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October 28, 1848. THE NORTHERN STAR. 5
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IIBEIHE TEN HOURS FACTORIES REGULATION A...
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October 28, 1848. The Northern Star. 5
October 28 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 5
Iibeihe Ten Hours Factories Regulation A...
_IIBEIHE TEN HOURS FACTORIES _REGULATION ACT . Si _Sist-TO" * Sir Robert _PeeL Mr _Bright , and _rotha others of the same 6 Ca 001 ' were opposing the Ten _JHouHon-s Bill , it was their practice to assert ( without soy i _juy attempt at proof ) , 'If you subtract one-sixth ffromfrom the hours of labour , _jon must necessarily subttiacl tract one-sixth from the produce , and also one -sixth _Efromfism the wages . * Too many of tbe f riends of the "feckfeetory workers were staggered at tbat positive , but ¦ falsefalse assertion .
It it was in vain to suggest that theremi ght possibly [ _becbscorrecting circumstances , viz . — 'The operatives mot rot being so tired and exhausted , would , probably , iproi produce more and better work _| per hour ; ' or , ' the _ilabf labour being more equally divided , the pressure from icon competition would not be so great / When these _sugigejlgestions were offered , we were laughed at by Messrs _iPeePeel ; Bright , and Co ., and assured that'it was a _ifdrn simple _rule-of-tbree question ; if t welve hours' labour yie' y ield twelve pence wages , ten hours'labour con only yie y ield ten pence wages . ' 1 Time and experience have determined who was lis rig ht . Those incorruptible and infallible arbiters _ll i _^ e decided against tbe ' philosophers ; Peel and Bi Biieht have now received an answer that ought to al silence even them !
It would seem that ( while some millowners are ei endeavouring , by most unfair means to frustrate tl the object of the Legislature in the working of the _ Ten Hours Act , and to make its operation as anuoyi _jng and disadvantageous as possible to the operati rives ) the Messrs Starker , of Huddersfield , are si striving to g ive to tbeir hands * all tbe benefit of t that measure , and are endeavouring to make its oper ration p leasant and profitable to all . It is with more pleasure thaa I can express that ] I copy tbe following paragraph from the Leeds Heri cury of tbe 7 th inst ., which I have tbis day received i & . * nmy kind and constant friend , the Rev . G . S .
BaD . — _HCDDEisniLD . Mesxs _Stixket a « d ths Tkk Hocks But , . — Tn tie _Meiccst of Saturday last a paragraph appeared gating a feet in relation to the Messrs _Siarkey , the < _talcentinannlactarirB of this town , _sni tbeir workpeople Sat as tie wholo facts in connexion with the case did aot then appear , we _bava been _rtqaested by the parties concerned , now tla * . the matter has been male public , to state the _wlole cue . Wben the Ten Hours Act came into _operation iu Hay last the _millo-cntrs _gmerslly _rednc . d the wages of'heir bands in tbe proportion in which the hours of labour wera reduced , the redaction in some firms , _ho-re-er , being larger than in other * .
Several of the miO * in the neighbourhood of Huddersfield bsd only bten working eleven hour * per day for some _thns preTioos ' j to ihe Ita Hours Bll becoming l » w ; Messrs Stark ; y _, tf Longrojd Bridge , _hsv ng bten among ths first to set the example , and giving the same amount cf _wiges for the eleven hours labour as had before been gi ren for _twelve This was done for nearl y three years ; cat when the Act was passed limidtg the hours to tin , i : was thotuht only jnst by the Messrs Starkey to refine * the wsges of those p % id by the week . In seme casts the amount of reduction was two shillings per head per week . The Tm Hours Act has now ba « n In operation aTcont fire months ' , and the _Hescra _Siarfcty , defiroUS Of _BCting JttMly _tavsrds liar workmen , end « o
gire them ( Very advantage that may result from the shortening of tha boors ot labour , are Instituting in . quirks through every _department aff . cted by their redactions , es to the tSeci the tin houra measure has bad upon tbe _amsnnt of labour performed . Tbe week before last this _kqolry terrainattd in the finishing da psrtments , when it was fonnd that the redaction in their wsges had been more than proportionate to the lesser amount of work done . The g- ' _ggers _, for instance , had been reduced to twenty shillings per week , bnt it wa * ascertained _tia * - tke amount of labour performed daring the ten boors Was worth twenty . one _shillings * hen con basted with the amount performrd before the Acs came into operation . They bad , _therefore , each man £ 1 paid
to them _as tte arrear for twenty weeks , asd a pernunent advance of one shilling per week gireo . Ic was fonsd in the cattlsg _Sfrparttmnt , « ntre tbe hands werk on piece , that they had been able to earn ai mnch as before , with Tery trifling _exception * . The inquiries are going on in other departments , and whatever appears to b « due te the hands will be paid to tbeoi , and their wages increased in proportion to the amonnt of work done . This cosdect on tke part of the Messrs Starkey is highly honourable end commendable . At the same time it is only fair to other masters in the district to say , that w _» n tbe Ten Honrs Act cams into op-ration th .- / did sot reduce _theJrwoget at all , acd we believe tbat neither they cor their men bave seen any reason to bs dissatisfied with the course pursued .
Messrs Starkey were epposed to the Ten Hours Bill they believed it wonld be injurious to their workpeople . Now , however , since it is passed , they nobly second the Legislature , by taking care that it shall not be their fault if its operation is not beneficial . It is impossible too hi ghly to estimate the conduct of those gentlemen . I rejoice , also , to find , by the above extract , that , 1 other masters : n tbe district , when the Ten Hours Bui came into operation , did not reduce their _v-ages at all , and that neither they nor tbeir men have seen anv reason to be dissatisfied vrith the course pursued . Such conduct will be more productive of peace than the presence of thousands of police and troops .
None bat those who have'in that district ' witnessed tbe contest for the Ten Hours Bill can imagine the delig ht vrith which I bave perused the above extract from that paper . I am sure its editor will also rejoice that his fears respecting the effects of the teu hours clause have thus been proved groundless . It were enough had I nn other inducement than to call your attention , and thatof your readers , to tbe noble and Christian conduct of the Messrs Starkey , and those' other masters in the Huddersfield district ; ' but , Sir , I lament to confess I am also urged , by a most painful circumstance , to ask for your insertion of this letter .
I am informed , by those who have never deceived me , that in Lancashire and Cheshire many _millowners are striving , by the most vexatious means , to defeat tbe well-working of the Ten Hours Actnay , even to make it the instrument of tyranny to all their 'hands ' above eig hteen years of age , by farcing them to work thirteen snd fourteen hours a day . That is done to induce the operatives to petition for tbe repeal of tbe Ten Hours Act ! It would be tedious to enter into an explanation of tbe different schemes invented and adopted by those unreasonable millowners . Thev are known to
those who are most determined not to be cheated out of the Ten Hoars Act . Should those fooh ' sh and wicked millowners persist in their unreasonable and cruel plans , the friends ofthe factory workers will be compelled to petition Parliament for the whole of Air Sadler ' s Bill , viz ., a restriction , to ten hours a day labour , for all under twenty-one , instead of eighteen years—the stoppage of the moving poier—no millowners to sit on tbe bench as jadges under the Act—and the personal punishment of refactory masters as well as of transgressing operatives ; nay , if we are forced into another struggle , I do not think it will be possible to restrain the _demand for an Eig ht Hours Bill .
It is very much to be deplored that persons possessed of so much _influence and wealth should , in these most dangerous times , be engaged in sowing the seeds of disaffection among tbe operatives of our densely-populated manufacturing districts . _We have bad proof upon proof tbat agitation is prejudicial , Tooth commercially and politically . 'Wonld that the millowners , wio are now engaged in exaspe rating their workpeople by striving to resist the benevolent intentions of tbe Legislature , could be induced to follow the truly patriotic and Christian _Sample of the Messrs Starkey , and 'thoseother masters in the Huddersfield district' whose _praise-Worth y conduct I have recounted from the pages of * ht Leeds Mercury .
If the opposition to tbe law is still persisted in , there is one officer ofthe Crown whose especial duty it becomes to cause the movements of the offending parties to be watched , and to prepare a remedy By a new mere stringent Act of Parliament . The Secretary of State for the HomeDepartmentis answerable for the peace of the country— -it is his imperative duty to guard the operatives from the tyrannical evaaons of an Act of the Legislature . The factory _inspectors should be instructed to pay strict attention to every effort , made by masters or men , to render inope rative a law that hasbeen passed with _«*» most benevolent intentions . They should also _«• instructed to devise the bat method of rendering those attempts abortive .
Should the Home Secretary unhappily _wgteet this *™ J— -sbould the inspectors be remiss in theirs—and shonld the opposing masters persist ia their vexaturns schemes , tbe Ten Hours Bill committees will Dot fail in thtir duty , and the country will know who to blame for another popular struggle against fac-- _^ v stATZRY ! I remain , sir _. Your obliged servant , Richakd Oastler . _fhlbam , Middlesex . P _« S . —I would most respectfully , but earnestly , urge upon the mind of the Home Secretary the so-« mn obli gation nnder which he is bound at once to _P-event those seeds of disaffection from taking root _, ft is b y neglecting to nip such social evils ia the bud
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that so much work is found for spies , police , troops , gaolers , lawyers , and jadges . May this appeal prevent the mischief which these unreasonable masters would cause , save the district from the Vexation and loss of another agitation , and the government from the _Jw _^ rvzce of _employing more spies . B . 0 .
To The Wojrking Classes. « Words Are Thi...
TO THE WOJRKING CLASSES . « Words are things , aud a small drop of Ink Falling—like dew—upoa a thought , produces That wbich makes thousands , perhaps millions , _thixk . * _Bxxoh .
STATE OF EUROPE . CHARTIST ORGANISATION . Brother Pboletabians , It cannot be concealed that the good old cause of ' the right against the wron ? , ' his not progressed with that unchecked rapidity which waa fondly hoped for a few months since . Then , the heroic proletarian ! of Paris trod the streets of their beautiful city its masters , and the acknowledged pioneers of European regeneration , Then tbe heroic populations of Germany were driving before them tbe dastardly princes , who were , but too glad to acknowledge , on their knees , the Sovereignty of tub _Peifle , so thit tbey might _odIv ba permitted to wear tbeir
_worthless heada . Then , the sons of Italy , panting for long-desired Liberty , were victoriously chasing tbe foreign oppressor from tbeir ' _renowned , ro tn & ntic land . ' Then , _Poland ' d White Eagle spread its wings once more to catch the gale of Freedom , blown from the sunny shores of the Seine . Then , from one end of the Green Koto tie other , rose the cry of * Ireland free , or the world in a blaze , ' Then . even ihe long-contented slaves of tbis island seemed to share the general fervour for another and a better order of things , and the cy of'The Charter , and _Nj Surrender !* sounding from the Thames to the Dan , gave promise of tha speedy emancipation of Britain ' s pariahs . Then , the friends of Democracy were full of hope and confidence , and their enemies were terror-stricken and dhcomfited .
But two or three months sawa vast change for the worse . The eternal enemies of Jastice , more magnanimously than wisely spared by their conquerors , took courage , and recommenced tbeir old game ot intrigEe against the new order of thing * . In France , tbey conspired a commercial panic as the first step _towird-weakening and _paralysing the prole ' - arianB . Next they Conspired—and scrupled at no means , however infamous , in carrying out their conspiracy—to bring the Republic into disrepute , snd turn _theignoraHce of the _provincia'his to account . Tbey too well succeeded , and the infamous Assembly called'National , ' was the result . They conspired to bring about the f-tal _strnggleofJnce , whioh _resulting ' , as intended , in tbe defeat of the proletarians , was made the pretest
for instituting a ' reign of terror' directed againBt the principles and the men ef February . I need not _repeat the sickening recital oi the proletarians shot by hundreds after the conflict was over . I need not reiterate the horrible details of mock trials hy courtmartial , and the transportation of thousands of the very men who created the Republio . The Times exults tbat' the Republic and its authors are parted . The institution remains at home ; the men are on their way to Algeria , to Senegal , or wherever the 8 DD strikes from above asd pestilential vapours from bebw . ' These horrors have engaged yonr attention fir mt nths piafc . Here , however , I may introduce an episode from the colonics ofthe Reforms—an 'owre
trne tale '— -in connexion with tte expatriation of one of the companies of 'insurgents' recently sent from Pars under sentence of transportation . ' A poor girl whohad been lately married to one of tbe _prisorers , gave premature birth to her child , and then hurried to Havre , wbere * he arrived _fost-we , faint ; weary and _brcken-heaited . A glittering row of bayonets came on to tbe quay , and _through the steel hedge she _caueht sight of her husband ; she _bnrst through tb ? triple row of guards , caught hold of her husband ' s manacled hands , and fell at his feet a raving nvmiac ' Now , this ia but one of hundreds of similar tales of horror that might be told of widowed wives and heart-broken mothers . Contrast this with the
bacchanalian orgies ei the miscreants , wbo borne to power on the shoulders of the people they deceived , now ape the vices of courtiers and play the part of mnehrcom aristocrats . Whilst tte people are posi tirely famishing ; whilBt widowed wives and orphaned children make the heavens echo with their grous _, Mabkast—the aristocrat of the lendmain . the traitor Marrast—holds bis fetes in a Royal Palace , which for its luxurious appointments might bave satisfied even Lonis XIV . At the expense of the people Marrast fetes their enemies—even such _enemies as Lori _Nosmasbt , the representative of the English aristocracy ! Hunger and imprisonment ; the hulks and death—are the rewards allotted to the people for displacing _Satjeet and getting np Marbast . Within the last fortnight we have seen three unquestionable enemies of Republicanism called to the _government of Fiance : — Ddfaueb a
tool of Molr ' s , formerly Royalist Minister of Public Works , and who less than a year ago refused to attend any of the ' Reform Banquets' at which tbe toast to * the keslth of King Lonis Philippe' was not incladed in the programme (!); Vims formerly Keeper of the Seals in the Thiers Cabinet , and subsequently , ender _Goizot _, Vice _President oi the Council of State ; and Freslos , not so well known as hia two corn-rogues , but whose republicanism is ofthe same celonr . It is to the men of the Monarchy that the destinies of the Republic bave just been confided . ' For that betrayal of the Commonwealth , the sham Republicans are answerable . Marrast the traitor , Marie the intriguer , and LiiCARTrs ** tbe splendid babbler , are tbe men who most be held principally responsible for these bitter fruits of the glorious Revolution of February .
• Is tfeere not some _choicn curse _. Some biddta _thonder in tbe stores of heaven , Bed with uncommea wrath , to blast the men Who owe their greatness to their _conutrj'i rain V There-action in Germany was less signal . Frank fort had ita barricades and defeat of tuepopular party , bat the results were lets disastrous than those which had followed the fonr _daya _' combat in Paris . It is due to the real Democrats of Germany to say , that tbey have never been caught by the clap-trap of ' Imperialism / The foolish men who have been bawling for a ' German Empire / are bow learning the severe
but wholesome lesson , that to centralise the power hitherto wielded by a host of petty despots , is but , in fact , to arm despotism with renewed strength . The * black , red , and gold , ' and the rest of the humbug of ' German Nationality / has been hitherto employed to rancticn a covert war upon the principles of Democracy , under the pretext of' _preterving public order . ' The Frankfort Parliament is a gigantic fraud , intended to consolidate the power of the bourgeoisie at ( be expense ofthe people ; and is already , and justly _, become more odious to the proletarians , than were tbe efieie despotisms it bas superceded . ~
The dream of Polish independence soon vanished . The splendid victory of the people of Milan , and tbe chivalrous risings ofthe Italians generally , were , by the treachery ofthe Sardinian King , rendered fruitless of ought save increased suffering and renewed humiliation . The Italians have presented another and a fearful warning to the nations to beware of forgetting the good old injunction'Pot not your frost in prince s . ' Nearly all over tbe Continent the masses—as through all preceding ages—have been made use of to acquire power for upstart _adventm-ere , and tunrping ' elasses , and then again trampled down like weeds—silenced and suffocated in their own blood—by the miscreants who lately affected to struggle by their aide for eqnal rights and justice .
How eadly Ireland haB fallen need not be told . It blisters one's tongue to speak of it—it paralyses one ' s hand to write of it . Ireland haa found * beneath the lowest deep a lower still . ' There is not such another instance in history of good men and trne misled or _gelf-deceived as to the character of their countrymen . It is clear that henceforth there can be no more writing , or _speechmaking _, or organising , for tbe ' independence of Ireland . ' Tne regeneration of that conntry may not bs impossible , bnt the modus operandi taught in the Nation and Usited Irishmas is clearly not practicable . The union of the masses of Ireland with those of England may win political and social reform for both countries . Other means of winning' Ireland for the Irish' I hold to be ntterly vi-ionary .
Of this country the least said the better . Oar regenerating fever soon came to an end ; bat ; unhappily , instead of leaving us restored to perfect health , left us more miserab ' y prostrated tban ever . ' It were long to tell , and sad to trace / the causes of Chartist discomfiture ; and there is no need to repeat a-more than ' thrice-told tale . ' Enough , that I remmd yon thatsome of your _nnfortanate brethren have been condemned to life-long chains and slavery ; that ethers are languishing in vilest dungeons ; that the families of both are suffering ; tbat other * . — many ethers—are marked out for the veBgeanoe of their and jour enemies ; and that , notwithstanding this immense extent of misery , popular _indifftrecce was nerer more clearly manifested than at thievery time ; and Chartist' organisation' has become the merest name—the shadow of a shade .
This is a melancholy picture . Bat are we to conclude that' tbere is no hope for nations ? ' Not so . I discern grounds for hope—more thsn mere hope—is ths present state { of all the countries on which within thB present year _tbesnn of liberty haa dawned . AR the countries , may I say ? Or must I except our cwo ? It is for you to decide . In France the role of the traitors is fast drawing to a dose . Lamartlie has been long ' used up . ' This very day news has arrived that Gotjdchaux , the pet ofthe profitmongers , has resigned . Of the prominent and influential betrayers ot the Democracy only two sow remain in power—Mane and Marrast They are doomed . Ths handwriting ia ou the wall , i hey have done the dirty work of the bourgeoisie aad
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they will have their reward . Indeed , 1 sea it stated , that Milord Marrast already threatens to resign the Presidency of the Assembly , because that immaculate bedy _tas declined to vote him a supplementary ' gum of 6 . 000 francs . ( £ 2 i 0 ) , to de f ray the expenses for one month of' his establishment . ' This sum he required over and above his allowance of i 000 francs ( £ 160 ) a montb , which he receives for his presidency . Modest and austere Republican ! Ilia threat cf resigning will not alarm the Moderates ; on the contrary , such a step would mightily please them . The only two real parties in Francethe enemies , and the friends of the Revolution—are
_gradna'ly but surely forming themselves int ) distinct camps . Once that division ia complete the deathstruggle will come . In the meantime the ardent Democrats are labouring unceasingly for the propagation of their principles . The Toulonse banquet first showed thatthe principles of veritable Democracy were not , a 3 had been falsely asserted , confined to Paris . Subsequent similar manifestations have shown that the 'Red Repnblio' is rapidly progressing tbtonghont the departments . Even the English journals record their fears ofthe real revolution they believe to be approaching . Depend npon it those fears are not groundless ; but their fears shonld excite our exultation .
In spite of the affair at Frankfort , the workmen of Berlin have held their own ; and throughout the German States- democratio ideas are ardently and successfully propagated . The gallant CablScbaffer , bo well known to .- and so justly admired by , the English Democrats , bas been for some time _ttieiemateof a prison , but the day of his deliverance is pot distant . _Fbrdisasd _Frsiugrats , thepoet of German democracy , persecuted by the contemptible King of Prussia , has been liberated from his prison by the voice of a Prussian jury , and , crowned with flowers ,
was escorted to bis home with shouts and songs of triumph , by tbe enthusiastic and armed people . Lastly , the _pbrious viotory ofthe people ot Vienna has all bnt redeemed tbe defeat of the Parisian proletarians in Jane . But for that victory the ' reaction' wonld have been triumphant throughout tbe Austrian States . The success of Jellaehich and his Croatian hordes wonld have been a fatal blow to the cause of liberty in Eastern Europe . Unluckily there is ground for apprehension that the temporising of tbe Diet will yet nndo the gloiieus work of the 6 ; h of October .
The Poles are Eaid to be forming a vast organisation for another and—I will hope—a successful straggle . There is news this week of an _insarrec tion at Milan , bnt tbe report appears to be premature . If , however , the Austrian Democrats can maintain tbeir position , another rising id Italy must take place . Under any circumstances , Europe bas not yet seen the last ef Italian struggles for liberty . And now , what are the enslaved classes of tbis conntry doing ?—I need not answer . What they should do , self _. pro : ection , honour , justice to the persecuted , should dictate . Clearly the first necessity is 'Organisation ;'—the organisation of all who profess Chartist principles , or rather of those who really ate Chartists . Brother proletarians , _i' can never be , that you will now , af-era ten years' struggle , tamely sit down and hug yonr chains . It cm never be tbat yoa will callously see the tyrant-made widow and orphan
pine in starvation ; nor is it possible that you will tamely allow yonr nnfortnnate brethren—the victims of Whig spies—to suffer their terrible doom without an effort to at least , obtain a mitigation oi their suffering ? . I know that aa regards ths families of the victims , many of you heavily tax yourselves to help them . Bnt the tax might be lightened to those who contribute , and the families might be better looked to than they are , if the general bedy of professing Chartists would do their duty . But , indeed , in this matter , as in every other connected with the movement , nothing effectual will be done until there is a real organisation of the Chartist body . Beware of those win ( under all sorts of plausible but really factious pretences , } would split yoa into sects and sections , Ycur organisation , however _devisrd . to fee effective must be truly national . Remodel your plan . Make it legal and shot the month of the Attorney General ; but make it comprehensive—universal .
Mr O'Coknck ' s visit to Scotland seems to have arocsed the energies of the Chartist party once more . But the rekindled enthusiasm in that country will be as fleeting as straw en fire , unlets Organisation is made the order of the day . I presume not to offer any' plan' or any amendments to any existing plar , es tbere are others _postering the confidence of the working classes from whom any such suggestions will best proceed . * Conventions' are expensive , and under present circumstances should , if _possible , be avoided ; bnt in all probability tbere _wiJJ , in a few days hence , be an opportunity afforded to some of tbe leading friends of Democracy to commune together on this important snbject . Let not tbat opportunity be missed . * Now ' b the day , and how ' s the hear . ORGANISE ! ORGANISE ! ORGANISE ! 1 / Ami du Peuple . October 26 b .
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THE POWELL PLOT . TRIAL OF GEORGE BRIDGE MULLINS . Cektral Cbimwal Court . —On Thursday . George Bridge Mollins , aged twenty-two , described as a surgeon , was placed in the dock , charged with feloniously compassing , imagining , and intending to bvy war against her Majesty , & o . The prisoner pleaded not guilty . The Attorney General , MrWelsby , Mr Clarkson , Mr Bodkin , and Mr Clark , conducted the case on the part of the crown . Mr Parry and Mr Metcalfe defended tbe prisoner .
Mr Straight , tbeClerk of the Arraigns , having read over the Indictment , the names of the jary included in the Fanel were called over , and at the re quest of Mr Parry their addresses , as well as their names , were read . A great number of tbe jurymen called were objected to by Mr Parry , and particularly those residing in London . Tbe calling over of the names occupied a considerable time . The jury having be _« n selected and sworn , Tbe Attorney General stated tbe case to thejury , and detailed the history ofthe conspiracy , describing the nature of the evidence which would be adduced
in support of the indiotment , in the same order , and to the same effect , and nearly in the same _lanauage , as he did on the trials of Dowling , . Cuffey , Lacey , and others ; and then called Thomas Powell , the spy , who gave precisely the same evidence which he gave on tbe former ( rials , and which it is unnecessary to repeat . On his crossexamination the same _moEtrosities of his disreputable character were elicited . Davis , another informer , was nxfc examined , whose evidence wag similar to that on former occasions . After his examination the cenrt adjourned .
Jast before the court adjourned Mr Harker _. the chief usher , stated that while the jary had retired to take _refre-hment in the middle of the day , ( he coat of one of them bad been stolen from the jary box . _Fbidat . 0 < _it . 27 . — -The trial ofthe prisoner George Bridge Mullins « _as resumed this morning , at ten o'clock , before Mr Justice Mauls and Mr Jastice Wightman . The spy Davis was subjected to a severe cross examination by Mr Parry , in the coarse of whioh he wsa interrupted by Mr Justice Maule , who expressed an opinion that such matters were quite irrelevant to the issue , and intimated that it was an unnecessary waste of tbe public time to go into all these details . . .. _ . .. _ .
Mr Parry said he ' was sorry to differ from his Lordship , bat it appeared to bim , after serious consideration , that it was very important that all these facts should be laid before the jury , because when the time came for him to do so he should ask them to believe that thia man and Powell were the sole concoctora of tbe pretended conspiracy . Mr Justice Maule repeated that it waB bis impression that each matters merely raised a collateral issue , which was unimportant , bat as the learned _coanBel _tboaght differently he might go on , bat he should not take down any more than he considered to be material . The crest-examination was thea continued , and the witness after giving some further evidence said , in conclusion , that he was now receiving £ 2 per week from tbe government , and that he expected to be remunerated by the government , eventually , for whathe had done .
The informer Baldwinson _, on his cross-examination , stated tbat he only gave information to the police on the 16 th , the day the men were apprehended . He was taken into custody , bat tbe police let him go , as they fonnd they had taken one of their friends . ( A laugh . ) He was quite Bare he did not pnt any cartridges nnder the seats in the room where tbe men were apprehended . He gave a p ike-head to one of the men jnst before he waa taken into custody , bat this man had another pike-head in hii _pos session at the time . Was paid a ' trifle' for giving his evidence . The 'trifle' waa £ 1 a-week to support himself and family . He did aot know that he expeoted to b 3 paid anything more , bat , like other people , of course he should not refuse money if it was _offered to him . ( Alaagh . ) Mr Parry delivered a very able speech in defenoe ofthe prisoner , after whioh the court adjourned .
Ailmed Mwde * . —Anne Trinham , 40 , spinster was indicted for the wilful murder of _AUce Trimham , a child fire years old , by casting her into the Thames , ana thereby causing ber to be drowned . —Mr Eyland and M-Laurie conducted the prosecution for tbe authorities of the City of Irndon . Mr Clarkson defended the prlsartr . —Mary Bell deposed that , on the 8 tb September , sbe was on board a steam boat going to _london Bridge . It was ia tbe evening , and nearly dark . While _sh * was on board sbe observed a woman with a child in ber arms go along tbe deck to the sponton of tbe vessel , and imrnediatdy _aterwarda tbe boat was stopped , and she heard the captain call oat ' scalier , ' and the steamer
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was put baok and everything was done to save the wo * man whohad , It appeared , jumped overboard with ber obild . The whole proceeding was the act ef an instant , William Pry cofrubirated the evidence af this witness . _Goorga Whhcemb said that ho was a passenger at tbe time in qaestion , and was sitting at tbs bead of tbe toat wben he heard tha captain cry out that a woman had _jampad overboard with s child in her trms . As soon as he was able he jumped into a barge that lay alongside tne pier , and saw the body of a woman floating in the -rater , and he observed a wa ' erm « B go towards tbe object and take it oat of the water . It was tbe prisoner ,
As tbey were going te the police-station tba prisoner asked wbat had become of her cbiid , and she _edied that _etcesiive grief had caused her to do what sbe had , aad said she had been In great trouble . When tbe prisoner inquired what had become of her child , he told her that he believed itwas all right , bathe ceald not tellherpositively _.-CrosB . examined ; The prisoner repeatedly inquired after her child , and appeared to be in great distress of uifad . It waa quite dark atthe time the occurrence took place , — O . her witnessts were examined , after nhioh Mr Clark . ion addreseed the jury for the prisoner . —Mr Jastice Maule summed up , and the jury , witbout _dtllberating mere than a _mianto , returned a verdict of ' _Njt Gnilty .
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Stat * ov thb Metropolis . — The physical and moral state of many psrts of London calls loudl y for amendment . It is a faot that ' , in a small space in Westminster , close to the Abbey , no fewer than 700 families were crowded together in 190 houses . Above 500 ofthe inhabitants of this district aro unmarried ; while , in _alo-ost every other part ofthe metropolis , the filthy , undraihed _. ill . ventilated courts will supply aporportionate amount of persons entirely regardless of tbis social institution . Although much hasbeen donetowardB mitigating tbe evil by draining and ventilation , a vast deal still remains te be _aocompiished _. and , in order to the removal of snoh nuisances , it is at first necessary it Bhould be known that they exist . At tbe West-end ofthe town some
of the worst courts are situated . There is one court known by the name of Orchard Place . This spot is 45 yards long and 8 broad , and contains 27 houses ; There resided in tbis court , in 1845 , 21 ? families , including 882 persons , of whom 582 were above fourteen years of age . The population of a large village was thus comprised in n single court , and it might be supposed that a larger number of persons conld not be crowded therein . It is nevertheless true that the population of Orchard | _Place bag , since _1845 . increased from 217 to i 76 families , and from 882 to 1 , 223 individuals . The number ot
adults is 884 , or larger than its entire population at the former period . Disease , as may be imagined , is rarely , if ever , absent from saoh localities , and it is there that the cholera or any other pestilence may be expected to cause its worst _ravages . The wealthy , who dwell in the streets aad squares , behind which these congregated abodes ot _wretohednees are situated , are little aware , or apparently wholly careless , of their existence ; One ofthe first steps towards amelioration must consist in the ereotion of dwellings fit for human beings to dwell in , and recent efforts in this direction are something more than a recognition of the evil which it is so desirable to
eradicate . _SlISPMlStON OF THB W _« RKS AT THB NlJW HOUSES op _Parmam-jht . —It is said the workj of this national undertaking are to bs entirely stopped daring the winter . On Saturday , 200 of tbe men were discharged , and it is said 800 more will be dispensed with this -week . Reduction op _RsvBNmiEsTiBusBMEKTs . —Orders have been issued to all departments under the control of the Treasury , that whenever a vanoanoy occurs , no promotion er new _appointment is to take plaoe until special inquiry bas been made whether the office eannot ba redno d .
Provhior _vor th « Poor , _cv Mabvmbobb _dtjmkg ihx Wiatib . —At tbe Marylebone vestry , on Saturday last , Mr fi . Wilson stated that he would move at the next vestry , for the adoption of measures to provide during the winter remunerative labour for the deserving poor of the district , and that snch provision for the pear should be so regu ' ated as to preclude tbe worthless from any participation ia ih Messrs Garnett , Sodon , Joseph , and other members , promised to give the motion their moBt strenuoussupport . RsjttyAL of thb Chartk > t Victims . —On Monday afternoon the Chartist prisoners , Ritchie , Lacey , Fay , Cuffay , and Do * ling who were convicted at tte last Bailey Sessions under the Crown ani Government Security Act , snd sentenced to transportation for life , were removed for _^ _lassificalion to _Milibank Penitentiary , in whioh place tbey will remain until their final departure for Van Diemen ' _s Land .
Thk Nat-oral Gallbrt . —This gallery , whioh has been closed since the 7 th of September last , wss _re-opere-l to the publio yesterday . Daring tbe recess 'he Vernen Collection has been removed from Mr Vernon ' s honse , Pall Mall , to the lower rooms of tbe gallery , where they will for the present be exhibited to tbe public . . ScPPBES 5 _iojf _op-ViGRAKcr*—Thecnardiacs of ( he poor of tbe Holborn union _, at the full quarterly meeting , unanimously resolved , 'That they , the guardians , having been lone sensible ofthe necessity of an
alteration in the system of administering relief to casual applicants , from a careful investigation of cases , and inquiry , into circumstances , they are satisfied that at least one half of such applicants are entirely unworthy recipients of the union funds , and they determine tbat henceforth relief be given only to those who , by a sound , vigilant discrimination , shall be found to be real objects thereof , and shall be steadily and positively refused to the confirmed vagrant , tramp , and professional mendicant , atd that tbeir officers be instructed accordingly . '
The Gards _Natiokals oj ? Pa-jib . —On Monday and Tuesday two large bodies of the Parisian National Guards arrived at the Lsndon Bridge terminuB of the Sauth-Eaatern Railway from ' Dover . The Republican heroes having become imbued with a desire to view this far-famed metropolis , arrangement-, wero made with the Northern of Franoe Railway for their conveyance to Calais via Lille , an intimation having been given to the authorities of the South-Eastern and Continental Steam Packet Company ef their expected arrival at Calais , the Princess Maude and Queen of the Belgians steamers were despatched to convey them in three detachments to
Dover , whence they were brought by special train to London . On Monday evening about 700 arrived at the London-bridge terminus , and on Tuesday evening about 500 , all in full uniform . On alighting from tbe carriages the National Guards appeared to be in high spirits , and after congratulating each otber , and expressing / their ratisfaotion to the railway functionaries , the'procession moved westward . There were coacheB and cabs in abundanoe waiting the arrival of the special trains , and on Monday evening , the weather being fine , the majority of the National Guards preferred walking . It is impossible to speak too highly of the manner in which the strangeis conduct themselves .
_ROBBERVOF ONB ST THE NATIONAL GuABD 80 NBoARD _sp a Siiaii BoAT . —On Wednesday afternoon information was sent round tothe several divisions ofthe City police ofthe following robbery committed on the person of Monsieur Louis Corbel , one of tbe Garde _Natiosale , on his passage on board ef the _Dablis , between Hungerford Bridge and London Bridge : — Monsieur Corbel , who went on board at the former bridge , had on bis person a different ooloured worsted purse , in which were three B 07 ereigns and two halfsovereigns , twenty _> five 25 franc pieces , fifteen 21 francs , sixteen cents , ten guilders ( Holland ) , and fifteen twenty-five franc pieces . The two latter sums of money were wrapped up in a piece of paper . When Monsieur Corbel entered on board of the Dahlia he had the wbole of the money safe on his person . On
leaving the boat , and having oooasion for some money _, he discovered that it had been stolen . The thief had exhibited his adroitness by removing the other of Monsieur _Corbd ' s money from another pocket . As soon a * his loss was ascertained , the Captain Slid others connected with the boat endeavoured to _recollect what description of person was near him , but no individual of a _suspioious character conld be recollected . From the clean manner in whioh the parse and the other property was abstracted , itis the opinion that the robbery was _effected by some of the members of the swell mob as Monsieur Corbel was entering the boat . As Boon as the robbery was made known to the City police , information was sent round to the sevetal bullion dealers , but with little chance ofthe money being recovered .
BunMNa on the Enciosubb , Leicester _Fq- ' ARK . —On Wednesday preparations commenced within the enclosure , Leicester Square , to convert that hitherto use ess plot of ground into an exchange _baztar , to be called the Royal Victoria Arcade _Bsasar . There will be tour distinct entrances , one at eaoh angle of the square , the arcade being in the fotm of across , the statue of K ing George I . forming its centre , around which will be conBtruoted a circular promenade open to tne air ; _withm eaoh angle an ornamental fountain _WlUbBCOBstnioted . to be supplied with water from the _artssian wells that furnish those in Trafalgar _iE :, * _v II erojxvid was originally leased to Miss rSi 5 _Tw _V tbe Cr 0 P _> _^ tberwith the opposite _SSSff _sTFi SaTille ? * ™ - _*•«• « P" » 2 _WJ 1 _*^ _TW- ' habuiltover ; bnt in _con-! _„ _S n 0 f tho h _!* b 1 ' _onwniental oharaoter of the _Imposed construction , and the improvement it will be tothe nelghbonrhood , the Commissioners of Woods and * orests are understood to have consented to the ¦— ¦ - »
ereotioB . »««» - « The OmnSkwbb ov Ken ? alNew Town , Pad-» ra « w -At length there is hope that this pestiferous nuisance will be drained off , for the West Loc don Anti . _knclosure Association and Sanitary Improvement Society bave taken the matter up , and _n u £ JS ® 1 Dt _« forenceof the General Board of Health . Tbe sewer in question is about a mile in length , and the stench arising from itis so horrible that it pollutes the air far and wide . Alleged _AiiEMria io _D-fsiaor a Household ay iiM . —On Tuesday morning between the hours of
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welve and one , information was _rcocired at the West of Eagland aud London brigade stations , that a fire—the second within a few days , upon the same premises , had _oicurred at 258 Tottenham Court Road , m the _ocoupaacy of Mr George Pearce , a greengrooer . Ic appears that on Saturday morning last a fire broke out in tbe basement floor of the premises ' , and was not discovered until _theflataes , had complete possession of the fl ior , and were ascending the stairoase . This fire was believed to have originated from purely accidental oircumBtances , until Monday night , ata few minuteB before twelve o ' clock , when another fire was _discovered burning in tbe same portion ofthe house . Two females , who were up at the time , _peiceived a large basket placed on the floor and in a general bine ; this was soon extinguished , but if the whole of the inmates had been asleep , it is quite probable that the fire would have progressed , and some of them been burnt to death . One of the
females states , that as she was going along the passage , a man rushed from the direotion of the kitchen and left the bouse , making his escape before the alarm oould be raised in the street . Suwide op a _Yonso _WoMAtf . —On Tuesday , Mr Bedford held an inquest at the Feathers , Dean Street , Westminster , on the body of a woman , name unknown , aged about twenty-three . John Collins , a Merman , living in a barge on the Thames , said he found tke body on Monday morning in the river near Milibank . He took it ashore , and having washed the face , gave it a kiss . ( Laughter . 1 The coroner : A kiss to a dead woman ! why ?—Witness : ' For affection , I always do it when I find a female body . _Sime people laugh at me , but I don't care . ' The _witnessfurther stated tbat he thought the deceased had destroyed herself about four hours previously , as the body apoeared to have been in the water about that time . Verdict , ' Found dead . '
Chakqp , er Mukdkr —At the Clerkenwell police court , on Saturday last , two female fiends , Sarah Bishop and Ann May , one the mother and the other the aunt , were charged with the ill-treatment of two children , one of whom it was alleged had died from the tffeots of the b ' . _ows and brutality of the two wretches . On Taesday Mr Wakl 6 y held an inquest on the body of Ann May , aged two years and seven months . The case w _» b gone into at great length , bnt as tbe medical witnesses could not say bnt that the extravasation of blood upon the brain , which was the immediate cause of death , might have occurred without violenoe , thejury returned the folio win ? verdiot : — ' That Harriet May came to her death from effu » ion of blood on tbe brain , but tbat whether tbat effusion was caused by natural disease or accidental violence there ib not sufficient evidence before the jury to show . ' The inquiry lasted several boors .
Stjddbn Death op a Youbg Ladt in a Cab , —On Wednesday night , between the hours of eleven and twelve o ' olock , a case of sadden death occurred in a _eab in the London Road , close to the Elephant and Castle , and whioh was at first supposed to have been the result of an attack of cholera , It appears tbat the deoeased ( Miss llutohinson ) , of 92 , Suffolk Street , Soathwark Bridge Road , who was on her return home from aa evening party in the neighbourhood , hailed a cab , and having taken ber seat in the
vehicle , the driver asked where be was to put her down , but having received no answers to hiB _repeated inquiries , he opened the door and found that tbe yoang _la'iy was quite dead . She was immediately conveyed to the residence of _DrlThowas , in the Lon _» don Road , who , having need every _remi dy to restore life , pronounced that the oause of death was not , sb the crowd assembled bad rumoured , oholera , buttle result of an _apophc'ic fit , arising from disease of tbe heart . The _deceased was at once borne home on a stretcher by the police .
Shocking Suicide . —On Monday a young man in the employ of a butcher oarrying on business in the neighbourhood of Hatton Garden , was taken to task by his master respecting the price of some mutton chops , alleged to have been sold , but which were not accounted for . An altercation ensued and the master threatened to _seud for a policeman , when tbe man , in a _paroxism of _passien or fear , seized a knife and cut his throat aB he stood , in so fearful a manner tbat he expired is a few minutes afterwards , before surgical aid could be _obtainei .
Child _Muu-jan- —On Monday morning the body of a child about two months old wss found in tbe river , at Lower Rotherhithe , with Kb skull beaten in and its neck tightly compressed by a cord . The de * ceased has not yet been identified . Clashing of _inv . Cohoneiu' and Magistrates ' Courts . —On Saturday last , Mr Wakley , M . P ., summoned a jury at the Duke of Wellington , Brighton Street , Cromer Street , New Road , to irquire into the death of Harriett May , aged three years .
Previous lo thejury being sworn , Mr Wakley inquired if his summoning officer whether the witnesses were in _attendance ? The officer replied that they were not , in consequence of deceased ' s mother and asnt having been _anested under a cbarge of having caused deceased ' s death . The witnesses were , therefore , _compiled to attend tbe police office at that very rroment . The coroner and jury depreoatcd this olashingbf tbe two courts , and , after Borne very severe emarksby tbe jury on thesubjeof _, the coroner adjourned theinquiry to another day .
_ExiBKfiva Iilicit _Dutilmbt . — On Friday the Excise paid a domiciliary visit to the house No . 1 , Weymouth Street , Hoxton , where they discovered a still capable cf holding ISO gallons , forty hogs _, heads , with barrels , tubs , piping , and other matters _usfd in distilling . _CoubI'Maktial . —Chatham , Oct . 24 . ' — -A general court-martial , ef which Coionel S . B . Ellis , ofthe Royal Marines , is president , assembled at tbis _garrison , tor tbe trial oi Private "William M'Fadyen . No . 2 . 275 o f the 72 ad regiment ( Duke of Albany ' s own Highlanders ) , on three charges : —1 st , for habitual drunkenness , being four times drunk within twelve calendar months ; 2 nd , for baviDg , at _Sheerness , on the 4 th inst ., made use of insolent andinsub ordinate language towards Sergeant Peter Ritohie , 72 ad Highlanders , when in tbe execution of his duty ; and 3 rd , for having , at _Sheerness , on the 5 . h inBt ,, disobeyed the lawful command of his
commanding officer , by refusing to take the punishment which he had awarded him . The prisoner pleaded not guilty to the obarges on tbeir be ' iEg read by Captain J . S . Wood . Tbe Brigade-Major , who aoted as ibe Deputy- Judge Advocate , _Sergeant Peter Ritcble , Sergeant Jobn M'Donald , Sergeant Patrick Henry , and Lieatenant and Adjutant MKeszie , were severally examined at length . Neither of the witnesses could ptove tbo third charge . Tbe prisoner , io his defence , called Corporal David Miller , and Private Thomas Little , and Private James Gibb , and these three soldiers positively declared that the prisoner was sober on the evening of the 4 ; h of October , when be was taken to the guard-room as drank ; and the two privates also declared tbat they were with the prisoner wben be spoke to Sergeant Ritohie , and bo did not make use of any bad language to bim . The court was then cleared , and after a short time , the court broke up , acquitting the prisoner , who mnst remain confined until the decision is confirmed by the Horse Guards .
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POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . This really valuable place of amusement continues to attract _numerom audiences—and , indeed , were it otherwise , it would reflect a discreditable taste on the citizens of the metropolis , "We were delighted the other evening with the lecture of Dr Bachoffner on Gutta Perch a . This singular substance resembles nothing else in nature except by appearancebeing like to leather externally . Although enly recently discovered , it is unrivalled in its application to useful purposes . It may be used for almost every domestic purpose for which wood or earthenware is necessary , and is impervious to all influences , except heat of a given degree . The lecturer exhibited
a variety of chaste and beautiful ornaments , including some mouldings , equalling any carvings on wood that we bave seen for appearance . He amused his audience by blowing a gutta percha flute , and exhibited tubes for conveying sound , stating tbat , with the aid of gutta percba pipes , a speaking telegraph of any length may be constructed , by having stations five or six miles apar ' , —such being the distance tbat gutta percha pipes will conveniently convey sound . Gutta percha is well fitted to be used for mill belts—there being one in use in tbe Institution , answering every desirable purpose , Harness of all kinds may be made from it , and its use as soles for shoes is universally known . Gutta
percha dissolved , forms a solution tbat covers wounds on the skin , which may be put on by the aid of a brush , and subjects the party using the same to no further annoyance or pain . It requires no stretch of imagination to suppose that dissolved , gutta percha will shortly supersede the use of sticking plaster incases of slight wounds , and will be a real benefit to joiners , carpenters , and shoemakers , and such other trades as are subjected , by necessity , to slight wounds or irritation of the skin . Gutta percha immersed in warm water , becomes quite soft , and will receive any impression , retaining the same when cold . The process of manufacture , therefore , cannot be expensive , In
addition to the useful information given by experimental lectures on useful and scientific subjects , the large hall is filled with choice models of the newest inventions in machinery , whilst the cosmoraic views and illuminated transparencies , representing ancient cities , and famed views of places and scenery , are an endless source of instruction and enjoyment . In a word , we consider the Polytechnic , and all similar Institutions , to be popular model seminaries fur tbe improvement and refine * ment of tbe people , conveying knowledge in the _moat popular and pleasant manner—to wit , by object teaching . Therefore , we say to our readers , when you are desirous of arauBing and improving your minds , visit the Polytechnic ,
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THE VICTIMS . We are informed that Mrs Bezer is about taking another benefit at _the-Milton-street Theatre . The eniertainments will be varied , and Mr Walter Cioper will superintend the dramatic readings , as-Bi ; ted by well-known friends .
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LATEST FROM I RELAND . Dublin , Oct . _27 _,-The parties who , having been imprisoned under tbe Habeas Corpus Act , have been liberated on bail , were bound by _reougmsances to appear at this commission . On Wednesday , they received notice that they would not be called on by the crown , and that tbey need not appear . Mr _O'lliggina _. Mr Meany ( of the Tiubtjnb ) , and Mr Brennan ( of the Felon ) , alone of all the prisoners confined in Belfast remain _inenstedy .
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THE IRISH TRIALS FOR HIGH TREASON . The evidenoe adduoed by the orown against Mr Meagher , on Thursday , waB , as usual , mainly tbat of police 'reporters / whose readiness to swear to their lessons , learned off , parrot-like , by rote _> contrasted strongly with the evident reluotsnce of any of the witnesses belonging to the peasantry wbo were examined for tbe prosecution . Tbe mode adopted by the learned connsel for the defence of impugning the evidence ef these hired witnesses was most damaging , as will be seen from the following specimens : — John Lawlee , policeman , cross exsmined by Mr Butt , with reference to Mr Meagher ' s quotation about the ' Binking ship' and the Frenoh Revolution : —
Are you a _person well acquainted with literature ? No . —Did you ever read Lamartine ' d ' History of the Girondists V No . —Mr Bait here read the following passage from the ' Girondists ' : —• ' A mercenary informer knows no distinction under such a system ; the obnoxious people are slaves , not only to the government , but they live at the meroy of every _individua ! . They are at once slaves of the whole community , and of every part of it ; and the worst and most unmerciful men are those en whose goodness they must depend . ' Did you ever hear tbat passage before f No . —Repeat tbat _passage now for me . I cannot do bo . —Yoa cannot repeat me a single line of the sentence ? I will not say I can . —Did Mr _Meather read that passage ? He did sot . — 'Did be
use tbe words , ' tbe crew , intoxicated by blood and _powder , carried the pride of the flag even to suicide en masse ? ' No , he did not . —Mr Batfc then read for witness tbe following passage : — 'The Vengenr , surrounded by three enemies ' ships , still fought ; her captain was cat in two , her officers mutilated , her sailors decimated by grape , her masts shattered , and her sails in rags . The English ships kept clear of her , as of a body whose last convulsions mi ght be dangerous , but whioh could not escape death . The crew , intoxicated with blood and powder , oarried the pride of the flag even to suioide ( en _matse ) . They nailed the colours to the stump of a mast , and obstinately refused all _quarter , awaiting only until the water , which from minute to minute increased in
the hold , should shelter them under its wrath . Ag the hull submerged gradually plank by plank , the intrepid crew launched forth the broadside from every gun the waves still left uncovered . The lower tier extinot , they ascended to the higher and discharged that upon the enemy . At last , when the sea swept clean over the ship , the last broadside bl-zed forth on a level with tha water , and the crew sank with the ship , amidst cries of ' Vive la _Repub-Jiqua ! ' Tbe English , struck dumb with admiration , covered tbe sea with their boats , and saved a great part of them . ' Repeat that for me now ? No . —Can you do it ? I'll not say I can . —And now tell me , upon your oath , if yon can truBt your memory to
repeat speeches delivered to a crowd in Carrick five months ago f I went there under orders from my officer determined to take notes of a speech . —That ' s not answering the question 1 asked you . Did you go there determined to have a report of a speech one way or another ? No—I ask jou again to repeat one single word of that passage I bave read ? No .- _* Repeat for me , verbatim , the words you used to-day about the fire-ship . ' If we fail , we shall Bink from view with one ory of' Long live the Republic , ' which shall rise to the hearing of generations yet unborn . ' —Repeat tbat sentence again slowly and deliberately , so that the court may take it down . Your lordships will see presently my object in this . -
Chief Justice Blackburne to _witneas . —Repeat the words now . The _Witnets— 'If we fail we shall sink like the fire-ship of the French Republic , which Bunk from view , ' or * we shall sink from view , ' I am not certain wbich , ' with a cry of' Long live the Republio * whioh _Bbsll rise to the hearing oi generations yet unborn . '—Did Mr Meagher say he'd sink from view , and was that the meaning of his words ? I understood that to be the meaning of bis words . Mr Butt . —How could these be tbe words ' If ——• Chief _Justice Doherty ;—You will not read the question from that paper now , nnder the pretence
ot—Mr Bait . —With all respect for the court , I must say I am sot capable ofuBing any pretence . lam about to a ° k a question . Do you mean to say whether that last sentence was an expression of Mr Meagher ' s own , or whether be was referring to a historical incident ? I took it to be bis own . —How often did you read over the copy of this information I hold in my band 1 I did not read it ovor more than tbree or four times . —When last ? On Friday night last . —• How often did you repeat it to yourself ? I cannot recollect . —Did you yesterday ? I did . —Where ? In the court-house here . —When you thought you were going to be examined ? Yes . —How often yesterday did you repeat it . Tbree or four times . _—Now read this passage from your information : —Tbe witness
then read the passage pointed out in his information as follows : — ' Which sank from view with one ory of * Long live the Republic' which arose to the hearing of generations then unborn . '—Ia that the true one ? Itis . —Then , in point ot fact , tbe representation of _tMs passage , which you gave on the table before is different from what you now give ? It is . —Then you mistook the purport of it ? I did . Patrick Coghlan , another police reporter , was cross-examined by Mr Whiteside : Never reported a speeoh in my life before ; am not proud of tbe manner in which I reported tbis one ; I did not take notes at the time , for although I had a tablet in my pocket I did not think it safe to use it in the crowd ; I was nearer tothe speaker than Hamilton ( the last witness ); the crowd seemed excited ; there were shouts of applause ; I think I have overrated the number of people present when 1 estimated it at
4 , 000 ; when I returned tothe police barrack after the speeohes , I sat down to write my notes of it ; Hamilton sat down to write at the same table with me ; the original notes that I took I gave to Mr _Gsre Jones as my informations . —Did you beep a copy of them for yourself ? No ; bnt I get a copy of them when I was going to Dublin . —Did you not tell me on the former trial that you made a copy tbe morning before you were examined ? No , sir , I said no such thing ; and I am sorry to say that , in addressing the jury you mis-stated my evidence to them . —Were you listening to my speech ? I was . — Do you think yeu oould refer to it ? Witneas ( laughing ) Oh no , sir . —This is very pleasant no donbt to you ; but the gentleman on trial for bis life does not _consider it so amusing . Now , Bir , how did I misrepresent yonr _evidence 1 You said I confessed that the morning I entered the court I wrote the copy .
Mr Whiteside ( reading from a newspaper . )— 'I wrote this sinoe I came to Clonmel '—is not that what you stated on your examination ? Witness ( with au air of triumph ) . Ay , my lord , but is that Baying that I wrote it the morning I was exam * ined ? Not being aware of tbe manner in which I _ehould give my evidence , in order to make it the more 'legible' I though it would be necessary to write it to band it over to the court and jury . That is the reason , my lords and gentlemen , why I made the copy of the information after I came to Clonmel . Mr Whiteside ( who had resumed his seat whilst witness was speaking ) . Have you anything to aay 1 bave not .
Mr Whiteside ( blandly ) . —Beoause if you wish to : o address the jury I shall be most happy to hear you . a . ( Laughter ) . Some days before you were examined id did you not make an addition to your examination ? ? I made an addition to it in Dublin . On my oath after er I oame to Clonmel and before I was examined I ad- dded to my original information , and brought the lie notes to court to refresh me ; the paper I now hold >\ i in my band is tbe original statement I made and ad handed to my officer * , I have stated matters to-day ay on my oath which I did not Btate in either ot my ay informations , for 1 consider I waa bound to state tte on my eath everything whioh might since occur to to my memory .
The Clerk of tbe Crown tben read tbe information oa of the witness sworn before Mr John Gore Jones ; s ; it contained no mention whatever of the fire-ship lip and the French Republio ; Does not the addition to your first information , ta , which I will call the ' second edition , ' relate to the he Frenoh Repnblio and tbe fire-ship ? Yes , it does . , Chief Justice Blaokburne . —Why do you call the . he further statement of the witness au' addition '—is it I it an additional information ? Mr Whiteside . —No , my lord . It is oalled ' ex- extracts of a speech' and has been written since the the fitness came to Clonmel .
Cross-examination resumed . —I did not lay a word ord in either of my written statements about ' perjured' ed ' or ' bloody' judges ; from tbe peculiar style olMr Mr Meagher ' s language I waa unable to recollect a great eat ; part of it ; will not swear that all sentences were _ferei connected ; I ommitted those sentences which 1 did didl not think essential ; 1 have not a perfect recollection tioni of what was Baid about the work being completed in d im thirty years , bat I think he said that in thirty y _. ats > ats ! _somo new spirit like hia own might arise to complete > Ut « the work he had begun ; I know Constable Geary _earys a nd I read bis . information ; I bave not sworn any anyj t hing which was in bin information did not he * he *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 28, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28101848/page/5/
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