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_Mahcii 24 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN _ JS TAR . _^ _ -. -. _~—„¦_„ 5
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TO THE CHARTISTS AND READERS OF TIIE _"X 0 RTHEB 3 J STAR , " "What breastplate like heart untainted ? Thrice is he arm'd who hath his quarrel just ; And he but naked—though _lcn-k'd up in steelwhose conscience with injustice is corrupted . " _Shaksphce . My _Fiuetos , Such you have been , and such I have no doubt yon will continue to he , notwithstanding _^ Ir . O'Connor ' s letter in last Saturday ' s " _Northern Star . "
I must reuiind you howthis _conti'oversy commenced . In the " Star" of March 3 rd , _llr . O'Connor published a letter , which partly consisted of animadversions on " Republicanism , " and partl y of beseeching appeals to you to " wean your minds from the consideration of foreign questions , "—accompanied by -warnings against " the app le of discord , " which , according to Mr . O'Connor , some persons , whom he did not name , were about to throw " amongst our ranks , " hy raising " the cry of Eepuhhcanism . " In the " Star" of the
10 th of March , there appealed an address m reply to Mr . O'Connor , signed hy Mr . Barber and five others " on behalf of the Republicans of _Nottingham . " In the same paper appeared a letter addressed "To the Working Classes , " signed "IT Ami du Feuple , " also commenting on Mr . O'Connor ' s letter of the previous -week , correcting that gentleman ' s errors of argument , and showing that there was no attempt being made—or in contemplationhy those who cherished Republican princi ples to supersede the Chartist agitation by any movement or " cry" for Republicanism .
If yon will carefull y re-read the _Nottingham , address , and my letter signed " L'Ami du Peuple , " you cannot tail to come to the conclusion that both were respectfully worded . My letter , from the beginning to the end , was unsullied by anything like offensive personality . From the first line to the last , my dissidencc from Mr . O'Connor ' s views was expressed in "the language of courtesy and good feeling . " And how has Mr . O ' Connor responded ? I leave to you the reply . If the " apple of discord" has been thrown amongst you , it has not been thrown b y me . If evil arises from this controversy , the responsibilit y thereof I disclaim .
In last Saturday ' s " Star" 1 gave sufficient exp lanation of the course I pursued in _pubashing the Nottingham address and my own letter , without submitting both , or either , to Mr . O'Connor before publication . Mr . O'Connor ' s comp laint concerning the Tower Hamlets Chartists committing the sin of addressing their communication to the Editor with the words "A letter having appeared in TOUR paper of the 3 rd , written hy Mr . O'Connor , " & c , can only provoke a smile . How--would he have the public address their communications to the Editor of HIS paper 1 Did not the Tower Hamlets Chartists follow
the universally recognised rule ? Take up any paper—dail y or weekly—and yon will see correspondents writing "to the Editor" as follows : — " Sir , —A letter ( or ' an article ) having appeared in your paper ; " or , — "I shall be obliged b y the insertion of the following letter in your paper ; '' or , "The Committee of the request the insertion of the following address in your paper , " & c ., & c . Sometimes these introductions are not contained in the body of
the address , or letter , but are sent in private communications to the Editor , in which case they are usuall y omitted , but invariabl y , in the one shape or the other , the request for insertion in " your paper" accompanies every document sent to an editor for publication . Tfhen Mr . O'Connor asserted that which was unfounded—namely , that the men who cherished Republican p rinci p les were about to throw the apple of discord amongst our ranks , it was but charity to presume that he had been misled by some fool or designing knave . Indeed , he says in liis letter of last week , that
he has received many letters assuring him that a Republican party was doing much damage to the cause of Chartism . I assert , that the -writers of those letters , whoever they may he , have furnished Mr . O'Connor with false information and impressions unwarranted b y tacts . Such writers , I can onl y regard in the li ght of knaves or fools . But I most earnestl y protest against what appears to me to he an insinuation on the part of Mr . O'Connor , that I have ever condemned Mr . Duncombe as a fool or
designing knave . Mr . Duncombe says , " that Chartist advocacy of Republicanism would raise hosts of enemies . Perhaps so , but up to this time , at any rate , there has been no Chartist advocacy of Republicanism . It will be observed that Mr . Duncombe objects to mixing up "Repeal" or any other question with that of the Charter , " if the policy of mixing up Repeal with the Charter was unwise , Mr . O'Connor knows who was chiefly responsible for that policy .
It is no part of my design to review the " armmients" advanced by Mr . O'Connor , in opposition to those advanced bv me , m my letter in the " Star " of March 10 th . If Mr . O'Connor is satisfied with his arguments , I am satisfied with mine , and am content to leave the decision _wnth you . I confine myself to questions of fact Mr . O'Connor , speaking of " L'Ami du Fenple , " says : — "But _latterly , every line of this writer which has appeared in tlie "Stab , " so far from _kecjiinj ; the Giartist movement distinct , has heen devoted to foreign policy , and the anticipated stories of UepuMicanism .
By turning over the ' " Stars' the last three months you will sec for yourselves , that of twelve letters si gned "L'Ami du Peuple , " only two , and a portion of a third , have been devoted to foreign questions , Mr . O'Connor says , "Tour friend appears to he in very extensive communication with foreign countries . I have not that good fortune , but I must , nevertheless , correct Mr . O'Connor ' s mistake , embodied in the assertion , " That the mechanics , artificers , and artisans of Ghent are just as much subject to priestl y dominion as the rural peasants . " He might just as well assert that the proletarians of Lyons are as p riest-ridden as the peasantry of La Vendee ; or that the working men of Manchester are as i gnorant as the agricultural labourers of _Buckinghamshire !
Mr . O'Connor ' s strictures on h is successive editors—the sums he paid them—and the conduct of the agents and correspondents _^ of tbe " Northern Star , " cannot have anything U > do with the subject under discussion . What has Mr . So-and-so ' s salary , or Mr . gach-anone s conduct , to do with the question of Republicanism ? Mr . O'Connor announces that he employs three editors , and writes all the articles himself ! . On the other hand , he complains not less than six different times in the course of
his letter , of "irresponsible writers " presuming to poach on the domains of " responsible teachers . " He intimates that the principal Editor and " L'Ami du Peuple , " are one and the same person . As to Mr . O'Connor -writing all the editirial articles , he must , as the sailors say , tell that story to the marines . ' Tis true , that Mr . O'Connor writes much more than he need to do , if ho would allow the Editor to do his own irnrlr _. I write less editorial matter now than
when I was Sub-Editor of the " Star , " but that is not my _fiiult . Ifirst joined the " Star " in tiie week ending September 13 th , 1843 , and that very week wrote , at Mr . Hohson ' s request , a short article on "The Victims . " Whilst Mr . Hobson continued Editor , Mr . O'Connor only occasionally contributed editorial matter , whilst I g enerally contributed one or more articles . I remember one , -which , although on a " foreign" question , and containing , perhaps , some " exciting language , " nevertheless , I flatter myself , did the " Star " some credit ; at any rate , I know it was very generally appr oved of , It was en-
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titled " Has Rome now no Brutus ? Has Italy-no Tell ? " That was written so far hack as April , 1844 , long before I ceased to be sub-editor . It would not be difficult to point out many articles contributed by me , both before and since I became Editor , which have elicited the expressed approval of Mr . O'Connor . Yet it is true that I write fewer articles now than at the time I had iar less control over the management of the paper . I repeat , that is no fault of mine . For some time after Mr . Hobson left , the paper , Mr . O'Connor so p lied the office with editorial matter that there was , generally , no room for any one else to say a word . I remember that ou the occasion of Mr . O'Connor raising my salary after Mr . Hobson ' s dismissal . I wrote
to Mi * . O'Connor , apprising him that I wished tow-rite at least one article weekl y ; when I received for answer that he would rather that I confined myself to the general management of the paper . Still I occasionally wrote articles . Subsequentl y , Mr . Ernest Jones Was engaged to assist in _" getting up'' the " Star . " Mr . Jones was supposed to write two articles weekly , which , I should add , he was ever as read y as he was able to do . Sometimes , however , I wrote one or more articles , and then Mr . Jones onl y wrote one . I desire here to pay a passing tribute of respect to a man with whom , during our connexion , I had a perfect community of feeling , and whose more than ordinary talents , thorough courage —and , I believe , genuine patriotism—I am proud to acknowledge and pay homage to .
Mr . Jones writing one or two "leaders weekl y , Mr . Fleming contributing one weekly , and Air . O'Connor often contributing one , and sometimes more often p laced me in the awkward position of finding myself " shut out , " when I desired to write , but could not do so for " want of room . " Having reason to believe that my manner of writing pleased not a few of the "Star ' s" readers , the thought struck me that I mi ght , with credit to myself and the paper , give utterance to my views in the guise ofa correspondent . I determined to act on this notion , and assumed the signature of " L'Ami du Peuple . " My first letter appeared
in the " Star" just one year ago , March 25 th , 1848 , and had for its subject , the life and knaveries , overthrow , and flight of Louis Philippe . The sittings of the Convention , and the turmoil of agitation prevented the appeal ' ance of a second letter until a few weeks had elapsed from the publication of the first . The lettersthen appeared prett y regularl y until I had theniisfortune—a misfortune shared hy otherstolibel Mister Fowler . My lettersthen ceased for a time , but I did not cease to write in the paper
for instance , in one number of the " Star , published two or three weeks after the appearance of my libel on Mister Fowler , I had four columns of editorial articles from my own pen . The abuse heaped upon the " Star" b y Messrs . Drummond and Hume in the House of Commons , induced metoresume my letters , but this time I wrote under my own name "G . Julian Harney . " I continued this course , and wrote several letters with my own name attached thereto . I did so because I desired to
take upon myself ail the moral—though I could not take the legal responsibilit y of what I wrote . I abandoned that course onl y when desired to do so by Mr . O'Connor , who himself suggested that I should resume my old signature of ' -L'Ami du Peuple ; " his reasons I do not presume to divine . I presume that after this explanation , you will come to the conclusion that Mr . O'Connor s oft-repeated complaint in his last week ' s letter , of the presumption of irresponsible writers , was uncalled for . I am as anxious as man ever was to take upon myself the responsibility of all I write , say , or do : if I am forced into an irresponsible position , it is my misfortune , not my fault .
I have written but few " leaders" lately , hardly anything , indeed , beyond appeals for the Victims and their families . Mi . O'Connor s volunteer editorshi p was one reason for abstaining from the use of the " "WE . " There was another reason , which at present I do not think it necessary to name . Confining myself almost exclusivel y to my Letters , I had the satisfaction of finding that those Letters were appreciated . Thus far " L'Ami du Peuple" has had ample encouragement from the people , to persevere in his labours for the advancement of the people ' s cause .
This plain , unvarnished statement of the history and mystery of my editorship , and the letters of "L'Ami du Peuple , " has been forced from me , hy the utterly uncalled for comments of Mr . O'Connor . 1 have now to call your attention to the following paragraphs , extracted from the seventh column of Mr . O'Connor's letter ;—I nave often told you how easy it was to tichle tiie fen-id imagination ofhraveand suffering millions with exciting appeals , which may drive the feeling , the enthusiastic , and
brave to face death in any shape , while the exciter may shelter himself under the mantle of irresponsibility , and smile at tlie woe that he has created . What would you say of me , even you—youhrave Republicans of Nottingham —if I appeared before an enthusiastic and excited audience in a garb descriptive of nationality and valour , and said , " When you see me next I will come to proclaim the Charter , or this national badge shall he saturated with the blood of tlie martyr ! " And what would you say if I did not make my appearance before the same audience , although tlie Charter was not proclaimed—although blood was not shed in the struggle to achieve it ?
What would you say to me now , if , in 1839 , 1 had appeired beforeyou with the Cap ofLiberty , and declared that I was ready to tuck up my sleeves and go at it , and if , wlion the _struggle came , I was non est inventus ? What woidd you say , if , during the lancaster trials , when rampant Toryism and Whiggism looked for A large Chartist sacrifice , I had turned a puling spooney , with my face bathed in tears , lest I should suffer the penalty consequent upon my struggle for freedom ? What would you say , if , upon the 3 th of April—when I was assured by scores that I was to be shot upon the 10 th . —I had called a secret meeting of delegates , ami if I had proposed to that meeting that tlie meeting on Kewir ington Common should not take place ? Oh , in such a case , how poor and pitiful are the strictures now written by enthusiastic Democrats , compared to what their denunciation , their just reviling , and reproach would then have _liepn .
That in these paragraphs Mr . O'Connor aims his blows at me , I cannot assert , but I know that not a few of his readers consider me the aggrieved party , and foully wronged b y these unfair and unjust imputations . It is for Mr . O'Connor to say who he means . In the meantime , supposing that he may mean me , I embrace this earliest opportunit y to reply—First . —That I did wear the Cap ofLiberty , and am no ways ashamed to own it .
Second . —Mr . O'Connor knows that I have , before now , refuted the l y ing story about tucking up my sleeves , & c , when it was applied to me . I do not pretend to understand what he means by the particular " garb descriptive of nationality and valour . " I have yet to learn that there has been any " struggle " whichwonldhavewarrantedfolkin either d ying themselves , or d ying their badges . M y Cap of Liberty , and some other matters which Mr . O'Connor may possibly allude to , belong to the year 1839 . Ei ght years after that date , I find Mr . O'Connor writing to the " Old Guards of Chartism , the Fustian Jackets , the Blistered Hands , and "Unshorn Chins , " as follows : —
"And see , again , what advantage I myself derive from the knowledge of the past ; it has taught me men ' s characters _, men ' s value , and men ' s honesty . Vou remember now WUliam Rider was _denounctdfM his propei 1 _ersuinMe of the character of the Convention of 1839 ; you remember how the young and enthusiastic Barney was denounced for his enthusiasm ; and how , rather than be suspected among the suspicious , Kider abandoned his large weekly salary as a delegate , and betook himself to poverty ; and now that man has the sole , the entire management of my money affairs . Thousands , and tens of thousands a year pass through his hands , while I am devoting my time to tlie ma- _, nagement of your affairs ; while the principal management of the jv _' _ortfiern Star has devolved upon the denounced entftijsi <« t , George Julian Harney . "—A _' _ortfieni Star , Sept . 25 , lo 47 .
Leaving " Lancaster " to the last , I come to the alleged " secret meeting of delegates . " I will onl y say , that if in this paragraph I am the person pointed at , I am ready to meet Mr . O'Connor ' s constituents—who were my constituents when I satin the Convention—at any time they may think fit to call upon me to appear before them to answer for my conduct as their delegate . Even Mr , O'Connor appearing as my accuser would not cause me to shrink
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from the ordoal of inquiry . For the present I content myself with quoting tho following , wri tten by Mr . _O'Connor , live months after the Kennington Common meeting . "Of all the delegates who advocated physical force in 183 !) , William Kider , Hit-hard Jhusden , and IIahxet , avo the onlv three who have HEMAINED FIRM to the cause of Chartism ; and who . I believe , have long since discovered the folly of measuring questions by other men ' s enlliusiasm . —Northern Star . Sent . _lGthlSlS .
The strongest language would fail to express my wounded and bitter feelings when I road the paragraph concerning the Lancaster trials , under the supposition that it was intended to apply tome . If it was intended to apply to me I can only pronounce the charge therein contained as calumnious as it is offensive , and utterly devoid of truth . This I shall prove not b y mere assertion , or declamation , or denunciation of any one , but by evidence which cannot be controverted . Mr . O'Connor himself , in the report of the Lancaster trials—a volume edited by him aud published under his superintendence—says in the "Preface " thereof :
The friends of Chartism rejoiced at the standing--the bearing—assumed by the conspirators , during the wlioie trial It may appear trivial to notice the details of sucli a matter , but they operated most powerfully in extorting an amount of respect andattention which in its turn _eunporteu tlie cause , of whose humanising operations it was itsett tne result There is no exception made ; all the conspirators are praised for their corn-age and noble bearing , and in the very last page of the volume Mr . O'Connor tenders his " love to the valiant crew who refused all invitations to abandon the tossing vessel that we were embarked in—for their valour in the storm , and their mildness in the calm—for their bearing , their demeanour , their eloquence and their courage . "
But here the conspirators are spoken of generally , I am spoken of at page 215 as Mows : — It would , perhaps , be invidious to point particular attention to the address of any individual where all acquitted themselves so weU : but tlie speech of HA _113 BY w ' Mbe read with peculiar interest / and fully JusTinE _* the position WHICH HE OCCUPIED AS THE FIRST SPEAKER . This is not the way Mi-. O'Connor should have Avrittcn of a " puling spooney . " I dare say I have said and quoted sufficient to satisfy you that the puling spooney , whoever he was , was not G . Julian Harney . To set this matter at rest , I will , however , add the testimony of two of my co-accused at Lancaster ,
1 ETTEE FBOil WILLIAM _BEESLEV . " _Accrington , March 20 th , 1849 . " My DE & K Habsey , —I cannot to-day get to see the num . bers of the Star you mention , namely , those of March 3 rd , 10 th , and 17 th , but I wiU at once say what I have often said , that * _moreimnly defence ( tanyours _toasnetiermude . $ » o a Thine Fraternally , William _BeesleV . "
LETTER _FB 05 I JAMES LEACH . " Khkdale Prisjii , March 31 st . " Mr Dear Habnef , —I cannot think that that portion of O'Connor ' s letter referring to the Lancaster trials can be intended to apply to you . I am certain that every man who witnessed your conduct ou that occasion , must | have admired the manly and honourable manner hi which you acquitted yourself . _» a e . * Accept my best wishes for your welfare , and be assured that lam , Yours most truly , James Leach . " '
A few more words will suffice . I have now been employed by Mr . O'Connor for two years aud upwards as Sub-Editor , and three years and upwards as Editor of the "Northern Star . " I am not in the habit of boasting , but I can truly say , that to the best of my ability I have faithfully performed my duties . My conscience tells me that I have acted justly b y Mr . O'Connor but my conscience also bids me act justl y to myself , b y stedfastl y adhering to principle , fearless and regardless of consequences .
"I have always held , stud Mr . 0 Connor , in the <• Northern Star , " of March 0 th , 1847 , " that a virtuous , independent public writer was the most valuable of all public functionaries . " It is my aim to be such » writer , and whether in this world ' s struggles I perish or succeed , I shall , under all circumstances , have the crowning pleasure of an approving conscience .
I am , Friends , and Brother Chartists , Your devoted fellow-labourer ,
G . JULIAN HARNEY , Editor of the " _Northern Star , " and Author of the Letters of " L'Ami du Peuple . " ' Northern Star Office , March 22 nd , 1849 .
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EARTHQUAKE IN NEW _ZEALAND . Advices of November 17 th , from Wellington , New Zealand , bring the important news that Port _Nicholson had been visited by a series of earthquakes ofa most alarming and prolonged nature , and by _which the flourishing town of Wellington had been reduced to all but a heap of ruins . Friday , the 13 th of October , was a fine day , but very sultry , and on Saturday there was wind and heavy rain . This lasted all day on Sunday , and at half-past one on Monday morning , a distant hollow sound was hoard , the sound travelling at a most rapid rate , when almost instantly , and in the course
of a few seconds , the -whole town was labouring under the most severe shocks of earthquake ever experienced . This continued at intervals until halfpast seven . Two-fifths of the chimneys were thrown down , and various public buildings were damaged . On Tuesday , the shocks were again felt , and the houses quivered like ships in a gale , one or two parties being lulled by the falling ruins . The colonial and military hospitals , the gaols , ifcc ., were so much injured that the patients and prisoners had to be removed .
On Wednesday all was tranquil , but on Thursday renewed shocks were felt , and , being more violent than ever , completed the destruction . The Wesleyan chapel and other buildings were thrown down , several cracks appeared in the earth , especially along the beach , and in the sky there was a fiery g lare . On Friday , the 20 th October , thirteen successive shocks were felt , and on Tuesday , the 24 th there was a renewal . On that day the earthquake appeared to have subsided , and up to the 17 th November nothing more was felt . The shipping had afforded refuge to the inhabitants ; and the officials , in conjunction with the residents , were maKing great efforts to repair the damage . The earthquake was felt in other parts of New Zealand , but we have no particulars of damage done .
Curious Discovrrt of Ancient British Coins . — "Wharidun Chase , which was long the resort of _Nimrods for hunting deer and foxes , has become the land of pold-hunters . About a week ago some men ploughing in a field belonging to Mr . W Lowndes , found gold coins scattered about rather profusely , the _report of which soon got into circulation , as well as some of the coins , which led the neighbouring people to lend a willing hand in such a ploughing match . Some hundred coin , it is said , were found , and were clearly those of early British kings . The one shown to the writer of this paragraph was struck in the time of Cunobelin or Kymbelin , about fourteen years before the Christian era . The weight of it is about 180 grains , and a
good representation of it may be seen m the Penny _Cyclopaedia , article " Britain , " copied from a eoin in the British Museum . A horse rampant is on the _obverse , and a thistle or wheat-ear on the reverse . Cunobelin is said to he the first British king who had liis effigy stamped on his coins ; sometimes with two face 3 like Janus , whose temple was closed during his reign . Six others bear one face only . Three have the name "CVNO" on them , and another the horse and wreath , similar to the one now found . Cunobelin is said to have fought a battle at Thornborough-bridge , within three miles of Whaddon , and near the site of the battle ace two tumuli or barrows , one of which was opened about seven years ago , when many British curiosities were discorered . —Bucks Herald of Saturday . The Attempted _Bokglaiw at Stretham , Hall . —The circumstances of this transaction have , it seems , brought to recollection the fact of the elder
Mr . Perry having twenty-hve or uurty years ago married a dpsy , by whom he had two daughters , his mother _thinliving at Strethall HaU , andlie and his wife at an off-hand farm of his own at Catmore End , about three or four fields from the hall . Fiom her subsequently again taking up with the wandering tribV , they quarrelled and Mr . Perry obtafn ? f a legal divorce , a mend et thoro , and never S took the slightest notice of her . One daughter has lately married a respectable surgeon in that _™ _L nf the country , the other is dead . The gipsy wlffc It appears , s 7 m resides at the Catmore Endfarm ; and on Saturday last , in reply , to an individual who was on _U 8 _oY" _^ . *? _, *?? _ff _^ uest _, when asked whether that was StrethaU HaU , said , _V ] Jo : Mr Perrv don't livo here , but hes my master . Mr ' * Perry the husband , it seems , has not been with-St his _apprehensions , that some of the gipsy tribe m ? _ffMvkrh im _% vith revengefulfeelings , andtothat might visit mi" ttributed his arming himself 7 _SSolm mnmimTm . _^ Camlrid 9 e Independent .
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MAIU _LEBCVXe . _ Shamming Fits . — Ilnnnah vivf T C i _K ° {! with imposture . On tlie preli _* _,,, ' "V l _^ _'soucr was in Hanover-terrace , ltegem ; s 1 avk , and on seeing some ladies and ucntlemen coming towards her , she suddenly threw _Ivrsoil down in tlie road , apparentlv in a fit , Ia a few minutes she somewhat recovered , and one of the liUlies gave her some money . She ( prisoner ) presently went on , and entered a public-house , where sue was met by another female , with whom she partook ot - some gin . A constable in plain , clothes \ vsutcd till she came out , and in Cornwall-terrace she played tlie same trick as before . The officer then told her she _zmisfc consider herself-in custody . Upon which she jumped up and abused him in the
most gross and infamous language . She had stated to the lad y who had assisted her in the first instance that alio hud had nothing to cat for a day or two , and in con sequence was seized with a violent attack of spasms ,, which caused her to fall down . It was shown that tlie prisoner had upon many former occasions been brought up to this and other courts for begging . Tlie prisoner was sent to hard labour in the House of Correction for three weeks . An Adventure with "Boz . " —C . Ileane was charged with attempted robbery . —Mr . Mark Lemon said : On Monday evening , as I was walking with my _tricnd _, Mr . Dickons , along the Ed « ewnr ° -vond , 1 tele a hand in my coat-pocket , ana in turning round saw the prisoner draw his hand therefrom . I
gave him a rap with my stick , when he abused me and ran away . I and Mr . Dickons ran after him , and he was shortly afterwards taken , lie was extremel y violent , and he kicked me very severely on *" knee . Xothing was taken from my pocket . —Mr . Charles Dickens : J was with Mr . Lemon , and saw him turn suddenly round upon the prisoner , who ran away . V ? e pursued him , and when he was taken he was most violent . He is a very desperate fellow , and he kicked about in all directions . —An officer deposed to having known the prisoner for years as a reputed thief . Ho had been tried and also summaril y convicted at this and other police courts , —Mr . Lemon ; While going to the station , prisoner said to mo , " Don't say that my hand was in your pocket . "—Mr . Dickens : When at the station , I said I thoug ht I knew tho prisoner , and that I had seen him at the House of Correction . —Prisoner : Now , vouv worship , he must have been in
quod thore Himself , or he couldn t have seed me . I know these two gentlemen woll _;_ they ' re no better than swell mobsmen , and get their living by buying stolen goods ( Laughter . ) That one ( pointing to Mr . Dickens ) keeps a "fence , " and I recollect him at the prison , where he was put in for six months , while ! was there for only two . —Both tho gentlemen seemed to enjoy amazingly the honour which the prisoner had , with such unblushing effrontery , conferred upon them . —Mr . Broughton , after remarking upon the consummate impudence of the prisoner in making the allegations which he had against gentlemen of so much repute in the literary world , gave him to understand that if he had stolon anything he would have been sent for trial , and perhaps transported ; as it was , he ( the magistrate ) should deal with him at once , as severely as the law would allow him ; and , accordingly , committed him to hard labour in the House of Correction for three months .
Chaboe of _Crueliy to a Child . —Mr . J . Thomas ( secretary to the Marylebone Literary and Scientific Institution , Edward-street , Portman-square ) , and liis wife Caroline , were re-examined , charged with cruelty towards Sarah _Arnic Thomas , aged ten , the daughter of the first-named defendant by a former _wiffli-r-Mtv Broughton , addressing the male defendant in reference to an offer madeby a lad y residing at Ilampstead , to take the child under hor protection , ' asked if ho was now willing that she should go ; ¦ ¦ He replied in the affirmative , adding that he had no doubt that she would be well taken care of : his wife also gave her assent . The magistrate said a clear case of cruelty had been made out , and as
he was bound to afford all the protection m his power to the child , he should order Mr . Thomas to enter into his own recognisance in £ 50 , and to find two sureties in £ 30 each , for himself and his wife keeping the peace for twelve months . —Mr . Thomas : I am afraid I shall not be able to procure the bail , sir , for , owing to the notoriety caused by tlie publication of the matter iu the papers , many friends to whom I have applied to assist mc have refused to do so . —Mr . Broughton told him that the warrant would ba allowed to stand over till next Thursday , and that in the event of his not then being prepared with tho required bail , ho would be committed to prison . —Inspector Humphreys said that he would himself take the child to her future home .
SOUTilWARIL — Robberies at Coffee _Snors . —W . Embleton was charged with plundering several coffee shops . —Mr . IV . Dormer , landlord of the Durham coffee shop in Gray ' s-inn-road , stated that on the ni g ht of the 25 th ult . the prisoner engaged a bed at hi ? house , and desired that care should ho taken to provide him with linen sheets . He then requested to be called at an early hour the next morning ; and when he went away , it was discovered that ho had carried off a pair of sheets , a blanket , a towel , and a looking-glass . Information of the robbery was given at the station-house , together with a description of the prisoner , who must have concealed the linen articles by swahing thorn about his body underneath his clothes . — Mrs . Louisa Hatch stated that she kept the Waterloo coffeeshop , in the Waterloo-road , and that on Saturday
night last the prisoner engaged a hod for tho night . The next morning ho was _heatd to go down stairs in a hurry , and she ( complainant ) f ollowed him , suspecting that something was wrong . The prisoner attempted to leavo the house , which she prevented hy insisting on his remaining until the bedroom was examined . The prisoner became very clamorous , and finding that he had no chance of escape , lie knocked her down and ran to the door to get away . He was ultimately secured , and two pairs of sheets were discovered wrap p ed round his body . — Two other similar cases having been proved , tho policeman stated that there was a former conviction against the prisoner , who was tried for robbing coffee shops , and sentenced to six months' imprisonment . Tho nig ht after lie was liberated he committed the robbery at the house of the first witness . —Committed for trial .
THAMES . —Violent Assault . —W . Bowles was charged with assault . —J . Ilincks , a seaman , was coming through North-street , Commercial-road , on Saturday nig ht , accompanied by two friends , when the prisoner , who was with a gang of other fellows at the corner of the street , knocked him down with a heavy blow on the left eye , and then gave him a kick on the right eye , which inflicted a severe wound . One of the complainant's frionds interfered , upon which the prisoner knocked him down also , and kicked him in so brutal a manner that lie at present lies in a dangerous state , in the London Hospital ; witness had his cap and handkerchief taken from him after ho was knocked down . The other fellows forming tlie mob assisted in the outrages , but the prisoner was tho most prominent . A constable hearing' a disturbance , f ound complainant lying in the kennel , and the prisoner who was the worse for liquor , but not drunk , over him . Witness
attempted to remove hiin , when he struck him a heavy blow , which felled hiin . Another constable came up and found the man who had been removed to the London Hospital , apparently lifeless , and tlie constable , Welch , stretched bosido him . The prisoner became very violent , flung himself on his back and kicked out furiously . The constables were almost exhausted , and it took upwards of an hour to convey him to the station-house . — Mr . Yardlcy said , that as he never had been charged before with felony , he would acquit him and all connected with tbo cap and kerchief , Tor the assault on Welch he would sentence him to seven days' imprisonment , seven more for tlie assault on Kearney , and order him to pay a fine of £ 4 or to be imprisoned for six weeks for the assault on the sailor . These punishments were irrespective of what he had ; rendered himself liable to for the assault on the man in the hospital . —The ' prisoner was then locked up .
HAMMERSMITH—A Father in Search op ms Daughter . —A person of respectable appearance app lied to Mr . Beadon for his advice and assistance . The applicant said he was a resident at Liverpool , and that his name was Arnold . About three months ago he was absent from home in another part of the country , and on his return he found that during his absence a gentleman of the name of Garbinelli , living in Kensington , had induced his wife to consent to his taking a daughter , fourteen years of age . with him to town , as a kind of servant , for three years , at . £ < 5 a year . His wife told him that Mr . Garbinelli was introduced to her as a respectable gentleman , and he wrote out a sort of agreement , which applicant had left at Liverpool as to the
, term he'would keep her , her wages , and also that she would write to her parents every week . Ho very much _diaapjroved of what his wife had done , but some of his friends persuaded him hot to interfere with the arrangement made unless he had reason to do so . The first letters that were sent were in his daughter ' s writing , she having- had an excellent education ; but about three WCCkg ago tllO _lettei _' . sent was evidentl y In a man ' s handwriting and last week no letter at all came . He felt alarmed ! came to'town , and on making inquiries in the neighbourhood , he received unfavourable information respecting the person in whoso hands his
daughter was , and on going to Mr . Garbinelli ' s house he was refused admittance , or even an interview with his daughter . He , however , saw hcv at a distance , in the passage , and she afterwards called to him from the top of the house , " Father , I _t " i _! ? me t 0 _y ° _» l m forhid to see you . " He Wished to know how he ought to act under the circ _" ™ sta ™ L _i as he was most anxious to see his child , and remove her from Mr . Garbinelli ' s house . —Mr- wadon told the applicant that he had an undoubted r ight to see and also converse with his daughter , but he doubted whether he could remove bej Without a writ of habeas corpus . He had also a ttoubti _whether , after the agreement his " wife
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had made with Mr . Garbinelli , a charge of abduction could be sustained . Mr . Garbinelli had , however , been some months since charged at that court with misconduct towards a g irl in liis service , on which he was discharged . He would advice the applicant , under the peculiar circumstances of the case to apply instantly to a judge in chambers , and " et an order to see his daughter , and ascertain irom fier if she had any complaint to make respecting her treatment . WESTMINSTER . —A Woman _attemptixo to THROW HERSELF U . YDEK TUB QtffiE . _V ' S CARRIAGE . — Mary Cowdrv was charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of herself . A police _sergeant said that on the previous evening he was on
duty in the _Yauxliall Bridge-road , when , as the carriage of the Queen was leaving the bridge , he saw tlie defendant step off tho pavement into the road and go towards the centre immediately after the escort had passed . He called out to hcv to get out of the way , as dkl also the outriders , instead of which she went on , and ultimately threw herself down on her side three or four yards in front of the horses . The postillions pulled up at the instant , and witness dragged her out of tho way . She was drunk at the time . In reply to the magistrate , tho sergeant said that she was not offensive ' to the public in any other way than that he had described , and lie was not aware that she had ever been in custody before . —Mr . Broderlp said that under these
circumstances he should discharge her . WORSHIP-STREET . —Scandalous Outrage . — A well-dressed , elderly man , named John Stokoe , described as a mechanist and tool-maker in tlie Cuvtain-voad , Shoreditch , was charged before Mr . Tyrwhitt with having conducted himself with gross impropriety towards several unprotected and respectable young females . On the preceding evening as Alice Hunt , li years of age , was proceeding home through Hoxton Old-town , the prisoner advanced towards her , and , without uttering " a word , seized hold of the lower part of her dress and indecentl y raised it . His conduct attracted the indignant observation of several passers-by , but , before they had time to secure him , the prisoner walked hastily up
to the shop of a tradesman named Tomkinson , whose daughter was standing at the door , and assailed her m a similar manner . Tho prisoner made a blow at her , and then hurried away , but was pursued by a man who had witnessed the proceeding , and was so exasperated at his infamous conduct that lie was about to inflict summary castigation upon him , when the prisoner was at the same time seized by a woman , who resolutely held him until a policeman came up and took him into custody . —A third girl , named Louisa Scupping , ten years of age , also deposed that tho prisoner endeavoured to entice her into a . secluded p iece of waste ground , hut that she refused to accompany him , and succeeded in making her escape without . personal molestation . — Upon
being called upon to * his defence , the prisoner observed that it was impossible for him to gainsay anythin g that had been alleged against him , as he was so much inebriated at tlie time that he had no recollection of anything that had occurred . —Mr . Tyrwhitt animadverted on the disgraceful conduct the prisoner had pursued , which he considered to be greatly aggravated b y the position in which he stood , and he should therefore order him to pay a penalty of twenty shillings for each of tha assaults that had been proved against him , or in default he must stand committed ior a month to tho House of Correction . —Both penalties were immediately paid , and the prisoner thereupon liberated .
Furious Driving . —Mr . Thomas Furze , a wine merchant in John-street , Crutched-friars , was brought before Mi' . Hammill upon the two-fold charge of furious driving , and having violently assaulted a gentleman named Cowley , residing in Cavendish-street i New North-road . —The substance of the evidence , as given by the complainant and several respectable witnesses , was , that while the former was crossing tho road from Finsbury-square to the end of Worship-street , at ten o _. cIock on tho preceding evening , a gig , in which the defendant and his groom wore seated , camo suddenl y upon him with such velocity that the off-wheel struck his arm and foot , and it was only by a Strenuous effort that ho escaped being seriously injured . Witness expostulated with the defendant upon such reckless driving , when he immediately pulled up , and exclaiming , "You — old fool , why did _' nt you get out of the way ? " commenced lashing him unmercifully
with liis whip until tlie complainant succeeded in catching hold of the handle , which was broken in tho struggle . The defendant then drove off , but was overtaken by the witness , who seized hold of the groom ' s coat , and tenaciously clung to it , at great personal hazard ; upon which the defendant , who continued driving rapidly on , called out to the groom " to knock his hat off , " an order which was promptly executed by the servant , but , finding that he still retained liis hold , the groom was directed by his master to ali ght , and " give it to Iiim . " Tho servant accordingly jumped out , and made towards him in a threatening attitude , hut was deterred from inflicting any personal violence by the interference of several bystanders , and hastily re-entered the vehicle , which again proceeded on its course , but was pursued b y the complainant and Ids witnesses , who at length succeeded in stopping it , and , after a renewed struggle , hi which the defendant and his servant both cut at him with tho
broken fragments of the whip , a polieeman arrived , and the defendant was given into custody . In reply to the charge , the defendant declared that the case had been greatly over-stated , and that the facts were , that while driving at what ho considered » very moderate pace , the complainant , who was in a decided state of intoxication , rolled suddenly against his off-wheel , and at the samemoment seized his whi p , which was lodged in tho socket , with such violence that the handle was snapped , and the upper part remained in his hand . He directed his groom to get down and recover it , which lie succeeded in doing after some resistance , and if the complainant had sustained any injury , it originated entirely in Ins own intemperate conduct , arising from the condition he was in at tho time . In support of this , the defendant called his groom and another witness , who partly coincided in his account of the
transaction , and expressed their opinion that the complainant was inebriated . The latter allegation , however , was positively contradicted by the whole of the complainant ' s witnesses ; and both tho policeman , who received the charge , and the sergeant upon duty at the station-house , deposed to his perfect sobriety . —Mr . Hammill considered that the defcuce set up had entirely failed , and , as the public must be protected from such reckless behaviour , lie should inflict the full penalty of 40 s , for the furious driving , and with regard to the assault , as the defendant , instead of _apologising for the original aggression , as he ought to have done , had treated tlie complainant with both outrage and indignity , he should also order him to pay a further penalty of £ 5 , or , m default , he must stand committed for the term of three months to the House of Correction . The fines were at once paid , and the defendant thereupon liberated .
GU 1 LD 1 TALL . — _Alumjed _Frauds at Cof _/ eb-Suops . —A young man , about twenty-five years of ago , was charged with victimising several coffeehouse keepers . —Louisa Cvainfienl , waiteress at the St . Paul ' s Coffee-house , 95 , Ncwgntc-strcct , said that on Thursday evening the prisoner hired a bed , and the next morning had liis breakfast . As he was about to depart , he was asked for the amount of his bill , and lie declared that ho was unable to pay , but he expected a friend would have called at haltpast eight o clock , and as ho had not arrived he would go and seek him , and they would rest assured he would return . Witness offered to scud to any of his frionds . Tho prisoner declined the offer , and having made several excuses he was conveyed to the station-house , where he gave his name as James _RAhinson . The bed and breakfast amounted to
Is . 7 Jd . —An officer , who took him into custody , found in his possession a bill that had been run up at the "Larder" to the amount of £ 1 2 s . 9 d , There were also found on hiin three dunning letters , lie was in custody on a similar charge on tho 11 th of March , when he gave his name as Jackson . —The pr isoner , in hia defence , said that ho came up from _tforthainpton . to seek for a situation , but failed , and being without money he ran in debt with the _iutcntion of paying as soon as he received some money from the country . At the present time he had no doubt a letter was waiting for him in Oxford-street , containing a money-order . He implored the Alderman not to ruin his prospects in life b y sending him to prison , as his friends were highly respectable ,
andhc should be disgraced for ever . He refused to say who they were . — Alderman Carden directed an officer to go to Oxford-street , and get the letter , if one had arrived , for the prisoner . On his return Adams said , he had got two letters , one from Oxford-street , and tho other from the " Larder . " He had also ascertained that tho prisoner had run up a bill at _I \ o . 83 , Aldersgate-strcet . — Mr . G . T . king , living at the latter place , deposed to the prisoner hiring a bed from him on the 11 th of March , and the following morning he had brcakfilSt but had no money to pay for it and ran away . He was given into custody , but let go again , on a promise that ho would call in a few days and settle his account , wliich was between 2 s . and 3 s . On the following Wednesday ho camo again , and , without offering to nay what was already due , wished to hire a
bed , which was _relused , and he lelt . —Alderman Carden ( to the prisoner ) : I see by the directions of these letters they are for a person named Angus . Is that vour name ? Prisoner : It is . Alderman Carden : Shall I open them ? Prisoner : I wish you would not ; I would like to see the contents myself . I will open them . Alderman Cavden ; _Ko ; 1 will do that . Prisoner : Then if you keep the contents to yourself you will much oblige me . Alderman Carden : I see the first is from your sister . Prisoner ' I should feel obliged if you would only read what concerns tho matter in question . The vest is onIy ... about family affairs . Alderman Carden : I don'tinow yet . It is ' a very long letter ; but for your information , there is a Post-office order for £ 1 _Prisoner : Ihope you won ' t read the . letter . Alder man Garden ; There can bo no harm in my reading it privately . Prisoner . But I have a particular ob-
Jection To Your Doing So. Alderman F'Ard...
jection to your doing so . Alderman f ' ardou : Tfo doubt you have . Tho _Aldi-rmau having perused the letters , said to tlie prisoner , that it appeared to huutnat be , Angus , alias Robinson , alios Jackson , ought not to be in London at all , and that his friends were not aware of it _uov did his p _, _m-nts know where he was lie could be here for no _eood . Prisoner : I don twish . them to know where I am until 1 better myseli m life . J ! y si , ter _ki . _ovvs „ iv movements . Alderman Carden : Yes . and she has forged a lew letters , not only to deceive her pnrents but also Other parties . Prisoner ; You misunderstand her lettev ahegcthev . Alderman Garden : Do I * shall I read to you ? Prisoner ( rather quicklvl
_-Ao , I would rattier you would not in public . Alderman Carden : I shall remand you until Thursday , when perhaps , without your aid , we may ascertain who you are . —He was then removed to tho Compter . ' CLEltKENWELL—Mary Watt , alias _^ lavy Wilkins , alias Mary Mathews , ahandsonic , fashionablydressed woman " , forty years of age , who was remanded ou a charge of stealing a banker ' s parcel containing £ 300 in gold and silver money , was again p laced at the bar before Mr . Combe for further examination . The case excited considerable interest , the court being crowded to excess . Several ladies were allowed seats during the proceedings . The parish authorities of St . _Panorns were also in attendance . Mr . Bush , tho solicitor to the Bankers '
Protection Society , attended for the prosecution ; and Mr . Parry , the barrister , for the defence . — Since the last examination , the officers Arehcr and Lockcrby , traced the prisoner to have taken lodgings about three weeks ago , at No . 2 , Bridge-street , Lambeth , where she went by the name of Miss Mathews . On searching- the p lace , a number of empty jewel cases were round , which it is expected will lead to the discovery of other robberies . Ifc appears that after taking the above lod gings , she was driven to the house in a cabriolet , with several trunks , when she said that she had just arrived from the country on a visit to a friend who had met with injuries , and was then a patient in Guy ' s Hospital , and she furnished the apartments , and subsequently
the patient m the hospital was recognised as a returned transport named Jackson , who ou dropping from the walls of St . Pancras workhouse , where a robbery had been committed , broke his leg , and was secretly conveyed to the above hospital . —The evidence adduced communicated no new feature to the case , and was merel y corroborative of tho facts deposed to at the first examination , as to the ingenious way in which the prisoner and her male confederate had attempted to obtain possession of a the parcel at the Cross Keys Inn , St . John-street . The man is not yet in custody . —After the evidence had been heard , Mr . Combe said , he should commit tlie prisoner for trial on the charge , and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute at the Central _Crhuihal Court . —
Mr . Parry said , by his advice , the prisoner would reserve her defence . He now applied for the restoration of the six soverei gns , ifcc ., found in the prisoner s possession alter her apprehension . — Lockerby , the officer said , that some of tho directors of the poor of St . Pancras parish were present , and they had reason to suspect that tho money was the produce of a robbery which took place at the workhouse , a short time since , and if he were allowed , he ( Mr . Lockerb y ) could give liis reasons why the money should be detained , and the prisoner remanded . —Mr . Parry said , the officer had no ri ght to prejudice the prisoner by such statements . Was there any other charge against her ? The officer ought not to have said what he had in the presence of the press and the public—Mr . Combe justified
tho omcer . —Mr . Parry : Then I waive my application , and I will apply to a judge , and I have no doubt as to the results . —Mr , Combe said , as the police asked for a remand , he should remand the prisoner for a week . —Sergeant Archer : There is another party yet wante"d . —Mr . Bush said , ho had instructed tho officers to exert every effort to trace and apprehend tho man aJJuded to , ami i f possible they ought to do so before the _sessious . —3 &\\ Pavry said , if it was the determination of the bench tocommit , and to remand the ease , which certainly required further investigation , he would say nothing more . —The prisoner , who was allowed to sit during the investigation , conducted herself with the utmost coolness and self-possession . She was conveyed to the House of Detention ,
LAMBETH . — Ciiahge op Felony against a Clergyman * . — The ltev . J . O . Hounslicld was charged , on suspicion , with stealing two silvertable spoons and two silver salt spoons , the property ot Mr . W . Curtis , a market gardener residing at Norwood . On the 20 th of March , last year , tho prisoner took a furnished house , Cedar Lodge , Norwood , of the prosecutor for twelvemonths , and not having paid his rent regularly , the prosecutor got into the house on Tuesday morning , and finding the above property , which was in tlie inventory signed by tho prisoner , missing , gave him into custody . —Tho prisoner complained that the prosecutor broke into tho hov \ se , ami gave him into custody on a charge of which he was perfectly innocent . —Mr .
Curtis , jun ., admitted that the house had been entered by force , but said that his father had not been ablo to got any rent from the prisoner , awl his period of tenancy having expired on the day before , his father , acting on the advice of his solicitor , forced a . way into the house . — The prisoner declared that ho had never seen nor signed any inventory of the goods , and whether tlie spoons in use were silver ov pewter he was unable to say . — Mr . Norton asked the rev . gentleman if he could find bail to appear on a future day , as the prosecutor required time to examine the whole of the property in the house , and compare the different articles with the inventory . —Mr . Curtis , jun ., hero remarked that ho had " no doubt whatever that a number of _ai'ticles would be found missing from the
house when the goods and the inventory were compared . —The prisoner repeated that lie had not seen nor signed any inventory , and said , that in so far as his knowledge of the things extended , fifty spoons or forks might be missing . —The policeman who look the prisoner into custody said that he ( tlie prisoner ) was indebted in large sums to all the tradesmen in Norwood , and , therefore , it was not likely that ho would be able to find sureties amongst them . —The prisoner , with some warmth , said that it mattered little to the present charge whether he owed £ . 5 or £ 5 , 000 . —Mr . Norton replied that it did matter this much , that , after hearing the constable ' s statement , he ( Mr . _Norton ) should not think of taking liis own bail . It was ultimately arranged that the prisoner should remain at the station-house for the night . " _"Rairixo the "W ind" by Advertisement . — J .
Partou was charged with obtaining . 410 from R . Waller , under _ihlse pretences . About the beginning of the present month an advertisement appeared in a morning' paper , for a respectable young man to fill the situation of clerk and collector , at a salary ofa guinea a week . The complainant "Waller , who at the time was clerk to his father , replied to the advertisnient , and received an answer , stating that the situation was open to him , provided he was able to deposit £ 10 with the advertiser as a security . 'Die result was that he came to town , deposited £ 10 in the hands of tho prisoner , who assured him he had plenty of business for him to do in collecting rents , and had represented himself as a house agent and a collector of rents . On the following Monday
the complainant entered on his duties , which turned out to be exceedingly light , for all he was requested tO do Was to _Wl'lte replies to the advertisements whichappeared in the morning papers from servants , to the effect that if the advertisers could not get suited they might call , and on Saturday night he was paid his guinea . On going to resume his duties on the Monday , the prisoner told the complainant that it made no particular difference to him whether he was at the office or not ; and this circumstance having opened tlie eye ' s of tho latter , he requested his £ 10 back , but this was not convenient . The prisoner ultimately wrote a note to the
comp lainant , stating that certain circumstances provented him from returning tho £ 10 on the day he had named , but declaring that he should on another day named and this had evidentl y been in the hope of eliciting- such a repl y from the complainant _aa would make the matter one of mere debt . The complainant , fortunately , did not reply . —The officer who apprehended the prisoner said the whole of the things in liis office were not worth five shillings , and produced a county court summons , returnable on the 14 th inst ., and a distress put in by his landlord on , tho 12 th , for 13 s . Cd ., and all the money found on the prisoner was 3 _| d . The prisoner was remanded .
_MARLBOROUGH-STREET . — Robber * - at a _Lonoixo House . —Mary Ann Dunn was charged with having stolen a soverei gn , the property of the Princess Lucien Buonaparte . — Maria Fretwell said she was lady Vmaid to the princess , who occupied apartments in Upper John-street , Golden-square . The prisoner was servant to the landlady of tha house . A sovereign having been missed from a purse in the apartments ot tho Princess , the _prisoner was suspected , in _Gonsepence of a . £ 5 note and other articles belonging to other persons in the house having been stolen . On being searched , a sovereign , presumed to be the one stolen , was found zn a small canvas pocket fastened to her Stays . — The prisoner admitted that she took the sovereign , hut she denied having stolen the £ 5 note alleged to have been lost by her mistress . —She was fully committed .
Gold In France.—In Carrying On Works For...
Gold in France . —In carrying on works for improving the bed of the river , at Strasbourg , the engineers of the Ponts-et-Chaussees , a few days ago , turned up some stones containing marks of metal ; An examination having been made by M . Kopp , chemical professor in the Academy , it was found that a piece of freestone contained large incrustations of a yellow , ductile metal , which turned out to he massive gold , with a little silver , and some other metal , probably iron or copper . The gold was not in thin flakes , like those _whiqhgold-seeto _& nd in thoBastdofthe ~ _mmsl WW dpnse , _mMmo hits , and . hv larget quantitieriii . ; propo _4-. c- » to . _U » quartz ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 24, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24031849/page/5/
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