On this page
- Departments (3)
-
Text (9)
-
8 THE NORTBBftN STAR. __: _ __ December^...
-
®8ip iRtriltente*
-
K0RTII*2.RN CIRCUIT. LivVnrooi, Hn>7i>Ay...
-
THE CASE OP THE FELICIDADE. "We are info...
-
$oiitt JEnteilfpiue*
-
GUILDHALL. Robbery.—George Hanslip, cler...
-
DEATH. . ....„: iV3 On the 4th inst., Mr...
-
Printed by DOUGAL Jl'GUWAJM . ol *«• ™" v ,. win Wesirem ¦ - Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN . of IG, Groat ™%,
-
Printed by DOUGAL Jl'GUWAJM . ol *«• ™" ...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Car I>£Ntkrs' Hall, Manchester, Mosdat, ...
LAND CONFERENCE . [ Continued from our first page . ] the sum of £ 15 , proposed to be g iven to each _shareholder , should remain as a lien upon the property . Under these circumstances , he most cordially seconded the motion . Did not anticipate that tlie sum would be limited to £ 15 . Mr . M . W . Wheeler objected tothe money advanced bearint ! interest , as , in that ease , tlie occupants would have to pay _interest and rent . Mr . Leech : This branch of thc subject is of vital im portance to the stab'tl ity of the society . He should propose , that the directors should retain the sum to be advanced to the shareholders in their hands , and Jay it out for them . He was against all advances to the shareholders . This question had been discussed
in Manchester for nearly two months , and unanimously adopted . It becomes the duty of the directors to look to tlie stability and security of the society . The profits arising to the shareholder from the emp loyment of agricultural labourers is immense . The location of members totally unacquainted with agriculture would be disastrous to the society . It is a very dangerous precedent to deposit money in the bands of any person who may choose to take a share * , for if every person that chose to pay liis money could obtain £ 15 or £ 20 , by paying _£ 2 10 s , the society would soon be inundated with the lowest class of persons , and every prig in Manchester would then have a share , lie then moved— " That for the belter securitv of the members of this association , to
prevent , as far as possible , the chance of failure , and , at the same time , inspire that confidence amongst the shareholders so essential to the success of the Land Association , the directors be empowered to employ labour in cultivating the land and putting in the crop , during the time that the house , and other necessary offices , are being erecting ; the purchase of seed , implements of husbandry , &" ., and to pay for the same out of the £ 15 10 s . 8 d . ; the surplus , if any , to be given to the shareholder on his taking possession of his allotment . The preferenecof employment to be given to such shareholder as may have a knowledge of agriculture , who may apply for
the same . " Mr . O'Connor would rather pay £ 20 an acre for land that had not been broken up for twenty years , than £ 20 per acre for land that had been broken up for twenty years . Grass land is the best land . If ihe resolution was made inviting , instead of compulsory , he would support it . - Mr . Leach : There is nothing compulsory in the resolution ; but if there was , it was no more so than tlie other resolutions of the society ; as they arc made as stringent as possible for the purpose of being obeyed . Those who are the most ignorant of agricultural pursuits are the most anxious to go upon the land .
Mr . O'Connor : When the land is bought , the cottage will be built before the occupation of the land b y lhe members . Mr . Clark ; Upon the success of tlie in . _; fc allotment mainly depends the success of the plan . The directors ought to have the power of deducting from the sale of the first crop the money that may be expended in the production . Mr . G . W . Wheeler was surprised to hear Mr . Clark state that the sum mentioned in the rules could not be given to thc shareholders . There had not been any assertion of tlic sort , for the directors would be able to give it .
Mr . O'Connor : The directors are bound to give the money , but not to give it to the disadvantage of the society . lie never contemplated that the money would ever be returned . If any man had entered the _society in the mere presumption that he was to have £ 15 , and then not to contribute towards the location ofhis poorer brethren , he would be mistaken . Mr . V .- Lance : The question is whether the £ 15 is to bc given or lent . His opinion was that the amount ought to bc given and not t > be charged with interest . There was no better manure applicable to land than that furnished by a pair of arms with a spade at the end of them , lie was an advocate for the money to be eivon . and not to bc charged with interest .
Mr . Wheeler ; Tliere would be more trouble in keeping tke accounts relative to the interest , besides the difficulty of collecting the amount , should the character of this society bc lost by refusing to comply with the proposals contained in theii * present rules . Mr . G-. W . Wheeler : One of the grand inducements held out to persons to become members has been the fact of giving the shareholders the £ 15 10 s . Sd . The cost of seed , in various instances , are not , as has been stated , £ lo ; in one case a man who cultivated two and a-half aeres was £ 17 s ., and in another £ 1 2 s . 9 d . Mr . O'Connor was against placing tho money in thc hands of any ef the parties , but in favour of charging them with interest , let it be ever so small . Mr . Poole : The reason why he should support the motion before the house was , that every member would have a security that they would , one time or the other , be located .
Mr . Taylor : In the districts with wliich he was acquainted , they had , during the last winter , turned over with the spade two acres of land , and the sum paid for wages amounted to upwards of £ 12 . Mr . T . M . Wheeler : If the sum of £ 15 _IGs . Sd . were to bc a loan , bearing interest , the . society ought not to charge more than £ 4 a-yoar for tho rent of the cottage . The loan fund proposed to be established was for the puroose of making up thc deficiency between the sum advanced on mortgage and the sum that would be obtained for theestate in the retail market . When you charge him with interest on thc £ 15 IGs . _Sd . advanced , in the shape of rent , you propose now to charge bun an additional interest for his advance ot
money . Mr . M'Grath ; There can be no mistake that the great responsibility rests upon the shoulders of Mr , O'Connor ; for while the directors might escape , should there be a failure of the society , its failure would evu-h him . . The value of the interest is not worth the expense of collection . In all cases ol mortgage the value of tho tiling sought to be _mortgaged was taken into consideration , lie had no doubc that the society could get the money . Mr . Saunders moved a further amendment , but ( he hour of adjournment having arrived , the discussion was adjourned till the next morning . The conference adjourned .
THURSDAY SITTINGS . Mr . Sherrington in thc chair . The Roll having been called , several member * wove declared to be absent . The minutes of the proceedings of Wednesday read , was moved by Mr . Doyle and seconded by Mr . Yates , that they be confirmed , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Cufiay moved that the standing orders bo resumed . Mr , Knight seconded thc motion . On a division there appeared for the motion live _ajiaiust live . Tho chairman decided in favour ofthe motion .
The following resolutions were proposed just at the close ofthe proceedings of yesterday , the discussion upon which wns adjourned till thu morning : — It was moved by Mr . O'Connor , " That each shareholder , upon being appointed to his allotment , shall be liable to 24 per cent , interest upon all moneys advanced by the directors , and that thc payment of such interest shall continue until thc last draft ot the first section of shareholders shall be located , and then , and not till then , the payment of such interest to cease , and the occupant be discharged from payment of further interest .
Mr . Poole seconded the resolution : This resolution was ultimately withdrawn . Mr Saunders moved , and Mr Taylor seconded : — " That , as the allotments ate made , aud cottages are built thereon , the trustees and board of directors shall , f _. - •* the amount of rent to bc paid by the occupiers , such holders shall receive a loan from this society ( say £ 15 10 s . Sd . for one share , £ 31 13 s . 4 d . for two shares ) which shall be repaid to the trustees i ' or the use of this society , and such occupier to pay £ 3 per cent , per annum , until such loan be repaid , and the trustees shall withhold all title deeds , or have some other security for such loan until it is repaid , hut such occupier shall be allowed to repay it to the trustees by instalments , and his interest to be reduced accordingly . "
Mr . Doyle : The very idea of interest is so repugnant to the feelings of the great body of shareholders , that lie should be afraid to attend a public meeting after tlie conference , and decided in favour of charging interest—it would bc much better to make a direct charge , Jlr . O'Connor supported the motion of Mr . Leach . Mr . Cuffay ; . It was his wish to have the soeietv conducted so as to get the members located as soon as posssble . If the conference laid down good rules , what temptations it would hold outto persons to join , ' and concluded by moving the following resolution : — " That each sliareholdci * shall receive two acres of land , a cottage , and £ 15 16 s . Sd ., for whieh the minimum rent shall be £ 5 10 k . per year , until each shareholder of the division to whicli he belongs shall be located ; wheu that _» the case his rent shall bc reduced to £ 5 per annum .
Mr . Knight seconded thf resolution . The shareholders have been induced to become members from the fact 0 f the bonus offered by the directors . The proposition of Mr , Leach , no dou . it , will be received throughout the whole country , but s . tfl ! he considered that it was better to charge on extra vent instead of interest . Mr . O'Connor : Every . person has argued ' the question as though it was a loan that was to be paid back —it is no such thing—it never was expected rhat it would be paid back , W are not doing an injury to
Car I>£Ntkrs' Hall, Manchester, Mosdat, ...
any person . The Society proposes to lay down a sum at whicli they can . start and carry out their purpose without any danger , lie would rather give £ 15 au acre for good land than five shillings an acre with a cottage for poor land . Good land requires less labour . The poorer the ground the more seed is required to cultivate it . A great many of the ' shareholders will not require advance . Mr . Vallance : Mr . Lcache ' s motion was endeavouring to throw a covering over the words , loan or gift . Yet Mr . Leach ' s resolution states , that ail shareholders should be suhject to the interest of the advance , whereas it has been argued , that there are
many persons who would not require it . Mr . Saunder ' s resolution , however , does state the amount of the loan and the rate of interest to be charged . Any person who may have received any loan from the " society should be compelled to pay it back at the last location—supposing a man had . receivcd £ 20 , and on the settlement of the affairs of thc society there appeared only £ 10 due to him , he should then be considered as a debtor to the society , and compellable to pay the difference to enable the directors to keep faith with the other shareholders . Mr , O'Connor moved , and Mr , Dixon seconded that the standing orders be suspended . Carried unanimously .
Mr . Dixon : There is already an interest charged for the £ 15 10 s . Sd . in the shape of rent . Now if a person does not take the money , would he be charged with interest . Mr . Taylor : Tho proposed sum is not the property ofthe society . If the plan or bonus bc adopted you have no claim upon the party borrowing the
money . Mr . Leach : The amount is not a lean , but a gift , as you hold out these inducements to persons to become members—two acres of land—a cottage—and £ 15 in money . Those parties who do not require an advance will not be injured—while those who do require it will be very much benefited . Mr . _G-. W . Wheeler stated that it was necessary that the directors shouldhave some security for the money advanced . His resolution proposed that thc money should not be advanced at once , but spread over a distance of time . The resolution , however , fell to the ground for want of a seconder .
Mr . M'Grath : Whenever you depart from a principle you get into error . In this case the advance must be regarded as a right , the individual has as much right to receive the money as he has to receive the land and cottage . Decidedly in favour of fixing a definite sum . It appears that some of the members of the conference seem to think that you would not get the parties to accept £ 15 instead of £ 15 10 s . 8 d . Mr . Clark : There is already an interest charged in the rent . There is no doubt , that it is an admitted right that the parties should receive the amount promised . The feelings of thc members decidedly would be in favour of paying any extra turn , provided they were guaranteed that tbey should be repaid at the time when all the parties were located .
Mr . Smith : There can bono right—as the members cannot have a right till all the members are located—the advance must , therefore , be considered as a loan—as there cannot be a rig ht till there is a surplus , the shareholders can only have a rig ht in the surplus . „ _ _., Mr . O'Connor , in answer to a question from Mr . Taylor as to whether the __ directors had any claim after accepting the bonus of 5 * . or 10 s . over the £ 15 , stated that he did not take one step without consulting counsel . He was not going to be a party to any
_resolution that would cut the throat ot the society . The rules must not to repugnant to law , nei ' . her must they be repugnant to equity . He was providing against any contingencies , and considered that the minimum proposed w . _-. s the least security tbat would be proposed , There can be no doubt of the success ol the plan , and instead of the money to bc divided at tiie termination of the society , amongst the members is more likely to bc over than under £ 50 . Mr . Ilobson asked permission to withdraw his motion in favour of that proposed by Mr . Saunders , which was granted .
On a division there appeared— ¦ For Mr . Cuffiiy ... . 1 " Air . Leach 1 J = " Mr . Saunders _± Mr . Leach moved the resumption of thc consideration of the proposition , made to the cunference yesterday , of allowing the directors to employ agricultural labourers fur the purpose of preparing the ground . Mr . O'Connor : This is not only a proper , but a useful proposition . The man takes _possession ol his
cottage as soon as completed—this wi " . enable the directors either to sell or morgago the land , ifcc , to great advantage . If this proposition is not adopted , vou will have no labour 'Upon the hind until the cor tagc is built , lie had no objection to become steward . Mr . Knight said , had not this motion been brought forward , he should have been compelled to enip . oy a person to cultivate his land when ho obtained it , and lie was perfectly well aware that his voting for it would satisfy his constituents , who were generally mechanics of vaiious trades . The mutiou was carried unanimously .
Mr . Loach moved and Mi * . Doyle seconded , the ioilowin _ resolution , which was carried , "That each shareholder , alter being located upon his allotment , shall pay to the society the sum oi 5 s . per share as a bonus for the beueiit such member has received irom the society each year , until ihe whole of thc members of the section to whieh such member belongs shali have been located upim the land , whence all further demands upon sueh member shall cease , and then all profits and beiufits arising Irom the property ot the society to be equitably divided amongst all the shareholders of the society as soon as the directors and trustees shall be able to dispose of the same to thc best advantage . Mr . O'Connor was decidedly against any person holding more than four acres . The conference must decide as lo thc manner in which the person holding two shares shall be located .
Mr . Dixon was instructed to advocate the principle of no person holding more than two acres , and concluded by moving the following resolution : — "That the rule as to shares be as they are now , namely , two acres ; at thc same time any person may be allowed to hold as many shares as they think proper ; but , in no case , to have more than two shares , or four _aci es , in one allotment . " Mr . Clark : There can be no difliciilty in settling this question . There is no provision in the present rules as to the way in which those parties holding two shares are to bo balloted i ' or tlieir prize .
Mr . Ilobson : The best plan to bc adopted is tliat when the land is purchased , the number of shareholders , distinguishing the double shareholders from those holding one , and then divide the land into so many farms as to provide for those holding four acres and those holding two . If you allow a person to hold more than ho can occupy you introduce the subletting system . Mr . Cufiay would oppose any motion enabling any shareholders from holding moVe than four acres . Mr . Knight ! The plan was instituted for the erecting of an independant class of fanners . The shareholders of Lambeth , are decidedly in favour of not allowing any shareholder to hold more than four shares . The proposition opens a wide field lor creating an aristocracy of fanners , and enables persons tu take shares for the express purpose ot getting the control of the society .
Mr . Sherrington : It never was contemplated b . v the Scotch members , that any _peison should hold more than four acres . Tho rent is nut fixed to any individual to whom the _faniumay bestibjoet , though the rent is fixed as between the society and the original shareholder . Mr . O'Connor : The object of a man holding more than two acres is , that he looks to the hvnd to secure his rate of interest as thc best security for the advance of capital . There is no difficulty in preventing a member from sub-letting . There are always clauses introduced into leases providing for the foifciturc of the lease , if certain conditions not performed or violated . It is to bc hoped that very stringent clauses will be introduced into the leases . " Mr . Taylor asked whether a provision could be made in the leases to prevent persons from holding more than four acres from subletting .
Mr . Hobson ; What advantage can be derived from keeping open the question of how many share '* a member may hold . It should be confined to the case where a man may require cither one share oi two shares , i _' ou cannot prevent premiums being given , notwithstanding all thc stringent clauses that may bc introduced ; _;\ m , allowing shareholders to hold more than four acres , would introduce the princip le of sub-letting . Mr . O'Connor : With regard to premiums Mr .
Ilobson seems to forget that there is such a power as coercive law . If a man takes a premium he ha > violated the lease , and it becomes forfeited . Many persons with money would , no doubt , come into the society , and make loans merely on thc idea of guaranteeing the interest upon their money . He wonld rather see the question confined to the fact , that no person should be allowed to hold more than two shares . I ' ou will recollect that you ars not to legislate for lawyers , but for parties who have a great aversion to law and lawyers .
Mr . Clark stated he had received instruction from Bath of parties being willing to advance certain sums of money by way of loan—had no fear of capitalists coming into the society and breaking it up—but at thesame time they ought to have the privilege oi receiving interest for the capital advanced . Mr . W heeler : You cannut guard against a man holding as many shares as he please .- .. Adjourned .
AFTERNOON SITTING . Mr . Dixon , in resuming the debate , said that he understood the present object of this society was to break down the system of large farms . There are a great many persons who would willingly give £ 10 a year for two acres of ground and a cottage , lie concluded by reading his resolution as altered : " That the . rule as to allotments should bc as follows —namely , two acres , three acres , and four acres ; at the same time , any person may bc allowed to hold as
Car I>£Ntkrs' Hall, Manchester, Mosdat, ...
many shares as they think proper , but in nn _^ oeeupymore than four acres . " " Cl 1 _** - lo Mr . Vallance : Is the question of the si * ... „ . number of shares to be considered to _' eih _^ _'l _' favour oi dividing the shares into two tll , ' ]| > tour acres , the prco of a two-acre share t ' o he _+-V _W a three-acre share to be £ 3 15 s ., and the „ , l 0 _^ four-acre share to be £ 5 , but in no IL IX _T _* ' * of the allotments be for more tl , " , ! ffi , ££ th _j ; *¦* numbers ot persons who are shareholders _^ vkt . first allotment to be strictly confined to two llle lhe respective classes to be balloted for at ; ,.,, 8 * times . He most cordially seconded thc w _4 lmhl !" Mr . Poole supported the motion . le _* ' * ° U . Air Wheeler ¦ : We arc all determined tint , shareholder shall occuoy more than four „ _.,-,,. , " ° will vou confiuc a shareholder to the number of tl " that he shall hold ? Would you object tt 1 UUos subscribing tor as many shares , and _dispo _, _,, !" J them either by gift or othorwise , as he ? . _** proper . , aj "" hit Mr . Canning , Mr . Gilbertson , and Mr Sm ,. i supported the resolution . ' oai , ,, < lcrs
Air . Shaw : Mr . Outlay ' s and Mr . Dixon ' s mm * are two separate and distinct questi on * n- - ns structions would justify him in voting for Mr o , r . " . * amendment , while on the other hand Mr Dixon * s that a shareholder may purchase as many _di-u ' e _^ _*' ' 3 he pleases , hut not allowed to occupy more than _r _^ acris . Every man has a right to just as much fi as he can cultivate . He should support the _JJ ot Mr . Cufiay . ull ° n > Mr . Dixon would withdraw his motion bv no ,,,, ; _, sionoi the conierencc , which was agreed " to \ u ' Cuffay s motion was then carried unauinioii « lv Mr . Clark : The next question that wi * li Cftnin under consideration is the question of the _b-, Z lie would , therefore , submit a resolution for the con lerence , but should auy other person propose a _i eligible plan , he should consider himself at libeitv \ l withdraw his own proposition , find sun .. _™ . 4 ..:
which he _csnsidcrcd more applicable to the case . Mr . O'Connor : The value of land in Lancashire is not so dear as might have been supposed , as parties prefer letting land lie waste , beeanse the proprietors can make more interest of their money from labour . Near Cheshire there is a quantity of land to be sold whicli would cost about £ 20 an acre . You can't go into the market and say that you wjill buy a certain quantity ot land of tubular " value—you can ' t Imy land of the same complexion . I contend that yuu must buy vour land before you ballot for occupants . VT .. 'II 11 _1 TTI .--1
Mr . T . M . Wheeler detailed his view ofthe manner in which the ballot for occupation was to be inadc , * and Mr . Clark agreed to withdraw his resell . _, tion , and second that of Mr . Whecer . Mr , Wheeler then moved , " That thc members resident in shall elect ten persons , not being paid-up share _, holders , in conjunction with thc directors , to superintend the allotment in thc following manner : — 'fhe committee shall examine the secretary ' s book , and place in a vessel the name of each person who las paid up his share , or shares . They shall then place in a similar vessel a determined number of prizes .
eaen prize representing one acre , with blanks in make them equal to the number of paid-up niembm Two disinterested parties shall then draw thc names ' and the prizes and blanks shall be apportioned is follows : —The holder of ene share , if he draw a prize , shall have two acres ; if one share and a half three acres ; if two shares , four acres ; until \\ m whole of the number of prizes or acres aro drawn Mr . Ilob _.-on : jThe arrangement proposed by i [ r Vf heeler will clog the exertions of the society ' Equality of .. benefit ought to be the object of the society . In some instances you would havcto »; y one man more , and another less , than his _quantitvi , £ hind . The allotment . ' - , when made , sliould be num . bered . lie then moved thc following resolution :-.
" That when a purchase is made , the directors sl >;\ i ! divide the same into allotments of , sav two , three , and four acres , in proportion to the number of each class then entitled to occupy ; and the ballot for such respective allotments shall be taken _separately among the respective classes . Mi * . Vallance seconded the resolution . Mr . Doyle : Unless you classify ° thcdi _ _TerontcIa . _ c 3 of shareholders you will cause great dissatisfaction amongst the great majority of the members , _lij classification you get rid of all angry feelings . Mr . Clark would withdraw , if permitted , liis support of Mr . Whiolcr ' s motion , and supporttL . it of Mr . Hobson . Mr . Wheeler did not wish to press bis motion to a division , but merely that it should stand as his opinion upon the subject of the ballot . The motion of Mr . Hobson and Vallance was then carried unanimously .
Mr . Clark : The next business to come before il : c conference is that of the transfer of shares . Without going into detail , he would move the I ' _ollowinj r resolution , — "That in the event of members residing jn districts Nus . 2 , 3 , 4 , or 5 , and winning a prize in ihe ballot for the location in district No . 1 , and no wishing to take possession of such allotment , they shall have the privilege of giving up such allotment to be balloted for amongst the members in thc district where tho location may bo situated , and who have paid up their shares , and who were unsuccessful in the first ballot . " Mr . Poole seconded the motion .
The Chairman : Tbe difficulty is very near at band , and only coming nearer to the principle advocated by Mr . Ilobson . There may be a good many of the English people who would not go to Scotland ; and it thc ballot was to bc then open for the whole shareholders you mi ght go on ad libitum before yes obtained parties who would locate iu the Scottish districts . Mr . T . W . Wheeler was most decidedly against the proposition of Mr . Clark , lie then entered into a detail of his plan for the transfer of shares , Thc plan was most unjust , and attended with the M 0 : 5 mischievous consequences to the shareholders . Mr . Clark explained that when a party who ha ! drawn a lot prize and should not like to locate in tlie district where the land was purchased , that then tis prize should bc balloted for among the other shareholders in thc district .
Mr , O'Connor ; The object should havo been io divide the country into as many districts as there was a possibility , instead of limiting the division , which had been done by the resolution already cuue to . The object of the society was to realise as many practical results of the plan as possible . Mr . _Cltirl ' , in giving explanation , had mis-stated what he iwc to explain . Dy not divulging the place where ihe locations are to he , you givu an impetus to thc shareholder . } in paying up their shares , which , if it wis known where thu location was to lie made , the shareholders in tliat district would lose no time in paviv . _J up their shares , Mr . Vallance would lay before the conference _B ideas upon the subject . lie submitted a motion , k : it was subsequently withdrawn . The Chairman " supported thc resolution of . Mr , A ' allanco .
Mr . Shaw would support the motion of Mr . * ">• lance . The fact is , that if theland is purchascJiii Manchester , and a shareholder lives in Lewis , ¦ _¦* out'lit to have the opportunity of relinquish !*' .. - _' _^ prize by giving notice to the secretary that he il _« 3 ' not require to be located at present ; and that nV _» lie should bc balloted for again , when the land nii _^' bo purchased near this own home . _, Mr . O'Connor strongly supported tho views of _\^ Wheeler , as tlie only plan that was likely to s ? satisfaction to the members , namely , to go on _HiW " the list till you met with persons who would g" - the land purchased . The Chairman said , Mr . Clark ' s system \« IS * bungling _proposition . The plan of Mr . Vallance _«& the most just . Under either of the propositions _j'W will find , that you might have forty ballots before ye'J obtained the requisite number of shareholders .
_,, Mr . Ilobson : What was thc main reason _wl-. _i . J caused the proposition made bv him tobe rejected - why , that you ought to give the chance Ut nil 'i ! ° shareholders to eome in in the first allotment- _^ J _' there should bc two ballots , justice says , tliat _u _* second ballot should take place between these ••;••* participated in the first . But what Mr . Clark _Imposes now is to give the man a chance of refusal ? :: a chance of giving his lot to another person who ei _> not draw a prize . Why should that be _,-il ! o « C ' ;; The most judicious plan would be , to ballot from if * whole of the shareholders . Mr . Vallaiice ' s _veaiiu W _' ' _* does recognise tho principle of equality . Mr . Leach eould sec so much of sim plicity i » * j views of Mr . Wheeler , that he cannot under- *' -- * what objection there could bo to it . Mr . Cl « ' plan allows a man who refuses to go at one bnlw ' - take precedence in a second ballot .
Mr . O'Connor moved , that when a ballot tak » place for occupation , that all the paid up _nicm ™" shall be elestible to ballot and that the whole niui' " - ; shall be drawn , and according to priority _s' " . _^ located , and in case of anv member who has 1 ' * ° ,. elected shall object to occupy that , then the list - * proceed , those standing next in rotation having _, j next preference and so on till the members bs lliU up . Mr . T . M . Wheeler seconded the resolution ., ;| , __ Mr . Smith objected to Mr . O'Connor ' s motion --J asmuch as it was liable to the objection a _* : ' ' priority being allowed . . ] , » Mr . Smith moved , and Mr . Clark sccondc" fmotion for laying the accounts of the society ui ' K tbe conference on h ' riday morning . Adjourned .
8 The Nortbbftn Star. __: _ __ December^...
8 THE _NORTBBftN STAR . ___ : _ __ December _^ j _^
®8ip Irtriltente*
_® 8 _ip _iRtriltente _*
K0rtii*2.Rn Circuit. Livvnrooi, Hn>7i>Ay...
K 0 RTII _* 2 . RN CIRCUIT . _LivVnrooi , Hn > 7 i > Ay , dec . 8 . —The winter assize for the Soal ' -Arfi division of the county of Lancaster coinir . cnced hire to-day . before Ilr . Baron Parke , and > lr . . Justice Williams . The calender contains the names of 12 prisoners . Of these four stand charged with man . _slaug'ilc-i _* , ten _ultli _lnnliciouely cutting and wounding , four with attempts to murder , four witli rape , two with horsestealing , three with forgery , and six with burglary . Their Lordships sat at deven o ' clock .
{ Before Mr . Baron Parkel I Chabge of Assault against the Govebxob , Cn _* r- j J . UH _, ASK TnUEi CF THE _Officebs , OF TnE _IJOBOCGn Gaol . —Edward R-iyntr Highton , the governor ; the Rev Thomas Carter ,-he chaplain ; Chailes lloVmson Brotnl' .-y . lhe priuciiial turnkey ; William Evans , the cook ; an ( i John Jones , the surgeon ' s assistant , of tlie borough , gaol , were indicted for having committed an assault upop . j _„ i _, n _Kv-id Jills , a schoolmaster . It appeared from th * statement of counsel aud thc evidence of tlic wittier _, ses that Mr . Miles ivas appointed to the situation of _schoolmaster at tlie Borough Gaol in April , 1 * 311 , and that he continued to hold it until the latter end ofthe month o _ April last About nine o ' clock on the morning of the 16 th of that month he met Mr . Ifighton , the governor , o- jtside of the
-walls of the ' gaol , and that gentleman ac _,-osted him in these terms : —** I am extremely glad . 51 r . Miles , that I have had tiie pleasure of meeting _joa . this _moruiiijr . " _jliles replied that it was a matter ui ' no _sr eat joy , as it was a matter of almost daily occurrence . Tfc e governor asked him whether he knew Scotch Jemmy , a mason who had l . een working in the gaol two or * _jiir _ee years before , to which he Tcptfed to the _aSrmafive . The governor then _observed that he wished Miles to o him a particular -favour , to whit * _-Ifffles Slid Uiat iff acre was anything he could do " Mr . _Htghton might be _pai fectly _satisfied that it did not _require to be-pat iu tliefirm of a request . They then entered thc _^ aol . and _weifcinto the turnkey ' s lodge _toother . _Bromley-f _.-as present . The governor took out two iiapers . . one after the _otlier aud asked Miles whether
5 ie knew the hand-writing . Jliles replied that he was _TlOt verv sure es to the ** 5 rst , hut that he thought lie had * seen _something ~ ery liKc the haud-writr Sngof _^ the first one ia the gaol before . He also -expressed his " -. pinion-thai both papers were not the production of-one hand , hut of two different hands . The goveraor-either then ,-or subsequently , gave Miles to -nnderstaniltliat the paper- ; contained anonymous charges against him * jtlie _governor } ; that they had been sent to the " _Major- _ : that he had-admitted to the magistrates tliat -some of _thc-statements _ODUtair . cd in the papers were true , _anddtdarnl that some were false ; thatthe magistrates liad forgiven hiin ; tlist he was instructed to find out whether the papers were the production of any officer of -the prison ; and" that if they were , he was clothed with
full power to _dUchan ; e that ofheer without giving him a moment ' s notice . He further told Miles that some time "before he had turned away Scotch Jemmy ' s son , who had heen -employed about the gaol ; and that lie was particularly _an-rions that Miles should ascertain , without delay , what was the nature of Scotch Jemmy ' s feelings towards him- ( tl _ * _i £ _3 vernor . ) Miles said that if the modus _t-pcrandt were left to himself , he would endeavour to lay hold of-Scotch -Jemmy in au evening or two after ; and Jie had no doubt but that , by means of two or three . glasses of _whisiy , he should be able to ascertain from -that person what the nature of his feelings was towards -the governor . After _promising to report the result by the following Saturday at _farthest , they parted , the governor labouring at tlie time under feelings of apparently
strong agitation . After dinner on ihe same day , the Rev . lie Carter , -tlie chaplain , entered tlie school , and told _lliles that he had better go round to the vestry and take away-some large printed testaments . Miles , after informing liim that he had fiveor six large printed testaments in the school _already which were nerer called for , went as le was directed ; and whilst in tlie vestry , Mr . Carter made some allusion to the anonymous charges agaiust tho governor ivhieh had haen sent to the Mayor , and said an inquiry was going to he instituted in tlie gaol with tht * view of _discovering tlie author . Miles expressed an opinion that , until he liad first _s-. _ en Scotch Jemniy and ascertained his feelings towards the governor , it would "be premature to enter upon an inquiry in thegaol . In a few minutes after , however , Miles was sent for to the
Eovernoi's house , and there he found tlie governor , the _Jlev . Mr . Carter , and Mr . Archer , tile surgeon of the gaol . There was a table in the centre of the room , and itro sets _« _. f writing materials on it . Mr . Carter was the -first to speak . He said , ad JressLng Miles , * ' IVe are about tohavetheinnuhy hy _callim ; certain persons in , and we want you to as _ _-i __ , t us ; if you appear to bi assisting usin a friendly manner we shall lull suspicion . " After some -discussion as to how the parties _sh-mld be placed at the Table , Miles sat . down and wi ote tlie questions put , and the answers given by the uitmsses , four of whom were examiiieil—i _ - __ ii __ e !\ _- , the porter of the prison . Bromley , one of ihe defendants , Charles Pry , the governor ' s clerk , John Deane , a joiner . Mr . _Carter put the question ? , and the _cxaminaiiiiii lasted about an hour and a half . —
"When it was drawing to a nose , Miles heard either tlie governor or Mr . Arcln-r say to Mr . Carter—*• it ( meaning _ Milc __> * s writing ) , is not like his—it ' s n ; it like that " ¦" Oh ! " r _.-j-jjii < . _- _« l Mr . Carter , w .-sit , tlie pa _:-ei- runs . " Mr . Archer then left . When the examination of the fourth witness had terminated , Mr . Carter pulled out liis watch and said it was time for him to go to his dinner . The governor suggested the propriety of first calling in the blacksmith , hut Mr . Carter dis = euted , and said the blacksmith could be called the fcllo » viiij _ r day , when the inquiry would be resumed . _ Mr . Carter then began to gather up his papers . Miles did the same with his papers ; and whilst in the act of -putting them iu his p _(»* ket , Mr . Carter said , "Hand those papers to me . " Miles refused , and said that they
were to guide his mind in the inquiry against Scotch Jemmy , as ihey contained many circurastaurcs relative to tlie governor " - ; conduct . Mr . Carter asked for them a second and a thud time , and said that they had better be given up . as they were his papers . Jliles declared that lie would not give them up until he had first taken an exact tr . _msi-rlpt of tliem ; that he had heard something while sitting in thc room , whicli led him to infer tliat tliey had laid a disgraceful trap for Lim , and that he deemed it his duty to lay the papers hefore the chief _magistrate along with his « nn comments . Some wrangling _followed , and a few huriied words _pafsed between Mr . Garter aud the governor , thc former saying to the latter , " Will you allow lines to take papers out of this room _affectii-g your private character V" Both Mr .
Carter aud thc governor then threatened to send for a magistrate . Miles told them they might send for a dozen magistrates if they p leased , provided they allowed 3 dm 1 <> < _-eiid a messenger for a legal _advher . The Covenior left the room , and returned iu the course of two -Kiinutes with a card of the visiting justices in his hand . He sat down aud wi ote _something : on a slip of paper , -whicli he handed tc Mr . Cart . r . The latter on looking it over _said . — " It won't do , you say too much . " He added , — " If Miles v . -. _itft give us up those papers , we must use - force . - " ilr . Carter aa < J the s __ ov .. rnor then came round to tlie side of the table at which Miles was standing . Whilst lhe _jrovemor _ivas-jn the r . vt of _moving rouud the room , lie _etruck the door either with his boot or his knuckles aud in cam . * l . r . unlev , the defendant . Mr . Carter said to
Bromley , — "Mr . Miles has some papers which we must - take from , him f * and when that was said , Miles gave the jiapsrs a twist in liis hand as if he were going to tear tliem , _lu less than rt » fourth of a minute the three par . ties fell upon him . The governor took hold of one arm , _Xr .-Carter anil Bromley took hold of tlie other . They liauled him about , and . pressed his back against a table in the window . He _stilUiekl the papers ; he had a sheet in each hand . They kept-twisting his arms above his head and behind his back . UrGinley thrust one knee into his side , and used it as thefulenfin of a lever . Mr . Carter ran to one of the win-lows , pulled it up , and calK-d for assistance . The defendant . _Evaiis .-eanH . in through the window , seized _ 3 files with hoth arms round tiic neck , and kept pulling and hauling him ahout . The papers were then taken
Irom him ; and an this period he ceald scarcely breathe . The last thing lie _recollected was Mr . Carter crying from the _-lubl _. y for more assistance . When he recovered a little he found himself in a cornel' against thc clock , and ihe delendaut , Jones , holding liim . He was then led down to _ thc officer ' s lodge , where . Bromley shut the door , _ and took from liim allxhe letters , papers , aiid other documents he h ? . d on his person , saying that the governor had instructed -Mm to sc-e that he had no papers about him . He succeeded with au effort in getting outside the gate . "William lluckley . task master at the gaol , came up and took him to the Hull ' s Head , were _-tfiey had a glass of whisky each , and from -thence he Tirocccdcd in a cab
_iiome , where Dr . Harshall _attendi-d hie for three weeks or a month . There was bio * d on his hs _ uds from the way in which he had heen treated , and his brain was iu sueh & state SS he once before l ' _eltit . to be in from a concussion iu a railway train . 3 £ _is Lordship in sumning up left it lo th ? jury so say , iu die first place , _whether the defendants laid hands on the prosecutor , a matte * there did not _eteui any _lvasan to doubt . Secondly , was . the occasion on which this _tioleuce was offered one where the prosecutor was acting as clerk or sei-vanr , or _holing himself out as jteir clerk or _servaaj , and writing om & eir paper , iu which case the _endeavour to _recover the payer would lie _juetifiaMe , unless , -thirdly , more f « _t'e was K » ed than ivas necessary . V *« _iiet—__" * <» . Guiltv .
St _ . bbis .-g at _Bovxqk . —Band _M'Ealey -24 , . _vras _convicted of Slaving , at Great Boiton , felsuiously _-scabbed _ and cut one Michael Kelly , with intent tc do him some grievous bodily harm . He was sentenced to transportation for fifteen years . Ho _ ii-E-FT £ -iLlxc . at "W ooj . Toj .- . —James Herbert Iisce , SS , who had previousl y been transported for _ser-en years , pleaded guilty to a charge of having , at Little _IVoolton , stjlen a bay mare , the piopeity of William _"Wiustanley . He was sentenced to transportation for ten years . Stabbing at _Hochdjle . —Robert Brierley 50 , was convicted of having , at llochdale , stabbed , cut , aud wounded his wife , Jane , while labouring under intoxication . He was found guilty of an assault , and sentenced to twelve months * imprisonment .
I VeSOJT , _llECLMIlEIia . _—Cl'TTISC " JISB _Wodvdisg _ John Carring ton was indicted for cutting and woundine James _Bsspham at Manchester , with intent to do him _eomegnevous bodily harm . The prisoner , it appeared _SL _? e _"{ e , _ic r ; _. i 1 , ester ' kept hs a personof and t « Uv » » _~ . I I '' etween the ll 0 urs ° eleven _Jl _^ bv waB a ] Q _" _^ . n , i ? lit ' A per £ OU of tbe "a ™ of <» f _thence of _x J _£ _^ iTv _" ° asain to a P _^ J _» r _ and _» dispute arose between lhe
K0rtii*2.Rn Circuit. Livvnrooi, Hn>7i>Ay...
prisoner and Taylor on the subject , the prisoner alleging that he himself had Ik _^ jght the hook . The prisoner finally struck Taylor , ar da scuffle took place between them , which was with SOnie difficulty put an end to by the landlord and oth ers turning the prisoner out ofthe house . He resisted _^ _very strenuously the ' efforts made to eject him , am _\ _was put out at last by main force . When he got ' into the street he asked a \ roinan who was tliere for- a knife she had in her pocket . She refused io If * him have it , alleging he would be doi ' jg some * mir _'« -hief with it , hut he struck her , and finally _succeeded in obtaining the knife . He then went to the _fol- ' jing-doors of the public-house , andonMr . Poole oppos _' . nghis entrance , struck at him through the opening . ¦ ' Mr . Toole called out " He has drawu a knife and is
stabbing at me f and ran into the bar _pa-rlour . Theprisoner then succeeded in getting into the house , having in his hand a knife , which he was _hraufishing ahout , and _meeting at tlie door of the bar parlaur the prosecutor , Mr . Bisphain , who was running ousonthe alarm being given , struck at him repeatedly "with both hands in a furious mauner , pie _ < c ? _iugxl _ r <» ugh his hat , aud inflicting a wound on his arm , from which , on his coat being removed , the blood-spouted to a considerable distance . Some ofthe parties present tripped up the prisoner , and on securing him , a clasp knife , open , was found lying under lum on the ground . The jury found the prisoner Guilty . His Lordship postponed passing sentence , but iu an alter _partof the day theprisoner was put to the bar , and his _Irordshipwrmarking os . the reckless violence the prisoner had _displaced , and oc the fact ofhis having been already convicted offelouy , sentenced him to be transported for seven years .
MA _* st . AOc _ mM _> . —William Charnock was indicted for the manslaughter of John Hadcliffe , at Upholland , ill _tiiis-eounty , by _striking him with apokcr . —The deceased , it aj ) _jiear _« d , hnd formerly resided at Upholland , hut had lately heen resident in Liverpool . While at Upholland he liad _beoomeacquainted with Mary Charnock , the _daughter ofthe prisoner , and an intimacy took place between them , which resulted in the birth of an ilh g itimate child . The -deceased -continued to call occasionally at the prisoner's house , a circumstance which gave the latter great annoyance . On the 21 st of September , being Sunday , he was at Upholland , and called at Charnock ' s house . He was then somewhat intoxicated .. Charnock put him out , and , in the course ofa conversation he afterwards , during the same morning , had with a police officer at Upholland , he said , " That fellow" ( meaning Radcliife ) ' * has been at
my house , and if he comes again 1 will help him out with the poker . " Some time after the deceased agaiu went to the prisoner ' s liouse . Mary Charnock was in theparlour , and the prisoner was upstairs . Mary Charnock requested the deceased to go away , lest her father should see him . He refused , and while this conversation was going on the prisoner came down , ne desired the deceased to leave the house , hut the latter refused , and dared the prisoner to put him out . The prisoner took up the poker from the fire-place , and a scuttle took place , in the course of which the _deceased was thrown to the ground , hut the witness , Mary Charnock , stated that she did not see the prisoner use the poker . Mary Charnock called for assistance , and some ofthe neighbours coming in found both _struggling on the floor . They took the deceased away . He did not then complain of being hurt ,
but soon after said he had got injured in his side and leg . One of the witnesses took him to Liverpool the same evening in a car . The next day a surgeon was called in , who found him suffering from a bruise below the knee , which seemed to have arisen from external violence . The surgeon continued to attend him for about a month , during whicli he got worse , and he was finally removed to the Northern Hospital , at Liverpool . By that time ft large a ' iscess had formed in the thigh and about the knee-joint , which was destroyed . There was also an abscess in the chest . He died on the 9 th of November . On a post viortem examination it was fouud that one of the ribs in thelc-ft side was broken , and that the abscess which had formed at that spot extended into the chest . He was of a very bad constitution , and it was in consequence of this that tlte abscesses in question became so extensive . The
fracture of tlie rib must have heen caused by external violence , but would probably not have been fatal but for the constitutional peculiarity ofthe deceased . While on his death-bed the deceased made a statement of the transaction , from which it would appear that on his entering the prisoner's liouse the latter came down stairs , having at that time a poker in his hand : that he struck the deceased with it in the chest and on tiie leg , at the places where the abscesses had formed , inflicting the injuries which finally produced such serious effects . Mr . Atkinson , for the defence , contended that the prisoner intruded on in his own house , as he had heen , Vy a person whose presence necessarily was so unwelcome , and who obstinately _revised to leave , had a right to eject him ; and
tliat allowing'f ur certain exaggerations and mis-statements in the dying declaration of the deceased , it was clear the prisoner had used no more violence than , considering thc youth and strength , and the stats of Intoxication of the deceased , was necessary for that purpose . His Lordship summed up , aud thejury returned a verdict of Xot Guilty , Thursday , Dec . 11 . —rmACT . —Thomas Shea 2 le , John Copplostine , Herman Hinka , Thomas Bayle , J . _M'Cann , and Henry Matthews , were inOlcted for making a revolt in the ship in which they were employed as mariners . The jury found the prisoners guilty , and his lordship sentenced Boyle to twelve months' imprisonment , Matthews to nine , ¦ nd Hinka and the others to six . The business of the ; . ssizes concluded to-day .
Yobk , Monda y , Dec 8 . —The two learned _Judjres , Mr . Justice Eric and Mr . Baron Piatt , arrived in York on Saturday last , when the commission was opened . There was but one prisoner committed for trial in the city of York ; hut the calendar for the county is very heavy , there being no less than 80 persons in custody or on bail , nearly all of whom are charged with felony , viz ., —3 with murder , 4 with manslaughter , 3 with stabbing and cutting or wounding , 5 with assault and robbery , l with robbery with violence , 3 with rape , 1 with arson , IC with stealing from the person , 3 with a nameless offence , a with burglary , ( J with horse-stealing , 1 with cattle-stealing , 7 with _ -. ui . pstealing , 1 with _ott ' _esice agaiust the coin ef the realm , 4 with stealing in a dwelling-house , 2 with attempt to commit rape , 1 with feloniously killing a horse , I with receiving stolen property , 1 with forgery , * 2 with night poaching , 1 with the same accompanied by assault , 1 with perjury , 1 with obtaining goods by false pretences , and 1 with an offence against the bankruptcy laws . ( Before Mr . Baron J'latt . )
Charge of _^ Ian-slaughter . — Edward Lunn , a respectable chemist and druggist , residing in _I ' ossgate , York , and who had been out on bail , was arraigned on a coroner ' s inquest , whicli charged him with the offence of manslaughter in occasioning the death of Anne Dowucs , at the parish of St . Cruex , in York , on the 21 st of October last , by dispensing to her a phial of laudanum instead of a cough mixture . The prosecution was abandoned , and a verdict of _Xot Guilty was recorded . _ItonsE SrEALisc—Thomas Wilkinson , aged fifty-two , was indicted for having , in July last , at Harlow , near Selby , feloniously stolen a horse , the property of James Wilkinson . Tliere were otlier counts charging the prisoner with killing the horse with intent to steal its skin , witli stealing the skin , . tc . The jury found the prisoner Guilty , and lie was _sentenced to be transported for ten years .
Wednesday . Dec . 10 . —IIichway IIobbe _ i _\* . —Th _. mas Kirk , 27 , and John Blades , 19 , two stout young men , _liavini ; muchthe appearance of railway " navigatoi s , " were found guilty of highway robbery , accompanied with brutal tiolonee , on the _pewon of mi old man named William Ward . They were sentenced to be transported for life . _Cuasce of M ____« sr . ACGHTEi 5 . —Jonathan Bennett , aged 2-5 , a mechanic , charged with manslaughter , in having killed Mary Knowles , at Sheffield , on the lfith of August last , was found guilty of a common assault . It was proved that thc prisoner had struck the deceased some blows , while in ? stale of intoxication ; but it appeared probable that she had died of apoplexy rather than from the act of theprisoner . —Sentence , to be imprisoned one week .
Thursday Deo . 11 . —Charge op _Muhdeh . — _G-sorge Watson was charged with having , on the 1 st of August last , at Selby , committed the crime of wilful murder , by inflicting one mortal wound and stab on the body of Elizabeth Watson , his wife . The jury acquitted him on the ground that he was insane at the moment of committing the act .
The Case Op The Felicidade. "We Are Info...
THE CASE OP THE FELICIDADE . "We are informed that the judges have declared thc conviction invalid on two grounds—first , that it is not piracy for the Brazilians to carry on the slave trade until they have made it lo he so by Brazilian municipal law ; aud , secondly , tliat the Pelieidade was wrongfully taken , not having any slaves on board ; and therefore that she did not become a British ship , and was not accordingly justified in capturing the Echo .
$Oiitt Jenteilfpiue*
_$ _oiitt _JEnteilfpiue *
Guildhall. Robbery.—George Hanslip, Cler...
GUILDHALL . Robbery . —George Hanslip , clerk in the service of Messrs . Cash and Co ., of Wood-street , warehousemen , was brought up for final _examination , charged with stealing a . quantity of silk waist _ . oa __ li ) g . ? , and oilier _goods . His mother , Olivia , was also charged with receiving a part of the goods , which she had caused her landlady to pledge . The prisoners were committed for trial .
WORSHIP-STREET . Monday . —A Bbdtal Husband . —John Peters , a man of very dissolute appearance , described as a journeyman coach-smith , was charged at the instance of the parish authorities of Bethnal-green , with having cruelly ill . treated and neglected his wife and child , whereby they had become chargeable to that parish . It app . eared from thc evidence ofthe wife , a care-worn and delieato-looking woman , that she had been man-led about th . ee y . ears to the prisoner , who was a very worthless character , and had compelled her to support him in idleness and _dissipation , out of the scanty pittance she was enabled to earn at her trade of a weaver . During nearly the whole of this period he subjected her to great ptrsonal violence , and on her return home on thc evening of Thursday week , aud presenting him with half-a-crown , which was all she
had obtained by her day ' s labour , the prisoner flew into a terrible rage , and loading her with the most abominable epithets for bringing home so small a sum , struck hei several violent blows , kicked her on the lower part of the person , and forced her into the street , with an Infant only twelve months old in her arms . She succeeded in getting again into the house , and sought protection in the apartments of her landlord , but was instantly pursued hy the prisoner , who recommenced his ill-usage , when the landlord interposed and compelled him to quit the room . The prisoner then retired to his own apartment , in which , after smashing everything to pieces , he burnt the whole
Guildhall. Robbery.—George Hanslip, Cler...
of her wearir . g apparel , and nailing up the _rcom door , swore that he would murder any one whr > _attempted to enter , Tne police were _appealed to to wop this destruction , br . c declined to interfere , and the witness in _consequence was compelled to take refuge at the house of her father , in wliich she had been since Staying , supported at the expense of the parish . Mr . Drough ' ton severely animadverted upoa the prisoner ' s brutal behaviour , and ordered him to pay a penalty to the Queen of 50 s ., or in default , to undergo two months' imprisonment and hard labour in _the-Hcuse of Correction ; and expressed a hope that , as soon-as he was liberated from prison , the parish authorities weuld sue him for the expense they had been put to in _supporting his family . The tine Was not paid , and _theipriseiier was removed in the van .
_TCESDAJT . EXTBAOKDINARY CASE . —Mr . II . Sproules Edwards , a _middle-aged man of respectable appearance , described as an ornamental painter , was placed at the bar -before Mr . Bingham , charged , in the words of the police sheet , " with having created a disturbance in a crowded congregation assembled at the Free Church in White _' s-row _, Spitalficlds , whereby the lives of individuals has been endangered . " The Itev . George Montgomery West , D . D ., stated that he was tlie minister of the above place of worship , which had heen duly lieensed for the performance of divine service , although at present not under episcopal jurisdiction . He had known tlie defendant for some time as a prominent member of professed infidels , occupying a building in Whitechapel , denominated Hall of Science , several of whose members having , some weeks since , intruded into his church , aud
publicly challenged a discussion upon the comparative merits of Atheism and Chistianity . The witness , at the suggestion of some friends , had accepted the challenge , which ultimately resulted in tlie withdrawal ofthe champions of infidelity from the contest . The rev . gentleman then proceeded to say that for the information and instruction ofthe inhabitants of the district , a New Zealand chief had been lately engaged to deliver a course of lectures on the rise and progress of Christianity through the agency of the missionaries in the southern hemisphere , and at the second meeting , whieh took place on the preceding evening , and was attended by at least 2 , 000 respectable auditors , many of whom were ladies , the lecturer had just arrived at a most impressive part of his address , when the defendant , from a conspicuous part ofthe gallery , suddenly interrupted hiin with a chain of
offensive interrogations , and speaking at the top ofhis voice , charged hiin with being an impostor , whose sole object was to make money , although in fact no charge whatever for admission had been made to the public . The defendant had no sooner commenced the interruption than , by apparent previous concert , a most-extraordinary and discordantcombination of hissing , yelling , aiid screaming suddenly resounded iu the church , which continued for at least a quarter of an hour without intermission , and produced such terror nnd excitement in the female portion of the audience , that witness deemed it his duty to dissolve the assembly , but as the uproar still continued without the slightest abatement , and a serious riot appeared to be in contemplation , he at length sent out for the assistance ofthe police , several of whom soon arrived , and the defendant was given into custody . The defendant ' s removal
had the effect of restoring instant order among the auditory , and the lecturer having bem prevailed upon to resume his discourse , tlie assembly quietly separated ; hut as the third and concluding lecture would shortly be delivered , he must apply for the protection of the magistrate against the recurrence of a similar scene of violence and uproar , which he understood had been threatened by the defendaut and other supporters of the Hall of Science , in revenge for the discomfiture their party had sustained . The complainant add . d , that he had several witnesses in attendance , but the defendant stated , that on entering the church , a scene of disorder and confusion , which he could only liken to that usually exhibited in the gallery ofa theatre , had commenced among tlic _congvegation , who so far from displaying the respectability that had been represented , consisted generally of persons in
the lowest class of society . He made his way with some difficulty up the aisle , and on casting his eye upon the platform , he observed a man fantastically bedizened in the equipments of a savage , who was described in the printed bills as a certain New Zealand chief named " Pakc-a-Range , " or "Son of the Clouds , " but whom he ( defendant ) , on closely scrutinising , _instantly recognised as an Irishman named Byrne , whom he had known for the last twenty years as travelling about the country exhibiting himself at different fairs , booths , and public-houses , in the character he had iipon this occasion assumed . As soon as he recovered from his surprise , in order to undeceive the audience , he addressed the lecturer by his real name of Byrne , and inquired how long he had been in England ; but the only reply the lecturer deigned to give consisted of
some strange guttural sounds _closely resembling the "gobbling" of a turkey , accompanied by a series of rapid gesticulations _dtnotinjj a _determination not to satisfy his curiosity . Feeling quite positive , however , as to the identify of the lecturer ' s person , he continued to press the question , and the lecturer at length , in very good English , said that ho had boon tivo years and seven months in this country ; but being conscious ofthe falsehood of this _statement , he felt it his duty to denounce him to the audience as an impostor , and to give a short detail ofhis past history audexploits . The previous confusion which liad existed was greatly increased by this exposure , and the police having been scut for , he was forthwith dragged out of the edifice , and conveyed to the station-house . In reference also to the assertion of the reverend _doctor that no money had been received ( rom the auditors , he felt it right to state that that gentleman had himself put it to a sho w of hands wh ether _twopence or
threepence sliould lie collected from each individual present , and the former proposition was carried by acclamation . — Mr . Bingham said that the question as to the character of the lecturer was nut then before him ; hut even _supposing him to be an impostor , he entertained great doubt if the defendant had pursued a strictly legal course in publicly announcing thati ' act to a crowdedassemblage , the probable effect of which would be to produce a scene of discord and _disturbance , which might end in serious consequences . He would give the defendant full credit for a conscientious desire to unmask what he believed to be an imposition , but he should have resorted to a safer course of procedure to accomplish his purpose , and as the complainant was apprehensive of further annoyance , he felt it necessary to require the defendant to enter into his own recognizance and find sureties for his peaceable behaviour for tiie next three months . —The required recognizances were immediately put iii , and the defendant left the court with his friends .
MARYLEBONE . Monday . — Stabuino bv a _Soldier . — Willinm M'Carthy , a corporal in the Royal Marines , stationed at Deptford , and who was for some time a constable in the D division of poliee , was placed at the bar before Mr . Kawlinson , sharged withjiaving stabbed in the eje with his bayonet , o young man named John Muggridge . Prior to any evidence being gone into , Inspector Tednian handed to the magistrate a certificate from one of the surgeons at Middlesex Hospital , which set forth thatthe sufferer was owing to a wound inflicted upon him , unable to attend . William Ilcnright deposed : I live at No . 1-5 , Grafton-court . Between nine and ten o ' clock last night I was standing at the corner of _Grotto-p-iftsajrc ( close to this court ) , and two girls were there , one of whom was named Elizabeth Dlblev . Prisoner was there ,
and he spoke to oue of the girls , when Dibley said to her , " If you don't go away , and have nothing to say to him I ' ll tell your brother . " Upon this the prisoner slapped Dihley ' s face , and she returned it . _Muggi-idge , the wounded man , came up , and said to the girl , " What ' s the matter ? eome home with me , and it' he follows us we'll chuck him out of the window . " Prisoner said , " Will you ? " and _Muggridge then repeated the threat , the girl also saying , " So we will . " The prisoner then put his hand to his side , and drawing forth his bayonet , made a thrust at Muggridge , whom he slabbed somewhere in lhe head . He then returned his bayonet to its sheath . Other witnesses were heard , aud the prisoner was remanded till Monday next . TcESDAr . —Violent Octbage bt a _Militabt Officer , —Lieutenant-Colonel Talbot , residing at No . 5 ,
Dourocottages , St ., Jolm ' s-wood , attended before Mr . Kawlinson to answer thc charge of having violently assaulted a journeyman plasterer , named John Itaiiios . Complainant stated that on the evening of the 4 th instant , after he had left his work , he was proceeding towards his home , accompanied _liy two other workmen , whom he had occasion to leave for a short period in the 1 'ark-road . Tliey went on without him ; and soon afterwards , as he was about to rejoin them in South-bank , he passed the defendant , who struck him violently with his umbrella , and knocked him down . He got up as soon as he was able , and was again attacked by him ( defendant ) , who gave him a blow with his fist . Lieut-Colonel Talbot , on being asked what he had to say , stated that on the
evening alluded to several men passed him in a very disorderly manner , and amongst them wns complainant , who after attempting to trip him up by the heels , ran oil' with the vhw of effecting his escape . He ( defendant ) pursued him , and on coming up with him complainant attempted to strike him . He then , in his own defence , gave him ( complainant ) a blow . The magistrate decided the case by ordering defendant to pay 40 s ., and an additional 2 s ., the _cosi of the wacsuit . Complainant here stepped forward and said that in consequence of defendanf ' s conduct towards him he had lost three day ' s work , aad had also been obliged to gc to a doctor . Mr . Rawlinson : I can't help it ; tlie line goes to the Queon , but I had rather that tlie defendant had made you some satisfaction . The penalty and costs were paid .
SOtTHWARK . Tuesday . _—Chakoe of Tioution . —Louis _Horson . described as a French merchant , was charged with violating the person of Susannah l * ai «? , a girl between fifteen and sixteen years of age . The complainant stated , that she went to live with theprisoner , who was a married man , in the capacity of nursery-maid , ov . the 13 th ult ., und that a week afterwards , during the temporary ab-5 £ ice ofhis wife , he committed the alleged offence , Tiic _comp _laiaan * described the particulars of the assault , which _'" ' unfit for publication . That it took place in the drawing room , and that she called out as loud as she could , but " . ' ! 0 one heard her , owing to the position in which she was helu _d _" _''" _!; perpetration of tlie offence , Sho
admitted , _however , that she did not communicate what had occurred to her to her mother until a week afterwards . The _complainant was strictly examined by tiie magistrate as to the c :. use of her not divulging what had happened to her until ' week afterwards , and her reply was that her father wa . _" - a passionate man , and £ hc was afraid on that account . The prisoner , in the most emphatic manner , declared that he was innocent of the offence and thatthecliarge . as trumped up by thegiii and her mother in order to victhn . 'se him . After a lengthened examination , during which a _nodical certificate was produced , describing thc injuries su . stained by the complainant , tho magistrate said that inst ead of sending the prisoner for trial ou the capital chars _^ he _§ li 9 uW hold him
Guildhall. Robbery.—George Hanslip, Cler...
to _toaflfo-r ' the assault , with the intent , & c ., and should call upon him to enter into his own recognizance ot _& 1 U 0 , i nd find two sureties of * 5 _* _3 _weh , to answer the charge at tlie ensuing session .-f-Tiro prisoner not being prepared With the requisite bail Was committed . THAMES . The aiieged Muroeii on Board the _Torv . —Oii Monday a certificate was forwarded to Mr . Broderip , at the Thames police-court , but was not openly read , stating that George Johnstone , late master of the Tory , would no t be able to attend the proposed examination ofthe day following , and the case has been adjourned for another week .
Death. . ....„: Iv3 On The 4th Inst., Mr...
DEATH . _. .... „ : On the 4 th inst ., Mrs . Ann Tristram , wife of >• ' * . . Tristram , watchmaker , of Hanley Potteries , asc «' | _- ' jt much respected by lier relatives an J friends ; a 'lU - and patriotic woman .
Printed By Dougal Jl'guwajm . Ol *«• ™" V ,. Win Wesirem ¦ - Printed By Dougal M'Gowan . Of Ig, Groat ™%,
Printed by DOUGAL Jl'GUWAJM _. ol _*«• _™" ,. win _Wesirem ¦ - Printed by DOUGAL _M'GOWAN _. of IG , Groat _™ % _,
Printed By Dougal Jl'guwajm . Ol *«• ™" ...
street , Haymarket , iu the City of -f D t 0 , Office in the same Street and Parish , . , r ,. . bj prietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , _Esq .. and _pubw dan , William Hewitt , of No . 18 , _Charles-stree t _, _*™ _wlai , street , Walworth , in the Parish of St . _Mai-j i - _^ , ton , in the Countv of Surrey , at tbe Ofoce _, <¦ : i , 8 Strand , in the Parish of St . _Mary-Ie-Swan * -, City nt _V / estminster Saturday D eembii * 13 , lUh
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 13, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13121845/page/8/
-