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The "-Liberal" Kings. (From La Reforms.)...
( Continued from our Istpage . ) on the understandi ng , suggested by Lord Morpeth _, that the committee should reconsider the proposal ol Governnent , and that in the meantime . the works should be all suspended . WAYS AND MEANS . The House went into committee of ways and means , and a vote of £ 4 , 000 , 000 oat ofthe consolidated fend _wasrtaken .
MILLBANK PRISON . ' On going into committee of supply , Mr . Doscombe rose to direct the attention of tlie home to the petition which on a former occasion he had presented from Edward Baker , preferrin g serious complaints against the governor of Millbank Prison . a _* 'd _representing great abuses in that establishment b « th in tbe management of its affairs , and as _regarded cruelty and oppression towards the prisoners . Three vears ago this prison wa ? , . under the charge of a committee , in the form of a penitentiary , but was then placed under the snperintendance ofthe " secretary of Statefor the Home Department , a governor , and 'hn ? e inspectors . He would not give all the _alk-aati'ins contained in thepetition , butwould bring _enlvi-ome ofthe principle ones before the house . The _pi-titioner was awarder in the prison from September , 1843 . till April , 1846 ; had an unexceptionable character , there being no complaint
whatever against him ; hut , he stated that , in consequence of the oppressive and tyrannical conduct of the governor , Captain Groves , towards prisoners and officers , he was obliged to resign his situation . He stated , and he ( Mr . Duncombe ) was prepared fci prove it , that the treatment pursued towards prisoners had led to suicides in the prison to a considerable extent . As to the cruelty exenised towards unfortunate prisoners , the petitioner mentioned the case of George Chinnery , who had & Htm the airing-yard , when the governor enterins * inquired , what was the matter ? The petitioner replied " a prisoner in a fit ; " when the governor said , he was not in a fit , and ordered him to be _repaired if he had recourse to ' * anymore of these triekf _* . " Afterwards , contrary to the opinion of the person having charge of the prisoners , and without the opinion of any medical man being taken , the fovernor sentenced the poor prisoner to three days ' ifead and water allowance . The answer to this
charge he believed was—that ihe prisoner had , on a former occasion , been confined to Millbank , and was then punished for _feigning fits ; whereas , It could be shown that when the prisoner was formerly in the prison , he was placed in a cell next to the warden s room , because he was subject to fits and _requ ired to be looked after . Now , here was a case of a inan unjustly punished , because he had the _miafortnne to be seized with a fit . It was also alleged by the petitioner that prisoners were punkhed by the governor for reading their bibles during the sermon iu chapel ; that they were punished by their being sentenced to a bread and water allowance for seven days , though , by the rules of the prison , the _governore had tbe power of imposing only for three days bread add water diet .
| _jow , if it conld be proved that this man had sentenced , any party to seven days' bread and _wafer diet , he held that an illegal and oppressive act had been c ommitted . It appeared , also , that in certain cases he ordered one day ' s full rations at the end of three days' bread and water , and then ordered the bread and water to be resumed . He "knew that this would be denied , but he was prepared to prove it . Another charge was the following : — On the 10 th of February , 1846 , Frederick Bunyon was sentenced to receive 100 lashes with the cat , He was taken down after receiving 10 lashes , and it was then ordered that he should receive no instruction , {[ ei ther religious or moral , after that date . ( Hear , hearO Now , why the unfortunate man , after suffering severe punishment , should be sentenced to
receive neither moral nor religious instruction , he ( Mr . I ' nncombe ) was totally unable to comprehend . Then as to the infliction of corporal punishment , he contended thatit was wrong to do so wi'bin the walls ofa prison , and that it should be done away with ; the _regulation of the prison with respect to flogging was that the instrument forlfloggbg should be approved of by the inspector , and that the number of "lashes should in all cases be stated in the order for _pnnidinient . If was also a ride that the seal of one ofthe inspectors should be on the handle of the cat ; but in this case , as also in that of another prisoner , the governor , the night before the punishment was about to be inflicted , desired one ofthe officers of the prison to get much heavier lasbus for the cat—ashes doable ihe size of those that were put on the handle ,
and not satisfied with this double weight he ordered the ends of these lashes to be lapped with wax cord . ( Hear , bear . ) This , be contended , made the punishment not less illegal than cruel ; and if a roan had died under such a punishment the governor ought to have been tried for-murder . There was also a gross case of neglect and cruelty towards a convict of the name of Nash , who was draughted from the Pentonville prison , on the 10 th of October , 1844 , and was removed to the infirmary on the 1 st of January , 1845 where he died on theTth of tiie same month . This individual , during theshort time lie was in the prison , was kept on bread and water during 23 days ; and at the time he was removed to the infirmary , was under sentence of being flogged . On tho 28 in ol "November , a boy , named James "Richmond , iv
years oid , was received from Edinburgh , and ou the oth of May was removed to the infirmary , where ne died on the 22 d of the same menih . While in the prison , this _biy was , for a certain number of days , confined in a dungeon on one pound of bread and two pints of water per day , having only boards to lie on during the night , with one rug and one blanki t to cover him . Such was the punishment imposed upon a boy 10 or 12 years of age , who , "he believed , died solely from the cruelty of the treatment which he had received . The names of three individuals Were given who committed suicide in consequence of the cruel treatment which they received ; indeed , he might say there were four who had destroyed themselves m their cells since the present governor had gone ihere . But that was not all . He was prepared to prove that twelve others had made the attempt to commit
_SUicide , and were onl y saved by the vig ilance of the officer . Another complaint was , that several times a false alarm of fire was raised by the governor at nigbt , when he turned out of bed lOU prisoners for what he called " a fire practice . " Tbis was a most absurd practice and highly injurious for the po or men in the depth 3 of winter were often taken out of their beds from a temperature of sixty-two , and for no other purpose than to exhibit this fire practice for the purpose of entertaining the dinner triends of the governor _, lie hoped the right hon . baronet opposite would grant an inquiry into this subject ; and lie , as a member of that house , would undertake to prove , from persons who had witnessed atrocities , that even .- charge he had made was true . He did hope that _' the right bon . gentleman would see the importance of granting this commi ttee . He moved tbat the petition of Edward Baker be referred to a select
committee . Captain Pechell seconded the motion . Sir Gkobgk Gr _** y . said this petition bad been referred to the Inspectors of Prisons , who had alreadyexamined into all the charges 3 et forth in it , and had made tbeir report . He held that report in his hand , and was prepared to present it to the house , when they would see whether the charges were or were not well founded . To appoint a committee before the house has passed the report would be condemnation without Inquiry . The right hon . gentleman laid the report on the table . After-ome remarks from Mr . Hume . Mr . Spooner , Captain Pechell , Mr . Ewart , Sir R . Inglis , Mr . Escott _, and Mr . Henley , the house divided-Tor Mr . Duncombe ' s motion 10 Against it 56 Majority against ihe motion ... —46
Mr , T . Buncombe complained of tiie manner in which the charges _eont-iineii in thepetition to whicb he had called their attention had been met by the house . Sir i > . Gbex stated that he should that night move tbat the report to whieh he had referred be printed ; and , thongh he had no control over the printing department , he had no donbt it would be priated without delay . The house went into a committee of supply , and a vote for £ 45 , 460 , ; to defray the expenses of the British Museum , was agreed to . Mr . Ward brought forward the nary estimates and obtained several votes . " The other orders were disposed of , and the house adjourned io Monday . *
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_Pclerslv-njii Gazette publishes advices from the Caucasus u ;> to the 10 th of June . Schamyl , in nowise _daunted V * his late failure in Eabardia , had as-embled new troops on the Suunja . On the 2 _icij Mnj a gallant action took place between 82 Cossacks , commanded by seven ofiieers and Colonel Souslufi * . They were surrounded by 1 , 500 _mountaineers , and ha _* i the option of dishonourable fliuhtur an honourable death . The _Crws-ieks alighted from their steeds , stabbed tbem and formed _themselves a rampart with tbe
carcasses . They repulsed numerous charges of the infuriate' ] mountaineers , keeping up a murderous fire . This _unequal contest lasted for two hours , and some Russian troops came up just as their ammunition was falling them , and they had determined on sellin " their live- , dearly with their daggers . Three days later a _considerable body of Circassians , with two p ieces oi cannon , attacked the 8 th battalion of the _Daghesiaii whilst _marchim ? irom the fort of iv-tsak-Kitchou to Temir-Khan-Ciioura , but they wendriven Lr . ck with loss , _beyuiul the Sounja . _D'fKreii !
< other at tucks ofthe _mountaineers were made at _val Tiocs _pol'its , but with no effect . The _comman-k-r-iu-< chief , _accri'iipanie-l by Lieut .-Gcneral Prince _Arcouftinsky _iiolgorouky , was making a tour of inspection iin the sou hern provinces of Daghcstan . 1 ' _iim-e _lWoronzoiT returned to Tiflis ou the 1 st of June , and _vwas to Ictve on the 11 th for Wladikawkax . Smews . —Eighty-fivenialesandtiiirty-fivefemales _Dout ofa million , appear to he the average number of _sisuieide- ner annum . Among the males the majority _aare found'h be bachelors ; among the females , married _momevemQuetelet .
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THE FRATERNAL D EMOCRATS . The usual meeting of thnTbody took placeon Monday evening last , July 20 th , at the White Jiart , Drury-lane . Ernest Jones in the chnir . . Several new members wero elected and others nominated . , „ . ' >„ ¦ . , Jduan Hab , vet submitted the following resolutions for adoption : — That Democrats desirous of promoting the cause of equality and Fraternity , but wbo may be prevented at . tending the meetings of this society through not residing in London may become associated with the Fraternal Democrats by the vote of a majority of the members present at any of the regular meetings . All parsons whether in London or elsewhere desirous of joining this society must be nominated by two members , the nominators being held responsible for the democratic principles , and honourable character of the persons they nominate . "
The resolution having been seconded was unani . mously adopted . Julian Haknky reported that the ( second ) * ' Address to tbe working classes of Gr _^ at Britain and the united States" adopted at the previous meeting had been forwarded to the "Northern Star , Times , Mornjng Chronicle , Morning Post , Morning Herald , Morning Advertiser , Daily News , Sun , Standard , Globe , and Douglas Jerrold ' s Weekly Newspaper , " and that except tbe Northern Star ( which published the "Address" ) not one of these journals had published , or even noticed the "Address . " ( Lond cries of hear ! hear !) An " Address from the Democratic Communists of "Brussels to Mr . Feargus O'Connor , " was read , and elicited unanimous applause . William Dunnage moved , seconded by Charles Kees and carried unanimously : —
That this meeting has heard with great satisfaction the " Address of the Democratic Communists of Brussels to Mr . Feargus O ' Connor , " affording as that address does another proof of the advance ef Fraternity , and the approaching union ef the Democrats of all countries in the great struggle for political and social equality . William Dunnage was elected chairman for the next meeting , and the proceedings terminated .
THE MABTTB FKOST . Continuation of moneys received on'behalf of John Frost , the exile of England , by George Ross , Glasgow . Amount received , published in last . Star ... ... ... £ 35 11 8 J John Donaldson ... ... 0 1 0 "field ' s Mill , _Anderston ( Boos : No , 81 ) per Andrew King ... ... 0 9 0 George Roy , Esq . ... ... 0 5 James Ray , Esq . ... ... 0 5 0 Miss Elizabeth Bay ... ... 0 2 C From Charleston , hy Paisley , balance after defraying the late petition for Frost , Williams , and Jones , per Archibald _Crozier ... 0 3 2 _J Felix Cunningham ... ... 0 10 Mechanics in the employment of
Mr , Wm , "Robinson , _Gateside ... 0 11 3 Andrew Cherg , fleilson ... 0 2 6 William Robinson , Gates'de ... 0 2 ( Daniel MTarlane , Gateside ... 0 10 Cogan ' s Factory , Barrhead ... 0 8 3 R . ffislop ... i o Hill street Factory and others ( Book No . 13 } perMathew Cullen ... 10 0 A . M . C . B 0 10
£ 39 i 11
Subscriptions received per Mr . G . Rogers , Acting Trea surer to tbe Fund np to Thursday , July 23 rd , 1816 : — Already _acknowledged _;>> 233 5 0 PEB THOMAS COOPER . Collected at Harwich ... 0 14 1 Collected at Leicester ... 2 3 0 Thomas Thompson , Esq ., ... 0 10 0 John Hills , Esq ., ... 0 10 0 Collections at Brighton , per Mr . Moore ... 1 8 0 Collections per Mr . T . M . Wheeler 2 nd amount ... 9 2 5
Total £ 247 , 6
Perilous Situation Of The Maria Somes, Transport Ship.-Fourteen Lives Lost.
PERILOUS SITUATION OF THE MARIA SOMES , TRANSPORT SHIP .-FOURTEEN LIVES LOST .
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On Thursday the subjoined melancholy particulars were received at the War Ofiice , relating to the ship Maria Somes , of London , chartered by Government for the conveyance of troops , on board of which fourteen persons were suffocated under the most distressing circumstances . The accounts are dated Port Louis . May 8 , and state that the Maria Somes transport , 24 . Captain King , commander , and Lieut . Boys , agent ( having on board a portionof the 90 th regiment , under the command of Captain _JMann , on their return from Ceylon to England , was towed into the above harbour a complete wreck . Ifc appears that shortly after leaving Ceylon she encountered amostterrific hurricane in lat . 15 S ., Ion . 78 E ., on the 27 th , 28 th , 29 th , and 30 th March . During the whole of this period tho sea made most fearful havoc
with the vessel , and kept continually sweeping tbe decks . Her topmasts , yards , spars , sails , and boats were either blown or carried away , and eventually she was thrown on her beam ends . In this perilous position she continued for a considerable time , and the crew , failing in righting her by the usual means , resolved on cutting away the mainmast . On that being accomplished , the rudder was found to have been torn away , thereby rendering her situation exceedingly more hazardous . The ship suffering still severely , and the surf making a complete breach over her decks , it was deemed indispensable for the safety of the troops and their families , to order them below and to batten down the hatches . Darinar ibis trying * period the captain , Mr . King ,
and the commanding officcer , Captain Mann , adopted the most humane efforts to soothe the poor creatures . For days the storm raged with apparently unabated fury , and the awful sufferings of those below may be ; easily conceived . The vessel rolled awfully , and their cries were heartrending in the extreme , while the fallen spars every now nnd then maimed some of those on deck , including the master , agent , and chief officer . When the hurricane had somewhat moderated , no time was lost in removing the hatches' when a most appalling fact was made known—a sergeant , seven men , one woman , and five children , were found dead on the under decks , whether from suffocation or fright cannot be stated . The supposition is , the former . The beat is described to have been most
overpowering , and it is a matter of considerable surprise that a greater sacrifice of life was not tbe result . The weather continued to moderate , and in a few days the vessel was towed into Port Louis , where the troops were landed , full of joy for their recent deliverance from a dreadful death . Mr . King , the captain , in describing the awful occurrence in a letter , states that the conduct ofthe troops , the left wing of tbe regiment , was above all praise . During the whole of their sufferings not amurmer or complaint was heard , and though many unfortunate accidents occurred , their exertions were unremitting , and the safe arrival of the ship at Port Louis , was mainly owing to their havintr continually attending to pumping the vessel night and day , from the commencement of the hurricane until they disembarked . The Maria Somes was the property of the late eminent shipowners of that name at Shadwell , and , we believe belongs to the firm still that name .
Rate.—At The 'York Assizes On Tuesday, Tha
Rate . —At the ' York Assizes on Tuesday , tha
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court was occupied the whole of the day in the trial of John England , Samuel Myers , Joseph Barras and Richard Hague , who were indiotod for having , on the I 6 th of Marcii last , at Rotherham , committed a rape npon Maria Kautmann , . an itinerant German musician . The three former prisoners were convicted , and sentenced to be transported for life . The latter was acquitted . A Romantic Dwelling . —In the cliffs on the other side of Hastings ( about a couple of muiutea' walk from the town ) , an Irishman has made himself about as romantic- a dwelling-place as it is possible to conceive . The cliffs here are more than a
hundred feet above the sea . Rather more than half-way up there is a small ledge , below which it is perpendicular ; but it is _accessible by a side path . Above the cliffs _ai-ain rise perpendicularly . It is the ledge that the Irishman chose for Lis habitation . Scooping out tbe sand in thc face of the cliff , he made an arched cell , where he lives with bis wife and an adopted child—a cripple , but very intelligent boy . The man S ; . ins a livelihood by breeding rabbits , squirrels , 4 c , and by ihe contributions of visitors to this strange abode . Among the latter are a good many artists , and Landseer spend three days on the spot , in sketching it and the surrounding _SOOnerv . —Brighton Hrrcdd .
RuBBKRT BV TnE PRESIDENT OF A ClIAniTABl . lt Fund . —Yesterday morning information was forwarded t < i the - metropolitan police stations that Thomas Richardson , tbe irc 3 idcnt of thc Widows ' and Orphans' Fund of the North London District of the Manchester Unity of ( h'd Fellows , absconded on Monday evening wiih £ 500 , moneys belonging lo tbat fund , which had hem withdrawn from the bank by various trustees , and entrusted to his caro , to bo invested in Government stock on Tuesday morning . Ue is by trade a printer , about thirty-seven _ycara of : _i « e . sallow _ciunph'xioi- . dark hair , prominent nose , and stammers . i _liul < - - while sneaking .
_^ Biun _** onn —The members of tbe National Char tist Association will meet in tbe Long-room of th Woolc » mber ' _s Arms , llope-street , at five o ' clock on Sunday next . The _members ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Soeiety will meet in the same place to receive contributions and enrol members , at six o ' clock on Sunday next .
Court Was Occupied The Whole Of The Day ...
TESTIMONIAL TO MR . O'CONNOR PROM A NUMBER OF THE CHARTISTS OF LEICESTER ; On Thursday last we reeeived at this office a present from the Leicester Branch of tho Chartist Land Association , addressed to Mr . O'Connor , consisting of a splendid model of a Chartist cottage , enclosed in a beautifully wrought case . The skill and workmanship displayed in this minature cottage , reflects tbe hi ghest credit upon the talent and ingenuity ' of Mr . J John Stodd , the constructor ;" ; in fact , it far transcends , in those respects , many of the _Eroducts of art exhibited to our sight-seeing _neighbours in those _repositories of science with which thia metropolis abounds . And why should it not be so ? seeing that honest Chartist operatives are the only men of sterling skill . A Whi g , or a Tory , mightas well attempt to pluck the sua from its orbit as compete with Chartist ingenuity .
The model cottage consists of a building two stories high , the entrance being in the centre , with a room on each hand . Over the centre door is a tablet bearing the following inscription in letters of gold : — CHARTIST COTTAGE .
FOUNDED BY F . O'CONNOR , ESQ ., A . D . 1846 . On the right and left , and a little in the rear , are two wings , uniform , in the _tastefulness of their exterior decorations , with the principal building . Parallel with the wings are a range ot fruit trees , bounding the limits of the homestead , and there is a lovely flower garden , and a luxurious grass plot in front of the whole . The model , of which we have given but a brief description , was accompanied by the following address : —
TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . Barrister at Law . and High Bailiffto the Working Classes _« f Great Britain and Ireland . Sir , —We the undersigned working men , belonging to the Shaksperian Chartist Society of Leicester , and members of the "National Chartist Co-operative Land Association , " having for a number of years carefully watched yonr movementsfbr alleviating and improving the moral , mental , social , physical , and political condition of the people , and found you immoveable amidst all the rancour and _viciousness ot party , aro compelled to offer our meed of praise , to your just and laudable _perauits in raising us higher in the scale of society . In your political capacity , we have always found you to vindicate the great inherent p rinciples oi
Universal Equality through the world , * though persecuted and prosecuted by the * Whigs—the Tories—the Radicals , Sham Chartists , and " _Brotherly-lovemen , " we still find you adhering to the truth of these great principles , ior which "Hampden bled in the field , and Sydney died on the scaffold , " In your character as a social reformer , we find none to excel you—your great struggles to emancipate the working classes from social thraldom , is toe apparent ( from the fact of land being purchased to locate the distressed ) to be disputed , even by those , who like Judas would sell their Master for a piece ot Silver , or Esau , their birthright for a mess of pottage . In your character as a man , we have found you too
generous to those , who , while you fed , would fawn , but , when they had drawn the last drop , would slay you , yet your nobleness of nature amidst all the buffeting of a tempestuous clique , would not allow you to forget the cries and lamentations of-the poor , your able and unflinching advocacy , as a philanthropist and a christian , for the people ia greater than our _thoughts can describe , our tongues articulate , yet we are not blind to the " great fact , " that from you we have received great benefits . When you came amongst us we were unlettered , and in the worst state of political ignorance , but tbe valuable lesson you have taught us has enabled us to know our ri ghts , and , knowing them , dare proclaim them and defend them .
We admire your conduct , steadfastness , and adherence to the poor , we likewise view with unfeigned respect the rapid strides you are making in the Land Society , for which we tender you our most cordial and heart felt thanks . We feel it a natural and imperative duty to express our gratitude to you , for your consistency as a man—your zeal as a tried and trusted friend of the poor , which you have richly merited , and do now receive our individual and collective approbation . As a further mark of our esteem and ' regard to you , as the " _Feunder and Father , " of so many cottages for our poor distressed and oppressed countrymen , we beg leave to present you with a " Model of a Chartist Cottage , " as a lasting token of our filial attachment to you and the great cause we espouse .
We trust the day of separation between youand the Society is far , very far distant , but that you may live , to a good old age , amidst those whom you have been instrumental in raising from indigence to comfort , and that when you look upon this feeble mark of respect , you will have the hi g h gratification of saying , it was given by tho poor to me , from pure unaffected love and unfeigned respect . We are , Sir , Your humble servants , and admirers in the cause of human redemption . John Stodd , _Woolcomber , and maker of the Model Cottage . Henry Barrow , Framework-knitter , Secretary to the Society . William Goodman , Framework-knitter , Committee-man . Robert Blows , Shoemaker , Committee '
man . Charles Hurst , Treasurer . Mary TrickeyA Members ofthe Co-operative Mary MurdeyJ Land Society . 1 , Lower Sandacre-street , Leicester , Dated this 21 st day of July , 184 G .
Cooper And Tiie Convention. We Invite Tb...
COOPER AND TIIE CONVENTION . We Invite tbe attention of the Chartists to the following resolutions intended to be proposed to the Convention by Cooper , " . the Chartist" ! These resolutions stamp Cooper as a traitor to Chartism , his object being to break up the Chartist movement _overeating division and faction . He knows well that his base and rascally resolutions will not be adopted ; he proposes them purposely to waste the time of the delegates and prevent the Convention doing the business for which it has been elected . Let the
Chartists ofthe country speak out ; let them instruct their delegates to " settle" this enemy of the cause at once and for ever . Under the guise pi * a ** Special Commissioner" for collecting reports of the condition ofthe working classes , for publication in Jerrold ' s Weekly Newspaper , Cooper is now prowling about the country , labouring , by every base means , to damage Chartism . Let it be known , then , and proclaimed to England , that this wolf in sheep ' s clothing is no Chartist , nor belongs to the Chartists . Let the delegates be instructed to vote his expulsion . Public safety demands that this be done ; let the public sec toit . ( From the Leicester Mercury , Saturday , July 25 , 1845 . ) TO THK KDITOE 0 ? THE LEICBSTKflSMRI * MERCURY . Leicester , Tuesday , July 21 , 1840 .
Sir , —May I beg your insertion of the following resolutions , whieh I purpose offering to a Convention of Chartist Delegates , appointed to assemble in Leeds , on the 3 rd of August ? -. " That this Convention deplores the acts of violence which have filled the public mind with an aversion to Chartism—and hereby solemnly records its abandonment and disavowal of the doctrine of physical force—and its resolve to seek the establishment ofthe People ' s Charter as a statute ofthe realm , solely by peaceable , moral , and constitutional means . " * ' That this Convention _proclaims Us
conviction of the paramount value ot education , tolerance of the opinions of others , and morality ol life , as constituents in Chartist character ; and indignantly protests against the conclusion that the low and vulgar abuse , and rash denunciating spirit of the Northern Star newspaper , is to be taken for genuine Chartism . " " That this Convention regard Feargus O'Connor as unworthy of the confidence of Chartists , and hereby earnestly warns British working men of the folly and danger of union with him , " TnoMAS Cooper , the Chartist ( Author of the Purgatory ot Suicides . )
Suspected Dbath Bv Poison.—On Wednesday, Mr,
Suspected Dbath bv Poison . —On Wednesday , Mr ,
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r . _ttaaiey , ivi . r _* ., resumeu and concluded an inquiry at the University _College Hosoital , on view of the body of Mrs . Mary Cniigg , aged thirty-two , wife ofa eloekmaker , residing at No . 28 , Gilbertstreet , Bloomsbury , who was admitted into the above institution , on Saturday { night last , being supposed to have taken poison . It appeared by the evidence that the deceased had been married to her husband about seven years , and during the last twelve months she had become intemperate , and would frequently neglect her family . On the morning of Saturday last , she proceeded , to her mother ' s , iu Victoria-place , New-road , where she exhibited the
most extraordinary conduct , remarking to herparont , that she should like to take poison . Between seven and eight in the evening , there was a singular change in her appearance , and . shortly after _sho was seized with a sort of fit , when assistance waa called in and a surgeon sent for , who said she was not labouring under thc effects of liquor but poison , and therefore recommended her immediate removal to the hospital , where sho expired early tho following morning . The husband , in giving evidence , said she had attempted to dcBlroy herself before . The house surgeon had made a _jiost mot tem examination , but could find nothing to account for ' dcaih , all the organs being perfectly healthy . The Jury eventually returned a verdict of "Natural death . "
Rochdale . —Messrs . T . M . Wheeler and T . Clark will address a public meeting on the political and social amelioration of the masses , oh Sunday eveninc next , July 26 , at half-past six , .
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1 The Murdebat _Daoemum . —Ex humation of the Body op Clarkk . ' —On Wednesday morningy at an early hour , Mr . C . C . Lewis , the Coroner for tbe Southern Division of the county of Essex , attended at Dagenham . and after alengthened interview with Mr . Superintendent Pearce , issued bis warrant to R r . Brftton , one of the _' _ehurchwardens of the parish and to the rector , ordering the body ofthe murdered man Clarke to be exhumed . A summons was also sent to Mr . Colin , the surgeon of Romford , to attend : the exhumation , which is to take place on Thursday at ten o ' clock a . h ., for to WW ot more closely examining the wounds , and _mmt the result at the adjourned inquest . In order that the inquiry hall be concluded at the _«^ ™ _"f of the Jury , if possible , a great number of witnesses have been summoned , some residing in the metropolis _, who are expected to give some impor tant
evidence . On Tuesday the wheat in the hem wnere the body of the poor fellow wa s found , belonging to Mr . Collier , was cut by his directions , m order to facilitate the police in tracing out a clue to . the murderers . For several hours Kendal , an active officer ofthe detective force , with others , searched the held most closely , but found nothing tending to show who the perpetrators of the outrage were . Near the spot , however , where the body formerly laid , Kendal picked up a portion of the deceased ' s hair and a small piece ofhis blue coat , which appears to have been cut off with some sharp instrument , and at the same time that the wound was inflicted in the throat .
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G REENWICH AND DEPTFORD . At the usual weekly meeting of the Chartists ol the above locality , at Mr . _Paris ' s Room , on Tuesday , July 21 st , Mr . Sweetlovein the chair , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — "That we recommend the Convention to take nto their serious consideration the propriety of establishing a Democratic Benefit Society , to be governed by the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association . "
CITY LOCALITY . We invite the City Locality _factionists to send their reports in future to Lloyd- ' s Refuge for Renegades , which paper will , no doubt , gladly give insertion to anything calculated to bring Chartism into contempt . We can better occupy our columns than by publishing their rubbish .
HAMMERSMITH . _District of thk Chartist _Co-operative Land Society . —At a meeting ofthe members held at their office , on Sunday morning , July 19 th , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : _—> That this meeting Is » f opinion tbat all land purchased by the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , ib bought for the purpose of _locating its members thereon , and should on no account be re-sold until its object be effected . The secretary informed the meeting that the directors had lost no time in placing the rules before the proper authorities , with a view to enrolment under the Friendly Societies' Act , which gave the greatest satisfaction .
MARYLEBONE . Mr . Samuel Kidd delivered an interesting and animated lecture on the People ' s Charter , to a numerous and attentive audience , at the Coach Painters' Arms , Cireus-street , on Monday evening , July 20 th ' , and waa much applauded .
SOMERS' TOWN . On Sunday evening last , a highly respectable and crowded meeting was held at Mr . Duddridge _' s rooms , 18 , Tonbridge-street , New Road , Mr . Marriott wa 3 in the chair . Mr . John Arnott moved , seconded by Mr . Lucas" Thatwe , the Somers' Town locality , being _convincei of the . necessity that exists for the establishment of a National Democratic Benefit Society , and the gieat utility that would arisefrom itsformation , we therefore respectfully recommend to the ensuing Chartist Convention to urge on tbe Executive to forthwith form such a society , and we further recommend to our brother Chartists to instruct their delegates , or memeralise the Conference for the above object , " Carried nem , con .
Mr . Thomas Clark , of the Executive , then delivered an able and energetic lecture on tbe policy to be adopted be the Chartists at the present time . Mr . Clark said be should how state his own views on this subject , but he trusted that his opinions would be concurred in by his ' colleagues , taken up with energy by the ensuing Convention , and adopted by the country with a determined resolution to carry them out . lt was palpable that we had nothing to expect from the truckling , shuffling and imbecile Whigs , that our only hope rested on our own exertions ; he hoped to see at the next general election at least six or eight staunch uncompromising democrats returned to the House of Commons , men who would
_unceasingly battle with the factions until they wrung from them the full and equal rights of the toiling masses . In order to effect this be would advise that registration and election committees be instantly formed in every city , town , village , and hamlet , throughout the empire , tlio whole to be under the rule and guidance of an effective central coirmittec in London , and he was confident that if this subject was taken up withjthat . _spirit which its importance demanded , their most sanguine expectations would be realised . Mr . Clark supported his views by sound and unanswerable argument , and concluded a spirited and thrilling lecture amid tbe cheers of an attentive audience .
The Chairman having alluded to the case of the veteran Richards , a committee was appointed to devise the best means of raising funds on his behalf , and , on the suggestion of Mr . Humphries , asubscription was entered into , when five shillings was recoived . A vote of thanks was awarded to Mr . - Clark , and tbe meeting dispersed .
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY . The Central Committee met at tbeir ofiice , 80 , _Hyde-sireet , Bloomsbury , on Monday , July 20 th , and by adjournment on Wednesday , July 22 nd . T . S . Duncombe . Esq ., M . P ., in the chair . Mr' Robsom reported the result of his mission to Denbigh , where he had obtained a certain degree of success . On arriving at Denbigh , he attended meet ings of both "Employers and Employed" in the Boot and Shoe trade . Tho Employers / refused to comply with tbe moderate and just demands of the men . and he ( Mr . Robson ) then thought it prudent to submit thc claims ofthe men , to a public meeting of the inhabitants of Denbigh , with this view a band
of music was procured , which paraded the town and caused a vast concourse of people to assemble at the Market-cross , lie addressed tbe meeting for a considerable time , pointing out the just claim ofthe workmen , and also how easy it was from the profits , realised on the work done , for the employers to give the slight advance required by tbe employed . The meeting was most attentive , and cheered heartily the sentiments he uttered . The result of this meeting was , that the principal employer on the ensuing morning , signed the men ' s list of prices , and several other em plovers have since followed his very judicious example . However several still remained obstinate , and ifc was the duty of the Committee , now to take such steps as in their wisdom , they should think fit , to bring this matter to asuccessful termination *
Mr . Robson ' s report was received , and the subject underwent a most careful consideration and deliberation , which resulted in the adoption of the follhwing resolution - . — "That this association do hereby resolve to take up 500 shares in the Association for the Employment of Labour , and pay a deposii of £ 50 thereon , upon condition that that Association do employ the shoemakers of Denbigh now on strike . " The Secretary read an immense mass of important letters from all parts of the country , and amongst others _are from Orrell , bearing date July
17 th , in which occurs the following paragraph . — "The Nail-makers of Orrell and Downall-green , bavo just received an advance , on their wages of one penny , twopence , threepence and fourpence , per thousand , and this with very little trouble . It is the second advance we have obtained since wo joined the " National Association of United Trades for the Protection of Labour . _^ ' We should be very glad if you wonld cause this to be inserted in the Northern Slar of next week , so tbat the _Nail-makera , throughout tho country may be made acquainted with our success . "
After the transaction _ola large amount of business , it was resolved : — TUftt In consequence of tke great increase of business , consequent on the Association ' s extended sphere _» f operation , the Central Committee , shall meet for tho future , every Monday . The Committee then adjourned _. Tub FiuMKwonK . Ksittkrs belonging to the United Trades for the Protection of Industry , at a general delegate meeting , held at tho district committee-room , Dovo and Rainbow , Parliament-street ,
Nottingham , on Monday , July 20 , itwas resolved : — " 1 st , That the statement now laid before this committee bosont to press , the same to bo circulated amongst the wnvnnl ' actuvevs of Nottvnghsiwk aa early as possible . 2 nd , That the number oF local unions which this associated body is comprised of be inserted , and the respective places where tliey are held at , and tlieir different branches . " Thc " branches number upwards of 1000 members . Members can bo enrolled at any of tho districts , from seven to ten o ' clock on Saturday cvcuiu « s . AU _information can be obtained by app lying to tho distriot committee every Monday night .
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MILITARY FLOGGlM _AT-HodNSLbWr _Rfor . — -Exhumation of _ms Body . —Houkslow , Wednesday evening . —Shortly after the adjournment of the inquest on Monday last , as Farrier-major Critton and Farrier Evans , who had attended ihe inquest and produced the . cat-o ' -nine-tails , were returning to the barsacks , they were addressed by some _aExicultural labourers , at work in a field on the side of the lane , who called out to the soldiers , " How ' s that affair gone off ? " _Farrier-mnjor Critton , in reply , med language of an irritating nature , which was followed by a stone thrown by the soldiers , upon which one of the civilians , named Eklridge , took up a brick-bat and threw it with great violence at Farrier
Major Critton , which struck him on the right temple , inflicting a seri ous wound . The haemorrhage was very great , and fears were at first entertained that one ofthe leading arteries hud been severed , buttbat was found not to be the fact . Private Sparke . 1 and Pegg witnessed the occurrence _. and pursued Eldridge . On seizing him a _desperate encounter took place , and Eldridge was severely . _vbeaten . Fortunately , by the presence of one of th ' ef ' officers of thc 7 th Hussars , and Mr . II . Pownall , of Spring-grove , Hounslow , one of the local magistrates , who had hurried to the spot , quietness was restored . _Eldridae was given in charge to ihe police for tbe assaulton _Farrier-major Critton * but on Tuesdav . when the subject was inquired into , Eldridge was dismissed , on the ground that Farriermaior Critton had g iven great provocation . this morning the body was exhumed , pursuant to the coroner ' s warrant , and examined by Mr . H . G .
Day , of Isleworth , and Mr . Erasmus _Wilson , Lecturer on Anatomy at University College , who had been appointed bv Mr . Wakley to make the examination in conjunction with Mr . Day . While these gentlemen were thus engaged , Mr . Hall and Dr . Reid , the surgeons of the military medical staff , by whom the first post mortem examination of the body had been made by direction of the Horse Guards , entered the churchyard , but were stopped , and informed by- Serjeant Jeeks that he had the coroner ' s orders not to permit any persons but the two surgeons operating and the parochial authorities to be present at the examination . Mr . Hall and Dr . Reid , much surprised , said it was necessary that they should be present , as they were directed to do so by a special order , which they produced , signed by Sir James M'Grigor , the Military Medical Director . Serjeant Jeeks told them that he had no power to allow thera , in which statement he waa confirmed by Brent , the
coroner's officer . Mr . Day and Mr . "Wilson explained the position in which they were placed by the coroner ' s instructions , and read the following : — " The coroner directs ( that no medical gentleman but Mr . Bay should attend your examination . This is peremptory , and your authority for excluding all others . ( Signed ) "G . J , Mills , "Deput y Coroner . " Brent , the coroner s summoning officer , also read the folllowing instructions he had received : —
"Take the enclosed order to the persons directed therein , viz ., Rev , Mr . Trimwer , and the churchwardens , and inform them that Mr . Wilson , surgeon , will be at Heston churchyard at eleven o ' cloek exactly , on Wednesday morning , July 22 , to make his inspection ot the _body , and that the corpse must be removed from the coffin and opened for his examination by that hour . No _person whatever , hut Mr . Day , whom Mr . Wilson will bring with him , _mqst be present when he examines the body ; consequently no notice is to be given to any regimental or other medical officer as to the day or hour ot tbe inspection . Mr . Wilson ha 9 orders to exclude every person hut Ifr , Day , unless U be some to assist with a bucket , water , and sponge , cloth , & c . ( Signed ) " G . J . _Milis , Deputy Coroner . ' " 35 , _Bedford-square , July 21 , 184 G . "
The military surgeons bowed to the authority of the coroner , and requested a copy of the above instructions , in order that they might adduce them to the Horse _Guardsauthorities as the reason they were not present at the examination ; and , being furnished with copies , they at once returned to town . The examination of the body was then _proceeded with by Messrs . Wilson and Day . Of course the result will not be permitted to transpire until it is given in evidence at the adjourned inquest .
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FmoHTFur , AccreENT _A-r At * _UNfcmMHSHEn _Houss . —On Thursday , an inquest was held before Mr . Bedford , at St . George ' s Hospital , as to the death of John Barrett , aged 13 . Thedeceased was a plasterer ' s boy , in the service of Messrs . Cubitt , and was employed by them at an unfurnished house , No . 53 , Lowndes-square , Knightsbridge . It came out _durjjjgtbe inquiry tbat Messrs . Cubitt actually employed a watchman during meal-times to keep the boys from the inside of tbe premises for fear of accidents , as they would
run across beams or any other place of danger outof bravado , but as soon as they were turned out at one door they would get in at another . On Monday _, during dinner time , tbe deceased got inside up to tho third floor and waa throwing stones at another lad , when he found it necessary to run on the scaffolding eutside the door , and here he slipped down between one of the planks and the wall , and descended nearly fifty feet , striking against other scaffolding in nis way . He was taken up and conveyed to tbe hospital , but wasquite dead from injury tothespine , Verdict , " Accidental death . "
The Murder at Dagenham—Adjourned Inquest on . thk bout of CfcARKB . —On Thursday evening tbe inquest in this case was resumed at the Cross Keys . Dagenham . Several witnesses were examined , but nothino new was elicited . The coroner said , as Mr . Anderson , tbe governor of Ilford gaol , was absent in Kent , and who , he understood , had most important evidence to give , he would put it to the jury , whether the ends ofjustice would not be better answered by having another adjournment . Thejury acquiesced , and the investigation was adjourned for a month . Mtsterious _Murdeh of a Child . —On Wednesday evening Mr . Joseph Payne , tbe deputy Coroner , concluded at the Three Tuns Inn . St . Margaret ' s Hill , Southwark , the adjourned inquiry , respecting the death of a male child , apparently _al'out three or
four years of _ag-e _, who had died From the _effisets of arsenic . The evidence proved , that on tbe eight oi last month , the deceased was leftina common hand basket at the shop of Mr . Slee , one ofthe guardians ofthe parish of St Saviour's , and the proprietor of a wine vaults in the Borough . It was taken to tbe Station-house , and Mr , Olding , the surgeon , subsequently examined the child externally , but did not open the body . At thc first inquiry he gave it as his opinion , that the deceased had died from natural causes ; but the Jury , and also the Coroner expressed themselves dissatisfied that no post mortem examination had been Jmadc . The inquest was _accordingly adjourned . At the reassembling ofthe Jury , Mr . Alexander Lea , surgeon said that the body of deceased was exceedingly emaciated ; themouth showed a discharge down the cheek , and tbe tongue was quite
hard , no doubt caused by the effects of some acrid poison . The stomach , on being removed gave way about the middle , which appeared in a high state of inflammation . The cause of <' eath , witness had no doubt , was from arsenic , which he found in the chest of deceased , and which he believed had been administered in small quantities , and in a liquid state . The Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown . " Firb Caused by an Engine on the Great _WesrxRt * Railway . —On Wednesday morning , as the vine o ' clock train from London was passing a field of standing corn between Ealing and Hanwell , apiece of burning coke fell from the engine , and set fire to _th-i crop , which was considerably burnt . The hedge by the side ofthe railway was set on fire , and continued to burn for some time . Much of the corn was _estroyed .
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THE CHAR'llST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business conne cted therewith are held evory week on tho following days and places : — * f "' SUNDAY EVENING . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road : at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane- at half-past seven . —( Somen Town ; at Mr , _Duddrese _' s
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Liverpool , Tuesday . — The packet-ship Montezuma , Captain Lowber , arrived in the Mersey in the course of this morning , bringing New York papers of the 2 d instant , two days later than the dates brought by S _*; 'i onia ' The _news is uninteresting . The Tariff Bill was still be fore tbe House of Representatives , and members were exercising their loquacious powers upon an exhausted subjeot , at tha same time each member wished to have his hour ' a say about ths price of calico and the effect of duty on a cup of coffee . Great preparations were _beinc made
to celebrate the 4 th of July , the anniversary of the declaration of American independence . No new or important intelligence had been received from tag army of occupation . The United States steamfrigate Pnncetown had arrived off Vera Cruz and with the Rantom _, was maintaining the blockade of that port . Later accounts had been received from the City of Mexico , by which we learn that the Mexican Congress was finally organized on the 1 st of June , but we do not learn whether a legal quorum . _was _obtained *
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REPORTED REVOLUTION IN MEXICO . Just as the Montezuma sailed , news by electric _telegraph , had reached New York that a revolution had taken place , that Santa Anna was recalled , and that Paredes had capitulated .
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THAMES . Curious Case of _Bioamt . —On Tuesday , James Hick _, man alias , Creek , a , uostermonger , was brought before Mr . Broderip , charged with marrying Caroline Gowe * his first wife , Margaret Creek , being still alive . Tlw two marriages , and the existence of the two wives were clearly made out . The prisoner married tis first _wif _t in the name of James Creek , at the district church of St , Mary , Haggerstone , on the 15 th of May , 1812 , and two witnesses present at the ceremony , identified the prisoner and his legal spouse , who were in Court . The _prisoner deserted his first wife in Bethnal-green a few weeks ago . and contracted another marriage in the name of James _Uickman , on the ( ith inst ., at Rotherhithe Church . Betbr _« the honey-moon was over his first wife pounced upon her faithless swain , and gave him into custody of Pickerin " , No . 87 K , at No . 3 , reel-alley , Shadwell , where he ivas living with his _scsond wife , who seemed to think thatsht was the only lawful wife of the prisoner . At the station _, house door the second- wife gave the policeman the certi
ncate of her marriage , and the prisoner said his first marriage eould not bo legal , inasmuch as he waa an illeu gitimate child , and was married in the wrong name . —Tlie prisoner made a very curious defence in answer to the charge . He said that when he married his first wife ( bad luck to her ) lie thought he was spliced in his right name , which he had always been give to understand was James Creek , but on the following day his mother paid him and his wife a visit , and asked what name her son was mar . ried in . The reply was James Creek , and his mother said he was not married in the right name , because he was a chance ehild , not born in wedlock . He promised his wife that if be had married her in the wrong name , he would visit the parson again , and marry her in tin name of James Hickman , which his mother said was his lawful and proper name . Ou making the offer his wife said , _<• No , you _;•; I can do better without you ; f don't want a chance child ; " and as she refused to be law . fully united to him , he married some one else . —Mr , Br <> denp committed the prisoner for trial for bi gamy _.
Robbeet bv a _Cleek — On Monday , a well dressed young man , named Joseph Davis , was brought before Mr . Broderip , charged with having stolen £ 850 the moneys of Messrs . Wuinuriglit and Gadsden , sugar refiners , ia Whitechapel . It appoared that the prisoner was occtu sionally employed as clerk , and to pay over cheques for very large sums to various persons . Ile was also clerk » Mr . David Gadsden , one ofthe firm , and was in practice of convoying money to that gentleman ' s bankers . Tin cheques intrusted to theprisoner by the firm were crossed , and the prisoner could not convert them into money , but he paid them instead of cash to Mr . David Cfad _* _ideii ' _j bunker , and had appropriated the specie and notes to hii own . use . The firm had on two occasions entrusted th *
prisoner with £ 500 by check to pay over to the firm of Truman and Cook . . The first cheque of £ 500 he had ap . propriated to his own use , but the second cheque of £ 500 he hud applied as directed . He had also received a elieiiua for £ 350 to pay over to the firm of Simpson . Scott , and Co « which he had misappropriated . It was stated by Mr . Augustus Wm . Gadsden , and by the Solicitor , that th * affair was a very complicated one . and that accounts _«• tending over a period of nine months and upwards , must be examined , to discover the real extent ofthe prisoner" } defalcations . The firm had received £ 570 from prisoner '! friends out of £ 850 of which they had been defrauded , and £ 20 more was found in his possession by the police . The prisoner , wlien called on ior his defence ; saiil , " 1 have nothing at all to say . " He was remanded .
BOW SHTEET . Most _Bxtraobdinaut Assault . —On Monday , _ayonaj man , named John "Wall , was charged with ha ' _viiijf committed a most outrageous assault upon Mr . Jolm Gro _*« venor , 30 , Little Queen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , ua < der the following extraordinary circumstances : —It ap . peared _, from the statement of the complainant and hii two daughters , thnt between one and two o ' clock oa Sunday morning they were at the pin no-forte , practising the hymns they intended to take a part in with the _congregation nt the _Wesleyan Church , in Great Queen- _? trce « , when , to their horror , the door of the room , which wai locked , was suddenly burst open , and before tliey ha * time to ascertain the cause , four men , one of whom * w » the prisoner ,- rushed in , having- their faces and _haiiil *
blackened , and commenced knocking the _soiuiiliunam and his daughters about iu every direction . Ilis uif * contrived to escape behind a bed , and in that _niaiintf avoided any violence ; but the other females , who at « tempted to conceal themselves behind and _undsr th * trunks , were _dragged out in the most brutal manner , and wore compelled _tn submit to the operation of huini daubed over their faces , in such a manner , that _thej scarcely could recognise each other , while the complain ' ant , in endeavouring to protect his family was _repe-. itedlj assaulted , and his face smeared over with the dirty substance which thc prisoner uud his companions rubbed o _4 their faces for the purpose . They then made their escap _' i bellowing in thc most hideous maimer , but the prisoner _, being in thu rear was stopped in the passage by thc _coffit plaiuaut until a policeman arrived .
Constable 70 1 ? division , proved that he saw the _r-r ! soner struggling to get Out of the complainant ' s hott . « i having his face and hands smeared with grease and soot . A short time previous he saw hira with others leave tM Crown Coffee-shop , in Drury-lane , and proceed in the direction ot the house in question . The prisoner , who is a * idle looking fellow , when called on for his evidence , sA that while sitting in the coffee-shop he was informed tha * two gentlemen wanted three- ' mea , but "the mure uW merrier , " and on liis" consenting to accompany them , _tli'J took him and others lo a house in Great _lineen-sttKh where there was a vast quantity of hams and bacon at * cheese in _the- _SlH'Ui III the- counting-house they _wei-cui ' only supplied with _aliuitdascc of _iJrinH-, *» ot also with" * abundance of some filthy » tuft _" , _compused ot * grease _&* soot , with which they sallied out into _the-street , untilthw heard a pianoforte playing in a _liousu in Little _iXxf , 1
street , iuto which thoy . entered , but . be positively J " " " having committed any assault , nor aid lie cuter the r _>'" T plainanfs apartments , —Mr . HaU slficlarcd that the P ' souev had vavtlcipated in one of the most brutal assa _" , _th-. _vt ever catue under his notice . That a number ot """j films , disguised iu the maimer _described , in the head ' tho metropolis did not only indiscriminately _assao * but also otherwise ill-treat , aueutire family in their J * j hoase _, was almost beyond his , belief ; and ho ho _[ ioil _^ VSTT shortly tho persons who- Viad concocted such illH * vage would ' _Wbrought _heftaehim to meet with Ui ' . _-if .. sons . The answer , if such it might be called , w ) f charge was of thc most futile nature , mid lie should _^ . the prisoner to pay a uoualty for each assault al * il _**\ of £ . 1 , aud six weeks'imprisonment for each , in W _^ f —The _pi-isoner seemed quite contented with the I ' _l'i'' - * _" * aud ho was sent ta yrisou iu the vau .
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street , Haymarket , in the City at" _AVestmiasn '' - V Office , in the same Street and Parish , for t ' * . _^* prietor , _l'EAUGUS O'CON NOR . " Esq ., aud v _^ fi by William Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles- _^ - ' ' _^ _don-street , Walworth , iu the _Tai-ish of St . _M-11 _^ _, I ington , in the County of Surrey , at the Oih f « > _r . _^ ' Great WindnnlUtreet , Haymarket , ill till ) ' "W estminster , Saturday , July ii , 1 S 16 .
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