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( Continued from tlte First Page . ) ... j Colonel Roixbstox gave his most cordial support te the bill , and trusted that , if the house should not "be prepared to pass it as tbe whole , it would at least pass such parts of it as . 1 would extend relief to the children engaged in _thi-s trade . Nine-tenths ofthe machine holders of " Nottingham had strongly expressed their approbation of some such measure as thc present . lie referred to a speech made by Lord Althorp in 1 S 33 , for the purpose of showing that the lace trade had been excluded from the operation of the Factories Bill , solely on the ground that the measure would not include one more than a fifth of the trade . The present system of non-interference with the lace trade was most injurious to -the morals of the ctoldreu _engaged in it . As chairman of tne quarter sessions for the district of Notts , he mtormea the house that a quarter sessions scarcely _eyerpasscu ¦ without some of these children being brought to tne
"bar as criminals . . _ . T _„ Mr . Si-mot was of opinion that Sir J . _Uuauau had made out a sufficient ease for rejecting this bill-Sir J . C . _Hoeuouse was of opinion that it would be impossible to carry this bill into eflect , as its object was to stop all night labour in the manufacture of lace , and thereby interfere with the night labour of adults as well as of children . If Mr . _Dexcomhe would introduce a bill to subject ehildren in lace factories to some such regulations as those to which the children in other factories were subject , he should give such a bill his most strenuous support . He declared at tue same time the willingness ofthe roaster manufacturers to assent to a biil which should prohibit infant labour in lace factories after ten o ' clock at night .
Lord Jons " Massebs , ia supporting the second mdinjj ofthe bill , contrasted the petition wliich the Right Hon . Gentleman who had just sat down presented to the House , signed by 25 master manufacturers , against the measure , with one signed by 475 of those gentlemen in favour of it ; so that if the opinion of the master manufacturers waa to be taken as conclusive npon this matter , he thought that fact -was a sufficient reason why the bill should be passed . The Noble Lord contended that the crime of Nottingham was attributable to the night work ; and , as the principle of interference had been over and over again sanctioned by the Ilouse , he gave his hearty support to the second reading of the bill , without at all pledging himself to its details . Mr . Muxtz considered interference most necessary , but could not support this biil .
Mr . Gisborne admitted that the great majority of the working people were favourable to the passing of the bill , but nevertheless he should oppose it . Mr . WakIiET denounced the disregard ofthe people ' s wishes , merely _^ because they ran counter to some dogmas of political economy , as a fatal error of the times . lie would not go to the extent to which the Bill in its printed shape would lead—that is , an interference with adult labour—but he would vote for the second reading , with tbe intention of having it altered in committee . The real question was , ¦ whether they should or should not interfere with the _Jaboar of infants for ten or sixteen hours' labour ? It was said that the work was not fatiguing . But the attention itself was fatiguing . He would anneal to
honorable members whether the mere fact of attending in this house for six or eight hours , listening to the dull debates , was not in itself extremely fatiguing ? lie never left the house without some hon . _membsr saying to him . " I am heartily sick of this life , and I thiuk I shall resign my seat . " ( Laughter . ) If this was so with hon . members , what must be the position of infants eight years of age , who were compelled to attend to tbis species of duty , for from 10 tx _> 16 hours a day out of 24 ; was not that a curse on these children from which they ought to be rescued ? The other day he met some children who , having preferred the ' mill to the poor house , were coming home from their work . lie questioned them as to how
they were employed . It appeared that they were up at 3 , at the mill at 6 . till dinner at 12 , then at 1 they returned to the mill , where they remained till 1 in the evening . And what did they do on Sundays ? "Why , it appeared that immediately after breakfast they went to school , from there to church , and after church , back to dinner , then to school , and as soon as tbat was over back to church again . ( Hear , hear . ) " God bless my soul ! " said the hon . member , " what is the meaning ofall this V ( Hear . ) Thosechildren it seemed had no holiday at all , except a little on Saturday evening . Upon the whole , he implored tlie hsuse to agree to the second reading , that the bill might be altered in committee , and this he called on them to do for the sake of the infant labourerrs in
these factories . Sir R . Peei , contended , that the Bill , as it stood , proclaimed the principle of interference with adult labour , which it would be absurd in the house to sanction , unless they were prepared to establish a minimum of wages . The immediate consequence of such prohibition of night-labour in factories as the Bill provided would be a direct premium to increased labour in private cottages , shops , and houses . Mr . Fetouxd said , it was a melancholy fact , that "whenever an hon . member in this house proposed to legislate for the welfare of the working population , he - was met by the most strenuous opposition . The "working population had . now for several years been appealing to this house , to take the peculiar
circumstances of their labour into consideration , and they "had always _appealt d in vain . Attest they had commenced legislating for themselves ; and he wonld ask the ri _^ ht hon . gentleman , as well as hon . gentlemen on bothsMesof tbe house , to look at the present condition of the _manufacturing population in the north of England . They were entering at the present moment into the most alarming combinations to protect themselves against what they called the tyranny and oppression oftheir masters . Let the house look at the fearful strikes for wages which were now takii-g place in Manchester , Liverpool , and other large towns in the north of England ; and he thought the house would there sec sufficient to induce them to consider tbat it was Irish lime for
Parliament to take notice of and deliberately to consider the questions which were now taking place between masters and servants . Be had no hesitation in saying _, that if the hous 6 refused the second reading of this bill , it would be Understood by the workmen as a direct insult _uj-on them , and would drive them to their own resources , to legislate for themselves , and to enter into combinations , in order to compel their masters to give them what they asked . Mr . S . _CiuwFonn admitted there might be many defects in llils bill , but he took up the princip le that the children were overworked , and that it was the duty of thc house to iutcrfere , and , therefore , he should support the second reading of this bill . Mr . Bright stated , that the strike to which the lion , member for Knaresborough had referred , existed only among the trades with whom there was no _interference whatever .
Lord J . Russell did not hold the bill objectionable on tbe ground that itlimited the labour of children ; bnt he regarded it as a violation of every right principle of legislation on tbe subject , because it interfered with the adult labour , and would subject private houses to domiciliary visits . Mr . _IJROTUEn-rox , although favourable to the restriction of infantine _labaur , would not vote for thc bill in its present shape . Mr . W . CowrEK also should feel much difficulty in giving his support to thc bill .
Mr . T . Duxcombe said he should take the sense of the house upon the question . ( Hear , hear , bear . ) The case before ihe house was . whether tllCJ would interfere or not iu tbe lace Manufactures . He was the representative of four-fifths of the capital employed in the lace manufactories , as well as of the workmen , and he was there representing their sentiments . It had been stated that the masters did not work children in the extreme manner it was said they did , but he would take upon himself to deny this completely , and to contend that the mode adopted , bath towards adult and infant labour , rendered necessary an enactment such as the present , ( Hear , hear . ) Objection had been made to the parts ofthe hi'l , which authorised the visit of an inspector to the private dwelling of the weaver , armed with
compul-! fiwy power to prevent the labour of children after a certain hour , ( llear , hear , hear . ) It would , however , he remembered that the same power existed nnder the general _legislation of the house with re-; gard to the working of factories , and that every Building in which manufacture was carried on was i considered " a factory , " aud subject to all the regula-; tions of a factory under the law that might apply to ¦ the labour of a factory . la reply to a question from Mr . Stafjobd _O'Bbtex _, ' . Mr . Duxcombe declared his readiness to stive up i that part of the bill wliich interfered with adult ] labour . After a few words irom Mr . Fieldbs the house t divided , and the numbers were—For the amendment 151 Against it 66
"Majority against the second reading S 3 CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES AND LECTURE ROOMS BILL . This Bill _vrentihrougk . Commmittee . THE WHITSUN . HOLIDAYS . In answer to a question by Mr . R . Yorke , Sir R . Peel said , he intended to move that the 1 house at its rising on Friday , the 29 ih inst ., do _ad-, j _« journ until the Thursday following ( 4 th of June . ) The house then adjourned at five o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Thbiisdat , Mat 21 . A long discussion took place on tbe second reading < _olof tbe Metropolis Sewage and Manure Bill ; _thede-Ibibate was finally postponed . Mr . Shaw gave notice that as soon as the comnmnittee in Group lL , thatonwhicliMr . Smith O'Brien _Ihihad been selected ta serve , should close its labours , indie would move the discharge of Mr . O'Brien from ¦ _sujustody .
BINGLET POOR-HOUSE . Mr . Fermasd put several questions to Sir R . Peel r _elating to the present state of the Bingley pooriboiiouse , and Sir R . Peel gave to each of them a disamncfc reply . The result was , that notwithstanding
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the remonstrances of-Mr . ** j r _^^& J _£ _& l _% fused to retract the charges _wh _« ch he had peferred inJunelS 42 against the board of guardians of the Keigliley union . . _„„ , _«« MR . SMITH O'BRIEN . ti , * . waker then read to the house a letter addressedto Kflf from Mr . S . O'Brien , dated that _morTuV from the prison of the House of Commons . The substance of it was , that tlm committee of selection had not been formally appointed this session that its order enjoining him to attend as a member of a certain committee , and his imprisonment for non-compliance with that order , were both informal and illegal , and that he was therefore entitled to his immediate discharge . On the motion of Mr . O'Connell , it was ordered that- Mr . S . O'Brien ' s "letter _T & e printed and circu lated with the votes , and taken into consideration .
Viscount Ebrington was proceeding to move . an address for the re-appointment of the Real . Property Commission , but an hon . member having moved that the house be counted , itwas found that only 27 membeis were present , and the house rose at half-past seven o'clock .
HOUSE OF LORDS , Fbidat , Mat 22 . The Marquis of Norm & xby " moved for certain returns relative to the number of murders committed , or attempted to be committed , in Ireland since January last . The noble marquis took occasion to denounce the Irish Coercion Bill as altogether uncalled for . The noble marquis expressed a hope that if the government did not intend to proceed with the Coercion Bill , they would give it up at once . The Earl of St . Gebmans said it was the intention o the Government to proceed with the Bill , if public business would allow them to do so . After a few words from the Marquis of _Clasricaude , the Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Nohuakby , the motion was agreed to . The house then adjourned till Monday .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Fhiday , Mat 22 . MR . SMITH O'BRIEN . Mr . Smith O'Brien ' s letter to the Speaker having been taken into consideration , Air . 0 ' Conn-ell moved that the order ofthe house , desiring Mr . O'Brien to attend on the railway committee for which he was selected , should bo discharged . Tlie honourable and learned member said that , should that motion be agreed to , he should then move that Mr . O'Brien be immediately released . Mr . O'Connell argued that the Committee of Selection not having been elected according te
the standing orders , it had no authority to command Mr . O'Brien to attend tbe railway committee , and that , therefore , the order oi" tho house , which _assumtd that the order of the Committee of Selection was regular , was unfounded . Mr . Estcourt , the chairman ofthe Committee of Selection contended that the standing order was the law of the house until repealed , and that there was no necessity for re-electing the Committee of Selection at the beginning of every session , After some remarks from Mr . _Warbueton , Sir G . GRET , Mr . Stuabt , Mr . Waklby , Sir R . Pbel , Mr . J . O'Conxell , and the Atiokki * i-G *; n' * bal the house divided .
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FACTORIES BILL . Mr . Wakley presenteda petition from Nottingham in favour of the Bill . The adjourned debate was then resumed by Mr . G . Bavkes , who ably supported the second reading ofthe Bill . He maintained that it would confer great benefit on the operative classes , without producing any counterbalancing effect , and could not occasion any injury to the employers . Mr . "Ward opposed the Bill , He said he spoke on this occasion as tlio representative of the _tvorking interests ofthe people of Sheffield , though he did not profess to represent their opinions , as he was by no means a convert to the doctrine set forth in the preamble of the BilL He had listened to the speech of the
Hon . Member ibr _. Bndport , and he ceuld not but confess himself at a loss to understand the real grounds on which he recommended the Bill to Parliament . For his own part , he entertained the greatest respect for the opinions and sentiments of the working classes , and he was free to allow that he learned more from them than he had from the discussions in that House . But now they were asked to cut off the channels of employment , which , to say nothing of the prejudical effect it would have , was an act which they had no power to perform . If this were done , young women , widows , and helpless females in general , would be abandoned to what he might term the " commonsewer" of female employment in needlework . He was sorry to find that the present system of laboui
in this county could not be made more agreeable to the _working classes , and he would heartily concur in passing any measure likely to have that effect . His argument was , that you could not give up one sixth ol" the productive power , and yet retain employment at home . All the manufacturers asked was that , like the farmers , they might make such terms with their labourers as seemed to both parties most conducive to their mutual interests . ( Hear . ) Entertaining the feelings he did , he looked at the Bill as a backward step , a step in the _wronp , direction , and he should give his most cordial opposition to the second reading of the measure . He charged the Protection members with joining in a party move to thwart the government , and branded all who
approved of i : as cheap humanity mongers . Lord G . Bestisck gave his cordial support to the second reading . In ISii nearly all the members ol the Protection party voted in favour of Lord Ashley ' s _measure , and , therefore , they couid not with consistency refuse their assent to the present Bill . The hon . gentleman ( Mr . Ward ) said that it is easy to purchase a cheap popularity by joining in this humanity Cry ; I think we might retort the charge of raisin- ' the cry of cheap bread against those who support the repeal of the Corn Law . But on this question , at all events , we are not upon a humanity cry , _risking all the interests of the country into one _graat experiment . If tiiere is any question on which caution ha .-been observed , it is this : two years ago we reduced
the hours of labour ; we have now had the experience of these two years , and have we destroyed the cotton trade ? Have we reduced the wages oflabour ? No such thing . On the contrary , both the export and the home trade have greatly increased , and so have the wages of the operatives . Where then is tho danger and risk of this further extension ? Wc are not treading on untried ground ; we reduced the houis of labour two years ago ; and we now ask you to reduce it further by live hours a week . It had beeu said by the hon . member for ShelHeld that no sueh regulations as the ten-hour system had been made with regard to thc agricultural labourer . Of course it had not , for the best of all reasons , that no such regulation was required . During the summer months the agricultural
labourers were nominally engaged twelve hours , an huur being allowed for dinner and half an hour for breakfast ; but during the . winter season ten hours was the entire time the agricultural labourers were required to work . Therefore no need in the alteration of the hours of labour existed , for they were already limited . Had they not legislated for the negroes in thc West Indies —( Hear , hear )—and did they not limit the period of their labour to nine hours a day ? How much better was the climate ot the West Indies than the heated and polluted atmosphere of those factories in which children laboured ? Were they to say , that the children and young people of England were to labour more hours than the negroes of the West Indies ?
Lord _Monp £ rn made an eily Whig speech ; pretending great sympathy with the working c asses , but opposing the second reading . He was favourable to a reduction to eleven hours , but was indisposed to take any step in the matter until the fate ofthe Corn Bill was ascertained . Mr . Macaulat considered the principle of interference , where the morals and tbe health of the community nereatsfcake , to be indisputable . Parliament had already asserted that principle , and he thought it could be carried yet further without danger , and with great advantage to the working class . He hoped the education of that class would be attended to , and that the people , who gave a character to the country , would not be suffered to sink in the depths of ignorance and imbecility . He would ask what made Scotland , but Scotchmen ? What
made Holland , but Dutchmen ? What made the United States ?—not the clime or soil , but the men of England , who spurned such laws as he now desired to alter , and exiled themselves to make a country for themselves . The wealth and strength of every nation depends on the people of the nation ; and , were they to allow an immense population to sink in sorrowful imbecility ? He hoped not . He was desirous to deal the doses of benefit cautiously ; bat he hoped benefit would be given them by their protectors . The competition of foreign countries is mo 3 t to be apprehended when the energy of the people is overpowered by labour . We have done what we ought not , and we have not done what we ought . We have considered for the bread of the operative without considering for the means of the necessaries of his health . ( Hear . )
Sir _Joun Hammer , in consideration of the state of public business and the actual position of other measures , believed he would be best discharging his duty by postponing the question . He could not , therefore , vote , as heretofore , for the bill . Mr . Wakley said , the business of that house was to protect the poor man—to defend the weak from the oppressions of the strong—and , if they abandoned their duty in that respect , they would abdicate one of their most important functions , ( Cheers . ) The manufactures of England had prospered to an enormous extent under a system of protection —( great cheering from the Protectionists )—and ho heard with the deepest and most sincere regret , a statement made on a previous occasion by a right hon . gentleman , that the British labourer was about to enter the arena of industry without any armour or protection whatever ( Cheers . )!
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He had been told that with a free trade no protection could be held out to "the * labouring classes of this * country . If that principle should be acted upon , then he had done a fearful wrong to the -working classes iii ever advocating Free Trade for a moment ; and it would ba to him a painful feeling to the last moment of his life . The hon . member for Sheffield made an address " , to the house , or rather delivered a lecture , which was the greatest pieceof rigmarole he had ever heard . —( A laugh . ) The hou . gentleman said , that because a portion ofthe working classes of Finsbury , the borough wliich he ( Mr . Wakley ) represented , were for the present bill , that therefore he should give it 1 his support . Now , he should beg leave to tell the | hon . member that his constituents left him entirely ! to himself , which he believed was not the case with that
the hon . member . The hon . member said , he derived his information chiefly from the working classes : he said that he had read a pamphlet written by an hon . friend behind him , and could not understand it , but allhe ( Mr . Wakley ) could say was . tbat was not his hon . friend's fault . —A laugh . ) Then he said again , that he could not see any meaning in what fell from the Hon . Member for "Weymouth , although he admitted he heard him with great _pleasure ; buthe ( Mr . Wakley ) was at a loss to know how a man could hear with pleasure what he did not understand . —( A laugh . ) Had the labouring classes sufficient protection now ? He should say not . Those of Yorkshire and other places had prayed for it , and for his own part he had heard , he was obliged to confess , the speech of the Noble Lord the Member for Yorkshire , tbat evening , with great
regret ; he believed it would be read elsewhere with equal regret ; and it certainly , in his mind , differed irom that delivered at the last election for Yorkshire . There was no doubt whatever but the manufacturing classesrequired protection , and Hon . Gentlemen who referred to the returns of mortality may at once see and convince themselves that the average age to which the people arrived in manufacturing towns was 17 , while in Rutlandshire , an agricultural county , it was 38 . —( Cheers . ) But that Bill above all struck an the root ofthe great domestic evil which at present existed ; for , he contended , that if a mother of a family was obliged to work—if she were obliged to leave her house and children to others , in order to work herself at these manufactories—what must become of her home and of these children ? That was
a monstrous and crying evil , which demanded an instant remedy . What was the greatest misfortune that could befall a family?—the loss of a mother . ( Hear , hear . ) Where did economy , and happiness , and virtue exist , but where the good mother was to be found ? ( Cheers . ) She could not go abroad like the man to amuse herself ; the usages of society forbade it ; her home was her temple—it was the theatre ofall her duties ; and their business should be to keep it that home , for their protection and his comfort , instead of sending her out to a factory to work like a man . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Bright denied that the mortality was greater in Manchester than in Liverpool , and contended that it was essential io the argument of the hon . member for Finsbury to show that the mortality in Manchester was greater than in some town of equal
population ; but in which no manufacturing industry was carried on . The hon . member for Oldham seemed to say that the Bill would cause no diminution of wages , no diminution of production . Mr . Fielden—The same amount of production may be had with additienal machinery . ( Hear . ) Mr . Bright—But that involved an increased expenditure . ( Loud cries of " Hear , hear , " from the Protectionist benches . ) After combating the statements of Mr . Fielden at some length , the hon . membersaid there were thousands of men and women employed in Lancashire who were earning higher wages than they ever had , whilst the masters were working the mills at a loss . ( Cries of "Oh , oh , " from Col . Sibthorp . ) Did thc hon . and gallant member for Lincoln deny the fact . ( Hear , hear . ) And what did the hon . member know of the working of a cotton mill ?
Colonel Sibthorf . — Not much , thank God . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Bright . —The hon . member had a right to be thankful . As regarded the agitation out of doors he must be supposed to know something of the feelings of the working classes , as he ( Mr . Bright ) employed 800 of them . He was willing to admit that the operatives preferred abridged hours of toil , but in no one case were they willing to accept of ten hours wages for ten hours work . If the measure passed it would produce the most fatal disappointment in the
minds of the working classes , for they believed their wages would , at least , remain the same . But there was an offer of a compromise , the hon . member for Ashton-under-Lyne was a man made for a compromise — ( laughter ) — but this compromise for eleven liours was a mere delusion ; the advocates ot the bill would not be satisfied until they brought the hours of labour down to eight , or perhaps , even to six hours . ( Hear , hear . ) The less that house interfered with the labour of the operatives , it would be so much the better for them .
Mr . B . Dunison , in supporting the measure , stated that the question had been too much argued as if it was intended to reduce the hours of labour to ten liours , whereas there was no intention of going farther than eleven at present , and that he considered the best course to pursue . Sir R . Peel argued that the result of the Bill WOUld be to act as an income tax of fifteen per cent , on labour . Legislative interference on this subject had been already carried far enough ; but at all events at this time , after having sanctioned the exportation of machinery , and aftor having conceded to
the working people the privilege ef obtaining food at the lowest possible price , it would be impolitic to proceed further . Much as he was disinclined to interfere on this subject , he was particularly so at the present moment . The result too , of their interference would be , that other classes would demand to bo placed on the same footing as the workers in factories , and no doubt many of them could make as good a oase for the interference of thc House . Amicable arrangements between masters and men would be more advantageous to all parties than compulsory enactments of any kind .
Lord John Russell said he was sorry to intrude upon the House at so late an hour of the night , but he could not avoid taking notice of the argument of his Right Hon . Friend who had urged the popular argument in support of the measure . He had already shown that there were reasons why an interference should take place , and it was urged since that the course he was pursuing would limit the labour and employment of the adult . How that appeared , he confessed , he did not understand . Ii was now a question whether they should sanction an interference . They would do so , he apprehended , if they were convinced of the truth of two propositions * , first , whether the health , morals , and comfort of the working classes would be promoted by this Bill ; and , second , whether they had the reason to believe that they could do so without mischievously affecting _thelabonr
of those who were engaged in factories ; but on the first question it was unnecessary ior him to address the House , and to the second , he believed , it would appear that the risk was not as it was apprehended by the opposcrs of the Bill , or , otherwise , it would be a melancholy fact for Parliament to consider . But he took a more cheerful view of the matter . ( Cheers . ) He thought that they might interferehe would not say without the chance of risk , but certainly without the probable occurrence of many of the dangers that had been alluded to . They had been told that other countries work for seventy , or even as much as ninety hours a week . Well , then , he would put the argument thus : —For twenty years we have been contending with these foreigners , we
only working G 9 hours a week—we * had , besides , a tax on the raw material of cotton—and we had , besides , a law to prevent the people from commanding food as cheap as in other countries . And yet it has been proved to demonstration , tbat with all these disadvantages , the result has been that in 1821 we exported 33 , 000 , 0001 b . of cotton yarn ; in 1833 , we exported 70 , 000 . 0001 b . ; and in 1 S 13 , we exported ldd , 0 QQ , Q 00 lb , Such beingthocnse _, hecouldnofcdoubt tliat this country has been influenced by circumstances , by which it has . been aided in carrying on its manufactures . The noble lord concluded by stating that , as he believed , tho short system would tend to the social improvement of the people of this country , he intended recording his vote in favour of the Bill .
Mr . _Cobhex did not wish that the members of the house should be under any apprehension as to the vote he had made up his mind to give . They might suppose , if they pleased , that they had placed him in a difficulty , because he should vote against the bill . ( Hear , hear . ) He should chiefly regard it , not in the manner stated , because he bad never known a greater delusion practised on the working classes than the fallacies to which they had been subjected with reference to short hours . ( Hear hear ) These persons held the strange and false notion ' that the house had in its power the means to maintain priccs _. and in all their applications they had proceeded on tbat assumption , lie wished gentlemen opposite would not consider the question merely by reference to their hearts , but that they would employ tho head a
little , and infuse reason with feeling . SU * Robert Peel had quoted communications , and so would he . He held a petition , for instance , in his hand , from a plaee called Kidington , in _SoinersctshiWasking tlie house to raise the wages of the petitioners by law . Here the absurdity of the proposed measure was shown . The house might with equal eftect attempt to raise the wages of the labourers in Dorsetshire to 12 s . a week . The noble lord had positively fixed the rare of wages that would follow . This could not be done . No legislation could affect the rate paid to labour . And for that reason , with others which he had stated — regretting , at the same time , that Statesmen on both sides had not thought proper to think for themselves , but to take the opinions of men out of the house -. he would oppose the
measure . Mr . Mrarz rose amidst loud cries of " Divide . " He observed that many fallacies had been expressed by members on both sides of the house , and some , though admitting that the wages of the operatives would bo lessened by . the bill , and perhaps distress ensue , would yet agree to a mutual arrange-
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ment to produce the same effect as intended by the measure . . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) He quite agreed with the theory and praotice of that opinion , tor ne never attempted to make his men do extra work that ne had not been a loser by it . When the hon . memDer foi- Sheffield spoke of the lamentable state of Sheffield , of whicli he knew quite as much as the hon . member —( laughter)—he begged to remind him that tnat state of things had been produced by & _"an 6 e ' ments between the parties —( Hear , hear)—and tiiac it was not so bad as it had been before . _. But there were some curious circumstances about this question . The gentleman ' manufacturers and . the workmen did not seemto understand another for the latter
, ono ; Baid that they had joined in the cry tor the repeal of the Corn Laws , and had been asked te do so because if they did ( the gentlemen manufacturers ) wouldthen help them in endeavonring to obtain this bill . ( Loud cheers . ) Therefore , feeling as ho did an interest in all the industrial classes , he was not satisfied that the statements of the gentleman manufacturers in that house were correct . ( Hear , hear . ) They ( her Majesty ' s . Government ) now went the whole hog with the Free Traders . ( Great cheering and laughter . ) He was far from finding fault with themfor doing as they pleased , because he would do as he pleased . ( Laughter . ) Upon these grounds for the sake both of masters and men , he should cordially support the
measure . Mr . Fielden replied , but in so low a tone of voice that his observations were inaudible iu the gallery . The house then divided , and the numbers were—For the second reading 193 Againstit ... .. ' 203 Majority . — " 10 The announcement of _tim " measuring cast majority " in favour of the Ministers was received , with derisive cheering . The House adjourned at twenty minutes to Three .
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TnE Journeymen Boot and Shoemakers of the London Strong Trade , held an en masse meeting on Tuesday evening last , to hear the report of Mr . T . Crump , the delegate of this body to the late conference . In the course of Mr . Crump ' s statement considerable dissatisfaction was manifested , especially in reference to the ! po \ _ver now given to two individuals over the funds , and to the payment of a debt contracted hy a few parties , who some time ago
brought out , on their own responsibility , tne nrst number of a publication called the Cordioainer ' s Guardian . At the close of the business , a * motion was made that they , the members of the Strong Trade , should at _ence leave the Association , and attach themselves to the new endeavour to be made by the West-end Men ' s Men . No objection was offered to the motion ; it waB , however , at the suggestion of Mr . Crump , put over . until a meeting should be called for the special consideration of the subject , and whieh will be done at the earliest convenient opportunity .
Workman's Own Shop . —We are happy to find that the success attendant on the opening of this Kstablishment exceeds the most sanguine expectations . We learn that "Shoe Clubs" are either established , or in the course of formation , in all quarters within twelve miles of the Metropolis ; and that several applications to a like effect have been made and granted to several large towns in the provinces , amongst others a club is started at Greenwich , under the denomination of " The Workman ' s Own Club , " which club has already given an order for forty-eight pairs of shoes . A second club is also in
the course of formation amongst the Chartists of that Borough . The Organ Builders have likewise established a club , and guaranteed £ 20 , at £ 1 per week . The Masons , meeting at thc Craven Head ; the Tinplate Workers , Wardour-street ; and the King ' s Arms Society of Carpenters , Pimlico , are also to be numbered amongst the earliest supporters of the shop . Amongst its individual supporters it numbers many of the active Chartists—and the Literary World must not be forgotten—William Howitt has shown himself something more than a mere talker , by extending his patronage to the " Workman ' s Own Shop ; " to our friends we say—Go and do likewise .
Further Proceedings of the West-end Men ' s Men . —Notice was made in the last number of the Siar _^ of the present excited state of this numerous and influential society of the London boot and shoemakers , as arising from the causes which led to the late defection of two of its sections from the Cordwainers General Association . It was then stated that certain proceedings were about to betaken in relation to an improved system of local organization and general correspondence ; in the following document , whieh has been sent us for insertion , the tendencies of these proceedings are in part explained . This document , as will be perceived , is couched in the form of a recommendation from a committee acting in behalf of the body concerned , and . indicates the line of conduct to be pursued * . —
That as the present position of our body calls for some attempt to be immediately made in order to devise a better system of general correspondence and assistance in money matters than that which has hitherto beeu followed , cither in our old sectional modes , or as is now in use by the association , and also to take such proceedings as shall be judged the most effective towards counteracting any endeavour which may be made to injure the reputation of our society in the regard of the country in general , and , likewise , to the inconvenience of our tramps , so it is our opinion , that either we , the parties now acting , or any two other individuals from each of our sections , be authorised to do something for the meeting of those circumstances and difficulties , ih the best
and quickest manner possible ; and that the matter to be considered by this committee consist in the main of the following heads : — 1 . To explain the cause why the * ' old body , " as it is tailed , in the West-end refused to join the association from the first ; that it was not from any want of respect for , or faith in , the great principle of strength as involved in a general union of our trade , but from a conviction that the means proposed to this end were not thc best that might be devised , nor the parties to whom , from tbe first , the administrative affairs of such attempted union were consigned , such as we could confide in for the honest and healthy carrying out of any such extensive undertaking . 2 . To state the circumstances , in full , as connected
with the present defection of Ryiner ' s and Myer ' s meetings from the association ; and thus to disabuse the minds of our fellow-workmen throughout the country of any wrong impressions whicli the members of conference , in attempting their own justifica tion , on their return to their several constituencies , may be the means of creating , and especially to the injury of those of our body who may be ' compelled from want of work , or in cases of strike , to wander about in search of employment . 3 . To insure for these our tramps , as we [ shall be willing to do ourselves towards all who can produce a legal card from any of our own various trade societies , a fair reciprocity , of relief in going from place to place .
4 . To establish acheap , well-defined , and efficacious mode of assistance between town and town throughout England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , in all properly sanctioned cases of strike , without the present cumbrous and expensive machinery of district meetings , annual conferences , administrative committees , and itinerant lecturers , but simply by a wellregulated system of correspondence , as based upon such equitable degrees of payment as shall suit the particular circumstances of either country , or any general division of either country , or of any single locality , according as the workman is paid at the highest or the lowest , or at any intermediate rate .
5 . To make known certain facts , as exhibitive of thc bad and loose manner in which the general monetary affairs of the association have beeu hitherto and are still likely to be conducted . In furtherance of these objects , and in order also to provide as far as possible against all undue expenditure , and that the good contemplated be effected in thc quickest time , Mr . Devlin , as one of the two of our committee who have been delegated froui Myers ' _maeting , has agreed to produce a draft of such matter as above indioated , and whicli will bo laid before such parties as may now be appointed , for their amendment or approval , at the earliest opportunity , and thus to save that heavy expense which has been hitherto incurred in all similar attempts . It is further recommended that the The
Cordwainer s Companion , from the facility It oilers oi being circulated throughout the country in a more direct and less expensive manner than we could otherwise devise , be the medium for the publication of whatever may be written on this occasion , and that such matter be printed in the number lor June ; and also that such abstract of the same as may be suitable for the columns of a general newspaper be sent to the Northern Star and other of our popular journals . All communications of inquiry , or orders , about the Companion , or on any other matter , are to be addressed to Mr . John Stewart , Secretary , 32 , Little Windmill-street , Golden-square . The Companion , too , can be readily supplied through the agencies of all country _newsrendot's _. in tlieir parcels from Strange , Cleave , Berger , or any other of the London booksellers .
The Building Trades Strike . —Mketikg of _Cari-enters at Leicester , —At a meetirg of the Leicester carpenters and joiners , held at tho sign of the Pelican , Gallowstree Gate , Leicester , it was resolved unanimousl y to support the men on strike at Manchester , until they can resume work upon terms alike honourable to themselves and to the _trades which they belong to . The meeting was both spirited and united in their determination both to support the strike and the paper that supports our _interests . You will { receive orders from Mr . Astill from _tefl subscribers for your bright Star of Freedom , regular , as well as two temporary orders . —Shall we conquer , or shall we yield ? The mandate has gono forth from the giant capital—" overthrow , overthrow ;" and it now remains for the sons of Labour to unite
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afternoon , the inquiry concerning tne _aeaw « Thomas Blewett , aged 28 , the unfortunate man shot in Drury Lane on the night of Saturday , the 25 th ult ,, by the youth John Graham , was resumed before Mr . Bedford , the Coroner for the city of Westminster . After a repetition of the evidence which has been already published , the jury returned a verdict of—Manslaughter again John Graham . Execution im Fbance . — ( From our own Correspondent . )— -Eureux , Monday , May 18 th , 1846 . —Another of those revolting sights of man-killing took place this morning at 10 -mmutea past 8 o'clock , en the space of ground . adjoining this town , called the plain of Bel e Bat . The criminal was a young man named Beaumesnil , aged only 19 years . He had been found guilty of the murder and robbery of an old man named Sieurbassey . The erecting of the guillotine commenced at five o ' clock in the morning , and by halfpast seven o'clock , was declared fit for the work of destruction . Eight o'clock was the hour appointed , and exactly at that hour the prison gates were opened , and the cavalcade , headed by two gendarmes with drawn swordscommenced its march . The
, culprit was drawn in an open cart , commonly called a dung cart , drawn by a black horse , and led by the assistant executioner . The unhappy criminal was attended by a priest . The assassin was a stout , well built man , and appeared in good condition , He was tied to the cart with . cords round his legs . His arms ¦ were pinned behind him . He was without a shirt , with the exe 9 ption of a flannel one . He had a white cloth thrown over his shoulders , and appeared by his looks to be feeling but little anguish of mind , often smiling and looking round him ; in fact , , he seemed more at ease than many of the spectators . Four more gendarmes brought up the rear , and in that order the procession reached the fatal spot , at ten minutes past , eight o'clock . Arriving at the foot of the platform , he mounted the ladder
with a firm step , and after embracing the priest and crucifix , walked to the fatal board . He cast one look at the knife , and in another moment was no more . The executioner took the head of the victim by the hair , and threw it into a long hamper , in which the body lay , After the gendarmes bad crossed their swords and kissed the blades , the cart moved away in the same order with the lifeless'body , to a corner of the cemetery , where it was interred in unconsecrated ground . This is the fourth execution I have witnessed in France , but I never saw one meet his end like this man . There were about 600 people present , who seemed to manifest no horror at so shocking a . sight . Even the executioners were without disguise , and seemed quite eool and indifferent . When will such brutal exhibitions end ?
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[ From Friday , May Q 2 . ) "Walter _M'Dowall , Pemberton-row , _Gough-square , City , printer—John Edward Bacon , _Bermondscy-square , Ber . _mondsey , leather factor — Robert Dallinger Markham , Edmonton , boarding-housekeeper—Alexander Beattie and "Francis Macnaughten _, _Nicholas-lane _, Lombard-street , merchants — William White , _Morpetli-street , Bethnal . green , builder—John Berry , Church-street , Paddirigton , draper—Alexander Thorn , High Holborn , oilman—James Perry , Harlow , Essex , grocer—Mary Armistead _, _Crawford-street _, Marylebone , milliner—Richard and Alfred Knight , jun ., Budge-row , City , wholesale stationers—Andrew Valentine leaman , and William Andrew , John _, street , Tottenliam . _court-road _, timber merchants—Robert Howard Page , Great Yarmouth ,. innkeeper — Joseph Haynes , Aldermanhury , woollen warehousemen—Ann Robinson , Durham , linendraper . — Edmonson Cooban , Liverpool , common brewer—George Jones , Toxteth-park , Lancashire , builder—Thomas Iiitt Harvey , MelcoiHbe Regis , Dorcetshirc , cement merchant — Peter Rhodes , Manchester , cotton spinner—James Edwards , Digboth , Birmingham , iron founder—William Taylor , "Worcester , share broker .
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WORSHIP STREET . CRUEITY TO A Child ,-On Monday , Ellen RUey was charged with having . " cruelly treated and otherwise Illtreated her stepdaughter , Elizabeth Riley , 11 years of age . n entering the witness-box , the wretched appearance of the child excited general commiseration , her whole apparel consisting of a tattered cotton frock , the upper part of which was saturated with blood proceeding from a severe _WOUlld in the side of her head , and she had neither shoes , Stockings , nor a vestige of under clothing . It appeared from the child ' s statement , that theprisoner bad for along time been in the habit of ill-treating and almost starving her . Police-constable H 70 stated , that after taking the prisoner into custody , they were followed to the stationhouse by several hundred persons , who displayed such a determination to execute summary vengeance upon the woman , that his hat was several times knocked off in his efforts to protect her from violence . Mr , Bingham said he should order the prisoner to pay a | penalty of 51 ., or undergo two months ' imprisonment , and at the expiration of that term , she must find two sureties for her good behaviour , for a further period of six months ,
SOUTHWARK . A Leap fhom _Wateiiloo Bhidge . —On Tuesday , Charles Smith was charged with _making a very determined attempt upon his life by throning himself off tho centre arch of Waterloo-bridge iuto the river . Inspector Everest , of the Thames _Tolice , stated that on Sunday night , the 3 rd inst ., about twelve o ' clock , while on duly in a boat 611 the river , on passing one of the arches of Wa _' _terloo-bridge , the tide running down at the time , his attention was called on hearing a heavy splash in the water , lie immediately rowed to the spot from whence he heard the noise , and after some little time saw a man floating on the surface , and succeeded iu dragging him into the boat . He was perfectly insensible , and finding him in that condition lie lost no time in conveying him , with assistance , to the Feathers , in the Waterloo-road ; and Mr . Handy , a surgeon residing in the neighbourhood , having been immediately called in , the usual remedies for producing resuscitation with
were adopted success . It was , however , observed the patient had received such serious injuries In pre . cipitating himself from such a height off the bridge , that it was deemed necessary to have him afterwards taken to Charing-cross Hospital , in which institution he remained until the present occasion . Mr . Cottiughani questioned the defendant as to his situation in life , and the cause of his having made such a determined attempt at suicide . In reply , the young man stated that he was in the employ of Mr . Maudsley , a cutler , and that on the Sunday in question he spent the ereniug with some friends at Walworth , and thathe had no recollection of the civeumstauce _abOTC described until subsequentl y to his removal to the hospital , and could now assure the magistrate that he deeply regretted the attempt he had made upon his life , Mr . Cottingham having addressed some useful adrice to the young man , permitted him to be delivered into the care of his parent .
BOW STREET . Sehious _Robbert . —A young man , in the garb of a sailor , was charged with stealing _, i valuabl * collection Of drawings by Wilkie , and a number of books , in all worth about § 00 guinoas , tho property of his recent employer , Mr . Stewart , bookseller , of King William-street , West Strand . Tim _primmer had been in the service of Mr , Stewart as an errand boy , having abscondrd about ten weeks ago . The book of drawings , estimated at 200 guineas value , with other property , was missed from the premises , and constable Thompson , learning that tlie prisoner had gone to Sheerness , and enlisted as a sailor in her Majesty ' s ship Ocean , went iu pursuit of him with a
warrant , aud took him into custody . Thc omucr found that the prisoner had given the inline of John Wilson . Thc captain of the vessel put some questions to the prisoner , in the presence of Thompson , which led to his con . fession that he had stolen the property , but had not participated in the whole of it , others , he said , having been concerned in the robbery . It appeared that he had parted with thc drawings for an old sword , but they had since been recovered . The prisoner now repeated the above statements , and said that if Mr . Stewart , the prosecutor , would furnish him with his catalogue of books , he would point out those which he had stolen from time to time _, and which he had sold at different periods . Mr . Henry remanded him for u fortnight .
MANSION HOUSE . Charge of _Ektraohuinahy Treachery . —A girl , of interesting _iippt-. irance , mimed Margaret Glynn , was brought before Alderman Gibbs , on Saturday , oil a charge to which she gave an answer , which , upon subsequent inquiry , was found to he correct . Upon being put to the bar her face was bathed in tears Francis Beniiet , who stated himself to he a builder , residing at No . 7 , Oxfordcourt , Cannon-street , stated that he charged the prisoner with many robberies . She had been a visitor at his IlOUSu , and his daughter had lost saveval dresses since the 10 th of April . These dresses and other articles had been stolen by the girl at the bar . Hu had seen some of the property at tho shop of a pawnbroker , and _t-ouhl swear to the robberies , aud his daughter and his nephew could confirm the truth of tlio accusation against the prisoner . —The daughter und thc nephew here stepped forward and munitested great anxiety to get the prisoner committed to iVciv . gate . The daughter said , she ceuld positively swear that tlio girl had stolen not onl y dresses but trinkets of hers , and the nephew betrayed a still greater desire to save the public from such a depredator . The prisouer , who had
been extremely attentive to the statements made against lior , upon hearing the observations of the nephew , appeared to be much more exasperated against him thau against either of thc others , and declared that he was guilty of the vilest treachery towards her . — -Alderman Gibbs ( to the prisoner ) : You seemed to be in great distress of mind when put to that bar . What was the cause of it ' —The prisoner said the wretches who accused her had combined to destr y her , particularly as the nephew of - the man who caused her to be apprehended wanted to get rid of her , and thought the easiest way of _doin » - that ef feetiially would be to charge her with robbery , whicli thev all well knew she had never any idea of committing . — Alderman Uibb g asked tho prisoner what mason _ghe lvid for apprehending lll-treatinont _tvoui tlw young uvau uiW _« than from cither ot the others ?—The prisoner said the person to whom the Alderman alluded had , when she was sixteen yeatsot age , seduced her , and itwas by him she had been introduced to the prosecutor and his _daughter , who joined hmiiu fabricating those robberies of which they all spoke . Not one word had any one of them uttered against her as thief until the moment before she was taken into custody . —Aldeiman Gibbs ( to the nephew ) : Is
it _ti-no that you have been living with * this girl {—The nephew : Why , yes , I have been living with her , but that ' s no excuse tor her robbing me . — The prisoner : The wretch knows , my lord , that thu clothes he says I robbed him or were my own clothes , which , like a fool , I pawned to supply him with money . They have sent me to pawn things that they might have charges to bring _against me by calling pawnbrokers to give evidence against me , and by such means transport me .-Alderman Gibus-How did you happen to become acquainted with him ? -The mi soner : About two years ago he constantl y came after me when I was at service , and at last he prevailed upon c _aZS _£ vW " ' ? - Smey T _^ _U and he _u _^ o _^ Jto _^^" I l f 1 " 1 t , _* _^ asdrugged , for , _^ famous _houso _^ Aidm n . n _^ lbt ™ T J - * _^ "I with him Since '—Tlw . * _« l > os : And you remained noV wants to rat _Afc ? _T _**'™* - aua ll 0 no . * r wants to tt ud ot me through the Old Bailey . He
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is sometimes called Thomas . Sharpe , and sometimes Thomas Spencer ; . ' and he and hhv uncle aro _connacled with' a gang of swindlers ' , who have beeti long cheating the _town-by false references . —Alderman Gibbs : Well , irr % Bennet _, you hearwhat ' she . says ?— . Theprosecutor _noddad his head . —Alderman Gibbs ; . ; And what do you think of it?—The prosecutor : It ' s not the fact , my Lord . —The prisoner : Not the fact ! ' Can you deny tliatyou keep « lse » where an infamous house yo urself ? _Youknow you can't _, aiid that your daughter attends to it?—Alderman Gibbs-Is that the case , Mr . Bennet?—The prosecutor : No , mj Lord . I can assure your Lordship that the prisoner has committed these robberies . What she says about us hag nothing to do with the robbery . —Alderman Gibbs : _Ishall take care to inquire into the matter . " What she says about you has a good deal to do with the charges . —The pr _* . soner : He can't deny , my Lord , that two Of his and his nephew ' s " pals , " who have been engaged with them in Swindling , transactions , in giving falsa references and false characters , have been lately discharged from prison His nephew , there , who charges me with robbing him * has a pair of my earrings . —Alderman Gibbs desired to see the earrings . —The nephew : They are not her ' s ; be . sides , I have not got thom . —The prisoner : He has rot
them in his pocket now , my Lord . —Alderman Gibbs : Come , come ; if you don't produce them I shall cause yoa to be searched . The nephew then produced what was re . quired , and said he really did not know that he had them about him . The prisoner : My Lord , this person who has come forward so treacherously against me , was himself before your Lordship , six months ago , under the name of Thomas Ryder Walker . —Alderman Gibbs ( to the nephew ) : Is that the case?—The nephew : I know nothing about it , my Lord . —Mr . Goodman , the chief clerk , on referring to a former book of the date named by tlie prisoner , said the name appeared in that book , —Alderman Gibbs said fhe could not think of keeping the prisoner one moment upon such evidence , and ordered tliat her property and the duplicates which she claimed as her own , should be given up to her , and that care should be taken of her in the Compter for a few days , until inquiry should be made as to the best means of restoring her to her mother , a very poor woman , to whom she was most anxious to go once more . On Monday a policeman , who was directed by Alderman Gibbs to make the necessary investigation , informed Mr . Goodman that he bad already ascertained that the most important parts of the poor gnl s statement were correct .
A Gang op MiscREANTS .-On Wednesday , Margaret Glynn , the poor girl who was falsely charged with nume . rous robberies , Try Bennet , his daughter Mana , andhis nephew , who sometimes passed as Thomas Spencer , " „ d sometimes as Thomas Sharpe , _^ as brought _be tore Alderman Gibbs , from the Compter , to which place she was sent as a voluntary _inmate . -AIderman Gibbs _^«» ™ _£ ther anv of the parties who had formerly appeared . Snst the young woman were in attendance _l-lnspector _Fosoer / said , that not one of them ™ s P _™*™* _- - Sergeant Folger ( No . 69 , City police ) stated to the Alderman that he had ascertained that Bennet . and , hu , wile , and daughter and . nephew , belonged to _ an organised _, ganp of _swindlers _. _i-who . had been plundering extensively in all parts of the metropolis , as Margaret Glynn had described . A sergeant of the metropolitan police was present , who had been long watching their movements , and who could , if the Alderman considered it necessary , enter
into a variety of details . —Alderman Gibbs said that , a brief outline would only be required atthe present moment . — Sergeant Dubois , 14 "N , of the metropolitan police , Stepped forward , and stated that to his positive knowledge Bennet and his wife , daughter and nephew , wero part and parcel of a gang consisting of upwards of fifty persons , who had been for a length of time living upon the public . As the young female had correctly represented _, they obtained goods upon the strength of false reference to _beer-shops _, green-groners' shops , and , other places , for apparent business having been taken by _numbers of the gang in different parts of the town , as blinds for their operations . The moment promised payments were to be made , tbe whole face of things became changed—neither principles nor referees were to be lound , and the goods and the names and addresses ofthe par . ties disappeared altogether . He ( Sergeant Dubois ) had himself taken from time to time twenty ofthe gang into
custody , all of whom he knew lived npon swindling and thieving . Eight or nine of them had been committed for trial to Newgate , and four or six had been transported . —Alderman Gibbs : Po you know that _Benuet keeps a house of infamous character ?—Sergeant Dubois : Certainly I do , and I know that his wife attends to it . The unfortunate girl could not have got amongst a more infamous set , and it was most fortunate for her to have been charged hy thom with robbing , for the exposure must not only give a check to some other plans , but will save her from any further connection with them . 1 Know beyond a doubt that she was trepanned into Bennet ' s brothel by Spencer . I have followed up the inquiry into tlie transactions in which they have been engaged , and I know that nothing that could have been worse . —Alderman _kiDDs : The girl says that Sharpe or _Sp-mcer has been m prison for thieving . Do youknow anything of his committal?—Sergeant Dubois : I know that he was committed to Maidstone Gaol for twelve months for picking pockets iu the name of Walker . He frequently used to work with a man of the name of John Scott , a notorious swindler , in picking pockets . Scott has opened several beer-shops and 1 chandler ' s shops for tbe purpose of references . Sharpe
resides in Hyde-place , Hoxton , and Spencer , besides hia counting-house in Oxford-street , Cannon-street , has a house at No . 32 , Duke-street , Aldgate , to which his wife attends . —Alderman Gibbs , after having had a private communication with Sergeant Dubois , said to the young woman , "You see into what dreadful hands you have been thrown . * ' —Margaret Glynn : I do , my lord ; I am thankful that I have escaped . —And you are anxious to go to your mother ?—Margaret Glynn -. Yes - , and she will gladly receive me . —Alderman Gibhs : 1 do not know that I can do anything better for you than send you to your mother ; and this officer has kindly promised to see you safe under her care . —Sergeant Dubois said he was convinced the gang would do all in their power to get hold of her again . He was quite sure that several of them were iu the neighbourhood of the Mansion-house at that mo . ment . He should take care to protect her to the utmost extent of his _abiUty . —Alderman Gibbs desired the girl to give any of the persons she dreaded into the custody of the police , if she or her mother saw there was anything to be apprehended from them . He then put into her hands a sovereign , which had been left for her by a _Ivieud of his , and which she gratefully received .
GUILDHALL . Caution to Matrimonial _Specuia-tobs . —On Tuesday , nn Irishman , of rather repulsive countenance , bill WOll dressed , named Joseph Mortimer , was charged , before Alderman Farncombe _, with robbing a buxom dame , of about forty , named Eliza Lawyer , of £ 24 in gold , besides a large quantity of wearing apparel , under the following curious circumstances—Complainant stated , that about three months since , she advertised in the Times for a situation as cook or housekeeper to a single gentleman . She received an answer from the prisoner , saying , that if she felt an inclination to change her situation in life , he should be happy to communicate with her on the subject . A day was appointed , and she met him at a friend's house in South-Street , Grosvenor-square . He represented himself as a gentleman and a merchant , of good property , from New York , and a widower ,. * with but one daughter ; and concluded by asking her if she was willing to alter hwr
station in life . She replied , that she had no objection . A meeting was then appointed for the next day at her ( complainant ' s lodgings , No . 1 , Xorth-terrace , South-street , Grosvenor-square , when he asked her if she had any ohjection to go to New York , and she said she had not ; she would go anywhere if she could be happy , as she had no ties to keep her iii England at all . —Alderman Farncombe : At the first meeting , did he inquire if you had any pro . pei'ty ?—Complainant : No , he did not . The complainant proceeded to state that after a few more interviews It was agreed that they should be married . On this being known to some of her creditors , she was arrested hy oue of them in the hope that the prisoner woidd pay ; but finding that would not be the case the party liberated her again . In consequence of the arrest the marriage was postponed , aiiderenttiiillyit was agreed thai : as soon as she could settle her affairs they should proceed to _Manchester , ami there be united . Being annoyed by her creditors , she re moved to a coffee-shop in thc Commercial-road , he coming to live with her as her husband until they were married . They moved about to various places , and at last went to "France , where she had to receive about £ 40 , left her by
her late husband ' s lather . After _BUijiug there about a fortnight , they returned , und went to a coffee-shop called the liainbow . —Alderman _Farucombe : During all tin ' s period who found all the money 1—Complainant : I did . Ho said thathe had plenty of nionev at Liverpool , and that as they were eventually to be married it was little difference who found the cash . During the time they stayed at the Rainbow she was enabled to arrange her affairs , and on the Good Friday they were to sunt for Liverpool ; but on the previous day , about ten o ' clock , ho left the house , saying ho would return at twelve o ' clock _, but she had not seen liim since until he was taken into custody . She gave the prisoner the money to rake cart of , but never consented to his making use of it . Oil the Wednesday previous to his leaving her , she gave him a number of duplicates of clothes , whicli he was to get out of pledge , some of which he did , and took with him , besides a boa of clothes . —Ahhu'imiu _Fiirnuombc * . How didyuu meet with him again ?—Complainant : I again advertised for a similar situation , and receiving the following letter , a friend proceeded to the address , and the prisoner being reeognised was given into custody .
Mr . league ( the chief clerk ) then read the letter , cf which the following is a literal copy , amidst much laughter - . — " Chelsea , May 15 . "Madam , —I read your advertisement , and I du want a companion , and if )' yuii wish to change your life _ttiraiii , I am the chap . I do _' belong to the city of New York , and I am a merchant _tlu-re and have been for seventeen yCiU'Si I am a widower , and havo a dauter nine years of age . I am thirty-seven years ot age . 1 have brout over llower from New York , 6 U 0 barrels . I have not sold it yet . I have a inncome cf 700 a yeare . I will givo my wife liberty to bring u friend or a Servant out , ! will pay the pasage . I was mared to a Kent ladv in the city of l'ork , and iff du got a wife , and you be the ' won , vou mav tlepeii on love uud kines _fiu-iu me and no mistake , iff you du think well of this and rite me , i will a tend to it . direct to J . M ., post office , King ' s-road , opisit the man in the moon , yours truly , hunos I may be your husband , „ _ _ , „ "J . _JtoKTIMEK . "to L . I" * ,, M , 34 , Gough-strcet _, Mount Pleasant , Gray ' s hm road . "
Prisoner to complainant : When we were in Paris , did I not come home one night and find another man in bed with you ?—Complainant : I heard yon say there was one , but I was not conscious of it , having taken a little champagne , whicli rendered me rather stupid , not being accustomed to it . The prisoner then accused her of having a child brought home , which she had by a nobleman , ami also to the fact of his having turned three men out of her room when iu Paris , both of which accusations she denied most positively . Alderman Farncombe remarked that the questions the prisoner was asking had nothing to do with liis absconding- with thecomplainaiit _' s money . _—lh-lsouer ' - Theu all 1 say is , that I am not guilty . Sarah _Smitho _**
, the Coniniercial-road East , was called to prove that th » prisoner passed himself off as complainant ' s husband , and that he once introduced her as Mrs . Mortimer , and also to the fact of his taking the box away . She had also been to the parties in the City whom he represented as hisagents , and they said that there was a Mr . Mortimer , of Cheltenham-square , Kew York , and that if the prisoner was the party , he was highly respectable , but that they could not identify him . The prisoner declined saving anything more than that he was not guilty of the _charge , was remanded , m order to make further inquiries _respei-riiuj him as it is supposed that he has been carrying eu this trade to soma extent . J °
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 23, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23051846/page/8/
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