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      Letters Which April 21,1849. The Norther...

      April 21 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR . . _-,

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      LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . XL . " _S _* " *? i % « . and a small drop of ink _^ _Talhng-iike dew- upon a thought , produces ¦ tv _t _* makC & _thousaili _** - perhaps millions , A " GLANCE AT HOME AFFAIRS .

      ' FOREIGN POSTSCRIPT . _BspTHER _Proletarians , The writer of the "Parliamentary Review" in this journal , gave yon , on Saturday last , in account ofthe " Nine Weeks' "Work " Ofthe " noble , " " honourable , " and " right _honourable" legislators , who assembled in the "Westminstertalk-and-tax-trap , for the " despatch of _business , '' on the 1 st of February last . After reading the reviewer's account of their high mightinesses' proceedings , it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that Parliamentary ¦ "despatch of business" closely approximates , in its results , to the shearing of a hog" Great cry and little wool . "

      Well , after more than a week ' s holiday our hard-working legislators re-assembled on Monday last , but still so jaded were they , so little refreshed b y their eleven days' relaxation , that during Mr . Scott ' s spoech in support of his motion for a select committee to inquire into the political and financial relations between Great Britain and her dependencies , scarcely forty Members could be kept together to constitute " a House . " It is true that when the moment "for a division came , the number of Members . present suddenly increased to one hundred and fifteen . The cause of so considerable an influx of industrious

      legislators will be understood when I add , that Mr . SCOTT'S motion was negatived "by 81 . to 3 il Tuesday evening brought & still more " beggarly account of empty boxes . " A discussion of questionsin connexion with the subject ofthe sale of landed property in Ireland , was suddenly brought to a close h y " an Honourable Gentleman " suggesting that the House be counted , which being done , . it was found that only thirty-one Members were present : thereupon "theHouse" adjourned .

      The " no-House" dodge was workedfor the purposeofpreventingMr . George Thompson bringing on his motion on the War in the Punjaub . At the commencement of the sitting , both HOBHO 0 SE and Goulburx entreated the Member for the Tower Hamlets to postpone his motion , which that gentleman refused to do . The burking process was then had recourse to . The " Honourable Members " slunk away , and hefore Mr . _Tsompsos could hring on his motion , the House was " counted out" and adjourned .

      Why do not their high-mightinesses adjourn once-and for ever ? Why do they meet at all ? What ; good do they do ? Why should they assemble for no other purpose , that I can see ; than , to xob the people by " votingthe supplies , '' and render " night hideous" by their eternal mouthings ? Would to Heaven they would shut up shop and leave ns to the rule of unveiled despotism 3 But they are too cunning for that . Oppression and plunder are never so safely carried on as when masked with the hypocritical forms of " Constitutionalism . "

      It is acknowledged hy all parties that the only novel production of the "Nine Weeks ' Work" of our legislatorshas been the speeches of Sir Robert Peel on " the Irish difficulty . " Mark you , speeches only ! Not a motion " for leave to bring in a bilL" or for the ap /> ointment of a commission to carry out his professed views ; not a hearty , and , therefore , honest attempt to efface the miseries of the

      Irish people by immediate legislative action , but mere speeches—that is , a bid for power I But "Peel has renounced the very idea of resuming office . " Fudge ! "Well , then , " says another admirer of the " great statesman / ' " Peel is too sound a politician to risk a defeat by proposing his Irish regeneration scheme under present circumstances , and , therefore , ' bides his time , ' until , as Prime Minister once more , he finds himself in

      command of a working and obedient majority in the House of Commons . " But is this the course a lover of justice , and true friend to humanity would pursue ? No . An honest legislator , seeing the misery of a nation , and believing himself possessed of a remedy for that misery , would at once propose his scheme in legislative form ; and if he failed on the first attempt , would propose his plan again , and— -if need be—again and again , until finally successful .

      Peel has been a " statesman" longer than I have Jived years , and what has his statesmanship done for you ? When were you benefitted by his measures ? What advantage have you derived from his free-trade schemes ? Will he even now admit labour to at least a share of representation in tbe legislature ? Kot he , indeed . With all his plausibilities he is but a great state-juggler ; a trickster who prevents real progress by bis " timely eoncessions , and thimblerig measures of "judicious reform . " But it may be urged , that " it is unfair to judge of _T _* eel ' s Irish Reform Seheme by the antecedents of its author ; it should be judged on it own merits . "

      Be it so . The ex-Premier suggests the appointment of a commission to—1 st . —take possession " on equitable terms "—of the lands at present uncultivated bv the insolvent landlords ; the said lands , divided into estates of 1 , 000 , 1 , 500 , and 2 , 000 acres each , with a clear parliamentary title , to he disposed of to private capitalists , public companies , < fcc ., possessing the means of cultivating the soil and giving employment to the peasantry ; 2 nd . To free the land " from its burden of redundant lahour , hy a . properly-organised scheme of emigration ; 3 rd . To administer the grants for the encouragement of the fisheries , Ac , and to employ labour in road-making and other public works ; 4 th . To better organise the

      poor-law management and re-establish the workhouse test of destitution . As regards legal forms the Commission to have the power to set aside and dispense with the legal swindling which at present accompanies every transfer of Land . I admit that , contrasted with the miserable measures of the Whigs—the " sixpennv Rate in Aid , " the -650 , 000 grant , and the continuation ofthe Habeas Corpus Suspension , Peel ' s scheme seems vast and comprehensive . But a slight examination -wijl suffice to show that the scheme is wondrously insignificant , compared with the noise made about it . Some parts of the scheme even demand condemnation ; such as the projected organisation of

      emigration , and re-establishment ofthe workhouse test . The suggested clipping ofthe claws of those foul birds of prey , the lawyers , is very well in its way . But the grand part of the scheme—the colonising , or , rather , I should say , the _re-landlordising of the West of Ireland , is open to the most serious objections . Landlords , under all circumstances , must be a _eurse to the community . It may be that the existing Irish landlords are the worst possible on the face of this earth , and that Sir Robert Peel's landlords would be the best possible , —say as good as our English landlords ! Will any man pretend to- show that such chopping and changing will banish misery , from Ireland ? I

      grant that to supersede the existing bankrupt , broken-down lords of the soil , by a set of vigorous , full-blooded capitalists , will , in all probability , be a means of restoring a large breadth of land to cultivation , and giving at least temporary employment to a large number- of the pauperised population . Good , as a measure of relief ; and anything that affords relief to the suffering should be taken for what it is worth ; no more . But such a scheme of *• reform" does not call for any extravagant demonstrations of joy . It will not cure the ills of Ireland . Ji will , at best , bring about such & happy state of things as exists in " Merry England . " Labourers of Dorsetshire and Wiltshire , you can testify to ihe happiness of living under the dominion of wealthy , independ ent landlords 1 Peelscheme should

      I can understand why s be regarded with favour by English capitalists . "Let us have Tree Trade in Land , " says Mr . Height;— "let the traffic in land be as free as traffic in cotton . " I dare say the hon . member for Manchester speaks feelingly . Capitalists troubled with a plethora of wealth , would be only too glad to dispose of their superfluous cash by purchasing land in the " cheapest market . " Imagine , too , the » tep in advance for our millocrats—factory kings in England , and landlords iu Ireland ; their feet planted on the necks of the wealth-producers of both countries . A consummation devoutly to he wished "—hy Johs Bbioht and hit order 1 There is a certain " philosopher *] named Cabitle , who has _acquired a reputation b y writing £ ome smart things , and many stupid things , but

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      which stupid things his admirers imagine must mean something very profound , seeing that they are expressed in a mystevy-mongering jargon utterly opposed to " plain English . * This queer genius is a great "hero-worshipper . " William the _Coxqueboh , " or , as he pedantically calls him , " Wilhelmus Conquestors , " Chomwell ; Dantox , and such characters , are the gods of his idolatry ! I have for some time past expected to see him coming out with a panegyric on Wixmschgratz , Jellachich , and Raoetzsky ! But no , he appears to have taken a peaceable turn , and , behold , bas

      exalted Peel for us poor mortals to fall dowD and worship . [ That will not I . Thero is no greater " sham" on the face of this earth than plausible Peel . ] Last Saturday ' s Spectator contains two weary columns of Carltle ' s choicest bedlambalderdash in laudation of Peel ' s "beneficent " " prophecy ; " and the Editor "bangsBannagher " by adding , — _« England and _Irelaad , Ulster and Munster , 0 Conned and Cromwell , the House of Commons and the Ilero-worshipper , are in conjunction in the House of Peel ! Is it an oinen ? Does the member for Tamworth act under a spell ?"

      I could have understood and joined in these raptures had the ex-Premier proposed—for instanceto commence a series of veritable reforms , by taking possession of the misused and uncultivated estates as national property ; and instead of disposing of them in 1 , 000 , 1 , 500 , and 2 , 000 acres , to speculators and _money-gorgers , to have let them in lots of 6 , 10 , 15 , and 20 acres , on long leases , at a corn rent , the rent payable into the national treasury . He might have suggested , in addition , the letting of large tracts of land to co-operative associations , similar to the Chartist Land Company . "But the capital for these small farmers ' _i' Surely our " strong government , " with the sanction of our '' omnipotent Parliament , " could raise a loan , the interest on which , and finally the principal , would be provided for from the rents paid into the national treasury . Such a scheme—which I have merely indicatedwould free the Irish tillers ofthe soil from the

      exactions of tbe land-robbers for ever ; would raise miserable paupers to the rank of independent yeomen ; change a -wilderness of WOC into a paradise Of felicity ; and give to the legislator who should effect such a reform ( as the commencement , be it understood , of other _regenerating measures ) , an unquestionable title to the eternal gratitude of the Irish people . But Sir Robert Peel is no such legislator . Such a course would be denounced by the plunderers of Labour as " a violation of the rights of property . " Mark Peel ' s words : — "I wish for no violation of the rights of property . _Nothing can be more easy than to suggest remedies ,-if we choose to disregard the rights of property , which it is the first duty ofa British Legislature to uphold . " How comes that to

      pass ? Because the British Legislature represents Capital in hostility to Labour ; capital in Land , produce , manufactures , shipping , railroads , houses , money , < fcc , < fec . Peel confesses that" if we choose to disregard the rights of property" remedies may be easily suggested . And why not disregard those " rights , " if necessary to protect the more sacred right of life , menaced . hy " famine , disease , and death , by starvation ? " Why not ? _Because says Peel , it is the first duty ofthe British Legislature _touphold the rights of property . The -first duty—a more imperative duty than to " uphold" the " £ _aboYwer's right to live . ' We knew this before the oracle spoke , but it is as well to take notice of the importantfactthatourgreatregeneratorwi 11 sanction no reform which will interfere with the " risrhts of

      property" as at present acknowledged . I tell you that the " rights of property , " as at present recognised , are the rights of robbery . The " rights of property" must be re-cast , and made to include the Rights of Labour . The " statesman" who opposes or shrinks from such a reform , may be . a clever cobbler of worn-out constitutions , and a political tinker of the highest order _. buthe is not the max to regenerate society , and lay the foundation ofa people ' s greatness . But , brother-proletarians , you might as well expect grapes from thorns , or figs from thistles , as that men who live in palaces and enjoy princely revenues drawn from your toil , should feel any real anxiety for your welfare , or exhibit anything like ardour in the work of social reformation . " Put

      not your trust in princes" said one of old—one of the tribe who knew his class well ; and I say , put not your trust in rich men , for it is impossible for them to do you justice . If ever your political and social emancipation is effected it must be by yourselves , through the instrumentality of men of your own class . From the hut , the cellar , and the garret must come the saviours of your order . It is " easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle" than for legislators of the Peel class to legislate for your welfare , or make laws in accordance with the dictates of simple justice . The half-confessions ofthe Free Trade leaders at the Wakefield banquet , and the Leeds meeting , of their despair of achieving " financial reform , so

      long as the House of Commons is unreformed , is an important admission for us . When agitating for Corn Law Repeal , Gobdes , Bright , ana Hume did not so readily abandon the hope of victory because once defeated . Their cry raised upon every defeat was Hurrah for total and immediate repeal !" Xot so , now . They have suffered but one defeat , and already they are beginning to acknowledge their hopelessness of victory without a previous " extension of the Suffrage / ' But how far will they extend ? There ' s the rub ! Some weeks ago I was speaking to a person fully informed of the views , hopes , and intentions of the Financial Reformers , when he assured me that nearly all the men of influence in that party were secretly in favour of Universal Suffrage , but could not go so far

      at present . I asked , " How far will your friends go ? " The answer was , " That depends on circumstances . If financial reform cannot he obtained from the present House of Commons , then the party will go for a large extension ofthe Suffrage . " " How large ? " I again asked . The reply was , " That depends upon the opposition . H * violently opposed , a demand will be made for such an extension of the Suffrage as will leave you Chartists nothing to ask for . " My rejoinder was , " Then God send you may be bitterly and violently opposed , if that will drive you into doing justice to my order . " I say so now : and I call upon you , brother proletarians , to shake off your apathy , and prepare to take a becoming part in the struggle which cannot

      be much longer delayed . Remember that vour only ark of political salvation is THE CHARTER . I have not space for comment on the trial and acqidttal of Drouet , the Tooting child-farmer . His acquittal will not much surprise you ; and I dare say you will be as little astonished at the conduct of the judge as at the verdict of tbe jury . I will not trust myself with the free expression of my own feelings , but , will quote what the Morning Chronicle ( no very warm friend of the poor ) says .- — " The conduct of Mr . Baron Piatt was , as it has been too often—at Exeter , at Abingdon , and in the Central Criminal Court—most discreditable to the judicial bench . Throughout the trial his object appears to

      have been to browbeat the counsel for the prosecution , and to insult and embarrass their witnesses . " This iustjudge (!) told the jury there was no case , and that the prisoner was entitled to an acquittal . Jfo sooner said than done . The jury , with as little hesitation as they would have felt at finding a Chartist guilty of " sedition , " immediately returned a verdict Of Not Guilty ! More than this—the verdict was hailed by the audience with cheers and clapping of hands , and Mister Dhouet left the court receiving the congratulations of his friends and admirers ' . * _' . ' . 5 _so easel "Sot Guilty ! and shouts of applause ! Of course"Laws grind the poor and rich men rule the laws !"

      Aud what care _juages and jurors , commissioners and guardians , for your lives , or the lives of your children ? Those who applauded tbe acquittal of Dhouet , doubtless looked upon the death of so many surplus brats as something to be rejoiced over . Of course they will subscribe for a " Drouei Testimonial . " But the dead as well as the living demand their homage . That mucli-iujured samt and holy martyi ' _i Mother _BnowsBioo , who was hanged for merely starving and flogging her apprentice girls to death , deserves a memorial of Malthusian gratitude . Doubtless Mr . Baron Platt will come down handsomely both for the " Dkouet testimonial" and . the " Bbownbigo monument !" Poor , down-trodden , spiritless people * , when do

      you mean to bring this horrible system to an end ? The liberation of Mr . Duffy , the proprietor and editor ofthe once famous Nation , is a matter toreioice . over . On his fourth trial , the jury again disa < _reed , and failed to return a verdict . Seven of tne twelve were in favour _jof a verdict of Not Guilty . Mr . Duffy has been discharged on bail . It is * not likely that any further attempt will be made upon his liberty—at least , for past" offences . " If Mr . Duffy is the earnest man I suppose him to be ( I say this with but small admiration for Mr . D . ' s politics ) , he must be a veryunhappyman , when he contrasts the realities of the present with the dreams of the past . Twelve months ago , Mr . Duffy went to prison , believing that his countrymen were about to engage in a death-struggle for the restoration of their nationality and freedom .

      The hour struck , but tbe men were wanting . On emerging from prison , Mr . Duffy finds his countrymen—if the newspapers are to be credited—utterly indifferent to " Repeal" and " Independence , " looking to Peel as their saviour , and paying down their cash in aid of " His Holiness" the Pope . This "Papal Rate-in-Aid" is a disgrace to Ireland . Some weeks ago , I saw it reported that one thousand pounds had been collected in tbe diocese ofa Bishop , appropriatel y named Cantuiell ! It is now stated that the " Papal Rate-in-Aid" will amount to from £ 25 , 000 to _£ 30 , 000 . Oh ! miserable , priest-led people of Ireland , you have not the virtue to even attempt your own redemption , yet you will basely assist tyrants to enslave those who have broken their chains ! Is it not enough that _Emmbtt'b tomb still remains uninscribed ) that Miichel languishes in a felon ' s exile , and thatyour

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      if k nd _bravest are in prisons or in banishment 1 is such degradation not sufficient , but that you must aott tue shame of wringing from your rags and m , sery the means to restore Tyranny in a land winch is at this moment free ? By Heavens , you place yourselves beyond tlie pale of human sympathy ! , . ' ¦ _ Oil ! Erin , how low £ thou sunk , by misfortune and tyranny , till Thy succour of tyrants hath plunged thee below iims depth of thy deep , in a deeper gulf still . I can but direct your attention to the important—though generally melancholy intelligence from the continent , " in this number of the Star . I must defer comment till next week . You will see that after a courageous defence Genoa has succumbed to the arms of the treacherous

      government of Piedmont ; that the counter-revolution is victorious in Florence—at least , so says tho French telegraph—and that the Roman Republic is menaced with instant destruction by the arms of Republican France ! The intervention to restore the Pope will render France the most infamous and hated nation in Europe , unless the French people put down and signally punish their present villa nous rulers . I commend to your special attention the account of thc progress of the war in Sicily . Read , mark , learn , and inwardly digest , the hellish atrocities perpetrated by King Febmnand ' s butchers . Read and remember that " statesmen " ¦ n the British Parliament have dared to applaud the Neapolitan miscreant ; and that nearly all the daily journals published in this metropolis have abetted that monster , and excited him to wade

      through those torrents Of blood which , by the hands of his infernal instruments , he is now shedding in his attempt to re-establish his accursed dominion over Sicily . There is one—and only one—gleam of sunshine piercing through the dark cloud which " at present " envelope * , the continent like a funeral pall ; I allude to the glorious victories of tho Hungarians . According to the latest accounts , the Magyars having gained a bloody victory over Windischgratz and _Jjsllachicii at Waitzen , had , under their glorious General Bem , re-taken their capital and entered Pesth in triumph . But tho straggle is not ended ; the Muscovite tyrant is sending entire armies into Hungary , numbering some 30 , 000 each . Brother proletarians let your hearts' aspirations be poured forth for the final victory ofthe brave Hungarians , who have aworn to live free or die ! L'AMI DTJ PEUPLE . April 19 , 1849 .

      Public Meetings. Conduct Op Mr. D'Eyncou...

      PUBLIC MEETINGS . _CONDUCT OP MR . D'EYNCOURT , M . P ., ON MR . COBDEN'S MOTION . , A meeting of the Lambeth Electoral Association took place on Tuesday evening , at the Horns Tavern , Kennington Common , " To take into consideration the reasons assigned by the Right Hon . C . T . D'Eyncourt , for the absence ofhis name from the . division list upon Mr . Cobden ' s motion for Financial Reform , and upon the general business of the association . " There was rather a numerous attendance .

      * Mr . Charles Jones was unanimously called on to preside . " ¦ Mr . P . Doultox , after referring to the previous meeting on this subject , and reading the letter of Mr . D'Eyncourt , explanatory of the course he had pursued , said the committee had no other course than to call this meeting . Since doing so , they had received another letter from Mr . D'Eyncourt . After reading this letter , Mr . Doulton moved the following resolution : — " That thc reasons assigned by the Right Hon . C . T . D'Eyncourt , in his letter ofthe 19 th of March , for the absence of his name from the division list , upon the important question of Financial Reform brought forward by Mr . Cobden , on tho 26 th February , are deemed bythis meeting most unsatisfactory . " Mr . Leccixs seconded the resolution . The Rev . S . Green moved , and Mr . F . Hardy seconded , an amendment , respectfully requesting Mr . D'Eyncourt to sustain by his votes the largest measures of retrenchment consistent with the maintenance of national credit .

      Several gentlemen having spoken for and against the motion , the amendment was put and negatived by a large majority , and the original motion was carried amidst loud cheering . Mr . _ADDiNGioNmoved : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , no member of the House of Commons deserves the confidence of the people who fails to record his vote _. in favour of such a measure as that brought forward by Mr . Cobden ; and that Mr . D _' _Eyncoujfcihas , by his conduct on that occasion , forfeited his claim to the support of the electors of this borough . " Mi-. Barber seconded the motion . Agreed to . Thanks . were then voted to the chairman , and the meeting separated a little before eleven o'clock .

      ••» The Navigation Laws.—A Meeting Was H...

      ••» The _Navigation Laws . —A meeting was held at Hull on Monday to consider the propriety of petitioning tho House of Lords to reject the ministerial measure for the repeal of thc navigation laws . The meeting was called by the mayor , who presided . — Ml ' . S . T . Hassell , merchant , moved thc first resolution , which affirmed that the bill now before parliament would materially damage the interests of shipowners and others connected with British shipping . Ml ' . Hassell would ult ' unately consent to some alteration in the navigation laws , but he contended that it should be preceded by remedial measures for the purpose of removing the peculiar burthens under which the shipowners laboured . He

      had no doubt that tho country would havo free trade , for a time , * but there ought to be no free trade , unless accompanied by a reduction of taxation and expenditure . —Mi * . T . Ward , shipowner , seconded the motion . —Mr . W . H . Holdsworth moved an amendment , asserting thc soundness of the princi p le of free trade , and the } ustice and wisdom of its application to the shipping interest . He exposed the fallacies advanced in support of protection , and told the shipowners that their opposition would be as futile as that of the landlords was on the question of the corn laws . —Mr . Alderman Jones seconded the amendment . — Mr . J . Poster ( Belgian consul , and vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce ) , supported the amendment . His objection to tlie ministerial measure

      was that it did not go far enough . It declared that the British shipowner might build his ships where he liked ; but he ( Mr . Foster ) would not be content until the shipowner could build where he liked , man where he liked , and provision where he liked . It was absurd to attempt to protect the interests of a small class at the cost of the whole people . —Mr . Richardson remarked upon the small number of shipowners present , as a proof of their indifference to the question . —Mr . French , shipowner , said he was a thorough-going free-trader , but he thought that free trade Should be preceded by retrenchment and financial reform . —After several other speeches on both sides of the question , the amendment was put to the meeting and rejected . The original motion was then carried , and a petition to parliament resolved upon .

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      SILK KNOTTED BRANCH . Here follows a specimen of Liberal ' s liberalism _. When , - wc wonder , will the eyes of those who live by their labour be opened to the doings of those who live upon the proceeds of unprotected labour ? Mr . Sweet , of Nottingham , the agent for the " Northern Star , " has Mr . _O'GoNNOR ' sinsti'uctionstopaytenshillings in aid of the Branch -whose sufferings are so graphically depicted in the following narrative , and we sincerely trust that this example will be followed by a long list of subscriptions in next week ' s " Star , " as the industrious classes may rely upon it , that support and defence of their own order will go farthest in checking the tyranny of their oppressors ; but we regret to

      say , that the infernal system under which we live so vitiates the mind of man that few feel for the woes and sufferings of their fellows , while if one hundredth part of the amount that is spent in brutal anddebasingdissipation were applied to the cause of labour , the regeneration of man would be speedily effected . It is only from the disunion of the many that the supremacy and tyranny of the few is established ; and why is it that that hideous monster , disunion based upon jealousy , does not vanish ? Simply because the labouring classes are tho greatest oppressors of their own order . Ag ain we appeal on behalf of those struggling sufferers . TO THE FRAMEWORK - KNITTERS OP ALL BRANCHES , AND THE PUBLIC IN

      GENERAL . Friends and Fellow Workmen—The hands employed in the above branch have for some tune past been thrown into confusion in consequence of their requiring a regulation or statement in the number oi courses in all hose made below Maids' or small Women ' s in size . This small request being granted , one manufacturer being apprised of the exorbitant profits of the second-band masters offered to the said masters a scale of profit , for their future guidance ; this they agreed to abide by . The workmen and masters emp loyed bythis firm , are thus _" This oeingthe case with the most important house in the manufacture of silk knotted hose , the workmen employed by other firms deemed it imperative , in self-defence , to adopt the same system , to accomplish which app lication was made to one master to

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      _ftlnSLJ _palejJw _, who refused to comply : ™ _£ _^ f \ l » fu - » l _««* _« M » d » _c _^ edto a . \ k -, ? aCt ? f thc _* ° _>* men alarmed the other _ffrfi _/* la _/ ter lln _Nottingham , who it appears . Heir workmen . These masters bavin * for years _ffftSStt _^ _*«*»«•* ¥ _oxorbitan _/ profats , ( bi ought on during the depression in trade ) feel reluctant to bo reduced to a moderate scale of prone . 0 _u _^ ; ? ? . on _* -- _« atid masters , a Mr . Bush , insulted his hands m the grossest manner , by taking from them _theic spare fee t and silk , at a time when the men were from the shop ; and when one of them went to his work , this worthy stated . " he _rcnuircd

      the feet and silk to work up him-elf , that tho orders were all done ; but mark how soon this man changed his tale ,-the next day he said they might work , if they required nothing more than the _reguations ib the number of courses . Thus these men have been forced out of employ in self-defence , or submit to the tyranny of this little man , and to work too at a less price than tho majority of the trade . Under such circumstances as these , where , we would ask , is the independent-minded working man who would not have so acted ? What will the workmen in other branches and the public think , when _te Z Z mcd that these second-handed masters _^ 11 u T of _** o shillings andsixpence out _™* ipfhfc _fiJ 0 Se ? r _^ . e first h _» dM" _^ rehouse price being fifteen shillines for windino- .-mH t * _l-in «

      Te ' eXoTl _^ Vv _which , the hand at this time icceiyes seven _smlhnge and eightpence : for the seaming , two shilling ! and . _rixVoe _fand _" _«« £ rent two shillmgs and fourpence ; and if we allow eightpence for needles , tallow ,-shop , aud other expenses , it reduces the workman ' _s-kire to seven shillings . Thus , if a man holds ten frames , and the produce from those frames be one dozen each , this holder of frames will receive for his trouble , for bringing out the silk and taking in the work the sum of one pound , leaving five shillings for winding the silk ; and the man who makes twelve pairs of silK knotted hose , the sum of seven shillings . We , the _workmen in the silk knotted branch , have determined to use our uttermost power to put a Stoto SUCh

      p an unjust system of taxation ; but being few in number in Nottingham , and ours bem " a local grievance ( the other portions of the Urawcfi not suffering in like proportion ) are necessitated to appeal to our fellow workmen in other branches , and the public , for assistance to enable us to defeat the _resisters of justice . Any donations or subscriptions will be thankfully received by the committee , which will sit at the " Cricket Player , ' Barker-gate , Nottingham , on Saturday next , from five until nine o ' clock in the evening . A deputation having waited upon two manufacturers , to state the grievances under which the workmen were labouring , received for answer , that " they should not interfere between workmen and masters . "

      The following is a statement of the required alterations : — Amount of Charges at present . Required Alteration . The _| lst , 2 nd , aud 3 rd size 2 s 6 d—to Is 0 d 4 th and 5 th ... ... ; .. 2 s fid—to 2 s Od 6 th 2 s 6 d—to 2 s 3 d N . B . —We are sorry to have to inform our fellow workmen , that we have two opponents ( journeymen ) in this struggle , whose names are ' William Russell and Edward Gilbert ; the first refused to act with his shopmates , and the other took one of the turnout ' s frames . These men are now working to Mr . Bullock , while his shop is struck by thc trade . Committee—John _Baogehley , John Cammery , Jun ., Thomas Shaw , Adam Barber , William To . mi . in son , George Scott . Secretary — Francis _BEARnSALL .

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      Marylebone—A Qober "Lark."—Edward Woodal...

      MARYLEBONE—A _Qober " Lark . " —Edward Woodall was placed at the bar before Mr . Broughton , charged with having stolen a silk handkerchief , the property of Mr . George Peach , a clerk , residing at No . 21 , Westbourne-grove , Bayswater . —The prisoner was attired in a mousselin-de-laine dress , a slate-coloured polka , and a straw bonnet and black veil ; his appearance was altogether feminine in the extreme . —Mr . Broughton ( to the prisoner ) : What arc you . —Prisoner : lam a ballet dancer , and am known at several theatres . I am now engaged at the St . James ' s . —Mr . Broughton : And does the manager know that you are going about in this way , in the disguise of a woman?—Prisoner : It was only done for a lark , Sir , and I have my own clothes underneath . ( He here pulled

      up his female apparel , and exhibited a pair of black trousers and boots . —Sergeant Walker , 5 D , deposed that on the previous morning , between one and two o'clock , he was spoken to by Mr . Peach , who , pointing to the prisoner , said— " That girl has stolen my handkerchief from my groat-coat pocket . " Witness went up to the prisoner and told _hjui what ho was charged with , when he said—¦• 'Don ' t take mo to the station-house , I want to speak to you , and will give you something to drink ; I am no girl , but am a young man , living in Pickering-place . " He ( prisoner ) was , at the time , with two other persons . —Mr . Broughton : Did the person who lost the handkerchief say anything more to you ?—Witness : He told mc that he had been in

      the company of the prisoner for nearl y an hour , aud that he ( prisoner ) had put his arms round him many times ; his belief was then that . the prisoner was a girl . —Mr . Holt , a tradesman , said ho had no other idea with regard to the affair than that it was a mere lavk on the part of the prisoner . Witness did not believe that he ( prisoner ) had ever had the handkerchief in his possession . —Sergeant Walker produced tho handkerchief , which , after the prisoner was locked up , he found within 200 yards of the spot where he ( prisoner ) was captured . —Mr . Broughton : Is the owner ofthe handkerchief here ? —Witness . —He is not , Sir , * but ho wa 3 desired to attend , and hc promised to do so . —Mr . Broughton ( to the prisoner ) : What is your answer to

      this?—Prisoner . —I was not aware of the risk I was running in this freak , and if I had intended anything wrong by _putting on female apparel I should not have had my own things on underneath . —The person who said he had lost his handkerchief was much thc worse for drink when he met me . He said , "Are you going homo alone , Miss ? " and I said , ' Yes . " He would not let me go , or I should have been glad to havo got rid of him . I never put women ' s clothes on before , and am sorry that I should have acted so foolishly now , but I did not dream of any harm arising out of it . —Mr . Broughton looked upon the affair in a serious light ; to say tlie least of it , thc assumption of women ' s attire by a man in the public streets was an offence from which

      great abominations might possibly arise . —The prisoner was bailed , himself in £ 40 , and two sureties in £ 30 each , for his being again forthcoming at the court ; and it was directed that a summons should be issued against Mr , Peach , whoso evidence is material in the case . The prisoner was again placed at the bar on Tuesday , when Mr . Peach was present , a summons having been served upon him by order of Mr . BYOUghton , who was resolved upon sifting the matter to the bottom , as he considered that it was an affair of too serious a nature to be lightly passed over . A solicitor attended for the prisoner . Some new facts were elicited , and the prosecutor alleged that , while in conversation with the prisoner , he

      ( the latter ) committed an act of the grossest indecency upon him . He ( prosecutor ) entered into many other particulars as to thc various places along which he and prisoner walked , and the nature of the discourse which took place . Ho unhesitatingly assorted that his firm impression was that he had been talking to a young woman , and was not undeceived until after he ( prisoner ) had been searched at the station-house . —The solicitor , who had cross-examined witnesses with much tact on behalf of his client , said that the act of putting on female apparel was a frolic of a very foolish natu * e . He ( prisoner ) had certainly been guilty of great indiscretion , and which he would regret to his latest _^ hour . He was a young man respectably connected , '

      and good bail could be put in lor his better behaviour in future . He ( the solicitor ) did not think that the prosecutor stood in a very favourable li ght in the transaction , according to his own version of the matter . —Mi ' . Broughton considered that tho solicitor had , in his zeal for his client , thrown out an allusion against the prosecutor which was not called for . How the handkerchief had been ahstracted , and by whom , was a mystery \ but ho ( the magistrate ) had no hesitation at all in condemning the conduct of a young man dressing himself up in woman ' s clothes . That of itself was an offence contra bones mores ,- but a more grave offence had been preferred , viz ., that of an indecent assault upon the prosecutor . Mr . Broughton added , that

      he should not as yet decide as to whether he should send the prisoner to trial or not ; he should take time to consider fully the case in all its bearings , and give his decision on Tuesday next . Good bail was tendered and accepted for the future appearance of the accused . The case excited an unusual degree of interest . WORSHIP-STREET . —A _Helpmatb . —A littl woman named Martha Jones , who has been several times before in custody for similar outrageous acts , was brought before Mr . Hammill , charged with cutting and wounding her husband , a foreman in the St . Katherine Docks , and also with _threatening The husbandwho

      his life . — , appeared to be as peaceable as his partner was furious , stated that he hadbecn married for twenty years to the prisoner , by whom he had had a famil y of seven children , but that for a long time past she had given herself up to such vicious and profligate habits that his life had been rendered perfectly miserable . She had imbibed such an insatiable thirst for gin , that she was wholly reckless as to tho moans she adopted to gratify it , and neither he nor his children were able to keep a second article of wearing apparel , or any other article of property that could be converted into money without its being _seiied by the prisoner

      Marylebone—A Qober "Lark."—Edward Woodal...

      and carried off to the pawnbrokers , whose shops she was in the daily habit of visiting , and when lie ventured to remonstrate with her upon the ruinous course she was pursuing , he was constantly subjected to such furious attacks with the first weapon she could lay her hands on that his life was always in danger . " nc had been obliged to bring her before thc magistrate for such conduct , and she had been several times committed to prison , but she only became move callous and desperate , and while sitting at tea with his children on thc _preceding Friday the prisoner , who had been incessantly druuk tho whole of that week , suddenly began abusing him with the most foul-mouthed expressions , ana then , grasping one of tho table-knives , brandished it in his face with tlie most terrible threats and

      imprecations . It was evidently her intention to inflict upon him some serious injury , and he tried to wrest the knife out of her hand , but failed in doing so ; and , after getting one of his fingers nearly severed from his hand , was obliged to rush into the street , or he was satisfied he should have been murdered . Notwithstanding all this , howover , he did not wish to press the charge vindictively against her ; and if the magistrate would make her find sufficient bail to secure the safety of himself and children , whose lives were in constant danger from her violence , he should be perfectly satisfied . —Rowland , the warrant-officer , said , that upon calling at the house the complainant , in illustration of his wife ' s desperate character , drew his attention to thc state of the wainscot in tbe parlour , which was marked in innumerable places with deep indentations , left by heavy missiles she had hurled at his head ; and

      he produced a pile of duplicates for his own and the children's clothing , which the prisoner had pledged to satisfy her propensity for drink . —Mr . Hammill said that it was certainly a most lamentable case , but , as the husband , had abandoned the more serious part of the charge , he was determined he and his family should have tho protection from violence he sought , and he should therefore order the prisoner to procure two substantial householders to be answerable for her peaceable behaviour for the IlCSt month . —The instant she heard this decision , the prisoner turned fiercely upon hcv unfortunate husband , and bitterly exclaiming , " May my curses rest upon your head , you murdering villain , to the last day Of your life , " was removed by the gaoler , AV « i , _BOt being able at the close of the court to find any one who would be a guarantee for hcv future good conduct , was ultimately carried off in the van for the time specified .

      WESTMINSTER . —Alleged Murder of a Wife nr nER Husband . — John Wardley , aged 49 , described as a labourer , was charged before Mr . _Brodei'ip , on suspicion of having caused the death of Anne , his wife , by assaulting her . —Caroline Donelly , a woman in humble circumstances , stated that thc prisoner and his wife occupied an apartment immediately over her , at No . 1 , Leg-court , Peter-street , Westminster . On Saturday evening , about tea time , she heard the prisoner and his wife quarrelling in their room , shortly after which the latter left him , and as she camo down stairs made use of angry words . She then passed along by witness ' s door , and went out . In about fifteen or twenty minutes more , she again heard them quarrelling in their room , and on listening she heard what

      she thought to be a tremendous combat between them . The deceased made use of very low language to her husband , immediately aftev which there was a heavy tail which shook the place . As witness was going out shortly afterwards she heard something like a heavy sigh , which she thought proceeded from the prisoner ' s apartment . She paid no particular attention to this and went to market , but upon her return in two hours found that prisoner s wifo was dead . —Mr . Taylor ( tlie chief clerk ) : Had you any opportunity of observing whether she was sober on Saturday evening ?—Witness . ' I could hardly say whether she was sober or drunk . I had but little acquaintance with her . I should say she had had a drop . —Mr . Taylor : Is what you have described all you heard ov know upon the subject ? — Witness ; It is . I paid but little

      attention , not thinking that anything like this would come of it , having heard similar quarrels between them before . —Mr . George Burton Payne , of 10 , Tachbi'ook-street , and 4 , Greycoat-place , surgeon , said , that at half-past eight on Saturday night he was called to attend the prisoner ' s wife , at 1 , Leg-court , and found the prisoner and two females engaged in lifting her into the bed . Witness , who at the first supposed she was in a fit , inquired whether she was subject to them , when the prisoner replied that she had not lately , and added , that he would not deceive him ( witness ) he had struck his wifo on the chest , and knocked her down . The women then informed witness , in a whisper , that it had had the effect upon the wifo of producing a miscarriage . Witness then observed that some

      blood had been wiped off the floor , and on examining the woman , who appeared much exhausted , he found some appearances which seemed to denote that the circumstance stated by the females had occurred ; but he could not say positively that it had . She was insensible , and almost pulseless , and witness requested the prisoner to accompany him to his shop for a stimulant , which he immediately did , and on witness again going to thc house almost immediately he found her dead . Witness then thought it was his duty to g ive the necessary information to the proper authorities with respect to what had occurred , and intimated that such was his intention to the prisoner , who did not throughout exhibit the slightest disposition to conceal anything , but was open and straightforward . — Mr . Broderip : Have

      you any notion of what caused death ?—Witness : I have not . I cannot tell the cause of death until I make a post mortem examination , for which I have received the coroner ' s warrant . —William Nolan , 56 B , stated that he went to prisoner's room at ten on Saturday night , and told him that he must accompany him to the station-house -, he immediately replied that he would . On his way thither he said he had earned ISs . and given his wife 10 s ., keeping the other 2 s . to buy a shovel to gO to _WOl'k witil on Monday morning . He asked her for 2 d ., and she would not give it him . She had been drinking , and abusing him for some time , and told him that she would go to the public house and spend all the money he had given her . She further aggm' ! it < _Kl him , and he struck her in the side and knocked her

      down , but he little thought it would come to what it had . He was perfectly sober . — Mr . Broderip having inquired whether the accused wished to say anything to the charge , tbe prisoner , who has the appearance of a sober , quiet man , replied , in a subdued tone , " Nothing . "—Mr . Broderip said it was his duty to remand him upon this very serious charge for a week . — The prisoner , before his removal from the court , made an application to the magistrate on behalf of his four children , who were unprotected . — Mr . Broderip observed that they should bo properly taken care of ; andMv . Collis , one of the relieving officers of St . Margaret and St . John ' s , stepped forward , and said they should be admitted into the workhouse , and properly provided for .

      BOW-STREET . —The Robbery oi ? Coins at the British Museum . —Timoleon Vlasto , who stands accused of stealing a quantity of coins and medals from the British Museum , and from the collections of several persons of distinction , was placed at the bar lefore Mr . Jardine , on remand from Thursday week . Mr . Bodkin conducted the prosecution ; Mr . Clarkson attended for the defence . On the bench were General Pox , Sir nenry Ellis , and the Earl of Enniskillen . —Mr . Douhleday , one of the curators of the antiquities , swore positively to two coins , now produced , as having been stolen from the collection in the museum under his care . Ife could not be mistaken about them , for he had taken , previously to the theft , a cast from each of them in a sulphur mould , which was of the most perfect kind

      that could be made , and gave the minutest flaw and peculiarity of the original with great exactness . He could , therefore , swear without any doubt to the identity of those two coins . He had taken no cast since the robbery . The coins had been in the possession ofthe police since the arrest of tho prisoner , and they were found by Inspector Field , of the A division of police , concealed in a secret drawer in the prisoner's writing desk . The Inspector , in the course of his evidence , now produced in addition seventy-one valuable corns , which he also found at the prisoner ' s lodgings , No . 15 , St . James ' s-square . —General Fox identified the greater part of these as having been stolen from his cabinet , to which the prisoner had access . Of the remainder he could not be so positive , although , as they were all rare

      and valuable , and similar at least to those which wero missing from his collection with the other more certainly identified ones , hc could have no doubt they were the same . The value of these coins as old metal might not be above ten pounds in tho whole ; but their value as antiquities was not so easily determined . There was none of them that was not worth at least three or four pounds , and he had paid at a greater rate for most of them . The gallant general took occasion further to say that he had been informed by persons of the highest respectability that not only was the prisoner ' s family highly connected , but his own conduct had been irreproachable up to the time when these charges arose . —Mr . Jardine said , that such testimony might be of some service to the prisoner elsewhere , but could not avail him at present . He was remanded

      for another week . The prisoner a father , the late Count 'Vlasto , was connected with the Turkish diplomatic corps about twenty-three years ago . MANSION-HOUSE . —On Tuesday , Patrick Moore was charged by an officer of tho City of London Union under the new act of parliament , intituled " An Act to alter thc Provisions relating to the Charges for the Relief of the Poor in UnionB . " The act enables any person employed by tho guardians of the poor to , search any individual applying for relief , and to hand over any money found upon him of which he shall not give a complete disclosure to the guardians , and it enables the magistrate to inflict upon him the punishment of a rogue and vagabond . —Pound , one of tho officers of the City of London Union , attending in Northumberland-alley , stated thai fc the prisoner had called at the union and

      Marylebone—A Qober "Lark."—Edward Woodal...

      begged for assistance , declaring that he was starving and had not a friend in the world . Hc also applied to be passed homo to tho county of Cork . He had a bundle under his coat , and upon being asfcud what it contained , he replied " a few ould rags of clothes that had been given to him by a countryman of his own Witness suspected that hc was ; m impostor , and the _^ examination of tho bundle confirmed tlie impression , for it disclosed a quantity of bread sufficient for a couple of days . 11 U pockets were then searched and although hc had stated that he had no more than twopence-half penny in his possession , the officer found , stitched up in a bag and concealed in his trousers , lis . id . ; and upon his back found two

      were excellent clean shirts . When ho was asked how he happened to be starving when he had so much bread in his possession , ho said , " Oh , faith , because I hadn ' t time to eat it . " He added that ho had put the money together to £ 0 home to Ireland , but he was told it was not enough , so he thought he would put it out of people ' s way and get a pass . He had been in England about three-months , but if he could get home he did not want to come back . —Alderman Gibbs . * I sco that the case is one of complete imposture , and I am glad that we liave an act which authorises the searching and punishing of such persons . You are sentenced to _imprisonment and hard labour for ono month as a rogue and vagabond , and the money

      found ' upon you will be handed over to the board of guardians . As for your application to be passed home we shall consider that when your time ot" imprisonment shall hare ceased . —It appeared from & subsequent conversation between the prisoner and the officer , that Moore had never worked an hour since his arrival in England , hut bad contrived to live comfortably upon the benevolence ofhis countrymen here . CLERKENWELL . — Crimi . val Assault . — M . Kelly was charged , by Mrs . Elizabeth Waters , with having criminally assaulted her . —The prosecutrix deposed that on Monday night last , at twenty minutes to twelve o ' clock she was returning home , and on her arrival in Church-road , Islington , ; _-he was accosted by the prisoner , who asked her the

      way to the Liverpool-road . She replied that she was a stranger , and could not inform him . He follOWCd her Until She came opposite a dead wall , when he seiied hold of her waist , threw her down on the pavement , and conducted himself in _an-ost brutal and cowardly manner . She resisted hiin , and called out " murder" and " police , " when he placed his hand on lier face to prevent her making an alarm . The prisoner used every effort to _aei-omplish his design , but he failed in consequence of her efforts tO prevent him . At length her cries brought several policemen to tho spot , when he was taken into custody , after a desperate resistance . Witness repeatedly begged of liim to have mercy upon her and let her go , as she was a married woman with a

      family Of children ; but he refused to do so , and she nearly became insensible . —Michael Monafian , a policc-censtable , confirmed the evidence of the prosecutrix as to her cries and entreaties for " mercy . " When he took the prisoner into custody , he " exclaimed , "It ' s all right , policeman ; she ismy wife . " This the prosecutrix strongly denied ; and the prisoner said ho could not allow himself to be taken _. He then tried to run away , but witness secured him with the assistance of another constable . —The prisoner in his defence , attributed the blame to the prosecutrix ; and he was fully committed for trial . _Extensive Robbery _sr Boys . — Two boys named Daniel Pellat and George Vincent the eldest of whom was not more than sixteen years of a _? e ,

      were placed at the bar for final examination , charged with having been concerned in robbing _MiiS-srs . Vivian and _Dii * ey , ladies' shoemakers , in Churchstreet , Edgeware-road , of property to a considerable amount . It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner Pellat was errand boy to the prosecutor , and that ou the 10 th inst . be was sent with a hi !! of £ 2 13 s . to Mr . Angell , a gentleman living in Groveend-road , St . John ' s-wood , and he had Ts . given to him in order that he _raij-ht give change in the event of three sovereigns being offered to him . Miss Angell not having three sovereigns by her gave the prisoner a £ 10 note , desiring him to bring back the change , but he neglected to return , and in consequence thereof a communication was made to Mr .

      Vivian , who , from information which he had received , went down to Greenwich and found Pellat in the fair . lie asked him what he had done with the £ 10 note , when he delivered it up , saying , "Here it is . " The other prisoner was with him , and they were both given into custody . —Newman , 340 R , produced twenty-three duplicates , which he found upon Pellat . He ( the latter ) and the other prisoner admitted that they had pawned the articles to which the duplicates referred —Many pawnbrokers we'e in attendance , bringing with them the property pledged . —Mr . Vivian identified ah that was brought forward , and said that during the time theptisoner was with him hc had _missed ninety or a hundred pairs of shoes . —The prisoners were both committed for trial .

      _SOUTHWARD .-Donovan and Powell , the two men charged with two other men ( not in custody ) , in criminally assaulting and robbing Mrs . Eliza Seal , the wife of a commercial traveller , in Coleman _^ street , were brought before Mr . Cottingham for reexamination on the charge . A solicitor handed in a certificate of the complainant's illness , arising from the outrageous nature of the assaults committed ou her , and said that he received the docu " ment from the medical man , and that such was her bad health at present , that she was quite incapacitated from attending tho present examination . —An inspector of the City police said that in consequence of having observed an account of the examination of the prisoners in the newspapers , he considered it his

      duty to attend for the purpose of communicating that on last Sunday night week ( the night it was _allegedjahe was turned out by her husband ) , ehe was taken into custody by a policeman , who found heft at a late hour of the night in a state of intoxication in the street , and she was confined in the _Baw-lane station-house uutil the morning . Tlie inspector ad-led that the woman gave the name of Eliza Seal , and that if he saw her lie _shou'd be enabled to say whether she was the female upon whom the alleged outrage had been perpetrated . —The policeman said , that the complainant had already stated that after having been turned out of her house by her

      husband she went over to Walworth , and slept at the house of her laundress . The latter had also confirmed the fact . —Mr . Cottingham siid that even admitting the complainant was intoxicated on the night in question , there was no doubt that advantage was taken of her situation , and that most brutal outrages were committed upon her . The certificate that had been produced described that the unfortunate woman was unable to attend , therefore hc should remand the prisoners * , but upon this occasion he would have no objection to admit them to bail , to appear on Monday next , themeslves in _£ 40 , and two sureties of £ 20 each . The prisoners , however , not being in a condition to find the required sureties , were sent to gaol .

      Shipwrecks In The Black Sea. Coxstaxtino...

      SHIPWRECKS IN THE BLACK SEA . _CoxsTAXtiNorLE , March 30 . —Several disasters ; have occurred in the Mack Sea : a Turkish vessel was totally lost on the 18 th , just outside the Bosphorus , on the Asiatic coast . On thc 20 th another " Turkish vessel was lost at Ivilice . A Russian brig ,, from Odessa to England , with grain , was lost tho > same day , on thc coast of _Karabournou . The ! English brig Expert , Capt . Jameson , from Odessa ,, and the Greek brig Alcibiade , Capt . Saktouri , came ; in collision ; the Greek brig foundered , but the ! crew got on board the Express . The Copia , Capt . Pane , of Liverpool , is lost at Soulina ; the Shakspeare , of London , Captain Lindson is also lost near port . Another English brig , name unknown , is reported lost . All the crews have been saved . It is hoped that the Black Sea gales arc at last over .

      Fauii Accident.—A Most Melancholy Accide...

      _Fauii Accident . —A most melancholy accident , : which terminated fatally , occurred on the Leabridge station of the North-Eastern Railway , on Tuesday evening , about six o ' clock . A middle-aged . woman named Fletcher , wife of a small grocer at i Leyton , Essex , returning from town , stepped out ; ofthe carriage before thc train had finally stopped ., It is presumed she lost balance , and her foot caught i in the step of the carriage ; she was thrown under . * the train , and when taken up was found to have her- * "im and her thigh bone broken , one leg nearly cutis off at the ankle , and her body much lacerated . The >

      poor woman continued in great agony , but retained I perfect consciousness until twenty' minutes before *! nine o ' clock , when death put an end to her sufferings .. Mr . T . S . Dckcombe , M . P . —The health of thiss hon . gentleman has so far improved that it is _hisa intention to resume his Parliamentary duties shortl y _^ after the termination of the Easter recess .. Thaa disease under which Mr . Duncombe has suffered so > severely for a protracted period , has yielded to the * i skill and unremitting care of his medical attendants ,, who are , we understand , of opinion that , withproperr precautions , the hon . member for Finsbury has yetfc ; many years of public usefulness before him . —Globe ..

      Loss op Life at _Baxswatkr , —On Saturday mora * - ing last a fire broke out at No , 10 , Park-place , Bayi _»« water . The premises were in tho occupation off Mrs . Mary Forester , a Swiss lady , who , it is to be » regretted , was burnt almost to a cinder . It ' appears that about eight o ' clock in the morning _eomea persons living opposite discovered the unfortunate * female making to the front window with the wholee of hor wearing apparel in flames ; Before , the _poorr woman had time to reach the window Bhefell iroma exhaustion . The neighbours having apprised thee inmates ofthe house of what they nad-witnessedd from the outside , they made to the room occupiedd b y the deceased . Owing to tho oxertions . of the re-tsidentsin the place , the tiro was extinguished , butt not until Mrs . Forester was burned to ; death , ahddl some considerable damage dono to the furniture , ¦ ,, & e . Fortunately the property destroyed was insured I ! in the Sua Fire-offk » .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 21, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21041849/page/5/