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National Land Company
NATIONAL LAND COMPANY
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A . PUBLIC HEBTIK 9 W THB THBATBB _WOKCBSKB , OS UOXDAT , DEC . 18 th , 1848 . ' p _P'COHKOR , ESQ .. uj . _rerru , 0 . RICARBO _, _« _ES" _*** - AHD THB RRT . MR GOODRICH , RBDHARLET .
** xo osxus _u-uibo , _ to ,., _n t , _airrj th * Mvzaxsm na aoosaies , _cmarx or thi _raaiaa or uduiui , '' _GtsTi _.-Q'Bjj . _—Havinj * heard several romowi , and seen eome Jstters written by yen in connexion with tha National Land Company , whiob , iftraa . wonld merit tho deepest censure of every honest taan , and if false , shoald be contradicted for your own ebaneten _' saj-e--" I act npon the jnst legal maxim , that e- —y man shonld be presumed . innocent until _haia fonnd frailty , « ad _, therefore , I do net MS the offensive word challenge , but I invite yon to meet me , yoa , Mr Ricardo , fcefore yonr constituent * _, and yon , Mr Goodrieh . before the flock ef yonr Bishop , in the Citv of Worcester _, at the Theatre , on Monday , the _18-h of D * - _cetsber , _iestant , at seven o ' clock , in the eveninr / , and there , although * stranger , nevar _having _attended a meeting in that city in my life . I shall be prepared _.
* nd I -uasare aowill tbe audience , to hear _dtspaasioaatelr . end impartial '* - any _charge that yea are prepared to make against my character , not only in connexion with the Land _ComrAny . bnt in _einnexion -with my political ehanoler , _attowineyou the widest poeib ' e range m to time ; while it is bnt fair to appro * yon _tbatlsbaUcharseyon both with the _foaled , most _unzeieroos . _ungmtkmanlike . and _nnehriatian con » pir » cy against the National Land Company asd myself ; sad is I j _* e to Worcester to meet my assailants in _» gentlemanlike and sot in a blMtering spirit , I be * to inform yoa that shoald yoa appear to substantiate yonr charge * again . it me , or to defend those I sh * ll nifte against yon , that if in the oosrte of tbe _proceeding any , the slightest , interruption or in salt ba offered to yoa , or partiality or partisanship be ¦ evinced . I shall leave the _meetiae . aa ny desire is _teatboth parties _ihaJI have a fair and impartial hearing .
' * I have direoted _owoh of mv invitation to be forwarded to yoa on Friday , the 8 h _. _thns alio wine yon nearly s fortnight for consideration , and , in _eonclu sion . I beg testate , that , _tiroufh determined to have a fair and impartial trial , lam equally determined that the watte ** thaU jiuf t » _cwttMered finally settled
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if you deny me the opportunity . " J have the honour to remain , Yonr _obedient eervant , ° _FiaaetjB _O'Ccssos . " Admission , for defnyu _** ths expenses of the Theatre—gallery , 2 d ;; pit , 4 d . ; upper boxes , fid . ; lower boxe * _. ls . each . Tickets may be had ef J D . Stevenson . New Street ; Mr Cramp . New Street ; Mr _Hardia _** , City Arms ; Mr PuUin , St J-hn ' a ; Mr Merrick , London Road Gate ; and Mr Watties . Foundry Street .
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TO THE CHARTISTS . My Friends , I never droop or despair , when you for whom I struggle despond . This has been a busy -ffeek _, and this ( Tharsday ) is the only day of the treek I have to provide food for your minds on Saturday * and , therefore , I shall devote this letter to an account of my visit to Manchester , Dewsbury , and Liverpool . On Sunday night I addressed the most crowded audience I ever saw in the People ' s Hall at Manchester ; and what made the sight
more cheering to me was , that they did not expect me . "William Grocott— -a most fit and proper person—was in the chair , and he was _auxronnded by many who , perhaps , when you Tead this , together with himself , may he immured in Whig tombs . However , their spirits did not droop . They were conscious , not only -of their innocence , hut that they had faithfully -discharged their duties to your principles , and faith in you , and hope in the realisation of those principles , sustained thera .
My friend Grocott , in introducing me , stated that many had asserted , that confidence in me was destroyed , and that I dared not show ¦ my face in Manchester . However , in the moat 'bristling' times , I never had a more enthusiastic reception * and I told my audience that , instead of talking about confidence in me , they should ask me if I had confidence _injthem—and yet I conld have answered the question myself thus : that if ninety _» nine in every hundred
withdrew their confidence from me , I would not withdraw my confidence from my own principles . I showed them that I was not a follower of their principles , but a teacher of my own , I spoke at considerable length upon the _Labosr Question , and the approaching trials , and was more than repaid by the love and kindness of my own children , and espe-• oially the women , for whose release from bondage 1 principally struggle .
On Monday I went to Dewsbury , and the good Chartists of that town not being able to procure a p _lacesufiicientl y large tohold the dead tody of Chartism , they were obliged to take a large chapel at Batley , and there I went , ao _compaaied by my friend Kydd , and escorted by a band and procession . When I arrived I could scarcely squeeze myself into the dense mas 3 . I was received in the kindest and warmest manner ; the Chairman made a most admirable speech , basing Chartist principles _upon divine right , and , as at Manchester , I was _^ compelled to strip to my shirt . I had the
honour to introduce my friend and yours—Mr Samuel Kydd—as the veritable member for the West Riding ; his qualification being your -confidence , and his allegiance—devotion to your cause . Those are the two oaths that Members of Parliament are compelled to take . Kydd , though hoarse , made an admirable speech upon the Rights of Labour , the Land and the Charter . And now I will tell you why I call him the member for the West Riding . The train by which I went from Manchester to Dewsbury , stopped at all the stations , and when we approached Wakefield all the middle
_dasseswhowereinconversationupentheseveral platforms , declared that Ky dd had a tremendous majority ; but then the sub-sheriff , who officiated for the high-sheriff , and who is known by the ominous name of Gray , and who is a Whig , declared the show of hands was in favour of his partisan , and every man who vent from Dewsbury declared that K y dd had a majority ef three te one . Now this is the miniature of class legislation . This shows you how units can trample upon , and overpower the will . of thousands ; but heed it not—Labour ' s day is coming , and these acts of
treachery but sting you , and spur me on . The concourse of people at Wakefield was larger than has been known for many years . Kydd received the best hearing , the loudest and most unanimous cheers , and made the only speech , and yet Kydd has not even a vote * Ah ! but I do not require to go back tothe alphabet of ¦ Char tism now , there is a breeze coming across the _Channel from all countries of Europe , and upon it the principles of democracy ride . It is finding its way as well into the mansions of the great and the palaces of monarchs , as into the hovels ofthe wretched-THEY CANNOT
KEEP IT FROM US . From Dewsbury I went to Liverpool , and , although it was announced that they could not eel a place to " meet in until Thursday , they _i _^ embl ed in a good large Hall . Many of my own countrymen were there . I addressed them for nearly two hours , and at the conclusion they moved that I had deserved well of my country . However , I told them that I rejected the compliment until my country deserved as well of me . _tVcThroughont my short tour , I was more than _«* nfirmed in tbe hopeful anticipation that Whig _tvranny had not destroyed Chartism . They have used every app liance m their
power-the ascendancy of capital-tne Hiem _* _£ abuse of their Press-the trranny of their iudges-and the prostitution of their jurora- _* - but the _nine-Iived thing has survived their combined oppression . . What think you , brother Chartists , ot a Con stitutional English Judge , « ho is taught _aHd should teach , that every man is presumed Innocent until he is found guilty- -what would v ou think of that Judge , who is the sworn immrtial administrator of the law , refusing chair table , pen , ink , and paper , to an uneducated man acting as his own counsel , and Sleiupon todefend _hisownlberty _. _andcom-Sfiu tint man to stand in that position £ r Ke boars , in the hope that has charge
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to the Jury may be based , not upon the prisoner ' s defence , but upon the official ' s persecution ? And what would you think of a Judge telling his client—for every undefended man is the Judge ' s client—that he was a vain fool ana * a fop ? However , such was the language—such was the conduct of a Constitutional English Judge ( the Baron Alderson , ) te a _ixeeborn Englishman on trial for his liberty . Mantle—who was the victim of this irascible party-rascality—stood inthe double character of prisoner and advocate—and
what would be the indignation of the English bar , if a Judge upon the bench dared to withhold the use of pen , ink , and paper from a _^ Barrister-at-Law ? Perhaps , the Constitu * tional Judge may urge , as a justification , that the prisoner was in custody , and was not out upon bail ; but will this nice distinction apply to two parties charged with the same offence—the one who could procure bail , and the other noc ; thus constituting the absence of bail , instead of * the evidence , as a proof of guilt ? No doubt , from what is daily published in the Irish Press , the Government
will hear something of the mode of packing Irish Juries , and they shall also hear something of the injustice of English Judges ; for what boots it to the prosecutor , whether the conviction of an opponent is procured through the instrumentality of a packed jury or a partisan jud « e . Just reflect , for a moment , upon the brutality of compelling a working man to stand through twelve hours of fatigue , and then to he subjected to the impossibility of meeting tbe charges brought against him . How different from ihe JUST AND HOLY JUDGE , who strengthened the law at Lancaster , by assigning the best places in the Court-house ,, and allowing every indulgence , as well to
those in custody as to those on bail . There is a striking contrast for you , * and if ever it should be my misfortune to witness the funeral of that M Just Judge , " which God forbid , I promise you that the most popular man in England never had such a funeral procession _, while the remains of the unjust Judge will he consigned unlamented to the grave , and his memory execrated by all good men . There never was a greater act of tyranny practised . How could the most accomplished and practised lawyer , with the most retentive memory , and accustomed to legal disputation , defend his client , standing without pen , ink , or paper ? And there is no difference in the two cases—Mantle was the prisoner ' s advocate , and the verdict ia the conviction of the
Judge , and not of the prisoner . Brother Chartists , in every case of libel I have suffered from the _vindictivensss of Whig Judges . I may be teld , that in the troublesome times that are coming it is impolitic to place myself in hostility to one ofthe Judges , but if my life depended upon it my nature would not allow mete withhold censure- in such a case . Think of a man called upon to answer every charge adduced against him , upon the most complicated indictment , being denied the means of defending himself . ' Was
tyranny ever equal to this ? or do the musty volumes of which they are so fond , furnish any precedent for such cold-blooded tyranny and injustice ? and always bear in mind , from one who should be not only the impartial administrator of the law , but the advocate of the prisoner , and the assertor and defender of his innocence until proved guilty hy the verdict of a jury . And God knows that ' s an ultimatum to which the Judge may look with certainty , _whelly irrespective of evidence , when a Chartist is the victim .
Well , never mind , every Chartist in York , and every Chartist in Liverpool , will be defended , as we will fight the battle of Chartism out , even in the illegal courts , as you and J have resolved that our motto shall be .
" Onward and wa corqaer , Backward trad wo fall . " "THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER AKD HO SURRENDER . '' Next week I will give you an analysis of the _censtitution of the Houses ef Lords and Commons , and when you read the materials of which they are composed , if ever you wonder again at the tyranny to which you are subjected , I shall only ku ° : h at you . It has taken no small time to make this analysis , and it will cause no little astonishment when read . Your faithful Friend , Feargus _O'ConhOb .
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ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . Last week Doctors BacJshoffaer and Ryan wen engaged in deliverini * » series of lectures at the above _nuned establishment , on Electricity and Chemistry . The principal feature in Dr Backheffner ' s lecture wa * , the application of electricity for the purpose of light . In his experiments he succeeded most admirably in keeping up a stead ; light , equal to 250 wax candles , lie result waa most brilliant tnd _effective . The learned professor very properly stated , that it was not his object to depreciate the labours of those gentlemen who were securing their discoveries by patent rights _, bat merely to ihow , by ths u u * l experiment * , of the lecture table , how valuable such a light would be conld it ever be rendered permanent , and _coanomio . The lecture
eras will attended , and the Doctor received great applause daring his able difcourse —The lecture by Dr Ryan was on the philosophy of an Empty Bottle ; obtaining frem a subject apparently so barren , sufficient to illa » tr » te , in a remarkable degree , the _laws which govern the universe around us . The coarse panned by tbe learned gentleman na ; ba imagined , whea we give tbe heads into whioh hit discourse was divided . In ths firat place , he proceeded to explain the conventional meaning of the term empty ; secondly , the nature of many of the . airs or gases which may occupy apace _, and set that apace be continually empty . The novel nature of tbe subject , and the manner in which tha Professor delivered his ideas , appeared to be high ' y relished by hit auditors , who testified their approbation by load applause . Dr Ryan bas commenced a series of popular lectures at this inititutioB . on the important subject ef Aeriemltural Chemistry . The principal feature of
hia lecture wm to ehow by appropriate experiment * , the process of separation by plants of tha carbon from the _carbonio acid of the atmosphere , the assimilation of the elements of water and the abstraction of nitrogen from the atmosphere , of carbonate and nitrate of ammonia . 1 helearned Dootor also described the food oTpUnta , and cancladed by congratulating the audienea upon the removal of much of that prejudice again ** oherai _«* al agriculture _whieh formerly existed , and _resrstted that it should still exist in some minds . The Doctor also stated thst by the aid ofcheaustry alone could farming become a perfeet soienee ; and thatit was only by an analytical _exsmination of the soils , and a comparison with tbeir constituents of the future crop , that the system of manuring conld be _Mcoessfnlly carried ont The theatre of the institution was perfeotly crowded by an audience wbich appeared ta be chit fly farmers , numbers of whom visit the metropolis at this season ofthe year .
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Birmikohim . —Thk _IsT'ious Poor Liw—A car respondent informs us that Ed . Moran , a poor Irish labourer , and who haa been twenty yeaia resident k this town , during whioh time he hu borne an irreproachable character , wss , ab 9 ut a year ago , totall ) deprived of sight . His friends being poor like himself , he applied and was admitted into the workhouse , where he remained until he was suddenly ejected . Ic appears that this poor man has brothers in the town , who are bricklayer's labourers , with wives aad
families dependent upon them , and Moran was told that his brothers mnst support him , or otherwise the authorities wouli _pass bim over to Ireland , as they could not allow him out-door relief . Fearful ef _periBbingin Ireland among { to him ) strangers , snd his brothers being incapable of _supporting him , tbis bliad working man is now hawking luoifer matches inthe streets of Birmingham ! in order te obtain a precarious subsistence , thus prerwnting a living example of the reward of honest _industry , the exeeile & ca of our benevolent iu $ UMwu 3 » ni ( lie _wwagt _ofciTiuntiQa-
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THE NORFOLK ASSASSINATIONS . . '" On Wednesday at Wymondham , the coroner and jury again assembled to continue their inquiries relative to the murders at Stanfield Hall . Robert Smith said : lam twelve years of age , snd reside with my mother at Hethel . - I have lived with Mr Rush _dnrinjt the last two months . My occupation was to scare craws , and I have littered aome straw oh the footpath from the dwelling of P _<* ta « b Farm as far as a turnip field in the direction of Stanfield Hall . Coroner : Now , be earefal how you answer . First tell me where you commenced to litter the Straw , and where yoa left off ? Witness : I begin at the turnip field gate . —Not from the door of the farm house ? No , sir . — -Was it along a road or footpath through a
field ? Along » footpath . I commenced st the gate _, and littered the straw through the fifteen-acre field ( turnip field ) as far as the turnips weat . I finished at the bank of the twenty-acre field called 'The look . ' wbich leads to Stanfield Hall . —When did you do this ? 0 a the Tuesday tbe murders were committed . —Who told you ? Mr Rush . — -At what time ? About twelve o ' clock . There had been straw laid down before , snd Mr Rash said to me , ' Litter the straw ( fresh ) wbere itis dirty ; the worst of the places . '—Did you ever lay any straw down before ? No . While I was laying it Ruth oame to me and aaid , * titter it thin ; don't lay it very thick . ' I commenced to scatter it about
twelve , and left o 2 in the middle of the afternoon . Mr Rush pointed out the place where I was to lay it . —How lorg did Rush stay with _ysu when you , were Uttering the straw ? Abont half an hour . He came at one o ' clock and looked at what I was doing . —Have you seen Mr Rush walk over tMt straw before ? I have , but I don't know where he went . The field was not so dirty where the straw was not littered . Yoang Mr Rush was my master : he paid me mv wages . I am certain tbat old Mr Rush never ordered me to lay the straw befero . I have all along bten al hiding to the old Mr Rnsh , and not the younger one . The fifteen-sore field was the last field on the farm ; it adjoins Mr Colman ' a .
A Juror : Was any stock kept in the turnip field f There was not , * tbe stock was in the field nearer the farm . I am sure there was none in any field beyond the fifteen acre : it was the last on the farm . [ It may be well to explain that the straw _alorig the footpath was strewn to the length of about tbree _forlongs , and the commencement of it is between 200 or 300 yards from Potaah farm ] Solomon Savory , the lad in the service ofthe supposed murderer , who has been detained in the town bridewell ein'e the last inquiry , was here brought into the _inqtert room , in custody ot the police . It may _ftereco'teCsd that from tho guarded evidence he save before the coroner and magistrates , it was conjectured tbat he was endeavouring to screen the accused , his testimony disagreeing , in many
_particulars , with that adduced by the widow James : and , in order tbat he mi ; ht not be tampered with , it wat deemed prudent to plaoe bim under the surveillance of the police . You tell us that you cleaned Mr Rush ' s boots on the Tuesday afternoon ? I cleaned his boots between five asd six o ' olook ; both pairs were wet ; tbe heavy ones however , not eo muoh so . I only washed them , sand did not blsok tbem . I wiped both pairs . Da net remember if Taesday was a wet or foggy day . Did you always fasten ths door you have previously mentioned 1 No —[ It may ba mentioned that the witness had before stated that Rush could not bare got tbe boots in the night without Savory' hearing him , and thst he had _fasteneed a door throueh which any one must have passed to get
the boots ] Why I fastened it on this night was because tbere waa only Mr Rush and Mrs James in the honse . It was a door between the back kitchen and the kitchen , and 1 fastened it by putting a wooden peg at the top of the _sneok or latch . I hare since seen it , and I find it can be undone from the kitchen side notwithstanding the peg . I made the peg purposely _tosesure the door . —Had you any direction to make it . I bad not ? I received no ortfer about the £ i _* _+ em _» g the d _« or . I did not do it every night — Waa Mr Rash in the habit ef going out after dark ! No . —> Did you ever hear of hia going out after poaohers ? No , not to my knowledge . —Examination in chief continued : Never knew of the boots being dirty after they had been cleaned on the previous
night . If the _bootb had beea used they must have beeu washed and put ih the same position- Before I came down on Wedaesday morning I had not spoken to Mr Rash until , after I was called ap by the police . When Rush eame down , after I had called bim . he aBked me what was the matter . I said I did not know . Nothing was Baid about the boot * . I looked into the kitchen and saw the boots as I had left them on the previous night . I never saw any pistol in the house . I have guns . —What reason had yon for making s ppg for tbe door ? I had no particular reason . It was about five or six inches long , and as broad as my two fingers . It - * _aa mora ef a wedge than a peg . I had no trouble to maka it . I got the wood out of the carMod _H-e . I mado it about a week before the Tuesday . I well
remember fitting the peg on the Monday and Tuesday Bights . It was made of light coloured wood _, tr a piece of deal . It was longer than it is now when 1 first _rsade it . I shortened it to fit better . —When was this ? After this job had happened . Ou the Wednesday or Thursday afterwards 1 dirtied tbe part that I shortened . —That was after Ra « h bad been taken into _coBtodj ? Yes , after be had lean taken into custody . —What did you do with it _afterwardi ? I carried it away in my pocket . — Did any one tell you to put it in your pocket ? No . No one told me to do so , ner to do anything with it . -Did you ever carry it in your pocket before ? No . —( Examination in chief continued } : I am sure I slept in the bouse on the Monday and Tuesday
night . My reason for the pegging the door was , that no one wanted to come in . There il a door into a passage , which Mr Rush had done up that day , sad which prevented me going into the pantry , and I thought , aa he had dsse up that door , he must coma to me if he wanted anything ont of the kitchen . I did not tell him I had done up the door until Thursday week—whea I saw him at the Bridewell , in the Justioe room . Mr Rush _svked me a great many questions . He asked me if I cleaned his boots on Tuesday night . I said 'Yes . ' lie asked what time . I aiid . ' Between five and six o ' clock . ' He asked me if the _kitcben-dcOTCOtlld be opened , and if any person could get in with * cut my knowing it . I said . M did not think they
oould . '—When did you put the wedge in the door on Tuesday night ? A long time before I went to bed . I never _reoolleot putting the wedge in so badly that the door might be opened —Now , have you had any conversation with any person about the wedge ? Yes , I asked the team-man to say that he had seen the door done up with the peg . —Wien wai this ? On the Wednesday morning shortly after my master was taken away—What was your reason for asking him such a favour ? The ream I had for pu ting tbe question was , tbat if he stated he saw me pnt the peg in , it would screen Mr Rash . —Did you show him the wedge ? I did . —Did he see vob fix the pee ? I do not know whether he did . —
How would it screen Mr Rush if he had said he bad seen you fix the peg ? Beoause it was thought ha went into the baok kitchen to get his boots , and I thought if he ( tbe team-man ) said he saw the peg fixed as well as I , it wonld assist hint . —But kowcould his not getting the boots -erf en him ? Wby , if ha had BOt g _* thu boots during the night , it would have screened him—IIow so ? Because ho hadn't them I bad no con venation with Rash abont tbe wedge . — No conversation at aU ? When hs was going away in tha gig he said , ' Don't you go away , I shall send for you and that lad ; ' ( meaning Mrs James ) . —Tbe examination of Savory was very lengthened , but the abore are the main faots .
The Coroner here said that an important change had transpired in the evidence , for it waa now proved that the boots coold hate been remoTed . Police superintendent Witheford . —I hare been to Potash Farm ' with Savory . I bad the wedge which I now produce , and wbioh Savory admitted he aad made aad used for the purpose of fastening a door from thB kitchen into a back kitchen . I desired Savory to fix the wedge into the door in the manner he had nted it . He did to , and i being on the same side , I placed my finger on the _lafccn , and it opened imraediatt ly without any ' difficulty . It was put in a second tin * by Savory , and it was as easily opened on the other Bide . I then asked Savory i . tbat was his usual way of fastening it . He said , ' Yes , it is . ' I remarked to him how easily it could be opened . He aaid , 'I see now , it oan be opened Irom the other aide / .
Peliceaan J . Howes said , on the 30 th of Nov . 1 assisted . in the search of Potash farm . _, Amongst the things I searched was a writing desk , in which I found a quantity of _JettrSrs . There was one dated April 28 , 1848 , signed J . B . Rash , direoted to J B . Rush , jun ,. Potash Farm , Wymondham , bearing London post-mark . There were expressions in the letter showing an ill feeling towards Mr Jermy . Another letfer contained opprobrious epithets ia _refereace to Mr Jermy . Other letters were found written in the same style , all tending to show the feeling that existed towards Mr Jermy . Gould not produce the letters , having given them into the hands of Col . Oakes , the chief constable . The inquiry wbb again adjourned .
The final examination of James B . ' omfield Rush , which was resumed on Wednesday morning at the Castle , before the _msgifitiats . was brought to a clow late _oaTfcandsj night , by the . committal of
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_fippriwoir for trial at tho ensuing assizes , on the ebwrjre of wilful murder . Forged deeds were discovers * in Ruth ' s houe , _concanled under tbe flooring .
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XAUBBTH . _^ . 8- _# wsT _RoisiBT _. _-Msry Ann Smith WB * _$ _barged before _MrBjJiott wltb b * hg an _acoensory to the falloHlng _robbWy _:--Mr _Vann ' mer _* , a gentleman r « sldu-gln Watt ' s _Toiraos , K «* Ro »« , deposed that on the preceding night _fotwtW i _& _tanrtof sight and sine o clock , wblle p « _s » _lag along ; _ttt _»; Ktiw Cot , Lambeth , he Was accosted b y a _ftmslt , whi > pr _*»*« d him to accom pan ? Mm to _btrlagging-, ; . , _Hidwlined _osmpljing wiib _bcrr request , and _endtavijtiTtd _togot rid ot ber , bnt while doing so she put her * _ibatd into his poeke _) , laid hold of bis gold watob , hroki _Uftom the _attwd , _andln . staatly darted from rslaj _^; Hs was about to follow _h-. r , when tbw pri-oner , ' to . wtbm sb * bad jast before spoken , placed herself In tbs way , and _tbswing tbat the oth-r _Iom » lBhaa * eytheln _*!» 8 lra « ntgol _beyoad bis reach , he _loctrredtks prUonw , ?» jid hu > 4 _« _d h » ov * rio the charge of tfae _ReHoe . _fthe ( _pri _tmtt % la tt ply to ths _ehuga . iaii i _# Wa « _uttwejiwlDwa with the name or ptrioa of tbi _psfflf who -tote tbs watoh . She was , however , re . _msndtK until Thursday .
A- * IW « iVI ** t . H _06 BA i * D . —A decently dressed man , * b , _Q ! _$ _^ i 0 ?** _l ot sg _« , entered tha _vrltnnt box , when tir *§ NJ $ Kn _* e w- ** _* ocmb _1 t _^ Vv _^ th «?; h « K > b , and addressing Mr S liott , said : —* Boms time ago , yonr lord . tbi ? , my wife _Lft me ta go » mS live with another . Sh _» •)» . « _latt-rly repented her _ooadaot aui wishes to COB * book to me , 1 « m agreeable tb forgive aad take hsr back ; kut the man she has been living with , rufous to deliver up several articles of property belonging to me and which my wife took away with htr . '—Mr Elliott : Then you can have a summons agtlnsiblm for illegally detaining jou proptrtj!—Applicant t Think yon ,, sir ; then I'll take ont a summons , —A summons was accordingly mad * ont .
WORSHIP STREET , _—CfMSoasBir ot « b > Poltck _, Jsmes _Elmtlie _Donean , a person " gmteiqoe appear ance _, wbo described bimtelf as a post and divlnarlan _, was charged befere Mr Hammill , with having caused an obstruction la ths pabHe thoroughfare , by selling Char _, _ilet publications . —Police . _oonstable Baker , 0 228 , stated tbat shortly after sine o ' olook on tbe _areeeltag evening , bis attention was _attrsoted tt tbe _pri'oa-r , wbe wat standing at the corner of a court leading to the Hell oi Soienc 6 , ln the City Road , with a bundle of prlnttd papers in bis hand , and _turronnded Toy a crowd of at least oae hundred and fit ; persons . Some of tbs papers were entitled ' Blood Money for Powell , the Spyy 'A Scourge for the Gag ; ' ' The _Murdered . Chartists , ' Jko _. yBud tbe prisoner was loudly descant ' ng upon the
merits and character of the produclioss , wbicb he itated to be bis own oompoiltion , and succeeded ia disposing ofa large number of them at a half-penny each . Witness _rtcjueetedthe prisoner to move on , as the pathway was completely _ors . ruoted , but he positively rtfu-edt <> do _so / andhewas therefore compelled to take htm into custody . —Prisoner : Pray , sir . bow did I behave _toaards you iie « r jou took me in charge ?—Witneii : Ton shook your head at ma like a savage , and dared ae to touch jou , —Prisoner : Did I not elhovt tha psoplt to be patient and peaceable , notwithstanding - mv _unwursnt . able arrest f—Witness : No , yeu did everything jou could to excite tbem to reilstsnoe . —In _antwer to the
charge , the prlspner said that hs was net at all aware thathe had violated the law , as _hshtd been in the ha bit , for a considerable period , of publicly _distributing his productions , and had tveh disposed ot tbem ' to TBeto . _bers of parliament , in tbe corridor ot tbe House of Commons but hod never been at sll Interfered with on anj previous occasion . —Mr Hammill told the _priiontr tbat ne oould not be permitted to dispose of his commodities in such a manner as would necessarily cause aa _obstruslion ef tbe public thoroughfare , but In the hope tbat wbat bad _tsketn place would operate as a warning to bim for the future , he should now order him to bo discharged .
ATiiMniD R * _ri . —William Roberts , an inmate oi tbe Bethnal Green Union Workhouse , was brought before Mr Hammill , at the instance of the parish . authorities , charged wltb an assault of an _aggravated character upoa a _jetirg married woman nsmed Jane Welden , also an inmate of that establishment . —The complainant , a delicate-looking woman ; g ated , tbat in contequence of the destitute condition to wbich she and her husband hsd been reduced , the ; were _ceupeUed , in the earij part ol last wei k , to nek an _asjlum ln the workhouie . On the _moriiing of Friday lest , sbe was ordered by tbe matron to assist a woman named Bishop in cleaning tbe men ' s _keeping ward , and whilst so ocoupied in oae of tbe rooms during the temporary absence of the other woman , ihe prisoner suddenly entered , and after addressing to her
an indecent overture , wbicb she indignantly repelled , be eels d her round the waist and threw ber forcibly down The prisoner tben proceeded to conduct blmselr * in a manner tbat cannst be described , when the W ; man Bishop fortunately returned to the apartment , _aneltraatrated hie Infamous design . As soon as she reoevered from her agitation , she hastened doan stairs and sought eat th > master of tbe _wetkbonse , to whom sbe communicated tbe particulars of tbe outrage ; but tbe instant sbe left _tharo _3 m , the prisoner made a similar attack upon tbe otber woman , wbich she also successfully resisted , aud be then _Vastily retreated to the day-ward appropriate ' to the ma ' e pauper ' , where he was shartly afterward * secured . —Mr FalrBeld , the maBter of the workhotse , Stated Ihfll an _lovestlgatlon having beon set on _fjotlo
_asoirtain how he bad contrived to reaoh the ward In qaestion , which was constantly kept locked durlrg the day , It was _discovered tbat he had abstracted a key b » _loBging to the superintendent of that department . In contequence of tbe scandalous nature of the outrage , the strictest injunctions had been given for the _eserolss ot greater caution in future , and to preclude tbe p . _miblfctj of Us recurrence , it was resolved that the _serrloss of the female _ismstes in tho men ' s wards should be beocefirth altogether dispensed wltb . Mr Hammill said tbat tbe offence was one of such a serious description , that he considered it necessary to give the guardians aa dpportunity of deciding whether or not they weuld undertake to prosecute the case before a jury , aad he should therefore order it to stand over for tbat pnrposs .
House _Chacntbbs . —Jobn Dobson Jones was charged with'having _ob'ainedI under talse pretences tfae sum of £ 26 53 ., from Mr George Hiell , a master baker in ths Beibnal flraen R _* ad . The _prosecator , an _el < 3 « rl-German who gave bis evidenoe in broken English , and with , an air of drollery which created much _ama-ement stated that be had occasion on Tuesday last to attend a horse and cattle sale in his own neighbourhood , and had just left th * premises , when tbe prisoaer engaged him In conversation , and having introduced himself as a large _llvery-stable-keeptr at Croydon , intimated that he had jast met with a grievous disappointment , through the pig-headed perv < raenees of a gentlemen ' s groom , Who bad brought there a splendid horse for sale , but post * tlvely refused to let him purcbass it , because he said
something _offensive to his master in the morning . The prisoner added , tbat the _animel was to be sold for the paltry sum . of £ 28 Is , ; and as be bad sst bis mind npon having it , entreated tbe witness to become the nominal purchaser on bis behalf , and be wenld immediately furnish bim with tte amount , and present bim with a gratuity of 16 _t . for bis services . Whilst the ; were in conversation _another mas , ia the garb of a groom , sud . denly made his appearanoe . wben the prisoner whispered to . him ' _Thai ' s tbe very maa , ' and stealthily slipping tneBty-ieren sovereigns into bis hand , left tbem together to negoolate tbe bargain . ; This was speedily ffeoted , and be was conducted b * tke man in livery down as adjoining gateway , where the bone wss standing , bat h * had so sooner struck the bargain , and beaded
over the stipulated price , tban the fellow appeared to be seised with sudden misgiving , and _eapresslng his con . riction that witness had rteeived the money from the man be had been conversing with , and with whom he could have no dealings , as hs bad grossly intuited his master , declared that he could not _reeonoils it with bis _eoaiolenoe to _eotrattmnce suoh a piece of dupllolty _, and returned him tba money , wiih an intimation tbat to obviate tbe diflculty , he must himself be the aotual purchaser . After a fruitless attempt to _ovsroome this virtuous resolution , witness returned te theprisoner , wbo reoeived baok tbe sovereigns with an air of Infinite chagrin , and strongly urged him to pur . chase the horse with hiiowa money , which he would cheerfully reimburse with a handsome compensation for
his trouble . He aooordlngl y bastsned home and procured tbe amount , wbich was pooketed witbout further scruple b y the conscientious groom , who then left him with the horse , and he was Immediately after surrounded and hustled by a host of fellows , who clamorously advised him to get rid of it at onoe npon any terms , a * it was utterl y worthless , and eaten up with the _glanderi . After _waidnj in vain for the prisoner , he managed , wltb some difficulty , to get tbe horse to his stables , and lmmediately seni for a farrier to _etamlne h _, who Informed him , ; after hoklng at ths brute , that he ought rather to have sent for a knaober , as it was only fit to be converted Into dog s meat , and wonld be a dear bargain ot £ » . Be
subsequently obtained the assistance of the police , and accompanied Smith , an active tfficer of the K division to DixoB ' _e Repository , where they fortunately encountered the prisoner , who no _seener caught sight ef them than he _dsrled eff like a deer , bat after a _si-a-p chase h « wa- > _tiUtmauly mn down , and lodged In tho station house . — On being called upon for his defenoe the prisoner , with imperturbable _ooolaess , declared that he faithfully paid the proseeutor bla oommUeAon , of 15 j ., and afterwards W » ited for him to receive tbe _borse , till hie _patienoe was _tyed out ; but he never hept his appointment , —The _megUtraie ordered the _prisontr to be _rimauftd for a week ,
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WSSTHIHsm —SlDUCTIO _* AND AmHrTID SOICIDB , —Mary _Psolhoer , a respeotable young woman , wai charged with attemping to commit _enloide , —Thomas Rowland , 195 B , stated tn _* at about two o ' clock that moraing he observed the defendant hastening from _ffeitboorne Street , Pialico , towards tfae baok of the _Ranelagh sewer , and suspecting by her manner that she meditated _lelf-destruetion , he asked her what she wanted there at that bour in the morning , when she replied'Nothing , '—and _inqolrsd whether tfae water was very deep there ( alluding to the open sewer ) . He informed her that it was not deep al that time , and _reoommendsd her to go borne , which sbe said B _* ae would do in a few miautes . He thea walked few paces away , bat fisdlng that sbe remained as before , he returned to her and repeated his _lncjoiry , when she burst into teats and cried bitterly for some minutes after whiob sbe requested him to _leavs ber , and he again moved a few yards away , bnt
finding that the suddenly threw ber bonnet and shawl off and _ruthsd towards the sewer , be took her Into custody . —Tbe prisoner , who had burled her face in her bands , and sobbed convulsively during the constable ' s itatenunt , when asked whether sbe wished to say anything , replied , * I began to think of my borne , and I COUld BOt help fretting . I took little to drink , and my mlad wm la such » state tbat I did not oare what I did . I never was in a police-station « r before a magistrate ) until now . I am sorry , very sorry , for having dent as I did . '—Mr Broderip _inqoired whether she bad : any Meads present , and upon the polioe replying in tho _afurmative , an elderly ft mole steppedior ward , and stated that tbe defendant had been seduced from her borne by a person who wss shortly eiter discovered to b » a mar ried man , The circumstance preyed vary _htavlly upon the unfortunate youag woman ' s mind , The prisoner was ultimately discharged _.
THAME _8—DutssatkE » con « tBawith _Thisvbs — George _Klmbley , Thomas Whiting , John _Dolward _, _Eliztbetb White , Elisabeth Martin , and Caroline EJwards were brought before Mr Yardley , charged- with being concerned in p _underlng the extensive _warehouse of MrMoe _* , plate and looking glass manufacturer , Leman Street , Whltechapel , Tbe circumstances connected with tbe rebbtry _, and detection of the thieves , are somewhat curl us . Abont half-past four o ' clock en Friday ' evening Sergeant Eel ' y and Giffard , of the H dlilslon , two _cffloeri , generally engoged on deteotire duty , were informed tbat four peraons , one of whom carried a large _iquare of plate glass , had left tbe house S i , 8 , Flower and Dean Street , proceeding towards Petticoat Lane . They fol ' owsd , bnt losing tbe track ,
thought it advisable to go baok to Flower and D _* an Street , _eaepectlng , as the fact turned out , that the parties had taken the square merel y as a -ample , and weuld ultima ely return for the bulk , Tbey ensconced themselves in sn opposite house , and had scarcely done so when tbe fellows returned . Glffard immediately went to procure further assistance , but had _scsroely left when the prisoner Klmbley came out laden with about sixteen square * of plate glass , end to prevent alarm he was allowed to pais to tbe corner of tbe street , wben Kelly seized bim and took possession of tbe property . A desperate struggle ensued , in wbicb , notwithstanding Kelly's endeavours ( o save the glass , the greater pari of it waB broken , A nnmber of thieves , who since tbe destruction of Esses _Street bave thronged into , tbis
vicinity , making it tbeir stronghold , rushed out upon tbe sergeant , wbo _' was In Imminent danger , wben _Olfford fortunately came np with a _reinforoament , some of whom be left with the sergeant , and with tbe remainder _proceeded to the house No . S . On entering the passage he met White ooming eut with a quantity of plate glass unJer bis arm . On seeing tbe _constable he instantly retreated , laid down the glass , asd attempted _toetcape bat Giffard secured bim , and a desperate struggle ensued in tbe dark passage between the effioer * and the _thteres wbo came to White ' s assistance , _G . ffoid having rf celved a severe blow on tbe leg with some heavy weapon ho attempted to return it , but it unfortunately alighted on one of bis own parly , who was ooming to bii aid . ' if _; er a quarter of an hoor _' _e _fighting in complete
darkness the officers succeeded in _secoriig tbe doors and windows , Kelly keeping watch In front , and the six prisoners were secured and conveyed to the station bouse , though a crowd ef thieves frequently attempted to rescue them , Kilty and G . fiord tben searched tbe bouses . Of tbe glass in tbe ball , only _fourrqiarea remained unbroken } a quantity of plate glass was found in a bed in tfae first fio » r frost room oceupied by tke Wbitee ; and in a back room occupied by the _woaaea Martin and Edward _^ piece * of wood were _discsvered , which , when put toreth « r _, made component parts of two boxes such as plate glass ls _iisaally packed a . One box was discovered on tba premises which bad only been partially broken op . Kelly andG . fford having instituted an inquiry in the _neighbourhood , found that tbree boxes of plate glass had been
missed from a passage where twenty had beea previously placed , leading through folding duors to the counting house of Mr Moss , Tbe boxes taken a' Flower and Dean Street , whan put together , were found exactly to correspond witb the _msrks made by tbe _ab-enee of dust in the plaoe from which _Mr'Moss ' _sproperty bad been ahetraeted , and from which they could not have beea loog removed before tbe officers discovered tbe theft . The _g _' _ass was worth from £ 9 to £ 10 per box , and the re . _msving It from the premises _required bo extraordinary _oomblnatba of dexterity and _darlfg . —White , wbo taid he was a taller by trade , and ceuld bring several witnesses as to bis respectability , den ' . ed any knowledge of ihe _robbery . —It was shown tbat _Dolward had sons into
the house No . 8 frem the next bouse only a few minutes kefore he was arrested , and be was accordingly dis _charged , — 'Ihe women Marsin and S 1 wards sold tbey got the _woooia their rooms from the female prisoner WMte , who ssld she found It on the premise * , but did not know where it came from . '—The depositions were t . ken at length ln tbe esses of White , Klmbley , aad _El'ztbeth White who were fully committed on the charge , Tbe other prisoners , Martin and Edwards , were remanded , but thu whole ofthe parties will be brought up again , when < t is _txpeo ' ed tbat some o her oharges _rrill be established against them , ' In tbe meantime Kelly and Q fiord pre on the look out for others wbo belong to tbe gang , wbiub is said to ben most numerous and daring one , _haviagextensive _ramificationa in the distriot .
Disthessimo CieB or Attempted Suicide , —Alice Harding , a rather good-looking woman , twenty-nine years ot age , was charged with attempting lo destroy herself , by plunging into tbe water , from the St Katharine ' s Dock Bridge . —Anne Flannery stated , that about nine o ' clock on . the prtvious _nl _^ ht sbe law » woman , who waa standing on tbe middle of the _briugs , suddenly fling off her cloak and bonnet , and cast herself late tbe water . She instantly gave the alarm , w . hen Curtis , a man In the employment of the dock _company , was promptly lu attendance with the dregs , and the prisoner waB immediately rescued from the water , and conveyed to tbe station-bouse , wbere Serjeant Prioe , 15 H , having procured her a change of dress and succeeded in _restoring animation , banded her
over to ber friends , getting bail for h « r _appearance , —Ur fardley to theprisoner . —What _bavs you to say respect ing this rash and wicked aot t Prisoner : Oo nothing , sir , nothing ; tut to thank Cjd frora being preserved from such an untimely end , I was in great trouble , everything was going wrong with me . I was compelled to see my poor father dragged to the workhouse ; my husband has a bad knee ; ws were getting every da ; deeper and deeper In debt , and I could not see the f nd ofit . Thinking drove mo mad , but now I see what an escape I have hsd , and I am truly thankful . —Tbe husband , a respectable-looking por man , who said be was a shoemaker , residing at Prince ' s Place Prince ' s Street , Aldgate _/ said bis wife had been very low-spirited since her father went to tbe workbeuse , and some person out
of kindness had given her a little drink , wbich being _uoeo'ustomed to , bad no doubt influenced ber to the rash aot , of which he was sure ska heartily repented , and would not attempt to repeat —Prisoner : Ho , never , never . I see the wickedness ef it . Mr Tardley said , sbe had bees guilty of astrlous eff ence , es well in he eye of the law as of tbe Oreat Being into whose presence sha had attempted to rush uncalled . As , however , ber repentance appeared to be sinoer _* _. bo would suffer hsr to depart with her _huiband Hs would also cauise Inquiry to bs made by one of the officers , and If she and hsr husband were found to be deserving , he would grant them some assistance . —The po ; r people tben retired , gratefully thanking hi * worsh . ' p for bis kindness and sympathy .
• _Accoaniso io _Iisw . *— Ann Murphy was charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel from a yeung woman , named Bridget Kirk . The circumstances of the case were very _exiraordlnsry . Early in November Kirk took a box , containing a quantity ot _eloihes , to tbe homo of the prisoner , No . 2 , Plough Str _« et , Whltechapel . In a few days after , the prisoner said her house bad been entered , the box Iroben open , ond its contents rifled . Kirk , suspecting the statement to be fa ' sa gave hsr into custcdy , when sbe admlttid that sbe pawned the _articles herself , and offered to redeem tbem ; but the case had gone too far , and ebe was committed for trial on tbe cbarge from this _03 crt . _Pending the trial , the prisoner ' s nleca weat to a Mrs Moses , in
Boiemnry Lane , when tbe young woman Krk was a servant , and told Mrs Moses that IC * k had _robbed lor of stooklngs and various otber articles , upon which tbe young woman wan arrested and taktn before the Loid . Major . She was remanded several times , and during the period of her ceEfiaemmt tbe prisoner Mutpby wbb taken before tbe grand jary , but Kirk _bclvg in _custody and not _fortboomlcg _, the bill qf indictment was ig nored _, and sbe got off . Oa Friday , K ' . rk was finally examined before tbe Lird Mayor , when _ehe , was . discharged . On coming boms to her aunt ' s , wfeo . liv » d next deor to the _prissner , ia Plough Street , the la ' . ter thrust tier head out of ihe window , and putting out her tongue said , I had a good _t-ni *; of gin out of your clotbers , but you can't touch me now , for I have gone through the
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law for IV - &«•> -wnw . _*» trove * U * w _atkisk _** for aha was teat * _u _* # » ***** «» a o » _* . eho * - _* , tat the depositions _b-tns ; takea at _lsas-th , Mr Tardley fuflj * - oommlttel h » r for trial . —Ai tbo clou ef _^ _-poooteV logs , Mrs Urns carat forward aod safd , What -a * Ita do , yonr worship , about » y things _V-Ut _Yartlay : I know nothing of you or yo dr things ; jour casa has beta dssided by the lord Mayor ; ahd it appears to « _etha _| you bare _ieaiyoarseUto i « ry _dUersdltable _pMOMdlngv aad laid yourself open toast _todietment on _thaobarfe ot consplraey . _TUwfof iv _^ i _» ww . iii _» _^ _-iv' ) _iu h _« mwi * it »; _for-AawMtetottMM _^ _tfBa _w _^
SOUrBrTARK . —Thi ' . Bw »» -Bit . —John _R ' ohtrtfa and William Arkwrlght , two wel _' _-diasssd _»»» _, warebrought _bsfort Mr _OoUlagham _« n a charge ef compiling to rob Louts Vandal of £ 10 . Tbe complainant stated that ho wu carpenter on board the banjo ,- _Oblong , and tbat on Saturday last , while occupied in viewing iho outside of Buckingham Palace , Richards csme up and entered int » conversation , remarking that tha _Usnrlonj in the building then in progress would entail a _grest expense to tbt _eountry . While tbey were talking tht other prisoner Joined tbem , and It wa * proposed tbey should go to fee th " . Wellington statue , and em tbe road thither Arkwrlght began to talk of bavins ; bed a bro'her wbo recently died at D * _merara , and who he said Mt him
considerable praperty . He went onto tay that he waa then going to a lawyer in Chancery Lane , fr _. m whom he was to bave a large sum of money , and tbat bis In . _tsntlon was to lead it out at interest in small sums to those wbo required suoh aselstsnoe . Richards , who . assumed to be unacquainted with bis _fsilow-prisoner , whit * ptred to _osmplnlnant that they were looby In meeting sueh sn _aoqualntsso , and soon afterwards ArkwrlgbC asked complainant if he stood in need of _enjoarb , adding tbat if be did he would toon _assiet him with some . Arkwright thest asked complainant if hehad been paid bis wages for bis last voyage , and tbe answer being in the affirmative , be proposed that , if be _produced £ 20 to convince him that be was worth tbat sum , and bad
saved se much wages , be ( Arkwrlght ) wou'd givt bim £ 50 . _ComplalnaBt said that , ha had sot tha * ao * M _* about him tben , and it was agreed that tbey shoald sit meet ou the _sucoeedlag tvenlng , at s _^ vea o ' clock , on tha loath side of Londoa Bridge , In order to settle the bustness . Complainant satisfied from what bad paased that he had fallen * Into tht hands of two . 'London sharpers , ' who wanted to plunder hlnji . of hU . iaoaey gave _Information to tht _*»«« - ¦ . 'Oa tbt * itt ivHrlng the complainant , accompanied by two poHcemtn , Wild and Hunt , repair *< to tht place of meeting , the two latter watching at some distance , Tbt prisoners were true to tbeir appointment , « _nd tbt _aaaiefti thty saw oomplainant , Arkwrlght inquired if be was prepared to exhibit tbe £ 20 . The answer btlng in tbe _afflrmitivt , itwas tben proposed that they shoald _a- _'Jiutn to tho White Horse , _jn Union Street . They accordingly pro * ceodtd to tbat bens ? , followed Ly tbt two policemen , who stationed themselves at the door . When they gos
into tht parlour Arkwrlght drew forth a long puree , from one end of which hs took oot a numb » r of coin- whioh looked like sovereigns , and from tbe other a rt > U of notes _resemblhg Bank of England notes . Having made this display of bis money , ho then _aiked _complaitent if ho was prepared to produce his £ 20 , when tke latter aaid that be had a oh _> sjue on the Sailors' Home , in Wellclose Square , for the _amouut . Arbwrignt wanted to get the cbeqne into bis hand * , bnt expressed a wish that ha bad brought » _he cash iastoad of tha _ohrqoe , and tban oomplainant got up as if for tbe purpose ot going for tha money ; when he was followed clutely by the two prisoners , who were taken into _cost 4 < iy at tbe door of the puMlo-house , They were qulto indignant that tbey should be Interfered with . Tbey were , howem , _searoked on tbe spat , and ln their pockets were found a number of oelns , resembling sovereigns , togethtr with rolls of flash _r-otes , and amongst tbem were some notes of a Cheltenham bank which stopped _paymmt upwards of twen « y years ago . —The prisoners were _cjmmitted for
trial . BOW STREET . _—Towsr _GbiveTsbd _Abokihitiohs . —Mr ( _reorge Archer , solicitor , 62 , Cbarh g Croat , who was accompanied by several persons cccepykng premises in Drary Lane and _CrowtTCour , waited on Mr Jardlne to _Svlioit his assistance for the _removal of nai-onees ofa most revolting . _natura , . which are dally taking place in the disposal ef dead bsdies . From wbat he was given to understand , a respectable inhabitant of Crowa Court saw from bla window a man raise a body from a grave , by means ef a lever , and after dropping it Into another hole , be thrust an instrument repeatedly upon it , apparently for tbe purpose of crushing tbe corpse , iu order to make room tor another . As _sucb au CCCUrrcBOr _Wti daily Been by persons who had a full view of tbe burial groand from tbeir apartmesis , he would rail a witness
wbo would give suoh evidence as would entitle him to have a summons served upon tbe parties in _question . — Mr Jardlne observed , tbat a clause in tbe _» tw not _directel tbat a representation of such a circumstance thonld be made to the local board of _hsultS _, whose _'&¦ spsotor would Immediately visit tbe p ) " 0 c > , and if _tbfl facts were borne out by his report , burials wou'd be prevented uking place there in future . —Mr Archer said that the clause applied only to ratal districts . —Mr John TkCker Muggerldge _, a stationer , residing at 14 , Crowa _Ciiurt , then stated , tbat on Monday , about _tUrea o ' olock lu tbe afternoon , be _was-fctk ' cg out <> f lit room windoiv , when be saw two men dig'ixg round a hoi * , and presently the regular grave . _diggei ' - wife having _joined them , bnd _ssppl' . ed thsm with some _splrituon * . liquor , tbey , by her directions , procured _alcng _pUceot iron ,
one end of wbich bsd attached to it a hook like tbe fluks cf an anchor , wkicb tbey drove into a grar _.. , and a rope _bdng affixed to the otber tnd , they used the instrument as a lever , and with sorao force , tbey raised to the eurfaca a _cofSa which was quite black , cad _appnrent ' y containing tho body of a ctslU _, which the _gme d _) gg « r immediately covered wltb some tlay , Witness tUn went to tke shop ot Mr Walker , ihe surgeon , in _Dn-ry Lina . and hit assistant having _aocor-panied him to tte f » me room _, tbey taw tht gravs di _^ _gor partake of aore -pSrituona liquors , and after p _' oclng another coffin in a hole , he laid hold of something lika a sledge hhmmtr , which he continaed to jam into the hole upon the corpse , while his assistant threw wbat appeared to \ e q . ' ek lime upon it , Tbey called out to tho men , _thrmeningto bring tbe polioe to them , upoa which th-y used intuiting _languaga , saying th _^ y would use them in the same way . Inlormation beitggiven to the pol ci , tbe men gotaway , when , they eaw the _inspector approach , after which the
ground WS * levelled , to nuko it appear _th « t nothing ot the kind bed tak . n pace . The stench la all _iha bouses in Crown Court wai exceedingl y eff-asive , and although considerable expense bad been incurred U gettlDg rid of a cesspool wbio _^ i was thought to be the pause of it , tho nuisance continued _cnabated , eni at _pesent witness ' s wife was _labouring unler serious Illness ft \ m is . _fLcts . —Mr Jardino said that enough h d been s _ated _against the persons concerned upon which to grant _bUUimonses In osier to raise the q _lejtioa , —Mr A'Ctier said he could bring forward proof that a Art , ' which seemed not to be caused by coal hod b _; en seen burning oa _thearoend daring the n _' ght , and he thought tbat a _warrant might be granted to a » _certa ! n if bones bad not been oousomed fu a small house whioh is wltbln tbe _enclosure . Mr Jar . dine , however , did not _consider that the police bad power to go to such an _exttnt ; but when th » _nvnes af tbe parties _alluded to were ascertained , tke summonses should be served upen them .
_PaooiiDisioi cp _GA-eatiMEMT _roa ths _ivrmissiovt os Dim Swear * . —Thomas Carey , Af _.-e 4 _Mirehall , John Bradshaw , J _ihn Croft , and Thomas Manegtr wero summoned uader the 42 ndGo _» . lll _. c . 119 , brfore Mr Henry , for hnvlng on tba 1 h Srptunber uuliwfully con . spired with otheis to keep a certain office at No . 12 _Haynsarket , where was kept op ; m and exposed to be played and drawn aertain lotteries not authorised by law , called 'Monster _StL-jor Sweeps , ' —A _Sl'l'Ond 8 am . moss charged them with suffering a _iott'ry _t-j be drawn atthe above-named premises , aniihe defendants were ebarged in a third summons as _ro-uea and vagabonds witb keeping an cffi * e or place ior a gam * or lot-try not authorised by Jaw . —Mr Bodbin attended as counsel , assisted by Mr Hay ward from tbe cffine of tbe solioitor to tba _Treasury , to conduct tbe prosecution , and Mr Clark .
son appeared for tbe defendants—Tae defendants Carey and Marshall were tbe only persons wbo appeared to answer tbe charge . —Mr Henry directed the warraat officers to prove tbe _awvice of the summonses . —Mr Bodkin inquired li the constable hsd tsk . n any _strps to serve tbt other defendants , at their _i ffioe in t _' _. e Hay . market ?—Btundel , 93 F , a warrant offijer , _r-piled that he made inquiries there , and waa informed by a _periOU who seemed to be a _oleik , that _ttey were not there , _aor was it their place of abode . —Mr Bodkin said tbat if tbe officer was allowed a long r time he conld h . v « re . ported tbt progress be bad nude to tbe Treasury ; but he had ne objection to prooted against the defendants present , or to postpone tbe further hen _i-. g ot the ess * until tbe addreases of the o : hers could be ascertained , it being bis _iatentaio to _prooeed against the < * _et > ndanta jointly for eon . plrecy , in order to eall npon tlMB to PDl in bail foe an _indietabie iff nee . — -Mr _Curkson—Htt without going _iato th e oast , I suppose v—Mr Bodkin—I mean _evenmeiy—Mr Clarkson observed that he had
been concerned for a licensed victualler on a former oo . casion for transgressing against tbe tenor of hit licence , bat She present charges were ofa di _8 \ r . n « character , being against lotteries _g-ntrelly . —The dof . ndai t Carey said tbat as bt was separately oharged , be was anxious the case against bim shonld be proceeded witb at onee , it being a matter of serious cr . nsidtrariou to bim , parti _, cularly as he knew nothing wbatovtr nf the other _rartiee . —The learned counsel were about to agree tbat the cats Bhould stand over until Saturday , _wlea the defendant Carey said h _« coald not atteud on that day , and he saw ao reason wby he ebouU be dragged % second time to the court whea bo cause wss _assigntd on tae other side tor sueh a coorie . —Mr Clarkson advised bim to ba sliest unless ht fall disposed to conduce bit onn _cus * . Mr Bodkin said he was anxious tbat the indictment _nl-bt be preferred ' at tban xi _stations , and hs hoped any ar . rangements tbat wert mae > e would enable bim to do to . —After soma further _conversation , it was agreed that the _furtbir hearing should be poitptroed till _Sitorday at twelve o ' clock . —The Hoc . Mr _Bouvirie , the banker ,
was in court to live evidence of his bei sg thjjan _. lord of ihe house occupied by tba _defencUrr _*!^ Ic \ _maVto necessary to state , that tht _Jod _^ i _.-liidn _r _^ tV . _e . a ' _Bt of George _Unentitled . ' . An Act to _sppW- _^ _cerWnrWrnji und Lotteries not authorised by Ea _?^ r 6 _\ _idJy \ tH " _*^ VBy peraons . « , fttr July 1 , ISO" . * , public _^ _Vcpriv _^ _yVlKto iuk _enyeftheor plape fur any gamg' o \ j " I ; Mte _^^ _feaS « _jL i Little G , j , ' or any other lutery w 4 _mttoej * Ar , ( jbe » - Bp « 3 . _rieed by act . f _patl'am nt _, shall f _( fs ' e \ t ifl * _Mrirj _(* f _WjM to' bei recover , d iq _tljeCoBrt of _E-JJbt'tM _W _^ _tWpW ihe Attorney d * nwel , aod shall _^ d _^ Eel _^ _ui ' _sS _* _vagabondsflccordlfljrlf , _., lf _, ' , _;* _J \ O _^ v /
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16121848/page/1/
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