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December 14 , i _§§ o _ * j _* M _^ THE NORTHERN STAft * i - —— _** - _" _O A A 11 _, - , _, 7 . ... ¦ " ¦ " _^ " _-J _* _. ¦ - ' ' ' _. " ¦ — - —
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CHARGE OP CRUELTY AGAINST A BARRISTER . On Saturday last George Soane , Esq ., a special p leader , G , _Pump-court , Temple , appeared before _German Humphrey , at Guildhall , on a summons to answer the charge of having starved and illtreated his female servant , Jane Wilbred . The girl was brought from the hospital in a cab . and re jnained in the alderman ' s private room until called _tipon to give evidence . John Stkvess said : I am clerk to Mr . _Phillijaore . I have seen defendant ' s servant several CHARGE OP CRUELTY AGA 1 > J T A A Aft _» _£ _S _£ » _~ UH , T A
times at Pump-court , Temple . I saw her about the end of last March , or the beginning of April She appeared to me to be in avery emaciated state I have seen her at intervals since . On Friday i saw her on the staircase with her hands on her stomach , holding it np . As she appeared very ill I asked how she was , but I received no answer On the ibllowing day ( Saturday ) I saw her attain in the evening in Mr . Phillimere ' s roam . I obtained some food and placed it before her , and she was soon after given over to tbe care of the laundress of the chambers , Mrs . Bell .
Mr . Jonx George _PmtLiMonE , a barrister , said : I live in the same house as defendant , in Pumpcoart _, _Tempk . lu consequence of information I went to Mr . Fry , and , after some conversation with him , we resolved to see defendant , and require an explanation . Mr . Fry accordingly went up to defendant ' s chambers , _whieh are above mine , and in a few minutes returned with defend nt . I addressed him in the presence of Mr . Frv , and told him it was extremely disagreeable to speak to a person of his station upon such a subject as that I was about to mention . I informed him that from certain statements I bad heard I must insist upon it that tbe female servant then with him should be delivered
into my custody , and that if he refused to do so he must take the consequences . He a == ked me what specific charge there was to make against him . I told him that of having half-starved the child , and ef beating her cruelly . I believe I told him at tbe Same time tbat I only heard the charge about halfan hour previously . Defendant said , "If I give the child np it will seem like admitting the troth of the charge . " I said I would not consider it any such admission , and that I would prevent my elerk and those around me from making any immediate charge against him . He then went up stairs , and in a few minutes returned with the girl . I took hor by the hand , aud led her into my room , I sent for some food for tbe unfortunate creature , and then went to the defendant and told him that the girl should be placed under the care of the laundress until she was so far convalescent as to be enabled to return to tbe union . Defendant made some
objection to this proceeding , but at length gave way . I then sent for my laundress , and gave her the necessary directions for the disposal of tbe girl . I was going away when defendant made his appearance again , and said his wife was determined that the girl should not remain with me , for ill as she was she would get up and take the child to the workhouse , in company with my clerk . I said that I could not allow the girl to leave my custody as I was now responsible for her . On Monday I thought it _rigkt that a physician should be called in . Dr . Marsden was sent for , and he visited the girl . When the defendant heard that Dr . Marsden had seen the girl he said he would do anything to assist her . When I first saw the girl she was in a frightful state of emaciation . Her cloibes were wretched , and altogether presented the appearance of the most squalid misery . She ate the food placed before her with great avidity .
Mr . A . A . Fry , a barrister , living in tbe same place , corroborated this evidence . Mrs . Elizabeth Bell , the laundress , said : I saw the girl about a year and a half ago . To the best of my belief sbe appeared then iu a good state of health , being fat , and in good condition . On Saturday last 1 received her into my care , and I took Iier home , washed her , and put her to bed , I gave her some bread and meat and porter . I found she was in a very filthy condition , her gown was very < lirty , and likewise her person . _WTiile I was washing her back , I observed several marks between her shoulders . They were severe bruises . I asfced her what was the matter , and she said she bad been beaten . There was no vermin about her . 1 also
observed that her bones were almost coming through her skin , and she could not hold herself _upright from weakness . She remained at my house , 20 , _Cursitor-street , until Tuesday , when she ¦ was removed in a cab , and . I went with her to the hospital . Dr . W . _Mabsdex , surgeon to the Royal Free Bo-pital , said—I saw tbe girl at tha house of * hc laundress on Monday evening last , at Mr . Fhillimore _' s request . She was then in a most exhausted condition . The pulse was scarcely perceptible . The extremities were very cold and livid . The respiration was feeble , and she was unable to speak . It . was with difficulty tbat I got her to answer my questions at all . I made a careful examination of
her , and came to the conclusion that there was no disease in existence . It was a case resulting entirely from want of food . Such must have been the case for many months , otherwise the girl neTer could have been in such an attenuated and low condition as sbe was when I first saw her . I ordered some light and nutritious food to be given her in * » erv moderate quantities , and advised her immediate removal to some hospital . She was taken to the Royal Free Hospital in the Gray's inn-road on the following morning . Her pulse is now better . The discolouration and coldness of her extremities is , in some degree , subsiding , and I consider her to be slowlv rallTing . I am quite satisfied that if she had been longer neglected , she must have died . She conld not have existed in tbat state many days
lomrer . It was entirely owing to want of food and warintb . There were marks of violence on various parts of her body , particularly about tbe neck and shoulders . They bad not been inflicted by anything very bard , such as a stick , for if that had been used " the bones must have been broken , as ihere was nothing to interpose between the skin and bone . I have been in the constant habit , during the last twentv years , of seeing cases of extreme distress , in manv of which the parties hare died a few _hotu-3 after " their admission into the hospital , but 1 never saw a case at all approaching the appearance presented by tbat girl . I coufd not have believed that a person conld be so reduced and live . She was certainly tbe most peifect living skeleton I have ever seen in the course of my life .
Alderman Humphert . said it was now necessary that the girl should be brought forward . Two of the officers of the court accordingly went out and returned , carrying a chair , in which tbe girl was placed . On her appearance in court a deep involuntary groan seemed to rise from every one present She was supported on pillows m an easy chair , and placed by tbe side of the presiding alderman , who bad to put his ear close to her mouth to catch the feeble sounds which she _nttered with great difficulty and at long intervals . Her replies to the questions asked only reached them
the ear of tbe alderman , who in turn repeated to Mr Wood , the chief clerk , in a loud voice , tbat tbe public might hear . We give her statement precisely in her own words as it reached the court . Jaxe Wilbred said—I am going on for eighteen . I recollect being in the West London Union . On tbe 19 th of July , going on for two years ago , Heft it to go to Mr . Sloane ' s . I recollect that Airs . Sloane came to the Union for me . Mrs . Sloane _agreed to take me into her service . 1 never received any wasres . Mr . Parker , the governor of the We 3 t London Union , went with me to Mrs Sloane ' s . It was at e , Pomp-court , Temple . I did
all tbe work except the cooking . 1 had to clean the offices , make the beds , run of errands , and also to wash the clothes belonging to Mr . andi _, Jrs . Sloane , and those of a young lady living with Mr . Sloane as well as my own I had to wash generally once a week . I had only one bed to make for the voun ? lady used to take a sofa into one of the sittuV rooms and sleep there . She was living there aU the time I was in Mr . Sloane ' s service . Mr _bedroom was a little room between the young _l _adVs and that of Mr . Sloane ' s . I had to sleep " on a _LaSess p laced on a bedstead There were clothes upon it . _Atfiratihey treated me very weh ; but after three months they took away the pdlow and I had to use my own clothes instead At first I had a blanket , counterpane , and sheet , but they took away the blanket , and I had only thel sheet and counterpane . It wa 3 Mrs . Sloane did this . 1 Bsed to get bread and dripping and coffee for _breaafa = t and meat and potatoes for dinner , and also tea and bread and butter in the evening . That was
Onlv at first . A few months afterwards they gave me * onlv a little bit of bread and mustard for breakfast , with coffee end can-away seeds . It was often e _' even and twelve , and sometimes one o ' clock in the day before I got even that , and I never had anything before that time , though I rose to toy work as early aa 8 ix o'clock m the morning . There was a cup board where they kept the bread I never could get to it , but if I could find wece 3 of K _« o / _i _Infr out I used to eat them . I had onlv xo _^ _U _di a little . bread and broth with a onantitv of mustard in it . When there was _^„^ . t , _ii _+ _hpv save me pepper in sucn _quanti-«* _V ? h 2 _SiSoS _™ my mouth . The last titte _VfJ _^ _iL wa s about a month before Mr . _PhiUimoS s _^ me _^ _hSVhad a * ¦ _££ **** near so much as I could eat . . _Itwasgenerauy six _^ fL _^ n o ' clock in the evening before I got any sometimes alter air
dinner - _sometimes before and . and MrVstoane dined . I used thea to have for tea f _Spread and pepper or _"J- _^ _g _*^ would not allow me anything *» tonk _™ tt "• * ¦ was not even allowed to take any water . 1 could _' otget at it without Mrs . Sloane . seeing me . and she would beat me if I attempted it . Mrs . Sloane used often to beat me . She frequently beat me because I have worn the sleeves of my shift on my arms in the morning while I was doing my work , contrary to her orders . I used to wear them over my _awna . because I "was cold . That happened n / ariyvYery mornipg . I was beaten besides that
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because when * Mrs , Sloane had on * . » ,.. . _ a v - _ ,. some meat for the cat-when tnS n ? _5 _W and the cat had the > meat th _> w ea _7 Wi _tnn _? _z _Hawass * lit ! ol tt water " _^ _-JW _/ V ? " _^ » me very muchl for it vt _^ DOt ' _? hC beat sent whPn T _™ . « u * - _« r . Sloane was often _pre-StrbSJ J _beaten Mr _Ckrfcon objected _defeat _fu "t _™™? ™* _implicate the rbe _^ t _^ _Tild _. / _J a \ - IInmPhery s _^ d that what i ,, Tvi i J t 0 ld hlm " _^ P licated Mr . Sloane ? _L t hlgaest _, _£ ree * Ifc w "l oa necessary , although extremely disgusting , to use the girl ' s own words-.-Jane Wilbred continued : My mistress said once to me that I must eat some of mv own , _became when ! Mrs . Sloane bad _»^ .. .. - _^ _. ..
airt . 1 said I would not , and , was determined not to do so . She called Mr . Sloane , and he came and held me while she forced some of the dirt down my throat ( The whole of the persons assembled in court here burst into aloud and long-continued yell of indignation against the defendant . ) The witness continued : Mr . Sloane beat me the first thing in the morning . He asked me if I had enough to eat , and I used to say "Yes . " I did not complain , because I thought I could not get any more from them than what they gave me . I did not think of going to the union to complain , because I did not know where it was . Tho young lady used to cook for Mr . and Mrs . Sloane . They used to have sometimes roast and sometimes boiled
beef . I used to wait at table , though they didHOt give me anything to eat there . After dinner the meat used to be put away in a cupboard in the sitting-room , and I was not allowed to go into that room unless Mrs . Sloane or the young lady was with me . The witness had for some time spoken with increasing difficulty , and it was evident she was becoming exhausted by the length of the examination . —Mr . Clarkson rose to cross-examine , and said : When did Mr . Sloane beat you . —After a long interval , the witness whispered to the Alderman , " Mr . Sloane beat me about a month ago . " After replying to this she appeared to fall asleep and became perfectly unconscious .
Db . Marsden , who had been attentively watching the unfortunate girl ' s appearance , here rose , and said the cross-examination must be discontinued instantly , as m the present condition of the girl she could not possibl y sustain it any longer . — Mr . Clarkson here said , that under the present pam . ul circumstances he would willingly forbear putting any further questions in the present state of the unfortunate witness . He believed that when the case came to be further investigated , it would present a different aspect than that which it now
appeared to wear . —Alderman Humphrey : Mrs . Sloane must also appear on the next occasion to answer this serious charge . Bail was , after some hesitation , accepted ; and Sir . Sloane was bound over , himself in £ 200 and two sureties of £ 100 each , to appear and answer the charge next week . During the foregoing examination stimulants were found necessary to be administered to the girl to keep her from fainting , and at the close of the proceedings she was conveyed back to the hospital in a cab , under the care of Mr . Robertson , the house surgeon .
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Ektbaosdisasx Charge of _Abdvciios . —At the Dover Police Court , on Monday , _—Maresca , mate of the _Neapolitan brigantine l'Oriente , lying in Dover harbour , was brought before the magistrates on a _charge of cruel treatment to a Spanish girl , whom he induced to elope with him from Gibraltar , tinder a promise of marriage . Mr . S . SI . Latham , the Spanuh consul , stated that the Orieute had put iuto Dover harbour from damage in the late gale , when the complainant , whose name was Cariatina Gracia Perat , claimed his protection under the following circumstances . She stated that she v > as a sempstre _* s , living at Gibraltar , and that while the Orieute waslyingatthatplace , she became acquainted with the mate , who , under a promise of
marriage , induced her to leave in the vessel , but tbat he shortly behaved to her with great cruelty , In consequence of this statement Mr . Latham said be placed her in lodgings , aud wrote to the Spanish Consul-General in London , who replied that he could do nothing in tbe matter , but if sbe was sent to London , he would endeavour to get her sent home by the Peninsular Steam Company . Mr . lathan then obtained £ 310 s . from the mate , and sent her by railway to London . On the following day she returned with a letter from tho consul , stating that she had serious charges of assault to prefer against the mate , which must be done before the magistrates . In consequence of this communication he ( Mr . Latham ) had caused the partes to
appealbefore the bench for their investigation . The complainant , a pretty girl of about twenty years of age , whose black eyes , olive complexion , black Spanish mantilla and head-dress , proved her to be a daugh ter of fair Andalusia , then ( through an interpreter made the following statement : — "I became acquainted with the defendant at Gibraltar , when he ottered me marriage , but there not being time for the necessary forms for the ceremony before the vesselleft , he induced me to go on board , _promising that the ceremony should be performed on the arrival of the vessel in England , whither she was bound . He showed me a will , in which he had lett me , in case of his death , 4 , 000 dollars , which induced me to believe his uromises About four or
five days after the vessel left Gibraltar , the mate desired me to get up and work , which I was unable to do , as I w ; _is suffering so dreadfully from sea-sickness . He then pulled me out of bed , and behaved with such violence , that I told him I would claim tbe protection of the Spanish consul . He then took a knife and threatened , if I did so , he would kill me and throw me overboard in a sack which he showed me . " She then detailed further acts of cruelty , the last of which , when he knocked her down , was witnessed by the pilot ( a Folkstone boatman ) who brought the " vessel into the harbour . The prisoner ( through an Italian interpreter ) in defence said that when at Gibraltar the complainant expressed a wish to go to England tbat she might get to the
_Havannab , where she had friends , in con _.-equence of which he offered her a free passage , but denied committing any assault . Mr , Latham further stated that complainant left three dresses and other clothing , on board , which defendant denied . From communications by some of the crew , he believed she had been subjected to great cruelty , but the men refused to give any evidence before the captain , who was brother to the mate , as they were certain if they did so of being killed and thrown overboard when at sea . The object of the complainant was to get back to Spain , and if her clothes were given np , and a sufficient sum of money paid to defray her passage , he did not believe she wished to prosecute the assault . Defendant said the clothes ,
with other things belonging to the captain , were lost from theoabin when the vessel sank in harbour , but he would try to find them . He thought , however , the rich gentlemen before him were better able to pay her passage back than himself . Ultimatel y the case was adjourned till , if possible , some amicable arrangement might be made . After leaving the court , we were informed that when complainant went on board she had long beautiful black ringlets , but that during a heavy storm she was ordered to cut them cfi as a propitiation to the Virgin Mary to appease the tempest . —Dover Telegraph . Patent Law Refobm . — On Monday night a public meeting was held in Anderton ' s Hotel , FJeet-street , of the Inventors' Patent Law Reform
League . Mr John Ellis presided . The Chairman , at some length , detailed the proceedings which the League had already adopted . The second report of the ' provisional committee stated that a deputation of members of the association had been appointed to present the petition to her Majesty , praying ber Majesty to direct immediate measures to protect inventions at the Great Exhibition , and to reform the patent laws , as agreed to at the public meeting , held on the 23 rd of October . The report then went on to state that the petition was transmitted to Sir George Grey for presentation to her Majesty . On the 11 th _November the deputation Labou
was received by Sir George Grey and Mr . - chere . The government having requested statements Of the views of the committee , they were _accordingly seat to the Home office and the Board of Trade . _-i In conclusion the report said the committee found that to carry out the purposes of the League with energy and spirit , it required some extent of funds . They appealed , therefore , to the public for support ; and they trusted tbat inventors and friends ef reform would come forward , and not allow the cause of reform to be crippled for want of funds . Several resolutions in accordance with the object of the association were passed , and the meeting separated .
Shipwreck op ax East Indiamak . — On Saturday informat ion was received at Lloyd ' s of the total loss of a French Indiaman , La Meuse . on the night of the oth inst ., between Whitsand Bay and Cape Cornwall . By the exertions of the coast guard and Dolicemen of Whitsand Bay , who launched a number of boats through heavy surf , the crew and _nas'engers were safely taken on sbore , with the _exception of one cabin passenger , who was drowned in attempting to jump into the long boat , and leaped short Shis mark . Soon after the boats had left , _Ihe shin went to p ieces , and the cargo , consisting of _snU raw cotton ' , indigo , _^^ S & S * _saknetre is being _cashed on sbore . ine ship _struct onX rocks cfose to the bay' _unshippmg _; h rudder , when she became _unmanageable and was driven ashore . The cargo is valued at £ 80 , 000 The _Wallaslbt Magazines . - ! gent _£ _mn of Liverpool wrote the other day to a _dlstingmBhed admiral , and as brave a man as ever held her Maiestv _' s cnmmitQinn _rpmmstimr his opinion as to tne
effect likely to be produced bv the exp losion of 700 tons of gunpowder situate within a mile and a nan of tbe north of Liverpool . The answer was characteristic , and to the point , and comment upon it is unnecessary . It is a 8 follows : — " Sir , —The explosion of 700 tons of gunpowder would blow you all to the devil , but to what distance the exp losion would do damage I cannot tell you . " The Rev , Mr . Bennett has resigned his _preferments iatho Church gfEjg _^ i
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LIVERPOOL . The special winter gaol delivery for the southern division of Lancashire commenced on Monday at Liverpool , before Mr . Baron Alderson and Mr . Justice Talfourd , the latter presiding in place of Mr . Justice Coleridge , who was unable to attend owing to indisposition . Cask of Mr . Threlfall . —Forgery . —William Threlfall was indicted for having , at Liverpool , uttered several forged bills of exchange , with intent to defraud the Hull Flax Company . Mr . Bliss , with Mr . Blair , appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Serjeant Wilkins for the prisoner . —After a consultation amongst tho learned counsel , Mr .
Serjeant Wilkins lose , and said , that , acting not only under his advice , but of his own free will , the prisoner wished to withdraw his plea of Not Guilty , and plead Guilty . —Mr . Justice Talfourd asked the prisoner if he wished to plead Guilty ; and ho replied in the affirmative . —Mr . Bliss said , that this was a case of a peculiar nature ; and , in order , that the justice of the case might be properly met , it would be necessary that be should g ive his lordship an outline of the facts . The prisoner was charged with the offence of forging and uttering . They were ready to produce no fewer than thirty bills of exchange , for £ 32 , 811 , which bad been uttered by the prisoner , aft of which were forgeries . Besides these , there were thirty-six others , with four in
addition , imtkiug _, altogether , forgeries to the amount of £ 113 , 801 . That was prior to the time of his apprehension . Since then fifteen other bills had fallen due ; and , upon presentation , were discovered to be forgeries . These amounted to more than £ 20 , 000 . The entire number of the forged bills was 115 , altogether amounting to £ 133 , 000 , all of which they were prepared to prove the prisoner had uttered with a guilty knowledge .-Mr . Serjeant Wilkins , in mitigation , said it was right his lordship should be informed that , although the bills were forgeries , bills to the extent of £ 113 , 800 had been taken up when they arrived at maturity . At the time the prisoner committed the forgeries , he bad
no idea of defrauding any one , and this was proved by the fact that he had met every bill which was due up to the time of his apprehension . He had borne a most exemplary character , and though he had done a most illegal and foolish act , he had never intended to commit any moral crime . Notwithstanding all the disadvantages arising from his apprehension , the prisoner's estate would yield a dividend of 12 s . or 13 s . in the pound . —Mr . Bliss admitted that out of the £ 133 , 000 of forged bills about £ 80 , 000 had been paid by the _prisoner , but still there was a large amount which had not been paid . _Sen-enoe deferred . William Threlfall was brought up for sentence . —His Lordship said , he had availed himself of the interval to read the
_deportions in this case , and he had found that the prisoner was a party to a gigantic scheme of forgerv and fraud . It had been urged in his behalf that he had heen enabled , to a great extent , to prevent the consequences of his act by taking means to provide for the instruments on their becoming due , but he could not allow for a moment that this circumstance materially reduced tho guilt of the crime . There was still tho chance , nay , the strong probability , of his being unable to meet these bills , in which case it was fearful to contemplate the tremendous loss , and perhaps ruin , which might fall upon innocent persons who bad advanced money on the faith of these hills . Many persons bad , in times now gone by , died a shameful death for only a small portion
of the guilt which fell to his share . He rejoiced that the law was now changed , but still the prisoner must atone for his crime by years of degradation and guilt in exile . A severe punishment was necessary for the protection of the commercial interests , and for the security of the best resources of tho country . The station in life of the prisoner doubtless made the task he had to perform more lamentable , and the punishment more severe . The good character he had hitherto borne was no palliation . Where the crime was so clear , and consisted of a system of fraud elaborately contrived and systematically pursued , it was far from decreasing his guilt . The sentence of the court , therefore , was that the prisoner be transported for the term of fifteen years .
Defrauding thr Excise . —Benjamin Francis Mimes was indicted for obtaining money under false pretences , with intent to defraud the Excise . —The defendant in this case was an officer of Excise at Bolton , with a salary of £ 100 a year . It appeared from the enactments of various acts of Parliament tbat the duties of officers of Excise were very clearly defined , and orders rendering them still more plain were issued from the Board of Excise from time to time . It was the duty of the defendant to furnish the applicant for a license with a notice which , while acting as an instruction to the trader , would also operate as a check upon himself , and show that he was not entitled to receive any money from the person so applying . Instead of doing this , the defendant did not deliver the notices to the various applicants , but gave them viv &
v : ce information , and received from them various sums of money , of which he gave no account to the authorities , though he entered the different amounts received in a pr . vate memorandum-book of his own . —Several witnesses having been examined , whose evidence proved various acts of frand , the jury returned a verdict of Guilty . —Mr . Justice Talfourd , in passing sentence on the prisoner , remarked on the _** reat enormity of his offence . Employed as he was in a public capacity be had taken advantage of a most respectable class in society , and by his conduct exposed them to most serious consequences for a breach of the Excise laws . He bad acted , he could not doubt , under a cloak of hypocrisy , and the intellectual accomplishments of which he had shown himself to be possessed only aggravated the offence of which he had been found guilty . His Lordship then sentenced him to be transported for
seven years . Burglary at Manchester . — Charles Taylor , aged 30 years , was indicted for a burglary on the 17 th of July last at Manchester . Mr . Pollock prosecuted and Mr . Monk defended the prisoner . —The prosecutor , Benjamin Wilkinson , is a beerhousekeeper in Manchester , and upon the night in question the prisoner , accompanied by another man , named Pimlo ( tried and convicted of the offence at the last assizes ) , were drinking in his bouse . They left about eleven o ' clock . About three o'clock next morning Mr . Wilkinson was awakened by a noise below and by the smell of something burning . He went down stairs and found the door open . A large jug containing ale had been carried away , and an empty purse stolen from the tiff . In the room there was a piece of print being consumed . Just previous to this time a policeman had seen the
prisoner and Pimlo going towards the prisoner ' s house with a jug containing something . On seeing him they laid down the jug and ran away . It was found to be Wilkinson's , and had contained ale , but this was spilled on the ground . Pimlo was apprehended in Taylor ' s house , but Taylor himself was not in ; he left the town and had not been apprehended till lately . It was suggested that the print found burning in the prosecutor ' s house had been ignited to afford light whilst the robbery was going on . —The prisoner was found Guilty . —Before passing sentence the learned baron asked what punishment Pimlo had got , and was answered twelve months' imprisonment , but there had been a previous conviction against him . Tbe judge ( jocularly ) " He was a lucky man not to have been tried before me—I would have transported him . "—The prisoner ( this being the first offence ) , was sentenced to six months' imprisonment .
Felonious Assault and Robbery . —Henry Giblin _, 1 G , Edward Carr , 18 , John Callaghan , 50 , and Mary Jane Williams , 18 , were charged with having feloniously assaulted and beaten William Edward Webb , and robbed him of eleven shillings and a hat . Callaghan was also indicted for receiving , —It appeared that Mr . Webb , the prosecutor , on Sunday night , the 22 nd of September , at half-past eleven o ' clock , was going along Dean ' s-gate , Manchester , when he met the prisoner Williams , who spoke to him and asked for something to drink . He went with her accordingly to soma vaults , and , after this , on going along she pushed him into an entry and he felt her feeling his pocket . She coughed , aud two persons rushed in , one seizing him by the
throat , and tho other holding his arm . ne was struck and thrown down , and became insensible . On recovering he missed his watch pocket , containing eleven shillings in silver , it being quite torn away , and his hat . No ono was by at that time . lie went to a policeman and gave information Subsequently saw his hat in possession of Wintersgill . He was quite sober . —A witness named Rosanna Clary spoke to the fact of having seen Carr seize the prosecutor by the throat while Giblin knocked him down , and also to having seen the female prisoner with Webb previous to his being
knocked down . The two men then ran away , and the girl went to her _ownhouso ; and she also saw the prisoner Callaghan , who was at the door of his own bouse , which is opposite the entry , at this time pick up Webb ' s hat , and give it to his wife , telling her to take it into the back kitchen , after which they shut the door , and went in together . She subsequently gave information of this to the police . —The learned judge carefully summed up the evidence , and the ' jury found Giblin , Carr , and Williams Guilty , and Callaghan Not Guilty . —Previous convictions were proved against all the prisoners who were convicted . —His Lordship sentenced them
all to ten years' transportation . Burglary . —Abraham Wild , Samuel Jackson , and Henry Ashworth , were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling house of John Berry , of Oldham . There was another prisoner , named Grcenhalgb _, implicated in the transaction , but he pleaded Guilty . The prosecutor is a pawnbroker at Oldham , and bis shop adjoins his dwelling-house . On the night of the 26 th of August last , between ten _amttwclve o ' clock , his premises were entered by means- of some person removing the cellar grating * , and gettipg through tho aperture . A Yil _& t pw . _itjr of ; _jitt-
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? les . were stolen , and amongst them two sets - ? _neaos . The prisoners lodged together at the house f l _Ji named Margaret _Forrow , and she on tne night of the burglary overboard them talking together on the subject of the means by which the nouse had been entered , and the property which nan stolen . On the following day the prisoners , in company together , disposed of various portions of tne stolen property . One set of beads they gavo to a young woman , who wa 3 subsequently apprehended on the charge of being conneoted with the robbery , she having the beads round her neck at the time . The prisoners were found Guilty . Jackson and Ashworth were sentenced to transportation for ten years each , and the other prisoners to two years ' imprisonment each .
Street Robbrry at Manchester . —John Diggles , Thomas Exten , and Andrew M'Nalty , were found Guilty of an assault and robbery . —His Lordship _, in addressing them , said ; "You wore convicted of a barbarous robbery upon an old man whom you have left almost dead . As for one of you , who did not take part in the violence ; and , in compliance with the jury ' s recommendation , as well as from my own view of the case , I shall make a distinction in your case in the severity of the sentence I am about to pass . You Diggles and Exton must each be transported for twenty years , and you , M'Nalty , for seven years . " —M'Nalty , in a dogged manner : You may as well give me ten : I would as soon have ten as seven . —This he repeated once or twice ; but his lordshi p not distinctly hearing him , said , _•< What does he say ?"_ Prisoner : I'd as soon have ten as seven—Baron Alderson ( complacently ) : Well , you may , if you like .
_IIunhikq a MucK .-Anthony Hart was found Guilty of running a muck . —Baron Alderson said : You have been convicted of an assault , but your reason for doing so is not very plain . You appear to have run a muck through the streets of Man . Chester with the scythe of yours , in a state of frenzy or insanity , or from tho effect of tho liquor in each , having lost that which , perhaps , you never very clearly possessed—your senses . For this offence you must be imprisoned six months . Burglary . —S . Ridgway , a soldier , whs found
Guilty of a burglary at Ashto ; .-under-Lvne — His Lordship said that the prisoner had been convicted of breaking into the house of an agod and lonely man . He had found his way into the chamber of this man , and taken a portion of his property . The offence was one of the most disgraceful that could be committed by a British soldier , Had he committed any outrage upon the gentleman into whose house he hid broken , nothing less than transportation for life would have been his portion ; but as there had not been violence , the sentence of the court was , that he be transported for seven years .
attempt to Murder an Infant . —Ann Ball , 30 , was indicted for attempting to murder her illegitimate child , James Ball . —It appeared from the evidence of Richard Wright that on the 24 th of July last he was going towards the Promenade at Sourhport when he was arrested by observing the sand in one place newly disturbed and some blood lying on the same place . On removing tho sand he discovered a child upon its back . He returned to Richardson's house , whence he had come , without taking up the child , and it was subsequently taken out by a witness named Mercer , who , togpther with Richardson , was called for the prosecution , and corroborated the finding of the child . It was a male child , and perfectly naked . Mercer took the
child to his house , and it lived until the Monday after . The Rev . Mr . Newsham , Catholic clergyman , baptised it by the name of James , and the child was attended by Mr . Barron , a surgeon , until its death . The surgeon subsequently examined the prisoner on the same day upon which the child had been found , and was of opinion tbat sho had been delivered within a few hours of that time . Mrs . Statter told the surgeon in the prisoner's presence that she had _acknowledged the child to be hers , and had told her that it was born in the petty ( privy ) , and that she had taken it to tho hills , and there buried it in the sand . The protty was not more than 200 yards from where the child was found . It appeared from the evidence of Jonathan Burland that ho bad seen the prisoner coming out of the
petty on the evening in question . She hud something with her covered up , and a man named John Howard saw her coming tho same evening from Burland ' s back door and go towards the sand-hills , and she had at that time something with her . A person named Molyneaux had accused the prisoner of being in the family way , but sbe denied it . However , she subsequently said that sho did not intend to make any baby-clothes , for it would come into the world naked , and ifc should go out of it naked . — This statement the prisoner denied in court when called upon for ber defence . —The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and bis lordship , ' after remarking on the barbarous nature of the crime , which was so very near murder that it was difficult to say that it did not actually amount to murder , sentenced the prisoner to be trauspoited for life .
Manslaughter .-Samuel Hcaley , aged 29 , was indicted for the manslaughter of Eliza Clegg . —The prisoner was employed as an overlooker in the mill of Mr , Edmund Howard , of Rochdale , and the deceased worked in a room of the factory of which the prisoner was overlooker . She had been in Mr . Howard's employ for four years . On the 13 th of August last the prisoner went to the deceased while she was at her usual work , and asked her why she did not keep her roving-frames regularly going ; to which she answered that she did keep them going
as well as she could , and that she could do no more . Upon this the prisoner told her to ? o home . She said sbe would not , but would see Mr . Pilling , the manager , which she subsequently did , and , by his desire , returned to her work , the manager promising to see the prisoner about it . When she returned she found the prisoner had brought another person to her work , and she was again ordered by him to go home . On her refusal , he took hold of her and pushed her towards the door of the room , where she laid i hold of an iron rod affixed to the bell at
the top of the mill . The prisoner pulled her away from this , and pushed ber on to tho stair landing ; and , on her laying hold of the handle of the door , he forced her from it , and threw her down a flight of nine steps . He followed her , and a scuffle took place , when she was thrown down another flight of steps , and fell with her head against the wall at the bottom . She was picked up perfectly senseless unable to stand , or even to swallow some water which was offered to her . On examination , the surgeon found all the symptoms of compression of the brain , and a wound on the back part of her head .
She died at six o ' clock on the same evening . —The jury found the prisoner Guilty . —His Lordship , in passing sentence , observed upon the danger of placing power in tbe hands of uneducated people . Tho prisoner ought to have performed the duties of his place mildly , and with Christian charity , towards any one occupying a position under him , especially towards a woman . He was bound to protect tliose who were unprotected , and therefore , notwithstanding that he took into consideration that he had been in gaol since August , he felt bound to pass a severe sentence , which was that he be imprisoned for nine calendar months .
Maliciously Wounding . —Luke Lloyd was indicted for having , on the 26 ih of October , at Manchester , assaulted and feloniously cut and wounded John _Worrali , with intent to maim , disable , die-Mr . Sowler prosecuted , and Mr . Joseph Kayo defended the prisoner . —Tho prosecutor is a young boy , aud the occurrence forming the subject of inquiry had originated in a quarrel between his mother , who is a widow , and the prisoner . The prisoner had made overtures of marriage to prosecutor ' s mother , which she accepted . On the night of the transaction , whilst at a neighbouring house , sho learned that the prisoner had a wife still living . This led to a quarrel between the prisoner and tbe woman whom he had been attempting to deceive , and the prisoner offered some abuse towards her . Her son , the prosecutor , on eoming home in the
evening , learned that the prisoner had been ill-using his mother , and went to speak to him relative to it . The prisoner admitted that he had acted as alleged , and said he would serve the prosecutor in the same way . They quarrelled , and prisoner knocked the prosecutor down ; and , in the scuffle that ensued , stabbed him in the abdomen with a knife . —Mr . Kaye , in an able speech , addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner . He contended that tho evidence as to the use of the knifo by the prisoner was altogether too doubtful to warrant a conviction . He called three witnesses , who deposed ; to being near the prisoner during the whole timo the struggle was going forward , and that they did not see any knifo in his hand . —Mr . Sowler replied , and the learned Judge having instructed the jury on the case , they returned a verdict of Guilty —Sentence deferred .
Horse Stealing by a Little Boy . —James Barlow , a well-looking boy , fifteen years of age , was indicted for having Etolen a gelding , with saddle and bridle , the property of Samuel Boden . Another count laid the property as belonging to Henry Lomas . Mr . Lomas , at a fair near Leeds , last summer , purchased a horse , which he lent to Mr . Boden until the following Bury horse fair , on the 18 th of September . Accordingly , on the day named he attended the fair , and placed the horse in the stable , and then went into the fair toj look for his friend , Mr . Lomas , whom he shortly met , and they wont together to look at the horse , but found that it had been taken from the stable . Prom circumstances
which subsequently transpired , little doubt remained that it had been stolen by the prisoner . On the 26 th of the same month Mr . Boden ( he being on horseback at the time ) , met the prisoner riding a horse on the road between Stockport and Buxton . The prisoner made off , and Mr . Boden followed , and they galloped for several miles , until they came to the bottom of a lane , to a gate , which the prisoner ' s horse refused to leap . Here the prisoner jumped off , left the horse in the lane , and made across tho fields , but was subsequently apprehended . The horse left in the lane was not the same as that stolen from the stable at Bury , as the prisoner , it was shown , had . changed , that on e with
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a farmer for an old gray horse , and £ i to boot , but _jn riding home , the gray horse falling lame , he turned it into a field , taking in its p lace the horse whose _swiftness the prosecutar had tested whilst pursuing tho prisoner . The jury found the pnsoher Guilty . There was another indictment against him for stealing the horse which he had taken in place of the gray one , but it was not proceeded with . A prior conviction for horse stealing , twelve months ago , was then proved . The prisoner was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years . Bioamt . —Margaret Leech , aged 39 , was indicted for having , at Liverpool , feloniously married
George Armstrong during the lifetime of a former husband . She pleaded guilty , and told a pitiable tale . She had been married to her first husband ten years , but he had only lived with her five months at first , when he was in the police force . He then sold up some little property that she bad , and deserted her . She had heard , when she was married the second time , that he was dead . Mr . Gibbs , the governor of the gaol , said there was reason to believe that the prisoner ' s statement was true . She had been four months' already imprisoned , and was further sentenced to one week ' s confinement .
Anne llyne , alias Carroll , a woman 47 years af age , was also indicted for bigamy at _Liverpool . She also pleaded guilty ; and her defence was , that her first husband had eight step-children nearly aa old as herself , and that both he and they were in the habit of ill-treating licr , Her second husband had promised to take her to America , but she was living with the first when ho caused her to be apprehended on the charge . —She was sentenced to imprisonment for a month .
Tyranny In France. A Considerable Sensat...
TYRANNY IN FRANCE . A considerable sensation is created , both in Paris and the provinces , by the vast number of arrests which are daily taking place on tbe pretext of the plot at Lyons . It is remarked , that ps regards thi mysterious plot , not one word of explanation has hitherto been given by tb « public , and many imagine that the affair is got up merely as a pretext to enable the police to seize upon any persons whom they may consider dangerous or inconvenient . It will be remembered that the plot was first & poken of at a period when the country generally was uncommonly calm , but when a good deal of agitation was created in the upper ranks of society by the quarrels between the President of the Republic and General
Cbangarnier . At that time a diversion was wanted , andi quite apropos , the discovery of the Lyons plot was all of a sudden announced by the Ministerial papers . Since then none of the details of the plot have been announced , though , if they exist , they must be iu the hands of the police ; hut still there is hardly a town in France where _persors have not been snatched from tbeir friends and families , and thrown into _priaoni where they are kept au secret , and without an idea of the charges brought against them , As an instance in which these arrests are effected , and the slight grounds , or more properly speaking the total absenea of grounds on which the police proceed , we may mention the case of M . _Lesseps . This
gentleman was formerly a member of the Assembly , but he has been guilty within the last few weeks of starting a journal called the Vote Universel Attempts were made to put down the journal by means of prosecutions , but tbe injustice was so glaring that the government became alarmed , and for want of any better pretext M . Lesseps was arrested on the charge of being implicated in the Lyons plot . Since his arrest ( a fortnight ago ) , M . Lesseps has not been allowed to see any of his friends , nor has he been examined before a magistrate , but he has contrived to write a letter to one of the newspapers , in which he declares that he is not only entirely ignorant of the existence of a plot , hut tbat he has no acquaintance in , nor
connexion of any kind with , Lyons . ' I defy , " says M . Lesseps , " not only the courts of Lyons , but ail the tribunals in France , to find that I have any relation , I will not say of a political character , but any relation of any kind , even as a private individual , with tbe department of the Rhone , the city of Lyons , or wiih the departments which surround that city within a circumference of forty leagues . The circle is large ; but still I believe that 1 do not advance too much in declaring that during my whole life I have neither written or received a letter from it . At all events , I affirm the fact as respects the last three years to the present day . Surely this is peremptorv . "
M . Lesseps is _certaiiily a curious conspirator , if , as he says , he has neither acquaintance nor corres . pondence within 100 wil .-s of the city in which he is said to be conspiring ; but , be that as it may , he will not be able to make the assertions much longer , as he has been sent off to Lyons since writing the above letter . Among others arrested as being implicated in the _L-ons conspiracy is M . Desolme , editor ol the Republican de la Dordogne , who was seized at Bordeaux . The ground of his arrest is thus given by the Republican de la Dordogne -. — " M . Desolme bas _undergone hU last interrogatory . The juge _destruction placed under his eye the original of the letter found at Agen , in the office of the Radical , and which the Court of Perigneux claimed from that of Lvons to which it had bsen sent . This letter
advised the editor of that journal to foment an insurrection in the Lot-et-Garronne , and assured him that tbe Dordogne would join in the movement . M . Desolme declared that he never wrote nor dictated that letter , which was essentially contrary to his views , and to bis manner of regarding the opposition to be made to the restricted electoral law , and to the intentions of the citizens with whom bis position placed him habitually in contact . But that letter which he never wrote , and of which he knows no ' thing , has M . Desolme ' s signature attached to it Our editor , the victim of an abuse of confidence , has declared that he does not know the author of the forgery . Notwithstanding all this , M . Desolme has been removed from the prison of _Ptrigneux to that of Lyons . "
There are numerous other instances in which the evidence of guilt is as slight as in this case , but in which the unfortunate parties are still kept in prison . Many of them have been already incarcerated for upwards of a month , and , as stated by the Steele , " the plot of Lyons is covering France with misery and with tears , and is exciting tbe worst passions , ''
The Flax Moyement. We Have Several Times...
THE FLAX MOYEMENT . We have several times drawn the attention of our agricultural readers to the important aspect which this question is assuming . It is therefore with pleasure wo state , that facts have recently come to our knowledge , which place the success of the plans for rendering flax a very prominent article in the home manufacture , in a more promising light than ever . Mr . Bright , M . P ., and other _gentlemen connected with tbe Manchester manufacture , have taken up the matter , and are about to furnish the Board of Trade with full particulars concerning the cost of converting the flax into a proper material for home manufacture , aud with Bamplc 3 of the product . A process for this purpose has , it seems , been
discovered , which will greatly cheapen the material , at the same time superseding tho necessity of steeping and hand-scutching ; and already some of tho Manchester manufacturers are ready to become buyers . The consumption which this will create will be equivalent to the produce of 300 , 000 acres ef land , which , added to the demand already existing for our linen manufactures , makes the total consumption equivalent to the production of between 800 , 000 and 900 , 000 acres . When it is remembered that hemp , flax , linseed , and oilcake , aro imported into this country annually to the amount of nearly ( 610 , 000 , 000 , all of which may be grown in this country and Ireland , and when we add to this that the produce of 350 , 000 Irish acres is needed to supply the demands of the Royal and Commercial Navies of Croat
Britain , as well a 9 for all the manufactures for inland purposes ( exclusive of linen ) , thus constituting a market at home for the produco of 1 , 210 , 003 acres ( only 64 , 000 being at present under flax cultivation ) , the vast imDortance of the question , to the agriculturist , to tlie manufacturer , and to the entire community , will need no illustration . The facts speak powerfullv for themselves . — Leicester Chronicle . The following circular has been addressed to several influential noblemen and members of parliament , by a gentleman connected with this locality , and it is to be hoped will meet with the support its importance demands : — " Sir , —By the Act 25 Geo . III ., cap . 62 , sec . 16 , an act passed previous to the introd
duction of steam power , landlords are empowere to grant leases in perpetuity of sites for mills and manufactures , to be worked by water-power . The attention of her Majesty ' s government has been directed by mo to the importance of extending this act , in order to enable landlords to grant leases in perpetuity of sites for mills and manufactures , to be worked by steam-power . As this is a matter of general interest and importance , as affecting the increase of flax manufacture , I venture to solicit your ndvocacy of the proposed extension of tbe act referred to , which would doubtless have included steam-power , had such existed at the date of its enactment . —December 2 nd , 1850 . "—Dovmpatrich Recorder *
Mahlveb's Compass.—-The Flair De Lis Was...
_Mahlveb's Compass . — -The flair de lis was made the ornament of tbe northern radius of the mariner ' s compass in compliment to Charles of Anjou ( whose device it was ) , the reigning King of Sicily , at the time when Flavio Gioja , the Neapolitan , first employed that instrument in navigationp- _*^ o {« _a _«> k ? _Qimes ,
The Recent Strike At The Crysta& Palace....
THE RECENT STRIKE AT THE CRYSTA & PALACE . ° _. Monday , at Marlborough-street , William St . Clair , a journey man glazier , again appeared before Mr . Bingham , charged with having by threats and intimidation endeavoured to force Mr . Charle 3 Fox , builder , & c , to make an alteration in his mode ot carrying on his business . —Mr . Rippon took _severalohjeotions to tho proceedings . He contendei that by the act under which the proceedings were taken two magistrates were required to adjudicate on the case , and not one . —Mr . Bingham said the Legislature most certainly intended that one metropolitan magistrate , being a skiHed and experienced person , should havo
authority to do what could only be dono by two country justices . He believed the objection now taken was ' untenable ; but rather than there should be any doubt he would , if required , adjourn the furtherhearing , to obtain the attendance of his colleague , Mr . Hardwick . He had stated that it was essential to have the charge disposed of on its merits , and not got rid of in technical grounds . —Mr . Rippon objected that _whure . is Mr . Fox was in partnership with another , the charge laid the offence as committed but against one . —Mr . Bingham overruled the objection . —Mr . Humphries then proved hiscaso by _' thc evidence of the witnesses called on the previous examination . —Mr . Bingham postponed judgment until _iK-xt day .
On Tuesday Mr , Bingham gave judgment in the case . Ho having overruled the _objections raised by the defendant ' s attorney , said : It having been proved that on Friday evening , the 22 nd of Nov ., a body of nearly fifty _glaziei' 3 quitted the employment of Messrs . Fox and Co ., the contractors _fof the building in Hyde-park ; that on Monday morning Mr . Fox received a letter from the defendant , in which , after _characterising the communication as strictly private , he proceeds , " I wish to mediate successfully , if I can , between you aud your men . If I am successful , I shall be happy , and the matter shall rest where it is ; if not , you must sustain the consequences . He then goes on : " This is to
inform you that unless you consult mo as to the proposal of your manager , Mr . Cochrane , to tha _glitziers , and come to a fair and _honourable arrangement with the glaziers in your employment ; that they not only shall be enabled to earn a . fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work , but put such _, work in as shall bear inspection and satisfy all , the following advertisement shall appear in the London papers of to-morrow morning ;— ' I , William St . Clair , pronounce that the building ia Hyde-park is being botched by a system of subcontracting ; that it will , therefore , bo worthless and unsafe ; and that the nation will be disgraced unless this matter is looked into . ' Now , this is not
intended as a vulgar threatening to intimidate you , but the candid advice of one of your workmen , who has the honour to be a gentleman as well as a glazier . " The glaziers who had quitted the works on Friday evening , the 22 nd of Novomber , _having been requested to attend the following Mondayafternoon , to receive some arrears of pay , the de *> iendant , accompanied by nearly fifty of them , desired to speak with Mr . Fox . Mr . Fox having inquired aud ascertained of the defendant that hi 3 name was St . Clair , refused to have any communu cation with him ; whereupon the defendant , clenching his fist _. as Mr . Fox swears , extending his arm and hand in the manner of a man who speaks emphatically , as tbe witnesses for the defendant swear , said , " Then you will ( or you may ) repent this . " On behalf of tbe defendant it has been con tended on
the merits , that the letter addressed to Mr . Fox , including the proposed advertisement , is merely a piece of friendly advice , mediation , or criticism ; that it contains nothing in the way of threat , intimidation , or molestation , and that there is nothing menacing in the circumstance of a person accompanied by a body of fifty dissatisfied men , saying , with outstretched arm , to one who h _; id refused communication with him , " Then you may repent it . " The bare statement of these propositions ia
almosi of itself an answer to them , for it seems to me trifling with language to say , that there is no threat or intimidation in announcing to a builder that unless he consults an interested adviser on the subject of his own prposals , and comes to an arrangement which , in the opinion of that adviser , is fair and honourable , f > e shall be exposed in tho newspapers , as the constructor of a botched-up , unsafe , and disgraceful edifice . Nor , with respect to what passed at the interview with the prosecutor , does it seem to me at all material whether the fist
was presented , or only the arm outstretched and open hand ; or whether the words used were " you shall repent , " or " you may repent" of this . The gesture and language obviously had reference to the letter which had been received in the morning , and the _repoiitiinoe which it was intimated the prosecutor might come to feel was to be occasioned by the ) loss of character and property which might reasonably be expected to follow the threatened exposure in the newspapers . I am clearly of opinion , therefore , that the _defendant has , in the language of the statute , endeavoured to force the prosecutor , bj threats , intimidation , and molestation , to make aa alteration in the mode of conducting his business ; that the offence was complete in the letter which
the prosecutor received , and was confirmed and repeated in what passed at the subsequent interview . To put any other construction on the defendant ' s proceedings would render a dead letter a statute which has been a great advantage to workmen as well as employers . It is to be regretted that the defendant has overlooked the fact that this _stat'ito has abolished all the restraints to which workmen were formerly subject , and , short of intimidation or violence towards man or master , has given them tho uncontrolled management of their own affairs . It is to be regretted that they have overlooked the fact that no instance can be found of any attempt to regulate the rate of wages by violence or intimidation that has not
proved in a short time disastrous to the workmen . But it is still more to bo regretted that the interval between the summons and hearing , which gave the defendant an opportunity to re-consider the course he had taken , did not enable him to see it in its true light , and to express his contrition at having , from want of reflection , been led into a proceeding , of which it is not too much to say , that it is to the full as dishonest as it is unlawful . The judgment of the court is , that under the 6 th George IV ., for this offence , the defendant be imprisoned for two months , without hard labour . —Mr . Rippon , with
the view , as was understood , of appealing against this decision , required to be furnished with a copy of the judgment and conviction . —Mr . Bingham was not aware that the law obliged him to give more than a minute of the conviction . —Mr . Rippon begged to remind the court that the fifty men who accompanied the defendant had been sent for by the foreman of the works . —Mr . Bingham said he had stated that circumstance distinctly in his judgment . He considered , however , whatever might be the nature of the request the defendant had to make to Mr . Fox , it ought not to have been made at a time when he wa 3 accompanied by a body of fifty persons .
Intended Public Meeting At Birkenhead On...
INTENDED PUBLIC MEETING AT BIRKENHEAD ON THE PAPAL AGGRESSION . — ANTICIPATED RIOT .
Liverpool , Tuesday . — During the past week , in eonseq nonce of the breaking up by violence of their recent attempted meeting , and tho refusal of tbe mag istrates to call another , the committee appointed to mako arrangements for such meeting have met day by day , and at _length determined that it should be held in the open space in the market square , in order that no complaint of want of room for all parties attending for legitimate purposes , should be urged . The meeting has Been accordingly called for Friday , the 13 th inst ., by John Laird , Esq .,. chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Birkenhead , in compliance with a requisition of the clergy and laity , most respectably and numerously signed ,
and yesterday the placard convening such meeting was duly issued . The committee had , after determining Upon the day and p lace of meeting , dispatched invitations to the members for _South Cheshire ( Sir Philip Egerton and Mr . _Tolienmcbe ) , together with others of the leading gentry of the countv . It had never , wo are informed , been imagined ' by the committee , in making these arrangements , but that they would be supplied by the authorities with a force ample to protect the meeting , from such an interruption as took place at their former meeting , and it was to their surprise that at two o ' clock yesterday , after their placard had been published , they received a communication from the magistrates in the form of a written
resolution , to the effect that they bad received intimation and evidence that the meeting would be resisted , and serious commotion created , which would be likely to lead to a breach of the peace , and that therefore they , the magistrates , would hold those who called it responsible for any calamity which might take place . The magistrates also stated their objection to the Market-square as being an unfit place for holding such a meeting . The deputation of the committee summoned to _raet'fc tho magistrates to have such resolution read to them , expressed their surprise and regret at theintimation conveyed to them , and asked to bo supplied with the evidence mentioned , in order that they might
be preDared to mako such arrangements _^ , « uiej should deem necessary to _protectee meeting from interruption and violence . . This _»^ t _««»* . _* - _flvor _wa < t rpfnsed to be given , and the deputat on E adores edT letter fo the magistrates , stating that ubder such circumstances as they were _determined that a meeting should be held , only two SSivoa were open to them ; one was to apply to Sir Sge Grey lor a military force to preserve the peace , and to enable them to exercise tha _riehts of Englishmen in meeting publicly to memoralise the soverign , and the other was to applj to them ( the magistrates . ) The latter course they had determined upon in the first instance , and irt the event of _theJoppUcatioa being refused , _tofoj
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