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TO THE CHARTISTS OF LONDON. FansDj ,—We ...
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MARRIAGE OF JAMES MOIR, OF GLASGOW. We h...
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ACCIDEST AT THE ClTT OF LoSDON THEATRE.—...
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Receipts Of The Chartist Co-Operatite S ...
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N . B . The shore account does not include money received on _accountjpf levy , nor the sum of £ 66 8 s . paid dariBg this month by the General Secretary nor this week ' s receipts- It is the gene-, ral account made np te the end of January . The secretary's balance-sheet will specif y the items more at large . A great difference will appear be tween the weekly receipts , 33 acknowledged here , and those published in the Scotch edition , several secretaries Tery negligently and rery improperly withhold ing their remittances till too late tor the Scotch edition ; in some instances this occurs to an amount of nearly £ 100 per week . Henceferth , we shall sot _acknswledge the receipt of any monies that are received after Thursday .
To The Chartists Of London. Fansdj ,—We ...
TO THE CHARTISTS OF LONDON . FansDj , —We estreat your attention to a duty which it behoves you immediately to perform . The Chartist frody throughout the country are nobly moving ia behalf of the patriotic —Met , Frost , _TuHicmc , Jones , and Ellis . We are determined that nothing shall he wanted ox our parts to give affect to tha agitation . We hare resolved upon several courses of action , aU of which , if pursued with energy , will tend to the securing of the _philantbopis object which we have in view . The Convention which xaet is London in April last , resolved upon the formation of an Exiles'Restoration Committee , to be composed of one delegate from each of the _mstrophtan _lecalitits , together with the Executive Committee . Friends , what we propose is , simply that at your vari ous meetings to-morrow the vote of the Convention shall be carried out by each locality electing one delegate , who ikalL with B * _. ftnn the Restoration Committee .
friends , we conjure you , as yen _respact the _exilvs—as yon would appreciate their return to their satire land , not to neglect this appeal . Do sot delay the _performanct of the important duty of which it reminds you . Circumstances imperativaly demand on yonr part energy and promptitude . Let the representative of each locality is London meet ua in the City Hall , _Tnrnagain-lane , on Sunday the ltth inst ., at three in the afternoon , that we may adopt such measures as will bring the force of the present movement to bear with effect ou theParlia stunt and government . In behalf of tbe Executive , Tboxu _JlAitnt Whibxib , Secretary .
Marriage Of James Moir, Of Glasgow. We H...
MARRIAGE OF JAMES MOIR , OF GLASGOW . We hare ranch pleasure in announcing the martiage of tiie above amiable gentleman and sterling patriot ; while , at the same time , we have to express our sincere regret at having mislaid a more detailed account of the happy event , which was transmitted to ns by a friend . For the present , therefore , all we tan do is to announce that Mr . James Moir , our respected friend , has been married to an amiable aud accomplished lady , the daughter of a respected and sterling patriot of Glasgow . We trust , next week ,
that the kindness of our friend will enable ns to give themattsrmoreindetail ; whilewe begof him to accept ¦ onr apology for having imposed the trouble by oar own negligence . We beg Mr . Moir and his lady to aecept our kindest and most cordial congratulations . Since writing the above we rejoice to say that our search has been repaid by success , and we now give the particulars as they came to hand : — " At 84 , Bnccleach-street , Garnet-hill , Glasgow , by the Very Rev . Principal Macfarlane , James Moir , Esq ., merchant , Glasgow , to Martha , daughter of thelate _RobertM'Garin , Esq ., Tup Hall , Hamilton . "
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ACCIDEST AT THE ClTT OF LoSDON THEATRE . —On Tuesday evening , during the performances of the American Samson ( Mr . Canfield ) an accident of a \ ery serious nature occurred , the particulars of which are as follows : —It appears that Mr . Canfield has occasion to introduce a Tery heavy cannon weighing 6 cwt . ; the action of discharging this cannon caused one of the flaps to fly open , which not being perceived by the men who attended npon him , and who were taking the cannon off the stage , caused the death of one , and little hopes are entertained ofthe recovery of the other . The first man passed over the hole , but the second ( Thomas Britten ) fell through , the cannon falling on his bead and smashing it in a most frightful manner . Another man , named Jones , also fell through , dislocating his collar ixrae and fracturing his skull .
_IsqvjEST . —On Wednesday evening Mr . W . Payne _ieldan inquest at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of Thomaa Britton , aged 57 , who was killed at the City of London Theatre on Tuesday , after the performance of Mr . Canfield , the American Samson , as above described . Mr . Canfield was examined , -who said he did not witness the accident ; but that on being told of it , he saw the deceased in the cellar , and tiie cannon on him , Thera was about half a pound of powder used for the charge , but he had sometimes used a pound without accident , lie had exhibited at many theatres , and such a thing never < _xicurred before . Mr . S . Remmant , surgeon , slated that the whole of one side of the skull was beaten in , and there wag a compound fracture of the right arm : he was quite dead when brought in . Thejury consulted for some time , and returned a verdict of « Accidental Death . "
_MupEit—Wamesday's Government Polite Gazette ] ccntamed the offer of a reward of £ 100 for such _iniormation as will lead to the apprehension and con- _'V _^ _airfFES . ot peraon 8 _who » on **• morning _oftheSlstult , barbarously _murderedaman named Edmund _Tottie , in Merafield Plantation , Plvmpton St . Mary ' s , Devon , the property of the Right Hon ! the Earl of Morley ; as also , that the Right Hon . the Secretary ef State had promised to recommend the grant of her Majesty's most gracious pardon to any accomplice ( not being the person who actually committed tlie murder ) who will give such evidence as will lead to the same result . £ 50 ofthe above reward is offered by the Earl of Morley , and £ 50 by her Majesty ' s government .
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MONDAY . J K _^ f _^ f " S 7 _< _-Wule we admit the right of the Thunderer to pnnt on Monday the material portions of our article ot tiie previous Saturday in its own phraseology , common courtesy entitles us to an acknowledgment of the fact . In this age of inconsistency , the newspaper that _suDOorts theNEW PRINCIPLE should , of all others ! te the least ashamed to confess the source to whieh it is entitled for its new conceptions . We have no objec tion whatever to the _TimiM adorning our simple troths , plainly told , in its peculiar mysterious phraseology . The sum and substance of our grievance is this : the Times of Monday makes it an invariable
practice " u > cog" our leading article of Saturday for iU principal leader of Monday _. and we defy any man who has read the Star of Saturday and the Times of Monday , upon that part ofthe Minister's policy respecting compensation to agriculturists in the proposed alterations in local taxation and management , to come to any other conclusion than that tee are tho great schoolmaster , and the Times our pnpil . The Times had four whole days to consider the several proposed alterations , and during that period laughed at them as insignificant , but , on the fifth , adopted our views , and appreciated them as great boons . What we have to expect in future , then , w this—tbat the limes will acknowledge its obligations to us thus : „
1 HASH _IBOM _SATOBDAt ' _s " SOBTHKBJf STAB . The _Pbokctiosisis _ajtd their Tools . —So , then , the reckoning day ha * come , and agricultural fury _, heretofore unconnected and weak , has been gathered into a storm , which threatens , if not a dissolution of Parliament , at least a severance ef that harmonious connection which so long _existedbetween the farmers and their friends - , and hence , like well-bred dogs , wc see tne agricultural pups walking out ofthe house through the "Chiltern Hundreds" door , below they are kicked into the street . We always predicted that the time would come when Peel ' s pipe would rally the men "THAT WHISTLED AT THE PLOUGH" against the HACKS that WHISTLE IN _DOWNLVGSTREET . Which of the lines will Peel now select as the watch-wcrd for his future struggles ? Are they _| to be peaceful or warlike ? Are they to be—Ills ego qui quandam gratHi mocMatut avma ,
or Armavirumoueeano Troja qui primus db oris ? This Tbs Hours' Bna . asd Lokd _Ashlet . —The fate ef this' unfortunate measure haa been truly romantic . Nosooner doesit appear tobe within the easy grasp of those who hare so long cherished hops in its enactment , and who have supported it with such heroic and untiring devotion , than anon it vanishes like a phantom , leaving little but the temporary astonishment it created forthe puzzled mind to reflect upon . The year before last it was strong , substantial , and _gigantic , nursed in to form by the breath from without , and blown into strength by the voice of the majority within . It suddenly acquired importance , paralysed its putative father , and after a
Ministerial tribute to his tenderness and parental affection , the parent sent it again to nurse till any little Ministerial deformity should have been removed . In compliance with its noble parent ' s desire its friends and supporters allowed it to rest until a more fitting opportunity should present itself for its re-appearance , and in accordance with this policy the noble lord , early in the session , and at a time peculiarly fitting to its introduction , renews the subject . He says , "Behold my monster now ! See it , look well , feast your eyes ; for a little time ye shall see it , and for a GREAT WHILE YE SHALL NOT SEE IT . " It was our misfortune to be compelled , in the exercise ofa very painful duty , to speak severely , if not
reproachfully , of the noble lord ' s first retreat ; but what are -we to say of his _secoud ?—when victory was indisputable—when the triumph of labour was within his grasp ? Is it too much to say that there was as much significance in the SHAKE of the Premier ' s hand , as there was in tbe portentous NOD of Lord Burleigh ' s head ? A member of Parliament should weigh consequences and balance results , and should not capriciously preserve a mock , a puerile , and hypocritical consistency at the expense of the interest of millions of toil-worn slaves . Lord Ashley had a more noble , a more just , and a more equitable course before him than that of Ministerial pander or Parliamentary consistency . He was at best but the delegate of the majority of Dorsetshire
fanners , while he was the representative of millions scattered over the face of the country , whose confidence he has foully betrayed , and whose cause he bat unfairly jeopardised . What ' s the opinion or even the existenceof all the farmers of Dorsetshire in comparison with the importance of a measure which would stop slow and continuous torture , a lingering existence , and premature death , as the rule of an immense population ? If Lord Ashley was more sensitive upon the subject of his Parliamentary consistency than upon the incalculable blessings that must flow from that social reform which was within his reach , he should betake himself to retirement and solitary reflection , and : not again intrude his sensitive inefficiency upon thousands , aye , miUions , who are now
SLAVES TO HIS CAPRICE . Lord Ashley might have saved his consistency , and at the same time have preserved his dignity , his party , and his _principles by taking the sense of Ms constituents _^ as their delegate , and , by voting according to their directions , havestill remain astherepresentativeof the working classes . This would have been the honourable course , and one that would have been satisfactory to all ; we trust , however , thatthe principle will gain strength by tho command beim » transferred to the incorruptible and indomitable Fielden , vice Ashley who retires in disgrace . Now , it will not do for Lord Ashley to play fast and loose with this questionrun with the hare and hold with the hound—it will not do to make Dorsetshire a HACK , and infant labour s HOBBY-HORSE—it will not do to come and go , for mayhap some other ministerial crisis may
_- present a fresh difficulty , which would make it incumbent npon the noble lord to resign the house and the question , rather than impede the progress of the business of the country ; which means the passing of railway bills , raising supplies , coercing the working classes , and spending their money . Lord Ashley , then , can never again be permitted to take the lead in & question which he has twice deserted , and to accomplish which he lacks the moral courage . Mb . Febbanb asd the _Liaqdts . —In faith , but the honourable member for Knaresborough has had more than a taste of free trade philosophy , and we presume he understands their knuckles better than their arguments . The Scotchman says . " there is nothing convinces like a lick in the lug ; but the League , dreading a relapse from such hasty conviction , prefers the philosophy bf the old
adage" A dead cockean ' t crow * We have studiously perused the speeches of Mr . Ferrand , recently delivered in the north , upon the subject ot free trade , and we defy the most thick and thin supporter of the measure to negative his facts , or to snake his position ; and while we would not place the working classes in the false position of abettors to the very worst description of Toryism , by supporting er even countenancing Lane Fox , we nevertheless fully appreciate the brave , the bold , and
manly bearing of Mr . Ferrand , as far as respects his exposure of the League and the factory system . Mr . Ferrand will have learned a salutary and wholesome lesson during his tour—the lesson , that old Chartist birds are not fo be caught with chaff , and that the enfranchisement of sixty boroughs , which ia the political boon that Mr . Ferrand proposes , is neither part nor parcel of the documentcalted the PEOPLE'S CHARTER . Taking all things into consideration , however , Mr . Ferrand _' s tour may conduce to great f ' ood—if it does nothingmore than exhibit the League error of discussion .
Moskt asd Shabb Market . — These twin devils cannot be well separated until after Thursday next , when the required amount of deposita are EXPECTED to be paid into the Accountant-General' s office ; but , aa wepredicted with regard to railway shares , all tiie good substantial lines are not ) creeping but actually popping up , while , as we alio predicted , the bubbles are vanishing . All attempts , of the government practitioners failed to dispel tho LITTLE SPECK that still hovered over the Exchange . The Corn Tbade . —As we predicted , in this branch also , the three years' breathing time allowed to the clod-poles by the Ministerial measure , has had a tendency to arrest tbe flail and stop the threshing machine—the consequence of which is an upward
tendency in the price of grain , with a simultaneous increase in the cry of famine . Those poor ignorant clod-poles have no more notion of what the inevitable result of Peel ' s measure will be than the man in the moon . We told them before , and we tell them again , that Peel has mesmerised them , and made them a body without limbs or members ; a hopeless , hapless trunk , squatted upon the soil as scarecrows to frighten future generations by the mutilated body of old abuses and usurped privileges . Tbade . —The manufacturers very naturally make a sum of their _altered prospects , and state it thus—If a pound spent on Peel' s new tariff gives £ 1 10 s ., what will it give in the event ofa war with America
and they find the answerto be , DOUBTFUL . Now , another of our predictions was , that Peel wou ld use the war-cry just as it might be made to serve his commercial policy , and if it presents a prospect of remunerative prices and protection to the landlords , through rivers of blood , and if the commercial policy of the country cannot be otherwise secured , then war we will have ; but if , upon the other hand , the active calculating capitalists see great risk to their trade , they will demand a total and immediate repeal of the Corn Laws , without being encumbered with the CLUMSY LUMPS of legislation which thc Prime Minister haa thrown in , such as five years' industrial residence . _ We fear , that if an early spring trade should set in , its progress will be stopped by the warcry and Ministerial measures .
IRELAND . _Bbtas Skebt . —We learn that Bryan Seery , who was convicted and _senten _« " -d to death at the " Mul
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lingar sessions for firing at Sir Francis Hopkins , will not be executed , and that his sentence will be commoted to transportation for life . We think this is the least reparation to a miserable man who was convicted by a second jury , frightened into unanimity by the threatened starvation of their predecessors . C _» SSK _^ BKCB 8 OT Ba » Law AND LANDIiOBD _Tlbaknt . — We give iu another column reports of more murders and " shooting , " collected from the Tory press , that has been long bellowing for coercion . From these accounts we learn that one man was fired at on his way home , but we have given previously many instances ot outrages committed upon the HATS and GARMENTS of individuals by their own hands . We tendered the following evidence to
Mr . _Lyttleton , then Secretary for Ireland , when the Whig government was getting up the howl for coercion , but the Whig secretary refused to aid us in the exposure of the guilty parties : —A celebrated Orangeman , who was a major in the army , was , together with some other LARKING DEFENDERS OF THEIR COUNTRY , on a visit with a gallant captain , and the whole party , with faces blackened , and otherwise disfigured , essayed , in the middle of a dark' winter ' s night , to ransack the neighbouring farm-houses , their object being to swear the occupants to be White Boys , and to beg money to bay fire-arms and ammunition . The outrage was strongly relied upon by the Irish _coercionists , and when we discovered the plot from one of the guilty
party , wno 8 incereiyrepentedofhisfolly , and , although we had his permission to communicate thc facts to the government , together with his name and what he could prove , the government refused any participation in the trial ef the offenders . So much for the mode of making out a case for coercion , and the real value of the howl to Ireland ' s oppressors . In 1823 a gallant captain of a yeomanry corps , who wished to be put on permanent pay , as well as being desirous to recommend himself to his employers , one night , on his return from a party , dismissed his servant , who . was accompanying nim home with a lantern , and after a lapse of time , more than sufficient to have gone ten times the distance , he ran home breathless , with his hat on his head , declaring that he was fired at , but that he didn't know whether he was hit or not ; leaving it to his
afflicted family to discover the bullet hole in his UNMOVED hat . The hoax was so gross , and so clumsily done , that , although it served as a justification for increased tyranny , the author was the sufferer , for he became a perfect laughing-stock to his neighbours . Ton hearty ruffians ean , in any ten days in the year , establish strong grounds for coercion . Ireland , however , never ought to be quiet , and we _truBt never will be quiet , until the Protestant Church Establishment is destroyed , root and branch , —until her sons are allowed to cultivate the soil . for their own benefit , and until erery man of twenty-one years of age shall have a vote for the representative who is to make the laws to govern him . Then Ireland would be the most happy , the most prosperous , and the most moral nation upon the lace of the earth .
FOREIGN . France and Exgland . —Still the war of " WHO SHALL V rages in the French Chambers . The national sympathy is in favourof America , while ministerial expediency leads towards the great maritime neighbour . Upon the whole , we incline to think that Africa and DOMESTIC PROGRESSION , together with the _unquictness by which the great nation is bounded , will give the despots quite enough to do upon their own account , without burning their fingers in a meddling war . For further foreign sews see our general Foreign Summary . _EuBOPEAir IsTBBVHSTioN . —Tlie following tit bit , from its importance , and from the fact that it breathes our most sanguine wish , we dignify with a place in our Summary : —
On tha 6 th , a Mc . BowKn . addressed the House , and breathed dreadful fury against Great Britain inparticu . lar , and the monarchical states of Europe in general . He would not , according to the report of the United States Courier , cede an inch for the purpose of preventing a war , but would rather , on the contrary , give up the whole territory of Oregon to have a war , which might give him the _oppertuuity ef coming to Europe to instil the principles of liberty amongst the European population , and to teach them how to dethrone tbe despots who have , he says , vowed an implacable hatred against America .
By the above , it appears that we did not miscalculate , when we announced that the question of nonintervention in the President's message would be tho greatest stumbling-block to the European League of Kings ; and Louis Philippe , whose tenure hangs , perhaps , upon the slightest thread , has set his Minister at War's wit to work from the commencement of the French sessions till the present moment , to see how he can best stem the torrent of non-intervention , which , in common language , means nothing more or less than the uninterrupted progress of democratic institutions .
TUESDAY . The _Misisnn asd the League . —The League are playing the dodge , and not a bad . one either , of keeping their forces together until the fate of the Ministeral measures are known . They are mindful of the old adage , " MUCH WILL HAVE MORE , " and will , therefore , frighten the already terrified landlords into a tame acquiescence in the proposed measure , by threatening them , in case of sulk , with a total and immediate repeal . It reminds ns ofthe Irish traveller in the olden time , who , with a sixpence in the left hand and a bit of blackthorn in the right , said to a lazy postboy , "Here ' s this ( the sixpence ) if you go on , and this ( the blackthorn ) if you don't . " There ' s nothing like a stone in the sleeve , and for
that reason we shall keep our ' _s snug until the sixpence and bit of blackthorn have done their work , and then our Chartist stone shall go into the " sling " of agitation ; as the League may rest assured that they are not going to wrest political power out ofthe hands of the multitude , to be used for the irrevocable subjugation of labour . . Lord Stanhope and Free Tbade . —Elsewhere we publish a letter from the retreat of this truly English and philanthropic nobleman . Everything coming from the pen of this gifted philanthropist must be receired with all the respect that is due to honest convictions , and with all the honour that is due to their bold and truthful assertion . We believe that there does not
breathe a more purely honest man than Earl Stanhope , while at the same time we oannot consent to rally the support of the disinherited labourer as au auxiliary force to fight the battles of their usurping oppressors . Earl Stanhope we know was a manful opponent to the damnable act , that all its horrors and the vices of its propounders were sure one day to recoil upon their own heads . Had they preserved the honourable connection , and patronage of patron and client , they might have been roused to the cry of our JOINT PROPERTY IS IN DANGER ; but the wealthy powerful seised the opportunity presented by the flush of young manufactures to oust , disinherit , foraake , and abandon their powerless partners , and then closed the door against the return
ofthe " prodigal son , " who had been naturally invited by the fascinating prospect of a hasty fortune easily made . A human butcher was employed , a human slaughter-house was established , where infant blood was made the temptation to sell parental feeling . Whole families were bought and sold like pigs in a market-place , while the voice of Oastler ALONE was raised against the hellish and unchristian practice . Tbis was the manufacturers' price for agricultural slaves , and , in return , he aided the heartless Squire in rivetting the chains of shame and sorrow upon his former clients , so as to make them badges of disgrace when they returned to the home of their fathers , the land of their birth , the inheritance from their God , and their guaranteed property , by laws that were wrung from the daughter of the tyrant who robbed them of tbe kind patronage that was kindly administered by the fostering hand
of a paternal priest , who had no interest in the world ' s gain—who found r . o pleasure in the world ' s revelry , and whose sole delight and joy was the preservation of the kindly fruits of the earth , thnt IN DUE TIME THEIR PRODUCERS MIGHT ENJOY THEM ; and as the immortal Cobbett has well said , " Give us the cowled monk , as the administrator and dispenser of charity , in preference to the mustachioed regimental slave . " Herein Lord Stanhope rests the danger to your order ; and , pity it is , that in such cases the all-grasping law should make no distinction between the good and the bad , and that you should suffer with tlie _Ricbmonds and the Buckinghams . As long as the privileges ot the landlords were proteetive of the rights of labour , so long was the labourer ever ready to fly to the cry of "My cottage is in danger ! " but now , when the strife comes , the usurpers must fight their battle alone .
The Militia . —By a reference to the Parliamentary Summary it will be seen that a sufficient amount of explanation has been given upon the subject of the proposed bill for the embodiment of the militia to lull the public mind into a false security ; but as it is our intention to devote some space to the more extensive consideration of the subject , we abstain from saying more uuder the present head than merely to cry WARE HAWK . No vote , no musket ! Mobk Resignations . —By St . Paul , but the work of retreating goes bravely on ; so much so , that for the first time in Parliamentary history the Prime Minister is compelled to consult the records of Parliament for precedents tliat bear upon the acceptance of the LUCRATIVE OFFICE of Steward ofthe Chiltern Hundreds ; so that henceforth it appears that a retreat from Parliament is to be no _siuecure .
Mohbt and Shake Market . —We have little alteration to note in these departments beyond the additional confirmation of our prediction , that the good lines continue to go steadily up , while the bubbles continue as steadily to vanish . Thk Pkoteciionibts and tub Miniskb . —The agricultural war rages with increased heat and fervour , and wherever a refractory wight has been compelled to resign in consequcuce of his hasty conversion to tree trade principles , some unconverted walks uno ppesedly into his warm shoos . We always thought that the unsteady opinion of one man was not the best dial by which we could judge the time ?/ day in
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_hitcounty , and yet tho present flight is nothing to what it will be _^ when Parliamentary intelligence begins to sift the effect that the several propositions of the Minister is likely to have upon the several peculiar interests . When the debate comes on , every finger will be feeling in the pie ibr its own plum , and we very much fear , that when finally arranged , if the Minister does not show pluck , that when the pie is opened the labourers will find tbat the stones only remain in the bottom as their share . We anticipate no small amusement from a perusal of the many discoveries that will be brought to bear unon the
IMPRACTICABILITY OF THIS PORTION , THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF CARRYING OUT THAT PORTION , and the actual UNSOUNDNESS OF LEGISLATING UPON THE OTHER PORTION ; so that from present appearances we should not be at all astonished to find that , like the old brig Elizabeth , she , from frequent repairs , hadn't one remaining plank of her original hull ; that the allwighty measure turned out to be no measure at all , as , in truth , the criticising press haj already commenced the work of emasculation , each selecting the portions most favourable to its own readers .
n IRELAND . Coercion —There can be little doubt that as soon as the great commercial policy is disposed of , the Irish red box will be opened , containing the hue and cry of every murder that hag been committed in Ireland for the last fiitv years , as the groundwork of a new Coercion Bill .
WEDNESDAY . Ira Ten Hours' Biu ,. —We rejoice to find that the Thunderer is not so irrevocably steeped in free trade pledges as to be forced from the advocacy of the all-important principle of Short Time ; snd if the Times only succeeds in keeping up thc steam in favour of the holy cause to a successful issue , we shall willingly , gladly , and okcerfully accord to it that ascendancy which it has long struggled to achieve , but which it never will deserve until it can point to some substantial measure that it has wrung from the rich oppressor in favour of the poor oppressed . We propose once more to take our humble position as private soldiers in thc Short Time ranks , and to devote a month or more , if necessary , to the continuous
agitation of the subject , in order to back its supporter * within , with an amount of petitions from without that will fairly astonish the untutored minds of our sapient representatives . Now , we never promise what we do not mean to perforin , but we do promise , upon onr own part , and which cannot be had without our energy and agitation , ONE MILLION _SIGNATURES , praying for the adoption of the measure , as soon as we are convinced that they will be availably used by it * Parliamentary supporters . Richard Oastler anu the Tk » Hours' Bin . — Men sometimes cannot comprehend the great importance of a subject in which , at first sight , individual importance can only appear . Despite this difficulty , however , we contend that no subject ol
greater importance can possibly present itself to our mind at the present moment than that of FORCING Richard Oastler into the House of Commons , whether he will or no . If not tho inrentor , lie is the renovator , the improver , and the engineer of the shorttime machinery ; and he is the man , above all _othws in this world , to enforce the weight of the pressure from without , to strengthen the opinions within upon the subject . Moreover , we wish the question of labour to be forced in all its phases upon the consideration of the house , pending the _Rebate upon the Ministerial policy ; and we know of no man on earth whose advocacy of labour ' s social rights would have so astounding an effect upon the Protectionists as that of Richard Oastler . lie has a way peculiar to
himself , „ and , at the same time , not distasteful to the most critical , of plumping out truths and strong facts , and labour VULGARITIES , which in another man would be called rude , but in him would be thought knowledge . There is an earnestness , a sincerity , a vigour , an irresistible ' courage about the Old King , which sets feeble opposition at . defiance , and laughs prejudice out of countenance . Shall we , then , without a general election , nut our every shoulder to the wheel , and give to the Ten Hours' cause a commander that can neither be corrupted , bribed , or intimidated ? By all that is just , we would suffer any amountof privation to hear the lion of labour roaring amongst the wolves . We say again , that perhaps if we were writing our
fingers off , we could not suggest any change that would be more conducive to the cause of labour than that of transforming the quiet gentleman into a bustling representative . Nothing could be more easy ; and if the friends of Short Time , and the friends of liberty generally , back us in our endeavour , we have no doubt of success . We attaeh more importance to the question of Short Time than to all the Mii _. _isterial measures of Sir Robert Peel put together , or to _allofcher measures , except the People ' s Charter . And , in point of fact , the greatest importance that we do attach to Peel ' s measures , is the conviction that they must inevitably lead to an adjustment
between animate and inanimate producing power . Again , we repeat , that no power on earth enn give the people any command over the power of capital , and the dominion of their masters , until there is such a demand for labour as will make the child , Capital , obedient to its parent , Labour . And we further assert , that full and unrestricted free trade in everything , with tho uurestiicted use of machinery , -wouU be the greatest curse that could befall this country , as the inevitable result would be an active and destroying competition in slave labour , to maintain our manufacturing pre-eminence abroad ; and no man in England can so effectually bring this question before the House and tho country , as llichard Oastler , the
KING OF THE FACTORY CHILD ! No Vote , no Musket !—In another place will bt found the proceedings of several public meetings which have been held in opposition to the proposed embodiment of the militia . Mr . Sturge attended the Leicester meeting , and his speech squared exactly with the sentiments expressed m our article of last Saturday , upon the question of providing substitutes for the government . We commend Mr . Sturge ' _s speech for other reasons ; it was full of that milk ot human kindness for which its author is so celebrated . We are glad to find that the gathering was a mixture of Chartist and the Complete Suffrage party . We behove that the slightest differences which exist between any two sections of the movement party are these which separate the _ChartiBts , with the name , from the ANONYMOUS CHARTISTS . WE
NEVER WILL ABANDON OUR NAME , and , therefore , all that they have to do to insure a hearty co-operation is to adopt it , and wo shall be more than a match for Protectionists , Antimonopolists , and the whole tribe of undefined humbugs . And more , we promise to divide the service with , our coadjutor , by leaving him , as far as we are-concerned , unopposed swa _*/ in the field , while we give effect to his labour in the Cabinet . We have now as much as wc can possibly do while Parliament is sitting for five whole days in the week , and sometimes a bit of the night ; and now , at the commencement of tbe new struggle , we say to Mr . Sturge—our blood was shed fer you , our money was spent for you , our time , our service , and our life were
devoted to you at Nottingham ; our co-operation was cheerfully volunteered to you at Birmingham ; YOU HAVE TRIED TO GET RID OF US , AND YOU COULD NOT , and never can . Now , co-operate with us , and let tne public judge of our relative motives by the manner in which our united strength for the overthrow of the united power of faction Bhatt be used—you , in the field , we in tbe Cabinet , NOT DIRECTING , bnt chronicling your actions , through the only channel by which they can possibly achieve one particle of strength . Monet and Share Marxbt . —We havo no change to note since yesterday in cither of these departments , beyond the steady advance in the good lines , and thc still lowering effect that thc little speck in the west has upon 'Change .
IRELAND . Ireland and America . —At tbe Conciliation Hall , on Monday , Tom Steele denounced in the _strongoat terms the resolutions tliat had been proposed in thc American Congress , declaratory of sympathy for Ireland , and suggesting the probability of that country becoming a Republic . O'Connell and O'Brien . —These two gentlemen are at issue upon the subject ofthe Corn Laws—Dan for their repeal , O'Brien _agiinst it ; while the member for Limerick admits that there is no difference between himself and Dan upon one point—namely , that the repeal of the Corn Laws will expedite tlie repeal of the Union . If we were of the same opinion as the two gentlemen , we should vote for a repeal of the Corn Laws ; but we much fear that the adjustment of that question will have the effect of creating such a state of things as will place the Repeal question in abeyauce for some time . The week ' s rent was announced to be £ 370 .
FOREIGN . America . —The war question proceeds with increased vigour ; and the Yankees do not seem disposed to give their monarchical friends a single moment ' s breathing time . The English press has laboured hard to convince its readers that President Polk was opposed to any warlike movement , while news to be more relied upon assures us that Mr . President Polk , in private as well as in public , expresses a wish that the House of Representatives would sanction the notice to quit being served upon the British government .
THURSDAY . The " Times" and the Poor . —It not unfreqiiently happens that you meet a FRIEND with a resolution to _givo him a good blowing up while something affable in his manner , dashing in his recklessness , or winning in his smile , converts the hostile resolution into a friendly feeling , and you say— " Oh , curse the fellow ! " When you see him , he makes you forget everything , and you can't help liking him . Now such , we confess , is precisely our situation with regard to the Times . Notwithstanding its irreconcilable thick . and thin , senseless support of free trade and thc League , it docs _nevertheless come out with such astounding articles in favour of the rights of the poor , as distinguished from tho privileges of the rich , that we are literally ' _ir-. duceuto say— " Curse the fellow ! _there ' s no such thing as falling out with Uiiu . " There is an _article in the 2 Y » _ii « _u of this morn-
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ing in support of Sir Robert Peel ' s five years' industrial residence , whioh we regret not having room for . This article is more elaborate upon the same subject than our comment in yesterday ' s Summary . It treats at large the sub ject that we there merely glanced at . The pith of the article is , that a minister should not allow the rights of the poor to be made a bone of contention by the rich of different classes ; and in order to strengtften an impression , which never should have faded , 33 to the injustice of seducing agricultural labourers to the manufacturing districts , we give the following correspondence , whieh is extracted from the article in question : — Extract of a letter from Mr . Edmund Ashworth to his " respectedfriend , Edward Chadwick , Poor Law Comruission-offico , "
"This bespeaks a ecarcity of labourers here ; at the same time , great complaints are made of surplus _populate in the agricultural counties , and societies are formed for transporting thera toourcoloulea and other countries whilst here oar deficiency is _raade up by a _rast influx from Ireland of ignorant , discontented , and turbulent people , who , introducing and widely spreading their own habits , have a tendency gradually to _dciuoraliso our own native population . " He then suggests , that " the grtaltst possible facility should be afforded to families wbo should be willing or desirous of removing from the agricultural counties , where work is scarce , to the manufacturing districts , where it is abundant . " This _rucommenilation is followed up b y Mr . ltobert Hyde Greg , of Manchester , who thus _addregses Mr . Cbadwick : —
" I have for some time thought of addressing jou on the same matter as my friend Ashworth did some time sigo ; namely , the propriety of opening a communication between our ( strange to suy ) underpsopUd districts aud the southern overpeopled ones . " it is » t this moment a most important suggestion , and dessrvat to be put Into immediate operation . " It must be looked upon as a happy _coincidsnee that at the period of depriving or curtailing ptrhaps tbe facilities of gaining a livelihood to the people of one-half of England , and causing a fall in their present low wages , and a scramble amongst them for _employment , there should exist a difficulty in obtaining labourers at extravagant wages in these northern counties . This fortunate occurrence should be taken advantage of _.
" The _suggestion I would make is this , that some official channel of communication should be optmed in two or three of our large towns with your ofiice , or auy ofiice , to wliich the most overcharged parishes might transmit lists of their families . _Manufacturers short of labourers , or starting new concerns , Blight look _orur the lists aud select . a > they might require ( for ths variety of our wants is great ) , large families or small ones , young children or growu up , men or widows , or orphans , & c . " Now let the reader read the above , in connection with our comment on Lord Stanhope ' s letter , and he will tec how all the friends of the poor , however they may differ in politics , sometimes think alike . We would really recommend every person who can get hold of the Times of Thursday , the 5 th of February , to read the third leading article .
Mobb _Whedinp op The Wheat Fimd . — Lord Jocelyn , son of Lord Roden , Grand Master of the Orange blood-hounds of Ireland , has been plucked up , roots and all , and thrown out of the house . Sir Thomas Fremantle , tho nominee of his Grace of Buckingham , has also boon obliged to cut his stick , and many more weeds have still to be uprooted . Those pliant-minded gentlemen really thought that they had nothing to do but to change their opinions for pelf and patronage , and that their pliant supporters should as quickly change theirs . " What , " said an Irish patriot to a borough-monger in the Irish Parliament , who had purchased his seat , " Are you going to sell your country ? " "AYE , AND t>—D GLAD TO HAVE A COUNTRY TO SELL ; I bought you dear , and I'll sell you _daar . " Now , those scamps who are obliged to resign , are obliged to consult their constituents about the price ,
AND WHO IS TO RECEIVE IT . Tub Peeks and Reform . —One of the leading features of what is called our constitution , declavea _that ' peer * shall take no part at elections - but we think , according to present appearances , that the law should be reversed , and enact that the people should take no part , ' as all the new elections are consequent upon lordly displeasure . We trust that Mr . Duncombe wid renew his motion upon this growing and now insufferable evil . Tus Homb Secbbtart akd ihe _Boxb _Pickebs . — The disgusting admission was extracted from Sir James Graham yesterday in the House of Commons , that in 200 out of 500 Union Workhouses this hellish system was extensively practised , and further , that time was actually allowed to the savage managers of these churchyards to alter their machinery for different purposes ; while it also appears that the
investigation into the _Aadover . cannibalism lias been a one-sided thing , suited to the book of tyranny . Moxet Maukbt . —The operations of the government practitioner , together' with the mild colouring given to American feeling by the Times of yesterday , lias literally shoved Consols up to 95 | , being asudden jump of more than a half , and a very great god-send on the eve of the discussion upon Peel ' s commercial policy . If Peel is as wise as we take him tobe , ho will keep his practitioner operating during the whole debate upon his measures , buying everythinj _* , no matter what , that has a tendency to inspire confidence in government , for ho may rest assured that when his measures are carried , we shall all for a time tumble into the same pot . Until Peel's measure' ! are fully and practically developed—that is , for three years at least , not a single man will know wiio he is , what he is , where he is , what he is about , or what lie ' s worth .
West Ridixo Election . —The Poor Law lord has had a walk orer this time , and all that we can collect of his future policy will be found in the following few lines : — In answer to a question put by Mr . W . "Walker ( a large manufacturer of Bradford ) , Lord Morpeth said , he wished that the question of the hours of labour- could be adjusted by the masters and the employed themselves , ' but if it could not be , he should be willing to be a party to some _legislative enactment , reserving to himself the liberty of judging what was best at the time for both parties . What a pity , that while protectionists and free traders can extract pledges , the violation of which involves the loss of teat , that the people , for whose especial benefit the power is said to bo conferred , can only squeeze out a bit of mock sympathy . But never mind , every old adage is in our lavour : " It ' s along lane that has no turn , " "The longest day must have an end , " " There ' s luck in leisure , and pleasure in waiting for it . "
Banish grief , banish sorrow , For to the gods belong to-morrow . " The rainiest day , live till to-morrow and it will have passed away . " " Every dog will have his day , " AND NOW FOR BULLY . And God send us our day soon and sudden , for , in truth , the landlords and cotton lords have had a long day , and no mistake .
IRELAND . The Potatoe Crop . —We give the following disastrous account of the prospects of the Irish people , just as we find it , from the Cork Examiner : — The accounts we continue to receive from Jjungarvan are indeed melauclioly in the extreme . Sickness , scarcity , and want of employment , shod their bittvrnus upon the devoted heads of the poor . There are upwards of 5 , 000 human beings , we are given to understand , in a state of want and wretchedness , requiring _assistance from government , or from those whom God has blessed with means for such purpose . The poor-house- is crammed with women and children , in which there are also upwards of forty men , capable of work , but none to be had . Thc spread offerer is really alarming , induced , of course ,
from want , cold , _jxxxd hunger . Nor do the evils stop her * . The Poor haw Guardians met on last Thursday , when they reportod that the supply of potatoes destined for use during the season , and carefully put up , turned out , on examination , to be mora than half rotten , and that the rsinainder are going fast . It is some consols . tion , under these melancholy circumstances , when tbe government does net teem to move in the matter , that the townspeople are exerting themselves with equal spirit and benevolence , From the subscriptions raised , pota . toes are purchased in large quantities , and sold after by retail , at first cost , to the poor , a plan attended with much good . In the meantime tbe board of guardians and tke inhabitants aud _rate-payerg of the town have addressed the Lord-Lieutenant , The reply of his
Excellency to the memorial of tl \ e guardians , under the circumstances , is cold , heartless , and ilippaut . What cares this _Bngluh official—this wern-out diplomatistfar the starving people of an Irish fishing town ? What sympathy could he have with their misery—what fellowfeeling for their distress ! 'Tis » hem ties j mockery , this creating Englishmen and Scotchmen into vice-kings . - , ' _, throning them in the marble halls of St . Patrick , aad , giving them jurisdiction and sway over ' a _warm-heaxted . _people , in whose elevation they take no interest * for whoso prosperity they are not * proud , aud for whoseafflictions they do not grieve . Aye , indeed , it isa heartless mockery , this mating Englishmen and Scotchmen into vice-kings ; but who but the Irish press has induced u brave and _ilevoteA people to tolerate the mockery so long ?
_TOKEIGN . ' Framcb and Ambbica . —Still the _Ministers and the Opposition are at daggers drawn as to whether France shall assist England in her _contemplated war with America . Whatever the feeling ofthe Chambers may be , the Opposition speaks the feeling of the nation , and that is in favour of Re _" puklicanisni against the league of kings . They may all seek to mystify the grand question as they viil ' _., but , after all , that ' s the true nature of the _struggle . Kingcraft against Democracy—the league of hi nga against the league of people—tbe Old World an ' J its abuses against the New World and its growhr g genius ; and it ' s to fight for those abuses that Eur ' _lfahmen are to be _emboii'M into a militia . '
Oh Saturday Mor .Ning Week, Benjamin Llc...
Oh Saturday mor . ning week , Benjamin llcaley , carter for Mr . Jair , c 8 Hartley , of the Falcon Inn , _Littlcborottgh , went into the stable , and whilst cleaning tlio how it kicked him on the stomach , and so injured > iim _^ diedt uesame day ,
Attfoents., Offences, # Jiiquests.
_attfoents _., _Offences , # _Jiiquests .
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_DLSTltUCTlVE Filth . _Newcastm-upon-Tini , _Tuisdat A most destructive fire occurred this morning at the exwnsive locomotiveengine manufactory of Messrs . R . and W . Hawthorn , at tlie Forth Bunks , in this town . The principal portion of the manufactory bas been _eomplotely destroyed , together with a number of loeomotire engines in progress , and nearly the whole of _the _' valuuble models of locomotive and other machinery . The fire originated iu the joiners * shop , which formed the second story of an immciisu rectangular luilding in the centre of the wurku , the lower story be ng the locomotive shop , whore the locomotive _engines an .- put t oge ther after their several parts have been manufactured in the various parts of the establishment .
The tire was discovered between four and five o ' clock in the morniug by John Reside , the night watchman , who shortly before had let one of the workmen , a joiner , named Mosscrop , iuto the premises to complete some work he had left unfinished the previous night . He ob . served the fire from the oast window of the joiners' shop , and tried to effect an entrance , but could not for the smoke , lie then gave the alarm , and Mosscrop and another man who came into the yard at tha time ran away tor the fire-engines , and to gire information to the fore men and the polico . The fire-engines were on the spot with unusual celority , but the fire had then attained such a height , that all attempts to extinguish it were useless , so that the exertions of tbe firemen and police wero chiefly directed towards preventing the fire spreading to the
adjoining- premises . A detachment of soldiers from the garrison , with the brigade engine , were pre » ently on the ground , and rendered very essential service . An immense numbtr of _persons had collected outside tlieworks , watching tho progress of the devouring eleniimt , whieh r » « d with irresistible fury , aud seemed to _tlircat-. nthe entire neighbourhood . In littlo more than an hour the work of destruction was completo , the roofof the building fell in , the uowWyou * _whcsls of the locomotive tenders burst through the burning rafters of the floor , and the whole place was wrapped in one intensely burning Same . The cause of the intensity of the heat and the magnitude of the flame was soon _discovored to proceed from the gas , which had beeu turned into the pipes a few minutes
before the fire broke out , and on the melting of the pipes , which ran ia various directions along the building , the gas ignited , and , being fed from the main , it continued to burn with appalling fury till the supply was cut off by Choking the pipe , the meter and the main tap being iuaccessible from the lire , The workmen of thi _osta Wish _, went were _exceedingly active ; but from the first it was evident that no efforts could save the principal building and its contents ; hut to those , with a few trifling ax . captions , -the _destrsctien was confined . No one _shs . tained any serious personal injury . The damage is estimated at from £ 16 , 000 to £ 20 , 000 , and the _ivorks are insured in the Leeds and Yorkshire Insurance-office , but not , it is understood , to the entire amount of the loss .
The most serious inconvenience and loss will result from the suspension of the works , and the impossibility of completing contracts within the stipulated period . Tho houso is understood to havo contracts for work that will koop the establishment fully employed for three years to come , and the utmost _oxirtions have been made for some timo past to keep pace with the extraordinary damand for locomotive powur in all parts of the world . A notice was affixed to the entrances of the premises thia _forsnoon , intimating that all the workmen employed in this portion of the _establishment that had escaped the fire were to resume labour at one o ' clock to-day , and arrangements are _beiug made , with the usual promptitude of the enterprising firm , to repair tha damage with as little delay as possible .
The origin of tho fire appears clearly traceable to _ilosscrop , the joiner , who entered the premises shortly after four o ' clock in the morning , and who , it seems , went into the tender-room with a lantern to get his saw , as he confesses bavin ? opened the _lantoru door , and the fire was discovered by the watehman a very short time afterwards . These circumstances having come to the knowledge of the police , they made inquiries for ifosserop and found that he had never been in the yard after leaving it when the fire broke out , in order to fetch the engines , They proceeded to his lodgings and found him sitting by the fire-side , ou which they took him into custody and conveyed him to the police-station , where a preliminary investigation has been instituted during the day .
After hearing the evidence of the watchman , whieh was similar to the statement above given . Kobert Mosscrop was examined . He handed in a _loDg written statement , of which the following is the mostmaterialportion ' — "I was told by the foreman of the joiuers' shop , John Haddon , yesterday morning , that 1 had to work on till a quarter past ten o ' clock at night , when I remarked that he might let me off if possible , as Iliad promised to go and play the violin at Mr . Douglas ' s , where I slways play when the violin is wanted . He did not say much to it , and I considered it settled till night , when one of the men told me 1 had to work on . I got a ' gliff' of John Haddon , and I told him that if it laid upon that I wouid not stop , as it would _dissappointthem I was going to play for , but , if it suited , 1 would come in at four o ' clock and _fiiiiih the
box 1 was doing . Ho said that would do , and 1 fulfilled my promise and eame to work . I think it was about a quarter after four o ' clock when I came to the door , and I knocked four or five times and rang the bell . After a great deal to do , the watch came to tho door and let me in . He was about dead asleep . I went into the tilDCOllifO to get my time-board out , and a lantern to go upstairs to get my saw out , and when I gotinto the time-office , the watchman asked me what tho _dcyfl I wanted there , and I told him I had to start at four o ' clock , aud I was wanting the lantern . He threw himself on to the drawers and seemed quite dead asleep . I got hold oi the lantern , and not being accustomed to lanterns of that description , thewick had gone in , and I held it to tbe gas to light it , and it would uot take hold . The watchman put the wick right , and 1 lighted it , and shut the lantern door , and went up into the shop , to get my saw out , I was not three minutes
in tho shop , till I came out again ; aud I had not the door of tho lantern open till 1 got to the drawer to get my saw out , and then t closed it again and came down stairs . I saw no fire , nor smelt any smell . " lie further stated , that he went to a shed and got a candle , and then went into the smiths' shop to get » candlestick . Sid not know where the watchman was aU that time . On return _, ing from the smiths ' shop he met tie watchman coming for the lamp , and gave it to him . Then went into the shed , and had been thereat work about a quarter-of-anhour when the watchman called out and said , " he had set the place on firo . " Went to call the foreman , and afterwards went to call for the fire-engines , when ho met : some policemen , who told him the fire-enginemen had been warned . Returned to the yard , but could not get in , and , after standing a while outside , went home , and was there taken into custody _.
John Haddon , foreman of the joiners , confirmed Mo ? _acrop ' s statement of what took place between them the preceding day . Had received orders from Mr . Dunn to get curtain work done , as it was required to-day , and at tbe request of Mosscrop consented , to his leaving at night aud coming at four o ' clock in thc morning to finish it , —Mosscrop was remanded , Nswcastli . _on-Ti'ke , Wkdnesdav . —Mosscrop , the man _aecused of having caused . the extensive fire at Messrs . Hawthorne ' s manufaotory , in this toirn _, was discharged tbis mornim ? , nothing having transpired to show moro than gross neglect on his part .
Manslaughter At Abingdo.Y. —An Inquest O...
Manslaughter at Abingdo . y . —An inquest on tho body of Joseph Barnett , who died from the effects ofa blow struck by his employer , Mr . Fowler , was commenced on Saturday beforeE . _Gouclier , Esq ., coroner for tho boroujih . Joseph MidtUeton _, a carter in the employ of Mr . Hanimans , of llanney , stated that on Thursday , the 22 m \ tilt ., he went to Mr . Fowler ' s wharf , a little before twelve , wben he saw a person whom he since understood to be Joseph Harnett , at Mr . Fowler's door . Thc deceased was on the outside , and Mr . Fowler just within . He saw the deceased in a lighting attitude , with his fists clenched , hut he did not know what was said , aud saw no Wow . He saw Mr . Fowler take up an iron shovel which stood in the corner , and strike the deceased with
thehack part of it on the left side of the head . The deceased full to the grounii against the door , lie was taken out by a man , who . set him against the wall _,, on the pavement , but he immediately fell again . VVitness was distant three or four yards . John Well * ,, warehouseman to Mr . Fowler : Was upstairs at thatime of the occurrence . When he came down lie saw a man Vying on the floor , lie waa asked by Mr .. Fowler to take him np , which he did . Deceased was quite helpless , and Mr . Fowler told witness lie wished he could have seen a policeman , and had doceased taken up , as- he _tViteatew-d to knock him
down . Mr . Fowler admitted to witness that he had struck h ' » m with a Bhovel . Thejury re-assembled on Friday morning at eleven o'clock . Mr . _JcAva Box , surgeon * deposed to making a postmortem examina-( tion , whieh bad resulted in thi * discovery ofa considerable fracture of the skull ; but from other , _symptoms , he found , reason to infer the existence « £ chromedisease ,, and did not think the injury _fr » m tl _\& fractuue alone _sufficient to cause death baa , healthy _maa . It migtt have accelerated the iurkmioe of th & px « -e _* sist «» g disease . Thejury returned a * verdict o £ _isanslaaghter against Fowler , who was- _committsd oa the coroner ' s warrant to the _borough gaol ..
_GiovcE-vKR , _Satubday . _—Chahok _CB _MaiBSBBv- * Giovanni Bapiiste Ribeco , and _Qianaoto _Ribcco ,, two Italians , were brought before the _Biagistmtes . this morning , charged with having murdered Mary Aim Butt , an unfortunate givi , on the _pieviovn * _'i'hiwsday . On the evening of Wednesday week the _urifortttnato deceased and another woman _vvese in the company of thc prisoners , drinking _togcthev at the ISriuge Inn , near the Docks . About halt-past nine o ' clock tho two women , tbe prisoners , and a man net yet in custody , left the house together . Tbe man not in custody proceeded to his vessel in company with the deceased . Her contpnnion advised ber not to go , as there wero
so many men on board , but she persisted in doing so . The shipkeeper ot ' the _Kicaragud bark , l y ing a very short distance from the prisoners' vessel , heard a cry of ?• murder" about seven o ' clock on tho morning of the death of the deceased . There were several men on tbe deck of the Italian ship , but no assistance was apparently afforded , He did not see the deceased in the water , but he distinctly heard tho cry of " murder . " Tho case at present remains enveloped in tho greatest mvstery . The magistrates decided , after rather a lengthened inquiry , toroiiiana the prisoners in order to produce , it possible , somo additional evidence ,
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 7, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_07021846/page/5/
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