ,-the meetings ' are to be suppressed by military _fhi'CP . .- '¦' .: . ' .. _'¦ * '
This day ' s papers ' report the _seiaure--tbat is , ROBBEKr— -of a number of Democratic Almanacks from the shops of the Booksellers , in the town of Cahors . / The same papers add , that at Lyons , on tlie 2 nd inst ., ' all the Democratic Journals received from Paris had been seized , iu the coffee-houses , and shop * of . the news-venders of that city . - General Gbmeau has , moreover , directed that they should not be distributed __ . in . Lyons , until further orders . ' [ God save Emperor "Nicholas t --- a liberal . ruler compared with President Buonaparte . ] . ¦ ¦! ¦ r _Aleader of the glorious insurgents of June ,
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Jfjik '» i ¦? _- ' y _> . _>¦' . * _- - _= > '" ; ¦ ' " .. f o _* p , named Hibreut , 1 w _^; s _.. tried . . by- _cqurtmaiti _{^ _-in--PariI * on ' Mohday , and sentenced to transportation fin * ilife _^ _5 ; . _' ' } ' ; Order rei gns in France ! Behold the work of tho Ordermongers ' lU ; ' 7 7 . _]*" , : must now note one oi * two cu _' cumstanccs ori _ffie othe _^ idei : _/' _"" _v _;^'^ . _^ : " . ; , „ ' ; ' . vThb _" , . milif _aiiy' _^ de 8 pot ; y . _wiid--. coi-umanda v . at Lyons _^ -General . _GEJiEAU—iii presenting his pew year ' _s- congratulations ' _. to his . friends , insisted on- ; the . necessity of promptitude in repressing popular discontent . Mark him ! --'• ¦ , _., -. _,:. . - ¦ . - - .: ' ...:. '
'' . A- * % e first , signal of revolt rush into the streets , you will haveto deal with 3 , 000 rebels ' ; wait till the next-day aiid you will have to wu tend ' * vith ; 30 » 000 ' !"" _^ _Hei-e is a cbhfessiori ! Why ,-according ! toSatr ' ap fiEMEAU , twentyfour- hours of successful insurrection would rally all France against the traitors in power ! Tho Red Republicans of Dole , who have been tried for participating iirthe affair of the 13 th of Jiinc , - have been acquitted by a jury . This mikes the twenty-sixth acquittal of differen t parties charged with ; tho . same . " offence . " -Well may the usurpers tremble .
Several new Red Republican Journals _biive been started . Tho pen shall vanquish the sword ; ' . ; , The *' Special . _OoNSTAiiLE ' s ' -own organthe Napoleon— just commenced ; atmonhcesthat ' the _Phesident has abaudbned all idea of granting ah amnesty , to , the political prisoners condemned by ; the courts ,, as . he feels that the present is a period fov repression , and thatthe period for pardon _^ has not arrived . " The wretch . ' Ho will yet himself need an amnesty . Wheu that hour comes , may the hearts of the people be steeled against pardon to him . ' There has been a ministerial crisis in
Prussia . Ihe King , not intending to abide by the new ; Constitution , hesitates to swear to its- acceptance . ; The Ministers , who have as- " sentcd to the Constitution find themselves in a fix , arid , threaten . resignation . It is not very . clear , whether the crisis has yet terminated , or what course Frederick William . intends to pursue . I mavvel . lit his Kingshi p ' s qualms of conscience . . Wh y object to swallow the oath ? He can . break it -as . easily ; as he broke his former oaths , v ., To pretend to turn conscientious now is past a jokeV From his own history ¦ ' _"Frebericic _^ _Wimjam should -know that- _^ for kings—there is , excepting lying , nothing so easy as oathrbreaking . !
, According : to the Times , the refugee question , between Turkey and Russia , lias been brought to a conclusion . But this statement must be received , subject . to . confirmation . Like jthe . return of the Pope to . Rome , _^ a settlement of . the difference between the Bul-M and tho Tsar has been so : . often- announced without haying any foundation ; in truth , that , in the present instance , scepticism
is _allocable . For the sake ' of the refugees , and the honour , of Turkey and England , I trust that tho present report will prove to _; be as unfounded as previous rumours of thelike character . According to tho Times , Dem-15 INSKI and the other . Poles ( excepting those who have adopted : the Mahomedun faith ]! , are to be ' expelled ; and Kossuth and the Hungarians are to be confined in a fortified town in the interior . Some town in the midst of
Asia Minor will be selected for tlieir abode , It is further stated , that the ambassadors of France and England have approved of this settlement ; ' Tho ' ¦ Times correspondent adds , "The Polish and Hungarian refugees begin alread y to cry , out ' against this arrangement . This looks like ingratitude , * ' What next ? "' ., I If any such arrangement has been come to , it is disgraceful to England . I will not . say to Turkey also ; for ' undoubtedl y the Turkish
Government would have taken a nobler course , had it been assured of , the support - of the English Government . Ere long , the truth or falsehood of the Times ' s statement will . he known ; the British pooplp will then be qualified to applaud or condemn the conduct of Lord Palmerston and his colleagues . In the meantime , the fervent good wishes of Britain ' s sons are with Kossuth and his g lorious compatriots . ¦ ¦ '• ¦ ' _- ' " " L'AMI DU PEUPLE . _: Januai 7 _l 0 ,. ! _1550 . .
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••; - ¦ r _; ¦* a ** S **« ' _FOREIGN _INTELLIGEXCE . . UNITED STATES . . . New _Yobk _, Dec . _, 26 .-Up to the 22 nd ult , the struggle between the contending sections of the representatives continued with little indignation of either a victory or a compromise on the part 6 f any ; and ultimately a choice of a , speaker was _eftecled simpl y by ; a general agreement to accept a plurality of votes instead of a clear majority of tlie whole house . ; . Accordingly , the , 63 rd ballot held since the opening of the House produced a decisive result , Mr . . Cobb , of _Gsorgia _, ; lieing elected by a vote of 102 against 100 for Mr . Winth . rop , of _Massacliusets , and 20 for all other candidates ; On tlie evening of Saturday , the 22 nd ult , therefore , Mr .
Cobb took the appopriate paths , and on the suhsequent Monday both branches of Congress being then fully organised , the President delivered his first annual message . . The Secretary to the Treasury rficcoromendedBeveral modifications iii the existing tariff , —! . A moderate increase of duties on articles , sucb ns-cotton , woolen ; and hempen goods , sugar , salt ; and cod ; 2 . A return 1 to tlie system of specific duties on articles on which they can , ' be conveniently laid ; 3 . VV _' riere the ad valorem duty is retained , the duties to be ,, levied on the market value in our own country at the time of arrival ; 4 . Non-eniimerated articles , to he subject , to a hi gher duly than others . , : -
The President _hasaddressed the following ' note , addressed to : the recent refugees from Hungary : _^ - "'! . . 'Wa shington , Doc . _SO ,. 1840 . Sin , —I have duly received your letter of _November 2 nd , from London , announcing tho determination cf yourself arid comrades to seek anasylum in America . ' ; ' ; . ¦¦ ' ! - .. The people of- this Kepublic have ! deeply ; sympathised with the 'Hungarians in their , recent _struggle for constitutional freedom , arid in the calamities
which have befallen their unhappy , land ; and I ahi sure that I but speak the ' universnl sentiments of my countryrnon in bidding you arid your associates a cordial welcome to ow soil , aiid natural asylum of the oppressed frorii every elinie . We bfi ' er you protoction . and a free participation'in the benefits of our institutions and our . liiws ,, ! and trustthat you nuiy find in Ainei'icri a secorid hcriio . ... I am , ' with high respect , your sincere friendj Ladislaus Ujhazy , Into ; Governor ' , ' .. Z _, Taylor . : _i-of Comorn , in Hungary . ., . , ' .. ' , ; _, ' ¦' .,
THE ! PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE . On Monday , the 24 th of Decern ber , both branches of-the Legislature being at length organised , General Taylor delivered his message . ¦ We ; give the followiiig' extracts—all ' that can interest the general'reader ' _¦—' ' _'¦ - _Fallow Citizens 6 ftHe Senate and House of __ ' ' / Represeniatives , — Sixty years have elapsed ; since tbe establishment of this Government , and thc : Coiigress of the United Slates again assembles to legislate for an empire of , freemen . The predictions of evil prophet who formerly pretended to foretell the . downfall of our institutions are now remembered only to be derided , and the United States of America at this moment present tothe world the most stable arid permauerit Government on earth . ¦ . ' ,. . - ¦ ' _= ¦ ' _, :
' Such is , the , ' resuit of itlie labours of those who haye gonebefore lis . Upon Congress will eminentl y depend the future _maiutenanceof our system of free government , and the transmission of it unimpaired to posterity . ¦ : _;;/! _:- ¦¦ < :. < •¦ ¦•¦ < . \ ¦¦ ' _.., . . ; Our ielations with Gieat Britain are of the , most friendly character ;; In consequence of the recent alteration ¦ of the ' British . Navigation . Acts , . British vessels frora British arid : otlier , foreign . ports will , under existing ' laws , ' after tlielst of January next , be admitted to _enfry in otir- ports with cargoes of the growth , manufacture , ; o ' r _^ production of any pari of the world . on the same terms as td duties , imposts , and . _charges as vessels or the United Staies / _. ' jwib their , cargoes , arid our vessels will be admitted to the same '¦ advantages ' i in ! '' British ' ports , entering therein on ihe same terms as British vessels . ' . ' ; " < ; : : . _^; :
During the late conflict between . Austria-and H ungary ; there / seemed _. to he a prospect tbat tile latter mightbeebme an independent nation . : However _faint that . prospect at the times appeared ; I _ihought it my dut y , in accordance with . the general sentiments ? of -the Ahaericari people ,: who deftpl y sympathised with the Magyar _pairibts / to 8 t . and . pre , .
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pared , upon theicontingericy of the _sstablTshment by her . of a permanent _governments to- he tlie first to vrelcome independent Hungary into , the family of nations . For this purpose _L invested an agent , then in Europe , with power tp 'declare _iduf . ' _. w promptly to recognise her independence ! in | he event of her ability tp ' _sustain it . ' The powerful t intcrveri . tion of Russia in the contest _exlinguishedihe hopes of ' . ' . the struggling Magyars . . The United . States did not , at any . time r interfere in the _contest ; but the feeiings . of the nation were sirorigi y enlisted in the cause , and by the suffering of ; a brave people ; who had made a gallant though unsuccessful effort io . be free . ' ' - ¦ _- . "•' . ' ' . ' ' '
: Your attention is earnestly invited to an amendment of our existing laws '' relating ... to . the African slave trade , with a view , to the effectual suppressiori of that barbarous traffic . It : is not to . bo ' deiiicd that this trade is still in part carried * on by ! means of vessels built in tho United States , - , arid owned or navigated by soriie of _ouivcitizens . ¦ ¦' _. . A contract having beori ooncludcd with the State of Nicaragua , by a company composed of American citizens , for the purpose of constructing a ship canal _tlironch the territory- ' of that State , to
connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans , I have directed the negotiation of a treaty with Nicaragua , pledging both governments te protect those who , shall engage in and perfect tho work . All other nations arc - invited by the State of Nicaragua " to . enter into the same treaty stipulations with her ; arid the benefit to be derived frorii such an arrangement will be the protection of this great inter-oceanic coinniunica-¦ tion- against any . power which might seek to obstruct it , _or-tbriio ' _nopoliso'its ' advantages , ' . All States entering into such a treaty will enjoy the right of passage through ; the'canal , oil payment of the samo tolls . " ¦ ¦ _¦¦¦••¦ ¦
The work , if constructed under these guarantees , will become a bond bf peace , instead ofa subjectof contention and strife , ' - between the nations of the earth . Slioulilthe greatrnaritimeStatesofEurope consont to ! this arrangement ( aiid we have no reason to suppose that ri _ proposition bo fair and honourable will be bpp ' osed _^ y any ) , the energies of their people and ours -will _cooperate , in-promoting the success of the new _entci'priso . **" Should such a " work be constructed , under thc common protection of all nations , for equal bencfite to all , it would bo neither just nor expedient tliat any great maritime State should coniinand the communication . The territory through wliich the canal
may be opened ought to . be freed from the claims of any foreign power . _'J " o such power shall occupy a position that would enable it hereafter , to , exercise so controlling an influence over tlie co ' rnrnercc of the world , or to obstruct a hi g hway which ought to be dedicated to the common uses of mankind . The receipts in * the Treasury for the . fiscal year ending on the 30 th . of Jiine last were , i" cash , _iS _. _sao _^ _aTdbls . ' oOc . taiid'iii Treasury notes funded 10 , S 33 , f ) 00 dols ., 'making ; an . aggregate .. of 59 , 003 , 097 dols . o 9 e . ; arid the expenditures for the same time wero 'iri cash ; ' 40 , 798 , GG 7 dols . , S 2 c .- arid i n ; the Treasury , notes ' funded 10 , 833 , 000 . dols ., mailing- an aggregate ' of 57 , 631 , 607 dols . 83 e . . , "
The accounts and estimates which will be submitted to Congress in the report of the'Secretary of the . Treasury , show that there probably wiil be a deficit , occasioned by the expenses of the Mexican war and treaty , on the 1 st ' day of July next , of 5 , 828 , 121 dols ! 60 c ., ah d , o ' n thclstday of July , 1 S 51 _, of 10 , 547 , 092 dols . 72 c '; making in the whole a probable . deficit , to be provided for ,, of 10 , 375 , 214 dols . 39 c . Tlie extraordinary expenses of war with Mexico , and the'purchase of California and JNow Mexico , exceed in amount this ., deficit , together the loans heretofore made for . tliese objects . I , therefore , recommend that authority . be given to borrow whatever siini inay be necessary to cover that deficit . I recommend tlic ' observanco of strict cconomyin the appropriation and expenditure of public money . I recommend a revision of tho existing tariff , - and its'adjustment on a basis which may augment the revenue . I do nob doubt the right ' or duty of
Congress to encourage domestic industry , which is the great source of national as ' . well as individual wealth and prosperity . ' I ; look to the . wisdom and patriotism of Congress for the adoption of a system which may place home labour at last . ori a sure and permanent footing , and , - by"diie encp _. _uragemcnt of manufactures , - give a new and increased stimulus to agriculture , and proriiote the developement o our vast resources , and the extension of our commerce . Believing that to the attainment of these ends ( ns well as the necessary augmentation of the revonuo and-tho prevention of frauds ) the system of specific duties is best adapted , I strongly recommend ; to Congress tho adoption of that system , fixing , the . duties at rates hi g h enough to afford substantial and sufficient encouragement to our own industry , and atthe same time so . adjusted as to insure stability . ¦ _= . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ .:-. _i-.-. 1 ; - ' •'•
The I _" resideivt . recoinmcrids a further reduction in postage charges , and concludes-liis Message in the following terms : —Attachment to the Union of the . States , should be habitually fostered in every American heart .. For move . than half a century , during which kingdoms and empires have fallen , this Union has stood unshaken . The patriots " who formed it have long since descended to the _gravojyet still it remains , the proudest monument to their . memory , and the object of affection , and admiration with every one worthy to bear the American name . In my judgment , its dissolution would be the greatest of calamities ,, arid to avert that should : ' be the study of every American . Upon : its . preservation must depend our own happiness , and that of countless generations to come . Whatever ! dangers may threaten it , " I ' - . shall stand by it and ' maintain it in its integrity , to the full extent of tho obligations imposed , and the power conferred upon me bv the Constitution . Z . T . _iTLon .
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_APPALLIXG CIRCUMSTANCE IS COURT . —DEATH 03 ? THE rROSECUTOK . ' Brutal Assault . —• SamuerGriyos Harvey , a tall powerful man , was indicted for assaulting James Dodsloy Tawney . —Mr . _Clavkso'a _sttd Mr . Bodkin prosecuted / and Air . Ballantine appeared for the defendant . —Mr . Clarkson , in opening the case , said that thedefendant was accused of one ofthe most dastardly and cruel attacks-that he . ever remembered in the course of his experience ; It was committed by a man of powerful stature upori another not half his- size , and who he know at the time . was labouring under n deadl y and dangerous disease ; an affection ofthe heart , and must have been aware that sueh ; an attack was calculated to endanger his
life , The learned counsel then proceeded to narrate the circumstances of the case , which will be found detailed in the subjoined evidence . —Mr . J . D . Tawney , the prosecutor , whose arm was in a sling , and who appeared to be suflering severely , was then exaiained . He deposed that he was an attorney , nnd he knew the defendant , who was a liorscdealer at Rugby , and frequently ' saw him at -the stables of Messrs . Osborne and bo ,, in Gr . iy ' _s-iiiri-Inrie ; where witness . was in . the habit of-putting up his horses . In June last Messrs . Tattcrsall : gave hini -instructions to proceed against the defendant to recover n sum of £ S 13 s . . lie at first denied owing thc money , . but , afterwards promised to pay it / and made appointments to do so , but never kept- them , , and
witness was compelled to _issuo ' a writ against him ,-but at the request of the defendant he " forbore to serve it upon him at Rugby _,. in order to save expense _,, and he at this _itiino _^ ohered to tako the amouutpf tho , debt _without any-costs . _Theddfendarifc did riofc , p _/ iy . the . ; _nioney , and'judgment was obtained on . Aug . ¦ 2 nd , and . shortly afterwards the defendant _gaye notice of his intention to apply to the Insolvent ¦ ' , Court , ' , and witness : was instructed to oppose him on , behalf- ' of several , creditors . On the 3 rd of Xoveiriber witness was at Messrs . Osborne ' s stables , and he saw the defondant : ! in the countinghouse ,, and he . challenged him with getting- up tho opposition to his discharge , - "Witness replied tha t other . creditors _oesido _, those for whom he _appeareil
intended to oppose him ; and the defendant then in' quirod the ., names of tho creditors who instructed him to oppose , but ho declined to givo them . ' The defendant then wont out -amis returned in a short time with two bunting , whips , one of- which was loaded at theind with iron , and tho other ! a plain cane , one . The , " defendant offered him tiny : latter ; saying , "Take that . " He declined doing so , and the defendant went out , and witness waited a short time , " thinking he would-go away , He- 'tll 0 « went towards his g i g , whicli had been .. waiting' _-for' him , and he observed-thc defendant , standing with the heavy hunting whip in his hand ,, and ; as he was about' to ; get intp ; his gig , ho , attacked him behind arid beat him . ' on . the back and shoulders in the most
violent manner . , Hcthen tried to lent him on the head , but witness held up his , hands , and warded off the blows . ! Mr . Banks , one of the , _pai-tnorsi came and'laid hold' of the defendant and said'to-him , "Good God , Ilarvoy , are you mad ? " but defendant threw him away from him and continued his . violence . ' lid , had just s \ _icqectle ( l * in gettiiigintb .-the gig when the defendant struck , him . on tlui , back of thchea ' d , nnd ' the blow stuniie . d ,. hirii for a moment , and his horse ran off' but was . stopped by somo cabmen in tho King s-rond . . The witness was taken very ill tho same night , ' arid was still _suffering from
the injuries he received . .. Tlieprosecutor added that the defendant ' was well " _awai-e at the time ho made the . attack -upon him tliat lie . was ¦ suffering from disease ofthe heart , as they had frequentl y conversed upon the subjeet . _^ The prosecutor , who'had given his ovidcncci . with great difficulty , and ; _\ vho was ovi-. dently in a stateof great excitement and suffering , having _i-eplied _toone . or two _questidris that were put to him b y Mr . Ballantine , ; wiis , about to retire fromthe witness box , when ho seomed _. iii an instant to lose all powei _\ and fell senseless in " the aram of somo persori 8 who stood near him . ! He was ; laid upon the floor of the court , and Mr . Clayton , the surgeon , wbo _vjamiiied his injuries afte _^ _iiw oce \» -
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renco , and another medical , gentleman who was accidentally present immediately attended upon him , and used _their-utmost exertions to restore him . — . . Mr . Ballantine , _addreFsingthe " court , said that he did not require the evidence : of the surgeon . It was impossible for him to deny _that'ari assault had been committed by the defendant , or to attempt to iusfcify . it ; under such * circumstances . The learned counsel adacd thathe had felt-it his ' duty to put one or ! two . questions to the prosecutor , but he should ; havo refrained from doing so if he had been aware of his danger ' ous condition . —The ' Recorder then briefly addressed the jury / and after observing that the learned counsel for the defendant , had , aa it appeared to ; him , behaved with the-utmost
propriety iri the course he had adopted , having admitted that the conduct of the defendant could nofc be _. _pBtined , th * jury would onl y have to say that the olmi'go'Oi assault haa been proved . —Tho iuvy accordingly returned a verdict of guilty ;—During theso proceedings the unfortunate prosecutor continued under the charge of the medical gentlemen , and an intimation was . given- that he was in " -a dangerous condition . —The itcenrder , addressing the defendant , said he had been convicted of what he felt compelled from the bench to describe as a most aggravated and brutal assault .. At present he should not pass sentence upon , him , because in the condition of tho prosecutor it was -uncertain what the result would be , and if his death were to take place and it-was
found to havo been accelerated by the violence ho had mado use of towards him , he would undoubtedly , be called upon to answer a much higher charge . — Just as the learned judge had concluded , p . sensation of horror was excited in'the court by the announcement by oncof the medical gentlemen that the . unfortunate prosecutor had expired . The ex ' citement had been too much for him , and he lay a lifeless corpse at the foot of tlie witness-box , whore . a few moments previousl y he had beon giving his evidence . —The Recorder then gave directions that the prisoner should be detained , to answer any charge that mi ght be preferred against him , arising out of the death ofthe unfortunate ' prosecutor , and the body of the deceased was placed in . a cab , to be
conveyed to his . residence , the solicitor for the prosecution accompanying it , to convey the sad _intelligence to his relatives . — -The prisoner was brought up again on Friday , when the . Kecorder said he regretted that an indictment for an offence of a graver nature could not be brought against him , and was then sentenced to . twelve months' imprisonment . Charge ' of ' ' Conspiracy . — Israel Alexander , Frederick . William Allen , and : George Manning , surrendered , to take thoir . trial for misdemeanour . A fourth . defoudant named Markbam , was ¦ included in . the indictment , but he did not surrender , and his recognisances were ordered to-be estreated . —Mr . Clarkson and . Mr . Parryprosecuted ; Mr .- _Trcndergast and Mr . Ltuddlcstone defended Alexander , and
Mr . Ballantine appeared for the defendant Alien ; Manning had . no . counsel . —Mr . . Clarkson briefly stated , the . circumstances under which the charge was preferred against the defendants , ; it appeared that the prosecutor was a person named Lawrence , and he charged tllO . defend . ints with having unlawfully arid maliciousl y conspired together , and by means of false affidavits caused him to be imprisoned . " , It seemed that , the . defendant Allen was a riding-master , living in Seymour-place , _Bryanstonesquavoj . and he had had Bome transactions Wlfcll the _fn-osecutor , who at the time carried on the : _busincss of a librse dealer ; and in January , 1840 , he held a bill of £ 25 , of which Lawrence was the drawer , and in the course of this month Manning , one of tho
other defendants , made an affidavit to tho effect that Lawrence was about to leave the country , and upon . Allen making an , affidavit-of his beirig indebted to him in the above sum , a writ of capias issued , upon which Lawrence was taken ino custody and detained until he had executed a bail bond for the amount . The prosecutor . subsequently made a counter affidavit , denying that he had any ' intention to leave the country , and the manner : in which tho other defendants , Alexander and Manning , wero sought to be connected with the transaction was , by showing that . when . the prosecutor had made li * s affidavit , they each also made one to the effect that they _iwould not believe him upon his oath , and upon these facts the whole of the parties , were indicted for a conspiracy to cause the : prosecutor to be wrongfullyimprisoned . —Several witnesses ¦ having been called , tho _Kecoi'der briefly suriuncd up , and tlie jury immediately returned a verdict of " Not Guilty . " ,
Robbery . — -Wm . Blackburn , 24 , surveyor , pleaded guilty to stealing a theodolite , value £ 20 ., the property of John Simmons Marrat . —Nofc any evidence was given , and . the . prkoner was sentenced to ei g hteen months ' imprisonment . _,..,- " : Robbery " of Pla . te . — Ed ward . Burgess , 31 , servant , pleaded guilty , to an indictment for stealing a silver ! coffee-pot and other plate , valued at £ 50 , the property of JBliza-Laurey , . ' his . mistress :. — In answer to the court , Mrs . Laurey said that prisoner had _. beon about . eight months . in- her- service . She . had a good , character ..-with him . —Inspector .. Cummins said that the prisoner had hitherto borne an excellent character , and that drink had been the cause of . his conduct . The plate , which wa 3 worth at least £ 60 , had been sold tor £ 10 , and melted down . —Mr ,. Bullock said the case was a very bad one and sentenced . him to seven years' transportation . ...
_I ' ot Stealing . — . Two men named Whittle and Johnson were convicted , of pot stealing _. and sentenced to four months "¦ . imprisonment , with hard labour!—It appeared that they were watched by the poljce at Woolwich , and the pots , which belonged toa Mr . Jaggcrs and . a Mr . Shepherd , - both publicans of that town , . were found on them . This class of offence , which is now on tho increase , has moro mischief in it than the . loss to tho licensed victuallers ,. for it is generally committed by the confederates of coiners , and the property is generally stolen for the purpose of being converted ! into base coin . Murder . — -The Case of Sarah Drake . —Sarah Drake , aged 36 , described as a spinster , -was placed in the dock , charged with the wilful murder of Lew s Drake , herown son . —Mr . Bodkin and Mr . Clarke conducted the prosecution' on the part of the Crown ; and Mr . Collier , of the Western
Circuit , and Mr . Parry , defended the prisoner ;—The prisoner was very , feeble and unwell . —The _Coill't was somewhat more , crowded than usual , but the trial did not appear to excite . much ! interest . —Evidence having been given , similar to that which ; has already appeared in . this paper , '¦ on the examination of the prisoner before the magistrates , Mr .,, Justice Pattison suiririied up , and the jury returned a verdict of ' Not guilty" on the ground of _temporai'y . insanity . A Retcrned _Conyicx . —Danisl Fitzgerald , a powerful-looking young man , pleaded . guilty to a charge of _felqnionsly being at large in . this country before tlie period for which he had ' been sentenced to be transported had . ' expired ;—The poljce . constable who apprehended tlie prisoner produced a certificate . ' of his having been convicted , in this court in April , 1844 , arid . his sentence to . be transported for ten years . —The Recorder sentenced the prisrner to , be confined in Newgate . ) for one month , and then transported for life . . . . . -.. . ;¦ _,
: PosT-OFFici * Robbery . —Tapley Eggar ,: a person in the service of the keeper bf one " of the . post-office receiving houses , ; pleaded guiliv to . a charge of stealing a post letter , the property . of tlie Postmaster . General . —Mr . Ballantine called several witnesses , who gave tho prisoner an excellent character . —Judgment wes deferred . " . . , _'" .. . ¦ . . Impudent RoBBEnY .-rThoriias Smith ,. !; 27 , sailor , was corivicted of _stcalinnr two watches , valued at £ 6 , the property , of John Walker , andanothler , in his dwellirig-hOiise . —The facts " of the case , ; were , ; that tho prisoner went into the shop of the prosecutor , a silversmith , in Whitechapel , _ahdVa ske d jto .. . look at some silver watches ' arid upon some being shown to him , ho took ' up-two and' ran oiit of the . shop , followed by the shopiria ' n ,. wlio captured the- prisoner before he _liad got rid of . the . property . —It- was proved tha _^ risoriej had beeri before transported in 1844 _jbr teu years , being then a known thief . —
The Recorder asked how ' it was that the prisoner was now at large before . tlie expiration of- his -sentence . — -An officer of tlio . R division-said that every inquiry'had' been made , but it could not be ascertained . - ' Just previousl y to his being apprehended on this charge he was in . custody at the Lambeth Police Court for a highway robbery with violence , hut the case was not clear enough to send to a jury ;—The prisoner was sentenced _, to . fourteen years ' transportation . ' . •'¦"' ,. .. ;; ,: Forgkry . —Alexander " _vVaddilove , ' 43 , _^ painter , who was convicted iii the Old Court , on Tuesday , of feloniously forging a promissory note for the sum of £ 5 with intent to defraud James _Kixon and others , was'brought' up for sentence . —Tho sentence : ha « i been deferred to inquire into the character of the prisoner -arid' it ; having been satisfactorily _.: provcd that he ' bclongcd to a ' gang .. of swindlers ,- ; the Recorderordercd him to be transported for . seven ¦
years ; - • _•; - . .- ; . /; •/ _'RonnEiiY bv iVkAVSR ' s . Porter . —Vfillmm 'Allen , 18 ; porter , arid : James _Pearccy , 17 , drapev , vwere indicted for stealing four yards of cloth , a handkerchief , arid other articles ,, the . property .: of : Henry Nathan , their master . There were three ottfer indictmonts against tho prisoners j i who p leaded guilty . —Mr . llobmson appeared foi- Pearcy ; and , aftcr addressing , the court in mitigation of p imishme ' nt , called _f . everal _twitnesses _toi ' _eliai'acter , who ; stated that he was a strict attendant at chapel and Suridayschool , whenever ho was away from his master , with _wliom he ; boarded . —The Recorderi ill passing
sentence , _snW , thnt but ' ifor the youth of the prisoner , Pcarcey , he , should have transported him . for ; a leiigthened period ; but in consequence of that alone would ho pass the sentenco he was about to ; do , for he , th ©! learned . Recorder , thought _{ Ke ' character that Penvey , hud _^ received for piety was an ' . _$$ _& yation ; arid . _onlyiproved him to be a most nrtfuland de ' sighirigyoung man , 'and his religion ' was a mere mask . , _Itwasnowonder that with this system oj " robbery by . servants , that tradesmen ' s names found _theuvway-into tho = _«« _sc ««; Pearcy was then ' sfiiitehced to be imprisoned ' and kept to . hard labour m _twelye months , aad Allen to ' six , ' - = -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 12, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12011850/page/5/
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